Published Weekly.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.

VOL.  9.

GRAND  R A PID S,  OCTOBER  7,  1891.

$1  Per  Year.

NO.  420

New Line of :  PENNY  goods; for September Trade.
A.  E.  B R O O K S   &  CO.,

Order Tycoon  Gum and Chocolate Triplets.

No.  46  OTTAWA  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS

G.  S .  B R O W N   &   CO.,

-------  JOBBERS  OF  -------

Domestic Fruits  and  Vegetables

We carry the largest stock in the city and guarantee satisfaction.  We always bill  goods at the 

(owest market prices. 

SEN i>  FOR  QUOTATIONS.

24 and 26 North Division St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.
PEACHES  AND  BANANAS.

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS.

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

9 North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

C  N.  R A P P   &  CO.,
TRlfliO 
Pipe Utah

Made  of Forged Steel and  Interchangeable Inwall its'Parts.  Sold  by

HESTER  &  FOX, 

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- 

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO,

Successors  to

M u s k e g o k   C r a c k e r   C o . ,

HARRY  FOX,  Manager.

Crackers, Biscuits^Sw eet Goods.

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PAID  TO  H A IL  ORDERS.

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

Bananas,  Jersey  Sweet  Potatoes

r r r r «   f  " e w ill  pay m arket price  for all fresh Eggs  you can 

Received in Car Lots.
send ns.  I f  any to offer  w rite us.

• 

H f t o n c   f  If yon have  Beans  for sale 

send sample and price. 

‘a l i o .  

Fruits,  Seeds,  Beans and  Produce.

WHOLESALE:

MOSELEY  BROS.,

26, 28, 30 and 32  Ottawa St.,______________ GRAND  RAPIDS
G -e t   t h e   B e s t  I

Jennings'

Flavoring  Fx tracts

SEE  QUOTATIONS.

A g e n t s   W anted.  !

Albion  Milling Co., Albion,  Michigan:
Gen ts—In  connection  with  our  order  for  “Albion  Patent  Flour” which  you 
will  find enclosed,  permit  us to say that we have  used  your Albion  Patent for the 
past fifteen  years and  it has always  given universal  satisfaction.  We  consider  it 
the best brand of flour,  for family use,  that we handle.  Yours very truly,

Sa g in a w ,  Mich., June 22,  1391.

WELLS  STONE  MERCANTILE  CO.

We wish to place  this  brand in every city and  town  in Michigan,  and  give the 
exclusive control  to responsible  dealers.  There is money in it for  you.  Write for 
particulars.  Perfect satisfaction guaranteed in every instance.

RLB10N  WILLING  COMPANY.  Albion,  JWieh.
TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

S p ic e s   a n d   B a k in g   P o w d e r ,  a n d   J o b b e r s   o f 

T e a s, C offees  a n d   G ro c ers"  S u n d r ie s .

GRAND  RAPIDS

1 and 3 Pearl  Street, 

THE  HEW  YORK  BISCUIT  60.,

S.  A.  SE A R S,  Manager.

C r a c k e r  M a n u fa c tu r e r s,
G r a n d   R a p id s .

8 7 ,  8 9   a n d   41 K e n t S t., 

- 

W .  H.  D O W N S ,

-----JOBBER  O F------

8  So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

Notions  &  Fancy  Goods.
Coupon  Bools Buy  of  the Largest  M anufacturers  in  tb e 

I have just received a fresh invoice of Ribbons, on which I am prepared to make nnnsnally olose prices.

The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapid«

Country  and  Save  Money.

H e y m a n   &  C o m p a n y .

Spring & Company,

Manufacturers  of

Slow  Cases

Of  Every  Description.

WRITE FOR  PRICES.
First-G ta  Work  Only.
-  G R A N D   R A P ID S   j

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s , 

D re ss  G o o d s,  S h a w ls ,  C lo a k s, 
N o tio n s, 
H o sie ry , 
G lo v es,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W o o le n s , 
F la n n e ls ,  B la n k e ts ,  G in g h a m s , 
P r in ts   a n d   D o m e stic   C o tto n s

We invite the attention of the  trade to our complete and well 

assorted stock at lowest market  prices.

Spring & Company.

6 3   a n d   6 6   C a n a l  S t., 

STANDARD  OIL  30  BALL
- O I L

lllilminating  and  lubricating

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Dealers  in 

N A P T H A   A N D   G A S O L IN E S .

BARNHART 

Wholesale
Grocers.

PUTMAN  CO

Office,  Hawkins  Block. 

Works, Butterworth Are-

ISH.K  STATIONS  AT

Grand  Rapid's;  Big Rapids, Cadillac, Grand  Haven,  Ludington,  Howard  City,  Mus­

kegon,  Reed City,  Manistee,  Petoskey,  Allegan.

Highest  Price  Paid  for  Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels
R I N D G E ,   B E R T S C H   &   C O . ,  

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  bandied.
For  durability  try 
our own  manufacture 
men’s,  boys’, youths’, 
women’s,  misses’  and 
children’s shoes.
We  have the  finest 
lines  of  slippers  and 
warm  goods  we  ever 
carried.
We  handle all  the lead 
ing lines of felt boots and 
socks.
W e solicit  your  inspec­
tion before purchasing.
“Agents  for  the Boston 
Rubber Shoe Co.”

I M P O R T E R S   A N D

Wholesale  Grocers

GRAND  RAPIDS.

JOBBER  OF

SALT  FISH

F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R
OYSTERS
POULTRY 4 GAME
H  Rapids Storage & Transfer Co., m
General Warebmlsemen and Transfer Agents.

Vinter  81., between  Shawmiit Ave. and  V.  Pillion 81.,

CONSIGNMENTS  OP  ALL  KINDS  OF  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Mail Orders "Receive Prompt Attention. 

See Quotations in Another Column.

COLD  STORAGE  FOR  BUTTER,  EGGS,  CHEESE,  FRUITS,  AND 

ALL  KINDS  OF  PERISHABLES.

j Dealers and  Jobbers in Mowers,  Binders  Twine,  Threshers,  En­

gines, Straw Stackers, Drills, Rakes, Tedders, Cultivators, 

Plows, Pnmps, Carts, Wagons. Buggies, Wind Mills 

and Machine and Plow repairs, Etc.

i Telephone  No.  946.

J.  Y.  F.  BLAKE,  Sup’t.

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

GRAND  R A PID S,  W EDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  T,  189L

NO.  420

VOL. 9.

STUDLEY  &  BARCLAY

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

We pay the  highest  price for  Eggs,  at 
all  times.  We  sell  Egg  Cases  No.  1  at 
85c,  Egg  case fillers,  10  sets  in a case at 
81.25 a case.
W.  T.  LAMOREAUX  X  CO.,

• 128, 130, 138 W. Bridge St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

ESTABLISHED  1841.

Agents for the  C A N D E E   Rubber  boots, shoes,  arc- 

ties, lum berm en's, etc.,  th e best in th e  m arket.

We carry the finest line of  felt and k n it boots, socks 
and  robber  clothing  In the  m arket.  Send  for  price 
list and discounts-

4 M onroe St., G rand Rapids,  Mich.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY
R .   G .   D u n   &   C o .

Reference Books issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada

X V A N T JB D  !

I   WANT  TO  BUY  one  of  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  aud  Tim­
othy Seed,  Land Plaster, Etc.

T H O S .  E .  W Y K E S ,

"WHOLESALE  WAREHOUSE  AND OFFICE :

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

Correspondence Solicited.

branch office:  B nllders’  Exchange. 
PEOPLE’S  SAVINGS  BANK.
Liability,  $100,000 
Capital,  $100,000. 

Cor.  Monroe and Ionia St«.,

Depositors’  Security,  $200,000.

Thomas Hefferan, President.
Henry P. Hastings, Vice-President.
Charles M. Heald,  2d Vice-President.
Charles B. Kelsey, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.

D. D. Cody 
S. A. Morman 
Jas. G. McBride 
Wm. McMullen 
D. E. Waters 
Jno. Patton, Jr 
Wm. Alden Smith 

H. C. Russell
John Murray
J. H. Gibbs
C. B. Judd
H.  P. Hastings
C. M. Heald
Don J. Leathers 

Thomas  Hefferan.

Pour per cent. Interest paid on time certificates 
and  savings  deposits.  Collections  promptly 
made  at lowest rates.  Exchange  sold  on  New 
York, Chicago, Detroit and all foreign countries. 
Money transferred by mail or  telegraph.  Muni­
cipal  and county bonds  bought  and  sold.  Ac­
counts of mercantile  firms as well as banks and 
bankers solicited.
We  Invite  correspondence  or  personal  inter 
view with a view to business relations.

We quote:

Solid  Brand Oysters.

23

O ur  Favorite  Brand.

Daisy  Brand  Oysters.

Selects................... 28  E.  P..................... 
Standards............  20
Selects,...................26  Standards................   18
Favorites...............   16
Mrs.  W ithey’s Home-made Mince-Meat.
Large bbls..............6V%  Half bbls............. 
6V
40 lb. palls  ............   7 
20 lb.  pails  ............  7U
101b.  palls.............7V4
21b. cans, (usual  weight)..............$1.50 per  doz.
“ 
..............$3.75  per doz.
Choice Dairy  Butter.......................  
ig
Pure Sweet Cider,  in  bbls.,  ........................."  15
Pure Cider Vinegar...................................... ”  10
Choice 300 and 360 Lemons........ 
.............  $4 50
Will pay 40 cents each for Molasses half bbls.' 

Above prices are made low to bid for trade.
Let your orders come.

EDWIN  FALLAS  i   SON,

/alley City Coin Storage,
Drue Store for Sale at a Bariain

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

C.  L.  BRUNDAGE,

Opp. New Post Office. 

117 W. Western Ave.

Mnskegon,  Mich.

PENBERTHY  INJECTORS.

SIMPLE

RELIABLE

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P R O M P T ,  C O N S E R V A T IV E ,  S A F E .

S. P. Aspinwall, Pres’t 

W  Fred MnBim  Sec'y

The  Most  Perfect  A utom atic  Injector 
42,000 in  actual  operation.  M anufactured by

IT W ILL FAT  YOU  PENBERTHY  INJECTOR  C0„
GOOD CHEER SOAR

C Z X T S X S r G   R O O T .
We pay the highest price for It.  Address

To B u y   A llen B.Wr is l e y 's

DETROIT.  MICH.

Leading Wholesale Grocers keep it.

P P P 1T   D D  H Q   W h o le s a le   D r u g g is t s  
L JZiOJjl  JDIiUOif  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Made.

sable  customer,  moving 

BREAD  CAST  UPON  THE  WATERS.
“Dar,  chile,  yo’  take  de  m’l asses  an’ 
we’ll  be  gwine,”  said  Aunt  Karlina, 
glancing at the  bottle that  lay upon  the 
counter.
“Isn’t  there  something  else  you’d 
like?” queried the proprietor of the little 
country  store, his  eyes  wandering  over 
his miscellaneous stock in trade. 
“Any 
corn-meal,  nails,  shoes,  candy,  thread, 
calico?  We have a  fine  line of calicoes, 
all colors,”
“No,  I doan’ know ob  nuffin,”  replied 
his 
slowly 
toward the door.
“Don’t you  want a bonnet?” he asked, 
and,  perceiving  that  she  hesitated, con­
tinued volubly, “I don’t know when we’ve 
had  such  bargains  in  bonnets.  We’re 
just  giving  them  away;  all  the  latest 
styles.  This way, please, and he stepped 
to a table at the  end of  the  counter,  on 
which  were  arranged  sundry  hats  and 
bonnets,  constituting  the  millinery  de­
partment  of  the  establishment.  Many 
of the  articles  of  head-gear  were quite 
shop-worn,  having reposed upon the self­
same  table  for  several  seasons,  while 
others were of a more  recent date.
Aunt Karlina viewed them irresolutely.
“I ’spects  Me’ly  ought  to hab  a  bun- 
nit,  but  I  didn’t ’low  to git  her  one jcs’ 
y it,”  she said.
He made no remark,  but  placing upon 
Me’ly’s head  a large  straw hat  trimmed 
with red and  green plaid  ribbon,  looked 
inquiringly  at  Aunt  Karlina,  as  if  to 
learn  her opinion  of it.  The  ungainly, 
overgrown  girl  of  fifteen  years,  whose 
woolly  hair  was  braided  in  numerous 
little  wisps,  was  not  a  particularly 
promising  subject  on  which to  display 
his marvels of  village millinery,  but  the 
fond mother thought otherwise,  and eyed 
the hat dubiously.
“1’s  feared  it ain’t  hardly  gay ’nuff,” 
she commented.
The  unsatisfactory  article  was  suc­
ceeded  by a poke  bonnet of  unusual  di­
mensions,  which,  in  turn,  was displaced 
for  a diminutive  turban,  but she  shook 
her head.
‘I doesn’t  cah  foh  dem, nohow,”  she 
declared,  loftily.  “Reckon  we’d  better 
come ag’in.”
‘Wait a minute,” said  the  pursuasive 
merchant.  “Here’s one you havn’t seen. 
Isn’t this a beauty?”  and he took from  a 
a box a bonnet gorgeous  enough to satis­
fy even Aunt  Karlina’s  florid  ideas. 
It 
was  adorned  with  a wreath  of  flaming 
roses  and  from  the  back  floated  long 
streamers of yellow ribbon.
She nodded approvingly.
“Dat’s sump’n like.  Put it on, Me’ly.”
Me’ly obeyed,  and her mother gazed at 
her with unalloyed admiration.
“Reckon  folks  will  open  deir  eyes 
when  yo’  goes  into  chu’ch  wid  dat on, 
honey.  Dem  Smif  gals  whafs  turned 
deir  noses up  at us, ’ca’se de  is toted to 
chu’ch  by  an  ole  mule  an’  we  has  to 
walk,  dey  won’t be  nowhar’longside ob 
you.  How much is  yo’ gibin’ dat bunnit 
’way foh?” she  asked,  with  unconscious 
irony.  “I hasn’t got  de  money  wid  me 
now,  but I’ll fotch it in to-morrer or nex’ 
day.”
“I can let you have that bonnet for two 
dollars and sixty-five cents,” he  replied. 
“It would  be  more  to  anyone  else,  but 
you’re an old customer,  and—”
He paused, for Aunt  Karlina was star­
ing at him with the utmost dismay.
“Mussy  sakes!”  she  exclaimed. 
“I 
hasn’t got  nowhar  near  as  much  as dat 
sabed  up. 
l’s  got  jes’  one  dollar  an’ 
twenty-seben  cents.  Couldn’t  yo’  let 
me hab it foh dat?”
“Impossible!” was the decisive answer. 
“I  have  given  you  our  lowest  price. 
Then,  seeing  the  keen  disappointment j 
expressed in her every feature, he added, 
in  a  kindlier  tone.  “I  don’t  think  it 
will be sold at  present,  and perhaps you 
can get the money soon.”

Her  face  brightened,  but  she  spoke 
rather disconsolately:
“We’s had to pay out  so much  dis  yer 
summer  dat it’s  tuk me  ti’ weeks  to put 
I doesn’t know when I’ll 
by what 1 has. 
get  de  res’,  an’  it  ’pears  like  sich  a 
’mazing scrumptious  bunnit ain’t  gwine 
to be heah long, 
l ’s mighty feared some 
un’ll buy it.  But  I’ll see  what 1 kin  do, 
chile,”  she said,  reassuringly,  turning to 
Me’ly,  whose round,  good-humored coun­
tenance  had  visibly 
lengthened  upon 
hearing that the  proposed purchase  was 
to be indefinitely postponed.  “But come, 
honey,” she  continued;  “ we  kan’t  stay 
foolin’ ’round heah no longer.  De  sun’s 
gwine  down, an’ ef  we  isn’t  home  soon 
yo’ fader won’t hab no supper.”
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Supper  had been  ready for some  min­
utes  and  still  no  indications  of  Uucle 
’Lijah:  The bacon  had  ceased  to sizzle 
and  the potatoes  were rapidly cooling, to 
the consternation of  Aunt  Karlina,  who 
kept up a continual grumbling as she vi­
brated between the door and  the stove.
“I don5 see  what’s  keepin’ yo’ fader  so 
late,” she said,  complainingly,  to  Me’ly. 
“Nuffin’ ’ll  be fit  to eat  by  de  time  he 
gits heah ef he doan’t hurry hisself.” 
Me’ly laid  aside the  pan she had  been 
wiping  and lounged to the door,  her face 
brightening as she looked down the road.
“Daddy am a-comin’!” she cried.  “An’, 
Lor’! what a lookin’ere’tur’ he’s got  wid 
him.  Does  yo’ s’pose  he’s  fotchin’  him 
to  supper?”
“Nuffin’  wouldn’t s’prise  me,” was the 
querulous  reply.  “Nebber  seed  sich  a 
man  as  yo’  fadder,  nohow.  He’s  allers 
bringin’ home  some  mis’able,  no-’count 
nigger.  De  las’  one  were dat shiftless 
Jinkins.  He  were wid  us fi’ mont’s, an’ 
had  de  spar’ room  an’ eberyt’ing  jes’ as 
good  as we  did;  hut  arter  he  got ’ploy- 
ment  he  went ’way,  an’  were  dat stuck 
up  dat de  nex’ time  he seed  yo’ fadder 
de wurfless scamp ’lowed he didn’t know 
him.”
The sound of steps nearing the thresh­
old brought her painful reminiscences to 
a  speedy  termination,  and  she  glanced 
hastily up  as  Uncle ’Lijah  entered,  fol­
lowed  by the  new claimant  to his  sym­
pathies,  who,  in  tattered  garments  that 
hung loosely about his  shrunken  frame, 
bore a pitifully ludicrous resemblance to 
an antiquated  scarecrow.
“Dis  am  Mr.  Digby.  ole ’oman,”  said 
Uncle  ’Lijah,  by  way  of  introduction. 
“He’s gwine  to  stay  wid  us  a  while.” 
And carefully avoiding his wife’s eye,  he 
seated  his  visitor,  and  turning to Me’ly, 
who was gazing with  open mouth at  t g" 
new arrival,  said, sharply:  “Whar’s ’yo 
manners,  chile?  Put  anudder  plate  on 
de table,  an’ doan’ stan’  starin’ dat way.” 
Though  Aunt  Karlina  was  not over­
joyed  at  Mr.  Digby’s  advent,  she  re­
served any comments for a private inter­
view  with  Uncle ’Lijah, and, concealing 
her vexation,  proceeded to make her  un­
welcome guest comfortable.
Later  in  the  evening,  when  he  had 
been  stowed  away  in  the  little room  in 
the loft, she summoned her philanthropic 
spouse to  the yard,  beyond  hearing  dis­
tance of the cabin,  for an  explanation.
“Now,  den, I wants  to know what  yo’ 
means by bringing dat wretched ole pus- 
son  heah  foh  me  to  wu’k  foh.  Ef  yo’ 
t’inks  I’s  gwine  to  w’ar  myself to  skin 
an’  bone  a-grubbin’  foh  all  de  loafin’ 
vag’hands  what  yo’  picks  up,  yo’ ’s 
I’s put up wid sich 
mightily mistooken. 
fool-doin’s  jes’ as  long  as  I’s  gwine  to, 
an’  I  sha’n’t  stan’  it  no  mo’!” 
-As  she 
stood  facing him in  the moonlight,  with 
her  hands  resting upon  her  broad  hips, 
she  seemed  in  no  immediate danger  of 
icing*  reduced  to a state  of  emaciation. 
“Po’ Me’ly  kan’t dress  like odder  girls,” 
she  continued,  unconsciously  elevating 
her  voice  as  her  mind  reverted  to  the 
bonnet  episode,  “ ’case  her fadder  mus’ 
gibe  ’way all  he got to  a passel  ob  lazy

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jes’ 

“De  Bible  say: 

niggers.  Who’s gwine  to take cah ob us 
when we  gets too ole  to wu’k  an’ hasn’t 
noffin’  lef to lib on?  Dat’s what I wants 
to know.”
Her  harangue had not the slightest ef­
fect  upon  Uncle ’Lijah,  who  heard  her 
with an unmoved countenance.
Fro  yo’  bread  on 
de  water,  an’ yo’ ’ll  find  it  ag’in  bime- 
by,’ ”  he said,  impressively.
“Now, I jes’ tole yo’  what,  ole man,  ef 
yo’ keeps  on  a  frowin’ yo’  bread on  de 
water,  bime-by  we  won’t  hab  none  to 
eat,”  she  retorted. 
“ Why,  it  would j 
take  all  de  loabes  an’  fishes  what  de 
Bible  tells ’bout  to feed  de hungry ere’- ! 
tur’s  yo’ fotches  home. 
I  nebber  seed 
sich eatin’,  nohow.”
“It  am  more  bressed  to  gib  dan  to 
receibe,”  he  responded.
“What  does  yo"  know ’bout ’ceibin’?” 
she  asked,  indignantly. 
“ We  uehber 
’ceibed nuffin, an’ I  reckon when we  has 
to  go to  de  po’-house,  yo” ll  wish  yo” d 
’a’ heerd to me.  Yo” ll  fin’ den dat  dem 
folks  yo” s  helped  won’t  do  nuffin’ 
foh  yo’.  Dey’U 
laugh  an’  say: 
‘Dar  goes  Nigger  Dawson 
an’  his 
ole ’oman to de wu’k-house.  ‘What a’ ole 
fool he was not to take cah ob his money!’ 
Dat’s what dey’ll say.”
“ ‘He  who  gib  to  de  po’  lend  to  de 
Lord,’” quoted the  old man.
It  ended  as such  discussions  always 
did.  Uncle ’Lijah’s  stolidity and  readi­
ness with  Scriptural quotations  reduced 
Aunt  Karlina to  the verge  of tears,  and 
she  retired to  the house  in hot  indigna­
tion,  leaving him master of the situation.
Uncle’Lijah’s  occupation,  or “perfes- 
sion,”  as  he  termed  it,  that  of  white­
washing,  not being particularly remuner­
ative,  Aunt Karlina took  in  washing  to 
assist in swelling the  family  exchequer, 
always striving to lay  aside a small  por­
tion of her earnings  for the  purchase of 
bits  of  finery  with  which  to  embelish 
Me’ly’s  scanty  wardrobe;  but  on  more 
than  one  occasion  her  meager  savings 
had been  confiscated by her  incorrigible 
spouse to supply the  wants of his numer­
ous prot&jes.
“Dat’s allers  de  way,” she  would  ex­
claim at such times; “it’s jes’wu’k, wu’k, 
wu’k,  an’  me an’  Me’ly doan’  git no good 
obit.  I ’clar’  foh it, I’sclean’scouraged.”
But  her  rebellious  feeliugs  were  al­
ways washed away  by  a  copious  shower 
of tears, and overlooking the offense, she 
would toil on  as  before.
The latest  of  Uncle ’Lijah’s  parasites 
proved  to  be  an  inoffensive, somewhat 
eccentric old  person with a settled  aver­
sion to labor in any form.  He rarely left 
the  premises,  but  passed  his  time  in 
walking  about  the  little yard  or sitting 
in the  sun lazily  bliuking  at Aunt Kar­
lina as  she wrestled  with the  wood-pile 
or  bent  beneath  the  weight  of  huge 
buckets  of  water,  those  necessary  ad­
juncts  to the  cleansing  of  soiled linen. 
He never so far forgot himself as to prof­
fer  the  slightest  assistance,  and  his  ex- 
esperating  scrutiny,  which  never  per­
mitted  word  or  act  to  pass  unnoticed, 
kept her in a  chronic state of  irritation.
In  her  judgment,  there  was  but  one 
redeeming  feature  in  connection  with 
the  troublesome  intruder, and  that,  in 
the light of former experiences, amounted 
to a  virtue.  His appetite was small.
“Ef  we’s  got  to  hab  him,” she  said, 
confidentially, 
to  Me’ly,  “l’s  glad  he 
doan’ eat  much.  Why,  dat  mean  Jink- 
ins  would  take all de  bacon on de  table 
and  leabe  us  nuffin  but ’taters,  an’  den 
he’d  ’low  we  didn’t  like  meat.  An’ 
when  I argufied  wid  yo’  fadder ’bout  it 
he tole me,  ‘Judge not  les’  I  be  jedged,’ 
an’ sum’n ’bout pickin’  beans out  ob  my 
eye ’fore  I  could see  notes  in my  brud- 
der’s. 
I’s  feared,  chile,  dat yo’ fadder’s 
done been conjured an’ los’  his sense.”
Meanwhile they bent all their energies 
toward increasing the little hoard stowed 
away in the toe of an old stocking.  Dur-1 
ing  the  early  part  of  every  week,  the 
front  yard  blossomed  with  masses  of 
snowy  linen that  swung  from  the lines 
and fluttered  in the  breeze,  almost  con­
cealing the cabin from  view,  and on each 
succeeding Friday,  rain or shine,  mother 
and  daughter  could  be  seen  trudging | 
cheerfully  from  house  to  house  in  the 
village,  carrying  huge  baskets, the  im­
maculate  contents of which they distrib­
uted among their patrons.  They always

contrived  to take in  the village store  on 
their  way,  pressing  their  faces  against 
the panes or peering in at the door to as­
sure  themselves  that  the bonnet,  which 
in  the  near  future  was  to  surmount 
Me’ly’s  dusky  braids,  had  not been spir­
ited away.
It was an eventful  Friday in the Daw­
son household,  when,  after  the  usual la­
borious  weekly  counting of  the pile  of 
small coins  poured out  upon the  kichen 
table,  they  were  found to amount to  the 
sum necessary for the  desired  purchase.
“Me’ly’ll  w’ar  dat  bunnit  to  chu’ch 
Sunday,  an’ 1  couldn’t feel no happier ef 
we was as  rich as dem white folks On de 
hill,”  said Aunt Karlina, elatedly.
But,  alas!  their  hopes  proved  falla­
cious.  The next morning,  as their guest 
was about to descend from  the little loft, 
he  was  seized  with  an  epileptic  fit and 
fell  to  the  foot  of  the  ladder, striking 
his  head against a box  containing an or­
phaned  brood  of  chickens  placed  near 
the stove for  warmth.
“Laws-a-massy!”  cried  Aunt  Karlina, 
hastening  to  his  assistance,  “l’s  feared 
he’s  killed  hisself.  No,  he  ain’t  dead 
yit,” she  continued,  chaffing  his  hands 
briskly. 
“Help  me put  him on de  bed 
an’ den  run as fas’  as yo’ kin foh de doc­
tor.”
The physician was soon bending above 
the unconscious patient,  his face  expres­
sive of apprehension.  After prescribing 
the necessary  treatment  and  saying  he 
would  call  again at  noon,  he  departed, 
accompanied by Uncle’Lijah,  who  ques­
tioned  him  regarding the  extent of  Mr. 
Digby’s injuries.
“They are of a very serious character,” 
was the depressing answer.  “ An epilep­
tic fit  caused the  fall,  aud he struck  his 
head  with such  violence as  I  fear  pro­
duced concussion of  the brain.  He  may 
not  recover  consciousness  for  several 
hours,  if,  indeed, he ever does.”
Uncle  ’Lijah  made  no  reply,  being 
somewhat  dazed  by  this  bewildering 
array  of medical  technicalities,  but has­
tened  homeward in a  state  of  perturba­
tion.
“De  doctor say as  how he  had a  hap- 
py-lectic  fit,  an’  den  got  cussin’  ob  de 
brain, an’ now  he’s  gwine  die,”  he  told 
his wife sadly.
“Dat’s ter’ble!” she groaned, with tears 
in  her  eyes.  “I  doesn’t  see  why  dey 
calls it a happy-lectic  fit.  1  doesn’t  see 
nuffin’  happy ’.bout it.”
“Yo’  fell  down de ladder,”  she said,  a 
few  hours  later, as  her  charge  opened 
his  eyes and  looked  inquiringly  at  the 
bottles  on  a  chair  by  the  bedside; but 
doan’  you  be  ’larmed.  De  doctor  am 
heah,  an’ yo’ll  be right pert bime-by.” 
But  the  drawn  features  and  labored 
breathing  told to  the  physician’s  prac­
ticed  eye a  different story,  and  the  sick 
man,  who  was  watching  him  eagerly 
read aright his unspoken decision.
“Yo’ needn’t be  feared to  tell  me,” he 
said,  feebly,  “I  knows l’s  got to die. 
I 
hain’t allers done like 1 should, but folks 
what  means  right  goes  wrong  a  good 
many  times  ’ca’se  dey  kain’t  see  de 
wickedness  ob  it,  an’ 1  doesn’t  t’ink  de 
Lord’s gwine  jedge  dem  po’  sinners  too 
hard, nohow. 
I wants to see yo’  alone,” 
he continued,  and as  the door closed up­
on the  retreating  figures,  he  drew  from 
the bosom  of  his  coarse  shirt  a  small 
bank-book,  its  leather covers  soiled  and 
greasy from frequent handling.
“Dese yer folks, ’Lijah Dawson an’ his 
ole ’oman, dey tuk  me in an’ tuk  cah ob 
me,  an’ l’s got a leetle money in de bank 
what dey doesn’t know nuffin’ ’bout. 
I’s 
gone hungry  an’ col’  to sabe dat  money, 
an’ when I’s dead,  1 wants dem to hab it.” 
The physician  explained  to  the  dying 
man that  it  would  be  necessary  for  a 
lawyer to draw up a  paper in  order that 
his benefactors  might have no  difficulty 
in  obtaining  their  legacy,  and  Uncle 
’Lijah  was  accordingly  dispatched  for 
legal assistance,  leaving Aunt Karlina in 
a  decidedly  uncomfortable 
frame  of 
mind,  the  term  lawyer  being,  to  her, 
synonymous with that of constable.
“I doan’ see what he wants ob a liyer,” 
she said to Me’ly. 
“We  ain’t done nuf­
fin’  to  him.  We’s  allers  be’n  good  to 
him.”
A will  having been  drawn  up,  the  old 
man  was  tenderly  supported  while  he 
affixed his mark,  and before another  sun

peered  in  at  the  cabin  windows  Aunt 
Karlina’s  unwelcome  guest  had  taken 
his departure for other mansions.
Uncle ’Lijah’s kind  offices did not ter­
minate with  the death  of his  pensioner, 
and  he prepared to  give him as decent  a 
burial  as  their  humble  circumstances 
would  permit,  Aunt  Karlina  heartily 
concurring  with  him,  being  visited  by 
sundry  pricks  of  conscience  as  she 
thought of the many times she  had  men­
tally  pronounced  him  “wurfiess  and 
shif’less.”
Her feelings sustained  a severe shock, 
however, on the day following the funer­
al,  when  Uncle  ’Lijah,  finding  himself 
short  of  the  means  requisite to  defray 
the  expenses,  insisted  on  appropriating 
the  treasured  bonnet  money  to  supply 
the  deficiency,  assuring  her,  as  usual, 
that it  would all  come  back  sometime, 
but she,  having long since lost confidence 
in such  returns,  pinned her faith secure­
ly to the adage:  “A bird  in  the hand is 
worth two in the  bush,”  and  stoutly  re­
belled.
“Yo’  kain’t  hab  de  money,”  she  de­
clared, resolutely,  “ ’ca’se  Me’ly’s  got to 
git dat bunnit.  She  kain’t  w’ar  my  ole 
nn  no  mo’.  Dar  she  is  now,  po’ chile, 
a  cornin’  down  de  road. 
Jes’  look  at 
her;” and she gazed  sorrowfully at what 
was visible of  the small  face almost lost 
to  view in the  depths of  a large and  an­
cient  bonnet  which  had  formerly  con­
stituted  part of her own wardrobe.  Yo" 
wanted us  to  w’ar moournin’to de funer­
al,  an’  we  done it. 
I borried  a dress an" 
a  bunnit  foh  de  ’easion  of  Mis’  Smif, 
whose brudder ’Gustus  died  las’  winter, 
i’s bigger nor her,  and de dress wouldn’t 
button,  an’ I had to w'ar  it open  de hull 
way down,  under my shawl,  an’  it didn’t 
reach to de  tops ob my  shoes,  neider.  1 
was willin’ to  do dat,  but  yo’ kain’t  hab 
Me’ly’s bunnit-money.”
“ ‘De Lord lubs a cheerful giber,’ ”  he 
said,  when, after  much  persuasion,  she 
sulkily  yielded  up the  result of  her  la- j 
bors,  but her  lugubrious countenance  at 
parting with it could not by the most vivid 
magination have been  likened to that of 
a cheerful giver.
Uncle  ’Lijah,  bearing  his  helpmate’s 
involuntary  contribution,  went  on  his 
way,  leaving her scolding  and complain­
ing  alternately,  and  Me’ly,  wiping  her 
eyes on the corner of her apron and snif­
fing disconsolately.  This state of affairs 
continued until  Aunt  Karlina,  suddenly 
waking to a  realizing sense of the  value 
of the  time  lost in  profitless  bewailing, 
said:
“Dar, now, honey,  ’taiu’t  no use a set- 
tin’ roun’  heah dis way.  We’s got to hus­
tle  ourselbes  an’  git  dem  Tompkins 
clothes out  ob  de  tub. 
I’ll  wring  dem 
out, and yo’ be gittin’  ready to hang dem 
on  de  line,  po’  lamb,” and  they  went 
spiritlessly  to  work,  still  venting  their 
feelings in occasional outbreaks.

The ghostly  ranks  of  under-garments 
were dancing on the lines,  and  the noon­
day  meal,  under  preparation,  was rapid­
ly nearing completion, when Uncle’Lijah 
returned in an  unwonted  state of exhili- 
aration,  his usually  phlegmatic  counte­
nance expressing a variety  of  emotions. 
The  frown  with  which  his  spouse  had 
prepared to greet him  speedily  vanished 
when he  advanced to  the table and  laid 
down  ten  bright  silver  dollars, saying, 
as  he did  so:  “It’s done  come  back to 
us, honey.  All de  bread  dat we  frowed 
on de waters  ob  charity  has  done  come 
back to us,  an’ a heap mo’  wid it.”
“What does yo’ mean, ole man?  What 
does yo’ mean?” asked Aunt Karlina, her 
voice shrill with excitement.  “Wharyo’ 
git dat money?”
“I  means  jes’ dis  ole  ’oman,”  he  re­
plied,  “we’s  reaped de harbest  what  we 
sowed.  De liyer  and de doctor  bof  tole 
[ me de same  t’ing, dat de  ole meu Digby,
I what we  tuk in  and done foh, he  wa’n’t 
po’,  nohow.  He  was  mazin’  rich,  an’ 
j he’s  lef’ us  de hull  ob  it,  two  hundred 
an’ nineteen  dollars.”
For a moment his  hearers  were  awed 
to silence  by the  magnitude  of their  in­
heritance.  The first to speak was Me’ly, 
who said,  astutely:
“Lor’,  daddy,  de  bread  what  yo’ 
frowed on  de water  dat time done  come 
back poun’ cake.”
Her  mother  turned  to  her,  and  with

tears  of  gratitude  dimming  her  vision 
and choking her  utterance,  said:
“Me’ly, chile,  I Mow  we’ll  go  to  town 
dis arternoon an’ git dat bunnit.”

H e l e n  Dem in g.

Enough to Make Him Cross.

Spatts  (to his  grocer)—You  seem  an­
Peck—I am.  The inspector of weights 
“Ha,  ha!  He caught you giving fifteen 
“Worse than  that.  He  said I’d been 

gry,  Mr.  Peck.
and measures has just  been in.
ounces to the pound, did he?”
giving seventeen.”

FOBBEMOHALBAEI

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.  Bowne, President.

D. A. 

odgett, Vice-President.

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

Transacts a general banking business.

H ake a  Specialty of Collection«.  Account* 

of Country M erchants Solicited.

SMITH  &  SANFORD.

Of the best quality, 
At  a  price to close, 
In lots to suit 
Purchaser.

SMITH  &  SANFORD.

S . A . M o r m a .it

WHOLESALE 

Petoskey, Marblehead and Ohio

L I M E ,

Akron, Buffalo and Louisville

C E M E N T S ,
Stucco and Hair, Sewer Pipe, 
F IR E   BRICK  AND  CLAY. 

W rite  for Prices.

20  LYON  ST., 

-  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Our Complete Fall Line of

W ill be ready September 10th.  I t w ill pay 
every m erchant handling this line of good» 
to exam ine onr samples.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

20 & 22 Monroe St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

3

STATUS  OP  THE  PEDDLER.

Full  Text  of  the  Statutes  Relating 

Thereto.

At the  request of  several  subscribers, 
T iie  T radesm an  herewith  presents  the 
full  text  of  the  statutory  law  in  this 
State relating to traveling peddlers.  The 
statutes  are  two in  number,  comprising 
the  original  act of  1865 and  the amend­
ment of 1887.  The  original act is as fol­
lows:

No person shall be authorized to travel 
from place to place within this State,  for 
the purpose of carrying  to sell,  or expos­
ing 
to  sale  any  goods,  wares  or  mer­
chandise, or  to  take orders  for  the  pur­
chase  of  goods,  wares  or  merchandise, 
by sample  lists or  catalogues,  unless  he 
shall have obtained a license as a hawker 
and  peddler  in  the  manner  hereinafter 
directed.
Every  person desirous  to  obtain  a  li­
cense  as a  hawker or  peddler,  shall  ap­
ply  to  the  Treasurer  of  this  State,  and 
shall  deliver  to  him  a  note in  writing, 
signed by such applicant, stating in what 
manner  he  intends  to  travel and  trade, 
whether  on  foot,  or  with  one  or  more 
horses,  or  other  beasts  of  burthen,  or 
with any sort of carriage.
Every  such appplicant. before he shall 
be  entitled  to  a  license,  shall  pay  into 
the State  treasury  the  following  duties: 
If  he intends  to  travel on  foot,  the sum 
of  fifteen dollars; if he intends  to  travel 
and carry  his  goods  with  a single  horse 
or  other  beast  carrying  or  drawing  a 
burthen,  the  sum of  forty dollars;  if  he 
intend to travel with  any  vehicle drawn 
by more than one  horse or other  animal, 
the sum of  seventy-five dollars; if he  in­
tend  to travel by  railroad,  steamboat  or 
other public conveyance,  the sum of  one 
hundred dollars;  if he intend to travel in 
any  manner  for  the  purpose of  taking 
orders for goods,  wares  or  merchandise, 
by  exhibiting  snmples, lists,  catalogues 
or otherwise,  the sum of fifty dollars.
Upon the presentation of such  note  in 
writing, and  the payment of  the  proper 
duties  herein  required,  the  State Treas­
urer  shall grant  to such  applicant  a  li­
cense  under his  hand  and seal of  office, 
and authorizing  such applicant  to travel 
and trade as a  hawker or peddler,  in the 
manner  stated in such note,  for the term 
of one year from  the date of  the license.
Licenses may  be granted by the Treas­
urer for any term less than one year,  up­
on  payment of  a  ratable  proportion  of 
the  duties hereinbefore  prescribed;  and 
every  license  granted, or  to  be  granted 
for  the purposes  aforesaid,  shall  be  re­
newed annually  by the  State Treasurer, 
if such  renewal  be  applied  for,  on  the 
same terms and conditions that the origi­
nal license was granted.
Every person  who shall be found trav­
eling  and  trading,  or  soliciting  trade 
within the  limits of  this  State, contrary 
to  the provisions of this chapter, or con­
trary  to  the  terms  of  any  license  that 
may have been granted to him as a hawk­
er  or peddler,  shall  for each  offense for­
feit the sum of one hundred dollars.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall 
be construed to prevent any manufactur­
er, mechanic  or  nurseryman residing  in 
this State from  selling his production by 
sample or otherwise, without license, nor 
shall any  wholesale  merchant, having  a 
regular  place of  business  in this  State, 
be  prevented  by  anything  herein  con­
tained,  from  selling  by  sample,  without 
license; but no merchant shall be allowed 
to peddle,  or to employ others  to  peddle 
goods not his own  manufacture,  without 
the license in this chapter provided.
Every person who shall be. found  trav­
eling and trading  as aforesaid,  and  who 
shall  refuse  to  produce  a  license as  a 
hawker or peddler,  to any officer, or citi­
zen  who  shall  demand  the  same, shall, 
for  each  offense,  forfeit the  sum  of  ten 
dollars.
In every  case of a prosecution  against 
any person,  for the  recovery of any pen­
alty given  in this  chapter,  no  costs shall 
be  allowed to  the  defendant,  if it  shall 
appear  that, before  the  commencement 
of  the prosecution,  such  defendant  had 
refused  to produce his license,  or to dis­
close his name, when  lawfully  required.
No prosecution for the recovery of any

penalty imposed for  any violation of the 
provisions  of  this  chapter,  relating  to 
hawkers  and  peddlers,  shall  be  main­
tained,  unless it  shall be brought within 
sixty  days after  the  commission  of the 
offense charged.

It  will  be  noted that  while the  above 
act  prescribed a fine for  non-compliance I 
with the  provisions of the  statute,  there J 
was  no penalty  as  to  imprisonment,  in 
case the fine was not paid.  The absence! 
of  this  important  provision  served  to 
make the  law  a  dead-letter,  which  was 
overcome by  the  Legislature  of  1887 by 
the  enactment  of  the following  amend­
ment:

Every person who  shall be found trad­
ing  and  traveling,  or  soliciting 
trade 
within  the limits of  this State,  contrary 
to the provisions of  this chapter,  or con­
trary  to  the  terms  of  any  license  that 
may have been granted to him as a hawk­
er or peddler shall  be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor,  aud upon conviction there­
of before  any court  of  competent  juris­
diction, shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of 
not more  than fifty  dollars  and  costs  of 
prosecution,  or  by  imprisonment  in  the 
county jail  for  a  period  not  exceeding 
three months,or by both such fine and im­
prisonment, 
the 
court,  before  which  the  conviction  may 
be  had.
Nothing contained  in this chapter shall 
be construed to prevent any manufactur-. 
er,  farmer,  mechanic or nurserymau from 
selling his work or production,by sample 
or  otherwise,  without  license,  nor  shall 
any wholesale merchant be  prevented by 
anything herein contained from selling to 
dealers by  sample,  without  license,  but 
no merchant shall  be allowed to  peddle, 
or to employ  others to peddle,  goods  not 
his own manufacture, without the liceuse 
in  this  chapter provided.

in  the  discretion  of 

It will be observed that the above  acts 
apply  only  to  peddlers in  the  country 
and in unincorporated villages, incorpor­
ated towns and cities being delegated au­
thority  to deal  with the  subject  as they 
deem best.  Thejpossession of a State  li­
cense  does not grant authority to peddle 
in a city or  village which  has local ordi­
nances  governing the  subject,  any  more 
than  the  possession  of  a  local  license 
would  confer  the  privilege of peddling 
in  the country.

Of  Course  It  Was  Good;  Too  Good  to 

Keep.

Quiet Customer (returning)—This  bill 
you  gave me in change  has a large piece 
torn off the end.  Please give me a whole 
one.
Merchant—There’s nothing  the  matter 
with that bill.
“Then,  of  course,  you  won’t  object 
to----- ”
“Any bank will take that bill,  sir.” 
“Well, if  it’s  perfectly  good  what  is
“You can pass  that bill anywhere,  sir. 
“Then why-----”
“There  isn’t a bank  in  the  city  that 
won’t  give  you  any kind of  money you 
want in exchange for that bill,  sir.”
□ “Well,  if  that’s  the  case  why  can’t 
you-----”

your objection to-----”
It’s just as good as the gold, sir.”

“I tell you it’s as good as the gold!” 
“Will you take that bill  back,  sir?” 
“Are you sure I gave you that bill?”
“I am, sir.”
“Of course I’ll  take  it  back,  but I tell 
“I  want  to  know if  you’re  going  to 
“Certainly not,  sir;  but-----”
“If you’re going to take  that bill  back 
and give me another one,  sir,  that’s what 
I’m waiting for,  sir!”

you-----”
keep me waiting any longer,  sir.”

in exchange for this?”

“But-----”
“Are you going to give me another bill 
“ W hy------”
“I want to know at once,  sir.”
( Reluctantly  making  the  exchange) 
“Yes;  here it is.”  (To clerk)  “ William, 
if  you let anybody pass another, bill like 
that on you I’ll take it out of your wages. 
Now you mark my words!”

RUILT  FOR  BUSINESS!

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

enterprising merchants should keep abreast with  the times and adopt either the

Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

COUPON  BOOK  vs.  PASS  BOOK.

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

for the makers to  pay  them.  This  ren­
ders unnecessary the keeping of accounts 
with each customer and  enables  a  mer­
chant to avoid the friction  and  ill  feel­
ing incident to the use of the pass  book. 
As the notes bear interest after a certain 
date,  they  are  much  easier  to  collect 
than book  accounts,  being  prima  facie 
evidence of indebtedness  in any court of 
law or equity.
One of the strong points of the coupon 
system is  the  ease  with  which  a  mer­
chant is enabled  to  hold  his  customers 
down to a certain limit of  credit.  Give 
some men a pass book and a line  of  $10, 
and they will  overrun  the  limit  before 
you discover it.  Give them a ten  dollar 
coupon  book,  however,  and  they  must 
necessarily stop when they  have obtained 
goods to that amount.  It  then rests with 
the merchant to determine whether he will 
issue  another  book  before  the  one  al­
ready used is paid for.
In many localities  merchants  are  sell­
ing  coupon  books  for  cash  in  advance, 
giving a discount of from 2 to 5 per cent, 
for advance payment.  This is especially 
pleasing  to  the  cash  customer,  because 
it gives him an advantage over the patron 
who  runs  a  book  account  or  buys  on 
credit.  The cash man  ought to have  an 
advantage  over the credit  customer,  and 
this  is easily  accomplished  in  this  way 
without  making  any actual  difference in 
the  prices of  goods—a  thing which  will 
always create dissatisfaction and loss.
Briefly stated,the coupon system is pref­
erable to the pass book method because it 
(1)  saves the time consumed  in recording 
the  sales on  the pass  book  and  copying 
same in  blotter,  day book and  ledger;  (2) 
prevents  the  disputing  of  accounts;  (3) 
puts the obligation in the form of a note, 
which is prima fade evidence of  indebt­
edness;  (4) enables  the  merchant to col­
lect  interest on overdue notes,  which  he 
is unable to do with  ledger  accounts;  (5) 
holds  the customer  down  to the  limit of 
credit established  by the  merchant, as it 
is almost  impossible to do  with the  pass 
book.
Are  not  the  advantages  above  enu­
merated sufficient to warrant a trial of the 
If  so,  order  from  the 
coupon  system? 
largest  manufacturers of  coupons in the 
country and address your letters to

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

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

Daniels general store for the past twenty j work  of  regular  organization  will  now 
years,  has  engaged  in  general trade on  | actively proceed.
his  own account at the same location. 

i  Saginaw—Bliss & VanAukeu have pur- 
Morley— B.  D.  Williamson  has  pur-1 chased 6,000,000 feet  of hemlock  logs  of 
c h a s e d   S. W. barker’s half interest in the j Whitney  &  Batchelor,  in  Clare  county, 
hardware firm of J. S. Barker & Son.  The j  and over 150 car loads  have already been 
new firm will  be known  as  J.  S.  Barker j brought to Saginaw.  The same firm also 
& Co.  The  retiring  partner will  go  to | purchased  a  number  of  million feet  of 
Ann  Arbor to attend  the law department  hemlock on the Harrison  branch of John
of the University.

Larkins. of Midland.

4

AMONG THE TRADE.
ABOUND THE  STATE.

Cauby—F.  L.  Gill  succeeds  Frost  & 

Gill in general trade.

Eaton Rapids—A. W. Annis has opened 

a new boot aud shoe store.

Shelby—Frank  A.  Pitts  has  sold  his 

grocery stock to C. H.  Burrows.

Detroit—Chas.  F.  Berger  has  sold  his 

grocery stock to Geo.  Wischhusen.

Marion—A.  H. Corwin is succeeded  by 
Nelson & Fenton  in  the hardware  busi­
ness.

Mecosta—P.  E.  Eightny  has  added  a 
line of  boots  and  shoes  to  his  grocery 
stock.

St.  Joseph—Service  &  Morelock  suc­
ceed  Simpson &  Gramby  in  the  bakery 
business.

Brutus—Mrs.  C.  A.  Dimling  is  suc­
ceeded  by John P.  Dimling & Co.  in gen­
eral trade.

Kalkaska—B.  W.  Hodgeman  &  Co. 
succeed  Smith,  Hodgeman  & Co.  in  gen­
eral  trade.

Otsego—Levi Osterhout  has purchased 
the  confectionery  and  fruit  business of 
Peter  Ross.

Mt.  Pleasant—A.  M.  (Mrs.  Jas.  A.) 
Allen  has sold  her boot  and  shoe stock 
to Theo.  Boga.

Portland—Chas. J. Dilley is  succeeded 
by Dorrance & Garrison  in  the drug  and 
grocery business.

Lowell—Daniel  Murray  will  open  a 
boot and shoe stock  in the  building  for- 
mery occupied by E.  Y.  Hogle.

Battle  Creek—C.  A.  Hoxie’s  grocery 
stock  has  been  taken  possession  of by 
his wife by virtue of a chattel  mortgage.
Manistee—Fagan & McEvoy  have  pur­
chased Scoville  &  Rich’s  grocery  stock, 
and are  continuing  the  business  at  the 
old stand.

Traverse City—Wilhelm,  Bartak  & Co. 
and John Wilhelm  expect  to  be  able  to 
take  possession  of  their  stores  in  the 
new block  by Dec.  1.

Morley—Wm.  Pike  has  purchased  D. 
W.  Strope’s half interest in the furniture 
stock of Hill & Co.  The firm name  will 
remain the same as before.

Covert—S.  R.  Arthurs  has  erected  an 
addition  to  his  hardware  store,  20x50 
feet  in  dimensions,  in  which  to  store 
farm implements and carriages.

Eastmanville—The  remainder  of  the 
Adam  Wagner  general  stock  has  been 
purchased by  Huizinga & Son,  who have 
consolidated it with their own  stock.

Battle Creek — Geo.  Eggleston  &  Co. 
have  opened a  branch  jewelry  store  at 
Bay City,  making the fifth  establishment 
of the kind they  are now conducting.

Traverse City—Cook,  Dipley  &  Co.  is 
the name of a new firm which has opened 
a  flour  and feed store in the building re­
cently vacated by E.  & F.  McNamara.

Muskegon — Fred  Brundage  has  sold 
his drug stock  at 372  Lake street to A. E. 
Deschamps  and  J.  Edward  Rochon,  who 
will  continue  the  business at the sam e 
location.

Sherwood—W.  R.  Mandigo  has  sold
his drug  and  stationery  stock  to  W.  B. 
Chrisman, formerly of Newville, Ind.  Mr. 
Mandigo will  remain with  the purchaser 
until Jan.  1.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Newberry — The  Peninsular  Lumber 
Co.  is  operating  five  camps  near  this 
place.

Frankfort — The  Vassar  Lumber  Co.
I will  remove its mill from Vassar  to  this 
I place.

North Bradley—F. T. Reed and E. Keith 
have formed  a  co-partnership  and  will 
I engage in  the  manufacture  of  shingles 
| here.
Farwell—C.  S.  Chase  has  begun  cut- 
j  ting  1,500,000 feet of  pine,  hemlock  and 
j hardwoods  near  Lake  George,  Clare 
icounty.
I  Cheboygan—W.  <&  A.  McArthur’s  old 
| grist  mill  is  being  transformed  into  a 
I planing  mill. 
Two  water  wheels  of 
j 150-horse  power  will drive  the  machin­
ery.
I  Cheboygan — Littlejohn  Bros.’  new 
shingle  mill began operations  last  week 
I with one machine.  Next  spring another 
j machine  will  be added and the  capacity 
| of the mill  doubled.

Bass River—H.  Basch has removed  his 
I sawmill  from  Johnsville  to  this  place 
| and  expects  to  havd  same  in  operation 
I inside  of  a  month.  He  will  cut  both 
j  pine and  hardwood.

Iroquois—Duncan  McKay  &  Sous, op- 
j erating  a  sawmill  here, have  put  in  a ] 
i new circular rig, and made other and ex- 
j tensive improvements to the plant.  The j 
mill  will cut hardwood.

Marquette—Prosper Roberts has a con­
tract with Hebard & Son, of  Pequaming, 
to bank  10,000,000 feet of  logs  near Lac ' 
La  Belle,  Houghton  county.  Half  of 
them  will  be  put in this  season and  the 
balance next year.

Alpena—The Alpena Land  &  Lumber 
Co.  has  been  organized  here.  H.  R. 
Morse is president  and  B. C.  Morse  sec­
retary.  H.  R.  Morse  has  gone  to  the 
Pacific coast  to look after  his timber  in­
vestments in that region.

St.  Ignace—It is currently reported that 
the plant of  the  Mackinaw  Lumber  Co. 
has been  purchased  by  Sailing,  Hanson 
&  Co.,  of  Grayling,  who  own  extensive 
tracts of timber  in this vicinity and  will 
probably  keep the  mill  running  several 
years.

Bay City—James Redy, who for several 
years has superintended the logging oper­
ations  of  Hill  &  Co., of  Saginaw,  has 
taken a contract to  put in 12,000,000 feet 
of  logs  for  the  Bradley-Hurst  Lumber 
Co.,  of  this  city,  at  Deer  Park.  The 
i stock will  be manufactured there.

Kitchi—Powell  &  De Haas  have  pur- 
! chased a tract of land near this place, es-
timated  to  cut  4,000,000  feet,  aud  w ill! 
lumber  it  during  the  coming  winter. j 
The logs,  and they are good ones, will go j 
by  rail  to  L’Ance,  and  from  there  be j 
towed to the firm’s mill at  Huron Bay.

Detroit — The  James  H.  Lynch  Co., 
Morenci—The attempt  to form a stock 
capital stock -310,000,  has been organized 
company for  the manufacture  of Church
by  James  U.,  Thomas  E.  and  Margaret
Lynch  for the  purpose of  carrying on a \ Bros.’ hydraulic windmill  regulators has 
general tailoring business. 
j proven  gratifyingly  successful,  the  re-
Eaton  Rapids—James Parks,  who  has  I quired $38,000  stock  (3,800 shares  at $10 
stood behind the counter of the Thos.  W.  each)  having been fully subscribed.  The

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisement» will be Inserted  tinder  this  bead for 
two  cent»  a   word  the  first  Insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  Insertion.  No  advertise- 
m enttaken for less than 85 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

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T '.K tfG   STORE FOB  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN  IN  THE 
J _)  ¡-rowing  village  of  Caledonia,  surrounded  by 
rich farm ing country.  Will  sell on easy term s.  Must 
quit the  business on account of  poor health.  Address 
J. W. Arm strong, Caledonia, Mich. 
r m »   SALE—FRESH  STOCK  GROCERIES.  WILL IN- 
JC  ventory  about  $700.  C entrally  located  in  this 
city  Good  business  and  good  reasons  fo r  selling. 
Address No. 317. care  Michigan T radesm an.___ 317

several years’ cnt.  Shingle machine  in running order 

FSOR  SALE — HARDWOOD  LUMBER  MILL,  SIX 

miles  from   railroad, with  plenty  of  tim ber  for 
if desired.  Saw mill ready to set  up.  Teams, trucks, 
sleighs,  shop  and  building all  in order to begin work 
a t  once.  Address  J.  J.  Robbins,  Stanton.  Mich,  or 
H unter, A  Reid, 121 Ottaw a street. Grand Rapids. 
312 
t^OR SALE—AT I  BARGAIN, FURNITURE  FACTORY 
r   with capacity for fifty men.  Seven acres of land. 
Both w ater and steam  power.  Can load goods directly 
from  store  house on  cars of  two  railroads.  Address 

cell F urniture  Co., Lowell, Mich.__________   323
TTOR  SALE-DRUG  STOCK.  INVENTORYING. *1,800. 
Jj 
in  good  town  of  1,600  inhabitants  in  best  fru it 
growing county in Michigan.  Easy terras to a hustler. 
Reasons  fo r  selling,  sickness in the  fam ily.  Address 
“Zinziber,” care Michigan Tradesman._________ 321

IJiOR  SALE—A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRUGS.  GRO- 
F

1  ceries and crockery.  Doing  good  business.  For 
particulars, address J. M.  Shaffer, Gladwin. Mich.  322 
OR  SALE—CLEAN  AND  CAREFULLY  SELECTED 
grocery stock,  located a t a good couutry trading 
point.  Business  well  established.  Address  A.  C.
Adams, A dm inistrator, Morley. Mich.__________313
m iN NERS  TAKE  NOTICE—A  FIRST-CLASS  CHANCE 
I 
for a  tinner with small capital.  Tools, bench and 
everything  ready to work.  Shop  doing  good  paying 
business.  Owner  is  obliged  to  give it up on  account 
of  ill health.  Lease of  shop near business  center and 
well established patronage.  Also ageney of  best line 
of  furnaces,  samples  on  floor,  which  are  ra id   for 
when sold.  This  is an  A1  chance for m an with  little 
m o n ej, as present  owner m ust  seek  another  clim ate.
No. 310, care Michigan Tradesman._____________810
t t t ANTED—1  HAVE  SPOT  CASH  TO  PAY  FOR  A 
W   general  or  grocery stock;  m ust be cheap.  Ad-

S IT U A T IO N S   W A N T E D .

7 ANTED—SITUATION AS  CLERK OR BOOK  KEEP 
W  
er in general retail or wholesale  grocery house, 
by  young  m an of  three  years’  experience  in  either 
capacity.  W rite  me a t  once.  Address  Lock  Box 357, 
Harrison. Mich. 

ANTED—SITUATION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER  BY  A 
m arried  man  who  can  give the  best of  refer­
ences.  Address  No.  305,  care  Michigan  Tradesm an,
Grand R apids.______________________________ 305

W
Wcare  Michigan  Tradesman.

ANTED—SITUATION  BY REGISTERED  PHARMA- 

cist.  Nine  years  experience.

320

MISCELLANEOUS.

gelding—all sir  d by Louis Napoleon,  dam by W iscon­

HORSES  FOR  SALE—ONE  SEVEN-YEAR OLD  FIL 

ly, one ihree-ydhr-old  filly,  and  one six-year-old 
sin Banner (Morgan].  AH fine, handsome, and speedy; 
never been  tracked.  Address  J.  J. Robbins, Stanton, 
Mich. 
|X>R  SALE—CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  1NVE8T- 
r   ment.  Corner  lot  and 5-room  house  on  North 
Lafayette  St.,  cellar,  brick  foundation,  so ft  w ater 
in  kitchen.  $ i ,200.  Terms  to  suit.  Address No.  187, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 

F°•OR  SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND  5-ROOM 

house on North  Lafayette st., cellar, brick found­
ation  and  soft  w ater  in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to 
suit.  Cheap enough  for  an  investm ent.  Address  No 
187, care Michigan Tradesman. 

187.

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187

iT.  BERNARD  DOGS — SOME  VERY  FINE  PUPS; 

■   a rood  bit 
yer, Menominee. Mich.
Y I*’ANTED—YOUNG  SINGLE  MAN  WITH  ONE  OR 
f f 
two years’ experience in the dry goods business.
Address  304, care  Michigan Trades-

Saginaw' — George  B.  Wiggins  owned 
1,000 acres in  Gladwin  county.  He  has 
purchased  9,000  acres  adjoining  it  of 
Rust,  Eaton  & Co.  and will  cut 6,000,000 
feet  of  logs  the  coming  winter.  The 
land  acquired  by purchase  has been  cut 
over, but it  contains a large  quantity  of 
hemlock,  hardwood  and  good  shingle 
timber,  and will furnish a supply for the 
Wiggins mill here for several years.  He 
may  build  a  shingle  mill  at  Howe’s 
Bridge to cut up the shingle timber.

Isbpeming—William Johnson,  who has 
been  running  a  planing  mill  for  two 
years,  finds  his  present  quarters 
too 
small  and  will  remove 
to  Negaunee, 
which place is only three  miles from  his 
former location.  He has  already  let the 
contract  for  his  new  buildings.  The 
main building will be of stone, 58x85 feet 
in dimensions,  two  stories,  with  an  iron 
roof.  The buildings  will  be  completed 
this fall  aud  the machinery  placed  dur­
ing the  whiter,  so  that  spring  will  find 
the  concern  prepared  to do  its share  of 
the business.

Little Wonder Cash Carrier.

The Little Wonder Cash Carrier,which 
was  put  on  the  market  less  than  six 
months ago by. the  Unity  Manufacturing 
Co.,  of Saginaw,  is meeting  with remark­
able success  wherever  introduced,  being 
generally conceded to be  one of the most 
practical and  faultless  devices  ever  yet 
offered to  complete the  appointments  of 
a bank  or  store.  Those  in  need of  im­
provement  iu  their  store  service  would 
do well  to  communicate with  the  manu­
facturers.

Wayne County Savings Bank, Detroit, Mieh.

$500,000  TO  INVEST  IN   BONDS
Issued  by  cities, counties,  towns  and  school  districts 
of  Michigan.  Officers  of  these  m unicipalities  about 
to issue  bonds will  find it to their  advantage to  apply 
to this bank.  Blank bonds and blanks for proceedings 
supplied  w ithout  charge.  All  communications  and 
enquiries will have prom pt attention  This bank pays 
i per  cent, on  deposits, compounded semi-annually. 
S.  D. EL WOOD. Treasurer, k

May. 1891. 

JUCKER,  COADE  &  CO.,

General Commission Merchants

H eadquarters for Jersey Sweet Potatoes, Cape Cod Cranberries, Spanish Onions,

Potatoes and  Onions in car lots or bushel;  also choice  Butter and  Eggs  and all kinds of  Foreign 
and  Domestic  Fruits in their  season.  We can fill  orders for all  kinds of  winter apples at lowest 
figures.  Write or wire for quotation on Onions and Potatoes.

Will pay  highest m arket  price  for EGGS at all times.

T U C K E R ,  C O A D E   &   CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS  PAPER  CO,

CURTISS  A  WHITE,  Managers.

Jobbers  of  Wrapping  Papers  and  Twines.

W. P. S heathing, T arred  Board. T arred  F elt. Plain  Board, C arpet Lining, Straw 

Paper, C arpet Sweepers.  Gem W ringers, Express W agons  and  Sleighs  Baby 

Carriages, W ash  Boards,  Brooms. Mop Sticks, Tablets and Box Paper,

Note P aper,  Envelopes, Etc.

No. 8 So. Ionia St.,
Sc  H E S S
P E R K I N S  
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

Grand Rapids.

DEALERSIN

NOS.  182  and  184  LOUIS STREET, GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

WK CARRY A  STOCK OF  CARR TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Lyman U. Austin  succeeds  Wetzell  & 

Co. in the lumber and shingle business.

John  Peterson  has  opened  a  groeery 
’ store  at  Grand  Haven.  The  Olney  & 
Judson Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

A.  S.  Frey,  grocer  at  Lakeview,  has 
Foster, 

put  in  a  line  of  hardware. 
Stevens & Co.  furnished the stock.

Jas.  Stehouer  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  on  Ninth  street.  The  Lemon & 
Wheeler Company furnished the stock.

W.  L.  Remington has opened a grocery 
store at  Hawkins.  The  stock  was  fur­
nished by  the  Lemon  &  Wheeler  Com­
pany-

Dodge Squire  has  arranged  to  open a 
general store  at  Fountain.  The  Lemon 
&  Wheeler  Company has  the  order  for 
the grocery stock.

A.  Bunnell  has re-engaged  in the  gro­
cery business  at the  corner of  South Di­
vision and  McDowell  streets.  The Ball- 
Barnhart-PutmanCo. furnished the stock.
A.  M.  Kenyon,  formerly  engaged  in 
the  bazaar  business  at  Belding,  has 
opened  a  fruit, confectionery  and  cigar 
store,  with  restaurant  in  connection,  at 
60 West Bridge street.

Wilder  D.  Stevens,  as  trustee  for  the 
secured crditors  of Walling Bros.,  at La- 
mont,  has placed  M.  L.  Squires in charge 
of the general stock,  with a view to clos­
ing it out as soon as possible.

Joshua Colby, who  was engaged in the 
hardware business at Rockford for fifteen 
years,  has  opened  a store  at  Muskegon 
Heights  under  the  style  of  the  Colby 
Hardware  Co.  Foster,  Stevens  &  Co. 
furnished the stock.

F.  Anderson  has  sold  his  interest  in 
the firm of Anderson & Butler, meat deal­
ers at  the corner of  Madison avenue and 
Hall street, to  his partner,  who will con­
tinue  the  business  under  the  style  of 
M. Butler.

John L. Curtiss  has  purchased the  in 
terest of O.  A.  Perry in the firm of White 
&  Perry  and  he  and  Frank  H.  White 
have formed  a  copartnership  under  the 
style of the Grand  Rapids  Paper  Co.,  to 
continue  the  business  at  the same  loca- 
tation.  The  firm  will  handle  wrapping 
paper,  twines  and  store  supplies,  but 
will not carry printers’ supplies in stock. 
Both partners have the advantage of many 
years’ experience and  their friends of the 
trade  will join  with them  in hoping  for 
the success of the house.

The I.  M. Clark Grocery Co., which bid 
in  the  Burnham  &  Baldwin  stock  at 
Grand  Ledge,  on  its  second  mortgage, 
has  sold the grocery  stock  to  Frank  O. 
Lord and the drug stock to A. D. Worden 
and  Drs.  Covey  and  Brown,  who  have 
formed a copartnership and will continue 
the  business  under  the  style  of  A.  D. 
Worden & Co.  Mr.  Lord is now engaged 
in the  grocery  business  in  this city,  be­
ing located  on Wealthy  avenue,  but will 
return  to Grand Ledge  and  resume  the 
grocery business at  his  former  location.

Gripsack Brigade

H. S.  Powell,  Upper Peninsula  travel­
ing  representative  for  the  I.  M.  Clark 
Grocery  Co.,  was  in  town  a  couple  of 
days last week.

J.  M.  Laberteaux,  of  Benton  Harbor, 
has ceased traveling for Hawkins & Com­

pany.  A portion of his  route is now be­
ing covered by John Payne.

Kalamazoo  Telegraph:  August  Salm 
has  severed  his  connection  with  Corl, 
Knottr &  Co., of  Grand Rapids,  and  has 
taken a  position  with  Barnett,  Bryant  & 
Babcock, of this city.

John  M.  Raper,  of Big Rapids, has  en­
gaged to travel for  the  Celluloid  Starch 
Co., of New  Haven,  Conn.  He has been 
in Grand  Rapids  a  couple of  days  and 
will spend the  remainder of  the week in 
Greenville.

Friends of Gideon  Kellogg will sympa­
thize  with him  over  the  destruction  of 
the  belt  factory in  Chicago owned  by  a 
firm in which he was the senior member. 
The fire  occurred last  Saturday,  the loss 
being §40,000.

Geo.  W.  Stowitts,  formerly  with  the 
Tower  Clothing  Co.,  has  engaged 
to 
travel  for  the  Western  Suspender  and 
Neckwear  Co.,  of  Mansfield,  Ohio.  His 
territory  includes the Northern and West­
ern  portions of the State.

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The  Grand  Rapids  Paper  Co.  will  be 
represented 
the  city  by  Frank  C. 
Brackett and on the outside by Frank H. 
White,  who starts out  next Monday  over 
the  old  route  he covered  so many  years 
for the former firms  of Curtiss & Co.  and 
Curtiss & Dunton.

Louis Adler,  who has  covered this ter­
ritory  for  the  past  two  years  for  the 
Globe Tobacco Co., of Detroit, will  retire 
from  the road Jan.  1  and  embark  in  the 
retail  cigar  and 
tobacco  business  at 
Detroit,  locating at the corner of Monroe 
and Randolph  streets.

According to  a recent imperial decree, 
commercial  travelers  representing  for­
eign firms in  Russia will  have to provide 
themselves,  in  addition to  passports and 
credentials,  with  a  first-class  commis 
voyagcur  certificate. 
This  certificate 
will  be granted  by the  authorities upon 
payment of a fee of forty roubles for one 
year, the fee to be repeated for each year’s 
extension.

A Chicago traveling man dreamed that 
he  had a  misunderstanding with  one  of 
his  customers  and  the  two  decided  to 
fight.  After  a few  blows  had been  ex­
changed,  the  dreaming  pugilistic  drum­
mer decided to kick his antagonist.  The 
kick  was  delivered and  the  slumbering 
man awoke, making the painful discovery 
that he had  kicked the  foot board of  hi 
bed  and  broken  his  big toe,  from  which 
he  was laid  up  four  or five  weeks.  A 
Chicago  accident  company  refused 
to 
pay  his  claim for  indemnity because  he 
voluntarily  exposed  himself  to  danger, 
contrary to  the conditions  named in  the 
policy.

Geo. W.  Hunter,  traveling  representa­
tive for Sharpless Bros., of Philadelphia, 
cautions the  trade against an  individual 
traveling  under  the  name  of  Geo.  S. 
Smith,  Field,  Clark,  Briggs,  and  other 
aliases,  who represents himself to be the 
agent of  Sharpless,  Cole & Co.,  of Phila­
delphia, Pa.,dealers in ladies’ underwear. 
His  plan  is  to call  on firms  that deal  in 
similar  lines  of  goods,  offer  them  an 
agency  for this  house  at 40  per cent,  of 
the  sales,  and  ask them  to buy a  show­
case  at  anything  from  812  to  $25,  the 
case to be delivered  within twenty  days. 
For  this  he demands  cash  and  gives  a 
receipt in  exchange.  There  is  no  such 
firm  as  Sharpless,  Cole  &  Co.  and  the 
showcase never puts in an  appearance.

Kalamo—L.  R. Cessna has assigned his 
drug and  grocery stock to  Orris Gridley.

X B L S O X

Is  undoubtedly a great horse,  but that  has nothing to do with the  immense line of 
Hats, Caps,  Gloves  and Mitts  that Walter  Buhl & Co.  will have on  view at Sweet s 
Hotel,  Grand  Rapids, on Thursday and  Friday, October S and 9.  Merchants  from 
the country will  have

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Splendid  opportunity to purchase  their  fall  stock, or do  some  sorting  up.  Our 
agent,  M. J.  Rogan,  will  be  pleased to wait  on  any merchants  who  call,  and  pay 
their  expenses in coming to Grand  Rapids.  Our  line of  goods  cannot  be beaten, 
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Mr.  Rogan will also be at the  Burdick  House  W jf 
on  Monday and  Tuesday,  October  12 and  13, 
and  will  be pleased to pay the expenses of  responsible  merchants  wishing to pur­
chase of

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Walter Buhl & Co., Detroit, Mich.,

The Oldest Hat House in America.

If vou w ould be  A   LE A D ER , handle only goods of 

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If  you are satisfied  to   rem ain a t  T A IL   EN D   buy 

cheap, unreliable  goods.

GOOD  YEBST  IS  INDISPENSABLE.
FLEISCHMANN & CO
Yellow LabehsrBest!

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CITY  OFFICE; 
26 Fountain St.

FACTORY  DEPOT;

118 Bates  St., D etroit, Mich?

Wall  Paper  and Window  Shades.

House and Store Shades Made to Order.

N E L S O N   B R O S .  &  CO .,

68  MONROE  STREET.

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Amoskeag..............12)4
9oz...... 13)4
brown .13
Andover.................11)4
Beaver Creek A A... 10 
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Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
blue  8)4 
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Columbian XXX  br.10 
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Everett, blue...........12
brown....... 12
Haymaker blue......   734
brown...  734
Jeffrey....................11)4
Lancaster................12)4
Lawrence, 9 oz........13)4
No. 220....13
No. 250.... 11)4
No. 280.... 10)4

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Lancaster,  Btaple...  634

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“  Persian dress 8)4 
Canton ..  8)4
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Angola.. 10)4 
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Arlington staple__ 6*4
Arasapha  fancy__  434
Bates Warwick dres 8)4 
staples.  6)4
Centennial............   10)4
Criterion  ..............  10)4
Cumberland staple.  5)4
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................4)4
Elfin.......................   7)4
Everett classics......8)4
Exposition............... 7)4
Glenarie.................  634
Glenarven................ 634
Glenwood.................7)4
Hampton...................6)4
Johnson Chalon cl 
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indigo blue 9)4 
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Manchester............   534
Monogram..............  6)4
Normandie............. 7)4
Persian...................   8)4
Renfrew Dress........7)4
Rosemont............... 6)4
Slatersville............   6
Somerset.................7
Tacoma  .................  7)4
Toil  du Nord......... 10)4
Wabash...................  7)4
seersucker..  7)4
Warwick...............   8)4
Whittenden............   634
heather dr.  8 
indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook..............8
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Windermeer........... 5
York........................634

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Current.

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From the W ashington Star.

NOTIONS,

CARPETS,

About to be Issued.

DRY GOODS,

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

UNCLE  SAM’S  NEW  MONEY. 

The  Most  Beautiful  Bill  Ever  Printed 

The  most  beautiful  piece  of  paper 
the  United

_________ CURTAINS
Shirts.  Pants,  Overalls,  Etc.

spicuously as possible  the  two stripes of
silk  fiber, each  about  as  wide  as  one’s 
thumb,  that  run  across  the  paper  on 
which  the  designs  described  are  to  be 
printed, dividing the  length of  each  bill 
into  three  parts.  For  this purpose  por­
money  ever  produced  by 
tions of  the surface  are left  white. 
In 
States Treasury is the  new $3 silver  cer- I the middle is an oval containing a legend, 
titicates,  first proofs  of  which  on  card-  on  either  side of  which is an  elaborate 
board were privately shown to a reporter  piece of  lathe  work  with a big  figure 2 
recently at the Bureau of  Engraving and  in  the  center  and  little  twos  scattered 
Printing.  Although  they were  indorsed  about at points where the lines converge, 
on the margin in Secretary Foster’s hand- j There are  other  features of  the  design, 
writing  as  "approved,”  they  had  not  including  some  very difficult  and  small 
previously been exhibited to anyone save  lettering,  which  are 
to  em- 
a  few high  officials  in  the department,  barrass the counterfeiter.
Superintendent  of  Engraving  Casilear  A  reporter  saw a ream of  the distinc- 
regards  this  new  promise to pay  as  his  five  paper at the  Treasury  Department.
chef  d’œuvre  and  gleefully  defies  the 
It looked somewhat  like a fine quality of 
counterfeiters to imitate it with  success. 
note paper, foolscap size, with two bands 
Their  difficulty  in  performing  such  a 
of  closely scattered red  and  blue  fibers 
task  would  unquestionably  be  greatly 
running from top to bottom.  Each sheet 
increased  by the  circumstance  that  the 
was  intended  for  the  printing  of  four 
distinctive  paper  directed by  law  to  be
certificates  or  notes. 
The  fibers  are
used in future  for the  printing of  all of  merely silk  threads,  bought  from a New 
Uncle  Sam’s  negotiable securitiesais  to  York  importing  firm  by  the  contractor 
be employed as a material for the certifi- I who  works  for  the  Treasury,  cut  into 
cate in question for  the first  time.  The I lengths of  a  quarter of  an inch and  run 
first batch of it has reached the Treasury I through the paper sheets.  No little diffi- 
aud  within a few  weeks people  will  be  culty was  found  at  first  in  making  the
carrying around in their  pockets $2 bills  ------ 
process  satisfactory,  and  the  Govern 
of fresh device.
ment  pays  somewhat  more for  the  ma­
It  is  not  true, as  has  been  reported, 
terial 
than  it  used  to  for  the  plain 
article.
that  new designs have  been adopted  for 
the certificate  mainly because  there is a 
plausible counterfeit of  the  present  one 
in  circulation.  This  fact  has  had  in­
fluence in the  matter,  but  the  change is |  \ 
made chiefly for the  reason that  the face 
of  the old  bill is not  satisfactory,  and it 
is thought  just  as  well  to  substitute a 
new  picture  at  the  same  time with  the 
introduction  of  the  distinctive  paper.
The  portrait  on the  face of  the  present 
certificate  of  Gen.  Hancock  is  not  well 
adapted  to  its  purpose  in  the  arrange­
ment  of  light  and  shade,  so  that  after 
passing  through a few hands it gets  dim 
and is practically effaced. 
It  may fairly 
be  said  that paper  money of  small  de­
nomination  requires more careful execu­
tion  than  is  necessary  for  larger  bills, 
inasmuch  as it must go through so much 
more wear and tear; S3 bills, it is thought, 
have  quite as much  handling to suffer as 
those  for  SI  each,  because  they are  so 
convenient in making  change,  and  man­
ufacturers use them  to a great  extent in 
paying off.
The new S3 silver certificate is really a 
work of  art in the highest sense. 
In the 
middle of  its  face  is  au oval  portrait of 
the  late  Secretary  Windom,  with  his 
name beneath,  which in point of  lifelike 
quality and  effectiveness of  execution is 
unequalled  by any  other  production  of 
the  sort  printed on  Treasury  securities 
since  the  manufacture of  paper  money 
in  this  country  was  first  begun.  The 
rest of  the design consists merely of  the 
conventional  legend gracefully drawn in 
lettering,  with a figure 2 in  each corner, 
surrounded  by some curlicue of  the geo­
metric lathe.
Of  geometric  lathe work the  back is a 
wonder.  Nothing  so  elaborate  in  this 
sort  of  mechanical  engraving,  which  is 
the despair of the counterfeiter, has been 
produced hitherto in the  manufacture of 
paper money in any country of the world.
The  counterfeiter will find  this new cer­
tificate a  more difficult subject for imita­
tion than he has ever  yet encountered.
People  have asked:  "Why  could  not 
the counterfeiter  himself  procure a geo­
metric lathe?”  So  he could,  very easily, 
but  to  reproduce with  its  aid  the  pat­
terns he would imitate is an impossibility 
as absolute as would  be that of  undoing 
the  lock  of  a  permutation  safe  without 
the formula. 
If  you  will  for a moment 
gaze  upon  the  complicated  concentric 
and eccentric devices on the  reverse side 
of any United  States note  or  certificate, 
considering that  they can  only  be repro­
duced  by arduous  copying  with  engrav­
ing  by  hand,  you  will  perceive  under 
what  difficulties  the  luckless  forger  of 
Uncle Sam’s  prom ises to pay  is compelled 
to 
labor.  C ertain  new spaper  reports 
have circulated  the notion  that this  un­
happy  victim  of  a  mania  for  imitation 
can  ease his  toil  with  photographic and
other  processes,  but  the  fact" is^thatThe I We solicit correspondence with  both buy- 
ers and sellers of all kinds of  fruits, ber­
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finds all  such assistance of little use.
ries and produce.
The  back of  the new certificate  is  en 
graved  with a view  of  showing  as  con

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

■Tb a d l*  S O U Ü l T T A ‘ m-
Owing to the fact  that we were unable 
to  meet  the  demand for Chamoise  moc­
casins  last  fall,  we advise  placing your 
orders now.

Commission  Merchants

from SI.85 to $4.75 per dozen.
SEND FOR SAMPLE.

H I R T H   &  K R A U S E ,

A.  D. SPANGLER & CO.,

Fruits and Produce.

We  have  them  in  all  grades  ranging 

For  The  Baby

Grand Rapids, Mich.

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St.

BRAND  RAPIDS, 

GENERAL

And Wholesale  Dealers  in

Get The

Manufacturers of

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BLEACHED  COTTONS.

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

colored....20)4 White Star.

Adriatic.................  7
Arrow Brand 5)4 
Argyle  ..................   6)4
World Wide.. 7
Atlanta A A............   6)4
“  LL...............   5
Atlantic A...........
Pull Yard Wide...... 6)4
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Georgia  A................6)4
P ...........
Honest Width......... 634
D...........
Hartford A  ............ 5
Indian Head...........  7)4
L L ..............
Amory..................
King A  A................. 6*4
Archery  Bunting. 
King E C .................5
Beaver Dam  A A. 
Lawrence  L L ......  5)4
Blackstone O, 32..
Madras cheese cloth 634
Black Crow.........
Newmarket  G........  6
Black R ock........
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Boot, AL...............   7*4
N........ 6)4
Capital  A................. 5*4
DD....  5)4
Cavanat V................5%l
X ....... 7
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.......................  6)4
| Top of the Heap__  7)4
ABC...................8*4
Geo. Washington...  8
Amazon.................... 8
Glen Mills.............   7
Amsburg...................7
Gold Medal............ 7)4
Art  Cambric........... 10
Green  Ticket......... 8)4
Blackstone A A......  8  Great Palls.............   6*4
Beats All................   4)4 Hope.........................7U
Boston....................12  Just  Out.......  4*@ 5
Cabot......................   7  King Phillip.............7V
Cabot,  %.................  634 
OP...... 7)4
Charter  Oak...........5)4(Lonsdale Cambric.. 10)4
Conway W..............7*4
Lonsdale...........  © 8)4
Cleveland..............  7
Middlesex........   @ 5
Dwight Anchor......  834
No Name.................7)4
shorts.  8*4
Oak View....... ....... 6
Edwards.................  6
Our Own.................  5)4
Empire...................   7
Pride of the West.. .12
Farwell...................734
Rosalind................. 74
Fruit of the  Loom.  8
Sunlight.................   4)4
Fitchville  .............7
Utica  Mills.............. 8)4
First Prize..............6)4
“  Nonpareil  ..11
Vinyard................  8)4
Fruit of the Loom %.
Fairmount..............4*4
White Horse.........  6
Full Value..............  634
Rock............ 8)4
Cabot......................  734|Dwight Anchor...... 9
Farwell...................8  |
TremontN..............5)4[Mlddlesex No.  1....10
Hamilton N............ 6)4 
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No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Hamilton N ............ 7)4
Middlesex P T..........è
A  T..........9
X A..........9
X F ........10)4

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G G  Cashmere........21
Nameless.............. 16
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Peerless, white.......18  ¡Integrity, colored.
Integrity................. 18)4
Hamilton 

Middlesex A A....... 11
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A O .......13)4
4........17)4
5.......16
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Coraline..................... $9 50
Wonderful...........84 50
Schilling’s ...............9 00
Brighton...............4  75
Davis  W aists__   9 00
Bortree’s ..............o9o00
Grand  Rapids......  4 50 Abdominal...........15 00
Armory.................. 634
N aumkeag satteen
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Androscoggin.........7*21
Rockport...................6)4
Blddeford..............   6
Conestoga.................634
Brunswick..............6)4
Walworth..............   634
Allen turkey  reds..  5)4¡Berwickfancies....  %
robes...........  5)4 Clyde Robes...........  5
pink a purple  6*4 Charter Oak fancies  4)4
buffs  . ..........  6  DelMarine cashm’s.  6
pink checks. 
mourn’g  6
staples........  5)4! Eddy stone fancy...  6
chocolate
shirtings...  4 
American  fancy....  534 
rober 
6
sateens.  6
American indigo....  534 
American shirtings.  4  (Hamilton fancy.  .  6
staple....  5)4
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  4*4 ,Manchester fancy..  6 
Arnold 
new era.  6
Arnold  Merino.  ...  6  MerrimackD fancy.  6 
long cloth B. 10*4 Merrim’ck shirting,  4 
“  Reppfurn.  8)4
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century cloth 7  Pacific fancy..........6
‘  gold seal......10)4 
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‘  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 
Bengal blue,  green, 
Berlin solids...........  5)4  “ 

colors.  5)4  “  Turkey robes..  7)4 
**  India robes....  7)4 
red and  orange  ..  5%  “  plain Tky X 34  8)4
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“  oil blue.......   6)4  “  Ottoman  Tnr-
“  green....  6)4  key red.................  6
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red 34..............7  Turkey red *4...... 7u
“  %  .........   Martha Washington
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Rlverpolntrobes....  5
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Cocheco fancy.........  6  Windsor fancy.........  6)4
“ ^ “ers..  6 
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solids........5)4|
Amoskeag A C A.... 12)4
Hamilton N.............. 7^4
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Awning. .11
Farmer......................8
First Prize.............. 11^4
Lenox M ills........... 18
Atlanta,  D..............  63i|Stark  A
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Clifton, K..................6)4 (Top of Heap
Simpson................20
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Imperial..................10)4
Black................  9© 9)4
CB..........10©10)4

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Pemberton AAA__16
York................................10)4
Swift River............ 714
Pearl River............ 12)4
Warren...................14

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CORSETS.

SATIRES.

Coechco.................. 10)4

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Clark’s Mile End... .45 Barbour's..
Coats’, J. & P.
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Holyoke...
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KNITTING  COTTON.
White. Colored.
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18....... .39
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Washington............3)4
Red Cross................. 3)4
Lockwood.................334
Wood’s..................   334
Brunswick...........   334

Slater......................   334
White Star.............  334
Kid Glove.................334
Newmarket............   3 \
Edwards.................  334

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Creedmore..............27)4
Talbot XXX........... 30
Nameless............... 27)4

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J R F , XXX............35
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Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R ..................22)4
Windsor.................. 18)4
6 oz Western........... 20
Union  B................. 22)4
Nameless...... 8  © 9)41 

Grey SR W.............17)4
Western W  .............18)4
D R P ...................... 18)4
Flushing XXX........ 23)4
Manitoba................ 23)4
9  ©10)4 
12)4
Slate. Brown. Black. Slate. Brown.
Black. 
13 
9)4
10)4
15 
11)4
17 20
12)4
Severen,8oz..........   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 —  llHlStark 
............ 13)4
WADDINGS.

9)4 13
10)4 15
11)4 17
12)4 20

9)4
10)4
11)4
12)4

13
15
17
20

“ 

|

BILE SLAB.

White, doz............ 25  ¡Per bale,40doz.... 17 50
Colored,  doz...........20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
“  Red Choss....  9
“  Best...............10)4
“  Best AA........12)4
L............................. 7)4
G............................. 8)4

Pawtucket...............10)4
Dundie....................  9
Bedford...................10)4
Valley  City.............10)4
K K ......................... 10)4

Cortlcelll, doz.........75 

SEWING  SILK.

Cortlcelll  knitting, 
per )4oz  ball........30

|
twist, doz. .37)4 
50 yd, doz. .37)41
HOOKS AND ETES—PEB GROSS.
“ 
“  
“ 
“ 

(No  4 Bl’k & White..15 
..20
..25

8 
10 

No  1 Bl’k & White..l0
“   2 
..12
“  3 
..12
No 2-20, M C......... 50 
*'  3-18,8 C...........45  I
COTTON  TAPS.
No  2 White & Bl’k.,12 
..15
“  4 
..18
“  6 
SAFETY  PINS.
.  ..28 
|N o3..

“ 
“ 

|No4—15  F  3)4.

|No  8 White * Bl’k..20

...........1  SO) Steamboat.. ............  40
...........1  50
............100|

A. James...
Crowely’s... 
Marshall’s .. ............1 35 Gold  Eyed.
5—4. ...2 25 6—4. ..3 25|5—4--- 1  95
“  ....2 10

TABLE  OIL CLOTH.
“  ...3 10|

6—4. ..2 95

COTTON TWINES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown.................... 12
Domestic................18)4
Anchor...................16
Bristol....................13
Cherry  Valley........15
I X L......................13
Alabama..................   6fc
Alamance................ 6)4
Augusta..................   7)4
Arf sanha................  6
Georgia...................  6)4
Granite....................534
Haw  River..............5
Haw J ................. 5

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

T‘ 

Mount  Pleasant....  6)4
Oneida................. 5
Pyrm ont..............  534
Randelman............ 6
Riverside................  5)4
Sibley  A ....................6*4
Toledo....................  6

PLAID  O8NABURG8.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

7

HAMMERS.

H a r d w a r e   P r i c e   C u r r e n t .

IV
K
These  prices  are  for cash  b u yers,  who  y
|

pay prom ptly  and  buy  in  full  packages. 

dig.

dis.

dis.

•*7» 

“ 
“ 
“ 

AXES.

HINGES.

BOLTS.

b a n g e r s. 

BARROWS.

ftuu
14  and
%............ ............net
%............ ............net
%............ ...........net
%................ .......net
...........dis.

AUGURS AND BITS.
Snell’s .............................................. ........... 
........... 
Cook’s ..................   .......................
Jennings’, genuine........  ............... ........... 
...........50*10
Jennings’,  Imitation......................

nith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand— 30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ...............................dls.60&10
60  C
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
40  S
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 
25  S
3%
10
&
8V4
...........8 7 50
First Quality, 8. B. Bronze............
7*
...........  12 00
D.  B. Bronze............
...........  8 50  c
S. B. S. Steel............
50
...........  13 50
D. B. Steel...............
B
dis. 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track —  50*10
Champion,  anti friction.............................   60*10
.... I 14 00  C
Railroad.........................................
Kidder, wood track..................................... 
40
Garden............................................ .... net  30 00  I
60
Pots............................................................... 
Stove  .............................................
Kettles..........................................................  
SO
Carriage new list...........................
Spiders  .................. 
60
Plow................................................ ............ 40*10  ?
Gray enameled  ............  
40*10
70  *-
Sleigh shoe  ...................................
Stamped  Tin Ware...  ........................ new list 70
§
Well,  plain..................................... ............ 8 3 50  J
Japanned Tin Ware...................................  
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 33% *10
............   4 00  (
Well, swivel..................................
dis.
Bright...................................................... 70&10&10
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................. ............ 704
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint. ............ 60*10
Hook’s .....................................................70410410
Wrought Loose Pin......................... ............ 80*10
70*10*10
............ 60*10
Wrought Table.............................
............ 60*10
Wrought Inside Blind..................
Wrought  Brass............................... ............  
75
............ 70*10
Blind,  Clark’s...............................
............ 70*10
Blind,  Parker’s .............................
Blind, Shepard’s ............................ ............  
70
60
............  
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85.
Grain............................................ . 
.  dis. 50*02

ooks and Eyes...................... 

porcelain, trimmings

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

k n o bs—New List.

BUTTS, CAST.

HOLLOW WARE.

lock s—doo r.

w ir e  goods. 

BUCKETS.

d is.
dis.

........... 

CRADLES.

l e v e l s. 

BLOCKS.

d is.

 

 

 

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel......................................
Ely’s 1-10......................................
Hick’s  C. F ...................................
G. D ..............................................
Musket.........................................

CAPS.

CARTRIDGES.

...per ft  5
... per m 
... 
... 

“ 
“ 

65
60
35

CHISELS.

Central  Fire.................................. ....... dis. 
25
Socket Firmer............................... ..............70*10
Socket Fleming............................. ..............70*18
Socket Corner................................ ..............70*10
Socket Slicks................................ ..............70*10
40

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

dis.

;  Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer............
; 
_  Hotchkiss.....................................

COMBS.

25
White Crayons, per  gross............ 12@12% dis. 10

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

CHALK.

dis.

COPPER.

“ 

s  Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
14x52, 14x56,14x60  ...... ..............  
e  Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60........ .............. 
..  Cold RoUed, 14x48........................
Bottoms........................................ ..............  
t  
6  Morse’s  Bit  Stocks....................... ............  
r  Taper and straight Shank............ .............. 

DRILLS.

28
20
23
23
25
50
50

dis.

ELBOWS.

Morse’s Taper Shank....................
DRIPPING PANS.
07
.............. 
h  Small sizes, ser pound...............
8*
“  Large sizes, per pound................. .............. 
“ 
.doz. net 
75
Com. 4  piece, 6 In.........................
40
,  Corrugated................................... ........dis 
......dis. 40*10
t  Adjustable...................................
EXPANSIVE BITS.
ft 
Clark’s, small, 118; large, 826........ .............. 
.............. 
Ives’, 1,118;  2, $24;  3, 833 ..........
f il e s—New List.

..............60*16
I  Nicholson’s ........  ....................... ..............60*10
50
50
h  Heller’s Horse Rasps  ..............
r  
s  -Wos.  16  to  20 :  23  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
15 
O  List 

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

GALVANIZED IRON

dis.

dis.

30
25

12 

14 

28
18

Discount, 60

13
GAUGES.

dis.

MATTOCKS.

-  

di8.

dis.
die.

NAILS

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS.
m il l s. 

Advance over base: 

Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled.....................  
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ................................... 
P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables. . .  
Landers,  Ferry & CIp . k’s................. 
.................................... 
Enterprise 

Adze Eye.........................................816.00, dis. 60
-  
...... »15.00, dis. 60
<18.50, dis. 20&10.
50
40
40
40
30
Stebbin’s Pattern..............*.......................... 60410
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60410
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
26
Steel nails, base............................ ................. 1  80
2  15 
Wire nails, base......................................
Wire. 
Steel.
60.....................................................Base
50..................................................... Base

Base 10 20 
20 
30 
35 
35 
40 
50 
65 
.....................................   40
'4 6 .
90
4 
 
60
3 ................................................1 00
1  502 00 
2........................................................ 1 50
2 00
Fine 3................................................1 50
90 1 00 
Case  10.............................................  60
“  8.......................................   75
9Q
ic 
1  25 1 00 
...........................   85
8..................................... 1 00
“ 
1  25
1 50 
6...........................................1 15
“ 
75 
Clinch; 10..........................................  85
“ 
8.....................................1 00
901 00
6......................................1 15
“ 
2 50 
Banell X...........................................1 75
dis.
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...........  410
Fry,  Acme............................................ dis.60—10
Common, polished............................................. ™
dis.
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................  
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

g 
Finish 1

r iv e t s. 

FLANKS.

Broken packs He per pound extra.

FANS.

0

 

 

 

50

®  Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s.  .

.........  
P R IC E   L IS T

DuPont  Gunpowder, D

ROPES.

7
dig.

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

Sisal, H Inch and larger.............................  
Manilla........................................................   11H
SQUARES. 
75
Steel and  Iron..........................
6C
Try and Bevels........................
20
Mitre........................................
SHEET IRON.
Smooch. Corn.
Coi
82 95
...54 05
Nos. 10 to 14.....................................84 05
...  4 €5
3 15
Nos. 15 to 17.....................................  4 €5
3 (5
Nos.  18 to 21.......................
3  15
...  4 G5
Nos. 22 to 24.....................................  4 Go
4  25
3 25
Nos. 25 to 26.......................
...  4  45
S 35
No. 27...............................................   4  45
over 30 inches
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86...................................... dis
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A................................   “ 
White  B..............................   “ 
Drab B.................................   “ 
White C................................  “ 

All  sheets No. 18  and  ligh 
SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
55
50
55
35

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

saws. 

traps. 

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton »25
20

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

“ 
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............................................

30
Steel, Game................................................... 60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .............. 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s  ... 
70
Mouse,  choker.................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion...............................11.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market.........................................70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market............................................   62H
Coppered  Spring  Steel— .......................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.  .........................  3 45
painted...................................   2 95

wire. 

die.

“ 

HORSE nails.

dlS.

WRENCHES. 

Au Sable.............................. dis. 25410@25410405
Putnam................................................. 
dis. 10410
Northwestern................................ 
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine.................... '....................... 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..........  
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75410
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bird Cages.................................... 
so
 
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
"5
Screws, New 11st...........................  
70410
Casters, Bed a  d Plate...  .  ................. 50410410
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods........ 
66

dis.

METALS,
PIG TIN.

ZINC.

26c.
28c

BOLDER.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars....................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
6X
680 pound  casks........................................... 
Per pound.................................................... 
7
H@H.................................................:...............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..................................  • - .par  pound  16
13
Hallett’8
7 60 
10x14 IC, Charcoal...................................
7 50 
14x20 IC, 
...................................
9 25 
10x14 IX, 
....................................
9 25
..................................
14x20 IX, 
Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.
10x14 IC,  Charcoal................................
...................................
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
...................................
14x20 IX, 
..................................
Each additional X on this grade 11.50.

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

I 6  75 
6 75 
.  8 85 
.  9 25

TIN—MELYN GRADS.

ROOFING PLATES
Worcester  ..............

14x20 IC,
14x20 IX.
..................  
20x28 IC,
14x20 IC,
 
“ 
 
.........
14x20 IX, 
 
“ 
 
20x28 IC, 
..
“ 
 
“ 
 
20x28 IX, 
“ 
.........
14x28 EX............ ....................................
14x31  IX...............................................
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers. I per pound 
14x60 TX.  “  *  9 

6 50 
8 50
13 50
Allaway  Grade...............   6 CO
7 50
12 50
15 50
114 09 
.15

” 
“ 
. 
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

“ 
“ 
” 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

* ’

dis. 05

U PO N T

P O W D E R

T A K E   N O   O T H E R !

Insist  ou  your  Jobber  furnishing  this  Brand.  If lie  declines to  do 

it send  to  ns direct.

fluents for Western Midiipn,

How an Ax la Made.

The  Manufacturer  and  Builder  says 
that  the  first  step  in  the  operation  of 
making an ax is the formation of  the ax- 
head  without the  blade.  The  glowing, 
flat, iron  bars  are withdrawn  from  the 
furnace and  are taken to a powerful and 
somewhat  complicated  machine,  which 
performs upon them four  distinct opera­
tions—shaping  the  metal  to  form  the 
upper and lower part of  the ax,  then the 
eye and  finally doubling  the  piece  over 
so that the whole can be welded together. 
A workman  stands  by,  seizing  the  par­
tially fashioned pieces, one after another, 
with a pair of  tongs,  and hammering the 
lower edges  together.  Next  the iron  is 
put  in  a  powerful natural  gas  furnace 
and heated  to a white  heat.  Taken out, 
it goes under a tilt hammer and  is  weld­
ed together  in a second.  This done, one 
blow  from  the  “drop,”  and  the  pole  of 
the  ax is completely  and  firmly welded. 
When the  ax  leaves the “drop,”  there is 
some superfluous  metal still  adhering  to 
the edges and forming what is technically 
known as a “fin.”  To get rid of  this fin 
the  ax is again  heated  in a furnace,  and 
then  taken  in  hand  by a  sawyer,  who 
trims the ends and edges:  The  opt 
has a glass in  front of  him to protect his

revolving  saw.  The iron  part of  t 
is now complete.  The steel for the blade, 
after  being heated,  is cut  by  mach 
and shaped with a die. 
It  is  then ready 
for  welding.  A  groove  is  cut  i

machine hammers.  Next comes  the  op­
eration of  tempering.  The steel porti 
of  the ax is heated  by being  inserted 
pots of molten lead, the blade only bei 
immersed. 
It is then  cooled  by dippi 
In  water, and  goes to the  hands  of  1 
inspector.
An ax is subject to rigid tests befort 
is  pronounced  perfect.  The steel  mi 
be of the required temper,  the  weight 
all  axes of  the same sizes  must  be  u 
form,  all  must  be ground  alike, and 
various  other ways  conform to an est; 
lished standard.  The inspector who te 
the quality of  the steel  does  so by ha 
mering  the blade  and  striking the  e< 
to  ascertain whether  it  be too  brittle 
not.  An ax that  breaks  during  the t 
is thrown aside to be made over.  Bef 
the  material of  an  ax  is  in  the  pro;

fecting  it.  After  passing

them upon emery-wheels.

New Enterprises at Central Lake. 
Ce n t r a l L a k e, Oct. 1—Geo. Bradfoi

day.  Mr.  Bradford  expects  to  g 
mill  in  operation  within  the  ne: 
weeks.
Cameron  Bros., of  Torch  Lake 
purchased  a  forty rod  frontage oi 
tral Lake, on  which they  propose to  lo­
cate  a  large  hardwood  sawmill. 
It  is 
understood  that  the purchase  of  a  mill 
has been accomplished at Cheboygan and 
that  the machinery  will  be in  readiness 
to begin operations by spring.
A handle and heading factory is among 
the possibilities  for  Central  Lake,  nego 
tiations  being  in  progress  for the  pur­
chase  of  a  suitable water  frontage  for 
that purpose.

Improvement In the Iron Market.
Ma n celo n a,  Oct. 1.—The Antrim Iron 
Co.  reports business  as  improving,  ship­
ments of pig iron being now considerably 
in excess of  the  daily output.  On  Ju n e 
1  the  com pany  had  16,000  tons of  pig 
iron  piled  in  its  yard  a t  the  furnace, 
which  hhs since  been  reduced  to  11,000 
tons.  The  price  is  about  25  cents  bet 
ter 
the 
company  now  finding  no  difficulty  in 
placing  its  product  at  $17.25  per  ton, 
delivered.

it  was  a  month  ago, 

than 

Use Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

RIFLE.

Kegs, 25 lbs. each,  Fg,  FFg and FFFg...........
Half kegs,  12%  lbs.  each,  Fg,  FFg and  FFFg 
Quar.  kegs, 6%  “ 
“ 
1  lb.  cans (25 in case)
% lb.  cans (25 in a case)........................................ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“

55  50 
3  00 
1  65 
30
18

CHOKE  BORE.

Kegs, 25 lbs.  each, Nos. 5 and 7........................... $6  50
Half kegs,  12% lbs.  each,  Nos.  5 and  7..............   3  50
Quar.  kegs,  6J^  lbs.  each,  Nos.  5  and 7 .............- •  1
1  lb.  cans  (25 in c a s e ) ............................................

EAGLE  DECK.

Kegs, 25 lbs.  each, Nos.  1, 2,  3 and  4..............   $11
Half  kegs,  12%  lbs. each,  Nos.  1, 2, 3 and 4 ...  5 
Quar.  “  6% 
“  1,2,3 and 4 ...  3
1 lb.  cans  (25 in case)..........................................

“ 

“ 

CRYSTAL  GRAIN.

Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1 lb.  cans  each........................$  90
Quarter kegs,  6%  lbs..........................................4  50

8

THE  MICHIGAN  TKADESMA N.

MichiganTradesman

OiHcial Organ of Michigan Business Men's  Association.

A  WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED  TO  THE

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

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis SI

Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Ojf.ee.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W E D N E S D A Y .  O C T O B E R   7,  1 8 9 1 .

The peddling evil  is  an  annoying one, 
at best,  and merchants whose  business is 
affected  by  it  sometimes  despair  ever 
seeing it done away  with, or even decent­
ly curtailed  by the rigid  enforcement of 
law.  Those  who  take  the  trouble  to 
read and  digest the  statutes on the  sub­
ject, as  set  forth  in  another  portion  of 
this  week’s  paper,  will  probably  agree 
with T h e  T radesman  in  the belief that 
the  law  as  it  now  stands is too  general 
in  its application  and  takes in too  wide 
a  scope,  including,  as  it  does, the entire 
Lower  Peninsula. 
If  the  issuing of  li­
censes  were  vested in the  county  clerk 
and county treasurer,  instead of the State 
Treasurer, 
though 
greater effectiveness  would  be  secured; 
yet  it  is a deplorable  fact  that  in  most 
cities,  where  the  granting of  licenses is 
vested  in the  mayor  and  city clerk,  the 
grossest  abuses  exist  and  the  greatest 
laxity prevails. 
In  the Upper Peninsula 
the general law does not apply,  a special 
act having been passed  several years ago 
vesting the  licensing of  peddlers  in  the 
hands of the township.  T he T radesm an 
would  be pleased to hear from its patrons 
in  that portion of the State as to how the 
law  works 
there  and  its  columns  are 
always  open to those who  have any sug­
gestions to offer on  this or any other sub­
ject akin to merchandising.

it  would  seem  as 

Few  merchants will  fail  to  recognize 
the  portrait of  Jonan Broadacres,  as  de­
scribed in  the article of E.  A.  Owen,  this 
week, setting forth some of the obstacles 
in  the way of conducting a cash  business 
in the average  country town.  The char­
acter is  by  no  means  uncommon,  but  its 
repulsive  features  are seldom  portrayed 
more  graphically 
than  Mr.  Owen  has 
succeeded in doing.

An  Unwise  Provision.

Referring to the statement of the State 
Commissioner of  Insurance,  to the effect 
that  the present  standard for  testing il­
luminating oil  in  this  State  is  fully up 
to  the  U.  S.  standard,  the  Kalamazoo 
Telegraph remarks:

Although  it  appears  from  this  letter 
that the  new law does  not invalidate in­
surance  policies,  there  can  be no  doubt 
that it is an  unwise provisiou.  The new 
law provides for a fire test at 120 degrees. 
This is equivalent to a close  flash  test at 
about  105  degrees. 
In  other  words  the 
explosive gas of  oil  which  will  burn  at 
120 degrees  will  form  and flash at about 
105 degrees.  Now experiment has proven 
that the oil in the  ordinary closed  metal 
lamps becomes  heated  to  110 degrees on 
the  average,  5  degrees  higher  than  is 
necessary for the formation of  explosive 
gas  from  oil  which  tests at 120  degrees 
fire.  The fire test,  in order to be equiva­
lent to the old closed  flash test'should be 
put at about 140 degrees.  A little exam­
ination  into the  subject  will  show why 
this is so.  The process of refining drives 
out the  gasoline,  which is the dangerous 
property of petroleum, so that  the  more

Is the Cash System Attainable?

J W ritten fo r Th b Tradesman.

Since  the  article  under  the  head  of 
j “How  long will  the  credit  system  pre- 
! vail,”  was published in T h e  T radesm an 
the  writer  has  heard  from a number of 
its readers in a manner which encourages 
him to continue  the  subject and  bear on 
a  little  harder in condemning  the  well- 
beaten  pathway which  is  beset  with  so 
many  pitfalls,  and  in  advocating  that 
safer way  which  leads over solid  ground 
and through  groves of  peaceful  and  re­
freshing rest.

in 

But is this better and safer way attain­
able?  Is  it possible  for the retail  busi­
ness of  the country to be transacted on a 
strictly cash basis?  If there  is  any rea­
son  why  this  question  should  not  be 
answered  most  emphatically 
the 
affirmative,  the  writer is not  aware of it. 
If  there  is a man  in  the  State of  Michi­
gan  who  can  see  any  difficulty  in  the 
way  of  reducing  the  retail  mercantile 
business  of  the community  to a  strictly 
cash  or  ready-pay  basis,  which  cannot 
be  overcome  without  serious  conse­
quences,  that  man is hereby respectfully 
requested  to  point  out that  difficulty in 
the columns of T h e  T radesm an,  so that 
we all may be benefited  thereby.

To prove that this cash system is prac­
ticably  attainable,  to the  complete satis­
faction  of  any  business  man,  is  but  to 
cite  him to the  business  men who  have 
succeeded and who are succeeding in do­
ing  business  on  a  strictly  cash  basis. 
This  argument  ought to  be  received  as 
conclusive  evidence  by the  most  scepti­
cal;  for  if  it is possible  for  an  isolated 
retailer in the  midst of a desert of credit 
to change  his business from a credit to a 
strictly cash  basis and  make a success of 
it,  how much  more  possible  would it be 
if universally put into practice!

One man  writes that he has notified his 
customers  that  after  a  certain  date  in 
the  near  future he will extend  no  more 
credit  on  book  account,  but  that  after 
that  date  he will  sell  coupon  books  to 
all  responsible  parties  who  wish  them, 
taking  therefor  their notes  drawn for  a 
reasonable  time  without  interest  until 
maturity.

A retailer in a Northern  town,  in com­
menting  on  the  article referred  to,  said 
it  struck a vital  chorcT in his  experience, 
which  has  been  vibrating  ever  since. 
He said that years ago the credit business 
tripped  him up and  sat down  upon him, 
and  when  he  got  on  his  feet  again he 
found  that  his  enemy had  run  off  with 
the farm which  his father  left  him,  and 
pretty much everything else he had.  He 
had  embarked in  business  again,  but  he 
had  failed  to  profit  by  his  former  ex­
perience,  for he was  once more flounder­
ing  around  in  the  mire-hole  of  credit. 
He paid  himself a very poor compliment 
and  declared  with  a  great  deal of  em­
phasis  (and  in  order,  1  suppose,  to im­
press  me  with  the  importance  of  the 
declaration,  he called -upon some divinity 
that  he  evidently  was  not  acquainted 
with,  to bring  about  direful  happenings 
if he should  make any mistake about it), 
that if  he  succeeded  in  pulling  himself 
out  of  difficulty  this  time,  he  wouldn’t 
trust  his grandmother to a pinch of  salt.
A  grocer  in  this  city  had  just  lost a 
very  dear  customer  who  had  “taken  a 
sneak,”  as the boys say, in a very sudden 
and  unexpected  manner,  forgetting  to 
say  “Good bye” or shake  hands with his 
dear  friend and  provider,  the  grocer,  to 
the  extent of  about  fifty dollars’ worth.

When he read the article already referred 
to, giving T h e  T ra desm a n a “lee lurch” 
which  landed it in the  pickle  barrel, he 
screamed  out  in  a  voice  that  sounded 
ragged  and hungry,  that  the “credit sys­
tem”  would not “always prevail,” on his 
ranch at any rate.

And so it goes.  They are coming over, 
one  by  one,  and  sooner  or  later  there 
will  be a regular  stampede  and then  the 
great  reform  will  be  an  accomplished 
fact.

Now,  1 propose to devote the remainder 
of  this  article  in trying to find  some in­
surmountable  obstacle  in  the  way  of  a 
universal application of  the cash  system 
to the retail business of  the country. 
It 
is said that the adoption of  the cash sys­
tem  would  work  an  injustice  on  the 
farmers.  Farmers are very conservative 
and very suspicious of  everything which 
tends to interfere with established meth­
ods  and  break  in  on  old-time  customs. 
Harvest  time comes  but once a year  and 
they have become so accustomed to mak­
ing long promises and  to  being flattered 
and run after and carried that they think 
there  is  no other way.  They have  been 
humored  so  much  along  this line  that 
they have been spoiled—spoiled as surely 
as  children  are  spoiled  by  too  much 
humoring.  Who  has  not  had  the  mis­
fortune  to  know  more  than one  farmer 
who  held  back a granary  full  of  wheat 
for months and months to catch a chance 
raise of  a  cent or  two,  and  at the  same 
time their  store  bills and  all their  other 
bills remain unpaid?  Who has not heard 
these  same  farmers  boast 
that  their 
wheat was their  own,  that they were not 
compelled to sell it and  that  they would 
not  sell it until  the  price  was  satisfac­
tory?  Yet it is a fact that they lose fully 
as much  as  they gain  by holding,  to say 
nothing  of  the  trouble  and  annoyance 
they cause everybody else. 
I  say every­
body,  and I make the statement from the 
standpoint of  a country village  and  not 
from that of a larger manufacturing cen­
ter. 
In the  familiar cases cited,  we find 
all the injustice on  the farmer’s side,  and 
all the rest of  the community  compelled 
to practice  patience and  wait and  hope 
and  suffer—a  condition of  things which 
ought  never to exist,  and  which is made 
possible only by the credit system. 
It is 
true,  the legal title to the wheat is in  the 
farmer,  which  gives  him  control of  it, 
but,  morally,  he simply holds it in  trust 
for others  and it is his duty to convert it 
into  cash  promptly  and  pay  over  the 
cash  to  those to whom it belongs and  to 
whom it has  been  promised.  A  farmer 
has no moral  right  to  wilfully  withhold 
wheat or any other kind of produce from 
the market  one hour,  if  the proceeds are 
due  others  on  account.  The  merchant 
finds that about the first of the month he 
will have an  unusual  number of  bills to 
meet  and the  way  trade is  panning  out 
he is afraid  he will  not  be able  to  meet 
them.  He gets  fidgety and  nervous and 
applies to his  ledger  for consolation and 
help.  He has done the same thing many 
times  before  under  like  circumstances 
and  many  of  the  names  have  become 
very  familiar.  There  is  Adlings,  the 
first  name in the index  but the last  man 
to  pay  up.  He  must have  been  born 
into the  world a little  behind,  for he has 
been  behind  ever  since,  and  had it not 
been  for  the  eternal  watchfulness  of 
those  with  whom  he  trades,  he  would 
long  ago have  fallen so far  behind  that 
he would  be  lost forever.  The  Adlings 
family  are very  numerous  and  abound

oil  is  refined  the  more  difficult  it  be­
comes  to  form  a dangerous  gas.  Thus 
if it be true  that oil  which  flashes at 105 
degrees in a closed  vessel  will  not  burn 
in  an  open vessel  until  120  degrees  is 
reached,  it  does  not  necessarily  follow 
that oil  which  flashes in a closed  vessel 
at 120 degrees as under the old  test,  will 
burn  at  135  degrees in  an  open  vessel; 
for the process of refining has  driven out 
the gaseous properties  so  that oil which 
flashes  in a close  vessel  at  120  degrees 
will only burn in an open vessel at about 
140 degrees.
As has been stated  before,  the number 
of  accidents  bears  testimony  that  the 
new  test,  equivalent  to  about  105  de­
grees  close flash  test  is  playing  havoc. 
While  the  oil  men claim  that  they are 
not taking advantage of  this law and are 
giving a better grade of  oil than  the law 
requires,  it  is  nevertheless  a  bad  thing 
to  have a law which would  permit them 
to  put  low  grade oil on the  market  and 
in  this  way  to  rely  on  the  integrity of 
the dealer.
In conclusion  it should  be stated  that 
the test required under the  United States 
statute is no  criterion.  That  it  is  con­
sidered  too  low  is  evinced  by  the  fact 
that  there is scarcely a state  which  does 
not require a higher test.

" 

Down  Again.

Mason  fruit  jars  are  down  $3  and 
S3.50 a dozen in  price,  being now held as 
follows:
£ in ts . ................................................................................
S “"*» „ ........................................................  10.50
The  steady advance  in  prices  afforded 
many jobbers and manufacturers  an  op­
portunity to  realize handsome  profits—a 
Philadelphia  house  having  cleared over 
a  quarter of  a million  dollars from  this 
source—and the same is  true,  to a  lesser 
extent,  with  retail  dealers  who  bought 
heavily early in  the season. 
In all prob­
ability,such prices will not be seen again 
for many a year.

Why?

Why  do  great  men  always  wear  bad 
hats  and  bad  men  always  good  hats, 
when they have the money to buy  them?
Why does a man speak  broken English 
to  a  foreigner  who  cannot  understand 
good English?
Why does a caller in an office building, 
hotel  or  tenement  house  begin  his  en­
quiries for someone he  is  seeking  at  the 
top  story  instead  of  the  basement?
Why  does a man  who  cannot make an­
other  agree  to  his  arguments  shout  in 
stating them a second time?
Why does a man  turn  his  head  to ob­
serve  a  pretty  woman,  while  a  woman 
merely turns her eyes to observe a hand­
some man?
Why  does a sailor  when  on  shore  al­
ways walk close to the curb?
Why does a restaurant-keeper  take his 
meals, when  he  can,  at  some  one’s  else 
[ restaurant?
Why  are  the  authors  of  books  that 
teach how to get rich invariably poor?

The Regulation Store Loafer.

| From the  Hudson Gazette.
Talk  about  regular  habits.  Hudson 
has an eccentric  citizen  who never  fails 
to visit every  store in town  every day in 
the  year.  He  starts at the  eastern  end 
of Main street,  and  just finishes one-half 
of town when he goes to dinner,  and then 
returns and  finishes the  other  half.  He 
goes to  bed  at S o’clock  every night  and 
rises at 6 in the  morning.  He so seldom 
says a word  that  we are  unable to learn 
I  his name.

Cause  and  Effect.

I  Dear Charlie:  Come to-night;  father’s 
| laid up  with a sore toe.  Lovingly,

Dear Ciara:  Can’t  come;  I’m laid  up 

j on account of your father’s sore toe.

Cla r a.

Yours,

Ch a r l ie.

I  Muskegon—Dr. V.  A. Bergeron has sold 
the  viaduct  pharmacy  to  N.  Germain, 
j who will  continue the  business, Garrett 
j VanArkle  retaining his  position as man- 
I ager.

JTJtiie  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

everywhere.  The  one that  our troubled  would  then get his  pay and  would  then 
merchant  was first  attracted to when  he  call and  settle  with the  merchant.  One 
opened  the  ledger is the target  man  at  poor farmer reported  that the only thing 
the railroad crossing.  He has a medium-  he  had to turn off-owing  to a season of 
the  eldest  girl  works  in  exceedingly bad  luck-w as a  new-milch
sized  family 
the paper mill  and  pays  her own way— 
cow, and  in  order  to  pay the  merchant 
lives  in  his own  house and  receives $40 
for the food and  clothing that his family 
per month in wages.  His wife is modest 
had  eaten  and worn—and  which  as  an 
in  appearance  and  apparently 
indus­
honest  man,  he  considered  stood  para­
trious,  yet  he  is  always  behind  and,  if 
mount  to  all  other claims—he  sold  his 
permitted  to  do  so,  would 
inevitably 
cow  at  a  low  price  for  cash,  but  the 
climb the  hill of  life by taking one  step 
I buyer  had  failed  to  get  the cash  from 
up and  two steps  down.  For every  dol­
old Broadacres,  as he expected, and, con­
lar  he pays  on  account  he naturally ex­
sequently,  he  was  unable  to  pay 
the 
pects to work his face for two more.  He 
account.
often  calls to find  just  how his  account 
stands  and  expresses  a hope  that  next 
payday he will  surely be able  to  square 
everything  up  and, finally,  he  tells  the 
merchant  in  a confidential  way  that  he 
doesn’t know what in the world to do, for 
Fanny’s toes are right out in the weather 
and  she must  have a new  pair of  shoes 
and, of  course,  he  never  goes  anywhere 
else  to  do  his  trading.  Then the  mer­
chant  secretly  wishes  that  this  Adling 
had  been  slower still,  for  then he never 
would  have been  born at all.  Bills may 
mature and  notes  may go to protest,  but 
the Adlings remain behind forever.  They 
will  never  pay up and  he  who  does  a 
credit  business must  assume the respon­
sibility of  feeding  and clothing  some of 
the  Adling  family for  just what  can be 
coaxed out of  them.

And so this confidence-destroying spec­
ter of  credit  perambulates  all  through 
the  intricate  mazes  of  society,  dealing 
out  disappointment  and  loss, encourag­
ing duplicity and falsehood and breeding 
idleness  and  all  its  concomitant  evils. 
The bills mature and the merchant is not 
prepared  to  meet  them.  Although  his 
ledger represents  so  many resources,  he 
cannot  depend  upon it in  time of  need. 
Like  the  Irishman’s umbrella,  it  is  no 
good  in wet  weather, and  he  must  face 
the music.  He must prepare himself for 
the  sweat-box.  He  must  go down  into 
the  slough of  humility and  beg  for  re­
newals  and  extensions  and sacrifice  his 
personal credit;  and  about the second or 
third  time  he  is  caught  in  such a trap, 
he  will  receive a pressing  invitation  to 
go  into  the  chattel  mortgage  business. 
If  it  comes  to a knock  down  and  drag 
out at 25 cents on  the dollar, old  Broad­
acres,  who was the principal cause of all 
the  trouble,  will  be there  to secure  the 
gable end  and  broadside of  the plunder.
I have seen so much of this  “Broadacres” 
business in my time  that I would  like to 
see everyone of  these rural  nabobs com­
pelled  to  pay spot  cash or crawl off  out 
of the way and starve. 

Purely  Personal.

Robert  Stewart,  dealer  in  hides  and 
pelts  at  Battle  Creek,  was  in  town  a 
couple of days last week.

Frank  Hamilton,  the  Traverse  City 
merchant, was  in  town  last  week  and 
purchased a fine sorrel horse.

D.  Hogerheid,  for  several  years  past 
with H.  Leonard  &  Sons,  has  taken  the 
position of house salesman for P. Steketee 
& Sons.

Dr.  Bok,  who  is  associated  with  the 
Stickney  Drug  Co.,  at  Gowen,  was  in 
town over  Sunday.  He was acompanied 
by his daughter.

Geo. F.  Phelps, the  Ionia  grocer,  was 
in  town  over  Sunday,  the  guest  of  his 
brother,  Wm.  M.  Phelps.  He  was  ac­
companied by his wife.

H.  F.  Hastings leaves about November 
1  for  Colorado  Springs, Colo., where  he 
will remain  a portion  of the  winter,  go­
ing on to California later in the season.

J.  B.  Tucker,  formerly  engaged  in the 
grocery  business  at  Riverdale,  has  sold 
his  stock  to  a  co-operative  association 
and  is  spending  a  few  days  in  Grand 
Rapids in search of employment.

Daniel  Lynch  has  purchased  a  forty 
acre farm  on  South  Division street, one 
and one-half miles  south of Burton  ave­
nue,  and  is  already  in  possession.  Re­
marks  about  his  being a “horny handed 
son of toil” are now in order.

o f  led g ers  and  Journals  bound  w ith  the 

PhlbuLlpliia Pat. Flat opening back. 
The Strongest Blank Book Ever Made.

m
DDK

Geo. H.  R eeder & Co.,
BOOTS  & SHOES
Felt Boots and Alaska  Socks-

JOBBERS  OF

State Agents for

John  P. Dimling,  the  Brutus  general 
dealer,  was in town a couple of  days last 
week.  He  says  that the  farmers in that 
portion  of  Emmet  county  are  cutting 
their  second  crop of  hay,  that  the corn 
crop is assured  and that the potato  crop 
is the  best,  both  in  point  of  yield  and 
quality,  which  his section has ever seen.

158 & 160  Fulton it., Grand Kapids.

Will  best consult their own interests and 
that of their trade if they will post them­
selves  with the  styles, make  up,  perfect 
fit  and  remarkably reasonable  prices  of 
our  entire line,  adapted for all classes of 
trade.  Our  single  and  double  breasted

W ILLIAM  CONNOR,

Box 346, 

M arshall, Mich,

Overcoats and Ulsters

while  being worn  cannot  possibly be told from  the best  made to order  garments. 
The demand  has  been so great  that we are making up a large  number  more in all 
colors  and  grades, Cheviots, Meltons.  Kerseys,  Homespuns,  Covert Cloth in full or 
half roll  box, top and regular cuts, Chinchillas and Ulsters.
P  A  T  T  O TTTT^C!  Large selections and  newest novelties, double and 
*   ■lX A JI.J  k J  D A  A 
single breasted sacks, nobby three button cutaway 
frocks  and  regular  frock  suits, also  Prince Albert  and other  coats and  vests in 
“Clays”  worsted and other attractive materials.

Jt select line of pants well worthy of attention.

W ILLIAM   CONNOR our Michigan representative  during the  past nine  years 
will  be  pleased  to call  upon  you at any  time,  if  you  will  favor  him  with a line 
addressed to him,  box 346, Marshall,  Mich.,  where he resides.
Mr. Connor  will  be at Sweet’s  Hotel, Grand  Rapids, on  Thursday  and  Friday, 
October 8th and 9th.

M I C H A M L   K O L B   &   S O N ,

Wholesale Clothiers, Rochester, N. Y.
Boys' and  Children’s Overcoats and  SUits he has  been  highly complimented by mer*
chants  assuring  him that  they are the  nicest, cleanest, best  made and  lowest  in  price seen this
season.  September, 1891.

assuring

So the  merchant  must look  elsewhere 
in time of trouble for  help,  and  he turns 
over  another  leaf  in  his 
ledger  and 
catches  the  name of  an honest  and  in­
dustrious mechanic.  He  is  surprised at 
the  size  of  the  account  and  concludes 
that  it  must  be  collected at once.  He 
makes  out  the  blacksmith’s  bill, 
the 
painter’s  bill  and  the  harness-maker’s 
bill.  He  makes  out  the  bill of  every 
farmer who  is  considered hard  up  or  in 
trouble, for  the  reason,  I  suppose,  that 
when  a  man  begins  to  fall,  one  must 
kick quickly or he will  touch  bottom be­
fore he receives  it  and then  he will  not 
need it.  But  there is one  account  (and 
it is  representative of  a  class)  that  the 
merchant  does  not  make  out. 
It  is 
Jonan  Broadacre’s  and it is nearly large 
enough of itself to help the merchant out 
of  his  trouble,  if  it  was  paid;  but  it 
would  never  do  to  “dun”  Broadacres, 
for  he  is  not  poor  enough  to stand  it 
without  taking  offence  and  he  buys  so 
much stuff during the  year that the mer­
chant  cannot  afford to offend  him.  The 
merchant, after drawing off his accounts, 
places them in the hands of  his collector 
and  this is the  result:  The  honest  me­
chanic  with the  overgrown account  said 
he  had  built a barn  for old  Broadacres 
and had allowed his account to run,  sup­
posing, of  course,  that when the job was 
finished  he  would receive  his  pay.  He 
said  he  had  bought a new-milch  cow at 
a bargain of a farmer  who  was  hard up, 
promising  to  pay for her when  the  barn 
job was  finished,  and now  he was afraid 
he would  lose her.  The blacksmith said 
he expected some money from old Broad­
acres  in a few  days and  then  he would 
call  and  settle up.  The painter  paid $2 
on his account and  said he could not pay 
the  rest  until he received  his  pay  from 
the  contractor who  took  the  job of  re­
pairing  a  house for  old  Broadacres  on 
his  village lot.  He  had  done  a  job  of 
painting and  paper-hanging for the  con­
tractor  and when  he  got  his  pay  from 
Broadacres—which  he  would do as  soon 
as Broadacres sold his wheat—the painter

E.  A.  Owen.
At Sweet’s Hotel for Two Weeks.
Chas. E.  Watson, Michigan representa­
tive for the  Burrows  Bros. Company, of 
Cleveland,  is  in  the  city  with  his  full 
line of  samples and  can  be  interviewed 
for the next  two weeks at Sweet’s Hotel, 
where  he  is  showing  many  goods  too 
bulky and  too  costly to  be  carried  over 
his entire route.  He  will  be  pleased to 
meet  all  his  old  customers  and  should 
like to make the acquaintance of as many 
new ones  as  can  make  it  convenient  to 
favor  him  with a call.  Mr.  Watson  as­
serts that his line this season is the finest 
he  has  ever  exhibited  and  is  confident 
that an inspection of the same will cause 
all  his  customers  to  agree with  him  on 
this point.

Country Callers.

Calls  have  been 

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

W.  H.  Lind, McCords.
Geo. Burley, Canada Corners.
Alex.  Denton, Howard City.
A.  M.  Church,  Englishviile.
John P.  Dimling & Co.,  Brutus.
S. C.  Sibole,  Breedsville.
H. Sissons,  Central Lake.
Hamilton & Milliken, Traverse  City.
H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  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.

Free Waterpower Privilep.

1 have a fine waterpower on Rapid River, near 
where the new extension of the Chicago & West 
Michigan crosses said  river, near enough to run 
a side  track, which, with  the necessary  ground 
for building  I  am  anxious  to  give away.  Who 
wants it? 

ALLAN  F.  LITTLE,

A a b w o o d ,  Kalkaska Co., Mich.

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W h o l e s a l e   P r i c e   C u r r e n t •

Advanced—Tonka beans, po. jalap root, saffron 
Declined—Gum opium, gum opium po., linseed oil.

ACIDUM.

Aceticum................... 
8®  10
Benzoicum  German..  50®  6o
Boraclc  ....................
Carbolicum................  23®  35
Citrlcum...................  4S@  53
Hydrochior................ 
Nltrocum 
.................   10®  12
Oxalicum...................  11®  13
Phospborlum dll........ 
20
Salicylicam............... 1  30@1  TO
Sulphuricum..............  Ili®
Tannlcum.................. 1  40®1  60
Tartarlcum.................  40®  42

3®

AMMONIA.

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Aqua, 16  deg..............  3M@
20  deg..............  5M@
Carbonas  ...................  12®
Chlorldum.................  12®

ANILINE.

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

BACCAB.

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

BALSAM UK.

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

COBTBX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Casslae  ...............................  11
Cinchona Flava  .................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po............   20
Primus Virglni....................  12
Qulllaia,  grd.......................   14
Sassafras  ............................  14
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

EXTRACTUM.

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
po...........  33®  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
“ 
Is.................   13® 14
“  Ms................  14® 15
“  Ms................  16® 17

FKRRUM.

Carbonate Preclp........  ®  15
Citrate and Qulnia—   @3 50
@ 80
Citrate  Soluble__
@ 50
Ferrocy anidum Sol 
@ 15
Solul  Chloride—
1M@ 2
@ 7

pure.

Arnica ... 
Anthémis  . 
Matricaria

22© 25
SO© 50
25® 30

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Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin
Alx
Salvia  officinalis,  V4s
UraUrsl....................
OUMMI.
Acacia, 1st  picked.  ..
....
sifted sorts..
po.................
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)... 
“  Cape, (po.  20).. 
“  Socotri, (po.  60) 
Catechu, Is, (Mb, 14 Mb 
16)..........................
Assafcetlda, (po. 30).

“  2d 
“  3d 
“ 
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Gal ban urn.
Gualacum, (po  30)
Kino,  (po.  25)........
Mastic................
Myrrh, (po. 45)......

20® 50
25® 28
35® 50
15
m
m 10
@ 85
@ 60
@ 50
@ 31
60® 80
50® 60
® 12
@ 50
@ 1
35® 40
@ 22
50® 55
50® 53
35® 10@3 00
80® 95
@ 25
@ 20
@ 90
@ 40
2 00©2  10
25® 35
28® 33
30® 75

herba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................  25
Eupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
“  V Ir.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, V ......................  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, P a t............   55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M . .  20®  25 
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36 

Ol e u m .

Cubebae.....................   @ <
Exechthitos..............  2 50@i
Erlgeron....................2  25@2 50
Gaultherla.................2  00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......  @
Gosslpil, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  .................. l  40@1  50
Junlperi.....................   50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Llmonls....................2 50@3  10
Mentha Piper............2 90@3 00
Mentha Yerid...........2 20®2 30
Morrhuae, gal...........l  00@1  10
Myrcla, ounce............  @  50
Olive......  .................  65®?
Plcls Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
gicinl......................... 1  00@1  20
Rosmarin!............ 
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce.............   ®6 50
Succlni.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
Santal  .......................3 50©7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Sinapls, ess, ounce__  ®  65
Tiglil..........................  @100
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...............   @ 60
Theobromas...............  15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

gJÇarb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  u
Bromide.......... ......... 
28®  30
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 Nltras.............. 
7®  9
Prusslate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

RADIX.

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Aconitum..................   20®  25
Althae........................   25®  30
Anchusa....................  12®
Arum,  po....................  @
Calamus......................  20®  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15)......  10®  12
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po.  50)...................  @ 35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po.  ..  15®
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po.................. 2 40@2 50
Iris  plox (po. 35@38) ..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   70®  75
Maranta,  Mb....... ......  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhel............................  75@1  00
cut.....................   @1  75
PV.......................  75@1  35
Spighila......................   48®  53
Sangulnarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpen tarla..................  30®  35
Senega........................   40® 45
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)............  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Pceti-
dus,  po....................  @
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  @
German...  15®  20
lnglber a ....................  10® 15
Zingiber  j .............. 
22®  25
8BKBN.
® 15
Anlsum,  (po.  20) . 
plum  (graveleons)..  20®  22
rd, Is..................  
4®  6
Carol, (po. 18)............  
8®  12
Cardamon...................1  00@1  25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Satl va......... 
4M@5
ydonium..................   75® 1  00
henopodlum  ...........  10®  12
Dlpterlx Odorate....... 2 25@2 35
Poenlculum..............  @  15
Foenugreek,  po...... 
6®  8
L ini................. 
4  @ 4M
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3M)  4  © 4M
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
Pharlarls Canarian__3M® 4M
a p a ..........................  6®  7
Sinapls,  Alba............   8®  9
Nigra_____   11®  12

“ 

SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co.
D. F. R —

2 00@2 50 
1  75®2 00 
1  10@1  50 
Junlperis  Co. O. T .... 1  75@1  75
1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  GalU...........1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto................1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba...................1  25@2 00

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Florida  sheeps*  wool
carriage.................. 2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps'  wool
carriage  ................. 
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool carriage.........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
85
carriage................... 
Grass sheeps’ wool car
riage....................... 
65
75
Hard for  slate  use—  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
use..........................  
140

50@4 00

Absinthium................ 3 
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae___8 00@8 25
AnisI........................... 1 
Aurantl  Cortex...........3 60®3 75
Bergamli  ...................3 
Cajiputl.................... 
70®  80
Caryophylli...............   95@1  00
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodll....................   @2 00
Clnnamonll.................1 
15@1 20
Cltronella  .................  @  45
Conium  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba  .....................i.ao@i  30

75@1 85
75@4 00

SYRUPS.

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................  50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri Iod.............................  50
Aurantl Cortes....................  50
Rhel Aram..........................  50
Similax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
SclUae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan..........................   ..  50
Pranas  *Irg.........................  50

“ 

“ 

“ 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .1  95@2 20 
C. C o.......................1  85@2  10
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myristlca, No. 1.........  70®  75
Nux Vomica, (po20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia  . . . ..............  25®  28
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D
@2 00
Co............................
Plcls Liq, N.  C., M gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Plcls Liq., quarts 
..
@1  00 
pints......
@  85 
PH Hydrarg,  (po. 80)
@  50 
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)
@  1 
Piper Alba, (po g5)
@  3
Pix  Burgun................  @  7
Plumb! A cet..............   14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opli. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
_ & P. D.  Co., doz......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........   30®  35
Quassiae....................  
8®  10
Qulnia, S. P. & W.......  31®  36
S.  German...  21  @  30
Rubia  Tinctorum.......  12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv.  @ 35
Salacin.......................1  80@1  S5
Sanguis  Draconls.......  40®  50
Santonine  .................... 
4 50
Sapo,  W......... ............  12®  14
11  M........................ 
io@  12
@  15

“ 

Voes

Seidlitz  Mixture.......
Sinapis.......................
“  opt..................
Snuff,  Maccaboy.  De
@
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes 
@11®
Soda Boras,  (po. 12).  .
Soda  et Potass Tart.  .  JH
30®
Soda Carb.................  1M@
Soda,  Bi-Carb............   ®
Soda,  Ash  .................  3M@
Soda, Sulphas............  @
Spts. Ether C o..........   50®
“  Myrcia  Dom__  @‘
“  Myrcia Imp.......
*'  Vlni  Rect.  bbl
2 27).......................  2 31@2
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.

@3 00 
41
Strychnia Crystal......  @1  30
Sulphur, Subl............  3
.  2«® 3V4
Tamarinds............ ... 
8@ 10
Terebenth Venice.....  28® 30
Theobromae.........
4.’@ 5G
Vanilla..................
.9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph........... ... 
7® 8

“  Roll.........

OILS.
Whale, winter......
..  70
Lard,  extra............ ..  55
Lard, No.  1............ ..  45
Linseed, pure raw  ...  35

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
5fl
38

“ 

p a in t s. 

Llndseed,  boiled  __   38
Neat's  Poet,  winter
strained...............  
50
Spiri ts Turpentine__  41M
bbl. 

lb .
Red  Venetian..............im  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars...  1M  2@4
Ber........im  2@3
“ 
Putty,  commercial__2M  2M@3
“  strictly  pure......2M  2*@3
\  ermillon Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
70@75
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70@75
Lead,  red....................  7  @7M
“  w hite............... 7  @7M
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’. ......  @!K,
1  0 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting  Paris  Eng.
cliff.....................  ... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@l  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints....................1  00@1  20
No. 1 Tnrp  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  ...I  55@l  60 
T 
Tn,
Urp........................   70®  78

Dryer,  No.  1

VARNISHES.

G e t   W h a t   Y o u   A s k   F o r !

--HINKLEYS  BONE  LINIMENT—

FOR  THIRTY-FOUR  TEARS  THE  FAVORITE.

Enclosed in White  Wrappers and made by D. F. FOSTER,  Saginaw, Mich.

D r u g s  0  M e d i c i n e s .

State  Board  of Pharm acy. 

One  Year—Stanley E. P arkill, Owosso.
Two  Years—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Three  Years—Jam es Vernor, D etroit.
Four Years—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
Five Years—George Gundrnm, Ionia. 
President—Jacob  Jesson. Muskegon. 
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor. Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum. Ionia.

Meetings  for  1891—Lansing, Nov. I.
Michigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Aas'n. 

President—D. E. PtsJI, Saginaw, 
f ir s t 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— W m Dupont. Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann  Arbor, Oct. 20,21 and 22, 1891.
Grand  Rapids Pharm aceutical Society. 
President. W. R. Jew ett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott, 
Regular Meetings—First W ednesday evening of March 
June, Septem ber and December,
Urand Rapids D rug Clerks’ Association, 
resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.

D etroit Pharm aceutical  Society. 

President, F. R ohnert;  Secretary, J. PvRheinfrank.
Muskegon  D rag  Clerks’ Association. 

President  N. Miller;  Secretary, A. T. W heeler.

CHINESE  PATENTS.

Manufacturers  Covet.

Larger  Fortunes  Than  Even  American 
The Americans are not the only people 
who  are famous  in the world for  patent 
medicines.  The  Chinese  have  patent 
medicines,  too, and they have millionaire 
patent medicine makers.  The most fam­
ous  of  these  fortunate  manufacturers 
have been enjoying the  celebrated senti­
mentalities of the famous Col.  Sellers, in 
fact.  Just  think of  it,  a medicine  that 
is made use  of in every  family in  China 
at half an ounce of silver per box, which 
is equal to  75 cents in American  money. 
Seventy-five cents a box, or a clear profit 
of 70 cents on each box,  bought annually 
by over 75,000,00i) families,or $52,000,000 
per year profits,  and  this has  been going 
on from the  great  Soong  dynasty to  the 
present  day,  or  929  years’  prosperity. 
Where is Col. Sellers now?

Here  are some  of the  leading  patent 
medicines  of  the  empire of  China  that 
are considered the standard cures for the 
various  ailments  of  the  human  body: 
The famous  “Ning Shin Yo Wan,” made 
by Chin Lee Chop,is a small black pill, like 
shot, and  is said  to be a  sort of tonic  as 
well  as blood  purifier,  which all  classes 
have  much  faith  in.  An  entire  box 
weighs about an ounce.

The next in importance is the “Pop  Fa 
Yo,” by Yip Man Toong,  or camphorated 
oil with some other  mixtures,  said  to  be 
sure cure for  headache; it comes  in  bot­
tles of about  two inches high by  half an

inch square,  is sold at  ten cents per  bot­
tle,  and is about  400 years old. 
Its  pro­
prietors are also millionaires.  These are 
composed of the descendants of the foun­
der,  more  than  a  hundred  families  of 
them,  all  told,  and  every one of them  is 
wealthy, while a few of them are m illion­
aires.  Like the “Ning Shin Yo,” it is  in 
use  almost constantly  in  every  family, 
many families  using a bottle each  week.
The  “Way  Sung  Due,”  or  “Come  to 
Life  Wine,”  is  made  by  Jhoo  Chung 
Yuen of  Canton,  and  is  only about  fifty 
years old.  This  is a  medicated  wine  in 
quart  bottles,  and  is sold  at 75  cents  a 
bottle  in New  York,  and  much cheaper 
in China.  The  proprietor  is also a  mil­
lionaire. 
But  like  ail  other  paying 
businesses in  modern times  all over  the 
world, oppositions  sprang  up  who claim 
to  manufacture  an equally  good brand. 
This  has  been  the  means  of  reducing 
his profits recently,  so  that he  was com­
pelled to  issue  a  proclamation  warning 
his patrons against  purchasing  counter­
feits.  There is no  law against infringe­
ment  on  patents in  China,  and the only 
safeguard an inventor has is keeping the 
secret of his invention to himself.

The devices in advertising these wares 
are  even  more  prolific  and varied  than 
are the Americans’.  The Chinese adver­
tiser  seems to  have no  limit in his  lan­
guage of praise of the medicine he wishes 
to throw upon the  public.  Frequently  a 
medicine is made to  do for fever  as well 
as for  dyspepsia, cold, or debility.

A  great  quantity  of  Chinese  patent 
medicines is sold here in New York.  The 
Chinese  believe  in  large  doses.  When 
they  take  medicine  at  all  they  take  a 
whole meal  of it  at  one  time, and  then 
sit down and wait for results.

W ong Ch in  Foo.

The  Drug Market.

Gum  opium  has  declined.  Morphia 
is unchanged.  Quinine is steady.  Tonka 
beans  have  advanced.  Linseed  oil  is 
lower.  Po.  Jalap  has  advanced.  Saf­
fron has advanced.

No Longer a Surmise.
I noticed she was pretty,
I thought she smilled at me;
Just after I had passed her 
I turned my head to see.
A bit of icy sidewalk 
My careless feet beguiled—J
I  cracked  a  flagstone with  my head,
And then 1 know she smiled.'

TINCTURES.

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P .........   „

“  Co............................  „

Aconltum  Napellis R.........
Aloes.....................................  6o
and myrrh..................   60
Arnica..................................  50
Asafoetida.......................
Atrope Belladonna..............
Benzoin.................
Sangulnarla..........................  50
Barosma......... .....................   go
Cantharides..........................   75
Capsicum.............................   50
Ua damon.............................   75
-   “ 
Co..................... ..  75
Castor..................................1 00
Catechu.................................  50
Cinchona.........................’"   50
_  , “ 
.  Co......................   60
Conium...............................  go
Cubeba........................... go
Digitalis........................ ’ ’ ’  go
Ergot.................................. ..  50
Gentian...............................  go
“  Co...........................   60
Gualca......... ......................  50
11 
ammon.....................  60
Zingiber.............................  go
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
Colorless...................  75
Ferri  Chlorldum................. 
35
Kino,..................................  .  50
Lobelia..............................  
50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opil.....................................  85
Camphorated...............   50
Deoaor........................ 2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany  .............................  50
Rhel..  ................................   50
Cassia  Acutlfol..................   50
Co..............  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stramonium.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian.............................  50
Veratrum Veride.................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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German 3  @ 

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

.¿Ether, Spts  but, 3 F..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen..................... 2M@ 3
ground,  (po.
.  >  ...........................  
3®  4
Anuatto.....................   55®  60
Antimoni, po.............  
4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antipyrin..................   @1  40
Antifebrin  ................   @  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  ©  67
Arsenicum................. 
5©  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms 
11;  Mb,  12) ..............  @  9
Cantharides  Russian,
po............................  @1  20
Capslcl  Froctus, af...  @  20
po....  @  25
Bpo.  @ 20
Caryophylius, (po.  15)  12@  13
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @3 75
Cera Alba, S. & F ......  50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus  .....................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  20
Centrarla...................   @  10
Cetaceum..................   @  42
Chloroform...............   60®  63
squibbs..  @1  25
Chloral HydCrst........1  50@1  70
Chondros..................   20®  25
Cinchonldlne, P.  AW   15®  20 
12
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
60 
Creasotum...............   @
50 2
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @
“  prep...................  
5®
5 
9®
“  preclp............... 
118
“  Rubra................   @
Crocus........................  30®
35 
Cudbear.....................   @
246 
Cupri Sulph  ..............  5 @
12 
Dextrine......................  10®
TO
Ether Sulph.................  68®
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po..................   @
3
Brgota,  (po.)  60 ...........  50®
55 
Flake  White................  12®
15 
Galla........................   @
23 
Gambler..................... 7
@ 8 
Gelatin,  Cooper.........  
_
@  TO 
French...........  40®
‘ 
60
Glassware  flint,  TO and 10. 
bybox60and 10
Glue,  Brown__*.........   9®
“  White...............   13®
Glycerlna..................17  @
Grana Paradlsl...........  @
Humulus....................  26®
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @
“  Cor....  @
Ox Rubrum  @1  (0
Ammoniatl.  @1  10 
Unguentum.  4E@  55
Hydrargyrum........  ..  @  TO
Ijhthyobolla, Am. 
.1  25®1  50
Indigo........................   75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubi.......... 3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 TO
Lupulin......................  35®  40
Lycopodium..............  40®  45
M ads.........................  80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
im) ..........................   m   8
Mannia,  S. F ..............  SO®  60

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G R O C E R I E S .

The  Potato  Crop.

The  returns  for  the  potato crop have 
been remarkably  uniform throughout the 
season,  showing  that,  with  exceptions 
very local in character, the year has been 
a  favorable  one.  Rot  has  done  some 
damage in Pennsylvania, New York. New 
Jersey  and  New  England,  but  has  not 
affected the crop in the West to any extent 
as yet.  The Provinces  have  a  fine  crop, 
so  has  Manitoba  (Delovaine.  Man.,  re­
ports a  surplus  for  export  at 25c  with 
. lower  prices  probable),  and  will  find  a 
profitable  export  market  in  the  West 
Indies,  as until July,  1892, Canadian pro­
duce will  have the  same advantages  the 
United  States has  in the  Cuban market 
under the new  reciprocity treaty.  Pota­
toes  are  short in  Ireland,  Scotland  and 
somewhat so in  Europe,  so there may be 
quite an export demand  for our surplus. 
Hence large handlers expect better prices 
than  were paid  for the  similar big  crop 
of three years ago,  although nothing like
The
last year’s  prices  will be  realized, 
the
statistical  position  of  the  crop  in 
United States is as follows:

TOTAL  A C REA G E.

1888..............................................
........................
1890 
1891  (estimated)...............

2.547,261
.2,605,934

TOTAL  Y IE L D   IX  RU SH ERS.

................................................. 202,365,000
................................................. 146,467,508
(estimated).....................195,445,050
1891 
A V ER A G E  PR IC E  AT  FA RM .

............................................. 40
1888. 
...................................78
1890
1891  (estimated)....................................50

The Peanut  Crop.

The  peanut  crop  is  in fair  condition, 
and  will  be  about  65  per  cent,  of  the 
enormous crop  of  last year,  when 5.000,- 
000 bushels were  grown.  Peanuts as  a 
staple  crop  are  grown  only  in  a  few 
counties in Southeastern Virginia, North­
eastern North Carolina  and  Middle Ten 
nessee.  About  400,000  bushels  of  las 
year’s  crop  will  probably  be  carried 
over.  The present  prices at first hands 
2%  to 3c  per pound, is  below the cost of 
production,  except  on  new  land  in  re 
mote sections,  and  growers want 4  to  5c 
per  pound.  The  crop  is  an  expensive 
and uncertain  one; in 1889 it  was a com 
parative failure and growers were paid ( 
to 7c.  From 1866 to  1875 producers sold 
their crops at an average of 8c,  but since 
the  latter  year  the  price  has, steadily 
dropped on  account  of increased prcduc 
tion.  The  National  Peanut  Union  i 
urging  producers to market their  crops 
as it is  needed  for  consumption,  instead 
of selling to the speculators and re-clean 
ers,  who  have  heretofore  pocketed  all 
the profits.  By  the  Union’s  advice,  co­
operative  factories are  being erected for 
cleaning the  nuts at  the  lowest possible 
cost.

Courts a Credit Trade.

C.  C.  Duff,  the Owosso grocer, recently 
announced the  adoption of  the cash sys­
tem  and the abandonment  of  the  credit 
system,  whereupon  W.  S.  Hunt,  a  rival 
grocer, came  out with  the  following in- 
vitatioh to those left out in  the cold:

and  have  decided  to  invite  the  whole 
crowd over  to my  st< re,  and  as  long  as 
our goods last, or we can  get trusted for 
more,  we will share the  last crust  them. 
Possibly my  friends will  upbraid me for 
letting my sympathies  get away  with me 
to this  extent,  but  being  of  gentle  and 
tender  nature,  I cannot  bear to  see my 
fellow creatures thus  turned adrift upon 
the cold, cold world.

The  Apple  Crop.

The apple crop stood at 70 on Oct.  1 as 
the average for New England, New York, 
Pennsylvania,  Ohio  and  Michigan,  the 
principal apple surplus states,  with  Mis­
souri 74,  Arkansas  83,  and  a good  pros­
pect on  the Pacific  coast,  against an  av­
erage in the apple surplus states last year 
of 30, 57 two years ago and 81 three years 
ago.  The average for  the  whole United 
States on condition of apples is 83 against 
41  last  year,  70  two  years  ago  and  79 
three  years  ago.  The  shortage  in  the 
great apple  belt of New York is quite  as 
heavy  across  the  lake  in  Ontario.  Do­
mestic  markets  will  therefore  consume 
most of our crop  and  the  supply of  high 
colored  varieties  for export  will not  be 
much larger  than two years ago.  Prices 

ust be good for choice winter fruit.

The Grocery Market.

Granulated  and  hard  grades of  sugar 
are  without  change,  but  all 
the  soft 
rades  have  been  reduced  about  )¿c. 
Rice,  both  foreign  and  domestic, 
is 
tronger.  Oatmeal  and  rolled  oats  are 
5c lower.  Currents  are  weak  and  )4e 
lower.  Figs  are  easier. 
Prunes  and 
It  is almost  impos­
raisins are weaker. 
ible to secure enough jugs and crocks to 
fill  orders,  owing  to  the great  quantity 
which  has  been used  in  place  of  fruit 
ars, owing  to the  recent scarcity  of the 
latter.

In Keeping With the Weather.
I  always  dress  my  windows  as  the 
ladies dress,” said a merchant;  “on  sun­
ny  days  with  bright  things,  and  on 
cloudy days  with  somber colors,  and  so 
on.”

“ Do you sell  umbrellas?”
“No.”
“What do you do on rainy dajs then?’ 
“We make a display of stockings.”

Crockery & Glassware

LAMP BURNERS.

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

LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.

6 doz. In box.

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First quality.
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XXX Flint.
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No. 0 Sun......................................................... 1  75
No. 1  “  ................................................. 
1  88
No. 2  “  ......................................................... 2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top........................... 
2 25
No. 1  “ 
2 40
No. 2  “ 
3 40
No. 0 Sun, crimp top........................................... 2 60
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled.........................3 70
No. 2  “ 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.............................1 25
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz.............................................1 35
No. 9 

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“ .......................................... 1  60
FRUIT JARS.

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

La B as tic.

Pearl top.

2 80
3 86

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Mason's or  Lightning.

Pint*...................................................................10 00
Q uarts............................................................... 10 50
Half gallons........................................................13 50
Rubbers.........................................................  
Caps  only..........................................................   4 50
! Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal......................  
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STONEWARE—AKRON.

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¡4 gal., per doz.................................  75
....................................  90
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1  notice in a  late issue  of  your  paper
................................... 1 80
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that my friend Duff had decided after the j Mu* pans, 24 gal., per do«,  "(glazed75c).!! 
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first of  October  to  fire  all  of  his  good 
72
credit  customers.  Now,  Mr.  Editor,  11 
do not  wish to pose as  a public  benefac- i  Local dealers pay as follows for dressed fowls:
tor,  but  a  long, cold  winter  is  coming j spring  chickens...............................12  @13
and these  people must not be  allowed to I Fall chickens...................................  @10
suffer,  and  as  friend  Duff  don’t  want  Turkeys...  ......................................  @11
them,  and  says  he  won’t  have  them, 
Brooks and 1 have talked the matter over  Geese  ..............................................  @

3 to 6 gal...........................  0624
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PRODUCE  MARKET.

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

Apples—Fancy  eating command $1.50 per bbl.
Cooking are held at $1 per bbl. 
. 
Beans—Dry beans  are  beginning  to  come  in 
freely, dealers  paying  SI.25  for  un nicked  ana 
country  picked  and  holding  at  $1.75  for  city j standard^,  per  lb 
picked. 
Butter—Choice  dairy finds  ready  sale at  19®
30c, although  the  late  pasturage  induced  by a 
rainy  August  and a warm  September  will pre­
vent the  shortage  expected  earlier  in the  seas, 
on.  Factory  creamery is still held at 21c.

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“ 
Twist  ................

Extra H. H.......................

STICK.  CANDY.
Full  Weight.

Bbls.  Pails. 
7 24
.  624 
724 
................oy*
724 
................624
924 
824 
824

per bbl.

Celery—20c per doz. bunches.
Cabbages—35@40c per doz.
Cranberreries—Fancy Cape Cod are  held at  $8 
Cucumbers—Pickling, 15@20c per 100.
E g g s—Dealers pay  16c for strictly  fresh, hold 
ing at 18c.  There is  no  call, as  yet, for  either 
limed or pickled.
is  without 
anv life, dealers  holding present  stocks  at  i 24c 
The recent hot weather has thrown large  quan­
tities of fruit to the evaporators, in consequence 
of which higher prices  are not looked for in the 
immediate future.

Evaporated Apples—The  market 

Grapes—Concords, 3c; Niagaras, 4c.- 
Honey—Dull at 16@18 for clean comb.
Onions—65c per bu. for good  stock.
Muskmelons—40c for common;  65c for Osage. 
Peaches—The  market  is  confined  almost 
wholly to  Smocks,  which  command  $1@$2  per 
bu. according to size and quality.  The  present 
week will about wind up the crop.
Pears—The Michigan crop is about played out, 
but  Flemish Beauties,  from  New  York, are  in 
market at $2 per bu.

Peppers—Green $1 per bushel.
Potatoes—Little doing at about  20@25c per bu. 
Quinces— $2.25 per bushel. 
Sweet Potatoes—$2 75 per  bbl. for  choice  Jer­
Tomatoes—The supply is almost  unprecedent­

sey stock.
ed, dealers paying 21 c and selling at 25c.

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PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

FORK  IN  BARBELS.

lard—Kettle Rendered.

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
Mess, new....................................................   11  75
Short c u t.....................................................  13 01
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  15 00
Extra clear, heavy......................................
Clear, fat back............................................   It  50
Boston clear, short cut................................  *.5 00
Clear back, short cut...................................   14 50
Standard clear, short cut, best...... .......... 
15 00
Pork Sausage...................................................7
Ham Sausage..................................................   9
Tongue Sausage..............................................9
Frankfort Sausage 
......................................   8
Blood Sausage............... .................................  5
Bologna, straight............................................  5
Bologna,  thick................................................5
Head Cheese....................................................   5
Tierces............................................................  854
Tubs.................................................................  824
501b.  Tins..........................  ..........................  824
Com
pound.6
614
7246
624
624

Tierces......................................62*
0 and  50 lb. Tubs.....................624
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  case..............724
51b. Palls, 12 In a case...............724
10 lb. Palls, 6 in a case.............. 7
201b. Pails, 4 in a  case............. 9?4
501b. Cans.................................624
BEEP  IN  BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs.....................   7 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................7 50
Boneless, rump butts.....................................10 50
Hams, average 20 lbs......................................   924
16 lbs...................................... 10
12 to 14 lbs............................... 1024
picnic.................................................... 734
best boneless......................................   924
Shoulders........................................................  7\
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..............................1024
Dried beef, ham prices...................................  9
Long Clears, heavy.........................................  8
Briskets,  medium...........................................  824
light................................................  824

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

LARD. Family.

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FRESH  MEATS.

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Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef,carcass.........................................  4  @6
“  hindquarters...............................   5V4@  624
fore 
“ 
....................... .......3  @324
loins, No. 3..................................  8240  9
“ 
ribs............................................   724®  8
“ 
rounds........................................  524® 6
“ 
tongues.......................................  @
Bologna.................................................   @J
Pork loins..............................................
...................................   @ v
Sausage, blood or head........................   @ 5
liver.............. 
.......................   @5
Frankfort................................  @724
Mutton.................................................. 6  @7
Veal.......................................................  624®  7

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FISH  and  OYSTERS.

FRESH  FISH.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
Whiteflsh...............................................
Trout...........................  
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Halibut..................................................
Ciscoes......... .........................................
Flounders..............................................
Bluefish.................................................
Mackerel...............................................
Cod.........................................................
California salmon...........
-Bulk.
OY8TBRS-
Standards, per gal.......................
Selects, 
.......................
o y sters—Cans.
Fairhaven  Counts.......................
F. J. D. Selects............................
Selects.........................................
F  J. D...........................................
Anchor........................................
Standards  ...................................
Favorites.....................................
SHELL  goods.
Oysters, per  100. 
Clams, 

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

$1  30 
1  75
@35@;o
@25
@25@22
@18
@16

1  25 
75

 

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MIXED  CANDY.
Full Weight. Bbls. 
Pails.
724
.624
Standard........................................624
724
.624
Leader........................................... ®24
8
Special
J
8
Royal...........
824
Nobby.........
824
■ 724
Broken....................................... 
824
.724
English  Rock.............................
8
.7
Conserves...................................
8K9
■724
Broken Taffy...............................
Peanut Squares...........................
10
Extra...........................................
1024
French Creams...................: .......
1324
Valley  Creams............   ............
fan cy—In b u lk .
Palls.
Bbls.
Full Weight.
1124
102411
Lozenges, plain.........................
1224
printed.......................
122414
Chocolate Drops.........................
Chocolate Monumental............
5
624
Gum Drops................................
9
8
Moss Drops........................................ 8
924
824
Sour Drops........................................   824
1124
1024
Imperials.................. -  --•••■••.........
Per Box.
tes.
J
fa n c y—In 5 lb. boxes. 
Lemon Drops................................................... j®
Sour Drops...............................  
j®
Peppermint Drops........................................... J®
Chocolate Drops..............................................
H. M. Chocolate Drops.............................. --v*)
Gum Drops...............................................
Licorice Drops..............................................1 «u
A. B. Licorice Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain................................................J®
printed............................................70
Imperials..........................................................65
Mottoes.............................................................¿5
Cream Bar....................................................... ..
Molasses Bar....................................................—
Hand Made  Creams.................................. S5@85
Plain Creams............................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams— .................................. 1®
String  Rock...................................  
Burnt Almonds..................................................1 oo
Wlntergreen  Berries.......................................6°
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb. boxes..........................  34
M
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes.........................................1 10
4  5(1 
Sorrentos,  200....................................
4  50
Imperials,  160....................................
@6 50 
Messina, choice, 360..........................
@7 00
fancy, 360..........................
choice 300..........................
@7  50
fancy 300............................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
@19
Figs, Smyrna, new,  fancy  layers...
@16
@1224@10

CARAMELS.
 
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ORANGES.

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Fard, 10-lb.  box...............
...............
Persian. 50-lb.  box...........
NUTS.
@17 
Almonds, Tarragona..................
@1624 
Ivaca............................
@17 @ 8 
California....................
Brazils, new................................
@1124 
Filberts.......................................
@1424 @12 
Walnuts, Grenoble.....................
“  Marbot..........................
@10 
“  ChlU.............................
@14 
Table Nuts,  fancy.....................
choice  ..................
@1224 
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.............
@1724 
@4 25
Cocoanuts, full sacks.................
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns................................   @  524
«  Roasted..................   7  @  724
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............................  @524
@  724 
Choice, H. P.,  Extras...........
@ 424 @ 6 >4
“  Roasted.

Roasted.................   7

“  50-lb.  “ 

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PEANUTS.

LEMONS.

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HIDES, PELTS  and  FURS.

Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  follows:

HIDES.

Green....................................................   3  @ 4
Part Cured............................................   @ 5
Full  “ 
.............................................  @524
Dry..........................................................   6 @7
Kips,green  ...........................................  4  @5
Calfskins,  green.....................................  4 @  5
cured....................................   5 @6
Deacon skins........................................... 10 @30

“  cured.......................... 

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No. 2 hides 24 off.

WOOL.

Shearlings............................................... 10 @25
Lambs......................................................20 @75
Washed..............................................   .......20@30
Unwashed............................  —  
10@20
MISCELLANEOUS.
TaUow...................................................  354® 424
Grease  butter  .......................................  1  @2
Switches................................................  124® 2
Ginseng..............................................2 5>1@3 00

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FELTS.

OILS.

The  Standard  OH  Co.  quotes  as  follows,  1 

barrels, f. o. b. Grand Rapids :
Water White......  .................................  @854
Special White........................................  @824
Michigan Test............................ 
@7)4
Naptha...................................................  @ 724
Gasoline................................................   @824
Cylinder............................................... 27  @36
Engine  ............... ................................. 13  @21
Black,  Summer.....................................   @ 8

 

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18

.........  1  50 I
...........  2 50 I Cracked.

Hummel’s, foil.. 
tin  ...
CHICORT.

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Jute 
“ 

CLOTHES  LINES.
“ 
50 ft..........  
“ 
60 ft_____  
70 ft.......... 
“
80 ft.......... 
“
60 ft.......... 
“
72 ft  ........
CONDENSED MILK.

Bulk............. ......................   454
Red.....................................   7
Cotton,  40 ft.........per doz.  1  25
1  40
1  60
1  90 
90 1 (10
40
Eagle..............
..............6 50
Crown............
............8(0
Genuine  Swiss
American Swiss...............  7 00

CO U PO N   B O O K S.

“Tradesman.
8  1, per  hundred.......
* 2,  ”
I 3,
8 5,
810,
820,

“Superior.’ 
per hundred----

F IS H —S alt. 
Bloaters.

“ 

11  00

“ 
“ 

Cod.

Yarmouth..........................   1  10
Whole............................  @6
Bricks..........................   754@854
Strips.............................74» @844
Halibut.
Smoked.................
1054
Herring.
Scaled.........................
Holland,  bbls............
kegs.............
Round shore, 54 bbl...
“ 
54. bbl..
Mackerel.

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

Pollock.
Sardines.
Trout.

No. 1, 54 bbls. 90 lbs......
No. 1, kits. 10 lbs.........
Familv, 54 bbls., 100 lbs.

9 CO 
1  20 
3  50
45
Fancy.......................  3 50@4 0C
45
Russian,  kegs.................... 
. .5 00 
No. 1, 54 bbls., lOOlbs 
..  80
No. 1, kits, lo lbs—  
vVhiteflsh,
No. 1, 54 bbls., lOOlbs
.......1  00
Family, 54 bbls., 100 lbs  ...  2 75 
kits. 10  lbs............   50
Jennings’ D C.

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

2 oz folding box
3 oz 
4 OZ 
6 oz

Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
1  50
2  00
3 00
4 (O
.5 50 
.3 00

1  001 50
2 00
3 00
GUN  POWDER.
Kegs...........................
Half  k eg s..................
Sage.............................
Hops............................
Chicago  goods............
LAMP WICKS.
30 
No.  ... 
......
40 
No. 1.............................
50
No. 2............................
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

MATCHES.

LICORICE.

JELLIES.

HERBS.

LYE.

@3

MINCE  MEAT

3 00  No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.
3 0(
4 00
5 Of
2 50
3 00
4 00
5 00
6  00

“

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Peas

.1  25

*• 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Corn.

MEATS.

Beans.

1  50 
5 50

soaked......

Diamond.

APPLE  BUTTER.

*  lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “

2 dozen in case.

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

Chicago goods.................744@8

“  441b. 
“ 
“ 
“ 
•• 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

1
1  65 
1  40 
1  30
.......2  10
...r.l  75 
....1  50 
..  ..1 00 
.1  10 
.. 
...  95
....  95

AXLE GREASE.
Frazer’s.
Wood boxes, per  doz —
3 doz. ease.
“ 
per gross  ..
“ 
25 lb. pails,......................
15 lb.  “ 
....................
A urora.
Wood boxes,  per  doz —
3 doz. case.
per  gross..

Wood boxes,  per doz  ...
3 doz. case.
per  gross  .
Peerless.
25 lb. pails.................
BAKING  POWDER.
Acme, M lb. cans, 3 doz  .
“ 
2  “  ..
lib .  “ 
1  “  ..
bulk......................
Teller’s, M lb. cans, doz
“
Arctic, M lb can s...........
44 ft  “ 
...........
1 ft  “ 
.........
5 ft  “ 
...........
Red Star, ^  ft  cans........
14 lb  41 
........
1 ft  "  ------
BATH BR1CR.

Strawberries.
Lawrence..................
Hamburgh.................
E rie....'......................
Whortleberries,
Common....................
F. &  W.......................
Blueberries...............
Corned  beef,  Libby’s..
Roast beef,  Armour’s..
Potted  ham, % lb  __
“  54 lb.........
tongue, 54 lb  ...
54 lb  ..
“ 
chicken, 54 lb ...
VEGETABLES.
Hamburgh  stringless.
French style
90 !
Limas  ........
Lima, green................
45 ' 
65 ! 
Lewis Boston  Baked...
1 00 
Bay State  Baked.........
World’s  Fair....................... 1  35
10 45 
85 I
Hamburgh  .........................1  20
1  50 ! 
Tiger ...................................
GO
Purity 
• •  ..........................1  10
Honey  Dew  ....................... 1  40
1  20
2  00 
9 60
Hamburgh marrofat........... 1  35
4060
early June  .........1  50
Champion Eng...1  50
1 50 | Hamburgh  petit  pois 
.1 90
fancy  sifted
Soaked ..........................
qa  Harris  standard...........
English...............................  90
in  Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.1  10 
Bristol..................................  70
.1 30 
¿„I 
Early June..
Domestic.............................   60
1  35 
Archer’s  Early Blossom
Gross
.1  80
French  .........................
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals................4 00
Mushrooms.
“ 
7 00
72(18
French ..........................
“  pints,  round...........10 50
Pumpkin.
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
.  90
Erie...............................
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
Squash.
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
Hubbard............................ 1  30
“  1 oz ball  .................   4  50
Succotash.
Hamburg  ...........................1  40
No. 2 Hurl..........................  1  75
Soaked ....................
2 00
No. 1  “ 
Honey  Dew............
No. 2 Carpet.....................    2 25
Tomatoes
2  50
No. 1 
“ 
Van  Camp’s............
Parlor Gem...............................2 75
No. Collins.........................
Common Whisk................. 
90
Hamburg..........................
Fancy 
1  90
Hancock............................
Mill....................................  3 25
Gallon...............................
Warehouse............................... 2 75
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet.................
BUCKWHEAT  PLOUR.
Premium..........................
Rising Sun...............................5 00
Pure.................................
York State..........................
Breakfast  Cocoa..............
Self Rising............................... 4 50
Norway......................
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............  1014
N. Y. or Lenawee......
1054
Star,  40 
Allegan  ..................
Paraffine............................12
Skim.....................
25
Wicklng.
Sap Sago....................
Edam  ........................
Swiss, imported........
domestic  —
Limburger..................
Brick...........................
CHEWING  GUM.
Rubber, 100 lumps................35
200  “ 
................40
Spruce, 200 pieces.  .............40
Snider’s, 54 pint.................. 1  35

Little Neck,  l i b .......................1 10
.1  90 
|
¡ 30
.1  10
2  10

“  2  lb.........  
Clam Chowder
Standard, 3 lb..............
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb............
21b.............
Lobsters.

34
38
40
@102£ 
@ 1 1  
@1014 
@  9 
@22 
@1  00 
@  25 
©1314 
. . .   10 
121-4

CANNED  GOODS.

CANDLES
“ 
 

...1  00 
...1  CO 
...1   10
—2 50

PISH.
Clams.

bluing. 

BROOMS.

CHEESE.

CATSUP.

8 oz 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“ 

“  2  lb...........................3 45
“ 

Star,  1  lb.................................2 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 90
tails................ 1 75
Alaska, 1  lb.............................. 1 40
21b ............................... 2 10

Salmon.
“ 

“ 
“ 

Sardines.
American 
.................44»@  5
54s..................644@ 7
Imported  *4s....................ll@12
. 13@14
14s
Mustard  9£s
Brook, 3 lb...................... ...  50

Trout.

“ 

FRUITS.
Apples.

25

Gages.

York State, gallons —
Hamburgh,  “  —
Apricots.
2 25
Santa  Cruz.................
2 50
Lusk’s.........................
2 35
Overland..................
Blackberries.
90
F. &  W.......................
Cherries.
1  20
Red.............................
1  75
Pitted Hamburgh  —
1  60
W hite.........................
1  30
Erip............................
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
E rie............................  @1  60
Gooseberries.
Common.................... 
1  10
P ie............................. 1  G0@1  75
Maxwell.................... 
2 25
Shepard’s ................... 
2 27
C alifornia.....................2  60@2  75
Domestic....................
Riverside....................
Pineapples.
Common.....................
Johnson’s  sliced........
grated.......
Quinces.
Common....................
Raspberries.
Red.............................
Black  Hamburg.........
Erie, black...............

Peaches.

Pears.

“ 

“ 
“ 

pint............................2 30
q u a rt-.......................3 50
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes......  ............ 40
COCOA  SHELLS.
@4
Bulk............................
@7
Pound  packages.........
C O F F E E .

GREEN.
Rio.
.2014
Fair.......................
.21
Good......................
.2114
Prime....................
Golden...................
.23
Peaberry  ..............
Santos.
• 2014 
Fair.......................
Good.....................
.21 
.2114
Prime....................
Peaberry  ............................zz;-4
Mexican and Guatamala.
Fair..................................... m
Good....................................
Fancy.................  -............ •*’
Prime.................................. SJf

Maracaibo.

Java.

26 
Interior............
28
Private Growth 
.29
Mandehling
i Imitation........................... 25
I Arabian...............................

Mocha.

r o a ste d .

PACKAGE.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 14c. per lb. for roast 
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.
M c L a u g h l i n ’s   XXXX....21H
A rbuckle’s ..............................
Durham..............................— S
Lion, 60 lb. case  ...............
Lion  100 lb. case..................
cabinets con­
lioi11, iw*  . 
ta in  in g   120 
one  p o u n d  
p’kages (sim­
ilar to accom­
panying  Ill­
u s tra tio n ) 
sold  at  case 
price,with an 
a d d itio n a l 
charge  of  90 
cents for cab­
inet.

EXTRACT.

Valley C ity............................   ,  75
Felix..................................   1  I5

 

“Universal.' 
“ 
..........
......
“ 

82 50 
$ 1, per hundred.
.  3 00 
8  2, 
.  4 00 
1  60  1 3, 
.  5 00 
810,
.  6  00 
.  7 00
820,
Bulk orders for above coupon 
books are subject to the follow­
ing  dif counts:
200 or over....................... 5 per cent.
500  “ 
10 4
1000 
“  
COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.
I Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 810 down. |
20 books........................ $ 1  00
50  “ 
.........................  2 00
100  “ 
....................   3 00
450 
“
500  “
1000 
“
CRACKERS.
Kenosha Butter........
............ —   g
“ 
Seymour 
Butter................................  6
“  family.......................  6

......................20

Boston................................... 754
City Soda.............................
Soda............... 
6
S. Oyster.............................  °
City Oyster. XXX.................  6
Strictly  pure......................  30
Telfer’s  Absolute..............  35
Grocers’........................... 10@15

CREAM TARTAR.

d r i e d   f r u i t s .

Apples.

PEEL.

PRUNRS.

644
J3
1*

Sundried....................  © 
.
Evaporated................  @ 74»
California Evaporated.
Apricots.
Blackberries.............. 
Nectarines................. 
Peaches  .................... 
Pears,  sliced..............
Plums.........................
Prunes, sweet............
Turkey.......................  @  614
Bosnia........................
French.....................   @ "
18
Lemon........................
18
Orange.......................
@24
In d ru m .........................
@24
In boxes....... .............
CURRANTS.
@ 494 
Zante, In  barrels........
@ 5 
in  14-bbls.......
@ 594
In less quantity 
r a isin s —California. 
1  7?
London Layers, 2 cr’n
»« 
3  “
2 00 
2 25 
fancy.
“ 
1  50
M uscatels. 2 crown
1 eo
6
%  644

3  “
Foreign.
Valencias...................
Ondaras.....................
Sultanas.....................

CITRON.

“ 
“ 

•• 

FARINACEOUS  GOODS

Farina.
Hominy.

3

Lima  Beans.

100 lb. kegs...................
Barrels............................
Grits.................................
Dried..................... 
6
Maccaroni and Vermicelli. 
45
Domestic, 12 lb. box.... 
Im ported.........................  
lo
Pearl Barley.
Kegs...............................3H @394
Green,  bn.......................... 1  16
Split, bbl............................ 6 00
German.............................  
g
East India........................ 
5

Sago.

Peas.

“ 

Nutmegs, fancy..................80 
“  No.  1..................... 75
“  No. 2..................... 65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 15 
“ 
“  white...  .25
shot....................... 19
“ 
Pure Ground In Bulk.
Allspice..............................15
Cassia,  Batavia..................20
and  Saigon .25
“ 
“  Saigon.................. 35
Cloves,  Amboyna...............30
Zanzibar...............20
Ginger, African..................15
“  Cochin...................18
Jamaica.................20
“ 
Mace  Batavia.....................80
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste. .25
“  Trieste...................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ..................75
Pepper, Singapore, black — 20
“ 
“  white.......30
“  Cayenne..................25
Sage....................................20
“Absolute" in Packages.
J4S 

14s
Allspice.....................   84  1  00
Cinnamon..................   84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  155
Ginger, Jam ...............   84  1  55
“  Af..................   84  1  55
Mustard.....................   84  155
Pepper......................  84  155
Sage................................84

SUGAR.

 

. 

“ 

“ 
“ 

6M.

SODA.

SNUFF.

SAL  SODA.

Cut  Loaf....................  ©  544
Cubes.........................  @5)4
Powdered..................  @ 544
Granulated...  _ 
@ 414 
Confectioners’ A.
© 494 
Soft A  ...............
& 4)4 
White Extra  C—
@ 4 
Extra  C...............
© 3?¿ 
C ......... ................
© 3*
Y e llo w ..............
Less than 100 lbs.  *4c advance
STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes..........................  6
40-lb 
...........
Gloss.
1-lb packages.......................6
3-lb 
.......................6
6-lb 
644
 
10 and 50 lb. boxes..............  494
Barrels................................  494
Scotch, In  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, in jars................35
French Rappee, in Jars......43
Boxes..................................544
Kegs, English......................49i
"Kegs................................ 
IX
Granulated,  boxes..............2
Mixed bird.................  444® 6
Caraway............................... 10
Canary................................   344
Hemp................................... 444
Anise....................................13
Rape...............................
Mustard..........................
Diamond Crystal.
.82 40
100 3-lb. sacks.................
.................
60 5-lb.  “ 
!  2  15 
28 10-lb. sacks...............
12014-lb.  “ 
.................
.  2  00 
.  1  50
24 3-lb  cases..................
16  56 lb. dairy in linen  bags..
--
281b.  “ 
“ 
19 
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags..
281b.  “ 
--
56 lb. dairy  bags...............
561b. dairy  bags...............
56 lb.  sacks.......................
Saginaw and Manistee. 
90
Common Fine  per bbl......
Church’s, Arm & Hammer.. .544
Dwight’s Cow........... ............ 544
Taylor’s................................ 5J4
DeLand’sCap  Sheaf............544
pure........................544
Golden Harvest 

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.

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

SALEBATUS.

Warsaw.

SEEDS.

SALT

744

18

44 

“ 

“ 

“ 

SYRUPS.
Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels................................30
Half bbls.............................32
Amber.......................23 
5
Fancy drips...............28  @30
SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps.............. 
7
844
Sugar Creams............  
Frosted Creams.........  
8
Graham  Crackers...... 
8
Oatmeal Crackers...... 
8

TEAS.

I

IM PE R IA L .

YOUNO HYSON.

Common to fair.......... 23  @26
Superior to fine............30  @35
Common to fair...........18  @26
Superior to  fine.......... 30  @40
F air.............................18  ©22
Choice..........................24  @28
Best.............................40  @50

ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

 

“ 

“ 

Plug.

Pails unless otherwise noted.
Hiawatha  ................. 
60
Sweet Cuba...............  
34
24
McGinty....................  
44 bbls.......... 
22
22
Little  Darling........... 
2U
44 bbl.. 
1791............................ 
20
19
1891, 44  bbls................ 
Valley  City................ 
33
Dandy Jim ................. 
27
Searhead.................... 
40
24
Joker........................  
Zero............................ 
22
23
L. & W.......................  
28
Here  It Is................... 
Old Style.................... 
31
Old  Honesty.............. 
4 t
Jolly Tar....................  
33
Hiawatha...................  
37
Valley City...............  
34
Jas. G. Bntler &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 38
Toss Up..  ..............................26
Out of Sight...........................25
Boss....................................  1244
Colonel’s Choice..................13
Warpath..............................14
Banner................................14
King Bee..............................20
Kiln Dried...........................17
Nigger Head........................23
Honey  Dew......................... 24
Gold  Block......................... 28
Peerless..............  
24
Rob  Roy..................... 
24
Uncle  Sam...........................28
Tom and Jerry.....................25
Brier Pipe............................ 30
Yum  Yum...........................32
Red Clover...........................32
Navy....................................32
Handmade...........................40
Frog....................................33
40 gr.....................................  8
50  gr.....................................

Smoking.

VINEGAR.

 

 

81 for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

 

“ 

PAPER.

te ast-  -Compressed. 
“ 

Bulk, per gal  ...... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 
Fermentum  per doz. cakes..  15 
per lb-............... 3j
PA PER & WOODENWARE 
The  G. R. Paper  Co.  quotes  as 
follows:
Straw 
................................. lJi
Rockfalls..............................2
I Rag sugar..............................2
Hardware..............................244
Bakers .
----244 
544@5 
Dry  Goods............
Jute  Manilla...........
@644 
Red  Express  No. 1. 
....  544 
No. 2.
...... 444
TWINES.
...  22 
48 Cotton.................
....20 
Cotton, No. 1...........
....1 8
Sea  Island, assorted......... 35
No. 5 Hemp......................... 15
No. 6  “ ................................. 15
WOODENWARE.
Tubs, No. 1....................
“  No. 2....................
“  No. 3....................
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop..
“  No. 1,  three-hoop 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.
Bowls,  11 Inch............  1 

7 00 
6  00 
5 00 
1  35 
1  60 
50
00
..................   1 25
13  “ 
15  “ 
................... 2 00
17  “ 
...................2 75
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
Baskets, market.................  35
shipping  bushel..  1  20 
..  1  30
full  hoop  “ 
bushel............  1 
50
5 75
“ 
“  No.3  7 25
“  No.l  3 50
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
" 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ willow cl’ths, No.l 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
splint 
* 
“ 

No.2 6 25

No.2 4 25
No.3 5 00

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF»
92 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 
92
MEAL.
Bolted...............................  1  75
Granulated..............
00 
FLOUR.
5 00
Straight, in  sacks...
“  barrels...........  5 10
“ 
sacks............   6 60
Patent
6  10 
barrels......
2 45
sacks.
Graham 
Rye 
“ ................  2 75
I  Bran..................................  14 50
Screenings.......................  12 00
I Middlings........................   30 00
Mixed Feed......................  23 00
Coarse meal......................  23 00
Car  lots...............................614»
Less than  car lots..............64
Car  lots  ... 
..................   32
Less than car lots...............   35
HAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots — 12 50 
I No. 1 
ton lots........ 14 00

“ 
MILLSTUFFS.

CORN.

OATS.

“ 

1  00

3 or 6 doz  in case  r
MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

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

New Orleans.

OATMEAL.
Barrels 200................
Half barrels 100...........
ROLLED OATS
Barrels  180.................
Half  bbls 90..............
PICKLES.
Medium.
84  50
Barrels, 1,200 count. 
Half  barrels, 600 count..  .  2  75 
Barrels, 2.400 count  .........   5 50
Half barrels, 1,200 count ...  3 25 
Clay, No.  216............................ 1 76
Cob, No.  3.................................1 25

“  T. D. full count..........   75

Small.

PIPES.

.

RICE.

Domestic.

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

ja p a n —Regular.

ROOT BEER.

SUN CURED.

Imported.

Williams’ Extract.

25 cent size........................ -1  75
3 dozen..............................$560

Broken...............................
Japan, No. 1..........................64»
“  No. 2...........................*7*
Java....................................  ®
Patna..................................  5

F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice...........................34 @26
Choicest....................... 32 @34
D ust.............................10 @13
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Common to  fa ir............ 23  @26
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Cloves,  Amboy na................22
Zanzibar..................13
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THE  EVIL  OF  ADULTERATION. 

W ritte n   fo r  Th e  T radesman.

While the late work  which  the Minne­
sota Senate  has  undertaken in regard  to 
ammonia and alum in  baking powder,  as 
made  public  through  the  press, is  yet 
fresh in our minds, let ns hope that legis­
lative bodies  in every other  state in  the 
Union  will  take  up the  good work  and 
carry  it  forward  until  every  brand  of 
adulterated goods  on the market is  com­
pelled  by law  to be  labeled “Adulterat­
ed;” or,  better,  be driven  from the  mar­
ket. 
It is one of the greatest evils which 
our  country  has to  contend with at  the 
present day,  and the  extent  and skill by 
which  the  brand  of  baking  powder  so 
well  known  and  the  high  merits  with 
which it has been held and the extensive 
sale which it is  had,  but  proves how the 
Americau people can and are being hum­
bugged.  The public in general has cóme 
to  consider  it  as  the  standard  baking 
powder,  the  best on  the  market.  Why? 
Not only  because  it  has  been  held at  a 
high  price,  but  because  the  press  has 
said so.  And why does the press say so? 
Simply because it is  paid for it,  but it  is 
the  consumer’s  money  which  pays  the 
press.  No  other  one  manufactory  ex­
pends the  amount  of  money  for  adver­
tising  yearly which this firm does.  The 
money  used  rightly  belongs to  the con­
sumer and the retail dealer, whose profits 
on this brand  are very  small.  And  not 
until the last few months has  the  public 
become awake to the smell of its adulter­
ation of ammonia and  to realize to  what 
extent it has been humbugged.

A  few months  ago  this  same  baking 
powder  company became  jealous  of  the 
sales of  certain prize  or  scheme  baking 
powders  in  the  State  of  Ohio  and  it 
worked up  the  Legislature  in the  State 
to stop the sale of  prize or scheme goods 
under  the  auspices  of  the  lottery  law. 
Some  action  was  taken  in  Ohio against 
the sale of  scheme  baking  powders and 
the other baking powder makers used the 
fact as an  advertisement  for  their  own 
goods,  claiming  they were the means  of 
protecting  the  citizens  of  Ohio  from 
scheme or prize  goods,  while  a  greater 
proportion of the prize  baking powder is 
equal in  quality,  if  not  better, than  its 
rival  powder,  for the  former  spends  its 
(the consumer’s)  money  in  its  schemes 
which it  gives to the  consumer,  and  the 
latter  spends  the  consumer’s  money 
through  the  press.  Thus, you  see,  the 
scheme baking powder is the most honor­
able of the two.

I am  not writing this in  favor of adul­
terated  goods,  but,  instead,  I  wish  to 
speak  most  emphatically  against  them, 
and  in  so  doing will  confine myself  en­
tirely  to the  line  of  spices  and  my re­
marks on that line will apply to all other 
goods as well. 
It  is a  disgrace to  every 
American citizen  that we  have so  many 
among our number who claim to be loyal 
to our country—and that class one whom 
we most depend upon for  our necessities 
of life—who are among  the  class  whom 
we  might rightly  term  counterfeiters or 
dealers in  counterfeit  goods,  both  being 
equally  guilty  of  wrong,  if wrong it  is, 
and are  allowed  to  go  unpunished; and 
so the masses  in general are unprotected 
in this  matter.  No  man  can  be a  loyal 
citizen  who will  wrong his  fellow  man 
because  the law of  the country  protects 
him, or,  in other  words,  will  not punish 
him.

It is also a disgrace to our country that 
we  have  no law  to protect  us from  this

vile practice of  adulterating goods, or  if 
we  have  such  a  law  that it  is not  en­
forced, to the end that the public may be 
protected from  such injustice.

If a  man has  ingenuity  enough about 
him  to  shape a  coin from  an alloy  and 
stamp  it as  legal  coin, or  counterfeit  a 
bank  note so  that he  may  pass  it upon 
the  public  for the  value which  it repre­
sents,  he is,  when caught and found guil­
ty,  placed  behind  the  bars, endowed  in 
striped  clothing,  which is the emblem of 
a rogue.  What is the difference between 
the man who shapes and stamps the coin 
or prints the bank  note and the man who 
counterfeits  goods  and  places  them  on 
sale?  They are both  used to raise  mon 
ey,  and I  say that the  man  who  adulter 
ates  goods is  the  greater rogue,  because 
he  not  only robs  his  customer,  but  he 
gives him  goods which,  when used,  may 
create disease for a lifetime.

This  handling of  adulterated goods  i: 
not confined to  the poorer and  unprinci 
pled  dealers,  but,  instead  we  find them 
among  the  best. 
I  have  sold goods  to 
merchants  who  were  professing  Chris 
tians and who would  seem  to shudder at 
any  act  of  wrong,  yet  when  you  ap 
proach  them with  100  pounds  of spices 
and  a  gold watch,  all their good motives 
seem to  leave . them  and they  take  the 
bait and  “catch on.”  Here  is  a  chance 
for them to get a gold watch without any 
cost  to  themselves.  They  seem to  for 
get  their  duty  to  Christ  and  man,  for 
when  the  poor  working  man  and  his 
brother  in  church  come  in  for  spices, 
they will help pay  for it,  and,  instead of 
receiving the delicate  flavor of the goods 
they  paid their money for,  they have  re 
ceived simply stuff.  Our  good Christian 
merchant closes his  place of business  at 
night,  goes  home,  and,  perhaps,  with  a 
good  wife  and  happy  children  around 
him, reads a chapter from  the good book 
and  then  kneels  before  God  and  asks 
Him for His  love and to  help him in  his 
business. 
Is not this mockery and offen­
sive  to God?  Yet  how  often it is  done! 
The next Sabbath we find him at church, 
with the shining metal  in  his pocket and 
a  dime from  the  sale  of  spices  for the 
contribution box.

Grocerymen,  did  you  ever  look at  the 
sale  of adulterated spices or other  adul­
terated  goods in  this  light?  And  were 
you  ever  satisfied  with  an  invoice  of 
scheme  goods?  Were  they  not  always 
an  eye sore  to  you?  And  do  they  not 
seem  to hang on your  hands longer than 
pure  goods?  Did the scheme ever seem 
to  have  much  value?  Did  you  ever 
think  when  selling  these  scheme  goods 
at the full  value of pure goods that there 
was a man on the other side of the  coun­
ter,  paying you hard earned money,  who 
had a  little  family  at  home  depending 
on him  for a  living,  whom  he loved  as 
well as you  love your children?  Did you 
ever think what  you  were  giving him  to 
put in  his dear  ones’  stomachs, and  ask 
yourself  if  it  was  right?  And did  you 
ever think there  was a God over all  who 
watches our every  action?

Dare  to do  right,  if you  would be  re­
spected  and  successful.  Do  right  for 
the  sake  of  your  fellow  man,  who  is 
also  striving  for  an  honest  living.  Do 
right  for  the  sake  of  your  own  happi­
ness.  You might just as well  charge fif­
teen cents for a ten cent purchase. 
It is 
just  as right  as  selling  scheme  goods, 
and more so,  because it contains no pois­
on.  Dare to do right and do not wait for 
a law to force you.  Do not use the term,

T H E   M IC H IG A X   T U A  D K SM  A NT.

“We  do  not  know  if  we  receive  pure 
goods if we buy such,” because then your 
conscience  will  be clean,  but if  you  buy 
scheme goods you will know they are not 
right.  Any  sensible  man  knows  they 
are not  giving  you  something  for  noth­
ing. 
It is strange  that any  firm can  af­
ford to  lose  its  reputation  by  advertis­
ing all  kinds of scheme  goods as they do 
to  merchants,  for  it  only  lessens  their 
reputation in your estimation, and shows 
their  weakness  by  having  to  use  such 
means  to  sell 
they 
should be  dealt with by the  government 
as rogues.

their  wares,  and 

I  hear  of  some  firms  who  advertise 
themselves as the greatest scheme  house 
in the country.  This  is where our laws, 
if we  have  such, should  protect  us. 
If 
we  have  no  such  laws,  it  is  high  time 
we had  them to protect  our honest  mer­

chants  and the  public from  these  adul­
terated goods.

Our cities send  around an inspector to 
try the accuracy  of  our scales, our  yard 
measures  and  our dry  measures,  but  it 
allows  poison to  be mixed  at  wholesale 
for the  stomach,  and  remain  silent  and 
say nothing. 

W.  M.  Gib b s.

Beads  Like  a  Komance.

A  frugal  Delaware  grocer  was in  the 
habit of giving  to his wife  weekly a cer­
tain sum to be  invested for  her personal 
use.  Like  a  model  husband, he  never 
inquired what became of the money.  Af­
ter thirty-nine  years of wedded  life,  the 
woman recently  died,  and in  the drawer 
of an antique table was  found a bag con­
taining  gold, also  a  roll  of  greenbacks 
amounting in  all to  §10,000.  The  story 
reads like one of .¡Esop’s fables, and,  like 
them,  has an excellent  moral for all hus­
bands.

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up to the  highest  point  compatible with 
profit.  On the other  hand,  the Colonel’s 
herd was purely ornamental and fictitious 
aud  simply represented the result of  the 
gratification  of  a  whim  of  a  man  of 
wealth.  Every quart of  milk  cost a dol­
lar,  and to indulge in a steak out of  this 
fancy  herd  would  cost the  Colonel  $10 
a  pound.  The  Colonel  wins  the  blue 
ribbons,  however,  and if the modern fair 
was  what the original  fair was  intended 
to  be, every  farmer would  plunge  into 
ruin  and  bankruptcy;  for one  object  in 
awarding  a  prize  in  the  primitive  fair 
was to create a noble spirit of emulation, 
which  would  induce all  would-be  prize 
takers to adopt  the  methods  and  tactics 
of the prize-takers.  Not only  in  cattle,
I but  pretty much  all around,  the  farmer 
is cut out by  these professionals,  and he 
goes  home mad  and  disgusted with  the 
whole thing.  The “management,”  how­
ever,  must  give  the “professionals”  the 
prize money or they will  not  bring their 
“curiosities,”  and  without  these  curi­
osities, the  general  public will  not pat­
ronize  the  “show” and  a  shrinkage  of 
‘'gate  money”  would  be  construed  as 
certain evidence of  a failure.  The mod­
ern fair is a public gathering of  the peo­
ple,  brought  about  for  the  purpose  of 
facilitating traffic by bringing buyers and

sellers  together,  and  the  "big  squash” 
simply  plays the  part of  “stool pigeon” 
by  keeping  up  a  semblance of  an  agri­
cultural fair anti  fooling the farmers into 
a  belief  that  the whole  spread  is gotten 
up for their special  benefit. 
If  the mod­
ern  fair is a means of education and sub­
stantial improvement  to the farmer,  why 
is it that  he cannot  he induced to take  it 
in  without  the  promise of  a  little some­
thing to remove the  taste,  such  as a bal­
loon  ascension,  a  dog  show  or  a  Wild 
West performance? 
If  the  modern  fair 
is very  much of  an agricultural  college, 
the average farmer must  have graduated 
in  “punkinology” long ago  or  else he  is 
too  low down  in the  scale of  human  in­
telligence to know a good  thing when  he 
sees it.  The fact of the  business is,  that 
the fair  is  managed  in the  same manner 
and  for  the same  purpose that  our large 
city  merchants  manage  their show  win­
dows.  They  place their  goods  there on 
exhibition  for sale and  in order to induce 
I the  passing  buyer  to stop  and  look  in, 
I some attraction  is added by way of  some 
little  window  novelty  performance,  and 
while  the  farmer  is  watching the  per­
formance  the  chances  are  that  he  will 
accidentally see some  article  on  exhibi- 
I tion  for sale. 

Old  Man  Slim .

DID YOU D R IN K

LION COFFEE
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OLD  MAN  SLIM.

Troubles  and  Trials  of  a  Canadian 

Merchant.

Qu een’s  H ollow,  Ont.,  Oct.  1.—Busi­
ness is quiet  and will  be until after  the 
fairs  are all  over with.  Fairs  are  more 
numerous in this  country  than  they are 
in  Michigan  and  hence  they  command 
more of  the  people’s time  and attention 
and  disarrange  the  even  tenor of  busi­
ness  more  than  they  do  in  your State. 
For  instance,  you  have  but one  regular 
local  fair—your  county  fair—with  au 
occasional  district  fair;  while  with  us 
every  township  has  a regular  fair,  be­
side  the  two-day county  fairs  and  the 
numerous  special  local  fairs.  During 
the  mouths  of  September  and  October 
there are ten  one-day fairs and  two two- 
day  fairs  held  within  sixteen  miles of 
Queen’s Hollow.  These  fairs are  pretty 
much all  open to the  world and  you can 
perceive at once  that a great inducement 
is  held  out  to  professional  exhibitors, 
that is,  farmers who  take a great deal of 
pains to grow and  select a fine collection 
of  exhibits,  arrange  them  nicely  and 
make a business of going about  from one 
fair  to  another,  and competing  for  the 
prize mouey,which in some cases amounts 
to  quite  a  sum  in  the  aggregate.  By 
extending the  radius to,  say, eighteen or 
twenty  miles  (which  could  easily  be 
doubled  before  and  after  exhibition 
hours)  probably  fifteen  or  sixteen  one- 
day  fairs, on  au  average,  would  come 
within reach of any inland point.  Those 
professionals go about  this fair  business 
as methodically as they take up the duties 
of  harvest  time.  Their  outfits  may  be 
seen  during the  fair season, almost  any 
time during  the early morning hours,  on 
their way to some fair.  One  just passed 
through  the  Hollow  on its  way  to  the 
Laugton  fair,  and,  as it is a fairly repre­
sentative  one,  1 will  give  you a descrip­
tion of  it.  First  came the  owner,  K.  M. 
Wilkins, Esq.,  warden of  the county and 
reeve of  the township in  which  he  lives, 
driving a matched pair of carriage horses. 
He  called  at  the  store to buy a plug  of 
tobacco and a bed  cord,  and he told  lzik 
that  he  took  first  premium  with  them 
over  in  London  at 
the  Western  Fair 
last  week,  and  that  he  has  a  standing 
offer of  $1,000  for them.  They are four 
and  five  years  old,  bright  bay in color, 
and  weigh 1,193 and  1,218, respectively. 
Mr. Wilkins  turns  off  a  pair  something 
like  these  every  year;  some  American 
generally  being  the  buyer.  The  hired 
man  came  next  with a load of  exhibits, 
consisting  of  six  sheep,  eight  crates  of 
poultry, one large crate containing thirty- 
two  varieties  of  potatoes,  one  sack  of 
white wheat, one sack of  red  wheat,  one 
sack of  barley,  one  sack of  clover-seed, 
one  large  pumpkin  on  top  and  a two- 
year old  heifer tied  behind.  Next came 
an  assistant  leading a six-year-old  thor­
oughbred short-horu gentleman cow with 
a  stick  of  timber  attached  to a ring  in 
the gentleman’s nose.  Mr.  Wilkins’  ten- 
year-old son  brought up the rear,  mount­
ed on the  favorite  brood  mare,  with her 
baby  colt trotting  at  her side.  1  forgot 
to state  that in the  box of  Mr.  Wilkins’ 
light democrat wagon  was  the quota fur­
nished  by  his  industrious  wife,  which 
consisted of  one  firkin  of  butter, 
two 
loaves  of  bread,  one  gallon  of  maple 
molasses,  one  crazy  quilt,  one  pair  of 
woolen mittens  and one rag  carpet.  By 
the time the fair season closes,  the wagon 
will  be  covered with  cards and  ribbons 
of different colors.  Some of these colors 
will  be honestly  won  and some may  not 
be; for the ten-year-old son and heir takes 
charge of  the  decorations  and  he is not 
particular  how he gets  them,  so long  as 
he gets them.  He  is up to all  the tricks 
of the profession and  can tell you at auy 
time,  without a moment’s  thought, just 
how  much  prize  mouey to  a  cent  they 
have  captured  up to date,  and  he is pre­
pared at all  times to  “lick” any boy who 
succeeds in taking the first prize on ducks 
away  from  him, or who  intimates  that 
his  pa is not  the  greatest  horseman  in 
the world.
the  world  was 
younger, 
innocent 
than  it  is  now. 
I  was  told  by my  old 
fool of  a father  that an agricultural  fair 
was an institution brought into existence 
for the  purpose of  encouraging,  promot­

ing aud  improving agricultural  interests 
and inspire  an  increase of  energy and  a 
spirit of  emulation among those engaged 
in  agriculture,  by  awarding  valuable 
prizes to the  inventors or manufacturers 
of  agricultural  implements aud  machin­
ery and  the  growers  and  producers  of 
agricultural products, the fruits of whose 
industry,  when  placed  on  exhibition, 
i were  found to excel  in quality  and  prac­
tical  value that of  any other  competitor. 
Poor  old  innocent!  He  has  long  since 
gone to his  reward,  and  it  has  been re­
served 
for  his  little  home-spun-clad, 
bare-footed  boy  to  grow  up into  man’s 
estate and  live on into  another age  and 
behold all things change.  Phrenologists 
tell  us  that this  great change  has  been 
brought  about  by a change of  rulers  on 
I the  throne  of  reason.  Acquisitiveness, 
the  last  of  the  propensities,  they  say, 
has  ascended  the  throne of  reason,  and 
I mankind has  become a race of  mammon 
worshippers. 
If  this theory  is  correct, 
this new ruler, whether he be the  last of 
his race or not,  must be all-powerful,  for 
from  one  end of  his  dominions  to  the 
other,  his  subjects  fall  down  and  wor­
ship him;  and  so  completely are  all  the 
parts of his great empire  bound together 
by  the  precious  metals  that  the  most 
vigorous  effort  that  au  occasional  dis­
loyal  subject  can  put  forth is as utterly 
devoid of  effect as would  be an  attempt 
to ward off  approaching night  by  arrest­
ing  the  revolution of  the earth  at  high 
meridian. 
In  my boyhood  days  1  well 
remember  the  games of  ball  that every­
body, old  and  young,  used to indulge in. 
The labor of the “raisin” or  "bee” would 
be "hurried  through  with,  and  then  the 
“deacon”  and  “squire”  would,  atter tos­
sing  up  for first choice, choose sides  and 
play  “two-old-cat”  or  some other  good, 
old-fashioned  game  until the  sun  went 
down.  1  can  see  my father  now, as  I 
write, bare-headed, bare-footed, the neck­
band of his home-made tlannel shirt open 
and turned  under and  the sleeves  rolled 
up  above  the  elbows.  His  long, strag­
gling  gray  locks  are  fluttering  in’the 
breeze,  but  there  is a merry  twinkle  in 
his  eyes,  and a broad-guage  smile  illu­
mines  his  sun-burnt  and  furrowed face 
as  he  swings  back  the  club and  shouts 
with  boyish  glee,  “Give  me a good  one 
this  time aud  I’ll  knock  the tar  out  of 
it.”  And when  lie  did strike it,  the ball 
bounded  heavenward  and  1  danced  for 
joy  and  wanted  to  “lick” any  boy  who 
said his dad could beat that.  Those were 
the days when the people could assemble 
together at the picnic in the berry woods, 
at the  Sunday  school  picnic in the grove 
behind the church,  at the surprise party, 
at  the  birthday  party, at  the  wedding 
anniversary,  at the  evening party and at 
the Sunday dinner,  and enjoy themselves j 
to their heart’s  content,  without a dollar j 
in their pockets  and without  having the 
burning  glow of  their  affections  extin­
guished,  and  the  well-spring  and  true 
source  of  all  their  joys  and  pleasures 
destroyed  aud  polluted by the base  me­
tallic  jingle of  silver.  Now, everything 
has changed.  Mammon  is king,  and  the 
Almighty  Dollar  is  the  great  pedestal 
upon  which the superstructure of society 
is built.  To  live  to-day without a plen­
tiful  supply of  money, is  to  be  in  the 
world but not of it.
The agricultural  fair  is  no  exception 
to the rule;  for it, too, has departed from 
the  path  of  virtue,  and  has  become  a 
machine  for  advertising  the wares  and 
nostrums  of  merchants,  manufacturers 
and dealers;  and it has  degenerated into 
a scramble for the pelf  there is in  it and 
nothing  more.  Whst encouragement  is 
there  for  the  ordinary  farmer  to  have 
anything to do with the modern fair?
We will suppose he has been following 
a  system of  mixed  husbandry,  which  is 
generally acknowledged  to  be  the safest 
and  the most  profitable in the  long run. 
His  aim is to keep  the  breeds of  stock, 
and  grow  the  varieties of  produce,  and 
adopt  the  method  and  processes which 
will  yield  the  greatest  profit.  He goes 
to the  fair  with a nice  collection of  the 
fruits  of  his  labor,  and  what  are  the 
results?  He fails  to  secure  a  premium 
on any of  his cattle  because Col.  Swipes 
was  there with  his  fancy herd  and made 
a  clean  sweep,  as usual.  The  farmer’s 
stock  had  been  carefully  improved  by 
experimental  practical tests and brought

When  I  was  a  boy, 

tenderer  and  more 

M O R S E ’S

DEPARTMENT  STORE

Siegel’s  Cloak  Department.

Lafts’,  Is

M anufacturers and  Im porters of

v  
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Send for our Catalogne to

Morse’s  Department  Store, Corner  Spring and Monroe Sts.

To D e a le r s   in Wall

O u r   r e p r e s e n t a t iv e   w ill  ca ll  on  you 
soon   w ith   a  c o m p le t e   lin e  o f  W all  P a ­
p e r s   a t  M a n u fa c tu r e r s 9  P r ic e s .  W ait 
u n til  you  s e e   o u r   lin e  as  w e   can  s a v e  
you   m o n e y .

H A R V E Y   &   H E Y S T E K

Monroe, Ottawa and  Fountain Sis.,

(irand  Rapids, Mich.

t h e   MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Coming  Convention.

Arrangements  and  Programme for  the 
C h e b o y g a n ,  Sept. 22—The  ninth  an­
nual meeting of the M.  S.  P.  A.  will con­
vene  in  the  lecture  room  of  the  new 
Chemical  Laboratory of  the U. of M.  in 
the City of Ann Arbor, Oct. 20th and 22d, 
1891.  The railroad rates are not as satis­
factory  as we  hoped to  get,  but  parties 
of ten  or more  from one  point  can  get 
one  and  one-third  rates.  But  don’t  let 
this  hinder  you  from  attending  what 
promises to be a meeting  of  unusual in­
terest.  Have you a  grievance regarding 
trade, etc., go and take  part  in  the  dis­
cussion  of “Trade Interests,”  in  “Phar­
macy  and  Queries,”  “Legislation,”  etc. 
We want your presence and voice.  Come 
and  tell us  how  the Association  can  be 
made of greater value to the pharmacists 
of Michigan.
Don't  fail  to  use  the  enclosed  blank 
application for membership and secure a 
new member.
Finally, don’t fail to be there yourself. 
It will  be  an  excellent  opportunity  to 
visit your Alma Mater and Prof. Prescott 
hopes to see all  “my boys.”
Respectfully,

C. A.  Btjqbee,  Sec’y.

FROM  T H E  LOCAL  SECRETA RY .

A n n   A r b o r ,  Sept. 22—I would  esteem 
it a favor if all  who  expect to attend our 
ninth  annual  meeting  would  notify me 
by postal  card a  few  days  in  advance 
Hotel  rates  will  be  $2  per  day  at »he 
Cook,  Arlington  and  Germania;  $1.50  at 
the Franklin.  A  reduction will be made 
from the above  rates where  two  occupy 
one room.  1 will  be glad to secure rooms 
for all  who may apply  in advance.  Elec­
tric cars run from  the M. C.  depot to the 
hotels and then direct  to the University. 
Members  arriving  on  the  T.  &  A.  can 
take cars two blocks  from the station for 
the University.  Tuesday  evening  Prof. 
Vaughan  will give an illustrated lecture. 
Wednesday  evening  there  will  be  a re­
ception at  the A. A.  Light  Infantry  Ar­
mory.  Beside this, the Committee on En­
tertainment will see that nothing is lack­
ing to make your stay  among us  enjoya­
ble.  Special  effort  will  be made  to  en­
tertain the ladies, so  please don’t fail  to 
bring  them.  My  headquarters  during 
the .meetings  will  be  at  the  Chemical 
Laboratory. 

Sincerely  yours,

H.  J.  Brown, Local Sec’y.

PROGRAM M E— F

SESSION.

Call to order.
Invocation.
Addresses of welcome by Hon.  Wm. G. 
Doty,  Mayor  of  Ann  Arbor, and Jas  B 
Angel,  President U .  of M.
Response by President Delbert E. Prall
President’s address.
Report  of  Secretary  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy.
Reports  of  Committees  on  Member­
ship,  Pharmacy  and  Queries, Adultera­
tions,  and Legislation.
Reports of delegates.
Reading of papers.
Miscellaneous business.

SECOND  SESSION.

Report  of  Committee  on Trade  Inter­
ests.  Discussion.
Report  of  Committee  on  President’s 
Address.
Report of officers.
Paper.
Miscellaneous business.

TH IR D   SESSION.

Report of Executive Committee.
Election of officers and delegates.
Adjournment  to  visit  University  of 

Michigan.

FO U R T H   SESSION.

meeting.

Installation of officers.
Selection  of  place  for  tenth  annual 
Announcement of committees.
Miscellaneous business.
Adjournment.

Co-operation in Farm Life.

A  model  farm  town  whose  residents 
shall  have city  privileges is  being  built 
in Pawnee county,  Neb.,  by  the  million­
aire John  W.  Bookwalter of  Springfield, 
Ohio.  He  was  brought up on a farm  in 
Indiana, and  having a full realization of 
the loneliness and isolation which drives

young men to  the  cities,  he  is  going to 
try  the  experiment  of  making  a  town 
where farmers’ families can live in a com­
pact body  and have  village  advantages. 
A  tract  of 12,000 acres  which he  owns, 
on  a  line  of  railroad, is  being  cut  up 
into 150  farms  of  80  acres  each.  The 
houses  will  be in the center  of the tract, 
each with  a  half-acre  lot.  The  streets 
will be broad and lined with shade trees, 
and  the  drainage  and  other village  ar­
rangements will be the best.  There will 
be room for stores  and a few profession­
al  men.  Mr.  Bookwalter  will  erect  at 
his own  expense a  handsome town  hall, 
where  musical,  literary  and  dramatic 
entertainments  can  be  held.  He  will 
provide a town library.  The  farms  will 
be located outside the  village,  with first- 
class roads leading  to  them.  The  most 
distant farm will not  be more than three 
miles  from  the  center.  This  plan  he 
saw  in  operation  in  Germany,  France 
and Switzerland,  where the  tillers of the 
soil live together  in villages and enjoy a 
a  high degree  of  social  life, going  out­
side to reach their cultivated lands.  The 
town is to be called  Bookwalter. 
•

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

BOLD MEDAL, PABIS, 1878.

I.B aker & Co.’s
Breakfast 
Cocoa

from which the excess of 
oil has been removed,
la  A b so lu tely P u r e  
a n d  i t  is  Soluble.

No Chemicals

A  rare  chance to buy  Fall  and  Holiday 

Goods  at  Bargain Prices.  Sam­

ples now ready.

Special  prices  on  all  surplus stock  be­

fore moving.  Lease expires 

November 1st.

sale.

Drug  Store  Shelving  and  Counters  for 
Large Wall Cases for sale. 
Sample-Trunks for sale.
Small stock Drugs and Fixtures  for sale. 
Large comer store for rent until January 

1st.  Correspondence Invited.

Fred  Brundage,

21 to 87 Terrace 8t.,

M uskegon,  M ic h iga n ,

Michigan (Tbnttmt.

“ The Niagara Falls Route.”
DBPABT.  ARRIVK
10:00 p m
D etroit Express....................................6:30 a m  
Mi^ed  ...................................................   6:40a m   4:30  p m
Day  Express........................................  1:30pm   10.-00a m
■Atlantic & Pacific Express.............11:15 p m  6.00 a m
New York Express...............................5:40 p m   13:40 p m

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

•Dally.
All o ther dally except Sunday.
Sleeping cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
P arlor cars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Fred M. Briggs, Gen'l Agent. 65 Monroe St.
G. S. Haweihs, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munsos, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Rcgglks. G. P.  &  T. Agent.,Chicago.

Detroit TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

Trains Leave  if No.  14
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
6 50am
Ionia...........Ar
7 45am
St.  Johns  ...Ar
8 28am
Owosso........Ar
9 15am 
E. Saginaw..Ar
11 05am 
Bay City......Ar
11 55am 
F lin t......... .Ar
1110am
Pt.  Huron...Ar
3 05pm
Pontiac....... Ar
10 57am
Detroit.........Ar
11 5  am
WESTWARD.

tNo.  16|tNo.  18(*No.  28
I  20am  3 45pm 10 55pm
II 25am  4 52pm 12 37am 
12 17am  5 40pm I  1 55 am 
1 20pm  6 40pm  3 15am
3 ( 0pm  8 45pm 
.........
3 45pm  9 3 5 p m ............
3 40pm I  8 Of pm  5 40am 
6 00pm 10 30pm  7 35am
3 05pm I  8 55pm  5 50am
4 05pml  9 50pmI  1  0am

Trains Leave  ' i*No. 81 ItNo. 11 |+No. 131 tNo. 15
G’d Rapids,  Lv 
7 05am  1  00pm  5  10pm 10 30pm
G’d Haven,  Ar 
8 50am  2  15pm  6 15pm 11 30pm
Milw’keestr  “ 
...........  ...........  6 45am  6 45am
Chicago Str.  “  |
......... I  ..........16 00am__
»Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 p  m 
5:00 p. m. and 10:25 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west, 6:45 a.  m.,  10:10 
a. m., 3:35 p.m. and 9:50 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
caZi  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward—No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  li 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W. L o u d, Traffic Manager.
B e n  F l e t c h e r , Trav. Pass. Agent 
J as.  Ca m p b e l l, City Ticket Agent.

CHICAGO

23 Monroe Street
SEPT.  6,1891.
&  WEST  MICHIGAN  RT.

DEPART POR

t  5:30 t8:30

p.  M .  j  P. M .
+1:05*11:35 
tl :05| §11:35 
tl :05i*ll:35 
tl :05 *11:35 
t5:l
tl :05 
t5:17 
t5:17 
t5:l7

;  A .  M.
Chicago......................It  9:00
Indianapolis.........  .  t  9:00
Benton Harbor........... t   9:00
St. Joseph...................t  9:00
Traverse  City............   t7:25
Muskegon...................  t9:00
Manistee  ...............  
t7:25
Ludington.................  t7:25
Big Rapids.................I  t7:25
tWeekDays.  »Daily.  §Except Saturday.
9:00 
A. M. has through chair car to Chica­
go.  N o extra charge for seats.
1  5 
P. M.  runs  through to Chicago  solid 
with Wagner buffet car;  sea s 50 cts. 
5:17 
P. M. has  through.free  chair  car  to 
Manistee,  via M.  & N. E. R. R.
11:35
P. M. is solid  train  with Wagner pal 
ace sleeping  car  through to Chicago, 
and sleeper  to  Indianapol is via Ben 
ton Harbor.

DETROIT,

DEPART  POR

JUNE  21,  1891.
Lansing & Northern R R
A. X .
P. M. P. M.
+6:50 +1:00 *6:25
+6:50 +1:00 *6:25
+6:50 +1:00 *6:25
+6:50 +1 :t0 *6:25
+7:05 +4:30
+7:05 +4:30
+7:05 +4:30

1 : 0 0  frou:

A  M- runs through to Detroit with par 
left-car;  seats 25  cents.
Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De 
Seats, 25 cents.
?■ M- mns through to Detroit  with par 
lor car, seats  25  cents.
7 *0^ A M- has Parlor  car  to  Saginaw, seats 
• 
2ocent8.
For  tickets  and  information  apply  at Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, or Union station. 
_____________   G eo. D e H a v e n , Gen. Pass’r A g t.
Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  St  North  Michigan 

Railway.

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Mil wank  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  bet we  n 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.
Lv________ ,
Ar. Toledo a t .

Grand Rapids at...... 7:25 a. m. and 6:25 p. m.
............ 1:10 p.m. and 11:00 p. m.
VIA D., G .  H.  A  M .

VIA D., L. A N.

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

Return connections equally as good.

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

Grand Rapids  & Indiana.
Schedule in effect  Septem ber 10,1801.

TRA INS  GOING  N O RTH .

Arrive from   Leave going 

North.
7:06  a m
11:80  a m
4:30 p m
10:30 p m
Train  arriving a t 9:20  daily;  ail  o ther  train s  daUy 

South. 
For Saginaw A  Traverse  C ity..  5:15am  
For Traverse City ft Mackinaw  0:30am  
For Saginaw  and  Cadillac..........  2:16 p m 
For  Petoskey ft M ackinaw.......   8:50 p m 
except Sunday.

TRA INS  GOING  SO U TH .

Arrive from   Leave going 

North. 

South.
7:00 a m
10:80  a m
3:00 p m
p m   6:00 p m
11:05 p m  '
Trains leaving a t 6:00 p. m. and 11:05 p. m. run daily; 

For  C incinnati....................'........   0:30a m  
For Kalamazoo and  C hicago... 
For F ort Wayne and th e  E a st..  11:50 a  m 
For  C incinnati............................. 
  6:30 
For  Chicago.................................... 10:40 p m 
From  Saginaw............................... 10:40 p m
all other train s daUy except Sunday.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
7:00 a m  
11:36  a m  
5:40 p m  

From Muskegon—Arrive.
10:10 a m
4:65 p m
0:00 p m

SLEEPING  ft  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE.

N O R T H —7 :0 5   a m   t r a i n . —P arlor chair car  G’d 
Rapids to Traverse  Oity.
1 1 :3 0   a m  t r a i n . —P arlor chair car  G’d 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
1 0 :3 0   p   m   t r a i n . —Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw. 
S O U T H —7 :0 0  a m  t r a i n . —P arlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
1 0 : 3 0   a  m   t r a i n . —W agner  P arlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6 : 0 0   p  ill  t r a i n . —W agner Sleeping  Car 
Grand Rapids to Cincinnati.
1 1 ;0 5   p  m  t r a i n . —W agner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

Chicago via G. R. & I. R. R.

Lv Grand  Rapids 
A rr Chicago 

10:30 a m   2:09 p m  
3:55 p m   9:00 p m  

11:05 p m
6:50 am
10:30 a  m train  through W agner Parlor Car.
11:05 p m tra in  dally, through W agner  Sleeping Car. 
10:10 p m
6:15  a m
8 1«  p  m  through  W agner  P arlor  Car.  10:10  p  m 

7:05 a m   3:10 p m  
Lv  Chicago 
A rr Grand Rapids 
3:15 p m   8 50pm  
train  daily, through W agner Sleeping Car.

Through tickets and full inform ation  can  be had by 
«tiling upon A. Almquist,  tick et  agent  a t  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.
______________ General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

fa d   Rapids  Electrotype  Co.,

6  and  8  Erie 8fc,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

EDMUND B.DIKEMN

T H E   GREAT r

C=7

Jeweler,
Grant! Rapids  -  JlllBh.

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

I f you  have any  of  the  above  goods  to 
lip, or anything  in  the Produce  line,  let 
s hear  from  yon.  Liberal cash advances 

made  when desired.

E A R L   B R O S . ,

Co m m issio n  M e r c h a n t s

157 South W ater St.,  CHICAGO. 

Reference:  First National  Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan Tradesman. Grand « qplriii.

are used in its prepar­
ation. 
It  has  more 
than  three  times  the 
\strength  of  C ocoa 
mixed  with  Starch, 
rrowroot  or  Sugar,  and  is  therefore  far 
lore economical, costing less than one cent a 
tp. 
It is  delicious,  nourishing, strengthen- 
:g,  e a s il y   d ig e s t e d , and admirably adapted 
jr invalids as well as for persons in health.

Sold  by G rocers everywhere.

1  BAKER  &  CO.,  DORCHESTER,  MASS. 

R E M O V A L   S A L E .
Having  leased  other  quarters,  better 
adapted  for  the  Drug  business,  I  offer 
my entire stock of 
. _| Detroit..
Holiday  and  Fancy  Goods, Moiielties, te ! n g 
Toys,  Dolls,  8ames,  flUnims,  B a s -IS 11 
kets, Books and Stationery, Sport-  M ’ 
iny  Goods,  Notions,
GREATLY  REDUCED  PRICES.

AND  MANY DRUGGISTS’  SUNDRIES  AT

St.  Louis  ......
Saginaw  City.

ANYTHING

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

TOO  B A .T B

That he has allowed  his money to leak away.

- l V l o p e y - Wojt take Gare  of Itself.

And  the  quicker you  tumble to the fact  that the  old way of | 
keeping it  is  n o t   g o o d   e n o u g h ,   the  more of  it  you 
will have to count  up.

If  you  wish to stop all  the leaks  incident to the  mercan-1 

tile business,  adopt one of the

{Toupop  gystejns 

|

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

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY

G RA N D   R A PID S,  M ICH.

C.  A.  LAMB. 

F.  J.  LAMB.

C.  A.  L A M B   &  CO.,

WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits  and  ProddGe,

8 4   a n d   8 6   S o u th   D iv isio n   S t.

JFiolts*  W a n ted  I

I  want  500 to  1,000  cords of  Poplar  Excel­

sior  Bolts,  18,  36 and  54  inches tony.

I  also  want  Basswood  Bolts,  same  lengths 

as above.  For particulars address

J.  W. FOX,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Overskirts.  Dress  Goods,

Yarns, Blankets, Comforts
Dress  Ginghams.  Prints,  Batts
Hod  a  flew  Line of  Floor  Oil  Glottl  ill  5-4, 0-4, 8-4, 

--------A L L   W E I G H T S --------

W. S7EKETEE & SONS

G RA N D   RA PID S,  MICH.

S 100  G IV E N   AWAY

T o  U i*   S m o k e r *   o f the

PRINCE  RUDOLPH  CIGARS.

T*  th e   parson  g u essin g   th e   n earest  to   th e   num b er  of  Im p s  th a t  will 
a p p e a r in a  series of  c u ts in  th e   E vening  News,  c u ts  not  to   exceed  100, 
1st Cash  Prize,  $60:  2d.  $25;  3d,  15:  4th.  $10.  G uess slips to  be  had  w ith 
•v ery  25c.  w orth of  PR IN C E  RUDOLPH  CIGARS.  Sold  E veryw here 
U p to  d a te  th ere   h as  been  published  23cuts, w ith a  to ta l of  3 0 3   Im ps.

M A M U F A O T U M C I  BV

A l t£X.  Go r d o n ,  Detroit, M i o n .
DANIEL  LYNCH,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Wholesale  Agt.

P  $ fj  0YSTEBS!

The  O y s t e r   S e a s o n  is  now well  opened 
and  we are “ in the  swim,” as usual.  We  put up 
good goods and sell them right, anti  w e  W a n t 
y o u r   tr a d e •  Having  once  secured  it,  we 
will endeavor by all  honorable means and methods 
to retain it.  Send us your orders.

THE  PUTNAM  GANDY CO. 

We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1891.

Correspondence solicited. 

81  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST..  GRAND  RAPIDS.

STRAITON & STORM’S CIGARS.

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

L M. CLARK GROCERY CO., Grand Rapids.

H .  LEONARD  &  SO N S,  Grand Rapids,

The  W inning L ibrary L am p s—D ecorated S hades an d   F o u n ts to  M atch.

The Miller Spring Canopy, Best Adjustable Fixture Known.

The largest stock of  amp goods ever presented to the trade.  Please call and see them at our'sample room, corner Spring and Fulton Sts., Orand Rapids, 

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