Published Weekly.

VOL.  9.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
CIRAN D   R A PID S,  NOVEM BER  18,  1891.

$1  Per  Year.
NO.  426

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

Domestic Fruits and Vegetables

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

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

lowest market prices. 

SEND  FOR  QUOTATIONS.

24 and 26 North Division St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

G -e t   t h e   B e s t  I

Jennings’

Flavoring  Extracts

SEE  QUOTATIONS.

MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

Successors  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#Sweet Goods.!
I m p r o v e d   F im o   S c r a p e r .

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PAID  TO  H A IL  ORDERS.

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

HESTER  &  FOX, Sole Agents, Grand Rapids, Mich.

THE  BEST  ON  THE  HARKET.

O ra n g es &  

Banan
WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS. 

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

C .  N .  R A P P   St  C O ..
_____ Florida  Oranges  a  Specialty._____

9 North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

H o l i d a y

Complete  Line  of  NoveltiesoNow  Ready.

A.  E.  BR O O K S  &  CO.,
Grand  Rapids,  Mich.
46 O ttaw a St., 
F.  J.  LAMB.
C.  A.  LAMB. 

WHOLESALE  CONFECTIONERS.

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

WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits  and  Prodilee,

84  and  86  South  Division  St.

TELFER  SFICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Spices  and  B aking  P ow der,  and  Jobbers  of 

Teas, Coffees and  G rocers’ Sundries.

I and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

TP  P   YORK  BI8GUIY  GO.,
C r a c k e r  M a n u fa c tu r e r s ,

S.  A.  SEARS,  Manager.

87, 39 and 41 K ent St., 

Grand  Rapids.
Spring & Company,

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IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Dress  Goods,  S h aw ls,  Cloaks, 
N otions, 
R ibbons,  H osiery, 
Gloves,  U nderw ear,  W oolen s, 
F lannels,  Blankets,  G ingham s, 
Prints and  Dom estic Cottons

W e  invite  the  attention  of  the  trade  to  our  com plete  and  well 

assorted  stock  at  low est  m arket  prices.

Spring & Company.

A g e n t s   W a n ted   !

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

WELLS  STONE  MERCANTILE  CO.

Saginaw,  Mich.,  June 22,  1891.

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  JVHLL1NG  COMPANY,  Albion,  Mich.

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

DEALERS IN

NOS.  183  aud  i24  LOUIS  STREET  GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN.

WTT  p » R # ’   A  STflPK   r.*?  .  - H I - " *   >t»»W   c o n  

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sheepskin  Slippers.

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“ 
“ 
Felt Slippers.

X quality,  per  doz.  prs...........SI 35
XX  “ 
.........  1  65
Plain,  for rubber  boots......... 1  50
Leather sole, quarters and
toe  cap....................................2 25
Parker’s Arctic Sock................ 2 25

H I R T H   &  FCPIA.TJSE!,

H eadquarters for  Blackings. Dressings, 

Shoe  Brashes. Etc.

Grand Rapids, Mich

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For  Bakings  of fill Kinds  Use

eisGhmariti l  Bo's
Unrivaled Bompressed Yeast.

SUPPLIED

FRESH DAILY

To Grocers Everywhere.

Special attention ii incited to ear

YELLOW  LABEL
which is affixed  to every  cake 
of our Yeast, and which serves 

TO  DISTINGUISH 

Oar Goods from worthless  Imitations.

SBND  FOR  S A M P L E

O F   O U R

Imitation Linen Envelopes

One  Size  only, 

x  6.

Price  printed,  5 0 0 ,  $1  5 0
2 .0 0 0 ,  2  5 0
2.000,  2 25 per M.
5 .0 0 0 ,  2  OO 

“

The Tradesman Company,

Grand  Rapids•

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

wholesale  Erasers

GRAND  RAPIDS.

BALL

Wholesale
Grocers.

BARNHART 

PUTMAN CO

JOBBER  OF

SALT  FISH

F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R
OYSTERS
POULTRY  I  GAME
STANDARD  OIL CO.,

CONSIGNMENTS  OF  ALL  KINDS OF  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED.

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 

See Quotations in Another Column.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.
in 

Illiiminating  and  Lilbricating

Dealers 

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NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office,  Hawkins Block. 

Works, Bntterworth Are.

BULK=8TATION8oAT

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

kegon,  Reed City,  Manistee,  Petoskey, Allegan.

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

Manufacturers and Jobbers of Soots and Shoes.

Onr  fail  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’  nod 
children’s shoes.
We  have the  finest 
lines  of  slippers  and 
warm  goods  we  ever 
carried.
We  handle all  the lead 
ing lines of felt boots and 
socks.
We solicit  your  inspec­
tion before purchasing.
“Agents  for  the Boston 
Rubber Shoe Co.”

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EST A B L ISH E D   1841.

THE MERCANTILE  AGENCY

R. G. D u n   &  Co.

Reference Books Issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada

B .  J .  Mason  &  Co.,

PROPRIETORS  OF

Old Homestead Factory

G-!Rj&_:fcTT,  M I C H .

M ANUFACTURERS  OF

Frnit  Jellies  anil  Apple  Belter

Our  goods  are  guaranteed to be made 
from wholesome  fruit and  are free from 
any adulteration  or  sophistication what­
ever.  See  quotations  in  grocery  price 
current.

Our goods are now all put up in patent 
kits,  weighing  5,  10,  20  and  30 pounds 
net.

J.

Including the following celebrated brands man­
ufactured  by the  well-known  house of  Glaser, 
Frame & Co.:
Vindex, long  Havana filler.......................   $35
Three  Medals, long Havana filler........... 
35
E lk ’s Choice, Havana filler and binder...  55
La F lor de Alfonso,........  ...................... 
55
65
La Doncella de M orera,......................... 
La  Ideal,  25 in a box................................ 
55
Also fine line  Key West goods at rock  bottom 
prices.  All favorite  brands of Cheroots  kept in 
stock.
ID  So.  Ionia 
PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK.
Liability,  $100,000 

Grand  Rapids.

Cor.  Monroe  and  Ionia Sts.,

Depositors’  Security,  $200,000.

OFFICERS.
Thomas Hefferan, President.
Henry F. Hastings, Vice-President.
Charles M. Heald,  3d Vice-President.
Charles B. Kelsey, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.

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

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

Thomas Hefferan.

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

IT WILL
0001 CHEER SOAR

To Buy A llen S.Wr is l e y 's

wading Wholesale Grocers keep if.

G RA N D   R A PID S,  W EDNESDAY,  NOVEM BER  18,  1891.

NO.  426

The Bradstreet Mercantile Apncy.
Executive  Offices, 279,281,283  Broadway, N.Y.

The B radstreet  Company, Props.

CHARLES  F.  CLARK,  Pres.

Offices in the principal cities of the United 
States,  Canada,  the  European  continent, 
Australia, and in London, England.

Grand  Rapids  Office,  Room  4,  Widdicomb  Bldg.

HENRY  IDEM A, Supt.

GOLD  MEDAL,  PARIS,  1878.

W.BAKER& CO.’S

Breakfast 
Cacaa

from which the excess of 
oil has been removed,

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  I s  A bsolutely P u re 
  and it is Soluble.
No  Chemicals
are used in its prepar­
ation. 
It  has  more 
than  three  times  the 
¡strength  of  C ocoa 
mixed  with  Starch, 
■rrowroot  or  Sugar,  and  is  therefore  far 
lore economical, costing less than one cent a 
up. 
It is  delicious,  nourishing, strengthen- 
lg, e a s il y   d ig e s t e d , and admirably adapted 
>r invalids as well as for persons in health. 
I BAKER & CO., DORCHESTER, MASS.

Sold  by Grocers everywhere.

We quote: 

B alk.

Standards, per gal.......................................  $1  15

Solid  Brand in Cans.

• 

Daisy  Brand  in Cans.
•

Selects.................. 36  E.  F.........................  22
Standards..............  19
Selects,................. 23  Standards.................   17
Favorites..............  15 
Mrs.  W ithey’s Home-made Mince-Meat
Large bbls..............  6  Half bbls................ 614
401b. pails  ............   614  201b.  pails  ............6$£
101b.  palls.............  7
21b. cans, (usual  weight)..............$1.50 per doz.
51b.  “ 
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..............$3.50  per doz.
Choice Dairy  Butter.........................................   19
Eggs.................................................................   21
Pure Sweet Cider, in  bbls.,  ...  15__Yt bbl...  16
Pure Cider Vinegar............................................10
Will pay 40 cents each for Molasses half  bbls. 
Above prices are made low to bid for trade. 
Let your orders come.

“ 

EDWIN  FALLAS  i  SDN, 

Valley City Cold Storage.
THOS. E.  W Y K E S,

W HOLESALE

Lime,  Cement,  Stucco,  H air,  Fire  Brick, 

F ire  Clay, I.ath,  Wood,  Hay, Grain,
Oil  Meal, Clover and  Tim othy Seed. 

Corner Wealthy Ave. and Ionia St.

on M. C. R. R. 

Write for prices.

.THE.

F I R E
INS.
CO.
P R O M P T ,  C O N SERVATIVE.  S A F E .

S. F. Aspinwall, Pres’t. 

W. F red McBain, See'y.

THE  EARLIER  BIRD.

There  were  four men  in the  smoking 
compartment of  a  Pullman,  in  an  over­
land  train  heading  Westward.  They 
talked of California—of its  gold and  the 
’49ers,  of  its  fruits  and  wine,  of  its 
mountain  scenery,  and of the  hospitali­
ty of its  people.  When  the  latter  sub­
ject  was  reached, one  of  the  travelers 
fetched  a sigh  so  long and  deep  that  it 
instantly attracted the  notice  of the oth­
ers,  and they asked its cause.  He return­
ing no answer,  one of them demanded  to 
know  whether he  had  ever  experienced 
the  famous  hospitality  of  the  Califor­
nians,  and to  this  question he made  the 
following  strange 
“Yes,  by
proxy.”  Thereupon the others, burning 
with  curiosity,  besought  him  to  make 
himself understood.  This he  did in  the 
following tale:

reply: 

My first  visit to  the Golden Gate  took 
place a number of years ago,  when I was 
an  inexperienced  young  man  of  dbout 
twenty-five.  My  home at  that time  was 
in  Cleveland,  where my  family  had  re­
sided for many years.  A trip to Califor­
nia,  in those days, was looked upon  as  a 
great  undertaking,  and  I  began to  talk 
it over  w.th my  friends  and  relatives— 
both  of which I  had in  abundance—sev­
eral weeks before I  set  out.  Presently, 
I made a remarkable discovery. 
It  was 
that every one of  these friends and  rela­
tives had some acquaintance on the Pacif­
ic  Coast,  who  would  rejoice  at  the op­
portunity to  welcome  me, afforded  by  a 
letter of introduction.

thau 

sort  of  a 

sight-draft, 

Now,  it  happened  that  several years 
before I had had a little experience  with 
the  practice of making friends by letter. 
When I went East  to college, I carried  a 
note to  some  people  in Boston. 
I  pre­
sented  it,  and I am confident that no  ex­
plorer of the Arctic regions ever encount­
ered  a  lower  temperature 
that 
which enveloped my welcome.  Now,  as 
I understand a ietter  of  introduction,  it 
is  a 
friend­
ship being the  consideration,  drawn  by 
your friend  on the  stranger,  which  you 
are  empowered  to  collect—if  you  can. 
Your success  depends on several things: 
Your  friend’s credit  with  the  stranger, 
for one; the stranger’s  general  solvency 
—that is,  his  capacity  for  friendship— 
for another,  and his  opinion of you  as  a 
collector,  for a  third.  The  whole trans­
action seems to  me loose  and  irregular, 
and the  risk falls  entirely on the unfort­
unate  bearer  of  the  letter, who  usually 
takes the thing on its face value.

At first,  I  tried  by various evasions to 
get out of  accepting  these  letters.  But 
it  would  not  work.  People  seemed  to 
think  that  they  were  conferring  some 
enormous favor  on me,  which,  with  the 
natural modesty of youth,  1  was seeking 
to  decline.  The  more  1  held  off,  the 
greater was their  zeal  in my behalf,  and 
in  several  instances,  I  am  confident,  it 
resulted in my having letters forced upon 
me  which  would  otherwise  have  beeD 
forgotten.  What  could  I  do?  Nobody 
ever heard of such a thing as declining a 
letter of introduction—it would be equiv­
alent to  saying:  “I don’t  want to  meet

your friend; he may  be good enough  for 
you,  but I  have  no  use  for him.”  So  I 
accepted all  that were  offefed,  and  con­
cealed my  true sentiments  under  an  ex­
pansive mask of gratitude.

The number of these epistles increased 
with  surprising  rapidity, 
for  not  only 
did  all  my  friends and  relatives  write 
themselves,  but  many  of  them dement- 
edly went about asking  people,  to whom 
I was an  utter stranger,  for  letters  that 
should make  me known  to their  friends 
in  California.  Then  there  were  some 
letters that came spontaneously from the 
most unexpected quarters.  For example, 
a friend would  would meet  me and  say:
“You don’t know  Colonel Jim Fairfax, 

do you?”

“No, I don’t.”
“Weil,  he  told  me the  other day  that 
he had a friend out  on  the Coast that  he 
would  like  you to  meet—he had  heard 
somewhere  of your  California  trip.  So 
he gave me a letter of introduction—here 
it is. 
It’s to  the  Hon.  Patrick Casey—a 
member of  the  Legislature. 
I  thanked 
him,  knowing that you would feel  grate­
ful for the attention.”
□ “Certainly,”  1  answered;  “but,  as  I 
never met  Colonel Jim  Fairfax,  I hardly 
see how he----- ”

“Oh, that was all right.  He just wrote 
the letter as if  you were a friend of  his. 
See?”

I opened  the  letter  and  saw. 

It  was 
calculated  to  deceive  the  Hon.  Patrick 
into  the  belief  that  Colonel Jim  and  I 
were like Damon  and  Pythais. 
I  shud- 
deringly  added  the  letter  to  the  heap, 
and I mention it now only as a sample of 
its class.

At last, when I was ready  to start, the 
bundle of letters had grown so large that 
it positively  frightened  me. 
Indeed,  at 
times I was half  inclined to abandon the 
trip, solely  on  account  of the  premoni­
tion of evil that swept over me whenever 
1 contemplated  that awful  heap.  But  I 
had now  gone  too  far  to  back out,  and, 
depositing  the  letters  in  one  corner  of- 
my  trunk,  1 took  my  departure.  There 
was a crowd at  the station to see  me off, 
and the  last thing  I  heard,  as  the  train 
started,  was a general cry of:

“Be sure and present my letter to—”
Of course, the request was  superfluous 
—like most  things said  at  partings—for 
the reason  that  I  had  already  solemnly 
promised each  one that I  would  deliver 
his letter.

In  the  quiet solitude  of the first  day’s 
ride,  I had nothing to  do but  think,  and 
the bundle  of  letters  provided  me with 
plenty  of  subject-matter.  They  consti­
tuted a problem whose  vexatious  condi­
tions drove me half distracted.

If I failed to deliver them—or  to make 
at least an honest effort in behalf of each 
—I would break my promise to a number 
of people  whose  good  opinion  I held  in 
high esteem. 
It  would  never do for  me 
deliberately to admit, on my return, that 
1 had scorned to make acquaintance with 
their friends, or that  1 had been  insensi­
ble  to  their  kindness  in  giving  me  the 
letters.  On  the  other  hand,  I . doubted 
whether  1  could  manufacture  excuses

2

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

delicate enough to be satisfactory, and at 
the same  time in  large enough  numbers 
to  go  around.  Having  been  trained  to 
truth from my  boyhood,  1 lacked the im­
aginative  powers  needed 
for  artistic 
mendacity. 
In  fact,  I was likely to find 
myself in  the  same  embarrassing  situa­
tion that  is  said  to  have  overcome  the 
Father of his Country:  1 could not tell a 
lie—that would get me out of the scrape.
So I finally  settled  it  in  my own mind 

that I must present ail  the letters.

Then the  other  horn  of  the  dilemma 
began.  Here were  a  lot  of  people who 
knew nothing  of  me  nor  1  of  them.  1 
was expected to hunt them up,  at a great 
expense of time and trouble,  and  deliver 
to them  a letter  apiece all  around,  after 
the fashion  of  a  conscientious  and  im­
partial  mailman.  But that was  not  all. 
These letters  practically  involved  a  de­
mand  on  my  part,  for  attentions, based 
on a je-ne-sias-quoi relationship between 
the sender  and  the  recipient.  Being  a 
very young man,  I was  somewhat  sensi­
tive on the score of snubs,and I saw them 
looming  up 
numbers 
throughout  the  whole  situation.  The 
Boston experience was liable to be repeat­
ed on a magnificent scale.

in  unlimited 

The second day out I became acquaint­
ed with several of jny  fellow-passengers. 
One of them,  a  bright young New-York­
er,  by the  name of Yelverton,  seemed  to 
take a  special  fancy  to  me,  and  we  put 
in several hours conversing together.  He 
had  visited  the  Coast  before,  and,  al­
though only a few years my senior, was ev­
idently a man  who had had a good deal of 
experience in the world.  Naturally, after 
our  acquaintance  had  progressed  to  a 
certain stage,  I talked of the subject that 
was uppermost in my mind,  and told him 
all about the letters.

I had  hoped  he  would  say  something 
that would  prove reassuring;  on the con­
trary,  he aggravated my  woe.

“Well, my dear fellow,”he said,“if you 
are  going to  undertake  to deliver  those 
epistles, you  have  my  sym, athy.  Just 
now,  the  very  words 'letter  of introduc­
tion’  are,  to the average Californian, like 
a red rag to  a bull.  They are  a hospita­
ble  people,  but  their  good  nature  has 
been  so  grossly  imposed  upon  by  the 
horde  of  imposters  and  mountebanks 
that has  poured  in since the building  of 
the railroad, that it  is no longer easy tor 
a stranger to get  into their  good  graces. 
The  letter-of-introductiou  device  has 
been  worked  until  it  is  threadbare,  and 
the man  who  offers to present  one  risks 
an immediate arrest  from  the police,  or 
even  severer  treatment at  the hands  of 
the vigilance committee.”

“ You frighten  me,” 1  said;  “ however, 
as my  letters  are all  genuine,  and  bear 
the  names  of many  of the  most promi­
nent people of Cleveland, 1 hardly expect 
to meet  with difficulties of that sort.”

‘•Probably not,”  said  Yelverton,  “but 
you may expect to be rather coldly treat­
ed.”

“ Well,  blast the letters!”  1 exclaimed, 
angrily; “ I cau see  they are  going to de­
stroy half the pleasure of my  visit to the 
Coast.”

My  annoyance  seemed  to  afford  Yel­
verton  no  small  amusement,  and  he  re­
curred several  times to the  subject after 
1 had allowed  it to drop.

It was part  of my plan to  stop over  in 
Denver about a week to visit some friends. 
Yelverton,  also,  made a brief stay in that 
place,  and  we occupied  adjoining apart­
ments in the same hotel.  Once, when he

happened to  be in my  room,  1 had  occa­
sion to  look for  something in  my trunk, 
and 1 came upon the hated  bundle of let­
ters.

“Here are those  infernal  documents,”
1  remarked,  tossing  the  bundle  over to 
the  table  near  which  he  stood.  He 
picked  it  up,  felt  of its  thickness,  and 
then gave a sardonic laugh.

“ You are  certainly in for  it, my boy,” 
he said, aud  put the  letters back on  the 
table  amid  a  pile  of  newspapers  and 
magazines.

Before his departure,  which took place 
the  next  day,  Yelverton  made  me 
promise  that  1  would 
telegraph  him 
when  1  left  Denver,  so  that  he  might 
meet me  on my  arrival  at  the Coast. 
I 
promised 
it  unhesitatingly,  for  I  was 
satisfied that  his friendship would  bring 
opportunities not to be  slighted.

Various  circumstances  which  I  need 
not detail  lengthened my  stay in Denver 
from a  week to  nearly a  month,  and  in 
the course  of  that  time  I  quite  forgot 
about the letters of introduction.  When 
I was ready to depart, however,I thought 
of them with a sudden  and intense  pang 
of discomfort.

I  telegraphed  to  Yelverton,  and  pro­
ceeded to pack my trunk.  Just  as I was 
about  to  turn  the  key,  it  suddenly  oc­
curred to me  that  l  had not  noticed  the 
bundle  of letters in  its customary  place 
I opened  the 
in  the  corner  of  the till. 
trunk  and 
letters 
were not 1o be found,  either in the till or 
elsewhere.  Then  1  remembered  that 
shortly  after  my  arrival at  the  hotel  I 
had taken them out to show to Yelverton, 
and had  put  them on  the table.  Howev­
er,  they were not there now.

investigated.  The 

I made a thorough search of the  room; 

the letters had  plainly disappeared.

1  went  immediately  to  the  clerk  and 
told  my  story.  He  sent  for  the  head 
chambermaid.

“Who  takes  care  of  Mr.  Bonwortby’s 

room?”  he asked.

“ Maggie,”  answered  the  head  cham­
bermaid,  “but Clara had that room when 
he first came.”

“I have lost a package of letters,” said 

L

The two exchanged significant glances.
“Do  you  think  they  were  stolen?”  I 
asked;  “no one  could  have any  possible 
object—”

“Oh,  no,”  said  the  clerk.  Then  he 

asked me if the letters were valuable.

“ N-no,” I  said,  “not exactly.”
“Well, I’ll tell yon,” said the clerk, evi­
dently  much  relieved;  “ we  let  that  girl 
Clara go,  because she had a reckless way 
of  burning up things that she  found  ly­
ing  around in  the  rooms. 
If  you  have 
made a thorough search and you  are sure 
the letters are not  there,  the chances are 
they  are destroyed.”

I found it difficult to  repress my joy at 
this  intelligence. 
It  is  to  be  doubted 
if  the  clerk  and  head  chambermaid 
ever succeeded in  explaining my strange 
conduct,  in  actually  refusing to  make a 
row  when  one  was  quite  justifiable.  1 
hastened  back  to the room  and  executed 
a fresh  search,  so  as to  satisfy  the  last 
kick of my  conscience.  When I was  ab­
solutely convinced  that the  letters  were 
gone,  I danced about the room  in a trans­
port  of glee.  The awful  incubus  which 
I had been  weighing down my  spirits was 
| suddenly removed, and 1 breathed  again.
“What a blockhead I am,” I said to my­
self; “ why  did  it  never  occur  to  me  to

destroy the  letters,  and claim, on my re­
turn, that they had been lost?”

I  continued  my  journey, 

Chance had supplied the excuse  which 
imagination  had  been  unable  to conjure 
up. 
light­
hearted  as  a  prisoner  Who  has just  se­
cured his  freedom—and totally  unsuspi­
cious of the fate  that was about  to over­
take me.

Yelverton had advised  me to stop over 
at Sacramento—one of  the historic cities 
of the  State—and  visit the  capital  and 
other points  of  interest.  1  adopted  the 
suggestion.  The  train  got  into  Sacra­
mento in the  morning,  aud 1 was  driven 
right to a hotel.

I  wrote my  name on  the  register, ami 
asked for a room for one day.  The clerk 
whirled the  book around,  glanced at  the 
name, and  said:

“ All  right,  Mr. Bon-----why  are  you
Mr.  Bonworthy?  Elliot  Bouworthy—of 
Cleveland?”

“ Well,”  I  said,  with  some  dignity, 
“what did you imagine 1 wrote that name 
for—amusement?”

His  tone  and  manner  surprised  and 
annoyed  me. 
It  was  evident,  however, 
that  my  cool  answer  had  disconcerted 
him,  for  his  hand shook  as he  penciled 
the  number  of  a  room after  my name, 
and  his voice  trembled  when he  called 
up the bell-boy.

Ten  minutes  later, just as l was  com­
pleting a hasty  toilet,  there was a knock 
at my door and,in answer to a “Come  in,’ 
the  clerk  entered,  followed  by  a  tall, 
military  looking  man.  When  the  door 
was closed,  the  clerk  motioned  his  hand 
toward me and nodded.
“What is it?”  I asked.
“ Do  I  understand,” said  the  military 
man,  “that you acknowledge  your  name 
to be Elliot Bonworthy?”

“Of  course  1  do,” I  answered,  some­

what  angrily.

“ Well,  I like his nerve,” said the mili­
tary  man  to  the  clerk,  and  the  clerk 
grinned at me.

“Say,”  continued 

the  military  man, 

“have you any friends in this town?”

“No,”  I  said;  “1  had  some  letters  of 

introduction to several-----”

The clerk gave a loud,  derisive  laugh.
“That  settles  it,  Bill,” he  said  to  his 
companion; “you  had  better run him  in. 
You can  take him down to the city on the 
afternoon train.”

“ What  does  all 

this  mean?”  I  ex­

claimed.

Bill  produced a paper from his pocket. 
“ It  means  that you  are  under  arrest,” 
said he,  “on a charge of obtaining money 
under  false  pretences.  We  know  all 
about your letter-of-introductiou scheme; 
it  may  have  worked  all  right  iu  San 
Francisco,  but  it  doesn’t go  here.  Now 
just  come along  quietly aud there  won’t 
be any  trouble; otherwise-----”

1  glanced at the  warrant.  There  was 
my name,  “ Elliot  Bonworthy,”  as  plain 
as print. 
I don’t  need  to  remark that  1 
was  astonished  and  frightened.  1  had 
heard of men  being  mistaken  tor  crimi­
nals and put to the  necessity of  proving 
their own  identity,  but,  here  was  I,  ar­
rested  under  my  own  name,  in a  place 
where I had  supposed myself utterly un­
known.  What  could  1  do—or  say?  1 
asked a few  questions, and  learned  that 
the  crime  that  was  charged  had  been 
committed  in the city of San Francisco a 
w ;ek  or two  before.  Of course, 1  could 
prove  an  alibi  at  the  trial—but,  in  the 
meantime,  what  was  to be  done to  keep 
out of jail?

PAUL  EIFERT,

Manufacturer of

Trais, Timlini  Bap ant Cases

SAMPLE  THUNKS  AND  CASES 

MADE  TO  ORDER.

Write for Prices.

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Grand  Rapids, 

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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 tillers,  10  sets  in a case at 
81.25 a case.

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

4 Monroe St., G rand Kapidg,  Mich.
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Felt Boots and Alaska  Soeks-

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I  accompanied  Bill—“quietly,”  as  he 
had suggested—to the sheriff's office,  and 
we waited there  until the  next train  left 
for San Francisco.

Bill proved  to be rather  an' entertain­
ing  companion.  The  first  half  of  the 
trip he did  his best  to convince  me  that 
I ought to make a full confession  to him 
of all my various crimes.  He promised to 
“stand in” and  get  me  off  with  a light 
sentence.  When  he  found  this  under­
taking  hopeless,  he began  to talk  about 
the  country,  answering  the  questions 
which I,  a stranger to the scenes through 
which we  were  passing,  very  naturally 
asked.  At  length,  however,  as  we were 
crossnig the ferry  from Oakland,  when  1 
expressed  my  satisfaction  at  beholding 
the  Golden  Gate  for  the  first  time,  he 
turned on me,  with a  sheepish  grin,  and 
said:

“You’d  better  let up. 

It won’t  do  no 
good.  Of course,  you know the place  as 
well as I do, and  it’s  no  use your  tryin’ 
to fill me full of prunes.”

When we arrived  in the  city,  we went 

directly to the sheriff’s office.

“We’ll take you to jail  later  on,”  said 

Bill,  apologetically.

The sheriff  dispatched a messenger af­
ter some  of the  complaining  witnesses, 
and then  proceeded  to  interview me.  1 
told  him my name,  and explained  that  1 
was a tourist from Cleveland.  He nodded 
his  head  and  announced  that  the  jig 
was up,  and that I might as well confess, 
for they had a very good case against me.
Presently, two  well-dressed  men were 
ushered into the room.  Bill accompanied 
them.

“There  is  the  man,” said  the  sheriff; 
“he acknowledges it—at least the name.”
“He is not the man,’’said one of the new­

comers,  emphatically.

“He isn’t!” exclaimed  the  sheriff,  and 
Bill made a hasty reference  to the infer­
nal regions.

“No!” cried the gentleman; “I told you 
the fellow  had  a  blond  mustache,  blue 
eyes,  was  thick-set,  and  wore  his  hair 
parted  nearly in the middle.”

“Yelverton!”  I  exclaimed,  springing 

up.

“That’s  one  of  his  names,”  said  the 
sheriff; “he went here under the name  of 
Elliot Bonworthy,  and  he  had an armful 
of  letters of introduction,  with which he 
worked the  town.  What  do  you  know 
about him?”

“He  stole  those  letters  from  me  at 

Denver,” I said.

“Oh,  then  you  are  the  Simon  Pure 
Elliot Bonworthy?”  said  one of the  gen­
tlemen.

“I  can  prove  it  readily  enough,  if 

necessary,” I replied.

The  sheriff  and  Bill  began  to  make 
profuse apologies,  to  which  I paid  little 
attention,  as  I  was  anxious to  learu  of 
Yelverton and his performances.

“He arrived here nearly a month ago,” 
said  one  of  the  gentleman,  “and  began 
immediately  to  make  acquaintances  by 
means  of those  letters—your  letters,  it 
appears.  They were to  many of the fin­
est  people in  the city.  So  we  took  the 
man  right  in,  for  he  talked  and  acted 
like  a  perfect  gentleman.  Well,  sir,  I 
don’t  suppose  that  any  man  that  ever 
came to this city got more  elegant  treat­
ment 
Do  you?” 
he  asked,  turning to his companion, who 
signified his entire agreement.

than  that 

fellow. 

“Go on,” I said,  with an inward groan.
“The best private houses and the clubs 
were all  open  to  him, and  he  received

every  possible  attention.  Several  men 
I know  gave him  wine  suppers.  There 
wasn’t  a  social event  of  importance  to 
which  he  failed  to  have an  invitation. 
He gave out that he  was sizing things up 
for  a syndicate  of Cleveland  capitalists 
that thought of investing in mines.  Well, 
sir,  1  calculate  that  in the  three  weeks 
that he put in in  this city,  he had proba­
bly  one  of  the  very  largest times  that 
any man ever enjoyed; and  he wound the 
thing up  by getting  the names of  three 
or  four  good  business  men  on  spurious 
drafts,  and  then  suddenly  disappeared 
from view.”

“That  was  when  I  telegraphed him  I 

was coming,” I said.

“Well,” observed  the  speaker in  con­
clusion,  “if  you  have  any  more letters 
of introduction bearing that  same name,
I would not  advise you  to present  them, 
for  you are  liable to  get  arrested  every 
time you try one on.”

I  explained  that  Yelverton  had  cap­
tured the entire pack.  The complaining 
witnesses then  shook  hands with me and 
departed. 
I  imagine  their  experience 
with  Yelverton  discouraged  them  from 
any rash tenders  of hospitality,  for  they 
did  not suggest any improvement of  our 
acquaintance.  3  Indeed,  it  was  a  cool 
stand-off on both sides,for I did not fancy 
the sarcastic  fiiugs on  the subject  of  the 
letters.

The  next  day  the  newspapers  con­
tained the  whole  story—the theft of  the 
letters, Yelverton’s  performance and my 
arrest.  The account  given  of  the  brief 
but  glorious  career  of  my  proxy—the 
spurious Mr. Elliot Bonworthy,convinced 
me that the gentlemen  I  had  met  at the 
sheriff’s office were  quite right in saying 
he had enjoyed a "large time.”  As I read 
of  suppers,  dinners,  fetes,  balls,  excur­
sions,  honors,  attentions,  etc., my senses 
fairly reeled with  anguish.  All this good 
time  really  belonged  to me;  I had  been 
cheated out of it,  partly through my own 
stupid  misgivings,  and  partly  through 
the  shrewdness  and  industry  of  this 
earlier bird.

Now,  then,  gentlemen  (concluded  the 
passenger  who  had  been  asked  to  tell 
what  he knew  of  the* hospitality of  the 
Californians),  yon  understand  what  1 
mean by  saying that I  received my  wel­
come on  the Coast by proxy.

F red  Bayham.

W ho  W a n ts  th e   $75?

The Grand Rapids Savings Bank is out 
with an offer of $75  in  prizes  for  young 
story writers.

Four  prizes  are  offered:  First,  $30; 
second,  $20;  third  $15,  and  fourth  $10, 
for  the  best  short  Christmas  story  to 
most  completely  illustrate  the  methods 
and benefits of small savings.  The story 
must contain not  more than fifteen  hun­
dred  nor  less  than one thousand  words, 
and  the competitors  are  limited to  girls 
and  boys  under  eighteen  years  of  age 
who reside in Kent or adjoining counties.
The awards will be made by a commit­
tee of  judges  consisting of  a  member of 
the staff of each  of the  following  Grand 
Rapids papers:  Eagle.  Democrat,  Tele­
gram-Herald, Leader and T he Michigan 
T ra desm a n.

All competing stories must be addressed 
to  Grand  Rapids  Savings  Bank,  corner 
Fulton and South Division streets, Grand 
Rapids, Mich.,  to become the property of 
the Bank, to  be printed at its discretion, 
and must be in the hands of  the Bank by 
December 15,  1891. 

__:

RUILT  FOR  BUSINESS!

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

“patching up” pass-book accounts?

yourself and clerks are so prone to forget to charge?

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

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

Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

COUPON  BOOK  ys. PASS  BOOK.

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

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

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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T K A lDESMA.JST

vote their entire attention  and capital  to  ed Edwin Russell  an  additional  receiver 
their furniture manufacturing  business,  for the  East Shore Furniture Co.,  to  sell 
which  will  involve  a  considerable  in-  the stock and materials  on  hand,  and  if 
crease  in  their  capacity  and  working  possible to put the institution again upon 
force. 

! its feet.

Evart — Mark  Ardis,  whose  general  Grayling—Sailing.  Han-on  &  Co.  in­
stock  and  building  were  recently  de-  tend to  bank  11,000.000  feet  of logs  in 
siroyed by fire,  has  taken  possession  of  Emmet  county  this  winter,  and  it 
is 
the Dermont building temporarily.  Seath  thought the stock  will  be  manufactured 
Bros,  are running their  meat  market  in  next  season  by  the  Whitehall  Lumber 
the restaurant building,  opposite the  old  Co., at Cheboygan, 
stand.  Lather Rus-ell is occupying part  Cheboygan—The  valuable  maple  tim-
of the Allen  store, one door north  of  his 
| old  location.  J.  N.  Alien will  repair his 
j building,  which  was not  so  badly  dam­
aged  as first thought.  Frank Postal  has 
i  had his two bnildings repaired and  busi- j 
| ness there goes on  undisturbed.

am o n g  THE  THAOS.
ABOTTSD THE STATE.

Olivet—M.  L.  Meads,  the  druggist,  is 

dead.

Battle Creek—Wm.  Farlin  has sold his 

meat market to A.  X.  Buckner.

Partello—C. E.  Gibson  succeeds  A.  S. 

Gibson & Son in general  trade.

Woodstock—-S.  D.  Turk  has  sold  his 

grocery stock to  C.  F.  Mulnix.

Leaton—W.  J.  Jordan  has  sold  his 

grocery stock to E.  Kirkpatrick.

Battle Creek—O.  V.  Pratt  has  sold his 

grocery stock to Flarndon  & Bliss.

Marquette—W.  H. Clark  has  sold  his 

grocery stock to S. T. Jones & Co.

Watrousville—W.  J.  Hazel ton  has  re­

moved his grocery stock to Clifford.

Bedford—Ed.  F.  Nye  has  engaged  in 

the hardware business at this  place.

Cheboygan—Wm.  Miller succeed-Mil­
ler & Schaefer in the  furniture business.
Port  Huron—Thos.  H.  Mills,  of  the 
drug  firm of  Campbell & Mills,  is  dead.
Cadillac— Daremus  &.  Gebott  have 
opened a meat market in  the Born build­
ing.

Mavville—John  G.  Myers  &  Co.  are 
succeeded  by  H.  C.  Myers & Co.  in gen­
eral trade.

Bay City—Edwin G.  Pipp has removed 
his  boot  and  shoe  stock  from  Oscoda to 
this place.

Cheboygan—Martin  Bros.’  paint  and 
wall paper stock  has  been  seized  under 
chattel mortgage.

Adrian— C.  C.  VanDoren 

succeeds 
Roath  &  VanDoren  in  the  agricultural 
implement business.

Lin wood—Moore  &  Jehn  have  pur­
chased the  general  stock  of C.  S.  Groes- 
beck  & Co.  The latter still continue  in 
the sawmill business.

Carson City—S.  H. Caswell  is  opening 
a branch  furniture and undertaking store 
at  Sumner.  His  son,  Frank,  will  have 
charge of the business.

Mecosta—A.  Chipman  has  purchased 
the interest  of  Alvin  Whitney 
in  the 
meat market.  Henceforth  the  firm  will 
be known  as  Pangborn & Chipman.

Hastings—Henry  C.  Cook  has  pur­
chased  a half interest in the grocery  and 
feed store and  business  of  A.  D.  Cook. 
The new  firm  will  be known  as  A.  D.  & 
H. Cook.

Muskegon—Moses  Duquette  has  as­
signed  bis grocery stock  at  277  W.  Clay 
avenue to  N.  P.  Nelson.  The  liabilities 
are $2,093 and  the  assets  are  estimated 
at $1,275.

Morley—Peter Hanson  has  purchased 
of the heirs the interest  formerly  owned 
by his  late brother in  the grocery firm of 
Hanson  Bros,  and  will  hereafter  con­
tinue the business under his  own  name.
Sand  Lake—L.  M.  Mills  has  sold  his 
drug stock to a couple  of  physicians  at 
Dimondale,  who have moved the stock to 
that place,  where business  will  be  con­
ducted  under the  management  of  A.  D. 
Burnham.

Jennings—Frank  A.  Jenison’s  store 
building and  the  general  stock  of  the 
Patrons of Industry  Stock  Co.  were  re­
cently destroyed  by fire.  The Stock  Co. 
subsequently  purchased 
the  general 
stock of A. C.  McNitt and  resumed  bus­
iness.  -

Allegan—Oliver & Co.  have  sold  their 
retail  furniture and  undertaking stock to 
Herman Cook  and  John  W.  Stegeman, 
who will  continue  the  business  under 
the  style  of  Cook,  Stegeman  &  Co. 
Messrs.  Oliver &  Co.  will  hereafter  de­

Detroit—Thomas W.  Mizner has filed a 
j bill of  complaint  in  the  Wayne  Circuit 
against  Henry  C.  Briggs,  Herman  G.  ! 
j  Briggs and  M.  E.  Briggs  setting  forth | 
1 that one of the  defendants  solicited  him 
| to put some money in a commission  busi- j 
j ness in  Detroit.  At the time Mizner was j 
I running a store in  Howell,  and,  being on ! 
j friendly terms  with  Henry  Briggs,  em- 
| barked  in  the  Detroit  enteprise.  He | 
continued 
in  the  business  for  several | 
years and finally came to  the  conclusion  j 
j  that he  w a s  not being treated fairly as  a \ 
| partner.  He  asks  the  court  to  dissolve 
j the partnership and to compel an account­
ing of the business dealings of the parties 
and  that  he  be  decreed  his  just  and 
equitable shares of the proceeds.

M A -V UF ACTXJBIjr6   MATTERS.

I  Carrolton—W.  S.  Thomson  succeeds 
Thomson & Dedloff  in  the sawmill  busi­
ness.

Detroit—Anthony Grzukowitz  has sold 
his merchant tailoring stock  to  Anthony 
Kutny.

Saginaw—Wm.  Binder  has  purchased 
the plant  and  business  of  the  Saginaw 
| Step Ladder Co.

Maybee—Maybee  &  Hoisey  are  suc­
the 

ceeded  by  Hoisey  &  Helkemer  in 
(louring mill  business.

Centerville—W.  Denton  &  Co.  succeed 
Ingham  & Denton in  the  proprietorship 
of the Michigan Central Knitting Mills.

Rondo—Cunningham & Co.  will  putin 
3,000,000  feet  of  hardwood  logs  to  be 
manufactured at their mill next  season.
Jackson—The  Steele  &  Hovey  Manu­
facturing  Co., manufacturers of  gig sad­
dles  and  coach  pads,  will  shortly  re­
move to South Bend,  Ind.

Saginaw—The saw mill of the Saginaw 
Lumber &  Salt  Co.  lias  passed  the  22,- 
000,000 notch,  and it is intended to  oper­
ate it until the close of the  month.

Hudsonviile — Geo.  Sinclair  has  sold 
an  interest  in  his  cheese box  factory  to 
J.  E.  and  Geo.  K.  Phillips.  The  new 
firm  will  be  known  as  Geo. Sinclair & 
Co.

Cheboygan—Swift Bros,  sawmill  is  to 
receive  a  band  saw  and a new  circular 
rig  to  enable  them to saw  long  timber. 
An  addition  to  the  mill  is  also  being 
built.

Alpena—The  Minor  Lumber  Co.  willj 
bank  3,000,000  feet  of  logs  on  Lake 
Huron  shore  in  Presque  Isle  county. 
The  logs  will  be  rafted to Alpena  next j 
season.

Gladwin — William  Brown,  of  New  | 
York,  has  purchased  the  shingle  timber 
on the lands  of  Estey, Calkins  & Co.,  in 
Bently township, and has built a shingle 
mill  with a capacity  of 35,000 daily.

Manistee—Judge Judkins has appoint- j

on the  Board  as  any  member  who  has 
ever  been  honored by  an  appointment. 
His  candidacy  also  appeals  to  a  class 
which has  never  yet been  recognized  in 
the make-up of the  Board—the clerks  of 
the State,  who constitute  more than  half 
the registered  pharmacists  of  Michigan. 
In  view of these  facts.  I hope  to  see the 
sentiment of the  drug  trade  unanimous 
in support of Mr.  Bugbee’s appointment.

P ha rm a cist.

FOB  SALE.  W ANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements will be inserted  under  this  head for 
two  cents  a  word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken for lees than 25 cents.  Advance  payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

317

334

319

Dr u g  stor e fo r  sa l e  at  a   b a r g a in  in   t h e
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. 
|N>R SALE-DRUG  STOCK, LOCATED ON BEST  BCS^ 
Jl  mess  corner in Manistee.  Will sell  a t a  bargain. 
Splendid  chance  for  a  hustling  druggist.  Address 
Jacob H&nselm&n, Manistee. Mich. 
FK>R SALE—FRESH  STOCK  GROCERIES.  WILL IN- 
ventory  about  $700.  Centrally  located  in  this 
city.  Good  business  and  good  reasons  for  selling. 
Address No. 317. care  Michigan Tradesman. 
FV>R  SALE  — HARDWOOD  LUMBER  MILL,  SIX 
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 ail  in order to begin work 
at  once.  Address  J.  J.  Robbins,  Stanton,  Mich,  or 
Hunter, A  Reid, 121 Ottawa street, Grand Rapids. 
312
FfO R  8ALE^CLEAN  AND  CAREFULLY  SELECTED 
grocery stock,  located at a good country trading 
point.  Business  well  established.  Address  A.  C. 
Adams, Administrator, Morley, Mich. 
F*OR  SALE — FIRST  CLASS  HARDWARE  STOCK;
will  invoice  $6 000  or  $7.0C0;  located  near  new 
depot. No.  ISO West Fulton street, Grand Rapids.  Will 
discount  for  cash.  Also  new  brick  store  25x90,  two 
stories,  all  modern  conveniences  for living  rooms in 
second  story.  Will  rent  store  at  reasonable  figures 
or sell the same for $7,000.  Has  a good  paying  trade; 
only reason  for  selling,  too much  other  business  to 
look  after.  Size of  lot  25x100  and  alley.  Win&ns  & 
Allen. 3 & 4 Tower block. 
TX)R  SALE —GROCERY  STOCK  AND  FIXTURES ; 
J? 
running two deliveries;  doing good business;  will 
Invoice about $4,000.  Address lock  box 27, Ann  Arbor, 
Mich. 
A  RARE CHANCE—FOR SALE—A COMPLETE DRUG 
-D l  stock  and  fixtures. 
Inventories  about  $2.000— 
will  sell at inventory  price.  Good  reason for selling. 
E.  A. Beaman, Charlevoix, Mich. 
F*OR  SALE-GOOD  HARDWARE  STOCK,  WITH 
good . rade established  Location good.  Reasons 
for  selling:  wish  to  retire from  business.  Address 
E. Gordon. Sherwood, Mich.___________________ 345

313

337

328

338

SITUATIONS  WANT KO.

SITUATION  WANTED—BY  AN  ASSISTANT  REGIS- 
O  
tered pharm acist of three years’ experience. Good 
reference furnished.  Address Lock  Drawer O, Lowell, 
Mich 
\ \ TANTED—SITUATION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER  BY  A 
v >  married  man  who  can  give the  best of  refer­
ences.  Address  No.  305,  care  Michigan  Tradesman, 
Grand Rapids.__________________________ 

395

339

MISCELLANEOUS.

187

311

i&7.

Ho r se s  f o r  sa l e—o n e  se v e n -y e a r  o l d  f il
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. 
LX)R  SALE-CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  INVE8T- 
1   meat.  Corner  lot  and  5-room  house  on  North 
Lafayette  St.,  cellar,  brick  foundation,  soft  water 
in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to  suit.  Address No.  187, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
IX)R SALE  OR  RENT—CORNER  LOT  AND 5-ROOM 
L  house on North  Lafayette st., cellar, brick found­
ation  and  soft  water  in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to 
suit.  Cheap enough  for  an  investment.  Address  No 
1S7V care Michigan Tradesman. 
t'OR  RENT-A GOOD  STORE  ON  SOUTH  DIVISION 
street—one of  the  best  locations  on  the  street. 
Desirable  for the  dry goods  business, as  ft  has  been 
used for the dry goods business for three years.  Size, 
22x80  feet, with  basement.  Geo.  K. Nelson, 68 Monroe
street.________________________ 
f  F  YOU  HAVE ANY f'ROI’ERTY TO EXCHANGE FOR 
A  a  residence  brick  biock in Grand  Rapids,  address 
B.  w  Barnard, 35 Allen street. Grand Rapids, Mich.  331
FX)R SALE  OR  TRADE—TIMBER LAND  IN  OREGON.
Address No. 340,  care Michigan Tradesman.  340 
T?OR SALE-TWO  HUNDRED  ACRES  LAND  (160  IM- 
L  proved), located in the fruit belt of  Oceana coun­
ty,  Mich.  Land  fitted  for  machinery,  good  fences, 
large  curb  roof  baru  with  underground  for  stock,' 
horse barn and other necessary farm buildings.  New 
windmill furnishes water for house and barns.  Eight­
een acres apple bearing orchard, also 1.000 peach trees, 
two years old, looking thrifty.  Price. $36 per acre, or 
will exchange for stock of dry goods.  If any difference 
will pay cash.  A. Retan, Little Rock, Ark. 
YTTANTED—ONE  GOOD  PEDDLING  WAGON,  FOR 
yktek  we will  pay cash.  Address  C. Duncombe 
& Son, KeelersviHe, Mich. 
W ANTED-  GROCERY  STOCK  BY  PARTIES  WHO 
v f 
can pay cash  down.  Must  be  dirt  cheap.  Ad- 
dress No. 343, care Michigan Tradesman. 

31*

341 

526

343

v ?  Michigan  with  Shaetier’s  new pancake griddle 
sure  thing  for  $5.000  annually ;  positive  proof  fur­
nished.  M. Shaeffer, Canton. Ohio. 

344

ANTED — TO  PURCHASE  FOR  CASH  A  DRUG 
v v 
stock in a good town of 3,000 to 6.000 inhabitants 
w mans A Allen, Tower block, Grand  Rapids, Mich.  332 
\ I r ANTED- YOUNG  WOMAN  WHO  CAN  SrEAK 
v?  German, to wait on customers  and  keep  books 
in a general  store.  Address,  stating  experience  and 
s a l a r y  expected, No. 333, care Michigan Tradesman. 333
'  * 
“ “ “  gcr pair rot partridges, spot cash; ship by
express.  C. B. Lovejoy, Big Rapids. Mich. 

335

» t 
from *4 to 30 years of  age, to work  large  cities 
for  wood  working  specialties.  Address,  stating  ref­
erences.  experience,  etc., “S p ec ia lty c a re   Michigan

ber which  exists  in  large tracts  in  Che- I 
boygan  county  is  being  recognized.  A 
large factory is to be erected  here by the | 
Dayton  Last Co.  for  the  manufacture of | 
shoe  lasts.  The  factory  will  consume j 
4.000,000  feet of  maple timber annually,  j
Cheboygan—Thompson  Smith’s  Sons 
will  remodel their large  mill  during  the i 
winter,  and already  have a large  force of ’ 
men at work.  They  will  take  out  one [ 
circular saw and the small gang,  and  re- j 
place them with a band saw.  They  will j 
also  erect  a  brick  burner,  40  feet  in j 
diameter and  100 feet  high,  to  consume j 
the refuse.

Hart—The Wigton estate was indebted t 
to  the  Oceana  County  Savings Bank  to j 
the amount of $500, and  to  the  National 
City  Bank  of  Grand  Rapids  to  the j 
amount of  $1,500.  The banks took  what | 
is  known  as  the  Wigton  block,  on  the I 
south side of the  Wigton House,  in liqui- j 
! dation  of  the  debt.  At  its  meeting, ! 
j Wednesday  night,  the  Masonic  Lodge | 
voted  to  buy  the  building at $1,800,  L. i 
N\  Keating  paying  $200 for half  of  the ; 
south wall and the stairway.
Purely  Personal.

Fred  N.  Blake,  for  several  years  past; 
j book-keeper  for  the  Diamond Wall  Fin- !
| ish Co., has taken a similar position  with ; 
i  Eaton,  Lyon & Co.
Sidney  F.  Stevens and  wife  have  re- 
| turned  from  Old  Point  Comfort,  Va., j 
where they  spent a  month  in  search  o f, 
j health and recreation.

Henry Arbonr, formerly engaged  in the ! 
drug business at  Delton,  has  taken  the ! 
j position of prescription clerk  for  C.  H. | 
Smith,  the Stan wood druggist.

O.  A.  Ball and family have  the  hearty | 
sympathy of the trade  in  their  anxiety !
| over  the  recovery  of 
their  daughter,  I 
| Edith, whose life has hung in the balance j 
several days.
Bert Baldwin,  of the former  drug  and j 
j  grocery  firm of Burnham &  Baldwin,  at j 
Grand Ledge,  has resumed his  old  posi- ! 
j tion behind  the counter for  A.  B.  Scbu- j 
maker,  at that place.

Chas.  E. Olney and son, Geo.  E.,  have !
| gone to New York,  whence they  sail  on j 
j the City of Para  for  Aspinwall,  requir- j 
j  ing an ocean  voyage of eight  days.  The I 
[ voyage from  Panama  to  San  Francisco 
will  be made on the Acapulco,  the  time [ 
required being twenty days.  The family j 
will join the voyageurs at Santa Barbara,  I 
where  they  will  spend  the  winter,  as 
usual.

Favors Mr. Bug-bee’s Appointment.
Grand  Ra pid s,  Nov.  16—So far  as my 
information  goes,  Grand  Rapids  has  n o ! 
candidate  for  the  next  appointment to | 
the State Board of  Pharmacy.  Such  be- | 
ing the  case, the  choice of  Western  and I 
Northern  Michigan  naturally rests  with ! 
C.  A.  Bugbee, of Cheboygan,  who recent- I 
ly retired  from the  position of  Secretary i 
of  the  Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical  j 
Association,  having  served  that  organi­
zation with credit to all concerned.  Mr.  1 
Bugbee’s claims for recognition are based  j 
on  more  than  purely  local  reasons,  the 
writer  having  every  reason  to  believe 
that he  is fully as well qualified to  serve I

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

—

M.  E.  Lapham has  opened a feed store

and wood yard at 431  East Bridge street. I 
E.  E. Kobe has opened  a  grocery store 
at Freesoil.  The Lemon & Wheeler Com­
pany furnished the stock.

Fayette  Crawford  has  opeued  a  gro­
cery  store  at  Sitka,  a  new  town  near 
Holton.  The  Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. 
furnished the stock.

Henry  Uhrbrock  has  sold  his  meat 
market at 56 West Leonard street to John 
C.  Mohrhard,  who will continue the  bus­
iness at the same location.

F.  A. Sanford,  of the former drug  firm 
of White & Co.,  will  shortly open  a  drug 
store on Stocking street.  The  Hazeltine 
&  Perkins  Drug  Co.  will  furnish  the 
stock.

Wm. Yander Maas has sold his grocery 
and notion stock at the corner  of  North 
Coit avenue  and  Sweet  street  to  Mrs. 
Kate C.  Young,  who  will  continue  the 
business.

The  proposed  copartnership  between 
Wm.  H.  Downs and John W.  Parke  was 
not consummated,  and  Mr.  Downs  will 
continue the  wholesale  notion  business 
at the old stand under his own name.

Peter VanKolken has  retired from  the 
firm of  VanDam,  Kievet  &  Co., general 
dealers at 92 Center street.  The remain­
ing partners  will continue  the  business 
under the style of VanDam & Kievet.

Edith Curtiss  will  shortly  engage  in 
the drug business in the Knowlson block 
on East Bridge street,  under the style  of 
the Hill Drug Co.  The Hazeltine & Per­
kins Drug Co.  has the order for the stock.
The commission merchants of  the  city 
are disgruntled over  the  failure  of  the 
Board of Trade to recognize their line  of 
business in  the  directorship.  They  as­
sert that the trade has not  been  so  rec­
ognized for the past two  years  and  that 
no member of that trade is honored by  a 
nomination  for  the  annual  election, 
which occurs this  evening.  Considering 
the importance of the business,  the  crit­
icism seems to be well taken.

At the annual meeting of  the OIney  & 
Judson Grocer Co.,  held  on  Nov.  12,  the 
old board of directors  was  re-elected,  as 
follows:  Chas. E.  OIney,  Wm.  Judson, 
Edward Frick,  Heman G.  Barlow,  Rich­
ard Bean,  and  Jas.  A.  Morrison.  Elec­
tion of officers resulted as follows:  Presi­
dent,  Chas.  E.  OIney;  Vice-President, 
Edward Frick; Secretary,  Heman G. Bar- 
low;  Treasurer,  Wm.  Judson.  Mr.  OI­
ney was so  well  pleased over  the  result 
of the  year’s  business  that  he gave  the 
stockholders  and  traveling  men  of  the 
house an  elaborate dinner at  the  Penin­
sular Club on Friday evening.
m  »  m--------

P eace D eclared  a n d  All S erene.

Kalamazoo,  N ov.  12—We  take  pleas­
ure in thanking you for your thoughtful­
ness  in  sending  us  advanced  sheet  of 
“Defence of the Hebrew”  and for all you 
have  done  in  you  manly  endeavor  to 
soothe wounded feelings.  We are, there­
fore,  quite  willing to drop the  matter as 
it stands now.
Although we  are a  little  skeptical  re­
garding  the  authorship  of  the  above 
named  article,  it  does  not  detract  from 
the good intent.

Desen b er g & Sc h uster.

A P o in t W ell T aken.

Cigar  Salesman—Never  judge  a  man 
by the cigar he smokes.
Country Merchant—Iueverdo;  I judge 
him  by those  he  gives  away.  That  is 
why 1 think so badly of you.

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

5

G rip sack   B rig ad e

W e have added a complete line of

to our jobbing  business

W e  shall  carry  the  best  stock  that  is  carried  in

Michigan.

We  have  engaged  the  services of  A. O. Perry and 
Frank  H. White to represent  us  on  the  road, and 
Frank D. Warren to represent us in the city.

W e  will  be  pleased  to  make  quotations  on  any­

thing in the line of

W ra p p in g  P a p e r , 
T w in e ,
F lo u r   S a c k s ,
G r o c e r s *  B a g s ,
E tc ,

And will give any mail orders our prompt attention.

EATON, LYON li CO.

W.  H. Gardiner has engaged  to  travel 
for J. S.  Walker & Co.  again this season.
L.  W.  Codman,  the  Muskegon  shoe 
dealer, has placed his business  in  charge 
of L.  K.  Stickney  and  gone  on the  road 
for a boot and shoe house.

Jerry  Woltman,  long  and  favorably 
known  in connection with  the  OIney  & 
Judson Grocer Co., has become  a  stock­
holder in the institution.

D.  G.  Freeman,  Wisconsin  salesman 
for Rindge,  Bertsch &  Co.,  was  in  town 
last  week for the  purpose of getting  out 
his spring line.  Mr.  Freeman  makes his 
home at  Oshkosh.

T hf.  T r a d e s m a n  solicits  the  opinions 
of local  traveling  men  on  the  question 
now under discussion among Grand Rap­
ids  jobbers  relative  to  the  lengthening 
the  time  between  visits  to  the  retail 
trade.

James Blair,  traveling  representative 
implement  house,  committed 
for  an 
suicide in his room at the Clinton House, 
Jackson, on the 8th,  death having result­
ed from an  overdose  of  morphine.  His 
wife had applied for  a  divorce  and  the 
event  appeared  to  have  unsettled  his 
mind.

Jas.  B.  Mclnnes  covered  A.  S. Doak’s 
route four days last week  while  the vet­
eran Canuck  was  recovering from a  bil- 
lious  attack.  The  grocer  who  places 
an order with  Mclnnes  without  hearing 
the  latter  tell  the  story  of  the  Scotch 
deacon’s  prayer  has made  a  grave mis­
take.

Ed.  Pike,  formerly  with  Voigt,  Her- 
polsheimer & Co.,  has engaged  to  travel 
for Schloss, Adler  &  Co.,  manufacturers 
and  jobbers  of  pants, overalls  and  fur­
nishing goods.  He will cover  the  same 
territory  as  formerly,  seeing  the  trade 
every  sixty  days.  He  goes  to  Detroit 
next week to get out his spring lines.

Peoria, 111., Transcript,  Nov.  11:  Last 
night at the residence  of  his  father-in- 
law, C.  Whittemore,  on  Fourth  street, 
occurred the death  of  James  McSkimin. 
Mr.  McSkimin  was  a  traveling  man  in 
the employ of a Chicago house,  and  was 
taken ill  while out on his trip last week. 
His wife was sent  for  and  brought  him 
home to this city,  where  he  seemed  to 
grow much better and early last  evening 
he seemed exceedingly well.  He  retired 
and slept well the first part of the  night, 
but later  when  Mrs.  McSkimin  awoke, 
she found he was  cold  and  stiff. 
She 
immediately aroused the  household,  but 
nothing could be done to revive  him,  as 
death  had  probably  taken  place  some 
hours  before.  His  demise  coming  so 
suddenly  and  unexpectedly  is  a  great 
blow to  his  family  and  many  friends. 
He leaves a wife and two children.

News of the death of James McSkimin, 
chronicled  elsewhere  under  this  head, 
will be received with  general  regret  all 
over the state.  The deceased was at one 
time engaged in the wholesale coffee and 
spice business in this city under the style 
of Fox & McSkimin—Jas. Fox  being  the 
senior member of the firm—but  sold  out 
to his partner in the fall of 1877 and went 
on the road for W. J.  Gould &  Co.,  with 
whom  he  remained about ten  years.  He 
then engaged  to  travel  for  W.  F.  Mc­
Laughlin & Co., of Chicago,  subsequent­
ly representing Phelps, Brace & Co.  and 
the I.  M. Clark Grocery Co.  in  this state, 
Stone & Ordean at Duluth  and  the  Chi­
cago office  of  P.  Lorillard  &  Co., 
for 
whom he was traveling at the time of his 
death.  Deceased  was  a  man  of  good 
parts and will be  sincerely  mourned  by 
his friends.

6

“ W ould  b e  Straight if  T hey  H ad   th e  I 

M eans.’*

Written for The Tradesman.

While standing in a business office  the 
other  day,  toasting  my  shins before  the 
fire, the  business  head  of the  establish-1 
inent stepped  to  the  telephone,  and  the 
following  dialogue  ensued, 
the  mute 
part  of  which  is  represented  by  blank 
lines,  while the names I give in the audi­
ble  part are fictitious: 

j

“Hello,  central!”
•*_____
“Give me No.-----, please.”

“Hello,  Findthemout & Co.”

“ What is the rating of  Soap, Crackers 
&  Co., Stumpburg,  Upper  Peninsular?”

“Is that so?

“Well,  they  would  be straight if  they 

had the means,  wouldn’t they?”

"All right; thanks.  Good bye.”
Ding-a-ling-a-ling.
Whether  Findthemout  &  Co.  assured 
the man of  business that  Soap, Crackers 
& Co.  would be  straight men  if they had 
the means, or  not,  1  cannot  tell; but the 
little  conversation  over  the  wire  gave 
birth to two thoughts which are worthy of 
passing  notice:  the possibility of a  man 
being too  poor to be  straight or  honest; 
and the great advantage the  wholesalers 
have over the retailers in their organized 
system of shadowing and prying into the 
financial  and  moral  standing  of  their 
customers.

As to  the first thought involved in this 
communication,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that 
the gentleman  referred to misspoke him­
self; but if he  meant it,  let  us  hope that 
the  doctrine  involved  will  never  be 
promulgated.  The rush  for filthy  lucre 
was  never  so  great  as  at  the  present 
time.  There  is  hardly  anything  that 
men  will not do for the sake of gain, and 
if the idea  should  become  prevalent,  in 
these  times  when  we  are told  that  the 
world is so much better than  it ever  was 
—that  a  man  could  not  be  straight  or 
honest  without  a  plentiful  supply  of 
means—what  a  wild  stampede 
there 
would be for boodle!  What a wild,  fran­
tic  scramble there would be for the shin­
ing ducats as the  desire to  become good, 
straight  and  honest  would take  posses­
sion of us,  when we contemplated death, 
and after death the  judgment!  How the 
poor unfortunates  who  had failed to  ac­
cumulate  a  sufficient  amount  of  wealth 
to enable them  to live  straight,  honora­
ble lives,  would  dread  the  final  reckon­
ing!

Under this new revelation,  why would 
it not  be the  proper thing  to organize  a 
new  system  of  missionary  work,  based 
upon  principles  involved  in  this  new 
idea?  There is,  without a doubt,  wealth 
enough in  the country,  if  it  was  evenly i 
distributed,  to  redeem  and  give  every 
man,  woman  and  child in  the  country  a 
good seud  off  on  the "Htrnhjht  and  nar­
Indeed,  according  to  this 
row  path.” 
new 
the  anarchists  are  the 
most advanced thinkers  of the times,  for 
they  would take the  wealth of the  conn- j 
try  and  distribute  it  equally,  thereby  { 
converting the world  with a simple  dip­
lomatic turn of the wrist.

theology, 

The  other  thought  referred  to  is  a 
practical  one,  free of  nonsense, and  de­
serving of a  little careful  consideration. I 
Every business  man and  retailer  in  the |

Greatest  Seller  on  Eartli!

Send for Illnstrated  Catalogue.  See  prlce list 

in this journal.
SCHILLING  CORSET  CO.,

Detroit, Mich, and Chicago, 111.

TTTTti  M IC IH G A JS Í  T R A D E S M A N

country  is  shadowed,  watched,  pumped, 
pried  into,  reported,  recorded  and held 
up for inspection of  all who are  entitled 
to the same; and this system of espionage 
never ceases while  the subject continues 
in business. 
If he gets into a corner and 
places  a chattel  mortgage  on his  stock, 
or meets  with  any  little reverse  which 
has a  tendency to impair  his  paying ca­
pabilities, every  wholesaler in the coun­
try is  made aware of  the fact and  is en­
abled  to  govern  himself  accordingly. 
This  is  all  right  and  necessary  for 
the protection  of  the  manufacturer  and 
the wholesaler.  They lose enough, as  it 
is,  in spite of the most careful watching, 
and without any system of the kind, they 
could not do business,  as the risks would 
be so great  that none  would care to take 
them.  All we  claim is  that  the  whole­
salers have an advantage  over the retail­
ers  in  this  respect.  The  B.  M. A.  was 
supposed to  furnish this protection,  but 
it departed  this life  before it arrived  at 
maturity,  and  the retail  fraternity never 
reaped the full  benefit  the B.  M. A.  sys­
tem made  possible. 
It  is  a  great  pity 
that 
this  great  effort  to  harmonize, 
unite and  protect the  business  interests 
of our State should have failed; but  dur­
ing  its  brief  career,  its  members  got  a 
taste of the benefits  which are made pos­
sible only through organization,  and it is 
to be  hoped  that  in  the  near  future  a 
convention will  be called for the purpose 
of  holding  an  inquest over the  remains 
of the defunct M.  B.  M. A. and—if found 
to be dead—give  it a  decent  burial, and 
then devise  something to  take  its place.

E.  A.  Ow en.

Use Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

Siili Corset Co’s

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Adriatic
Argyle  ..................   6*4
Atlanta AA............   6*4
Atlantic A..............7
H..............  634
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P ..............  6
D..............  6%
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“  LL................5*4
Amory....................   7
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5*4 
Blackstone O, 32—   5
Black Crow............ 6*4
Black  Rock  ...........7
Boot, AL...............   7*4
Capital  A............... 5*4
Cavanat V................5*4
Chapman cheese cl.  3*4
Clifton  C R ............ 5*4
Comet.....................   7
Dwight Star............  7*4
Clifton CCC...........  6*4

“  Arrow Brand 5*4 
“  World Wide..  7
“  LL...............   5
Full Yard Wide......6*4
Georgia  A..............  6*4
Honest Width......... 6*4
Hartford A  ............ 5
Indian Head...........  7*4
King A  A................. 6*4
King EC.................5
Lawrence  L L ........  5*4
Madras cheese cloth 6*4 
Newmarket  G........  6
B  ...
.  5*4
N ....
.  6*4
DD..
.  5*4
**
X  ...
.  5
Noibe R.
Our Level Best...
.  6*4
Oxford  R
.  6*4
Pequot__
•  7*4
Solar........
.  6*4
Top of the  Heap.. •  7*4
BLEACHED  COTTONS.
8
Geo. Washington
A B C ......................3*4
GlenMillB.......... 
Amazon.................. 8
7
Gold Medal..............7*4
Arnsburg.......  ...... 7
Green  Ticket........... 8*4
Art  Cambric..........10
Great Falls.............   6*4
Blackstone A A......8
Hope.........................7*4
Beats All................   4*4
Just  Out......  4*4® 5
Boston................... 12
King  Phillip.............7*4
Cabot...................... 7
OP......  7*4
Cabot,  %...  ...........6*£
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10*4
Charter  Oak...........5*4
Lonsdale...........  ® 8*4
Conway W..............  7*4
Middlesex........   @5
Cleveland..............   7
No Name................   7*4
Dwight Anchor......  8*4
Oak View......  ...... 6
shorts.  8*4
Our Own................   5*4
Edwards................. 6
Empire
Pride of the West.. .12
Farwell.................. 7*4 Rosalind...................7*4
Fruit of the  Loom.  8*4 j Sunlight.................   4*4
Utica  Mills............ 8*4
Fitch ville
“  Nonpareil  ..11
First Prize..............  6*4
Fruit of the Loom %.
Vinyard..................  8*4
White Horse.........  6
Falrmount..............4*4
“  Rock............8*4
Full Value..............6*4
Cabot................... -..  7*4|Dwlght Anchor......   9
FarweU...................8  1
TremontN........
...  5*4 Middlesex No. 1..
“
2..
Hamilton N......
...  6*4
“
L......
3..
...  7
81 7..
Middlesex  AT..
...  8
66 8..
X....
...  9
No. 25 ...  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Hamilton N......
...  7*4 Middlesex A A
2
44 
Middlesex P T .. ...  8
AO
44 
A T ..
...  9
44 
...  9
4
XA..
44 
5
X F ..
...10*4
CARPET  WARP.
Peerless, white..
...18
Integrity................. 18*4! 
Hamilton 

.11
.12
.13*4
• 17*4
.16
.21
colored— 20*4 White Star..............18*4
“  colored..21
............. 8  [Nameless..................20
.25
•27*4
 
.30
.32*4
35

9
10*4
G G  Cashmere........21
Nameless.............. 16
............... 18

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Integrity, colored.

DBESS  GOODS.

.10
.11
.12
.18
.19

44 
44 
44 

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88 

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PRINTS.

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CORSET  JEANS.

Wonderful................ $4 50
Brighton......................4 75
Bortree’s ..................   9 00
Abdominal.................15 00

Coralino..................... $9 50
Schilling’s ..  ........  9 00
Davis  Waists  __  9 00
Grand  Rapids........4 50
Armory..................   6*4|Naumkeagsatteen..  7*4
Androscoggin.........7*4 Rockport....................6*4
Biddeford..............   6  Conestoga.................6*4
Brunswick..............6*4) Walworth  .................6*4
Allen turkey  reds..  5*4
Berwick fancies—   *4
robes............ 5*4
Clyde RobeB...........  5
pink a purple 6*4
Charter Oak fancies  4*4 
buffs...........   6
DelMarlne cashm’s.  6 
6 
pink  checks.  5*4
mourn’g
6 
staples........ 5*4
Eddy stone  fancy...
6 6 
shirtings ...  3*4
chocolat
American  fancy—   5*4
rober__
6 
American indigo__5*4
sateens..
6
American shirtings.  3*4 
Hamilton fancy.  ... 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple
5*4
Anchor Shirtings 
4*4[Manchester fancy..  6 
Arnold
new era.  6
6*4 
Arnold  Merino 
...  6 
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
long cloth B.10*4 
Merrlm'ck shirtings.  4 
“  C.  8*4
“  Repp fura .  8*4
century cloth  7
Pacific fancy..........6
gold seal......10*4
robes..............6*4
“ 
green seal TR10*4 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
yellow  seal.. 10*4
Simpson mourning..  6
serge.............11*4
greys........  6
Turkey red.. 10*4 
solid black.  6 
Ballou solid black..  5 
Washington indigo.  6 
“  colors.  5*4
“  Turkey robes..  7*4
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes___ 7*4
red and  orange...  5*4
“  plain T’ky X 34  8*4 
Berlin solids...........  5*4
“ 
“  X...10
“ oil blue............8*4
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  green ....  6*4
“ 
key red................   6
44  Foulards ....  5*4
Martha Washington
red 
“ 
*4..7
Turkeyred 34........ 7*4
Martha Washington
“  %  ...........  9*4
“ 
“  4 4...........10
“ 
Turkeyred..........   9*4
“ 
“  3-4XXX£ 12
Riverpolntrobes....  5
Cocheco fancy........6
Windsor fancy........  6*4
“  madders...  6
gold  ticket 
“  XXtwills..  6*4
indigo blue..........10*4
“ 
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Amoskeag AC A ....12*4 AC A..................... 12*4
Hamilton N .............. 7*4
Pemberton AAA__16
D.............. 8*4
York.......................10*4
Awning..11
Swift River............  7*4
Farmer....................8
Pearl  River............12
First Prize............... 11*4
Warren...................13
Lenox M ills...........18
Atlanta,  D...........654! Stark 
Boot..........................6*14 No Name—
Clifton, K............... 6>4|Topof Heap
Simpson.................20
.................18
.................16
Ooechco...............10*4

.  8 
•  7*4 
-10
Imperial..................10*4
Black................9® 9*4
“  BC...........  @10

COTTON  DRILL.

BATINES.

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DEMINS.

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Amoskeag............... 12*4
9 oz...... 13*4
brown .13
Andover..................11*4
Beaver Creek AA... 10 
BB...  9
CC....
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 

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blue  8*4 
“  d a twist 10*4 
Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........12
brown....... 12
Haymaker blue......   7*4
brown...  7*4
Jaffrey.....................11*4
Lancaster................12*4
Lawrence, 9 oz........13*4
No. 220— 13
No. 250— 11*4
No. 280.... 10*4

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Amoskeag................ 7*4 Lancaster,  staple...  634

GINGHAMS.
44 
fancies. ..  7
“  Normandie  8

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“  Persian dress  8*4 
Canton ..  8*4
“ 
AFC........12*4
“ 
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Teazle... 10*4 
“ 
Angola.. 10*4 
“ 
Persian..  8*4 
Arlington staple—   6*4 
Arasapha  fancy—   434 
Bates Warwick dres 8*4 
staples.  6*4
Centennial............   10*4
Criterion  ..............  10*4
Cumberland  Btaple.  5*4
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................4*4
Elfin.......................   7*4
Everett classics......8*4
Exposition............... 7*4
Glenarie.................  6*4
Glenarven................ 634
Glenwood.................7*4
Hampton.................. 6*4
Johnson Ohalon cl 
*4 
Indigo blue 9*4 
zephyrs__16

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Lancashire.........
..  6*4
Manchester........
..  534
Monogram........... ..  6*4
Normandie......... ■ •  V*4
Persian...............
..  8*4
Renfrew Dress...
..  7*4
Rosemont............ ..  6*4
Slatersville......... ..  6
..  7
Somerset......... .
Tacoma  .............. ..  7*4
Toil  du Nord— ..10*4
Wabash..............
..  7*4
seersucker..  7*4
Warwick...............   8*4
Whittenden............   634
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook..............810
Windermeer........... 5
York........................634

GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag............... 16*41 Valley City..............1534
Stark....................... 19*4 j Georgia...................1534
.16*4 ¡Pacific................... 14*4
American —
THREADS.
Clark’s Mile End....45  IBarbour s  .
Coats’, J. & P......... 45  Marshall’s.
Holyoke..................22*4l

No.

KNITTING  COTTON.

White.
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14 .......37
6 ..  ..33
44  16 .......38
39
8 .......34
“  18 .......39
10 .......35
40
44  20 .......40
41
12 .......36
CAMBRICS.

42
43
44
45

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

Edwards................  4
Lockwood.................4
Wood’s..................   4
Brunswick.............  4

MIXED  FLANNEL.

BED  FLANNEL.
..............22*4
, TW ...
F T ............ ............. 32*4
J RF, XXX............35
Buckeye.................32*4

Fireman................. 32*4
Creedmore..............27*4 •
Talbot XXX........... 30
Nameless................27*4 •
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40  IGrey S R W............ 17*4
Union R.................22*4 Western W  ..............18*4
Windsor.................18*4 D B P ....................... 18*4
6 oz Western..........20  Flushing XXX.........23*4
Union  B................ 22*4! Manitoba................. 23*4
DOMET  FLANNEL.
Nameless...... 8  @ 9*41 
...... 9  @10*4
12*4
8*4@10
Slate. Brown. Blaek. Slate. Brown. Black
13
9*4
15
10*4
17
11*4
20
12*4
Severen, 8oz..........   9*4|West  Point, 8 oz— 10*4
May land, 8 oz.........10*4 
10 oz  ...12*4
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Greenwood, 7*4 oz..  9*4 Raven, lOoz........... 13*4
 
Greenwood, 8 oz— 11*4  Stark 
13*4
Boston, 8 oz............10*4|Boston,  10 oz...........12*4

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

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

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SILBSIAS.

White, doz............. 25  1 Per bale, 40 doz —  87 50
Colored,  doz.......... 20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8
Best............. 10*4
Best AA......12*4
L............................. 7*4
G..............................8*4
Corticelli, doz......... 75  (Corticelll  knitting,

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

“ Red Cross....  9
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SEWING  SILK.

..12 
“ 8 
..12  j  “  10 

twist,doz..37*4  per *4oz  ball........30
50 yd, doz..37 *41
HOOKS AND EYES—PER 6 BOBS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White.. 10  INo  4 Bl’k & White.. 15 
“  2 
..20
“ 
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3 
No 2-20, M  C......... 50  INo 4—15  F  3*4........40
4  3—18, S C...........45 
No  2 White & Bl’k..12  INo  8 White & Bl’k..20 
.  23
44 
44 
..26
No 2........................ 28 
|No3..........................36

COTTON  TAPE.
..15 
44  10 
.  18  I  44  12 
SAFETT  PINS.

FINS.

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James.................1 401 Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s............... 1  35 Gold  Eyed...............1 50
Marshall’s ..............1 00|
5-4....2 25  6—4...3 2515—4....1  95  6—4...2 95 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
44 

...3 101
COTTON TWINES.

“ ....2 10 

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic............... 18*4
Anchor.................. 16
Bristol....................13
Cherry  Valley........15
I XL.......................18*4
Alabama.................  634
Alamance................. 6*4
Augusta.................7*4
Ar  sapha...............   6
Georgia...................  6*4
Granite..................  534
Haw  River............5
Haw  J ....................5

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

Mount  Pleasant__ 6*4
Oneida....................  5
Prym ont................  534
Randelman............   6
Riverside...............   5*¿
Sibley  A.................  6*4
Toledo....................  6

PLAID  OSNABUBG8

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

HAMMERS.

7

M an a n d  W ife T ravel T ogether.

“That’s just my luck,”  said a commer­
cial traveler  in a little  country hotel the 
other day,  as  he  turned  in  disgust from 
the clerk’s desk.

“What’s the matter?” queried a friend.
“Matter?  Why  that  fellow  Clark got 
in  here  ahead  of  me  and  has  engaged 
both of  the sample-rooms,  and  I’ll  have 
to show my goods in a bedroom.”

“ What does Clark want of two rooms?”
“Oh, one  for his  goods and  the other 

“ His wife!  Why does  his wife  want a 

for his wife.”

sample room?”

“She  carries a separate  line  of  goods 
and  they  work  the  business  together. 
Great  scheme,  that” ;  and  he  mused  re­
flectively.  “There  they  come  now,” he 
added,  and  the friend  turned  in  time to 
see  an  energetic looking man of  middle 
age, with a bright, attractive little woman 
approaching.  Later an introduction was 
sought.

“Yes, it  is  pleasant  for  each of  us to 
be  able  to  travel  with the  other,” said 
Mrs. Clark.  “My husband  carries men’s 
furnishing goods  and I have  notions  for 
women,  silk  handkerchiefs  and  em­
broideries.  We are  going  through  this 
section of  the country  for the  first time 
and are working up a trade route. 
Just 
now is  a  dull  time  with  both of  us,  in 
business,  so  we  decided  to  spend 
the 
time working up an extra route.”

“Don’t  you  find it hard work  to  keep 
up  with  your  husband, day  after  day, 
traveling and working?”

“I did at  first,  but 1 have  learned how 
to  take things  now. 
I  don’t  worry and 
do  useless  things.  Then  John  is  very 
good  about  helping me out  and  waiting 
for  me.  Of  course,  sometimes  I  get 
heavy orders  in a town and he gets  light 
ones.  Then,  again,  it  will  be  the other 
way, so we help each other.”

“How did you  happen to get  into this 

work?”

“Well,  various things happened  which 
pointed  out the  way.  When  my  three 
little ones  died, one after  the  other,  and 
I was left  alone,  I began to miss John as 
I  never  had  done  before. 
(Here  her 
voice  trembled  a  little.)  He could  not 
leave  his  business,  for  he  had  a  good 
trade,  and  so, if  he  couldn’t get  out  of 
the  work I could  get  in,  in order  to  be 
near him. 
I have worked with my house 
for  almost two  years  now—they seem to 
be satisfied and 1 surely am.  But I must 
go now,” and she nodded,  smiling.

“Can  you do as much  work with  your 
wife along as if  you  were  alone?” asked 
the  enquirer of  Mr. Clark.  He stopped,
thought  a  minute  and  said: 
“I’ll  tell 
you.  Soon  after  the  babies  died 1 took 
to  drinking rather  heavily.  You  know 
what a temptation drink is to a traveling 
man.  Well,  my  wife  saw  it,  and  she 
determined to save  me.  So  she worked 
around, until she got a situation and then 
she  joined  me, and  we’ve  been together 
ever  since.  She  didn’t  tell  me the  real 
reason  why she left  home for life on  the 
road until  about a year ago—after  1  had 
given  up  drink altogether.  Yes,  1  once 
saved  her from  drowning—that was  be­
fore  we  were  married—and  now  she’s 
evened  things  up,  you  see.  This  last 
year we’ve  made  more than  double  the 
mouey that 1 ever made in one year alone, 
and I’ve been eight years on  the road.”

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North Bradley—Wm.  Babcock  is  suc­
ceeded  by Leslie  F.  Bradley  in  general 
trade.

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

AUGURS AND BITS. 

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Snell’s ................................................................  
60
Cook’s ................................................................ 
40
Jennings’, genuine.......................................... 
25
Jennings’,  Im itation....................................... 50*10

AXES.

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First Quality, S. B. Bronze............................ 9 7 50
D.  B. Bronze  ...........................  12 00
8.  B. S. Steel..................................  8 50
D. B. Steel................................  13 50
Railroad.......................................................... 3 14 00
Garden......................................................  net  30 00

BARBOWS. 

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BOLTS. 

dlS.
Stove..................................................................50*10
Carriage new list.  ..........................................  
75
Plow..................................................................40*10
Sleigh shoe........................................................ 
70

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

Well,  plain...................................................... 8 3  50
Well, swivel...........................................................  4 00
diS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................................70&
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................60&10
Wrought Loose P in...........................................60*10
Wrought  Table................................................. 60*10
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60&10
Wrought Brass................................................  
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s ................................................. 70*10
70
Blind, Shepard’s .............................................  

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

00

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

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

5
65
60
35
60

56
25

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

CAPS.

CARTRIDGES.

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

chisels. 

dls.

Socket F irm er..................................................70*10
Socket Framing................................................70*10
Socket Corner................................................... 70*10
Socket Silcks..................................... 
70*10
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer............................... 
40
dls.

combs. 

40
Curry,  Lawrence’s  ........................... 
Hotchkiss.........................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross.............. 12@12*4 dls. 10

 

 

CHALK.
COPPER.

“ 

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

drills. 

dls.

DRIPPING PANS.

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

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

07
6*4

ELBOWS.

diS.

dls.

Com. 4  piece, 6 in ..............................do*, net 
75
40
Corrugated  ..............................................dls 
Adjustable................................  .............dls.  40*10

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, IIS; large, 326 .........................  
Ives’, li 818;  2,324 ;  3, 830  ..............................  

30
25

piles—New List. 

Dlsston’s ........................................................... 80*10
New  American.................................................60*10
Nicholson’s ...................................................... 60*10
Heller’s ............................................... 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  ..................................... 
50

 

GALVANIZED IRON

12 

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

13 
GAUGES. 
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s 

Discount, 60

14 

28
18

50

 

 

 

 

 

dls.

dls.

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

dls.
dls.

HANGERS. 

levels. 

MATTOCKS.

HOLLOW WARE.

wire goods. 

LOCKS—DOOR. 

knobs—New List. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Maydole  & Co.’s...............................................dls. 25
Kip’s ........................................................dls. 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s............................................ dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.........................80c list 60 |
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand — 30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ............................... dls.60&10
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 in. 4*4  14  and
longer........................................................  314
10
Screw Hook and  Eye, 14.........................net 
“  %........  
■' 
net  814
“  M..........................net  714
1 
1 
“ 
* .........................net  714
Strap and T ...........................................  dls. 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track — 50*10
Champion,  anti-friction.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track..................................... 
40
60
Pots............................................................... 
60
Kettles..........................................................  
Spiders  ........................................................  
60
Gray enameled.............. 
40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 3314*10
dls.
Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .............  
70
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings  ............  
Door,  porcelsin, trimmings........................  
55
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain......  ......... 
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
55
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s ................  
55
 
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ....................................  
55
Adze Bye.........................................116.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye......................................... 315.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s  .....................................318.50, dls. 20*10.
diS.
Sperry * Co.’s, Post,  handled.....................  
50
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ................................... 
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
40
“  Landers,  Ferry & Ch-  k’s................. 
40
30
.................................... 
“  Enterprise 
dls.
MOLASSES GATES. 
Stebbln’s Pattern—   .................................. 60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine....................... 
60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25
..................1 80
Steel nails, base.........
.................2 05
Wire nails, base........
Steel.  Wire. 
Advance over base:
.Base 
Base
60................................
10
. Base 
50................................
20
05 
40................................ 
30....................................................  
20
10 
20.................................................... 
30
15 
16....................................................  
35
15 
35
12....................................................  
15 
10 ......................................................  20 
40
8 .......................................................   25 
50
65
7 * 6 .................................................   40
90
4.......................................................   60
3.................................... 1  00
1  50
2.........................................................1 50
2  00 
Fine 3................................................ 1 50
2  0090 
Case  10............. 
60
8.............................................  75
1  00 
1  25 
1  00 
1  25
8........................................................................ 1 00
1  50 
6  ..........................................1  15
75 
Clinch! 10.........................................   85
90
8 ...................................................1  00
6..........................................1  15
1  002 50 
Barrell %...........................................1 75
dls.@40 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy..........................
@60 
Sclota Bench........................................
,  @40 
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy.................
@60 
Bench, first quality...............................
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood.  .
.  *10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dls.60—10
70
Common,  polished.................................dls. 
dls.
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs............................. 
SO
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

MAULS. 
mills. 

Finish 10.’.’..’.

NAILS

rLANBS.

rivets. 

“  
“ 
“  
“ 

PANS.

“ 

Broken packs V4c per pound extra.

8

5

 

 

 

 

 

ROPES.

 

7
diS.

SQUARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, *4 Inch and larger............................ 
Manilla.........................................................  11*4
75
Steel and  Iron.............................................. 
Try and Bevels............................................. 
60
Mitre............................................ 
 
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
12 95
3(5
3(5
3  15
325
3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14.....................................*4 05 
Nos. 15 to 17.......................................4  C5 
Nos.  18 to 21.....................................  4 C5 
Nos. 22 to 24 ......................................  4 05 
Nos. 25 to 26...........................  
..  425 
NO. 27 ................................................   4 45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86...................................... dls. 
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A.................................  “ 
White  B..............................   “ 
Drab B.................................   “ 
White C................................  “ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
55
50
55
35

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

TRAPS. 

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

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

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton 125
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game................................................... 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s  .. 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per do*
Mouse, delusion...............................31.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market..............................................  65
Annealed Market......................................... 70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market............................................   62*4
Coppered  Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  3 35
painted...................................   2 85

wire. 

dls.

“ 

WRENCHES. 

Au Sable.............................. dls. 25410@25*10*05
dls. 06
Putnam.......................................... 
Northwestern................................ 
dls. 10*10
diS.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................  
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,....................  75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bird Cages................................  
50
75
Pumps, Cistern........................................ 
Screws, New lis t..........................................70*10
50*10*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate................  
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods.......  
65

diS.
 

 

 

 

HORSE NAILS.

 

 

 

“ 

64t
7

26c
28c

SOLDER.

METALS.
PIG TIN.
Pig  Large.................................................... 
Pig Bars............................. 
ZINC.
Duty:  Sheet, 2*4c per pound.
600 pound  casks........................................... 
Per  pound.................................................... 
*4@*4......................................   .........................16
Extra W iping.......... ....................... 
15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market Indicated by m-lvate  brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................per  pound  16
Hallett’s......................................  
13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................ 3750
14x20 IC, 
........................................  7 50
9 25 
10x14 IX, 
....................................
9 25
14x20 IX, 
................................
Each additional X on this grade, 31.75.
10x14 IC, Charcoal..................................
14x20 IC, 
...................................
10x14 IX, 
....................................
14x20 IX, 
...................................
Each additional X on this grade 31.50.

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

3 8  75 
6 75
8 25
9 25

ROOTING PLATES
Worcester...............

14x20 IC,
14x20 IX,
..................  
20x28 IC,
14x20 IC,
 
 
14x20 IX,
 
 
20x28 IC, 
...........
 
 
...........
20x28 IX, 
14x28  IX.................................................
14x31  IX.......................
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, i 
d
“ 
14x60 TX.  “ 
‘

6 50 
...  8 50
13 50
AUaway  Grade................  6 00
7 50
12 50
15 50
314 06 
15

“ 
“ 
BOILER size t in pla t e.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
" 
“ 

“  0 

ALSO

The  Kelly Perfect  Axe
The Falls City Axe
Tie Kelly lie Mf’i Co.  Lorant, u.

Both  Manufactured  by

IV« ctriy a cnml  stuoie of  these axes 
anal  qu ite  them  at  the  following 
prices :

K el ly P erfect, p e r doz.  $7 
$6 
Falls City, per doz, 

13
$0

S. Bit.  D. Bit.

8

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men's Association. 

A  W EEK LY   JO U RN A L  DEVOTED  TO   T H E

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

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office, 100 Louis St.

Entered at the Grand Rapid» Poet Op.ce.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  18, 1891.

THE  IRONY  OF  FATE.

While hundreds of thousands of people 
live  in  happy  homes  which  owe  their 
existence to “Land  Bill”  Allen’s  efforts, 
that poor old man,  past  80  years  of  age, 
is taken from  his  own  little  hut  to  the 
poor house. 
It is the  irony  of  fate  that 
the author of the  homestead  law  should 
find  himself  a  pauper  in  his  old  age 
because he spent his fortune and the best 
years  of  his  life  to  secure  homes  for 
others,  and  the  people  of  the  United 
States will  be  guilty  of  monstrous  in­
gratitude if they let such a benefactor die 
a pauper.  Until recently  he had a  mere 
hovel of a home  at  New  Albany,  Ind., 
but this  was  seized  for  debt,  and  when 
the neighbors tired of supporting him he 
was  carried  to  the  country  infirmary, 
where he is at the present time.  This is 
a case to melt a heart of stone  and  gives 
added strength to the  oft repeated  state­
ment to the effect that republics  are  un­
grateful.

Fifty  years  ago  the  laborer  worked 
more hours  and  harder  for  his  pittance 
than the men  of  to-day  dream  of.  He 
was poorer fed,  poorer  clad,  and  poorer 
housed.  His wagas were paid to  him  in 
money issued by banks in different states, 
each  dollar  of  which  was  subject  to  a 
discount, or loss,  as the banks frequently 
failed.  Clothing  was  no  cheaper  than 
now.  The  only  carpeted  room  in  the 
house was the  parlor and  that  had  only 
a rag carpet.  Sewing machines were un­
known  and there was no  piano  or  organ 
to  make  the  evenings  at  home  pass 
pleasantly,  and  the  only  light  was  a 
tallow dip or  whale  oil  lamp.  Tea  and 
coffee brought high prices and meat  was 
used but sparingly.  The best mechanics 
received  only  $1.50  a  day  in  the  cities 
and less in  country  towns,  and  laborers 
could earn only 85 cents  to $1  per day.

The  action  of  the  Grand  Rapids Sav­
ings Bank,  in  offering  a  series  of  cash 
prizes for the best essays on  the  subject 
of small savings  by  young  people under 
eighteen years of  age, entitles that insti­
tution  to  the  commendation  of  every 
economist  in  the  country.  One  of  the 
first  essentials  a  young  person  should 
understand is the value of  small savings 
and the  desirability  of  early  acquiring 
the habit of  living within an  income, no 
matter  how  small  that  income may  be. 
The generous offer  of the  Grand  Rapids 
Savings Bank will do  much to  stimulate 
interest  on  this  important  subject  and 
thus be the means of bringing the matter 
to the attention of many  who might  oth­
erwise  never  give the  theme  a  passing 
thought.

The Tradesman has been  solicited to 
endorse the  candidacy of  three  different 
aspirants  for  appointment  to  the  State

Board  of  Pharmacy,  but  fails  to  see 
wherein any effort on  its  part  would  in 
any way effect  the  result.  The  present 
incumbent  of  the  gubernatorial  chair 
gave the pharmacists of the  State a  slap 
in the face in  his appointment of  a year 
ago  and there  is no  reason  to base  any 
hope of different treatment in the coming 
appointment.  One thing the  trade  may 
as well  understand  first  as  last—Frank 
Wells will name  the next member of  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy  just  as  surely  as 
though  his  name  was  Winans  instead 
of  Wells  and  the  successful  candidate 
will  be  the  man  who “stands  in” with 
“ powers that be.”

Two  Shelby merchants  announce  the 
abandonment  of 
the  credit  system  on 
December 1—Rankin & Dewey and Shirts 
Bros.  Both  will  use  the  coupon  book 
system  with  regular  customers  who  do 
not  find  it  convenient  to  make  actual 
cash exchanges with each transaction.

C lerks’  C a n d id a te  fo r  th e   B oard  of 

P h arm acy .

St.  I gn a ce,  Nov.  14— Though  I  have 
no  figures  to  prove  my  assertion, I  be­
lieve that a  majority  of the  members  of 
the Michigan State Pharmaceutical Asso­
ciation are  drug  clerks,  and  there  is  no 
doubt that a large majority  of the  regis­
tered pharmacists  of  this  State  are  em­
ployes; therefore,  I believe  it  right  that 
this large class of  men who help to  sup­
port by their membership fees and regis­
tration dues  both  the  State  Association 
and the State Board should have a repre­
sentative of their own on the State Board 
of Pharmacy,  and with  this end in  view 
I would  urge  upon  my fellow  clerks  to 
support Chas.  A. Bugbee,  of  Cheboygan, 
for  the  vacancy  about  to  occur.  Mr. 
Bugbee is no  stranger to a  large number 
of  druggists,  his  excellent  service  as 
Secretary of the State Association having 
brought him prominently before the pro­
fession,  and  those  who  know of  his  ac­
quirements assure us  that  he  is, profes­
sionally,  eminently  fitted  for  the  posi­
tion.  With an united effort  on  the  part 
of drug clerks,  there should  be  no  diffi­
culty  to  prove  to  his  Excellency,  the 
Governor,  that  he  would  greatly  please 
the  profession  by  the  appointment  of 
Mr. Bugbee; and  as  our  candidate  is  of 
the  same political faith as the Governor, 
he may also please himself.

Drug  Cle r k.

R ecent S ales o f W estin g h o u se  E ngines.
The  following  sales  of  Westinghouse 
engines  have lately  been  made by  Wal­
lace Franklin, State  agent  for  Westing- 
house, Church,  Kerr & Co.:

Two  hundred  horse  power  compound 
condensing engine,  with 150 horse power 
patent water tube  boiler,  equipped  with 
a Rooney mechanical stoker  and  smoke­
less  furnace, to  the Eldred  Milling  Co., 
Jackson.

Eighty horse  power  compound  engine 

to the Commercial Milling Co., Detroit.

Two hundred  horse  power  compound 
condensing engine to the Sheffield Veloc­
ipede & Car Co., Three Rivers.

Seventy-five horse  power  engine,  with 
66 horse power patent  water tube boiler, 
to  the  Glazier-Strong  Oil  Stove  Co., 
Chelsea.

Fifty horse  power  engine  to  the Com­
mercial  Electric  Co.,  Detroit, to run  the 
electric light plant  owned by  the city of 
St.  Ignace.

Thirty-five  horse  power  engine 

to 

Dodge Road Cart Co.,  Pontiac.

Ten horse  power engine to  the  Fisher 
Electric  Co.,  Detroit,  for  the  Globe  Oil 
Co., Toledo.

California has 2,675 of the  giant  trees 
still left, and one of these the  largest  is 
thirty-three feet in  diameter.

The N ew  B ank a t S aginaw .

Sa g in a w ,  N ov.  16.—The  American 
Commercial  and  Savings  Bank  was 
ushered into existence  Saturday  by  the 
election of the following officers:

President—Isaac Bearinger.
Vice President—Wm.  L.  Webber.
Cashier—W. G. Emerick.
There are 87 subscribers to the $100,000 
capital  stock,  the  President  and  Vice- 
President  each  taking  $10,000.  Hugo 
Wesener, 
the  present  efficient  book­
keeper of Sibley & Bearinger,  will act in 
a similar capacity for the Bank,  and it is 
probable that  for  a  time  at  least,  Mr. 
Emerick will  act in  a  dual  capacity  as 
both Cashier and Teller,  his  ability  and 
experience  in 
the  banking  business 
standing him in good stead,  both  he  and 
Mr. Wesener  having  been  for  years  in 
Seligman’s  Bank  of  Commerce.  The 
office now used by Sibley &  Bearinger  is 
being converted  into  a  model  banking 
office,  complete in all  details,  and  it  is 
confidently expected that the  new  insti­
tution will open  its  doors  for  business 
about Dec. 1.

C o untry C allers.

Calls  have  been 

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

W.  H.  Harrison,  Harrisburg.
A. Giddings,  Sand Lake.
Cowles & Fenner,  Thompsonville.
A.  B.  McCall, Elsie,
Scbantz & Co. Woodland.
B.  H.  Rose & Co., Springdale.
P. Hanson,  Morley.

Voigt, Herplsieiier & Go.,
Dry  Goods.  Carpets  X Cloaks.

W HOLESALE

W e  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, 

Guilts & Live Geese Feathers.

Overalls  of  oiir  own  ManilfacWre.

Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s 

Socks.

Voigt, Herplsieiier k Go,

48, SO and 52 Ottawa St.

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

Let us send You

Few Rugs

A L ong C ourtship.

Briggs—Did you hear about Miss Gros- 
grain?  She  has  married  a  dry  goods 
clerk.  They met,  he woo’d  and won her 
and they were married.
Griggs—Why,  when  did  this all  hap­
pen?
Briggs—While she was waiting for the 
change.

One fault  begets  another;  one  crime 

makes another necessary.

Blading Gases & Foot Bests

From  which to  make  selections 

for the  Holiday Trade.

SMITH  &  SANFORD.

M O SELEY  BROS.,

-   W H O L E S A L E   -

F A   Seeds, Beans and Proddce.

26. 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA  ST,

Q -rein ci  n a /p ic ls ,  hÆ ioli.

W.  H.  DOWNS,

-----JOBBERS  O F------

Notions  &  Fancy  Goods.

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

SPECIAL  BARGAINS  IN  SPECIAL  LINES  TO  CLOSE.

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

Manufacturers  of

Slot  Cases

Of  Every Description.

WRITE FOR  PRICES.
First-Glass  Work  Only.

6 8   and  68 Canal St., 

-  G R A N D ùR A PID S.

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

9

W.  H.  WHITE  &  CO.,

M aniM iIrers  of Hardwood  Lumber,

BO YNE  CITY,  MICH.

We operate three mills with a capacity of 9,000,000 feet hardwood and 3 000,COO feet hemlock, as 
follows:  Boyne  City  mill, 7,000,000;  Boyne  Falls  mill, 3,000,000;  Deer  Lake mill, 2,000,000.  Our 
facilities for shipment are  unsurpassed, either by rail or water.

Scribner’s  Magazine.

An  E xceptional  Year.

The year  1891 has been  marked by a greater  advance than  any similar period since the Maga­
zine was  estab ished.  Not  only  has  the  literary and  artistic  excellence  been  maintained  and 
increased, but a corresponding gain has been made in the sale and influence of the Magazine.  At 
the end of  1891 the  circulation has risen to more than  140,000.  It may  justly be promised  that the 
further  improvements  for  the  coming  year  will  be  proportionate  to  these  largely  increased 
opportunities. 

,  _ _

For  N ext  Year.

It is not  possible  to  give,  in a brief  space,  an  account of  all  the  features  in 
preparation,  but the  material  is  deficient in neither  importance nor  range of  sub­
ject.  Among the subjects treated:

The  P oor in the W orld 's Great Cities.

It is proposed to  publish  a  series  of  articles, upon a scale  not  before  attempted, giving  the 
results of  special study  and work  among  the poor of  the great cities.  The  plan will  Include an 
account of the conditions of life in those cities (in many lands) where the results of research will 
be  helpful for purposes of  comparison as well as for their own  intrinsic  Interest.  While, from a, 
scientific point of  view, the articles will be  a contribution of great importance, the treatment will 
be thoroughly popular, and  the elaborate  illustrations will serve  to  make the  presentation of the 
subject vivid as well as picturesque.

W ash in gton   A llston.

UNPUBLISHED  REMINISCENCES  AND  LETTERS  of  this  foremost  among  early  American 
painters.  A number of illustrations will lend additional interest to the articles.

Inportant  M oments.

The aim of  this series of very short  articles Is to describe the signal  occasions when some  de­
cisive  event took  place, or when  some  great  experiment was  first  shown to be successful—such 
moments as that of the first use of  the Atlantic cable, the first use of  the telegraph and telephone, 
the first, successful  experiment with ether, the night of  the Chicago fire, the  scene at the moment 
I of  the vote on the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, etc., etc.

Out  of  Door  Papers.

in 

town  Village.

the  postoffice, 

The  Corner  Grocery  Crowd  in  Poke-! 
P oketow n,  Nov.  12—Although  \Vhif- | 
fleson  &  Spiggott  have  built  up  their 
own  business and made  the  corner  gro­
cery what it is, yet the  senior member of 
the  firm,  Jerry  Whiffleson, with  all  his 
jolly,  off-hand  ways  and  manners,  is  a 
crank of the first order and everyone who 
does not trade with them knows it.  Whif­
fleson—body,  soul and  breeches—is  pos­
sessed  of  one  idea,  and  that  is,  how  to 
add one more cent to the profits of the cor­
ner  grocery;  and,  therefore,  your  opin­
ion  of  him  depends  altogether  upon 
where  you  buy  your groceries. 
If  you 
trade at some other  grocery,  you will en­
tertain the  idea  that  Jerry Whiffleson  is 
an unsocial,  grouty old crank,  but if you 
drop  your  dimes  into  Jerry’s  till, you 
will  find  him social, jolly  and  as  frolic­
some as  little  Teddy  O’Tool on  his  way 
to the circus.
For the  first two  months after  I  came 
to Poketown,  I thought  that Old Whifiie- 
son  was a  two-legged  off-shoot of  some 
family of  the grizzly  bear.  1  had  been 
introduced to him  several different times 
at church socials,  yet he never  knew me, 
and when  I  ventured to speak to him  on 
the  street  or 
the 
only  response  1  would  get  would  be  a 
slight  grunt  and  a  side  glance  which
seemed to say,  “Who  the  d-----are  you,
and what are you doing forme, anyway?” 
But one day I  chanced to  call at the cor­
ner  grocery  for  a  package  of  tobacco 
which  no  other  dealer  in  the  village 
kept,  and,  strange  to say, Jerry’s  memo­
ry  returned  to  him  like  a  flash. 
lie 
extended  his  hand,  called  me  Brother 
Grizzle,  enquired  all  about  my  district 
school and gave me  a most  cordial  invi­
tation to call again. 
I  went  away  feel­
ing that I was “some pumpkins” and that 
Old  Whiffleson  was  a  jolly  good  fellow 
after all. 
I  did  not  understand how  it 
was until I read the article referred to in 
my  first  letter, and  then  it  occurred to 
me that  I  was  a  crank  myself,  and  the 
act of purchasing that  package of tobac­
co removed the  barrier, and exposed  the 
“animal  affinity”  existing  between  two 
fellow cranks; and, as “ birds of a feather 
will  flock  together,”  Jerry  and  1  have 
been fast  friends  ever  since.  He  calls 
me Brother Grizzle,  and I buy  my tobac­
co of him,  and chew it,  and smoke it dur­
ing the long  evenings  by  the  big  wood 
stove in the corner  grocery.  And  when 
I come  to  think  of  it, every  one  of  the 
regular  members  of  the corner  grocery 
crowd—that is, those who attend regular­
ly every  evening and  assist in filling the 
ash-pail  with  tobacco  juice—are  cranks 
also.
in  the 
crowd, and  a general all  around crank, is 
a  dried-up,  run-down-at-the-heel,  fly­
blowed, and  gone-to-seed  old  fellow  by 
the name of Peterkin Swipes.  Mr.Swipes 
had once lived on  a nice little farm with 
a  nice  little  wife  and  three  nice  little 
children.  The 
little  farm  was  well 
stocked and it was all his own.  Peterkin 
was a very nice  member of  a  nice  littie 
church,  which  he  attended  regularly 
with  his family,  ami  he  took a  leading 
and  prominent part in all  the  nice little 
exercises of the church.  But,  alas! there 
came  an  evil  day  when  the  nice  little 
head of Peterkin Swipes  began  to swell. 
Slowly but surely  it  became  evident  to 
the sorrow-stricken  wife and  family that 
Peterkin’s little  hat  would  soon  be  un­
able to encompass  his rapidly expanding 
cranium.  One  day  he  plied  Jimmy 
Dumps,  the butcher,  with  hard cider un­
til he  could  no  longer  see straight  and 
then  he  sold  him a  cow for  $40  which 
was  worth  no  more 
than  $30.  That 
night  Peterkin  dreamed  a  dream.  He 
dreamed  that  he  was a  bullfrog  in  an 
ash barrel,and was choking to death with 
the  dust  of  his  surroundings,  while  in 
the  distance  he could  hear  the  happy, 
triumphant  shouts  of  other  frogs  not 
half his size, as they sported about in the 
cool,  clear waters of the pond.  When he 
awoke  in the  morning,  he  told his  wife 
that  he  was  a  frog  and  that  it  was  a 
shame  to destroy his usefulness and mar 
his  beauty  by  crawling  around  in  the 
dirt and dust of the earth,  associating on 
a  common  level  with  warty  toads  and 
other vermin,  while he might be  cutting 
quite a figure  and making  some gigantic 
leaps, if he were only in  the pond where

The  most  prominent  figure 

lie  belonged.  So  Peterkin  sold  off  his | 
stock  and 
implements,  and  rented  his l 
farm,  after mortgaging it  for $1,500  and [ 
deeding it over to his wife for  safe keep  i 
ing,  and  moved  into  Poketown  and  se t! 
himself  up as a < ommissiou merchant and I 
a dealer  in  provisions.  One  short  year j 
was all  that  was  necessary  to  convince | 
Peterkin Swipes that  the bursting of his 
hatband  was  not  caused  by  a  healthy 
growth  of his head,  but  by that  malady, 
so  common  among  farmers,  known  as 
“the big  head.”  Poor  Swipes! 
It  only 
took  one  short  year  for  him  to  fall 
through  himself,  financially,  socially, 
and morally;  and  to  put on  a  finishing 
touch  to  his  experience,  his  wife  con­
cluded that  she  had  no  further use  for 
Peterkin  and  so  she  retired  to 
take 
care of  her  aged  father  who  advanced 
money with  which  to  redeem the  mort­
gage on the farm.  Peterkin became top- 
heavy, owing  to the  sudden  increase  in 
the  size  of  his  upper  story,  and  he 
tumbled over and  in that  tumble he  lost 
his farm; his home; his wife  and family; 
his religion and his character and,  there­
fore,  the  respect  of  his  friends.  Only 
one  thing is left  to  him  and that  is  Old 
Swipes,  which  consists  principally of  a 
huge  mouth,  a  set  of  false teeth,  a  pair 
of cheek  bones and a  handful of  grizzly 
hair.
Old Swipes’ mouth is never idle.  When 
not engaged in  grinding out  chin  music 
or sucking an old corncob pipe.itis hawk­
ing and expectorating,boomerangfashion, 
that is, you can’t tell where it is going to 
laud  although  aimed  apparently at  the 
box half filled  with ashes  which  sits  in 
the middle  of  the  floor.  Every  village 
may  not have its  Peterkin Swipes,  but  I 
am  personally  acquainted  with  several 
of these  characters  who  do  not  live  in 
Poketown, and we are very glad of it, for 
one is quite sufficient for any village  the 
size of Poketown.
Mr.  Whiffleson is  a  fire-eating republi­
can and so is Old Swipes, and  as Whiffle­
son, for the sake of policy,  must bite  his 
tongue and  smother  the  fires which  rise I 
from  the  political  volcano  within  him, i 
he,  no doubt,  encourages  the regular  at­
tendance of  Old Swipes  for the  purpose j 
of using him  as a sort  of cat’s paw  with j 
which  to  scratch  all  members  of  the | 
crowd who wander outside of the regular : 
republican fold.
There is one member  of  the  crowd  to | 
whom Old  Swipes  shows his  false  teeth I 
every night, much to the delight of Jerry. 
This  unfortunate  individual’s  name  is 
Vinegar Brown,  and  he  appeal’s  to  like 
it,  for he is  in  his  happiest  mood  when 
everybody  is  pitted  against  him. 
llis 
mother named  him Vinegar  because  he 
stuck up his nose at  the first liquid meal 
offered him  after  commencing  his  jour­
ney of life,  and,  from  that  time  to  the 
present,  he has stuck his nose up at every 
thing which has happened.  As a crank,his 
one idea is“Everything is out of joint and 
the country.and everything  in it is going 
to the dogs.” 
lie claims  to  have been  a 
Lincoln Republican,  but  when the party 
fell from grace he became a green backer. 
After  memorizing  the  greenback  cate­
chism,  including  the  little  song  about 
the bloated  bondholders,  he  slid into the 
Democratic party on the free trade plank; 
but in a short  time he  rode  out of  it on 
the same plank and into  the  Prohibition 
party—his  one  idea  at  the  time  being, 
“ Down with  the  cursed  traffic.”  Once 
he succeeded  in fooling  the people  and 
received  the  nomination  from both  the 
Democrats and Prohibitionists for Regis- 
of Deeds and was  elected.  This  caused 
his head  to  swell  badly, but  he  lived 
through  it, aud  when his  term expired, 
the  people  excused  him.  He  failed  to 
fool  them  the  second time,  so  he  came 
back to Poketown.  He is now a People’s 
party man and his motto is  “Kill all  ex­
isting  institutions  and  organizations; 
compel the government to loan the farmers 
all the money they  can  spend  at  2  per 
cent.; smother  Jay Gould and other  mil­
lionaires between  feather ticks,  and saw 
off with a crosscut saw the head  of every 
national  banker  in  the  Union.  Every 
viilage has its Vinegar Brown.

I chabod  Gr izzle.

A.  S.  McIntyre,  the  St.  Louis  drug­
gist, is putting in a couple of weeks on a 
bear hunting  expedition in the Northern 
part of the State.

In the early spring will be begun a number of seasonable articles, among them being:
SMALL COUNTRY  PLACES, how to lay out and beautify them, by Samuel Parsons, J r.
I  FISHING  LORE  FROM  AN  ANGLER’S NOTE BOOK, by Dr. Lerot M. Yale.
MOUNTAIN  STATION  LIFE  IN  NEW  ZEALAND, by Sid n e y  D ickinson.
RACING  IN  AUSTRALIA, by Sidney Dickinson, with illustrations by Birok Harrison.

The illustrations are made from original material.

A  fu ll prospectus appears in the Holiday Number, now ready.

PRICE,  25  CENTS. 

$3.00  A  YEAR.

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pose to republish in book form, in the shape of a handsome 
souvenir for distribution among our trade as a New Year’s 
Greeting.  We  are  proud to receive  such evidences of re­
gard  from  our  customers and  shall  strive to merit a con­
tinuance of their esteem and patronage.

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staple drugs is now larger than ever before, while our line 
of  druggists’  sundries  is  unusually  full  and  complete. 
Both lines are quite  fully described in our  recently  issued 
Price  List,  which  will  be  mailed  to  any  druggist  who 
failed  to  receive  same,  on  application.  We  are  always 
ready to quote prices to either  present  or  prospective cus­
tomers, as we  are  confident  that the low ratio of  expense 
on which we conduct our business enables us to sell closer 
than  any  other  reputable  drug  house  in  the 
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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

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Wholesale Price  Current»

Advanced—Ergot.

Declined—Nitrate silver, chloral hydrate.

a c is u x .

8® 10
Aceticum..................... 
Benzoicum  German..  50®  6o
Boracic 
....................  
20
Carbolicum.................   23® 35
Citrlcum.....................  48® 53
Hydrochior...............   3®  5
...................  10® 12
NItrocum 
Oxalicum...................  10®  12
Phosphorium dll........ 
20
Salley Ileum.................... 1  30@1 TO
Sulpnuricum................  13£@ 5
Tannicum........................1  40@1 60
Tartarlcum...................  40® 42

AMMONIA.

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Aqua, 16  deg..............  3M@  5
20  deg..............  5M@  7
Carbonas  ...................  12®  14
Chlorldum.................  12®  14

ANILINE.

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

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po.  90)........  90@1  10
Juniperus................... 
10
Xantnoxylum............   25®  30
BALSAHUM.

Copaiba........... 
  55@  60
Peru............................  @1  30
Terabln, Canada  ......  35®  40
Tolutan......................  35®  50

 

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Cassiae  ...............................
Cinchona Plava  .................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po.............  ao
Prunus Vlrglnl....................  J*
QulUaia,  grd.......................   14
Sassafras  ...........•••••.........  "
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

extbacthm.

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Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
po...........  33®  35
Haematox, 15lb. box..  11®  12
is..............  13®  14
Ms............  14®  15
ÜS............  16©  17
FERRUX.
Carbonate Preclp.......   ®
@3 50
Citrate and Qulnia 
Citrate  Soluble.....  ..  ®  80
Ferrocyanldum Sol —   ®  ju
Solut  Chloride...........  @  15
Sulphate,  com’l  ........  1)4®  ~
pure............  ®  7

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Arnica.......................  ¿2®  25
A nthém is....................  ¿0®  50
Matricaria 
25®  30

 

 
FO LIA .

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin-

..................   20®  50
nivelly....................  25®  28
Alx.  35®  50
and  Ms....................  12®  }5
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
UraUrsi.....................  

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Acacia,  1st  picked...  @  80 
2d 
....  @ 60
3d 
  @  40
 
sifted sorts...  @ 3.)
po.................  60©  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
12 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®
@  50
“  Socotrl, (po.  60)
Catechu, Is, (Ms, 14 54*> 
,
_@  1
16)....................... 
Ammoniac.................  55®  60
.  @  ~2
Assafastlda, (po. 30) 
Benzolnum.................  50®  55
Camphorae................. 
50®  53
Euphorbium  po  ........  35®  lo
Galbanum................... 
•*;
Gamboge,  po..............  80®  95
Guaiacum, (po  30)  ...  ®  25
Kino,  (po.  25)............   @  20
Mastic.......................   @
Myrrh, (po  45)...........  @  40
Opil.  (po. 3 20).............2 10@2 15
Shellac  .....................   25®  35
bleached........  30®  35
Tragacanth...............   30®  75

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her ba—In ounce packages.
Absinthium  .......................  
j®
Eupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia................................
Malorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
“  V lr.........................  »
Rue......................................   30
Tanacetum, V......................  •“
Thymus,  V........r.................  25

MAONESIA.

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

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Absinthium.................3 50@4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc.......   45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00®8 25
A nlsi........................... 1  75@1 85
Auranti  Cortex...........2 80@3 00
Bergamli  ...................3 75@4  00
Cajiputi.................... 
70®  80
Caryophyili...............   95®1  00
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodil...............   @1  75
Clnnamonll.................1  15® 1 20
CltroneUa...................  @  45
Conium  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba  .................... 1  10@1  20

Cubebae......................  @  6 50
Exechthltos..............  2 50@2  75
Erlgeron................... 2  25®?  50
Gaultherla................2  00@2  10
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
Gossipii, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  .................. 1 40@1  50
Juniperi......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Limonis......................2 25@2 80
Mentha Piper..............3 00®3 50
Mentha  Verid.............2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal.............1  00@1  10
Myrcia, ounce............   ®  50
Olive..........................  85@s* 75
Picis Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
Rlcini......................... 1  08@1  24
Rosmarin!............  
75®1  00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 50
Succini.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  9P@1  00
Santal  .......................3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tiglli..................... . 
@100
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...............   ©  60
Theobromas...............  15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

BiCarD.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide.................... 
27®  28
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate, (po. IS)........  14®  16
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide.........................2 80@2 90
28® 30
Potassa, B1 tart,  pure.. 
@ 15
Potassa, Bitart, com... 
PotasB Nitras, opt  __ 
8®  10
Potass Nitras.............. 
7®  9
Prusslate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

RADIX.

 

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(po. 10).......... 

Aconitum..................   20®  25
Althae........................   25®  30
Anchusa....................  12®  15
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  50
Gentiana,  (po. 15)......   10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 
16® 18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
©  35
 
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—  
15® 20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac, po....................... 2 io@2 50
Iris  plox (po. 35®38)..  35® 40
Jalapa,  pr..................   55®  60
Maranta,  Ms..............  ©  35
Podophyllum, po.......   15®  18
Rhel............................  75®1  00
“  cut.....................   @1  75
“  pv.......................  75@1  35
Splgella............... 
48®  53
Sangulnaria, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  30®  35
Senega.......................  40®  45
Slmilax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foeth
dus,  po.  . ...............   @ 35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ©  25
German...  15®  20
inglber a ..................   10®  15
Zingiber  j .............. 
18®  22
SEMEN.
..  @ 15
Anisum,  (po. 20). 
Apium  tgraveleons)..  20®  22
Bird, Is..................  
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18)............   8®  12
Cardamon...  ............ 1  00@1  25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 
4M®5
Cvdonium..................   75@l  00
Ohenopodlum  ..........   10®  12
Dlpterlx Odorate....... 2  10®2 20
Foeniculum  ..............  @  15
Foenugreek,  po...... 
6®  8
U n i..........................  4  @  4M
Uni, grd,  (bbl. 3M) 
4  @ 4M
Lobelia................  
35®  40
 
Pharlarls Canarian—   3M@ 4M
Rapa.......................... 
6®  7
Slnapls,  Albu............ 
8®  9
Nigra...........  11®  12

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SFIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
D. F. R .......1  75@2 00
1  10@1 50
 
Junlperis  Co. O. T —  1  75@1
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..........1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ......... 1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vlni  Galll............1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto.................1 25@2 00
Vlni  Alba....................1 25@2 00

SFONOES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage....................2 2S@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  .................
2  00 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
85
carriage..................
Grass sheeps’ wool car
65
rlage.......................
75
Hard for  slate  use —
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
1  40
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Accacla.............  
80
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................  «0
Ferrl  lod.............................  50
Auranti  Cortes....................  50
Rhel  Arom..........................   50
Simllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................  50
Sclllae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan..............................   50
PrunHs  vlrg........................   *0

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

TINCTURES.
Aconltum  Napellis R.
F.
Aloes..........................
and myrrh........
Arnica.......................
Asafoetida.................
Atrope Belladonna__
Benzoin......................
“  Co.................
Sanguinaria  ............
Barosma....................
Cantharides...............
Capsicum..................
Ca damon...................
Co................
Castor.........................
Catechu....................
Cinchona.... ..............
Co................
Columba....................
Conium.....................
Cubeba.......................
Digitalis....................
Ergot..........................
Gentian......................
“  Co..................
Gnaica.......................
ammon...........
“ 
Zingiber....................
Hyoscyamns..............
Iodine.......................
“  Colorless.........
Ferri  Chlorldum........
K ino.......................
Lobelia.......................
Myrrh.........................
Nux  Vomica..............
Opil............................
“  Camphorated......
“  Deodor...............
Auranti Cortex..........
Quassia.....................
Rhatany  .........   ........
Rhel..  .......................
Cassia  Acutlfol.........
Co....
lerpentaria...............
StTomonium...............
Tolutan .....................
Valerian.................
Veratrum Veride.......

“ 

M ISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

cent 

‘ 
“ 

“  prep.

  2M@ 3

Ætiier, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen............... 

“ 
ground,  (po.
7)  ............................ 
3®  4
Annatto......................  05®  60
Antimonl, po............ 
4©
et Potass T  55®  60
Antipyrin..................   @1  40
Antifebrin..................  @  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ©  65
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ............ 2 10@2 30
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms 
9
11;  Ms.  12)..............
Cantharides  Russian,
po............................
@1  20 
@  20 
Capslci  Fruetus, af...
@  25 
r P0:-
@  20 
12®  13 
Caryophyllus, (po.  15)
@3 75 
Carmine,  No. 40.........
50®  55 
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......
38®  40 
Cera Flava................
©  40 
Coccus  .....................
®  22 
Cassia Fruetus...........
Centraria.... ...............
©  10 @  42 
Cetaceum..................
60®  63 
Chloroform...............
@1  25 
squlbos 
1  3C@i 60
Chloral Hyd Crst
Chondrus*..........  20® 
25
Clnchonidlne, P.  &  W 15®  20
German  3 
12
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
..................
Creasotum...............
Creta,  (bbl. 75)...........

6 0  
©  50
5®  5
9®  11
:ubra...............   @  8
Crocus.......................  30®  35
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph  ..............  5®   6
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   68®  TO
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
p o .................  @  6
Ergota, (po.)  70 .........  65®  70
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  @  23
Gambler......  ............   7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........  ®  TO
“ 
French...........  40®  60
Glassware  flint,  70 and 10. 
by box GOand 10
Glue,  Brown.............. 
9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerlna...................15M®  20
Grana Paradlsi...........  @  22
Hnmulns...............   ••  25®  55
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @  90
“  Cor  ... 
@ 80
Ox Rubrum  @1  10
Ammoniati.  @1  10
Unguentum.  4f@  55
Hydrargyrum............   @ 75
.1 25@1  50
Ichthyobolla, Am. 
Indigo........................   75@1  00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin......................  35©  40
Lycopodium..............  40®  45
Macls  ........................   80®  85
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg lod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinltis  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1M).......................... 
a®  3
Manilla,  S. F ............   45®  50

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

* 

10
(ft  40

@2 00 Soda Carb.................

95@2 20 Seidlitz  Mixture.......
Slnapls...................  ..
“  opt..................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De

@ 25
Morphla,  S. P. & W...1 
S. N.  Y.  Q. &
@ 18
® 30
C. Co.......................1
Moschus Canton.......
Myristica, No. 1  .......
70®  75 Voes....................... @ 35
Nüx Vomica, (po 20).. @  10 Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @ 35
Os.  Sepia.................... 25®  28 Soda Boras, (po. 12).  . 11® 12
Soda  et Potass T art... 30® 33
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
2
Co...........................
Soda,  Bi Carb............ @ 5
Picis  Liq, N.  C„ M gal
doz  ......................... @2 00 Soda,  Ash.................. 3M® 4
@1 00 Soda, Sulphas............
© 2
Picis Liq., quarts......
@  85 Spts. Ether C o........... 50® 55
pints.........
Pli Hydrarg.  (po. 80).. @  50
“  Myrcia  Dom...... @2 25
Piper Nigra, (po. 22). 
“  Myrcia Imp........
@3 00
©  1 
Piper Alba, (po f;5)__
*'  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
@   3
Pix  Burgun...............
31@2 41
2 27)........................
©  7
Plumbi A cet...............  14®  15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Pulvis Ipecac et opil. .1  10®1  20 
Strychnia Crystal......  @1  30
Sulphur, Subl............ 3  @4
Pyrethrum.  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @125
Roll..............  2
3M
Pyrethrum,  pv...........   30®  35
Tamarinds...................  
8® 10
Terebenth Venice......  28®  30
Qnasslae....................  
8®  10
Theobromae..............  45®  50
QuinJa, S. P. & W.......  31®  36
S.  German___20  @  30
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
Rubia  Tinctorum.......  12®  14
Zinc!  Sulph..................  7®  8
Saccharum Lactis pv.  @ 35
Salacin...........  ......... 1  80@1  85
Sanguis  Draconls.......  40®  50
Santonine  .......................  
4 50
Sapo,  W......................   12®  14
“  M,......................  10®  12
“  G........................  @  15

OILS.
Whale, winter......
Lard,  extra..........
Lard, No.  1...........
Linseed, pure raw

Bbl. 
.  TO 
.  55

“ 

“ 

GalTO
60

 

“ 

faints. 

Llndseed,  boiled  —   39 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................. 
Spirits Turpentine—   41 

42
50  60
46
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian.............. 15f  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars...  1M  2@4
“ 
Ber........1M  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2M  2M®3
“  strictly  pure......2M  25£@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ................. 
  13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
70@75
70@75
Green,  Peninsular...... 
Lead,  red.....................  7  @7M
“  w hite................. 7  @7M
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  0
Whiting  Paris  Eng. 
r—j
Cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
Paints.....................1  00@1  20
VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__1  10®1  20
Extra Turp................160@1  TO
Coach  Body.............. 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Fnrn.......1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55®1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
..................   70®  76

Turp. 

Get  What  You  A sfe   For!

-HINKLEY’S  BONE  LINIMENT-

FOR  THIRTY-FOUR  YEARS  THE  FAVORITE.

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

Drugs 0  Medicines»

State  Board  of Pharm acy. 

One  Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Two  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Three  Years—James 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. 4.
M ic h ig a n   S ta te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A s s ’n . 

President—H. G. Coleman. Kalamazoo. 
Vice-Presidents—S.  E.  Parkill,  Owosso;  L. Pauley, St.
Ignace;  A. S. Parker, Detroit.
Secretary—Mr. Parsons, Detroit.
Treasurer—Win. Dnpont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—F. J. Wurzburg,  Grand Rapids; 
Frank  Inglis  and  G.  W.  Stringer.  Detroit;  C.  E. 
Webb, Jackson.

Next place of  meeting—Grand Rapids.
Local Secretary—John  D. Muir._____________________
Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President. W. R. Jewett, Secretary,  Frank H. Escott, 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March 
June, September and December.
Grand Rapids D rag Clerks’ Association, 
resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.

D etroit  Pharm aceutical  Society. 

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

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

V irtu e of th e  A sh on a  C igar—A N eg lect­

ed  W eed— The T en-C enter.

“Few  people  know  how  to  smoke  a 
cigar properly,” said a  tobacconist.  “In 
fact,  few  people  know  anything  at  all 
about  a  cigar.  Many  imagine  that  in 
order to  obtain  all  the  flavor of  a good 
cigar  it  is  necessary  to  beep  the  tip 
absolutely free from ashes.  As a result, 
they snap  the cigar  with their finger un­
til the  wrapper  is broken  and their Ha- 
bana is useless.  They destroy their cigar 
in the  attempt to remove  the very  thing 
that preserves its flavor.

“Again,  it is the  popular belief that  a 
cigar  partly smoked and then  allowed to 
go out is worthless.  Bnt the contrary  is 
the case.  A good cigar is made still bet­
ter if  the  smoker  lights  it,  consumes  it 
partly,  and,  after  expelling  all  smoke 
from the weed, permits it to go out.  Try 
it and see. 
I do not  say that  this  holds 
good  with  poor  cigars, or  with  a  good 
cigar unless  you force  the smoke  out of 
it,  but do as  1 say and  you  will  see that 
it adds to the pleasure of your smoke.

“Not one man  out of one  hundred can 
tell  a  good  cigar.  Why,  men  come  in 
here and buy twenty-five-cent cigars who 
cannot  distinguish  between  what  they 
buy  and a  five-cent  cigar, so far  as  the 
quality  goes.  A  man’s  taste  must  be 
educated  in  this  as  in  everything else. 
He  must be  taught to  tell a  good  cigar 
from a bad one.  Some men have smoked

such  rank  cigars  for  years  that  now 
they  cannot  taste  a  cigar  unless  it  is 
the  blackest,  strongest  and  sharpest  on 
the  market.  The  stronger  a  cigar,  the 
more likely is it to be of inferior quality.
“Lastly, never  buy  a  ten-cent  cigar. 
Let  it  be  a  five  or  fifteen  or  over,  but 
never  a  ten-cent  one.  Why?  Because 
the ten-cent cigar is made of the leavings 
of  higher-priced  cigars,  and  for  that 
reason is inferior  to them.  A  good five- 
cent  cigar is  made of  first-class second- 
grade  tobacco,  which  makes  a  better 
smoke  than  second-class  first-grade  to­
bacco, or the ten-cent cigar.”

O dorless  W hisky.

om the  Philadelphia  Record.
Now  that  smokeless  powder  is  an 
assured  fact,  the  next  move in the  line 
of  progress  is  to  be  odorless  whisky. 
Recent  experiments  made, by  the  pro­
prietors  of  a  local  distillery have  been 
attended with  almost  unlooked-for  suc­
cess.  These  experiments  have  culmin­
ated in the  production of  a liquid  which 
is  undeniably whisky,  but  which  leaves 
no suspicion of  an odor upon the breath. 
The  new  fluid is precisely  the  counter­
part of  the  “old  stuff,”  except^in  this 
particular. 
In  appearance and, taste no 
difference can be detected.  Bnt, although 
it  possesses  the  same  deadly  qualities, 
the  most  stupendous  jag will  leave  the 
breath  as  sweet  as  that of  a  new-born 
babe.
The  process  is a secret  which will  be 
jealously guarded.  No  amount of  ques­
tioning  would  bring  the  slightest  sem­
blance  of  an  explanation  from  the  in­
ventor.  “I have been working on  it  for 
years,”  he said,  “but  only recently have 
my efforts  been  rewarded.  The  article 
will  shortly be placed  upon the  market, 
and  1  am  sure  it  will  create a decided 
sensation.”

G ot It for  H is  F ra n k n ess.

you?”

the other day.

A man went  into a Kansas  drug  store 
“Gimme some  whisky,” said he.
“Sick?” asked the druggist.
“Yep.”
“Sick  a  good  deal  nowadays,  aren’t 
“ Yep.”
“Had fever yesterday?”
“Yep.”
“Chills day before?”
“Yep.”
“What’s the matter to-day?”
“Well,  um—er—to-day,  I’m  sick  o’ 
try in’ to think  up things  to  be  sick of.”

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

1 2

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

PRODUCK  M ARKET.

Apples— 82.25 per  bbl. for choice winter fruit.
Beans—The market is a little stronger. Dealers 
now  pay  Sl.30iM.40  for  unpicked  and  country 
picked  and  holding  at  $1.05@1.75  for  city 
picked pea or medium.
Butter—Choice  dairy finds  ready  sale at  21© 
22c.  Factory  creamery is held at 23c.
Celery—20c per doz.
Cabbages—40c per doz.
Cider—Sweet, 10c per gal.
Cranberries—Fancy  Cape  Cod  are  held  at 

Jersey  Bell  and  Cherries  command 
per  bbl. 
ST 50 per  bbl.
Eggs—Dealers pay  20c for strictly  fresh, hold­
ing at 22c.  Cold storage and pickled are in  fair 
demand at about 2c below fresh stock.
Evaporated  Apples—The  market  is  utterly 
featureless, dealers buying  grudgingly  at  554© 
6c and bolding at 7c.
Grapes—Nine-pound baskets sold at25@30c fo 
Concords  and  40c  for  Delawares.  California 
Tokay command $2 per 4 basket crate.
Honey—The demand  is  strong but It is impos­
sible to secure choice stock.
Onions—Dealers  pay 50@60c  and hold  at  65® 
70c, extra fancy commanding about 80c.
Potatoes—Local chandlers  are  paying  18@20c 
for  choice  stock, but  are  not at all anxious  to 
purchase, even at that price.

Squash—Hubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—82.50 per  bbl. for  choice  Jer­
Turnips—25c per bushel.

sey stock.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

FORK  IN  BARRELS.

lard—Kettle Rendered

..........................................  7)4

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new........ ...............................................   10 00
Short c u t .............'.............................................  12 00
Extra clear pig, short c u t...............................   14 00
Extra clear, heavy..........................................
Clear, fat back.................................................  13  75
Boston clear, short cu t...................................   13 75
Clear back, short cu t.......................................  13 *5
Standard clear, short cut. best.....  .......... 
14 09
Pork Sausage..........................................................654
Ham Sausage.......................................................   9
Tongue Sausage.................................................. 9
Frankfort Sausage 
Blood Sansage.....................................................   5
Bologna, straight................................................  5
Bologna,  thick..........   .......................................  5
Head Cheese........................................................   5
Tierces.................................................................   8
Tubs.......................................................................8)4
501b.  Tins............................................................  8M
Com­
pound.
Familv.
...6
55Si
Tierces........ .................................6
6
...6*4
"0 and  50 lb. Tubs.......................6)*
.. -7
63£
3 lb. Pails, 20 In a  case.
...6X
6/6
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case.................674
5)4
...6?4
10 lb. Pails, 6 In a case................ 674
...6)4
6*
20 lb. Pails, 4 in  a  case...............6)4
6
---6)4
50 lb. Cans.................................... 654
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.
6 50
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lb s...
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........................  6 50
Boneless, rump butts........................................   9 50
Hams, average 20 lbs.................. .......................  9)4
16 lbs..........................................  9)i
12 to 14 lbs..................................10
picnic.......................................................   7)4
best boneless..........................................  9)4
Shoulders.............................................................  6)4
Breakfast Bacon, boneless....................  ........ 10
Dried beef, ham prices.......................................8
Long Clears, heavy.............................................  7)4
Briskets,  medium...............................................  7)4
lig h t....................................................   7)»

smoked  heats—Canvassed or Plain.

LARD.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

,, 

FRESH  MEATS.

“ 

Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass.........................................
hind quarters...............................
“ 
fore 
“ 
...............................
loins, No. 3..................................
“ 
ribs.............................................
“ 
“ 
rounds........................................
“ 
tongues.......................................
Bologna.................................................
Pork loins..............................................
..................................
Sausage, blood or head.........................
liver.................................  
...
Frankfort................................
Mutton...................................................
Veal.......................................................

11  shoulders 

“ 
“ 

5
4  © 
6 
4)4®
3
7  @7)4 
6  @7 
4)4© 5

asa  a © 

5  © 
5)4©

FISH  and OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

GROCERIES.

W in ter  A pples.

The winter  apple crop  is  turning  out 
heavier than was  expected  owing to  the 
remarkably  favorable  weather  in  Sep­
tember and  October.  Quality  and  color 
are excellent,  while  the  size and,  there­
fore,  the number of barrels is larger than 
seemed  probable.  This  is  especially 
true of  the  winter  apple  belt  of  Nova 
Scotia,  New  England  and  Central  New 
York,  but does not  overcome  the  short­
age in the  commercial apple  orchards of 
Ontario  and  Western  New  York.  The 
export movement is  heavy,  being 425,000 
barrels up to  Nov. 1 against  97,473  bar­
rels at the same date  last year, and 151,- 
545 barrels at the  same  date  in 1S89, in­
cluding shipments from both Canada and 
the United  States.  Liverpool  continues 
to  take  all  sound  red  fruit  quickly  at 
good prices, $2.50@$4 per barrel.  It costs 
about SI  per  barrel  to  get  apples  from 
our seaboard to  that  market and returns 
back again.  The  shipments  so far have 
been  mostly  from  New  York,  209,576 
barrels, Montreal 161,907,  Halifax 16,749 
Boston 37,500 barrels up to Nov.  1.

O rganization of Council No.  29 a t Flint.
Dftk o it,  N ov.  16 — Your  well-known 
regard  for  commercial  travelers,  as  is 
evidenced by the frequent publication of 
articles  of  interest  to  them,  as  well  as 
your  kindly mention  of their  individual 
and  associate  interests,  induces  me  to 
send you the following announcement:
Flint stands  near  the  head  of the  list 
of the  thriving and enterprising  interior 
cities of  the  State.  Enrolled among its 
voting  population  are  nearly  one  hun­
dred  commercial  travelers,  twenty-nine 
of whom responded to  the  bugle  call  of 
that priuce of good  fellows,  D C.  Slaght, 
last Saturday  night,  to  organize  a coun­
cil of the United  Commercial  Travelers, 
which  was  accomplished 
in  due  and 
proper form, concluding by  the  election 
of officers  for  the  current  year  as  fol­
lows:

Senior Counselor—Albert Meyers.
Junior Counselor—S.  B.  Haywood.
Past Counselor—Geo. A. Nichols.
Secretary—Dell C. Slaght.
Treasurer—H.  M. Sperry.
Conductor—F.  R. Streat.
Page—C.  T. Perry.
Sentinel—T. S.  Eddington.
The  event  concluded  with  a  banquet 
at the Hotel  Bryant,  which  for  arrange­
ment  and  menu  could  not  be  excelled. 
As  usual  at all U. C. T.  banquets,  wine 
and  intoxicants  were  conspicuous  by 
their absence. 

M. J.  Ma tth ew s.

Card from Prof. Kedzie.

L a nsing,  Nov.  14 — The  people  of 
Michigan  ought  to  be  thankful  to  the 
press of  the  State  for  calling  their  at­
tention to the increase of  danger to their 
persons  and  property  by  reason  of  the 
recent change in the legal test  for  kero­
sene.  The change  from  the flash test to 
the  burning test  is  equivalent to lower­
ing the legal  standard  by 20  degrees F., 
or  from  120  degrees F.  flash  test to  100 
degrees  F.  This  change  was  urged  in 
the  last  Legislature  on  the  ground that 
the  public would  get  better light,  have 
cheaper  oil, and  be  as secure  from  ac­
cidents as under the old test.
The people will  learn  from  their  own 
experience whether  the  light is as  good, 
the  oil  cheaper,  and  their  persons  and 
property  as  safe  as  under the  flash test 
of  120  degrees  F.,  which  has  been  the 
legal standard for a dozen years.

R. C. K ed zie.

Kidney Cure Profits.

The corporation  of  H.  H.  Warner  & 
Co., manufacturers of  patent  medicines, 
will distribute to  shareholders  here  and 
in England dividends  j ust  declared  of  8 
per cent,  on preferred and 20 per cent, on 
common stock.

Doings  at Detroit.

Detr o it,  N ov.  14.—One  of  the  most 
completely equipped  manufacturing  es­
tablishments of the city is the factory  of 
the  Schilling  Corset  Co.,  on  Abbott 
street.  Nearly  300  girls  are  now  em­
ployed in the various departments of the 
establishment.
No business house in the city can show 
a  larger  growth  than  that  of  Stanton, 
Morey & Co.,  which began  business  Oct. 
1,  1872,  under the  style  of  Brewster  & 
Stanton.  This house  now  employs  325 
girls and women in  the  manufacture  of 
pants, overalls, jackets, etc., while eight 
men are kept on the  road  to  dispose  of 
the products of the factory.
H. 14.  Carhart & Co. are erecting a two- 
story brick building, 50x70 feet in dimen­
sions,  at the corner of  Michigan  avenue 
and Tenth street,  which  they  expect  to 
be able to occupy by  Dec.  1  with  their 
pants factory.
to  be 
erected on  the  former  location  of  the 
Battle of Atlanta will have a frontage of 
120 feet on Bates street and  160  feet  on 
Larned street. 
It  will  be  occupied  by 
three clothing  houses—Jacob  Brown  & 
Co., Schloss, Adler & Co.  and  S.  Simon 
&Co.
Jacob Brown  &  Co.  have  abandoned 
their Yankee notion department and will 
hereafter devote their entire attention to 
the remainder of their line.
Schloss, Adler & Co.  have engaged  Ed. 
Pike to represent them in Western Mich­
igan.  His engagement dates from Dec. 1.

The  mammoth  building  soon 

A M ark et for C orn H usks.

About the  latest discovery of  value to 
Western farmers is the use of corn husks 
in making paper.  They are said to make 
paper of  an excellent  quality.  Hitherto 
husks have  had  no special  value except 
as  they were plowed  under.  Cattle and 
horses  were  not  fond of  them  and  ate 
them  only  on a pinch  when  they  could 
not get other things.  Now there will  be 
a  profitable  market  for  them  and  also 
save buying so much  paper  in  the East.
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.

G O T S S 2 T G   R O O T .

We pay the highest price for it.  Address 

P P P I T   P P i l Q   W h o le s a le   D r n m ls t a
rJuL ifV   jD H U O * . 
g r a n d   r a p id s .
Crockery & Gla'ssware

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun. 
No. 1  “  . 
No. 2  “  . 
Tubular..

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Pearl top.

La Bastie.

First quality.

6 doz. In box.

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XXX Flint.
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lam p  chim neys.—Per box. 
No. 0 Sun..............................................
No. 1  “  ..............................................
No. 2  “  ..............................................
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top............................
No. 1  “
No. 2  “ 
“  ............................
No. 0 Sun, crimp top............................
No. 1  “ 
“  ............................
No. 2  “ 
“  ............................
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled.........
No. 2  “ 
.........
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.........
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz............
.............
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz.............................
No. 2  “ 
.............................
No. o, per  gross.....................................
No. 1, 
.......................................
No  2, 
.................................
.......................................
No. 3, 
Mammoth, per doz.................................
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal....................
3  to 6 gal.......................
Jugs, M gal., per doz.............................
::::::::::::::::::::
"  2  “ 
“  r  “  90o)
“  “ 
Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c)

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LAMP WICKS.

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1  75 
.1  88 
.2 70
.2 25 
.2 40 
3 40
.2 60 
.2 80 
.3 80
.3 70 
4 70 
.4 70
.1  25 
.1  50 
.1  35 
.1  60
.  23 
.  28 
.  38 
.  75 
90
. 

06■  06)4 
.  75 
.  90 
.1 80 
.  60 
72

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as follows for dressed fowls:
Spring chickens.........................................9  @io
Fow l......................................................... 7  © 8
Turkeys................................................... 11 CM2
Ducks..................  
12  g is
Geese........................................................n   ©12

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

STICK  CANDY.
Full  Weight. 

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

Bbls. Pails.
7)4
7)4
7)4
9)4
8)4
8)4

MIXED  CANDY.
Full Weight.

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

Bbls.
Standard........... .......................... 6)4
Leader............   . ..........................6)4
Special..........................................7
Royal............................................7
Nobby...........................................7)4
Broken......................................... 7)4
English  Rock.............................. 7)4
Conserves.................................... 7
Broken Taffy................................7)4
Peanut Squares.............................
Extra............................................
French Creams.............................
Valley  Creams.............................
fancy—In bulk.
Full Weight. 

Pails.
7)4
7)4
8
8
8)4
8)4
8)48
8)4
910
10)4
13)4
PaUs.
Bbls.
Lozenges, plain.................................10)4
11) 4
12) 4 
12)4 
Chocolate Drops................................
14
Chocolate Monumentals...................
6)49
Gum Drops.......................................... 5
Moss Drops.......................................... 8
9)4
Sour Drops........................................   8)4
11)4
Imperials............................................10)4
Per Box.
Lemon Drops................................................... 55
Sour Drops......   ..............................................55
Peppermint Drops............................................65
Chocolate Drops...............................................70
H. M. Chocolate  Drops....................................90
Gum Drops................................................ 40@50
Licorice Drops..............................................1 00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain................................................65
printed............................................70
Imperials..........................................................65
Mottoes.............................................................75
Cream Bar........................................................ 60
Molasses Bar................................................... 55
Hand Made  Creams.................................. 85®95
Plain Creams............. 
80@90
Decorated Creams....................................... 1  00
String  Rock.....................................................70
Burnt Almonds.... ........................................1  00
Wintergreen  Berries....................................... 65

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

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No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb. boxes..........................  34
51
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes........................ ..........1  10

CARAMELS.
 
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2 
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OBANOES.

Floridas......................................................3 75@3 00

LEMONS.

Messina, choice, 360.............................  @4  50
fancy, 360.............................   @6 00
choice 300.............................   @5 00
fancy 300..............................  @6  SO

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OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

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extra 

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“  50-lb.  “ 

Figs, fancy  layers, 61b..........................   @15
“  10B)  ..........................  @15
“  141b...........................   @18
“  20»........... ...............  @20
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................  @9
..........................   @8
Persian. 50-lb.  box.....................   @7
NUTS.

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Almonds, Tarragona.............................   @16)4
Ivaca.....................................  @16
California............................  @16)4
Brazils, new...........................................  7)4© 8
Filberts..................................................  @11)4
Walnuts, Grenoble.  ..............................  @14
Chill.......................................   @10
Table Nuts,  fancy................................   @14
choice  ............................. 11  @12)4
Pecans, Texas, H.  P .,...........................15)4@17)4
Cocoanuts, full sacks.................
@4 00 
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns................................   5
©  5)4a 7)4 
“  Roasted  .....................7
a 5)4 
Fancy, H.  P., Flags.................................5
a 7)4© 4)4 
“  Roasted...................   7
Choice, H. P.,  Extras............................
“  Roasted.................
@ 6)4
HIDES, PELTS  and  FURS

“  Marbot...................................   @
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.  “ 
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PEANUTS.

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Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  follows:

HIDES.

“ 

Green....................................................3
Part Cured......................................
Full 
.......................................
Dry.................................................
Kips, green  ........................................... 3
Calfskins,  green...................................   4
cured...................................   5
Deacon skins..........................................10

“  cured........................................

“ 

No. 2 hides % off.

© 4 

© 4)4a 4* a e a 4 a 4%

©30

FRESH  FISH.

Shearlings.............................................. 10
@25
Whltefish..................................................   ©  8
Lambs.  ..................................................20
“ 75
8
Trout.........................................................  @ 
Halibut......................................................  @20
Washed...................................... .................20@30
5
Ciscoes......................................................   © 
Unwashed........................................... 
10@20
Flounders.................................................   @9
Blnefish........................................  
 
Tallow  .................................................  3)4© 4
Mackerel...................................................   @25
Grease  butter  .......................................1  @ 2
Cod............................................................  @12
Switches................................................  1)4©  2
California salmon.....................................  @20
Ginseng  ................................................2 00@2 50
$1 15

oysters—Bulk.

MISCELLANEOUS.

WOOL.

@12

 

OILS.

 

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oysters—Cans.

Standards, per  gal............................... 
Selects, 
...............................< 
1  75
Falrhayen  Counts....................................  ©35
F. J. D. Selects........................................   @70
Selects........... ...........................................  @23
F  J. D.......................................................   ©23
Anchor......................................................  ©20
Standards  ................................................   @17
Favorites...................................................  @15
Oysters, per  100.....................................1  2s@l 50
Clams, 

SHELL  HOODS.

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The  Standard  OH  Co.  quotes  as  follows,  In 

barrels, f. o. b. Grand Rapids:
W. W. Headlight, 150 fire  test (old test)  @ 8)4
Water W hite,......   .............................   @8
Michigan Test.......................................  @7)4
Naptha...................................................  @ 7)4
Gasoline................................................   @ 8)4
Cylinder................................................27  @36
E ngine................................................. 13  @21
Black, 25 to 80 deg......... ......................   @ 7*

75@i 00

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

18

APPLE  BUTTER

40 lb. pails.........................  5 
20 lb. pails........  ..............  5%
Mason’s,  10, 20 or 30 lbs__  6
51b.......................   7
AXLE GREASE.

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Frazer’s.

 

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Diamond.

X lb. 
“ 
i lb_  ..

Wood boxes, per  doz  ......  

Wood boxes,  per doz  ......  

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80
3 doz. case...  2 40 |
“ 
per gross  —   9 00
“ 
25 lb. pails..........................   1  00
75
15 lb.  “ 
 
Aurora.
Wood boxes,  per  doz........ 
60
3 doz. case...  1 75
per  gross—   6 00
50
3 doz. case...  1 50
per  gross—   5 50
90
45 
85 
1  60 10 
45 
85
1  50 
60
1  20
2 no
9 60 
40 
80 
1  50

Peerless.
25 lb. pails.................
BAKING  POWDER.
Acme, M lb. cans, 3 doz  . 
2  “  ..
X lb.  “ 
..
lib .  “ 
1 “ 
bulk.....................
Teller’s.  X lb. cans, doz 
“
Arctic, X ® can s.........
........
X »   “ 
.........
1 lb  “ 
........
5 lb  “ 
Red Star, X ®  cans......
......
X lb  “ 
l lb  “ 
......
BATH BRICK.
2 dozen in case.
90 
English.........................
70 
Bristol............ ..............
60 
Domestic.......................
Gross 
4 CO
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals..  ........
7 00 
...........
Soz 
“ 
round.....
“  pints, 
10  50
“  No. 2,  sifting box..
4 00
“  No. 3, 
“  No. 5, 
8 00 
4 50
“ 
1 oz ball  ................
1  75
¡Hurl.........................
No.
No. 1
2 00 
2 25 
No. 2 Carpet......................
2 50
No. 1 
......................
2 75 
Parlor Gem......................
90
Common Whisk...............
Fancy 
................
1  203 25 
M ill..................................
2 75
Warehouse........................
BUCKWHEAT  PLOUR.
Rising Sun..........................5  00
York State..........................
Self Rising, case................5 CO
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............10M
Star,  40 
..............   10M
Paraffine...........................   12
Wicking.......................... 
25
CANNED  GOODS.

•"
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BROOMS.

CANDLES
“ 

BLUING.

“ 

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PISH.
Clams.

“ 

21b.

Lobsters.

Little Neck,  l i b .................1  10
“  2  lb ................ 1  90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb..................... 2 30
Cove Oysters. 
Standard,  1 lb! lb.
1  10 
2  10
Star,  1  lb............................. 2 45
“  2  lb............................. 3 45
Picnic, 1 lb............................2 00
3 00
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb...................... 1  20
2  lb.....................2 00
Mustard,  3 lb......................3 00
Tomato Sauce,  31b.............3 00
Soused, 3  lb......................... 3 00
Columbia River, flat........... 1  90
tails........... 1 75
Alaska, 1  lb......................... 1  45
21b...........................2  10
Sardines.
American  Ms.................4 x@ 5
M s.................... GM©  7
Imported  Ms.....................ll@12
Ms.....................13@14

Salmon.
“ 

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Trout.
FRUITS.
Apples.

Brook, 3 lb................... ......  50

Gages.

2 50
York State, gallons —  
2 50
Hamburgh,  “  —
Apricots.
2 25
Live oak......................
2 00
Santa Cruz.................
2  50
Lusk’s.........................
1  90
Overland...................
Blackberries.
9.1
F. &  W.......................
Cherries.
1  20
Red............................
1  75
Pitted Hamburgh  ..  .
1  60
W hite.........................
1  30
E rie............................
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green
@1  ¿5
E rie............................
Gooseberries.
Common....................
110
Peaches.
90@1  00
P ie.............................
1  50
Maxwell....................
1  30
Shepard’s ...................
@2 25
California..................
1  25
Domestic....................
2 25
Riverside....................
Pineapples.
1  30
Common.....................
2 50
Johnson’s  sliced.......
2 75
grated.......
Quinces.
1  10
Common....................
Raspberries.
1  30
Red.............................
1  50
Black  Hamburg.........
1  40
Erie,  black.................

Pears.

“ 

CONDENSED MILK.

Eagle.................................   7 40 I
Crow n...............................6 50
Genuine  Swiss..................   8 00
American Swiss............ 
7 00 I

Whortleberries.

Strawberries.
Lawrence..................
Hamburgh.................
Erie............................
Common....................
F. &  W.......................
Blueberries...............
Corned  beef,  Libby’s..
RoaBt beef,  Armour’s...
Potted  ham, X lb  __
“  M lb...........
tongue, X lb  __
“  M lb  ■
chicken, M lb
VEGETABLES.
Beans.

MEATS.

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Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless..........1  25
French style........2 25
Limas  ................. 1  40
Lima, green..............................1 30
soaked......................  90
Lewis Boston Baked........... 1 35
Bay State  Baked...................... 1 35
World’s  Fair............................ 1 35
1  25
Hamburgh.............. 
Tiger ...................................
Purity  ................................ 1  10
Honey  Dew..............................1 40
Hamburgh marrofat  ..........1  35
early June  ......... 1  50
Champion Eng  . .1  50
.
Hamburgh  petit  pois 
1  401  90 
fancy  sifted
65
Soaked ..........................
i IE1  30 
Harris  standard...........
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
Early June..
1  35 
Archer's  Early Blossom
1  80
French..........................
Mushrooms.
French..............................17®18
Pumpkin.
Erie.....................................  90
Squash.
Hubbard...................................1 30
Succotash.
1  40 
Hamburg.................
85 
Soaked ......................
1  60
Honey  Dew..............
Tomatoes.
Van Camp’s..............................1 00
No. Collins................................1 CO
Hamburg................................. 1 30
Gallon....................-.......... 2 50
German Sweet..........
Premium...................
Pure..........................
Breakfast  Cocoa......
CHEESE.
Amboy.....................
Norway....................
Riverside.................
Allegan  ..................
Skim........................
Brick.........................
E dam .....................
Limburger  ..............
Roquefort...............
Sap Sago..................
Schweitzer, Imported 
domestic  ...
CATSUP.

40@12M
@10 12 M 

“ 
Half  pint, common............  80
1 «0 
Pint 
“
.1  50 
“  —
Quart 
.  1 25 
Half pint, fancy.........
Pint 
...........
.  2   00 
3 00
Quart 
...........
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes  ......................40
COCOA  SHELLS.
Bulk................................  @4
Pound  packages...........  @7

@1  00 
@10 @35 
@22 
@25 
@13

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.

®!lM
@12M 
@11M 

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38 

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COFFEE.
GREEN.
Rio.

Santos.

Fair..................................... 16
Good....................................17
Prime.................................. 78
Golden................................ 20
Peaberry  ....... ................... 20
Fair.................................  .. 16
Good................................... 17
Prim e..................................18
Peaberry  ............................20
Mexican and Guatamala.
Fair.....................................20
Good....................................21
Fancy..................................23
Prime..................................19
M illed................................ 20
Interior...............................25
Private Growth.................. 27
Mandehling.......................28
Imitation............................23
Arabian...............................26

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

BOASTED.

 

EXTRACT.

PACKAGE.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add Me. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent,  for shrink­
age. 
Arbuckle?» A riosa..........3014
M cLaughlin's  XXXX--- 1994
2054
Lion..................... 
Valley City........................ 
75
Felix 
.............................1  15
Hummel’s, foil...................  1  50
t i n .....................  2 50
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CHICORY.
Bulk.............   .................... 4M
Red......................................  7
Cotton,  40 ft......... per doz.  1 25
140
160
175
1  90
90
100

CLOTHES  LINES.
ft.. 
50 
“ 
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60 
“ 
70 
ft.. 
“ 
ft.. 
80 
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60 ft.......... 
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ft-.. 
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$ 2,
$ 3, 
t  5, *10, *20,
* 1  i
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hundred........

“Tradesman.”
hundred...............  2 00
...............   2 50
 
3 00
 
3 00
 
4 0000
2 50
3 00
4 00
5 00
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“Universal.’ 
S3 00
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*  1, per hundred. 
“ 
8 2, 
.....
3 50
.....
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*3, 
4 10
5 00
“ 
*10, 
................ 6 00
$20, 
................7 00
“ 
Bulk orders for above coupon 
books are subject to the follow­
ing  dir counts:
200 or over............... 5 per cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
I Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from $10  down. |
20 books.........................$ 1 00
50 
.........................  2 00
3 00
100 
 
6 25
 
250 
 
500 
10 00
1000 
 
17  50
CRACKERS.
Butter.

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COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

 
10 
........,..20 

Seymour XXX....................... 6
Seymour XXX, cartoon........ 6M
Family  XXX......................  8
Family XXX,  cartoon........  6M
Salted  XXX...........................6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ........6M
Kenosha 
.........................  7M
Boston..................................  8
Butter  biscuit....................  6M
Soda, XXX.........................  6
Soda, City............................  7M
Soda,  Duchess  .................... 8M
Crystal Wafer......................10
Reception  Flakes................10
S. Oyster  XXX....................  5M
City Oyster. XXX.................  5M
Shell  Oyster.......................   6
Strictly  pure......................  30
Teller's  Absolute..............  35
Grocers’............................ 10@15

CREAM TA R TA R .

Oyster.

Soda.

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Apples.

PEEL.

PRUNES.

8M
6  <§»  634

California Evaporated. 

Sundried....................  @ 5M
Evaporated................  @ 7M
Apricots.
A p neBlackberries.
Nectarines.................
Peaches  ....................
Pears,  sliced..............
Plums.........................
Prunes,  sweet............
T u rk ey..
B o sn ia...
F r e n c h ..
Lem on .  .
O range...
In  drum .
In b o x e s.
Zante, in  barrels........  @ 4%
in  M-hbls.......   @ 5
in less quantity  @ 5M
raisins—Calif ornia. 
1  60
London Layers,  2 cr’n 
1  15
“ 
3  “ 
“ 
fancy. 
200
1  50
Muscatels.2crown  ... 
i  eo
.... 
Valencias................... 
734
Ondaras......................  @  8J£
Sultanas..................... 10  @12

@  8
© 9
18
18
.  @25
@26

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Foreign.

CURRANTS.

CITRON.

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FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

Farina.
Hominy.

Lima  Beans.

Maccaroni and Vermicelli. 

100 lb. kegs................... 
4
Barrels................................3 75
G rits...................................4 50
Dried............................ 
5M
Domestic, 121b. box —  
55
Imported...................... 
10
Pearl Barley.
Kegs...............................   @3M
Green,  bn.......................... 1  10
Split, bbl............................ 5 00
German.............................   4M
Bast India...........................  5M

Sago.

Peas.

FISH—Salt. 

Bloaters.

12

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Cod.

Halibut.
Herring.

Yarmouth..........................   1  10
Pollock....................... 
3J4
Whole, Grand  Bank...  6  @6M
Boneless,  bricks  ..........7M@8i£
Boneless, strips...........  7M@8?4
Smoked...................... 
Scaled......................... 
Holland,  bbls................  
kegs............. 
Round shore, X bbl... 
“  M bbl.. 
Mackerel.

20
I" 00
85
2  50
150
No. 1, M bbls. 90 lbs...........11  00
No. 1. kits, 10lbs.........   ...  1  23
Family, M bbls., 100 lbs__ 5 50
75
Russian,  kegs....................  45
No. 1, M bbls., lOOlbs...........5  75
No. 1, kits, lo lbs.................  90
No. 1, M bbls.,'lOOlbs........... 7  50
No. 1, kits, 10lbs............   ..1  00
Family, M bbls.. 100 lbs  ...  2 50 
kits  10  lbs---------  50

Sardines.
Trout.

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

Whitefish.

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Nutmegs, fancy..................
“  NO.  1.......................
“  No. 2.......................
Pepper, Singapore, black__
“ 
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shot.......................
“ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspice...............................
Cassia,  Batavia..................
and  Saigon.
“ 
“ 
saigon..................
Cloves.  Amboyna...............
•*  Zanzibar................
Ginger, African..................
Cochin..................
“ 
Jam aica................
“ 
Mace  Batavia.....................
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..
Trieste..................
6520
Nutmegs, No. 2 ..................
Pepper, Singapore, black —
30
“ 
“  white......
2520
“  Cayenne.................
Sage...................................
“Absolute” in Packages.Ms
Ms 
1  55 
Allspice......................  84
1  55 
Cinnamon..................   84
1  55 
Cloves.........................  84
1 55 
Ginger, Jam...............   84
1  55 
“  Af...................  84
1  55 
Mustard......................  84
1  55
Pepper......................  84
Sage........ 
84

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“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

 
SUGAR.
Cut  Loaf.................
Jennings’ D C.
Cubes......................
Lemon. Vanilla
Powdered...............
1  25
2 oz folding box...  75 
Granulated. 
1  50
... 1  00 
3 oz 
“ 
Confectioners’ A.
2  00
...1  50 
“ 
4 oz 
Soft A __ : ..............
6 oz 
.. .2  OP 
3  00
“ 
White Extra  C........
8 oz 
“ 
.. .3  00 
4  10
Extra  C...................
C
GUN  POWDER.
Yellow
Kegs...........  ...................... 5 50
Less than  bbls.  Me advance
Half  kegs................................ 3 00
Sage.....................................15
Hops.....................................25
Chicago  goods...............   @3
Mason’s,  10, 20 and 30 lbs..  6 
51b........................  7

HERBS.

JELLY.

“ 

@  5?6 
@  454 
@ 4M @4 31 
@4.19 
@  4M
@  4 @ 33a 
@ 3M 
@ 3%

“ 

“ 
“ 

SNUFF.

STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes.........................  6M
40-lb 
.........................6M
Gloss.
1-lb packages  .....................   6
.......................6
3-lb 
6-lb 
.......................  6M
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............  4$£
Barrels................................  454
Scotch, in  bladders............37
Maccaboy, in jars...............35
French Rappee, in Jars......43
Boxes...................................5M
Kegs, English.......................4%
Kegs................................ 
1M
Granulated,  boxes..............  154
Mixed bird. .8i-E1>8‘....  4M@ 6
Caraway..............................10
Canary..................................3M
Hemp..................................... 4M
Anise...................................13
Rape
Mustard...............................  7M

SAL  SODA.

SODA.

SALT

Diamond Crystal
1003-lb. sacks..............
................
60 5-lb 
“ 
28 10-lb. sacks..............
2014-lb.  “ 
................
24 3-lb  cases.................
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags 
281b.  “ Warsaw.
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags 
281b.  “
56 lb. dairy  bags............
56 lb. dairy  bags............
56 lb.  sacks....................
Common Fine  per bbl
SALEKATUS.

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.

Saginaw and Manistee. 

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Church’s ........................... $3 30
DeLand’s ............................3 30
Dwight’s ..............................3 30

2  15 2 00 
1  50

SYRUPS
Corn

Pure Cane.

Barrels...
.$4 50 Half bbls.

.  5 50 Good  ...
.  3 25 Choice  ..

-  20

...  19
...  25
....  30

SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar Creams............
Frosted  Creams.........
Graham  Crackers......
Oatmeal Crackers—
TEAS.

ja pa n—Regular.

F air...........................
Good — ....................
Choice....................  24
Choicest......................32
D ust........................... 10
SUN CURED.
F a ir...........................
$3 50 Good.................
2 no Choice............... ...... 24
........32
Choicest...........
DUBt................. ........ 10
2 50
BASKET FIRED.
........18
2 50 F air.................
Choice........................
Choicest......................
Extra choice, wire leaf
GUNPOWDER.
Common to  fair..........25
Extra fine to finest__ 50
Choicest fancy........... 75
Common to fair..........23
Superior to  fine..........28
Fine to choicest..........46

OOLONG.

@17
@20@26
@34

@17
@20
@26
@34
@12
@20@25
@35
@40
@35
@65
@85
@26
@30
@55

LICORICE.

LYE.

Pure.....................................   30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily...................................   18
Condensed, 2 doz.....................1 25
No. 9  sulphur...........................1 65
Anchor parlor.......................... 1 70
No. 2 home............................... 1 10
Export  parlor......................4 oO

MATCHES.

MINCE  MEAT

3 or 6 doz. in case  per doz. .1  00

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house....................  
Ordinary.......................... 
Prim e............................... 
Fancy............................... 
New Orleans.
F air..................................  
Good........................... 
 
Extra good.......................  
Choice.............................  
Fancy................................ 
One-half barrels, 3c extra

14
16
16
20
17
20
26
30
36

OATMEAL.

40
<&2 50

Barrels 200.................  @4  75
Half barrels  100.................... @2 50
ROLLED OATS
Barrels  180...............
Half  bbls 90............
PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count........... $4 50
Half  barrels, 600 count—   2 75 
Barrels, 2.400 count  .........   5  50
Half barrels, 1,200 count
Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
Cob, No. 3.................................1 25

“  T. D. full count...........  75

Small.

PIPES.

RICE.

Domestic.

Imported.

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

Broken...............................
Japan, No. 1......................... 6
“  No. 2..........................5M
Java...................................   5
Patna..................................   5
SAUERKRAUT.
Silver Thread, bbl.....
M bbl...

“ 

Kitchen,3 doz.  inbox.
Hand 

3  “ 

SAFOLIO.
“

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

Allspice............................... 10
Cassia. China in mats........  8
Batavia in bund — 15
Saigon in rolls........ 35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar..................13
Mace  Batavia......................80

“ 
“ 
“ 

im p e r ia l .

YOUNG HYSON.

Common 10 fair........ 23  @26
Superior to fine..........30  @35
Common to fair........ 18  @26
Superior to  fine........ 30  ©40
F air...........................18  ©22
Choice. 
....................24  @28
Best.......................... 40  @50

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

Plug.

Pails unless otherwise noted.
Hiawatha  ................. 
¡¡0
34
Sweet  Cuba...............  
McGinty.................... 
24
“  M b b ls........ 
22
Little  Darling........... 
22
M bbl.. 
20
1791............................ 
20
19
1891, M  bbls...............  
33
Valley  City................ 
Dandy Jim ................. 
27
20
Tornado...................... 
Searhead.................... 
40
Joker......................... 
17
Zeno............................ 
22
L. & W.......................  
2 \
28
Here  It Is................... 
Old Style.................... 
31
Old  Honesty.............. 
4
32
Jolly Tar....................  
Hiawatha................... 
37
Valley City...............  
34
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good  ...................38
Toss Up.................................. 26
Out of Sight......................   ..25
Boss..................................... 12M
Colonel’s Choice..................13
Warpath..............................14
Banner ...............................14
King Bee..............................20
Kiln Dried...........................17
Nigger Head........................23
Honey  Dew......................... 24
Gold  Block......................... 28
Peerless............................... 24
Rob  Roy..............................24
Uncle Sam...........................28
Tom and Jerry....................
Brier Pipe............................ 30
Yum Yum.............. . ..........32
Red Clover..............-...........32
N avy..................................32
Handmade...........................40
Frog..................................  33
40 gr.......................................8
50  gr......................................9

Smoking.

VINEGAR.

$1 for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

  20

Bulk, per gal  ................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz In case...  175 
te AST- -Compressed. 
Fermentum  per doz. cakes  .  15 
“ 

per lb’............... 3j
PA PER & WOODEN WARE
Straw 
................................. 194
Rockfalls ..  .........................2
Rag sugar............................. 2
Hardware............................. 2M
Bakers.................................. 2M
Dry  Goods.................... 5M@6
Jute  Manilla...............   ®6M
Red  Express  No. 1............   5M
No. 2 .............4M

PAPER.

" 

TWINES.

I 

“  

“ 
“ 
“ 

WOODENWABE.

“ 
“ 
splint 
‘ 

48 Cotton..............................22
Cotton, No. 1 —   ........... 
“   2 ........................................18
Sea  Island, assorted...........35
No. 5 Hemp..................  .. .15
No. 6  “ .................................15
Tubs, No. 1.........................  7 00
“  No. 2.........................  6 00
“  No. 3......................  
  5 
1  35 
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop—   1  60 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 
50
Bowls, 11 inch....................  1  00
“ 
13  “ 
.....................  1 25
“  15  “ 
..................... 2 00
.....................  2 75
“  17  “ 
assorted, 17s and  19s 2 50 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
“ 
1  Baskets, market.................   35
shipping  bushel..  1  20 
“ 
“ 
..  1  30
full  hoop  “ 
bushel.................  1  50
“ 
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
“  No.2  6 25
“  No.3  7 25
“  No.l  3 50
“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3 5 00
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF» 
90 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
90
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 
Bolted.......................  
 
Granulated........................  2 
Straight, in  sacks  .............  5 
“  barrels..........   5  10
“ 
Patent 
“  sacks...........  6 00
“  barrels...........  6 10
“ 
Graham  “  sacks...........  2 30
Rye 
“ 
2 65
MILLSTUFFS.
Bran...................................  17 00
Screenings........................  12 00
Middlings.........................   20 00
Mixed Feed......................   22 00
Coarse meal.......................  22 00
Car  lots............................... 53
Less than  car  lots.............55
Car  lo ts ..............................35
Less than car lots................38
HAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__12 00
I No. 1 
ton lots........13 00

WHEAT.

FLOUR.

MEAL.

CORN.

OATS.

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00

1  75
00
00

1 4
OFFICIAL  BANK  EXAMINATIONS. 
The gloom which began to overshadow 
Wall  street a month  ago, after the  light 
weight operators, who jeered at my warn­
ings of  danger,  had  exhausted  their  re­
sources  in  forcing  a  temporary  rise  of 
prices,  and had to confess  their mistake, 
has been  deepened during the  past week 
by the  bankruptcy of  the  Maverick  Na­
tional  Bank  at  Boston. 
It  is  not  that 
the catastrophe itself  has caused any ex­
tensive losses  here,  but it has  compelled 
the  solvent  Boston  banks to draw  down 
their balances with our banks, and it has 
impaired  general confidence  by showing 
how  an  institution  in  good  credit,  ap­
parently sound  and  doing  an  enormous 
business,  may  suddenly  collapse  and 
prove to be an  empty  shell.  Above  all, 
it has weakened  people’s  faith in official 
bank examinations  as a meaus of  detect­
ing hidden  financial  weaknesses, and  as 
a  guarantee  of  safety  against  misman­
agement and fraud.  Coming, as it did. so 
soon  after similar  failures of  official ex­
aminations of  the Ninth  National  Bank, 
the American  Loan  and Trust Company, 
the Keystone National Bank of  Philadel­
phia.  and the  Kingston  Savings Bank,  it 
has excited  suspicion as to the  real  con­
dition of  the thousands of  other  institu­
tions which  have likewise beeu  officially 
certified  to  be  in  good  condition,  but 
which,  it is now  seen,  may none  the less 
be insolvent.

The United  States  Comptroller of  the 
Currency  has  been  severely  criticised, 
and with some reason,  for his remissness 
in  allowing the  Maverick  Bank to go on 
and  incur  new  obligations  after  it had 
been  reported to him  to be  unworthy of 
credit.  As  in  the  similar  case of  the 
Keystone  National  Bank,  he  may  have 
been  influenced  by a  natural  reluctance 
to  precipitate the ruin of  a  tottering in­
stitution, so  long  as  a  chance remained 
of restoring  it  to  soundness.  Any pre­
cautionary measure which he might have 
taken  would  have  been  noised  abroad, 
and thus would of  itself have caused the 
crash  it  was intended to avert.  Or, per­
sonal  influence with  his official  superior 
may have  been  brought to bear on  him, 
as it seems to have been  in respect of the 
Keystone  Bank, to stay his  hand and de­
lay  his  action.  Whatever  be  the  true 
explanation  of  it,  his  course  has  been 
shown  by events to have been detriment­
al to the public interest.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

examination  over  and  over  again,  and j by defaulting  cashiers,  tellers and  book- 
came to light  only  by accident. 
I  may,  keepers without  detection  by  directors, 
indeed,  justly claim  that  the  State  offi-  or even  by  presidents.  Some  thirty  or 
cials are not less efficient  than those act-I forty  years  ago,  the  City  Bank,  when 
ing  under  Federal  authority,  but 1 must | Mr.  Moses Taylor was its  President,  was 
admit that they are not more so.  A man  robbed of  about  §400,000 by a dishonest
receiving  teller,  and  he was  not  found 
is  neither more  nor less  competent  be­
out  until  months  afterward.  Talking 
cause he  is  sent from  Albany instead of 
upon the subject with one of the directors 
from Washington to investigate  the  con­
of  the  bank,  who was a personal  friend 
dition of  a  financial  institution,  and the 
of  mine,  1  asked  how the  culprit  man­
title he bears  makes no difference  in  the 
aged  to  conceal so long  the  abstraction 
value of  his  labors.  Only the  State ex­
of  so large a sum.  The explanation was 
aminers,  who  were  deceived  by the  offi­
very simple.  The  bank’s aggregate  de­
cers  of  the  American  Loan  and  Trust 
posits amounted to millions, and its daily 
Company  and  of  the  Kingston  Savings 
ieposits  were  many  hundreds of  thou- 
Bank,  are  not,  like  the  United  States 
ands  of  dollars.  The  thief  took  his 
Comptroller  of  the  Currency,  charged 
plunder out of  the deposits as they came 
with  willful  violation of  their duty,  and 
in,  and  delayed  to  enter  them  on  the 
in  that  respect  stand  better  in  public 
bank’s  books  until  the next  day,  when 
esteem.
fresh  deposits  had  filled  the  vacuum. 
The  dealers’  pass  books,  if  they had  all 
been  called  in  at  once  and written  up, 
would have revealed the defalcation,  but, 
everyone  knows,  this  is  never  done 
unless the bank is going into liquidation. 
The suppressed entries in  the bank’s own 
books  being  equal 
in  amount  to  the 
money  abstracted,  the  bank’s  cash  was 
always right,  and thus  nothing was  sus­
pected  to be wrong.  How  the  exposure 
came  about  finally  I  do not  exactly re­
member,  but  it  was  not  by  anything 
shown on the  bank’s books. 
If, now,  so 
shrewd  and  sharp-sighted a man  as  Mr. 
Taylor  could be thus  hoodwinked,  what 
chance has  a  mere  accountant,  who can 
be hired  for a salary of  a few hundred  a 
year?  The City Bank fortunately pulled 
through,  and  soon  made  up  its  loss  in 
this instance,  but,  supposing it had  been 
forced  by  it  into  bankruptcy, could  an 
official examiner,  who had  certified to its 
soundness  shortly  before,  have  been 
justly  condemned as inefficient?

Aside from  bad faith and  the suppres­
sion  of  damaging  discoveries,  1  think 
official  bank examiners  are not always to 
be blamed  because  they fail to announce 
the impending  insolvency of  an  institu­
tion. 
In  most cases  its  collapse  is  due 
to the  blunders  or  to  the  frauds of  its 
active  managers,  and  they use  every art 
to conceal  its  true condition and to make 
a good showing of its affairs.  How easily 
this  can  be  done  anyone  familiar  with 
the  banking  business  knows  full  well. 
An official examiner is not usually a man 
of  universal  information,  and  cannot be 
expected  to  know  the  exact  value  of 
every  note  or  acceptance,  every  bond, 
and every  kind of stock in existence. 
If 
the investments and  the  collaterals sub­
mitted  to  him as the  assets  of  the con­
cern he  is  examining are good  on  thei 
face  and  bear no features  which  arouse 
suspicions,  he  must  necessarily approve 
them.  Ail  investigating  committee  of 
experienced  bauk  officers,  such  as  the 
Clearing  House  occasionally  appoints, 
may,  indeed,  if  they will  take the  time 
and  trouble,  go over  a  bank’s portfolios 
and  envelopes,  and  arrive at  somethin 
like a correct  estimate  of  the  character 
of  their  contents.  Yet,  when  this  was 
done  the  other  day in Boston  with  the 
Maverick  Bank,  its  President  protested 
most  energetically 
that  the  committee 
came to its unfavorable conclusion in the 
most rough and ready  way, and failed to 
do  his bank  justice.  He  said that  they 
called everything bad which they did not 
know  to  be  good,  and  then  knocked 20 
per cent, off the face of  the remainder to 
to allow for possible depreciation.  They 
could  safely act  thus,  because  they were 
not  responsible  to  anybody  but  them 
selves  for  the  consequences,  but if  offi 
cial examiners  were  to  pursue  the same 
course  they would  not long be permitted 
to retain their places.

The methods of covering up losses and 
peculations  are  numberless, and,  as ex­
perience proves, they have been employed 
with  great  success.  Dummy  packages 
of  currency,  empty  envelopes  with  en­
dorsements  on  them of  imaginary  con­
tents,  forged or bogus  notes and  accept 
ances,  handsomely printed but worthless 
bonds  and stock  certificates,  false debit 
against  solvent  customers,  and  omitted 
debits  against  those who  are  insolvent, 
all these devices  have one after  anothei 
been detected and  exposed,  and  yet con­
tinue to be used.  Not only corporations 
but  private  firms  may thus  be  depleted 
uutil  they  are  insolvent  without  any­
body’s  knowing  it.  One  firm,  I  have 
heard lately, was robbed of some §300,000 
by a dishonest  salesman  working in  col­
lusion with a dishonest book-keeper.  He 
sold  goods  and  collected  the  proceeds 
and  as the transactions were  not record­
ed  he  and  the  bookkeeper divided  the 
money with impunity between them.

the 

the 

favor  of 

is  destined  to 

I  should  be  glad  to  use  these  two 
failure  of  Federal 
instances  of 
supervision  to  prevent  loss  to  depos­
itors  by  bank  failures,  as  an  argument 
in 
replacement  of 
national  banks  by  State  banks  under 
State  guardianship,  which,  I  am  con­
vinced, 
take  place  as 
The way in  which writers for the press 
soon  as  the  extinguishment  of  the  na­
and  many people  in conversation discuss 
tional  debt shall  put an end  to  the prof­
this  subject betrays  an  ignorance in 
itable  issue of  national  bank  currency, 
gard to  it  which  is  not surprising, and 
which  now makes  the  national so much 
yet is very  amusing.  They  assume that 
preferred  to  the  State system.  Unfort­
any  man  able  to  add  up  a  column  of 
unately  two of  the other  bank  failures 
figures can go  into a bank or a trust com 
I have mentioned  demonstrate that State 
pany and determine  its  condition  from a 
officials  are no  more  to  be  relied  upon 
mere inspection of its books and records, 
than  those of  the  Federal  Government, 
They forget the familiar fact that figures 
and that  the inefficiency of  the one class 
can  be made to prove anything, and  that 
is about equal to that of the other.  The 
especially,  they  can  be  made  to  prove 
American  Loan and  Trust Company had
solvency  when it  is in  the interest  to  do 
to put up its shutters because of insolven- I so  of  those  who  manipulate  them.  A 
cy only a few weeks after our State Bank | balance on the  right  side can  always be 
Examiners  had  passed  it  as  perfectly! created  by  exaggerating  the  items  on 
sound,  and  the  Kingston  Savings  Bank | that  side  and  dimishing  those  on  the 
went into the hands of  a receiver in con-  opposite side.  Over and over again have 
sequence of a robbery by its own officers, I instances  occurred where such  false bal- 
which  had  escaped  detection  by  State < ances have  been  carried along  for years

Our Complete  Fall Line of

Holiday aid

W ill l»e ready September 10th 
Iw ill pay 
every m erchant handling this line of goods 
to exam ine onr samples.

EATON,  LYON  &  00.,

20 & 22 Monroe St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

Tar and  Gravel  Roofers,

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

Corner Louis and Campau Sts., 

GRAM )  RAPIDS.

G. R  MAYHEW,

Grand  Rapids. Mich.,

JOBBEB OF

PC!

Woonsocket Rubbers,

Felt  Boots k A<aska Socks.
Whitcomb  i  Paine’s  Calf  Boots.

W rite for Prices.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

A. J.

Bownk, President.

D.  A. 

•  d o e t t , Vice-President.

CAPITAL.

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

Transacts a  general  banking  business.

Make a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

of Country M erchants Solicited.

Of Ledgers  and  .Journals  hound  w ith  the 

P hiladelphia Pat. P lat openiu  back. 
The Strongest B lank Rook Ever Made.

The upshot of the whole matter is  that 
official examinations cannot  be  relied on 
absolutely to protect either  the creditors 
or 
the  stockholders  of  corporation 
against  improvident  or  dishonest  man­
agement.  Still,  they  are  useful  to  the 
extent that the fear of them  keeps rogues 
of only ordinary  skill in check,  and com­
pels those  who  are extraordinarily skill­
ful to resort to very troublesome methods 
to  conceal  their  misdeeds.  On  this  ac­
count  they  are  to  be  reckoned  useful, 
and  may  be  maintained  as a safeguard, 
not,  indeed,  perfect,  but  good  as  far  as 
it goes. 

Ma tt h ew   Maks h a m ,.

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

GKAKD  RAPIDS,  MICH

Written for Th e  Tradesman.

THE  GROCER’S  TYPEWRITER.
The grocer  had decided  to invest in  a 
typewriter, and the  crowd which habitu­
ally frequented his establishment on win­
ter evenings had been anxiously awaiting 
the arrival of the  machine. 
It was to be 
the first  of  the  sort  at  £lm Flats,  and 
great was the curiosity concerning it.

Mr. Stebbins had  exhibited  specimens 
of typewritten  matter  executed  on  ma­
chines of the same make and had excited 
considerable  wonderment  thereby.  The 
prevailing idea  seemed to be that a type­
writer  was  an  arrangement  something 
like a printer’s  case and  that the  opera­
tor chose  the desired type,  dabbed  it  on 
an iuk  pad and then  stamped  it  on  the 
paper  at  the  given  point.  This 
im­
pression  received  a  set-back,  however, 
when Mr.  Stebbins  showed  up a  picture 
of the  instrument,  and  it  was  then  and 
there  decided  that  the  types  were  fas 
tened to the  lower ends  of the  keys and 
that these letters  punched directly down 
upon the sheet to be printed.

Stebbins thought in a general way that 
there might  be some  mistake about this; 
but, as he  had  no  very  clear  ideas con­
cerning  it,  he  did  what  many  another 
man  had  done  before  him—he  looked 
very wise and said very little.

At  length the  machine  arrived,  and  a 
large concourse of loafers was present to 
witness  the  opening  ceremonies.  The 
box which contained  the instrument was 
decorated with an  unusually large  num­
ber of  warning  legends, of  which “This 
side up,”  “Glass,”  “ Handle  Carefully,” 
“Take  out  these  screws,”  and  “Open 
with  extreme  caution”  were,  perhaps, I 
the most prominent.

Those  present  viewed 

the  package 
with becoming  and  satisfactory signs  of 
awe,  so, at  length, after  being  urged  to 
“Open  her  up,”  Stebbins  approached, 
armed with a letter of instructions in one 
hand and a screwdriver in the other, while 
the crowd  pushed excitedly forward and 
held its breath in suspense.

With  painful  and  ostentatious  care 
the screws were  slowly removed, the  in­
structions being frequently consulted the 
while,  and  impatient  importunities  to 
hasten  were answered  by Stebbins  with 
such old saws as:  “Make  haste  slowly,” 
and  .“The  longest  way  around  is  the 
shortest way across.”

At last,  the cover of the box  came  off, 
and out  tumbled a  wad of  excelsior and 
a  few pieces old  of newspapers. 
Jake 
Hodges grabbed a handful of the packing 
that protruded from the box, and yanked 
it  out. 
In  so  doing the  bell ringer was

touched,  and a  little tinkling  sound  en­
sued.

“Great  Jeewhillikens!” he  howled,  as 
he danced away from its vicinity.  “The 
thing’s alive.  Do it bite?”

But at last  the machine was  unpacked 
and  brought to  light in  all its  grandeur 
of  black  varnish  and  gold  trimmings. 
For  a few  moments  it was  an object of 
deep  and  almost  sacred  regard.  Then 
the oldest inhabitant  stepped slowly for­
ward,  peered  curiously  all  around  the 
instrument,  touched  the  keys  gingerly 
with his palsied hands, and finally asked 
in a peevish  tone:

“Waal, Stebbins, whair be the crank?” 
“What  crank?”
“Why, the crank  tew  turn the  bloody 

thing ’ith,  in course.”

“Why,  there hain’t  no  crank,"  replied 
Stebbins,  with  ungrammatical  asperity.
“No  crank?”  repeated  the  oldest,  in 
“No-o  cr-a-a-ank? 

unaffected  dismay. 
Hain’t the’ railly n-o  c-r-a-n-k?”

“No, of course not.”
“ Waal,  by  gum!”  And the  old  man’s 
exclamation  carried  with it  the  idea  of 
blasted hopes,  and withered  aspirations, 
and the moaning of bleak winds through 
winter’s leafless boughs.  Then he moved 
his bowed head slowly  from side to  side 
for  a  few  moments,  and  faintly  mur­
mured:  “T-h-e  w-a-’n-’t  n-o  c-r-a-n-k.” 
But, struck suddenly with  a thought,  he 
exclaimed: 
“Ef  the’  hain’t  no  crank, 
Stebbings,then where the glittering brick 
bats d’ye git your paower?”

“Don’t need any.  Goes without.”
“No paower!” pause,  “and  no crank!” 
another pause.  “Wall,  by  whang! 
I’ve 
lived  inter  thish yer  scrabble  juggered 
ole  taown  fer  more’n  thirty  years,  an’ 
bung my  turnips ef  this  hain’t the  fust 
mersheen  I  ever seed  that  didn’t  take 
sompen er ruther  ter  run  it. 
I’m  goin’ 
home, en ef  enny  o’ yaou kids  don’t  see 
nothin’ o’ me fer th’ nex’  fo’t ni’t, ye jes’ 
wan ter  cal’late  ’t  the  yarth’s  tooken  a 
spurt  ahead  o’  yer  Uncle  Dan’l,  au’  ’t 
one  more  played  out  oc-to-ge-na-ri-an 
hath  crawled  inter  his  last  sad  restin’ 
place,  an’  hauled the  hole in  arter  him. 
A-joo.”

*

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* 

“Don’t you intend to start  her a goin’, 
Squire?”  asked Jake, after  the ripple  of 
mirth  caused  by  the  foregoing  speech 
had subsided. 
“Speed  her  up  a  little 
and show off some of her good p’ints.” 

Stebbins  was  rather  fearful  to  make 
the initial trial of the machine in public; 
but,  being  thus  adjured,  he  inserted  a 
piece of paper  between the rollers of the 
instrument,  carefully  following  direc-

tions, and when  he was  quite  sure  that 
all  was  right,  he  struck  the  letter  “s.” 
Then he  lifted  the  carriage to  note  re­
sults,  and  the  panting  crowd  surged 
around  him  with  expectant  faces  and 
staring  eyes.  And  when  a  chorus  of 
Oh’s and Ah’s  greeted his ears, he  knew 
that the result was regarded as a success, 
and that  his  machine  had made  the  hit 
of the season  at Elm  Flats.  Henceforth 
the  butcher  could  not  gloat  over  him 
from his  new buggy,  and  the  bicycle  of 
the opposing  grocer  would  win  for  its 
owner but a passing glance.

At  that  memorable moment the  value 
of  the  Stebbins  typewriter  was  beyond 
estimate.

“Write  something,” suggested the ever 
irrepressible Jake;  and the  Squire,  with 
that vanity common to mankind, finished 
the word  which he  had begun  when  he 
inscribed  tbe  initial  “s.”  Show me  the 
man  who did not celebrate  the  purchase 
of  his  first  typewriter  by  printing  his 
own name with  it at  the earliest  oppor­
tunity,  and  I  will show  you a man  with 
a family scandal;  I will point  out to you 
a man who will rob his neighbor’s chick­
en  roost,  and  1  will  lay  the  finger  of 
scorn upon one  who is dyed  deeper with 
the dark  stains  of  crime  and  depravity 
than  the  average  tramp  printer.  Steb­
bins wrote his name.

The result  was  fairly  successful.  To 
be sure,  some of the letters did not  show 
up  very  well,  while  others  punched 
through the paper to an alarming extent, 
and then  the  word  was not  capitalized; 
but  these  were  matters which  could  be 
mended  in  time  with practice,  and Steb­
bins  smiled  self-complacently  at  his 
work,  and,  glancing  proudly  at  his 
guests,  read in their faces the admiration 
and astonishment which were his due.

But Jake was still unsatisfied.
“Write something else,” said  he,  “and 
put  in  the  capitals  and  all  the  funny 
marks. 

I wanter see how she spells.”

As Stebbins was beginning to gain con­
fidence in  himself  and  his  machine,  he 
settled  down 
to  business  and  boldly 
struck out on the  following:

“WH3n  inTheco  UrSS  of  HUMaN 
events  lTBecomJ^s  NeDssa4y  FORone 
pePLE  (3  583$  5?3@  59  9!3  %9@@9; 
giVE us Arest.”

Mr.  Stebbins,  becoming somewhat ner­
vous  in his  slow  search  for the  proper 
letters on a  keyboard with which he was 
unfamiliar,  had 
latched 
the  wrong  shift  key.  There  was  sub­
dued mirth  when the  operator lifted  the 
carriage  and  exposed  the  results of  his 
work; but  the  Elm  Flatters  went  home

inadvertently 

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

16

well pleased  with  their  evening’s enter­
tainment,  and  thoroughly  embued  with 
the  idea that the  typewriter is,  indeed,  a 
great invention.  Geo.  L.  T hurston.

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4

The Recent  Decision  on  Price-R egulat­
Written for Thu Tradesman.

ing Combinations.

All  honor  to  McGrath,  Morse  and 
Champlin,  of  the  Michigan  Supreme 
Court,  for the high judicial grounds taken 
in  rendering the  decision in  Daniel  and 
Edwin Lovejoy vs. Jacob Michaels!  This 
decision  establishes  a  precedent for  the 
future guidance of all commercial  trusts, 
organizations  and  combinations  in  the 
matter of fixing and  maintaining  prices. 
This  important  and  heretofore  open 
question as to whether  tradesmen have a 
lawful  right  to  combine  and  establish 
prices  for  their  mutual  protection  and 
benefit  has  been  negatively  decided  by 
our  Supreme  Court  and  its  legality is, 
therefore,  no  longer  debatable. 
The 
writer  has always entertained  the  opin­
ion  that any  organized  effort  to  fix and 
maintain  prices was  unlawful,  as  being 
opposed  to  public  policy;  and,  while 
serving  a  subordinate  B.  M.  A.  as  its 
president,  he  discouraged  and  opposed' 
every  move  on the  part of  its  members 
which  pointed in the  direction of  fixing 
prices. 
Some  of  our  grocer  members 
were very desirous of springing the mat­
ter on our Association  and never seemed 
to feel just satisfied because their wishes 
were not acted  upon.  The members who 
demanded  action of this kind were small, 
weak dealers,  and,  lacking the necessary 
capital, or  business  qualifications,  they 
felt  the need  of  protection of  this  kind 
to save  them from  the ruinous  competi­
tion  which the  superior  advantages pos­
sessed  by  their  rivals  made  possible. 
Competition, in these  times,  is fierce and 
bitter,yet it is now,as it always has been, 
the life of trade.  “The survival of the fit­
test” is  a  law  of  nature,  and,  like  all 
natural  laws,  it  cannot  be  repealed  or 
amended,  and every  attempt to  neutral­
ize its  free  and  untrammeled  action but 
adds to the burdens  of human  existence. 
The prices  of all  supplies which are  re­
quired for  the sustenance  of the  people 
should be subject at all  times to the free 
action of the great law of supply  and de­
mand,  and any  agency  brought  to  bear 
which tends to interfere with free,  open, 
healthy  competition,  or  to  prevent  the 
complete operation of  the law of  supply 
and  demand,  is  subversive  of the  best 
interests  of  humanity  and  opposed  to 
public policy.  The  state,  therefore, has 
a duty to perform  in throttling these un­
lawful  agencies  before  they  take  root 
and  secure  privileges  which  would,  in 
time, develop into vested  rights.

Judges Grant and  Long  held the opin­
ion that a combination toestablish prices 
was not  unlawful  unless  the  prices  es­
tablished should prove  to be  unreasona­
ble and exorbitant.  This  is a dangerous 
doctrine  and  our  prosperous State  is  to 
be  congratulated  that it  did not  prevail 
in  her court of last resort.  What  tribu­
nal  would be  able  to decide  whether  the 
price  fixed by  any certain  trust or  com­

bination was  exorbitant or not?  Does it 
not seem  perfectly  clear to  the  mind  of 
every  reader  of  T he  Tradesman  that, 
whereas,  the  price  of any certain article 
must depend upon the cost of production; 
and,  whereas, the  cost  of production de­
pends to a  considerable  extent upon the 
efficiency of  the skill  and the amouut  of 
capital 
thrown  into  the  business — it 
would, therefore,  simply be impossible to 
establish a price which would  be reason­
able and  fair all  around?  Fix  it  where 
it would  be  fair  and  reasonable for  the 
members  of  the  combination  who  are 
operating  (through  a  lack of  skill,  capi­
tal,  etc.)  at a disadvantage,  and it is  self 
evident  that  the  big  fish  in  the puddle 
would  be  receiving  exorbitant  prices. 
On the  other hand, fix  it at  a reasonable 
margin  of profit  for  the large  concerns, 
and  the little fish  would be compelled  to 
play the Jonah act.

labor  trusts  and  combinations 
make  the  same  blunder  and  show  the 
same  unnatural  short-sightedness  when 
they  undertake  to  establish  and  main­
tain  the  price  of  wages.  Two  great 
wrongs are committed by the labor union 
trust—first,  employers  are  forced to pay 
incompetent  men  more  than  they  can 
earn;  secondly,  skilled  and  competent 
labor  does not  receive  what  it  is  enti­
tled to.  The  labor union  combines for 
the  purpose  of  establishing  and  main­
taining prices, as  applied  to labor;  and, 
in  effect,  it  interferes  with  the  law  of 
supply and  demand and  opposes  public 
policy. 
It  is  just  as  unlawful  as  any 
other  combination  created  for  the  pur­
pose  of  regulatng  prices  and  ought  to 
be  branded  accordingly,  which  will  be 
the  case,  no  doubt,  when  the  first  test 
case is carried to the Supreme Court.

The 

A  precedent has been established,  at a 
time  when  most needed,  which  will  have 
a  tendency  to  check  the  greed  and  cur­
tail  the  swineishness  of  the  rapidly  in­
creasing trusts,  unions  and other unlaw­
ful combinations. 

E.  A.  Owen.

The  Drug  M arket.

is  unchanged.  Quinine 

Opium  is  scarce  and  firm  in  price. 
Morphia 
is 
steady.  Nitrate  silver  has  declined. 
Chloral  hydrate  in  lower.  Ergot  has 
advanced.

Every  garment  bearing  the  above  ticket  is 
WARRANTED  NOT  TO  RTP,  and,  if  not  as 
represented, yon  are  requested  to  return  it  to 
the  merchant  of  whom  it was  purchased  and 
receive a new garment.

STANTON,  MOREY  &  CO.,

Manufacturers, Detroit, Mich,

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

TRAINS  s o m e   NORTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
1:05 am
11:30 a m
4:30 pm
10:30 p m
Train  arriving at 9:20  daily;  all  other  trains  daily 

South. 
For Saginaw &  Traverse  City..  5:15 am  
For Traverse City & Mackinaw  9:20 am  
For Saginaw  and  Cadillac.........  2:15 p m  
For Petoskey & Mackinaw.......   8:50 p m 
except Sunday.

TRA INS  G O IN S  SO U TH .

North. 

Arrive from  Leave going 
South.
7:00  am
10:30  am
2:00  pm
6:00  pm
11:05 p ra
Trains leaving at 6 00 p. m. and 11:05 p. m. run daily; 

For  Cincinnati.............................   6:20 a m 
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago... 
For Fort Wayne and the  East..  11:50am 
For  C incinnati............................  6:30pm 
For  Chicago.................................. 10:40 p m 
From Saginaw............................... 10:40 p m
all other trains daily except Sunday.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
10:10 a m
7:00 a m 
11:25 a m 
4:55 p m
5:40  p m 
9:00 p m

From Muskegon—Arrive.

SLEEPING  A  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE.

NORTH—7:05  a m  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 in train .—Wagner Sleeping  Car 
Grand  Rapids to Cincinnati.
11;05 p m  train .—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

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

10:30 am  
3:55pm 

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

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. 
10:10pm
5:15  am
3 10  p  m  through  Wagner  Parlor  Car.  10:10  p  m 

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

7:05am 
2:15 p m 

2:00 p m  
9:00pm 

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  anrl  8  E rie   St,.  G R A N »   R A F ID S .

EDMUND B, DIKEMlI
Watch Ji/lakcr

THE  GREAT

44  GlfflL  8T„

Grand Rapids  -  JIM.

M ic h ig a n (T e n t r a l

“ The Niagara falls Route.’'

DEPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express.....................................  7:00 am   10:00 p m
4:30  pm
Mixed  ....................................................6:40am 
Day  Express........................................  1:20 pm   10:00 am
*Atlantic & Pacific Express............. 10.30 p ra 
6:00 am
New York Express...............................6:40 p in  12:40 p m

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

•Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping:  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
Parlor oars run  on  Day  Express  and  Grand Rapid 
Fred M. Briggs, Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
A. Alakjuist, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. RUGGLK8  G. P.  &  T. Agent.Chicago.

PltftOfT 
.GRÄNS RAVE
M

T ra in s  L eav e

G’d   R ap id s,  Lv
I o n i a ..............A r
St.  J o h n s   ...A r
O w o sso ..........A r
E.  S ag in aw   . A r
B ay C ity ........A r
F l i n t ............  A r
P t.  H u r o n ...A r
P o n tia c ..........A r
D e tro it............A r

TIME  TABLE

NOW IN  EFFECT.

EA STW A RD .

tN o .  14 tN o .  16 tN o .  18|»No.  28
6 50am
10 55pm 
7 45am
12 37am 
8 28am
1  55am 
9 15am 
3 15am 
1 1 10am 
8  45am 
11  50am 
7  :0am  
1 1 10am
5 40am 
305pm
7 :15am 
10 57am
5 50am 
11 5  am
7  0am

3 45pm
4 52pm
5 40pm
6 4cpm
8 40pm
9 20pm 
SO: pm
10 30pm
8 55pm
9 50pm

I  ■ 20am
II  25am 
12 17am 
1 20pm 
3! 0pm 
3 45pm 
3 4< )pm 
6 00pm
3 05pm
4 05pm

WESTWARD.

i »N o. 81 tN o .  11 tN o . 13
5  10pm
6  15 pm

1  00pm
2  15pm

7 05am
8 50am

T ra in s  L e a v e  

G’d   R ap id s,  L v ..............
G ’d   H av en ,  A r ..............!
M ilw ’k ee S tr  “ ..............
C h icag o  S tr.  “ ..............

»Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. in., 12:50 p. m. 
5:00 p. m. and 10:25 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west,  10:10  a. m., 3:35 
p.m. and 9:50 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward —No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  li 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.  ’ 
J ohn W. Loud, Traffic Manager.
Ben F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent. 
J as. Cam pbell, City Ticket Agent.

CHICAGO 

23 Monroe Street.
suv-

5:30 8:30

DEPART FOR

only.9 .1 )A  A- 

1  Manistee,  via M.  & N. E. K. R.

•V/vf  go.  No extra charge for seats. 

&  WEST  MICHIGAN  BY.
A. M. F.  M. P.M. P.M.
9:00
12:05*11:35 
9:00
12:05! §11:35 
9:00
12:05 »11:35 
9:00
12:051*11:35 
5:17___
9:00 1:05
5:17
5:17
5:17

Chicago.....................
Indianapolis.........
Benton Harbor...........
St. Joseph..................
Traverse  City............
Muskegon..................
Manistee  .................
Ludington.................
Big Rapids...  ..........
»Daily.  §Except Saturday.  Other  trains  week 
has through chair car to Chica- 
iQ .A PC  P.M.  runs  through to Chic  go  solid 
I —:•’ "«-»  with Wagner buffet car;  sea s  50 cts. 
C , 1 7   P. M. has  through free  chair  car  to 
11  «QJC  P- M. is solid  train  with Wagner pal- 
I * 0 0   ace sleeping  car  through to < Chicago.
and sleeper  to  Indianapolis via lien- 
ton Harbor.
ggliifii8”:
Lansing & Northern R R
A. M. P. M. P. M.
Detroit...................................
7:15 *1:00 5:45
Lansing................................
7:15 *1:00 5:45
Howell...................................
7:15 *1:00 5:45
Lowell.................................
7:15 *1 :i 0
Alma...................
7:05 4:15
St.  Louis  ...  ...........
7:05 4:15
Saginaw  City.........................
7:05 4:15 .......
7 * 1   A  M- runs through to Detroit with par- 
•  'A w  lor car;  seats 25  cents.
P-  M.  Has  through  Parlor  ear  to  De- 
■ •” "  troit.  Seats, 25 cents.
K i J K   P. M. runs through to Detroit  with par 
*7 »APv  A- M. has parlor  car  to  Saginaw, seats 
I  .U iJ  25 cents.
For  tickets  and  information  apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe  street, or union station.

DETROIT, 

lor car, seats  25  cents.

DEPART  FOR

Geo. DbHaven, Gen. Pass’r Agt.

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

Railway.

VIA D., L. A N.

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

v ia d „ e . H. A M.

10.  I2.T4.IG  *7 d  18 

g-£?

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

Return connections equally as good.

W. ;H.  B enn ett, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

Grand Rapifls Storage & Transfer Co., m
General  Warehousemen  and  Transfer  Agents,

Winter  St.,  between  Shawmilt  flue,  and  W.  Fillton  8t„

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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,  WTind Mills 

and Machine and Plow repairs, Etc.

Telephone  No.  945.

J.  Y.  F .  BLAKE.  Sup’t.

D e l e c t a b l e !

We  have  made  arrangements  whereby  we  have  secured the exclu­
sive sale  in  Michigan  of the  famous

C h e r r y s to n e   O y s te r s

which have never before been sold  in  the State.  On account of their 
superior  quality  and  delicious  flavor  they  were,  heretofore, 
invariably  eaten  by epicures in the  East,  but  we, ever on the  alert 
to place the best  before our patrons, beg to assure them that when 
they  buy  the  P.  &  B.  brand  they will  get  genuine  Cherrystone 
Oysters, everywhere  in  the  East  considered  to be “par excellence.” 
Positively the  fattest,  plumpest,  sweetest, most  tempting  article of 
its  kind  to be obtained  anywhere.  Order  P.  &  B.s  through  any 
Grand Rapids jobber or of  us direct.
THE  PUTNAM CANDY CO.

The  Largest  Stock  of

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

-CLOAKS-

ever seen  under one  roof is at

M O R S E ’S

Cor• Monroe & Spring Sts*

Siegel’s Cloak Department
T o  Dealers in W a ll

Send for our Price List.

Our  representative  will  call  on  you 
soon  with  a complete line of  Wall Pa­
pers  at  Manufacturers*  Prices .  Wait 
until  you see  our line as  we  can  save 
you  money•

H A .R V B Y  &
Monroe, Ottawa and Fountain Sts., 

- 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

> K taáaj* «  and S atu rd ay 's D etroit Evening News 

fbr fu rth er  P articu lars.

S100 GIVEN AWAY

To  the  Sm okers  of the

PRINCE  RUDOLPH  CIGARS.

I t   the  panoi  g a m in g   tha  nearest  to  the  n am  bar  of Imp« th a t will 
appear la a  »aria« of  cut« is the  Evening  News,  cuts  not  to  exceed  100. 
1st Cask  Prize, $60;  2d. $25;  8d,15:  4th, $10.  Guess slips to be had w ith 
every 26c. w orth of  PRINCE  RUDOLPH  CIGARS.  Sold Everywhere. 
U p to d ate there has been published 28 cuts, w ith a total of 3 0 3  Imps.

MANuraeTuncs  ev

G lO  K D O N )  

13 o t r o l t ,   M l o t v .
DANIEL  LYNCH,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Wholesale Agt
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ANYTHING

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

T O O   B A T B

That  he  has  allowed  his money to leak  away.

-jV lo p e y - Won’t take  Bare  of Itself.

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

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

tile  business,  adopt one  of the

0 oupop  gystejris

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

For  Sam ples and  P rice  List,  address

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Holts  Wanted 1

I  want  500 to 1,000  cords of Poplar  Excel­

sior  Bolts,  IS, 36 and  54  inches long.

I  also  want  Bassioood  Bolts, same  lengths 

as above.  For particulars address

J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.

W e cordially invite you to call and inspect our line of Holiday Goods, which was never so complete  as now.  But, if for 

any reason you  cannot  come, we will be pleased.to ship  any of the following  assortments.

GKFLA-INTD  R A P I D S ,  M I C H .

Assorted Package of  Holiday Goods.  I 

Assorted Package of Tin Toys.

NO.  J   R  1891.

90
1-3 doz.  Vases dec.  Crystal  with flowers  etc
85
“ 
bright silvered  and gilt glas <,
1
ass’td new  styles,  deco’d . . . .   .1  75
“ 
H
“  Bohemian,  dec.  fancy  top-----2  50
44  Ruby,  gold  and  sapphire co l.2  50
rich  fancy  baskets,  mottled co l........ 4  75
“ 
new  fancy shade.6  75
mottled...................2  50
“ 
pink  tin ts.............. 5  00
“ 
solid  blue toy  pitchers......................  
-48
.........................

%1-6

M
1-6
1-6

cream 

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“ 

“ 
*• 

“ 

“ 

1
1

China dec. cream  p itch ers................. 3  25
spoon  holders,  dec.  china,  flow ers..2  25
ass’td  col. child’s  m ugs....................  38
flowers,  e tc ............   60
china dee.  mugs
85
large  “ 
child’s mugs  richly  dec.  c h in a ........ 1  50
.shaving mugs,  partition,  dec.  china 1  75 

 

 

“ 

“ 

“ 

3 color,  gold

 

“ 

44 

“ 

44 

1  63 
decoration  ......................................................3  25
doz.  china  bread  and  milk  sets,  ass’td
60 
flower  decoration..........................................2  40
doz.  china bread  and  milk  sets,  rich
1  25
flower  decorations......................... 
5  00
1-6 doz.  bread  and milk  sets,  blue and  bwn.4  50
07
ass’td co ls___ 3 90
M “ 
K 44  blue willow plate  se ts-----‘ .............. 2 25 1  13
81
....................... o 25
H 44  china ass’td  44 
44  plate sets,  beautiful d ec........ 9 50 1  58
1-6 44 
85
“   printed teas,  3 colors.........................
1
90
44  child’s  44  china, ass’td deco.........
1
44  open coffees china, 6 styles deco— 2 25 1  12
44  moustache coffees,  china,  6 styles
decorations.................................................. 2 40 1  20
y i doz.  open coffees,  china,  6 styles  dec— 2 25 1  13
44  moustache coffees,  china,  6 l’dscape
y i
decoration.................. ................................. 3 00 1  50
X doz.  moustache coffees,  china,  6 dec, — .3 50 1  75
1/
44  open coffees china,  3 col.  dec........... .3 25 1  62
44  gold  hdl,  asst dec .4 40 2  20
44 
44 
y i
44  6 fancy dec........... .2 25 1  13
44  moust.  44 
x
44  6 asst  dec............. .2 50 1  25
44 
“ 
Ü 44 
.3 75 1  87
............
44 
44  6  “   “  
1  15
44  bisque match safes,  asst colors. —
i
80
44 
44 
sh a p es...
i
1  00
toys,  asst shapes  and colors.............
44 
3

44 
44 
44 

44 

44 

44 

10 per  cent,  discount. 

Package.................................

$43  32 
4  33

$38  99 
50
$39  49

10 per cent,  discount. 

Package.................................

84.

90.
92

r s . . . . .

“  Little gem  sifters 

80........
63...........
70...........
88.......

Our  10  Cent  Counter
1 doz. 60 foot clothes lines  ..........................
1  “  Insect powder  guns...........................
I  “  208 shawl  straps.................................
1  “ 
IXL  razor  strops...............................
1  “  Soap savers,  wire with handle.........
1  “  9-wire potato mashers........................
1  “  Surprise  egg-whips...........................
1  “  Large zinc  machine oilers................
1  “  Boxes Putz  pomade...........................
1  "  Black handle whisk  brooms.............
1  “  Acme  butter  ladles...........................
1  “ 
Individual  butter molds,  assorted...
1  “  Wood knife and  fork  boxes...............
1  “  Assorted  bird cage hooks..................
1  “  Barlow-pocket  knives.......................
1  “  13-in.  round  embossed  trays.............
14  “  1-qt.  1.  C.  coffee pots..................   75
1  “  Crown embossed mugs..................
%  “  Japaued dust  pans...............
%  “  2-qt.  pieced  dippers............
yi  “  30 gravy strainers................
44  Victor  graters.....................
yi  “  016  muffiu  rings.................. .
}4  “  29 soup  ladles......................
M  “  8-inch  milk  strainers......... .
1  “  6-qt. dairy pans....................
1  “  3-qt.  pudding  pans...............
K  “  5-qt.  flaring pails.................
%  “  2-qt. covered  pails..............
J-2  44  014  retinned sauce  pans....
K  “  12 skimmers.........................
K  “  Wood  rim  sieves.................
.............
1  “  78 flue rubber  combs....................................
1  “  70 rubber pocket match safes......................
1  “  2000—8 rubber dressing combs...................
1  “  166 crochet set, 5 pieces  and mirror...........
1  “  3875 Perfume ylang ylang...........................
1  “  Patent oval  tobacco boxes...........................
1  “  Leather  spectacle  cases...............................
1  “  Pinking irons,  assorted  sizes......................
1  “  Double  tracing  wheels.................................
1  “  Victor  hair  curlers......................................
1  44  180-10  harmonicas........................................
1  “  Chanpion  base  balls....................................
1  “  21 double coin  purses..................................
1  “  Assorted colored  goggles in tin boxes.......
1  44  2-2 foot pocket  rules....................................
1  “  5143-3 tooth  brushes....................................
1  “  260 twine bound barbers’ lather  brushes..
1  “  101 Tiger  cards.............................................
1  “  Fancy braid or hair  pins.............................
1  “  Gem hat or coat racks..................................
1  “  3-arm towel racks.........................................
1  “  110 shoe brushes...........................................
X  “  Rush hand bags...........................   90....... .
1  “  Boxes 4 bright picture wires,25 ft. in a box
1  44  475  hatchets.................................................
1  “  Acme shoe dressing....................................
1  “  LePages  glue...............................................
1  “  676 curry combs...........................................
1  “  56 20-inch shovels.......   .............................
1  “  32 cabinet clamps.......................................
1  “  01 ladies’ hammers.....................................
1 
5-inch screw drivers....................................
1  41  10 pound  spring  balances.........................
1  “   2 Scandinavian locks,  2 keys....................
1  44  16-inch forged basting spoons..................
1  44  50 cake  turners............................................
1  44  Sensible can openers..................................
1  44  4 mincing knives.........................................
*4  “  8x10 iron drip pans.....................  70........
1  44  1086 key chains............................................

60
84

80
62

40

44
88
33

42
36
39
38
45
46

90
87
80

63

65
87
90
45
80
85
90
85
58
65

$11  30

$50.00

1  doz. 
1 
1 
1 
1

30 
85 
87 
1  75 
1  25 
79
1  06 
84
84 
48 
90
1  13 
1  12 
38 
60
85

 

39  asst anim als........................................
133  asst  wagons.......................................
242  city  horse cars...................................
2  horse on  w h eels................... 
.............
400  |  10 engine and  train.......................
41  asst g ro u p s.......................................... 1
137  asst wagon  and  horse.....................1
400  |  1  trains................. 
2
2431  |  1  mech.  express  w agon............. 1
2431  |  5  mech.  lady in carriage........... 3
6129  |  56  bell  toy  wagon........................1
65 steam  engine........................................2
4  trotting  horses......................................2
400  |  3%  trains.......................................... 2
asst animal  bell to y s.............................4
9  kitchen  and fu rn itu re.......................
8 
....................
25 
...................1
96  |  2K  ranges..........................................2
104 trum pets.............................................
A B C   tin  rattles.....................................
toy dust pans asst colors.......................
gothic  banks..............................................

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67

80
21
38
44
1  00 
75 
18 
36 
35
$13  55

Assorted Package.

“ 
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44 
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NO.  1891  CUPS  AN D   SAUCERS.
child’s teas,  3 colors,  printed............
decor,  c h in a ................

“ 
“ 
“ gold hdl,  flower d ecor.. .2 
“ 
»• 
“  
“  raised 

open coffees,  dec.  china,  3 co l............ 2 00
6 fancy decor................2 25
50
fancy shape, asst.  deco. .3  50 
..4  00
gold decoration...............5 00
g ilt...........5 50
laidies’  teas,  solid  color...........8  00
moustache dec.  china coffees.............2  25
“ 
3  00
 
 
“ 
4  00
“  
............... 6  00

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44 

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1  doz 
1 
K  
K

1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6
1-6

85 
1  10
1  00 
1  12 
62 
88 
33 
83 
92 
1  33 
1  13 
50 
66 
1  00
12  27 
1  22
$11  05 
25

