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May, 1891. 

GRAND  R A PID S,  W EDNESDAY,  JU L Y   29,  1891. 
I  don’t  want  ner to  be 

“ANYTHING  FOR  PEACE.” 

I am  married. 
sick till my  affairs are  settled.”

that 

long-headed, 

Stephen Thirske was  a genuine  York- 
shireman, 
shrewd  and 
sturdy,  serving  Mammon  with  all  his 
might in the  great  brick  factory  where 
he worked  six  hundred  “hands.”  There 
everything  went  on  so  promptly  and 
regularly 
evident  one 
dominant  will  ruled.

it  was 

But no man is absolute; and if Stephen 
ruled  his  six hundred  “hands”  like an 
autocrat,  he  shrunk  at  home  into  the 
obedient  slave  of  one 
little,  petted 
woman.  Mrs.  Thirske had  been a great 
beauty,  delicate  and  gentle.  Stephen 
had begun  his married  life by a  tender 
submission to the frality that was such a 
contrast  to  his  own  rude  health,  and 
now the little woman he could carry like 
a baby ruled him like a  czariua.

retrace 

It  was 

impossible 

to 
the 
gradual  steps  by  which 
this  influence 
had  been  gained.  Thirske  was  man 
enough  to  know that it was fatal  to his 
home-happiness and his family’s welfare, 
and  to make  occasional  determinations 
to  reform  things;  but as  yet  they  had 
come to nothing.  He could  not bear his 
pretty  Lydia’s  tears; and  the  man who 
would  not 
the  slightest  op­
position  from the  world  sacrificed  any­
thing  and  everything  in  his  home  for 
peace.

tolerate 

They  had two  children,  a  son  and  a 
daughter,  and as  they reached  manhood 
and womanhood the evils of a  household 
under such unnatural control  manifested 
themselves;  for  if  Mrs.  Thriske 
ruled 
her  husband,  Antony  and  Ada  ruled 
her.  Ada  was  a  beauty,  and  had  not 
watched her  mother’s tactics  in  vain.

“I  shall  rule George  Aske as  mother 
rules father,” she said,  one night, to her 
brother,  in  reply  to  his assertion  that 
George Aske  would make her  know her 
own mind better.

“Don’t  you be too  sure  of that,  Ada; 
I  know  no 

there  are  men,  and  men. 
woman could manage me  that way.” 

“How does Mary Hutton  manage you? 
Antony,  you  ought  to  be  ashamed  of 
yourself!  A poor  governess.”

“I am not, though.  Why  should 1 not 
have my way as well as you and mother? 
You are going to  marry for position; my 
way is to marry the girl  I love.”

“Father  will  never  consent,  nor  I 

either.”

“I don’t propose  to ask your  consent. 
I shall get mother  on my side,  and  then 
father’s got to yield.  As  for you,  Ada, 
I should not  wonder  if your  own affairs 
will  very  soon  keep  your  hands 
full 
enough.”

“It is  not very brotherly to be looking 
for  trouble  to  keep your sister’s  bands 
full.”

“You  are  preparing  it  for  yourself, 
Ada; any one  is  who determines  to rule 
George  Aske by  petting and  sulking.  I 
saw his look the  other night.”
“Let him look—he yielded!”
“He yielded  then, but  one hundred to 
one he does not yield two weeks longer.” 
“Keep your opinion, Antony,  but don’t 
bother mother with  Mary  Hutton  until

“I am going to  ask her to-night; if you 
don’t want her to be sick,  you  had better 
say a good  word  for Mary.”

Ada  was wise  in  her generation,  and 

went right to  Mrs. Thirske,

“Mother,” she  said,  “Antony is  com­
ing to speak to you  to-night  about Mary 
Hutton.  Don’t  worry  yourself—it  is 
only  one of  his  fancies.  Just  promise 
him  all he  wants  until  my  wedding  is 
comfortably  over, 
then  you  can  tell 
father  and have  a stop  put to his  non­
sense.”

“Oh, dear  me, Ada!  It  does seem  as 
if no one minded my feelings.  You both 
know I must have  peace,  and yet I  sup­
pose  I  am  to  be  worried  into  a  fever 
about this  Miss Hutton.”

“Well,  mother,  don’t  make  Antony 
angry  to-night;  say  enough 
to  keep 
things smooth until next  week is over.  1 
don’t  want  him 
to  be  sulky  at  my 
wedding.”

So,  Antony found  his  mother  in one 
listened 
of  her  gentlest  moods.  She 
patiently to his confession of love for his 
sister’s late  governess,  and  answered: 

“Have  I not  always  wished  to  make 
you happy in your own way,  Antony? If 
Miss Hutton is necessary  to your  happi­
ness,  why,  I will speak  to father  about 
her  after  Ada’s  wedding. 
It  won’t  do 
before it; indeed,  it won’t.”

Antony was very grateful.  Love is al­
ways hopeful,  and he  went  to see Mary 
that night, quite confident in his mother’s 
final  success.  A  few  days  afterward 
Ada was married to the richest commoner 
in Airedale,  and the presumptive heir of 
Towton baronetcy.  Aske was deeply en­
amored of her beauty,  but by no  means 
the man  to  be  its  slave.  Many  things 
rivaled  Ada  in  his  heart,  even  in  the 
earliest  days  of  her  married  life;  his 
estate, his hunters,  county  matters  and 
politics.

He was  an  English  gentleman  of the 
old school,  and had no very exalted ideas 
of  women,  except  as the  mistresses  of 
households and the mothers of  children. 
Ada’s  efforts 
to  establish  a  female 
autocracy  in  Aske  Hall  soon  came  to 
disastrous 
first  George 
“pooh-poohed!”  her orders  and tried  to 
laugh  away  her  petting and  tears.  But 
he was not the man to put himself out of 
the  way  for  an  unreasonable  woman, 
and even this concession was soon  given 
up.

failure.  At 

In  three  months  it  had  come  to  a 
simple announcement  of his  intentions, 
and a perfect  indifference  as to how she 
accepted them.  Thus he would say: 

“Ada, I  am going to meet the  Towton 
hounds  in the  morning;  you  had  better 
go with me—a gallop  will do you  good.” 
But  if  Ada  met  the  request  with  a 
negative  of  any  kind,  he  accepted  it 
without  demur;  and 
if  this produced 
tears or complaints,  he generally  began 
to  whistle  and  left 
room.  This 
“rudeness” brought on passionate attacks 
of  hysteria,  and  George  went  to  the 
hunt  and sent  the  family  physician  to 
watch her through  them.

the 

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troable 

Very soon poor Stephen  had a  double 
to  bear. 
burden  of  household 
Ada  began 
to  bring  her  wrongs  and 
humiliations  home,  and  Mrs.  Thirske 
warmly  espoused  her  cause.  A  com­
plaining  daughter  and  a weeping  wife 
were enough to  make the most  splendid 
house miserable,  and  they were  but the 
elements out of which far greater troubles 
were to come.

the  meantime  Antony’s  affairs 
In 
were 
equally  unsatisfactory.  Mrs. 
Thirske  had  spoken  to  Stephen  abont 
Mary  Hutton, and  for  the  first time  in 
her  married 
failure. 
Antony would  not believe  that  she had 
done her best,  and he  forgot in this  one 
denial the ninety-and-nine  unreasonable 
favors she had before  procured him.

life  admitted  a 

Stephen’s  opposition  to  Miss  Hutton 
was sulky  and positive.  He  dared  not, 
in the first place, disobey his wife’s orders 
to forbid the  match. 
In  the  second,  he 
was  angry  at  the  authors of  this  new 
element  of  discomfort  in his  home.  In 
the third, he was not prepared financially 
to  support  another  household.  Ada’s 
settlement had been  a great  brain  upon 
his  business;  he  had had  other  losses, 
and  another  wedding 
house­
furnishing,  with the increased allowance 
necessary  to  maintain 
it,  were  really 
beyond  his  present  means.

and 

authoritatively 

He  was  quite  sensible  of  this  last 
reason,  but he did  not want to  admit it 
even  to  his  wife  and  his  son;  so  he 
sullenly  and 
forbade 
Antony to marry any one at present; and 
for  some  months  there  was  a  growing 
feeling of anger between father  and son. 
Then  one  day  Antony 
left  his  home 
without a word of farewell, and Stephen, 
too proud and  angry  to seek after  him, 
had  to  bear,  in  addition  to  his  own 
sorrow and disappointment,  the mother’s 
fretful  reproaches and  anxiety.

The  very  day  on  which  Antony  left 
his  home  Ada  returned  to  it.  There 
had been between her and George Aske a 
wearisome succession of  fierce disputes, 
and  at  length,  in  a  moment  of  intense 
passion George  had struck his wife. Mrs. 
Thirske was  dum  before  two  such  sor­
rows,audwas really ill,  and  Stephen was 
dangerously angry.

Aske suffered  three  days to pass,  and 
then sent for Ada. Ada refused to return, 
and Mrs.  Thirske  supported  her in  the 
refusal. 
In a week Aske’s  messages be­
came so insolent that  Stephen was  com­
pelled  to  reply  to them,  and  the  poor 
father,  against  his  sense  of  what  was 
best  for  his  child  and  himself,  was 
forced  into  supporting 
the  refractory 
wife. 
Intolerable words passed between 
the husband  and the  father,  and  when 
they next  met they  instantly gave  each 
other  the  Yorkshireman’s  warning—a 
word and a blow,  and the blow first.

After  that  it  was  open  enmity,  and 
Stephen was well  aware that he  was ill­
armed to  fight so  rich  and  so  bitter an 
enemy.  Aske’s  revenge  was  a  subtle 
one.  He began  within  a week to  build 
on the same stream  as Stephen’s  a much 
larger mill.  Stephen winced  at the  com- 
ming competition, but had not at first any

T H E   MICHIGAN"  T R A D E SM A N .

would  be  able  to  come  for  Mary  the 
next summer.  They were  all  sorry now 
to  think  of  parting  with  her,  for  she 
had  been  so  helpful  and  cheerful 
in 
these  dark  days 
that  it  was  hard  to 
imagine the cottage without her.

Adversity has many learned  disciples, 
and Ada had not been  to its school with­
out benefit. 
It  was  impossible  for  her 
not to reproach herself with her  father’s 
ruin; and  though no  one  else had done 
it the  voice  of  society universally  con­
demned her.  She remembered,  too, that 
however  revengeful  and  hateful  Aske 
had been,  she herself  had  done  her best 
to call  forth those  qualities—he  had  at 
first tried to be very patient and kind with 
her.

One morning, as she was sitting sewing 
to  some such  bitter  thoughts  as  these, 
she  lifted  a paper  and  read  this  para­
graph:
“On Monday last,  Aske of Aske  Hall, 
while hunting with  the Towton  hounds, 
was  thrown,  and  it  is  feared,  fatally 
injured.”

the 

left 

She sat  still  thinking a  few minutes, 
and then,  without a word to any one  but 
Mary  Hutton, 
the  house.  Two 
hours afterward,  she was in  Aske Hall, 
helping  to  soothe 
ravings  of  its 
delirious master.  Calmly but  resolutely 
she  took  her  place,  and  in  the  long, 
dreary weeks of  watching and  darkness 
that followed learned many a wholesome 
lesson.

Her great fear now was that the injury 
to  the  brain  was  permanent,  and  that 
her husband would never  know her long 
enough  to pardon  her.  But one  night, 
as  she  stood 
tenderly  at  the 
pale,  shrunken  face,  he slowly  opened 
his eyes,  and said,  in a  whisper:

looking 

“Ada!”
“George! Dear George!”
And  the  kiss 

for­
giveness  was  the  re-marriage  of  their 
hearts  and  lives.

that  sealed  her 

But Aske was  many months a helpless 
invalid; and it  was almost a  year  after­
ward  that Ada was  going  gently  about 
the room,  packing  things for a  journey 
with  him  to  the sunny  skies  of  Italy. 
He  watched  her  some 
time,  and  then 
said:

“Ada, I  may  never come  back.  I feel 
father 

I  wonder  if  your 

very  weak. 
would see me  before  I go.”

The  next  morning  Stephen  Thirske 
stood by his  enemy’s  side,  and his  eyes 
were full of tears.

“You are much changed,  George.” 
“Yes, Thirske,  you  have won at  last. 
Let us shake hands.  The mill we fought 
about I  have given to Ada, and she gives 
it to  you.  The papers  are here;  I want 
to  see them  signed.”

A  JACKSON  SCHEME.

A Traveling  Man Tells  a  Story that  is 

Hard  to  Swallow.

James R. Kneipp is traveling salesman 
for a Detroit furnishing goods house and 
is well known  among  the  fraternity  as 
the drollest story teller of them all.

“There are many ways the Jacksonites 
resort to in order to make a stranger part 
with  his  money,”  said  Mr.  Kneipp  the 
other day,  “but the  smoothest  scheme is 
the  ’bus  ride  that  travelers  take  when 
they wish to  be carried  from  the  depot 
to the hotel.

“The hotel is directly across the street 
from the depot, but a  person who  wants 
to get there must ride.  A year ago when 
I visited the town I was  told to  get  into 
the ’bus waiting at the depot if I wanted 
to be taken  to the hotel. 
I  did  so,  was 
driven  around 
the  block  and  paid  50 
cents for the privilege.

But things have changed since I visited 
Jackson one year ago.  Last week when 
I was there I looked  around to see if the 
same ’bus line  was up to  its  old  tricks. 
It was  still taking  50  cent  pieces  from 
strangers, but was doing  it in  a different 
way.  When  I  alighted  from  the  train 
with 15 or 20 other travelers I was imme­
diately confronted by the driver of a ’bus 
line.

“ ‘All aboard for the  hotel!’  he  cried, 
as he stood before the open door of a  big 
’bus.

“I  did not take advantage of the  invi­
tation,  as I could see the  front  entrance 
of the hotel  across the  street,  and  pre­
pared to walk.  But I stood one  side and 
saw seven strangers  robbed  of  50  cents 
each. 
Instead of the  big  vehicle  going 
around the square  as formerly, it is  now 
built  on  a  movable  platform  and  the 
horse—horses—does  his hard  work on  a 
tread mill.  The  street  is  only  about 
thirty feet  wide  from  curb  to  curb  be­
tween the depot and the hotel,  and when 
the  horse  works the tread  mill the table 
gradually turns until the rear  end of the 
’bus is at the hotel side of the street.

“Only one horse is used,  but  a wooden 
one is hitched to a place on the table, and 
the passengers imagine a team is in front 
of them.  The tread  mill  makes  lots  of 
noise,  the  driver  yells  furiously  at  his 
‘horses,’  and the  ‘victims’  alight  at  the 
hotel  a few  yards  away  after  a  fifteen 
minutes’  ride,  perfectly  satisfied  with 
their  50  cent  trip.  The  movable  table 
tread mill scheme is resorted to only after 
dark.  During  the  day  strangers  are 
driven around the block.

“That Jackson ’bus line  should  be  on 

exhibition at the World’s Fair.”

2
ideaof Aske’s real motive. When the mill 
was  finished  he  “loched” 
the  stream, 
and  thus,  as  his mill  stood  higher  up 
than Stephen’s,  deprived  him of  water 
whenever he felt disposed  to do so.

“He  had  no  right  to  do  this.”  Of 
course he had not.  He  knew  that  very 
well,  and  quite  anticipated the  lawsuit 
which would  follow.  But in the  mean­
time 
the  Aske  mill  kept  Stephen’s 
virtually  idle,  and  Aske  was  making 
money enough  to defray the expenses of 
the  weary 
lawsuit  which  was  fast 
crippling  Stephen 
in  all  of  his  re­
sources.

Every  one  knew  that  Stephen  was 
right,  and at  first  he found  many  sup­
porters.  But  it  was  Aske’s  policy  to 
wear  out  Thirske,  and as  month  after 
month  and year  after year went on,  and 
Stephen  grew  poorer  and  poorer,  and 
more desperate and  unreasonable,  even 
his friends gladly  seized  the pretext  of 
his imprudence  to desert him.

At the end of four yt ars he was ruined, 
and the presence of the  man’s wife  who 
had  ruined  him,  in his  house,  was  no 
peculiar  comfort.  One  night a  strange 
longing  for nis  son  came  over him; he 
was  in so  much  trouble  that  he  could 
not put away his anxieties even to soothe 
Lydia,  and  leaving her  and  Ada to find 
what comfort they  could  in each  other, 
he went to seek  Mary Hutton.

She  still  lived 

in  a  quiet  street  of 
small  houses  in  the  lower  part.of the 
town,  and  when  she  answered  his  re­
to  speak  to  her,  he  was  not 
quests 
astonished  at  Antony’s 
it 
angered  him neverthless;  and though it 
was always hard for Stephen  to be cross 
to a beautiful  woman,  he said,  sharply:

love.  But 

“Where is my son,  lass?”
“In  New  York,  sir.”
“What is he doing there?”
“Making a home for me and my father, 

sir.”

“Write and  bid him  come  to his own 
father.  You may tell  him I’m a  ruined 
man—a ruined man,  lass.  You ’ll  make 
naught  by  marrying  Antony  Thirske 
now,  Mary.”

“I am very sorry for you,  Mr. Thirske. 
You may  believe  me or  not;  and I will 
write and  tell Antony  what you  say.”

But before Antony could return things 
to  a  crisis  with  Stephen 
had  come 
Thirske.  He  had  won  his  case—and 
been  ruined  in the  winning  of  it.  He 
was a  complete  bankrupt,  and  mill and 
home went  under  the sheriff’s  hammer. 
There  may  be  places  where  “three 
failures and a fire make a  man’s fortune,” 
but  it  is  not  in  Yorkshire.  Even  the 
personal  property  of  the  unfortunate 
bankrupt was sold,  and the ruined family 
were thankful to accept in the meantime 
the  shelter  of  the  governess’s 
little 
home.

Now, however,  that  Stephen had  met 
the worst  and faced  it,  all his pluck  re­
turned.  He  easily  got a  position  in  a 
friend’s  factory,  and  began  to  slowly 
gather around him  again the comforts of 
a much humbler home.  A much happier 
one, though;  for  these terrible  changes 
had  at  length  reversed  the  unnatural 
order  of 
things.  When  Stephen  was 
utterly  bowed  down,  suddenly  Lydia 
Thirske rose  up,  and  took her true  and 
natural  position 
as  comforter  and 
helpmate. 
It almost consoled the weary 
husband for all his losses  to have  found 
at last his  true  wife.

Antony  also  had  written  loving  and 
hopeful letters; and it was  likely that he

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“But,  Aske—”
“Don’t deny me this grace,  Thirske; if 
I have to die,  I shall die the easier for it. 
If I  live to  come back,  I  want to  come 
back  among  friends. 
It  is  your  own. 
No blessing has come  to me since I built 
it.”  So when  Antony  came to  Mary he 
did  not go  back  again.  He  joined  his 
father in the Aske  mill, and in ten years 
the  firm  of  “Thirske &  Son”  were  the 
leading manufacturers of Airedale again.
There are  evils that  happen for  good. 
Stephen and  Ada  found  in  poverty and 
anxiety  the  true  relation  of  man  and 
wife.  Stephen never again  said:  “Any­
thing for  peace;”  and  Ada learned  that 
it is  better to  win  a  husband  than  to 
conquer  him;  better  to  rule  with  him 
than to rule over him.

Amelia  E.  Babb.

The  total  estimated  production  of 
sugar  in  this  country  for  the  current 
fiscal  year was 486,000,000 pounds,  call­
ing for a total bounty of $9,231,657.  The 
best  evidence  is already  at hand,  how­
ever,  showing  that  the estimates of  the 
Government  were placed  too  low.  Not 
only  do  applications  received  and  the 
estimates  accompanying 
them  prove 
this,  but the  claims  made by  the  daily 
press of the sugar belt argue that instead 
of nearly ten millions of dollars in boun­
ties  this  year  the  Government  is  much 
more  likely to  pay out  $15,000,000.

The merchant  who endeavors  to meet 
his  engagements  by  buying  on  credit, 
and  forcing sales  at  a sacrifice  that  he 
may realize money wherewith to  bolster 
up his sinking credit, is almost certain to 
accumulate  further  losses,  and,  sooner 
or later, to come down with such a crash 
as may involve those  whose poverty and 
confidence render his misfortune  doubly 
painful.

RootBeorExM

It Is a pure, concentrated  Extract of RoetB 
It makes a refreshing, healthful summer  bever­

and  Herbs.

age at a moderate cost, for family use.

Every dozen  is  packed  in  a  SHOW  8TAND, 
which  greatly Increases the  sale, as it is  always 
in sight.

25-cent size only $1.75 per doz.

3 dozen for $5.

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

H. F. HASTINGS,

Manufacturers’ Agent,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

W A‘NTTPri—A11  kinds  of  Poultry, 
** 
a Jj U "   if ye  or  dressed.  Con­
signments  solicited.

F. J. DETTENTHALER,

117  Monroe  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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alloy. 
It  has  many  worries  and  many 
sleepless nights;  but of all  the men  who 
operate behind the counter,  the grocer is 
most  to be  pitied.  His days  are  longer 
and full of trouble; his  work is  more la­
borious and less remunerative in propor­
tion to the  number of  steps he takes;  he 
is  tormented  with  more 
incessant  de­
mands for credit and loses more by grant­
ing it; he is subjected  to keener competi­
tion and a more jealous rivalry;  he is in­
flicted to a greater extent with the  evils, 
losses  and  annoyances  to  which  he  is 
subjected  on  account  of  ignorance  and 
incompetency on the part of his competi­
tors; and,  finally,  he is subjected to more 
abuse,  kicks  and  cuffs  by  more  fault 
finding  cranks,  two-legged  mules  and 
professional  dead-beats  than  any  other 
class of single-line retailers in the world. 
Notwithstanding all this,  it is absolutely 
necessary that the man  who sells grocer­
ies  must be  of  all  men  the  most  even- 
tempered  and  wear  the  most  pleasant 
smile, because he deals almost continual­
ly with ladies,  or,  at least,  there is hard­
ly a  moment during  his  business  hours 
when one  or more ladies  are  not  in  his 
presence.  He must be the most careful and 
exact in all that he does,  for a large pro­
portion of  his customers consist  of chil­
dren  and,  in order  to hold  the  mother’s 
trade, the  child  must  be very  carefully 
dealt with,  and should the child lose part 
of the change on its way home and make 
up  its mind  to  lie  about  it,  the  grocer 
will find  it necessary  to put  on his very 
best face and wear his  sweetest smile,  in 
order  to  convince  the  skeptical  mother 
that  everything is  all  right and  regular 
on his part.  Then,  again,  he should  be 
very careful in making his  charges. 
If, 
at  the time  of  settlement,  it  should  be 
found that the day book  contained  more 
items  and  footed  up  a  larger  amount 
than the  pass book,  it might be very dif­
ficult sometimes to convince the customer 
that everything  was  all  right.  Disarm 
your customers of suspicion  by  keeping 
your  books  correct  and  you  will  have 
done  very much  to  lessen  your  worries 
and  make  more  pleasant  your  life  be­
hind the counter. 

E.  A .  Oaven.

LIFE  BEHIND  THE  COUNTER. 

Written for T a x  T r a d e sm a n

Indeed, 

There was a time  when men with very 
little  business  capacity,  and  tricksters i 
utterly  devoid  of  probity  and  honor,  | 
could embark in a  life behind the  coun­
ter and succeed in making  some  money. 
Thirty-fiye years ago I  knew  many  men | 
in business who  succeeded  in  acquiring I 
a considerable amount of property.  Some 
of these men could hardly write their own j 
names,  yet  they  became  well  off  and 
were  enabled to  give  their  sons  a  col­
legiate  education.  Others  succeeded 
equally well in making money who never 
made any  pretensions  to common hones­
ty. 
in  those  days  it  seemed 
that  all  that  was  necessary  to  make 
.money behind  the  counter  was  to  take 
advantage of  opportunity  and  save  the 
accumulations.  The storekeeper had  it 
pretty much  all  his own way,  and  if  he 
was inclined  to grab for  the  big  end  of 
the stick there  was no limit to the  grati­
fication  of  his  inclination.  The  money 
the  farmer  purchased  his supplies with 
was the produce  that he raised.  The la­
borer  settled his  bills  with  orders from 
his employer and  barter was  the univer­
sal system  and the corner-stone  of  mer­
cantile  life. 
Suppose  a  man  should 
“stump” yon  to  trade  horses*  and  you 
knew  that it  was a matter  of  necessity 
on his part, and you  knew  the  value  of 
each  horse,  and  he  did  not  know  the 
value of either—you see you would be in 
a position to make a  profitable  deal. 
If 
you were inclined  to  be  dishonest,  you 
would bleed your customer unmercifully; 
and if you were honorable,  you would se­
cure every cent you were entitled to.  In 
either  case,  there  would  be  no  valid 
reason why you should not  make  money 
in the transaction.

Thirty  years  ago  the  writer  of  this 
article  clerked in a  large  general  store 
where  a  stock  of  $25,000  was  carried. 
Twenty-two  years  previous  to that,  the 
merchant — himself  a  poor  boy — had 
worked in a store in the same  village for 
a  small  monthly  pittance.  He  became 
wealthy  and,  at  the  time  referred  to, 
among the property  that he owned,  were 
two sawmills.  When I think of the full- 
grown prices which we charged for goods 
put  up  on  orders,  it  makes  me  blush 
away around  behind  my  ears  and  half 
way down my  back.  We  handled  large 
quantities of produce which were bought 
at inside  figures and paid for in goods at 
prices which  would astonish  any  young 
country merchant  to-day.  This produce 
had  to be hauled by teams sixteen  miles 
in  the  summer  time  to  a  lake  port,  or 
twenty-five  miles in  the  winter  time  to 
the nearest railway  station.  This  made 
it  necessary to keep  a  number  of  men 
and teams constantly employed  in  haul­
ing  both ways,  for  our goods  had to  be 
brought  in in  the  same  way.  All  this 
produce, team work  and mill work were 
paid  for  in  goods,  and  money  cut  no 
figure.  The  entries  in  our  cash  book 
were  few  in  number,  but 
in 
amount,  the  debits  being  for  sales  of 
lumber and produce  and the  credits  for 
payments of  bills of merchandise.  Now 
all  is  changed. 
Two  railroads  run 
through  this  same  village  and  another 
passes  within 
three  miles.  The  iron 
horse  came  crashing  through,  breaking 
down  established  business  concerns 
which were profitable  by exposing them 
to the bitter  and  cut-throat  competition 
of  the  larger  and  more  powerful  busi­
ness  centers,  and  substituting  nothing

large 

railroad, 

in their place that affords as great  possi­
bilities for  profitable  individual  efforts. 
The local country merchant can  no long­
er  make  exorbitant  profits  on  the  far­
mer’s  produce, 
for  the  railroads  have 
planted  warehouses  and  elevators  all 
over the  country and placed the markets 
of  the  world  at  every  producer’s  door. 
Neither can the merchant realize his old- 
time margin  of  profit  on  his  goods,  for 
the 
that  great  leveler  and 
equalizer  of  all  things,  subjects  him  to 
the competition  of surrounding  markets 
and  reduces  him  to  the  common  level. 
The  railroad  destroys  local  monopolies 
and privileges in some  cases, establishes 
advantages  and  local 
trading  points 
everywhere and  levels up and makes  all 
snbject  and  contributary  to  the  large 
centers of trade and commerce.  To-day, 
go  where  you  will,  you  will  be  con­
fronted  with fierce  competition  and  no­
where  can you find  locations which  will 
give  you  very  much  of  an  advantage 
oyer your competitors.  Not even in the 
deepest canyons of the Far West can you 
find chances  for individual  monopoly in 
trade  such  as  were  so  common  every­
where thirty years ago.  While traveling 
in Washington Territory, three years ago,
I saw  evidences of the  enterprise of cer­
tain  Chicago retail  houses. 
I  was  sur­
prised to learn that these houses were re­
tailing all  kinds of  merchandise  in  that 
country. 
Price-quoting  circulars  are 
distributed  and  the  goods  are  sent  by 
mail, express or by freight  (according to 
their  nature); on  receipt  of  cash,  if  by 
parcel  post;  or  C. O.  D.,  if  by  express. 
You  see  this  is  only  one  of  the  many 
corrective  agencies  which  the  railroads 
bring into  operation  for  the  purpose of 
crushing individual monopoly and equal­
izing prices.  The man who  is  bubbling 
over  with  monopolistic  greed  cannot 
find  a place behind the counter to-day to 
give it vent.  He will  have to enter  the 
wholesale  ranks or  go into  manufactur­
ing.  The  man  who  goes  behind  the 
counter has  no part or  lot in  monopoly. 
In fact, he has very  little to say anyhow, 
for  his manufacturer or  jobber  dictates 
the cost price  of his goods and  his  com­
petitors fix  the  selling  price. 
It  is  all 
very  well for  the retailer  to  rise in  his 
dignity and assert that his goods  are  his 
own and that he  allows no man  to put  a 
price on them,  and  if  people don’t want 
them  at his  price  they  can  leave  them 
alone. 
I have said  the  same  thing  my­
self,  but at  the same time I knew  that  I 
did  not  buy my  goods  simply  to  orna­
ment my  store. 
I  bought  them  to  sell 
and I knew that I could never  sell  them 
if I asked more than  my competitors did. 
The fact of the business is,  the man who 
lives behind  the counter  sees and  hears 
so  many  things  that  annoy  him  that 
sometimes  he  forgets  himself  and  im­
agines for the  moment that  the  laws  of 
gravitation would  become null and  void 
were it not  for him,  and  then  it  is  that 
he  kicks  the  peck  measure  across  the 
floor  and says a  good many very  foolish 
things,which gives his competitor on the 
next corner two new customers and sends 
the  spare-faced,  demure-looking  indi­
vidual  with a satchel  strapped  over  his 
shoulder,  who  had  stepped  in to  solicit 
his  order  for a  rubber  stamp,  away  to 
pursue  his  wearisome  journey  of  life 
with an  everlasting impression  that  the 
proprietor  and  chief  manager  of  that 
peanut  works is  a  breech-loading  piece 
of very small caliber.
Life  behind the counter  is not free  of

WAJXTED !

I   WANT  TO  BUY  one  or  two thou­
sand  cords  of  good  16-inch  beech  and 
maple wood.

I   ALSO  WANT  TO  SELL  Lime, 
Imported  and  Domestic  Cements,  Fire 
Brick,  Sewer  Pipe,  Drain  Tile,  Hay, 
Grain,  Feed,  Oil  Meal, Clover  and  Tim­
othy Seed,  Land Plaster,  Etc.

THOS.  E.  WYKES,

WHOLESALE  WAREHOUSE  AND  OFFICE :

Cor. W ealthy Ave. and  Io n ia on M. C. R . R. 

branch  o f f ic e:  B u ild ers’  E xchange.

Correspondence  Solicited.

Grand  Rapids  Electrotype  Co.,

6  and  8  E rie  St.,  GRAND  R A PID S.

A.  D.  SPANGLER &  CO.,

GENERAL

Commission  MerGliants
Fruits and  Produce.

A nd W holesale  D ealers  in

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

SAGINAW,  E.  Side,  MICH.
Mi Store for Sale at a Bargain

On  long  time  If  desired,  or  will  exchange  for 
part  productive real  estate.  Stock  clean  and 
w ell assorted.  L ocation th e  best In th e  city. 
I wish to retire  permanently from  the drug  bus­
iness.

C.  L.  BRUNDAGE,

Opp. New Post Office. 

117 W. Western Ave. 

M uskegon,  M ich.

--------ALL  W E IG H T S--------

Oi/ersliirts,  Dress  Goods,

Yarns, Blankets, Comforts
Dress  Binghams,  Prints,  Batts
Änd a New Line of  Floor  Oil  Clotll  in 5-4,6-4,8-4. 
W.  S 7 EKEVEE it  SOWS
Wall  Paper  and Window  Shades.
N E L S O N   B R O S. &  CO.,

House and Store Shades Made to  Order.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

68  MONROE  STREET.

t h e   m i c t h o a h   t r a d e s m a n ,
Detroit—The  Diamond Bitters  Co.  has 
case of the death  of Mrs.  Barnes  before
been  incorporated,  with  a  capital  stock 
the whole amount is  paid  her one-fourth 
of 825,000, of  which  $15,000  is  paid  in. 
of the remainder goes to  the  Ladies’  Li­
James  A.  Hinchman 
is  the  principal 
brary  Association of  Traverse  City  and 
stockholder.
| the balance is  divided among  a  number 
I of persons.  The estate  is  estimated  to 
j be  worth  from  8100,000  to  8150,000. 
Perry  Hannah,  C.  A. Crawford,  Reuben 
Hatch  and  Mrs.  Barnes  are  named  as 
executors.

Ludington —Wm.  Kerwin,  who  has 
been 
the  Hamlin  manager  of  Pardee, 
Cook & Co.  for  a  dozen  years  past,  has 
gone to his old  home in Quebec  to spend 
a few  days.

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AMONG  THE  TRADE.
ABOUND THE  STATE.

Alpena—Max Jaspon succeeds B. Wolff 

& Co.  in the clothing business.

Lansing—S.  M.  Edgerly succeeds Wm. 

Anderson in the fruit business.

Detroit—A.  A.  Brown  succeeds  A.  A. 

Brown & Co.  in the drug  business.

Minden  City — Thayer  &  Tyler  have  I 

sold their drug stock to Eli Seaman.

Edwardsburg — Ludlow  &  Enos  are 
succeeded  by  Chas.  R.  Enos  in the  gro­
cery business.

Kalamazoo—A.  E.  Sherwood  is  suc­
ceeded  by  Jas.  S.  Carr  in  the  grocery, 
flour and feed business.

Sumner—J. B.  Tucker has removed his 
general stock to Riverdale,  where he will 
continue business under the  same  style.
Rosebush—B.  E.  Calkins,  the  general 
dealer who  recently failed,  is offering  to 
settle with his  creditors  on the  basis of 
50 cents on the dollar.

Tekonsha—C.  H.  Batt  recently  sold 
his  grocery stock and left  for  parts  un­
known.  His principal  creditors were B. 
Desenberg & Co., of Kalamazoo.

Ludington—Fred Ashbacker and U.  S. 
Grant have formed  a  copartnership  un­
der the style of Ashbacker  &  Grant  and 
embarked in the merchant tailoring busi­
ness.

Wayland—The copartnership  of  Slade 
&  Yeakey,  produce  dealers,  has  been | 
dissolved  by  mutual  consent.  H.  J. 
Slade  will  hereafter  conduct  the  busi­
ness.

Grattan—E.  E.  Lessiter  has  pur­
chased the  interest  of M.  Byrne  in  the 
firm  of  Byrne  & Lessiter,  dealers  in 
drugs,  groceries and  hardware,  and  will 
continue the business under  the style of 
E.  E.  Lessiter.

Ishpeming—C.  J.  Byrnes,  who  has 
conducted a retail  lumber  yard  here for 
the past  two  years,  has sold  the  stock 
and  good will of  his  business  to F.  W. 
Read  & Co.,  who  have  a  branch at this 
place,  and  will 
take  charge  of  their 
interest  here.

MANUFACTUKINe  MATTERS.

Beaverton—The  shingle  mill  of  Ross 

Bros, is being operated day and night.

Houghton — Pryor,  Hall  &  Co.  have 
added a small  planing  mill to their lum­
ber yard.

Acron—James  M.  Turner’s  mill  at I 
Acron started up July 16,  and  is  cutting 
timber  for the  new  ore dock on  Huron 
bay.

West  Bay  City—Godfrey  Kubach  is 
succeeded by the Geo.  L.  Mosher  Hard­
ware  Co.  in  the  tinning  and  plumbing 
business.

Dushville—Crane  & Layman  have re- j 
fitted  their  saw  and  shingle  mill  with 
new machinery  throughout,  and  the mill  I 
is in operation.

Saginaw—W.  W.  Steele,  of  this  city, 
will  furnish 500,000 feet of lumber to  be  | 
used  in  the World’s  Fair  buildings  and  I 
the stock is now being cut.

Ithaca—J.  W.  Wood & Sons have pur­

chased a small tract of  timber near Park  ! 
lake,  Osceola  county,  and  will  erect a 
small mill to cut up the timber.

East Tawas—Locke & Stevens’ sawmill 

has manufactured 3,000,000  feet of  lum -} 
ber this season and  has  a  fine  stock  of  { 
logs for the run until cold  weather.

Clare—Tonkin,  Harris  &  Co.  have 
put  up  a  shingle  mill  at  Cedar  Dam. 
where  they  have  1,000  acres of  timber I 
land,  with stock  enough  for five  years’ j 
run.

Harrison—The extension  of  the  Flint 
& Pere Marquette railroad from Harrison 
iuto a large tract of  hardwood  and  pine 
timber  will  furnish  the  road  a  large 
quantity of freight.

Roscommon—Jonathan  Boyce  is ship­
ping  lumber  cut  from  his  Roscommon 
logs 
to  Chicago.  Lumbering  on  his 
timber tract is progressing steadily.  Only 
200,000 feet of  his logs  were  burned by 
forest  fires.

Kitchi—Neff  Bros,  have  purchased  a 
bunch of  pine near  this place  estimated 
to cut  2,800,000  feet,  for  812,000.  They 
are  negotiating  for other  lots of  timber 
here,  and  it is reported  will soon  put in 
a shingle mill.

Yandecar—Vogel & Sons,  who operate 
a small sawmill here,  shut  down to give 
their  help  an  opportunity  to  celebrate 
the Fourth,  and when about to  start up 
last week it was found  that the saw and 
steam gage had been  stolen.

Nessen City—F.  J.  Kobe,  who  bought 
out  the  Nessen  business  here,  will  ex­
tend the line somewhat.  He has recent­
ly bought a  new engine  and will  put  in 
a  large  number  of  lathes  for  turning 
handles  of  all  kinds,  as  well  as  chair 
stuff.

Kitchi—S.  Frost  is  pushing  forward 
his survey  of  a  logging  railroad  north 
from the Duluth.  South Shore & Atlantic 
Railway  at  this  point.  The  line  will 
probably be eight or ten  miles long,  and 
will end at some point on the Ontonagon 
&  Brule  division  of 
the  Milwaukee & 
Northern  railroad.  A  large  amount  of 
timber  will have  to come  out over  this 
line  (some  of  which  was  burned  this 
spring should  be cut  this  season),  and 
there will  be a  large  mill put  up  at  a 
point to be  decided  on  later.

Saginaw—J.  W.  Howry  &  Sons,  who 
are cutting 20,000,000 feet of  lumber an­
nually  in  Canada,  and  who  expect  to 
bring over 20,000,000 feet this season, cut 
last winter,  are  commencing the  cut  for 
next season.  They  report that  the  logs 
do not equal  Michigan  pine.  All  their 
stock  will  be  brought  to  the  Saginaw 
river  to  be  manufactured.  Mr.  Howry 
has been  over twenty  years  engaged  in 
the lumbering  business,  and a  year  ago 
finished  operations in  the  Saginaw  val­
ley  and  removed  his  outfit  to  Canada, 
having bought a large body of pine there. 
He was for many years in  the dry  goods 
trade  here,  dividing  his  time  between 
silks antfrcalico and  pine logs.

Traverse City—The  will  of  the  late 
Smith Barnes  has been admitted  to  pro­
bate.  Mrs.  Barnes is to  have the beauti­
ful home on the corner of Wellington and 
State streets,  “Ingleside,”  together with 
all its contents,  furniture,  clothing,  pic­
tures,  plate, etc.,al80 the horses and car­
riage and 830,000  cash.  Miss  Kathleen 
Marshal is to have 8600.  All of the resi­
due,  which  consists of stock  in the Han­
nah & Lay Mercantile Co.,a large amount 
of  lands,  87,000  invested  in  California 
and a number  of other  investments  also 
goes to  Mrs. Barnes,  to be paid to her  in 
annual installments of  83,000  each. 
In

Country Callers.

Calls  have  been 

received  at  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n   office during  the  past  week 
from  the  following  gentleman  in  trade: 

A.  W.  Fenton, Bailey.
S. T. Colson, Alaska.
H.  T. Johnson, Saranac.
Lee Deuel,  Bradley.
S. C. Sibole, Breedsville.
E.  E. Hewitt,  Rockford.
J. Coon, Rockford.
M. W. Tucker, Sumner.
G. K. Coffey, White Cloud.
W. G. Mason & Son, Constantine.
Boyd Redner & Son, Hubbardston.
W. E.  Houghtaling,  Hart.
Eli Bunnels,  Corning.
F.  Kroupa, Traverse  City.

“TRADESMAN”
“SUPERIOR”

OR
Jk.

Goilpon Books

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be Inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken for less than 86 cents.  Advance  payment.

BUSINESS  CHANGES.

miles from Grand Rapids  Will sell stock  separate or 

Fo r sa l e—o r w il l  e x c h a n g e f o r  c ity p r o p- 

erty.  Stock of  drugs in small  village.  About 16 
with  store, on  easy  terms  of  payment.  Inventories 
about • i  .000.  Address  No. 291, care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
OR SALE—DRUG  STOCK IN  CITY.  NEW  HARD- 
wood fixtures.  Inventory  about  $1,000.  Not  for 
289

sale after Sept. 1st.  Address B, Carrier 23, City. 

291

Good town of 1,000.  Good location.  Good bargain. 
Cash  sales  last  year,  $25  per  day.  Address  No. 277, 
Michigan Tradesman. 

I JOR  SALE—DRUG  STOCK -  INVENTORY  $2,000.- 
I TOR  RENT—LEL AND  HOTEL.  NO.  522  SOUTH  Di­

vision 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. 
T   WILL  PAY  ABOUT 60  CENTS  ON  THE  DOLLAR. 
X  more  or  less, spot  cash,  for  dry  goods,  clothing, 
ladies’ and  men’s furnishing goods, etc.  J. Levinson, 
Petoskey,  Mich. 

276

277

285

locomotive  in  first-class 

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282

OR  BALE—A COMPLETE  DRUG STOCK  AND FIX- 
tures;  stock well  assorted  can  be  bought  at  a 
bargain.  Address for  particulars  S. P. Hicks,  Lowell, 
Mich. 

one  standard  guage  Shay 

bargain.  Will  sell  all or part,  as  desired.  Also 
{Working condition.  Apply  to  W. A. D. Rose, Big Rap- 
ds, Mich. 

Fo r  sa l e- a co m plete  l o g g in g  o u t fit  a t a 
I!H)R  SALE—A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRUGS,  8UN- 

dries  and  fixtures.  Store  in  good  location  and 
doing a nice  paying  business.  Rent  low.  Good  rea­
sons  for  selling.  Terms cash.  Address  B.  C., Muske­
gon, Mich. 

i JOR SALE-ON  ACCOUNT OF ILL  HEALTH. IW I8H 

to  sell  my  stock of  general  merchandise,  com­
prising dry goods, clothing,  hats  and caps, boots  and 
shoes, and men’s furnishing  goods.  This is one of the 
best  stocks in Northern  Michigan, as there is nothing 
but good salable goods, and no dead stock.  Sales, last 
year, $18,000.  A splendid chance for some one looking 
for  an opportunity to better  his  condition.  For  par­
ticulars, address W. E. Watson, Mancelona, Mich.  288
W ANTED—I HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad- 
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman.________   26

287

SITUATIONS WANTED.

■   PERFECTLY  RESPONSIBLE  MAN,  SOBER.

steady  and  industrious.  Competent  to  fill  al­
most  any position, will  be at liberty  after August  16. 
Address  No.  292,  care  Michigan 
Good  references. 
Tradesman. 
\ \ T ANTED—SITUATION  BY  MAN  OF  EXPERIENCE 
f ?  
in general  store, 30 years  old.  Married.  Satis­
factory  references.  Address  for  particulars,  P.  O. 
Box 875, Traverse City, Mich._________________ 290

292

MISCELLANEOUS.

187

IjH)R  SALE—CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  INVB8T- 

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. 
TX)R SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND 5-ROOM 
A.  house on North  Lafayette st., cellar, brick found­
ation  and  soft  water  in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to 
suit.  Cheap enough  for  an  investment.  Address  No 
187, care Michigan Tradesman. 

Luther, Mich. 

or exchange for  hay.  Write  to  Kingsley A Gardiner, 

power hay press.  Nearly new.  Will sell for cash 

IX>R  SALE — WHITMAN’S  HALF  CIRCLE  HORSE 
H a v e  y o u   a n y   id e a   o f  o p e n in g  a c lo th in g

and men’s furnishing goods store?  If so, I have 
a new  store to rent  for that  purpose in the  best loca­
tion In the city of Grand Rapids.  Address B. S. Harris, 
525 and 527 8o. Division street, Grand  Rapids. 
286
TXTANTED—A YOUNG  TINNER WITH  80ME  HARD 
I f   ware  experience.  Correspond  at  once  with E. 
Vanderveen, Holland, Mich.  Give good reference.  284

187.

272

Natural Advantages of Snowflake.
S n o w f l a k e ,  July  21—I  notice  your 
request  that  towns  send  in  statements 
j for  publication  setting  forth  their  ad­
vantages, etc.
Snowflake  is  a  point  on  the  C.  & W.
| M. extension  from  Traverse  City to Pe- 
toskey,  in  a  densely  timbered hardwood 
region.  There are splendid opportunities 
! here  for profitable investment in the fol­
lowing named lines:
Hardwood lumber.
Brick and tile.
Village  plats.
Broom  handles.
Hoop factories.
Woodenware factories.
Box factories.
In  fact, anything  in  the  manufacture 
of  which the following named  species of 
timber would  be  required:  hard  maple, 
white  elm,  rock  elm,  basswood,  beech, 
hemlock, etc.
Snow flake  is  in  th e   c e n te r o f  th e   b e st 
hardw ood  tim b e r  tra c t  in  M ichigan  and 
also  h a s  im m ense  beds of  th e   v ery  b e st 
o f clay   fo r  b ric k   or  tile.
Correspondence  solicited  and all ques­

tio n s  p ro m p tly   an sw ered   by

W.  W.  J o h n s o n ,  P.  M., 
Snowflake, Mich.

Failure  at Marion.

M a r i o n ,  July 20—The firm  of Trail  & 
Vandecar  was  this  day  closed  by  the 
Lemon & Wheeler Grocery Co. on a chat­
tel mortgage.  Trail  skipped the day be­
fore  with all  the  live  stock,  the  horses 
and cattle, north-ward  to  grow  up  with 
the country.  Samuel M.  Lemon and his 
attorney were here to-day  taking  an  in­
ventory of what is left.

GOLD MEDAL,  PALIS, 1878.

W. B aker &  Co.’S
Breakfast 
Cocoa

from which the excess of 
oil has been removed,
Is  Absolutely P u re  

an d it is Soluble.

No Chemicals

are used in its prepar- 
| ation. 
It  has  more 
[than  three  times  the 
utrengih  of  C ocoa 
’mixed  with  Starch, 
,rrowToot  or  Sugar,  and  is  therefore  far 
lore economical, costing less than one cent a 
ftp. 
It is  delicious,  nourishing, strengthen- 
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 Grocers everywhere.

H o lts  W anted. !

I   want  500 to 1,000  cords of Poplar  Excel­

sior  Bolts,  18, 36 and 54  inches long.

I   also  want  Basswood  Bolts, same  lengths 

as above.  For particulars address

J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.

T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E SM A N ,
Identified by His Name on His Shirt.
Just  before  the  shower 

5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

S. N.  Burnham & Son are succeeded by 
Schapp  &  Fuller  in  the  maufacture  of 
spring beds.

Henry Yanderveen  has  opened  a  gro­
cery store on  Sinclair  street.  Amos  S. 
Musselman & Co.  furnished the stock.

Paul V.  Finch has  purchased the drug 
stock of  W.  H. Tibbs at  75  Canal  street 
and  will  continue  the  business  at  the 
same location.

Larsen &  Olsen  have  engaged  in  the 
grocery business  on  East  Bridge  street, 
near North avenue.  The stock was fur­
nished by the I.  M. Clark Grocery Co.

Thwaetes  &  Henderson  have engaged 
in general  trade  at  Mears.  The  Olney 
& Judson Grocer Co.  furnished  the  gro­
cery  stock  and  Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  & 
Co.  the dry goods.

G rip s a c k   B rig a d e

The  Jones & Primley  Co.,  of  Elkhart, 
Ind., sent  the  traveling men  interesting 
souvenirs during the past week.

The sympathy of the  fraternty will go 
out to Wm.  Logie over  the  death  of  his 
infant son.  The  funeral  and  interment 
will be held from the family residence on 
Julia street Tuesday afternoon.

The  Chicago,  Kalamazoo  &  Saginaw 
Railway is selling 250 mile mileage books 
for  $5, good  on  any train  and  good  in 
any  one’s  hands,  no  matter  by  whom 
purchased.  Traveling  men  pronounce 
this  plan  the  acme  of  perfection  and 
assert  that  larger  systems  and 
longer 
lines could learn something from so small 
a road as the C.,  K.  & S.

traveling 

P.  Reynolds, 

representa­
tive for Childs, Groff & Co., of Cleveland, 
has  brought  suit  against  the  Warren 
Boot  and  Shoe  Co., of  Boston,  alleging 
that the house owes him $200 as commis­
sions on  sales  made while  representing 
that house.  The  suit  is  begun  by  gar­
nishees  lodged  against  M.  Fitzgerald, 
shoe dealer at  718 South Division street, 
and Joseph  Rewerski,  shoe dealer at 168 
West Bridge street.

Happy Hi Robertson has not been very 
happy  for  the  past  week,  having  sus­
tained a  compound  fracture  of  the  left 
collar  bone while  driving  from  Bangor 
to Lawrence last Tuesday.  The hind seat 
in  the  buggy  gave  away,  precipitating 
him and Windy Hawkins to  the  ground. 
The latter escaped  unhurt,  and  Hi  was 
lucky to  escape  without  fatal  injuries. 
He hopes to be able  to  get  out  again  in 
about two weeks.

i»  ■ 

--------
Purely Personal.

C.  B.  Lamb,  the  Cleveland  boot  and 
shoe dealer,  buried  his father two weeks 
ago Sunday.

Fred Redner,  son  of Boyd  Redner, the 
Hubbardston  grocer,  is spending  a week 
or ten days in the city.

M.  J.  Tanner,  the  Belding  hardware 
merchant, surprised  his  friends  by wed­
ding a Brighton lady last Friday evening.
E.  Raymond  Jewell  has  arrived  from 
Petaluma,  Cal.,  and  taken  a  position 
with the  I.  M. Clark Grocery Co.  He  is 
a brother of  Frank Jewell,  Secretary  of 
the corporation.

Dr. John Snyder,  the  celebrated  Uni­
tarian clergyman of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  paid 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   a  brief  visit  one  day 
last week.  A recent address of the  gen­
tleman  before  the  Office  Men’s  Club  of 
St.  Louis on  the  “Relation between  the 
Employer and Employe”  will  appear  in 
these columns next week.

“I  want this charged. 

the  other 
day a man rushed into one of the big dry 
goods stores, selected a $7 umbrella,  and 
said to the salesman:
I want to take 
it with me,  and Pve  just twelve minutes 
to catch my train.”
“What name?” languidly inquired  the 
salesman.
“O. Little, Lowell,”  replied  the  man.
“Got an account?”
“Had one for five years.”
“Are you Mr. Little?”
“I am.”
The  salesman  called  over  a 

floor­
walker and explained that  Mr.  Little, of 
Lowell,  who  had  an  account,  and  was 
Mr.  Little himself,  had selected a $7  um­
brella,  which he wanted to have charged 
and take with him.
“Urn—ah!”  said  the  floor-walker.  “I 
know Mrs.  Little,  but—”
“Well,  I’m her husband, and I pay the 
bills,” said the man.
“Um—ah!” said the floor-walker.  “ You 
have no  idea how we  are  imposed upon 
—the rules of the house are so strict—do 
you know  any one in the  store,  Mr.  Lit­
tle?”
Mr.  Little thought  a moment and  said 
he  knew  Mr. Beater  in  the  carpet  de­
partment.  Mr.  Little  and  the  floor­
walker  unfortunately  found 
that  Mr. 
Beater  was ill and  not  down  that  day. 
Mr.  Little grew red and hot and the floor­
walker  pompous.  Mr.  Little  finally 
recollected  that he  knew  a  man  at  the 
glove  counter, one Mr.  Kidd.  Unfortu­
nately  it was  discovered  that  Mr.  Kidd 
had gone to lunch.  Mr.  Little grew des­
perate  and  the  floor-walker  suspicious. 
Mr.  Little did not  know anybody else  in 
the store or out of it, and showed a pock­
etful of  letters addressed  to  “O.  Little, 
Lowell.”  The  floor-walker said  he  was 
sorry,  etc.  Mr.  Little  was  bound  to 
have that  umbrella charged  and  take  it 
away  with  him  besides.  He  argued, 
threatened,  pleaded. 
’Twas all  in vain.
Suddenly he made a frantic grab at his 
vest, ripped  open the  buttons,  fumbled 
wildly for an instant,  and theu exhibited 
an embroidered bit of linen.
“There!” said  he.  “Do  you  ’spose  I 
would be  wearing  O.  Little’s  shirt  if  I 
wasn’t O. Little?”

“That goes,”  said the floor-walker.
On the  Side of Truth and Justice.
P l a t t e , July 24—Sample copies of The 
T r a d e s m a n  were duly  received and  the 
amusement we have  had with the P.’s of 
I.  in our locality  over Secretary Taylor’s 
communication in the  issue of June 17 is 
well worth the  subscription price of  the 
paper one year.  As the slang phrase goes, 
it “gives them  away bad.”  They hardly 
dare call him  fool and other hard  names 
of like  nature,  but  we  honestly  believe 
that  some of them  feel  very  much  like 
shaking him,  and shaking him hard.
We find the  majority of  the  P.’s of  I. 
very  much  like  some  corner  political 
agitator, very ready to  assert something, 
without proof to sustain their assertions, 
and  quite  ready  to  fly  into  a  passion 
when confronted with  truths  in  contra­
diction of their rash statements.
Every retail dealer in  Michigan should 
give T h e  T r a d e s m a n   his hearty support 
in return for the brave stand it has taken 
on the side of truth,  for right and justice 
to all.
Enclosed find $1  for  T h e  T r a d e s m a n  
one year. 

J. M.  & M. E.  T h u r st o n.

Jackson Grocers’ United.

J a c k so n,  July  25—The  Jackson  Gro­
cers’ Union, which  was  organized  about 
four  weeks  ago, is doing  good  work  al­
ready.  An  agreement has  been  reached 
to  close  the  stores  at  8  o’clock  in  the 
evening,  which  is  rigidly  observed  by 
the  members.  The  dead-beat  and  the 
huxter  are  already  trembling  in  their 
boots,  for  they  see  the  inevitable  in 
store  for  them.  E.  A.  Stowe, editor of 
T h e   T r a d e s m a n ,  addressed the meeting 
last Wednesday  evening  and  gave  the 
members  many  valuable  pointers,  sug­
gested  by past  experience.  The officers 
of the Union are as follows:

President—C. G.  Hill.
Vice-President—B. S.  Mosher.
Secretary—O. A. Pierce.
Treasurer—H.  H. Neesley.

To Clothing and General Store Merchants—

It  will  pay  you  well to see  our  line of  fall  and  winter 
clothing, especially our elegant line of  the real  genuine “Tre- 
voli  Mills”  all wool  fast  colors.  Kersey  overcoats  at  $8.50 
and  $9, silk  faced, single  and  double  breasted.  Also  our 
Melton  overcoats  and  one of  the nicest  line of  Ulsters in all 
shades, grades  and  material in the  market.  Our  Chinchillas 
are up to the equal standard, the whole  selected from  the best 
foreign  and domestic goods.

S U IT IN G S .

We have an excellent  assortment in fine worsted, cheviot, 
pequay,  meltona, cassimere and other famous mills.  We have 
a  reputation of  over 30 years  standing  established for selling 
excellent  made  and  fine  fitting  clothing  at  such  reasonable 
prices  as  enables  merchants  to  cater  for  all  classes.  Our 
Prince Alberts  have got a world fame popularity and our line 
of pants is most attractive.
William  Connor,  for  nine  years  our  representative  in 
Michigan, will  be at Sweet’s  Hotel in  Grand  Rapids  on  Fri­
day and Saturday, July  31  and August  1, and  will  be pleased 
to show our  line.  Expenses  paid for customers  meeting  him 
there, or he will  wait upon you if  you  drop  him a line to his 
address at Marshall,  Mich., or we will send samples.

MICHA.JBL  K O L B   &  SO N , 

Wholesale Clothiers,

Rochester, N. Y.

William  Connor  also  calls  attention to his  nice  line of 
Boys’ and Children’s Clothing of every description for fall  and 
winter  trade.

W h ile   p r e se n t  su p p ly   la sts  w e   p rin t  an d  

b lo c k   in   ta b s  o f  1 0 0   e a c h  :

in.  wide,  6 lines, 

1-6 size, 
1-4 size, 8^ in.  wide,  14 lines,. 
500 each size,
1,000 each  size,

500
$1  65
2  00

1,000
$2  50
3  00
2  75

2,000
$4  50
5  40
5  00

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

PERKI NS  <&  HESS
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

d e a l e r s in

NOS.  123 and  124 LOUIS STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS. MICHIGAN.

WE CARRY A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE.

T H E   M IC H IG A N   T B A D E 8M A N ,
Dry Goods Price Cnrrent.

DEMINS.

6

MODEL  DRY  GOODS  CLERK.

An  Old  Lady  Tried  His  Soul  but  be 

Kept on  Smiling.

From the New York Times.

the  real 

in  stock  before 

So much is said about the snappishness 
and  impudence of the  clerks  in  the  big 
dry goods stores that  when one is  found 
that cannot  be made cross by any combi­
nation  of  circumstances,  he  certainly 
ought to have the  benefit of that fact be­
ing heralded abroad, even if for  obvious 
reasons,neither his name nor the name of 
the store which is so fortunate as to have 
his services can be given.  The store is, 
however,  on  Fourteenth  street,  and  the 
clerk  is the most accommodating  one  in 
the whole retail dry  goods district,  so  it 
may  not be a hard  matter  for  shoppers 
to identify him.
It was on the very  hottest day  of  last 
month that this clerk was put  to  his  se­
verest test.  An old lady  from the coun­
try  had,  with  an  infinite  amount  of 
trouble,  succeeded  in  making  a  some­
what extensive purchase of linen for her 
table.  To pass over  the preliminary  in­
the  showing  of  about 
cidents  of 
tablecloths  and  napkins  and 
all  the 
tray-cloths 
the  pur­
chase  was  made, 
trouble 
began with the  payment.  The  old  lady 
emptied out  on the counter the  contents 
of a small handbag.  The contents were 
dimes and five cent pieces, and tehre was 
a  big  heap  of  them.  The  purchases 
came to just under $20.  After  counting 
it  over  twice, the  clerk  had  to  charter 
two extra  trains on the  cash  railway  in 
order to  get the  money  to  the  cashier’s 
desk.
The old lady gave minute directions for 
the  doing up  of her  package,  and  then 
started  for  the  door.  She  stopped  to 
think and  then  came  back  again.  She 
said that the napkins she had picked out 
were  too  coarse  after  all,  and  she  be­
lieved that she would take the finer ones. 
The bundle was sent for,  and the change 
was  made.  More  dimes  and  five  cent 
pieces  were  dumped  down  before  the 
still smiling clerk.
Once more the old  lady started for  the 
door,  and once more she came back.  She 
thought  she would  like  to  look  at  the 
tablecloths  that she  had  bought.  The 
clerk  laid  out  her  package before  her, 
but  she decided not to make any  change 
in 
tablecloths,  and  started  away 
again.  But  she  came  back  once more, 
and had the  traycloths  changed and  the 
clerk had  to fix  her  bill  again.  There 
did  not  seem  anything  more  that  she 
could  want changed  and  the  clerk  sent 
the bundle upstairs.
In ten minutes  the troublesome  buyer 
was back  again.  This  time she  wanted 
a package of  New York newspapers sent 
to be done up with her bundle.  The clerk 
took them with the gracious remark that 
it would  not be the  least  trouble  in  the 
world to  have them put  with  her  pack­
age,  and  then  he gave  his  attention  to 
another  customer as if  all  this  had  not 
been  an incident worthy of  notice.
Of  course  stories  might  be  told  of 
clerks  much  more  accommodating  than 
this  one,  but  they  possibly  might  not 
have  the advantage  that this  has of  be­
ing strictly true.

the 

Children Cry  for  It.

D e t r o it ,  July  22 —  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
of  even date  just  at  hand. 
I  am  more 
than pleased  with  the  very  liberal  and 
courteous  recognition  of  the  Michigan 
Commercial Travelers’ Association given 
in  its  columns.  As  I  often  hear  T h e 
T r a d e s m a n   kindly  spoken  of  by  com­
mercial  travelers,  1 am led to think  you 
have  a  large  subscription  list  among 
commercial 
travelers,  which  you  are 
justly entitled  to and  should  have.  No 
traveler  should  do  without  it  and  no 
merchant can afford to be without it.

M.  J.  Ma t t h e w s,  Sec’y.

Prefer  an  Easier Assignment.

From the Grocery Trade Press List.
A   timely  article  in  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
under  the  title  of  “Economy  of  Good 
Manners,” has met  with the approval  of 
the trade press  generally.  We now sug­
gest to  Editor Stowe that  he  continue  a 
series of sketches bearing on the relation 
of man with his fellow man—friendship, 
honor, duty, courage,  helpfulness, etc.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

- 

“
“
*•

Arrow Brand  534 

Comet....................
Dwight Star.............  734|Pequot
Clifton C CC ............  654 Solar

A d riatic..................   7
“  World Wide..  7
Argyle  ....................   634
“  LL.................5
Atlanta A A..............  633
Pull Yard Wide.......6*
Atlantic  A ...............7
Georgia  A ...............   61*
“ 
H ...............  634
Honest Width..........
“ 
P ...............6
“  D............  6%
Hartford A  ..............5
Indian Head............  7J4
“  LL..................  53£
Amory......................   7
King A  A.................   634
Archery  B unting...  4 
King E C ...................5
.Lawrence  L L ........   514
Beaver Dam  A A ..  534!
¡Madras cheese cloth 614 
Blackstone O, 32__ 5
6
Black Crow..............6M! Newmarket  G
-  
Black  Rock 
........7
B  ......  534
N ___..  6*
Boot,  AL.................  734
DD.. ..  534
Capital  A .................514
X  ......  7
Cavanat  V ............... 534
INoibe R.
..  5
jOur Level Best...,..  634
¡Oxford  R.
..  6M
IPequot....
..  734
¡Solar........
..  634
¡Top of the  Heap.. ■ •  734
BLEACHED  COTTONS.
..  8
Geo.  Washington
Glen Mills...............  7
Gold Medal..............  714
Green  Ticket............ 814
Great F alls...............  614
Hope..........................  7J4
Just  Out.........414® 5
King  Phillip..............7*
OP.......714
Lonsdale Cambric.. 1014
Lonsdale............  @  814
Middlesex.........   @ 5
No Name.................... 714
Oak View................... 6
Our Own..................  514
Pride of the W est.. .12
Rosalind.....................714
Sunlight.............. :..  414
Utica  Mills........ 
814
“  Nonpareil  ..11
Vlnyard....................  814
White Horse............  6
“  Rock................814

A B C .  .................... 814
Amazon.................... 8
Amsburg.................. 7
Art  Cambric...........10
Blackstone A A.......  8
Beats A ll..................  414
Boston.....................12
Cabot.........................  714
Cabot,  %...................6M
Charter  Oak............  514
Conway W ...............  714
Cleveland................7
Dwight Anchor.......814
shorts.  834
Edwards................... 6
Empire......................7
Farw ell.....................734
Fruit of the  Loon.  714
Fitchville  .............. 7
First Prize...............614
Fruit of the Loom %.
Falrm ount............... 414
Full Value............... 614
Cabot.........................   714|Dwlght Anchor
Farw ell.....................8 
|
UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Trem ontN............... 514
Hamilton N ..............  614
L ..............7
Middlesex  AT........   8
X..............  9
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

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

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

9

Middlesex A A.........11
2 .............12
A O.........1314
4........1714
5...... 16

“  
“ 
“ 
“ 

Integrity, colored..
White Star..............
“  colored.

“ 

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

“  
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...  734
...  8
...  9
...  9
...1034
CARPET
colored ....2034
.  ..1834
DRESS
........ ....  8
...  9
.  .1034
...21
...16

“ 

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

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PRINTS.

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COSSET  JEANS.

.18  I
COSSETS.

..........
.  .........
G G  Cashmere..
N am eless.........

Nameless.................20
...................25
 
2714
...................30
...................3214
...................35
Corallne..................$9 50 ¡W onderful.............84 50
Schilling's..............  9 00: Brighton................ 4 75
Armory....................   654
Naum keagsatteen.. 714
Androscoggin..........7>4
Rockport..................614
Biddeford................  6
Conestoga...................614
W alworth................614
Brunswick...............614
Allen turkey  reds..  514¡Berwick fancies—   14
robes..............  514 Clyde  Robes............5
pink a purple  614 Charter Oak fancies  414
b u ffs.............  6  ¡DelMarine cashm’s. 6
pink  checks.  514 
mourn’g  6
stap les........ 5331 Eddy stone fancy...  6
chocolat  6
shirtings...  414 
American  fancy__   514 j 
rober__   6
American indigo—   5141 
sateens..  6
American shirtings.  414¡Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
stap le....  514
Argentine  G rays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  414¡Manchester  fancy..  6 
Arnold 
new era.  6
Arnold  Merino.......6  ¡Merrimack D fancy.  6

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long cloth B . 1014 j Merrlm’ck shirtings.  414
“ 
Repp furn .  814
C.  814 
“ 
century cloth  7
Pacific fancy...........6
“  gold seal.......1014
robes.............  614
“   green seal TR 1014 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow  seal.. 1014
Simpson mourning..  6
“ 
serge............. 1134
greys.........6
“  Turkey red .. 1014 
solid black.  6 
Ballou solid black..  5 
Washington indigo.  6 
colors.  514
“ 
“  Turkey robes..  714
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes__ 714
red and  orange...  514!
“  plain T’ky X 34  814 
Berlin solids............514
“ 
**  X...10
“  oil blue..—   614
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red.................. 6
“  “  green —   614 !
5}4¡Martha Washington 
"  F oulards..
“ 
Turkeyred 34.......714
%  ..........   914  Martha Washington
Turkeyred............914
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  5
Cocheco fancy.  6  Windsor fancy................... 614
“  madders...  6  I 
indigo b lu e ...........1014
“  XX tw ills..  6141 
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red 14
“  4 4...........10 
“  3-4XXXX 12  ¡RIverpoint robes 

gold ticket

....  634 

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AC  A .......................1214
Pemberton AAA__ 16
York......................... 1014
Swift River.............714
Pearl  R iver.............1214
Warren.....................14

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TICKINGS.

solids..... 0I4I
Amoskeag A C A .... 13
Hamilton N ............. 714
D ............... 814
Awning.. 11
Farmer......................8
First Prize.............. 1114
Lenox M ills...........18
Atlanta,  D ...............634
Boot...........................634
Clifton, K .................  7i4|Topof Heap.
Simpson...................20
...................18
...................16
Coechco...................1014

Stark  A 
No  Name.

COTTON  DRILL.

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Imperlai...................1014
Black..................9® 914
.......................1014

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Amoskeag............... 1214
9oz.......1414
brown .13
Andover.................. 1114
Beaver Creek  AA... 10 
B B ...  9
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“ 
Boston Mfg Co.  b r..  7 
“ 
blue  814
“   d A tWi8t  1014 
Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue............12
brown........ 12
Haymaker blue.........734
brow n...  734
Jeffrey.......................1114
Lancaster  ................1214
Lawrence, 9oz.........1314
No.220.--.13
No. 250....1114
No. 280.... 10*4

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GINGHAM S.
fancies__ 7
“ 
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Lancashire...............  614
M anchester..............  534
Monogram...............   614
Normandie.................714
Persian.....................  814
Renfrew Dress...........714
Rosemont...................614
Slatersville................6
Somerset...................  7
Tacoma  ....................  714
Toil  du Nord...........1014
W abash....................   714
seersucker..  714
Warwick.................  814
W hittenden..............  634

Amoskeag..................714
“  Persian dress  814 
Canton ..  814
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Arlington staple—   614 
Arasapha  fancy—   434 
Bates Warwick dres  814 
staples.  614
Centennial..............  1014
C riterion.................10 y*
Cumberland  staple.  514
Cumberland............ 5
Essex.......................... 414
Elfin.........................   714
Everett classics.........814
Exposition.................714
Glenarie...................  614
Glenarven..................634
Glenwood...................714
Hampton................. .  634 Wamsutta staples. -  634
34 Westbrook.............. .  8
Johnson Chalón cl
......... .10
indigo blue  934
.  5
zephyrs..
Lancaster,  staple.. .  634 York........................ •  634

.16 Windermeer.........

heather dr.  8

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GRAIN BAGS.
.1634! Valley City............. .1534
.1534
.1434

Amoskeag.............
Stark........................ .20 Georgia..................
P acific...................
American............... .1634
Clark’s Mile End... .45 Barbour's............... .88
Coats’, J. & P ........ 45 Marshall’s .............. .88

THREADS.

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KNITTING  COTTON.

White.  Colored. 1

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

..12
..18
..19

Slater........................ 4
White Star..............  4
Kid Glove................  4
Newmarket..............4
Edwards..................   4

White.  Colored.

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39
16. ........38 
18. ....... 39 
40
41  11  “  20. ........40 
CAM BRICS.

42
43
44
45
334
Washington.
Red Cross.................. 334
Lockwood..................4
Wood’s ....................  4
Brunswick................4

RED  FLANNEL.

J R F , XXX......... ...85

Firem an___ ...........3234 T W ...................... ...2234
...........2734 F T ........................ . -.3234
Creedmore..
Talbot XXX ...........30
...........3734 Buckeye.............. ...8234
Nameless...
Red & Bine, plaid. .40 Grey S R W .......... ...1734
Union R ___ .............2234 Western W  ......... ...1834
W indsor___ .............1834 D R  P ...................... ...1834
Flushing XXX... ...2334
6 oz Western ............21
Union  B ___ ..............2234 Manitoba............ ...2334

MIXED  FLANNEL.

DOMET  FLANNEL.

Nameless. . . - .8   @ 934

M

Slate.
914
1014
1114
1214

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1234

934
1034
1134
1234

..  834@10
CANVASS  AND  F ADDINO.
13
15
17
20

Brown. Black. ISlate. Brown. Black.
13
15
17
20

934 13
1034 15
1134 17
I234I¡20
DUCKS.
914 West  Point, 8 oz__ IO14
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10 oz  ...1214
Raven, lOoz............. 1314
Stark 
............. 1814
WADDINGS.

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Severen, 8 oz...........
Mayland, 8 oz......... 1014
Greenwood, 714 oz..  914 
Greenwood, 6 oz. ...1114

White, doz...............25  I Per bale, 40 doz__ 87,50
Colored,  doz...........20 

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BILSSIAB.

Slater, Iron Cross...  8  I Pawtucket................1014
“  Red Cross....  9  Dundie........................  9
“  Best...............1014 Bedford..................... 1014
«  Best  AA........12141 Valley  City...............1014

SEWING  SILK.

2 
3 

Cortlcelll, doz.........75  [Corticelll knitting,

..12 
“ 8 
..12  I “  10 

tw ist,doz..3714  per 14oz  ball........ 30
50 yd, doz.. 37141
KOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White..l0  INo  4 Bl’k & White..15 
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..20
» 
..25
No 2—20, M  C......... 50  INo 4—15  F  314.......... 40
‘  3—18, S C...........45 
No  2 White & Bl’k..12  INo  8 White & Bl’k..20 
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No 2..........................28  INo 3.............................. 36

COTTON  TAPR.
..15 
“  10 
..18  I “  12 
SAFETT  FINS.

FINS.

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NEEDLES—PER  X.

A. Jam es.................. 1  501 Steamboat....  .........  40
Crowely’s................ 1  % Gold  Eyed....................1 50
Marshall’s ...............1 00|
5—4....2 25  6—4.. .3 2515—4... .1  95  6—4...2 95 

TARLE  OIL  CLOTH.
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...3 101
COTTON TWINES.

“ ....2  10 

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N ashua.....................18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply.... 17
North  Star................20
Wool Standard 4 plyl7!4 
Pow hattan.............. 18

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crow n......................12
Dom estic.................1814
A nchor.................... 16
B ristol.......  ............13
Cherry  Valley.........15
I X L .............................. 13
Alabama...................  6341 Mount  Pleasant.
Alamance.................614
Augusta)...................714
A rtsapha.................  6
Georgia....................   634
G ran ite....................  534
I Haw  River..............5
I Haw ,J ......................5  ;

614
Oneida......................5
P yrm ont.................  534
Randelman . .. .. .. ..   6
Riverside.................  5M
Sibley  A .....................834
Toledo.....................  6

PLAID  OSNABURGS.

Voigt, imolslBiier & Go.,

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

DRY GOODS,

NOTIONS,

OARPETS,

CURTAINS.
Shirts,  Pants,  Overalls,  Etc.

Manufacturers of

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

48,  50 and 52 Ottawa St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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-  MICH.

Write  for  our  Prices  on

Floor  Oil  Glotlis

-----AND----

Oil  ßloth  Bindings.

SMITH  &  SANFORD.
A   W N I N  G S

A N D   T E N T S.

Flags, Horm and Wagon  Covers.  Seat  Shades,  Large 
Umbrellas,  Oiled  Clothing, Wide  Cotton  Docks, etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COVE,  11  Pearl  Street. 

Send  for, IUastrated  Catalogne.

Telephone  106.

EÄT0N,  LYON  !t  GO.,

JOBBERS OF

A  Complete Line of

HAMMOCKS,

FISHING  TACKLE,

MARBLES,
= = = B A S £  BALL  GOODS =====
Our new sporting goods catalogue will  be  ready 

about February 10th.

E A T O N , L Y O N   &  CO.,

20 and »2  Monroe  St.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

Tar and  Gravel  Roofers,

And  dealers  in  Tarred  Felt,  Building  Paper, 
Pitch,  Coal  Tar,  Asphaltum,  Rosin,  Mineral 
Wool, Etc.

Corner Loais*and Cam pan Sts., 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Persistent Dunning*

From  the Detroit Collector.

It is a  generally accepted  notion  that 
one  of the  first  qualifications  of  a  good 
collector  is that he be a  persistent  dun- 
ner,  and by  repeated solicitations  worry 
his debtors into payment.  This idea has 
given  birth  to  the  various  agencies 
throughout  the country  which  have  re­
sorted  to envelopes  with  devices  calcu­
lated to annoy  conspicuously printed  on 
them,  and,  in some cases,  to  uniformed 
collectors,  with  striking  costumes  indi­
cating their  occupation.
As these  have been  in  the  main  pro­
hibited,  many  creditors  who  have  not 
taken the pains to  examine the  question 
closely, and feeling somewhat vindictive, 
believe  it to be the best policy to  follow 
as closely as possible in the same line.
As a matter of right,  each  man  is  en­
titled to his  own, and  to  enable  him  to 
get it is the office of the law.  The reme­
dial  portion  of  the  law  provides  the 
means of doing  this, and,  in some  cases, 
where the good of  society demands  it,  if 
this remedy is not adequate,  the law also 
provides  for the  punishment  of  the  of­
fender,  which constitutes the vindicatory 
branch of the law.
Imprisonment  for  debt,  but  recently 
abolished,  was  once  thought  to  be  the 
moral  right of every  creditor who  could 
not obtain satisfaction from the property 
of his debtor.  By degrees  the  rigor  of 
the law in this respect  was abated,  until 
now  it is  only  allowed  in  cases  where 
the debt  was contracted  under such  cir­
cumstances of fraud as would make it al­
most criminal  in  its  nature.  That  sys­
tem had a thorough trial,  and  it  is  now 
the verdict of the civilized  world that  it 
was not for the best interests of the pub­
lic to  continue  it  longer.  We  may  ac­
cept that decision as  founded on  experi­
ence and supported by the good sense  of 
mankind,  and we think we may go a step 
further and say that  any means  used  in 
the collection  of an ordinary  debt which 
has for its  object the  punishment of  the 
debtor ought never to be employed.  Our 
idea  is that  the  judicious collector  will 
keep as far away from it as possible, and 
make his application for payment in such 
a manner as to give no offense.
Not that a claim  should be  abandoned 
on the first  unsuccessful attempt  to col­
lect,  but that the means employed should 
have reference to  the payment of the ac­
count,  and to that alone.

How to  Select Rope.

A German  paper,  in an  article on  the 
present  methods  of 
rope  manufacture 
from hemp, and the determination of the 
different  qualities  and 
the  probable 
strength  simply  from  appearance,  lays 
down the following rules:  A good hemp 
rope  is  hard  but  pliant,  yellowish  or 
greenish  gray  in  color,  with a  certain 
silvery  or  pearly 
luster.  A  dark  or 
blackish color  indicates  that  the  hemp 
has suffered  from  fermentation  in 
the 
process of curing,  and brown  spots show 
that the rope was  spun  while the  fibers 
were  damp,  and  is  consequently  weak 
and soft in  those places.  Again,  some­
times a rope is made.with  inferior hemp 
on  the  inside,  covered  with  yarns  of 
good material—a fraud,  however,  which 
may be  detected by dissecting a  portion 
of the  rope, or in practical  hands,  by its 
behavior in  use; other inferior  ropes are 
made with short  fibers,  or with  strands 
of unequal strength  or  unevenly  spun— 
the rope in the first case appearing wooly, 
on account of the number of ends of fibers 
projecting  and  in  the  latter  case, 
the 
irregularity of manfacture  is  evident  on 
inspection  by any good  judge.

Couldn’t  Do  Everything-.

an  office boy to his employer.

“I’ve got a  complaint  to  make,”  said 
“What is it?”
“The  book-keeper  kicked  me,  sir. 
I 
don’t want no  book-keeper  to kick  me.”
“Of course he  kicked you.  You  don’t 
expect  me  to  attend  to  everything, do 
you?  1 can’t look after  all the little  de­
tails of the business  myself.”

Nessen City—McKeog & Co.  are  erect­
ing  a shingle mill  here  and  will  manu­
facture  exclusively  for  the  Michigan 
trade.

T H E   M ICHIGAN'  T R A D E SM A N .
Hardware Price Current.

HAMMERS.

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HOLLOW WARE.

wire goods. 

locks—door. 

knobs—New List. 

HOUSE  FUBNISHINO  OOODS.

26
Maydole  4  Co.’i .........................................dis. 
25
Kip’s ............................................................. dis. 
Yerkes 4  Plumb’s ..................... 
dis. 40410
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, H and__ 30c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2 ,3 .................................. dls.60410
State............................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4H  14  and
longer............................................................. 
3H
Screw Hook and  Bye, H ...........................net 
10
9i.............................net  8H
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Strap and T .................................................dis. 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50410
Champion,  antl-frlctlon................................   60410
40
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................... 
Pots..................................................................... 
60
Kettles................................................................  
60
Spiders  .............................................................. 
60
Gray enameled..................................................40410
Stamped  Tin W are..................................new list 70
Japanned Tin W are........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are.....................new list 3314410
dis.
Bright........................................................... 70410410
Screw  Byes................................................. 70410410
Hook’s ..........................................................70410410
70410410
Gate Hooks and Byes........................ 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .......................  
70
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings...................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................... 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................... 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain....................  
70
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
56
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s ..............................  
56
Branford’s ........................................................ 
55
Norwalk’s ........................................................ 
56
Adze Eye..................................'..........816.00, dis. 60
Hunt Bye............................................. «15.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s ..........................................818.50, dis. 20410.
dlS.
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
50
dis.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
40
“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Cls ik’s ................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
......................................... 
25
Stebbln’s Pattern..............................................60410
Stebbln's Genuine............................................ 60410
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
26
Steel nails,  base....................................................... 1 85
Wire nails,  base........................................  
60........................................................... Base 
50........................................................... Base 
40 .........................................................  
05 
10 
30........................................................... 
15 
20.. 
. . ..................................... 
16..........................................................  
15 
12..  .....................................................  
15 
10............................................................  20 
8..............................................................  25 
7 4 6 .......................................................   40 
4...............................  
60 
3..............................................................1  00 
2..............................................................1  50 
Fine 3.................................................... 1  50 
Case  10 .................................................  60 
8.................................................  75 
6......... 
90 
Finish 10..............................................   85 
8.................................................1  00 
6  .............................................. 1  15 
Clinch! 10 .............................................   85 
8............................................. 1  00 
6...............................................1  15 
Barrell %.............................................. 1  75 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...................................   @40
Sciota Bench....................................................   @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................   @40
Bench, first quality..........................................   @80
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  410
Fry,  Acme.................................................dis.60—10
Common,  polished................................... dis. 
70
40
Iron and  Tinned.............................................. 
Copper Rivets and Burs................................ 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

 
Steel.  Wire.
Base
10
20
20
30
35
35
40
50
65
90
1 50
2 00
2 00
90
1  00
125
1  00

patent p l a n ish e d iron.

Advance over base: 

MOLASSES SATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

1 25
1 50
75
90
1 00
2 50

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PLANES. 

rivets. 

N AILS

PANS.

Broken packs He per pound extra.

dlS.

dis.

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B O FES.

Sisal, K inch and la rg e r........
M anilla......................................
SQ U ARES.
Steel and  Iron.........................
Try and Bevels.........................
M itre..........................................
SHEET IBON.

8
11Hdis.
76
60
20
Com. 
83 10 
3 20 
3 20 
3 30 
8  40 8 50
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Com.  Smooth.
Nos. 10 to  14........................................ «4 20
Nos. 15 to 17........................................ 4  20
Nos.  18 to 21........................................ 4 20
Nos. 22 to 24 ........................................   4 20
Nos. 25 to 26 ........................................   4 40
No. 27 ....................................................  4  60
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86..........................................dis. 
Silver Lake, White  A .................................list 
Drab A....................................  “ 
White  B .................................  “ 
Drab B ...........................................   “ 
White C...................................  “ 

SAND PAPER.
SABH CORD.

50
50
56
50
55
35

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Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

saws. 

traps. 

H and............................................ 

Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 

Solid Byes................................................ per ton 826
“ 
20
70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot....  50
  30
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
30
Cuts,  per  foot............................................ 
dis.
Steel, Game................................................... 60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ............. 
36
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s __  
70
Mouse,  choker.......................................18c per dos
Mouse, delusion.................................81.50 per dos.
dis.
Bright M arket...................................................  65
Annealed Market............................................. 70—10
Coppered Market.............................................   60
Tinned Market.............................................  62H
Coppered  Spring  Steel............................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................  3 40
painted.......................................   2 85

wire. 

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FIG TIN.

METALS,

WRENCHES. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Au Sable................................. dis. 25410025410405
dis. 06
Putnam .............................................. 
Northwestern...................................  
dis. 10410
dlS.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  G enuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,....................... 76
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75410
dlS.
 
Bird Cages.........................  
50
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
■  "5
Screws, New List.............................................. 70410
Casters, Bed a  d Plate............................. 50410410
Dampers, American......................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods................... 66
2 20
Pig  Large.........................................................  
Pig Bars............................................................. 
Duty:  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
680 pound  casks...............................................  
Per  pound.........................................................  
H@ H.........................................................................16
Bxtra W iping......................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson............................................per  pound  16
Hallett’s .......................................... 
13
TIN—KILYN grade.
10x141c, Charcoal............................................8 7 60
7  50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
9  26
14x20 IX, 
9  26

SOLDER.

Bach additional X on this grade, 81.75.

26c
28c

ZINC.

6X
7

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TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.

10x14 IC,  Charcoal..........................................8 6  50
6  50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
8  00
14x20 IX, 
00

 
Bach additional X on this grade 81.50.

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ROOFING PLATES

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

14x20 IC, 
.............................  8 60
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
...........................   18  60
5  76
14x20 IC, 
7  25
14x20 IX, 
12 00
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
15  00
14x28  IX...........................................................  814  08
14x31  IX ...............................................................16
14x60 i i : f“  N°' I  B0?.er*’ } per pound 
10

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. 

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

AUGURS AND BITS. 

Snell’s ................................................................  
60
Cook’s ................................................................  
40
J  ennlngs’, genuine..........................................  
25
Jennings’,  Im itation....................................... 50410

AXES.

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“ 

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

BARROWS. 

dis.

BOLTS. 

diS.

Stove....................................................................50410
75
Carriage new list.............................................. 
Plow....................................................................40410
Sleigh shoe........................................................ 
70

BUCKETS.

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

BUTTS, CAST. 

dlS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................... 704
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................60410
Wrought Loose Pin...........................................60410
Wrought  Table................................................. 60410
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60410
Wrought Brass................................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................70410
Blind,  Parker’s ................................................. 70410
Blind, Shepard’s .............................................. 
70

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

40

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

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BAB8.

5
65
60
35
60

50
25

dis.

dis.

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

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

CABTBIDOBS.

chisels. 

Socket F irm er.................................................. 70410
Socket Framing................................................ 70410
Socket Corner....................................................70410
Socket Slicks....................................................70410
Butchers’ Tanged Firm er............................... 
40

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

combs. 

CHALK.
COFFER.

“ 

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

DRILLS. 

dlS.

DRIFFINO FANS.

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

30
28
25
25
27
50
50
50

07
6H

ELBOWS.

dlS.

dis.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In.............................. doz. net 
75
Corrugated......................................... dis. 20410410
Adlustable................................................ dis.  40410

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, 118; large, 826.........................  
Ives’, 1,118;  2, «24;  3,130..............................  

30
25

files—New List. 

Dlsston’s ............................................................60410
New  American................................................. 60410
Nicholson’s .......................................................60410
Heller’s ..............................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................... 
50

OALVANIZED IRON

12 

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

13 
OAUOES. 

Discount, 60

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

14 

28
18

50

F is h in g   T a c k le

A M M U N ITIO N

G U N S .

GRAND  RAPIDS

33, 3S, 37, 39, 41  L o u is  St.,  IO & 12  M on roe  St.

MichiganTradesman

8

Official Organ of Michigan BnalneM Men*»  Association. 

▲  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the  Woliierine  State.
The  Tradesman  Company, Proprietor.

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered a t the Grand Rapid* Poet Qjf. -«.

B.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY.  JULY  29,  1891.

CONSIDER THE  SOURCE.

In  connection  with  a  report  of  the 
banquet  tendered  the  Detroit  traveling 
men  by 
representatives  of  the 
the  Morning  Press  paid 
fraternity, 
both  hosts  and  guests  the 
following 
gratuitous  insult:

local 

like 

long 

tables 

spread  was 

The  most  noticeable 
the 

thing  about 
the 
absence 
of 
the  Roman  punch  which 
wine,  and 
was  served  only  aggravated  the  case. 
The  “drummers”  gazed  up  and  down 
the 
shipwrecked 
mariners looking for a  friendly sail,  and 
as  the  hour  waxed  late  and  the  wine 
came not the hard cheek  of  the drummers 
grow  harder  and a  deadly  calm settled 
in their eyes like that of a wounded fawn. 
When  the  last  drop  of the  punch  dis­
appeared and  its aroma  had  penetrated 
their  senses,  they  were  like  old  war 
horses that had  scented  the battle  from 
afar and were eager for the fray.  Yellow 
label, Old  Cliquot,  Mumm’s  Extra  and 
many other  brands danced  before  their 
eyes and caused  long-drawn sighs  to es­
cape from  between their  parched lips.

Some  of  the  guests  were strongly  in­
clined  to  make  a  personal  matter  of 
so flagrant an insult,  but  were dissuaded 
from doing so on  being  assured by  local 
representatives of the fraternity that the 
paper was  absolutely  without  standing 
in thecommunity, no person of education 
or refinement  permitting  it to enter  his 
home  or  office.

What more could  be expected, anyway, 
from a  reporter  who  insisted  on  using 
cream and sugar with  his beef  bouillion, 
on the supposition  that it was coffee?

Now that  the  new wheat  crop  is  be­
ginning to come into  market, buyers and 
speculators  are  doing  their  utmost  to 
crowd  down  the  price.  There  are  so 
many farmers  who are  under  the  abso­
lute necessity of  realizing on their  crops 
as  soon  after  harvest  as  possible  that 
there is always an opportunity for specu­
lators to take  advantage of  the situation 
and bear  down the  price.  There is dan­
ger of  overcrowding  the  early  market, 
forcing down the price and giving all the 
advantage of  the  prospective high  price 
to the speculators.  There is good reason 
for  believing that  the wheat  crop,  both 
as to quantity and quality, has been over­
estimated,  and  it  will  be  advisable for 
the  producers  to  carefully consider  the 
question  of  holding  for  better  prices 
than are first offered.

Selling  Goods Below  Cost.

H.  N. Morse in Dry Goods Balletic.

It is irritating to a retailer of merchan­
dise,  whose  existence depends  upon  the 
net profits  resulting  from  his  sales,  to 
read the  smartly phrased sentences  of  a 
professional  writer  upon  trade 
topics 
when  the 
latter  scores,  usually  with 
much  severity,  the  practice  of  selling 
goods  “below  cost.”  Such  criticisms, 
however cleverly expressed,  are not only 
silly  beyond  endurance,  but  are  even 
dangerous, in that  they are  liable  to  be 
read  by novices who,  taking for law and I 
gospel  the glib words of the professional 
writer,  follow the plausible advice, mark I

T H E   M IC H IG A N ’  T R A D E SM A N .

their goods at a  gross profit,  and  realize 
a net loss.
Every big dry goods store  in the coun­
try sells  goods daily  at less 'than  cost— 
all experienced retailers know that.  The 
store  that I manage  has  just  closed  the 
largest and most profitable June business 
in its experience,  and the most attractive 
leader  used  to  draw  trade  to  the  dry 
goods  department  was  a  quantity  of 
cheap but pretty  summer  fabrics  (chal- 
lies, prints  and  ginghams),  the  invoice 
cost of  which averaged  4%c,  but  which 
we put  out and sold  perhaps  200  pieces 
of,  a 4c a yard.  Marked  5c, they  would 
have attracted  no  attention. 
“Get ’em 
anywhere,” customers  would  have  said. 
Marked 6c  (to show a meager  profit,  ad­
ding expense  cost to  invoice  cost)  they 
would  be  condemned  as  dear.  “Why, 
Blink  &  Sleeper  are  selling ’em  at  5,” 
but at 4c they were a recognized bargain 
and did us good.
The true test of  value is  acceptability, 
the  ever  varying “cost”  playing  no  es­
sential part except as  a  guide to  the re­
tailer  to  determine,  according  to 
the 
character of the  goods,  what  a  satisfac­
tory  retail  price  will  be,  and,  in  rare 
cases,  to enable the  customer to identify 
a positive bargain.
A  dish of ice cream may  be  sold  with 
immense  satisfaction to the  consumer at 
fifteen or  twenty cents,  as the  case  may 
be,  and if politely  served,  amid neat and 
cheerful  surroundings,  the customer  re­
ceives  “good value”  in  the  strictest  ac­
ceptance of  the term;  but  if an  inferior 
article  was  served,  though  at  only  “a 
moderate advance above cost,” customers 
would soon become  scarce  and  the  con­
fectioner,  acquiring  wisdom  by  experi­
ence,  would doubtless dispose of his pro­
duct “at a sacrifice,” i.  e.,  throw it away, 
and  make  haste  to  prepare  a  palatable 
compound,  and reap the reward  willing­
ly paid by satisfied  customers.
Precisely the same principle applies to 
the offerings  at  the  counter  of  the  dry 
goods store as at the table of the caterer. 
At the fancy  bakery a  large  percentage 
of profit may be realized from the sale of 
ice cream and fine  confections,  while the 
ordinary crackers  (cost of  which can  be j 
clearly  approximated by the  purchaser)  j 
are  sold  at  about  cost.  So  in  the  dry 
goods store.  A  card of  hooks  and  eyes I 
costing  half  a cent  can  be  readily  and j 
satisfactorily  sold for  three  cents,  or  a 
dozen buttons costing two cents,for five.to  | 
the same customer who would indignant­
ly  scout the  idea  of  paying  more  than j 
five  cents  a  yard  for  Lawrence LL cot­
ton.
The gist of all is  that  the  retail  deal­
er must make a careful study of the plan  | 
by use of  which he  marks his  goods  for 
sale.  That in the  trite  advice  to  never 
sell  goods  “below cost,”  there  lurks  a 
snare to be  sedulously  avoided  must  be 
patent to the casual  observer  (not a pro­
fessional space writer),  let  alone  to  the 
working,  worrying  storekeeper,  who 
learns among his first lessons  that  if  he 
does not  offer bargains, the  dear  people 
for whose custom he  ardently longs  will 
pass by on the other  side,  and  that  bar­
gains to be  genuine,  must  be  either  se­
cured by him at less than cost (rare task, 
that!) or offered by him at less than cost.
There must be bargains.  Every price 
must be an  acceptable one.  The  dealer 
must not hold  too  cheaply  the  value  of 
the service he  renders.  He  must  count 
carefully the many and various expenses 
and  contingent  losses  which,  added  to 
the invoice cost,  makes the store  cost of 
his  wares.  All  these  propositions  are 
self  evident,  but  to  observe  the  golden 
mean that  shall  result  in  a  showing  of 
net profit in each semi-annual inventory, 
“there’s the rub.”  There is an intricate 
problem  involved,  the solution of which 
could  not  be  given  in  any  number  of 
articles.
Valuable  suggestions  bearing  on  the 
subject could  be made by  successful  re­
tail  merchants with  time and  temper  to 
write  about  it,  and  they  would  be  of 
lively interest  to  the  great  army of re­
tailers  who  patiently  ply  their  task  of 
pulling  the  jobber’s chestnuts out of the 
I fire, sustained by the  knowledge and  be­
lief that some  will be  theirs  if  they  are 
not too severely  scorched  by  the  flames 
that  are  kept  alive  by  aggressive  com­
petitors and captious  customers.
Ludington, July 15,1891.

Do  Y ou  W a n t   a   Cut  of

YOUR

STORE  BUILDING

F o r  u se  on   y o u r   L etter  H ea d s,  B ill  H ead s, 

C ards,  E tc ?

We can furnish  you a double  column  cut, similar to above, 

for $10 ;  or a single column cut, like those  below,  for $6.

In  either  case,  we  should  have  clear  photograph to work 

from.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

ENGRAVERS  AND  PRINTERS,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

UNSOLICITED  TESTIMONIAL.

H arvard,  July 6,  1891. 

Editor Michigan Tradesman:
D ear Sir—We began  trading with  Rindge, 
Bertsch & Co. three  years  ago the  2 2d  day of 
time  we  have  bought 
June,  during  which 
$3,719.54  worth of  goods, for  which  we  have 
paid cash, and but one pair of  shoes have been 
brought  back, and  those  were not  their  own 
make.
We  are  the  only  firm  handling  Rindge, 
Bertsch <fc Co.’s goods at this place, and  would 
as  soon  think of  going  out of  business  as ex­
changing their line for that of  any other house.

Griswold  B ros.

“ TW ISTB  A  YEAR.”

The  Semi-Annual  Convention  a  Most 

Pleasant Event.

away 

The  long-looked-for  visitation  of  De­
troit traveling men,  comprising members 
of the  Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’ 
Association, arriveclin the city via D., G. 
H. & M.  Railway a little after  noon  Sat­
urday, and were  taken  to  Sweet’s  Hotel 
for dinner.  At 2 o’clock  the  gentlemen 
met at  Elk’s hall,  when the  meeting was 
called to order by  Geo.  Seymour,  in  the 
absence  of  President  Robertson  of  the 
local  Association.  Mr.  Seymour  ex­
tended  a  cordial  welcome  to  the  dele­
gates present, which  was  replied  to  by 
Secretary  Matthews,  who  paid  Grand 
Rapids a warm tribute for the generosity 
of its  business men and the  courtesy  of 
its traveling men.  He said it was one of 
the first cities he visited when he started 
out on  his career as  a  traveler,  and  he 
never  yet  went 
town 
“skunked.”  He  asserted  that  he  pro­
posed to enioy the visit every moment he 
was in town and  hoped that all the other 
visitors would do the same. 
Incidental­
ly,  he had a good word  for  the  Associa­
tion,  asserting  that the same  investment 
could not be secured  in  any other  direc­
tion.  The history of the Association for 
the past seventeen years  shows  that  the 
annual cost of $1,000 insurance  was  less 
than $10 a year, while no  other company 
is able to  make  a  showing  of  less  than 
$17.50 per annum  for  the  same  amount 
of insurance.

Jos.  T.  Lowry  said he  had  been  com­
ing to Grand Rapids for  thirty years and 
hoped  to be  able  to  come  thirty  years 
longer.  He  heartily  endorsed  every­
thing said by  Mr.  Matthews in  regard  to 
the benefits of the Association, and hoped 
to  see  the  membership 
largely  aug­
mented as a result of this visit.

from 

Geo.  F.  Owen  said  that  the  traveling 
men of  Grand  Rapids  always  had  their 
bands stretched out towards  Detroit  and 
were always glad to meet a Detroit  trav­
eling man,no matter where or under what 
circumstances.  He  remarked,  inciden­
tally, that arrangements had  been  made 
to take the party to the league ball game, 
the start to be made at 4 o’clock.

Geo.  L.  Sampson  jumped  to  his  feet 
and  suggested  that  an  adjournment  be 
taken immediately.

A.  B.  Cole  presented a letter  from the 
O-wash-ta-nong Club,  tendering the local 
Association add its guests  the  privileges 
of  the club house and  boat house,  which 
was accepted with thanks.

Mr. Murray  emphasized  the  fact  that 
the  guests  were  here to secure  applica­
tions  for membership in  the  Association 
and if  there were  any traveling  men  in 
the  city who  were not  already members 
of the Association he suggested that they 
join at once.

T.  J.  Haywood  said  that  the  distin­
guishing features of the Association were 
prompt  payment  of  losses  and  assess­
ments.  His insurance had  cost  him less 
than 1 per  cent,  per  year  during  fifteen 
years, and he saw no reason why the ratio 
should change in the future.

Secretary Matthews read two letters of 
acknowledgement  from  beneficiaries  of 
the Association,  which appeared  in  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n   of last week.

Thos.  McLeod  stated  that  the  board 
had  authorized  the  remission of  the $2 
fee for medical  examination for the next 
90 days.

Chas. McLain said  that  any  traveling

T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E SM A N

9

man who did not carry all the  insurance 
he could afford to pay for was a “chump.” 
Many of those who did  not belong to the 
Association were  probably  members  .of 
some other  Association embodying  simi­
lar privileges.

Mr.  Lowry  related  an  incident  con­
nected  with one  member  who  paid  $20 
into  the  Association  and  died,  and  his 
widow received  $2,500.  The  widow  of 
another member who had paid  less  than 
$100 into the Association received $2,500, 
which was every cent of money the mem­
ber left his widow.

Several  other matters of minor  impor­
tance were  discussed,  when the  meeting 
broke up to go to the ball park.

The banquet, which was held at Sweet’s 
Hotel  in  the  evening,  was  attended  by 
about 100 representatives of the fraterni­
ty,  a  goodly  portion of  whom  were  ac 
companied  by  their  wives.  The  menu 
was  excellent  and  the  service  reflects 
credit on the new proprietor of the hotel.
Chas. McLain officiated as toast-master 
in  a  highly  acceptable  manner, extend­
ing a hearty  welcome to the  guests from 
Detroit,  although  he  admitted  that  it 
would take the eloquence of an Ingersoll 
or  Talmage  to  do  the  subject  justice. 
The doors were  open to admit the guests 
but  the Grand  Rapids boys  proposed to 
close  them and  keep  them closed  until 
their  Detroit  friends  admit  they  have 
had a good time.

Mr. Kelly, President of the Association, 
said  he  was  glad  to  meet so many  old 
familiar  faces.  Grand  Rapids  may  be 
the  Second  City in  point of  population, 
but she  is  certainly behind no other city 
in point of rapid transit.

Jos. T.  Lowry responded  to  the  senti­
ment,  “Detroit,”  and  did  the  subject 
ample justice.

Geo. F.  Owen  was  asked to  tell  what 
he knew of  Grand  Rapids.  He confined 
his  remarks  almost  solely to  the  water 
supply, from the time it emerges from the 
crystal springs in the vicinity of Jackson 
Prison,  down  by  the  Lansing  Reform 
School,  the  Ionia  House of  Correction, 
until  it  ends  up at the  Soldiers’  Home 
and Comstock Row.

S. H.  Hart  was called  upon  for a song 
and responded with an impromptu effort, 
the audience  joining him  in  singing the 
chorus  to  the  tune  of  “Good  Bye,  My 
Lover, Good Bye:”
The Grand Rapids travelers invited some guests 
Their hospitalities to share,
And  said  if  you  boys  from  Wayne  will  come 
We presume to give you good care.

west

willing at  all times to  assist  another  in 
distress.  The  traveler  is  not  only  an 
arbiter of commerce but is also an arbiter 
of politics and  social  economy,  because 
he  comes in contact  with  all  classes  of 
people  and 
is  compelled  to  cope  with 
all  manner of circumstances.

approving 

Albert C.  Antrim started out on a high- 
flown address,  beginning  by referring to 
traveling  men  as  the  electric 
lights 
of  commerce,  but  at  this  moment  the 
electric light suddenly ceased shining, to 
the  great  amusement  of  the  audience, 
disconcerting  the  speaker  so  that  he 
remarks 
closed  by 
of 
as­
serting that the  traveling man has  made 
a record on the up grade of commerce.

the  previous 

speaker  and 

T.  J. Haywood  was  asked  to  respond 
for the ladies,  but the call  was so  unex­
pected that he cut his  remarks  short  by 
asserting that in no way did  a  traveling 
man show his good  judgment more  than 
in the  big-hearted  and  loyal  woman  he 
almost invariably selected for liis wife.

the 

James B.  Mclnnis  sang a  Scotch  song 
and responded  to an encore  by  telling  a 
Scotch story.

The party then broke up  for the even­
ing,  as it was  about  midnight,  and Sun­
day afternoon  was  devoted  to  visits  to 
North Park and Reed’s Lake.

RESOLUTION  OF  THANKS.

At a meeting of the committees having 
the  event in charge,  the  following  reso­
lution was unanimously adopted: 
Resolved,  That  the  hearty  thanks  of 
the  Grand  Rapids  Traveling  Men’s As­
sociation  be  extended  to  the  wholesale 
dealers who contributed to the entertain­
ment  fund  of  the  convention;  to Land­
lord Riseley, for  his superb  banquet;  to 
the  O-wash-ta-nong  club  for  tendering 
the  courtesy of  its club  room and  boat 
house;  and to all  others who in any  way 
contributed to the success of the occasion.
The headaches of school children, says 
Dr.  W.  S. Higgins  in  the Peoria Medical 
Monthly,  are  caused,  not  by  over-study, 
but  strain  on  the  eyes  caused  by  the 
white  book  paper  used.  Smoked  eye­
glasses  will  prevent  the  trouble,  but 
children  naturally  dislike 
to  wear 
glasses,  and  he  now  earnestly  advises 
printing school  books on yellow paper in 
blue ink,  experiments having proven this 
the  very best combination.  For  similar 
reasons  white  letters  on  black  ground 
have also been  recommended.

Use Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

To  whom it may concern:

I  hereby  forbid  any  and  all  persons 
giving  any  credit  to  my  wife,  Hattie 
Conkey, on  my account, or paying to her 
any bills now or hereafter due to me.

LEONARD  L.  CONKEY.

M o n d a y 's  a n d  S a tu r d a y ’s D e tr o it E v e n in g  N ew s 

fo r f a r t h e r   P a r tic u la r s .

$ 1 0 0   G IVEN  AWAY

To the Smokers of the

PRINCE  RUDOLPH  CIGARS.

T* the person  guessing  the nearest  to  the  number  of Imps that will 
appear in a series of cuts in the  Evening  News,  cuts  not  to exceed  100, 
let Cash  Prize, $50;  2d, $25;  3d, 15;  4th, $10.  Guess slips to be had with 
every 25c. worth of  PRINCE RUDOLPH  CIGARS.  Sold Everywhere. 
Up to date there has been published 23cute, with atotal of 3 0 3  Imps.

DANIEL LYNCH, Grand Rapids, Mich.,  Wholesale Agt.

A i v B X .   G o r d o n ,   D e t r o i t ,   M i o n .

MANUFACTURED  BY

Chorus— Great town, Grand Rapids.
Live town, Grand  Rapids.
Business town, Grand Rapids.

You can’t beat Great Rapids, don’t try.
We said  we'd come and we let down  the bars, 
With the hope that all would turn out,
But we think  some  boys are  afraid of  the  cars, 
So for numbers we’re not very stout.

Chorus—

The President we thought would spoil  our fu n ; 
At his absence we made a great noise,
But we got a dispatch that Kelly would come 
And Lowry could set ’em up for the boys.

Chorus—

Our reception has  surely been  all we  could ask 
Of cordiality you may well boast.
Our thanks are due for this elegant repast 
As entertainers we think you’re a host.

Chorus—
M. J.  Matthews responded for the trav­
eling men in a right  royal  manner.  He 
related  an  incident connected  with  his 
first  visit  to  Grand  Rapids,  when  he 
drove into the city with a two-horse ped­
dling wagon over a  corduroy  road.  His 
experience  of  forty  years*  extending 
from ocean to ocean,  has shown him that 
the traveler is a true man, with  an  open 
hand  and  a  generous  heart,  ready  and

STRAITON & STORM’S CIGARS.

Having  been  appointed  distributing  agents  in Grand  Rapids  for  the  OWL 
CIGAR COMPANY  (formerly Straiton & Storm), of New York and Florida,  we are 
prepared to supply the trade with the celebrated OWL BRANDS OF HIGH GRADE 
CIGARS,  also  their  SUPERIOR  NICKEL  GOODS,  and a complete assortment of 
KEY  WEST  CIGARS,  manufactured  by the above well  known  firm at their  fac­
tories  in  New York  and Florida.  The  Owl  Cigar  Company do not  manufacture 
low  grade  cigars,  and  their products are guaranteed  free from  drugs or adultera­
tions of any kind.  We solicit a trial order.

I. M. CLARK GROCERY CO., Grand Rapids.
A.  E.  B R O O K S  & CO„

No.  47  OTTAWA  ST..  GRAND  RAPIDS 

Is  the  only  place in Michigan where  you can  buy  ALKUMA.

ALKUMA 
CLIMAX  CHOC.  ASS’D  BRANDY 

COFFEE  CHOC.  CORDIAL

“

T ry  a   Few   B oxes!

IO
Drugs  Medicines*

State  Board of Pharmacy.

One  Tear—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Two  Tears—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Three  Tears—James Vernor, Detroit.
Four Tears—Ottmar Sberbach, Ann Arbor 
Fire Years—George Gtmdrum, Ionia.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
Mo t. 4. 

__________

Meetings  for  1891 — Houghton,  Sept.  1;  Lansing 

Michigan  State Pharmaceutical  Am’u. 

President— D. E. Prall. Saginaw.
Tirst Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, in  October, 1891.________
Grand  Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. 
President. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott, 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday erening of March 

June, September and December.
Grand Rapids Drug: Clerks’ Association. 
^resident, F. D. Kipp ;  Secretary, W. Ç. Smith._______

Detroit P h a rm a c e u tica l  Society. 

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

President  N. Miller;  Secretary* A. T. Wheeler.

Lead  Plaster vs. Lead  Oleate.

The  successful  manufacture  of  lead 
plaster requires hours of almost constant 
watching;  should  it  be  left  for  a  time 
without  stirring,  oxide  will  collect  on 
the  bottom  into  a  compact  mass,  and  is 
with  difficulty  disintegrated.  The  heat 
used  is another  source of  difficulty;  the 
heat of  a water  bath is insufficient and a 
sand  bath of  direct  flame is apt  to burn 
the plaster.  No exact degree of  temper­
ature  can  be established,  as the  olive oil 
and lead oxide taken separately will  bear 
a much higher  degree of  heat than after 
they  have  combined  to  form  an  oleate. 
Therefore,  a  decreased 
temperature 
should be employed  toward  the  close of 
the operation.
The  Pharmacopceia  requires that  lead 
plaster  shall  be  white.  This  require­
ment  should  be  changed,  for though we 
may  obey the  spirit of  the requirement, 
and  obtain a very  light-colored  plaster, 
we cannot obey the letter of  the require­
ment  and  obtain a perfectly white  plas­
ter.
In view  of  the  above  considerations, 
would  it  not  be  well  to  discard  lead 
plaster  and  introduce  in  its  stead  lead 
oleate,  which is easily and quickly made, 
according  to  the directions given  in  the 
National Formulary.
With this thought in mind,  1 have pre­
pared  lead  plaster and  lead  oleate, and 
also diachylon ointment made from each, 
which I here present  for your considera­
tion,  with  other  samples,  as  follows: 
Lead  plaster  and  diachylon  ointment 
made  by the U. S. P.  method  from  pure 
olive  oil,  from commercial olive oil,  also 
from  cotton-seed  oil. 
It  seems to make 
very little ditrerence in the result whether 
pure oil  or cotton  seed  oil is used in  the 
manufacture of  the plaster.  Samples of 
diachylon ointment  were made from ole­
ate  and  from  lead  plaster,  substituting 
white  petrolatum  for  olive  oil:  substi­
tuting,  also,  liquid  petrolatum  for  the 
olive  oil.  The  ointment  made with  the 
latter  ingredient  is  too  soft,  while  that 
made  with  petrolatum  is  of  good  con­
sistency,  and  I  am  inclined  to  believe 
that it  wonld be an  improvement on  the 
U. S.  P. ointment. 
Ann  A r b o r ,  April 15,1891.

A. B.  S t e v e n s .

Test for  Oil of  WintergTeen.

An excellent  test  for  oil  wintergreen 
(or birch)  when mixed with the synthetic 
oil,  has  recently  been  published  by an 
American  firm  dealing  in  volatile  oils. 
The  circular  in  question  says:  “The 
theory  is  that  while  synthetic  winter-1 
green  oil  is  almost  the same  chemically 
as true  oil,  yet it being an alcoholic  pro­
duct it  is impossible entirely  to  remove 
traces  of  alcohol;  hence if  a  small  par- j 
tide of  red  aniline,  soluble  in  alcohol, 
be dropped  into a vial of  synthetic oil  it j 
will  immediately  show  a  disposition  to 
dissolve,  which is not the  case with  true 
wintergreen.  Practically  this  is  found 
to be the case. 
In  three to five  minutes’ 
time, by agitating vials of  both oils with 
aniline  in  them,  it will  be  noticed  that 
the  artificial  product  readily  dissolves 
the aniline,  whereas the  other will  hard­
ly  have  any  perceptible  effect  on  it. 
After the lapse of fifteen minutes to half 
an  hour  both will  be discolored,  but the 
artificial  will  have  a  purplish 
tint,

T H E   MTCHTG^JSr  T R A D E SM A N ,

while  the  natural oil  will  be more of  a 
cherry  color;  and  in  proportion  as  the 
two  are  mixed  so  will  be the  time  and 
extent of discoloration.
“This is a delicate test, fit only for use 
by  experts,  for  which  reason  we  have 
not  heretofore  published  it,  as  by it  a 
careless  user  would  probably reject  all 
the  oil  he  purchased,  whether  pure  or 
otherwise.  Before  adopting it for use it 
will be well to make several experiments 
in order to get a correct idea of the length 
of  time  required for  the action of  pure 
oil  wintergreen  on  the  aniline, in  com­
parison  with  the  artificial  and  known 
mixtures of  the two.”

Relative Dangers  of Anaesthetics.
Dr.  Horatio Wood shows by charts and 
the results of experiments that, contrary 
to  general  belief,  chloroform  kills  by 
paralyzing the respiration  as well as the 
heart,  and that ether  kills by  paralyzing 
the heart  before respiration  has  ceased. 
He  regards  nitrous  oxide  as  the  safest 
anaesthetic,  only  one  death  having  oc­
curred  out  of  50,000  administrations. 
Ether is  probably safer than  chloroform 
in  the  ratio  of  one  to  three  or one  to 
five, and  the best method of  administer­
ing it is to use the inhaler made of  cloth 
stretched  across the  wire  frame,  which 
is  surrounded  by  rubber  or 
leather. 
Plenty of fresh air should be mixed with 
the ether.  Chloroform  is probably more 
fatal on  account  of  its  greater  specific 
gravity. 
It lies in  the lungs  and  mixes 
slowly  with the  air,  completely  poison­
ing the  nerve centers before oxygen  can 
gain admission  to  the blood. 
It  is  less 
dangerous  in  hot  climates,  where  it  is 
more  readily  volatized.  Ether is more 
volatile and, therefore,  less dangerous.

Value  of Cream.

The fact is not so well known as it  de­
serves to  be, says a writer in  a  medical 
journal, that cream constitutes and admir­
able nutriment for invalids.  It is  super­
ior  to  butter,  containing  more  volatile 
oils.  Persons  predisposed  to  consump­
tion,  aged persons,  or  those  inclined  to 
cold extremities  and feeble digestion are 
especially  benefited by  a  liberal  use  of 
sweet  cream. 
It is far  better  than  cod- 
liver  oil and besides being  excellent  for 
medicinal properties  it is a highly nutri­
tious food.

“Aqua Ammonia  in  Chunks.”

G r a n d   R a p id s ,  July  25—This  order 
came in to us on a scrap  of  paper  a  day 
or two ago:
5  cents  worth  of  aqua  amonia  in 
chunks.
We sent  carbonate of ammonia  and  in 
order that our  brethren of the trade may 
smile with us,  we send the order to  T h e 
T r a d e s m a n . 

B.  S hbottder & Co.

The  D ru g   M arket.

Opium  is  dull  and  low.  Morphia  is 
unchanged.  Quinine  is  firmer.  Oil 
anise  is  higher.  Citric  acid  is  lower. 
Linseed oil has declined.  Oil orange has 
advanced.

A  prescription  clerk  in  a  Hessian 
pharmacy had occasion quite  recently to 
dispense a mixture  of  a  10:200  chromic 
acid solution,  salicylic acid and  alcohol. 
Not bearing in mind the chemical  nature 
of chromic acid he  introduced  the  crys­
tals directly into the alcohol,  as  a conse­
quence  of which an  explosion  occurred, 
resulting  in  the  man’s loss of  eyesight. 
This  should serve as a  terrible  warning 
to the many happy-go-lucky  members in 
the ranks of pharmacy  to whom study is 
a bore and the lack of book knowledge  a 
boasted virtue.  The  “practical”  drug­
gist was a good  man in his time,  but  his 
days  are numbered.

Peroxide of  Hydrogen  has  been  used 
to sterilize milk.  When  used in the pro­
portion of  five  or  six  tablespoonfuls  to 
the quart of milk,  the milk  will  not cur­
dle or become  sour for forty-eight  hours 
at the summer  temperature.  The cream 
from  such milk is  so  sweet  that  butter 
cannot be  made  from it for  a  considera­
ble time.

Use Tradesman jlo Superior Coupons.

THE  STRIKING  FEVER.

Workingmen  Beginning to Realize  that 

Labor Unions are Their Worst 

Enemies.

From  the  Nation.

The  recent  disastrous  strike  of  the 
butchers,  bakers  and  grocers  of  Paris, 
without  any  definite  object,  is  a  good 
illustration of  the contagiousness of  the 
striking state of mind.  Managers of rail­
roads  and  some  other  large  establish­
ments which  have great  staying powers, 
recognized  this  long  ago, and  many  or 
most  of  them, therefore,  made  it a car­
dinal  rule  of  their  business  never  to 
yield  to a strike,  whether  it  be  reason­
able or unreasonable,  because,  they  say, 
to  yield to  one  is  to  invite  a  series  of 
others in rapid succession.  The London 
dock  companies  have  had a melancholy 
experience of  the soundness of  this  rule 
from  a  business  point  of  view.  They 
yielded,under pressure from philanthrop­
ists and clergymen,  to a strike  gotten up 
by a body  of  laborers not  regularly  em­
ployed by them  but absolutely necessary 
to them  now and  then on pressing  occa­
sions,  and  agreed  to  pay  wages  which 
they  really could  not  afford.  This  was 
two years ago, and they have never since 
had a week’s  peace.  The  laborers,  hav­
ing,  as  they  thought,  their  power  over 
the companies, speedily broke loose from 
the control of  the  outside  agitators who 
managed the first strike, and struck every 
day or two against the application of the 
commonest  and  most  essential  rules  of 
order and discipline, and have come near 
achieving the ruin of the port of London. 
Things  have  grown  quieter  lately,  but 
the  loss has  been enormous  and the  ex­
perience bitter.
In  Paris there  was apparently  a  very 
reasonable  strike  the  other  day of  the 
omnibus drivers  against  long  hours and 
small  pay.  The  companies resisted  for 
a  while,  and  could  undoubtedly  have 
filled the  strikers’ places,  but  they were 
prevented  by  mob violence from moving 
their  vehicles.  The  police  were  over­
powered,  and  the government,  under the 
influence of  the  obloquy excited  by  the 
use of the army in suppressing a strikers’ 
riot  at  the  Fourmies  a  short  time  ago, 
was afraid to call  out the  troops to clear 
the  streets,  and  the companies  surrend­
ered.  What  the  men asked  for was  un­
doubtedly  fair  enough.  The  Parisian 
public  has no good  claim to the  service 
of  any human  being on an  omnibus  box 
for  fifteen  hours a day,  and no  corpora­
tion  ought to undertake to  provide  such 
service.
But, unfortunately, there is little like­
lihood that the  surrender has  ended  the 
trouble.  In fact, judging from American 
and  English  experience,  these  troubles 
are  only  beginning.  The  drivers  will 
probably  soon  strike  again,  either  for 
further  shortening  of  their  hours  or 
further  additions to  their  wages,  or  to 
procure the dismissal of some  obnoxious 
person  or  persons  from  the  company’s 
employment. 
In  other  words,  the  com­
panies will probably  find that the strike 
has sensibly  diminished their control  of 
their property.  The effect on the  other 
trades  is  already  visible.  The  bakers, 
butchers  and  grocers  all  struck,  not 
through sympathy,  but contagion.  The 
French dearly  love  a “manifestation”— 
that is,  a  march  through the  streets  as 
an expression of some sort of discontent, 
and this  manifestation was probably  in­
tended,  like “the  general strike”  which 
used to  be  proposed  here,  to  show  the 
community its  dependence on a  particu­
lar class  of service,  and  bring  it  to  its 
knees  before the manual  laborers.  The 
threat of the  government to  put soldiers 
into  the  bakery,  butchery  and  grocery 
business  to  supply 
the  places  of  the 
strikers  for  the  moment gave  an  addi­
tional  touch of  comedy to the crisis,  and 
an  idea of  what a funny  place the world 
will  be  when  labor  gets  “on  top,”  as 
many  philanthropists  assure  U9  it  will 
before  long,  although  they never tell  us 
how  much  room  exactly  there  is  “on 
top”  for permanent residents.
It  is  this  inability  of  labor  organiza­
tions, as at present managed, to bear suc­
cess, that does most to prevent their use­
fulness to the laboring classes.  When a 
strike  succeeds,  the  effect either  on  the 
leaders  or  on  the  rank  and  file  is  very 
much  like  the effect  on many  an indus­

in 

in 

trious  man of a lucky  turn on the  stock 
exchange or at a gambling table.  Drudg­
ery and slow gains at  once become intol­
erable to them.  They cannot bear to go 
on  obeying  orders  and  keeping  regular 
hours 
the  old  humdrum  fashion. 
They want  to  make  the  bosses  and  the 
foremen  “stand  round”  and  mend  their 
manners,  and,  if  nothing else,  to  infuse 
a little  excitement  or  variety into  their 
own  lives.  We  passed  through  this 
phase  of  “the  labor  problem,”  through 
which  France  and  England  are  now 
passing,  in  this  country  five  years  ago. 
Up  to 1886, the presumption always was 
that a  strike  against  a  corporation  was 
reasonable,  and  that  there was a certain 
justice 
the  stoning  or  clubbing  of 
“scabs,” and  that  strikers were  entitled 
to as much rioting facilities in the streets 
as  their  occasions  might  require.  But 
this state of things was speedily changed 
by  the  excesses  of  the  strikers.  The 
strikes  were  badly  managed.  They  oc­
curred so  often,  and  were attended with 
so much clubbing and  stoning and inter­
ruption of  public  traffic,  that  the  com­
munity  had in  self-defence  to  turn  the 
presumption against strikes,  and relieve 
the “scabs”  from their dolorous liability 
to have their heads broken.  So it will be 
by and  by in  Europe.  The  social  bond 
is too strong for any one class to break it.
There  are  various  signs  that  labor 
itself is waking  up  to  the discomfort of 
trying to be  “on  top.”  The  last  report 
of the Michigan Board of Labor Statistics 
contains 1,211  answers  to  the  question: 
“Has  your  labor  organization  been  of 
any financial benefit to you?”  Sixty-four 
per cent,  said “Yes,”  but thirty-five  per 
cent,  said “No.”  To the question:  “Has 
your  labor  organization  been  of  any 
other  benefit  to  you  than  financially?” 
1,125 answers were received.  Forty-one 
per  cent,  said “Yes,”  but  fifty-nine  per 
cent said  “No.”
A  similar  inquiry  by  the  Wisconsin 
Labor Bureau some time ago showed  the 
same frame of mind.  A number  of  ma­
chinists, printers,  carpenters,  etc.,  were 
asked their opinion of  the value of trade 
unions.  Barely  half  unhesitatingly  en­
dorsed  the  union  system,  while  a  full 
quarter were  outspoken  against  it,  and 
the other quarter qualified their approval 
of the principle by saying that “they are 
good 
if  properly  organized  and  man­
aged,” or that  “they are good if not car­
ried  to  excess,”  or  that “they  are  just 
what we need  provided they  are  carried 
on  upon  good  principles.” 
It  would 
probably be found,  on  more  minute  in­
quiry, that  the  failure  to benefit  was in 
the great  majority  of  cases  due  to  bad 
management.

The Magic of the  Number  Thirteen.
A dozen  or more  jolly  drummers  sat 
puffing their cigars in the  smoking  com­
partment  in the  rear  end  of a  Pulman 
sleeping car  en  route  to  Chicago.  The 
conductor  came 
in  and  collected  the 
tickets.
“See  here,  conductor,”  cried  an  old 
stager with  a  grizzly  beard,  “can  you 
change my  berth?  I  have  lower 13  and 
want another  number.”
The conductor  consulted his  diagram. 
“1 can give you  upper 5,”  he said.
“ThanksI  That will be better.”
The change was soon  effected.
“ What is thejmatter with number 13?” 
queried  one  of the  crowd.  “ I  have an 
aversion  to everything  with thirteen  in 
it,” announced  a cloak  drummer  sadly. 
“1  was  a  thirteenth  child  and  have 
always  played  in  hard  luck.  When  1 
was thirteen years of  age 1  had typhoid 
fever.  Later in life,  I  was  run over  by 
a street car No. 13.  In school I  was for a 
long time number thirteen in a class that 
counted  thirteen  pupils;  so I  naturally 
began to  regard  thirteen  with  iil-will. 
Weil, gentlemen,  it  proved  to be partic­
ularly unlucky when I bega:  to travel on 
I  once  called  on  a party  in 
the  road. 
Omaha,  and  after  much  persuasion 
managed  to sell  him  a  bill of  goods. 
I 
was  elated.  When 
I  counted  it  up  I 
found to my surprise that it amounted to 
$1,313.  To make  matters worse,  it  was 
the  thirteenth  order  I  had  taken,  and 
was  sold on  the  thirteenth  day  of  the 
month.  Such  ah  ominous  combination 
of thirteens boded no good. 
I concluded 
that the party would fail  and  counseled 
my firm not to ship  the order.”

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

11

Wholesale P rice  C urrent•

Advanced—Oil anise, oil orange.  Declined—Opium, linseed oil, citric acid.

ACIDUM.

A ceticum .......................  
8© 10
Benzoicum German..  8001  00
Boracic 
......................  
20
Carbollcum ...................  23® 35
C itricum .....................  55®  58
H ydrochior................. 
3®  5
Nltrocum 
.....................  10® 12
O xalicnm ......................   11®  13
Pho8phorium d ll........  
20
Salley licu m ...................... 1  30®1 70
Sulpnuricum..........   ..  13£@  5
Tannicum ..........................1  4001 60
Tartaricnm ...................  40®  42

AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg................. 314®  5
20  deg...............   514®  7
Carbonas  .....................  12®  14
C hloridum ...................  12®  14

ANILINE.

Black..................................2 00@2 25
Brown.............................  80®1 00
B ed................................  45®  50
Y ellow ...............................2 5003 00

BACCAB,

Cubeae (po.  80).......... 
90@1 10
Jun ip eru s....................  
8®  10
Xantnoxylum ..............  25®  30

BAL8AMUM.

Copaiba........................  55®  60
Peru...............................  @1  75
Terabin, C an a d a .......  35®  40
T olutan........................  35®  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian...................  18
CasBlae  ......................................JJ
Cinchona F la v a ...................  18
Euonymus  atropurp............  30
Myrica  Cerlfera, po..............  20
Prunus Virgini......................  12
Quillala,  grd.........................   14
Sassafras  ...............................  14
Ulmus Po (Ground  12).........  10

EXTBACTUM.

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
po............  33®  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
Is.................  13®  14
>48...............   14®  15
2 s ...............   16®  17
f e r b u m .

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Carbonate Freclp.........  ®  16
Citrate and Q uinia.... •   ®3  50
Citrate  Soluble............  @  80
Ferrocyanidum Sol —   ®  60
Solut  Chloride............  @  15
Sulphate,  com’l ..............1)4®  2
pure..............  @  7

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FLORA.

A rn ica.........................   18®  20
A nthém is....................   20®  25
Matricaria 
25®  30

 

 

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

....................   20®  70
nivelly......................  25®  28
Alx.  35®  50
and  )4s......................  12®  15
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
U raU rsi........................ 

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OUMMI.

“ 
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“ 
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®1  00
Acacia, 1st  picked.... 
®  90
2d 
.... 
ad 
....  @  80
sifted so rts... 
®   65
p o ......................  75®1 00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®   12
“  Socotrl.  (po.  60).  @ 5 0
Catechu, Is, (tfs, 14 Ks,
16)........................   @  1
Ammon!ae ...................  30®  35
Assaf oetida, (po. 30)...  @  20
Benzolnum...................  50®  55
Cam phors....................   52®  55
Bupnorblum  p o .........  35®  lo
Gafbanum....................   @3 00
Gamboge,  po...............   80®  95
Gualacum,  (po  30)....  @  25
Kino,  (po.  25).............   @  20
M astic.........................   @  90
Myrrh, (po. 45)............ 
40
Opil.  (po. 3  20)..............1  90@2 00
Shellac  ........................  23®  30
bleached........   28®  33
T ragacanth.................  30®  75

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hbbba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium ...........................   25
Eupatorium ...........................   20
Lobelia....................................  25
M ajorum ................................  28
Mentha  Piperita...................  23
“  V ir...........................   25
R ue..........................................  30
Tanacetum, V ........................  22
Thymus,  V .............................  25

HAONBSIA.

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

OLEUM.

A bsinthium .................. 5 00@5 50
Amygdalae, Dulc........   45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8  00@8 25
A n isi..............................2 0002 10
Aurantl  Cortex............3  60@3 75
Bergamii  .....................3  75@4 00
Caryophyill..................  90®1 00
C ed a r...........................  35®  65
Chenopodll..................  ®2 00
Cinnam onll.................. 1  1G@1 20
d tro n e lla ....................   ®   45
Conlum  Mac...............   36®  65
Copaiba  .......................1>20@1 30

Cubebae........................  @  7 50
Exechthitos...............   2 50@2  75
E rlgeron.......................2  50®2 75
G aultherla....................2 00®2 10
Geranium,  ounce.......  @  75
Gosslpii,  Sem. gal.......  50®  75
Hedeoma  .....................1  85@2 00
Juniper!........................  50@2 00
Lavendula..................   90@2 00
Lim onls.........................2 50@3 10
Mentha Piper................2 90@3 00
Mentha Verid...............2 20®2 30
Morrhuae, gal............... 1  00@1 10
M yrda, ounce..............  ®   50
O live.............................  90@2  75
Picls Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
R icini.............................1  04@1 20
Rosmarlnl.............. 
75@1  00
Rosae,  ounce...............   @6 00
Succinl.........................   40®  45
Sabina.........................   90@1  00
Santal  ..........................3 50®7 00
Sassafras......................  45®  50
Sinapis, ess, ounce....  @  65
Tiglil............................   @100
T hym e.........................   40®  50
o p t..................   @  60
Theobromas.................  15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

BICarb.........................   15®  18
Bichrom ate.................  13®  14
Bromide........................  35®  40
Carb..............................   12®  15
Chlorate, (po. 16)........   14®  16
Cyanide........................  50®  55
Iodide............................2 86@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  @  15
Potass  Nltras, opt....... 
8®  10
Potass N ltras...............  
9
7® 
Prussiate......................  30®  33
Sulphate  po.................  15®  18

BADIX.

A conltum ....................   20®  25
A lthae...........................  25®  30
A nchusa......................  12®  15
Arum,  po......................  @  25
Calamus........................  20®  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......  10®  12
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 40)....................  
@  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__   15®  20
Inula,  po......................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po..................... 2  4002 50
Iris  pi ox  (po. 35038)..  32®  35
Jalapa,  p r....................   40®  45
Maranta,  14s...............   @  35
Podophyllum, po........   15®  18
Rhei....................   .......  750100
“  cu t.......................   @1  75
“  pv.........................   75@1  35
Splgella.......................   48®  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpentaria...................  40®  45
Senega.........................   50®  55
Similax, Officinalis,  H @ 4 0
M  @  20
Sclllae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po......................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
lngibera....................   10®  15
Zingiber  j ................. 
22®  25

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Anlsum,  (po.  20).........  @  15
Apium  (graveleons)..  22®  25
Bird, is .........................  
4®  6
Carul, (po. 18).............. 
8®  12
Cardamon......................1  00®1 25
Corlandrum.................  10®  12
Cannabis Sativa..........  
404)4
Cydonlum....................   75® 1  00
Chenopodium  ............  10®  12
Dlpterfx Odorate..........2 00@2 25
Foenlculum.................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po..........  
6®  8
L in i.............................. 4  @ 4)(
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3)4)...  4  @ 4)4
Lobelia.........................   35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3)4® 4)4
R ap a ............................. 
6®  7
Sinapis,  Albu.............. 
8®  9
•r   N igra............  11®  12

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SPIBITUS.
Frumenti, W..D.  Co..2 00®2 50
D. F. R .......1  75@2 00
...................1  10@1 60
Junlperls  Co. O. T ....1   75@1 75
“  
1  7503 50
Saacharum  N.  E ..........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  G alli.............1  7506 50
Vini Oporto..................1  25®2 00
Vini  Alba..................... 1  25@2 00

 

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage....................2  2502  50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
2 00
carriage  ................... 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage..........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage....................  
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage .........................  
65
75
Hard for  slate  use—  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u s e ............................. 
1  40

8TBUPS.

A c ca d a ..................................  50
Zingiber  ................................  50
Ipecac.....................................   60
Ferri  I od................................  50
Aurantl  Cortes.....................  50
Rhei  Arom.............................  50
Similax  Officinalis..... .........   60
Co.........  50
Senega...................................   50
ScUlae.....................................   60
»  Co................................   50
T olutan..................................  50
$0
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TINCTURES.

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Co..............  60

Co..............  75

Aconitum  Napellls R ..........  60
F ..........   50
Aloes........................................   60
and m yrrh....................   60
A rn ica.....................................   50
0
Asafcetida................................. 
Atrope Belladonna.................  60
Benzoin....................................  60
Co...............................  50
Sangulnaria.............................  50
Barosm a..................................  50
CantharldeB.............................  75
Capsicum................................   50
Ca  damon................................   75
Castor..................................... 1 00
Catechu....................................  50
C inchona................................  50
Columba..................................  50
Conlum ....................................  50
Cubeba.....................................   50
D igitalis................................  50
Ergot.........................................  50
G entian...................................   50
Co................................   60
G uaica.....................................   50
Z ingiber..................................  50
Hyoscyamus...........................   50
Iodine.......................................  75
Ferrl 
K in o .........................................  50
Lobelia.....................................   50
M yrrh.......................................  50
Nux  Vomica...........................  50
O pli..........................................   85
“  Camphorated...................  50
“  Deodor........................... 2 00
Aurantl Cortex........................  50
Q uassia....................................  50
B n atan y ..................................  50
Rhei..........................................   50
Cassia  Acutifol......................  50
Co.................  50
Serpentarla.............................  50
Stromonlum.............................  60
T olutan....................................  60
V alerian..................................  50
VeratrumVeride....................   50

Colorless........  75
Chloridum......   35

ammon..........  60

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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T‘ 

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dither, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
A lum en........................2)4® 3

‘ 
“  mound, 

“ p o .... 
“ B po. 

cent  ................................ 

(po.
7)................................ 
3®  4
Annatto........................  55®  60
Antlmonl, po...............  
4®  5
55®  60
et Potass T. 
A ntipyrin....................   @1  40
Antifebrin....................  @  25
Argenti  Nltras, ounce  @  68
Arsenicum ..................  
5®  7
Balm Gilead  B ud.......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ..............2  1002 20
Caldum Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  Ms,  12)...............   @  9
Cantharldes  Russian,
p o ..............................   @1  20
Capsid  F ru ctu s,af...  @  20
®   25
@  20
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15)  12®  13
Carmine,  No. 40..........   @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F .......  50®  55
Cera  Flava...................  38®  40
Coccus.........................   @  40
Cassia Fructus............  @  20
Centrarla......................  @  10
Cetaceum....................   @  42
Chloroform.................  60®  63
squibbs..  @1 10
Chloral Hyd Crst.........1  5001  70
C hondrus....................   20®  25
Clnchonldlne, P.  &  W  15®  20
German  3)4®  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
Creasotum ..................   @  50
Creta,  (bbl. 75)............  @  2
“  prep....................  
5®  5
“  preelp...............  
9®  11
“  Rubra.................  @  8
Crocus.........................   28®  30
Cudbear........................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph.................  5 ®   6
D extrine......................  10®  12
Ether Sulph.................   68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po....................   @  6
Ergota,  (po.)  60..........   50®  55
Flake  W hite...............   12®  15
G alla.............................  @  23
Gambler.......................   7  @  8
Gelatin,  Cooper..........   @  70
“ 
F rench............  40®  60
Glassware  flint,  70 and 10. 
bybox60and 10
Glue,  Brown...............  
9®  15
“  W hite.................  13®  25
G lycerine.....................17  @  25
Grana Paradis!............  @  22
Humulus.......... ...........  25®  55
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @  90
“  C o r....  ®  80
Ox Rubrum  ®1  GO
Ammoniati..  @1  10
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum..............  @  70
Icnthyobolla, Am. .  ..1  25@1  50
Indigo...........................  75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl............ 3 7£@3 85
Iodoform...................... 
0 4  70
L upulin........................  33®  40
Lycopodium...............  45®  43
M acis...........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
a ra rg lo d ..................   @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1)4)...7!....................  
2®  »
Xannia,  S .F .......... . 
50®  60

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .2 05®2 SO 
C. C o .........................1  95@2 20
Moschus  Canton.........   @  40
Myrlstlca, No. 1...........  70®  75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 1 0
Os.  Sepia.......................  28®  30
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
C o..............................   @2 00
Picls  Liq, N.  C., )4 gal
doz  ...........................  @2 00
Picis Liq., q u a rts.......  @1  00
p in ts..........  @  85
Pii Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)___  ®  3
Pix  Burgun..................  @  7
Plumbi A cet................  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opil. .1  1001  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......  @125
Pyrethrum,  pv.............  30®  35
8®  10
Quas8lae....................... 
Quinia, S. P. & W ........  33®  36
S.  German___ 22  @  30
Rubla  Tlnctorum........  12®  14
Saccharum Lac tis pv.  @ 3 3
Salacin.........................1  8001  85
Sanguis  Draconls........  40®  50
Santonine...................... 
4  50
Sapo,  W .........................  12®  14
,r  M..........................   10®  12
“  G ..........................   @  15

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© 25
Seldlitz  M ixture........
Sinapis.......................... @ 18
® *90
“  opt....................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
@ 35
V oes.........................
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @ 35
Soda Boras,  (po. 13).  . 12® 13
Soda  et Potass T art... 30® 33
1)4® 2
Soda Carb..................
@ 5
Soda,  Bi-Carb.............
Soda,  A sh.................... 3)4® 4
® 2
Soda, Sulphas.............
500 55
Spts. Ether C o ............
“  Myrcia  Dorn.......  @2 25
“  Myrcia Im p........  
0 3  00
••  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2  27)..............................   ©2 37
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......  @1  30
Sulphur, Subl............. 3  @ 4
Roll................  2?i@3)4
Tam arinds.....................  
8® 10
Terebenth Venice.......  28®  30
Theobrom ae...............   45®  50
Vanilla....................... 9 00®16 00
Zinci  Sulph.................... 
7®  8

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OILS.

Whale, w inter............  70 
Lard,  extra.................  55 
Lard, No.  1.................  45 
Linseed, pure raw —   37 

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
56
40

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FAINTS. 

Llndseed,  b o ile d __   40
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained................. 
50
Spirits Turpentine__   42

43
6050
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian..........................15£ 2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ 1M  204
“ 
Ber.........1J£  203
Putty,  commercial__2)4  2)403
“  strictly  pure......2)4  2)403
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13016
ican ............................. 
Vermilion,  English__  
70075
Green,  Peninsular....... 
70@75
Lead,  red ................................... 7 @7)4
“  w h ite .............................. 7 @7)s
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’......... 
@90
1  00
White, Paris  American 
Whiting.  Paris  Eng.
c liff............................. 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  2001  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
P ain ts...................... 1  00®1  20
VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp..................16001 70
Coach  Body................2 7503 00
No. 1  Turp  F u rn ........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  5501  60
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   CO.

Importers and Jobbers off

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES.
Paints, Oils «ÿ Varnishes,

DEALERS  O f

M e  Agenta for tbe Celebrated

SWISS  BILLS  PREFIRED  PUITS.

60

M Line of Stille Druggists’ Míes.

We ara Sole  Proprie!*™ off

Weatherly’s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

We Bave la  Stock and Offer a  P a ll U ae of

WHISKIES, BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES, RUMS,

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

trial order.jtoltine l Perkins Drilg Go,

GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.

12
The  Magic  of the Number Thirteen.

(Continued from  page 10.)

“Did the party fail?”  asked  the cloth­
ing drummer in  suspense.
“No,  that’s  the  unlucky  part  of  it. 
He is as good as gold  to-day,  and throws 
me  out  of doors  whenever I  approach 
him for an order. 
I  tell you  thirteen is 
a bad  number.”
“Gentlemen,”  began a  thin,  cadaver­
ous looking individual who  had hitherto 
listened  in  silence,  “believe  it  or not, 
thirteen is an unlucky number.  Look at 
me; note  my  hollow  check and  sunken 
eye.  They are caused by sitting thirteen 
at table.”
The greatest interest was at once man­
ifested  by  the  listeners.  “Tell  us  all 
about it!”  they cried  breathlessly.
“You  see,  it is this  way:  I  live  in a 
boarding house in  Saginaw.  There  are 
j ust  thirteen at  the table, and  there  is 
hardly food enough for ten. 
I am grow­
ing  thinner  every  day,  and  if it  lasts 
much longer I  shall  die.”
“ Why don’t you  change your boarding 
house?” asked the cloak drummer.
“I can’t;  my  wife is  the  proprietor!” 
and the man blinked dismally at the hall 
opposite.
Suddenly the  cothing drummer  began 
counting  the  number of  persons  in the 
smoking  room.
“Great  heavens!”  he  cried,  “ we  are 
just  thirteen!”
There  was  a  wild  rush for the  door, 
and a moment later the smoking compart­
ment  was  as  deserted  as  a  store  that 
doesn’t believe in  advertising.

cers’  Picnic.

Date  and  Location  of the  Annual Gro­
At  a meeting of  the  retail  grocers  of 
Grand  Rapids,  held  at  the  office  of  L. 
Winterintz  last  Tuesday  afternoon,  it 
was decided to hold  the annual picnic at 
Reed’s  Lake  on  Thursday  afternoon, 
August  6th,  all  stores  to  close  at  12 
o’clock sharp.

Propositions  were  received  from  the 
managers of both North Park and Reed’s 
Lake resorts, but the  latter was so much 
more favorable than the former, that the 
vote was unanimous in favor  of  holding 
the picnic on the same grounds on which 
it has been  held for  the  past  six  years. 
On motion of E. J.  Herrick,  a  cordial  in­
vitation  was extended to all other organi­
zations of business  men to participate in 
the  event,  and  on  motion  of  Mr. Van 
Every all  merchants in the city  were in­
vited  to close  their doors  and join  with 
the  grocers  in  celebrating  the  annual 
holiday.

A. J.  Elliott  was  elected  President  of 
the  meeting,  E.  A.  Stowe  Secretary  and 
David  P.  Van  Every  Treasurer. 
The 
presiding  officer  announced  the  follow­
ing committees:

On Finance—E.  J.  Herrick,  David  P. 
Van Every,  M. C.  Goosen, l.C. Hatch, W. 
J. Smith,  Henry Vinkemulder,  A.  Rasch 
and Ed.  Winchester.

On Sports—William Killean,  Cliff Her­
rick,  Jas. Hughes, Guy Perry and Charles 
Rowland.

On Badges—Ad.  Morrison,  Frank  H. 
White,  Geo.  H.  McWilliams  and  John 
Brummeler.

On Program—B. S.  Harris, E. A. Stowe 

and Thomas Keating.

and Sam K.  Beecher.

On Audit—F.  J.  Dyk,  John  G.  Gray 

Judges—W.  S.  Freeman,  Ed.  Telfer 

and A.  S.  Musselman.

Commissary Committee—W. L. Lawton 

H. T. Stowits and J. J. Atkinson.

A  communication  was  received  from 
the Woolson Spice Co.,  offering  a  hand­
some dial clock  as a prize to  the  winner 
of  the  running 
for 
boys over 50 and under  60.  This  prize, 
together with  $100  in  cash  contributed 
by the Reed’s Lake  resort  for  the  offer­

race  gotten  up 

T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E SM A N ,

ing  of  prizes,  promises  to  make 
the 
sporting  feature of the  event a  very  in­
teresting one.

A representative of  L.  Winternitz  of­
fered  to  furnish  the  badges  and  pro­
grammes,  which  was  referred 
to  the 
proper committees.

Retailing  Butter.

From the American Grocer.
Butter plays quite as  important a part 
in  store economy  as in the household.  It 
is a nutritive article which  makes bread 
more palatable,  gives  flavor to  food  and 
adds to the  pleasure of  the table.  Fine 
butter  will  do more to  win trade  for  a 
store  than  any  other  one  article  the 
grocer  handles.  At  this  season  of the 
year  the  weather  makes  it  difficult  to 
manage the  butter  department  without 
friction.  The  secret of  having  a  large 
butter trade is simple,  viz: keep only the 
first quality.  This does not  mean fancy 
grades,  but such a quality as is certain to 
give  atisfaction.  There  must  be  some 
elasticity to the definition of “fine,”  it be­
ing determined  by  the  character  of  the 
trade served. If the patronage is thorough­
ly first-class, fine butter means the highest 
grade known to this  market.  Our  lead­
ing retailers will have  nothing else,  fre­
quently paying J4  to 1 cent above current 
quotations.  Where the customers served 
are governed by price of  an article,  and 
do  not discriminate  closely as  to flavor, 
it is possible to provide  butter that they 
will  call fine  that  is not  of the  highest 
market grade.  Still, the safer policy is to 
keep only the best,  for  the poor  people 
rely upon bread and butter, and if both are 
good, extra  good,  then  they  are pleased 
patrons who will cling to the store where 
they  are  always  sure  of  the  best.  In 
some of the most squalid sections of  this 
city  the  grocer  keeps  only  the  finest 
creamery  butter  and  the  highest grade 
of  flour.
Butter  should  be  kept in a  refrigera­
tor at  a  temperature  which  will  keep 
it firm  enough  to cut  with  a  knife,  but 
not to the freezing point,  for if butter is 
once  frozen it  is  at  the  expense of  its 
flavor.

Shippers.

Annual  Meeting  of  the  Produce 
N a s h v il l e , July 27—The third annual 
meeting of  the  Michigan  Produce  Ship­
pers’ Association will be held at Lansing, 
Tuesday,  August  11. 
It  is  desired  that 
every  shipper of  produce  who  can  will 
attend this meeting.  Ail agents of freight 
lines are invited, as are also the receivers 
of produce. 

C.  W.  S m it h ,  Sec’y.

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

Crockery & Glassware

PRODUCE  MARKET.

at 1554c.

Apples—33 per  bbl. for  red Astrican.
Beans—Dry beans are  firm  and  In  strong  de­
mand at 32 per bu. for choice hand picked.  Wax 
and string command 50c per bu.

Beets—Green, 10c per doz.
Butter—The market is full all around,  dealers 
purchasing only for  immediate wants at 10@15c.
Blackberries—8@10c per at.
Celery—25c per doz. bunches.
Cabbages—50@75c per doz.
Cucumbers—20c per doz.
Eggs—Dealers  pay 1454c  and  freight, holding 
Honey—Dull at 16@18 for clean comb.
Onions—34 per bbl. for red or  yellow Danvers.
Potatoes—50c per bu.
Peas—5t@75c per  bu.
Peaches—Alexanders and  Hale’s  Early are in 
free supply at 81@S1.25 per bu.  The crop is fully 
two weeks earlier than usual.
Radishes—In  plentiful  supply, but  little  call 
for stock.
Raspberries—Black, 8c per qt.,  Red,  10@1254c 
per qt.
Tomatoes—$1.00  for  4  basket  crate  of  fancy 
Acme.
Watermelons— The  market  Is  glutted  with 
poor stock, which sells as low as 10c.  Fair stock 
is in moderate demand at 12@15c.

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as follows for live weight:
Spring  chickens......................................... 13 @15
Fall  chickens............................................  754® 8
Turkeys........................................................  9 @10
Spring du ck s.................. 
10  @12
Fall  ducks..................................................  8  @ 9
Geese  ..........................................................   8  @ 9

 

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

POBK  IN  BARRELS.

Mess,  new...........................................................  n  75
S h o rtc u t............................................................  11 75
Extra clear pig, short cu t................................  13 50
Extra clear,  heavy.........................................
Clear, fat  back..................................................   13 00
Boston clear, short cu t...............................  
Clear back, short cu t........................................  13 50
I Standard clear, short cut. best.....................  
13 50
Pork Sausage........................................................7
Ham Sausage......................................................’, 9
Tongue Sausage............................................9
Frankfort  Sausage 
..........................................   g
Blood Sausage......................................................] 5
Bologna, straight..................... 
’  5
Bologna,  thick............. 
'  5
 
Head Cheese.......................................................5

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lard—Kettle Rendered.

t3 50

Family. 

Tierces..................................................................73/
Tubs...................................................................  
bi?
501b.  T ins.............................................................  gjj
Corn-
pound.
6
634
7
6
6
654

Tierces...............
0 and  50 lb. Tut 
3 lb. Pails, 20 in 1 
5 lb. Pails, 12 In 1 
10 lb. Pails, 6 in 1 
201b. Palls, 4 in 
501b. Cans........
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs.............................  8 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing..............................   8 50
Boneless, rump butts..............................................12 50
Hams, average 20 lbs............................... 

lard. 
.................654
............... 6«
»...............754
.................7%
................ 754
s............... 7
.................654
BEEP  IN  BARRELS.

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

9«
16 lbs..........................................loft
12 to 14 lbs.................................. IO54
picnic..........................................................734
best boneless............................................  ¿14
Shoulders..  ........................................................   654
Breakfast Bacon, boneless................................  834
Dried beef, ham p ric e s................................ 
11
Long Clears, heavy................................................¿5£
Briskets,  medium................................................  7
lig h t....................................................   7

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CANDIES. FRUITS and NUTS. 
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as f oliowb :

STICK  CANDY.
Full  Weight. 

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Standard,  per  lb ..................................  654
H. H __ ..................................  654
Twist  ...................................654
Boston  Cream  ..
Cut  Loaf............ ..................................754
Extra  H. H ......... ..................................754

Bbls. Palls.
754
754
754
954
854
854

MIXED  CANDY.
Full Weight.

Bbls.
Standard............. .............................654
Leader................. ............................ 654
Special...............
..........................7
Royal................................................7
Nobby...............................................754
Broken.............................................754
English  Rock.................................754
Conserves........................................7
Broken Taffy...................................754
Peanut Squares................................
E x tra.................................................
French Creams...............................
Valley  Creams................................
fancy—In bulk.
Full Weight. 

Pails.
754
754
8
8
854 
854 
854 
8
854 
9 
10 
1054 
1354

 

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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Bbls.  Pails.
1154
Lozenges,  plain...................................1054 
printed............................... 11 
1254
1254
Chocolate Drops.................................... 
14
Chocolate Monumentals..................... 
Gum Drops..................................... ......   5 
654
Moss Drops...................: ....................... 8 
9
954
Sour Drops............................................   854 
Imperials......................  ...................... 1054 
1154
Per Box.
Lemon Drops........................................................ 55
Sour D rops.......  ..................................................55
Peppermint Drops................................................65
Chocolate Drops................................................... 70
H. M. Chocolate  Drops....................................... 90
Gum Drops.....................................................40@50
Licorice Drops.....................................................1 00
A. B. Licorice  Drops...........................................80
Lozenges, plain.....................................................65
printed................................................70
Imperials............................................................... 65
Mottoes.................................................................. 75
Cream B ar..............................., ............................60
Molasses  B ar.....................................•................. 55
Hand Made  Creams......................................85@95
Plain Creams..................................................80@90
Decorated Creams..............................................1 00
String  Rock..........................................................70
Burnt Almonds...................................................1 00
Wintergreen  Berries......................................    .65
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb. boxes...........................  34
51
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes. . .. r : ...............................1 10
California, Med.  Sweets  128s................. 
150-1768........... 

fancy, 360............................... 
choice  300................................ 
fancy 300............................... 
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

4  00
4  75
Messina, choice, 360................................  @5  CO
@5  50
5 00
5  50
18@19 
@16 
@1254 
@10 
@  8 
@  6
Almonds, Tarragona................................  @17
Ivaca.........................................  @1654
California.......*......................   @17
Brazils, new...............................................   @754
F ilberts......................................................   @1154
Walnuts, Grenoble...................................   @1454

Fard, 10-lb.  box.............................
.............................
Persian. 50-lb.  box........................4
NUTS.

Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers.
.

CARAMELS.
 
 
 

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

“  Marbot........................................  @12
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Table Nuts, No. 1.....................................  @14
No. 2.....................................   @13
Pecans, Texas, H. P ..................................  15@17
Cocoanuts, full Backs.................................  @4  00
Fancy, H.  P., Suns...................................   @554
@  754 
Fancy, H.  P., Flags........................
@  554 
“  Roasted...........
@  754 
Choice, H. P.,  E xtras.....................
@ 454 
“  Roasted.........
@654

PEANUTS.
Roasted.

50-lb.  “ 

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choice 

LEMONS.

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H ID E S ,  PELTS  an d   FURS.

Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  follows:

HIDES.

 

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G reen......................................................... 4  @ 5
Part  Cured.................................................  @  5
5  @554
Full 
Dry.................................................................. 6 @ 7
Kips, green  .....................................  
4  @454
“  cured.....................................................5 @  554
Calfskins,  green........................................   4 @  5
cured........................................   5 @ 6
Deacon skins............................................... 10 @30

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No. 2 hides 54 off.

Shearlings................................. 
10  @25
Lambs........................................................... 20 @60
WOOL.
Washed.............................................................. 20@30
Unwashed............................... 
10@20
Tallow ........................................................  354®  454
Grease  butter  .......................................... 1  @ 2
Switches....................................................   154® 2
Ginseng......................................................2 50@3 00

MISCELLANEOUS.

 

FELTS.

OILS.

The  Standard  OH  Co.  quotes  as  follows,  1 

barrels, f. o. b. Grand Rapids:
Water W hite__
Special W hite... 
Michigan T est.,
N aptha...............
Gasoline...........
Cylinder...........
E ngine............
Black,  Summer.

@  854 
@ 854 @ 7* 
@ 754 @ 8)4 
@36 
@21 @ 8

,sn
13

LAMP  BURNERS.

First quality.

6 doc. In box.

No. 0 Sun...................................................
No. 1  “  ...................................................
No. 2  “  ...................................................
T ubular....................................................
lamp  chimneys.—Per box. 
No. 0 Sun..................................... ............
No. 1  “  ...................................................
No. 2  “  ...................................................
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top...............................
No. 1  “
No. 2  “ 
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No. 0 Sun, crimp top...............................
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled..........
tr 
No. 2  “ 
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No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
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No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doc..............
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No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doc................................
No. 2 
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La Bastic.

Pearl top.

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FRUIT JARS.

Mason’s or  Lightning.

P in ts..................................................................... 11 50
Q u arts................................................................. 12 50
Half gallons.........................................................16 00
Rubbers............................................................... 
56
Caps  only............................................................  4 50
Butter Crocks, per gal.....................................  0654
Jugs, 54 gal-i per doz.......................................  75
....................................  90
....................................1 80
Milk Pans, 54 gal., per doz.  (glazed 75e)....  66 
“ 
T   «  900).  ..  78

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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 80
.3 70 
4  70 
.4  70
.1  25 
.1  50 
.1  35 
.1  60

FR E S H   MEATS.

Swift and Company quote as follows:

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Beef, carcass..............................................  5  @ 7

hindquarters..................................  654@  714
fore 
.................................. 3  @ 4*4
loins, No. 3.....................................  @  914
ribs........................................   8  @ 854
rounds..............................................   G @ 7
tongues..................................   @
Bologna...........................................   @5
Pork loins..................................................  @11
sh ou ld ers..................................................   @714
Sausage, blood  or head...........................  @ 5
liver.............................................  @ 5
Frankfort...................................   @ 734
Mutton............................................   7  @8
Veal.............................................................  @654

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FISH and  OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH  FISH.

Whiteflsh........................................
T rout...............................................
Halibut............................................
Ciscoes......................................
Flounders.......................................
Bluefish...............   ........................
Mackerel.........................................
Cod...................................................
California salmon.........................
oysters—Cans. 
Falrhaven  Counts........................
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100..........................
..........................
Clams, 

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

@40

1  50 
1  00

T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E SM A N .

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F ra z e r’s.

APPLB  BUTTER.
Chicago  goods...............
AXLE GREASE. 
Wood boxes, per  doz__
.. 
80
3 doz. case.
“ 
..  2 40
per gross  .. ..  9 00
41 
251b. pails,........................
..  1  00
151b.  “ 
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75
.. 
A u ro ra.
Wood boxes,  per  doz__
.. 
60
3 doz. case.
..  1  75
per  gross.. ..  6 00

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Wood boxes,  per doz  ... .. 

50
3 doz. case.
.  1  50
per  gross.. ..  5 50

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P eerless.

25 lb. p a ils ......................
BAKING  POWDER.
Acme, 
lb. cans, 3 doz  .
541b.  “ 
2  “  .. .. 
1  “
lib .  “ 
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Telfer’s,  54 lb. cans,  doz
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Arctic, 54 lb c a n s ............
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Red Star, 54 ft  cans.........
.........
.........

54 lb. 
1 lb. 
54»  “ 
1  lb  “ 
5 lb  “ 
54  ft  “ 
1 ft  “ 
BATH BRICK.

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BLUING.

2 dozen in case.
E n g lish .............................
Bristol................................
Domestic.........................
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals............
“ 
8oz 
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pints,  round........
“  No. 2, sifting box. 
“  No. 3,
“  No. 5, 
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1 oz ball  ...............
BROOMS.
No. 2 H url.........................
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2 Carpet....................
No. 1 
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Parlor Gem.......................
Common W hisk...............
Fancy 
...............
M ill...................................
W arehouse.......................
BUCKWHEAT  PLOUR.
Rising Sun........................
York State.........................
Self Rising........................
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............
Star,  40 
............
Paraffine...........................
W icking.............................
CANNED  GOODS.

CANDLES
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90
45
85
..  1  00
10
45
85
.  1  50
. 
60
.  1  20
.  2 OO
.  9 60
40
80
.  1  50

..  90
..  70
..  60
Gross
.  4 00
.  7 00
.10 50
.  2 75
.  4 00
.  8 00
.  4  50
.  1  75
.  2 00
.  2 25
.  2 50
.  2 75
90
.  1  20
.  3 25
.  2 75
..5 00
..4 50

.  1054
•  1054
.  12
.  25

PISH.
Clams.

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..1  10
Little Neck,  1 lb .............
“  2  lb ..............
..1  90
Clam Chowder.
..2 30
Standard, 3 lb ...................
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb ................... ..1  10
21b ................... . 2   10
Lobsters.
..2 45
Star,  1  lb .........................
..3 45
“  2  lb .........................
Picnic, 1 lb ......................... ..2 00
. .3 00
“ 
21b ........................
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb .................... ..1  20
2  lb ................... ..2 00
..3 00
Mustard,  31b...................
Tomato Sauce,  3 lb .......... ..3 00
.3 00
Soused, 3  lb ......................
Columbia River, flat — ..1  85
tails.......
..1  20
Alaska, 1  lb ......................
..1  90
21b ........................
Sardines.
5@ 6
American  54s...................
7@ S
54s..................
Imported  J4s....................
11@12
13@14
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Mustard  %£s...................... @10
Trout.
..2  50
Brook, 3  lb ........................

Salmon.
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FRUITS.
Apples.

3 25
York State, gallons —
90
Hamburgh, 
“  —
Apricots.
2 25
Santa  Cruz..................
2 50
Lusk’s ...........................
2 35
Overland.................
Blackberries.
90
V. &  W......................
Cherries.
1  20 
B ed.............................
1  75 
Pitted Hamburg.  ...
1  60 
W hite........................
1  30
B rie ...........................
Damsons, Bgg Plums and Green 
Gages.
@1  60 
E rie ..............................
Gooseberries.
1  10
Common......................
P ie ................................ 1  60@1  75
M axw ell...................... 
2 25
Shepard’s ....................  
2 25
California.................... 2 60@2  75
Domestic......................
1  25
Riverside......................
2 25
Pineapples.
Common.......................
1  30
Johnson’s  sliced........
2 60 
grated........
2 85
Quinces.
Common......................
1  10
Raspberries.
1  30 1 50 
R ed................................
Black  Hamburg..........
1  40
Brie,  black...................

Peaches.

Pears.

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Lion........................................ 2i3£
in cabinets —  •........... 2554
Durham ................................. 2454
Valley City.....................   75
Felix.................................. 1  15

EXTRACT.

Whortleberries.

Strawberries.
Lawrence....................
1
Hamburg......................
2 25
Erie..............................
1  65
Common......................
1  40
F. &  W.........................
Blueberries.................
1  30
Corned  beef,  Libby’s ....... ..2  10
Roastbeef,  Armour’s__
Potted  ham, 54 lb ............. ..1  50
J4 lb ..............
..1  00
tongue, 54 lb .......... ..1  10
541b...  .
95
. 
chicken, 54 lb .......
95
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MEATS.

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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...............
World’s  F air...................... ..1  35
Ham burgh.........................
.1  25
Tiger ...................................
P u rity ................................
..110
E rie ..................................... . .1  15
Hamburgh marrofat

Corn.

Peas

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Tomatoes.

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

early Ju n e ............1  50
Champion E ng...
Hamburgh  petit  p o is ......... 1  75
1  90 
fancy  sifted
Soaked ...........................
65
Harris  standard...........
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.1  10
Early Ju n e ...........1  30
Archer’s  Early'Blossom___1  35
F ren ch ........................................ 1 80
F rench.................................17@18
E rie.........................................  90
H ubbard...................................... 1 30
Hamburg  ...............................1  40
Soaked....................................  85
Honey  Dew................................. 1 60
Van  Camp's.................................1 10
No. Collins...................................1 10
H am burg.....................................1 30
H ancock......................................1 05
Gallon  ...  ............................. 2 75
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’ 8.
22
German Sweet...................  
Premium............................. 
34
Pure................................. 
38
40
Breakfast  Cocoa...............  
CHEESE.
N orw ay....................
@  954 
N. Y. or Lenawee...
@  954 
@ 9 ® 8 
Allegan  ...................
Skim ....................
@22 @1 00
Sap  Sago............—
E d a m .......................
Swiss, im ported........   24@
domestic  __   15®  16
Limburger.............................  11
Rubber, 100 lumps................. 35
Spruce, 200 pieces................. 40
Snider's, 54 pint....................1  35

CHEWIMS  OHM.
200 

p in t.................... 
2 30
quart.............................3 50
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes  ....................... 40
COCOA  SHELLS
B ulk...............................
@4
Pound  packages..........
C O FFEE.

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GREEN.
Rio.

Santos.

Maracaibo.

F air........................................ 2054
Good...................................... 21
Prim e.....................................2154
Golden...................................2254
P eaberry...............................23
F a ir........................................2054
Good...................................... 21
P rim e.................................... 2154
Peaberry  ............................... 2254
Mexican and Guatemala.
F a ir........................................22
Good...................................... 23
Fancy.................................... 25
Prim e.................................... 2254
M illed...................................2354
Interior ..  .............................26
Private Growth....................28
Mandehling  ..........................29
Im itation..............................25
Arabian.................................2854
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cen t  for shrink­
age.
M cL aughlin’s  X X X X ----243£

PACKAGE.

ROASTED.

Mocha.

Java.

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Hummel’s, foil....................   1  50
t i n ......................2 50
CHICORY.
Bulk........................................  4V4
Red.........................................  7
Cotton,  40 f t..........per doz.  1  25
1  40 
1  60 
1  75 
1  90 
90 
1  00
Eagle.
40
Crown......................................6  50
Genuine  Swiss...................... 8 00
American Swiss.....................7 00

CLOTHES  LIMES.
50 ft.
60 ft.
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80 f t.......... 
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CONDENSED MILK.

Jute

COUPON  BOOKS.

“Tradesman.”
8  1, per  hundred.................2 00
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# 3,  “ 
3 00
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#5,  “ 
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#10,  “ 
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5 OC
#20, 
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“Superior.”
2  50
#  1  per  hundred..........
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# 2,  “ 
3 00
4 00
S  5. 
# 10, 
# 20,

5 006 00

“Universal.”
82  50 
$  1, per hundred..........
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.  3 00 
#3, 
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.  5 00
.  6 no
# 10, 
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.  7 00
820, 
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Bulk orders for above coupon 
books are subject to the follow­
ing  discounts:
200 or over.............   5  per  cent
500  “ 
1000  “ 

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CRACKERS.

 

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Kenosha Butter....................   754
Seymour 
554
B utter....................................... 554
“  family............................. 554
“  biscuit............................654
Boston....................................... 754
City Soda.................................. 754
Soda.......................................... 6
S. O yster............. 
554
City Oyster. XXX...................  554
Strictly  pure........................ 
30
Telfer’s  Absolute...............  
35
40
Grocers’...............................10@15

CREAM TARTAR.

D R IE D   FRUITS. 

Apples.

California Evaporated.

Sundried......................  @ 3
Evaporated.................   @11
Apricots..
14
Blackberries..............
654
13
N ectarines.................
Peaches  ....................
12
Pears,  sliced..............
Plum s.........................
Prunes,  sweet............
PRUNES#
Turkey........................
Bosnia.........................
F rench........................
Lemon.........................
Orange........................
CITRON.
@18 
In drum ......................
In boxes.....................
@20
CURRANTS.
Zante, in  barrels........   @  5

FEEL.

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in  54-bbls........   @ 554
in less quantity  @  554 
raisins—California. 
2 00
“ 
2 25
“ 
175
654

London Layers,  2  cr’n 
3  “ 
fancy. 
Muscatels,2crown  ... 
1 
.... 
Valencias..................... 
Ondaras........................  @ 7
Sultanas.......................   @15

3  “ 
Foreign.

“ 

FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

2 10
1 60

Farina.
Hominy.

4

Lima  Beans.

Maccaroni and Vermicelli.

100 lb. kegs..................... 
Barrels.........................................3 75
G rits................. ...................
55*
Dried............................... 
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
60
Imported........................ 
11
Pearl Barley.
Kegs.................................. 354@3Ji
Green,  bu....................................1 20
Split, bbl......................................6 50
Germ an................................  
East India............................. 

Sago.

Peas.

5
5

Wheat.

F IS H —Salt. 

Bloaters.

“ 
“ 

Cod.

Halibut.
Herring.

Yarmouth.............................
Whole..............  ..............  @654
Bricks..............................   8@854
Strips................................  8@9
Smoked
Scaled...........................
Holland,  bbls..............
kegs...............
Round shore,  54 bbl...
“ 
54  bbl..
Mackerel.

1054
24
11  00
2 75 
1  50
No. 1, 54 bbls. 90 lbs............9  50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................  1  20
Family, 54 bbls., 100 lbs__ 3 50
45
Fancy.........................   3 50@4 00
Russian,  kegs......................
No. 1, 54 bbls., 90 lbs............5  50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...................  80
No. 1, 54 bbls., 90  lbs............7 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs..................1  00
Family, 54 bbls., 90 lbs.........3 00
kits. 10  lbs..............  50
Jennings’ D C.

“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Pollock.
Sardines.
Trout.

kits, 10  lbs............  

vVhitefish.

“ 

HERBS.

JELLIES.

“
...150
“ 
...2   00
“  
“ 
...3  00
GUN  POWDER.

Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
1  50
2 00
3 00
4 CO
.5  50

2 oz folding box
3 oz 
4 oz 
6 oz 
8 oz
Kegs
Half  kegs....................................3 00
Sage........................................ 15
Hops....................................... 25
Chicago  goods.................  @4
30
No................ 
No. 1....................................... 
40
No. 2......................................  
50
Pure.........................................  30
Calabria..................................  25
Sicily.......................................  18
Condensed,  2 doz.......................1 25
No. 9  sulphur..............................1 65
Anchor  parlor.............................1 70
No. 2 hom e...................................1 10
Export  parlor.............................4 25

LAMP WICKS.

LICORICE.

MATCHES.

LYE.

 

 

1 00

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house........................ 
O rdinary............................. 
P rim e.................................. 
Fancy.................................. 
F a ir.....................................  
Good.................................... 
Extra good.......................... 
Choice................................  
Fancy................................... 
One-half barrels. 3c extra

New Orleans.

OATMEAL.

16
19
19
23
17
20
26
30
36

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

ROLLED OATS.

PICKLES.
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 .......................

PIPES.

RICE.

Domestic.

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

Imported.

Broken..................................
Japan, No. 1........................... 65*
No. 2.........................554
Jav a.......................................  5
Patna.....................................   5

“ 

ROOT BEER.

Williams’ Extract.

25 cent size........................... 1  75
3 dozen................................8 5 Q0

SAPOLIO.
“ 
SOUPS.

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

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

Allspice................................. 10
Cassia, China In m ats........   754
“  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 
“ 
w hite...  .25
“ 
shot..........................19
Pure Ground In Bulk.
Allspice.................................15
Cassia,  Batavia................... 20
“ 
and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon.....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................30
“  Zanzibar..................20

“ 

“ 

“ 

R 
“ 

Ginger, African....................
Cochin....................
Jam aica.................
Mace  Batavia.......................
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..
Trieste....................
Nutmegs, No. 2 ....................
Pepper, Singapore, black__
“  w hite.......
“ 
Cayenne.................
Sage........................................
“Absolute” in Packages.
34s
A llspice........................  84
Cinnamon....................   84
Cloves...........................  84
Ginger, Jam .................  84
“  A f....................   84
M ustard........................  84
P epper.........................   84
Sage...............................   84

SUGAR.

20
30
25
20
54s 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55

Cut  Loaf..
@  554 
@ 4X 
C ubes.......
Powdered. 
@ 5 
Granulated..
•..  454@4.56
Confectioners’  A ........ 496@4.44
Soft A .........................   @4-31
White Extra  C............  @  454
Extra  C..........................3»@  4
C ...................................  354®  3«
Yellow 
.......................   354®  394
Less than 100 lbs.  54 c advance

STARCH.
Corn.

 

 

“ 

“ 
“ 

SOAP.

SNUFF.

20-lb  boxes...........................  654
40-lb 
654
Gloss.
1-lb packages.........................   6
3-lb 
......................... 6
6-lb 
654
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............   49i
Barrels....................................4?j
Scotch, In  bladders..............37
Maccaboy, in jars................. 35
French Rappee, In Jars.......43
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country, 80................ ...3  20
...3 50
Uno.100...................—   ..
Bouncer, 100..................... ...3  00
Boxes................................ ....554
Kegs, English.................. — 494
Kegs...................................
-  154
Granulated,  boxes.......... ...  2
Mixed bird...................  454®  6
Caraway.................................10
C anary................................... 354
Hemp.........................................454
Anise...................................... 13
R ape.......................................  6
Mustard..................................754

SAL  SODA.

SEEDS.

SODA.

BALT

Diamond Crystal.

 
 

 
 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Warsaw.

100 3-lb. sacks............................82 40
2 25
60 5-lb. 
“ 
28 10-lb. sacks.................... 2  15
2014-lb.  “ 
2 00
24 3-lb  cases.............................  1 50
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags 
28 lb. 
.. 
ski
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
35
281b.  “ 
.. 
18
561b. dairy  bags................. 
75
56 lb. dairy  bags................. 
75
56 lb.  sacks.........................  
27
Saginaw and Manistee. 
Common Fine  per bbl....... 
90
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .554
Dwight’s Cow.......................... 554
Taylor’s ....................................594
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf..............554
pure........................... 554
Golden Harvest.......................5

Ashton.
Higgins.

Solar Rock.

SALERATUS.

“ 

8YRUP8.
Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels.................................... 28
Half bbls.................................30
Am ber............... ..........23 
5
Fancy drips................ 28  @30
SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps...............
Sugar  Creams..............
Frosted  Creams..........
Graham  Crackers.......
Oatmeal  C rackers.....
SHOE  POLISH.
Jettine, 1 doz. In  box...

854

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

SUN CURED.

BASKET  FIRED.

@17
F a ir..............................
Good.............................
@20
Choice............................ 24  @26
Choicest.........................32  @34
D u st............................... 10  @12
F a ir...............................  @17
Good.............................  @20
Choice............................ 24  @26
Choicest.........................32  @34
D ust................................10  @12
F a ir................................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.

GUNPOWDER.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONO.

18

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

F a ir................................18  @22
Choice............................24  @28
B est............................... 40  @50

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

 

“ 

“ 

Plug.

Pails unless otherwise noted.
H iaw atha..................... 
60
Sweet  Cuba................. 
34
McGinty......................  
24
54 bbls..........  
22
Little  Darling............ 
22
20
54 bbl.. 
1791..............................  
20
1891, 54  bbls................. 
19
Valley  City............... 
 
  33
27
Dandy Jim ................... 
Searhead...................... 
40
Jo k e r...........................  
24
Zero............................... 
22
26
L. & W.......................... 
Here  It Is....................  
28
Old Style...................... 
31
Old  Honesty...............  
40
Jolly Tar......................  
33
Hiawatha.....................  
37
Valley C ity ................. 
34
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good...................... 38
Toss  Up......................................26
Out of Sight..............................25
Boss......................................... 1254
Colonel’s Choice................... 13
W arpath.................................14
B anner...................................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  Y um ............................. 32
Red Clover............................. 32
Navy....................................... 32
Handmade............................. 40
F ro g ....................................... 33
40 g r........................................   8
50  gr........................................

Smoking.

VINEGAR.

 

$1 for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

“ 

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@6
@6

PAPER.

Bulk, per gal  ....................  
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 
yeast—Compressed.
Tin foil cakes, per doz............15
Baker’s, per  lb ..........................30
P A P E R  A  W OODEN W A RE
Straw 
.................................... im
R ockfalls.................................2
Rag sugar................................ 254
H ardw are................................ 254
B akers......................................254
Dry  Goods.
Jute  Manilla............
Red  Express  No. 1. 
No. 2.
TWINES.

WOODENWARE.

48 Cotton.............................
99
Cotton, No. 1...................... ..20
“  2.........................18
Sea  Island, assorted....... ..  35
No. 5 H em p....................   .
...18
No. 6  “ ................................
...17
Tubs, No. 1...........................  7 00
“  No. 2......................... .  6 00
“  No. 3...........................  5 00
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop..
1  50
“  No. 1,  three-hoop... 
..  1  75
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes..,
50
.. 
Bowls, 11 inch......................  1  00
........................  1  25
13  “ 
15  “ 
......................... 2 00
17  “ 
......................... 2  75
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 SO 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
35
shipping  bushel..  1  15 
full  hoop  “ 
..  1  25
b ushel...................  1  50
willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75 
No.2 6  25
N0.3 7 25 
N0.I  3 50 
No.2 4 25 
N0.3 5 00

Baskets, market................... 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

splint

WHEAT.

New  Old
90
90

“  
“ 

MEAL.

FLOUR.

N o.  1  W h ite  (58 lb. te st) 84
N o.  1  R ed   (60 lb.  te st)
81
B o lte d ..................................
G ra n u la te d .................... ...
S tra ig h t, In   s a c k s ..........
“   b a rre ls........
“   s a c k s ..........
P a te n t 
“  b a rre ls ........
s a c k s ___
G ra h a m   “ 
R y e 
“  
........
MILL8TUFFB.
B ra n ......................................
S c re e n in g s ........................
M id d lin g s ..........................
M ix ed   F e e d ......................
C oarse  m e a l......................
M illin g ................................
F e e d ....................................

RYE.

“ 

BARLEY.

CORN.

B rew ers, p e r  100  lb s ...
F e e d , p e r  b u ....................
S m all  lo ts ? :......................
C ar 
..........................
S m all  lo ts ..........................
C ar 
..........................

OATS.

“  

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HAY.

N o. 1......................................
N o .2 .....................................

1  75
2  00
5  20
5  40
6  20
6  40
2  40
2  40
17 00
19  OO
25  £0
25  OO
..  80
..  65

..1  25
..  65

67
65
.4 6
..44

16  00
14  00

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OLD  MAN  SU M .

T ro u b les  a n d   T rials  o f  a   C an ad ian  

M erchant.

Q u e e n ’s  H o l lo w ,  Ont., July 25—lzik 
was  away  last  week,  looking  after  the 
canning  factory business  and  one  thing 
and another, and 1 was alone in the store 
the  most of  the time  and  did not  have 
time  to  write.  The  canning  factory  is 
doing a larger  business  this  season than 
ever.  They  put in two new  pea thresh­
ers,  which  have been  kept running  con­
tinuously during  the day time  for over a 
week.  Hundreds of  people  have visited 
the factory to see  them work.  They are 
quite  a  novelty  and  work  splendidly, 
saving a vast amount of labor.  The  old 
plan was to pick the pods from the vines 
and  deliver  the  stock  at the  factory in 
sacks,  where  the peas  bad to be shucked 
from  the  pods by hand.  Now  the  crop 
is mowed  and  brought to the  factory in 
the vine  and put through  these new ma­
chines  at a rapid  rate, doing  away with 
the  hand-picking  from the  vine and  the 
hand  shucking  process.  The  farmers 
realize about  §30 per acre  on an  average 
and are more than pleased with the extra 
profit  they  receive,  occasioned  by  the 
labor saved by the new machines.
A  few  days  after  Jo.  Gobdarn  took 
possession of the Cronk store we received 
the  following  letter  from  Cronk’s  old 
clerk:
W oodpeckeb P o in t,  July the 11—Mis­
ter Slim & Slim i ust tu  klerk fur mister 
cronk  and wen  mister  gobdarn  bot  his 
shop i ast  him  tu  hier me tu  klerk  fur 
him  but  he  sed i  ast  tu  mutch  i  only 
ast 4 dollers a munth  and  bord an  i dont 
think  thats asten  tu  mutch du  yu i thot 
i wud  rite  yu  an  ast  yu tu ast  him  to 
hier  me az i am  owt of  a  gob  and dont 
no  how tu du  enny  thing  els but  klerk 
and kepe bukes.

D a v e y  B l u b b e r g o n e .

i wil col an git the anser.
Davey  is  the  only  help  that  Cronk 
ever  managed to keep  for  any length  of 
time.  He is faithful as far as he knows, 
and  offers to work  cheap  enough,  but  1 
am afraid he will  have to look elsewhere 
for  a  “gob,”  as  he  spells it.  Gobdarn 
has  created quite a sensation  all around 
the country.  He has put up a new  elab­
orate  sign which  reads,  “New American 
Store,”  in  large  gilt  letters.  He  has 
extensive  advertisements  in  both of  the 
Loyaltown  papers,  announcing  to  the 
public  that  he has  purchased  the “old, 
long-established  Cronk  business”  and 
that he  will “remodel  it”  and “enlarge 
it in every department”  and that  he will 
“ add  several  new  departments”  and 
“embellish the whole with new American 
features  that will  revolutionize  mercan­
tile  methods and  customs in this  section 
of  Ontario  and  relegate  old  fogyism to 
the cobweb regions of  a dead past.”  He 
informs the  public that he will  give  “no 
credit,”  but  will  sell  goods  “ cheaper 
than  any  other  dealer  in  the  county,” 
and  that he will  pay more for all  kinds 
of  produce,  and  that  after  July  20 he 
“ will give to every customer one dollar’s 
worth  of  the  Cronk  stock until  closed 
out.”  He  says he  does  this  to “make 
room for new stock.”
When Gobdarn bought the Cronk stock, 
everybody thought  that he had  “stepped 
on  himself” sure,  for no  one who  knew 
the stock would  have paid one-half what 
Jo. paid  for  it.  The  boys  asked  Jo.  if 
he was  going into the museum business, 
but  Jo.  said “never  you  mind,  I  know 
my gait  and  I’m going to break  my own 
record  right  here in the  Hollow  before 
this meeting is over with.”  Cronk was a 
fuzzy  old  fogy of  the  old  stick-in-the- 
mud school.  He would  never  take  less 
than his marked price for an article until 
it became  obsolete or damaged  and then 
he  would  never take  less  than  it  cost. 
A  business run  in  this  way  for  thirty 
years  would  become  heavily laden with 
the  yearly accumulations of  dead  stock. 
The  concern  would  have  sunk  long 
ago  with its own  weight of  dead matter 
bad it not  been  for  the  fact  that it had 
drawn continuously  for  support on  out­
side  resources.  At the  time of  the pur­
chase  every available  nook  and  corner 
about the  premises had  been  utilized  in 
disposing  of  the  accumulations. 
Izik 
says Cronk  sold out  because he had  run 
out of  space  in  which to stow  away his

T H E   M C H IG A N
relics.  Among the antique specimens in 
the  crockery  department  were  pieces 
similar to the outfit possessed by Priscilla 
and John Alden when they set up house­
keeping,  and it was  said that  Cronk had 
Rockingham teapots of  the same pattern 
that  was  used on  board  the  Mayflower. 
In  the  hat and  bonnet collection  could 
be seen  every conceivable  shape and  de­
sign  which  the  ingenuity of  man  ever 
dreamed of.  There  were  bald hats  and 
long  haired  hats,  high-crowned,  intelli­
gent  hats  and  low,  flat-topped  idiotic 
hats, broad, expansive hats and  silly un­
recognizable  hats;  sorrel  hats,  yellow 
and  dishwater drab  hats,  and  the  Lord 
only  knows  what to call  it kind of  hats.
The  first thing  Gobdarn did  after ac­
quiring  possession  was  to  unearth  and 
unpack  this vast  accumulation of  curi­
osities  and expose  them to the  sunlight 
and fresh  air of  the nineteenth  century. 
He then  carefully selected,  brushed  and 
repacked all of  the best  preserved speci­
mens and consigned them to a celebrated 
antiquarian  in  New  York.  He  claims 
that this consignment will net him about 
15 per  cent,  more  than the whole  stock 
cost him  and he can  well afford  to  give 
away the balance of  the stock  by way of 
advertising his  business.  He kept  only 
one specimen and  that is a hat.  He had 
a glass case made  for it and  placed it on 
the  counter in the  store,  where  it  will 
remain as an interesting relic of  antiqui­
ty.  A neat card is attached to the broad 
brim of the hat which  bears this inscrip­
tion:  “A  fac-simile of  the hat  worn  by 
Roger  Williams  on  the  occasion  of  his 
first  visit to  the  red  men  of  Rhode  Is­
land.”  Gobdarn  says it is a rare  speci­
men  and of  greater  value than  the cele­
brated  specimen  at  Washington  known 
as “Grandfather’s Hat.”
Jo. has  one clerk  now, but  he says  he 
will  need two  more when he gets  fairly 
started.  There  is a crowd  of  people  in 
his store all the  time,  but  Izik  says they 
go  in  there  out of  curiosity  and it will 
soon  get  to  be  an  old  story  and  then 
things  will  resume their  normal  condi­
tion;  but  Izik  can’t  fool  me,  for  I  can 
plainly see  that he is very much  put out 
about  it,  and  he  is  beginning  to realize 
that  there  is a dull  prospect  ahead  for 
Slim  &  Slim.  Gobdarn  spares  no pains 
to worm  himself into  the good  graces  of 
every one.  He had over a hundred wood­
en  signboards  painted  and  lettered  and 
put up all  around the  country.  He had 
a  thousand  hand  bills printed  and  em­
ployed  a  boy with a horse  and  buggy to 
distribute them among  the farmers.  He 
wrote  a  very  cleverly  worded  article 
headed  “ The  Benefits  of  Reciprocity 
Realized at Last,”  and  had it inserted in 
all the papers as a news  article.  Before 
the  article  closed,  he  ran  it  into  his 
“ New  American  Store.”  Of  course, 
everybody is deceived and read it.  When 
they  discovered  what  it  was  they  got 
mad  and  throw  the  paper  down,  after 
which  they  smiled,  picked  it  up  again 
and called  Gobdarn a smart  fellow.  He 
attends  the  Methodist  church  in 
the 
morning  and the  Luthern  church in the 
afternoon.  He  can  talk a little  German 
and  he  makes  the  very  best  use of  it. 
He visits the tavern frequently evenings. 
He never drinks  but smokes incessantly, 
plays  poker  and  leads  the  boys  in  all 
sporting matters.  Old Weatherby thinks 
there never was  such a fellow as Jo.  and 
predicts  that  he will  become  rich  in  a 
short time.  We shall  see.

Old  Ma n Slim .

The T y ran y  of  th e  T rad es  U nions.
It is becoming a very  serious  question 
: with  many  manufacturers and  contract­
ors  as  to  whether  or  not  they  will  be 
able to continue  in  business.  The ordi­
nary  fluctuations of  prices for  materials 
can be discounted,  but of late it has been 
impossible  to  make anything  like an ac­
curate calculation  as  to  the  freaks and 
fancies of  organized  labor.  A builder, 
paying  the  highest  rates  for labor  and 
employing  none  but union  men, may at 
any  moment 
find  all  his  operations 
brought  to  a  standstill  becanse  some 
other builder employs an obnoxious fore­
man  or  because  the  mason  work  of  a

building has been let to a contractor who 
employs  non-union  men.  No  excuse 
seems too frivolous for ordering a strike, 
and naturally such strike is ordered when 
it will  affect the  largest  number of  em­
ployers.  The switchmen of  a great rail­
road, extending over thousands of  miles, 
strike because the yardmaster in one city 
is  not  liked by his  men,  and,  in  conse­
quence,  the freight trains of the road are 
tied up and  delayed for days, entailing a 
loss of  hundreds of  thousands of  dollars 
on shippers and on the road.

A few weeks ago the masons and brick­
layers  employed  on  the  World’s  Fair 
buildings  threatened  to  strike  because 
the iron  used in the  construction of  the 
buildings was  not  rolled  by union  men. 
Should  they  carry  out  this  idea  to  its 
fullest  extent,  they  would  refuse to use 
trowels that did  not bear a union stamp, 
nor  use any  mortar  the lime  for which 
had  not been  burned by union men  and 
packed in barrels made by union coopers. 
In short, there  is  no  limit to which such 
a  tyrannical  assumption  of  authority 
might  not  be  carried, even extending to 
the clothes  worn by the foreman and the 
bread supplied  by him to his family.

Encouraged by their successes in many 
instances,  and  not a whit discouraged by 
their  lack  of  it  in  others,  the  unions 
have begun to believe  that  they own the 
earth,  and that employers and non-union 
men  have no rights  that  they are bound 
to  respect.  Walking delegates  presume 
to dictate to the  employer of  a thousand 
men  how his business shall  be  run,  and 
who  he  shall  employ to  look  after  his 
interests.  Within  a  month  the  ’long­
shoremen of  New Orleans broke out in a 
riot  because  the  foreman  employed  by 
one of  the boss stevedores  was not  liked 
by  his men  and had employed two of  his 
friends  who were  not union  men.  The 
stevedore discharged his union hands and 
employed  outsiders,  but  these  were  not 
allowed  to  work  in  peace,  as the  union 
men,  with revolvers and brickbats,  drove 
them  from  the  ship and  finally  coerced 
the stevedore  into  discharging  his  fore­
man and re-employing his old men.

No one  disputes the  right of  any man 
or  body  of  men  to  secure  the  highest 
price for his or their  labor,  and  no  man 
should  be  compelled  to  work  for  less 
than  he  thinks  to  be  fair  wages,  but 
when  it  comes  to  the  point  of  saying 
that  because a man  is not  a  member  of 
a union he shall  not be  allowed to do so, 
it is then  time for the  law to step in  and 
put a stop to such arrogance.  Workmen, 
unless under  specific contracts,  have the 
right to quit work,  but  the moment  they 
do  so  they  have no more  rights  in  the 
premises  tkan  a  black  from  Australia. 
Their  places  are  vacant,  and  the  em­
ployer  has the  right  and  is  justified in 
hiring  other men;  and  he  has  only him­
self  to  blame if,  after  one such trouble, 
he again places  himself  in the  power of 
an  organization  the  members of  which 
only regard  him as a victim  from whom, 
like  a  swarm  of  mosquitos,  they  may 
suck blood.  The time is not  far  distant 
when  there will  be  an uprising  against 
this  tyranny of  organized  labor,  and or­
ganized  capital,  backed  by  the  sober 
sense of  the  masses of  the  people,  will 
not come second  best out of  the conflict.

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the 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,  LUSTIG, State Agent.

S .  A .  

M o r

Petoskey, Marblehead and Ohio

WHOLESALE 
LIME,

Akron, Buffalo and Louisville

C E M E N T S ,

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Write  for Prices.

20  LYON ST., 

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FOURTH HATIDNAL BAE

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J. Bowne, President.

D.A.B  < d o e t t, Vice-President.

H.  W. Nash, Cashier!
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PUILT  FOR  BUSINESS !

THE  A  B  C  OF  MONEY.

BT  ANDREW  CARNEGIE.

1 CONTINUED  FROM  LAST  WEEK. 1

Even in the  mind of  the most reckless 
there  will  be  some  doubt  whether  the 
United States alone can  take the  load of 
the  world  upon its shoulders  and  carry 
it,  when  all  the  other  nations  together 
are  afraid to try  it,  and  when  no nation 
in the history of  the world has  ever suc­
ceeded  in  giving  permanent value, as  a 
standard for  money,  to  a metal  that  did 
not  in  itself  possess  that  value.  Mark 
this:  that our  government  has  only suc­
ceeded so far in doing this with its silver 
dollars because it has  issued  only a lim­
ited  quantity,  and  has  been  able  to 
redeem  them in gold—just  as  you  could 
take  a  piece of  paper  and  write  on it, 
“This  is  good  for  one  dollar,  and  I 
promise to pay it.”  That  would be your 
“fiat”  money.  The  question  is,  How 
long could  you  get people  to  take  these 
slips for dollars?  How soon would some 
suspicious  man  suggest  that  you  were 
issuing too many?  And then  these slips 
would lose  reputation;  people would be­
gin  to  doubt whether  you  could  really 
pay  all  the  dollars  promised  if  called 
upon;  and  from that  moment you  could 
issue  no  more. 
Just  so  with  govern­
ments:  all can  keep  their  small  change 
afloat,  although it may not contain metal 
equal  to  its  face  value;  and  it is a poor 
government which cannot go a little  fur­
ther and get the world to take something 
from it in  the  shape of  “money”  which 
is  only  partially so.  But  then,  remem­
ber,  any  government will  soon  exhaust 
its  credit  if  it  continues  to  issue  as 
“money” anything  but what  has  intrin­
sic  value  as  metal  all  the world  over. 
Every nation  has  had eventually  to  re­
coin  its “debased” coin  or  repudiate its 
obligations,  and  go  through  the  perils 
and  disgrace of  loss of  credit and  posi­
tion. 
In  many instances  the “debased” 
coin  never was  redeemed,  the poor  peo­
ple who held it being  compelled to stand 
the loss.
There is, however, one valuable feature 
of  the  present silver  law  which,  if  not 
changed,  may  stop  the  issue  of  many 
more  “debased  silver  dollars.” 
It  re­
quires that  two millions of  the four  and 
a  half  millions of  ounces of  silver  pur­
chased each  month  shall  be coined  into 
money  for  one  year.  After  that,  only 
such  amounts  are  to  be  coined  as  are 
found  necessary  to  redeem  the  silver 
notes issued.  As people prefer the notes 
to the silver,  little or no coinage of silver 
dollars will be necessary, and only silver 
notes will  be issued.  When  the govern­
ment ceases to coin  silver dollars,  it will 
stand  forth  in its  true  character before 
the people—that of  a huge  speculator in 
silver,  or,  rather,  as  the  tool  of  silver 
speculators, piling  up in its vaults every 
month four and a half millions of ounces, 
not in the form of “money,”  but in bars. 
Surely  this  cannot  fail  to  awaken  the 
people  to  the  true  state  of  affairs,  and 
cause  them to demand  that  the  reckless 
speculation shall cease.
It  is  in  every respect  much  less dan­
gerous,  however,  to keep the  silver  pur­
chased in bullion  than to coin  it  in  “de­
based  dollars,”  because  it  renders  it 
easier  at  some  future  day to begin  the 
coinage of  honest silver dollars—that is, 
coins  containing  the  amount  of  silver 
metal  that  commands a dollar  as  metal; 
instead  of  371  grains  of  silver,  450, or 
460,  or  more  or  less,  should  be  used. 
This  is  just  about  the  amount the  gov­
ernment  gets  for  each  dollar.  No  pos­
sible  act of  legislation  that  I  know  of 
would  produce  such  lasting  benefit  to 
the masses of the people of  this country. 
But  beyond  material  benefit  something 
much higher  is  involved—the  honor  of 
the  republic.  The  stamp of  its govern­
ment should  certify  only  that which  is 
true.
I  do  not suppose that  there are  many 
men in the United  States, except owners 
of  silver,  who  would  vote  that  silver 
take the  place of  gold as the standard of 
value. 
If the people understood that the 
question  was  whether  the  one  metal or 
the  other— silver  or  gold —should  be 
elected  as  the  standard,  the vote  would 
be almost unanimous  for  gold, its super­
iority is so manifest.  Yet such is surely 
the  issue,  although  the advocates of  sil­
ver disclaim  any intention to disturb the

I  think 

gold standard,  saying  they only desire to 
elevate  silver  and  give  it  the  position 
which gold has as money.  But you might 
as  well  try to  have  two  horses  come  in 
“first”  in  a  race or  to  have  two  “ best” 
of  anything.  You  might  as  well  argue 
for  two  national  flags  in  one  country. 
Just as  surely as  the citizen has to  elect 
the  banner  under  which  he  stands  or 
falls,  so  surely  must  he  elect  gold  or 
silver  for  his  financial  standard.  The 
standard  article cannot be made to share 
its  throne with  anything else,  any  more 
than  the  stars-and-stripes  can  be  made I 
to  share its  sovereignty  with  any other 
flag in its  own country;  for  there is  this 
law about “money”:  the worst drives the 
best from the field.  The reason  for this 
is  very clear.
Suppose you get in change a five-dollar 
gold  piece and  five dollars in silver,  and 
there  is some  doubt  whether  an  act  of 
Congress  will  really  prove  effective  in 
keeping silver equal to gold in value for­
ever: ninety-nine people out of a hundred 
may  think  that  the  law will  give  this 
permanent  value  to  silver,  which  the 
article  itself  does  not  possess;  but  one 
man  in  a  hundred  may have  doubts  on 
the  subject. 
the  more  a  man 
knows  about  “money,” the  more doubts 
he  will  have;  and,  although  you  may 
have no doubts,  still  the fact that I have 
doubts,  for  instance,  will  lead  you  to 
say:  “Well,  he  may be  right;  it is pos­
sible  I  may  be  wrong. 
I  guess  I  will 
give  Smith  this  silver  for  my groceries 
to-morrow,  and  give  the  old  lady  this 
beautiful bright golden  piece  to  put by; 
it  needs no act of  Congress—all  the acts 
of  Cong.ess  in  the world cannot  lessen 
its  value;  the  metal  in  it  is worth  five 
dollars  anywhere in  the world,  indepen­
dent of  the government stamp; these five 
pieces of silver are worth only three dol­
lars  and  seventy-five  cents  as  metal. 
Yes,  I shall  let  Smith  have the  silver— 
gold is good enough for me.”
And  you  may be sure  Smith  unloads 
the silver  as  soon as he can  upon Jones. 
And many people will believe and act so, 
and  the  gold in the  country will  disap­
pear from business,  and silver alone will 
be  seen  and  circulate;  every  man  that 
gets it giving  it to another as  soon as he 
can,  and  so  keeping it in active circula­
tion;  and  every  man  that  gets a bit  of 
gold  holding  it, and  thus  keeping it out 
of  circulation.  So  instead  of  having 
more  money,  if  we  go  in for  trying  by 
law to force  an  artificial value  upon sil­
ver in  order to use it as  money,  we shall 
really  soon  have  less  money in circula­
tion.  The  seven  hundred  millions  of 
gold  which 
is  now  in  circulation,  and 
which  is  the  basis  of  everything,  will 
speedily  vanish,  the  vast  structure  of 
credit  built  upon it  be  shaken,  and the 
masses of the people compelled to receive 
silver  dollars  worth  only  seventy-eight 
cents,  instead of  being,  as  now, redeem­
able in gold  and  always worth  one  hun­
dred  cents.  For,  remember,  as  I  have 
told  you, 92 per  cent,  of  all  operations 
conducted  by  “ money ”  depends  upon 
people having absolute  confidence in the 
“money”  being  of  unchangeable  value.
Issue one hundred dollars of  “debased” 
coin more  than all men  are sure  can  be 
kept of  unchangeable  value with  gold— 
panic  and  financial  revolution are  upon 
you.  More  “money,”  you  see,  which 
could only  be used  in 8 per  cent,  of  our 
smallest financial transactions, can easily 
be so issued as  to  overwhelm all the im­
portant business of  the country by shak­
ing  “confidence,”  upon  which  92  per 
cent,  rests.  To  be  always  free  from 
danger is to issue  only such  “money”  as 
in itself has all the value certified by the 
stamp upon it.  So jealously does Britain, 
our only rival,  adhere to this  that  she is 
spending two millions of dollars just now 
to  recoin  gold  coins  which have  lost a 
few  cents of  their  value  by wear.  Her 
government  stamp must  always  tell  the 
truth.  The  republic  should  not be  less 
jealous of its honor.
As you  have seen,  the silver-men were 
disappointed  at  the  failure  of  acts  of 
Congress  to advance  the  value  of  their 
silver.  Twice  the  government has been 
induced  to  do  as  they  asked,  under as­
surances  that  compliance  would  surely 
get the country out of its dangerous posi­
tion as the  owner of  silver;  twice it has 
been  deceived.  You  would  think  the 
silver-owners  would  now  admit  their I

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

“patching up” pass-book accounts?

yourself and clerks are so prone to forget to charge?

Do you  not  want  pay for all  the  small  items  that go  out of  your  store, which 
Did you  ever have a pass-book  account  foot up and  balance  with the  corres­

ponding ledger account without having  to  “doctor”  it?
Do  not  many of  your  customers  complain that  they have  been  charged  for 
items they never had,  and is not your  memory a little  clouded  as  to whether they 
have or not?
Then  why  not  adopt a system of  crediting  that will  abolish  all  these  and a 
hundred other objectionable features of  the old  method,  and  one  that  establishes 
a CASH  BASIS  of  crediting?
A new era  dawns, and  with it new  commodities for its  new demands;  and  all 
enterprising merchants should keep abreast with the times and adopt either the

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 
consider  its  merits. 
It takes  the  place 
of  the  pass  book  which  you  now hand 
your customer and ask him to bring each 
time  he  buys  anything,  that  you  may 
enter  the  article  and  price  in  it.  You 
know  from  experience that  many times 
the  customer  does  not  bring the  book, 
and,  as  a  result,  you  have  to  charge 
many  items  on  your  book  that  do  not 
appear on the customer’s pass book. This 
is sometimes  the  cause of  much ill  feel­
ing  when  bills  are  presented.  Many 
times the pass  book is lost,  thus  causing 
considerable 
trouble  when  settlement 
day  comes.  But  probably  the  most  se­
rious objection to the 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

GRAND RAPIDS.

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error  and  help  the  government  to  get 
back to safe ground with as little  loss as 
possible.  Far  from  it;  instead  of  this 
they have  taken the  boldest  step of  all. 
and urged upon Congress what  you have 
heard a great deal about—the “free coin­
age  of  silver.”  Now,  what  does  that 
mean? 
It means that  our government is 
to be compelled  by law to open its  mints 
and  take  all  the  silver  with which  Eu­
ropean  governments  are  loaded  down, 
and  part  of  all  the  silver  mined  in  the 
world,  and  give  for  every seventy-eight 
cents’  worth  of  it  one  of  these  coins, 
which you are compelled to take as a full 
dollar  for  your  labor  or  products. 
It 
means  that the  European  merchant  will 
send silver over here, get it coined at our 
mints  or  get a silver  dollar  note  for it, 
and then buy a full dollar’s worth of your 
wheat or  corn,  or anything he wants,  for 
the silver he could get only seventy-eight 
cents  for in  Europe or anywhere  else in 
the  world.  Europe is doing  this  every 
day just  now  with  India,  the  Argentine 
Republic,  and other countries upon a sil­
ver  basis.  The  British  merchant  buys 
wheat in India  upon the  depreciated sil­
ver  basis,  takes it to Europe,  and sells it 
upon the gold basis.  He has thus to pay 
so  little for  Indian wheat  that it has  be­
come. a dangerous  competitor to our own 
in Europe,  which it could  not  be  except 
that  by  the  fall  in  silver  the  Indian 
farmer  gets  so  little value for  his prod­
ucts.
It is only a few months  since  the  new 
Silver Bill was passed  requiring the gov­
ernment  to  more  than  double  its  pur­
chases,  and  already  eight  millions  of 
dollars  of  silver  more than  we have ex­
ported  has been  sent  into  this  country 
from  abroad — something  unknown  for 
fifteen years,  for we have always export­
ed  more silver  than  we  have imported. 
Now  we  are  buying all  our own  mines 
furnish,  and  being  burdened  with  some 
from Europe,  for which  we  should  have 
received  gold. 
In  eighteen  days of  the 
month of April we have .sent abroad nine 
millions of dollars in gold;  so that under 
our  present  Silver  Law you  see  Europe 
has  already  begun  to  send  us  her  de­
preciated  silver  and  rob us of  our  pure 
gold—a perilous  exchange for our coun­
try and one  which should fill our legisla­
tors  with  shame.  Understand,  please, 
that hitherto, under both bills compelling 
the  government  to  buy  silver,  bad  as 
these  were,  yet  the government  has  got 
the metal  at the market price, now about 
seventy-eight cents for 371 
grains:  and 
only this amount the government has put 
into  the so-called  dollar.  Under  ‘‘tree 
coinage” all this will change.  The owner 
of the silver will then  get the  dollar for 
seventy-eight cents’  worth of silver.  For 
pure,  cool  audacity  I  submit  that  this 
proposition  beats  the  record;  and  yet 
when  the  Farmers’  Alliance  shouts  fo r! 
free coinage,  this is exactly what  it  sup­
ports—a  scheme to take from the people 
twenty-two  cents upon  each dollar  and 
put it into  the  pockets of  the  owners of 
silver.  Surely you will  all agree  that if 
seventy-eight cents’  worth of  silver is to 
be made a dollar by the government, then 
the government, and not the silver-owner, 
should  get  the  extra twenty-two  cents’ 
profit  on  each  coin,  if it succeeds.  The 
government  needs  it  all;  for,  as I told 
you  before,  the  silver  bought  by  the 
government  only at market  value  could 
not  be  sold 
to-day  without  a  loss  of 
millions.

If  the  free  coinage  of  silver becomes 
law,  our  farmers  will  find  themselves 
just in the position of the Indian farmer: 
and yet we are told that they are in favor 
of  silver. 
If  this be true, there  can  be 
only one reason for it—they do not under­
stand  their  own  interests.  No  class  of 
our people is so  deeply interested  in  the 
maintenance of the gold standard and the 
total  sweeping away of  silver purchases 
and  debased  coinage as the  farmer,  for 
many of  his  products are  sold in  count­
ries that are upon  the gold basis. 
If the 
American farmer  agrees to take silver in 
lieu of gold,  he will enable the Liverpool 
merchant  to  buy upon  the  lower  silver 
basis,  at  present  seventy-eight  cents for 
the  dollar;  while  for  all  the  articles 
coming from abroad that the farmer buys 
he will  have to pay upon  the gold  basis. 
He will thus  have to sell  cheap and  buy 
dear.  This  is  just  what  is  troubling j

India and the ¡South American republics. 
Prices for this  season’s crops promise to 
1 be higher than for  years.  See  that  you 
get these upon the gold basis.
Open our  mints to the  free  coinage of 
silver,  and  thus  offer  every man  in  the 
world  who has  silver to sell a one-dollar 
coin  stamped  by  the  government,  and 
taken  by it for  all  dues,  for  which  he 
gives  only  371 %  grains of  silver, worth 
I seventy-eight  cents,  and  every  silver 
1 mine  in  the  world will  be  worked  day 
I and  night and  every pound of  silver ob­
tained hurried to our shores.  The nations 
of Europe,  with eleven  hundred millions 
of  depreciated  silver  already  on  hand, 
will  promptly  unload  it  upon  us;  they 
will demand gold from us for all  that we 
buy from  them, and  thus  rob us of  our 
gold  while  we  take  their  silver.  With 
‘‘free  coinage”  in  sight,  we  shall  fall 
from  the  gold to the  silver  basis  before 
the bill  is passed.  The last words of the 
late  lamented  Secretary  Windom  will 
prove true:
“Probably  before  the  swiftest  ocean 
greyhound  could  land its silver  cargo in 
New  York,  the  last  gold  dollar  within 
reach would  be  safely  hidden  in private 
boxes  and  in  the  vaults of  safe-deposit 
companies,  to  be  brought out  only by  a 
high premium for exportation.”
It is a dangerous sea on which  we have 
embarked.  You  should  ask  yourselves 
why  you should  endanger the gold basis 
I for silver.  Does  any one assert  that the 
silver  basis  would  be better  for  you or 
for  the  country? 
Impossible.  No  one 
dares  go  so  far  as  this.  All  that  the 
wildest  advocate of  the change  ventures 
to say is that he believes that silver could 
be  made  as  good  as  gold.  Everybody 
knows that nothing could be made better.
I Let us ask  why anyone  but an owner  of 
silver should wish silver to be made arti­
ficially anything  else  than it  is intrinsi­
cally.  What  benefit to any  one, except 
the owner of  silver,  that the metal silver 
should not  remain  where  natural  causes 
place  it, 
like  the  metals  copper  and 
nickel?  Why  should it be credited with 
anything but its own merits?  There was 
no  prejudice  in  the  mind  of  anyone 
against  it. 
It has  had a fair  race  with 
gold;  the field  is  always  open  for  it, or 
for any metal,  to prove itself  better suit­
ed  for the  basis of  value. 
If  silver be­
came  more valuable  in  the  market  and 
steadier  in  value  than  gold,  it  would 
supplant  gold.  Why not  give the  posi­
tion to the  metal  that wins  in  fair  com­
petition?  Gold  needs  no  bolstering  by 
legislation;  it  speaks  for  itself.  Every 
gold  coin  is worth  just what it professes 
to be worth in any part of  the world;  no 
doubt  about  it;  no  possible  loss:  and 
what  is  equally important,  no  possible 
speculation; 
its  value cannot  be  raised 
and  cannot  be  depressed.  The  specu­
lator,  having  no  chance to gamble  upon 
its ups and downs, does not favor it;  but 
this is the  very reason  you should  favor 
that  which  gives  you  absolute  security 
of value all the time.  Your interests and 
the interests of the speculator are not the 
same.  Upon  your  losses  he makes  his 
gains.

[to  b e c o ntinued.]

Change in Ownership and Management
Owing  to  ill  health,  Wm.  E.  Cooper 
has  been  compelled  to  relinquish  the 
ownership  and  management of  Cooper’s 
Commercial  Agency for  Retail  Dealers, 
having disposed of  the business to  L.  J. 
Stevenson  and  C.  A. Cumings,  who will 
continue  the  same  under  the  style  of 
Stevenson  &  Cumings.  Mr.  Stevenson 
has  been identified  with the  agency for 
several  years  and is thoroughly  familiar 
with every branch of the business, giving 
ground  for the  belief  that the  new  firm 
will  be  able to conduct it with  the  same 
measure o'f  success  which has character­
ized  the  Agency  in  the  past.  As  has 
been  the case in  the  past,  special  efforts | 
will  be made  to  secure and  disseminate 
reliable  reports  on  consumers  seeking 
credit  at  the  hands of  the retail  trade. 
Homer  Klap  and  E.  George,  who  have 
been  connected  with  the  Agency  for 
some  time  past,  will  continue  in  their 
present positions.

Mic h ig a n C entral

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’*

DEPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express.....................................6:30 am   10:00 p m
Mixed  ...................................................0:40 dm   4:30  pm
Day  Express.......................................18:40 a m   10:00am
•Atlantic A  Pacific Express............. 11:16 pm   6:00 a m
New York Express...............................6:40 pm  
1:80 p m

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

•Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping cars  ran  on  Atlantic and Pacific Express 
Parlor cars ran  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
F r ed m . Brig g s. G e n l A g e n t. 86 M onroe St.
G. S. H a w k ins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
G ko. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office. 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. R u q gles, G. P.  A   T. Agent., Chicago.

Detroit

GRAND HAVEN TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTW ARD.

Trains Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Io n ia ............Ar
St.  Johns  ...A r
Owosso........ Ar
E.  Saginaw..Ar 
Bay City.......Ar
Flint 
.......Ar
Pt.  H uron...A r
Pontiac........Ar
Detroit..........Ar

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

tNo.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 *No.  28
10 55pm 
6 50am
7 45am
12 37am 
1 55am 
8 28am
9 15am 
3 15am
1105am 
11 55am 
1110am 
3 05pm 
1057am 
11 5'am

1120am
11 25am
12 17am 
1 20pm 
3 00pm 
345pm
3 40pm 
600pm 
305pm
4 05pm

3 45pm
4 52pm
5 40pm
6 40pm
8 45pm
9 35pm 
806pm
1030pm 
8 55pm 
950pm

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

WESTWARD.

•No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13 tNo. 15
7 05am
10 30pm
8 50am
11 30pm 
6 45am

1  00pm
2  15pm

5  10pm
6 15pm 
6 45am 
6 00am

»Daily. 

tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:60 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. Lo u d , Traffic Manager.
B e n  F l e t c h e r ,  Trav.  Pass. Agent.
J a s. Cam pbell, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

DEPART FOR

CHICAGO

JUNE  21,1891.
&  WEST  MICHIGAN  BY.
A. M. P.  M.  I  P. M. P.M.
t10:00 tl:15Ì*ll:35 
tl0:00
tl:15|  11:35
tl0:00 tl:15 *11:35 $6:30
tl«':00 tl : 151*11:35
$6:30
t7:25 t5:25 *11:30
+9:00
+1:15 +  5:40 
t6:30
+7:25
+5:25!.......
t7:25 t5:25  ........
t7:25 t5:25|.......
t9:00 tl:15jt 5:40 tè:3Ò

Chicago........................
Indianapolis...............
Benton Harbor............
St. Joseph....................
Traverse  City..............
Muskegon....................
Manistee  ....................
L udington...................
Big Rapids...................
Ottawa Beach..............
tWeek Days.  »Daily.  ^Except Saturday. 

10:00 
1:15 
5:25 
11:35

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.

11:30
6. 0 A   P.  M.  connects  at  St.  Joseph  with 

. u v   Graham & Morton’s steamers for Chi­

cago.

DEPART  FOR

DETROIT,

JUNE  21,  1891.
Lansing & Northern B B
A. M. P. M. P. M.
t6:50
*6:25
t6:50
*6:25
t6:50
*6:25
t6:50
*6:25
t7:05
t7:06
t7:05

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

tl:00 
t l  :00 
tl:00 
tl:00 
t4:30 
t4:30 
t4:30

6 .F7A  A  M. runs through to Detroit with par- 
I .A A   P. M.  Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 
6 »9C7  P. M. runs through to Detroit  with par 
I «A£7  A. M. has parlor  car  to  Saginaw, seats 

lor car;  seats 25  cents.
troit.  Seats, 25 cents.
lor  car, seats  25  cents.

• \/* j  25 cents.
For  tickets  and  information  apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe  street, or Union station.

Geo. D e H a v e n , 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.

G ran d   R ap id s  A In d ian a.

In effect  July  It, 1891.
TRAINS  going  north.

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
7:05  a m
7:50  a m
11:50 am
4:30  p m
pm  5:05  pm
10:50  p m
Train  arriving at 6:50  daily;  all  other trains  dally 

South. 
For Saginaw A  Big Rapids.........  
For Traverse City A  Mackinaw  6:50am 
For  Traverse  City A  Mackinaw  0:15 am  
For Saginaw,................................. 
For Traverse City..........................   8:15 
Fo iMacklnaw City....... ..............  8:45 p m 
except 8unday.

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 
South.
North. 
7:00 am
For  Cincinnati..............................  6:00 a m  
10:50  a m
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago...  10:80 a m 
From Big Rapids A  Saginaw....  1150 a m
8:00  pm
For Fort Wayne and the  East.. 
For  Ft. Wayne..........................   5:86 pm  
6:00 pm
10:30 p m
For Cincinnati and Chicago....  10:00 p m 
From Saginaw................................. 10:40 p m
Train  leaving for Cincinnati  and  Chicago  at  10:30 
p m dally;  all other trains daily except Sunday.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

M uskegon, G rand R apids & In d ia n a .
7:00 a m  
18:45 p m  
6:30 p m  

From Muskegon—Arrive.
10:10 a m
5:16 pm
10:15 pm

SLEEPING  A   PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

N O RTH —7:30  a m  tra in .—Sleeping and  parlor 
chair car.  Grand  Rapids to Mackinaw City. 
Parlor chair oar  Grand  Rapids to Traverse 
Olty.
11:30 a  m  tra in .—Parlor chair car  G’d 
Rapids to Mackinaw.
10:30 p  m   tra in .—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey.  Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids to  Mackinaw City.
SOUTH—7:00 a m  tra in .—Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:30 a  m   tra in .—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids to  Chicago.
10:30  p  in  tra in .—Sleeping  Car Grand 
Rapids  to  Chicago.  Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.

Chicago via G. R. 8s I. R. R.

10:30 a m  
3:55pm  

Lv Grand  Rapids 
ArrChicago 

10:30 p m  
0:50am
10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
16:30 p  m train dally, through Wagner  Sleeping Car. 
10:10 p m
6:50a|m
3:10  p   m  through  Wagner  Parlor  Car.  10:10  p  in 

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

8:00 p m  
0:00pm  

7:05 a m  
8:15 p m  

Through tickets and full information  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almquist,  ticket  agent  at  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 07 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

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

Toledo,  A nn  A rb o r  &  N o rth   M ichigan 

R ailw ay.

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

VIA D., L. A N.

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

VIA D., G. H.  A M.

Lv. Grand Bapids a t.......6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t.................1:10 p. m. and 11.00 p. m.

Betnrn connections equally as good.

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

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMflN
Watch |flaker
44 ORNAL 8Y„
C=J Jeweler,
fflißh,

Grani Rapids,  - 
W A .N T B D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DBIED 

FBUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A B L   B R O S . ,

Commission Merchants

157 South W ater St.,  CHICAGO. 

Referenoe: First National Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan Tradesman, Grand Rapids.

