THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
.  GRAJNTD  R A P I D S ,  J A N U A R Y   13,  1892.

$1  Per  Year.
N O . 4 3 4

F. J. LAMB.

Som ething N ew !

Yon can al wav« find something new and especially 
fine by order your Canny of

A.  E.  BROOKS  &  CO.,

Wholesale  Confectioners,

46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich

Bolts  WantedJ

I  want  500 to 1,000  cords of Poplar  Excel­

sior  Bolts,  18, 36 and 54  inches long.

I also  want  Basswood  Bolts, same  lengths 

as above.  For particulars address

J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.
F.  J.  D ETTEN TH A LER

-----JOBBER  OF-----

O Y S 1  L R S

JM L .%  

SALT  FISH

% 7\ ,   POULTRY  4  GAME
  YORK  BISCUIT  GO..
Tfil  p
Craclrer Manufacturers,

CONSIGNMENTS OP ALL KINDS OF POULTRY AND GAME SOLICITED.

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Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 

See Quotations in Another Column. 

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Y O L .  9.
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C . 

A.LAMB &  C O  ,

WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION

Foreign  and  Domestic  Friiits  and  Produce.

8 4   and  8 6   South  Division  St.
M OSELEY  BROS.,

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Fruits  Seeds, Beans and Produce,

26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA ST,

O -reiricl  R a D id s ,
TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Spices  and  Baking  Powder,  and  Jobbers  of 

g Teas, Coffees and Grocers' Sundries.

1 and 3 Pearl Street, 

GRAND RAPIDS

MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED STATES BAKING CO.,
M u s k e g o x   Crachmr Co.,

SaccMiora  to

HARRY FOX, Manager.

Crackers, Biscuits#Sweet Goods.

MUSKEGON, MICH.

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PAID  TO  MAIL  ORDERS.

W.  H.  DOWNS,

---JOBBERS OF---

N otions  &  F ancy  Goods.

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

SPECIAL BARGAINS IN SPECIAL LINES TO CLOSE.

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

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---  JOBBERS  OP ---

Jennings*

SEE  QUOTATIONS.

Domestic Fruits and  Vegetables
We carry the largest stock in the city and guarantee satisfaction.  We always bill goods at the 
lowest market prices.  SEND  FOR QUOTATIONS.

Flavoring  E xtracts
24 and 26 North Division St.,  GRAND a RAPIDS.
I m .’p r o 'v e d   F"Tu.e  S c r a p e r . THE GREAT SEAL CIGAR!
20  CENTS STRAIGHT !
la g S F   T H E   G K R E E B S T   S E A L
JytSk 

Is the Best of Its Kind Made.

Like Its Little Old Daddy

THE  BEST  ON  THE  MARKET.

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Send Yonr Wholesaler an Order.

O ranges &  

Bana
WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS. 

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O.  N .  R A P P  

C O ..

9 North  Ionia St.,' Grand Rapids.

Florida', Oranges  a  Specialty.

It  is  not  economy  for  a  business  man  to  use  unprinted 
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.

ffe Offer :

500  XX Envelopes, 3^x6, white or colored, 
500  Note Heads, <*x9£, either flat writing 
or Imitation Linen,
500  Statements, 5^xS^
500  Business Cards, 2£x4£,
1000 Shipping Tags,

$7.50

1000 Each of  Above,  $11.

CASH  W ITH   ORDER.

SAM PLES  IP   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.

THE  TKADESMAN  COMPANY UUJ

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

For Bakings  of Ml Kinds  Use 

F I p k r h m Q n n   55*  R n k
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_ _ _ _ _ . . . . .  

Ik l)U .  o

H ey m an   &  C om pany,

Manufacturers  of

Of  Every Description.

WRITE FOR  PRICES.

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

0 3   an d   6 6  C an al  St.,

Diamond  Crystal 

Table and Dairy Salt.

9 9 .7   F>URB.

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  Crystal

LUI 1 9

IM P O R T E R S   A N D

^ holesale  Brocers
B iALL

GRAND  RAPIDS

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PUTMAN  CO.

SUPPLIED

FBESH DAILY

To Grocer« Everywhere.

Special attention it invited to ear

YELLOW  LABEL
w h ic h  is  affixed  to   e v e ry   c a k e  
o f o u r  Yeast, a n d  w h ic h  se rv e s 

TO DISTINGUISH 

Oar Goods from worthless  Imitations.

Wholesale
GroGers.

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY,  JANUARY 13  1892.

VOL.  9.
PEOPLE'S  SAVINGS  BANK.
Liability,  $100,000 
Capital,  $100,000. 

Cop. Monroe and  Ionia St».,

Depositors’  Security,  $200,000.

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

D. D. Cody 
S.  A. Morman 
Jas. G .  McBride 
Wm. McMullen 
D. B. Waters 
Jno. Patton, J r 
Wm. Alden Smith 

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

Thomas  Hefferan.

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

view with a view to business relations.
ESTABLISHED  1841.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

R . G.  D u n   &  Co.

Reference Books Issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada

B. »/.  Mason  &  Co,,

PROPRIETORS OF

Old Homestead Pastoni

Œ R ^A JS T T ,  M I C H .

MANUFACTURERS OF

Fruit  Jellies  and  Apple  Bolter

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

J. L.  Strelitsky,

Jobber  of

Including the following celebrated brands man­
ufactured  by the  well known  house of  Glaser, 
Frame & Co. :
Vindex, long  Havana filler.........................   $35
Three  Medals, long Havana filler............ 
35
55
Elk’s Choice, Havana filler and binder... 
La Fior de Alfonso,........ 
55
La Doncella de Morera.................................  65
La Ideal, 25 in a box...................................  
65
W. J. Florence................................................ 
Also  fine line  Key West goods at rock  bottom 
prices.  All favorite  brands of  Cheroots  kept in 
stock.

55

10  So.  Ionia  Si.,  Grand  Rapids.
ITWI_______
To Buy A lle»  B.Wr is l e y 's
GOOD C1 ER SOAR

leading Wholesale Grocers keep it.

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

SON;MUST DO. 
CONDITIONS.
The  Industrial  School of  Business  furnishes 
something  superior  to  the  ordinary  course  in 
book keeping, short-hand and type-writing, pen­
manship, English and  business  correspondence. 
Write  for a copy of  Useful  Education,  and  see 
why this school is worth your  special considera­
tion.  Address,

W .  N . F E R R I S ,

Big Rapids, Mich.

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

T he B ra d stree t  C om pany, P rops.

CH ARLES  F.  CLA RK ,  P res.

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

Grand  Rapids  Office,  Room  4,  Widdicomb  Bldg.

H EN RY   ID E M A ,  Supt.

OYST E R S !

We quote: 

B u lk .

Standards, per g al............................................ $1  f 5

Solid  B ran d  In Cans,

20

D aisy  B ra n d   In Cans.

Selects......................25  E.  F .................... 
Standards...............  18
Selects,...................   22 Standards..................   16
Favorites...............   14
M rs.  W lth ey ’s H om e-m ade M ince-M eat.
Large bbls...............  6  H alfbbls...............   6U
40 lb. pails  .............   6Vt  20 lb.  pails  ............6V
101b.  pails..............  7
2 lb. cans,  (usual  weight)............... $1.50  per  doz.
“ 
...............$3.50  per  doz.
Choice Dairy  Butter........................ 
¿2
E g g s......................................................................... 21
Pure Sweet Cider,  in  bbls.,  ...  15__ H b b l...  16
Pure Cider  Vinegar................................................10
Sweet  Florida Oranges.........................$2  50@2  75
Lem ons....................................................3 75^4  00
Will pay 40 cents each for Molasses half  bbls. 
Above prices are made low to bid for trade.
Let your orders come.

“ 

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EDWIN  FALLAS  *  SON, 

Valley Oity Cold Storage.

THE.  ^

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

S. F. Aspinwall, Pres’t  

W  F bkp McBain, Sec y______

THOiS. E.  WYKEST
Lime,  Cement,  Stucco,  Hair,  Fire  Brick, 

WHOLESALE

Fire  Clay, Lath,  Wood,  Hay, Grain,
Oil Meal, Clover and  Timothy Seed, 

Corner Wealthy Ave. and Ionia St.

on M. C. R. R. 

Write for prices.

STANTON,  MOREY & CO„

D ETROIT, MICH.

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

-PEIVIIVS JJLA.lt

Pants,  Sits, a i  Overalls.

Every  garment  made  by us strictly  on  honor 
and if it RIPS  return it to the  merchant  that  it 
was purchased of  and get a new one.

Our line of  shirts for  1832 is second to none In 

America.

A  HILL - COUNTRY  IDYL.

Kitty M’Kissen  looked  at  her  brother 
and sighed,  and the sigh  was  accompan­
ied  by  a  glance  of  admiration.  Hugh 
M’Kissen was certainly  a  fine  specimen 
of young  mountain  manhood.  Tall  and 
muscular,  with a lithe  and sinewy form 
whose graceful proportions eve* the half 
coat,  half-sack,  called a  “hunting-shirt,’ 
could  not  disguise;  a  frank  and  pleas 
ant expression,  and a voice that,  In  spite 
of a  rather  nasal  tone  when its  owner 
was excited, was full  and musical—Hugh 
was worthy of feminine admiration.  He 
was  singularly  ignorant  of  his  attrac 
tions, and,  though bold in  peril,  fearing 
neither man,  bear or catamount in  single 
fight,  was 
in  the  presence  of 
women,  his  mother  and  his  sister  ex 
cepted.  The owner,  subject to his moth 
er’s  life-right,  of  a  thousand  acres  of 
mountain  land, of  which  one-third  was 
rich  “ bottom,” or level land,  with horses 
in stall, cattle  in  meadow  and steers on 
the hill-range,  he was at seven-and-twen 
ty  a  bachelor,  while  his  fellows  were 
heads of  families  by  the  time  they had 
come to manhood.  He loved  his mother 
and sister,  who  worshiped  him,  and  he 
was content.

timid 

Kitty M’Kissen was not his sister, how­
ever, nor was she his kinswoman.  Eight­
een years  before,  John  Markham  came 
there from  the East,  and  bought a  little 
“bottom-patch” of  sixty  acres,  and  set­
tled on it with his  wife.  He built a log- 
cabin, set  to  work  awkwardly to  culti­
vate a few girdled acres,  and  tried to ac­
commodate himself  to  an  unusual posi­
tion.  Folk around,  naturally  suspicious 
of strangers,  thought he  must have done 
something wrong to make him leave home. 
He brought books,  not over a hundred in 
number,  which his neighbors  deemed  to 
be  a great library.  His house  was neat, 
owing  to  his  young  wife’s  taste.  The 
neighbors  said:  “It’s  stuck  roun’  with 
tbing-a-majigs till  it’s a plom sight.”

Markham worked hard,  and  so did  bis 
wife,  and,  soon  after their coming,  Kitty 
was born.  She was christened Catharine 
Burnett.  Three months  after  her  birth 
her mother died, and Mrs. M’Kissen, who 
had just lost a  child of  nearly  the  same 
age,  otfered  to  nurse  Kitty—an  offer 
thankfully  accepted.  But  John  Mark­
ham caught  cold  by  exposure,  it  settled 
upon his  lungs,  and  in  less than a  year 
he died,  leaving  his little  possessions  to 
his child.  Kitty thrived and soon became 
known as a  M’Kissen,  the  circuit-rider’s 
baptismal certificate to the  contrary not­
withstanding.  She  and  Hugh,  who was 
a nine-year-old boy  when she  came, had 
been  brought  up  together.  When  she 
was  half  grown,  Peter  M’Kisseu  was 
killed by the  fall of  a  girdled  tree,  and 
Kitty became the  mainstay of the house, 
for old Mrs.  M’Kissen, who was ten years 
senior  to  her  husband,  had  been  half 
paralytic for years,  and  passed her  time 
in hobbling between her bed, the kitchen 
table  and  the  fireside,  where  she  com­
forted  herself  with  her  cob-pipe,  fre­
quently  refilled.  As  foster-mother,  she 
was the only one Kitty  had  known,  and 
the love between the two was strong.

NO. 434

Frank  and  good-natured,  as  well  as 
athletic,  Hugh  was  a  popular  young 
man—his fellows  accepting  his lead  and 
young  women  receiving  his  attentions 
courteously.  But  he  never  threw  the 
handkerchief at any  particular fair  one, 
treating all with a shy  deference.  They 
did riot come up to the standard of Kitty, 
who had  inherited  some  of  the  refine­
ment  of  her  mother;  and  who,  having 
read  her  father’s  books  over  and  over 
again,  was  credited  with a  vast  amount 
of  learning.  That  kind  of  knowledge 
did not  interfere  with  her  housewifely 
qualities,  for  she  was  known  to be  the 
best cook  and baker  as well  as  the  best 
butter-maker and neatest housekeeper in 
the  county.  Hugh  measured  all  other 
girls by her  Procrustean  standard.  Be­
sides,  Hugh  was  not  matrimonially  in­
clined.  His home was  too  comfortable, 
and he was in no hurry to bring a strange 
woman there.

But  Mrs.  M’Kissen  thought  it  high 
time for her son  to  marry,  and spoke  to 
him about it.

“What’s  the  need,  mother?”  he  re­
sponded.  “I’m  comfortable,  and  so  are 
you.  Why should I  bring a  strange girl 
here—one that ain’t  used  to  us  and  our 
ways,  upsetting things?”

“You  needn’t  do  that  neither,”  said 

his mother.

But Hugh  was too obtuse  to  take  the 
hint  and  went  out  to  salt  the  cattle. 
But  he  communed  with  himself  as  he 
went.

“I  might  spark  Lucy  Campbell,”  he 
thought. 
“She’s  been  East  to  school, 
and she’s a  sort  of  high-flyer,  but  she’s 
pretty.  Old Jim Campbell’s well off, and 
he  has  only  young  Jim  and  Lucy. 
I 
dunuo.  I’ll speak to Kitty about it.  And 
there she is at the cows,  now.”

Kitty  was  there  with  her  milk-pails, 
and Hugh  broached  the subject  at once. 
She looked up,  blushed  a little and  then 
looked down,  and listened.

“Lucy  Campbell!”  she  cried. 

“So, 
Boss!  Why don’t the cre’tur’ keep still? 
Lucy  Campbell’s  a  nice  girl;  a  little 
sharp-tempered,  but  you’re not; and  she 
never turns a hand  to  anything  around 
the  house;  but you’re not  looking  for  a 
housekeeper.  Give down, Boss!”

Well,  there’s Nancy Stallins.  Nancy’s 
people are not so well off as Lucy Camp­
bell’s;  but  they  do  say  that  Nancy  is 
the most  industrious  girl  in  the  neigh- 
b’r’d.”

Yes,” said Kittty; “yes, she’s a work­
er.  She never cleans up her dirt, though; 
and  she—she  chews  snuff.  You  don’t 
ike tobacco in that way, do you, Hugh?”
“M-mph!”  ejaculated Hugh.  “Well, I 
dunno wlmt  to  do.  Mother, she’s  at  me 
to marry,  and  I declare,  except  the two,
I can’t think  of  a  girl I’d  like  to  have, 
unless—well,  there ain’t one.”

“You stupid!” cried Kitty, pettishly.
“Eh?”
“This Boss  is  the  most  stupid cow  I 

ever saw.  Now, Bullface!”

And Kitty stooped with  her  pail,  and 

began a fresh milking.

“See here,” said Hugh,  “did  you  ever 
see such  an  uncertain  chap  as  that  Si

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Doss?  He’s  been  here  four  times  this 
week  about  buyin’ a  cow, stays  around 
here for hours at a  time,  and  ain’t  made 
up his mind yet. 
’Pears to  me  he  don’t 
know a good thing when  he sees it.” 

“There are a good many young men  in 
the same  fix,  I  allow,” said  Kitty.  “Si 
Doss appears to me not  to be one of  that 
kind.  He  know  what  he  wants,  1 
fancy.”

And  then,  with  her  filled  pail,  Kitty 

moved off to the  spring-house.

Hugh stood a minute, salt-bag in hand, 
forgetful of  his  cattle,  when  he saw  Si 
Doss riding up.  and then dismounting.  Si 
tethered bis horse to the pendant limb of 
a beeeh-tree and then strode forward.  He 
had  the reputation of being the most for­
ward young  man  in  the  county;  but  he 
had a very embarrassed  air now.

“Howdy,  Hugh.”
“Howdy,  Si.”
“ Folks all well?”
“Yes.  Your'n?”
“Fus’-rate.  thank y’.  Our  best  brood 
sow’s sort o’  limpish. 
I  allow she’s been 
eatin’  somethin’  afore  we  brought  her 
outen the woods.”

"Likely.”
And then  the two stood like  exhausted 

receivers.  At  last Doss broke out:

“I've  been allowin’  to get married.” 
“ Yes?”
“ I'd  like you to put in a  good word for 

me.”

“ Me?  Who’s the girl?”
"Kitty M'Kissen.”
"Not—our—Kitty!”
“ Yes. 

I’m not quite sure  whether she 
favors me or not. 
I’ve been aroun’ some, 
but  somehow  1  ain’t  got  the  nerve  to 
speak  out.  Couldn’t  you  souu’  her  an’ 
find out?”

"Our  Kitty!  Why,  Si.  she's  a  little 

girl.  She’s too  young.”

“She's  eighteen  years  old. 

I  beam 
Miss M’Kissen  say so.-  You know,though, 
I’m tol’rable well-to-do,  and don’t owe no 
man  a  dollar. 
I  love  the  very  ground 
she  walks on.”

“ Well,”  said  Hugh,  after  a  pause, 

“ we’ll  see about it.  Anything new?” 

“There just is.  There’s a fellow down 
to the town—a furriuer  from  the East— 
got  up  in  store-clothes air mighty  sassy- 
lookin’,  an’  he’s  been  inquirin’  about 
John  Markham's  folks.  Sez  he’s  a  kin 
to ’em an’ ’s gwine to come  and  hunt  up 
Kitty.”

"No!  What’s  his name?”
“Calvin Burnett.  He’s a lawyer where 

he lives.”

“ Burnett?  Must  be  kin  to  Kitty’s 

mother.  You told  him  where  she is?” 

“Yes; and  thar he  comes  now,  on  Sol 
Can't  ride 

Dingess’s  claybank  mar’. 
worth shucks,  nuttier.”

It  was a sprucely dressed stranger who 
rode  up,  and,  leading his mare,  came  to­
ward them. 
It was not  necessary to tell 
his  kinship,  for  he “ favored”  Kitty,  as 
they  say  in  the  hills.  The  same  eyes 
and forehead,  but  he had a  square  chin. 
He explained his  business.

“Come into  the  bouse,  Mr.  Burnett,” 
“Kitty  will  be  back  from 

said  Hugh. 
the spring-house presently.”

Doss was anxious  to  learn everything, 
but as no one asked him  to remain,  went 
off reluctantly.  Presently Kitty came in, 
and the newcomer  introduced himself as 
her first  cousin,  the son  of her  mother’s 
brother.

“Of course,”  said Burnett,  “1 am very 
glad to know  a near relative,  especially 
when she’s  a  pretty  girl; but  I did  not

come for that.  1  am  here  on  business, j 
Do you know  anything  of  your  father’s j 
history?”

“No, sir.”
“Oh, don’t  ‘sir’ me,  Kitty; we are  own j 
cousins.  Call  me  ‘Cousin  Cal.’  Your j 
father ran off with my aunt,  having mar- | 
ried her against  grandfather’s command. 
Grandfather disowned  her,  and was very | 
bitter.  But when he  died,  he  left  one- 
half of his property to father absolutely, | 
and the other half  in  trust.  The nature | 
of  the  trust  was  explaiued  in  a  sealed 
paper,  not to  be  opened  until  after fath­
er’s death,  and  to  be  carried out by  his 
executor.  1 believe father  knew its  na­
ture.  The  trust  money  increased  un­
der  my  father’s  prudeut  management, 
and that share of  the  estate  amounts  to 
more than what  1  inherit. 
It  is  nearly 
twice as much. 
I opened the paper, and 
the instructions are  that 1 am  to  pay  it 
over  to  the  heir  or  heirs  of  Catherine 
Markham. 
I am  satisfied,  from inquiry, 
that  you  are  the  heir,  Kitty, and  1  am 
ready to transfer to you,  under the prop­
er  legal  forms,  nearly  ninety  thousand 
dollars.  1 congratulate you,  Kitty.  You 
will be  able to live  at the  East, as  com­
fortably as  possible,  on an  income  suffi­
cient,  I  suppose,  for  a  single  gentle­
woman.”

Ninety thousand dollars!  The amount 
dazed  Kitty,  and  struck  the  M’Kissens 
dumb. 
It was like  a  fairy  tale,  and  the 
young lawyer  looked like  an  enchanter. 
Hugh  was  considered  rich  there,  with 
less than  a fifth  of  the sum; but  ninety 
thousand dollars!

At last  Kitty  asked:
“ Mr.  Burnett—Cousin  Calvin—must  1 

live there to get the money?”

“ No  You  can  live  where  you  like; 
but if you want to enjoy  life,  the East is 
the place  for  you.  You  are  your  own 
mistress,  or,  at least,  will  be  at  twenty- 
one. 
In  the  meanwhile, the  court  here 
will  probably  let  you  name  your  own 
guardian and trustee.”
“ Thank  you,  cousin. 

1  am  glad  to 
know you;  glad  to have  this  unexpected 
fortune,  and  would be glad to see a place 
that  Pve  heard  so  much  of.  But  the 
only kin  1 ever  knew,  though  not of  my 
blood,  are  dear to me.  This  is my  only 
home. 
I may  visit the  East,  but I  could 
not stay there.”

The news of Kitty’s  wonderful  inheri­
tance soon  spread.  Rumor  increased  it 
It  was  heard 
by an  additional  cipher. 
of with a thrill of awe and envy, 
it was 
said that  the  dashing  young  “furriuer” 
was to marry  Kitty,  and  take  her  away 
immediately ; and Josiah Doss  was in the 
gulf of despair.  Hugh  knew  better,  so 
far as  Kitty’s views  went,  but  he felt  a 
sinking at the heart.  Kitty  would  stay, 
but  with  such  a  fortune  in  possession 
she seemed out of the common sphere.

Burnett,  while  the  legal  forms  were 
going  on,  amused  himself  by  studying 
this cousin,  who  was  so  readily accom­
modating  herself  to  circumstances  and 
the  M'Kissens, especially  Hugh. 
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that Kitty  loved Hugh,  and knew it.

“That young man  is  bright enough  in 
some  things,  but  very  stupid  in  this,” 
said  the  lawyer  to  himself.  "I’ll play 
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thing.”

The court,  at Kitty’s instance, appoint­
ed  Hugh  M’Kissen  her  guardian  and 
trustee, to the scandal of the young folk.

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who  thought  she  should  have  chosen 
some older man.  Hugh and Burnett had 
divers  conferences,  before  affairs  were 
over.  At one of  these,  the  lawyer said:
“What a very  pretty girl Cousin Kitty 
is!  Don’t you  think  so,  Mr.  M’Kissen?' 

“Ye-es.”
“She’ll  make  a  fine  figure  when  she 
gets into society,  too.  She is one  of  the 
rough gems that take to  polish  kindly.” 

“M-m!”
“The fact  is,  I  admire  her  the  more 
I  must  try  and 

the more I  know  her. 
persuade her to leave the  mountains.” 

“Kitty  M’Kissen 

isn’t  one  of  that 
kind,” said Hugh.  “You  heard  her say 
that she would  stay here,  and she is  the 
one to keep her word.”

“I  beg  your  pardon,  Mr.  M’Kissen,” 
said  Burnett. 
“Her  proper  name  is 
Catherine Markham,  and  she  is not like­
ly to change it—in this place.  No offense 
to you; but  the name is  a  good one,  and 
sounds well; but it would sound better if 
it were changed  to Burnett,  in  my judg­
ment.”

And then Burnett walked on,  to take a 
stroll  through  the  hills,  leaving  Hugh 
confused and  indignant.

“Confound  his 

Hugh.  “ Mrs.  Burnett! 
ty’s money.  Kitty marry  him!”

impudence!”  cried 
lie’s after Kit­

Hugh  walked out  to  cool himself  and 
met Kitty coming from the spring-house; 
for  Kitty  was  born  to  love  cows  and 
chickens, and  her money had not changed 
her ways.  She nodded.  Hugh  kept  at 
her side,  and as he  reached the porch he 
said:

“I—I  want  to  have a  talk  with  you, 

Kitty.”

“All  right.  Sit  down  on  the  porch, 

then,  and I’ll listen.”

“Kitty—I—the fact is—”
“Yes?”
“The fact is—  You don’t care for Bur­

nett, do you?”

“Care  for him?  Of course  Ido.  He 
brought  me  good  fortune; he’s my  own 
cousin,  you know,  and  he’s  a  very  nice 
man,  too.”

“Are you—going—to marry with him?” 
I suppose you  can 
“What a question! 
ask it  as you’re  my  guardian. 
I  don’t 
see how I could; he’s not  a Mormon,  and 
he has a wife already.”

“Oh,  Kitty,  you know I—”
“Well,  1 don’t know,  till  1  know what 

it is 1 know.”

“Kitty,  I love you.”
“Of course  you  do; we  were  brought 

up  together.”

marry?”

“It’s not that,  Kitty;  but why can’t we 

“You never asked me, Hugh.”
Hugh  asked  then  with  a  vengeance. 
He poured out his  feelings in  a  flood of 
words.  Kitty didn’t interrupt him.  She 
liked it.  But when he paused for  sheer 
want of breath,  she quietly put her  hand 
in  his,  and said:

“You  ought  to  have  known  that  I 

loved you,  Hugh.”

When  Burnett  came  back  he  divined 

the state of affairs at once.

“Mr.  M’Kissen,”  he  said,  dryly,  “1 
presume that Miss Burnett will have  the 
approval of her guardian in this matter?” 
Kitty did go to the  East,  but it was  as 
Kitty  M’Kissen,  and  with  her  husband. 
After their return there was a house  put 
up on the M’Kissen place,  which was the 
wonder of  the  neighborhood,  both  of it­
self and furnishings.

“Such doings!”  said  Nancy Stallins  to 
a  gossip.  “You  know the house—built

outer  bricks  and  rocks—a  sorter  cross 
atwix’  a  co’t-house  an’ a  meetin’-house; 
and enough rooms in it for a tavern.  But 
I  was 
inside; six  wagonloads  o’  things 
was  put  in; 
the  floors  are  kivered  all 
over.  Yes! 
’’ continued  Nancy,  with  the 
bitterest 
climax,  “kivered  with  kiver- 
lids!”

T h o m a s  D u n n   E n g l is h .

TALKS  WITH  A  LAWYER.
INFRINGEMENT  OF  COPYRIGHT, 

w r ltte n  fo r T h e T radesman.

What is, an infringement?
It  may be  said  that  if  so  much  of  a 
work be taken that the value of the origi­
nal is sensibly and materially diminished, 
or the  labors of  the original  author  are 
substantially, 
injurious  extent, 
appropriated  by another, such  taking  or 
appropriation is sufficient in point of law 
to maintain the suit.  It is not neccessary 
that the whole or even  the  larger part be 
taken,  to  constitute invasion  of  a  copy­
right.

to  an 

Copying is not  confined to literal  repe­
tition,  but includes  the  various modes in 
which  the  matter of  any  publication  is 
adapted,  imitated,  or  transferred,  with 
more  or  less colorable  alterations to dis­
guise the  piracy. 
It  may be incorporat­
ed  into  some  larger work  and  be  none 
the less  an  infringement,  as  if  an  ency­
clopedia were  to  contain  a  copyrighted 
article, or  part  of  an  article of  another 
author.  “The true  test,” says  one case, 
“is  to  ascertain whether  the  defendant 
has  in  fact used  the  plan,  arrangement, 
and  illustrations of  the  plaintiff  as  the 
model  of  his  own  book,  with  colorable 
alterations and variations only to disguise 
the use  thereof,  or  whether  his work is 
the result of  his own  labor,  skill and use 
of common materials and common sources 
of  knowledge  open to all  men,  and  the 
resemblances  are  either  accidental  or 
arising  from  the  nature of  the subject.”
It is  an  infringement, even though  an 
improvement on the  original.  The  test 
then is whether the  copy is substantially 
the  same  as  the original.  Courts  have 
several  times  defined a copy  to  be  that 
which comes so near to the original  as to 
give  to  every  person  seeing it the  idea 
created by the original.

The  same principle  holds good  in  re­
gard  to  maps,  charts,  pictures,  musical 
compositions, etc. 
It is hard to say what 
is an infringement of a map.  Where the 
subsequent  map  appears  to  have  been 
substantially  copied  from  the  original, 
except in scale  and  color  there  is an in­
fringement. 
In  the  case of  music, even 
though the copy be adapted to a different 
purpose,  if  the  original  may  still  be 
recognized  by the  ear,  it  is  an infringe­
ment,  and this is so even if  “ variations” 
be  added.  Copying  a  copyrighted  en­
graving  by means of  photography  is  an 
infringement.

If  a book  infringe  to a slight  degree, 
as  by embracing a  small part of  a  copy­
righted  work,  together with  much origi­
nal  matter,  the  equitable  remedy  is  a 
suit  for the  damage suffered,  and not an 1 
injunction  to  restrain  the  issue of  the 
publication.  Although  a  copyrighted 
book  cannot be  copied,  still a “fair use” 
j of the book, as by quotations for criticism, 
review,  etc., is not prohibited.  Recourse 
must be had to the  decisions of  courts as 
to what is “fair use.”

It  must be such  use as will  not  cause 
substantial  injury  to  the  proprietor  of 
the first publication.

Wm.  C.  Sprague.

Use Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

Sole Manufacturers,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

3

BEFORE  AND  AFTER.

Experience  o f  a  Live  Firm  w ith  the  Coupon

System .

F  Goodman  &  Co.,  dealers in  general  merchandise  a t  Burnip’s  Corners,  re­

cently issued the following circulars to their customers:

BEFORE  USING.

B urnip’s Corners, August 25, ’91—We 
ask your kind indulgence while we again 
call your attention  to  some  of  the  un­
desirable  features  of  the  credit  system, 
as applied to general  country stores.
Our average experience in keeping run­
ning accounts with 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 feeling  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 and 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  merchant,  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.

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  tlieir  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.
8.  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 and trial.

Very respeutfully,

F.  Goodman & Co,

a f t e r ’u s i n g .

B u r n ip's Co r n e r s,  Nov.  25—We have 
been  gradually  endeavoring  to  correct 
some of the unnecessary evils  appertain 
ing to a credit business of a country retail 
store,  and  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,  and 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 dm an & Co.

TH E  TRADESM AN   CO M PAN Y,

4

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

AMONG THE TRADE.
ABOUND THE STATE.

Kalamazoo—H.  C. Brush  has  sold  his 

fruit business to S. S. Mittenthal.

Kalamazoo—Odell & Co.  are  succeeded 
by Earl P. Cross in the  grocery business.
Keelersville—A. O. Duncombe succeeds 
Chas.  Duncombe & Son  in  general trade.
Clare—J. Ackerman has sold  his  gro­
cery and provision stock to A.  H.  Roder.
succeeds 
Frank McConnell in the grocery business.
Detroit—F.  E.  Orttenberger  succeeds 
the  Nauman & Orttenberger Commission 
Co.

Yassar — Denman  Moody 

Marquette—Thomas  O.  Hampton  has 
sold his grocery stock to Alex. I. McDon­
ald.

Marquette—Dumond  &  Winter  have 
concluded to retire from the grocery  bus­
iness.

Saginaw—E.  (Mrs  Herman)  Darger 
has  sold  her  bakery  business  to  Geo. 
Spatz.

Marquette—Steele  &  Lobdell are  suc­
ceeded  by  H. J.  Lobdell  in  the  grocery 
business.

Alpena—Stork  &  Body  succeed  Peter 
Owen in  the  furniture  and  undertaking 
business.

Kalamazoo—Henry W.  Huchinson  has 
sold his  grocery  stock  to  McMillen  & 
Longhead.

Charlotte—Charles  Bennett  succeeds 
in  the  manufacture 

Curtis  &  Bennett 
of furniture.

John A.  Louckes  has  re-engaged with 
J. L.  Strelitsky, taking  Northern  Michi­
gan as his  territory.

Charlotte — Robinson  &  Co.  are  suc­
ceeded by Mrs. Samuel  Robinson  in  the 
undertaking  business.

Constantine—A.  W.  Morrison has  sold 
his grocery stock to Henry E.  Lintz.  He 
still continues in  the  drug  and musical 
instrument business.

Ferry—E.  T.  Mugford,  for  some  years 
a resident of Hart,  and  at one time post­
master at  that  place,  has  gone  into  the 
livery business here.

Montague—The Beddo & Coleman meat 
market closed  its doors  last week.  The 
firm decided it was  making  too  little  of 
the stuff needed to carry on a business.

Hart—B.  S.  Reed has purchased Dr. H. 
B.  Hatch’s  interest  in  the  drug  stock 
heretofore  conducted  under the style  of 
B. S.  Reed and  will go it alone hereafter.
Belding — Wm.  Roberts  has  sold  his 
grocery and  confectionery  stock to C.  N. 
Choate,  late of  Harbor Springs,  who will 
continue the  business  at  the  same  loca­
tion.
Nashville — Parker  &  Baldwin  have 
sold their  hardware  stock to  F.  T.  Boise 
and M.  H.  Palmer, who will continue the 
business  under  the  style  of  Boise  & 
Palmer.

Carson City—M.  Lightstone, of Sparta, 
has  rented  the vacant  building of  B.  F. 
Sweet,  next  door east of  the drug  store, 
and  will  open  up a general  store in  the 
same about March 1.

Beiding—H. P.  Whipple,  who recently 
returned here  from  Wyandotte,  has pur­
chased the  dry goods and  boot and  shoe 
stock  of  W.  H.  Gardner  and  will  con- | 
tinue  the  business at the  same  location.  '
Montague—W. A.  Austin,  the  leading ; 
grocer of Montague for the last two years, I 
has sold  his  stock to the Herren Grocery ! 
& Stock Co.,  which  took  immediate pos- ' 
session  and  will  continue  the  business 
at the same stand.

Spring Grove—J.  S.  Marr  &  Co.  have 
just completed a new  store building, 24 x

80 feet, and are now  filling it  with  their 
stock of general  merchandise.  The sen- j 
ior member of the firm has held the posi­
tion of postmaster for fourteen years.

Carson City—A.  Y. Sessions  aud C.  R. 
Culver  have  completed  an  inventory of i 
the A. J. Oyler general stock at Vickery- ; 
ville.  An  agreement  has been  made be- j 
tween Mr. Oyler and the Bogart brothers, 
so that a peaceable  settlement will  prob- ■ 
ably be reached.

Pierson—S.  E.  Bush and A. C.  Twich-  j 
ell have  formed  a  copartnership  under! 
the style of S.  E.  Bush & Co.  and  bought 
the grocery  stock  of  H.  Barker.  They j 
will also  put  in  a  line  of  agricultural 
implements in the spring  and  a  line  of 
dry goods later in the year.

Detroit—Articles  of  association incor­
porating  the  E.  G.  Miles  Co.,  organized 
to  deal  in  harness  and  saddlery  goods, 
have been filed. 
It has a capital of  $30,- 
000, of which $27,700 is paid  in  and held 
as  follows:  E.  G.  Miles,  1,234;  V.  P. 
Collier, 1,235; W.  W. Collier,  100; George 
Collier,  100;  Floyd  R.  Mechem,  100;  H. 
P. Davock,  1.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Evart—Chas.  A. Waffle  has  purchased 
and  will  add  machinery to his  planing 
mill  for  making wooden  bowls.  An ad­
dition is now  being  built  for  that  pur­
pose.

Yulcan—Ed. L.  Parmenter  is  building 
here what  will  be,  according  to  report, 
the only water  saw mill in  this  northern 
country. 
It  will  contain a circular  and 
two shingle mills.

Hudsonville — Geo.  Sinclair  has  pur­
chased  the  interest of  John  E. and Geo. 
K. Phillips in the firm of  Geo. Sinclair & 
Co., manufacturers of  cheese  box mater­
ial.  The  remaining  partner  will  con­
tinue  the  business  under  the  style  of 
Geo. Sinclair Co.

Marshall—J. Chris and  Antone  Egeler 
have  purchased  the  Marshall  Foundry 
Co.  building and plant and will  put them 
in shape  to begin  business about  March 
1.  They  will  add  a brass foundry to the 
plant,  and will engage extensively in the 
manufacture of the Marshall plow.

Marquette—James Pendill, for the past 
two  years a member of  the firm of  Bice, 
Pendill  &  Co., operating a planing  mill, 
sash and door factory at South Marquette, 
has  retired,  selling  his  interest  to  the 
other  partners.  The  business  will  be 
I continued by Bice & Sons,  the firm being 
composed  of  Sampson,  Joseph  H.  and 
Clarence E.  Bice.
□ Cheboygan—Thomas Workman,  one of 
the  most  extensive  buyers  of  cedar  in j 
Northern  Michigan,  is  of  the  opinion 
that the quantity  of  cedar  stocked  this 
winter  will  be  largely  decreased.  The 
parties  for  whom  he  buys  have  cut 
down their usual supplies  one-half.

Alpena—The cut of Alpena’s sawmills 
for 1891,  is as follows:  Lumber, 192,110,
I 000 feet; lath, 55,087,000 pieces; shingles,
| 35,224,000.  The  lumber  cut  is  slightly 
| less than  last  year,  owing  to  low  water 
early in the season,  but  the  cut  of  shin- 
gles and lath  is larger  than  ever  before.  |
Manistee—Tom  Percy  has  got  started 
on the  new salt well he  is putting down I 
for the Canfield & Wheeler Company.  He 
hopes  to have  the  well  ready for  them 
early in the season.  They are still  run-1 
ning their dairy salt works,and will have | 
fuel  enough  probably  to  last  them  this 
month.

Manistee—Nelson & Emery,  a mill firm 
of this  point, are  making  a  specialty  o f !

cedar  this  winter, and  hope  to  get  out 
enough  to  keep 
their  shingle  mill  at 
work  steadily  during  the  summer  on 
that  class  of  stock.  They  will  also  do 
custom  sawing,  such  as  may  offer  in 
hardwoods and hemlock.

South  Bay City—C.  C.  Barker, who re­
cently purchased  the sawmill of the Rob­
inson Salt and Lumber Co., here will put 
in  a  new  gang  aud  otherwise  improve 
the  mill.  Logs  for  next  season’s stock 
are  already arriving,  and  the cut of  the 
mill will be increased,  as  it  will be kept 
hustling all the year.

Flint—Thesawmillof Houran & White- 
head  will  resume  operations  this  week. 
The  firm  is  receiving  1,000,000  feet  of 
oak logs from South Grand  Blanc,  and is 
cutting  2,000,000  of  hardwood  logs  on 
Flint  River,  which  will  be rafted  down 
in the  spring.  They  are  also  receiving 
about  3,000,000 of pine  aud  hemlock  by 
rail from Clare county.

Ithaca—General Church has purchased 
the Mosteller  saw  mill  in  Clare  county. 
It  will  be  remembered  that  Mosteller 
committed suicide  about  two years  ago. 
Mr. Church  owns  a  tract  of  timber  in 
Clare  county  and  the  mill  will  be  re­
moved either to  Harrison  or  to  Knowl’s 
Siding,  the  location  not  having  as  yet 
been definitely determined.

Sebewaing—Coal  from the  Sebewaing 
mine improves in quality as  the  lead  is 
developed,  and  the  railroad  companies 
want it for their locomotives.  The Flint 
& Pere Marquette  people  have  made  a 
bid for 300 tons per day and the Michigan 
Central has asked for prices.  The  sup­
ply is  practically  unlimited,  and  Sebe­
waing’  future  is assured.

Bay City—The  hoop  business  on  the 
Saginaw River has  been  large during the 
past  season,  and some of  the hoop  mills 
are  still  piling  out  or  shipping  their 
product.  The  Standard  Hoop Co.’s mill 
here  has been  compelled  to  shut  down 
for  want of  logs,  and  will  not  operate 
again until  there is sufficient frost in the 
swamps  where the  logs  are  obtained to 
skid and ship them to the mill.

Remus—Henry Moile’s new sawmill be­
gan operations last week. 
It  is a  circu­
lar mill,  the  machinery  formerly  being 
in a mill at Wise, Isabella county, owned 
by Wells &  Stone and  operated by J.  II. 
Freeney,  a  colored man,  who  failed  and 
went  west.  The  nevv  mill  has  30,000 
feet  capacity  and  a  stock  of  8,000,000 
feet  of  hemlock  and  hardwood  lumber. 
The  product  will  be  shipped  over  the 
Detroit,  Lansing & Northern Railroad.
Marquette—The Cleveland Saw Mill Co., 
which was  hampered  greatly last season 
by having logs hung  up in  the streams,is 
putting  its  mill  in  shape  to  handle  as | 
much  material  as  possible.  The boiler j 
stack  has  been  raised 
to  125  feet  in 
height.  More  room  is  also  being  made 
in  the  rear  end of  the  mill,  where  the 
sorting is done, many of the better grades 
going from  the saws  direct to  the kilns.
Cheboygan—The cut of the Cheboygan 
mills for 1891 shows a decrease of 26,250, 
000, as compared  with  1890.  This  was 
the result  of  the  failure  of  some  of  the 
drives.  The  total  cut  of  the  year  was 
a hundred and four million,  as compared 
with 130,250,000  in  1890.  The  lath  out­
put last year was thirty-six million pieces, 
a decrease of ten  million  front that of the 
| previous  year.  The  shingle  cut,  how­
ever, shows a gratifying increase, the cut 
being 15,500,000,  as  compared  with  four 
| million in  1890.
I  Bay City—Usually the last vessel load­

ed  with lumber leaves the Saginaw River 
destined for some other point,but this sea­
son the order of things was reversed,  the 
last loaded lumber vessel being an arrival 
at  Bay City  instead  of  a  clearance. 
It 
was the  barge  Drake,  and she came from 
Tawas,  the owner of the lumber deeming 
it  advisable  to  have  the  benefit of  the 
Saginaw  River  market.  The  barge  A l­
pine,  also  lumber laden  from  Tawas for 
Bay  City,  also  reached  the  River  the 
same day,  for the same purpose.

Marquette—E.  L.  Fraser  has  his  new 
sawmill  about  ready  for  business, and 
hopes to  begin  running  on January  15. 
He does not start  his mill  without orders 
for bill  stuff to  cut,  however,  he  having 
captured  the order  for  all  the  material 
to  be  used 
in  the  erection  of  a new 
dock  for  the  Duluth, South Shore &  At­
lantic  Railway.  The  structure  will  be 
almost 1,000 feet  long and  100 feet  wide, 
and will be used for  package freight and 
lumber from  interior  mills consigned  to 
eastern points by  water from this port.

Muskegon—The heirs of  the  late C.  S. 
Montague, who  held  the controlling  in­
terest  in  the  stock  of  the  Leahy  Com­
pany, have  purchased  the  stock  of Geo. 
M.  Lewis,  who  has  been  the Vice-Presi­
dent and  manager of the  company  since 
its  organization,  and  new  officers  have 
been elected as follows:  President,  Mon­
tague  Douglas,  New  York  City;  Vice- 
President,  1).  D.  Erwin;  Secretary  and 
and Treasurer,  Miss Emma  Neumeister. 
Mr.  Lewis retires from  the  store  aud  a 
new  manager  has  been  secured  in  the 
person of  a  well  known dry  goods  man 
of this city,  who will assume control  in a 
few weeks.

the  total 

Saginaw—Gebhart  &  Estabrook  have 
4,800,000  feet  on  the  mill  dock,  all  of 
which  will  be handled  in  the  yard trade, 
swelling 
to  63,240,000  feet. 
This  includes  only yard  stocks  in  con­
nection with mill  plants,  yards  operated 
independently  or  in  connection  with 
planing mills and  factories,  all of  which 
to  the  number  of  about  thirty,  carry 
stocks ranging from 20,000,000 to 30,000,- 
000  each.  Several  mill  firms which  do 
not operate sorting yards sell a good deal 
of  lumber in  car  lots.  Col.  A. T.  Bliss 
handles fully  10,000,000  feet in this way, 
Charles  Merrill  &  Co.  several  million 
feet, and others small quantities.

Cheboygan—It  is  expected  that  one- 
half of the  mills at  Cheboygan  will  put 
on double crews  and  run day  and  night 
next  season.  Thompson  Smith’s  Sons 
are putting a new  combination band and 
circular saw in  their big mill,  building  a 
new  brick  refuse  burner,  and  changing 
the rig  in the  small mill  to  enable  it  to 
cut  long  timber,  and  making  other  im­
provements.  They  are  putting  in  25,- 
000,000  feet  of  logs,  and  have  finished 
cutting and  skidding at their north shore 
camps,  having 70,000 pieces on the skids. 
They  are  also  operating  five  camps  in 
Cheboygan  and  Presque  Isle  counties. 
The  Cheboygan  Lumber  Co.  has  40,000 
logs  on  the  skids  at  their  camp  on  the 
Spanish  river,  Ont.,  aud  may  possibly 
sell them to Saginaw parties.

Flint—Charles I). Childs has filed a bill 
in chancery against W.  B.  Pellet, John J. 
Pellet,  Archie  Brown aud  the  First  Na­
tional Bank, in which  he claims damages 
sustained  by  entering  the  firm  of  the 
Pellett  Table  Manufacturing  Co.,  at  a 
loss  to  himself.  Childs  claims that  he 
gave up a bank position to enter the com­
pany upon their false  representation  of

business  being  done  and 
that  debtj 
were then accrued, which were represent- j 
ed to him as paid up.  IIe has been grant- 
ed an injunction restraining the firm from  ! 
disposing of or collecting mortgages they ' 
hold.  The bill he files is for the appoint- j 
ment  of  a  receiver  for  the  concern  to! 
wind up the affa rs to the best advantage, 
that he may not  lose what  money he  has I 
now in the company.

Oscoda — Some  of  the  lumber  towns 
seem  to have  imbibed the  idea that  they 
can  swoop  down  on  the  profits  of  the 
lumbermen  to  any  extent desirable.  A j 
case  has  recently  been  tried  in the  Cir­
cuit  Court  here,  which will  probably be 
appealed to the  Supreme Court  for  final 
adjustment. 
The  Gratwick,  Smith  & 
Fryer Lumber Co.’s assessment  on  their 
mill  property  by  this village was  on  a 
valuation of  $110,000,  or  double  that of 
the  previous  year.  The  company  paid 
the  tax  under  protest,  and  commenced 
action to recover a portion of the amount, 
on  the  ground  of  excessive  tax.  The 
case  was  tried  before  a  jury, naturally 
prejudiced in  favor of  the village,  which 
promptly  decided  against the  company. 
The case will now go to the  higher court 
on the  plea of  fraud and  irregularity  of 
the tax roll.

Houghton — The  following  attaching 
judgments  have been  taken against  the 
Huron  Mining  Co.:  L.  Hennes  &  Co., 
Houghton,  six  suits,  $19,636.51,  costs, 
$135.52;  Joseph  Hambitzer,  Hancock, 
$864.97, costs,  $34.34;  Hancock Chemical 
Co.,  Dollar  Bay,  $3,686.33.  costs, $43.50; 
Johnson Vivian,  agent of  the mine, $14,- 
957.23,  costs,  $105.05;  Joseph  Wertin  & 
Son,  Hancock,  $1,210.19,  costs,  $36.07; 
Franklin  Mining  Co.,  $5,814.82,  costs, 
$59.48;  John  Manderfeld,  Houghton, 
$2,774.49,  costs,  $43.92;  Graham  Pape, 
Houghton,  $13,559.72,  costs,  $98.03;  St. 
Mary’s Mineral Laud Co., $1,358.85, costs, 
$36.77;  James  H.  Senger,  Hancock, $7,- 
500.11,  costs,  $67.64;  Vivian  &  Prince, 
Houghton,  $137.89,  costs,  $30.70 ;  W. 
Bingham  Co.,  Cleveland,  $874.57, costs, 
$34.50;  Excelsior  Oil  Tank  Co., $138.36, 
costs, $30.70;  The Atlantic Dynamite Co., 
New  York,  $3,625,  costs,  $38.50;  J.  H. 
Seager,  Hancock,  $15,339.16,  costs, $39.- 
60.  To  the  surprise of  all  the  attach­
ment  creditors,  Daniel  L.  Demmon,  of 
Boston,  through  Attorney  A.  F.  Rees, 
took  a  judgment  for  $106,213.74,  and 
costs,  $38.10, making  a  grand  total  in­
debtedness  in  judgments  against 
the 
mine of $198,554.95.

Anent the Refrigerator Season.

Just  about this  time dealers  are  con­
sidering what  refrigerator  they had  bet­
ter  handle  for  the  coming  season.  A 
word of  advice:  Don’t  buy the  cheapest 
thing you  can  get;  your  customers  will 
not  thank  you for  increasing  their  ice 
bill  and spoiling their  food; get one that 
has a world  wide  reputation  for  excel­
lence;  one  that  has  been on the  market 
for  years;  one  that  is  well  advertised; 
and  when  you  announce  its  name  to  a 
customer it will  be nearly sold.  Get one 
that  has  special  features  to  talk about, 
something which your competitor cannot 
obtain,  and,  our  word  for it,  your  trade 
in  this  line  will  be  satisfactory.  The 
famous Leonard Cleanable is  just such  a 
refrigerator and it is  made by the  Grand 
Rapids Refrigerator Co., of this city.  H. 
Leonard & Sons are the  selling agents.

It  is  estimated  that  1,800  pounds  of 
gold  are  annually used  for  dental  pur­
poses in the  United States.

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

5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Benj.  Van  Anroy has sold  his  grocery 
stock  at  the  corner  of  Wealthy  avenue 
and Henry street to  D.  C.  Underwood.

W.  E.  Barrett  &  Co.  have  arranged  to 
open  a lumber  yard  at Benton  Harbor in 
the spring,  making the third  yard owned 
by that firm.

II.  M.  Reynolds  &  Son  have  put in  a 
line of  building paper,  roofing  material, 
coal  tar  and  asphalt  products  and  will 
job same in connection  with their roofing 
business.

William B.  Remington,  Fred  E.  Rem­
ington,  Leonard  Van  Houton  and  John 
McLean, all of Grand Rapids have organ­
ized the Saginaw Box Co., with  a  capital 
stock of $25,000,  to engage  in  the  manu­
facture of boxes at Saginaw.

There is a good opening in Grand Rap­
ids for a safe  ageucy by  a man  who  can 
be found iu  his office at regular intervals 
and  who  can  be  depended  upon to  pay 
his bills within  a year after the indebted­
ness is incurred.  A man who could com­
ply  with these  requirements  would,  un­
doubtedly, do well  in the business named.

A.  Vonk  &  Son,  whose  grocery  store 
and  stock  on Wealthy  avenue  were  re­
cently destroyed by fire,will resume busi­
ness  as  soon  as  the  weather  moderates 
sufficiently  to  enable 
them  to  rebuild 
the  store. 
In  the  meantime  they  will 
continue the  flour,  feed  and  wood  busi­
ness  from an  improvised  office  in  their 
barn.

Edward Telfer has accepted a most flat­
tering offer  from  the  wholesale  grocery 
house of W.  J.  Gould  &  Co., of  Detroit, 
to  take  effect  Feb.  1.  Previous  to  his 
coming  to  Grand  Rapids,  six  years ago, 
Mr.  Telfer was  connected  with Gould  & 
Co. twelve years,seven years as a partner. 
The fact that  Mr.  Gould is  able to make 
him  such an offer as to induce him to part 
company  with  the  Telfer  Spice  Co., 
which he founded and has managed since 
its  inception,  speaks  volumes  for  the 
high opinion  entertained  of him and his 
ability  as  a  buyer  and  manager by  his 
former  business  associate.  Mr.  Telfer 
will not part company  with  bis  interest 
in the Spice  Co.  and his name  will prob­
ably remain  among the list of officers.

MICHAEL  KOLB  &  SON,

Rochester,  N. Y.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

CLOTHING

Reprepresented in Michigan by

Financial  M atters.

The Grand  Rapids  Fire Insurance  Co. 
has  declared  its  usual annual  dividend 
—6 per cent., payable the 16th.  The past 
year  has  been  an  unusually  disastrous 
one to fire insurance companies generally, 
but  the  Grand  Rapids  has  more  than 
earned the dividend above referred to.

James  B. Thorn,  who  has  served  the 
banking  firm of  Boies,  Eaton  &  Co.,  at 
Hudson,  thirteen  years  in  a clerical  ca­
pacity,  has  been  admitted  as  a  partner 
iu the firm.

The promoters of the proposed savings 
bank  iu  this  city,  referred  to  by  The 
Tradesman  last  week,  announce  their 
intention  of  placing  no  stock 
in  the 
I hands  of  those  who  will  not  agree  to 
| throw all  their  business  to  the  institu- 
I tion.

N otice to Stockholders.

I  The  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of 
1  the Grand  Kapids & Indiana  Railroad  Company 
j will be held at the  General  Office, in the  City of 
Grand  Kapids, Michigan, on Wednesday, March 
i 2d,  1892, at  1  o'clock  p. m., for  the  election  of 
:  thirteen  directors to serve  for the  ensuing year, 
and  for  the transaction of  such other  business 
' as may be presented at the meeting.! 
i 

J.  H. P. HUGHART, Sec’y.

WILLIAM  CONNOR,

Box 346, 

-  Marshall, Mich.

GRA.ND  RA.PIDS,  MICH.

Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  in

Hoad 

Logging 

Delivery 
Pleasure

S e n d   for  C a ta lo g u e.

TUE  MICHIGAN  TK^JDESM^lIN

6
About  the  Bank  Where  You  Deposit 
J. M.  B atchelor, in  Dry G oods B ulletin.

Your  Money.

A striking  feature  of  business  habits 
is the  state  of  mind  of  the  average re­
tailer  toward the  bank  where he  keeps 
his account. 
In small  cities  and  towns 
the  people  throw  around  their  bank  a 
kind of  halo,  that it  is too  sacred to  en­
quire  into.  A  feeling  frequently  pre­
vails that  a bank is way above any other 
business,  and is so deep,  intricate and so 
respectable  that  any  ordinary  retailer 
who presumes to treat the  principal  offi­
cers of that  institution  less  respectfully 
than the  best  man  in  town  is  frowned 
upon by his  neighbors as  lacking in  the 
knowledge of what respectability is com­
posed of.
Of course, the foundation  of this  feel­
ing is the popular  reverence for  money. 
A bank is supposed on general principles 
to have as  much,  if not  more,  than  any­
body,  so it is not exactly  the bank officer 
who gets all this  minor form of worship, 
but the money he is  supposed  to handle; 
for if he fails,  the former respect quickly 
turns into hate.  Xo insolvent merchant 
is so villified as the insolvent banker.
If  the  bank  has  the  word  National 
tacked to it,  the title  appears to  impress 
the public still  more decidedly; somehow 
they class it with  all  the  national banks 
in the country,  and  in  their minds  asso­
ciate the  combined  capital of a  hundred 
odd millions,  as  if it  had all  this  money 
at command when wanted.
Now ail this  glamor,  for  it  is  nothing 
more,  is not  right and  ought to be  abol­
ished,  for a  bank is  a  strictly  business 
concern,  conducted,  when  rightly’  done, 
on  strictly  business  methods,  and  de­
serves no  more credit  as  an  institution 
than  any  equally  well-conducted  retail 
store.  Retailers should  look after  their 
bank precisely as  they  would  look  after 
a customer who asks a similar amount of 
credit.  The  popular  idea  that  banks 
should not  be  closely  looked  after,  like 
other  business houses,  has  led many  re­
tailers to  ruin,  and  still  others to  such 
sore straights  for  ready cash that  years 
have been consumed in recovery.
The  way to  look  after  your bank,  to 
know  with a reasonable degree of surety 
that it is  sound,  and  that  your  deposits 
are  not  subjected  to  undue  risk,  is  to 
watch  the  bank’s  officers,  learn  about 
their 
their  habits  in  private,  watch 
clerks,  and,  so  far as  possible,  look  out 
for any rumors of  their  speculating. 
If 
you  hear of any speculation going on,the 
best thing you can do is  at once to  with­
draw your money, and either open an ac­
count  with  a safer bank,  or,  if  there is 
none,  look after your  own  cash.  When 
retailers adopt  this  plan  there  will  be 
fewer disastrous bank failures than have 
lately occurred.  Keep  your  own  coun­
cil.  and  keep  a sharp eye  on  your  bank 
all  the time,  for  many bankers lose their 
heads when too much money lies in their 
vaults.  Treat your bank as  a large cus­
tomer.  Both frequently  need watching, 
but in a quiet,  unobtrusive  way.

Arrangement of  Blankets.

then 

is  seen, 

H arry H annan in  Dry Goods Bulletin.
In arranging a display of blankets it is I 
best to give  up a window entirely to this 
c la ss  of  goods  rather  than  resort  to  a 
few being mixed up  with  other lines.  A 
very effective arrangement is to build  up 
steps  from  boxes  and  boards,  according j 
to the depth of the window, which sho.uld 
be  covered  over  so  that  none  of  the 
foundation 
take  your 
blankets,  roll  them and  tie  with  colored 
tape  or  braid;  by so doing the  blankets 
may be arranged at the will ot the draper. 
Rows of  blankets  alternating  in  colors, 
look  well,  which may be  offset  by plac­
ing a blanket here and  there lengthwise.  |
Another  arrangement  is  to  ailow  the 
blankets  to  hang  full  length  on  both { 
sides of  the window,  then  place boxes  in 
the  ceuter  as  a  foundation,  on  which 
nail a number of  boards  and saw off  the 
edges  so  as  to  form  a  circle;  this will 
enable  the  draper to place  the  blankets I 
in circular form after  being banded;  an- j 
other  box  is placed on top  and a smaller 
circle made from  lumber,  and  the blank­
ets arranged  in  the  same manner.  This ! 
may  be  built  up  to  the  height of  the 
window  aud  a  card on  which a sign  is ' 
lettered should  read:  “This Eiffel Tower I

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FRENCH 
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“   A   » 

of  blankets at prices  within the reach of 
all."
For a novelty where  baby blankets are 
in  stock,  obtain a crib  and  place a large 
size  doll in the  same, covered  over with 
a baby  blanket,  and attach a card calling 
attention  to  the  same.  This  may  be 
placed  on the  floor of  the  window amid 
the  regular  display of  blankets.  To at­
tract  attention to a window, providing it 
is  of  fair  size,  a very  pretty  display  of 
blankets  may  be built up  at  the back of 
assorted  colors;  merely  roll  and  band, 
and stack  up as fancy dictates;  place sod 
on the  floor;  then on  the sides  build  up 
hills  by  stacking  up  boxes  irregularly 
and  cover  over with  gray  blankets.  A 
lamb may now  be introduced which calls 
the  attention of  the public to the  lambs’ 
wool  blankets  which  may  be  displayed 
on  the  hills.  The  lamb is made  by cut­
ting  out  the  shape  from  lumber,  then 
tack  on  cloth  and  stuff  with  paper  or 
excelsior,  over  this  cover  with  white 
astrachan  and  sew a shoe button  in  the 
head  to  represent  the  eye.  The  ear  is 
made from pasteboard.

S d i i  Corset  Co.’s

Greatest  Seller  on  Earth!

Send for Illustrated  Catalogue.  See  price list 

in this journal.

SC H IL L IN G   CORSET  CO.,
Detroit, Mich, and Chicago, 111.

Voigt, flerpolsieiier & Go.,
Dry  Goods.  Carpets i Cloaks.

WHOLESALE

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, 

Quilts & Live Oeese Feathers.

Overalls  of  oifr  own  JHanilfacWre.
Mackinaw Shirts ar. d Lumbermen’s 

Socks.

Mil, HemoMmr k Go.,

48,  50 and 52 Ottawa St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

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-   MICH.

Dry Goods Price Current.

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UNBLEACHED

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

H .......
P .......
D .......
LL.......

...  614  Newmarket  G ........ 6
...  7 
..  714 
...  514 
'HI 

A driatic..................   7
Argyle  ....................  614
Atlanta AA..............  6%
Atlantic  A ...............  7
----6*£
....  6
...  6%
....  5%

ÌOTTON8.
“  Arrow Brand  514 
“  World Wide..  7
“  LL.................  5
Full Yard Wide.......614
Georgia  A................. ¿14
Honest Width..........  634
Hartford A  ..............5
Indian Head............  714
King A  A.................   ¿14
Amory.....................
King E C ...................  5
Archery  Bunting.. 
Beaver Dam  A A .. 
Lawrence  L L ........ 514
5  [Madras cheese cloth 634
Blackstone 0 ,3 c...
Black Crow............
B  ........   514
Black  Rock  ..........
N ..........614
Boot, AL.................
Capital  A 
D D ....  514
X
Cavanat  V
I  Chapman cheese cl.  334lNolbe R ....................  5
Clifton  C R ..............5J4 j Our Level  Best....... 614
Comet....................... 7  Oxford  R ....................   614
Dwight Star.............  7)4 Pequot.......................   714
I Clifton C CC ............  614 Solar..........................   614
| Top of the Heap___  714
8
Geo.  Washington
A B C ........................814
Amazon.................... 8
Glen Mills...............  7
Amsburg.................. 7
Gold  Medal.............   714
Art  Cambric............10
Green  Ticket..........814
Blackstone  A A.......  8
Great F alls...............  ¿34
Hope..........................  734
Beats A ll..................  414
Just  Out.......  434®  5
Boston......................12
King  Phillip............734
Cabot........................   7
OP.......714
Cabot,  %...................  634
Charter  Oak............514
Lonsdale Cambric. .1034
Conway W 
7)4 ¡Lonsdale............ @  8)4
Cleveland.
| Middlesex......... @  5
7 
814|No Name.............
..  7)4
..  6
814 Oak View..........
6 
|Our Own.............
..  5)4
7 
| Pride of the West
.12
714 "Rosalind.............
8)4|Sunlight..............
..  4)4
7  Utica  Mills........ ■ •  8)4
6)4| 
V inyard...................   814

Fruit of the  Loom. 
Fitchville  .............
Fruit of the Loom %. 
Falrm ount...............   434 White  Horse.
Full Value...............  6341 
“  Rock.
HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.
Cabot........................   7341 Dwight Anchor.
Farw ell....................   8 
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UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Trem ontN...............  514
Hamilton N .............   614
L ..............  7
Middlesex  AT........   8
X..............  9
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Hamilton N .............7)4
Middlesex P T ........... 8
A  T ..........  9
X  A........... 9
X  F ..........10)4

Middlesex A A ........ 11
2 .............12
A O ........13)4
4........1714
5........16
Peerless, white........18  ¡Integrity, colored...21
colored__ 20)4 White Star................1854
Integrity.................. 18)41 
“  colored..21
Hamilton 
.20
.25
• 2714
.30
.32)4
.35

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G G  Cashmere........ 21
N am eless............... 16
.................18

Middlesex No.  1....10
2....11
3 .. 
7 .. 
8.. -..19

...............8  Nameless.
 

Nonpareil ..11

CARPET  WARP.

DRESS  GOODS.

shorts.

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1014

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CORSETS.

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PRINTS.

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CORSET  JEANS.

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Corallne.......................89 50
W onderful..............$4 50
Schilling's...................  9 00
Brighton....................4 75
Davis  W aists.......  9 00
Bortree’s ................  9 00
Grand  Rapids.........4  50
Abdominal............. 15  00
Armory....................   634 INaumkeag satteen.. 714
Androscoggin..........7)41 Rock port....................¿14
Biddeford................  6  Conestoga.................634
Brunswick...............6)4| Walworth  ................ 634
Allen turkey  reds..  5)4¡Berwick fancies__   %
robes............5)4 Clyde  Robes..............  5
pink a purple  614 Charter Oak fancies 4)4
b u ffs............  6  DelMarine cashm’s. 6
pink  checks.  5)4 
monrn’g  6
stap les........   5)4 Eddy stone  fancy...  ¿
chocolat  ¿
shirtings...  334 
American  fancy__ 534 
rober__   6
American indigo__ 5)t 
sateens..  6
American shirtings.  334 Hamilton fancy.  . ..6
staple__ 534
Argentine  G rays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  43% j Manchester  fancy.  6 
Arnold 
new era.  6
Arnold  Merino.  ...  6  ¡Merrimack D fancy.  ¿
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long cloth B . 10)4 ; Merrim’ck shirtings.  4 
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R eppfurn.  8)4
“  C.  8)4 
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century cloth  7  Pacific  fancy........... ¿
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gold seal.......10)4 
robes.............6)4
“  green seal TR1014'Portsmouth robes.
yellow  seal.. 10)4
Simpson mourning..  6
“ 
serge.......... 11)4
greys.........6
solid black.  6 
“  Turkey  red.. 10)4 
Ballou solid black..  5 
Washington indigo.  6 
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colors.  5)4
“  Turkey robes..  714
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes__ 714
red and  orange ...  5)4
“  plain T ky X 34  814 
Berlin solids............  5)4
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“ 
oil blue....... 6)4
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“ “  green ....  614
key red..................  6
“  Foulards ....  5)4
Martha Washington
red X  ...........   7
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Turkeyred 34.......  714
Martha  Washington
“ 
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“ 
“  4 4...........10
Turkeyred...........   9)4
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12
Rlverpolntrobes....  5
Cocheco fancy........ 6
Windsor fancy........   ¿14
madders.
XX tw ills..  6141 
indigo b lu e..........1014
solids.........5341
Amoskeag A C A ... 12)4
Hamilton N .................  7)4
D ..................8)4
Awning.. 11
Farmer..................... 8
First  Prize...................11)4
Lenox M ills............18 
Atlanta,  D ..............   634 ¡Stark  A
Boot...............................  ¿34 
Clifton, K .................  6)4 [Top of  Heap
Simpson...................20
.................. 18
.................. 16
Coechco.................. 1014

AC A.................. 12)4
Pemberton AAA__ 16
York.........................10)4
Swift River.............   714
Pearl  R iver.............12
W arren.............. ...... 13

Imperial................... 1014
Black..................9@  9)4
BC........  @10

COTTON  DRILL.

gold  ticket

TICKINGS.

SATINES.

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No Name__

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Amoskeag................12)4
9oz........13)4
brown .13
Andover................... 11)4
BeaverCreek  AA...10 
B B ...  9
CC....
Boston Mfg Co.  b r..  7 

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“  d a  twist  10)4 
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Columbian XXX  br.lo 
XXX  bl .19

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, bine............12
brown........ 12
Haymaker blue.........734
brow n...  73S£
Jaffrey.......................lift
Lancaster  ................12)4
Lawrence, 9 oz........ 13)4
No. 220....13
No. 250...11)4
No. 280... 10)4

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Amoskeag............

Lancaster,  staple...  634 

“  Persian dress  8)4 
C anton..  8)4
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Teazle.. .10)4 
“ 
Angola.. 10)4 
Persian..  8)4
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Arlington staple__ 634
Arasapha  fancy__  434
Bates Warwick dres  8)4 
staples.  ¿14
Centennial..............  10)4
C riterion...............  10)4
Cumberland  staple.  5)4
Cumberland............ 5
Essex........................   4)4
Elfin.........................   7)4
Everett classics...... 8)4
Exposition.................734
Glenarie..................   6)4
Glenarven................  634
Glenwood...................7)4
Hampton.....................6)4
Johnson Chalon cl 
)4 
indigo blue  9)4 
zephyrs__16

GINGHAMS.
fancies  —   7 
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Lancashire...............  6)4
Manchester..............  534
Monogram...............   614
Normandie..............   7)4
Persian.....................  8)4
Renfrew Dress........   7)4
Rosemont...................6)4
Slatersvllle................6
Somerset.....................7
Tacoma  ...................  7)4
Toil  duN o rd .......... 10)4
Wabash....................   7)4
seersucker..  7)4
W arwick.................  8)4
Whlttenden................634
heather dr.  8 
indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook...............   8
..............10
Wlndermeer............ 5
York............................ 634

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag................16)4 ¡Valley City............... 1534
Stark........................  19)4 Georgia....................1534
American.................16)i|Pacific  .....................14)4

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile End__45  ¡Barbour's..................88
Coats’, J. & P ..........45  Marshall’s ................ 88
Holyoke................... 22)il

KNITTING  COTTON.

White.  Colored. 

No.

6  ..  ..33 
8.......... 34 
10...........35 
12...........36 

. .12
..18

No.

38
39
40
41
CAMBRICS.

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

14 ......... 37 
16...........38 
18...........39 
20...........40 

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

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

RED  FLANNEL.

Firem an...................32)4|T W .............................22)4
Creedmore...............27)4 F T .............................. 32)4
Talbot XXX............ 30 
Nameless.................27)4|Buckeye.....................32)4

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

MIXED  FLANNEL.

Red & Blue,  plaid..40
Union R .................. 22)4
Windsor...................18)4
6 oz W estern...........20
Union  B ..................22)4

Grey S R W ..............17)4
Western W  .............. 18)4
D R  P ........................ 18)4
Flushing XXX.........23)4
Manitoba..................23)4

DOMET  FLANNEL.

.......8)4@10  1 

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12*
CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
Brown. Black.
Slate.
13
13
9)4
9)4
15
15
10)4
10)4
17
17
11)4
11)4
12)4
20
12)4
20
¡West Point, 8 oz. ...10)4
Severen, 8 oz..
Mayland, 8 oz.......... 10)4
10 oz
• 12)4
9)4[Raven, lOoz............. 13)4
Greenwood, 7)4 oz 
Greenwood, 8 oz..
11)4 Stark 
............. 13)4
Boston, 8 oz............. 10)4{Boston, 10 oz.............12)4

9)4 13
10)4 15
11)4 17
12* j20
DUCKS.

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WADDINGS.

|BILE8IAS.

White, doz..............  25  I Per bale, 40 doz__ 87 50
Colored,  doz............20 
Slater, Iron Cross . . . 8  

iPawtucket.............. 10)4
Red Cross. . .. 9   Dundle....................
B est......... ...10)4 ¡Bedford.................. 10)4
..12)41 Valley  City............ 1i«)4
Best  AA  .
L ........................... ...  7)4 KK  .......................... 10)4
G ........................... ...  8)41
Coiticeli!, doz__ ..75  (Corticelli  knitting,

SEWING  SILK.

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No  4 Bl’k & White..15
.20
.  25

8 
10 

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tw ist,doz..37)4  per )4oz  ball 
50 yd, doz..37)4l
HOOKS AND  ETES— PER GROSS.
No  1 Bl’k & White..10
..12
“  2 
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..12
No 2—20, M C ..........50  ¡No 4-15  F  3)4
‘  3—18,  S C ...........45  I
COTTON  TAPE.
No 2 White & Bl’k..12 
10 
..15
12 
..18
SAFETY  FINS.
...28 
|N o3..

PINS.

NoS

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6 

|No  8 White & Bl’k..20 

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.26

NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. Jam es...................1  40] Steamboat.................  40
Crowely’s.................1  35 Gold  Eyed................ 1  50
Marshall’s ............... 1 00|
5—4. ...2 25  6—4.. .3 25|5—4 —  1  95  6—4...2  95 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3   101
COTTON TWINES.

“  ....2  10 

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown................. 12
Dom estic................ 18)4
A nchor....................16
B ristol.......  ............13
Cherry  Valley........ 15
I X L ......................... 18)4
Alabama.....................63i
Alamance.................  6)4
A ugusta...................  7)4
Ar  sapha.................  6
Georgia....................   6)4
G ran ite....................  514
Haw  River.............   5
Haw  J ......................  5

Nashua................
Rising Star 4-ply__
3-ply....
North  Star...............
Wool Standard 4 ply 
P ow hattan..............

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18
17
17 
20 
17)4
18

Mount  Pleasant.
Oneida.................
Pry m o n t............ .
Randelman.........
Riverside............
Sibley  A ..............
Toledo.................

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PLAID  O8NABURG8

THE  MICHIGAN-  TRADESMAN,

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Hardware Price Current.

T h e se   p r ic e s  are  fo r cash  b u yers,  w h o 
p a y   p ro m p tly   and  b u y   in   f u ll  p a ck a g es.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dis.

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

AXES.

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

BARROWS. 

dlS.

bolts. 

dis.

Stove.........................................................................50410
75
Carriage new list................................................. 
Plow .........................................................................40410
Sleigh shoe  .......................................................... 
70

BUCKETS.

Well,  plain........................................................... 8 3  50
Well, sw ivel...............................................................   4 00

BUTTS, CAST. 

dlS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured...................................... 704
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast join t.................68410
Wrought Loose Pin..............................................60410
Wrought  Table.  ................................................. 60410
Wrought Inside Blind........................................60410
Wrought  Brass....... ............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................... 70418
Blind,  Parker’s .....................................................70410
Blind, Shepard’s ................................................  
70

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

60

Grain............................................................. dis. 50402

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel....................................................per lb 

5

Ely’s 1-10....................................................per m  65
Hick’s  C.  F ............................................... 
G. D .............................................................  
M usket........................................................ 

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60
35
60

Rim  F ire............................................................... 
Central  F ire...................................................dis. 

58
25

CARTRID0ES.

chisels. 

Socket Firm er......................................................70410
Socket Framing....................................................70418
Socket Corner....................................................... 70410
Socket S lic k s....................................................... 70410
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer................................. 
40

dis.

dis.

Curry,  Lawrence’s ............................................. 
40
H otchkiss.............................................................  
25
W hite Crayons, per  gross................ 12<8tl2% dis. 10

combs. 

chalk.
COFFER.

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Planished, 14 oz cut to size.........per pound
14x52,  14x56, 14x60................ ..........
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...........................
Cold Rolled, 14x48...............................................
B ottom s...................................................

DRILLS.

dis.

Morse’s  Bit  Stocks..............................
Taper and straight Shank..................
Morse’s Taper Shank...........................

DRIPPING FANS.

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

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In.............................. doz. net
Corrugated.................................................dis
Adlustable.....................................
EXPANSIVE BITS. 

....................................dis.  40410

dlS.

d a rk ’s, small, « 8 ; large, 826 .........................  
Ives’, 1, « 8 ;  2,124;  3,138..............................  

30
25

f il e s—New List. 

dis.

Dlsston’s ............................................................60410
New  American................................................. 60410
Nicholson’s 
................................................... 60410
Heller’s ..............................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps..................................... 
50

GALVANIZED IRON

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

12 

14 

Discount, 60

13 
GAUGES. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ........................ 

28
18

50

dis.

HAMMERS.

HINGES.

Maydole  4  Co.’s .......................................dis. 
25:
25 i
Kip’s .................................................... 
■ dis. 
Yerkes 4  Plumb’s .................................... dis. 40&10 i
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel......................... 30c list 60 j
Blacksmith's Solid Cast  Steel. Hand__ 30c 40410 j
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ........   ......................dls.60410
State............................................... per doz. net, 2  50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 4K  14  and
3*
10
%............ ............. net
%............ ............. net
8H
X ............ ............. net
7*4
%............ ............. net
7V4
50
..........  dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50410
Champion,  anti friction..................................  60410
Kidder, wood tra ck ...........................................  
40
60
Pots.........................................................................  
Kettles....................................................................  
60
Spiders  .................................................................. 
60
Gray enam eled....................................... 
40410  |
HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

HOLLOW WARE.

HANGERS. 

dlS.

dis.
dis.

levels. 

wire goods. 

knobs—New List. 

Stamped  Tin Ware................................... new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware...................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are.......................new llst33X&10
dis.
Bright............................................................... 70410410
Screw  E yes.....................................................70410410
Hook’s ..............................................................70410410
Gate Hooks and E yes.........................  
70410410
Stanley  Rule and Level  Co.’s ................ 
70
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings.......................  
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings................ 
56
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings.............. ........ .  . 
70
Drawer  and  Shntter, porcelain................  
. 
dlS.
55
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ........... 
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s ................................ 
£5
55
Branford’s ....................................... 
Norwalk’s ...........................................................  
55
Adze E ye.................................................«6.00, dis. 60
Hunt B ye...............................................  115.00, dis. 60
Hunt’s  ...........................................818.50, dis. 20410.
dis.
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled.............
d lB .
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ......................

LOCKS—DOOR. 

MATTOCKS.

MAULS.

MILLS.

 

“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  G'lr  k’s ............
“  Enterprise 
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MOLASSES GATES.

dis.

46.

NAILS

Advance over base: 

Stebbin’s  Pattern..............................................60410
Stebbin’s Genuine............................................ 68410
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25
Steel nails, base..................................................1  80
Wire nails, base..................................................2  00
Steel.  Wire.
Base10
60..........................................................Base
50.......................................................... Base
05
20
20
10
30
15
15
35
35
15
40
.  20 
50
.  25 
.  40 
65
90
.  60 
1  50
.1  00 
.1  50
2  00 
Fine 3 .........................................................1 50
2  00
90 
Case  10.  ..............................................  60
8.....................................  
75
1  00 
1  25 
6.................................................  90
1  00 
Finish 10..............................................   85
1  25
8................................................1  00
1  50 
6 .....................................................1 15
75 
Clinch: 10.............................................   85
90
8.............................................. 1  00
6................................................... 1 15
1  002 50 
Barrel! %...................................................1 75
dis.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...................................   ©40
Sclota  Bench....................................................  ©60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................   ©40
Bench, first quality..........................................  ©60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  410
Fry,  Acme.................................................dis.60—10
Common,  polished................................... dis. 
70
Iron and  Tinned............................................ 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs................................  50—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B" Wood’s  pat. planished. Nos. 25 to 27 ...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

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PLANES.

PANS.

dis.

Broken packs vtc per pound extra.

 

 

ROPES.
Sisal, % Inch and la rg e r__
M anilla...................................
Steel and  Iron.. 
Try and Bevels. 
M itre.................

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

SHEET IRON.
Com.  Smooth
............................. 84  05
Nos. 10 to  14.
Nos. 15 to 17..............................................  4 05
Nos.  18 to 21......................................   4  C5
Nos. 22 to 24 ........................................   4  05
Nos. 25 to 26.............................................   4 25
No. 27.........................................................  4 45
wide not less than 2-10 extra
.......dig.
List acct. 19, ’86................................
Silver Lake, White  A ...................... ........ list
“
...  “
*•

Drab A .........................
White  B ......................
D rabB .........................
White C.......................

SAND PAPER.
SASH COKD.

50
50
55
50
55
35

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

saws. 

traps. 

H and............................................... 

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

Solid E yes....................... ‘ ..........................per ton 825
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game............................................................60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .................. 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley & Norton’s  ... 
70
Mouse,  choker..........................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion..................................  81.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright Market................................................. 
 
 
Annealed Market............ ....................................70—10
Coppered Market................................................   60
Tinned Market..................  
62H
Coppered  Spring  Steel.................................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized........................... 
 

wire. 

dis.

 

 

“ 

3 35
painted.........................................   2 85

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

Au Sable....................................tils. 254W@254104O5
dis.  06
Putnam................................................. 
N orthwestern.....................................  
dis. 10410
dlS.
30
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled.......................  
50
j Coe’s  G enuine.........................................
75
I Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,  .
75410
I Coe’s  Patent, malleable.....................
dis.
Bird C ages................................................
Pumps, Cistern.........................................
Screws, New 1 1st.....................................
Casters, Bed  a  d  Plate...........................
Dampers,  American................................
Forks,  hoes, rakes  and all steel  goods 

70410
210410
40
66

MISCELLANEOUS.

65

M ETALS.

PIG TIN.

...

26c
28C

ZINC.

3*
t

b o l d e r .

Pig  Large..................................................
Pig Bars......................................................
Duty:  Sheet, 2J4C per pound.
680 pound  casks............................... 
Per  pound............................................................. 
V 4® *.............................................................................16
Extra W ip in g.........................................................   15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson..............................................per  pound  16
13
Hallett’s ............................................. 
“
TIN—KSLYN GRADS.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.........................................
“ 
14x20 IC, 
..........................................
“ 
10x14 IX. 
......................... ................
“ 
........................................
14x20 IX, 
Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.
TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
.......
.................................. 
“ 
...
“ 
.........................................
“ 
.........................................
Each additional X on this grade 81.50.
ROOFING PLATES
Worcester................  ..

10x14 IC,  Charcoal.........................  
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

8 6  75 
6  75
8  25
9 25

7  50 
9  25 
9 25

Allaway  Grade.

14x20 IC,
14x20 IX,
20x28 IC,
14x20IC,
14x20 IX,
20x28  IC,
20x28 IX,
14x28  IX.
14x31  IX ............................ .  . 
........
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers,  t ner  DOUnd 
14x60 IX  “ 
,  per  pouna

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

“  9 

“ 

.  6  50 
8  50 
13  50 
6 00 
7  50 
12 50 
15  50
114 00 
-15

P O ST ’S S A P  SPO U T S

Do Your Kissing: at Home.

A  traveling  man  who  was  also 

the 
head of a prosperous  firm  promised  his 
newly wedded  wife  tnat  he  would  give 
her a dollar every time he kissed her  and 
in that  way  she  could  save  plenty  of 
money.  Things  went  on  this  way  for 
several years and as he  made  plenty  of 
money  he  faithfully  kept  his  promise. 
Finally reverses came and the once pros­
perous  traveling  man 
found  be  was 
virtually  a  pauper.  He  went  home  to 
his wife and told her all.  She,  however, 
did not seem to feel worried and  he  was 
somewhat suprised  when she ask  him  to 
take a ride with  her that  afternoon,  but 
he  accepted  her  invitation.  Passing  a 
large block on a well  known  street,  she 
said,  “That’s mint.”  Soon she came to  a 
handsome flat and  said  “That’s  mine.” 
Well,  she  showed  him  several  places 
with the same remark until he  began  to 
be  suspicious and inquired  “How in  the 
deuce  did  you  accumulate  so  much 
wealth?” 
‘Do  you  remember  the  con­
tract you made when we  were  first  mar­
ried?”  said she.  “Yes,”  he  replied,  “ 1 
do.”  Well,  I invested it and it has made 
us rich.”  The  traveliug  man  hung  his 
head and said  nothing.  This  was  kept 
up for thirty minutes until  his  wife  be­
came alarmed and  she  asked  “ What  in 
the world is the matter, and what are you 
thinking about?”  He said,  “I was think­
ing of how rich  we  would  be  if  I  had 
done all my kissing at  home.”
Combinations  Pay.

That  combinations  pay those  who are 
on  the  inside  will  be  pretty  generally 
admitted,  and  yet the  people have but a 
vague idea of  how well  combinations do 
pay.  An instance is given  in  the trans­
continental  railroad  combination,  which 
recently voted to the  Pacific  Mail Steam­
ship  Company  the  sum  of  $75,000  per 
month,  conditioned  solely on  an  agree­
ment  by the  steamship  company that  it 
shall  not  accept  freight  between  San 
Francisco and  New York at such rates as 
might divert business  from the transcon­
tinental  roads. 
The  transcontinental 
railroads dare not  do  this openly,  there­
fore,  as a sort  of  blind,  which,  however, 
is  so  gauzy  that it deceives  no  one,  the 
subsidy is paid in the  form of  a contract 
for  space  on  vessels.  Last  year  these 
roads  paid over  half a million of  dollars 
for space on vessels  and did  not use  the 
space. 
In addition  to  this the  combina­
tion pays $500,000 a year to the Canadian 
Pacific  for  keeping  out  of  the  Pacific 
coast business of the United States, mak­
ing  an  aggregate  subsidy amounting  to 
$1,500,000 a year  to  prevent  competition 
in the carrying trade of the Pacific coast. 
This is  but  one of  many instances  that 
could be cited, showing how combinations 
pay. 
It is  needless to add  that the  con­
sumer is called upon to pay the subsidies.

A Folding Lantern for U se in Tents.
The globular brass lantern,  hitherto in 
use for military service purposes, is to be 
superceded  by a folding  lantern  for use 
in tents.  The  new  lantern is carried  in 
a case of  tin,  with a lid  and  leather car­
rying  strap  attached. 
It  weighs  7J£ 
pounds and is about one foot long.  The 
folding  lantern is made of  tin, the sides, 
top and  bottom  being so hinged together 
that  they can  be  folded  up  and  placed 
inside  the  tin  case  which  protects  the 
lantern  from  injury.  Guides,  partly of 
tin and  partly of  copper,  hold  the  glass 
sliding  where  bolts  hold  the  parts  in 
position  where  the  lantern  is  fixed  for 
use.

Women are quite accustomed to mascu­
line  criticisms  on  their  clumsy  use  of 
tools, but  the  Chicago  Times  bears  off 
the palm  for  gallantry  when  it  asserts 
that,  if  the  last  nail  in  the  Woman’s 
Building  at  the  World’s  Fair  is  to  be 
driven  by a woman,  and  if  it is expected 
that  the  building  will  be  completed  in 
season  for the  opening,  the  nail  in ques­
tion  should  have a  head  as  large  as  a 
Dutch cheese.  The  author  of  this  cal­
umny deserves to have his fingers pound­
ed.

Stanton — Eli  Epley  &  Co.  have  em­
barked in the  grocery and  produce  busi-

K o .»

We are agents for this Spout and carry a full 

stock.

We also have the ANCHOR  SAP  SPOET.

8

T H J E   MICHIGLAJNr  TRAJDESMAJN

Michigan Tradesman

Officiai O rgan o f M ichigan B usiness Men’s  A ssociation.

A  W E E K L Y   JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Wolilerine State.

The  Tradesman  Company, Proprietor.

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

strictly in advance.

Publication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered at the Grand Rapide Post Oii.ee.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY.  JANUARY  13,1893.

SENSELESS  STATEMENTS.

The officers of the Patrons’Commercial 
Union are out  in a  card  to  the  farming 
community,  in  which  Director  Conklin 
says:

The aggregat sales of  the  Union since 
March 24, the date that me and Secretary 
Taylor took possession of the business in 
regular  form,  have  been  over  $50,000, 
and  the  actual  savings  to  the  members 
amount to over  §20,000—the average per 
cent,  of saving being about 30.

Such a  statement  looks well  in  print, 
but it would look very  much better  if  it 
were  accompanied  by  some  corrobora­
ting  evidence,  such  as the  affidavit  of  a 
customer of the  Union  to the  effect  that 
he had  saved 30  per cent, on  every  bar­
rel of salt or dollar’s worth of granulated 
sugar purchased  through the medium  of 
the Lansing concern.  The  manifest  ob­
ject of the statement  is plainly shown  in 
the  after  part  of  the  circular,  where  a 
piteous appeal is made to farmers, either 
in  or  outside  the  organization  of  the 
Patrons  of  Industry,  to  send  in  an ad­
mission fee which  would enable them  to 
buy goods at  such  a  tremendous conces­
sion.

W hat Has the Future in Store?

The  uncertainties  of  1892  and  those 
affecting  our  material  interests  come 
chiefly  from  the  politicians.  There  is 
first  the  tariff,  concerning  which no one 
can  figure positively;  next comes the sil­
ver question with  its  uncertainties;  and 
thirdly is the presidential campaign  with 
its unknown  quantity.  Given  the  final 
settlement  for  four  years of  these  dis­
turbing  problems,  we might  move on  in 
our calculations with  some show of  suc­
cess.  What  we  know  in  our affairs  is 
hard  enough  to  handle,  but  what  we 
don’t  know  is  the  chief  harassment— 
that for  which we can’t  make provision. 
So there is nothing  left  for us  to do but 
keep  our  weather  eye  open  for  rising 
fogs,  and  do  the best we  can  under the 
circumstances. 
It is the  management of 
these uncertainties which  makes the dif­
ference between a purse full and a purse 
empty.  No  doubt but  the coming  year 
is  one  full of  opportunities.  Our  huge 
crops and  big demand  for them  fixed all 
that  for  us,  an  enriching  fact  for  all 
branches of business.  G e o.  R.  Sc o t t.

C heese Exhibit at St. Johns.

Hon.  E.  N.  Bates,  President  of  the 
Michigan  Dairymen’s  Association,  has 
arranged for an exhibit of factory cheese 
at  the  coming  annual  meeting  of 
the 
Association at St.  Johns.  Hon.  Geo.  B. 
Horton,  who is the Cheese King of  Mich­
igan,  being the owner of  five factories in 
Lenawee county,  has  consented to act  as 
judge  of  the exhibit  and  point out  the 
good and bad qualities of each entry.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

Gripsack: Brigade

A.  S. Doak  was  called  to  Coaticoake, 
Quebec,  Saturday  night  by the  serious 
illness of his mother.

J.  W.  Califf,  Michigan  representative 
for the Catlin Tobacco Co.,  was in town a 
couple of days last week.

H.  A.  Berry takes the Northern Michi­
gan trade formerly covered by J. McBur- 
ney for the I.  M.  Clark Grocery Co.

Frank  B.  Bush,  billing  clerk  for  the 
New  York  Biscuit  Co.,  succeeds  S.  G. 
Pierce  as  Eastern  Michigan 
traveling 
representative for the house.

W.  S.  Bush,  formerly on  the  road  for 
the  Powers  &  Walker  Casket  Co.,  but 
now manager of  the  Standard Coffin Co., 
of Cincinnati,  is in the  city this week,  in 
attendance on  the  annual  convention of 
the Michigan Funeral Directors’ Associa­
tion.  He is accompanied  by his bride.

The  annual meeting  of the  Travelers’ 
Club of  Detroit took place last  Tuesday. 
The  Secretary  and  Treasurer’s  report 
shows a membership of 392,  of which 320 
are active members.  The  receipts  were 
$5,400.37,  considerable  more  than 
the 
disbursements.  The  new  officers  are: 
President,  Charles  F.  Beck;  Vice-Presi­
dents, Geo. C. Bogne and Albert Ives,  Jr.; 
Secretary and  Treasurer,  R.  A.  Catton; 
Auditor, T. J.  Chamberlain.

High  salaries  paid  to some  traveling 
men  are  the  cause of  some  grumbling 
among  the  manufacturers  and  jobbers. 
It  seems  to  ns  that this  is  grumbling 
without reason. 
If a man is a good sales­
man,  he  deserves to be  paid so well that 
he  does  not  lose  energy  and  ambition. 
Other  things  being  equal,  a  traveling 
man should be paid  higher than an office 
man of  the same  caliber.  The exposure 
and  discomforts  incident  to  traveling, 
the breaking up of social relations, some­
times ending in the disruption of families 
are  risks  for which an added  compensa­
tion should  be paid.

O.  M.  Benedict,  the  Ionia  traveling 
man,  has  been  superintendent  of  the 
Church  of Christ Sunday  school  at  that 
place for twelve years,  and church treas­
urer for six years.  Owing to a change of 
his route, the church was notified that he 
could not  accept  either  position  again. 
At the close of the annual business meet­
ing, one day last  week,  Rev. W.  H. Scott 
called  Mr.  Benedict  to  the front  of the 
audience  and  in  behalf  of  the  church 
presented  him  with  a  beautiful  plush 
cushioned oak rocking chair,  stating that 
it  was  a  token  of  appreciation  of  his 
faithful  services  to  the  church for  the 
many years  he  had served it. 
It was  a 
complete  surprise  to  Mr. Benedict,  who 
could  only  thank  the  friends  for  the 
beautiful gift,  which expressed to him so 
much esteem  and confidence  on the  part 
of the church.

Purely  Personal.

Frank  E.  Leonard  has  gene  to  Pitts­
burg to place his order for glassware  for 
the coming season.

Chas.  E.  Raper,  the  Big  Rapids  con­
fectioner,  has received  notice of  the  al­
lowance  of  a  patent  on  his  peanut 
warmer.

Chas.  H.  Reynolds, of the firm of H.  M. 
Reynolds  &  Son,  is spending a month  or 
six  weeks  in  Mexico.  He  is  at  present 
in Mexico City.

O. A.  Ball is still confined to his house 
with la grippe,  but  hopes  to  be  able  to 
assume his duties at the store before  the 
end of the week.

F.  C.  Hawkins,  book-keeper  for  the

Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co., 
has returned to  his desk,  after  a  week’s 
tussle with la grippe.

Geo.  R.  Allen,  book-keeper  for  H. 
Leonard  &  Sons, and C.  P.  Coffin, book­
keeper for the  Grand  Rapids  Refrigera­
tor Co.,  are both  confined  to  their homes 
with la grippe.

the 

Friends  of the  late  Smith  Barnes  re­
cently  sent  Rev.  Caroline  Bartlett,  of 
Kalamazoo,  a twenty  dollar  bill  in  the 
name of the  deceased  as  a  contribution 
to  the  Unity  club  charity  fund.  Miss 
Bartlett acknowledged the gift at  a  pub­
lic  meeting  at  the  Academy  of  Music, 
supplementing 
acknowledgment 
with the following graceful remarks com­
plimentary  to  the  life  of  the  good  man 
thus honored:  “Mr. Barnes was  widely 
and  favorably  known  in  Michigan  and 
elsewhere.  Among business men he was 
a recognized leader, and no man was more 
respected nor more honored.  His  sudden 
death  at his Traverse City home in June 
last  caused  profound  sorrow  not  only 
among his numerous friends but business 
men generally.  His remains were brought 
to Mountain Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, 
for interment.  He was a man of rare re­
finement, gracious deeds and  noble char­
acter, and was charitable in  the broadest 
sense of the word,  and in  thus  honoring 
his memory  his  friends  are  only  doing 
that which  he in  his  beautiful life  ever 
did in  memory  of  his  friends  who  had 
gone before.”

The Use of Pasteboard in Shoes.

Irate Customer—“Those shoes I bought 
for my boy last  week  are  worn  out  al­
ready,  and I found a thick piece of paste­
board in the  soles.  What  have  you  to 
say  to  that?”
Dealer—“My dear sir,  the  pasteboard 
is put in to keep the feet  from  touching 
the ground when the leather  wears  out. 
you  wouldn’t  want  your  little  boy  to 
catch cold and die of consumption  would 
you?”

A   Dom estic  Article.

shoes for the little bye.

Mrs.  Callahan—I want  to get a pair  of 
Clerk—French kid?
Mrs.  Callahan  (indignantly) — Indade 
not.  He’s me  own  son—born  and  bred 
in Ameriky.

Encroachm ents o f the National Cordage 
From the Cordage Trade Journal.

Co.

Regarding the report  that the National 
Cordage  Co.  had  secured  control  of  the 
rope and binder twine plant of the Amer­
ican Manufacturing Co., located in Green- 
point,  the Cordage Trade Journal  learns 
that such  an  arrangement  was  consum- 
ated, and that it took effect on  December. 
1,  although  the  matter  has  been  kept 
quite secret until the  report  referred  to 
was printed a few days ago.  The control 
was  not  secured  by  purchase,  but  the 
American company leases its plant to the 
National company for  a term of years.

The  American  Manufacturing  Co.’s 
business  is  that  of  manufacturing  jute 
bagging  for  covering  cotton,  and  it  has 
mills in St.  Louis  and  Charleston,  S.  C. 
Only recently it  has  erected  (in  fact,  it 
is  not  yet  quite  finished)  an  extensive 
plant in Greenpoint for the  manufacture 
of this bagging.  To this plant was added 
an  extensive mill for the manufacture of 
rope  and  binder  twine.  It  is  this  latter 
that the National Cordage Co. has secured 
control of,  and  in  no  way  does  it  effect 
their  bagging  business.  The  American 
Manufacturing Co. now controls about 50 
per cent,  of the  bagging  business  of  the 
United States,  and is constantly  increas­
ing its capacity.

Whether  the  rope  and  binder  twine 
machinery will continue to be run or not is 
It  is  said  that 
a matter of uncertainty. 
there is now more machinery in operation 
than is  necessary  to  supply  the  demand 
of the country for  cordage,  and  it  is  not 
impossible that some of the mills may be 
shut down.

It is  generally  understood  that  an  ar­
rangement has  been  made  by  which the 
National Cordage  Co.  secures  control  of 
John  Good’s  plant  for  the  manufacture 
of rope,  located in Ravenswood, and also 
of his plant in Washington avenue, Brook­
lyn,  for  the  manufacture  of  machinery 
for rope and binder twine making.
It it said  that  the  plants  of  Mr.  Good 
are leased  to  the  Natioual  Cordage Co. 
for  three  years,  and  that  a  royalty  of 
§150,000 a year is to be paid for  the  con­
trol of the  works.
It is  also  reported  that  the  National 
Cordage Co.  has  secured  control  of  the 
cordage plant of John T. Bailey  & Co., of 
Philadelphia,  but  in  an  interview  pub­
lished in a  local paper,  Mr. Bailey states 
that this is incorrect, although proposals 
have been made to them which are under 
consideration.

Lansing—Geo.  A.  Cockburn  has  sold 

his grocery stock to Wm.  H.  Magher.

O lney  &  Ju d son   G rocer  Co.,

Sole Agents for the Justly Celebrated

.

U V E .  c
  O . ”   C igars.
wand^ifids Hook Jnidtug Co •

Sole Manufacturers in Michigan of the

Flat Opening Ledgers and Journals always on Hand.

MULLINS  PATENT  FLAT  OPENING  BLANK  BOOK.
2 9 -3 1   C an al  St., 
G rand  R a p id s,  M ich.
P E R K I N S   &   H E S S
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,
Goilpon  Books Buy  of  the Largest  Manufacturers  in  the 

NOS.  123 and  134  LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN.

The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids

WE CARET A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOB MILL  USE.

Country  and  Save  Money.

DEALERS IN

T H E   ATT C H I  G A N   T E A D E S M A ' V .

9

Plain Talk to Boys.

The  firm  gave  him a good  Christmas 
present in hard cash which meant,  “Well 
done,  my  boy.”  That  was a feather  in 
his  cap.  Happy  and  promising  is  the 
lad  who  strengthens and  adorns  himself 
with  this  kind of  feathers.  Too  many 
boys  take to  the  other  and  silly  kind. 
What led up  to  this?  This  and nothing 
more:  He  showed a deep  interest in the 
business.  He was first  at  his  desk,  and 
the  last to leave.  He is a neat,  tidy boy 
(I  don’t  mean  pink  necktie  and  swell 
coat  collar),  and  he  is  as  accurate  as 
prompt.  Baseball  does  not engross  his 
thoughts.  He  took  Gough’s  advice  and 
is  making  a  record  which  is  going  to 
force  compensation  and 
recognition, 
which  includes  promotion.  He  is  good 
to his  mother.  The good  book  says the 
boy  is  doomed  who  isn’t  that.  One  of 
the  aims of  every  good  man  is to assist 
in making great  men,  wise men  and suc­
cessful  out  of  the  growing  boys.  Our 
boy carried to the new firm from the old, 
this pithy  letter,  “You can  take stock in 
him.”  That was splendid.  That couldn’t 
be  written of  every young  fellow.  But 
it can  be written of you if you will.  And 
this shouldn’t be forgotten,  that boys are 
just what parents make them.  Business 
men take to smart good boys as naturally 
as a duck  tabes  to water.  And  they are 
soon able to pick  them out of the twenty 
or thirty  in  the office  or  factory.  The 
fact  is—don’t  forget  it,  boys—they  are 
all  the  time  on  the  lookout  for  boys 
whom they can  trust and promote.  What 
crowds  of  boys  (and  what a pity) make 
shipwreck of opportunities.  Boys switch 
themselves off  the track.  We all  either 
make or unmake  ourselves.  There  may

be exceptions, but the rule holds that we 
have  our  fortunes  in  our  own  hands. 
When  a  boy gets bounced there  must be 
a reason for it. 

Geo.  R.  Scott.

A  Model  Country  Store.

Grand  Rapids,  Jan.' 11—I  stopped  off 
at Morley the other  day and while there, 
was attracted by J.  E. Thurkow’s beauti­
ful  home.  His  cottage  was  planned  by 
himself  and  is  the  picture  of  beauty, 
symmetry  and  lovliness,  and  would  do 
credit to our city architects.  His barn is 
an imposing one—a perfect  horse  palace 
—and,  like  his  cottage  home,  has  the 
ear-marks of its designer.  After looking 
these buildings over,  Mr. Thurkow invit­
If I was  surprised 
ed me into his store. 
at  seeing  such  beautiful  buildings,  a 
greater surprise awaited me. 
i expected 
to see a  commonplace  sort of  a  country 
store,  but upon enteriug the  store,  I was 
struck with its appearance,  for  I  beheld 
evidences of the same thought, ingenuity 
and  constructive  ability.  Everything 
was  in the  very best  of  order—“a place 
for  everything  and  everything  in  its 
place.”  He  has,  among  many  other 
things  too numerous to  mention,  an  in­
genious rack  for roll oil  cloths and  win­
dow curtains and a set of  revolving shoe 
shelves which  holds  forty  dozen  ladies’ 
and  gentlemen’s  shoes. 
Everything 
evinced neatness and  ability and I could 
but exclaim,  “This beats anything I have 
ever seen  for a country store.”

O.  F.  Conklin.

Country Callers.

Calls  have  been 

received  at  The 
Tradesman office during  the  past  week 
from  the  following  gentleman  in  trade: 

Thos.  Van Eanenaan. Zeeland.
L.  E.  Swan,  Big Prairie.
Frank Smith,  Leroy.
S. E.  Bush, Pierson.
Win.  H.  Richardson, Evart.
C.  E. Coburn,  Pierson.
Kinzie & Myers, Caledonia,
N.  Bouma,  Fisher.

A Lisbon Druggist Absconds.

is 

the 

time 

Lisbon,  Jan.  9—Horace  G.  Johnson, 
who  purchased 
the  Lisbon  drug  store 
from  the  late  Dr.  Koon  about  a  year 
ago, 
just  now  a  much  wanted 
young  man.  Up  to 
he 
made the purchase he had been  consider 
ed a straight,  steady  and  honest fellow. 
Dr.  Koon had so much  confidence  in him 
as to depart from his usual  careful  busi­
ness methods and  let him have the  goods 
without security, merely taking  his indi­
vidual  note.  Almost  immediately  after 
thus striking out  for  himself  he  seemed 
to become  first,  careless aud negligent in 
business, then wild in  his purchases and 
dissipated in  habits.  About  two  weeks 
ago,  with bills crowding him  from  every 
direction,  with a prosecution threatening 
him for selling  drugs  without  State  au­
thority,  and  with  the  certainty  he  had 
reached the end of his  busiuess  rope,  he 
left, ostensibly  on  a  business  trip,  and 
creditors are now hunting for  him.  The 
loss to the  widow  of  the  former  owner 
of the stock will,  under  the  circumstan­
ces,  be a serious one.

Points for Retailers.
Spend  at  least  one-tenth  of  your net 
It  will 
profits in judicious advertising. 
most certainly come back  again.
Let your stock be wisely proportionate 
to your  capital.  Use caution  in  buying 
and  selling, and  require  more  cash  aud 
less credit.
In taking an  invoice of your stock,  do 
not  figure  the  goods  at  what  they  cost 
you some time ago,  but figure on the cur­
rent  quotations  of  the  day,  as  many 
goods have declined or advanced.
Every retail  merchant  in  the  country 
should  know  just  how  he stands on the 
opening of the  new year,  in  order to  en­
able him to ascertain at  the end of six or 
twelve  months  following  how  much 
money  his business,  is  making or losing 
for him.
Credit is a necessity  in our methods of 
carrying on trade. 
It is  upon the credit 
system that the  business of  the  country 
is based  and  built  up,  and  consequently

it is of  vital  importance that  any  abuse 
of  that  system  should  be 
rigorously 
avoided.
The following is a  good resolution  for 
the retailer to take  for the new year:  “I 
will pay my  bills at the  time,  when  and 
place where  due, or if  unable to  do that 
and  if  my  creditor  is  obliged  to  make 
drafts  on  me,  I  will  meet  his  drafts as 
soon  as  possible,  paying  all  legitimate 
bank charges.”

Discount Your Bills.

One-half per cent,  on  a  thirty-day  bill 
paid in ten days is  equal  to  interest  at 
the rata of  eight  per  cent,  per  annum. 
One and one-half  per  cent,  on  a  sixty- 
day bill  paid in ten days is  equal  to  in­
terest at the rate of eleven per  cent,  per 
annum.  Four  per  cent,  off  on  a  four 
months’  bill  is  interest  at  the  rate  of 
twelve per cent,  per  annum,  or  a  four 
months’  bill  paid  in  thirty  days  with 
three per cent,  discount is interest at the 
rate of twelve per cent,  per annum.  Five 
per cent,  discount off on a  four  months’ 
bill  is interest at the rate  of  fifteen  per 
cent,  per annum; or if paid in thirty days, 
less four per cent.,  it is sixteen per cent, 
per annum.

The  Grocery  Market.

As foreshadowed  last week,  sugar  has 
advanced  3s'e,  at  which price the market 
is steady.  Rice is higher and but for the 
fact  that  jobbers  have  generally  good 
stocks on hand,  an  advance of }{c would 
be noted  this  week.  Pickles  appear  to 
be  without  any  stability,  owing  to  the 
the large crop  of cucumbers and  the  ex­
tra large  pack  of  pickles.  Short  count 
goods  are  offered  as  low  as  $3.75  per 
barrel;  but  full  count  goods  are  held 
fairly firm at $4.25@$4.50.

Detroit—A.  P. Sherrill and J.  S.  Mere­
dith  have  been  admitted  to  partnership 
in the  wholesale dry goods house  of  Ed- 
son, Moore & Co.  The firm mame remains 
unchanged.

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

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

Southern Att’ys, Atlauta,  Ga.
BARTLETT  &  ANDERSON,  New England Att’ys,  Boston,  Mass.

DORSEY,  BREWSTER  &  HOWELL,

McCa r t h y ,  OSLER,  HOSKIN  &  CREELMAN,  Canadian Att’ys,  Toronto,  Ont.

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INCORPORATED  UNDER  THE  LAWS  OF  ILLINOIS.

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Eastern Office,  91 X  Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
New England Office, Boylston Build's, 657 Washington St., Boston,Mass- 
Canadian Office, 87 Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, Toronto, Ont. 
Western Office, 413-515 Bee Building, Omaha, Neb.
Southern Office, McDonald  Building, Atlanta, Ga.
Pacific Slope Office, 31-33 Chronicle Building, San Francisco, Cal.
Extract from Branch Constitution and By-Laws.
Sec. 4.  Whenever an account against any person shall have been listed in the 
abstract of unsettled  accounts  issued by our  General Agency, or  certified to the 
Secretary of  this  Branch  by such  Agency as unsettled, no  member  shall in  any 
case  open an account, without security, with  such  delinquent, and the  opening 
of  such account by any member with  such person  shall be considered an offense 
against this section ana subject m ch member to an investigation by the Executive 
Board, and if  found  guilty he shall pay to such Board a fine of  TWENTY  DOL­
LARS  for the  sole  use  aud  benefit of  this branch, and  his neglect or refusal  to 
comply with this demand shall make him liable to expulsion from said agency.

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

Stronger than Judge, Jury or Sheriff.

We  ask the  retail  merchants  to  make a special examination of  this Agency 
and its combination  and interchange  experience system  before paying out  their 
money for a valueless lot of stationery and glittering array of promises offered by 
irresponsible  promoters of  cheap  collecting  and “blacklisting”  schemes.  To  a 
business  man  seeking  reliable  assistance,  age,  experience,  c h arac te r  aud 
financial respo n sib ility   are worth everything.

Chicago References:  The  Chicago  Trust  and  Savings  Bank or any respect­
able and  responsible wholesale or retail merchant in the  city.  Elsewhere:  Any 
merchant who has been or Is now a subscriber—and their number is legion.

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Drugs fü Medicines»

State  Board of Pharmacy.

One  Y ear—S tanley E. Park! 11, Owosso.
Two  Years—Jacob  Jesson,  M uskegon.
T hree  Years—Jam es  Vernor, D etroit.
Four Years—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
F ive Years—G eorge Gundrum. Ionia.
President'—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, D etroit.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.

N ext m eetin g—At Bay C ity, Jan. 13 and 14.1892._____
Michigan State  Pharmaceutical  A&a’n. 
President—H. G. Colem an. K alam azoo. 
Vice-President»—S.  E.  P arkill,  O wosso;  L.  P auley, St.
Ignace;  A. S. Parker, D etroit.
Secretary—Mr. Parsons, Detroit.
Treasurer—Wm  Dupont, Detroit.
E xecutive Com m ittee—F. J. W urzburg,  Grand Rapids; 
Frank  In glis  and  G.  W.  Stringer,  D etroit;  C.  E. 
W ebb, Jackson.
N ext place  o f  m eeting—Grand  Rapids, Aug. 2,3 and 4. 
Local Secretary—John  D. Muir._________________ _

Grand  Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. 
P resident. W. R. Jew ett,  S ecretary,  Frank H. E seott, 
Regular M eetings—F irst W ednesday evenin g o f March 
June, Septem ber and Decem ber.
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association, 
resident, F. D.  K ipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.

Detroit  Pharmaceutical Society. 

President. F. Rohnert;  Secretary.  J. P .tR heinfm nk.
Muskegon Drug Clerks’  Association. 

Pharmacy.

P resident. N. Miller;  Secretary, A. T. W heeler.
Annual  Report  of  the  State  Board  of 
The  following  is  a  summary  of  the 
annual report of the Board of Pharmacy:
There have been 358  applicants for ex­
amination  as  registered pharmacists and 
forty-seven  for  assistant  pharmacists. 
One  hundred  and  fifty one  have  been 
granted to the  former and  111 to the lat­
ter,  the  excess  of  the  latter  being  ac­
counted for  by reason of  a  rule  adopted 
by the  Board,  under which assistant cer­
tificates  are  granted to those who  desire 
them among the  class  who  fail  to pass  a 
full  aud  satisfactoty  examination,  yet 
sufficiently high to warrant  the  Board in 
issuing assistant certificates.  There  were 
seventy-six  complaints  during  the  year 
for  violation of  the  pharmacy  law.  with 
fifteen convictions,  aud  nine  are  now  in 
the hands of  the  attorney of  the  Board. 
The  total  number  of  convictions  have 
been  fifty,  the  cost of  which  amounted 
to $3.825.TO, the fines aggregating $621.
The following financial exnibit is made:
Ba  anee on hand last  report  ...............
.$1,312
From reserve  fund in hands of  State
Auditors.............................. ..................
From renewals of certificates.............
From applicants for exam ination.......
Interest on  deposits....................  .........

1.000 00 
2,901  bo
912 oo 
30 75
Total........................................................ *0,162 79
Board of State Auditors...........................*4,445 13
the  Board..............................................   1,717 £0
Total.............................................  
The total  number  of  registered  phar­
macists  in  the  state  is  3,629,  and  of 
assistant  registered pharmacists 551.
The  maintenance of  the  Board  is  no 
burden upon the  State,  but is under con­
trol of  the  State.  The  receipts  are  de­
rived from  the  pharmacists  themselves, 
who pay a fee for  the certificates  and  an 
annual renewal  fee.

Disbursements  as  per  report  to  the
Balance in hands of  the Treasurer of

Bugbee  Succeeds  Parkill.

C.  A.  Bugbee,  of  Cheboygan,  has  re­
ceived the appointment of member of the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  to  succeed 
Stanley  E.  Parkill.  Governor  Winans 
had promised  to  re-appoint  Mr.  Parkill, 
and so wrote  Mr.  Bugbee,  but the  latter 
refused to abide  by  the governor’s decis­
ion  and  prevailed  upon  him  to  change 
his mind.

The  Drug  M arket.

Quinine is  very  active  and  is  advanc­
ing rapidly.  Opium is dull.  Morphia is 
unchanged.  S u g ar  of  milk his declined. 
Jalap has ad vanced.  R om an  chamomile 
flowers are lower.  Gum  mastic  has  de­
clined.  Manna is lower.

A  Drug  Explosion.

A student  of  pharmacy  in  Hesse  was 
called upon to put up  a prescription con­
taining a 20 per cent, solution of chromic 
acid,  salicylic  acid,  and  water.  He  put 
the crystals of chromic acid directly into 
the alcohol,  whereupon an explosion took 
place, and  the  unfortunate  student  was 
severely burned in the  eyes.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

UNPROFITABLE  ADVERTISING. 
There  is  a  class  of  advertisers  Who 
seem  to  be  imbued  with  the  idea  that 
the  more  difficulty  placed  in  the  way 
of reading their advertisements, the more 
they  will  be  read.  This  fallacy  takes 
various  forms, most of  which  are  more 
or less familiar,  aud all of which are de­
cidedly  objectionable.

The most common of these  is  to  order 
one’s advertisement printed upside down 
in  the papers.  This is  an old dodge and
is.  fortunately,  nearly  obsolete  in  the 
city press. 
It still holds in  the  country 
journals,  however.

Now,  it is hard enough to get people to 
read advertisements at  all.  without  put­
ting  extra  obstacles  in  their  way,  and 
while  it may  not  be necessary to  stand 
on one’s  head  to read such an advertise­
ment.  it certainly  puts the reader to  the 
trouble  (slight  though  it  may  be),  of 
turning the paper over in order to peruse
it,  a trouble  which in these  days of busi­
ness will not be taken  by one out of five.
Of the same order are the signs one oc­
casionally  sees 'strung  across  the  side­
walk.  marked  “ DON’T  READ  THE 
I OTHER  SIDE.”  a  mandate  which 
is 
usually obeyed to the  letter.  There is  a 
wagon in  Boston  on  which the  owner’s 
I name  and  business are  lettered  upside 
down. 
It may attract attention,  but it i 
safe to say that  not  one  in  ten of  those 
who see it can read it.

This being the  case, what can  be more 
foolish  than the advertisement which ap- 
I peared not long  ago in a  trade  journal, 
j the reading matter of which was set  in a 
spiral  line,  beginning at  the  center  and 
gradually  working  outward.  To  read 
this card would require six  complete rev 
oiutions  of the  book,  a  task  which  not 
one man  in  500 would  undertake in 
der  to  read  an  advertisement,  however 
much  he  might  be interested  in  its  con­
tents.

in the same line are the announcements 
•LOOK 
IN  THIS  PLACE  NEXT 
WEEK”  and the like,  printed in the cen­
ter of a large  space.  Who  do  you  sup­
pose  remembers to  follow  your  advice? 
Nobody.  People don’t  buy papers tc  be 
regaled by  promises  of  what next  week 
will have for them.

Neither are their curiosity and admira­
tion stimulated by such trashy announce­
ments as “JOHN  BROWN OWNS  THIS 
COLUMN.”  What does your reader care 
for  John  Brown?  Two  to  one  if  they 
give  the matter  any thought  at all,  it  is 
that John is wasting his money and mak­
ing a fool of himself.

There are ways of piquing  the curiosi­
ty of  the public  in  such  a manner as  to 
be profitable.  Who  will  deny  that  the 
man who advertised

S.-T.-1860-X.

made a ten-stroke?  He  spent  a  big pile 
of money,  for those  days,  in  advertising 
this  one  line.  Nobody  knew  what  it 
meant.  But  after  be  had  made  the 
phrase a by-word in everybody’s  mouth, 
he pushed the advantage gained for all it 
was worth,  and  the  bitters  which  bore 
this trade-mark found their way also into 
the mouths of  a large  proportion of  the 
populace.  This advertising made Planta­
tion  Bitters the  best  selling nostrum  of 
its kind for many years,  and  the origina­
tor of the scheme a rich man.

A dozen or more years ago a soap man­

ufacturer  advertised the single word 

GOLD

in  a  similar  style.  Not  content  with 
taking a good  deal of space  in the  daily

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THE  MICHIGAN  TR^ÜESMAJSI

papers,  and  covering  the  dead  walls, 
curb-stones  and  bill-boards with his  ad­
vertisements,  he had thousands of  cheap 
flags made  with this  one  word on  them 
and distributed  them to  school children. 
And  he  paid  agents  to  go  around  and 
place these  flags  on  the  head  of  every 
horse  whose  driver  would  permit  such 
decoration.  His advertising was the talk 
of the community.

But there is always a special danger  in 
this  style  of  advertising.  Whenever 
there is a way open to  profit  at another’s 
expense,  some one is  always to be found 
to  take  advantage  of  it.  There are  al­
ways to  be found concerns  who are will­
ing  to  reap  the  harvest  they  have  not 
sowed,  and who will steal  another man’s 
thunder  without  any  phenomenally  ex­
haustive drain upon their  consciences.

It was so with the Gold Soap  advertis­
ing.  I nave recalled this incident to show 
that nothing but  a large  extra  expendi­
ture of money saved this scheme from be­
coming not  only  absolutely valueless  to 
its originator,but of direct benefit to some 
other  eutirely  distinct  concern.  After 
the  “gold”  excitement  had  been  thor­
oughly worked up,  an  advertisemont ap­
peared in all the papers which had origi­
nally contained  the  enigmatic word. 
It 
was  headed  “ Gold,” giving  the  readers 
the impression  that  the preliminary  ad­
vertisements  were  for  the  purpose  of 
booming a land  company,  which  offered 
real estate  at  such prices  that gold  dol­
lars at  fifty cents  would  be  a poorer  in­
vestment. 
It was  only by  a largely  in­
creased outlay  that  the Gold  Soap  men 
reaped any  advantage  by  their prelimi­
nary announcements.

A  similar  experience  befell  another 
soap  manufacturer only about two years 
ago.  For  several  weeks  the  cabalistic 
letters  “ S.  A.  S.”  appeared 
in  every 
form of  advertisement, dodgers,  posters, 
street-car  placards  and  newspapers. 
There  Is no  doubt that  a  good  deal  of 
money was  spent  in  popularizing these 
three  letters.  Aud  with  what  result? 
Some one in Connecticut saw a chance to 
realize a large  amount of  advertising by 
stealing a march,  so he began advertising 
“ Self Adjusting  Stays,”  surrounded  by 
lines  of  “ S.  A.  S.”  A  shoe  dealer  in 
Boston  advertised  “Stiff Ankle Support­
ers”  and  “ Self-Acting  Sandals.”  and 
these  piratic  individuals  knocked  the 
wind out~of the  soap man’s  sails,  for  a 
time at least.

The  man  who  tries  the  initial  dodge 
to-day  must needs  have a  sharp  eye,  a 
good  amount  of  nerve  and  a  bigger 
amount of money.  Some peculiar name 
or  design  which  can  be  protected as  a 
trade-mark  would  be  better,  as this  can 
be registered  and  its  use by  other par­
ties prevented.

A similar  method of  attracting  atten­
tion is by the puzzle or rebus. 
It is said 
that  children  who  cultivate  a  taste for 
the puzzle departments of j u venile period­
icals never lose a desire to decipher such 
things wherever they find them,  and this 
desire does not  diminish as they  grow  to 
manhood.  Perhaps  not. 
I  won’t  say 
this is  not true,  but  does  any sane  man 
believe  that  it  is  good  advertising  to

waste  space which  costs so much a  line 
by  publishing  poorly-drawn  cuts  of  a 
tea chest and  a  back-number hat to rep­
resent  “that”  and such like trash?  Does 
the man  live who thinks  anything  pub­
lished  in  such  hieroglyphics will  make 
any impression on  the public?

If  he  does—well,  if  he  does, let  him 
spend  his  money  that  way.  He  will 
learn better by experience.  I say that if he 
spent the money it costs to engrave these 
childish  puzzles in  getting good cuts  or 
expert  advice,  he  would be  better satis­
fied  with  his  advertisement, both  in  at­
tractiveness and effectiveness.

A patent medicine has been advertised 
lately in  the preliminary  announcement 
style  and  with  considerable  success  by 
printing the  name in  outlandish letters, 
which  are  certainly  “all  Greek”  to  the 
majority  of  newspaper  readers.  When 
the proper time came to advertise the ar­
ticle,  however,  the  name  was  so  thor­
oughly Greek  and  unpronounceable that 
much of the effect of the advertising was 
lost.

Who among us  would like to go into  a 
drug store feeling  uncertain what to call 
for,  fearing  to  pronounce  its name  lest 
the  salesman  laugh  at  us?  This  is  a 
grave mistake  among  advertising patent 
medicine  men.  Better  call 
it  “Skin 
Cure”  or “Bruise  Healer”  than  “Melil- 
tos.”  Use  good,  plain  English. 
It  is 
better every way.

Be sure you  count  the  cost and  know 
you can afford it  before  starting on such 
a scheme.

If you do start  it,  don’t delay the final 
explanation too long.  Be prepared to give 
the  final  stroke  at any  time  if you find 
any  evidence  of  some  one  anticipating 
you.

Better still,  don’t  waste money in  any 
way which will enable others to cheat you 
out of the benefit  of your  own  advertis­
ing. 

G e o .  E.  B.  P u t n a m .

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

H . H .  H .

Harrison’s Hair Hastener

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

PRICE,  $1  PER  BOTTLE.

Sold by all druggists.  Manufactured by
C.  B.  HARRISON  &  CO.,

SHERWOOD, MICH.

CUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS

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P A M P H L E T S

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PECK BROS.,

Wholesale  Druggists 

GRAND  RAPID8.

Get  What  You  Ask  Fori

—HINKLEY’S  BONE  LINIMENT--

FOR  THIRTY-FOUR  YEARS  THE  FAVORITE.

E'iuclosed in  White  Wrappers and made by D. F. FOSTER,  Saginaw, Mich.

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Wholesale Price  Current•

Advanced—Quinine. 

Declined—Roman  chamomile, gum  mastic,  po. jalap, manna, sugar  milk.

ACIDIJX.

A eetlcum ....................
Benzoicum  German..
Boracic 
......................
Carbolicum.................
C itrlcum ....................
H ydrocm or.................
Nitrocum 
...................
O xalicum ....................
Phosphorium  d ii........
Salicylicum................1
Sulphuricum...............
Tannicum ................... 1
Tartarlcum ..................
AMMONIA.

8®   10 
50®  60 
20
22©  30 
43@  53 
3®  5
10®   12 
10®  12 
20
30® 1  70 5
40@1  60 
33®  40

“ 

Aqua, 16  d eg ................  354® 
5
20  d eg................   5)4® 
7
Carbonari  ......................  12®  14
C hloridum ....................  12®  14

ANILINE.

Black.............................. 2 0G®2 25
Brown.............................  80@1  00
Red..................................   45®  50
Y ello w ...........................2  50®3 00

BACCAX.

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

BALSAMUH.

Copaiba.........................  50®  65
Peru................................   @1  30
Terabin, Canada  .......  35®  40
T olutan.........................   35®  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian —   ...........  18
Cassiae  ....................................   11
Cinchona Flava  ....................  18
Euonymus  atropurp.............  30
Myrica  Cerifera, p o...............  20
Prunus Virginl........................  12
Quillaia,  grd...........................   14
Sassafras  .................................  14
Ulmus Po (Ground  12).......  
10

EXTRACT'D)!.

Glycyrrhiza  G labra...  24®  25
po.............  33®  35
11®  12
Haematox, 15 lb. b ox.. 
Is.....  13® 
14
)4s....  14® 
15
ÜS....  16® 
17
FERRUM.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Carbonate Precip.........  @  15
Citrate and Quinta —  
©3  50
Citrate  Soluble.............  @  80
Ferrocyanidum Sol —   @ 5 0
Solul  Chloride.............  @  15
Sulphate,  com’l ...........  1)4® 
2
7
®  

p u re.............  

“ 

FLORA.

 
f o l ia .
............ 

A rn ica...........................  22®  25
A nth em is......................  28®  30
Matricaria 
25®  30

 

Barosma 
 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin
A lx. 
Salvia  officinalis,  *4®
U raU rsi......................... 

20®  50
n iv e lly .......................   25®  28
35®  50
and  H s........................  12®  15
8®  10

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GUMMI.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

®   80
Acacia, 1st  picked—  
©   60
2d 
.... 
3d 
®   40
.... 
®   33
sifted so rts... 
p o .  ..................  60®  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60
®   12
“  Cape,  (po.  20)... 
Socotri. (po.  60).  @ 5 0
“ 
Catechu, Is, ()4s, 14 Xs,
@  1
16)............................... 
A m m onlae....................  55®  60
Assafcetida, (po. 35)...  @  28
Bensolnum ....................  50®  55
C am phor»....................  50®  53
Euphorbium  po  .........  35® 
lo
Galbanum.....................   @3  50
Gamboge,  po................   75®  80
Gualacum,  (po  30)  ...  @ 2 5
Kino,  (po.  25)..............   @  20
M astic...........................  @  80
Myrrh,  (po  45)............   @  40
Opll.  (po. 3  20).................. 2  1P©2 15
Shellac  .........................  25®  35
bleached.........  30®  35
T ragacanth..................   30®  75

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serba—In ounce packages.

A bsinthium .............................  25
Eupatorlum .............................  20
Lobelia......................................  25
M ajorum..................................  28
Mentha  Piperita....................  23
V lr .............................  25
R ue.............................................   30
Tanacetum, V .........................   22
Thymus,  V ...................  
25

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MAGNESIA.

Calcined, P at................  55®  60
Carbonate,  P at............   20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25
Carbonate,  Jennings..  35®  36

OLEUM.

Cubebae........ ...........  .  @  6 5»
Exechthitos...............  2 50@2  75
E rigeron......................2 25@2  50
G aultherla..................2 00®2  10
Geranium,  ounce.......  @  75
Gossipii,  Sem. gal.......  50®  75
Hedeoma  .................... 1  40@1  50
Junlperi........................  50@2 00
L avendula..................   90@2  00
Llm onis....................... 2 25@2 80
Mentha Piper................3 00®3 50
Mentha  Verid..............2 20®2 30
Morrhuae, gal.............. 1  00@1  10
Myrcia, ounce..............  @  50
O live............................   85@2  75
Picis Liquida,  (gal. 35)  10®  12
R icini...........................1  08@1  ?4
Rosmarin i .............  
75@1  00
Rosae,  ounce...............  @6 50
Succini.........................  40®  45
S abina.........................   90@l  00
Santal  .........................3 50@7 00
Sassafras......................  50®  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce__   @ 6 5
T iglu............................   @1  00
T hym e.........................  40®  50
opt  .................  @ 6 0
Theobromas.................  15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

BICarb.........................   15®  18
Bichromate  .  ..............  13®  14
Bromide...................... 
25®  27
Carb..............................   12®  15
Chlorate,  (po. 16)........   14®  16
Cyanide........................  50®  55
Iodide............................2 80@2 90
Potassa, B1 tart,  pure..  28®  30
Potassa, Bltart, com ...  @  15
Potass  Nitras, opt....... 
8@  10
Potass N itras............... 
9
7® 
Prusslate......................  28®  30
Sulphate  po.................  15®  18

RADIX.

 

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A conitum ....................   20®  25
A lthae..........................   25®  30
A nehusa......................  12®  15
Arum,  po......................  @  25
Calamus............... 
20®  40
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......  10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 40)....................  
©  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po  ...  15®  20
Inula,  po......................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po..........................2 25@2 30
Iris  plox  (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  p r....................   42®  45
Maranta,  14s ..... ..........  @  35
Podophyllum, po........   15®  18
Rhel..............................   75@1  00
“  cu t.......................   @1  75
“  pv.........................   75® 1  35
Spigelia.......................   48®  53
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpentaria..................   35®  40
Senega.........................  40®  45
Slmilax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0
M  @  20
Scillae,  (po. 35)............  10®  12
Syuiploearpus,  Foeti-
...  @ 3 5
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
inglbera....................   10®  15
Zingiber  j ............... 
18®  22
SEMEN.
@ 1 5
Anlsum,  (po.  20). 
20®  22
Aplum  (graveleons).. 
Bird, Is .......................  
4®  6
Carul, (po. 18).............  
8®  12
Cardamon.......................... 1  00@1 25
Corlandram.................  10®  12
Cannabis Satlva.......... 
4)4@5
Cydonlum....................   75@l  00
Chenopodlnm  ............  10®  12
Dlpterlx Odorate.........2  10@2 20
Foeniculum.................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po....... 
6®  8
4  @4)4
L in l................... 
Llnl, grd,  (bbl. 3)4) 4  @  4)4
Lobelia.  ............ 
  35©  40
Pharlaris Canarian__   3)4® 4)4
6®   7
R ap a............................. 
Sinapis,  Albu.............  
9
8® 
N igra............  11®  12

dus,  po.............. 

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SPIRITUS.

 
« 

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Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2  50
D. F. R ....... 1  75@2 00
1  10@1  50
Juniperls  Co. O. T ___1  75@1  75
..............j  75®3 50
Saacharum  N.  E .........1  75®2 00
Spt.  Vini  G alll............ 1  75@6 50
Vini O porto...................... 1  25®2 00
Vini  Alba..........................1  25@2 00

SPONGES.

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

2 00
1  10
85
65
75
l  40

A bsinthium ........................3 50@4 00
Amygdalae, D u lc.........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae___8 00@8 25
A n lsl.....................................1  75@1 85
Aurantl  Cortex............2 50@2  75
Bergami!  ......................3 75®4  00
C ajlputi.......................  
70®  80
Caryophylll..................   90®  95
C ed ar.............................  35®  65
C henopodll..................  @1  75
C lnnam onil........................1  15@l 20
C ltronella.....................   @  45
Conlum  M ac................  35®  65
Copaiba  ........................1  10@1  20

SYRUPS.

A ccacla................................ 
50
Zingiber  ................................  50
Ipecac.....................................   60
Ferri  Iod................................  50
Aurantl  Cortes......................  50
Rhel  Arom.............................  50
Slmilax  Officinalis...............  60
Co........   50
Senega...................................   50
Scillae.....................................   50
50
T olutan..................................  50
Prunus  virg...........................  50

“  CO.  ...........................  

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TINCTURES.

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“ 

u 

Aconitum  NapellisR. 
F.
Aloes.....  ....................
and  m yrrh.........
A rn ica.........................
Asafcetida....................
Atrope Belladonna__
Benzoin........................
Co...................
Sanguinaria  ...............
Barosm a......................
Cantharides.................
Capsicum ....................
Ca  damon....................
Co..  ............
C astor...........................
Catechu......................
C inchona....................
Co.................
Colom ba......................
C onlum .......................
Cubeba.........................
D igitalis......................
Ergot..............................
G entian.......................
Co....................
G u aira.........................
ammon............
Z ingiber.......................
Hyoscyamus.................
Iodine............................
Colorless............
Ferri  Chloridum..........
K in o .......  ..... ...... ......
Lobèlia...........................
M yrrh ............................
Nux  Vomica...............
O pll..............................
“  Camphorated........
“  Deodor..................
Aurantl Cortex............
Q uassia.........................
Rhatany  .......................
Rhel................................
Cassia  Acutifol...........
Co___
Serpentaria..................
Strom oui um ..................
T olutan....................
V alerian..................
V eratrum V eride..........
MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 
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“ 

“ 

“ 

per

‘ 
“ 

squibbs .

¿Ether. Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28 
30®  32
A luraen.......................   234© 3

“ 
ground, 
7)  ..................  

“  4 F . 
(po.
 
 

“  "  S&:

Caryophyllus,  (po.  15)
Carmine,  No. 40..........

Coccus 
............
Cassia Fructus.
Centrarla..........
Cetaceum.........

Corks,  list,  dis.
cent  .................
Creasotum ..........
Creta,  (bbl. 75)... 
“  prep.........

3®  4
Annatto........................  55®  60
AnUmonl, po.............  
4®
et Potass T  55®  60
A ntipyrin....................  @1  40
Antifebrin....................  @
Argent!  Nitras, ounce  ©  65
Arsenicum..................  
5® 
7
Balm Gilead  B ud.......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ............. 2  10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  Ms,  12)...............
® 9
Cantharides  Russian,
p o ..............................
@1  20
Capsid  Fructus, a f...
@ 20
@ 25
@ 20
12® 13
@3 75
50® 55
38® 40
® 40
@ 22
@ 10
® 40
60® 63
®1 25
25®1  50
20® 25
15® 20
3  @ 12
60
® 50
© S
5® 5
9® 11
@ 8
30® 35
@ 24
5 @ 6
10® 12
68® 70
@
@ 6
65® 70
12® 15
@ 23
7  @ 3
@ 70
40® 60
10.
9® 15
13® 25
5)4® 20
® 22
25® 55
© 90
@ 80
@1  to
@1  10
4:@ 55
@ 75
25® 1  50
75@1 00
75@3 85
@4 70
35© 40
40® 45
75® 80
@ 27
10® 12
2® 3
38® 40

Emery,  all  numbers.
„  “ 
PO..............
Ergota,  (po.)  70........
~   •  Whiti
Galla
Gambler.......................   7
Gelatin,  Cooper

Grana Paradisi.
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..
“ 
“  C o r 
Ox Rubrum
“ 
“  Ammonlati.

Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod..................
Liquor Potass Arsinltls 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl 
1)4) ..................................

Hydrargyrum. 
Icnthyobolla,  .

by box 60and 10

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .1  95@2  20 
C. CO......................... 1  85@2  10
Moschus  Canton........   @ 4 0
Myrlstlca,  No. 1..........  70®  75
Nux Vomica,  (po 20)..  @ 1 0
Os.  Sepia......................  22®  25
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co ...  ........................  @2 00
Picis  Llq, N.  C., % gal
doz  ...........................  @2  00
Picis Llq., q u a rts .......  @1  00
p in ts..........  @  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)....  @  3
Plx  B urgun.................  @ 
7
Plumb! A c et...............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opll.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv............  30®  35
Quasslae...................... 
8®  10
Quinia, S. P. & W .......  31®  36
S.  German__ 22  ©  36
Rubla  Tlnctorum.......  12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv. 
@  28
Salacln......................... 1  60@1  65
Sanguis  Draconls......   40®  50
Santonine  ...................... 
4  50
Sapo,  W ........................  12®  14
“  M.........................  10®  12
“  G .........................  @  15

“ 

Seldlltz  M ixture.......
@  25 
Sinapis........................ .
@  18 
“   opt....................
@  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes.........................   @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras,  (po. 12).  .  11®  12 
Soda  et Potass T art...  30®  33
Soda Carb..................   1)4®  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb.............   @  5
Soda,  A sh......................3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas.............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o ............  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom.......  @2  25
“  Myrcia Im p........   ®3 00
•'  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
2 27)...........................2 31@2 41
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......  @1  30
Sulphur, Subl............. 3  @ 4
Roll...............   2J£@ 3)4
Tam arinds..................  
8®  10
Terebenth Venice.......  28®  30
Theobrom ae...............  45®  5C
Vanilla....................... 9 00@16 00
Zlnci  Sulpb................. 
7®  8

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OILS.

Bbl. Gal
Whale, w inter............  70
70
70
Lard,  extra.................  55
60
55
Lard, No.  1..........
45
50
Linseed, pure raw
36
39

“ 

paints. 

Llndseed,  b o ile d __   39 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
50 
strained.................... 
Spirits Turpentine__   39 

42
60
45
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian.......................... i x  a@3
Ochre, yellow  M ars...  IX  2@4
Ber.........IX  a@3
Putty,  commercial__2)4  2)4®3
“  strictly  pure......2)4  2X@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13@16
ican ............................. 
Vermilion,  English__  
70@75
Green,  Peninsular....... 
70@75
Lead,  red.................................   7 @7)4
“  w h ite ...............................7 @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  
@90
White, Paris  American 
1  0
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
1  40
Cliff............................. 
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
P aints....................... 1  00@1  20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach___1  10@1  20
Extra Turp.................. 160@1  70
Coach  Body.................2 75@3aoo
No. 1  Turp  F u rn .........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__ 1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp...........................  70®  7B

HAZELTINE

&  PERKINS

DRUG  CO.

Importers and Jobben <

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils % Varnishes.

DEALERS  XB

f l i t  Affaoti tmt the MMIm M

SWISS  VILLA  PREPARED  PIIHTS.

F i  lie  of  Staple  Tlmggsts’ Sundries.

Wm are Sole  P m p r id m  off

Weaiiierlg's  fJictiipn  Catarri  SemedQ.

W» Saw» ta Stock and Offer •  M  XJm  *

WHISKIES, BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES, RUMS,

We sell U nion for Medicinal Purposes only.
We Hire our Personal Attention to Mail Orden and Guarantee Satisfaction.
All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we receive them.  Ssnd in a 

trial order.

{M in e  l Perkins Drug  Co,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.  *

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THE  MICHIOÆISr  TRADESMAN.

Grocery  Price  Current•

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

and  buy  In  full  packages.

1  75

F air......................................... 16
Good........................................17
Prim e......................................18
Golden....................................20
P eaberry................................20

1 20
1 60
1 30

Soda, XXX...........................  6
Soda, City..............................   754
Soda,  Duchess......................854
Crystal W afer........................10
Reception  Flakes.................10

APPLE  BUTTER

40 lb. p a ils ...........................  5
20 lb. pails 
..  ....................   514
Mason’s,  10, 30 or 30 lbs....  6 
51b.........................  7
AXLE GREASE.

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Graphite.

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Badger.

54 gr. cases, per  g r............  $8  50
lav- lb. pails, per doz  .......   7  50
251b. 
.......... 13 00
100 lb. kegs, per  lb .............   4
2501b. 54 bbls., per  lb ........   3?*
400 lb. bbls., per l b .......... 
314
gr. cases, per g r.............   $6 50
H lb. pails, per doz.......... 7  CO
.......... 10 50
lb. 
........ .  3*
00 lb. kegs, per  lb 
344
50 lb.  44 bbls., per  lb -----
400 lb. bbls., per lb ............ .  3
BAKING  POWDER.
Acme, 44 lb. cans. 3 doz
441b.  “ 
2  “  ...
lib .  “ 
1  “  ...
bulk.......................
Teller’s.  V lb. cans,  doz

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“ 

45
85
1  00
10
45
85
“
.  1  50
“
60
............. .  1  20
............. .  2 00
.............. 9 60
40
ÉÒ
1  50

441b. 
lib . 
44 lb  “ 
1 ft  “ 
5 ft  “ 
44  ft  “ 
1  ft  “ 
BATH BRICK.

Red Star. M  16  cans..........
..........
..........

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Arctic, M 16 c a n s .............

BLUING.

2 dozen in case.
..  90
E nglish.............................
Bristol................................. ..  70
..  60
Domestic.........................
Gross
.  4 OO
.  7 00
. 10 50
.  2 75
.  4  00
.  8 00
.  4  5

Arctic, 4 oz  ovals............
“ 
8 oz 
............
pints,  round  .......
“ 
“  No. 2, sifting box. 
“  No. 3, 
“  No. 5,
“ 

1 oz b a ll...............

,y

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BROOMS.

No. 2 H url.........................
.........................
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet....................
No. 1 
“ 
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Parlor Gem.......................
Common W hisk..........
Fancy 
...............
M ill...................................
Warehouse.......................
BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR
Rising S un.......................
York State..................  ...
Self Rising, case.............

“ 

.  2 00
.  2 25
.  2 50
.  2 75
.  3 on
90
.  1  20
.  3 25
.  2 75

.5 00
..5 <0

CANDLES

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..................1054
Star,  40 
1054
Paraffine..............................   12
Wicking.....   .......................25

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CANNED  GOODS.

PISH.
Clams.

“ 

Little Neck, l i b ..........................1 10
“  2  lb ........................1 90
Clam Chowder.

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

Cove Oysters.

“ 

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

Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb ............................. 1 20
2  lb ............................2 00
Mustard,  31b.............................3 00
Tomato Sauce,  31b.............3 00
Soused, 3 lb .......................... 3 00

“ 

Salmon.
“ 

Columbia River, flat............ 1  90
tails.............1  75
Alaska, 1  lb ..........................1  45

21b ..................................2 10

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Sardines.
American  J£s..................45v@  5
54s..................654® 7
Imported  Ms...................... 11@12
54s...................... 13@14
Mustard 5£s......................  ©8

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

Trout.

FRUITS.
Apples.

York State, gallons__  
Hamburgh, 

“ 

2 50
 

 

Apricots.

Live oak............................ 
Santa  Cruz........................ 
Lusk's................................  
Overland..........................  

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

Cherries.

R ed.....................................  
Pitted H am burgh......  
W hite................................  
E rie.................................... 

Pears.

Gages.

Peaches.

Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
E rie ...............................  @1  25
Gooseberries.
Commo n ...................... 
1  10
P ie ................................   90@1  00
M axw ell...................... 
1  50
Shepard’s ....................  
1  30
California.................  .  ©2 25
Domestic......................  
1  25
Riverside...................... 
2 25
Pineapples.
Common.......................  
Johnson’s  sliced........  
grated........ 
Quinces.
Common...................... 
Raspberries.
Red 
............................. 
Black  Hamburg.......... 
Erie,  black 
Strawberries.
Law rence....................  
Ham burgh................... 
Erie............................... 
Whortleberries.
Com m on...................... 
F. &  W.........................  
Blueberries................  

1  30
2  50
2  75
1  10

1
2 25
1  05

1  40
1  25
1  30

1  30
1  50
1 40

“ 

MEATS.

Corned  beef,  Libby’s ............1 85
Roast beef,  Armour’s ............1 75
Potted  bam, 54 lb  ...
“  M lb .......

tongue, 54 l b ............. 1 10
“  M l b ......... 
95
chicken, M lb ........... 
95

“ 
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“ 
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VEGETABLES.

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

soaked.................. .

Hamburgh  stringless........... 1
French style........ 2
Limas....................1
Lima, green.  ........................ 1
Lewis Boston  Baked.............1
Bay State  Baked....................1
World’s  F air.......................... 1
H am burgh..............................1
Livingston..............................1
Purity 
..................................1
Honey  Dew............................I

Corn.

Peas

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

.1
Early Ju n e ........... 1

Hamburgh m arrofat.............1
early June  .......... 1
Champion Eng... 1
Hamburgh  petit  pois  ........
fancy  sifted........ 1
Soaked ...................................
Harris  standard...................
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
Archer’s  Early Blossom..  1  35
F ren ch ...................................1  80
F rench.................................17218
E rie..................................... 
90
H ubbard.................................1  30
Hamburg  ............................... 1  40
Soaked.................... ..............   85
Honey  Dew............................1  60

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Tomatoes.

Excelsior 
............................1  00
Eclipse....................................1  00
H am burg............................... 1  30
G allon....................................2  50

CHOCOLATE—BARER’
German Sweet..................
Premium...........................
Pore................................   .
Breakfast  Cocoa............

CHEESE.

Amboy.........................
N orway........................
R iverside....................
Allegan  ....................
Skim .......................
Brick................................
Edam  ..........................
Limburger  .................
Roquefort....................
Sap  Sago......................
Schweitzer, imported.
domestic  __

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36
38
40

©13 
@12 
@1254 
@12 
@10 
1254 
@ 1  00 
@10 
©35 
@22 
@25 
©13

CATSUP.

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“ 
“ 

Half  pint, common... 
Pint 
Q uart 
Half pint, fancy........
Pint 
..........
Quart 
..........
2 50
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes..................
COCOA  SHELLS.
35 lb  bags.......................
Less  quantity  ...............
Pound  packages...........
COFFEE.
GREEN.
Rio.

2 25
2 00
2 50
1 90

90

...  80 
1  oO 
.  .1  50 
...1  25 
..St 00 
3 00
.40
@3@354
654@7

Santos.

F a ir..........................................16
Good........................................ 17
P rim e...................................... 18
Peaberry  ............................... 20

Mexican and Gnatamala.

F a ir..........................................20
Good.........................................21
Fancy...................................... 23

Maracaibo.

Prim e...................................... 19
M illed.................................... 20

Interior..  ............................. 25
Private Growth..................... 27
M andehling.......................... 28

Java.

Mocha.

Im itation............................... 23
Arabian...................................26

ROASTED.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
A rb o ck le’s A rio sa............ 1P54
M cL aughlin’s  X X X X __ 19M
Lion.........................................19M

PACKAGE.

EXTRACT.

Yalley City........................... 
75
Felix 
Hummel's, foil.......................1  50
“ 
....................  2 50

 

tin 
CHICORY.

Bulk........................................   454
R ed...................................  ..  7

CLOTHES  LINES.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Jute 
“ 

Cotton,  40 f t ..........per doz.  1  25
140
1  60
1
1  90
90
100

“ 
50 f t ...........  
60 f t ...........  
“ 
“ 
70 f t...........  
80 f t ...........  
“ 
“ 
60 f t........... 
72ft‘ .........  
“ 
CONDENSED MILK.
4 doz. in case.
Eagle................................ 
Crown 
...............................6 25
Genuine  Swiss.....................   8 (0
American Swiss.....................7 00

COUPON  BOOK«.

I 1, $ 2, 
$ 3, 
t  5, 
110, 
•20,

“Tradesman.”

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

per  hundred  ...............   2  Of;
“ 
2 50
“ 
3 00
“ 
3 00
4  00
“ 
“ 
5  00

“ 
“ 
“ 
" 
“ 
“Superior.”
per hundred.................  2  50
3  00
“ 
“ 
8  50
“ 
“ 
“ 
4 00
“ 
“ 
5 00
“ 
........................................  6  00
“  “  

 
 

 

 

 

“Universal.”
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

S  1, per hundred...............   13  00
• 2, 
................. 3 50
*3, 
................. 4 00
................. 5 00
S 5, 
#10, 
.................. 6 00
*20, 
................. 7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 or over..............   5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “  

“
“
COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

 
10 
___________20 

(Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 110  down. |
20 books...........................$  1  00
2 00
50 
100 
3 00
250 
6  25
10 00
500 
1000 
17  50

 
 
 
 
CRACKERS.

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Butter.

Seymour XXX........................6
Seymour XXX, cartoon.......654
Family  XXX........................  6
Family XXX,  cartoon........   654
Salted XXX........................... 6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  .........654
K enosha................................  754
Boston.....................................  8
Butter  biscuit......................  654

Soda.

Oyster.

S. Oyster  XXX...................
City Oyster. XXX..............
Shell  Oyster......................
CREAM TARTAR.

Strictly  pure......................
Telfer’s  Absolute............
Grocers’..............................
D R IE D   FRUITS. 

-•  5vâ 
..  5H 
..  6

30
10@15

D om estic. 

APPLES.

“ 

“ 

.... 
NECTA PINES.

quartered  “
APRICOTS.

Sundried, sliced in  bbls.
5
5
Evaporated, 50 lb.  boxes 7@754
California in  bags  ........
844
Evaporated in boxes.  ...
1144
BLACKBERRIES.
In  barrels.........................
4M
................
4?i
70 lb. bags  .......................
25 lb. boxes..................... 8 @844
Peeled, in  boxes............
12
Cal. hvap.  “ 
............
18
“ 
in b a g s .......7 ©  844
PEARS.
California in bags  ...... 7 @844
PITTED CHERRIES.
Barrels.................
11
50 lb. boxes....................
1144

PEACHES.

“ 

PRUNELLES.

12^4

30 lb.  boxes....................
IIASPBERSIES.
I11  barrels.......................
50 lb. boxes......................
251b.  “ 
.......................
F oreign.
CURRANTS.
1 15
Patras, in barrels........
444
In  44-bbls  .......
“ 
@  4?i
lu less quantity @  5
“ 

17
1754
18

Citron, Leghorn. 25 lb.  boxes  21
Lemon 
It
Orange 
11

‘ 
‘ 

PEEL.

25  “
“ 
“ 
25  “
r a is in s.
Domestic.

“ 
“ 

London layers  2  crow n. ...1  60
.  1  75
fancy.... ...1  90
Loose Muscatels, boxes...... 1  50
70 lb  bags 554©6
Ondura. 29 lb. boxes..  754@  7J£ 
“ 
Sultana, 20 
Valencia, 20  “ 

..10  4912
..  654@  7

Foreign.

7 40

PRUNES.

Bosnia...........................  @
California, 90x10 25 lb  bxs..  9 
,.0M
..954
.9%

80x90 
7* xSO 
60x70 

Turkey..................................

“ 
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“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

 

XX  wood, white.
 
Manilla, white.

No. 1,654............................   *1  75
No. 2,654 
.........................   1  60
No. 1, 6 ..............................   1  65
1 50
No. 2, 6 
No. 1,654.......  
1  35
No. 2, 654 
.........................   1  25
654................................   1 00
6............................................ 
95
Mill  No. 4...........................  100
FARINACEOUS GOODS. 
4

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

Coin.

Farina.
Hominy.

Barrels........................... ....  3 75
G rits...............................
...  4  50
Lima  Beans.
Dried...............................

5
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. box....
55
Imported......................105i@l 144
Pearl Barley.
Kegs................................

@3M

Peas.

Cod.

...  1  10

Bloaters.

----1  2'
....5   00
...  444
544
5

Green,  bu.....................
Split,  b b l .................  ..
Sago.
Germ an..........................
East India............... 
.
Wheat.
Cracked..........................
F ISH —Salt.
Yarmouth......................
P ollock.........................
354
Whole, Grand  Bank... 6  @GM
Boneless,  bricks  ........ 7M@8
Boneless,  strips............ 754@8
Smoked ........................
12
Scaled...........................
Holland,  bbls..............
kegs..............
Round shore, 44 bbl...
“  M  bbl..
Mackerel.

Halibut.
Herring.

20
10 50
80
2  50
1  50

No. 1,44 bbls. 90lb s....
...11  00
No. 1. kits. 10 lbs..........
...  1  25
Family, 44 bbls., 100 lbs ...  5 50
kits, 10  lbs__
Russian,  kegs...............

“ 
“ 

... 

45

“ 

Sardines.
Trout.

No. 1, 44 bbls., lOOlbs...
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs..........

....5  75
....  80

Whitefish.

,  44 bbls., lOOlbs........ ..7  50
No.
..1  00
, kits, 10 lbs..............
No.
.  3 00
Family.  54 bbls., 100 lbs  .
..  50
kits  10  lbs.........

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FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

llUgB  U \s.
Lemou. Vanilla
1  25
2 oz folding box...  75
...1 00
1  50
3 oz 
“
2  00
...1  50
4 OZ 
“
3 00
6 oz 
. . . 2   00
“
...3 00
8 oz 
4  i0
“
GUN POWDER.

K egs............
Half  kegs...

... 5  SO
...3 00

HERBS.

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

INDIGO.

50

55

JELLY.

Chicago  goods.................   @3
Mason’s,  10, 20 and 30 lbs..  6 
51b.........................   7

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LICORICE.

Pure...........................................  30
Calabria....................................  25
Sicily.........................................  18
LYE.
Condensed,  2  doz....................1 25
4 doz....................2 25
MATCHES.
No. 9  sulphur...........................1 25
Anchor  parlor..........................1 70
No. 2 hom e............................... 1 10
Export  parlor.......................... 4 00

“ 

MINCE  MEAT

3 or 6 doz. In ease  per doz.. 1  00

Tin, per dozen.

MEASURES.
1  gallon 
...........................  *1  75
Half  gallon.......................   1  40
70
Q u art.................................. 
P in t..................................... 
45
Half  p i n t .........................  
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon..............................   7  00
Half g allon........................  4  75
Q u art..................................  3  75
P in t................. 
2  25

 
MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar h o u se ......................  
O rdinary............................. 
Prim e.................................. 
Fancy.................................. 
F a ir.....................................  
Good.................................... 
Extra good.......................... 
Choice................................  
Fancy................................... 
One-half barrels. 3c extra

New Orleans.

OATMEAL.

14
16
16
20
17
20
26
30
36

Barrels  200..................   @4  65
Half barrels  100................. @2 45

ROLLED  OATS.

Barrels  180...................  @4  65
Half  bbls 90...............   @2  4

PICKLES.
Medinm.

Small.

PIPES.

Barrels, 1,200 count............84  50
Half  barrels, 600 count —   2  75 

Barrels, 2.400  count  ..........  5  50
Half barrels, 1,200 count...  3  25

Clay, No.  216..........................1  75
“  T. D. full count............  75
Cob, No.  3................................1 25

POTASH.

48 cans in case.
B abbitt's........................... 
Penna Salt  Co.’s  ...... 
 

4  00
3  25

RICE.

Domestic.

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

Imported.

Broken..................................
Japan, No. 1........................... 6
“  No. 2............................554
Jav a.......................................  5
Patna.....................................   5

SAUERKRAUT.

Silver Thread, b b l............  *3  75
44 bbl........   2  50

“ 

Kitchen, 3 doz. 
Hand 

3  “ 

...  2 50
.......  2 50

SAFOLIO.
in box 
“ 
SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Allspice.................................. 10
Cassia, China In m ats........   8
Batavia In bund___15
Saigon in rolls.........35
Cloves,  Amboyna........ .........22
Zanzibar................... 13
Mace  Batavia........................80
Nutmegs, fancy.....................80
“  No.  1....................... 75
“  No.  2....................... 65
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 15
w hite...  .25
“ 
shot......................... 19
“ 

“ 

Pure Ground in Bulk.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Allspice...................................15
Cassia,  Batavia.....................20
and  Saigon.25
Saigon..................... 35
Cloves,  Ambovna................. 30
Zanzibar..............  .20
Ginger, A frican.....................15
“  Cochin......................18
Jam aica...................20
“ 
Mace  Batavia........................ 80
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste. .25
Trieste.........   .........27
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................65
Pepper, Singapore, black— 20
“  white.......30
“  Cayenne................... 25
Sage......................................... 20
“Absolute” in Packages.

“ 

Ks 

44s
A llspice........................  84  155
C innam on..,...............   84  1  55
Cloves...........................  84  1  55
Ginger, Jam .................  84  1  5ft
A f....................   84  1  55
Mustard........................  84  155
P epper........................ 
84  155
Sage...............................   84

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SUGAR.
Cut  Loaf....................
C ubes..........................
Powdered...................
Granulated.. 
__
Confectioners’ A .  ...
Soft A  .......................
White Extra  C..........
Extra  C......................
O......... .................
Yellow
Less than  bbls.  Me advance

© 55* 
©   4!»i @ 4% 
4?8®4  44 
4>4@4 31 
©   444 
©  4 
@ 3% 
@ 3?i 
344©  3?i

SKEDS.

Anise 
Canary, Smyrna..........  
Caraw ay............................ 
Cardamon, M alabar.  . 
Hemp.  Russian.......... 
Mixed  Bird 
Mustard,  white  ............... 
Poppy........................... 
R ap e................................... 
Cuttle  bone  ....................  

........................   @1244
344
90
444
............  444© 544
S
 
6
30

8

 

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STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb boxes........................
40-lb 
......................
Gloss.
1-lb packages  ...................
3-lb 
....................
6-lb 
.....................
40 and 50 lb. boxes..........
Barrels..............................
Scotch, in  bladders.........
Maccaboy, In jars............
French Rappee, In J a r s ..

SNUFF.

“ 
“ 

SODA.

Boxes................................
Kegs, English..................

SAL  SODA.

644
644
..  6 
..  6 
..  644 
..  4M

.54»
-4M

Kegs.................................... .  144
Granulated,  boxes...............  114

SALT

 
 

 
 

100 3-lb. sacks...............  
.. $2 25
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb.  sacks......................  1 85
2014-lb. 
“ 
24 3-lb  cases.........................  1 50
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
50
18
281b. 
.. 
35
56 lb. dairy in drill  bags... 
281b.  “ 
.. 
18

drill  “ 

Warsaw.

“ 

“ 

“ 

Ashton.
Higgins.

56 lb. dairy In linen sacks.. 
56 lb. dairy in linen  sacks. 
56  lb.  sacks.........................  
Saginaw and Manistee.
Common Fine  per bbl....... 

Solar Rock.

75 
75 
25
90

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

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

SOAP.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. 

Old Country, 801-lb. bars. .*3 50 
Good Cheer, 60 1  lb. bars..  3  90
Bonner, 100  Ji-lb. bars__   3 00

SYRUPS.
Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels............   .....................24
Half bbls................................26
F a ir.........................................  19
Good  .....................................   25
30
Choice  ............... 
8
8
9448
844

Ginger Snaps........
Sugar  Creams.......
Frosted  Creams... 
Graham  Crackers. 
Oatmeal Crackers.
TEAS.

SWEET GOODS.

 

j a p a n —Regular.

F a ir..............................   @17
Good.............................  @20
Choice.............................24  @26
Choicest......................... 32  @34
Dust  .............................10  @12

SUN CUBED.

F a ir...............................  @17
Good.............................  @20
Choice.............................24  @26
Choicest......................... 32  @34
D ust................................10  @12

%

%

9

%

2 00
2 25

*

“ 

@  654 Fox, red....................... 1  00@1  60
“  cross................... 3 00@5 00
@ 4)4
@4)4
“  grey....................
50@  75
@  4)4 Lynx............................ 2 00@3 00
@7 Martin,  d a rk .............. 1  0< @3  00
pale  & yellow 50@1  00
@
40@1  25
Mink, dark.................
M uskrat........................  03@  15
Oppossum.....................  15@  25
Otter,  d ark.......  .........5 
Raccoon.......................   25@  80
Skunk............................1 
Wolf............................... 1 
Beaver castors, lb___ 2  00@5 00

00@8 00
00@1 25
00@3 00

BASKET  FIRED.

.18 @20
F a ir.............................
@25
Choice.........................
GhrtiP.Pfif;......................
@35
Extra choice, wire leaf @40

GUNPOWDER.

OOLONG.

IMPERIAL.

Common to  fair......... ,25 @35
Extra fine to finest__ 50 @65
Choicest fancy........... .75 @85
@26
Common to  fair........ .23 @30
Common to  fair........ .23 @26
Superior to fine............30 @35
Common to  fair...........18 @26
Superior to  fine.......... 30 @40
ENGLISH  BREAKFAST
F a ir............................. .18
Choice......................... 24 ©28
B est............................. .40 @50

YOUNG  HYSON.

TOBACCOS.

Pine Cut.

“ 

Palls unless otherwise noted.
Hiawatha  .................
Sweet  Cuba................
M cGinty......................
»4 bbls..........
Little  Darling............
>4bbl..
1791...............................
1891,  hi  bbls.................
Valley  City.................
Dandy Jim ...................
Tornado......................

“ 

Plug.

40
Searhead....................
19
Jo k e r..........................
22
Zeno............................. . 
25
L. & W........................ . 
28
Here  It Is...................
31
Old Style....................
4»
Old  Honesty..............
32
Jolly Tar....................
Hiawatha...................
37
34
Valley C ity ...............
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good....... ............. 38
Toss Up...................... ............. 26
Out of  Sight............. .............25

Smoking.

Colonel’s Choice....... .......... 13
W arpath.................... .......... 14
B an n er...................... .......... 11
King Bee....................
.  ..20
Kiln  Dried................. .......... 17
Nigger Head.............. .......... 23
Honey  Dew............... ..........24
Gold  Block................ ...........28
...........24
Rob  Roy..................... .......... 24
Uncle  Sam................. .......... 28
Tom and Jerry........... .......... 25
Brier Pipe................... ...........30
Yum  Y um ................. .......... 32
Red Clover................. .......... 32
Navy........................... .........32
Handmade................. .......... 40
F ro g ........................... .........33

40 gr.......................................8
50 gr.............................. .........9

81 for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

Bulk, per gal  ..................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  7T 
t b  a st—Compressed. 
“ 
FR E S H   MEATS.

Fermentum  per doz. cakes..  15 
per lb-.................. 25

“ 
“ 

Swift  and  Company  quote as 

follows:
Beef, carcass...............  4)4@ 7
hindquarters  . . 5   @ 6 
... 3!i@  354
fore 
loins, No.  3—   @  9
rib s .........   7)4® 
8)4
rounds......  @ 
4)4
tongues................   @
Bologna  ......................  @4)4

" 
“ 

“ 

Pork  lo in s .................
shoulders............
Sausage, blood  or head
liv er........  
“ 
.
F rankfort__
“ 
Mutton  .........................
Veal...............................

FISH and  OYSTERS 

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows;
FBESU  FISH
Whlteflsh 
...................
T ro u t.......................
Halibut  .......................
Ciscoes............. ...........
Flounders  ..................
Blueflsh.......................
Mackerel..................... 1!
Cod................................
California  salm on__
oysters—Bulk.
Standards, per  gal.......
.......
Selects, 
.......
Clams 
Shrimps 
.......
Scallops 
.......
Falrhaveu  Counts__
F. J.  D. Selects..........
Selects......................
F  J. D...........................
Anchor.........................
Standards  ...................
Favorites......................
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100.........1
“ 
Clams. 
.........
POULTRY.

oysters—Cans.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

@10 
©JO 
@17 
@  5 
@  9 
@12 
@20 
@12 
©18
*1  05 
1  60 
1  25 
1  25 
1  75

@10
@22
@20
@18
@16
@14

2:'@1  50 
75©1  00

Local dealers  pay  as  follows 

for dressed  fowls:
Spring  chickens..
Fow l......................
Turkeys 
Ducks  . 
Geese 
..

.  9  @10 
.7   @ 8 
• 11  @12 
.12  @13 
.11  ©12

OILS,

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows,  inbarrels,  f.  o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
W.  W.  Headlight,  150
fire  test (old te st;.......  @  SY-
Water  W h ite,............ 
Michigan T est............  @  7)4
Naptha.............................  @ 7)4
G asoline.........................   @ 8*4
C ylinder......................27  @36
.......... 13  @21

igine
lack, 25 to 30  deg
@  7«
H ID ES,  FELTS  and  FURS
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

©  8

lows:

HIDES.

11 

G reen..............................   3  @ 4
Part Cured................. 
@  4)4
Full 
...................  @ 5
Dry.................................  5  @ 6
Kips,green  .................  3  @ 4
©  5
Calfskins,  green.........  4  @  5
cured.........  5  @ 6
Deacon skins................ 10  @30

“  cured................... 

*• 

No. 2 hides % off.
FELTS.

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

WOOL.
W ashed................  
20  @25
U nw ashed...................10  @20

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tallow .........................   3)4@ 4
Grease  butter  ............  1  @ 2
Switches......................  l)4@  2
Ginseng.............................2 00@2 50

FURS.

Outside prices for No. 1  only.
Badger.........................   50@1  00
Bear...........................15 00@30 00
B eaver.............................. 3  00@8 00
Cat, w ild......................  40@  60
“  house..................   10@  25
Fisher................................ 4 0U©6 00

DEERSKINS— P er  pOUlld

Thin and  green 
Long gray.........................  
Gray 
Red and  blue 

.....................10
20
......................................25
...................  35

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF.« 

WHEAT.

No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 1  Red  (60 lb. test) 

87 
87

MEAL.
Bolted.................. 
1  60
Granulated.................. —   1 90

 

FLOUR.

“ 
“ 

Straight,in sacks.............   4  70
“ barrels............  4 80
Patent 
“ sacks..............  5  70
“  barrels........ 
5 80
Graham
2 65
Rye

sacks...

MILLSTUFFS.

Bran.............
Screenings.. 
Middlings.  . 
Mixed  Feed. 
Coarse meal.

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

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

16 00 
14 00 
20  00 
18 00 
17 00

• 42)4 
.46

No. 1 Timothy, car lots — 14  00 
No. 1 
ton lots  — 15 00
P A P E R  & W OODEN W AKE 

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PAPER.

.................................... 13S

Straw 
Rock fal I s .................................2
Rag sugar................................ 2
H ardw are................................ 2)4
B akers......................................2)4
Dry  Goods.................... 5)4@S
Jute  Manilla.................  @6)4
Red  Express  No. 1..............  5)4
No. 2................4)4

“ 

TWINES.

“ 

48 Cotton...............................  22
Cotton, No. 1..........................18
“  2..........................16
Sea  Island, assorted............ 35
No. 5 H em p............................15
No. 6  “ ....................................15

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
Clothespius, 5 gr. boxes__  
50
Bowls,  11 inch..................   1  00
......................  1 25
13  “ 
“ 
15  “ 
“ 
....................... 2 00
17  “ 
“ 
......................  2 75
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 75
“ 
35
“ 
shipping  bushel..  1  2u 
..  1  30
full  hoop  “ 
“ 
“  bu sh el..................  1  50
“ willow cl’thK, No.l 
5  75
“ 
“ 
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l 3 50
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Baskets, m arket................... 

“ 
“ 
1 
“ 

splint 

No.2 6 25

No.2 4 28
No.3 5 0C

WE  MAKE  A  SPECIALTY  OF

PURE-:-BUGKWHEAY-:-FLOUR
A.  SCHENCK  &  SON,

And would  be pleased to send you sample and prices.

EL.SIE.  M ICH.

GRAINMENTION THIS PAPER.

W.  H.  MOREHOUSE & CO.

WHOLESALE  DEALERS IN

Grain,  Clover  and  Timothy,  Hungarian,  White 

Clover, Red Top,  Millet,  Alfalfa or Lucerne, 

Blue Grass, Orchard  Grass, Lawn Grass, 

Popcorn, Etc.

Choice Clover # Timothy Seeds a Specialty

Orders  for  purchase  or  sale  of  Seeds  for  future  delivery 

promptly attended to.  Correspondence solicited.

Warehouses—325-327  E rie  St. 
Office—46 P ro d u ce   E x ch an g e,

TOLEDO,  O.

THU)  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

18

PRODUCE  MARKET.

CANDIES, FRUITS and  NUTS.

Apples—Dull and slow of sale.  Holders  81.75 
@82 25 per bbl.
Beans—Easy  and  quiet.  Dealers  now  pay 
$1.30@1.40 for  unpicked  and country picked and 
hold at $1.65@1.75 for city picked pea or medium.  ]
Butter—Lower and in smaller demand. Choice | 
dairy is  in  moderate  demand  at  20@2lc.  Fac- j 
tory creamery is held at 28c.
Celery—20c per doz.
Cabbages—3oS40c per doz.
Cider—Sweet, 10c per gal.
Cranberries — Repacked  Cape  Cod are in  fair  ‘ 
Dried Apples—Sundried  is held at 4J4@5c  and  ! 
Eggs—The  market is lower, owing  to  the  an- j 
Grapes—Malaga, 85 per keg.
Honey—15c per lb.
Onions—Dealers  pay 59@60c  and  hold at 65© 
70c, extra fancy commanding about 80c.
Potatoes—Local  buyers  are  paying  20@25e,  | 
and the outlook for a fair  shipping demand is  a 
little more promising.

demand at 87  per  bbl.
evaporated at 6)4@7c.
ticipated arrival of  fresh stock.

Squash—Hubbard,  l)4c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—82.50 per  bbl. for  choice Mus­
Turnips—25c per bushel.

catine stock.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

FORK  IN  BARRELS.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new....................................  
12  00
Short c u t ..........................................................   11  00
Extra clear pig, short cu t................................ 13 50
Extra clear,  heavy..........................................
Clear, fat  back.................................................  13  00
Boston clear, short cu t...................................   13  25
Clear back, short cu t.......................................  I8 60
Standard clear, short cut, best.....  .......... 
13 50

 

6)4

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.
Pork Sausage............................................. .
Ham Sausage.......................................................   a
Tongue Sausage.................................................. 9
Frankfort  Sausage 
..........................................  7)5
Blood Sausage......................................................  5
Bologna, straight...............................................  4)4
Bologna,  thick..........   .......................................4)4
Headcheese.........................................................  4)4
Tierces..................................................................  7)4
Tubs................................ ......................................  734
501b.  Tins...............................................................7?i
Tierces............................................................. 
50 lb cases........................................................ 
 
20 
19 
...................................................... 

lard—Kettle Rendered

GRANGER.

7
7)4
7)4
734

“ 
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LARD.

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

Com­
Family.
p o u n d .
5H
....5)4
Tierces ................................
0 and  501b. Tubs................. ...534
5)4
3 lb.  Pails, 20 in a  case........
...6)4
6 M
5 lb. Pails, 12 In a case.......... — 6%
694
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case.......... • -
6)4
5%
20 lb. Pails, 4 in  a  case......... . .. .6
...5 ^
501b. Cans..............................
5)4
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.
6  50
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs............
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........................  6  50
Boneless, rump butts........................................ 10 00
Hams, average 20 lbs..........................................  S?i
16 lbs..........................................  9)4
12 to 14 lbs....................................9)4
picnic....................................................... 6)4
best boneless..........................................  8)4
Shoulders...........................................  ..............  6
Breakfast Bacon, boneless................................  8)4
Dried beef, ham prices............................. 
...  8
Long Clears, heavy.............................................  6)4
Briskets,  medium...............................................  7
lig h t....................................................   7
C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

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“ 
“ 

„ 

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun..............................................................  45
N o.l  “  ..............................................................   50
No.2  “  ..............................................................  75
T ubular..........   ...................................................  75

LAMP  CHIMNEYS.—P er bOX.

6 doz. in box.

“ 

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

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.

No.0 Sun.......................................  ............. . 
1  75
1  88
N o.l 
No.2  “  ..............................................................2 70
No. 0 Sub, crimp  top.......................................... 2
“  .......................................... 2
No. 1  “ 
No.2  “ 
“  ............................................ 3
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.......................................... 2
No. 1 .....................      
2
No.2  “ 
“  .............................................3
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled......................3
No.2
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz. 
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz..................
..................
No. 2 
“ 
LAMP WICKS.

La Bastie.

Pearl top.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“

“

“ 
“ 
“ 

No. 0,  per  gross....................... ".........................
No. 1, 
....................................................
No. 2, 
....................................................
No. 3, 
....................................................
Mammoth, per doz.............................................
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Bntter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal...........................
3  to 6 gal................................
Jugs, )4 gal., per doz.......................................
::::: :::::::: ::::::::: :  1
Milk Pans, H gal., per do*,  jglaxed 75c)....

«  2  ■■ 

-  

“ 

- 

23
28 I
38 ! 
75 
90 j

06
06)475
90
80
@0
72

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

“ 
“ 

Standard,  per  lb
II.H  ...
Twist  .
Boston  Cream  ..
Extra H.  H ........

Standard............
Leader.................
Royal...................
Nobby.................
English  Rock...
Conserves..........
Broken Taffy__
Peanut Squares..
French Creams..
Valley  Creams  .
Midget. 30 lb. bas cets.
\lAiWn  * 0 lb 

STICK  CANDY.
Full Weicht.

.  20 lb. cases

MIXED  CANDY.
Full Weight,

Bbls

..  ...........6
................ 6
.................6)4
... .7
................7
... .7
. .. baskets
“  8

‘
FANCY-—In bulk.
Full Weight.

“  ~ 

' printed.......

Chocolate Drops.
Chocolate Monumental»....................
Gam Drops..................   ......................
Moss Drops..........................................
Sour Drops............................................
Imperials............................................. .
fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.
Lemon Drops........................................
Sour D rops..........................................
Peppermint Drops..............................
Chocolate Drops...................................
11. M. Chocolate  Drops.......................
Gum  Drops...................................... .
Licorice Drops.....................................
A. B. Licorice  Drops.........................
Lozenges, plain...........................  .......
printed..............................
imperials..............................................
Mottoes.................................................
Cream Bar............................................
Molasses  Bar........................................
Hand Made  Creams............................
Plain Creams.......................................
Decorated Creams.....  ......................
String  Rock........................................
Burnt Almonds...................................
Wintergreen  Berries.........................

“ 

CARAMEL!

3bls. Palls.
7
6
ti
7
7
6
8Î4
8
8

7

Palls.

7
7
71.4
8
8
8
8
9
10
13
..  8
..  8

Palls.
.  10
.  11

8)4
10
Box. 
.55 
.55 
.60 
.65 
.90 
40@50 
.1  00 
...80 
...60 
.. .85 
...60 
...70

■ 85@§5 
,80@90 
. ..1   00
.1  <0
...60

“ 
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“ 
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3
2 
3 

No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes...........................  34
No. 1,
51
NO. 2, 
...........................   28
No. 3, 
...........................   42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes.......................................  90
Floridas,  fancy........................................2 25@3  00
M essina..................................................... 2 4(J@2  75
Messina, choice, 360..............................
@4  25 
fancy, 360..........................
©4  50 
choice  300...............................
@4  50 
fancy 390................................
@5 00
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

ORANGES.

LEMONS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“  extra 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Figs, fancy  layers, 6ib  ........................... 12
“  10»  .............................14
“  141b___
“  20» ....
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box__
....
Persian. 50-lb.  box.
NUTS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

50-lb.  “ 

@14 
@15 
@16 
@17)4 
@  9 
@  S 
©  5)4

Almonds, Tarragona.

“ 

ivn.ua....... ..........................
California.........................
Brazils, new.......... ......................... 
..
Filberts................................................
Walnuts. Grenoble.............................
Marbot................................
C hili.....................................
Table  Nuts,  fancy.............................
ch oice............................
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.........................
Cocoanuts, full sacks.........  —  
.

“ 
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“ 

• 

@17
«0
a io
7)4®  8
@13
@14
@10
@13
... .11 @1.2
...1 4 @16
@4  0(

PEANUTS.

Fancy, H.  P., Suns  ....................  .
@  5)4
“  Roasted.............. __ 7 @  7)4
@  5)4
......................
Fancy, H.  F., Flags 
....  7 @  7)4
“  Roasted............
Choice, H. P.,  Extras.......................
@  4)4
“  Roasted.. .•___ .  ..  6 @  6)4

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

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

W.  Y.  LAMOREAUX  i GO.,

128,  1 3 0,132 W . B rid g e St.,:

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

1 4

TETE  MICHIGAN  THAJDESJMAJNT .

BALANCING  THE  BOOKS.

The first  day  of  January has  so  long 
and  so  generally  been  used  by  civi­
lized nations  as  the  point of  departure 
for beginning the  year  that  few  people 
ever think of inquiring into the origin of 
its  supremacy.  Properly, a  year  being 
the period of time  occupied by the  earth 
in making a single revolution around the 
sun,  one day  is as good as another  from 
which to commence  it. 
If  there be  any 
choice,  it would be in  favor of  the  sum­
mer solstice in June,  when the sun is the 
highest in  the  heavens  at  noon  and the 
day the  longest,  or  the  winter  solstice, 
in December,  when  the  sun  is lowest at 
noon  and  the  day the  shortest.'  Then, 
too, there  are  the  equinoxes  in  March 
and  in  September,  when  the  days  and 
nights are of equal length.  All these four 
days have been used by different  nations 
in olden times  as  New  Year’s  day,  but, 
as  in  many  other  cases,  circumstances 
have brought about divergences from the j 
practice.  The Jews  still  adhere  pretty 
closely to  the  autumn  equinox,  and  the 
Christian ecclesiastical  year is regulated 
more or less by that of  the  spring.  Our 
custom  of  commencing  the  year  with 
Jan.  1  was  introduced  by  Julius Caesar, 
who  adopted it  becaase  it  happened  to 
be the day  of  the  new moon  which,  at 
the  time,  followed  next  after  the  old 
Homan New Year’s of the winter solstice. 
Subsequently,  the reckoning of the years 
gradually fell into new confusion,  partly 
from imperfect astonomical calculations, 
but more from  the independent  lawless­
ness  of rulers,  so that the  year, for  cen­
turies,  began on  seven  different days  in 
different  European  countries,  and  even 
in parts of countries,  and it  is extremely 
difficult for  an  unskilled  person  to  de­
termine precisely  in  what  year,  accord­
ing to our  calendar, any  historical event 
in the  middle  ages  happened.  Finally, 
in  1582, Pope Gregory  XIII. used his au­
thority as the head of the Homan Church 
to straighten  things  out,  but his new re­
formed  calendar  was  not  adopted  by 
Protestant  Germany  until  1700, nor  by 
Great Britain until 1752.  Oddly enough, 
the  reform,  involving,  as  it  did,  the 
dropping of eleven  days, so that, for  ex­
ample,  what  would have  been the  3d  of 
the month was reckoned as the 14th,  was 
extremely  unpopular, and  it  took all  of 
the famous  Lord  Chesterfield’s  tact  and 
persuasiveness  to  carry  it  through  the 
British Parliament,  while  a  mob  hooted 
him in the streets, crying out:  “Give us 
back the eleven days you have robbed  us 
of!”  Russia  has  not  even  yet  adopted 
the new system,  and  does  not keep New 
Year’s day until  the 12th  of  this month.
But, however it came about,  our  pres­
ent New Year’s day is firmly established, 
not  only  for  historical  and  legal  pur­
poses,  but also  in  the  world  of  finance 
and trade, as the usual  day for summing 
up the results  of  the  past  year’s  busi­
ness,  and for the balancing of books pre­
paratory for  a  fresh  start. 
I  presume 
that all  of my  readers  who keep  books 
have by this  time  got  them written up, 
ready for taking a trial balance,if not for 
making out a balance sheet.  The excep­
tions will be either due to  the complexi­
ty of the accounts, or what  is more com­
mon,  to the  necessity  of  detecting  some 
error  which spoils the  symmetry  of  the 
trial  balance,  and  profoundly vexes  the 
soul  of the book-keeper.  1 well remember 
how,  in my clerking days,  an elusive dol­
lar,  or  even a fugitive  cent,  would  give 
me hours upon hours of work in hunting

; for  it, and  when  I  found it how  1  was
| enraged with  myself for not  having dis- 
I covered  it immediately. 
It is wonderful, 
! too, how an  error  of a  single figure  will 
! make itself felt in a long  account,  as  the 
peas in the feather  bed  were felt by  the 
princess through three other feather beds 
on  top of  them,  and proved  her to  be  a 
real  princess. 
I have  had  so  many  ex­
periences of this sort that  I can  entirely 
sympathize  with  the  steady  old  book­
keeper who went on a  spree for  the first 
time in his  life because  his trial balance 
came out right as  he first made it,  with­
out requiring any  corrections.  The sen­
sation must have  been as exhilarating as 
it  was  novel.  Railroad  companies  in 
this State are  required to begin their fis­
cal  year, as  the  United  States  Govern­
ment does, on  the  first  of  July,  so  this 
evil day for  their book-keepers does  not 
come  yet,  and,  perhaps, since  my  time, 
some mercantile houses  may have adopt­
ed the  custom of  balancing  their  books 
on other days than  the first  of  January, 
just as many leases are now made to  run 
from  the first of February instead of  the 
time-honored  first  of  May  of  our  fore-
fathers.

Fortunately  for  the  book-keeper,  his 
tribulations begin  and end with  his  fig­
ures.  Whether the  balance to a new ac­
count is on one side or the other is all the 
same  to him. 
It is enough that  it is  the 
right balance for  making  both  columns 
equal.  To his employer it is  a  different 
thing.  He is  concerned  with  quite  an­
other result than  mere  symmetry, and  I 
fancy this year, in a great many instances, 
the result is  far  from  satisfactory.  My 
business friends in this city tell  me that, 
in  point  of  profits,  1891  has  been  the 
worst year they have had for a long time. 
It is not that they have lost so much, but 
they  have  gained  so  little  that  what 
losses they  have  suffered  have made  an 
enormous  comparative  hole 
their 
profits,  and left  them  little to carry  for­
ward.  The recovery which should natur­
ally have followed  the crash of  1890 has 
delayed its arrival,  and  we are only  just 
now beginning to feel it.

in 

Disagreeable  as  it  is  to  face  the  un­
pleasant  facts  which  the  balancing  of 
books  brings  to  view,  the  experience 
cannot  and ought  not  to  be  avoided. 
I 
even recommend to my  friends  who  are 
not in business to  keep a set of books by 
double entry for their private affairs,and 
to balance them once a year,  the same  as 
merchants  and  bankers.  Any  one  who 
has  head  enough  to  deserve  and  own 
property  at  all  is  able  to do  this  with 
very  little  instruction.  The  advantage 
of keeping a  set of  books is that  a  man 
by it has his affairs  always under his ob­
servation as a  whole  and knows  exactly 
where he stand  financially.  He sees  his 
income  and  expenditures  side  by  side, 
and is warned in time  if his expenditure 
is  outrunning  his  income.  So,  too,  by 
keeping a  separate  account  for each  in­
vestment he can tell its value and wheth­
er  it  is  worth  retaining  or  whether  it 
should  be disposed of.  Even  so little of 
an account as a cash book  is  better than 
none. 
I once  advised  a  young  lady  of 
my acquaintance,  when  she married  and 
went to  housekeeping,  to put down  in  a 
book everything  she spent  and what she 
spent it for.  She did not  do  it  very ac­
curately,  and often,  1  fear,  forced a  bal­
ance by an entry of  “ Sundries,” but she 
soon after  acknowledged  to me  that but 
for  keeping  the  account,  imperfectly  as 
she did it, she would have  suspected her

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

DEALERS  IN

Illuminating and Lubricatili!

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office, Hawkins Block. 

Works, But fa* r  worth A t © .

BULK  WORKS  AT

GRANT)  R A PIDS, 
BIG  RAPIDS, 
ALLEGAN,

MUSKEGON, 
GRAND  H AVEN, 
HOWARD  CITY, 

M ANISTEE,
IONIA,
PETOSKEY,

CADILLAC,
LLTDINGTON.

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR

GfflBOM I GASOLINE  BARRELS.
W.  H.  WHITE  &  CO.,

Mamlfactiirers  of Hardwood  Lumber,

B O Y N E   C ITY ,  M ICH

We operate three m ills with a capacity of 9,000,000 feet hardwood and 3,000,000 feet hemlock, t 
j BoyP?  City  m ill, 7,000,000;  Boyne  Falls  m ill,  3,000,003;  Deer (Lake m ill, 2,000,000.  Or 

facilities for shipment are  unsurpassed, either by rail or water

servants  of  stealing  money  from  her 
purse,  so  quickly  did  it melt  away,  and 
so difficult  was  it  to  remember what  it 
had  gone  for  without  referring  to  the 
written record.  What is thus  important 
for a wife is still more important for  her 
husband.  Without some  kind of  an  ac­
count of his receipts and his expenses he 
is  always  at  sea  in  regard  to  his  true 
financial  condition.  Our old  Dutch  an­
cestors used  to  say  of a  man  when  he 
failed in  business  that  he had not  kept 
correct  books,  it being  their  conviction 
that no man  could fail  who saw  clearly 
what  he  was  doing.  Some  men,  it  is 
true,  have the  faculty  of  carrying their 
affairs  in  their  heads,  and  of  keeping 
them  before  their 
intellectual  vision 
without  the  aid  of books,  but  they  are 
few  in  number.  An  illiterate  person 
who  cannot  read  and  write  dispenses 
with  books from necessity,  and a  genius 
may do it  from choice,  but ordinary men 
had better  avail  themselves  of  all  the 
aids to memory at their command.

Those of  my readers  who  have  strug­
gled along with me thus far in my desser- 
tation are probably expecting me to wind 
up  with the  usual  hackneyed  moral  of 
the application of book-keeping and con­
duct,  and  to  speak  of the  balance  that 
will  be struck for each  one of us  at  the 
Day of Judgment  between our good  and 
our  evil  deeds,  but  I  shall  disappoint 
them. 
I believe that good and  evil  are 
incommensurable—that  is,  that  there  is 
no such  community  of  nature  between 
them that a given quantity of the one can 
be set off against a  given  quantity of the 
other, any  more  than sound  can be  bal­
anced against color, or sweetness against 
light.  The idea  that a  record is kept  in 
heaven of a  man’s  conduct,  his  sins  be­
ing entered  on one page  and  his  virtues 
and his  benevolent  actions  on the  page 
opposite, originated, 1  believe,  with  Mo­
hammed,and is unworthy of an intelligent 
Christian.  My idea  is,  that the  balance 
which tells in favor  of a man’s character 
is the  preponderance  of  his  good  over 
his evil inclinations,and that this prepon­
derance is not determined by the number 
of his sins  and  of his  merits. 
If  1  may 
venture to  offer  advice  on so  serious  a 
subject,  and  one  apparently  so  far  re­
moved from  that  of  finance,  it is  not  to 
trust to the expectation  that  even a  sin­
gle  sin will  be nullified  by  hundreds  of 
good deeds.  The sin may result from  a 
predominant  disposition,  whereas 
the 
opposite acts  may be only factitious  and 
hypocritical.  Habit, it  is  well  said,  is 
second nature,  and it is a balance of good 
habits which we ought to aim at, and not 
merely a balance of good deeds.

Matthew Marshall.

Barnett  Bros, 
Commission  Merchants

AND DEALERS IN
A p p le s ,
Dried Fruits, 
O n io n s.

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.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

m

D. A. 

A. J .  Bowne, President.

T H I S   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
the best  prices and  establishing a  repu- j 
tation for his brand.
The shipper who fails  in  this  particu-! 
lar, and who will not discriminate against j 
the purchasing of inferior stock from the j 
producer is usually  the very  one who  is 
dissatisfied  with his  returns, and  gener­
ally most  severe  in  charging those  who | 
have  received  his  consignments  with I 
carelessness,  lack  of  ability,  or  some­
times  dishonesty,  in  trying to  place  his 
goods on the market at the highest price, I 
forgetting that he  who originally bought | 
and packed the stock is alone in fault.
The change from packing and shipping 
eggs  in  barrels and  old boxes  to  that  of I 
the almst universally adopted thirty-doz­
en cases  is  a  great  improvement.  Too 
many shippers are  quite  careless  in  the 
employment of help,  which in most cases 
are boys who may  mean well enough but 
lack  the  experience  in  packing,  often 
neglecting  to  put  the  required chaff  or 
cut straw on  the bottom  of the  case,  or 
pack the eggs  in broken,  torn  or  imper­
fect  tillers,  which  causes  breakage  in 
transit.  Or  they  fasten  the  lid  down 
without first placiug the long clean straw 
or other  packing on  top  of  the eggs,  so 
that the  entire top layers will not  break 
should the case be  turned down or given 
a  severe  jolt.  Every  shipper  should 
keep a supply  of new  fillers  on hand  to 
replace any that may  become torn or im­
pure from broken eggs.
The habit of  patching up  or  filling in 
with any  refuse, with the  idea  that it is 
a substitute for a  new  filler,  invariably 
costs  the  shipper  in  one  shipment  for 
broken  and spoiled more than  would buy 
an entire set of fillers.  One set will pos­
sibly complete one  dozen cases at  a very 
small cost,  while  if  the  dozen  of  cases 
have each one imperfect filler, the break­
age of  two  or three  eggs  in each  case, 
and the  spoiling  of  as  many  more,  be­
sides damaging the appearance of the re­
mainder.  must be apparent to every ship­
per if he gives it a single thought.
How  many  shippers  give  their  egg 
cases the  care required to  keep them  in 
good condition?  And yet carelessness in 
this respect  is  often  very  expensive  to 
them. 
It is not  infrequent  for the  bot­
tom to drop  out  of  an egg case,  thereby 
dashing the entire contents to  almost to­
tal  ruin; or  for  one of  the  end  pieces, 
which are  used  as handles,  to  come  off 
in handling,  which will  always  give the 
case a severe fall,  with  more or less loss 
to  the  shipper.  And  there  are  many 
other mishaps of almost daily occurrence 
which could  all  be  avoided if  shippers 
would  only  use  a  hammer  and  a  few 
nails and  give their  cases  the care  they 
require.
The  rivalry  between  shippers  in  the 
country 
is  often  a  serious  drawback 
among the  trade,  and results  disastrous­
ly  to  all  who  practice  it,  particularly 
when each one is  bending every effort to 
pay a  higher price  to  the  farmer  than 
the markets allow.  Strictly fresh  eggs, 
properly  packed  in  good  cases,  would 
never  have  a  “ loss off.”  except  when 
they  are shipped in  very  warm  weather 
from a distance, or are  roughly  handled 
during  transportation.  Every  shipper 
should know  by  a  careful  study of  his 
trade the quality of  the  stock  he  buys, 
and should reject all  imperfect eggs just 
as they are rejected by the city trade and 
consumer. 
The  sooner  all  shippers 
adopt this rule the sooner they will bring 
up  the trade to that perfection its impor­
tance demands.

fr e e  

,'Dsett, Vice-President.

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

Transacts a general  banking  business.

¡Hake a  Specialty of Collection».  Accounts 

of Co tin try Mere-hart ts Solicit«*!.
GOLD  MEDAL,  PASTS,  1878.

1 5

Let us send You

S

Carpt Sweeprs 
BMii Gases & Foot Bests

From  which to  make  selections 

for the Holiday Trade.

SMITH  &  SANFORD.

Geo. H. Heeder & Co.,
BOOTS  &  SHOES
Felt Boots anti Alaska Socks.

JOBBERS  OF

State Agents for

1 5 8  &  1 6 0   F u lt o n   S t.,’G ra n d   R a p id s .

We  are  s e n d i n g   to  every  dealer  who 
handles  “ GRAPHITE  AXLE  GREASE,” 
one  Daisy  Wagon  Jack,  worth  $1,  to  be 
given  to  the  holder of  the  printed  order 
contained in one of the  1-11>. boxes  In each 
case  of one-third  gross, on presentation of 
said order to yonr dealer, FREE of charge.

See What  is  Said  of It.

ArRii. 25th, 1881.

Wadhcims Oil & Grease Co., Milwaukee:
Dear Sirs—For the past year I have been using 
your  Graphite  Axle  Grease and  have  found it 
will do better work than any other  grease in the 
market. 

Tours truly,

PuiLLir S c h a r e t t ,  B arn Forem an, 
Jos. Schlitz  Brew ing Co., M ilwaukee, Wls.

A  d e s c r ip tio n   o f  t h e   c h o c o la te  
la 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   b y  W a lter  B a k e r   &  C o.,  w il 
*e 
to   a n y   d e a le r   or 
im p lica tio n .  _________
V.  BAKER  &  GO.,  Dorchester,  Mass

se n t 

The  M arketing  o f E ggs.

From the Produce Trade Reporter.

Few  persons who  have  not  given  the 
egg a commercial thought have  any  idea 
of the volume of trade  when  concentrat­
ed, or the aggregate value of the product 
from the hen,and the relation in which she 
has fought her way  to  recognition as  an 
important factor in furnishing the human 
family with her product.
It is just as necessary  for  the  shipper 
to take  care of this product when  in  his 
hands as it is for the farmer to look after 
his interest. To be financially a successful 
shipper  he must give  every attention  to 
details,  and first  see  that  the eggs  he  is 
forwarding  are  “ fresh.”  The time  has 
gone by when rotten,cracked or even stale 
eggs can be sold  either in large  or small 
quantities at  full price, and  the  shipper 
who  fails  to  distinguish  the  difference 
between old and stale  eggs, and persists 
in packing them  with  the strictly  fresh, 
only damages his prospects for  realizing !

W orking  at a Discount.

It is the only way good results can ever 
be  realized.  The  clerk  who  is  merely 
worthy his hire will never get any higher. 
Salaries are seldom  raised  in  the antici­
pation of  better  efforts,  but  because the 
employer  realizes  that  the  employe  is 
worth  more  money—that he  is  working 
at  a  discount.  See  that  you are  worth 
more than  you are paid,  and  rest assured 
that  your  efforts  will  be  appreciated; 
your  employer  may  not  rush  forward 
with an advance,  but  he  will  be in good 
shape to listen to your suggestion.  But 
don’t  be  too  ambitious;  the  only  sure 
position  is  that  in  which  you  can  give 
entire satisfaction,  and  you  can  succeed 
in this  only  where  you  are  worth a title 
more  than  your  envelope  contains—in 
other  words,  by working  at a slight  dis­
count.

Of Ledgers  and  .Journals  bourn 1  with 

l’liiladt Iphta Pat. Flat openiu  bark. 
The Strongest Blank Book Ever Made.

For sale  by all Grocers, Hardware Dealers, 
Harness Dealers and by the Manufacturers.

Company•

Milwaukee,  Wis.  and  F sattle,  Wash.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

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THE  ÄH CHI GAN  TRADESMAN.

Grand  Rapida  & Indiana.
Schedule  In effect  December 13,1891.

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.
South. 
v  piauu  ut  y a t l m   au u t x a s i u u   such  For Saginaw and Cadillac.........   6:15 am  
here assembled  to  celebrate  ?or Traverse City & Mackinaw  9:20 am  
are 
iu  L cicuirtiv  | ForSaginaw<fc Traverse  City.. 2:00pm 
For Petoskey & Mackinaw.......  3:10 pm 
From Kalamazoo and Chicago.  3:35 pm 
except Sunday.

Arrive from Leave going
North.
705 am
11:30 am
4:15 pm
10:30 p m
Train  arriving-at9:20  daily;  all  other trains  daily 

u icu 

_  „ 

, 

. 

_ _  

Michigan (Tenträl

“ Iks Niagara Falls Route
D EPA R T .  A R R IV E
_  
Detroit Express.................................7:00 am  
10:00 pm
Mixed  ...............................................7:05am 
4:30 pm
Day  Express....................................  1:20pm  10:00am
'Atlantic & Pacific Express.............10:30 p m  6:00 a m
New York Express............................5:40 pro  12:40 p m

•Dally.
AU other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific Express 
trains to and from Detroit.
Elegant  parlor cars  leave Grand  Rapids on Detroit 
Express at 7 a. m.,  returning  leave  Detroit  4:45 p. m. 
arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m.

Fkkd M. Brisos, Gen'l Agent. 85 Monroe St.
A. AIiMQUtst, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Gko. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 07 Monroe St.
O. W.Russlks  G. P.  <6 T. Agent.. Chicago.

TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

Trains Leave +No.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 *No.  82
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
10 55pm 
Io n ia .............Ar
12 37am 
St.  Johns  ...A r
1 55am 
O w osso.........Ar
3 15am 
K.  Saginaw .. Ar
8.45am 
Bay C ity.......Ar
7  iOam 
F lin t ............ Ar
5  40am 
Pt.  H uron...A r
7  30am 
P ontiac.........Ar
5 37am 
Detroit...........Ar
7  00am

I  ’ 20am
II 25am 
12 17pm
1 20pm 
3 < 5pm 
3 45pm 
3 40pm 
6 00pm
3 05pm
4 05pm

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
3 05pm 
8  0pm 
8 45pm
7 (5pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

6 50am
7 45am
8 28am
9 03am
10 45am
11 30am
10 05am
11 55am
10 53am
11 50am

WESTWARD.

Trains Leave

G’d Rapids,  L v............ I
G’d Haven.  A r.............
Milw’kee Str  “ ............
Chicago Str.  “ ...........  ]

*No. 81 tNo. 11 tN o. 13
7  05am
5  10pm
8 35am 
6  15pm
 ......
tDaily except Sunday.

1  00pm
2  10pm

♦Daily. 

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west,  10:10  a. m„ 3:15 
p.m. and 9:50 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parltr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward—No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No  11 
Chair Car.  No.  15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W. Loud, Traffic Manager.
B en Fletcher, Trav.  Pass. Agent. 
J as. Campbell, City Ticket Agent.

CHICAGO

23 Monroe Street.
JAN’Y 3,  1892.
AND  WEST  MICHIGAN  R’Y.

- 
Lv.GR’D RAPIDS........9:00am  12:05pm  *11:35pm
Ar. CHICAGO.............. 3:65pm  5:15pm  *7:05am

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO. 

SSiSAPitiiX*,;  ••.•0:00am  4:45pm  *11:15pm 
Ar.  GR D RAPIDS.......3:55pm  10:10pm  *6:10am
TO  AND  PBOM  BENTON  HABBOB,  ST.  JOSEPH  AND 
Lv. Grand Rapids.  ...  9:00am  12:05pm  *11:35pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids...... *6:10am  3:55pm  10:10pm

INDIANAPOLIS.

For Indianapolis 12:05 p m only.

TO AND PBOM  MUSKEGON.

Lv.  G.  R.......  10:OCam  12 05pm  5:30pm  8:30pm
Ar.  G. R ........10:55am  3 55pm  5:25pm 
TO  AND  PBOM  MANISTEE,  TRAVERSE CITY  AND  ELK 
Liv. Grand  Rapids........................7:25am  5:17pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids........................11:45am  9:40pm

RAPIDS.

........

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Chicago—Wagner 
Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 p m .; leave 
Chicago 11:15 p m.  Drawing  Room Cars—Leave 
Grand Rapids 12:05 p m;  leave Chicago 4 ;45 p m 
Free Chair Cars—Leave  Grand  Rapids 9:00 a m: 
leave Chicago 9:00 a m.
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Manistee—Free 
JhairCar—LeavesGrand Rapids5:17pm : leaves 
Manistee 6:50am .

DETROIT,

JAN’Y  3,  1892
LANSING &  NORTHERN R. R.
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv.GR’D  RAPIDS........7:15am  *1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar. DDTROI1’................12:00m  *5:10pm  10:40pm
Lv. DETROIT...............  7:00am  *1:15pm  5:40pm
Ar. GR’D  RAPIDS.......11:50am  *5:15pm  10:15pm
To and  from  Lansing  and Howell—Same as to 
and from Detroit.

TO  AND  FROM  SAGINAW,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LOUIS.

Lv. Grand  Rapids.......................................   7:05am 4:15pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids........................................11:50am 10:40pm

TO  LOWELL VIA  LOWELL  &  HASTINGS  R.  R.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE 

Lv. Grand Rapids............  7:15am  1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell............... 11:50am  5:15pm 
.........
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Detroit — Parlor 
cars oh all trains.  Seats 25 cents 
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Saginaw—Parlor 
car  leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:05  a in;  arrives in 
Grand Rapids 7:40 p m.  Seats 25 cents.

»Every day.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.
STUDY  L A W
AT  HOME.
Take & coarse in the 

Sprague  Correspon­
dence  school ofLaw 
[incorporated].  Send  ten 
cents [stamps] for particu­
lars to
J.  COTNER,  Jr.,  See’y, 
No. 375 Whitney Block, 
DETROIT,  -  MICH«

377

379

303

”  " 

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

D ire c to r  in   N a m e   Only-

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

with the Third  National Bank.

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

Stranger—I  believe  you are  connected 
Gentleman—Yes, sir.
Stranger—Will you  be  kind enough  to 
tell me something  of the financial stand­
ing of the institution?
Gentleman—Well,  really,  I’m  afraid  I 
can’t.  I’m simply a director,  you know.

LIOK  SALS—a   BRIGHT  $3,500  STOCK  OF 
general  merchandise  in  best  farming com- 
rnunity. 
\\ ill  sell  right  for cash  or  exchange 
for good farm.  O. F. Conklin, Grand Rapids.  371
X(tOK  SALE—FIRST-CLASS  GROCERY  BUS- 
•  „ IE<“?S in 
bc‘st  t°wn  of  5,000  inhabitants
in  Northern Michigan.  The purchaser can have 
a  trade of  $ ¡0,000 a year  at  the  start.  No  town 
in  the  State has  better  prospects.  This  is  the 
chance  of  a  life  time.  Address  No.  363,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
T^OIi  SAXE—DRUG  STORE;  WELL  LOCAT- 
ed in good  country  town, Minnesota:  good 
prescription  trade.  Address  W.  S.  Johnson, 
Osseo, Minn. 
Lf'OR  SALK—A  GROCERY  STOCK  WITH 
store  and two  dwelling  houses;  fine  trade, 
excellent location.  Reasons for selling:  too old 
for business.  Address  A. Van  Hoe, Kalamazoo, 
Mich.________  

i. he Drummer, His Dps and Downs. 
. A few drummers  are not  gentlemen and 
It  has,  during  my  brief  residence  on j are no*  entitled  to or  capable of  appre- 
this mundane  sphere,  fallen to my  lot to j c\ating  gentlemanly treatment, but, hap- 
respond  to  toasts  on  almost  every  con- I’PHy»  they are  vastly in the  minority and
ceivable  subject  from  “The  Ladies”  to 
have no place or part in an occasion such 
as  wt 
“Why  I  am a Democrat,” but  never  be­
to-night.
fore have  I  so  thoroughly and painfully 
appreciated my  deficiencies  and  my ina­
bility  to  do  justice  to  the  subject. 
In 
this  case  there appears  to  be a striking 
incongruity,  for to speak intelligently on 
this  broad  subject  requires  a  traveling 
man  of  age  and  varied  experiences. 
While I am  glad to belong to this  organ­
ization  and am  proud to be identified  as 
a  “drummer,”  yet  my  experience  has 
been  very  limited,  and all the  drumming 
I ever did  has been in the interest of  the 
Bush  Road  Cart Co.,  and, from  the uni­
versally kind  and courteous  treatment  I 
always  received  from  customers  and 
prospective  customers,  I  am  led  to  as­
sume that I have seen more of the “ups” 
than  “downs”  of  a  drummer's  career, 
and that  my experience has  not been the 
universal experience of all.
How  often  have  I  seen  drummers 
snubbed  and insulted by snobbish buyers 
and  heads of  firms,  and,  frequently  the 
relations  between  the  drummer’s  house 
and  the  individual  are  such  that to re­
taliate  or  retort  openly  is  out  of  the 
question—such  treatment  is  more  than 
ungentlemanly—it  is  the  poorest  possi­
ble  business  policy.  How  soon  do  the 
boys on the  road  learn to locate  and ad­
vertise a crank!  He  is  certain  to  never 
bt* given a **>-nap shot” on any deal where 
a  white  man  would  be  ‘*let  in  on  the 
ground  floor.”  The  drummer  is  more 
than a solicitor,  he  is  an  educator.  He 
goes about  from  place  to  place  always 
possessed of the latest commercial, social, 
religious  and  political news,  and  he dis­
seminates  more general  information in a 
minute  than  any other  class of  men on 
earth.  Constant  contact  with  men  and 
measures wears  away the  rough  corners 
(as  the  dropping  of  the  water  wears 
away  the  rock)  and  soon  gives  him  a 
certain  finish which  is  characteristic of 
the  profession.  Traveling  salesmen are 
a big  factor  in  our  country,  and,  aside 
from the direct necessity of these “Angels 
of Commerce.” they  play another impor­
tant  roll—they are  great  distributors  of 
the  circulating  medium.  They  have 
solved the  problem  and  are  important 
agents  in  “the  reduction of  the  surplus 
(of their firms).”  Railways,  hotels  and 
other  institutions  are  largely  sustained 
and supported  by them.  How tame  and 
uneventful  would  be  the  existence  of 
many a sleepy old  town  but for  the fre­
quent  advent  of  the  gay  and  festive 
drummer!  How stupid  and  prosaic  the 
life of  many  a  maiden,  young  and  fair, 
but for the prospect of  “Chawley”  strik­
ing  town  occasionally!  While  it is in a 
measure true  that  “no one  knows  where 
a traveling man  sleeps, or what a travel­
ing  man  eats.” yet  it  is  generally  con­
ceded  that he lives on the  top shelf,  and 
after a hard day’s  toil,  and,  perhaps  an 
evening  spent  in  a  game  of  hearts,  he 
“lies him down  on  downy beds of  ease’’ 
(with a fire thrown in  at 25 cents).  This 
downy bed business would be a burlesque 
coupled  with  certain  Michigan  hotels 
which might be named.
Among  some  of  the  “downs”  of  a 
drummer’s  life  might  be  mentioned  the 
pangs of waiting fora delayed remittance 
after  running  against  a  pat  hand  and 
trying  to  board a week  on a four pound 
grip,  containing  a  brick,  a  night-shirt 
and a tooth-brush.  A  seltzer and lemon 
for  breakfast;  a  stage  trip  from  Pent- 
water to Ludington in a January blizzard; 
or an  intimate  acquaintance with  Editor 
Woodruff, of  Ypsilanti, and  other pleas-1 
ant  and  varied  experiences  which  you 
have  all  encountered.  No  young  man 
can get a better  schooling  than a year or I 
two on the  road. 
It  developes  his  per­
ception,  broadens  his views, reduces  the 
natural  swelling of  his  head  and  tends 
to  obliterate any traces of  narrowness in 
his  character.  This  is  not always true, ! 
for occasionally a good printer or preacher j 
is spoiled to make a poor drummer.  My ! 
experience and  observation  have  taught j 
me that good treatment is appreciated  by 
a  gentleman,  even  if  he  is  a  drummer.
* Response  by John  J. Bush, of  Lansing, at the 
Jackson janf’t3et  of  the  Knights of  thq  Grip, at

TAO  1 OU  USE  COUPON  BOOKS?  IF  SO  DO 
r*-X,you  buy of the largest manufacturers In’ the 
tinted States?  If  you do, you  are  customers of 
the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.
tf'O K   SALE—ABOUT  100  POUNDS  OF  NON- 
,  
pared  type,  well  assorted  as  to  figures 
fractions  and  leaders.  Just  the  thing  for  a 
country  paper  for  use in tax  sales  and  general 
work.  Laid in two  cases.  Will  sell for 25 cents 
per pound and *1  per pair for cases.  Tradesman 
Company, Grand  Rapids, Mich. 
I r„X2Iu .HAVEv,ANi: property to exchange for
n  w 
block In Grand  Rapids,  address
B.  W. Barnard, 3a Alien street. Grand Rapids. Mich. 331
L'ok sale—two  hundred  acres  land  u6o im
lv  m,,?v, 
“ tbe fm it belt of  Oceana coun
J« •  ^ lc-b-  Land  fitted  for  machinery,  good  fences, 
«arb roof  bara  with  underground  for  stock 
an? “Oier necessary farm buildings.  New 
indmill furnishes water for house and barns.  Eight- 
een acres apple bearing orchard, also 1,000 peach trees 
t» o years old, looking thrifty.  Price, #35 per acre, or 
:  
exchange for stock of dry goods.  If any difference 
will pay cash.  A. Retan, Little Rock. Ark. 
Ï ÏOR  SALE- 
CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  IN 
vestment
. 
1  Corner  lot  and  5-room house on
North  Lafayette  St.,  cellar,  brick  foundation 
soft  water  in  kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to  suit 
A ddress No.  U-,. care Michigan  Tradesman.  18’
TTIOR  SA L K -B E ST  
„  
------   RESIDENCE  LOT  IN
-I-  Grand Rat
Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad­
. 
ed with  native  oaks, situated in gooi  residence 
ly„8f!J  f?et  froin  electric  street  car 
line. 
\\ ill sell  for $2 500 cash, or part cash, pav- 
ments to suit.  E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 
t l o R   SALE —GOOD  DIVIDEND-PAYING 
stocks In  banking, manufacturing  and mer­
cantile  companies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  St 
Grand Rapids 
’
w
ANTED — AN  EXPERIENCED  SALE3- 
man, to travel with  parlor  goods and  mat­
tresses.  Address S.  W.  Kramer, Cadillac, Mich
________ _______ ___________ 374
YVTANTED—GROCERY  STOCK BY PARTIES 
tt  who  can  pay cash  down.  Must  be  dirt 
cheap.  Address  No. 343, care  Michigan Trades­
man. 
Tp*->R  SALE—TWENTY-FIVE SMALL  SHOW- 
eases, $2 each.  Call at 47 Eleventh St. 
372
TTOH¿ALE—GROCER’S FIXTURES, SCALES' 
coffee mill, showcases,  complete outfit; also 
J  
smaii  line  staple  groceries.  Nearly  new.  Will 
sell  cheap.  Address  Lock  Box  963,  Rockford,
Mich.________ 
’
W A,NTED—THE  ADUKES-S  OF  CHARLES 
” ,  Deals, 
Important 
mail matter awaits his  order at the  office of  the 
ra desman  Company. 
YVfANJED—AN  ASSISTANT  REGISTERED 
T ’  „Pharm acist.  Dr. V  A.  Bergeron,  Muske­
gon, Mich.  State salary expected. 

w ANTED —  SITUATION  BY  A  KEGIS- 
tered  pharmacist of  thirteen  years exper­
ience.  Address “Drugs,” care Michigan Trades- 
3SS
man. 
K   n 
k j  competent to keep a set of books and willing 
to make  herself  generally  useful  about a store 
One  year’s  experience.  Not  afraid  of  work. 
\\ ages low.  Good references,  Address No. 376 
care Michigan  Tradesman. 

MISCELLANEOUS.

formerly  of  Morley. 

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¿75 

379 

380

354 

373

343

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359

370

341

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TRAIN'S  GOING  SOU TH .

, 

North. 

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

_ 
For  Cincinnati..........................   6:20 am  
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago... 
For Fort Wayne and the  East..  11:50 am 
For  Cincinnati..........................   5:30 p m 
For Chicago.................................10:40 p m 
From Saginaw............................  10:40 pm
all other trains daily except Sunday.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

M uskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
7:00 a m 
10:10 a m 
11:25 a m 
4:40 pm 
5:35 pm
9:05 p m

From Muskegon—Arrive

SLEEPING  &  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

NORTH

11:30 a m train.—Parlor chair car  G*d 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
10:30 p m train.—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw. 
SOUTH—7:00 am train. -Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:30 am  train.—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
0:00  p m   train.—Wagner Sleeping  Car 
Grand Rapids to Cincinnati.
11 ;05 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

C h ic ag o  v ia  G.  R.  & I.  R.  R.

Lv Grand Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

10:30am 
2:00pra 
3:55 pm  9:00 pm 

11 05 p m
0 50 am
10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
11:05 p m train daily, through  Wagner  Sleeping Car 
10:10 p m
5:15  am
3:10  p  m  through  Wagner  Parlor  Car.  10:10  p  m 

7:05 am   3:10 p m 
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
2.00 pm  3 35 pm 
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

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

O. L. LOCKWOOD, 
General Passenger and Ticket Agent

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  &  North  Michigan 

Railway.

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand  Haven & Miiwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe  - 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.

VIA d ., l .  & N.

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

v i a   d .,  o .  h .  a   x ,

Ky. Grand 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.

Return connections equally as good.

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

WE  IRE HEMQtHRTERS

SEND  FOR PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lpcli,

19 S.  Ionia St., Grand  Rapids

N.  M.  REYNOLDS 

i   SON,

Wholesale and Retail Jobbers of

And  All  Kinds of

Building Papers 
Carpet Linings,

Roofing Materials,
Coal  Tar and 
Asphalt Products

We  make a specialty  of  the  seamless  asphalt 
ready roofing and  two-ply coal tar  ready roofing 
which  is  far  superior  to  shingles  and  much 
cheaper.
We are practical  roofers of  twenty-five  years’ 
experience which  enables us to know the wants 
of the people in our line.

Cor.  LOUIS  &  CAMPAU  STS.,

G rand  R a p id s,  M ich .

THE  VERY  LATEST!
THE  "SIMPLEX”

Good  as  the  Best  and  Five Times  Cheaper.

Cash RBiister

Price,  $35.00 

Simple  and  Durable!

Warranted  Ten  Tears.

PERKINS  l  RICHMOND,  13  Fountain  St,  Grand  Rapids.

Spring & Company,

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.

C.

Spring & 

P. STEKETEE& SONS
DRY GOODS i NOTIONS

WHOLESALE

“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.”

The  Tradesman  Cenpon  Boot

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Winter  St., between  Shawmilt Äue.  and  W.  Fdlton St.,

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, D rills, Bakes, Tedders,  Cultivators, 

Plows, Pumps, Carts,  Wagons, Bnggies,  Wind Mills 

and Machine and Plow repairs, Etc.

RINDGE,  BERTSCH  &  CO..

Manufacturers of Boots  & Shoes.

Agents for the Boston  finbber Shoe Co.

Send  ns  your  mall 
orders  and we  will  try 
and  fill  them  to  your 
satisfaction.  We  nave 
the new line of,

Storm Slips

In cotton and wool lined 
for ladies;  also the
Northwest 

or

Roll  Edge

Telephone  No.  945. 

J.  Y.  F.  BLAKE,  Sup’t.

IF  YOU WANT

ACCEPT  NONE  BUT

The B est
Site M

Sauerkraut.

line  of  lumberman’s in 
Hurons and Trojans.

Order  this Brand  from Your Wholesale Grocer!

THE 

PEOPLE'S FAVORITE!

----------------- .............S - - * = = = = = = -----------------   '

^he  fapious  Leopard  Gleapable
REFRIGERATORS.

DRY  COLD  AIR

ah i n :

17629341

The Entire  Line  remodeled, beau­

tified and Improved-

WE  LEAD,  OTHERS  FOLLOW!

A  Lining; of Wool  Felt has ken aM- 
efl  to tlte  Charcoal  Fillini.

No  More  Arguments as to  which is  the  Best

Oor  Carrions  are  Real.

Not Cheap stamped work which 
looks well Id pictures only.

The  Trimminp  01  oor  Carved  Line 
are  solid hronze.
The  Ice  Each  in  onr  Carved  Line 
are  so l  Galvanized Iron.

No Wooden  Sticks to 
Mould and Decay.

Style of No.  86*5 Refrigerator and Sideboard 

Combined.

Style of No. 36\  tteirigerator, Sideboard and 

China Closet Combined.

All others leave the door a little open 
at the top or bottom.

Onr  Loch  are  the  only Reliable  Refriprator  Loch in  the World. 
Onr Solid  Iron  Shelves  are  the  Neatest  and  Stronpst.
Onr  Movable  Fines  for  Cleanless are Demanded  h;  the People. 
We  sell  on the  Exclnsive  Apncy Flan.
We  Male  Refrigerators lor Every  Pnrpose.^“ S ? . 3 .?ss r ^ f s r ^ ^ , r . : i r ,,’^ “™ “’0,"ta-'“
Nei  CatÉpes  Now  Ready. 

Be sure you get the  Agency. 
Send in your application Early.

Send  for  One. 

Others soon  break down. 
Oars Never Do.

Our  Dealers  Capture 
the sales.

— N**

“ m,>,"“,' ,,,‘ s‘a-- 

WOW  IS  THE  TIME  TO  PLACE  YOUR  ORDER

H.  LEO N A R D   &  SONS,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

