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GRAND  R A PID S,  DECEM BER  2,  1891.

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NO.428
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VOL.  9.
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E S T A B L ISH E D   1841,

G RAND  R A PID S,  W EDNESDAY,  DECEM BER  2,  1891.

NO.  428

THE  LUCK  OF  LUKE.

In  the  long run he had  luck.  But was 
it luck,  or mere poetical justice?  Let  us 
weigh the  facts.

Jumboville  was  excited.  Ordinarily 
the  place  was dull  enough,  except  when 
there was a  light at the  saloons or  gam­
ing dens,  and  not often  the  latter excep­
tions,  since the miners would  have peace, 
even  if they  had  to  kill  some  one to  get 
it.  The town  had  been originally a min­
ing camp,  but when  the big bonanza was 
found  in  the mine a mile off, andthe stock 
of the Jumbo Mining Company, which had 
fallen  to fifty cents  a share,  rose to three 
hundred dollars,  with  no  one  willing  to 
sell,  Jumboville  took on form  and shape. 
When  a short branch  railway  connected 
it with  the  main  line,  the  town  grew  to 
be  a city.  Avenues  were  laid out,  town 
lots sold at  handsome  prices,  a  city-hall 
and a palace  hotel  were built,  and  pros­
perity  looked  as  though  it  had  come  to 
stay.  Still  it was  dull  there,  as a  rule. 
Now there  was  a  ripple of  excitement, 
because the  president of the  Jumbo Min­
ing  Company,  with  his family and  a par­
ty of  friends,  was  coming  in  a  special 
train  to visit and  inspect the  mines,  and 
would  honor  the  place  with his  august 
presence.

lower 
the 

level  of 
report  of 

the  main 
the 

Mr.  Anderson Burnett  was not exactly 
“a self-made man,”  since  he  had  begun 
life with a  competence;  but,  at  the  out­
set,  he had  dipped  into this  and  dipped 
into that,  and  every  time something had 
stuck  to the dipper.  He went  into  real 
estate,mining and railways with such skill 
and  forethought 
that  at  forty  he  was 
several  times a millionaire.  At fifty-one 
he made a great stroke  in buying up  ap­
parently  worthless shares  of the Jumbo, 
a mine  that  had  been  productive in  as­
sessments upon the  stockholders  for sev­
eral  years.  He  had  read  the  report  of 
Luke  Maybury,  the  assistant  superin­
tendent,  which predicted the widening at 
a 
lode, 
superinten­
and 
dent,  which  had  stamped 
out  his 
junior’s  views,  as  those  of  a  young 
enthusiast  fresh  from  college, 
to  be 
changed by an after mournful experience. 
The young man’s reasoning  satisfied  the 
millionaire.  So soon  as  he had  secured 
a  controlling  amount  of 
the  stock,  he 
elected  himself  president,  and  directors 
out  of  his  own  family,  who  ordered 
farther assessments, and a  vigorous pros­
ecution of  the  work.  He  had  no  diffi­
culty in  getting  the  remaining  stock  at 
his own  price from the disgusted holders. 
It  was  not  long  after  when  the  great 
lode was  reached;  great  in  amount,  and 
rich in  the  quantity of silver  to the  ton. 
Mr.  Burnett  could  have  sold  what  cost 
him  fifty  thousand  dollars for  five  mil­
lions,  but he preferred  the  income  it af­
forded him.  Luke held  his position,  but 
his  salary  of  eighteen  hundred  dollars 
was  only  raised  fifty  per  cent.,  while 
that of  the  superintendent  remained  at 
ten  thousand. 
It  was  unjust  aud  pro­
voking.

Luke Maybury, the assistant,  had been 
born with  the  biggest  kind  of  a  silver 
ladle in his mouth.  His  father  was  the

wealthy  president of the  Safety  Fire  In­
surance Company and  looked up to by all 
underwriters as a  great  light  in  the in­
surance  system.  He  had  educated  his 
boy,  an only child,  most thoroughly,and, 
when  the  latter  showed  scientific  tastes, 
sent  him,  after  graduation,  to  Heidel­
berg,  where he became doctor of philoso­
phy,  and thence  to the  French  School of 
Mines,  where  he  won  distinction.  On 
his return,he  received a large allowance, 
which  he  spent  properly  enough,  and 
was  industriously  doing  nothing  when 
the great Chicago fire wrecked the Safety 
aud several other companies in whicii its 
president had mainly invested his money. 
The elder  Maybury  was not  ruined,  hut 
his means  were  so  curtailed that he  had 
to cut off his  son’s three thousand a year, 
and  the latter  was  forced to turn  his ac­
complishments 
the 
strength  of his degree and  his  career  in 
the School  of Mines, he obtained a junior 
position  at  the  Jumbo,  where  he  had 
since worked  hard  and  intelligently.

account.  On 

to 

The  superintendent,  Mr.  Smythe,  had 
gone to welcome the  new-comers.  Luke 
sat  at  the  window  of  the  office,  which 
commanded  a view  of  the road  leading 
from  the  station,  past  the mine,  to  the 
hotel.  The  barouches—do  you  notice 
how a new town  runs to open coaches?— 
containing  the  party  were  near  enough 
to note  their  inmates.  The  rosy-faced, 
stout gentleman  in  the  first one,  looking 
unlike the  conventional  speculator,  was 
Mr.  Burnett,  for Luke  had  seen  his  pho­
tograph.  Alongside of him  sat a  young 
lady,  over-dressed  and  eager,  handsome 
of face,  but  every motion  betrayed  for­
ward  vulgarity.  Was this  the  daughter 
of whose grace  and  beauty  so much  had 
been  said? 
In  the next  coach  was a sort 
of family  party—an  elderly  gentleman, 
and at his  side  a  young  man  occupied 
the front seat,  while  two  ladies  sat  be­
hind,  one  about  fifty,  the  other  young. 
The  last  was  dressed  in  a  plain  gray 
traveling-suit,  and,  by  her  deferential 
manner to  the elder  one,  was  evidently 
either  a  “companion”  or  a  confidential 
upper-maid.

“Now  what a sweet  face  that  is!”  ex­
claimed  Luke.  “ She  should  have  been 
the heiress,  and not the  vulgar girl in the 
front  coach.  What  a  face!  What  a 
soul  in  her  eyes!”  But  a  turn  of  the 
road cut short  Luke’s rhapsody.

the  young 

The  next  day,  the  president,  in  com­
pany  with  a  young  lady—the  one  who 
had  been  in the  coach  with  him  the  day 
before—visited  the  office,  where he  was 
received by  Mr.  Smythe and Luke.  While 
the magnate  was eugaged  with  the  for­
mer, 
lady  who  had  been 
named as  “Miss Georgiana Burnett,”  en­
tered  into  conversation  with  the  hand­
some junior.  She plied  him with  a  va­
riety  and  number  of  questions;  mainly 
about  “ sossiety”  in  Jumboville,  what 
amusements were  to  be had in  that  out- 
of-the-way  place,  and  how  he  managed 
to exist  there.  She  displayed  such  an 
intimate  knowledge  of Luke’s  past  life 
and  family  connections,  that  he  should 
have felt  pleased.  But  he  was  merely 
annoyed.  His  heart had  gone  irrevoca-

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Three  Medals, long Havana filler........... 
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Solid  Brand in Cans.

Daisy  Brand  In Cans.

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Standards............   18
Selects,................  28 Standards..................   16
Favorites..............  14
Mrs.  W ithey’s Home-made Mince-Meat
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10 lb.  pails............   7
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51b.  “ 
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..............$3.50  per doz.
Choice Dairy  Butter........................................   19
Eggs........ 
21
Pure Sweet Cider,  in  bbls.,  ...  15__H bbl...  16
Pure Cider Vinegar............................................10
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Valley City Cold Storage.

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form. 

toward 

graceful 

shoulder,

the scout.

the  mines. 

•Did  you  see any signs o’ b’ar?”  asked 

the  party,  and
bly  into the possession of the modest little j  flowers of  the  rocks  in  her  hands,  and ,  came  upon  the rest
“companion,” or  whatever she might be,  I these  she  seemed  to  desperately  clutch  with  them Nathan  Carter,  Winchester on
and  he thought this forward  heiress,with  ; rather  than  to  hold.  He  involuntarily 
her flippant  and  patronizing manner,  to  dropped  the reins  at this  unexpected  ap- 
be  rather  under-bred.  But,  as  a man  of Í parition,  and  the  horse  started  violently, 
the world,  he  betrayed  none of this feel-j threw  his  rider,  and,  snorting in  terror, 
ings.  Miss  Burnett  found  his  listening | ran  madly 
Luke 
qualities to be  excellent,  and  his  replies j  picked  himself  up,  not a  little  ashamed 
admirable.  He was  not only  interesting j  of his careless  horsemanship, 
in  words and  polite in  manner,  but  his 
careless  dress  suited  well  with  his 
marked  features,  and  set off  his athletic 
and 
Doubtless  he 
seemed  a very  pleasant  contrast  to  the 
over-dressed  gentlemen  of  fashionable j  looking for  flower 
life. 
T h e   president suddenly closed his  low- 
toned colloquy  with  the  superintendent I  you,”  said  Luke. 
by saying aloud: 

Luke  pointed  backward  to the  gully, 
and,  bowing  to  the  rest,  made  his  way 
homeward,  leaving  the  girl  under a fire 
of questions.  But all  the  way,  and after 
“Oh,  Mr.  Maybury,”  said  the girl,  who  at  his  work,  he felt again  the thrill when 
was  pallid  with  fear,  “ 1  am  so glad—I—11 her  form  reposed  for a  moment  in  his
and  a pair  of  dark eyes  haunted 
don’t  mean  because you  were  thrown— 
He  certainly  had  seen  them  be- 
she added,  her color  returning,  “ but  the 
And  she—she  had  remembered 
fact  is,  I  have  strolled  from  our party.
It  was a mystery  which  he  could
-I have  lost my  way

T h e   adventure  became  town-talk,  and 
“ You  were  getting j  the Jumboville Daily Revolver gave a col- 
It  was  a  most
“ And  there is  such a  terrible-looking j  stirring account,  and  did  great credit  to 
you  will  accept.  You  will  not  be  re-  brute coming  up the hill  there.  1  looked j the  imagination  of  the  enterprising  re­
quired  to  sail  for  two  months,  so  you | over,  and he saw me,  and  growled.” 
j porter.  He confused  things a trifle.  Ac- 
Luke went to the edge of the slope and  cording  to  him,  Mr.  Maybury,  after  a 
have 
looked  down.  He  was  appalled.  Be-  hand-to-hand  contest  with  the  brute,  in 
bury,  what  kind  of  farm-land 
tween  the  cliff's  and  shelves  there  ran j  the gully,  had been  nearly torn to pieces, 
have here?”
downward  a  deep  gully,  which  was not | and only escaped death  by  the desperate 
difficult  to  ascend.  Along  this,  making I bravery  of the  young  lady,  who came  to 
his  way  steadily  upward,  was  a  huge  the rescue with  a  rock,  with  which  she

time  for  preparation.  Mr.  May
they

“ It  will  give  me  pleasure  to  guide! 

“ Well,  Mr.  Smythe,  I  am  glad  to  find 

¡  further away from  them.”  

j  umn  to it next  morning. 

arms
him.
fore.
him.

| not solve.

—and—” 

“ Not  very  good,  sir,  but  improving.
Formerly  we  had  to bring  our  vegeta­
bles as  well  as our  flour and  bacon  from 
abroad,  but  since  they  have  begun  to  grizzly  bear, 
practice  irrigation,  they  have  improved |  The  situation  was
a number of the  valleys,  and  afford  us a 
fair supply.”

“ Do you  know  anything  of the Cornell 

>oth  embarrassing 
and  dangerous.  Luke  had  his  revolver 
and  knife  with  him,  but  such  weapons, 
however  useful  against  a  ruffian,  are 
mere  toys  in  a  contest  with  a  tough 
grizzly.  To run  was  to  be  overtaken— 
the start  would  be too little.  His thoughts 
probably  showed  themselves  in  his  face. 

broke the animal’s skull.

“ The  name  of  Miss  Burnett.”  contin­
ued 
the  enthusiastic  writer,  “ will  go 
down  in  history along  with  Joan of  Arc, 
Moll  Pitcher,  and  other  heroines of  an­
tiquity.”

At  this  Luke roared with  laughter, and 
especially  at  the  mistake of  the  lady’s 
name.  He had just laid down the  paper, 
when  the  mining  president  came  in  the 
office.

ranch?”

“ It is said  to  be a fine  one,  but I  uever 

had the  time nor curiosity  to  visit it.”

“ I  wish you  would go there  to-morrow 
morning,  and  see  if  it  be  worth  my while 
to look at it.  It is offered  at  a  low  figure, 
the  owner  says;  and  if  it  be  what  he 
claims. 1  might buy.”

Luke bowed  assent,  and  then  the  mil­
lionaire and  the young  lady left  with  the 
superintendent,  while  Luke  went  on 
with  some  office-work.  That  night  he 
learned  that a party  of  visitors  had  been 
made  up to explore the hills round about, 
but  he  was  to  leave in  the  morning  be­
fore they  started. 
Just  at  daylight,  as 
he was  mounting  his  horse,  a  scout  of 
the  vicinage,  Nathan  Carter, 
him.

“ Is there danger?”  she asked.
“Some,” he replied.  “ But do you  run 
on  in  that direction,” and  he  pointed  the 
way.  “ Hurry on  as  fast  as you  can, and 
I  will check  his  progress.”

“ Mr.  Maybury,”  said  he,  “ now  we  are 
alone,  1  may  as  well  have a  little busi­
ness  talk  with  you.  There will have  to 
be some changes  in  the  business manage­
ment of the Jumbo.  1  have brought out 
a successor to you,  as  assistant  superin­
tendent,  Mr.  Carson.  He  is  a  graduate 
girl  seemed paraly zed,  and did  not I 0f tjie  Stevens School,  and  is vouched for
as  a  capable  mechanical  engineer  and 
well  versed  in  mining  matters,  at  least 
under a capable  superintendent.”

“ But,  you?”
“Oli,  I’ll take care  of  myself.  Run  as 

fast  as  you can.”

Th

At 

Luke  bowed  stiffly. 

“ Better take your rifle.  Doc, ef you ride 
fur.  Thar’s  a  grizzly  repo’ted  aroun’, 
an’  I’m  after his pelt  an’ claw

It  was  a  mental 
cold  bath,  and  he  had  no  words to  ex­
press his  indignation.  He,  to whom the 
mine  in great measure owed  its prosper! 
ty,  was to be coolly cast adrift.

“ However,”  continued  the  other,  “hi: 
appointment is  only  conditional—a kind 
of six  months’  trial  trip,  as  I  have  ex 
plained to him. 
If  you  do not  find  him 
capable,  or  cannot  make  him  so  in  that 
time,  you can replace  him  by  another.” 
“But I  don’t exactly  understand.  You 

move a step.  Luke  seized  a  boulder  of 
which  there were  plenty on  the  ground, 
and  hurled  it at the  bear. 
It went down 
the gully  with  a  succession of leaps,  and 
osted j bounded over  the  object.  Two or  three 
more  were fired  with  the same  result— 
the  bear  only  pausing  a  moment  after 
each  passed  him. 
length,  Luke
grasped  a  heavy,  rounded  fragment,  as 
“ A  grizzly?  Nonsense!  There  hasn’t j much  as he could  lift,  and rolled  it down 
been one  seen  within  fifty  miles 
for the the  center  of  the  gully.  “Old  Caleb”
last five  years,  and  I  sha’u’t  encumber  made  an  effort  to  scramble  out  of  the
way of  this as  he 
myself on  such  an absurd  story.” 
saw it  start,  but  his
And he rode off. 
error of  judgment  was  fatal.  The boul-
Luke  was  well  pleased  with  the ranch,  der.  with  increasing  force,  struck  a  pro- 
It lay  in  a broad  valley,  through  which  jecting  rock on one side  of him,  glanced 
ran  a river or,  rather,  did  run  for a  part  off at an  angle,  and  descending  a dowu- 
“As far as  he  can.  You  see,  an  Eng
of  the  year, dwindling  in  summer to  a i ward course of thirty or forty feet,struck I xisli company  have made  me a  large offei 
mere thread,  the  trickling of  two  living  him on  the neck.  The  brute  fell  back- i for the mine. 
I  have made a counter  of 
springs  on  the  mountain-side,  all 
i  desire  to  retain  one-third of  the 
other sources being  dried  up.  But  by  a  went  thundering on  its  way  to  the  base  stock.  The negotiation  hangs  fire  a  lit 
proper dam,  the w ater of these petty trib-  of the ridge. 
I
The jjave offered  Mr.  Smythe  a retiring salary
utaries  was  preserved  in  a  reservoir,  and 
Luke looked down  for a minute. 
and  a  bonus if lie  will go over to England
conducted  to  the parched  ground  below | bear did  not stir.  Then  he said: 
“ We are safe now.” 
in time  of  need.  Under  this  treatment, | 
and  finish  the  matter,  in 
two  months
an  otherwise  barren  spot  bad  become 
Till  then  the girl  had  stood rigidly,but  from now; and  he has agreed  to it.  Your
fertile,  and  the  ranch  changed  to a great  now  she  sank,  and  would  have  fallen,  father,  who  has  recovered  his  former 
garden  and  pasture field combined.  Luke  had  not  Luke caught  her in  his  arms,  prosperity—he is a wondeful  man  for his 
made  up  his mind at once as to the worth j  yjje  SOon 
recovered,  and  with  flushed  age,  sir—wants  to  see  you.  You  had
face  and  downcast  eyes,  withdrew  her-  better take a six-weeks’  leave  of absence 
of  the  piaci 
self  from his clasp. 
while Smythe  remains  and coaches  Car-
set out  on  hi
“ But how did  you  know  my name?” he j son,  and you  can go back  with us  in  the
The  young  man’s  thoughts  wandered 
special.  When  he  goes,  you  will  take
to 
little  girl  he  had  seen  in  the | 
“Oh.  I  remembered your  face—1  have  his place at the  same  salary;  and  if  the 
barouche.  Her  features  aud  her  smile 
never  forgotten  it. 
I  saw  you  at  the  new company  want their own  man after, 
had completely  taken  possession  of him.
window  of the  office,  and  I  asked  uncle  I’ll  take care  of you.  As  you have  ren-
Suddenly  his  horse began  to show  symp­
I dered the  company  important  service,  I 
toms of fright.  He looked  forward,  and j who you were.” 
Why?  When?  have  placed  a  block  of  stock  in  your 
there,  a  little distance  in  front  of  him,  |  Remembered  him!
was the lady of his dreams, alone  and  un- j Where?  He had  no time to ask,  for there name  to  an  amount  that  I  hope  will
attended,  with  a  bunch  of  the wild * rose  now  the  hum of  voices,  and  they 

and,  mounting  his  horse, 
way  homeward.

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said  Mr.  Carson  was to replace me.”

ventured  to ask,  as they  went on. I 

I can’t  get away—I am  too busy. 

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“ This is certainly as liberal as it is un­

expected,  Mr.  Burnett,  and I—”

“ No liberality,  but deferred justice.  It 
comes as  a  right,  not  through  your re­
cent  service  to  my  daughter,  which  is 
quite another affair.”

“I beg your pardon,  sir,  but  you  have 
been misinformed. 
It was not Miss Bur­
nett whom I had  the  pleasure  of  assist­
ing, but another. 
I  know  Miss  Burnett 
by sight,  as I  saw  her  in  the  barouche 
with  you,  and  afterwards  here  in  the 
office.  The young  lady  is  the  one who 
sat in the  next  carriage,  and  seemed  to 
be a—a companion to  an elderly  lady at 
her side.”

“ Quite  correct,  Mr.  Maybury,  and  yet 
you  are  in  error.  The  Miss  Burnett  in 
the  coach  with  me  was  my  brother’s 
daughter; the young lady  you  helped  is 
mine.  As the lady  in the  coach  was  my 
wife,  the  daughter  was her  companion, 
as you say,  and has  been from her  birth. 
However,  if you  will come to  our  parlor 
this evening,  my  wife and  daughter  will 
be glad to see you—and so will 1.”

and it was so heavy that 1  dodged  under | 
an  awning  to  wait  until  it  slackened. 
There 1  saw  a  girl—she  seemed  to  be  a 
fifteen-year-older,  and  she may have been 
pretty,  but I don’t  know,  for all 1 saw of 
her face  under  the  hood  of  her  water­
proof were two  large  dark  eyes and  the 
tip of her  nose.  The  waterproof  was  a 
It  was as bad as  a sieve,  and  the 
fraud. 
poor  girl  was  dripping. 
I  foresaw 
coughs,  consumption  and  what  not,  and 
I said to her: 
‘Child,  take my umbrella, 
and hurry home  as fast as you can.  Cut 
like  a  whitehead,  and  change  your 
clothes,  or you’ll  get your death of  cold.’ 
Just then,  I saw  Dick Drake  making his 
way along  under  a  big  umbrella,  and  I 
bolted out  to get  a  share  of it. 
I forgot 
to leave my  name  and  address,  and,  of 
course,  the  umbrella  never  came  back. 
But  I  often  wondered  if  the  little  girl 
took  my  advice,  and  ran  all  the  way- 
home,  or walked  with dignity,  and got  a
cold for her  pains.”  cz:_____ ______ _
I Georgiana fairly screamed out:

“ Oh,  Cora!  Here  is the rain-beau  you 

And then the  millionaire,  who  had  no 

It  was 

love  at 

time to wait,  went about his  business.
Luke  Maybury  sat  there  dazed. 

It 
was not  at  the  unexpected  good  but  ill 
fortune.  His  desire  had  been  fixed  on 
the little lady  with  the  dark  eyes  and 
curved lips,  and  what the first sight  had 
begun,  the  adventure  on  the  ridge  had 
completed. 
the  first 
sight,  but it seemed  as  if  he  had known 
her  for  years.  But,  the  daughter  of  a 
millionaire! 
In  what  manner  could  he 
hope to  realize  the  dreams  of  the  last 
three days?  His  heart  sank, as  he  saw 
the  gulf  yawning 
front  of  his 
hope.  Most young men  have love affairs 
before  they  are  thirty;  but  Luke  had 
never met his  ideal till  now.  The  late­
ness of the passion made it stronger,  and 
the memory of the ecstasy,  when  he held 
her in  his arms  for a few  moments,  was 
not to be quenched.

in 

When  the  evening  came  he  dressed 
himself  carefully,  and  kept  his  engage­
ment.  There  was  no one  in  the  parlor 
beside  the  family  party—Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Burnett,  Mr.  Joseph  Burnett and the two 
girls.  Mrs.  Buruett expressed her thanks 
warmly,  and her daughter by  looks  more 
than  words,  while  Georgiana  was  effu­
sive.  The  millionaire  began 
talk 
about  the  Cornell  ranch,  and  mining 
matters,  which  relieved  Luke from  em­
barrassment.  But all  at once,  Georgiana, 
the irrepressible,  broke in:

to 

“ Mr.  Maybury,” she  said,  “ that was  a 
bright  idea  of  yours,  bombarding  the 
bear  with  boulders;  but  suppose  you 
hadn’t  hit  him?  Now,  I  remember  a 
story of a  man in the  woods who  scared 
a bear away  by opening  and  shutting  an 
umbrella.”

“ But  I  hadn’t  an  umbrella,”  replied 
Luke, who was  amused.  “ In fact,  I have 
never  bought  an  umbrella  since  I  lost 
mine in  a peculiar way some years  since. 
No  one  at  the  mines  wears  one  but  a 
‘tenderfoot’  or  one  of 
townspeo­
ple,  who  are  adopting  such  things  as 
badges of  civilization.”

the 

“But how did  you  lose your  last  um­

brella?”

“ It is not much of  a story. 

I had  just 
come back from Paris,  and 1 had the gay­
est kind of a paraplule,  with  a gold  han­
dle and my initials,  * L.  M.,’ on it.”

Cora and her father and mother at this 
interest,  and  bent  forward  to 

evinced 
listen.

“ I was caught  one  day  in  a  shower,

used to rave about!”

“Mr.  Maybury,”  said  Burnett,  after 
they  had  stopped  laughing,  “ I  can  give 
you  the  information  you  desire.  The 
girl  took  your  advice,  to  her  great  ad­
vantage,  and is well  and hearty.  As  for 
the  umbrella,  it  is  not  lost,  for  Cora 
keeps it,  or  did,  in  the  lower drawer  of 
her dressing-bureau.”

Georgiana broke in again:
“ Fate seems  determined  to  bring  you 
It is  like two chapters  in 

two together. 
a novel.”

Luke felt his  face grow  uncomfortably 
hot,  and  that of Cora was scarlet.  It was 
unpleasant  all  round,  and  Luke  soon 
made an excuse  to leave.

Two  days  after,  Luke  Maybury  went 
to New York  along  with the  party,  and 
had a  very agreeable  trip.

But you  want to  know  the  rest of  it? 
My dear reader,  I  did not travel  with the 
party,  and  I  am  too  old  to  write  senti­
ment,  especially  at  second-hand.  Some 
words of  the  ex-president of  the Jumbo 
Mining  Company,  in  reply  to  a  friend, 
may  serve to allay  your thirst  for  infor­
mation:

“My dear sir,”  said  he,  “I  dare  say  I 
could  have bought an  Italian  prince,  or 
possibly  an  English  peer for  my  daugh­
ter.  They  are  in  the  market.  But  she 
preferred an  American; and  as  the  man 
of her choice  was  ousted  from  his posi­
tion  by the  new  Jumbo men  in  favor  of 
an Englishman,  I  let  her  have  her  own 
way.  And,  after three  years and  a half, 
I may say  that  I  am  very  well  pleased 
with my son-in-law.”

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Cheboygan—It is  reported that  R.  Rob- 
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Bear Lake—G.  W.  Hopkins,  who  runs I 
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mill  will  be  dismantled  and  the  machin­
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It  owned 300,- 
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region,  a  great  proportion  of  the 
land 
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two  cents  a  word  the  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  Insertion.  No  advertise­
ment taken for less than 25 cents.  Advance  payment.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

319

\   BARGAIN  OFFERED  IN  A  GROCERY  AND 
_£A_  crockery  stock at  Ithaca. Mich.  Cash sales  last 
year, 830,000.  Failing  health  reason for  selling.  Ad­
dress No.  346,rcare Michigan Tradesman.
O IG  GENERAL STOCK  WANTED-WILL  PAY  SPOT 
I  s  cash if cheap, or will exchange real estate.  Give
bottom price.  Box 327, Stanton. Mich._________ 347
TV RUG  STORE FOB  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN  IN  THE 
XA  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. 
P O B  SALE—DRUG  8TOCK, LOCATED ON BEST  BU8- 
Jj 
incss  corner in Manistee.  Will sell  at a bargain. 
Splendid  chance  for  a  hustling  druggist.  Address 
Jacob Hanselman, Manistee. Mich,_____________334

IVOR  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. 
VVJR  SALE — ONE  OF  THE  BEST-PAYING  DRUG 
X  
stocks  in  Albion,  Slich..  a  good  manufacturing 
and  college town of  5,000 inhabitants.  Invoice  about 
83,000.  Reason  for  selling,  ill-healtli.  Address  Lock
Box 103. Albion  Mich.________________________ 350
TVOR  SALE — HARDWOOD  LUMBER  MILL,  SIX 
P   miles  from  railroad, with  plenty  of  timber  for 
several years’ cut.  Shingle machine  in running order 
if desired.  Saw mill ready to set  up.  Teams, trucks, 
sleighs,  shop  and  building all  in order to begin work 
at  once.  Address  J.  J.  Robbins,  Stanton,  Mich,  or 
Hunter, & Held, 121 Ottawa street, Grand Rapids. 
312
I VOR  BALE- CLEAN  AND "CAREFULLY  SELECTED 
’  grocery stock,  located at a good country trading 
point.  Business  well  established.  Address  A.  C.
313__
Adams, Administrator, Morley, Mich. 
SOR  SALE — GROCERY  STOCK  AND  FIXTURES ; 
running two deliveries;  doing good business; will 
Invoice abont 84,000  Address lock  box 27, Ann  Arbor, 
Mich. 
IVOR  SALE-GOOD  HARDWARE  STOCK,  WITH 
I’  good irade established.  Location good.  Reasons 
for  selling:  wish  to  retire from  business.  Address 
E. Gordon, Sherwood, Mich.__________________ 345

317 

337

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

QITUATION  WANTED—BY  AN  ASSISTANT  REGIS 
U   tered pharn acist of three years’ experience. Good 
reference furnished.  Address Lock  Drawer O, Lowell, 
Mich. 
ITT ANTED — POSITION  AS  STENOGRAPHER — EX- 
YY 
penenced;  City  references;  can furnish  type
writer.  Address E. P., care Tradesman. 
34»___
\ I VANTED—SITUATION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER  BY  A 
IT  married  man  who  can  give the  best of  refer­
ences.  Address  No.  305,  care  Michigan  Tradesman, 
Grand Rapids._______________________________306

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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187

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Hor se s  fo 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. 

IX>R  SALE—CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  INVE8T- 

I TOR  SALE  OR  TRADE—TIMBER LAND  IN  OREGON.

ment.  Corner  lot  and 5-room  house  on  North 
Lafayette  St.,  cellar,  brick  foundation,  soft  water 
in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to  suit.  Address No.  187, 
care Michigan Tradesman. 
TTJOR- RENT^-A GOOD  STORE  ON  SOUTH  DIVISION 
Jt; 
street—one of  the  best  locations  on  the  street. 
Desirable  for the  dry goods  business, as  ft  has  been 
used for the ds y goods business for three years.  Size, 
22x80  feet, with  basement.  Geo. K. Nelson, 68 Monroe
street._______________________________________826
TF  YOU HAVE ANY PROPERTY TO EXCHANGE FOR 
JL  a  residence  brick  block in Grand  Rapids,  address 
B.  w  Barnard, 85 Allen street. Grand Rapids, Mich.  831
1  Address No. 340,  care Michigan Tradesman.  340 
TTOR SALE—TWO  HUNDRED  ACRES LAND  (160  IM 
r   proved), located in the fruit belt of  Oceana coun­
ty,  Mich.  Land  fitted  for  machinery,  good  fences, 
large  curb  roof  barn  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, $35 per  acre, or 
will exchange for stock of dry goods.  If any difference 
will pay cash.  A. Retan, Little Rock, Ark. 
ANTED—ONE  GOOD  PEDDLING  WAGON,  FOR 
which  we will  pay  cash.  Address  No. 342, care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
XITANTED-  GROCERY  STOCK  BY  PARTIE8  WHO 
V ? 
can pay cash  down.  Must  be  dirt  cheap.  Ad­
dress No. 343, care Michigan Tradesman. 
1X 7ANTED—MAN  WITH  SHXmP sUPPLY  AGENTS IN 
M   Michigan  with  Shaeffer’s  new pancake griddle 
sure  thing  for  $5,000  annually ;  positive  proof  fur- 
nisheri.  M. Shaeffer, Canton. Ohio.____________344
IT T  ANTED — TO  PURCHASE  FOR  CASH  A  DRUG 
j  v ▼ 
stock in a good town of 3,000 to.5,000 inhabitants 
Winans & Allen, Tower block. Grand  Rapids, Mich.  332 
YATANTED—UNTIL  DECEMBER  15,  I  WILL  PAY  65 
Y Y 
cents per pair for partridges, spot cash; ship by 
express.  C. B. Love joy, Big Rapids, Mich. 
XiriNDOW I>RESSING~FOR/THE  HOLIDAY SEASON! 
Y Y 
Send for  Harry Harman’s illustrated Christmas 
pamphlet containing novel window displays and store 
decorating arranged  for every line of business, adapt­
ed  to  the  holiday  season  and  for  other  occasions. 
Price,  postpaid, 75c.  Harry Harman, window  dresser 
and decorator, P. O. Box 113, Louisville, Ky. 

348

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342

335

341

AMONG  THE  TRADE.
ABO U ND  THE  STATE.

Bear Lake—P.  O’Rourke  has  sold  his I 

general stock to Win.  Brown.

JJelwin—Sullivan &  Nolen  suceed  C.  | 

P.  Douglass in  general  trade.

Woodland—Geo.  Garlick  has opened  a 

hoot and shoe and  grocery store.

Diamondale—Chas. Huttsucceeds  llutt 

& Andrews in  the meat  business.

Hartford—Leslie  W.  Britton  has  sold 

his grocery stock  to  Line A Arvison.

Muskegon—John Stegink  has  sold  his | 

Hour and  feed  stock  to Cooper  &  Drile.

Detroit—W.  W.  Adams  has  sold  his 
boot and  shoe  stock  to  E.  II.  Richardson.
Iron  Mountain—J. H. Simpson  has sold j 
his  lime  and  brick  business  to  (>.  M.  j 
Wood.

Chester—P.  C.  Smith  has  sold  his gro-1 
eery  and  boot  and  shoe  stock  to Lewis 
House.

Battle  Creek—Henry  Watts  has  sold 
his  boot and  shoe  stock  to Trim  &  Mc­
Gregor.

Bay  City—Lewis Bergevin is succeeded 
by  Frank  W.  Hastings  in  the  grocery 
business.

Bear Lake—Win.  Keys is succeeded  by 
E.  C.  Keys in the furniture, undertaking,  | 
and hardware business.

Grayling—Jno.  F.  Kelley  &  Co.  are | 
succeeded  by J.  F.  Krauter  in  the  hard-1 
ware and  tin  business.

Lakeview—Brown  A  Butler  are  suc­

ceeded  by  D.  J.  Brown,  Cogswell  &  Co.  | 
in  the grist  mill  business.

Harrison — Daniel  Lockwood,  grocer 
and  proprietor of  the  Northern  Produce 
Co.,  has  sold  both  to S.  P.  Hall.

Hastings—Bert  Tinkler  has  opened  a 
grocery  store in  the  “ Little  Brick” store 
and  proposes  to  rustle for  business.

West  Bay  City—Lambert  A  Weir  are 
succeeded  by  Lambert,  Stoudacher  A 
McGinnis  in  the  hardware business.

Cheboygan—D.  Quay  A  Sons  have 
rented  the  store  room  recently  occupied 
by F.  J.  Todd as  a grocery store  and  are 
opening up  a stock  of groceries.

Mason—The  new  firm of  J.  E.  Coy  A 
Co.—successors to  Densmore & Coy in the 
grain  and  produce business—is composed 
of J.  E.  Coy,  Ii.  G.  Coy  and  W.  S.  Grow.
Cadillac—The  meat  market  recently 
started  in  the  John  Born  building has 
passed  into the  hands of  Wilcox  Broth­
ers and  Paul  Caulket,  and  will  be  under 
the management of the  latter.

Mason—A.  L.  Vandercook  uttered  five 
chattle  mortgages  on  his  grocery stock, 
aggregating 83,205,  subsequently  making 
an  assignment  to  A.  O.  Dubois, 
lie 
attributes  his  misfortune to a too  liberal 
application of the credit  business.

surprised 

Alpena—The grocery store  of  Healy  A 
Co.  has  been  closed  by  11.  E.  Meeker & 
Co.,  who  are 
the  heaviest  creditors. 
Buck A  Leighton,  J.  N. McDonald A Son, 
John  Irvine Greenhouse Co., the  Bay City 
Broom  Co.,  and  Dwyer  A  Vhay, of  De­
troit,  are secured  by  chattel  mortgages.
Cadillac—Louis  Iiellaire,  the  grocery- 
pleased 
his 
man, 
by  placing 
patrons 
looking  and 
several 
their  dis­
nicely 
posal.  He  had  preserved  them,  fresh 
in  appearance  and 
retaining  almost 
their  original  flavor,  by  wrapping  each 
one  separately  in  waxed  paper, just  lie- 
fore  the  close  of  the  peach  season. 
It 
was  an  experiment  on  Bellaire’s  part, 
and  it was  successful.

the  other  day 
bushels  of  tine 

flavored  peaches  at 

and 

Cheboygan—Thomas  W.  Palmer  has 
sold  40,000  acres  of  hemlock  lands  in 
| Cheboygan  and  Kalkaska  counties 
to 
j Shaw  A  Sons,  of  this  place,  who  will 
I use  the  bark  for  tanning  purposes  and 
sell  the logs.

Detroit—Charles  E.  McLean  has  sued 
| the  Charles  Wright  Medicine  Co. 
for 
! 80,000 damages on  the ground  that  when 
! he  bought  555  shares of  the  company’s 
I stock  from  W.  E.  Allingtou,  he  met  with 
I a  refusal  to  transfer the  shares  to  him 
i on  the books.
I 

Frankfort—L.  F.  Hale  has  recently 
erected  a hardwood mill  at Herring Lake,
I  a few miles  south  of  this  place,  and  ex- 
I  pects to  have  it in  operation  in  a  week 
or so. 
It  will  have  a  capacity of  about 
25,000  feet,  and  will  run  all  winter  on 
hemlock  and  hardwoods.

Kalamazoo — Daniel  Cohn  and  Chas. 
i Friedman  have  formed  a  copartnership 
| and  will  embark  in  the  merchant  tailor­
ing and  men’s furnishing goods  business.
I Mr.  Cohn  has for years been  in  the tailor- 
j ing  business,  and  Mr.  Friedman  during 
j the  past  five years  has  been  head  clerk 
1 for Samuel  Folz,  the clothier.

Daggett—The  <1.  H.  Westmon  Lumber 
Co.,  to manufacture and-sell  lumber,  has 
been  organized by  George  11.  Westmon, 
William C.  Wilson  and  John  E.  Wilson, 
of  Marinette,  Wis.,  and  John  Dunham,

Saginaw—The dismantling of the Mer­
rill  A  Ring,  the  West  Side  Lumber  Co.
I  and  the  N.  B.  Bradley  A  Sons  sawmills 
I reduces the  cutting capacity  of the river 
| about 50,000,000  feet.  This  will be part- 
i ly  made  up  by  the  new  mill  to be  built 
on  the  liitchkiss  mill  site,  but  it  may 
safely  be  said  that  at  least  35,000,000 
capacity  has  been  taken  out of  the  river 
!  with  the  close  of  the  present  season. 
There is also a further  reduction  in store 
in  the near future,  as  doubtless three  or 
four mills  will  go out of commission  in a 
year  hence  if  not  sooner. 
In  this  esti­
mate  of  reduction  for  the  present  year, 
the  Sage  mill  is  not  included. 
It  has 
been  reported  that  it  will not  be operated 
I next  season. 
If  that  should  result  an- 
! other  30,000,000  feet  will  have  to  be 
added  to  the  reduction  in  capacity  for 
this year.

it 

that 

intended 
from 

Detroit—Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 

have 
j  brought  a  suit  against  the  Anti-algia 
Company, of Houghton, which is  peculiar 
is 
j  in 
to  prevent 
them, 
the  defendant 
j  It  seems  that 
the  price 
j  for  capsules  the  complainants,  through 
a  mistake  of  one  of 
their  employes, 
offered  to  supply  5,000  boxes  at  30 
cents  per dozen,  or less than cost  of  the 
materials.  Manager Ruhl, of  the  Anti-

in  quoting 

suing 

’TTTTT!  MICTïIG.AJSr  TTlAJDESM^lSr.

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Bert  Tinkler  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at Hastings.  The  Lemon & Wheeler 
Company  furnished  the stock.

The annual  meeting of  the  Ball-Barn- 
hart-Putman Co.  resulted  in  the election 
of  the  same directors and  officers  which 
have  served  the  corporation 
the  past
year. 
_________________

W.  I.  McKenzie,  the  Muskegon  grocer 
who recently  assigned  to C.  C.  Moulton, 
is offering 30  per cent,  cash  in  full settle­
ment.  So far  as  learned,  (Irand  liapids 
creditors eagerly embrace  the offer.

E.  H.  Merritt has put in  a supply  store 
in connection  with  his charcoal  kilns at 
Merritt  Siding,  near  Big  Rapids.  The 
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  furnished 
the stock.

A.  E.  Worden  has  purchased  all  the 
shingle  timber  on  75,000  acres  of  the 
Mackinaw  Lumber  Co.,  located  between 
the  Carp  and  Black  Rivers,  and  will 
build one shingle mill  at Black  River and 
another at St.  Ignace.

C.  W.  Fallas  has  moved 

to  Cedar 
Springs and formed a  copartnership with 
Geo. W.  Sharer  for  the  manufacture  of 
butter tubs.  The new enterprise  will  be 
in  operation  by  January  1  and employ 
twenty-five men.

The grain elevator at Gladstone, which 
was  operated  by  K.  Dykema  & Bro.  for 
two  years  previous  to  Oct.  21,  burned 
Sunday  morning.  The  feed  mill  and 
office  furniture were owned  by  Dykema 
&  Bro.,  who  suffer a loss  of  about $600, 
with no insurance.

The suit brought against the sheriff by 
J.  A.  Ferris,  growing  out the  seizure of 
the  Fish  stock  at  Cedar  Springs,  by 
Spring & Company, was tried  in  the Kent 
Circuit  Court  last  week  and  resulted  in 
a verdict  for  Ferris.  The  case  will  be 
appealed by  Spring & Company.

Julius  J.  Wagner,  grocer  at  107  East 
Bridge street, has  leased  the store adjoin­
ing  his  present  location  and  connected 
the two  by  means  of  an  archway.  The 
enlargement  will enable  him  to  increase 
the size of his  grocery stock  and  he  will 
also put in  a full line of tinware.

The suit brought against Tucker, Hoops 
& Co.  by*  H.  F.  Burch,  involving  an  al­
leged  claim  for  services  as  expert  and 
attorney  in  classifying  the  insurance on 
their sawmill  and  lumber at  Luther,  was 
tried  in  the  Mecosta  Circuit  Court  last 
week  and  resulted  in  a  verdict  of  no 
cause of action,  the jury  taking  only  fif­
teen  minutes to decide  the  matter.  The 
defendants  are,  very  naturally,  highly 
elated  over  the  verdict,  as  it  substan­
tiates  their  claims  as to the  groundless­
ness of the action  brought by  Mr.  Burch.

Gripsack Brigade

Frank  E.  Chase,  who  has  been  spend­
ing a few  weeks among  the  beau  eaters 
at  Boston,  leaves  the  “ Hub”  Saturday 
evening  for  home,  when  he  will  begin 
his spring campaign.

Sequence of the Situation.

The improvement in  the railroad  busi­
ness of the  country  must  very  soon  be 
followed by  a similar improvement in  its 
general trade.  Even  if  the farmers  pre- 
sist in  the  policy  attributed  to  them,  of 
paying off their mortgages with  the  pro­
ceeds of their crops rather than buy goods, 
it merely transfers the  task  of  reinvest­
ing  the surplus  wealth  produced  by  the 
agriculturists to  their  former  creditors. 
If these  cannot  lend  upon  fresh  mort­
gages the  money  they  receive,  they  must 
devise other  means of employing  it,  and 
must set on  foot  new  enteprises  which 
will give occupation  to artisans and man­
ufacturers.  Whether they will build more 
railroads,  vessels,  factories,  and  houses, 
open more mines, ami lay out more towns, 
or whether they will embark in some new 
kind of venture,  time will  show,  but  it 
is not in  human  nature  for  them  to  let 
their capital  lie  idle.

Ma th ew   M a r s h a l l ,.

Purely  Personal.

F.  W.  Van  Wickle,  the  Shelby  grocer, 

was in town Monday.

B.  S.  Holly,  the  Woodland  general 

dealer,  was in town one day  last week.

L.  W.  Toles,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
drug  business here,  but  now  engaged in 
that business  at  Marquette,  is  very  low 
there with  typhoid  fever.

R.  G.  Rice,  general dealer  at  Dowling, 
was in town last Wednesday on his return 
from  Antrim county,  where  he  and  his 
hunting party succeeded in capturing two 
bear and eleven deer.

Didn’t Know It W as Loaded.

Gr a n d   R a p id s ,  N ov.  28—1  am  in  re­
ceipt  of  a  letter  from  M.  T.  Woodruff, 
owner  of  the  Ypsilanti  Sentinel,  assur­
ing me that  the  article  referred to in  my 
communication  of  last  week  crept  into 
his  paper  unbeknown  to  him;  that  lie 
sincerely  deplores  such  publication,  as 
the  sentiment  expressed  is  contrary  to 
his  ideas of the commercial  traveler.
In the  light of such  an  apology,  I  will 
ask  you  to  kindly  withhold  from  publi 
cation  the  article  I  prepared  for  this 
week’s issue. 

Geo.  F.  Ow en.

• 

The L ast in Tuscola County.

Cabo,  N ov.  24.—The  Fatrons  of  In 
dustry  stores  in Tuscola  county  are now 
things  of  history.  Frank  A.  Riley  has 
placed a chattel  mortgage  for  $3,500 on 
the  Patrons’  hardware  store in  this  vil­
lage. 
It is claimed  the concern’s  liabili­
ties foot  up from $7,000 to $10,000.  Last 
week 
the  Patrons’  grocery  store,  con­
ducted  by  M.  Smith  & Son,  was  closed 
out.

Artificial Honey.

A  kind of  artificial-honey,  which  has 
lately  been  produced,  seems  likely  to 
become  a  formidable  rival  of  natural 
honey.  •  It  is called  “sugar  honey,”  and 
consists of  water,  sugar,  a small  propor­
tion  of  mineral  salts and a free acid,  and 
the taste and smell resemble those of the 
genuine  article.

The  postal  card  factory  in  Shelton, 
Conn,  is turning out 2,500,000 cards a day. 
The biggest day’s output so far is one  of 
a  few  days  ago,  when  2,800,000  were 
printed.

PUILT  FOR  BUSINESS!

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

“ patching up” pass-book  accounts?

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

yourself and clerks are so prone to forget to charge?

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

ponding ledger account without having  to  “doctor”  it?

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

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

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

Tradesman  or  Superior  GoUpons.

COUPON  BOOK  vs. PASS  BOOK.

We  beg leave to call  your  attention  to 
our coupon book and ask you to carefully 
It takes  the  place 
consider  its  merits. 
of  the  pass  book  which  you  now hand 
your customer and ask  him  to bring each 
time,  he  buys  anything,  that  you  may 
enter  the  article  and  price  in  it.  You 
know  from  experience that  many  times 
the  customer  does  not  bring the  book, 
and,  as  a  result,  you  have  to  charge 
many  items  on  your  book  that  do  not 
appear on the customer’s pass  book.  This 
is sometimes  the  cause of  much  ill  feel- I 
ing  when  bills  are  presented.  Many 
times the pass  book  is  lost,  thus  causing 
considerable 
trouble  when  settlement 
day  comes.  But  probably  the  most  se­
rious objection to the pass book system is 
that many  times while  busy  waiting  on 
customers  you  neglect  to  make  some 
charges,  thus  losing  many  a  dollar;  or, 
if  you  stop to make  those  eutries,  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 fa d e  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.
the  advantages  above  enu­
merated sufficient to warrant a trial of the 
If  so,  order  from  the 
coupon  system? 
largest  manufacturers of  coupons in  the 
country and  address your letters to

Are  not 

“ If that Ypsilanti  attack  on  commer-  Tm s  K  WHA/r  EVERY  successful  PER 
it is t h e  c o n d itio n  of 

cial  travelers  had  been  published in  a 
SOE m ust do. 
Jackson  paper,”  observed  A.  F.  Peake, 
co n d itio n s.
„tViiir  Hav  “ we  should  have  held  an 
The  Industrial  School of  Business  furnishes 
the Other  day,  we  snouia  nave  ueiu  au j  gomethin!i  superior  to  the  ordinary  course  in
indignation  m eeting the  next evening and  book keeping, short hand and type writing, pen- 
. „  manship, English and  business  correspondence,
made  it so  lively  for  the  editor  th a t  he  Wrlte  for a copy of  Useful  Education,  and  see 
would  have  been  compelled  to apologize  why this school is worth your  special considera-
or leave town.”  ^  ^  _ _____  

W .  N .   F E R R I S ,

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Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

Big  Rapids,  Mich.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

PROFESSIONAL,  SCAPEGOATS.

Men W ho a re  D isch arg ed  S ev eral Tim es 
a  D ay.
From the  Philadelphia  Record.

“ Professional  scapegoat” does  not  ap­
pear among the thousands of occupations 
which designate  the  manner of  employ­
ment  of  the  inhabitants of  this  city  as 
classified  in  the  Philadelphia directory. 
More than  one man  whose name  appears 
there graced  by  the  simple,  but compre­
hensive  word  “clerk”  is,  if  the  truth 
were  known,  fully  entitled  to classifica­
tion  as a professional  scapegoat.  There 
is  more than  one  that is paid a substan­
tial  salary  by large  houses  for no  other 
occupation  than  taking upon  his shoul­
ders  the  blame  for all  the  misdeeds  of 
the establishment,  and suffering the sup­
posed  loss of  his situation  at  the rate of 
a dozen  times a day  or  as  much  oftener 
as  occasion  may  require.  Being  dis­
charged  a half-dozen times a day  without 
once  losing his  position  and at  the same 
time being well  paid  for the peculiar per­
formance  is.  indeed,  a novel  idea.  This 
is how  it is done:
A  lady  makes  a  purchase of  several 
articles,  all  of  which  are  to be  sent  to 
her address,  as  given,  before  a  certain 
hour,  without  fail.  The  following  day 
the  customer  returns,  and  in  her  own 
sweet  way  proceeds  to  “ tear  out”  the 
floor-manager or proprietor, as it may  be, 
because the goods failed  to  arrive at the 
promised  hour.  The  story  is  patiently 
heard,  and  the  word  is passed  along for 
Smith. 
Smith  makes  his  appearance 
with  a  countenance professionally  peui- 
tent and submissive.
“ Smith,”  the  manager  begins,  “you 
were instructed  to send  this lady’s goods 
the  address  given  you  before  4 
to 
o’clock?”
“ Yes,  sir,”  is Smith’s  plaintive  reply, 
“ but—”
“Never mind an explanation.  I  under­
stand.  Your  neglect  caused  the  delay 
and  has  risked  the  loss  of  one of  our 
best customers.  We cannot  put  up  with 
your carelessness  any longer.  You  may 
go to the office and get your pay.”
Smith  steals  away  with a ready-made 
crestfallen  look  upon his  face.
“ Madam,  I  regret  the  occurrence  of 
such an  unnecessary  blunder,  but assure 
you it will  not happen  again;  surely  not 
from  that  man,” and  madam  takes  her 
departure fully satisfied that she has had 
her revenge.
Another  irate customer appears on  the 
scene.  This  time the  trouble is  with  a 
suite of  furniture  which  had  beeu  pur­
chased  a week  before as  in  perfect order, 
but  has already  begun  to  show  signs  of 
approaching dissolution.  The  aggrieved 
purchaser opens on  the  manager,  who at 
once  sends  for the  “ man  who  takes  the 
blame,”  and  opens  his  usual  programme.
“ How is this,  sir?  What  do you  mean 
by  sending out goods in such a condition? 
You  have  been  repeatedly  told  not  to 
permit  any  goods to leave  your depart­
ment  unless  in  perfect  order.  This  is 
not the  first  time this  has  happened;  but 
it will  be the  last.  Go to the office  and 
get  your  pay;  we  have no  further  use 
for your services.”
that  you 
should  have been  so  deceived  by one  of 
our salesmen.  We cannot very well  take 
back the furniture after it has been used, 
but  we will  send  a man  to your  house  to 
put  it  in  proper  shape,” and  the  lady 
goes  on  her  way  satisfied  that she  has 
received justice.
“ The  man  who  takes  the  blame”  is 
next discharged  for overcharging in mak­
ing a sale of  silk dress  goods.  He  then 
suffers  a  tirade of  abuse,  and  is  also  to 
go because  he has sold a set of  fine china 
without calling the  attention of  the pur­
chaser to several  little  defects.  And  so 
it goes from  morning to night,  day  after 
day,  week  in  and  week  out.  The  poor 
fellow  is  made  to  suffer for  all  the  sins 
of 
the 
manager down  to the errand  boy.
“ Does  it  pay?”  echoed  a  prominent 
business  man  the  other  day in response 
to  an  enquiry on  the  subject.  “ Well,  1 
should  say it did.  Why,  we  have a man 
who  takes  the  blame  for our  establish­
ment  who  is  worth thousands of  dollars 
to  us  every year.  We  can  sell  a  good 
many  slightly  damaged  or 
imperfect 
goods,  which  we  could  not  otherwise

the  entire  establishment,  from 

“ Madam,  1  am  very  sorry 

! dispose  of  except  at  a  great  sacrifice.
| Then  we  save  a  great  many good  cus- 
j  turners  who  become  displeased  about 
I small  matters which are not done  just as 
they  like. 
It  is a strange  but  true  fact 
| that many people  are  satisfied to put  up 
{.with  considerable  inconvenience if  they 
| can  only  be revenged  by seeing  someone 
| discharged.  Sometimes  when we  bring 
: out  our  man  who  takes  the  blame,  the 
j customer ventures  to  suggest  that  he  is 
i not  the man  who waited on  her,  but  we 
j insist  that he is,  and  the  man  adds  his 
| own  assertion,  and  in  nine cases  out of 
I ten  the  customer  is  convinced.  Very 
few people take enough notice of a sales- 
j man  to  identify  him  unless  they  meet 
! him  frequently. 
I  have  known  some 
I establishments  that  have  employed  two 
| or  more  men  to take  blame  in  order to 
|  facilitate  matters.  The funniest part of 
| the thing is that our scapegoat man grows 
j fat on  being ‘cussed’.  He  has increased 
from 150 to 220 pounds in  fifteen mouths,
[ aud smiles so much  that  we  will  have to 
| change him and get some dyspeptic-look 
ing individual in  his place.”

7oigt, Herpolsbemer & Go.,
Dry  Goods,  Carpets b Cloaks.

W H O LESA LE

W e  M ake a Specialty of  Blankets, 

Q uilts & Live Geese Feathers.

Overalls  of  oilr  own  fAandfacWre.

M ackinaw Shirts and Lum berm en’s 

Socks.

G RAND   RAP ID S, 

48,  SO and 52 Ottawa St. 

fflilt,  Herpolslieiier k Co,
S cili Corset Go.:s

MICH.

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SCHILLING  CORSET  CO.,

D etroit, Mich, and Chicago, 111.

D ry   G o o d s  P r i c e   C a r r e n t .

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

“  Arrow Brand  554 
| Adriatic
“  World Wide..  7
Argyle  ..................   654
“  LL...............   5
I Atlanta AA............   654
Full YardWide......654
i Atlantic A........—   7
Georgia  A..............  654
H..............  6*
“ 
Honest Width.........634
“ 
P.............6
Hartford A  ............   5
D........  ...  6*
“ 
Indian Head...........  754
“  LL..............  554
King A  A................. 654
Amory....................   7
4  King EC.................  5
!  Archery  Bunting 
554 Lawrence  L L........  554
!  Beaver Dam  A A 
i  Blackstone O, 32.
5  I Madras cheese cloth 634
654 Newmarket  G........  6
Black Crow........
B  .........5*4
7 
1  Black  Rock  ......
N .......654
Boot, AL...............   754
DD  ...  554
Capital  A................. 5J4
Cavanat V..............  5541 
X  ......  7
Chapman cheese cl.  334 Noibe R..................  5
Clifton  C R............  534|Our Level  Best...... 654
Comet........................7 [Oxford  R  ...............   654
Dwight Star...........   754i'Pequot....................  754
Clifton CCC..........   654 Solar.......................  654
ITopof the  Heap__  75»

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A B C .....................   854|Geo. Washington...  8
Amazon.................. 8  Glen Mills..............   7
Amsburg................ 7  Gold  Medal............. 754
Art  Cambric............10 Green  Ticket........... 854
Blackstone A A......  8  Great Falls.............  6*4
Beats All................   454 Hope.......................  7J4
Boston....................12  Just  Out.......  454@ 5
Cabot......................  7  King  Phillip............  734
Cabot,  %.................  634 
OP......  754
Charter  Oak...........  5541 Lonsdale Cambric.. 1054
Conway W.............   7541Lonsdale...........  @854
Cleveland.............  7  Middlesex........   @5
Dwight Anchor......  834 No Name................   754
shorts.  834 Oak View............... 6
Edwards.................   6  I Our Own................   554
Empire...................   7  Pride of the West... 12
Farwell..................   734 Rosalind.................  754
Fruit of the  Loom.  854iSunlight.................   454
Fitchville  ..  ........ 7  Utica  Mills.............  854
“  Nonpareil  ..11
First Prize..............  654 
Fruit of the Loom %.  Vlnvard...................  854
Fairmount..............  454 White Horse.........  6
Full Value.............   6341 
“  Rock.............. 854
Cabot......................  734 ¡Dwight Anchor...... 9
Farwell.................. 8 
Tremont N ............
. . .   654 Middlesex No. 1.  . .10
Hamllt'^i N......
2... .11
...  654
“
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3... .12
M 7. . .18
Middlesex  AT..
. . .   8
8... 19
. . .   9
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No. 25 . . .   9
BLEA CH ED   CANTON  FLA N N EL.
...754 Middlesex A A
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2
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A O
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CA R PET  W A R P.
...18

.11
.12
.1354
.1754
.16
Integrity, colored.. .21
colored__8054 White Star.............. 1854
colored. .81
Nameless............... 80
.................85
.................2754
..............30
.................3254
.................35

Hamilton N ..........
Middlesex PT..
A T ..
X   A ..
I P . .
Peerless, white..
Integrity................. 18541
Hamilton 

.............   8
...................9
..............1054
G G  Cashmere........21
Nameless..............16
............... 18

D R E S S   G O O D S.
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CORSET  JE A N S.

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COBS
ETS.Wonderful.................84 50
Coraline.................89 50
Schilling’s ...............9 00
Brighton......................4 75
Davis  W aists__   9 00
Bortree’s ..................   9 00
Grand  Rapids........4 50
Abdominal............15 00
Armory..................   6341Naumkeagsatteen..  754
Androscoggin.........754 ¡Rock port..................654
Biddeford.............   6  Conestoga............... 634
Brunswick.  ...  —   6541 Walworth  .............  634
Allen turkey  reds..  554¡Berwick fancies 
  54
robes...........  554 Clyde Robes...........  5
pink * purple 654 Charter Oak fancies 454
buffs 
j Del Marine cashm’s  6
pink  checks.  554¡ 
mourn’g  6
staples.......   554  Eddystone  fancy...  6
shirtings...  334j 
chocolat  6
American  fancy—   554 j 
rober
6 
6 
American indigo__ 554 
sateens
American shirtings.  334  Hamilton fancy.  ..
6
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple...
654 6
Anchor Shirtings...  45aManchester fancy
Arnold 
new era.  6 
654
...  6 
Arnold  Merino 
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
long cloth B. 1054 
“ 
Merrlm’ck shirtings. 4 
“  C.  854
“ 
“  Repp furn .  854
century cloth 7
“ 
Pacific fancy..........6
“  gold seal......1054
robes............  654
“ 
“  green seal TR1054 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow seal.. 1054
Simpson mourning..  6
“ 
serge............ 1154
greys........  6
“  Turkey red.. 1054 
solid black.  6 
Ballou solid black..  5 
Washington Indigo.  6 
“ 
“  colors.  554
“  Turkey robes..  754
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes__754
red and  orange...  554
“  plain T’ky X 34 854 
Berlin solids...........554
“ 
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“  oil blue....... 654
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  green —   654
“ 
key red.................. 6
“  Foulards ....  554
Martha Washington
red 54...........  7
“ 
Turkeyred 54........ 754
Martha Washington 
“ X  .........   954
“ 
4 4......... 10
|_Turkeyred..........   954
“ 
“ 3-4XXXX 12  ¡Rlverpolnt robes..
Cocheco fancy........  6  Windsor fancy........654
“  madders...  6  I 
“  XX twills..  6541  Indigo  Dine......... 1054
“ 
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TIC K IN G S.AC A..................... 1854
Amoskeag ACA.. .-1254
Hamilton N......... ■ ■  754
Pemberton AAA__16
D......... • •  854
York....................... 1054
Awning. .11
Swift River............   754
Parmer................ ..  8
Pearl  River............ 12
First Prize........... -1154
Warren................... 13
Lenox M ills........ -18
Atlanta,  D..............  63£¡ Stark  A
Boot........................  634 No  Name__
Clifton, K...............   654|Topof Heap.
Simpson.................80
.................18
...............   16
Ooechco  ................1054

Imperial..................1054
Black................  9@ 954
BC............  @10

gold  ticket

COTTON  D R IL L .

SA TIN ES.

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Amoskeag.

..............1254
9oz.......1354
brown .13
Andover..................1154
BeaverCreek  AA-.10 
“ 
BB...  9
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Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
blue  854 
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Columbian XXX br.10 
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Columbian  brown .12
Everett, blue......... .12
brown.  ... .12
Haymaker blue__
brown.. -  7*
•  7314
Jeffrey................... 1154
Lancaster  ............ •1254
Lawrence, 9 oz...... 1354
No. 220... .13
No. 250... • 1154
No. 280... ■ 1054

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GINGHAM S.
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“  Normandie  8

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Amoskeag................ 754
“  Persian dress 854 
Canton ..  854
“ 
AFC........1254
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Teazle... 1054 
“ 
Angola.. 1054 
“ 
Persian..  8V*
Arlington staple—   654 
Arasapha  fancy—   434 
Bates Warwick dres  854 
staples.  654
Centennial............   1054
Criterion..............1054
Cumberland  staple.  554
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................454
Elfin.......................   754
Everett classics......  854.
Exposition............... 754
Glenarie.................  654
Glenarven................ 634
Glenwood.................754
Hampton...................654
Johnson Uhalon cl 
54 
Indigo blue 954 
zephyrs__16

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Lancashire.............   654
Manchester.............  534
Monogram..............  654
Normandie............... 754
Persian...................   854
Renfrew Dress........754
Rosemont................. 654
Slatersville.............. 6
Somerset............ 
7
Tacoma  ...................754
Toil  duNord......... 1054
Wabash...................  754
seersucker..  754
Warwick...............   854
Whittenden............   654
heather dr.  8 
indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook..............8
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Windermeer........... 5
York..........................634

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag............■ -1654|VaUey City...............1534
Stark......................  1954 Georgia..................1534
American............... 1654 ¡Pacific....................1454

THREADS.

KNITTING  COTTON.

Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour’s................88
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall’s ...............88
Holyoke..................22541
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
...38
39
“  16...
“  18... ...39
40
“  20...
...40
41
CAM BRICS.

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

..33
...34
...35
.36

No.

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

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

M IX ED   F L A N N E L .

B E D   F L A N N E L .
T W ...
.............. 2254
F T ............ ............. 3254
J R F , XXX............35
Buckeye.................3254

Fireman..................3854
Creedmore..............2754
Talbot XXX............30
Nameless................2754
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40  I Grey S R W............ 1754
Union R................. 2254 Western W  ..............1854
Windsor..................1854 D R P ............. ......... 1854
6 oz Western...........20  Flushing XXX........ 8354
Union  B.................2254lManitoba................. 2354
Nameless...... 8  @ 9541 
.......9  @1054
1254
Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
»54 13
13
1054 15
15
1154 17
17
1254 20
20
DU CK S.West  Point, 8 oz— 1054 
10oz  ...1254
•• 
Raven, lOoz.............1354
 
1354
Stark 
Boston, 10 oz............1254

Slate.
954
1054
1154
1254
Severen, 8oz..........   954
Maylana, 8 oz......... 1054
Greenwood, 754 oz..  954 
Greenwood, 8 oz — 1154 
Boston, 8 oz.............IO54

CANVASS  AND  PA D D IN G .
13
954
15
1054
17
1154
20
1254

DOM ET  FL A N N E L .
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White, doz............ 25  ¡Per bale, 40 doz.
Colored, doz...........80 
Slater, Iron Cross.
Red Cross..
Best..........
Best AA...

SIL E SIA S.
.  8 Pawtucket.......
....1054
.  9 Dundie............
....  9
.1054 Bedford........... — 1054
.1254 Valley  City__ ....1054
.  754 K K .................
...  1054
-   854
SEW IN G   S IL K .

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CorticelU, doz.........75

Cortlcelll  knitting, 
per 54 oz  ball........30

twist, doz. .3754 
50 yd, doz..3754
HOOKS  AND  E T E S — P E R  GROSS.
No  1 Bl’k & White.,10 
No  4 Bl’k & White..15
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..12
..20
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No 2.........
............ 28 |No3 —......... ...........36

COTTON  T A P E .
..15 1  “  10 
“ 12 
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SA FETY   PIN S.

3—18, S C ..........45  I

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N E E D L E S— P E R   M.

A. James.................1  40|Steamboat................  40
Crowely’s............... 1 35 Gold  Eyed...............1  50
Marshall’s ..............1 00j
5—« ...2  25  6—4.. .3 25|5—4 

1  95  6—4...2 95

TA B L E   O IL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3 10|
COTTON TW IN ES.

“ ...2  10 

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown.................... 12
Domestic............... 1854
Anchor ...................16
Bristol................... 13
Cherry  Valley........15
I XL.......................1854
Alabama.................  634
Alamance...............   654
Augusta.................754
Ar  sapha...............   6
Georgia...................  654
G ranite..................  534
I Haw  River............ 5
Haw  J ....... ............  5

Nashua.................. 18
Rising Star 4-ply__17
3-ply.... 17
North Star..............20
Wool Standard 4 ply 1754 
Powhattan............ 18

Y‘ 

Mount  Pleasant__654
Oneida....................  5
Prym ont...............
Randelman............   6
Riverside...............  554
Sibley  A...........  ...  654
Toledo....................  6

P L A ID   OSNABURGS

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

HAM M ERS.

7

T h ese  p ric e s  are  fo r cash  buyers,  w ho 
pay  p ro m p tly   an d   buy  in  fu ll  p ackages.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dig.

60
Snell’s ................................................................ 
Cook’s ................................................................ 
40
25
Jennings’, genuine.......................................... 
Jennings’,  im itation.......................................50&10

AXES.

,T 
“ 
“ 

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

BAKBOWS. 

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

dlS.

dls.

 

 

 

BUCKETS.

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

butts, cast. 

dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................80&10
Wrought Loose Pin...........................................60*10
Wrought  Table.  ..............................................60*10
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60*10
Wrought  Brass................................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ........ ......................................... 70*10
Blind,  Parker’s ................................................. 70*10
Blind, Shepard's.............................................  
70

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

60

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

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

5
65
60
35
60

50
25

dls.

dis.

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

CAPS.

Rim  Fire........................................................... 
Central  F ire............................................... dls. 

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

Socket Firm er..................................................70*10
Socket Framing................................................70*10
Socket Comer......................................... ..........70*10
Socket Slicks................................................... 70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firm er..............................  
40

Curry,  Lawrence’s  ........................... 
40
Hotchkiss..........  ...........................  .........  .. 
25
White Crayons, per  gross............... 12Q12H dis. 10

 

combs. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

“ 

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

drills. 

dls.

DRIPPING PANS.

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

07
6H

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In ..................   .........doz. net 
75
40
Corrugated............................................... dis 
Adjustable................................................ dis.  40*10
dis.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, »18; large, C26.........................  
Ives’, 1, 818;  2,124;  3,138..............................  

piles—New List. 

dls.
Disston’s ............................................................60*10
New  American..........................  
60*10
Nicholson’s ...................................................... 60*10
Heller’s ..............................................................  
60
Heller’s Horse Rasps............................ 
50
 

30
25

GALVANIZED IRON

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

14 

12 

13 
Discount, 60
GAUGES. 
tanlev  Pule and  Level Co.’s 

dls.

28
18

50

dls.

dls.

dls.

H IN G ES.

dis.
dis.

HANGERS. 

MATTOCKS.

wire goods. 

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HOLLOW WARE.

knobs—New List. 

25
May dole  & Co.’s.....................................dis. 
25
Kip’s.......................................................dis. 
Yerkes *  Plumb’s.................................. dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................ 30c list 60
Blacksmith's Solid Cast  Steel. Hand__30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2,3.............................. dis.60&10
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 in. 4H  14  and
3H10
H........... ............ net
%........................ net
8H
X........................ net
7H
* ........... ............net
7H
50
...........dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50*10
Champion,  anti-friction................................  60*10
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................... 
40
60
Pots.........................................................
60
Kettles..................................................
60
Spiders  ................................................
. 40*10
Gray enameled.....................................
HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.
Stamped  Tin W are................................. new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are....................... new list 33H&10
Bright........................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70*10*10
Hook’s ..........................................................70*10*10
70410*10
Gate Hooks and  Eyes........................ 
levels. 
Stanley  Rule and Level  Co.’s
70
.............  
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings............... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings..................  
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings............... 
55
Door,  porcelsin, trimmings  .........................  
55
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain.................... 
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .......... 
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s .............................. 
Branford’s .......................................................  
55
Norwalk’s  ...................................................... 
56
Adze Eye  ............  .............................116.00, dls. 60
Hunt Eye 
..........................................115.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s ........................................ »18.50, dis. 20*10.
diS.
MAULS. 
50
Sperry * Co.’s, Post,  handled
dls.
MILLS. 
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ................................... 
40
40
“  P. S. * W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malléables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry & Cl?. k’s ................. 
40
“  Enterprise 
.................................... 
30
dlS.
MOLASSES GATES. 
Stebbln’s Pattern........................  
60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................ 66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring.......................... 
25
Steel nails,  base................................................. 1 80
Wire nails,  base.................................................2 05
60......................................................Base 
50......................................................Base 
05
40.
10
30.. 
15
20.. 
15
16... 
12..  . 
15
20
10....
25
8......
40
7*6.
60
4......
3......
.1  00
.1  50
Fine 3...............................................1  50
Case  10...........:................................  60
8.............................................  75
6 ...........................................  90 
Finish 10..........................................   85 
g............................................. 1 00 
6  .......................................... 1  15 
Clinch; 18.........................................   85 
8.........................................1 00 
6.............................................1 15 
Barrell %...........................................1 75 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................  @40
Sclota  Bench....................................................  @60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  @40
Bench, first quality......................................   @80
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme............................................ dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................dls. 
70
40
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................  
50
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

Steel.  Wire.
Base
10
2020
30
35
35
40
50
65
90
1  50
2  00 
2  00
90 
1  00
125
100

Advance over base: 

PA T E N T  PL A N ISH E D   IRO N .

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

planes. 

rivets. 

NAILS

dls.

dls.

PA N S.

..
.. 

Broken packs He per pound extra.

1 25
1 50
75
90
1 00
2 50

ROPES.

Sisal, H Inch and la rg e r................................  
Manilla.................... 
Steel and  Iron................................................. 
Try and Bevels................................................. 
M itre.................................................................... 

SQUARES. 

7
11H
dlS.
75
60
20 '

 

SHEET IRON.

 

Com.  Smooth.  Com.
82 95
3 (5
3 (5
3  15
3 25
3 35
All  sheets No.  18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14........................................»4 05 
Nos. 15 to 17 
.................................  4 05 
Nos.  18 to 21........................................   4 G5 
Nos. 22 to 24 .........................................   4  05 
Nos. 25 to 26 ............................. 
..  4  25 
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
56
50
56
35

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount,-10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

TRAPS. 

“ 
H and............................................ 
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,__  
 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot 
“  Special Steel Dla.  X Cuts, per foot 
 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  root................................................. 

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

wire. 

dls.

“ 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

Au Sable..................................dls. 25*10@25*10*05
Putnam .............................................. 
dls.  06
dis. 10*10
Northwestern................................... 
dls.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  G enuine................................................. 
50
Coe's Patent Agricultural, wrought,....................... 75
Coe's  Patent, malleable..................................75*10
Bird Cages.......................................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
75
70*10
Screws, New 1 1st................................ 
 
Casters, Bed a  d  Plate............................. 50*10*10
Dampers, American........................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........  
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dlS.

METALS.

PIG TIN.

 

• 

zmc.

6%
7

26c
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large......................................................... 
Pig Bars..............................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
660 pound  casks............................................... 
Per  pound............... .........................................  
H@ H.........................................................................16
Extra W iping......................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................... per  pound  16
Hallett’s .......................................... 
13
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10xl4IC, Charcoal............................................» 7 SO
14x20 IC,
7  50 
10x14 IX, 
9 26 
14x20 IX, 
9 26

“ 
...................................
“ 
..................................
Each additional X on this grade, »1.75.
T IN — ALLAW AY  GRA D E.
10x14 IC,  Charcoal  .......................  ......
.............................
“ 
14x20 IC, 
...................................
“ 
10x14 IX, 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
..................................
Each additional X on this grade »1.50.

• 6 75 
.  6 75 
.  8 25 
.  9 25

“ 

RO O FIN G  PLA TES

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Worcester.........................  
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
B O IL E R  SIZ E  T IN  PL A T E .

14x20 IC, 
6 50
14x20 IX, 
......................   8 50
.....................  18 50
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, “  Allaway  Grade......................  6 00
 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
7 60
20x28 IC, 
12 60
“ 
 
20x28 IX, 
“ 
............ . . .15 50
14x28 IX........................................................»14 0»
14x31  IX....................... 
15
10
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers. { 
14x60 TIL  “ 

"  9

 
d 

 
 

 

Business  Is  Business.

From the Merchants’ Review.

failures 

The  merchant  who  gives  way  to  his 
feelings  and  allows  sentiment  to  inter­
fere with  business  may  be a very  pleas­
ant fellow to meet,  but  that  his  chances 
of  success are thereby  imperilled  almost 
goes  without saying.  Yet the long  cata­
logue  of  business 
contains 
many cases of merchants  who have been 
ruined  financially  by  mixing  sentiment 
with business.  Sentiment is good enough 
in itself,  but  there is a  time and  a place 
for  all  things,  and  the  promptings  of 
generosity  or  benevolence,  or 
even 
merely  of  good  nature,  cannot  be  al­
lowed  to  influence  the  action of  a mer­
chant  in a purely  business  matter with­
out detriment to his hopes of success. 
It 
is in the m atter of giving credit that sen­
timental  considerations too often prevail, 
otherwise it  would  be  impossible to ex­
plain the  heavy  aggregate  losses  which 
the  retail  grocery  trade of  the  country 
annually suffers  from  bad debts.  Large 
strikes  of  wage-earners  are' a  fruitful 
source of loss to grocers, because the idle 
workman  resorts first of all  to  his grocer 
for the  support  which  his  trade  union 
can as  a rule  give  him  only  temporary, 
and  because  the  grocer  looks  upon  the 
sentimental  side  of  the case,  instead  of 
regarding it  as  a simple  business  ques­
tion.  The  problem  to  be  answered  in 
such cases should be: Can  i  get my money 
if I grant  credit?  Instead of  which  the 
grocers  generally  allow  pity  for 
the 
striker’s deplorable condition to influence 
their decision. 
If  the  grocery  business 
could  be successfully  carried  on in such 
a manner the case would be different,  but 
of all  branches of  the distributive  busi­
ness perhaps the grocer’s is  the most  in­
juriously affected  by  the giving of credit 
upon  sentimental  considerations,  owing 
to the narrow margin of  profit  on  which 
groceries  are  usually  sold. 
If  a  mer­
chant has charitable  promptings,  let him 
devote a portion of  his  profits  to  the re­
lief of the distress of  his indigent neigh­
bors,  but it  is  folly to trust  out goods to 
people who may not  be  able  to  pay  for 
them,  simply  because of a benevolent de­
sire to preserve them  from  want.
In  the  purchase  of  goods  sentiment 
may be allowed to interfere with business 
to the detriment  of  the  latter.  A  mer­
chant having  dealt  for  years  with  one 
especial house or a certain salesman, may 
become  attached  to  either by  bonds  of 
sentiment,  and  lose  chances  to  obtain 
better bargains  which  his harder-headed 
or colder  brethren  are  on  the  watch  to 
snatch  up.  Were 
the  jobber  and  the 
salesman  equally 
influenced  by  senti­
ment,  the retailer  perhaps  could  afford 
to  ignore  all  other  considerations,  but 
business  is  business  with 
successful 
salesmen  and  wholesalers, as the retailer 
is apt to be  sharply  reminded  in  case of 
default  in  payment  when  bills  become 
due. 
It is well to  keep  the  heart warm 
with  the steady fires of  benevolence and 
kindness,  but  the  head  must  be  kept 
cool  if one wishes  to succeed in business. 
The milk of human  kindness need not be 
allowed to turn  sour in  the  breast of  the 
active,  enterprising  merchant,  but  it 
should not be allowed  to mix  with  busi­
ness to the injury of the business man.

P A U L   E IF E R T ,

Manufacturer of

Tunis, Traveling;  Bap ani Cases

SAMPLE  TRUNKS  AND  CASES 

MADE  TO  ORDER.

Write for Prices.

41  SO.  D IV ISIO N   ST.,

Brand  Rapids,

Michigan.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

Tar and  Gravel  Roofers,

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

Corner Louis and Campau Sts., 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

The  Kelly Perfect Axe
The Falls City Axe
The Kelly Axe Hf’g Cn,  mi*ui.

Both  M anufactured  by

ALSO

We carry a good  stock of  these  axe 
a  d  quote  them   at  the  following 
prices:

S. Bit.
Kelly Perfect, per doz.  $7
Falls City, per doz. 
$6

'l’H K  M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N .

8

Michigan Tradesman

Mflciai Organ of Michigan Business Men's  Association.

A   WEEKLY  JO Ü B U L   DEVOTEB  TO  THE

Retail Trade of the Wolilerine State.
T h e   T ra d e s m a n   Company,  Proprietor.

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered at the Grand Rapid» Poet Oit.ce,

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  2, 1891.

PRO  AND  CON.

Traveling Men.

Discussion  of the  Fortnightly  Vieits  of 
T h e T radesm an  recently  published  a 
communication  from  a  retail dealer in  a 
certain  Northern  Michigan  town,  com­
plaining of the  frequent calls  of  travel­
ing men  and  the  necessity it  put him to 
of buying of all  of them  in  order to keep 
“ peace in  the family.”  The communica­
tion  provoked  considerable  discussion 
among the parties concerned and  afforded 
a text for several  sermons in  the columns 
of the trade press.  With this issue T he 
T radesm an  presents  the  opinions of  a 
number  of  local 
the  sub­
ject  and  hopes  to  be  able  to  give  the 
views of representative  traveling men in 
next  week’s  paper.  To 
this  end,  the 
written expression of all  who are  willing 
to put  themselves  on  record  is  respect­
fully  solicited.

jobbers  on 

that 

The  views of the jobbers are as follows:
S.  M. Lemon  (Lemon  & Wheeler Co.)—
1  agree  with  the  merchant  who  wrote 
the  letter  referred to  in your  last  issue. 
Before going further,  I  want  to say  that 
I  got  my first  start in  life as a  commer­
cial  traveler, 22  years  ago,  and  for  the 
traveling salesman  I  have  always  enter­
tained  a  sympathetic  feeling  and  most 
profound  respect,  and  now  say  unhesi­
tatingly  that in  order  for  jobbers  to  act 
in  harmony,  with  the  spirit  and  condi­
tion  of the  times  and  be a success,  it  is 
absolutely  necessary  to  keep  salesmen 
on  the-road;  at  the same time  1 have been 
for  some  time  and  am  now  fully  con­
vinced 
the  wholesale  grocers  of 
Grand  Rapids,  as  a  whole,  have  more 
traveling 
representatives  on  the  road 
than  is  necessary.  A 
lesser  number 
just  as  many  goods  and 
would  sell 
the  net  results  would 
show  a  great 
saving  to  the  jobbers  of  this  city,  and 
would  at the same time serve just as well, 
if not better,  the  interests  of  the  retail 
trade  of this  territory,  because,  by  mak­
ing the  trips every  three  or four  weeks, 
instead  of  every  two  weeks,  as  is  the 
present custom,  the  saving by the  reduc­
tion  in  expenses  could  and  in the  very 
nature of things  would  be  divided  with 
the retail  merchant. 
I  believe, however, 
that this change should  be brought about 
in  such  a  way  as  would not cause disas­
ter  or  even  unnecessary  inconvenience 
to salesmen  who might  be  laid  off.  For 
instance,  during  (he  present  year  we 
have  reduced  the  number  of  our  sales­
men  by  two—Louis  Immegart  engaged 
in  business for  himself  at Traverse City 
and  Mr.  Walters  in  Northern  Indiana, 
and  we  did  not  fill  the  places  of these 
salesmen,  but  divided 
their  respective 
territories  among  our other  salesmen— 
and  now  we  have all  our men  with  one 
exception,  make  their  trips  every  three 
weeks,  instead  of  every  two  weeks,  as

was their custom; and  we are glad to say 
that  this change  has  worked to  our  ad­
vantage  and  we  believe  for  the good  of 
the trade.

W.  L.  Freeman  (Ilawkins &  Company) 
—I give  that fellow credit  for  having  a 
heap of good sense—more than the whole­
sale grocers of Grand  Rapids possess.  1 
often  wonder  why  the  retailers  do  not 
revolt  and  quit  trading  altogether  with 
a house  which  sends out  traveling men. 
We are pestered  to  death  with  frequent 
calls  of  salesmen  from 
importing  and 
manufacturing  houses  and  the retailer is 
certainly  bothered  more  than  we  are. 
We can  sell just  as many  goods  by  call­
ing on  our  trade once in  three  weeks  as 
we  can  by  calling on  them  fortnightly 
and  we  could  well  afford to  divide  the I 
savings  with  our customers.

the 

trade  every 

Edward Telfer  (Telfer  Spice  Co.):  A 
year ago  we had  four  men  on  the  road, 
three  weeks. 
seeing 
This  year we reduced the  force 
two 
men,  who call on  our  trade  every  five 
weeks. 
Instead of  reducing  our  sales, 
this plan has enabled  us to increase them 
to a considerable  extent,  and  we  have 
every confidence in  our  ability  to  hold 
our own under the present system.

to 

Frank Jewell  (I. M. Clark Grocery Co.) 
—We have been  so  busy  over  the  re-or­
ganization  of our  business, owing  to the 
death  of  Mr.  Clark,  that  we  have  given 
the  matter  no  attention  whatever  and 
shall  not  be able  to do so for some  weeks 
yet.

Wm.  Judson  (Olney  &  Judson  Grocer 
Co.)—I am of the opinion  that  our sales­
men  are  making some  drives  every  two 
weeks,  when  every  four weeks  would do 
as well.  On  the  other  hand,  we  find  it 
pays  us  to  call  on  the  trade  in  the  rail­
road  towns  every  fortnight.  Our  men 
use  their  own  judgment,  to  a great  ex­
tent,  and  we think  this works better than 
for  employers  to  make  cast  iron  rules. 
Men  who  are not  competent  to  exercise 
judgment  in  such  matters  are not  fit to 
be on the  road.

Amos  S.  Musselmau  (Musselman  & 
Widdicomb)—I  pity  the  average  retailer 
if he  is  bored  by  traveling  men  as  much 
we  we  of  the  jobbing  trade  are  and  I 
stand  ready  to  co-operate  with  him  in 
any  reasonable  effort  to  lessen  the  evil. 
I am  confident  that  we could  get  aloug 
with one  less man  in  the territory  we are 
now covering—that  three men  could  get 
just  as  much  trade as  four—while  the 
fourth  man could secure  additional  busi­
ness for  us  in  new  territory. 
I  am  glad 
to see the  matter agitated  and  hope  that 
good  will result  therefrom.

O.  A.  Ball  (Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.) 
—It has  long been  a theory  of mine that 
it  does  not  pay  to  drum  the  trade  too 
often  and I  think  the  present  condition 
of things  in  this  territory  sustains  my 
position.  We  are soliciting  the trade  of 
the  merchants  in  this  part of  the  State 
with greater  importunity than  is  consis­
tent with  either  dignity  or  profit.  The 
retailer is  kept  overloaded,  from  the de­
sire  to  satisfy  the  wishes  of  the  men 
whom  he sees  so  often  that he comes  to 
look  upon them  in  the  light  of  friends 
and  dislikes  to  turn  away  without  an 
order.  The result is  deferred  payments 
and  general demoralization.  We  cannot 
blame our customers, for  we have to fight 
like  tigers  ourselves  to keep  our  stocks 
within  reasonable limits,  so  great is  the 
pressure  to sell  us goods and so  anxious 
are we to  please the salesmen  who  have 
I solicited our  trade  so long and so courte­

ously. 
I  have  looked  at  this  subject 
from every aspect and am free to confess 
that I see no way out of the dilemma but 
to curtail  the  numerical  strength of the 
small  army  which  starts out on the war­
path  every Monday  morning on  its  fort­
nightly visitation.  This should  be done 
in  such  a way as  to avoid any  inconven­
ience to the salesmen  who are eliminated 
from the territory  and  I  think  the  senti­
ment  of  the  trade,  both  wholesale  and 
retail,  demands  such  a  reform  at  the 
earliest possible moment.

SYMPATHIZES WITH  THE  TRAVELER. 

From the Grocer and Country Merchant.

“ Do I  hate to see a commercial traveler 
come in?” 
said  a  representative retailer 
the other day.  “ Well,  I  should  say not. 
I’m  always  sorry if  1 am  unable  to give 
him an order. 
I  know  what it  is to  be a 
traveler  myself,  from  experience,  too. 
I  hustled  around  for several years  with 
a  grip  full  of  a wardrobe  and  a  trunk 
full  of  samples. 
It  isn’t  altogether  as 
alluring a  job after you’ve tried  it  once. 
For  about  three  hundred  and  sixty-five 
days  in  every  year the  commercial trav­
eler is expected  to be the  prince of  jolly 
good  fellows,  always  wearing a pleasant 
face,  and, even  if  his order  book  is a fine 
collection of  blank  pages,  and  he’s slept 
in  a damp, clammy hotel  bed  all  night, 
besides  having  eaten  a  hotel  breakfast 
cooked  in  a manner  he  hardly  admires, 
to  say the  least,  yet  he  must  talk  busi­
ness  for  a  couple of  hours,  be  crowded 
down  on  his  prices,  get  no  order,  and 
still  leave  the dealer with a hearty shake 
of  the hand  and  a  wish  for  better trade. 
When a traveler strikes  the city  and  has 
a  couple of  days’  respite,  I  hate to  hurt 
his feelings by not  buying.”

HOW  IT LOOKS in  NEW YORK.

From the Merchant’s Review.

A  correspondent  of  T h e  Michigan 
T radesman confesses that  he frequently 
overbuys  from  traveling  salesmen,  be­
cause  thei:  visits  are  so  frequent,  and 
he  suggests that  the  Grand Rapids  job­
bers  send out  salesmen  less  often.  But 
he doesn’t  appear to see that  the remedy 
lies  in  the  hands  of  himself  and  his 
brother merchants.  So  long  as  dealers 
buy goods  because of  the  importunities 
of  drummers,  instead  of  according  to 
their  actual  requirements, just  so  long 
will  the nuisance of which  this merchaut 
complains exist.  This  seems to be  self- 
evident.  But  what  a  Hood of  light  the 
aforesaid communication  sheds upon  the 
business  methods of  country merchants, 
and  how clear an  explanation  it  affords 
of the reasons for the ill-success of many 
of them!

A   MINNESOTA  COMMENT. 

Commenting  on  the  above  criticism, 
the Northwest  Trade (Minneapolis)  says: 
Of course,  the  correct  theory is as  our 
esteemed  contemporary states  it,  but  it 
often  happens that  theory runs  counter 
to  fact—to  the  practical  side of  exper­
ience.  Now,-  is  the 
theory  above  all 
'here is to this question?  Human nature

is  as  it  is—human  nature and  nothing 
more,  and  the  average  man,  in one way 
and  another,  by one man  and another,  is 
persuadable.  The  only  question  in  the 
vast  majority of  cases  is  as  to  how  to 
persuade  the  particular  case  in  hand. 
There  is  precisely  where the  functions 
of  the salesman  are called  into question. 
We  often  enough  hear  the  expression, 
“a  clever  salesman,”  and  we  suppose 
that  that  means an  ability  to  sell goods 
—an  ability to persuade  merchants  into 
buying the  goods,  an  ability to work  off 
goods  even  at  the  risk  of  overstocking 
the customer. 
In this  light, the question 
is  as 
to whether  the  wholesaling  em­
ployer  does not  offer special  advantages 
to the  man  who  has  the  keen  wits,  the 
persuasive  tongue,  and  the  persistence 
which will  enable  him  not only to  meet 
all  competition but create business where 
it does not normally exist?  And  are not 
these high  priced  and selected  wits,  this 
trained tongue,  this developed insistence 
pitted  against  qualities which,  however 
superior in other  directions,  are inferior 
in  precisely  the  one  under  discussion? 
The  whole  subjeet,  it  seems  to  us,  re­
solves  into  this  conclusion,  that  while 
primarily and  theoretically the merchant 
is  responsible  for  permitting himself  to 
be persuaded  into buying  extravagantly, 
secondarily  and  practically  the  “clever” 
salesman  wilfully and  often  wrongfully, 
overstocks a great many of his customers 
because of his superior powers as  a sales­
man.

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.

STALLION  FOR  SALE.

1  have a three-quarter blood

18  hands  high,  10  years  old,  weighing 

1,350 pounds,  which I  will  sell for

$

2

5

0

.

He  is  wortli  twice that  amount,  having 
been  sold a short  time  ago  for  $600.  1 
have  no  use  for  the  horse,  and  conse­
quently  offer him  at the  price named.

He is a deep  bay,  with  one white hind 
foot,  is  a  good  traveler  and  gets up  in 
good style.

L. H  SHEPHERD,

CHARLOTTE,  MIOH.

Y M A S   G O O D S !

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HANDKERCHIEFS,  COTTON,  SILK,  LINEN. 
MUFFLERS,  ALL  PRICES.
GENTS’  AND  LADIES’  GLOVES  AND  MITTS.
NECKTIES,  FROM  $2.25  TO  $9.00.
DOLLS,  FROM  8c  DOZ.  TO  $9.00.
JEWELRY  AND  FANCY  PERFUMES.
FANCY  BOX  PAPER.
TABLE  COVERS,  CHENILLE,  PLUSH  AND  DAM- 

ASK  IN  4-4,  5-4,  6-4,  8-4.
FURS,  MUFFS  AND  BOAS.

NAPKINS  AND  DOYLIES.

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P.  ST E K E T E E  &  SONS.

OUR  OFFICE  BOY.

C haracter.

Graphic  Description  of  a  Most  Unique 
He is a daisy.  The  first  day  he  came 
in  answer  to  our  advertisement for  “a 
boy to make himself  useful,”  he  was  so 
frightened that he scarcely  could speak, 
and so modest that  red  paint  was  noth­
ing to his blushes.
Poor  little fellow,  standing so humbly, 
and  replying  so  respectfully while  the 
usual  questions  were  being  asked,  we 
all pitied  him,  and  did our  best to  place 
him at  his  ease  and  lighten  the  ordeal 
he had to go through.
How  his hand trembled  as he  put down 
a row of  figures  to add,  and  how  pain­
fully careful  he  was  to  make  good  ones 
and writea few lines at the end  in beauti­
ful school-boy style.
Then when we  told  him  we  would  let 
him know  on  the  morrow  if  he was  ac­
cepted,  how  politely  he  bowed  with  a 
sweet  and  thankful  smile  and  walked 
briskly away.
We all  fell in love  with the little angel 
at once and congratulated ourselves  that 
we had discovered  such a treasure.
The next day,  after getting notice that 
he  was engaged,  he  promptly  appeared, 
and,  being given his  desk,  started on  his 
career of usefulness.
He kept  us busy all the  day supplying 
him with something to do.
He  was  a  perfect  steam  engine  for 
work,  and  the quickness  with  which  he 
finished a  task  and  then  cried  for  more 
was wonderful,and it  taxed our ingenuity 
to the  utmost to  satisfy  his efforts  to  be 
useful.
His errands  were  run  with  lightning 
speed,  and  his docility  was  most  refresh­
ing.  He  even  refused  to  take a  whole 
dinner hour,  saying that half was plenty, 
and  when  it  came  the  hour  for  closing 
the  store  he  seemed  truly  sorry  to  be 
obliged  to go  home.
The next morning he  was around  wait­
ing outside  for  the  store to  be  open,  in 
his eagerness to be early and useful.
For about  a  week the  little  model  of 
virtue set us all an example of promptness 
and industry  ami  goodness.

He  was a  little  less anxious  about get­
ting  over so  early  and  leaving so  late, 
and he showed a less desire for work.
He seemed to  know  us  a little  better, 
too,  and  seemed  to  feel  less in  awe of 
those above him.
His  tone  of  voice  became  a  shade 
louder,  and  he  laughed more frequently, 
and sometimes  too heartly,  at  our jokes.
Instead of  waiting to  be spoken  to be­
fore  answering,  he  began  to  make  re­
marks himself  and  mix in  our  conversa­
tion,  and  soon  the whole dinner hour be­
came not  longer than  he thought  neces­
sary.
Still  we  loved  him.  for  he  was  yet 
quite polite and  agreeable.
At  the  end  of  a  month,  however,  he 
commenced to  expand  and  assume  airs 
of self-importance  which  were  uncalled 
for,  to say the least.
He  no  more  called  us  Mr.  Jones  or 
Mr.  Smith—our  first names  were  easier 
for him  to handle.  The head  of the firm 
he designated  as the  “old man,” and gave 
original  and  funny  titles  to  everyone. 
The  head  book-keeper  was  “old  pen­
wiper,” the  cashier  was  “old  nickel-in- 
the-slot,”  and  the  junior  partner  was 
“high-cock-a-lormn.”

The  odor  of  cigarettes  began 

to  be 
painfully  apparent  in  his  vicinity  and 
soon  he would  coolly  light  one and  puff 
it  with  composure  on his way out of  the 
j store at closing  time.

rather  more 

TETE  M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N
His  face shone  with  delight when any­
thing—the harder the  better—was given 
and his  alacrity  and  swiftness in  doing 
errands  were 
than  we 
wanted.
He was always anticipating our wishes, 
and his overwhelming  politeness and  re­
spect  won  the  hardest  heart  in  the  es­
tablishment,  and  aroused  such  love  and 
admiration  for  his  noble  qualities that 
we all  felt more  or less jealous from  the 
attention  he  received  from  the  house. 
We feared he was  on  the road  to be pro­
moted  over  our  heads,  and  get  in  the 
firm while we were thinking about  it.
After he had  been with us a  fortnight 
we began to notice  a change coming over 
him.

He used  to  run  on  errands  and jump 
when spoken  to.
Now  in  the  mornings,  always a little 
late,  he  leisurely  sauntered  in  and  his 
first duty  was to stick  his  feet  up on  his 
desk and read the newspapers.
When he got through,  and  not  before, 
he  put  them  on  file,  remarking 
that 
the  “ boss” had more  time to  wait for the 
news than he had.
Then  after writing his  very important 
private letters and  trying  to  interest us 
with his political  opinions and criticisms 
he commenced  to “ make himself useful.”
Instead  of  promptly  heeding  the  di­
rections and  requests of  those  over  him 
as at first,  he seemed  to become  afflicted 
with  a  most  convenient  difficulty  of 
hearing.
Not till after the questions or commands 
were  repeated  more  than  once  did  he 
deign  to  notice  them  and  then,  in  the 
slowest and most provoking  manner pos­
sible,  did he reply.
His object skillfully  hidden  under  an 
assumed inability to hear  or  understand 
was to  have  his  own  way  and  take  his 
own  time  and, after  a  few  wrestles,  he 
succeeded  in making us"  tired  and  being 
left  alone  to do as he pleased.
When  that  plan  didn't  work  he  be­
came  a bit  sarcastic  and  “ sassy,” and  so 
before long,  in  place of  his being afraid 
of those above  him,  they  grew  afraid of 
him  and  treated 
the  little  terror  with 
much  consideration.
Of course,  he knew their fear,  and  was 
merciless  iu taking advantage of it.
No matter  how  he  was  snubbed  and 
sat down on,  his  free  and  awfully  easy 
manners increased  day  by day.
He whistled  all  the  tunes ever  invent­
ed—all  the  louder  if  he  was  asked  to 
please keep quiet.  Aud  when  he wasn’t 
whistling he  hummed  the  music,  which 
was  harder  to  bear,  for  his  selections 
were not as fine as our  artistic ears were 
acustomed to.
His dignity  kept pace  with  the rest of 

his beautiful ways.
When asked,  even  by the  firm,  to  hur­
ry,  he  simply  looked  the  contempt  he 
j felt and  went slower,  if  possible.

9

But,  half an  hour  before  his  time  to 
go,  he  not  only  hurried  himself,  but 
made the others,  too,  for he  let all  hands 
know  that  he  was  not  going  to  be  de­
tained  by  their work not  being finished.
Ten minutes  before  the  closing  hour 
he was off,  and not one dared as much as 
hint for  him  to  stay  till  the  rest  were 
done.
He,  also,  began to  dress  in  the  style 
becoming a young  gentleman  of  his cul­
ture  and  position  in  society.
He couldn’t wear a collar high  enough 
nor carry  a cane big enough.  And when 
he  w alked comfortably  in  one  n orning, 
late  as  usual,  under  an  immense  high, 
silk  hat,  with  kid  gloves  on  his  ink 
stained  fingers  and  a  flower  in  the  but­
tonhole of  his  Prince  Albert  coat,  none 
ventured  to  let  him  see  the  smile  his 
glorious appearance provoked.
But he got  to  the  end  of  his  rope  at 
last.
With  his 
freshness  and 
cheek he  interviewed  the  firm  one day  in 
the  private  office  on  the  subject  of  a 
raise of salary.
He stated  how  much  the cost of  living 
had  increased  since  he  begun  to  make 
himself  useful,  and  how hard  he worked 
and  how  difficult  it  was  to fill the  posi­
tion of importance he  had  accepted,  and 
that in  the near  future  he  contemplated 
matrimony  and  consequently  ought  to 
have enough  to  support a  family.
When  he  sneaked  meekly  out  of  the 
private office with flushed  face it was ev­
ident that  his demands had  been refused 
and that the grand  bounce act  had  been 
performed.
So he  packed  his  traps,  and  never say­
ing  a  word,  stalked  angrily  and  with 
much  dignity but of the store,  to  the im­
mense joy  and  satisfaction  of  those  he 
left  behind  him.
We have since heard that he  is married 
aud  being  supported  by  his  father-in- 
law—who has our  sympathy  in  his afflic­
tion. 

H.  C.  Dodge.

invincible 

Mount  Pleasant—L.  M.  W inters  has 

sold  his grocery stock  to John  Hess.

P  H  EARLY,  Pres,  aud Treas. 
W.  H.  DODGE,  Sec’y  and Gen’l  Manager. 
GANNON,  DONOVAN  &  SHEA,  Western Att’ys,  Omaha,  Neb. 

DUNCAN  &  GILBERT,  Gen’l Att’ys,  Chicago. 
HENLEY  &  SWIFT,  Pacific Slope A tt’ys, San Francisco.

DORSE

Y,  BREWSTER  &  HOWELL,

Southern Att’ys,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
,  New England A tt’ys,  Boston,  Mass.
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McCa r t h y   OSLER,  HOSKIN  &  CREELMAN,  Canadian Att’ys,  Toronto,  Ont.

Merchants Retail Commercial Rpcy

INCORPORATED  UNDER  THE  LAWS  OF  ILLINOIS.

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G e n e r a l   Office,  5 3   D e a r b o r n   St.,  C h ic a g o ,  Ills.

Eastern Office,  911  Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Fa.
New England Office, Boylston B uild’s , 657 W ashington St., Boston, Mass. 
Canadian Office. *7 Canadian  Bank of Commerce Building, Toronto, Ont. 
W estern Office, 413-515 Bee Building. Omaha. Neb.
Southern Office.  M cD o n ald   B u ild in g ,  A  la n ta , G a.
Pacific Slope Office, 31-33  Chronicle  Building, San Francisco,  a  ■______
Extract from Branch Constitution and By-Laws.
Sec. 4.  Whenever an,account against any person shall have been listed in the
abstract of unsettled  accounts  issued by our  (’e “« f *,A  n?ny’ ° L r  ^   111 nany 
«tpprptnrv of  this  Branch  bv such  Agency as unsettled, no  memoer  snau in 
else  open an account, without security, with  such  delinquent^Xred an°offen“l  
of such account by any member with  such uerson  shall be considered an ottense 
against this section and subject such member to an in stig atio n  
Board, and if  found  guilty he shall pay to such Board a fine of  TW^NIT  DOb- 
T.Aim  for the  sole  use  and  benefit of  this branch, and  his neglect or reiusai  to 
comply with this demand shall make him liable to expulsion from said agency.

Infallibly Protective,  and  It Makes ’em Pay.
The  present  enrolled  subscribers to this  Agency number  oyer one  hundred 
and forty thousand, comprising merchants in thirty-three states, from the Atlantic 
to the Pacific and from the Dominion to the Gulf.
Its  System  of Operation is Original, Positive, Legal and N ational; 

Stronger than Judge, Ju ry  or Sheriff.

We  ask the  retail  merchants  to  make a special examination of  this Agency 
id its combination  and interchange  experience system  before paying out  their 
onev for a valueless lot of stationery and glittering array of promises offered by 
responsible  promoters of  cheap  collecting  and “blacklisting  schemes, 
to  a 
asiness  man  seeking  reliable  assistance,  age,  e x p e rie n c e ,  c h a ra c te r   an d
Chicago References: The  Chicago  Trust  and  Savings  Bank or any respect­
able and'responsible-wholesale or retail merchant in the  city.  Elsewhere:  Any 
merchant who has been or is now a subscriber—and the - - 

°r is legion.

S e c re ta r y .

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Drugs ^M edicines.

State  Board  of Pharmacy,

One  Year—Stanley E. Park ill, Owosso.
Two  Year»—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. A.  _____________
M ic h ig a n   State  Pharmaceutical  A s s ’n . 

President—H. G. Coleman. Kalamazoo. 
Vice-Presidents—8.  E.  Parkill.  Owosso;  L. Pauley, St.
Ignace;  A. S. Parker, Detroit.
Secretary—Mr. Parsons, Detroit.
Treasurer—Wm  Dupont, 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  Pharmaceutical  Society, 
President. W. R. Jewett, Secretary,  Frank H. Escott, 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March 

June, September and December.
Grand Rapids  Drug Clerks* Association, 
resident, F. D. Kipp ;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.

Detroit Pharmaceutical  Society 

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

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

THE  QUEER  FOOD  WE  IMPORi'.
Few  native Americans  have  any  idea 
of  the number  and  kind of queer  foods 
which  come  from  foreign  lands to  their 
country.  A  study  of  the  delicate  mor­
sels  which  pass  through  the  Custom 
House is decidedly interesting.  And  the 
official  records show  that  there are more 
than  eight hundred different kinds of  im­
ported  foods.  Our foreign-born  popula­
tion  keep  up a sneaking fondness  for the 
dishes  and  tid-bits which  they  eat  with 
relish  in  the Old World,  and  in  response 
to this demand  strange edibles with curi­
ous names  are  imported.  The eccentrici­
ties of the human palate are many,  as  we 
hope to show in  the following:

From  France comes a  long  list of  odd 
delicacies.  The oddest of all,  perhaps,  is 
pickled cockscombs.  Usually it is put up 
half  cooked,  and  then  it  is  pickled  and 
spiced.  There is,  to  the  American  pal­
ate,  nothing  appetizing  about  pickled 
cockscombs,  which  are  as 
tough  as 
“ boarding house steak.”  Another French 
dish of rare flavor is blood pudding, which 
is  commonly  made  from  the  blood  of 
beeves and  horses.  During the  siege  of 
Paris  the  blood  of  dogs,  cats,  rats  and 
birds  was  served  into  puddings. 
The 
Frenchmen think  that no dinner  is  com­
plete  without  cheese.  “ A  dinner with­
out cheese,” said Brillat-Savarin, “ is like 
a beautiful  woman with  only  one  eye.” 
Roquefort,  which  differs  from the  other 
cheeses,  is made from  the milk of  sheep 
and  goats. 
It  is  sharp,  acrid,  and  not 
pleasant to the uninitiated palate.  Cam- 
embert is another kind  of  cheese. 
It  is 
pasty,  and comes in  small,  flat pats, each 
weighing  about one  pound. 
It  is  more 
highly  flavored  than  Roquefort,  and  its 
boquet,  after  some  months,  becomes  ab­
solutely nauseating.

sauerkraut, 

The Germans send  us  large  quantities 
of curious food.  The  more common  im­
portations  are 
sausages, 
pickled herrings,  and confections of vari­
ous tastes.  Goose  breasts  are  dried, 
smoked and pickled.  The sausages made 
of chicken  and  duck  are quite palatable. 
So too are the Schwarzwald hams,  which 
surpass even our own  sugar-cured  hams. 
Of cheeses  Limburger is the best known. 
But for odor and  strength  a new kind  of 
Muenster  cheese  takes  the  cake. 
It  is 
so  powerful  that a  piece as  big as  your 
finger would scent  a  tan-yard.

The list  of foods  imported  from  Nor­
way  and Sweden  is not very  long.  The 
most important  article is  seaweed.  An­
other staff of life is a kind of unleavened 
bread.  The  Emerald  Isle  furnishes  a

T H E   MICHJQ^JNT  T R A D E SM A N

few  tid-bits.  Of  course,  genuine  “ Mur­
phies”  hold  the  place  of  honor.  Then 
there  is  a  kind  of  seaweed  not  unlike 
the  Norwegian  article. 
It  makes  good 
jelly.

As a rule,  the  Spaniards  are  high  liv­
ers; that is to  say,  they  like every  bit of 
food  highly  seasoned  or  highly  sweet­
ened.  From Spain and the  West  Indies I 
come  red  aud  green  peppers,  preserves 
and  marmalades. 
The  preserves  are 
made by  boiling fruits  and  then  adding 
brandy or  wine  to  keep  the  mass  from 
fermenting.  Some  of  the marmalades— 
for example,  those  made from the  guava 
fruit—need to be cut with  a sharp  knife. 
To these  may  be added  the  Catalan  and 
Basque  sausages,  black,  dry  and  hard; 
smoked  and  dried  sardines  and  ancho­
vies.  Of the  Spanish  cheese,  the Anda­
lusian  is  the  most  disagreeable, having 
a boquet of onions and garlic.

The Chinese cling to  their  native  diet 
by 
importing  dried  shark  fins,  dried 
chicken and  ducks; preserved  watermel­
on  seeds, crystalized  dates  and figs,  sug- 
aredflowers.sweet pumpkins,and sardines 
in oil.  Their  sweetmeats  are  delicious. 
They  are usually made by boiling fruits, 
as  tamarinds,  limes  and  green dates,  in 
strained  honey,  Other  curious’.bits  of 
pastry  are  “mooncakes,” eaten  in  com­
memoration  of  the  harvest  moon  and 
“ lai-chee nuts.”

There  is  a  great  variety  in  the  foods 
from  Japan.  The most common  kinds are 
dried  fishes  of  all  sorts  and  sizes.  Al­
most every kind  of  fish  and  form  of  sea 
life is  dried  hard  and  stony by the  Jap­
anese,  from  a  sturgeon  to  a  minnow, 
from  a  clam  to  a  crab.  Only  the  rich 
can  afford  bird-nest  soup,  the  material 
for  which  is  a  seaweed  masticated  by 
the birds to form their nests.  Other odd 
dishes  are  made  from  tree  mushrooms 
and  sea  mushrooms.  The  latter  is  very 
palatable.

We need only  mention,  in  conclusion, 
sappodillas from the West  Indies,  prick­
ly pears  and  edible  lizards from  Central 
America, 
from  Mexico,  and 
“stitchies”  from  Palestine.  But enough 
has  been  said to  show  that tastes  differ 
the world over. 

L. J.  Vance.

tomalis 

Money in  Roses.

“If you  want to  make  money  and  at 
the same time enjoy  your  work,”  said  a 
well  known  business man,  “ raise  roses. 
When  I  moved  into  the  suburbs  of  the 
city,  I  built a conservatory to grow roses, 
for I am  very  fond of them.  From  time 
to time I  built additions to my hothouses, 
and  in  time found that I  was raising more 
roses than  1 knew what to do with.  So I 
began  to sell  them.  1 learned that there 
was a good  winter  demand  for  them;  in 
fact,  a very strong  demand.  1  was  able 
to command  prices  which  seemed  mar­
vellous.  Now  I  make large Winter ship­
ments regularly,  and  I have paid  for  my 
hothouses and all  the  labor expended  on 
them  many times over,  and  what  I  call 
my  ‘flower bank account’  has  reached  a 
very  respectable size.”

The  Drug-  M arket.

Gum  opium  is  firm.  Morphia  is  un­
changed.  Quinine is steady.  Calamus 
root is lower for  prime  peeled.  Serpen- 
j taria has  advanced.  Spermacetti  is  low­
er.  Bromide potash  has declined.  Cut- 
tie fish  bone  is  lower.  Salacine has  de-
I dined.

BUSINESS  LAW.

Summarized  Decisions  from  Courts  of 

L ast Resort.

CONSTITUTIONAL  LAW— CONTEMPT.
In a case recently decided in the United 
States  Circuit  Court  at  Indianapolis, 
where the  Board of  Tax  Commissioners 
had endeavored  to  compel  a  banker  to 
give the names and amounts of individual 
deposits.  Judge  Thayer decided  that  the 
section of  the State  law empowering the 
board to fine  and  imprison  for  contempt 
was unconstitutional and void.

USURY— MORTGAGE—VOIDABILITY.
In  the  case  of  Lydecker  vs.  Bliven, 
recently decided  by  the  New York Court 
of  Appeals,  it appeared  that the  appel­
lant  procured  a  loan  of  $4,000  from  a 
resident  of  Upper  Nyack,  giving  as  se­
curity a mortgage  on  an  icehouse.  The 
mortgage  was  assigned  subsequently to 
the respondent.  The latter proceeded  to 
foreclose  the  mortgage,  when  the  appel­
lant  set  up  as a defense  the  charge  of 
usury,  alleging  that he had  not  received 
the full  amount  named from the original 
mortgagee,  who had  retained  10 percent. 
Upon  this defense  the Court of  Appeals 
sustained a decision  giving  judgment  to 
the  appellant and  holding the  mortgage 
void.

MECHANICS’ CLAIMS—HUSBAND  AND WIFE.
In Pennsylvania,  according  to  the  re­
cent  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
that State,  in the case of  Bevan ct al.  vs. 
Thackara,  a contract made  by a husband 
for  the  improvement of  his  wife’s  sep­
arate estate if  made  with  her knowledge 
and  consent  is  sufficient  to  sustain  a 
mechanic’s  claim  filed  by a sub-contract­
or  who  has  furnished  materials  neces­
sary  for  the  improvement.  The  court 
held in the same case that where materials 
are  furnished  partly  for  a  house  and 
partly  for  a  stable,  though  standing  on 
the same  lot of  ground as  the  house and 
appurtenant  to  it,  a claim  filed  against 
the house  and lot only,  without mention­
ing  the stable,  will  not  support a  recov­
ery  for  anything  used  for  the 
latter 
building.

HANK—FALSE  STATEMENT— LIABILITY.
The  Kentucky Court of  Appeals  held, 
in  the recent case of Prewitt vs.  Trimble, 
that a published statement by the cashier 
of the condition  of a bank,  followed by  a 
statement  signed  by  the  President  and 
directors referring to the  cashier’s state­
ment as evidence of  the  prosperous con­
dition of the  bank,  was to be regarded as 
a report of  the officers of  the bank made 
directly  by  the  president and  directors, 
and  that  the  statement  being  false,  in 
that the  amounts  reported as  “ loans and 
discounts”  and  “ overdrafts”  embraced 
stale and  worthless demands,  amounting 
to a  large sum,  thus reducing  the  value 
of the stock much below what it appeared 
to be  from  the  statement,  one who  pur­
chased  stock  from  the  president  of  the 
bank  upon  the  faith  of  this  statement 
was  entitled  to  a  recission of  the  con­
tract.

NOTE—CONTRACT— LEX  LOCI.

In  the  case of  Coad  vs.  Home  Cattle 
Co.  et  al.,  recently  decided  by the  Su­
preme Court of  Nebraska, it appeared that 
a promissory note was dated and executed 
at Cheyenne, Wyoming,  and  by  its terms 
was  payable  there.  The  maker  was  a 
Wyoming  corporation,  having  most  of 
its  property  and  transacting the  greater 
part of  its  business  in  Nebraska.  The 
payee was a resident of  Wyoming.  The 
note provided  for interest at  15  per cent, 
per annum,  which  was  lawful  in  Wyom­
ing  when  the  note was  made.  The  note 
was given  for a loan of  money,  and  was 
secured  by  mortgages executed  in  Wy­
oming  on  certaiu  property  of  the  cor­
poration  situated 
The 
payee  and  mortgagee  refused  to pay the 
money until  he examined  the records  in

in  Nebraska. 

Nebraska to see if the property was clear 
from  incumbrances.  On making  exam­
ination  aud  finding no liens  the  money 
was  paid over in Nebraska  and  the note 
and  mortgages  delivered  there.  There 
was  evidence  tending to show  that  the 
agreement for the note was made in good 
faith  in  Wyoming,  and  not  as a device 
for  securing  interest  in  excess of  that 
allowed  by the  laws  of  Nebraska.  The 
Supreme  Court  upheld  a  finding of  the 
court  below  to  the  effect  that the  note 
was  a  Wyoming  contract  and  that 
its 
validity  was  governed  by  the  laws  of 
Nebraska.

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Advanced—Serpentaria.
Declined—Calamus root  spermacetti, bromide potash, cuttle fish bone, salacine.

ACIDUM .

A ceticu m ......................
Beuzoicum  G erm an..
Boracic 
....................
C arb o licu m ..................
Citricum...................
Hydrochlor...............
Nitrocum 
.................
Oxalicum...................
Phosphorlum dii........
Salley licum ...............1
Sulpnurlcum..............
Tannicum..................1
Tartaricum.................
AMMONIA.

m   10
50®  6o 
80
38©  30 
48®  53 
3®  5
10®   12 
10®  12 20
30® 1  70 
IX®  5 
40@1  60 
32®  40

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  3*4®
20  deg..............  5V4@
Carbonas  ....................   13® 14
Chlorldum...................  13® 14

Black.. 
Brown. 
Red.... 
Yellow

Cubeae (po.  90).
Juniperus..........
Xantnoxylum ...

BALSAM UM .

Copaiba.............
Peru...................
Terabin, Canada 
Tolutan..............

! 00®2 S 
80®1 00 
45®  50 
50®3 00

90®1  10 
8®  10 
25®  30

50®  55 
®1  30 
35®  40 
35®  50

CORTEX .

Abies,  Canadian.  ..............  18
Casslae  ...............................  11
Cinchona Plava  .................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica Cerifera, po............   20
Prunus Virginl....................  12
QuHlala,  grd.......................   14
Sassafras  ............................  14
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

" 
“ 
“ 
“ 

EXTRACTUM .
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra..
po.........
Haematox, 15 lb. box.
1«............
Hs...........
..........
F E R R U M .
Carbonate Precip......
Citrate and Qulnia...
Citrate  Soluble.........
Ferrocyanldum Sol...
Solul  Chloride.........
Sulphate,  com’l ........
pure...........

“ 

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

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

1)4®  

FLO RA .

 
F O L IA .
 

Arnica.......................   28®  25
Anthemls...................  30®  50
Matricaria 
25®  30

 

........ 

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

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

Salvia  officinalis,  ^s
UraUrsi...................... 

“ 

“ 

8U M M I.

@

Acacia, 1st  picked —

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ ....
“ ....

2d 
3d 
sifted sorts...
60®
p o .  ..............
50®
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...
“  Cape, (po.  20)...
®
“  Socotrl, (po.  60).
Catechu, Is, 04s, 14 Me.
16)..........................  
<m
Ammon! a e .................  55®
Assafcetlda, (po. 30)...  @
Benzolnum.................   50®
Camphors...............- ■  50®
Ruphorblum  po  ........  35®
Gaibanum...................  ®3
Gamboge,  po..............  75®
Guaiacum, (po  30)  ..  @
Kino,  (po.  25)............   ®
M astic.......................   @
Myrrh, (po  45)...........  @
Opil.  (po. 3 20)...........2 10@2
Shellac  ......................  25®
“ 
bleached........  30®
Tragacanth................  30®
herba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.........................
Eupatorium.........................
Lobelia.................................
Majorum.............................
Mentha  Piperita.................
“  V lr.........................
Rue.......................................
Tanacetum, V......................
Thymus,  V..........................

M AGNESIA.

Calcined, Pat  ............   55®
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®
Carbonate, K. &  M__  20®
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®

O LEUM .

Absinthium................ 3 50®4
Amygdalae, Dulc ..  ..  45®
Amydalae, Amarae___8 00®8
A nisl........................... 1 75@1
Auranti  Cortex...........2 80@3
Bergamli  ...................3  75@4
CajlpuU.................... 
70®
Caryophylll................  90®
Cedar.........................  35®
Chenopodli...............   @1
Clnnamonil.................1 15®1
Cltronella...................  ®
Conlum  Mao..............  35®
Oopaiba  ............ 
i  io®i

Cubebae......................  @6 5»
Exechthitos..............  2 50@3 75
Erigeron.........................8 25® i 50
Gaultheria......................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
Gosslpil,  Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  40®1  50
Junlperl......................  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@2 75
Piéis Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
Rlcini.............................. 1  08®1 ?4
Rosmarini________  
75@1 00
Rosae, ounce..............  @6 50
Succinl.........................  40® 45
Sabina.........................  9G@1 00
Santal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tiglil............   ... 
@100
Thyme.........................  40® 50
opt  ...............   @ 60
Theobromas...............   15®  20

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PO TASSIUM .

Bi Carb.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide....................  35®  27
Carb............................ 
ia@  15
Chlorate, (po. 16)........  14®  16
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide............................. 2 86@2 90
Potassa, Bi tart,  pure..  28®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com...  ©  15
Potass  Nitras, opt...... 
8®  10
Potass Nitras..............  7®  9
Prussiate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

R A D IX .

Aconitum..................   20®  25
Althae.........................  25®  30
Anchusa....................  12®  15
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentiana, (po. 15)......   10®  12
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 40)...................  @  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po....................... 2 40@2 50
Iris  plox (po. 35@38) ..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   55®  60
Maranta,  &s..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
“  cut..................'...  @1  75
“  pv.......................  75@1  35
Spigelia.....................   48®  53
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  33®  35
Senega.......................  40®  45
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40 
M  @ 20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  FobU-
@  S>
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  ®  25
15®  20
Ingiber a ..................   10®  15
Zingiber  j .............. 
18®  22
SEM EN.
Anisum,  (po. 20).. 
..  @ 15
Aplum  (graveleons)..  20®  22
Bird, Is.....................  
4®  6
Carul, (po. 18)............   8®  12
Cardamon........................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Sativa.........  
4)4@5
Cydonium..................   75@i  00
Cnenopodlum  ...........  10®  12
Dlpterix Odorate........2 10@2 20
Foenlculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   6®  8
L lnl...........................  4  @4)4
Llnl, grd,  (bbl. 3)4) 
4  @4)4
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
Pharlarls Canarian__  3)4® 4)4
Rapa.......................... 
6®  7
s,  Albu............   8®  9
Sinapis
Nigra...........  11®  12

dus,  po...... 

German... 

... 

“ 

S PIR IT U S.
Frumentl, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R.......1  75@2 00
................. 1  10@1  50
Junlperls  Co. O. T __ 1  75@1  75
........... 1  75@3  50
Saacharum  N.  E ........ 1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Gall!........... 1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto.....................1  25@2 00
Vlni  Alba....................... 1  25@2 00

SPONGES.

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

2  00 
1  10

1  40

SYRUPS.

A ccada.............................   50
Zingiber  .............................  50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri  Iod.............................  50
Auranti  Cortes....................  50
Rhei  Arom..........................   50
Similax  Officinalis..............  60
CO........  50
Senega................................   50
Scillae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Pruni!»  rirg.......................  50

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Aconitum Napellls R.........   60
p .............  5Q
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
Arnica................................   so
Asafostlda............................  0
A trope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
“  Co..........................   50
Sanguinarla.........................  50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharldes..................... 
  75
Capsicum............................  50
Uu damon............................  75
Co.......................  75
Castor.................................1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co.......................  60
Columba.............................   50
Conlum...............................  50
Cubeba................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................  60
Guaica................................   50
ammon...................  60
“ 
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
Colorless.................  75
Ferri  Chlorldum................  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opil.....................................  85
“  Camphorated......... ......  50
“  Deodor........................2 00
Auranti Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany.............................   50
Rhei.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol...................  50
“  Co................  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stromonium.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian...... ...........  
  50
Veratrum Verlde.................  50

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M ISCELLANEOUS.

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Æther, Spts  Mit, 3 F. 
T‘ 
“  4 F .
Alumen....................... 2)4® 3
ground,  (po.

26®  28 
30®  32

prep
ubra.........

7).............................  3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antimonl, po.............. 
4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antipyrin..................   @1  40
Antifebrin..................  @  25
Argentl  Nitras, ounce  ©  65
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  )4s,  12)..............
@  9
Cantharldes  Russian,
po..........................
@1  20 
@  20 
Capslci  Fructus, af...
@  25 @  20 
(po.
Caryophyllus, (po.  15)
12®  13 
Carmine,  No. 40.........
@3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......  50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus.......................  @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  22
Centrarla....................  @  10
Cetaceum...................  @  40
Chloroform...............   60®  63
squlbbs..  @1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  25@1  50
Chondrus..................   20®  25
Clnchonldlne, P.  & W  15®  20
German 3  @  12 
Corks,  list,  die.  per
cent  .....................
60 
Creasotum...............
@  50 
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........
©  2 
5®  5
11 
8
®
Crocus.......................   30®
35 
Cudbear......................  @
24 
6 
Cupri Sulph...............  5 @
12
Dextrine....................  10®
Ether Sulph...............   68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po......  ..........  @  6
Jpo.)  70 .........   65®  70
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla.........................  @  23
Gambler......................7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  70
French..........   40®  60
Glassware  flint,  70 and 10. 
9®  15
Glue,  Brown.............. 
White...............   13®  25
Glycerlna..................15)4®
Grana Paradlsl...........  @  22
55
Humulus...............  25® 
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..
@  90 
“  Cor 
@  80
Ox Rubrum  @1  < 0
Ammonlatl.  @1  10
Unguentum.  4i@  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  75
.1 25@1  50
lihthyobolla, Am. 
Indigo...................  75@1 
00
Iodine,  Resubl.......... 3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4  70
Lupulin.................  35® 
40
40
Lycopodium.........  40® 
40® 46
45
80® 86
85
Macis....................  80® 
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy­
@ 27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls 
10® 12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1)4)......................... 
_
2® 8
Mannla,  S. F ............   40®  45
40® 45

by box 60and 10

dra 
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rarg Iod.

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Seldlitz  Mixture........  @  25
Sinapis.......................   @  18
“  opt...................  ®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 12).  .  11®  12 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  30®  33
Soda Carb.................  1)4®  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb............   @  5
Soda,  Ash.................... 3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether Co...........  50®  56
“  Myrcia  Dom......  @2 25
“  Myrcia Imp........  @3 00
*'  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
2 27)........................ 2 31®2 41
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal......  @1  30
Sulphur, Subl............ 3  @4
“  Roll..............  22£@ 3)4
Tamarinds................. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......  28®  30
Theobromae..............  45®  50
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
Zinci  Sulph.
7®  8

Morphia,  8 .P .4 W ...1   95®2  20 
C. Co.......................1  85@2 10
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myrlstica, No. 1.........   70®  75
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  22®  25
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................
@2  00
Plcls  Llq, N.  C., )4 gal
@2
doz  .........................
Plcis Llq., quarts......
@1
@
p in ts ...........
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80).. 
„
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)....  @  3
Pix  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbi A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opil.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®  35
8®  10
Quasslae.................... 
Quinta, S. P. & W......  31®  36
S.  German__20  @  30
Rubla  Tinctorum......  12®  14
Saccharum Lactis pv.  @  35
Salacin.......................1  60@1  65
Sanguis  Draconis... ..  40® 50
Santonine  ..............
4 50 Whale, winter........ ..  70
Sapo,  W.................. ..  12® 14 Lard,  extra............ ..  55
“  M.................... ..  10® 12 Lard, No.  1............
.  45
“  G....................
@ 15 Llnséed, pure raw  . .  36

Bbl. Gai
70
60
56
39

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faints. 

Lindseed,  boiled__   39 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................. 
Spirits Turpentine__  41 

42
50  60
46
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian........................144 2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars...  1M  2@4
“ 
Ber........144  2@3
Putty,  commercial_2)4  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure.....2)4  244@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican .......................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English  ...  70@75
Green,  Peninsular......   70®75
Lead,  red..............................   7 ©7)4
“  w hite............................7 @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  0
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
1 40
cliff.......................... 
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
Paints.................... 1 00@1  20

VA RN ISH ES.

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

H A Z E L T IN E  

&  P E R K IN S

D R U G   CO.

Im portéis and Jobben s t

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES.
Paints, Oils  Varnishes.

DEALERS  n r

M e  Agmatm tor the O M a M

smss  »m i  p m p ir k d   n m s

M lie of Staile  Drnssists’ Sites.

We are Sole  Proprietors oC

Weatherty’s Jlictiiian Catarri Remedo.

We H ese fta etock and O t e  a Van U m  a t

W H IS K IE S ,  B R A N D I E S ,

GINS,  W INES, R U M S .

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

trial order*JtoM ne S Perkins Driig Go,,

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13

G R O C E R IE S.

A Vision of the Future.

the  capital  of 

Jules Verne has been speculating as to 
what  will  be the daily life of people 1,000 
years hence.  As science extends her do­
minions it  is noticeable how increasingly 
ambitious such  forecasts become.  Noth­
ing will  satisfy  M.  Verne but serial  trains 
traveling at the rate of 625 miles an hour, 
a trans-Atlantic tubular service,  convey­
ing  the  traveler  from  London  to  New 
York  in  295  minutes,  a  “telephote,” 
which enables people In different  hi mis- 
pheres to dine  with each other, or at least 
to see and  converse with each other whil- 
eating,  and  accumulators  for condensing 
and  radiating  at  will  the  sun’s 
rays. 
Such are the advantages to be enjoyed by 
the inhabitants of  a  certain  city  called 
“ Universal  City,” 
the 
United  States in  the year of  grace  2891. 
England by  that time will,  according  to 
M.  Verne,  have become a province of the 
United States.  The public  will be kept 
informed of the latest  political  develop­
ments.  not  only  upon 
terrestrial 
globe, but upon Jupiter, Mars and Venus. 
Not  that they will read newspapers.  The 
newspapers of the  day  will  be  spoken. 
Brilliant descriptive  writers  will  be  re­
tained  to speak  through  the telephone  to 
millions of subscribers,  and daily install­
ments of novels to be  continued  to-mor­
row morning will  be  given  by  popular 
authors.  Man  is to be fed on  the choicest 
viands,  laid  on  asreservoir  water  is  at 
present,  and it will  be  sufficient  to  step 
into a toilet cabinet  and  be tubbed, shav­
ed,  dressed  and  brushed  iii  the  space  of 
two minutes.  Even  a new  digestive  ap­
paratus,  “W arranted for two years,” will 
be  obtainable.  But  one  thing  we,  or 
rather our posterity,  are  told  not  to  ex­
pect.  They  must  not expect  to live  for­
ever.  A certain Dr.  Faithburu’s  experi­
ment in  freezing his own  body and  caus­
ing himself to be kept for 106years turns 
out  a  complete  failure,  so  obstinately 
does  he refuse to be resuscitated.
A  B a th e r  G loom y  V iew .

the 

GoomiAr.T.  Nov. 24.—The  topic of  E. 
A.  Owen,  in  the  issue of  November  18, 
suggests to my mind  what is apparent to 
me  as  a  tact,  that  to  attain  success  in 
this period of  wild,  mad  rush  for  wealth 
and  preferment  and  at  the  same  time 
maintain  a clear conscience and  an  irre­
proachable  integrity,  requires  very  rare 
gifts.  With  our  homestead and  exemp­
tion  laws  fostering  and  protecting  the 
very  worst  features  of  dishonesty,  and 
intelligent,  able  lawyers  ready  to  hire 
their God-given abilities to prevent crim­
inals  receiving  condign  punishment  for 
imposition on  the  credulity of  generous 
consciences,  men  who  have  anything  to 
sell are  compelled to take the  back seat, 
and,  from  my  standpoint,  we  need  look 
for nothing  but an  early and  consequent 
revolution.
1 am  constrained  to say  that our whole 
commercial  system  is  at  variance  with 
the  moral  well-being of  the  people,  and 
whatever  is  at  variance with  morals  is 
certainly  antagonistic to and  preventive 
of the perpetuation of  good  government. 
These  utterances my  have  the  dogmatic 
stamp,  but my struggles with  “ the wolf” 
forbids  the use of  time in  reasoning  out 
my  position. 

Gideon  N o el.

Coffee G row n in M ichigan.

A.  H.  Hobbs,  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  planted 
some  San  Domingo  coffee  berries about 
ten years ago,  and.  from  the seed  so  ob­
tained,  his  product  has  increased 
to 
seven  bushels,  besides  using the coffee in 
his  family  all  the  time.  He  is  so  san­
guine over the  success  of  coffee  culture 
that  he proposes to  embark  in  the busi­
ness  extensively,  having  satisfied  him­
self that he  can  raise  70  bushels  to the 
acre by sowing the seed  broadcast.

The  Grocery  M arket.

Sugars are steady, although  the indica­
tions are that the market  will  be weaker 
by  the  end  of  the  week.  Prunes  are 
higher.  Almonds  and  filberts  have  ad­
vanced l% c  per  pound,  owing  to  short 
supply between now and the holidays.

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

How Thread is Made.

taken 

“To  make  a  spool  of  thread,” says  a 
manufacturer,  “is a complicated process. 
Only the very  best  Sea Island cotton can 
be used for this purpose.  The  cotton  is 
taken  in  the  raw  state  and  torn  all  to 
pieces  by  a machine  called  a  ‘breaker.’ 
It then  goes  through  several other  ma­
chines  by  which  it is  carefully combed 
and  freed  from  impurities.  A  machine 
called a  ‘slipper’ then  takes  it  up  and 
twists  it out  into soft  white yarn.  Then 
it is  carefully  combed  again,  and  it  is 
then 
into  another  department, 
where several  small strands of  this yarn 
is  twisted into  one fine  one.  Three  of 
these are then twisted  together,  and then 
you  have six-cord  thread, which,  after  it 
is  bleached,  is  ready  for  market.  An­
other interesting thing  is the  numbering 
of  the  thread.  Every  lady  knows  the 
size of thread she  requires,  but very few 
of them  know how  it  came to  be  so num­
bered.  You  see,  when cotton thread was 
first  made,  840  yards  of  it  weighed one 
pound.  This was  called  No.  1,  and  if  a 
pound contained just  twice  this  number 
of yards  it was called  No. 2,  and  so on.”
A man  to know  how bad  he is  must  be 
poor; to know how bad others are he must 
he rich.  Many  a man  thinks it  is  virtue 
that  keeps him from turning rascal,  when 
it is only a  full  stomach.  One should  be 
careful and not mistake potatoes for prin­
ciples.

Barnett Bros.
Commission  Merchants

$

AND  DEALERS  IN
-Apples, 
D r ie d   F ru its, 
Onions.

Twenty-five years’  experience and  ample 
facilities for the transaction of  business. 
Refer by permission  to the  editor of  this 
paper.  Write for information which will 
be cheerfully furnished.

BARNETT  BROS.

159 So.  Water St., Chicago.

Crockery & Glassware

LA M P  B U R K S B 8.

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

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Pearl top.

La Bastfe.

First quality.

6 doz. In box.

“ 
XXX Flint.
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LA M P  CH IM N EY S.— P e r   bO X . 
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. 0, per  gross......................................
No. 1, 
........................................
No  2, 
........................................
No. 3, 
........................................
Mammoth, per doz..................................
STONEW ARE— A KRON.
Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal......................
3 to 6 gal.........................
Jugs, 4  gal., per doz...............................
“ 
...............................
.............................
“ 
Milk Pans, 4  gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c). 
1  “ 
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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

06

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.  90 
1  80 
.  60

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as follows for dressed fowls:

Spring  chickens.......................................9  @10
Fow l......................................................... 7  @8
Turkeys................................................... 11 @12
Ducks....................................  
12  @13
Geese........................................................n   @12

 

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples— $2  per  bbl.  for  choice wiuter  fruit.
Beans—The market is a little stronger.  Dealers 
now  pay  $1.30@1.40  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 28c.
Celery—20c per doz.
Cabbages—40c per doz.
Cider—Sweet, 10c per gal.
Cranberries—Fancy  Cape  Cod  are  held  at  $8 
Jersey  Bell  and  Cherries command 
per  bbl. 
ing $7 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  54@ 
6c and holding at 7c.
Grapes—Nine-pound baskets sold at25@30c for 
Concords  and  40e  for  Delawares.  California 
Tokay command $2 per 4 basket crate.
Honey—Dealers pay ]2@  4c and hold at 15@16.
Onions—Dealers  pay 50@G0e  and hold  at  05@ 
70c, extra fancy commanding about 80c.
Potatoes—Local  handlers  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. 

FO R K   IN   BA R R ELS.

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new........................................................  10 00
Short c u t ..........................................................   12 00
Extra clear pig, short c u t..............................  13 7'
Extra clear,  heavy..........................................
Clear, fat  back.................................................  13 50
Boston clear, short c u t...................................  13 75
Clear back, short cut.......................................  13 '5
Standard clear, short cut. best..................  
13 75
Pork Sausage........................................................6)4
Ham Sausage....................................................   .  9
Tongue Sausage..................................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage 
Blood Sausage..........................................   ........   5
Bologna, straight........■.......................................   5
Bologna,  thick.........................  ........................  5
Head Cheese...........................................................  5
Tierces...................................................................  73k
Tubs........................................................................   6
OM1U.  HUB................................
..............Ö
Com-
pound.

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

lard—Kettle Rendered

CM
6%
6U
5*
54

Tierces..................................... 53k
c0 and  50 lb. Tubs.................... .6
3 lb. Pails, 20 In a  case............ 64
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case............. 6 %
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case............. .64
201b. Palls, 4 in a  case............
50 lb. Cans................................ C
REEF  IN  BARRELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs
...  6  50
Extra Mess. Chicago packing.
----   6  50
Boneless, rump butts...............
.......  9  50
Hams, average 20 lbs......................................   94
16 lbs......................................   9314
12 to 14 lbs...............................10
picnic...................................................  734
best boneless......................................   954
Shoulders........................................................  6)4
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.............................   9)4
Dried beef, bam prices..................................  8  ’
Long Clears, heavy......................... 
734
Briskets,  medium.  ........................................  7)4
light................................................  7).

s m o k e d   m e a t s —Canvassed or Plain.

Family.

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FRESH  MEATS.

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Swift and Company quote as follows :

Beef, carcass.........................................   4  @
4M®
3) 4®
@
0  @4) 4®
©
@
@
©
@
@
@@
*4@

hind quarters 
fore 
“  —
loins, No. 3........
ribs....................
rounds..............
tongues.............
Bologna.......................
Pork loins....................
.........
Sausage, blood  or head
liver..............
Frankfort......
Mutton.........................
Veal.............................

“  shoulders 

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FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:

FRESH  FISH.

Whlteflsh...............................................  @8
Trout......................................................  @8
Halibut..................................................   @20
Ciscoes...................  
@ 5
Flounders........— ..............................   @ 9
Bluefish................................................ 
@12
Mackerel — .........................................   @25
Cod.........................................................  @12
California salmon..........................  
  @20

 

 

 

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1  60

oysters—Bulk.
 
oysters—Cans.

Standards, per  gal.................................. 
Selects, 
 
Falrbaven  Counts............................. 
  @35
F. J. D. Selects.....................................  @30
  @22
Selects...........  ...................... 
F  J. D....................................................   @20
  @is
Anchor..................... 
 
Standards  .............................................  @16
Favorites.................................. 
  @14
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100...................................   1  25@1  50
Clams, 
75@l  00

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

“  H.H...
“ 
Twist 
Boston  Cream  . 
Cut  Loaf.........

STIC K   CANDY.
Full  Weight.

M IX ED   CANDY.
Full Weight.

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

...... 6)4
...... 6)4

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

Bbls.
...6)4
...6)4

Palls.
7)4
7)4

Special....................................  .  .7

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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

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.

8)4
8)4
8)48
8)4
9
10
104
134
Palls.
Bbls.
Lozenges,  plain:...............................10)4
114
....104
...11
printed............................. 11
124
Chocolate Drops................
1^/414
Chocolate Monumentals...
....  5
Gum Drops........................................   5
64
9
......8
Moss Drops........................
94
....  84
Sour Drops........................................   8)4
114
Imperials............................................10)4
...104
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
70
Imperials..........................................................65
Mottoes.............................................................75
Cream Bar........................................................60
Molasses Bar........................................ 
55
Hand Made  Creams.................................. 85©95
Plain Creams............................................. 8U@90
Decorated Creams..........................................1 00
String  Rock............................ 
70
Burnt Almonds.............................................. 1 00
Wlntergreen  Berries.......................................65
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb. boxes..........................  34
51
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 51b. boxes.....................................1 10

CARAM ELS.
 
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printed...............  

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3 
2 
3 

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Floridas,  fancy

ORANGES.

re@3 00

LEM ONS.

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Messina, choice, 360..................

Figs, fancy layers, 6fc............................ 14

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“  501b.  “ 

fancy, 360............................
choice 300.............................
fancy 380  ............................
O TH ER   FO R EIG N   FR U IT S .

101b  .
“ 
14ft.
“  extra 
20ft.
“ 
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................
..........................
“ 
“ 
Persian, 50-lb.  box.....................
N U TS.
Almonds, Tarragona..........................

4 00©4 
@
@
@15 
@15 
©16 
@17)4 
@ 9 @ 8 
@ 6)4
@18 
Ivaca..................................
@16 
California.............................
@17 
@ 8 
Brazils, new...........................................
Filberts..................................................
@13 
Walnuts, Grenoble................................
@15 
Marbot................................
@
Chill.......................................
@10
_
Table Nuts,  fancy................................  
@14
choice  .............................11)4@13
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  .........................15  @17
@4 00
Cocoannts, full sacks................
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns................................   @5)4
“  Roasted  ...................  @7)4
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............................  @5)4
“  Roasted..........  ......   @7)4
Choice, H. P., Extras............................  @4)4
“  Roasted.................  @6)4

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P E A N U T S.

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“ 
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“ 

HIDES, PELTS  and  FURS 

Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  follows:

H ID E S .

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

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

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

“ 

No. 2 hides 4  off.

@ 4 
@ 4)4 
@  5 
@ 6 
© 4 
@ 5 
@ 5 
@ 6 
@30

PE L T S .

Shearlings...............................................10
Lambs..................................................... 20
WOOL.
Washed................................... ...................
Unwashed.......................... 
Tallow..................................................   3)4@ 4
Grease  butter  ......................................   1  @ 2
Switches.........................................   ...  i)4@  2
G inseng...........  ..................................2 oo@2 50

@25
@75
-20@25
10@20

M ISCELLANEOUS.

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

OILS.

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes  as  follows,  In 

barrels, t. o. b. Grand Rapids :
W. W. Headlight, 150 fire  test (old test)  @ 8)4
Water White.........................................  @  8
Michigan Test.......................................  @7)4
Naptha...................................................  @  7)4
Gasoline.................................................  @  8M
Cylinder............................................... 27  @36
Engine  ................ 
............................. 13  @21
Black, 25 to 30 deg................................   @ 7&

Strawberries.
! Lawrence..................  
Hamburgh................. 
Erie............................  
Whortleberries.
Common....................
P. &  W.......................
Blueberries...............
Corned  beef,  Libby’s__
Roastbeef,  Armour’s__
Potted  ham, 34 l b .........
“  Ü lb............
....
“ 
>4 lb  ..  .
V E G E T A B L E S .

tongue, 34 lb 
chicken, *4 lb.........  

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M E A T S .

Beans.

l  n
a 25
l  t5

CONDENSED MILK.

Eagle........  .......................  7 40
Crown.................................. 6 50
Genuine Swiss...................  8 00
American Swiss...................7 00

C O U P O N   B O O K S .

95

APPLE  BUTTER

40 lb.  pails....................... -  5
20 lb. p a ils ........................... .  5*/4
M ason’s,  10, 20 or 30 lb s... .  6
51b....................... .  7
AXLE GREASE.

44 

Grafite.

44 

Badger.

$8  50
7  50
.12  00
.  4
33i

*4 gr. cases, per  g r...........
Ì2J4 lb. pails, per d o z __
25 lb. 
.......
1D0 lb.  kegs, per  lb .........
250 lb. 34 bbls., per  lb __
40D lb.  bbls., per l b ........
Vi gr. cases, per g r ...........
$6  50
.  7  00
..
12*4 lb. pails, per doz. 
......
.10  50
251b. 
....
3 *
100 lb  kegs,  per  lb 
250 lb.  34 bbls.. per  lb — •  3*4
.  3
400 lb. bbls., per l b .........
BAKING  POWDER.
Acme, M lb. cans, 3 doz  .
34 lb.  “ 
2  “  ..
lib .  “ 
1  “
bulk......................
Telfer’s,  34 lb. cans, doz

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44 
44 
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44 
44 
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34 lb. 
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1 lb.  “ 

Arctic, Ü 9> can s...........
...........
...........
...........
Red Star, *4 9)  c a n s.........
........
........
2 dozen in case.

34®»  “ 
19)  44 
5 9)  44 
54 9)  44 
1 9)  44 
B A TH   BRICK..

45
85
.  1  00
to
. 
45
85
44 .  1  50
. 
60
.  1  20
.  2 00
.  9 60
40
80
.  1  50

 

 

 

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bluing. 

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BROOMS.

English...............................  90
Bristol..................................  TO
Domestic.............................   GO
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals.................... 4 00
“ 
7 00
“  pints,  round........... 10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz b a ll........................4 50
No. 2 Hurl...............................  1 75
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet..............................2 25
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem...............................2 75
Common Whisk................. 
Fancy 
M ill........................................   3 25
Warehouse............................... 2 75
B U CK W H EA T  FLO U R .
Rising Sun............................... 5 00
York State..........................
Self Rising, case......................5 CO
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................1034
Star,  40 
..............   10V4
Paraffine............................  12
Wicking.............................   25

2 00
2  50
90
.................  1  20

CA NDLES
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C A N N E D   G O O D S.

PISH.
Clams.

“ 

44 

44 

...1  10
Little Neck,  l i b ...........
44  2  lb........... ....1  90
Clam Chowder.
...2 30
Standard, 3 lb...............
Cove Oysters.
...1  10
Standard,  l i b ..............
..  2  10
21b..............
Lobsters.
...2 45
Star,  1  lb......................
...3 45
44  2  lb......................
Picnic, 1 lb.................... ....2 00
...3 00
44 
2 1b....................
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb............... ....1  20
2  lb.............. ....2 00
....3 00
Mustard,  31b..............
Tomato Sauce,  31b...... ....3 00
Soused, 3 lb................... . 
.3 00
Columbia River, flat — ...1  90
tails__ ....1  75
Alaska, 1  lb.................. ....1  45
2 1b.................... ....2  10
Sardines.
American  *4s............... .43,®  5
.634® 7
34s..............
Imported  Us................. ,.11@12
/4s................. ..13@14
Mustard  34s  ................. ..  @ 8
Brook, 3 lb.................... ....  50

Salmon.
“ 

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44 

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Peas

“ 
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Corn.

H am burgh  stringless...........1  25
F rench sty le.......... 2 25
Limas....................1 40
Lima, green........................ 1  30
soaked.....................   90
Lewis Boston  Baked
...1  35 
Bay State  Baked.............
...1  35 
World’s  Fair.................. .
... 1  35
Hamburgh  ....................
.  . 1  25
Tiger ...............................
Purity  ...........................
...1  10
Honey  Dew....................
...1  40 I
Hamburgh marrofat.......
...1  35 
early June  —
. .1  50 
Champion Eng
...1  50
Hamburgh  petit  pois 
...
fancy  sifted  ..
.1  90 
Soaked ............................
...  65 
Harris  standard.............
75 1 
.1  10 
Van Camp’s Marrofat
>?  “ 
Early June__
...1   30 
Archer's  Early Blossom
1  35 
. .1   80
French  ............................
Mushrooms.
French .......................
.17218
Pumpkin.
Erie............................
...  90
Squash.
Hubbard....................
...1   30
Succotash.
Hamburg  ..................
...1   40 
Soaked .......................
..  85 
Honey  Dew...............
...1   60
Tomatoes.
Van Camp's........................ 1  00
No. Collins..........................1  CO
Hamburg............................1 30
Gallon.... ............................2 50
CHOCOLATE— B A K E R ’S.
22
German Sweet.................  
36
Premium..........................  
Pure.................................. 
38
Breakfast  Cocoa.............. 
40
@1234
Amboy.......................
©  m
Norway.....................
Riverside..................
@1234 
@1134 
Allegan  ..................
Skim..........................
@10 
Brick...  .....................
12*4 
@1  DO 
Edam  ......................
Limburger  ...............
@ 10 @35 
Roquefort 
...........
Sap Sago  ..................
@22 @25 
Schweitzer, imported 
©13
domestic  —
“ 
Half  pint, common....
Pint
Quart 
Half pint, fancy.........
Pint 
...........
Quart 
...........
CLOTHES  P IN S .
5 gross boxes..............
COCOA  SH ELLS.
Bulk............................
Pound  packages.........

1  tO 
.1  50 
.  1 25 
. St DO 
3 00
..40
@4

C H EESE.

CATSUP.

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C O F F E E .
G R EEN .Rio.

Java.

Santos.

Maracaibo.

Trout.
P R IIIT S .
Apples.

Fair......................................16
Good.................................... 17
Prime...................................18
Golden.................................29
Peaberry  ............................20
Fair......................................16
Good....................................17
Prime...................................18
Peaberry  .............................20
Mexican and Guatamala.
Fair..................................... 20
Good....................................21
2 50
Fancy.................................. 23
York State, gallons —
2 50
Hamburgh,  “  —
Apricots.
Prime...................................19
2   25
Live oak......................
M illed.................................20
2 00
Santa Cruz.................
2 50
Lusk’s.........................
Interior............................... 25
1  90
Overland...................
Private Growth...................27
Blackberries.
Mandehling........................28
90
F. &  W.......................
Cherries.
Imitation............................ 23
1  20
Red.............................
Arabian............................... 26
1  75
Pitted Hamburgh 
..  .
1  60
W hite.........................
1  30
E rie............................
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green
@1  25  Hgeing and 15 per cent,  for shrink
Erie ................. . 
Gooseberries.
À rìm ckle’s A riosa.......... 20*4
Common....................
M c L a u g h lin ’s  XXXX —  20*4 
1  10
Lion.................................... 20*4
90@1  00 
P ie..............................
EXTRACT.
1  50 
Maxwell....................
75 
Valley City...............
1  30 
Shepard’s ...................
1  15
...................
Felix 
@2 25
California...................
1  50
Hummel's, foil........
2 50
“ 
ti n ...........
1  25
Domestic....................
Riverside....................
C H IC O R T.
Bulk.....................................454
Pineapples.
Red......................................  7
Common.....................
Johnson’s  sliced.......
grated.......
Quinces.
Common....................
Raspberries.
Red.............................
Black  Hamburg.........
Erie, black.................

1  30
2 50
CLOTHES  LIN E S.
2 7?» Cotton, 40 ft...
“
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50 ft...
“
60 ft...
1  10
»
“ 
70 ft...
(*
“ 
80 ft...
1  30
“ 
60 ft...
1  50 Jute
“
44 
72 f t . .
1  40

... per doz.  1  25
140
1  60
175
1  90
90
1  00

Peaches.

Mocha.

Gages.

Pears.

PA CKAGE.

BOASTED.

... 

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

___________

1 8

Wheat.

Cracked........................
FISH—Salt. 

Bloaters.

5

Cod.

Yarmouth....................
Pollock.......................
3*4
Whole, Grand  Bank... 6  @614
Boneless,  bricks  ........ 7*4 @8
Boneless, strips........... 7v£@8
Halibut.
Smoked......................
12
Herring.
Scaled.........................
20
Holland,  bbls............
P» 00
a5
kegs............
2 50
Round shore,  *4 bbl...
1  50
44 
*4  bbl..
Mackerel.
No. 1, ‘/a bbls. 90lbs....
...11  CO.
...  1  25
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.........
Family,  14 bbls., 100 lbs ...  5 50

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kits, 10 lbs. 
Sardines.
Trout.

Russian,  kegs....................
No. 1, 54 bbls., lOOlbs.........
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs................
No. 1, 54 bbls., lOOlbs.........
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.... ...........
Family, 54 bbls , 100 lbs  ... 
kits  10  lbs...........
“ 
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS.

Whitefish.

.7 50 
.1  00 
3 00

Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
.  75 
1  50
“
.1  00 
.1  50 
“
2 00
3 00
“
.2  00 
.3 00
“
4  0
GUN  PO W D ER .
.5 50 
.3 00

2oz fold ing box.
3 oz 
4 oz 
6 oz 
3 oz 
Kegs................................
Half  kegs........................
Sage..................................
Hops.................................
Chicago  goods............
Mason's,  10, 20 and 30 lbs. 
.  M b......................

H ER B S.

JE L L Y .

@3

LICORICE.

L Y E .

Pure.....................................  30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily...................................   18
Condensed,  2 doz................. 1 25
No. 9  Bulphur....................... 1 65
Anchor  parlor.......................1 70
No. 2 home............................1 10
Export  parlor.......................4 00

MATCHES.

MINCE  MEAT

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

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

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

New Orleans.

14
16
16
20
17
20
26
30
36

OATMEAL.

Barrels 200.................  @4  75
Half barrels 100.................... @2 50
Barrels  180.................  @4  75
Half  bbls 90..............  @2  50

ROLLED   OATS

PIC K L E S.
Medium.

Small.

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

“  T. D. full count...........  75

P IP E S .

R IC E .

Domestic.

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

Imported.

“  No. 2...........................534

Broken...............................
Japan, No. 1..........................6
Java....................................  5
Patna..................................   5
Silver Thread, bbl...........   $3 50
J4 bbl........  2 00

SA U ER K R A U T.

“ 

Kitchen,3 doz.  inbox.
Hand 

3  “ 

8 A P 0 L I0 .
“
S P IC E S .

2 50 
2 50

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

44 
44 
44 

“Tradesm an.”
I  1, per  hundred........
“ 
* 2,  “ 
........
“ 
“ 
* 3, 
........
........
“ 
15, 
“ 
............
*10, 
“ “ 
*20,  “ 
“ 
........
“Superior.”
I  1  per hundred........
44 
1 2 , “ 
......
*5. 
........
“ 
“ 
............
*10, 
“ “ 
“
“ 
*20, 

2  00
2 50
3 00
3 00
4 Od
5 00
2 50
3 00
4 00
5 00
6 00

“

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......  $3 00
$  1, per hundred.  ..
......... 3 50
*2, 
......... 4 CO
$3,
.........   5 CO
$5,
......... 6 00
$10, 
......... 7 00
$20, 
Bulk orders for above coupon 
books are subject to the follow­
ing  discounts:
200 or over............. 5  per cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
[Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from $10  down. | 
$  1  DO 
2  00 
3 00 
6 25
.........................  10 00
.........................  17 50
C R A C K E R S .

10 “
“
C O U P O N   P A S S   B O O K S .

500  “ 
1000  “ 

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

 

B u tte r .

Soda.

Seymour XXX......................6
Seymour XXX, cartoon......  t»V4
Family  XXX.....................   6
Family XXX,  cartoon........  654
Salted  XXX.........................  6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ........654
Kenosha
754 
Boston...........................
...  8 
Butter  biscuit...........
...  654
.  6 
Soda, XXX....................
■ • •  7v4
Soda, City...........'•........
Soda,  Duchess 
...........
..  854 
...10 
Crystal Wafer...............
..10
Reception  Flakes.........
■ •534 
S. Oyster  XXX..............
...  554 
City Oyster, XXX...........
Shell  Oyster.................
...  6
CREAM TA R TA R .
Strictly  pure.................
Telfer’s  Absolute.........
Grocers’.........................

30 
..  35
10@15

Oyster.

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Apples.

10

854

11
5
10

PR U N E S.

California Evaporated.

Sundried....................  @554
Evaporated...............   @ 754
Apricots.............. 
Blackberries...... 
Nectarines......... 
Peaches  ....................  
Pears,  sliced..............
Plums.........................
Prunes,  sweet............  
Turkey.......................  554®  6
Bosnia........................   @
French......................  @
California.................   @  9
P E E L .
Lemon................ 
Orange............... 
In drum.....................   @25
In boxes.....................  @26
Zante, in  barrels........  @ 4?i
in  54-bbls.......   @ 5
in less quantity  @ 554 
raisins —Calif ornia. 
t  60
1  75
2 00
150
i  eo

London Layers,  2  cr’n 
3  “ 
fancy. 
Muscatels.2crown  ... 
“ 
.... 
Valencias.........  
! Ondaras......................  @  8?i
I Sultanas.....................10  @12

3 
Foreign.

CURRANTS.

CITRON.

18
18

734

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FA RIN A CEO U S  GOODS.

Farina.
Hominy.

Maccaroni and Vermicelli.

100 lb. kegs................... 
4
Barrels...............................3 75
Grits.................................. 4 50
Lima  Beans.
Dried............................ 
5*4
I Domestic, 12 lb. box —  
55
Imported...................... 
10
Pearl Barley.
Kegs.............  
  @354
 
Green,  bu............... ............1  10
Spilt, bbl............................5 00
German.............................   454
East India..........................   554

 
Peas.

Sago.

“ 

“ 

“ 
.“ 

Nutmegs, fancy................. 80
“  No.  1.......................75
“  No. 2.......................65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 15 
“ 
white...  .25
shot........   ............. 19
“ 
Pure Gronnd In Bulk.
Allspice............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
and  Saigon .25
Saigon  ..................35
30
Cloves.  Amboyna 
Zanzibar 
Ginger, African  .
“  Cochin..
Jamaica
“ 
Mace  Batavia  ...
80
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..25
“  Trieste....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................63
Pepper, Singapore, black — 20
"• 
white.......30
“  Cayenne................. 25
Sage..................................... 20
“Absolute” in Packages.

“ 

“ 

*4s 

34s
81  1  55
84  1  55
84  1  55
84  1  55
84  1  55
84  1  55
84

@  5*4
©  5
©  5
@  434
@
@  4*4
@
@ 4
@  394
@ 334

Allspice......................
Cinnamon..................
Cloves.........................
Ginger, Jam ...............
A f..................
M ustard......................
Pepper  .......................
Sage............................
SUGAR.
Cut  Loaf....................
C ubes........................
Powdered.......... 
...
Granulated.. 
....
Confectioners’ A .  ...
Soft A  .......................
White Extra  C..........
Extra  C......................
c .. 
.........................
Yellow 
..........
Less than  bbls.  V£c advance
STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes.................
40-lb 
...............
Gloss.
1 -lb packages  ............
3-lb 
.............
.............
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...
Barrels.......................
........ 37
Scotch, in  bladders..
Maccaboy, in jars — .........35
French Rappee, In Jars.......43
..........53,
B oxes.........................
..........4*4
Kegs, English............
SAL  SODA
Kegs............................
134
Granulated,  boxes...
........   IX
Mixed bird.................
434®  6
........ 10
Caraway......................
.........334
Canary.......................
........   434
Hemp..........................
Anise.......................... ____ 13
........   6
R ape...........................
Mustard......................
........ 734

.......  6V&
........   6*4
........   6
........  6
........   634
........   434

SNUFF.

SEED S.

SODA.

“ 
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“ 

SALT

IMPERIAL.

YOUNG  HYSON.

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

EN G LISH   B REA K FA ST.

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

 

 

“ 

“ 

Plug.

Pails unless otherwise noted.
Hiawatha  ................. 
60
Sweet Cuba...............  
34
24
McGill tv .................... 
*4 b b ls........ 
22
Little  Darling........... 
22
34 bbl.. 
20
1791............................ 
20
19
1891, *4  bbls................ 
33
Valley'City...............  
Dandy Jim...........  ... 
27
20
Tornado.....................  
Searhead.................... 
40
Joker......................... 
17
Zeno............. 
22
L. <S W.......................  
2 ;
28
Here  It Is................... 
31
Old Style.................... 
Old  Honesty.............  
4 •
32
Jolly Tar....................  
Hiawatha.................. 
37
Valley City................ 
34
Jas. O.  Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good.................... 38
Toss Up.................................. 26
Out of Sight........................... 25
Boss..................................... 12J4
Colonel's Choice..................13
Warpath..............................14
Banner................................14
King Bee..............................20
Kiln Dried...........................17
Nigger Head........................23
Honey  Dew......................... 24
Gold jBlock......................... 28
Peerless........................ 
24
Rob  Roy....................  
  24
Uncle  Sam...........................28
Tom and Jerry.....................25
Brier Pipe............................ 30
Yum  Yum ...........................32
Red Clover...........................32
Navy...  ..............................32
Handmade...........................40
Frog..................................  33
40 gr.....................................  8
50  gr......................................9

Smoking.

V INEGAR.

II for barrel.
W ET  M USTARD.

Bulk, per gal  ................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case ...  1  75 
yeast—Compressed. 
Fermentum  per doz. cakes  .  15 
“ 
per lb’  ..............3j
PAPER & WOODENW ARE
Straw 
................................. 154
Rockfalls..............................2
Rag sugar..............................2
Hardware..............................2*4
Bakers....... .......................... 2*4
Dry  Goods.................... 5*4@6
Jute  Manilla...............   @634
Red  Express  No.  1...........  554
No.  2  ............4*4

P A P E R .

“ 

“

“ 

35

“ 

“ 

90

SOAP.

TW IN ES.

SA LERA TU S.

.$2  40
2  15 
2  00 
1  50

Warsaw.

Diamond Crystal.
100 3-lb. sacks..............
.................
60 5-lb 
“ 
28 10-lb. sacks...............
2014-lb.  “ 
.................
24 3-lb  cases..................
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags 
281b.  “ 
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.
28 lb.  “ 
“  • ■
56 lb. dairy  bags...............
56 lb. dairy  bags...............
56 lb.  sacks............... .—
Saginaw and Manistee. 
Common Fine  per bbl......
Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Ashton.
Higgins.
Solar Rock.

SY R U PS
Corn

W OODENW ARE.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands 

Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars.. $3 50 
Good Cheer, 60 1 lb. bars..  3  90 
Bonner, 100  54-lb. bars—   3 DO

Church’s .........................   *3 30
DeLand’s ..........................  3 30
Dwight’s ..............................3 30
Taylor’s .............................  3 00

48 Cotton..  ......................... 22
Cotton, No. 1....................... 20
“  2........................18
Sea  Island, assorted......... 35
No. 5 Hemp......................... 15
No. 6  “ .................................15
Tabs,No. 1.........................  700
“  No. 2.......................... 6 00
“  No. 3........................   5 00
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
1 35
“  No. 1,  three-hoop  ...  1  60
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes —  
50
Bowls, 11 Inch...................   1  00
13  “ 
“ 
....................  1  25
15  “ 
" 
......................2 00
17  “ 
“ 
......................2 75
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
“ 
Baskets, market.................  35
shipping  bushel..  1  20
“ 
“ 
full  hoop  “ 
..  1  30
bushel.................   1  50
“ 
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
Barrels...........  .......... 
- -  25
“  No.2 6 25
“ 
Half bbls............................. 27
“  No.3 7 25
Pure Cane.
“  No.l  3 50
“ 
F air.....................................  19
“  No.2 4 25
“ 
Good  ..................................  25
“ 
“  No.3 5 00
30
Choice
SW EET GOODS.
8 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF8
Ginger Snaps......................
8
Sugar  Creams...........
Frosted  Creams.......
934 No. 1 White (58 lb. test)
90
8 No. 1  Red  (60 lb. test)
Graham Crackers —
99
Oatmeal Crackers —
8 3*4
M EAL.
TEAS.
Bolted................................ 
1  75
..........
Granulated.....................
2 00
@17
F air..........................
FLO U R .
@20
Good — ..................
5 00
Straight, in  saeks_.........
barrels.. . . . . .
Choicest  .................. 32 @34
6 CO
Patent 
44  sacks...........
Dust  ...................................... 10 @12
44  barrels............... .  6  10
“ 
2 30
Graham  “  sacks...............
SUN C U RED .
@17
F a ir ..........................................
2 65
Rye 
“ 
...............
@20
Good.......................................
M ILL8TU FFS.
Choice..................................... 24 @26
.  17 00
Bran...................................................
Choicest................................ 32 @34
.  12 00
Screenings..................................
Dust......................................... 10 @12 Middlings.....................................
.  20 00
Mixed Feed................................ .  21  00
@20
F air ..........................................
Coarse meal................................ .  21  00
@25
Choice.....................................
@35
Choicest................................
Car  lo ts............................... ...50
Extra choice, wire leaf @40
Less than  car  lots......... ...53
GUNPO W D ER.
Common to  fair........ .25 @35
| Extra fine to finest... .50 ©65
|  Choicest fancy......... .75 @85
@26
| Common to fair........ .23 @30 1 No. 1 

1  Less than car lots........... ...40
HAT.
|  No. 1 Timothy, car lots.
ton lots...

“ 
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splint 
4 
4 

j a p a n — Regular.

..13 00
..14 00

B A SK ET  F IR E D .

OOLONG.

W H EAT.

CORN.

OATS.

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T H E   M IC H IG A N   T E A D E 8M A N .

in 

The  M an  Behind  th e  C ou nter  S e en   as 
Written for T h s   Tr a d e s m a n .

He  Is.

the  man 

the  moon. 

Man  is the  most  deceptive  animal  on 
the face of the  earth  and  can hold  more 
hypocrisy,  for  his  size,  than  any  other 
specimen  in  the  animal  kingdom.  The 
general  public  never  sees him  as  he  is 
and  knows no more of  his  true  inward­
ness  than  it does of  the  pimples  on the 
face  of 
If 
a  hundred  average  men  were  taken 
out  of 
an  average  public  gathering 
of  men 
false 
wraps  and  deceptive  coverings,  what  a 
startling  sensation 
it  would  produce! 
How we  would  spring back  in  terror  as 
the beautiful mask  fell  off,  exposing the 
impure motives and cruel, selfish, wicked 
designs of the very one in whom  we  had 
felt inclined to place the most confidence! 
Others  would  appear  less  hideous,  and 
some would  show  up  better,  purer,  and 
more well  disposed  than  their  outward 
appearance  would indicate.

stripped  of  all 

and 

There  are  times,  however,  when  cir­
cumstances  are  favorable,  when  man 
will  reveal  the  true  inwardness  of  his 
make-up,  when  all  reserve  is 
thrown 
off  and  his  own true  nature  is  turned 
loose  for  exercise. 
The  cramps  and 
pains caused  by long continued, strained, 
and  unnatural  conditions  which  mask- 
wearing  makes  unavoidable,  m ust  be 
removed  from  time to time.  Man cannot 
always  smile,  so  he  reserves  his  entire 
stock  for  public  use  and  does  all  his 
scowling  and frowning  at home  for  the 
benefit  of  his  wife  and  children.  The 
man  behind  the  counter  cannot  always 
rub  his  hands,  bow  and  smile,  and  act 
gentlemanly,  so  he  gives  his  customers 
all there  is of  it,  because there  are  dol­
lars  in  it,  and  when  he  goes  home  at 
night  from  the  store,  with  a  stiff  neck 
and  cramps  in  his  cheeks,  caused  by 
bowing  and  smiling  at  his  lady  custo­
mers all  day,  he throws off the mask  and 
his  wife  beholds the  animal as he  really 
is. 
If his numerous fair customers could 
see him  now,  they  would  surely  fail  to 
recognize him.  Of course, there are mer­
chants  who  think  that it  pays  to smile 
upon  their own  wives,  and  be  pleasant to 
and  treat  in  a  gentlemanly  manner  all 
persons with  whom they come in contact, 
regardless  of the  nature  or size of  their 
business,  so  long as it  is  legitimate  and 
honorable.  These  men are  nature’s  no­
blemen.  They are the  salt  of  the  com­
mercial world.  They  are  the  missiona­
ries  of  commercial  heathendom,  whose 
mission in  the  world  of traffic is  to  heal 
the  wounds  and  soothe  the  heart aches 
which  man’s  inhumanity  to  man causes 
in  the great struggle  for  bread  and  but­
ter.  They receive  the stranger in  a  cor­
dial,  gentlemanly  manner,  and  whether 
the stranger succeeds  in transacting  any 
business  with one of these men or not, he 
goes on his way feeling that  life is not so 
bad after  all.  He  departs  from  such  a 
door  with  a  stronger  resolution to  push 
his way to higher planes of usefulness and 
nobler  fields  of  action.  He  has  been 
made  better by  having  come in  contact 
with next to the grandest result  of  crea­
tion—a  genuine  gentleman—the  grand­
est,  of course,  being a genuine lady.

There  is  a  certain  class  of  traveling 
men  which  is  permitted  to 
look  clear 
through the  merchant or  business  man, 
from top  to bottom,  and see him as he is. 
When approached  by  one of this class of 
travelers,  the  merchant  throws  off  his 
mask and reveals his inner self in  an un­
guarded  moment.  He  does  so  without

the least hesitation or forethought,  as an 
instantaneous impression  is  made  upon 
bis mind that the stranger belongs to the 
“ small fry”  swarm  of  insects  which  go 
buzzing about  worrying the life out of  a 
respectable  gentleman  of  business,  and 
he is supposed to  have committed  the un­
pardonable  sin  in  that  he  has  had  the 
audacity  to enter  that place of  business 
without  permission,  and  encroach  upon 
the proprietor’s valuable  time by  speak­
ing to him.  This  perambulating pest  is 
so insignificant,  in the  estimation of  the 
junior  partner  of  this  high-toned  and 
complicated  peanut  works,  that  he  does 
not consider it necessary  to maintain any 
reserve  whatever,  so  the  entire mask  is 
thrown off and  the innocent  cause of  all 
the trouble is  unconsciously  permitted to 
take a photograph  of the occasion.  This 
picture is true to life and is carried away 
by  the stranger and cannot  be destroyed, 
for it  is  photographed  indelibly upon  his 
mind.  This  class  of  traveling  men  to 
whom  I refer  is made  up of  various  ad­
vertising schemers,  rubber stamp  fiends, 
book  agents,  newspaper solicitors,  insur­
ance assassins,  novelty humbuggers,  and 
that arch  fiend  who goes about soliciting 
and collecting for a trade paper. 
I firm­
ly  believe  that  this  class,  large  and va­
ried  as  it  is,  may  all  repent  and  find 
forgiveness,  except the last named.

There was a time in my life, before my 
scraggy  locks were  tinged  with gray  and 
my  brow was  furrowed with the ravages 
of time,  when  I traveled about collecting 
and  soliciting  subscribers  for  the  Soap 
and  Crackers  Mirror,  a trade  paper pub­
lished down  in  the  State  where  1  first 
tasted  paregoric. 
I  made  my  territory 
not oftener than once a  year,  and,  there­
fore,  I  always  approached  my man  as  a 
stranger,  and,when  I announced  my  bus­
iness,  off went his mask and I could pho­
tograph  him before he could  recover.  As 
1 sit in  my arm chair in  the twilight,  my 
mind wanders back  to the  old  times,  and 
again in  my imagination,  I  go from town 
to  town,  soliciting  aid  and  support  for 
the Soap and Crackers Mirror.  Again  I 
step into  the  suburban  grocery  and  ask 
the cross-eyed  kid  who  is  playing  with 
the cat behind  the stove if the  proprietor 
is in.  Again  1  see  the  look  of  surprise 
creep  over  the  kid’s  face  as he  throws 
the cat into the cracker barrel  and  rush­
es to the cellar door and bawls out:  “Paw, 
dere's a man  here.”  Again  I  brace  my­
self  for  the  sudden  change  which  will 
come  over  that  grocer’s  face  when  he 
learns  my  business.  He  is  busily  en­
gaged  in the  cellar,  packing butter,  and 
when  the  kid  calls  him,  he  wipes  his 
hands,  lays  aside his apron  and emerges 
from  the cellar door in  his  shirt sleeves, 
smiling all  over, for  he thinks  1 want  to 
purchase  a  dime’s  worth  of  fine  cut. 
Again  1  ask  the  old  familiar question, 
“ Do  yon  take  the  Soap  and  Crack—” 
—but again 1 am cut short in  my interro­
gation  by  a  “ No”  which  paralyzes  the 
kid,  frightens  the  cat  out  of  the  crack­
er  barrel,  and  drives  that  smile  into  a 
premature  grave.  As  he  disappears I 
down  the  cellar  steps,  I  hear  again  the
old familiar refrain,  “ I take more  d-----
papers now than  1 can find time to read.” 
Once  more I  take  up  my^weary march, 
wondering if that grocer knows what sort 
of an  animal he really is.

I am told that even to-day an occasion­
al  bully  of  this  kind  can  be  found  in 
trade,  who,  after  treating  a  stranger  in 
this manner,  will go right out and solicit 
orders  for  groceries,  calling  a  woman

the  draught 

from  the  washtub  and  keeping  her 
standing  in 
ten  minutes 
while he  is taking  down  the  order,  and 
during the  whole time  the baby  is  yell­
ing murder  and  the  soap-suds  are boil­
ing over into the pot of boiled dinner.

During  these  twilight  meditations,  I 
often  think  of  Loftus,  Stiff  &  Co. 
It 
generally  took me  three or  four days  to 
look over their town,  but during my first 
visit  I  found  four  days  altogether  too 
short a time  in which to  collect one  dol­
lar  from  Loftus,  Stiff  &  Co.  The  first 
day I  called  and  presented my  bill to  a 
very distinguished and  bald headed indi­
vidual  who conducted me to the rear office 
where  another  very  distinguished  look­
ing  personage  informedme 
that the  bill 
would have to be left  and put on file  for 
the proper O.  K.  The next time I called 
Mr.  Baldhead was absent and the cashier 
didn’t  know  anything  about 
it.  The 
third time I called Baldhead had  forgot­
ten  all about it  and  failed  to  recognize 
me. 
I  told  Baldhead that  1  wished  to 
leave town  on  the  evening of  the  next 
day,  and he solemnly promised to see that 
Mr.  Flunkey put his  O.  K.  on my  bill  in 
time to catch the train.  The next night 1 
called  for the last time and  was told  that 
Mr.  Flunkey  was  in his private office.  1 
approached  and  made  known my  busi­
ness.  He asked for  my bill.  1 told him 
I left  it  at  the  office  in  charge  of  Mr. 
Baldhead  several  days  ago.  Baldhead 
was called up,but it happened so long ago 
that he had  forgotten  all  about it.  This 
was  too  much  for  Mr.  Flunkey.  He 
could spend  no more time on  such “small 
fry”as I  without lowering his dignity and 
damaging the tone of  the house to which 
he  belonged  and  of  which  he  was  the 
junior partner.  Turning  liis  back  upon 
me with a  snort of  derision,  he  told  me 
to go back  and get a  bill  and  in  the fu­
ture bring  my  bills  to the  office and  not 
leave them outside  of the street door. 
I 
resolved  to  “ beard  the  lion  in  his den” 
and so I  informed  Flunkey  that  1  could 
make a bill on  the spot.  At  this  propo­
sition  Mr.  Flunkey  grunted  and  retired 
to his desk in the corner.  I filled out the 
receipt and waited patiently for his high­
ness  to  respond.  An  employe  entered 
the office and  “his  majesty”  held  him  in 
unimportant conversation  for a full half 
hour.  Then the  employe went  out  and 
I  waited,  standing,  for  the  flunkey  to 
fling  a  dollar  at  the  loathsome  wretch 
the  office.  My 
who  stood  waiting 
train  was gone and I was in  no hnrry. 
I 
had  just  about  concluded  to  take  my 
boots off and  put  up  for the night,  when 
the  lady  book-keeper,  who  understood 
the situation,  advanced  and  took  the re­
ceipt  and  carried  it  to  the great  little 
man  in  the  corner,  who  said  something 
in  an  undertone.  The  lady  proceeded  to 
the great safe and fished out a dollar and 
I departed  with  murder in  my heart. 
I 
had  entered that  office in  a happy  frame 
of mind, with  love and good  will for all. I 
had just come from a concern  which could 
buy out three  or  four  such concerns  as 
Loftus,  Stiff &  Co.  and  I—yes,  even  I— 
had  been  treated  like  a  gentleman. 
It 
cost  them  nothing,  and  a  poor  fellow 
who was trying to earn  an  honest  dollar 
was sent on his way with  a higher aspira­
tion and  a nobler ambition.  Mr. Flunkey, 
of  Loftus,  Stiff & Co.,  did  all he could  to 
destroy this  good  influence and drive me 
into desperate  things.

I  have made this letter already too long 
and will conclude by  asking every reader 
of T he  Tradesman to take the advice of

in 

an  old  man  who  knows  whereof  he 
speaks.  Never  treat  the  meanest  look­
ing  stranger  who  enters  your  place of 
business in  a  disrespectful or  ungentle- 
manly manner,  for you can’t afford it.
J on a th a n  B.  Ca n d id.

FOURTH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

4. J.  B o w s e , President.

D. A. 

i .d g b t t , Vice-President.

CAPITAL,  » 

H.  W.  Nash, Cashier
- 
-  $ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 .

Transacts a general banking business.

Makes  Specialty of  Collections.  Account» 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

G. R. MAYHEW,

Grand  Rapids. Mich.,

JOBBER OF

Woonsocket Rubbers,

ell  Soots & Aiasìa Socks.

Whitcomb & Paine’s Calf Boots.

W rite for Prices.

Our Complete  Fall Line of

Will be ready September lOth 
Iw lllp a y  
every merchant handling this line of goods 
to examine our samples.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

20 & 22 Monroe St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

Ought to Send

fit Once

For Sample Sheet 

and Prices.

Of hedgers  and  Journals  bound  with  the 

Philad. lphia Pat. Flat openin  back. 
The Strongest Blank  Book E v e r  Made.

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W aste.

“Store Crank” In American Grocer.

nuisances, 

the  swill  man  or 

A  little  word of but five letters yet how 
very  suggestive!  A  great  many  factors 
enter  into a retail  business  which  con­
tribute in  a greater or less degree,  to  the 
success or failure of  it,  any one alone of 
which might not  very  materially  change 
the results if it were not closely attended 
to,  but even with  energy  and  thrift  on 
the part of  the proprietor,  if  the  wastes 
are not looked  after  and  prevented,  al­
though  it may cost the loss of a clerk who 
is  prized,  there  will  be  no  permanent 
success.  The inventories  regularly tak­
en will be unsatisfactory,  as  will  also be 
the results at the end of the year.  What 
is  true  of  individuals  and  families,  is 
likewise true of  storekeepers  and  their 
clerical forces. 
It is a  common  thing to 
note  men  of  ability,  commanding  good 
salaries,  having but  small  families,  who 
are continually in debt and  unable  to  ac­
count for it,  vainly  endeavoring to econ­
omize on  this  line,  and then  on that,  and 
yet  constantly  getting  deeper and deep­
er  into  a  financial  hole;  all  the  while 
studiously trying to  avoid it  and  to  find 
out  the  reason.  The  majority  of  in­
stances  of  this  kind  originate 
iu  the 
kitchen,  and 
the 
scavenger  if  asked,  could  give  a  solu­
tion  of  the  problem.  The  hired  girl 
is,  in  most  families,  one  of 
the 
in­
if  not 
dispensable 
and 
closely  watched  by the  wife  will  waste 
enough each  year to  make up all the ex­
cess  of  expenditures  over  the  family 
income,  and  while the old adage is  home­
ly,  it is true,  that  the  average  servant 
girl  will  shovel  provision  out  of 
the 
kitchen  into the swill  barrel  with  a  tea­
spoon,  faster than  the head of  the  house 
can throw it into the kitchen with  a snoop 
shovel.
I  believe no clerk  will wilfully  waste 
his employer’s  wares,  but  unless  watch 
is constantly kept,  habits of carelessness 
will creep 
in.  The  merchant  should 
impress upon  his  clerks  that  honesty  is 
the  first requisite to achieve  lasting suc­
cess.  This 
is  a  two-edged  sword  and 
does not alone  imply strict dealing with 
the  customer,  but  justice  to  the  mer­
chant.  To carelessly  weigh out wares is 
the first step to  waste in  everything. 
If 
you  give a customer  8J^  ounces  of  tea 
for a half-pound through careless weigh­
ing,  you  perform  an act  which  will  not 
benefit him  but  will  rob you of  a large 
share of  the profits which  rightfully be­
long to you.  Correct  weight  and  meas­
ure should be strenuously commanded by 
the proprietor to be  observed  by  all em­
ployes.  To  this  end  I  should  compel  a 
new clerk to  weigh out  various  articles 
and measure off  dry  goods  until  he  be­
comes  accurate  and  proficient  at  such 
work.  Do not  let  these experiments be 
made in the  presence of  the  customer or 
the store will get a reputation  for  penu­
riousness and  niggardly  dealing.  Hap­
pily the  oid-fashioned  downweight  pan 
scale is being superseded  by  the  balance 
scales,  which  give  both  parties  exact 
justice. 
If  you  weigh  out  100 pounds 
of  sugar  into  twenty  packages  of  five 
pounds each, and  give  two  ounces  over 
weight to  each,  it  will  amount  to  two 
and  a  half  pounds.  When  your  bags 
and twine are counted in the cost,  all the 
labor has been expended  and  the  result 
—no  profit.
Careless  handling  of  eggs,  breaking 
one  occasionally  by  rough  usage,  will 
take off the  profits quickly. 
I  have  seen 
clerks draw molasses into a gallon  meas­
ure and after  emptying  it  into  the cus­
tomer’s  jug,  rather  than  wait  for  it  to 
drain  would  let  an  additional  amount 
run into the jug  to make  up  what  they 
thought would be  about  the  amount  of 
the drainage—all a m atter of guess work. 
These  examples  might  be  multiplied 
without end  in the grocer’s stock, but  in 
the general country stock  it  applies  with 
equal  force,  and  1 sometimes  think  to a 
greater  degree.  After  showing  a  cus­
tomer  a  pocket  knife,  for  instance,  to 
throw the same back  into  the case  with­
out having  rubbed  it off,  is  to  find  it in 
three  days  rusted,  and  when  it is  sold 
compelling a concession  in  price  for this 
reason. 
In  measuring  calicoes,  ging­
hams,  dry goods and  the like,  care must 
be taken that a full yard,  and no  more is 
If  the  goods  are  left
given each time. 

Mr.  John Ponsonby  is  a  live enterpris­
ing merchant  iu  a smart  little  town  up 
north.  The other  evening,  after  selling 
John  a parcel of goods, we sat down  fora 
few  minutes’  smoke  and  chat.  1  said, 
“ How do you  find  your accounts coming 
in  this  fall?”  Are  the  farmers  paying 
up  pretty  well?”  “Of  course  they  are, 
else how  would  1  be  able to take  my dis­
counts on  all  the  goods I buy.  The  fact 
is,  I have  no  accounts  to  collect,  either 
from  farmers  or  anybody  else.  While 
we smoke  1  will  tell  you  a  story  that 
made an impression  on me  that  will  last 
me for my  natural life.”  This  was  the 
story:
“As you know,  I clerked  a  good while 
for  Blackburn  &  Co.;  we  used  at  that 
time,  to do hardly auything but  a  credit 
business—the cream of your customers in 
those days paid once a  year;  others  took 
two or or three  years,  and  many haven’t 
paid  yet.  When  our  bills  went out  in 
the fall,  the people were like  the  guests 
that  were  bidden  to  the  great  feast— 
they straightaway  began  to make  excus­
es.  One  had  his  barn  burned; another 
had  lost  several  head of  cattle;  another 
had sickness and death  in  his  family; yet 
another had  bought  a  self-binder.  We 
were in the habit of  taking notes,  which 
were rarely met  when due. 
Indeed,  al­
though  the old  firm  had $20,000 standing 
out in  accounts and notes,they had  to  re­
new  most of  their own  paper.  Heavy 
interest and bad debts drove them event­
ually out into  ‘the middle of the stream.’ 
The current kept getting  stronger,  deep­
er and  very rapid.  At last,  the  old  mer­
chant was carried,  so  to  speak,  over  the 
falls  and  went  to  pieces.  The  old  cap­
tain spent many  a sleepless  night at  the 
helm,  but it was too late to save the bark 
from wreck.
“While  1  was  there,  a  young  fellow 
named  Gadsby—Uriah  Gadsby—started 
business in a small  way  right across  the 
road  from  us.  Gadsby  was  an  ‘original 
cuss;’  also,  like  Artemas Ward’s  kanga­
roo,  he  was  sometimes  ‘amoosin.’  We 
used to  think  he  was  ‘a  little,’  rather 
light and  foolish  for  those  days,  so  to 
speak.  He  had an open, frank,  off-hand­
ed  way  that was quite refreshing.  Gadsby 
had  a  holy  terror of  giving  credit.  He 
started out with only  $1,500 capital,  car­
ried $1,400  stock,  and never  went  with­
out  a  hundred  dollars 
in  his  pocket. 
Small express parcels  came tumbling  in 
j  for Gadsby  every  day;  he  sent  out  the 
money  for  these  by  every  mail.  We 
used to wonder at his queer ways,  but he 
was  working up  a  business.
“To give you  an  idea of the originality 
of the  man,  he  would  take,  say  a  piece 
of flannel  which cost him 20 cents a yard, 
and would  sell  it  at 24  cents.  Then  he 
would give  everybody a  sample  to show 
it to their  neighbors.  He  would  argue 
thus  with  his  customers: 
‘If  I  give 
credit,  I  would have  to  get  30  cents  a 
yard; see what you save!—6 cents a yard. 
I divide the profits  with you—our  inter­
ests are mutual—by paying  spot  cash  I

“ He looks the w hole w orld In the face.
“ Yes, Gadsby taught  me a lesson  that 

For he owes not any man.”
I am  not likely  to forget.”

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loose  when  measured,  you  are  being 
robbed.  Careless handling of 
the  shoe 
stock soon  results in its deterioration, 
if 
a man wishes to  try  on  a pair of  shoes, 
provide a piece  of  carpet  or  something 
that will  not soil  the  soles.  Putting  on 
a  tight  fitting  pair of  boots,  on  a  bare 
floor will  ruin the  soles,  and  if  the  cus­
tomer does not take them,  they  will have 
to be again  placed in  stock and the  next 
I customer  will  demand  a  reduction  on 
this account.
In handling crockery  great  care  must 
be exercised.  The  item of  breakage  is  a 
large one at the  best.  Care  in doing up 
this class of goods must be observed.
In doing  up cups and saucers or plates, 
always  lay  a piece of  soft paper between 
each  two  articles.  Breakage  is  sure  to 
occur if  not  done,  and  you  will  have to 
replace  the  article  broken.  There  are 
so many things to  be  watched  in  a  gen­
eral  store to prevent  loss and  waste,  that 
an  enumeration  of  them  seems  almost 
impossible.  As stated  in  a  former  arti­
cle  “Keeping  everlastingly  at  it”  is the 
only  way  to find out what is  necessary to 
be doue.  The  successful  merchant nev­
er has,  or will  learn  it  all,  but a keen in­
sight gained by constant activity  will  en­
able  him  to  find  a  remedy  for  every 
emergency  which  arises in  his business.

T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N .
I 
can  buy  a  new  piece  every  week. 
make a discount  four times a month—we 
are both  the  gainers.  Your dollar  goes 
as  far  as  $1.25  will  go  when  you  get 
credit.’  Or 
to  another  customer  he 
would  say: 
‘If  I  gave  credit,  I  would 
have to  close up  in  a month, for I  can't 
get any credit,  and  I don’t  want  it.’
“One day,  when several  people were in 
Gadsby’s,  his mother asked to have some­
thing charged to her.  He refused to charge 
it.  He offered to lend her the money to pay 
for what she got,  but  he  would  not brea 
the  rule.  She got  mad  and came over to 
us. 
It sot  all  around the township  that 
Gadsby  had  refused  credit  to his  own 
mother!  I  tell you  that was a'trum p card 
for him—he  was never  asked  for  credit 
afterwards.  Gadsby’s  mutual  profit- 
dividing  system  ‘caught  on’  like  wild­
fire.  He  advertised  by  giving  away 
samples  at  rock-bottom  prices—in  fact, 
he always  kept  a  ‘leader’  or  two.  which 
he sold at  cost.  Scores  of  people  who 
had owed  us  for  years found  their  way 
into Gadsby’s  back  door  which  opened 
into the hotel  yard. 
It was a mystery  to 
us,  but soon  Gadsby  took  in  more eggs 
than  we did,and they  were equal  to cash. 
In  fact,  he  was always  busy;  he got  two 
of his  sisters  to  help  iu  the  store;  his 
stock  gradually 
increased;  his  trade 
doubled;  three  years  from  the  time  he 
opened  he  owned  a  clean,  fresh  stock 
worth  $4,000,  and  did  not owe a  dollar. 
At first we  clerks  laughed  at  him  for  a 
half  fool; but,  as it  turned out,  the fools 
were living on our side of the street,  and 
all the laughing was over  to Gadsby’s.
“ Uriah  is  well  off  now,  enjoys  him­
self,  too; he is quite a philosopher in  his 
way; takes  a  day’s  fishing  and  hunting 
once  in  a  while;  looks  after  his orchard, 
garden  and  pony. 
the  Village 
Blacksmith:

How He Came Out on Top.

I,ike 

1 5

GOLD  MEDAL,  PASIS,  1878.

W. B ak er#  Co.’S
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It  has  more 
[than  three  times  the 
Istrength  o f  C o co a 
mixed  with  Starch, 
.rrowroot  or  Sugar,  and  is  therefore  far 
tore economical, costing less than one cent a 
up. 
It  is  delicious,  nourishing, strengthen- 
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>r invalids as well as for persons in health. 

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V.  BAKER  &  CO.,  DORCHESTER,  MASS.

6  and  8  Erie St.,  GRAND  KAPIPS.

EDMUND B.D1KEMHN
Watch Maker

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How  Can  I  In crea se  th e  P rofits o f My 

Business?

rush 

Written for The Tradesman

SECOND PAPER.
This is a vital  question. 

It  is the all- 
important,  all-absorbing  question of  the 
hour.  We may make  more  or  less pre­
tensions concerning  some  other  certain 
“one  thing  needful,”  but  the  bare  fact 
stauds out in  bold  relief  that  the  para­
mount,  all-consuming question of  to-day 
is.  How can  I  increase  the  profits of  my 
business?  Deny it  who can,  the  truth  of 
the  matter  is,  that  in  these  times,  the 
“scripture” which  we  “search  daily”  is 
“Seek ye  first a  business  which  is  profit­
able and  all  these other  little things shall 
be added  unto  you.” 
If  some  modern 
harbinger,  whose  name  was  John  anti 
whose raiment was  not  in  keeping  with 
the  latest  approved  styles,  should  come 
from  headquarters endowed  with author­
ity to solve this querry for the  benefit of 
all applicants and  should  pitch  his  tent 
in  some swamp on the banks of the Grand 
River,  what a  wild stampede there would 
be from Grand  Rapids  and  all  the  coun­
try round  about!  What a confessing  of 
poverty  there  would  be  down  in  that 
swamp!  What  a  mad 
there 
would  be  and  what a bedlam of  voices, 
as each  would cry out at first sight of the 
wild-looking prophet.  What  shall  I do to 
increase the profits of my  business?  The 
“generation of vipers,” or  those  who al­
ready  possessed  an  over  abundance  of 
wealth,  but  whose insatiable greed  blind­
ed  them to the  fact, would  be there, also, 
standing on  the heads of the really desti­
tute  and  pressing  them  down  into the 
mire of the  earth  as  usual.  These  “ vi­
pers” have always  cursed  the  earth  and 
probably  always  will.  They  fatten  on 
the fruits of the  industry of  others  and 
the profits of their business cannot  be in­
creased  without a corresponding decrease 
in the  profits of  others.  No  man  has a 
moral  right  to  win  a  dollar,  if  the  win­
ning of  it  necessitates the loss of  a dol­
lar on the part of some other man.  This 
is  generally  conceded 
to-day,  but  the 
time is not far  distant  when  this  moral 
principle  will have  been  extended so as 
to cover higher grounds.  Greed  will  be 
confined  within certain prescribed  limits 
and  men will  realize the  fact  that  there 
is such a thing as  enough,  and  then  will 
follow the  higher  doctrine  that  no  man 
who is  provided  with  an  abundance  of 
life-supporting resources  has  any  moral 
right to win  another  dollar,  if he  has  to 
take the place of a man in want to accom­
plish  it.  When  this  higher  sentiment j 
prevails,  suitable statutory  laws will  fol­
low as naturally  as day  follows night.

Very few, however,of either class of this 
“ generation of  vipers”  are  really  found 
behind  the  counter  retailing  merchan­
dise,  and,  therefore,  I  will  not  pursue 
them any furlher in this connection.  As 
a  matter of  fact,  the  great  majority  of 
the men  who  are  retailing  merchandise | 
of various kinds,  are a  long way short of 
the  “enough” limit  referred  to  and  are 
anxiously  struggling  to  gain  a  compe­
tence which  will enable them  to retire at 
some  future  period  to  their  own  “ vine 
and fig  tree,”  where  they  can  sit  and ! 
bask  in  the sunshine of peace and  plenty I 
and enjoy  the rich  fruits of  their  indus­
try during  the  short  evenings  of  th e ir! 
earthly existence,  and  when the sun goes | 
down  and  the black  pall of  night settles 
down over all,  to have a little something | 
of a substantial  nature  to  leave  behind j 
for the  benefit  of  those  who  came  to I 
brighten and bless their homes.

large  for 

E.  A.  O w e n .

H um an  D iscontent.

the  regular  allowance. 

A  rich man of Boston  had one son.  He 
led  him about,  instructed  him,  kept  him 
as the apple of his eye.  The son became 
of age last  summer.  The father  had  no 
other occupation  save that of nursing his 
income,  and  as he is a  man of sense  and 
liberal  views,  he  told  his  son  that  he 
must not  stand  idle,  yet  left to  him  the 
choice of business or profession.  At the 
same time he  wrote privately to  twenty- 
four  friends  and  acquaintances,  asking 
their advice in  the  matter.  The  twenty- 
four  were  prominent,  each  in  his  own 
calling.  And each  replied in  turn,  com­
plaining of his  own  business,  and advis­
ing the  father  to seek  elsewhere for  the 
future  prosperity  of  the  young  man. 
The 
law  was  crowded,  merchandizing 
brought  but  little  money,  banking  was 
an  uncertain  prop,  and  so  on,  through­
out  the  catalogue.  The  father  is  still 
undecided;  the  boy  is  idle.  And  all  be­
cause no  one of  the  twenty-four is  con­
tented  with  his lot,  while  he admires the 
fortunes of other men.

been ruined  by  false  accusations,  the di­
rect result of this pilfering on the part of 
members of  the  proprietor’s family.  A 
certain  sum  sufficiently 
the 
purpose should  be withdrawn each  week 
to  meet  the  family  expenses,  which 
should always be kept  within  this  sum. 
Every pound of tea,  pair  of  shoes,  yard 
of cloth,  or other  article,  should  be  paid 
for out of  that  allowance  just  the  same 
as though  it was purchased by  a  perfect 
stranger.  Some people  seem  to have  an 
idea that a pound of sugar is of less value 
if taken out of  a barrel  than  if taken out 
of  a  five  pound  sack,  and  so  they  use 
more and waste  more  when they have  an 
entire stock  to  run  to.  Try  the  weekly 
allowance  plan  and  you  will  be  sur­
prised  at  the  increase  of  your  profits, 
and,  furthermore,  your  wife  will  aston­
ish  you  some  day  with  an  exhibition of 
her  skill  as  a  financier  by  presenting 
you  with  a  nice  little  sum  saved  out 
of 
I  have 
made  a starting  point in  the  considera­
tion  of this  subject and  shall  fellow  it 
up  in  future articles. 

T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N .
As stated  in  last week’s article on  this 
subject,  “a  neglect of  the  minutest  de­
tails means failure.”  A  neglect  of  mi­
nute details in  the  retail  business  is  a 
neglect of the business  itself and cannot 
result otherwise  than in  failure.  Gentle 
reader,  are you  really anxious to increase 
the profits of  your business? If  so,  come 
with me and  we  will make a  few  practi­
cal observations in a common  sense,  ran­
dom  sort  of  way,  and,  perchance,  we 
may discover ways  and  means of increas­
ing  the  profits  of  our  business.  Run 
over the names of your customers in your 
mind,  and  you  will come to  one  who has 
steady  work  the year  round  at $2,  $¡2.50 
$3  per  day.  This  man  is  economical, 
dresses plainly,  has no  expensive  habits 
and  hardly  ever  looses a day,  yet  he  is 
always behind and  is never  able to make 
both ends meet.  Then,  again, as you re­
call  the  names of  your  customers,  your 
mind  rests  upon  one  who  receives  only 
$1.50 per day,  and,  owing to poor health, 
is not able to  put in  steady  time at  that. 
This  man  actually  makes  a  better  ap­
pearance in  public than  the other,  keeps 
his bills  punctually  paid,  and  is  acquir­
ing a little  home of  his own  by  making 
small semi-annual  payments.  These are 
common  pictures,  true  to  life  and  seen 
everywhere. 
Indeed,  I doubt  if there be 
a retailer  in  the  State  whose  eye  may 
chance  to  glance  over  this  article who 
will  fail  to  place  these  two  characters 
among his customers without a momeht’s 
hesitation.  Now, 
let  us  not  despise 
small  things.  A straw  best  tells which 
way  the  wind  blows,  and 
these  little 
pictures of true life  will  teach  us  great 
lessons,  if  we will  condescend  to look  at 
them.  Here are two men,  one of  whom 
is doing double  the  volume of  business, 
or,  in  other words,  his  gross  income  is 
nearly  double  that of  the  other;  yet  he 
makes a  *ailure  of  it,  while  the  other, 
with  not only  a little over one-half of the 
gross  income,  but  subject to  other  dis­
advantages,  is  accumulating and  making 
a success of it.  Man No.  1 looks on, says 
he does  not  understand  it and  comes to 
the conclusion  that he  must  have  been 
born  under  an  unlucky  star,  while his 
wife  sheds many  a tear  over  it,  says she 
does her level  best and  declares  that it is 
impossible to keep soul  and body togeth­
er and  run  the  house on $3  per day.  We 
know  that  the  trouble  is  caused  by  a 
gross neglect of details in  domestic  mis­
management.  How  many merchants are 
ruined  by this same cause? Some  morbid 
old  hypochondriac—it  may  have  been 
Diogenes— once  made the  startling dis­
covery  that  a  “ woman  can  shovel  out 
of the back door  with  a tea-spoon  faster 
than a man  can  shovel  in  at  the  front 
door with a scoop shovel.”  This would  be 
the starting point in our search  for ways 
and means to increase the  profits of  our 
business.  Let us  see  to it that  the  ad­
ministration  which  presides  and  rules 
over the destinies of  our home is  a  wise, 
economical one,  so far as  we can  make' it 
so.  Let  us  be  quite  certain  that  no 
member of the family has free,  unchecked 
access 
to  the  money  drawer,  or  free, 
unlimited,  help - your- self - when - you- 
please access to the merchandise in stock. 
Many  a  promising  mercantile craft  has 
been  ship-wrecked,  and  thousands  are 
kept tacking about  in  the  harbor,  wear­
ing themselves out  upon  the  shoals and 
sandbars  and  kept  from  getting out on 
the high sea  of  prosperity,  by a neglect 
of these  very  important  details.  More 
than one well-meaning young  clerk  has

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Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6:00  p m train.—Wagner Sleeping  Car 
Grand  Rapids to Cincinnati.
m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

Muskegon, Grand  Rapids & Indiana.
From Muskegon—Arrive
10:10 
7:00 a m  
a m 
4:40  p m
5:36 pm  
0:05 
SLEEPING  &  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.
South. 
„   „ 
_  _ 
For Saginaw  and  Cadillac-------  5  15 a m 
For Traverse City & Mackinaw 
9:20 a m 
For Saginaw &  Traverse  City  .  2:00 p m 
For  Petoskey & Mackinaw.......  8:50 p m 
except Sunday.

Arrive from  Leave going
North.
7:05  a m
11:30  a m
4:15  p tn
10:80  p m
Train  arriving at 9:20  daily;  all  other  trains  daily 

11:05nm
6 50 am
10:30 a m «rain through Wagner Parlor Car.
11:05 p m train dally, through Wagner  Sleeping Car 
10:10 p m
5:15  am
3:10  p  m  through  Wagner  Parlor  Car.  10:10  p  m 

3:10 pm  
Lv  C U c^ o  
Arr Grand Rapids 
8 50 p m  
train dally, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

n 
For  Cineinnatt.............................   6:20am  
io r  Kalamazoo and  Chicago... 
For Fort Wayne and the  East..  11:60 am  
For  Cincinnati.............................   8:30pm  
For  Chicago.................................. 10:40 pm  
From Saginaw...............................  10:40 pm
all other trains daily except Sunday.

Through tickets and full information  can  be had bv 
calling upon A. Almquist,  ticket  agent  at  Union S t /  
Hon,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent  67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich. 

Arrive from  Leave going
South.
7:00 am
10-80  am
8 00  pm
6:00  pm
11:05 p m

G rand  R apids  St Indiana.
Schedule  in effect  November  15,1891.

’
_ 
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

Trains leaving at 6 00 p. in. and 11:05 p. m. run daily • 

C hicago via G.  R.  & I.  R.  r .

LvGrand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

For Muskegon—Leave. 

10:30a m  
3:66  pm  

2:09pm 
9:00 pm  

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

7:05  am  
2.00 pm  

_ 

North. 

NORTH

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. 

M i c h i g a n  (T e n t r a t ,

“ The Niagara Falls Route.”

DEPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express....................................   7:00 a m   10:00 pm
....................................................  7:05am  4:30  pm
Mixed 
Day  Express........................................1:20 p m   10:00 am
•Atlantic & Pacific Express..............10:30 p m 
6:00 a m
New York Express...............................5:40 pm   12:40 pm

•Daily.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
trains to and from Detroit.
Elegant  parlor  cars  leave Grand  Rapids on Detroit 
Express at 7 a. m..  returning  leave  Detroit  4:25 p. m., 
arrive in Grand  Rapids 10 p. m.

Fred M. Brigos, Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
A. Almquist, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Ruggh.es  G. P.  A T. Agent., Chicago.

«ÉTROIT TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EA STW A RD .

Trains Leave +No.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 *No.  28
G’d  Rapids. Lv 6 50am 11 20am 3 45pm 10 55pm
Ionia......... . Ar 7 45am 11 25am 4 52pm 12 37am
St.  Johns  .. . Ar 8 28am 12 17am 5 40pm 1 55am
Owosso...... . Ar 9 15am 1 20pm 6 40pm 3 15am
E. Saginaw. . Ar 11 10am 3 (Opm 8 40pm 8.45am
Bay City__ .Ar 11 50am 3 45pm 9 20pm 7i0am
F lin t......... . Ar 11 10am 3 40pm 8 00pm 5  40am
Pt.  Huron.. .At 3 05pm 6 00pm 10 30pm 7 35am
Pontiac__ .Ar 10 57am 3 05pm 8 55pm 5 50am
Detroit........ Ar 11 5  am 4 05pm 9 50pm 7  0am

Trains Leave

G’d Rapids,  Lv...........
G’d Haven,  Ar...........
Mtlw’keeStr  “ ...........
Chicago Str.  “ ...........

âPG
1 

O tNo. 11 tNo. 13
5  10pm
6 15pm

1  00pm
2 15pm

7 05am
8 50am

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m„ 12-50 d  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  Parltr  Buffet 
can  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward —No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W. L oud, Traffic Manager.
B en F letcher, Trav.  Pass. Agent.
J a s. Cam pbell, City Ticket Agent.

CHICAGO

23 Monroe Street.
NOV.  15-1891.
&  WEST  MICHIGAN  RY.

P .M .

D E PA R T  FO R
Chicago..............
Indianapolis.........
Benton Harbor...........
St. Joseph__
Traverse  City.........
Muskegon..................
Manistee  .........
Ludington.................
Big  Rapids..............

P .  M.

A.  M.
P . M.
9:00 12:05 *11:35
9:00 12:05 §11:35
9:00 12:05 *11:35
9:00 12:05 *11:35
7:25 5:17
9:00 1:05
7:25
5:17
7:25
5:17
7:25 5:17

5:30 8:30

Other  trains  week
only.
Q  •( Mi  A. M. has through chair car to Chica- 
" • W   go.  No extra charge for seats.
1 
p- M.  runs  through to Chicugo  solid
I -“ .iffy  with Wagner buffet car;  sea s 50 cts.
5.1   H   P .  M. has  through free  chair  car  to 
•-*- »  Manistee,  via M.  & N. E. R. R.
1  1  «QK  P. M. is solid  train  with Wagner pal 
l  1 
ace sleeping  car  through to Chicago.
and sleeper  to  Indianapolis via Ben­
ton Harbor.

am
pm

D E PA R T   FO R

DETROIT,

NOV.  15,  1891.
Lansing & Northern R R
A. M. P. M. P. M.
7:15 *1:00 5:45
7:15 *1:00 5:45
7:15 *1:00 5:45
7:15 *1 :t0
5:45
7:05 4:15
7:05 4:15
7:05 4:15

1* 0 0   p- M-  Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 

Detroit...........
Lansing.........
Howell...........
Lowell...........
Alma.............
St.  Louis  ......
Saginaw  City.
7 * 1  Pi ,A- M- runs through to Detroit with par- 
•  • J O  lor car;  seats 25  cents.
•AfVf  troit.  Seats, 25 cents.

?• M- runs through to Detroit  with par 
lor  car, seats  25  cents.
7  * 0 ^   A- M- has P»rlor  car  to  Saginaw, seats 
•  «V/eJ  25 cents.
For  tickets  and  information  apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe  street, or Union station. 
_______________G e o.  D kH a v e n , Gen. Pass’r Agt.
Toledo,  Ann  A rbor  St  N orth  Mir»Viignr, 
In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe  n 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.

R ailw ay.

VIA   D .,  L .  A  N.

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

VIA   D .,  G.  H .  A  M.

Vv-s™ "? Hapids at......6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t.  ............ 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

Return connections equally as good.

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

ANYTHING

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

TOO  i/ATB

That  he  has allowed his money to leak  away.

-jV lopey Won’t take  Gare of  Itself,

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

Winter St, between Shawmilt flue, and W. Pillion St.,

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,  Wind  Mills 

and  Machine and Plow  repairs,  Etc.

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

Delectable!?

!  T elep h one  N o.  9 4 5 . 

J •  Y .  F .  B L A K E   Su p ’t.

tile business, adopt one of the
{ T o u p o p  

g y s t e p i s

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

Cherrys i one Oysters

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

For Samples and  Price  List, address

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Holts  Wanted!

1  want  500 to  1,000  cords of  Poplar  Excel­

sior  Bolts,  18,  36 and  54  inches long.

[  also  want  Basswood  Bolts,  same  lengths 

as above.  For particulars address

J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.

S 1 0 0  G IV E N   AWAY

To the Smoker* of the

P R IN C E   RU D OLPH   C IG A R S .

1%  t t i  p m o i  gnsaslng  the  nearest  to the  number of Imps that will 
appear In a series of cuts in the  Evening News,  cuts  not  to exceed  100, 
1st Cash  Prize, $60;  2d, $25;  3d, IS;  4th, $10.  Guess slips to be had with 
every 25c. worth of  PRINCE  RUDOLPH  CIGARS.  Sold Everywhere. 
Up to date there has been published 28 cuts, with a total of 303 Imps.

M A N u r a a T u a s a   b y

G o r d o n ,   Detroit,

A d i ó l a .

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

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.
TH E  P U TN A M   CANDY  CO.

To Dealers in Wall

Our  representative  will  call  on  you 
soon  with a complete line of  Wall Pa­
pers  at  Manufacturers9  Prices .  Wait 
until  you  see  our line as  we  can  save 
you  money•

HA.RVBY & HBYSTBK

Monroe,  Ottawa and  Fountain  Sts., 

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Grand Rapids,  Mich.

W.  H.  DOWNS,

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

Notions  &  Fancy  Goods.

SPECIAL  BARGAINS  IN  SPECIAL  LINES  TO  CLOSE.

8   So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.
M O SELEY  BROS.,

-   W H O L E S A L E   -

Fnlits.  Seeds, Beans and Produce.

26, 28, 3 0  & 3 2  OTTAW A  S T ,

G-rarxd  IR.a/pids,  ZMaoIi.

H. LEONARD <Sc SONS,
HEADQUARTERS  FOR  CHILDREN’S  SLEIGHS  AND  COASTERS.

G-R-A-ITID  RAJPI30S,  MICH. 

Drop  us a P o stal  Card AT ONCE and have them  ready for th e first snow.

Send in Y our Orders Betöre the R ush, and Secure an A ssortm ent.

S ty le   o f  N os. 1,  2  a n d   3

No. 1.  Size 12x31 in.  There is no | No. 2.  Same  as  above, only it  is I No. 3.  Same  as  No. 2, only  it  is 
painting or striping' on this sleigh I varnished and striped: tops paint- j all pained, striped  varnished and 
out  finished  throughout  on  the | ed  red  and  decorated,  net  per  decorated,  and braced with  four 
34  in.  long,  net
wood,  stenciled  top,  flat  shoes,  doz., $3.9  . 
net per doz., 11.60. 

%  oval  in-aces.
I per doz., 15.40.

I 

Also the following Nos. 
we cannot illustrate:
No. 4. per doz. 
No. 5, 
No. 6. 

$  9 00 
S 40
. . . .  10 tO

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S ty le   o f  N o.  4. Three  knees, half-oval  shoes, all  braced,  painted,  striped, varnished 

and decorated.  Size, 12x34 inches, $6.60.

Q  + TT-lck*-'*»  XT r \  R   Size,  12x31  inches,  half-oval  shoes,  half-oval  braces,  tinned  swan’s 
s j  i y  1C   U  ■  AN U .  cA.  heads, striped and varnished, tops  nicely decorated, net  per doz., $3.60.
No. 6.  Size, 12x34  Inches, 3 knees, swan's  heads, half-oval  shoes, tinned  iron  braces, striped  and 
varnished, top nicely decorated, net per  doz  , $7.80.
No. 7.  Size, 15x34  in., 3 knees, *4 i No. 8.  Size 10x36  3 knee, painted I No. 9  Size,  16x36  in.,  half-oval 
oval shoes, swan’s  heads  tinned, j sleigh, half-oval shoes, 6 half-oval | shoes. 6 rod braces, polished steel 
fully  braced,  nicely  decorated, | braces, turned side fenders, tin’d I fenders, highly  painted, decorat 
turned side fenders, net  per doz ,  swan’s heads, net per doz., $13 20.  I ed  and  striped,  landscape  and 
§9 go 
I flowers on top, net per doz., $18.00

I 

Style o f No. 11,  3-knee  Bow  Runner P atent Sleigh.

No  11  Size, 16x36  in , half-oval shoes, well  braced, turned side  fenders, painted,  striped varnished 
and decorated, net per doz., $10.80  No. 10, same shape as  No. 11, with but 2 knees  and no side fenders, 
net per doz., $3.40.

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