Michigan Tradesman.

Published Weekly.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
GRAND  R A PID S,  OCTOBER  21,  1891.

$1  Per  Year.
NO.  422

YOL.  9.
Bananas,  Jersey  Sweet  Potatoes

Received in Gar Lots.
sen d   u s .  I f  a n y  to  o ffer  w rite  us.

f   W e w ill  p a y  m a r k e t  p ric e   fo r a ll  fre s h   E g g s  y o u  c a n  
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X J C / i l i i S «  

f  l f  y o u  h a v e   B ea n s  fo r  s a le  

s e n d  s a m p le  a n d  p ric e . 

W H O L E S A L E :

F r u its ,  S eeds,  B e a n s  a n d   P ro d u c e .

MOSELEY  BROS.,

26s 28, 30 and 32  Ottawa St.,______________ GRAND  RAPIDS
PEACHES  AND  BANANAS.

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS.

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

C  N.  R A P P   &  CO.,

9 North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

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

--------  J O B B E R S   O F   --------

Domestic Fruits  and  Vegetables

We carry the largest stock in  the city and guarantee satisfaction.  We alw ays bill  goods a t the 

low est m arket prices. 

s e n d   e o k   y U u T A T lO N s.

24 and 26 North Division St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

M ad e  o f  F o rg e d  S te e l a n d   In te r c h a n g e a b le  in ja ll lts 'P a rts .  S o ld  by

HESTER  &  FOX, 

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Grand Rapids, Mich.

MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

S u c c e ss o rs   to

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

H A R R Y   FOX,  Manager.

Crackers, Biscuits^Sw eet Goods.

S P E C IA L   A T T K N T IO N   P A ID   T O   M A IL   O R D E R S .

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

G - e t   nP T m   B

e s t   I

Jennings*

S E E   Q U O T A T IO N S.

Flavoring  Extracts
New Line of rPENNY  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

THE BEST BLANK BOOK MADE

OPENS  PERFECTLY  FLAT.

29 and 31 Canal St.

S ole M a n u fa c tu re rs   in  M ic h ig a n  o f  th e

Mullins Flat  Opening  Blank Book.

Recommended  by  Banks  and  Most  Reliable  Firms  in  the

United States.

GRAND  RAPIDS  PAPER  CO.,

CURTISS  &  WHITE,  Managers.

Jobbers of Wrapping Papers and Twines.

W . P . S h e a th in g . T a r r e d   B o a rd .  T a r re d   F e lt . P la in   B o a rd ,  C a r p e t L in in g . S tra w  

P a p e r . C a r p e t S w e e p e rs .  G em  W rin g e rs .  E x p re ss  W a g o n s   a n il  s le ig h s   B a b y  

C a rria g e s ,  W a s h   B o a rd s ,  B ro o m s .  M op  » tic k s . T a b le ts  a n d   B o x  P a p e r ,
No. 8 So. Ionia S t . , .......................................Grand Rapids.

N o te   P a p e r , E n v e lo p e s , E tc .

A g e n t s   W a n t e d   t

Albion  Milling Co., Albion, Michigan:
G e n t s—In  connection  with  our  order  for “Albion  Patent  Flour” which  you 
will  find enclosed,  permit  ns 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.,  Ju n e 22,  1891.

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.

ALBION  MILLING  COMPANY,  Albion,  Mich.
TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

S p ice s  an d   B a k in g   P o w d e r ,  a n d   J o b b ers  of 

T ea s, C offees  an d   G ro cers’  S u n d ries.

1 and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

R IN D G E ,  b e r t s c h   &  CO.,  |F  

Manufacturers and Jobbers of Boots and Shoes. 

Our  fall  lines  are 
now complete in every 
department.
Our  line  of  Men’s 
and  Boys’  boots  are 
the best we ever made 
or  handled.
For  durability  try 
our own  manufacture 
men’s,  boys’, youths’, 
women’s,  misses’  nnd 
children’s shoes.
We  have the  finest 
lines  of  slippers  and 
warm  goods  we  ever 
carried.
We  handle all  th e lead 
lug lines of felt boots and 
«socks.
S'  We solicit  your  inspec­
tion  before purchasing.
“ Agents  for  the Boston 
R ubber shoe Co.”

IM P O R T E R S   A N D

Wholesale  Grocers

GRAND  RAPIDS.

j   D E T T E N T H A L E R
OYSTERS

________
JOBBER  OF

SALT  FISH

POULTRY  i  CAME

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 

See Quotations in Another Column.

CONSIGNMENTS  OF  ALL  KINDS  OF  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED.

M  Rapids Storage & Transfer Co.,  a s

Winter  8t„ between  Shawinilt lire.  and  W.  Fdlton 8t„

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

General  Warehousemen  and  Transfer  Agents.

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

ALL  KINDS  OF  PERISHABLES.

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

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

Plows, Pumps, Carts, Wagons, Buggies, Wind Mills 

and Machine and Plow repairs, Etc.

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

Spring &  Company,

Telephone  No.  945.

J.  Y.  F.  BLAKE,  Sup’t.

Manufacturers  of

Show  Cases

Of  Every  Description.

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

8 3   a n d   8 8   C a n a l  S t.,

STANDARD  OIL  GO,
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X

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
in 

llldminating  and 

lubricating

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Dealers 

Works,  Butterworth Ave. j

Office,  Hawkins Block. 

Grand Rapids,  Big Rapids, Cadillac, Grand  Haven,  Ludington, Howard  City, Mus­

kegon,  Reed City, Manistee, Petoskey, Allegan.

B U L K   S T A T IO N S   A T

Highest Price Paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels.

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

D ress  G oods,  S h a w ls,  C loak s, 
N o tio n s, 
H o siery , 
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 ets,  G in g h a m s, 
P rin ts  a n d   D o m estic  C ottons.

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

assorted  stock  at lowest  market  prices.

Spring &  Company.
BALL

BARNHART 

PUTMAN  CO

Wholesale
Grocers.

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Our Complete Fall Line of

GRAND  R A PID S,  W EDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  21,  1891,
PEOPLE’S  SAVINGS  BANK.
Liability,  $100,000 
Capital,  $100,000. 

THE  HILLIARD  FARM.

G or.  M o n ro e   a n d   I o n ia   S ts.,

Depositors’  Security,  $200,000.

OFFICERS.

Thom as H efferan, President.
Henry P.  Hastings, V ice-President.
Charles M.  H eald,  2d Vice-President.
Charles B. Kelsey, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.

D. D. Cody 
S. A. M orman 
Jas. 6 .  M cBride 
Wm. M cM ullen 
D. E. W aters 
Jn o . P atton, J r  
Wm. A lden Sm ith 

H.  C.  Russell
Jo h n  M urray
J . H. Gibbs
C. B.  Judd*
H.  F.  Hastings
C. M.  Heald
Don  J. Leathers 

W ill b e re a d y  S e p te m b e r  1 0 th .  I t  w ill p a y  
e v e ry  m e r c h a n t h a n d lin g  th is  lin e  o f good» 
to  e x a m in e  o u r  s a m p le s.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

20 & 22 Monroe St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 
ESTABLISHED  1841.

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■  MICH.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

R . G. D u n   &  Co.

R eference Books issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout U nited States 

and Canada

WA.NTJ3D !

I   W ANT  TO  BUY  one  or  two thou 
sand  cords  of  good  16-inch  beech  and 
maple wood.
I  ALSO  W ANT  TO  SELL  Lime, 
Imported  and  Domestic  Cements,  Fire 
Brick,  Sewer  Pipe,  Drain  Tile,  Hay, 
Grain,  Feed, Oil  Meal, Clover  and  Tim­
othy Seed,  Land Plaster, Etc.

THOS.  E.  WYKES,

WHOLESALE  WAREHOUSE  AND OFFICE:

C or. W e a lth y  A v e. a n d   I o n ia  o n  M . C. R . R . 

branch  o f f ic e:  B u ild e rs ’  E x c h a n g e . 

Correspondence  Solicited.

Thom as  H efferan.

Four per cent,  interest paid on time certificates 
Collections  promptly 
and  savings  deposits. 
m ade  at low est rates.  E xchange  sold  on  New 
York, Chicago,  D etroit and all foreign countries. 
Money  transferred by m ail or  telegraph.  M uni­
cipal  and county bonds  bought  and  sold.  Ac­
counts of  m ercantile  firms as well as banks  and 
bankers solicited.

We  invite  correspondence  or  personal  inter 

view  w ith a view  to business relations.

STUDLEY  <&  BARCLAY

"va

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

tics, lumbermen's, etc.,  the best in the  market.

We carry the finest line of  felt and knit boots, socks 
and  rubber clothing  in the  market.  Send  for  price 
list and discounts.

4   M o n ro e   S t.,  G ra n d   R a p id s ,  M ich .

PENBERTHY  INJECTORS.

We quote:

NO.  422

The farm  adjoined ours on the east—a 
large  trait of  over  three  hundred  acres 
and wonderfully favored in situation and 
soil.  Through  many generations of  the 
Hilliard family,  it had been widely noted 
as the  best  farm  in  our  own  and  sur­
rounding  counties,  but  for  some  years 
before the time of  which  I  write, it  had 
rapidly  gone  to  ruin  through  Nathan 
Hilliard’s  advancing  age  and  failing 
health.

He was a broken old man,  left entirely 
alone by the  death of  his good  wife and 
of  hi* only son,  on whom  he  had fondly 
relied  to  keep  the  place  worthy  of  its 
name.  After this affliction he lost heart. 
Mother and  I,  who had  been as intimate 
with the  family as if we had  been mem­
bers of it,  often watched his discouraged 
efforts to keep the place going, and father 
frequently  sent  over  our  men  to  help; 
but a farm  needs a strong guiding  heart 
as much as the sunshine and rain.

How well I remember the day  he came 
over,  with  his  face at last  showing  the 
purpose  to  tell  us  his trouble! 
It was 
early  fall,  when,  through the  clear,  cool 
days,  the  men  were  everywhere  busy 
sowing;  but  he  had  spent  the  most  of 
the week  before upon his front  porch in 
deep study,  and we knew—at least I did, 
being  the  most  interested  in  him—that 
he was considering a plan.

Father was sitting upon our side porch 
cleaning  his  shot-gun,  for  early  that 
morning he had  seen  wild  pigeons flying 
over  the  woods  along  the  creek,  and  1 
sat  inside the nearest window doing  our 
week’s  mending;  so  I  easily  heard  the 
conversation that followed—Nathan ask­
ing me to stay where I was.

I pitied him more than ever;  he was so 
trembly and  uncertain. 
I  had  watched 
him standing  inside his  front-yard fence 
debating whether  he  should  come  over, 
and had seen him  stop twice in the  path 
across the narrow field  between  the two 
houses.

“Good morning,  Hilliard,” said father, 
cheerily,  “come up and sit down.  You’re 
looking right well this morning.”

“I’m  not  feeling  it,” Nathan  replied, 
sitting down.  “I did feel better all sum­
mer,  but  I’m  so  afraid  of  the  fall  and 
winter.”

“Oh!  you mustn’t borrow trouble.  You 
have many good years before you.  Come 
along with me  to-morrow morning to the 
bottoms. 
I  saw pigeons  over  there,  and 
I’ll warrant  you’ll  bring  down  as  many 
as you ever did.”

“No,  thank  you,  Eastwood,”  Hilliard 
replied,  shaking  his  head  sadly.  “My 
hunting  has all  been  done. 
I’m  an old 
man,  and I know my  best days  are over. 
It was  hard  for me to make  up my mind 
to  that. 
I’ve  tried  to make  myself  be­
lieve that the farm’s going all  right,  but 
it  isn’t,  and  I’ve  got to give up  at  last. 
No  one can  know  how  I  feel  about  it. 
Everybody  knows  what  our  farm  has 
always  been.  My father  got it from  his 
father  and  handed  it  down  to me;  and 
now in my time its gone to wrack.  Each 
of  them had some  one to leave it to  and 
died proud  of  it  and  satisfied about  its

future.  But I haven’t, Eastwood.  They’re 
all  gone,  and I must  soon go after them, 
with  no  hope  for  the  old  place. 
It’s 
mighty  hard  on  me,  Daniel,  when  we 
Hilliards  have been  so  proud of  it—too 
much so, maybe.”

“Why,  there are plenty of young farm­
ers  about,  Nathan,  who  would  be  only 
too  glad  to  become  your  tenant,” said 
father,  “I’ll  willingly help you  pick the 
best one for the purpose.”
Hilliard shook his head.
“That wouldn’t  satisfy me,  Daniel;  he 

wouldn’t be a Hilliard.”

“There  are  certainly  some  of  your 

family living,  aren’t there?”

“Only  one,  that I know of, and  that’s 
what I came over to talk about.  He lives 
out 
in  Illinois — Isaac  Hilliard,  my 
nephew.  His father Tom, as you remem­
ber,  died  some years  ago.  He has  been 
angry  with  me  since  father  died.  He 
always contended that the farm here was 
too large, and he tried hard to talk father 
into  dividing  it  between  us,  half  and 
half, on his  deathbed,  but  he failed,  and 
went  away  angry and  dissatisfied  with 
the  smaller  farm  in  Illinois. 
I  would 
have been willing enough  to  divide,  but 
father’s last  request was for me  to  keep 
the old  place together,  as  it  always had 
been,  and  up to the  mark. 
I  did  all  I 
could  to  make  Tom  friendly,  but  he 
wouldn’t listen.  Now  I’m afraid  maybe 
I  did wrong  by him;  spiting  the  living 
that way for  the wishes of  the .dead,  and 
I’ve  made  up  my  mind to ask  Isaac  to 
come in and be my tenant.  What do you 
think of it?”

“Well,  Nathan,”  father said,  thought­
fully,  “if you are satisfied that Isaac is a 
good enough farmer to take charge of  it, 
I would send for him.”

“I’m  pretty  well  satisfied;  and  then, 
Eastwood, maybe it would  ease my mind 
some, on account of  Tom. 
I  don’t want 
to die thinking I didn’t do rightly by him. 
and  his  folks. 
I’ll  write  to  Isaac,  and 
maybe I’ll  again see the old  farm  like it 
once was. 
I  want to keep it in my name 
while I live,  and,  if  Isaac brings it back, 
1  can be almost as satisfied in turning  it 
over to him when I die as to my own son, 
if he had lived.”

A  month  later we  saw Isaac  and  his 
family  arrive.  Father,  mother  and  I 
watched  them from  our  window. 
Isaac 
looked  a strong, energetic,  capable  man, 
but  neither  mother  nor  1  felt  satisfied 
somehow with  the wife.  Mother  feared 
she  was  a  self-willed  woman,  and  I 
fancied  she  was  not  as  considerate  of 
poor old Nathan as she ought to be.

But the farm  brightened  at  once,  and 
the old  man  with  it.  For a short  while 
after he came over almost every day.  He 
joked  in  his  old  way  with  me  about 
Lucinda,  Isaac’s  wife,  making  better 
patch-work quilts  than  I  could,  and ral­
lied  father  about  their  hogs  being  so 
much bigger than  his.  But  none of  the 
new  people came  over, except  once  the 
mother  sent a young  daughter to tell  us 
that if we ever wanted to see the chickens 
again  that  were  over  there  scratching, 
we had better come  over for them.

After this,  we weren’t  surprised at the

S o lid   B r a n d  O y ste rs.

S elects........................28  E.  F ............................. 23
S ta n d a rd s ................  20
Selects........................26 S tandards......................  18
F avorites.................  16

D a is y   B r a n d   O y sters.

O u r  F a v o rite   B ra n d .

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“ 

M rs.  W ith e y ’s  H o m e -m a d e   M in ce -M ea t.
L arg eb b ls................ 6 
H alf bbls......................6M
40 Id. pails  ..............   6'/i  201b.  palls  .............. 6J£
10 lb.  p alls...............  7
21b. cans,  (usual  w eig h t)................ $1.50  per  doz.
51b. 
“ 
................ $3.50  per  doz.
Choice D airy  B u tter...............................................  19
P ure Sweet Cider,  in   b b ls .,...................................15
P ure Cider V inegar...................................................10
W ill pay 40 cents each for M olasses h alf  bbls. 
Above prices are m ade low to bid for trade.
Let your orders come.

EDWIN  FALLAS  &  SON,
Galley City Colli Storage,

A. D. SPANGLER & CO.,

GENERAL

Commission  MerGliants

A n d  W h o le s a le   D e a le rs   In

Fruits and  Produce.

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

SAGINAW,  E.  Side,  MICH.

T h e   M o st  P e r f e c t A u to m a tic   In je c to r  

M ad e.

iS,000 In  actual  operation.  Manufactured by

PENBERTHY  INJECTOR  CO,,

D E T R O IT ,  M IC H .

.THE. ^

P R O M P T .  CO N S ER VA TIV E,  SA FE.

S. F. A spinw all, Pres’t  

W.  F r e d M cB a in. Sec’y

IT W ILL FAY YOU
To Buy A llen B.Wrisley's
GOOD  SHEER SOAR
Leading Wholesale Grocers keep it.

THE  MICHTGAJSr  TRADESMAN.

Then,  raising  them manfully,  he  looked 
straight  at  me,  and  continued:  “Miss 
Eastwood,  we  have made a  sad mistake. 
We’re  ashamed,  and  sorry  for  it.  We 
dou’t  try 
to  excuse  ourselves,  but  we 
want him back  with  us again.  Will  you 
let me go in and a-k him to come?”

1 couldn’t  say all  the harsh  things in 
my  mind, or  tell  him that  1  suspected 
there  was something  more he  wished to 
get out  of the  old man.  There  was  too 
much sincerity in  his tone for that,  and I 
it  would 
could  only  feel  how  happy 
make Nathan  to go back  again. 
I quiet­
ly opened the door,  and we walked in.

I laid my  hand on  Nathan’s  shoulder, 
and Isaac started to speak; but my  hand 
fell to my side,  and he stopped speaking. 
We had seen that  the invitation was  too. 
late,  and  that  the old  man  had  passed 
away with  his last  looks resting  on the 
beloved  Hilliard Farm.  H.  M.  H o k e .

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. 
Gillies & Co., New York City.

GOLD  MEDAL,  PARIS,  1878.

I . B aker & Co.’S

from which the excess of 
oil has been removed,
la Absolutely Pure 

and it ia Soluble.

No Chemicals

are used in its prepar­
ation. 
It  has  more 
than  three  times  the 
Istrength  of  C ocoa 
mixed  with  Starch,

lore economical, costing less than one cent a 
up. 
It is  delicious,  nourishing, strengthen- 
ig,  e a s il y   digested, and admirably adapted 
>r invalids as well as for persons in health. 

Sold  by Grocers everywhere.

V  BAKER  &  CO.,  DORCHESTER,  MASS.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  00.,

S.  A.  SEARS,  Manager.

Or a ck er M an u factu rers,

G rand  R a p id s.

37, 3 9   an d   41  K en t St.,

SUCKER,  COADE  &  CO.,

General Commission Merchants

H e a d q u a rte rs  fo r J e r s e y  S w e et P o ta to e s , C ap e C od C ra n b e rrie s , ^ p a n is li  O n io n s.

Potatoes  and  Onions in car lots or  b u sh el;  also choice  B utter and  Eggs  and all  kinds of  Foreign 
and  Domestic  F ruits in th eir  season  We can fill  orders for all  kinds of  w inter apples at low est 
figures.  W rite or w ire for quotation on O nions and  Potatoes.

TUCKER,  COADE  &  CO.,

W ill  p a y   h ig h e s t m a r k e t  p ric e   fo r  EG G S a t  a l l tim e s .
'The  Largest  Stock  of

Ladies’,  Misses’, Children’s and  Infants'

-CLOAKS-

ever  seen  under one  roof is at

M ORSE’S

Cor, Monroe & Spring Sts•

jSiegel’s Cloak Department

S en d  fo r o u r  P ric e  L ist.

Billiards and had left Nathan only when 
compelled to by age.

“What is it,  Ben?” 1 asked.
“Miss  Annie,” he  answered,  with  ex­
cited 
indignation,  “ they, ”  motioning 
toward  the  Hilliard  house,  “have  sent 
poor old Nathan to the poor-house.”

1 did not wait for  the particulars,  but, 
with Ben following,  ran home.  We found 
father  in  our workshop  putting  a  new 
seat in the basket-sleigh

“Father, you must  hitch up at  once,”
I said.  “Those  people over  there  have 
sent  Nathan to the  poor-house;  and  as 
long as our  house stands  he must  never 
want for a home.”

Mother and I  had a  fire roaring in  our 
great spare  room and the  bed all  ready, 
with  hot  sticks  of  wood  between  the 
sheets at the foot,  by the time father and 
Ben brought the old man in.

He  had  had  a  cruel  shock,  and  for 
weeks  its  seemed  a  fatal  one;  but  our 
care  was rewarded. 
It  was  a  glorious 
day late in January when we helped him 
down-stairs  to  the  table.  We  all  be­
lieved that we  could  cheer  him back  to 
his  former  self,  but  soon  saw that  our 
hopes were in vain. 
I could  not conceal 
my  disappointment,  and  often  spoke 
harshly against his  folks; but he  always 
gently checked me.

“Don’t  judge  them  too  hard,  Annie. 
You  know I  was  feeble and  of  no  use, 
and they had to« much work to do to care 
for a sick  old man. 
It was all my  fault 
that there was  so much to do. 
I had  let 
the farm run down awfully.  I had given 
them the farm,  but  still I kept  thinking 
1 hadn’t done enough  yet to make up for 
sending Tom off in anger,  and I saw that 
they  would be better if I  was out of  the 
way.  So  I  was  willing  to  go.  Don’t 
blame them too hard,  Annie.”

With particular  earnestness did he ex­
cuse  them one  bright  spring day,  as  he 
sat iu  his  favorite  place—an easy-chair 
by 
the  window,  where  he  could  look 
across at his old home.  The place looked 
better than it had for several years.  The 
fences  were  straightened  and  newly 
whitewashed,  painters were there bright­
ening the  house, and spring  was adding 
her  bursting  buds  and  blossoms  to  the 
renewing of the Hilliard farm.

“Just  see,  Annie,”  he  said,  as  1  left 
him to go to some one who wanted to see 
me,  “ what  a  change  Isaac  has  made. 
He’ll soon have the old place as fine as in 
its  best  days,  and,  when  .1  get  well,  I 
| wonder If he would  let me take just  one 
more walk  over  it.  Some  time,  if  you 
see him,  ask him,  won’t you?”

I  was  surprised  to  find  that  it  was 
Isaac who  wanted  to  see me.  His  man­
ner  was  humble,  with  shame  plainly 
showing in his face.  This kept me from 
telling him  what I  had  always thought I 
would.

“I  have  come  over to  see  Uncle  Na­
than,” he said,  with his eyes on the floor.

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change  that  came  over  Nathan.  He 
stopped  coming so often;  joked no more; 
sat much  alone on their back  porch,  and 
many times  1  saw  him  far  away across 
the  farm,  sitting  for  hours  on  a  fence- 
top,  looking at the ground.

One early November day,  when  he had 
not  been to see us for several  weeks, he 
hobbled over.  He  had faded  sadly,  and 
seemed generally miserable.  1 gave him 
a comfortable  chair by our  dining  room 
fire,  and,  as we were  alone,  1 determined 
to find out the trouble.

“Nathan.”  I  began,  “your  nephew  is 

making the farm look like old times.” 

“Isn’t  it?”  he  answered,  with  a  little 
show of pleasure.  “ Isaac  is  certainly a 
splendid farmer.”

“But  are  they as good  to  you as  they 

are to the farm?”  I asked,  bluntly.

His  lips  trembled  at  once,  and  his 
hands,  too, as he caught the crook of  his 
cane more tightly and looked appealingly 
at me.

“I  am  afraid  they’re  not,”  I  added. 

“ You’re not a bit like you were.”

“It’s the  cold weather,” he  said,  look­
ing  at  the  floor. 
“The  cold  weather, 
that’s all.  I’ll be all right in the spring.” 
“But  are you  sure, Nathan,  that  they 
do  all  for  you  they  should?  Do  they 
treat  you  as  they should  one  who  has 
given them such a good home?”

“Yes;  oh,  yes;  they’re  good  to  me. 
People  have  different 
ideas  of  duty, 
Annie.  Away out  in  Illinois they don’t 
think exactly as we do, maybe.  1 wasn’t 
quite  used  to  their ways  at  first,  but  I 
if  there’s anything wrong  it’s 
am now. 
all  me. 
I’m  worrying  myself. 
I  can’t 
think  but  what  1  didn’t  do  altogether 
right  by  Tom,  and  I’ve  been  thinking 
that  maybe 1 owe  it  to  Isaac to put  the 
farm iu  his name now.”

He  paused  a  moment,  looking  at  me 

keenly;  then added:

“1 thought  I  would  do  it  soon,  as  a 
surprise to them.  Maybe  I’ll  feel easier 
then.”

I saw it all, then, and said impulsively: j 
“You  mean,  Nathan,  that  you  hope 
they’ll  treat  you  better  after you  give 
them the farm. 

Isn’t that it?”

“You mustn’t say it that way,” he said, 
simply,  rising  to  go.  “No,  1  can’t  an­
swer that that’s it.  1 don’t think 1 could 
put the place in better hands.  No, Annie; 
you’re too hard on them, and you mustn’t 
be.”

1 watched him  feebly pushing  his way 
across the brown field against the Novem­
ber  wind,  that  seemed to buffet  him  in 
the same  spirit that  it  twisted the  dead 
leaves  from the  boughs and  flung  them 
to the ground.

That was the last we saw of  him  until 
one day in  December. 
It had snowed all 
night,  and father went out to help shovel 
a path.  He  came iu  soon  to tell  me  he 
had  stopped  Isaac  Hilliard  to  ask  him 
about old Nathan.  He  looked confused, 
father  said,  and  at a loss for an  answer, 
but had been relieved by his wife calling 
sharply to him to come in. 

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This  was  enough to set  me  fancying 
the  poor  old  man  sick  and  poorly  at­
tended  or  neglected  by those  people.  1 
hurriedly  prepared  a  bowl of  broth and 
started over. 
It was snowing again,  and 
in  the  narrow  path I almost  ran  against 
a man  who was in a great hurry.

“Oh,  Miss Annie,” he said,  “1 was just 

coming to see you or your father!”

It  was old  Ben  Link,  who  had  spent 
nearly all  his  life in  the  service of  the

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3

OLD  MAN  SLIM.

He  Retires  from  Business  and  says 

“Good-Bye.”

Qu e e n ’s H ollow, Ont., Oct.  17—This, 
no doubt, will  be the  last  letter  you  will 
ever receive from me, as the firm of Slim & 
Slim is dissolved and the business—what 
is left of it—has passed into other hands. 
Ever since we  have been  in business,  we 
have  had  a 
succession  of  summer 
droughts  and open  winters and  prevail­
ing  low  prices  for  farmers’  produce. 
This  season  is,  indeed,  an  exception. 
Crops  are  heavy  and  prices  are  fairly 
good; but  Jo. Gobdarn  appeared  on  the 
scene,  and that was more injurious to  us 
than  fourteen  cyclones  followed  by  a 
first-class famine.  The  methods  adopt­
ed by him in  building up his  trade were 
unique and they have proved highly suc­
cessful.  The  giving  away  of  the  old 
odds  and  ends  of the  Cronk  stock,  al­
though having  the  appearance  of reck­
lessness  and  improvidence,  was a  lucky 
hit.  For every dollar’s  worth of  the old 
stock  which  was  advertised  and  given 
away, five returned to take its place.  He 
carries  several lines of cheap  American 
goods and sells them  at prices which will 
barely cover cost  and customs duties,  to 
say  nothing  of  freight  and  profit.  He 
pays more for  farmer’s  produce than we 
can possibly  afford to  pay.  Right  from 
the start he has paid, on an average, two 
cents per dozen  for eggs in excess of  the 
highest notch  in  the  Canadian  market. 
Many people suspect that his  egg  crates 
cross the  river  on  the same  mysterious 
vehicle  which  transports his  American 
goods into Her  Majesty’s  Dominion. 
If 
this vague suspicion be  founded on  fact 
(which  I verily  believe  to be  the case, 
and so  does  Izik),  it  follows  that  Gob- 
darn  could well  afford to  pay the  extra 
two  cents,  for  they  are  worth  only  11 
cents here,  and on your side  of the fence 
they are  quoted at 17 cents—a  difference 
which  will  just  about  account  for  the 
McKinley  tariff  and  the 
transportion 
charges  to the  American  market.  Yet, 
strange to  say, there are  certain old fos­
sil remains,  like  Old  Cronk,  who  are so 
dyed-in-the-wool with toryism,  that they 
think that our  Ontario farmers are mak­
ing  more  money  and  adding  more  to 
their prosperity by selling their hen fruit 
to John Bull at  five cents per dozen  less 
than  might  be  obtained  at  home  from 
their independent, but  highly  respected 
neighbor  and  relative on their  mother’s 
side—Uncle Samuel.
Of course,  there  has always been more 
or  less  talk (and I have always  thought 
there  was  something  in  it,  and  so  has 
Izik) about  short  weights  and  crooked 
dealings  at  Gobdarn’s,  but  the  people 
seem to  like it,  for  they run  there to  do 
their  trading.  Gobdarn  belongs  to  no 
church,  but  he  contributes 
liberally 
to all  three  and  holds himself  out as  a 
possible  victim for either,  which  creates 
a  sort  of  strife  between them  in  their 
efforts to please by patronizing him.
Izik,  I am sorry to say, is just as world­
ly as ever.  He says 1 ought to feel high­
ly gratified  at the  manner in  which  the 
little flock of  which I  am a member  de­
serted  me  and  went  over  to the  sharp 
skinflint  of  a  worldling  like  Gobdarn. 
He says he will never join a religious so­
ciety  until  he  finds  one  that  carries 
brotherly  love enough  aboard to  rescue 
him in case a passing  wave should wash 
him overboard.  He  says  any  brotherly 
love which is too weak to float bread and 
butter  may be  all  right  on some  other 
planet where  the  diet is  thin air,  but it 
is  a fraud  and a  delusion on this  earth, 
where  selfishness runs  rampant and vir­
tue struggles for an existence.
Another cause  for retiring from  busi­
ness  is,  that  there  has  been  frequent 
calls for money on Izik’s canning factory 
stock,  owing  to  expensive  repairs  this 
season,  and  the  money  had to  be taken 
out of the business,  where it was needed. 
The  stock  might  have  been  sold,  but 
Izik had  been offered the  secretaryship, 
with a salary of $1,000,  as soon as hew as 
eligible—the  by-laws  requiring that  the 
Secretary  should  hold in  his own  right 
and  name a  certain  amount of  paid-up 
stock.  You will  notice that Izik is  thus 
provided for in the  future, whatever be­
comes of the old man.  Well, I traded off 
a good home and a  certain livelihood for

a temporary stopping place,  and a liveli­
hood that has  turned out to  be very  un­
certain—all  for  the  sake  of  giving  the 
boy a chance.  Well,  he has had a chance. 
For nearly four years he  has been court­
ing fortune and has striven honestly and 
faithfully  to  win her  smiles; but she  is 
fickle and  those who  succeed in  having 
their names recorded among her selected 
admirers  are  few,  indeed,  as  compared 
with the number who fail to attract even 
a passing notice.
We get  75  cents  on the  dollar,  which 
will leave us,  after  paying all  indebted­
ness,  about  $1,000,  one half  of which  I 
will give  Izik.  This will  enable him  to 
pay  up the  balance of  his canning  fac­
tory stock  and secure him  the secretary­
ship.  This will leave  me with  $500 and 
an equity in the store building, valued at 
$500. 
I put  in a  fifty acre  farm,  worth 
$2,500; stock  and  implements, $500; and 
cash, $500—a total of $3,500.  Land  has 
risen in value in  this section and the lit­
tle farm is now  worth $10  per acre more 
than when  I parted  with  it;  but  sister 
Tubbs says I ought to  feel thankful  that 
I got out of it as well as 1 did.  She says 
that in  all her  time she  never knew  but 
two men to go into the store keeping bus­
iness  and come  out of  it with a  second 
shirt  to  their  back,  and  both  of  them 
lost  their  first  shirts.  This  has  been 
very consoling  to me,  and it has  revived 
that old idea which  you  will  remember 
got into my head awhile ago and gave me 
such a renovating.  Sister Tubbs is a very 
likely person  and she  doesn’t appear  to 
think any  less of  me  on account  of  my 
changed  circumstances.  She  calls  me 
Mr. Slim  just the same as she did before, 
whereas  with  the  general public  it  has 
got to be “Old Slim.”
Of course,  Izik will have to  move over 
to  Loyaltown,  and  Tillie  says  father 
can’t  live on  the  rent of  the store  and 
that she won’t go a step unless  “father” 
goes,  too.  God  bless  her! 
I  tell  her 
never  mind  father;  he’ll  take  care  of 
himself,  somehow,  and  be  all  right, so 
long  as  she  and  Izik get  along and  do 
well.
Yes,  I  believe I’ll  ask sister  Tubbs to 
pin her declining  years  to  my weather­
beaten  old hulk  and together we’ll  float 
out into the great ocean of forgetfulness.

Old  Man  Slim .

The  Potato  Crop.

Potatoes are not  yielding as heavily as 
was  expected in the great  shipping  sec­
tions  of  Nova  Scotia,  Prince  Edward 
Island  and  New  Brunswick,  because 
ripening came on sooner  than usual. 
In 
Nova  Scotia the  yield will  be under the 
average  on  fully the usual  acreage,  and 
Halifax is paying 37@40 cents per bushel 
at wholesale  and 50 cents at retail.  The 
yield is splendid  throughout  the  United 
States,  and in the  northwest  territories. 
The Cuban  market took  large quantities 
of American tubers at $3@3.50 per barrel 
to October 1, which equals about $2@2.50 
per  barrel  at  our  Atlantic  coast  ports, 
but with  heavier  shipments  from  both 
the  United  States  and  Canada  prices 
must fall.  The  shortage in the  south of 
Ireland  is  evidently more  than offset by 
the enormous  crop  in  North  Ireland, as 
the enormous  yield has put  prices down 
to 25@30  cents in the  Londonderry mar­
ket,  and  values  are  expected  to  go  still 
lower when  cereals (which are also good 
in this part of  Ireland)  are harvested.

Practical  Miller  Wanted.

L u th e b,  Oct.  15.—The  business  men 
of this  place are  organizing a stock com­
pany  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  and 
equipping  a  first - class  roller  process 
flouring  mill,  sufficient funds  having al­
ready  been  pledged.  The  only  thing 
lacking is the co-operation of a first-class 
miller  who  understands  all  branches of 
the  business and  can take entire  charge 
of  the  mill.  The  company  prefers  to 
secure  the services of  a man who  can be 
identified  with  the  enterprise to the  ex­
tent of  contributing to the capital stock, 
but is not tenacious on this point.  Should 
this  happen to meet  the  eye  of  a  first- 
class  miller  who  wishes  to  locate  in  a 
first-class  town,  he  is  requested  to com­
municate  with  Ernest  Nicholson, Secre­
tary of  the Luther Business Men’s Asso­
ciation.

RUM FOR BUSINESS!

Do you want to do your customers justice?
Do you want to increase your trade in a safe way?
Do you want the confidence of  all who trade with you?
Would  you  like to rid  yourself  of  the  bother of  “posting” your  books  and 
Do you  not  want  pay for all  the  small  items  that go  out of  your  store,  which 

“patching up” pass-book accounts?

yourself and clerks are so prone to forget to charge?
ponding ledger account without having  to  “doctor”  it?

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

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

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

Tradesman  or  Superior  GoUpons.

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 pass book system is 
that many  times while  busy  waiting  on 
customers  you  neglect  to  make  some 
charges,  thus  losing  many  a  dollar;  or, 
if  you  stop to make  those  entries,  it  is 
done when  you can  illy afford  the time, 
as  you  keep  customers  waiting  when it 
might be avoided.  The aggregate amount 
of  time consumed in a month  in  making 
these small  entries  is  no inconsiderable 
thing,  but,  by  the  use  of  the  coupon 
system,  it is avoided.
Now as to the use of the  coupon book: 
Instead of giving your customer the pass 
book, you hand him a coupon  book,  say 
of the denomination  of  $10,  taking  his 
note  for  the  amount.  When  he  buys 
anything,  he  hands  you  or  your  clerk 
the  book,  from  which  you  tear  out 
coupons for the amount purchased,  be  it 
1 cent,  12 cents,  75  cents  or  any  other 
sum.  As the book never  passes  out  of 
your customer’s hands,  except when you 
tear off the coupons,it is just like so much 
money to him,  and when the coupons are 
all gone,  and he has had  their  worth  in 
goods, there is  no  grumbling  or  suspi­
cion of wrong  dealing. 
In  fact,  by the 
use of the coupon book, you have all  the 
advantages of both  the  cash  and  credit 
systems and none  of  the  disadvantages 
of either.  The coupons  taken  in,  being 
put into the cash drawer,  the  aggregate 
amount of them,  together with the  cash, 
shows at once  the  day’s  business.  The 
notes,  which are  perforated  at  one  end 
so that they can be readily detached from 
the book,  can  be  kept  in  the  safe  or 
money drawer until the  time has arrived

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

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

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T HTit  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

AMONG THE  TRADE.
ABOUND THE  STATE.

East  Jordan—H.  L. Page has  sold  his 

hardware stock to W.  H.  Healey.

Clinton—W.  C.  Rogers  has  sold  his j 

harness stock to H.  Wiltse &  Son.

Bay City—Oliver Denshaw is succeeded 

by E .  T.  Boden in the drug business.

Harrison— Ellis  Hughes  succeeds  E. 

Hughes & Co.  in the grocery business.

Arcadia—F.  M. Stockman  will  put  a 
general stock in John Sexton’s new store.
Lyons—C.  White  has  purchased  the 
confectionery  stock  of  Enoch  Watkins | 
& Co.

Ludington—Ernst & Hartman are  sue*' 
ceeded by Julius Ernst in the meat  busi­
ness.

Belding—Z.  W. Gooding  has  sold  his 
grocery and  restaurant  business to Wm. 
Reynolds.

Adrian— Adolph  Wheeler  succeeds 
the  boot  and ; 

Wheeler  &  Aldrich 
shoe buisness.

in 

Gladwin—Barber  &  Graham  succeed 
Barber &  Campbell  in  the  dry  goods, j 
bazaar and stationery  buisness.

Midland—A.  E.  ( Mrs.  A.  S .)  Cody, j 
dealer  in  clothing and  notions,  has  sold 
her notion stock to E. O.  Shaw.
Caledonia—C.  F.  Beeler  will  shortly j 
move his drug stock  into  the brick store j 
recently erected by J.  EL  Kennedy.

Big Rapids—F. H.  Kierstead  has  sold • 
his meat  market to S.  O.  Littlefield,  who j 
will continue the  business  at  the  same \ 
location.

Sunfield—E. M. Snyder has  purchased 
the drug and grocery stock of Stiuchcomb  ! 
& Co.  and  will continue  the  business  at 
the same location.

Belding—Holmes & Connell, druggists, ' 
have  taken  possession of  the new  brick 
store  erected  by  L.  L.  Holmes.  The 
fixtures  are  new  throughout,  being  fin­
ished in antique oak.

Moriey—L.  I.  Whitbeck  has  sold  his i 
meat market to C. J.  Hicks  and  A.  All,  j 
of Lakeview,  who will continue the busi­
ness at the same locatiou.  Mr. Whitbeck 
will shortly remove to Virginia.

Wacousta— N.  J.  Streeter  has  ex-j 
changed store  buildings with C.  II.  Man- j 
zer, at Delta, and the two have exchanged j 
locations,  Mr. Streeter removing his gen- J 
eral stock  to  Delta  and  Mr.  Manzer  re- j 
moving  his  drug  and  grocery  stock  to | 
this place.

Rockford — Wm.  Forrest,  who  has j 
clerked in Neal  McMillan’s drug store for j 
the past five years, has begun  the erection 
of  a  two-story  brick  store  building, 
which  he  expects  to have  ready for  oc­
cupancy by Christmas.  Mr.  Forrest will 
occupy  the  ground  floor  with  a  drug 
stock.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Ada—E.  Niles  &  Son  have  embarked 
in the manufacture of  mince meat, cider 
and apple butter.

Kalamazoo—The Hanselman Candy Co. 
has  so far  recovered from  its recent  fire 
as to be able to  fill orders again.

Ovid—The Ovid  Carriage  Works  has 
purchased the plant formerly operated  by 
the Scofield  Buggy Co.  and  will continue 
the business.

Manistee—Geo.  W.  Hopkins,  of  Bear 
Lake,  recently  sold  to  Buckley & Doug­
las, of  this city,  the  timber on 080  acres 
in Cleon for 87.000.

Cheboygan—Pelton  &  Reed  have  re­
ceived  a  raft  of  1,500,000  feel  of  logs 
from Canada,  recently  purchased  by the 
firm in the Georgian Bay district.

Rogers City — Hamilton  &  Mulvaney, 
operating at Lake May  for  Alger,  Smith 
&  Co.,  have  4,000,000  feet  on the  skids. 
These  logs  will  be  taken out  on an  ex­
tension of the Alger road to be built.

Lei and—Jacob  Swartz,  of  Good  Har­
bor,  has bought the entire  interest of the 
Leland  Iron  Co.,  paying  814,000.  A 
company  has been  formed  to  manufac­
ture  hardwood  lumber,  shingles  and 
staves.

Farwell—Grimm  &  Wood  will  run  a 
camp in Gilmore township, Clare count}', 
the coming winter, and  will  cut  150,000 
feet of  pine  and  hemlock,  250  cords  of 
pail  bolts,  500 cords  of shingle bolts and 
1,000 telegraph poles.

Houghton—The Kirby-Carpenter  Com­
pany has purchased from the J. C. Ayers 
estate the pine  timber on 10,271 acres  of 
land  in  Houghton  county,  mostly  trib­
utary to the Paint river.  The considera­
tion is 8144,000,  half  cash,  balance on or 
before four years from date.

Raiguel—The  lumbering  firm of  Len- 
hard & Miller has dissolved  partnership, 
dividing  the  property  between 
them, 
Lenhard  taking  the  sawmill,  which  he 
will  start up again  next April at the old 
stand,  and Miller taking the shingle mill, 
which he will move to new quarters soon.
Manistee—Salt is accumulating on dock 
at  this  point,  the  Michigan Salt Co.  not 
being  able to take care  of it as fast as  it 
is turned out.  The  past month  our out­
put  was  135,731  barrels,  which  was  a 
considerably  larger  amount than any  of 
the other counties in the State furnished.
Marquette—A  deal  was  made  in  this 
city  the other  day that  shows  the value 
of some  of  the timber  lands acquired  by 
homesteaders.  D.  J.  Norton purchased 
from  Napoleon  Bertram  his  homestead 
of  160  acres  for 817,000 cash.  The land 
is  valuable  only  for  the timber, the es­
timate on the pine being 4,000,000 feet.

Gladwin—W.  B.  Tubbs,  who  has oper­
ated  a  shingle  mill  on 
the  Sanborn 
branch  in Gladwin  county,  is  removing 
it to a site on the  Gladwin  branch of  the 
Michigan  Central, 
two  miles  west  of 
i Hawes bridge,  where he has taken a con- 
| tract to  cut a  large  quantity of  shingle 
' timber. 
It is expected  the mill  will  be 
j  stocked at that point several years.

Saginaw—Isaac Bearinger has returned 
from  Georgian  Bay,  where  Sibley  & 
j  Bearinger  have started  two  camps.  He 
! says they will only  put in 6,000,000 feet, 
which,  with  12,000,000  hung  up  this 
! season,  and  which,  it  is  expected,  will 
I come out early in  the spring,  will give  a 
total of 18,000,000  feet  for the next  sea- 
ons.  against  50,000,000  handled  by  the 
firm  the  present  year.  Mr.  Bearinger 
j  says stumpage is  getting too high in  the 
| Georgian  Bay country  to induce  buyers.
Bay City—The Bradley-Hurst  Lumber 
| Co.  will  cut  25,000,000  feet of  logs  for 
the mill at Deer Park, on  Lake Superior, 
the  coming  winter,  and  Mr.  Hurst  will 
put in 12,000,000 feet on his own account. 
Mr.  Hurst regards  the  prospects for  the 
j  the  lumber  trade  the  coming  year  as 
much  improved.  The  large  crops  and 
j  good  prices  will  stimulate  the  farmers 
; to  erect  and repair  buildings  and  also 
: materially  help  building  operations  in 
the  cities  and towns,  all  of  which  will 
conduce  to an  unsually  large  consump- 
| tion  of  lumber,  while  production  this 
year, he thinks,  will not be so great as to 
glut the market.

Muskegon—Lumberman in  this section 
are  already  preparing  for the  winter’s 
I campaign in  the woods, and  in some  in­

stances men  have  been sent forward and 
camps  are  being  placed 
in  readiness. 
Several  of  the  well-known  lumbermen 
will clean up their remaining holdings on 
the  Muskegon  the  coming  winter,  and 
after the  present year  there  will  be  but 
few winter camps operating on the river. 
Almost  all  of  the  remaining  tracts  of 
timber  are  owned  by  heavy  operators 
who have their logging  roads and equip­
ments for summer work,  and most of the 
logs after  this  season  will  be  taken to 
the  streams  over  these  roads,  or  else 
brought to the city directly by rail.

Muskegon — Work  on  the  Muskegon 
River  has been completed,  and every log 
which  was banked  last winter or put  in­
to the  stream  during the  summer  over 
the  logging  railroads  has  been  run 
through the  sinuous  route  to the  boom­
ing company’s  store booms in  Muskegon 
lake.  The number of  pieces  handled  is 
2,523.893.  At  the  corresponding  date 
last season the number of pieces handled 
was  3,200,000.  Under  the  manipula­
tions  of  President  Hills  and  his  well 
trained  lieutenants  and  river crew,  the 
stream  has been  driven  in  better  shape 
and  with  probably less expense than has 
ever been  known in the history of opera­
tions upon this stream.

Premature Shipment of Oranges.
“Florida oranges are  beginning  to  ar­
rive,”  said  Beu  W.  Putman,  the  other 
day,  “but they are too green  for any use, 
and any dealer who  values the health  of 
the  community will  positively refuse  to 
handle such stuff.  The  best  packers  in 
Florida  will not  touch  their  fruit until 
the middle of next month,  for the reason 
that  it  is neither  heathful  or profitable 
to pick so early.  The  green  fruit which 
is  now  coming  in  will  barely  color, 
and  when 
it  does  color,  it  will  have 
a  pale, 
re­
pulsive,  besides being  sour and bitter  to 
the  taste.  Early  shipments of this kind 
are prompted solely by  greed,  in  the ex­
pectation  of  taking  advantage  of  the 
early  market, and  I  heartily hope  that 
every  premature  shipment will result  in 
loss to both consignor and  consignee.”

sickly  cast  which 

is 

Country Callers.

Calls  have  been 

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

L. J.  Fasquelle, Petoskey.
L. Cook, Bauer.
Ola Johnson,  McCords.
Boven & Knol, Graafschaf.
R.  B. Gooding & Son, Gooding.
M.  F.  Owen,  Rome City,  Ind. 
Smallegan & Pikaart, Forrest Grove. 
Frank O.  Lord,  Grand Ledge.

Bank  Notes.

Among  those  interested  in  the  new 
American Commercial and Savings Bank, 
about to be organized at Saginaw and  lo­
cated  in  the building  now  occupied  by 
Isaac  Bearinger  for office  purposes,  are 
the following well-known gentlemen:  M. 
Jeffers, J.  Seiigman,  I.  Bearinger,  W.  G. 
Emerick  and  John  M.  Nicol,  the  latter 
being cashier  of  the American  Banking 
and  Saving Institution of Detroit. 
It  is 
generally understood that W. G. Emerick, 
who was for some time manager of telig- 
man’s  Bank  of  Commerce, and  who  re­
cently established himself in Detriot as a 
lawyer,  will  be  appointed  cashier.  A 
meeting to effect permanent organization 
and elect officers will  be held at an early 
day.

The newly-organized  Elk  Rapids  Sav­
ings Bank is  officered as follows:  Presi­
dent,  R.  W.  Bagot;  First Vice-President, 
H.  H.  Noble;  Second  Vice-PreSident,  B. 
R.  Moore;  Cashier,  F.  B.  Moore.  Direc­
tors:  R.  W.  Bagot,  H.  H.  Noble,  H.  B. 
Lewis,  E.  S. Noble,  W. M. Andrus,  M. B. 
Lang,  J.  H.  McLane,  W. H.  McLane,  F. 
R.  Williams,  B.  R. Moore,  F. B. Moore.

A.  Young,  senior  member  of  the  firm 
owning the  Bank  of  Mancelona,  was  in 
the city  several  days  last  week  for  the 
purpose of  ascertaining a  desirable loca­
tion  for a  general  stock,  which  he  pro­
poses to  manage,  turning  over the  man­
agement  of the  banking  business to  his 
sons.

When  the  large  shippers  of  the  city 
unanimously  petitioned  for  a  reduction 
of  the  seaboard  freight  rate  to  92  per 
cent,  of  the  Chicago  basis,  the  railway 
managers of the  trunk lines replied  that 
they could “not  see a way open to  grant 
the request,”  but  would concede a reduc­
tion to 96 per  cent.  The shippers of the 
j city  thereupon  began  negotiations  look­
ing toward the  opening of a water  route 
from  Buffalo  to  Grand Rapids  and  the 
indications are that  the plan  will be car­
ried into  effect. 
In  case  the  project  is 
successful,  it will  be interesting to  note 
whether the aforesaid  railway  managers 
will not be able to find a way to meet the 
concession originally  demanded.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  Insertion  and  one cent a 
word  tor  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken for less than 85 cents.  Advance  payment.

B U SIN E S S   C H A N C E S .

317 

TYRUG  STORE FOR  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN  IN  THE 
1  )  growing  village  of  Caledonia,  surrounded  by- 
rich farming country.  Will  sell on easy terms.  Must 
quit the  business on account of  poor health.  Address 
j. w. Armstrong, Caledonia. Mich.____________ 319
iv~.K  g a T.IB—FRESH  STOCK  GROCERIES.  WILL 1N- 

1  ventory  about  8700.  Centrally  located  in  this 
city  Good  business  and  good  reasons  for  selling. 
Address No. 317. care  Michigan Tradesman. 
TTOR  SALE -  HARDWOOD  LUMBER  MILT.,  SIX 
I;  miles  from  railroad, with  plenty  of  timber  for 
several years’ cut.  Shingle machine  in running order 
if desired.  Saw  mill ready to set  up.  Teams, trucks, 
sleighs,  shop  and  building all  in order to begin work 
at  once.  Address  J.  .1.  Robbins,  Stanton,  Mich,  or 
Hunter, & Reid, 121 Ottawa street, Grand Rapids. 
312
LTORSALE- at a  b a r g a in , f u r n it u r e   fac t o r y
Jp  with capacity for fifty men.  Seven acres of land. 
Both water and steam power.  Can load goods directly 
from store  house on  cars of  two  railroads.  Address 
Lowell Furniture  Co.. Lowell. Mich.___________ 323___
In  good  town  of  1,600  inhabitants  in  best  fruit 
growing county In Michigan.  Easy terms to a hustler. 
Reasons  for  selling,  sickness in the  family.  Address 
“Zinziber,” care Michigan Tradesman._________321

I TOR SALE—DRUG  STOCK.  INVENTORYING. 81,800.

I TOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MERCHANDISE,

1  which  will  invoice  84,000. store, residence,  barn 
and one acre of  land, located in the  best wheat  grow­
ing  section of  Central  Michigan.  Will  take  half  in 
good farming land.  Address  Lock  Box  14. Wacousta,
Mich.__________________ _____________________ 324
TTOR  SALE—A  CLEAN  STOCK  OK  DRUGS,  GRO- 
I 1  ceries and crockery.  Doing  good  business.  For 
particulars, address J. M.  Shaffer, Gladwin. Mich.  322
grocery stock,  located at a good couutry trading 
point.  Business  well  established.  Address  A.  C.
Adams, Administrator, Moriey, Mich.__________ 313

iTOR  SALE—CLEAN  AND  CAREFULLY  SELECTED 

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

dress No. 28, care Michigan Tradesman.___________ 98

1 

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

XXTANTED—SITUATION AS TRAVELING SALESMAN, 
V> 
glassw are or specialty house  preferred, by man 
of experience who has beat of references.  Address 115
Charles street. Grand Rapids, Mich.___________ 325
TXT ANTED—SITUATION AS  CLERK OR BOOK-KEEP- 
VY 
er in general retail or wholesale  grocery house, 
by  young  man of  three  years’  experience  in  either 
capacity.  Write  me  at  once.  Address Lock  Box 357, 
Harrison. Mich. 
XITANTED—SITUATION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER  BY  A 
W   married  man  who  can  give the  best of  refer­
ences.  Address  No.  305,  care  Michigan  Tradesman,
Grand Rapids._______________________________ 305
XXTANTED—SITUATION  BY REGISTERED  PHARMA- 
VY 
cist.  Nine  years  experience.  Address  No.  315, 
care  Michigan  Tradesman. 

320

315

M ISC E L L A N E O U S .

. 

H orses for  sale—one  seven-year old  fil

ly, one three-year-old  filly,  and  one six-year-old 
gelding—all sired by Louis Napoleon,  dam by Wiscon­
sin Banner (Morgan].  All fine, handsome, and speedy; 
never been  tracked.  Address  J.  J. Robbins, Stanton, 
Mich. 

311

Lafayette  St.,  cellar,  brick  foundation,  soft  water 

ITOR  SALE-CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  INVE8T- 
meat.  Corner  lot  and 5-room  house  on  North 
in  kitchen.  $ 1,200.  Terms  to  suit.  Address No.  187, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
I TOR SALE  OR  RENT-CORNER  LOT  AND 5-ROOM 

house on North  Lafayette st., cellar, brick found- 
suit.  Cheap enough  for  an  investment.  Address  No 
187, care Michigan Tradesman. 

|  ation  and  soft  water  in  kitchen.  $1,900.  Terms  to 

ST.  BERNARD  DOGS-SOME  VERY  FINE  PUPS;
also two  brood  bitches, one  in whelp.  R. J. Saw­
yer, Menominee. Mich. 
TXT ANTED—YOUNG  SINGLE  MAN  WITH  ONE  OR 
YY 
two years’ experience in the dry goods business. 
Wages moderate.  Address  304, care  Michigan Trades­
man. 

187.

318

304

187

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Purely  Personal.

Heman  G.  Barlow,  while  able  to  be 
about  the  same  as  usual,  still  suffers 
from the thraldom of Old Rheum.

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 IL L IA M   C O N N O R ,

B o x  3 4 6 , 

M a rs h a ll,  M ich .

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.

FALL  SUITS

Large selections and  newest novelties,  double and 
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.

S  selert 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.

M IC H A .B L   K O L B   &  SO N,

Wholesale Clothiers, Rochester, N. Y.
Boys' and  Children’s  Ouercoats  and  Sdits  he has  been  highly com plim ented  by mer

chants  assuring  him   th a t  they are the  nicest, cleanest, best  made and  lowest  in  price seen this 
season.  September,  1891.

Nowis  the  time 

stocks of  Cheese.

to  lay  in  winter

grades, but buy the old reliable

DOIl’t  take chances on inferior
-AMBOY-

%

The  best  keepers  and  the best  cheese 
made.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

C.  L.  Hill  has  engaged  in the  grocery 
business  at  Duluth,  Minn.  The  I.  M. 
Clark Grocery Co.  furnished  the stock.

Thompson  &  Bennett  have  opened  a 
grocery  store  at  Ashland.  The  stock 
was furnished by the I. M. Clark Grocery 
Co.

Chas.  L  Duroy  has  opened  a  supply 
store in connection  with  his shingle mill. 
The  I. M.  Clark  Grocery  Co.  furnished 
the stock.

VanEvery  Bros.,  grocers  at  Pellston, 
have decided  to put  in  a branch store  at 
Clarion.  The  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer 
Co.  has the order for the stock.

Melvin  H.  Zacharias,  formerly  of  the 
grocery Ann of McKay & Co., has opened 
a grocery  store  at  704  Wealthy avenue. 
The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished 
the stock.

W.  C.  Dewey  has  purchased the  inter­
est of Jas.  A.  Pugh in the firm of  Dewey 
&  Pugh,  importers  and  manufacturers’ 
agents.  By  the  terms of  the  purchase, 
Mr.  Dewey  acquires  the  sole  agency of 
all the houses  represented by the former 
firm.

Another brand of compressed yeast has 
made its  appearance  on the  market,  be­
ing  designated  “High  Hicker”  yeast, 
owing to the illustration on the wrapper. 
The  new  brand is  sold in  bulk only,  M. 
C.  Goosen  and  Win.  Karreman  standing 
as sponsors for the infant.

M. C.  Goossen-i  whose mind is as fertile 
in  schemes  as  a  nut is full of meat,  has 
originated  another  idea  and  is  rapidly 
putting the  plan into  operation—the or­
ganization  of  a Holland  Retail  Grocers’ 
Association. 
It  is  proposed  to  confine 
'the  membership  to  Hollanders only,  as 
the  proceedings  will  be in  the  Holland 
language  and  subjects  pertinent to  the 
Holland trade only will be discussed and 
acted  upon.  Bulk yeast will,  of  course, 
form  the  superstructure of the  proposed 
organization.

Negotiations are now in progress which 
bid  fair  to  give  Grand  Rapids  direct 
water connection with  Buffalo,  the  man- 
uracturers and jobbers of the city having 
about  decided  to  organize a stock  com­
pany with a capital  stock of  $25,000, for 
the purpose of  constructing and  operat­
ing a flat  bottom,  end-wheel  steamer,  to 
ply between  this city and  Grand  Haven. 
Negotiations  are  under  way  with 
the 
managers of  several lines of  vessels ply­
ing between Buffalo and Chicago to make 
a  stop  at  Grand  Haven, 
thus  giving 
Grand  Rapids  tri-weekly connection  by 
water  with  Buffalo, Cleveland  and Erie. 
President  Goodrich  and  staff,  of  the 
Goodrich  Transportation  Co.,  Chicago, 
was  in  town a couple of  days  last week 
for  the  purpose of  consulting  with  the 
Transportation Committee  of  the  Board 
of  Trade,  offering|to co-operate with the 
business men interested  in  the project to 
render  the  undertaking  a  success. 
In 
the meantime,  Mr.  Mitchell,  who  offered 
to  construct  and  operate  such  a  vessel 
last  spring,  renews  his  proposition,  be­
ing  backed  by  a  capitalist  of  Toledo, 
who  announces  himself  as  willing  to 
furnish the entire capital required.

The United States imported  $4,500,000 
worth of bananas  and  $882,810 worth  of 
cocoauuts last year.  New York  was  the 
largest  receiving  point,  with  New  Or­
leans a good second.

Geo.  B.  Caulfield,  Secretary  of  the 
Lemon & Wheeler Company,has returned 
from  Alaska.  He  has been  absent since 
Aug.  14.

John  E.  Peck and  Frank  J.  Wurzburg 
have  gone  to  Ann  Arbor  to  attend the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Michigan  State 
Pharmaceutical Association.

C.  A.  Barnes,  the Otsego  druggist  and 
grocer,  is in  the city  for a day  or two as 
the  guest  of  W.  F.  Blake  and  family. 
He is accompanied by his wife.

Frank  L.  Fuller,  the  Cedar  Springs 
banker,  was in town over Sunday, on his 
way home from  Hardman, Tenn.,  where 
he has somewhat  extensive  business  in­
terests.

Mint Pell,  who has  been the local rep­
resentative  of  the  Riedeburg  & Bodden 
Co.,  of  Milwaukee, for  several  years,  is 
succeeded  by  J.  B.  Geller,  formerly  en­
gaged  in  the  grocery  business on  West 
Bridge street.

John Yelte, of the firm of Faul & Yelte, 
hardware dealers at Woodland, is in town 
for  a  few  days  on  a  visit  combining 
pleasure  and  business. 
This  is  Mr. 
Velte’s first visit to Grand Rapids and he 
is greatly  pleased  with  the  city and  its 
people.

Frank O.  Lord,  the  Grand  Ledge  gro­
cer,  is  certainly frank  with himself  and 
patrons.  When he  removed to this city, 
about  a year ago,  he  issued a circular to 
his trade  headed,  “Got a swelled head— 
going to a bigger town.”  On  his  return 
to Grand Ledge, he issued another greet­
ing to his customers bearing the caption, 
“The  swelling has abated—I wear a  hat 
two sizes smaller now.”  Frank Is a good 
fellow,  is he is not cut out for a city gro­
cer.

Gripsack Brigade

Berj.  Kievit,  formerly engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  on  Grandville avenue, 
has engaged to represent  L.  Winternitz 
among the city trade.

Howard Ives,  for the past year with E. 
Fallas  &  Son,  has  engaged to  travel  for 
E.  Niles & Son, of Ada.  He will confine 
his operations to Western Michigan.

Park Mathewson, Jr.,  succeeds Geo.  R. 
Merrill  as  traveling  representative  for 
B.  T.  Babbitt  in  this  territory.  Mr. 
Mathewson  has  concluded to take up his 
residence in  Grand  Rapids,  making  this 
city his headquarters.

Attention is directed to  the  advertise­
ment of the  Grand Rapids Book Bindery 
on the first  page of  cover in this  week’s 
issue,  setting  forth  the  merits  of  the 
Mullins’  flat  opening  account  books, 
which are  now  in  use  by  many of  the 
leading  banks,  manufacturing  and  job 
bing  institutions  of  the  city  and State 
The house  referred to carries a  full  line 
of flat  opening  ledgers  and  journals in 
stock  and  is  prepared  to  fill orders  on 
short notice.

To become able to  make something  is, 
I  think, necessary  to thorough develop­
I  would  rather  have  a  son  of 
ment. 
mine a carpenter,  a watchmaker,  a wood- 
carver, a shoemaker, a  jeweler, a  black­
smith,  a bookbinder,  than  I would  have 
him earn his bread  as a clerk in a count­
ing-house.  What advantage the Carpen­
ter of Nazareth gathered from his bench, 
is the inheritance of  every  workman  in 
proportion  as  he  does  divine,  that  is, 
honest work.—George MacDonald.

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THU!  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Current.

The Boy Who Would Not Lie.

Written for The Tradesman.

While  conversing  with  a  grocer 

in 
Grand  Rapids the other day in his  place 
of  business,  an  elderly  gentleman,  with 
an  elongated  face, and  wearing a  faded i 
Prince  Albert  coat,  the  back  of  which i 
showed that it had  passed through many 
a hard rub, entered the store, approached j 
the  grocer  and, extending his  hand, en- I 
quired  how  the  grocer  and  his  family ' 
were doing.  The merchant replied  th a t! 
they were doing as well as usual,  and,  of i 
course,  returned the compliment  accord- ; 
ing to the every day stereotyped pattern,  j 
by  enquiring  after  the  welfare  of  his 
questioner  and family.  Still  clinging to j 
the grocer’s  hand,  and  stooping with an j 
air of confidence and intense earnestness, 
he  responded  in  a  voice that  reminded j 
me of  dried  leaves  and withered  hopes:
“Oh,  my stomach  difficulty don’t seem j 
to  get  any  better,  and  lately  I’ve  been j 
afflicted  with a sort of  a  pain in the calf j 
of one of my legs—I think it’s in my left | 
calf.  The  rest of  the  family,  as  usual,  | 
are just able to get around;  yet we never 
complain,  for  it’s the  Lord’s doings,  and | 
‘He doeth all things well.’”

The  grocer  managed to disengage  his 
hand,  and then asked the afflicted gentle­
man what  he could  do  for him;  and the I 
afflicted gentleman  placed his right hand I 
on  the  grocer’s shoulder  and  once more 
I  was  reminded  of  dried 
leaves  and 
withered hopes:

“O—h,  I d-o-n-’t want to buy anything.
I called  in to learn why  you were  not at 
church last Sunday morning.  You missed 
a  great  spiritual  feast,  which  you  will 
never  be  able  to  recall.  The spiritual 
magnitude of that man is perfectly amaz­
ing!  But  if  people  will  not  come  out 
and  hear him,  they  cannot  expect to be 
strengthened,  built up and  filled to over­
flowing with spiritual joy.”

The  grocer 

looked  out  through  the 
window at the  sky and  wondered  if  the 
rain would  be  obliging enough  to  hang 
on  until  after  the  great  Allerton  and 
Nelson  race  had  become  an  historical 
event,  and when  he  returned  from  the 
clouds,  the  non-complaining  but  pain- 
stricken  gentleman  had  taken  his  de­
parture.
“ D o n ’t   y o u   know,”  said  the  grocer, 
turning to  me again,  “that all  that  busi­
ness  is a cloak—a  mere  something  that 
can  be put on  or  taken off—just  as  the 
fancy of  the  wearer  may dictate, or  his 
purposes  demand,  and  that  the  cloak is 
no  more  of  a  criterion  as  to  what  is 
underneath it than the  shell of  a  ‘nigger 
toe’ is  a  criterion  as to the  genuineness 
of the meat within?”

I  made no attempt to reply to this pro­
pounded query of  the grocer’s’ but mere­
ly intimated  that,  apparently,  he  was  no 
churchman  and  took  no  stock  in  the 
Christian  religion,  which  had the  effect 
of  eliciting the  following story,  which  I 
give verbatim as told by the grooer:

“You  are  wrong  in  your intimation.
I  am  a  member of  a  Christain  church 
myself  and I  am a believer in  the  Chris­
tian religion;  but if  there is anything on 
the face of the earth which  I  utterly de­
test,  it  is  religious  cant  and  uniformed 
tin-hern Pharisaism.  When I was a boy,
1  used to think  that a man  who  wore  a 
‘plug’ hat  must be a gentleman,  and that 
a  man  who  always  ‘spoke  in  meeting’ 
must  be a good  man.  My  father,  who 
was  a  strict  deacon  in the  church,  had 
brought me up  in the Christian faith and 
taught  me, above all  other  things, to  be

I  attended  church 
truthful and honest 
I regularly, becoming a member of it when 
a mere  lad,  and  momorized  and  recited 
in the  Sunday school pretty much  every 
chapter in the New Testament.  During 
all these boyhood years, a certain deacon, j 
who  was  the  leading  merchant  of  the 
village, had  taken a leading part  in  the 
Sunday  school  work,  serving  as  super­
intendent  or  secretary  the  most  of  the 
time.  This merchant  deacon was one of 
the  wealthiest  members  of ' the  church, 
and  he took a leading part in all  church 
work,  as well  as  in  the  Sunday  school 
work.  From  my  earliest  recollection  I 
had  received  my Sunday  school  library 
books  from this same  deacon,  and I viv­
idly  recall 
that  old  familiar  closing 
prayer, with  its  nasal twang,  which  im­
pressed  my childish  mind with  awe and 
reverence for the deacon, whom I believed 
must  be  a  veritable  saint.  How  often 
have 1 sat, night  after  night, during the 
regularly recurring  annual revival meet­
ings,  and  listened to the  deacon  (for  he 
would always get away from the store in 
time  to  take  in  the  conference or after 
meeting)  while he blubbered out  his oft- 
repeated story, which never varied a par­
ticle  in  verbiage,  gesture  or  facial  ex­
pression. 
I  used to think  that  this was 
unmistakable evidence of  genuine piety, 
and a man  who  could  get up and  sniffle 
and  cry  in  public  every night  for  four 
weeks must,  indeed,  be an innocent man. 
When I began to put on the  airs  and ap­
pearance of  a  man,  I was  seized with  a 
desire to become  a  merchant,  and  I  ap­
plied,  accordingly, for a position  in  the 
deacon’s  store.  1  had  been  brought up 
on a farm,  with  the  birds and  the  inno­
cent  dumb  animals  for  my  daily  com­
panions,  and knew  nothing of  the world 
of  traffic, with its eternal  grind,  its self­
ish,  deceitful  schemes,  and 
its  false 
smiles.

“The deacon  hired me to clerk for him 
and  the  next  Monday  morning  I  arose 
from the  dear old  family breakfast table 
and  received  my mother’s  kiss  and  my 
father’s advice to be truthful and honest, 
upright  and  manly in all  that 1 did  and 
never do anything to bring a blush  upon 
I my  mother’s cheek or give the good  dea­
con cause to regret having ever given me 
a p la c e  in his store. 
It was the  morning 
which  marked  the  beginning  of  my 
career  in  the  soulless,  heartless,  con­
scienceless world of  debit and credit and 
loss  and  gain.  My  mother’s  hair  was 
silvered o’er with time’s fondest  caresses 
and  my  father  had  passed  the  fiftieth 
mile-post of his journey of life;  yet both 
together had seen less of the hypocritical 
side of  life  and  practiced  less duplicity 
during the whole of their peaceful,  quiet, 
natural  farm  life,  than  I  saw and prac­
ticed  before I had  been  behind  the dea­
con’s  counter  one year. 
I  was  duly in­
stalled  in  the  deacon’s  store  and  that 
Monday  was  the  first  day  that  I  ever 
worked  for wages.”
The  grocer  was 

interrupted  at  this 
point  in  his  story by the  entrance of  a 
lady  customer,  who  gave  an  order  for 
groceries,  and,  after  admonishing  the 
grocer  to  be  sure  and  send  the  things 
over in time for  dinner,  she  went on her 
way.  After the order had been carefully 
! placed in the order book,  he resumed:

“This all  happened in Canada,  and the 
| year I entered the deacon’s store was one 
of  general  commercial  depression  all 
over the United  States.  We were effect­
ed,  also, in Canada^  but  not to  so  great 

(concluded  on  16th  PAGE.]

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Arrow B rand  5*4 
A d ria tic ....................  7
W orld W ide..  7
Argyle  ......................  6*4
L L ..................  6
A tlanta A A ...............  6*4
P ull Y ard W ide....... 6*4
A tlantic  A ................ 7
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Georgia  A .................. 6*4
H onest W idth...........  614
P ................ 6
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H artford A .............. S
D ................  6*
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Indian H ead.............  7*4
“  L L -.. . . . . . . .   5*4
A m ory........................  7
K ing A  A .................... 6*4
K ing E C ....................  5
A rchery  B u n tin g ...  4 
Law rence  L L .........  5*4
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5*4 
M adras cheese cloth 6*£
Blackstone O, 32__ 5
Black Crow .............. 6*41 N ew m arket  G ........... 6
B ........   5*4
Black  Rock  .............7 
Boot,  A L..................   7*4 
N ..........6*4
D D ....  5*4
Capital  A ..................5*4 
C avanat Y ................5*4 
X .........7
Chapm an cheese cl.  3*£ Nolbe R .....................  5
C lifton  C R .............. 5*4 O ur Level  B est......... 6*4
Com et.........................7 
¡Oxford  R ...................   6*4
D w ight S tar..............  7*4  Pequot.
Clifton C C C ............ 6*4 S olar........................
¡Top of the  H eap.
Geo.  W ashington...  8
Glen M ills...............   7
Gold  M edal................ 7*4
Green  T icket...........8*4
G reat F a lls ...............   6*4
H ope...........................7*4
J u st  O u t.......   414@ 5
King  P h illip .............714
OP....... 7*4
Lonsdale Cam bric.. 10*4
Lonsdale............   @  8*4
M iddlesex..........  @ 5
No N am e...................   7*4
Oak V iew ..................6
O ur O w n..................... 5*4
Pride of th e W est.. .12
R osalind....................7*4
S unlight.................... 4*4
U tica  M ills.............. 8*4
N onpareil  ..11
V inyard.....................  8*4
W hite  H orse...........  6
R ock.................8*4

A B C .
A m azon......................8
A m sburg.................. 7
A rt  C am bric............ 10
Blackstone A A....... 8
Beats A ll...................   4*4
B oston.......................12
C abot..........................7
Cabot,  X ....................«X
C harter  O ak............ 5*4
Conway W ................  7*4
C lev elan d .................  7
D w ight A nchor.......   814
shorts.  814
Edw ards.................... 6
E m pire.......................7
F arw ell......................7!£
F ru it of th e  Loom.  8*4
FItchvllle  ............... 7
F irst P rize................6*4
F ru it of the Loom %.
F airm ount................ 4*4
F u ll V alue................6 *
Cabot..........................  714|D w lghtA nchor....... 0
F arw ell......................8  I
T rem ontN .........
H am ilton N .......
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L .......
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M iddlesex  A T ..
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X ....
No. 25 ...  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

1....10
2....11
3....12
7....18
8. ...19

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H am ilton N .......
M iddlesex P  T ..
A T ..
X A ..
X F ..
Peerless, white..
In teg rity .............
H am ilton 

...  7*4 M iddlesex A A ....... 11
2 ....... 12
...  8
A O ....... 13*4
...  9
...  9
4 ....... 17*4
5 .......16
...10*4
CARPE1 WARP.
Integrity, colored.. .21
...18
colored — 20*4 W hite S tar__ ....... 18*4
“  colored..21
.  ..18*4
DRESS GOODS.
......... ....  8 N am eless.........
....... 20
....... 25
...  9
.........
.........
.  .10*4
....... 27*4
G G   C ashm ere..
.. . .
...21
....... 30
.........
...16
N a m e le ss..........
....... 32*4
.........
....18
...  .35
Coral ln e ..............
..*9  50 W onderful  .  .. —  $4  50
Schilling’s .........
..  9 00 B righton.........
....  4  75
Davis  W aists  ..
.  9  00 Bortree’s .......
....  9 00
G rand  R ap id s..
..  4  50 A bdom inal__ .... 15 00
CORSET JEANS.
A rm ory...............
...  6*£ N aum keag8atteen..  7*4
A ndroscoggin... .. . .   7*4 R ockport.........
........6*4
B iddeford.......... ....  6 Conestoga....... .........6*4
B runsw ick........
....  6*4 W alw orth  — ........6*4
A llen turkey  red s..  5*4
Berw ick fan cies__   *4
robes.................5*4
Clyde  R obes.............5
pink a purple  6*4
C harter Oak fancies  4*4 
b u f f s .............   6
Del M arine cashm ’s .  6 
pink  checks.  5*4
m ourn’g  6 
staples  ............ 5*4
Eddystone  fa n c y ...  6 
s h irtin g s ...  314
chocolat  6 
A m erican  fa n c y ....  5*4 
ro b e r....  6 
American in d ig o ....  6*4 
sateens..  6 
American shirtings.  3*4 
H am ilton fancy.  ...  6 
A rgentine  G ray s...  6
s ta p le ....  5*4
A nchor S h irtin g s...  4*4  M anchester  fan cy ..  6 
A rnold 
new  era.  6
....  6*4 
A rnold  M erino.......6 
! M errimack D fancy.  6
long cloth B. 10*4; M errim’ck shirtings.  4 
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[Pacific  fan cy ............6
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century cloth  7 
“  gold seal..... 10*4 
robes.......... 6*4
“  green seal TR 10*4 Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow seal..10*4 Simpson mourning.. 6
“  serge...........11*4 
greys.......6
solid black.  6
T urkey  re d .. 10*41 
Ballou solid b la ck .
W ashington indigo.  6 
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“  Turkey robes..  7*4
Bengal blue,  green, 
In d ia robes__ 7*4
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“  plain Tky X *4 8*4
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Berlin solids......... 5*4
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red.............. 6
M artha W ashington
T u rk e y re d  *£....... 7*4
M artha
Turkey red.........   9*4
Cocheco fancy.........  6  W indsor fa n c y .........  6*4
Indigo  b lu e........... 10*4

oil blue... 
“  green  , 
F o u la rd s .
red*.....
“  X  ....
“  3-4XXXX 12  R lverpofntrobes....  5

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“  m adders...  6 
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solids..........  5*41
Amoskeag A C A .... 12*4
H am ilton N .................7*4
D .................8*4
A wning. .11
F arm er.......................8
F irst  P rize.................11*4
Lenox M ills ............ 18
A tlanta,  D ................   6*4 ¡Stark  A
B oot.............................. 6*4 No  N am e...
Clifton, K ..................  «>4 ¡Top of  Heap
Sim pson....................20
...............18
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C oechco....................10*4

COTTON  DRILL.

SATINES.

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B lack...................9@  9*4
"  BC..........  @10

...88
...88

42
43
44
45

DEMINS.

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9 oz....... 13*4
brow n .13
A ndover.................... 11*4
Beaver Creek  A A ... 10 
B B ...  9
C C ....
Boston Mfg Co.  b r ..  7 

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“  d a  tw ist  10*4 

Colum bian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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Colum bian  brow n. .12
E verett, b lu e.......... .12
brow n.  ... .12
H aym aker b lu e —  
■  7*f
brow n..
•  VX
Jaffrey ...................... • 11*4
L ancaster................ .12*4
Lawrence, 9 oz....... • 13*4
No. 220... .13
No. 250... .11*4
No. 280... .10*4

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A m oskeag................... 7*4
“  Persian dress  8*4 
C anton  ..  8*4
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“ 
T e azle .. .10*4 
“ 
A ngola.. 10*4 
P ersian ..  8*4 
“ 
A rlington stap le—   6*4 
A rasapha  fa n c y —   4*4 
Bates W arw ick dres  8*4 
staples.  6*4
C entennial...............  10*4
C rite rio n ...................10*4
Cum berland  staple.  5*4
C um berland............. 5
E ssex ............................4*4
E lfin ...........................   7*4
E verett classics.......8*4
E xposition..................7*4
G lenarie....................  6*4
G lenarven.................  6*4
G lenw ood....................7*4
H am pton......................6*4
Johnson U halon cl 
*4 
indigo blue  9*4
zephyrs__ 16
GRAIN

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N orm andie  8

L ancashire................  6*4
M anchester...............  5*4
M onogram .................  6*4
N orm andie..................7*4
P ersian .........................8*4
R enfrew  D ress.........7*4
R osem ont.................... 6*4
S latersv ille.................6
Som erset...................... 7
Tacom a  ...................... 7*4
Toil  d u N o rd ...........10*4
W abash........................7*4
seersucker..  7*4
W arw ick..................  8*4
W hittenden...............  6*4

h eath er dr.  8
Indigo blue  9
W am sutta staples...  6*4
W estbrook.................  8
................ 10
W lnderm eer................5
Y ork.............................. 6*4
BAGS.

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S tark...........................19*4 G eorgia.......................15*4
A m erican..................16*41 Pacific..................M*4

Clark’s Mile End..
Coats’, J. 4 P .......
Holyoke.

THREADS.
.45 B arbour's.
.45 M arshall’s .
• 22*4

KNITTING  COTTON.

W hite.  Colored.

W hite.  Colored.

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8 ... ....34
...35
10...
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12...

38 No.  14.......
16.......
39
40
18.......
20.......
41
CAMBRICS.

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S later................... ....  3*4 W ashington.  .  . ....  3*4
W hite S tar......... ...  3X Red Cross.  ....... ....  3*4
...  3X
Kid G love........
N ew m arket— ....  3*4 W ood’s ................ ...  3V
E dw ards............. ....  3X B ru n sw ick ........ ...  3 g

....  3*4 Lockw ood..........

BED  FLANNEL.
....... 32*4 T W ....................... •••22*4
F irem an.........
.........27*4 F T ......................... ...32*4
Creedm ore...
Talbot X XX .. ..........30
N am eless....... ..........27*4 B uckeye............... ...82*4

J R F ,  XXX......... ...35

NIXED  FLANNEL.

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914
10*4
11*4
12*4

Red & Blue,  plaid. .40 Grey S R  W ......... ...17*4
.........22*4 W estern W  .......... ...18*4
U nion R .........
.........18*4 D R  P .................... ...18*4
W indsor.........
Flushing X X X ... ...23*4
.........20
6 oz W estern.
.........22*4 M anitoba............. ...23*4
U nion  B .......
DOUBT  FLANNEL.
Nameless — 8  @9*4
....... » @10*4
8*4@10
12*4
Slate.  Brow n.  Black. I Slate.  Brow n.  Black.
9*4
10*4
11*4
12*4
Severen, 8 oz.........
10 oz
M ayland, 8 o z.......
Greenwood, 7*4 oz .  9*4 Raven, lOoz.........
.........
Greenwood, 8 oz..

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
15
17
20

9*4 13
10*4 15
111417
12*4120
DUCKS.
-  9*4 W est  P oint, 8 o z. ••10*4
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.10*4
•  13*4
.11*4 Stark 
-.13*4
WADDINGS.
25
.20
SILESIAS.
.  8
P aw tucket...........
.10*4
.  9 D undle.................
..  9
• 10*4 B edford................
. . 10*4
.12*4 Valley  C ity......... . . . 10*4
•  7*4 K K ........................
.  10*4

W hite, d o z.............
Colored,  d oz.........
Slater, Iron Cross.
Red Cross..
B est............
B e s tA A ...
L ...............................
G ............................... ..  8*4

Per bale, 40 d o z..

13
15
17
20

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Cortlcelli, doz...........75  [Coìticeli!  knitting,

per *4oz  b a ll.........30

tw ist,d o z ..37*4 
50 yd, doz.. 37*41
HOOKS AND ETES—PER GROSS.
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“ 3 
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No 2—20, M  C .......... 50  INO 4—15  F   3*4..........40
‘  3—18, S C ............45 
No  2 White & Bl’k..12  INo  8 White & Bl’k..20 
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COTTON  TAPE.
..15  “  10 
..18 I  “  12 

..12  “ 8 
..12 I  “  10 

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. Jam e s__ .............1  501 Steam boat..
Crowely’s ... ..............1  35 Gold  E yed.
M arshall’s .. ..............1  oo|
5—4__ 2 25
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TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
6—4. ..3  2515—4....1   95
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COTTON

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6—4. ..2  95

A C   A .........................12*4
Pem berton A AA__ 16
Y ork...........................10*4
Sw ift R iv er..............   7*4
Pearl  R iv er.............. 12
W arren...................... 13

Cotton Sail Tw ine. .28
C ro w n ........................12
D o m estic..................18*4
A n ch o r......................16
B ris to l.......................13
Cherry  V alley.........15
I X L ........................... 13

PLAID  OSNABURGS.

TWINES.
N a sh u a .......................18
Rising Star 4-ply___17
3 -p ly ....17
N orth  S tar.................20
Wool Standard 4 ply 17*4 
P o w h a tta n ............... 18

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M ount  P leasan t___6*4
O neida.......................   5
P y rm o n t..................   5*4
H an d elm an ...............6
R iverside..................   5M
Sibley  A.................6*4
Toledo........................  6

A labam a__
A lam ance...
A u g u sta __
Arf s a p h a ...
G eorgia.......
Grämte .... 
Haw  River. 
Haw  J .......

Patronize Home Merchants.

The pet aversion of the home merchant 
is the tramp-trader, who sneaks into town 
to hawk his wares from  house to  house, 
or hire a store for a  few  days  or  weeks 
and unload from it upon  the  community 
stocks Qf shoddy, shop-worn, or even first- 
class goods, at a little  lower  price  than 
they  are  sold  for  by  regular  dealers. 
There is not  a  merchant in any  line who 
does  not feel that this sort of competition 
is unfair,  bad alike for honest buyers and 
sellers,  and in every way something to be 
frowned upon  and,  if possible,  prevent­
ed; not one who will  not  agree  that  an 
outsider,  who is in no way identified with 
the community,  who pays no taxes,  gives 
nothing for charity,  does nothing to pro­
mote the prosperity of the city,  but  sim­
ply rushes into the town, grabs  what  he 
can get and carries it  off,  has  no  moral 
right, and should have no legal right,  to 
come here and engage in a cut-throat com­
petition with those who always have been 
and always  expect  to  be  taxed  to  pay 
heavy municipal expenses and  to  main­
tain public  and  private  charities,  who 
support our  churches  and  schools,  pay 
for the streets and sidewalks over  which 
the tramp walks,  and even the policeman 
and fireman who protect his shoddy stock, 
and the electric  light  by  which  he  goes 
to his boarding-place to count up  his  re­
ceipts and get them ready to  send  away 
beyond the reach of anybody  who is  per- 
mantly fixed in  a  place  and  keeps  his 
money there who helps  make  the  busi­
ness which gives  permanant  residents  a 
living,  and who is  entitled  to  whatever 
benefits belong to trade in the city which 
he has helped build.

A Traveling Hardware Store.

A cow at Niles, Indiana, made a desper­
ate endeavor some days ago to transform 
herself into a  traveling  hardware store, 
and the veterinary surgeon  who adminis­
tered upon her effects, found in her stom­
ach the following assets:  Several  pieces 
of  iron,  shingle  nails,  carpet  tacks,  a 
buggy washer,  a large rock, hickory  nuts 
and a large piece of  zinc.  A  ten-penny 
nail which she had swallowed had pierced 
her heart, causing death.

The  Hardware  Market.

The anticipated turn in  the rope  mar­
ket  has  finally  occurred, both sisal  and 
manilla having advanced %c  in the  New 
York market.  Carriage  bolts have  been 
advanced 5 per cent, by  the manufactur­
ers,  but no  change has yet been made by 
the  jobbers.

Lake Linden—Wm.  Harris, of the coal 

firm of Harris & Mill,  is dead.

O u g h t to  S en d

At Once

F o r S a m p le  S h e e t 

a n d  F  ric e s

O f  L e d g e rs  a n d   J o u r n a ls   b o u n d   w ith   th e  

P h ila d   I p h ia  P a t.  P la t o p e n in g  b a c k . 
T h e  S tro n g e s t R la n k   B o o k   E v e r M ade.

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H .

T H E   MIGEÏIGAJsT  T R A D E SM A N .
Hardware Price Cnrrent.

HAMMERS.

Maydole  4  Co.’s .......................................................dls. 25
Kip’s . . . .......................................................................dls. 25
Yerkes 4  Plum b’s ....................................................dls. 40410
M ason’s Solid Cast Steel......................— 30c list 60
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast  Steel. H an d — 30c 40410

T h e s e   p r ic e s   a r e   f o r  cash  Irnyers,  w h o  
p a y   p r o m p tly   a n d   b u y   in   f u ll  p a c k a g e s .

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dig.

60
Snell’s ..................................................................... 
Cook’s ....................................................................  
40
25
J  ennlngs’, genuine.............................................  
Jennings’,  im ita tio n .......................................... 50410

AXES.

F irst Quality, S. B. B ronze...............................1 7 5 0

“ 
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“ 

D.  B.  B ronze....................................   12 00
S .B .S . S teel.....................................   8 50
D. B. Steel.........................................   13 50

R ailroad...............................................................t   14  00
G arden...........................................................n et  30 00

BARROWS. 

BOLTS. 

(lls.

dls.

Stove.  .....................................................................50&10
75
Carriage new lis t................................................. 
P low .........................................................................40410
Sleigh Bhoe........................................................... 
70

BUCKETS.

Well,  p la in ............................................................1 3 5 0
Well, sw ivel...............................................................  4 00

BUTTS, CAST. 

dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured...................................... 704
W rought N arrow , bright 5ast jo in t.................60410
W rought Loose P in ..............................................60410
W rought  T ab le.....................................................60410
W rought Inside B lin d ........................................ 60410
W rought  B rass....................................................  
75
Blind,  Clark’s .......................................................70410
Blind,  Parker’s .....................................................70410
Blind, S h e p a rd 's................................................  
70

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BABS.

O rdinary Tackle, list A pril 17, ’85..................  

60

G ra in ............................................................. dls. 50402

Cast Steel....................................................per lb 
Ely’s 1-10....................................................per m 
H ick’s C. F ................................................  
G. D .............................................................  
M u sk e t........................................................ 

“ 
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“ 

5
65

60
35
60

CABTRIDOES.

Rim  F ire ...........  .................................................  
C entral  F ire .................................................. dls. 

50
25

chisels. 

dls.

Socket F irm e r......................................................70410
Socket F ram ing....................................................70416
Socket C om er........................................................70410
Socket S lic k s........................................................70410
B utchers' Tanged  F irm er................................. 
40

combs. 

CHALK.

COPPER.

dls.
 

  40
25

28
26
23
23
25

50
50
50

dl8.

Curry,  Law rence’s ..................................... 
 
H o tch k iss.............................................................  

 

W hite Crayons, per  gross................ 12@12tt dls. 10

“ 

P lanished, 14 oz c u t to size.........per pound 
14x52,14x56,14x60 .......................... 
Cold Rolled, 14x56 an a 14x60...........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48............................................... 
B ottom s................  

 

 
DRILLS. 

Morse’s  Bit  Stocks..........................................  
Taper and straight S h ank................................. 
Morse’s T aper S hank.......................................... 

DRIPPINO FANS.

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

07
6K

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 i n ................................ d o t. n et 
75
40
C orrugated...................................................dls 
A djustable....................................................dls.  40410

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, sm all, >18; large, (26........................... 
Ives’, 1, »18;  2, «24;  8, «30................................  

files—N ew List. 

D lsston’s ............................................................... 60410
New  A m erican.....................................................60410
N icholson’s .......................................................... 60410
H eller’«..................................................................  
50
H eller's H orse R asps.........................................  
50

dlS.

dls.

30
26

G ALVANIZED IRON

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

12 

14 

D iscount, 60

13 
gauges. 

Stanley R ule and  Level Co.’s .........................  

28
18

50

dls.

HINGES.

Gate, C lark’s, 1 ,2 ,3 ....................................dis.60410
S tate.................................................. per doz. net, 2  50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4V6  14  and
334
10
.............. net
34............
%............................ net
8 «
X ............................ net
734
%............. .............. net
734
50
............ dls.
dls.
Barn Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood tra c k __ 50410
Champion,  antl-frlction..................................  60410
K idder, wood tr a c k ...........................................  
40
60
P ots.........................................................................  
K ettles.................................................................... 
60
Spiders  .................................................................. 
60
Gray enam eled..................................................... 40410

HOLLOW WARE.

hansers. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

 

 

 

dls.

dls.

diS.

...........  

N A IL S

dlS.
dls.

LEVELS. 

MATTOCKS.

«16.00, dls. 60

LOCKS—DOOR. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

knobs—N ew List. 

Stamped  T in W are....................................new  list 70 j
Japan n ed  Tin W a re .......................................... 
25
G ranite Iron W a re .........................new  list 3336&10
w ire goods. 
B right............................................................... 70410410
70410410
Screw  E yes.................................. 
Hook’s ..............................................................70410410
Gate Hooks and E yes.........................  
70410410
Stanley R ule and Level  Co.’s ................ 
70
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m in g s.......................  
55
Door,  porcelain, ja p . trim m ings.................... 
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trim m ings................ 
Door,  porcelain, trim m ings............................  
55
70
D raw er  and  S hutter, porcelain...................... 
Russell 4  Irw in  Mfg. Co.’s new  list  ........... 
55
55
M allory, W heeler  4   Co.’s ................................ 
B ranford’s ........................................................... 
55
N orw alk’s ........................................................... 
55
Adze E y e...........................................  
H unt E y e ................................................. «15.00, dls. 60
H unt’s .............................................»18.50, dls. 20410.
dlS.
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  h a n d led .........................  
50
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .........................................  
40
“ 
P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  M alleables.... 
40
“  Landers,  F erry 4  C lr.k ’B.................... 
40
“  E nterprise 
30
Stebbin’s  P a tte rn .................................................60410
Stebbin’s G enuine............................................... 66410
Enterprise, self-m easuring............................... 
25
Steel nails, base............................................................1 80
W ire nails, b ase............................................................2 15
6<P..............................................................Base 
50............................................................... Base 
40......................  
05 
10 
30..............................................................  
15 
20............ 
16..............................................................  
15 
12..  ........................................................ 
15 
10................................................................  20 
8..................................................................  25 
7 4 6 .................................................... 
40 
4 ..................................................................  60 
3.................................................................. 1  00 
2 .................................................................. 1  50 
F ine 3 ........... 
1  50 
Case  10 ....................................................   60 
8................................................ 
 
 
6.....................................................  90 
F inish 10..................................................   85 
8 .................................................... 1  00 
6 ....................................................1  15 
Clinch; 10..................................................  85 
8.................................................1  00 
6 .................................................. 1  15 
B arren %..................................................1  75 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y ......................................  @40
Sclota  B ench........................................................  ©60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fan cy .............................   @40
Bench, first q u ality .............................................  ©60
Stanley R ule and  Level Co.’s, w ood.............  410
Fry,  A cm e....................................................dis.60—10
70
Common,  polished......................................dls. 
Iron and  T in n ed ................................................  
40
Copper R ivets and B u rs.................................. 
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“ B” W ood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9  20 

Steel.  Wire.
Base
10
20
20
30
35
35
40
50
65
90
1 50
2 00
2 00
90
75  1 00
1 25
1 00

patent planished iron.

A dvance over base: 

1 25
1 50
75
90
1 00
2 50

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“ 
“ 

planes. 

rivets. 

FANS.

dls.

dls.

 

 

 

 

Broken packs %c per pound extra.

ROPES.
 

 

SQUARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal,  34 Inch and la rg e r.................................. 
M anilla................  
Steel and  Iro n .................................................... 
Try and B evels.................................................... 
M itre ...................................................................... 

7
1134
dls.
75
80
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
«2 95
3 (5
3 (5
3 15
3  25
3  35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to  14.............................................84  05 
Nos. 15 to 17 ...........................................   4  05 
Nos.  18 to 21.........................................  4  C5 
Nos. 22 to 24  ...........................................  4  05 
NOS. 25 to 26 ..............................  
..  4  25 
No. 27 .......................................................   4  45 
w ide not less than 2-10 ex tra
List acct. 19, ’86.............................................dls. 
Silver Lake, W hite  A ...................................list 
D rab A .......................................  “ 
W hite  B .....................................  “ 
D rab B ....................................  
W hite C.......................................  “ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
55
50
“  55
35

“ 
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D iscount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

traps. 

H a n d ............................................... 

Solid E yes............ .......................................per ton »25
20
70
50
30

“ 
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,__  
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__  
“ 
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per fo o t__  
“  Cham pion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  fo o t..............................................  

30
dls.
Steel, G am e...................................................... 60410
Oneida Community, N ew house’s ............. 
35
70
O neida  Community, Hawley  a N orton’s  ... 
Mouse,  ch o k er..........................................I8e per doz
Mouse, d elusion.................................... (1.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright M arket......................................................  65
A nnealed M arket................................................ 70—10
Coppered M arket................................................   60
T inned M arket...............................................  6234
Coppered  Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized....................................  3 35
p a in te d .........................................   2 85

w ire. 

“ 

w renches. 

Au Sable....................................dls. 25410@25A10A05
dls.  06
P utnam ................................................. 
N orth w estern.....................................  
dls. 10410
dls.
B axter’s  A djustable, n ickeled.......................  
30
Coe’s  G en u in e.................................................... 
50
Coe’s P atent A gricultural, w rought,........................ 75
Coe’s  Patent, m alleable.................................... 75410
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bird C ag es...........................................................  
50
Pumps, C istern.............................. 
"5
Screws, New l i s t .................................................70410
Casters, Bed  a  d  P late...............................50410410
Dampers,  A m erican.......   ................................. 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods....................  66

dls.

 

HORSE NAILS.

M E T A L S .

FIG TIN.

26c
2SG

6%
7

ZINC.

solder.

Pig  L arge.............................................................  
Pig B ars................................................................. 
D u ty :  Sheet, 234c per pound.
680 pound  casks..................................................  
Per  p o u n d ............................................................. 
34@34..............................................................................16
E xtra W ip in g .........................................................   15
The  prices  of  th e  m any  other  qualities  of 
solder in the m arket indicated by nrivate brands 
vary according to composition.
Cook son.............................................. per  pound  16
H allett’s ............................................. 
13
10x14 IC, C harcoal.............................................. 8 7  50
14x20 IC, 
7  60
10x14 IX, 
9  25
9  26
14x20 EX, 

TIN—MELYN GRADE.

ANTIMONY

Each additional X on this grade, 11.75.

“ 
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TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.

 
 

 
 

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10x14 IC,  C h arc o al............................................ 6 6  75
14x20 IC, 
6  75
10x14 IX , 
8  25
14x20 IX, 
.....................................................  9  25
ROOFING PLATES

E ach additional X on this grade «1.50.

“  W orcester............................. 
6  50
14x20IC, 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
8  50
............................. 
.............................  13  50
“ 
20x28 IC, 
“ A llaway  G rade........................ 
14x20 IC, 
6  00
7  50
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
12  50
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
“ 
15  50
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28  EX..............................................................   614  0»
14x31  IX ........................... 
14*56 I f ,  for No. 8 Boilers.  {. 
14XoO I 2L. 

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10

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ALSO

The  Kelly Perfect  Axe
The  Falls City Axe
Tie  Kelly  Axe Mf’g  Co.,  lowiiii, n.

D o th   M a n u fa c tu re d   b y

I ÜHllka6llRVi!«e»í«i

W e c a rr y  a  good  s to c k  o f  th e s e   ax e s 
an d   q u o te   th e m   a t   th e   fo llo w in g  
p r ic e s :

/ 
H e lly   P e rfe c t, p e r doz.  $7 
$6 
F a lls  C ity , p e r  do z. 

S. Bit.  D. Bit.

$12
$9

I0*1

8

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association.

A  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Woliierine State,

T h e   T ra d e s m a n   C o m p a n y ,  P r o p r ie to r .

Subscription Price, One  D ollar per year, payable 
A dvertising Rates m ade know n on application. 

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered at the Grand Rapids Poet Qii.ee.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W E D N E S D A Y .  O C T O B E R   8 1 ,  18 9 1 .

HONEST  MANUFACTURES.

There is a very prevalent idea that the 
workmen  of  a  former  generation  were 
more faithful and more  skilful than  are 
those  of  to-day,  and  that  the  articles 
which they turned out  were  more “ hon­
est” and more  durable than those  which 
we  use.  The idea has something to sup­
port it.  No doubt  our  grandfathers put 
more timber  into the framework of their 
houses than  do our present  builders.  A 
pair  of  handknit  stockings  made  of 
homespun  yarn  would  outlast  the ordi­
nary hosiery on  sale in  our stores.  But 
when  a  few  of  such  cases  have  been 
named, the  list  is  exhausted.  The  ap­
pearance  of  greater  durability  in  old 
things is created  by the fact  that we see 
only the best  made of  those  old things, 
and  are apt to  compare average  articles, 
or even  especially poor  articles, of pres­
ent manufacture with  them.

For  example,  take  a  pair  of  boots. 
Somebody has  among his  family relics a 
pair of most carefully made boots, of ex­
ceptionally  good  leather;  and  he  con­
trasts these  with the  rough  and  coarse 
boots  turned  out  of  our  factories  for 
farm  wear. 
It  does  not  occur  to  him 
that  the  specimens  of the  shoemaker’s 
art which  he praises  were  not the  ordi­
nary footwear  of  a  former  generation, 
but  were  carefully  treasured  because 
they  were  of  unusual  quality;  or  that 
boots  quite  as  good  are  made  at  the 
present time  for those  who will  pay  for 
them.  The cheap boots then as now out­
numbered  the  good  ones.  They  were 
worn and  worn out.  We  value a  single 
chair  that  belonged  to  a  grandfather. 
Where are  the rest  of his chairs?  They 
were  not so  good as  this one  which has 
lasted,  and  were  broken by  use.  Possi­
bly one of  our  chairs  will  be  prized  by 
our  grandchildren,  having  survived  for 
the same reason  that the one  we possess 
survived.

But  were  it  true  that  there  is  more 
sham  in  the average work of to-day  than 
there  used  to  be,  the  difference is  much 
more than made up by the greater cheap­
ness of all  kinds of  goods.  This  might 
be  illustrated in a thousand ways.  Con­
sider what an enormous change has taken 
place in  the matter of cotton  underwear. 
Thirty years ago the ordinary price of cot­
ton  cloth was  much higher thau  it  is to­
day,  but the  cost of  making it into gar­
ments was still higher in proportion.  The 
wife and mother spent days and evenings 
in  making shirts and dr'awers for old and 
young,  or paid  wages in money  and food 
to a  seamstress to  do  the  work for her. 
Measured either  in  labor  or in  money,  a 
garment  would  then  cost  two  or three 
times as  much as  it does  now,  although 
money  was then  harder to get.  It would 
be  an  interesting  analysis if  one  could 
ascertain  just what  were the  needs of a

|
! laboring man in  1855 for the clothing  of 
| himself and his family,  and to  ascertain 
I exactly  how  many  hours’ labor  it  cost 
i  him  and his  wife to  procure  that cloth- 
I ing,  with  a  calculation  how  much  the 
I same articles  would cost in  hours’  labor 
j in 1891.

The  fact  is  that  the  new  times  are 
i much better than the old times.  Suppose 
| a man  were  contented  to  live  to-day  as 
his  grandfather  lived.  He  would  save 
three-quarters,  probably  nine-tenths,  of 
what  he  now  spends  on  travel.  His 
clothes  would  not cost  him  more  than 
half as much  as his  grandfather used  to 
pay,  for the old man  was not ashamed of 
a skillfully inserted  patch, or  even of  a 
frayed  sleeve.  Light?  Well,  you  can 
have a bright kerosene light five times as 
brilliant  and  five  times  as clean  as his 
old whale  oil lamp  would  give,  for  one- 
fifth of the money.  And so on to the end 
of the  chapter; and to  that add  the fact 
that the wages paid and  the profits made 
to-day  are  larger  in  actual  amount, as 
well  as  in their  power  to  purchase the 
comforts and luxuries of life.

But to return to our first point.  There 
is a  demand  for  cheap  goods, and a  de­
mand  for well made articles.  Shoddy is 
used  in  sham  cloth  because those  who 
buy  it  will  not  pay the  price  of  good 
wool,  just  as  the  glucose  manufacture 
prospers because some purchasers prefer 
adulterated syrup at its price to the pure 
article at its price. 
In either  case  there 
is no cheating unless the manufacturer or 
dealer  represents  the  merchandise  to 
be  better than it  is. 
It can  be  claimed 
with justice  that  the  wares of Michigan 
manufacturers and merchants are, on the 
whole, of as high a class as can be found 
anywhere  in  the  country.  They  cater 
for the best trade,  and  their  representa­
tions as to the goods they sell can be gen­
erally  trusted.  The  State  appoints  no 
censor of  business morals,  and cannot be 
held  responsible if  there are  a few  men 
who injure its reputation by selling sham 
for real.  But,  in  general,  if a  cheap ar­
ticle is  desired, it  can  be  had  at a  low 
price;  and if solid, durable, honest work­
manship  is  wished for,  nothing  that  is 
fiimpsy  will  be  palmed off  on  the  pur­
chaser.  There  is  no  better  furniture 
than  Grand  Rapids  houses  produce, 
either  for  style  or for  strength, and  no 
better furniture was ever made than they 
can  make.  The  same  remark  may  be 
made of other  articles which it is desira­
ble  to  make  durable.  That  which  is 
cheap is, except  in  rare  cases,  likely to 
prove poor,  whether it is bought in Mich­
igan or elsewhere.

THE  CREAMERY  SHARK.

The 

irresponsible  creamery  supply 
agent  is  again  working  in  this  State, 
notwithstanding  the  scores  of  failures 
in  creameries  put  up and  equipped  by 
the  house  he  represents.  The  modus
operandi  of  the  creamery shark  is  thus 
described  by Prof.  W.  A.  Henry, of  the 
Wisconsin Agricultural  Experiment Sta­
tion;
Our  people  have  been  badly imposed 
upon  in  several  cases  by  slick-tongued 
agents getting the business men of towns 
and  villages to invest  in  a  creamery  or 
cheese  factory,  generally  the  former. 
Usually the  agent gets  two or three citi­
zens to take an  interest in the  matter by 
giving them a nice block of  stock free of 
charge.  When  enough  stock  is  sub­
scribed,  a factory  is  built  by the  agent, 
and  stocked  at  about  two  prices  for 
everything.  This  explains  how some of 
the stock can  be given away.  One factory 
built in this way cost $7,000, when a bet-

| ter  one could  have  been  built  for  half 
the  money.  Others have  been built at a 
cost  of  $3,000 to  $5,000,  always  an  ad­
vance  of  from  30  to  50  per  cent,  over 
what they need  have cost.

T h e  

has 

T r a d e s m a n  

frequently 
warned its  patrons against the machina- 
tions of a house which conducts its busi­
ness  so  illegitimately,  but  several  ven­
tures  have  been  made  in  spite of  such 
advice—invariably attended with failure.

The  Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs 
hits  the nail  on the  head in his  annual 
report,  just  made.  There  is  certainly 
no place for unused  reservations  in  this 
country.  The millions of acres of Indian 
lands,  now  lying absolutely unused,  are 
needed as homes  for our rapidly increas­
ing  population,  as is shown  by the great 
rush for such  lands as they were  opened 
up the  past year.  “Whatever  right and 
title the  Indians  have in  them is subject 
to and must yield to the demands of civi­
lization.  They  should  be  protected  in 
the permanent possession of all this land 
that is necessary  for  their own  support, 
and  whatever is  ceded  by  them  should 
be paid  for at its full  market value.  But 
it  cannot be expected  under any circum­
stances  that  these  reservations  can  re­
main  intact, hindering  the  progress  of 
civilization,  requiring  an  army  to  pro­
tect  them  from  the  encroachments  of 
home  seekers,  and  maintaining  a  per­
petual abode of savagery and animalism.”
The  German  Emperor  is  in  some  re­
spects the most  remarkable sovereign of 
the  time.  He  has  the  highest ideas  of 
his  responsibility  as  the  servant  of  the 
state,  and  considers  himself  bound  by 
his position to  carry out a great mission. 
His breadth of  vision and  unceasing  ac­
tivity  cause  him  to  enter  into  and  ap­
propriate for  his  country the large ques­
tions  which agitate the world.  Like  all 
great men,  the  emperor has a  weakness, 
and  this  is  his  physical vanity.  He  is 
especially  fond  of  having  his  pictures 
taken,  and three  artists are now at work 
in  Berlin on  seven different portraits  of 
the  emperor taken  in  as  many different 
costumes.  One  of  these  is  to  be  pre­
sented  to  his  grandmother, Queen  Vic­
toria,  and  will  doubtless  hang  on  the 
walls of Windsor Castle.

No  more  practical article  on the  sub­
ject of mercantile book-keeping has  ever 
appeared  in  any trade  journal than  the 
contribution by E. A. Owen in last week’s 
paper. 
It is worthy  of careful consider­
ation  and will  undoubtedly find  a place 
in  the  scrap  book  of many  merchants. 
The  writer kindly  offers  to answer  any 
enquiries  which may  be  suggested by  a 
perusal  of  the  article,  in  case  further 
light on any portion of the subject is  de­
sired.

The New York Evening Post is author­
ity  for  the  statement  that  some of  the 
largest shoe  manufacturers  in  the  East 
have determined  to  close their  factories 
because they are tired of being bulldozed 
by  labor  unions,  having  working  for 
them  men  who  are  ready  to  throw  up 
work at the beck of  any loafer  who may 
come to the  front in a union  and acquire 
the euphonious title of  Walking Delegate.

The  Michigan  Salt  Co. advanced  the 
price  of  common  fine  5  cents  a  barrel 
October  1.  This makes  the net price  to 
the  manufacturer  56  cents  a  barrel  at 
Saginaw and  60 cents a barrel at  Manis­
tee and Ludington.

Vision  of  Pandemonium  in  a  Country 
Written for Tax Tradesman.

Store.

A country store.
Deacon  Dunderhead,  the  proprietor, 
sat in bis arm chair beside the open win­
dow.  The  Weekly  Thunderbolt  and 
Spooner  County  Cyclone  lay  upon  his 
lap.

Under  the  head of  county news there 
appeared a quarter column of items from 
Clay  Ridge.  These  he had  just  read to 
the  loafers in the  store, and  after a few 
comments  upon  them, conversation  had 
dropped. 
It was a very warm afternoon, 
and  had  there  been a fire  in  town  that 
day,  not  a  Claybottomer  present would 
have  had the requisite ambition to assist 
in  extinguishing  the  dames.  Even  the 
dog,  sleeping  on  the  floor, allowed  the 
flies to buzz unmolested  around  his nose 
and ears.

A little girl entered  and asked for two 
yards of “steam loom” (bleached cotton); 
but,  without  leaving  his  seat,  the  pro­
prietor informed  her that  he was out  of 
that very staple  article.  He would have 
more—sometime,  and if  her  maw  didn’t 
wanter make  it  up afore  fall, he ’lowed 
he’d  have  a  right  smart  lot  o’ all  fired 
good  muslin.  After a lengthy survey of 
the  goods  in the  dusty  show  cases,  the 
little girl retired.

Bill  Hicks  rolled  his  quid  into  the 
capacious  cavity behind  his  left  cheek, 
settled himself  comfortably in  his chair, 
permitted his gaze to rest upon  a colored 
lithograph  of  Ben  Hur  in  the  chariot 
race,  and  then  remained  for  some  time 
in  rapt  contemplation  of  that  more  or 
less meritorious work of art.

Joe  Dobson  knocked  the  ashes  from 
his pipe,  blew through the stem until the 
condensed  nicotine  and wet  tobacco  in 
the bottom of the bowl became somewhat 
loosened,  when he pulled a splint from a 
convenient  broom,  prodded  out the  bal­
ance of the refuse and pocketed the pipe. 
He  then  broke off  the soiled  portion of 
the  broom  straw  and  picked  his  teeth 
with the remaining  end.

Tony  Ames,  who  had  watched  these 
maneuvers on the part of  the others with 
some show of  interest,  took his right leg 
from  its position  over  his  left,  set both 
feet  upon  the  floor  long  enough to  ex­
pectorate  vigorously  at  the  wood  box, 
and  then  reversed  the  former  position 
of  his legs by crossing his left knee over 
his  right.

Tug Jones  had  been  gazing  long  and 
earnestly at a piece of pine lumber which 
lay upon  the  floor and  he was  evidently 
revolving  in  his  mind 
the  chances  of 
reaching  it  without  moving  from  his 
seat.  Twice,  apparently, he gave  it  up 
as  an  impossibility;  but,  at  length,  his 
dull  eye  was  illumined  by a ray  of  in­
telligence.  He withdrew  from the  deep 
recesses of his pantaloons pocket a large, 
two-bladed clasp knife, slowly opened it, 
an,d  then  holding it at  arm’s  length  in 
the  very tips of  his fingers and  bending 
his long  body so that he nearly fell from 
his  chair,  he, at  length,  barely  touched 
the object of  his patient quest.  A quick 
movement  brought  the  stick  a  trifle 
nearer.  Another  like  effort  impaled  it 
securely  upon  the  point  of  the  knife, 
and  the  prize was  won.  With  a  glad 
smile of  triumph Tug proceeded to whit­
tle  his  hard  earned  treasure  with  the 
aforesaid  knife.

Billy Johnson  had been  standing  with 
his  back to the  counter for  some time— 
hours,  perhaps—with  bis  mouth  wide

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9

open,  and his eyes wearing the far-away, 
unconscious  look  of  the  habitual  day 
dreamer.  Billy was happiest thus.

Hank Peters  made an attempt at start­
ing  conversation by remarking  upon the 
serenity  of  the  weather;  but  his  effort 
struck  no  answering  chord  among  his 
companions,  and  Hank  subsided  like  a 
pan of bread pudding on a cold day.

Flies  buzzed  dreamily  in  the  hot 

August  air.

An  occasional  grasshopper  clattered 

across the “commons” next the store.

A flock of  blackbirds  in a neighboring 
field  made a few  desultory remarks,  and 
then—silence.

Stop!
Billy  Johnson  had at last  succumbed 
to the heat  and stillness of  the day,  and 
dropped  asleep.

His snore was the one thing audible. 

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Up through  the  quiet of  that summer 
It 

air,  there  sounds a note  of  warning. 
is the hum of a bumble bee.

Of  the  few things  which  can  arouse 
Gyp,  the  dog,  from  his  midday  siesta, 
the  most  potent,  perhaps,  are  bees,  and 
they of  the  bumble  variety,  possess  the 
quickening power to the  greatest extent.

“Sick ’em.”
Bill Hicks,  satiated  through  long con­
templation  of  Ben  Hur’s  “mustangs,” 
had  turned  his  gaze  upon  the  dog. 
It 
was  he  who  spoke,  and  Gyp  was  not 
slow to respond to the command.

Billy Johnson, still leaning against the 

counter, slept on.

Gyp  sighted  the  bee,  and  rushed  in 

hot pursuit, directly between his legs.

There was  a  crash.  Billy  completely 
demolished  the already cracked  glass of 
the  show  case in  his  downward  career, 
made a wild  clutch  to save  himself  and 
succeeded  in  bringing  with  him  a  line 
hung  with  sample  hosiery,  red  cotton 
handkerchiefs,  carpet  slippers, 
ladies’ 
shawls  and  the  like.  Tug  Jones,  who 
had ceased whittling his stick when Billy 
fell,  and  was  sitting,  knife  in  hand, 
watching  the  outcome  of  the  tragedy, 
received  the  whole  string of  dry goods 
on  his expansive  shoulders,  and,  ere  he 
knew what  had  happened,  the  line  was 
securely twisted about his neck.

Hitherto  the  bee  had  been  devoting 
its  entire  attention to the  maneuvers of 
the  dog;  but  now, 
inspired  with  the 
idea  that the  house was  against  it,  and 
seeing  Tug wildly brandishing  his arms 
in  a  vain  endeavor to extricate  himself 
from  the ruin  which  Billy had  inadver­
tantly  brought  about  his  head,  levelled 
its sights on the  little red plateau which 
decorates the  extremity of  the  olfactory 
organs of  Mr. Jones,  and  then cut loose.

Bedlam?
Well, nearly.
Stung  by the  pain of  this  unexpected 
assault, Tug shot for  the open door,  and 
would undoubtedly have made a safe and 
hasty exit  but for  the unhappy fact that 
Tony  Ames  was  exactly  in  his  path. 
The result was disastrous to both.  Tony’s 
head  was  at  just  the  right  height  to 
center  Jones’  body.  Now,  a man  with a 
bee  sting on the  end of  his  nose  is  not 
usually  in a frame  of  mind  to  enquire 
the reason for  fresh cause of  agony,  and 
Tug  mistook  the  accidental  collision 
which  took  place  as  a  premeditated 
attack  on  the  part  of  Tony,  and  pro­
ceeded  at  once  to  punish  the  offender 
according to the most approved pugilistic 
formula.

Deacon Dunderhead  rushed in to quiet

the gladiators, and  stepped  on  Joe Dob­
son’s  pet  corn.  Then  a  free  fight  en­
sued.

Just  as  the  Deacon  reached  the  now 
infuriated  pair  and  was  in  the  act  of 
administering  soothing  advice  to  the 
combatants, Joe  Dobson  took  him  just 
back of  the left  ear with  his  horny fist, 
and to use  the  descriptive vernacular of 
Joseph after  the affair,  “histed him nigh 
onto three foot straight offen his pins, ’n’ 
sent him  sprawlin’  right  inter  a  bar’l o’ 
pickles. 
’N’ there  he  lay ’n’  groaned ’n’ 
groaned ’n’ groaned  till  after  the fracas 
was over, when me ’n’  Bill grabbed onter 
the ole coon, ’n’ yanked him out.”

But while  these  things were  transpir­
ing, the  others were not  idle.  Tug and 
Tony became mixed up in an exceedingly 
promiscuous  manner,  and  as  the  rope 
still  encircled  the  neck of  Jones, Tony 
had  taken  advantage  of  an  opening  to 
twist  his  hand in it,  and used his  entire 
strength in thus shutting off Tug’s  wind. 
As  the  other  participants  in  the  fray 
were  busy  just  then  with 
their  own 
affairs, there is no  telling  how this  part 
of the fight might have turned out, had it 
not  been  for the  extraordinary strength 
of  Tug.  Finding that  Tony was getting 
the better of  him,  and  that he could  not 
much  longer  hold  out if  his  windpipe 
remained  closed,  he  made  a  powerful 
effort,  born  of  the  energy  of  despair, 
wound  the  fingers  of  his  right  hand 
through  Tony’s  long  hair,  gripped  the 
seat of  his strong  jeans  pants with  the 
other, and  literally  threw  him  over  the 
grocery counter.  Unfortunately  for the 
best  interests of  the  establishment,  the 
counter was piled  high  with  crockery of 
various kinds—plates,  cups and  saucers, 
glass  sauce  and  fruit  dishes,  together 
with a large  assortment of  canned goods 
and,  last but not least,  a fresh invoice of 
pateut  medicines in  glass  bottles  which 
the proprietor had  not taken  the time to 
place  upon  the  shelves.  These  things 
were swept from the  counter in one wild 
maelstrom of desolation.

Blinded  with 

rage  and  pain,  and 
anxious  to  wreak  further vengeance  on 
someone—no  matter  whom—Tug  seized 
the first thing on which  he could  lay his 
hands,  which  chanced  to  be  a  roll  of 
tennis  flannel,  and  proceeded  to  lay  it 
about hi m.

thus 

Billy  Johnson,  who  had 

far 
watched  the  affair  in  open  mouthed 
wonder,  was in the  way of  the  whirling 
weapon,  and  the  under  portion  of  his 
nose  caught  the  full  force of  the  first 
swing.

Poor Billy!
Henceforth  his  nose will  never  point 
straight  ahead as other  men’s noses;  but 
like the nasal appendage of  the celebrat­
ed  Peter  White,  who  could  never  go 
right, his nose will stand all awry.

But  Billy  was  insensible  and  he  re­

mained quiet.

The others did not.
Tug  continued  to  whirl  the 

tennis 

flannel of destruction.

Bill  Hicks,  armed with a roll  of  table 
oilcloth,  swept down  the  assailants  who 
were  so  fortunate as to escape  tne  fury 
of  Tug,  and  through  his  gyrations,  suc­
ceeded in upsetting the stove.

Tony Ames, from  his  fortress  behind 
the counter, pelted the crowd with canned 
fruit and patent medicines;  and at length 
running short of these missiles,  and find­
ing  his fire  hotly returned  from the  dry 
goods side by Hank Peters, he varied the

monotony by an occasional handful from 
a convenient basket of eggs.

The Deacon  from his barrel of  pickles 

continued to groan.

But all things must have an end.
Jack  Williams,  au  outsider  who  had 
rushed  in  to  learn  the  nature  of  the 
racket,  was  hit in the  neck with  the oil 
cloth and dropped to the floor insensible, 
and  Tug  put on the  finishing  touch  by 
throwing  him  bodily through  the  win­
dow,  smashing out sash and glass.

Hank Peters, after swallowing a mouth­
ful of teeth  which had  been loosened  by 
a flying  can of  tomatoes,  threw  up  the 
sponge  when  three  pounds  of  peaches 
landed aside his ear.

Tug  Jones  jumped  over  the  counter 
and pounded Tony Ames with the tennis 
flannel until  the latter  “squealed”  satis­
factorily,  and the fight was  declared  off.
Joe  Dobson  and  Tug  bestirred  them­
selves  to  release  the  Deacon  from  his 
unenviable  position,  and  though he con­
tinued  to  groan,  it  could  not  be  ascer­
tained  that  aside  from  a  lump  behind 
one ear and a dilapidated suit of clothes, 
that worthy person  was much  the worse 
of the affray.

Hank  Peters and  Billy  Johnson  were 
placed  under  the  pump and  thoroughly 
drenched,  while  Tug  removed  the  rope 
which  had  remained  around  his  neck 
during the entire battle.

But the store!
I  remember  once  to  have  been  in a 
small Wisconsin village  which had  been 
visited  by a cyclone  the  evening before. 
Tornadoes  they called  them  then.  The 
principal  store  of  this  place  had  been 
well  and  strongly  constructed,  and  the 
wind,  instead of  tearing it to  pieces and 
scattering  it  over  thirteen  neighboring 
counties,  as with  the  balance of  the vil­
lage,  merely  lifted  the  walls,  goods,  a 
two ton safe and the counters, and carried 
them off the premises.  Nothing remained 
but the  floor. 
In  the  estimation of  the 
writer, the tornado  swept building was a 
much  more  desirable  piece of  property 
than was the store of Deacon Dunderhead 
when  the  smoke of  battle  had  cleared 
away.

We  leave  the  details of  the wreck  to 

the imagination of the reader.

Ten  minutes  after  Peters  regained 
consciousness, Gyp was discovered sound 
asleep near the wood box.

The bumblebee could not be found.
Geokge  L.  T hurston.

Talents without courtesy and consider­
ation are like a piece of machinery with­
out oil—there  is  too  much  friction  for 
satisfactory service.
WHERE A*-*-ARE
g r e a t , 
W HICH  IS
GREATEST 
OfALL?

SMITH  &  SANFOKD.

500  R ÎT

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

SMITH  &  SANFORD.

foil!, HemoMeier & Go.,

Im porters a nd Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

DRY GOODS,

NOTIONS,

CARPETS,

CURTAINS
Shirts,  Pants,  Overalls.  Etc.

M anufacturers of

Elegant  Spring  Line  of  Prints, Ging­
hams,  Toile  Du  Nord,  Challies,  White 
and  Black  Goods,  Percales,  Satteens, 
Serges,  Pants  Cloth,  Cottonades  and 
Hosiery now ready  for inspection.
C h ic ag o  a n d   D e tro it|P ric e s { O n a ra n te e d .

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St. 

GRAND  RAPTDS, 

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Geo. H. Reeder «Sc Co.,
BOOTS  & SHOES
Felt Boots and Alaska  Socks.

JOBBERS  OF

State  Agents f n-

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MERCHANTS:

YOUR  TRADE  DEMANDS  a strong,
finely flavored,  perfectly  roasted  coffee,  free 
from glazing  and  impurities of  every  kind. 
LION  COFFEE  satisfies  this demaud  and 
therefore  is a winner. 
It  is  sold  by whole. 
sale grocers everywhere.  For  quotations see 
price list column,  or address the

W00LS0N  SPICE  CO., Toledo, 0.
P E R K I N S   <&  H  E S S
Hides, Furs, W ool  Tallow,

D E A L E R S  IN

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W E  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW   FOR  M ILL  OSE.

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S choolcraft, Sept.  1,  1*991. 

H a zeltin e  &  P erk in s  Drug  Co.,

Grand  R apids.

Gentlemen—  We  liave  p urchased  goods  o f  you  fo r  a 
number  o f  y e a rs  and  have  found  you  u n u su a lly   prompt 
in  f i l l i n g   o rd e rs,  e v e ry th in g   b ein g   o f  f i r s t   q u a lity  
and  p ric e s   com peting  w ith  D e tro it  and  Chicago.

Our  o rd ers  have  been  f i l l e d   f u lly   as  com plete  from 

your  house  as  elsew here.

We  consider  you  in  a l l   respects  a  very  s a tis fa c to ­

ry  firm   to  do  b u sin e ss  with.

With  this  issue we conclude  the publication of  thirty-eight fac simile  letters, 
from as many representative  druggists of  Michigan,  testifying to the  high  quality 
of our goods,  our promptness in  filling orders and the uniform courtesy  with which 
we treat  our trade.  These  letters  speak  louder than  anything  we  could  say in 
our own behalf,  as they come from dealers who buy in the  open market, quality of 
goods and  lowness of  prices being  their  sole criterion  as to the  choice of  houses. 
We cherish these evidences of  regard so highly  that we shall  shortly publish same 
in pamphlet form,  mailing a copy to each of our-customers.

HAZELTINE  &  PERKINS  DRUG  CO.

DR.  A.  W.  NICHOLS.

PROPRIETOR.

OFFIOE OF OOOTORS

BOVVER,
JENISON.
BENEDICT.

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Yours  re s p ’y,

H azeltin e  &  P erkins  Drug  C o.,

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H azeltine  &  P e rk in s’Drug  Co^,

Grand  Rapids,

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fo r  the  la s t  fo u r  y ears  and  have  always  had-my  o rd ers 
f il l e d   w ith  com pleteness  and  d isp atch .  My  d ealin g s 
w ith  you  have  been  e n tir e ly   s a tis fa c to ry .

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Gentlemen—I  have  purchased  th e   g r e a te r   p o rtio n   of 
my  drugs  d u rin g   th e   p a s t  seven  y ears  o f  your  house,  ex­
cep t  when  buying  d ir e c t  from  th e  m an u factu rers. 
though  I  have  been  quite  a  lib e r a l  patron  of  other  drug 
houses,  y e t,  a l l   th in g s  co n sid ered ,  I   do  n o t  h e s ita te  
to   say  th a t  i t   has  been  to   ray  advantage, 
in   p o in t  o f 
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A dvanced—Gum am m oniac, bleached shellac, castor oil, linseed oil.
D eclined—Balsam  Peru, Tonka  beans, m anna, oil cnbebs, oil  copaiba, oil w ormsced, Jam . ginger.

ACIDUM.

8®  10
A ceticu m ......................... 
Benzoicum   G erm an..  50®  60
........................ 
Boracic 
80
C arbolicum ....................   23®  35
C itric u m ...................... 
48®  53
H y d ro ch io r.................. 
5
3® 
N itrocum  
......................   10® 12
O x alicu m ........................  11®  13
Phosphorium   d il.........  
20
Salley lic u m ........................1  30@1 70
S ulphuricum ..................  
lft®  5
T annicum ............................1  40@1 60
T artaricum ....................  40®  42

AMMONIA.

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A qua, 16  d e g ................  *54® 
£
30  d e g ...............  5)4® 
7
Carbonas  ......................  12®  14
C h lo rid u m ....................  12®  14

AN1LINB.

B lack .................................... 2 00@2 35
B row n...............................  80@1 00
R ed ....................................   45@_ 50
Y ello w .................................2 50®3 00

BACCAB.

Cubeae  (po.  SO).........  
90@1  10
8®   10
J u n ip e ru s .....................  
X antnoxylum ...............  25®  do

3AL8AMUM.

C opaiba.........................   55®  60
P e ru ................................   @1  85
T erabln, C anada  .......   35®  40
T o lu ta n .........................   35®  50

CORTBX.

Abies,  C anadian—   ■■
Cassiae  ...........................
C inchona P lava  ...........
Euonym us  atro p u rp ... 
M yrlca  Cerifera, p o ....
P runus V irgin!..............
Q ulllaia,  g rd ..................
Sassafras  .......................
Ulmus Po (G round  12)
BXTRACTDM.
G lycyrrhiza  G lab ra...
P O ............
Haem atox, 15 lb. b o x ..
Is ................
f ts ...............
54«...............
PERRUM.

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Carbonate P recip.........
C itrate and Q ulnla —
Citrate  Soluble.............
F errocyanldum  Sol —
Solut  C hloride............
Sulphate,  com’l ...........
p u re ...............

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

@  15 
®3  50 
@  80 
®   50 
®   15 
2 ®  7

lft®  

FLORA.

A rn ic a ...........................  23®  25
A n th e m is......................  ¿0®  50
M atricaria 
.......   " @   30

FOLIA.

Barosma 
Cassia  A cutifol,  Tin-

......................  20®  50
n lv e lly .......................   25®  38
A lx.  35®  50
and  VJs........................  12®  15
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  fts
U ra U rsi.........................  

<*  1 

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SUMMI.

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Acacia,  1st  p ic k e d .... 

®   85
....  @  60
3d 
3d 
....  @  50
®   30
sifted so rts... 
p o ....................  60®  80
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape,  (po.  30)... 
®   12
“  Socotrl,  (po.  60).  @  50
Catechu, Is, (fts, 14 14s,
@  1
16)............................... 
A m m oniac....................  45®  50
Assafcetlda,  (po. 30)... 
®   22
B enzolnum ....................  50®  55
Cam phor®.....................   50®  53
E uphorblum   po  .........  35® 
lo
G afbanum ......................  @3  50
Gamboge,  po................   80®  95
©   25
G ualacum ,  (po  30)  ... 
K ino,  (po.  25)..............   @  20
M a s tic ........................... 
®   90
M yrrh,  (po. 45)............   @  40
Opil.  ¿po. 3  20).................. 2 00@2 10
Shellac  .........................  25®  35
b leached.........  30®  35
T ra g a c a n th ..................  30®  75

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hbrba—In  ounce packages.

A b sin th iu m .............................  25
B u p ato rlu m .............................  20
L obelia......................................
M ajo ru m ..................................   »
M entha  P ip erita....................  23
V lr .............................  25
R u e.............................................  
|g
T anacetum , V .........................   *
Thym us,  V ...............................  25

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MAGNESIA.

Calcined, P at  ..............   55®  60
Carbonate,  P a t............   20®  23
Carbonate, K. &  M —   30®  25 
Carbonate,  Jenning5..  35®  36 

OLEUM.

A b sin th iu m ........................3 50©4 00
A m ygdalae, D u lc.........  45®  75
Am ydalae, A m arae— 8 00@8 25
A n ls l.....................................1  75@1 85
A urantl  C ortex............3 60@3 75
Bergam il  ......................3 75®4  00
C a jlp u ti.......................  
70®  80
C aryophyill..................  95@1  00
C e d a r .............................  35©  65
C h e n o p o d li..................  @1  75
C ln n a m o n ii........................1  15®1 30
C ltro n ella.....................  
®   45
Conium   M ac................  35®  65
Copaiba  ........................ 1  10@1  30

C ubebae.........................   @  6  50
E xechthitos................   2  50@2  75
E rig e ro n ............................. 2  35®3 50
G a u lth e ria ..........................2  00@3 10
®   75
G eranium ,  o u n ce.......  
Gossipii,  Sem. g a l.......   50®  75
Hedeom a  ...................... 1  40@1  50
J u n lp e rl.........................   50@2  00
L a v e n d u la ....................  90®2  00
Lim oni8 ......................... 2  50®3  10
M entha P ip er......................2 90®3 00
M entha  V erid ....................2 30®2 30
M orrhuae, g a l............... 1  00®1  10
M yrcla, o unce............... 
®   50
O liv e..............................   85@2  75
Picis L iquida,  (gal..35)  10®  12
R lc ln l..............................1  00@1  30
R osm arinl............... 
75@1  00
Rosae,  o u nce................  @6  50
S uccinl...........................  40®  45
S a b in a ...........................  90®1  00
Santal  ........................... 3  50@7 00
S assafras.......................   50®  55
Sinapls, ess, o unce__  
®   65
T ig lii..............................   @1  00
T h y m e ...........................  40®  50
®   60
Theobrom as..................  15®  30

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POTASSIUM.

B IC arb ...........................  15®  18
B ich ro m ate..................  13®  14
B rom ide.......................  
38®  30
C a r b .............................   13®  15
Chlorate,  (po. 16).........  14®  16
C y an id e.........................   50®  55
Io d id e............................. 2  86@2 90
Potassa,  B itart,  p u re..  38®  30
©   15
Potassa, B itart, com ... 
Potass  N itras, o p t.......  
8®   10
Potass N itra s...................  
7®  9
P ru ssla te .......................   28®  30
S ulphate  p o ..................  15®  18

RADIX.

 

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(po.  40)..........................  

A c o n itu m ......................  20®  25
A lth ae.............................  25®  30
A n c h u s a .......................   13®  15
A rum,  p o ........................... 
®  25
C alam us..............  
  30®  50
G entiana,  (po. 15).........   10®  12
G lychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
H ydrastis  Canaden,
@ 35
H ellebore,  Ala,  p o __   15®  30
Inula,  p o .........................   15® 30
Ipecac,  p o ........................... 2  40@2 50
Iris  plox  (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jala pa,  p r ........................  70® 75
\ s ......  —   ®   35
M aranta, 
Podophyllum , p o .........  15®  18
R hei..................................   75@1 00
“  c u t.........................   @1  75
“  p v ...........................  75@1  35
S p lg ella...........................  48®  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  @  20
S erpentaria......................  30® 35
S e n e g a .............................  40® 45
Slm ilax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0  
M  ©   20
Scillae,  (po. 35)...............  10® 12
Symplocarpus, 
dus,  po.......................   @  35
V aleriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ©   35
15®  30
“  G erm an... 
ingiber a ......................  10®  15
Zingiber  j ................  
18®  22
SEMEN.
Anisum,  (po.  30). 
@ 1 5
Apium  (graveleons)..  20®  23
Bird, I s .....................  
4® 
6
Carul, (po.  18)............... 
8®   12
C ardam on............................1  00@1 25
C orlandrum ..................  10®  12
Cannabis S ativa........... 
4ft@5
C ydonium ........................  75@i 00
Chenopodlum   ............   10®  12
D ipterfx O dorate..........2  10@2 30
F oenlculum ..................  @  15
Foenugreek,  p o .......  
3
L l n l...............................  4  @ 4)4
Linl, grd,  (bbl. 3)4)  .  4  @ 4)4
Lobelia...........................  35®  40
Pharlarls C anarian—   3)4® 4)4
R a p a ..............................  
7
Sinapls,  A lb u ............... 
9
N ig ra............   11®  12

6®  
8®  

Foeti-

6®  

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SPIRITUS.

 
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F rum entl, W., D.  C o..2  00®2 50
D. F. R ........ 1  75@2 00
1  10@1  50
Ju n lp erl8  Co. O. T — 1  75@1  75
................l  75@3  50
Saacharum   N.  E ..........1  75®2 00
Spt.  V ini  G alll.................. 1  75@6 50
V ini O p o rto ........................1  25@2 00
V inl  A lb a........................... 1  25@2 00

F lorida  sheeps’  wool
carriag e..................... 2  25@2  50
N assau  sheeps’  wool
2 00
carriage 
.................... 
V elvet  ex tra  sheeps’ 
wool  c a rria g e ...!... 
110
E xtra  yellow  sheeps’
85
c a rria g e ...................... 
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ........................... 
65
75
H ard for  slate  u se—  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u s e ..............................  
1  40

SYRUPS.

A c c a c la ....................................  50
Zingiber  ..................................  50
Ipecac................................ —   60
F erri  Io d ..................................   50
A urantl  Cortes........................  50
R hei  A rom .............................-  50
Sim ilax  Officinalis................   60
C o.........  50
S en eg a......................................  50
Scillae........................................  50
“  C o..................................  50
T o lu ta n ............   ....................  50
P runus  vlrg.............................  50

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TINCTURES.

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Co......................... 

A conitum   N apellls B ...........  60
F ...........   50
A loes...........................................   60
and  m y rrh ......................  60
A rn ic a ........................................  50
A safcetida................................. 
0
Atrope B elladonna..................   60
B enzoin......................................   60
C o.................................  50
S anguinaria...............................  50
B aro sm a....................................   50
C antharides.............................  75
C ap sicu m ...................................  50
Ca  dam on...................................  75
C o.............................  75
C asto r........................................1 00
C atechu......................................   50
C in c h o n a ...................................  50
.  60
C olum ba........................... ....  50
....  50
C o n iu m ..........................
C ubeba.............................
.. ..  50
....  50
D ig ita lis .......................
E rg o t.................................. ....  50
G e n tia n ...........................
....  50
....  60
C o........................
G u a lc a .............................
.. . .   50
am m on...............
....  60
Z in g ib e r........................... ....  50
H yoscyam us.................... ....  50
Io d in e................................ . . . .   75
“  Colorless........... ....  75
F erri  C hloridum ............. ....  35
K in o .................................. ....  50
Lobelia..............................
....  50
M yrrh................................ .. . .   50
N ux  V om ica.................... ....  50
....  85
O p il..................................
“  C am phorated........... ....  50
....2  00
“  D eodor....................
....  50
A urantl C ortex...............
....  50
Q u a ssia ...........................
R hatany  .........................
...  50
....  50
R hei..................................
Cassia  A cutifol............
...  50
.. . .   50
Co.......
....  50
S e rp e n ta ria ....................
....  60
Strom onium ....................
T o lu ta n ...........................
....  60
V a le ria n .......................
....  50
V eratrum  V eride...........
....  50
MISCELLANEOUS.

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ground, 

26®  28
30®  32
’ft®   3
3® 
4® 

ASther, Spts  N it, 3 F ..
“  4 F ..
A lu m e n .........................
(po.
4
7 )..................................
A n n atto .........................   55®  60
A ntim oni, p o ................ 
5
et Potass T.  55®  60
A n tip y rln ......................  @1  40
A ntifebrin .....................  @  25
A rgenti  N itras, ounce  @  67
A rsenicum .................... 
7
Balm Gilead  B u d .......  38®  40
Bism uth  S.  N .............. 2  10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is,  (fts
11;  Vis,  12)................   @ 
9
C antharides  R ussian,
p o ................................   @1  30
Capslci  F ru c tu s ,a f...  @  30
p o ___  @ 2 5
®   20
B po. 
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15)  12®  13
Carm ine,  No. 40...........  @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F .......   50®  55
Cera  F la v a ....................  38®  40
C o ccu s...........................  @  40
Cassia FructUB............   @  20
C entrarla.......................  
©   10
C etaceum ......................  @  42
C h lo ro fo rm ..................  60®  63
@1  25
Chloral H yd C rst.........1  50®1  70
C h o n d ru s......................  20®  35
Cinchonldlne, P.  &  W  15®  20
G erman  3  @  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
60 
cent  .........................
@  so 
C reaso tu m ..................
@ 
2 
Creta,  (bbl. 75)............
5
5® 
9®  11
u b ra ..................  @ 
8
C ro c u s...........................  30®  35
C udbear.........................   @  24
Cupri S u lp h ..................  5 ®  
6
D e x trin e .......................   10®  12
E ther S ulph..................  68®   70
Em ery,  all  num bers..  @
p o ......................  @  8
Ergota,  (po.)  60 ...........  50®  55
F lake  W hite................  12®  15
G a lla ..............................   @  23
G am bler.........................7  @ 8
G elatin,  Cooper...........  @  70
F re n c h ............   40®  60
G lassware  flint,  70 and 10. 

prep
precip. 
Ru

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sq u ib b s.. 

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G lue,  B row n................  
9®  15
“  W hite..................  13®  25
G ly ce rin e.....................17  @  25
G rana P arad lsl............   @  22
H um ulus.......................   25®  55
H ydraag  Chlor  M ite..  @  90
@  80
“  C o r 
“ 
 
Ox R ubrum   @1  CO
’   “ 
A m m oniatl. 
“ 
@1  10 
U nguentum .  45®  55
“ 
H ydrargyrum ..............   @  70
Ichthyobolla,  Am. 
.1  25@1  50
In d ig o .............................  75@1  00
Iodine,  R esubl............3  75@3  85
Iodoform .......................   @4 70
L u p u lin .........................   35©  40
L ycopodium ................  40®  46
M a c ls .............................  80®  85
Liquor  A rsen  et  Hy-
d ra rg lo d ....................  @  27
Liquor Potass A rsinitls  10®  12 
M agnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
3® 
3
l f t ) ............................... 
M annla,  8. F ..............  
45®  50

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M orphia,  S. P. & W ...1 95®2 20 Seldlitz  M ixture__
Sinapls........................

@ 25
S. N.  Y.  Q. &
@ 18
c. C o ...........................1 85@2 10
30
M oschus  C anton.........
@ 40 Snuff,  M accaboy,  De
V o e s ........................
70® 75
M yristlca,  No. 1...........
35
@ 10 Snuff, Scotch. De. Voes  @ 35
N üx Vomica,  (po 20)..
Os.  Sepia.......................
35® 28 Soda Boras, (po.  12).
ii@ 12
Pepsin Saac, H.  & P. D.
Soda  et Potass T a rt. ..  30® 33
@2 00 Soda C arb..................
C o ................................
ift@ 2
Soda,  Bi-Carb...........
@ 5
Picis  LIq, N.  C.,  ft gal
@2 00 Soda,  A sh .................. ..  3ft@ 4
doz  .............................
@ 2
Picis Liq., q u a r ts .......
@1 00 Soda, S ulphas...........
p in ts ...........
@ 85 Spts. E ther C o ......... ..  50® 55
Pil H ydrarg,  (po. 80)..
“  M yrcia  D om ...
@ 50
@2 25
@ 1
Piper  N igra,  (po. 22)..
“  M yrcia Im p ...
@3 00
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__
@ 3
‘  V ini  Rect.  bbl.
@ 7
P ix  B u rg u n ..................
2  27).........................
41
Plum bl A c e t................
14® 15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
P ulvis Ipecac et o pil.. 1 1U@1 30 Strychnia  C rystal...
@1 30
Pyrethrum ,  boxes  H
& P.  D.  Co., doz.......
@1 25
R o ll............ ..  2V@  3)4
30® 35 T a m arin d s................ .. 
Pyrethrum ,  p v ............
8® 10
«@ 10 Terebenth V en ice... ..  28® 30
Q u asslae.......................
Q ulnla, S. P. & W .......
31® 36 T heo b ro m ae............ ..  45® 5G
S.  G erm an__ 21  @ 30 V anilla....................... .9 00@16 00
12® 14 Zinci  S u lp h .............. .. 
R ubia  T inctorum .......
7® 8
@ 35
Saccharum  Lac tis p v .
OILS.
S alacin...........................1  80@1 85
Sanguis  D raconis.......
40® 50
4 50 W hale, w in te r.........
Santonine  ......................
Sapo,  W .........................
12® 14 Lard,  e x tra ..............
,r  M ...........................
10® 12 Lard, No.  1..............
“  G ...........................
@ 15 Linseed, pure raw   .

Bbl.  Gal
.  70
70
60
.  55
.  45
50
.  36
39

Sulphur, S u b l........... ..  3  @  4

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Llndseed,  boiled  ___  39 
42
N eat’s  Foot,  w inter
s tra in e d ..... ............  
50 
60
Spirits T urpentine__   41ft  46

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faints. 

bbl.  lb.
Red  V enetian ............... lf t  2@3
O chre,yellow   M ars... lj£  2@4
“ 
B er.........1*   2@3
Putty,  com m ercial__2)4  2V4®3
“  strictly  p u re ......2)4  2ft@3
V erm ilion Prim e A m er­
13@16
ican ..............................  
V erm ilion,  E n g lish __  
70@75
Green,  P en in su lar.......  
70@75
Lead,  re d .......................   7  @7)4
w h ite ..................7  @7)4
W hiting, w hite S p an ...  @70
W hiting,  G ilders’ ......... 
@90
W hite, Paris  A merican 
1  0
W hiting.  Paris  Eng.
c l if f ..............................  
1  40
Pioneer Prepared P aintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  V illa  Prepared 
P a in ts ........................1  00@1  30

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VARNI8HES.

No. 1 T urp  C oach___ 1  10@1  20
E x tra T u rp ....................160@1  70
Coach  B ody..................2 75@3  00
No. 1  T urp  F u rn .........1  00@1  10
E utra T urk D am ar__ 1  55@1  60
Jap an   D ryer,  No.  1 
T u rp .............................  70®  7#

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S ta te   B o a rd   o f P h a rm a c y . 

One Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Two  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Three  Years—Jam es  Vernor, Detroit.
Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
Five Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. 
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon. 
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.

Meetings  for  1891—Lansing, Nov. A ______
M ic h ig a n   S ta te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A ss’n . 

President—D. E. Frail. Saginaw.
T int Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. 
Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Secretary—C. A. Bngbee, Cheboygan.
Treasurer—Wm DuDont, Detroit.
Next Meeting—At Ann  Arbor, Oct. 20,81 and 22, 1891.
G ra n d   R a p id s   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o ciety . 
President. W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott, 
Regular Meeting»—First Wednesday evening of March 
June, September and December._________________
G ran d  R a p id s   D ru g  C le rk s ’ A ss o c ia tio n , 
resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.

D e tro it  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o ciety . 

President, F. Rohnert;  Secretary,  J. P.-Rheinfrank.
M u sk e g o n   D ru g   C le rk s ’  A sso c ia tio n . 

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

Mr.  W ells Calls the Turn.

The  Pharmaceutical  Era  thus  refers 
to a feature of the coming meeting of the 
M. S. P. A.:
Pharmacists of  Michigan  should  con­
sider whom  they wish as incoming mem­
ber of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy to 
succeed,  January  1, the  outgoing  mem­
ber,  Mr.  Stanley E.  Parkill,  of  Owosso. 
Those who will attend the State Associa­
tion  meeting at Ann  Arbor  on  the  30th 
will be called  upon to voice their desire, 
and should be prepared to do so.
The  Era is in  every  respect  a  repre­
sentative  drug  journal,  but,  in  view of 
past  experience,  the  above  observation 
must have been made in  jest. 
It will be 
remembered  that a vote of  the kind sug­
gested  was  taken  by the  drug  trade  of 
the State about a year  ago  and  that  the 
membffi-  whose  term was  soon to expire 
received  more  affirmative votes  than all 
the  other  candidates  together. 
The 
second  choice  fell  to  Mr. Aldsdorf, the 
Lansing  druggist,  while  the  man  who 
was  so  fortunate  as  to  receive the  ap­
pointment  stood  near the  bottom of  the 
list.  This  naturally suggests  the  idea 
that the wishes of  the drug  trade of  the 
State  is a matter of  small  moment  with 
Governoi Winans,  who  looked elsewhere 
for  advice when it came  to make  an ap­
pointment to the Board of Pharmacy.

Sub  rosa,  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   suggests 
that the  pharmacists who  have  a  candi­
date for the next  appointmmt turn their 
batteries  in  the  direction  of  Mr.  Frank 
Wells, of Lansing,  who  is  solely respon­

sible  for  the  appointment of  Mr.  Gun­
drum  and  who  is  likely  to  dictate  all 
future  appointments  of  like  character, 
so  long  as  the  present  incumbent  oc­
cupies the Governor’s  chair.

T h e   D r u g   M a r k e t .

Balsam  Peru  has  declined.  Tonka 
beans  are  lower.  Gum  ammoniac  has 
advauced.  Bleached  shellac  has  ad­
vanced.  Manna is lower.  Oil cubebs has 
declined.  Oil copaiba has declined.  Oil 
wormseed  is  lower.  Jamaca  ginger  is 
lower.  Quinine  is  steady.  Opium  is 
unchanged.  Castor  oil  has  advanced. 
Linseed oil has advanced.

Good  Words  Unsolicited.

M erton  E. Tow n,  general  dealer, C rystal:  “ I 
am   sure  no live  dealer  should  th in k  of  doing 
business w ithout T ub T radesman.”

S.  K.  Riblet,  general  dealer,  N ewaygo; 

“ I 
have taken  your paper  from  the first  issue and 
consider it the best trade paper published.” 

Conrad  Bros.,  grocers, St.  Iguace:  “ We  send 
you 11  to  renew  our  subscription .for one  year. 
A lthough  the  price  seems  rath er  high  for  a 
paper  w ith  no  more  pictures  in  It  than  T he 
T radesm an has, we have concluded to continue 
on w ith it on account of th e yellow cover.”

R E M O V A L   S A L E .
Having  leased  other  quarters,  better 
adapted  for  the  Drug  business,  1  offer 
my entire stock of
Holiday  and  Fancy  Goods, Novelties, 
Toys,  Dolls,  Games,  Rlbiims,  Bas­
kets, Books and Stationery, Sport­
ing  Goods,  Notions,
GREATLY  REDDCED  PRICES.

A N D   M A N Y   D R U G G IST S’  S U N D R IE S   A T

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 

Correspondence Invited.

1st.

Fred  Brundage,

31 to  87 T e r ra c e  S t.,

M u sk e g o n ,  M ic h ig a n ,

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

The  Grocery  Market.

GROCERIES.
• Failed to Entrap the Farmer.

Sugar  is  without  change,  the  market 
being  utterly  featureless.  Rio  coffees 
continue  to  decline,  the  manufacturers
A case was being  tried  by  a  country
court.  A  horse had been stolen  from a | of  package  goods  having  reduced  their
pasture and the evidence all  pointed to a 
prices another J^c  on  Saturday.  Sauer- 
certain doubtful  character of  the  neigh­
krout is now in  the  field,  standard goods 
borhood  as 
the  culprit.  Though  his 
starting in at  §3.50  per bbl.  September 
guilt seemed clear he had found a lawyer 
cheese  is  about  %c  higher.  Gallon  ap­
to undertake his defense.  At  the  trial, 
the defendant’s  attorney  expended  his 
ples are  quoted at §2.50  per  doz.  Cran­
energy in trying to confuse and  frighten 
berries are 75c per bbl.  higher.
the opposing witnesses, especially a  cer­
tain farmer whose  testimony  was partic- 
ularily  damaging.  The lawyer  kept up 
a fire of  questions,  asking many  foolish 
ones  and  repeating  himself  again  aud 
again,  in the hope  of  decoying  the  wit­
ness into a contradiction.
“You say,” the lawyer went on.  “ that 
you can swear to having  seen  this  man 
drive a horse past your farm on  the  day 
in question?”
“ I can,”  replied  the witness,  wearily, 
for he had  already  answered  the  ques­
tion a dozen times.

The  cranberry  crop  in  New  Jersey, 
which  is  just  being  harvested,  will  be 
the  largest  gathered  for  years.  While 
all  over  the  country  there  is  a marked 
decrease  in  the  yield as compared  with 
last  year,  the  Jersey  crop will  come  to 
the  rescue with  an  increase of  over 10,- 
000 bushels.  The  crop in this  state  has 
been estimated at 220,000 bushels.

New Jersey’s Cranberry Crop.

“ What time was this?"
“I told you it  was about the middle  of 
the forenoon.”
“But  I don’t want any  ‘abouts’ or  any 
‘middles;’ 1 want you to tell  the jury  ex­
actly the time.”
“Why,”  said the farmer,  “ I  don’t  al­
ways carry a gold watch  with  me  when 
I’m digging potatoes,”
“But you  have a clock  in  the  house, 
haven’t you?”
“Yes.”
“Well,  what  time was it by that?’ 
“Why,  by that  clock it was  just  nine­
teen minutes past ten.”
“ You were in the field all the morning?” 
went  on  the  lawyer,  smiling  sugges­
tively.

“I was.”
“ How far from the house is this field?” 
“About half a mile.”
“ You swear, do you,  that by the  clock 
in your house  it  was  exactly  nineteen 
minutes past ten?”

“I do.”
The lawyer paused aud  looked  trium­
phantly at the jury; at  last  he  had  en­
trapped the witness into a  contradictory 
statmeut which would greatly weaken his 
testimony.  “I think that  will  do,”  he 
said,  with a wave of his hand, “ I am quite 
through with you.” 
The farmer leisurely picked up his bat, 
and started to leave  the  witness  stand; 
then, turning slowly about,  he added; “ I 
ought, perhaps, to say that too much  re­
liance should  not  be  placed  upon  that 
clock,  as • it got  out  of  gear  about  six 
months  ago,  and 
it’s  been  nineteen 
minutes past ten ever since.”

.

The  Philosophic  Grocer.

Make  heaven  your  home  by  making 

your home a heaven.

Marry  for  money  and  you  will be  a 

dear husband to your wife.

Those who serve God only one-seventh 
of the  time deserve the  same  proportion 
of blessings.

The worst  money in  the  world  is that 

that isn’t honestly earned.

Before you try  to drown your  sorrows 

find out whether they  can  swim.

Education  is a cudgel  of  defense  for 

the young and a staff for the old.

The best  secured  debt  is  that  which 
has  manhood,  principle  and  integrity 
back of it.

C.  N.  Rapp & Co.  have  just received  a 
carload  of  fancy  Florida  oranges,  from 
the famous Manatee River district, which 
they are offering at low prices.

Red  Star  cough  drops  take  the  lead. 
Order them direct of the  manufacturers, 
A.  E.  Books & Co., Grand Rapids.

C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 S u n ...................................................................  45
No. 1  “ 
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50
...................................................................  75
No. 2  “ 
T u b u la r..................................  
75

 

 

 

 

 

lamp  chimneys.—Per box.

6 doz. in  box.

 

 

 

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XXX F lin t

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

F irst quality.
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No. 0 S u n .................................................................1  75
No. 1  “ 
.................................................................. 188
No. 2  “ 
.................................................................. 2 70
No. 0 Sun,  crim p to p ...............  
  2  25
No. 1  “ 
2  40
3  40
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Sun.  crim p to p ...............  
2  60
No. 1  “ 
...2   80
No. 2  “ 
3  86
No. 1 Sun. w rapped and  labeled....................... 3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
......................4  70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
........................4  70
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz. 
........................1  25
No. 2  “ 
........................... 150
No. 1 crim p, per d o z ................................................l 35
No. 2 
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La Bastfc.

Pearl top.

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FIHJIT JARS.

M ason's or  Lightning.

P in ts ......................................................................... 10 00
Q u a rts ......................................................................10 50
H alf gallo n s............................................................ 13 50
R ubbers................................................................... 
55
Caps  o n ly ...............................................................   4 50

B utter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal 
06
Jugs,  % gal., per d oz.........................................   75
..........................................  90
.......................................... 180
Milk Pans,  % gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c)  ...  60
72

STONEWARE—AKRON.
3  to 6 g a l..................................   06%
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P O U L T R Y .

Local dealers pay as follows for dressed fow ls:

Spring  chickens............................................10 @11
F all  ch ick en s........................................... 
T u rk ey s......................................... 
10  @11
Spring d u ck s...................................................10 ©12
F all  d u c k s........................................................9 @10
Geese  .............................................................  

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Drm Store for Sale at a Bargain

On  long  tim e  If  desired,  or  w ill  exchange  for 
part  productive real  estate.  S to ck   c le a n   a n d  
w e ll a s s o rte d .  L o c a tio n  th e  b e s t In  th e  c ity . 
I w ish to retire  perm anently from   the drug  bus­
iness.

C.  L.  BRUNDAGE,

M u sk e g o n ,  M ich .

T h o s e   a d d ic te d   to   th e   s m o k in g   h a b it  Opp. New Post Office.

117

W. W estern A re.

should study the example  of the volcano 
—it smokes for a while and then becomes 
extinct.

GXXTS22TG  R O O T .

We pay the highest price for it.  Address

Practical  education  teaches you  what 
to  do in  order  to  succeed.  Experience 
teaches you  what you  might have  done.
The dude pays  particular attention  to 
his  clothes  because  they  are  the  most 
valuable part of him.

T y n m r   D D H C I   W h o le s a le   D ru g g is ts  
L JL lU iX   D J lI U O m 
GRAN D   RA PID S.
Wayne County Savings Bank, Detroit, Mieh.
$500,000  TO  INVEST  IN   BONDS
Issued  by  cities, counties,  towns  and school  districts 
l __a.  J  of  Michigan.  Officers  of  these  municipalities  about
6 n d   Of  ft tack may not t>C  ft  humorist,  but .  to issue  bonds will  find it to their advantage to  apply
to this bank.  Blank bonds and blanks for proceedings 
he immediately gets off a sharp thing.
snppUed  without  charge.  AU  communications  and 
enquiries will have prompt attention.  This bank pays
j 4 per oent. on  deposita, compounded aeml-annaally. 
---------------------
D. EL WOOD, Treasurer.

A man  who sits  down  on  the pointed

Use Tradesman Coupon Books,

_____  „ . a  K_  _ 

May. 1891. 

P R O D U C E   M A R K E T .

Apples—  $2 per bbl.  for choice w inter fru it.  _
Beans—Dry beans  are  beginning  to  come  in 
freely, dealers  paying  $1.25  for  unpicked  and 
country  picked  and  holding  at  $1.00  for  city 
picked pea  or medium.
B utter—Choice  dairy finds  ready  sale at  AX® 
21c.  Factory  cream ery is held at 26c.
Celery—The crop appears to be an exceptional 
ly  large  one,  m any  grow ers  being  unable  to 
secure  anything  like  adequt-te  returns.  Local 
handlers m anage to hold  the price  steady at 20c 
by preventing over supply.
Cabbages—40c per doz.
Cider—Sweet, 10c per gal.
C ranberries—All grades  have  advanced  50e@ 
$1  per bbl.  Fancy  Cape  Cod  are  held  at  $3.00 
per  bbl.,  w ith  second  grade  in  fair  dem and 
at *7.50.  Fancy in  crates bring $2.75.

Evaporated  Apples—The  m arket 

Cucum bers—Pickling, 15@20c per 100.
Eggs—D ealers pay  20c for strictly  fresh, bold­
ing  at 22c.  There is  no  call, as  yet, for  either 
lim ed or pickled.
is  utterly 
featureless, dealers buying  grudgingly  at  554@ 
tic and holding a t 7c.
recent 
frosts.  ConcordB  com m and  354c,  N iagaras are 
firm  at  45fcc  and C alifornia  Tokay  $2  per  four 
basket  crate.

G rapes—H igher  on  account  of 

Honey—D ull a t 16@18 for clean comb.
Onions—D ealers  pay  40@50e  and hold  at  50© 
60c, ex tra fancy com m anding about 70c.
Peppers—Green $1 per bushel.
Potatoes—No m arket.
Q uinces—$2.25 per bushel.
Squash—H ubbard. 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—$2.50 per  bbl.  for  choice  J e r­
sey stock. 
...
Tom atoes—T he m arket  is  well  supplied w ith 
both ripe and green fruit.  T he form er is in  fair 
dem and at 50c per bu.

the 

P R O V IS IO N S .

The G rand Rapids  Packing  and P rovision Co. 

quotes as follow s:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

Mess,  new .....................  
..................................  10 25
Short c u t ..............................................................  Is  01
E xtra clear pig, short  c u t................................   15 00
E x tra clear,  h eav y .............................................
Clear, fa t  b ac k ....................................................   14  50
Boston clear, short c u t......................................  15 00
Clear back, short c u t.........................................   14  50
S tandard clear, short cut, best — ............ 
15 00
Pork Sausage........................................................... 7
Ham Sausage...........................................................  9
Tongue Sausage......................................................9
F ran k fo rt  Sausage 
.............................................  8
Blood Sausage.........................................................   5
Bologna, straig h t...................................................   5
Bologna,  th ic k ........................................................  5
H ead Cheese.............................................................  5

sausage—F resh and Smoked.

lard—Kettle Rendered

LARD.

7H6

T ie rc e s......................................................................  8%
T ubs...........................................................................   8%
501b.  T in s.................................................................  8%
Com-
pound.
6
6%

Fam ilv.
.-•-6 k
Tierces ..................................
?0 and  50 lb. T u b s..........................6%
....654
— 7%
3 lb. Pails, 20 in a  ease 
5 lb. Pails, 12 in  a ease.
10 lb. Pails, 6 in  a case.................. 7
201b. Pails, 4 in   a  case.................9%
501b. C ans........................................6%
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.
on
E xtra Mess, w arranted 200  lb s.......
E x tra Mess, Chicago packing...........................  7 00
Boneless, ram p bu tts...........................................10  00
Hams, average 20 lb s .............................................  95*
16 lb s .............................................10
12 to 14 lb s ....................................10%
p ic n ic ...........................................................   754
best boneless..............................................   9%

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

S h o u ld e rs...............................................................   7
B reakfast Bacon, boneless.................................11
D ried beef, ham  prices.........................................  8%
Long Clears, h ea v y ................................................   8
Briskets,  medium. 

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6%

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li g h t.

F R E S H   M EA TS.

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Sw ift and Company quote as follow s:
Beef, carcass.................................................  4  @  6%
h in d q u a rte rs.....................................  5  @ 6
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©   9
fore 
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.................................... 3  ®  3%
loins, No. 3 .......................................   854@  9
'• 
rib s ......................................................  7  @ 7%
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ro u n d s................................................  5  @  554
to n g u e s..............................................  @
“ 
i  B ologna..........................................................  @
Pork  lo in s......................................................  @  8%
©  6%
Sausage, blood  or h e a d .............................  @ 5
©   5
©  7:
M u tto n ........................................................... 6  @ 7
V eal................................................................   654©  7

shoulders 
liv e r... 
F ra n k fo rt...................................... 

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F IS H   a n d   O YSTERS.

FRESH  FISH.

F. J . D ettenthaler quotes as follows :
W hite fish................................................—
T ro u t...............................................................
H alib u t...........................................................
Ciscoes...........................................................
F lo u n d ers......................................................
B lnefish.........................................................
M ackerel.............................................  .......
C od..................................................................
C alifornia salm on.......................................
Standards, per  g a l......................................
......................................
Selects, 
F airhaven  C ounts.............................
F. J . D. S e le c ts ...........................................
S elects...........................................................
F   J . D......................  ....................................
A nchor...........................................................
S tandards  ....................................................
F avorites.......................................................
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100..........................................
Clams, 
.....................................

oysters—Bulk.

oysters—Cans.

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@ 8 
©   8 
@15 
@  5 
@ 9 
@10 
@25 
@12 
@13
$1  15 
1  75

@35
@70
@23
@23
@20
@13
@15

1  25 
75

C A N D IE S ,  F R U IT S   a n d   N U TS. 
T he P utnam  Candy Co. quotes as follow s:

STICK  CANDY.
F ull  W eight.
Standard,  per  lb ...........................

....  654
II. H .................................. ....... 654
Tw ist  ............................. ........Gj4
Boston  Cream  ...............................
C ut  Loaf.  ......................  ............. ....... 754
E x tra  H. H ...................................... ....... 754

Bbls. Pails.
754
754
7/4
954
854

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MIXED  CANDY.
F ull W eight.

Bbls.
S tandard.......................................... .654
L eader.............................................. • *6%
Special................................................<
R oyal................................................... 7
N o b b y ................................................754
B roken................................................754
English  R ock...................................754
C onserves..........................................7
Broken Taffy.....................................754
P eanut S quares..................................
E x tra ................................................
French Cream s...............................
Valley  C ream s..............   .............
fancy—In bulk 
F ull W eight.

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Bbls.
....1054
Lozenges,  p la in ...................................... 1054
....11
p rin ted ................
Chocolate D rops....................
Chocolate M onum entala...
___5
Gum D rops...............................................  5
....  8
Moss D rops................................................. 8
....  854
Sour D rops................................................^854
...1054
Im perials................................

Pails.
7V6
7tt
8
8
8%
8%
8%
8
8%
9
10
1054
1354
Palls.
1154
1254
1254
14
654
9
954
1154
Per Box.

ces. 
fancy—In 5 lb. boxes,
 

Lemon D rops................ 
55
Sour D ro p s__ :  ......................................................55
Pepperm int D rops...................................................65
Chocolate D rops...................................................... 70
H. M. Chocolate  D rops..........................................80
Gum  D rops........................................................40@50
Licorice Drops........................................................ 1 00
A. B. Licorice  D rops..............................................80
Lozenges, p lain........................................................ 65
p rin te d ...................................................70
Im perials................................................................... 65
M ottoes.......................................................................75
Jream  B ar................................................................. 60
M olasses  B a r............................................................55
H and Made  C ream s........................................ 85@95
P lain Creams.  ................................................. 80@90
Decorated Cream s................................................ 1 00
String  R ock.................................. 
70
B urnt A lm onds......................................................1 00
W intergreen  B erries............................................. 65

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CARAMELS.

No.  1, w rapped, 2 lb. boxes..............................   34
51
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 51b. boxes........................................... 1 10

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ORANGES.

Sorrento»,  200.............................................
Im perials, .160........... 
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LEMONS.

M essina, choice, 360................................
fancy, 360................................
choice  300................................
fancy 390................................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
Figs, Smyrna,  new ,  fancy  layers —  
....

“  •  choice 

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F ard, 10-lb.  b o x .......................
....................
Persian. 50-lb.  b o x ..................

50-lb.  “ 

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NUTS.

@6 50 
©7 00
@7  50
@18 
@15 
@1254 
@  9 
•  @   8 
@

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Almonds, T arragona..................................  @1654
Iv a c a ...........................................   @16
C alifornia................................ 
  @1354
B razils, new ..................................................   @ 8
F ilb e rts ..........................................................  @1154
W alnuts, G renoble......................................  @14
M arbot.........................................  @
C hill..............................................  @10
Table  N uts,  fa n c y ......................................  @14
choice  ..........................11  @12%
Pecans, Texas, H .. P . , .............................  1554@1754
Cocoanuts, fu ll sacks..............
@4  25
PEANUTS.
Fancy, H.  P., S uns....................
@  554 
“  Roasted  ...
@  754 
Fancy, H.  P., F la g s..................
@  554 
“  R oasted...
@  754 
Choice, H. P.,  E x tra s...............
@  454 
“  R oasted..
@  654

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Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  follow s:
G re e n .............................. . . '..................
P art  C ured.............................  .............
P u ll 
.............................................
D ry.......................  
...............................
Kips, green  ...........................................
cu re d .............................................
Calfskins,  g reen..................................
cu re d ..................................
Deacon sk in s.........................................

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No. 2 hides H off.

...  3 @   4 
@  5 
@  554 
...  6
©   7
...  4 ©   5
...  5 @  554
...  4 @  5
...  5 @  654
....1 0 @30

Shearlings............................................... ...1 0 @25
Lam bs...................................................... ...2 0 @75

PELTS.

WOOL.

W ashed.. 
............................................
U nw ashed..............................................

-20@30
10©20

MISCELLANEOUS.

T a llo w ...........................................................   354© 4%
Grease  b utter  .............................................  1  @ 2
S w itch es.......................................................   154© 2
G inseng 

......................................................2  00@2 50

O IL S .

The  S tandard  Oil  Co.  quotes  as  follows,  In 

barrels, f. o.  b. G rand Rapids :
W. W. H eadlight, 150 fire  test (old test)  @  854
.................  @ 8
W ater  W hite,  120 
Special W hite, 120 
................   @ 7%
M ichigan Test, 120 
................   @  754
N ap th a...........................................................   @754
G asoline........................................................   @  8%
C y lin d er....................................................... 27  @36
E n g in e ......................................................... 13  @21
Black, 25 to 30  d eg ......................................  @ 7%

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20-lb  boxes.............................  654
40-lb 
654
Gloss.
1-lb packages  .........................   6
...........................6
13-lb 
LAMP WICKS.
30  6-lb 
654
 
.......
No. 
40  40 and 50 lb. boxes................  434
No. 1..................................
50  B arrels......................................  454
No. 2 .................................
30
P u re......................... 
 
C alabria....................................  25
Sicily..........................................  18
Condensed,  2  d oz........................ 1 25

LICORICE.

SNUFF.

LYE.

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per cent.

MATCHES.

No. 9  su lp h u r................................1 65
A nchor  p arlo r...............................1 70
No. 2 h om e.....................................1 10
E xport  p arlo r...............................4 25

MINCE  MEAT

Ilum m el' I, foil, 
tin   ..
CHICORT.

Cracked...................................  

5

|

F IS H —S alt.

Bloaters.

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J u te  
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Y arm outh...............................  1  10

CLOTHES  LINES.
50  f t ...........  
“ 
60  f t ...........  
“ 
70  f t ...........
80  f t ...........
60 f t ............
72  f t ' .......... 
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CONDENSED MILK.

B u lk ...........................................  454
R e d ............................................  7 
Cotton,  40 f t ...........per doz.  1  25 j
1  40 i
160 ¡W hole...............  ...............  @6
1  60 j
1  75 |  B ricks..............................  754@854
1  90 !  Strips..................................754@854
1  00
1054
E agle.......................................  7  40
Crown...................................... 6 50
G enuine  Sw iss......................8  CO
A m erican Sw iss....................7 00

Smoked
S caled...
H olland,
bbls. 
kegs. 
R ound shore,  5

H alibut.
H erring.

Cod.

C O U PO N   B O O K S .

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

bbl...
J   b b l..
M ackerel.
No. 1,  54 bbls. 90 lb s ....
No. 1. kits, 10 lb s ...........
Fam ily,  54 bbls.,  100 lbs

11  00 
95
1  50
9  00 
1  20 
3  50
45
F an cy ...........................  3  50@4 00
Russian,  kegs.......................  
45
No.  1,  54  bbls.,  lOOlbs.............6  25
No. 1, kits, 10 lb s....................   80
No. 1,  54 bbls., lOOlbs.............7 00
No.  1. kits, 10 lb s....................1  00
Fam ily,  54 bbls., 100 lbs  ...  2 75 
kits. 10  lb s...............  50
Jennings’ D C.

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PLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Pollock.
Sardines.
Trout.

Whitehall.

Lemon. V anilla
1  50
2  00
3  00
4  *0

1  00 
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...1  50 
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...2  00 
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GUN  POWDER.

2 oz folding box
3 oz 
4 oz 
6 oz 
Soz 
K e g s ............................................... 5 50
H alf  keg s.......   ...................... 3 00
S age............................................15
H ops...........................................25
Chicago  goods..................   @3

HERBS.

JELLY.

APPLE  BUTTER

40 lb. p a l ls .............................  5
20 lb. p a i ls .........  .................  5%

AXLE GREASE. 

F r a z e r ’s.

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Wood boxes, per  d o z .......  

80
3  doz. c a se ...  2  40
“ 
per gross  ___ 9 00
“ 
251b. p ails,.............................  1  00
75
15 lb.  “ 
 
A u ro ra .
Wood boxes,  per  doz.......  
60
3 doz. ca se ...  1  75
per  gross___6  00

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D ia m o n d .

Wood boxes,  per  doz  ......  

50
3 doz.  c a se ...  1  50
per  gross—   5  50

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P e e rle s s.

25 lb. p a i ls ............................. 
Acme, 14 lb. cans, 3 doz  ... 

90
BAKING  POWDER.
45
85
14 lb.  “ 
2  “ 
1  “  ....  1  00
1 lb.  “ 
b u lk ............................. 
10
45
T eller’s.  14 lb. cans,  d oz. 
85
“  .. 
“  ..  1  50
A rctic,  14 lb c a n s ................ 
60
 
1  20
2  00
 
9  60
 
40
 
80
.............  1  50

14 lb. 
1 lb. 
14 lb  “ 
1  lb  “ 
5  lb  “ 
14  lb 
1  lb 
BATH BRICK.

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Red Star, 14  fi>  ca n s............  

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2 dozen in case.

bluing. 

E n g lis h ....................................   90
Bristol........................................  70
D om estic..................................   60
Gross
A rctic, 4 oz  o v a ls..  ........4 00
“ 
8 oz 
................   7  00
pints,  ro u n d ............ 10  50
“ 
“  No. 2, sifting b o x ...  2  75 
“  No. 3, 
...  4  00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
l oz ball  ....................4  50
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No.  1  “ 
No. 2 C arpet—
No. 1 
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Parlor G em .......
Common W hisk 
Fancy 
M ill....................
W arehouse.............................2

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BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR.

R ising S u n ...............................5 00
York State.
Self Rising, c a s e ................... 5 f0

CANDLES
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Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................   1014
Star,  40 
................   1014
P araffine................................ 12
W icklng..................................  25

C A N N E D   GOO D S.

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21b ......................

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Clam  Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

PISH.
Clams.
L ittle Neck,  1 lb ....................1  10
2  lb ....................1  90
Standard, 3 lb ......................... 2 30
S tandard,  1  lb ........................1  10
21b ....................... 2  10
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb ....................... *-----2  45
2  lb .................................3 45
....... 3 00
M ackerel.
Standard, 1 lb ................ ....... 1  20
2  lb .............. ....... 2  00
M ustard,  3 1 b ................ ....... 3  00
Tom ato Sauce,  31b — ....... 3 00
Soused, 3  lb .................... ...  .3 00
. 
...1   90
Colum bia River,  fla t.. -
........1  75
ta ils ..
Alaska, 1  lb .................... ....... 1  40
21b ...................... ....... 2  10
Sardines.
A m erican  J4S  .............. ,.4S@   5
.654® 7
54s...............
54s.................. ... 13@14
...  @8
.......   50

M ustard  5£s..................
Brook, 3  lb ....................

Salmon.
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Trout.

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FRUITS.
Apples.

2  50

York State, gallo n s.... 
H am burgh, 
“  —
Apricots.
2  25
Santa  C ruz...................
2  50
L usk's.............................
2 35
O verland......................
Blackberries.
90
F.  &  W ...........................
Cherries.
1  20
R ed .................................
1  75
Pitted H am burgh  —
1  60
W h ite .............................
1  30
Damsons, Egg Plum s and Green 
@1  60
E r ie .................................
Gooseberries.
1  10
C om m on.......................
P i e .................................. 1  60@1  75
M a x w e ll................
Shepard’s ...............
C alifornia..............
Pears.
D om estic.......................
R iverside........................
Pineapples.
Comm on.........................
Johnson’s  slic ed .........

2  60@2  75
1  25
2 25
1  30
2  60 
2  85

Peaches.

Gages.

“ 

grated
Q uinces.
C om m on.......................
Raspberries.
Red  ................................
Black  H am burg...........
Erie,  b la ck ....................

1  30 
1  50 
1  40

Straw berries.
L a w ren c e......... ...........  
1 
•
2  25
H am b u rg h .................... 
1  65
E rie ................................. 
W hortleberries.
C om m on.......................  
1  40
F. &  W ........................... 
1  25
B lu e b erries.................. 
1  30
Corned  beef,  Libby’s ............ 2 10
Roast beef,  A rm our’s .............1 75
Potted  ham ,  14 l b .........  ...... 1  50
“  14 lb ....................100
tongue,  14 lb .........  . .1  10
14 lb ........... 
95
chicken, 34 lb ............ 
95

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MEATS.

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Peas

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*• 
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Corn.

M ushrooms.
Pum pkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

H am burgh  stringless.............1 25
F rench sty le........2 25 |
Lima,  green.  ..........................1  30 I
soaked...........................   90
Lewis Boston  B aked..............1 35
Bay State  B aked......................1 35
W orld’s  F a ir.............................1 35
H am b u rg h ................................1 20
Tiger .........................................
Purity 
1  10
Honey  D ew .............................. 1 40
H am burgh m a rro fa t.............. 1 35
early J u n e ............1  50
Cham pion E n g ...1  50
H am burgh  petit  p o is ...........1 75
fancy  sifted  — 1 90
S oaked......................................  65
H arris  stan d a rd ....................   75
Van Camp’s M arrofat 
.1  10
Early J u n e .........130
A rcher’s  Early  Blossom  ..  1  35
F r e n c h ........................................... 1 80
F re n c h ...................................1N©18
E rie ...........................................   90
H u b b a rd ........................................ 1 30
H am burg  .................................1  40
S oaked............................. 
85
Honey  D ew ................................... 1 60
V an  Camp’s ...................................1 00
No. C ollins.....................................1 CO
H a m b u rg .......................................1 W
H an co ck ..................................   95
Gallon  — .....................................2 50
CHOCOLATE—BAKE R’ 8.
G erman Sw eet..................... 
Premium 
Pure
B reakfast  Cocoa...
CHEESE
A m boy.
Norway 
Riverside 
Allegan 
.
Skim .
Brick 
Edam
Lim burger  ..................  @10
R o q u e fo rt...........   @35
Sap  Sago...............  @22
Schw eitzer, im ported.  @25
dom estic  —   ©13
H alf  pint,  com m on..............   8
“ 
P int 
.......   • •  1  Jj
............1  «
Q u art 
a ....................1  2
H alf 
P in t 
......................2  0
Q uart 
................. 
3 0
5 gross boxes  .........................40,
B u lk .....................................   @4
Pound  packages............   @7

CLOTHES PINS.
COCOA  SHELL8.

Tomatoes.

CATSUP.

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C O F F E R .

GREEN.
Rio.

3ES«

STTcoe

“Tradesm an.
$  1, per  hundred  .......
.......
*2,  “ 
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8  3 , “ 
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8  5,  “ 
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810,  “ 
.........
820,  “ 
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“ Superior.”
$  1  per  h u n d re d ................  2  50
3 00
8  2, 
°   “
4  00
8 5. 
5 00
810, 
6  00
820.

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“ U niversal.”
83  00 
$  l. per h u n d re d .........
.  3 50 
8  2, 
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$ 3, 
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$ 5, 
.  6 00 
$10, 
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.  7 00
$20, 
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Bulk orders for above coupon 
books are subject to the follow ­
ing  discounts:
200 or o v er...............  5 
500  “ 
1000  “ 
.............. 20

10

 

COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

I Can  be  m ade to represent any 
denom ination  from  $10  down. |
20 books.............................8  1  00
“ 
50 
.............................  2  00
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100 
“
250 
500  “
1000 
.............................  17  «w
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CRACKERS.
Kenosha B utter....................  754
.....................   6
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Seymour 
B u tter......................................  6
fam ily...........................  §

654
Boston.......................................
City Soda.................................... ¿>4
Soda............................................. ”
S. O y ster.....................................6
City Oyster. XXX....................  6
Strictly  p u re .........................  
30
T elfer’s  A bsolute..............-___ 35
Grocers’ .................................10@15

CREAM TARTAR.

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D R IE D   F R U IT S . 

Apples.

S u n d ried ........................  @
E v a p o ra te d ..................   @
C alifornia Evaporated.

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PEEL.

Java.

Santos.

CITRON.

Mocha.

M aracaibo.

A pricots.
j B lackberries.............
N ectarin es................
Peaches  ....................
Pears,  sliced.............
P lu m s.........................
Prunes,  sw eet...........
PRUNES.

F a ir........................................... J®
G ood......................................... ]7
G olden......................................86
P e a b e rry .................................M
F a ir ...........................................16
G ood.........................................17
P rim e .......................................A?
Peaberry  .............................
M exican and G uatam ala.
F a ir .......................................... ~6
G ood.........................................31
F an cy .............—   -...............
P rim e ........................................
M ille d .................................... 30
In te rio r...................................j®
Private G row th.................... 27
M a n d eh lin g ..........................28
Im ita tio n ...............................23
A rab ian .................................. 2b

@654
T u rk ey .
B osnia............................   @ 5
@  “
F re n c h ......................... 
18
Lem on............................
18
O range...........................
@24
In  d ru m .........................
@24
In boxes........................
CURRANTS.
@  4?, 
Zante, in  b arrels.........
@ 5  
in   54-bbls.........
@  554
in  less quantity 
r a isin s —C alifornia 
London Layers,  2  cr’n 
3  “
“ 
fan cy .
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted  M uscatels. 2 crown 
3
Foreign.
V alencias...................
O ndaras.....................
S ultanas.........................  @

coffee, add # c . per lb. for roast-  1 
Ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink-
age. 
2034 
M c L a u g h l i n ' s   X X X X
20M
A rbuckle’s .......................
............... 20)4
D urham .............................
..............2034
Lion, 60 lb.  case  .............
............ 2034
Lion, 100 lb. case
Cabinets con- 
t a i n i n g   120 
one  p o u n d  
p'kages  (sim ­
ilar to accom­
panying 
l u ­
s t r a t i o n )  
sold  at  case 
irice.w ith an 
d d i t l o n a l   I  Kegs, 
___ l _ ____ 
charge  of  90
cents for cab-1 G reen,  b u ...................................... 1 10
iuet. 
Spilt,  b b l......................................... 5 00

100 lb.  kegs......................  
B arrels...................................... 3 75
G rits ........................................
D ried................................. 
Domestic, 12 lb. bo x .... 
Im ported.......................... 
Pearl Barley.

45
10
.................... 3H@334
Peas.

,  6
M accaroni and Vermicelli. 

1
2  00 
2  25 
1  50
1  eo
9
@10

farinaceo us  goods. 

F arina.
Hominy.

Lim a  Beans.

PACKAGE.

ROASTED.

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extract. 

Sago.

Valley C ity............................  
75  G erman . .................................  454
FeU x........................................   1  15 I B ast In d ia...............................  554

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P ure Ground in Bulk.

N utmegs, fan cy ...................... 80
No.  1..........................75
No.  2..........................65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 15 
w h ite ...  .25
Bhot.........  ............... 19
A llspice.....................................15
Cassia,  B atavia...................... 20
and  Saigon.25
s a lg o n ......................35
Cloves,  A m boyua.................. 30
Zanzibar......... 
20
Ginger, A frican...................... 15
C ochin....................... 18
J a m a ic a ...  .  ......... 20
Mace  B atavia..........................80
M ustard,  Eng.  and Trieste. .25
T rieste....................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ......................75
. .20
Pepper. Singapore, black 
w hite....... 30
Cayenne.............— 25
Sage............................................20

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A llsp ice..........
C innam on.....................   84
Cloves..............
Ginger, J a m ...
A f___
M ustard.........
Pepper
Sage.

54s
..  84 1  M
..  84 1  55
..  84 1  55
..  81 1  55
..  84 1  55
..  84 1  55
84 1  55
..  84

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SU G A R.

Cut  L oaf.......................  @  554
C u b e s.............................  @  554
P ow d ered .....................   @554
G ranulated. 
.......  @ 4-J*
Confectioners’  A -------  @454
Soft A  ......................... 
@ 4?4
W hite E x tra  C ............. 
©   45t
E xtra  C .........................   @  4
C .....................................   @  334
Yellow 
.......  @  354
Less than  100 lbs. 
STARCH.
Corn.

advance

SODA.

SAL  SODA.

Scotch, In  bladders.............. 37
Maccaboy, in ja rs ..................35
F rench Rappee, in  J a r s ....... 43
B o x e s..........................................5)4
Kegs, E n g lish .......................... 454
K egs.....................................  
1V4
G ranulated,  boxes................  154
M ixed b ird ..................   454©  6
Caraway................................... 10
C an a ry ........................................354
Hemp............................................454
A nise.........................................13
R a p e .........................................   6
M ustard....................................  754

SALT

Diamond Crystal.

 
 

 
 

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W arsaw.

100 3-lb. sacks..............................$2 40
2  25
60 5-lb 
2810-lb.  sack s......................  2  15
2 00
2014-lb. 
24 3-lb  cases...............................  1 50
50
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags . . 
25
28 lb. 
“  ■ • 
35
56 lb. dairy  in linen  b a g s.. 
281b. 
18
56 lb. dairy  bag s.................. 
75
75
56 lb. dairy  bags.................. 
56 lb.  sacks...........................  
27
Saginaw and M anistee. 
Common F ine per  bbl—  
90

Ashton.
Higgins.

Solar Rock.

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8ALERATU8.

Packed 60 lbs. in  box.

C h u rc h 's ..............................  $3  30
D eLand’s ....................................  3 30
D w ight’s ............................  
  3  30
T a y lo r's.......................................   3 00

SYRUPS.
Corn

P ure Cane.

B arrels.............  ..................  26
H alf bbls.................................. 28
F a ir ...........................................   *9
G o o d .........................................  25
Choice  ......................................  30
SWEET GOODS.
G inger Snaps................ 
Sugar  Cream s..............  
Frosted  Cream s........... 
G raham   C rackers....... 
Oatmeal  C rackers—  

7
854
8
8
8

TE A S.

j a p a n — Regular.

IMPERIAL.

YOUNG HYSON.

Common to  fa ir............ 23  @26
Superior to fine..............30  @35
Common to  fa ir............ 18  @26
Superior tn  fine............ 30  @40
F a ir ..................................18  @22
Choice.............................. 24  @28
B e st..................................40  @50

ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.

TO BA CCOS.

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Plug.

Fine Cut.
Pails unless otherw ise noted.
60
H iaw atha 
.................... 
34
Sweet  C uba.................. 
24
M cG inty........................ 
54  bbls........... 
22
L ittle  D arling............. 
22
20
54 b b l.. 
1791................................. 
30
1891,  54  bbls.................. 
19
Valley  C ity.................. 
33
27
Dandy J im .................... 
T ornado......................... 
20
Searhead.......................  
40
24
J o k e r ...........................  
Zero................................  
22
26
L.  & W ........................... 
Here  It Is ...................... 
28
Old Style.......................  
31
4 '
Old  H onesty................  
33
Jolly T a r........................ 
H iaw atha...................... 
37
Valley C ity .................. 
34
Jas. G. B utler &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something G ood........................38
Toss  U p........................................26
Out of  S ight................................25
Boss.........................................   1254
Colonel’s Choice................... 13
i  W a rp a th ................................. 14
B a n n e r................................... 14
King Bee................................. 20
!  Kiln  D ried..............................17
j  N igger  H ead.......................... 23
i  H oney  D ew ............................24
Gold  Block................  
....... 28
Peerless................   .................24
Rob  Roy.
U ncle  Sam............................... 28
Tom and J e rry .................  
25
Brier Pipe.................................30
Yum  Y u m ............................... 32
Red Clover............................... 32
N av y ...  .................................32
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Is the Cash System Attainable?

PAPER  II.

Written  for The  Tradesman.

Every business  man who  read the last 
article  under  this  head will  agree  with 
me  that Old Broadacres  is  the last  man 
in the  community  entitled to  credit and 
that by granting it to  him,  a great injus­
tice  is  inflicted,  indirectly, on  the wage 
earners,and he is made meaner himself by 
having his  opportunity enlarged  for the 
exercise  of  his  immaculate  selfishness. 
It is also self-evident  that if  Old  Broad­
a c re s  and h is  c ity  c o u s in ,Old Moneybags, 
were made to toe the  m a r k   and  pay spot 
cash  all around,  for  value received,  the 
blacksmith,  the  harness maker, the  car­
penter, the  painter  and  every other  in­
dustrious tradesman and mechanic would 
be  able  to  pay  spot cash. 
In  fact,  we 
might include  in  this  list  pretty  much 
every  laboring  man  who  depends upon 
working  by  the  day  and  doing  “job” 
work arouud  the neighborhood; for every 
merchant knows  that  nine-tenths  of  all 
the  excuses that  these  fellows make  for 
asking for credit or  for failing to pay up 
at the time agreed upon,  when credit had 
been given  them,  are legitimate fruits of 
the  sins of  omission  which  are  directly 
traceable to  the front  door-steps of  Old 
Broadacres and Mr.  Moneybags.

ready  pay. 
is 

While we are  talking  about  laborers, 
let us see bow the application of the cash 
system would  affect the larger portion of 
those who  work on our  railroads and  in 
our factories, mills  and  shops,  and  who 
receive  their pay at  regular intervals  of 
a  week, or  a  month. 
It  would  almost 
seem that  here  we  had come in  contact 
with an  insurmountable  obstacle in  the 
way  of  adopting 
It  is 
an  obstacle,  surely,  but 
it  not 
surmountable?  How  is  it  that  in  this 
great prosperous  nation  of ours,  where 
the laboring man dines sumptuously and 
lives  on the  fat  of  the land; where  the 
laboring  man is a  prince and is  dandled 
in the  lap of  luxury,  as  compared with 
the laboring man of any other  nation on 
the globe; where a laboring man can earn 
a dollar in a less number of hours and buy 
more solid  comfort  with the  dollar that 
he earns than  anywhere  else on earth—I 
say, how is it that the  great majority  of 
these same fellows,  who,  the  politicians 
say, are  getting  rich  and  own  elegant, 
well furnished  homes  of their  own,  are 
simply  living  from  hand  to  moutht  I 
mean by  this that  the larger  portion  of 
the  laboring  men  of  this  country  find 
themselves  in  a  deplorable  condition, 
every week  or every  month,  as the  case 
may be,  when  their  wives and  children 
must have  food  and  clothing  and  they 
have not a dollar in the world with which 
to  purchase  it;  and  that  unless  some 
obliging merchant can be found who will 
furnish the  necessary  supplies—and  as­
sume  all  the  chances  of  payment until 
next  pay day—they will  surely have  to 
steal,  beg or  starve.

If any man reads the  above  lines  who 
is  not  in  the  retail  business  and  who 
doubts  the  fairness  or  truthfulness  of 
the statements made therein,  I would re­
fer  him  to the  nearest retailer  doing  a 
credit business for an indorsement of the 
same.  How  many  times  have  I  been 
told by these same  fellows,  when asking 
for  credit,  “Why,  you  will  be  sure of 
your  pay when pay day  comes around.” 
These fellows  talk  as  though time  and 
circumstances  were  under their  control 
and  subject to  their will  and  pleasure. 
When they assure  the  merchant that  he

runs no risk and  that  he will  be  certain 
of his pay  when pay  day comes around, 
they forget that there is a possibility that 
pay day  will  never come  around on  ac­
count of sickness or  death.  The  writer 
has in his possession an old ledger which 
tells the story of  “next pay day” just  as 
it is,  without color or exaggeration.  Here 
are a  few  samples:  “Jeremiah Brown, 
section  hand,  by  death,  $17.50;  Ezra 
Wilson,  brakeman,  by  death,  $22.45; 
Jonathan Flipler, miller,  by death, $8.96; I 
Judson Prion, fireman,  by death, $14.30.” 
Fifty names  might be  quoted  from two 
of these old books,  which  represent men 
who  were  honest,  industrious,  prompt­
paying customers; but there came a time, 
in  spite  of  their  protestations,  when  a 
risk  was  incurred  and  when  pay  day 
never  came  around—when  the  balance 
of  their  accounts, 
large  or  small,  is 
transferred to  that of  the Great  Reaper 
who  strikes  down  rich and  poor alike, 
but pays only the debts of the poor.

Is there a remedy  for this condition of 
things?  We think there is,  and it is  the 
application of  the  cash  system  just  as 
many  times per diem as the patient buys 
anything.  The  fault is  not  so  much  in 
the smallness of  the  wages  received  by 
our  laboring men as in their extravagant 
and  reckless  mode of  living.  And  yet, 
with all their  extravagance and improvi­
dence, they do  live,  as  a  general  thing, 
on the wages they  receive,  but they drag 
behind  and  act as  dead weights  in  im­
peding  the  progress  of  the  retail  busi­
ness of the  country,  instead  of  keeping 
up  with the procession  and marching  in 
the  ranks  like  men. 
If  the  average 
laboring man can live and keep his  fami­
ly  on  the  wages  he  receives, under his 
present management, there is nothing  on 
earth  to  prevent  him  from  laying  up 
money or  paying for a  home of his  own 
under  a  ready-pay  system.  While  dis­
cussing  this  question  the  other  day,  a 
clerk  of  one of  our  city grocery  stores 
made  this  remark:  “Why,  don’t  you 
know that  under the present  system it is 
customary to  apportion  all losses  on ac­
count among those  who never fail  to pay 
their accounts?”  1 asked him how they 
did it,  and if by adding to the price,  how 
did they manage to escape detection?  In 
reply,  he  winked at me in a knowing way 
and said:  “There are  more  ways  than 
one  of  performing this  little  necessary 
evil of a trick,  and any man  who is not a 
forlorn geese ought to have brains enough 
to  know  that  no  grocer  could  run  a 
successful  business  under  the  present 
system,  without the benefits of this little 
protective tariff.”  He  said  that  at  his 
store  it was an  invariable rule to  strike 
off every man’s name  who failed  to  pay 
up every Saturday night, unless he could 
show  good  cause  for  not doing  so;  for 
they  considered 
it  cheaper,  and  more 
economical  in the  long  run, to cut off  a 
customer and  drop him the  first time he 
wantonly breaks faith with them and fails 
to  pay  as  agreed  upon.  The  week’s 
trade,  amounting  to  from  $5  to  $15, of 
course,  is lost in that direction and  must 
be provided for  from some  other source. 
The  man  who  pays  his  bills  promptly 
must  also  pay his pro  rata  of the  bills 
that other people refuse to pay; and even 
the man who pays spot cash,  if he trades 
at  a  credit  store,  is  compelled  to  pay 
more for  his supplies  than  he  ought to, 
because it is impossible to run two scales 
of prices in one  store on the same  stock.
What shall we say of the great crop  of 
commercial  weeds,commonly called dead

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

To Dealers in Wall

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soon  with a complete line of  Wall Pa­
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you  money•

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Monroe, Ottawa and Fountain Sts.,

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ENGRAVERS  A N D   PRINTERS,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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that,  even  in  the  individual  cases,  all 
would  be benefited  by adopting the  cash 
system,  and,  therefore,  we conclude that 
the cash system is practically attainable.

Use Tradesman  or  Supertor  Coupons.

E .  A .  O w e n .

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A.  J .  B o w s e , P resid en t.

D.  A. 

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If you would be  A  LEADER, handle only goods of

VALUE.

If  you are satisfied  to  remain at  TAIL  END  buy 

cheap, unreliable goods.

beats?  There was a time when each one 
of these  poor fellows  was “dunned”  for 
the  first time  when it was  impossible  to 
pay.  Everything  has  a  beginning,  and 
even a  dead-beat  is no  exception  to  the 
rule. 
Probably  an  honest,  manly  at­
tempt  to  pay  up  or  do  right  was  met 
with  taunts  and  abuse  which wounded 
the  pride,  destroyed  the  self-confidence 
and put  to route  all the  other noble  at­
tributes  of  true  manliness, and,  in  due 
course of time, the creature of the credit 
system  was  full  developed  and turned 
loose to prey on society.  Adopt the cash 
system and the mill that grinds out dead­
beats will shut down forever for want  of 
grist.

We shall have to look elsewhere for an 
insurmountable  obstacle  in  the way  of 
applying the cash system, for it certainly 
does not lie along this line. 
It would  be 
the starting point in the  up-hill  road  of 
prosperity,  in  the  history  of any  labor­
ing man,the instant he put his foot down 
and  declared  that  from  henceforth  no 
purchased article  should enter his house 
until fully paid for; and this he could  do 
and carry  out with  a little  preparation, 
even if  he had  to put his family on  half 
rations for one or  two  intervals between 
pay days.

I The rigid  lines about  the mouth relax as 
| he thinks  of pork chop  for supper,  and 
his  face  assumes  the  appearance  of  a I 
I graveyard  in  the  spring time  when  the | 
first  warm  days  arrive.  But,  alas! that 
I graveyard thaw has frozen up again, and j 
that budding smile has been nipped with j 
the  killing 
frost  of  disappointment,  j 
What  horrid 
to 
thing  has  happened 
quench  the rising  hopes within  the edi­
tor’s breast?  That  big lubbard  of a far- j 
mer  has  actually  asked  the  editor  to j 
carry him!  Just  think  of  it!  That lit­
tle,  half-starved,  scrawny  editor  com­
pelled to  carry  that  big, burly, overfed, 
greasy,  pork-stuffed granger until he gets 
ready  to sell  a little  hay!  Let me  live 
on  corn  cobs  and  buckwheat  straw, 
rather  than stand in  that granger’s shoes 
in  the  day  of  judgment!  That  farmer 
goes  home (not with  a clear  conscience, 
for he has no conscience)  and stuffs him­
self  with  tenderloin,  buckwheat  cakes 
and honey,  while the editor sneaks home 
on a back  street to  avoid  a “dun”  for  a 
bushel  of  turnips  and  sits  down  to  a 
supper  of  liver  and  cold  turnips,  and 
wonders if a farmer ever goes to heaven, 
for,  if  he  did,  he  would  trade  off  his 
church pew  for  the balance of the  year, 
for something to eat.

But  how  about the  great mass  of far­
mers—not  the  Broadacre  portion,  for 
they are  few and  limited—but the great 
majority who  live from  hand to  mouth, 
like  the  laboring  men?  This  class  of 
farmers  are  always  behind one  season, 
or one crop; and they  think that there  is 
no  other possible  way but to  be carried 
by everybody until after  sheep-shearing, 
or until after harvest.  Did you ever stop 
to think what a  ridiculous farce this  is? 
A great big  farmer,  with 80  acres of  the 
earth’s  surface which  he calls  his own, 
with  horses,  cattle,  sheep,  hogs  and 
poultry; with  a cellar full  of fruits  and 
vegetables;  with eight months’ supply of 
the  staff of  life on  hand,  backed  up  by 
pork,  apple-butter,  sauer-kraut,  cider, 
apple sauce  and maple molasses till  you 
can’t find  a place  to put  your foot down 
—think of this great, big, burley, double- 
fisted,  overfed,  pancake-stuffed  granger 
getting  an  idea  into  his  head  that  if 
somebody  don’t  carry him  he will sure­
ly be  compelled to  lie  down and  perish 
by  the wayside!  Hear  him,  as  he  tells 
the village grocer,  whose entire stock—if 
his bills were paid—would  be worth less 
than the  farmer’s tools and  implements, 
that he  will have to  carry him and  stuff 
him  with the  few things  he is  not pro­
vided  with,  until  after  »heap-shearing! 
Great Scott!  See him climb  that rickety 
stair case in answer to a “please enclose” 
that  he  received  from  a  care-tossed, 
brain-worried,  half-starved  little  apolo­
gy of a man  who occupies a  dingy little 
back  room in  common with  the spiders 
and paste  pot.  This  unfortunate  crea­
ture  is  the editor  of  the American  Ex­
ponent,  and he hasn’t had a  square meal 
since the  banquet  given to the  members 
to the  Press  Association  at  Powkegan. 
He is  not rich,  for  if all  his worldly  ef­
fects were  converted into  lawful  money 
of  the United  States,  it  would not  pur­
chase the farmer’s strawstack.  The day 
is cold  and  the half  cord  of  green elm 
wood  promised on  subscription has  not 
yet  arrived,  and  he  sits  shivering  and 
wondering  bow long  an editor  can sub­
sist on thin  air and  faith,  stiffened  with 
turnips.  But see the  marvelous' change 
that  creeps  over  him  when 
the  big, 
greasy  farmer  enters  his  dismal  den!

What this  farmer ought to  have  done, 
when he  ran out of  circulating  medium, 
and  what  the  cash system  would  have 
compelled  him  to do,  was to  have  bor­
rowed what money was necessary to  pay 
up his  little bills  and keep him  running 
until  he could  realize on the sale of some 
produce.  The farmer would then  know 
just how much he  owed and  when it was 
due,  and  by  paying spot  cash  he  would 
get better prices and buy less stuff.

We have looked among  the masses  for 
some insurmountable obstacle in the way 
of  adopting  the  ready-pay  system,  but 
not one has been discovered. 
It is  only 
in  certain 
individual  cases  where  the 
spot  cash plan  would fail  to  work,  but 
no injustice would result to anyone.  For 
instance, there  are  farmers  who  cannot 
borrow  a dollar.  Everything  they  have 
is  mortgaged for all  it is worth and their 
personal  credit  is not good.  Such  men 
cannot  borrow  money  and,  of  course, 
could not pay cash at all  times; but what 
merchant  would  like  to  hand  over  his 
property to  persons  of  this  kind?  No 
man  who  cannot borrow  money is  a  fit 
and  proper person  to supply with  mer­
chandise  on credit. 
It is  one of the  un­
explainable  things,  often  met  with  in 
human  experience, that  a  man  will  re­
fuse  to  loan  his  money  where  he  will 
place his  merchandise,  without  a whim­
per.  Let one  of  these fellows,  without 
security  and  without  personal  credit, 
ask  a merchant for a loan of money,  and 
the merchant would fairly snort with in­
dignation  at  the very  idea; but  let  this 
same  fellow ask this  same merchant  for 
goods  on  tick,  and  he  will tear off  and 
weigh  out the  stuff  without a word  and 
deliver it if he has to  tramp through the 
mud a  foot deep  to  do it.  Strange,  but 
true,  nevertheless,  and  can  only  be  ac­
counted  for,  like  many  other  foolish, 
senseless thing that  we do,  by a habit of 
following custom  in a  blind,  mechanical 
way  without  even  halting  to  give  it  a 
passing thought.

The adoption of the cash system would 
remove  the  man  who  has no  means  of 
earning  money,  and  no  money  to  buy 
with,  from  the  shoulders  of  the  mer­
chants and turn  him over  to the general 
public,  where he belongs,  Thus we find

GOOD  YEAST  IS  INDISPENSABLE.

FLE1SCHMANN & CO.

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C IT Y   O F F IC E ; 
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F A C T O R Y   D E P O T ;

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Price  printed, 500,  $1  50
1.000,  2  50
2.000,  2 25 per M.
5.000,  2 OO 

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*The Tradesman Company,

Grand  Ttapids•

THE  MICHIG^IST  TEADESMAN,

The Boy Who Would Not Lie.

(C ontinued from 6th page.) 

an  extent as the  people  on  this  side  of 
the line.  There  was an over-production 
of American manufactures,more especial­
ly in print goods.  This  surplus stock of 
cheap  American  prints was  shipped out 
of the country and slaughtered in foreign 
markets, the Canadian markets becoming 
completely glutted with it.  The deacon’s 
counters  were  heavily freighted  with it 
and  precious stuff  it  was, too—narrow, 
filled  with  paste or starch,  and  painted 
in  gorgeous  colors  and  flashy patterns; 
but it was new and cheap, and, therefore, 
sold  readily. 
It  was  no  earthly  good, 
but what  cared the  deacon,  so long as it 
afforded a big  margin of  profit.  A good 
Ashton  print  of  English  make,  of  fast 
colors and a yard  wide, cost 16 cents and 
sold  at  20,  giving  a  margin  of  25  per 
cent,  profit,  whereas  this cheap  shoddy 
American  print  only  cost  from 2% to 5 
cents  and  sold  quickly  at  from  5  to 10 
cents,  giving a margin  of  100  per  cent, 
profit;  and so the  deacon  laid in a heavy 
stock of  this cheap  trash,  which was the 
first  departmental  stock of  merchandise 
that  fate  introduced me to.  There  was 
one pattern (and it predominated through­
out the  entire  stock)  that  contained all 
the colors  seen  at a Mississippi  planta­
tion camp-meeting, and spread on in sev­
eral thicknesses at that. 
It cost only Z% 
cents  per  yard,  which  fact  led  me  to 
believe  that the  paint  used in its manu­
facture  must  have  been  some  sort  of 
cheap  earth  paint or it would  not  have 
been so  cheap;  but we sold  it  at 7 cents 
per  yard  and  that was  the  only  thing 
connected  with its history which had any 
interest for the  deacon.  My mother had 
bought  some of  this loud  print to make 
some  aprons for  the hired  girl and they 
were  accidentally left  out  on  the  lawn 
the  night  after  my  mother  had  made 
them, and  the dew took out every particle 
of color;  but the  paint  did  not kill  the 
grass,  which  further convinced  me  that 
it must have been some cheap stuff.  One 
afternoon, after I had been holding down 
my  position  about  two  weeks,  a  lady 
customer who  was a neighbor,  a particu­
lar friend and a sister church  member of 
my  mother’s, came  into the  store to buy 
some print.  Her eye being  attracted  by 
the  pattern of  many colors  referred  to, 
she  enquired the  price. 
I  gave her  the 
price and she next asked me if the colors 
would ‘stand a wash.’ 
I replied prompt­
ly that  they would  not  and  that if  she 
wanted  fast  colors  and  goods  which 
would  give  her  perfect  satisfaction,  I 
would  advise  her  to  buy  the  Ashton 
prints.  The deacon was  in  the office on 
the  opposite  side of  the  store  writing, 
but just as I threw down a piece of  Ash­
ton print for the  lady’s inspection, down 
went the  deacon’s  pen on the  office desk 
and around  the counter  came the deacon 
in  a  towering rage. 
I  remained  at  my 
post and  the lady continued  to  examine 
the goods.  Biff ! !  Something very solid 
and  substantial  had  suddenly  come  in 
contact  with  me,  which  unbalanced  me 
and  came  near  sending  me  headlong 
through  the  deacon’s  front  window. 
I 
recovered  myself, however,  before reach­
ing  the window  and  turned to see  what 
was the matter.  The  deacon was  stand­
ing  in  my place  and  explaining  to  the 
lady,  in  a  voice  which  was  tremulous 
with  anger,  that the  colors in that  piece 
of American  print were  madder  colors, 
and that  everybody but an  absolute fool 
knew that madder colors were fast colors.

The  lady  gave  me  a  look of  sympathy 
and  passed  out of  the  store  without  a 
word,  never  to  enter  it again  while  the 
deacon  was  in.  Turning  to  me,  with 
blanched  face and  quivering  lips,  and a 
forced  smile  which  had a ghastly  look, 
he said: 
‘How  many times have you got 
to be told  that  these  goods are  here for 
sale and that that kind of talk will never 
sell  them?’

“I was transfixed.  1  was petrified. 

I 
was paralyzed. 
I was too mad for utter­
ance. 
I  stood  with  clinched  fists  and 
glared  at  the  deacon in a white  heat  of 
rage.  At  last speech  came  to  me and I 
fairly shouted: 
‘You infernal old  hypo­
critical  scoundrel,  I won’t lie for  myself 
in  order  to  enjoy  the  fruits of  a  legal 
robbery,  and I’ll see you  in the bottom of 
the bottomless pit before I’ll  lie for you; 
and  if  you  expect  me  to do  it, you’ve 
got  the wrong pig  by the  ear, and  don’t 
you forget it.’

“The deacon, who  had  retreated  to  a 
good safe distance, now drove his ghastly 
smile into a horse  laugh and  apologized, 
but from  that day to this  I  have always 
been suspicious of religious cloaks of  all 
kinds, sizes and patterns.” 

Z e n o .

S

b b d S

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 
35c, Egg  case fillers,  10  sets  in a case at 
81.25 a case.

W. T.  LAMOREflUX i CO.,

128, 130, 132 W. Bridge St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

F o r   Sale I

AT  A  BARGAIN.

A  stock  of  Dry  Goods  be­
longing  to  the  estate  of  Jas 
H. Brown, deceased.

Must be sold at once.
HIRAM  COLLINS,

Special  Mminist'r,  101  Ottawa  St

PAUL  EIFERT,

M anufacturer of

Trouts, Travolioi Bap and Cases

SAMPLE  TRUNKS  AND  CASES 

MADE  TO  ORDER.

W rite for Prices.

41  SO.  DIVISIO N  ST.,

-  Michigan.
| Grand  Rapids, 
|H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

- 

Tar and  Gravel  Roofers,

Michigan (Tentral

“  The Niagara Falls Route/*

DEPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express....................................6:30 am   10:00 pm
Mixed  .................................................... 6:40 am   4:30  pm
Day  Express......................................   1:20pm  10:00am
‘Atlantic & Pacific Express..............11:15 p m 
4:00 a m
New York Express............................... 5:40 pm   12:40 pm

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

»Dally.
All other daily except Sunday.
Bleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor cars run on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
F r e d  M. B r ig g s, Gen’l Agent, 35 Monroe St.
G. S. H a w k in s, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 57 Monroe St. 
O. W .R uggles.G . P.  &  T. Agent., Chicago.

Detroit I TIM[E  m BLE

GRAND m l
Milwaukee!

RAILWAY

NOW  IN   EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

T rains Leave 
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
I o n ia .............Ar
St.  Johns  ...A r
O w osso.........Ar
E.  S aginaw ..A r
Bay C ity .......Ar
F l i n t .............A r
Pt.  H u ro n ...A r
P o n tia c .........Ar
D etroit...........Ar

|+No.  14jtN o.  16 tN o.  liS*No.  28
6 50am
10 55pm 
7 45am
12 37am 
1 55am 
8 28am
9 15am 
315am
1105am 
11 55am 
1110am
305pm
10 57am
11 5  am

1 120am
11 25am
12 17am 
1 20pm 
3 00pm 
3 45pm 
3 40pm 
6 00pm
3 05pm
4 05pm
WESTWARD.

3 45prr
4 52pir
5 40pn
6 4ftpn
8 45pn
9 35pn 
SOOpn
lOSOpn
8 55pn
9 50pn

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

T rains Leave  1i*No. 81 ItNo. 11 tN o. li1 ItNo. 15
a  10 30pm 
G’d Rapids,  Lv 
G’d H aven,  Ar 
a  11 30pm 
M ilw’kee Str  “ 
a  6 45am 
Chicago Str.  “
a ..............
»Daily. 

5 lOpn
6 15pn 
6  45an 
6 OOan

tD aily except Sunday.

1 00pm
2 15pm

7 05am
8 50am

T rains arive from  the east, 6:40 a. m ., 12:50 p. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:25 p. m.
T rains  arrive  from   the west, 6:45 a.  m .,  10:10 
a. m., 3:35 p.m. and 9:50 p. m.
Eastw ard—No.  14  has  W agner  P arlcr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 W agner  Sleeper.
W estw ard—No.  81  W agner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No.  15 W agner Parlor Buffetcar.
J o hn W . L o u d , Traffic M anager.
Ben F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent.
J as. Cam pbell, City T icket Agent.

23 M onroe Street.

CHICAGO 

S E P T M 8 9 1 .
&  WEST  MICHIGAN  RY.
A. M.  P.  M.  P. M.  P.M.

DEPART POR

C hicago......................... |t  9:00
In d ia n ap o lis..............   It 9:00
Benton H arbor.............t   9:00
St.  Jo se p h ..................... t   9:00
T raverse  C ity............... 
t7:25
t9:00
M uskegon...................... 
M anistee 
.....................  
t7
L u d in g to n .................... 
t7:25
Big  K apids....................I  t7:25
tW eek Days.  »Daily.  gExcept Saturday.

t l  :05
t l  :05
tl:0 5
t l  :05
t5 :l
tl:0 5
t5 :l
+5:1'
t5 :J

*11:35
§11:35
*11:35
*11:35
t   5:30

i V u   go.  No ex tra charge for seats.

9 .A A   A. M. has through chair car to Chlca- 
1  5 
5:17 
11:35

P.  M.  runs  through to Chicago  solid 
w ith W agner buffet car;  sea  s  50 cts. 
P.  M. has  through free  chair  car  to 
M anistee,  via M.  & N. E. B. K.
P. M.  is solid  train  w ith W agner pal­
ace sleeping  car  through to Chicago, 
and sleeper  to  Indianapolis via Ben­
ton Harbor.

DETROIT,

SMART  FOR

JU N E  21,  1891.
Lansing & Northern R R
A. M.  P. M.  P. M.
t6:50
*6:25
t6:50
*6:25
t6:50
*6:25
t6:50
*6:25
t7:05
t7:05
t7:05

t l  :00 
tl:0 0  
tl:0 0  
tl:0 0  
t4:30 
t4:30 
t4:30

D etroit.............
L ansing...........
HoweU.............
Low ell.............
A lm a...............
St.  Louis  .......
Saginaw   City.

lor car;  seats 25  cents.

6 -PCfl  A  M- rnns through to D etroit w ith par- 
1.A A   P.  M.  Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 
(f 

trolt.  Seats, 25 cents.
P. M. rn n s  through to D etroit  w ith par
lor  car, seats  25  cents.

*7 » A K   A. M. has parlor  car  to  Saginaw, seats 
•  . v m   25 cents.
F or  tickets  and  inform ation  apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 M onroe  street, or U nion station.

Geo. DeHaven, Gen. Pass’r Agt.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  St  North  Michigan 

Bailway.

In   connection  w ith  th e  D etroit,  Lansing  & 
N orthern or D etroit, G rand Haven & M ilw auk  e 
offers  a  route  m aking  the  best  tim e  betw e  i 
G rand R apids and Toledo.

VIA D., L. A N.

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

VIA D., 8. H.  A H.

A nd  dealers  in  Tarred  F elt,  B uilding  Paper, 
Pitch,  Coal  Tar,  A sphaltum ,  Rosin,  M ineral 
Wool, Etc.

Corner Louis and Cam pan Sts., 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Lv. G rand RapldB a t ....... 6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t .................. 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

R eturn connections equally as good.

W. LH.  B e n n ett, G eneral Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

Grand  Rapids  St Indiana.
Schedule in effect  September 10,1891.

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
7:05  am
11:80  a m
4:30  p m
10:30 p m
Train  arriving at 9:20  daily;  all  other  trains  daily 

South. 
For Saginaw ft  Traverse  C ity..  5:15 am  
For Traverse City ft Mackinaw 
9:20 a m 
For Saginaw  and  Cadillac.........  2:16 p m 
For  Petoskey ft Mackinaw.......   8:50 p m 
except Sunday.

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 

South.
10:80  a m
2:00 p m
8:00  pm
11:05 p m
Trains leaving at 6:00 p. m. and 11 ;05 p. m. run daily; 

North. 
For  Cincinnati.............................   6:20 a m  
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago... 
For Fort Wayne and the  East..  11:60 a m 
For  Cincinnati..............................  6:30pm 
For  Chicago..................  
10:40 pm  
From Saginaw................................. 10:40 pm
all other trains daily except Sunday.

 

7:00 am

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
10:10 a m
7:00  a m 
11:26 a m 
4:65 pm
5:40  p m 
9:00 p m

From Muskegon—Arrive.

SLEEPING  ft  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE.

NORTH—7 :0 5   am  train.—Parlor chair car  G’d 
Rapids to Traverse  Oity.
11:30 a m train.—Parlor chair car  G’d 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
10:30 p m  train.—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw. 
SOUTH—7:00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:30 a m   train.—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6:00  p  m train.—Wagner Sleeping  Car 
Grand  Rapids to Cincinnati.
11 >05 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

Chicago -via G. B. & I. B. B.

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

10:30 a m   2:00 p m  
8:65 p m  9:00 p m 

11:05 pm
6:50 am
10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
11.05 p m train dally, through Wagner  Sleeping Car. 
10:10 p m
5:15  am
3.10  p m   through  Wagner  Parlor  Car.  10:10  p  m 

7:05 a m  3:10 p m 
Lv  Chicago 
2:15 pm   8 50pm  
Arr Grand Rapids 
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

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

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

Grand  Rapids  Electrotype  Co.,

-AND

6  and  8  Erie  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

EDMUND B.DIKEMHN
THE  GREATWatch JUaker

t=*5 Jeweler,
44  CÄNRL  ST.,
Grand Rapids  •  fiißli.

a
s a

W A N T E D .

POTATOES,  APPLES,  DRIED 

FRUIT,  BEANS 

and all kinds of Produce.

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

E A R L   BROS.,

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

157 South Water St.,  CHICAGO. 

Referenoe;  Fir st  National  Bank,  Chicago. 
Michigan T radesman. Grand Rapid*.

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

T O O   T A T E

That he has allowed his money to leak away.

„  

A N Y T H IN G

-jW lo p e y -Wwltite ears of ItsBlf,I 

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

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

tile business, adopt one of the

0 o u p o p   g ystejns

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

For Samples and  Price  List,  address

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

C.  A.  LAMB.

F.  J.  LAMB.

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

WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

Foreign  and  Domestic  Frilits  and  Proddce.

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

H o lt s   W anted I

I  want  500 to 1,000  cords of Poplar  Excel­

sior  Bolts,  18, 36 and  54  inches long.

I  also  want  Basswood  Bolts, same  lengths 

as above.  For particulars address

J.  W . FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.

W .  H.  D O W N S

JOBBER  OF

Notions  &  Fancy  Goods

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

I  have just  received a fresh invcice of Ribbons, on which I am prepared to make unusually close prices.

Overshirts.  Dr«»  Goads.

Yarns, Blankets, Comforts
Dress  Ginghams,  Prints,  Batts
And  a  New  Line of  Floor Oil Gloth  in  5-4,6-4,8-4, 
If.  S T E K E T E E   &  SOKIS

A L L   WEIGHTS

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

■m Monday*! and Saturday's Detroit Evening News 

Iter further Particulars.

$ 1 0 0  GIVEN  AWAY

To the Smoker« of the

l

P R IN C E   RUDOLPH  C IG A R S.

Tm  tko  psrsoa  guessing  the  nearest  to   the  number  of  Im ps that will 
appear in a series of  cuts in the  Evening  News,  cuts  not  to exceed  100, 
1st Cash  Prize, $50;  hi, $25;  8d,  15:  4th, $10.  Guess slips to be had with 
every 85c.  worth of  PRINCE  RUDOLPH  CIGARS.  Sold Everywhere. 
Up to date there has been published 23 cuts, w ith a  total of  3 0 3   Imps.

MANUPAOTURCB  BV

A l e x .  G o r d o n ,  D e tr o it,  M io tz.
DANIEL  LYNCH,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Wholesale  Agt.

3  J  g   OYSTERS!

The  Oyster  Season  is  now well  opened 
and  we are “ in the  swim,” as usual.  We  put up 
good goods and sell them right, and  w ©   ~ w a n t  
your trade•  Having  once  secured  it,  we 
will endeavor by all honorable means and methods 
to retain it.  Send ns your orders.

THE  PUTNAM  GANDY GO.

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

Correspondence solicited.

81  SOUTH  DIVISION  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

H.  LEO N A R D   &  SONS,

Voti  can  save  freight,  time  and  money by
buying  at  hume.  A.11  commands 
esteemed.

Toys.

Are shown  in  uneudiug varieties of  rat- j 
ties,  whips,  guus, soldier  sets,  swords, I 
trumpets,  chairs,  pistols,  watches,  sur­
prise boxes,  Santa Claus figures,  musical 
toys,  cows, rabbits,  dogs, horses,  jump­
ing  jacks, children’s furniture and china 
sets,  paints,  skin  toys,  villages,  Noah’s 
arks, bellows  toys, Christmas  tree  can-1 
dies and novelties, rubber balls, squakers, 
watches,  churches,  magic  lanterns  and 
mechanical toys of every description.

Christmas Books.

We  earnestly  advise  every  dealer  in 
this  line  to  examine our  extraordinary 
bargains  in  this class of  Holiday  Goods 
before  they  make  their  purchases,  the 
! assortment  is so  varied  that  we can  but 
call your  attention to it;  sufficient to say 
that  it  is  a  larger  variety  and a  hand­
somer,  brighter  line  than  we  have  ever 
shown.  Our special  line  (that is selling 
too  fast to suit  us)  at  18  cents  is  alone 
worth  a trip  to  the  city  to  select.  We 
are also  agents for “ McLoughlin  Bros’.” 
incomparable line.

“ Lotto ”  Games.

This  well  known  evening  amusement j 
holds  its  place  with  chess,  backgammon 
and  parcheesi  in the  public  favor.  We 
have  sold  it  for the  past  ypars  in  ever 
increasing  quantities.  The box  and im- j 
plements  now shown  are large  and dur-! 
able.  Retail prices 25 and 50 cents.

Fish Ponds

In  this game we did  not  begin to sup­
ply the demand  last  year,  being  entirely 
sold  out  by  December  1.  Nothing  can 
replace  this sporting  game and  nothing ' 
is so finely  gotten up for so little money. I 
Retails 25 cents to $1 each.

Ten Cent Games.

Here we  will  only  mention  the  names j 
of  the best  children  games ever  shown. ! 
Many  are  former  25  cent  games,  now; 
made over  into this  popular priced  line. 
We  show  Authors,  Old  Maid,  Fox  and 
Geese, Cards  of  Fate,  Dr.  Busby. Jump­
ing  Frog,  Simple  Simon,  Letters,  Rail­
road,  Peter  Coddle,  Uippety  Hop,  Tid- 
dledy Winks, Matrimony and  many more.

Harmonicas-

One of those  little things that are a ne­
cessity  in  every stock.  We  have  them 
from the five cent  toy up to the celebrat­
ed fifty  cent “ Hohner”  and at all  prices.

Silverware.

Our  new  supplement  to  Catalogue of 
Silver  Plated Ware  shows the  great  in­
crease  in  this household  line.  The  de­
signs have never been so rich  and chaste 
as those  now shown  and  the  line is now 
so large,  including kuives,  forks, spoons, 
children’s  sets,  fruit  knives,  casters, 
cake  baskets,  berry  dishes,  pickles,  tea 
sets,  tooth  picks,  napkin  rings,  syrups, 
butters,  berry  spoons,  pie  knives,  sugar 
shells, nut picks and cracks, peppers and 
salts,  call  bells,  ice pitchers and sets and 
numerous  novelties,  that  it  is a favorite 
one  with  all careful  buyers.

Window  Pieces.

Don’t forget the importance of  proper­
ly advertising  your  holiday  stock,  and 
look  at  our  numerous  articles that  will 
make a  big display in your show windows 
and at  the  same time  are  none  too fine 
for the petted son or daughter.  Rocking 
and  swing horses, extra  large dolls,  fur­
niture pieces, nests of drums, Santa Claus 
figures,  fine  plush  cases,  ships,  skin 
horses  and  the  ever  pleasing,  crowd 
drawing  mechanical  engines,  horses,  bi­
cycles,  fire  engines,  fighters,  jugglers, 
steam pump,  etc.

Puzzles.

This  feature  is  shown  in  many  new 
and  pleasing  varieties  of  smashed  up 
locomotives, 
fire  engines,  steamships, 
steamboats,  Old Woman  and Pig, United 
States,  The World,  the White  House,  the 
“Brownies,” the  pretty village.  All  be­
ing  bright  colors on wood  so  that  it  is 
one of  the most  durable as well  as  the 
most interesting amusements.  Put “puz­
zles” on your list.

Fancy Glass and China.
We have rich handled  flower and  bon­
bon  baskets, showing  brilliant  combina­
tions in  ruby, crystal,  yellow, blue,  rose, 
etc.  New colors in  vases and water sets. 
New decorations in china  cups  and  sau­
cers,  bone  plates,  fruit  plates,  salads, 
comports,  cracker  jars,  rose  jars, child’s 
plates and  all  items  necessary to a com­
plete  assortment.  Our  china  and  glass 
goods represent our own direct purchases 
abroad from the  best of  German,  French 
and Bohemian  makers  and is one  of  the 
most  profitable  stocks  that  can  be  put 
into any stock.

Order Early.

We  call  your especial  attention to  the 
benefits  to  be  secured by ordering  your 
Holiday Goods  early  in  the season.  Our 
stock  was  never  so  full  of  fancy  and 
staple  Christmas  goods as it now is,  and 
by  ordering  now  you  will  secure  the 
finest selection in every line.  Our terms 
to  dealers of  approved  credit  are 2 per 
cent,  discount  if  paid  December  1  (on 
goods sold previous to October SI) or net 
January 1,  1892.

Our  Catalogue  No.  105,  of  general 
staple,  and  No.  107  of strictly Christmas 
goods will be sent  to  dealers on request. 
If  you  haven’t  both of  these, drop  us a 
card.  The  best  goods  from  all  manu­
facturers  in  England,  France,  Germany 
and  the  United  States are  there  placed 
before  you and  an order from either will 
have as prompt and  careful  attention  as 
if placed in  person.

Do  not  underestimate  the  advantages 
to be obtained  by  coining to this  market 
and  selecting  from  our  magnificent line 
of  samples  We  have  one-third  more 
articles on exhibition this year than ever 
before.  Our  line  is  increased  in  every 
department  and  we  can  truthfully  say 
that  we  have  never  seen  brighter  and I 
ri  her  Holiday  Goods  than 
those  now 
F b u   can  make  money  on  our 
shown. 
line, and  the goods will  sell  themselves.

Nellie  Bly.

One of the best  games shown this year 
is  ••Round  the  World  with  Nellie  Bly,”
founded on the trip of the popular young 
lady  who  made  the  famous trip  for  the 
New  York  Worla in  the  unprecedented 
time of  78 days. 
It is perhaps  the  most 
interesting game ever shown at the price. 
Retails 75 cents each.

Playing Cards.

In  playing  cards  we  handle  only the 
“Russell  & Morgan”  line  and our  prices 
are actually below those of many jobbers. 
We carry the following well-known cards 
constantly  in  stock:  Cadet,  Steamboat, 
Tourists,  Bicycle,  Capital,  American, 
Skat, Sportsmen, Army & Navy and Con­
gress.  Don’t buy a card till you examine 
our line.

Dolls

In  this  magnificent  selling  line  our 
display is by far the grandest ever shown. 
You  will  find all  the  favorites in China 
babies,  China  limbs,  washable  dolls, 
dressed babies, dressed boy and girl dolls 
and novelties in bisque and kid combina­
tions never before shown in this country. 
This  enormous  variety is our  own  per­
sonal selection in the  markets of  France 
and Germany.

Dollar Typewriter.

This is  a  practical  typewriter  that  is 
used even  more by adults  than as  a  toy. j 
You  can  write  real  letters with  it  and I 
much  faster than  with  pen and  ir\k. 
It | 
is a wizard that makes the boys and girls 
wild to run  it,  and at the  retail  price of
j  $1  each  will  be wanted  in  every family 
j this fall.  Nothing  to  get  out  of  order. 
Simplest!  Cheapest!  Best!  Packed one 
I in a box.

Flying Artillery.

Is the latest  iron  toy for  children and 
is  a  perfect  imitation of  U.  S.  Artillery 
and entirely indestructible.  This feature 
makes  the  entire  line of  malleable  iron 
toys  from  a  25  cent  railroad  train  to  a 
five dollar “ Tally Ho” coach the favorite 
with every buyer.  Be  sure  your assort­
ment  includes  some  of  the  popular  50 
cent  and  $1  pieces  in  this  line.  All 
packed one in a box.

Tiddledv  Winks.

No  stock  will  be  complete  this  year 
without a full line of  this favorite game. 
It is popular  with  adults as well as with 
children  and  gives a complete entertain- 
meht  for  an  entire  evening.  No  game 
ever  put on the market  has had  such an 
enormous  sale,  and  the  new prices  now 
bring it within  the  reach of  all.  Retail 
from  10  cents to $1.25  each  with a good 
profit for the dealer.

Steam Toys.

Weedens’ celebrated steam mechanical 
toys  have  now  forced  the foreign  goods 
entirely off the market.  On pages 20 and 
21 of our Holiday Catalogue we  show his 
complete  line.  Every one  is  warranted 
to run by steam  or  no sale.  The  pieces 
shown are wonders and at once an amuse- 
megt  and  a constant  instruction  to  the 
boys-  Every part of  a real  engine is ex­
actly  duplicated,  and  any  part  can  be 
replaced at pleasure.

Ouija.

(Pronounced Wee-ja.)

It  furnishes  never 

The Ouija  is  without doubt  the  most 
interesting,  remarkable  and  mysterious 
production  of  the  19th  century. 
Its 
operations  are  always  interesting  and 
frequently  invaluable,  answering  as  it 
does  questions  concerning 
the  past, 
present  and  future with  marvelous  ac­
curacy. 
failing
amusement and recreation for all classes, 
while for the  scientific  or  thoughtful its 
mysterious  movements  invite  the  most 
careful  research  and  investigation—ap­
parently forming  the  link  between  the 
known  and  the  unknown,  the  material 
with  the immaterial. 
It  forces  upon us 
the conviction  that great  truth was  con­
tained  in  the  statement  of  the  Danish 
Prince: 
in
heaven  and  earth,  Horatio,  than  were 
ever dreamed of  in thy philosophy.”

“There  are  more  things 

