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EATON, LYON S BO

JO B B E R S   OF

GRAND  RAPIDS,  W E D M SD A Y ,  JU LY   15,  1891,
H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

The  Presidential Chimney-Sweep.
Captain Smith  was a man  of intellect, 
and it was his  custom to give  the public 
pieces of his mind in  the form of essays, 
verses,  and,  more  particularly,  short 
stories,  in the conception and elaboration 
of  which  he  especially  excelled.  In 
richness of imagination  and vividness of 
description he had seldom  been equalled 
and never surpassed.

Instead  of  carefully  jotting  in  his 
notebook  every  brilliant  idea  as  it oc­
curred,  trusting  that  the future  would 
unearth  a proper  setting  for each gem, 
he never  committed a  thought  to paper 
until  it was  complete  in  ail its  details 
and  environments.  Then Mrs.  Captain 
Smith was called into requisition,

The  formula of  request never  varied. 
“Dearest, are you  busy?”  “No,  my love, 
I  am  quite  at  leisure.”  And  whether 
the baby’s hands were being washed,  the 
week’s laundrying mended, or the dinner 
menu  arranged,  the occupation  was in­
stantly relinquished,  the pen was seized, 
and  the  faithful  little  wife  turned  an 
attentive 
toward  her  husband. 
“Ready?” “Yes,  dear.” With eyes closed, 
head  thrown  back, 
finger  tips  placed 
carefully together, the Captain,  in a slow 
monotonous  tone,  would begin  his  nar­
rative.  No  sooner  did  the  thought  ap­
pear  than  it  was  chained to  paper  by 
Mrs.  Smith’s active fingers.

face 

No one  ever saw  Captain  Smith  melt 
his gold or cut his  diamonds.  When the 
public saw the jewels they were  in their 
settings,  and each reposing  on its velvet 
cushion.  Even his wife knew nothing of 
the workshop.  Her  part was  simply to 
place the glittering  display in the show­
case.  As Minerva sprang fully equipped 
from  the  brain  of  Jove,  so 
thought 
sprang full-fledged from  the lips of Cap­
tain Smith.

intellect. 

But Captain Smith died.  A fever took 
up its residence in his  brain,  and played 
havoc  with  his  mighty 
It 
disarranged his orderly ideas,  and tossed 
them  about  with  such  force  that  they 
issued from  his lips  in inarticulate con­
fusion.  Mrs.  Smith  listened  patiently 
and  painfully  to  his  ravings;  but  she 
could  understand only  a word  now and 
then,  and  gained  no  knowledge of  his 
meaning.  The  words  she  caught  most 
frequently,  however,  were  “The  Pre­
sidential  Chimney-sweep,”  and  once in 
that  connection  she  was  positive  that 
she  heard  him  add:  “The  best  story I 
overproduced.”

One  night,  after  a  day  of  restless 
tossing and  delirium,  the Captain said to 
his  wife:  “The  best  story I  have  ever 
produced.”  Then, naturally and quietly: 
“Dearest,  are you busy?”  “No, my  love, 
I am  quite  as  leisure.”  But  Death  laid 
his  finger on  the  sick  man’s  lips,  and 
they never signaled,  “Ready.”

There  was  much  speculation  among 
the  Captain’s 
friends  concerning  the 
import of this wonderful but undivulged 
story,  in  which  the  author,  never pre­
viously  excelled,  was to  have surpassed 
himself.

Some thought the title sufficiently sug­
that  “The  Presidential

gestive,  and 

NO.  408

Chimney-sweep” could but have mirrored 
an ideal  head  of the  nation,  who,  with 
his broom of executive  authority,  would 
have  swept all the  soot  and grime from 
politics  and  materially  aided  the  ap­
proach  of  the  millennium,  in our  hem­
isphere at least.

this 

Others 

thought 

interpretation 
wholly misleading,  and that whereas the 
President of these  United States is a re­
presentative of all the citizens, and must, 
therefore,  be  a representative  of  chim­
ney-sweeps  as well  as  of  bankers,  law­
yers,  farmers  and  so  forth,  and  that 
whereas  chimney-sweeps do  dirty work, 
and are proverbially dirty persons,  there­
fore “The  Presidential  Chimney-sweep” 
would  have  been  an  unusually  untidy 
man,  and that  as external  filth  is some­
times  used to  symbolize internal corrup­
tion, 
therefore  we  were  to  have  had 
placed before us a picture of political un­
cleanliness  which  would  repulse  us  by 
the  horror of  its  revelations,  and  make 
us tremble for our country’s future.

Others 

thought 

these  suppositious 
absurd,  and  that  as  no  chimney-sweep 
ever had been President,  and  that as the 
chances  of  such  an  occurrence  were 
yearly lessening, owing  to the  rapid de­
crease in  the number  of sweeps,  it  was 
more than  probable  that Captain  Smith 
had intended to satirize the existing form 
of  government,  to  show  that,  as  chim­
neys were being  improved  and chimney­
sweeps becoming less and less necessary, 
so the  nation was  progressing and  Pre­
sidents becoming mere  supernumeraries. 
He would then have shown,  they argued, 
that  the  species  commonly  called  pre­
sidents 
chimney-sweeps  would 
eventually  become  extinct.  Chimneys 
would  need  no  sweeps.  Our  nation 
would need no President.

and 

Ike  graphically  expressed 

The  separate  and combined  efforts of 
many  powerful 
intellects  proved  un­
availing.  Each  man  might  write  the 
story to his own entire  satisfaction,  but 
his neighbor could write one quite as good, 
and the only  similarity  would  be in the 
title.  Which  was  correct no  one could 
determine.  Captain Smith alone held  the 
key to the mystery,  and  Death held him.
I have  said that  the  Captain died of a 
fever.  This fever  was occasioned by an 
overwrought  condition  of the  brain.  As 
black 
it: 
“Bress  de Lawd!  If  de  po’ Cap’n  aint 
died ob informashun ob de brain!”  There 
were  many  wiser  heads  that  held  the 
same  theory, though  differently worded, 
and it was  decided to  deliver  his  brain 
into the  hands  of a medical  society,  in 
the hope that science  might discov er the 
secret  of  his  potency,  that  microscopy 
would  revqal the extra  cells  which they 
believed  must  exist 
in  order  to  give 
habitation  to  so  beautiful  a  fancy,  so 
forcible a logic, so rare and pure a diction.
The  gift  was  gratefully  received  and 
carefully treasured;  but,  though eminent 
physicians gave it their most careful con­
sideration, they saw nothing but a human 
brain  perfect  in  its  convolutions.  But 
there  was  something  unseen which puz­
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the 
superstitious.

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The president of the college  had a few j 
of  its  most  valuable  specimens  in  his 
private  office.  Among  other 
things, 
there  was  a  skeleton  which  had  once 
been  the  property  of  a  very muscular 
tramp;  but  this  poor  tramp,  who  had 
been  the  victor in  many  a  rough-and- 
tumble, at last met a successful adversary j 
in  the  delirum 
tremens,  and  now  his 
skeleton,  handsomely mounted, stood be­
side the professor’s desk,  like a sentinel 
on duty.  On the  shelf above  this desk, 
like  a  charm  for  inspiration,  stood  the 
glass jar containing the  brain of Captain 
Smith.

But though all  could  state  with  posi­
tive  assurance that the skeleton stood  at 
the left of the desk,  thus facing the  pro­
fessor  when  he wrote,  no  one  knew  ex­
actly where  Captain  Smith’s  brain  was 
stationed. 
In fact,  in wras not stationary ] 
at all.  Was  it  placed  in  one  corner  at 
night  it  was  found  m  the  other in  the 
morning.  Of course, a  glass jar was not 
supposed to be able to  move  itself  even 
though it did possess a human brain, and 
this migratory  habit  of  Captain Smith’s 
brain,  and 
its  transparent  enclosure, 
was  at first ascribed to  the  meddlesome 
fingers  of  some  attendant  or  lover  of 
practical fun among the students,  and  it 
was thought that the joker  would event­
ually tire of his prank if it attracted no at­
tention.  But when the same displacement 
occurred notwithstanding  a  careful  fas­
tening of the windows and locking of the 
door,  it  was  decided  that  some  active 
measures must be  used  to  discover  and 
remove  the  cause  of  this  extraordinary 
disturbance.

Among the students was a young giant 
from the country,  named  Jackson.  He 
was well developed,  both in muscles and 
mind, and  had a  framework  apparently 
as  powerful  and  enduring  as  iron  or 
rock.  His strength of mind debarred  all 
possibility  of  superstitious  terrors,  and 
his  thorough  knowledge  of  chemistry 
rendered  him fully competent to analyze 
and explain  any  phenomenon  produced 
by natural causes. 
It was on account of 
his  superior  mental  endowments  and 
great physical force that Jackson  was se­
lected to investigate  and  quiet  the  rest­
lessness of Captain Smith’s brain.

The  memorable  night  came,  and  the 
man  who  was  supposed  to  be  able  to 
rout a ghost with  argument  and  level  a 
robber with his fist was shut in the room 
with this unknown quantity  with  which 
he  intended  to  become  thoroughly  ac­
quainted.

It  was  a lovely night, the  moonbeams 
silvered the grass blades  on  the  college 
lawn,  and made them  look  like  the  glit­
tering bayonets of a fairy army.  A fire­
fly  flashed  its  dark  lantern  here  and 
there,  then  flitted  away.  The fountain 
stopped its splashing as thongh  awed in­
to silence by the solemn  stillness.  The 
moon  rose  higher,  and  the  stars  paled 
before her beauty.  She traveled on,  and 
the western shadows turned to eastward. 
She  hid  her  face in the  tops of  the  tall 
trees that obscured the horizon,  and  the 
sky grew gray and the  air was damp and 
chill.  Then dawn came.

A knock at the door of  the  president’s 
office  remained  unanswered;  a  twist  of 
the knob showed that the key was turned 
on the  inside.  Louder,  more  impatient 
clamoring  met  with  no  response.  An 
entrance  was 
at 
full  length  upon 
the  floor,  with  fists 
clenched,  eyes  staring, 
and  mouth 
agape,  lay  the  dead  body  of  Jackson.

Stretched 

forced. 

no  marks 

of  vio­
There  were 
It 
lence,  no indication of any struggle. 
was evident that the strongest man,  both 
mentally  and  physically,  in  the college 
had died of fright; and the jar containing 
Captain Smith's brain  had made a greater 
move than  ever. 
It  had  left  the  shelf, 
and now stood on  the  desk  close by  the 
ink-bottle.

After  the  death  of  Jackson  no  one 
seemed to  have  any  personal  curiosity 
concerning  the  movements  of  Captain 
Smith’s brain. 
If it desired to spend the 
entire night promenading the professor’s 
office it could do so undisturbed.  No one 
ever found  it  necessary  to  return  after 
dark for some some forgotten article,and 
the ingenuity in  making  something  else 
take  the  place  of  the  missing  piece  of 
property  displayed  by 
the  inconven­
ienced one  was sometimes  truly  marvel­
ous.  Even in daytime the  room  seemed 
to have lost its charm,  and the professor, 
who had been much annoyed  by  numer­
ous visits from garrulous students,  book 
agents  and  various  other peddlers,  was 
now  seldom  interrupted.  Even  collect­
ors grew suddenly considerate,  and  sent 
their  bills  by  mail,  with  polite  little 
notes saying  that  as  he  was  always  so 
prompt 
they 
would  not trouble him  with  a  personal 
call, but trust to him to remit at his earli­
est convenience, etc.

in  settling  his  accounts 

The professor alone  seemed composed, 
and  went in and out as  usual,  save  that 
he,  too,  deserted  at  nightfall.  But  he 
performed his accustomed duties absent- 
mindedly,  seemed  always  in  deepest 
thought,  and  often  could  be  seen,  for 
hours together,  sitting  at his desk  with 
the jar before him,  peering  down  at  the 
brain it contained.

Late one  afternoon,  after one of  these 
seasons  of fruitless  study,  he  rose  sud­
denly, for  lengthening  shadows  warned 
him of the approach of night.  He sighed 
sadly,  for here was  another  day  closing 
and the mystery was a mystery still.  He 
stood irresolute  for  a  moment,  half  re­
solved to stay all night; then he  thought 
of his wife and helpless children at home, 
and of Jackson’s  hideous dead  face, and, 
with  a  shudder,  he  hurriedly  left  the 
apartment,  forgetting,  in  his  haste,  to 
screw the cover on the jar.

Again  it was a lovely  night, again  the 
moon  silvered  with  unearthly  splendor 
all the objects  which  her  bright  beams 
touched;  but  the  professor’s  sanctum 
seemed filled with  the  ghosts  of  human 
sighs,  then a  gurgling  sound  prevailed, 
like  something  splashing  in  a  liquid, 
then  came  a  heavy  sound,  and  Captain 
Smith’s  brain  lay  on  the  professor’s 
desk, once more a free intelligence.  With 
all  the courtesy  which  had  belonged  to 
its  distinguished owner  it addressed  the 
expectant skeleton:

“Will  you be so kind as  to grant me  a 
favor?”  The  skeleton  silently  nodded 
assent, and the brain proceeded: 
“I am 
tired; more tired  than  you  in  your  per­
fect repose  can  ever  comprehend.  The 
mental struggles which  I  have  recently 
experienced  have  surpassed  in  agony 
and intensity anything I ever  underwent 
while  occupying  the  skull  of  Captain 
Smith. 
I know that brains usually stop 
work  when  their  owners  die  and  enter 
upon an indefinitely long  season of inac­
tivity. 
I have not been  so blest.  When 
Captain Smith died he had in  his mind  a 
story,  wholly complete,  ready  to  be  dic­
tated,  and the bes the had ever produced. 
I still have that story,  perfect  in  all  its

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details,  and I fear  there  can  be  no  rest 
for me until I have  given my treasure to 
the world. 
I  believe  that  if  that  story 
were off  my mind  I could quietly  return 
to  this  glass  jar,  and, 
in  a  peaceful, 
dreamless  sleep,  be  as  oblivious  as  you 
are.  The  favor  I  would  ask of  you is: 
Will you kindly allow  me to occupy,  for 
a brief period,  you skull,  and  from  that 
position to dictate while you write?”

Again  the  skeleton  bowed  its  agree­
ment,  and the brain took  the desired po­
sition.  The  bony  fingers  grasped  the 
pen, dipped it in the  ink,  and  poised  it 
above  the  paper. 
“The  Presidential 
Chimney-sweep,”  announced  the  brain. 
The hand that wrote  rattled as  it moved 
across the page but the  penmanship was 
clear  and  distinct.  On  it  moved  with 
the  regularity  of  clockwork,  following 
the slow, monotonous  intonations of  the 
the brain.  For hours they worked  thus 
together; but when the first  faint  ray  of 
morning  light  entered  the  window  and 
fell  across  the  written  page  the  brain- 
voice  hushed,  and 
the  skeleton  hand 
stopped in the middle of  “Finis.”

Should you ever visit C-----,  and while
there think that  you  would like to know 
more about  “The Presidential Chimney­
sweep,”  arm yourself with a letter of  in­
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take from  a  certain  drawer  a  well-pre­
served and carefully-written manuscript, 
and in an  awe-stricken whisper will  tell 
you that it was  found one morning lying 
on  the  president’s  private  desk.  Who 
wrote it no  one  knows;  but  a  skeleton 
hand was resting a pen upon its pages.
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on a high  market.  What  more  natural 
than that this  printer  should  be  offered 
paper at a price as low as to anyone, and 
a  shade  off  that?  The  manufacturers 
knew that if  he bought  at  all  he  would 
pay cash,  and that  such  figures  as  they 
might name would not be used for a  time 
purchase.  The  result  was 
the 
printer made more money on  paper  that 
year than he did  in his printing business 
—and it  was a very  profitable  business, 
too.
There  is  a  shoe  manufacturer—and 
doubtless  many of them—who  discounts 
his purchases.  He does a large business, 
and his bills for stock are between $200,- 
000 and $300,000 a  year.  Knowing  that 
sales to him  mean  ready  funds,  he  can 
buy  at  the  lowest  notch—below 
the 
average—and this advantage and the dif­
ference between  the  discounts  and  bor-

that 

rowing  rate  for  money,  amounts  to  a 
couple of cents profit on a  pair  of  shoes 
before  the  leather  is  cut.  He  makes 
money.
Now  a  most  natural  comment  upon 
these statements is  that anyone  can  pay 
cash and reap the benefits  if  he  has  the 
capital.  And that suggests  the  inquiry 
why more business men do not  do  it,  in 
view of the fact that  the  three  concerns 
cited—as well as  thousands  of  others— 
have made their money while, and possi­
bly by, following that practice.
It  often  happens  that  methods  that 
will profit a large business will  not  pro­
portionately benefit a  small  one,  but the 
advantages  of  quick  payments  will  be 
found to  be  greater  for  the  small  con­
cern  than  for that with heavy capital, as 
it is  only in  the  large  transaction  that 
the stability of the  heavy  firm  is  ques­
tioned with  anything  like  the  scrutiny 
giyen the small business with every sale.
A  common  discount  given  by  shoe 
manufacturers  is  six  per  cent,  off  ten 
days or five per  cent, off  thirty  days,  a 
difference of one per  cent,  for  anticipat­
ing  payment  twenty  days,  equal 
to 
eighteen per cent,  a year on the  average 
monthly bill. 
If it be known  by experi­
ence  that  a  retailer  pays promptly  ten 
days  from  date  of  bill,  which  at  far 
points is equivalent to receipt  of  goods, 
he  is  practically  a spot  cash customer, 
and can secure all the  advantages of dis­
counts and low prices  that can be  given. 
Take the case  of a  dealer  doing  a  busi­
ness of $16,000 or  $17,000  yearly,  whose 
monthly bills will  be  about  $1,000.  As 
his own prompt payments  will not affect 
his  collections—although  he  will  find 
that his own promptness  will cause  him 
to use more care in  crediting others,  and 
save  him  many  dollars  each  year—he 
will have to employ say $1,000 more cap­
ital in availing himself of the  additional 
one  per cent, discount for  twenty  day’s 
time.  One per cent, on $1,000 for twenty 
days would be 18 per cent,  a year,  but as 
he could not  expect  to  have  the  $1,000 
employed  in covering  such  discount  for 
more than three-fourths  of the time,  ow­
ing to the fact that  his bills  will not  be­
come  due  at  exactly  equal 
intervals 
throughout the year,  the  saving  will  be 
13J< per cent, on  $1,000.  Deduct  from 
that the loaning value of the  money,  say 
six per cent,  and the per cent,  remaining 
is 7K-  Conservative opinion is that such 
quicker payments would benefit the deal­
er’s purchases at  least  one  per  cent.— 
some manufacturers put it higher—which 
on $1,000 a month would amount to  $120 
a year,equal to 12 per cent.; which would 
make  the 
twenty 
per cent,  a year  on  the  $1,000  of 
additional capital employed.
What  the  effect  of  adopting  ten-day 
payments might be in the case of a dealer 
who has been  in  the  habit  of  deferring 
payments several months,  and  then  set­
tling only  upon threats,  can only be sur­
mised. 
It would  doubtless  suggest  the 
death of a rich uncle,  a lucky number  in 
the Louisiana,  or  a  scheme  anticipating 
failure.  But  if  the  plan  was  adopted 
with  honest  intentions  he  undoubtedly 
would,  after  the  novelty  wore off,  and 
the confidence  of  the  trade  was  estab­
lished, be surprised  how  cheaply  shoes 
can be manufactured.
Considering  that  the  most  successful 
houses  are  the  ones  that  most  quickly 
pay  their  bills, is  not  their  practice  a 
good guide  for  the  dealer  striving  for 
success?  And would  not  many  dealers 
be  benefited  by  slightly  reducing  their 
stock,  and  largely  anticipating  their 
present slow methods of payment?
Words Not to  be  Used. 

total  saving  about 

Cute,  for  acute.
Party,  for person.
Depot, for station.
Promise,  for assure.
Posted,  for informed.
Stopping,  for  staying.
Like I do, for as I do.
Feel badly,  for feel bad. 
Healthy,  for wholesome. 
First-rate,  as an adverb.
Try and do, for try to do. 
These kind, for this kind. 
Cunning,  for small,  dainty. 
Funny, for  odd  or  unusual. 
Guess,  for  suppose or think. 
Fix,  for  arrange or  prepare. 
Just as soon,  for just as lief.

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Grand  Rapids  Electrotype  Co.,

6  and  8  Erie  St..  GRAND  RAPIDS.

A. D. SPANGLER & CO.,
Commission  Merchants

GENERAL

And W holesale  Dealers  in

Fruits and  Produce.

SAGINAW,  E.  Side,  MICH.

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

New York (Joffee Rooms.

B E A C H ’S

61  Pearl  Street.

Five  Cents  Each  for  all  dishes  served 

from bill of fare.

Steaks, Chops, Oysters and All  Kinds  of 

Order  Cooking  a  Specialty. 
FRANK  M.  BEACH,  Prop.

THOS.  E.  WYKES,

WHOLESALE

WILLIAMS’

RootBeerExtraet

I t is a  pure, concentrated  E xtract of Roots 
It makes a refreshing, healthful  summer  bever 

and  Herbs.

age at a moderate cost, for family use.

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

25-eent size only $1.75 per doz.

3 dozen for $5.

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

H. F. HASTINGS,

M anufacturers’ Agent,

GBAND  BAPIDS, MICH.

Draff Store for Sale at a Barpin

Marblehead  and  Ohio  W hite  Lime, 

Buffalo, Louisville and Portland 

Cements, Eire Brick A  Clay.

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

Muskegon,  Mich.

C.  L.  B R U N D A G E ,

117 W. Western Ave. 

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.
Opp. New Post Office. 

G X X T S B X T G   R O O T .
We pay the highest price for it.  Address

UMMER WASH GOODS:

D r n i 7   DT) n e t  Wholesale Druggists, 
r i l U J l  JDiiUO.j  GRAND  RAPIDS.

B u ild e r s ’  E x c h a n g e .

BRANCH  O F F IC E :

W A REH O U SE AND  M AIN  O F F IC E :

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

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

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

OUTING  SHIBTS,  SUMMEB  UNDEBW EAB,  PANTS,  HAMMOCKS,

STBAW  HATS.

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS,

GRAND  RAPIDS.
WHOLESALE  DRY  GOODS. 
PERKI NS  <&  HESS
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  122  and  124  LORIS STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN.

WE CARRY A  STOCK OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOR MILL  USB.

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

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AMONG THE TRADE.
ABOUND THE STATE.

White Cloud—N.  W.  Wiley  has  sold 

his general stock to J. Cohen.

Detroit—E.  B.  Pease  succeeds  E.  B. 
Pease  &  Bro.  in  the  wholesale  paper 
business.

Manistee—A.  P.  Olsson & Olsson have 
opened a new  boot and  shoe store at  337 
River street.

Dundee—G. W. Bartow has sold his in­
terest in the meat market firm of  Bartow 
& Crane to D. E.  Martin.

West Bay City—Fred Mohr is succeeded 
by Mohr Bros,  in the clothing and  men’s 
furnishing goods business.

Eaton  Rapids—Dodge  &  YanDeusen, 
grocers, have  dissolved  partnership, the 
latter retiring from the firm.

Brant—Irving  Kidney  has  purchased 
the hardware stock of Geo.  Ward and the 
implement stock of Perry Crane.

Hastings—A. Wooley  has  disposed  of 
a half interest in his boot  and shoe busi­
ness to Dewitt Bronson  and the business 
will  hereafter  be  conducted  under  the 
firm name of Wooley & Bronson.

Freesoil—F.  J.  Kobe has closed out his 
business  here  and  removed  to  Nessen 
City,  where he has  purchased the timber 
and  sawmill  formerly  owned  by  J.  O. 
Nessen.

Ionia—E. B.  Milller,  who retires from 
the  dry  goods  business  here  to  take 
charge of the ladies’  furnishing  depart­
ment  in J.  L.  Hudson’s  Detroit  store, 
has been a  resident of Ionia  for twenty- 
nine years,  most of  the time  dry  goods 
trade.  He come  here as a clerk  for Carr 
& Dye, and remained with them for some 
time,  and  afterwards  was  with  J. L. 
Hudson, in  the early  days  of his career 
here.  He has  been  in trade  on his  own 
account for sixteen years.

Jackson—One of the mortgages on  the 
J. J. Tuomey stock was held by the Jack- 
son City  Bank,  and  it  was  understood 
that the amount should be  settled before 
possession  was  given  to  the  purchaser, 
H.  S.  Holmes.  As that gentleman refused 
to settle for the full amount of the mort­
gage,  Barkworth  &  Cobb,  attorneys  for 
the  Bank,  have  foreclosed  and  taken 
possession of the  store and  stock, which 
will  again  be  sold  July  14, at  1 p.  m. 
Everything in the store is covered by the 
mortgage  except  the  boots  and  shoes, 
furniture, mattresses,  springs,  pictures, 
stoves,  tinware, house  furnishing goods, 
baby cabs and refrigerators.

Detroit—What seems  to  be a proposed 
settlement  of  a  failure,  without 
the 
agency of  a court ef  equity, is presented 
in two  circulars sent  out to creditors by 
the  attorneys  of  the  insolvent  firm  of 
Miller & Co., grocers, on Cadillac square. 
The first circular announced that on June 
18  they were  induced  bv C.  H.  Michell, 
from  whom  they  had  purchased  goods 
and  received  money  advances,  to  give 
him  a chattel  mortgage  for  the  amount 
of his claim, $5,024.58;  that an inventory 
was  being  taken  and  pending it no  set­
tlement  could be  made;  that they hoped 
to settle  dollar  for dollar,  and requested 
that  no  steps  be  taken to retard  settle­
ment,  for  if  the  mortgagee was  obliged 
to  take  the  stock  and  close it  out,  but 
little  would be realized  for outside cred­
itors. 
It  seems  the  creditors  complied 
with their  request.  After  the inventory 
had  been  taken  another  circular  was 
sent out stating  that the business  was in 
a worse condition  than  was  anticipated; 
the  stock was worth  $14,032.23, and  fix­

tures $1,000, while the liabilities amount­
ed to  $22,000;  that  the  above  statement 
was  open  to  investigation;  however,  L. 
J.  Miller  of  Cleveland,  a  tea  merchant 
and  brother  of  C.  A.  Miller,  offered  to 
pay the chattel mortgage and  settle with 
outside  creditors at 25  cents  on the  dol­
lar.  An  answer  to  this  circular is now 
awaited.

M ANUFACTUBIN6   MATTERS.

Saugatuck—The Saugatuck basket fac­
tory was  resold  last  Tuesday,  C.  Whit­
ney being the purchaser. 
It  is  now  be­
ing put in repair for operation.

Au Sable—It  is  reported  that  the  H. 
M.  Loud  &  Son’s  Lumber  Co.  has  pur­
chased  the  Potts  Lumber  Co.’s  mill 
plant at Oscoda.  The consideration has 
not been made public.

Luther—J. V. Crandall & Son, of Sand 
Lake,  have  purchased  the  interest  of 
Wm.  Ketchum in the shingle mill firm of 
Ketchum & Goul.  The new  firm will be 
known as Crandall & Goul.

Saginaw—Sibley & Bearinger are work­
ing away at 11,000,000 feet of logs which 
are hung up in  the  Spanish  River,  Ont 
They  hope  to  get  them  down,  but  the 
water  in the  stream  is  said  to  be  at  a 
lower stage than ever before  known.

Marquette—Powell  &  De  Haas,  who 
leased the Busch & Bean mill  at Skanee, 
have just finished a thorough overhauling 
of the plant,  and began  sawing Monday 
last.  They will cut first some lumber for 
the  Hagar  &  Johnson  Manufacturing 
Company of this  city.

Belding — C.  Blume  and  E. Goodwin 
have  purchased a lot on Broas  street and 
beguu the erection of a building in which 
to  manufacture  furniture.  Machinery 
will  be  put  in  and  run  by  steam,  the 
engine  being  already  on  the  ground. 
They will make bedsteads, tables, desks, 
etc.

Saginaw—The Flint & Pere  Marquette 
Railroad is hauling 5,000,000 feet of logs 
from Clare county to  this river for  Mur­
phy  & Dorr,  and  is also hauling a  quan­
tity  for  Eddy,  Avery  &  Eddy.  The 
quantity hauled by this  road for the first 
six months  of  the  present  year is much 
less than last year.

Alpena—Albert  Pack & Co.  will send 
a crew,  in a few days, to Whitefish Point, 
Lake  Superior,  where  they  will  build 
camps  and  cut  5,000,000  feet  of  logs, 
which will be banked on the  Besty river 
and rafted to Alpena.  Pack & Co.  have 
75,000,000 feet  of  pine  in  that  locality, 
and the entire lot  will reinforce  Alpena 
mills.

Marquette—The log  trains  which  the 
Duluth  South,  Shore  &  Atlantic  have 
been  running  between  Champion  and 
this place have been  taken off,  they hav­
ing moved  about 12,000,000 feet—all  the 
timber J.  C.  Brown got out at that place 
except  the  logs  suitable  for  shingles, 
which  were sold to Dyer Bros,  for  their 
new mill at  that point.

Saginaw—It is understood that the Geo. 
F.  Cross  Lumber  Co., operating  a  plan­
ing  mill and  sorting yard  here,  will  do 
no more sorting, and  that the whole out­
fit is to be  transferred to Ford, Ky.  Mr. 
Cross  has  been  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  in  this  section  a  quarter  of  a 
century, and is a  business man  and  citi­
zen who will find friends  wherever he lo­
cates.

Nessen City—John  Nesson,  who  was 
recently burned out here, has  closed  out 
his business, having  made  a  trade  with

F.  J.  Kobe, who  formerly  ran a mill at 
Freesoil.  Kobe  will  move  his  mill  to 
Nessen City, and will  complete  Nessen’s 
sawing contracts,and probably take most 
of his timber lands off his hands.  Nessen 
has bought out the stock in the Manistee 
Lumber  Co.’s  store,  Manistee,  and  will 
run that establishment.

Saginaw—It is  reported  here  that  W.
H.  Sawyer,  of Tonawanda,  and  John  C. 
Brown,  of  this  city,  have  purchased  of 
Seymour  Coleman,  of  Chicago,  and  the 
Michigan Land & Lumber Co.  two  tracts 
of pine on the Iron River,  Upper  Penin­
sula,  estimated  to  cut  65,000,000  feet. 
The consideration is reported as close  to 
$4,  and Mr. Brown,  who has the contract 
to put the timber  in,  expects  to  cut  25,- 
000,000  feet  of  it  the  coming  fall  and 
winters

Manistee—The Manistee & Grand Rap­
ids Railroad has  recently  received  forty 
flat cars of the largest carrying capacity, 
and  having  two  powerful  locomotives 
will begin hauling  logs soon.  There are 
some tracts of timber on  the  line  which 
were burned over this  spring and  which 
will have  to  be  put  in  at  once  to  save 
them  from  the  ravages  of  the  worms. 
The Manistee <fc Luther Railroad is haul­
ing a large amount of logs, and has all it 
can  do.

Ionia—The Michigan Overall Manufac­
turing  Co.  has  opened  a  branch  sales­
room at Minneapolis.  The company car­
ried $2,000  to surplus account  last  Wed­
nesday,  besides  passing  a comfortable 
balance  to  undivided profits,  out of  its 
earnings 
the  past  six  months. 
This is 4 per  cent, on  its  entire  capital 
of  $50,000,  and  is equivalent to over  7J^ 
per  cent,  on  the  capital  actually  em­
ployed,  as  the increased stock  has  been 
paid  in less than six weeks.

for 

Muskegon—A  company  bearing  the 
title  of the Wolff  Plano and Organ Stool 
Co.  has  been organized  in  this  city for 
the manufacture  and  sale  of piano  and 
organ  stools,  etc.  The  capital  stock is 
$20,000,  of which  half  is  paid in.  The 
stockholders are: H. A. Wolff,  558 shares; 
Jas.  Mulder,  1; Geo.  E.  March,  390;  R. 
A.  Fleming,  25;  D.  D.  Ewin,  25;  Jno. 
Vanderwerp  1;  H.  A.  Wolff, 
trustee,
I,  000.  The  officers  are:  D.  D.  Ewin, 
President;  Jno.  YanderWerp  Vice-Pre­
sident;  R.  A.  Fleming,  Secretary  and 
Treasurer; H. A. Wolff, General Manager.

Wools  Without  Change—Hides  Q uiet- 

Tallow Active.

The wool  market has got down 2 to 3c 
below last spring’s prices,  and yet manu­
facturers  will not buy only as  they  can 
find light shrinkage lots  at price to suit. 
They  have again  taken  largely of  Aus­
tralian and  at 10 per cent  higher  value, 
prefering it to Michigan  fleece in its bad 
put  up  condition. 
This  is  likely  to 
be the case until home fleeces are put up 
in  a  condition  that  they  can  be  used 
without  so  much  shrinkage  from  tags, 
twine  and  stuffings. 
The  fleece  has 
been  bought  at  a  higher  price  in  the 
country than will  realize a profit on  any 
market in sight.

Hides are quiet,  without  any  change. 
Tanners have  cut  short  working  in  to 
such an extent that the  small  supply  is 
more than adequate  to the  small  wants. 
Leather must  move  more  freely  before 
they  can  change  from  a  conservative 
course.

Tallow is in good demand, but the sup­
ply Is large and holders are ready sellers 
at the price.

The  Grocery Market.

Sugars  are a little lower than  a  week 
ago,  but the market was strong Saturday, 
with some  prospect  of  an  advance  the 
first part of the week.  Cheese  is  firmer 
and a little higher, owing to the  curtail­
ment of the  output.  Through a mistake 
of Leidersdorf’s traveling representative 
“Rob Roy”  smoking was quoted 23c  last 
week,  when the price  should  have  been 
24c.  “Red Clover”  was  quoted  at  32c, 
when the price should have been 30c.

Miss Nellie  Oppeneer,  book-keeper for 
K.  Dykema & Bro.,  is spending a  couple 
of weeks in the  East,  going  via  the  St. 
Lawrence River and returning by way of 
the Hudson River.

Frank  E.  Leonard  has  gone  to  New 
York,  where he  will remain  a  couple of 
weeks.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  Insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  snbseqnent  insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken for less than t5 cents.  Advance  payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

277

276

FOB  sa l e—n ic e  c l e a n   stock  o f  h a r d w a r e ,

am ounting to  about  $6,000  for  cash  or  on  easy 
terms,  say  six. twelve  and  eighteen  months.  Good 
business.  Good locality.  Will  sell  or  rent building, 
F. P. Sanders, W olcottville,  Ind._______________  280

___________ ______________ 

I TOR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK — INVENTORY  $2,000.—

'  Good town of 1,000.  Good location.  Good bargain. 
Cash  sales last  year,  $25  per  day.  Address  No. 277,
Michigan Tradesman.__________________  
OR  RENT—LKLAKD HOTEL,  NO.  522  SOUTH  DI- 
vlsion street; steam-heated throughout; has bath 
rooms, closets, gas, etc., on each floor;  the  right  loca­
tion for a  good paying business.  Ed. E. Mohl, 91 Mon­
roe  street. 

lock box 45, Litchfield, Mich.___________________ 270

ITOR SALE—THE  DRV GOODS AND  GROCERY Busi­

I TOR  SALE -  GROCERY  AND  CROCKERY  STOCK 

ness of  Rhodes  A   Leonard  at  Hart,  Mich.  Sale 
and  the poor  health of  the  other  member  Splendid 
chance.  Inventory  about  $1,600.  Address  Rhodes  & 
Leonard, Hart, Mich. 
275_____
and fixtures, with good established trade.  Address
OR  SALE —STORE  BUILDING  AND  GENERAL 
stock.  Inventory  about  $3,000.  Will  sell  build­
ing  alone if  preferred.  Industries:  sawmill,  shingle 
mill  and  lumbering.  Reason  for  selling, other busi­
ness to attend to.  Address F. J. Hargrave A  Co., Ewen,
Ontonagon county, Mich._____________________ 268
OR SALE—A COMPLETE  DRUG STOCK  AND FIX- 
tures;  stock weU  assorted  can  be  bought  at  a 
bargain.  Address for  particulars  B. P. Hicks,  Lowell, 
Mich.______________ __________________________ 12*

compulsory on account of the death of one of  the firm 

I TOR  SALE  — AT  ONCE  A  STOCK  OF  CLOTHING, 

’  hats  and  gent's  furnishing  goods,  located  in  a 
No. 1 town of 2000 population.  Only exclusive clothing 
store  in  town.  Stock  almost  new.  WiU  sell  for 76 
cents on dollar  Invoice  price.  Must be spot cash  and 
no trading.  Stock invoices  $1000.  Good  reasons  for 
selling.  Address No. 281, care Michigan Tradsman.  281 
OR  SALE—A COMPLETE  LOGGING  OUTFIT  AT A 
bargain.  Will  sell  all or part,  as  desired.  Also 
locomotive  In  first-class 
one  standard  guage  Shay 
.working condition.  Apply  to  W. A. D. Rose, Big Rap- 
Ms, Mich.  __________ __ ______________________282 
i
flouring  mill and  feed mill  and the  entire Eaton 
July,  at  noon,  at  chancery  sale,  on  first  mortgage. 
For  full  particulars  and  terms  inquire  of  John  M. 
Corbin, Eaton  Rapids.  Mich. 
TTTANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
W   general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad­
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman.___________ 26_

f¡¡LOURING  MILL  FOR  SALE — THE  ISLAND  CITY 

1 
Rapids  water  power  will  be  Bold  on  the 16th  day of 

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SITUATIONS  WANTED.

TITANTED—.POSITION  IN  A  STORE  BY  A  WOMAN 
VV  with  nearly  twelve  years’  experience  in  one 
general  store.  Satisfactory  reference.  No.  279. care
Michigan Tradesman.____ ____________________279
TTT ANTED—  BY YOUNG MAN, SITUATION AS BOOK- 
VY  keeper,  assistant  book-keeper  or  collector 
Rest  of  references. Address  E. care  Michigan  Trades­
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Fo r sa le—a  sm all  stock o f d r u g s,  a d d r e ss

No. 278, care Michigan Tradesman. 
OR  RALE—CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  INVE8T- 
ment.  Corner  lot  and 5-room  house  on  North 
Lafayette  St.,  cellar,  brick  foundation,  soft  water 
in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to  suit.  Address No.  187, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

ation  and  soft  water  in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to 

ITOR SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND  6-ROOM 

house on North  Lafayette st„  cellar, brick found­
suit.  Cheap enough  for  an  investment.  Address  No
187, care Michigan Tradesman,_________________ 187.
R  BALE — WHITMAN’S  HALF  CIRCLE  HORSE 
power hay press.  Nearly new.  WiU sell for cash 
or exchangelfor hay.  Write  to  Kingsley A  Gardiner, 
Luther, Mich. 

ITOR  SALE-CHEAP FOR CASH-ONE CHEESE SAFE 

a set of black walnut  drawers,  cased and  labeled 
fit  for  any  drug  store;  oil  tanks  with  faucet; small 
stock of Jewelry and trays.  W. R. Mandlgo, Sherwood,
Mich,______________________________________  
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T IT  ANTED—RELIEF  DRUG  CLERK  AT  ONCE  FOB 
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few  weeks ;  perhaps  longer.  References  re­
quired.  F. D. Paquette, Ludington, Mich. 

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TOO  T A  TB

That will help a man in his business ought to be 
of  vital importance to him.  Many a successful  mer­
chant has found  when

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Rowland & Gauthier will succeed Wood 
&  Rowland  in  the  grocery  business  on 
Cherry street.

Jacob  Snyder  has  opened a hardware 
store  at  Remus.  Foster,  Stevens & Co. 
furnished the stock.

Nick  Guet is building a frame  store at 
the  corner  of  East  and  Baxter  streets, 
which  he  wiJl occupy  as a meat market.
Cross & Isham,  general dealers at But­
ternut, have  added  a  line  of  boots  and 
shoes.  Geo.  H.  Reeder &  Co.  furnished 
the stock.

Thos.  A.  Gamey has  embarked  in  the 
grocery business  at  Oakdale Park.  The 
stock  was  furnished  by  the  I.  M. Clark 
Grocery Co.

Erickson Bros,  have  embarked  in  the 
grocery  business  at  83  Park  avenue, 
Muskegon.  The Olney & Judson  Grocer 
Co.  furnished the stock.

H..S.  Pressburg will  rebuild the  three 
stores  recently  damaged  by  fire  at  the 
corner of East and Sherman streets.  The 
corner  store  will  be  occupied  by  J. N. 
Aniba with a grocery stock.

Chas. M. Alden  and Earl  Judson  have 
purchased the  hardware stock  belonging 
to the John Whitworth estate, at 39  West 
Bridge street, and will  continue the bus­
iness under the style of Alden & Judson.
E.  A. Parkinson has sold his drug stock 
at 197 South Division street to  Dr.  H.  B. 
Hatch,  at Hart,  who  has  removed  it  to 
that place and sold it to his former clerk, 
Mr.  Reed,  who will conduct the business.
Merchants  who extended credit  to  the 
strikers and  the various  self-constituted 
committees during  the  progress  of  the 
street  car  strike  now  find  themselves 
with considerable profit and loss accounts 
on hand.

M. E. Lapham, formerly engaged in the 
grocery business on South Division street, 
has purchased  a tract of land  at the cor­
ner of Grand avenue  and the D., G.  H. & 
M.  Railway and will embark in  the  coal 
and wood business.

Anthony  J.  Quist,  for three years  city 
salesman for  the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman 
Co.,  and for  the  past  six  months  house 
salesman for the same establishment, has 
concluded  to  embark  in  the  wholesale 
cigar  and  tobacco  business  on  his  own 
account and will  establish his headquar­
ters at 186 Elizabeth street.  He will run 
a wagon for the city trade.

A meeting of the retail  grocers  of  the 
city will be held at the office of  L.  Win- 
terintz,  at  3 o’clock Friday  afternoon,  to 
decide  upon a date  for  the  annual  gro­
cers’  picnic and make the  necessary pre­
liminary  arrangements. 
J.  Geo.  Leh­
man will captain the ball  game  between 
the retailers  and  wholesalers  and  Steve 
Sears will preside  over  the  destinies  of 
the latter.  ________________

Eugene Klein, who formerly conducted 
a drug  store on  West Bridge  street, but 
who  removed  to  Detroit  a year  ago  to 
take  the  management  of 
the  Detroit 
Paper  Novelty  Co.,  has  begin  a  suit 
against the  company  for non-fulfillment 
of  contract.  In his  declaration in a suit 
for $10,000  damages,  he claims  he  con­
tracted  with  the  company  to  sell  his 
share of stock in  the  company back to it 
for $5,150.  He  claims the  defendant has 
not paid the full amount,  hence the suit.

Gripsack Brigade

A.  B.  Cole  has  purchased  Wm.  H. 
Downs’  half interest in the  Coles-Downs 
cottage at Ottawa Beach.

Peter Lankester and wife are rejoicing 
over the  advent of  a youngster who  tips 
the beam at 9% pounds, net weight.

Chas. M. Falls  has  leased a cottage  at 
Mackinac  Island,  where  his  family have 
taken up their residence for the summer.
L.  M.  Mills  stayed  in  last  week  to 
superintend the finishing touches  on  his 
patent cash register, which  is  now  con­
sidered the perfection of mec hanism.

A.  S  Doack  has  gone  to  Coaticooke 
Quebec, in  response  to  a  telegram  an­
nouncing the  fatal  ilness of  his  father. 
His route  is being covered in  the  mean­
time by  John Payne.

Paddy  Miles  and  M.  E.  Walton  left 
Saturday  night for the  Soo,  where  they 
will join the party  of  canoeists who left 
Traverse City  last Tuesday for a tour  to 
the upper shore of Lake Superior.

“1 have known commerical  travelers,” 
said a hotel clerk,  “to  stay out until the 
early  hours of  Sunday morning  and yet 
they would get up and go to church Sun­
day, no matter  how  severe  the weather 
was. They said they were not particularly 
religious,  but  that  they  made  it an in­
variable rule  to go to  church on Sunday 
or they would have no success during the 
week.  I  remember  the  case  of a  young 
fellow  who  came in  from the  train late 
one Saturday  afternoon.  ‘I  never  had a 
worse  week in  my life,’ he said;  ‘Why, 
I  haven’t  taken  one  decent  order.  And 
the reason is I neglected  to go to church 
last  Sunday  as is  my usual  custom. 
I 
am going  out  to-night,  and may be  out 
late,  but I  want to be called  in time for 
church to-morrow  forenoon.’ He  did not 
come in  until 4  o’clock in the  morning, 
but  he  insisted  on  being  called  at  9 
o’clock,  and though it was  raining pitch- 
forks  went  to  church  after  a  hearty 
breakfast. 
I  joked  him  when  he  re­
turned,  and  declared  that  he  had  not 
been  to  church.  But  he  told  me  the 
minister’s  text and  several  good  points 
of  the  sermon.  Well,  he  declared  that 
he  had  good  luck  all  that  week,  and 
booked  several of  the  largest  orders  he 
had ever taken in this city.”
Purely  Personal.

John Giles,  the  veteran Lowell grocer, 
died  last  week.  He  was  a  good  mer­
chant.

Jacob  Vanderveen has  taken  the posi­
tion of Teller  in  the  Kent  County  Sav­
ings Bank.

Milton Reeder  has recovered  from his 
recent  attact  of  typhoid  fever  and  re­
sumed  his  duties  as  book-keeper 
for 
Geo.  H. Reeder.  & Co.

M. E.  Betts,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
drug business at Edmore,  but now a suc­
cessful pharmacist at Tonawanda, N. Y., 
is  spending  a  week  in  the  city  with 
friends.

Dan C. Steketee  has  been  spending  a 
couple of weeks  at  Macatawa  Park  and 
Peter  and  Paul  J.  Steketee  go  to  that 
celebrated resort  this week for a  similar 
respite from business cares.

It  was 

last  Saturday. 

Samuel  M. Lemon and  John  Caulfield 
attended  the  funeral  of John  Giles,  at 
Lowell, 
the 
largest  funeral ever held  at that  place, 
showing  the  appreciation in  which  the 
deceased  was  held  by  his  friends  and 
neighbors.  The interment  was  made at 
Grattan,  where  the deceased  was  born, 
and where his mother still lives.

That he has allowed his money to leak away.

-jV loney ■Won’t take  Bare  of  Itself.

And  the  quicker you  tumble to the fact  that the  old way of 
keeping it is  not good  enough,  the  more of  it  you 
will have to count up.

If  you  wish to stop all the leaks  incident to the  mercan­

tile business, adopt one of the

P ^ o u p o p   Q

y s t e j n s

Manufactured  in  our  establishment—“ Tradesman,”  “ Super­
ior ” or “ Universal ”—and  put  your business on a cash basis.

For Samples and  Price  1.1st,  address

TH E  TRADESM AN  C O M PA N Y,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

H i r e   c r a c k e r s
r   IRE  WORKS
1  LAGS

A. 23. BROOKS & C0.9

Tny  Pistols,  Paper  Cape,  Etc.
Climax  Chocolatß  Drops-Latest and  Best.

Confectioners, 46 Ottawa Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Wall  Paper  and Window  Shades.
N E L S O N   B R O S. &  CO.,

louse and Store Shades Made to Order.

68  MONROE  STREET.

FLAGS !

Lanterns, Balloons, Etc.
PUTNÄM  BANDY  CD

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Dry Goods Price Current.

D EM IN S.

RICH AND POOR DEBTORS.

How the Cash Man and the Poor Man are 

Discriminated  Against.

In  one  sense, 

From  the  Collector.
Some men are too rich to  be good pay. 
They buy liberally  and  they are  able to 
pay and credit must not be refused because 
their  trade is to be  desired.  But  to get 
the money!  Goto  leading  merchants of 
your town  and ask  which represents the 
largest amount of credits on their  books, 
the rich or the poor, and they will tell you 
the former.  The poor man is dunned. 
If 
his bill runs beyond the customary limit, 
the collector is  after him,  while the bill 
of his  opulent  neighbor  goes, if  it goes 
at all, through the  mails as  a very  very 
gentle  reminder.  Many a merchant will 
say,  “If I could make my collections from 
my customers who are good, I would  not 
care for the doubtful credits,”  and so “to 
him  that  hath  it  shall be  given,  etc.’ 
The poor man pays for  the favors to the 
rich man in this  regard.  The store needs 
money,  and  the 
first  accounts  to  be 
dunned are  the ones  where the pay will 
be forthcoming,  and, strange to say,  that 
is from the  great  mass of  men  who are 
living close  to the  border  of want, who 
are  expected and  required to  pay cash, 
or,  what  amounts  to the  same, on  very 
short  credit.  The  poor  man  with  his 
cash in hand pays the penalty of his rich 
neighbor’s  habit  of  running  bills  and 
neglecting  to take  care of  them  in  due 
time.
the  store-keeper  (we 
refer to  the large  store)  does not  know 
his  best  customers.  People  who  pay 
cash  have  no  status,  no  rating  in  the 
city  establishment.  We  have  a  case in 
mind of a gentleman ordering a carpet at 
a place  where he  had  been a cash  cus­
tomer for  five  years.  The carpet  came 
due time  to the  house  marked C.  O.  D. 
The gentleman  repaired in  hot  haste to 
the store and demanded why he thus had 
been  treated—he, an  old  customer,  and 
as good pay as any that  ever entered the 
place.  “Is  your  name  on  our  book?” 
inquired  the  manager.  “No,  sir,”  was 
the answer; “is it necessary  in order for 
me to  run a small  bill  with you  that  1 
must be already  in debt to  you, or be in 
the  habit of  using my  credit?” 
It  cer­
tainly  was curious, and  yet the manager 
had  a good  reason for his  action.  The 
cash payer does not become known.  His 
cash  speaks for him,  and  the individual 
has  no  identity  there  until  he  gets on 
the  books.  How  to get  the  rich  to pay 
is  often  a  serious  question.  We had  a 
large bill against  a jeweler.  He  had  no 
money,  but  plenty of  accounts.  “I will 
turn  over  some  of  them  as  security.’ 
“Very  well,”  we  say,  and  he  goes  to 
work picking them out for us; “But why 
not this one?”  we  ask.  “Oh,  that would 
not do, he  is one  of my best  customers, 
and it would drive him away  to dun him.” 
“1 know  it,  but  it is  good,”  and so  we 
take the accounts against the respectable 
poor  and  unmercifully  we  press  down 
upon them  until we get  our money,  and 
the rich man,  neglectful of his neighbor’s 
rights, and his  own duty,  is safe behind 
the  barriers  of his money bags. 
It will 
be ever thus.

Not  Suited  for That Business.

“What’s  become of  young  Dimity? 

I 
never see him any more,” said a customer 
to  Mr. Challie, of  the  firm of  Challie & 
Peckay,  proprietors  and  managers  of  a 
vast dry goods emporium.
“I had  to  dispense with  his services.” 
“Ah?”
“Yes.  He was too exact.”
“Indeed?”
“And too conscientious.”
“I never heard exactness and conscien­
tiousness  made the  cause of  a man’s dis­
charge  before.”
“ Well,  these qualities  may be all right 
in their  place,  but a dry goods establish­
ment is hardly the place for them.”
“I don’t quite understand why.” 
“Well,  I’ll  tell  you. 

I  happened  to 
overhear a customer  ask  young  Dimity 
how much a  certain  piece of  goods  was 
worth. 
‘Well,  ma’am,’  said  Dimity,  in 
reply,  ‘that  goods  is  worth  75  cents  a 
yard,  but  the  price is $1.’  You  can  see 
for  yourself  what an  impracticable man 
he was for the dry goods trade.

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World Wide..  7
Argyle  ...................  614
LL............... 5
Atlanta AA.............  614
Full Yard Wide...... 614
Atlantic  A.............7
Georgia  A..............  634
“  H................   644
Honest Width......... 644
P ............. 6
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D..............64i
Indian Head...........  734
“  LL..............   5?i
King A  A................634
Amory....................   7
King EC.  ..............  5
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Lawrence  L L ........  534
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5J4 
Madras cheese cloth 634
Blackstone O, 32—   5
Newmarket  G........6
Black Crow..............614
B  ........ 514
Black  Rock
N........614
Boot, AL................  714
DD....  5*4
Capital  A ............... 5V
Cavanat V...........514 
X ...... 7
Chapman cheese cl.  34£ Noibe R..................  5
Clifton  C R ............   534¡Our Level  Best...... 634
Comet..................... 7  (Oxford  R .................   634
Dwight Star............  734|Pequot....................   714
Clifton CCC...........  634 Solar.......................  614
ITopof the Heap—   714
Geo. Washington...  8
A B C .  ...................  834!
Glen Mills............   7
Amazon...................8  j
Gold Medal..........714
Amsburg.................7
Green  Ticket.......834
Art  Cambric...........10
Great Falls..........  634
Blackstone A A......  8
Hope....................  714
Beats All.................. 414
Just  Out........  434@ 5
Boston....................IS
King  Phillip........ 734
Cabot......................   714
OP......714
Cabot,  %...................634
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1014
Charter  Oak...........514
Lonsdale...........  @  814
Conway W ..............  7)4
Middlesex.......  @ 5
Cleveland.............. 7
No Name.............  714
Dwight Anchor...... 834
Oak View..............6
shorts.  834
Our Own..............514
Edwards.................   6
Pride of the West.. .12
Empire....................  7
Rosalind.............. 734
Farwell...................734
Sunlight...............414
Fruit of the  Loom.  734
Utica  Mills......... 834
Fitchville  ............. 7
“  Nonpareil  ..11
First Prize..............614
Vinyard..............  814
Fruit of the Loom %.
White Horse...........  6
Falrmount.............. 434
“  Rock.......  .814
Full Value..............634
Cabot......................   7341 Dwight Anchor...... 9
Farwell...................8  I
TremontN..............514 Middlesex No.  1-  -10
Hamilton N............ 614 
“  3....11
“  8....12
L............ 7 
Middlesex  AT........8 
“  7....18
X...........  9 
“  8....19
No. 25....  9
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Hamilton N ............ 7*£ Middlesex A A  -----11
2........12
Middlesex P T ..........8 
A T ...........9 
A O ........1314
X A..........  9 
4........1714
X F .........10H 
5........16
Peerless, white.......18  ¡Integrity, colored.. .21
colored__2034 White Star.............. 1814
Integrity................ 18141 
“  colored..21
Nameless................20
Hamilton.................8
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G G Cashmere........21
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Nameless..............16
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Schilling’s ............   9 OOj Brighton................4 75
Nanmkeag satteen..  714
Armory..................   634
Rockport...................614
Androscoggin......... 734
Conestoga.................634
Biddefora..............   6
Brunswick............614
Walworth..............   634
Allen turkey  reds..  5J£(Berwick fancies—   14
robes.............514 Clyde Robes.............5
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DelMarine cashm’s.  6 
u ffs...........  6
mourn’g  6 
pink  checks.  514
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Eddy stone  fancy... 6
staples.........514
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shirtings ...  4M
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rober__ 6
American fancy—   544 
sateens..  6
American indigo—   534 
Hamilton fancy___  6
American shirtings.  414 
staple —   514 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Manchester fancy..  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  444 
new era.  6
Arnold 
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Merrimack D fancy.  6 
Arnold  Merino......6
Merrim’Ck shirtings.  414 
long cloth B.1014 
Repp f urn .  814
"  C.  814
century cloth 7  (Pacific fancy..........6
gold seal......1014 
robes............  614
green seal TR1014 Portsmouth robes...  6 
yellow seal.. 1014¡Simpson mourning..  6
serge............ 1114 
greys........6
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solid black.  6
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Washington indigo.  6 
Ballou solid black 
“  Turkey robes..  714
colors.
“  India robes__ 714
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  plain T’ky X 44  814 
red and  orange...  514
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Berlin solids...........514
“  Ottoman  Tur-
oil bine....... 614
“  green ....  6141  key red................ 6
"  Foulards ....  514 Martha Washington
“  r e d * ............... 7  Turkey-red 44.........714
“  %...........  914 Martha Washington
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“  madders...  6  I 
“  XX twills.. 6141 
solids.........5&I
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Hamilton N............ 714
D............ 814
Awning.. 11
Farmer....................8
First Prize............. 1114
Lenox M ills...........18
Atlanta,  D..............6%(Stark  A 
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Boot........................644 No  Name..................714
Clifton, K................  7i4ITopof Heap............10
Imperial.................1014
Simpson................. 20
Black................ 9® 914
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Coechco.................1014

Cocheco fancy........6  Windsor fancy............614
indigo blue...........1014

AC A................ ....1214
Pemberton AAA— 16
York.......................1014
Swift River............   714
Pearl  River.............1214
Warren...................14

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9 oz...... 1414
brown .13
Andover................. 1114
BeaverCreek  A A... 10 
BB...  9
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“  d a twist 1014 
Columbian XXX br.10 
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Everett, blue.......... IS
brown.......IS
Haymaker blue........ 734
brown...  734
Jaffrey.....................1114
Lancaster................1214
Lawrence, 9 oz........ 1314
No. 220....13
No. 250....1114
No. 280.... 1014

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“  Persian dress 814 
Canton ..  814
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Arlington staple —   634 
Arasapha  fancy  ...  434 
Bates Warwick dres 834 
staples.  614
Centennial.............  1034
Criterion................1014
Cumberland  Btaple.  5V4
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................414
Elfin.......................   714
Everett classics......834
Exposition............... 714
Glenarie.................  634
Glenarven................ 634
Glenwood...........
Hampton..............*.  614
Johnson Chalon cl 
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indigo blue 9J4
zephyrs__16
Lancaster,  staple...  634

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Normandie  8
Lancashire.............   614
Manchester............   534
Monogram................614
Normandie...............714
Persian...................   814
Renfrew Dress........714
Rosemont................. 614
Slatersville.............. 6
Somerset............ 
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Tacoma  ...................714
Toil  duNord......... 1014
Wabash..................   714
seersucker..  714
Warwick...............   814
Whlttenden............   634
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook..............8
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Windermeer........... 5
York..........................634

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G RA IN   BAGS.

Amoskeag.............. 1634 ¡Valley City............... 1514
Stark...................... 20  Georgia....................1514
American...............1634¡Pacific  .....................1*14

T H R E A D S.

Clark’s Mile End....45  IBarbour's.
Coats’, J. & P ........ 45  Marshall’s
Holyoke................. 22341

No.

White.  Colored.

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

White.  Colored.
38
39
40
41
CAM BRICS.

K N ITTIN G   COTTON.
No.  14. 
“  16. 
“  18. 
20.
“  
Washington
394
Red Cross................. 3%
Lockwood...............4
Wood’s ..................   4
Brunswick...........   4
R E D   FL A N N E L .
...............2214
T W ... 
...............3214
FT
J  R F, XXX.............35
Buckeye.................3214

Slater......................  4
White Star............   4
Kid Glove...............  4
Newmarket.............. 4
Edwards.................  4
Fireman................. 3Ï14
Creedmore..............2714
Talbot XXX........... 30
Nameless..............2714
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40  ¡Grey S R W............ 1714
Union R ................. 2214 Western W  ............. jf!4
Windsor................. 1814 DR P- - • ..................*£$
6 oz Western.......... 21  Flushing XXX........ 2314
Union  B................ 2214|MaHitoba................. 2314

M IX E D   FL A N N E L .

DOM ET  FLA N N EL.

“ 

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....... 

CANVASS  AND  PA D D IN G .
Brown.
13
914
15
1014
17
1114
20
1214

Nameless...... 8  @ 9141 
1214
...... 814@10  I 
Slate. Brown. Black.
Black.
13
13
9M
15
15
1014
17
17
1114
20
20
1214
D U CK S.

Slate.
914
1014
1114
1214
Severen, 8 oz..........   914 (West Point, 8 oz— 1014
Mayland, 8oz.........10)4 
10oz„..1214
Greenwood, 714 oz..  914 Raven, 10oz............ 1314
Greenwood, 8 oz— 1114 (Stark  “ 
..............1314

“ 

W AD D IN G S.

White, doz............. 25  I Per bale,  40 doz... .I7_50
Colored, doz..........20  I
Slater, Iron Cross...  8  (Pawtucket...............1014
“  Red Cross....  9  Dnndie....................   9
“  Best..............1014 Bedford................... 1014
“  Best AA.......12141 Valley  City............. 1014

8IL E 8IA B .

SEW IN G   SIL K .

2 
3 

“ 
“ 

.1 2   “  8 
..12  ) “  10 

Corticelli, doz...........75 [CorticeUi  knitting,

twist,doz..3714  per l4oz  ball........30
50 yd, doz. .37141
HOOKS  AND  EY ES— P E R  GROSS.
“ 
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No  1 Bl’k & White.,10  (No  4 Bl’k & White..l5 
•< 
..20
•• 
..25
No 2-20, M C...........50 |No 4—15  F  314......... 40
•'  3—18, S C............45 I
|No  8 White & Bl’k..20 
No  2 White & Bl’k..l2 
.23
»  4 
“  6 
..26
No 2..........................28 |No3..  ...................... 36

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

P IN S .

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N E E D L E S— P E R   M.

A. James.................1  50| Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s................1  35 Gold  Eyed.............. 1  50
Marshall’s ....... .....1 00)
5—4. ...2 25  6—4...3 25(5—4....1  95  6—4...2 95 

TA B LE  O IL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3 10|
COTTON TW IN ES.

“ ....2 10 

“ 

Nashua...................18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply.... 17
North Star..............20
Wool Standard 4 plyl714 
Powhattan.............18

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown..................12
Domestic...............1814
Anchor................... 16
Bristol.................... 13
Cherry  Valley........ 15
I X L........................13
Alabama................644|  Mount  Pleasant—  614
Alamance...............  614 Oneida.....................  5
Pyrm ont................  544
Augusta]...................714
Randelm&n............6
Atf sapha................  6
Riverside...............   514
Georgia.................... 614
Sibley  A ...................614
Grämte ..............  544
Toledo....................  6
Haw  River............ 5
Haw (J....................6

P L A ID   OSNABUBGB.

Barpets,---- AND----
~  BUrtains.
Floor  Oil  Glottis

W r it e   fo r   o u r   P r ic e s   o n

---- AND----

Oil  Gloth  Bindings.
SMITH  &  SANFORD.

J.&P.COATS

SIX-CORD

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FOR

Spool  Cotton

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WHITE,  BUCK  AND  COLORS,
Hand and Machine Usa
F. SIKHBE i
It, 

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Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

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DRY GOODS,

NOTIONS,

OARPETS,

CURTAINS.
Shirts,  Pants,  Oneralls,  Etc,

Manufacturers of

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

Chicago and D etroit Prices Guaranteed.

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St.

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Umbrellas,  OUed  Clothing, Wide  Cotton  Ducks, etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COTE,  11  Pearl  Street.

Bend  for  Dlnstrated  Catalogue.

Telephone  106.

T H E   MICETTO A IST  TRADESM AN.
The prime mover in the new enterprise 
is  not a banker  himself,  and  never  has 
been,  although he formerly held  an office 
on  the board of  a Griswold  street  bank. 
He  is  engaged  in  other  business,  and 
when seen  this  morning declined to give 
any  particulars  until  the  project is fur­
ther  advanced.  “I will  not deny that  1 
have an  ambition  in  that line,” said he, 
“but  the  matter isn’t  ripe  yet,  and  too 
much  publicity  might  upset  all  my 
plans.”
Cashier Joseph B.  Moore, of the Penin­
sular  Savings Bank  and another  cashier 
who  did  not  wish  his  name  published, 
were  unanimous in  saying  that  Detroit 
has  too  many  banks  already  for  the 
amount of capital invested.  One of these 
gentlemen  made  a  hurried  calculation, 
and  said  there are  now twenty-three or­
ganized  and  four  private  banks  in  De­
troit.  The organized banks  have a com­
bined capital of $7,500,000.
“This,” said  he,  “is all the capital we 
need,  and  would  answer  every  purpose 
if it was not  distributed among so  many

banks.  Cleveland,  a  much  larger  city 
than  Detroit, has  only  twenty-four  or­
ganized  banks,  with  a  total  capital  of 
$12,000,000.  There are six  banks in that 
city  with  a  capital  of  $1,000,000  each. 
In Detroit we  have  only two  capitalized 
at that amount.  The trouble is, we have 
too  many  small  banks,  working  on  a 
small capital.  Instead of more new banks 
being  started  and  made  able  to  pay,  I 
think  the next  two  or three  years  will 
see a number of  these  small  banks  con­
solidated,  thus  enabling  them  to  save 
expenses  on  salaries, rents, and in other 
ways,  and  pay  a  more  satisfactory  re­
turn on the amount  of  capital invested.”

A Kansas farmer,  after  four  years  of 
hard work trying to make a living, finally 
became disgusted and  sold the  farm.  He 
packed his goods in a wagon and  started 
towards the  North.  He had gotten  into 
Nebraska  when  he met  an old  acquain­
tance, who said:  “Hello,  Jim; I  thought

Will  Do  For a  Story.

you were farming in Kansas?” “So I was,” 
said  Jim,  “but I sold the  farm.”  “What 
did you get for it?” was the next question. 
“Well,  I got  that heifer  tied behind the 
wagon there.”  “ You  don’t mean to tell 
me that you traded  100 acres of land for 
a  heifer!”  “No,”  said  Jim.  “I  traded 
80  acres  for it.  That  was  a pretty  fair 
trade,  but when  we  came to draw up the 
deed I found  the fellow couldn’t read  or 
write, so I run in the other 80  on him.”

How’s This  for a  Partnership ?

A  firm  at  Jonesville, Ind.,  have  a  pe­
culiar  method  of  doing  business.  The 
two partners  divide the cash  each night, 
and  each  morning  put  an equal  amount 
in  the drawer.  Each  partner is charged 
up  with the  amount  he  credits  to  cus­
tomers and if the bill is not  paid it is his 
individual loss. 
It  is  said to work well, 
as  they  make  money  and  never  had  a 
cent owed them for more than two weeks.
Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

THE  TOUGHEST  TOWN.

Indiana.

Experience  of  a  Traveling  Man  in 
“I  recently struck  the  toughest  town 
in  America,”  said  a  traveling  man  the 
other  day.  “It  is  Mullan,  a little  town 
in the  Cceur  d’Alene  mining  district,  in 
Indiana. 
In  company  with  another 
traveling man, I arrived at the place just 
at dusk and  asked to be shown to a room 
at  the  only  hotel,  to get  separated from 
the dust  taken up on a long stage ride.

“The  tavern-keeper  was  dealing  faro 
in the office  and  we had to wait until the 
crowd went  broke  before he would  even 
look  at  us.  About  0 o’clock  he got  all 
of  the  money and  gave  us  rooms.  He 
took  us out  in the street and  pointing to 
a lighted  room in the  top  corner  of  the 
hotel,  said  our  rooms were  next to that. 
We  had to enter  the  house and  find our 
beds.  The  landlord  wouldn’t  walk  up­
stairs  with  us, and  his  clerk was  away 
acting as referee at a prize fight.

“We were eating lunch at a  table where 
two miners were  seated,  and  one of  the 
men  said  to  his  friend: 
‘Get  onto  the 
bloakes eatin’  pie wid a fork.  Dey must 
be  English  lords.’  Nearly  everyone  in 
town  had a pistol  strapped  on  his  belt 
and  all  looked as if  they were  ready  to 
start  the fireworks on the slightest  prov­
ocation.  When  we  retired  I  asked  the 
clerk for a pitcher of ice-water.

“ ‘You ducks got nerve,’  he said.
“ ‘Why?’
“ ‘Askin’  for  ice-water when  the  bar 
ain’t  closed  yet.  Don’t  serve  no  ice- 
water here till the bar closes.  See?’

“ We  went  to  our  rooms,  and  during 
the  night sent  down  stairs  three or four 
times  for  a  pitcher of  water,  but  could 
get  none. 
Presently  a  heavy  pair  of 
boots  was  heard  on  the  stairs,  and  I 
thought  the hotel  man’s  conscience  had 
been creeping  around.  A  thump on the 
door and  the  miner who  had commented 
on  our  eating  with a fork  pushed in his 
head.

‘“ ’Xcuse  me,  pards,’  he  began, 

‘I 

heard you askin’ for water.’

“ ‘Yes,  we  are  very  thirsty, but  the 
hotel-keeper won’t give us any ice-water’ 

“ ‘Jim never had no heart, no how.’
“ ‘He’s  a  brute,’ I  exclaimed,  feeling 

grateful to the kind man.

“ ‘I knowed these parts well; been long 
’fore  Spokane was  born,  an’  thought  as 
how  I  might  put  yer  onto  some of  de 
angles.’

“ ‘You are  very good, sir.’
“ ‘Wal, de next  time  yer  wants water 
don’t  bother  for  to  send  down  to  Jim. 
There’s water in yer room.’

“ ‘Here?’
“ ‘Cert.  There’s  a  spring in the bed.’ 
“Then  the  villian  slammed  the  door 

and nearly choked himself laughing.”
The  Banking:  Situation at Detroit. 
Det r o it,  July 11—During the past five 
years no less  than eight new  banks  have 
been  organized in Detroit,  the  last being 
the  Home  Savings  Bank,  with a capital 
of $200,000. 
It would seem as if  Detroit 
had all the banks that will  be needed for 
the next decade,  and  yet during the past 
three months a well-known business man 
on  Griswold  street  has  been  trying  to 
organize  a  new  one.  He is still  at  it, 
and  is  reported  to  have  obtained  sub­
scriptions  for  about  $50,000  worth  of 
stock. 
If  organized,  the  bank  will  not 
be  devoted  to  some  particular  district 
where  banking facilities are supposed to 
be lacking—like the River Savings Bank, 
for instance—but will  take its place  and 
make  its  fight  for  existence among  the 
many  institutions of  the  kind  on  Gris­
wold street.

Hardware Price Current.

A XES.

AU G U RS AND  B IT S. 

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
d l s .
60
Snell’s........................................................... 
Cook’s ........................................................... 
40
Jennings’, genuine....................................... 
25
Jennings’,  imitation....................................50*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze...........................|  7 50
D.  B. Bronze...........................   12 00
  S  50
S.B.S. Steel................... 
D. B. Steel................................  13 50
d l s .
Railroad......................................................$ 14 00
Garden...................................................net  30 00
Stove.............................................................. 50*10
Carriage new list.......................................... 
75
Plow.............................................................. 40*10
Sleigh shoe...................................................
Well,  plain................................................... 1350
Well, swivel......................................................  4 00

b a r r o w s . 

B U C K ETS.

b o l t s . 

“ 
“ 
“ 

d l s .

 

B U T T S,  CAST. 

d l s .
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 66*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................ 

BLOCKS.

40

Grain.

CROW BARS.

.dls. 50*02

Cast Steel...........................................per lb 
Ely’s 1-10.......................!*!............... per m 
“ 
Hick’s C. F ........................................... 
G .D .....................................................   “ 
Musket................................................. 
“ 

5
65
60
35
60

CARTRIDGES.

Rim  Fire.........   .......................................... 
50
Central  Fire.........   ...............................dls. 
¡ffi
Socket Firmer.............................................70*10
Socket Framing........................................... 70*10
Socket Corner.............................................. 70*10
Socket Slicks.............................................. 70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40

c h i s e l s . 

dls.

c o m b s . 

CHALK.
COFFER.

40
Curry,  Lawrence’s......................................  
Hotchkiss....................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross..............12@12H dls. 10
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
30
28
14x52,14x56,14x60 ....................... 
25
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
25
Bottoms.......................................................  
27
50
Morse’s Bit  Stocks..................................... 
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
50
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 
50

DRILLS. 

dlB.

“ 

dls.

DRIPPING PANS.

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

 

07
  654

e l b o w s .

Com. 4  piece, 6 In........................... do*, net 
75
Corrugated..................................... dls. 20*10*10
Adjustable............................................ dls. 40*10
Clark’s, small, 118; large, 126....................... 
30
Ives’, 1,118; 2,124; 3, 839 ............................ 
25

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

diS.

p i l e s — New List. 

dls.

Disston’s ...................................................... 60*16
New  American.............................................60*10
Nicholson’s ..................................................60*10
Heller’s ......................................................... 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps...................................  
50
Nos.  16  to  20;n 
List 

GALVANIZED IRON.

and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
13 
15 
dls.
gauges. 

Discount, 60

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

28
18

12 

14 

50

HAM M ERS.

“ 
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HIN G ES.

“ 
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“ 
“ 

HAN G ERS. 

HOLLOW   W A RE.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Maydole  *  Co.’s .................................... dis. 
25
25
Kip’s .......................................................dis. 
Yerkes & Plumb’s..................................dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................30c list 60  Steel and  Iron
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__30c 40*10 I TrT and Bevels
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ...............................dis.60*10
State..................................... per doz. net, 2
0
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 in. 4* 14 and
longer.......................................................  
354
10
Screw Hook and Eye, %..........................net 
5<i..........................net  8*
“ 
3£...................... net  7*
“ 
“ 
“  %...................... net  7*
“ 
Strap and T ..............................................dls. 
50
d l s .
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  anti friction.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track..................................... 
40
Pots__
...............  
60
Kettles.
60
...............  
Spiders
60
...............  
Gray enameled..............................................40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 33**10
wire goods. 
Bright......................................................70*10*10
70*10*10
Screw  Eyes............................ 
 
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes.....................  
70*10*10
70
Stanley Rale and Level  Co.’s  —  
........... 
knobs—New List. 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............  
55 I
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................  
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain......
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s ...........................  
55
Branford's................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ................................................... 
55
Adze Eye.........................................816.00, dls. 60
Hunt Eye........................................  115.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s ......................................118.50, dls. 20*10.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled..................
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ................................
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malléables..
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Cl? ik’s..............
“  Enterprise 
..................................

locks—DOOR.

Discount, 10.

MATTOCKS.

LEVELS. 

dls.
dls.

M AULS.

M ILLS.

dls.

dls.

R O PES.

Mitre

SH E E T  IRO N .

Sisal, % Inch and larger.............................  
Manilla.

g
11*
dis.
75
60
20
Com. 
Com.  Smooth.
Nos. 10 to  14..................................  ,|4  20
13  10 
Nos. 15 to 17........................................4 20
3 20 
Nos.  18 to 21........................................4 so
3 20 
Nos. 22 to 24........................................4 ao
3 30 
Nos. 25 to 26........................................4 40
3 40 
No. 27.................................................. 4 6 0 ___
3 50
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86......................................dls.
Silver Lake, White A....................... 
list
Drab A.............................. 
White  B.............................   “
DrabB................................  «•
White C...............................  “

SAND P A P E R .

SASH  CORD.

“

SASH  W EIG H TS.

dls.

saws.- 

traps. 

Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,__ 

Solid Eyes............................................per ton *25
“ 
Hand........................................ 
20
70
  50
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot 
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot....  30
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot.................................... 
30
’ dls.

Steel, Game..................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ......... .." 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley a Norton’s .... 
70
Mouse,  choker.................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion.............................. «.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market...................................... ..70  10
Coppered Market...................................... eo
Tinned Market......................................... . ’  62*
Coppered  Spring  Steel............................. ’ 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..............................    3 40
-3 85

painted...................................  

wire. 

“ 

HORSE NAILS.

.
.

65

dls

ZINC.

dls. 

26c
28c

MOLASSES  GATES.

WRENCHES. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

METALS.
P IG  T IN .

Advance over base: 

Au Sable...............................dls. 25*10025410*06
dls.  06
Putnam.......................................... 
dls.  Northwestern................................ 
dls. 10*10
dlS.
50 
dls. 
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
40  Coe’s  Genuine........................................... 
. 
  50
40  Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,......  .. 
75
40  Coe’s  Patent, malleable.............................. 75*10
25 
go
Bird Cages........................................ 
Stebbin’s Pattern......................................... 60*10  Pumps, Cistern................................. 
-»5
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................66*10  Screws, New List................................ ”  .. .70*10
Enterprise, self-measuring 
Casters, Bed a  d Plate.......................50*10*10
NAILS
Dampers, American............................... 
40
Steel nails, base............................................. 185
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods........ 
Wire nails, base............................................. 2 20
Steel. Wire.
60.....................................................Base
Base
50.....................................................Base
10
40....................................................   06
20
30.. 
2030
1015
20. .  
16...
15
35
12..
15
35
10...
40
20
50
8....
25
7*6
40
65
60
90
1  50
.1  00
.1  50
2  00 
Fine 3................................................. 1 50
2  00
Case  10.  ...........................................   60
90 
8...............................................  75
1  00 
6..............................................   90
1  25 
Finish 10............................................  85
1  00 
8........................................... 1  00
1  25
6 ..............................................1 15
1  50 
Clinch; 10.............................■...........  85
75 
8..........................................1  00
90
6............................................ 1 15
1  002 50 
Barren %............................................ 1 75
dls.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   ©40
Sciota Bench................................................  ©60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first quality......................................   ©60
Stanley Rale and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dls.60—10
70
Common,  polished................................dls. 
dls.
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................  
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
"B” Wood’s pat planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

Pig  Large............................................... 
Pig Bars.................................................. 
Duty:  Sheet, 2*c per pound.
680 pound  casks.....................................  
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MichiganTradesman

a WRKKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE

Official Organ of Michigan Barine«» Men1» AaaodaUon
Retail  Trade of the l oliierine State.
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E.  A.  STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  JULY  15,  1891.

The  retirement  of  Prof.  Gower  from 
the superintendency of the State Reform 
School for  Boys, due  to  the  parsimony 
of  the  last Legislature  in  reducing  his 
salary,  is  in the  nature  of  a  public  ca­
lamity.  Mr. Gower  has  displayed  won­
derful ability in the  discipline  and  sys­
tem  he  has  inaugurated  at  the  Reform 
School  and  his  administration  has  ac­
quired a national reputation for its econ­
omy,  simplicity  and  the  loyal  and  law- 
abiding  spirit  instilled  in  the  inmates 
of  the  institution.  To  permit  such  a 
man to leave the service of the State,  for 
the  purpose  of  saving  a  few  hundred 
dollars in salary, is penny wise and pound 
foolish and the act should meet  the  con­
demnation of all friends  of  efficient ser­
vice and good government.

a  free  exposition  of the  claims of each 
community.  The only conditions exacted 
are that nothing but facts be  stated  and 
that  no  invidious  comparisons  be  in­
dulged in.  Let there be  a  prompt  and 
spontaneous  response  to  this  generous 
offer!

It is  by  slow  and  expensive  degrees 
that the  labor  problem  is being  solved. 
The process  of evolution is by  no means 
a  painless one,  but  these  agonizing  ex­
periences may  in time serve to teach the 
better way. 
If they eventually lead both 
capital and labor to the point of  settling 
all their differences by appeals  to reason 
they will be worth all they cost; but that 
time will never come until the  workman 
breaks  away  from  the  tyranny  of  the 
trades  unions,  with  which  no  employer 
can deal and maintain his self respect.

The man who says that those who have 
performed no honest labor have amassed 
the most  of the  wealth,  either  does  not 
know  what he  is  talking about, or  is  so 
blinded by his prejudices  as  to  be  inca­
pable  of  sound  reasoning.  Of  course, 
the whole question hinges  upon  what  is 
meant  by  honest  labor:  for  in 
these 
United  States  there  is  not  one  able- 
bodied man in a hundred who is not com­
pelled, or who does not feel himself com­
pelled,  to labor for his living  in one way 
or other.

T h e  T radesm an  was unable  to  dis­
cuss the tariff question,  as it was adopted 
by the political  parties  and taken out of 
the realm of  business,  where it  properly 
belonged.  The  money  question has  not 
yet been  engulfed  in the  wreck of  pol­
ities  and T h e  T radesm an  is  therefore 
not obliged  to apologize for  introducing 
the  subject at  this  time,  which it  does 
by the reproduction of Andrew Carnegie’s 
famous  exposition of the silver situation 
from  the  June  North America  Review 
Should an adequrate answer to the article 
be  made  by  any of  the  friends  of  un 
liminated silver  coinage.  T h e  T r a d es 
man should be glad to give place  to that 
also.

into 

During the past  seventy years  15,641, 
688  immigrants  have  come 
the 
United States.  The arrivals show a con 
stant increase for each decade since 1820. 
with the exception of the decade in which 
the civil war occurred,  and  the  arrival 
for the decade  ending in  1890  were  over 
2,000,000 greater than those for  the  pre 
ceding decade.  England  has sent us the 
greater  number  of  immigrants  in  the 
course  of  the  seventy  years, with  Ger 
many  second  and  Ireland  third.  The 
year of the largest  immigration  was  the 
fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1882,  when 
the arrivals numbered 788,992.  The im 
migration from Italy  has shown a steady 
increase duriug the last decade.  Of the 
immigrants  arriving  at 
the  port  of 
New York during  the last fiscal year the 
greater number settled in New York and 
the neighboring states  of  Pennsylvania, 
New Jersey, Massachusetts  and  Connec 
ticut.

T h e T radesm an is pleased to note the 
efforts now being  made  in  many  Michi­
gan  towns  to  work  up  business  booms 
and  will  gladly  do all it can to aid  such 
movements,  no matter where undertaken 
or  under  what  auspices  they  are  con­
ducted.  To that end  T h e  T radesm an 
solicits correspondence  from every  town 
which aims at  a higher condition  of ma­
terial  progress  and opens  its  columns to

Instead of  considering himself  a  pub­
lic servant with a duty  to  perform,  the 
officeholder too  often  seems  to  consider 
himself a public pet  whose  constituents 
have  sent him  on a  picnic  at their  own 
expense.  He is like  the Kentucky legis­
lator,  who,  when  approached  upon  the 
subject of adjournment,  said  he  “would 
like to know why they wanted to adjourn 
when they  were  getting  five dollars  per 
day and pie every day.”

The  indications now are  that if we  do 
not  have  too  much  rain, or  too  long  a 
drouth, 
if  grasshoppers,  hog  cholera, 
pleuro pneumonia,  hail, cyclones,  floods, 
lightning-rod  agents,  Bohemian  oats 
frauds,  and other  calamities  do  not  put 
in  an interference, the  farmer  will next 
November have ample cause for celebrat­
ing Thanksgiving day.
How to  Circumvent  the  Check  Fiend.
The  head clerk  of a  leading  hotel, in 
discussing the  annoyance  caused by the 
man  who asks  to  have a check  cashed, 
the other day, remarked as follows:

“It is sometimes rather hard to  refuse 
to  cash a  check for a  gentleman  whom 
you have known casually, but it must be 
done in my business or 1 would soon owe 
the hotel  more money  than  I could pay 
in a  lifetime.  You  see,  if a man  asks 
you to cash his check and you  think you 
know him well enough  to  do it and take 
the  risk, you  cannot very  well ask him 
if the check is good and will be paid. Yet, 
if you fail to  ask  him that  question, the 
law holds that you cannot  prosecute him 
criminally, in  case the check is  rejected 
by the  bank  on  which it  is  drawn. 
If 
you cannot prosecute him criminally,  the 
rascal cares  nothing  for  your  contempt 
or  for  any  civil  suit  you  may  bring 
gainst  him. 
It  is  a common  thing  for 
men to start an account  in  a bank,  let it 
run down to two or three dollars, and then 
draw  checks  against  this  account  for 
sums of $25 to $50.  Of  course,  the bank 
will not  honor the check,  yet  as  long as 
there  is  a  sight  balance  to  the  man’s 
credit, he cannot  be arrested for fraud.”

BUSINESS  LAW.

Summarized  Decisions  from  Courts  of 

Last Resort.

FRAUDULENT CONDUCT OF  BUSINESS.
Where a business is  carried on  wholly 
by the husband  in the name  of the wife, 
and she puts no money into the business, 
and the facts all tend to show that it was 
merely a  subterfuge  to evade liabilities 
for  his  debts,  the  profits  arising  from 
the business may be  taken by  his  credi­
tors and applied to their claims.  Hamil 
D8.  Augustine,  Supreme Court of Iowa.

COLLECTION BY BANKS.

Where  commercial  paper  is  placed 
with  a  bank  for  collection  only,  upon 
making the collection  the  proceeds  con­
stitute  a  trust  fund,  and  though  the 
amount is credited  to the  owner on  the 
books of  the  bank  as  a  general  credit, 
and he is so notified and does not at once 
object  thereto,  upon  the  insolvency  of 
the  bank  he  may  claim  the  fund  as  a 
trust fund and is not compelled to resort 
to  his  remedy  as  a  general  creditor. 
Nurse  us.  Satterlee,  Supreme  Court  of 
Iowa.

INJURY FROM MERCHANDISE  TRUCK.
Where  a  merchant  who  uses  in  the 
course of his  business a truck  for  hand­
ling heavy  goods and  keeps it when  not 
in use where his customers have no reas­
on to go, he cannot  be held liable for in­
juries sustained by a  customer  who  un­
necessarily  follows a clerk  to  the  place 
where the truck is kept,  and while there 
falls  oyer  it  and  is  injured.  Hart  vs. 
Grennell, Court of Appeals of New York.
RESCISSION  OF  CONTRACT  FOR  SALE  OF 

GOODS  FOR  FRAUD.

In order to entitle one to rescind a con­
tract for  the  sale  of  goods  because  the 
purchaser  bought  them  without  intend­
ing to  pay  for  them,  it  must  be  shown 
that the intent was formed and acted up­
on  at  the  time  the  goods  were  bought. 
And where a merchant in failing circum­
stances, who knew that he must fail, but 
could not know  just  when  he  would  be 
obliged  to  stop  payment,  the  presump­
tion is great  that  he  knew he  could  not 
pay for them at the maturity of  the  bill, 
and  therefore  he  may  be  said  to  have 
bought  them  without  intending  to  pay 
for  them.  Whittin  vs.  Fitzwater,  Su­
preme Court of New York.

Detroit  Excursion.

the lessee continues to occupy the premi­
ses after they become untenantable is not 
admissible.  The fact that  he  continues 
to  occupy  them  refutes  the  claim  that 
they  are  untenantable. 
Tatum  vs. 
Thompson,  Supreme Court of California.
Transportation  Arrangements  for  the 
Detroit, July  10—The  Committee on 
Transportation  have secured  the follow­
ing rates from  Detroit and  return by the 
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Rail­
way,  for a party of  fifty or  more,  round 
trip  tickets, good to return  in  five  days, 
for  $4.50, including  bus  fare  at  Grand 
Rapids.  Tickets good  going on any reg­
ular  train  on  Saturday,  July  25,  and 
returning  on  any  regular  train  within 
five  days.  Parties  going  from  Detroit 
can  procure  tickets  of  M.  J.  Matthews, 
34  Congress  street  west.  Trains  leave 
the  Brush  street depot  at  6:50 and 11 a. 
m.,  and 14.30 p. m.  The  6:50 a. m.  train 
is the most desirable one.
Parties  residing  at  Ann  Arbor,  Ypsi- 
lanti,  Birmingham  or  Pontiac, can  pro­
cure  the  Detroit  rates, by remitting  the 
amount, $4.50 to M. J. Matthews, and the 
ticket  will  be  forwarded  by  mail, 
if 
ordered  not  later  than  Thursday,  the 
23d inst.
For  parties  of  ten  or  more  and  less 
than fifty from any station  on  any road, 
can  procure  tickets  of  station  agent  at 
two  cents  per mile  each way for  round 
trip.  For parties of fifty or more,  under 
same  conditions,  one  and  one-half cents 
per  mile  each  direction, or one  fare for 
the  round  trip.  Tickets good  going  on 
any  regular  train  on  Saturday, July 25, 
and returning by any regular  train with­
in five days.
Also,  special  one-way  rates  of  two 
cents  per  mile  per capita, for  parties of 
ten  or  more  traveling  together  on  one 
ticket. 
Parties  outside  of  Detroit  to 
procure tickets of station agent
Members of the association are request­
ed  to  extend  an  invitation  to  all  their 
mercantile  friends  and  all  commercial 
travelers  (not  members  of  the  associa­
tion) to meet  with  us  at  Grand  Rapids. 
Members will please DOtify the Secretary 
by postal, how many they  expect will go 
from their different localities.

Jos. T. Lowry, Chairman.

NEGLIGENCE  OF  DELIVERY  WAGON 

DRIVER.

A master is liable for the results of  his 
servant’s  negligence  while  engaged  in 
his  business,  and  one  who  employes  a 
delivery  wagon in his business  is  liable 
for damage  caused by the  negligence  of 
his  driver in  driving  the  wagon. 
It  is 
sufficient proof of  the  ownership  of  the 
wagon, 
to  show  that  the  wagon  had 
painted upon it the name and  address of 
the firm,  and was engaged in making de­
liveries of goods for them  at the time  of 
the accident.  Seaman vs. Koehler, Court 
of Appeals of New York.
DEPOSIT IN BANK FOB  SPECIAL PURPOSE.
A  depositor of  a  bank  has  a  right  to 
make a special deposit for a specific  pur­
pose, and  upon  notice  to  the  receiving 
teller that the deposit is to be so applied, 
the bank is  liab.e for the amount if it  is 
otherwise  applied.  One  who  is already 
indebted  to  the  bank,  may  make  a  de­
posit to cover a specified check  which  is 
out, and when so  deposited it must be so 
applied as directed.  Straus  vs.  Trades- 
| men’s National Bank of New York, Court 
of Appeals of New York.
DAMAGED  GOODS  IN  RENTED  BUILDING.
In case of a lease of property in which 
there is a clause which provides that  “if 
the  premises  become  untenantable  by 
reason  of fire  no  rent  shall  be  charged 
until  they are  made  tenantable  by  the 
lessor,” 
it is  necessary for the  tenants 
to discontinue paying rent and notify the 
lessor  of the  untenantable  condition  of 
the place, or move  out  of  the  building; 
otherwise the  lessee  cannot  recover for 
damages to goods or  property, which re­
sult from the  untenantable  condition  of 
the  building.  Evidence  showing  why

A Prune  Growers’  Combine.

Arrangements have been made to com­
bine three of  the  largest  prune  ranchos 
of California and form  a stock company, 
with a capital  stock at  $500,000  to make 
a decided fight  for the American market 
for  American  fruit.  The  annual  con­
sumption of prunes in  the United States 
is from 75,000,000 to 100,000,000  pounds, 
all of which  are imported  from  the Old 
World except that  which is  produced in 
California, estimated at 17,000,000 pounds 
(during  1890  the California  output  was 
about  14,000,000).  Allowing  for  an in­
creased acreage and a full  crop,  the out­
put of  California  for 1891  will be  from 
20,000.000 
to  25,000,000  pounds.  As 
California prunes sell in  the  markets  of 
the  Eastern  States  at  fully 1  cent  per 
pound higher than  imported brands, and 
as  imported prunes  pay an import duty 
of two  cents per  pound,  it is  clear that 
Californias  have  an advantage  of  fully 
three  cents per  pound over  the  cost  of 
imported  prunes.
It is claimed  that foreign products are 
not  entirely  satisfactory  to  the  trade, 
and  the  producers in  foreign  countries 
are much  discouraged,  not  entirely  on 
account  of  the  competition  from  Cal­
ifornia,  but  on  account  of  the  United 
States  import  duty  of 
two  cents  per 
pound,  which  promises to  take  an  im­
portant part in  the gradual  building up 
of  the California prune industry,  as the 
duty on raising has  done with  that pro­
duct.  California  produces  only  about 
one-fifth the quantity of prunes consumed 
in the United States.

Anothes  Combination  “Off.’’ 

There  is  no  longer any agreement  be­
tween  linseed  crushers.  Western mem­
bers kicked  over  the traces,  and  made it 
necessary to  sever  the  combination. 
It 
is every man for himself now.
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Troubles  and  Trials  of  a  Canadian 

Merchant.

Qu een’s  H ollow,  Ont.,  July  8—Mr. 
Harvey  has  returned  to  his  home  in 
Michigan.  He  called at the  store on his 
way  over to the  station to say good  bye.
We had  just  finished  counting out  over 
four  hundred  dozen  eggs  and  the  egg 
buyer  had  backed  his wagon  up  to  the 
door  and we were  loading on the  crates. 
Harvey  said  it  reminded  him  of  home, 
as he handled  and shipped  large  quanti­
ties of  eggs and other produce.  We told 
him that we did not bother with shipping 
our eggs, but  sold  them to a dealer  over 
in  Loyaltown,  who  had  two  wagons  on 
the  road which called  once a week at all 
the  country  stores  for  miles  around. 
Harvey said  he  didn’t  suppose  that  the 
product  of  the  Canadian  hen  could  be 
turned to any account whatever since the 
McKinley bill went into effect. 
Izik said 
it  was so feared at first,  and so conspicu­
ously did this fear stick out that for some 
time  after we  heard  that  Bill McKinley 
had forbidden  the  great American  stom­
ach  from  harboring any more  hen  fruit 
that  was  grown on Canadian  soil, every 
old  hen  in  Canada  positively refused to 
partake of  any food that  had a tendency 
to  create a desire  to  lay  eggs,  in  order 
to  avoid a needless  constitutional  strain 
and a useless waste of energy;  but,  after 
a  while when it was discovered  that the 
Yankees  were  not the  only folks in  the 
world who sucked  eggs, our  crest-fallen 
hens began to elevate their drooping tail- 
feathers  and cackle  once  more.  To-day 
our Shanghi  berry works  are running  in 
full  blast  and  every  old  hen in the  Do­
minion  is doing  her level  best to supply 
her new-found  friends with the  fruits of 
her  industry  and  demonstrate  to  her 
neighbors  the  fact  that  she  prefers  to 
live  in  her  own  coop  and  that  she  is 
abundantly  able  to  do  so.  The  Loyal- 
town  dealer  has  shipped  over  35,000 
dozen so  far  this  season to the  English 
mftrkftt.
Harvey  invited us to make  him a visit 
and we shook hands and said good “Good 
bye.”  He is a regular Yankee and a tip­
top  good  fellow,  and  I  believe  if  that 
infernal  idea  that  got  into  my  head  a 
while  ago  should  ever  come  to  a  head 
and  break, I  would  take a little  trip  to 
Michigan.  You  see, I  would  have to go 
somewhere  where I could  rest  for a few 
days, and  where  the  old  women of  the 
Hollow would not  be  near  to  molest or 
make  me  afraid, and  if  I  should  go  to 
Michigan, I  could  visit  Harvey and  see 
his  store at  the  same  time. 
I  suppose 
his  store is pretty slick,  according to his 
description  of  i t   He  says  our  stores 
remind  him of  the  country stores in the 
Southern  States and  over on  the Pacific 
Coast—a little of  everything  all  thrown 
together, without the least apparent effort 
to  arrange  or  classify  in  view  of  con­
venience or appearance.  He thinks there 
is a woeful lack of taste in the display of 
our  goods  and  that we are  away behind 
the Americans in general style.  He said 
that our  Canadian and  British  manufac- 
tured  goods  were  homely,  clumsy  and 
devoid of elegance in style, and that they 
were  shipped, and  handled  too  much in 
bulk.  He  told  me I might  step into  an 
American shoe store,  for instance,  carry­
ing  a stock of  six or eight thousand  dol­
lars  and  not  see  a  shoe  outside of  the 
show windows.  Pretty much  the  entire 
stock  is  carried  in  individual  packages 
or  cartoons.  He  said  the  very idea  of 
placing ladies’ cowhide pegged shoes  (he 
called our nice fine ladies’ calf skin shoes 
cowhide) right on the shelves  exposed to 
the vulgar gaze or hung by the heels to a 
clothes  line  stretched  along  over  the 
counter—to  say nothing  about  puddling 
in  bulk  saleratus and  indulging in other 
vulgarisms—was  enough  to  make  any 
American  merchant  take a solemn  oath 
to oppose the annexation of Canada until 
we  pull  the  Southern  States  out of  the 
mud and amputate the bumps and scrape 
off  the  moss  from  the  mudsills  we  al­
ready  have. 
I  think  Harvey  said  he 
bought  his vinegar  put up  in  little  per­
fumed  pink  paper  boxes, and  that  coal 
oil came in little  red cotton  sacks with a 
pretty  little chromo  pasted  on  one side, 
and  that  they  had  just  commenced  to 
ship  factory cotton  in  neat  little three-

cornered  one  quart  tin  cans.  But  Izik 
sticks  to it that  Harvey never  said  any 
such  thing;  just  as  if  it  made  any dif­
ference  to  me. 
I  never heard a Yankee 
talk  where  he  had  elbow-room  without 
completely exhausting the  powers of  his 
imagination  and  giving a free exhibition 
of  his  wonderful  faculties of  invention, 
so if  Mr.  Harvey didn’t say it,  it was be­
cause he didn’t think of it.
The  population of  Queen’s  Hollow is 
about 500.  The valley is about a quarter 
of  a mile  wide  and  the village  extends 
up  over  the  hills  on  either  side.  Ely 
Nubbs  keeps a grocery  store on the  east 
hill  and on  the west  hill William  Peter 
Noodles  keeps  a  general  store.  The 
Cronk store and our own are down in the 
valley on  either  side of  the  creek  road. 
Opposite  the  Cronk  store, on  the  north 
side,  is  the  tavern,  which  stands  back 
from  the  street,  forming  a  large  open 
space  in  front,  in  the  center  of  which 
stands the sign  post.  This post is about 
twenty-five feet high, with a frame about 
four  feet  square  attached to the  top,  in 
which  is  hung  the  sign  board.  From 
morning  till  night  and  all through  the 
stilly watches of the night that sign keeps 
up its creaking and moaning, as it swings 
backwards and forwards and informs the 
thirsty  traveler  that  he  has  arrived  at 
the “Queen’s  Hollow  Retreat,  by  Jonas 
Weatherby.”  That  old  sign is never  at 
rest,  and Tillie says that when she wakes 
up  in  the  night,  the  first  sound  that 
catches  her ear is that caused by  the old 
sign,  and  as  she  listens  to  its  doleful 
moanings  she  thinks  of  the  countless 
heart  aches,  the  innumerable  sobs  and 
the  bitter  wailings which  the  business 
represented  by that old sign has  caused, 
and that its perpetual unrest, as it grates 
on  its  rusty  old  hinges,  is  ominously 
prophetic of  the  future  condition of  all 
those  who  are  engaged in the  nefarious 
traffic.  That  sounds  just like a woman, 
don’t  it?  God  bless  them,  1  wish  the 
men could  see  such visions in the  night 
and  govern  themselves  accordingly! 
I 
wish  the  devil  would  take  after  more 
“Tam  O’Shanters”  and give the  women 
a chance to get even with him!
These old-fashioned English sign-posts 
with  their swinging  sign-boards are rap­
idly  disappearing.  One of  these  nights 
the  boys  will  quietly consign  this  relic 
of the olden times to oblivion in the same 
way  they did  the  only remaining  one in 
Loyaltown  last  Hollow  E’en,  and  old 
Weatherby  will  look  out  next  morning 
and  see  nothing  but a stump about  two 
feet  high to mark  the  spot where  stood 
the hateful old landmark.
Old Cronk has sold his store to a young 
man  by the  name of  Josephus Gobdarn. 
Jo.  Gobdaru’s  father  died  pretty  well 
off,  eight years ago,  providing in his will 
that Jo.  should  receive a legacy of $3,000 
the  day he was  twenty-one.  Two  years 
after Gobdaru’s death, his widow married 
again,  and  Jo.  remained  at  home  just 
long enough to give his step-father a good 
thrashing. 
Jo.  was  only  about  fifteen 
years  old at the time, but was tough and 
wiry, while  his  step-father  was  a  very 
delicate man.  Since then Jo.  has roamed 
about a good  deal and  some  pretty hard 
I stories  have  been  told  about him  from 
I time to time.  Six months ago he reached 
his majority and returned home from the 
Western States,  where  he  had  been  for 
the last three years.  About a month ago 
he received his  legacy, since which  time 
Cronk has been trying to sell out to him. 
He  finally  succeeded  by  promising  to 
make  him  a  deputy  postmaster. 
Jo. 
thinks  he  can  hold  Cronk’s Tory trade 
and,  by  playing  Western  Yankee,  and 
hustling,  or  rustling,  as  he  calls  it,  he 
can secure a large share of the Grit trade 
and make Slim & Slim slimmer and slim 
mer.  We shall see. 

Old Man Slim.

Ten essential oil  distillers of  England 
intend  to  form a combination to  control 
the limited production of  what is known 
as “Mitcham” peppermint oil.
WANTED-”  live  or  dressed.
signments solicited.
F. J. DETTENTHALER,
GRAND  BAP IDS,  MICH.

117  Monroe  Street,

Poultry, 
Con­

of

Grand  Rapids,  Mich., April 8, ’91.
Having  sold  to  Foster, 
Stevens & 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.

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Drugs  Medicines.

Stale  Board  of Pharm acy.

One  Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Two  Years—Jacob  Jess on,  Muskegon.
Three  Years—James  Veraor, Detroit.
Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
Five Years—George Gundrum. Ionia.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Veraor, Detroit.
Treasurer—S. E. Parkill,  Owosso.
(Detroit) July 7;  Houghton. Sept. 1:  Lansing  Nov. i.
Michigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass'n. 

Meetings  for  1891—Ann  Arbor.  May  6;  Star  Island 

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

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. 
President. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March, 
June, September and December.
Grand Rapids D rug Clerks’ Association, 
^resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.

D etroit Pharm aceutical  Society. 

President. F. Rohnert;  Secretary, J. P. Rheinfrank.
Muskegon  D rug Clerks’  Association. 

President  CjS. Koon;  Secretary. A. T. Wheeler.

is  no 

five  per  cent, 

undertaking  to redeem  the  surrendered 
national bank circulation,  against which 
the  Government  has  received  the  nec­
essary money from the  banks,  which,  by 
statute, 
longer  reckoned  as  a 
liability.  Of  this surrendered  currency 
there is  $40,000,000  outstanding, and on 
an  average only  $2,000,000 of it comes in 
each  month.  The 
re­
demption fund deposited by  the national 
banks for their live circulation is a similar 
debt,  only  nominally  due  on  demand. 
Except upon the rare occasions when the 
mutilation  or  the  defacement  of  the 
notes  requires  it,  no  call  is made upon 
this fund.  Deposits  in national  banks, 
of  course,  may,  with  propriety,  be 
counted as available cash.  On  all these 
points it  is mere finical  criticism to find 
fault with the Secretary’s views.

two 

important  items 

THE  NEW  TREASURY  MEASURES.
The Secretary of the Treasury has con­
tributed 
to  the 
financial news  of the  past fortnight.  He 
has  changed  the  form  of  the  monthly 
Treasury  statement  so  as  to  make  it 
show a  large surplus  instead of  the de­
ficit which it  otherwise  might have pre­
sented,  and,  with  the advice and consent 
of his  colleagues  in the  Cabinet  and of 
the President, he has  decided not to pay 
off the  4)4 per  cent.  Government  bonds 
maturing Sept.  1, but to  extend them at 
two per cent.

Of the new form of Treasury statement 
I have to  say only  that  the adoption  of 
it seems to me  to be an  unnecessary and 
a  useless  complication of the public ac­
counts.  The  purpose of  the  statement 
is  to enable  the public  to  judge  of the 
nation’s relative financial condition from 
month  to  month. 
If  the same  form  is 
followed  every  month this  judgment is 
easy,  while  so  far  as  it  departs  from 
uniformity 
it  confuses  its  readers.  I 
know  that  for  political  purposes  it  is 
necessary sometimes  to conceal if not to 
distort facts,  but obscuration  is not con­
cealment,  and  a  result  which  can  be 
reached by a little figuring is not thereby 
kept  out  of  sight  Perhaps  from  my 
book-keeping  experience  I  am  a  little 
quicker  than most  people  in  analyzing 
a balance sheet,  and  I certainly  shall be 
surprised  if  any  one is  induced  to  be­
lieve  that  there  is  a  dollar more  or  a 
dollar  less in  the Treasury  because the 
figures are arranged one way rather than 
another.  A  phantom  surplus  will  not 
pay real  debts.

I  am  not  one  of  those  who  think it 
correct to say that the Treasury is  bank­
rupt because  it  has not  cash  enough in 
hand to pay  at once all  its  debts due on 
demand  if  payment  of  them  should be 
demanded.  Were  this  so,  then 
there 
never was a  time  since  the  greenbacks 
were first issued when  the Treasury  was 
solvent.  The $346,000,000 of greenbacks 
now outstanding are the remainder of an 
amount  once  much  larger.  Until  1879 
no  provision  at all  existed for  their re­
demption,  and since 1879 there never has 
been  much  more 
than  $100,000,000  in 
coin available for the purpose.  Yet  the 
greenbacks by their terms,  being payable 
on demand, are  a demand  debt,  and it is 
only  because  no  holder of  them  wants 
them  paid that  they  are  not  presented 
for payment.  The same  is true of many 
other elements of the  public debt.  They 
consist  of claims  which  nobody  desires 
to  enforce,  and  which  may,  therefore, 
for practical purposes,  be  treated as not 
enforceable.  Such,  for example,  is the

A Washington despatch  accompanying 
the new  statement  hints  that  hereafter 
the Secretary will not regard outstanding 
checks and  drafts as  demand liabilities.
1 hope  that this is not true.  I  remember 
very  well  that when  1  first  opened my 
private  account  with  the Bank  of New 
York,  years ago,  Mr.  Cornelius  Heyer, 
the President,  said  to  me:  “Now,  young 
man,  I want  to warn  you  that I will not 
allow any  overdrawing.  When  you give 
out a check deduct it from  you deposits, 
and when you have drawn  all the checks 
that  your  deposits  are  good  for  don’t 
draw any more. 
If you do,  and I find it 
out,  you  and  I  will  quarrel.”  I  have 
never forgotten his injunction from  that 
time to this, and when I  hear it suggested 
that the  Secretary of  the  United States 
Treasury  has the  right  to draw  checks 
against  an  imaginary  balance  I  do  not 
like it.  When  a man  gives  out a check 
it  seems to  me  that the  money  it calls 
for  belongs  to the  holder  of the check, 
and not to the  drawer of  it,  and I  think 
that 
the  United  States  Government 
should take the same  view of the matter.
One  thing  must  be  remembered:  the 
solvency  or  insolvency  of the  nation is 
not to be decided by  the amount  of cash 
it has in  its  vaults.  The poet  Addison, 
when reproached with  his taciturnity in 
society, 
to  his 
readiness  with  his  pen:  “I  have  not 
sixpence in  my pocket,  but I  can  draw 
for a thousand pounds.” So, our Govern­
ment, even  if it  should  be  temporarily 
in straits  for ready  money,  can  always 
raise what  it needs  by  borrowing  or by 
taxation.  Our misfortune is,  that owing 
to the  want of  control over Congress by 
the Executive,  an  adjustment of national 
receipts  to national  expenditures,  such 
as  obtains in  most  European  states,  is 
not the rule here.  We take our financial 
precautions,  as an Irishman  would  say, 
after  they  are  found  to  be  necessary, 
instead of before it  so that while we  are 
taking  them  we  are  liable  to  get  into 
trouble.

answered, 

alluding 

Of the  decision to offer  the holders  of 
the  maturing  4K  per  cent,  bonds  the 
privilege  of  extending  them  at  2  per 
cent.,  I think  there  can be  only an ap­
proving  opinion.  As  1  showed 
four 
weeks  ago,  and as  the facts  plainly de­
monstrate now,  the Treasury will be put 
to its trumps  to meet the demands  upon 
it during  July and  August  without  im­
pairing 
its  $100,000,000  gold  reserve, 
and  if  it undertook  to pay  the whole of 
the $51,000,000 of 4%  per cents  on Sept.
1,  it could  not avoid  the  impairment.  I 
have none of the superstitious  reverence 
for this golden $100,000,000  which many 
have,  and  I do  not  see why a  part of it

T E T E   M IC H T G ^JS T   T R A D E S M A N ,

might not be used  temporarily and  then 
replaced later on.  But human  nature is 
human  nature,  and  its  whims  must be 
respected  by the  statesman.  A  cutting 
into  the  $100,000,000  gold  fund  would 
alarm so  many  people  that  if it  can be 
avoided by the simple expedient  of pay­
ing two per  cent,  interest  for a year  or 
so on  $51,000,000,  it ought  to be.  It is a 
question in  my mind  whether  the mea­
sure will succeed,  but as sixty days  more 
will settle it,  I  will  not discuss the  pros 
and cons of  it now.  As to the idea,  that, 
furnishing  a  basis  for  additional 
by 
bank  circulation, 
it  will  considerably 
that  circulation,  a  mere  in­
increase 
spection  of  the 
figures  will  show  its 
fallacy.  There are less  than $35,000,000 
of the  bonds  available  for the  purpose 
altogether.  To  buy 
them  the  banks 
must pay par for them  in cash,  and when 
they deposite them in the  Treasury they 
will get  notes  for  only  90 per  cent,  of 
their  face  value,  besides paying in  an­
other  5  per  cent, 
to  the  Redemption 
Fund.  This  will  leave  only 85  per cent, 
of the  investment  to be  used for  loans, 
upon which the tax of 1 per cent,  per an­
num on circulation  reduces the profit  to 
less than 7 per cent, on the 15 per cent,  of 
capital  locked  up.  I  doubt  very  much 
whether many  banks will  be anxious  to 
go into the operation,  and even if enough 
of them should do  it to utilize the whole 
$35,000,000 of bonds,  the  additional  cur­
rency furnished  would  be only  $22,500,- 
000.

to 

returned 

People  are  very  properly  dissatisfied 
with the  extravagance  of the  last  Con­
gress,  and with  the embarrassment  into 
which it  has brought  the Treasury,  but 
the  evil is not entirely uumixed,  as I re­
marked three years  ago of the  piling up 
of the surplus,  then  equally complained 
of.  The  surplus,  it is true,  was drawn 
from the circulation,  and  in that respect 
was  a  disturbing  element.  Still 
its 
accumulation compelled  economy on the 
part  of  the  people  as  taxpayers,  and 
much of it went to pay off and cancel  the 
national  debt.  The  rest of  it  has  now 
been 
the  public,  and  it 
has supplied most,  if not all, of the gold 
which Europe has  taken  from us during 
the  last four  months,  thereby  relieving 
her without  distressing us.  Besides this, 
unless I am  misinformed,  the  West and 
Southwest  has  been  so  well  supplied 
with currency as the  result of the recent 
liberal Treasury  disbursements  that the 
usual drain  upon  this  center for money 
to  move the  crops will not  be so severe 
as it otherwise would be.  This resource, 
to be sure,  will not avail  a second time. 
The surplus is gone  and it will be a long 
time before  we shall  have another,  but 
for  the  present  it has  averted  a  great 
calamity.  Had 
the 
hoarded  gold  which  the  Treasury  op­
portunely  poured  out,  our  money mar­
ket would  have to  suffer for  the benefit 
of that on the other  side of the Atlantic. 
Now both are in a comfortable  condition.
As to the  effect upon  the stock market 
and  upon  business  generally  of 
the 
Government’s  new financial  measures,  I 
know that  my readers  would  like to be 
informed,  and  I  would  like  to  inform 
them if I could  do it  with anything like 
absolute confidence  in the correctness of 
my judgment.  The  nearest I can come to 
it is to repeat that the probafilities are all 
in favor of higher  prices and of  greater 
activity.  We have  had eight  months of 
inaction  and expection,  and it  is not in 
human nature to keep quiet much longer.

it  not  been 

for 

Let our crops only meet the expectations 
entertained  of  them, 
let  the  currency 
question  be  settled  one  way  or another 
—no matter  which  so  long  as  it is  set­
tled—and the machine will begin to move. 
Whatever  any  kind  of  property  or se­
curity is really  worth at this  moment,  it 
will in my judgment be worth more next 
spring.  Only  be  sure  that it  is  really 
worth what  you are  going  to pay  for it 
before you buy it.

Matthew  Marshal.

Forty-five  out of Eighty-three.

At the meeting of  the Michigan  Board 
of Parmacy,  held  at Star Island  on  July 
7,  there  were  eighty-three  persons  ex­
amined,  of  which  twenty-one  passed  as 
Registered Pharmacists, and twenty-four 
as  Assistant  Registered  Pharmacists. 
The  list  of  successful  candidates  is  as 
follows:

REGISTERED  PHARMACISTS.

Harry W. Andrews, Adrian.
Ward N. Choate,  Jackson.
Frank W.  Blair, Birmingham.
James E. Doyle,  Middleville.
Thomas Reed Ellis,  Port Huron.
Bion E. Foley,  Lakeview.
Elizabeth Golden,  Fenton.
William S.  Gregg, Detroit.
Henry A.  Herzer,  East Saginaw. 
William Hyslop,  Detroit.
Max Magdelener,  Detroit.
Adam Newell, Burnip’s Corners.
T. E. Reily,  North Branch.
Fred W.  Richter,  Niles.
William S. Savage,  East Saginaw.
Will E. L.  Smith, Fenton.
Wilbur Sylvester,  Port Huron.
Michael VanVleit, Detroit.
George Yon Nostitz,  Detroit.
Claude White, Lakeview.
Purvis S.  Wilson,  Dresden,  Ont.
ASSISTANT  PHARMACISTS.
James A.  Ardiel,  Grand Rapids.
Albert J. Beaudette,  Windsor,  Ont. 
Daniel H. Bryant,  Detroit.
Wade B.  Camburn,  Hanover.
Frank Connell,  Belding.
Charles W.  Culbertson,  Ridgeway.
Fred W. Dearlove, Mayville.
Mark F.  Drehmer,  Marlette.
George P.  Heimberger, Detroit.
Myron N.  Henry,  Greenville.
Harney H.  Hilliard,  Hartford,
Oscar A.  Marfilens, East Saginaw, 
Marlin A.  Millard, Gaines.
Nicholas D.  Morrish,  Sault Ste.  Marie. 
Rich A.  Patrick, Detroit.
Rolfe S.  Patrick, Cassapolis.
Oscar Peterson, Muskegon.
Joseph Prybyloski, Detroit.
John Stewart,  Marlette.
Saxe E.  Stimson, Chelsea.
Alex Stuart, Windsor,  Ont.
Walter Van Arkle,  Muskegon.
Thomas B. Welch, Strathroy, Ont. 
Rollins C.  Winslow,  West Branch.
The election  of  officers  of  the  Board 
for the ensuing year resulted as  follows: 
President—Jacob Jesson.
Secretary—James Vernor.
Treasurer—George Gundrum.

Not  So  Silent.

A  drummer  in  a  Grand  Rapids  store 
was  making  some  inquiries  about  the 
merchant’s  business.
“You  run  the  establishment  alone,  I 
notice,” he  began.
“Yep.”
“Anybody with you?”
“Yep.”
“His  name  doesn’t  appear  on  your 
“Nope.”
“Ah! a silent partner!”
“Not much! 

sign?”

It’s my  wife.”
The  Drug Market.

Opium is dull and weak.  Morphia  is 
unchanged.  Quinine is lower for foreign 
brands.  Domestic  is  unchanged.  Bo- 
racic  acid  has  declined.  Cream  tartar 
has declined.  Blue vitrol is lower.  Lin­
seed  oil  has  declined.  Turpentine  is 
lower.  Long buchu leaves have advanced. 
Croton oil is lower.  Oil orange  is  high­
er.  Hemp seed is lower.

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11

Wholesale Price  Current•

Advanced—Long buchn leaves, oil orange.
Declined—Boracic  acid, Malaga  oil, croton  oil, cream  tartar, hemp  seed, blue  vitriol,  German 
quinine, linseed oil,  turpentine.______________________________________________________

ACIDUM .

Aceticum..............  8® 
10
Benzolcum  German..  80@1 00
Boracic 
....................   _   ®
Carbolicum...........  23® 
35
Cltricum...............  58® 
60
Hydroehlor..........   3® 
5
Nitrocum 
.................   10®  12
Oxalic u m ...................  11®  13
Phosphorium dll........ 
20
Salicylicum.................... 1 30@1 70
Sulphuricum....... ...  Hi®  5
Tannicum........................1 40@1 60
Tartarlcum............  40® 
42

AMMONIA.

« 

Aqua, 16  deg........   8)4® 
5
7
20  deg.........  514® 
Carbonas  ...................  J2@  14
Chlorldum............  12® 
14

A N IL IN E .

Black 
.......................2 00®2 25
Brown.........................  80@100
R
45® 50
Yellow ........................2 50@3 00

...... * 

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BACCAS.

Cubeae (po.  90)..  90@1 
Juniperus.............  J*®
X a n tn o x y lu m ................  

10
30

b a l s a m u m .

Copaiba................  55® 
00
Terabln, Canada......   35®  40
Tolutan................  3s® 
50

COBTBX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Casslae  ...............................   Ji
Cinchona P lav a.................   m
Euonymus  atropurp...........
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po.........   20
Prunus Ylrglnl.................  }*
Quill ala,  grd.......................   14
Sassafras  ............ 
"
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

 

 

EXTRACTUM,

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
po...........  33®  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
Is...............  13®  14
tfs.............   14®  15
14s.............   16®  1
F E R R U M .

“ 
» 
•i 
*• 

Carbonate Preclp .......   @ 10
Citrate and Quinla....  @3  50
Citrate  Soluble..... 
••  ©  °0
Ferrocyanldum Sol —   @  ou
Solut  Chloride..........   @  15
Sulphate,  com’l .........   1H@
^®  7

" 

pure......  
FLO R A .

Arnica..................   1®@
Matricaria 

 

35®  30

 
fOUA.

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin-
nlvellv...............  25® 
mveuy 

28
A ll.  35®  50

■  20®

Salvia  officinalis,  )4s
and  Hs....................  12®  1»
UraUrsI......................  8®  10

„ 

eU M M I.

“ 
“ 

« 
•« 
« 
» 

Acacia,  1st picked....  @1 00
2d 
....  @  »0
3d 
....  @  80
sifted sorts...  ®  65 
po ......  .....  75@1 00

Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®
“  Socotrl, (po. 60).  @ 50

Catechu, Is, (V4s, 14 Ms,
Ammonlae.................  30®  35
Assaf oetida, (po. 30)... 
¿0
Benzolnum.................  ¿0®  j»
Camphor®...................  52®  =5
Euphorblum  po  ........  35®  10
Galbanum...................  @3 iJi?
Gamboge, p o .......---  80®  95
Guaiacum, (po  30)  ...  ®
Kino,  (po.  25)............   @
M astic......... .............  ®
Myrrh, (po- 45)...........  @
Opll.  fro. 3 20)...........2 00@2
Shellac 
 
bleached........  28®  33
Tragacanth................  30®  75

“ 
herb a—In ounce packages.
Absinthium.........................
Eupatorlum.........................
Lobelia............................. .
Mentha  Piperita...................  g
v i r ..........................   25
Rue...... ................................
Tanacetum, V.......................   “
Thymus,  V............................  *5
Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36 

M AGNESIA.

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OLEUM .

75@1 00

Cubebae........................  @ 
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
" avendula..................   90@2 00
Llmonis......................2 50@3  10
Mentha Piper.............. 2 90@3 00
Mentha Yerid.........*. .2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal............ 1  00@1  10
Myrcla, ounce............   ©  50
Olive............................  90©2 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
Ricini......................... 1 04®1  20
Rosmarini................. 
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 00
Succlnl.........................  40® 45
Sabina.........................  90@1 00
San tal  .......................3 50@7 00
Sassafras......................  45® 50
Sinapis, ess, ounce—   ©  65
Tigli!..........................  @1 00
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt.................  @  60
Theobromas...............  15®  20
BICarb.....................  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, Bitart,  pure..  28®  30 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ©  15
Potass Nitras, opt......   8®  10
Potass Nitras.............. 
7®  9
Prusslate....................  30®  33
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

POTA SSIU M .

“ 

R A D IX .

Aconitum..................   20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................  12®  15
Arum,  po....................  @ 25
Calamus.....................   20®  50
Gentiana, (po. 15)......  10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (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,  J4s..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei  . . . ......................  75@1  00
cut.....................   @1  75
l a .....................   48®  53
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  50©  55
Simllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40 
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  IS
Symplocarpus,  Fostl-
  ®  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
lnglber a ...................  10®  15
Zingiber  j ...............  
22®  25

a v .......................  75@1  35

dus,  po............. 

« 

“ 

4®

SEM EN.
..  @ 15
Anlsum,  (po. 20).. 
Aplum  (graveleons)..  22@  25
Bud, Is....................... 
Carol, (po. 18)............   8®  12
Cardamon..................1  00®1 25
Corlandrum...............   10®  1"
Cannabis Satlva.........  
4@4)4
Cyd
donlum...................  75@1  00
Che
enopodium  ...........  10®  IT
Dlpterlx Odorate.......2 00®2 25
Foenlculum...............   ®  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®
L in i......... -...............4  @4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3)4). • •  4  @4)4
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
Pharlarls Canarian....  3)4® 4)4
Rapa..........................   6®
Sinapis,  Albu

Nigra...........  11®  12

“ 

BPIBITU B.
Fromenti, W., D.  Co. .2 00@2 50 
D. F. R ...... 1  75©2 00
10@1 50
................. 1 
“ 

Junlperls  Co. O. T — 1  75@1
.............1  75@3 50
Saacharam  N.  E .........1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vinl  Galll............ 1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto.................1 
Vinl  Alba....................1 

25@2 00
25@2 00

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SFONSEB.

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

25@2 50
2 00 
1  10

1  40

Absinthium.................... 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae.Dulc........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8 00®8 25
Aurantl  Cortex..........3 40@3 50
Bergamli  ...................3 75®4 00
Caifputl....................  TO®,  80
Caryophylll................  90@1 no
C edar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodll...............   ®2 00
Clnnamonll.....................1  15@1 20
dtronella...................  @  «
Conlum  Mao..............  36®  65
Copaiba  ................1  20@l  80

SY R U PS.

Accacla...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................  50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri Iod.............................  50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
Rhei  Arom..........................  50
Simllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................  50
ScUlae..................................  50
50
Tolutan...............................  50
Pronna  vlrg...................   ®o

“  Co.................  

<• 

“ 

 

 

7 50

TINCTURES.

 

Aconitum Napellls R.........   60
F .........   50
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
Arnica................................  50
Asafcetida..............................  0
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
Co..........................   50
Sanguinarla..........................   50
Barosma.........   .................  50
Cantharides..........................   75
Capsicum............................  50
damon......... ...................  75
Co.........................  75
“ 
Castor..................................1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona...........................   50
Co.........................  60
Columba.............................  50
Conium................................   50
Cubeba..................... 
  50
Digitalis.............................  50
Ergot.............  
50
 
Gentian...............................  50
Co.............................   60
Gualca..................................  50
ammon......................  60
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
Colorless..................   75 j
Ferri Chlorldum.................  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................  50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opll.....................................  85
Camphorated...............   50
2 00
Deoaor.............  
Aurantl Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany.............................   50
Rhei.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stramonium.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
iTalerian.............................   50
7 eratrum Verlde.................  50

 

Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F.
u  til
Alumen....................... 2)4® 3

26®  28 
4 F ..  30®  32

MISCELLANEOUS.
it 
ground,  (po.

1 
“ 

“ 

“ 

7).............................   3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antimoni, po..............  4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antipyrin..................   @1  40
Antlfebrln..................  @  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  @  68
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......   38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
®  9
11;  Ms,  12)..............
Cantharides  Russian,
@1  20 
PO............................
@  20 @  25 
Capale!  Froctus, af...
@  20 
t po.
12®  13 
Caryophyllus, (po.  IS)
75
Carmine,  No. 40.........  @3
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......   50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus.......................  @  40
Cassia Froctus...........  @  20
Centrarla....................  @  10
Cetacenm...................  @  42
Chloroform...............   60®  63
squlbbs ..  @1  10
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  50@1  70
Chondros..................   20®  25
Clnchonldlne, P.  &  W  15®  20
German 3)4®  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
60
cent  ...................... 
Creasotum...............   @  50
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  ©  2
“  prep...................  
5®  5
“  preclp............... 
9®  11
“  Rubra.................  @  8
Crocus.......................  28®  30
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cupri Sulph...............   5 @  6
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   68®  TO
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po...................  @
Ergota, (po.)  60 .........   50®  65
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  @  23
Gambler.....................  7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  TO
French...........  40®  60
“ 
Glassware  flint,  70 and 10. 
bybox60and 10
Glue,  Brown..............  9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerine..................17  @  25
Grana Paradlsl...........  ©  22
Hamulus....................  25®  55
@  90 
Hydraag Chlor  Mite 
@  80 
@1 CO 
@ 1  10 
45®  55 
@  70 
Hydrargyrum 
1  25@1 50
__ thyobolla, Am
U h ' 
Indigo........................   75®1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin......................  35©  40
Lycopodium..............  45®  43
Mads .........................  80®  86
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
IK).......................  2®  8
Manilla, S.F............  50®  60

“  Cor .... 
Ox Rubrum 
Ammontati.. 
Unguentum.
"

“ 

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K 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 05@2 20 
C. Co.......................1  95@2 20
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myristica, 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., )4 gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picis Liq., quarts......   @1 00
pints.........   @  85
PI1 Hydrarg.Mpo. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5) —   @  3
Pix  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbi A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opll.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
&P. D.  Co., doz......   @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®  35
Quasslae....................  8®  10
Quinia, S. P. & W......  33®  36
S.  German__22  ®  30
Rubia  Tinctoram......   12®  14
Saccharam Lactls pv.  @  33
Salacin...................... 1  80@1  35
Sanguis  Draconls......  40®  50
Santonine  .................... 
4 50
M.......................  10®  12
“  G.......................  @  15

“ 

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

OILS.

Whale, winter...........  TO 
Lard,  extra...............   55 
Lard, No.  1...............   45 
Linseed, pure raw —   43 

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
46

Llndseed,  boiled  —   46 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............  
50
Spirits Turpentine....  42

“ 

faints. 

bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian..............134  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars— 134  2@4
“ 
Ber........134  2@3
Putty,  commercial— 234 2)4@3
“  strictly  pure......2)4  234@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican .......................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English—   70@75
Green,  Peninsular......  70@75
Lead,  red....................  7  @7)4
“  w hite............... 7  ®7)i
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gliders’........  @90
1  00 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1 4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.....................1 00@1 20

V A R N ISH ES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach —  1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................160@1 70
Coach  Body.............. 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn.......1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55@1  69
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp.........................  70®  75

H A Z B B T IN B

&  P B R K I N S  

D R U G C O .

Importers and Jobben off

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT  MEDICINES.
Paints, Oils «  Varnishes.

DEALERS  IS

i Agents for the Celebrated

SWISS  VILLI  PREPARED  PUNTS.
line of Staile  I n #  Sundries.
Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarrh  Remeda.

W« are Sole  Proprietor» od

Wa B an In Stock and Offer a Vail U h  et

WHISKIES, BRANDIES,

GINS, 

S ,

W e Bell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. 
W e g iv e  oar Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guarantee Satisfaction. 
Ail orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we receive c^em.  Sena in 

trial order.jtoltine i Perkins Dnlg Go,

. . . . . .

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

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T H E   M IC H IG A N "   T R A D E S M A N .

tion.

the  trade will  welcome a return  to  the 
even markets of the past,  as lower prices 
means increased  consumption and larger 
profits.
New  Broom  Manufacturers’  Associa­
Some of the  large  broom  manufactur­
ers of the West  met  at  Columbus  a  few 
days ago and organized an association for 
mutual protection.  The leading spirits in 
the  movement  claim  that  the  price  of 
broom corn has been  going up  for  some 
time  and  that  a  corresponding  rise  in 
brooms has become a necessity.  On May 
18 the  Eastern  manufacturers  advanced 
the price 25 cents and  a number of West­
ern  men have  done  the  same. 
It  was 
agreed that all the  manufacturers repre­
sented at  the  meeting make  an  advance 
of 25 cents, to take effect  immediately.
Quart and  Half Gallon Jars Higher.
Jobbers  in  fruit  jars  have  advanced 
quarts 50 cents  per  gross  and  half  gal­
lons $1 per gross,  the price  being now as 
follows:
Pints............................................... 
$11.50
Quarts...........................................................  12.50
Half gallons.................................................   16.00

Shoemaking  has changed much  in this 
section during the past twenty-five years. 
There is no such thing  as apprentices at 
present.  No  youug  man  can be  found 
who  will  bind  out  himself  in  order to 
learn  the  shoemaking  business. 
It  is 
one of the problems  for somebody to tell 
where  the  hand-turn  workmen  of  the 
future  are  coming  from.  The  modern 
young  man  would  hardly  imitate  the 
apprentice of some years ago, who signed 
a  compact  to work  for  $25 a  year  and 
found.  The young man who cannot now 
start  out  with  a  $15  weekly  job  on  a 
machine in a shoe factory has the opinion 
that life  is a failure.

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.
C ro ck ery  & G la ssw are

Dutch  Cheese.

GROCBRIBS.
Imitation  Coffee  from  the  Refuse 

of
Only a  short time  ago the  fact that  a 
large  quantity  of  imitation  coffee  was 
being sold was exposed.  This worthless 
stuff was a  very  cheap  counterfeit,  and 
could easily be  detected by an observant 
person.  But  the  country  is  also  being 
flooded  with a  perfect  imitation  of  the 
coffee bean.  A  representative of a  New 
York firm which makes coffee roasters in 
that  city, says  an  enormous  amount  of 
counterfeit coffee is being sold.
He said there was one imitation  which 
a  sharp-eyed  St.  Louis  merchant,  who 
has been in the coffee business for years, 
failed to detect.  The drummer said this 
kind  is  made  in  Holland,  and  is  being I 
sent to this country in  ship  loads.  The 
imitation beans are  so perfect that  none 
but the  most experienced  judges of  cof­
fee can tell it is not genuine. 
It is made 
of the refuse  of cheese  and is  perfectly 
harmless, although  worthless.  The imi­
tation bean  takes  on  a  beautiful  color I 
when  roasted,  and  does  not  dissolve  in 
water. 
It is  given the  aroma  of  coffee.) 
This is obtained from certain  chemicals, 
as there  is no  coffee in  the  composition 
of  the  counterfeit  beans.  One  of  the 
ways in which the  stuff is foisted  on the 
people is by certain  unscrupulous coffee- 
roasting firms,  he said.  A lot of coffee is 
taken to such a place to be roasted.  The 
imitation  coffee is  then  substituted  for 
the genuine  and the customer is thus de­
frauded.  There  are  other  ways of  get­
ting  the  “manufactured”  coffee  in  the 
hands and cups of the people.
Money in  Raisins.

There  is money in the  raisin  business 
in  California,  according  to  the  Fresno 
Expositor,  which says:
The sum  paid  for  one  year’s  crop  on 
some of the vineyards amounts to a small 
fortune.  The purchaser of the Goodman 
vineyard  is  offered  §12,000 for the  crop 
on the vines.  There are 140 acres in  the 
vineyard.  This  is  more  than  §85  per 
acre,  with  no  expense  for  picking  and 
drying.  This  $85 pays  an  income  of  10 
per  cent, on a valuation of  $850 per acre 
for the vineyard.  The  crop on the  Ken­
nedy vineyard  has  been  given  an  offer 
still better.  The vineyard  has about 150 
acres  in  vines  and  $15,000 is offered  for 
the  crop  before  it  is  picked.  This  is 
$100 per  acre,  and  it  is  equal  to  an  in­
come  of  10  per  cent,  on a valuation  of 
$1,000 per acre.
This  ought to be an  eternal  refutation 
of  the charge  that the  raisin  industry is 
overdone. 
If 
a  capitalist would  search  from  one  end 
of the land to the other,  it would be hard 
to  find an  enterprise  that would  pay so 
large  an  interest on the  capital invested 
as  the  raisin  vineyards  pay.  Here in 
California  the  raisin  business  pays ten­
fold  that on the  actual  capital  invested. 
These  vineyards  that  are  worth  $1,000 
an  acre  have  cost  actually  much  less. 
That  is, the  man who  plauted  them and 
waited a few  years—a  very few  years— 
has not spent anything like that much on 
them.  They  have  grown  into  a  large 
capital, and  now  they are  paying an  in­
come of 10 per cent, on that capital.

It  is  only in  its  infancy. 

Curious  Position  of Coffee.

From the National Grocer.
The new crop year commenced on July 
1,  but  it is a long  time since  the  coffee 
situation was in such a curious condition 
as  it  is  to-day. 
It  is  generally under­
stood  that the  quantity of  coffee will  be 
very  large,  although  some  of  the  con­
servative estimates  are not  quite so high 
as  they  were  some  months  ago. 
It  is 
quite evident, however, that  the  amount 
of  coffee  that will  be available the com­
ing  year  will  be  much  larger  than  in 
recent  years.  The  weakness in the  dis­
tant months  indicate that the  trade have 
confidence  in  lower  prices  and  there is 
every  reason  to  believe that  we  should 
have lower prices than are ruling now.
The  smallness  of  the  spot  supply  is 
without doubt a very curious coincidence, 
and at the present  time it is the strength 
of  the situation. 
If  it  were not  for the 
prospect  in supplies we should certainly 
have  coffee  at  famine prices.  No doubt

LAMP BURNERS.

6 doz. in box.

No. 0 Sun................................................
No. 1  “  ................................................
No. 2  “  ................................................
Tubular.................................................
LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.
No. 0 Sun................................................
No. 1  “  ................................................
No. 2  “  ................................................
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.............................
No. 1  “ 
“  ..............................
No. 2  “ 
“  ..............................
No. 0 Sun, crimp top.............................
No. 1  “ 
“  .............................
No. 2  “ 
“  ..............................
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled...........
...........
No. 2  “ 
“ 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
...........
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz..............
No. 2  “ 
..............
No. 1 crimp, per doz..............................
No. 2  “ 
...............................

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

La Bastic.

Pearl top.

“ 
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“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

FRUIT JARS.

Mason's or Lightning.

Pints......................................................
Quarts................................................... .
Half gallons............................................
, Rubbers....................................'.............
Caps  only..............................................
| Butter Crocks, per gal............................
Jugs, 14 gal., per doz............................. .
..........................
,r  1  “ 
.............................
“  2  “ 
Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c)
“ 
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STONEWARE—AKRON.

“ 
“ 
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“ 

45
50
75
75

1  75 
.1  88 
.2 70
.2 25 
.2 40 
.3 40
.2 60 
.2 80 
.3 86
.3 70 
.4 70 
.4 70
.1  25 
.1  50 
.1  35 
.1  60

.11  50 
.12 50 
.16 00 
55 
.  4 50
06)4 
75 
90 
1  80 
65 
78

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  TRADESM AN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

PRODUCE MARKET,

Apples—Green, 75c per box.
Beans—Dry beans are  firm  and  In  strong  de­
mand at $2 per bu. for choice hand picked.  Wax 
and string command 75c per bu.
Butter—The market Is full all around,  dealers 
purchasing only for  immediate wants at 10@15c.
Blackberries—10@12e per qt.
Celery—25c per doz. bunches.
Cabbages—New stock is in fair demand at $1.50 
@$2 per crate, according to size.
Cherries—$1.50@$1.75 per bu., for red or white.
Cucumbers—10c per doz.
Eggs—The  market  is a little  higher.  Dealers 
Honey—Dull at 16@18 for clean comb.
Lettuce—5c for Grand Rapids Forcing.
Onions—Green  command I0@15c. per doz., ac­
cording to size.  Southern  command 14 per  bbl.
Potatoes—The  market  is plentifully  supplied 
with  early  Ohio  stock,  which  sells  readily at 
$2.75 per bbl.  Southern  Illinois  are  held at 90c 
per bu.

pay  15 and hold at 16c.

Pieplant—2c per lb.
Peas—6C@75c per  bu.
Radishes—In  plentiful  supply, but  little  call 
Raspberries—8@9c per qt.
Tomatoes—$1  25  for  4  basket  crate  of  fancy 
Watermelons—Stock  is  in plentiful supply  at 

for stock.

Acme.
$3 per dozen.

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as follows for live weight:

Spring  chickens
Fall  chickens__
Turkeys..............
Spring ducks___
Fall  ducks.........
Geese  ................

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

s a u s a g e — Fresh and Smoked.

Mess,  new...................................................... 11  25
Short c u t......................................................  11  25
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  13 50
Extra clear, heavy.......................................
Clear, fat back.............................................  12 75
Boston clear, short cut................................  13 00
Clear back, short cut....................................  13 00
Standard clear, short cut. best................. 
13 00
Pork Sausage.....................................................7
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage................................................ 9
Frankfort Sausage  ........................................  8
Blood Sausage................................................... 5
Bologna, straight............................................   5
Bologna,  thick.............. 
5
Headcheese...................................................   5
Tierces................................
Tubs.....................................
561b.  Tins............................
LA R D .

 
lar d—Kettle Rendered.

8

Com"
pound.
6)4
6)4
7)4
7*
6)4
6)4
6)4
9 00 
9 00

Family.
...6)4
. ..63£
...7)4
...7)4
...7
...6ÎÎ
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

Tierces .......................
0 and 50 lb. Tubs...... .
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case 
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case. 
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case., 
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a  case. 
50 lb. Cans...................
Extra Mess, warranted 20 0   lbs....................
Extra Mess, Chicago packing......................
Boneless, rump butts...................................
s m o k e d   m e a t s—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20  lbs...................................
16  lbs...................................
12 to 14 lbs............................
picnic................................................
best boneless.....................................
Shoulders.....................................................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..........................
Dried beef, ham prices................................
Long Clears, heavy......................................
Briskets,  medium........................................
light............................................

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FRESH  MEATS.

Swift and Company quote as follows:

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Beef, carcass......................
hindquarters...........
fore 
...........
loins, No. 3..............
ribs..........................
rounds.....................
tongues................... .
Bologna.............................
Pork loins..........................
“  shoulders...................
Sausage, blood  or head___
liver......................
Frankfort.............
Mutton...............................
Veal.....................................

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FISH and  OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

F R E S H   F IS H .

Whlteflsh.....................................
Trout............ ..............................
Halibut........................................
Ciscoes.....................................   .
Flounders...................................
Blueflsh......................................
Mackerel.....................................
Cod..............................................
California salmon.......................
oysters—Cans. 
Falrhaven  Counts......................
SH ELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100..........................
Clams, 
.......................

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@ 8 
@  8 

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

@40

1  50 
1  00

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

Bbls Palls.
1%
6)4
7)4
6)4
7)4
6)4
9)4
8)4
7)4
8)4
7)4

Palls.
7)4
7)4
8
8
8)4
8)4
8)4
8
8)4
9
10
10)4
13)4
Bbls. Palls.
11)4
12)4
12)4
14
6)4
9
9)4
11)4
Per Box.
....55
....55
....65
....70
....90
40@50
.1  00
....80
....65
....70
....65
....75
....60
....55
85@95
80@90
..Too
....70
..1  00
....65
..  34
..  51
..  28
..  42
..1  10

STIC K   CANDY.
Full  Weight.
Standard,  per  lb.......................
“  H.H.............................
Twist  .........................
“ 
Boston Cream ..........................
Cut  Loaf....................................
Extra H. H.................................
M IX ED   CA N D T.
Full Weight.

Bbls.
Standard.................................... ..6)4
Leader........................................ • -6)4
Special.......................................
Royal.......................................... ..7
Nobby........................................ -.7)4
Broken....................................... ..7)4
English  Rock............................ ..7)4
Conserves ..................................
.7
Broken Taffy............................. ■ ■7)4
Peanut Squares..........................
Extra..........................................
French Creams..........................
Valley  Creams..........................
f a n c y —In b u l k
Full Weight.

“ 

f a n c y - I d   5  lb. boxes.

printed...................... ...... 11

Lozenges, plain......................... ......10)4
Chocolate Drops.........................
Chocolate Monumentals...........
5
Gum Drops.................................
Moss Drops................................
8
Sour Drops.................................
8)4
Imperials.................................... ...... 10)4
Lemon Drops.............................
Sour Drops......   .......................
Peppermint Drops......................
Chocolate Drops.......................
H. M. Chocolate Drops..............
Gum Drops................................
A. B. Licorice  Drops...............
Lozenges, plain.........................
“  ~  " printed....................
Imperials..................................
Mottoes.....................................
Cream Bar.................................
Molasses Bar............................
Hand Made  Creams.................
Plain Creams............................
Decorated Creams....................
String  Rock.............................
Burnt Almonds.........................
Wintergreen  Berries...............
CARAM ELS.
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes......
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
No. 3, 
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes...............
ORANGES.
California, Med.  Sweets  128s..

3
2 
3 

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150-176s....

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LEMONS.

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

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O TH ER   FO R EIG N   FR U IT S
Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers...

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choice 

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M 
(6 
Fard, 10-lb.  box............
“ 
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“ 
Persian. 50-lb.  box........
NU TS.
Almonds, Tarragona...............
Ivaca.......................
California...............
Brazils, new.............................
Filberts....................................
Walnuts, Grenoble...................
“  Marbot.....................
Chill.........................
“ 
Table  Nuts, No. 1....................
No. 2....................
Pecans, Texas, H. P .................
Cocoanuts, full sacks..............
P E A N U T S.
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns...................
“  Roasted......
Fancy, H.  P., Flags.................
“  Roasted......
Choice, H. P.,  Extras..............
“  Roasted...

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4 50
5 00
@5 OO
@5 50
5 00
5 50

18@19
@16
@12)4
@10
@ 8
I  @ 6
@17
@16)4
@17
@ 7)4
@11
@11)4
@12
@
@14
@13
15@17
@4 00
@ 5)4
@  7)4
@ 5)4
@  7)4
@ 4)4
@ 6 )4

HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.

“ 

H ID E S .

Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  follows:
Green.................................................
Part Cured..........................................
Full 
..........................................
Dry.....................................................
Kips, green.......................................
“  cured..........................................
Calfskins,  green................................
cured................................
Deacon ski ns.......................................

“ 

No. 2 hides X off.

F E L T S .

W OOL.

Shearlings...........................................
Estimated wool, per lb ....................
Washed..............................................
Unwashed...........................................
Tallow................................................
Grease butter  ....................................
Switches.............................................
Ginseng...............................................

M ISCELLANEOUS.

.  4 @ 5
@ 5
.  5 @  5*4
.  6 @ 7
.  4 @ 4)4
.  5 @ 5
.  4 @  5
.  5 @ 6
.10 @30

.10 @25
20 @25

20@30
10@20
3)4@ 4)4 
.  1  @  2 
1H@  2 
.2 00@2 50

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes  as  follows,  i 

OILS.

barrels, f. o. b. Grand Rapids:
Water White..., 
Special White.. 
Michigan Test.,
Naptha.............
Gasoline...........
Cylinder...........
Engine.............
Black,  Summer

@ 8)4 
@ 8)4 @ 7M 
@ 7)4 @ 8* 
27  @36 
13  @21 
@   8

1  o
2 25

Strawberries.
Lawrence................... 
Hamburg.................... 
1 65
Erie................................. 
Whortleberries.
Common......................... 
1 40
F. &  W............................ 
1 25
Blueberries.................... 
1 30
Corned  beef,  Libby’s.......... 2 10
Roast beef,  Armour’s...........1 75
Potted  ham, M lb.................1 no
“  M lb.................100
tongue, M lb..............110
chicken, M lb..........  
95

“  MIb.................  95
V EG ETA BLES.

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Beans.

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Peas

“ 
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Corn.

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Hamburg  stringless............1 25
French style....... 2 25
Limas..................1 40
Lima, green..........................1 30
soaked.......................   90
Lewis Boston Baked............1 35
Bay State  Baked.................. 1 35
World’s  Fair........................ 1 35
Hamburgh........................... 1 25
Tiger ...................................
Purity.......................................1 10
....................  1  20
E rie.......................................... 1 15
........................................ 
Hamburgh marrofat...........
....................  9 60
early June..........1  50
Champion Eng...
Hamburgh  petit  pois..........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.....................................1 80
7 00
French..............................17218
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 »5
CHOCOLATE— B A K E R ’S.
German Sweet..................  ®
Premium..........................  
34
Pure.................................. 
38
Breakfast Cocoa.............. 
40
Norway......................  @ 9M
N. Y. or Lenawee......  ©  9M
Allegan....................  @  ?
Skim..........................  6  © 8
Sap  Sago.......................   @22
Edam  ........................  _ @1  00
Swiss, imported........  24©  25
domestic  —   15©  16
Limburger...................... —   H
Rubber, 100 lumps................35
Spruce,’.200 pieces............... 40
Snider’s, M pint.................. 1  35

CHEW IN G   GUM.
200 

Tomatoes.

C H EESE.

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“  pint............................. 2 30
“  quart............................3 50

CLOTHES P IN S .

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

COCOA  SH ELLS.

COFFEE.
G R EEN .
Rio.

Santos.

Maracaibo.

Fair.....................................20M
Good...................................21
Prime................................. 21J4
Golden................................2254
Peaberry  ............................23
Fair......................................20M
Good.................................. 21
Prime..................................
Peaberry  ............................s&Vi
Mexican and Guatamala.
F air.....................................22
Good....................................23
Fancy.................................. 25
Prime.................................. 22H
M illed.................................23M
Interior............................... 26
Private Growth................... 28
Mandehllng........................29
Imitation............................ 25
Arabian............................... 28M
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add Me. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
McLaughUn’s  XXXX —  24 X

Mocha.

PA CKAGE.

RO A STED .

Java.

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A P P L E   B U TTER .

Chicago goods..................7M©8

A X LE  GREA SE.
Frazer's.

 

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Aurora.

Wood boxes, per  doz......  60
“ 
3 doz. case...  2 40
“  per gross___  3 00
25 lb. palls,.........................1  00
75
151b.  “ 
Wood boxes,  per  doz...... 
60
“  3 doz. case...  1  75
“  per  gross__   6 00
Diamond.
50
“  3 doz. case...  150
“  per  gross___5 50
Peerless.

Wood boxes,  per doz  ...... 

25 lb. palls......................... 
90
B A K IN G   PO W D ER .
Acme, M lb. cans, 3 doz  ...  45
tflb.  “ 
2  “  ....  85
1  “  ....  1 60
lib .  “ 
bulk.........................  10
Teller’s,  M lb. cans, doz. 
45
“  .. 
85
“  ..  1 50
Arctic, M tb can s..............  60

% lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 

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lb 
% 
lb 
1 
5 
B> 
H lb  “ 
1 lb  “ 
B A TH  B R IC K .

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

 

 

 

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2 dozen In case.
 

bluing. 

English................  
90
Bristol..................................  70
Domestic.............................   60
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals................4 00
8oz 
pints,  round...........10  50
No. 2, sifting box...  2 75
No. 3, 
...  4 00
No. 5, 
...  8 00
1 oz ball  ...................4 50
BROOMS.
No. 2 Hurl..........................  1 75
.......................... 2 00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.......................2 25
NO. 1 
“ 
....................... 2 50
Parlor Gem........................ 2 75
Common Whisk................. 
90
Fancy 
.................  1  20
M ill................................... 3 25
Warehouse........................ 2 75
B U CK W H EA T  FL O U R .
Rising Sun..........................5 00
York State..........................
Self Rising..........................4 50
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............  1094
Star,  40 
..............  1014
Paraffine............................12
Wicking.......................—   25

CANDLES
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CANNED  GOODS.

F IS H .
Clams.

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Little Neck,  1 lb................ 1  10
“  2  lb...................1 90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb.....................2 30
_  Cove Oysters.
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
“ 
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 65
Alaska, 1  lb..............................1 20

Salmon.
“ 

21b.......................190

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Sardines.
American  Ms.................... 5@ §
M s .................................7 ®   8
Imported  Ms....................
Ms....................13@14
Mustard  Ms......................  @10
Brook, 3 lb......................... 2 50

Trout.

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F R U IT S .
Apples.

Gages.

3 25 
York State, gallons —  
90
Hamburgh,  “  —
Apricots.
2 25
Santa  Cruz.................
2 no
Lusk's.........................
2 35
Overland...................
Blackberries.
90
F. &  W............Cherries.
1  20 
Red.............................
1  75 
Pitted Hamburg.........
1  60 
W hite.........................
1  30
E rie............................
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
E rie............................  @1  60
Gooseberries.
Common....................  
1  10
P ie............................. 1  60@1  75
Maxwell.................... 
2 25
Shepard’s ................... 
2 25
California..................2 60®2 75
Domestic.................... 
1  25
2 25
Riverside.................... 
Pineapples.
Common.....................  
1  30
Johnson’s  sliced........ 
2 60
grated........ 
2 85
Quinces.
1  10
Common.................... 
Raspberries.
Red  ............ : . ...........  
130
1 50
Black Hamburg.........  
Erie, black............... 
1 40

Peaches.

Pears.

“ 

Lion..................................... 2*M
“  In cabinets................. 25M
Durham............................... 24M
Valley City.........................  75
Felix..................................  1  13

EX TRA CT.

'* 

Hummel’s, foil...................1 50
tin ....................2 50
CH ICO RT.
Bulk....................................   4M
Red.................  ..................7
Cotton,  40 ft......... per doz.  1  25
140
1  60
1  75
1  90
90
100
Eagle.................................   7 40
C row n.............................6 50
Genuine  Swiss...................  8 CO
American Swiss.................7 00

CLOTHES  LIN E S.
“ 
50 ft........... 
“ 
60 ft........... 
70 ft..........  
“ 
80ft..........  
“ 
60 ft..........  
“ 
7 2 ff......... 
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COUPON  BOOKS.

 
 
 
 
 

2 00

“Tradesman.”
“  “ 
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S 1, per hundred............... 2 00
2 50
$2, 
3 00
8 3, 
3 00
15, 
810, 
4 00
820, 
5 00
8 1. per hundred...............   2 50
8  :8 5, 
3 00
4 00
5 00
810, 
820,
6  00

“Superior.”

 

m

“Universal.” 
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8  1, per hundred..............  82 50
8 2, 
............... 3  00
* 3, 
................4  00
1 05
................5  00
$ 5| 
.........................6  00
810, “ 
820, 
................7  00
Bulk orders for above coupon 
books are subject to the follow­
ing  discounts:
200 or over.............. 5 per cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
Kenosha Butter..................   7M
Seymour 
...................  5M
Buttei....................................5M
“  family...........................594
“  biscuit.........................6M
Boston....................................7M
City Soda.............................   <54
Soda..................................... 6
5M
S. Oyster ............ 
40
City Oyster. XXX.................  5M
Strictly  pure......................  30
Teller’s  Absolute..............  35
Grocers’............................ 10@15

.............20 
CRACK ERS.
“ 

CREAM  TA R TA R .

10 
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DRIED  FRUITS. 

Apples.

California Evaporated.

Sundried....................  @3
Evaporated................  @11
Apricots...................... 
14
Blackberries..............  
6M
Nectarines................. 
13
Peaches!....................
Pears,  sliced.............. 
15
Plums.........................12  @19
Prunes,  sweet............. 
10
Turkey.......................   @7
Bosnia........................   @ §
French.......................  @9
Lemon........................  
18
Orange.......................  
18
In drum......................  @18
In boxes.....................  @20
Zante, in  barrels........  © 5

CURRANTS.

PR U N E S.

CITRON.

P E E L .

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in  M-bbls........  © 594
in less quantity  © 5M 
raisins—California
2 00 
« 
2  10 
2 25 
« 
1  60 
1  75
6H
@15

London Layers, 2 cr’n 
3  “
fancy.
Muscatels,2crown  ...
....
3  “ 
Foreign.
Valencias...................
Ondaras.....................
Sultanas.....................

« 

FA RIN A CEO U S  GOODS.

Farina.
Hominy.

  6M

Lima  Beans.

Maccaronl and Vermicelli. 

100 lb. kegs................... 
<
Barrels.................................3
Grits..................................
Dried............................. 
Domestic, 12 lb. box—
Imported...................... 
“
Pearl Barley.
Kegs............................... 3M@3K
Green,  bu.............................1 20
Split,  Dbl.............................. 6 50
German.................... *....... 
5
East India..........................  
5

Sago.

Peas.

FI8H—Salt. 

Bloaters.

“ 

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Cod. 

Yarmouth..........................
•
Whole............................  @6H
Bricks............................  8@8M
8©9
Strips
Halibut.
Smoked......................
Herring.
Scaled.........................
Holland,  bbls............
Round shore, 94 bbl...
“  M  bbl..
Mackerel.

10M
24
11  00
2 75 
1  50
No. 1, M bbls. 90 lbs...........9 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...............   1  20
Family, M bbls., 100 lbs__ 3 50
kits, 10  lbs...........  45
Fancy.......................  3 50@4 00
Russian, kegs....................
No. 1, M bbls., 90 lbs...........5 50
o. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   80
No. 1, M bbls., 90 lbs...........7 00
“ o. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................1  00
Family, M bbls., 90 lbs........3 00
kits. 10  lbs............   50
Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
oz folding box...  75 
1 50
oz
. . . 1 0 0
“  
...1  50
“ 
2  00
3 00
...2   00
“  
4 00
...3  00
“ 
GUN  PO W D ER .
.5 50
......

Pollock.
Sardines.
Trout.

FLA V O RIN G  EXTRA CTS.

Whitefish.

 

H E R B S.

JE L L IE S .

LA M P W ICK S.
 

Kegs  ............. 
Half  kegs.................................3 00
Sage......................................13
Hops.....................................25
Chicago  goods............   @4
No.  ... 
30
No. 1...................................   40
NO. 2...................................   60
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

M ATCHES.

LICORICE.

L Y E . 

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MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Sugar house.................
Cuba Baking.
Ordinary..........................  
Porto Rico.

16
19

23

New Orleans.

Fancy'.'.'. ’.'. ’. *.'.  "'. 1 II. 
F air.............................. 
Good............................ 
Extra good................... 
Choice......................... 
Fancy........................... 

One-half barrels. 3c extra

17
20
26
30
36

OATM EAL.

Barrels 200.................  @550
Half barrels 100................@2 88
Half  bbls 90..............  @2  88
Barrels  180.................  @5  50

R O LLED   OATS.

P IC K L E S.
Medium.

Small.

Barrels, 1,200 count...........86 50
Half  barrels,600 count....  3 50 
Barrels, 2.400 count  .........   7  50
Half barrels, 1,200 count...  4 00 
Clay, No.  216....................... 1  75
"  T. D. full count...........  75
....1 25
Cob, No. 3....................

P IP E S .

R IC E.

Domestic.

Carolina head..............

“  No. 1.............. ........6
“  No. 2.............. @ 5

Imported.

Broken...............................
Japan, No. 1..........................jjM
“  No»2...........................5M
Java...................................   5
Patna..................................  5

BOOT B E E R .

Williams’ Extract.

25 cent size........................ -1  75
3 dozen..............................8500

Kitchen, 3 doz.  In box.......  2 50
...... 2 50
Hand 
Snider’s  Tomato................ 2 65

SA PO LIO .
“ 
SO U PS.

3  “ 

SPICKS.

Whole Sifted.

Allspice.......................... 10
Cassia, China In mats........  7M
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............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
Saigon....................35
“ 
Cloves,  AmDoyna................30
“  Zanzibar.................20

“ 

Ginger, African................... 15
“  Cochin.................... 18
Jam aica................. 20
“ 
Mace  Batavia......................80
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..25
“  Trieste.................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................75
Pepper, Singapore, black— 20
<f  white...... 30
“ 
“  Cayenne..................25
Sage..................................... 20
“Absolute” in Packages.

 

Ms 

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Allspice.....................   84  155
Cinnamon............ 
84  155
Cloves.........................  84  1 551
Ginger, Jam ...............   84  1 55
“  A t..................   84  1 55
Mustard......................  84  1 55
Pepper......................  84  155
Sage.

84

SUGAR.

Cut  Loaf....................  @  5M |
Cubes.........................  @ 4M
Powdered..................   @5
Granulated.................  4M@4.E6
Confectioners’ A........  4?s@4.44
Soft A  .......................  @4 31
White Extra C...........  @496
Extra  C......................  37s©  4
C ................................  3M@ 374
Yellow  .....................   3M@ 395 I
Less than 100 lbs. Me advance

STARCH.
Corn.

 

“ 
“ 

SOAP.

“   

S N U FF.

20-lb  boxes..........................  6M
40-lb 
6M
Gloss.
1-lb packages.......................  6
3-lb- 
.......................6
6-lb 
CM
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............  4M
Barrels................................   4M
Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maceaboy, 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.................................. 3M
Kegs, English...................... 4M
Kegs................................  -
Granulated,  boxes..............  2
Mixed bird.................494® 6
Caraway.............................. 16
Canary.................................. 394
Hemp.....................................|!4
Rape...................................   6
Mustard...............................7 94

SA L  SODA.

SEED S.

SODA.

SALT

Diamond Crystal.

 
 

 
 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Warsaw.

100 3-lb. sacks......................... 82 40
2 25
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks...................2 15
2 00
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases..........................   1 50
50
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
281b.  “ 
-• 
25
35
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags 
18
28 lb.  “ 
“  ■ • 
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.. .594
Dwight’s Cow........................514
Taylor’s .................................5M
DeLand’sCap  Sheaf.............5M
pure.........................554
Golden Harvest.....................5

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.

SA LERA TU S.

“ 

SY R U PS.
Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels...............................28
Half bbls..............................30
Amber.......................23 
5
Fancy drips...............28  @30
SW EET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar Creams............
Frosted Creams.........
Graham  Crackers......
Oatmeal Crackers......
SHOE  P O L ISH .
Jettlne, 1 doz. In  box.

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

 

SU N  C U BED .

B A SK E T   F IR E D .

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

YOUNG  HYSON.

GUN PO W D ER.

IM PE R IA L .

OOLONG.

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

18

EN G LISH   BR EA K FA ST.

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

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

“ 

Plug.

Pails unless otherwise noted.
Hiawatha..................  
60
Sweet  Cuba...............  
34
McGinty....................  
24
94 bbls.......... 
22
Little  Darling........... 
22
94 bbl.. 
20
20
1791............................ 
1891. 94 bbls...............  
19
Valley  City................ 
33
27
Dandy Jim ................. 
Searhead....................  
40
Joker......................... 
24
22
Zero............................ 
L. &W.......................  
28
28
Here  It Is................... 
Old Style.................... 
31
Old  Honestv...... . 
40
Jolly Tar.................... 
33
Hiawatha................... 
37
Valley City...............  
34
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s Brands.
Something Good.................... 38
Toss Up.................................. 26
Out of Sight.................. .  .  ..25
Boss..................................... 12 M
Colonel’s Choice..................13
Warpath..............................14
Banner................................14
King Bee..............................20
Kiln Dried...........................17
Nigger Head...................... .23
Honey  Dew......................... 24
Gold  Block......................... 28
Peerless............................... 24
Rob  Roy..............................24
Uncle  Sam.......................... 28
Tom and Jerry.....................25
Brier Pipe............................30
Yum  Yum...........................32
Red Clover...........................32
Navy....................................32
Handmade...........................40
Frog....................................33
40 gr.....................................  8
50 gr.....................................

Smoking.

V IN EG A R.

81 for barrel.
W ET  M USTARD.

Bulk, per gal  ..................  
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 
teast—Compressed.
Tin foil cakes, per doz........... 15
Baker’s, per  lb....................... 30
PA PER & WOODEN WARE

P A P E R .

“ 

“ 

TW IN E S.

W OODENW ARE.

Straw 
.................................1M
Rockfalls..............................2
Rag sugar..............................2M
Hardware........................    .294
Bakers.................................. 294
Dry  Goods...................594@9
Jute  Manilla................ 694@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
Tubs, No. 1..........................  7 00
“  No. 2...........................6 00
“  No. 3...........................5 00
1  50 
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop—   1  75 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes —  
50
Bowls, 11 inch....................   1 00
“ 
.....................   1 25
13  “ 
“ 
15  “  ...................... 2 00
“ 
17  “ 
.................. 
  2 75
“ 
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.3 7 25
“ 
“ 
No.l 3 50
“ 
“ 
“ 
» 

“ 
“ 
splint 
‘ 
“ 

No.2 4 25
No.3 5 00

No.2 6 25

75
00

2 40

 

 

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M EAL.

FLO U R .

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF8
96 
No. 1 White OSSlbi test) 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 
96
Bolted.................................  1 
Granulated.........................  2 
Straight, in  sacks  .............  5 20
“  barrels...........  5 40
“ 
11  sacks..............  6 20
Patent
“  barrels............   6 40
“  sacks............   2 40
Graham
“ 
Rye
M IL L ST U FFS.
Bran...................................  17 00
Screenings.......................
Middlings.........................   20 00
Mixed Feed.......................  24 00
I Coarse meal.......................  23 50
Milling................................   80
F eed...................................   60
Brewers, per  100  lbs...........1  25
Feed, per bu.......................  60
Small  lots. CORN.
Car 
“  ..
Small  lots.
Car 
“  .
N n   1 ...............
No. 2 . .............

....  65
....  62
....... 46
........44
....  15 00
....  13 00

B A R LEY .

OATS.

HA Y .

B Y E .

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

tions,  which I certainly would not desire
to have published over my own name.

in 

fact, 

“Store Crank” says a  great many good j 
things—so  good, 
that  T he 
T r a d e s m a n   gives  us  an  occasional  ex­
cerpt—but  “Store  Crank”  says  a  good 
many  things  which  he  would  not  have 
published over his own  name. 
I  shall, 
therefore,  be compelled to close this  line 
I of  thought,  trusting  that  T he T rades­
m a n   will  kindly  permit  me  to  occupy 
some of its valuable space in some future 
effort. 

E.  A. Owen.

A N ew  T ab let M achine.

F. W. Jordan,  Ph. G.t  in  American  Journal  of  Phar­
macy.
The large use made at the present time 
of compressed tablets induced the  writer 
to endeavor  to devise  a  machine  which 
w ould enable the  retail  druggist  to m ake 
tablets  for  prescription  purposes,  and 
which would be large  enuogh  to be used 
during his  spare  time in making tablets 
for  replenishing  his  stock.  Nearly all 
the machines which have heretofore been 
invented have  been too  large and too ex­
pensive  for the  use  of  the pharmacist, 
and the making of tablets  has  therefore 
been  mostly  confined 
to  the  manu­
facturers.  Realizing  that  economy  of 
space was a prime requisite in contriving 
a  machine  for 
the  pharmacist,  every 
effort was made  to make it as compact as 
possible,  and yet strong enough in all its 
parts to be durable and powerful enough 
to resist a  pressure  equal  to  five  times 
that required.
The  arrangement  of  the  machine  is 
readily  understood; 
it  weighs  sixty 
pounds, occupies a  counter  space of six 
by twelve inches  and  stands  twelve  in­
ches  high; the  movements  are  positive 
and  automatic,  having  an  adjustment 
whereby the feed can be regulated to the 
1-56 part of a  grain  and the pressure so 
as to  make the  tablets of  any  degree of 
hardness.  The 
feed-can  being  nicely 
adjusted  on the  bed-plate  prevents any 
waste of material,  and is so  shaped  with 
an inside agitator that  makes the feed so 
positive  and 
the 
machine  is  set  for a  given  number  of 
tablets  the last  one  will  be as accurate 
and  perfect as  the first  one.  The  bed­
plate  moves  but  a  short  distance  and 
carries the bottom  die under the feed-can 
for supplies,  and to  the plunger,  where 
the material is compressed and the tablet 
ejected.  There  are  four  sets  of  dies, 
made of the  best  steel, highly  polished, 
producing tablets well  shaped,  and  with 
edges perfect  as possible  to make them. 
The flywheel  is  of sufficient diameter to 
make  its  running  easy to the  operator. 
The  machine  is neat  in appearance  be­
ing ornamented  with  nickle  trimmings, 
and nicely painted  in  brown and  gold.
In  conclusion,  the  writer  ventures to 
express the hope that he has been able to 
devise a machine  which  will furnish his 
brother pharmacists with a means of aid­
ing their pecuniary  advancement as well 
as their developing professional standing.

that  when 

regular 

Ericsson’s  Exactness.

sir.”

John  Ericsson,  the  inventor,  had  not 
only genius  but  the  “immense  capacity 
of taking pains,’’which sometimes accom­
panies it.  All his  work  was  so  exactly 
done that  he  could  demand  from  work­
men  the most rigid  observance of details 
in the drawings furnished for their guid­
ance,  without  fear  that  they  might  go 
astray.
When the steamer Columbia was built, 
its engines were  put in according  to  his 
designs. 
It was  customary at  that  time 
to get the length of the  piston rods from 
the  engine  itself,  and  a  man  was,  one 
day,  engaged in measuring it with a long 
baton.  Captain Ericsson  chanced  to  go 
on  board, at that  moment,  and going  up 
to the workman,  he roared:

“What are you doing there, sir?” 
“Getting the length  of  the piston  rod, 
“Is it not on the drawing?”
“Yes,  sir.”
“Then  why  do  yon  come  here  with 
sticks?  Go and get the length  from  the 
I do not want you to bring 
drawing,  sir. 
sticks,  when the drawing gives the size.” 
At  another  time, a  workman  was  en­
deavoring  to  put  in  the  engines  of  a 
steamship,  and  found  great  difficulty 
with  a  small  connection  which 
is  de­
scribed  as  being  “crooked  as  a  dog’s 
hind leg.”  Finally  he went  to  Ericsson 
and informed him that  the rod could not 
be put in place.
“Is  it  right by the drawing?”  was  the 
query.
“Yes,  sir.”
“Then it will go in.”
And on another trial it did.  The mas­
ter brain had left nothing  to be supplied 
by  the ingenuity of others.

Use “Tradesman” Coupons

GOLD  MEDAL,  PARIS,  1878.

1 1 .BAKER& CO.’S
Breakfast
Cocoa

from which the excess of 
oil has been removed,
1» A b so lu tely P u re  

a n d  i t  is  S olu ble.

No Chemicals

are used in its prepar­
ation. 
It  has  more 
than  three  times  the 
strength  o f  C ocoa 
mixed  with  Starch, 
rrowroot  or  Sugar,  and  is  therefore  far 
lore economical, costing less than one cent a 
It  is  delicious,  nourishing, strengthen- 
up. 
lg,  e a s il y   d ig e s t e d , and admirably adapted 
>r invalids as well as for persons in health. 
I  BAKER  &  CO.,  DORCHESTER, MASS.

Sold  by Crocers everywhere.

tlie strike is ended, 
differences are mended 
all is serene, 
everything is clean, 
cigars will take a boom 
your dealer has not the 
ask him
he will have them.* 

THE LUSTIG CIGAR CO.

J .  I.UsTIG,  State Agent.

CUTS  FOR  ADVERTISING.

Send  us a photograph of  your  store  and 

we will  make  you a

Column Out for $6.

2-Column Cut for $10.

Send  a  satisfactory photograph of  your­
self and we will make a column

Portrait for $4.

THE TRADESMEN COMPANY,

GRAND  R A PID S,  MICH.

MEDITATIONS  OF  A  PESSIM IST.

FOURTH  PA PER .

W ritten for The Tradesman.

The 

thereby  exposing  me  to 

It was in the office of The T radesman,  j 
during a  conversation with some friends, I 
that  the  thought occurred to my m ind  to 
write  a  few  articles  under  the  head  of 
“The old  world  as  it  is,  or  meditations | 
of  a  pessimist.” 
thought  was | 
prompted  by a  remark  made  by  a  gen­
tleman  present, expressing a belief  that 
the Canadian  people  were  a  pessimistic 
people. 
It was my  intention  to  present 
the  meditations  of  a  “matter  of  fact” 
fellow traveler in the journey of life who 
had  been  knocked  about  a  good  deal 
among all  kinds of  people and  who  had 
tasted of the  bitter as  well as  the  sweet 
in a great variety of experiences. My sub­
ject I selected as  an  appropriate one for 
the “meditations” of  my  “pessimist.”  I 
would  touch  up  matters  and  things  in 
general,  but more especially things which I 
effect  the  business  world;  and  the style 
adopted would  be  simply,  disconnected 
and  rambling.  But  the  type  fiend  de­
capitated  me before I  was  permitted  to 
make  my  debut,  and  now  the  vandals 
have torn  off my  mask,  without my  per­
mission, 
the 
taunts and jeers of a well-fed  and  satis­
fied constituency.  They have robbed me 
of both ends,  but  until  they  lay  violent 
hands on  my  body,  I  shall  continue  to 
kick  with  all  the  mule  energy  I  can 
bring  to  bear, as long as I  can  see  any­
thing to kick  at. 
If I should  embark  in 
the newspaper  business, there is not  the 
least doubt that  I  would  be  mobbed  by 
an  infuriated  and  outraged  public  the 
very next day after my first issue.  Still, 
with  all my  kicking  propensities,  I  can 
forgive—I can even forgive an editor for 
publishing the name of  an  author  with­
out permission.  The style  I had  chosen 
enabled me  to  handle  my  subject  with­
out gloves. 
I  had  intended,  after  get­
ting  through  with  “imaginary  wants,” 
to take up  “real  and  necessary  wants,” 
and  endeavor  to  show  that,  under  our 
present  distributing  system,  they  cost 
the consumer far  more  than  they  ought 
to. 
In making this showing, much terri­
tory would have  to be  gone  over;  many 
existing fixed institutions  would  have  to 
be attacked as  useless,  unnecessary  and 
expensive  incumbrances,  and  a  great 
many so-called  honorable and legitimate 
occupations,  which lie  between the  pro­
ducer  and  consumer,  would  have  to  be 
severely criticized.  That modern  insti­
tution,  the  mainspring  and  drivewheel 
of  commerce,  known  all  over  the  civi­
lized  world  as  the  “drummer,”  would 
have to be dissected in  a way that would 
not be considered  highly  complimentary 
by some.

All  this would  be just  what  the  read­
ers of The  T radesman  would  naturally 
expect from the pen and cracked brain of 
a “Pessimist,” but it never would be  tol­
erated  for  an  instant  as  the  bona fide 
misgivings  of  a  veritable  business  man | 
It is too late to recall j 
in the community. 
what  has  been  published,  or  I  should 
certainly  do  so—not  that  I  anticipate 
any 
com- 
mercial  revolution  in  consequence  of 
what I have written,  but simply because 
my  scheme  has  been  disrupted and  it 
would  be  impossible  to  continue  the 
work as originally outlined without com­
promising myself in a way that would be 
distasteful.  Many  of  n y   own  experi­
ences in life  would have been at the dis­
posal of my “pessimist”  in  his  elucida-

immediate  danger  of  a 

What Kind  of a  Store  Was It?

*

From the San Francisco Call.
He walked  into  a  Kearney  street  dry 
goods  store  yesterday  and  asked  for  a 
pair of overalls. 
It  was evident that  he 
had not been long in town, and the clerks 
eyed him with amusement depicted plain­
ly on each face.
“ Very  sorry,  my  friend,”  explained 
the polite gentleman behind the counter, 
“but this  is  a  dry  goods  store,  and  we 
have no overalls in stock.”
“Aint, eh?  Well, just give me three of 
your  best  flannel  shirts,  and  I  won’t 
kick.” 
“Sorry,  but we don’t  keep  them  eith­
er.”
“Show me a  pair  of long-legged boots, 
then.”
“No boots,  either.”
“Got any plug tobacco?”
“No.”
“Any pipes or tallow candles?”
“No.”
“Skillets or fryin’ pans?”
“Not here; you’ll have to go to a hard­
ware store.”
“Well,  have  you  got  any  blood-and- 
thunder novels?”
“Sorry, but—”
“See  here,  old man.  I’ve  come  all  the 
way  from  Alpine to lay in  my  supplies, 
and  the  first  place  1  strike  I  run  up 
against a snag. 
I always  had a  kind  of 
sneaking  idea  that  you  fellows  down 
here  were  frauds,  and  now  I  know  it. 
There ain’t one of them  things but what 
I  can get at the  little store  up to  home, 
and here you  don’t keep ’em.  So  long!” 
and he strolled out with a look of disgust 
on  his his  face,  and  disappeared  in  the 
throng on the street.

“I  Forgot  it”

A successful  business  man says there 
were two  things which  he learned when 
he was eighteen,  which  were afterwards 
of great  use to  him,  namely,  “Never to 
lose  anything,  and  never to forget  any­
thing.”
An old lawyer sent him with an impor­
instructions 
tant  paper,  with  certain 
what to  do with it.  “But,” inquired the 
young  man,  “suppose  I  lose 
it;  what 
shall I do then?”

“ You must not  lose it.”
“I don’t mean to,” said the young man, 
“but suppose I should happen to?”
“But I say you  must not  happen to; I 
for  such  an 
shall  make  no  provision 
occurence; you must  not  lose it!”
This  put a new  train of thought  into 
the  young  man’s  mind,  and  he  found 
that if he was  determined  to do a thing, 
he could do it. He made  such a provision 
against  every contingency  that he never 
lost  anything.  He 
found  this  equally 
true about forgetting. If a certain matter 
of importance was  to be remembered,  he 
pinned it down  in  his mind,  fastened it 
there, and made it stay.  He used to say, 
“When  a man  tells me  he forgot to  do 
something,  I tell  him he  might as  well 
have said,  ‘I do  not care  enough  about 
your  business  to 
trouble  to 
think about it again.”
“I  once had an intelligent  young man 
in  my employment  who deemed it  suffi­
cient excuse for  neglecting an important 
task to say,  ‘I forgot it.’  I  told  him that 
would not answer.  If he was  sufficiently 
interested,  he  would  be  careful  to  re­
member. 
It was because  he didn’t  care 
enough that he  forgot it. 
I  drilled  him 
with  this 
truth.  He  worked  for  me 
three  years,  and  during  the  last of the 
three  he  was  utterly  changed  in  this 
respect.  He did  not  forget a  thing.  His 
forgetting,  he found,  was  a  lazy, care­
less habit of the mind, which he cured.”

take  the 

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

RUILT  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 

“patching up” pass-book accounts?

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THE  A  B  C  OP  MONEY.

B Y   A N D REW   CA R N EG IE.

1  suppose  every one  who  has  spoken 
to  or  written  for the  public  has wished 
at times that everybody would drop every­
thing  and  just  listen to him   for  a  few < 
minutes. 
I  feel  so  this  morning,  for  I 
believe that a grave  injury threatens the 
people  and  the  progress of  our  country 
simply because  the  masses—the  farmers 
and the wage-earners—do not understand 
the question of money. 
I wish  therefore 
to  explain  “money”  in  so  simple a way 
that all can understand it.
Perhaps some  one in the vast audience 
which  I  have  imagined  I  am  about  to 
hold spellbound cries out:  “Who are you 
—a  gold-bug,  a  millionaire,  an  iron- 
baron,  a  beneficiary  of  the  McKinley 
Bill?”  Before  beginning  my  address, 
let me therefore reply to  that  imaginary 
gentleman  that  I have not  seen  a  thou­
sand dollars in gold for many a year.  So 
far  as the McKinley Bill is  concerned,  I 
am perhaps  the one  man  in  the  United 
States who has the best right to complain 
under  it,  for it has  cut  and  slashed  the 
duties  upon  iron  and  steel,  reducing 
them  20, *5,  and  30  per  cent.; and  if  it 
will  recommend me to  my  supposed  in­
terrupter, I beg to inform him  that  1  do 
not  greatly  disapprove  of  these  reduc­
tions,  that as an American manufacturer 
I intend to struggle still  against the  for­
eigner  for  the  home market,  even  with 
the  lower duties fixed upon  our  product 
by  that  bill, and  that I am not in  favor 
of protection beyond the point necessary 
to  allow  Americans to  retain  their  own 
market  in  a  fair  contest  with  the  for­
eigner.
It does not matter who  the man is, nor 
what he does—be he worker in the mine, 
factory,  or  field,  farmer,  laborer,  mer­
chant, manufacturer,  or  millionaire—he 
is deeply interested in understanding this 
question  of  money,  and  in  having  the 
right  policy  adopted  in  regard  to  it. 
Therefore 1 ask all to  hear  what  I  have 
to  say,  because  what  is  good  for  one 
worker  must  be  good  for all,  and  what 
injures one must injure all,  poor or rich.
To get at  the root  of  the  subject, you 
must  know,  first,  why  money  exists; 
secondly,  what money really  is.  Let me 
try to tell you,  taking  a  new  district  of 
our  own  modern  country  \f>  illustrate 
how  “money”  comes. 
In  times  past, 
when the people only tilled the soil,  and 
commerce and  manufactures had  not de­
veloped, men had few wants,  and so they 
got  along without “money” by  exchang­
ing  the  articles  themselves  when  they 
needed  something  which  they  had  not. 
The farmer who wanted a  pair  of  shoes 
gave so many bushels  of  corn  for them, 
and his  wife  bought  her  sun-bonnet  by 
giving so many bushels of potatoes; thus 
all sales and purchases were made by ex­
changing articles—by barter.

As population grew and wants extend­
ed, this plan became  very  inconvenient. 
One  man  in  the district  then  started  a 
general  store  and  kept on hand  a  great 
many  of  the  things  which  were most 
wanted,  and took for these any of the ar­
ticles  which  the  farmer  had  to  give  in 
exchange.  This was a  great step in  ad­
vance,  for the farmer who wanted half  a 
dozen  different things  when  he  went  to 
the village had then no longer  to  search 
for  half  a  dozen  different  people  who 
wanted one or more of the  things he had 
to offer in exchange.  He  could  now  go 
directly to one man,  the storekeeper, and 
for  any of  his  agricultural  products  he 
could get most of the articles he desired. 
It  did  not  matter  to  the  storekeeper 
whether he gave the farmer tea or coffee, 
blankets or a hayrake;  nor did it  matter 
what articles  he  took  from  the  farmer, 
wheat  or corn or  potatoes,  so  he  could 
send them away to the city and get other 
articles for them which he wanted.  The 
farmer  could even pay the  wages  of  his 
hired men by giving  them orders  for ar­
ticles  upon  the  store.  No  dollars  ap­
pear  here yet,  you see; all is still  barter 
—exchange of articles; very inconvenient 
and very costly,  because the agricultural 
articles  given  in  exchange  had  to  be 
hauled about and  were  always changing 
their value.
One  day  the  storekeeper  would  be 
willing to take,  say,  a  bushel  of  wheat 
for so many pounds  of  sugar;  but  upon 
the next  visit of the farmer  it  might  be

impossible for him to  do  so.  He  might 
require more wheat for the same amount 
of sugar.  But if  the  market  for  wheat 
had  risen  and  not  fallen,  you  may  be 
sure that the storekeeper didn’t take less 
w heat  as prom ptly  as  he  required  more. 
Ju st  the  same  w ith  any  of  the  articles 
w hich  the  farmer  had  to  offer.  These 
went up and down  in  value;  so  did  the 
tea and the coffee, and  the sugar and the 
clothing,  and  the  boots  and  the  shoes 
which the storekeeper had for exchange.
Now, it is needless  to  remark  that  in 
all these dealings the storekeeper had the 
advantage of the farmer.  He  knew  the 
markets and  their  ups  and  downs  long 
before  the farmer did,  and he  knew  the 
signs of the times better than the farmer 
or any of his customers could.  The cute 
storekeeper had the inside  track  all  the 
time.  Just here I wish you to  note  par­
ticularly  that  the  storekeeper  liked  to 
take one article  from  the  farmer  better 
than  another; that  article  always  being 
the one  for  which  the  storekeeper  had 
the best  customers—something that  was 
in most demand. 
In Virginia  that  arti­
cle came to  be tobacco; over a great  por­
tion  of  our  country  it  was  wheat,— 
whence  comes  the  saying,  “As good  as 
wheat.” 
It  was  taken  everywhere,  be­
cause it could be  most easily disposed of 
for anything else desired.  A curious il­
lustration about wheat I  find in  the  life 
of  my  friend,  Judge  Mellon,  of  Pitts 
burg,  who  has  written  one  of  the  best 
biographies  in  the  world  because  it  is 
done  so  naturally.  When  the  Judge’s 
father bought  his  farm  near  Pittsburg, 
he agreed to pay, not  in  “dollars”  but in 
“sacks of wheat”—so many  sacks  every 
year.  This was not so very long ago.
What  we  now  call  “money” was  not 
much  used  then  in  the West or  South, 
but  you see that  in  its  absence  experi­
ence had driven the people to select some 
one article to  use  for  exchanging  other 
articles,  and  that  this  was  wheat  in 
Pennsylvania  and  tobacco  in  Virginia. 
This  was done, not through any  legisla­
tion,  not  because  of  any  liking  for  one 
article  more  than  another,  but  simply 
because  experience  had  proved  the  ne­
cessity for  making  the  one  thing  serve 
as “money”  which had proved itself best 
as  a basis  in  paying  for  a  farm  or  for 
effecting  any  exchange  of  things;  and, 
further,  different  articles  were  found 
best for that purpose in different regions. 
Wheat was  “as good as wheat” for using 
as  “money,”  independent  of  any  law. 
The  people  had  voted  for  wheat  and 
made it  their “money;” and  because  to­
bacco was the principal crop in Virginia, 
the  people  there  found  it  the  best  for 
using as “money” in that State.
Please observe that in all cases human 
society chooses  for that  basis-article  we 
call “money”  that which  fluctuates least 
in price,  is  the  most  generally  used  or 
desired, is in the greatest,  most  general, 
and most constant demand, and has value 
in itself.  “Money”  is only a word mean­
ing  the article used  as  the  basis-article 
for  exchanging  all  other  articles.  An 
article  is not first  made valuable by  law 
and  then  elected  to  be  “money.”  The 
article  first  proves  itself  valuable  and 
best suited  for  the  purpose,  and  so  be­
comes of itself and in  itself the basis-ar­
ticle—money. 
It  elects  itself.  Wheat 
and tobacco were just as clearly “money” 
when  used  as  the  basis-article  as  gold 
and silver are “money” now.
We take one step further.  The  coun­
try  becomes  more  and  more  populous, 
the wants  of the  people  more and  more 
numerous.  The  use  of  bulky  products 
like  wheat  and  tobacco,  changeable  in 
value,  liable  to  decay,  and  of  different 
grades,  is  soon  found  troublesome  and 
unsuited for the  growing business of ex­
change of articles, and they are therefore 
unfit to be longer used as “money.”  You 
see at  once  that  we could not get  along 
with  grain  as  “money.”  Then  metals 
prove  their  superiority.  These  do  not 
decay, do not change  their value so  rap­
idly,  and they share with  wheat  and  to­
bacco  the  one  essential  quality  of  also 
having  value  in  themselves  for  other 
purposes than for the  mere  basis  of  ex­
change.  People want  them for personal 
adornment  or  in  manufactures  and  the 
arts—for a thousand uses; and  it  is  this 
very  fact  that  makes them  suitable  for 
use as “money.”  Just  try to count  how 
many  purposes  gold  is  needed  for,  be-

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?

ponding ledger account without having  to  “doctor” it?

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

COUPON  BOOK vs. PASS  BOOK.

We beg leave to call  your  attention to 
our coupon book and ask you to carefully 
It takes  the  place 
consider  its  merits. 
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, 
andr  as  a  result,  you  have  to  charge 
many  items  on  your  book  that  do  not 
appear on the customer’s pass book. This 
is sometimes  the  cause of  much ill  feel­
ing  when  bills  are  presented.  Many 
times the pass  book is lost,  thus  causing 
considerable 
trouble  when  settlement 
day  comes.  But  probably  the  most  se­
rious objection to the 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 incident to the use of the pass  book. 
As the notes bear interest after a certain 
date,  they  are  much  easier  to  collect 
than book  accounts,  being  prima  facie 
evidence of indebtedness  in any court of 
law or equity.
One of the strong points of the coupon 
system is  the  ease  with  which  a  mer­
chant is enabled  to  hold  his  customers 
down to a certain limit of  credit.  Give 
some men a pass book and a line  of  $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 
If  so, order  from  the 
coupon  system? 
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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cause it is best suited for those purposes.
It meets us everywhere.  We cannot even 
get married without the ring of gold.
Now, because metals have  a  value  in 
the open  market,  being desired for other 
uses than for the one use as  “money,” and 
because  the  supply  of  these  is  limited 
and cannot be increased  as easily as that 
of wheat or tobacco,  these metals are less 
liable to fluctuate in value than any arti­
cle previously  used  as  “money.”  This 
is of vital  importance,  for the one essen- 
tian quality that is  needed in the  article 
which  we use as a  basis  for exchanging 
all other articles is fixity of value.  The 
race has  instinctively always sought  for 
the  one article in  the world which  most 
resembles the North Star among the other 
stars  in  the  heavens,  and  used  it  as 
“money”—the  article that  changes least 
in  value,  as  the  North  Star  is  the  star i 
which  changes  its  position least  in  the 
heavens;  and  what  the  North  Star  is 
among  stars  the article  people  elect as 
“money”  is  among articles.  All  other 
articles  revolve  around  it,  as  all  other 
stars  revolve  around the North Star.
We have proceeded so far that we have 
now  dropped  all  perishable articles  and 
elected metals as our “money;” or,  rath­
er,  metals have proved themselves better 
than  anything else  for  the  standard  of 
value,  “ money.”  But  another  great 
step  had to  be  taken.  When  I was  in 
China,  1 received as change shavings and 
chips cut off a bar of  silver and weighed 
before my  eyes in the  scales of the  mer­
chant, for the Chinese have  no “coined” 
money. 
In  Siam  “cowries”  are  used 
—pretty  little  shells  which  the  natives 
use as ornaments.  Twelve of  these rep­
resent a cent in value.  But you can well j 
see how impossible it was  for  me to pre­
vent the Chinese  dealer  from giving  me 
less  than  the  amount of  silver  to which 
I was  entitled,  or  the  Siam  dealer  from 
giving  me  poor  shells, of  the  value  of 
which I knew nothing.  Civilized nations 
soon  felt  the  necessity  of  having  their 
governments  take  certain  quantities  of 
the  metals  and  stamp  upon  them  evi­
dence  of  their  weight,  purity  and  real 
value.  Thus  came  the  “ coinage”  of 
metals  into “money” —a  great  advance. 
People then knew at sight the exact value 
of  each  piece,  and  could  no  longer  be 
cheated,  no  weighing  or  testing  being 
necessary.  Note  that  the  government 
stamp did  not add any value to the coin. 
The government did not attempt to “make 
money” out of  nothing;  it  only told  the 
people the  market value of  the  metal  in 
each  coin, just what the metal—the  raw 
material—could  be sold for as metal  and 
not as “money.”
But  even  after  this  much  swindling 
occurred.  Rogues cut the edges and then 
beat the coins out,  so that many of  these 
became very light.  A clever Frenchman 
invented  the  “milling”  of  the  edges of 
the  coins,  whereby  this  robbery  was 
stopped, and civilized nations had at last 
the  coinage which  still remains with us, 
the most  perfect ever  known,  because  it 
is of  high  value  in  itself  and  changes 
least.  An  ideally-perfect article  for use 
as  “money”  is  one  that  never  changes. 
This  is  essential  for  the  protection  of 
the  workers—the  farmers,  mechanics, 
and  all  who labor;  for  nothing tends  to 
make every exchange of articles a specu­
lation so much as  “money” which changes 
in value,  and in the  game of  speculation 
the masses of  the people are always sure 
to  be  beaten  by  the  few  who  deal  in 
money and know most about it.
Nothing  places the  farmer,  the  wage- 
earner,  and  all  those  not  closely  con­
nected with  financial  affairs  at so  great 
a disadvantage in disposing of their labor 
or products as changeable “money.”  All 
such are exactly in the position  occupied 
by  the  farmer  trading  with  the  store­
keeper  as  before  described.  You  all 
know that  fish will  not  rise to the  fly in 
calm weather. 
It is when the wind blows 
and  the  surface is ruffled  that the  poor 
victim mistakes  the lure for the  genuine 
fly.  So it is with the  business  affairs of 
the world. 
In stormy times,  when prices 
are  going up and  down,  when  the  value 
of  the  article used  as  money is dancing 
about—up to-day and  down to-morrow— 
and  the  waters  are  troubled, the  clever 
speculator  catches  the  fish and  fills  his 
basket  with  the  victims.  Hence  the 
farmer and the  mechanic, and all  people

having  crops to sell or receiving salaries 
or wages,  are those most deeply interest­
ed  in  securing and  maintaining fixity of 
value in the  article  they have to take  as 
“money.”
When the use of metals as money came, 
it was  found that  more than  two metals 
were  necessary  to meet  all  the  require­
ments. 
It  would not  be  wise to make  a 
gold  coin  for  any  smaller  sum  than  a 
dollar,  for  the  coin  would be  too small; 
and  we  could  not  use a silver  coin  for 
more  than  one  dollar,  because  the  coin 
would  be too large.  So we had  to use  a 
less valuable  metal  for small  sums,  and 
we  took  silver;  but  it was  soon  found 
that we could not use silver for less than 
ten-cent  coins,  a dime  being  as  small  a 
coin  as  can  be  used  in  silver;  and  we 
were compelled to choose something else 
for  smaller  coins.  We  had  to  take  a 
metal  less  valuable  than silver,  and  we 
took a mixture  of  nickel  and  copper  to 
make  five cent  pieces;  but even then we 
found  that  nickel  was  too  valuable  to 
make one and two cent pieces,  and so we 
had to take  copper  alone for  these—the 
effort  in  regard  to  every  coin  being to 
put  metal  in it as  nearly  as  possible  to 
the full  amount of  what the government 
stamp said the coin was worth.
Thus  for one  cent  in  copper we  tried 
to  put  in  a  cent’s  worth of  copper;  in 
the “nickel”  we tried to put in something 
like  five cents’  worth of  nickel  and cop­
per ;  but  because  copper  and  nickel 
change  in  value  from  day  to  day,  even 
more  than  silver,  it  is  impossible to get 
in each  coin the  exact amount of  value. 
If  we put in what was  one day the exact 
value,  and copper and  nickel rose in the 
market  as  metal, coins would  be melted 
down  by the dealers  in these  metals and 
a  profit  made  by  them,  and  we  should 
I have no coin left.  Therefore we have to 
leave  a  margin  and  always  put a little 
less metal in these  coins than would  sell 
for 
the  full  amount  they  represent. 
Hence  all  this small  coinage is called in 
the history of money “token money.” 
It 
is a “token”  that it will  bring  so  much 
j in  gold.  Anybody  who  holds  twenty 
“nickels” must be able to get  as  good as 
one  gold  dollar  for  them  in order  that 
these  may safely serve  their  purpose as 
money.  Nations  generally  fix a limit  to 
the  use of “token  money,” and  make it 
legal  tender  to  a  small  amount.  For 
instance,  in  Britain  no  one  can  make 
another  take  “token  money”  for  more 
than ten dollars, and all silver coins there 
are classed as  “token money.”
I  cannot take  you any more  steps for­
ward  in  the  development of  “money,” 
because  in  the  coined-milled metals we 
I have the last step of all;  but I have some 
things yet to tell  you about it.

S. A. M oruian

[to b e   c o n t in u e d .]

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•Dally.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Fred M. B r ig g s , Qen'l Agent, 85 Monroe St.
G. S.  H a w k in s , Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W..'Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Ruogles, G. P.  A   T. Agent., Chicago.

Detroit TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave 
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Ionia........... At
St.  Johns  ...A t
Owosso....... At
E. Saginaw..At
Bay City......Ar
F lin t...........Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac....... Ar
Detroit.........Ar

tNo.  14 tNo.  16 +No.  18 *No.  28
10 55pm 
6 50am
12 37am 
7 45am
1 55am 
8 28am
3 15am
9 15am 
1105am 
11 55am 
1110am
3 05pm
10 57am
11 55am

l'l 20am
11 25am
12 17am 
1 20pm 
3 00pm 
3 45pm 
3 40pm 
6 00pm
3 05pm
4 05pm

3 45pm
4 52pm
5 40pm
6 40pm
8 45pm
9 35pm 
8 00pm
1030pm
8 55pm
9 50pm

5 40am 
7 35am 
5 50am 
7  0am

WESTWARD.

Trains Leave 
G’d Rapids,  Lv  7 05am 
G’d Haven,  Ar  8 50am
Mllw’keeStr  “  ...........
Chicago Str.  “  !  .........

i*No.81  tNo. 11  tNo. 13 ItNo. 15
5  10pm 10 30pm
6 15pm 11 30pm
6 45am  6 45am 
6 00am i...........

1  00pm
2 15pm

♦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 9:50 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 ohn W. Lood, Traffic Manager.
B e n F l e t c h e r , Trav. Pass. Agent.
J a s. C a m p b e l l, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

DEPART FOR

§6:30
§6:30
t6:30

Daily.  §Except Saturday.

CHICAGO 

JUNE^LIS«!.
&  WEST  MICHIGAN  BY.
A. M.  I P.  M.  I  P. M. P.M.
+10:00  +1:15*11:35 
tl0:00  +1:15!  11:35 
+10:00  +1:15 *11:35 
+lu :00|  +1:15*11:35 
+7:25  +5:25*11:30 
+9:00!  +1:15;+ 5:40 
+7:25  +5:25........
+7:25  +5:25........
+7:25  +5:25.......

Chicago......................
Indianapolis..............
Benton Harbor...........
St. Joseph..................
Traverse  City............
Muskegon..................
Manistee  ..................
Ludington.................
Big Rapids.................
O ttaw a’B ea ch ................ +9:00|  +1:15,+ 5:40 +6:30
tWeek Days. 
10:00 
1:15 
5:25 
11:35
11:30 
6:30
DETROIT,

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.

JUNE  21,  1891.
Lansing & Northern R R
A. M. P. M. P. M.
Detroit................................... +6:50 +1:00 *6:25
+6:50 +1:00 *6:25
Lansing................................
Howell................................... +6:50 +1:00 *6:25
Lowell.................................... +6:50 tl:C0 *6:25
Alma.......................... 
St.  Louis  .............................
Saginaw  City......................... +7:05 t4:30 • • V * *

.............. +7:05 +4:30
+7:05 +4:30

6. ^ A  A  M. runs through to Detroit with par- 
• G v  lor car;  seats 25  cents.
1:00 TroR.*

Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 
Seats, 25 cents.
P. M. runs through to Detroit  with par- 
lor car, seats  25  cents.
*7• APv  M- has parlor car  to  Saginaw, seats
»  .V u   25 cents.
For  tickets  and  Information  apply  at Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe  street, or Union station.

DEPART  POR

Geo. DeHaven, Gen. Pass’r Agt.

CUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS

---- OR----

P A M P H L E T S

For the best work, at  reasonable  prices, address 

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

Grand  Rapids & Indiana.

In effect  June 21,1891.
T 8 1 D II   GOING  N ORTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
7:05 a m
7:30 a m
11:80 a m
0:80 pm
6:05  pm
10:80 p m
Train  arriving at 6:50  dally;  all  other  train,  dally 

Booth. 
For Saginaw A Big Rapid,.........  
For Traverse City &  Mackinaw 
0:50 a m 
For Traverse  City & Mackinaw  9:15 a m  
For Saginaw,.................................  
For Traverse City........................   2:16 p m  
For Mackinaw City.......................  7:45 p m 
From  Chicago A  Kalam azoo...  8:15 p m  
except Sunday.

TRA INS  GOING  SO U TH .

Arrive from  Leave going 
South.
7:00  a m
10:80 am
2:00 pm
0:00 p m
10:30 p m
Train  leaving  for  Cincinnati  and  Chicago  at  10:30 

North. 
For  Cincinnati..*..........................  6:00 a m  
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago...  10:20 a m  
From Big Rapids <S Saginaw ....  11:50 a m
For Fort Wayne and the  East.. 
For Kalamazoo..............................  6:25 p m  
For Cincinnati and C hicago....  10:00 p m 
From Saginaw................................. 10:10 pm
p m gaily;  all other trains dally except Sunday.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

M uskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
10:10 a m 
7:00  a m 
6:15 p m 
18:45 pm  
10:15 p m
6:30 p m

From Muskegon—Arrive.

SLEEPING  &  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

N O R T H —6 :3 0   a m   tr a in .—Sleeping and  parlor 
chair car.  Grand  Rapids to Mackinaw City. 
Parlor chair car  Grand  Rapids to Traverse 
Oity.
1 1 :3 0   a m  train#—Parlor ehair car  G’d 
Rapids to Mackinaw.
1 0 :3 0   p  m   train#—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey.  Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids to Mackinaw City.
SO U TH —7 :0 0  a m  train#—Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Chicago.
1 0 :3 0   a m   tr a in .—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids to  Chicago.
1 0 :3 0   p m   tr a in .—Sleeping  Car Grand 
Rapids  to  Chicago.  Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R.

10:30 a m  
3:55p m 

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

10:30 pm  
6:50 a m
11:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
10:30 p m train daily, through Wagner  Sleeping Car. 
10:10pm
6:60 afm
3:10  p m   through  Wagner  Parlor  Car.  10:10  p  m 

3:10p m  
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
8:45 p m  
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

8:00 pm  
9:00 p m 

7:05am  
8:15 p m  

Through tickets and full information  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almquiat,  ticket  agent  at  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor & North  Michigan 

Railway.

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

v ia  d., l . a  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.

V ia d .,  o.  h.  a  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.  Bennett, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

T H E   G R EA T

EDMUND B.DIKEMEN
Watch ]Mer
44  CANAL 8T„
PS Jeweler,
Grani Rapids,  ■  Jiicli.
WA.NTBD.

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SS

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds o f Produce.

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

E A R L   B R O S . ,

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference: First  National  Bank,  Chicago. 
Ml Ohioan Th adksman. Grand Rapids.

