Michigan Tradesman.

Published Weekly.

VOL.  9.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
GRAND  RAPIDS,  JA N U A R Y   20,  1892.

$1  Per  Year.
NO. 485

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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

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

1 and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

M u s k e g o n  

Successors  to

Crackers, Biscuits^Sweet Goods.

H A R R Y  FOX,  M anager.

M USKEGON,  M ICH .

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

M O SELEY   BROS.,

-   WHOLESALE -

Friiits.  Seeds, Beans and Prote.

26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA  ST ,

Grand  Ra/oicls,  AÆiolx.

W.  H.  DOWNS,

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

Notions & Fancy  Goods

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

SPECIAL  BARGAINS  IN  SPECIAL  LINES  TO  CLOSE.

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

Jennings9 
Flavoring  Extracts

8BK  QUOTATIONS.

I i x n o r o ' v e c L  

F l u . ©  

S o T a r p e r

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

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

C.  A.  LAMB.

F.  J.  LAMB.

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

WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

Foreign  and  DomestiB  Fruits  and  ProdUee.

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

jnmd JJafUds Buck fin d in g  C o .

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

MULLINS  PATENT  FLAT  OPENING  BLANK  BOOK.

F la t O p e n in g  L e d g e rs  a n d  J o u r n a ls  a lw a y s  o n  H a n d .

G rand  R a p id s,  M ich.

2 9 -3 1   C an al  St., 

Something New!

C r

Y ou c a n  a lw a y s   find  s o m e th in g  n ew  a n d  e sp e c ia lly  
fin e  b y   o r d e r   y o u r  C an d y   o f

A.  E.  BROOKS  &  CO.,

Wholesale  Confectioners,

46 O ttaw a St., Grand Rapids, Mich

H o lts  

Wa

/  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 particulc'~s address

J.  W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.

T P   ]IKW  YORK  BI8GU1T  GO.,

S.  A.  SE A R S,  Manager.

C r a c k e r  M a n u fa c tu r e r s ,
G rand  R a p id s

3 7 ,  8 9   an d   41  K en t St., 

- 

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

Domestic Fruits and Vegetables

--------  J O B B E R '  o f   --------

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

low est m arket prices. 

S E N D   F U tt  Q U O TA TIO N S.

24 and 26 North Division St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

T H E   G B E A T   S E A L   C IG A R !

20  CUNTS  STRAIG H T!

Like Its Little Old Daddy

T H E   a - I R - E L E U S T   S E A L
•

Is the Best of Its Kind Made. 

S e n d   Y o u r  W h o le s a le r  a n   O rd e r.

\ lic h itg a n   Cifirar  C o ’s
“Y U M - Y U M   ”
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.,  Agents.

Clear  Havana  Filled  5c  Cigar*

JOBBER  OF

F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R
OYSTERS
POULTRY  S  GAME

SALT  FISH

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 

See Quotations in Another Column.

CONSIGNMENTS  OP  ALL  KINDS  OF  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED.

w

BARNHART 

PUTMAN  CO.

Wholesale
Grocers.

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

Manufacturers  of

Of Every  Description.

0 8   a n d   6 8   C a n a l  S t.,

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

Diamond  Crystal

Table and  Dairy Salt.

9 9 . 7   P U R E .

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

slight advance over the price of inferior brands.

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

vinced  of the superiority of

Diamond  Crystal

IM P O R T E R S   A N D

l
Wholesale  Grocers

GRAND  RAPIDS

500  XX  Envelopes,  3^x6, white or colored,)
500  Note Heads,  6x9i,  either flat writing 

or  Imitation  Linen,
500  Statements,  5^x8^
500  Business Cards, 2fx4§,
1000 Shipping Tags, 

J

1000 Each of  Above,  $11.

cA s h   w i t h   o r d e r . 

s a m p l e s   i p   d e s i r e d .

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  TRADESMAN  COMPANY

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

stationery.

It  is  not  economy  for  a  business  man  to  use  unprinted 

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—rand they certainly would  have little 
faith  in the  success of one who economizes  [ ?]  by  “ doing bus­
iness 11  without  books.

ffe  Offer :

GRATO  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  JAISTUARY  20,  1892

TO.  435

VOL.  9.
J.  L.  Strelitsky,

MDer ofBiaars

V

In clu d in e th e follow ing celebrated brands m an­
ufactured  by th e  w ell  know n  house of  G laser, 
Fram e  & Co. :
V in tlex , long  H avana filler.......................
T h re e   M edals, long H avana filler.........
E l k ’s C h o ic e, H avana filler and binder.
L a  F io r   d e  A lfo n s o ,..................................
1.a D o n c e lla  d e  M o r e r a ,.........................
1.a  I d e a l,  25 in a b o x .............. ...................
W . J .  F lo r e n c e .......................................

$ 3 5
3 5

Also  fine line  Key W est goods at rock  bottom 
prices.  All favorite  brands of  Cheroots  kept in 
stock.

10  So.  Ionia  St,  Grand  Rapids.
PEOPLE'S  SBI/IPS BANK.
Capital,  $100,000. 
Liability,  $100,000 

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

Depositors’  Security,  $200,000.

OFFICERS.

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

» . D. Cody 
S. A. M orinan 
Jas. G. M cBride 
Wm.  M cM ullen 
» . E. W aters 
Jn o . P atton, J r  
Wm. A lden Smith

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

Thom as  H efferan.

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

We  invite  correspondence  or  personal  Inter 

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

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

R . G. D u n   &  Co.

R eference Books Issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout U nited States 

and Canada

/i. 

J. Mason  <6  Co.,
PROPRIETORS  OF

Old Homestead Factory

GKRJL.IfcTT',  IM niC IEI.

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Fruit  Jellies  and  Apple  Better

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.

To Buy Alle^ B.Wrisley's

Leading wholesale Grocers keep it.

THIS  IS  WHAT  EVERY  SUCCESSFUL  PER- 
IT  IS TH E  CONDITION OF 

SONJMUST DO. 
CONDITIONS.
The  In d u strial  School of  B usiness  furnishes 
som ething  superior  to  the  ordinary  course  in 
hook keeping, short hand and type-writing, pen­
m anship, English and  business  correspondence. 
W rite  for a copy of  U seful  Education,  and  see 
w hy this school is w orth your  special considera­
tion.  A ddress,

W .  N .  F E R R IS ,

B ig   R a p id s,  M ich .

STANTON,  MOREY & CO„

D E T R O IT ,  M IC H .

---------MANUFACTURERS OF---------

JPJBiVJJVS UJLA.R

Every  garm ent  m ade  by us strictly  on  honor 
and If It RIPS  retu rn  it to the  m erchant  th a t  it 
w as purchased of  and get a new  one.

O ur line o f  shirts for  1832 is second to none in  

America.

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

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

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

Offices in th e principal cities of the U nited 
States.  Canada,  the  European  continent, 
A ustralia, and in London, England.

Grand  Rapids  Office,  Room 4,  Widdicomb  Bldg.

H K JÍR Y   ID E M A ,  S n p t.

O Y S T E R S  !

W e q u o te : 

B u lk .

Standards, per g a l....... . .....................................$1  C5

S o lid   B ra n d  in  C ans.

D a is y   B r a n d   In  C ans.

Selects......................... 25  E.  F ..............................20
S ta n d a rd s ................  18
Selects,..................   22 S tandards......................  16
F avorites................   14
M rs.  W lth e y ’s H o m e -m a d e  M in ce -M ea t.
Large bbls................ 6 
H alf bbls.................... 6U
401b. pails  ..............   6Yt  201b.  p a i ls ..............6?i
10 lb.  p ails...............  7
21b. cans,  (usual  w eig h t)................$1.50  per  doz.
5 lb. 
“ 
................ $3.50  per  doz.
Choice D airy  B a tte r............................................. 
E g g s ............................................................................   21
P ure Sweet Cider,  in  bbls.,  ...  15__ l/2 b b l...  16
P ure Cider  V inegar...................................................io
Sweet  F lorida O ranges......................... $2  50@2  75
L e m o n s...................................................... . 3  7o@4  00
Will pay 40 cents each for Molasses h alf  bbls. 
Above prices are m ade low to bid for trade.
Let your orders come.

“  

“ 

EDWIN  FILERS  k  SON,

P R O M P T ,  C O N S E R V A T IV E ,  S A F E .

S. F. A spixw all, P res’t  

W  F bsd McB a is .  Sec’v

THOS. E.  W YKES,

WHOLESALE

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

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

Corner W ealthy Ave. and Ionia St.

on M. C. R. R. 

W rite for prices.

T H E   RO M A N CE  O F  T W O   PIC T U R E S.
I do not think that  all  the romance  of 
If  I 
life lingers around  Fifth  Avenue. 
were  a  betting  man, I  would  take  the 
chances on any of the  quiet streets lying 
above Fourth and west  of  Broadway. 
I 
think,  too,  1  ought  to  know; for,  as  a 
wealthy  bachelor  about  town,  I  have 
boarded  and  occupied  rooms  in  almost 
every respectable locality.

Last  winter  I  had  a  suite  of  rooms 
about a block from Broadway, and in one 
of  the  lowest-numbered  streets  1  have 
indicated.  They  were  comfortably  and 
handsomely furnished, and there was not 
a woman in the house—not that  I object 
to  women,  if they  are young and pretty; 
but that is not the usual style  of  landla­
dies.  So I put it down among the advan­
tage of these rooms that the housekeeper 
j was an  Italian,  polite,  suave  and  silent 
in four languages.

As my income  is derived  chiefly  from 
well-rented property, and I have no liter­
ary tastes  that the  daily  newspapers do 
not  satisfy, I  often  find  myself  with  a 
£2
good deal of spare  time which I am will­
ing to  devote to other  people’s  business 
or amusement.  Luckily for me,  a young 
Italian  artist  occupied  rooms  next  to 
mine,  and I  soon fell  into  the  habit  of 
strolling  into his studio  and passing the 
morning beside him.  At this time he was 
copying in crayon  two photographs  that 
a celebrated house in town had sent him. 
The pictures were to be life size,  and fin­
ished  by a  certain  day,  as  they were  to 
go to Scotland.  They  were the heads of 
two girls, sisters evidently, both blondes, 
and  both so  perfectly  beautiful  that  it 
was impossible for us  to decide to  which 
the golden apple ought to be given.

“Not Scotch girls,’’Cellini said.  Theirs 
was no pale,  unripened northern beauty. 
The  fire  and  passion  of  southern  life 
were in the faces of both.

“Nonsense,” I  replied.  “Every  hand­
some woman is not  necessarily Latin  by 
race  and  tropical  in  nature.  Yankee 
girls,  both of them.  I’ll bet twenty years’ 
experience on it.”

As  they  drew  near completion,  I  got 
I  could  not  bear  to  think  of 

uneasy. 
losing them enttirely; so I said:

“Cellini,  you  must make me a copy  of 
those two heads.  1 am  fond of pictures, 
and I’ll pay  you  twice what--------does.”

After some hesitation,  he agreed.
As for poor  Cellini,  it  was  easy to see 
that  he  had  conceived  for  the  elder, 
whom I had called  “ Venus,” a very  real 
passion; hut as  “Hebe”  was my favorite, 
we  did  not  disagree  on  this  subject. 
Somehow  these  two  sweet  faces,  with 
their  bright,  innocent  beauty,  began  to 
exercise a  strange influence over both of 
us.  So real had they become  to  us,  that 
we  involuntarily  uncovered  our  heads 
when we  came into  their  presence;  and 
as  for talking in my  usual free-and-easy 
manner  before  them,  I  felt  it to be im­
possible.  My sitting-room  became a lit­
tle sanctuary,  and my usual wine-parties 
were  henceforward  given  in  a  private 
room at a restaurant.

Thus the summer passed away.  Both 
Cellini and  I  went out  of  town,  yet not

so far  but  that  we  frequently ran  into 
the city to  take a  look at  our  guardian 
angels.  “Guardian  angels”  goes,  for  I 
am sure the lovely,  characteristic  face of 
my  “ Hebe,”  with  its  childlike  purity 
and womanly  decision,  had  wonderfully 
influenced  me  for  good  the  last  few 
months,  while  Cellini’s  love was that  of 
a devotee  for  a  saint,  rather  than  the 
worship  of  a  man  for  an earthly  mis­
tress.

We had scarcely got  settled  comforta­
bly  in  our  winter  quartern  when  I  re­
ceived intelligence  of  the  death  of  an 
uncle  in  Edinburgh,  and  certain  provi­
sions of his will rendered a visit to  Scot­
land  indispensable.  The  hope—vague 
and undefined,  indeed, but still present— 
of learning  something  of  the  beautiful 
sisters made  a voyage across the Atlantic 
at  this  season  more  endurable  than  it 
would otherwise have been.

The night before 1 was to leave Cellini 
and I  spent together  in my  room.  The 
two sweet  faces  looked  down on  ns  as 
we smoked and talked, and I quite shrank 
from  the  pain  of  separation.  Cellini 
gave  me  the  original  phototographs 
which  he had  copied,  and these,  and the 
information that the bill  had  been made 
out to a Mrs.  Napier,  were  all  the clew I 
had.

Although Scotland  is  my native  coun­
try, I did not intend staying a  day  long­
er  than  was  warrantable;  for,  to  me, 
there is only  one  city  to  live  in—New 
York. 
It is,  after all the fuss  about the 
country,  the  best  place  in  summer and 
the only place in  winter.  Still, I did not 
anticipate being- back before  Christmas, 
so I asked  Cellini to put  a sprig of holly 
above  the  pictures,  and  promised,  all 
well,  to be back in  time to make my New 
Year calls.

The  Italian was  kindly  and  sensitive 
as a woman. 
I could not help loving the 
fellow,  utterly  thriftless as  he  was,  and 
particular  about  nothing  on  earth  but 
the brand  of his  tobacco;  still  I  loved 
this man as I  had never  loved  any man, 
or  woman  either,  before. 
I  made  my 
agent collect  his dues  and pay  such  ac­
counts as  I knew were  absolutely indis­
pensable.  1  was  proud  of  his  genius, 
grateful  for his  love,  and  I  trusted his 
simplicity and  truthfulness with a confi­
dence  that  kept  my  heart  young  and 
fresh. 
It was better than a sermon  only 
to live by his side. 
Impurity of  thought 
or speech was impossible in his presence; 
in  his  company,  without  one  reproof  or 
admonition,  I  had  grown  insensibly  to 
hate my old life of  dissipation and folly, 
and  to  become  ambitious  oí  something 
nobler  and  better.  So,  you  see,  1  had 
good reasons  for  loving  Cellini,  and  for 
sorrowing at our  necessary  separation.

After my arrival in Edinburgh,  I wrote 
out a list of  all the  “Napiers” in  the  di­
rectory,  and then quietly  made inquiries 
about them.  But it  was all futile;  there 
was  not a  Miss  Napier  in  the  city  that 
was not a libel  on either of  my pictures. 
I left Edinburgh for  Glasgow  about two 
weeks before Christmas, for I had friends 
in  that  city  with  whom  I  expected  to 
stay a week before sailing for New York.

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TKCE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

could be to get  into my  room  again and 
tell  him  my  success.  But  before  I  got 
my travel.ng wraps off,  he said joyfully:
think,  Lyell?  I  have 

“What  do  you 

found Claudia—‘Venus !’ ”

“And I,  ‘Hebe.’”
“We are  engaged !”
“My  dear  Cellini,  you  have  beat  me! 

Who would have believed  it?”

“Only in love. 

It is my  nature.  For­

give me.”

“You  beat  me  in  all  that is good  and 
noble, Cellini. 
If I had  loved  as  purely 
and  sincerely  as  you,  she  would  have 
recognized  it,  and 1 should  have  felt no 
doubts  and  fears. 
I  might  have  been 
happy to-day.”

“You will  be  happy.  See,  she smiles 

on you!”

I almost landed she  did.  Then  1 told 
him all  that had happened,  and  declared 
my intention of going to see Mrs.  Napier 
that very night.

“ It is  well,”  he  said.  “I  shall  go  in 
half  an  hour.  1  will  introduce  you.  1 
found  Claudia  soon  after  you 
left.  1 
went to  see  Paola  one  morning,  and  he 
was  giving  her a music  lesson.  He  in­
troduced  me. 
lesson 
every day  she  went  for  hers,  until 1 ob­
tained permission,  one stormy afternoon, 
to  take  her  home.  She  invited  me  to 
call,  aud  lo !  1 am  happy.  We  shall  be 
married  when  I  have  saved  money 
enough.”

I  went  for  my 

1  laughed heartily.
“ Do  n o t  lau g h ,  L y ell.  S e e !”   an d   he 
took  h is  pocketbook  triu m p h a n tly   o u t of 
h is desk.

There really was  quite a large sum  in 

hiding there.

“ I  am  grown 

industrious,  you  see, 
and.”  screwing  up  his  face  comically, 
awfully stingy.”

‘"1 do not know  what 1 had expected  to 
find  in  Mrs.  Napier,  but  1  know  that  1 
was agreeably surprised.  She was a very 
handsome  woman  of  thirty-eight  years 
of  age, and  every  way  satisfied  all  my 
demands  for  a  mother-in-law. 
I  found 
that her pen  was her  chief  support, and 
that  under her  m m  de  plume she  was  a 
favorite writer of mine.

I do  not  think  that 1 ever  spent  hap­
pier  evenings  than  1  did  at  her  house. 
There  were  always one or  two nice peo­
ple there,  aud  1 began to  imagine myself 
quite literary by  association,  and to buy 
more books  than  ever 1 had  done  in my 
life.

Lily’s  return  was, of  course,  the  one 
idea and  the  chief  topic of  all  my con­
versation  and  hopes,  hut it  was  delayed 
until  weeks lengthened into months,  and 
spring was fairly  regnant. 
I knew it by 
the  fresh,  bright  toilets  on  Broadway, 
and my tailor’s suggestions as to my own 
dress.  But  there  had  beeu  great  diffi­
culty in  inducing  the  old  lady  in  Glas­
gow  to  resign  Lily,  and 
it  was  not 
thought wise to irritate her by a forcible 
or peremptory removal.

Two nights after my arrival, 1 went with 
a small  party  to  Glover’s  Theatre,  and 
the first  person  my  eyes  fell  upon  was 
“ Hebe.”  But how wonderfully changed! 
All the bright childish look of mirth  and 
careless  happiness  was  gone—washed 
out, it seemed to me,  with  tears;  for her 
eyes  had  a  tender,  wistful 
look,  as  if 
they  were  searching  for  sympathy  and 
love.

“ Who  is  she,  Sinclair?”  I said  to  the 

friend at my side.

“I do not know,  but McNair will  tell;” 
and,  turning  to a  young officer,  he  said: 
“ McNair,  who is that young  lady  before 
us, in  the second box from the stage?” 

“Miss  Lily  Napier,’’  he  answered, 
promptly.  “Where have  you  beeu,  Sin­
clair.  not to  know  the  beautiful  barba­
rian?”

“ "Barbarian!’ ” I repeated,indignantly. 
“ Well,  yes.  1  don’t  know  why  not. 
She comes  from the  Comanche  country, 
and they say she is breaking her heart to 
get back to the Texas prairies again.” 

“ Very  creditable  iu  her,”  I  replied. 
“Anything  is  better  than  this  smoky, 
dirty place.  A girl  like that wants  sun­
shine and  freedom.’’

“ Well,  poor 

thing!  she  gets 

little 
enough of  either  now.  The  old  lady  is 
very  hard  upon  her,  Sister  Fiora  says. 
Seems  to  me  no  one  could  be  cross  to 
such  a little beauty.”

Of  course, 1  procured an introduction, 
and you may  be sure I made  the  most of 
my  time. 
I  never  worked  as  hard  to 
please  a  girl  before,  and  for  the  very 
first  time  I  found  myself  honestly  and
desperately in  love. 
I  put off my  voyage 
until I was ashamed to intrude any longer 
on my  friends:  besides,  Cellini  was urg­
ing my  return  by  every  post,  in  what  1 
thought  a  very  unreasonable  manner. 
Before leaving  Glasgow,  however,  I  had 
so far gained  her  confidence as to be  in­
trusted with a message to her mother and 
sister,  concerning  her  ill-treatment  and 
unhappiness.  They  were  all  living  at 
present  in  New  York  ami  she gave  me 
their address.

“ You may  have to go  up two  or three 
pairs of  stairs,  Mr.  Lyell,  for  mamma is 
very poor.  Do you  think  you cau climb 
so high for me?”

1  was  to  tell  her  mother  to  send  for 
aer at all  risk,  and to pay no attention to 
any  letters  that  might  apparently come 
from her,  for  they  were  all  dictated  by 
her grandmother,  and  were generally the 
antipodes of  her true feelings.

You may  be sure I  promised all  she  re­
quired.  Can you understand me?  I.  who 
had looked  with  suspicion  on  the smiles 
of the richest girls iu New  York—I,  who 
imagined  1 had  nothing  to  do  but  to 
choose and  have—was  actually afraid of 
this little, penniless, frontier girl, lest she 
should  say  “ No”  to  me.  Bidding  her 
good-bye,  1 asked for permission to write.
It  would  be  to  grandmamma.  She 

would get the letter, of course.

So 1  was  obliged to  leave her  without 
either  promise or  link  of  any  kind  be­
tween  us.  At our  parting  she  gave  me 
her  mother’s  address.  1  was  agreeably 
surprised to find it in  the same  street  as 
my own  rooms.  All  my auxiety was  now 
to get back  to New York.  1 thought con­
tinually of  her suffering the most unnat­
ural restraints  and  pining  for  her home 
and  friends,  but I  could do  nothing  for 
her release till 1 saw her mother.

Cellini  was  as  happy  as a child  when 
we grasped each other’s bands, and, to tell 
the  truth,  I  was  as  impatient  as  one

But just as  summer  was  coming,  and 
the town was beginning to thin, and there 
were nice  prospects of  long, quiet even­
ings with the Napiers, and  of  moonlight 
rides  in  the  Park,  Lily  came  home.  1 
went  down  to  Pier  No.  20  with  her 
mother and sister and Cellini to meet her, 
i and 1 noticed how the captain and officers 
gathered  round  her,  and  how  loth  they 
| were to part  with her,  and  bow she gave 
| a parting  word or  smile to  every  sailor 
she  passed  on  the  steamer.  Everyone 
! seemed to feel a little  shadow at  her de- 
I parture.  But I was in luck  now;  it was

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P A T E N T   R O L L E R   FL O U R .

S P E C IA L T IE S :

GRAHAM,  RYE  and  BUCKWHEAT 
GRANULATED  and  BOLTED  MEAL.

FLOUR,

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K e e p   Y o u r  P e e t   W o rm !

A R C T I C   S O C K S
HIRTH  &  KRAUSE,
Jobbers  of  Shoe  Store  Supplies.

For Sale  By

12 1 14  L p i  Ht., Grand  Rapids, 

Our Representatives ere all out Hustling for Orders with Ni w Lines of

Blank  Books,  Stationery,  Wrapping; Paper  anti  Twine.

V A L E N T I N E  S,
20-22  IVIooroe  St.
EÄT0N,  LYON  K 0 „  
Michael M  & Sod, one  of  the  oldest  and  most 

reliable wholesale
News,  speaking of
CLOTHING  MANURACTURBRS,

The  New York  Commercial 

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established  1838,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  says:
“The  clothing  industry  has  beeu  one 
of  the  leading  features  of  the  city  of 
Rochester for  many years.  Many of  the 
present  firms  began  business  iu  a very 
modest  way,  but  have  since  developed 
into  some of  the  leading  manufacturers 
in  the  country.  So  extensive is the  in­
dustry carried  ou  here  that a very large 
per  cent,  of  the  city’s  inhabitants  are 
supported  by  it.  Good  hands  can  get 
plenty of  work  and  demand a fair  com­
pensation  for  their  labor.  One of  the 
oldest firms  here engaged in the clothing 
trade is  that  of  Messrs.  Michael  Kolb 
i&  Son.  This  concern  was  established 
thirty-four years ago  by the senior mem­
ber of  the  firm,  and  has  enjoyed  a won­
derfully  successful  career.  They  have 
for  many  years  occupied 
large 
building  at  Nos.  135 and  137 North  St. 
Paul  street,  but  for want of  more  room 
and  improved  facilities  with  which  to 
better prosecute their extensive business 
they have  resolved  to erect a fine,  large 
building in  the  spring, consisting of  six 
stories  above  ground, 
two  basements, 
and  with a frontage of  seventy-two feet. 
The structure is to  he  an  imposing  one 
aud an  ornament to the  city,  and  one of 
which its owners  may  justly  feel  proud. 
As  a  further  evidence of  the  prosperity 
of  the clothing  manufacturers  Mr.  Kolb 
states  that  quite a number  are  contem­
plating building their own houses, which 
will  probably occur  during the  present 
year. 
In  this  respect,  however,  he  does 
not propose to be outdone.  The business 
with this house for the past year lias been 
all  that  could  be  desired.  Sales  have 
been  larger,  collections  easy,  and  their

their 

these  they  are  not  surpassed, 

! boobs  show a decided  increase  over  the 
! year  preceding.  The  outlook  for  the 
I present  is  ev.en  more  battering  than  it 
! has been for many  years past.  Although 
| they manufacture a general  line of goods 
their  specialty  consists of  a  fine  grade.
I In 
the 
strictest  attention  being  paid  to  every 
detail,  and  none  hut  the  most  skilled 
hands are employed in their manufacture.
I As  a  guarantee  of  the  most  thorough 
| workmanship and  finish  being  given  to 
goods  turned  out of  this  house,  it  may 
be stated that  the  senior  member of  the 
firm, Mr. Michael  Kolb, devotes his whole 
and  undivided  attention  to  the  manu­
facturing  department  of  the  establish­
ment,  he having  been a practical  man  in 
the  manufacturing  of  clothing,  and  is 
eminently  fitted to fill  so  important and 
responsible  a  position 
His  son,  Mr. 
Jacob  M  Kolb,  attends  to  the  business 
on  the  road. 
In  connection with  their 
manufacturing  they also do an extensive 
jobbing  trade,  but  principally  In  fine 
goods.  With  a long aud honorable career 
this  firm has  established  a  demand  for 
their  goods in almost  every State  iu  the 
Union,  aud  enjoy the  most implicit  con­
fidence  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom 
they have dealings.”

Mr. Tripp,  a clothing traveler says: 
“ Win. Connor—There  can  be  no diffi­
culty selling Kolb's goods, for they are as 
staple as flour,  and  that is why  you  sell 
so many.”
representative, 
William  Connor,  for  printed opinions of 
the  leading clothing  merchants in  Michi­
gan.

Write  our  Michigan 

W IN TER  CLOTHING -We  still  have  some  nice  ulsters,  overcoats  and  heavy 
weight  suits, salable  all  the  year  around.  Mail  orders  promptly attended to, or 
write  our  Michigan  agent,  William  Connor,  box  346,  Marshall,  Mich.;  also  1.  W. 
Morton,  of Big Rapids.  Mich.,  and look at our line,  learn our  prices, and judge for 
yourselves.

my turn to be in the sunshine, and 1 was 
determined to make it  my right  as  soon 
as possible.

All  summer I stayed in  town  because 
the  Napiers  did;  and I must  say  I have 
the  highest  opinion  of  New  York  as  a 
summer resort. 
I could get just as much 
fruit and ice  as  I  wanted;  I could  have 
company  when  I  desired  it,  and  peace 
when  I  wished  to  be  alone;  and, as  for 
the heat, it is my opinion  that New York 
is  ten  degrees  cooler  than  any  of  the 
fashionable watering-places.

During the summer Lily and  I came to 
understand one another;  and at its  close 
Cellini  and  Claudia  were  married,  and 
went to Italy for a couple of years.  You 
see, I  was  furnishing  my  house,  and  1 
needed so  many more pictures than I had 
that Cellini  was: able  to  realize  quite  a 
large sum of  money.  He had contracted 
a very good habit of working and saving, 
and Claudia was as practical and sensible 
as  she  was  beautiful,  and  bade  fair  to 
keep him up to  his  new position,  and  to 
supply  the  commercial  element,  which 
was lacking in her husband.

I  hear  a  great  deal  about  unhappy 
marriages,  and the failure of  the institu­
tion  altogether  to  supply  what  it  has 
done for ages,  the highest form of  peace 
and love to be found  on  earth,  but  l  do 
not believe a word of it.

It is  true I am  much  changed  since  1 
married,  but I think it is for  the  better, 
no matter what my companions say.

I attend better  to my  business;  I have 
improved  my 
raised  all  my  rents  and 
property. 
I do not  give any  more  wine 
parties, and I never go to the theater un­
less the  play  is  quite  proper,  and  I can 
have Lily by my  side.

My public parlors are full of  pictures, 
but you won’t see  the  two  crayon  heads 
among them.  They  adorn  the  walls  of 
our  private  sitting-room,  into  which  no 
stranger ever comes;  for it  seems  to  me 
out of  all good taste to  hang the faces of 
those  you  love  where  every  indifferent 
person may look upon and criticise them.
As  1  write  this,  the  bright,  inuocent 
face I have loved  from  my  first  glimpse 
of it looks down  on  me,  and I know  the 
sunshine  of  its  smile  brightens  all  the 
bouse and  all my life;  and,  as I hear  the 
timepiece  on  the  mantle  chiming  six 
o’clock,  I know that  very soon two light 
feet will  trip downstairs,  and two  white 
arms  will  clasp  my  neck, and  the  dear 
face  of  my “ Hebe”  will  nestle  close  to 
mine  and  whisper:  “Don’t  you  know 
dinner  is  waiting  for  you,  you 
lazy 
darling?”  Though  that is a very  prosaic 
ending to my story,  it is one  that  stands 
a  good  many  trials,  and  is,  after  all,  a 
very solid  and  enjoyable  close to a con­
tented,  happy  day.

Amelia E.  Barr.

The  Law  of Competition.

From  the Shoe and Leather Gazette.

There are public rights involved in the 
untrammeled  exercise  of competition  in 
trade which are being somewhat abridged 
by  the  tendency  of  the  times  towards 
trusts and combinations.  Labor first or­
ganized  for  its  own  protection,  and  in 
the victories it  won it taught its employ­
ers the value of combination.
There is a vague and undefined princi­
ple of the law known  to the courts as the 
principle  of  public  policy,  and  under 
this  principle  many  contracts  are  de­
clared  to  be  void,  which  tend  in  their 
effect toward  the abridgment of full  and 
free competition.
A recent decision of  this  nature  arose 
over a price  fixed  by  a  combination  of 
manufacturers,organized for the purpose 
of making and  maintaining the  price  of

THE  MICHIQAN  TRADESMAN.

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I
the goods  they  manufactured.  A  mer- I 
chant ordered  some of the  goods from  a | 
wholesale dealer, and  when  the bill  fol- | 
lowed  he  allowed  suit  to  be  brought | 
thereon.  Where  goods  are  purchased I 
without an  agreement  as to  their  price, | 
there is an implied  agreement to pay for 
them their  reasonable  worth  and value, 
and the market price  is usually accepted 
as the measure of the value. 
In the case 
referred  to,  however,  the  court  refused 
to  accept the  price  fixed  by a  combina­
tion  which excluded all competition,hold­
ing that,  as competition is one  of the  es­
sential  factors  in  regulating  what  is 
commonly accepted as  a market price,  a 
price  arrived  at  without  that  element 
could  not  be accepted  as binding  upon 
one  who  had  not  agreed  to it.  And  a 
judgment  was  rendered  for  what  was 
shown to  be a  reasonable  value  for  the 
goods.
If the  principle upon  which  the  deci­
sion  rests 
is  generally  adopted by  the 
courts,  it will  revolutionize the  business 
methods of  the  day.  Centralization  has 
come so  rapidly,  and  spread  so  widely, 
that,if the prices fixed by pools and com­
binations  organized  solely  for  the  pur­
pose  of  making  and  maintaining  rates 
are  to  be  denied  enforcement 
in  the 
courts,  a  radical  chauge  of  business 
methods  will  follow.
But there is a  limit to the  application 
of  the  principle.  Another  court  not 
long  since  decided  in  the  case of  two 
railways  which had  entered into a  pool­
ing  agreement,  that  it  was  not against 
public  policy for  such  a contract  to  be 
made,  provided  that the  purpose was  to 
prevent  ruinous  competition and  main­
tain rates  not in  themselves  inadequate 
or excessive. 
It will  be  seen,  however, 
that the decision rests,  practically,  upon 
the same  principle—that of  public  poli­
It is  for the  benefit  of  the  public 
cy. 
that railroads run,  and a contract having 
for 
its  object  the  preservation  of  the 
roads  without  entailing  undue  burdens 
upon  the  people  cannot  be  said  to  be 
against public policy.
The  principle of  the  law  of competi­
tion may be said  to be that any  interfer­
ence  with  competition  which  tends  to 
make the commodities  sought  to be  con­
trolled cost more  than they  would  with­
out  such  invalid  contract,  while  such 
regulation  of  destructive  competition 
may be necessary for the preservation  of 
commerce,  is  valid.  But  the courts will 
look with very jealous eyes upon all con­
tracts in restraint of competition.
The  Deadly  Cold  Bed.

If trusty statistics  could  be had of  the 
number of persons who die every year or 
become permanently diseased  from sleep­
ing  in  damp  or  cold  beds,  they  would 
probably  be  astonishing and  appalling. 
It is a peril  that constantly  besets  trav­
eling men,  and if they are wise they will 
invariably  insist  on  having  their  beds 
aired and dried,  eveu at the risk of caus­
ing much  trouble to their landlords.  But, 
according to  Good  Housekeeping,  it  is  a 
peril that  resides  also in  the home,  and 
the cold  “spare room”  has slain its thou­
sands of  hapless  guests,  and  will  go  on 
with its slaughter untill people learn  wis­
dom.  Not only the  guest,  but the  fami­
ly,  often suffer the penalty of sleeping in I 
cold rooms and chilling their bodies,  at a 
time  when 
they  need  all  their  bodily 
heat,  by  getting  between  cold  sheets. 
Even  in  warm  summer weather a  cold, 
damp bed will get in its deadly work.  It 
is  a  needless  peril,  and  the  neglect  to 
provide dry rooms  and beds has in  it the 
elements of murder and suicide.

It is  a well-known  fact  that birds  en­
joy  much longer  terms  ot  life  than  do 
mammals.  Hesiod  and  Pliny  both  tell 
us of rooks  that lived  to the  patriarchal 
age of  700  years,  and  that the  average 
life of a raven  was 240  years.  How  far 
this was correct we cannot determine.  It 
is  well  known  that  they  outlive  man; 
while  swans  have  been  known  to  live 
200  years,  chaffinches  and  nightingales 
have  been  kept  in  confinment  for  40 
years.  Girardin  tells  us  that he  had  a 
heron for 52  years,  and  that he knew  of 
two  storks that built  their  nests  in  the 
same place for forty years.

Use Tradesman  or  Superior Coupons.

BEFORE  AND  AFTER.

Experience  o f  a  Live  Firm  w ith  the  Coupon

System .

F   Goodman  &  Co.,  dealers  in  general  m erchandise  a t  B urnip’s  Corners,  re­

cently issued th e  following circulars to th eir custom ers:

BEFO BE  USIN G .

Burnip’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 
mouths 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  their  coupon 
books.
7.  They will know by the date of issue, 
endorsed on the cover of the book,  when 
coupons are to be paid for.
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 B °U S IN G .

Burnip’s Corners,  Nov.  25—We have 
been  gradually  eudeavoring  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.  Goodman & Co.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

Sole Manufacturers,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

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AMONG THE  TRADE.
ABOTJKD THE  STATE.

THE  MICTHOAIST  TRADESMAN
Muskegon—W.  R.  Ford  has  sold  his 
meat market  on  Peck  street  to Nannen- 
berg & Kamhout,  who  will  continue the 
business at the same location.

§1,000,000  and  that  Mr.  Hammond  de­
ceived him as to its true value.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Bellaire—W.  J.  Mills  has  opened  a 

clothing store here.

Gladwin—D.  Mills succeeds D.  & J.  B. 

Mills in general trade.

Saginaw—H.  V.  Hughes  has  sold  his 

grocery stock to C.  F.  Alderton.

Nashville—A.  E.  Knight  has sold  his I 

jewelry stock to C. E. Goodwin.

Bellaire—Miss  E. White  is  proprietor 

of the bazaar recently opened here.

Millington—Chas.  Clough  succeeds

Forrester & Clough in general  trade.

Jonesville—Powers Bros, succeed Pow­

ers & Lewis in the clothing business.

Manistee—Wm.  Miller  succeeds  Wm. 

Miller & Co.  in the  hardware business.

Lansing—H.  K.  Graves  succeeds Peck 

& Graves in the confectionery  business.

Negaunee—H. G.  Heisler  has  sold  his 
restaurant  and  fruit  business to Joseph 
Cox.

Gladwin—McCormick  &  Foutch  suc­
ceeds Enoch  Roberts in the grocery busi­
ness.

Bellaire—Mrs. T. R. Dunson, millinery, 
has  disposed of  her  stock  to  Mrs. A. J. 
Childs.

Owosso—Donnigon  &  Roberts  have 
disposed of their meat business  to  Kells 
& Pratt.

Port  Hope—Annie  D.  (Mrs.  W.  H.) 
Luety has sold her  general  stock to Beck 
& Holestein.

Ann  Arbor—C.  A.  Maynard  is  suc­
ceeded  by Maynard & Foote in  the  gro­
cery  business.

Iron  Mountain—Hastings  &  Hancock 
are  succeeded  by  Hancock  & Co.  in the 
meat business.

Morenei—Crookston & Morgan succeed | 
Mary A.  (Mrs.  Frank)  Crookston  in  the 
grocery business.

Whittmore—Louis  Landsberg  is  clos­
ing out his clothing, furnishing goods and I 
boot and shoe stock.

Cass  City—J.  W.  McArthur  &  Co.  an­
nounce  their  intention of  retiring  from 
general trade April  1.

Grattan—J.  D .  Myers,  formerly in  the 
hotel business at this  place, is now in the 
same line at Greenville.

Bellaire—A.  E.  Webster,  from  Brant­
ford,  Ontario,  has  recently  opened  in 
the jewelry business here.

Burlington—Martin  French  succeeds 
French Bros.  & Co.  in the  hardware  and 
agricultural implement business.

Remus—D.  Horton,  for  a  number  of 
years  in  the  grocery  business  at  this 
place,  has removed to Grand Rapids.

Baldwin—R.  E.  Esterling,  who  was 
formerly  in  the  hotel  business here, is 
now  in the same line  at  Chehalis,  Wash.
Pearl—Geo.  H.  Smith,  general dealer, 
has granted a chattel mortgage of §197 to 
the  Ball-Barnhart-Putmau  Co.,  of Grand 
Rapids.

Detroit—Friedenberg &  Speck, dealers 
in  tailors’ 
trimmings,  have  dissolved, 
Rudolph  Friendeberg  continuing  the 
business.

Edmore—H. Sackett  has  sold  his  gro­
cery  stock to Otis  Richards,  formerly of 
the grocery  firm of Satterlee & Richards, 
at St.  Louis.

Manistee—Crow Bros,  have  bought the 
furniture stock  of  H.  W.  Jentoft  & Co. ! 
and  will  continue  the  business  at  the | 
same location.

Muskegon—J.  O.  Jeannot  &  Co.’s  tea 
store  was  lately  damaged  by  fire  and 
water to the extent of §2,000.  Loss  ful­
ly eovered by insurance.

Fremont — Charles  E. Pearson,  senior 
partner of  Pearson  Bros.  & Co., recently 
succeeded  that  firm.  He  will  in  the 
future conduct the business individually.
Bellaire—F.  A.  Cook  &  Co.,  in  the 
hardware business here for several years, 
have  sold  their  stock  to  Ira  A. Adams 
and  Elmer  Swift, who will  continue the 
business.

Richland—J.  H.  Halliday, formerly in 
the harness business at Hickory Corners, 
but  more  recently  in  the  employ of  A. 
A. Aldrich,  of  that  place,  has  opened  a 
shop here.

Bronson—C. A.  Bartlett  has  sold  his 
lumber yard and business toO. B. Nichols 
and  Warren Boughton, who will continue 
the  business  under  the  firm  name  of 
Nichols & Boughton.

Holland—Bosman  Bros.,  composed  of 
William  and John  Bosman,  is the  style 
of  the  new firm  which  succeeds  to  the 
clothing  business formerly carried on  by 
their father, J. W. Bosman.

Allegan—The drug stock and  business 
good-will of the late H.  P.  Dunning have 
been bought by Plin M. Grice and Ed.  M. 
Gay,  who will contiuue the  business un­
der the style of Grice & Gay.

Sebewa—Peter F.  Knapp has  removed 
his general  stock to West Sebewa,  where 
he has formed a copartnership  with Mr. 
Alleman and will  continue  the  business 
under the style of Knapp & Alleman.

Conklin—Norman  Harris,  who  for  a 
number  of  years  conducted  a  general 
store at Big  Springs,  is now in the  same 
line  here,  having  purchased  the store at 
this place  formerly occupied by the  late 
V. Sinz.

McBrides — Carpenter,  Foote  &  Co., 
general  dealers,  have  dissolved.  The 
business  will  be  continued  by  W.  A. 
Carpenter and  F.  D.  and G.  S.  Hyde—all 
of  this  place—under the  style of  W. A. 
Carpenter & Co.

Bellaire—Schoolcraft & Co.,  dry  goods 
and  grocery dealers of  this  place,  have 
executed  a  chattel  mortgage  on  their 
stock  for  §1,127.37 in favor of  Spring & 
Co., the  Olney & Judson  Grocer  Co.  and 
the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.,  all  of 
Grand Rapids.

Muskegon—The  new  manager  of  the 
Leahy  Company  is  James  Mulder,  a 
wide-awake young business man who has 
been in the dry goods business in this city 
for a long time and possesses an extensive 
acquaintance and an intimate knowledge 
of the needs of  the  Muskegon  public in 
the dry goods  line.

Otsego—Bertha  Wolff,  grocery  dealer, 
has  granted  on  her  stock  chattel mort­
gages aggregating §2,700.  Her husband, 
Gabriel,  appears  to  have  had  entire 
charge of  the business.  He  was  unsuc­
cessful here  in  1885,  as a partner  in  the 
firm  of  Norton &  Wolff,  whose  memory 
and unsettled accounts are thought  to  be 
still among  the possessions  of  their  nu­
merous creditors.

Detroit—M. M.  Towle,  of Chicago, was 
a  partner  of  the  late  George  H.  Ham­
mond in  the meat packing  business,  but 
sold out his interest to the  latter in  1882 
for §250,000.  He was  perfectly satisfied 
then,  but when  he discovered  that Ham­
mond died worth §3,000,000 to §4,000,000, 
he made up his mind that he should have 
received more.  He has, therefore, begun 
suit against the  Hammond  estate  on the 
ground that the share he sold was  worth

Bay City—J.  G.  Meyer is succeeded  by 
Meyer  &  Russell  in the  manufacture of 
mattresses.

Marquette—E.  L.  Fraser,  whose  saw­
mill  in  this city is almost completed,  has 
begun to receive  logs  by  rail  from  his 
camps near Kitchi.

Marquette—The Cleveland Sawmill Co. 
has  a  small camp in near  Saucks  Head, 
and  is  cutting  the  timber  from  eight 
forties, the pine being scattering.

Cadillac—Both of the Cobbs & Mitchell 
sawmills  are  now running,  and  are cut­
ting about 100,000  feet a day. 
.They  are 
putting in 3,000,000 feet for next season’s 
cut.

South  Haven—F.  W.  Conger,  F.  S. 
Morgan and  P.  Gallagher  have formed a 
copartnership under the style of the Fruit 
and  Vinegar  Pickling  Co.  and  will 
actively engage in business  another  sea­
son.

Grattan — Slayton  &  Elkins,  wagon 
makers  at  this  place,  whose  shop  was 
recently destroyed by fire, have dissolved 
partnership.  Slayton enters the  employ 
of  others  here  and  Elkins  goes to Har­
vard.

Detroit—The Detroit  Brake Beam  Co., 
capital  stock  §150,000,  has  been  incor­
porated  by  Robert C.  Moody, Cleveland; 
George  Fuller,  St.  Paul,  and  Frederick 
H.  Seymour  and  Thomas  H.  Simpson, 
Detroit.

Bellaire—J.  L.  Hisey,  who  is  head 
miller for  Smith & Jackson, of  Baldwin, 
has opened a flour  and feed  store at this 
place.  His  father  is  understood  to  be 
the company and will have charge of  the 
business.

Scottville—Dr.  E.  P.  Thomas has  mer­
ged his patent medicine  business  into  a 
stock  company  under  the  style  of  the 
Hartzell Medicine Co.  The new corpora­
tion has  a  capital  stock  of  §20,000,  of 
which §7,000 is paid in.

Alpena  —  During  1891  George  N. 
Fletcher & Sons  manufactured  6,839,071 
pounds  of  sulphite  wood  pulp,  an  in­
crease of 438  tons  over  the  product  of 
1890.  The factory  runs  night  and  day. 
Spruce timber is mainly used.

Cadillac — H.  W.  Miller  &  Son,  of 
Millersville, are cutting a quantity of pine 
logs in the township of Antioch, and will 
have  them  hauled  to  Patrick’s  Siding, 
where  they  will  be  shipped  over 
the 
Toledo & Ann Arbor Railway.

Alpena—The Alpena Spool Co., for the 
manufacture and sale of spools,  has been 
organized by Geo.  L.  Waltz,  of  Detroit, 
and John Nicholson,  Abram  R.  Blakely, 
Charles W.  Trask  and  W.  F.  Dennison, 
of Alpena.  Authorized capital,  §25,000.
Detroit—Boydell  Bros,  and  Higgins  & 
Taepke have  merged their  business into 
a  stock  company under  the  style of  the 
Boydell  Bros.  White  Lead and  Color Co. 
The capital stock of  the new corporation 
is §250,000 of  which  §161,000 is paid  in.
Mount  Pleasant — John  E.  Zank  has 
repurchased  of  Schoner  &  Green  the 
merchant tailoring business he conducted 
previous  to  his removal  to  Greenville. 
He will  return to this  place and  resume 
possession of the business about March 1.
Cadillac—John  A.  Harkins  has  begun 
to  haul  the  400,000  feet  of  pine  logs 
which  he  has been  cutting  for Cummer 
& Son.  The  logs  are  hauled  to  Boon, 
where they are loaded on cars and brought 
to Cadillac over the Toledo & Ann  Arbor 
Railway.

Ludington—The  Cartier  Lumber  Co., 
to manufacture and sell  lumber and  deal 
in  general merchandise,  has been  organ­
ized by Antoine E. Cartier, Ely E. Cartier, 
Warren A. Cartier and George B. Cartier, 
all  of  Ludington.  Authorized  capital, 
subscribed by the above named, §200,000.
Port Huron—The Cooley-Gould  Manu­
facturing Co.,  to engage in a wood-work- 
ing  business,  has  been  organized  by II. 
Gould, John L. Gould and James W. Tait, 
Lexington; Henry W.  Cooley,  Edward  F. 
Percival, Charles  Wellman and  Thomas 
Wellman,  Port Huron.  Authorized capi­
tal, §15,000.

Hastings—At  the  annual  meeting  of 
the Hastings  Chair and Table Co.,  it was 
decided to increase the capital stock from 
§20,000  to  §32,000.  The  following  gen­
tlemen were  chosen as directors  for  the 
ensuing  year:  Thos.  S. Brice,  Dr.  D.  E. 
Fuller,  Robert  Dawson,  Clement  Smith, 
Arthur  Brown,  A.  E.  Kenaston  and  D. 
W. Rogers.

Use Trades rruwijt'o upon Books.

THE  WALSH-DE R00  MILLING

Proprietors  of  STANDARD  ROLLER  MILLS,

CO.,

D a ily   C a p a c ity . 

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B R A N D S : 

SUNLIGHT, Fancy  Roller Pat. 
DAISY,  Roller Patent. 
PURITY, 
do.
IDLEVYILD,  do.
Morning Star,  Rol. Straigh 
do. 
DAILY  BREAD, 
MAGNOLIA, Family.

S P E C IA L T IE S :

G raham ,

W heatena, 

Rye F lour,

W heat G rits,

B uckw heat  F lour, 

Rye G raham , 
Bolted  Meal 

HESS

P earl Barley,
Feed aud Meal.

R olled  Oats 

CORr I s PONDENCE

SOLICITED.

P E R K I N S   So
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

D E A L E R S  IN

N OS.  18 2   a n d   18 4   L O U IS   S T R E E T ,  G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H IG A N . 

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

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

C.  E.  Herrington  succeeds  Lester  B. 

Markham in the bakery business.

O. F. Conklin has closed out his general 
stock  at  Kent  City  and  discontinued 
business at that place.

Peter  Yolkers  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  2 Grove  street.  The Ball-Barn- 
hart-Putman Co.  furnished the stock.

C.  C.  Dunham & Co., grocers  on South 
Division street,  have removed their stock 
to Cadillac and re-engaged in business at 
that place.

J .  F.  Seymour,  grocer at  the  corner of 
Hall and South Division streets, has sold 
his  stock  to D.  Horton, formerly  in  the 
same line at  Itemus.  The  newproprie- 
tor will continue the  business at  the old 
stand.

Ben  Rankans,  who  has  conducted  a 
grocery,  hardware  and  patent  medicine 
business at Lamont for several years, has 
sold  his stock of  hardware and medicine 
to John Gunstra and removed his grocery 
stock  to  this  city,  locating  at  469  East 
street. 

________________

Fred Behl,  who  recently sold  his bak­
ery business at the corner of West Bridge 
and  Scribner  streets  to  a  man  named 
Markham,  by whom  the business was re­
sold to a man named Herrington,  has  re­
purchased the business and resumed pos­
session.

At the  annual  meeting  of  the  Hazel- 
tine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.,  Dr.  Chas.  S. 
Ilazeltine, Cornelius Crawford and  M.  S. 
Goodman were re-elected directors of the 
corporation.  The  officers  remain  the 
same as  before:  President,  C.  S.  Hazel- 
tine:  Vice-President,  C.  Crawford;  Sec­
retary and Treasurer,  M.  S.  Goodman.

Grand  Rapids  will  have  a  hat,  cap, 
glove and commission clothing  house by 
August 1,  at which time the firm of  Con­
nor & Giddings  will begin business  at 24 
Pearl  street.  The  firm  is  composed  of 
Wm. Connor,  who has covered the Michi­
gan trade many  years for  Marshall Kolb 
& Son, of Rochester,  and A.  J.  Giddings, 
who  is  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the 
Palmer  Shirt  Co.  Mr.  Connor  will  not 
retire  from  the road until the end of  the 
year, when  he  will  remove  to  the  city 
from  Marshall  and devote his entire time 
to the business of  the new house.

At the  annual  meeting  of  the  Telfer 
Spice Co.,  held  last Wednesday  evening, 
H.  O.  F.  Conklin,  Henry  Idema  and 
Peter Laukester  were  elected  directors 
of  the  corporation.  Mr.  Conklin  was 
subsequently  elected  President,  Treas­
urer  and  General Manager  of  the com­
pany,  Messrs.  Idema and  Lankester con­
tinuing in  their former  positions as Vice- 
President  and  Secretary,  respectively. 
Mr. Telfer will  remain  with  the  house 
until Feb.  1,  when he removes to Detriot 
to take a  partnership  interest  with  W. 
J.  Gould & Co.

W.  A.  Austin recently sold his grocery 
stock,  at  Montague,  to  the  Herren  Gro­
cery  &  Stock  Co.,  of  the  same  place, 
whereupon  the I.  M.  Clark  Grocery  Co. 
endeavored to replevin some goods which 
had been taken in  only a day  or two  be­
fore the  sale.  The  Herren  Co. circum­
vented this attempt by keeping the goods 
locked  up,  when  the  attorney  levied on 
Austin’s farm  on  the  ground that  a  re­
cent transfer to his wife was fraudulent. 
Other creditors have been satisfied by as­
signments of  book  accounts,  tranfers  of 
real estate,  etc. 

Settlement  Offered  by  the  American 

Wheel  Company.

K a l a m a z o o ,  Jan.  18—It is understood 
that the  American  Wheel  Company  has 
made a proposition for a settlement  with 
its creditors which is substantially as fol­
lows:  The  Company  agrees  to  pay  in 
full the claims  of  all  its  creditors with 
the  understanding  that  the  payments 
shall be 10 per centum of the full amount 
on or before March 1.  1892; 10 per centum 
on or  before July 1,  1892;  10 per centum 
on or before Nov.  1,  1892;  10 per centum 
on or before March 1,  1893; 10 per centum 
on or before Sept.  1,  1893;  10 per centum 
on or before Jan.  1,  1894;  10  per centum 
on or before March 1,1894; 10 per centum 
on or before Sept.  1,  1894;  10 per centum 
on or before March 1,1895; 10 per centum 
on or before Sept.  1,  1895.  This offer  is 
saddled  by certain  conditions,  however. 
One  is  that  the  first  payment,  that  of 
March  1,  1892,  shall be in cash, while the 
remaining  nine  payments  shall  be  the 
promissory notes of the American Wheel 
Company bearing date  of  March 1,  1892, 
with  interest  at  6  per cent,  per  annum 
and the interest  of  all  notes  remaining 
unpaid accruing  as  each  note  matures. 
These settlement notes  are to be secured 
by a mortgage on all  the property of  the 
company. 
In this settlement all  claims 
in which  the American Wheel  Company 
is  liable,  either  as  principal  or  other­
wise,  are included,  and  creditors  having 
securities or  bolding  commercial  paper 
executed  by  other  persons 
the 
Wheel  Company  upon  which  the  Com­
pany is liable as  endorser,  guarantor,  or 
otherwise,  may retain the same as collat­
eral security for the payment of their re­
spective settlement notes.  All collateral 
notes and securities are to be surrendered 
by the creditors  on  the  full payment  of 
the settlement notes and all moneys paid 
on  collaterals shall be applied as credits 
on the notes of  settlement.  The Illinois 
Trust and  Savings  Bank  of  Chicago  is 
named as trustee for the creditors.
This proposition will  be held open un­
til March 1. 
It will be  formally  consid­
ered  by the creditors at a called meeting, 
to beheld at Indianapolis this week.

than 

Purely Personal.

Chas.  F.  Sears,  the  Rockford  general 

dealer,  was in town last Thursday.

Albert  Kent,  general  dealer  at  Kent- 
ville,  was in town  a  couple  of days  last 
week.

A.  S.  Doak  has  returned  from  Coati- 
cooke,  Quebec,  where  he  buried  his 
mother.

Lee Deuel, the  Bradley general dealer, 
was  in  town  last  Thursday,  calling  on 
his  numerous  friends  of  the  jobbing 
trade.

Homer Klap has  engaged to  represent 
the Union Credit Co.  in the city as solici­
tors and collector.  Mr.  Klap is an  ener­
getic fellow and deserves success.

H.  F.  Hastings  has 

left  Colorado 
Springs  and 
is  now  at  Los  Angeles, 
having  joined  the  Grand  Rapids  party 
bound for California at Los Vegas.

Fred H.  Ball  and wife  are  pleasantly 
located  for  the  winter  at  the  Princess 
Hotel,  Hamilton,  Bermuda.  Recent com­
munications from there contain the pleas­
ing intelligence  that  his  health  is  very 
much improved.

Financial Matters.

Thomas Lyon & Co.  have  merged their 
private bank at Homer into a State  bank 
under  the  style  of  the  Farmers’  State 
Bank of Homer.

Shelby ville—Deuel & Meredith are log­
ging  the  pine  on the  Balch  tract, three 
miles east of  this place.  They expect to 
secure 500,000 feet, which is being drawn 
to this place and will be cut in the firm’s 
i mill here.  The firm has  another tract of 
100,000  feet,  which it will  cut  next  sea- 
I son, thus winding up the cutting of  pine 
i in Allegan county.
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C H A R A C T E R   IN   C L O T H E S .

Two men of equal  means  will  patron­
ize  the  same  tailor  and  furnisher,  the 
same  hatter  and  shoemaker,  and  yet 
the  results  will  be  as  utterly  different 
as though  the  two  were  born  in  remote 
continents and a century apart.

There  is  the  man  whose  necktie  or 
scarfstrap  always  crawls  up  his  collar 
and shows above his coat; no matter how 
much he pays for his neckwear it always 
insists upon making itself painfully con­
spicuous.  This  person  will  invariably 
be found  socially  obtuse  and  lacking  in 
quick perceptive qualities. 
I  have  seen 
many learned chemists, many a  profouud 
Greek scholar,  whose necktie was always
crawling up his collar,  but never a book­
maker,  a bunco steerer, a smart drummer, 
a comedian or a caricaturist.

I  never  saw  an  earnest  worker,  or  a 
man who had  real  and  serious  duties  to 
perform,  who  wore  a  hat  too  small  for 
him.

Many  great  lawyers  and  statesmen, 
cranky but  shrewd  speculators,  popular 
preachers  and  history-making  generals 
and editors wear hats too large  for  them 
—sometimes so large that they  act as ex­
tinguishers and are stopped in their down­
ward course only by the projection of the 
ears; but I never saw one who wore a hat 
too  small,  perched  upon  the  top  of  his 
head. 
Indeed,  I might assert as a  possi- 
tive fact that,  save in cases of dire neces­
sity,  such  as  shipwrecks  or  utter  and 
hopeless  poverty,  the  man  who  wears a 
hat too small  for him is a silly, frivolous, 
conceited creature,  with no serious ideas 
on any subject and only the most flippant 
and shallow views of life and  its  obliga­
tions.  Even  among  tramps  and  vaga­
bonds, the fellow with the “dinky”  Der­
by balanced  upon  his  mop  of  unkempt 
hair is  the  most  hopeless  wreck  among 
his class;  while there  is  always  a  gleam 
of intelligence,  a  spark  of  hope,  in  the 
tramp whose hat is too large for him.

The man  who wears a slope-shouldered 
coat when the resources of  the  sartorian 
profession are at his command,  and  who 
is not driven into any  garment  that  fate 
may happen to send,  is never a vigorous, 
masculine  creature.  He  may  be  large 
and strong,  he may even  be  an  athlete, 
but the manly habit of mind is never his. 
Of course he will seldom be found brutal 
or pugnacious, and he may  often  have  a 
most delicate and refined  taste in matters 
of art; his manners may be the perfection 
of punctilious courtesy;  but be will never 
put down a mutiny or  save  anyone  from 
drowning  or  rescue  maidens  or  infants 
from  burning buildings.

Large  flat  shoes  are  always  called 
“sensible.”  Doubtless they are so.  Yet 
no alert, sharp and clever person,  no one 
intellectually  or  physically wide-awake 
and “snappy,”  wears  a  large,  flat  shoe. 
You may say that the feet must  regulate 
the size and  form  of  the  shoe,  but  you 
are wrong; the  man  who  has  broad,  flat 
feet made them so by his  habit  of  mind. 
Most  quiet, 
thoughtful  persons  have 
large,  flat feet.  Great-hearted,  big men, 
whom  women  either  befool  or  pet  and 
take care of, are men with large flat feet. 
The  small  footed  man  neither  inspires 
lasting and solid affection,  nor  is  he,  on 
the other band, made the victim of shrewd 
and heartless women.

A man makes  his  own  feet.  Just  re­
member  how  natty  and  small  your  feet 
were when you went courting  Amelia  or 
Clara,  and  bow  splay  they  are  now  in 
your easy slippers as you sit before  Mrs.  I

Amelia  or  Clara  at  the  breakfast  table, 
surrounded by little Tommy, little Amelia 
and  the  rest  of  the  young  brood.  You 
don’t care a fig  now  what  number  shoes 
you  wear,  as  long  as  your  corns  don’t 
trouble you.  Consequently, you go slop­
ping through life in shoes made on a No. 
9 common-sense  last,  and  are  ready  to 
see the shoemaker and go  him one better 
if  you  feel  a  little  pressure  anywhere. 
Well, some  men  are  born  in  this  condi­
tion of mind which time and  domesticity 
have brought to you,  and such men  have 
big feet all their lives.

Then,  there  are  certain  collars  and 
certain neckties which indicate the char­
acter of the  wearer  as  accurately  as  the 
facial angle or the thickness  of  the  lips. 
The man  who  wears  a  turn-down  collar 
of a particular  sort, with a made-up bow 
fastened by a loop of elastic to his  collar 
button,  is  never  vain  or  anxious  to  at­
tract attention.  This style  of  neckwear 
is  a  positive  bid  for  modest  obscurity, 
and says as  plainly  as  words:  “ I  dress 
simply to clothe  my  nakedness  and  not 
to adorn my person and I hold in contempt 
all  who  view  clothing  from  any  other 
standpoint.”

Such a person would rather tie  a  strip 
of  red  flannel  about  his  Jliroat,  pin  his 
coat  together  across  his  chest  or  wear 
his trousers all tattered and  torn than be 
seen abroad in one of those  flashy  scarfs 
which vulgarity  delights  in.  He  would 
rather spend  a month in jail than wear a 
choker  collar and a red necktie.
A flippant  society  novelist  once  spoke 
of “the sort of man  that wears a Panama 
hat.” And,  indeed,  though the expression 
was used contemptuously by  the feather­
brained writer,  it is  a  positive  brand  of 
certain  social  qualities  to  wear  one  of 
those wonderful products of the patience 
and  industry  of  the  South  American 
natives. 

K a t e   F i e l d s .

Silling Corset Co’s

Greatest  Seller  on Earth!

Dr.

FRENCH

8HÄPE
"JL”

Send for Illustrated  Catalogue.  See  price list 

in  th is journal.
SCHILLING  CORSET  CO.,

D etroit, Mich, and Chicago, 111.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Current.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

8*

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BLEACHED  C0TT0H8.

A driatic
“  Arrow B rand  504 
Argyle  .....................   6*6
“  W orld W ide..  7
A tlanta A A ...............6%
L L ..................  5
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A tlantic  A ................ 7
Pull T ard W ide....... 6i4
H ...........
Georgia  A ................ ¿X
... 6 *
p ........
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H onest W idth...........63£
... 6«
H artford A  ..............   5
D ...........
L L ...........
Indian H ead ............   7X
... 554
King A  A .................. 654
A m ory...................
A rchery  B u n tin g ...  4 
King E U....................  5
B eaver Dam  A A ..  554 
Law rence  L L .........  5X
B lackstone O, 32
M adras cheese cloth or
Black Crow ...............654  N ew m arket  G ...........  6
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Black  Rock  ............ 7 
B
554
Boot,  A L ..................  7X 
N.
654
C apital  A ..................554 
DD.
554
C avanat  V ................   554 
X .........7
Chapm an cheese cl.  33i|Noibe R . ..................  5
Clifton  C R ..............   554¡Our Level  B est....... 654
Com et.........................7  O xford  R ....................   654
D w ight S tar..............  754 P eq u o t........................  754
Clifton C C C .............  654 S olar...........................  654
¡Top of th e  H eap__ 754
ABC.  .
Geo. Washington...  8
Amazon.
Glen M ills................  7
A m sbnrg................... 7
Gold  M edal..............   754
A rt  C am bric............10
Green  T icket...........854
G reat F a lls ................  6)4
Blackstone  A À.......  8
H ope...........................   754
Beats A ll...................   454
B oston.......................12
J u s t  O ut.......   43i@  5
C abot..........................  7
King  P h illip .............  754
Cabot,  % ...  .............654
OP.......  754
C harter  O ak.............554
Lonsdale Cam bric. .1054
54|Lonsdale.............  @  854
Conway W 
Cleveland
M iddlesex..........  @  5
D w ight A nchor....... 834 No N am e......................  754
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shorts.  834 Oak  V iew ..................  G
Edw ards....................   6  Our O w n...................   554
Em pire.......................  7  Pride of th e W est.. .12
F arw ell......................  734 R osalind...................... 754
F ru it of th e  Loom.  8541 S unlight.....................  454
F itchville
F irst P rize..................654
F ru it of th e Loom %.
Fai ¡mount............... 454
F u ll V alue..................  634 
Cabot..........................  734[DwIght A nchor
F arw ell....................... 8 
UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
T rem ontN ................   554  M iddlesex No.  1___10
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H am ilV 'nN ...............  654 
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3  ...12
L ............... 7 
Middlesex A T ......... 8 
“  7 ....18
“  8....1 9
X .............9 
■ 
No. 2 5 ....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

U tica  M ills........... 854
N onpareil  ..11
V Jnyard.................  854
W hite  H orse..........  6

“  Rock.
HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

• 854
.. 9

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H am ilton N __ .. . .   754 M iddlesex A A .........11
.. . .   8
M iddlesex P T.
2......... 12
. . . .   9
A  T.
A O .........1354
....  9
X  A.
4.........1754
X  F .
5.........16
...1054
CARPE1 WARP.
Peerless,  white.
Integrity, colored.. .21
....18
colored__ 2054  W hite S tar.................185
In teg rity ................... 1854
H am ilton 

colored. .21.20

DRESS  GOODS.

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G G  C ashm ere.........21
Nameless  .................16
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.25
•2754
.30
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CORSETS.

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PRINTS.

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CORSET  JEANS.

C oraline.........................89 50
W o n d e rfu l................... 84 50
Schilling’s ...................  9 Of
B righton..........................4 75
Davis  W a ists.......  9 00
Bortree’s ......................  9 00
A bdom inal..............15 00
G rand  R ap id s......... 4  50
A rm ory......................  634
N aum keag satteen ..  754
A ndroscoggin...........754
Rock port................... 654
B ld d e fo ra................   6
Conestoga....................634
B runsw ick................654
W alw o rth .................  634
A llen turkey  red s..  5541 Berw ick fan cies__   54
robes............   554 Clyde  R obes.............  5
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pink & purple  654  C harter Oak fancies 454
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b u f f s ..............  6  D elM arine cashm 's. 6
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pink  checks.  554 
m onrn’g 6
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s ta p le s ...........  554  Eddystone  fa n c y ... 6
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chocolat  6
s h irtin g s ...  334 
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A m erican  fa n c y __ 554 
ro b e r___  6
sateens..  6
A m erican indigo__ 55a 
A m erican sh irtin g s.  334  Hamilton fancy.  ...  6
s ta p le ___554
A rgentine  G ray s...  6 
A nchor S h irtin g s...  45a  M anchester  fan cy ..  6 
A rnold 
new  era.  6
A rnold  M erino. . . .   6  M errim ack D fancy.  6 
long cloth B. 1054 M errim’ckshirtings.  4 
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R e p p fu rn .  854
“  C.  854 
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¡Pacific  fa n c y ............6
century cloth  7 
gold seal....... 1054
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robes..............  654
“  green seal T R 1054 
Portsm outh robes...  6 
Simpson m ourning..  6
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yellow  s e a l..1054
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serge...............1154
g re y s .........6
solid black.  6 
“   T urkey  re d .. 1054 
Ballou solid b la c k ..  5 
W ashington Indigo.  6 
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colors.  554
“  Turkey robes..  754
Bengal blue,  green, 
India robes__ 754
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rea and  o ran g e...  554
“  plain T’ky X 34  854 
B erlin solids............   554
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oil b lu e ......... 654
“  Ottom an  T u r­
key re d ...................   6
“  green  ....  654
“  
“  F o u la rd s ....  554
M artha W ashington
T u rk e y re d  Si....... 754
S i...7
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Martha Washington
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“  4 4 .............10
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T u rk e y re d ............954
“  3-4XXXX  12
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Rlverpoint robes....  5
Cocheco fancy.........  6
W indsor fa n c y .........  654
6
“  m adders... 
6541 ■  5X1
“ 
XX tw ills 
Indigo  b lue...........1054
“ 
so lid s ....
Amoskeag A C A __ 1254
H amilton  N .............  754
D .............854
A w ning.. 11
F arm er.......................8
F irst  P rize............... 1154
Lenox M ills ............18
A tlanta,  D ................  6X |Stark  A
B oot............................  63£ No N am e___
Clifton, K ..................  6X|Top of Heap
Sim pson..................... 20
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..........1254
A C   A
Pem berton A AA__ 16
Y ork...........................1054
Sw ift R iv er..............   754
Pearl  R iv e r..............12
W arren...................... 13

Im perial.....................1054
B lack...................  P@  954

"  BC.............  @10

COTTON  DRILL.

gold  ticket 

TICKINGS.

SATINES.

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Coechoo.................. 10 %

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A m oskeag.................1254
9 oz....... 1354
brow n .13
A ndover....................11%
Beaver Creek  A A ... 10 
B B ...  9
CC....
Boston Mfg Co.  b r ..  7 
blu e  854 
d  & tw ist  1054 
Colum bian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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Colom bian  brow n.. 12
E verett, b lu e.............12
b ro w n .........12
H aym aker b lu e.......   7X
b ro w n ...  73£
Jeffrey ........................ 1154
L ancaster...................1254
Law rence, 9 oz.........1354
No. 220. ...13
No. 250— 1154
No. 280.... 1054

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GINGHAMS.

Amoskeag

Lancaster,  sta p le ...  63£

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fa n c ie s __ 7
N orm andie  8

“  Persian dress  854 
“ 
Canton  ..  854
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A FC.........1254
“ 
T e azle ... 1054 
A ngola.. IO54 
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P ersian ..  854
A rlington stap le__ 6X
A rasapha  fa n c y __   43£
Bates W arw ick dres  854 
staples.  654
Centennial...........  1054
Criterion............10Ki
Cum berland  staple.  554
C um berland.............  5
E ssex .........................   454
E lfin ...........................  754
E verett classics.......854
E xposition................7X
G lenarie....................  6X
G lenarven.................  63£
G lenw ood................... 754
H am pton....................654
Johnson Uhalon cl 

L ancashire................  654
M anchester...............  53i
M onogram ................   654
N orm andie...............   754
P ersian .........................854
R enfrew  Dress.........754
R osem ont.................... 654
S latersv ille.............. 6
Somerset...............7
T a c o m a ...................... 7M!
Toil  d u N o rd ...........1054
W abash......................  754
seersucker..  754
W arw ick..................  854
W hittenden...............  63£
heather dr.  8 
indigo blue  9 
W am sutta staples...  63£
W estbrook................   8
10
54 W inderm eer............. 5
indigo blue  954 York..........................6X
zephyrs__ 16  I

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GRAIN  BAGS.

A m oskeag..............  . 1654 iValley C ity................153£
S tark .........................   1954 G eorgia..................... 153i
A m erican..................1654 ¡Pacific  ........................ 1454

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile E n d ....45 
I Barbour's.->...............88
Coats’,  J .  & P ...........45  M arshall’s ..................88
Holyoke..................22541

KNITTING  COTTON.

W hite.  Colored.

W hite.  Colored.

No.

6  ..
8 ...
10...
12...

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

38 No.  14... ....37
39
16...
...38
18... ...3 9
40
20... ....40
41

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43
44
45

S later..........................  4
W hite S tar...............  4
Kid Glove  ................  4
N ew m arket...............  4

¡Edw ards..................   4
Lockw ood................... 4
Wood’s .....................   4
¡B runsw ick.............   4

BED  FLANNEL.

F irem an ....................3254IT W ..............................2254
Creedm ore................2754 F T ................................ 3254
Talbot X XX.............30 
J R F .X X X ................ 35
N am eless..................2754|Buckeye..................... 3254

MIXED  FLANNEL.

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Red & Blue,  plaid . 40 
| Grey S R W ................ 1754
Union R ....................2254  W estern W  ................ 1854
W indsor.................... 1854 D E P ........................... 1854
6 oz W estern............20  F lushing X XX...........2354
U nion  B ................... 2254! M anitoba.................... 2354
nOMET  FLANNEL.
.......   9  @1054
N am eless....... 8  ©   9541 
854@10 
1254
Brown. Black.

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CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
15
17
20

954
1054
1154
1254
8 o z — ....  954 W est  P oint, 8 oz
l, 8 o z . .. ....1054

13
15
17
20
.1054
10 oz • • -I254
954  Raven, lOoz.............. 1354
G reenwood, 754 oz 
G reenwood, 8 oz
.............1354
Boston, 8 oz.............. 1054¡Boston, 10 oz............. 1254

9X 13
1054 15
1154 17
1254 20
DUCKS.

Slate.
954
1054
1154
1254

.1154 Stark 

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WADDINGS.

SILESIAS.

W hite,  d oz..............   25 
Colored,  d o z............ 20 

¡Per bale, 40 d o z __ 17  50
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Slater, Iron C ross...  8 
“  Red C ross....  9
B est.................1054
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“  Best  A A ........ 1254
L .................................. 754
G .................................. 854
Cortlcelll, doz...........75  [Cortlcelll  knitting,

P aw tu ck et................. 1054
D undie.......................  9
B edford......................1054
Valley  C ity............... 1054
K K ...........................     1054

SEWING  SILK.

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..12 
8 
..12  j “  10 

tw ist,doz. .3754 
50 yd, doz. .37541
HOOKS AND EVES—PER GROSS.
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No  1 B l’k & W hite..l0  ¡No  4 Bl’k *  W hite..15 
2 
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“  3 
..25
No 2—20, M  C ...........50 
|N o4—15  F   354..........40
‘  3—18, S C ............45 
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COTTON  TAPE.
|No  8 W hite & Bl’k..20 
No  2 W hite & Bl’k.,12 
..15 
“ 10 
.2 8
4 
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..18  | “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.
N o 2............................28 
|N o 3 ...............................36

PINS.

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. Jam e s....................1  40|Steam boat..................  40
Crowely’s..................1  35 Gold  E y e d ........................1 50
M arshall’s ................1 OOj
5—4. ...2   25  6—4.. .3 25|5—4--- 1  95  6—4. . 2   95

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
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COTTON TWINES.

“ ....2  10 

Cotton Sail Tw ine. .28
C ro w n ........................12
D om estic..................1854
A n c h o r......................16
B ris to l.......   .............13
Cherry  V alley......... 15
I X L ........................... 18X1
A labam a....................63£
A lam ance..................  654
A u g u sta ....................  754
A r  Kapha..................  6
G eorgia......................  6X
G ra n ite .....................  534
Haw  R iver...............5
Haw  J ....................... 6

N a sh u a .......................18
R ising Star 4-p ly ___17
3 -p ly .... 17
N orth  S ta r.................20
Wool Standard 4 plyl754 
P o w h a tta n ................18

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M ount  P leasan t__ 654
O neida.................."...  5
Prym ont  ..................  6X
R andelm an...............  6
Riverside.............   5X
Sibley A.........   ...  6X
Toledo.................   6

PLAID  OSNABURGB

THE  MICIÎIGAISr  TRADESMAN,
Hardware Price Cnrrent.

HAMMERS.

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

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dis.

60
Snell’s ..................................................................... 
Cook’s ....................................................................  
40
J  arm ings’, gen u in e............................................. 
25
Jen n in g s’, Im ita tio n ..........................................50*10

AXES.

F irst Q uality, S. B. B ronze..............................8  7 50
D. 
8. B. S. S teel....................  .......   8  50
D. B. Steel..................................   1350

B. B ronze...............................  12 00

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dlS.

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

BOLTS. 

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

25
M aydole  *  Co.’s ............................................dls. 
Kip’s ................................................................. dls. 
25
Y erkes & Plum b’s .......................................... dls. 40*10 j
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel......................— 30c list 60  |
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast  Steel. H an d __ 30c 40*10

HINGES.

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Gate, C lark’s, 1, 2 , 3 ............................dls.60&10
S tate.................................................. per doz. net, 2 50 |
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 4%  14  and
314 i
lo n g e r................................................................... 
10  j
Screw Hook and  Eye, % .............................net 
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% .............................. n et 
“  X.......................net  714 I
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50  |
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Barn Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood tra c k ___50*10
Champion,  anti fric tio n ..................................  60*10
30 00
K idder, wood tr a c k ...........................................  
40
60
P ots.............................................. 
K ettles....................................................................  
60
Spiders  .................................................................. 
60
Gray enam eled..................................................... 40*10

HOLLOW WARE.

HANGERS. 

dis. 

 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

BUCKETS.

5

50

60

d ls .

dis.

dls.

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MAULS. 

combs. 

BLOCKS.

dls.
dls.

levels. 

chisels. 

MATTOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

CARTRIDGES.

BUTTS, CAST. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

knobs—New List. 

Cast Steel....................................................per 1b 

O rdinary Tackle, list April 17,’85.................. 

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

Well,  p la in .......................................................... I  3  50
 
Well, sw ivel................................................... 

Rim   F ire ...............................................................  
Central  F ire ..............................................................dls. 25

Ely’s 1-10........................................................p erm   65
60
H ick’s  C. F ...................................................... 
G. D ................................................................... 
35
M u sk e t............................................................. 
60

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

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

Stamped  T in W a re ....................................new  list 70
Japanned Tin W are...........................................  
25
4 00
G ranite Iron W a re .........................new  list 3314*10
w ire goods. 
B right............................................................... 70*10*10
70*10*10
Screw  E yes.................................. 
Hook’s ..............................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and E yes.........................  
70*10*10
70
Stanley R ule and Level  Co.’s .....................  
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m in g s.......................  
55
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trim m ings.................... 
Door, porcelain, plated trim m ings................ 
55
Door,  porcelvln, trim m ings  ........................... 
55
70
D raw er  and  Shutter, porcelain...................... 
Russell *  Irw in  Mfg. Co.'s new  list  ........... 
55
M allory, W heeler  &  Co.’s ................................  
55
B ranford’s ...........................................................  
55
N orw alk’s ...........................................................  
55
Adze E y e ................................................816.00, dls. 60
H unt E y e ................................................115.00, dls. 60
H unt’s .............................................818.53, dis. 20*10.
dlS.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  h a n d led .........................  
50
dis.
Coffee, P arkers  Co.’s ......................................... 
40
“ 
P.  S. & W.  Mfg. Co.’s M alleables.... 
40
40
“  Landers,  F erry & C lr. k’s .................... 
“  Enterprise 
............................................  
30
Stebbin’s  P attern .....   ........................................ 60*10
Stebbin’s G enuine............................................... 60*10
25
Enterprise, self-m easuring............................... 
...1  80 
Steel nails, b ase...........................................
W ire nails, b ase.............................................
Wire.
Steel.
Base
60..............................................................Base
50..............................................................Base
10
20
40.............................................................  
05
3 0 ..........................  
10
20
30
15
20.............................................................  
35
16.............................................................  
15
35
12.............................................................  
15
40
10......................................  ......................  20
50
8 .................................................................  25
65
7 * 6 ......... 
40
90
4............'...................................................  60
1  50
3 ..................................................................1 00
2  00 
2 ..................................................................1 50
2 00
F in e 3 ........... 
1  50
90 
Case  10.  .................................................  60
1  00 
75
“ 
go
u  g 
1  25 
1  00 
F inish 10. ..’.’.
1  25
8.................................................. 1 00
“ 
1  50 
6 .................................................. 1 15
“ 
Com. 4  piece, 6 in ................................a  os. n et 
75 
Clinch! 10................................................   85
C orrugated.................................................................dis 40
90
8.................................................1  00
“ 
A djustable.................................................................dls. 40*10
“ 
6.................................................1  15
1  00
2  SO 
B arrell X ..................................................1 75
@40 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y ..............................
@60 
Sciota  B ench...............................................
,  @40 
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fa n c y ....................
@60 
Bench, first q u ality .....................................
.  *10
Stanley R ule and  Level Co.’s, wood.  .
Fry,  A cm e....................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished 
70
............................. dls. 
Iron and  T in n ed ................................................ 
40
! Copper Rivets and B u rs..................................  5C—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10  20 
“ B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9  20 
I  Broken packs V4c per pound extra.

D lsston’s ................................................................60410
New  A m erican.....................................................60*10
N icholson’s .......................................................... 60*10
H eller’s ..................................................................  
50
H eller’s Horse R asps.........................................  
50

Planished, 14 oz cu t to size.........per pound 
14x52, 14x56, 14x60................   .......  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...........................  
Cold  Rolled, 14x48............................................... 
Bottoms 
...............................................................  

dls.
M orse's  Bit  Stocks......................................... 
 
Taper and straight S h ank........................  
 
Morse’s Taper Shank.......................................... 

Curry,  Law rence’s ............................................. 
H otchkiss-.............................................................  

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

Clark’s, sm all, 118; large, C26........................... 
Ives’, 1, 818;  2,824 ;  3, 830................................  

Small sizes, sor p o u n d .....................................  
Large sizes, per  p ound...................................... 

W hite Crayons, per  gross................ 12@12H dis. 10

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

8........................................ 
 

-.2 00 

PANS.
 
r iv e t s. 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

A dvance over base: 

14 
GAUGES. 

PILES—New List. 

GALVANIZED IRON

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

DRIPPING FANS.

Discount, 60

28
26
23
23
25

  50
50
50

ELBOWS.

DRILLS. 

COPPER.

N A IL S

CHALK.

PLANES.

07
6V4

40
25

28
17

dls.

dls.

dis.

dls.

 

 

12 

13 

 

 

dls.

50

75

30
25

dls.

 

 

d ls .

 
8

15 

 

5

“ 

IN  A  SHOE  STOKE.

Woman  Buyer.

A  Prominent  Humorist’s  Skit  on  a 
From M. Quad in Evening World.
There were two  of them, evidently old 
friends, and  as  they  stood  looking at  a 
display of shoes in the window of a Sixth | 
avenue store the first one remarked: 
“Now,  then,  if  you  were  me, would 
you really buy a pair  of shoes?”
“ Why,  it  seems  to me  that I  would,” 
replied  the  other,  “ but  you  must  use 
your own judgment about it.  Of course, 
shoes will always be worn more or less.” 
“Yes,  I suppose so.”
“And if you have an extra pair it won’t 
“No.  1 guess 1 will take your advice.” 
“But  don’t  buy  because  1  say  so.  1 
it,  you 

be nothing thrown away.”

shouldn’t  want  you  to  regret 
know.”

“Well,  we’ll see.”
It was a busy day  and every clerk was 
employed,  but  after  taking  a  seat on  a 
sofa they gesticulated  until the attention 
of a  floor-walker  was  attracted,  and  he 
sent them a salesman.
“You keep shoes, don’t you?” inquired 
the one who thought of buying.
“ Yes’m.”
“What would you buy—lace,  button or 
oxfords?”  she asked of her friend.
“I always wear button,  but you can do 
as you think best.”
“Well,  1  will  look  at  some  button 
shoes  on  an ‘A ’  last.  Don’t  bring  me 
anything  but  an  ‘A ’  last,  and  1  want 
No. 2’s.”
While he was getting five or six pairs of 
shoes she removed the one from her right 
foot  and  told  her  friend  a  story  of  a 
woman  in Buffalo who took  up nine min­
utes’  time and kept the clerk waiting for 
five minutes.
“Too  small,” he  said,  as  he  pulled  a 
shoe over her toes.
“Is that a No. 3 on an  ‘A ’ last?” 
“Yes’m.”
“Well,  that’s funny.  That’s what I’ve 
always worn.”
“Well,  you can’t get your foot in. 
I’ll 
bring something else.”
He brought 2%’s  on a  “ B ”  last.  She 
managed to get  her  big  toe  in  with  the 
others,  but that was all.
Then he brought No.  3’s on  a  “ C” last 
and as she finally managed to wiggle  her 
foot into  the  shoe  it  was  evident  that 
she could not stand.
“You’ll  have to  have a  larger  shoe,” 
he said.
“My stars!  but  what  can  ail all  your 
shoes? 
I’m sure I  can  wear No. 2’s  on 
an  ‘A ’  last.  You know that,” she added 
to her  friend.
“I have always noticed how small your 
foot was,”  was the reply.
Then she tried  oxfords from No. 2’s  to 
No. 4’s,  and from an “ A ”  last to a ‘ ‘D.” 
She couldn’t walk without hobbling.
Then  she  went  back  to buttons  and 
tried  the  line  all  over  again  without 
avail.  A No. 3>£ on a  “ D ”  last was ev 
idently a fit for her foot.  The clerk said 
it fitted like  a  glove,  but  she  pulled  it 
off and whispered to her friend:
“Don’t  you  think the  goods in  stock 
may  have shrunk?”
“Likely as not.”
“Or  walking  around  on  my  foot  has 
“I  shouldn’t  wonder.”
“Will  you  take  this  pair?”  queried 
the clerk,  as he  held them  up.
“I—1 think  not.  We are just  looking 
around,  you  know.  We  may  come  in 
again.  Very much obliged to you.”
They started to go out,but turned aside 
to see some  slippers  and were  eighteen 
minutes in  inspecting  them  and  asking 
prices.  Then they went over and  looked 
at some  baby  shoes,  and  put in  twelve 
minutes  more.  They  had  reached  the 
door when they saw  a sign of  “Rubbers 
at Cost,”  and  stopped  and  overhauled 
about  fifty  pairs  and  consumed  fifteen 
minutes’  further time.  When they final­
ly reached the street,  the  oue who  tried 
on the shoes said to the other:
“We must remember  this  place  so  as 
not  to  come  here  again.  You  saw  for 
yourself that the  people have no  accom­
modation about them.”

swelled it.”

The  W.  C.  T. U.  of  Yellow  Springs, 
Ohio, has  boycotted all the  merchants of 
that town who sell tobacco.

7

8V4
13
dls.

75
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
12 95
3 (5
3 (5
3 15
3 25
3  35
All  sheets No. IS  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

ROPES.
Sisal,  54 inch and la r g e r .........
M anilla....... ...............................
SQUARES.
Steel and  Iro n ...........................
Try and Bevels.........................
M itre ............................................
SHEET IRON.
Nos. 10 to  1 4 ... 
...................................84  05 
Nos. 15 to 17 ...........................................  4  05 
Nos.  18 to 21.........................................   4 05 
Nos. 22 to 24  ...........................................  4  05 
Nos. 25 to 26 ...........................................  4  25 
No. 27.......................................................   4  45 
w ide not less th a n  2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86.............................. ..............dis. 
Silver Lake, W hite  A .................................. list 
Drab A ......................................  “ 
W hite  B ...................................   “ 
D rab B .......................................  “ 
W hite C ...................................... “ 

50
50
56
50
55
35

SAND PAPER.

SASH CORD.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

D iscount, 10.

SASH  WEIGHTS.

d ls.

dls.

w ir e . 

TRAPS. 

saws. 

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

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

Solid Ey es   ...................................per ton 126
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, G am e............................................................60*10
O neida Community, N ew house’s .................. 
35
O neida  Comm unity, Hawley a N orton’s __  
70
M ouse,  choker......................................18c per doz
M ouse, d elu sio n ................................... 81.50 per doz.
d ls .
B right M arket......................................................  65
A nnealed M arket.........   .................................... 70—10
Coppered M arket.................................................  60
T inned M arket....................................................  6214
Coppered  Spring  S teel...................................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized—  
........................  3 35
HORSE  NAILS.

p a in te d ..........................................  2 85

WRENCHES. 

Au S able....................................dls. 25*10@25*10&05
dls. 06
P u tn am .................................................  
dls. 10*10
N orth w estern.....................................  
diS.
B axter's  A djustable, nickeled .......................  
30
Coe’s  G en u in e...................................... 
 
50
Coe’s P atent A gricultural, w rought,........................ 75
Coe’s  Patent, m alleable.................................... 75*10
Bird C ag es...........................................................  
50
"5
Pumps, C istern............................................... 
Screws, N ew I 's t .................................................70*10
Casters, Bed  a  d  P late............. 
50*10*10
Dampers,  A m erican.......   ................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods......... 
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dig.

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METALS,

PIG TIN.

ZINC.

.  ... 

26c
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  L arge............................................................. 
Pig B ars................................................ 
D u ty :  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
COO pound  casks............................. 
................ 
6X
Per  p o u n d ..................................................... —  
7
14@K.........................................................16
E xtra W ip in g ........................................ ...............   15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the m arket.indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
Cookson..............................................per  pound  16
H allett’s ............................................. 
13
TIN— HSL.ru GRADE.
10x14 IC, C harcoal.............................................. 8 7  50
14x20 IC, 
7  50
9 25
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
9 25

ANTIMONY

Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

TIN—AT. LAW AT GRADE.

10x14 IC,  C h arc o al.........................  
14x20 IC, 
 
10x14 IX, 
 
14X20IX, 

........... I  9  75
 
6  75
8  25
 
...............................................  9  25

“ 
“ 
“ 

Each additional X on this grade 81.50.

ROOFING PLATES

“  W orcester................................  6  50
14x20 IC, 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
..............................   8  50
.............................  13  50
“ 
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, “  A llaway  G rade.........................  
6  00
7  50
“ 
14x20 IX, 
12 50
“ 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
“ 
15  50
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28  IX .............................................................  814 08
14x31  IX ....................... 

“ 
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“ 
“ 
“ 

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H ’ for No. |  Boilers,  j. per  ponnd 

15
10

P O S T ’S S A P  S P O U T S

ftm. 9—Actual  Size

TH E  CHAMPION.

We  are agents for this  Spout and  carry a full 

stock.

We  also  have the  ANCHOR  SAP  SPODT.

◄ a S3 2

8

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

MichiganTradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men's  Association. 

▲  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Wolilerine State.

The  Tradesman  Company,  Proprietor.

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

strictly in advance.

P ublication  Office,  100 Louis St.

Entered a t the G rand Rapide Poet Oji.ee.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W E D N E S D A Y ,  JA N U A R Y   SO, 1 8 9 8 .

intervening, 

improvement 

It  is altogether too early  in the season 
to realize the full advantage of last year’s 
bountiful harvests.  The money paid for 
the crops has gone  far to liquidate the in­
debtedness of the  agricultural  communi­
ty.  and is  now  working  its way  around 
the  circle  of  financial  action  to  come 
again  into investment and aid in  the pro­
gress  of  the  general 
trade  movement. 
For  this  reason,  no  untoward  circum­
stances 
in 
trade may  be  expected  to  advance with 
the growth of the year.  There  is,  there­
fore,  reasonable prospect  for a generally 
good commercial  situation  from  now on.
The Canadian Pacific is constructing  a 
line in  a southerly direction from Regina, 
and this line will  connect  with  the  Val­
ley extension of  the  “Soo.”  When  this 
connection is  made there  will  be contin­
uous tracks  from  Vancouver, on the Pa­
cific coast, by the  way of  Regina,  Valley 
City.  Minneapolis and SauIt Ste. Marie, to 
Halifax,  on  the  Atlantic  coast.  The 
Canadian  Pacific  abandoned 
line 
through Ontario along the northern shore 
of  Lake Superior chiefly because the im­
mense amount of snow in that region has 
frequently  caused  a tie-up  over  the  en­
tire transcontinental  line.

the 

P r o m p t  D e liv e ry  o f M ail  M a tte r .

Only  busy,  energetic men in every line 
or branch of business can  properly  esti­
mate the  advantages  which  result  from 
prompt delivery of mail  matter.  Letters 
written  by them  and  letters addressed to 
them,  either from  regular  or  occasional 
correspondents, imperatively demand and 
should  invariably receive the most speedy 
transit.  A delay of ten or a dozen hours, 
or, as too frequently happens, of a whole 
day, causes more than  vexation of spirit. 
There are both  loss  of  time  and  money 
in  the  balance.  Accidents  by  railway 
or steamship are, of course,  liable  to  oc­
cur, but  they  do  not  count  when  com­
pared with or weighed against a pyramid 
of negligence,  blunders and carelessness.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar is  J£c  lower  than  a  week  ago, 
the  market  being  unusually  steady. 
Fresh meats  and  provisions  are  higher 
and stronger,  pork giving every evidence 
of a strong upward movement during the 
next sixty  days.  Cheese  is  strong,  ow­
ing to  the  fact  that  stocks of  standard 
grades are now  practically  concentrated 
in  jobbers’  hands. 
Canned  corn 
is 
stronger and  tomatoes are bracing up.

The  Hardware  Market.

The  discount  on  carriage  bolts  and 
screws has  been reduced.  Rope has been 
advanced  lc per pound.  A  new  list  on 
galvanized iron has been issued, showing 
a slight advance over the  old  list.  The 
discount  remains  the  same.  There  is 
no change in nails,  iron  or  barbed  wire.

THE  AMERICAN  MERCHANT.
1 began my  business  career  as a com- 
I mercial  traveler  and  had  some quite in- 
| teresting  experiences  during  the  time I 
carried a sample case.  Many years  ago,
I before railroads  were as  plenty  as  they 
are  now,  and  when  nearly  every  new 
I railroad  was  developing  a  new  region 
I and new towns were being built,  I had  a 
| friend and  competitor  on  the  road  who 
| was ahead of me about half the time, and 
the other half  I  was able to hold my own 
or  keep  ahead. 
I  remember  there  was 
what we considered a desirable customer 
at a  new  place. 
I  thought  I  would  be 
ahead of  him.  and  getting  into  the bag­
gage  car,  supposed,  of  course,  that  I 
would reach the town before he did;  but 
j lo and  behold!  when  we  arrived  at  the 
station,  I  found  that  my  friend  landed 
before  I  did,  as  he  had been  riding  on 
the cow-catcher.

1 soon tired of the road,  and  thought  I 
saw  an  opportunity of  going  into  busi­
ness,  and  this I did a  great  many  years 
ago. 
I  have  never  forgotten  a  conver­
sation  I had  with  an  old  merchant  who 
found I was  about  to  start  in  business: 
“Young  man,  I  understand  you  are  go­
ing  to  go  into  business?”  1  told  him 
that I was.  “ Well,” said he,  “you  must 
not  be  too  sanguine  or  expect  contin­
uous success. 
I  have  had a  heap of  ex­
perience,  and have been as successful  as 
the  average  business  man, and  perhaps 
more so,  but if you make it  twice out  of 
three  times,  you  will  be  a  good  deal 
more successful  than  I have  been.”  My 
observation has been that if a man  could 
be  successful  half  the  time,  or  a  little 
more,  he would  beat  the  average.  This 
is my experience, and  observation  leads 
me to believe that there is  much more of 
failure than  of  success  in  business life. 
There are many  reasons for this.

There are many young men  who begin 
business  who do  not appear to be able to 
brook  failures  or  disappointments 
in 
their exertions.  They lose confidence in 
themselves,  and then the  business world 
loses confidence in them;  they  think  the 
world has turned against them,  and  they 
brood over these  unfortunate  conditions 
of  affairs. 
I  am  reminded  of  what  an 
old colored man  once  told  me about  his 
experiences,  and  he  had  a  variety  of 
them,  but was  really  quite  wise in some 
of his sayings.  He  said  to  me:  “I  neb- 
ber  ‘lows myself  to fleet on the  bad tings 
that  hab  happened  to  me, or  on  the 
good  tings I  nebber  had.”  Now,  I  am 
very  willing  to  admit  that  it  is  a hard 
thing  for a man to  keep  from  reflecting 
on  his  misfortunes,  but  the  merchant 
must always keep his  courage  up.  The 
business  man  everywhere  must  be  a 
courageous man,  and it  is  probable  that 
there has been more  courage  manifested 
among American  merchants in  the  past 
100 years than  among  merchants  in any 
other  part  of  the  world,  and  greater 
progress has been  made  by  them.  The 
American  merchant,  to  begin  with,  has 
the best field for the  display of  his  abil­
ity and his  enterprise. 
It has  not  been 
necessary that  he should be rich  and in­
fluential or have family  influence behind 
j  him to be successful,  because  those  who 
] have commenced under circumstances the 
| most trying,  and disadvantages thegreat- 
| est, have really  been the most successful;
! and  this  is  the  case  in  America  more 
than any other place,  for the reason  that 
i we have had  very rapid growth;  all parts 
of  the  world  have  contributed  capital 
; and  energy  and  enterprise  to  make  it

possible  for  the  American  merchant  to 
succeed.  And there is  no  country  with 
such a diversity of resources, of  climate, 
of  soil,  of  mineral  production,  and  of 
everything which  tends  to make a  coun­
try great and prosperous; and while there 
has  been  great  prosperity  in  the  past, 
and while  many  young  merchants  have 
come to the front and been very success­
ful, there  is  still  as  good  chance  for  a 
man 
to-day  in  mercantile  pursuits  as 
ever before,  because the increase in pop- 
I ulation,  and 
the  development  of  the 
country,  in  my opinion,  will  be as rapid 
the  next  thirty  years  as  it  has  been  in 
the past thirty.

The  American  merchant not  only  has 
the  American  field,  but  there is  a  vast 
scope of country to  the extreme north as 
well as the  extreme  southern  portion of 
the continent yet  for him to  occupy  and 
develop. 
I had occasion during the past 
summer  to  pass  over  the  Canadian  Pa­
cific from Winnipeg to Vancouver and off 
toward  the  Hudson Bay  country  in  the 
British possessions.  There is an  empire 
which  is  uncultivated  and  unoccupied, 
almost  as  extensive  as  the  length  and 
breadth  of  the  territory  of  the  United 
States,  and in my  opinion  this  vast,  al­
most unexplored and  uncultivated  coun­
try  will  yet  be  a  part  of 
the  United 
States.  Then  our  commercial  relations 
to  the  South,  the  Republic  of  Mexico, 
the Central and South American countries 
are open to us,  and  will  yet  be  wonder­
fully  fruitful  fields  for  the  American 
merchant.

If 1 may  be  permitted  to  say  it,  it  is 
commendable  in  every  business  man  to 
desire success,  and  there are  some rules 
that are safe  to  follow.  But  success  is 
not  a sure thing.  A merchant should be 
well  informed about  everything pertain­
ing to his  business,  and  have a well cul­
tivated  and  disciplined  mind.  Thor­
oughly educated and  disciplined  men  in 
mercantile  pursuits  are  more and  more 
in demand.  To permanently  succeed he 
must have habits of industry, of sobriety, 
of  economy  and  of  faithfulness  to  his 
friends, and  to  everything  he  espouses. 
He does not  have to  stand  long  on  this 
kind of a platform before he  will have  a 
reputation  and  credit  which  will  com­
mand capital,  and  be  in a position to  go 
on  his  way  rejoicing.  Mercantile  suc­
cess  is  of  slow  growth,  but it  ought  to 
have sufficient safeguards thrown around 
it to  make it pretty  sure.  My  observa­
tion has  been  that  men  who  try  to  get 
rich in mercantile pursuits very quickly, 
do not get rich  at  all.  This  great  anx­
iety  leads  to  over-trading  and  specula­
tion,  and  men  who  speculate  and  over 
trade  soon  lose  their  credit  and  confi­
dence is  gone;  then  ruin  follows  and  a 
man has to begin over again.  And when 
he  once  fails,  while  he  may  succeed 
thereafter,  the chances are against him.
E .  O.  St a n a r d .

TALKS  WITH  A  LAWYER.

NATURALIZATION.

Written for The Tradesman.

One  may be  a  citizen of  a  State  and 
not a citizen of the United States.  Com­
pliance with State laws of naturalization 
does  not  make  a  man  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States.  This  power  is  vested 
solely  in  Congress,  and  yet,  strange  to 
say,  one  may  not  be  a  citizen  of  the 
United States and  yet vote  for a Senator 
or  member of  Congress,  and, should  the 
j power  to  choose  a  President  by  any 
1 chance  be  thrown  into Congress,  as,  in­

deed,  it may under the Constitution, there 
is  given  to  persons  not  citizens of  the 
United  States  indirect  influence  in  the 
choice  of  the  President.  This  comes 
about  by the  Constitution declaring that 
electors of  members of  the  lower  house 
of  Congress  have  the  qualifications  re­
quisite for electors of  the lower house of 
the State  Legislatures, so  that  in  order 
for  an  alien  to  vote  for  a  Member  of 
Congress,  and  indirectly for a Senator or 
President,  it  is  only  necessary  for  him 
to be  able  to  vote  for a member  of  the 
more numerous branch of  the State Leg­
islature.  The State  may prescribe what 
qualifications  it  may  see  fit  for  State 
citizenship,  but Congress alone can make 
an  alien a citizen of  the  whole  country. 
It  is  difficult,  in view of  what  has been 
said,  however,  to  see  wherein  lies  the 
distinction  between  the  privilege  of  a 
citizen of  the United States and a citizen 
of  one of  the  States.  One  privilege  at 
least the State could not confer, and that 
is, she  could not give him, as a citizen,  a 
title  to  those  privileges and  immunities 
of  citizens  of  the  several  States  which 
the federal  constitution  guarantees  and 
secures.

We  will  state  briefly  who  may  be 
naturalized under the laws of the United 
States.  Any  alien  friend  who  is a free 
white  person,  or  a  person  of  African 
nativity  or  descent,  who  has  made  the 
legal  preliminary  declaration,  and  who 
has  resided  for the  five years  next  pre­
ceding  his  application,  in  the  United 
States,  and  for one  year next  preceding 
such  application, iu  the State  or  Terri­
tory in which  the  court  sits to whom he 
makes application, and  who,  during that 
time,  has  been of  good moral  character, 
attached  to  the  principles  of  the  Con­
stitution of  the United  States,  and  well 
disposed to the  good  order of  the  same, 
may  become  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States.  This  excludes  Indians,  Mongo­
lians,  half  Indian  blood,  and  Chinese. 
A  married  woman  may  be  naturalized 
without the concurrence of  her husband.
There are five classes of privileged per­

sons:

First, minors.
Children of naturalized  citizens,  under 
age  of  twenty-one  at  the  time  of  the 
naturalization  of 
their  parents,  are 
deemed citizens if dwelling  in  this coun­
try.  Minor  children of  foreign parents, 
whose  mother,  after  the  death  of  the 
father, marries a citizen, become citizens. 
Children of citizens, who are born abroad, 
are  citizens of  the  United  States. 
In 
regard  to  the five  years’  qualification,  a 
portion of this time  may be years of  the 
applicant’s  minority;  in  such  case,  the 
previous  declaration of  intention  is  not 
necessary  if  he  makes  a  declaration  at 
the  time  of  his  admission,  and  proves 
and  declares on oath  that  for  two years 
it has been  his intention to become a cit­
izen.

Second, wives of  citizens.
An  alien  woman of  the race  or  class 
entitled to naturalization,  who  marries a 
citizen,  becomes by that act a citizen.  It 
makes  no  difference  if  she is  less  than 
twenty-one years of age.  When an alien 
is  naturalized, his wife thereby  becomes 
I a citizen,  though  she  may never  come to 
the United  States until  after  his  death.
I This  latter  statement is,  however,  ques­
tioned in some  courts.  A  discussion  of 
the three remaining classes of  privileged 
I persons will  be found in our  next paper.

Wm.  C.  Sprague.

TTTTC  M ICmGAN  TRADESMAN

9

G ripsack Brigade

J.  A.  Gonzalez,  Michigan  representa­
tive for  the  Owl  Cigar  Co.,  has  gone to 
New York on a visit to the house.

J. McBurney,  formerly on  the  road for 
the I. M.  Clark Grocery  Co., is  now sell­
ing flour for  LaBar &  Cornwell,  of  Cad­
illac.

John  H.  Bearner,  formerly  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  at  Hastings,  has 
gone on the  road  for the  Grand  Kapids 
Brass  Co.

Richard Hoffman, clerk  in the  grocery 
department of F.  C.  Larsen,  at Manistee, 
has gone on  the  road  for C.  E.  Andrews 
& Co., of Milwaukee.

Hal.  Montgomery,  for  several  years 
with  Geo.  R.  Mayhew,  has  gone  on  the 
road for Corl,  Knott <& Co., taking South­
ern  Michigan  and  Northern  Indiana  as 
his territory.

Win.  Connor  was  here  with  Kolb  & 
Son’s  clothing line a couple of days  last 
week  and  left  Friday  for  Minnesota, 
where he  will, put  in a couple  of  weeks 
among the large trade of the State.

R. B. Orr,  who  traveled  several  years 
for  the  former  firm of  Arthur  Meigs  & 
Co.,  and who  has  lately devoted his time 
to agricultural  pursuits,  has  decided  to 
remove  to  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  as soon  as 
he can dispose of his live stock.

Thomas  Ferguson,  formerly  with  the 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.,has engaged to 
travel  for  J.  M.  Bour  &  Co.,  tea,  coffee 
and spice jobbers  of Toledo,  the engage­
ment to date from Feb.  1.  He will cover 
the G.  R.  & I., C.  & W.  M.,  and D., G. H.
& M.  Railways,  seeing  the  trade  every 
six weeks.

At  an  informal  meeting  of  traveling 
men,  Saturday evening,  called to discuss 
the  hotel  situation  at  Hart,  it  was  un­
animously resolved to withold  patronage 
from the  Wigton  House  so  long  as  the 
present landlord  remaius there.  One  of 
the  men  present  at  the  meeting  stated 
that he had heard  Dikeman—in the  days 
when  he  was  of  a  P.  of I.  headlight— 
denounce merchants and traveling men  in 
the  most  unseasonable  and 
insulting 
manner.

John  McCullough,  traveling  represen­
tative for Kablenzer & Dazian, jobbers of 
shirts  and  men’s 
furnishing  goods  at 
New York, was  found  dead  in his  room 
at the  Russell  House,  Detroit,  last  Fri­
day  morning.  The  deceased  was  a 
portly man,  weighing about 250  pounds, 
and  had  been  stopping at  the  hotel  for 
three days.  Thursday night he appeared 
in good health  and,  with a friend,  spent 
the  evening  around 
the  hotel.  The 
friend left for Grand Rapids at 11 o’clock 
and McCullough,  after  finishing a cigar, 
went  up  stairs  to  his  room.  The  next 
morning,  when  he  had  not  risen  at the 
usual  hour 
the  chambermaid  knocked 
upon his door, and receiving no response, 
gave the alarm.  McCullough  was found 
stretched  upon  the  floor  by  L.  A.  Mc­
Creary,  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the 
hotel.  He  bad  removed  his  coat  and 
vest and from  appearances had begun to 
take off his  collar  and  nectie  when  the 
fatal attack seized him.

Wandering  Jews,  whose  footsteps, com­
ing  and  going,  are  heard  forever  and 
forever.  To them the perils of flood and 
famine,  the vicissitudes  of time  and  cir­
cumstance  are  without  especial  signifi­
cance.  They personify activity, they are 
energy  incarnate.  They  are  a  mighty 
force  in  the  development and  conserva­
tion of  our commercial  economy.  They 
are busy business men, but business men 
whose  lives are  full of  incident and  ad­
venture.  They  know  the  world. 
It  is 
the  school in  which they have been  edu­
cated.  They  are  familiar  with  men. 
They  have  rare  opportunities  to  study 
human kind. 
In  a  thousand ways  they 
acquire a great  fund of  useful  informa­
tion.  They read  newspapers  and  books 
as  they  go  speeding  from one  point  to 
another.  They  become  liberal  in  their 
modes  of  thought  and  absolutely intol­
erant  of  bigotry.  They  are  in  many 
respects  exemplars of  the  philosophy of 
practical  life.  They  have  quick  dis­
cernment,  acute  perception  and  know a 
good 
thing  when  they  see  it.  They 
catch at the  best  and  brightest  side  of 
life.  They are,  indeed, a  wonderful  set 
of fellows. 
I  like the commercial  trav­
eler.  He  tells a good  story, he  loves  a 
good  song  and  he  is  always  ready for 
adventure.  He  is  a  good  fellow,  and  I 
like  him.  He  also  commands  my  un­
bounded admiration.  He possesses some 
magician’s magic—he has a wizard’s wink 
which dazzles and obscures  the vision of 
railway conductors and ship masters, and 
serves  him as a royal  passport  wherever 
his  fancy  or  his  purpose 
lead  him, 
whether among Jews or Gentiles,  Fagans 
or Christians.  He is endowed with some 
mysterious—remarkably mysterious—oc­
cult,  potent,  inexplicable  influence,  in 
the presence of which even a hotel clerk, 
in all his chilling pomposity and oriental 
splendor, does  not  hesitate  to  bow with 
low  and  obsequious  obeisance. 
I  am 
sure  this  dominating  influence,  particu­
larly as it affects the lords of the register, 
is  peculiar  to  your  clan. 
It  does  not 
I  have  tried it,  but 
attach to outsiders. 
it wouldn’t work. 
I  have followed some 
of  you  knights  of  the  grip  up  to  the 
hotel  counter,  watched  your  modus 
operandi and tried to imitate you, but it’s 
always a failure.  The moment I present 
myself the  smiling visage of  the clerk is 
frozen into a stony, unimpassioned stare. 
He  conducts  you  with  solicitous  cere­
mony to parlor A,  and,  without  apology, 
directs  the  bell  boy to show  me  to  the 
garret.”

Good  Words Unsolicitee.

W hite  &  F airchild,  general  dealers,  Boyne 

C ity:  “ We cannot do w ithout it  ”

S.  M.  Geary,  general  dealer,  M aple  H ill:  “ I 
have  been  taking  T h e   M ic h ig a n  T r a d esm an 
from   the  day  it  was  born  and  very  highly 
apreciated it w hen a b ab y ;  but  since  it  has m a­
tured, I idolize  it as  the  business  m an's friend 
and w ould not care to be w ithout  it.”

A.  V onk  &  Sons,  grocers,  W ealthy  avenue: 
“A lthough our  stock  has been  destroyed  by an 
incendiary lire, we do not  w ish  yon to stop your 
paper, as w e cannot get along w ithout it.”

Wm.  M cDonald,  druggist,  K alamazoo:  “ T he 

T r a d e s m a n  is alw ays a welcome v isito r.”

Hon.  W.  J.  Stone,  a  St.  Louis  politi­
cian,  recently paid the traveling man the 
following  glowing  tribute:  “ Commer­
cial  travelers are  really a set of  wonder­
ful fellows.  They represent in a marked 
degree  the  restless,  indomitable  energy | 
of  our progressive  and  masculine civili­
zation.  They are the heralds of our com­
merce,  and to a large extent its conserva­
tors as  well.  They  are  like a swarm  of |

Country Callers.

Calls  have  been 

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

A.  T.  Bliss, Rockford.
W.  B.  Mason & Son, Constantine.
H.  Williams, Austerlitz.
C. K.  Hoyt,  Hudsonvile.
C.  V. Weller, Cedar Springs.
A. Cohen, White  Cloud.
Albert Kent,  Kentville.

D o M  Want a G l of 
*  *  *  Yoilr  Store Building ?

F o r   u se  on  y o u r   L etter  H ead s,  B ill  H ea d s, 

Cards,  Etc.?

We  can  furnish  you  a  double  column  cut,  similar  to  above,  for  $10;  or a single 

column cut, like those below,  for $6.

In either case,  we should have clear photograph to work from.

T H E   TRADESM AN  COM PANY,

EN G R A V E R S  A N D   P R IN T E R S ,

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M ICH.

Tie B in  Wap ani Slei Co.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  In

Road.

L o g g i n g

D e liv e r y

P l e a s u r e

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

I

IO
Drugs  Medicines»

State  Board  of Pharmacy.

One  Tear—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Two  Year*—James Vernor, Detroit.
Three  Tears—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
Four Tears—George G undrum. Ionia.
Five Tears—C. A, Bugbee. Cheboygan.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.

Next meeting—At Bay City, Jan. 13 and 14,1892.
M ich ig an   S ta te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A ss'ii. 

President—H. G. Coleman. Kalamazoo.
Vice-Presidents—S.  E.  Parkill,  Owosso;  L. Pauley, St.
Ignace;  A. S. Parker, Detroit.
Secretary—Mr. Parsons. Detroit.
Treasurer— Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—F. J. Wurzburg,  Grand Rapids; 
Frank  Inglis  and  G.  W.  Stringer,  Detroit;  C.  E. 
Webb. Jackson.
Next place  of meeting—Grand  Rapids, Aug. 2,3 and 4. 
Local Secretary—John  D. Muir._____________________
Grand  Rapids  Pharmaceutical Society. 
President, W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank II. Escott, 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March 
June, September and December.______________ ____
Uraad Rapids  Drug Clerks’ Association, 
resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.

Detroit Pharmaceutical  Society. 

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

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

The  Pharmaceutical  Apprentice.
The apprentice in  America,  that  is the 
genuine old-fashioned  kind,  has  become 
a  relic of  the  past,  and. consequently,  a 
study of him would most aptly  come un­
der the head of arclireologieal research.

He  stands  in a class,  distinct  from  all 
other classes.  His ability is remarkable, 
his patience untiring  and  his  dislike for 
work truly  pathetic;  he  is a Solomon  in 
wisdom and a Machiaveli  in cunning and 
tact;  can  work  harder  and  accomplish 
less than any other  person  on this green 
earth,  and the  amount of buying  power 
he infuses into his princely salary stamps 
him as a financier  of  exceptionally  high 
order.

He does  not  hesitate  to  diagnose  any 
derangement  of  your  system  in  an  off­
hand way  that  would  make a Brodie  or 
Cooper  green  with  envy,  and  then  reel 
off  a polypharmic  prescription  which he 
assures  you covers the  case  like a bene­
diction.  He  drops  in  upon  you  in  a 
nonchalant  manner  when  you  are  dis­
cussing  political  matters  with  a  friend, 
and in ten minutes  has  absorbed  all the 
conversation,  settled 
the  destiny  of  a 
continent  and  mapped  out a policy  for 
the  Government  which  would  usher  in 
either the  millennium  or  anarchy;  and, 
while you  are  relating  to your  spiritual 
adviser the  doubts that  harass  you  and 
are describing  how  difficult  you  find the 
straight and  narrow  way,  he  will  point 
out a short  cut  to  Zion,  incidentally  re­
marking  he  could  give  the  arbiter  of 
fate a few pointers if  consulted.

He knows more about law  than Black- 
stone;  can  give  you  tips  on  the  races; 
knows  when  the next  mill  between  the 
local sluggers comes off:  can guide you to 
the best  fishing  ground  in  the  locality; 
tell you  what is on at the  different  thea­
ters;  the time of  service in  the  different 
churches;  when the trains arrive and de­
part;  and,  finally,  knows  more  about 
drugs in the first  six  months  of  his  ap­
prenticeship 
than  all  the  pharmacists 
from  Galen  to Proctor.

Sometimes,  in a  fit of  unusual  conde­
scension,  he may consult  you on a minor 
point relating to the management of your 
business,  but  usually  prefers  to  follow 
the peculiar bent of his own  sweet will.

He appears to take a special  delight in 
getting hold  of  some  explosive mixture, 
and then carries his hand  in  a sling for a 
few days  while  descanting  on  the  dan­
gers of a chemist’s  vocation.

If  you  possess  a  cat,  he  invariably 
makes such combinations  with its caudal 
appendage and certain friable  apparatus

THE  MICEIIGLAJSr  TRADESMAN

as  to  cause  you  to  utterly  shatter  the 
third commandment.  He is  also willing 
to stay an  hour or  two  over  time  when 
asked, and considers it a special  favor to 
be  permitted  to  stand  in  the  store  on 
Sundays to “ relieve  the  boss.”  He  will 
do anything to oblige, and never hesitates 
to  go a mile  out  of  his  way  to  favor  a 
stranger.

In short,  he  possesses in a  marked de­
gree 
those  qualities  which,  properly 
directed,  will  develop 
into  a  valuable 
and  trustworthy  assistant,  and  event­
uality make  him  an honored and  useful 
member of his profession.

How do I  know all this?  Well—I  was 
myself  one  not  so  very  long  ago,  and 
have  bad  the  training  of  no  less  than 
fifteen,  and do not think 1 have travestied 
or  maligned  him  one  whit  in ascribing 
to him the foregoing brilliant  qualities.

What would pharmacy have been to-day 
had it not been  for the apprentice of  ten 
years ago?  Personally I am sorry to  see 
this specimen of  the  genus  homo  being 
supplanted,  for I do  not  think  there  is 
one  phase  of  a  pharmacist’s  career  so 
pleasant to look back upon as those three 
years  when  one  was  bound  to  serve  a 
preceptor,  and  brought  out  his  most 
brilliant  characteristics  devising  means 
to avoid doing so.

Dry Goods Bazaars from the Drug-gist’s 

Standpoint.

C h ic a g o ,  Jan.  16—There are people in 
this world  who would  be willing  to own 
Chicago;  there are  others  who would  be 
satisfied with New York;  and there are a 
few hogs  who  would  actually  have  the 
cheek  to  ask  for  the whole earth;  still, 
none of  them  have as much cheek as the 
retail  dry goods  stores  in this  country, 
especially those in large cities.  Further­
more,  most of  our  retail  dealers  in  dry 
goods are not only liars,  but dishonest in 
their  dealings  as  well.  They  make  a 
practice of  buying  toilet  articles,  soaps, 
peifumes,  patent medicines and so forth, 
and then  they proceed to advertise  them 
at  actual cost in order to draw trade and 
injure their  brother  merchants.  Men in 
other lines of trade would not descend to 
such  practices.  To  further  show  their 
dishonesty,  there  are  many  dry  goods 
houses who  advertise  in  the  daily press 
certain  lines of  these  goods at  a  price 
below  cost  even,  and  when  you get  to 
their store at  nine or ten  in the morning 
they are, of course, “just sold out.”  All 
gone  for  that  day.  They simply had  a 
few,  and  advertised  them in the  hope of 
getting  people  into  their  net and  then 
selling  them  something  else.  This  ad­
vertising  scheme  plays  the  same  part 
that the  steerer  for a skin  game of  faro 
does,  and there are plenty of  such tricky 
tradesmen in Chicago—a great many,  too 
many,  in  fact. 
It  is  no  wonder that the 
retail  druggists  call  meetings and  pass 
strong resolutions condemning the whole­
salers for  selling  goods to these reptiles. 
Outside of  the  prescription  trade,  there 
is  not so much  profit in the  retail trade 
that the druggists can  afford to be beaten 
out of  their own  business and  profits by 
these unprincipled dry goods houses.
No  self-respecting  druggist  should 
handle  toilet  articles, patent  medicines 
and perfumes that  manufacturers  sell to 
dry goods dealers. 
If the retail druggists 
combine  and  refuse  to  patronize  dry 
goods or other  merchants not  entitled to 
handle this class, of the wholesalers who 
do  business in this  way,  they  will  only 
be giving  them  what  they  deserve,  and 
the  latter can  expect  nothing  else.  As 
to the grasping dry goods  men, there are 
some people who are never  satisfied,  but 
after getting the whole  earth would  like 
the rest of the universe thrown In.  The 
avaricious dry goods men  who rob others 
of  their  legitimate trade belong  to  this 
class.

Girard—J.  E. Perry is succeeded by A. 
A. Perry in  the  drug  and  grocery  busi­
ness.

CASH  SALES  AND  QUICK  RETURNS. 
Written for The Tradesman.
If a great truth  should be  stated  very 
calmly,  then let it  so be recorded that as 
a salesman  1  was  a  downright  failure, 
and it was only a short time  after 1 com­
menced commercial  pursuits when I was 
consigned to  that limbo  of cast-off-sales­
men—the  office. 
Incidentally,  we  will 
say that  as  a  book-keeper  I  did  fairly 
well and when  I entered in  that capacity 
the service of a young  and risiDg firm of 
oil merchants  in Chicago, my  ability  as 
an accountant was unquestioned.  While 
in that capacity I  perpetrated, not a sale, 
but  a  purchase  which  was,  at  least, 
unique, and  forms  a  bright  spot  in the 
dreary  routine  of  my  book-keeping  ca­
reer.  The  firm  who  employed  me  was 
composed of  two  members.  The  senior 
partner  rather  prided  himself  on  being 
the “ Kingmixer of the West.”  We will, 
therefore,  call  him  Kingmixer.  The 
junior member’s name was Wheeler.  The 
“ Co.”  was  attached  for  euphony,  and 
there  we  have  the  firm  of  Kingmixer, 
Wheeler &  Co.  Alas!  Only  their  final 
creditors  and  the  records  of  Dun  and 
Bradstreet  can  now  tell  when  this  fair 
craft  foundered  in  the  commercial  sea 
and in  how deep  water this oily  concern 
went  down. 
In  my  time,  they  had  a 
good  trade  and  made  money,  for  King­
mixer  was a  shrewd  man and,  if  orders 
slacked up  he  would push  around  town 
and  make  trade in oue  way or  another. 
At that  time  the head  and  front  of the 
oil trade was—we  will call  him Banks— 
a big  manufacturing  concern  that over­
shadowed  all  others, Ursa Major in  their 
line on  the  Board  of Trade,  whose  pro­
ducts  were  the  acknowledged  standard. 
On some fine  morning Kingmixer sold to 
a  drug  house  five  barrels  of  Banks’ 
Extra Lard Oil  a few cents  below quota­
tion.  He then bought these from Banks, 
had them  carted  to  our  factory,  where 
he doped  them,  refilled  the  barrels, de­
livered  them  and  received  a  check  for 
his bill,  less  a  slight  discount  for  cash 
before noon.  After  dinner,  who  should 
come stalking  down  the  quiet  street  to 
our office  but the  great and  good  Banks 
in the  fulness  of his  wrath,  for  he  had 
“got  onto”  Kingmixer’s  performance. 
Kingmixer,  who  espied  him  coming, 
thought  discretion 
the  better  part  of 
valor,  and was “ not in,”  and on the jun­
ior partner’s head  the  before  mentioned 
wrath was  uncorked.  When  Banks  got 
mad this little earth was  slightly indent­
ed  and quaked perceptibly just where he 
happened  to  stand,  and  nothing 
less 
than  utter perdition—commercial annihi­
lation— not  to  say  future  damnation— 
was threatened  for having  doped his  oil 
and  taken in  vain his  trade-mark.  The 
terror-stricken  Wheeler  nearly  fainted 
and  the stampede  was complete.  When 
the  terror was  gone,  the gloomy  silence 
of despair settled down on the office.

The  head  of the  house then  returned 
and addressed me as follows:  “Capt. M., 
you  must  hurry over  toYanpeter’s  and 
get those  five barrels  of lard oil  back as 
quick  as  you can.  Take  a  blank check 
along,  have a dray  ready around the cor­
ner and  have  them  brought  here  right 
away.  Don’t lose a second.”

At  this  command  of  Kingmixer’s,  I 
flew over  to Mr. Vanpeter’s  on the other 
side of the river.

Vanpeter  has  one  prominent  trait  in 
his  character: he  loves  humbug  dearly, 
especially when  it  helps  to  add to  the 
credit side of his profit  and loss account. 
He  was at his  desk  and  divined my  er­
rand on  the instant,  and  with the  usual 
childlike and  bland smile waved me to  a 
customer’s chair.

“Mr.  Vanpeter,  have you any lard oil?” 

I asked.

“Yes,  I  have  a  lot  of  Banks’  Extra 
Winter  Strained,  a  nice  article;  how 
much do you want?”

“I want five  barrels  and must have  it 
It  is  to  be  at  the  depot  by  2 

at once. 
o’clock.”

“I can let you have five barrels.  Here 

is a sample. 

It is choice.”

I took the sample bottle, held it against 
the  light,  shook  it  and duly  tested  the 
vile  stuff which our Kingmixer had com­
pounded,  as is  prescribed in the  manual 
of arms for the oil trade.

“What is the price, Mr. Vanpeter?”
“------------cents  (10  cents  per  gallon
more than he paid us  that morning)  and 
as we  only retail,  you  know,  we give  no 
outs and allow no cash discount.”

“Well, I’ll take them.  Please give me 

a bill and 1 will fill out a check.”

By  2  p.  m.  the  emptying  of  the  five 
barrels into  our  lard oil  tank had  oblit­
erated  the last  trace  of the  transaction. 
We had  made a  prompt  cash sale in  the 
morning,  and so had Mr. Vanpeter in the 
afternoon.  He  had  quick  returns  and 
we had likewise. 

W m .  M o h k m a n n .

The Drug- Market.

Foreign quinine  remains  very  firm  at 
the advance noted last week.  Domestic 
is as yet  unchanged.  Opium  is  steady. 
Morphine is unchanged.  Nitrate  of  sil­
ver is lower.  Coca leaves are scarce and 
higher.  Oil  cassia  has  advanced.  Oil 
anise is higher.  Cacas  butter  is  lower. 
Cream  tartar  is 
lower.  Ergot  has  ad­
vanced.  Gum arabics  are  lower.  Gum 
Long  Buchu 
gamboge  has  declined. 
leaves  are  higher. 
Salacine  has  de­
clined.

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.

P R IC E ,  $1  P E R   BOTTLE.

Sold by all druggists.  Manufactured by
0.  B.  HAREISON  &  CO.,

S H E R W O O D ,  M IC H .

GZXTSSZTG  R O O T .

We pay the highest price for It.  Address

D P f l F   D D n o   Wholesale  Druggists
c J L i u n .  D í l U u . ,  

g r a n d   r a p t d s .

G et  What  You  Ask  For!

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FOR  THIRTY-FOUR  YEARS  THE  FAVORITE.

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

11

Wholesale P rice  Current.

A dvanced—Long buchu leaves, oil anise  oil cassia, ergot, ergot po.
D eclined—Gum arable 2d,  gum arabic  sorts, po. gamboge, n itrate  silver, saiaciue, pure c’m tartar.

ACIDTIM.

A ceticu m ......................
Benzolcnm  G erm an..
Boracic 
........................
C arb o licu m ..................
C itric u m ......................
H y d ro cb lo r..................
N ltrocum  
....................
O x a llc u m ......................
Phosphorium   d ll.........
S alicy llcu m ...................1
S ulpburicum ................
T an n lcu m ...................... 1
Tartar! cu m ..... ..............

8®   10 
50®  6Q 
2f
22©  30 
4S@  53 
3©
10®   12 
10®  IS 
20
36@1  70 
IX© 
40@1  60 
38®  40

AMMONIA.

" 

Aqua, 16  d e g ................   3)*@
20  d eg ................   5K@
Carbon as  ......................  12®  14
C h lo rid u m ....................  12®  14

ANILINE.

B lack................................2 00@2 25
B row n.............................  80@1  00
R ed ..................................  45®  50
Y ello w ............................ 2  50©3 00

BACCAE.

Cubeae (po.  90)........  
90@1  10
J n n ip e ru s .....................  
8®  10
X an tn o x y lu m ..............   25®  30

BALSAMUM.

C opaiba.........................   50®  55
P e ru ................................   @1  30
T erabln, Canada  .......   35®  40
T o lu ta n .........................   35®  50

CORTEX.

 

 

Abies,  C anadian....................  18
Cassiae  ........................  
11
Cinchona F l a v a ....................   18
Euonym us  atro p u rp .............  30
M yrica  Cerifera, p o ...............  20
P runus V irginl.......................   12
Q uillala,  g rd ...........................  14
Sassafras  .................................  14
Ulm us Po (G round  12).........  10

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BXTRACTUM.
G lycyrrhlza  G labra.,
p o . . . . . .
Haem atox, 15 lb. b o x .
I s ..............
Ks.........
.........
FERRUM.
Carbonate P recip .......
C itrate an d  Q ulnia 
.
C itrate  Soluble...........
Ferrocyanidum  Sol...
Solut  C hloride...........
Sulphate,  com’l .........
p u re.............

“ 

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

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

IK ®  

FLORA.

A rn ic a ...................  22® 
A n th e m ls.............   28® 
M atricaria 

25
30
........  25®  30

FOLIA.
................  

Barosma 
Cassia  A cutifol,  Tin-

n iv e lly ...............   25® 

Salvia  officinalis,  Xs
U ra U rsi................. 
SUMM1.

and  K s...............  12® 
8® 

« 

“  A lx. 

20®  #75
28
35®  50
15
10

@  80

A cacia, 1st  picked —

“ ....
“ ....

®
60®
50®®
@

2d 
“ 
“ 
3d 
sifted s o rts ...
“ 
“  po........... ....
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...
“  Cape,  (po.  20)...
“ 
Socotrl.  (po.  60).
Catechu, Is, 04s, 14 !4s,
16).......................  
W
A m m oniac............  55®
®
AssafcBtlda, (po. 35)... 
B enzolnum ............  50®
C a m p h o rs ..................  
50®
Buphorblum   po  .........   35®
G afbanum . 
................   @3
Gamboge,  p o ................   72®
®
G ualacum ,  (po  30)  .. 
®
Kino,  (po.  25)..............  
M a s tic ........................... 
©
M yrrh,  (po  45)............  
®   40
Opil.  (po. 3  20)............ 2  10@2  15
Shellac  .........................  25®  35
bleached.........  30®  35
T ra g a c a n th ..................  30®  75

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hsrba—I n ounce packages.

A b sin th iu m .............................  25
E u p a to rlu m .............................  20
L obelia......................................  25
M ajo ru m ..................................  28
M entha  P ip erita....................  23
V lr .............................  25
R u e .............................................  30
T anacetum , V .........................   22
Thym us,  V ..............................   25

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MAGNESIA.

Calcined, P a t................  55®  60
Carbonate,  P at  ...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate,  J e n n in g s ..  35®  36

C ubebae.........................   ©   o  50
E xechthitos.  .............  2 50@2  75
E rig e ro n .......................2  25@?  50
G aultberla 
..................2 00@2  10
G eranium , ounce.......... 
®   75
Gossipi!,  Sem.  g a l.......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ..................... 1  40@1  50
J n n ip e ri.........................   50®2 00
L a v e n d u la ....................  90®2 00
L im o n is........................2  25@2 80
M entha P ip er.............. 3  00@3 50
M entha  V erid.............2 20®2 30
M orrhuae, g a l.............1  00@1  10
M yrcia, o unce..............   @  50
O liv e ..............................   85®2  75
Picls Liquida,  (gal. 35)  10®  12
R ic in i........................... 1  08@1  24
R osm arini..............  
75@1  00
Rosae,  o u n ce................ 
©6 50
S uccinl...........................  40®  45
S a b in a ...........................  90®1  00
Santal  ...........................3  50@7 00
S assafras.......................   50®  55
Sinapis, ess, o u nce__  
© 6 5
Tigli!  .............................  @1  00
T h y m e ...........................  40®  50
opt  ..................  @  60
Theobrom as..................  15®  20

POTASSIUM.

B iC a rb ...........................  15®  18
B ich ro m ate..................  13®  14
B rom ide.......................  
25®  27
C arb.................................  12®  15
Chlorate,  (po. 16).........  14®  16
C y an id e.........................   50®  55
Io d id e............................2  80®2  90
Potassa, B itart,  p u re ..  26®  30 
®   15
Potassa, B itart, co m ... 
Potass  N ltras, o p t.......  
8®  10
Potass  N ltras................ 
7® 
9
P re s sia te .......................   28®  30
S ulphate  p o ..................   15®  18

RADIX.

A c o n itu m ......................  20®  25
A lthae.............................  25®  30
A n c h u s a .......................   12®  15
A rem ,  p o .......................   @  25
C alam us.........................   20®  40
G entiana,  (po.  15).......   10®  12
G lychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
H ydrastis  Canaden,
@  35
(po.  40)...................... 
Hellebore,  Ala,  p o __   15®  20
Inula,  p o .......................  15®  20
Ipecac,  p o .....................2  25@2 30
Iris  plox  (po. -35®3S)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  p r ......................  42®  45
M aranta,  14s ....................  @ 3 5
Podophyllum , p o .........  15®  18
R h ei..................  
75@1  00
c u t.........................   @1  75
p v ...........................  75@1  35
S p lg elia.........................   48®  53
S anguinaria,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
S erpentaria....................  35®  40
S en e g a ...........................  40®  45
Sim ilax. Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0
©   20
M 
Scillae,  (po. 35)............   10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fosti
dus,  p o .......................   @  35
V aleriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
15®  20
inglber a ......................  10®  15
18®  22

Zingiber  j ................ 

G erm an.. 

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A nlsum ,  (po.  20).
@  15
20®  22
Apium  (graveleons)
Bird. I s .....................
4® 
6
Carai, (po.  18).......   ..
8®  12
C ardam on.................... .1  00@1  25
C orlandrum ................ .  10®  12
Cannabis Satlva.........
4X@5
C ydonium .................... .  75@1 "00
Cnenopodlnm   ........... .  10®  12
D ipterix O dorate....... .2  10®2 20
F oenlculum ................
@  15
Foenugreek,  p o ___
8
6® 
L in ! .............................
4  @  4K
LInl, grd,  (bbl.3K ).
4  ©  4K
L obelia......................... .  35®  40
Pharlaris C anarian  .. .  3H@  4K
Rapa 
7
Sinapis,  A lb u ............
9
N ig ra.........
.  11®  12

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

6® 
8© 

....... 

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“ 

F rum enti, W.. D.  Co. .2  00@2  50
D. F.  R ....... 1  75@2  00
 
Ju n ip erls  Co. O. T ___ 1 75@1  75
“ 
Saacharum   N.  E ...........1 75@2 00
Spt.  V ini  G alli.............. 1 75@6  50
V ini O p o rto ....................1 
V ini  A lba....................... 1 

10@1 50
75@3 50

25@2 00
25@2 00

1 
1 

 

F lorida  sheeps’  wool
carriag e..................... 2  25@2  50
N assau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  .................... 
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriag e........... 
1 10
E x tra  yellow   sheeps’
85
ca rria g e ...................... 
Grass sheeps’ wool car
r ia g e ........................... 
65
H ard for  slate  u s e __  
75
Yellow  Reef, for  slate 
u s e ..............................  
1 40

A b sin th iu m ........................3 50®4 00
A m ygdalae, D u lc.........  45®  75
A m ydalae, Am arae —  8 00®8 25
A n ls l.....................................1  S0@1 9>
A urantl  C ortex............2 50@2  75
Bergami!  ......................3 75®4  00
C a jip u tl.......................  
70®  80
C ary o p h y lll..................  90®  95
C e d a r.............................  35®  65
Chenopodil  ..................  @1  75
C in n a m o n ll........................ 1  20@1 25
C ltronella 
....................  @  45
Conlum   M ac................  35®  65
Copaiba  ........................ 1  10@1  20

STRUTS.

A c c a c la ....................................  50
Zingiber  ..................................  50
Ipecac.................................. 
  60
F errl  lo d ..................................  50
A urantl  Cortes.......................   56
Rhel  A rom ..............................   50
Similax  Officinalis................   60
C o.........  50
S en eg a......................................  50
Scillae........................................  50
  50
T o lu ta n ....................................  50
P runus  flr g .............................  50

“  C o ...- .......................  

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“ 

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M orphia,  S. P. & W .. .1 
S. N.  Y.  Q. &
C. C o ...........................1
I  M oschus  C anton.........
M yristica, No. 1...........
N ux Vomica,  (po 20)..
Os.  Sepia.......................
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
C o ................................
Picls  Liq, N.  C.,  K gal
doz  .............................
Plcis Liq., q u a r ts .......
p in ts ...........
PH H ydrarg,  (po. 80).. 
Piper  N igra,  (po. 22)..
I  Piper A lba,  (po g5)__
Pix  B u rg u n ..................
I  Plum bl A c e t................
P ulvis Ipecac et o pil. .1 
P yrethram ,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......
P yrethram ,  p v ............
Q u asslae.......................
Q ulnia,  S. P. & W .......
R ubla  T lnctorum .......
Saccharem  Lactis p v .
S alaein...........................1
Sanguis  D raconls.......
Santonine  ........................
Sa po,  W .........................

S.  G erm an__ 2S

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95®2  20
85®2  10 
@  40 
70®  75 ®  10 
22®  25
@2  00
@2 00 
@1  00 
@  85 
@  50 @  1 
©   3 
7
@ 
14®  15 
10@1 20
@1  25 
30®  35 
8®   10 
31®  36 
!  ©  36 
12®  14 
@  28 
50®1  60 
40®  50 
4  50 
12®  14 
10®   12 
©   15

Seldlitz  M ixture. .........  @  25
Sinapis..................
....  @  18
“  o p t............
. . . .   @  30 
De
Snuff,  Maccaboy,
V o e s ..................
....  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
.  11®  12
Soda Boras,  (po. 12). 
Soda  et Potass T a rt. . .   30®  33
Soda C arb............
... 
IK ®   2
Soda,  Bl-Carb__
©  
5
Soda,  A sh............
....  3K@ 
4
Soda, S ulphas___ ....  @ 
2
Spts.  E ther Co  . . .
. . . .   50®  55
“  M yrcia  Dom
@225
“  M yrcia Im p. 
@3 00
*'  V ini  Rect.
bbl.
. . .   2 31@2  41
2  27)........................
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal
@1  30
Sulphur,  S ubl___
. .   3  @ 4
. 
R o ll...........
. . . .   2X@ 3K
T a m arin d s ...............
8®  10
. . . .  
Terebenth Venice . . . .   28®  30
T h eobrom ae ........... ....4 0   @  45
V an illa .......................
.. .9 00® 16  00
Zlncl  S u lp h ............. . . . .  
8

7® 

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OILS.
W hale, w in te r___
. . .   70 
Lard,  e x tra .............
. . .   55 
. . . 4 5  
Lard, No.  1.............
Linseed, pure raw ...  36 

Bbl.  Gal 
70
60
56
39

42
60
45

“ 

faints. 

IJndseed,  b o ile d ___  39 
N eat’s  Foot,  w inter
50 
s tra in e d .................. 
Spirits T urpentine__   39 
bbl. 

lb.
Red  V enetian ............... 134  2@3
Ochre, yellow  M ars__l x   2@4
B er......... IX   2@3
“ 
P utty,  com m ercial__ 214  2K®3
“  strictly  p u re ....... 2K  2X@3
V erm ilion Prim e A m er­
ican .................... 
13@16
 
V erm ilion,  E n g lish __  
70@75
Green,  P en in su la r.......  
70@75
Lead,  re d ....................... 7  @7K
w h ite ..................7  @7K
W hiting, w hite Span...  @70
W hiting,  G liders’ ......... 
@96
1  0
W hite, Paris  American 
W hiting,  Paris  Eng.
c l if f ..............................  
1  40
Pioneer P repared P ain tl  20@1  4 
Swiss  V illa  Prepared 
P a in ts ........................ 1  00®1  20

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VARNISHES.

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

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WHISKIES, BRANDIES,

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We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only.
We give oar Personal Attention to Mail Orders sad Guarantee Satisfaction.
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TINCTURES.
J 

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It 

A conitum   N apellls R ...........  60
Kf)
A loes.........................................  60
and  m y rrh ....................  60
A rn ic a ......................................  50
A safcetida................................  
0
Atrope B elladonna..... ..........   60
B enzoin...................................   60
C o...............................  50
S anguinaria.............................  50
B aro sm a..................................  50
C antbarides.............................  75
C ap sicu m ................................   50
Ca  dam on...................... 
...  75
C o.............................   75
C a sto r.......................................1  00
C atech u ....................................  50
C in c h o n a ................................  50
C o.............................  60
C o lu m b a..................................  50
C o n iu m ....................................  50
C ubeba.....................................  50
D ig ita lis ..................................  50
E rg o t.........................................  50
G e n tia n ....................................  50
C o................................   60
G u a lc a ......................................  50
am m on........................   60
Z in g ib e r..................................  50
H yoscyam us...........................  50
Io d in e.......................................   75 j
F errl  C hloridum ...................   35
K in o ............ '...........................  50
L obelia.....................................   50
M y rrh .......................................   50
N ux  V om ica...........................  50
O p il...........................................  85
“  C am phorated..................  50
“  D eodor..............................2 00
A urantl C ortex.......................   50
Q u a s sia ....................................  50
R hatany  ..................................  50
R hel..........................................   50
Cassia  A cutifol.....................   50
C o................  50
S erp e n ta ria .............................  50
Stram onium ....... .....................  60
T o lu ta n ....................................  60
V a le ria n ..................................  50
Vera tram  V erlde....................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

5® 

‘ 
“ 

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

“ 
ground, 

jE ther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
A ln m e n .........................  2)4®  3
(po.
7)  ................................ 
4
3® 
A n n atto ..........................  55®  60
A ntim onl, p o ................ 
4® 
5
55®  60
et Potass T 
A n tip y rln .....................   @1  40
A ntifebrln.....................  @  25
A rgentl  N ltras, ounce  @  64
A rsenicum .................... 
7
Balm Gilead  B u d .......  38®  40
Bism uth  S.  N .............. 2  10®2 20
Calcium  Chlor, Is,  (K»
11;  Ms,  12) ................   @ 
9
C antbarides  Russian,
p o ................................   @1  20
Capslci  F ructus, a f . . .  @  20
p o . . .   @ 2 5
@  20
B po . 
Caryophylius,  (po.  15)  12®   13
Carm ine,  No. 40...........  @3  75
Cera  A lba, S.  & F .......   50®  55
Cera F la v a ....................  38®  40
Coccus 
©   40
Cassia F ru ctu s.............  @  22
C entrarla........... ...........  @  10
C etaceu m ......................  @  40
C hloroform ..................  60®  63
sq u lb b s..  @1  25
Chloral Hyd e r s t....... 1  25@1  50
C h o n d ru s......................  20®   25
Clnchonldlne,  P.  4 W   15®  20
G erman  3  @  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
60
........................ 
C reaso tn m .................. 
@  50
Creta,  (bbl. 75)............   @ 
2
p rep .....................  
“ 
5® 
5
9®  11
p reelp................ 
“ 
8
“  R u b ra..................  @ 
C ro c u s..........................   30®  35
C udbear.........................   @  24
Cuprl Sulph  ................   5 ®  
6
D e x trin e .......................   10®  12
E ther S ulph ..................  68®  70
Em ery,  all  num bers..  @
po  ....................  @ 
6
Brgota,  (po.)  75...........  75®  80
F lake  W hite................   12®  15
G a lla ..............................   @  23
G am bler......................... 7  @ 8
G elatin,  Cooper...........  @  70
F re n c h ............   40®  60
G lassware  flint,  70 and 10. 

“ 
cent 

“ 
bybox60and 10

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“ 

G lue,  B row n..............  
9®  15
“  W hite..................  13®  25
G ly ce rin e...................... 15K®  20
G rana P aradis!............   @  22
H um ulus.......................   25®  55
H ydraag  Chlor  M ite..  @ 9 0
@  80
“  C o r... 
Ox Rubrum   @1  CO
A m m oniati. 
@1  10
U nguentum .  4f@  55
H ydrargyrum ..............   @ 7 5
lohthyobolla,  Am. 
.1  25®1  50
In d ig o .............................  75@1  00
Iodine,  R esubl............3  75@3  85
Iodoform .......................   @4 70
L u p u lin .........................   35®  40
L ycopodium ................  40®  45
M a c is.............................  75®  80
Liqnor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg lo d ....................  @  27
Liqnor Potass A rslnltls  10®  12
M agnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
IK )..............................  
2® 
3
M annla,  S. F ..............  
38®  40

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PETE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Grocery  Price  Current•

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

and  buy  In  fu ll  packages.

Oyster.

S. Oyster  X XX ................
City Oyster. XXX............
Shell  O yster....................
CREAM TARTAR.
Strictly  p n re ...................
T elfer’s  A bsolute...........
G rocers'.............................

...  5Vi
...  5Vi
...  6

30
.. 
35
.10@15

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

APPLES.

“ 

APRICOTS.

quartered  “ 

Sundried. sliced in  th is. 
5
5
Evaporated. 50 lb.  boxes  7@7
C alifornia in  b ags........... 
8
Evaporated in boxes.  ... 
11
BLACKBERRIES.
4H
In   b arrels..... ...................... 
.........  — —
NECTARINES.

701b. bag s..............................  
251b. boxes...................... 8  @8Vi
Peeled, in   box es............  
12
Cal. evap.  “ 
 
 
“ 
In bags.........7  ©   8V4
C alifornia in bags  .......7  @8V4

PEACHES.

PEARS.

“ 

PITTED CHERRIES.
B arrels..............................
50 lb. b o x e s ....................
ÜÖ  “ 
......................

“ 

PRUNELLES.

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

RASPBERSIES.
In   barrels.......................
50 lb. boxes......................
25 lb.  “ 

....................
Foreign.
CURRANTS.
P atras, in b arrels.........
in   Vi-bbls  .......
in  less quantity

“ 
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11
11VÍ
12

12Vi

17
17Ji
18

©   4 Vi 
©  4?¿ 
©   5

PEEL.

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

<

“ 
25  “ 
RAISINS.
Domestic.

London layers  2  crow n.

Loose M uscatels, boxes.......1

.1  GO 
.1  75 
fa n c y ..
.1  90
70 lb  bags  5Vi@6
O ndura, 29 lb. boxes..  7Vi@  7% 
Sultana. 20 
V alencia, 20 

..10  ©12
..  6}4@  7

Foreign.

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PRUNES.

B osnia............................   @
California, 90x100 25 lb.  bxs.  9 
..OU
,.9 g
. .9«

80x90 
71x80 
60x70 

T u rk ey ....................................

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ENVELOPES.

XX rag, white.

No.  1. 6 Vi.............................
$1  75
No. 2, 6Vi  ...........................
1  60
No. 1. 6 ...............................
1  65
No. 2, 0 
. . . .
1  50
XX  wood, white.
No. 1, 6 Vi............................. .  1  35
No. 2, 6 Vi 
......................... .  1  25
6 Vi......................................... .  1  00
6 .............................................
95
M ill  No. 4 ........................... .  100

M anilla,  white.

Coin.

F A R IN A C E O U S   G OO D S.

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

4

F arina.

Hominy.

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

Lim a  Beans.
D ried.................................

5
M accaroni and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. b o x __
Im ported........................10Ví@ll J4

Pearl Barley.

Kegs....................................

Peas.

Green,  b u ..........................
-.1  2T
Split,  b b l............................. ...5  00
Sago.
G erm an ...............................
.  4 Vi
East India  ..............
5 Vi
W heat.
5

C racked...............................

F IS H —S alt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Y arm outh........................... ..  1  10
P o llo c k ...........................
W hole, G rand  B a n k ...
Boneless,  bricks  .........
Boneless,  strip s.............

354
6  © 6 Q
7ii®8
7Vi@8

APPLE  BUTTES
...  5
40 lb.  p a ils .....................
...  5H
....................
201b. pails 
Mason’s,  10, 20 or 30 lbs ...  6
51b..................
...  7
A XI.R GREASE.

“ 

..  $8  50
.. 
Î  50
... 12  00
...  4
. .   3?á

..  $6  50
...  7  10
...10  50
...  3 *
. . .   3Vi
...  3

45 
85 1 60 
10 
45 
85 
1  50 
60
1  30
2 00 
9  60

G raphite.

“

’* 

Badger.

Vs gr.  cases, per  g r.......
12V4 lb. pails, per doz  ..
25 ]D 
.
100 lb. kegs, per  lb .  . 
250 lb.  Vi  bbls., per  lb ..
400 lb. bbls.. per lb  .. 
.
gr.  cases, per g r .........
Vi lb. pails, per doz.
lb. 
00 lb  kegs, per  lb 
...
501b.  H  bbls., per  lb ..
400 lb. bbls..  per l b .......
BAKING  FOWDKB 
Acme, *4 lb. cans, 3 doz 

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Vi lb.  “ 
3  “
I  “
li b .  “ 
b u lk ......................

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“ 

T elfer’s. 

“
“
A rctic,  H  lb c a n s ...........
...........
...........
...........
Red  Star.  Q lb  ca n s.......
.......
......

lb. cans,  doz 
Vi lb. 
1 lb. 
Vi  lb  “ 
1  lb  “ 
5 ft  “ 
Vi  lb 
“  
1 ft  “ 
BATH  BRICK.

2 dozen in case.
E n g lis h .............................
Bristol............   ................
D om estic...........................

“
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“ 

BLUING.  •

Gross
A rctic, 4 oz  ovals-------- ...  4 00
........... ...  7  00
8oz 
“ 
pints,  ro u n d ....... ...10 50
“ 
“  No. 2. sifting box ...  2  75
.  .  4  00
“  No. 3. 
...  8 00
“  No. 5. 
1 oz ball  .............. ...  4  50
“ 

No. 2 H u rl.......................
No.  1  “ 
No. 2 C arpet....................
No. 1 
....................
“ 
Parlor G em ...................
Common W hisk............
Fancy 
. . . . .
Mill
W arehouse....... ..............

BROOMS.
.  2 00
......................... . .  2 25
.  2  50
2  75
3  Oil
...  1  ro
...  1  20
..  -a  25
..  3  00

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BUGSWHEAT  FLOUR.

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

CANDLES

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes........... ...  to n
........... ...  10Vi
Star.  40 
P araffine........................... ...  12
...  25
W icking...........................

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C A N N E D   GOODS.

PISS.
Clams.
L ittle Neck,  1 lb ............. ...A   10
2  lb ............. ....1   90

“ 

“ 
Clam Chowder.

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

Cove Oysters.

“ 

Standard,  l i b ................ ___1  00
21b___ ____ ...  2 00
Lobsters.

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

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Mackerel.

“ 

Standard, 1 lb .................. . . . A  20
2  lb ................ ■  -.2  00
M ustard,  3 1 b ................
..  .3  00
Tom ato Sauc-e,  3 1 b ....... .  .  3 00
soused, 3  lb .....................
. 
.3 00

Salmon.

Colum bia River, flat — ...1  90
ta ils __ .. . 1   75
A laska, 1  lb .....................
...1  45

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“ 
2 lb   ...

Sardines.

A m erican  *4»  ................ -4V>@  5
H s................ ■ 6Vi@  7
Im ported  Q s.................... -.11(8.12
....................
. 13@14
M ustard  *¿8......................
@8

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

Trout.

FRUITS.
Apples.

“ 

York State, gallons__
H am burgh, 
__
Apricots.
Live o ak ........................
Santa  C ruz....................
L u sk 's.............................
O verland......................
Blackberries.
. &  W ...........................

Cherries.

R ed ..................................
Pitted H a m b u rg h .......
W h ite ............................

2 50
2 50

2 25
2  00
2  50
1  90

90

1 30
1  75
1  60

Damsons, Egg Plum s and Green 

Gages.

E r ie .................................  @1  25

Gooseberries.
C om m on.......................  

1  10

Peaches.

P ie ...................................  90@1  00
M ax w ell.......................  
1  50
Shepard’s ...................... 
1  30
C alifornia......................  @2  25

Pears.

D om estic........................ 
R iverside........................ 

Pineapples.
Comrnou......................... 
Johnson’s  sliced ......... 
g rated ......... 

“ 

Quinces.

C om m on........................ 
Raspberries.
............................... 
Red 
I  Black  H am burg........... 
Erie,  black 
. 
Straw berries.
I  L aw ren ce...................... 
j  H am b u rg h .................... 
E rie................................. 

. 

W hortleberries.
C om m on.......................  
I  P.  &  W .......................... 
| B lu e b erries......... 
. 

MEATS.

1  25
2  25

1  30
2  50
2  75

1  10

l  30
1  50
l  40

l
2  25
1  05

1  40
1  25
l  30

Corned  beef,  Libby’s .............1 85
Roast beef.  A rm our's.............1 75
Potted  ham ,  Vi l b ....................1 50
“  H lb ....................1  00
tongue,  V> lb ................ 110
V* l b ........... 
95
chicken, % lb ............ 
95

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VEGETABLES.

Beans.

“ 
“ 

H am burgh  stringless.............1 25
F rench sty le.........2 25
L im as......................1 40
Lima,  green.  ..........................l  30
soaked...........................   90
Lewis Boston  B aked..............1 35
Bay State  B aked..................... 1 35
W orld’s  F a ir.............................1 35

“ 

H am b u rg h ............................12'.
L iv in g sto n ...............................,1 00
Purity 
.................................... 1  10
Honey  D ew .............................. 1 10

Corn.

Peas

■■ 
“ 
“ 

H am burgh m a rro fa t.............. 1 35
early Ju n e   .......... 1  50
Cham pion E n g ... 1  SO
H am burgh  petit  pois  ..........;  75
fancy  s ifte d .........1 90
S oaked...................................  65
H arris  sta n d a rd .................   75
Van Camp’s M arrofat 
.1 10
Early J u n e .........1  30
A rcher’s  Early  B lossom ... .1  35
F r e n c h .......................................1 80

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M ushrooms.

F re n c h ................................. 17218

E rie .........................................  90

H u b b a rd .................................... 1 30

Pum pkin.

Squash.

Succotash.

H am burg  ................................. 1  40
S oaked...................................   85
Honey  Dew...............................1 60

Tomatoes.

Excelsior 
..............................l  00
E clipse........................................1 CO
H a m b u rg ...................................1 30
G a llo n ....................................... 2 55

CHOCOLATE— BAK1
G erm an Sw eet.............
P rem ium ........................
P u re................................
B reakfast  Cocoa.........

CHEESE.

A m boy...........................
N o rw ay .........................
R iv e rsid e .....................
A llegan  ........................
S k im ...............................
B rick...............................
Edam   ............................
Lim burger  ..................
R oquefort......................
Sap  Sago.......................
Schw eitzer, im ported. 
dom estic  __

“ 

CATSUP.

“
“

H alf  pint, com m on... 
P int 
Q uart 
H alf  pint, fa n c y .........
P int 
...........
...........
Q uart 
CLOTHES PINS.
5 gross boxes...................
COCOA  SHELLS.

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36
38
40
©13 
@ 2 
© 13 
©12 
©10 

1254 
@1  00 
@10 
@35 
@22 
(§125 
©13

...  80 
..  1 (.0 
. 
.1  50 
...1   25 
.. 2 00 
3  00

351b. b a g s ...........................   @3
Less  quantity  ................  @3*4
Pound  packages...........6&©7

C O F F E E .

GREEN.
Rio.

F a ir......................... ................ 16
G ood........................ ................ 17
P rim e ...................... ................ 18
G olden.................... ................ 30
Peaberry 
.............. ..................20

Santos.

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

M exican and G uatem ala.
F a ir...........................................20
G ood......................................... 21
F an cy ....................................... 23

M aracaibo.

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

Java.

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

Im ita tio n ................................23
A rabian................................... 2S

Mocha.

ROASTED.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add Vic. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

PACKAGE.

A r b u e k le ’s A r io s a ........... 1PQ
M c L a u g h lin ’s  X X X  X __ 19Q
L ion..........................................19&

EXTRACT.

Valley C ity............................. 
75
Felix 
................................. 1  15
H um m el’s, fo il......................1  50
tin  
“ 
.....................   2  50
CHICORT.

..................  4 Vi

B ulk..
R ed ...

Cotton

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Ju te
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.

CLOTHES LINES.
40 f t ....... ..p e r doz.  1  25
50 f t .......
“ 
1  40
“ 
1  60
6 0 f t... 
70 f t ........
“  
1  75
1  90
“ 
80 f t ........
60 f t ........
“ 
90
“ 
1  00
72 ft
CONDENSED MILK.

4 doz. in case.
R agle.
.  . . . . . . .
Crown
G enuine  Sw iss..
A m erican Swiss.

................  7 40
.................. 6  25
................   8 00
...............7 00

COUPON  HOOK'

“ Tradesm an.”

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

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

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“ 
“  
“  
“ Superior.”

per h u n d re d ..................  2  50
3  00

 

 

S  1, * 2, 
8 3, 
S 5, *10, 
«20,

t   1. 
t 2, 
3  3, 
I  5, 
110, *20,

“U niversal.”
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“  

*  1, per h u n d re d ................   *3 00
.................. 3 50
* 2 , 
.................. 4 CO
* 3 , 
# 5 , 
..................   5 00
*10, 
.................6 00
820, 
................... 7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  follow ing 
quantity discounts:
200 or o v er................  5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 

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COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

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

(Can  be  m ade to represent any 
denom ination  from  $10  down. | 
20 books.............................$  l  oo
50
100
3  00 
250
6  25 
500
10 00 
17  50
1000

2  00 

CRACKERS.

B atter.

Seymour X XX......................... 6
Seym our XXX, carto o n ....... ovi
Fam ily  XXX.........................   8
Fam ily XXX,  carto o n .........  6V4
S alted XXX.............................   6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ......... 6Vi
K e n o sh a ..................................  7v$
Boston........................................8
B utter  b is c u it..........................6V4

Soda.

Soda, X X X .............................  6
Soda, C ity.................................  7V4
Soda,  D uchess....................... ¿Vi
C rystal W afer........................ 10
Reception  F lak e s................. 10

W hiteflsh.

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

“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

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

K e g s ...................................... ..5  50
H alf  keg s............................. ..3  00

HERBS.

Sage........................................ ..15
Hops....................................... .2 5
M adras,  5 lb.  boxes  .........
S. F ., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes..

INDIGO.

55
50

7 vi

JELLY.

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

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LICORICE.

P u re........................................ ..  30
C alabria................................. ..  25
Sicily...................................... ..  18
LYE.
Condensed,  2 d o z.............. . .1  25
..2  25
4 d o z.............
MATCHES.
No. 9  su lp h u r....................
..1  25
A nchor  p arlo r..................... ..1  70
No. 2 hom e........................... ..1  10
..4  00
E xport  p arlo r....................

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MINCE  MEAT

3 or 0 doz,  in case  per d oz.. 1  00

MEASURES.

Tin, per dozen.

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

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar h o u s e ......................
O rd in ary .............................
P rim e ..................................
F a n c v ..................................
F a ir ......................................
G ood....................................
E xtra good.........................
C h o ic e.................................
F ancy...................................

New Orleans.

16
16
20
17
20
26
30
36

O ne-half barrels, 3c extra

OATMEAL.

B arrels  200....................
65
H alf barrels  100................ @2 45

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

@4  6
@2  45

PICKLES.
Medium.

Small.

PIPES.

Barrels, 1,200  co u n t......... ..$4  25
H alf  barrels, 600 count.
..  2  65

Barrels, 2.400  c o u n t....... ..  5  25
H alf barrels, 1,200 count. ..  2  85

Clay, No.  216....................
...1  75
“  T.  D.  full co u n t__ ...  75
Cob, No.  3 ........................... ...1  25

POTASH.

48 cans in  case.
Babbitt’s ............................
4  00
Penna Salt  Co.’s ............. .  3  25

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina h e a d ....................

7
No. 1.................... ....6
No. 2.................. ©   5

B roken.................................

“ 
“ 

Im ported.

“ 

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

P ure G round in  Bulk.

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

A llspice.....................................15
Cassia,  B atavia...................... 20
and  Saigon.25
S aig o n .......................35
Cloves,  A m boyna...................30
Z anzibar...................20
G inger, A frican ...................... 15
C ochin....................... 18
J a m a ic a ....................20
Mace  B atav ia..........................80
T rieste......... ...........27
N utm egs, No. 2 ......... ...........65
Pepper, Singapore, b la c k __ 20
w h ite....... 30
C ayenne__ ...........25
Sage............................... ...........20

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“A bsolute” in Packages.

Vis 

Vis
A llsp ic e....................... .  84  1  55
C innam on.................... .  84  1  55
C loves........................... .  84  1  55
G inger, J a m ................ .  84  1  55
A f.................... .  84  1  55
M ustard.......................
.  84  1  55
84  1  55
Pepper  ..........................
Sacre......... 

............. .  K4

“ 

SU G A R.
Cut  L oaf......................
©   5H
C u b e s ...........................
@  •Hi
P ow d ered ....................
©   4%
___ .  4V4@4  31
G ranulated.. 
Confectioners’  A __ .  4Vi@4  19
Soft A  .........................
W hite E x tra  C ...........
E xtra  C .......................
c ....................................
Y ello w .......................
Less than  bbls.  54c advance

3 Vi©  3 Vi

©   4

SEEDS.
A n is e .........................
Canary, Sm yrna.........
C ara w ay ....................
Cardamon. M alabar.
Hemp,  R ussian ___
...........
M ixed  Bird 
M ustard,  w hite  __
Poppy .........................
R a p e ...........................
Cuttle  bone  .............
STARCH.
Corn.

20-lb  boxes..................
.................
40-lb 
Gloss.

“ 

. 

® 12Ji
3 Vi
8
90
4 Vi
.  4 Vi©  5 Vi
5
9
6
30

6Vi
6V4

l-lb packages..............
6
3-lb 
...............
61b 
...............
6 Vi
40 and 50 lb. boxes................   454
B arrels......................................  4%

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SNUFF.

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

SODA.

B o x es........................................ 5 Vs
Kegs, E n g lish ..........................4K

SAL  SODA.

K egs.........................................  1 Vi
G ranulated,  boxes................   154

SALT

 
 

 
 

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“ 

100 3-lb. sack s..............................*2 25
2  00
60 5-lb. 
28 10-lb.  sacks......................  1  85
2014-lb. 
2  25
24 3-lb  cases...............................  1 50
56 lb. dairy in  linen  bags. 
28 lb. 
56 lb. dairy in drill  bags. 
28 lb. 

drill 
W arsaw.

“ 

“ 

“

Ashton.

Higgins.

56 lb. dairy in linen sacks.. 
56 lb. dairy in linen  sacks. 
56 lb.  sacks...........................  
Saginaw and M anistee. 
Common F ine  per  b b l.......  

Solar Rock.

75 
75 
25
90

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Church’s ..............................  83 80
De Land’s ....................................   3 30
D w ight's................................ 
  3 30
Taylor’s ..........................................3 00

SOAP.

A llen B. W risley’s B rands. 

Old Country, 80 l-lb.  bars. .83 50 
Good Cheer, 601  lb. bars..  3  90 
B onner, 100  54-lb. b a rs....  3 00

BTRUP8.
Corn.

B arrels.......................................24
H alf bb ls...................................26

P ure Cane.

F a ir ...........................................   19
Good 
........................................  25
C h o ic e ......................................  30

Smoked ..........................

H alibut.

H erring.

Scaled.............................
H olland,  b b ls...............
kegs................
R ound shore,  Vi bb l...
*4  bbl..
“ 
M ackerel.

“ 
“ 

No. 1, Vi bbls. 90 lbs___
No. 1, kits, 10 lb s.............
Fam ily, Vi bbls., 10O lbs.
kits, 10  lbs.......

“ 

Sardines.

Russian,  kegs..................

Trout.

No.  1,  Vi bbls., 1001 b s .... 
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs........,..

SAUERKRAUT.

Silver T hread, b b l...........
Vi b b l.......

“ 

SAPO LIO.

K itchen, 3 doz.  in box.
H and 

3  “ 

“

$3 85
2  40

..  2 50
. .  2 50

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

8
8
9*4
8
8 Vi

SPICES.

W hole Sifted.

“ 
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A llspice.....................................10
Cassia, China In m ats.........  8
B atavia in b a n d ___15
Saigon In  ro lls..........35
Cloves,  A m boyna...................22
Z anzibar.....................13
Mace  B atavia..........................80
N utm egs, fa n c y ...................... 80
No.  1..........................75
No.  2..........................65
Pepper, Singapore, b la ck __ 15

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w hite.

shot.

TE A S.

j a p a n —Regular.

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

BUN CUBED.

F a ir .................................  @17
G o o d ...............................  @20
Choice............................... 24  @26
C hoicest........................... 32  ©34
D u st.................................. 10  @12

20 
10 50
3 00 
1  50
.11 00 
.  1  25 
.  5  50

.5 75 
.  80

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

13

BASKET  FIRED.

P a i r ....................
Choice................
Choicest.............
t
E x tra choice, w ire leaf
GUNPOWDER.

.18 @20
@25
@35
@40

Common to  fa ir...........25
E xtra line to fin est..
Choicest fan cy .........
OOLONG.
Common to  fa ir...  .
IMPERIAL.
Common to   fa ir.......
Superior to fine.........

.25 @35
.50 @65
.75 @85

.23 ©30

.23 @26
.30 ©35

YOUNG HYSON.

Common to  fair 
Superior to  fine

.18 @26
.30 @40
’AST.
ENGLISH BREAKFAST,
.18 @22
©28
.40 @50

P a ir ....................
Choice................
B e s t....................

TO BA CCO S.

P in e Cut.

“ 

Pails unless otherw ise noted.
H ia w a th a ...........
Sweet  C uba.......
M eG inty.............
54 bbls.
Little  D arling..
1791........................
1891,  54  bbls.........
Valley  C ity.........
D andy J im ...........
T ornado...............

20

Plug.

- 

S earhead........................ 
J o k e r ............................. 
Zeno................................  
L.  & W ...........................  
H ere  It I s ...................... 
Old Style........................ 
Old  H onesty................. 
Jo lly  T a r........................ 
H iaw atha.............. .. 
V alley C ity ..................  
Jas. C4. B utler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Som ething G ood........................38
Toss  U p..  ...................................26
O ut of  S ight................................25

40
19
22
26
28
31
4 '
32
37
34

Smoking.

Boss..........................................1254
Colonel’s Choice....................13
W a rp a th ..................................14
B a n n e r....................................14
K ing B ee..................................20
K iln  D ried.............................. 17
N igger  H ead...........................23
Honey  D ew ............................ 24
Gold  Block.............................28
Peerless....................................24
Rob  Roy..................................24
U ncle  Sam .............................. 28
Tom and Jerry 
.30 
B rier Pipe..
Yum Yum....
.............32
Red Clover.............................. 32
N avy........................................32
H an d m a d e....
33
F r o g ................

40 gr.. 
50 gr.

VINEGAR.

$1 fo r barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

B ulk, per g a l ...................... 
30
Beer m ug, 2 doz in ca se...  1  7( 

y e a st—Compressed. 

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

“ 
F R E S H   M E A T S.

Sw ift  and  Company  quote as 
follow s :
Beef, carcass................  5  Q,  554
“  hindquarters  ..  (5  @  f>54
...  354@  354
fore 
“ 
loins, No.  3 ....  9  @954
“ 
rib s ..................8 
“ 
@ 854
ro u n d s. 
“ 
to n g u es.................  @

Bologna  ........................  @454

©   454

“ 

shoulders. 
“ 
“ 

Pork  lo in s.......................  @ 7
©
Sausage, blood  or head
@454 
liv e r..............
@ 454 ©7 
F ra n k fo rt__
®7
M utton  ...........................
V eal.................................

F IS H   a n d   O Y STERS.

F.  J.  D etteuthaler  quotes  as

follows :

PRESS  FISH
@10
W hiteflsh 
....................
@10
T r o u t.............................
@17
H alib u t...........................
Clseoes...........................
@  5
..................
F lounders 
@  9
B luefish.........................
©12
M ackerel.......................15 @20
C od..................................
@12
C alifornia  salm o n ...
oysters—Bulk.
Standards,  per  g al.......
.......
Selects, 
Clams 
.......
Shrim ps 
.......
Scallops 
.......
F airhaven  Counts —
F. J .  D. S e le c ts...........
S ele cts...........................
F   J.  D.............................
A nchor...........................
S tandards  ............ .
F avorites.......................
SHELL  GOODS.

@35
@:o
@22
@20
@18
@16
@14

oysters—Cans.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

$1  to
1  60
1  25
1  25
1  75

Oysters, per  100......... 1 !s@l  50
5@1  00
Clams. 

...........
“ 
P O U L T R Y .

Local dealers  pay  as  follows

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

O IL S .

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes
as  follow s.  Inbarrels,  f.  o.  b.
G rand R apids:
W.  W.  H eadlight,  150
fire  test  (old te st).......
W ater  W hite................
M ichigan T est.............
N ap th a...........................
G aso lin e.......................
c y lin d e r ....................... 27 @36
E n g in e .........................13 @21
lack, 25 to 30  deg 

@  854
©   8
©   754
©   754
©   85*

..

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

low s:

HIDES.

 

 

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G re e n ................................ 3540454
P art  C ured..................  454®  5
Pull 
5  @ 5)4
D ry ...................................   5 @ 6
Kips, green  ..................  354® 454
cu re d .....................  5 @ 5)4
Calfskins,  g reen ..........   4 @  5
c u re d ..........  5 @654
Deacon sk in s..................10 @30

“ 

“ 

No. 2 hides 54  off.
FELTS.

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

WOOL.

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

MISCELLANEOUS.

T a llo w ............................   354® 4
Grease  b utter  .............  1  @ 2
S w itch es.........................  154@ 2
G inseng ...............................2 00@2 50

FURS.

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

“ 

F ox, red ..........................1  00@1  50
“  cross...................... 3 00@5 00
“  grey........................  50®  75
L ynx..................................... 2 00@3 00
M artin,  d a rk .................1  0i @3 00
pale  & yellow   50@1  00
40@1  i
M ink, dark 
03®
M u sk ra t...
15®
Oppossum.
5 00@S I 
Otter,  dark 
25®
R accoon...
S k u n k .......
1  tJ0@l 
1  00@3
W olf.____
Beaver castors,  lb___ 2  00®
deerskins—Per pound
T hin and  green  ....................
Long g ray ................................
Gray 
.......................................
Red and  blue  ... 
.  .............

GRAINS and FEKDSTUFFS 

WHEAT.

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

86 
86

B olted....................................   1  60
G ranulated...........................  1  80

MEAL.

FLOUB.

Straight, in  sacks  ....
“  barrels___
“ 
Patent 
“ sacks........
“ b arrels....
“ 
G raham   “  sacks—  
“ 
Rye 
-----
MILLSTUFFS.
B ran..................................
S creenings....................
M iddlings.......................
M ixed F e e d ...................
Coarse m eal...................

“ 

CORN.

Car  lo ts...........................
Less than  car  lo ts.......

4 60
4  70
5  60 
5  70
2  20 I
2  65

16 00 
14  00
2ii  00
17  50 
17  00

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

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

ton lots

“ 

A%

PAPER.
....................

Straw  
R o ck fa lls...................................2
Rag  su g ar...................................2
H ard w are...................................254
B a k e rs........................................ 254
Dry  G oods......................  554@S
J u te   M anilla..................   @654
Red  E xpress  No.  1............  554
No.  2.............. 454

“ 

TWINES.
48 C otton..................
Cotton, No. 1 .......... ...............18
...............16
Sea  Island, assorted...........35
No. 5 H e m p ..............................15
No. 6  “ .......................................16

WOODENWARE.
Tubs, No. 1........................
“  No. 2........................
“  No. 3........................
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop..
“  No. 1,  three-hoop. 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.
Bowls, 11 In ch ..................
..................
..................

7  00 
6  00 
5 00 
1  35 
1  60 
50 
1  00
1  25
13  “ 
“ 
15  “  
“ 
2  00
assorted, 17s and  19s  2 50 
“ 
“  15s, 17s and 19s  2 78
“ 
35
shipping  bushel..  1  20
“ 
..  1 30
fu ll  hoop  “ 
“ 
b u s h e l.....................   1 50
“ 
“  willow cl’ths, N o.l  5  75
“  No.2 6  25
“ 
“  No.3  7 25
“  No.l  3  60
“ 
“  No.2 4 25
“ 
“ 
“  No.3 5 0C

Baskets, m ark et.................... 

“ 
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splint 
* 
“ 

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

GANDIES, FRUITS  ami  NUTS.

Apples—D ull and slow of sale.  H olders  $1.75 
@$2 25  per bbl.
Beans—Easy  and  quiet.  Dealers  now  pay 
$1.30@1.40 for  unpicked  and country  picked and 
hold at $1.05@1.75 for city  picked pea or m edium.
B utter—Lower and in sm aller dem and. Choice 
dairy is  in  m oderate  dem and  fit  is@20c.  F ac­
tory cream ery is held at 26c.
Celery—20c per doz.
Cubbages—3o@40c per doz.
Cider—Sweet, 10c per gat.
Cranberries — Repacked  Cape  Cod are in   fair 
Dried Apples—Sundried  is held a t 4j-4@5o  and 
Eggs—Fresh are beginning to come in  slowly. 
G rapes—M alaga, $5 per keg.
Honey—15c per lb.
O nions—D ealers  pay 50@00c  and  hold at 65® 
70c, ex tra fancy com m anding about 80c.
Potatoes—Local  buyers  are  paying  1S©2UC, 
shipping almost altogether to tiieSouthern states 
for seeding purposes.

dem and at $7  per  bbl.
evaporated  at654@7c.
D ealers pay 20c  and hold at 22c,

Squash—Ilubbard, 154c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—$3  per  bbl.  for  choice  Mus­
Turnips—25c per bushel.

catine stock.

P R O V IS IO N S .

The G rand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new .............................................................  12  00
S h o r tc u t..............................................................   11  00
E x tra clear pig, short c u t................................   13  50
E x tra clear,  heav y .............................................
Clear, fat  b ack ....................................................  13  00
Boston clear, short c u t......................................  13  25
Clear back, short c u t.........................................   13 00
Standard clear, short cut. b est.................... 
13  50

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage........................................................... 7
Ham Sausage...........................................................   9
Tongue Sausage......................................................9
F ran k fo rt  Sausage  ..............................................   754
Blood Sausage.........................................................   5
Bologna, straig h t...................................................   454
Bologna,  th ic k ............ ...........................................4V4
H ead ch e ese............................................................ 454

lard—Kettle Rendered

T ie rc e s......................................................................  754
T ubs...........................................................................   7%
501b.  T in s.................................................................7%
7
T ierces.................................................................  
50 lb cases................ ........................................... 
7)4
20 
.......................................................... 
754
10 
............ ............................................ 
744

GRANGER

“  
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LARD.

Com­
pound.
554
5/4
054
6?6
6 k
5%£
554

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

Fam ily.
Tierces ..................................
...-5M
0 and  501b. T u b s..................
3 lb.  Pails, 20 in a  case.........
...6 5 4
----6?«
5 lb. Palls, 12 in a case..........
---- 6 k
10 lb. Palls, 6 In a case..........
__ 0
•30 lb. Palls, 4 In a  case.......
...5 «
50 lb. C ans....................................... 54£
BEEF  IN  BARRELS.
E x tra Mess, w arranted 200  lb s.........................  6  50
E x tra Mess, Chicago packing...........................  6  50
Boneless, rum p butts...........................................10  00
Hams, average 20 lb s .............................................  S?i
16 lb s .............................................  nja
12 to 14 lb s .................................... 954
p ic n ic ........................................................... 054
best boneless.............................................  854
Shoulders.................................................................6
B reakfast Bacon, boneless....................... ..........  854
D ried beef, ham  p ric e s ................................   ...  8
Long Clears, heav y ................................................  6)4
Briskets,  m edium ..................................................   7
li g h t........................................................7
C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

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“  
“ 

“ 
“  

„ 

LAMP  BURNERS.

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

T he P utnam  Candy Co. quotes as follow s:

Bbls.  Palls.

MCK  CANDY.
F ull  W eight.

Standard,  per  lb. 

“ 
“  

H .H ...
Tw ist 
Boston  Cream  .
Cut  L oaf...........
E x tra  H.  I I .......

MIXED  CANDY.
Full  W eight.

Bbls. 

Palls.

S tandard............................... ..............6 
7
7
Leader................................................. 6 
754
R oyal................................................... 654 
N obby..................................................7 
8
English  R ock................................... 7 
8
8
C onserves.......................................... 7 
Broken T affy....................... baskets 
8
9
8 
P eanut Squares.................... 
French Cream s..................................  
10
13
Valley  Cream s............... 
 
Midget. 30 lb. baskets...........................................   8
M odern, iO lb. 
8

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“ 
fancy—In bulk.
F ull W eight. 

Pails.

 

fancy—In 5 lb.  boxes. 

Lozenges,  p la in ....................................................  10

Brln te d ................................................   11

rops....................................................  1154
Chocolate M ouum entals....................................  13
G am  D rops.............................................................  554
Moss D rops.............................................................   8
Soar D rops.............................................................   854
Im perials.................................................................  lo
Per Box.
Lemon D rops................ 
55
Sour D ro p s.......   .....................................................55
Pepperm in t D rops...................................................60
Chocolate D rops...................................................... 65
H. M. Chocolate  D rops..........................................90
Gum D rops........................................................ 40@50
Licorice D rops.......................................................1 00
A. B. Licorice  D rops............................................. 80
Lozenges, plain........................................................ 60
p rin te d ...................................................65
Im perials................................................................... 60
M ottoes...................................................................... 70
Cream B ar................................................................. 55
Molasses  B ar............................................................55
Hand Made  Cream s........................................ 85@95
Plain Cream s.....................................................80@90
Decorated C ream s......................................... — 1 00
Strjng  R ock................................  
65
B urnt A lm onds..................................................... 1 00
W intergreen  B erries............................................. £0

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CARAMELS.

No.  1, w rapped, 2 lb.  boxes.............................  34
No. 1, 
51
No. 2, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 51b. boxes..........................................  90

3 
2 
3 

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ORANGES.

Floridas,  fancy., 

choice..
russets
M essina..............

“ 
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LEMONS.

“ 
“ 
“  

M essina, choice, 360................................
fancy, 360.....................................
choice  300....................................
fancy 300......................................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
Figs, fancy  layers, GB>................................
101b  ..  .  .................
14 ib...........................
209)............................
Dates, F ard, 10-lb.  box.............. ............
..............................
Persian. 50-lb.  b o x .....................

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Our Dominion  Neighbors—The  Canada 

Hen.
Written for The Tradesman.

it 

The good people of Ontario are divided 
into two political  parties—the  Tory  and 
the Grit—and so marked is the line which 
separates these two parties in  that  Prov­
ince of happy and prosperous rural homes, 
that even the women and children are all 
securely anchored on one side or the other 
of the  dividing  line.  Each  of  these  po­
litical factions imagines that the country 
would go  to  the  “demuition  bow-wows’* 
if the other should happen  to  get  a  per­
manent hold of it,  and so there  is  a  con­
tinuous strife  which  knows  no  rest  on 
the part of each  to  gain  the  ascendency 
and preserve  the  integrity  and  save  the 
credit  of  the  country.  And  the  great 
anxiety is not  confined  to  the  Dominion 
or  Provincial  governments,  but 
is 
carried into  municipal  matters  as  well. 
Indeed,  so strong is this party feeling that 
sometimes  it  is  carried  into  the  school 
section and the election of a trustee made 
to  depend  entirely  upon  the  respective 
number  of  Tory  and  Grit  votes  in  the 
section. 
It  is  not  often,  however,  that 
the good sense of the people allows party 
politics to dictate  in  school  matters. 
It 
is in municipal matters where the people 
indulge to the greatest extent in political 
wire-pulling.  Tory and Grit sit opposite 
each other  at  the  Christmas  dinner  and 
discuss  township  and  country  affairs, 
criticise  and  condemn  the  Tory  reete 
here  and  the  Grit  reeve  there,  while 
they pick  the  bones  of  the  unfortunate 
turkey  and  gorge  themselves  with  the 
dear,  old-fashioned plum pudding.  An 
American  spending  the  holidays  with 
these provincial  people,  is  forcibly  im­
pressed  with  the  earnest  and  positive 
manner in which they discuss these local 
matters.  He is  impressed  with  the  fact 
that they are intensely sincere in all they 
say,  and that each honestly believes  that 
the other, if he had control of  the  town­
ship,  would  carry  out  a  policy  which 
would  be  detrimental  to  the  welfare  of 
the  people.  He is impressed, moreover, 
with  a  certain  conviction that,  beneath 
these  harsh  declarations  and  vigorously 
expressed  opinions, 
there  is  a  strong 
undercurrent  of fraternal and  neighbor­
ly feeling. 
It is well that this is true, for 
the municipal and  school  elections  come 
off during the  holiday  season. 
It  might 
be as well to explain that each  township 
is  ruled  over  and  governed  by  a  minia­
ture  legislative  body  consisting  of  five 
members.  This little house of parliament 
is  elected  annually  and  is  called 
the 
Township Council. 
It  is  presided  over 
by a reeve and oue or more deputy reeves 
according to the population of  the town­
ship.  The reeves and deputy reeves con­
stitute  the  “County  Council,”  which is 
the  next  round  in  the  parliamentary 
ladder.  The various candidates are nom­
inated at the township “capitols”  on  the 
last Monday of the old year and the  elec­
tion comes off on the first  Monday  of the 
new year.  On Christmas day  the  writer 
had  the pleasure of assisting  in  picking 
the bones of  a  gorgeous  brace  of  fowls 
at the heavily-laden table of  one of these 
Tory reeves.  Around that festive  board 
were assembled Tories  and Grits, and the 
political thrusts and side thrusts did  not 
appear to mar,  in the least,  the  pleasure 
of the occasion.  A real,  genuine spirit of 
good-fellowship took possession of all, yet 
party  politics  runs so  high  among  these 
people that “mine host” would not under 
any  consideration  vote  for  his  most

honored Grit guest,  and  no Grit guest  on 
that occasion would vote for the cherished 
friend and highly-respected neighbor who 
so richly entertained him, for any office— 
because  he  was  a  Tory.  So  devoted  to 
party are they that son will oppose father 
in  even  these  paltry  municipal  offices. 
The Canadian people  have  been  fed  on 
this  particular  political  fodder  so  long 
that  they  have  become  so  hidebound 
that  a  Tory  cannot  and  will  not  admit 
that free commercial intercourse with the 
American  Union  would  result  in  any 
possible good to Canada,  and  the  Grit  is 
just as blind and deaf and dumb as to any 
possible  benefit  the  “National  Policy,” 
has been  in  developing  the  resources  of 
Canada.  A Tory will  sit  all  night  and 
listen with a broad-gauged  smile  spread 
all over his ruddy countenance while  his 
bombastic  Yankee  neighbor  swings  his 
arms  and  explodes  on  the  wonderful 
secret  of Uncle Sam’s  marvelous  great­
ness,  but  let  him  whisper  the  word 
“annexation” and that  Tory  will  give  a 
snort that  will  start  the  cold  chills  up 
the back of the Yankee and cause him  to 
raise  his eyes toward heaven  in  a  spirit 
of thankfulness  for the early deliverance 
from his own  land of  this Tory  element. 
The  Grit  wants unrestricted reciprocity. 
He  is  a  free trader,  takes  no  stock,  of 
course,  in the Canadian N. P. and  is loath 
to believe that a  protective  fiscal  policy 
ever did  or  ever  can  materially  benefit 
the States or any other country.  A policy 
embracing  annexation 
is  not  so  objec­
tionable to the average Grit  as  a  policy 
of protection.  Unlike the Tory, the Grit 
will discuss annexation fairly, dispassion­
ately  and  reasonably  upon  its  merits 
He is  non-committal  at  present,  but  in 
the opinion of the writer, the time is  not 
far distant  when  this  great  party  will 
come out square-toed for  political  union 
with the American  Republic.

By what has  been  written  above  the 
reader will  readily  understand  the  diffi­
culty the writer met with  in  looking  up 
the egg industry and  in  ascertaining  the 
effect on the same,  if any, of  the  McKin­
ley Bill.  The Tory  egg  dealers  without 
any exception will  have  it  that  the Mc­
Kinley  Retaliation  Act (as  they call it), 
so  greatly  feared  at  first,  has  actually 
turned out to be  a  blessing  in  disguise. 
For instance,  J. B. Uambridge of Aylmer, 
who has shipped to the Liverpool market 
20,000 dozens since the Bill took effect, is 
quite certain that  the  English  market  is 
unlimited  and  just  as  remunerative  as 
the American markets  to  which  he  has 
been shipping eggs for several years. The 
only  facts  and figures  which  Mr.  Ham- 
bridge saw fit to place in my hands, show­
ing the result of  these  shipments,  was  a 
letter bearing date Nov. 28, from his con­
signee in Liverpool, stating that a certain 
shipment of 100 cases had arrived in good 
condition,  and  a sale had been effected at 
7-6 which was a little  over  18  cents  per 
dozen. 
(A  quotation  from  the  English 
market quoting  eggs  at  7-6,  means  that 
120 eggs are worth Tshillings and 6 pence 
sterling,or  about &1.87K)

The  vast quantities  of  Canadian eggs 
which have heretofore been shipped  into 
the eastern American  markets,  have  not 
been sent  adrift  across  the  briny  deep 
as many  suppose.  They  have  not been 
forthcoming since the McKinley Bill went 
into  operation.  True  a  few  shipments 
have been made,  but  the  general  result 
has  not  been  satisfactory.  Some  ship­
ments made late  in  the  season  bore  up 
fairly  well  but  the  earlier  shipments

W.  H.  WHITE  &  CO.,

ManilfaGtilrers  of  Hardwood  Lum ber,

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made just when the bulk of the stock was 
pressing for an outlet of some  kind,  lost 
flavor in transit, arrived in bad condition, 
incurring  loss  and  disapointment  upon 
the  consignors.  A  few  shipments  were 
also  made  to  the  American  markets  in 
spite of the duty.  But the  cold  fact  re­
mains, however, that the great supply was 
cut off.  Before the  McKinley  Bill  came 
into operation,  London  was  a large  egg­
shipping point.  W. Robson,  who  is one 
of the principal dealers of that  city, used 
to ship thousands of  dozens  of  eggs  per 
week  to  Buffalo,  but  the  McKinley  Bill 
ruined his business.  Mr.  Robson said  to 
the writer in an interview  had  with  him 
recently on this subject  that  “every egg 
which was obtainable was sent out of the 
country into the  American  markets,  and 
that when the  Bill  went  into  effect  the 
country was  eggless.  Then  commenced 
a terrible slaughter of hens.” Mr. Robson 
says that for every 100 hens that  used  to 
lay  eggs  and  cackle  in  the  townships 
lying arcund the  city  of  London,  there 
are to day only  20. 
If  this  be  the  case 
all over the province  the  McKinley  Bill 
has destroyed four-fifths of Ontario’s egg 
industry.  1 hope Mr.  McKinley will  not 
see this article for he  is  a  conscientious 
man and the  knowledge  of  having  been 
the  cause of such a  wholesale  slaughter 
of innocent lives; of  the  wringing  of  so 
many  delicate  necks;  of  the  grief  and 
disapointment caused in so  many  happy 
homes  by  cutting  off  the  great prolific 
source of supply of pin money  for  thou­
sands of  Canada  farmers’  wives—would 
cause a great black  cloud  of  remorse  to 
rise up and obscure the sun of his happi­
ness forever.  The writer feasted on fresh 
newly-laid  eggs  at  18  cents  per  dozen, 
and  great  crisp, 
juicy  Northern  Spy 
apples,  such as  the  province  of  Ontario 
alone can produce,  at only  25  cents  per 
bushel.

And this  McKinley  tariff  bill,  which 
has  virtually  ruined 
their  egg  trade, 
crippled the barley,  pea,  hay  and  vege­
table trade,  was  adopted  (so  these  mis­
guided,  intensely  loyal  but  unpatriotic 
Tories  say)  by this great  American  Con­
gress for  the  premeditated  express  pur- 
poes of spiting the British Provinces  and 
coercing and forcing them  into the Amer­
ican  Union.  These  Canadian  manipu­
lators of red  tape  and  old  fogyism  are 
such  wonderfully  inflated  toads  in  the 
little puddle where they strut about with 
their  cocked  hats  and  gaudy trappings 
and  quite  overawe  the  little  pollywogs 
around them, that they overlook the  fact 
that the Congress  of  the great  Republic 
legislates exclusively  for  the  people  of 
the great Republic.

With just a word  or  two  in  behalf  of 
Ontario,  I  will  close  this  first  article  in 
the new year, trusting that the reader will 
forgive me  for  wandering  so  far  away 
from the usual commercial land marks.

The  Province  of  Ontario  stands  pre­
eminently  at  the  head  of  all common­
wealth whether on this continent or else­
where.  She stands  at  the  head  in  the 
average yield of all the staple cereals ex­
cept corn.  She leads in  live  stock,  and 
she stands at the head of any state in the 
Union, 
educationally 
and socially and morally.  Her resources 
are inexhaustible,  her  people  are of  the 
very best  and  were  she  cut  out  of  the 
Dominion and added to the galaxy of  in­
dependent nations which  constitute  this 
great American Union,  she would be  the 
banner  state  and  100,000  of  her  exiled 
sons would return to the  land  that  gave

agriculturally, 

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Refer by permission to the  editor of  this 
paper.  Write for information which will 
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Society and Silver.

If  you  keep  much  in  society,  you’ll 
need  much  silver,  and  there is this  dan­
ger,  that in  keeping  or  following society 
you may lose  much of  your gold  and sil­
ver—have nothing  left but what  is  irre­
deemable. 
If  one  is in  business as den­
tist or storekeeper  he  has  necessarily to 
mingle  with  people  more  or  less—like 
the politicians,  he  has  got  to  keep him­
self before the people.  This  he does for 
the money that is in the thing.  The man 
who wants  customers  must  be  popular, I 
but the wise man will see that he doesn’t 
pay too dearly for the whistle.  Society, 
for the most part,  is made  up of cost and 
folly.  There  is a stream of  folks  trying 
to side up with the millionaires, and who 
are  straining  themselves  in  the  effort. 
Don’t  do  it,  friend;  it  isn’t  worth  the 
powder.  There  is  no  money  in  it— 
neither joy nor  respectability,  but often, 
very  often,  bankruptcy.  The  young 
clerk who  loves  society thinks  he is cut 
out to shine  iu  it,  and not haviug money 
enough  to  buy fashionable suits  once  a 
month has  got to appear  as a sham  now 
and  then  in  clothes  borrowed from  the 
tailors who loan them out an evening for 
a  consideration.  Strange  doings!  The 
tailor  gets the  money—the tool  loses it.
And,  furthermore, what wise mau goes 
to wild society for a wife?  Her face may 
be all  right and  her dancing fascinating, 
but possibly she  cannot  bake a pumpkin I 
pie  fit  to  be  eaten,  or  make a garment 
which would  hang  together  three weeks 
—not  even  able  to  dress a doll,  so  that 1 
she  becomes a bill  of  expense  from  be-1 
ginning to end.  The object of these lines 
is to coax  you,  if  we  can,  to  save  your 
money and  your health for those depend­
ent on you. 

G e o .  R.  S c o t t .

New  Notion  House  in  the  Field.
A new aspirant  for  business  with  the 
trade is J.  W.  Parke,  who has opened up 
a  complete  stock of  yankee  notions, at 
wholesale  only,  at No. 4 Pearl  street,  in 
Moore  &  Stow’s  new  building,  of  this 
city.  He  solicits  and  will  endeavor  to 
merit  the  encouragement  of  business 
men,  such as will  secure  for him a share 
of  that line of  business.  He will  make 
it  to  the  interests of  the  trade  to  give 
him  a  good  patronage,  and  his  agents 
will  call  on  them  as  soon  as  possible 
with right prices on goods  from the most 
reputable manufacturers in his line, con­
sequent  from  his 29 years of  experience 
in the  business.

T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N .
them birth and educated them in the best 
schools in the world.  Then and  not  till 
then  will  this  mighty,  life-draining  de­
vitalizing stream cease to  pour  out,  and 
the sore  heal  over.  Then  and  not  till 
then will Ontario realize her great  possi­
bilities and take her place among the free 
commonwealths of the  world.  May  God 
speed the day,  and may  every  reader  of 
T h e  T r a d e s m a n  enjoy a happy, prosper­
ous business career throughout  the  new 
year. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

CAPITAL,

A. J.  Bowne, President.

E.  A.  O w e n .

Transacts a  general  banking  business.

i.DfliTT, V ice-President.

D. A. 

H.  W. Nash, Cashier
$300,0 0 0 .

A Californian  has  invented a long-dis­
tance telephone of  very simple construc­
tion  with  which  he is confident  he  can 1 
hold communication  across the continent j 
or under the ocean.

G R A N D   RAPIDS,  MICH

Notice to Stockholders. 

_TVTmTfVKTCi
The  annual  m eeting  of  the  stockholders  of j CUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS
the G rand  Rapids & Indiana Railroad  Company 
w ill be held at th e  G eneral  Office, in th e  City of j 
G rand  Rapids, M ichigan, on W ednesday, M arch 
2d,  1892, at  1  o’clock  p. m., for  th e  election of, 
thirteen  directors to serve  for the  ensuing  year 
and  for  the transaction of  such other  business 
as m ay be presented at th e m eeting.;

P A M P H L E T S

F o r th e best work, at  reasonable  prices, address 

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

J. H. P. HUGHART, Sec y. 

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Felt, Boots and Alaska  Socks

JOBBERS  OF

State A gents for

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158 St  160 Fulton  St-^Grand  Rapids.

Wagon  M   Free!

We  are  sending  to  every  dealerjwhe 
andles  "GRAPHITE  AXLE  GREASE,” 
one  Daisy  Wagon  Jack,  worth  $1.  to  be 
iven  to  the  holder of  the  printed  order 
ontained  in one of the  1-lb.  boxes  in each 
ase  of one-third  gross, on presentation of 
said order to your dealer,  FREE  of charge.

See What  is  Said  of It.

A p r i l  25 th ,  1881. 

W adhams Oil A Grease Co., M ilw aukee:
D ear Sirs—For the past year 1 have been using 
our  G raphite  A xle  Grease and  have  found it 
will do better work than any other  grease in the 
m arket. 

Yours truly,

P h il l ip  Sc iia r e t t, B arn Forem an,

Jos  Schlitz Brew ing Co., M ilwaukee, Wis.

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

Company.

Milwaukee,  Wis.  and  Seattle,  Wash.

L et us send• You

A Few Rugs

Blacking Gases & Foot Bests

From  which to  make  selections 

for the  Holiday Trade.

SMITH  &  SANFORD.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Be Prepared For New Thing's.

The cotton  pickers  of  the  South  are 
confronted  with  a  wonderful  machine | 
which,  with a man and boy in attendance I 
upon it,  will gather (in better  condition) 
five thousand pounds  of  cotton  per  day. 
The old plan  by  hand  resulted  in  only 
one  hundred  pounds  a  day  per  man. 
Here  is,  indeed,  a  revolution  in 
that 
wonderful industry.  It looks as if cotton 
was going to  remain  king  in  American 
productions in  spite  of  the  present  un­
precedented low price.  We not  only get 
out of the seed  food  for  cattle,  but oil, 
which is disputing  the  market  with  the 
producers of lard, olive  and  other  oils; 
and that isn’t all, for manufactured cotton 
is now being used on walls  of  houses in 
northern climates to keep out the cold.  If 
all the world were sober and civilized con­
sumers,  we  would  require  from  Dixie 
three times eight million  bales  per year. 
But the thought  upon  our  minds is  the 
displacement of hands  which  these  ma­
chines  occasion.  Men  need  to  be  wide 
awake for these changes—to be ready for 
the new callings which every one  of  our 
useful  inventions  brings into existence. 
Let no one vex himself with the idea that 
these changes are against the masses, for 
do we not see where they are most numer­
ous the masses  are  best off?  Inventions 
multiply the  capacity  of  the  earth  and 
Malthus may go to sleep to allay his fears. 
Has the ground been cut away from under 
you?  Step over on new earth  and  show 
your  readiness  for  the  new  departure. 
Type is not to  be  set  by  hand  forever. 
The old stage coach had to  give  way  to 
the locomotive of a mile a  minute.  This 
is a new  era  wonderful  in  its  changes. 
Keep yourself in trim for the new things 
which are turning up every year.

Geo.  R.  Scott.

Necessities.

Just where  he  came  from  didn’t  ap­
pear,  but his raiment might be  taken  as 
a token that he was from the  backwoods 
of a country pretty well back,  and  as  he 
went into a family grocery  on  Jefferson 
Avenue he attracted  sufficient  attention 
for the boss to come forward to see  what 
he wanted.

“Got any corn whisky?”  he asked.
“We don’t keep  it,”  replied  the  pro­
prietor.
“Ner  rye?”
“ No.”
“Ner applejack?”
“No.”
“Ner old peach?”
“No.”
“Ner moonshine?”
“No.”
“Nothin’ in that line at all?”
“No.”
“Well,  by gravy,” he said  angrily,  as 
he started out,  “ what  the  dickens  have 
you got that sign up thar,  ‘Families sup­
plied with all the necessaries of life,’ for? 
Durn me ef we can’t do  better’n  that  at 
the cross-roads grocery.”

Detroit—Daniels  &  Ives,  dealers  in 
men’s  furnishing  goods  at  96  Jefferson 
avenue,  are financially embarrassed, hav­
ing uttered  the  following  chattel  mort­
gages:  A. Ives & Sons, §43,000; Schloss, 
Adler & Co.,  §361.46;  Western  Knitting 
Co., §798.31; Butzel  Bros.  & Co., §267.09; 
S.  Simon  &  Co.,  §1,549.35;  Samnel  J. 
Hitchcock. §5,000.  The bank debt grew 
to  such  proportions 
that  the  chattel 
mortgage  was  given  to insure  its  pay­
m ent  An inventory of  the stock  of  the 
firm will be  made which,  it  is  believed, 
will  show  the  assets  of  the firm to  be 
largely  in  excess  of  their 
liabilities. 
They  expect  to  be  able  to  bridge  over 
the trouble  and  in  the  meantime  their 
business will  not  be  suspended.  Their 
embarrassment  is  believed  by  their at­
torney to be only a temporary one.

FOB  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.
Schedule  in  effect  January  10,1892.

A dvertisem ents w ill be inserted  under  th is  heed for 
tw o  cents  a   word  th e  first  insertion   and  one cent a 
word  fo r  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise­
m ent taken fo r less th an  85 cents.  Advance  paym ent.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

382

383

and shoes in best  tow n in M ichigan.  Cause 
of  selling,  ill  health.  A ddress  No.  383,  care 
M ichigan Tradesm an. 

F o r   s a l e —g o o d   n e w   s t o c k   o f   b o o t s
Fo r   s a l e — w e l l   a s s o r t e d   l i n e   o f
FOR  SALE  AT  A  BARGAIN.  THE  UNDER- 

bazaar goods.  W ill  inventory  about  $2,200. 
Good  location and  trade.  A ddress J.  F. Anson, 
adm in’r for J. L.  N eden  E state, 433  M ain street, 
M enominee, Mich. 

signed w ill  sell  his  stock of  drugs,  etc., at 
89  M onroe  street  and  take  in  paym ent  G rand 
Rapids  real  estate.  This  store  is  w ell  known 
throughout  this  and near  counties and  has an 
established  trade  of  over  tw enty  years.  As  I 
desire  to  devote  my w hole  tim e  to  th e  m anu­
facture of  my Fam ily Rem edies, therefoie,  and 
for  no  other  reason, I offer  my stock  for  sale. 
Geo. G. Steketee.________________________ 384

IHOR  SALE—GROCERY  STOCK  IN  GROW- 

ing  tow n of  about 1,800  inhabitants.  Only 
exclusive  grocery store in  the  co u n ty .  Owners 
engaged in  other business, the reason for selling. 
K rltzer M illing Co., Newaygo, M ich. 

FOR  SALE—FIRST-CLASS  GROCERY  Bus­

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

ed in good  country  tow n, M innesota;  good 
prescription  trade.  A ddress  W.  S.  Johnson, 
Osseo, M inn. 

F OR  SALE—DRUG  STORE;  WELL  LOCAT 
I flOR  SALE — A  GROCERY  STOCK  WITH 

store  and tw o  dw elling  houses;  fine  trade, 
excellent location.  Reasons for selling:  too old 
for business.  A ddress  A. Van  Hoe, Kalamazoo, 
Mich. 

363

379

385

377

' 

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

S IT U A T IO N   WANTED  BY  A  YOUNG LADY 
i J   com petent to keep a set of books and w illing 
to m ake  herself  generally  useful  about a store. 
One  year’s  experience.  N ot  afraid  of  work. 
Wages low.  Good references,  A ddress No. 370, 
care M ichigan  Tradesm an. 
TTTA N TED   SITUATION — BY  FIRST-CLASS 
vv 
registered  pharm acist;  ten  years’  exper­
ience.  A ddress  No.  387, care M ichigan  Trades 
m an._____________________ 

387

370

MISCELLANEOUS.

359

you buy of the largest m anufacturers in the 
U nited States?  If  you do, you  are  custom ers of 
th e Tradesm an Company, G rand Rapids.

■ O  YOU  USE  COUPON  BOOKS ?  IF   SO, DO 
FOR  SALE—ABOUT  100  POUNDS  O F  NON- 

parell  type,  w ell  assorted  as  to  figures, 
fractions  and  leaders.  J u s t  th e  thing  for  a 
country  paper  for  use in tax  sales  and  general 
w ork.  Laid in  tw o  cases.  W ill  sell for 25 cents 
per pound and $1  per pair for cases.  Tradesm an 
Company, G rand Rapids, Mich. 

IVOR SALE—TWO  HUNDRED  ACRES  LAND  (160  IM- 

provedb located in  th e fruit b elt o f  Oceana coun­
ty ,  Mich.  Land  fitted  fo r  m achinery,  good  fences, 
large  curb  ro o f  barn  w ith  underground  fo r  stock, 
horse barn and oth er n ecessary farm  buildings.  New 
windm ill furnishes w ater fo r house and barns.  E igh t­
een acres apple bearing orchard, also 1,000 peach trees, 
tw o years old, loo k in g  th rifty .  P rice, >35 per  acre, or 
w ill exchange fo r stock  o f dry goods.  I f any difference 
w ill pay cash.  A. R etan. L ittle Rock, Ark.______351

F OR  SALE—CHEAP  ENOUGH  FOR  AN  D i­

vestm ent.  Corner  lot  and  5-room house on 
N orth  L afayette  St.,  cellar,  brick  foundation, 
soft  w ater  in   kitchen.  $1,200.  Terms  to   suit. 
A ddress No. 187. care M ichigan  Tradesm an.  187

F OR  S A L E — BEST  RESIDENCE  LOT  IN 

G rand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad­
ed w ith  native  oaks, Bituated in  goo3  residence 
locality,  only 200  feet  from   electric  street  car 
line.  Will sell  for $2,500 cash, or part cash, pay­
m ents to suit.  E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 

stocks in   banking, m anufacturing  and m er­
cantile  com panies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  St., 
G rand Rapids. 

Fo r   s a l e  — g o o d   d i v i d e n d  -  p a y i n g
WANTED—GROCERY  STOCK BY PARTIES 
F OR  SALE—TW EN TY -FIV E SMALL  SHOW- 
IflOR SALE—GROCER’S FIXTURES, SCALES, 

w ho  can  pay cash  dow n.  M ust  be  d irt 
cheap.  A ddress  No. 343, care  M ichigan T rades­
m an. 

coffee m ill, showcases,  com plete outfit; also 
small  line  staple  groceries.  N early  new .  Will 
sell  cheap.  A ddress  Lock  Box  903,  Rockford, 
M ich. 

cases, $2 each.  Call at 47 E leventh St. 

of  m erchandise,  th e  I.  O.  O.  F .  block  in 
Sparta.  For  particulars, w rite to Box 219.  Spar­
ta, M ich.  H ere's a b arg ain ! 

Fo r   s a l e   o r   w i l l   t r a d e   f o r   s t o c k
I  FLORIDA—FOR  SALE OR EX C H A N G ET o R 

other good  property;  saw m ill  and  planer, 
store and some  orange  land in  a fine  locality in 
F lorida;  also  stock of  goods  ($4,GOO)  in  M ichi­
gan for good unincum bered  farm ;  w ill sell h alf 
interest to  right  party.  Smith & Co.,  Hanover, 
M ich. 
\ \ T ANTED—A  REGISTERED  PHARMACIST 
v V  or good registered assistant at A . Sanford’s 
drug store,  146 W est F ulton street________388
The  Chicago  Tribune  prints  a  list  of 
embezzlements  and  embezzlers  for  the 
year  1891  in  the  United  States.  The 
total  amount is §19,720,294, as  compared 
with §8,622,956 last year.

375

386

354

370

343

372

381

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive from   Leave going 
North.
7:05 a  m
11:30 a  m
4:15 p m
10:80 p m
Train  arrivin g a t 9:20  daily;  a ll  other  trains  d aily 

South. 
For Saginaw   and  C adillac..........  5:15 a m  
For Traverse City & M ackinaw 
9:20 & m 
For Saginaw  &  Traverse  C ity ..  2:00 p m  
For  P etoskey & M ackinaw ........  8:10 p m 
From K alam azoo and C hicago.  8 :35 p m 
excep t Sunday.

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

Arrive from   Leave going 

North. 

South.
7:00  a m
10:80  a  m
2 :00  p m
6:00  p m
11:05 p m
Trains leavin g at 6:00 p.  m. and 11:05 p.  m. run daily; 

For  C incinnati................................  8:20 a m  
For K alam azoo and  C h icago... 
For Fort W ayne and th e  E ast..  11:50 a in 
For  C incinnati................................  5:30 p m  
For  C hicago............................... 
10:40p m  
From S aginaw ................................. 10:40 p m
all other trains d aily except Sunday.

M u s k e g o n , Grand Rapids &  Indiana.

For M uskegon—Leave. 

From Muskegon—Arrive.

7:00  a m  
11:26  a m 
5:40  p m 

10:10 a m
4:40  p m
9:05 p m

SLEEPING  &  PARLOR  CAR  8ERV1CE. 

N O R T H

11:30  a  m  t r a i n . —P arlor chair  car  G’d 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
10:30  p   m   t r a i n . —Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to   P etoskey and Mackinaw. 

S O U T H —7:00 a m  t r a i n . -P a r lo r chair car Grand 
Rapids to C incinnati.
1 0 : 3 0   a m   t r a i n . —Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6:0 0  p  m   t r a i n . —W agner Sleeping  Car 
Grand  Rapids to  Cincinnati.
11 ;05  p  m  t r a i n . —W agner S leeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

C hicago v ia  G.  R.  & I. R.  R.

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

10:30 a  m  2:00 p m  
3:55 p m   9:00 p m  

11:05 p m
6:50 a m
10:30 a m train through W agner P arlor Car.
11:05 p m train daily, through  W agner  S leeping Car. 
10:10 p m
5:15  a m
10:10  p  m 

7:05 a  m  3:10 p m 
Lv  Chicago 
2.00 p m   8  3 5 p m  
Arr Grand Rapids 
3:10  p m   through  W agner  P arlor  Car. 
train daily, through W agner S leeping Car.

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

G eneral P assenger and T icket Agent.

C. L. LOCKWOOD,

T oledo,  A nn  A rbor  &  N orth  M ichigan 

R ailw ay.

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

VIA   D .,  L .  A   H.

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

v i a   d .,  e .   H .  A  i .

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

R eturn connections equally as good.

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

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  l  SON,

Wholesale and Retail Jobbers of

Building Papers 
Carpet Linings,

And  All  Kinds  of

Roofing Materials,
Coal Tar and 
Asphalt Products

We  m ake a specialty  of  the  seam less  asphalt 
ready roofing and  two-ply coal tar  ready roofing 
w hich  is  far  superior  to  shingles  and  m uch 
cheaper.

We are practical  roofers of  twenty-five  years’ 
experience w hich  enables us to know  the w ants 
of the people in  our line.

Cor.  LOUIS  &  CAMPAU  STS.,

G rand  R a p id s,  M ich .

Michigan Central

“  The Niagara Falls Route.”

DEPART.  ARRIVE
D etroit E xpress.......................................   7:00 a m  10:00 p m
4:30  p m
Mixed 
........................................................7:0 5 a m  
Day  E xpress...........................................   1:20 p m  10:00 a m
*Atlantic A Pacific E xpress............... 10.30 p m 
6:00 a m
New York E xpress.................................5:40 p m   12:40 p m

•D aily.
All oth er d aily ex cep t Sunday.
S leeping  cars  run  on  A tlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
trains to and from  D etroit.
E legant  parlor  cars  lea v e Grand  Rapids on D etroit 
Express a t 7 a. m ..  returning  leave  D etroit  4:45 p. m. 
arrive in Grand  Rapids 10 p. m.

Frkd M.  Br ig g s , Gen'l A gent. 85 Monroe St.
A. Almquist, T icket A gent, Union  Depot.
Gko.  W. Munson, Union 'Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. RUGGLE8  G. P.  &  T. A gent., Chicago.

EASTWARD.

T rains Leave
tN o.  14 +No.  16 tN o.  18 *No.  82
G’d  Rapids,  Lv 6 50am 11 20am 3 25pm 10 55pm
I o n ia .............Ar
7 45am 11 25am 4 27pm 12 37am
St.  Johns  ...A r
8 28am 12 17pm 5 20pm 1 55am
O w osso.........Ar
9 03am 1 20pm ò 05pm 3 15am
E.  Saginaw .. Ar 10 45am 3 < 5pm 8  0pm 8.45am
Bay C ity .......A r 11 30am 3 45pm 8 45pm 7.x0am
F l i n t .............A r 10 05am 3 40pm 7 (5pm 5  40am
Pt.  H u ro n ...A r IX 55am 6 00pm 8 50pm 7  30am
P o n tia c .........Ar 10 53am 3 05pm 8 25pm 5 37am
D etroit...........Ar 11 50am 4 05pm 9 25pm 7  00am

WESTWARD.

T rains Leave 

G’d Rapids,  L v .............
G’d H aven,  A r.............
M ilw’kee Str  “ .............
Chicago Str.  “ ............

7 05am
8 35am
......
tD aily except Sunday.

♦Daily. 

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

 

S
o
! 

: 

T rains arive from  the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m ., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p.  m.
T rains  arrive  from   the west,  10:10  a.  m., 3:15 
p.m. and 9:50 p. m.
E astw ard—No.  14  has  W agner  P arler  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 C hair  Car.  No. 82 W agner  Sleeper.
W estw ard —No.  81  W agner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 W agner Parlor Buffetcar.
J o hn W. L o u d , Traffic M anager.
B e n F l e t c h e r , Trav. Pass. Agent.
J a s. Ca m p b e l l, City T icket Agent.

23 M onroe Street.

CHICAGO 

JAVY3-

AND  WEST  MICHIGAN  K’Y.

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

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

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. CHICAGO................. 9:00am  4:-15pm  *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RA PID S........ 3:55pm 10:10pm  *6:10am
TO  AND  PROM  BENTON  HARBOR,  ST.  JOSEPH  AND 
Lv. G rand Rapids. 
...  9:00am  12:05pm  *11:35pm
Ar.  G rand  R apids.......*6:10am  3:55pm  10:10pm

INDIANAPOLIS.

F or Indianapolis 12:05 p m only.

TO AND PROM  MUSKEGON.

Lv.  G.  R ........ 10:0Cam  12  05pm  5:30pm  8:30pm
Ar.  G. R .........10:55am  3  55pm  5:25pm 
............
TO  AND FROM  MANISTEE,  TRAVERSE CITY  AND  ELK 
Lv.  G rand  R apids......................... 7:25am  5:17pm
Ar. G rand  R apids.........................11:45am  9:40pm

RAPIDS.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Between  G rand  Rapids  and  Chicago—W agner 
Sleepers—Leave G rand  Rapids *11:35 p m. ; leave 
Chicago 11:15 p m.  D raw ing  Room Cars—Leave 
G rand  Rapids 12:05 p m ;  leave Chicago 4 ;45 p m. 
F ree Chair C ars—Leave  G rand  Rapids 9:00 a m ; 
leave Chicago 9:00 a  m.
Between  G rand  Rapids  and  M anistee—F ree 
Chair Car—Leaves G rand R apids5:17 p m ; leaves 
M anistee 6:50 a m.

DETR O IT, 

-iA?,Y3-1892

LANSING  &  NORTHERN  R.  R.
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

L v.G R ’D  RA PID S.......   7:15am  *1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar.  D DTROIT................12:00 m  *5:10pm  10:40pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. D ETRO IT................   7:00am  *1:15pm  5:40pm
Ar.  GR’D  RA PID S.......11:50am  *5:15pm  10:15pm
To and  from   Lansing  and Ilow ell—Same as to 
and from  D etroit.

TO AND  PROM  SAGINAW,  ALMA AND  ST.  LOUIS.

Lv. G rand  R apids......................... 7:05am  4:15pm
Ar. G rand  R apids..........................11:50am  10:40pm

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL &  HASTINGS B.  R.

Lv. G rand R apids............   7:15am  1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar. from  L ow ell................11:50am 5 :15pm 
..........

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE 

Between  G rand  Rapids  and  D etroit—Parlor 
cars on all trains.  Seats 25 cents.
Betw een  G rand  Rapids  and  Saginaw —Parlor 
car  leaves  G rand  Rapids  7:05  a m ;  arrives in 
G rand R apids 7:40 p m.  Seats 25 cents.

*Every day.  O ther trains  w eek days only.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.
STUDY  LAW

AT  HOM E.
Take a  course in the 

S p r a g u e   C o r r e s p o n ­
d e n c e   s c h o o l  o f  L a w  
[incorporated].  Send  ten 
cents [stam ps]  for p articu ­
lars to
J .  COTNER,  Jr.,  Sec’y, 

No.  875 W hitney B lock, 
DETROIT,  -  MICH,

THE  VERY  LATEST !
THE  "SIMPLEX”

Good  as  the  Best  and  Five Time*  Cheaper.

Price,  $35.00 

Simple  and  Durable !

Warranted  Ten  Tears.

PERKINS  4  RICHMOND,  13  Fountain  St.,  Grand  Rapids.

“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.”

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

IF  YOU WANT

The B e st

ACCEPT  NONE  BUT

Site  t a i
Sauerkraut.

Order  this  Brand  from Your Wholesale  Grocer!

Spring & Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

D ress  G oods,  S h a w ls,  C loaks, 
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 otton s

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

assorted stock at lowest market  prices.

Spring & 

C.

P. STEKETEE & SONS
DRY GOODS Ì NOTIONS

WHOLESALE

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

RINDGE,  BERTSCH  &  CO.

Manufacturers of Boots & Shoes.

Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.

Send  us  your  m ail 
orders  and w e  w ill  try 
and  fill. them   to  your 
satisfaction.  W e  have 
th e new  line of

Storm  Slips

in  cotton and wool lined 
for ladies ;  also the
N orthw est 

or

Roll  Edge

lin e  of  lum berm an’s in 
H urons and Trojans.

Grand Bails Storage 4 Transfer Co,  m s
General  Warehousemen  and  Transfer  Agents.

Winter  St.,  between  Shawmilt Ave.  and  W.  Pillion 8t„

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

ALL  KINDS  OF  PERISHABLES.

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

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

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

and Machine and Plow repairs, Etc.

Telephone  No.  945.

J.  Y.  F.  BLA RE,  Sup’t.

134 to  140  Fulton  Street, Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Im porters  of  B est  E n g lish   C rockery.

Doulton & Co.,  the celebrated English  manufacturers of  fine China,  Brie a brae and  Earthenware, are making for us a fine  low-priced  Dinner Ware  Pattern,  with 
new  decoration on a new shape,  and  we take  much  pleasure in showing the trade the best  selling  pattern we have ever  offered, and at rock bottom  prices.  This has 
pleased  the retail  trade  whenever  shown,  and is carried by  us in assorted  crates and  heavy open  stock,  so that it can  always be matched up as easily as the  common 
white ware.  Lithographic cards showing the pattern in colors,  with your address furnished with every assorted crate sold.

LIST  OP  A  FEW  OF  OUR  ORIGINAL  ASSORTED  CRATES.

2  88 
13  80 
1  60 
1  92
84 
53
85 
71
1  70 
1  06 
1  28
1  91 
64 
96
1  60 
3  40
5  10
6  06
12  75 
12  75
2  50

4  38 
3  56 
11  66 
3  66
4  90 
1  98 
82 
1  30 
1  08 
41 
98 
1  46 
98 
1  22 
1  14 
65

(To arrive about Feb.  10.) 

ORIGINAL  CRATE

Alfred flleakins White Granite

No. J.  R.  1704 Daisy Shape.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“  30s oyster
scollops 6 inch

6  doz. plates, 5  inch, 
•20  “ 
7 “ 
2  “ 
8  “ 
6  “ 
fruit saucers 
4  “ 
individual butters 
X   “  bowls 24s 
1 
“ 
30s
1  “ 
36s
2  “ 

per doz.
48
69
80
32
21 
106 
85 
71 
85 
1  06 
1  28 
1  91 
1  28 
1  91 
3  19 
3  40 
open chambers 9s 
5  10
cov’d 
9s 
ewers and Lisins 9s  8  08 
per set.
42X
42(4

30 sets hdl teas St.  D 
30  “ 
“  Daisy 

“ 
Crate  and cartage.

dishes

“ 

(In stock now.)

ORIGINAL  CRATE

No. 15183 Daisy Shape.

Alfred Heaiins Laster B’d & Spns
6 

, 

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X
X
X
X
1-6

7 
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g  “
9  44

dishes 8 inch 

6 doz.  plates. 5  inch 
4 
11 
3 
10 
X 
1 
1

fruit saucers 
individual butters 
bowls 24s 
“  30s 
“  36s 
“ 
9 
10 
“  
11 
“  
“   12 
“  14  “

89 
1  06 
1  22 
49 
33 
1  63 
1  30 
1  08 
1  63
1  95
2  93
3  90
4  88 
6  83 
1  30
1 U 
1  95
1 ** 
2  93
3  90
5  85
H “ 
\/
3  90
9>k
i2 “ 
1  95
“ 
w “ 
1  63
6  83
% “  cov’d dishes 7 in
7  80
If “ 
8 in
8  78
1-6 “ 
9 in
9  75
1-6 “  sauce tureens
“  cov’d butters and drs 5  85
5  20
tea pots 24s
X “ 
4  39
K “  sugars 24»
1  95
“  creams 24s
2  60
“  cake  plates
“ •  ewers and  basins 9s 12  35
7  80
“  cov’d chambers 9s
4  80
1  24
“  mugs  30s
4  88
per set.
65
65
76

15 sets hdl teas St.  D
“  Daisy
6

jugs  6s
“  24s
“  30s
44  36 s
“ 
“ 

44  soaps
brush  vases

“ 
“  coffees  Daisy
Crate and cartage

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ORIGINAL  CRATE

Dantten  &  Co.’s  Decorated  Ware.

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“ 
*• 

6  “
8  “
7 in.  deep
fruit saucers
individual butters

No.  1178, Pencil Adrian, Melton Shape.
6  doz. plates, 5 in.  fiat 
4  “ 
1 95 2  “ 
2 93 1  “ 
1 95 6  “ 
1 46 6  “ 
1 30 3 dishes',  8 inch
76 3 
“ 
9  “
98 4 
10  “
“ 
82 3 
“ 
12  “
14  “
“ 
1 71 1 
1 95 6 bakers  7  “
8  “
“ 
1 46 6 
1 63 6 scollops, 7 inch
1 95 6 
“ 
8  “
1 73 6 casseroles,  8 inch
2 20 6 covered dishes,  8 inch

98 4 pickles
87 6 sauce boats

62 2 tea pots 24s

4 12 6 covered  butters and drs
3 90 24 oyster bowls  30s
1 22 4 jugs 12s
1 22 4 sugars 30s
6 jugs 36s
9 75 6 bowls 30s
9 75 24 sets hdld teas,  62%  per set
4 5d 3 sets hdld coffees 73, 
2 50
$106 08

Crate and cartage

*

(Now in Stock.)

ORIGINAL  GRATE

Duns,  Bennptt & Co's Toilet Sets.

Melrose  and  Clematis  Patterns.

No.  900, Belgravia  shape, $4.75  per  set. 
10 12-piece Toilet Sets, Melrose,
3 peacock,  4 f blue, 3 r brawn  $47  50 
10 12-piece Toilet Sets, Clematis,
47  50 
3 peacock, 4 f blue, 3 r brown 
2  75
Crate and cartage, 
$97  75

(Now  in Stock.)

F.  J

ORIGINAL CRATE
Emery’s  Toilet  Sets.
C ran exbill and  Burmese  Patterns.
No. 800, Tweed shape, $2 per set.

20 10-piece Toilet Sets, Cranesbill,
10 c brown, 6 pencil, 4 m blue  $40  00 
20 10-piece Toilet Sets, Burmese,
40 00 
10 c brown,  6 pencil, 4 m blue 
2  75
Crate and cartage 
$82  75

Doulton  &  Co.’s  New  Melton  Shape.

Pencil D ecoration ‘"A D RIA N ” under glaze

(Now in Stock.)

Original  Crate to arrive  abont Jan. 26, "02.

ALF.  MEAK1NS  DECOK’D  WARP. 

n  (Now in Stock. )
ORIGINAL  CRATE

Johnson Bros  Semi-Porcelain

Exotic  Decoration 

No.  1185Jjj, New  Margaret Shape.

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“ 
“ 

6  “
7  “
8  “
7 in.  deep
individual butters
fruit saucers

6 doz.  plates, 5 in.  flat
4  “ 
10  ” 
2  “ 
1  “ 
6  “ 
6  “ 
2  “  oyster bowls 30s
3 dishes, 8 inch
9  “
3  “ 
10  “
4  “  
3  “ 
12  “
14  “
1  “ 
6 bakers 7  “
6 
“ 
8  “
6 scollops 7 inch
6 
8  “
“ 
6 covered dishes,  8 in
6 casseroles 8 in
6 sauce boats
4 pickles
6 cov’d butters and dr’s
2 teapots 24s
4 sugars 24s
6 creams, 30s
6 bowls,  30s
4 jugs 12s
24  sets hdld  teas,  per set
3 sets hdld coffees  “
Crate and cartage

90
1 10
1 30
1 50
40
60
1 60
o 00
2 40
3 60
6 00
8 40
2 40
3 60
2 40
3 60
9 60
10 80
3 20
2 40
7 20
6 40
5 40
2 24
1 60
4 80
80
93

5 40
4 40
13 00
3 00
1 30
2 40
3 30
3 20
50
60
1 10
l 50
70
1 20
1 80
1 20
1 80
4 80
5 40
1 60
80
3 60
1 07
1 80
1 12
80
1 60
19 20
2 79
2 50
$93  88

Original Crate now in stock. 

ALFRED  MEAKIN8  DECOR’D  WARE. 

No. 206'Di, Dr. W’meatb, Monmouth Sh.
15  100-piece diuner sets 

Crate and cartage 

8  50  127  50 
2  50
$130  00

70
86
1  17
1  02
47
31
1  56
1  88
2  81
4  69
6  56
1  88
2  81
1  88
2  81
S  44
7  50
1  88
2  50
5  63
1  25
3  75
5  00
8  75
1  56
1  25

Doalton  & Co.’s  Decorated  Ware.

Pencil  Adrian,  Melton  Shape,  No. 2204.

(To arrive about Feb.  10.) 

ORIGINAL  CRATE

fruit saucers 

“ 
6  “
“ 
7  44
“ 
8  “
7  “  deep
“ 
fruits
individual  butters

70 
86 
1 02 
1 17 
1 02 
47 
4  20 
31 
3  44
*1  56
2  34' 3 dishes,  8 inch
1  88
“  9  “
1  02 3 
2  81
“  10  “
2  82 6 
4  69
1  86 6 
“  12  “
6  56
“  14  “
39 2 
47 6 bakers  7  “
1  88
2  81
.94 6 
“  8  “
1  17 6 scollops, 7 inch
1  88
55 6 
8  “
“ 
2  81
94 2 sauce tureens
9  38
7  50
1  40 6 covered dishes
» 04 6 casseroles
9  44
1  41 6 sauce boats
2  50
4  22 4 pickles
1  88
3  75
3  75 6 jugs 12s
1  88
63 6 jugs 30s
I  56
1  25 6 jugs 36s
2  82 4 covered  butters and drs
5  63
2  50 3 teapots 24 s
5  00
1  25 6 sugars 24s
4  22
84 6 creams 24s
1  88
1  25 12 bowls 30s
1  25
78 2 doz.  bakers 3 in
1  09
63 2  “  oyster nappies,  5 in. 1  25

Dove  spray,  Monmouth  shape.  No. IS 166. 
6 doz.  plates, 5 in.  flat 
4 20
6  “ 
4 
3 44
“ 
“ 
15 30
7  “ 
15  “  “  
3 51
“  “ 
3 
8  “ 
2 04
“  “ 
2 
7 in.  deep 
6 
“ 
2 82
1 86
“ individual butters 
6 
39 8  “
47 20  “
1 41 4  “
2 35 2  “
1 10 12  “
94 12  “
1 40 X  “ dishes, 8 inch
9  “
94 X  “
10  “
1 41 %  “
12  “
1 56 X  “
14  “
8 75 1-6“
bakers 7  “
4 22 1  “
8  “
1 25 1  “
03 1  “
casseroles 8 inch
1 88 1  “
covered dishes 8 in
pickles
94 %  “
sauce boats
78 1  “
covered  butters
1 88 1  “
1 25 %  •
jugs 12s
tea pots 24s
2 h X  •
94 %  4 sugars 30s
1 25 1 
‘
jugs 36s
2 18 1 
bowls 30s
•
2 50 4  * oyster bowls 30s
22 50 48 sets hdld teas.  62% per set
3 29 6 
“  coffees  73 per set
2 50
$101 49

15  00 36 sets hdld teas, 62X  per set
2  19 4X  sets hdld coffee,  73 
2  50
Crate and cartage

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Crate and Cartage

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86
1  02
1  17
1  02
47
31
1  56
1  88
2  81
4  69
0  50
1  88
2  81
8  44
7  50
188
2  50
5  03
3  75
5  00
3  75
1  50
1  25
1  25

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6 88
20 40
4 68
2 04
5 64
3 72
78
94
1 87
2 35
1 10
1 88
2 81
8 44
7 50
1 26
2 50
5 63
2 50
1 67
2 50
1 56
1 25
5 00
30 00
4 38
50
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