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We  carry the  largest line  in  field and 
garden seeds  of  any  house in  the  State 
west of Detroit, such as Clover, Timothy, 
Hungarian, Millet,  Bed  Top;  all  kinds 
of  Seed  Corn, Barley,  Peas,  in  fact any­
thing you need in seeds.

We pay the  highest  price for Eggs,  at 
all  times.  We  sell  Egg  Cases  No.  1 at 
35c, Egg  case fillers,  10  sets  in a case at 
$1.25 a case.

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G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  W E D N E S D A Y ,  J U N E   24,  1891.

NO .  405

GENERAL  FEATHERSTONHAUGH 

AND  HIS  MASK.

General Adolphus  Macpherson  Feath- 
erstonhaugh would have been fully justi­
fied had  his  name  been  thrice  as  long 
and as loud.  He was over  six feet high, 
and was broad of shoulders,  far-reaching 
of  arms,  of  symmetrical  expanse  and 
vigor  in  every  sense.  Not  merely  was 
his head of  the  largest  dimensions ;  his 
sandy red hair was of a luxuriant growth, 
which  was  the  despair of  every  bald- 
headed man who saw him,  and  he would 
have  rejoiced  in  a  beard  of  the  most 
patriarchal downpour if  it had not  been 
almost an article  of  his  creed  to  shave 
himself  as  closely  as  might  be  every 
morning of his thoroughly regulated life. 
It was his use to shake hands  if  he  met 
you  a  dozen  times  a  day,  and  it  was 
almost  as  good as  a  fur-lined  glove  to 
have  him take  your diminutive  hand  in 
his of a cold day, so large it  was  and  so 
warm.  There was always a rich, almost 
purple health in  his magnificent breadth 
of countenance, and nothing was in more 
perfect keeping with  his  sumptuousness 
of size than were  the  deep  organ  tones 
of  his voice,  whose every depth, height, 
modulation, 
inflection,  had  been  most 
affectionately cultivated.

For the  General was an orator.  Early 
in life  he  had  published  a  volume  on 
elocution, and  it was  his  delight  to  re­
vise and improve  it,  as  year after  year, 
it passed through  successive  editions,  a 
yet larger and fuller lengthened likeness 
of himself as  a  frontispiece of  each. 
I 
cannot  truthfully  say  that  there  was 
much  originality  or  suggestiveness  of 
thought  in any of  the  many  discourses 
delivered  by  him.  As to his words, you 
might as well try to quote  Niagara ;  and 
it was yet harder to try, after,  let us say, 
a Fourth of  July oration,  to  recall  any 
thought therefrom.  “ It is very stupid of 
me,” you were apt to say,  “ for  it  was  a 
splendid effort; but I cannot remember  a 
thing he said.”

The  truth  is, 

there  are  differences 
among  public  speakers,  and  when  an 
orator gives  himself  so  sedulously  and 
successfully to the curve of his gestures, 
the expansion of his palms in persuasion, 
the  rhythmic  periods, 
the  diversified 
peals of a voice such, as his, one can have 
no time or care for anything else.

verities 

“ Upon this  most  eventful  recurrence 
of the  natal  day,  ever  glorious  of  our 
national 
independence,  what  spirit  so 
deteriorated, so abjectly bent toward the 
that  we  appreciate  as 
nadir  of  all 
the  boundaries  of 
coming  within 
the 
sublimest 
of  our 
Western  Hemisphere,  but  must  bid 
the  advent  hail  of  that  most  epochal 
hour in the roll of centuries, the lapse of 
iEons.”  How often have I looked  up  at 
the majestic speaker, and striven to seize 
and hold the nebulous meaning of what he 
was so earnestly endeavoring to  say. 
It 
was the best part of  a  temperance  occa­
sion,  of  the  coming  to  our  city  of  a 
distinguished  Kossuth  of  one  kind  or 
another, of  a  political assembly,  of  the 
laying of the foundation stone of  a  pub­
lic building, to  see  the  General  rise, as

he always did,  to make  the  address.  A 
committee  would  as  soon  have  done 
without the  Stars  and  Stripes,  without 
the  brass  band,  as  without  General 
Adolphus  Macphersou 
Featherston- 
haugh.

“ I think he looks best in black  broad­
cloth with a white tie,” was  the  remark 
of the old  people.

“ You  do?  We,”  the  young 

ladies 
would cry,  “ like him best in  his  regalia 
as a Free Mason.  Oh,  but isn’t he graud 
then !  What a pity it is not  usual  for  a 
Knight Templar to  speak  with  his  hat 
on—the  gorgeous  feathers  would  go  so 
well with  the  General’s  way  of  saying 
things.”

from  elsewhere. 

But he had this advantage  over  other 
public meu. 
It is but now and then that 
they can make a speech,  whereas I never 
saw the General  that he did have on  the 
robes and  wig,  so to speak, of  an  advo­
cate. 
It was great good luck if  you met 
him coming up  street  when  you  had  a 
country  cousin  by  your  side,  some 
stranger 
“ Who  is 
that ?” was always demanded of  you  on 
the  first  sight  of  your  distinguished 
fellow-citizen as  he drew near,  carefully 
dressed,  as  was  his  wont,  with  kid 
gloves, well blacked boots,  snowy  linen, 
plentiful watch  chain  across  his  white 
vest, his gold-headed cane  in  his  hand. 
Except that your companion was apt to be 
a little nervous under  the ordeal,  it was 
the event of his stay  in town—the  intro­
duction and subsequent  conversation ;  it 
gave one an idea of  how  it  feels  to  be 
presented to an emperor.

But  it  was  not  conversation,  if  the 
interview lasted not over five minutes—it 
was that much of  an oration.  Lounging 
in the hall of a hotel;  coming  upon him 
in the throng of  the  store ;  listening  to 
him during the stay at table of  a  dinner 
party, and when he stood  in  the  parlor 
afterward,  with  his  back  to  the  fire, 
whatever he  said  was  that  much  of  a 
discourse.  He  laid  down 
the  law  to 
patient,  physician,  nurses,  during  his 
ten minutes in  a  sick  chamber,  and  the 
modulation of  his thunder  to  the  hour 
and the area was  as  good as  a  scrap  of 
oratorio.  1  have come  upon  him  when 
he was buying a paper of a newsboy of a 
bitterly cold  morning on  a windy  street 
corner; I have heard him directing his man 
to carry a message; once I chanced on him 
as he  was  arguing  the  proper  pay  for 
cleaning  the  snow  from  his  sidewalk 
with a red-nosed and  ragged  tramp ;  on 
another  occasion  I  passed  by when  he 
was remonstrating  at  his  back  gate  in 
mid-summer with the driver  of  an  odor­
iferous swill wagon—the General was, in 
every instance,  delivering rounded  peri­
ods,  with  suitable  gesture,  ore-rotund 
accents,  and all that belongs  to  an  ora­
tion.  His  habitual  language  was  as 
different from  common  talk as is classic 
Chinese from the vernacular,  as was  the 
Euphuistic  jargon  of  the  days  of  the 
Stuarts  from  Anglo-Saxon,  as  is  the 
delicacy  of  an  esthetic  conversazione 
from the slang of  the Bowery.

“I have read of  the Man with the  Iron 
Mask,” one of  the  General’s friends said

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ANNOUNCEMENT.

The firm of  Williams, Sheley & Brooks  is this  day dissolved by mutual 

consent. 

Detroit, May  27,1891. 

WILLIAM  C.  WILLIAMS,
ALANSON  SIIELEY,
ALANSON  S.  BROOKS.

consent. 

The  firm  of  James  E.  Davis & Co.  is this  day  dissolved  by  mutual 
Detroit, May  27,  1891. 

JAMES  E.  DAVIS,
GEO.  W.  BISSELL.

Referring  to  the  above  announcements, we  beg  to  state  that  as  suc­
cessor to the firms of W il l ia m s,  S iie l e y   &   B k o o k s and J a m es  E.  D a v is  &  
Co., we shall  endeavor to execute all orders  with  which  we are  entrusted 
in  a  manner  which  shall  prove  satisfactory  to  all  customers  in  every 
respect.  Our  main  aim  shall  be to make  prompt  shipments and to give 
lowest possible prices.  We wish to state to those who have done business 
with Williams, Sheley & Brooks, that all orders  received  by us will  have 
the personal attention of  a  member of that firm;  and that orders  received 
from  customers of  James E.  Davis & Co. will  receive  the  personal atten­
tion of  our Mr. James E.  Davis.  With kind  regards,  and hoping that we 
shall hear from you frequently, we remain,

Yours very truly,

Williams, Davis, Brooks  i  Do.,

11,13,15 &  17 Lamed Street East.

THE ; OLD/STAND.

William C. Williams, n James E. Davis.  Alanson Sheley.  Alanson S. Brooks.

to  me one  day;  “but  I really know  as 
little about  him,  although I have  known 
him all  my  life, as I do  about that  mys­
terious state prisoner.  He has so draped 
himself from  head to foot in the  volumi­
nous silk gown of  an advocate.  He  eats 
in  it,  is  sick  and  well, sits  still or  goes 
abroad,  sleeps in it. 
It  reminds  me  of 
Thackeray’s  cruel  picture  of  Louis  Le 
Grand,  which  was  so  folded  that  the 
mere  lifting of  a leaf  from off  this most 
majestic  monarch  Europe  ever  knew, 
revealed,  you remember, beneath flowing 
wig  and  royal  robes,  the  pitiful  scare­
crow  of  an  infirm  grand-daddy,  weazen 
and  tottering.  Strip the  General of  his 
mannerism,  and what is left?”

“ We have all of us laughed,” I replied, 
“ at  Hawthorne’s  story of  the old  witch 
who  made  an  effigy  of  a  man  out of  a 
pumpkin,  a few  sticks and an old suit of 
clothes  stuffed with  straw and  breathed 
into him the breath of  life,  and sent him 
forth  upon  the  tour of  the  world  as  a 
millionaire, a scientist, a successful lover. 
So of the General—”

But I was  silenced  by a universal  out­
cry,  which I stilled  with  uplifted  hand 
to  add,  “You  are  right  to  object,  but I 
did  not  mean  to  say  that  Hawthorne’s 
heartless, soulless manikin was a correct 
representation  of  our  excellent  friend. 
That  he  is  merely a moving  mannerism 
is not the  whole story;  we are all agreed 
that  a  more generous,  honorable,  high- 
pirited,  pure-minded  gentleman,  and 
in every best sense, does not exist.  With 
all  his  affectation  he is sterling  gold;  if 
he  is  the  grandest  humbug  alive,  he is 
also  the  most  innocent, a very  child  at 
heart,  and  there  is  not a man of  us  but 
highly esteems even while we see through 
him.  People smile at each other furtive­
ly as he goes  by,  with a bow  and a wave 
of  his  hand, even  while  they  acknowl­
edge that,  for  the life of them, they can­
not  say why he is the  person of  distinc­
tion  he so  evidently  believes himself  to 
be.  When you turn away from listening 
to him  for  half  an hour  or so, the  man 
who  has witnessed  the  interview is sure 
to  greet you  with a broad  grin upon  his 
face.  All  the time  we are  as  proud  of 
him as can be—for his essential goodness, 
but  no  human  being  can  point  to  any­
thing of  value he has  ever  said or  done. 
If  no  man is more laughed at than  Gen­
eral Adolphus Maepberson Featherstone- 
haugh, no one is so loved.”

The  General  was a lawyer in tolerable 
practice;  was often defeated for Legisla­
ture and Congress by some  sharp,  smart, 
alert man who  bore the  same likeness to 
his opponent during the canvass that one 
of  Drake’s little  vessels  did to the four­
storied  Spanish  galleons  which  it  first 
annoyed and then  demolished.

But no one  could tell  how he managed 
to  live,  so small  was  his  income,  so fine 
was  his  linen  and  broadcloth,  so  ever 
fresh  were his  hat, boots,  gloves and the 
bit of  a  bouquet  be  invariably  wore  in 
season upon the lapel of his well-brushed 
coat.  He drank  with  strict moderation, 
never  gambled, never  raced or traded in 
horseflesh,  bought  and  sold  no  mining 
shares,  and  was  such an irrevocable  old 
bachelor  as  delights  the  souls  of  the 
scores of necessitous nephews and nieces 
which  such  an  old  bachelor  is sure  to 
have.  Chancing  to  own a modest  little 
red  brick  house  in  the  suburbs  of  the 
city,  he  made  it  his  home,  a peculiarly 
homely  old 
lady  acting  as  his  house­
keeper.  Who  could  be so genial,  in  his 
way,  as  the  general,  when,  that  is,  you

met him on the streets or in society? Yet 
no  visitor  could  ever  induce  his  door­
bell to  ring;  or,  if  it  did,  no  one  ever 
heard it within;  certainly  it  was  never 
answered.

“There is a frightful story running the 
rounds,”  it  was  remarked  in  a  knot  of 
the General’s lady friends one afternoon, 
“about  his  domestic  affairs.  A  prying 
Mr.  Smith,  who  passes  the  General’s 
house to and  from  business every  morn­
ing and evening, has fallen into the habit 
of  peeping in at  the  basement  windows 
as  he goes  by.  Sometimes  he walks  of 
nights on the  other side of  the street, on 
purpose  to  see  what he  can of  what  is 
going on the upper rooms.  He says that 
he  distinctly saw his neighbor  seated  on 
the side of his bed—just to think of such 
a thing in such a man!—actually darning 
his socks!  What a pity be  has not  got a 
wife!”

The ladies laughed, but Mrs.  VanDorn, 
the  lady  who  made  the  sad  announce­
ment, did not,  and  looked at her  friends 
with  surprise, not  to  say  rebuke. 4  She 
was  a  widow  under  forty,  rich, plump, 
very  charitable.  Had  she  been  more 
beautiful  she, too, might  have  been  as 
frivolous  as  those  who  could  see  only 
matter  of  amusement  in  such a  man  as 
the General being constrained to do such 
a thing.

“Why don’t you marry him?” came now 
in  chorus upon  her  ears.  She was  not 
so wealthy for nothing.

General  Featherstonhaugh  had 

“ There  are  some  things,”  she  said, 
“upon which I do not wish to be joked,” 
and  soon after  she  left,  the  ladies open­
ing eyes of  wonder behind  her;  and oh, 
the comparison of views which followed!
long 
been aware of  the admiration  in  which 
he was held by the lady—was  a frequent 
visitor at her handsome house.  Now, as 
an orator,  he was equally eloquent  upon 
any  and  every  theme—politics,  patriot­
ism, masonry, temperance,  a rt;  because, 
having no  definite  conviction  in  regard 
to any of them, an address from him was 
of  the nature  of  a  purple  haze,  which 
could  be  interpreted  in  any  way  you 
pleased.  That  was how  it  came  about 
when  in  Mrs.  Van Dorn’s  parlor  after 
this he went off into that memorable dis­
quisition of  his  upon  the  general  topic 
of  woman,  home,  mutual  affection. 
It 
never occurred  to  him  that  the  widow 
was  his  only  hearer,  or  that  it  was  a 
dangerous thing for him to  indulge  just 
then and there in what he had laid down 
in his book on elocution  and  in  practice 
as the most effective form of rhetoric, es 
pecially  when  one  has 
reached  his 
peroration—the  placing  of  himself  in 
the center of  all he describes,  though  it 
be  in  centuries  long past,  yet  to come, 
wholly foreign to him in every way. 
It 
was  so  now.  Dwelling  at  dangerous 
length  upon  the  wretchedness  of  man 
apart from woman,  he exclaimed at  last, 
and without  a  thought  beyond  his elo­
quence,  standing  before  her  as  she  sat 
lost in admiration :

“ And is  it  thus  with  me—ah,  woful 
me !  Excluded,  alas !  from the one  Eden 
left  us, 
the  Eden  of  home ”—hands 
clasped together, eyes fixed upon  empti­
ness—“ I  behold  myself  doomed, doom­
ed ” —deep 
and  sorrowful  bass—“to 
wander  abroad  solitary, 
abandoned, 
alone,  sighing,  Speed  thee,  wretch”— 
both  hands 
thrown  out—“among  the 
arid absences  of  her  whose  smile  illu­
mines the world !  Now,  now, alas ! unto

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took hours, must now be done in minutes. 
When you know  just what time the store 
is to be opened to  suit the trade  in your 
particular locality,  see  that  it  is  open 
and ready  for  business,  all  swept  and 
garnished. 
It  is  not  time  enough  to 
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record  clean.  Never  be 
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you will  readily  see it  cannot  inure  to 
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through  using 
dusted  when  you  are 
them,  and that every  act you  perform is 
finished when you  leave  it. 
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and  have been careless and untidy about 
putting  up  your  clothes  at  home,  you 
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They  must  be  overcome  or you will be 
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person  to  throw 
the  zeal  and  ardor 
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perfunctory  work,  which  will  give you 
no enthusiasm, and be  unsatisfactory to 
your  employer.  Do  not  be  afraid  to 
practice self-denial.  Things may  be re­
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annoying,  and  perhaps  grievous,  but 
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eternal vigilance is the price of  success, 
and if you  are  a drone  in the  hive,  rest 
assured it  is but a  short  time before the 
working bees will sting you  to death and 
roll  you  outside.  Never  seem 
to  be 
officious  among  your  fellow  clerks. 
It 
is a sign of bad breeding to depreciate or 
look  down  upon  a  person in a  station a 
little  below  yours.  Encourage  such  a 
one by compliments as to the manner his 
work is done,  and show  him the  proper 
method of  doing  the  work  intrusted to 
him.  Encourage  him  by  the assurance 
that  faithfulness  in  any  position  soon 
leads  to  preferment.  Use  every  effort 
to lift up every fellow-clerk  with whom 
you are brought  into contact.  By  doing 
this  you  will  secure  a  warm  ally who 
will  do  anything 
to 
assist you.  The detail of  the  work it is 
not  necessary  to enter  into. 
I am now 
only dealing on general principles,  moral 
and elevating in their  tendencies, which 
must be possessed  by a clerk  in order to 
foster  a  feeling  of  reciprocity  on  the 
part of  the  proprietors.

in  his  power 

for 

whom  can  I  turn  in  my  unalleviated 
anguish ?  Is there a woman—?”

Of  course  I  cannot  give  the  exact 
words.  What I do know  is  that, lost  in 
his  purely  rhetorical  fervors,  his  eyes 
moistened,  his tones thrilling himself  as 
well as his single  hearer,  his voice sink­
ing  in  a measured  cadence  as  he  pro­
ceeded  he  was  suddenly interrupted  by 
Mrs.  Van Dorn :

“General,”  she  said,  standing  before 
him, her  tearful  eyes  upon  the  carpet, 
“you  have said  enough—more  than en­
ough! 
If  you  will  take  me,  here  I am 
with all I  have—”  and  much more.  So 
smitten was the orator in the midst of his 
lofty rhetoric  that for a  moment he lost 
his voice; but  his ghastly  pallor and the 
first recovery of his breath  in the words, 
“Great  heavens!  madam—”  might  have 
disenchanted her, but that a visitor com­
ing in at the instant prevented  it.  And, 
in a word,  the General  was  too much  of 
a gentleman to undeceive  the  delighted 
widow.

if 

They  are  married.  The  conundrum 
thereafter  among the  General’s  friends 
was twofold:  Will  she,  after the  honey­
moon,  undeceive  her  husband,  herself 
undeceived,  and  so rend  away his  ora­
torical  drapery? 
so,  what—good 
heavens!—will  be  left  of  him?  Never! 
General Adolphus  Macpherson  Feather- 
stonhaugh  has such  confirmation  in his 
wife that  he  is,  if  possible,  more  mag­
nificent than before.  The mask  is upon 
soul as well  as upon body;  and in what­
ever  world he  may  hereafter  abide  he 
must  forever  and  ever  be  as we  have 
known him  here.  But those who people 
that  blessed world  will  like  him  none 
the less.
Even to  his  lawful  wife  the  General 
still remains a hero.  Wa.  M. Bakeb.

The  Clerk or  “Reciprocity.”

“Store  Crank”  in  American  Grocer.
The theme taken for this article is one 
not new,  although the  application of the 
word to  the  every-day  routine of  store 
life  may  be.  The  indefatigable  and 
persistent efforts of the present Secretary 
of State are bearing fruit  in the opening 
up and  interchange of commodities  with 
our South American States, and must even­
tually result in the system being extended 
throughout most  of  our  Western  Hem­
isphere.  This subject,  however,  I have 
no desire to discuss to show, but if 1 can, 
that  a  true  spirit  of  reciprocity  must 
exist  between  employer  and  employe, 
and  that  unless 
these  relations  are 
largely reciprocal, no  permanent benefit 
will result to  either.
The subject is  altogether  too  great to 
fully  ventilate  in  one article,  and so  I 
shall  try in  this first  one to  show what 
essential elements  must be  innate or ac­
quired by the  clerk to  make him  a suc­
cessful  business  man,  and  in  my next 
contribution,  what  reciprocal  qualities 
must be shown by the proprietor in order 
to fully develop the characteristics which 
in 
this  I  deem  essential.  The  clerk 
must  bear  in  mind 
the  greater 
proportion of our merchants measure  up 
their  help  by  their  commercial  value. 
They employ no one from pure sentiment 
or amiability, but  cold,  cruel,  hard cash 
measures  your  value,  as  of  any  other 
commodity.  So while  in  entering upon 
the life of a clerk,  your intentions to you 
are of great weight, yet to your employer, 
bear in  mind,  good  intentions  have  no 
commercial value.  Your  zeal  must not 
abate one whit  because you  begin  your 
labors  at a small  salary and  your work 
is  more arduous  than  those  with whom 
you  are  associated  who  command  and 
received more. 
It is the  constant  drop­
ping  of  water  which  wears  away  the 
stone,  and  you  must  expect  to  prove 
yourself  invaluable  in  the position you 
hold if you expect to  be elevated  to one 
of a higher  order.  No  builder begins at 
the top to erect his structure,  and while 
it may be chafing  to delve and  wait,  re­
member that if your menial  work is  well 
done,  you  are  fitting  yourself  to  better

that 

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AMONG THE TRADE.
AROUND THE STATE.

Addison—H. P.  Hood has sold his meat 

business to E. S.  Lapham.

Dushville—P.  Allyn  succeeds  Caleb 

Bundy & Co.  in general trade.

Sturgis — Albert  Wait  has  sold  his 

grocery stock to B.  F. Codding.

Mount Morris—Herbert  A.  Hitchcock 

has removed his drug stock to  Detroit.

GONE  BEYOND.

Death  of  the  Veteran  Traverse  City 

Merchant.

Smith Barnes, Secretary, Treasurer and 
General  Manager  of  the  Hannah &  Lay 
Mercantile Co., at Traverse City,  died  at 
his home  in  Traverse  City  last  Friday 
morning  and  was  buried  at  Mountain 
Home  cemetery,  at  Kalamazoo,  Sunday 
afternoon.

BIOGRAPHICAL.

MANUPACTURING  MATTERS.

Bay  City—J.  B.  McRae 

It runs to C.  H.  Mitchell. 

West Bay City—Wm.  H. Lennon is suc­
ceeded by Dunn & Connelly in the varie­
ty store business.

Mancelona—C.  F.  Walden  has  moved 

Morley—T.  M.  Lander  has  purchased 
the  produce  business  of  J.  E.  Thurkow 
and will continue the business.

Rondo—F.  D. Clark has sold  his  shin­
gle mill to Peterson  &  Courier,  who  are 
running the same to its full capacity.

finished  his 
logging  operations  near  St.  Helen  last 
week.  He  put in 1,100,000 feet,  and sold 
and shipped it all  by rail  to Bay City.

T h e  T radesm an  greatly  regrets  that 
its available data concerning Mr. Barnes’ 
life  is  meager.  He  was  born  in  New 
York State July  8,  1827,  and at  an  early 
age came  to  Michigan  with  his  family, 
locating at Milford,  Oakland county.  At
his stock of groceries and boots and shoes  the age of 15  years  he  went  behind  the 
from  Antrim  to  Leroy,  where  he  will  counter  as  a  clerk  in  a  country  store, 
subsequently taking a  position  in  a  dry
resume business. 
Detroit—C. A.  Miller & Co.  have  filed  goods  and  millinery  house  at  Detroit, 
a chattel mortgage in the sum of §5,024.58  whence he removed to Port Huron, where 
on their groceries and wines at  36 Cadil-  he was identified for fourteen years with 
lac square. 
the largest general store there,first as fore-
Muskegon—N.  N.  Miller  &  Co.  have  man and afterwards as buyer and  mana- 
purchased the A. A.  H.  Echermaun drug  ger.  About this time he  formed the  ac- 
stock and  will  carry  on  the  business  at  quaintance of Hon.  Perry Hannah, whose 
the corner of Terrace and Walton streets,  firm—Hannah,  Lay & Co.—had previous­
ly engaged in general  trade  at  Traverse 
City and who needed  a competent  mana- 
I ger to  attend  to  the  store,  as  Mr.  Han­
nah’s energies  were  mainly  devoted  to 
the lumber business.  The  position  was 
offered  Mr.  Barnes  on  the  basis  of  a 
I third interest in  the net  profits,  and  for 
the next twenty-five years  this  arrange­
ment was  continued  to  the  satisfaction 
of all concerned.  Under  the  energetic 
St.  Ignace—The Mackinaw Lumber Co. 
management  of  Mr.  Barnes, 
the busi-
has not yet settled its differences with J,
B.  Kanouse,  of  Bay  City,  and  the  mill I ness  was  enlarged  from  a  single  store 
will probably not be operated this season.  *° a  series  of  stores,  each  containing  a 
Linwood—P.  L.  Sherman & Co., maim-  complete line of goods.  In 1882 the busi- 
facturers of lumber,  heading and staves,  ness had grown to such  dimensions  that 
and general  dealers,  have  merged  their  a  new  building  was  deemed  necessary 
business into a stock  company under the j and 
construction  of  the  enormous 
style  of  the  P.  L.  Sherman  Co.  The  store now occupied  by the house was be- 
capital stock of the corporation is $15,000.  I Kun> 
It is three stories  in  height,  com- 
Saginaw — Wagar  &  Pfeifer  shipped  Posing six separate stories,  covering two
.......................
When the business 
was removed  to this  building,  the  part­
nership  arrangement  with  Mr.  Barnes 
was  dissolved  and 
the  business  was 
merged into a stock  company  under  the 
style of  the  Hannah  &  Lay  Mercantile 
Co.  The paid in capital stock was $300,- 
000, of which  Mr.  Barnes  held  $50,000, 
becoming at the same time  a  director  of 
the corporation, as well as  General Man­
ager of  the  entire  mercantile  business. 
Under  his  watchful  eye,  the  business 
was thoroughly systematized,  each  store
Alpena—The  Minor  Lumber  Co.  will  being  placed in  charge  of  a  competent 
logs  from  | manager,  who was  held  responsible  for 
receive  1,500,000 
Georgian  bay,  and a  raft of 800,000  feet!the success of his  department,  although 
is  now on the way  over.  About  1,500,-  Mr- Barnes  was  consulted on  all  round 
000  feet  will  also be  towed down  from  orders and on matters  involving any  de- 
the Ocqueoc river to be  manufactured at  viation from the  well-defined  rules  laid 
the Minor company’s mill. 

5,000,000  shingles  during  May,  mostly 1 acres of floor space. 
from  Gladwin,  and  purchased  as  many
more.  They  also  moved  their  shingle 
mill from Gladwin to Taft, Iosco county, 
where they  have stock  for a three  years’ 
run.

Detroit—Louis Kuttnauer,  A.  G. Boyn­
ton, A.  A.  Boutelle,  Robert  McKinstry, 
and  others  have  incorporated  the  Lake 
Superior  Graphite  Co.,  with a capital  of 
$500,000, of  which  $93,073.50 is  paid  in. 
The company will  carry on mining oper-
ations in Baraga county. 

down by the head of the institution.

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feet  of 

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Saginaw—The Crescent Land Company  Mr-  Barnes was married before he went
(Limited)  has  been  organized  here with 
Traverse City and  two  children  came 
a capital  stock of  $250,000.  The officers | to grace his home.  Both died in infancy,
however,  and  were  buried  in  the  same 
are:  President,  J.  Seligman;  Secretary,
cemetery  which  now  contains  his  re­
R. B. McKnight;  Treasurer, T. F. Thomp­
mains.  His wife  died  in  1870  and  was 
son,  all of this city.  The company owns 
j  also buried at Kalamazoo. 
In  1871  Mr. 
300,000,000 feet of  timber in Mississippi.
Barnes  married  Miss  Catharine  Clark, 
Bay City—The  suit brought  by H.  W.
who survives him.
Sage & Co.  against the  Oscoda Boom Co. 
resulted  in  a disagreement  of the  jury.
The case lasted two weeks, and was tried 
No  one  who  was  not  intimately  ac­
in  the  United  States  Court  here.  Sage 
quainted with the deceased is  competent 
& Co.’s claim was for $12,000 for shortage
j to speak of the  many  good  qualities  of 
on logs; that is,  according to their scale, 
Mr.  Barnes,  both head and heart.  Thor-
they put into the  Au Sable  river $12,000 j  oughly attentive to  business and conver- 
worth of  logs more  than the  boom com-  sant with every  detail,  in  social  life  he 
pany  delivered. 
| was essentially  a  recluse,  his  wife,  his

CHARACTER  OF  THE  DECEASED.

________________  H j

books  and  a  few  close 
friends  being 
the  sum of  his  happiness.  Becoming  a 
resident of Traverse City in  its  infancy, 
he left his impress  on many of the insti­
tutions of the town and, while others fre­
quently differed  with him  in  matters  of 
opinion and expediency, they never ques­
tioned his  motives or  believed him other 
than sincere. 
In  any  undertaking, op­
position  never  discouraged  him,  as  he 
never entered upon a work until satisfied 
that he was  right.  Broad  in  his  views 
and wide in the scope of  his  operations, 
he,  nevertheless,  found  ample  time  to 
look after the little things of life,  acts of 
kindness  and  charity  being  uppermost 
in his mind at all times.  He took a live­
ly  personal  interest  in  everyone  asso­
ciated  with him  in  business,  from  cash 
boy  to  cashier,  and  his  many  acts  of 
kindness and the good  advice he was  al­
ways ready to offer will never be  forgot­
ten.  To the employes of the  institution 
over which he presided,  his  loss  will  be 
like that of a father.

THE  FUNERAL  AND  BURIAL.

The  wonderful  system  which  charac­
terized the life of the  deceased is shown 
in  the minute instructions he left  to Mr. 
Hannah  regarding  the  conduct  of  his 
funeral.  He wished it to be as quiet and 
unostentatious as his life had  been.  No 
crape  was  placed  on  the  house  of  the 
dead,  flowers  taking  the  place  of  the 
somber emblem of death. 
The  funeral 
was held at 8 o’clock Sunday morning, at 
the home of the deceased,  the casket be­
ing almost buried  in  floral emblems.  An 
opportunity  was  given  the  friends  to 
view the  remains,  when  the  body  was 
conveyed  to the  train,  accompanied  by 
thousands of  citizens.  A  special  train 
conveyed the remains to  Kalamazoo,  ac­
companied  by  Julius  Hannah,  Herbert 
Montague, John Fowle, Jr.,C. B. Atwood, 
John Smith  and  Frank  Kubeck,  where 
sympathetic  friends  assisted 
the  pall 
bearers in conveying the remains to their 
final resting place.

Purely Personal.

Edward Telfer has begun  work on  tht 
superstructure of his residence at  North 
Park.

Arthur L.  Haight, manager of the Hef- 
fernan  drug  store  at  Baldwin,  was  ii 
town over Sunday.

Heman G.  Barlow writes his associates 
at the  Olney & Judson Grocer Co.’s  that 
he will be home Saturday.

Chas.  E.  Olney  leaves  about  July  1C 
for  Thompson,  Conn.,  where  he  will 
spend the summer.  He  will  be  accom­
panied by his family.

C.  H.  La Flamboy,  who has been com­
pelled  to quit the  road by  the failure of 
Boise & Lewis,  at McBride,  is  succeeded 
by Carl Rench as  traveling salesman  for 
the Hanselman  Candy Co.

Milton Reeder,  of the  firm  of  Geo.  H. 
Reeder & Co.,  who has been ill  with  ty­
phoid fever at Ovid for four weeks  past, 
is recovering.  He expects  to be  able  to 
return to his duties here in about a week.
Thos.  Heffernan, the Baldwin druggist, 
who has been spending  several  weeks  at 
his  old  home  in  Ireland,  sailed  from 
Queenstown last Wednesday on the  Teu­
tonic.  He  is  disgusted  with  the  Irish 
climate,  having enjoyed rain  and fog all 
the time he was  gone.

Decline  In Illuminating: Oil.

The Standard  Oil  Co.  announces  a de 
cline  of  J^c  a  gallon  in  all  grades  o 
illuminating  oil  and  %c  on  gasoline

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisement* will be Inserted  under  th is  head for 
two  cents  a   word  the  first  Insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  Insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent taken for less th an  26 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

retail street  in  Grand  Rapids.  Expenses  very  lig h t 

A  SNAP  FOR  SOMEONE—THE  BANKRUPT  STOCK 
X \-  of  hardw are of  W. B. Smith, “ Banker” together 
with a  three  years’ lease of  building in th e  best town 
in N orthern Michigan.  Stock  new,  clean and complete 
in  every  respect.  Must  be  sold.  For  term s  address 
J. L. Morrice, Trustee, H arbor Springs, Mich. 
264

ITOR  SALE—THE  ONLY  DRUG  STORE  IN  A  TOWN 

of  700 inhabitants  w ith  a   rich  farm ing  country 
around It.  Three physicians.  Nearest oposition  nine 
miles.  Daily  sales,  $14,-  stock,  *2,200.  W ill  sell  a t 
inventory  No  trade.  Address  Box  120,  Belleville, 
Mich. 

______________________________________267

and  boots  and  shoes  in  the  village  of  Alma, 
G ratiot  Co.,  Mich.  Good  cash  business  established. 
Invoice *7,000.  Address  A E Putnam , Milan, Mich.  265

tTOR  BALE—NICE  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS 
Dr u g  st o c k —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 
and  trade  steadily  increasing.  Low  inventory,  ju st 
completed, *2,600.  On account  of  falling  health,  will 
sell  a t  Invoice  or  for  *2,400  cash,  if  sold  by  March 
16.  Otherwise will hold it as on Investm ent.  A  genu­
ine  bargain.  Personal  Investigation  solicited.  Ad- 
dress “F.,” care Hazeltine Perkins Drug Co.  City. 197
IN  A  GENERAL 
town.  Capital 
necessary,  about  *1,200.  address  No.  241, care  Mich­
igan Tradesm an. 

I TOR  SALE—HALF 
FOR  SALK —CLEAN  GROCERY  STOCK  INVEN- 

torylng *2,500 to *3,000:  located in a  lively city in 
N orthern Michigan.  Annual  sales.  *30,000.  Good rea­
sons  for  selUng.  Address  No.  28»,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
ITOR  SALE —GROCERY  AND  CROCKERY  STOCK 
J- 
and fixtures, with good established trade.  Address 
lock box 43, Litchfield, Mich. 
L'O R   SALE  OR  EXCHANGE — FOR  CLEAN  STOCK 
r   of groceries, SO horse power sawmill, alm ost new, 
located in finest hardwood belt  in N orthern Michigan. 
Address W. A. Partridge, Rondo, Mich. 

in  a   th riv in g  

INTEREST 

located 

stock 

259

270

269

241

ITOR  SALE —STORE  BUILDING  AND  GENERAL 

stock.  Inventory  about  *3,000.  Will  sell  build­
ing  alone if  preferred.  Industries:  sawmill,  shingle 
mill  and  lum bering.  Reason  for  selling, o ther busi­
ness to attend to.  Address F. J. H argrave A Co., Ewen, 
Ontonagon county, Mich._____  

»68

F OR  SALE-WELL-SELECTED  DRUG  STOCK, 

in ­
ventorying about *1,200,  situated  in  good  coun­
try  town of 600 people.  Reason for selling, proprietor 
has o ther  business.  Address  No.  173,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

173

OR SALE-A  COMPLETE  DRUG  STOCK  AND FIX- 
tures;  stock well  assorted  can  be  bought  a t  a 
bargain.  Address for  particulars  S. P. Hicks,  Lowell, 
Mich. 
ITLOURING  MILL  FOR  SALE — THE  ISLAND  CITY 
I? 
flouring  mill and  feed mill  and the  entire Eaton 
Rapids  w ater  power  will  be  sold  on  the 14th  day of 
July,  a t  noon,  a t  chancery  sale,  on  first  m ortgage. 
For  full  particulars  and  term s  inquire  of  John  M. 
Corbin, Eaton  Rapids,  Mich. 

261

124

ANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
general  or  grocery stock;  m ust be cheap.  Ad- 

dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 

26

SITUATIONS WANTED.

W A N T E D   -   POSITION  AS  A  PRESCRIPTION  OR 
»» 
general  clerk  in  d rag   store  by  a   com petent 
pharm acist.  Good references given.  Address No. 271 
care Michigan  Tradesm an. 
271  ’
ANTED- BY YOUNG  MAN, SITUATION AS BOOK- 
keeper,  assistant  book-keeper  o r  collector 
Rest  of  references. Address  E. care  Michigan  Trades- 
man.__________________________________ _ 

243

MISCELLANEOUS.

263

nice  large  dwelling,  large  lot, horse  barn, all neces­

ITOR SALE—OK  WILL  EXCHANGE  FOR  STOCK  OF 

general  m erchandise of  not over  *2,000  value,  a 
sary out buildings, etc.  Lot well  located, with  plenty 
of  large  shade  trees, good  side walk, and  situated in 
one of  the  liveliest towns  in  W estern  Michigan  Ad­
dress “Mac,” Coopersville, Mich. 

small stock and fixtures, situated in good country 
trad in g   point.  Ticket  office and  postofflce  in  store. 
Easy  term s;  low  price.  Address  No.  260,  care  Michi­
gan Tradesman. 

ITOR  SALE — NEW  STORE  AND  COTTAGE,  WITH 
ITOR  SALE—CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  INVK8T- 
Fo r  s a l e —t w e l v e   t o  t w e n t y  a c r e s  o f  la n d 

menfc.  Corner  lot  and 6-room  house  on  North 
in  kitchen.  *1,200.  Terms  to  suit.  Address No.  187, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

for summ er  home.  8even  m iles  north  of Trav­
Peninsula  ready  fitted  for  building.  O.  E.  Clapp, 
Archie,  Mich. 

Lafayette  St.,  cellar,  brick  foundation,  soft  w ater 

erse  City  on  the  E ast  Arm  of Traverse  Bay on the 

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187

187.

OR  SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND 6-ROOM 
house on North  L afayette st., cellar, brick found­
ation  and  so ft  w ater  in  kitchen.  *1,200.  Terms  to 
suit.  Cheap enough  for  an  investm ent.  Address  No 
187, care Michigan Tradesman. 

ITOR  SALE —STORE  AND  DWELLING  COMBINED, 

also good barn.  All  in  good  repair.  Located  in 
one of the best towns in M ichigan of  1,000 inhabitants. 
W ill trade for stock of goods.  For particulars address 
No. 268, care Michigan Tradesman. 

ITOR  SALE—CHEAP FOR CASH-ONE CHEESE SAFE 

a  set of black w alnut  draw ers,  cased and  labeled 
fit  for any  d rag  store;  oil  tanks  with  faucet; small 
stock of jew elry and trays.  W. R. Mondigo, Sherwood,
Mich._______________________________________   266
ANTED—FIVE  SALESMEN  BY  THE  GEORGE  D. 
Hawkins  Medicine  Co.  (M anufacturers  and 
wholesale  dealers  in  Hawkins  G reat Specific Cures) 
to represent them  on  the  road.  Commencing  on  July 
10th.  No  one  b u t  first-class  experienced  salesmen 
need  apply.  Good  positions  guaranteed 
to  good 
salesmen.  W rite  for  term s 
to  George  B.  Hawkins 
M edidne  Company,  Hawkins.  Mieh. 

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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,.

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B.  F .  Emery  denies  that  he  proposes 
to embark in the wholesale grocery busi­
ness at Colorado  Springs,  as  was  stated 
by the Whitehall Forum.  He says he  is 
undecided whether  to  stay  in  Michigan 
or  accept  a  position  offered  him  by  a 
wholesale grocer at Colorado Springs.

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Ghas. A. Bonsor & Co. have engaged in 
the  produce  commission  business  at  54 
Lyon street.

Geo. M.  Bentham has opened a grocery 
store at 75 Clancy  street.  The Lemon & 
Wheeler Company furnished the stock.

White & Perry have leased  one half of 
the store at 8 South Ionia street, occupied 
by W.  H.  Downs  with his  notion stock, 
and  have  removed  their  stock  to  that 
location.

W.  F.  Warner and  James Farnsworth 
have  formed  a  copartneship  under  the 
style of  Warner  & Farusworth  and em­
barked in  the commission  business at 84 
South Division  street.

The  late  Smith  Barnes,  of  Traverse 
City,  was a  stockholder in  three  Grand 
Rapids institutions—the Widdicomb Fur­
niture  Co.,  the  Grand  Rapids  School 
Furniture Co.  and the Grand Rapids Fire 
Insurance Co.

T.  F.  Donahoe,  who recently assigned 
his grocery stock at  Ishpeming  to  Jno. 
B.  Tibor,  who is also engaged in the gro­
cery business at that place,  was in  town 
Monday  for  the  purpose  of  securing  a 
settlement with his creditors on the basis 
of 20 cents on  the  dollar.  All  the  Chi­
cago  creditors  agreed 
to  compromise 
their claims on that basis.

John  Damstra,  grocer  at  27  North 
Waterloo  street,  has  uttered  a  chattel 
mortgage  on  his  stock,  fixtures,  horse 
and buggy to  Edward  Telfer  as  trustee 
for the following creditors:  Telfer Spice 
Co., $78.47; Olney &  Judson  Grocer  Co., 
$84.63; Hawkins &  Company,  $22.52;  A. 
Eatt,  Zeeland,  $100.  The  mortgage  is 
given as a preliminary step to the retire­
ment from business.

The Grand Rapids  Cycle  Co.  has  pur­
chased  a lot at the corner of South Front 
street and Butterworth avenue  and  will 
shortly begin the  construction of a  two- 
story  brick  buiiding,  45x90  feet  in  di­
mensions,  with a wing,  30x30 feet in  di­
mensions.  The  plans  are  now  in  the 
hauds of the architects,  the company ex­
pecting  to  be  able  to  occupy  its  new 
quarters by Oct.  1.

Gripsack Brigade

S.  H.  Hart,  the beau ideal paint  sales­

man,  is in town for a few days.

Frank E. Chase has begun  to  pine  for 
the  salt  air  of  Cape  Cod  Bay  and  will 
leave for that region  about July 1.

Chas.  S.  Brooks  has  purchased 

the 
handsome  residence  at  318  'Bradburn 
street and has already  taken possession.
John C. Utman  has begun the erection 
of a new house on the west side of South 
Union  street, between  Logan and  Mills 
streets.

A. B.  Hirth is  laying off this week  for 
the purpose of nursing a  bilious  attack. 
His route down  the  West  Michigan  and 
through  Northern Indiana is  being  cov­
ered in the meantime by G.  A.  Krause.

“I visit  a  good  many  lively  towns,” 
remarked Fred Blake the other day,  “but 
1 think Hopkins Station  buys and  ships 
more goods, in proportion to  population, 
than any other town in the State.”

W. L. Freeman  and  W.  F.  Blake have 
arranged  to  send  their  families  to  the 
White Lake  resort on July 3.  They will 
remain there during the season,  the male 
members  of  the  families  spending Sun­
days at the resort.

On account of the Fountain street park 
being  used by  the  league  clubs,  Satur­
day afternoon,  the  contest  between  the 
cohorts marshalled by Happy Hi. Robert­
son and “Had”  Beecher  was  postponed 
one  week.  Several  hundred  spectators 
who assembled to see the boys play were 
much  disappointed  to  find  that  only  a 
league game was in progress.

President  Robertson 

requests  T he 
T radesm an  to  call  a  meeting  of  the 
members of the Grand Rapids  Traveling 
Men’s Association,  at  the  Morton  House 
Sunday noon, June 28,  at which time the 
committees on club rooms and  entertain­
ment of the Detroit boys will be prepared 
to make their reports.  Every member is 
requested to be present  and  every  com­
mitteeman  is  commanded  to  put  in  an 
appearance.

The  Odd Cent.

Grocer—Petter  you  try  some  dis  fine 

Limburger.  Only 26 cents  a pound.

Wickwire—Why  don’t  you  make  the 
price an  even quarter?  Why not  knock 
off that extra cent?
Grocer—Yy,  my 

friendt,  dot  extra 

scent is  vot  makes it sell.

Attention is directed to  the  advertise­
ment  of  the  Harbor  Springs  hardware 
stock which  will  be  found  among  the 
Want Column announcements in  this  is­
sue.  The town is a  growing one,  the lo­
cation is desirable and the stock is in ex­
cellent  condition.  As  it  must  be  sold, 
the purchaser  is  sure  to  get  a  genuine 
bargain.

It is stated that the Illinois Central Rail 
way has  determined  to  build  a  fleet  of 
large ocean steamships for passenger and 
freight  service  to  run  between  New 
Orleaus and South  American ports,  both 
on the Atlantic  and Pacific  oceans.  The 
plan  is  to make  Chicago a  distributing 
point both for South  American products 
and  as  a shipping  point  for  American 
products South.

F.  J.  Parker  & Co. are out with a new 

wagon.

A.  D.  SPANGLER & C0.f

GENERAL

Gommission  Merchants

And W holesale  Dealers In

Fruits and  Produce.

We solicit correspondence with both buy­
ers and sellers of all kinds of  fruits, ber­
ries and produce.

SAGINAW,  E.  Side,  MICH.
Wayne County Savings Bank, Detroit, Mich,
$500,000  TO  INVEST  IN   BONDS
Issued  by  cities, counties,  towns  and  school  districts 
of  Michigan.  Officers  of  these  m unicipalities  about 
to issue  bonds will  find it to th eir  advantage to  apply 
to this bank.  Blank bonds and blanks for proceedings 
supplied  w ithout  charge.  All  comm unications  and 
enquiries will have prom pt attention.  This bank pays 
4 per cent, on  deposits, compounded semi-annually. 
S.  D. ELWOOD. Treasurer.

May. 1891. 

H ow   to  K eep  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.  $1.50.
THIS  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

Grand  Rapid*.

Dealers who once had a strong demand for the celebrated “ WHEN” cigar will 
be  pleased  to  learn  that  the  brand  is again in the  market  and  can  be  obtained 
through the

J.  LUSTIG, Proprietor.

LU8TIG  CIGAR  GO.,  Grand  Rapids,  JVIiGli.
DID YOU D R IN K   ©
LION COFFEE

FOR  BREAKFAST,?  It i s a t r u e
M IX T U R E   o f  MOCHA, JAVA AND RIO.
A  BEAUTIFUL  PICTURE  IN  EACH  PACKAGE  WOOLSON  S P IC E  C o .
Kansas C ity, Mo. 
T o l e d o ,O

A  D E L IC IO U S   D R IN K

P E R K I N S  
H E S S
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  12«  and  121  LOUIS STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN.

WE CARRY A  STOCK  OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOR MILL  USE.

B o lts   W o n ted  l

I  want  500 to 1,000  cords of  Poplar  Excel­

sior  Bolts,  18,  36 and 54  Inches long.

I  also  want  Basswood  Bolts, same  lengths 

as above.  For particulars address

J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.

GEO.  M.  SMITH  SAFE  GO.,

DEALERS IN

FIRE  AND  BURGLAR  PROOF

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Vault  and  Bank  W ork  a  Specialty.  Locks 

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Cleaned  and  Adjusted.  E xpert  Work 

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Done.  Second hand safes 

in  stock.

Movers and Kaisers of wood and brick build­

ings, safes,  boilers and smoke stacks.

OFFICE AND SALESROOM :

157 and 160 Ottawa 8t. 

Tel. 1173. 

F IR E   PR O O F 

ST E A M   PR O O F 

B U R G L A R   PR O O F 

W A T E R   PR O O F

GRAND  RAPIDS.
Send Y our Standing  Orders to  Us for

Cherries.  Strawberries, Vegetables,  flew  Southern Potatoes
We look for literal  receipts (Ms week.

O N I O N S ,  C A B B A G E S ,  E T C .

MOSELEY  BEOS.,

26, 28, 30 and 32  Ottawa St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS*

GoUpon  Books Buy  of  the Largest  Manufacturers  in  the 

The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids

Country  and  Save  Money.

TffM  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
Dry Goods Price Current.

DEMINS.

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Amoskeag..............124
9oz...... 144
brown .13
Andover.................114
Beaver Creek AA... 10 
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BB ...  9 
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Boston Mfg Co.  h r..  7 
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blue  84
“  d a twist  104
Columbian XXX br.10 
xxx hi. 19
Amoskeag................ 74
“  Persian dress 84 
Canton ..  84
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Arlington staple —   6hi 
Arasapka  fancy—   44 
Bates Warwick dres 84 
staples.  64
Centennial............   104
Criterion................104
Cumberland  staple.  54
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................44
Elfin.......................  74
Everett classics......84
Exposition............... 74
Glenarie.................  64
Glenarven................ 64
Glenwood.................74
Hampton.................. 64
Johnson Uhalon cl 
4  
indigo blue 94
zephyrs__16
Lancaster,  staple...  64

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Everett, blue.......... 12
brown.......12
Haymaker blue...... 74
brown...  74
Jaffrey.....................114
Lancaster................124
Lawrence, 9 oz........134
NO.220....13
NO.250....114
No. 280....104

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GINGHAM S.
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fancies__7
“  Normandie  8
Lancashire.............   64
Manchester............   54
Monogram..............  64
Normandie............... 74
Persian...................   84
Renfrew Dress........74
Rosemont................. 64
Slatersvllle............6
Somerset................ 7
Tacoma  ...................74
Toll  duNord......... 104
Wabash...................  74
seersucker..  74
Warwick...............   84
Whittenden............   64
heather dr.  8 
indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  64
Westbrook..............8
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Windermeer........... 5
York..........................64

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S u g g estio n s  A b o u t  O rdering  G oods.
1. Write only on one side of the paper. 
The  other  side  is  apt  to  be  neglected, 
and it is inconvenient for reference after 
the order is filed away.
2.  Do  not  mention  a  remittance  and 
order goods on the  same sheet of  paper. 
The  remittance goes  to the cashier,  and 
the'statement that you  sent it should ac­
company it to  insure  you getting  credit 
for  the  amount.  The  order  will go  to 
the order clerk.
3.  Do not send an  order and complaint 
about a  former  bill  of  goods or a  claim 
on the same paper.  The complaint must 
go  to  the  claim  clerk  for  adjustment, 
while the  other goes  to the  order clerk. 
Write on separate sheets  of paper.

4.  It is better not to write part of your 
order  and  then introduce  some  subject 
foreign  to the order on  the same  sheet. 
The stock  clerk who  is getting out your 
order  has  no  interest in  your  remarks 
which do not  refer  directly to  the order 
before him.

5.  Not signing orders  is more common 
than auy one would suppose. 
It leads to 
much annoyance and delay.  Even if you 
have  a  printed  letter  head  with  your 
name  and business  on it,  it is  no proof 
that you  send  the order  unless you  put 
your name on it.

6.  Stamp the  envelope;  the  neglect of 
this often sends the letter to Washington. 
D. C., instead  of  its proper  destination.
7.  Write plainly.  Do not crowd  what 
you have to say,  but take  another sheet 
of paper to finish.

8.  Give full particulars concerning the 
article, so that no  mistake  will be made.
9.  After the shipper  delivers  goods to 
the  transportation  company,  and takes 
their receipt for them in good  condition, 
their responsibility  ceases, so if they  do 
not reach  you,  please  make your  claim 
against the  transportation  company,  for 
they cannot do  anything from  their end 
of the line.  Claims  must be made  from 
point of destination.

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

Brilliant Colorai Fireworks

Flags, Lanterns,

Toy  Pistols, Paper Caps, Fire Crackers, 

Torpedoes, and all

Goods and Exhibitions

Supplied on  short  notice.  Send  for  price  list. 

The most complete assortment in Michigan.
FRED  BRUNDAGE,

21, 23, 25 & 27 Terrace St., 

MUSKEGON, 

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MICH.

PENBERTÏÏY  INJECTORS.

SIMPLE

RELIABLE

The Most  Perfect  Automatic  Injector 
42,000 In  actual  operation.  M anufactured by

Made.

PENBERTHY  INJECTOR  C0„

DETROIT,  MICH.

U S  BLEA CH ED   COTTONS.

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BLEA C H ED   COTTONS.

Adriatic.................  7
A rgyle...................  64
Atlanta AA............   64
Atlantic A..............  7
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P ..............6 1
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Amory....................   7
Archery Banting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  54
Blackstone O, 32__5
Black Crow............ 64
Black  Rock  ...........7
Boot, AL................  74
Capital  A................. 54
Cavanat Y................54
Chapman cheese cl.  34
Clifton  C B ............ 54
Comet..................... 7
Dwight Star............  74
Clifton CCC...........64

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“  LL................6
Pull Yard Wide.......64
Georgia  A.............. 64
Honest Width.........   64
Hartford A .............5
Indian Head...........  74
King A  A................  64
King EC.................5
Lawrence  L L........  54
Madras cheese cloth 64
Newmarket  G........  6
B  .......  54
N........ 64
DD....  54
X ........7
Noibe B..................   5
Our Level  Best.......64
Oxford  R...............   64
Pequot......................74
Solar.......................  64
Top of the  Heap__74
Geo. Washington...  8
Glen Mills.............   7
Gold Medal..............74
Green  Ticket..........84
Great Falls.............   64
Hnna
«rust  òut:::::  «¿@ 5*  
King  Phillip...........74
OP.......74
Lonsdale Cambric. .104
Lonsdale...........  @ 84
Middlesex........   @ 5
No Name................   74
Oak View............... 6
Our Own................   54
Pride of the West.. .12
Rosalind...................74
Sunlight..................  44
Utica  Mills............ 84
“  Nonpareil  ..11
Vinyard..................  84
White Horse...........6
Rock.........   .  84
9

A B C ......................84
Amazon...................8
Amsburg.................7
Art  Cambric.......... 10
Blackstone A A......  8
Beats All................   44
Boston................... 12
Cabot......................   74
Cabot,  X.................64
Charter  Oak...........54
Conway W..............  74
Cleveland.............. 7
Dwight Anchor......84
shorts.  84
Edwards................. 6
Empire....................7
Farwell...................74
Fruit of the Loom.  74
Fitchville  ............. 7
First Prize..............64
Fruit of the Loom X •
Fairmount__  ........ 44
Full Value..............64
Cabot......................   741 Dwight Anchor..
Farwell...................8  I
UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
TremontN..............  54 Middlesex No.  1.
Hamilton N............ 64 
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L............ 7 
Middlesex AT........8 
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X...........  9 
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No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Hamilton N............   74
Middlesex P T ..........8
A T........  9
X A........  9
X F ........ 104

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Middlesex A A.......11
2 .............12
A O........134
4.......174
5.......16
Peerless, white.......18  ¡Integrity, colored... 21
colored__204 White Star..............184
Integrity.................1841 
“  colored..21
Hamilton................   8
Nameless................20
................. 9
...........25
.................104
...........274
G G  Cashmere........21
...........30
Nameless  ...............16
...........324
...............18
..............35

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D R E SS  GOODS.

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CORSET  JE A N S .

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Corallne................89 SOlWonderfnl.  ......... 84 50
Schilling’s ............   9 OOlBrlghton................4 75
Armory..................   64
Naumkeagsatteen..  74
Rockport.................64
Androscoggin.........74
Conestoga...............64
Biddeford..............   6
Brunswick..............64
Walworth.............. 64
PR IN T S .Berwick fancies....  4
Allen turkey  reds..  54
robes...........54
Clyde Robes...........  5
pink & purple 64
Charter Oak fancies 44 
buffs............  6
DelMarine cashm’s.  6 
mouro’g  6 
pink  checks.  54
Eddy stone fancy... 6
staples.........  54
shirtings...  44
chocolat  6
54
American fancy 
rober___  6
54
American indigo 
sateens..  6
American shirtings.  44 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple__54
Anchor Shirtings
new era.  6
Arnold 
Arnold  Merino___  6 
| Merrimack D fancy.  6
long cloth B. 1041 Merrlm’ck shirtings.  44
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C.  84 
Repp fura .  84
century cloth 7
“ 
Pacific fancy............6
“  gold seal....... 104
robes..............64
“  green seal TR104 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow seal.. 104
Simpson mourning.. 6
“  serge............. 114
greys..........6
solid black.  6 
“  Turkey red.. 104 
Ballou solid black..  5 
Washington Indigo.  6 
“ 
“  colors.  54
“  Turkey robes..  74
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes___ 74
red and orange  ..  54
“  plain T’ky X 4  84 
Berlin solids...........  54
“ 
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oil blue....... 64
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red.................. 6
“  green . 
64 
Foulards .
Martha Washington
54
red 4 .............7
Turkeyred 4 ........74
Martha Washington
“  X ...........  94
Turkey red............ 94
“  4 4......... 10
Riverpoint robes___5
“ 3-4XXXX 12
Windsor fancy..........64
Cocheco fancy........  6
gold  ticket 
madders...  6 
indigo blue..........104
XX twills..  64 
solids........54
TIC K IN G S.AC A.....................124
Amoskeag A C A.... 13
Pemberton AAA__16
Hamilton N............   74
York.......................104
D............ 84
Awning.. 11
Swift River...........   74
Farmer....................8
Pearl River........... 124
First Prize............. 114
Warren...................14
Lenox M ills...........18
Atlanta,  D.............64 ¡Stark  A  *
Boot........................ 64 No  Name__
Clifton, K...............   74 ¡Top of  Heap
Simpson..................20
................. 18
................. 16
Coechco................. 104

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Imperial..................104
Black................9® 94
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COTTON  D R IL L .

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FOR

VITE, BL&GE  ¿HD  COLORS,
Hand and Machine Use.
P.  STEKETEE  & SONS.

FOR  SALE  BY

Spring Season 1801.

I f   You  desire  to  sell

Carpets  bu  Sample
Circiflar and  Price List.

Send  for

S i t  i Saniord,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Toil, HenoMeier & Go.,

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

DRY GOODS,

NOTIONS,

CARPETS,

CURTAINS.
Shirts,  Pants,  Overalls,  Etc.

Manufacturers of

Elegant  Spring  Line  of  Prints, Ging­
hams,  Toile  Du  Nord,  Gballies,  White 
and  Black  Goods,  Percales,  Satteens, 
Serges,  Pants  Cloth,  Cottonades  and 
Hosiery now ready for inspection.

Chicago and Detroit Prices Guaranteed.

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa S t 

GRAND RAPIDS, 
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A . W N I N G S

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A N D   T E N T S .

F la n , Horse A nd  W agon  Covers,  Seat  Shades,  Large 
Umbrellas,  Oiled  Clothing,  Wide  C otton  Ducks,  etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COYE,  11  Pearl  Street

Bend  for  lU nstrated  Catalogne.

T elep h o n «   106.

G R A IN   RAGS.

Amoskeag.............. 164|VaUey City.............. 154
Stark...................... 20 
'Georgia...................154
American...............164 i Pacific.................... 144

TH R EA D S.

K N ITTIN G   COTTON.

Clark’s Mile End... .45  ¡Barbour's............... 88
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall’s ............... 88
Holyoke..................2241
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....87
“  16... ....38
39
18... ....39
40
“  20... ....40
41
CAM BRICS.

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

6  ..
8...
10...
12...

..33
...34
...35
...36

No.

M IX ED   FL A N N E L .

Washington............ 3%
Red Cross.................  3%
Lockwood................4
Wood’s...................   4
Brunswick............ 4
R E D   FL A N N E L .
ITW...
...................2 2 4
F T ............ ..............324
J R F , XXX............35
Buckeye.................324

Slater........................4
White Star............   4
Kid Glove...............  4
Newmarket.............. 4
Edwards................ 4
Fireman................. 324
Creedmore..............274
Talbot XXX........... 30
Nameless................274
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40  IGrey S R W............ 174
Western W .............184
Union R ................. 224
D R P ......................184
Windsor................. 184
Flushing XXX........234
6 oz Western.......... 21
Manitoba................ 234
Union J J ................ 224
9 @104
Nameless...... 8  @941
...... 84@10  I
124
Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
15
17
20

CANVASS  AND  PA D D IN G .
13
94
15
104
17
114
20
124

“ 
Slate.
94
104
114
124
Severen, 8oz..........  94
Mayland, 8 oz.........104
Greenwood, 74 oz..  94 
Greenwood, 8 oz— 114

West  Point, 8 oz__ 104
1 0 O Z . . . . 1 2 4
“  
Raven, lOoz.............134
Stark 
.............134
W AD D IN G S.

94 13
104 15
114 17
124 20

DOM ET  FLA N N EL.

“ 

White, doz..............25  IPer bale, 40 doz.
Colored, doz...........20 

|

.17.50

Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
“  Red Cross....  9 '
Best.104
“ 
124
“  Best AA 

Pawtucket...............104
D undie...................   9
Bedford...................104
Valley  City.............1(*4

SEW IN G   S IL K .

2 
3 

“ 
“ 

Corticelli, doz..........75  [Corticelll knitting,

..12 “ 8 
..12 

twist,doz..374  per 4uz  ball........30
50 yd, doz..374I
HOOKS  AND  E T E S — P E R  GROSS.
“ 
“ 

No  1 Bl’k & White.,10  ¡No  4 Bl’k & Whlte..l5 
« 
..20
“ 
..25
No 2—20, M C.......... 50  INO 4—15 F  3 4 ...........40
•'  3-18.SC ............45  I
No  2 White & Bl’k.,12  ¡No  8 White & Bl’k..20 
“ 
.23
“ 
..26
No2......................... 28  |N o3..  ..................... 36

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

j “  10 

P IN S .

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

4 
6 

Crowelv’s............... 1  35 Gold  Eyed................1 50
Marshall’s..............1 00|
5— 4 .

1  95  6—4...2 95

TA B L E   O IL  CLOTH.
6—4. ..3 25]5—4 
“ 

...3 101
COTTON TW IN ES.

..2 25 
..2  10

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown................... 12
Domestic............... 184
Anchor ...................16
Bristol...................13
Cherry  Valley........15
IX L ...................... 13
Alabama.................  64
Alamance...............   64
Augusta].................74
Arrsapha................  6
Georgia...................  64
Granite..................  54
Haw  River.............5
H aw .J....................5

Nashua................... 18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3 ply.... 17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 plyl74 
Powhattan.............18

r‘ 

Mount  Pleasant__64
Oneida....................  5
Pyrm ont................  54
Randelman............ 6
Riversids................54
Sibley A...................64
Toledo....................  6

P L A ID   O8NABU RG8.

■r a r a  

i M r c r r r c L A T s r .   t r a d e s m a n .

is always groping  for men of  ability and 
integrity  to  fill  its  places  of  responsi­
bility, and  those who  have  these qualifi­
cations are  almost  sure to find  employ­
ment.  Some  men forget  that the  great 
end of  life  is  to  be  and  do,  not  what 
other men have  been or done.  Even the 
very highest  genius will not  enable  men 
to achieve  worldly  success without prac­
tical  knowledge,  and  the greatest  secret 
of  success  is  in  being  alive to what  is 
going  on around  one.  Let  not the  em­
ploye think his task too much.  The fair 
minded, 
liberal  merchant  of  to-day  is 
fully aware of  the limit of  work allotted 
to each of  his employes.
I  desire  to  impress  particularly  the 
cultivation  of  manners. 
It  is a part  of 
every  business  man’s  education,  and 
young  men  are apt  to  make  a  serious 
mistake  if  they  think  it  is  easily  set 
aside.  The average  employe  thinks  if 
he  has  the  substance  the  form  is  of 
little moment. 
I must,  of course,  not go 
out  of  the  sphere  of  office  men. 
I 
acknowledge that in large establishments; 
numbering  their employes  by  hundreds.

that the  whistle and  the bell  must,  to  a 
great  extent,  regulate  affairs.  Under 
this  heading  there  must,  of  course,  be 
set rules and regulations,  as it  would  be 
impossible  to  govern  a  large  force  by 
verbal methods  or  by  allowing  them  to 
choose their  own time. 
It is, of  course, 
understood that there is a distinction and 
a difference between  the two sets  of  em­
ployes.  The  one is governed  altogether 
by rules  and  regulations  laid  down  by 
trades  unions  and  compacts,  the quality 
and  quantity  being  regulated.  They 
must  earn  so  much,  and  are  employes 
only  in  the  sense  of  giving  so  much 
human power to advance the machinery’s 
motion.
The  employe  must  advance  himself. 
Mere  industry  and  economy  are  not 
enough.  There must be intelligence and 
original thought.  Among  the unwritten 
obligations  that  the  employe  owes  his 
employer I mention application, observa­
tion,  method,  accuracy,  punctuality  and 
despatch.  There  are  persons  who will 
sneer  at these  virtues  as little  things— 
trifles unworthy of notice._____________

7
You must love  your work,  and  by lov­
ing that you  are diligent.  Being diligent, 
you serve  your  employer.  Serving  him 
advances you and you will  win the battle 
of life.
There is no work that does not demand 
system. 
If a man work without a system 
catching  up  whatever is nearest at hand 
or  trying  to  do  half  a  dozen  things at 
once,  he  will  sooner  or  later  come  to 
grief,  and nothiug  depresses aud  demor­
alizes  so  much  as  a  surrender  of  the 
approved and habitual forms of  life.
In  busiuess,  punctuality  is the  soul of 
If the  time of  an  employe is 
industry. 
properly occupied,  every  hour will  have 
its appropriate work. 
If the work is not 
done, it encroaches on the time of another 
and thus becomes disorder.

In  conclusion, I  would  say that  I  am 
hedged in by my colleagues.  The sphere 
is  limited,  and  in  quoting  from  that 
beloved and true American,  Balph Waldo 
Emerson,  1  say: 
“ Do  that  which  is 
assigned  you  and  you  cannot  hope too 
much or dare too much.”

Relation  of  the  Employe to  His  Em­

ployer.

At a  recent  meeting  of  the  St.  Lonis 
Office Men’s Club,  the  following  address 
on the “Obligations of the Employe” was 
presented by llenry Bernd, who is cashier 
of one of  the  largest business  establish­
ments in the city:

the  opportunity 

A  service  of  twenty  years  as an  em­
ploye  affords  me 
to 
express my views on the subject assigued 
me.
Mere service given for remuneration is 
by  no  means  the only  obligation which 
It ought be 
binds employe to employer. 
said that  there is no other  obliganon be­
tween the two except  for value  received 
and  given.  Those  who  earn their living 
from this standpoint do not have such an 
agreeable  time as the one who  considers 
that  there are  higher and better  objects 
in  view than  the mere  mechanical  part 
of labor.
I  claim that  an  employe  must  at  all 
times and places,  whether under the roof 
of the house that he is connected with or 
elsewhere,  maintain  respect, esteem  and 
consideration for his employers. 
It does 
not necessarily imply  that a violation  of 
certain little  rules will  be discovered by 
the employer—it does not  imply that the 
continued visits to questionable places of 
resort, to gambling dens, in bad company, 
visits  to  neighboring  saloons  and  the 
many little  vices which  tempt  the  aver­
age clerk,  will in any way be an obstacle 
for  the  time  being,  but  the  observant 
employer  cannot  be  unmindful  of  all 
these  little  vices,  and  they  come to his 
ears unsought  for or without  eavesdrop­
ping. 
I  remember  once  overhearing  a 
conversation  between  an  employer  and 
employe.  The  head of  the house  went 
to a base ball game, much to the surprise 
of the employe, who  went also,  and  they 
met, of course, quite unexpectedly.  The 
next  day the  clerk was  called  into  the 
office  and  asked  to explain  how  it  was 
that  the  funeral  cortege  of  his  aunt 
passed through the place where the game 
of  ball  was  being played.  There were 
the  usual  excuses,  ending with  the  dis­
charge of  the clerk,  this not having been 
the first offense.
There are many unwritten obligations. 
The clerk  who  anticipates  the  wants  of 
his employer  is  the  one who  is  quietly 
pushing his way to the front.  The clerk 
who  steps  in  the  door  promptly  at  7 
o’clock,  and  who  leaves  promptly at 12 
for dinner;  who comes back  promptly at 
1,  who  leaves  promptly  at  6;  who  lays 
down his work right in the middle of the 
work in hand,  who is loitering, shiftless; 
who  is  continually  entertaining  social 
visitors;  overdraws his account with  the 
cashier,  asks  for a good  many  days  ab­
sence on account of a sick headache,  who 
has  allowed  himself to annoy his  chief, 
who  finds  out  the  salaries of  all  other 
employes  and  kicks  because  his  is  not 
more,  who  wants  the  first vacation  and 
the  longest,  who  always  has an engage­
ment when  night work  is in  season  and 
about  the  last of  the month,  who  wants 
to help no one  else because no one  helps 
him,  who  carries  tales  to  the  head  of 
the firm;  who can’t tell a straight Wilkie 
Collins  white  business  lie  because  his 
mother told  him  never to tell the  truth, 
who smokes cigarettes  behind boxes  and 
throws  away  the 
the 
approach of the chief is heard,  who com­
plains  because some  customers  call  too 
early  to  buy  goods, others too late, who 
thinks that he knows all about the entire 
management  of  the  business and  could 
run it a good deal more satisfactorily and 
profitably than  his  employers, and  who, 
“last but not least, never gets his  salary 
raised.”  He  is  the  employe  who  is  al­
ways complaining of oppression and who 
wants to be boss.  His lot is truly a hard 
one.  He  is  the  one for whom  Carnegie 
did not write, “Triumphant Democracy.”
It may be said by the optimist that all of 
these little sins do not  necessarily retard 
progress—that many a successful man of 
to-day has  been  guilty  of  any or all  of 
them.  We see  men  who, with compara­
tively slender talents, are the instruments 
of achieving more, important results than 
are effected by men of far greater endow­
ments.
The  world  is  a hard  one,  but  in  the 
It
long  run it is an eminently  just one. 

stump  when 

Hardware Price Current.

T h ese  p ric e s  a re   fo r cash  buyers,  w ho 
pay  p ro m p tly   an d   b u y   in   fu ll  p ackages.

AUGURS and bits. 

dis.

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

AXES.

“ 
“ 
“ 

First Quality,  S. B. Bronze........................... • 7 50
D„ B. Bronze.............................  12 00
S.B .S. Steel..............................  8 50
D. B. Steel.................................   13 50
Railroad...........................................................I  14 00
Garden....................................................... net  30 00

BARBOWS. 

dis.

BOLTS. 

dis.

Stove.  .................................................................50*10
75
Carriage new list.............................................. 
Plow...................................................................40*10
Sleigh shoe........................................................ 
70

BUCKETS.

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

BUTTS, CAST. 

dlS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................... 1..............70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast jo in t................60*10
Wrought Loose Pin...........................................60*10
Wrought  Table................................................. 60*10
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60*10
Wrought  Brass................................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s ................................................. 70*10
Blind, Shepard’s .............................................. 
70

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

40

Grain...........................................................dis. 50*02

BLOCKS.

CBAOLBS.

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel.................................................per lb 
5
Ely’s 1-10.................................................perm   66
60
Hick’s  C.  F ............................................ 
G. D .............................. .......................... 
35
M usket....................................................  
60

CAPS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

Rim  F ire........................................................... 
Central  Fire.............................................. dis. 

58
25

Socket F irm er..................................................70*10
Socket Framing................................................70*18
Socket Comer................................................... 70*10
Socket Slicks................................................... 70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firm er............................... 
40

dis.

dis.

Curry,  Lawrence’s .......................................... 
40
Hotchkiss.........................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross............... 12@12Vi dis. 10

combs. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

“ 

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

 
DRILLS. 

 

dis.

DRIPPING FANS.

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

30
28
25
25
27
50
50
50

07
6V4

elbows.

dlS.

dis.

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

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, 118; large, 126.........................  
Ives’, 1, »18;  2, «24;  3,138............................... 

30
25

tiles—New List. 

Dlsston’s ........................................................... 60*18
New  American..................................................60*10
Nicholson’s .......................................................60*10
Heller’s ..............................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................... 
50

GALVANIZED IRON.

12 

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

13 
GAUGES. 

Discount, 60

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

14 

28
18

50

HAMMERS.

dis.

dlS.

dis.

HINGES.

dis.
dis.

levels. 

HANGERS. 

MATTOCKS.

WIRE GOODS. 

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HOLLOW WARE.

knobs—New List. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

May dole  & Co.’s...............................................dis. 25
Kip’S.................................................................dlS. 25
Yerkes *  Plumb’s .................................................dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................... —  30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, H and__ 30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ..................................dls.60&10
State...............................................per doz. net, 2  50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 4V4  14  and
r ’
3Vi
10
V4............ ............. net
%............ ______ net
8V4
X ............ ..............net
7V4
X ............ ............. net
VV4
50
............dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track— 50*10
Champion,  anti friction................................  60*10
40
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................... 
Pots..................................................................... 
60
Kettles................................................................ 
60
S piders.............................................................. 
60
Gray enameled................................................. 40*10
Stamped  Tin W are..................................new list 70
Japanned Tin W are........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are.......................new list 33)4*10
Bright........................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70*10*10
Hook’s ..........................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes........................... 
70*10*10
70
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ........................ 
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings...................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................... 
55
Door, porcelain, plated tTimmings...............  
55
Door,  porcelvin, trimmings........................... 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain....................  
70
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s .............................. 
Branford’s .................... .«............................... 
56
Norwalk’s ........................................................ 
55
Adze Eye...............................................»16.00, dis. 60
Hunt Eye...............................................»15.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s     ......................  ............. »18.50, dis. 20*10.
50
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry & CIp ik’s ................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
......................................... 
25
dlS.
Stebbln’s Pattern..............................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine.............................. 
68*10
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25
Steel nails, base.................................................. 1  85
WIre nails, base........................................ — • • -.2 20
Steel.  Wire.
go................................................. 
Base
Base 
10
50  1.........................................................Base 
40 .........................................................  
20
05 
20
10 
30........................................................... 
30
15 
20  ........................................................ 
35
16........................................................... 
15 
12..  ....................................................  
35
15 
40
10 
........................................................  20 
50
8 .............................................................  25 
7 * 6 .......................................................   40 
65
4 
60 
90
3  " ..........................................................1  00 
1 50
2 00
2 '.............................................................1  50 
Fine 3.......................................... 
  1  50 
2 00
Case  10..................................................   60 
90
1 00
8 .................................................  75 
6 
Finish 10...............................................   85 
100
8.................................................1  00 
g ............................................... 1  15 
Clinch! 10 .............................................   85 
8  ............................................1  00 
6...............................................1  15 
Barren %...............................................1  75 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ....................................  @40
Sciota  Bench....................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................  @40
Bench, first quality..........................................  @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  *10
Fry,  Acme.................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................... oh. 
70
dis.
40
Iron and  Tinned.............................................. 
Copper Rivets and Burs................................  
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

-  mauls. 
mills. 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

Advance over base: 

MOLASSES GATES. 

1 25
1 50
75
90
1 00
2 50

“ 
•• 
“ 
“ 
“ 

tlanes. 

dis.
dis.

rivets. 

N AILS

PANS.

dis.

 

 

 

 

 

Broken packs %c per pound extra.

ROPES.

SQUARES. 

Sisal, Vi Inch and larger.............................   8
M a n illa............................................................  11 Vi
dis.
Steel and Iron..............................................  
75
60
Try and Bevels............................................. 
20
Mitre............................................................ 
SHEET IRON.Com.  Smooth.  Com.
»3 10
3 20
3 20
3 30
3 40
3 50
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to  14...................................... »4 20 
Nos. 15 to 17 .....................................  4 20 
Nos.  18 to 21......................................  4 20 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4 20 
Nos. 25 to 26 .....................................  4 40 
No. 27 ...............................................   4 60 
wide ngt less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86...................................... dis. 
Silver Lake, White A.............................. list 
Drab A.................................  “ 
White  B...............................  “ 
DrabB..................................  “ 
White C................................. “ 

50
50
55
50
55
35

SAND PAPER.

SASH CORD.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

saws. 

TRAPS. 

Hand........................................  

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton 126
“ 
20
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,__ 
70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__ 
50
Special Steel DIa.JI Cuts, per f o o t . 30 
lampion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
“  C'nampioi 
30
Cuts,  per  root
Steel, Game........................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s —  
70
Mouse,  choker................................... 18c per doz
Mouse, delusion.................................»1.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright M arket..................................................   65
Annealed Market............................................. 70—10
Coppered Market.............................................   60
Tinned Market.................................................  62Vi
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................  3 40
painted.......................................  2 85

red  Spring  Steel...................................  

wire. 

dis.

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

Au Sable..................................dis. 25*10@25*10*06
Putnam .................................... ......... 
dis. 05
Northwestern...................................  
dis. 10*10
dis.
30
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
Coe’s  G enuine..................................... '.......... 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,............ 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable..................................75*10
Bird Cages........................................................ 
50
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
75
Screws, New L ist..............................................70*10
Casters, Bed  a  d Plate.............................50*10*10
Dampers,  American........................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........  
66

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dlS.

METALS.

PIG TIN.

 

6%
7

ZINC.

260
280

SOLDER.

Pig  Large.........................................................  
Pig Bars..............................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2Vic per pound.
680 pound  casks...............................................  
Per  pound.........................................................  
V4@V4.........................................................................1«
Extra W iping......................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson............................................per  pound  16
Hallett’s .......................................... 
13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10xl4IC, Charcoal........................................... • 7  50
90 1 25
.............................................  7  50
14x2010, 
10x14 IX, 
.......... ...................................  9 25
14x20 IX, 
.............................................   9 25

Each additional X on this grade, 11.75.

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TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.

10xl4IC,  Charcoal................................................» 6  50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

.............................................   6  50
..............................................  8 00
...............   .......................... 
00

Each additional X on this grade (1.50.

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ROOTING PLATES

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“ Worcester........................................   6 50
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“ Allaway  Grade...................... 
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BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 10, 
14x20 IC. 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 LX, 
14x28  IX ............................................................ 09
14x31  IX...............................................................15
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I „ j   pound 
10 
14x60 IX,  “  11  9 

.........................  8  50
...........................  W50
5  75
7 25
12  OO
15  00

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THE  MICHIGLAJN'  TRADESMAN,

Michigan Tradesman

Official Orpran of Michigan Business Men’s  Association. 

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E ntered a t the G rand R apid» Poet Oj/. •«.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  JUNE  84,  1891.

A  USELESS  CONFLICT.

A man in a tub was being slowly drawn 
from the  bottom  of  a  deep  well,  when 
the men at the top, working the windlass, 
suddenly stopped.  “ Haul me up!” cried 
the man,  “or  I’ll  cut  the  rope!”  This 
correctly illustrates the relation  between 
capital  and  labor,  and  it  matters  not 
which of the  interests  you  place  in  the 
tnb,  or  at  the  windlass.  To  stop  the 
work  is  to  cut  the  rope.  Work at  the 
windlass,  for  the  capitalist  in  the  tub, 
will bring him to the top,  to pay  for  the 
labor done,  and to continue  the work un­
til  water is reached.  Stop the  work,  or 
cut  the  rope,  and  capital  is  destroyed 
while  labor  starves.  Outside  of  forced 
conditions,  and removed from the rant of 
demagogues,  there is no conflict between 
capital  and  labor. 
Neither  of  these 
commodities  is  worth  anything,  until 
brought 
into  contact  with  the  other. 
A 
sit  down  on  a 
pile of gold as large as  Pike’s Peak,  and 
starve  to  death,  and  the  muscle  and 
brain of millions of laborers  are  useless 
when  unemployed;  but  let  labor  bring 
bread to the  starving  capitalist,  astride 
his pile of gold,  and get in  return a  por­
tion  of that gold,  and  both  are  profited 
by the transaction,  each  having  benefit­
ed the other by supplying a want.

capitalist  may 

Human  existence  is cast on the  plane 
of labor.  Ever  since  the  father  of  our 
race failed to appreciate the idle life and 
luxurious surrounding  of Eden,  and was 
cast out,  followed by the  unalterable de­
cree,  “In  the  sweat  of  thy  face  shalt 
thou eat bread,” man  has existed  by ef­
fort,  in his lowest or most exalted condi­
tion.  Primarily  the  sources  of  supply 
coming out of the earth,  agriculture  be­
ing the base of supplies  for animal  exis­
tence,  and  the  animal,  vegetable,  and 
mineral kingdoms,  in  combination,  are 
the lines worked for  life  perpetuation— 
the air we breath and the water we drink 
being  more  common  surroundings;  yet 
all contingent in some  degree on effort— 
work.

Human existence  is  also  cast  on  the 
plane of want.  From start to finish man 
is never free  from  it.  Want  divides  it­
self into two grand  divisions,  necessary 
and imaginary.  These so lace and inter­
lace that it is difficult to  tell  where  one 
leaves off and the other  commences,  but 
the extremes can be seen in outline.  Ne­
cessity  has  few  wants;  artificial 
life 
many.  We could live a long time—some 
of us longer that way than any other—on 
bread  and  water,  but  we  don’t.  We 
could go almost  entirely  without  cloth­
ing in some climates  and  some  seasons, 
but we don’t.  To limit the  functions  of 
want to the duty of supplying in smallest 
possible quantity and  cheapest  possible 
quality 
life 
is  to  deprive  human  existence  of  all 
proper  incentives  to  material  better­
ments  and  intellectual  developments.

the  mere  necessaries  of 

This theory would rob the race of all love 
of  the  beautiful  in  personal  or  home 
adornments, and place us speedily in the 
primitive condition of  dwellers in  caves 
and huts; with scanty clothing or none at 
all; with  coarse  face  and  coarser  man­
ners.

We instinctively  shrink  from  such  a 
picture,  and gladly  turn  to  the  better, 
brighter and more  hopeful conditions  of 
life.  Labor,  rightly considered,  teaches 
no such  gloomy  doctrines,  leads  to  no 
such results.  Labor holds the high table­
land  between  degrading  stinginess  on 
one hand and wasteful  extravagance  on 
the other. 
It  does  not  mean  that  you 
shall  buy  nothing—consume  nothing. 
This point is never reached until you are 
in  the hands of the undertaker.  To want 
something,  to always want something,  is 
co-existent  with  life  itself.  What  is 
capital?  A day’s  work  done.  What  is 
labor?  A  day’s  work 
to  do.  All  the 
logic and speculation of all the  theorists 
of all the schools can never change these 
propositions  or  remove  them  from  the 
domain of rock-rooted facts.

In 

its  normal  condition  the  whole 
world is a market,  and human want,  real 
or  imaginary,  the  stimulating  occasion 
for traffic.  The buyers  and sellers take, 
their places on  the  line,  in proportion as 
their  day’s  work  (capital)  is  done,  or 
their  day’s  work  (labor)  is  to  do. 
“1 
want to purchase labor,”  cries  the capi­
talist.  “I have labor to  sell,”  says  the 
laborer,  and  thus  the  two  are  brought 
together  in  easy  and  proper  relations, 
when all  the antecedents  and  surround­
ings are natural,  and,  like water seeking 
its own level,  the laws of supply  and  de­
mand 
regulate  the  relation  between 
them,  a commodity  called  money  being 
used to balance up the difference in value.
But the trouble now so prominent arises 
from  forced  and  unnatural  conditions. 
Combinations of  labor have been formed 
to force the price of labor up.  Combina­
tions of capital have been formed to meet 
these  demands  and  hold  the  price  of 
labor down.  Both combinations have ig­
nored  the  laws of  supply and  demand, 
and out of  these  conditions has come all 
the  friction,  clashing,  strikes,  boycotts 
and lock-outs with which,of late we have 
become  so  familiar.  Both  sides  have 
learned  many  severe lessons  during  the 
past  half  dozen  years,  but  the  outcome 
is not clear even now,  as neither side has 
come  to  look  the  situation  squarely  in 
the  face.  Employers  have not  yet come 
to  realize  that,  while  the  underlying 
principle  of  the  labor  organizations  is 
self-protection, communism  and anarchy 
lie near the surface, ready to take a hand 
in  a  desperate  struggle  at  a  moment’s 
notice,  inaugurating  the  destruction  of 
life  and  property  and  the  violation  of 
every  law,  human  and  divine.  On  the 
other  hand,  laboring  men  have  not  yet 
learned  that more  results  can be wrung 
from  capital  by  co-operation  than  by 
coercion,  and  that  any act  which strikes 
at the pocket-book  or  individual  liberty 
of  any man reacts in inverse ratio on  the 
person  who seeks  to  advance himself  at 
the expense of  others.  Until  these  les­
sons are learned, as they must be, sooner 
or later;  until capital  ceases to be  arro­
gant and unjustly severe;  until the labor­
er begins to think for himself and refuses 
to be led around by the venal demagogues 
who  are  permitted  to  rule  most of  the 
labor  organizations  of  the  country—the 
land of freedom will be free only in name 
I and  the strike  and boycott will  continue

to stalk  forth, leaving its bloody  trail of 
communism,  insurrection,  incendiarism 
and murder.

WHERE  DID  COLUMBUS  LAND?
The  approach of  the Columbian Expo­
sition gives renewed interest to the never 
settled question as to the precise landing 
spot  of  the  great  explorer. 
It  is  not 
enough  for  many to know  the  approxi­
mate  vicinity,  they  want  to  know  the 
exact  spot.  To  discover  this  a  United 
States  expedition  has  been  engaged  in 
examining  the  ancient ruins of  the  city 
of Isabella and the adjoining territory of 
San  Domingo,  and.  to  make  assurance 
doubly sure, the Chicago Herald has sent 
out a private  expedition  with a “corres­
pondent,”  who,  no  doubt,  will  set  all 
doubts  forever at rest—in his own mind.
The  first  land  touched  by  the  great 
discoverer,  he  describes  as  an 
island, 
“small,  level,  with  abundance of  water 
and a very large  lagune  in  the middle.” 
It  was  evidently in the  Bahama  group. 
Many writers  have  settled on Cat  Island 
as the first land.  Alexander Slidell Mac­
kenzie,  an  officer of  the  United  States 
navy,  worked  out  the problem  in  detail 
in  1828-29  for Washington  Irving, who 
adopted  Mackenzie’s  conclusions  in  his 
“Life of Columbus.”  Cat Island was the 
objective point.  Later, Watling’s Island, 
Samana  Key  and  others of  the  Bahama 
group have been chosen according as they 
seemed to suit the purposes of the various 
theorists.

There is nothing new in this particular 
line  of  enquiry.  The  archaeologists  of 
England,  for  five  hundred  years  have 
been  on a still  hunt  for  the exact  spot 
where  the  feet  of  Julius  Caesar  first 
touched  the  British  soil.  And  as  the 
shores  of  Deal,  where  this  remarkable 
event  is  supposed to have  taken  place, 
are flat and wide, there is ground enough 
of  controversy to  last  for  the  next  five 
hundred years.

The  particular  spot on Mount  Ararat 
where Noah’s ark  came to anchor is like­
wise  a  subject  of  dispute.  Even  Mark 
Twain,  and  the  relics  that  he  brought 
back  from  the  sacred  locality,  failed  to 
satisfy  many inquiring minds.

But  while these  questions  remain un­
settled,  and  possibly  will  for  all  time, 
there  can be little  doubt that  each  and 
every  one  of  these  distinguished  voy­
agers did  land,  and  landed to some  pur­
pose.  Each  bore with him  some portion 
of  that  restless,  resistless  force  called 
civilization,  and  planted  it  in  a  fresh 
soil where it grew and spread, producing 
nations  and  institutions,  and  claiming 
the world for its own.  And these results 
remain  to  give  importance to the  small 
beginnings whence they sprung, and that 
importance  comes  alone  from  these, so 
that we  may none the  less fitly celebrate 
the landing of Columbus, though we may 
never be able to find the particular grains 
of sand on which his foot first trod.

THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL CONGRESS.
The  international  or universal  Postal 
Congress,  which has  been  in session  at 
Vienna  for some  time past,  promises to 
result  in  a  further  extension  of  the 
benefits  of the  Universal  Postal  Union 
in  directions  which  have  hitherto  not 
been reached  by  it.  The United  States 
was  fittingly  represented 
in  that  Con­
gress and its  representatives are said  to 
have  belonged  to  all 
the  committees 
among  which the  work  of the Congress 
was divided.

The  Universal  Postal  Union  has  re­
sulted  in  a  great  improvement  in  the 
handling  of  international  mail  matter 
and,  by  bringing  the  cost  of  postage 
down  to  a  very  reasonable  figure,  has 
greatly 
increased  the  volume  of  mail 
matter  passing  between  the  different 
countries  which  belongs  to  the  Union, 
and there  can be  no  doubt that  foreign 
trade  has  been  much  facilitated  and 
extended through  the same  agency.

It  is now  the aim  of the  members  of 
the  Universal  Union  to  secure the  ad­
hesion  of  the  few  countries  which  do 
not yet  belong,  although  that  task  has 
become  an easy  one  because  of the  al­
most  universal  extension  of  the  Union 
in fact  as well  as  in  name.  The  Aus­
tralian colonies  were about  the only im­
portant power which had hitherto  failed 
to come  into the Union,  and the  advices 
from  Vienna  now  point  to  the  entire 
success of  the  attempts  that have  been 
made to extend the  service of the Postal 
Union in that direction.

The  accession of the  Australian  colo­
nies  will  effect  a very  considerable  re­
duction  of  postage  in  mail  matter  ex­
changed with that  distant portion  of the 
world.  The  regular  5-cent  letter  rate 
per  half  ounce  and  2  cents  for  postal 
cards will replace the cumbersome system 
which has  been  hitherto  followed  with 
respect to Australian mail  matter.  The 
accession of  Australia  is,  therefore,  the 
most  important  feature  of  the  present 
congress  of the Postal  Union;  but  that 
alone  is of  such  consequence  that  it is 
worthy of  more than  passing notice*

SMITH  BARNES.

In the death of Smith Barnes, Traverse 
City loses  one of  her  foremost  citizens; 
Northern  Michigan loses one of its  most 
energetic  and  enthusiastic  champions, 
and the commercial interests of the State 
are  deprived of  one  of  their  strongest 
exponents.

fortunes  with 

Essentially  a  self-made  man,  Mr. 
Barnes is an  admirable  example  of  the 
success which can be acquired  in a busi­
ness  life where honesty and  oneness  of 
purpose are made the guiding stars. Going 
to Traverse City thirty-three  years  ago, 
he  cast  his 
the  mer­
cantile business and,  without dipping in­
to  the  pine  investments  which  yielded 
such handsome returns for his  partners, 
he was able to accumulate a  competence 
which  will  probably  not  fall  below 
$150,000; and had he been content to  de­
ny himself the enjoyments of travel  and 
recreation which business men too  often 
forego,  he could  have easily  doubled his 
fortune.  That  he did  not so  deny  him­
self,  shows the mental balance and great 
good sense of the man.

Mr.  Barnes will  be missed  at home by 
his friends and  acquaintances; but,  in  a 
still  broader  degree,  he  will  be  sadly 
missed  at  the  gatherings  of  business 
men  which  he  loved  to  attend  and  in 
which he was invariably a leading spirit. 
Always counseling moderation and plead­
ing for justice,  be became  noted  for  his 
ability  to  smooth  over  the  little  differ­
ences which sometimes arise  in  conven­
tion  work  and  his  outspoken  endorse­
ment  of  needed  reforms  always  com­
manded respectful attention.

To T he Tradesman the death  of  Mr. 
Barnes  is  particularly  poignant,  as  he 
was one of the  staunchest  exponents  of 
the paper at its inception  and has  main­
tained a steadfast  support  and  fatherly 
oversight  ever  since.  Many  of  his

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

brightest thoughts and most valuable ad­
vice have been given to the world through 
the  medium  of  these  columns  and  his 
death thus  becomes  a  personal  loss  to 
every reader of the paper.

Lamoreaux on  the Wool  Situation.

W ritten  for  The  Tbadesban.

I find the following  advice  to  farmers 
in  the  current  issue  of  the  Michigan 
Orange  Visitor:

THE  OYSTER  BEDS.

Prof.  Brooks,  of  Baltimore,  an  expert 
in  the  conchology and commercial econ­
omics  of  the  oyster,  has  formulated  a 
statement  to  the  effect  that  in fifty-six 
years  the  Chesapeake  Bay  has  yielded 
about 400,000,000 bushels of oysters; that 
this magnificent inheritance has,  through 
improvidence  and  mismanagement,  been 
so wasted  that  not a remnant  of  it  will 
descend to the  next  generation of  Mary­
landers  unless the entire oyster industry 
is  reformed  without  delay.  This  calls 
for  scientific  oyster  farming,  artificial 
culture,  careful  bedding  and  planting, 
and,  first of all and urgently, for the pro­
tection of  the  natural  beds  against  the 
raids of  destructive  tongmen and  dredg­
ers.

The  consumption of  oysters  from  the 
Maryland  waters  is  at  the  rate  of  10,- 
000,000  to  12,000,000 bushels a year,  and 
Maryland  only  supplies a portion of  the 
national  demand.  Probably  the  yearly 
consumption  for  the  whole  country  is 
20,000,000  bushels,  and  is  constantly in­
creasing.  Nothing  adequate  is  being 
done  to  protect  the  oysters,  while  the 
raids  that are  made upon them  result in 
the  destruction of  all the spats,  and  the 
small and unmerchantable shell fish.

The ostentation,  pomp  and  parade  of 
our  modern  funerals  are  a  vulgar  dis­
play of bad taste, and  are  out  of  place 
in this age of enlightened thought.  The 
respect for the dead  should be shown  in 
the heart rather  than in the gaudy  trap­
pings  that  fashion  has  prescribed  for 
symbolizing woe.

The  American  Sugar  Refining  Co.— 
otherwise  known  as the  Sugar  Trust— 
has declared semi-annual dividends of 3K 
per  cent, on  the  preferred  stock and  4 
per cent,  on  the common  stock.  No one 
will be  inclined  to  doubt  that the  div­
idends have actually been earned.

With  the  fair  sex  in  every office  and 
now asking  the  ballot  it is  safe  to  say 
this is  the  age  of  women.  But  nobody 
knows it.  ________________

The  Successor  of  Mr.  Barnes.

T r a v e r se  Cit y,  June 22—The  death 
of  Mr.  Barnes  naturally  causes  con­
siderable speculation as to  who will  suc­
ceed the deceased as General  Manager of 
the  Hannah & Lay  Mercantile Co.  it  is 
very generally conceded that the position 
will be  tendered Herbert Montague,  who 
has  been  connected  with  the  house 20 
years  and for  several years has  been  at 
the head of the  grocery department.  Mr. 
Montague is a  broadguage business  man 
and  would  undoubtedly  serve  the  in­
stitution with  as much  distinction as he 
has  acquired  at the head  of his present 
department.

The  Oil  Situation  at Hopkins.

H opkins Sta tio n, J une 22—An oil ex­
pert  from  Bradford,  Pa., is  anxious  to 
bore for oil in this  vicinity,  as he is con­
fident the indications are even better here 
than  at  Allegan. 
It  is  understood that 
Frank B.  Watkins  has  offered  to secure 
the  necessary  leases in case  the  gentle­
man  will  deposit  $3,000  in  bank as  an 
evidence of  good  faith.  The  leases se­
cured  by Messrs. Bowne  and  Rathbun a 
couple  of  years  ago  have  expired  and 
have been returned to the lessees.

Northville—G.  S.  VanZile  has  pur­
chased the lumber  and  salt  business  of 
York & Tillotson.

There  can  be a good  deal  of  legerde­
main practiced in sorting wool.  A fleece 
which  would  grade  delaine  in  one  in­
stance  will  go in the  X  pile at another, 
and  knock  off  three  to  five  cents  per 
pound.  The  grading  is  seldom  up  to 
the  samples  sent.  Our  belief  is  that a 
lot of chicanery is practiced here as there 
certainly is all along the line.  The deal­
er  maligns  the  farmer  for  cheating  in 
questionable  practices,  and  still  holds 
out the bribe  for  it  by  paying  the same 
price  for  dirty and  undesirable  wool  as 
for  that  which is clean  and  respectable. 
Wool  that  has  been  soaked  a  certain 
length of  time on the  sheep in the water 
sells for  six to ten cents  more per pound 
than  that shorn  early,  which  is  cleaner 
and will  shrink less.  Farmers  are quite 
as  sharp  as  the  dealers,  and  so long  as 
this kind  of  tactics  is  kept  up,  so  long 
will  manufacturers  find  dirty wool  and 
untidiness in the fleeces.

There  is  truth  in  every  line  of  the 
above clipping, but so long as the farmers 
persist  in “soaking  their  wool a certain 
length of  time,”  just  so  long  will  the 
“good name Michigan wool once had”  be 
in bad repute.

for  the 

I  think  the average  run of  farmers in 
Michigan  this  year  will  find  that  the 
buyer  has  bought  at  full  prices  about 
all the  soaked wool he will  buy  for some 
time,  and will  also find  that in  the year 
1891,  if  his  wool is not  up in  condition, 
he will  have to suffer  the  consequences. 
I  was at Ovid  Friday  and  saw a clip  of 
fine  wool  sold, forty-seven  fleeces, at 25 
cents  per  pound,  for  the  merchantable 
wool.  When  weighed  up,  Mr.  Farmer 
got 25 cents for twenty  fleeces,  weighing 
110  pounds, and  25  cents,  one-third off, 
for  twenty-seven  fleeces,  weighing  146 
pounds.  The  twenty-seven  fleeces were 
equally  as  good  wool;  but,  when  the 
farmer soaked it,  he did not soak it quite 
long  enough,  and  while  he  got  a  good 
price for the twenty fleeces which passed 
muster, 
twenty-seven  fleeces 
which did not pass, he received only 16% 
cents  per  pound;  when,  if  he had  tried 
to be honest, he would have received full 
prices  for the  whole  forty-seven  fleeces; 
as the quality of  the wool was all of  one 
grade.  The  farmers  will  find  that  the 
time of  buying soaked  (properly named) 
wool is past  and  that from  now on they 
will have to give an honest dollar’s worth 
of wool to get a dollar. 
It is an unfortu­
nate fact that  Michigan wool, once rank­
ing  among  the  best in the  country, has 
fallen  much  below  p ar;  not  because of 
any  defect in the  quality but  because of 
the  carelessness  and  unfairness  of  the 
growers  in  preparing  it  for market. 
It 
is  related,  that a certain  Eastern  manu­
facturer,  in  using  2,000,000  pounds  of 
Australian  wool,  found  but  600  pounds 
of  strings and other waste  matter, while 
from the same amount of Michigan wool, 
he found over 12,000  pounds. 
If  that  is 
not enough  to  discourage a consumer  of 
Michigan  wool,  I  would  like  to  know 
what would. 
It is to be hoped  that both 
the  buyer and  the grower  will do  their 
best in the future to place Michigan wool 
where  it  belongs,  in  the  front  rank,  by 
putting it up in good condition.

I  wish  the  farmers  would  not  wash 
their  wool.  Then  there  would  be  no 
question  as  to  condition, but  each  clip 
would  sell on  its  merits and  bring what 
it  was worth  and the  farmer  would  not 
have to soak bis wool at all.

W.  T.  L a m o r e a u x .

FISHING TACKLE

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Sportini  &  Athletic  Goods.

100  flonroe  81.,

40,  42 & 44 Ji. Ionia 81.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich., April 8, ’91.
Having  sold  to  Foster, 
Stevens tfc Co., of this city, 
our  entire  stock  of  sport­
ing  goods  consisting  of 
guns,  ammunition,  fishing 
tackle,  bicycles,  etc.,  we 
would  bespeak  for  them 
the same generous patron­
age  we  have  enjoyed  for 
the  past  ten  years,  and 
trust with their facility for 
carrying  on  the  sporting 
goods business our patrons 
will  find  their 
interests 
will  be  well  protected  in 
their hands.

Very truly yours,

SPALDING  &  CO.

Having purchased  the above stock  of  goods and  added  to it 
very  largely,  and  placed  it  in  charge  of  William  Wood- 
worth,  who  for  many  years  was  with  L.  S.  Hill  Co.,  and 
then  Spalding  Co.,  we  think we  are  now in  excellent shape 
to  supply the trade of Western  Michigan.

o m r & tev en s

&  

M ° sNtR ° S

IO
Drugs  Medicines•

State Board of Pharmacy.

One  Y ear—Stanley E. P arkill, Owosso.
Two  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Three  Years—Jam es Vernor, Detroit.
Four Years—O ttm ar Eberbaeh, Ann  Arbor 
Five Years—George Gundrum. Ionia.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, D etroit.
Treasurer—8. E. Parkill,  Owosso.
(Detroit) July 7;  Houghton, Sept. 1;  Lansing  Nov. 4.
Michigan State  Pharmaceutical  Awj’n. 

Meetings  for  1891—Ann  Arbor,  May  5;  Star  Island 

President—D. E. Prall. Saginaw.
T in t Vice-President— H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Seoond Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, D etroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—W m Dupont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in  October, 1891.

Grand  Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. 
President. W. R. Jew ett,  Secretary,  Frank H. E scott 
Regular Meetings—F irst Wednesday evening of March, 

June, Septem ber and December.
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks* Association. 
^resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.________

Detroit Pharmaceutical  S o c i e t y .  

President, F. R ohnert;  Secretary,  J. P. Rheinfrank.
Muskegon  Drug Clerks’ Association. 

President  C. 8. Koon;  Secretary. A. T. W heeler.______

Faith as a Curative Agent.

W r itte n  f o r   T u b  T r a d e s m a n .

imagination;  and  if  it  was  really  effec­
tive,  blessed  be  such faith,  we say!  No 
doubt seventh sons and most patent med­
icines  are,  in  themselves  humbugs;  but 
somehow  people  are brought  to  believe 
in them,  and, if they are not really cured, 
at  least  think  they  are.  Perhaps  the 
time will come when an enlightened pro­
fessional standard will  permit more than 
it now does a resort to nature’s own rem­
edy—the  imagination—a  dose  of  which 
is surely far  easier to take than  are pre­
scriptions  duly  compounded  by our  un­
imaginative friends, the druggists.

A.  S.  M.

Trust.

Probable  Competitors  of  the  Whisky 
Scarcely have the controlling members 
of the Whisky Trust had  time to proper­
ly  congratulate  themselves  upon  their 
absorption of  the  Sbufeldt and  Calumet 
distilleries  and  the  apparent  end  of 
serious  existing  opposition,  when  forth 
comes a rumor of  an  intended  coalition 
of wholesale liquor  dealers and rectifiers 
who propose building a distillery of their 
own to thwart  any  probable  advance  of

. 

.  _.  .. 

Seventh sons of seventh  sons,  and sev­
enth daughters “in the  same  ratio  like­
wise,”  seem to have  the way  to  fortune 
made  easy  for  them,  provided  they  are j prices by the Trust, 
capable of inspiring faith.  Perhaps this 
Such rumors as these have been known
.... 
-  to  originate  from  no-one-knows-where,
power  is  one  of  the  characteristics  of  after £ e  consolidation o(  other business
these  gifted  persons,  unless, 
indeed, | organizations,  the wish  often being mere
faiher  to  the  thought,  and  having  no 
there  are  seventh  children  of  seventh 
further  basis;  but,  in  the  present  in­
children,  who,  so  to  speak,  hide  their 
stance,  the  array  of  names  printed  in 
respective lights under convenient bush- j 
connection with this  report gives it more 
els.  At all  events  enough of  them  are 
of the semblance of possibility than other 
rumors cropping up at such a time.  Nor 
extant  to  justify  a  very  considerable 
is the present  the first  occasion an oppo­
amount  of  liberal  advertising,  and  no 
sition  of  this kind  has  been  mooted or 
one  need  search far without  learning of 
seriously talked  over  among wholesalers 
alleged  miraculous  cures  effected  by 
and rectifiers.  These interests have long 
looked  askant at the efforts of  the Trust 
these  natural  astrologers  or  whatever 
to  absorb the big  distilleries which  held 
they may be called.  Of course, the med­
out so long, and realizing that the recent­
ical  faculty does  not  seem  disposed  to 
ly occuring  end  might be only  a  matter 
recognize  the  healing  powers  of  such 
of time, they have been considering ways 
and  means  of  protecting 
themselves 
irregular  practitioners;  but their failure 
against  higher  prices  when 
the  Trust 
to  do so  has  small  effect,  so long  as  a 
should  conclude to put  on  the  pressure. 
paying  constituency exists which  thinks 
Hence,  the  plan of  an  independent  dis­
otherwise,  and  persists  in  getting rid of 
tillery  to  forestall  such  action  on  the 
part of  the  Trust  has been  talked  over 
its bodily ailments  through an  interview 
before,  and  its  realization is not such an 
with a seventh child.  Simple  faith  is a 
improbable matter as the Trust may state 
wonderful curative  agent,  and  the medi­
its belief in it to be.
cal  faculty is somewhat  blameworthy  in 
It is reported that one hundred different 
dealers  have stated  their willingness  to 
that it does not  more honestly follow the 
subscribe  for stock  in an  anti-trust  dis 
plain indications of nature in this regard. 
tilling  company,  each  to  the  extent  of 
Most physicians will admit  in  weak mo­
five  thousand  dollars  and  over,  so  that 
ments  of  confidence  that  they occasion­
the matter of  raising a half  million  dol­
lars of  paid-in  capital  is a matter of  no 
ally  prescribe  “bread  pills”  or  other 
great difficulty.  The  profits in the man­
equally harmless remedies, and with good 
ufacture  of  whisky  and  alcohol  are  of 
effect;  and  it is  well  known  how, early 
snch a generous  and  tempting  character 
in  the  present  century,  “Perkins’  trac­
that  the  inducement  from that  point of 
view  alone  is  considerable,  while  the 
tors”  cured  thousands  of  patients,  as 
evils of  which the  jobbers  and  rectifiers 
there  is  ample  evidence to show.  Does 
will  escape in eluding  the  grasp of  the 
not  all  this point  most  emphatically  to 
Trust are also of no little moment.  The 
the imagination  as a remedial agent? and 
jobbers  look  very unfavorably  upon  the 
$3,000,000 of their money which the Trust 
why should  the  faculty  so  persistently 
withholds  from  them  for a certain  time 
ignore it?  They all admit  that  faith on 
in the  form  of  unpaid  rebates  on  pur­
the  part  of  the  patient  is  an  essential 
chases which the jobbers feel ought to be 
element of  successful treatment;  but be­
paid  them  in  a shorter  time, that  they 
might  use the  money in  their own  busi­
yond  such  paltry  concessions  as  bread 
ness  instead of  the  Trust  having it and 
pills  or  distilled  water  with  a  dash  of 
paying  no  interest  for its  use.  Add to 
bitterness in it,  they all refuse to go.  In 
this  grievance  the  fact  that  the  Trust 
the  remarkable case of  Perkins’ tractors 
has,  since its absorption of the Schufeldt 
and  Calumet  distillery  companies, elim 
just  referred  to,  it was a regular  physi­
inated the two cents  per gallon cut made 
cian who made a pair of imitation wooden 
in  prices  by those  companies,  and  that 
tractors, and  effected  cures by their  aid 
other  raises in prices  are  quite liable to 
just as the original  Perkins did  with his 
happen at any  time, and one  sees potent 
cams belli upon the  part of  both jobbers 
metallic  instrument.  What  need  was 
and rectifiers—in  fact, some of  them are 
there  that  he  should  thereupon  expose 
reported as saying that they see no other 
the  whole  business  as  a  fraud?  Why 
way out of  the difficulty which  they feel 
could he not  have let  the cures  go on as 
to he surely awaiting them as things are 
except  an independent  distillery  upon a 
long as they would?  Within a few years 
large  scale  from  which  they can  draw 
past  so  many  thousand  cripples  have 
sufficient stock  either to be entirely non 
been cured by a pilgrimage to “Our Lady 
dependent  upon  the  Trust  people,  o: 
of Lourdes,’’that their discarded crutches
with  a  sufficient  output  to  keep Trust
make a lofty  monument  before the  altar  prices down to a reasonable status, 
of the church which their gratefully-con-  All,  however,  is  not  roseate  hued  in
the  direction  of  independence  in  this
tnbuted  mites  have  combined  to  raise,  particular,  any  more  than  it  ever  is  in 
What  cured  them,  if  they were  cured? i anything  else,  political  or  commercial 
Why,  faith of  course—otherwise  termed ' There are many firms eager for war to be

. . 

„ 

, 

, 

. 

. 

. 

T UTA  MICHTG^JST  TRADESMAN.

declared,  but  there are also some dealers 
who  fear  to  state  their  preference lest 
the  Trust will  arbitrarily raise  prices at 
once—as it could do—and compel  buyers 
to pay such high figures for present stock 
that much of  the  capital  they intend for 
the building of their new plant would be 
dissipated  in  present  purchases, for the 
building  of  the  new  distillery  would 
naturally take  considerable  time, during 
interval  the  Trust  controlling 
which 
present  stock could  make  business very 
interesting 
jobbers. 
Hence,  the  optimists and  pessimists will 
have  to  ascertain  thoroughly their  rela­
tive  strengths  before  the  future or lack 
of  future of  the  anti-trust distillery can 
be safely predicated.

for  the  smaller 

MEDITATIONS  OF A  PESSIMIST.

FIRST  PAPER.

W ritten fo r The Tradesman.

Happy  is  the  man and  greatly  to  be 
envied  who, as he sails  down the stream 
of  time, keeps  his  eyes  fixed  upon  the 
beauties of  the ever  changing landscape 
and  enjoys  with  a  new  and  increasing 
delight each turn as he journeys on down 
the voyage of life.  To such a man there 
are  no  terrors  by  the  way  to  mar  the 
serenity of his mind or disturb the placid 
waters  upon  which  his  little  craft  is 
drifting and bearing  him on  down to the 
great  gulf  that  will  swallow  up  his 
earthly  existence.  He  is  ever  on  the 
alert  to  drink 
in  the  many  beautiful 
things  on  either  side,  but  is blind  and 
deaf  to  everything else.  As  he  stands 
in the  bow of  his  little  craft,  with  his 
arms  folded  and  his countenance beam­
ing  with  satisfaction  and  looks  about 
him,  he is so blinded  with  the  shimmer­
ing  waters  that  he cannot  perceive  the 
dangerous  shoals  and  the  ugly-looking 
projecting rocks  that  menace  his safety 
and threaten him  with  destruction.  He 
is so charmed  with  some  phantasm that 
he  catches  a glimpse  of  in  the  distant 
landscape  that he overlooks  entirely the 
great black  frowning wall of  rock  which 
rises  up  out  of  the  waters  like a huge 
sea  monster,  waiting to  devour  him. 
I 
say  such a man is  to  he  envied,  for  to 
him  it  is  given  to  see  only  the  things 
which  please  and  hear only the  sounds 
which  contribute to his  happiness.  He 
has a blind  faith in destiny and  believes 
that  somehow  everything will  work  out 
its  own salvation  and that  all things are 
working together for the highest possible 
ultimate  good  of  all.  With  him  the 
world is growing vastly better  every day 
and will  continue to  do  so,  regardless of 
human  efforts  and  activities.  He  dubs 
every  poor, miserable  wretch  who  is  so 
unfortunate  as  to  have  been  born into 
the  world  with  eyes  that  can  see, and 
ears  that can  hear and a heart  that  can 
feel,  a  crank  or  a pessimist.  He  is  an 
optimist  and  his  idealism blinds  him  to 
the realities of  life and  qualifies him for 
his  mission  in  life’s  work,  which  is  to 
paint  the  bright  side in glowing  colors 
and  hold it aloft  for  the  encouragement 
of  the faint-hearted and the despondent 
The  misanthrope,  on  the  other  hand 
paints  the  dark  side  of  life  in  somber 
shades so realistic that were it ail of  life 
it would not be worth the living.

The  pessimist is  not  a  hobbyist with 
one idea,  nor is he a sycophant or a mere 
echo  of  public  opinion.  He  knows  the 
old  world is not  what it ought to be  and 
blames mankind for it.  He goes through 
life with both  eyes wide open  and forms 
his opinions  and  arrives  at  his  conclu­
sions from experimental contact with the 
world  as it is, and  not as painted by the 
optimists or misanthrope.  He  is  an em­
pirical  philosopher  and,  as  such,  would

be  inclined  to  see the  poetic  beauty of 
the  harmony of  nature  and of  nature’s 
laws  vanish  into  thin air  after  taking a 
sudden  flight  through  space, on  a little 
cyclonic  excursion  accompanied  by his 
pig  pen  and  the  gable  end  of  all  his 
worldly possessions.  He  is  a  close  ob­
server and  is  always  ready  and  willing 
to  shake  hands with  good  old  common 
horse  sense,  whenever  and wherever  he 
sees it.  When  he sees a young man  wil­
fully  depart  from  the  counsel  of  his 
friends,  fall  into  bad  company, become 
dissipated  and  follow  on  down  grade 
ntil he makes the final  plunge  during a 
drunken  brawl  in  a  brothel;  when  his 
bloated  and  polluted  remains  lie before 
Christian  alter  and  the minister  rises 
in  the  pulpit  and  makes  the  startling 
statement that  the  Great  Creator of  the 
sun,  moon  and  stars,  “ who  doeth  all 
things  well,” had  seen fit in His  infinite 
goodness to dispatch the quivering arrow 
of  death and remove  this  son, in  order 
that  the  bereaved father  or  the  heart­
broken  mother  might  see  the  error  of 
their ways—the pessimist goes away won­
dering where  that  minister  heard  such 
wonderful  news and  hoping  that it is  a 
false report, for, if true, it would weaken 
his  faith  in  the  loving  kindness of  an 
allwise Creator  who would  make  use of 
such  means  to  remove  a  mortal  from 
earth.

Happy  is  the  man and greatly  to  be 
envied  who  finds  himself  in  harmony 
with  his  environments,  but  such  is not 
the  happy  lot of  a  pessimist,  and  they 
tell me I am  one. 
I  plead guilty  to  the 
accusation  and, as I have  been  trying to 
keep  up with  the  procession for  nearly 
half  a  century,  I  will,  in  a  series  of 
future articles, give you a glimpse of the 
old  world  as  it  is, as plaiuly seen  with 
the naked eye from the standpoint of a 
P essim ist.

A S p ongy R um or.

From the New Y ork  Shipping List.
It is rumored iu the  sponge  trade that 
a company  has been  formed,  with  $100, 
000 capital, to  undertake  experiments at 
sponge  growing  on  the  ocean  shore of 
Long  Island,  opposite  the  Shinnecock 
hills.  The  story  caused  considerable 
amusement among  practical  men  in the 
business.  “It  will  he  a  waste  of  time 
and  money,” one  of them said,  “to  try 
to  grow  sponge 
iu  Northern  waters. 
Sponges will  not grow in a cold climate. 
We have a grade of sponges known  in the 
trade as Long Island grass sponges.  They 
are of a cheap  quality,  and do not come 
from our  Long  Island  across the  river. 
They are from the  South.”

A  Buckeye  Opinion.

From the Columbus Sample Case.
We are pleased to  welcome among our 
exchanges  the  the  Mich ig a n  T kadks- 
man,  published at Grand  Rapids. 
In its 
bright  dress it  makes  an attractive  ap­
pearance and a perusal  of its instructive 
columns will convince the  reader that it is 
not all outside  show  with the  Michigan 
T radesm an.  The  goods  in  its  show 
windows are backed up by the well filled 
shelves of its interior.

The  Drug Market.

Opium  is  dull  and lower.  Morphia is 
unchanged. Quinine is dull and lower. Oil 
cloves  have declined.  Salicylic  acid  is 
lower.  Cantharides are lower.  Liuseed 
oil has declined.

M g Store for S É  at a Bargain

On  long  time  if  desired, or  will  exchange  for 
part  productive real  estate.  Stock clean  and 
well assorted,  location the best In the city. 
I wish to retire  permanently from  the drug  bus­
iness.

O.  L.  BRUNDAGE,

Opp. New Post Office. 

117 W. Western Ave. 

Muskegon,  Mich.

t h e   A n c T r r a A is r   t r a d e s m a n

l i

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“ 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  8. P. & W .. .2 05@2 20 
C. Co...................... 1  95@2 20
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myrlstlca, No. 1..........  70®  75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  ©  10
Os.  Sepia.....................  28®  30
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Picis Liq, N.  C., M gal
doz  ........................   @2 00
Picis Llq., quarts......   @1 00
pints.........   @  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @  3
Plx  Burgun................   @  7
PlumbI A cet...............  14®  15
Pulvls Ipecac et opil. .1  10@1 20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @125
Pyrethrum,  pv............  30®  35
Quassiae.....................  8®  10
Quinla, S. P. & W.......   33®  36
S.  German___24  @  30
Rubla  Tlnctorum.......   12®  14
Saccharnm Lactis pv. 
@  33
Salacin.......................1  80®1  S5
Sanguis  Draconis.......   40®  50
Santouine.................  @4 50
Sapo, W......................   12®  14
M........................  10®  12
“  G............ ..........   @ 15

“ 

Seldlltz  Mixture.........   @  25
Sinapls....................   @ 
18
“  opt...............   @ 
30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes....................  @ 
35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras, (po. 13). 
.  12®  13
Soda  et Potass Tart...  30®  33
Soda Carb.................  1M@  2
5
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........  @ 
Soda,  Ash................ 3M@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas.........   @ 
2
Spts. Ether C o........  50® 
55
“  Myrcia  Dom......   @2 25
“  Myrcia Imp........  @3 00
■'  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
2 27)............................  @2 37
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal......   @1  30
Sulphur, Subl............ 3  @4
“  Roll...............  2M@3M
ICUUIU1UUO............
Tamarinds................. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice.....  28® 30
Theobromae......... ...  45® 50
Vanilla.................. .  9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph........... ...  7® 8

OILS.

Whale, winter........ ..  70
Lard,  extra............ ..  56
Lard, No.  1............ ..  45
Linseed, pure raw.. ..  49

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
52

“ 

faints. 

55
•Llndseed,  boiled__   52 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............   50 
60
Spirits Turpentine__  43M  50
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian..............1M  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__1J£  2®4
“ 
Ber........1S£  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2M  2M®3
“  strictly  pure......2M  2St@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
70®75
Green,  Peninsular......   7fl@?5
Lead,  red....................  @7M
“  w hite................  @7M
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1 00 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20®1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.....................1 00@1  20
VABNISHES.
No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................ 160@1 70
Coach  Body...............2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  Furn........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp.........................  70®  75

H A ZE E TIN E

& P E R K IN S

DRUG  CO.
Im porters and Jobbers o fDRUGS

CHEMICALS  AND

Wholesale P rice  C urrent•

Advanced—Nothing,  Declined—Opium, oil lemon, cantharides, linseed oil.

ACtDUM.

A ceticum .....................
Benzoicum  German..
Boracic 
....................
Carbollcum................
Citricum....................
Hydrochior................
Nitrocum 
.................
Oxalicum . V................
Phosphorlum dll........
Sal icy ileum ................1
Sulphurieum-----------
Tannicum ....................1
Tartarieum ...................

8®   10 
80@1  oo 
SO
23®  35 
58®  60 
3®  5
10®   12 
It®  13 
20
30@1 70 
1M®  5 
40®1  60 
40®  42

AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  3J4@  5
20  deg..............  514®  7
Carbonas  ...................  12®  14
Chlorldum.................  12®  14

ANILINE.

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

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po.  90).......  90@1  10
Juniuerus................... 
jj@  10
Xantnoxylum............   25®  30

BALSAMUM.

Copaiba......................  55®  60
Peru............................  @1 75
Terabin, Canada  ......   35®  40
Tolutan ......................   35®  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Casslae  ...............................
Cinchona F la v a .................   18
Enonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerifera, po............   20
Prunus Virgini....................  12
Quillala,  grd.......................   14
Sassafras  ...........-••••.........  J4
Ulmus Po (Ground 12)........  10

EXTBACTITX.
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
“ 
po...........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is...............
“ 
“  Ms.............
54s.............
“ 
FERBUM.
Carbonate Precip........
Citrate and Quinla —
Citrate  Soluble...........
Perrocyanldum Sol —
Solut  Chloride...........
Sulphate,  com’l .........
pure............

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

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

FLORA.

 
FOLIA.

A rn ica.........................   J8@  20
Matricaria 
25®  30

 

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

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

Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
U raU rsl........................ 

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Acacia, 1st  picked....  @1  00

ad 
....  @  90
sd 
....  ®   80
sifted sorts...  @  65
p o ...................  75® 1  00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  @  .12
“  Socotrl, (po.  60).  @ 5 0
Catechu, Is, (Ms, 14 Ms,
16)..............................   @  1
Am m onlae..................   30®  35
Assafoetlda, (po. 30)...  @  20
Benzolnum...................  50®  55
55
Camphor®............ 
Kuphorbium  po  ........   35® 
lo
Galbanum............ 
w
Gamboge,  p o ......—
25
Guaiacum,  (po  30) 
Kipo,  (po.  25).............   @  20
Mastic  .... 
.................  @  90
Myrrh, (po. 45)............  @  40
Opil,  6 ^ 3  25)....S l ^ - O

... 

bleached........   28®  33
T ragacanth.................  30®  75

“ 
hebba—In ounce packages.

A bsinthium ...........................  ®
Eupatcrlum ...........................   20
Lobelia...................................   ~
M alorum................................  *"
Mentha  Piperita...................
“  V lr...........................  25
R ue..........................................   ®
Tanacetum, V ........................
Thymus,  V .............................  25

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, P a t...............  55®  60
Carbonate,  P at............  20®  22
Carbonate, K. A  M....  20®  25 
Carbonate, Jennlng5..  35®  36 

OLEUM.

Cubebae......................  @  7 50
Exechthltos...............   90@1 00
Erlgeron.....................2 35@2 50
Gaultheria..................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
Gossipil, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  85@2 00
Juniperl.....................   50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Limonis...................... 2 50@3 10
Mentha Piper...............2 90@3 00
Mentha Yerld............. 2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal..............1  00@1 10
Myrcia, ounce............   @  50
Olive........................... 1  00@2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal.,35)  10®  12
Riciui.......................... 1 04@1 20
Rosmarinl............  
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succini.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
Santal  ....................... 3 50®7 00
Sassafras.  .................  45®  50
Sinapls, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tlglll..........................  @1  50
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...............   @  60
Theobromas...............  15®  20
Bi Carb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide.....................   35®  40
Carb...........................   12®  15
Chlorate, (po. 16)........  14®  16
Cyanide.....................   50®  55
Iodide......................... 2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bltart,  pure..  30®  33
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @ 15
Potass Nltras, opt......  8®  10
Potass Nltras..............  7®  9
Prusslate....................  30®  33
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

POTASSIUM.

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Aconitum..................   20®  25
Althae........................   25®  30
Anchusa....................  12®  15
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus.....................   20®  50
Gentiana, (po. 15)......  10®  12
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 40)...................  @  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po..................2 40®2 50
Iris  plox (po. 35@38)..  32®  35
Jalapa,  pr..................   40®  45
Maranta,  Ms..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po.......  15®  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
“  cut.....................   @1  75
“  pv.......................  75@1  35
Spigella.....................   48®  53
Sangulnarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  50®  55
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Syoiplocarpus,  Fceti
dus.  po....................  @ 35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
lnglber a ..................   10®  15
Zingiber  j ...............  
22®  25
SEMEN.

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Apium  (graveleons)..  22®  25
Bird, Is....................... 
4®  6
Carul, (po. 18)............   8®  12
Cardamon....................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 4M® 
5
Cydonium..................   75@1  00
Chenopodlum  ...........  10®  12
Dipterlx Odorate.........2 00@2 25
Foenlcnlum...............   ®  15
Foenugreek,  po.........  6®  8
L lnl............................4  @ 4M
Llnl, grd,  (bbl. 3M) • • •  4  @ 4M
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
Pharlarls Canarian—   3M@ 4M
Rapa..........................   6®  7
Sinapls,  Albu............   8®  9
Nigra...........  11®  12

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SPIBITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
D. F. R ......1  75@2 00
1  10@1 50
 
Junlperls  Co. O. T — 1  75@1 75
“ 
1  75@3 50
Saacharnm  N.  E .........1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vlnl  Gaill............1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto.................1 25®2 00
Vlnl  Alba....................1 25@2 00

 

SPONGES.

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 Reef, for  slate 
u se..........................  
140

A bsinthium ...................... 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, D ulc........   45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
Aurantl  Cortex...........3 00@3 50
Bergamll  .....................3 75®4  00
C ajlputl...................... 
70®.  80
Caryophylll.................. 
'J0@1 00
C henopodll.................   @2 00
d n n a m o n ll.......................1  15@1 20
C ltronella....................   @  45
Conlum  Mac...............   35®  65
Copaiba.........................1*20@1 30

STBUPS.

 

 

Accacla...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................  50
Ipecac.................. 
60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Aurantl Cortes....................  56
Rhei  Arom..........................  50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Scillae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
, 60
Prunus  r

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TINCTURES.
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Aconitum Napellls R.........   60
fin
Aloes...................................   60 I
and  myrrh.................  60
Arnica................................   50
Asafoetida............................  0
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
“  Co..........................   50
Sanguinarla........................   50
Barosma.............................   50
Cautharides........................   75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca dumon............................  75
Co.....................   75
Castor.......................................1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona...........................   50
Co.....................   60
Columba.............................   50
Conlum................................   50
Cubeba..................................  50
Digitalis...............................  50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian................................   50
“  Co............................  60
Gualca..................................  50
“ 
ammon.................   60
Zingiber.............................  50
Hyoscyamus.......................   50
Iodine..................................  75
Colorless................  75
Ferri  Chlorldum...............  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia..................................  50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
O pil.......................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
“  Deodor............................. 2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
Quassia................................   50
Rhatany...............................  50
Rhei.......................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol....................   50
Co................  50
Serpentaria..........................   50
Stramonium..........................   60
Tolutan................................   60
VaierlaD...............................  50
Veratrnm Verlde...................  50

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ground,  (po.

JSther, Spts  Nit, 3  F ..  26® 28
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alomen................ 2M® 
7).......................   3® 
4
Annatto................  55® 
60
5
Antimoni, po........  4® 
“ et Potass T.  55®  60
Antipyrin..................   @1  40
25
Antifebrln............  @ 
Argenti  Nltras, ounce  @  66
Arsenicum........... 
5® 
7
Balm Gilead  Bud.  38® 
40
Bismuth  S.  N ............ 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
11;  Ms,  12)........  @ 
9
Cautharides  Russian,
@1  20 
po............................
Capslcl  Fructus, af.  .
@  20 
@  25 
@  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
Centrarla....................  &  10
Cetaceum..................   @  42
Chloroform...............   60®  63
squlbbs..  @1  10
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  50© 1  70
Chondrus..................   20®  25
Cinchonidlne, P.  & W  15®  20
German 3M@  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
60 
cent  ......................
Creasotum...............
@  50 
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........
@  2 
5®  5
“  prep..................
9®  11
“  precip..............
“  Rubra...............   @  8
Crocus.......................  28®  30
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph...............   6®  7
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   68®  70
Emery,  au  numbers..  @ 
Ergota, (po.)  60 .........   50®  55
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  @  23
Gambler....................7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   ®  70
French...........  40®  60
“ 
Glassware  flint,  70 and 10. 
by box60and 10
Glue,  Brown..............  9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerlna..................17  @  25
Grana Paradlsl...........  @  22
Humulus....................  25®  55
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @  90
@ 80
“  C or.... 
Ox Rnbrum  @1  CO
Ammonlatl..  @1  10
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  70
lihthyobolla, Am..  ..1 25@1  50
Indigo........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl..........3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  ©4 70
Lupulin.....................   33©  40
Lycopodium..............  4P®  43
Macis.........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1M)..........................   2®  3
Mannia,  8. F ..............  50®  60

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PATENT MEDICINES.
Paints, Oils  Varnishes.

DEALERS  IB

M e  A gents for the Celebrated

SWISS  «ILLA  PREPARED  PA K TS

F i  Line of H e   D u #  Suies.

We axe Sole  Proprietor» o f

Weatherly’s  jWicbigaa  Catarrh  Remedy.

Wo H ave In Stock and Offer a  V ali Ite »  o f

WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES, RUMS.

We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give onr Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guarantee Satisfaction.
All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we receive them.  Send In  a 

trial order.flazeltine i Perkins Drug Go.,

GRAND  RAPIDS. MICH.

12

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

WALES  AND  WILLIAM.

A  Comparison  to  the  D ecided  Disad­

vantage  of  the  Former.

W ritten (or Th* Tradesman

The London gambling  scandal,  which 
has attracted  such  widespread attention 
on both sides of the  Atlantic  for a  fort­
night  past,  from  having  been  aired  in 
the  English  high  courts,  is  now  the 
leading topic of  discussion  all over  the 
world and is evidently  destined to result 
in  the  first  steps  toward  an  English 
republic.

Briefly stated, the case was that at  the 
country-house  of  a  wealthy  and  aris­
tocratic family last September the Prince 
of Wales and  other titled  personages  of 
both  sexes were  spending some time  as 
guests. 
It appears  from  the  testimony 
that  when  the  Prince  of  Wales  makes 
such  visits  to  his  friends  he is  in  the 
habit of  carrying  with  him a  complete 
outfit for playing  the game  of baccarat. 
Baccarat is a gambling  game,  and forms 
the  chief  evening  amusement  at  the 
country-houses  where 
the  heir  to  the 
British  throne  visits.  On the  occasion 
in point  the  royal  and imperial  Prince 
was  acting  as  banker,  with  a  general 
oflicer  of his  staff  as croupier,  while  a 
number of  lords and ladies  and persons 
of quality  were  betting  at  the  game. 
One of  the guests,  Sir  William  Gordon 
Cumming,  a  lieutenant  colonel  in  the 
army,  was accused  of cheating at  cards. 
The matter made  a  scandal,  whieh  got 
into court  through a suit for libel  which 
the accused officer instituted against  the 
persons  who  had  made 
the  offensive 
charges.  The  case  concluded  with  a 
verdict  against 
the  plaintiff,  which 
virtually declares  that he was guilty  of 
swindling  at  baccarat.

This decision  has  resulted in  the  dis­
missal of  Mr.  Cumming from his  rank 
in  the  army,  besides  bringing  on  him 
other social degradations.  But his share 
in  the  proceedings  becomes  entirely 
trivial by the side  of the other  scandals 
which  the  trial  has  brought 
to  light. 
The heir  to the  throne  of the  proudest 
kingdom  on  the  globe  appears  as  the 
manager of a peripatetic gambling  bank 
which is set up  in  turn  at the  houses of 
the  nobility  and  gentry,  where  he  is 
accustomed 
to  visit.  The  playing  is 
done  for  considerable  stakes,  and  the 
operations  of  the  Prince’s  bank  are 
easily from SI,000  to §5,000 a night,  the 
banker’s  percentage  being  necessarily 
large.

If the  Prince of  Wales  were a  young 
fellow he could be easily excused for  his 
numerous escapades,  but he  is now  past 
middle  age  and  should  have  finished 
sowing his wild oats.  He does not  even 
compare  favorably  with  the  celebrated 
Prince  Hal, who  was  doubtless  one of 
the 
immortal  Shakespeare’s  creations. 
That  Prince of  Wales,  who  afterwards 
became King  Henry  V, did not  disdain 
to  go out on  the road with the  old  rep­
robate Falstaff  and  “hold  up” travelers 
on the highway, but even those robust ras­
calities  were  less  contemptible if  more 
openly  criminal  than  the  debased  and 
degrading  characteristics  of  Albert Ed­
ward.

How poorly he compares with William 
of Germany!  Here is a  young man who 
is every inch a king.  He would not have 
been a real Hohenzollern if he  had been 
free from  wild  escapades,  but there  is 
nothing  ignoble  about  him.  His  am­
bitions,  his  aspirations  and  his  active

efforts are all  towards  lofty and  distin­
guished ends, and whatever else he  may 
have  been  the young  German  Emperor 
has never  appeared  as a  shameless  de­
and  smooth-paced  gambler. 
bauchee 
The  two  Princes are 
related  by blood, 
but  it  would  seem  that  all  the  robust 
and  heroic  elements  had  got  into  the 
German  side  of the  house in this  case. 
The spectacle is attracting the  attention 
of the world. 

A.  S.  M.

The  W ool  M arket.

Wool markets  are  decidedly  easier  at 
the East and,  in  fact,  lower.  While  the 
wools are low enough,  there are no  buy­
ers of consequence.  The  grower  is  not 
satisfied and  holds  or  seils  grudgingly. 
There  is but little going East,  which is a 
good thing,  for,  if  in  any  quantity,  the 
market would break worse. 
It is no time 
to buy or sell,  and theories on the future 
are  far  apart,  as  one’s 
interest  may 
be.  Money is tight, and the present out­
look is none too good.  None  but  locals 
are taking the  wool  and  they  begin  to 
ask,  Where are the other buyers?

Another  A dvance  in  Fruit  Jars.
Fruit  jars have sustained a further ad­
vance of §1.50 per gross, the price  being 
now as  follows:
Pints..................... 
$10.00
Quarts..........................................................   10.50
Half gallons................................................... 13.50
The Chicago prices are §11.50,  §12 and 
§15,  but Michigan jobbers have  conclud­
ed to place their quotations  this week at 
§1.50 below Chicago.

 

 

Country Callers.

Calls  have  been 

received  at  T h e 
T radesm an office during  the  past  week 
from  the  following  gentleman  in  trade:

B.  W.  Ellison,  Alma.
Maston & Hammond,  Grandville.
H.  M.  Patrick,  Leroy.
H. Van Noord, Jamestown.
C.  H.  LaFlamboy,  McBrides.
E. C.  Duff,  Ada.

Pardonable  Resentm ent.

Customer  in  hardware  store:  “ Have 
you any small vises?”
Salesman  (angrily): 
“I  don’t  think 
that is any of your business.”

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

Crockery & Glassware

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun.........................................................   45
No. 1  “  .........................................................   50
No. 2  “  .........................................................   75
Tubular.............................   .  — .................   75

lamp chimneys.—Per box.

6 doz. in box.

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First quality.
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XXX Flint.
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No. 0 Sun......................................................  1 75
No. 1  “  ...........'.............................................1  88
No. 2  “  .........................................................2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top........................................2 25
No. 1  “ 
2 40
No. 2  “ 
3 40
No. 0 Sun, crimp top....................................... 2 60
No. 1  “ 
2 80
No. 2  “ 
3 80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled.......................... 3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz.............................1 25
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz.............................................1 35
No. 2  “ 

....................... 150
........................................1  60

...................4 70
....................4 70

La Bastic.

Pearl top.

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FRUIT JABS.

Mason's or  Lightning.

Pints................................................................... 10 00
Q uarts................................................................10 50
Half gallons........................................................13 50
Rubbers.........................................................  
Caps  only...........................................................  3 50
Butter Crocks, per gal..................................  0654
Jugs, 54 gal., per doz...................................   75
....................................  90
................................... 1  80
Milk Pans, 54 gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c) —   65 
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STONEWARE—AKRON.

55

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PRODUCE  MARKET.

and hold at 1414c.

Asparagus—40c per doz. bu.
Beans—Dry beans are  firm  and  In  strong  de­
mand at $2 per bu. for choice hand picked.  Wax 
commands $1.00 per bu.  String is in fair demand 
at 75c per bu.
Butter—The market is full all around,  dealers 
purchasing only immediate wants at 10@15c.
Cabbages—New stock is in fair demand at $1.50 
@82 per crate, according to size.
Cherries—$1@$1.25 per  16 qt. case.
Cucumbers—50c per doz.
Eggs—The  market is lower.  Dealers pay  1354 
Honey—Dull at 16@18 for clean comb.
Lettuce—5@7c for Grand Rapids Forcing.
New Potatoes—California stock  is  held  at  $3 
for 2 bu.  bags.  Tennessee  stock  has  begun  to 
arrive, being  held at $4 per bbl.
Onions—Green  command 10@15c. per doz., ac­
cording to size.  Southern  command $4 per  bbl
Potatoes — The market for old stock  is  strong 
and higher, dealers offering $1.10 in a small way 
and $1.25 for  carlots.  The  arrival of  new stock 
will probably demoralize the  market before  the 
end of the week.

Pieplant—2c per lb.
Peas—75c per  bu.
Plants—Cabbage or tomato, 75c per box of  200. 
in  about  ten  days.  The  crop is  reported  the 
largest ever known.

Radishes— 10@12c per dozen bunches.
Raspberries—$1 50  per 16 qt. case.
Strawberries — Home  grown  stock 

is  now 
coming in freely, prices  varying from  6@Sc per 
qt.

Tomatoes—$2.00 for 4 basket crate.
Watermelons—Shipments  of  Georgia  are  due 
this week.  Prices will  range  from 25 to 30c,  ac­
cording to size.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

lard—Kettle Rendered.

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new.........................................................   11  25
Short c u t ..........................................................   11  75
Extra clear pig, short cu t..............................   14 00
Extra clear,  heavy..........................................
Clear, fat  back.................................................  13  25
Boston clear, short c u t...................................   13 50
Clear back, short cut.......................................  13 50
Standard clear, short cut. best..................  
13 75
Pork Sausage........................................................7
Ham Sausage........................................................  9
Tongue Sausage.....................................................9
Frankfort  Sausage  ............................................   8
Blood Sausage......................................................  5
Bologna, straight................................................   5
Bologna,  thick...............   .....................  ..........   5
Headcheese.........................................................  5
T ierces....................................................................8
Tubs.........................................................................8*4
501b. Tins.................................................'..........854
Corn-
pound.
654
0%
7%
754
654
654
6%

Tierces..........................................654 
0 and  50 lb. Tubs....................... 6®£ 
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case...............754 
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case.................7% 
io lb. Palls, 6 in a case................ 754 
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case...............7 
501b. Cans.....................................6% 
BEEP  IN  BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs.......................   9 25
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........................   9 25
Boneless, rump butts........................................
smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs..........................................  954
16 lbs.......................................... 10
12 to 14 lbs..................................1054
picnic..........................................................7)4
best boneless..........................................  854
Shoulders.............................................................  854
Breakfast Bacon, boneless................................  854
Dried beef, ham prices...............................   ... 1054
Long Clears, heavy................................................654
Briskets,  medium...............................................
lig h t.................................................... 634

Family. 

lard. 

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FRESH  MEATS.

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
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Beef, carcass..........................................  6  @ 7
hindquarters...............................  7  @  8
fore 
.......................   ....  454® 5
loins, No. 3..................................  @12
ribs............................................   1154®
rounds.......................... 1............05.® 7
tongues.................   ...................  ®
Bologna.................................................   @ 5
Pork loins..............................................   @854
“  shoulders......................................   @ 65S£
Sausage, blood  or head.........................  @ 5
liver.........................................  @ 5
Frankfort................................   @754
Mutton...................................................  @8
Veal.......................................................   @

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@   8 @ 8 @15 
@ 5 
@ 9 
@10 @25 
@12 
@20

@40

FISH and OVSTERS.

F. J. Dettenth&ler quotes as follows:

FRESH  FISH.

Wbltefish................................................
Trout......................................................
Halibut...................................................
Ciscoes...................................................
Flounders..............................................
Bluefish............... .................................
Mackerel................................................
Cod.........................................................
California salmon.................................
o y st e r s—Cans.
Falrhaven  Counts................................
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100.....................................
Clams. 
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1  50 
1  00
GX2TS2&2TG  B O O T .

We pay the highest price for It.  Address

PECK BROS., W h o lesale  D ru g g ie 
GRAND  RAPIDS

Use “Tradesman”  Coupons

CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDY.
Full  Weight. 

Standard,  per lb................................  654 
“  H.H......................................  654 
Twist  ..................................  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.............................  

Pails.
754
754
8
8
854
854
854
8
854
9
10
1054
1354
Bbls.  Palls.
Lozenges, plain................................IO54 
1154
1254
printed............................. 11 
Chocolate Drops................................  
1254
14
Chocolate Monumentals................... 
654
Gum Drops..........................................  5 
Moss Drops............ ...........................8 
9
954
Sour Drops........................................   854 
Imperials................................. 
1054 U54
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
Hand Made  Creams...................................85@95
Plain Creams............................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams............................................. 1 00
String  Rock....................................................70
Burnt Almonds..................................................1 00
Wlntergreen  Berries......................................65
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes.........................  34
51
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes......................................... 1 10
California, Med.  Sweets.......................  
4 50
...  ................ 
4 50
...................... 
4  10
Messina, choice, 360 .............................  5 25@5 50
fancy, 360 .............................  5 75@6 00
choice 300.............................  
5 50
fancy 390............................... 
6 00

CARAMELS.
 
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ORANOES.

LEMONS.

3 
2 
3 

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OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

 

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choice 

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Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers........  18@19
..........  @16
01254
Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................   @10
..........................   @8
Persian. 50-lb.  box......................4  @ 6
NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona.  ..........................   @17
Ivaca.....................................  @1654
California.............................  @17
Brazils, new...........................................  @754
Filberts..................................................  @11
Walnuts, Grenoble................................   @1454
“  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................................   @554
“  Roasted....................   @  754
Fancy, H.  P., Flags  .............................   @ 554
“  Roasted.......... ........   @ 754
Choice, H. P.,  Extras............................  @454
“  Roasted.................  @ 654

Chill........................................  @

PEANUTS.

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@5)*

HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.

Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  f o'lows:

HIDES.

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Green.................................................... 4  @5
Part Cured.............................................  @5
FuU 
Dry..........................................................   6 @7
Kips, g reen...............................................4 @ 454
“  cured................................................5 @5
Calfskins,  green.....................................  4 @ 5
cured....................................   5 @6
Deacon skins........................................... 10 @30

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No. 2 hides 54 off.

PELTS.

WOOL.

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

Shearlings..............................................10  @25
Estimated wool, per 0>.................... —  20  @25
Washed.. 
Unwashed.............................................. 
Tallow...................................................  354® 4
Grease butter  ........................................  1 @2
Switches................................................  154® 2
Ginseng................................................  2 00Q2 59

MISCELLANEOUS.

20@30
10@20

OILS.

The Standard Oil  Co. quotes as follows :

Water White... 
Special White.. 
I Michigan Test. 
Naptha.
Gasoline.
Cylinder................................................27  @36
Engine  ..........................................  .... 13  @21
j Black,  Summer...................................   @ 9)4

...........................  @ sii
.................................  @ 854
..............................  @ 854
............................  @ 754
........................  @ 814

Strawberries.

1
2   25
1  65

Whortleberries.

Lawrence.........................
Hamburg..............
Erie.................
Common.................
1  40
F. &  W..............
1  25
Blueberries..............
1  3 0
Corned  beef,  Libby’s...... . . 2   10
Roastbeef,  Armour’s__
Potted  ham,  %   l b ...................
..1   10
“   M   l b ....................
. .  
65
tongue, % lb ..............
.. 110
“  % lb ............
65
. .  
chicken, % lb........ . .  
95

M EATS.

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VEGETA BLES.

Beans.

“ 

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.1  25

“ 
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Corn.

..1   10
- .1   15

soaked.............................

1 20
2 00
9 60
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.1   25
H a m b u r g   stringless............
.2 ÍT»
French style...
Limas...................... . .1   40
Lima, green.................................. - .1   30
. .   90
Lewis Boston Baked............ . .1   35
Bay State  Baked.............. . .1   35
World’s  Fair...............................
. 1   35
Hamburgh.....................................
Tiger ........................................................
Purity ...............................................
 
E rie ..............................................
 
 
Hamburgh marrofat

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Peas
early June........1  50
Champion Eng...
Hamburgh  petit  p o is........ 1  75
fancy  sifted........1  90
Soaked................................   65
Harris  standard.................   75
Van Camp's Marrofat 
.1  10
Early June........130
Archer’s  Early Blossom__1  35
French..................................... l  ho
7 00
French..............................17@18
Erie.....................................   90
Hubbard...................................1 30
Hamburg................................. 1 40
Soaked................................   85
Honey  Dew..............................1 60
Van  Camp’s..............................1 10
No. Collins............................... 1 10
Hamburg................................. 1 30
Hancock............... 
Gallon..................................... 2 75
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet.................. 
Premium..........................  
Pure.............................  .. 
Breakfast Cocoa.............. 
CHEESE.
Norway..................
N. Y. or Lenawee  ..
Allegan  .................
Skim........  ........
Sap  Sago.................
Edam  .....................
Swiss, imported__
Limburger....................... 
Rubber, 100 lumps............... 35
............... 40
Spruce,'200 pieces................40
Snider’s, % pint.................. 1  35
pint.......................2 30
quart...................... 3 50
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes....................... 40
COCOA  SHELLS.
Bulk..............................  @4
Pound  packages...........  @7

22
34
38
40
@10% 
©10 
@ 9 
@   8 @22 
@1  00 
24@  25 
15©  16
15 I

CHEWING  GUK.
200 

Tomatoes.

2 00
2 50

domestic

CATSUP.

1  05

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Santos.

COFFEE.
GREEN.Rio.
Fair.........................
20%
Good.......................
Prime.................................21%
Golden............................... 22%
Peaberry  ............................23
Fair....................................20%
Good.................................. 21
Prime.................................21%
Peaberry  ............................22%
Mexican and Guatamala.
Fair....................................22
Good...................................23
Fancy.................................25
Prime.................................22%
M illed............................... 23%
Interior..............................26
Private Growth................. 28
Mandehling...................... 29
Imitation...........................25
Arabian..............................28%
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
McLaughUn’s  XXXX....24%

Maracaibo.

PACKAGE.

ROASTED.

Mocha.

Java.

APPLE  BUTTER.

Chicago goods................. 7%@8

AXLE GREASE.
Frazer’s.

 

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Aurora.

Wood boxes, per  doz........ 

80
“  3 doz. case...  2 40
“  per g ross__ 2 00
251b. palls,.........................  1  00
75
15 lb.  “ 
Wood boxes,  per  doz........ 
60
“  3 doz. case...  1  75
“  per  gross___  6 00
Diamond.
50
“  3 doz. case...  1  50
“  per  gross___5 50

Wood boxes,  per doz  ......  

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Peerless.

Teller’s,  % lb. cans, doz. 

BAKING  POWDER.
*4lb.  “ 
lib .  “ 

25 lb. pails......................... 
Acme, M lb. cans, 3 doz  ... 

90
45
“ 
2  “  ....  85
“ 
1  “  .... 1  00
“ 
bulk................   10
45 
“ 
%lb. 
“  ..  85
“ 
lib . 
“  .. 1  50
Arctic, M fi> can s..............  60
“ 
lb 
“ 
ft 
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lb 
“  % lb  “ 
1 B>  “ 
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BATH BRICK.

Red Star, 1* lb cans........... 
40
............ 
80
............  1  50

% 
1 
5 

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8oz 

BLVIN8. 

BROOKS.
 

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
No. 2 Hurl...........................   1 75
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet........................  2 25
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem...........................2 75
Common Whisk................. 
90
Fancy 
.................   1  20
M ill.....................................  3 25
Warehouse...........................2 75
BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR.
Rising Sun.......................... 5  00
York State..........................
Self Rising...........................4  50
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............  10%
..............  10%
Star,  40 
Paraffine..............................12
Wicking............................ 
25
CANNED  GOODS.

CANDLES
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PISH.

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Little Neck, T ib“8-...................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 45
2  lb.............................. 3 45
Picnic, 1 lb..........................2 00
21b...............................3 00

Salmon.
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Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb...................... 1  20
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
21b...............................2 10
Sardines.
American  Ms......................  5© 6
%s....................... 7© 8
Imported  %s.....................11@12
%s.....................13@14
Mustard  %s......................  @10
Brook, 3 lb..........................2 50

Trout.

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FRUITS.
Apples.

1  10

1  75

3 25

Cherries.

Gooseberries.

York State, gallons —  
Hamburgh,  “  —
Apricots.
Santa Cruz...................... 
LuBk’s.............................  
Overland........................ 
Blackberries.
F. &  W....................... 
Red.................................. 
Pitted Hamburg.........  
W hite.............................. 
E rie................................. 
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
Gages.
E rie........................  
  @160
Common......................... 
P ie.............................1  60@l  75
Maxwell......................... 
Shepard's.......................  
California..................2 60@2 75
Domestic......................... 
Riverside.................... 
Pineapples.
Common.......................... 
Johnson’s  sliced........ 
grated........ 
Quinces.
Common......................... 
Raspberries.
Red..................................  
Black  Hamburg.........  
Erie, black...................... 

Peaches.

2 60
2 85

Pears.

1  50

225

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2 25
2 50
2 35

1 20
1 60
1 30

1 10

2 25
2 2r>

1 25

1 30

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Lion........................................2i%
in cabinets..................25%
Durham.............................. 24%
Valley City........................  
75
Felix..................................   1  15

EXTRACT.

1 10
1 30
1 40

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Hummel’s, foil. 
tin  ..
CHICORY.
Bulk..........................
Red................................. ;;
Cotton,  40 ft.........per doz.

CLOTHES  LINES.
“
50 ft..........  
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60 ft.........  
70 ft.........  
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80 ft.........  
60 ft.........  
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7 2 ff......... 
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CONDENSED MILK.

“ 

Jute
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Eagle.................................
Crown.................... ...........
Genuine  Swiss...................
American Swiss...............

COUPONS.

1  50
2   50
•  4% 
.  T
1  25 
1  40 
1  60 
1  75 
1  90 
90 
1  00

7   40

6   508 CO

7  00

“Tradesman.”
 

8 1, per  hundred...............  2 00
2 50
8 2, 
3   00
* 3 ,  
3 on
8 5, 
810, 
4 00
820, 
5 00

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“Superior.”
$ 1, per hundred........
2   50
......
“ 
8 2,  “ 
3   00
........
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8 5 . “ 
4   00
810,  “ 
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5   00
820,  “ 
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6  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..................   7%
Seymour 
5%
Butter....................................5%
“  family.......................... 5%
“  biscuit.........................6%
Boston....................................7%
City Soda...............................7%
Soda.....................................6
S. Oyster............................... 5%
City Oyster. XXX.................  5%
Strictly  pure......................  30
Telfer’s  Absolute..............  35
Grocers’............................ 10@15

CREAM TARTAR.

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Apples.

Sundried....................  @10
Evaporated............... 13  @14

California Evaporated.

PRUNES.

A p r ic o ts ............................
Blackberries..................
9
13
Nectarines..........' .........
12
Peaches;..........................
15
Pears,  sliced..................
Plums................................12 @19
10
Prunes, sweet.............
Turkey....................... @  8
Bosnia........................
@   9
French........................... @10
PEEL.
Lemon...........................
18
18
Orange..............................
CITRON.
In drum............................ @18
In boxes........................... @20
CURRANTS.
Zante, in  barrels..........

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@   5 %
in  %-bbls.......... @  57b
in less quantity @ 5%
r a isin s —California.
2 00
2 10
“ 
2 25
“ 
1  60
1  75
7%

London Layers,  2 er’n 
3  “
fancy.
Muscatels.2crown  ...
. . . .
Valencias.........................
Dudaras............................  7
Sultanas............................If @17

3  “ 
Foreign.

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FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

Farina.
Hominy.

4

100 lb. kegs........................
Barrels.................................. . . .   3 75
Grits......................................
Lima  Beans.
Dried....................................
6
Maccaronl and Vermicelli. 
Domestic, 12 lb. box.... 
60
Imported..................... 
11
Pearl Barley.
Kegs.................................. 3%@3%
Peas.  m
Green,  bu.............................1  20
Split,  b b l ............................................. 6   50
Germ an................................  
East India...... ................... 

Sago.

5
5

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Wheat.

FISH—Salt. 

Bloaters.

Cod.

Halibut.
Herring.

Yarmouth..'.......................
Whole............................  @6%
Bricks............................  8@8%
Strips.............................   8@8%
Smoked...................... 
io%
24
Scaled......................... 
11  (10
Holland,  bbls............  
kegs............  
75
Round shore, % bbl... 
2 75
“  M  bbl.. 
1 50
Mackerel.
No. 1, % bbls. 90 lbs...........  9  50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...............   1  20
Family, % bbls., 90 lbs......
kits, 10  lbs...........

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Whitefish.

Pollock.
Sardines.
Trout.

Fancy.......................   3 50@4 00
Russian, kegs....................
No. 1, % bbls., 90 lbs...........5 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   80
No. 1, % bbls., 90 lbs...........7 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................1  00
Family, % bbls., 90 lbs........3 00
50

kits. 10  lbs......... 
“ 
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.
Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla
2  o z   f o l d i n g  b o i . . .  
75
1  25
3   o z  
. . . 1   0 0
1  50
“  
4  o z  
2  00
. . . 1   50
“  
6   o z  
3   00
. .  .2   00
“  
4  10
3  o z  
. . . 3   00
“  
GUN  PO W D ER .
Kegs............................
Half  kegs....................
Sage..............................
Hops
Chicago  goods............   4%@5
No.............. 
............   3
No. 1.................. ................   4
No. 2...................................  9
LICORICE.
Pure.........................
30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily...................................   18
Condensed, 2 doz.................1 25
No. 9  sulphur....................... 1 65
Anchor parlor...............— 1  70
No. 2 home............................1 10
Export  parlor.......................4 25

LAMP WICKS.

. . . 5   50
. . . . 3   0 0

MATCHES.

JELLIES.

H ER B S.

. . . .  15

LYE.

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house....................  
Ordinary..........................  
Prime
Fancy
F air..................................
Good................................
Extra good.......................
Choice.............................
Fancy...............................

New Orleans.

One-half barrels. 3c extra

10
19

17

OATMEAL.
Barrels 200..............
@ 6   50
Half barrels 100............... @3 50
ROLLED OATS.
@3 SO 
Half  bbls 90..............
Barrels  180.................
@ 6   50
PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count......
Half  barrels, 600 count.
Barrels, 2.400 co u n t__
4 00
Half barrels, 1,200 count
.1  75
Clay, No.  216.................
“  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No.  3........................... 1 25

Small.

86  50 
3   50

RICE.
Domestic.
Carolina head.........
“  No. 1..........
“  No. 2..........
Broken....................
Imported.
Japan, No. 1..........................6%
“  No. 2...........................5%
Java...................................
Patna..................................

. .. .6
@ 5

PIPES.

ROOT BEER.

Williams’ Extract.

25 cent size.......................... l  75
3 dozen............................. $ 5 00

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

SAPOLIO.
“ 
SOUPS.

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SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

Allspice............................... 10
Cassia, China in mats........  7%
“  Batavia in bund___ 15
“ 
Saigon in rolls.........35
Cloves, Amboyna.................22
“  Zanzibar.................. 13
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
“  No.  1....................... 75
“  No. 2....................... 65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 15 
“ 
“  white...  .25
shot......................... 19
“ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspice............................... 17
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
“ 
and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon.................... 35
Cloves,  Amboyna................30
*'  Zanzibar..................20

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Ginger, African...................15
Cochin...................18
Jamaica................ 20
Mace  Batavia.....................80
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .25
Trieste...................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................75
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 20
“ 
“  white.......30
“  Cayenne.................25
Sage....................................20
“Absolute” In Packages.

Ms  %s
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....................  @5%
Cubes.........................  @ 47b
Powdered..................   @ 47»
Granulated................@  4.31-»»
Confectioners’ A___ @ 4 19-%
Soft A  .......................  @4%
White Extra C........... 
4©4.06
Extra  C......................  @ 3%
C ................................  @3%
Yellow  .....................  @ 3%
Less than 100 lbs.  %c advance

STARCH.
Corn.

 

 

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SOAP.

SNUFF.

20-lb  boxes..........................  6%
40-lb 
6%
Gloss.
1-Ib packages  ......................6
3-lb 
.......................6
6-lb 
6%
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............  4%
Barrels.................................. 4%
Scotch, in  bladders............  87
Maccaboy, in jars............... 35
French Rappee, in Jars......43
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country, 80................... 3 20
Uno, 100.................  ............3 50
Bouncer, 100........................3 00
Boxes....................................5%
Kegs, English....................... 4%
Kegs...................................  1%
Granulated,  boxes..............2
Mixed bird.................  4%@ 6
Caraway...............................10
Canary.................................. 3%
Hemp..................................... 4%
Anise................................... 13
Rape...................................   6
Mustard.................................7%

SAL  SODA.

SEEDS.

SODA.

SALT

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
28 lb.  “ 
.. 
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...... 
90
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .5%
Dwight’s Cow.......................5%
Taylor’s ................................5%
DeLand’sCap  Sheaf............5%
pure........................5%
Golden Harvest..  ................5

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.

SALEBATUS.

“ 

SY R U PS.
Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels................................28
Half bbls.............................30
Amber.....................23 
5
Fancy drips............... 28  @30
SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps.............. 
7
Sugar  Creams............  
8%
Frosted Creams.........  
8
Graham Crackers...... 
8
Oatmeal Crackers —  
8
SHOE  POLISH.
Jettine, 1 doz. in  box............ 75

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

F air............................
Good..........................
Choice.........................24
Choicest......................32
D ust........................... 10
SUN CURED.
F air............................
Good..........................
Choice.........................24
Choicest......................32
Dust............................10
BASKET  FIRED.
F air............................ 18
Choice........................
Choicest.....................
Extra choice, wire leaf
GUNPOWDER.
Common to fair..........25
Extra fine to finest— 50 
Choicest fancy........... 75
Common to  fair..........23
Superior to  fine..........28
Fine to choicest."........45
Common to  fair..........23
Superior to fine........... 30
Common to fair..........18

YOUNG HYSON.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

@ 17
@20
© 2 6@34
@12

@ 17
@20
@ 26
@ 34
@12
@20
@ 25
@ 35
@ 40

@ 35
@ 65
@ 85

@ 26
@ 30
@ 55

@ 26
@ 35
@ 26@40

18

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

F air...........................18  @22
Choice........................24  @28
Best...........................40  @50

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

 

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Pails unless otherwise noted.
60
Hiawatha................... 
Sweet Cuba...............  
34
McGInty....................  
24
“  % bbls.......... 
22
Little  Darling........... 
22
20
% bbl.. 
20
1791............................ 
19
1891. % bbls................ 
Valley  City................ 
33
27
Dandy Jim ................. 
Plug.
Searhead.................... 
40
Joker................... 
24
Zero............................ 
22
L. &W.......................  
26
28
Here It Is................... 
Old Style.................... 
31
40
Old  Honesty..............  
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....................................12%
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............................39
Yum  Yum ........................ ..32
Red Clover..........................30
Navy.....................................
Handmade...........................40
Frog....................................33
40 gr.....................................  3
50 gr.................................... g

Smoking.

VINEGAR.

SI for barrel. 

“ 

“ 

teast—Compressed.

PAPER.

TWINES.

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

Tin foil cakes, per doz........... 15
Baker’s, per  lb....................... 30
PA PER A WOODEN WARE
Straw 
iv
Rockfalls..............................2
Rag sugar............................. 2%
Hardware..............................2%
Bakers.................................. 2%
Dry  Goods.................... 5%@5
Jute  Manilla................. 6%@8
Red  Express  No. 1............  5
No. 2..............4
48 Cotton............................  25
Cotton, No. 1....................... 22
“  2........................18
Sea  Island, assorted.........   40
No. 5 Hemp......................... 18
No. 6  “ ...................... 
17
Wool..................................... 7
WOODENWARE.
Tubs,No. 1.........................  700
“  No. 2.......................... 6 00
“  No. 3...........................5 00
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
1 50
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__ 
50
Bowls, 11 inch....................  1  00
13  “ 
“ 
....................   1  25
15  “ 
“ 
......................2 00
......................2 75
17  “ 
“ 
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
“ 
Baskets, market.................   35
bushel..........;....  1  50
“ 
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5  75
“  No.2 6  25
“ 
“  No.3 7  25
“  No.l  3  50
“ 
“  No.2 4  25
“ 
“ 
“  No.3 5  00

“ 
“ 
splint 
‘ 
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MEAL.

FLOUR.

GRAINS and F E F. I »STUFFS
1  00
No. 1 White(58 Uxtest) 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 
1 00
Bolted...............................  1  75
Granulated.......................  2 00
Straight, In  sacks  ..........  5 20
“  barrels..........  5 40
“ 
Patent 
“  sacks...........   6 20
“  barrels..........  6 40
“ 
Graham  “  sacks...........   2 40
Rye 
“ 
2 40
MiLLSTUFFs.
Bran...................................  17 00
Screenings........................  18 00
Middlings.......................... 20 (10
Mixed Feed......................   25 50
Coarse meal....................... 24 CO
RYE.
Milling.............  
80
F eed...................................   60
Brewers, per  100  lbs........... 1  25
Feed, pgr  bu....................... «£60
Small 
Car 
Small 
Car 
No. 1...................................  15 00
No.2...................................  13 00

lots.......................  62
“  ........................  60
lots.......................... 52
“  ........................... 48

BARLEY.

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.

 

 

THE  IVO CUT GLAJSi  TRADESMAN»
Tillie  wondered  if it  was a  regular  rat 
and Spotty said:  “No, mam,  it  must be a 
oncommon  new  kind  of  a  rat,  fur the 
feller as  has the  big trunks  told Mister 
Slim that  it was  the same  kind of  a rat 
that  the  Prince of  Wales keeps  and  he 
called it a bacca-rat, and then he told the 
feller as  tends  bar  to fetch  up  a lot of 
stuff on a tray.”
I told Spotty  to go; counted  the cash; 
put  out  the  light;  locked the  door  and 
went  up stairs  with  Tillie, just  as  the 
baby  woke  up.  Izik  came  in  about  1 
o’clock and Tillie  thought  the  way  his 
breath smelled,  that that  rat must have 
crawled into  Izik and died.  Tillie  says 
she  prays every night  that the Lord will 
spare  her  baby  from  ever  becoming  a 
drummer. 

Olt> Ma n Slim.

14=

OLD  MAN  SLIM.

Troubles and Trials of a Canadian Mer­

chant.

When 

the  fatal  news  reached 

Qu ee n’s  Hoixow,  Out.,  June  12— 
Since  writing  my  last  letter,  a  great 
heavy  black  pall  has  fallen  upon  the 
Dominion.  Sir  John  A.  Macdonald  has 
received  a  summons 
from  the  grim 
messenger of death, and the people whom 
he  served for  so many  long  years  will 
never again  be electrified  by  the merry 
twinkle of  his eye  and the old  familiar 
sound  of  his  voice.  Now  that  he  has 
fallen,  and lies in the embrace  of death, 
we all feel  (Tory  and Grit  alike) that a 
great  loss  to the  country  has  been  sus­
tained.  The  present  generation  of 
Canadians can form no conception  what­
ever of a Government without a Sir John 
A.  Macdonald  as  an 
important  and 
necessary element somewhere in its com­
position.  He  has  guided  our  political 
destinies for  so many  years  and has be­
come so  interwoven in  our  political  his­
tory that,  somehow,  we all feel  that  his 
death is  a  great  national  calamity  and 
the  whole country is in mourning.
Strange  as  it  may  appear,  this  sad 
event has a ludicrous side to it and in the 
midst  of  sorrow  we  see  many  things 
growing out of  the sad  event itself,  that 
would  make  an  undertaker  grin.  This 
funny part is performed by the old  Tory 
element,  who  worshiped  Sir  John  as  a 
god.  He  was  their  infallible  liege  lord, 
the great and only  source  of every polit­
ical  blessing,  and the first,  last and  only 
author  and preserver  of Canada’s  polit­
ical  salvation.  They followed him  blind­
ly, through  thick  and  thin,  under  good 
repute  and  under  evil 
repute;  never 
breaking ranks  and, holding the balance 
of  power,  they  have been  the  means  of 
keeping  their  political  god  at  the  head 
of  affairs  for  so  many  years,  and  now 
they  are frantic  with  grief  and  can  see 
nothing  ahead  but  ruin  and  desolation.
the 
Hollow,  Bill  Smike  and  his  cronies 
gathered  at  the  tavern  to  console  each- 
other  and, 
in  order  to  more  forcibly 
demonstrate their sorrow,  they all got on 
a glorious drunk.  The Union Jack,  pro­
fusely  decorated  with  yellow  bunting 
and  black  crape,  is  flying  at  half  mast 
over  the  Orange  hall.  Last  night  the 
Orangemen  met  and  passed  resolutions 
expressing  sorrow  at  the  loss  of  their 
loyal  chief  and  deploring  the  helpless 
condition  in  which  they  are  suddenly 
to the  cannibal­
placed,  exposing  them 
istic appetites of the ferocious and greedy 
Yankees,  and  strongly  censuring 
the 
Grits  for  springing  unrestricted  recip­
rocity  on  the  country  and  compelling 
their feeble  old god  of loyalty  to buckle 
on his armor and go forth in the inclement 
weather and expose himself to late hours 
and  bad  whisky  and  suffer  a  nervous 
strain that  has  culminated in his  death. 
Old Crouk has been prostrated ever since 
the meeting at the tavern,  so poignant is 
his grief that when his wife’s father(who 
is a Babtist preacher and a Grit)  came to 
see them,  he said  this was  no time  to be 
trifled with and ordered him to  leave the 
premises immediately. 
Izik says  that  if 
ever  there  was  a  case  where  the  loose 
divorce laws of Michigan could be applied 
to advantage, this case of Mrs. Cronk’s is 
the one.
Tillie is  well, but  the baby  is cutting 
teeth,  and,  if it cuts  them much longer, 
I’m  afraid  Izik will  cut his  throat,  for 
he’s almost  crazy now.  When I woke  up 
last  night and heard  the  measured  pat, 
pat,  pat, of  Izik’s  slippers  on  the  floor 
above, as he paced back and forth loaded 
down with the latest  edition of  the Slim 
family,  and  ever  and  anon  muttering 
something that sounded like an explosion 
of pent up wrath,  it filled  me so brimful 
of joy  that  I had to  stuff the  sheet  into 
my mouth  to keep  it  from  running out. 
In my exuberant, joyful frame of mind, I 
thought  to  myself,  “Oh  Izik,  my  boy, 
there  was  a time when  your great  com­
mercial  talents  saved  you from  turning 
grind stone and  weeding onions, but now 
salt-peter can’t save you.  You may stamp 
and squirm  and swear and  kick over the 
rocking chair,  but  all this will avail  you 
nothing,  you must  grin and  bear it  if it 
takes  all  the  hair  off  the  top  of  your 
head.” 
It  carried me  back  to the time 
when the second generation of Slims was

struggling with  the tooth  problem and I 
was  performing the  midnight pacing act 
barefooted;  and when I  stepped  on that 
carpet  tack,  I  don’t  know  but  what  I 
would have  nipped Izek’s talents in  the 
bud there and then if his mother had not 
come  to his  rescue.  Now  his time  has 
come,  and  I  am fully  paid  for  all  the 
trouble he has  caused me.  I had to cram 
the last yard of sheet  into my mouth for 
1 wouldn’t have had Tillie hear me laugh 
for  the  world.  In  the  morning,  when 
Tillie  wondered if the  sheet had been in 
the calf pen all night,  I  told her that the 
I poor little  thing’s  sufferings  came  near 
breaking  my heart and I wept copiously. 
This  was  satisfactory,  for  she  put  her 
i arms  around  my  neck and calied  me  a 
dear  old pop  and  said  she  wished  that 
Izik  was as kind  and tender hearted as I 
was.  Please  don’t  send  me  the  paper 
that has this in, for I wouldn’t have Tillie 
know how  that sheet  got soiled  for any­
thing.
Izik has been  so  much  broken of  his 
rest lately that he is actually beside him­
self about half the time.  While  momen­
tarily dreaming of a far away land  where 
babies are born into the world with double 
teeth  all  around,  he  put  both  elbows 
through the show  case  and  frightened  a 
little cross eyed  girl into  a fit.  who  was i 
waiting to buy a stick of gum.  He put a 
gallon of vinegar into sister  Tubb’s coal 
oil can  and he  put the coal  oil into Pete j 
Smoke’s  molasses  jug;  but when he sold 
Billy Ball a pound of  plug  chewing tob­
acco  and  a  pair  or  overalls  and  went 
right up  to the  desk  and  charged  it to 
Sam Budd’s  hired girl,  1 advised  him to 
go and put his  head to soak.
If there is  any place  where  it  is  nec­
essary  for a  man to  preserve  the  even 
tenor  of  his  ways  and  keep  his  head 
level with a smiling  countenance spread 
all over the front  side of  it,  it is behind 
a counter in  a retail  country store.  He 
must be all things  to all  kinds of people. 
He must  wink  at  everything he sees or 
look in the opposite direction,  He  must 
keep in stock an  abundant  supply of ap­
proving smiles and  lavishly bestow them 
upon all  applicants,  regardless of  their 
little  eccentricities  whims,  opinions  or 
beliefs.  No dyspeptic and no man  who’s 
liver  is out  of order  can ever  expect  to 
succeed as a merchant.
If  you  are out  of  sorts,  run down  at 
the heel,  have the tooth ache or an attack 
of neuralgia,  it would be  money in  your 
pocket to  shut up  shop  till  you  regain 
your equilibrium, rather than venture be­
hind the counter and  expose your imper­
fections,  thereby  publishing  the fact to 
the whole community that you are only a 
human being  after all.  Why,  1 am satis­
fied that Izik,  in his present condition,  if 
alone,  would  utterly  ruin our  business 
in a  week.
Mr.  Leonidas  Clark,  who  owns  my 
old farm, has  a son in your  town who is 
a Doctor.  The Doctor writes to his father 
often and sends him papers and Leonidas 
loans  them  to  me.  The  Doctor  says 
Grand Rapids  is a nice  town,  but  fuller 
of  doctors and  real estate agents  than a 
July  radish  is  of  worms.  He  says  the 
water is  not fit for  a Christian  to drink 
and  business  of  all  kinds  is  fearfully 
overdone.

I  couldn’t  finish my  letter last  night, 
as I had to  help Tillie  with the baby.  A 
drummer from a Hamilton boot and shoe 
house drove  over  to  the  Hollow in  the 
evening from Loyal  Town,  which is  our 
county  seat  and  our  nearest  railroad 
station and is about six miles  from here. 
He came in just before  shutting up  time 
time and  after congratulating  me on my
youthful  appearance and  winking at the 
Elder’s hired girl,  who I  was  waiting on, 
he seized  Izik by the  arm and  took him 
over to the  tavern  to look  him over.  In 
about an hour, Spotty, the tavern keeper’s 
stable  boy,  came in  with this  message:
I “Mister Slim,  t-t-tother  Mister Slim says 
as how  you needn’t  wait fur ’im,  fur it 
’ud  take a long  time to git  through wid 
the  travlin’  man,”  1 asked  Spotty what 
they  were  doing,  for Tillie  was in  the 
store  and she  likes to hear him talk  and 
twist his  wart  of a  nose.  He  answered: 
“The  feller  opened  his  big  trunk  and 
showed  Mister  Slim  all  his  shoes  and 
then he put ’em back agin and locked up 
his trunk and told  Mister Slim he’d take 
’im  up  stairs  and  show  ’im  his  rat.”

Does  Modern  Store  Construction  En­

courage  Theft?

Written for Thb Tradesman.

Much  has  been  said  in  T h e  T rades­
m an in  regard  to  courtesy to customers 
if  we  would  seek  to  court  and  retain 
them.  The  advice  was  all  right  and 
proper, but,  with  all due  respect to cus­
tomers, a few words  should  be said with 
reference to them, also. 
In all the mart 
j of  trade, buyer  and  seller  are  the  im- 
I portant  factors,  and  if  each  are  not 
equally  courteous  and  honorable,  or 
afford ground for suspicion of each other, 
trade cannot be prosperous.

I  have  been considerably interested in 
the discussions  on  kleptomania,  and  my 
experience satisfies me that we find thieves 
or  kleptomaniacs  among both  sexes,  but 
we cannot know they are such until they 
are caught in the act;  but who desires to 
constantly watch for them? 
In pursuing 
such a course,  we  are  quite apt to offend 
the best and  most honorable class of  our 
customers.  The greater the number and 
variety  of  goods  in  a  store,  and 
the 
smaller  in  size,  the  more  difficult  are 
they to protect, and  the  greater  are  the 
temptations  to  steal  them. 
It  is  a fact 
which  cannot  be  contradicted  that  the 
losses of  such  stores  frequently average 
not  less  than  2 
to  3  per  cent,  daily. 
The  very nature of  the  goods  precludes 
the  possibility of  watching  them  all, or 
even missing  them at the  time  they may 
disappear,  and  many dealers  imagine  it 
will not  pay to hire  too many assistants 
Included in the class of stores mentioned 
are  jewelers, bazaars, notion  stores  and 
fancy  stores  of  every  kind.  Valuable 
jewelry  is  generally  more  carefully 
guarded,  yet  even  here,  by some  slight 
of  hand, a few  articles occasionally  dis­
appear.  A young  lady of  my  acquaint 
ance  was  employed as clerk  during  the 
holidays  in a large  retail  jewelry store. 
Many  rich  “sets” of  pins  and  ear-rings 
were kept  in  boxes or hinged  cases and, 
when  showing the  goods,  it was the cus­
tom to count the number of  cases  (in the 
mind only)  as they were placed upon the 
top of  the show case in which  they were 
kept.  Gold watches  and  bracelets were 
also  in  cases,  and  the  number  were 
counted when taken out in the same way. 
Frequently 
three  or  four  persons  ap­
proached at once to look at such articles,
with a view to purchase.  Whether a sale 
was  made  or  not,  the  lids  of  the  cases 
were  hurriedly closed,  the cases counted 
and placed back in the show case.  Some 
time afterward,  while  carefully cleaning 
the  jewelry, one or more  cases would be 
found  empty,  the  contents  having  been 
artfully stolen,  while the  lady was  look­
ing  from  one to another  and closing  the 
cases. 
In  others,  the  real  and valuable 
goods  «tad  been  deftly  removed  and 
cheap plated  ones  substituted.  She had 
counted  back the  number  correctly, but

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T'ITE. MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

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in a few cases  the goods  had  either van­
ished  or  were  spurious. 
In the bazaars 
and fancy stores  the  danger of  losses  is 
much greater than in most  others,  as the 
goods are more exposed  and, being small, 
are easily concealed. 
If  only one or two 
persons  are  employed  in  such  a  store, 
they cannot  possibly watch  half  a dozen 
or  more, while  waiting upon  customers. 
Goods  are  generally  so  convenient  to 
handle  by  every  one  who enters.  Fre­
quently a  portion  of  a  counter  will  be 
completely covered by small articles and, 
if  people  are  so  disposed,  it  is  easy  to 
secrete  a  few  and  carry  them  away. 
Goods  are  shown  by  hanging  them  in 
bunches,  dozens  or  half  dozens  upon 
lines and other  supports about the store. 
That  this is  really  necessary I will  not 
say,  but  it  is,  at  least, offering  a  slight 
premium  upon  crime.  At  one  time  a 
neighboring  merchant of  mine  caught a 
girl  stealing  dry  goods.  He  had  sus­
pected  her  before,  and  now  taking  an 
officer  with  him  they went  with  her to 
her  home,  where,  upon  searching  the 
place,  they found  not  only the  goods he 
had missed,  but others which he had not. 
He  also  found  dozens  of  ladies’  fine 
handkerchiefs  which  he  quickly recog­
nized as mine,  and  which were  returned 
to  me,  the  girl  acknowledging  she  had 
stolen  them. 
I  remembered  that  the 
girl  came at different  times with  two or 
three  others,  to  look  at  and  purchase 
handkerchiefs and they were always very 
particular  in  comparing 
them  before 
making a choice,  asking that many kinds 
and qualities be shown them, and object­
ing  when  (as I usually  did) 1 threw  the 
bunches  of  six  to  twelve  back  off  the 
counter.  At such  times the  girls would 
select  and  pay for  two  or  three—some­
times  half  a  dozen—and  at  the  same 
time steal and  carry  away several  more. 
1 sell  some  jewelry and,  among it, many 
solid gold  rings.  Many customers  come 
for  rings.  Sometimes  they  are  total 
strangers to me  and  in some  cases  they 
are partial  acquaintances.  Of  course, 1 
have  a rapid  way  of  keeping  a  correct 
account of the number of  rings 1 remove 
from  the  case,  and  it  is  quite  common 
( with  girls  especially) 
to  laughingly 
catch  up  and  string  half a dozen  ring 
quickly on their  fingers  and  leave  them 
there,  while looking at and talking about 
others, and when about to depart (if they 
do  not  forget  it)  remember  to  remove 
them,  but  many  times  I  have  been 
obliged to call  their attention to the  fact 
that one was missing, when,  to their sur­
prise,  they  found  that the  ring had  not 
only  changed  lingers  but  hands,  also, 
and  with  many  apologies 
for  their 
thoughtlessness (?) departed.  They hap­
pened,  however,  to be  persons  who  sel­
dom took offense at anything, and,  there­
fore,  returned  to  perform  the  same or 
similar acts again.

In connection  with  this  subject,  1 am 
led  to  ask  if  people  were  less  honest 
seventy-five  years  ago  than  at  present, 
else  why  were  there  more  safeguards 
thrown  around  merchandise  than  at 
present?  Or were these safeguards more 
accidental  than  designed?  Or, still  far­
ther,  were  mankind  only more  distrust­
ful of their neighbors?  Who can answer 
these  questions?  Now for  the facts:  In 
that day,  instead of being piled about on 
the  fioor  or  a  few  inches  above  it, all 
articles  at  all  adapted  to  the  purpose 
were hung  upon  nails  or  hooks,  driven 
into  a wood  ceiling,  out  of  easy  reach 
and about as  closely packed  as  possible.

The counters—universally—were  tightly 
boarded  up  in  front,  with a half  round 
moulding  generally  at  the  bottom,  ren­
dering  it  almost  or  quite  water  tight 
underneath,  while  the  rule  to-day is  to 
have  a  somewhat  fashionable  table  or 
tables  for  counters;  very  low  and  the 
space underneath filled with stock which 
can readily be handled  from the outside. 
The old-time counters also ran the entire 
length  of  the store without a break,  ex­
tending  tightly to the  front  wall of  the 
building, each side of  the doorway,  with 
the  single  exception  that three  or  four 
feet of the counters against the back wall 
or partition  was hinged to swing upward 
or  around  answering  to  a door  for  en­
trance  or  exit.  No short counters  with 
several openings between were then used 
through  which  everyone  might  step 
quickly behind the counter and out again, 
if they desired.  Nearly all counters were 
from  four to  six  inches  higher  than  at 
present, often  so  high  that  a  moveable 
platform, one or two  feet wide and three 
or  four  inches  high was  placed  on  the 
floor  back of  them to stand  upon.  The 
fronts of the counters were also made on 
a  three  to four  inch  incline  from their 
has» >  utward, making  it  uncomfortable 
for a person  to  lounge  against  it.  Our 
more  modern  stores almost  invite  those 
who  are  inclined to pilfer  many  things 
and  surely require more  close watching. 
Of  course,  it may be said  that  there  are 
twenty  to  one  merchants  now  in  the 
country,  and that  competition is so great 
it  becomes  necessary to  expose  or  call 
attention  to  goods as only  those  strictly 
needful  are  purchased  at  all  and  those 
they  expect  to  ask  for. 
It  was  then 
not  so  much  the  merchant,  but the cus­
tomer  who  was  under  obligations,  as 
stores were far apart and the goods them­
selves not  always in plenty;  but we now 
live  in a different day and  it  is  possible 
we should  adopt the  motto—humiliating 
as it seems  in the  light of  our Christian­
ity—“Treat  every  man  as a rogue  until 
you find he is honest.”

F ra nk  H.  H owig.

Grand  Rapids  Electrotype  Co.,

6 and  8  Brie St,. GRAND  RAPIDS.

Playing Bards

WE  ERE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND  FOR  PRICK  LIST.

Daniel  Lpch,

19  So. Ionia  St., Grand Rapids.

B UILT  FOR  BUSINESS!

Do you want to do your customers justice?
Do you want to increase your trade in a safe way?
Do you want the confidence of  all who trade with you?
Would  you  like to rid  yourself  of  the  bother of  “posting” your  books  and 

“patching up” pass-book accounts?

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

yourself and clerks are so prone to forget to charge?

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

ponding ledger account without having  to  “doctor” it?

Do  not  many of  your  customers  complain that  they have  been  charged  for 
items they never  had,  and is not your  memory a little  clouded  as  to whether they 
have or not?
Then  why  not  adopt a system of  crediting  that will  abolish  all  these  and a 
hundred other objectionable features of  the old  method,  and  one  that  establishes 
a CASH  BASIS of  crediting?
enterprising merchants should keep abreast with the times and adopt either the

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

Tradesman  or  Superior  Goilpons.

COUPON  BOOK  vs. PASS  BOOK.

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  eharge 
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 passbook 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  $10,  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 iucident to the use of the pass  book. 
As the notes bear iuterest .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  $10, 
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) saves 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 facie 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

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

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Grand Rapids a  Indiana.

In  effect F ebruary 1,1891.
TBAINB  GOING  NORTH.

South. 
For Saginaw, solid t r a i n ........... 
For Traverse City.........................|  5:16 a m  
For Traverse  City A  M ackinaw|  9:20 a  m 
F or 8aginaw, solid tra in ............. 
For Cadillac. 
. .. .   .............f 2:15 p m  
For Mackinaw............................... f 7:45 p  m  
From Kalamazoo.......................... f  8:65 p m

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
f, 7:80 a'm
t  7:05 a m
fll:S0 a  m
t  4:30 p m
f 6:00 p m
¡10:30  p m

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

Arrive from   Leave going 

North. 
For  Cincinnati..............................I  6:00am  
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago.. .flO;16 a m  
From Saginaw..............................11:45 a m
For F o rt W ayne and the  E a st.. 
ForC inclnnati............................... f 5:30 p m  
For Kalamazo and  C hicago.... 110:00 p m 
From  Saginaw..............................tl0:30 p m

South.
t  7:00 a m
fl0:30  a m
f 2:00 p m
f  6:00  p m
¡11:05  p m

Trains m arked (|) run daily; (t) daily except Sunday. 
Sleeping and p arlor car  service:  N orth—11:30  a   m 
train , parlo r  ch air  car  for  Mackinaw City;  10:30 p m  
for  Mackinaw  City. 
train ,  W agner  sleeping  car 
South—7:00 a m  tra in , p arlo r chair car fo r  Cincinnati; 
10:30 a  m train , through parlor coach to Chicago: 6 p m  
train, W agner sleeping car for  Cincinnati;  11:05  p  m 
train , W agner sleeping car  for Chicago.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  St  North  Michigan 

Railway.

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Mllwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe  u 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.

VIA D., L. ft N.

Lv. Grand Rapids at......7:25 a. m. and 6:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t ............... 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

VIA D., Q. H.  ft M.

Lv. Grand Rapids at...... 6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at................1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

Return connections equally as good.

W. ;H .  B e n n e t t, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

Michigan P entimt,

“ The Niagara Falls Route.’'

D EPA RT.  ARRIV E
D etroit Express....... ...................... 
7:80 a m   10:00 p m
Mixed  ............................... ................... 6:S0am   5:00pm
Day  E x p ress...............................1 2 :0 0 a m   10:00am
•Ati&ntio A Pacific Express..............11.16 p m 
6:00 a m
New York Express...............................5:10 p m 
1:15 p m

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

•Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  ru n   on  A tlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
P arlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Fred M. Briggs, Gen’l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
G. S. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson. Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Ruggi.es, G. P.  A  T. Agent., Chicago.

Detroit TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave +No.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 *No.  28
10 55pm 
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
12 37am 
Ionia...........Ar
1 55am 
St.  Johns  ...Ar
315am
Owosso........Ar
E.  Saginaw..Ar
Bay City......Ar
F lin t...........Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac....... Ar
Detroit......... Ar

6 50am
7 45am
8 28am
9 15am 
11 05am 
11 55am 
1110am
305pm
10 57am
11 55am
W ESTW A RD .

1) 20am
11 25am
12 17am 
1 20pm 
3C0pm 
3 45pm 
3 40pm 
6 00pm
3 05pm
4 05pm

3 45pm
4 52pm
5 40pm
6 46pm
8 45pm
9 35pm 
806pm
1030pm
8 55pm
9 50pm

5 40am 
735am 
5 50am' 
7  0am

Trains Leave
G’d Rapids,  Lv 
G’d Haven,  Ar 
Milw’kee Str  “ 
Chicago Str.  “

*No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13 |tNo. 15
5  10pm 1030pm
7 05am
6 15pm 1-1 30pm 
8 50am
6 45am  6 45am

1 00pm
2 15pm
......... 6 00am

»Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east,6:40 a. m., 12:50 p. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:25 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west, 6:45 a.  m.,  10:10 
a. m , 3:35 p.m. and 0:50 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward — No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J o hn W. L o u d , Traffic Manager.
B en  F l e t c h e r , Trav. Pass. Agent.
J as. C a m p b e l l, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

T H E  

lÆ I C Ï Ï I G A J X

The  Outcome of Strides.
From th e New York Journal o f Commerce.

In  summing  up 

There will come a  day  when  that  mi­
nority  of  the  people  which  inaugurates 
and encourages strikes will be compelled 
to  relinquish this past-time for the good 
of all concerned.  Even now the rank and 
file of the trade organizations  are hearti­
ly sick  of  the  business,  and  are  forced 
with ever-increasing reluctance to  relin­
quish their work out  of  loyalty  to  their 
leaders. 
If it were  not  for  the  master I 
workman and walking delegates who are 
everywhere stirring up  antagonisms  be­
tween the laborer and his  employers  for 
the sake  of  magnifying  their  office  and 
manifesting 
their  importance,  strikes 
would  be  few  and  far  between.  The 
workingman of ordinary intelligence has 
already come to know,  both by  observa­
tion and his own bitter  experience,  that 
his  interests  are not  promoted  by  con­
tests of this character.  All the  commu­
nity suffers and the  struggle  is  often  a 
costly  one  for  the  employers,  but  the 
heaviest part of the burden  in every case 
comes upon the laborer  thus driven  into j 
idleness.
the  expenses  of  a 
strike it is customary to count the unem- | 
ployed  hands and the  wages  that  might 
have been  earned;  then  to  add  to  this I 
amount the loss of profit and interest  on 
capital supposed  to represent the  cost to 
the employer,  and finally to estimate  the 
damage to the public interests in thesus 
pension of the  business thus checked  by 
the withdrawal of the workmen.  But all 
these items together sometimes make but 
a small part  of  the  aggregate  suffering 
from 
the  paralysis  of  a  service  upon 
which the community  is more or less de­
pendent.  Take  a  strike  on  a  railroad 
leading to the  stoppage  of  trains  on  a 
prominent  line  of  travel.  The  loss  of 
wages to the brakemen,  switchmen, con­
ductors,  engineers  and firemen  who  are 
laid aside and the cessation of receipts for 
the conveyance of passengers and freight 
often make a large sum  beyond question, 
but there are  other  deprivations far  be­
yond any arithmetical computation.  Not 
only large material  interests are involved 
when business men are cut  off  from  the 
facilities  of  travel,  and 
their  freight, 
often perishable,  is left in piles unmoved 
at the depot,  but  the  agony  of  friends 
summoned to attend  the sick  and  dying 
or to bury the dead who can  answer  the 
call and a thousand other considerations, 
some  of  them  dearer  than  life  itself, 
make up an aggregate of suffering which 
cannot be expressed  in words.
The  delay  of  milk  trains  in  a  local 
strike that stopped this  supply  for  sev­
eral days led not only to  the  serious  in­
jury of those in delicate health who were 
dependent upon this  service,  but  to  an 
actual  increase  of  mortality  among  the 
infants whose  only food was thus  taken 
away,  with no possibility of replacing  it 
from  any other  source.  Take the  strike 
on a city railway  like  that in London or 
recent  similar combinations which  have 
prevented the running of cars  in several 
American cities. 
It was all very well for 
the newspaper  writers  to  make  fun  of 
the pompous old  gentleman who  had  to 
hunt  up a cab  or the young dude  whose 
tight boots made his three miles’ walk to 
his place of service  a well-deserved  tor­
ture, but  there  were  many  other  cases 
where the sad truth  would have brought 
no smile to any face.  The weak sewing 
girl with her worn shoes,  the  invalid  on 
her tottering feet, the tired artisan obliged 
to add the strain  of  a  long  walk to  the 
weariness of a hard day’s  work,  and  all 
the miseries that  sprung  out of the  sus­
pended  accommodations  were not pleas­
ant  topics  for  humorous  composition. 
And in many of the homes of  the  work­
ingmen who talk so bravely  in  the  club 
room and  vote never to  surrender  there 
are  often  sick  wives  or  half  famished 
children whose sorrows  do  not  get  into 
the balance sheets that men compile,  but 
are well know to the pitying angels.
The general outcome  thus  far  of  the 
efforts  of  the  trades  unions  and  other 
like combinations  to  regulate  all  mun­
dane affairs has  been to create a  serious 
and ever-increasing apprehension injuri­
ous to  all  material  interests.  It costs  far 
more to build houses,  not simply because 
wages  are higher,  but  because  builders 
and contractors have to  include the  con­

tingencies of the labor  question  in their 
estimates. 
If  the  masons,  and  carpen­
ters and  bricklayers,  and plumbers,  and 
lathers, and  plasterers  and  tinners  are 
all  placated,  and  their  affection  appar­
ently secured, it may  turn  out  that  the 
attempt  to  use  a  few  door-knobs  acci­
dently purchased of a manufacturer who 
has a non-union man in  his employ  will 
upset  the  whole  scheme  and  stop  the 
work  for an  indefinite period.  We  are 
not  supposing a  mythical or  impossible 
case but quoting  an  actual  occurrence. 
The purchase and attempt to use a dozen 
fancy knobs thus  produced cost a  friend 
of ours §1,700  in  the construction of  his 
home!  And  where  the  workmen  are 
all otherwise coddled,  and toaded to,  and 
petted,  and humored  until  the  employ­
er’s  mouth fairly tastes of the dirt he  is 
made to eat,  the whole  may go for noth­
ing,  as in the experience  of the last  few 
weeks  in  this  vicinity,  because  n  few 
pieces of lumber came  from a yard  that 
was boycotted.
No  man who  employs  union hands  is 
safe in any  kind of  business.  He  may 
submit  to  the  most  extreme  dictation, 
hiring  only  such  help  as  a  committee 
from  the  lodge  permit  him  to  engage, 
turning  out  of  his  service  every  old, 
faithful hand who has not a  union  card, 
buying all his supplies from union  deal­
ers who  sell  only  the  labeled  articles, 
and carting them to his place of business 
on union  carts with  union  drivers:  one 
day it will  all  go  for  nothing.  He  has 
committed no offense;  he has  swallowed 
every loathsome morsel  prescribed,  and 
borne with patience  every offered  indig­
nity.  There is not a flaw  in  his  record 
from the initial page to the period of the 
last entry.  What is  the  matter?  Why, 
there  is  a  quarael  over  something  a 
thousand miles away and a general strike 
has been ordered.  The head  center  has 
spoken  and the  men  must  all  leave  his 
! service.  Down  go  their  tools,  and  out 
into idleness marches the  whole  proces­
sion.  And  if  a  single  man 
is  honest 
enough to be  faithful to  his  employer’s 
interests and to keep his place,  he  must 
be discharged before any  of the rest will 
return.
The public are becoming tired  of  this 
everywhere,  and there is  but  one  reme- 
! dy.  No man who employs labor  of  any 
kind can feel a moment’s safety  as  long 
| as his help belongs to a union whose  of- 
j ficials may order  them out of  service  at 
any moment.  He can  make no  binding 
contract with them.  They are  not  free 
to consider only his  interests  and  their 
own  as  intertwined  in  their  service. 
They are working for him,  but are virtu­
ally slaves  to another  and  very imperi­
ous master who  rules them with a rod of 
iron.  This whole system must be broken 
up and the serfs  must  be  emancipated. 
It  is  utterly  intolerable  that  a  set  of 
workmen may not  continue  in  the  ser­
vice of an employer if this  is  their  mu­
tual desire.  The union enters the premi­
ses of a man in business and says to him, 
“You  must  discharge  every  workman 
who has no permit from  us and  take  on 
a lot of bands of  our  chosing;  and  you 
must  buy  all  your  supplies  from  con­
cerns  on our  list;  and you  must  recog­
nize our orders in the  entire  conduct  of 
I your  establishment;  and  if  you  fail  in 
any  particular  we  will  ruin  you  if  we 
j can accomplish it.”  Our  fathers  fought 
for more freedom than this,  and if  there 
is any  love of  liberty  in  their  children 
they  will  not  much  longer  submit  to 
such rasping tyranny.

W ire Nails from Steel  Plate.

It has  always been considered impossi­
ble  to cut wire  nails from any  material 
except  wire, bnt  it is  reported  that  an 
ingenious  arrangement  has  been  intro­
duced  into  a  mill  in  Pittsburg  which 
enables wire nails to be made from  steel 
plate.  This  invention  may  be attached 
to the  ordinary  cut nail machine, and is 
said to be capable of producing perfectly 
formed nails  in greater quantity  than is 
possible by any present  wire nail.

An  exchange  says  a  lady  cured  her 
fifteen  years-old son  of smoking  by  the 
laying on of  hands.  She  had a  slipper 
in one of them and held the boy with  the 
other. 
It  beats  spiritual  science  all 
hollow.

CHICAGO

D E PA R T   FO R
Chicago...........
Indianapolis ... 
Benton Harbor.
St. Joseph........
Traverse  City..
Muskegon........
Manistee  ........
Ludington......
Big Rapids......
Ottawa Beach..
tWeek Days 
10:00 
1:15 
5:25 
11:35

&  WEST  MICHIGAN  RY.
P.  M.  j P. M. P.M.
tl:15 *11:35
+1:151  11:35
tl:i5 *11:35 §G:3Ò
tl:l5 *11:35 §6:30
t5:25 *11:30
tl:15|t  5:40 t6:30
+5:25i......
+5:25!........
+5:251.......
tl:15 t  5:40 t6:30

Dally.  §Except Saturday.
A. M. has through chair car to Chica­
go.  No extra charge for seats.
P. M.  runs  through to Chicago  solid 
with Wagner buffet car ;  sea s  50 cts. 
P. M. has  through free  chair  car  to 
Manistee,  via M.  & N. E. R. R.
P. M. Is solid  train  with Wagner pal­
ace sleeping  car  through to Chicago, 
and sleeper  to  Indianapolis via Ben­
ton Harbor.
P.  M.  has  Wagner  Sleeping  Car  to 
Traverse City.
P.  M.  connects  at  St.  Joseph  with 
Graham & Morton’s steamers for Chi­
cago.
DETROIT,

11:30
6:30

JUNE  21,  1891.
Lansing & Northern R R
A. M. P. M. P. M.
t6:50 tl :00 *6:25
t6:50 tl :00 *6:25
t6:50 tl :00 *6:25
t6:50 tl :10 ♦6:25
t7:05 t4:30
t7:05 t4:30
t7:05 t4:30

Detroit...................................
Lansing................................
Howell...................................
Lowell....................................
Alma...................  
...........
St.  Louis  ............................
Saginaw  City.........................

DEPART  FOR

6.FCA A  M. runs through to Detroit with par- 
■ •A A   P. M.  Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 
eS 9 F v   p- M. runs through to Detroit  with par 
■ 

• w v   lor car;  seats 25  cents.
t 
• W  troit.  Seats, 25 cents.
lor car, seats  25  cents.
A. M. has parlor  car  to  Saginaw, seats 
•V/*/  25 cents.
For  tickets  and  information  apply  at Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe  street, or Union station.

Geo. DeHaven, Gen. Pass’r Agt.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
7:00  a m  
11:15  Am 
6:40  p m  

From Muskegon—Arrive.
10:10 a m
8:45 p m
Through tickets and full inform ation  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almquist,  tick et  agent  a t  Union Stä­
tten ,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

S:45  p m

O. L. LOCKWOOD,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

For  Portable  or  Stationary  Engines,  1 
to 500 Horse Power,  Portable or Station­
ary Boilers, Saw Mills, Shafting, Pullies, 
Boxes,  Wood-working  Machinery,  Plan­
ers,  Matchers, Moulders,  etc., call on
W.  C.  DENISON,

Manufacturers’  Agent,

88, 90, 92  So.  Division  St., Grand  Rapids 

Estimates given on Complete Outfits.

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B. DIKEMÏÏN
Iteli fflaker

C=3issi« Jeweler,
Grand Rapids,  ■  JUisL

44  GKNRL  8T„

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

EARL  BROS.,

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  F ir st  National  Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan Tk adssman. Grand Rapids.

