G R A ND   R A PID S,  W ED N ESD A Y ,  A U G U ST  12,  1891

NO.  412

VOL.  8.
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P R O M P T .  CO N SER VA TIV E,  S A F E .

S. F. A s p in w a l l , Prea’t, 

THE  PARENTS’  MISTAKE.

Nature  intended  the  face  of  Donald 
Houston for a  handsome face;  but when 
I saw it,  it was racked by fierce passions, 
and I thought it a very evil countenance. 
We were traveling  from  the Rio Grande 
back to the eastern settlements of Texas, 
and stopped one noon at a small  village.
Only a  few cabins  were  in sight,  but 
around one of them I  noticed  a very un­
usual number of horses tied. 
It was not 
altogether  curiosity that  led me  to it; I 
thought it probable  that either  sickness 
or an accident occasioned the  gathering, 
and that  the medicine-chest in our camp 
might be of service.

But as soon as I entered the  log-build­
ing,  I knew no medicine  could avail the 
still, covered figure  lying upon  the rude 
pine table.  There was the  sound of wo­
men crying in  an inner  room,  and about
a dozen men were standing  around.  One 
among  them  was  Houston.  He  was 
taller, handsomer,  stronger than any one 
present.  Whatever  an  Indian  knew of 
woodcraft  or  prairie-craft,  he  knew 
better;  whatever  a  white  man  knew 
about  stock,  horses  . and  firearms,  he

death, cut my bonds and give me a chance 
for life.  You are a  woman, eh?”

I looked at the sheath. 

It was bloody; 
the handle  of the  knife  was  thick with 
blood; not for  gold  uncountable  could I 
have 
I  turned  sick;  he 
thought 1 was  going to  faint,  and whis­
pered  fiercely:

touched  it. 

“Don’t  be a  fool  and  a  coward.  Go 
into the next room  and tell Ada  to come 
here— quick!”

This 

request  I  could  obey.  There 
were four  women present—two of  them 
in such grief  that they  were  indifferent 
to my entrance; the  others  evidenced no 
curiosity and but  scant courtesy.

“Ada!” I said.
A woman on  a low pallet lifted a child­
like,  innocent little face,  ail  swollen and 
discolored with weeping.

“Ada, some one wants you.”
She rose immediately,  and  when I had 
again reached  the outer room  I saw her 
face  almost  touching Donald’s  and  the 
next  moment  she  had drawn  the knife 
and cut  the  rope.

Donald had not  judged wrongly.  Not 
one  man among the dozen was willing to 
take upon himself in cold, cautious blood 
the responsibility of  crossing him.  With 
a  triumphant  laugh,  he  strode  toward 
some piled rifles,  took one,  put his knife 
between  his  teeth,  untied  a horse  and 
deliberately mounted him.

“Good  morning,  comrades,”  he  said, 
replacing  his  knife  in his  belt;  “when 
you  have tried  my case you  can  let me 
know your sentence.  Ada,  little woman, 
go  home,  and take  his vridow  with you. 
I had naught against her—do you hear?”

“I hear,  Donald.”
No one  stopped  him; one or  two even 
began to make an apology for interfering, 
which Donald cut short with a withering 
look of  scorn;  and in  half  an hour  the 
self-appointed  jury were  riding  in twos 
and  threes over  the prairie  in  different 
directions.

In  the  meantime Ada put  on her sun- 
bonnet,  and,  after  a  whispered  con­
versation with the widow of the murdered 
man,  the  woman  mounted  a mule  and 
rode  quickly  away.  Then 
two  men 
moved the table with its dreadful burden 
into  an  outer  shed,  and  a  woman 
began to  slice bacon and put  some yams 
into the ashes  to  bake.

interfere  greatly  with 

The incident,  though  evidently not al­
the 
lowed  to 
regular  routine  of  daily  life,  had  left 
with  every  one an unpleasant,  unhappy 
feeling.  There was  no civility  to spare 
for  strangers;  the 
little  community 
wished to be left  alone with its tragedy. 
Therefore,  in  spite  of  the  increasing 
cold,  we determined  to  push  on  to the 
next settlement. 
It proved to be a large 
farm,  or ranch,  with far more than usual 
attempts at comfort  and even  elegance; 
and  our  little  party  joyfully  accepted 
the pleasant welcome,  with its  abundant 
supper-table  and cherry,  blazing  fire of 
fragrant  cedar boughs.

Sitting  around  it  after  a  refreshing 
meal,  I  related  the  incident of  Donald 
started
Houston’s  escape.  Our  host 

violently and  heard me  through  with an 
anxious  interest.  When  assured  of his 
certain freedom  he  gave a  sigh of relief 
and said:

Oblige  me  by not mentioning this cir­
cumstance before  my wife.”  And  then, 
after a painful  pause:  “The  poor,  mis­
guided fellow  married my  little girl.”

“Is  it  possible?  How  could  you  let 

“I could not help  it.  She loves him.”
“But you  will  not now take her home 

her?”

again?”

“ You  may  think  it  strange,  ma’am, 
bat 1 say  no.  1  would  not  ask  her  to 
leave him  for the world;  it would  be to 
shut  the  kingdom  of  Heaven  forever 
against  him.  There’s  good  even 
in 
Donald Houston,  and if there is a woman 
in  the world  can touch  that  good, it is 
my little Ada.  The  fault  with  Donald 
Houston is he had too much of his mother's 
blessings.”

I looked incredulously  at the  speaker 
and touched  tenderly  the  silky curls of 
the baby on my own knee.

“I mean  what I  say;  let me  tell  you 
how:  Twenty-seven  years  ago 
there 
was a colony of Scotch shepherds settled 
in  this  county,  and  among  them  one 
called John Houston.  Hitherto his  wife 
and he had  known only the  hardest and 
barest existences among the eternal mists 
and  mountains  of  the  Mull  of  Kintire. 
The rich land,  the  plenty and  sunshine, 
the  great  herds  and  rapid  increase  of 
wealth  were  like  a fairy  tale  to them.
They grew rapidly rich,  and,  to crown 
their good fortune,  they had  a son.  Six 
children they had  had before,  but all of 
them lay  in the  kirkyard of  Macintyre; 
this one, however,  was a fine  boy,  ‘war­
like an’  lifelike,’  as the old  man proudly 
said.

“He grew up to be a  very hansome lit­
tle lad,  aqd the father and mother  fairly 
worshiped him. All that their own youths 
had  wanted  they  crowded 
into  his; he 
never had a wish  ungratified.  This was 
not the worst part of his training; he was 
allowed to rule the  whole  place,  father, 
mother and  servants,  and having  natur­
ally a love for authority,  he soon became 
a petty tyrant of the very worst  descrip­
tion.

As he grew up  he  chose his  own  com­
panions,  and  they  were just the ones  he 
should not have  chosen—wild,  bad  men, 
who  courted  him  for  his  abundant 
pocket-money,  and taught  the  beardless 
boy the most abandoned habits.  Yet his 
wild  name,  his  tyranny,  his  superiority 
in all  deeds of  sinful  daring, rather  de­
lighted than  alarmed the foolish  couple. 
All  their  own youth had been  passed  in 
servile  bondage  to  ‘the  laird  and  the 
gentry;’  their  Donald’s  insubordination 
to all  restraint  was  a  visible  assurance 
that he at least was  free from the  social 
slavery of his ancestors.

“But 

the  spirit  of  license,  once  let 
loose,  is not  easily bound.  Donald  hav­
ing ruled at  home,  would  not  submit  at 
school.  He defied  all his  teachers,  and 
absolutely  refused to compass  his  fath­
er’s highest ambition  and study  for  one

W. F r e d  M cB a ix, Sec’y

S e e d s knew  with  an  added  shrewdness  that 

made the superstitious  frontiersmen call 
him  “Donald  the Terror.”

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We pay the  highest  price for Eggs,  at 
all  times.  We  sell  Egg  Cases  No.  1 at 
85c, Egg  case fillers,  10  sets  in a case at 
$1.25 a case.

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WA.NTBD !

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
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Before I knew his history,  I could  see 
that some very unusual motive restrained 
these  outspoken,  reckless men  both  as 
to their actions  and  expressions;  and if 
among  the  ignorant  dwellers  in  lonely 
settlements there be any  lingering belief 
in  the  influence  of  “the  evil  eye”  I 
scarcely  wondered.  Never  before,  or 
since, .have I seen such eyes as Houston’s 
and  such  magnetizing  and  compelling 
glances.  The bravest  men there  avoided 
them;  it was  strange to see them one by 
one succumb to their power,grow nervous 
and  restless,  and  under  the  pretext of 
“looking  for  the 
judge,”  wander  out 
into the open air to free themselves from 
their influence.

Donald’s  arms  were tied  behind  him 
with a  piece of  raw-hide,  and he  stood 
at the end of the  table looking  up at his 
living companions, and down at his dead 
one,  with a mocking sneer,  and a defiant 
bearing I have no  words  to express.

The  judge  delayed  his  coming;  they 
had been waiting his arrival three hours. 
The sympathetic, excitement  which  had 
called them  together  to hunt  up  and se­
cure  this red-handed murderer was  very 
fast evaporating.

Donald  watched 

the  group  outside 
gradually  augmenting,  and  probably he 
understood  from  their  expressions and 
movements  the  tenor  popular  feeling 
was taking; for he looked steadily at me, 
and  fairly  compelled  me  by  a  slight 
movement of  his head to  approach him.

I 

stood  in  a  moment  by  his  side, 

leaning upon  the table,  and shuddering 
at  the  bloody,  still  heap upon  it.  He 
looked down  into my face  with a sort of 
suppressed scorn for my fear of him,  and 
said,  in a  low but singularly  persuasive 
voice:

“My  knife is  still in  its sheath,  over 
my  right  hip—draw  it,  it  is  sharp  as

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thought Donald  was  in  the  right.  We PEACHES

“Did he escape punishment?” I asked.
“Well, yes,  in a way. 
It was  a  quar­
rel  about some increase of stock.  Harry 
Close—that  was  the  murdered  man— 
hadn’t  a  very  honest  name.  Many 

We are  headquarters, as usual,  for Peaches,  handling  daily average 200 to 300 
bushels,  which is over  one-third of  the  receipt of  the  early  Alexander  peaches. 
We expect in a few days to commence on the early Rivers and  by latter part of  the 
week  the famous  Hale’s Early will  begin to come.  The careful  estimate of  the 
crop to be marketed here is

250,000  10 300,000  GlsMi.

This means that our share of the crop  will  be over 50,000 bushels. 

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us to keep  you  posted regularly as to conditions of  our market,  we will quote you 
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A B F  R B I)  J.  BR O W N,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
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of  the  learned  professions.  Then  at 
length  John  Houston,  a  dour, 
stiff­
necked Highlandman,  undertook to undo 
the long course of  indulgence  and  diso­
bedience.  But  the  boy  whom  at  six 
years  of age  he  could  have  easily  con- 
trolled, at sixteen defied him.

“Then  there  were  quarrels  which 
shocked every  one,  and almost broke the 
poor old mother’s heart,  and the Houston 
family were at  once the most prosperous 
and most miserable in  the county.  Final­
ly,  when General  Walker went to Nicara­
gua,  Donald  insisted  on raising  a  com­
pany and going to. 
In vain the old  peo­
ple scolded and lamented.  Donald  took 
what  money he needed  out  of  his  fath­
er’s desk,  left a  note acknowledging  the 
theft,  and  was gone.

“You could now imagine nothing more 
miserable  than  this  lonely  old  couple. 
They  blamed  one  another  continually. 
Dame Houston said:  ‘The  old man’s flit- 
ing and gibing had driven  the  puir  lad­
die awa’ ’mong the savages;’  and the old 
man said:  ‘The  dame  had  spoiled  him 
sae,  that  he  was  fit  for  nae  ither  com­
pany.’

“Months and months  rolled away,  and 
they heard nothing  from their  runaway. 
It might be two years afterward that the 
house we lived in either took fire, or was 
set on fire. 
It was  but  a light structure 
—for we  were slowly  building  this  one 
when hands  were  idle—and  1  knew  at 
once there was no hope of saving it.  The 
light, however,  attracted a  party  camp­
ing on the creek  below,  and  they  came j 
up in a  body to  offer  their  help.  Sud­
denly  some  one  noticed  that  Ada,  my 
eldest child,  was not present, and I knew 
she  must  be  in  the  blazing  house. 
I 
failed to  reach  her,  but  a  young  man 
among  the  strangers  brought  both  me 
and  Ada  out  safe,  though  insensible. 
That man  was  Donald  Houston.  You 
have seen  how handsome  he  is; do  you ! 
wonder now  my little girl  loved  him.

“ He went  home, but things did not im- 
prove.  The  father,  all  too  late,  had 
taken  a  certain  stand:  He  would  do 
nothing  for Donald  unless he  gave  cer- i 
tain pledges of  good  behavior,  which the 
lad absolutely refused.  Then he joined 
a tough gang of Rio Grande traders.  He 
made  a  good  deal  of  money,  married 
Ada,  and  settled  down  steadily,  as  I 
hoped, to  sheep-raising.  People  gener­
ally,  however,  were against him; he  had j 
a masterful  way hard to  bear,  and  was i 
so  passionate  and  quarrelsome  no  one 
cared to neighbor him.”

“ Perhaps,” I  said,  “he  may  now  go 
home  to his  father and  mother for  help 
and advice again.”

“I think  not. 

If there are two  people 
on earth  that  have not a particle of influ­
ence  over  him  to-day,  it  is  the  father 
and  mother  whom  he  ruled  as  a  baby 
and bullied as a boy.  He will come and 
see me  to-morrow,  and  1  shall  have  to 
send him across the river  till  this  thing 
blows over.”

“ It is a sad story,” I said,  and 1 could 
not help recalling,  with  a pitiful  regret, 
the  handsome,  willful  criminal with  his 
wealth of neglected  and abused  powers. 
But on I  went in  a  few  hours. 
It  was 
hardly likely  that  I should  see  or  hear 
of Donald  Houston  again.  See  him  I 
never did; but some time after,  I met my 
host  of  a  night  on  Broadway.  For  a 
moment 1  doubted  the  possibility,  but 
the next the recognition  was  mutual. 
I 
suddenly  remembered  Donald  Houston.

had an  investigation,  and  it  was  clear 
enough that either  Donald or he  had  to 
go;  it  was  a fair fight  between  them— 
that is,  if any fight is fair.”

“Then  he  was what you  call  ‘honora­

bly acquitted?’ ”

“Well,  the  citizens  didn’t see  no  call 
to send  a good  live  man  after  a  mean 
dead one.”

“Did he go over the Rio Grande at all?”
“No—the accident kind of settled him. 
He took care of the widow and  the  chil­
dren,  and worked steady  as long as most 
steady  men  worked. 
But  when  the 
drums began to beat, he  was  neither  to 
hold nor to bind.  He made a grand sol­
dier; his  men would have  followed  him j 
into a blazing battery.  Poor fellow!”

“He was killed,  then?” 
“Yes, at  Green’s Landing  on  the  Red 
River. 
I told  Ada  not  to  fret;  he  was 
bound  to  die  in  some  quarrel,  and  far 
better in Freedom’s than  about some dir­
ty dispute of cattle or dollars.”

“Poor Ada!”
“Yes my little  girl fretted above a bit; 
but  she  had  done  her  duty;  her  grief 
didn’t drive her any wrong road. 
It was 
different with the poor old mother.”

“Ah!” I said inquiringly.
“She  blamed  herself  for  all  his  sins 
and 
troubles—right  or  wrong,  she 
blamed  herself—and  between  love  and 
grief and remorse she—”

“Broke her  heart?”
“Worse  than  that,  I  think—she  lost 

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her reason.”

“And  the father?”
“Oh,  he’s  just as  proud  and  as  dour 
as  ever  to  folks;  but  old  Peter—that’s 
his  favorite  black 
servant—says  he 
spends  most  of  his  time  in  prayer. 
Doubtless he’s better consoled than  if  he 
hung on to  us.”

“ It was a great  mistake all  through,”

1 said,  sorrowfully.

“ Yes, ma’am,” he  answered,  decided­
ly,  “ but  the mistake began  before  Don­
ald’s  birth. 
If  the  parents  had  been 
trained  in  the  way  they  should  go  as 
parents, they  would  have trained up the 
child in the way he  should  go  from  his 
very babyhood.”

“Did he leave any child?”
“Yes; there is another Donald  Houston 
in my house  now,  a  noble  little  fellow. 
Please  God,  we  will  have  no  mistakes 
| with  him; for,  as  I  tell  my  little  Ada  j 
every  day,  ‘make  him  mind  the  things 
i that are right,  Ada:  ft is the  good child- 
j ren that make the good men and women.’” 

A m elia  E.  Ba b b.

The Wisdom of a Lifetime.

A  successful  young  business  man  of 
| Atlanta  tells  this  story:  He  said  that 
{ when  he  was a boy  he had  occasion  to 
| borrow ¡§20 on  a gold  watch,  and  went to 
a  bank  to  secure  the  loan.  He  found 
there  a  venerable  gentleman  whom  he 
j has  since come to know as the  father  of 
! Darwin Jones.  The old gentleman spoke 
i very kindly to the boy, told him the bank 
{ did  not lend  money on watches,  and  re- 
i ferred him  to a pawnbroker.  Then  Mr.
I Jones said  slowly and  earnestly:
“But if 1 were you I would not borrow 
I the money.”
“Why?”  was  asked  by the  impetuous 
youngster.
“Because”—and every  word weighed a 
pound—“because you will  have to pay it 
back!”
i  The wisdom of  a  lifetime was  in  that 
| sentence.

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THE  RIGHTS  OP  STOCKHOLDERS.
As I  expected,  the  views  which  I  re­
agement  of  railroad  companies  and  of 
tions.”  Our State  laws  contain  numer­
manufacturing  corporations  it  is  alto­
cently  advanced of  the  functions  of  di­
ous  clauses making  directors  criminally 
gether  beyond  my comprehension,  and, 
rectors  have  not  met  with  unanimous 
liable for their wilful  wrongdoing,  but  I 
therefore, I  suppose  I  may  fairly  pre-
approval.  Those of my  friends who are 
am  not aware of  any which,  like  that  I
have quoted  from the  National  Banking  sume,  beyond  that of an  average  stock-
themselves  directors,  of  course, applaud 
holder.  Those  that  make  money  are, 
my  idea that nothing should be expected
act, gives to shareholders the right to sue
apparently,  the survivors  in  a  struggle 
of men in their position beyond good faith I them for losses through their misconduct.
for existence in  which the  weaker  ones 
and due diligence in  selecting  executive 
Of  course  this  defect  could  be  easily 
have gone under.  All  that an intending 
officers,  but  others,  who  are  merely 
remedied by the Legislature,  and in view 
purchaser  of  their  stocks  can  do  is  to 
stockholders,  and  especially  those  who 
of  recent  occurrences  it  is  very  likely 
guess at the future  by the past and hope 
that 
small 
are 
that it will  be.
for a continuance of good luck.
is  not 
this 
duty  of 
the 
their  official 
corporations 
management 
to  which 
their 
money.  They say that  they  have  made 
their  investments  on  their  faith  in  the 
business ability of these representatives, 
and they expect  it to be exerted in  their 
behalf. 
If, instead  of this, directors are 
to  do  no  more  than  to  appoint  agents, 
there  is  no  need  of  them  at  all.  The 
stockholders might  as well hold an  elec­
tion  of  officers  once  a  year,  and  then 
leave  the  business  of  the  company  in 
their hands  till the next  annual meeting 
comes 
intermediate 
monthly or quarterly  meetings of the di­
rectors  are a  mere farce  and  amount  to 
nothing,  they  can  easily  be  dispensed 
with.  But if  there are to be directors at 
all, and  they  are  to  pretend  to  direct, 
they should direct in reality,  and not lull 
into a false security those who rely upon 
their vigilance to protect their  interests.
I will  not deny  that  there  is  a  great 
deal of sense in this sort of  talk,  and,  as 
I said last Monday, since  so many stock­
holders  indulge  in  the  delusion 
that 
really  discharge  the 
these  directors 
functions 
to 
them,  no  conscientious,  self-respect­
ing man  will accept the office without at 
least endeavoring to make it more than a 
sinecure.  But, as  I also  said,  with  the 
best  intentions  in  the  world,  and  the 
most earnest efforts,  it is not possible for 
a  director  to  oversee  the  business of  a 
corporation with  the same  thoroughness 
and attention  to the  details  that  he  de­
votes to his own affairs.  Even if it were 
possible,  the  number of  those who  have 
the ability and the time,  as  well  as  the 
inclination to try to do it,  is too small  to 
meet  the  demand. 
I  very  much  fear 
that no amount of indignation and scold­
ing will reform the  matter, and that cor­
porations  will  continue to  be  managed, 
as they have been  hitherto, by their act­
ive officers, and not by their directors.

When I look  back over  my  long  Wall 
street experience and  review the careers 
of  the  institutions  which  make  their 
headquarters  there,  I  think  the  stock­
holders  have,  on  the  whole,  come  off 
much better  than they had  any  right  to 
expect.  While they  are doing nothing,or 
at least  attending to other  business,  the 
men in  whose  hands  they  have  placed 
their money have been toiling and sweat­
ing in  their behalf,  and  turning  out  to 
them dividends to the  earnings of which 
their  co-operation  has  not  in  the  least 
contributed.  Taking  into  account  the 
weakness of human nature and the temp­
tations  to  which  its  selfishness  is  ex­
posed,  I  esteem  this  result  a  mark  of 
high  moral  development.  The  wonder 
is not  that there  is  so  much  fraud  and 
rascality in the  management of  corpora­
tions, but that  there is so  little. 
It  re­
minds me of what  Lord Clive said to the 
committee  of 
the  House  of  Commons 
who were  interrogating  him  concerning 
the 
extortions  with  which  he  was 
charged  in  the  government  of  India. 
“Gentlemen,  when  I consider  my oppor­
tunities,  I am astonished  at my  modera­
tion.” 
In  the  same  way,  when  I  con­
sider how great are  the opportunities  of 
presidents,  cashiers,  and  secretaries  to 
lose money instead of  making it,  and  to 
benefit themselves at the expense of these 
stockholders,  I  am  astonished,  not  at 
their  moderation,  but  at  the  predomi­
nance  of  integrity  among  them.  That 
the public shares  with me this feeling is 
proved by the  readiness with which they 
buy stocks and the high prices they pay for 
so many of  them, relatively  to  the  divi­
dends which  they  yield.  And  purchas­
ers,  if they are  dissatisfied with their in­
vestments,  have always  the right,  which 
nothing can deprive  them  of, of  selling 
out and  transferring the  risk of  loss  as 
well as the chance of profit  to  some  one 
more confiding than they are.

Ma tth ew   Ma r sh a ll.

popularly 

attributed 

I should not omit to mention that there 
are directors who,  without the  incentive 
of  the  fear  of  legal  penalties,  and  in 
many  instances  without  adequate  re­
muneration,  do  far  more  for  their  con­
stituents than merely to vote for officers. 
At the cost of  much  personal  inconven­
ience,  and  frequently  at  considerable 
loss to themselves,  they  devote to the of­
fices of  the  institutions  they  direct  an 
amount of time  and thought  far  beyond 
that  required  by their  strict  duty,  and 
with the happiest  results.  They  make 
the  institutions  succeed,  but  they  also 
help  diffuse  the  unfounded  belief 
to 
which I called attention a week ago, that 
all directors are  bound to do as much  as 
they do,  and are blameworthy if they  do 
not.  The stockholders who profit by the 
labors of  such men  are lucky,  but  those 
who do  not have no  reason  to  complain.
And this  leads me  to  remark  that,  in 
my opinion,  the  great majority  of inves­
tors in  the stocks  of  corporations  have 
an extremely inadequate idea of the diffi­
culty  of earning  dividends  upon  them, 
and  the  risks  of  loss  incurred  in  con­
ducting  their  affairs.  The  capital  of  a 
corporation,  in  the first  place,  is  almost 
always larger than that  of  most  private 
concerns,  and  its  business  correspond­
ingly  more  extended.  Otherwise  there 
would be no need  of its incorporation as 
a  means  of  bringing  together 
small 
amounts of capital into  one great  aggre­
gate.  With this increase of capital  and 
business  the  opportunities  of  loss  are 
multiplied,  and,  hampered  as  they  are 
by a sense  of the  responsibility, the offi­
cers of the  company do not  usually  feel 
at liberty  to take the  risks  which  indi­
viduals  do,  and  of  thus  making  great 
profits at a  single stroke. 
I  know  that 
there are  exceptions  to  this  rule,  but, 
like those  of the zealous and devoted  di­
rectors  1 have  mentioned, they  are  not 
frequent,  and  should  be  highly  prized 
when they are found.  Most corporations 
are  conducted  in  a  humdrum,  routine 
way, and I wonder that so many of them 
succeed as well as they do.  They  make, 
when they  make, by  dollars  and  Cents, 
and lose,  when they  lose,  by hundreds of 
thousands of dollars.  Banks, especially, 
have a hard time.  They  are  the  target 
for every sort  of rascality of  which that 
perpetrated  by  the  dishonest  clerk  of 
Shipman,  Barlow,  Larocque  &  Choate, 
and which cost two or  three  banks  over 
$800,000, is the latest specimen; the State 
Legislature and  Congress are  both  hos­
tile to  them;  their  taxes  are  enormous, 
and so is their outlay  for rent and  clerk 
hire.  To meet  all  these losses  and  ex­
penses they have to  pick  up  innumera­
ble  little  amounts  of  interest  and  dis­
count,  which on a money market like the 
present  count  up  very  slowly  indeed. 
Trust companies do better,  because they 
handle money in larger  sums;  but  they, 
too,  are  exposed  to  the  attacks  of  all 
kinds  of irresponsible  borrowers,  whose 
object is to  raise solid cash  upon  moon­
shine  schemes,  and  who  too  frequently

My  attention  has «been  called  to  the 
Atlantic National Bank case,  which hap­
pened some years ago,  where  the  direc­
tors were compelled to pay  a  large  sum 
of money  to  the  shareholders  to  make 
good  losses  which  the  bank  suffered 
through their neglect of duty.  My recol­
lection  is, that in  that  case  the  neglect 
chiefly complained of was  the  retention 
in office  of a  dishonest  cashier  after  he 
had been proved to  be dishonest, and al­
so in the  ratification by  the  directors  of 
some  of his  unlawful  acts.  The  stock­
holders  were,  fortunately for  them,  pro­
tected  by  section  118  of  the  National 
Bank  act,  which,  after  declaring  that 
the  franchises of  banks formed  under it 
shall be  forfeited by  a  violation  of  the 
provisions of the act,  goes  on to  declare 
that “in  cases  of  such  violation  every 
director  participating  in or  assenting to 
the same shall  be held liable  in his  per­
sonal  and  individual  capacity  for  all 
damages which the association, its share­
holders, or any  other  person  shall  have

How to  Expel Worms from Currants.
From the California Grocer.
All grocers are aware  that dried fruits 
are  liable to become  infested with  small 
worms,  even when  great  pains are taken 
to  prevent  their  appearance,  and  many 
have  probably  been  put  to  their  wit’s 
ends  in  attempting  to  fight  the  pests, 
after  they  had  once  gained  possession. 
At the  best, it is no  easy  matter to cope 
with  the  intruders,  and  a  method  of 
driving  them from  the  fruit,  which  has 
been  recommended  by  one  having  had 
experience,  may  be  acceptable  to  those 
troubled in  a similar manner.  By putting 
the  infested  fruit  into a large  pan  and 
placing  over  a  vessel of  boiling  water, 
the  worms  will  sooner  or  later become 
uncomfortably  warm,  when  they  will 
crawl to the  surface. 
If strips of  paper 
are then placed on the fruit, and a cover­
ing laid over all to exclude  the light,  the 
worms will crawl onto the strips of paper, 
which  can then  be  thrown  into  the fire. 
Several hours  may be required  to get rid 
of  the  worms,  the  time  being  propor­
tioned to the amount of fruit.

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written from the experience and  observation  of 
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THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

Grand  Rapids.

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.

WANTFT1—AU  kinds  of  Poultry>
' ' 
jive  or  dressed.  Con­
signments  solicited.

j-Jj U ” 

P. J. DETTENTHALER,

117  Monroe  Street,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRAITTCKM A N

AMOKG  TEM  THAUE
A&QVED TUE  W A T E .

AJpena—Rudolph  Ktinath  has  retired 

Dos» the A l peira CIgar Co.

—Chas.  Shaw,  iatooi  Manistee. 

La-i» yj^üfcd  n 

inürkK.

Vieksburg—Henry Day hat  pureh&secl 

liie meat market of  W.  I. Ford.

Leaton—John  K.  Hackett  fea?  seid  bis 

ggpcery stock to  W.  J.  Jordow

Lstusmg—C.  k.  Jrtvic  de Co.  bave  so»d 

tbeir bakery to 'I hot.  G.  King.

Coieman  F.  F.  Melhuer  is  suceeeded 
b>  Hethiter dt Co.  io  liie  meal  businebs.
Frankenin uth—Win.  Dodenhoffl  is  sue- 
ceeded  hy Luckkart dt G Siegel  in general 
trade.

Adrian  Levi iioath, of tke agrieultur- 
ai Implement  firm of iioath  de  Vau Dorn

Crusoe.  The reurmg parLner will return 
to Marinette.  Wit...  where  he will engage 
in  business.

Cadillac—An extension  of  twenty-five 
feet it being made  to  the  building occu­
pied  by A.  Cohen's dry  goods  store,  op­
posite  the  post  ofiice  on Mitchell  street. 
The improvement will enable  Mr. Cohen 
to carry  a  larger  stock,  and  add  a new 
line  of  goods,  which  he  proposes to do 
when  making hit fall purchases.

Hart—It  it  not  unlikely  that  Dr.  H. 
B.  Hatch  will  purchase the grocery  stock 
of  Sanford A  Henwood,  in  order  to  get 
possession  of  his  building,  which  he 
wishes to  occupy  with  the drug  stock  he 
recently  purchased  at  Grand  Rapids. 
Mr.  Sanford is  understood to  be  anxious 
to locate anew at one of the towns on the 
line  of  the  C.  & W.  M.  extension  from 
Traverse City to Petoskey.

Tawas—The  Winona  Lumber  Co.’s 
sawmill  recently took a contract to cut a 
number of million  feet of  logs that were 
to  be rafted  from  Upper  Michigan,  but 
they  are  hung  up  and  will  not come 
down  until  late,  if  at  all  this season. 
The  corporation  has  purchased  several 
million feet from other parties,  and  it Is 
expected the  mill  will  he  kept at work.
Benzonia—The mercantile department 
of  the Case  Bros.  Lumber  Co.  has  been 
merged  into a  stock company  under  the 
style  of  the  Case  Mercantile  Co.  The 
new corporation  has  a  capita)  stock  of 
SO,000,  being officered as follows:  Presi­
dent, C.  K. Case;  Vice-President,  W.  L. 
Case;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  S.  W. 
McDonald.  Leslie Crane,  who was  with 
Storm  &  Hill  for  ten  years,  will  have 
charge of the dry goods department.

Kaiatiiazo«»— Win.  8.  Foster  is  suc-

Manistee—The Manistee & Grand  Kap­
Jackson — John  H.  Purvis  succeeds 
ids  Railroad has met  with some  trouble 
liattio (Mrs. Henry; hmitb in the groeery 
with  its new  dock, just built at the  head 
Business.
of the lake, at which to dump logs.  The
«eeeded  by liuss«-11  dc Bar« lid night  in Ujp Pleasant  Manufacturing  Co.  is  running  work  of  the  dredge  in  deepening  the
i channel of the river has had the effect of
bazíiar business
Ashley—The stave mill here has tnanu-  lowering the  water in the  lake, and now
Connell  <fe  Go<>c win  in tLe  furniture and factored  all  the timber on  hand, and  in a-  where there was plenty of water to dump
cbinery  is  now  being  put in  for a saw  last  year,  logs  cannot  be  dumped  this
undertaking  but iuess.

Beldiug  J.  T Con nei J »* fcucoppdpd bv

Mt.  Pleasant—The  sawmill  of the Mt.

day and night  with a full  force. 

MAJSTUV ACTCKISO  MATTKKë.

: year until the dredge gets in its work.

Luther—Benj F. Coop«-i has conclu«led mill- 

to remove his ha rd ware stock  from  tii. :1s
place to Reed O ty.

succeeded  by Townsend &  Frink  in  gpu­ ebmery. 
era!  trade Sepietuber  1.

Trout Creek  The i rout Creek Lumber  Marshall—The machinery and stock  of
Co.  has  the frame of its new  mill  pretty  tlie Marshall Cycle Co. were  recently sold
il ubbaid stori - M.  11.  <ahalen  will bp well  up  and  has  begun to  receive  ma- ■ on achattel  mortgage  held  by  the  First
| National Bank. Before any bid was made,
\y.  Meachem, of Battle Creek,  notified
sumed  operations at their  sawmill,  hav-  tilose present that the sale  would be con­
Plain well  11. L. Bliss, the shoe dea er,
ing secured a contract for cutting 600,000  tegted  011 the  ground  that  the  mortgage
apd  0.  B.  Gratige*-,  the hardware  u er-
chant  will  oeeu py the  in-w  Union  block feet of hemlock for Grand Kapids parties.  was megal, as it had not been authorized
Middleville  L  IJ.  and  M.  8.  Keeler  by the board of directors.  C. T.  Gorman,
about Septem ber 1.
interest  for the Bank,  made the only  bid,  and it
the  Middleville  brass  works  and  was struck off  to him  for  $3,500.  Busi-
signed  their boot and  sh< <: Stock to P. T.
Cofgrove.  The assets  amount  t<» $3,700 wiil  push the business  for all  there is  in  ness tas been  resumed  on  a  larger scale
and  the liabilities aggregate §5,000. 
than  before  under  the  management  of 
Mr.  Hanson.

Hastings—11«»Iden  & Hire  ha\e as- have  purchased  a  controlling 

Haire-Northrup  &  Closson  have  re- j 

in 
it.

got any,”  he answered slowly.
you going?”

The uiuii paid no attention.
“ I’ll  take  your  ticket,  if  you please.” 
The  man  looked  up at him.  “Iiain’t 
“ Weil,  the  money  then.  Where  are 
“Hain’t got  any money.”
“ Well,  then, what are you on here for? 
If  1  don’t  get  either money  or  ticket,  I 
must put you off the train.”
“ You  wouldn’t  stop  an express  train 
just to put one man off, now  would you.” 
“ Wouldn’t  1?  You’ll  soon  see whether 
1 will or not.  Now 1 want your ticket or 
the cash without any  more fuss.”

“ Nary one.”
The conductor paused for a moment or 
two and then called  the brakeman.
“ Now are you  going to get off  without 
a fuss or will  we have to throw you off?” 
The  man  sighed  and said  he would go 
off  quietly.  When  they got  out on  the 
platform and the conductor had his hand 
on  the bell  rope  the  passenger  cast  his 
eye over the flying  landscape and said: 
“Ain’t  there  no  way  we  can  fix  this 
up?”
“Certainly.  Ticket or money.”
After another  look  the man  shook his 
head.  “Let her go, captain.”
The  conductor pulled  the  rope.  The 
air brakes scrunched  and the train  came 
to a stop.  The man stepped off and then 
banding  the  conductor  a  bit  of  paste­
board,  said:
“I  don’t cheat  no  railroad  company, 
captain.  Here  ye are.”
“Why in thunder  didn’t  you  give  me 
this  before?  You  can  ride  five  miles 
further on this ticket.  Step aboard live­
ly,  now.”
I  would  have 
to walk  five miles  back if  I did. 
I  live 
over yonder.  So long,  cap.”

“Never  mind, captain. 

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  bead for 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  insert!ofi  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken for lees than 85 cents.  Advance  payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

291

293

Will 

dress 898, care Michigan Tradesman. 
500  to  600  inhabitants.  Two  railroads, 
294

and  shoes  and  furnishing’  goods  business.  Ad* 
298
two 
churches,  and  the  best  of  schools.  Address  18. care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

De sir a b l e  o p e n in g   f o r  d r y   go ods,  boots 
Fo r  s a l e —m eat  m a rk et  in   to w n  o f  from
tfOR SALE—CLEAN STOCK  OF  DRY GOODS, BOOTS, 
iX)R SALE-OR WILL  EXCHANGE FOR CITY PROP- 

shoes and groceries.  Comparatively  new.  Good 
sons for selling.  Address  Kester A  Arnold, Marcellus, 
Mich. 

erty.  Stock of  drugs in small  village.  About 16 
with  store, on  easy  terms  of  payment.  Inventories 
about  $1,000.  Address  No. 291, care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 

trade in one of  the best towns in the State.  Good rea­

miles from Grand Rapids  Will sell stock  separate or 

1?o r  sa l e—Stock  o f  g e n e r a l  m e r c h a n d ise.

invoice  about  82,400.  Best  of  locations. 
Everything new.  Only  been in business two years.  A 
rare  chance  for a man  with a small  capital.  Reason 
for  selling,  poor  health.  Address  Geo.  P.  Mosier, 
Cloverdale, Mich. 
T   WILL  PAY  ABOUT  50  CENTS  ON  THE  DOLLAR, 
A   more  or  less, spot  cash,  for  dry  goods,  clothing, 
ladies’ and  men’s furnishing  goods, etc.  J. Levinson, 
Petoskey,  Mich. 
OR SALE-A  COMPLETE  DRUG  STOCK  AND FIX- 
tures; stock well  assorted  can  be  bought  at  a 
bargain.  Address for  particulars  8. P. Hicks,  Lowell, 
Mich. 
124
i 'OR  SALE—A COMPLETE  LOGGING  OUTFIT  AT A 
FK)R SALE—ON  ACCOUNT OF ILL  HEALTH. I WISH 

bargain.  Will  sell  all or part,  as  desired.  Also 
one  standard  guage  Shay  "locomotive  in  first-class 
iworking condition.  Apply  to  W. A. D. Rose, Big Rap- 
ds, Mich. 

to  sell  my  stock of  general  merchandise,  com­
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
general  or  grocery stock;  must be cheap.  Ad- 

WANTED—I  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
dress No. 86, care Michigan Tradesman.  _________ 86

prising dry goods, clothing,  hats  and caps, boots  and 

288

296

285

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

steady  and  industrious. 

SOBER,
<o  fill  al­
most  any position, will  be at liberty  after August  16. 
Good  references.  Address  No.  292,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

■   PERFECTLY  RESPON8I 
SITUATION  WANTED—AFTER  SEPT.  1. BY  A  REG- 

istered pharmacist of 12 years’ experience.  First- 

class references.  No. 296, care Michigan Tradesman.

292

MISCELLANEOUS.

1,X)R  SALE—CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  INVE8T- 

ment.  Corner  lot  and  5-room  house  on  North 
Lafayette  St.,  cellar,  brick  foundation,  soft  water 
in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to  suit.  Address No.  187, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
il*OR SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND 5-ROOM 
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. 
187.
rn H E   MORTGAGE  ON  BLANCHARD  A  PRINGLE’S 
A   stock, at Sand Lake, has been paid and discharged, 
leaving their stock of  about $3,600 free and  clear, ana 
1  the firm is now in good circumstances. 

897

187

Midland  Reardon  Bros.,  who  run  a
generatl  «U»re  Imre,
li ave given  a $36,000
mortgi»ge l.«» secure Fdson ,  Moore  & Co.,
of  Di-troit.  awl  M<irley  1tros.,  of  iSagi-
uaw.

líant—Clhas.  11. Fran ci»,  formerly eli­
gageil
in traile  at.  8Iteridali,  has  pur-
Chase«!1  tin• general stock of  O.  W.  Knox
and  openi-;d  up  11 wder  Uni  new  auspices
A ugust  10.

Muskeg«in—Ole Mason and  B.  Ras-
mussciQ ha ve formtni a co,»arliiership  un-
der th<« style of Masou  ft Kasmussen and
Opener1 a 11our and feed  store  at the eor-
uer of Oilsiwa and 1(¡'¡«Idilligs streets.

ilailmi »Springs The C. 

ii.  Eaton
hard ware stock  has  beeii  purchased  by
Frank F. Foster, of  8iuennuu,  and  C.
Burke,, of tUadi like, win» wl¡II  continue the
b it sines und« r the »tyle of Foster «fe Burke.
Lewnon Peter  I»en non lias  leased  his
eievatinr  tu»  Kline, Goodeijough  «fe  Co.,  of
Flint, who will  handle  e« Mi n i f y   produce
of all kin«!Is  under
the  management  of
G e o   Beaba it,  j u n i o ir iiiiimi]»er of  the  firm.
Huntwill Dr.  G. F.  Peabody  has  pur-
chased the interest of Dr. K«l.  Snyder in
the «Ini g   allid  grace ry  firm of Stlnchcumh
f t   Huy«iter.
The  t»usiness  will  be  coii-
tinued U IK1er the style of
iStiuchcomb f t

Laloü  City 

liai hert A . Fisher has sold
his  di tig. hook  und   stalliouery  stock  to
Will A  Sands ami  will  lake a three years’ 
collegiate  course, 
lie  still  retalus his 
ownership  of  a  planted  addition  to the 
village  and  a  handsome  brick  store 
building.

Htautoii  A.  W.  Crusoe  has  sold  his 
interest in  the  general  stock  of  Crusoe 
Bros,  to his  brother,  who  will  continue 
the  business  under  the  style  of  J.  N.

Saginaw—Bliss &  Van Auken  are get­
ting  into  shape  for  starting  camps  in 
Gladwin  county,  where  they  will  put in 
‘20,000,000  feet the coming  fall and  win­
ter.

Eaton  Rapids—The Island City flouring 
mills  and  water  power  were  sold  at  a 
mortgage  sale,  last  Thursday, the  State 
Bank  bidding  the  property  in  at  about 
§10,000.  The  management of  the  mills 
will  remain  with  Jos. C.  Shaw,  the pres­
ent lessee.

Sherman —A. Bennett A Co. closed their 
cedar  block  contract  last  week,  having 
shipped  400  cords,  which  made  about 
forty carloads.  This  contract  has  been 
the  means  of 
leaving  quite  a  sum  of 
money through the country.  They expect 
to take another similar  contract.

Ionia—Geo.  W.  Webber,  who recently 
sold  his  stock 
the  Capital  Wagon 
Works  to  C.  J,  Kuuisey,  has  resigned 
from tlie directorate.  The  vacancy  has 
been  filled  by  the  election of  Alien S. 
Wright,  who  will also  act as Secretary 
and Treasurer of the corporation.

Farwell—Davison  A  Gardiner  have 
erected shingle and  sawmills on the Doc 
and Tom creek,  near this place, and have 
contracted to cut 7,000,000  feet  of  white 
pine and  norway  lumber for Chicago par­
ties.  The  shingle  mill  cut  1,350,000 
shingles  in  June,  and  the  saw  mill  is 
nearly ready  to begin operations.

Saginaw—The local  creditors  of E.  R. 
Pliinney are  not  at all  satisfied  with  the 
manner  in  which  that  gentleman  dis­
posed of their property.  Briggs A Cooper, 
who  are  in  it  to  the  extent  of §7,800, 
seized  their  lumber  on  Pkinney’s  yard 
under a writ of replevin,  claiming to  be 
able  to  identify  the  stock,  and giving 
bonds pending the  action of the court.

in 

Kalamazoo— The  Featberbone  Corset 
Co.  will be removed  from  Three Oaks to 
this  city,  representative  business  men 
having  subscribed  for  $50,000  stock  in 
the  enterprise.  W.  L.  Brownell  takes 
8*1,000 of  the stock and will  probably re­
tire from the grocery  business and devote 
all his time and energy to the new  under­
taking.  Temporary  quarters  will  be 
secured  for the factory,  but a new build­
ing  wilt be erected as soon as a desirable 
site  can  be secured.  The  industry  will 
employ  from  125 to 150 hands  at  the be­
ginning  and  increase  the  force  as  the 
demands of  business may  require.  Kal­
amazoo  has  every reason to  feel  elated 
over its latest  acquisition.

Ewen—Clarke,  Farnham A  Co.’s  shin­
gle mill  was burned August 3.  The fire, 
which originated in  the boiler room,  had 
gained  considerable  headway  before  it 
was discovered,  and  the  village,  being 
without  fire  protection,  the  mill  men 
were practically  helpless.  The  mill  is 
situated on the  bank  of  the  Ontonagon 
river,  the logs being stored in  a bayou of 
that stream.  The  mill has been in oper­
ation  over two  years,  and  made an  18- 
inch shingle for the  eastern  market,  its 
capacity  being 80,000, 
its  product  was 
all  kilii dried and  then shipped East  via 
the Soo.  The loss is $10,000, partly  cov­
ered  by insurance.  The  mill  will  be im­
mediately rebuilt.

“ Tickets,  Please.”

“Tickets,  please,”  said  the  conductor 
as he entered the car.
There  was a very  general  response  in 
the shape of  pasteboard until he came to 
a farmer who was very earnestly  looking 
out of the window.
“Tickets, please,”  said  the  conductor.

THE  MICHIGAN  TIiAX)ESM^]NT

5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Myron  Flanders  succeeds  Flanders  & | 
Fisher  in  the  grocery  business  at  447 I 
Lyon street.

The Lemon  & Wheeler  Company made 
material  additions to  the  grocery  stock I 
of  Chas.  M.  Kingsley  at  Cadillac,  last | 
week.

The  West  Side  Van  Every  grocery 
stock was bid in at chattle mortgage sale 
Monday morning by the Lemon & Wheeler 
Company.

Bartholomew &  Ganung  opened  their 
new  grocery  store  at 
the  corner  of 
Wealthy  avenue  and  James  street  last 
Thursday.

P.  J.  Vollpert  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at  the  corner  of  North  street  and 
Broadway.  The Ball-Barnhart-Putman 
Co.  furnished the  stock.

Bunton &  Son,  dealers in  dry  goods, 
boots and  shoes  and  hardware  at  Bear 
Lake,  will add a line of  groceries.  The 
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  have  the 
order.

Gaskill & Goss have  opened a  grocery 
store at  202 East Bridge street,  the  for­
mer location of  Johnson  &  Goss.  The 
Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company  furnished
the stock.  ________________

W.  C.  Melis  &  Co.  have  sold 

their 
hardware stock at  17 and  19  Grandville 
avenue  to  H.  E.  Hasseltine  & Co.,  who 
will  continue  the  business  at the same
location.  ________________

Frank C.  Sampson,  formerly engaged 
in the hardware business at Cadillac,  has 
opened a grocery and  hardware  store at 
Boon.  Foster,  Stevens  &  Co.  and the 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.  furnished the
stock. 

________________

Emanuel Treusch.  who  purchased the 
cigar and tobacco stock  of the Lustig Ci­
gar Co.  at chattel  mortgage sale,  is  clos­
ing out  the retail  department  and  will 
shortly  merge the  unbroken  portion  of 
the  stock  into  the  stock  of  Morris  H. 
Treusch & Bro. 

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A Young  Chevalier.

A good looking young lady, with a pair 
of seashore shoes on, was passing through 
Campau  place  the  other  day  with  the 
strings of  one shoe  flipping and flopping 
about  with  every  step  she  took.  She 
knew all about it and realized that every 
man  she  met  was  looking  right at that 
foot, but  she  hadn’t  the  nerve  to  stop 
and tie the strings.  The situation caught 
the eye of a small bootblack who crossed 
her  path,  and  he did  the  right  thing at 
the right time and in  the neatest manner. 
Running  up  to  her  he  dropped  on  his 
knees and  placed  his box  for  her  foot. 
She  placed it there  and he  gathered  up 
the strings, deftly tied them into a double 
bow  knot  and  rose  and  doffed his  cap 
and bowed like a little gentleman.
“You  are  the  smartest  boy  in  the 
city!” said  she  as  she  reached  for  her 
purse,  and  the next  instant  he was  gal­
loping down the walk and shouting:
“Oh!  Jim,  look-a-here!  Made a mash 
and  struck  half a dollar  all  in a miuit!”

Cool.

“ Please,  sir, can’t you give  me an  old 
coat?” asked  a  mendicant of  a wealthy 
merchant.  As  the  man  had  formerly 
been  the  servant  of  the  merchant,  the 
latter said:
“Go over to the clothing store and pick 
yourself out a $13 suit,  and i'll come and 
pay for  it.”
The  mendicant  did  as  he  Was  told. 
Taking  the  clothing  store  man  to  one 
side,  he said to him:
“That old  duffer  sent  me  over to pick 
out a suit  of  clothes.  Now.  I  want you 
to let me  have  my commission, so 1,  too, 
will make somethingby this little trade.”

Purely  Personal.

John E.  Thurkow, the  Morley  general 
dealer,  was in  town Thursday  and  took 
in the grocers’  picnic.

Will M.  Butts,  who has been spending 
a week  with  his  parents  at Cleveland, 
has returned  to  the  book-keeper’s desk 
at Hawkins & Company’s.

Geo.  B.  Caulfield and Ferdinand Thum 
leave  Saturday  for  Alaska,  going  via 
Winnepeg and the Canadian Pacific Rail­
way  and returning  by  way  of  Portland 
and Denver.  They  expect to  be  absent 
about six weeks.

Miss  Grace  VanHoesen,  book-keeper 
for the local branch of  Nelson  Morris  & 
Co.,  is spending a fortnight’s vacation at 
Chicago  and  Wisconsin  resorts.  Her 
work is being  done in  the  meantime  by 
Lewis A. Rose,  of the Chicago office.

Frank  C.  Sampson,  who  was  a  free 
buyer in this market when  a  member of 
the firm of Sampson & Drury, at Cadillac, 
was a welcome  visitor  to  Grand Rapids 
one day  last week,  having  put in a store 
in  connection  with  his  shingle  mill  at 
Boon.

T rav erse  City  Topics.

T ka v ek se City,  Aug.  10.—The Grand 
Traverse  Bay  country  has  seen  severe 
droughts in years gone by,  but  the “dry 
spell” of  1891  is  the  most  serious ever 
experienced.here.  The  good  crops  and 
high  prices  of  1890  put  our farmers in 
excellent condition,  financially,  but the 
present  drought promises to put them as 
far back as they were a year ago.  Unless 
rain comes soon,  the forests will  be fear­
fully denuded,  as fires are now beginning 
to run in all directions.

Hon. Perry Hannah is making arrange­
ments to begin the erection  of the hand­
somest  residence  in  this  section of the 
country,  work  on  which  will  be begun 
about Sept.  1.  The building will have a 
marble foundation and  a  wooden super­
structure, costing in the neighborhood of 
$85,000. 
It  is  designed  by  Architect 
Robinson,  of Grand  Rapids,  and  will  be 
constructed under the  supervision  of J. 
W.  Hilton, our local architect.

trip 

Frank Hamilton leaves Wednesday for 
a fortnight’s 
to  Bostou  and New 
York,  for  the  purpose of buying goods 
for the fall and winter trade.
Herbert Montague is  entertaining  the 
family  of  Stephen  A.  Sears,  of Grand 
Rapids, this week.
Building  operations  show no diminu­
tion,  the noise of hammer and saw greet­
ing the ear from every point of the  com­
pass.

S a lt  In sp ectio n   fo r  Ju ly .

The  monthly  report of  State  Salt  In­

spector Casey is as follows: 
Counties.
Manistee  ....................................
Saginaw......................................
Bay..............................................
Mason...........■..............................
Iosco  ...........................................
St. Clair.......................................
Midland.......................................
Huron..........................................

Barrels. 
..131,197 
..  96,965 
..  80,904 
..  47,603 
..  31,953 
..  21,623 
..  5,058 
..  4,244
T o t a l ..............................................................421,847
Last  year’s  report  for  the  month  of 
July  showed  an  inspection  of  454,359 
barrels.  Last year  the total  number  of 
barrels inspected  up to  August 1  was 2,- 
266,305, this year 2,227,426  barrels  have 
passed  the  inspection.  The  inspection 
for June this year was 465,833  barrels.

M erch an t  S ued  for  S lander. 

Muskegon,  Aug.  10—Jennie  Gunder­
son,  through her attorneys, Turner, Tur- 
! ner & Turner, has  brought  suit for slan- 
I de’’  against  Samuel  A.  Soderberg,  the 
| senior member of the boot and shoe house 
! of  Soderberg  &  Donaldson,  claiming 
| $5,000 damages.  The shoe  firm offered a 
lady’s  gold  watch  to its  customers,  giv­
in g   a  ticket  with  every  purchase  of  a 
j certain  value.  When  the  lucky number 
was announced,  Miss Gunderson present- 
! ed what she claimed was the lucky ticket.
! She  states  that  Soderberg  charged  her 
I with having altered the original numbers 
I and  has  circulated  the  charge  to  her 
great damage.

Possibly  we  can 

t   -JTRITE  us for  Samples and  Prices.
save  you 
money.  W e  have  a  good  white  en­
velope (our 154) which we s e ll:

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

No  6
Size 3%x6
$ 1.40
2.25
2.00
1.75
160

No  6 ^
Size 3%x6ÿ£
$ 1.50
2.40
2.10
1.85
1.70
Special  prices  on  larger  quantities. 
This  is  not a cheap  stock,  but  good 
fair envelope.  W e  have  cheaper and 
have  better  grades,  but  can  recom­
mend this one.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
Above Prices Includo Printing!

Vt ths p n o i   gusssing the nearest  to the number of Imps that will 
appear in a series of cuts in the Evening News,  cuts not to exceed 100, 
1st Cash  Prize, $50;  2d, $25;  8d, 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 28cuts, with a total of 303 Imps.

MANUPAOTUMSB  BY

A u l b x .  G o r d o n ,  D e t r o i t ,   M i o t i .
DANIEL  LYNCH,  Grand Rapids, Mich., Wholesale  Agt.

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

Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  of  Boots  and  Shoes.

Our  fall  lines  are 
now complete in every 
department.
Our  line  of  Men’s 
and  Boys’  boots  are 
the best we ever made 
or  handled.
For  durability  try 
our own  manufacture 
men’s,  boys’, youths’, 
women’s,  misses’  and 
children’s shops.
We  have the  finest 
lines  of  slippers  and 
warm  goods  we  ever 
carried.
We  handle all  the lead 
lines of felt boots and
We solicit  your  inspec- 
“Agents  for  the Boston 

before purchasing.

Rubber Shoe Co.”

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Cash  Against  Credit.

J. M. Batchelor in Dry Goods Bulletin.

Whether to adopt a  strictly  cash  sys­
tem or one with cash and credit mingled, 
is a hard  problem  for  most  retailers  to 
solve;  particularly  with  those  who  are 
beginning a business.  There is no ques­
tion about which  would be the  best,  the 
most profitable,  and safest,  if  it were al­
ways expedient or  possible; for the  cash 
system has too  many advantages to  need 
any  praising;  but  every  retailer  is  not 
situated to adopt a cash  system,  even  if 
he heartily wishes  to do so;  he  has  con­
tinual requests made upon  him for credit 
from customers whom  he  does  not  care 
to lose,  and to whom he does not dare re­
fuse  such  accommodation 
for  fear  of 
driving them  elsewhere.  This is where 
the difficulty  of  the  problem  comes  in; 
and particularly is this the  case in farm­
ing districts  where the farmers  only  get 
their money once a year  when gathering 
or  selling  their  crops. 
The  retailer’s 
best interests invariably rest  with  cash, 
if by any process business can  be proper­
ly conducted on such  a basis;  which  well 
acknowledged  fact should  cause  him  to 
favor any public movement calculated to 
bring  it  about. 
This  means  when  a 
question  arises,  whether  our  country 
should  have sufficient  currency in circu­
lation to do a cash business with, against 
another plan of  limiting the  currency  to 
a  low or  the  lowest  bearable  sum,  the 
“sufficient  currency”  should receive  the 
support of the retailer.
The  idea  of  credit  is  not  sufficiently 
dwelt upon  by the  great mass of  traders 
for them to have well defined opinions of 
what it  really  is.  But  the  particulars 
are simple  if carefully  looked  into,  and 
make the issue  exceedingly easy  if  it  is 
remembered that credit is  merely a  sub­
stitute for cash.  As  no  substitutes  are 
equal  to  the  thing  for  which  they  are 
substituted,  credit in no  sense should  be 
sustained in  preference  to  cash.  This 
view is stated merely to incline attention 
in the direction  of  eventually  obtaining 
a business founded upon the cash system. 
As  matters  stand,  however,  to-day  cash 
is largely theory,  and  credit  is the prac­
tice,  because we have  insufficient money 
in  circulation to  permit  a  general  cash 
business.  The real issue revolves  itself 
into a question of government; what it is, 
each of the classes named must look into 
the  matter  for  themselves,  and  decide 
which  is the  best  course  to  adopt,  and 
stick to that  decision  when  the  govern­
ment calls upon  them for an opinion.
A  few  retailers  persist  in  giving  no 
credit in  spite of  this  situation,  and  in 
the long  run this  class  generally  comes 
out  ahead,  as  credit  invariably  carries 
with  it great risks without  counting  the 
costly delays it entails.  But while a few 
can  do so,  all  could  not,  so  even  their 
success  cannot be set up as an  inflexible 
guide. 
It  therefore  remains  for  those 
using the combined system to make more 
of a specialty of looking after the credits 
they grant.  So delicate is this work that 
the  highest  “earned”  salaries 
in  the 
country  are paid  to  experts  who  make 
that  occupation  their  specialty.  More 
honest  failures  are  due  to  bad  credits 
- than any other one cause; statistics prove 
this, consequently  it is a reflection  upon 
the trader,  and  shows  too  little  care  is 
taken.  Every  store  proprietor  should 
give all possible  heed to this  point,  and 
keep  a  constant  watch  upon  those  he 
gives credit to,  and  not leave so much  to 
chance,  as  is  commonly  the  case. 
If  a 
retailer is intelligently attentive to credit 
customers,  and  keeps  himself  posted as 
to  their financial  standing  and  honesty 
of purpose,  in proportion as he  becomes 
an expert  will  he  appreciate  that  losses 
in that way are by no means a  necessity; 
that is in  ninety-nine cases  out of a hun­
dred.  Proprietors  can  become  such ex­
perts  and  our  purpose  is  to  lead  their 
attention  to this  possibility.

C ause  fo r W earin ess.

Collector—I  tell  you  this  bill  is posi­
tively tired  of coining here.
Deadbroke—You’re  tired  of  bringing 
it,  1 suppose you mean.
Collector—I  mean  what  I  say.  The 
bill  is tired  because it has been standing | 
so long.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

Dry Goods Price Current.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Arrow Brand 5*4 

Adriatic.................7
A rgyle...................  6*4
“  World Wide..  7
“  LL............... 5
Atlanta AA.............  6*4
Pull Yard Wide...... 6*4
Atlantic A............
Georgia  A..............  6*4
H............
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Honest Width......... 6*4
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Hartford A ............ 5
D............
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Indian Head...........  7*4
Amory...................
King A  A................  6*4
King E C .................  5
Archery  Bunting.. 
Beaver Dam  A A .. 
Lawrence  L L........  5*4
Madras cheese cloth 6*4
Blackstone O, 32...
Newmarket  G........  6
Black Crow.............. 6*4
B  ........ 5*4
Black  Rock  ...........7
Boot, AL...............   7*4
N........6*4
Capital  A............... 5*4 
DD....  5*4
X ........7
Cavanat V..............5*4 
Chapman cheese cl.  3*£ Noibe R..................  5
Clifton  C R ............ 5*4 Our Level  Best.
6*4 
Comet..................... 7  Oxford  R.
6*4
Dwight Star............  7*4 Pequot....................   7*4
Clifton CCC...........  6*4 Solar.

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BLEACHED  COTTONS.

¡Top of the Heap.
Geo. Washington...  8
Glen Mills.............   7
Gold Medal............   7*4
Green  Ticket......... 8*4
Great Falls.............   6*4
Hope......................... 7*4
Just  Out......   4*4® 5
King  Phillip...........  7*
OP......7*4
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10*4
Lonsdale...........   @ 8*4
Middlesex.........  @ 5
No Name................   7*4
Oak View............... 6
Our Own................   5*4
Pride of the West.. .12
Rosalind.................7*4
Sunlight.................   4*4
Utica  Mills............ 8*4
Nonpareil  ..11
Vinyard..................  8*4
White Horse...........  6
Rock.............. 8*4

A B C ......................8*4
Amazon.................. 8
Amsburg.................7
Art  Cambric...........10
Blackstone A A......8
Beats All................   4*4
Boston....................12
Cabot......................   7*4
Cabot,  %...  ...........  6*4
Charter  Oak...........5*4
Conway W..............  7*4
Cleveland..............   7
Dwight Anchor......8*4
shorts.  8*4
Edwards................. 6
Empire...................   7
Farwell...................7*4
Fruit of the  Loom.  7*t
Fitchville  ............. 7
First Prize..............  6*4
Fruit of the Loom *4 ■
Fairmount..............4M
Full Value..............6*4
Cabot...................... 7*4|Dwight Anchor........ 9
Farwell...................  8  |
TremontN..............  5*4 Middlesex No.  1__ 10
2_11
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Hamilton N............   6*4 
L............ 7 
“  3....12
Middlesex AT........8 
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7_18
X...........  9 
“  8....19
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Hamilton N ............ 7*4|Middlesex A A......... 11
Middlesex P T.......... 8 
2.......12
A T ........  9 
A O........13*4
X A.......... 9 
4.......17*4
X F ........ 10*4 
5.......16
Peerless, white.......18  ¡Integrity, colored...21
colored — 20*4 White Star............. 18*4
Integrity................ 18*41 
“  colored..21
Hamilton 
Nameless................ 20
...........25
...........27*4
............30
............ 32*4
......... 35

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G G  Cashmere........21
Nameless..............16
...............18

DBE88  GOODS,

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“ long cloth B. 10*4' Merrim’ck shirtings. 
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Corallne................$9 50IWonderful............ 84 50
Schilling’s ............  9 001Brighton................4 75
Armory..................  
| Naumkeag satteen..  7*4
Androscoggin.........7*4 Rockport.................. 6*4
Biddeford..............   6  Conestoga.................634
Brunswick..............6*4| Walworth................   6*4
Allen turkey  reds..  5*4¡Berwick fancies__  *4
robes...........5*4 Clyde Robes.............5
pink a purple  6*4 Charter Oak fancies 4*4
buffs...........  6  I Del Marine cashm’s. 6
mourn’g 6
pink  checks.  5*4 
staples  .  5*4 Eddystone fancy...  6
shirtings...  4*4 
chocolat  6
American fancy__ 5*4 
rober__   6
American indigo__5*4 
sateens..  6
American shirtings.  4*4 Hamilton fancy.  ...  6
staple__5*4
Argentine  Grays...  6  I 
Anchor Shirtings...  4*4!Manchester  fancy..  6 
Arnold 
....  6*4 
new era.  6
j Merrimack D fancy.  6 
Arnold  Merino. . . .   6 
4*4
“  C.  8*4 
Reppfum . 8*4
centurycloth 7  ¡Pacific fancy..........6
gold seal......10*4
robes............6*4
green seal TR10*4
Portsmouth robes...  6
yellow seal. .10*4 Simpson mourning..  6
serge.............11*4
greys........6
••  Turkey  red..10*4 
solid black.  6 
Ballou solid black..  5 
Washington Indigo.  6 
“  colors.  5*4
“ 
“  Turkey robes..  7*4
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes__7*4
red and  orange ...  5*4
“  plain T’ky X *4  8*4 
Berlin solids...........  5*4
“ 
“  X...10
“  oil blue....... 6*4
“  Ottoman  Tur­
keyred................ 6
“  green ....  6*4
“ 
“  Foulards....  5*4
Martha Washington
“ 
red *4..........   7
Turkey red *4...... 7*4
Martha Washington
“ X  ........... 9*4
“ 
Turkey red.......... 9*4
“ 34XXXX 12
“ 
Riverpolntrobes....  5
Cocheco fancy........  6
Windsor fancy........6*4
madders...  6
“  XX twills..  6*41  indigo blue......... 10*4
solids........5*41
“ 
Amoskeag AC A....13 
Hamilton N............  7*4 Pemberton AAA 
D............. 8*4
Awning..11
Farmer......................8
First Prize...............11*4
Lenox M ills...........18
Atlanta,  D...............6*4 ¡Stark  A
Boot......................... 6*4  No  Name —
Clifton, K................ 7*4 ¡Top of  Heap
Simpson..................20
.................18
................. 16
Coechoo............... 10*4

|AC  A..................... 12*4
16
York.......................10*4
Swift River............  7*4
Pearl  River............12*4
Warren...................14

Imperlai..................10*4
Black................ 9® 9*4
............ 10*4

“  4 4................10

COTTON  DRILL.

gold  ticket

TICKINGS.

SATINES.

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

DEKINS.

“ 
“ 

Amoskeag............... 12*4
9oz...... 14*4
brown .13
Andover..................11*4
Beaver Creek  AA... 10 
BB...  9
“ 
cc
m 
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
“ 
blue  8*4 
“  d a  twist 10*4 
Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19

“ 
“ 

Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........12
brown....... 12
Haymaker blue........ 7*4
brown...  7*4
Jaffrey.....................11*4
Lancaster  .............. 12*4
Lawrence, 9 oz........ 18*4
NO.220....18
No. 250....11*4
No. 280.... 10*4

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

GINGHAM S.
“ 
fancies__7
“  Normandie  8

Amoskeag................ 7*4
“  Persian dress  8*4 
Canton ..  8*4
“ 
“ 
AFC........12*4
Arlington staple___ 6*4
A ra sa p h a   f a n c y ___  4*4
Bates Warwick dres 8*4 
staples.  6*4
Centennial............   t0*4
Criterion................10*4
Cumberland  staple.  5*4
Cumberland...........   5
Essex........................4*4
Elfin.......................   7*4
Everett classics........8*4
Exposition............... 7*4
Glenarie.................  6*4
Glenarven.................634
Glenwood.................7*4
Hampton............... .  6*4 Wamsutta staples.
Johnson Chalón cl

I 
Lancashire.............   6*4
Manchester............   5*4
Monogram..............  6*4
Normandie............... 7*4
Persian...................   8*4
Renfrew Dress..........7*4
Rosemont................. 6*4
Slatersville.............. 6
Somerset.................  7
Tacoma  ...................7*4
Toil  duNord..........10*4
Wabash.................... 7*4
seersucker..  7*4
Warwick.................  8*4
Whlttenden............   6*4
heather dr.  8 
indigo blue  9
.  6*4
*4 Westbrook............ .  8
................ .10
indigo blue 9*4
zephyrs... .16 Windermeer.......... .  5

Lancaster,  staple.

•  6X York...................... -  634
GRAIN BAGS.
Amoskeag............
.16*4 ¡Valley City............ .15*4
Stark...................... .20 Georgia................. .15*4
American.............. .16J4lPacific  ................. • 1«*4
Clark’s Mile End... .45 Barbour's.............. .88
Coats’, J. & P ........ 45 Marshall’s............. .88

THREADS.

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

........22*41
KNITTING  COTTON.
White.  Colored. 

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

No.  14 ........37 
“ 
16......... 38 
•*  18......... 39 
“  20......... 40 

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

38
39
40
41
CAM BRICS.

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

W ashington..........3*4
Red Cross................. 3*4
Lockwood...............4
Wood’s ..................   4
Brunswick.............4

RED  FLANNEL.
T W ....
............ 22*4
F T ...........................82*4
IJRF, XXX.............35
Buckeye..................32*4

Fireman................. 32*4
Creedmore..............27*4
Talbot XXX........... 30
Nameless................27*4
Red&;Blue,  plaid..40  IGreySRW ............ 17*4
Union R................. 22*4 Western W  ..............18*4
Windsor................. 18*4 D R P .............. 
18*4
6 oz Western.......... 21  Flushing XXX.........23*4
Union  B ................ 22*4|MaRltoba................. 23*4

MIXED  FLANNEL.

DOXET  FLANNEL.

“ 

“
“

Nameless...... 8  @ 9*4| 
...... 8*4@10  I 

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
9*4
15
10*4
17
11*4
20
12*4

9  @10*4 
12*4
Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
15
17
20

Slate.
9*4 
10*4 
11*4 
12*4
Severen, 8 oz..........   9*4 West  Point, 8 oz__ 10*4
May land, 8 oz.........10*4 
10 oz  ... 12*4
“ 
Greenwood, 7*4 oz..  9*4 Raven, lOoz............ 13*4
Greenwood, 8 oz— 11 *4 Stark 
............ 18*4
WADDINGS.

9*4 13
10*4 15
11*4 17
12*4 20
DUCKS.

White, doz..............25  ¡Per bale, 40 doz... .87.50
Colored,  doz...........20  {

“ 

Slater, Iron Cross.
“  Red Cross..
“  Best.............. 10*4
“  Best AA....... 12*4

Pawtucket...............10*4
Dundle....................  9
Bedford...................10*4
Valley  City.............10*4

SILESIAS. 
9

8 

SEWING  SILK.

Cortlcelli, doz.........75  (Cortlcelli  knitting,

twist, doz. .37*4  per *4oz  ball........30
50 yd,doz..37*4!
HOOKS AND ETES—PER GROSS.

“  
“ 

“  
“ 

..12 
..12 
PINS.
.50 
.45  I

“ 8 
“  10 
|No4—15  F  3*4- 

No  1 Bl’k & White..lO  INo  4 Bl’k & White..l5 
“   2 
..20
..25
“  3 
No 2—20, M  C. 
.40
‘  3-18, S C..
No 2 White & Bl’k.. 12 ¡No  8 White & Bl’k. .20
.  23
“ 6
.26
No 2.........
........36

“ 
“
“
“ 
............ 28 |No3............

SAFETY PINS.

COTTON  TAPE.
..15
“  10 
..18 I  “  12 

4

NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James.................1 50) Steamboat...............   40
Crowelv’s................1  35 Gold  Eyed............... 1  50
Marshall’s.............. 1 00
5—4....2 25  6—4.. .3 2515—4 

1  95  6—4. ..2 95

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

.. .3  10|
COTTON TWINES.

“ ....2 10 

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic...............18*4
Anchor.................. 16
Bristol................... 13
Cherry  Valley........15
IX L ....................... 13
Alabama......  .........   6*
Alamance...............   6*4
Augusta.................  7*4
Arrsapha................  6
Georgia...................6*4
G ranite..................  534
Haw  River............ 5
Haw ,J ....................5

Nashua................... 18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply— 17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 plyl7*4 
Powhattan  ..  ........ 18

“ 

Mount  Pleasant__ 6*4
Oneida....................  5
Pyrm ont................534
Randelman............6
Rlversids...............   5*4
Sibley  A.................  6*4
Toledo....................   6

PLAID  OSNABURGB.

Voigt, M sh eier & Go.,

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

DRY GOODS,

NOTIONS,

CARPETS,

CURTAINS.
Sliirts,  Pants,  Overalls,  Etc.

Manufacturers of

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

Chicago and Detrolt,Prices^Guaranteed.

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

— a n d—

Garpets,  Rifgs,
~  GUrtains. ~
Floor  Oil  Gloths

Write  for  our  Prices  on

---- AND----

Oil  Bloth  Bindings.

SM IT H   &  SANFORD.

A W N I N G S

A N D   T E N T S .

EÄT0N,  LYON 

Telenhone  106.

Flags, Hors* and  Wagon  Covers,  Seat  Shades,  Large 
Umbrellas,  Oiled  Clothing,  Wide  Cotton  Ducks,  etc. 
CHAS.  A.  COYE,  11  Pearl  Street.

Send  for  Illustrated  Catalogne.

GO.,

JOBBERS OF

A   Complete  Line of

HAM M OCKS,

F IS H IN G   T A CK LE,

M ARBLES,
— - BASE  BALL  GOODS = =
Our new sporting goods catalogue will  be  ready 
EATON, LYON & CO.,

about February 10th.

SO and 22  Monroe  St.

H.  M .  REYN O LD S  &  SON,

Tar and  Gravel  Roofers,

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

Corner Louis and Campau Sts., 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

The Misery of Being  in  Debt.

Horace Greeley evidently  had a horror 
of debt,  if the following strenuous warn­
ing from his pen is any criterion:

To be hungry,  ragged and penniless, is 
not pleasant;  but  this  is  nothing to  the 
horror of bankruptcy.  All the wealth of 
the  Rothschilds would  be a poor  recom­
pense for a five  years’ struggle,  with  the 
consciousness  that  you  had  taken  the 
money  or  property of  trusting friends— 
promising  to return  or  pay for  it  when 
required,  and  had  betrayed  their  confi­
dence through  insolvency.
I dwell on this point, for I  would deter 
others  from  entering  that  place of  tor­
ment.  Half  the young  men in the coun­
try,  with  many old  enough to know  bet­
ter,  would  “go into  business”—that  is, 
into  debt — to-morrow,  if  they  could. 
Most poor men are so ignorant as to envy 
the merchant or manufacturer whose life 
is an  incessant  struggle with  pecuniary 
difficulties,  who  is  driven  to  constant 
“shinning,”  and  who,  from  month  to 
month,  barely  evades  that 
insolvency 
which  sooner  or  later  overtakes  most 
men in business;  so that it has been com­
puted  that  but  one  in  twenty of  them 
achieves a pecuniary success.
For  my own  part—and  I  speak  from 
sad experience—I would rather be a con­
vict  in  State  prison, a  slave  in  a  rice- 
swamp,  than to pass  through  life under 
the  harrow of  debt.  Let no young  man 
misjudge  himself  unfortunate,  or  truly 
poor,  so long as he has the full use of his 
limbs  and faculties and  is  substantially 
free from debt.
Hunger,  cold,  rags,  hard  work,  con­
tempt,  suspicion,  unjust  reproach,  are 
disagreeable;  but debt is infinitely worse 
than  them  all.  And, if  it  had  pleased 
God to spare  either or all of  my  sons  to 
be the  support  and  solace of  my declin­
ing years, the lesson which I should have 
most  earnestly  sought to  impress  upon 
them is:  “Never  run into  debt!  Avoid 
pecuniary  obligations as you would  pes­
tilence or famine. 
If  you have but  fifty 
cents,  and  can  get  no more  for a week, 
buy a peck of  corn,  parch it and  live on 
it,  rather than owe any man a dollar!”
Of course, I  know that some men must 
do business that involves risks, and must 
give  notes  and  other  obligations;  and 1 
do  not  consider him  really in  debt who 
can  lay his hands  directly «on the  means 
of  paying  at  some  little  sacrifice all  he 
owes;  I speak of  real  debts—that which 
involves risk or sacrifice on the one  side, 
obligation and dependence on the other— 
and I say, from all  such  let  every youth 
humbly  pray God  to  preserve  him  ever 
more!

A  Trifle  Did  It.

In one of our large establishments con­
nected with the iron industry,  the  Phila­
delphia  Becord  says,  there  occurred  a 
few days ago an apparent discrepancy in 
the accounts  involving a matter of  3,000 
pounds of scrap iron.  The clerks of  the 
department  were  set to work to unravel 
the tangled skein,  and after they had ex­
pended  two  whole  days  in  the  search 
they were  compelled to give  up the  task 
and  pronounce it beyond  their  compre­
hension.  Thus  matters  stoid for  some 
days.  Several  days  later  the office  boy 
decided  to  keep himself  in  practice  in 
addition  by  footing  up a column  of  fig­
ures  on  a  sheet  which was  lying  on a 
desk  beside  him  in  the  scrap  iron  de­
partment.  Bending  his  energies  to  the 
task he got on swimmingly with the units, 
tens and hundreds columns, but when he 
came to the  fourth column  he  could not 
make it agree with the footings set down. 
Again and  again he tried  with" the  same 
result—3,000  less.  Going  over  the  fig­
ures one by one  his attention  was drawn 
to a queer looking  one.  A Uy-speck was 
beside  it  in  such a position  as  to  make 
it appear  like a forr,  and  as  such it had 
been counted by each of the clerks in the 
department.  The  boy  had  earned  his 
promotion,  and he got it.

Mr. Crossly—“I  tell  you  before  I  go 
that I want  beef  for dinner,  and  when  1 
get  home what  do 1 find?”  Mrs. Crossly 
—“Fault, every time.”

Use Tradesman jlu ¡superior Coupons. 

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

T hese  prices  are  for cash  buyers,  w ho 
pay  prom ptly  and  buy in  fu ll  packages.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dig.

60
Snell’s ................................................................ 
Cook’s ................................................................ 
40
Jennings', genuine.......................................... 
25
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................... 50*10

AXES.

“ 
“ 

BARROWS. 

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

dls.
Stove..................................................................5Q&10
75
Carriage new list............................................. 
Plow.................................................................. 40&10
Sleigh shoe.......................................................  
70

bolts. 

dig.

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

Well,  plain.......................................................|  3 50
Well, swivel...........................................................  4 00
dig.
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................66*10
Wrought Loose Pin...........................................60*10
Wrought  Table................................................. 60*10
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60*10
Wrought Brass.................... 
75
Blind,  Clark’s...................................................70*16
Blind,  Parker’s ................................................. 70*10
Blind, Shepard's.............................................. 
70

 

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

40

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

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel.................................................per lb 
5
Fly’s 1-10.................................................per m  65
Hick’s  C. F .............................................  
60
“ 
G. D .........................................................   “ 
35
Musket....................................................   “ 
60

CAPS.

Rim  Fire........................................................... 
Central  Fire.............................................. dls. 

50
25

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

dls.

dls.

Socket Firmer...................................................70*10
Socket Framing................................................. 70*16
Socket Corner.....................................................70*10
Socket Slicks....................................................70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................... 
40

ry,

Curry,  Lawrence’s.
Hotchkiss
White Crayons, per  gross...............12@12)4 dls. 10

COMBS.

CHALK.
COPPER.

“ 

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

DRILLS. 

 

30
28

DRIPPING PANS.

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

  07
6)4

ELBOWS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Com. 4  piece, 6 In..............................doz. net 
75
Corrugated.........................................dls. 20*10*10
Adjustable................................................ dls.  40*10
dig.
Clark’s, small, 118; large, 326............................. 
Ives’, 1, 818; 2, *24; 3, *30.................................. 
dls.
Disston’s ...........................................................60*16
New  American.........................................  
60*10
Nicholson’s ......................................................60*10
Heller’s .............................................................. 
 
Heller’B Horse  Rasps................................ 

piles—New List. 

 

GALVANIZED IRON

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

12 

14 

Discount, 60

13 
GAUGES. 

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

28
18

50

dls.

HAMMERS.

 

dls.

dls.

HINGES.

dls.
dls.

levels. 

HANGERS. 

MATTOCKS.

wire goods. 

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

25
Maydole  *  Co.’s.................................... dls. 
25
Kip’s .......................................................dls. 
Yerkes *  Plumb’s.................................. dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................ 80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ..............................dls.60&10
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 In. 4)4  14 and
3)410
%........... ............ net
54........... ............ net
8)4
X........... ............ net
7)4
%........... ............net
7)4
50
...........dls.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50*10
Champion,  anti friction................................  60*10
40
Kidder, wood track......................................... 
Pots..................................................................... 
60
Kettles................................................................ 
60
Spiders  .............................................................. 
60
Gray enameled..................................................40*10
Stamped  TlnWare..................................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are....................new list 33)4*10
dls.
Bright...........................................................70*10*10
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70*10*10
Hook’s ................................................... 
.70*10*10
70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes........................ 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s  ....... 
70
 
knobs—New List. 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................... 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................... 
55
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain.................... 
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s ..............................  
55
Branford’s .......................................................  
55
Norwalk’s ........................................................ 
55
Adze Eye..............................................116.00, 
Hunt Eye..............................................>15.00, 
Hunt’s ..........................................*18.50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
50
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
dls.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables__  
40
“  Landers,  Ferry *C le.k’s ................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
......................................... 
25
Stebbin’s Pattern..............................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine............................................ 66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25
Steel nails,  base...................................................... 1 85
 
Wire nails,  base.......................................  
Steel.  Wire.
60...........................................................Base 
Base
50........................................ 
Base 
10
40..........................................................  
06 
20
20
10 
30..........................................................  
20..........................................................  
30
15 
16..........................................................  
35
15 
12..........................................................  
35
15 
40
10............................................................  20 
50
8..............................................................  25 
 
7 *  6 ......................................................  40 
65
4................................ 
60 
90
3.............................................................. 1 00 
1 50
50
2 00
2.............................................................. 1  50 
50
Fine 3.....................................................1  50 
2 00
50
Case  10..................................................  60 
90
8.....................................  
75 
100
1 25
6...................................................   90 
1 00
Finish 10.................................................  85 
8.................................................1  00 
1 25
6.................................................1  15 
1 50
Clinch; 10...............................................  85 
75
90
8..............................................1 00 
6............................................... 1  15 
1 00
Barren % ...............................................1  75 
2 50
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy...................................   @40
Sclota Bench....................................................   @60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................  @40
Bench, first quality..........................................  @60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  *10
Fry,  Acme.................................................dls.60—10
50
Common,  polished................................... dls. 
70
dls.
Iron and  Tinned.............................................  
40
Copper RlvetB 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 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

Advance over base: 

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

dls. 60
dls. 60

PLANES. 

rivets. 

NAILS

FANS.

dlS.

Broken packs He per pound extra.

dls.

25
25

27

50

 

 

 

 

 

30
25

ROPES.

squARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, H Inch and larger................................  
8
Manilla..............................................................  n j
dls.
Steel and  Iron..................................................  
7
Try and Bevels................................................. 
e
Mitre.................................................................  
3
Com.  Smooth.
Com. 
Nos. 10 to  14........................................ *4 20
(3 10 
Nos. 15 to 17........................................   4 20
3 20 
Nos.  18 to 21........................................ 4 20
3 20 
Nos. 22 to 24 ........................................   4 20
3 30 
1 Nos. 25 to 26 ........................................   4  40
3 40 
No. 27 ....................................................  4  60
3 50
I  All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86..........................................dls. 
Silver Lake, White  A .................................list 
Drab A ....................................  “ 
White  B.................................   “ 
Drab B.....................................  “ 
White C...................................   “ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
55
50
55
35

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Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

traps. 

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

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Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,__  
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__  
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot__  
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot................................................. 

Solid Eyes................................................ per ton (25
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game........................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley  & Norton’s __  
70
Mouse,  choker....................................... 18c per doz
Mouse, delusion.................................. (1.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market...................................................  65
Annealed Market..............................................70—10
Coppered Market.............................................   60
Tinned Market.................................................  62)4
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................  3 40
painted.......................................  2 85

wire. 

dls.

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HORSE NAILS.

dig.

ZINC.

26c
280

PIG TIN.

METALS,

WRENCHES. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

An Sable................................. dls. 25*10@25*10*05
dls. 06
Putnam.............................................. 
Northwestern...................................  
dig. 10*10
dls.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,....................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75*10
Bird Cages.......................................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
*5
Screws, New U st..............................................70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate............................. 50*10*10
Dampers,  American........................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods........  
65
2 20
Pig  Large.........................................................  
Pig Bars............................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2)4c per pound.
680 pound  casks............................................... 
Per  pound.........................................................  
)4@)4.........................................................................16
Extra W iping......................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................... per  pound  16
Hallett’s.
13
10x14 IC, Charcoal.....................................
7 so 
14x20IC, 
................................
7 50 
10x14 IX, 
.....................................
9 25 
14x20 IX, 
.....................................
9 25
Each additional X on this grade, (1.75.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...... ..................  ........
.....................................
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
.....................................
14x20 LX, 
..................................
Each additional X on this grade (1.50. 
ROOFING PLATES
Worcester.......................

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* 6 50 
.  6  50 
.  8  00 
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TIN—MSLYN GRADE.

SOLDER

634
7

Aliaway  Grade.

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14X20IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC,
20x28 rx,
14x28  IX. 
14x31  IX.
K  if: f”r N“ • I Bo “er"’} Per P°nn<1 

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

6 50 
8  50 
13 50 
5 75 
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12 00 
15 00
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TELE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

M ichigan T radesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association. 

▲  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Wolderine State.

The  Tradesman  Company,  Proprietor,

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office, 100 Louis St.

Entered at the Grand Rapid» Post 0 >   i

E.  A.  STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  12,  1891.

THE  BEGINNING  OF  THE  END.
There  are  indications  that  the  sub­
treasury scheme will  cause a split of  the 
Alliance in the South.  An Alliance con­
vention,  held  last  month at Fort  Worth, 
Texas,  adopted the following  resolution:
We  tjAniuce  the  sub-treasury  and 
land-los^^chemes  and  governmental 
ownership  of  railroads  as a violation  of 
the  first  principles of  good government, 
as paternal  in their character,  as central­
izing  in  their tendencies, and if  enacted 
into  law they would create  such a horde 
of  national  officeholders as would fasten 
the clutches of  the party  in  power upon 
the throats of the people so strongly that 
the voices of the honest, patriotic citizens 
would  no longer be heard in the  control 
of government  affairs.  We demand that 
these  men  who  are not  farmers  be  re­
moved from  national and state  offices of 
our  order,  and  that none  but those who 
have their interest in farmimg be allowed 
to fill  such  places.  We now  appeal  to 
all  honest  members  of  the  Alliance 
throughout  the  United  States  to  unite 
with  us  in  putting  down  this  common 
enemy and  disgrace  of  our  order.  To 
this  end  we  most  earnestly  recommend 
the brother  Alliance  men of  the  United 
States  to  meet in national  convention  at 
St.  Louis  on the  third  Tuesday of  Sept­
ember,  1891.

Here we  have in Texas,  the  birthplace 
of  the  Alliance,  a serious  revolt against 
the schemes and doctrines that have been 
grafted on the original Alliance platform. 
This revolt is m t  confined  to  that state, 
bnt  is  going  on  all  through the  South, 
and is gaining strength every week.  The 
fact  is,  the  people  there  have  never 
unanimously indorsed these schemes, and 
they are making their opposition  known. 
Excepting  in  some  parts  of  the  West, 
they have never been received  with favor 
in the North.  Hence, from the outspoken 
opposition  we  now hear from  the South, 
it is clear  that  the beginning of  the end 
of  the wild schemes is in sight.

The  absurdity  of  the  German  laws 
against 
the  importation  of  American 
pork was shown  in a  recent issue  of  the 
Allgemeinc Reich* Correspondent.  The 
paper,  after relating  the  vain  attempts 
of the merchants of Berlin to induce  the 
Government to  withdraw the prohibition 
against the American meat,  declares that 
the law is constantly evaded.  American 
meat  is sent  to  Holland  and  Denmark 
packed  in  ice. 
In  those  countries  the 
meat  is smoked  and  forwarded  to  Ger­
many  as  “Dutch”  or  “Danish”  meat. 
Recently  more  than 20,000  packages  of 
such Americau-Dutch meats were offered 
for sale  in the  markets  of  the  German 
capital.  The journal  quoted  above  de­
clares that the Americans have offered to 
sell  meats in the Berlin  markets at 43 to 
45 pfennigs,  or 10 to II cents per  pound. 
At  present German meat is  much  dearer 
than that.

Retail  dealers  assert  that  there  is  a 
growing tendency among  the “best  peo­
ple,” so-called—in other words  the  most

respectable  and  intelligent elements  of 
the working,  business  and  professional 
men—to  purchase  goods  boycotted  by 
the labor organizations. 
In  many cases, 
enquiries  are made  to  ascertain  if  any 
goods in the  line  needed  are  under  the 
ban of organized  tyranny,  and  they  are 
almost  invariably 
taken,  even  though 
they  are  not  quite  what  was  wanted. 
The growth of this  spirit  plainly  shows 
that the people who constitute  the  most 
desirable  purchasing  class  do  not  pro­
pose to  be  dictated  to  in  such  matters 
and  improve  the  opportunity  to  show 
their contempt of such  un-American and 
despicable methods as the boycott.

In  the  earlier  period  of  our  history, 
immigration  scattered over  the land and 
soon became Americanized.  The second 
generation  showed  few traces of  foreign 
ancestry.  At  the  present time  much of 
the  immigration  colonizes  and  remains 
foreign.  The children go to schools from 
which  the  English  language  has  been 
driven,  use  foreign  text-books  and  are 
taught by foreign teachers.  This  is  un- 
American,  and  opposed  to  the  spirit of 
all our  institutions.  Every such colony, 
whether in the  great  cities or in agricul­
tural  communities,  is  a  head  center  of 
opposition  to  our  free  institutions. 
If 
immigrants do not want to become Amer­
icans,  let  them  return  to  their  native 
land. 

________________

The small  farmer  everywhere  is  gen 
erally doing better than the large farmer. 
That  this  is  true  may easily be  proven 
by enquiring into the relative  prosperity 
of  the forty-acre farmer and the 100-acre 
farmer in your own neighborhood.  Which 
is burdened  with  the least  debt,  in pro­
portion  to  the  total  value of  his  land? 
Which is procuring  the  best profit  upon 
his  capital,  and the  largest  money yield 
per acre?  And which  gets the  most sat­
isfaction  out of  the  business of  agricul­
ture?  One  trouble is that many farmers 
have been too grasping in regard to land, 
and  have acquired  more  than they could 
handle to the best advantage.

The principal  whalebone  producers of 
the  country  have  formed  a  stock com­
pany, 
to  be  known  as  the  American 
Whaling Co.,  to  embark in the whaling 
business.  Two first-class whaling steam­
ers and three sailing vessels  will be put 
in the water  immediately,  and  the  fleet 
will  be  enlarged  as  it seems necessary. 
A controlling interest in the  corporation 
is  held  by  the whip  manufacturers  of 
Westfield,  Mass.

It  is  reported  that  the  glucose  trust 
has been  re-organized as  a  pool,  with  a 
capitalization of $15,000,000.  The  work 
of  re-organization  has  occupied  three 
months.

Representatives of linseed oil mills not 
in the National  Linseed Co.  held a secret 
meeting  at  Cricago  last  week  for  the 
purpose of forming an  anti-trust organi­
zation.

C o u n try  C allers.

Calls  have  been 

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

J. Ritzema, Grand  Haven.
Frank C.  Sampson,  Boon.
R.  W.  Coy, Spencer Creek.
C.  Newton Smith,  Lakeview.
J.  E.  Thurkow,  Morley.
Hart—Geo.  Rhodes  has  sold  his  gro- 
! eery stock and will hereafter  devote  his 
I attention to his fruit orchard.

The  Future  of  Great Fortunes.

I do not  think I err in saying  that the 
□umber of  great  fortunes  possessed  by 
individuals is the  most  striking  feature 
of our present social system.  Making all j 
allowance for unavoidable  exaggeration, 
the wealth of the Vanderbilts, the Astors, 
the Goelets, Mr. Jay Gould, Mr. Pierpont 
Morgan, Mr.  Russel Sage, and others like 
them,  is something  never  before  known 
in  our  history,  and  it  necessarily  com­
mands  our attention, if  not  our admira­
tion  and our  envy. 
If  we may  believe 
the testimony of those who do not usually 
speak  without  knowledge,  Mr.  Rocke­
feller  has  $150,000,000,  and  Mr.  Flagler 
about the  same.  The  two elder  sons of 
the late William H. Vanderbilt have over 
$100,000,000 each.  Mr. William Waldorf 
Astor’s possessions are estimated at about 
$100,000,000,  and,  according  to  the  her­
editary  family  policy  of  keeping  the 
property together  as  much  as  possible, 
the young  John Jacob  Astor, who  is  to 
be  married  next  week,  will  eventually 
have pretty nearly as much.  Then comes 
Mr.  Gould’s  fortune of  $75,000,000;  Mr. 
Sage’s, of perhaps $50,000,000;  the Goelet 
boys,  with their $25,000,000 apiece,  more 
or less;  Mr. Pierpont  Morgon, Mr.  Mills, 
Mr.  Bishop,  the  children  of  the  late 
Moses  Taylor,  and a dozen  others whose 
names I do  not  now  recall,  and  whose 
pardon  I  beg  for  their  omission,  each 
with  from  $25,000,000  or  thereabouts, 
down to $10,000,000.  Beside  these there 
are many  not well  known to the  public, 
who  have from  $5,000,000 to $10,000,000 
and  every  few  days  some  hitherto  ob­
scure  man, 
like  the  late  Mr.  Fayer- 
weather,  dies and surprises the world by 
leaving  behind  him  one,  two  or  more 
millions. 
In  other cities and  States the 
case is similar, though  less striking,  and 
the fortunes  owned in Boston,  Philadel­
phia, Cincinnati,  Chicago,  St.  Louis and 
San Francisco rival, if they do not equal, 
those in New York.

These great  fortunes  have  become  so 
familiar to us  that  they are  accepted as 
the  necessary and  permanent  results  of 
our  social  progress, like  the  railroads, 
telegraphs, 
telephones,  oil  wells,  and 
other modern wealth-producing  agencies 
in which  they had  their  origin.  Yet, to 
an old-fashioned fellow like myself,  they 
never  cease  to  be  wonderful.  When 1 
first  began  to  be  acquainted with  busi­
ness  affairs,  fifty  years or more  ago, the 
possession  of  $100,000  was 
thought 
enough to retire upon,  and the  saying of 
the late  Stephen  Whitney,  “A man with 
$500,000 is  just as well off  as if  he were 
rich,” was  regarded as a brilliant  speci­
men of  ironical  wit. 
In  fact,  I  do not 
know  that  besides  Mr.  Whiney and  the 
first Mr.  Astor there was  another man in 
the  whole  country  who possessed  prop­
erty to the amount of  more than $1,000,- 
000.  The  advance  beyond  this  modest 
limit  began  with the  discovery  of  gold 
in  California  and'in Australia,  and  was 
accelerated  by  the  development  of  our 
railroad  system,  which  opened the  Eu­
ropean  market  to  the  agricultural  and 
mineral  products of  the great West  and 
stimulated  emigration to that  section of 
the country. 
It was by taking advantage 
of  these forces  that Commodore Vander­
bilt  gained  his  first  $10,000,000,  while 
the  rise in  real  property which  they oc­
casioned added enormously  to  the  value 
of the Astor, the Goelet, the Rhinelander 
and other  great  estates.  Then came the 
war  and  its  profuse  expenditures,  the 
creation of  the national  debt,  the  issue

of  the greenbacks,  and a feverish activi­
ty  in  industry  and  speculation,  which 
afforded  opportunities  for gain  such  as 
until  then  had  not been  known.  That 
those  who  availed  themselves of  these 
opportunities  were  unusnally  able  and 
enterprising  does not  make  any less im­
portant the  fact that  they were also  un­
usually  fayored  in  living  at  the  time 
they did,  and that  but few now can  hope 
to repeat their experience.

A great deal of solicitude has been felt 
and  expressed  as  to  the  effect  which 
these  masses of  accumulated  wealth are 
going to have  upon our  national  future, 
and by some  people this  effect is expect­
ed to be injurious. 
It is feared that very 
rich  men  will  employ  their  money  to 
corrupt the government  and  to  oppress 
the  people;  that  the  luxury  in  which 
they indulge will excite envy and hatred, 
besides  debauching  those  who  partake 
in  it,  and,  in general,  that  the  sight of 
such great  fortunes will,  where  it  does 
not  arouse  hostility,  stimulate  the  less 
favored  to  the employment of  dishonest 
means  to  gain  like fortunes  for  them­
selves.  Hence  their  existence  is  de­
plored as a calamity,  and their perpetua­
tion regarded as an evil to be abated.

These  forebodings  seem to  me  to  be 
ungrounded,  and,  in my view, the people 
who ought to be anxious about the future 
are  rather  the  owners  of  the  fortunes 
themselves.  The old  man  who  worried 
his dying wife  with the lament:  “ What 
is going  to  become of  me when you  are 
gone?”  was  very  properly  answered  by 
“What is going to become of me, John?” 
And  so  instead  of  the  great  body  of 
American  citizens  giving 
themselves 
trouble  about a matter which  is  in their 
own  hands,  and a danger  against which 
they  can  protect  themselves,  they  may 
better  leave it to the  few  who  have  no 
control over  events,  and  who  must sub­
mit  to  whatever  the  vast  majority  of 
their fellow citizens may require of them.
As  my readers  may suppose,  I  know 
nothing  about the  use of  money in poli­
tics beyond what 1 see in the newspapers, 
but 1 have  observed that,  in the  cases of 
bribery  and corruption which there come 
to 
light,  the  guilty parties  are  seldom 
very  rich  men,  but almost  always  pro­
fessional  politicians,  who are  aiming at 
power  rather than  wealth,  and who  get 
the  money they employ  from other  men 
of like character,  who  expect to share in 
the  advantages to be obtained. 
In  fact, 
the  mistake which  our  rich  men  make 
seems to me to be that  they take so little 
part in the management of public affairs, 
lies  the  weakness  of 
and  that  herein 
their position. 
In  the  great  Italian re­
publics,  such  as  Venice,  Genoa  and 
Florence,  which throve by commerce and 
manufactures,  the  rich men  were at the 
same time the rulers of  the State.  They 
combined with  the  money-making talent 
that of commanding obedience and respect 
of their fellow citizens,  and they had the 
ability of'directing the  political  as  well 
as the commercial  affairs of their respec­
tive  commonwealths.  Mere  possessors 
of money have never been  men of politi­
cal power.  Crassus,  the wealthy Roman, 
bought indeed the office  of proconsul  of 
Syria,  but he was  ruined from  his  want 
of the  talent necessary  to administer  it. 
Another  rich  Roman,  Didius  Julianos, 
once  purchased 
the  Fretorian 
guards  for an  immense sum  the post  of 
Emperor,  but  he  held  it  only  66  days, 
and was  then defeated and  beheaded by 
I the abler Severas.  The English  aristoc-

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racy are wealthy and  govern Great Brit­
ain,  but  they do  it  by  virtue  of  their 
statesmanship and not  by  that  of  their 
money.  The English  noblemen are  not 
luxurious idlers.  They serve their coun­
try day and night,  in Parliament,  in  the 
army  and navy,  in  the  counties  where 
they reside,  and  in the fields  of  foreign 
diplomacy.  The  rich French nobles,  on 
the other hand,  giving  themselves up  to 
pleasure,  have sunk  into  insignificance, 
and even the Orleans  family  with  their 
enormous  possessions,  have,  as  recent 
events  attest, nor sort  of political  influ­
ence. 
If  our  American  millionaires 
ever become dangerous  in politics,  they 
have got to exhibit much more talent  for 
the business than they do now.

Besides,  indications  already  begin  to 
show 
themselves  that  the  owners  of 
great fortunes  in this country  will  have 
as much as they can do  to merely defend 
themselves  from  depredation, 
to  say 
nothing of  their  taking  the  aggressive. 
The hostility exhibited by Western  Leg­
islatures against  the railroad companies, 
the  attacks upon  trusts  because  of  the 
masses  of  property 
they  control,  the 
clamor  for  a  progressive  income  tax, 
which every day becomes  more  marked, 
and the constant  effort to make  the  rich 
pay as much as possible  the expenses  of 
government,  all  demonstrate  the  exis­
tence of a force perilous to the conserva­
tion  of wealth in  a few hands. 
In addi­
tion,  there is a natural difficulty in  using 
money profitably without laborious exer­
tion,  which  makes  a  millionaire 
the 
slave of his millions and  exposes him  to 
continual losses. 
It is a familiar  saying 
that it is harder to keep money than it is 
to get it,  and nothing has yet occurred to 
invalidate its truth. 
It  also used  to  be 
said  that a  fortune  never  survived  the 
third generation.  The grandfather made 
it,  the  father enjoyed it  and  the  grand­
children  scattered  it,  leaving  the  great 
grandchildren the  work  of  amassing  it 
over again.  The fortunes of  the  pres­
ent day are too  big  to  be  thus  quickly 
dissipated,  but they  are liable to dimini- 
tion,  all  the  same.  As  the  great  ice­
bergs  that  come  down  from  the  polar 
seas  resist  heat  longer  than  the  little 
ones,  so $10,000,000  and $20,000,000  will 
last longer than single millions, but their 
end will come some day. 
It may be post­
poned by causes  not now within  our ob­
servation,  but  it  is  unavoidable  in  the 
long run.

I  eannot  see,  therefore,  any  occasion 
for  anxiety  in  these  accumulations  of 
wealth by individuals.  They will not be 
permanent,  and,  while  they  last,  they 
will do  no  great  harm.  Their  owners 
neither  have  political  power  now,  nor 
will they  have hereafter,  and,  as  to  the 
pernicious influence of  their example,  it 
is counterbalanced by its benefits. 
I  am 
not one  of those  who  regard  luxury  as 
demoralizing. 
It has a refining  as  well 
as an enervating  effect,  and  if  our  rich 
men  spend  money on  costly homes  and 
furniture,  splendid  banquets and  sump­
tuous apparel, they  also spend it for pic­
tures,  music  and  architecture.  More­
over,  by multiplying  human enjoyments 
they furnish new  occupations for the in­
dustrious,  and if the sight of these enjoy­
ments stimulates ambition it is not to  be 
deplored. 

Ma tt h ew  Ma r sh a ll.

Bay City—Alfred  Fisher,  Jr.,  has  re­
tired  from  the firm of  E. S. Fitch & Co., 
manufacturers of  fertilizers and  dealers 
in pig iron and stoneware.

Gripsack Brigade

Howard  Udell  has  engaged  to travel 

for Jennings & Smith.

Frank  E.  Edmunds  has  severed  his 
connection with J.  L. Strelitsky  and en­
gaged to travel for A.  E. Brooks & Co.

W.  L.  Freeman,  W.  F.  Blake,  L.  M. 
Mills  and  Geo.  H.  Seymour  spent  Sun­
day with their families  at  the  resort  on 
White  Lake.

B.  F.  Emery is now  working  for  the 
Shields-Morley  Grocery Co., at  Colorado 
Springs,  Col., and  writes that  his health 
is greatly improved.

W. C Glines,  State  agent  for  Fleisch- 
mann & Co., strayed over to  the grocers’ 
picnic and contributed very materially to 
the success of the event.

Frank H. White spent four days on the 
road last week, calling on  the customers 
of Capt.  Bradford,  who  put in the week 
at the Detroit encampment.

Fred Blake is not boasting of his agili­
ty as a runner nowadays,  having  recent­
ly been sorely  defeated in a contest with 
a young lady at the White Lake resort.

Wallace Franklin has  received a letter 
from the Pellett Table Co., of  Flint,  say­
ing  it  wants  a  salesman,  on  salary,  to 
represent  the  house  in  Michigan,  Ohio 
and Illinois.

A traveling men’s  nine,  captained by 
Ben  VanLeuven,  played  Hart’s  nine at 
the Fountaip street park  Saturday after­
noon,  resulting  in  a  score of 15 to 14 in 
favor of the latter.

Will J. Worden,  formerly on  the  road 
for the Powers & Walker Casket Co.,  has 
resigned his  position with  a  New  York 
house and opened an  agency  at  Buffalo 
for the sale of gunpowder and tiling.

Aaron B. Gates has recovered from  the 
injuries recently sustained at Charlevoix 
and  resumed  his  route  on  the road for 
Emanuel  Treusch.  He  will  represent 
Morris H. Treusch &  Bro.  a  little  later 
on.

The board of directors of the Michigan 
Knights of the  Grip  met  at  Kalamazoo 
one day last  week  and  decided  to  hold 
the next convention at  Jackson,  Decem­
ber 29.  The officers report that  the  or­
der  has 500  members  and  $200  in  the 
treasury.

It  was  at  Columbus  that a Cincinnati 
drummer  happened  to put  up at a table 
with  a  number  of  legislators,  and  the 
courtly  way  in  which  they  addressed 
each other  greatly bored  the commercial 
traveler. 
It  was:  “Will  the gentleman 
from  Hardin  do  this,” and  “the  gentle­
man from  Franklin did  that.”  They in­
variably  spoke to each other  as  the gen­
tleman  from whatever  county they  hap­
pened  to hail  from.  For  ten  or  fifteen 
minutes the  drummer bore  it  in silence. 
Then he suddenly crushed the statesmen 
by singing out  in  stentorian tones to the 
waiter:  “Will the gentleman from Ethi­
opia please pass the butter?”  That end­
ed “the gentleman from”  business.

In  the old  days when traveling  sales­
men  had  to  pay a tax  in  the  Southern 
States,  it was not possible  for the carpet 
traveler  to  evade  the  payment.  His 
numerous  bulky trunks  precluded  that 
possibility.  The  furniture traveler  was 
more  fortunate.  With  his  bundle  of 
photographs  under  his  arm,  he  could 
often  evade  the  officers,  and  many  an 
exciting  chase  occurred when  an  officer 
got on the track of some unlicensed drum­
mer.  But those days are past.  The car­
pet drummer’s trunks are more numerous 
and  bigger  than  ever  now,  so  much so

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

that  they  always  attract  attention.  A 
few  days ago a well-known carpet sales­
man was  visiting an interior  town in the 
Northern part of the State.  While watch­
ing the  unloading of  the  trunks a team­
ster asked:  “Be all those boxes yours?” 
“They are,” replied the drummer.  “Then 
what a walloping  big  troupe  you  must 
have.  Do  they play the  Black  Crook?”

Hon.  G.  F.  Stearns, who has been Pres­
ident  of 
the  Northern  National  Bank 
from  the  time  of  its  organization, over 
twenty years ago, has resigned  the  posi­
tion because of feeble  health,  and  Hon. 
M.  P. Gale, who has been living at Buffa­
lo, N. Y., for a year past,  has been elect­
ed to succeed Mr.  Stearns.  Mr.  Gale has 
accepted the position and will  again  be­
come a citizen of Big  Rapids.

Grocerst  It  is  important  you  should  always 

17eischmann l Go.

keep  the  Best  Yeast.

Original  Manufacturers and First Introducers

C ompkessed  Y east

■■Signature

V   YEAST. 

COMPRESSED 

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F a c to r y   D ep ot  2 6   F o u n ta in   St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

All Orders by Mail Promptly Attended to.

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  Mills11  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.

SUITINGS.

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 
Thursday and  Friday,  August  13  and  14,  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.

' 

.

miCHAMJL  KOL,B  &  SON,

W holesale Clothiers,

Rochester, N. Y.

William  Connor  also  calls  attention to his  nice  line of 
Boys1  and Children’s Clothing of every description for fall  and
w in fp r  tr a d  ft.

IO
Drugs 0  Medicines,

State  Board  of Pharm acy.

One Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosao.
Two  Tears—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Three  Years—James  Vernor, Detroit.
Four Tears—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
Five Tears—George Gandram, Ionia.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
Meetings  for  1891 — Houghton,  Sept.  1;  Lansing 
Nov. 4.____________________________________________
M ichigan  State  Pharm aceu tical  Ass’ll. 

Presidentrr-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  Pharm aceutical Society. 
President. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott, 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March 
June, September and December.___________________
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. 
resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. Ç. Smith._______

Detroit  Pharmaceutical  Society. 

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

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

PRACTICAL  PHARMACY.

Profits in Drugs.
W. B. Lillard in Bulletin of Pharmacy.

Some time since, I  made a series of in­
vestigations  as to the cost of doing  a re­
tail drug business,  and the first  of  those 
investigations  were  published.  Since 
that time I have made careful  and varied 
investigations as  to the actual  profits  in 
the  retail drug  business in  various  sec­
tions  of  the  country.  As  the  different 
classes of goods sold in a retail drugstore 
differ materially  in  different  localities,  I 
have  made up  the  following  statement, 
which is an  average. 
In places  of  over 
50,000  population,  and where  full  retail 
prices  for  patents  were  obtained  (and 
there are  a few < f  such  left),  the  sales 
were  as follows:
Patents  ............................................. 57  per cent
Regular  Drugs........................................21 
“
Prescriptions  ........................................9.5  “
Sundries.................................................12.5  “
Soda water and  cigars not included  in 
the above.  What is classed  as  patents, 
includes not  only  the  regulars,  but  all 
goods of various kinds having  a  regular 
established retail price,  as certain brands 
of toilet soap,  cosmetics,  perfumes, etc., 
or what are classed as rebate goods.  The 
average profit on  these  goods  at  retail, 
where  full  established  prices  are  re­
ceived,  is  about  47  per  cent. 
In  the 
large  cities,  where prices  are cut  to  al­
most cost, the sale of patents in the drug 
trade  is  materially  reduced;  but,  with 
few  exceptions, 
in  such  places,  soda 
water and cigars are sold.
In the smaller places, paints,  oils  and 
window glass are sold largely by the phar­
macist, ancf 85 per  cent, at a  very  small 
margin,  hardly  10  per  cent.,  while 
brashes  (paint),  colors  in  oil,  and  win­
dow glass,  pay better;  but  the  sales  are 
not large enough  to bring the average of 
this department up to 20 per cent.
A careful  investigation shows  that  in 
cities where supplies are obtained quick­
ly,  the retailer can only do from two and 
a-half to three  times the business of  his 
and 
capital  invested  per  annum, 
in 
smaller places  it  is  hard  to  bring  the 
volume  of  business  per  year  up 
to 
double the capital invested.  And  when 
it  is  taken 
into  consideration  that  it 
takes  25 per  cent, of  the  sales  for  ex­
penses, 
the  net  profit  after  deducting 
losses  for bad  debts  and  expenses,  are 
reduced to a very small margin.
The pharmacist who  advocates  manu­
facturing his  product is a  back  number 
—the modern  pharmacist has long given 
up the idea he is  running  a  sanitarium; 
his  store is  no  eleemosynary  institute, 
but run for the profit there is in  it;  con­
sequently he buys his products.  He  has 
long since recognized that the drug busi­
ness has changed;  that the good old days 
when the pharmacist was expected  to  be 
a gardner,  has  gone; that  he  no  longer 
raises  his  own  herbs—he  finds  it  far 
more practical to buy them.
The  modern  pharmacist  has  learned 
that  not  only 
is  the  manufacture  of 
pharmaceutical products  a  separate  and 
distinct business,  but  it  is  impractical; 
that he can  buy  as he  wants from  repu­
table manufacturers,  for less,  and  a bet­
ter  preparation  than  he  can  possibly 
make; that not  only are the manufacture 
of  so-called  proprietary  preparations

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

trade secrets, but that the  practical  ma­
nipulations of a majority of the prepara­
tions of the Pharmacopoeia are also trade 
secrets.
How can the sale of profitable goods be 
increased  without too  large  an  increase 
of expense?  Many schemes  have  been 
devised,  which,  from a  theoretical view, 
were the long  sought  for  panacea,  but 
like most theoretical ideas  for  practical 
pharmacists,  the idea  was  all  right  but 
for one thing—it was  not practical.  The 
manufacturers  of  non-secret  prepara­
tions,  claimed  they  had  discovered  a 
remedy,  bnt,  after  numerous  trials  by 
practical  pharmacists,  it  could  only  be 
used as a placebo-remedy,  and  no  phar­
macist  would  ever  admit  that  he  had 
sufficient courage  to sell them to his reg­
ular trade.  They  are very  much  like  a 
certain brand of cigars a lawyer in Texas 
kept  in  bis  office, 
labeled  Consolation. 
He always said  if he gave  one  away,  he 
had  the  consolation,  the  party  would 
never take another.
The druggist who makes  a  success  in 
business  gives  his  customers  exactly 
what they ask  for.  He  does  not  work 
schemes, or fakes  of any  kind;  he  buys 
bis  goods  from  reputable  houses,  and 
has  long  since  realized  that  the  drug 
business has changed; that  it is not only 
more economical,  but far  more  practical 
to use his spare time to display his goods, 
than  to  attempt to  manufacture.  That 
he can not only  buy goods  cheaper,  but 
better,  than he could make them;  for the 
large manufacturer has far better  facili­
ties  for  examining  the  crude  product, 
and  has  the  latest 
improved  processes 
and machinery  for its  proper  manipula­
tion.
Slimmer Suggestions  for Pharmacists.
If it is to be the fate of  the apothecary 
to  serve  as  a  gratuitous  agent for  the 
public supply of postage stamps, we sug­
gest  that he turn  this  service to his  ad­
vantage as a means  for  advertising,  and 
our proposition is as follows:
Make up a number of books, with about 
eight  leaves  of  paraffin  paper  in  each, 
and  a  cover of  heavy paper  having  the 
apothecary’s  business card  and  a calen­
dar on the  outside,  and  the  postal rates 
and a short and attractive announcement 
of  his own  “specialties” on the inside.
These leaves  should  be  about  two  by 
three inches,  which will be a trifle larger 
than  six postage  stamps.  By folding to­
gether,  down  the  middle,  a  group  of 
twelve stamps in three rows of four each, 
so that the faces come together, and plac­
ing  them  between  two of  these  leaves, 
the adhesive side will, by a little warmth 
and pressure, or  in  summer by pressure 
alone,  adhere  very slightly  to  the  par­
affin  paper—not  so  firmly,  however,  as 
to  prevent  easy  separation,  although 
quite enough to prevent their falling out.
The writer  has  made  such a book  for 
his  personal  benefit,  and  has  used it at 
his  business  during  the  hot  months of 
the  past two  years.  Before  that  time 
a  sheet  of  stamps  had  to  be  pinned 
against the inside of a closet door or laid 
on its face in a drawer specially reserved 
for this purpose;  or the stamps had to be 
attached  to  blank envelopes  as  soon  as 
they  were  obtained,  or  else  there  was 
trouble.  To carry them in  a pocketbook 
was  out  of  the  question;  to  shut  them 
between the  leaves of a book still worse; 
and  it  became  then  apparent  why  so 
many  people  with  infrequent  occasion 
for  correspondence,  prefer  to  buy a sin­
gle  postage  stamp at the time  they need 
it,  and never  have a few on hand  if they 
can avoid  it.  The paraffin  paper settles 
that difficulty most effectually, and sticky 
stamps  have their  affinity for  surround­
ing  objects  held  completely  in  check 
until  the suitable  occasion arises  for its 
manifestation.
If our readers will accept this hint and 
make up a few of  these holders for their 
troublesome  stamp  customers,  they will 
not  only  save  much  time  consumed  in 
selling single stamps, but will put a good 
advertisement  into  the  pocketbook  or 
portfolio of  the possessor.  When one of 
the  books is given,  explain  its  peculiar 
advantages  (but not its essential nature), 
and if the recipient hasn’t got a stamp to 
try it with, give him  one as a “chromo.” 
He  won’t  throw  away a stamp,  and  he 
generally can’t carry it without the book,

and there are nine chances in ten that he 
will  show the stamp and the  book  (and, 
incidentally,  your  business  card)  to sev­
eral of his acquaintances.
If the business card mentions the will­
ingness of the pharmacist to take special 
pains to fill orders by mail for things his 
patrons  may want while  they are absent 
from  home,  it would  come  well  in  this 
connection,  and  so  would a reference to 
some  particularly  nice  things  recom­
mended  for relieving  sunburn,  freckles, 
mosquito  bites,  ivy  poisoning,  prickly 
heat,  etc.;  or to the  fact that  his supply 
of  cigars is selected  with  reference to a 
good  quality,  and  that  in sending  them 
by  mail  to  customers at the  seashore a 
special air-tight envelope is provided for 
the  boxes,  to  exclude  the  atmospheric 
conditions which ruin  the flavor of  even 
the  choicest  tobacco;  or  that  his  toilet 
waters and  perfumes can’t be  dispensed 
with  when  their  merits  are once  appre­
ciated.

Push Needed  In  Business.

It is an assured  fact  nowadays  that  if 
you intend to make money you must take 
hold of something,  you must devote your 
work,  your time,  your skill,  your experi­
ence and whatever  money  you  have  to 
something.  To very  few  indeed does  a 
fortune come by  merely  waiting  for  it. 
And these  fortunes  themselves  are  the 
results of previous years of labor.
Caution is indeed  a great  thing  in  in­
vestment,  but,  as  in  everything  else, 
there  can be too  much  of  it.  The  man 
who is too cautious In his  business  poli­
cy runs a greater risk of being ruined by 
missing  golden  opportunities  than  one 
who is  seemingly reckless in  his  under­
takings.  Conservatism  of  the  genuine 
sort should be the characteristic of every 
legitimate business man;  aggressiveness, 
however,  in  any  line  of  commerce  en­
larges  a  thousand-fold  the  possibilities 
of successs,  while at  the same time  per­
mitting the employment  of  conservative 
methods.
Gamblers  in  trade  or  in  any  other 
sphere of activity generally come to grief. 
The genuine  business man is a  specula­

tor; he  is no  gambler.  He  takes  risks, 
but  they are  warranted  by the  necessi­
ties of his enterprises.  He,  also,  often 
comes to grief,  but his ruin  only empha­
sizes the mistakes that should be avoided 
by others.
Any man  who wishes to invest has lots 
of good chances.  But he  must  act; and 
by rightly acting he will win.
W hat Drug's Should be Kept Air Tight?
Generally,  it is a  safe rule  to keep  ail 
powdered drugs in  stoppered bottles,  as 
they,  having  the  greatest  surface,  are 
most  likely to  deteriorate  owing  to  the 
action of  the  air.  Aromatic  drugs  are 
always  so  kept,  powdered  squill  can 
only be retained in the  pulverulent  con­
dition  by  rigid  exclusion  of  moisture, 
and it is  advisable also  to store the pow­
ders of potent drugs, such as ipecacuanha, 
opium,  and  nux  vomica,  in  stoppered 
bottles,  although they  may  not  actually 
require  it.  We are not  prepared  to  say 
that the  custom  of  keeping  powders  in 
bottles  on the  top  shelves is  free  from 
objection,  because  it  has been  observed 
that  most  of  them  gradually  leave  a 
layer adherent to  one side of  the  bottle, 
although there may  be no  adhesive  sub­
stance in the  drug,  and  this  appears  to 
be the result of  some  change.  Few  un­
powdered drugs,  except highly  aromatic 
ones,  are  the better  for being  kept  air­
tight,  as frequently a little circulation of 
air  prevents  mustiness.  Gum  resins, 
such  as  myrrh,  should  be  kept  in  tin- 
lined  and covered  drawers.  Generally, 
the safest plan is to  exclude light.

The  Drug Market.

Quinine is dull.  Opium is weak.  Mor­
phia has declined.  Balsam Peru is lower. 
Borax  has  declined.  Arnica flowers  are 
advancing  again.  Bromide  potash  has 
declined.

GXtfSXXTG  HOOT.

We pay the highest price for It.  Address

L llu JP L   J J H U O ., 

Wholesale  Druggist*, 

GRAND  RAPTD8.

No,  02,25  for  1,000  printed  s ta te ­
m ents  does  not  buy  very good  stock, 
but you  can send  for a sample  and  see 
for  yourself  w hat  it  is,

'The Tradesman Company,

Grand  Rapids,

H E S S
P E R K I N S   <fe
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  122  and  124  LOUIS STREET. GRAND  RADIUS,  MICHIGAN.

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  OAKS  TALLOW  FOR MILL  (JSS.

Wholesale P rice  Current•

Advanced—Nothing. 

Declined—Morphia, balsam peru, borax, bromide potash.

ACIDUM.

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

Acetlcum....................  8®  10
Benzolcum  German..  80@1  00
Boraclc 
20
Carbolicnm.................  23®  35
Cltrlcum....................  55®  58
Mydroeblor...............   3®  5
.................  10®  12
Nitrocum 
Oxalicum....................  11®  13
Phosphorium dll........ 
20
Salley licum ................ 1  30@1 TO
Sulpnuricum..............  IX®  5
Tannlcum....................1  40@1 60
Tartaricum.................  40®  42

AMMONIA.

" 

Aqua, 16  deg................3X@  5
20  deg................554®  7
Carbonas  ...................  12®  14
Chloridum.................  12®  14

ANILINE.

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

BACCAK.

Cubeae (po.  90)........  90@1  10
Junlperus..................   8®  J®
Xantnoxylum............   25®  30

balsamum.

Copaiba......................  55®  60
Peru............................  ®1 50
Terabln, Canada  ......  35®  40
Tolutan......................  35®  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian..;.............  18
Casslae  ...............................  J1
Cinchona F la v a .................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerlfera, po............   20
Prunus Virgin!....................  12
Quillala,  grd.......................  14
Sassafras  ............................  «
Vlmus Po (Ground 12)........  10

SXTRACTUM.

Gly cyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
po...........  33®  35
Haematox, 15lb. box..  11®  12 
is..............  13®  14
Qa............   16®  17
EERBUM.

“ 
“ 
» 

Carbonate Preclp........  ®  15
Citrate and Qulnla....  ®3 50
Citrate  Soluble...........  @  80
Perrocyanldum Sol —   @  50
Solut  Chloride...........  @  15
Sulphate,  com’l ......... 1)4® 
*
pure............   @  7

» 

Arnica.......................  18®  20
Anthemls..................   20®  25
Matricaria 
25®  30

 

FLORA.

 
FOLIA.

......... 

Barosma 
 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin-

20®  70
nlvelly....................  25®  28
Alx.  35®  50
and  54s....................  12®  15
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  54s
UraUrsl.....................  

“ 

“ 

gummi.
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Acacia,  lBt  picked—   @1  00
2d 
....  @  90
....  ®  80
3d 
sifted sorts...  ®  65
po .......  75@1 
00
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
“  Socotrl, (po. 60).  @ 50
Catechu, Is, (54s, 14 Ms,
16)..........................   @  L
Ammonfae.................  30®  35
AssafcBtlda, (po. 30)...  ®  20
Benzolnum.................  50®  55
Camphors...................  52®  55
Euphorblum  po  ........  35®  lo
Gafbanum...................  @3 00
Gamboge,  po..............  80®  95
Gualacum, (po  30)  ...  @  25
Kino,  (po.  25)............   ®  20
Mastic.......................  @ 90
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @  40
Opll.  (po.3 20).............1  90@2 00
Shellac  .....................   23®  30
bleached........  28®  33
Tragacanth...............   30®  75

“ 
hebba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Eupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia................................   25
Majorum.............................  »
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
“  V lr.........................  25
Rue......................................   80
Tanacetum, V.....................
Thymus,  V ........................  25

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, Pat  ............   55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. A  M —   20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36

OLEUM.

85@2 00

50@2 75
50@2 75
00@2 10

Cubebae........................  @ 
Exechthitos..............  2 
Erlgeron..................... 2 
Gaultherla.................. 2 
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
Gossipil, Sem. gal......   50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1 
Juniperi.......................   50@2 00
Lavendula..................   90®2 00
Llmonls.......................... 2 50@3 10
Mentha Piper...................2 90@3 00
Mentha Verid................. 2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal..................1 00@1 10
Myrcia, ounce............   @  50
Olive............................  90@2 75
Plcls Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
RIcinI...........................1 
Rosmarlnl................. 
Rosae, ounce..............  ®6 00
Sucdnl.........................  40® 45
Sabina.........................  90@1 00
Santal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  45®  50
Sinapls, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tlglfi..........................  @1  00
Thyme.......................  40®  50
o p t.................  ®  60
Theobromas...............   15®  20

04®1 20
75®1 00

” 

POTASSIUM.

 

BlCarb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide.....................  33®  35
Carb...................  
  12®  15
Chlorate, (po. 16)........  14®  16
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide............................. 2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart, pure..  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @  15
Potass Nltras, opt......   8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  7®  9
Prusslate ....................   30®  33
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

RADIX.

Aconitum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................   12®  15
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  50
Gentiana, (po. 15)......   10®  12
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 40)..................   @  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac, po....................... 2 40@2 50
Iris plox (po. 35@38)..  32®  35
Jalapa,  pr..................   40®  45
Maranta,  X*..............  ®  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei.............................   75©1 00
“  cut.....................   @1  75
“  pv.......................  75@1  35
Splgelia.....................   48®  53
Sangulnarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  40®  45
Senega.......................  50®  56
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35) ...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Feeti-
dus,  po....................   @  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  ©  25
German...  15®  20
inglber a ....................   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 Satlva.........  
4@4)4
Cydonlum....................  75@1 00
Chenopodlum  ............   10® 12
Dlpterlx Odorate........ 2 00@2 25
Foenlculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L lnl............................4  @4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3)4)...  4  @ 4)4
Lobelia.........................  35® 40
Pharlarls Canarian....  3)4® 4)4
Rapa.............................  6®  7
Sinapls,  Albu...............  8®  9
Nigra...........  11®  12

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SPIRITUS. 
Frumenti, W..D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
D. F. R.......1  75@2 00
 
1  10@1  50
Junl peris  Co. O. T— 1  75@1  75
“ 
.............1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ........ 1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vlnl  Galli........... 1  75@6 50
Vlnl Oporto.....................1  25®2 00
Vlnl  Alba....................... 1  25@2 00

SPONGES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage....................... 2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................. 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage............... 
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ....................... 
Hard for  slate  use—  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
use.......................... 

2 00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

 

00@5 50

00@2 10
75®4 00

Absinthium................ 5 
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
A n isi...........................2 
Aurantl  Cortex.......... 3 60@3 75
Bergamll  ...................3 
Cajlputl.................... 
70®  80
Caryophylll...............   90@1  00
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodil................  ®2 00
Clnnamonll.................1 
Cltronella...................  __@  45
Conlum  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba  .....................1 

20®l 30

16@1 20

SYRUPS.

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

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Aconitum Napellis R.........   60
F .........   50
Aloes........................ 
  60
and myrrh.................  60
Arnica................................   50
Asafcetlda............................  0
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
“  Co..........................   50
Sangulnarla.........................  50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................  75
Co.......................  75
Castor.................................1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co......................   60
Columba.............................   50
Conlum...............................  50
Cubeba.................. 
50
Digitalis...........................    50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................  60
Gualca................................   50
ammon..................   60
“ 
Zingiber.............................   50
  50
Hyoscyamus.............  
Iodine..................................  75
Colorless.................   75
Ferrl  Chloridum...............   35
K ino....................................  50
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................   50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opll.....................................  85
"  Camphorated...............   50
“  Deodor........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany.......................... 
  50
Rhel.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol...................  50
“  Co...............  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stromonlum.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
ValerlaD.................... 
  50
VeratrumVeride.................  50

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Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F.
r‘ 
“  4 P . 
Alumen.
ground,  (po.

Antipyrin..................
Antifebrin..................
Argenti  Nltras, ounce 
Arsenicum.................

Corks,  list,  dis.
cent  ...............
Creasotum.........
Creta, (bbl. 75)... 
!!  PreP-preclp.
xubra.
Crocus  .. 
Cudbear.

Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11; Ms,  12)............
Cantharides  Russian,
po........................
Capslcl  Fructus,af...
f t r
Caryophyllus, (po.  15) 
Carmine,  No. 40.........
Cera Flava......
Coccus............
Cassia Fructus.
Centrarla.........
Cetaceum........

26®  28
30® 32
!X® 3
3® 4
55® 60
4® 5
55® 60
@1 40
@ 25
@ 68
5® 7
38® 40
10@2 20
@ 9
@1  20
@ 20
@ 25
@ 20
12® 13
®3 75
50® 55
38® 40
40
® 20
m 10
@ 42
60® 63
@1  25
50@1  70
20® 25
15® 20
1)4® 12
60
@ 50
@ 2
5® 5
9® 11
@ 8
28® 30
24
§
5 @ 6
10® 12
68® 70
Emery,  all  numbers..
@
@ 6
po...................
Ergota, "(po.)  60.........   50®  55
50® 55
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  @  23
Gambler......................7  @  8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  70
French...........  40®  60
“ 
Glassware  flint,  70 and 10. 
bybox60and 10
Glue,  Brown..............  9®  15
“  White................  13®  25
Glycerine..................17  @  25
Grana Paradlsl...........  @  22
HumuluB....................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  90 
“  Cor ....  @  80
Ox Rubrum  ®1 CO 
Ammonlatl..  @1  10
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  70
.1 25®1  50
lenthyobolla, Am.. 
Indigo.........................  75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl..........3 7£@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin......................  33©  40
Lycopodium..............  45®  43
Macis.........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnitls  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1)4) ..........................   2®  3
Mannia,  8. F ............   50®  60

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® 25
95®2  20 Seldlltz  Mixture........
Morphia,  S. P .4W ...1 
Sinapls.......................
@ 18
S. N.  Y.  Q. &
® 30
C. Co.......................1
“  opt..................
Moschus  Canton........ @ 40 Snuff,  Jtaccaboy,  De
70® 75 V oes....................... @ 35
Myrlstlca, No. 1.........
Nux Vomica, (po 20).. @ 10 Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @ 35
Os.  Sepia.................... 28® 30 Soda Boras, (po. 12).  .
11® 12
Soda  et Potass Tart... 30® 33
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
®2 00 Soda Carb................. m@ 2
Soda,  Bi-Carb............ @ 5
Plcls Liq, N. C.,  % gal
doz  ......................... @2 00 Soda,  Ash.................. 3)4® 4
Plcls Liq., quarts......
@1 00 Soda, Sulphas............ @ 2
50® 55
® 85 Spts. Ether C o...........
pints.........
Pil Hydrark,  (po. 80).. @ 50
@2 25
“  Myrcia  Dom......
“  Myrcia Imp........
Piper Nigra, (po. 22).. @ 1
@3 00
Piper Alba, (pô r5)__ @ 3
*'  Viiii  Rect.  bbl.
2 27)......................... @2 37
Pix  Burgun...............
Plumbl A cet.............. @ 7
14® 15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
10®1  20 Strychnia Crystal......
Pulvis Ipecac et opll.. 1 
®1  30 
3  @4
Sulphur, Subl............
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
&P. D.  Co., doz...... @1  25
“  Roll..............
2X@ 3)4
Pyrethrum,  pv........... 30® 35 Tamarinds.................
8® 10
Q.uassiae.................... m 10 Terebenth Venice...... 28® 30
45® 50
33® 36 Theobromae  ..............
Guinla, S. P. & W......
S.  German__22  @ 30 Vanilla......................9 00@16 00
12® 14 Zinci  Sulph...............
Rubia  Tlcctorum......
7® 8
@ 33
Saccharum Lactis pv.
Salaclu.......................1  80@1  S5
Sanguis  Draconis...... 40® 50
Santonine  ...................
Sapo, W......................

Bbl.  Gal
4 50 Whale, winter........... 70
70
60
55
45
50
40
“  G....................... @ 15 Linseed, pure raw — 37

12® 14 Lard,  extra...............
10® 12 Lard, No.  1...............

OILS.

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paints. 

11
43
Llndseed,  boiled__   40 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............  
60
50 
SplritsTurpentine__  40)4  46
lb.
Red Venetian.............IX  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars... IX  2@4
“ 
Ber........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2)4®3
“  strictly  pure.....2)4  2X®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
70@75
Green,  Peninsular......   70@75
Lead,  red....................  7  @7)4
“  w hite............... 7  @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1  00 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting.  Paris  Eng.
cliff..'....................... 
140
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1 4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.....................1 00@1  20
VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach —  1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................160@1  70
Coach  Body...............2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn.......1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55®1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp........................   70®  76

H A Z B B T IN B

&  P B R K I N S

D R U G   CO.

Importers and Jobben at

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES;
Paints, Oils % Varnishes.

D EA LERS  n r

M i  Agents for the O sM o tat

m u   m u   prewired  puns.

M   lie of Staple  Druggists' Sites.

We are Sole Propriété» at

Weatt8rlj'8 fltietiipn Catarrh  Remedy.

We Have ta  Stock and Otter m WaU Urna at

WHISKIES, BRANDIES,

GINS,  WHIES, RUMS.

We Bell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give otur Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guarantee Satisfaction. 
ah orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day wa receive them.  Send In  a 

trial order.

GRAND  RAPIDS. MICH

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GKOCBRIBS.

The  Grocers’  Picnic.

The  fifth  annual  picnic  of the  retail 
grocers  of  Grand  Rapids  was  fully 
abreast  of  its  predecessors  in  point  of 
attendance and enjoyment, the drowning: 
of Samuel  Harper,  shipping clerk for the 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.  and  the  loss 
of a foot  by  another  participant  in  the 
the  event,  being  the  only  features  to 
sadden the day.  The games were hearti­
ly enjoyed and the prizes hotly contested 
for.  The ball game between the whole­
sale and retail grocers’ clerks resulted  in 
a victory for the retail clerks by  a  score 
of 7  to  2.  No  entries  for  the  running 
race for boys over 50 years old were made 
and the clock  offered as  a  prize  in  this 
race was awarded to “Jack” O’Brien in a 
free-for-all 
running  race,  which  was 
agreed  upon when  it was learned no  en­
tries had been made for the race as origi­
nally intended.  The 100-yard foot dash 
was not decided,  as  the  contestants  got 
into  a  dispute.  A  man  named  Baker 
came out  ahead,  but  it  was  claimed  be 
was not a regular clerk  and the  decision 
of the committee has been reserved pend­
ing  an  investigation.  The  other  con­
tests were won by the following:

Sack race—A. Baker and Jas. Melville.
Orange  race—Robt.  DeYoung  and  J. 

Braun.

Wheelbarrow  race— Robt.  DeYoung 

and Chas  DeYoung.

Boat race—C.  Hodges and  J.  Allert.
The balloon  ascension  was  a good  one 
and the banquent  was by  no  means  the 
least enjoyable feature of the day.  Taken 
all  in  all,  the  grocers  scored  a  magnifi­
cent  success, due in  no  small  degree  to 
the efficient  service of  President  Elliott 
and Treasurer Harris.

The  Grocery  Market.

The wholesale  grocers  had  an  excel­
lent  opportunity 
to  purchase  cheap 
sugar  last  week.  On  Monday,  Claus 
Spreckles,  who  has  been  keeping  his 
rates up to those charged  by  the  Trust, 
announced  a 
reduction  of  1-16c  per 
pound  on  granulated  and succeeded in 
placing a large amount before the  Trust 
took  action.  President  Havemeyer  at 
once  ordered  the  Trust  prices reduced 
l-16c below the cut made by Mr. Spreck- 
els.  The latter made another cut, bring­
ing his price l-16e below the  price asked 
by the  Trust.  The  reductions  brought 
the price for granulated down to  4 cents 
per  pound  in  Philadelphia, on  which 2 
per cent was allowed off,  making the net 
cash price 3  92-100  cents,  the lowest on 
record.  The market then became firmer, 
the  refiners’  prices  on  the  10th  being 
4&C.

Cheese  continues  to  advance  and  is 
sure to be scarce and high before the end 
of the season,  owing  to  the  drought  in 
many sections af the country.

Profits  of the Proctor & Gamble Co.
The  annual  statement of  the  Proctor 
& Gamble Co.  shows net earnings for the 
year  of  $601,000,  permitting,  after  the 
payment of all  expenses,  a dividend of 6 
per cent, on the bonds;  8 per cent on the 
preferred stock,  8 per  cent  on  the  com­
mon stock,  and the  carrying  of  $201,000 
to the surplus fund. 
If the old firm was 
elated  over  a  profit  of  $1,000  a  day, 
the stockholders of the  new  corporation 
ought  to  be  satisfied with  the  present 
daily margin of $2,000.

A Grand Rapids traveling  man recent­
ly sent the  following  timely  letter  to  a 
newly-fledged landlord in a country town 
not over a hundred miles from  this  city:
I have had occasion  to  stop  with  you 
for two  meals—once  for  breakfast  and 
once for  dinner—and  as  I  have  to  put 
up at  country hotels  a good share of  my 
time,  and as I  know you are just from  a 
farm and do not know how to run a hotel 
or  what  is  due  the  traveling  public,  I 
thought I would give you  a few pointers 
on how to run a hotel.
Now,  in the first  place,  you are not on 
a farm,  where,  if  some one stopped with 
you  and  enjoyed  your  hospitality,  he 
should put up with your  fare,  be it  ever 
so  meager.  You  are  keeping  a  hotel, 
setting  yourself up as  a purveyor to  the 
public;  advertising  to  feed  the  public, 
and the public  expect  something  better 
than  the meanest  farmer’s  fare.  When 
a man goes into a hotel to get a meal and 
has to pay for it,  he  expects  something 
on the table to eat—a  little  variety. 
In 
the summer time.he expects such rare del­
icacies as string beans,  green  peas, beets, 
green corn,  or,  perchance,  a little cooked 
hominy  or  rice;  for  breakfast,  a  little 
buttered  toast,  some  pancakes,  a  little 
ham,  perchance  covered  with  a  good
fried egg.  Now 1 have eaten a t --------’s,
a t -------,  and also  at  the  section  man’s
a t -------,  rather  than  go  to ---------and
partake of such  mean,  miserable fare  as 
you give me.
I  would like  to enquire why you  have 
a girl or your wife  or daughter stand be­
hind me or at the side  of the room while 
I eat. Why do you not have the spare food 
on the table?  A special waiter and sepa­
rate service of  individual side dishes are 
intended  when the  hotel has  such a  va­
riety of  dishes that  each  person  is  sup­
posed to  select and call  for  such  things 
out  of a  long  list  of  toothsome  things 
that  there  are  on  hand,  as  his  special 
taste  calls  for.  Why  does  the 
lady 
stand there all through my  eating,  when 
she  knows  and  I  know,  there  isn’t  an­
other thing I may have,  beyond the pota­
to and piece of meat she brought at first, 
unless it be on guard and be ready to ask 
me  whether  I  will  have  apple  pie  or 
custard pie?  At  the  round  up,  after  I 
have partaken of  bread,  meat  and  pota­
toes only,  shouldn’t  I be  allowed  to  eat 
both kinds of pie? 
In  order  to  make  a 
living at your hotel,  you need all the pat­
ronage which  would  naturally  come  to 
you.  You  can get  it  by  having  an  at­
tractive table,  a variety of  choice  foods, 
so  that  we  traveling  men  will  try  to 
reach your place to put up.
Trusting  that  a  “word  to  the  wise” 
will be “ sufficient,” I am

Yours truly,

Traveling Man.

Crockery & Glassware

LAMP  B U R N E R S.

No. 0 San.................................................... 
45
“  ................................................50
No. 2  “  .........................................................   75
Tubular................................ ..........................  75

6 doz. In box.

lamp chimneys.—Per box.
No. 0 Sun.............................................
1 75 
No. 1  “  ................................... '
.1   88 
No. 2  “  .............................................
.2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top...................................   2 25
N o.l  “ 
2 40
No. 2 
3 40
No. 0 Sun, crimp top.......................................2 60
No. 1  “ 
.2 so

First quality.
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No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled.................. 3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
...................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.................... 4 70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz......................... 1 25
No. 2  “ 
.............. ........ 150
No. 1 crimp, per doz................ 
j  35
| No. 3  “ 
........................................1  80

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F R U IT   JA R S .

Mason’s or  Lightning.

Pints................................................................ 11  50
Quarts............................................................. 12  00
Half gallons......................................................15  00
Rubbers.........................................................  
55
Caps  only.....................................................  4 50
Butter Crocks, per gal................................   06V4
Jugs, tt gal., per doz....................................  75
...................................   80
..................................  1  80
Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c)....  65 
“  90c).  ..  78
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THE  MICHIQAlSr  TRADESMAN
Should Profit by the Advice.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

at 15c.

Apples—Common cooking command $1.50@1.75 
per bbl.  Fancy eating are held at C2.25@2.50.
Beans—Dry beans are  firm  and  In  strong  de-  | 
mand at 82 per bu. for choice band picked.
Butter—The market  Is  beginning to show  the 
effects of  the  drought, choice  dairy now  com­
manding  15@17c,  while  factory  creamery  has 
advanced to 20c.

Blackberries—6@10c per at.
Celery—20c per doz. bunches.
Cabbages—50@75c per doz.
Corn—Green, 8c per doz.
Cucumbers—20c per doz.
Eggs—Dealers  pay  14c  and  freight,  holding 
Grapes—Ives command 6c per lb.
Honey—Dull at 16® 18 for clean comb.
Onions—$3.50  per  bbl. for  red  or yellow Dan­
Muskmelons—$1 per doz.
Potatoes—50c per bu.
Peaches—Hale’s Early and Early Rivers are in 
bountifnl  supply,  commanding  $1.25@I1.50  for 
for  choice  fruit.  Freestone  peaches  may  be 
expected by the latter part of the week.

Tomatoes—75c®$1 per crate.
Watermelons—16c  now buys  the  best  melons 
which  eome-to this market.  The  supply is am­
ple, although the  demand is strong.

vers.

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as follows for live weight:
Spring  chickens.....................................n  @12
Fall  chickens......................................   g  ® SV4
Turkeys...................................................10 @11
Spring ducks...........................................10 ©12
Fall  ducks.............................................   9 ©10
Geese  ............................................... g © g

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

lard—Kettle Rendered.

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

Mess,  new...................................................  11  75
Short c u t.....................................................   12 00
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  14 00
Extra clear,  heavy.......................................
Clear, fat back.............................................  14 00
Boston clear, short cut................................   14 00
Clear back, short cut................................ ’.  14 00
Standard clear, short cut. best............... . 
14 00
Pork Sausage............... . ................................. 7
Ham Sausage.....................................................9
Tongue Sausage..............................  ........ill 9
Frankfort Sausage 
.............................!!!*.".!!  8
Blood Sausage........................................               5
Bologna, straight................................!.."!!!!!! 5
Bologna,  thick..................................................5
Head Cheese...................................................... 5
Tierces 
8)4
Tubs.
e*
501b.  Tins.
8M
Corn-
pound.
6
654
7
754
g
6
654

Tierces..........................................6)4 
0 and 50 lb. Tubs....................... 6M 
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case...............7% 
5 lb. Palls, 12 In a case.................7% 
10 lb. Pails, 6 In a case................ 754 
201b. Pails, 4 In a case............... 7 
501b. Cans.....................................634 
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs.......................   8 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing........................  8 50
Boneless, rump butts.......................................  12  50
smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs...........................................1054
“ 
16 lbs................................... 
. ’ 11
“ 
12 to 14 lbs................................  1114
“  Picnic........................................................854
best boneless..........................................  9
“ 
Shoulders............................................................... 7«
.  ¿u
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.......................  
Dried beef, ham prices.................................... .11
Long Clears, heavy............................................... 714
Briskets,  medium.  .........................................     gu
ligh t....................................................   854

Family. 

lard. 

“ 
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FRESH  MEATS.

Swift and Company quote as follows:

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Beef, carcasB...............................
hindquarters....................
fore 
....................
loins, No. 3....................... .
ribs...................................
rounds............................. .
tongues..............................
Bologna.......................................
Pork loins...................................
.........................
Sausage, bloca  r head..............
...................... .
.....................
Mutton........................................
Veal..............................................

“  shoulders 

liver 
Frank 

“ 
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5
6  ®

4)4 ©  9)4 
© 8)4

©  8 

© 5 
©10)4 
© 7* 
© 5 
© 5 © 734 
© 654

FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: 

fr e sh  f ish .

Whltefish...............................................   © 8
Trout......................................................  © 8
Halibut...................................................  ©15
Ciscoes...................................................  © 5
Flounders..............................................   @9
Blnefish.........................  ......................  @10
Mackerel................................................  @25
Cod.........................................................  @12
California salmon.................................   ©20

oysters—Cans.
SHELL  OOODS.

Fairhaven  Counts................................   @40
Oysters, per  100..................................... 
.....................................  
Clams, 

“ 

1  50
1 00

CANDIES, FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: 

stick  candy.
Full  Weight. 

Standard,  per  lb................................ 6)4 
“  H.H.......................................6)4 
Twist  .................................. 6)4 
“ 
Boston Cream  ..................................  
Cut  Loaf.............................................7)4 
Extra H. H ......................................... 7)4 

Bbls.  Pails.
7)4
7)4
7)4
954
8)4
8)4

mixed  candy.
Full Weight.

Bbls. 
Standard.......................................6)4 
Leader...........................................654 
Special.......................................... 7 
Royal............................................ 7 
Nobby........................................... 7)4 
Broken..........................................7)4 
English  Rock...............................754 
Conserves.....................................7 
Broken Taffy................................ 754 
Peanut Squares.............................  
Extra............................................. 
French Creams.............................. 
Valley  Creams.............................  

Palls.
7)4
7)4
8
8
8)4
8)4
854
8
8)4
9
10
10)4
13)4

fancy—In bulk.
Full Weight. 

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3 
2 
3 

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

CARAMELS.
 
 
 

Bbls.  Palls.
1154
Lozenges, plain................................10)4 
printed.............................11 
12)4
Chocolate Drops................................  
1254
Chocolate Monumentals................... 
14
Gum Drops........................................ 5 
6)4
9
Moss Drops.........................................8 
Sour Drops........................................   8)4 
9)4
Imperials..*........................................ 1054 
1154
Per Box.
Lemon Drops......... ;........................................55
Sour Drops......   ............................................. 55 
Peppermint Drops............... 
65
Chocolate Drops...............................................70
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................................90
Gum Drops................................................ 40@50
Licorice Drops................................................1 00
A. B. Licorice  Drops......... .............................80
Lozenges, plain................................................ 65
printed............................................70
Imperials..........................................................65
Mottoes...........................  
75
Cream Bar........................................................60
Molasses Bar................................................... 55
Hand Made  Creams.................................. 85©95
Plain Creams............................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams......................................... 1 00
String  Rock.....................................................70
Burnt Almonds............................................. 1 00
Wintergreen  Berries....................................... 65
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes.........................  34
51
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
28
No. 3. 
42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes.....................................1 10
4 00
California, Med.  Sweets  128s................ 
4 50
150-1768 .......... 
4 25
Sorrentos,  200 ....................................... 
Messina, choice, 360.............................  
©5  GO
fancy, 360.............................   @5 50
5 00
choice 300.............................. 
fancy 390.............................. 
5 50
18©19 
@16 
©12)4 
Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................
©10 
..........................
© 8
Persian. 50-lb.  box......................  4  © 6
NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona.........................   ©17
Ivaca................................   @16)4
California
©17 
Brazils, new............
©  7)4 
Filberts....................
@11)4 
Walnuts, Grenoble.  ,
@14)4 
“  Marbot___
@ 12  
Chill..........
“ 
©@14
Table Nuts, No. 1....
@13
Pecans, Texas, H. P .......................*.......   15@17
Cocoanuts, full sacks.
©4  50
PEANUTS.
Fancy, H.  P., Suns.................
©  5)4 
“  Roasted —
©  754 
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............
© 5)4 
“  Roasted...
© 7)4 
Choice, H. P.,  Extras............
@ 4)4 
“  Roasted..
© 6)4

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
Figs, Smyrna,  new,  fancy  layers...
...

“  50-lb.  “ 

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ORANGES.

choice 

LEMONS.

“ 
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No. 2

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© 7

HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS.

Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  follows:

HIDES.

 

“ 

Green....................... ........ ...................  4  © 5
Part  Cured.............................................  @ 5
Full 
© 5),
Dry....................................................... 
Kips, green  ............................................. 4  © 4)4
“  cured..............................................  5 © 554
Calfskins,  green.....................................  4 @5
cured....................................  5 @6)4
Deacon skins...........................................10 ©30

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No. 2 hides % off.

WOOL.

Shearlings............................................... 10 ©25
Lambs......................................................20 @60
Washed.. 
.........................................20@30
Unwashed.
.......................................10@20
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tallow...................................................  3)4© 454
Grease  butter  ........................................  1 @ 2
Switches................................................  1)4© 2
Ginseng  ..............................................  2 59@3 15

FELTS.

OILS.

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes  as  follows,  1 

barrels, f. o. b. Grand Rapids:
Water White... 
Special White.. 
Michigan Test.
Naptha............
Gasoline.
Cylinder............................................... 27  ©36
E ngine.................................................13  ©21
Black,  Summer.....................................  @8

© 8)4
© 8)4© 7% 
©  7)4 
© 854

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1
2 25

Strawberries.
Lawrence..................  
Hamburg.................... 
Erie................................. 
Whortleberries.
1  40
Common.................... 
F. &  W....................... 
1  25
Blueberries.................... 
1 30
Corned  beef,  Libby’s ......... 2  10
Roast beef,  Armour’s ......... 1  75
Potted  ham, 54 lb............... 1  bo
“  34 lb.................100
tongue, 54 lb..............110
341b ..........  95
chicken, 34 lb.......... 
95

“ 
VEGETABLES.

MEATS.

“ 
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“ 
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Beans.

“ 

. “ 

“ 
“ 

Peas

“ 
“ 
“ 

Corn.

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

j Hamburg  stringless...........1  25
French style......2  25
Limas.................1  40
Lima, green.........................1  30
soaked.......................  90
Lewis Boston Baked...........1  35
Bay State  Baked................. 1  35
World’s  Fair....................... 1  35
Hamburgh..........................  .  1 25
Tiger ..........................................
Purity..................................1  10
1 20
E rie..................................... 1  15
2 00
Hamburgh marrofat...........
early June...........150
Champion Eng...
Hamburgh^petit p o is........ 1  75
fancy  sifted........1  90
Soaked................................  65
Harris  standard.................   75
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.110
Early June.......... 130
Archer’s  Early Blossom.... 1  35 |
French..................................... 1 80
7 00
French.............................. 17® 18
Erie.....................................   90
Hubbard...................................1 30
Hamburg................................. 1 40
Soaked........................ 
Honey  Dew.............................. 1 60
Van  Camp’s.............................. 1 10
No. Collins................................1 10
Hamburg................................. 1 30
Hancock...................................1 05
Gallon.............................- .2 75
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
22
German Sweet.................. 
34
Premium..........................  
Pure.................................. 
38
Breakfast  Cocoa.............. 
40
Norway.........................  @10
N. Y. or Lenawee......  @10
Allegan  ..................   @ 934
Skim..........................  6  @8
Sap  Sago.......................   @22
E dam ........................  @1  00
Swiss, imported........  @  25
domestic  __   ©1334
Limburger..........................   10
Brick.............................  
1254
CHEWING  GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps................35
200 
Spruce, 200 pieces................40
Snider’s, 34 pint........................1 35
pint............................2 30
quart.......................... 3 50
CLOTHES PINS.
COCOA  SHELLS.

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

Tomatoes.

2 00
2 50

CHEESE.

CATSUP.

“ 
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85

“ 

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COFFEE.

GREEN.
Rio.

Santos.

Maracaibo.

Fair.....................................2034
Good................................... 21
Prime................................. 2134
Golden................................2234
Peaberry............................ 23
Fair.................................... 2034
Good...................................21
Prime................................. 2134
Peaberry  ............................2234
Mexican and Guatemala.
Fair.................................... 22
Good...................................23
Fancy................................. 25
Prime................................. 2234
Milled................................2334
Interior..............................26
Private Growth..................28
Mandehling...................... 29
Imitation...........................25
Arabian..............................2834
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 34c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent,  for shrink­
age.
McLaughlin’s  XXXX— 2444

PACKAGE.

ROASTED.

Mocha.

Java.

APPLE  BUTTER.

Chicago  goods................. 734@8

AXLE UREASE.
Frazer’s.

 

“ 
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Wood boxes, per  doz......  

80
3 doz. case...  2 40
“ 
per gross__   9 00
“ 
25 lb. palls,.........................  l  oo
75
15 lb.  “ 
 
Aurora.
Wood boxes,  per  doz......  
60
3 doz. case...  1  75
per  gross__ 6  00
50
3 doz. case...  1  50
per  gross__   5 50

Wood boxes,  per doz  ......  

Diamond.

“ 
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“ 
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“ 
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“ 
“ 

Peerless.

90
25 lb. palls......................... 
Acme, a  lb. cans, 3 doz  ...  45
2  “  ....  85

BAKINS  POWDER.
*4 lb.  “ 
lib.  “ 1  “  ....  1  00
bulk................... 
10

Teller’s,  34 lb. 
54 lb. 
lib .  “ 

cans, doz.  45
“ 
“  ..  85
“  ..  1 50
Arctic, & B> can s..............  60
 
 

54 lb  “ 
1  lb  “ 
5ft  “ 
..............9 60
Red Star, \  ft cans........... 
40
54 
........... 
“ 
80
1 lb  “ 
...........  1  50
BATH BRICK.

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2 dozen in case.
English...............................  90
Bristol...........................  
70
 
Domestic.............................   60
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals.................... 4 00

BLUING. 

 

“ 

8oz 

“ 
“  pints,  round...........10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz ball  .................4 50

 

“ 

90
.................  1 20

No. 2 Hurl...............................  1 75
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet...........................   2 25
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem...............................2 75
Common Whisk................. 
Fancy 
M ill........................................  3 25
Warehouse...............................2 75
BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR.
Rising Sun......................... 5 00
York State..........................
Self Rising...............................4 50
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............1054
Star,  40 
..............  1054
Paraffine............................12
Wicklng.......................  ...  25

CANDLES
“ 

“ 
“ 
BROOMS.
 

CANNED  GOODS.

PISH.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

“ 

Little Neck,  1 lb...................... 1 10
“  2  lb...................... 1 90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 31b...........................2 30
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb......................... 1 10
21b ..........................2 10
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb.................................2 45
“  2  lb.................................3 45
Picnic, 1 lb............................... 2 00
“ 
21b............................... 3 00
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb...........................1 20
2  lb......................... 2 00
Mustard,  31b.......................... 3 00
Tomato Sauce,  3 lb................. 3 00
Soused, 3 lb..............................3 00
Columbia River, flat........... 1  85
tails................1 65
Alaska, 1  lb..............................1 20
21b............................... 1 90

Salmon.
“ 

Sardines.
American  54s...................   5© 6
54s.....................7@ 8
Imported  54s.....................11@12
54s.....................13@14
Mustard  34s......................  @10
Brook, 3 lb............................... 2 50

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“ 
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Trout.
FRUITS.
Apples.

Gages.

Cherries.

Apricots.

Gooseberries.

3 25
York State, gallons —  
90
Hamburgh, 
“  —  
2 25
Santa  Cruz...................... 
Lusk's.................................. 2 50
Overland........................ 
2 35
Blackberries.
F. &  W....................... 
»0
1 20
Red.................................. 
Pitted Hamburg.  -------- 
1 75
W hite.............................. 
1 60
E rie................................  
1 30
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
E rie............................  @1  60
Common......................... 
P ie.............................1  60@1  75
Maxwell......................... 
Shepard’s .......................  
California..................2 60@2 75
Domestic......................... 
Riverside......................... 
Pineapples.
Common..........................  
Johnson’s  sliced........ 
grated........ 
Quinces.
Common......................... 
Raspberries.
Red.................................. 
Black Hamburg.........  
Erie, black...................... 

1 10
1 30
1 40

1 25
2 25
1 30

Peaches.

2 60
2 85

Pears.

2 25
2 23

1  50

1 10

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Lion.....................................2144
“  in cabinets  ..................2534
Durham....................................2134

EXTRACT.

Valley City.........................  75
Felix.................................. 1  15

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Hummel’s, foil...................  1 50
tin ....................2 50
CHICORT.
Bulk....................................   434
Red......................................  7
CLOTHES  LINES.
Cotton,  40 ft.........per doz.  1  25
“  1  40
50 ft......... 
60 ft......... 
“  160
“  1  75
70 ft........  
80 ft........  
“  1  90
“ 
90
60 ft.......... 
72 ft-....... 
1  00
“ 
CONDENSED MILK.
Eagle.................................   7 40
Crown................................6  50
Genuine  Swiss..................   8 CO
American Swiss................. 7  00

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“Tradesman.
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“Superior.”

*  1, per  hundred...............   2 00
2 50
$2, 
3 00
S3, 
3 00
*5, 
*10, 
4 00
*20, 
5 00
*  1  per hundred...............   2 50
*2, 
3 00
*5, 
4 00
810, 
5 00
*20, 
... .............  6 00

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..............10 
...  .......20 

“Universal.”
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COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

$ 1, per hundred............... S2 50
#2, 
.................3 00
.................4 00
8 3, 
................. 5 00
*5, 
.................6 OO
*10, 
820, 
.................7 00
Bulk orders for above coupon 
books are subject to the follow­
ing  discounts:
200 or over.  ..........  5 per cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
[Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 810  down, i
20 books...........................8 1  00
2  00
50  “ 
 
100  “ 
3  00
 
250  “ 
........................  .  6  25
 
500  “ 
10 00
1000  “ 
 
17  50
CRACKERS.
Kenosha Butter....................   734
“ 
Seymour 
534
Butter....................................... 534
“  family............................. 534
“  biscuit........................... 634
40
Boston....................................... 734
City Soda.................................. 7^4
Soda........................................ 6
S. Oyster ........... 
534
City Oyster. XXX...................  534
Strictly  pure........................ 
30
Telfer’s  Absolute......................  35
Grocers’...............................10@15

CREAM TARTAR.

 
 

 
 

 

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Apples.

PEEL.

PRUNES.

California Evaporated.

Sundried......................  @ 3
Evaporated.................   @11
Apricots........................ 
14
Blackberries................ 
634
Nectarines................... 
13
Peaches  ......................  
12
Pears,  sliced...............
Plums...........................
Prunes,  sweet..............
Turkey.........................   @ 634
Bosnia..........................   @ 8
French.........................   @ 9
18
Lemon..........................  
Orange.......................... 
18
In drum........................  @24
In boxes.......................  @24
Zante, In  barrels........   @534
in * 34-bbls........   @534
in less quantity  @  6 
raisins —California. 
1  75
London Layers,  2 cr’n 
“ 
3  “ 
2 25
“ 
fancy. 
1  40
Muscatels,2crown  ... 
1  50
.... 
Valencias..................... 
634
Ondaras.......................   @ 634
Sultanas.......................   @15

3  “ 
Foreign.

CURRANTS.

CITRON.

“ 
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FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

Farina.
Hominy.

4

100 lb. kegs..................... 
Barrels.........................................3 75
Grits.....................................
Lima  Beans.
6
Dried............................... 
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
45
Imported........................ 
10
Pearl Barley.
Kegs.................................. 3M@33£
Green,  bu....................................1 10
Split, bbl......................................6 00
German................................  
East India............................. 

Sago.

Peas.

5
5

2 OO

Cracked..

Wheat.

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Cod.

Whitefish.

Halibut.
Herring.

Pollock.
Sardines.
Trout.

“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Yarmouth...........1.............
Whole............................  @634
Bricks............................„  8@834
Strips...............................  8@9
Smoked...................... 
1034
24
Scaled......................... 
Holland,  bbls................. 
11 00
kegs............  
75
Round shore, 34 bbl... 
2 75
“ 
34  bbl.. 
1 50
Mackerel.
No. 1, 34 bbls. 90 lbs........... 9  50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs................  1 20
Family, 34 bbls., 100 lbs__ 3  50
kits, 10 lbs............   45
Fancy.......................  3 50@4 00
Russian,  kegs....................
No. 1, 34 bbls., 90 lbs...........5 50
No. 1,  kits, 10 lbs.................  80
No. 1, 34 bbls., 90 lbs.......... 7  00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................1  00
Family, 34 bbls., 90 lbs....... 3  00
kits. 10 lbs..............  50
Jennings' D C.
Lemon. Vanilla
1 25
2 oz folding box...  75 
150
...100 
3 OZ 
“ 
2  00
...1  50 
“ 
4 oz 
“ 
6 oz 
.. .2  00 
3  00
4  CO
5 oz 
...3  00 
“ 
GUN  POWDER.
Kegs................  
5 50
Half  kegs.............................3 00
Sage......................................15
Hops.....................................25
Chicago  goods...........   @4
No.  ... 
30
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 home............................1 10
Export  parlor...................... 4 25

LAMP WICKS.

MATCHES.

LICORICE.

JELLIES.

HERBS.

LYE.

 

 

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

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

New Orleans.

OATMEAL.

16
19
19
23
17
20
26
30
36

Barrels 200.................  @5 50
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
Cob, No.  3.................................1 25

“  T. D. full count...........  75

RICE.

Domestic.

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

Imported.

Broken...............................
Japan, No. 1..........................63*
“  No. 2...........................534
Java....................................  5
Patna..................................  5

ROOT BEER.

Williams’ Extract.

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

BAFOLIO.
“ 
SOUPS.

Kitchen, 3 doz.  In box......  2 50
Hand 
  2 50
Snider’s  Tomato......................2 60

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SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

Allspice......... ..................... 10
Cassia, China in mats........  734
“  Batavia in bund___15
“ 
Saigon in rolls.........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
“  Zanzibar...................13
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
“  No.  1.......................75
“  No. 2.......................65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 15 
“ 
“  white...  .25
shot.........................19
“ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspice............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
“ 
and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon....................35
CIovob,  Amboy na................30
“  Zanzibar................. 20

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

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

34s 

34s
Allspice.......................   84 155
Cinnamon....................   84 1 55
Cloves..........................   84 155
Ginger, Jam .................  84 1  55
“  Af....................   84 1  55
Mustard.......................   84 1  55
Pepper........................  84 155
Sage..............................   84

SUGAR.

Cut  Loaf....................  @  5?g
Cubes........................   @ 4%
Powdered..................   @ 4 %
Granulated.................  @  4%
Confectioners' A.......   @ 434
Soft A  .......................   @  434
White Extra  C...........  @4
Extra  C.......................  37a@ 374
C .................................  334© 354
Yellow 
......................334© 3?4
Less than 100 lbs. 34c advance

STARCH.
Corn.

 

“ 

“ 
“ 

20-lb  boxes.........................  634
40-lb 
634
Gloss.
1-lb packages  ......................  6
3-lb 
.......................6
6-lb 
634
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............  454
Barrels................................   434
Scotch, in  bladders......— 37
Maccaboy, in jars................35
French Rappee, In Jars......43
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

SNUFF.

SOAP.

 

734

SALT

SODA.

SEEDS.

SAL  SODA.

Old Country, 80........................ 3 20
Uno,100....................................3 50
Bouncer, 100...................— 3 00
Boxes....................................534
Kegs, English................  
45S
Kegs................................ 
134
Granulated, boxes..............  2
Mixed bird.................  434© 6
Caraway............................... 10
Canary.................................. 334
Hemp.....................................434
Anise....................................13
Rape..................................... 6
Mustard....................... 
Diamond Crystal.

100 3-lb. sacks......................... 82 40
2 25
60 5-lb.  “ 
28 10-lb. sacks......................... 2 15
2 00
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases..........................   1 50
50
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
25
281b.  “ 
35
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
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.. .534
Dwight’s Cow....................... 534
Taylor’s ................................ 534
DeLand’s Cap  Sheaf............534
pure........................ 534
Golden Harvest..  ................ 5

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.

SALERATUS.

Warsaw.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

 
 

 
 

SYRUPS.
Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels................................28
Half bbls.............................30
Amber....................... 23 
5
Fancy drips............... 28  @30
SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps.............. 
7
Sugar Creams............  
834
Frosted  Creams.........  
8
Graham  Crackers...... 
8
Oatmeal Crackers...... 
8
SHOE  POLISH.
Jettine, 1 doz. In  box............ 75

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

SUN CURED.

BASKET  FIRED.

@17 
F air............................
@20
Good
Choice..................... - -24  @26
Choicest.......................32  ©34
Dust............................ 10  @12
F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
Dust.............................10  @12
F air.............................18  @20
Choice........................   @25
Choicest..................  
  @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40 
GUNPOWDER.
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.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONO.

18

ENGLISH BREAKFAST,

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

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

Plug.

Pails unless otherwise noted.
Hiawatha.
Sweet Cuba......
McGinty...........
34 bbls
Little  Darling..
1791................. !
1891, 34  bbls......
Valley  City......
Dandy Jim.
Searhead.................... 
40
Joker......................... 
24
22
Zero............................ 
L. &W.......................  
2-i
Here  It Is................... 
28
Old Style.................... 
31
Old  Honesty.............. 
4ij
Jolly Tar....................  
33
Hiawatha...................  
37
Valley City................ 
34
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 38
Toss Up.................................. 26
Out of Sight........................... 25
Boss..................................... 1234
Colonel’s Choice..................13
Warpath..............................14
Banner................................14
King Bee..............................20
Kiln Dried...........................17
Nigger Head........................23
Honey  Dew......................... 24
Gold  Block......................... 28
Peerless..............  
24
Rob  Roy..............................24
Uncle  Sam........................ ..28
Tom and Jerry.....................25
Brier Pipe............................ 30
Yum  Yum...........................32
Red Clover...........................32
Navy....................................32
Handmade...........................40
F rog.........................................33 •
40 gr.....................................  s
50  gr..............1.....................

Smoking.

VINEGAR.

 

*1 for barrel.
W ET  M U STARD.

Bulk, per gal  ................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 
teast—Compressed.
Tin foil cakes, per doz.......... 15
Baker’s, per  lb....................... 30
PA PER & WOODEN WARE
Straw 
.................................lag
Rockfalis..............................2
Rag sugar..............................2
Hardware..............................234
Bakers.................................. 234
Dry  Goods...................  534@6
Jute  Manilla...............   @634
Red  Express  No. 1............   534
No. 2.............. 434

P A P E R .

“ 

TWINES.

“ 

splint

WHEAT.

WOODENWARE.

“  2.................

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“  bushel.............   1 
“ willow cl’ths, No.l 

48 Cotton............................  22
Cotton, No. 1.......................20
...18
Sea  Island, assorted...... ..  35
No. 5 Hemp........................16
No. 6  “ ............................. ..15
Tubs, No. 1...................'.....  7 00
“  No. 2....................... .  6 00
“  No. 3.......................,.  5 00
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop..
1  35
“  No.l,  three-hoop  ....  1  60
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes..... 
50
Bowls, il inch....................  1  00
13  “ 
...................  1  25
15  “ 
.....................2 00
.....................2 75
17  “ 
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 76
Baskets, market.................  35
shipping  bushel..  1  20 
..  1 30
full  hoop  “ 
50
5 75
No.2  6 25
No.3 7 25 
No.l  3 50 
No.2 4 25 
No.3 5 00
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF» 
New  Old
86
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 86 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test)  86 
86
Bolted...............................  1  75
Granulated.......................  2 00
FLOUR.
in sacks  .........  5 00
Straight, 
“ barrels.........  5 20
“ 
“ sacks..........  6 00
Patent 
“ barrels........   6 20
“ 
Graham 
“ sacks..........  2 25
Rye 
“ “ 
2 25
I Bran..................................  15 00
Screenings.......................
Middlings........................   20 00
Mixed Feed.....................   26  00
Coarse meal............................ 25 £0
Milling............... 
80
F eed...................................   65
Brewers, per  100  lbs................ 1 25
Feed, per  bu.......................   65
Small  lots.........................  70
“  .........................  67
I Car 
Small  lots............................43
Car 
“  ............................40
No. 1.......................................  14 50
No. 2......................................  13 50

MiLLSTUFFS.

BARLEY.

MEAL.

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.

 

 

 

 

14

TETE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

THE  LAW  SUSTAINED.

Moorman  Case.

Decision  of the  Supreme  Court  In  the 
The following  is  the  full  text  of  the 
decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  the 
ease of Dr. E.  K.  Moorman,  who was con­
victed of selling drugs  without  register­
ing according to law.  The decision was 
written by Judge  Morse,  and  concurred 
in by the other Justices:
the  village  of 
October  30,  1889,  at 
Belding,  Ionia  county,  James  H.  Kin- 
nane,  employed  by  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy to prosecute violations  of  the 
pharmacy  law,  went into  the drug  store 
of  Spencer  Bros,  and  asked  for half an 
ounce  of  aloes  and  myrrh,  which  was 
furnished him by the respondent.  Neither 
of the  Spencer  Bros,  were  present,  nor 
was there a registered  pharmacist in the 
store at the time this tincture was put up.
A  short  time  afterward  on  the  same 
day Kinnaue  again  went  into  the  store 
and  called  for  an  ounce  of  tincture  of 
iodine and  one  ounce  of  carbolic  acid, 
the  same  being  in  the  language  of  the 
record,  “drugs,  medicines and  poisons.”
Kinnane  afterwards  saw  respondent 
and  asked  him  if  he  was  a  registered 
pharmacist  or  registered  assistant,  and 
he said he  was  not;  that  he was a prac­
ticing  physician and  registered as  such, 
and  considered  that  he  had  a  right  to 
dispense  such  drugs  without  being  a 
registered pharmacist,  and  that the laws 
Of Michigan would  protect him in so do 
ing.
The court refused  to  direct  a  verdict 
of not guilty  on these facts, upon  a trial 
of respondent in the  Ionia Circuit Court, 
upon an appeal from justice court where 
he was tried  and convicted for  violating 
the pharmacy law.
The  respondent,  Moorman,  in  his  de­
fense  admitted  the  facts  stated  and 
showed  that he  was  a  reputable  physi­
cian of  three years  practice,  now  regis­
tered  in  Ionia  county;  that  he  had  ten 
years experience  as  a  pharmacist  years 
ago, that  he  sold  the  drug  without any 
wilful intent to violate the law, but rely­
ing upon his right to do so because of be­
ing a registered physician;  that Kinnane 
was not his patient and  he  did  not  fur­
nish him the drugs as a patient.
He testifies that  any  reputable  physi­
cian should  be  able  and is  able to  com­
pound  medicines  and  poisons  and  pre­
pare his  own  prescriptions  and the pre­
scriptions  of  any  other  physician;  and 
that  the sale  of  patent  medicines  is  no 
part of the business of a practicing phar­
macist. 
In this he was  corroborated  by 
the  testimony  of  Henry  Fremays  as  a 
practicing physician,  for fifteen  years  a 
resident of Ionia,  who also testified  that 
the tincture  of iodine  and  carbolic  acid 
were not used in coloring and tanning.
Charles Thompson,  a  registered  phar­
macist  residing  at  Ionia,  testifies  that 
the  sale  of  patent  medicines  was  not 
necessarily any part of the business of  a 
pharmacist;  that  any  who  could  read 
could sell  them as well as a  person  who 
had three years  experience or  any other 
term of years.  That patent medicines are 
usually  kept  in  pharmacies.  This,  in 
substance,  is all the testimony.
The counsel for the  respondent at  the 
close of the  evidence requested the court 
to  direct a verdict of  not  guilty,  on  the 
ground that the law was  unconstitution­
al and  void.  This  request was refused 
and the court instructed the  jury  that if 
they  found  the  respondent  sold  iodine 
and carbolic acid,  and  that the same was 
used for coloring  and tanning,  that  they 
should find  a verdict  of  guilty,  and  the 
case comes  here upon  exceptions  before 
judgment. 
It is admitted by the counsel 
for the defendant in his argument that  a 
law in this State is needed,  and the right 
of the Legislature  to pass such an act  is 
not denied.  The constitutionality of the 
present law is,  however,  attacked  upon 
several  grounds.  We  shall  take  them 
up in the order named in the defendant’s 
brief.
1. 
shall  vend  patent  or  proprietary  medi­
cines by retail unless  he has been in the 
business of  vending  and  retailing  such 
medicines three years or more.
It is  claimed  that the  selling  of  such | 
medicines  is not necessarily  any part  of

the  business of  a  pharmacist;  that  the 
confining of the sale of patent  medicines 
to pharmacists and retail dealers of three 
years 
standing  grants  a  monopoly 
to  a  favored  few  and  for  no  ade­
quate  reason, and  that  it  is also an ob­
ject in the law not  embraced in the  title 
which  reads  “An  act  to  regulate  the 
practice  of  pharmacy  in  the  State  of 
Michigan.”
There is much force  in  both  of  these 
objections to this  provision  of  the  law; 
but it is  not shown  that  the  respondent 
was charged with  vending  patent  medi­
cines or that the drugs sold by  him were 
such  medicine. 
If  this  provision  was 
eliminated from the act it would heve no 
effect  whatever  upon  the  conviction  of 
the respondent,  as  the remainder  of  the 
act  would  not  be  invalidated  thereby. 
Under  the law  as originally  enacted  in 
1885, the  sale  of patent  medicines  was 
expressly  excepted  from  the  act. 
In 
1887  the law  was amended  so  as  to  ex­
empt  only those  retail  dealers  in  these 
medicines who  had sold  them  for  three 
years or more.  If this amendment should 
be  declared  unconstitutional  in  would 
leave the law of 1885  in force.
It is claimed that the law authoriz­
es the pharmacy board to fix  the  license 
fees arbitrarily and to make a distinction 
in their  discretion between  different  in­
dividuals.
We do not  think that the law  is  open 
to this  objection. 
It  is  provided  that 
“the said  board  may grant  under  such 
rules  and  regulations  as  it  may  deem 
proper,  at a fee not exceeding one dollar, 
the certificate of  registered  assistant,  to 
clerks or assistants  in pharmacy not less 
than  18 years  of age.”  Section 7 of this 
act  provides for a  yearly fee  to be  paid 
said  board which  shall  not  exceed  one 
dollar  for  a pharmacist,  and  fifty  cents 
for an assistant,  such registration fee  to 
be fixed by  the board.  Neither  of  these 
sections  contemplates 
the  board 
may charge  one person one cent and  an­
other one dollar,  as contended by respon­
dent’s  counsel.  The  fee  must  be  uni­
form,  applying  to  all  persons  of  each 
class  alike,  and there  is no  evidence  in 
the record that the practice  of the board 
has been  otherwise.

that 

2. 

apply 

in  this  act  shall 

3.  The main  objection to the act,  and 
the only one which in this  case concerns 
the respondent,  is that the  law  deprives 
a  registered  physician  of the  right  to 
compound,  put  up  and  sell  drugs  and 
medicines,  which it it must be considered 
from the  nature of  his  profession  he  is 
thoroughly  competent to  do. 
It  is  also 
claimed  that he has a vested right  to  do 
this,  which  the  Legislature  cannot  de­
stroy.  So much of the  act  as applies  to 
“Noth­
physicians  reads  as  follows: 
ing 
to  or 
interfere  with 
in  any  manner 
the 
business  of  a  practicing  physician 
who  does  not  keep  open  shop 
for 
the retailing, dispensing or compounding 
of medicines and poisons,  or prevent him 
from supplying  his patient such  articles 
as may seem to him proper.”
Under this act, if  a  physician  wishes 
to  keep open  shop,  or  in other  words a 
drug store,  he must come under the same 
regulations as other  persons,  and he has 
no more right  than any other  person  to 
step into a drug store  and  to  compound 
or  sell  drugs,  medicines  or  poisons  to 
one not his patient. 
It may be  that  he 
is as competent  to do this as a registered 
pharmacist  or  his  registered  assistant, 
but he has no vested right to do so.  The 
law7,  as  1  understand it,  does  not  inter- 
| fere with him in the  legitimate  practice 
I of  his profession  in  which  he  is  regis­
tered. 
If he wishes to do more than this, 
he must comply with  all  the  reasonable 
regulations of the pharmacy act.
The  right to  regulate  the  practice  of 
pharmacy  certainly  rests  upon  as  good 
reason  and  as  sound  principle  as  the 
right  to  regulate  the  practice  of  medi­
cine.  This latter right was sustained by 
this court in  the  People vs.  Phippen,  70 
Mich. 6,  and in  that case  a law was  up­
held which must  be  said  in  its  provis­
ions to be  much more  arbitrary and  un­
reasonable than  the one  now  before  us. 
And in the People vs.  Phippen, supra,  it 
was  substantially held  that  no  person, 
no  matter how  long  he had  been in  the 
practice  of  his  professton, had a  vested 
right  to practice  medicine in  Michigan.

The law  provides  that  no  person 

Consequently,  a  physician  having  no 
right  to practice his  own  profession  in 
this  State,  unless  registered  and  con­
forming to the  regulations prescribed by 
the  Legislature,  cannot  claim  to  have 
and  vested  right  to  compound  or  sell 
drugs and  medicines  to  one  not  his pa­
tient,  contrary  to  the  will  of the  same 
body.
This  must  be  considered  the  settled 
law of this  State.  The  question  of  the 
wisdom  of such  legislation is  now  rele­
gated to the people;  the  courts  have  no 
concern with it.
It is also claimed that the law is uncon­
stitutional because it prohibits  an  assis­
tant pharmacist,  though registered, from 
owing or carrying on a drug  store on his 
own account, or  from managing a  phar­
macy.  This is also a provision that does 
not concern the  respondent  in  this  case 
and one which, if unconstitutional, would 
not destroy the balance of the act. 
It is 
not  necessary, therefore,  to express  any 
opinion as to  the validity of  this  prohi­
bition.
The verdict of  the jury  must  be  sus­
tained  and  the  Circuit  Court  of  Ionia 
county  is  directed  to  proceed  to  judg­
ment upon such verdict

GOLD MEDAL, PALIS, 1878.

W. Baker & Co.’S
ast 
Cocoa

from which the excess of 
oil has been removed,
la  A bsolutely P u re  

y\ 

and U is Soluble.

No Chemicals

are used in its prepar­
It  has  more 
ation. 
than  three  times  the 
¡strength  o f  C ocoa 
mixed  with  Starch, 
irrowroot  or  Sugar,  and  is  therefore  far 
lore economical, costing less than one cent a 
up.  It is  delicious,  nourishing, strengthen- 
lg,  e a s il y   d ig ested, and adm irably adapted 
X invalids as well as for persons in health. 

Sold  by Grocers everywhere.

V. BAKER  &  CO.,  DORCHESTER,  MASS.

For  Th e  Ba b y

•Tbade“ S  QU LI ETTA* Mahk*
Owing to the fact  that we were unable 
to  meet  the  demand for Chamoise  moc­
casins  last  fall,  we advise  placing your 
orders now.
We  have  them  in  all  grades  ranging 
from $1.85 to $4.75 per dozen.
SEND  FOB  SAMPLE.

HIRTH  &  KRAUSE,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Drag 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.  Location the best in the city. 
I wish to retire permanently from the drug bus-
,DeM’ 
Opp. New Post Office. 

O.  L.  BRUNDAGE,

117 W. Western Ave. 

Muskegon,  Mich.

A.  D.  SPA N GLER  &  CO.,

GENERAL

Commission  Merchants

And Wholesale  Dealers  in

Fruits and  Produce.

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

SAGINAW,  E.  Side,  MICH.

Grani  Rapids  Electrotype  Co.,

6  and  8  Erie  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

WÏ[EN
WÏ[EN
WÏ[EN
WI[EN
WIlEN
WIIEN
WI[EN
WI[EN

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 i n  f in

WHOLESALE 

Petoskey, Marblehead and Ohio

L

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C E M E N T

Akron,  Buffalo and Louisville
S
Stucco and Hair, Sewer Pipe, 
FIRE  BRICK  AND  CLAY. 

,

W rite  for Prices.

20  LYON  ST., 

-  GRAND  RAPIDS.

FOURTH NATIONAL B A 1

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A J.  Bowne, President.

D. A   i •  < doett, Vice-President

H.  W. Nash, Cashier
-  -  -  $300,000.

CAPITAL, 

Transacts a general banking business.

Make a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

15

LIFE  BEHIND  THE  COUNTER. 

Written for T h e T radesman

There is no good  valid reason  why  life 
behind the counter  should  not  be  made 
more pleasant and  congenial.  There  is 
certainly no  reason  why  the  man  who 
works  behind  the  counter,  whether  he 
be  proprietor  or  assistant,  should  be 
compelled to  forego privileges  and deny 
himself of the means  of  enjoyment  that 
other classes are blessed  with. 
It  can­
not  be possible that a man must  neces" 
sarily  sacrifice every means  of  self-im­
provement,  thereby  disqualifying  him­
self for a  free  and  enlightened  citizen­
ship,  simply  because he  chooses  a  life 
behind the counter.  Still, it is a notori­
ous fact,  and one to be greatly regretted, 
that  our  retail  merchants  deny  them­
selves of most  of  the  blessings  of  life. 
To say that the average  common  laborer 
is better posted  as to what is going on in 
the world than the  average retail  grocer 
simply means that  the laboring man  has 
more time  at  his  disposal  in  which  to 
read,  think  and  digest  and,  therefore, 
ought to be better posted;  and  when  the 
retail grocer  is  mentioned  in  the  com­
parison,  it  means  that  the  grocer  has 
less time for such  things than any  other 
class of retailers. 
I  wouldn’t  be  afraid 
to agree to present  every retail grocer in 
the  State  of  Michigan  who  takes  The 
Tkadesmah and reads  this  article  with 
a box of the best  Havana cigars  in  con­
sideration of the receipt of a nickle from 
every  subscriber  who will  not  read  it. 
One grocer in Kalamazoo  told the writer 
that he did not  even  have  time  to  look 
into his Bible.  Just  think of  it!  What 
would become of us  here in  Grand  Eap- 
ida if the time  should  ever  come  when 
our grocers could  find  no  time  to  read 
their  Bibles!  Keen,  close  competition 
and jealous rivalry  is  at the bottom of it 
all and the  only  specific  remedy  is  or­
ganization  and the  cultivation of a  more 
friendly  spirit  and  the  adoption  of 
methods  more  uniform  and  principles 
more economical  and  time-saving.  The 
Business Men’s Association  was  a  move 
in  the right  direction,  but  frequent  in­
terviews with retail merchants in different 
places make it very  potent  to  my  mind 
that  some  very  serious  mistakes  were 
made 
in  regulating  tile  eligibility  of 
membership.  The  prevailing  opinion 
appears  to  be  that 
the  membership 
should  have been  confined to  the  trade 
and no  man should  have  been  admitted 
who  did  not  retail  goods of  some  kind 
behind the counter.  Had this rule been 
adopted there is not the least  doubt  but 
what 
the  Association  would  have  re­
mained  vigorous and healthy.  Many ex­
cellent  reasons might  be  given to prove 
this supposition. 
In the  first  place,  all 
the  retail  merchants,  regardless  of the 
size of their business or the kind of mer­
chandise  they sell,  have  an  interest  in 
common.  Organization  is  the  only  pos­
sible  means  of  protecting  and  serving 
this interest,  but it  must be an organiza­
tion which  contains no jarring  or discor­
dant  elements.  When  the  B.  M.  A. 
threw its  doors wide  open  and  received 
liverymen,  draymen,  millers,  doctors, 
lawyers,  mechanics,  real  estate dealers, 
and,  in  some  cases,  farmers,  it  might 
easily  have  been  foreseen  that  a  little 
matter of time was  all that was necessa­
ry in  order  to run  its course  and  prove 
to the  world that harmony  is  not  com­
posed  of  discordant  elements. 
“Too 
many cooks  spoil the broth,”  and  when 
two  or three doctors and  lawyers got in­

to  a  subordinate  Association  and  at­
tempted to  collect  a  batch  of  old  out­
lawed  accounts by  means  of  the collec­
tion agency,  it damaged the machine and 
destroyed 
its  effectiveness;  and  when 
these  same  lawyers  and  doctors,  aided 
by a few  mechanics and a  drayman or  a 
farmer,  took  it upon  themselves  to dis­
cuss and  regulate matters  pertaining  to 
the business  of the  retail  merchants,  it 
was like  sticking  your finger  into  some 
other fellow’s  pie,  and at the  same  time 
expecting the  other fellow  to  be highly 
pleased  with  it.  Then,  again,  it  cer­
tainly is not  reasonable to  suppose  that 
the  interest  of the  retailer  is  identical 
with that  of his  customers.  Of  course, 
the members  of  the  B.  M. A.  were  en­
titled  to  the  organ  of  the  Association 
and the consequence  was that the retail­
ers’ wholesale  current  price  list  passed 
into their  customers’  hands  and  floated 
outside  of the  trade or  their  legitimate 
and proper  channels. 
It is  the  opinion 
of many business men that a re-organiza­
tion of the B.  M.  A.  upon a proper  basis 
of  membership,  with  a 
slight 
changes in the organic law  of  a  simply- 
fying nature, would be all that is necessa­
ry  to  supply  the  retailers’  needs;  but 
whether  the  present  B.  M.  A.  be  resur­
rected and  remodeled  or  not,  one  thing 
is certain,  and that is,  organized effort of 
some  kind is the  only  thing  which  will 
greatly  ameliorate  the  difficulties  and 
hardships  which  are  at  present  con­
nected with a life behind the counter.

few 

Experience  teaches us that  the  great­
est  benefits  derived  from  organization 
are obtained only in associations confined 
to one trade exclusively.  Where all the 
members of an  organization are engaged 
in the  same  business  and  in  the  same 
town,  there will be  a oneness of  interest 
and every matter adopted  or move taken 
by the organized  body will  act  directly 
upon  each  individual  .member  and  all 
will be affected alike.  There will  be no 
conflicting interests  to  thwart or oppose 
each other and no disinterested and luke­
warm elements  to lay behind  or  absent 
themselves,  because  the  matters  under 
discussion  or the  work  in  hand  has  no 
bearing on the business they are engaged 
in.  The grocers are  sufficiently  numer- 
j  ous  in almost  every  country  village  to 
organize and maintain a grocers’ associa­
tion,  which,  although  purely local  and 
disconnected with any other body, would 
confer pretty much all  the real  and sub­
stantial benefits which any organized  ef­
fort,  State or otherwise,  could make pos­
sible.  The large  movements  professing 
to  furnish  the  members  thereof  with 
“ratings”  of the general floating popula­
tion  have never yet  made  a  bright  and 
shining  success  of  it.  The  “informa­
tion”  furnished has never been sufficient­
ly complete and  reliable to make  it  val­
uable. 
It has  generally  cost  considera­
ble more than it  was  worth.  The  real 
benefits  of  association  are  those  made 
possible by purely local  causes.  When 
the retail  grocers of a  country  town be­
come sufficiently  educated to clasp  each 
other  by the hand  in  a  fraternal  spirit 
and form  a  harmonious  union  for  their 
own  mutual  protection  and  welfare, 
then,  and not until then, will the grander 
schemes crystalize into glorious  realities 
and 
life  behind  the  counter  be  freed 
from the  annoyances which now  encum­
ber i t  

E.  A.  Owen.

Walton—Fred  Lardie  succeeds Lardie 

& Son in general trade.

RUM  FOR  BUSINESS!

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

“patching up” pass-book accounts?

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

yourself and clerks are so prone to forget to charge?

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

ponding ledger account without having  to  “doctor”  it?

Do  not  many of  your  customers  complain that  they have  been  charged  for 
items they never  had,  and is not your  memory a little  clouded  as  to whether they 
have or not?

Then  why  not  adopt a system of  crediting  that will  abolish  all  these  and a 
hundred other objectionable features of  the old  method,  and  one  that  establishes 
a CASH  BASIS  of  crediting?

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  Siiperior  Coupons.

COUPON  BOOK  vs.  PASS  BOOK.

We beg leave to call  your  attention to 
our coupon book and ask you to carefully 
It takes  the  place 
consider  its  merits. 
of  the  pass  book  which  you  now hand 
your customer and ask him to bring each 
time  he  buys  anything,  that  you  may 
enter  the  article  and  price  in  it.  You 
know  from  experience that  many times 
the  customer  does  not  bring the  book, 
and,  as  a  result,  you  have  to  eharge 
many  items  on  your  book  that  do  not 
appear on the customer’s pass book.  This 
is sometimes  the  cause of  much ill  feel­
ing  when  bills  are  presented.  Many 
times the pass  book is lost,  thus  causing 
considerable 
trouble  when  settlement 
day  comes.  But  probably  the  most  se­
rious objection to the passbook system is 
that many  times while  busy  waiting  on 
customers  you  neglect  to  make  some 
charges,  thus  losing  many  a  dollar;  or, 
if  you  stop to make  those  entries,  it  is 
done when  you can  illy afford  the time, 
as  you  keep  customers waiting  when it 
might be avoided.  The aggregate amount 
of  time consumed in  a month  in  making 
these small  entries  is  no inconsiderable 
thing,  but,  by  the  use  of  the  coupon 
system,  it is avoided.
Now as to the use of the  coupon book: 
Instead of giving your customer the pass 
book, you hand him a coupon  book,  say 
of the denomination  of  $10,  taking  his 
note  for  the  amount.  When  he  buys 
anything,  he  hands  you  or  your  clerk 
the  book,  from  which  you  tear  out 
coupons for the amount purchased, be  it 
1 cent, 12 cents,  75  cents  or  any  other 
sum.  As the book never  passes  out  of 
your customer’s hands,  except when you 
tear off the coupons.it is just like so much 
money to him,  and when the coupons are 
all gone,  and he has had  their  worth  in 
goods, there is  no  grumbling  or  suspi­
cion of wrong  dealing. 
In  fact,  by the 
use of the coupon book, you have all  the 
advantages of both  the  cash  and  credit 
systems and none  of  the  disadvantages 
of either.  The coupons  taken  in.  being 
put into the cash drawer,  the  aggregate 
amount of them, together with the  cash, 
shows at once  the  day’s  business.  The 
notes,  which are  perforated  at  one  end 
so that they can be readily detached from 
the book,  can  be  kept  in  the  r safe  or 
money drawer until the  time has arrived

for the makers to  pay  them.  This  ren­
ders unnecessary the keeping of accounts 
with each customer and  enables  a  mer­
chant to avoid the friction  and  ill  feel­
ing iucident to the use of the pass  book. 
As the notes bear 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 
coupon  system? 
If  so, order  from  the 
largest  manufacturers of  coupons in the 
country and address your letters to

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

TILE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

07 iD  uil A N  SLIM*

Troubles  and  Trials  of  a  Canadian 

Merchant.

Q u e e n ’ s  H o l l o w ,  Ont.,  Aug.  8—Gob- 
daru has run against a snag already.  He 
undertook  to  dispose  of  the  odds  and 
ends of  the  Cronk  stock  by  lottery, re­
gardless  of the  good  old  Canadian  law 
which  for  the  regulation  of  good  old- 
fashioned morals,  is  made and provided. 
Jo.’s flash scheme for Americanizing and 
revolutionizing old-fogyism in one of the 
sleepy  old  valleys  of  Ontario  has  re­
ceived its first check  and  Jo.  has  begun 
to  realize  that  Her  Majesty’s  subjects 
are not  yet  educated  up  to  the  highly 
civilized  and modern  American  idea  of 
violating  statutory  law  with  impunity. 
He says  we  are  fifty  years  behind  the 
times and  that we never  will be able  to 
make  any  progress  until we  break  the 
shackles of puritanism and climb up into 
the higher plane of commercial freedom. 
He says that law is not made for the pur­
pose of hampering good live men in their 
operations,  but  rather  to  restrain  evil 
men  and  prevent  them  from  retarding 
the wheels of  progress  and  placing  ob­
structions  and stumbling  blocks  in  the 
way  of  an  advancing and a  progressive 
citizenship.  He says this puritanism was 
born in superstition,  and wherever it has 
a hold it acts as a fatal blight  on  human 
development.  He advertised,  as  stated 
in  a former letter,  that after  July 20,  he 
would  give  away  the  balance  of  the 
Cronk stock.  So  far  as  practicable,  he 
put the goods up in packages  ranging in 
value from  zero  up  to  SI-50  and  num­
bered  them.  To  every  customer  who 
purchased  goods  at  any  one 
time, 
amounting to  Si  or  more,  he  gave  the 
privilege  of  drawing  a  card  bearing  a 
number which  would entitle  the  holder 
to  a  package  bearing  a  corresponding 
number.  William  Peter  Noodles,  the 
man  who keeps  the  store  on  the  west 
hill, stepped into Jo.’s store  and made  a 
purchase.  The next  morning  an  officer 
served Jo.  with the papers  for operating 
a lottery.  Jo. paid  his fine and told  the 
magistrate that his  business  would  con­
tinue just the  same  precisely  as  adver­
tised.  He said if he wanted to give away 
his  stuff he  would do  it  and  the whole 
militia force of  Canada  headed  by  Wil­
liam Peter Noodles himself couldn’t  pre­
vent him.  Of  course,  he  destroyed  the 
tickets and simply  makes his  customers 
a present of a package.  He says we up­
hold the dignity of the law at all hazards 
even  at the expense of  justice  and  fair 
' play.  He  says  his  lottery  scheme  was 
founded on this basis,  but the  law inter­
feres and  what is the result? 
It does not 
change  his  business  scheme  a particle. 
The only  effect it  has  is  to  destroy  the 
feature  of  equal  justice  and  fair  play 
and make  it  possible  for  him  to  show 
partiality and  practice  favoritism.  He 
says this fairly illustrates the result of a 
strict  enforcement  of  all  puritanical 
laws.  He  says out West  on  the  plains 
where  timber  is  scarce  and  expensive, 
William Peter Noodles would be used as a 
target for  rifle  practice.
Izik notified Gobdarn yesterday that if 
he wished to avoid a second lesson in the 
necessity  of  upholding  the  dignity  of 
Ontario law, he must desist  from selling 
goods on Sunday  and  that  he  must  not 
keep bis  store open on that  day  outside 
of, or beyond,  the postoffice  regulations. 
I think  the  motive  that  prompted  this 
notice  was  similar  to  the  one 
that 
prompted  William  Peter  Noodles. 
It 
beats  all how  law-abiding and moral we 
become  sometimes  when  we  perceive 
that a  rival or  competitor  is  gaining  a 
little advantage over us.  As long as we 
are on top and have a good  firm  hold  of 
the big end of the  stick, our moral ideas 
do not become  shocked, or our piety  be­
come disturbed simply because the other 
fellow may commit some little irregulari­
ty.  But let a turn of the  wheel take the 
“ big I” away  from  us  and  let  fortune 
smile at the other  fellow  as  she  passes 
by, how shocked we suddenly become  at 
the  very  things  we  winked  at  before! 
Jo. Gobdarn  is certainly  on  top  to-day 
and,  of course,  the rest of us feel a little 
sour.  We had  a good fair paying  trade 
before Jo.  started,  and we have followed 
him so  far in  prices, yet  our  trade  has 
fallen off  nearly  one-half,  and what we

do get  is  not  so  profitable,  for  Jo.  has 
made some terrible cuts  in  prices.  The 
drought has  dried  up  the Dutch butter 
which is really about  the  only  consola­
tion  we have at present.

Old Man  Slim.

Another  Chapter  in  the  History  of  a 

Desperate  Gang.

H o y t v i l l e ,  Aug.  3—A second chapter 
in connection with the story of the crimes 
of the  gang of  scoundrels  who have  in­
fested  Hoytville  during  the  past  few 
years—three  of  the 
leaders of  which, 
Darkins,  Hallenbeck  and  Wasson,  are 
now serving sentences in State penal  in­
stitutions—was  brought  to  light  at the 
hearing  of  Wm.  Henry  Boyer  before 
Justice  Baker  on  the  charge of  incen­
diarism,  in connection  with the burning 
of several  store  buildings  at  this place 
on  the  night  of  May  15,  1890.  The 
sequel  promises  to  be  even  more  sen­
sational than the  original chapter.
At  the  time of  the  fire  there  was  a 
very general  suspicion  that  it  was  the 
work  of  an  incendiary,  but  the  insur­
ance companies  paid the losses  and said 
nothing.  They continued  to  keep  up a 
good deal of thinking,  however,  and the 
more  they  thought  and  the more  they 
investigated, the  more  thoroughly  they 
became  convinced  that the fire  was the 
work  of  a  gang  of  criminals.  Subse­
quently  detectives  were  employed  and 
set to work to ferret  the thing  out.  The 
result  has  been  that  all  the  infamous 
I and desperate details  of the  crime  have 
been brought to light,  and also  informa­
tion  of  other  crimes  equally as  sensa­
tional.  Confessions  have  been  secured 
implicating  others  heretofore  unsus­
pected and there  will be many  surprises 
for the public before the  end is reached.
On  the  heels  of  this  action  came  a 
second  denouement  in 
the  arrest  of 
j Wm.  H. Crane, charged with  being  con­
nected  with the  conspiracy.  Crane  was 
brought in  by Sheriff Pollock and  lodged 
in jail about the same hour  that  the  ex­
amination of Boyer was completed.  The 
examination of Crane is set  for  the  sec­
ond Tuesday in  September.  Crane  was 
j at one  time  the  most  popular merchant 
| in  the  town,  was  supervisor  and  town 
clerk several times.
An  interesting  chapter  in  connection 
with the disclosures  is the story that the 
inception  of  the  crimes  perpetrated  by 
these men probably  had its origin in  the 
! attempt of the leaders of the gang to pur­
chase  counterfeit money  in  New  York. 
In answer  to a circular  received  by  one 
of the party  from  a “green goods” firm a 
pool of $1,000  was made up  and  one  of 
their  number sent  to  New  York  to  get 
the “goods”.  It was a swindle, of course, 
and all the agent brought back was a box 
of sawdust.  Part of the money was taken 
out of the  postoffice funds  and the  gang 
was  in  desperate  straits to  refund  the 
money “borrowed” from the government. 
This it was  that  started  them  on  their 
desperate scheme of  bankruptcy and  in­
cendiarism.
The  disclosures  in  the  possession  of 
Prosecutor  Maynard,  if  true,  connect 
Darken,  Hallenbeck,  Wasson,  Boyer, 
Crane and others with the fire of May 15, 
1890,  and some of them with  other  fires. 
Those of the number now  in prison  will 
be  immediately  arrested  on  the  expira­
tion of their  terms  and  arraigned  upon 
this  new  and  graver  charge.  Such  of 
them  as  are  convicted  will  likely  get 
from  fifteen  to twenty  years,  at  least,  in 
the penitentiary,  for  it  will  be  remem­
bered that there were people living  over 
the stores  at the  time of the  fire,  and  a 
woman and  child  had  a  narrow  escape 
from being  burned  to  death.—Charlotte 
Republican.

Marquette—The  Nester estate has  put 
on another log train between O’Brien and 
j Baraga,  the  scarcity  of  water 
in  the 
streams making it  necessary to  rail  logs 
to keep the mill going.

THURBER,  WHYLANI)  COMPANY, 
N ew York, Aug. 5,1890.
The directors  have this  day declared a SEMI- 
| ANNUAL  DIVIDEND  OF  FOUR  PER  CENT.
I  on the  preferred  stock, payable on thedsth Inst. 
Checks  for  dividend  will  be  mailed  to  stock- 
! holders.  Transfer books will be closed on Mon- 
! day  the  10th  Inst, at 3 p. m.  and  reopened  on 
Monday the 17th Inst, at 10 a. m.
I 

ALEXIS  GODILLOT, Jr., Treasurer.

Mic h ig a n Í Tentral

“  The Niagara Falls Boute.’*
a r r iv e  
DEPART
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Detroit Express............................
Day  Express...............................
New York Express.... 7..............

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

•Dally.
All other dally except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor cars ran  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Fred M. Briggs, Gen'l Agent, 85 Monroe St.
G. 8. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Gko. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 87 Monroe St. 
O. W. Rugglbs. G. P.  A   T. Agent., Chicago.

Detroit TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN   EFFEC T.

EASTW ARD,

T ra in s  L eave

G’d   R ap id s,  Lv
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B ay C ity ........A r
F l i n t ..............A r
P t.  H u r o n ...A r
P o n tia c ..........A r
D e tro it............A r

T ra in s  L e av e
G’d  R ap id s,  Lv 
G’d H a v e n ,  A r 
M ilw ’k e e S tr  “ 
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tD a ily  e x c e p t S u n d ay .

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 p. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:25 p. m.
Trains  arrive from  the west, 6:45 a.  m.,  10:10 
a. m., 3:35 p.m. and 9:50 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parltr  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 s, Traffic Manager.
Ben F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent.
J as. Cam pbell, City Ticket Agent.

CHICAGO 

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1 1 :3 5  
♦ 1 1 :3 5  
* 1 1 :3 5  
* 1 1 :3 0  
t   5 :4 0

t l 0 : 0 0  
t l  :15 
1 10:00]  t l : 1 5  
t l : l 5  
t l 0 : 0 0  
t l (   :00 
t l  :15 
t 5 :2 5  
t 7 :2 5  
t l : 1 5  
t 9 :0 0  
t5 :2 5  
t 7 : 2 5  
t5 :2 5  
t 7 :2 5  
t 7 :2 5  
t5 :2 5  
t9 : 0 0 |  t l : 1 5
t   5 :4 0
§Except Saturday.

« 6 :3 0
§ 6 :3 0

t è : 3 0

t6 :è Ò

Chicago......................
Indianapolis..............
Benton Harbor...........
St. Joseph...................
Traverse  City.........».
Muskegon..................
Manistee  ...................
Ludi ng to n .................
Big Rapids.................
Ottawa Beach............
tWeek Days.  »Daily.
10:00
1 :1 5
5 :2 5
1 1 :3 5

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.

■ .O n   P.  M.  has  Wagner  Sleeping  Car  to 
(».QA  P.  M.  connects  at  St.  Joseph  with 

. .OU  Traverse City.
) .OU  Graham & Morton’s steamers for Chi­

cago.

¡DETROIT,

Lansing & Northern R R

P . M.

DEPART  FOR

A.  M.
P . M.
t6:50 tl :00 *6:25
t6:50 tl :00 *6:25
t6:50 tl :00 *6:25
t6:50 tl :10 *6:25
t7:05 t4:30
t7:05 t4:30
t7:06 t4:30

Detroit...................................
Lansing................................
Howell...................................
Lowell....................................
Alma......................................
St.  Louis  ...............................
Saginaw  City.......................
6 .K A  A  M. runs through to Detroit with par- 
1 .Í1A   P. M.  Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 

Cí . O r   P. M. runs through to Detroit  with par 

•w “  lor car;  seats  25   cents.
• v U  troit.  Seats, 25 cents.
lor  car, seats  25  cents.

fT.npT  A. M. has parlor car  to  Saginaw, seats 
9  . " t l   25 cents.
For  tickets  and  information  apply  at Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, or Union station.

Geo. DeHaven, Gen. Pass’r Agt.

CUTS  for  BOOM  EDITIO NS

----OR----

PAMPHLETS

For the best work, at  reasonable  prices, address

THE  TRADESM AN  COMPANY.

Grand Rapids  A Indiana.

In effect  July 19,1891.
TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

South. 

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
7:05  a m
7:30am
11:30 a m
0:30  p m

For Saginaw St Big Rapids......... 
For Traverse City St Mackinaw  6:G0am 
For  Traverse  City St Mackinaw  9:15 a m 
For Saginaw,.................................  
pm  
For Traverse City..................   2:15 
Fo  iMackinaw City................   8:45 
p m  
except Sunday.

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

Train  arriving at 6:50  daily;  all  other  trains  dally 

 

Arrive from  Leave going 
North. 
For  Cincinnati.................... 
  6:00 a m  
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago...  10:20am 
From Big Rapids St Saginaw....  11:50 a m
For Fort Wayne and the  East.. 
For  Ft. Wayne.......................   5:25 
p m 
For Cincinnati and Chicago....  10:00 p m 
From Saginaw......................... 10:40 
pm
p m daily;  all other trains daily except Sunday.

South.
10:30 am
2:00  p m
0:00 p m
10:30  p m
Train  leaving  for Cincinnati  and  Chicago  at  10:30 

7:00 am

6:05 pm
10:80 pm

Muskegon, Grand Rapids St Indiana, 
r  M uskegon—L eave. 
10:10 a m
7:00  a m  
12:45  p m  
5:15 p m
5:30  p m  
10 :1 5 p m

F ro m  M uskegon—A rriv e.

SLEEPING  St  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE.

. 

NORTH—7 :3 0   am  train.—Sleeping and  parlor 
chair car. Grand  Rapids to Mackinaw City. 
Parlor  chair car  Grand  Rapids to Traverse 
Oity.
11:30 a m train.—Parlor chair  car  G’d 
Rapids to Mackinaw.
10:30 p m  train.—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey.  Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids to  Mackinaw City.
SOUTH—7:00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:30 a m   train.—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
10:30  p m train.—Sleeping  Car Grand 
Rapids  to  Chicago.  Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R.

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

10:30 p m 
6:60am
10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
10:30 p m train daily, through Wagner  Sleeping Car. 

10:30 a m 
3:65p m 

2:00 p m 
9:00p m  

3:10 pm  
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
8:60 pm  
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

3:10  p m   through  Wagner  Parlor  Car.  10:10  p  m 

7:05am  
2:16 p m  

10:10 p m
6:50 a|m

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

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor &  North  Michigan 

Railway.

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  bet we  n 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.
Lv. Grand Rapids at...... 7:25 a. m. and 6:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t ............... 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

VIA D .,  L .  A  N .

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

Return connections equally as good.

W.  H.  B ennett, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

THE  GREAT

EDMUND B.DIKEMAN
Watch Maker 

§ Jeweler,
44  G fflL   ST.,
Grand Rapids  -  (M .
W A N TB D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

If yon  have any  of  the  above  woods to 
ship, or anything  in  the  Prodace  line,  let 
ns hear  from  yon.  Liberal cash advances 
made  when desired.

E A RL   BROS.,

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  F irst  National  Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand Rapids.

