Published Weekly.

VOL.  9.
Improved  Flue  Soraper,

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
GRAND  RAPIDS,  DECEMBER  30,  1891.

$1  Per  Year.
NO. 432

F.  J.  LAMB. G - e t   t œ e ie   B e s t   I

T H E   B E S T   O N   T H E   M A R K E T .

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

Y  M A S   G O O D S !

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  89.00.
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.  S T E K E T E E   &  SO N S.

H o l i d a y   G o o d s !

C o m p le te   L in e   o f  N o v e ltie s  N ow   R ea d y .

A.  E.  B R O O K S   &  CO.,
G ran d   R a p id s,  M ich.
4 6   O tta w a   St., 
C.  A.  LAMB.

WHOLESALE  CONFECTIONERS.

C .  A.  LAMB &  C O .,

WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits  and  Produce,

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

G.S.  BROWN &  C O .,

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

Domestic Fruits  and  Vegetables

We carry th e largest stock in the city and guarantee satisfaction.  We alw ays bill  goods at the 

low est m arket prices. 

S E N D   F O R   y u O T A T IO N S .

24 and 26 North Division St.,  GRAND:RAPIDS.

MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

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

S u c c e ss o rs   to

HARRY FOX,  Manager.

Crackers, Biscuits#Sweet Goods.

S PE C IA L ,  A T T E N T IO N   PA L O   T O   M A IL   O R D E R S .

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

W.  H.  DOWNS,

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

Notions  &  Fancy  Goods.

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

SPECIAL  BARGAINS  IN  SPECIAL  LINES  TO  CLOSE.

Spring & Com pany,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

D ress  G oods,  S h a w ls,  C loak s, 
N o tio n s, 
H o siery , 
G lo v es,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W o o le n s , 
F la n n e ls,  B la n k ets,  G in g h a m s, 
P r in ts  a n d   D o m estic  C ottons.

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

assorted stock at lowest  market  prices.

Spring &  Company.
M O S E L E Y   BRO S.,

-   WHOJLBSJLLE  -

Fruits  SbbcIs,  Beans and Produce,

26, 28. 30 & 32 OTTAWA  ST,

Grand  n&.~picLs,  Mlioli.

Jennings*

Flavoring  E xtracts

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

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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

T ea s, C offees a n d   G rocers*  S u n d r ie s.

GRAND  RAPIDS

1 and 3 Pearl  Street, 

T P   NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  GO.,

S.  A.  SE A R S,  Manager.

Cracker Manufacturers,
G rand  R a p id s.

8 7 ,  8 9   an d   41  K en t  St., 

-  

17

For  Bakings  of  fill Kinds  Use

eisGlimann  Ï  Bo’s
Unrivaled Gompressed Yeast

SUPPLIED

FRESH DAILY

To Grocers Everywhere.

Special attention is invited to our

YELLOW  LABEL
w hich is affixed  to  every  cake 
of our Y east, and w hich serves 
Our Goods from worthless  Imitations.

T O   D IS T IN G U IS H  

JOBBER  OF

F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R
OYSTERS
POULTRY  It  Of ME

SALT  FISH

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 

See Quotations in Another Column.

CONSIGNMENTS  OP  ALL  KINDS  OF  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED.

k

Oranges  & Bananas!

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

O.  N .  R A P P   Si  C O .,

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS. 

9 North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

Florida*, Oranges  a  Specialty.

Conence 1892  Ari® !

It  is  not  economy  for  a  business  man  to  use  imprinted 

stationery.

In  ordering  from  houses where you  are not  known  it  may 
count  against  you.  To them,  proper stationery  is  considered 
as essential  as the  ledger—and  they certainly would  have little 
faith  in  the success of one who economizes  |  ?]  by  “ doing bus­
iness ”  without  books.

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

Wholesale  Grocers
BALL

GRAND  RAPIDS

BARNHART 

We  Offer :

500  X X   E nvelopes,  3|x<>,  w hite  or  colored,  1 
50o  Note Heads,  OxOA,  either  flat w ritin g  

or Imitation  Linen,
500  Statements,  d^-x^
500  Business Cards, 2fx4f,
1000 Shipping Tags, 

1000 Each of  Above,  §11.

J

Wholesale
Grocers.

PUTMAN CO
$150 Diamond  C rystal 

Table and 

D Salt.

CASH  W ITH  ORDEB.

SAMPLES  IF   DESIRED.
We cannot  “ break packages,”  that is  print  less than  500,  to 
advantage.  Cost  of  type-setting and  getting  ready to  run  on 
press  makes  the cost of  200  or 300  nearly  as much  as for  500.

T H E   T R A D E S M A N   C O M PA N Y

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

9 9 . 7   P U R E .

Put  up  in  pockets  and  wooden  boxes  and  sold  at  only  a 

slight advance over  the price of  inferior  brands.

Order  a sample  barrel  or case of  your’jobber  and  be con­

vinced  of the superiority of

Diamond  C rystal

MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  30,  1891.

NO.  432

OYSTERS !

We quote: 

B u lk .

Standards, per gal  ............................................. 81  C5

S o lid   B ra n d  In  C ans.

D a is y   B ra n d   in  C ans.

S elects........................25  E.  F ...........................   20
S ta n d a rd s..............   18
Selects,..................   22 S tandards................ 
16
F avorites................   14
M rs.  W ith e y ’s H o m e -m a d e  M in c e -M e a t.
Large bb ls................ 6 
H a lf  b b l s ....................6J4
401b. pails  ..............   6H  201b.  pails  ..............6-K
101b.  p ails...............  7
21b. cans,  (usual  w eig h t)................ 81.50  per  doz.
51b. 
“ 
................ 83.50  per  doz.
Choice D airy  B u tter................................................   22
Eggs  .............................................................................  21
Pure Sweet Cider,  in   bbls........ 15____v&bbl...  16
P ure C ider  V inegar...................................................10
Sweet  F lorida O ranges...........................82  50@2  75
L e m o n s........................................................  3  75@4  00
W ill pay 40 cents each for M olasses h alf  bbls.
Ab ive prices are m ade low to bid for trade.
Let your orders come.

“ 

“ 

EDWIN  FILM S  k  SON,

Valley City Cold Storage.

.THE

F IR E
INS.CO.

PR O M PT,  CONSERVATIVE,  S A FE.

S. F. Aspinwaix, Pres’t 

W. F red McB ain. Sec'y

THOS. E.  W YKES,

WHOLESALE

L im e ,  C e m e n t,  S tu cc n ,  H a ir,  F ir e   B ric k , 

F ir e   C la y ,  L a th ,  W o o d ,  H a y , G ra in ,
O il  M eal, C lo v e r a n d   T im o th y  S eed. 

Corner W ealthy Ave.  and Ionia St.
________ on M. C. R. R.________ W rite for prices.

Z,et us send You

A Few Rugs

From  which to  make  selections 

for the  Holiday Trade.

SMITH  &  SANFORD.

H

STUDY  LAW

AT  HOME.
Take a course in  the 

S p ra g u e   C o rre a p o n - 
rfen ce  S c h o o l o f  L a w  
[incorporated].  Send  ten 
cents [stam ps] for particu­
lars to
J .  COTNER,  Jr.,  Sec’y, 

No.  875 W hitney Block, 
D E T R O IT ,  -  M IC H ,

Tbe Bradstreet Mercantile Asency.
Executive  Offices, 279,281,283  Broadway, N.Y.

T h e  B r a d s tr e e t  C o m p a n y , P ro p s.

O H  A B L E S   F .  C L A R K ,  P re s .

Offices in  the principal cities of the U nited 
States,  C anada,  the  European  continent, 
A ustralia, and in London, E ngland.

Grand  Rapids  Office,  Room 4,  Widdicomb  Bldg.

H E N R Y   ID E M A ,  S n p t.

HIS  CALL.

A  Story  of  New  Year’s  Day.

How merry New Year’s Day used to  be 
in  the  long  ago,  when  every  one  kept 
open  house  from  early  morning  until 
midnight;  when your acquaintances came 
down upon  you  in  armies, on  foot or in 
sleighs,  if  there  happened to be snow on 
the ground;  when  any one you  had ever 
been  introduced  to  might  call  on  you; 
when old  beaux reappeared and recreant 
friends had  only to smile and  hold out a 
hand  to  be  forgiven;  when  the  ladies 
received  the  gentlemen in  full  dress, or 
something  very  like  it,  at  high  noon; 
when  your  butcher, and  baker and can­
dlestick-maker  might  drop  in  with  no 
other claim on  your hospitality than  the 
fact that you  dealt with  them—when,  in 
fact,  every  man  you  knew was  sure  to 
call.

Tired?  Oh,  yes, every  one  was  tired; 
but  she who could  exhibit two  hundred 
cards — the  gentlemen  always  brought 
their cards—was very happy.

How  well  I remember  dressing in my 
first long dress,  and  sailing up and down 
before  the  glass to make  sure  that  the 
train swept gracefully behind me.  Ned 
Palmer had  said  he would be sure to call 
on  me,  and I was  as  happy as a girl can 
he.  He  did  come,  of  course,  and  he 
whispered  sweet  words  in my ear  as  he 
ate the sweet cake he was young  enough 
to enjoy.  He staid  full  fifteen  minutes 
—an  unprecedented  length  for  a  New- 
Year call—and the rest  of  the day I was 
happy  in  consequence;  though,  for  the 
matter  of  that,  I  was  always  happy in 
those days.  Looking  back,  I fancy  that 
the skies were bluer and the grass greener 
when I was sixteen; that the moon oftener 
shone,  and  that  no  one  had  so  little 
trouble;  but I suppose  that  is  all fancy, 
and  it  was  only that  I  saw  the  world 
through  rose-colored  glasses,  as  most 
people do in  their teens—and, then, there 
is  nothing that  can  ever come  to  one in 
this  wicked  world  half  so delightful  as 
being ar.pretty  young  girl  with  a  hand­
some  young  lover who  believes you  the 
only perfect  thing  in  the  world.  Talk 
of wealth and  fame and honors  and dig­
nities,  and all  those  things  that usually 
come  with  gray  hairs  and  crow’s  feet. 
Bah!  I  snap  my fingers  at  them!  One 
kiss,  such  as  one-and-twenty  gives  to 
sixteen,  is  worth them all;  and a  queen 
in  her  power  and  pride  might  envy  a 
peasant  girl walking through  the  clover 
with  an  arm  about  her  waist  and  a 
whisper in  her  ear.  After  all,  there  is 
not much to tell of  that joyous time that 
began  for  me,  except  that  Ned  and  I 
loved each  other;  that  he put a ring up­
on  my  finger,  and  that  we vowed to  be 
true  to  each  other  forever and  forever; 
never  to  change—never,  never,  never, 
while we lived!  We  were quite  sure we 
would die on the same day, and in heaven 
we would go about hand  in  hand,  listen­
ing to the music and  the voices of angels 
crying forever:  “ Love!  Love!  Love!” 

We were so sure of everything—he and 
I;  happy youth always is.  Another New 
Year’s  Day, and  our  wedding was  close

at  hand;  and we  were  as  fond  of  each 
other as ever.  But I think  we  were  too 
happy. 
I fancy Satan begrudged us per­
fect  and  sinless  bliss;  for that  very day 
a  word  was  said,  a thing  done—it  does 
not matter what—a trifle,  a nothing;  and 
yet  it  grew to a great  thing in my  mind 
and his.  We had a quarrel, a lovers’  tiff, 
it  seemed. 
I  wept;  he was  like  ice  in 
his  great  dignity.  And  some  one who 
wished to part us  took  advantage of  the 
fact,  Ah!  how  could  any  one  wish  to 
make  two young  souls  suffer  so?  And 
at  that  time  there  was  trouble  in  the 
land.
“ In sixty-one the w ar begun ;  in  sixty-four 
says the rude  rhyme that keeps  the time 
in mind.

the w ar  w as o’er,”

There was a chance  for  any  one  who 
was in  despair to fling  his life  away. 
I 
said  the bitter  word  he could not  bear. 
I took his ring from my finger and tossed 
it  to him  as  though it were a thing  that 
had no value in  my eyes;  and  he left me 
in wrath.  The next day they told  me he 
had  enlisted,  and I heard them  speak of 
his  patriotism  as  great, and  praise him 
for casting  away prospects  such  as  his 
for the sake of  his country.  But I knew 
that  patriotism  did not  move  him;  that 
he  would  never  have  left  me  for  the 
sake of  any other thing,  and  that he had 
simply  gone  to  seek  death  because  he 
believed that I no longer loved him.  But 
I did!  And—

“To be w roth w ith one we love 
D oth w ork like m adness on the brain.”
Well,  I was  not the  only unhappy one 
in my little world.  Women wept as they 
never  wept  before in those  four  years, 
all over the  country,  from Maine to Cali­
fornia.  The  boys in  blue  and  the  hoys 
in gray alike were loved and grieved for. 
Widows  there were  and  orphans every­
where,  and  girls  whose 
lovers  might 
never  return to them.  Can  all  the good 
that  any war  can  do  atone  for  all  the 
misery it causes?  Oh,  for the time when 
there shall be no battles fought—no lives 
sacrificed  either to kings  or  causes!  It 
will come, for miud is at the helm every­
where, and  thé  days of  gunpowder  are 
fast following the  days of  the sword out 
of existence.  But, alas! alas! for the woe 
that  I  remember,  the faces  that  turned 
pale and grew old  before their  time,  the 
mourning throughout our land!

Even  that  was  over.  At  last  peace 
reigned again.  Once more a New Year’s 
Day came on which thoughts of  festivity 
seemed in place,  and I said  to  my sister, 
with whom I lived:

“New Year’s Day again, my dear.  Only 
one must send cards now, they say, or no 
one will call.”

“Yes,  it  is  more  formal,”  my  sister 
said,  “But if  you will  go  out  to  order 
the  cards  this  morning,  there  may  be 
time to send them yet.”

And I went cheerfully.  And  why  was 
I  so  anxious  to  keep  New Year’s  Day, 
you ask?  Was my grief quite over?  Oh, 
my  dear,  it  was  only  part  of  the  old 
story—the old, old  tale,  that will be told 
over  and over  again  until  the world  is 
blotted out and there are no young hearts 
to beat and no old ones to break.

YOL.  9.

J.L.

Jobber of

Including the follow ing celebrated brands m an­
ufactured  by the  w ell-know n  house of  G laser, 
Fram e  & C o .:
V in tlex , long  H avana filler..........................   $3 5
35
T h re e   M ed als, long H avana filler............. 
55
E l k ’s C h o ice, H avana filler and b in d e r... 
L a  F lo r   d e  A lfo n so ,  .................................... 
55
L a  D o a c e lla  d e  M o r e r a ,............................. 
65
55
L a  Id e a l,  25 in a b o x ...................................... 
Also  fine line  Key W est goods at rock  bottom 
prices.  A11 favorite  brands of  Cheroots  kept in 
stock.

10  So.  Ionia  St,  Grand  Rapids.
PEOPLE'S  S H l/lp S   BANK.
Liability,  $100,000 
Capful,  $100,000. 

C or.  M o n ro e   a n d   I o n ia   Sts.,

Depositors’  Security,  $200,000.

OFFICERS.

Thom as H efferan, President.
H enry F. H astings, V ice-President.
C harles M.  H eald,  2d V ice-President.
Charles B. Kelsey, Cashier.
DIRECTORS.

D. D. Cody 
S. A. M ormon 
Jas. G.  M cBride 
Wm. M cM ullen 
D.  B. W aters 
Jn o . Patton, J r  
Wm. A lden Sm ith 

H. C.  Russell
Jo h n  M urray
J . H. Gibbs
C. B. Ju d d
H.  F.  H astings
C.  M.  Heald
Don  J . Leathers 

Thom as  H efferan.

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

We  invite  correspondence  or  personal  Inter 

view  w ith a view  to business relations.
ESTABLISHED  1841.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

R . G .  D u n   &  Co.

R eference Books issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout U nited States 

and Canada

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Our  goods  are  guaranteed to be made 
from wholesome  fruit and  are free from 
any adulteration  or  sophistication  what­
ever.  See  quotations  in  grocery  price 
current.
Our goods are now all put up in patent 
kits,  weighing  5,  10,  20  and  30 pounds 
net.

IT WILL FÂY YOU
GOOD ¡ill S O U

To Buy A llen B.Wrisley's

leading Wholesale Grocers keep it,

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TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

I had  heard that  Ned  Palmer had  re­
turned—he  was  Colonel  Palmer  now— 
and I believed  that if  we sent him  cards 
he might understand  with what  feelings 
I  enclosed mine, and  return to me.  We 
were  young  yet.  We  were,  perhaps, 
more sensible.  Everything  might  be ex­
plained. 
If 1 could  but  lure him  back, 
so  that I could  look  into  his eyes,  I felt 
sure  that  he could  read in  mine  that  1 
was  still  true to him. 
I  had no  longer 
any pride  about  it.  The  watching  and 
hoping  and  fearing of  the war days  had 
broken it quite  down. 
If  he  would  re­
turn  to  me,  1  asked  nothing  else  of 
Heaven;  and,  I  was sure he would.  And 
what  pleasure it was  to  make the  cake, 
hoping  he  would  taste  it;  to  remember 
that  he was  fond of  chocolate;  to think 
of  all the  pretty things  that went to the 
dressing  of  the  table as things  that  he 
would look upon.  And  New Year’s Day 
or  not,  and  no  matter  how  many there 
were  there,  I  would  get  him  away  to 
some quiet  corner,  aud  let him  ask  my 
forgiveness;  or,  if  it  came  to  that,  I 
would  ask  his.  Oh,  my  darling!  Just 
to  feel  his  hand  fold itself  about  mine 
again!  Just  to  look  into  those  eyes— 
those  great,  beautiful  eyes, that  could 
have  told  a  love  story  without  words. 
And some day—oh, some day!—he would 
kiss  me  again  as in the  days  when  we 
were first betrothed.  Oh, he would come, 
he would  surely come,  for  my heart told 
me  that  his  still  throbbed  for me, that 
absence  and  distance and  eveu  the  be­
lief  that  I  was  false  to  him  had  never 
changed  him.  Yes,  he would  come,  for 
now he had  my card.

On  New  Year  morn  1  looked  in  my 
glass,  hoping  that  those  four  years  had 
not  altered  me  much,  or,  if  they  had, 
only in a way that would tell  him  1  had 
grieved  for  him.  He  would  rather see 
that  in  my face than  not,  and  my dress 
became  me, and—ah,  well,  it  would  be 
all  right;  aud  when  the  bell  began  to 
ring  and  the  door to open and the rooms 
to  fill,  1  gave  smiling  greetings  to  all, 
looking  the  while  for  him.  He  would 
not  be  amougst  the  earliest  corners, of 
course,  he never  had  been. 
It  was  not 
quite  elegant,  and  he  was  always  ele­
gant.  And  so,  when  noon-time  came,  I 
said of course the afternoon  would  bring 
him,  and  stole a few  moments  to  make 
myself  fresher and  to  add some  trifle to 
my dress.

Still  the  guests  came;  the  words  of 
greeting  and  ad eu were  spoken.  Boys 
with  bright  faces  rushed  in  aud  out 
again.  Middle-aged  men  bowed  for  a 
moment  and  were  gone;  elderly  men,

prone  to  linger a little  about the  grate, 
stayed longer. 
It  was a dry,  bright  day 
without a cloud in the  sky;  the voices in 
the street sounded  clear and crisp;  fresh 
sweet air came in at the  door with  every 
new  caller and  was  far from unpleasant. 
The  crowd  increased  in  the  afternoon, 
but  still Colonel  Palmer  did  not  come, 
and  I said  to  myself  that  I  would  hot 
expect  him  until  evening.  He  would 
come in the evening,  because it would  be 
more natural  aud  easy to  have our talk. 
He would desire  that as much as 1  possi­
bly could. 
I felt his heart calling to me. 
Oh,  I  was sure that in spirit he was with 
me—we  had  had 
the  fancy  that  that 
could  be in  the old  days.  While  away 
from  him  he would  bend  his  mind  on
something  and  will  that  I  should  think 
of  it  also,  aud  I  always did.  Now  his 
heart  was  calling  to mine, calling, call­
ing. 
I  knew  the old  feeling  well.  At 
every moment  1  turned, expecting to see 
him enter the  door,  but he did not come. 
No,  no,  he  did  not  come  after  all.  At 
midnight,  a  prosy  old  man,  who  had 
tasted too much wine and  was bewildered 
by  it,  maundered  on  about  a  thousand 
things,  while  my sister went to sleep be­
hind  her  fan,  and  I  said  “ Yes”  and 
“Certainly”  at intervals, and at last even 
I he took  his departure,  and 1 felt that the 
dream  was  done,  the  hope  over.  He 
would  not  come,  he  would  never  come 
again.  Aud  yet,  what  did this  inexpli­
cable feeling mean?

“Go  up to your  children, dear,”  I said 

to my sister.  “I’ll see to everything.”

“ Oh, 

thauk  you,”  she  replied. 

“ 1 
never  was so tired.  That  frightful  Mr. 
Potter—how  he prosed—good night!”

She  made  her way  sleepily  upstairs, 
and  I flung myself  into a chair and wept.
“ Never  again,  never  agajn!” I  sobbed.
Then  1  thought  1  heard  a  sigh,  and 
looked up.  The door into the hall,  which 
I  had  closed,  was  opeuing  slowly,  inch 
by inch.  Some one seemed to be outside, 
who was  afraid to enter.  1 watched the 
aperture increase in size, and  now  I saw 
the  figure  of  a  man  standing  in  the 
shadow;  a  moment  more  and  1  saw  it 
wore  a  uniform;  the  next  and  1  knew 
Colonel  Palmer.  He  was  paler  and 
graver  than of  yore,  but he smiled as he 
came  toward  me.  Now all  day  long  I 
had  thought  that  when he came 1 should 
greet him  warmly,  showing  all  my feel­
ings in my  manner,  but  now  that he was 
I 
! there 1 could  not  rise  or  even  speak. 
I seemed turned  to  a  woman of  stone. 
I 
could  only  look  at  him  while  my  heart 
gave  slow, heavy  throbs, one  after  the 
other—throbs that I seemed to hear;  and

I 

longed 

he came on slowly.  He  seemed to me to 
be weak  and ill,  scarcely strong  enough 
to  stand—and  still 1 could  not  speak to 
him.  He  came  close,  closer;  his  lips 
parted;  and now I thought  that  his emo­
tion  overpowered  him. 
to 
stretch  my  arms  toward  him,  to  cry: 
“Come  to  me  for i love  you more  than 
ever!”  But 1 could not lift them.  “What 
must  he  think of  me?” 1 asked  myself. 
I  could  only  hope  that  he  understood 
that it  was  excess of  feeling,  not lack of 
it,  that  held  me  powerless.  He  came 
closer,  as  though  he  did.  He bent over 
me—

“ Your  card—”  he  said,  faintly. 

“ I 
received it,  and knew  that you forgave—
And suddenly my strength  returned to

me.

“Oh,  it  is  you  who  must  forgive!” 1 
cried.  And  would  have thrown my arms 
about  his  neck,  but  though  1  saw  him 
still I felt nothing.  1 grasped the empty 
air.

“Iu heaven,”  I  heard a voice whisper, 
and  his face  faded as one  does  in a dis­
solving view,  and  1  was  alone.

I rushed to theadoor  and  into the hall. 
The outer  entrance  was locked  and bolt­
ed,  as the servant always left it at night.
1 rushed  upstairs, and  1  sobbed at my 

sister’s door.

“Come to me,  Angie—come to me!”
And she came.
“Ned  was  here  just  now,”  I  said. 
“Where has  he  gone;  he seemed to melt 
into air,  where is he—what is he?”

“ Hush!”  said Angie.  “You have been 
dreaming.  The  door  has  been  locked 
for more than half an hour.”

“ He came!”  I moaned.  “ He came!”
They put me to bed.  1 remember wak­
ing from one  troubled dream only to fall 
into another,  all  night.  But 1  was  able 
to rise in the  morning  and go to the late 
breakfast.

Letters  lay  beside  every  plate.  My 
sister  had  one  from  her  husband,  who 
was  in  Europe,  and  rejoiced  over  it. 
Meanwhile  I  opened  one  wnich  bore a 
black  seal  and  had  upon  it a  stamp  I 
J did not  comprehend.  There was  some­
thing folded  in  paper  in  the envelope. 
My heart  told me  what it was;  but I did 
not touch it. 

I  was reading this:

“ D e a r  Lady—A sad duty has  become 
j  mine.  A  friend,  to  whom  you  sent  a 
j  New  Year  card,  died  in  my  arms  last 
j night. 
It was  Colonel  Edward  Palmer,
| of  the —th Infantry Regiment,  Michigan 
Volunteers.  He  died  of  wounds  re­
ceived  in  battle.  He  was  very  brave,
| and much beloved by all  who knew him. 
i  When  he  received  your card  he  smiled 
■ and kissed it.  He could not  move  from

his  pillow.  But  a little  later  he  wan­
dered,  and said often: 
‘I must call.  She 
will expect  me.’  He  died  at  midnight; 
and  before  he  passed  away,  drew  this 
ring  from  his  finger,  pointed  to  your 
card,  and  said: 
‘Send  it to  her.’  Then 
he took the card and  laid  it on his heart. 
It lies there  now,  with  his hands  folded 
over  it.  But let  me not  forget that  he 
spoke  once  again,  saying: 
‘In  heaven.’ 
And  if these tidings  bring you  woe, dear 
lady,  as  I  fear  they  must,  remember 
those  two  words,  the  last  he  uttered: 
‘•In  heaven.’  There  all  tears  will  be 
wiped  away.  We  have  His  promise  to 
whom  only we  can  turn  for  comfort  in 
such moments.

A n n   C r a w f o r d .
“In Religion—S i s t e r   F r a n c i s .

“ I  p r a y   fo r  y o u . 
“----- Hospital,”
I  unfolded  the  paper  that  lay beside 
me,  and found  within my betrothal  ring,
and  put  it  upon  my  finger. 
It  shall 
never leave it.

They  tell  me  that  I  only dreamed  a 
dream upon that New Year night so long 
ago! 
I  let  them  say  what  they  please. 
Does it matter when  I know that he came, 
and  believe  that  I  shall  meet  him  in 
heaven? 

M a r y   K y i.e   D a l l a s .

The  Coming'  Strong  Man.

From th e  Popular Science M onthly.
The  times are favorable,  we think,  for 
the presentation  of  new political  ideals. 
Strong men of  the old  type,  iron handed 
warriors and stern legislators,  are out  of 
date.  On  the  other  hand, the  want  of 
firmness  and  principle 
in  connection 
with political affairs was never more con­
spicuous.  We want a new race of strong 
men,  in whom the gamester element shall 
be wholly  absent,  and  who  shall  aim  to 
accomplish  their  ends  not  by  personal 
tour de force, nor  yet  by  craft  and flat­
tery,  but by  steady  adherence  to princi­
ple aud patient efforts to awaken the pub­
lic to a sense of their true interests.
The st ong man  of  the  future will  be 
strong in  knowledge and  iu  social  sym­
pathy,  and  his  strength  will  be  spent, 
not in  efforts to  perpetuate his  personal 
ascendency,  but  iu efforts  to develop  all 
that is  best  in  the  society  of the  time. 
The  true  strong  man,  as  we  conceive 
him,  will  haye  no greed  for  power;  his 
greed,  if  such  it may  be  called, will  be 
for  usefulness,  and  he  will  show  his 
strength by  his  willingness to  retire  at 
any  moment from  a public  to a  private 
position rather  than  prove unfaithful  to 
his convictions, or do anything unworthy 
of a man of honor.
Strictly  speaking,  a  man  who  with 
adequate  knowledge  and 
intelligence 
tries faithfully  to  serve  the  public  can 
never  be  obscure,  though  offices  should 
not seek him nor caucuses make mention 
| of bis  name.  The  public  at  large  will 
| recognize and honor  his  efforts,  and  his 
| influence  will  be  greater  in  a  private 
station than  that  of  a  score  of  average 
; legislators.

Utica—Geo.  E.  Bannister,  of  the  fur 
niture and undertaking firm of Bannister 
& Harris,  is dead.

A  

H A P P Y  A B W

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TO  ALL  OUR  FRIENDS  AND  PATRONS.

E
M
C OMPRESSED  Y E A S T !

T!h.e  Only  Reliable

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L,.  WINTBRNITZ,  State  Agent,  Grand 

,  Mich.

John Van Oeenbruggen, Otto Klein,  Benj. Kievit, City Salesmen.

TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

3

TALKS  WITH  A  LAWYER.

OHIO  VS.  INDIANA.

W ritte n  fo r Th e T radesman.

We hear recently from the newspapers 
of a discovery having been made that the 
boundary  line  as  now  established  be­
tween the  States of  Ohio and  Indiana is 
not a  correct  one—that the  latter  State 
has within  her accepted territory  a  por­
tion of  the  fair  soil of  her sister  State. 
Some  have  asked,  how is this  to be rem­
edied?  Without  attempting  to  answer 
this  question  definitely,  I wish  to  refer 
to  cases arising  at  the  threshold of  our 
life as  a  nation,  the  reference  to  which 
may  be  interesting and  instructive. 
In 
the  days  of  the  Continental  Congress, 
many  were  the  disputes  that  arose  be­
tween States  as  to  territory and bound­
aries,  and  between  individuals  claiming 
lands under grants from different  States. 
Among  these  controversies  were  those 
between Pennsylvania  and  Connecticut; 
Pennsylvania  aud Virginia;  New  Jersey 
and  Virginia;  Massachusetts  and  New 
York;  South Carolina  and Georgia;  New 
Hampshire,  Vermont,  New  York  and 
Massachusetts.

The Articles of Confederation provided 
that  the  United ¡states  in  Congress  as­
sembled  should  be  the  last  resort  on 
appeal  in  all  disputes  and  differences 
then  subsisting,  or  that  might  arise 
thereafter,  between  two  or  more  States 
concerning boundary, jurisdiction or any 
cause whatsoever.  A mode of  establish­
ing a court for  the trial of  these contro­
versies was specifically  prescribed.  This 
was adopted  in  1777.  The  first  contro­
versy arising  was that  between Pennsyl­
vania  and Connecticut  over the  fair and 
fertile Wyoming—a  territory of  five mil­
lion  acres.  Delegates  from  each  State 
met and failed to agree.  Resort was had 
to  arms,  and  much  blood  was  shed. 
Connecticut  informed  Congress  of  the 
state of  affairs,  and that  body appointed 
Rutledge,  Chase,  Jefferson,  Kinsey  and 
Hopkins  a  committee.  This  committee 
recommended  the cessation of  hostilities 
and a  settlement  in a legal  way.  Peace 
once  more  reigned.  After  the  Articles 
of Confederation were finally ratified,  in­
vesting Congress with  the powers  above 
referred  to,  Pennsylvania  prayed  Con­
gress  for  a  hearing.  Congress set a day 
for a hearing,  which  was  noticed to both 
parties,  and at the  time  designated  the 
disputants appeared by their agents.  The 
States  were then  directed to appoint  by 
joint consent commissioners to constitute 
a court.

This was done.  The court sat at Tren­
ton.  Fifteen  days were devoted to argu­
ments.  The court  decided  for  Pennsyl­
vania.  This  was  the  only  decision  in 
controversies  between  States  under  the 
Articles  of  Confederation.  The  judg 
ment  was  approved  by Congress,  and  it 
was acquiesced in  by Connecticut.

This  did  not  prevent  a war  growing 
out of adverse claims to the private right 
of  soil  between  individuals,  and  the 
“Pennamite  and  Yankee”  war  was  the 
result,  but  Pennsylvania  confirmed  to 
actual  settlers their  lands,  and  the dis­
trict  was  erected  into  the  county  of 
Luzerne.

Pennsylvania  and Virginia differed  as 
to the famous “Mason  and Dixon’s” line 
A  commission,  composed  of  clergy 
it 
Virginia  and  college professors in Penn 
sylvania,  finally  agreed  upon  the  line
New Jersey and Virginia differed as  to 
a  tract  called  Indiana in the  Northwest 
Territory. No commission was appointed,

But be looked  in  vain.  A  little thing 
like  that  wouldn’t  even  make  a  hotel 
clerk’s eyelid flutter.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

TH E  TRADESM AN  CO M PAN Y,

Sole Manufacturers,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

for Virginia presented to Congress a deed 
of cession in 1784.

New York  claimed  the  land  between 
the Merrimac and the Charles, but before 
the commission which  had  been appoint­
ed  had  met, the  two  contending States, 
New York and Massachusetts, settled  the 
dispute between  themselves.

BEFORE  AND  AFTER.

Experience  o f  a  Live  Firm  w ith  the  Coupon

System .

Goodman  &  Co.,  dealers in  general  merchandise  at  Burnip's  Corners,  re­

cently issued the following circulars to their customers:

No Help for Him.

Wm.  C.  S p r a g u e .

BEFORE  USING.

New  Hampshire,  Vermont,  New York j 
aud  Massachusetts  quarrelled  over  the 
region  lying  between  Lake  Champlain 
and the  Connecticut River, which result­
ed  in  the  recognition of  “ the pretended 
State of Vermont”  as a State.

Thus much for early controversies.  In 
case  of  conflicts  now arising,  we  quote 
from  Article  III, Sec.  1, of  the Constitu­
tion:  “The judicial  power of the United 
States shall  be  vested  in  one  Supreme 
Court and in such inferior  courts  as  the 
Congress may,  from time to  time, ordain 
and  establish,”  and  from  Sec. 2: 
‘The 
judicial power shall extend to  *  *  * 
controversies between two or more States. 
*  *  *  ” 
It is altogether  likely that 
he States of  Ohio and  Indiana would be 
able to adjust  any difference  that  might 
arise  from  an  error in  survey  or  other- 
ise, and that  the course taken  in  early 
controversies would become unnecessary.

South Carolina  and Georgia  fought for 
the  upper waters of  the Savannah river. 
B u k n i p ’s  C o r n e r s , August 25, ’91— We 
The  States  failed to agree  upon  a com­
ask your kind indulgence while we again 
mission,  as  directed  by  Congress,  and
call your attention  to  some  of  the  uu- 
that  body chose a court for the  purpose, I desirable  features  of  the  credit  system,
as applied to general  country stores.
but the States came to an agreement.
Our average experience in keeping run­
ning accounts w ith our  customers for six 
months or a year  has  been  anything  but 
satisfactory.  Accounts  will  often  run 
into dollars and cents  much  faster  than 
the customer has anticipated and it  is  a 
very  common  occurrence  that  disputes 
will arise when a settlement is had. Much 
ill  feeliug  is  the  result  and  we  either 
make an allowance and lose  the  amount 
in dispute or often  lose  a good customer; 
in either case the customer’s faith in our 
integrity is diminished.  We  have  tried 
the pass book system aud in the majority 
of cases it has proved a failure.  Custom­
ers would  often  neglect  to  bring  their 
books  when  making  purchases,  and  it 
would frequently  happen,  when  we were 
otherwise busy,  that we would enter  the 
amount of a customer’s purchase  on  his 
book,  then  either  neglect  or  forget  to 
charge the same on our books.  This was 
the source of considerable loss  to  us  in 
the course of a year’s business and, when 
the account was finally  settled,  it  would 
again cause confusion and dissatisfaction. 
Many of you have, perhaps, at  some  time 
paid  an  account  to  some  merchaut,  in 
which you thought that you  were  being 
grievously  wronged,  and  whether  you 
did or not make objection as to its correct­
ness,  you still felt convinced in your own 
mind that you had  paid  out  money  for 
which you had received no value.  When­
ever differences of  this kind  occor,  it  is 
certain to be a  trade  loser  to  the  mer­
chant and a permanent injury to his busi­
ness. 
If,  therefore,  any  system  can  be 
introduced without any of  these  object­
ionable features,  by  which  a  merchant 
may do a credit  business, it  is  the  duty 
of the wide-awake dealer to adopt  it.
It is truly said that this  is  an  age  of 
progression.  Vast 
improvements  are 
constantly being made in  all  directions, 
as conditions  change  and  necessity  re­
quires them.  Methods of doing business 
on credit are  no  exception  to  the  rule, 
and the acme of perfection in that direct­
ion is attained in the credit  coupon  sys­
tem,  which has been adopted and approv­
ed by thousands of merchants in the West, 
and is  now in practical use  by over eight 
thousand enterprising merchants in Mich­
igan  alone.
The system  is  simplicity  itself.  The 
customer simply signs  the  receipt,  pay­
able at a certain  date,  which  is then de­
tached by the dealer as the customer’s ob­
ligation for  the  amount  of  the  coupon 
book and the customers has  the  dealer’s 
obligation for the same amount, which is 
the coupon book.
We have  concluded  to  adopt  this  sys­
tem; and for the  purpose  of  giving  our 
patrons  time  to  investigate  and  make 
themselves familiar with it,  we have  de­
ferred the date until October 1,  On  that 
date we shall close  our  books  and  give 
credit only through this system.
Among the many  advantages  we  will 
mention simply the following:
1.  The labor of keeping a set of books 
is entirely obviated.
to 
2.  There  will  be  no  pass-books 
doctor to make them correspond with the 
ledger accounts.
3.  There will be no time  lost,  in  the 
hurry of trade, to  charge  items,  as  the 
coupons are easily  handled and detached 
as quickly as change can  be  made  with 
money.
4.  There  will  be  no  complaints  by 
customers that they are charged for goods 
they have never had.

“You did not,  sir!”
“I tell you 1 did!”
“You did  not,  sir,  and I can  prove it!’ 
“No, you can’t prove it!”
“Yes, I  can!”
“Prove it then!”
“Well,  you  did  not  have me  called at 
6 o’clock,  because 1 did  not  leave  word 
to be  called  at  all!” and the commercial 
traveler grinned and looked for the hotel 
clerk to blush and apologize.

From th e Chicago  Tribune.
A man  who  seemed to  be trying  hard 
to buy a bureau looked through the stock 
on  hand  at  a  large  furniture  store  on 
State street  yesterday morning,  and said 
as he turned to go:
“I  reckon  I  might  as well  give it up.
I  have  been  In  a  dozen  stores already 
and can’t find what  I want.”
‘Is  it  any particular  pattern  you  are 
looking for?”  asked the salesman.
‘No-no,”  replied  the  man,  walking 
absent  mindedly  around an antique  oak 
affair and examining it on all sides.  “I’m 
not  hunting  for  any particular  style of 
bureau,  but I’d  know  it  mighty quick  if 
I came across it.”

“Perhaps your wife—”
“Anything  that will  suit  me will  suit 
“Or your  daughter—”
“Got  seven  of  ’em!”  ejaculated  the 
man,  taking  off  his hat  and  wiping his 
forehead  nervously.
“ My  dear  sir,”  said  the  salesman 
promptly,  “I know what you are  looking 
for.  There  isn’t  a  bureau of  the  kind 
you  want in this  market.  Chewing gum 
will stick to the back of any of ’em.”

“Why did  not  you  have  me called  at 
6 o’clock?”  roared  the  commercial  trav­
eler,  as  he faced the dazzling hotel clerk 
and banged his fist on the register.

“I  did!” retorted  the  unabashed  daz- 

Proof Against Little Surprises. 

her.”

zler.

5.  There will be no disputed accounts, 
and all  friction and  ill  feeling  incident 
thereto is avoided.
6.  Customers are enabled at any  time 
to know the exact amount of  goods  they 
have had,  by reference  to  their  coupon 
books.
7.  They will know by the date of issue, 
endorsed on the cover of the book,  when 
coupons are to be paid for.
S.  A child can go to the store and trade 
with coupons as easily  as  any  one, and 
with equal safety.
There are  many  other  desirable  fea­
tures connected with this  system,  which 
we have not space to enumerate here,  but 
shall endeavor to explain at any time  on 
application.  We shall retain the five per 
cent, off  for  cash  feature,  and  parties 
wishing to buy coupons for cash will  be 
given a discount  of  five  per  cent.,  and 
coupons will be received  for  everything 
we sell,  including such  goods  as  we  do 
not otherwise give a cash discount on.  In 
this way you can save five percent, on all 
of your purchases,  no  matter  how  small 
they may  be.

We have long since discovered  that  it 
is money that  makes  the  mare  go,  and 
will now announce  that,  after  the  first 
day of October next,  we shall  buy  goods 
for spot cash only and buy of  the jobber 
who will give  us the most goods and  the 
best value  for  our  money.  Our  motto 
will  be,  “ Buy cheaper and sell cheaper.” 
and in order to accomplish this  we  must 
systematize our credit business.  The ad­
vantages to both merchant and patron, of 
the system we adopt, is so manifest  that 
certainly no fair-minded person can  find 
any  valid objection to it after a thorough 
examination aud trial.

Very respeutfully,

F.  G o o d m a n  & Co,

AFTER°USING.

B u r n i p ’s  C o r n e r s ,  N ov.  25—We have 
been  gradually  endeavoring  to  correct 
some of the unnecessary evils  appertain 
ing to a credit business of a country retail 
store,  aud  since  our  last  circular  was 
issued,  during which time a former part­
ner  has  retired  from  the  firm,  we  have 
determined to virtually place our business 
on a cash basis,  aud we know of no better 
way to accomplish this than through  the 
credit coupon system.  Having tried this 
system,  we have everything to say in  its 
favor,  and nothing  against  it.  The  one 
advantage of  not  having  disputes  with 
customers in  settling  accounts  seems  to 
us to be alone sufficient to  recommend  it 
to every retail merchant in  the  country. 
We find that there is  a  great  saving  of 
time that under the  old  system  was  re­
quired in keeping a set of books,  and  we 
are of  the  opinion  that  we  shall  save 
many  a  dollar which  formerly was  lost 
through  carelessness  in  neglecting 
to 
charge  items.  Our  customers  are  well 
pleased with  the  system,  and  we  have 
yet to find the  first  one  to  condemn  it, 
after once having given  it  a  trial.  We 
now do principally a  cash  business  and 
sell coupons,  discounting them  at  5  per 
cent,  for cash or paper  that  can  be  con­
verted into available funds, which enables 
us to discount  all  bills  and  obtain  our 
goods at  the  lowest  prices.  We  think 
the signs of the times  indicate  that  the 
day is not far distant when a majority of 
the  progressive  retail  merchants  will 
adopt the  cash  system,  but,  until  that 
time does come,  we will say  to all dealers 
who think they cannot do a strictly  cash 
business in their localities,  by all  means 
adopt the credit coupon system, for  it is 
the system of all systems where  business 
is done on credit.

Very respectfully,

F.  G o o d m a n   & Co.

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TH E  MICHIOATSr  TRADESM AN.

Gripsack Brigade

Rhine Osting has engaged  to  travel for 
the Lemon &  Wheeler  Company,  begin- 
ing operations next week.

J.  Gibbs Hann  has  engaged  to  travel 
j for  J.  W. Pitkin  &  Co.,  paint  manufac- 
j  turers  at  Chicago.  His  territory  com- 
j  prises the State of Minnesota.

Geo.  F.  Owen has been  confined to  his 
| home for  the  past week with  an  attack 
j of la grippe,  but expects to go to  Detroit 
j the latter part of the week  for his trunks 
j and start out on  the warpath  next  Mon­
day.

T.  P.  S. Hampson,  formerly  with  the 
j Anti-Kalsomine Co.,  but for the past year 
] on the road for the  Gutta  Percha  Paint 
Co.  of Providence,  R.  I.,  has arranged  to 
travel  for the  Anti-Kalsomine  Co.  next 
year. 

Albert C.  Antrim has returned  from  a 
five months’ trip through the Gulf States 
in the interest of the Alabastine Co.  He 
reports poor business in Texas, owing to 
the drought and consequence shortness of 
I crops.

,

Frank DeLaney,  formerly  of this  city, 
but for the past  seven  years on  the road 
for  the  Drummond  Tobacco  Co.,  with 
headquarters at  Peoria,  is in  town  for  a 
few  days.  He  has  been  laid  up  with 
rheumatism for  four  or  five  weeks,  but 
expects  to  resume  his  road  duties  next 
week.

A largely-attended meeting  of  Detroit 
members of the  Michigan  Knights of  the 
Grip was held at the Hotel  Cadillac  Sat­
urday  afternoon.  The  result  was  the 
organization of the Detroit post  and  the 
election of J.  L.  McCauley  as  President 
and W.  V.  Gawley Secretary  and  Treas­
urer. 
It was decided to  attend  the  an­
nual meeting  of  the  State  organization 
at Jackson Tuesday in a body.

Geo. Dikeman was  the head  and  front 
of the  Patrons  of  Industry  organization 
in  Oceana  county  and,  like  his  Patron 
brethren in all parts of the State, contin­
ually denounced the  traveling man as an 
excrescence  which  should  be  wiped  off 
the face of the earth.  Mr.  Dikeman has 
now taken the management of the Bailey 
House,  at Hart,  and  is  just  as active  in 
soliciting the patronage of traveling men 
as  he  was  formerly  in  denouncing and 
misrepresenting them.  Under the circum­
stances,  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   will  be  sur­
prised if  he ever  sees  the  name  of a re­
spectable traveling  man on  his  register.
The first annual  banquet of the Detroit 
Council,  United  Commercial  Travelers, 
was held at the Hotel  Normandie  Satur­
day evening.  About  sixty members and 
their wives sat down,  forming altogether

a jolly crowd who seemed to enjoy them­
selves immensely from  beginning to end. 
After  the  banquet  had  run  its  course 
from blue points  to cafe noir,  S. II. Hart 
rendered  a  song  that  was  heartily  en­
cored.  John  A.  Murray  acted  as  toast­
master and  the  following  was  the  pro­
gram  of  the  speeches:  “The Travelers’ 
Home.”  T.  J.  Haywood;  “The Ladies,” 
S.  Rindspoff;  “ Merchant and Salesman,” 
J.  Will  Ailes;  “The  Press,”  Adam  E. 
Bloom;  “The Future  of  Our  Order,”  M. 
J.  Matthews,  The  exercises  closed  by 
the singing of “The  Star Spangled  Ban­
ner”  by all present.  During the banquet 
a fine crayon portrait of  Senior  Council­
lor Matthews was  presented to  that gen­
tleman by  T.  J.  Haywood  on  behalf  of 
the  members of the Council.

Detroit  News:  The  caricaturists who 
used  to depict the drummer holding up a 
bar and  dr.nking with  the  merchant, to 
whom  he  was desirous of  selling goods, 
now show the knight of the grip in fault­
less attire  displaying his  samples before 
the  despot of  the  mammoth  establish­
ment,  who  is  seated  in a magnificently 
furnished  private  office, surrounded  by 
almost  oriental  luxury.  Every  line  of 
goods  has  a  traveling  salesman,  even 
down to needles  and pins,  and  the mer­
chant  is  beset with them  daily.  Some­
times  they  form  a  moving  procession 
from the  front  door to the  private office 
and  out  again,  all  well-appearing  fel­
lows, carrying dainty sample cases.  The 
traveler  knows his  man  and  belies  his 
name when the merchant says,  “I can do 
nothing  for you  to-day,” for  invariably 
when  he sees  that  the  other  is  an  in­
cisive  and  decisive  business  man,  he 
gathers up his samples and departs quiet­
ly.  Talking  a  man  into  buying  works 
well  in  the  smaller  places, but  not  in 
large cities.

Country Callers.

Calls  have  been 

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

E.  P.  Gifford,  Saranac.
Jos.  Raymond,  Berlin.
E. E. Day, Amble.
J.  L.  Taylor,  Ionia.

It costs  $25,000  to secure  a patent  in 
all the countries where patent laws exist. 
In Cape Colony, at the extreme  southern 
part  of  Africa,  the  cost  of  a patent  is 
$925,  and we are told that only  two  pat­
ents have  ever  been  issued,  one  being 
the  Bell  telephone,  and  the  other  un­
known  to our informant.

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

C.  G.  .A.  VOIGT  &  CO.,

S T A R   ROLLER  MILLS.

P r o p r ie to r s   o f  th e

AMONG THE TBADE.
ABOUND THE  STATE.

Beech—Rattenbury Bros,  succeed Geo. 

Beveridge in general trade.

Marcellus — Beebe  &  Beebe  succeed 

Kester & Arnold in general trade.

Fremont—Johnson  &  Pearson  have 
sold  their  meat  market  to  Paradise  & 
Hangstaffer.

Clare—John McKenzie has removed  to 
this place from  Fremont  and  opened  a 
meat  market.

Saginaw—Fedder & Schneider are  suc­
ceeded by Geo. Schneider in the boot and 
shoe business.

Mill Grove—W.  H. Shirley  has  opened 
a grocery store.  The stock was furnish­
ed by Stein & Walters, of Allegan.

Detroit  —  Munger,  Freeman  &  Co., 
wholesale  hardware  dealers,  will  here­
after be known  as  Freeman,  I)e Lamater 
A Co.

St.  Ignace—Jno. Chambers,  of the firm 
of  Jno.  Chambers  &  Bro.,  dealers 
in 
general merchandise, fish, wood  and coal, 
is dead.

Delton—Evans  &  Brooks  have  sold 
their  hardware  stock  to  A.  A.  Aldrich 
and  Luther  Stratton,  both  of  Hickory 
Corners.

Charlotte—M. J. Collins’  grocery stock 
was  foreclosed  on  chattel  mortgage  by 
the Jackson Grocery Co.,  when the latter 
disposed of it to Lamb A Spencer.

Almont—George  Kinnes  has  sold  his 
harness stock and fixtures to a brother in 
Marlette,  and the same has been removed 
to that place.  This  leaves  but one  har­
ness shop in town.

Detroit—R.  B. Owen  & Sons will  open 
about February  1 at 269  Woodward  ave­
nue a stock of  shelf  and  builders’ hard­
ware,  mechanics’ tools and cutlery.  Mr. 
Owen  was  formerly  a  member  of  the 
wholesale  hardware  firm  of  Black  & 
Owen.

Covert—J.  W.  Kinney,  general  dealer 
at this place,  is erecting a store building 
at  South  Haven,  51x70  feet  in  dimen­
sions,  which  he expects  to have complet­
ed  by  Feb.  10,  when  he  will occupy  it 
with a  general stock  as a branch  of his 
store here.

Muskegon—Assignee  Fox has complet­
ed an inventory of the dry grods stock of 
C. J.  French,  showing  assets of 82,240.25 
and liabilities of 82,078.02.  Peter Damm 
holds a chattel mortgage of$l,100 and with 
this and  French’s exemption of  8250  de­
ducted,  it is estimated that  the creditors 
will  not receive more than 10 cents on the 
dollar.

M A N U F A C T U R IN G   M A T T E R S.

White Pigeon—The  Sultan Cart  Co.  is 
succeeded  by the Sultan  Buggy and Cart 
Co.

Foster City—The  A.  M.  Harmon Lum­
ber  Co.,  which  put  in  a  band  mill  last 
winter  and a  planing mill  last  fall,  will 
put in  another band mill next spring.

Saginaw—Bliss & VanAuken  are  buy­
ing 
large  quantities  of  logs  of  small 
operators in  Gladwin county.  The stock 
purchased will come to their mill here.

Manistee—Andy Higgins,  who  owns  a 
small  sawmill  at  Browntown,  will  re­
move  it  to  Maple  Grove  Switch,  where 
he  can  more  readily  procure  stock, as 
the  hardwood  in  the  former  locality  is 
getting distant from the mill.

Bay City—Smalleys  &  Co.  are putting 
up a new sawmill,  having  purchased the 
site of  the old  mill of  Rust  Bros.  & Co., 
destroyed  by  fire  two  years  ago.  The

new mill  will  be furnished with  modern 
J  machinery.  The foundation of  the  mill 
| is  being put in position.
Ludington—A.  E. Cartier  has  sold  J. 
j P.  Keteham A Co.,  of  Chicago,  the  pine 
| timber on a section  of  land  on  the But- 
j ters & Peters road.  The  firm  is  to  pay 
j 811.75 for  the  logs  in  the  woods and 82 
| for the  saw  bill.  Mr. Cartier  will  pay 
| Butters & Peters 83.50  for delivering the 
logs at Ludington.

Bay City—John G.  Owen, of Owendale 
is running  his saw and shingle mills and 
reports  a  good  trade.  Eighty-five  per 
cent,  of  the  lumber  is  run  through the 
planing mill,  and  is  sold and shipped as 
I fast  as  made  ready.  He  has not begun 
cutting  logs  yet,  owing  to  the  ground, 
which is low,  being too soft.

Manistee—James  Finan  has  sold  his 
interest in the lumber firm of Jas.  Finan 
& Co.  to Seymour  Bros.  The  new  firm 
will be known as Barry  &  Seymour,  and 
consist of Tom  Barry,  John  and  R.  A. 
Seymour.  They own large timber inter­
ests in the upper part of Manistee county, 
adjacent to the Betsy River, and  on  the 
Platte  River  in  Benzie  county,  all  of 
which will go to Frankfort  to  be  manu­
factured.

Kingsley — F.  B.  Munshaw  &  Co. 
shipped five car  loads  of  maple logs last 
week  from  their  mill  at  this  place  to 
James  Kennedy  &  Co.,  Glasgow,  Scot­
land,  to be used  for  manufacturing rolls 
with  which  to  stamp  prints  and  other 
kinds of cloth.  The  freight  will  be  85 
a thousand feet,  and  delivered  in  Glas­
gow  the  logs  will  represent  875  to 890 
j a thousand.  The logs will  go by way of 
Baltimore.

Black  River—It is said to be the inten- 
| tion  of  Alger,  Smith & Co.  to extend the 
| Mud  lake  branch  of  their logging rail­
road  from this plaee  in  a  northwesterly 
direction  through  Montmorency  county 
to strike the  extension  of  the  main  line 
of the Detroit & Alpena  road from Alpe­
na to Cheboygan, or the Michigan Central 
above  Vanderbilt.  The  surveyors  are 
now  running the line.  The firm owns a 
large quantity of  timber  in  that  region,' 
which this road  will  enable  them  to cut 
and  rail  to the  lake  shore  at  this  place 
for rafting to the lower lakes.

Cadillac—In  the case of  Mitchell Bros, 
vs  the  St.  Paul  German  Insurance Co., 
Judge Aldrich  decided  in  favor  of  the 
plaintiffs.  The question  was  whether a 
lumber loss  shall  be  paid  according to 
the actual  cash  value or simply  the cost 
of production. 
It  was  stipulated at the 
beginning that the  case  should  be taken 
to  the  Supreme  Court  in  any  event,  so 
the  end  is  not  yet.  The  attorneys are 
watching  the  case  carefully  for  it will 
establish a  precedent.  The  lumber was 
insured in  several  companies  and those 
which  which  refused  to  settle  on  the 
| actual  cash  value  basis  have  agreed  to 
{ abide  by  the  decision  in  the  case  now 
! pending.  There  was  about  16,000,000 
feet of lumber burned,  and  to  settle  on 
the basis sought to be established by  the 
insurance companies would mean the loss 
I of  several  thousand  dollars  to  Mitch- 
| ell  Bros.

Mr  Wells  Decides  in  Favor of Parkill.
C h e b o y g a n , Dec.  26—C.  A.  Bugbee 
I has received a letter from Govenor  Win- 
aus, in  which  the  latter  announces  his 
I intention of re-appointing  S.  E.  Parkill 
| to the State Board of Pharmacy. Consider- 
| ing the fact that Mr. Parkill is a  Repub- 
| lican, the appointment meets with consid- 
' erable suprise  here.

O I K   B R A N D S ;

OUR  PATENT.
STAR.

GILT  EDGE.

BAKERS’  CHOICE,

CALLA  LILY.

GOLDEN  SHEAF,

PEARL.

BOSS.
PATENT  ROLLER  FLOUR.
SPECIALTIES:

GRAHAM,  RYE  and  BUCKWHEAT 
GRANULATED  and  BOLTED  MEAL.

FLOUR,

P r o m p t a tte n tio n  g iv e n  to  m a il o rd e rs .
G rand  R a p id s,  M ich .

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

0.  F.  Conklin has decided to close  out 

his general stock at Kent City.

R.  Van  Bochove  has 

removed  his 
branch drug  store  from 445  Lyon street 
to 225 South Division street.

The Phelps  Lumber  Co.  has  opened a 
supply  store in connection with  its saw­
mill at Keno.  The Olney & Judson Gro­
cer Co.  furnished the stock.

Geo. H.  Reeder &  Co.  bid in the  How­
ard & Co.  shoe stock at  chattel mortgage 
sale at Lawrence last week, subsequently 
shipping the goods to this city.

Steele  &  Co.,  who  recently  removed 
their  drug and  grocery stock  from Ionia 
to this city, have returned to their former 
location and resumed business there.

Adams & Hart,  implement dealers at 12 
West Bridge street,  have  purchased  the 
agricultural  implement  stock  of  F.  M. 
Dole,  at  Sparta,  and  will  continue  the 
business  under the  management  of  the 
former owner.

Albert Stryker, Jr., of  the  former gro­
cery firm of  DeJager,  Stryker & Co.,  has 
opened a grocery store  at  the  former lo­
cation of the old firm,  116 Ellsworth ave­
nue.  The  stock  was  furnished  by  the 
Olney & Judson Grocer Co.

At the annual  meeting  of  the  Lemon 
& Wheeler  Company,  the  old  Board  of 
Directors  was  re-elected,  as  follows:  S. 
M. Lemon,  A.  K.  Wheeler,  Geo.  B. Caul­
field, Jno.  A.  Covode and  A.  E.  Worden. 
The former officers were  also  re-elected, 
as  follows:  President,  S.  M.  Lemon; 
Vice-President,  John  A.  Covode;  Secre­
tary, Geo.  B. Caulfield;  Treasurer,  A.  K. 
Wheeler.

J. W.  McGrath, the financial end of the 
pickle firm  of  J.  S.  Walker &  Co.,  has 
applied  for a receiver for the firm, on the 
ground that Walker  has  not  lived  up  to 
the terms of the copartnership agreement 
in  several  particulars, having  collected 
money and converted  it to  his  own  use, 
instead of depositing it in bank, etc.  Mr. 
McGrath states that  all  the  creditors  of 
the  firm  will  be  paid  in  full  and  an­
nounces that he will continue the  pickle 
business on  his  own account  as soon  as 
the present difficulty is arranged.

K.  Dykema & Bro.  have taken steps to 
bring an action against the  Minneapolis, 
St.  Paul & Sault Ste.  Marie  Railway,  al­
leging actual damages of  $6,000  and  ex­
emplary damages to  the amount  of $12,- 
000.  The  firm  claims  to  have  held  a 
lease of the company’s  elevator at  Glad­
stone,  both  parties 
to  the  agreement 
holding  a  signed  contract  giving  the 
other 90 days’  notice,  in  the  event  of  a 
change.  Notwithstanding  this  provis­
ion,  Dykema  &  Bro.  claim  they  were 
dispossessed  of  the  property without  a 
moment’s  notice, 
iu  consequence  of 
which they sue for the profits on the bus­
iness  for  90  days. 
The  suit  will  be 
brought in the  Delta  Circuit  Court  and 
tried  at  Escanaba.  Fletcher  &  Wanty 
represent the plaintiffs.

New  Sunday Law in  Baltimore.

By a late decree of  the  Baltimore mu­
nicipal  authorities,  the  pharmacists  of 
that  burg  are  now  strictly  prohibited 
from  transacting any business  whatever 
on Sundays excepting  the  compounding 
and selling  of  medicines  prescribed  by 
physicians.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

Purely Personal.

Isaac Gibson,  the Petoskey  grocer, was 

in town Monday.

A.  Vidro,  general  dealer  on  Stocking 
street,  is dangerously ill  with la  grippe.
J.  N.  Taylor,  son  of  J.  L. Taylor,  the 
veteran  Ionia  grocer,  was  in  town  one 
day last week.

L.  Winternitz,  State agent for the  Fer- 
mentum Yeast Co.,  spent Christmas with 
Chicago friends.

Fred H. Ball  and  wife, sail from New 
York on Thursday  on  the  Trinidad  for 
Hamilton,  Bermuda.

Thos.  S.  Freeman  and  Wm.  L.  Free­
man  were called to  Freeman,  Ont.,  last 
week  by 
the  serious  illness  of  their 
father.

Stephen  Sears has been confined to his 
house for the past week  by la grippe and 
it will  probably be a week before he gets 
out again.

John Bolt, of  the  firm of  Boersema  & 
Bolt,  hardware dealers at Muskegon  and 
Lakeside,  was in town all  last week,  the 
guest of  various  friends.

A. A.  Kimball,  who clerked at different 
times for  H.  M.  Patrick,  Frank  Smith 
and J.  H. Williams,  at Leroy,  is  now  in 
the employ of  the H.  M.  Loud  &  Sons 
Lumber Co.,  at  Potts.

Wm. Widdicomb has  been  confined  to
his home with la grippe for  a week  past 
and Aii o s   Musselman  would  have  been 
in  bed at the same time,  if he  had  taken
the advice of his physician.

M.  Jandorf,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
shoe  business  on  Canal  street, has  ar­
ranged to  open  an  agency  for the  Fer- 
mentum Yeast Co.  at Pittsburg.  He will 
enter upon the duties of his new position 
about Jan.  15.

The Salt Product of Michigan.

 

 

The  State  Salt  Inspector’s  annual re­
port gives  the number of  barrels of  salt 
inspected in the  several  districts,  as fol­
lows:
1,135,(596
M anistee
Saginaw
962,954
811.890
B ay .........
Mason  .. 
413,230
355,525
St. Clair. 
239,385
Iosco 
47,407
H u ro n ... 
40,603
M idland.
T o tal............................................................3,926,670
The total salt  production of  the State
for the past  thirty years has  been as fol­
lows:
P rior to the year  1869..........................         3,282,117
1869 
551,288
................................................................. 
621,252
1870 ................................................................... 
1871  .......................  
728,175
1872  ..................................................................  
734,481
1873  ..................................................................  
823,346
1  74  ..................................................................   1,026,978
1875  ..................................................................  1,081,8'6
1876 
.................................................................  1,482,729
1877  ..................... 
1,660,997
1878 
.................................................................  1,855,884
1879  ...................................................................  2.058,040
1880  ..................................................................   2,676,688
1881  .................................................................  2,750,299
1882  ..................................................................   2,037,317
1883  ..................................................................   2,894,672
........ ........................................................  3,161,806
1884 
3,297,402
188 > .............................. 
1886  .......................................  
3,677,257
1887 
3,944,309
 
...............................................................  3,866,228
1888 
P89 
3,846,979
1890 
3,838,638
1891  ..................................................................   3,926,670
56,802,410
Total
While the production of Saginaw, Bay, 
Huron, Iosco  and  Midland  counties  are 
decreasing,  that  of  St.  Clair,  Manistee 
and Mason counties is increasing.  Man­
istee  county  produced  1,125,696  barrels 
during  1891,  an  increase of  119,171 bar­
rels  over  the  output  of  1890.  Mason 
county’s increase  over the  previous year 
amounted to 75,607 barrels. 
It is claimed 
that  Manistee  county  will  increase  its 
output fully 25 per cent,  during 1892.
the 
The  largest  single  producer  is 
Michigan Trust  Co., receiver  for  the  R. 
G.  Peters  Salt  and  Lumber  Co.,  which 
turned  out  342,601  barrels.  The  next 
largest is the  State  Lumber  Co.,  also  of 
Manistee,  whose  product  was  161,347 
barrels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Old "Chalk  It  Down" on His Last L egs.
W ritten  t o r  T e e  T t i s e u x .
Every man to whom it is  given to read 
the signs of the  times  knows  right  well 
that old"Chalk It Down“ is perambulating 
around on his last  underpinning.  Since 
my article under the  caption  "They  are 
Coming  Over,  One  by  One,”  was  pub­
lished, there has been a  general awaken­
ing in every  direction  and  “one by one” 
has been crowded into the background by 
“ two  by two,” and  the  time  is  rapidly 
approaching when it  will  be “village by 
village”  and  "town  by  town,”  for  the 
present movement will never  cease  until 
“tick”  shall  be  heard  no  more  in  the 
land.  When I say  " tick,” I do not mean 
credit in its larger commercial sense, but 
that foe  to the  eternal  welfare of  every 
retailer,  old  "Chalk  It  Down.”  This 
double extract of  gall and  wormwood  is 
thorn in the the retailer’s side,  but it will 
soon  "rank”  its  last  rankle.  All  over 
our prosperous State  the scales  are  fall­
ing from the eyes of the retailers and the 
first thought  they  gave  utterance  to,  af­
ter regaining their  sight  and  coming  to 
their senses,  is,  “ What fools we  mortals 
be!”  This  is  generally  followed  by  a 
period  of  extreme  mortification,  during 
which  they recount  the losses  and  rumi­
nate on the  scars and  bruises caused  by 
the father and great-grandfather of dead­
beats and  the great  incubator  of  decep­
tion and duplicity—old “Chalk it Down.” 
At the end of  this  period  of  doing pen­
ance, the  retailer  seizes  himself  by  the 
sag of the  pants  and  drags  himself  out 
backwards into the back yard, and there, 
in  the  presence  of  the  dog  and  a  heap 
of  decayed  vegetables,  administers  un­
to himself a good  fair-sized kicking.  He 
then shakes hands  with the dog (like the 
grocer in Charlotte)  and swears an  awful 
swear that, so far as he is concerned,  the 
dear  people, after  January  1,  will  have 
to pay the cash  for  their groceries  when 
they get them—or eat hay.

While  writing  this  article,  the  writer 
was interrupted by a  grocer in  this  city 
who came in  with the windows of his soul 
sprinkled with blood and his whole anat­
omy loaded to the  muzzle  for  bear.  He 
left  his  burden  in  my  office,  and  it ran 
like this:  “I never was so blank mad  in 
my life.  What’s the matter?  Well, there’s 
matter enough  to  make  a  man  actually 
kiss his mother-in-law.  Old Grubb—you 
know Old  Grubb  over  on Tinker  street, 
the  man  who  hauls  brick—well,  Old 
Grubb  got  into  me  so  far  that  all  the 
forces in the land  couldn’t puli him  out, 
and I  had to take his horses, harness and 
wagon in settlement  of  his  grocery bill. 
That  gave  me four horses  to  keep,  with 
hay at  SI 8  per  ton,  and  nothing  in  the 
world for three of them to do.  The other 
day I secured  a  job  of  team  work at  S3 
per  day,  which  would  have  furnished 
work all  winter for the  Grubb team,  and 
this morning they were  to begin, 
i  had 
engaged  Dili Fry,  who owes me a grocery 
bill of  over  S30, to  drive  the  team,  but 
this morning Bill  stepped into  the  store 
and said  he  guessed  he  wouldn’t  d<ive 
the  team,  as  he  had  taken  a  job  down 
town.  The  team  did  not  report  at  the 
proper  time  and  another  was  engaged 
and  1 lost the job,  besides about §10 paid 
out in fixing up theoutfit for it.  Enough to 
make a man  mad?  Why,  look  here!  A 
man  who is  blank  idiot  enough  to  keep 
cool and  smile under such circumstances, 
could sit on a cake  of  ice  in  the winter 
time and whistle  Old  Hundred while his 
house was  burning  up,  and be  could  sit

TH E  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN
Dry Goods Price Current.

on the rain  trough and  whittle while his 
wife was fishing the  baby out of the  cis­
tern.  Put  me  down  on  the  ‘no  more 
tick' side  of the question  from  this  time 
on  and  no  blank  blankety  blank  blank 
need apply.”

These experiences are very common in 
every  business  where  old  “Chalk  It 
Down”  is  recognized.  Banish him from 
your  premises  and  you  at  once  regain 
control of yonr  business by keeping your 
capital  in  your  own  possession.  Re­
member  the  old  adage,  “A  bird  in  the 
hand is  worth  two  in  the  bush,” and  I 
care not  how careful you may  be  in  ex­
tending  your  credits,  a  dollar  in  your 
own hand is  worth  more to  you  than  it 
would be even  in  the hand  of your most 
responsible  debtor,  while  a  large  per­
centage of what  your ledger  calls  for  is 
absolutely  worthless.  But  you  say  this 
is no surprise to you,  it  is always under­
stood that  there will  be a  percentage  of 
loss,  and it  is provided  for  the  same  as 
are all expenses  and  unavoidable losses. 
Yes,  this has  been considered  legitimate 
business 
in  the  past,  but  times  are 
changing  and men  who pay will no long­
er submit  to  be  victimized  in this way. 
They will  no longer  support a system  of 
doing  business  which  compels  them to 
not only  pay  for  feeding  and  clothing 
their own  families,  but also  an  addition­
al tax for  the  maintenance  and  support 
of the  families  of others who  refuse  or 
neglect to  pay.  This is a  downright  in­
justice and men  who pay 100 cents on the 
dollar  will  no  longer  submit 
to  it 
“Chalk It Down”  is  playing out rapidly, 
and  fortunate  is  the  retailer  who  can 
read  the signs  of  the  times  and  act  ac­
cordingly by  setting his  house in  order. 
The voice  from  Brinton  in  last  week’s 
issue proves my position.  Mr.  Meader is 
one of these  fortunate  retailers who was 
shrewd and keen-sighted  enough to  per­
ceive the drift of the times, as portrayed 
by  T h e   T e a d e s m a s  
its  published 
communications bearing  on this subject. 
Since  adopting the  true  basis  his  trade 
has increased, he tells us, 25 per cent,  in 
30 days’ time.  As stated in a former arti­
cle,  it is the forerunners and pioneers  in 
this  retail  mercantile  reformation  who 
will reap the golden harvest.  Surely  no 
retailer in  Christendom can  be found  so 
stupid  as  to  imagine  for  an  instant 
that the  volume  of  trade  would  be  in­
creased  all  around  as  a  result  of  the 
universal  adoption  of  the  cash  system. 
I have stated  before,  and  1  repeat  here 
that the result of such a movement would 
be a diminution of  the  volume  of trade. 
It is  a fact  which  probably  no  one will 
deny that  those  who  pay spot  cash  for 
their  supplies  buy  less  of  them 
than 
those who buy  on  credit.  There  is  no 
danger,  however, of a simultaneous, u n i­
versal movement of this kind, and, there­
fore,  the  more  advanced  thinkers  who 
have devoted much thought  to this ques­
tion see their golden opportunity and are 
rapidly transforming their business so as 
to take advantage  of  it. 
It is  quite evi­
dent that  any  man, who  sells  a  certain 
quantity of  merchandise per annum  can 
sell it cheaper for  spot cash  than  where 
credit is more  or less  given.  This  fact, 
of course,  is patent  to the mind of every 
man.  The  popular  saying  that  a  man 
can sell cheaper for  cash is based on the 
implied supposition  that  the quantity of 
merchandise  will  be  the same  in  either 
case.  Suppose a man  is doing a business 
of §10,000 on the  usual  credit  plan.  He 
will realize  a  certain  percentage  of loss

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“  Arrow B rand  5(4
A d ria tic ............
“  W orld Wide.. 7
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Argvie 
LL.................. 5
A tlanta A A __ _ . . . .   6(4i1 
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A tlantic  A .........
H ......... .... ex'Georgia  A ................ 654
!H onest W idth........... ex
P ......... ....  6 
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¡Indian Head. 
¡King A  A . 
¡King E C.

A m ory....................
A rchery  B unting.
5(4 Lawrence  L L .........  5(4
Beaver Dam  A A 
5  M adras cheese cloth 6X
Blackstone O, 32.
Black C row ..............   6M  N ew m arket  G .........6
B  .......   5 *
Black  Rock
Boot,  A L..................  7(4
N  .......  6 >4
Capital  A ..................5(4
D D ....  5(4
C avanat  V ..............
X ....... 7
5(4 
3y   ¡Noibe  B .....................  5
Chapm an cheese cl
5(i  Our Level  B est......6(4
Clifton  C 8 ............
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Com et.......................
..........   7(4 P equot.......................   7(4
Dwight S tar............
.......  6(4 : Solar....................  6(4
Clifton C C C ...........
¡Top of th e  H eap—   7(*
BLEACHED  COTTONS.
A B C ......................... 8(4 ’Geo.  W ashington...  8
Glen Mills.
Amazon.
¡Gold  M edal................7(4
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A m sbnrg..............
A rt  C am brie.......
.10  Green  T ick et...........  8(4
¡Great F a lls................  6(4
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Blackstone  A A ..
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Beats A il..............
B oston................ .
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¡Just  O u t.......   4(4® 5
¡King  P h illip ...........   7(4
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C abot....................
Cabot.  X .
OP.......  7(4
Charter  O ak ............ 5(4¡Lonsdale C am bric.. 10(4
Conway W ................  7(4‘Lonsdale............   @  8(4
.M iddlesex..........  @ 5
Dwight A nchor....... 8(4 No N am e.............. .......7(4
shorts.  8(4;Oak V iew ..................6
E d w ard s..
5(4 
E m pire.....................
12 
F arw ell....................
7(4 
F ru it of th e  Loom. 
4(4
F itch ville
U tica  M ills.
8(4
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F irst P rize................6(4 
N onpareil  ..11
F ru it of th e Loom %. 
V Inyard......................  8(4
F airm ount................ 4(4 W hite  H orse.............  6
F ull V alue................6(41 
“  R ock.................8(4
Cabot..........................  754 D wight A nchor..........9
Farwell......................8 
T rem ontN ................5(4(Middlesex No.  1____ 10
H am ilton N ..............   6(4 
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“  3 ....12
M iddlesex  A T .........  8 
“  7....18
X ............   9 
“  8....19
No. 25 ....  9  I
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
H am ilton N .............. 7(41 M iddlesex A A
M iddlesex P T .. .. . .   8
A T .. ....  9
X A .. . . . .   9
X F .. — 10(4!
CARPET

6  Our  Own.
7 
¡Pride of th e W est.
7(4 R osalind................
8(4 ¡Sunlight.................

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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4 ....
5 ....

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.12
.13(4
-17(4
.16
WARP.
Integrity, colored.. .21
“  colored..21
N am eless...................20
....................25
...............27(4
................... 30
....................32(4
....................35

colored 

Peerless,  white.........18
Integrity.....................18(4
H am ilton 

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...............9
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G 6   C ashm ere.........21
N am e less................. 16
......... ........ 18

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CORSET  JEANS.

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C oraline.................... 19 5G ¡W onderful.............. $4 50
Schilling’s ...............   9 00 B righton.....................4 75
Davis  W aists.......  9  00 Bortree’s .................  9 00
G rand  R ap id s........  4 50|A bdom inal...............15 00
A rm ory......................  6(4¡Naumkeags a tte e n ..  7(4
A ndroscoggin...........7 (4¡ Rock port..................... 6(4
B iddeford................   6  Conestoga..................6(4
................. 6(4
B runsw ick................6(41 W alw orth 
A llen turkey  reds..  5(4¡Berwick fan cies—  
(4
robes............   5(4¡Clyde  R obes.............  5
pink & purple  6(4|Charter Oak fancies  4(4
b u f f s ............   6  D elM arine cashm 's.  6
pink  checks.  5(4] 
m ourn’g
staples  .........  5((  Eddy stone  fa n c y ...
shirtings  ...  3(4 
chocolat
rober  ...
American  fa n c y —   5(4; 
American in d ig o __ 5(¿ 
sateens..
American shirtings.  32*iHamilton fancy.  ...
startlo
A rcrPnHnp  Grsvfl 
fí 
A rgentine  G ray s...  6 
staple 
A nchor S h irtin g s...  4>4  M anchester  fancy 
A rnold 
new  era.  6
...  6  M errim ack D fancy.  6 
A rnold  M erino 
long cloth B. 10(4  M errim’ck shirtings.  4 
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R e p p fu ru .  8(4
“  C.  8(4i 
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century cloth  7 
gold seal.......10(41 
“ 
robes..............  6(4
“  green seal TR 10(4 j Portsm outh robes...  6 
yellow  s e a l..10(4¡Sim psonm ourning..  6
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serg e.............. 11(4 
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g re y s ......... 6
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“  Turkey  re d .. 10(4 ; 
solid black.  6
¡W ashington indigo.  6
Ballou solid b la ck ..  5 
colors.  5(4 
Turkey ro b es..  7(4
Bengal bine,  green, 
India robes__ 7(4
red and  o ran g e...  5(4
plain T’ky X £   8(4 
Berlin solids.............  5(4
“  X...10
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oil b in e.........  6(4
O ttom an  T ur
“  green .
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6(4¡  k e y re d ...................   6
“  F o u la rd s .
5(4¡M artha W ashington
r e d X  ...........  7 
T u rk e y re d  %..........7(4
“  X  ............   9(4¡M artha  W ashington
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T u rk e y re d ............  9(4
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jR iverpolntrobes....  5
Cocheco fancy .........  6  W indsor fan cy .........6(4
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m adders...  6 
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XX tw ills ..  6(4|  Indigo  Dine...........10(4
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¡Pacific  fa n c y ............6

gold  ticket

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Amoskeag A C A  ...12(4!AC  A .........................12(4
Hamilton N .............. 7(4|Pemberton A AA____16
Y ork........................... 10(4
Sw ift  R iver.............. 7(4
Pearl  R iv e r..............12
W arren............ ..........13

D .............. 8(4
A wning.. 11
F arm er....................... 8
F irst  P rize............... 11(4
Lenox M ills ............18
A tlanta,  D ................  694¡Stark  A
B oot............................6 *  No  N am e___
.10
Clifton, K ..................  6>4¡Top of  Heap
¡Im perial.....................10(4
Sim pson.....................20 
....................18  B lack...................   9®  9(4
....................16 

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COTTON  DRILL.

SA TIRES

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DEMINS.

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A m oskeag................ 12(4(Columbian  brow n.. 12
9 oz.......13(4 j E verett, b lu e............. 12
b ro w n ........12
brown  .13 
¡A ndover................... 11(4  H aym aker b in e.........7(4
b ro w n ...  7(4
j Beaver Creek  AA. .1 0  
B B ...  9  IJa ffre y ...................... 11(4
¡Lancaster  ................ 12(4
•  Boston Mfg Co.  b r..  7  Law rence, 9 oz.........13(4
N o .220..  .13
No. 250— 11(4
N o .280  ... 10(4

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“  d *  tw ist  10(4 
XXX  bl  19  J
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Lancaster,  sta p le ...  6(4

fa n c ie s __ 7
N orm andie  8

A m oskeag................... 7(4
“  Persian dress  8(4 
C anton  ..  8(4
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L ancashire................  6(4
A FC .........12(4
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M anchester...............  5(4
“ 
T eazle... 10(4 
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A n g o la . 10(4 
M onogram ...................6(4
N orm andie...............   7(4
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P ersian ..  8(4 
P ersian .......................  8(4
A rlington staple —   6(4
A rasapha  fa n c y __   4(4  ¡Renfrew D ress........7(4
Bates W arw ick dres  8(4lRosem ont..................  6(4
staples.  6(4|S latersviIle..............   6
C entennial................  10(4 Som erset....................7
C rite rio n .................   10(4 Tacom a  ....................  7(4
Cum berland  staple.  5(4 Toil  d u N o rd ........... 10(4
C um berland.............   5  W abash......................   7(4
seersucker..  7(4
4(4| 
E ssex.
7(4 W arw ick..................  8(4
E lfin....................
8(4iW hittenden...............  6(4
E verett classics.
heather  dr.  8
7(41 
E xposition.........
indigo blue  9
6»4I 
G lenarie.
G lenarven.................  6(4 W am sutta staples...  6(4
G lenw ood....................7(4  W estbrook..............  8
H am pton......................6(4 
10
Johnson Ghalon cl 
(4 W inderm eer...........  5
Indigo blue  9(4 Y ork............................. 6(4
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A m oskeag.
S tark .........
A m erican.

.16(4 Valley C ity....... ....... 153£
..  ..15(4
.  19(4 G eo rg ia...........
..16(4 Pacific  ............. .  ..  .14(4
THREADS.
.4 5
..22(4

B arbour's.........

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Clark’s Mile End.
Coats’,  J.  & P — .4 5 M arshall’s ........ .......88
H olyoke...

K NITTING COTTON.

W hite.  Colored.

W hite.  Colored.

No. 
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8 .......
10.......
12.......

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.34
.35
.36

38 No.  14..........37
16..........38
39
40
18..........39
20..........40
41
CAMBRICS.

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43
44
45

S later..........................  4  ¡E dw ards..................  4
W h ite S ta r.......... 
Kid Glove  ................  4  ¡Wood’s ......................   4
N ew m arket...............  4  (B runsw ick...............  4

4  Lockw ood............. . . . 4

RED  FLANNEL.

F irem an.................... 32(4 (T W .............................. 22(4
Creedm ore................27(4 F T . .............................. 32(4
T albot X X X ............. 30 
N am eless.................. 27(4 ¡Buckeye......................32(4

| J  R F, X XX................35

MIXED  FLANNEL.

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DO MET  FLANNEL.

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Red & Blue,  plaid. .40  (Grey S R W .............. 17(4
Union  R ....................22(41'Western W  ................ 18(4
W indsor.................... 18(4|D R  P ...........................18(4
6 oz W estern............20  F lushing X XX..........23(4
U nion  B ................... 22(4¡M anitoba.................... 23(4
N am eless.......   8  ®   9(41 
........9  @10(4
12(4
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13
9(4 13
9(4
15
10(4 15
10(4
17
11* 17
11*
20
12* 20
12*
DUCKS.
Severen, 8 oz............   9(41 West  Point, 3 oz.
10(4
10 oz 
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12(4
M ayland, 8 oz. 
10(4
9(4 ¡Raven, lOoz............... 13(4
Greenwood, 7(4 oz. 
11(4  Stark 
13(4
 
Greenwood, 8 o z.
Boston, 8 oz............. 10(4¡Boston, 10 oz.............. 12(4

CANVA9S  AND  PADDING.
13
15
17
20

9(4
10*
11*
12*

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W hite, doz...............25 
Colored,  doz............20  1

SILESIA s.

j Per bale, 40 d oz— 97  50

Slater, Iron C ross...  8 

[P aw tucket.................10(4
Red C ross....  9  D undie.......................  9
B est................ 10(4 B edford......................10(4
Best  A A ....... 12(4  Valley C ity.................10(4
L ....................................7(4 KK  ............................10(4
G ...................................8(41
Corticelli, doz..........75 

ICorticelli  knitting,

SEWING  SILK.

..12 
8 
.1 2   J “  10 

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

tw ist, doz.. 37(4 
50 yd, doz. .37(41
HOOKS AND  EYES— PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k  & White.,10  ¡No  4 Bl’k A W hite.. 15 
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N o 2—20, M  C ......... 50 
|N o4—15 F   3(4............40
•  3—18, S C ............45 
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COTTON  TAPE.
..15 
“ 10 
..18  I “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. Jam es....................1  40] Steam boat..................   40
Crowely’s..................1  35; Gold  E y e d ................. 1  50
M arshall’s ................1 001
5—4 ....2   25  6—4 ...3  2515—4 ....1   95  6—4. . 2  95 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
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COTTON TWINES.

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Cotton Sail Tw ine. .28
C ro w n ....................... 12
D o m estic..................18(4
A n ch o r..................... 16
B risto l.......................13
Cherry  V alley.........15
I X L ...........................18(4
A labam a....................6J4
i  A lam ance..................  6(4
j  A u g u sta ...................... 7(4
A r  sap h a..................  6
G eorgia......................  6(4
G ra n ite .....................  5(4
Haw  R iv er..............   5
Haw  J .......................   6

N a sh u a ...................... 18
Rising Star 4-p ly ___17
3-ply....17
N orth  S ta r.................20
Wool Standard 4 ply 17(4 
P o w h a tta n ............... 18

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M ount  P lea sa n t__ 6(4
O neida.......................   5
P ry m o n t..................  ¡>-¡4
R andèlm an...............  6
R iverside..................  5(4
Sibley  A ....................  6(4
T oledo......................  6

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HAMMERS.

ROPES.
Sisal, % Inch and larger  —  
25
.dls. 
M aydole  *  Co.’s .................... 
M anilla............ .........................
25
Bap’s ...................................................................dls. 
SQUARES
Y erkes & Plum b’s ........................................dls. 40*10
Steel and  Iron.
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.............................30c list 60
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast  Steel. H an d — 30c 40*10  j  j ^ r“n a  oevel8

 

 

MAULS.

HORSE NAILS.

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P u tn am ................................................ 
dls.  05
Northwestern............................  
dis. 10*10
B axter's  A djustable, n ickeled.......................  
30
Coe’s  G e n u in e .................................................... 
50
75
Coe’s P atent A gricultural, w rought,............  
Coe’s  Patent, m alleable.................................... 75*10
Bird C ag e s...........................................................  
50
Pumps, C istern............................................... 
75
Screws, New 1 1st...............................................  70*10
Casters, Bed  a  d  P late............................... 50*10*10
Dampers,  A m erican........................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods......... 
65

MOLASSES GATES. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

w r e n c h e s. 

N A IL S

d is .

d is.

SHEET iron.

Com.  Smooth.

■  714
•  1214 
dlB.
76
6020
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.......................................... 84  05
Nos. 15 to 17.......................................... 4  05
Nos.  18 to 21.........................................  4  05
Nos. 22 to 24  ...........................................  4  05
Nos. 25 to 2 6 ..............................  
. ■  4  25
No. 27 ......................................................   4  45
w ide not less than 2-10 extra
L ist acct. 19, ’86............................................ dis. 
Silver Lake, W hite  A .................................. list 
Drab A .......................................  “ 
W hite  B ....................................  “ 
Drab B ........................................  “ 
W hite C ......................................  “ 

50
5C
55
50
56
35

SAND  PAPER.

SASH  CORD.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

D iscount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

traps. 

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

“ 
Silver Steel  Dia.  X Cuts, per fo o t,__  
“ 
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per fo o t__  
“ 
Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per fo o t__  
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  fo o t....................................................  

Solid E yes....................................................per ton 825
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, G am e............................................................60*10
O neida Community, N ew house’s .................. 
35
Oneida  Comm unity, H awley & N orton’s __  
70
M ouse,  ch o k er..........................................18c per doz
Mouse, d elusion.................................... 81.50 per doz.
dis.
B right M arket......................................................  65
A nnealed M arket................................................ 70—10
Coppered M arket................................................   60
Tinned M arket....................................................   62iS
Coppered  Spring  S teel...................................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized....................................  3 35
p a in te d ..........................................  2 85

w ir e. 

dls.

“ 
„  _  

M E T A L S ,

PIG TIN.

ZINC.

63£
7

26c
28c

SOLDER.

ANTIMONY

TIN—MELYN GRADE.

Pig  L arge............................................................. 
Pig B ars............................................................. 
D uty:  Sheet, 2V4c per pound.
660 pound  casks..................................................  
Per  p o u n d ............................................................. 
15 35
...........................................................••............... 16
E xtra W ip in g .........................................................   15
The  prices  of  the  m any  other  qualities  of 
solder In the m arket indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
Cookson.............................................. per  pound  16
13
H allett’s
7 50 
10x14 IC, C harcoal.........................................
7  50 
14x20 IC, 
.........................................
9 25 
10x14 IX, 
.............. ..........................
9 25
14x20 IX, 
.......................................
Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.
........
.........................................
.........................................
E ach additional X on this grade 81.50.
“  W orcester.....................  
... 
“ 
............................. 
......................... 
“ 
“   A llaway  G rade..................  
 
“ 
“ 
 
“ 
 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
6  50
14x20 IX, 
850
13  60
20x28 IC, 
6  00
14x20IC, 
7  50
14x20 EX, 
12  60
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
15  50
14x28  IX ....... ....................................................... 814 00
14x31  IX ................................................................15
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boiler.,  1 
10
14Xdu 1a , 
*

10x14 IC,  C h arco al......................... 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.

8 6 

ROOFING PLATES

6
8  25
9  25

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

poun<! 

“ 
“  
“ 

“ 
“ 
“

 
 
 

“ 

on  the  credit  extended,  which  must  be 
provided  for,  as  are  ail  other  expenses 
and losses,  by the margin of profit placed 
on the goods.  Suppose that  this  man  is 
one of the advanced  thinkers  mentioned 
above,  and he concludes to transform his 
business over  on a  cash  basis.  He  will 
“ My  bad 
reason  something  like  this: 
debt losses, collecting  expenses,  booking 
expenses,  and losses  from  being  unable 
to discount my  bills,  amount to so  much 
in  dollars  and  cents.  Now,  if  I  adopt 
the cash system and  sell the same  quan­
tity of goods  I do under  the  present sys­
tem,! can mark them down to the full ex­
tent of this large  sum,  giving  my  custo­
mers the benefit of it,  and make the same 
money 1 am now making  and do it much 
easier  and  more  satisfactorially.  Of 
course,  the most of  my credit  customers 
will leave  me,  and,  in  order  to  sell  the 
same quantity,  f shall  have to draw  new 
trade to make  up  for  it. 
I  will  be  the 
first  on my  street  or  in  the  village  to 
adopt the  cash  plan  and  I will have the 
whole territory to draw from.  My chances 
are better  now  than  they  will  be  later 
on after others have adopted it.  1 realize 
the fact that  it is far easier to hold trade 
than  it  is  to  coax  it  away  from  others; 
and,  therefore,  while the coast is clear,  I 
will  step  in,  occupy  and  establish  my 
new 
trade,  relying  upon  my  reduced 
prices and sound business principles  for 
success.”

Mr.  Meader  is  only  one  of  scores  of 
merchants  who  could  vouch 
for  the 
soundness  of  the  above  reasoning  and 
the successful result of the  conclusion it 
led to. 

E.  A.  O w e n .

H o w  t o  B u m  a  H u s b a n d ..

From  th e Cincinnati Com m ercial G azette.

of the 400.

He had a wife.
His salary was $2,500 per annum.
But she complained.
She wanted a better house.
Better clothes.
Nothing fit to go out  in.
No country cottage.
Nor  carriage.
Nor society.
She coveted a place on the ragged edge 
She kept it up 
Night and day,
And moaned and 
Wept.
He lacked style also,
As well as new clothes every six weeks, 
and various other things.
He knew how his employer made several 
huudred daily on the  street.
A thousand or so wonld not be  missed 
for a few hours.
So he took it and  went  up  the  street 
and  won.
She got her sealskin.
He took more and lost.
More yet.
Defalcation discovered.
He wears the penitentiary check. 
Others are going, too.
Beware.
Better is a modest room  up  two  pairs 

of back stairs than a cell in  jail.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

FAITH NATIONAL GAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

D. A. 

o d g e t t, V ice-President.

H .  W .  N a s h .  C ashier
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

T ra n sac ts a  g e n e ra l  b an k in g   business.

Make a  Specialty of  Collections.  Accounts 

of Country Merchants Solicited.

Hardware Price Carrent.

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

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dls.

60
Snell’s ..................................................................... 
Cook’s ....................................................................  
40
25
Jennings’, g enuine............................................. 
Jennings’,  Im itatio n ..........................................50*10

AXES.

F irst Q uality, S. B. B ronze................................1 7  50
D.  B.  Bronze  ..............................  12  00
S .B .S . Steel.................................   8 50
D.  B. Steel.....................................  13 50

“ 
“ 
“ 

R ailroad...............................................................I  14  00
G arden .........................................................   net  30 00

barrows. 

bolts. 

dls.

dls.

Stove........................................................................ 50*10
75
Carriage new  list................................................. 
P low ........................................................................ 40*10
Sleigh sh o e........................................................... 
70

BUCKETS.

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

BUTTS, CAST. 

dlS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured...................................... 70&
W rought N arrow , bright 5ast jo in t.................60*10
W rought Loose P in ..............................................60*10
W rought  T able.....................................................60*10
W rought Inside B lin d ...........  .......................... 60*10
W rought  B rass....................................................  
75
Blind,  Clark’s .......................................................70&10
Blind,  P arker’s .....................................................70*10
Blind, Shepard’s  .  .............................................  
70

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

60

G rain ................................................................dls. 50*02

CROW BARS.

CAPS.

Cast Steel....................................................per ft 

5

Ely’s 1-10...................................................... p e rm  
Hick’s  C. F ....................................................  
“ 
G. D ................................................................. 
“ 
M u sk e t...........................................................  
“ 

Rim  F ire ............................................................... 
Central  F ire ....................'.............................dls. 

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

Socket F irm e r.......................................................70*10
Socket F ram ing .................................................... 70*10
Socket C om er........................................................ 70*10
Socket S lic k s............................................: .........70*10
B utchers’ Tanged  F irm er................................. 
40

65
60
35
60

50
25

dls.

dls.

Curry,  Law rence’s .............................................  
40
H o tch k iss.............................................................  
25
W hite Crayons, per  gross................ 12@12^4 dls. 10

combs. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cu t to size.........per pound 
14x52,14x56,14x60 ........................... 
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48...............................................  
B o tto m s................................................................. 
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks...........................................  
Taper a nd straight S hank................................. 
Morse’s Taper S h ank.......................................... 

drills. 

dlB.

DRIPPING PANS.

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

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

07
6H

ELBOWS.

dls.

dls.

Com. 4  piece, 6 i n ................................ dos. n et 
75
40
C orrugated ................................................... dls 
A dlustable.................................................... dls.  40*10

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, sm all, 818; large, 826 ...........................  
Ives’, 1, 818;  2, 824;  3, 838  ................................. 

30
25

files—New List. 

D isston’s ................................................................60*10
New  A m erican.....................................................60*10
N icholson’s .................... 
60*10
H eller’s ..................................................................  
50
H eller’s H orse Rasps...-....................................  
50

 

GALVANIZED IRON.

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

12 

14 

Discount, 60

13 
gauges. 

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

28
18

50

dls.

HINGES.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Gate, C lark’s, 1, 2, 3 ............................dls.60&10
S tate.................................................. per doz. net, 2  50  ]
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4%  14  and
3%
lo n g e r................................................................. 
Screw Hook and  Bye, %...............................n et 
10
“  %.............................. n et  8H
“ 
l i .............................. n et  7J4
“ 
“ 
“  %.............................. n et  714
“ 
Strap and T ...................................................   dls. 
50
B am  Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood tra c k ___50*10
Champion,  anti fric tio n ..................................  60*10
K idder, wood track
40
HOLLOW  WARE
60
P ots....................... ............................
60
K ettles..............................................
60
Spiders  ............................................
.’40*10
Gray enam eled...............................

hansers. 

dls.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

d ls .

MILLS.

l e v e l s. 

dls.
dls.

MATTOCKS.

w ir e  g o o d s. 

l o c k s— DOOR.

k n o b s—New List. 

Stamped  T in W a re ....................................new  list 70
Japanned Tin W are........................................... 
25
G ranite Iron W a re .........................new  list 3314*10
B right............................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  E yes.................................................... 70*10*10
Hook’s ..............................................................70*10*10
70*10*10
Gate Hooks and E yes.........................  
Stanley R ule and Level  Co.’s ................ 
70
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m ings
Door,  porcelain, jap. trim m ings.......
Door, porcelain, plated trim m ings...
Door,  porcelain, trim m ings................
D raw er  and  Shutter, porcelain.........
Russell *  Irw in  Mfg. Co.’s new  list
M allory, W heeler  &  Co.’s ....................
B ra n fo rd 's ..............................................
N orw alk’s .............................................  .
Adze E y e ................................................816.00, dis. 60 
H unt Eye 
818.50, dis. 20*10.
H nnt’s
dis.
50
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  h a n d led ..............
dis.
40 
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ..................................
40 
“ 
P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables
40 
“  Landers,  F erry & Cle  k’s .............
30
...................................
“  E nterprise 
dis.
60*10
Stebbln’s  P attern .................................... 
Stebbln’s G enuine............................................... 66*10
Enterprise, self-m easuring............................... 
25
Steel nails,  b ase...........................................................1 80
W ire nails,  b ase.......................................................... 2 00
Steel.  Wire.
B a se
6 0 .......................................................................... B a se
50...........................................................................B a se
05
40.
20
30
20..................................................  
15 30
 
35
16................................................................  
15 
12.........................................  
40
10.................................................................  20 
50
8...................................................................  25 
65
7 *  6 ............................................................  40 
90
4 ...................................................................  60 
3.................................................................. 1 00 
1  50
2.................................................................. 1 50 
2  00
F ine 3 ........................................................ 1 50 
2  00
90
Case  10......................................................   60 
75  100
8................................................  
 
1  25
6......................................................   90 
F inish 10...................................................   85 
1  00
1  25
s ....................................................1 00 
1  50
6 ....................................................1 15 
75
Clinch; 10...................................................  85 
90
8.................................................1  00 
6.................................................. 1 15 
1  00
B arren X ..................................................1 75 
2  50
dls.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y ......................................  ©40
Sclota  B ench........................................................  ©60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fan cy ..................... 
  ©40
Bench, first q u ality .............................................  ©60
Stanley R ule and  Level Co.’s, w ood.............  *10
Fry,  A cm e....................................................dls.60—10
70
Common,  polished......................................dls. 
Iron and  T in n ed ................................................  
40
Copper Rivets and B u rs..................................  5C—10
“ A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10  20 
“ B” W ood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9  20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

A dvance over base: 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

PLANES. 

rivets. 

Broken packs %c per pound extra.

FANS.

dls.

 

 

 

The  Kelly Perfect  Axe
The  Falls  City  Axe
iie llf’i   Co,  Loiisiiiii, iy.

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

ALSO

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

K e lly  P e rfe c t, p e r  doz. 
F alls.C ity , p e r  do z. 

$6 

12
$9

S. Bit.  D. Bit.

8

TTTE  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN,

Michigan Tradesman

MQcial O rgan o f Michigan B usiness Men's  A ssociation.

A  W EEK LY   JO U RN A L  DEVOTED  T O   T H *

Retail  Trade  of the WolUerine State.j

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

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

strictly in  advance.

P ublication  Office,  100 Lonis St.

Entered a t the Grand Rapid» Poet Qp.ce.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W E D N E S D A Y ,  D E C E M B E R   3 0 .1 8 9 1 .

THEORY  VS.  PRACTICE.

for 
first 

In theory,  the  trades  union—like  the 
co-operative store—is all right;  in  prac­
tice,  the  power  usually  fails  into  the 
hands of the worst element, and often into 
the hands of  men not  in any way  inter­
ested in the issue. 
In  the  recent  street 
instance, 
car  strike 
in  this  city, 
the  manipulation  from 
to 
last 
was done by men  who never had  been in 
the employ  of  the  street  railway  com­
pany; in  fact,  their  means of earning  a 
living was  questionable,  and  had  been 
for some  time.  Yet these  men,  through 
the agency of an organization—with only 
good intentions in its by-laws—fomented 
and maintained a  strike for  the personal 
gain there was in  it.  They  blackmailed 
the merchants and intimidated  the  vic­
tims.  Sympathy  for  “ the  cause”  was 
the war cry.

Really, 

fabric  of 

the  whole 

trade 
unionism is a bunko game  of  huge  pro­
portions—the  public  is  plundered, 
the 
employes are stool pigeons,  “ the cause ” 
is the  deep  pocket  of 
the  “ steerer.” 
Whether the  issue  is  successful  or  not 
makes no difference to the “ steerer;”  he 
makes  money  either  way.  The  longer 
the strike can  be  prolonged  the  greater 
the  gain  to  him.  So  cleverly  does  he 
play  the game  that, even  after  it is  all 
over,  no auditing of  the accounts  is nec­
essary,  the money which the  public con­
tributed is gone,  but the “ steerer”  still 
remains  and  continues  to  pose  as  the 
friend of  labor.

ANOTHER  STRIKE  FAILURE.

The  Associated  Press  announces  the 
utter  collapse  of  the  miners’  strike  in 
Indiana,  the  men  having  gone  back  to 
work at the old wages after  an  enforced 
idleness  of  two  months,  although  the 
majority of  the workmen  were  satisfied 
with  their  wages  but  dare  not  disobey 
the commands of the trades union leaders 
who  fomented  and  “ conducted” 
the 
strike.  The loss to the  men in  wages  is 
estimated  at  $875,000,  while  the mining 
companies, transportation lines and other 
enterprises  connected  with 
the  mines 
suffered a loss  fully as great as the  men. 
Aside  from  the  enormous  loss in  wages, 
the men are not in as good  shape as they j 
were before the  strike,  as the mine  own- j 
ers  have lost  many contracts  as a result i 
of  the strike and it will take  them many 
months to work  their  way  back  into the 
market.

Careful  readers of  the daily press  will 
note that every strike of any consequence 
which  has  been  ordered  by  the  trades 
union  leaders of  late has  ended  in  dis­
aster  for  the  strike!s,  and  this  result 
will  probably mark every  contest of  the 
kind  in  which  men of  good  intentions 
permit  venal  and  unscrupulous  repre­
sentatives  to  lead  them  around  by the

| nose, while  the  leaders  are  waxing fat 
on  the  contributions  poured  in  on  all 
sides. 

________________

BEGIN  THE  NEW  YEAR  EVEN.
Considering that the subject of  arrear­
age  is  not  broached  in  these  columns 
oftener  than  once a  year.  T h e   T r a d e s ­
m a n  assumes  that  its  readers  will  bear 
with it  in  this  appeal  for  the  amounts 
due on  subscription.  About  two  thou­
sand subscribers are in arrears,  their  in­
debtedness aggregating between two and 
three  thousand  dollars. 
To  each  of 
these the  amount  is  small, but  its  pay­
ment will enable the publishers  to  make 
the paper better  and  brighter, and  thus 
result  to  the  benefit  of  all  concerned. 
Let there  be  a  prompt and  general  re­
sponse to this appeal!

Those  who  are  interested  in  having 
good roads in towns and  cities,  as  well 
as in the  country,  will  rejoice  to  know 
that the city of  Kingston, N.  Y.,  having 
passed a  “wide-tire  ordinance,”  to  pre­
vent its  paved and  macadamized  streets 
from  being cut to pieces by heavily load­
ed wagons carrying their loads upon nar­
row tires, has  come  off  victorious  in  a 
legal contest, in  which the validity of the 
ordinance was attacked.  It is an undoubt­
ed fact that the  width of the  tires  upon 
wagons can  be  so  proportioned  to  the 
loads carried as to do no harm  to  roads, 
and in  fact  so  that  every  such  wagon 
passing  over  the  road  will  improve  it 
rather than injure  it  in  most  cases. 
It 
is to the  best  interests of  all  that  such 
ordinances should  be passed and enforced 
everywhere.  The  importance  of  good 
roads is becoming  quite  generally recog­
nized,  and it is not fair that  the people’s 
money should  be  taken  to  build  them, 
only to have them cut to pieces by wagons 
carrying loads on such narrow tires as to 
make the pressure  per unit of  area more 
than  any  road  can  stand.  Mechanics 
have long  ago grappled  with this  prob­
lem in  various  ways, so  far as it applies 
to machinery, and have found that, when 
a given weight is to be sustained, enough 
bearing  surface  must  be  provided,  so 
that  the  pressure  will  not  become  too 
great  for  the  material  to be  employed. 
If  it  is  a  locomotive, enough  pairs  of 
drivers  are  put  under  it  to  attain  the 
desired  total  weight upon drivers,  with­
out  exceeding  the  desired weight  upon 
any single  pair.  Wagon makers  should 
adopt the same  plan,  and if  they are not 
willing  to  do  this,  then  the  law should 
compel them to do it.

The  cheese make in the United  States 
for 1891 has been smaller than usual, but 
larger than ever before iu  Canada.  The 
market at Utica.  N.  Y.,  the great  cheese 
center of the Eastern States,  went as low 
as 7%  cents per pound for two  weeks  in 
July and one in  August,  against  7  cents 
as the lowest  price  last  year  in  August, 
j In September  and  October  prices  were 
| firm at 
cents,  but early in  November 
jumped to 10 and then to 11%,  owing  to 
the demand from domestic buyers for the 
| home trade,  who,  at that  late  date,  dis­
covered the shortage in cheese.  This  is 
j the secret of the advance in the  fall  and 
early winter and clearly shows that home 
trade is the best  factor and that  without 
it cheese making could not be  maintain- 
ed  in  the  United  States.  Cheese  was 
j never more closely  sold  up,  and  while

some factories will run well into the win­
ter,  the outlook is for still  better  prices 
and for a splendid condition of the cheese 
trade  when the season opens next  year.

A great many dealers give as an excuse 
for not  renovating  their  stores  and  in­
troducing  some  modern  conveniences 
and  improvements  that  they fear  sueh 
an innovation  would  affect  the old asso­
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modern ideas, who appreciate innovations, 
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For the finest coffees in the world, high 
grade teas,  spices, etc., see J.  P.  Visner, 
304  North  Ionia  street,  Grand  Rapids, 
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The Adulteration of Coffee and Tea.
The subject of  food  adulteration  has 
been reviewed again by the  frequent  re­
ports in the daily press of  the  discovery 
of  large lots of spurious coffee.  The ex­
tent  of  the  distribution  of  adulterated 
food products has  been  somewhat  mag­
nified  by  the  sensational  character  of 
these articles.  Still  there  is  sufficient 
grounds to warrant the grocery  trade  in 
taking early precaution against handling 
this stuff.  We have found in  an  article 
written by Guilford  L.  Spencer,  of  the 
United States Department of Agriculture 
some valuable information regarding the 
adulteration  of  these  two  staples  and 
hints as to its detection.  He  says  that 
the spurious coffees  which  are  now  on 
the market in many states,  are  examples 
of so-called substitutes which have noth­
ing in common  with  the  food  imitated, 
and whose sole object  is  fraud.  These 
spurous coffees are  usually  moulded  in 
imitation of the genuine  beans,  and  are 
generally composed of cereals with some­
times a little chicory, and it is even stated 
mineral substances which are exceeding­
ly deleterious.
In order to prepare  a  scheme  for  de­
tecting foreign matters,  a  careful  chem­
ical and microscopical study of  the  gen­
uine coffee is first made.  From  this  we 
ascertain certain  peculiarities  of  comp­
osition, such as the presence of an  alka­
loid,  a tannin,  an  oil,  etc.,  and  among 
the  inorganic  constituents,  a  very  low 
percentage of silica.  The physical char­
acteristics of the beau  are  also  studied. 
The microscope reveals a structure which 
is peculiar to coffee and which can readi­
ly be identified.  The chemical and  mic­
roscopical studies are  then  extended  to 
substances which  are  probable  adulter­
ants  and  any  peculiarities  are  noted. 
Known mixtures  of  genuine  coffee  and 
these possible adulterants  are  now  pre­
pared,  and experiments are made iu esti­
mating  the  relative  proportions  of  the 
substances forming the mixture.  Certain 
of  these  substances  may  contain  some 
constituent which is not present in coffee 
and  which may be  readily detected; 
for 
example, the starch of cereals.
these  peculiarities,  a 
scheme for the examination of  coffees  is 
prepared and by  means  of  positive  and 
negative  tests,  the  composition  of  the 
sample is ascertained.  A number of tests 
are always applied in order to avoid  any 
possible error.
Coffee is at present  subject  to  a  very 
extensive adulteration.  Flour, crackers, 
and  almost  any  cereal,  probably  in  a 
damaged  condition  and  which  would 
otherwise be lost,  are made into a  dough 
and moulded into the form of coffee beans. 
The spurious  beans  are  then  baked  or 
roasted or  else  colored  in  imitation  of 
green  coffees.  The 
roasted  artifiicial 
coffees  are  generally  heavier  than  the 
genuine and will sink in water while the 
latter  float.  There  are,  however,  some 
exceptions to this, necessitating the use of 
a  solution  of  but  little  greater  specific 
gravity than that of coffee. Alcohol is usu­
ally employed for this purpose,  but  must 
be diluted  to  forty  per cent, by  volume. 
Artificial coffees can be  detected  in  un­
ground samples by a careful examination 
and separation of  all  beans which do not 
have a portion of the fine membrane with 
which  they  were  originally 
invested, 
still adhering in the cleft.  The suspect­
ed  beans  should  be  cut  open  and  the 
structure examined.  The uniform struc­
ture of the artificial  coffee  is  very  dis­
tinctive and after comparison  with  that 
of genuine coffee can never be  mistaken 
for the latter.
Pure ground, roasted  coffee  will  float 
on cold  water, coloring  it  very  slightly 
and slowly,  while bogus  coffee,  chicory, 
roasted cereals,  etc.,  sink, coloring  the 
water  quickly.  Chicory  is  very  easily 
detected by the test,  since  the  particles 
in sinking leave a trail  of  color  behind 
them.  Cereals,  when  “light  roasted,” 
may  escape detection  by the  water  test, 
but they respond readily to iodine, giving 
the characteristic reaction for starch.  A 
hot  water  extract  of 
the  adulterated 
sample containing cereals, or other starch 
bodies,  when filtered, cooled,  acidulated 
with  sulphuric  acid  and  declorized  by 
per magnate of potassium,  will  show  a 
blue color on the addition of  tincture  of 
iodine.  Chicory  contains  no  starch,

By  noting 

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hence if the water is quickly colored and 
iodine does not give the characteristic re­
action,  chicory is probably present.  The 
microscopic examination will reveal  the 
presence of starches,  if  cereals,  acorns, 
peas,  or beans constitute the  adulterant, 
and  generally  sufficient  relics  of 
the 
original structures  of  these  substances 
will escape  destruction  in  the  roasting 
process  for  their  identification. 
The 
presence of chicory is  also  finally  veri­
fied by the microscope.

These remarks  in  regard  to  the  esti­
mation of the extent  of  adulteration  in 
coffees,  apply  with  equal  force  to  teas, 
in general the  addition  of  foreign  sub­
stances can be  easily  detected,  but  the 
proportion of these substances cannot  be 
so readily ascertained,  if at all,  in  many 
cases.  The  methods  of  detecting 
the 
adulterants of teas depend  largely  upon 
the microscope.  The genuine tea  leaves 
should be moistened,  spread upon a glass 
plate,  and  the  venation  and  serration 
noted.  A microscopic  examination  and 
comparison  of  the  stomata  of  the  tea 
leaf with those of other leaves show  the 
former to be quite distinctive.  Stone cells 
are stated to  be  always  present  in  tea 
leaves.

These indications are sufficient for  the 
detection of foreign leaves when  present 
in a sample,  but they should  be  supple­
mented by a chemical examination.  This 
examination will  show  the  presence  or 
absence of certain constituents of the tea 
leaves and, in the case of a low percentage 
of  soluble  matter,  will call attention to 
the probable use of  spent  leaves.  '  The 
presence  of  foreign  astringents  would 
also  indicate  spent 
the 
strength abstracted  in  brewing  the  tea 
must be  compensated  for  in  preparing 
the exhausted leaves for use as an adulter­
ant.

leaves,  since 

A  form of adulteration of  teas  which 
is quite common  is  the  coloring  of  the 
leaves, a practice termed  “facing.”  This 
consists in coating the leaves with a prep­
aration  usually  composed 
largely  of 
powdered soapstone with  Prussion  blue 
or Indigo for  green  teas  and  plumbago

for black teas.  Other pigments are  also 
sometimes used.  From the fact  that  al­
most all of our green and many black teas 
are subjected to this treatment, the color­
ing matters being inert,  the practice  has 
not been considered  a  form  of  adulter­
ation and is not even  prohibited  by  the 
United States  Tea  Act.  The  facing  of 
teas is solely for the purpose of deception, 
there  being  absolutely  nothing  in  the 
favor of practice,  hence it certainly is an 
adulteration and should be so considered.
A  reliable  authority  states  that  the 
facing may amount to as  much  as  from 
two to three per cent,  of  the  weight  of 
the tea. 
In such cases of  excessive  fac­
ing,  the coloring matter should be classed 
with  other  adulterants  which  increase 
the weight of the product without corres­
ponding  advantage.
It is popularly supposed that green and 
black teas are from different  varieties  of 
the plant or that copper is used in  color­
ing the  former.  On  the  contrary,  the 
color .is the result of the method of curing 
the leaves and is not due to pigments  or 
differences  in  that  plant  itself. 
The 
leaves are dried in bamboo trays, and not 
upon copper plates.  A large number  of 
analyses of teas, by the writer and others, 
has  failed  to  detect  the  presence  of 
copper in a single instance.
The admixture  of spent  or  exhausted 
tea leaves is a form of adulteration which 
is not always easy  of  detection.  These 
leaves are  dried  and  faced  before  use 
for this purpose.  Spent  leaves  are  de­
tected by their  frayed  appearance,  and 
the  low  percentage  of  soluble  constit­
uents ^remaining in  the sample.  In mak­
ing this comparison,  a table showing  the 
maxima and minima percentages of these 
constituents in  pure teas is necessary.
Coffees,  unlike teas,  are  unfortunately 
especially subject to adulteration and  to 
treatment for the  purpose  of  substitut­
ing  one grade  for  another.  More  than 
ninety  per cent,  of the samples of ground 
coffees purchased in the cities  of  Wash­
ington and Baltimore in c< nnection  with 
the  Department’s  investigations,  were 
adulterated.  A few of the genuine ground 
coffees had little claim to this title except

the  fact  that  they  were  composed  of 
screenings and refuse coffee.
Spurious  coffees  are  probably  mixed 
with the genuine by the roaster and  sold 
to the small dealers who  are  often  una­
ware of the fraud.  The profit to the mix­
er must be enormous  since  the  adulter­
ants  are  wholesaled  at  prices  ranging 
from  four  cents  per  pound  upward, 
the imitation coffee beans selling  at  ap­
proximately ten cents per  pound.  These 
latter are largely imported from Germany* 
and are admitted as  “coffee-substitutes,” 
paying two cents a pound  duty.  It seems 
strange that an article possessing none of 
the properties of coffee, and  whose  very 
appearance is suggestive of fraud, should 
be admitted under any  conditions.  The 
large profits  in  this  manufacture  have 
tempted American enterprise  and now a 
better  imitation  coffee  is  produced 
in 
this country than in Germany.
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store  windows  and  the  men  building 
houses and the wonders of the  sea-coast?
I Truly, the mother is  the only primer the 
child needs until it is at least seven years 
I old,  and yet how often its  questions  are 
I met with an injunction  “not  to  bother” 
or a command to “go to its nurse.”

And yet children are the  hope  of  the 
| world.  They come  to  us  bearing  gifts 
I for posterity. 
Is  it  possible,  then,  for 
I fathers and mothers to be too sensible of 
| the  gravity  and 
their 
stewardship for the future?

importance  of 

A m e l i a   E .  B a k u .

Jealousy of the Rich. 

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The lawyer and the surgeon must study 
their profession; the merchant must know 
the laws of commerce; the mechanic must 
learn his trade; it  is  only  parents  who 
accept duties they are quite ignorant “Of. 
and w h o   g iv e   life  ere  th e y   h a v e   compre­
hended the  la w s   that  govern  it.  D o e s 
any of our  schools and  colleges  include 
in  its  “course"  special  instruction  on 
the duties of fathers and mothers?  And 
yet the world,  at its present stage of pro­
gress, ought not to leave  its  children  to 
chance—to  ignorant  mothers  and  care­
less  nurses  and  all 
the  unconsidered 
cruelties born of ignorance and  want  of 
thought.

i 
Jealousy of the rich is  a  growing  and 
{ most dangerous habit.  What a man  has 
—his earnings—his accumulations are no 
longer his own.  Unbalanced  and unfair 
people form themselves into a committee 
for the management of other people’s es­
tates.  This foul  thought strikes  at  the 
very roots of  all  industry  and  savings. 
The modest depositor in a  savings  bank 
equally with the millionaire  is  expected 
to stand and deliver when  loafers  make 
their demands.  “In whatsoever  state  I 
am,  therewith content”  is the  grand  old 
ru le .  J e a lo u s y  and c o v e to u s n e s s  are twins 
and both thieves.  Yesterday a rich miser 
was attacked because  he  wouldn’t  fork 
over.  To-day a Wall street millionaire is 
dynamited because he hesitates  to  draw 
his check for a million.  To-morrow some­
body else will  be approached to make di­
vision.  to be forced  against his will,  into 
liberal and instant distribution.  This is 
a great evil  and the best medicine for its 
cure  is  honest  hard  work,  contentedly 
There is something pitiful  in  seeing a 
undertaken.  Every  man  who  has  a  Y 
young,  thoughtless mother  with  an  un­
an X or a C in his pocket  hates  all  this 
folding soul and body to deal with.  What  j 
Abraham Lincon  used  to
no knowledge  is  sufficient  for.  her  in­
say “Root, hog, or die.”  Idlers and spend 
experience accets  with  a  confident  pre­
thrifts feel aggrieved when the  industri 
sumption. 
Is it any  wonder  that  with­
ous and the prudent refuse to divide with 
out consideration  the  natural  emotions 
them.  A high authority told  the  world 
of children are  checked,  and their  sense 
long ago  that  the  man  or  woman  who 
of right wounded? They are authoritative­
would not work  shouldn’t  eat. 
ly forbid to play,  though  play  isthe  first 
good wholsome rule for these times, when 
poetry of life.  They are told “ not to play 
so many are trying to live  by  their  wit 
with other children;”  though  only  chil­
(such as they are)  rather  than  by  their 
dren—or very good men and women—are 
hands or  muscle.  And  this  feeling  of 
fit to play with children.  They are  bid­
jealousy,  indulged,  in  the  end  destroys 
den to do things  with  either  threats  or 
body and soul and keeps one'from  mak 
bribes.  They are  told  medicine  is  not 
ing money. 
Ishmaelites  never  prosper. 
bitter, when it  is  bitter;  or  that  some­
And we may be allowed  to  repeat  what 
thing will not hurt,  when  it  does  hurt. 
we have before said in these columns more 
Parents insist on  their  children’s truth­
than once.  How miserably off  the  poor 
fulness,  and  yet  set  them  constant  ex­
are in those communities where there are 
amples of social and  domestic  equivoca­
no  rich.  Think  this  matter  over  for 
tion.  They  are  reproved  for  crying, 
yourself,  and after  through  with  it  we 
under pain, or for being  angry  under  a 
are sure thanks will  be  offered  for  the 
sense of injustice,  when every  day  they 
blessings of our benefactors and the rich. 
see their parents give place to  unreason-
We don’t know every-thing,  but  we  are
able  anger  or  impatience  with  trifling j pretty clear on this that no covetous per-
annoyances 
son will  ever  be  in  heaven.  The  rich 
minister’s  money  and  the  millionaire’s 
money is giving employment—daily bread 
—to tens of thousands of  hard,  willing, 
singing workers.

No  matter to what we give  our  atten-

Intellectually the ignorance of  parents 
is frequently as fatal  to  the  proper  de­
velopment of children.  Primers are  put 
into little hands,  that ought to know only 
the  hoop  or  the  skipping-rope;  for  no 
child wants books until  it has  exhausted 
the wonders of the house,  the streets and
the woods.  What can a  primer  teach  a ! ti°n  we 
ing  our  progress.  Our  course  through! 
child in comparison with  a  mother  who 
this  world  is  not  a  bed  of  roses.  We 
answers patiently the never-ending ques­
found  it so in  the  class at school,  in onr 
tions of a carious child?  Is  she  making 
love affairs and in business circles.  There 
bread?  What a story she may tell of the 
in  onr  front  is  a  competitor  doing  his j
wheat fields and  the  mill!  A  pinch  of
salt may make a fairy-tale of  mines  and j level best  to  take the  plums  away from 
miners.  The log of wood,  the bit of  coal, ! us-  That worker  is  entitled  to  credit, 
the lump of sugar,  the tea,  the spice, the  an<*  fie  Sets it sure,  who  stands  well  in 
bunch  of  raisins  —  what  wondrous j his  lot, defying  those  who  would  upset 
things can be told of  them!  What  does j him.
a  child  want  with  a  book  until  these j  Thn wise  merchant’s first  and  last en- j 
household tales are exhausted?  And the j quiry is:  How  can 1 get  customers  and |

Hold  Your  Own.

It  is 

keep  them—keep  them  from  my  rival, 
who  is  offering  large  inducements  to 
coax  them  away?  One  needs  a  clear 
brain, much keen thought and good plan­
ning to hold  his own in this cruel  world.
It is,  indeed, no child’s play.  Anywhere 
and  in  all  things  it  is a struggle.  Mr. 
So-and-so  is  a  very  nice  gentleman, 
pleasant  when  met,  but  every  time  he 
feels better  inside his own  skin  when he 
and  not  you sells  the bill of  goods  at a 
good profit. 

It is human nature.

The  wide-awake  farmer  doesn’t  start 
so early in the  morning to market to sell 
four  load of  turnips but to  get ahead of 
i'OU and  sell his  own. 
It is so all  along 
the  line.  A competitor  keeps  us  astir. 
The  orator, writer and  songster  aim  to 
put  their best foot forward and  carry off 
the prize against all comers.  There is in 
this  city  five or six  immense  establish­
ments  from  which  family  demands  for 
dry goods and other articles are supplied. 
The  windows and  bargain  counters  are 
used  in  these  stores  for  ail  they  are 
worth  to  entice  and  hold  customers. 
Those who succeed  in  this creep  gradu­
ally to the top.  The crowds going in are 
increase.  Bigger 
c o n tin u a lly   o n  
crowds mean  larger profits.

the 

Suppose  there  is a vacancy anywhere. 
It  may be in the  pulpit, on the  press, or 
in some  large mercantile concern.  There 
are  many  applicants, bnt  it is  the  best 
man  who  generally  gets 
there.  And 
what  harm can  competitors  do  the  best 
man?  None  at  all.  Be  the best, then, 
and  take the  prize.  Hold  your own  by 
energy,  foresightedness  and  goodness. 
Be  like a general  with the  foe  in  front 
of  him.

Business Healthy, But Not Booming. 
Those who expect a  decided  boom  in 
business after the holidays,  or  any  time 
during next year,  for  that  matter,  will 
probably  be  disappointed.  Everything 
points to prosperous times,  but an  enor­
mous buying movement is  not  likely  to 
come,  in  any  line.  All  things consider­
ed,  this is best for the country  at  large, 
and  probably for  individuals  and firms. 
A good volume of business  with  reason­
able profits and  prime  collections  is  to 
be preferred  to  a  boom,  during  which 
buyers are apt to order in excess of  their 
ability to  pay,  and  which  is  bound  to 
leave behind a  corresponding  season  of 
depression.  Booms make  panics,  as  is 
plainly shown by the  financial history of 
this and every other country.  If we wish 
to avoid the latter  evil,  we  should  not 
too much encourage the former and  par­
tial,  good.  Business does not promise to 
be phenomenal during the  coming  year, 
which is all the more reason for  predict­
ing that it will be  good.

The Drug  Market.

Opium is  a  trifle  easier.  Morphia  is 
unchanged.  Large  sales  of  quinine  at 
advanced prices have  been made in  New 
York and it is rumored that a combine is 
being formed by  foreign  markets.  Bro-

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

We pay the  highest  price for Eggs,  at 
all  times.  We  sell  Egg  Cases  No.  1 at 
35c,  Egg  case fillers,  10  sets  in a case at 
$1.25 a case.

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128,  1 30,  132 W . B rid g e  St.,a 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

H. H. H.

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Makes harsh and coarse hair soft,  pliable 
and glossy.  Prevents hair from splitting, 
eradicates  dandruff,  arrests  failing  hair 
and  will  thicken with  new growth  thin 
heads of hair.

PRICE,  $1  PER  BOITLE.

fierce  competitors obstruct-  mjde 0f potash is tending highe

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T H E   MICHTOAISr  T R A D E S M A N .

11

Wholesale Price  Current•

A dvanced—A ssofoetlda.  Declined —Ipecac.

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1  M orphia,  S.  P. & W .. .1 95@2 20
S. N.  Y.  Q. &
C. C o ...........................1 85@2 10
@ 40
M oschus  C anton.........
70® 75
M yristica.  No.  1...........
@ 10
N ux Vomica,  (po 20)..
I  Os.  Sepia.......................
22® 25
i  Pepsin Saac, H.  & P. D.
@2 00
1  C o ................................
Picis  Llq, N.  C.,  )4 gal
m 00
doz  .............................
@i 00
1  Picis Liq.. q u a r ts .......
@ 85
p in ts ...........
@ 50
!  Pil H vdrarg,  (po. SO)..
@ 1
1  Piper  N igra,  (po. 22)..
1  Piper Alba,  (pö 85)__
@ 3
© 7
i  Pix  B urgun..................
14® 15
I  Plum bl A c e t................
I  Pulvis Ipecac et o pii.. 1 lü@l 20
I  Pyrethriim ,  boxes  H
i  & P. D.  Co., doz.......
@1 25
j Pyrethrum ,  p v ............
30® 35
«0» 10
!  Q u assiae.......................
i Q ulnia, S. P.  & W .......
31® 36
S.  G erman —  20  © 30
12® 14
Rubia  T inctorom .......
! Saccharum  Lactis p v . @ 35
! S alacln...........................1  60@1 65
' Sanguis  D raconis.......
40® 50
4 50
Santonine  ......................
Sapo,  W .........................
12® 14
“  M.................... 10® 12
“  G.................... @ 15

“ 

@ 25
Seidlltz  M ixture.........
@ 18
S inapis...........................
@ 30
“  o p t......................
Snuff,  M accaboy,  De
© 35
V o e s ...........................
Snuff, Scotch, De.  Voes  @ 35
Soda Boras, (po. 12).  . 11® 12
. 30® 33
Soda  et Potass T a rt. 
Soda C arb....................
1)4® 2
@ 5
Soda,  Bl-Carb..............
Soda.  A sh..................... 3)4® 4
Soda, S ulphas..............
© 2
50® - 55
Spts.  E ther C o ............
@2 25
“  Myrcia  D om .......
M yrcia Im p .........  @3 00
•  V lni  Rect.  bbl.
2  27)............................ 2 31@2  41
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
■  s ta l.......   @130
Strychnia  Cit s  
Sulphur, S u b i.
R o ll................   2K@  3)4
T a m arin d s.................... 
8®  10
T erebenth V enice.......  28®  30
T h eobrom ae................  45®  50
V anilla.........................9 00@16 00
Zinci  S ulph.................. 
7®  S

3  @  4

OILS.

W hale, w in te r............   70
Lard,  e x tra ..................  55
Lard, No.  1...............  45
Linseed, pure raw   ...  36

42
60
45
lb.

Llndseed,  boiled  ___   39 
N eat’s  Foot,  w inter
50 
s tra in e d ..................... 
Spirits T u rp en tin e__   39 

paints. 

bbl. 

 

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Red  V enetian............................IK  2®3
Ochre, yellow  M ars...  1J£  2@4
“ 
B er.........I «   2@3
Putty,  com m ercial__ 2>4  2)4®3
“  strictly  p u re .......2)4  2R@3
| V erm ilion frim e  A m er­
ican .................... 
1-3@16
 
V erm ilion,  E n g lish __  
70@75
Green,  P en in su lar....... 
70@75
Lead,  re d ....................................  7 @7)4
w h ite ................................ 7 @7H
W hiting, w hite Span... 
@70
W hiting,  Gliders’ ......... 
@90
W hite, Paris  A m erican 
1  0 
W hiting  Paris  Eng.
c l l f f ............................  
140
Pioneer Prepared P&intl  20@1  4 
Swiss  V illa  Prepared 
P a in ts .........................1  00@1  20

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VARNISHES.

No. 1  T urp  C oach..  . 1  10@1  20
E xtra T u rp ....................160@1  70
Coach  B ody..................2  75@3§00
No.  1  T urp  F u rn .........1  00@1  10
E utra Turk D am ar.... 1  55@1  60 
Jap an   Dryer,  No.  1 
T u rp ........................... 

70®  75

H AZEL TINS

&  P E R K IN S

DRUG  CO.

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TINCTURES.
A conltum   N apellis R . 
F.
A loes..... 
......................
and  m y rrh .........
A rn ic a ...........................
A safostida....................
A trope B elladonna—
Benzoin.........................
C o....................
Sangulnaria  ................
B aro sm a.......................
C antharides..................
C apsicum .....................
Ca  dam on.’....................
Co..................
C asto r.............................
C atechu.......................
C in c h o n a .....................
C o..................
C o lu m b a.....  ..............
C o n iu m .........................
C ubeba...........................
D ig ita lis.......................
E rgot..............................
G e n tia n .........................
Co.....................
G u a ic a ...........................
am m on............
Z in g ib e r.......................
H yoscyam us................
Iodine...........................
“ 
Colorless...........
F erri  C hlorldum .........
Kino
Lobelia......................
M yrrh .......................
N ux  V om ica__
O p ii...........................
“  C am phorated..
“  D eoaor............
A uranti C ortex.......
Q u a ssia ....................
R hatany  ..................
R hel...........................
Cassia  A cutifol —
“ 
Co.
S erp e n ta ria ............
Stromonium.
T o lu ta n ................
V alerian  ..............
V eratrnm  V eride.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

ACIDUM.

4S@ 

8©  10
A cetlcu m ...................... 
Benzoicum  G erm an.. 
50®  6o
20
Boracic 
........................ 
C arb o licu m ..................   23©  30
C itric n m ............... 
53
H v d ro cb io r.................. 
jj
N itrocum  
....................  10®  U
...   1°®  1»
O xalicum  
Phosphor!urn  d ll......... 
»
S alleylicum ....................1 
™
S ulphurlcum ................   1*@   5
T annicum ........................1 j®®1 5x
Tartar! cu m ....................  39®  40

3® 

a m m o n ia .

Aqua, 16  d e g ........  314® 
5
Carbonas  ......................  }*®  «
C h lo rld u m ....................  
14

a n il in e .

Rlaok 
........................ ^  00@2 25
Brow n'  .
.....................   80@100
......................   45®  50
Bed 
YeUÖw  : ...........................2 5003 00

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po.  90)......... 
90@1  10
Ä ™ ™ ::  ::::  3  »

b a l s a m u m .

50i i i
Terabin, Canada 
...  35®  40
T o lu ta n .........................   3a®  so

CORTEX.

Abies,  C anadian ....................  18
Cassiae  ....................................  
i i
C inchona F lav a  ....................
Euonynras  atropurp.............
M yrica  Cerifera, p o ...............
P runus V irgin!.......................   H
Q uillaia,  g rd ........................... 
j’
Sassafras  ................................
Ulmus Po (G round  12)......... 
iU

EXTRACT CM.
G lycyrrhiza  G lab ra... 
HaematQX, 15 lb. b o x .. 

g ig   *
11®  f
Vi*................  14®  15
2 » .................  16®  17
f e r r u m .

.. 
.. 

Carbonate P reclp ........   @ 1 6
Citrate an d  Q ulnia —   @*  59
Citrate  Soluble 
@  2!
©   ?r
Ferrocyanidum  S ol.  . 
Solut  Chloride  ...........  @
Sulphate,  com’l ............  1V4® 
‘
@  7

pure. 

" 

FLOR 

.

A rn ic a ........................... 
Sj
A n th e m is......................  “0®  oo
**
M atricaria 

 

 
FOlilA.

Barosma 
Cassia  A cutifol,  l i n

....... •••••■•  ^
*»*}»- u -   •  Ai i ;   ü

Salvia  officinalis,  54s
ftn d   V4s.......................  
U ra Ur s i...................... 

  50
  %

{S
1

g u m m i.

“ 
 

•* 
•> 
“ 
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Acacia,  1st  picked—   @  80
2d 
....  @ 6 0
3d “ 
40
  @ 
sifted s o rts ...  @  30
po .  .................  60®  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60).. •  50®  60 
“   Cape,  (po.  20)... 
®   I»
“  Socotrl,  (po.  60).  @ 5 0
Catechu, Is, 04s, 14 ü s ,
@  L
1«)............................... 
A m m onlae......-•••--  55@
Assafcetlda,  (po. 35)...  @  «
B enzoinom ....................  ¿J®  “2
C a m p h o r» .................. 
"i®   J"
Euphorbium   po  .........  35®  10
G albanum ......................  @3  oO
Gamboge,  p o ................  
,5@  ™
©   "6
G ualacum ,  (po  30)  .. 
K ino,  (po.  25)..............   @  "
M a s tic ........................... 
©   90
M yrrh,  (po  45)............  
®   40
Opii.  6 b   3  20).............. 2  1P@2 15
S h e lla c ............ ............  25®  35
bleach ed .........  30®  35
T ra g a c a n th ..................  30®  75

u 

h e r b a —In  ounce packages.

A b sin th iu m .............................  ®
B u p ato riu m .............................
L obelia........................  
“5
M aiorum ..................................  ~
M entha  P ip erita....................  23
V lr .............................  *
K ue.............................................   30
T anacetum , V .........................
Thym us,  V ...............................  25

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MAONBS1A.

Calcined, P at  ..............   55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat  ...........  20®  23
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate, Jennlng5 ..  35®  36 

ODEUM.

A b sin th iu m ................... 3  50@4 00
A m ygdalae, D ulc  ..  ..  45®  75 
A m yaalae, A m arae— 8 00®8 35
A n is i....... ....................... 1  75® 1  85
A uranti  C ortex............ 2 80@3 00
Bergam li  ......................3 75@4  00
C a jip u tl.......................  
70®  80
C aryophylll..................  90®  95
Cedar  .............................   35®  65
C h e n o p o d il.................. 
©1  75
C in n a m o n ii....................1  15@1 20
C ltro n ella......................  @  45
Conlum   M ac................   35®  65
Copaiba 
........................1  10@1  20

C ubebae.........................
E x ech th lto s................  2
E rig e ro n ........................2
G a u lth e ria .................... 2
G eranium ,  o unce.......
GossipU,  Sem. g a l.......
H edeom a  ...................... 1
Ju n ip er!.........................
L a v e n d u la ...................
L lm onts..........................2
M entha P ip er................ 3
M entha  V erld ...............2
M orrhuae,  g a l............... 1
M yrcla, ounce..............
O liv e ..............................
Picis Liquids,  (gal. 35)
R lc ln i............................. 1
R osm arini..............
Rosae,  o u nce................
S uccinl...........................
S a b in a ...........................
Santal  ........................... 3
S assafras.......................
Sinapis, ess, o u n c e ...
T ig lil..............................
T h y m e ...........................
opt  ..................
Theobrom as..................
POTASSIUM.

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@  6  50 
50©2  75 
25@2  50 
00@2  10 
®   75 
50®  75 
40@1  50 
50®2 00 
90@2 00 
25@2  80 
00®3  50 
20@2 30 
00@1  10 
@  50 
85@2  75 
10®   12 
08@1  24 
75@1  00 
@6 50 
40®  45 
90@1  00 
50@7 00 
50®  55 
@  65 
@1  00 
40®  50 
@  60 
15®  20

Bi C aro...........................  15®  18
B ichrom ate..................  13®  14
B rom ide....................... 
25©  27
C arb................................  12®  15
Chlorate,  (po. 16).........  14®  16
C y an id e.........................  50®  55
Io d id e...............................2 S0@2  90
Potassa, B itart,  p u re ..  28®  30 
©   15
Potassa, B itart, com ... 
Potass  N itras, o p t....... 
8®  10
Potass N itras................ 
7@ 
9
P ru ss ia te .......................  28®  30
Sulphate  p o ..................  15®  18

BAD IX.

... 

(po.  10) ... 

A c o n itu m .....................   20®  25
A lth ae............................   25®  30
A n c h u s a .......................  12®  15
Arum,  p o ....................... 
©   25
C alam us.........................   20®  40
G entiana,  (po. 15).......  10®  12
G lychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
H ydrastis  Canaden,
@  35
. . . .  
Hellebore,  Ala,  po  . ..  15®  20
Inula,  p o .......................  15®  20
Ipecac,  p o .......................2 
Iris  plox (po. 35©38). 
35®  40
Jalapa,  p r .....................   50®  55
M aranta, 
................  @ 3 5
Podophyllum , p o .........  15®  18
R hel................................   75©1  00
“  c u t.........................   @1  75
»  p v ...........................  75@1  35
S p ig elia.........................  48®  53
Sangulnaria,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
S erpentarla.................. 
33®  35
40®  45
S e n e g a ....................—  
Slm llax,O fficinalis,  H  @ 4 0
M 
©   20
Scillae, (po. 35)............   10©  12
Symplocarpus,  Fcetl-
dus,  p o .......................   @  35
V aleriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
15®  20
ingiber a .....................   10®  15
Zingiber  j ................ 
18®  22
SEMES.

G erm an.. 

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25@2 30

Anisum ,  (po.  20) 
@ 1 5
A pium   (graveleons)  .  20®  22
Bird, i s ....................... 
4® 
6
Carol, (po. 18).  ........... 
s@  1J
C ardam on....................... 1 
00@1 25
C orlandrom ..................  10®  12
Cannabis S atlva........... 
4}4@5
Cydonlum .....................   75@1  00
Chenopodlum   ............   10®  12
D lpterix O dorate.......... 2 10®2 20
F oenlculum ..................  @  15
8
Foenugreek,  p o ....... 
4  @ 4)4
L l n i............................  
Linl, grd,  (bbl. 3)4) 
4  @  4)4
Lobelia 
35®  40
.................. 
Pharlarlß C anarian....  3)4®  4)4
R a p a ..............................  
6® 
7
Sinapis,  A ibu —   —  ■ 
9
8® 
N ig ra............   11®  12

6® 

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SPIRITUS.

 
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*i 

Frum enti, W .,'D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
D. F. R .........1  75@2  00
1  10® 1  50
Ju n i peris  Co. O. T —  1  75@1  75
.............1  75@3 50
Saacharum   N.  E .......... 1 75@2 00
Spt.  V lni  G alll..............1 75@6 50
Y inl O porto ................... 1 
V ial  A lb a.......................1 

25@2 00
25@2 00

SPOHOES.

F lorida  sheeps’  wool
carriag e.......................2 
N assau  sheeps’  wool
carriage 
.................... 
Velvet  ex tra  sheeps’
wool  carriag e........... 
E xtra  yellow  sheeps’
c a rria g e .....................  
Grass sheeps’ wool car
rlage  —   ...........  •••
H ard for  slate  use.  .. 
Yellow  Reef, for  slate 
u s e ..............................  

25@2 50
2 00
1  10
85

75
1  40

SYRUPS.

A c c a c la .................................. 
50
Zingiber  ..................................  50
Ipecac........................................  60
F erri  Io d ..................................  50
A uranti  Cortes.......................   50
Rhel  A rom ..............................   50
Slm llax  Officinalis................  60
C o.........  50
S e n e g a .....................................   50
Scillae.......................................   50
“  C o..................................   50
T o lu ta n ....................................  50
P runus  virg.............................  50

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5® 

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cent 

Capslcl  F roctns, af

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ground, 

Æ ther, Spts  N it, 3  F . .  26®  28 
“  4 F  ..  30®  32
A lum en.........................  2)4®  3
(po.
3® 
7 ).................................. 
4
A n n atto .........................   55®  60
A ntlm oni, p o ................ 
4® 
5
55®  60
et Potass T 
A n tip y rin .....................   @1  40
A ntifebrin  ............  ...  @  25
Argent!  N itras, ounce  ©   65
A rsenicum ...................  
7
Balm Gilead  B u d .......  38®  40
Bism uth  S.  N .............. 2  10@2  20
Calcium Chlor, Is,  ()4s
11;  ü s ,  12)................  @ 
9
C antharides  Russian,
p o ................................   @1  20
@  25 
@  20 
B po.
12®
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15)
@3 
Cannine,  No. 40...........
50®
Cera  Alba,  S. & F
Cera  F la v a ...................   38®
Coccus 
.........................  @
Cassia F rn c tu s............   @
C entrarla.......................  
©
C etaceum ......................  @
C h lo ro fo rm ..................  60®
sq u ib b s..  @1  25
Chloral H y d C rst.........1  25@1  50
C h o n d ro s.....................   20®  25
Clnchonldine, P.  &  W  15®  20
German  3  @  12
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
60
.......................  
C reaso tu m .................. 
@  50
2
Creta,  (bbl. 75)............   @ 
" 
p rep .....................  
5
5® 
9®  11
p reclp ................ 
“ 
“  R u b ra..................  @ 
8
C ro c u s...........................  30®  35
C udbear.....   ................   @  24
Cuprl Sulph  ................   5 ®  
6
D e x trin e .......................   10®  12
E ther S ulph..................  68®  70
Emery,  all  num bers..  @
po  ....................  @ 
6
Ergota,  (po.)  70 ...........  65®  70
F lake  w h ite ................  12®  15
G a lla ............................. 
@  23
G am bler......................... 7  @ 8
G elatin,  Cooper...........  @  70
F ren ch ............   40®  60
G lassware  flint,  70 and 10. 

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bybox60and 10
Glue,  B row n..... 
9®  15
“  W h ite..................  13®  25
G ly ce rln a...................... 15)4®  20
G rana P aradlsl............   @  22
H um ulus.......................   25®  55
H ydraag  Chlor  M ite.. 
©   90
@  80
“  C o r 
 
Ox R ubrum   @1  to
Am m otiiatl. 
@1  10 
U nguentum .  4t@  55
H ydrargyrum ..............   @  75
Ichthyobolla,  Am. 
.1  25@1  50
In digo.............................  75@1  00
Iodine,  R esubl............3  75@3  85
Iodoform .......................   @4  70
L u p u lln .........................  35©  40
L ycopodium ................  40®  45
M a c is.............................  75®  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Io d ....................  @  27
Liquor Potass ArsinltlB  10®  12
M agnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
2® 
3
1)4)............................... 
M annla,  S.  F ..............  
40®  45

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CHEMICALS  AND

DEALERS  »

PATENT  MEDICINES.
Paints,  Oils ^  Varnishes.

Fill Line of Staile Dimas' Sullies.

SWISS  VILLA  PREPARED  PSHTS.

¡or tbs O t M n M

Art* 

Vo wre Sole  PropriitM i a t

Weatherlg’s  JUiGliiaan  Catarri  R entig.

V« Bin te  ■ took  and Otter m  Ml SAM af

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

G IN S ,  W IN E S ,  R U M S .

We sell Liquors for M edicinal Purposes only.
We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guarantee Satisfaction.
All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we receive them.  Send in   a 

trial order.Jtaltine i Perkins Drug Bo,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

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TH E  MICHIGLAJST  TRADESM AN.

Grocery  Price  Current•

The  quotations given below are such as are  ordinarily offered  buyers w ho pay promptly 

and  buy  in   fu ll  packages.

Damsons, Egg Plum s and Green 

Santos.

I F a ir............................................ 16
G ood.......................................... 17
P rim e ........................................ 18
G olden...................................... 20
P e a b e rry ..................................20

1 20
1 75
1 60
1 30

Soda,  XXX.............................  6
Soda, C ity................................   7H
Soda,  D uchess....................... 834
Crystal W afer........................ 10
Reception  F lak es................. 10

APPLE  BUTTER

40 lb. p a ils .............................  5
20 lb. p a ils .............................  534
M ason's,  10, SO or 30 lbs —   6 
51b...........................  7
AXLE  GREASE.

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G raphite.

 

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hi gr. cases, per  g r............   $8  50
1234 lb. pails, per d o z ........   7  50
251b. 
100 lb. kegs, per  lb.  .
250 lb.  34 bbls., per  lb 
400 lb. bbls., per lb  ..
Badger.
gr. cases, per gr —
2% lb. palls, per doz.
51b. 

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BASING  POWDER.
Acme, >4 lb. cans, 3 doz  .
H lb .  “ 
2  “ 
..
1  “  -.
li b .  “ 
b u lk .........................

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“  % ft  “ 
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45 
T elfer’s,  W  lb. cans, doz. 
85
“  .. 
“ 
“ 
“  ..  1  50
A rctic, % ft c a n s ................ 
60
................   120
................   2 00
................ 9  60
40
.........   SO
.............  1  50

H lb . 
1 lb. 
hi  lb  “ 
1  lb  “ 
5 f t  “ 

Red Star, *   ft  ca n s............  

1  1b 
BATH BRICK.

2 

dozen in case.

BLUING. 

E n g lis h ....................................  90
Bristol.......................................   70
D om estic..................................  60
Gross
A rctic, 4 oz  ovals.................. 4  00
Soz 
7  00
“ 
pints,  ro u n d .............10  50
“ 
“  No. 2, sifting b o x ...  2  75 
“   No. 3, 
...  4  00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
1 oz ball  ....................  4  50
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BROOKS.

 

No. 2 H u rl..............................   1  75
No. 1  “ 
2 00
No. 2 C arpet.............................2  25
2  50
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor G em ...............................2  75
Common W hisk.................... 
90
....................  1  20
Fancy 
M ill.........................................   3  25
W arehouse..................... 
  2  75

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BUCKWHEAT  FLODB.

R ising S u n .................................... 5 00
York S tate..............................
Self Rising, c a s e .................. 5 (0

CANDLES

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes................  1034
Star,  40 
................   1034
P araffine................................ 12
W lcking..................................  25

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C A N N E D   GOODS.

FISH.
Clams.
L ittle Neck,  l i b .................... 1  10
2  lb ....................1  90

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Clam Chowder.

Standard, 3 lb ........................ 2 30

Cove Oysters.

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Standard,  1 lb ........................ 1  00
21b.......................  2 00
Lobsters.

Star, 
1  lb ..............................2  45
2  lb ..............................3  45
Picnic, 1 lb ..............................2 00
21b .............................. 3  00

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M ackerel.

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S tandard, 1 lb ..........................1  20
2  lb ........................2  00
M ustard,  31 b ......................... 3  00
Tom ato Sauce,  3 lb ............. 3  00
Soused, 3  lb ............................3 00

Salmon.

Colum bia River, fla t............. 1  90
ta ils ............. 1  75
A laska, 1  lb ............................1  45
21b.............................. 2  10

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Sardines.

A m erican  H a....................4H@  5
34s.................. 6J4© 7
Im ported  * s ........................ 11®12
34s........................13@14
M ustard  * s .......................  @8

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Trout.

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

.Y ork S tate,gallons__  
H am burgh, 
“  —  

2  50

2 50

FRUITS.
Apples.

Apricots.

Live oak.........................  
S anta  C ruz.........................  
Lusk’s ................................... 
O verland............................  

Blackberries.
. &  W ...........................  

Cherries.

B e d ........................................ 
P itted H am burgh 
W h ite ................................... 
B rie ......................................  

. . .  

2 00
2 50
1 90

90

Gages.

E r ie ................................. 
Gooseberries.
C om m on .......................  

©1  25

1  10

Peaches.

P ie ...................................  90@1  00
1  50 
M axwell 
1  30 
Shepard’s  . 
©2 25
C alifornia.

12 00

Pears.

.  4
•  3/4 D om estic.......................
3 % R iverside.......................
Pineapples.
$6 50
.  7  CO Comm on.........................
.10  50 Johnson's  sliced .........
g rated .........
•  3 >4
Quinces.
• 
f 4
3
C om m on.......................
Raspberries.
45 Red 
..............................
85 Black  H am burg...........

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.  1  60 Erie,  black

Straw berries.
L a w ren c e.....................
H am b u rg h ................-..
E rie................................

W hortleberries.

C om m on.....   ..............
F .   &  W...........................
B lu e b erries.................

1  25
2 25

1  30
2  50
2  75

1  10

1  30
1  50
1  40

1
2  25
1  t-5

1  40
1  25
1  30

MEATS.

Corned  beef,  Libby’s ....... .  1  85
Roast beef,  A rm our’s ....... ..1 7 5
Potted  ham ,  34 lb  ............ ..1  50
14 lb ................ ..1  00
. .1  10
95
95

tongue", %  lb 
.. . 
chicken, 34 lb ......... . 

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*  lb  .. 

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V EG ETA BLES.

Beans.

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. 1   25
H am burgh  strin g less....
..2  25
F rench s ty le ..
L im as................ ..1  40
Lima,  g reen ........................
. 1   30
..  90
soaked....................
Lewis Boston  B aked.......
..1  35
Bay State  B aked..............
..1  35
W orld’s  F a ir.....................
.  1  35

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H am b u rg h .......................
L iv in g sto n .........................
Puritv 
...........................
Honey  D ew .......................

.1  2.
..1  00
..1  10
.1   45

Corn.

Peas

** 
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Ham burgh m a rro fa t.......

. 1   35
early J u n e __ . .1  50
Cham pion Eng .1   50
. .1  75
H am burgh  petit  pois  ...
..1  90
fancy  sifted  .
Soaked ................................
65
H arris  stan d a rd ...............
75
Van Camp’s M arrofat
.110
.1   30
Early J u n e ...
A rcher's  Early  Blossom .
1  35
F rench  ................................
.1   80

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Mushrooms.

F re n c h ................................ 17©18
E rie ......................................
* 
H u b b a rd .............................

Pum pkin.

Squash. 

..  90

..1  30

Succotash.

H a m b u rg ...........................
Soaked .................................
Honey  D ew........................

..1  40
..  85
..1  60

Tomatoes.

Excelsior 
........................
..1  00
E clipse.................................. ..1  CO
..1  30
H a m b u rg ...........................
G a llo n .................................. ..2   50

CHOCOLATE— B A K ER ’S.

G erm an Sw eet...................
Prem ium .............................
P u re ......................................
B reakfast  Cocoa............

22
36
38
40

C H EESE.

A m bov...........................
@1234
N o rw ay .........................
@!2
R iv e rsid e ......................
@1234
@12
.  A llegan 
.....................
S k im ..............................
@10
B rick..................................
1234
Edam   ............................ 
©1  00
Lim burger  .................. 
©10
R o q u e fo rt....................   @35
Sap  Sago........................ 
©22
Schw eitzer, Im ported.  @25

dom estic  ____  

©13

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CATSUP.

H alf  pint, com m on...............  80
P in t 
.......   ..  1  to
Q uart 
...............1  50
H alf  pint, fa n c y ....................1  25
P int 
Q uart 

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CLOTHES PINS.

COCOA  SHELLS.

5 gross boxes  ..........................40
2 25
35 lb  b ags.........................   @3
Less  quantity  ................   @ 3*
Pound  packages...........6*@7

 

C O F F E E .

GREEN.

RlO.

Oyster.

S. Oyster  X XX.......................   5H
City Oyster. XXX....................  5H
Shell  O yster...........................   6

CREAM TARTAR.

Strictly  p u re .........................  
30
T e lfe rs   A bsolute................  
35
Grocers’ ................................. 10@15

D R IE D   F R U IT S . 

D o m e stic .

APPLES.

“ 

5
5

BLACKBERRIES.

quartered  “ 

Sundried. sliced in  bbls. 
Evaporated, 50 lb.  boxes  7@7%
APRICOTS.
C alifornia in  b ag s.... 
8H
...  11 hi
Evaporated in  boxes. 
4H
In   b arrels........................... 
4 *
• • • •  - • • - ............... 
NECTARINES.
701b. bag s........................... 
7H
25 lb. boxes.......................8  @834
Peeled, in   boxes............  
12
Cal. evap.  “ 
............. 
18
in  bags.........7  @ 8H
“ 
C alifornia in bags  .......7  @8H

PEACHES.

PEARS.

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PITTED CHERRIES.
B arrels..............................  
501b. b o x e s ..................... 
25  “ 
......................  

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PRUNE LLES.

301b.  boxes...................... 

RASPBERS1E8.

In   b arrels.......   ............... 
501b. boxes....................... 
.........................  
25 lb.  “ 
F o re ig n .
CURRANTS.

11
llH
12

12H

17
17H
18

P atras, in barrels.........  ©   4H
©  4*
©   534

in  H -bbls......... 
in less quantity 

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Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb.  boxes  21 
Lemon 
10
O range 
11

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PEEL.

25  “ 
“ 
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25  “ 
RAISINS.
Domestic.

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London layers,  2  crow n

1  60 
1  75
fan cy ...........1  90
Loose M uscatels, boxes....... 1  50
70 lb  bags  5*2@6
O ndura, 29 lb. b o x es..  7  @  7J4 
S u lta n a,20 
V alencia, 20 

..10  @12
..  634©  7

Foreign.

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PRUNES.

B osnia............................   @
California, 90x10 25 lb  bxs. .  9
..O*
..95$
9*

80x90 
7< x80 
60x70 

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ENV ELO PES.

XX  rag, white.
No.  1, OH..........................
No. 2, 6H 
...............
......................
No. 1 , 6 . .  
No. 2, 6 
.
XX  wood, w hite..
No. 1, 6 H .........................
No. 2, 6H 
....................
M anilla, w hite.
6H.............................

6........................

Coin.

M ill  No. 4 .........................

1  00
F A R IN A C E O U S   GOO D S. 

100 lb. kegs...................... 

4

F arina.

Hominy.

B arrels.................................... 3  75
G rits .................: .....................  4 50

Lim a  Beans.

D ried................................. 

5
M accaronl and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. box___ 
Im ported.......................... 
Pearl Barley.

K egs....................................   @3*

55
10

Peas.

G reen,  b u ..................................1 i t
Split,  bbl  .................................5  00
G erm an ..................................  4H
East In d ia......... 
5H

Sago.

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

5

W heat.

F IS H —S alt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Y arm outh...............................  1 10

P olloplr 
ot /
Whole, G rand  B an k ...  6  @ 6f|
Boneless,  bricks  ............7H®8
Boneless,  strip s.............734@8

Sm oked.......................... 

12

H alibut.

H erring.

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Scaled............................. 
H olland,  bb ls............... 
kegs............... 
R ound shore, hi b b l... 
34  b b l.. 
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10  00
85
2  50
1  50
No. 1,  hi bbls. 90 lbs............... 11 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lb s...................   1 25
Fam ily,  Hibbls., 100 lb s___5  50

M ackerel.

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kits. 10  lbs....................... 75

Sardines.

Russian,  kegs........................ 
45
No. 1, hi bbls., lOOlbs............5  75
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................  
  80

Trout.

W hitefish.

No. 1,  H bbls., lOOlbs.............7  50
No. 1, kits, 10 lb s....................1  00
Fam ily, hi bbls., 100 lbs  ...  3 00 
kits  10  lbs...............  50

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FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Jen n in g s' D C.
Lemon. V anilla
2 oz folding b o x ...  75 
1  25
3 oz 
...1   00 
1 50
“ 
2 00
...1   50 
4 oz 
“ 
6 oz 
...2  00 
3 00
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Soz 
...3   00 
4 00
GUN  POWDER.

K e g s .............................................5 50
H alf  k eg s................................... 3 00

HERBS.

Sage............................................15
H ops.............................................25
Madras,  5 lb.  boxes  ............ 
S. F ., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 

INDIGO.

50

55

JELLY.

Chicago  goods..................  
©3
M ason’s,  10, 20 and 30 lb s ..  6 
51b...........................  7

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LICORICE.

P u re.............................................   30
C alabria......................................   25
S icily............................................  18
Condensed,  2  d o z.....................1 25

LYE.

MATCHES.

No. 9  su lp h u r............................1 65
A nchor  p arlo r........................... 1 70
No. 2 h o m e................................. 1 10
E xport  p arlo r........................... 4 00

MINCE  MEAT

3 or 6 doz. in case  per d o z.. 1  00

MEASURES.

Tin, per dozen.
$1  75
1  gallon  .............................
1  40
H alf  g allo n .......................
70
Q u a rt..................................
45
P in t......................................
40
H alf  p i n t .........................
W ooden, for vinegar, per doz.
7  00
1 g a llo n ...............................
4  75
H alf g a llo n .......................
3  75
Q u a rt..................................
2 25
P in t............... —

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar h o u s e ......................
O rd in ary .............................
P rim e ..................................

New Orleans.

F a ir ...............  ....................
G ood....................................
E x tra good.........................
C h o ic e.................................
F an cy ...................................

One-half barrels. 3c extra

14
16
16
20
17
20
26
30
36

OATMEAL.

@4  85
Barrels  200....................
H alf barrels  100................ @2 65

ROLLED OATS.
Barrels  180....................
H alf  bbls 90................

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200  co u n t.........
H alf  barrels, 600 c o u n t..

@4  85
@2  65

.*4  50
.  2  75

Small.

PIPES.

Barrels, 2.400  c o u n t....... ..  5  50
H alf barrels, l,200 count.
.  3  25

...1   75
Clay, No.  216......................
...  75
“   T .  D. fu ll co u n t.......
Cob, No.  3 ........................... ...1  25

POTASH.

48 cans in  case.
B a b b itt's............................
P enna Salt  Co.’s  .............

4  00
3  23

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina h e a d .................... ....7
No. 1 ........................
. . . 6
No. 2 ...................... ©   5
B roken.......................................

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Im ported.

“  

Jap an , No. 1 ...........................
. . . 6
No. 2 .......................
.534
J a v a .............................................. ..  5
P a tn a ...........................................

SAUERKRAUT.

Silver Thread, b b l..............
34  b b l.......

“ 

$3  50
2  00

8APOLIO.

K itchen, 3 doz.  in  box. 
H and 

3  “  

“

.

.  2  50
.  2  50

S P IC E S .

W hole Sifted.

“ 
“ 
“ 

A llspice.....................................10
Cassia, China in  m ats.........  8
B atavia in b u n d ___15
Saigon in  ro lls..........35
Cloves,  A m boyna...................22
Z anzibar.....................13
Mace  B atav ia..........................80
N utm egs, fan cy ...................... 80
“  No.  1.......................... 75
“  No.  2...........................66
Pepper, Singapore, bla ck .... 15 
“  
w h ite ...  .25
sh o t.............................19
“ 

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P ure G round In Bulk.

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

A llspice.....................................1
Cassia,  B atavia...................... 2
and  Saigon.2
S aig o n ...................... 3
CloveB,  A m boyna...................3
Z anzibar...................2
G inger, A frican ...................... 1
C ochin...................... 1
J a m a ic a ....................i
M ace  B atav ia..........................i
M ustard,  Eng.  and T rieste..!
T rieste...................... S
N utm egs, No. 2 ...................... t
Pepper, Singapore, black —  S
w h ite........!
C ayenne.................... i
Sage............................................‘
“ A bsolute” in  Packages.

“ 
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“ 

“ 

1
A llsp ic e.........................   84 
C innam on......................  84  1
Cloves.............................  84 
:
:
G inger, J a m ..................   84 
:
A f......................  84 
M ustard.........................   84 
:
84 
:
P e p p e r.......................... 
Sage..................................  84

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SU G A R.

C ut  L oaf.......................   @  554
C u b e s ................................. 
©  4 *
P ow d ered .......................... 
© 4 *
G ranulated.....................  434©4.19
Confectioners’ A .........4!s@4  19
©   4 
Soft A 
W hite E x tra  C.
©   3 *  
E x tra  C.............
©   3 *  
C .........................
©   3 *  © 3H
Yellow
Less than  bbls.  34c advance

SEEDS.
A n is e ...................  
 
Canary, Sm yrna........... 
C ara w ay .............................. 
Cardamon, M alabar... 
Hemp,  R u ssian ........... 
M ixed  Bird 
M ustard,  w hite  .........  
P o p p y ............................. 
Rape 
............................. 
Cuttle  bone  ...................... 

@12H
334
90
4H
...............434©  534
6
9
6

30

8

STARCH.
Corn.

Gloss.

20-lb  boxes..............................   6H
40-lb 
634

“ 

 

 

1-lb packages...........................  6
3-lb 
........................... 6
6-lb 
634
 
40 a nd 50 lb. boxes................   4 *
B arrels......................................  4 *

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SNUFF.

Scotch, In  bladders...............37
Maccaboy, in  ja rs ..................35
French Rappee, in J a r s ........43

SODA.

B o x es.............................. .......... 5H
Kegs, E n g lish .......................... 4*

SAL  SODA.

K egs.....................................  
G ranulated,  boxes.
SALT
100 3-lb. sack s.........
.........
60 5-lb. 
28 10-lb.  sacks.......
2014-lb. 
.........
24 3-lb  cases...........
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.
28 lb. 
drill 
W arsaw.
56 lb. dairy in  drill  bags.
281b. 

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A shton.

Higgins.

56 lb. dairy in  linen sacks.. 
56 lb. dairy in  linen  sacks. 
56 lb.  sack s........................... 
Saginaw and M anistee. 
Common F ine  per bbl.......  

Solar Rock.

1H

75
75 
25
90

8ALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in  box.

C hurch’s ..............................  $3  30
D eLand’s ...............................  3 30
D wight’s ............................  
  3  30
Taylor’s ..................................  3  00

SOAP.

A llen  B. W risley’s B rands. 

Old Country, 80 1-lb. bars. .$3  50 
Good Cheer, 601 lb.  b ars..  3  90 
B onner, 100  *-lb. b ars—   3 00 

SYRUPS.
Corn.

B arrels......... ........................... 24
H alf bbls.................................. 26

P ure Cane.

F a ir ...........................................   19
Good 
........................................  25
Choice  ......................................  30

SWEET GOODS.
G inger Snaps................  
Sugar  Cream s............... 
Frosted  Cream s........... 
G raham   C rackers.......  
Oatmeal  C rackers.......  

8
8
934
8
8H

TE A S.

ja p a n —Regular.

F a ir .................................  @17
G ood............................... 
©20
Choice..........................   -24  ©26
Choicest.......................... 32  ©34
D u s t.................................10  @12

SUN CURED.

F a i r .................................  @17
G o o d ...............................  @20
Choice.............................. 24  ©26
Choicest.......................... 32  ©34
D u st..................................19  @12

F a ir .......................................... 16
G ood.........................................17
P rim e .......................................18
Peaberry  .................................20
M exican and G uatam ala.
F a ir.......................................... 20
G ood.........................................21
F an cy .......................................23

M aracaibo.

P rim e .......................................19
M ille d .....................................20

In te rio r.................................... 25
Private G row th......................27
M an d eh lin g ........................... 28

Java.

M ocha.

Im ita tio n .................................23
A rabian....................................26

ROASTED.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add  He. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  c e n t  for sh rin k ­
age.
A r b u c k le ’s A rio s n ............ 19*
M c L a u g h lin ’s  X X X X   ... 19*
L ion...........................................19*

PACKAGE.

EXTRACT.

Valley C ity............................. 
75
Felix 
.....................1  15
H um m el’s, fo il.......................1  50
“ 
t i n .......................   2  50

CHICORY.

Bulk.
R ed..

CLOTHES  LINES.

“ 
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“ 
“ 
J u te  
“ 

Cotton,  4 0 ft...
50 f t...
“ 
60 f t...
“ 
“ 
70 f t ...
“ 
80 f t...
60 f t...
“ 
“ 
72fC
CONDENSED MILK.

... per doz.  1  25
140
160
1  75
1  90
90
1  00

4 doz. in case.
E agle.....................................
Crown 
...............................
G enuine  Swiss......................
American Sw iss....................

C O U PO N   B O O K «.

“ Tradesm an.”

, per  h u n d re d ...............   2  00
, 
2  50
, 
3 00
8 on
, 
, 
4  00
, 
5  00

“ 
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“ 
“ 

 

 

per  h u n d re d ...............   2  50
3  00
, 
.  “  
, 
4  00
, 
5  00
, 
.................   6 00

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3 50

 
 
 
 
 

“ 
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“Superior.”
“ 
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“ 

 
“  
 
 
SSffl

“ U niversal.”
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

S  1, per h u n d re d ................  *3  00
..................3  50
* 2 , 
$ 3, 
....... .........  4  00
....... ..........5 OO
$ 5 , 
*10, 
....... ..........6  00
*20,
.........7  00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  th e  follow ing 
quantity discounts:
200 or over..............   5  per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 

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«
COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

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

LCan  be  m ade to represent any 
denom ination  from  $10  dow n. | 
20 books.............................$  1  uo
50
2 00 
100
3 00 
250
6  25 
10  00 
17  50

5001000

Butter.

CRACKERS.

St 00
3 00
Seymour XXX......................... 6
Seymour XXX, carto o n ....... 6H
Fam ily  X XX.........................   6
Fam ily XXX,  cartoon.........  6H
Salted XXX.............................6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  .........  6H
K enosha  .  ...............................  7H
Boston....................................... 8
B utter  b is c u it.......................   6H

Soda.

TH E  MICHIGAN  THAlDESMAlIST.

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

C A N D IE S .  F R U IT S   a n d   N UTS.

T he Putnam  Candy Co. quotes as-follows:

Bbls. 
.  6

Palls.

7
7
7^4
7*4
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
10
13

Palls.

Apples—D ull and slow  of sale.  H olders  #1.75 i
:S2 25  per bbl.
Beans—Easy  and  quiet.  Dealers  now  pay  : 
Sl.30@i.40 for  unpicked  and country picked and 
hold at $1.65@1.75 for city  picked  pea or m edium .  !
B utter—Lower and in sm aller dem and. Choice  J 
dairy is  in   m oderate  dem and  at  20@21c.  Fac-  ' 
tory creamery is held at 23c.
Celery—20c per doz.
Cabbages—3o@40c per doz.
Cider—Sweet. 10c per gal.
Cranberries — Q uiet  aud  lower.  Cape  Cod 
Dried  Apples—Sundried  is held  at 4*í@5e  and
.aporated at o*4@7c.
Eggs—Fresh eggs are alm ost  im posible to find, 
but choice cold storage stock is in good  dem and 
at 2uc.

are in  fair dem and at #7@S7.50  per  bbl.

G rapes—M alaga, #5 per keg.
Honey—15c per lb.
O nions—Dealers  pay 50@G0c  and  hold at 65® 
70c, ex tra faney com m anding about 80c.
Potatoes—Local  handlers  are  paying  18@20c 
for  choice  stock, b ut  are  not at all anxious  to 
purchase, even at that price.

Squash—H ubbard. l*4c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—#2.50 per  bbl.  for  choice  Mus­
T urnips—25c per bushel.

catine stock.

STICK  CANDY.
Full  W eight.

Standard,  per  lb. 

“ 
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H .H ...
Tw ist 
Boston  Cream  .
Cut  L oaf...........
E xtra  H.  H .......

MIXED  CANDY.
F ull Weight.

Bbls.

...  6
S tandard...........................
__ 6
L eader.................................................6
__ tO-a
Special..............................
R oyal...................................................654
---- 6*4
N obby..................................................7*4
....7*4
... .7
B roken...............................
... .7
E nglish  R ock..................
7
C onserves.........................
-  7
Broken T affy....................
K
Peanut Squares..............
E x tra ..................................
F rench Cream s................
Valley  C ream s..............

f a n c y —In bulk.
F ull W eight.

Bbls.
.  9
.10

“ 

.  5

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

P R O V IS IO N S .

f a n c y —In 5 lb. boxes. 

T he G rand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

Lozenges,  p la in ................................
p rin ted ...........................
Chocolate D rops................................
Chocolate M onum entals................
Gum D rops.........................................
Moss D rops........................................
Sour D rops...............................................  7*4
.  9X*
Im perials.................................................. 9*4

10
11
12
13*4
6
8
8*4
1014
Per Box.
Lemon D rops...............  
56
quotes as follow s:
Sour D ro p s............................................................... 55
Pepperm int D rops...................................................66
Mess,  new ...........................................................   11
Chocolate D rops...................................................... 70
S h o r tc u t..............................................................  10 
___________________ _________ _____________ __
H. M. Chocolate  D rops..........................................90
E x tra clear pig, short c u t................................   13  50  Gum D rops....................................................... 40@50
E xtra clear,  heavy.
Licorice Drops................................................ 
Clear, fat  b ac k ....................................................  12 75  [
A.  B.  Licorice  D rops............................................. 80
Boston clear, short c u t......................................  13  2f> i
Lozenges, plain............................ 
 
65
Clear back, short c u t.........................................   13 00 j
70
Standard clear, short cut. b est.................... 
13 59
Im perials...................................................................65
M ottoes...................................................................... 75
Cream B ar................................................................. 60
Molasses  B ar............................................................55
H and M ade  Cream s................ 
85@95
Plain Creams.  ................................................. 80@90
Decorated Cream s...............................................1  00
String  R ock............................................................. 70
B urnt A lm onds.................................................... 1  00
W Intergreen  B erries............................................. 65

Pork Sausage............................................................. 6*4
Ham Sausage...........................................................  9
Tongue Sausage......................................................  9
F ran k fo rt  Sausage 
Blood Sausage.........................................................   5
Bologna, straig h t....................................................  5
Bologna,  th ic k ........................................................  5
H ea d c h e e se ............................................................  5

sausage—F resh and Smoked.

.............................................   7*4

p rin te d .................  

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BASKET  FIRED.

P a ir ..............................1 8   @20
Choice.............................  @25
Choicest.........................   @35
E x tra choice, w ire leaf  @40

GUNPOWDER.

Common to  fa ir.............25  @35
E x tra fine to finest— 50  @65
Choicest fa n c y ...............75  @85
@26
Common to  fa ir.............23  @30

oolong. 

IMPERIAL.

Common to  fa ir.............23  @26
Superior to fin e.............. 30  @35

TOUNG  HYSON.

Common to  fa ir.............18  @26
Superior to  fine.............30  @40

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

F a ir .................................. 18  @22
Choice...............................24  @28
B e st..................................40  @50

TO BA CCO S.

F ine Cut.

“ 

Pails unless otherw ise noted.
H ia w a th a ...................... 
60
34
Sweet  C uba.................. 
M cG inty........................ 
24
V4 b b ls........... 
22
22
Little  D arling............. 
20
*4 b b l.. 
20
1791................................. 
1891,  *4  b b ls..................  
19
V alley; C ity..................  
33
D andy J im .................... 
27
T ornado.........................  
20

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Plug.

S earhead........................ 
J o k e r .............................  
Zeno................................. 
L. & W ...........................  
H ere  It Is ...................... 
Old S tyle........................ 
Old  H onesty................. 
Jolly T a r........................ 
H iaw atha....................... 
Valley C ity ..................  
Jas. O. B utler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Som ething G ood........................38
Toss U p ........................................ 26
O ut of  S ig h t................................25

40
17
22
26
28
31
4 )
32
37
34

Smoking.

Boss............................................12*4
Colonel’s Choice.....................13
W a rp a th ................................... 14
B a n n e r..................................... 14
K ing B ee...................................20
K iln  D ried................................17
N igger H ead............................23
Honey  D ew ..............................34
Gold  B lock..............................28
Peerless.....................................24
Rob  R oy...................................24
U ncle  Sam ................................28
Tom and Je rry ........................ 25
B rier Pipe......................... .  ..30
Yum  Y u m ............................... 32
Red Clover...................... .. 
.32
N avy......................................... -32
H andm ade................................40
F r o g ........................................  33

VINEGAR.
40 g r ..........................  
8
50 gr............................................9

 

$1 fo r barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

B ulk, per g a l ...................... 
30
Beer m ug, 2 doz in ca se...  1  7f 
teast—Compressed. 

Ferm entum   per doz. cakes..  15 
per lb*....................25

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F R E S H   M E A T S.

Sw ift  and  Company  quote as 
follow s:
Beef, carcass................  4  @  5*4
h in d q u a rters  ..  5  @ 6  
fore 
. - •  3  @  3*4
loins, No.  3 —   7*4@  8
rib s ....................  @ 7
ro u n d s................  @ 5
to n g u e s.................   @
Bologna  ........................  @ 0

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“ 
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“ 

shoulders 
“ 
“ 

Pork lo in s.......................
.........
Sausage, blood  or head
liv e r..............
F ra n k fo rt__
M utton  ...........................
V eal................................

@  6*4 
@ 4*4 
@5 
@  5 
@7 
@

F IS H   a n d   O Y STERS

F.  J.  D ettcuthaler  quotes as

follows :

FRESH  FISH
W hlteflsh 
....................
@10
T rout  ............................
@10
@17
H alib u t..........................
Ciscoes...........................
@  5
Flounders  ...................
@  9
B luefish.........................
@12
M ackerel.......................15 @20
C od..................................
©12
C alifornia  salm on  .
@18
OYSTERS—Bulk.
Standards, per  g a l.......
#1  00
.......
Selects, 
1  60
Clams 
.......
1  25
Shrim ps 
.......
1  25
Scallops 
.......
1  75
F airhaven  C ounts...
F.  J. D.  S e le c ts...........
S ele cts.............. ..
F  J . D............................
A nchor...........................
S tandards  ....................
F avorites.......................
SHELL  GOODS.

@35
@70
@22
@20
@18
@16
@14

oysters—Cans.

“ 
“ 
“ 
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Oysters, per  100  .........1 Ja@l  50
Clams. 
"5@1  00

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P O U L T R Y .

Local dealers  pay  as  follows 

for dressed  fow ls:
Spring  chickens........   9  @10
F o w l.................................. 7 @ 8
T u rk ey s........................... li @12
D ucks  ............................12  @13
G e e s e ............................... 11 @12

O IL S .

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows,  inbarrels,  f.  o.  b. 
G rand R apids:
W.  W.  H eadlight,  150
fire  test (old te s t;.......  @8*4
W ater W h ite ,.......   ..  @ 8
M ichigan T e st............   @7*4
N ap th a...........................  @7*4
G aso lin e.......................   @  S&
C y lin d er......................... 27 @36
e n g i n e ........................... 13 @21
lack, 25 to 30  deg  ...  @

H ID E S ,  P E L T S   a n d   F U R S
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

low s:

HIDES.

“ 

G re e n ................................ 3 @  4
P art  C ured ................ 
@4*4
F ull 
..................  @ 5
D ry....................................  5  @  6
Kips, green  ......... .—   3  @ 4
cu red ..................  @ 5
Calfskins,  green...........  4  @  5
cu re d ..........   5  @  6
D eacon sk in s..................10  @30

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No. 2 hides *4  off.
PELTS.

Shearlings....................... 10  @25
Lambs 
......................... 50  @90

WOOL.

W a sh ed ...................... ...20  @25
U n w a sh e d ..................... 10  @20

MISCELLANEOUS.

T a llo w ...........................  3*4@ 4
Grease  butteT  .............  1  @ 2
S w itch es.......................  1*4@  2
G inseng.........................2 00@2  50

FURS.

O utside prices for No.  1 only.
B ad g e r...........................  50@1  00
B ear.............................15 00@30 00
B e a v e r............ .............. 3 00@8 00
Cat,  w ild .......................   40@  60
“  h o u se....................  10@  25
F is h e r............................... 4 00@6 00

“ 

Fox, red.........................1  00@1  60
“  cross..................... 3 00@5  00
“  grey........................ 50@*  75
L ynx...............................2 00@3 00
M artin,  d a rk ................1 0C@3 00
pale  & yellow 50@1  00
40® 1  25  1
M ink, d a rk ....................
M uskrat......................... On®  15
15@  25
Oppossum......................
Otter,  d a rk ................... 5 00@8 00 j
25@  80 1
Raccoon.........................
S k u n k ............................ 1 00@1  25 1
W olf................................1  00@3  00 !
Beaver castors,  lb.......2 00@5  00

deerskins—Per pound

Thin and  green 
.........
Long g ray .......................
...........................
Gray 
Red and  blue  ..............

....  10
. 
...  21'-
....... 25 J
-----   So j

G R A IN S  a n d  F E E D S T U F F #

No.  1 W hite (58 lb. test)
No.  1  Red  (60 lb. test)

90
90 j

B olted.............................. ...  1  60
G ranulated...................... ...  1  90

WHEAT.

MEAL.

FLOUR.

..  4  90
Straight, in  sacks  .......
“  barrels....... ...  5 00
“ 
“  sacks......... ...  5  DO S
P atent 
“  barrels....... ...  6 60 j
“ 
G raham   “  sacks — ..  2 30 1
....... ...  2 65
“ 
Rye 
MILL8TUFF8.
..  18  00 j
B ran..................................
S creenings...................... ...  14  00
..  21  00
M iddlings.......................
...  19 50
M ixed  F e e d ...................
..  19 50
Coarse m eal...................

“ 

Oft-?*
Less than  car  lo ts.......

Car  lots  .... 
.............
Less than car lots  .......

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.

__ 47
....5 0

...35
...  38

No. 1 T im othy, car lots ...14  00
.15  no
No. 1 
P A P E R  & W O O D E N  W A K E

ton lots

“ 

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PAPER.

........................... .........\%

Straw  
R o ck fa lls........................
Rag  su g ar........................
H ard w are....................... .........2*4
B a k e rs............................. ......... 2*4
Dry  G oods...................... 5*4@6
J u te   M anilla..................
@6*4
Red  Express  N o .l — .......   5*4
N o .2 ... .........4*4

“ 

TWINES.

48 C otton......................... ___22
Cotton, No. 1.................. .......18
....... 16
Sea  Island, asso rted ... ....  35
No. 5 H e m p .................... .  ...15

“  2  ...

“ 

WOODENWARE.

Tubs, No. 1...................... .. . .   7 00
“  No. 2...................... ....  6  00
“  No. 3...............
.. . .   5  00
1 35
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop..
No. 1,  three-hoop—   1  60 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes —  
50
Bowls,  11 in c h ....................  1  00
....................   1  25
13  “ 
15  “ 
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17  “ 
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assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
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shipping  bu sh el..  1  2U 
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fu ll hoop  “ 
b u s h e l....................  1  50
75
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No.2  4 
No.3  5

WE  MAKE  A  SPECIALTY  OF

P R E S E N T   P R IC E ,  # 4   IN   SA C K S.

And would  be pleased to send you sample and prices.

PURE-;-BUGKWHERT-:-FLOUR
A.  S C H E N C K   &  SON,
SEEDS
-----A N D -----GRAIN

W. H.  MOREHOUSE & CO.

E L S IE ,  M ICH.

B lu e  G rass, O rc h a rd   G rass, L a w n  G rass, 

prom ptly attended to.  Correspondence solicited.

Choice Glover k Timothy Seeds a Specialty

C lo v e r, R ed   T o p ,  M ille t,  A lfa lfa  o r  L u c e rn e , 

G ra in ,  C lo v e r  a n d   T im o th y ,  H u n g a ria n ,  W h ite  

Orders  for  purchase  or  sa le  o f  Seeds  fo r  future  delivery 

WHOLESALE  DEALERS IN

P o p c o rn ,  E tc .

T O L E D O ,  O.

Warehouses—3 2 5 -3 2 7   E r ie  S t. 
Office-46 P r o d u c e   E x c h a n g e ,

MENTION THIS PAPER.

lard—Kettle Rendered

LARD.

Fam ily.

T ie rc e s......................................................................  7*4
T ubs...........................................................................   734
501b.  T in s................................................................. 7Si
Com­
pound.5M
5*46*i6%6*t

T ie rc e s....................... -...................5*4
"0 and  50 lb. T u b s..........................5M
3 lb. Palls, 20 in a  ca se................6*4
5 lb. Pails, 12 in  a case..................694
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case..................6%
201b. Palls, 4 In  a  case.................6
501b. C ans........................................ 5S£
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.
E xtra Mess, w arranted 200  lb s.........................   6  50
E xtra Mess, Chicago packing ...........................  6  50
Boneless, rum p butts...........................................10  00
Hams, average 20 lb s .............................................  S?i
16 lb s ...............................................  9*4
12 to 14 I ds.....................................   9?i
p ic n ic ..............................................................6fi
best boneless.............................................  8*4
S houlders.................................................................
B reakfast Bacon, boneless..................................8*4
Dried beef, ham  p rices.........................................  8
Long Clears, h ea v y ................................................   6*4
Briskets,  m edium .................................................  7
li g h t........................................................7

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 S u n ..................................................................   «
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N o.2  “ 
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T u b u la r.....................................................................  75

LAMP  CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.

6 doz. in  box.

No. 0 S u n .................................................................1
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No. 1  “ 
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No. 0 Sun, crim p  to p ................................   .........2
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N o .l  “ 
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No. 0 Sun, crim p  to p ............................................ 3
No. 1  “ 
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F irst quality.
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No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
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N o .V s u n ^ la in  bulb, per d oz............................1
N o.2  “ 
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No. 1 crimp, per doz.............................................l
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No. 3, 
M ammoth, per d oz................................................
STONEWARE— AKRON.
B utter Crocks, 1  and 2 g a l.........................
3  to 6 g a l..................................
Ju g s, *4 gal., per doz.........................................

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CARAMELS.

No.  1, w rapped, 2 lb. boxes..............................   34
No. 1, 
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No. 2, 
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No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes..........................................1  10

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Floridas,  fan cy ........................................... 2  25@3  00

ORANGES.

LEMONS.

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M essina, choice, 360................................
fancy, 360................................
choice  300................................
fancy 390................................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
Figs, fancy  layers, 6® ...........................
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Persian, 50-lb.  b o x .....................

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@4  (Kl 
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@14 @15 
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Iv aea...........................................  @
C alifornia..................................  @16
Brazils, new ..................................................   7*4@  8
F ilb e rts.............................................. 
@13*4
W alnuts, G renoble......................................  @14*4

M arbot.........................................  @
C hill..............................................  @10
Table  N uts,  fan cy ......................................  @14
ch o ice................................... 11*4@13*4
Pecans, Texas, H.  P . , ..............................14  @16
Cocoanuts, fu ll sacks................................   @4  00

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PEANUTS.

Fancy, H.  P., S uns.....................................   @5*4
"   R oasted.........................7  @  7*4
Fancy, H.  P., F la g s....................................  @  5*4
“  R oasted........................  7  @  7*4
Choice, H. P.,  E x tra s................................   @4*4
“  R oasted....................6  @ 6*4

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A. S. LIVERMORE,

M anufacturer of

piinBB  Meat  and  Jelly,

1711  GENESEE  AYE., 

SAGINAW,  E.  S., 

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-  MICH.

There is now a great  demand  for  Liv­
ermore’s  celebrated  Home  Made  Mince 
Meat.  It has been sold and is being sold to 
most all the best merchants of this State, 
besides tons he has sent to different large- 
cities outside of this State.  He has sent 
almost  two  car  loads  to  St.  Paul  and 
Minneapolis  already  this  season.  He 
manufactured about  100 tons last  seasoi 
and  expects to sell 200  tons this  season. 
He  prides  himself  on  the  purity of  hi: 
goods.

14
WAITING  FOR THE  UPWARD  MOVE­

MENT.

1  fail to see,  as  yet, much  evidence of 
the  general  upward  movement in stocks 
for  which  the  purchasers  during  the 
temporary spurt of  last  September have 
ever since been waiting.  The conditions, 
as  I  not  only concede,  but  have  myself 
pointed out,  are favorable to a rise.  The 
harvests  have  been  abundant,  and  the 
prices of  our breadstuff's and  other  food 
products are high;  money is easy,  and  to 
be had at low rates on good security;  the 
railroads  are doing  an  active  business, 
and there is nothing in the financial situ­
ation to alarm the most timid;  yet specu­
lation  seems  to  remain  dull,  and  the 
public apathetic.  There is a demand for 
good  bonds,  and  a  few  special  stocks 
have  advanced  somewhat  upon  orders 
from  Europe,  but  there  is  no extensive 
buying.

If 1 am right in the view that I take of 
it,  this  condition  of  the  stock  market 
goes to confirm  my favorite  theory  that 
it  is  to  the  constitution  of  the  human 
mind  and  not to material  facts  that we 
should look  for the  explanation and  the 
forecast of  men’s  actions.  Motives that 
are  all  powerful  with  them at one  time 
have  no  effect  at  others,  and  different 
lines  of  conduct  frequently  follow  ap­
parently identical causes.  The reason is 
that the motives and the causes find vary­
ing  tempers  upon  which to exert  them­
selves.  When men are hopeful  and san­
guine  every  favorable  circumstance  in­
creases  their  enthusiam, and those  that 
are unfavorable are disregarded.  When, 
on the contrary, they are despondent and 
depressed,  they are  insensible to encour­
aging  considerations and  dwell  only on 
the  dark  side  of  things.  Between  the 
two,  also,  there is a state of indifference, 
which,  as  at  present,  prevents  move­
ment in any direction.

It  is  the  capacity  for  reading  men’s 
minds and divining their  moods that dis­
tinguishes  the  genius in  stock  specula­
tion  from the  common  operator,  just as 
the  capacity for  perceiving  the  decisive 
moment of a battle and taking advantage 
of  the  enemy’s  unreadiness  marks  the 
great  general  as  superior  to  the  mere 
routine  commander.  The  absence  of 
conspicuous  leaders from the  Stock Ex­
change  at  the  present moment  may,  in­
deed,  indicate .that  such  leaders  do  not 
exist,  but  it  may  also  indicate  that,  in 
their  judgment, the time for  them to be­
gin operations has not  yet arrived.  For 
want  of  their  assistance  in  September 
the  upward  movement  then  came, as  I 
said  it  would,  to a speedy  end,  and  for 
the  want of  it  now  the  market  is  halt­
ing  and  uncertain.  There  is,  plainly, 
no  ground  for  initiating a fall,  because 
prices  are as low  as  they ought to be,  in 
view of all the facts,  and that there is no 
general rise is because all the movers for 
it are not yet ready.

Much of  the  hesitancy of  the  stock­
buying public, 1 am disposed  to  believe, 
is due to the  recent  revelations of  fraud 
and rascality in the worid of  finance and 
to  their  influence  in  deterring  people 
from  putting  their  money out  of  their 
own hands into those of  the managers of 
corporations.  A  certain  amount of  dis­
honesty,  more or less,  is always to be ex­
pected from men everywhere, but usually 
it is so  small in  proportion to their  hon­
esty that no account, practically,  is taken 
of  it.  Lately,  however,  the  instances in 
which  men  who  have  been  trusted  as 
incapable of  doing  wrong  have  shown j

false  to  their  obligations 
; themselves 
I have been so frequent that it has alarmed 
j the  timid  and  made the  boldest  pause, 
j Edward  M.  Field’s  re-hypothecation  of 
I securities  hypothecated  with  him  was 
bad  enough;  his  seliiug  them  outright 
was  worse, and  now  it appears  that  he 
has added forgery to his previous offences.
It  is  not  probable  that even  one  other 
man  in  as  good  standing  as  he  was  is 
equally  base,  but it  is  possible,  and  the 
bare possibility of it is disheartening.

The  dissension  among  the  Richmond 
Terminal managers  is  also calculated  to 
create uneasiness.  Here is an  enormous 
p ro p e r ty ,  embracing  o v e r  8,500  miles of 
railroad, against which  have been  issued 
$75,000,000  of  stock  and  an  indefinite 
number  of  millions of  dollars in  bonds, 
the value of which depends entirely upon 
its  being  managed in the  most  efficient 
manner.  Tet upon the  eve of  a general 
revival of  business all over  the  country 
it  finds  itself  in  financial  straits,  and 
with  officers who  do  not  agree  in  their 
views of the policy to be followed.  One 
set propose to call  upon the stockholders 
for  pecuniary  aid,  and  the  other,  with 
whom 1 confess I sympathize,  assert that 
such aid  is  not indispensable.  Assured­
ly, if  the  past  is  any  indication of  the 
future,  I  should  hesitate to intrust more 
money to directors who have brought the 
concern into its present condition.  This,
I say, however,  without having mastered 
the  whole  problem.  The  affairs of  the 
company are so complicated  by its  num­
erous  purchases  of  stocks, assumptions 
and  guarantees of  bonds,  and  leases  of 
railroads  and  parts of  railroads, that  I 
should have to give them at least a week’s 
study  under  expert  guidance  before  1 
could  hope to understand them. 
I  refer 
to the subject only by way of mentioning 
one of  the dampers upon  people’s cheer­
fulness which  restrains them  from buy­
ing stocks.

When  the  industrial  stocks,  such  as 
Lead,  Cottonseed Oil,  Distillers’  and Cat­
tle  Feeders’  Trust,  National  Cordage 
Company,  Sugar Refineries  and the  like 
first began  to  be  bought and  sold in the 
market,  I  had  great  hopes  that  they 
would largely supplant railroad securities 
in public  favor and furnish  to  investors 
who could  afford  to  take  a  little  risk, 
remunerative employment for their capi­
tal.  That these stocks remain  so  low in 
price  as  they  do, relatively to the  divi­
dends they are  paying, proves  that their 
future is distrusted.  Certainly, when no 
more  than 5 per cent,  per annum can  be 
derived  from good  railroad  investments, 
an  industrial  stock  which  divides  7,  8 
and 10 per  cent,  ought  not to sell  below 
par.  Standard  Oil  Trust,  with  only 12 
per cent,  dividends,  sells  at  160 and  up­
ward,  and  that  the other  stocks I speak 
of  are  relatively so  far  below it,  is  not 
flattering to the officers of the companies.
The election of a Speaker of the House 
of  Representatives  who  is  known to be 
an  advocate of  the  silver standard  has 
revived  the  hopes of  the  partisans  of 
silver  and  the  fears  of  those  of  gold. 
The  President  has given  his word  that 
he will  veto  any free silver  coinage bill, 
j and the  securing of  a two-thirds  vote of 
the House  overriding  his veto  seems un­
likely.  Still,  the  renewal of  the  agita­
tion of  the  subject  is  one of  the things 
that  make  thoughtful  men  pause,  and 
their attitude has  its  influence upon  less 
conservative minds.  Logically, the tran­
sition  from the  gold  to the  silver stand­
ard,  which  free  silver  coinage  would

TETE  M IC H IG A N   T R A H E SxM A N

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

Manufacturers  of

Show  Cases

Of  Every Description.

0 3   and  6 6   C an al  St.,

WHITE FOB  PRICES.
First-Glass  Work  Only.
G R A N D   R A P ID S

CHERRYSTONE  OYSTERS.

■ HE trade  throughout the various  towns  adjacent to Grand 

Rapids are respectfully  requested  to  bear in mind  that if 
they  order  the  “P.  & B.” brand of  Oysters  they will  get 
full  measure  and  well  filled  cans  of  the  FINEST  CHERRY­
STONE stock.  We  aim to cater to fine  trade and  realize that it 
calls  for  FINE  GOODS  to  meet  the  requirements.  Goods put 
up bearing  our  “ P.  & B.”  trade  mark  are guaranteed  A No.  1 
and are  sold at fair  prices.  We do not  claim to meet scurrilous 
competition  who  advertise one  thing and  sell  another,  but  will 
say that  we will  sell  “Bay  stock”  as low as  any competitor  in 
the business,  but we prefer to sell  OYSTERS instead of  JUICE. 
The express  charges  are as much  on  one as on  the  other,  so  if 
stock  must  be watered,  we  advise  you to buy  solid  meats  and 
dilute at your own  place.  Buy the P.  & B.  brand  and  you  will 
have the best in market.  Handled by all the jobbers.

TH E  PU TN AM   CAND Y  CO.

W.  H.  WHITE  &  CO.,

M aniM lrers  of  Hardwood  Lumber,

B O Y N E   C IT Y ,  MICH

We operate three m ills w ith a capacity of 9,000,000 feet hardw ood and 3,000,000 feet hem lock, as 
follow s:  Boyne  City  m ill, 7,000,000;  Boyne  F alls  m ill,  3,000,003;  D eer  Lake  m ill, 2,000,000.  Our 
facilities for shipm ent are  unsurpassed, either by rail or w ater.

T H ÏC   MICTTIOAJNT  T R A D E S M A N .

1 5

establish immediately, and which the act 
of  July  14,  1890,  will,  if  unrepealed, 
bring  about  ultimately, should  increase j 
the prices of  all  merchandise  and  com­
modities,  and thus stimulate speculation; 
but  most  of  the  Wall  street  financial 
magnates  are  obstinately convinced that | 
it  will  create a panic,  and  their  appre­
hension makes them cautious.

Against  these  and  other  discourage- j 
ments  circumstances  are  silently  and j 
slowly  producing a revival of  confidence 
and  of  hope.  The  good  harvests  are 
telling on the dividends of  railroad com­
panies.  General  trade is  still  suffering 
from the  bad crops of  1380 and  1S90,  but 
the  m o n e y   which  the  f a r m e r s   a n d   the 
planters  are  receiving  for those of  this 
last  season  cannot  long be withheld  by 
them from circulation. 
If  they  use it in 
paying  their  debts  the  creditors  who 
receive  it  must do something with  it  in 
the way  of  reinvestment,  and thus will 
make  new or increased  employment  for 
industry.  Capital  from  Europe  is  also 
apparently flowing  this  way  for  invest­
ment,  and  imports of  gold  are  strength­
ening  our  moneyed  institutions.  The 
increase  of  specie  and of  legal  tenders 
goes on  steadily,  and  the  banks of New 
York City have $31,000,000 more of  them 
than  they  had  a  year  ago.  Men  who 
have  money to lend are kicking  up good 
securities as fast  as  they  can,  and,  con­
sequently, the  prices of  first-class bonds 
and  stocks are  firm,  with  a  tendency to 
advance.  This  movement  must  sooner 
or  later extend to those of  a lower grade 
and  thus  lift,  or,  at  least,  lighten  the 
burden of the bankers and of the institu­
tions which have  been carrying them  for 
;he last  year without finding purchasers. 
Already I notice advertisements bringing 
to public  attention  the  merits of  securi­
ties  which  have  been  held  back  for  a 
market favorable to their disposal, which 
indicates a belief that the propitious sea­
son  has  arrived. 
It  should  not be for­
gotten  that two  years ago,  at the  height 
of 
the  speculative  fever  which  ended 
with  the  Baring  collapse,  the  rate  of 
interest on  long  investments of  the best 
class  went  down  below 4 per  cent,  and 
the Government  could not  buy all of  its 
own bonds  it  asked for  at  much better 
than 2 per cent. 
In  April,  1889, the city 
of New York sold to some of  our leading 
trust  companies  a  large  issue  of  2K 
per cent, bonds at par,  and,  by the  way, 
although  these  same  bonds  can now  be 
bought  at  a  small discount, the Govern­
ment 4s,  for  which they  were  taken  in 
exchange,  have declined more than twice 
as  much.  Latterly,  the  rate of  interest 
obtainable on long  investments has been 
5 per  cent, or  thereabouts,  which  seems 
to me too high  to last.

On  the  whole,  the  balance of  proba­
bilities  is  in  favor of  the  early  com­
mencement of  the  upward  movement in 
prices  for  which  so  many people  have 
been  waiting.  Which  securities  will 
participate  in  it and to what  extent,  and 
which will  be exceptions,  is a matter for 
the exercise of individual judgment upon 
the facts of each case.  My readers  must 
not  forget,  too,  the  familiar  saying that 
nothing  is  so  certain as  the  unforseen, 
and that  unexpected  events  may,  at this 
moment,  be  in  preparation  which  will 
reverse  all the  conclusions drawn  from 
those now known to us.

M a t t h e w   M a r s h a l l .

Britton—Osgood  Bros,  have  sold  their 

hardware stock to Haight & Collins.

BOY  NO  LONGER.

Youth.

Unable  to  Draw  the  Savings  of  His 
The  conversation  turned  upon  early 
struggles in  life.  All of  them  had  had 
hard times but each  had managed to start 
a bank  account in  his first days  of  earn­
ing money,  and to add to it from  time  to 
time.

“And  the only  time  in  my  life,”  said 
one of them,  “that I  had money  and  yet 
did not have it, was when  I  had  worked 
long  enough  and  bard  enough  to  feel 
that 1 was justified in making what to me 
was considerable of an investment.  Years 
before this 1 had  begun a  modest  little
a c c o u n t  in   t h e -------S a v in g s  B a n k .  W h e n
1 first made my  deposits  they  were  not 
big,  and  they were  not  frequent,  but  1 
kept on making them  month  by  month, 
and year by year,  and  in time they began 
to count for something.

“I  had never allowed  myself  the  lux­
ury of withdrawing  a  single  cent  from 
that bank,  not even when  1  felt  that  it 
would be one  the  keenest  pleasures  in 
the world to swagger up and  draw  from 
a big bank some of my  own  money  and 
spend it. 
I had reached the limit  which 
1 had set  for myself  in  that  bank,  and 
ceased to deposit there. 
I  was perfectly 
content to let my money remain  there.

“But the time came when  l decided  to 
open a store of my  own. 
I  looked  over 
all  my assets,  got ready to turn them into 
cash,  and  found that 1 should have to  go 
to my first savings bank. 
I  hated  to  do 
it then.  But I  marched  down  and  pre­
I  hadn’t 
sented myself at  the  window. 
been there for a long time. 
I had grown 
up.  1 had added to my face a beard, and 
1 was as far from being the boy who had 
formerly been there as a man  well  could 
be.  The first thing  I  was  asked  to  do 
was to write my signature. 
I wrote it as 
I had learned to  write  it  in  the  recent 
years, with a slap-dash rush.

“The teller looked at me scrutinizingly, 
and then asked me to  write  it  again.  1 
dashed off another.  He went off a second 
time and came back with a little deprecat­
ing smile.

“  ‘The signatures are not the same,’ he 

said.

said.

“ ‘But great Scott! 

I’m  the  same,’  I 

“  ‘But how do I know  that?’  he  said, 

with his provoking smile.

“  ‘You don’t expect,  do  you,’  I  jerk­
ed  out  impatiently,  for  I  wanted  that 
money and wanted it  quickly,  ‘that  I'd 
write the same hand now as I  did  when 
I was fourteen years old,  and  made  my 
first  deposit?’

“  ‘No,’ he said still  smiling.
“ ‘Well, I’m in  a hurry for that money,’
‘I’ve got  to  use  it  right 

I said curtly. 
away, and I’d like it right away.’

“  ‘I’m very sure,’  he said, ‘that you are 
the man,  from the story you tell, but how 
do I know it?  1  can’t  let  a  man  have 
money wheu  I  do  not  know  him,  and 
when his signature does  not  agree  with 
the one we have.’

“ ‘What in the world am  1  to  do?’ 

I 

said.

“  ‘You will have to  be  identified.’
“  ‘But 1 haven’t time.’
“  ‘You will  have  to  make  it  or  else 
sign  like  your  old  signature—your  old j 
one,’ ”  he added with a smile,  ‘is a  good 
deal better than  the one you write  now.’  i 
“But 1 had to hurry out and find  some | 
I one who could identify me before I could j 
draw  the  money  which  I  myself  had 
j deposited.  When  I  had  drawn  it  my I

boyish signature was shown to me.  It was 
round and clear, but a little trembling and 
when I  looked at it for the first time in a 
good  many  years,  a  rush  of  memories 
came over me and I  recalled  how  1  had 
felt outlie first day that I  had ever  gone 
into a bank to open  an  account  for  my­
self.”

Mrs. Mary  Kyle Dallas,  so long and  so 
favorably  known  to  T h e  T radesm an’s 
readers as a writer of bright stories,  is  a 
genial  woman of  agreeable  manners,  a 
famous pedestrain and belongs to a fami­
ly  every  member of which paints, writes, 
acts  or  edits.  She  is  now  engaged  in 
writing an American  play,  and  also  is 
callaborating a novel  with lime.  Mathil- 
de Estoan.

Use Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

B a rn e tt  B ros. 
Commission  Merchants

SOLD  MEDAL,  PAEIS,  1878.

I .  Baker & Co.’S
Breakfast
Cocoa
Unlike  the
Dutch Process

Ts  A b so lu tely  P u n  

a n d  it is Soluble.

ATo  a lk a lies  oi 
V’A 
other  chem ieali
iS  '•’  o r  d y e s  a re  usee
in  its  manufac­
ture.

A  d e s c r ip tio n   o f  t h e   ch o co la t*  
ta n t,  a n d   o f t h e   v a r io u s  c o c o a   an c 
h o c o la te   p r e p a r a tio n s  m a n u fa c - 
u red   by  W a lter  B a k e r   &  C o.,  w il 
>e 
to   ‘  a n y   d e a le r   or 
tp p lic a tio n .  _________
V.  BAKER  &  CO.,  Dorchester,  Mass

se n t 

fr e e  

AND  D EA LER S  IN
A p p le s ,
Dried Fruits, 
Onions•

iSfc

STANTON,  MOREY A  C0„

I> L T R O IT ,  M IC H .

--------- MANUFACTURERS  O F ----------

PENINS

Every  garm ent  made  by us strictly  on  honor 
and if it RIPS  retu rn  it to the  m erchant  th at  it 
was purchased of  and get a new one.
O ur line of  shirts for  1892 is second to none in 

America.

THIS  IS  WIIAT  'EVERY  SUCCESSFUL  PER- 
IT IS THE  CONDITION OF 

SON.MUST DO. 
CONDITIONS.
The  Industrial  School of  B usiness  furnishes 
som ething  superior  to  the  ordinary  course  in 
book  keeping, short hand and type w riting, pen­
m anship,  English and  business  correspondence. 
W rite  for a copy of  U seful  E ducation,  and  see 
why this school is w orth your  special considera­
tion.  Address,

W .  N .  F E R R I S ,

Big  Rapids,  Mich.
Geo. H.  Reeder & Co.,
BOOTS  & SHOES
Felt Boots and Alaska  Socks.

QJOBBERS  OF

State A gents for

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.

JO B B E R   OF

Grand  Rapids, Mich.,

G. E. MAYHEW,
PS,
Felt Boots k Alaska Socls.

Woonsocket Rubbers,

WhitGomb  &  Paine's  Calf  Boots.

W rite  fo r P ric e s.

O f L e d g e rs  a n d   J o u r n a ls   b o n n .t  w ith  
P liiladi- lp liia  P a t. F la t o p e n in   b a c k . 
T h e  S tro n g e s t B la n k   B o o k   E v e r M ade.

15 8  A  1 6 0   F u lto n   P t/O r s n d   R a p id s.

CUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS

-----OR-----

P A M P H L E T S

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

For the best work, at  reasonable  prices, address 

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

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

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from 

letters 

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Blackmailers in  Limbo.

The meeting then  adjourned.

Joseph T.  Lowry, of the board  of tru

leading  commercial  Chaige °f  the  resP°ndents. 

j a  contrary  resolution  was  immediately 
Annual Meeting of the M. C. T. A. 
The eighteenth  annual  meeting: of  the I offered, and both were finally  laid on the 
•  - 
1 table.

Michigan  Commercial  Travelers’  Asso 
ciation was held  at  Detroit  last  Thurs­
day, about  fifty  members  being present.
President Kelly  called  the meeting  to 
order and congratulated the members  on 
The examination of Meloche Bros., the 
the  gratifying showing of  the past  year 
and the  bright prospects for  the  future.
Belding druggists, charged  with  selling 
iquoras a beverage,  resulted in the  dis-
«  WMCUiftC,  ICOUltCU 111 tue  UI3"
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toes,  read  his report,  and also  a number 
,,
»  .. n 
of 
It  appears 
men named  John  Curtis
houses,  commending the  Association  for Ithat two 
its  promptness  in  the payment  of  death  and  Will  Weirs  have  been  engaged  in 
claims. 
threatning  druggists  and  other  dealers
showed t h X S S V S Z S  
-  *-<■'*> they alleg-
I ed to be in their possession  was  purchas-
of that fund. 
The  report  of  Secretary  Matthews  ed.  Adam  Hehl,  of  Miriam,  claimed 
showed  the  following:  Membership  to  they extorted  $5 from him and  both  are 
date,  o o l;  increase  of  membership  for 
1 now under arrest on  the  serious  charge
1891, 34:  receipts  for the year, §23,346.50. 
of levying blackmail.
disbursements, §20.296.96; cash  balance, 
geueral fund, $549.54;*benefieiary, §2,500; 
reserve §10,000; total §13,049.54.
A letter from George J.  Reed, of Chica­
go,  President  of the World’s  Fair  Trav­
elers’  Association,  was read,  inviting the 
Michigan  Association  to  join  them  in 
their efforts  to  secure a congress  of  the 
traveling men of the world at the Colum­
bian Exhibition  in  1893.  The  plans  of 
the  congress  are  a  commercial 
travel­
ers’  week during the  fair; the  entertain­
ment  of  the  foreign  traveling  men  by 
their  American  brethren,  and  a  grand 
parade of those in attendance.  The idea 
is to make this congress a  feature of  the 
world’s fair,  and  it  was  estimated  that 
§50,000 would  be  required  to  meet  the 
neeessary expenses.
At  the  afternoon  session,  nearly  100 
members  were  present,  when  the  elec­
tion of officers was held,  with the follow­
ing result:

L T tK   SA L E-C LE A N   GROCERY  STOCK,  LO- 
eated on one of th e best business streets  in 
G rand  Rapids  Trade  well  established.  Rent 
low.  Stock  and  fixtures  w ill  inventory  about 
#¿,000.  Good  reasons for  selling.  T here  is  $500 
in  the  purchase  for  buyer.  A ddress  No.  361 
care M ichigan  Tradesm an. 

iness in the  best  town  of  5,000  inhabitants 
in  N orthern  M ichigan.  The purchaser can have 
a  trade of  $50,000 a year  at  the  start.  No  town 
in  the  State has  better  prospects.  This  is  the 
chance  of  a  life  time.  A ddress  No.  303,  care 
M ichigan Tradesm an. 

A dvertisem ents will be Inserted  under  th is  head for 
tw o  cents  a  word  th e  first  insertion   and  one cen t a 
word  fo r  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent taken fo r less than 85 cents.  A dvance  paym ent.

IfiOE  SALE—FIRST-CLASS  GROCERY  B u s­

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

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305

360

359

368

pareil 

leaders 

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MISCELLANEOUS.

________ ___ ________   365

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

ANTED—SITUATION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER  BY  A 
married  man  Who  can  g iv e th e  best o f  refer 
cnees.  Address  No.  305,  care  M ichigan  Tradesman 
Grand Rapids. 
ANTED —  SITUATION  BY  A  REGlS- 
tered  pharm acist of  thirteen  years exper­
ience.  A ddress “D rugs,” care M ichigan Trades- 
_________  

V IIA N T E I)—SITUATION  BY’  REGISTERED 
v T 
Pharm acist,  six  years’  experience.  Can
furnish very  best  of  reference 
A ddress  P bar 
m acist F, H art, Mich.,  Box
\XT ANTED—SITUATION  AS  MANAGER  IN 
t T  general  m erchandise  establishm ent.  F if 
teen years’ experience.  Best of references.  Sev 
eral  different languages  spoken.  A ddress Jn o  
Rauscher, 434 M innesota  street,  St.  Paul,  Minn!

President—Hon.  Ha/.en S. Pingree.
Vice-Presidents —  Samuel  Rindskoff,
Detroit:  Frank E.  Chase.  Grand  Rapids:
Samuel  L. Champlain,  Ypsilanti;  J.  L.
Root,  \  assar: A.  G.  Ellis, Saginaw.
Board of  Trustees—Jas.  T.  Lowry and 
Thos.  Macleod.
Trustess  of  Reserve  Fund—John Mc­
Lean and D.  D. Cady.
Mayor Pingree  was  in  the  meantime 
informed of his election and brought  in­
to the hall.  He was warmly greeted and 
made a  short  address,  in  the  course  of 
which  he  said  he  had  been a  commer­
cial  traveler  for  twenty  years, and was 
sorry when he was forced to  retire  from 
active  duty  on  the  road.  During  his 
twenty  years  of  traveling  he  had  sold 
shoes to the  value  of  §5,000,000.  which 
he thought was pretty good  work for one 
TjlO R   S A _ _ _ ____________
man.  “ Twenty-four years ago  to-day,” 
-T 
type,  well  assorted  as  to  figures 
fractions  and 
J u s t  the  th in g   for  a  
said he,  “ we started  our shoe  business, 
country  paper  for  use in tax  sales  and  general 
and much of  its  success  is  due  to  the 
work.  Laid in two  cases.  Will  sell for 25 cents 
traveling  men  we  have had  with us;  if 
per pouud and $1  per pair for cases.  Tradesm an 
Company, G rand Rapids,  Mich. 
there happens to be  a falling off  in  busi­
ness we know that it is not the traveler’s 
TK  YOU  HAVE ANY  HKOPERTY TO EXCHANGE FOE 
X   a   residence  brick  block in Grand  Rapids,  address 
fault, the shortage  comes nearly  always 
Barnard. 35 Allen street. Grand Rapids. Mich.  331
from  the  mail  orders. 
I  know  a  com­
L ’OR  SALE—TWO  HUNDRED  ACRES  LAND  (160  IH 
I  
proved), located in th e fruit belt o f  O ceana coun­
mercial  traveler  instinctively,” he  con­
ty ,  Mich.  Land  fitted  for  m achinery,  good  fences 
tinued,  “ and  1 never hesitate to  talk  to 
large  curb  roof  barn  w ith  underground  fo r  stock ’ 
horse barn and  o th er necessary farm  buildings.  New 
him,  and I  am  always  enlightened  and 
windm ill furnishes w ater for h ouse and barns.  E ig h t­
edified, for  the traveling  man  is  always 
een  acres apple b earing orchard, also 1,000 peach trees 
tw o years old, lookin g th rifty .  P rice,  $35 per  acre  or 
well  posted on  every subject,  and he  is 
will exchange fo r stock o f dry goods.  I f an y difference 
the  best  student  of  human  nature  on 
w ill pay cash.  A. R etan, L ittle Rock, Ark. 
|  \^ A N T h iJ - - A N   EXPERIENCED LADY  DRY 
earth.”  The  Mayor  thanked the  Asso- j 
f  T  goods clerk—one w ith some  know ledge of 
! 
ciation for the honor conveyed upon him, 
stam ping and  fancy goods  preferred.  A ddress 
and promised  to  perform  the  duties  to 
stating  experience and giving  references,  “ Dry 
|  Goods,” care M ichigan Tradesm an. 
the best of his ability.

w ANTED—BOOT AND SHOE STOCK,  SUIT- 
The  committee  which  had  been  ap­
pointed to look into the world’s fair mat- | 
ter  reported 
that  they  were  in  full 
■ ANTED—GROCERY  STOCK BY PARTIES 
sympathy  with  the  movement,  and  rec­
ommended  as member  of  the  Board  of I cheap 
Control of the  World’s  Fair  Commercial  j maH;
I IO R  SALE—CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  IN 
Travelers’ Association, George  L.  Samp- i
vestm ent  Corner  lot  and  5-room house on 
m o n f n f r ' f u   alti*™ate^ Ge° rge  H -  Sey-  ^^'■i'^^f^ycttcSt.^'ceiiHrrbrrck^foundMioii1, 
mour ot  Grand  Rapids.  For members of j w»ft water  in  kitchen.  *l,200.  Terms  to  suit 
th e   w a y s   a n d   means committee,  J .  Will  Ad?]ress Xo  *87. care M ichigan  Tradesm an.  187 
the ways and  means committee,  J.  Will
A ile s ,  o f  Detroit;  alternate.  Samuel  B   ! 
~  HEST  r e s i d e n c e   l o t   i n
Sinclair.  M e s srs   S n m n cn n   anri 
  G rand  Rapids,  0x175 feet, beautifully shad
n
o n   a n  i  A ile s   e d w ith   native  oaks, situated in  g o o i  residence
were  given power  to act  with the  com­
locality,  only 200  feet  from  eiectrie  street  car 
mittees of  the World’s Fair  Association, 
line.  Will sell  for $2.500 cash, or part cash, pay­
m ents to suit.  E.  A.  Stowe,  100 Louis St. 
with instructions not to  bind the  Michi­
\ \ T ANTED—REGISTERED  PHARMACIST— 
gan body in any specific amount of money 
v  v  one fam iliar w ith general  store  preferred, 
until the next annual meeting.
state experience and  salary expected.  A ddress 
A vote of thanks was  tendered  to  the
W. C.  Weed, New Buffalo,  M ich. 
366
F   i r   s a l e  — g o o d   d i v i d e n d  -  f a y i n g
retiring President for the services he had :  *v  r   c -r-v  
-------------------- . n u « ,
stocks m   banking, manufacturing and mer-
Block:  '
SO  c h e e r f u lly   re n d e re d  
?  ic iiu e r e a . 
cantile  com panies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Loais  S t .
One member started  a storm  b y   intro- j G rand Rapids. 
370
ducing a   resolution which would  put the  TDOR  r e n t  —  b e s t   l o c a t e d   s t o b b   T m  
Association  on  record  as 
in  favor  of ! -^  the  city for  dry  goods or fu rn ish in g   stock,
k e e p in g   th e   w o rld ’s  f a i r   n n e n   n n   s .m H u v   !  on  Sonth  D ivision  St.  O.  F. Conklin, 26 Madi- 

able for the trade of a country town.  M ust 
be  cheap  for  spot  cash.  J.  M. Fow ler  &  Co.,
|  Kalamo, Mich. 

H -ite   St.,  ci»l!iir_hri1-'
in  kitchen. 
187. care M ichigan  Tradesm an.

who  can  p ay cash   dow n.  M ust  be  d irt 
A ddress  No. 343. care  M ichigan Trades- 

B  w o rm  s  l a i r   o p e n  o n   S u n d a y ,  j  son avenue, G rand Rapids. 

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Grand Rapids & Indiana.
Schedule  in effect  Decem ber  13,1891.

T RA INS  GOING  N O RTH .

Arrive from   Leave froing 
North.
7:05  a  m
11:80  a  m
4:15  p m
10:80  p m
Train  arrivin g a t 9 :20  daily;  all  other  train s  d aily 

Sonth. 
For Saginaw   and  Cadillac..........  5:15 a m 
For T raverse City & Mackinaw 
9:20 a  m 
For Saginaw  &  Traverse  C ity .. 
2:00 p m 
For  Petoskey & M ackinaw ........  8:10 p m 
From K alam azoo and C hicago.  8:35 p m 
except Sunday.

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

North.
For  C incinnati................................  0:20 a m
For K alam azoo and  C h icago...
For F ort W ayne and th e  B a st..  11:50 a  m
For  C incinnati................................  6:90 p m
For  C hicago....................................... 10:40 p m
From Saginaw ....................................10:40 p m
Trains leavin g a t 6:00 p. m. and 11:05 p. 
all other trains d aily excep t Sunday.

Arrive from   L eave going
South. 
00 a  m 
80  a m  
00  p m  
00  p m 
05  p m

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.

For M uskegon—Leave. 

From M uskegon—Arrive.

7:00  a m  
11:25  a m  
5:35  p m 

10:10 a m
4 ;4 0 p m
9:05 p m

SLEEPING  &  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

NORTH

11:30 a m train.—P arlor ch air  car  G’d 
Rapids to  P etoskey and Mackinaw.
10:30 p m  train.—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to   P etoskey and Mackinaw. 
SOUTH—7:00 am train.—P arlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to C incinnati.
1 0 : 3 0   a m   train.—W agner  P arlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6:00  pm  train.—WagL..
Grand  Rapids to  Cincinnati.
11;05 p m  train.—W agner S leeping Car 
Grand Rapids to  C hicago.

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

I.v Grand  Rapids 
Arr C hicago 

10:30 a m  
3:55 p m  

2:09 p m  
9:00 p m  

11:05 p m
6:50 a m

10:30 a m train through W agner Parlor Car.
11:05 p m train daily, through  W agner  Sleeping Car. 

3:10p m  
Lv  Chicago 
8  3 5 p m  
Arr Grand Rapids 
3:10  p  m  through  W agner  Parlor  Car. 
train daily, through W agner S leeping Car.

7:0 5 a m  
2.00 p m  

10:10p m
5:15  a m
10:10  p  m 

Through tick ets and fu ll inform ation  can  be had by 
ca llin g  upon A. Alm quist,  tick et  agen t  a t  Union Sta­
tion,  or  G eorge  W.  Munson,  Union  T icket  A gent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

General P assenger and T icket Agent.

C. L. LOCKWOOD,

Our Complete Fall Line of

Will be ready September lOtli.  It will pay 
every merchant handling this line of goods 
to examine our samples*

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

20 & 22 Monroe St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

Tar and  Gravel  Roofers,

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

Corner Louis and Campan St»., 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

WHOLESALE

Dry  Goods.  Carpets X Cloaks.

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, 

Quilts & Live Geese Feathers.

Overalls  of  oilr  own  JianilfacWre.
Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s 

Mi\, M sh e ie r k Go.,

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

- 

-  MICH.

Socks.

Michigan C entral

“  The Niagara Falls Route.”

D EPA RT.  A RRIV E
D etroit E xpress.......................................   7 :00&m  10:00 p m
....................................... ............... 7:0 5 a m   4:30  p m
Mixed 
Day  E xpress...........................................  1:20 p m   10:00 a m
•A tlantic & Pacific E xpress............... 10:30 p m 
6:00 a  m
New York E xpress..................................5:40 p m   12:40 p m

•D aily.
All o th er d aily excep t Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  A tlan tic  and  Pacific  Express 
trains to  and from   Detroit.
E legant  parlor  cars  leave Grand  Rapids on D etroit 
Express a t 7 a. m .,  returning  lea v e  D etroit  4:45 p. m. 
arrive in  Grand  Rapids 10 p. m.

F r e d  M. B r i g g s , Gen'l A gent. 85 Monroe St.
A.  A l m q u i s t , T icket A gent, Union  Depot.
G e o .  W. M u n s o n , Union T icket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W . R u g g l e s   G. P.  &   T. A gent., Chicago.

Detroit TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN   EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

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

tN o.  14 tN o.  16 tN o.  18 »No.  82
6 50am
10 55pm 
7 45am
12 37am 
8 28am
1 55am 
9 03am
3 15am 
10 45am
8.45am 
11 30am
7-X.Oam 
10 05am
5  40am 
11 55am
7  30am 
10 53am
5 37am 
11 50am
7  00am

10 20am
11 25am
12 17pm 
1 20pm 
315pm 
3 45pm 
3 40pm 
6 00pm
3 05pm
4 05pm

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
0 65pm 
8  0pm 
845pm
7 (5pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

WESTWARD.

T rains L eave 

G’d Rapids,  L v .............I
G’d H aven,  A r.............
Milw’kee Sir  “ ............
Chicago Str.  “ ............ |

1»No. 81 tN o.  11 tN o. 13
5  10pm
6  15pm

1  00pm
2  10pm

7 On am
8 35am

»Daily. 

tD aily except Sunday.

T rains arive from  the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a   m  , 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. in.
T rains  arrive  from   the west,  10:10  a. m ., 3:15 
p.m.  and 9:50 p. m.
E astw ard—No.  14  has  W agner  P arlcr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 W agner  Sleeper.
W estward — No.  81  W agner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No.  15 W agner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W. Loud, Traffic M anager.
Ben F l e t c h e r , Trav. Pass. Agent.
J a s. Ca m p b e l l, City T icket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

CHICAGO

NOV.  15,1891.
&  WEST  MICHIGAN  RY.

8:30

12:05

P. M. P.M.

DEPART FOR

i. M. P.  M.
9:00 12:05 *11:35
9:00 12:05 *11:35
9:(XI 12:05 *11:35
7:25 5*17
9:00 12:05
5:30
7:25
5:17
7:25
5:17
7:25
5:17

Indianapolis ... 
Benton H arbor.
St.  Jo se p h .........
T raverse  C ity..
M uskegon.........
M anistee  .........
L u d in g to n .......
Big  R apids.......
'D aily.  §Except Saturday.  O ther  trains  week 
only.
9:00
A.  M. has through chair car to C hica­
go.  No ex tra charge for seats.
12:05
P.  M.  runs  through to Chicago  solid 
w ith W agner buffet car;  sea s  50 cts. 
5:17
P.  M. has  through free  chair  car  to 
M anistee,  via M.  A N. E. R. R.
11:35
P.  M.  is solid  train  w ith W agner pal­
ace sleeping  car  through to Chicago.
DETEOIT,

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 *1:00
5:45
7:05
4:15
7:05
4:15
7:05
4:15

D etroit..........................................
L ansing..................................
H ow ell.................................... .
Low ell.................................
A lm a......................
St.  Louis  ...  ..................
Saginaw   C ity.............................
7 . 1   FT  A  M. runs through to D etroit w ith  par- 
•  » i w   lor ca r;  seats 25  cents.
1 : 0 0  U t
5 :4 5 P M   ru n s  through to D etroit  w ith par

Has  through  Parlor  car  to  De- 
Seats, 25 cents.

DEPART  FOR

1  lor  car, seats  25  cents. 

A.  M. hai 
A.  M.  has parlor  ear  to  Saginaw, seats 
•  . U i )   25 cents.
25 cents.

For  tickets  and  inform ation  apply  at  Union 
Ticket Office, 67 M onroe  street, or Union station.

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Geo. D eIIaven, Gen. Pass’r Agt.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  &  North  Michigan 
the  D etroit,  Lansing  & 
N orthern or D etroit, G rand H aven & M ilw auk  e 
offers  a  route  m aking  the  best  tim e  betw e  n 
G rand R apids and Toledo.

In   connection  w ith 

Railway.

VIA d ., l .  & N.

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

VIA  D .,  o .  H.  & M.

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

R eturn connections equally as good.

W.  H.  B e n n e t t , G eneral Pass. A gent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

“You  can  fool  some of  the  people  all of  the  time, and 
all of the-people some of  the  time,  but you can’t fool  all 
the people all the time.”

Tie  Tradesman  Cenpon  Bool

is  what  the  people will  have after  having been  fooled 
once  or  twice  into  using  something  said  to  be  just  as 
good.

V i  th .  pereoa  guwslBg  th«  nearest  to  the  number  of  Imp«  th a t will 
appear in a «erlea of  cute ia  the  Evening  News,  cuts  aot  to  exceed  100, 
1st Cash  Prize, $60;  2d,  $25;  3d.  15;  4th.  $10.  Guess slips to he had with 
every 26c.  worth of  PRINCE  RU DO LPH  CIGARS  Sold  E veryw here 
Up to date th ere  has been  published 28cuts, with a total of  8 0 3   Imps.

MANUMOTURd  «V

Q O R D O N ,  

A x , k ;
D e t r o i t ,   M l o b .
DANIEL  LYNCH,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Wholesale  Agí.

Holts 

Wanted!

RINDGE,  BERTSCH  &  CO.

Manufacturers of Boots  & Shoes.

Agents for the Boston  Rubber Shoe Co

Send  us  vour  m ail 
orders  and we  w ill  try 
and  fill  them   to  your 
satisfaction.  We  have 
the new  line of

Storm Slips

in cotton and wool lined 
for la d ies;  also the
Northwest
Roll  Edge

or

line  of  lum berm an's In 
H urons and Trojans.

THE  VERY  LATEST!
'  THE  "SIMPLEX"

Good  as  the  Best  and  Five Times  Cheaper.

Cash Reaister

Price,  $35.00 

Simple  and  Durable!

Warranted  Ten  Tears.

I  want  500 to  i,000  cords of  Poplar  Excel­

sior  Bolts,  18, 36 and 54  inches long.

I  also  want  Basswood  Bolts, same  length* 

as above.  For particulars address

J.  W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Grail Rapids Storage & Transfer Go.,  m

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

General  Warehousemen  and  Transfer  Agents.

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

ALL  KINDS  OF  PERISHABLES.

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

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

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

and Machine and Plow repairs, Etc.

Telephone  No.  945. 

J*  Y.  F.  BLASE,  Sup’t.

IF  YOU WANT

The B e st

ACCEPT  NONE  BUT

Silver  Tirai

Sauerkraut.

PERKINS  l  RICHMOND,  13  Fountain  St.,  Grand  Rapida.

Order  this Brand  from Your Wholesale Grocer!

We Pay the Freight!

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Wait for our  agent to call  on you, before  placing  your order  for  B G S t>   .A J r r o il  S t o n e  yVElFG  as there is 
a great  advantage to be gained by ordering  early to secure carload  rates, by so doing you  can  get the ware delivered 
to your railroad station,  free of  freight and  breakage.  Our terms, 60  DAYS  TIME  from date of  delivery, on  ap­
proved  orders,  or 2  per  cent,  discount  for cash.  You will  need  the ware  soon.  Buy it right  and  save  money by 
getting the lowest rates from

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,  Grand  Rapids.

Butter  Crocks.

Sizes from  }4 to 6 gallons.

Covers  only for same  counts 1 gal. each.

Meat  Tubs.

Sizes S, 10,  12,  15 and 20 gallons.

Preserve Jars and Covers.
Sizes )4,  1,  114  and 2 gallons.

Flat Bottom  Milk Pans.
Sizes  X.  1 and  1K gallons.

Sizes 

i  and i% gallon. 

Stew Pans with Bails.

[Sizes 14  and 1 gallon.

Churns  and  ('overs.
Covers count  1  gallon each. 
Sizes from  3  to 8 gallons.

Common Jugs.
Sizes  K to 5 gallon.

Tomato Jugs.
Sizes %  and  1 gallon.

Write for quotations  and  we will  have one of  our representatives  call  upon  you  as soon  as possible^ and  make 

rock  bottom  figures  for your town  or at your nearest station.

We Pay the Freight!

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