Michigan Tradesman.

Published Weekly. 

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS. 
CIRAN D   R A PID S,  FE B R U A R Y   17,  1892.

$1  Per  Year. 
NO. 439

VOL.  9.
MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO„

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

Successors  to

MARRY  FOX,  Manager.

Crackers, B iscuits^ Sweet Goods.

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PA ID   TO  MAIL  ORDERS._____________ _

THE  GREAT  SEAL  CIGAR!
lO  CENTS  STRAIGHT!
t h e   c h f u e e in :  s e a l

Like Its Little Old Daddy

Is  the Best of Its Kind Made.

S e n d   f o u r   W h o l e s a l e r   a n   O r d e r .

Something New!

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Yon can always  And  som ething new and especially 
fine  by  ordering  your  Candy  of

A.  E.  BROOKS  &  CO.,

Wholesale  Confectioners,

46 Ottawa St., Grand Bapids, Mich

M O SELEY   BROS.,

-   W H O L E S A L E   -

FRUITS,  SEEDS,  BEANS  AND  PRODUCE,

26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA  ST ,

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

Jennings* 

Flavoring  Extracts

C. A .  U A M B   &  CO ,

SEE  QUOTATIONS.

C.  A.  LAMB.

F.  J.  LAMB.

WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits  and  Produce.

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

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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

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

1 and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

G.  S.  BROWN  &  CO.,

J o b b ers  o f 

Oranges and Bananas a Specialty.

S e n d  for q u o ta tio n s. 

SEEDS W.  H.  MOREHOUSE &  CO.

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

2 4 -2 6  N o. D iv isio n  S t.

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits.

  YORK  BISCUIT  C0„

Clover, Red  Top,  Millet,  Alfalfa or Lucerne, 
Choice Clover 1 Timothy Seeds a Specialty

Grain.  Clover  and  Timothy,  H ungarian,  W hite 

Blue Grass, O rchard  Grass, Lawn Grass, 

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

W a r e h o u s e s —3 2 5 - 3 2 7   E r i e  S t . 
O ffice—4 6   P r o d u c e   E x c h a n g e ,  

prom ptly attended to.  C orrespondence solicited.

Popcorn,  Etc.

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MENTION THIS PAPER.

THE  P

C r a c k e r  M a n u f a c tu r e r s ,

8 7 ,  8 9  a n d   41  K en t St., 

-   *  G rand  R ap id s.

p a d i j p

Sole M anufacturers in Michigan of the

MULLINS  PATENT  FLAT  OPENING  BLANK  BOOK.

Flat Opening Ledgers and Journals always on Hand.

2 9 -3 1   C an al  St., 

G rand  R a p id s,  M ich
DIMES in BANANAS!
We are Htaftiartas!
C .   N .   R A P P   &   C O . .

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

9 North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

Florida  Oranges  a  Specialty.

No  Bogus !

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Heaton 

45c per gt.  gr.
40c  “

GENUINE Peninsular Button  Fasteners in  lots of  10 gt.  gr.  at 
Fast Shank Buttons,  best on the market at 
HIRTH  &  K R A U SE,  12-14 Lyon St-,  G’d  Rapids

M ic h ig a n   C ig a r   C o’s

Headquarters for Shoe Store Supplies.

“Y U M - Y U M ”
Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.,  Agents.

Clear  Havana  Filled  5 c   Cigar.

F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R  H e y m a n   &  C o m p a n y ,

JOBBER  OF

POULTRY  i GAME

OYSTERS

SALT  FISH

Manufacturera  of

Slow  Cases
First-Glass Work Only.

WRITE FOR  PRICES.

Of  Every  Description.

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention.

See Quotations in Another Column.

CONSIGNMENTS  OF  ALL  KINDS OF  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED.

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

G R A N D   R A P ID S .

O Y STER S

p s B
P s B

If  you  desire to serve  your trade with  the  best  Oysters 
the market  affords  specify  the  P .   &   JB.  B r a n d   when 
ordering.  For  general  excellence and  uniform good  quality 
they have no equal.

Place your orders with  any of  the Grand  Rapids  jobbers 

or send direct to the packers.

TIE  PUTNAM  CANDY  CO.

IMPORTERS AND

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Wholesale  BroGers
BALL
Wholesale
Grocers.BARNHART 
I Table and  Dairy Salt,
PUTMAN  CO

Diamond  Crystal 

99.7  PU RE.

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

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GRAND  R A PID S,  W ED N ESDA Y .  FEB R U A R Y   17,  1892

NO.  439

RETAIL  DEALERS’

Comercial  Agency

Furnishes semi-monthly lists and special reports 
which enable  subscribers to save  both time and 
money.  Especially  adapted  to  merchants, phy­
sicians, real estate dealers and all others dealing 
with the public.
Reports  made with  the  greatest  possible  dis­
patch.  Collections  carefully  attended  to  and 
promptly reported.
We respectfully solicit an investigation of our 
system,  as  it  will  insure  your giving  us  your 
membership.

STEVENSON  &  CUMINGS

PROPRIETORS OP

Cooper’s  Comercial  Agency,

65  Monroe  St., 

Grand  Rapids.

Telephone  166.

J.  L.  Strelitsky,

Jobber of

Including the following celebrated brands man­
ufactured by the well known  house of  Glaser,
Frame & Co. :
VIndex, long  Havana filler.......................   $35
Three  Medals, long Havana filler........... 
35
55
E lk ’s Choice, Havana filler and binder... 
l a  F ior de Alfonso,................................  
55
65
La Donneila de M orera........................... 
La  Ideal, 25 In a box................................  
55
W. J . Florence........................................  
65
Also fine line  Key West goods at rock  bottom 
prices.  All favorite  brands of  Cheroots  kept in 
stock.
10  80.  Ionia  81.,  Grand  Rapids.

ESTABLISHED  1841.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

R . G .  D u n   &  C o.

Reference Books Issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  l  SON,

W holesale and Retail Jobbers of

And  A ll  K inds of

Building Papers 
Carpet Linings,

Roofing Materials,
Coal Tar and 
Asphalt Products

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

Cor.  LOUIS  &  CAMPAU  STS.,

G rand  R a p id s,  M ich

IT WILL RAY YOU
COOP CHEER SOAR

To Buy Allen B.Wrisley's

Leading Wholesale Grocers keep it.

nayne  uonnty  savings  Bank,  Detroit,  Mich.
$500,000  TO  INVEST  IN   BONDS
I s s u e d   by  cities, cou n ties, tow ns  and  school  d istricts 
o f  M ichigan.  Officers  o f  th ese  m u n icip alities  about 
to issue bonds w ill find  it to  th eir ad vantage to apply 
to  th is bank.  Blank bonds and bla-  ks for proceedings 
supplied  w ithout  charge.  All  com m unications  and 
enquiries w ill h ave prom pt a tten tion.  This bank pays 
4 per cent, on d ep osits, com pounded  sem iannually.
8. D.  EL WOOD, Treasury.

O Y S T E R S  !

We quote: 

Bulk.

D a i s y   B r a n d   i n   C a n s .

Solid  Brand In Cans.

Standards, per gal  ..................................$1 05
Selects.................... 25  B.  F......................... 21
Standards.............   18
Selects,................  2* Standards..................   16
Favorites..............  14
Mrs.  YVitliey’s Home-made Mince-Meat.
Large bbls..............6  Half bbls.................. 6M
401b. pails  ............   614  201b.  pails  ............6«
101b.  pails............   7
21b. cans, (usual  weight)..............$1.50  per doz.
..............$3.50  per doz.
5H>.  “ 
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Choice Dairy  Butter.................................. 
22
Eggs  
.  21
...................................................  
Pure Sweet Cider,  In  bbls.,  ...  15....vjbbl...  16
Pure Cider Vinegar..........................................10
Sweet  Florida Oranges....................... $2 50@3 (0
Lemons..........................................3 75@4 25
Will pay 40 cents each for Molasses half  bbls. 
Above prices are made low to bid for trade.
Let your orders come.

“ 

EDWIN  FALLAS  h  SON, 

Valiev City Cold Storage.

.THL

F I R E
I N S .
CO.
PROMPT,  CONSERVATIVE,  8AFE.

S. F. AsriNWALL, Pres’t 

W  Fred McBa:n. Sec'y

THO S. E.  W Y K E S ,

WHOLESALE

Lime,  Cement,  S tn c o ,  H air,  Fire  Brick, 

F ire  Clay, Lath,  Wood,  Bay, Grain,
Oil  Meal, Clover and  Tim othy Seed. 

Corner Wealthy Ave. and Ionia St.

on M. C. R. R. 

Office, 45 S. Division.

SCHLOSS,  ADLEfi 

GO.,

M A N U FA CTU RER S  A N D  JO B R ER S  OF

184,  186 & 188  JEFFERSON  AVE.,

DETROIT,  MICH.
Tie Bradstreet Mercantile Agency.
Executive  Offices, 279,281,283  Broadway, N.Y.

The B radstreet  Company, Props.

CHARLES  F.  CLARK,  Pres.

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

Grand  Rapids  Office,  Room 4,  Widdieomb  Rldg.

HENRY  IDEMA,  Supt.

WHO  BOBBED  THE  BANK?

Baxterville  was a town  of  about 1,500 
Inhabitants—a staid,  .quiet  place  which 
never  boomed  or  hustled.  “The  Bank 
of  Baxterville,”  as the  sign  read,  was a 
two-story  brick  building,  plain and sub­
stantial,  and  George  Carter,  sole  owner 
of  the  bank,  was  personally  known  to 
almost  everybody  in  the  county.  He 
was a man of  45,  unmarried,  and  an  old 
maid  sister  kept  house  for  him.  The 
banker was  known as a methodical  man, 
careful  in  his  investments,  and no  one 
had any fear of  disaster overtaking him. 
Now and  then he had  been warned  that 
safe blowers  might  pay him a visit,  but 
he had  not taken  any extra  precautions. 
He  had  a  large  fire  and  burglar-proof 
safe,  and a man  slept  in  the  room  at 
night.

On a certain  April morning  soon after 
the  close of  the  war  Mr. Carter  arrived 
at  the  bank at  exactly  8:30.  That  was 
his usual time to a second.  The curtains 
were  always up  and  the watchman  was 
always  at  the  door.  On  this  morning, 
however,  something  was  wrong.  The 
curtains  were  down  and  the  door  was 
locked,  and it was only after a panel had 
been  sawed  out of  it that  entrance  was 
gained.  There sat Davis, the watchman, 
bound  fast to his chair  and a gag  in  his 
mouth,  and  the  safe  door  stood  wide 
open.  A  hole had  been  drilled and  the 
bolts thrown back,  and the $21,000 safely 
locked up the  evening  before was  gone.
Davis had  all  the  particulars  at  his 
tongue’s  end.  He had  been  aroused  at 
midnight  by  someone  knocking  on  the 
door, and asking him for a light by which 
to  mend a  broken  harness.  He  denied 
that he had  been  asleep,  but  claimed  to 
be  “thinking.”  Suspecting  no  evil,  he 
opened  the door, and  three  men at once 
rushed  in  and overpowered him.  After 
making  him  secure, they got their  tools 
out  of a bag  and  began  operations,  and 
in an  hour or so had  the safe open.  His 
statement  thus  far  was  all  right  and 
reasonable. 
From  there  on  it  was  a 
puzzler. 
I was  sent down  from the city 
in answer to the telegram for a detective, 
and  Davis was, of  course,  the first  man 
to be examined.  He had not been  blind­
folded, and  he  saw all  that  took  place, 
though the  burglars wore  masks and  he 
did not  get sight of  their  faces.  He de­
clared  that  they did  not  get a dollar  in 
money,  and  that  they cursed  and  raved 
and  threatened  to  burn the  building  in 
consequence.  They  pulled  everything j 
out of  the safe  and  opened all the  large 
envelopes,  but the sack they had brought 
along was  lying on  the floor  as proof  of 
Davis’s story.

At  5  o’clock of  the previous  evening, 
Mr. Carter had placed in that safe $21,000 
in  greenbacks,  most of  it  in small  bills. 
The  packages would  have  filled  a  law­
yer’s  waste  basket.  Had  the  burglars 
got them the sack would have been  used, 
as that  sort of  men do not sit down  and 
count up and divide their plunder on the 
spot.  Davis was  not only  believed to be 
honest,  but Mr. Carter believed his story. 
It  is  needless  to  observe  that I did not.
I  judged  from  his  physiognomy that  he

was chicken-hearted.  He  had no  marks 
to  prove  that  he  had  resisted the  bur­
glars.  1  believed  he  lied  when  he said 
be was  not  asleep.  As a matter of fact, 
I  made  up my mind  that  he had  “stood 
in”  with  the  burglars  aud  either  been 
“left”  on  his share,  or  had  secreted  it 
around  the  building  and then  let  them 
bind  and  gag  him. 
I  think the  theory 
was not only reasonable, but just the one 
which  any  other  detective  would  have 
adopted.

Fortunately for  the  bank  and  its  de­
positors,  the  proprietor  had  plenty  of 
reserve,  and  business  went  on as usual. 
I was  told to go  ahead  on  the  case  and 
work  out  anything I could,  and  my first 
move was to search  for  Davis’s  share of 
the money.  No sign of it could be found 
about  the  building. 
In  spite  of  all my 
efforts,  he  stuck  to  his story  just  as  he 
first  told it, and I had to admit to myself 
that  he  appeared  perfectly  honest  and 
sincere. 
In  describing  the  burglars  as 
well  as he  was able, he  mentioned  that 
one of  them  was a very tall  man  with  a 
hacking cough.  That exactly fitted Steve 
Pratt,  a  burglar who  had  been  out  of 
Joliet  only two  months  after  serving  a 
ten years’ sentence.  Steve had his throat 
injured  by swallowing  a  fish  bone  and 
kept  up  a constant  hacking  even  in  his 
sleep.  He  described  another  as  very 
short  and  very  stout,  with  a  falsetto 
voice,  and I suspected he was Alf Taylor, 
who was then  supposed  to be in Canada. 
The third man I could not place.

While still suspecting Davis of  having 
a hand  in the  job,  and  securing  the ser­
vices  of  a local  officer  to  watch  him, I 
began a hunt for  the others. 
I got track 
of  Steve  Pratt  after a few  days and  lo­
cated  him  in  Cincinnati.  He  was  too 
quick  for  me,  and  I  followed  him 
to 
Chicago.  He  got the  start of  me  again 
and  led  the  way  to  Buffalo,  and  there 
seemed to sink  into the  earth.  For  two 
long weeks I was engaged with  the local 
officers searching for him,  but our efforts 
met  with no success.  One  day  I  took a 
run down to the  Falls with a friend,  and 
we  went  to  the  International  Hotel,  on 
the  Canada  side,  for  dinner.  We  were 
seated  in  the  office  when  there  was  a 
sudden  outcry from  the clerk  behind the 
railing.  A  man  had  coolly  walked  in 
behind him and taken  all the money from 
the till and was walking out with it.  We 
had a pretty hot  time  to  secure  him,  as 
he  was  in a desperate  mood,  but  when 
we had  him fast I recognized  the  chap I 
had  been  hunting  for.  He  was  Steve 
Pratt,  and  no  mistake.  He denied it, of 
course,  but  inside of  three  days  I  pro­
duced such proofs that he finally knocked 
under. 
I was  never more  astounded  in 
my life  than  when I came  to  interview 
him  about  the  Baxterville  Bank  affair. 
He  verified  the  story of  the  janitor  in 
every particular.

“I shall get ‘soaked’  for this hotel  job, 
anyhow,”  he  said,  “and  so  I  might  as 
well  tell  you  about  the  other.  There 
were three of  us.  We  threatened to kill 
Davis,  and  overawed  him.  We  got  the 
safe door open to find we had been fooled. 
I’m a convict  and all  that,  but  I’m talk-

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■JTìrre  M I C H I G A N   T R -A JD E S M ^ N .

The  New York  Commercial 

reliable wholesale
News,  speaking of
C L O T H I N G   M A N Ü F A C T U R B R S ,

one  of  the  oldest  and  most 

established 1838,  Rochester, N. Y., says:
“The  clothing  industry,  has  been  one 
of  the  leading  features  of  the  city  of 
Rochester for  many years.  Many of  the 
present  firms  began  business  in  a very- 
modest  way,  but  have  since  developed 
into  some of  the  leading  manufacturers 
in  the  country.  So  extensive is the  in­
dustry carried  on  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 
&  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  their  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  be  an  imposing  one 
and 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  manu'acturers  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 has been 
all  that  could  be  desired.  Sales  have 
been  larger,  collections  easy, and  their

these  they  are  not  surpassed, 

books  show a decided  increase  over  the 
year  preceding.  The  outlook  for  the 
present  is  even  more  flattering  than  it 
has been for many years past.  Although 
they manufacture a genera)  line of goods 
their  specialty  consists of  a  fine  grade. 
In 
the 
strictest  attention  being  paid  to  every 
detail,  and  none  but  the  most  skilled 
hands are employed in their manufacture. 
As  a  guarantee  of  the  most  thorough 
workmanship and  finish  being  given  to 
goods  turned  out of  fhis  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 and honorable career 
this  firm has  established  a  demand  for 
their  goods in almost  every State  in  the 
Union,  aud  enjoy  the  most implicit  con­
fidence  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom 
they  have dealings.”

Mr. Tripp,  a clothing traveler says:
“Wm. Connor—There  can  be  no difti 
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 

William Connor will  be at Sweet’s Hotel,  Graud Rapids, Thursday, Friday,  Satur­
day.  March 3rd,  4th,  5th,  with  a full  line  of  Men’s,  Boys’  and Children’s samples 
Customers’ expenses allowed.  Mail orders  promptly attended to; or write William 
Connor,  Box 346, Marshall,  Mich.,  and he will soon  be with you.________________

W.  H.  WHITE  &  CO.,

Manüfaßtilrers  of Hardwood  Lumber,

B O Y N E   C IT Y ,  MICH

I  sat  down  to  interview  the  lady,  how- i 
ever, the case might not have been helped i 
along  any. 
It  had  occurred  to  me, as | 
you  may  have  suspected, that the  sister j 
had  robbed  the  safe  herself  while in a j 
state  of  somnambulism. 
I  had  a  talk 
with  her  doctor,  and  he agreed  that her | 
condition  during the  first  week of  April | 
favored  such  a  thing. 
Indeed,  on  the 
morning the  robbery was  discovered  he 
had  been called in,  to find her very much 
exhausted, and she had declared that she 
was as  stiff  and  lame  as  if  standing at 
the washtub all day.

I was  now satisfied  that  1  was on  the j 
right trail. 
I  found  that  Mr. Carter al­
ways carried  his key home,  and  that the 
watchman  never  left  his  in  the lock  at 
night. 
I  went  for  Davis  again,  and  he 
finally admitted  that he was  asleep from 
10 o’clock  until  aroused by the  burglars. 
The end of the case was as mysterious as 
the  beginning.  One  night  when  I  had 
I reasoned  it  all  out  and  felt satisfied  in 
my own  mind, but  could  see  no  way to 
secure  proofs,  I  got  so  nervous  that  1 
arose  at  miduight and  went  out  on  the 
street  for a walk  and  a smoke. 
I  took 
no  heed of  my direction, but  at  the  end 
of  ten minutes  found myself in front  of 
the banker’s  cosy  home. 
It was in total 
darkness, as well as others in the village, 
but  I  leaned  up  against a tree  box  and 
stood  gazing  at  the  windows  as  if  ex­
pecting  something to happen to pull  my 
case  through.  Something  did  happen.
1 was within six feet of the gate,  and 1 
suddenly saw  a  figure  in a female  dress 
come’'around  from  a  side  door  with  a 
large  market  basket  on  her  arm,  She 
was  fully  dressed,  and  from 
the  first 
instant  1  believed  it  was  the  banker’s 
sister. 
I thought  she looked  full  at  me 
as she passed out of the gate, but, never­
theless she  walked  off  up the street with 
the basket on her arm. 
I followed a few 
yards  behind  her,  and  she held  steadily 
on and  went straight to the bank. 
I  was 
sure of her then.  She paused at the door
for a few seconds  to  unlock it and  then 
disappeared  inside.  Five  seconds later, 
Davis was  shouting and a woman’s voice 
could  be  heard  uttering shrill  screams.  . 
I opened  the  door and  entered,  and  the 
mystery was solved at last.  There stood 
Miss Anna, just aroused from  sleep,  and 
in the basket on  her  arm was  that  miss­
ing  money.  Davis was  lying  down, but 
not asleep,  when she entered, and he had 
at once seized her.
j  How did  she  get  the  money from  the 
safe?  She  had been  reading  about bur­
glars and  gone to the  bank in her  sleep. 
She had  entered  and secured  the money 
| and  left  again  without  arousing  Davis. 
The  burglars  came  later  on.  She  had 
taken the  money home and  concealed it, 
but in  what  spot she  could  never  deter­
mine.  She  probably did  not walk  again 
until  the  night  she returned  it.  There 
was a new  safe  and  a new  combination, 
but as she knew the word she might have 
restored the  money and  escaped  unseen 
but  for the  vigilance  of  the  watchman. 
To this day no one  in  that village except 
brother, sister and Davis knows how that 
! money was  restored.  They even declare 
! that not a dollar  was recovered,  aud that 
! i had  to  throw up the  case  for  want of 
brains to strike a clue. 

C.  B.  Lewis.

ing straight when  I  say that  we  did not 
find a dollar.  Here is what  ive  did  find 
and all we  brought away. 
I took  it  for j 
luck—a Spanish  piece  with a hole in it.” |
“But Carter  put  $21,000 into that safe i 

at 4:30 o’clock.”

“Then he  or  some one else  took it out 
before we got there.  Bankers sometimes 
rob themselves.”

1 explained  to  him  that  it  was not  so 
in this  case,  and  he was as much  mysti­
fied  over  the  case  as  l had  been.  On 
leaving  the  bank,  they  had 
locked  the 
door  from  without  and  had  carried  the 
key a mile before throwing it away.  They 
had  gone empty handed and mad enough J 
to kill  Davis. 
I  don’t  go  much  on  the I 
declaration of  convicts caught again red- 
handed,  but in this case it did  seem as if 
the truth was  being spoken.  Had  Steve 
got his $7,000 out of that boodle he would 
not  have  been  dead  broke so quick,  for, 
unlike  nearly  all  others  of  his  ilk,  he 
was a miser  and  never  gambled. 
I  re­
turned  to  Baxterville with  my news and 
asked  Mr. Carter if  it  was  not  possible 
that he had placed  the money somewhere 
else.

“ It is not.  sir!”  he  replied,  with  more 
acid in his voice than the occasion seemed 
to demand.  “That safe was there to put 
my money in.  1  put it there.  1 stacked 
up the  packages  with  my own  hand.  1 
locked  the  door  myself.  1 alone  knew 
the combination.  My  bookkeeper  never 
handles a dollar of the money.”

these cupboards and drawers?” 

“But you have searched  elsewhere—in 
I asked.
“No,  sir;  but, as  you seem  to  wish it, 

we will do so now.”

For a long hour we searched desks and 
drawers and  cupboards,  but  we made no 
discovery.  He  was  as  sure that  he  put 
the  money in  the  safe as he was  that he 
was  a  living  man,  and  the  bookkeeper 
was sure  that he saw him  carrying  some 
of  the  packages  back  there.  What had 
become of  that money? 
If  it was there, 
why didn’t  Steve  Pratt and  his gang get
it?  That  they  didn’t 1  was  now  pretty 
well  convinced.  The  only  way  that  1 
could  reason  it  out  was  that  someone 
had  robbed  the  safe  before  the  Pratt 
gang  got  there. 
If  so,  however,  it  was 
done  by opening the  door in  the  regular 
way.  The banker had said that he alone 
knew the combination. 
I  led  up  to  the 
matter  again,  and  he  admitted  that  his 
sister  also  had it as a safeguard  against 
accident.

I now began  work  on  an entirely new 
I  felt  that the  key of  the  mys- j 
theory. 
tery was in the hands of the sister, though 
1 was far from  hinting any such  ihing to 
a living soul. 
I  took  up  my quarters in 
the town  and  began  on  the  new theory.
I  soon  found  that  Anna  Carter  was  a 
spinster of  35, and was generally regard­
ed  as a strong-minded  woman.  She had 
money of  her own,  and knew how  to  in­
vest  it  to  make a profit.  She  now  and 
then,  so  it  was  said,  gave  her  brother 
hints  which he found  to be valuable in  a 
business  way.  Coming  down  closer  to 
the burglary,  I found that  she  had  been 
under the care of the doctor off and on for 
a  month  previous  with  some  nervous 
trouble.

For  some reason  which she did not ex­
plain. Miss Carter refused even to see me 
while 1  was  consulting with  her  brother 
at the  house.  There  are  plenty of  peo­
ple,  and  good  people,  too,  who  dislike 
detectives,  but  I  take  no  offence  at  it. 
Every  man  to his notion,  say I,  provided 
his notion  does not lead  to  crime.  Had

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

U  p „„prate three mills with a cauacity of 9,000.000 feet hardwooil aud d,0 UpUu feet uemiocx, as 
ows:  Boyne  City  mill, 7,000,600;  Boyne  Falls  mill, 3,000,003;  Deer  Lake mill, 2,000,000.  Our 
Lllties for shipment are  unsurpassed, either by rail or water.

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your  neighbors to meet  and  examiue the 
existing state of  affairs;  and,  if  you  can 
discover the faintest spark of  life,  fan it 
into  existence,  and  see  to  it  that  your 
association  never  languishes  again  for 
lack of  interest and  concerted  action on 
the  part of  its members.  Until  you do 
this, never assert,  as you have frequently 
done  in  the  past, while  chuckling  over 
the  decline  of  the  P.  of  I.  interest  and 
the  dropping  out, one  by  one, of  their 
lodges,  that  the  farmers  do  not  know 
enough to make a success of organization. 
Wait  until  you  move  out  of  the  glass 
house yourself  before  you commence  to 
throw stones.

In  conclusion,  I would  say that organ­
ization  is  your  only  salvation. 
In  no 
other  way  can  you  burst  asunder  the 
bonds that  now enslave  you;  in no other 
way  can  you  make  your  day’s  work 
shorter  and  secure  the  recreation  and 
rest  you so  much  need;  in no other  way 
can you reform universally acknowledged 
abuses, and in no other way can  you pro­
tect yourself  from the  infinite  variety of 
leeches  which  suck  the  lifeblood  from 
you in  your  present  helpless  condition: 
and,  finally,  never  can  you  become  a 
potent factor in developing  the  material 
resources  and  enhancing  the prosperity 
of  the  community in which you do busi­
ness, except through organized effort.

Once  more I would  say,  all  honor  to 

Great Feat!

He has  great  feet, but  they  are  nothing  like 
the  great feat  that Wadham’s  Graphite  Axle 
Grease  can  be  relied  upon  to  perform  every 
time.  To  try it once is to become  an  ardent ad­
vocate of  it.  To praise it too highly is  impossi 
ble.

Wagon M Free!

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

See  What  is  Said  oi  it.

Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis.

P h il l ip Scharett, Barn Foreman, 

We  are  sending  to  every  dealer  who 
handles  “ GRAPHITE  AXLE  GREASE,” 
one  Daisy  Wagon  Jack,  w orth  $1,  to  be 
given  to  the  holder of  the  printed  order 
contained  in one of the 1-lb.  boxes  in each 
case  of one-third  gross, on presentation of 
said order to your dealer,  FREE of charge.
For sale  by all  Grocers, H ardw are Dealers, 
Harness Dealers and by the M anufacturers.

April 25th, 1881.

Tours truly,

Wadbams  Oil  &  Grease Co ,
Milwaukee,  Wis.  and  Seattle,  Wash.

All Honor to  Owosso—Beads  Like  Old 

Times.

W ritten fo r T u b   T r a d e s m a n .

If  there be  a  reader  of  T h e  T r a d e s­
m a n who ever considered himself a mem­
ber  of  the  Michigan  B.  M.  A.,  and  who 
neglected to  read  the  report  of  the an­
nual  meeting  of  Owosso’s  B.  M. A.  in 
the issue of Feb.  3,  I would  mildly  sug­
gest that he crawl under the counter and 
rescue the paper before it goes to the pa­
per mill and carefully  read the article in 
question.

like 

Among  the  larger  number  who,  no 
doubt,  did  read  the  report,  I  wonder 
how  many  were  surprised, 
the 
writer, to learn that there was one B.  M. 
A.,  at  least,  that  was  actually  alive, 
able-bodied  and  prosperous. 
Let  us 
hope that there may  be  others like  it  in 
the  State.  Should  there  be  such, it  is 
their  blessed  privilege at this time to do 
a  little  good  missionary  work,  and  re­
vive  [the  drooping  energies  of  their de­
sponding  brothers  and  colaborers by re­
porting to T h e T r a d e sm a n.

As an  ex-retailer  of merchandise,  and 
an  ex-presideut  of  a  ouce-upon-a-time 
prosperous  local  association, it  reminds 
me of the time when similar reports were 
sent in from so many  towns and  villages 
scattered all over our beautiful State, de­
scriptive of the  good  work that  was  be­
ing  accomplished  in  the  unification  of 
disturbing  elements;  the  developing  of 
power through  concerted action,  and the 
successful application  of  this  power  in 
bringing about  wholesome measures and 
in  advancing  the  business  interests  of 
the  community, and  last,  but  not  least, 
the collection  of  old  bad  debts  and  the 
prevention  of  new  ones.  The  report 
from  Owosso  would  have  been  of  high 
grade  in the palmiest  days  of the Asso­
ciation; but, at this time,  when the insti­
tution has  apparently settled into  a con­
dition  of  eternal  somnolence, it  is  cer­
tainly  a refreshing bit of glorious  news. 
It is refreshing,  because it will  brighten 
the memories of thousands  of retail mer­
chants,  and  recall  to  their  minds  the 
many  substantial  benefits  received  by 
them  through their B.  M. A. before they 
fell from grace. 
It is  glorious news,  be­
cause  every  friend  of  the  Association 
will hail it with  delight,  and his faith in 
the  ultimate  success  of  organization 
arnoD"  retailers  will  be  strengthened, 
for,  if  this  report  proves  anything,  it 
proves that the  business men of  Owosso 
are making a  grand  success  of  their lo­
cal organization.

“Oh,  but  Owosso  is  a  wide-awake, 
booming  young  city,  with  a  population 
of 6,544,” I hear some selfish, drowsy old 
merchant say;  “and it enjoys advantages 
which we do  not  possess. 
It  would be 
impossible  for  us  to  make  so  good  a 
showing.”  Very  true,  but  you  do  not 
understand  me; I  refer  to  the  spirit  of 
unity.  This  spirit  prevails  at  Owosso, 
and it is  possible  in  your  town,  regard­
less of its size or advantages.  Indeed,the 
greatest advantage of which any town  or 
village  can  boast  is  a  spirit  of  unity 
among  its  business  men. 
“Union  is 
strength,”  and  “Where  there’s  a  will, 
there’s  a  way.”  Without  this  spirit  of 
unity,  even  Owosso  could  accomplish 
bnt little; with it, Poketown  itself might 
secure  a  new  lease  of  life.  But  you 
must  remember,  my  sleepy friend,  that, 
although  the last census gives  Owosso  a 
population of 6,544, in 1880 she had  only 
2,501, and that this enormous percentage 
of increase was brought about,  to a great

extent,  through  the  instrumentality  of 
this same B. M.  A.

When  this  Association  was  organized 
five years ago, Owosso was not what it is 
to-day. 
It  has  passed  through a period 
of  prosperity equaled  by few villages in 
the  Southern  Peninsula,  and it  has  pre­
served  its  B.  M.  A.  intact;  this  is  the 
secret of its marvelous growth.

Did you notice,  in reading their report, 
that  the  secretary  receives  a  salary  of 
$50, that  $11  was  paid  for  ringing  the 
bell,  that  the  retiring  officials  provided 
an “elegant  lunch”  for  the Association, 
which  was  followed  by  an  intellectual 
feast, during  which  addresses  were  de­
livered  on  pertinent  subjects?  “Small 
matter,” say you, but they  indicate with 
unvarying precision the kind of  material 
of  which the  members of  the Owosso B. 
M.  A.  are  made;  and  between  the  lines 
we may read  the  secret of  the great ten­
acity and wonderful  utility of  this Asso­
ciation,  namely,  harmony, liberality and 
intelligence, or,  in  other  words,  a  spirit 
of unity actuated  by a motive to do good.
Retailers of Michigan,  read  this report 
of  Secretary  Lamfrom’s  carefully  and 
ponder  well  its  full  import.  Think of 
the  advantages  which  each  one of  the 
sixty-three  active members of  this Asso­
ciation  has  over  you  in  your  isolated 
position;  the  executive  force  derived 
I through  concerted  action;  the  greater 
opportunities for gain  through fraternal, 
harmonized  action,  and  the  reduction  of 
bad  debt  losses  through  concerted, de­
fensive  action.  Your  chances  for  suc­
cess in mercantile  life, other  things  be­
ing  equal,  would  be  far greater if  your 
lot were  cast  among these  Owosso  mer­
chants, than  in  your  present condition, 
where  you  are  unable  to  remedy  the 
many abuses  and  annoyances  to  which 
you  are  continually subject, and  where 
you fall the easy victim of every wander­
ing  dead-beat  and  wily  swindler  who 
comes along.

Every  intelligent  retailer  knows  that 
the manufacturers  and wholesalers  have 
their associations and organized agencies 
of various kinds for their  mutual protec­
tion  and  benefit.  He  knows,  further­
more, that,  whether  he commands a bus­
iness of  $25,000 per  year  or  only one of 
$1,000 per year,  whether he be located in 
a city of large dimensions or in the deep­
est  canon  of  the  far  West, the  sleuth- 
hounds of  some  mercantile  agency  will 
find  him  out  and  publish  his  standing 
from  one  end of  creation  to  the  other. 
He also  knows that all classes and inter­
ests  have  their  unions  and  organized 
systems  for  mutual  protection,  even  to 
the  common  laborer;  but  the  saddest 
fact  that  occurs  to  his  mind,  and  one 
that ought to bring the tinge of shame to 
his cheek, is that the large class to which 
he  belongs is divided,  subdivided and re­
subdivided  against  itself, notwithstand­
ing the fact that no class of business men 
on  earth  ever  suffered  so  much of  the 
very quintessence of  abuse,  and  all  for 
the  lack  of  organization,  as  this  same 
class of retail merchants.

To what shall  the cause of  this unfor­
tunate  state of  affairs  be attributed?  A 
base  selfishness conceived  in  ignorance, 
or senseless indifference?  Make answer 
who  will.

After you read  this article, do not say, 
“There’s a good  deal  of  truth  in  that,” 
and then throw  T h e  T r a d e sm a n  under 
the  counter  and  forget all  about it, hut 
go  to  work.  W a k e  u p . 
If  you  are  a 
dead  member  of  a  dead  B.  M.  A.,  get

the B.  M. A. of  Owosso.  E.  A. Owen.

N otice to  S to ck h o ld ers.

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

Agents  W a n te d .!

J. H. P. HUGHART, Sec’y.

We can give  you  exclusive territory  on  a  large  line  of  Bicycles.  Send for catalogue.  Our  line 
includes the:
COLUMBIA
VICTOR
RUDGE
KITE
TELEPHONE 
OVERLAND 
LOVELL D1A-
MONO
Also others too numerous to mention.  Wholesale and retail dealers in Bicycles, Cyclists’ Sundries, 
Rubber and Sporting Goods, Mill and Fire Department Supplies.

CLIPPER 
PARAGON 
IROQUOIS 
PIKEN1X 
GENDRONS 

STUDLEY  &  BARCLAY,

S  T A R  R O L L E R   M I L L S .

C .   G.  A .  VOIGT  &  CO.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Western  Wheel  Works

4  Monroe St. 

Proprietors of the

and all the

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

■   DRUG, BOOK AND WALL-PAPER STOCK 

with  fixtures,  $2,600.  in  Washtinaw  Co., 
Mich.  Business established 30 years; stock clear 
and free from shopkeepers;  prosperous business, 
good community; will sell with or without build 
ing.  G.  B. Mason.  Saline. Mich. 

■   GROCERY  DOING TUB  NEAREST  TO  A 

cash  business  of  anything  in  the  city of 
Grand  Rapids  is  for  sale, as owner  must leave 
city before April 1.  Stock  and  fixtures all new, 
as store has only been  running less than a year 
Will  bear  investigation.  “Grocer,” care  Michi- 
gan Tradesman._____________________394.

373

_______ 391

and shoes in best  town in Michigan.  Cause 
of  selling,  ill  health.  Address  No.  383,  care 
Michigan Tradesman.________________ 383

F or  sa l e—good  n ew   stock  o p  boots
F or  SALE—FIRST-CLASS  GROCERY  Bus­

iness in the  best  town  of  5,000  inhabitants 
in Northern Michigan.  The purchaser can have 
a  trade of  $30,000 a year  at  the  start.  No  town 
in  the  State has  better  prospects.  This  is  the 
chance  of  a  life  time.  Address  No.  363,  care 
Michigan Tradesman.________________ 363
-  drug stock — New and clean.  Address F. A. 
Jones. M. D. Muskegon,  Mich. 

ITIOR  SALE  CHEAP  —  WELL  SELECTED 
SPLENDID  BUSINESS CHANCE—ADDRESS 

H  T. T., Courier-Herald  office, Saginaw, E. 
S„ Michigan, and get full pai ticulars.  To parties 
with capital  and  hustlers in business, who wish 
to  locate in  the  best  city in the  State, this is a 
ehance  of  a  life  time,  and  investigation  will 
prove it, to buy the best stock and an established 
business in  the  city.  Investigate  business  and
reasons for selling.______ ____________ 409
ANTED—Tu EXCHANGE GOOD  PAYING 
city  real  estate  or  timbered  lands  for 
stock  of  merchandise.  Address  No.  402,  care
Michigan Tradesman 
_____________ 402
OR  SALE—A  PERKINS  SHINGLE  MILL 
complete.  Will  sell  for  cash  or exchange 
for  stock of  merchandise.  The  mill is in  good 
repair  and  is  capable of  cutting »',000  shingles 
to-morrow.  Reason  for  selling,  have  finished 
cutting  where  the mill  now stands and  owners 
have too much other  business to attend to.  Ad 
403
dress M. & S.. care Michigan Tradesman. 

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

T Y K U G G IS T  —  R E G IS T E R E D   P H A R M A C IS T  
U   wants  steady  position  by  March  15,  in 
irand  Rapids  or  vicinity.  Young  man,  refer 
ence  A  No.  1.  Address  396,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
_____________________396  _

MISCELLANEOUS.

TAO  YOU  l SE  COUPON  BOOKS ?  IF  SO, DO 
U   you buy of the largest manufacturers in the 
United States?  If you do, you  are  customers of 
the Tradesman Company. Grand Rapids.
TX>R  SALE—TWO  HUNDRED  ACRKS  LAND  (160  1M- 
p ro v e d ), lo c a te d  in  th e  f r u it b e lt o f  Oceana coun­
r  
ty.  Mich.  L an d   fitte d   for  m a c h in e ry ,  good  fences, 
large  curb  ro o f  barn  w ith  u n d e rg ro u n d   fo r  stock, 
h o rse barn a n d  other n e c essary  farm  buildings*  New 
w indm ill fu rn ish e s w a te r fo r h o u se a n d  b a rn s,  Jhignc- 
een a c re s a p p le b e a rin g  orchard, also 1,000 p ea ch  tree s, 
tw o y e a rs old, lookin g th rifty .  P rice, $36 per  acre, or 
w ill e x c h an g e fo r stock o f dry goods.  If any difference 
w ill p ay  cash .  A. R etan, L ittle  R ock, Ark.______•***

IilOR SALE—CHEAP  ENOlGH  FOR  AN  IN 

'  vestment  Corner  lot and  5 room house on 
North  Lafayette  St.,  cellar,  brick  foundation, 
soft  water  in  kitchen.  $1 200.  Terms  to  suit 
Address No. 1.-7  care Michigan  Tradesman.  187 
OR  SALE  OR  WILL  TRADE  FOR  STOCK 
of  merchandise,  the  I.  O.  O.  F .  block  in 
Sparta.  For  particulars, write to Box 219  spar- 
ta, Mich.  Here’s a bargain! 
TTiOR  SALE—ABOUT  100 POUNDS  OF  NON- 
J?  pareil  type,  well  assorted  as  to  figures, 
fractions  and  leaders.  Just  the  thing  for  a 
country  paper  for  use in tax  sales and  general 
work.  'Laid in two cases.  Will  sell for 25 cents 
per pound and $1 per pair for cases.  Tradesman 
Company, Grand rtapida, Mich._______   359
W J E   HAVE  VERY  FINE  RED  GUM  TIM- 
W   her and want to contract  with  consumer 
to saw  and  pile  100,000 to  1.000,000  feet.  E  M. 
Ford Land & Timber  Co., GilJilmore, Ark. 
F or  sa l e  -  b e s t  r e sid e n c e  lot  in

Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad­
ed with  native  oaks, situated in good residence 
locality,  only 200  feet  from  electric  street  car 
line.  Will sell  for $2 500 cash, or part cash, pay- 
ments to suit.  E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 
ATIONAL  CASH  REGISTER  AND  GRO- 
Inquire 

cery store fixtures for sale cheap 
of Kritzer Milling Co., Newaygo. Mich. 

854 

399

386

401

■ ANTED—GOOD  LOCATION  FOR  HARD- 
ITIOR  SA LE  —  ST O R E ,  C O TTA G E,  BA RN S, 

ware store  by a live  dealer who  carries a 
good stock.  No  second-class  town  need  apply. 
Address No. 406, care Michigan Tradesman.  4Ub
"  etc.  Best  country  location  in  Michigan. 
Posioffice and ticket office in store  Trade cash. 
Fixtures go with  the  store.  Stock  ail  sold out. 
Part  cash, half  cost  price  takes  this  property. 
This  is  a  rare  chance.  Address  No.  407,  care 
Michigan Tradesman,________ _______407

writer.  Reason  for  selling, we  use  a Bar- 
Lock and  consider it superior  in  every respect. 
Tradesman Company, 100 Louis street.____

■ OR  SALE—NEARLY  NEW  YOsT  TYPE- 
■ ANTED—TRAVELING  SALESMAN  FOR 

Michigan;  commission first month, salary 
and expenses aftirwards.  Experience unneces 
sary  if  you  are a hustler.  A  good  opportunity 
DOi j  u   »o u   n it   a  u u a u v i. 
wishing  to  travel.
for  any  bright  young  man  wishing  J 
400
Address Imperial Portrait Co., Chicago.

■  ANTED—REGISTERED  OR  ASSISTANT 

drug clerk,  one who can  speak Swedish 
preferred.  Wages  moderate.  J.  M. Perry, Tub
tin, Mich.________________ _______  
404
AATANTED—A  GOOD  LOCATION  FOR  FUR 
YV  niture  and  undertaking  business  in  a 
town  of  1,500  to  5,000  inhabitants;  would  buy 
established  business.  W.  &  W.,  box  35, Ypsi- 
lanti,  Mich._______________________ 405

z»  ft«''“

F OR  SALE —GOOD  DIVIDEND - PAYING 

stocks in  banking, manufacturing and mer 
can tile  companies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  St., 

1 Grand Rapias. 

370

AMONG  THE  TRADE.
▲ROUND THE STATE.

Wakefield—Jas.  Raizon,  druggist,  is 

moving to Ewen.

Owosso—J.  W.  Squier succeeds  Cole & 

Co in the grocery business.

Alpena—M. Wolf succeed Wolf  &  Dar­

ling in the notion business.

Ithaca—S.  E.  Parish  succeeds  Parish 

& Scott in the grocery business.

Easy—Yeomons  &  Yeldon  succeed G. 

A.  Freusel in the drug business.

Saginaw—J.  Doyle succeeds Tailmadge 

& Doyle in the harness business.

Northville— M.  F.  Stanley succeeds the 

Stanley Air  Hide Co.  in  business.

Cold water—F.  E.  Calkins  succeeds  C. 

W.  DeClute in the meat business.

Jerome—H.  II.  Winters  succeeds  C. S. 

Yawger in the hardware business.

Port Huron—Miller & Worden succeed 

Jacob Bernatz in the coal business.

Port Huron—J.  J. Frickey succeeds W. 

T.  Haskell in the grocery  business.

Au Sable—Elisha Dietz succeeds Simp­

son & Dietz in the grocery business.

Carson City—F.  J.  Cutter  has  closed 

his harness shop and  left this  place.

Battle  Creek — Matt  Phelen  succeeds 

Albert Allen  in the jewelry business.

Clare—J.  A.  Chase &  Co.  succeed  Her­

rick & Harris in the grocery  business.

Ritchi—Griffith  &  Dougherty  succeed 

M. F. Cooley in  the grocery  business.

Lowell—Kate Eagan has closed out her 

millinery stock and quit the business.

Port Huron—Chas.  Ross succeeds Ross 

& Haywood in the dry goods business.

Carson City—C.  B.  Williams has closed 

out his bazaar stock and  moved away.

Bailey—Spring & Liudley are succeed­
ed in  general  trade  by  Liudley & Lind- 
ley.

Alpena—H.  G.  Beach  succeeds  Beach 
& Alger  in  the  hardware  and  tin  busi­
ness.

St.  Johns—C.  A.  Spaulding &  Co.  suc­
ceed Nixon  & Co. in  the  hardware  busi­
ness.

Battle Creek—Gardner &  Spencer suc­
ceed J.  D.  Atherton in the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Spring Lake—E.  J.  Pruim  &  Son  suc­
ceed  Pruim & Buckley  in  the  hardware 
business.

Lansing— Hutchinson  &  Cooley  suc­
ceed Dains  & Hutchinson  in  the  bazaar 
business.

Detroit—Oscar E.  Rascb & Co.  succeed 
Rasch & Reckmeyer in the wholesale  fur 
business.

East Jordan—H.  Mitchell  succeeds  H. 
C.  Holmes in the confectionery and cigar 
business.

Shelby—Benj.  Morse succeeds Morse & 
Ernst in the clothing and  boot  and  shoe 
business.

Minden City—Jos.  H.  Dillon,  general 
dealer,  has  been  closed  under  chattel 
mortgage.

Battle Creek—C.  M.  Hubbard,  former­
ly  of  Manistee,  is  now  in  business  at 
this place.

Delton—William Vara is to occupy the 
new harness  shop  now being  erected  at 
this place.

Gladwin—Ida  E.  (Mrs.  Thos.)  McAr­
thur,  hardware  dealer,  has  moved  to 
Pinconning.

Battle Creek—C.  O.  Stewart  succeeds 
W.  W. Clark in the  fruit and confection­
ery business.

Hersey—John  A.  Edwards  succeeds 
Edwards & Pierson in  the  saw and  grist 
mill business.

Battle Creek—Eleindinst & Wing  suc­
ceed  C. C.  Kleindinst  in  the piano  and 
organ business.

Dimondale — E.  E.  Norton  succeeds 
Norton &  Jones  in  the  agricultural  im­
plement business.

Glendale — Vickers  &  Pratt  succeed 
Vickers & Myers in the  agricultural  im­
plement business.

Battle Creek—Toronge  &  Lyman  suc­
ceed  Nellie S.  (Mrs.  J.  F.) Gould  in  the 
tailoring business.

Allegan—William S. Jones, a tinner by 
trade,  recently came  here  from  Holland 
and opened a shop.

Three  Oaks—Chamberlain,  Hollett  & 
Bradley,  general dealers,  are  succeeded 
by  Hollett &  Bradley.

Camden—C.  D.  Rhodes  &  Co.  succeed 
Campbell,  Neufang & Co.  in  the  grocery 
and boot and shoe business.

Delton—D.  M.  Hyde  and  J.  R.  Edgett 
will conduct their  furniture  store under 
the style of D.  M.  Hyde & Co.

Lake Ann—R.  S.  Mott  will  erect  an 
addition  to  his  present  store  building 
and occupy same with a drug stock.

Lowell—J.  W.  Broadbent is now in the 
employ of  the  King  Milling  Co., having 
gone out of business on his own account.
Albion—Geo.  Bullen and Capt.  Tucker 
have  formed  a  copartnership  and  pur­
chased 
the  dry  goods  stock  of  W.  B. 
Crane.

Hopkins Station—Jas.  T.  Harvie  has 
sold  his hardware stock  and tin  shop  to 
Lillie & Adams,  who  will  continue  the 
business.

Otsego—C. W.  Ed sell,  assignee  of  the 
Russell  Carriage  Co.,  will  continue  the 
business for  another  season  with  C.  A. 
Russell as salesman.

Detroit—The J.  M.  Bour  Co.  has  been 
incorporated with 310,000  capital  to deal 
in  teas,  coffees,  spices,  ground  cereals, 
etc., in Detroit and Toledo.

Breckeuridge — Ezra  Wood  has  pur­
chased  what  is  known as  the  Endrican 
sawmill,  a mile  and a  half  southeast  of 
this village,  and will stock it.

Negaunee—Wm. Hendrickson succeeds 
Frank  Mulvey  In  the  meat  business. 
The  latter  succeeded  Mulvey  &  Weste- 
meyer in the same  business.

Lowell—The  Lowell  Grocery  Co.  has 
settled the  attachment  which Johnson & 
Wheeler,  of  Detroit,  had  upon  their 
stock  and are again open for business.

Schoolcraft—P.  C.  Pursell  &  Co.  suc­
ceed J.  L. Clark  in  the  agricultural  im­
plement  business.  The  firm  also  suc­
ceeds Pursell Bros,  in the same business.
Lowell—Kopf Bros.,  who recently pur­
chased  the  furniture  stock  of  A.  L. 
Coons,  of  this  place,  will  continue  the 
business under  the  style  of  the  Lowell 
Furniture Store.

Grand  Haven—Cornelius  N.  Addison 
| has retired from  the  grocery  firm  of  C, 
N. Addison & Co.  The  business will  be 
continued  by  the  remaining  partner 
John Cook,  under his own name.

Kalamazoo — Wheeler  &  Pitkin  have 
purchased  the  stock of  plumbing  goods 
belonging to the estate of the late Thomas 
Dorgan,  paying  36,500  therefor.  The 
stock has  been  moved  to  the  establish- 
■ ment of the purchasers.

Farwell — W.  H.  Salford,  hardware 
! dealer of  this place,  made an assignment 
j Saturday  to L.  L.  Kelly.  The  principal 
I creditors  are  Morley  Bros.,  Saginaw; 
Sherman  S.  Jewett  &  Co.,  Detroit,  and 
i J.  L. Littlefield, of this place.

Morley—D.  Farr,  formerly in the  agri- 
I cultural implement and livery business at

Howard City, but for the past few months 
running a livery stable here, talks  of  re­
turning  to the latter place and engaging 
in the agricultural implement business.

Lyons—W.  S.  Barnard,  who  has  long 
been identified  with  the  business  inter­
ests  of  this  place,  having  conducted  a 
store here  many  years,  died  on  the  3d, 
from  the  effects  of  la  grippe,  and  was 
buried on the  6th.  H e  w as a good citizen 
and an honest man.

Summit City—G.  C. Willey has sold his 
general stock to  Avery  &  Tedman,  who 
will  continue  the  business  at  the same 
location.  Mr.  Avery  has  been  teller 
and book-keeper  in  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Traverse  City  four  years  and 
Mr.  Tedman has been  a  practicing  phy- 
ician at Frankfort.  Both partners  will 
remove to this place.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Detroit—Brown & Wilson  are succeed­
ed in the tailoring business by W. J.  Wil­
son.

Muskegon—The style of Heap’s Patent 
Earth  Closet  Co.  has  been  changed  to 
Heap’s Manufacturing Co.

Lowell—L.  P. Thomas  has  leased  the 
plant of the  Lowell  Furniture Co.  and is 
manufacturing  beau  planters  and  har­
vesters.

Cbauncey—Oscar  House  has  sold  his 
grist  mill  and  grocery stock  to Truman 
and  Ernest  Hubbel,  who  will continue 
the business.

Michigamme—M. Gauthier  has  sold to 
F.  W.  Read & Co.  300,000  feet  of  white 
pine logs,  which will  be hauled  to  their 
mill  over  the  Chicago  &  Northwestern 
Railway.

Farwell—Gregory & Stevens  have sold 
their shingle mill to M.  F.  Robinson  and 
A.  Shekell.  The  purchasers have made 
repairs and intend  to  run  the  mill  the 
entire year.

Saginaw—J.  Ahrens  &  Co.  propose  to 
merge  their  cigar  manufacturing  busi­
ness  into  a  stock  company  under  the 
style of the Ahrens  Cigar Co.  The capi­
tal stock will be placed at 340.000.

Marquette—Ferguson Bros, have taken 
the contract from A.  Bergland to cut and 
load on cars 1,500,000 feet  of  white  pine 
near Kitchi.  The logs  will  probably  be 
hauled to this city for manufacture.

Muskegon—The  McGraft  Lumber  Co. 
is building a  planing  mill  in  connection 
with the company’s yard.  The  building 
is 60x120 feet,  with a brick boiler  house, 
30x50  feet.  The  plant  will  be  fully 
equipped with modern  machinery.

Detroit—Articles  incorporating  D.  S. 
Phelps & Co.  have been filed.  The busi­
ness is the manufacture  of  refrigerators 
and the capital stock is 315,000,  all  paid 
in.  The incorporators  are  Eliza T.  and 
David S.  Phelps and Elisha Taylor.

FOR  SALE.  W ANTED,  ETC

A d v ertisem en ts w ill be in se rte d   u n d e r  th is   h ea d  for 
tw o  cents  a   word  th e  first  insertion  and  one cent a 
word  for  each  subsequent  insertion.  No  advertise- 
m e n t ta k e n  f o r  less th a n  86 cents.  A dvance  pay m e n t,

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

■   LIBERAL  CASH  BONUS  TO  THE  MAN 

conversant  with the manufacture of  some 
line of  furniture  or  refrigerator,  who  will  in­
vest  ten to fifteen  thousand  dollars as working 
capital  and take  an active  part in the business. 
For particulars, address Lock  Box 138,  Middles- 
borough, Bell Co., Ky. 

F OR  SALE — FINE  STOCK  OF  BAZAAR 

goods.  Will  inventory  about  $2,000.  Well 
established trade.  For particulars, address J. F. 
Anson, admin’r for J. L. Neden Estate, 433  Main 
street, Menominee, Mich. 

iness  and  outfit.  Location  magnificent. 
Terms  reasonable.  Address  August  Leins,
Alpena, Mich. 

FOR  SALE—FIRST CLASS  BREWERY  Bus­
F or  sa le—a  clea n  g rocery  stock,

doing a good business.  Reason for selling, 

poor health.  W. L. Mead, Ionia, Mich. 

382

395

397

408

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Leo F.  Hale has put in  a  supply  store 
in connection with his sawmill near Bear 
Lake.  Musselman  &  Widdecomb  fur­
nished the stock.

Mrs.  T.  Richar  and  1.  C.  Richar  have 
formed  a  copartnership  under  the style 
of  Richar  &  Son  and  opened  a grocery 
store at  355 Washington  avenue,  Muske­
gon.  The  stock  was  furnished  by  the 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.

J.  W. Parke,  who  removed  his  whole­
sale notion business  from South Bend  to 
this city about  two months  ago,  locating 
at 4 Pearl street  has re-shipped his stock 
to South Bend  and  resumed  business  at
that place.________________

Chas. B.  Dressier,  formerly  engaged in 
the meat  business  on  Jefferson  avenue, 
but for the past year and a half a gentle­
man of leisure—during which time he has 
spent  several  months  in  Germany—has 
opened  a  meat  market  at  231  South 
Division street.

John  Snitseler recently  took  a  $1,500 
mortgage on the general  stock  of  Boven 
&  Knot,  at  Graafschap,  as  trustee  for 
Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.,  the  Olney 
& J udson  Grocer  Co.  and  Musselman  & 
Widdicomb,  whose  claims  aggregated 
$1,500.  The firm subsequently  uttered  a 
bill of sale  to Mr.  Snitseler for the  same 
amount,  and  on  Friday  the  latter  sold 
the  stock  entire  to  Rutgers  &  Tien,  at 
the  same  place,  who  consolidated  the 
stock with their own.

Rindge, Bertsch  & Co.,  which has been 
a familiar  name  to  the  patrons  of  this 
market  for  nearly  two  decades,  passed 
into history  last Friday,  being  succeeded 
by  the  firm of  Rindge,  Kalmbach & Co., 
Christian Bertsch  retiring  to  embark  in 
other business.  No change  will  be made 
in  the  office  or  traveling  force  of  the 
house,  which  will  continue  the  same 
policy  which has given the house a repu­
tation second to none in the State.

G rip sack   B rigade.

A.  D.  Baker and family  have returned 
from the Empire State and  “Ad” has  re­
sumed his visits to the trade.

W.  F.  Blake was called  to Farmington 
Me.,  last week,  by the fatal illness of his 
mother,  who died  before  he  could  reach 
her bedside.

G.  J.  Walker,  formerly  salesman  for 
LeBaron  &  Cobb,  on  South  Division 
street,  has  taken  the  position  of  city 
salesman for W. H.  Downs.

A.  J.  McDonald,  formerly  city  sales­
man for the  Wells-Stone  Mercantile Co., 
at Saginaw,  has  taken a similar  position 
with the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.

Robert  Hanua,  who  was  cigar  sales­
man  for  the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co. 
until about three months ago, since which 
time he has been  traveling  for  a  Phila­
delphia house,  has  resumed  his  former 
position with the B.-B.-P.  Co.

Russell Bertsch,  who has traveled  sev­
eral years for Rindge,  Bertsch & Co., has 
retired from the road  and  will  hereafter 
devote his entire  time  to  the  retail  shoe 
business  of  Herold  &  Co.,  on  Monroe 
street, in which he is a partner.  His suc­
cessor is Fred Osterley,  who  has  worked 
in the house for the past half dozen years 
as  packer,  billing  clerk  and  shipping 
clerk.

New York  Sun:  “Women commercial 
travelers are said  to  be  a  great  success, 
and in a number of tea and coffee houses, 
dry goods and canned  goods,  as  well  as

the silk  firms,  the  bright,  attractive in­
vader is  excelling  her  masculine  proto­
type 
in  ingratiating  herself  and  her 
samples in the eyes of merchants,  and  is 
booking  more  orders  than  her  discom­
fited male competitor.”

W.  M. Patton,  traveling representative 
for  a  Chicago  wholesale  grocery house, 
was assaulted by Clovis Dupont, a drunk­
en  man,  at  Bay  City,  Saturday  night.
In  falling,  Patton  fell  upon  a  beer 
keg  and  was  badly  hurt  and 
is 
thought  to be  injured internally.  He is 
now  under a doctor’s care at the  Rousch 
House.  Dupont,  the  assailant, is  under 
arrest.  He  says he mistook Patton for a 
man against whom he held a grudge.

The  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar is  without  change.  No  further 
decline is probable, as the  present  basis 
is clearly below  the  cost  of  production. 
While  higher  prices  will  undoubtedly 
soon be announced, couservative  dealers 
are of the opinion that the  advance  will 
not come this month.

All pie peacnes  and  cheap  seconds  at 
the  Baltimore  market have  been  picked 
up  by  speculators,  who  have  advanced 
the price 5  to 10  cents  per  dozen.  The 
holders  are  acting  on  the  assumption 
that the peach crop of  1892 will  be small, 
on account of the excessive crop of  1891.
The Maryland Legislature,  now in  ses­
sion,  promises to enact  a law  which will 
reduce the supply of oysters for the pres­
ent,  with a view of making a  larger sup­
ply  for  the  future.  The  proposed  law 
shortens the season,  taking off one month 
in the spring and  two weeks  in the  fall.
The peanut market  is  strong  and  ad­
vancing,  with every prospect of consider­
ably  higher prices during the remainder 
of the season.

Oranges and lemons are in good demand 
aud prices are steady.  The Florida crop 
is  nearly  all  used up,  but the California 
crop is coming in  to take its  place.

Rio  coffees  have  advanced 

lc  per 
pound and all  manufacturers of package 
goods have advanced their quotations %c.
Corn  syrup  is  lc  higher than  a week 
ago,  but local jobbers  continue  to  quote 
same at the old price—22c.

P u re ly  P erso n al.

I. C.  Richar,  who has  arranged to  em­
bark in  the  grocery  business  at  Muske­
gon,  was in  town  a  couple  of  days  last 
week.

Frank E.  Leonard and Frank Stone are 
still in New  York,  buying  goods  for  H. 
Leonard  &  Sons.  The former  contem­
plates a trip  across  the  Atlantic for  the 
purpose of visiting the great pottery dis­
trict of England.
Do Y ou W a n t to  S av e  Tim e  a n d  Labor?
Then  send  for  Gringhuis’  Itemized 
Ledger.  Would you like a short form of 
double  entry  book-keeping?  Then  try 
our Customers’ or  Itemized  Ledger,  with 
our new columned  Cash Book.  Send for 
sample sheets and price.

Gk in g h u is  Item ized  L e d g e r Co., 

403 West Bridge St.,

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

C o untry  C allers.

Calls  have  been 

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

L. A.  Scoville, Clarksville.
Jno.  W.  llines, Clarksville.
Richar & Son, Muskegon.
S. Bitely & Co., Casnovia.
Geo.  W.  McKee,  Alto.
Eugene O’Connor, Kent City.
Use Trades num Coupon Books.

$ 6 .   $ 1 0 .  $ 1 5 .

R B R K I N S   &  R IC H M O N D,

Picture  Frames,  Mouldings, 

Typewriters

13 Fountain St., Grand Rapids,  Mich.

5000  Sold.

Patented  1887.

Why Wanted.

It's  the  origina1  of  its 
class. 
It's  the  favorite 
with  Druggis’s, Clothiers, 
Shoe  S ores. Hatters, Gro­
cers.  Hardware  Dealers, 
General  Merchants,  Bak­
ers, Butchers. Millers. Ho­
tels, Dairymen, Laundries 
and  in  fact  every  retail 
dealer  who wants  correct 
methods.
Write us this day for de­
scription and prices.
State  and  local  agents 
wanted.

S T O P *

and investigate the Amer­
ican Cash  Register before 
purchasing.  YOU  will 
probably say as this  party 
does:
D e a r  S ir « :  We will say 
that  for  our  business  we 
greatly prefer  your “Desk 
Cashier”  to  the  National, 
even at the same price, for 
every business selling bills 
of  goods, or  odd  number 
sales your Desk Cashier is 
preferable to theNational. 
not considering price.  We 
are bo well pleased with it 
that with our three  Desks 
we consider  our  cash sys 
tern almost complete.
C h a s .  R uE D E B U scn   Co., 
Mayville,  Wis.

General  Merchants.

Yours truly,

Ins.  Bldg.

For  Bakings  of  Jill Kinds  Use

leisctann  1  Co.'s
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which Is affixed  to  every  cake 
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TALKS  WITH  A  LAW YER.

XATUBAUZATJO*—THE  PROCEDURE. 

T H K   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N .
Dry Goods Price Cnrrent.

V r t t m  for T u  Tia w b h a j .

N EW   FIR M .

Grand Rapids.  Mich., Feb.  12,  1892.

L ester J.  Rin d g e,
ClIBI-TIAN  Be BTSCH, 
F red erick  Kk ek el,
J.  Geo.  Kalm bach, 
Wm.  Logie.

All accounts due to and from the above 
firm will  be settled by Rindge,  Kalmbach 
& Co. 

The  partnership  heretofore  existing 
under the name of Rindge, Bertsch  & Co., 
wholesale  manufacturers  of  boots  and 
shoes,  12,  14  and  16  Pearl  street,  is this 
day dissolved  by mutual consent,  on  ac­
count  of  the  retirement  of  Christian 
Bertscb.

The manufacturing and wholesale boot 
and shoe  business of  the  former  firm of 
Rindge, Bertsch & Co.  will  be  continued 
at  the  same  location  by the  remaining 
hat  the  declaration  may be  made J members of  the old firm  under the  style

Having  in  former  talks  discussed  in 
whom  the  power  of  naturalization 
is 
vested  and  who  may be  naturalized,  we 
shall  now  consider  the procedure,  and, 
first,  as to the preliminary declaration of 
intention.  Before  an alien  can  become 
a citizen he must  take certain steps,  pre­
scribed  by the  federal  laws,  the  first of 
which  is  that  he  shall declare upon  bis 
oath  before a circuit  or  district  court of 
the United  .States, or before a district  or 
supreme  court  of  the  territories, or  be­
fore a court of record of any of the states 
jurisdiction  and  a 
haring  crom mon law
aeal and a  clerk, that
t  it is his  bona  fide 
a  citizen;  and  he 
intentioi1  to  beeome
e  renounces  his  al- 
must  declare  that  h<
potentate or state, 
legt an ce to any prince
the  prince  or  state 
particularly uam Lug  1
the  time a subject  or 
whereof he  is  at  chi
must  be made 
citizen. This  de:clar<
at least two years prior to the time of his 
admission  to  citizenship. 
It  has  been 
held
before  city,  police  and  county  courts of j 0f 
the various  states,  when  such courts are 
courts of  record  and have a clerk. 
In a | 
case  arising  in  Tennessee,  a  probate 
court  was  held  incompetent. 
In admit­
Thanking  the  trade  for the  generous 
ting  aliens,  state  courts in the  part they 
patronage  accorded  us  for  the  past 
take act as  United  States courts,  being a
twenty-seven  years  and  bespeaking  a 
sort of agent of  the  government for this I continuance  of  same.  assuring  our  cus- 
purpose.  The  declaration  may be made j tomers  tbat  al]  orders  sent  us  will  be 
before  the  clerk of  the  court under  the 
carefully  and  promptly  attended  to,  we 
law and  not  necessarily  before the court 
are 
itself. 
It  was held  in a federal case that
a clerk of the United States court had no 
authority to take  the  alien’s declaration 
at  the  private  residence  of  the  party, 
and  for that purpose to carry the records 
of  the  court  from  the  clerk’s  office  to 
such  residence.  After  a  foreigner  by 
birth  has thus  declared  his intention  to 
become  a citizen,  be is regarded  as  hav­
ing secured  to  himself  and  his  children 
who are minors the rights of a naturalized 
citizen,  except  so  far as  pertains to vot­
ing.  The declaration  having been  made, 
it must  be recorded  and  the original  affi­
davit,  or a copy properly  certified by the 
clerk  or  deputy  clerk,  attested  by  the 
court’s seal,  is competent evidence of the 
declaration.  After  the  declaration  of 
intention  to  become a citizen  has  been 
properly  made  and  recorded  and  two 
years have elapsed, final proceedings may 
be  had  for  admission 
to  citizenship.
These  proceedings  must  be  had  before 
such court as described  above.

P,

Respectfully,

&

Dr.

to  every 

FRENCH

Greatest  Seller  on  Earth!

In  the  first  place,  an  alien  must  de­
clare,  on  bis  oath,  that  he  will  support 
the  Constitution  of  the  United  States; 
that  he  renounces  and abjures all  alle­
giance  and  fidelity 
foreign 
prince,  potentate  or  state,  particularly 
naming  the prince,  potentate or state, of 
which  he was  before  a subject or citizen, 
and he shall renounce any hereditary title 
or order,  if he  has  borne any  such  title, 
or been  a member of  any order of nobili­
ty.  This oath,  when  taken, confers  the 
rights  of citizenship,  and  an  order  of 
court in  admitting  him is  not  essential, 
lie must take  the oath at  the time of his 
admission. 
It  is  not  sufficient  that  be 
took  both oaths at the  time of his giving 
notice to become a  citizen.  He must,  of 
course, prove that he has made a preiimi-1  Send for ninBtrated  catalogue.  See  price list 
nary declaration,  which  is  to  be proved ;in this journal.
by  the record; that  he has  resided with- j  q /n it t t T JATP  PA 'D Q PT 1  flfl 
in  the  United States  five years,  at  least, j  O tiH I  L illi IN Ur  O UH o I jI   UU i,
and  within the  state  or  territory  where 
the court sits for one year, and that, dur- 1

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U I B L tlC S tn   COTTONS.

“  Arrow Brand  5*4
Adriatic..........  
.  7  I 
Arjjyie  ..................  6*4 
“  World Wide..  7
“  LL............... 6
Atlanta AA............ 6*4 
Atlantic A.............   7  ¡Full Yard Wide.......6*4
6*4 Georgia  A..............  6*4
H
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P........
6  Honest Width.........  6*4
6*4  Hartford A  ............ 5
D.......
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5*4 Indian Head...........  7*4
«  LL.........
7  King A  A............... 6*4
Amory................
4  King EC.................  5
Archery  Banting 
5*4|Lawrence  L L ........  5*4
Beaver Dam  A A 
5  Madras cheese cloth 6*4
Blacks tone O, 32.
Black Crow.......
6*4] Newmarket  G........  6
B  ...... 5*4
7 
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Black  Bock  —
N........  6*4
Boot, AL...............   7*4] 
“
D D ...  5*4
Capital  A ...............5*4: 
“
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Cavanat V..............5*4: 
|5
Chapman cheese cl.  3*4 Nolbe R
6*4
Clifton  C R ............5XOnr Level  Beat
Oxford  R  .............   6*4
Comet.....................  7  ■
Dwight Star............  7X ¡Pequot— ..............  7*4
Clifton CCC..........   6*4 Solar.......................  6*4
¡Top of the  Heap—   7*4

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

8X!Geo.  Washington.

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Rock.
HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

..  7
!  Amazon............... ..  8  [GlenMills.__
! Arnsburg............. ..  7  ¡Gold Medal... ........  7X
Art  Cambric....... ..10  ¡Green  Ticket. ........8X
Blackstone AA.  ...  8 
'Great Falls — .......  6X
I Beats All............. ..  4X|Hope.............. ........  7X
Boston................. ..12  IJust  Out...... 4X@ 5
Cabot................... ..  7  ¡King  Phillip.. ......  7X
Cabot.  X ............. ..  6Xi 
OP......  7X
Charter  Oak...........5*4 j Lonsdale Cambric. .10*4
Conway W............. 7*4 j Lonsdale............   @ 8*4
Cleveland.............  7  Middlesex.......
Dwight Anchor......8X No Name..................   7X
shorts.  8X]Oak View......  .....  6
Edwards.................6
Our Own.................   5*4
Pride of the West... 12 
Empire...................   7
Farwell..................   7*4; Rosalind
7*4 
Fruit of the  loom.  8X Sunlight
4*4
Utica  Mills..............8*4
Fitchville  .............7 
]—
Nonpareil  ..11 
First Prize..............  6*4]
Fruit of the Loom \ .
Vlnvard...................  8*4
Falrmount............  4*4'White Horse.........   6
Full Value..............6*4l
8*4
Cabot......................7*4 ¡Dwight Anchor........ 9
Farwell..................   8  I
TremontN..............5*4
Hamilton N............   6*4
L............ 7
Middlesex AT........8
X...........  9
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Hamilton N............  7*4 Middlesex A A
Middlesex P T .. ....  8 
A T .. ....9  
XA.. ....9  
I P . , ...10X1 

..11
2___ .12
A O.......-13X
4........17X
5........16
Peerless,  white.. — 18  1 Integrity, colored...21
colored. ...20*4 White Star..............18*4
Integrity................ 18*41 
“  colored..21
Hamilton 
............. 8  ¡Nameless..................20
.25
.................27*4
..............10*4 
..............30
.................32*4
......... 36
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Middlesex No.  1.
2.
3.
7.
8.

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CARPET  WARP.

G G Cashmere....... 21 
Nameless  .............. 16 

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

............... 18  I 

..10
-.11
..12
..18
.19

DRESS  GOODS.

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CORSETS.

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PRINTS.

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CORSET  JEANS.

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Corallne............... 89 50¡Wonderful............ 84 50
Schilling’s ............   9 00 Brighton............... 4 75
Davis  Waists  __  9 00 Bortree’s ..............  9 00
Grand  Rapids.....   4  50|Abdominal........... 15 00
Armory..................   6*4[Naumkeag satteen..  7*4
Androscoggin.........7*4  Rockport................. 6*4
Biddeford...............  6  Conestoga................6*4
Brunswick..............6*41  Walworth...............  6*4
Allen turkey  reds..  5*4¡Berwick fancies__  *4
robes...........5*4  Clyde Robes...........   5
pink a purple 6*4 Charter Oak fancies 4*4
buffs..........   6  DelMarlne cashm’s.  6
pink  checks.  5*4 
mourn’g  6
staples........  5*4[Eddystone fancy...  6
shirtings... 
3*4 
chocolat  6
American  fancy —   5*41 
rober__  6
American indigo—   5*4 
sateens.. 6
American shirtings.  3*4 Hamilton fancy.  ...  6
staple__5*4
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  4*4 Manchester  fancy..  6 
Arnold 
new era.  6
...  6  ¡Merrimack D fancy.  6 
Arnold  Merino 
long cloth B. 10*41 Merrim’ck shirtings. 4 
“ 
“  Repp fu rn .  8*4
“  C.  8*4 
“ 
century cloth 7  Pacific fancy..........6
“ 
gold seal......10*4| 
robes............  6*4
“ 
“  green seal TR 10*4 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow seal.. 10*4
Simpson moumlng.. 6
serge.............11*4
“ 
greys........6
solld black.  6 
“  Turkey red.. 10*4 
Ballou solid Dlack..  5 
Washington Indigo.  6 
“ 
“  colors.  5*4
“  Turkeyrobes..  7*4
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes__ 7*4
red and orange...  5*4
“  plaln Tky X X  8*4 
Berlin solids...........  5*4
“ 
“  X...10
“  oil blue....... 6*4
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................   6
“  green ....  6*4
“ 
“  Foulards__ 5*4
Martha Washington
Turkeyredx..... 7*4
red X ...........  7
“ 
Martha Washington
“ X  .........  9*4
“ 
“ 
“  4 4..........10
Turkey red..........   9*4
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12
Rlverpoint robes__5
Cocheco fancy........6
Windsor fancy........6*4
“  madders...  6 
gold  ticket 
XX twills..  6*4
Indigo blue......... 10*4
solids.
5X1 
t ic k in g s.
Amoskeag AC A .... 12*4
Hamilton N.............. 7*4
D................ 8*4
Awning..11
Farmer....................8
First Prize................. 11*4
Lenox M ills...........18
Atlanta,  D.................   6X! 
Boot.............................6X 
Clifton, K...............   6*4|Top of Heap
Simpson................. 20
................ 18
.................16
Coechco.................10*4

AC A.....................12*4
Pemberton AAA__16
York....................10*4
Swift River...........7*4
Pearl  River............12
Warren...................13

Imperial..................10*4
Black................  9@ 9*4
“  BC..........  @10

COTTON  DRILL.

SATIRES.

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Stark A
No Name....

DEMINS.

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Amoskeag........— 12*4(Columbian  brown.. 12
9 oz...... 13*4 Everett, blue...........12
brown.......12
brown .13 
Andover................. 11*4 Haymaker bine.......7X
brown...  7X
Beavercreek  A A... 10 
B B ...9  l.laffrey.................... 11*4
(Lancaster............... 12*4
CC__ 
Lawrence, 9 oz...... 13*4
No. 220__ 13
No. 250.... 11*4 
No. 280....10*4

“ 
bine  8*4 
“  d a  twist 10*4 
Colombian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.19

Boston MfgCo.  br  .  7 

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GINGHAMS.

“ 

Amoskeag..............7X
Lancaster,  staple...  6X
“  Persian dress 8*4 
fancies__7
Canton ..  8*4
“ 
Normandie  8
Lancashire.............   6*4
“ 
AFC........12*4
“ 
Teazle.. .10*4 !
Manchester.............. 5X
“ 
Angola. .10*4
Monogram..............  6*4
Persian..  8*4
“ 
Normandie............... 7*4
Persian...................   8*4
Arlington staple....  6X1
Arasapha  fancy  •..  4X[Renfrew Dress........7*4
Bates Warwick dres 8*4lRosemont................. 6*4
staples.  6 *41 Slaters ville............ 6
Centennial............  10*4 Somerset...................7
Criterion..............  10*4 Tacoma  .................   7*4
Cumberland staple.  5*4 Toll  duNord..........10*4
Cumberland........... 5  Wabash.....................  7*4
Essex......................4*4 
seersucker..  7*4
Elfin.......................  7*4  Warwick...............   8*4
Everett classics.....8*4 Whlttenden...............  6X
Exposition..............7X1 
heather dr.  8
indigo blue  9 
Glenarie....................   6X
Wamsutta staples...  6X
Glenarven__  ........6X
Westbrook..............  8
Glenwood................... 7*4
............ 10
Hampton.....................6X
Wlndermeer...........   5
Johnson Ohalon cl 
*4 
Indigo blue 9*4 
York........................6X
zephyrs__16

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag............16*41 Valley City................. 15X
Stark.....................   19*4! Georgia................... 15X
American...................... 16*4 Pacific.............  .14*4

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour's............... 88
Coats’, J. & P ......... 45  Marshall’s ...............88
Holyoke......................22Xl
White.  Colored. I 

6  ..  ..33 
8......... 34 
10......... 85 
12......... 36 

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

KNITTING  COTTON.
38  No.  14
39 
“  16
40 
18
41  I  “ ■  20
CAMBRICS.

White.  Colored.
42
___ 37 
43
.......38 
.......39 
44
.......40 
45
¡Edwards................  4
Lockwood.................4
Wood's..................   4
¡Brunswick............  4

RED  FLANNEL.

Fireman........
Creedmore.............27X
Talbot XXX...........30
Nameless...............27X

32X1TW........................22X
F T ............ ............. 32X
J R F , XXX........... 35
Buckeye.................32X

MIXED  FLANNEL.

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DOMET  FLANNEL.

9X13 
10X 15 
11X17 
12X120 
DUCKS

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

Red & Bine,  plaid. .40
Union R.................22X
Windsor.................18*4
6 oz Western..........20
Union  B................ 22X
Nameless...... 8  @ 9X| 
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Grey SR W.............17X
Western W  .............18X
D R P ............. 
18X
Flushing XXX........ 23X
Manitoba................ 23X
...... 9  @10X
12X
....... 
Slate.  Brown.  Black.¡Slate.  Brown.  Black. 
13
9X 
15
10X 
17
11X 
12X 
20
Severen. 8 oz..........   9X|West  Point, 8 oz— 10X
May land, 8 oz.........10X 
10 oz  ...12X
“ 
Greenwood, 7X oz..  9X Raven, lOoz............ 13X
Greenwood, 8 0*__11X Stark  “ 
................13X
Boston, 8 oz............lOXlBoston, 10 oz............ 12X
White, doz............   25  ¡Per bale, 40 doz— 67 50
Colored,-doz..........20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Red Cross....  9
Best.............10X
Best AA......12 X
L............................. 7X
G.............................8X
Cortlcelli, doz.........75  [Corticelli  knitting,

Pawtucket...............10X
Dun die....................  9
Bedford...................10X
Valley  City.............W»X
K K ......................... 10X

SEWING  SILK.

WADDINGS.

SILESIAB.

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2 
3 

twist, doz. .37X  per Xoz  ball........30
50 yd, doz. .37X1
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White.,10 
..12 
“ 8 
..20
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..12  J “  10 
PINS.
No 2—20, M C........ 50 
|No4—15 F  3X...........40
‘  3-18,8 C..........45 
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No  2 White A Bl’k.,12  ¡No  8 White & Bl’k.,20 
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No 2........................28  IN0 8 ...........................36

COTTON  TAPE.
..15 
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..18 
| “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.

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NEEDLES—FEB  M.

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

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“  ...3 10|

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COTTON TWINES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown.................... 12
Domestic.............,18X
Anchor.................16
Bristol......   ...........13
Cherry  Valley........15
XXL........................18X
Alabama.................6X
Alamance...............  6X
Augusta.................7X
Ar  sapha...............   6
Georgia.................... 6X
Granite..................  5X
Haw  River............ 5
Haw  J ....................  6

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Nashua................... 18
Rising Star 4-ply— 17 
3-ply....17
North Star............ SO
Wool Standard 4 plyl7X 
Powhattan.............18

Mount  Pleasant—   6X
Oneida....................  5
Prym ont................  5X
Randelman............   6
Riverside...............   5X
Sibley  A .................  6X
Toledo....................  6

PLAID  OSNABUBGB

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POST’S SAP SPOUTS

Hardware Price Current.

 

 

AUGURS AND BITS. 

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

60
Snell’s ..................... 
Cook’s ........................................................... 
40
25
Jennings’, genuine....................................... 
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................50&10
..............• 7 50
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.
U  Ri*nn«o
B. Bronze..........................   12 00
S. B. S. Steel..........................   8 50
D. B. Steel.............................  13 50
Railroad......................................................8 14 00
Garden.................................................. net  30 00
dig.

BARROWS. 

bolts. 

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<US.

Stove..............................................................50&10
Carriage new list.......................................... 70*10
Plow...................... 
......................40&10
Sleigh shoe................................................... 
70
Well,  plain................................................... 8 3 50
Well, swivel......................................................  4 00

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

dig.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................V0&
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 60*10
Wrought Loose Pin.......................................60*10
Wrought Table.............................................60*10
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60*10
Wrought Brass............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...............................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s................. 
70*10
70
Blind, Shepard’s .......................................... 
BLOCKS.
CRADLES.

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

60

 

Grain...............

Cast Steel........
Ely’s 1-10........
Hick’s C. F ....
G. D ...........'...
Musket...........

CROW BARS.

CAPS.

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

__ per lb
__ per m
....  “
....  **

5
65
60
35
60

CARTRIDGES.

50
25

d ls.

c h is e l s . 

........dis.

Rim  Fire........
Central  Fire...
Socket Firmer...............................................70*10
Socket Framing.............................................70*10
Socket Comer................................................ 70*10
Socket Slicks................................................ 70*10
40
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
........................... 
40
Curry,  Lawrence’s. 
35
........................... 
Hotchkiss..............
White Crayons, per  gross..............12@12V4 dls. 10

COMBS. 

CHALK.

dls.

COFFER.

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28
Planished, 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
14x52, 14x56,14x60 .......................  
26
23
Cold RoUed, 14x56 and 14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
23
25
Bottoms........................................................ 
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks.....................................  
50
Taper and straight Shank............................ 
50
50
Morse’s Taper Shank.................................... 
Small sizes, ser pound................................  
07
Large sizes, per pound................................   6V4

DRIPPING PANS.

DRILLS. 

dls.

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In............................dos. net 
75
Corrugated................................ ............dls 
40
Adjustable............................................ dls. 40*10
80
Clark’s, small, I18; lafze, 126.......................  
Ives’, 1, 818;  2, 824 ;  3, *30............................ 
25

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

dls.

files—New List. 

dls.

Dlsston’s ...................................................... 60*10
New  American.............................................60410
Nicholson’s ..................................................60*10
Heller’s ........................ 
GO
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps...................................  
28
Nos.  16  to  20:  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
List 
16 17

GALVANIZED IRON

12 

15 

 

13 
Discount, 60

14 
GAUGES. 

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

50

dls.

HAMMERS.

 

 

 

dls.

dls.

dls.

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HINGES.

levels. 

dls.
dls.

HANGERS. 

MATTOCKS.

wire goods. 

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HOLLOW WARE.

knobs—New List. 

HOUSE FURNISHING  GOODS.

Maydole  *  Co.’s.....................................dls. 
25
Kip’s .....................................................   dls. 
25
Yerkes A Plumb’s..................................dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.........................80c list 60 i
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand— 80c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ............................... dls.60&10
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 In. 4*4  14 and
longer.......................................................   3V4
Screw Hook and  Bye, V4......................... net  10
“  %.................  
“ 
net  8V4
£ ..........................net  7V4
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Strap and T .............................................. dls. 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track— 50*10
Champion,  anti friction.............................  60410
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40
Pots.................. 
60
Kettles..........................................................  
60
Spiders  ........................................................  
60
Gray enameled..............................................40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware............................... new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware......... .......................  • 
25
Granite Iron W are.....................new list 3314*10
Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes................. 
70*10*10
Hook’s..  ................................................ 70*10*10
70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
70
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ............... 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings  —   ............  
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............  
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................  
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain..................  
70
Russell A Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  A  Co.’s ...........................  
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ................................................... 
56
Adze Eye..........................................816.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye..........................................815.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s.  .................................... 818.50, dls. 20*10.
50
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post, handled...................... 
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
40
“  Landers,  Ferry & Cle. k’s................. 
40
30
..................................  ■ 
“  Enterprise 
diS.
Stebbin’s Pattern............................. 
60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25
Steel nails, base...................................................1 80
Wire nails, base............................- 
- - —  -  2  00
Steel.  Wire.
go...................................................... Base 
Base
10
Base 
50 
20
40....................................................  05
20
10
30..................................................... 
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
Fine 3................................................1 50
2 00
90 
Case  10.............................................  60
  75
1  00 1  25 
Finish 1 0 . " " . . ' . ...........  85
1  00 
1  25
1  50 
»  6.......................................1 15
75 
Clinch! 10..........................................  85
90
8 .......................................................................1 00
6..................................... 1 15
1  00
2 50 
Barren \ ...........................................1 75
d ls .
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   ©*'
Sclota Bench................................................  ©<*’
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first qnallty......................................   ©fJJ
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  Aio
Fry,  Acme............................................ dls.60—10
Common,  polished............................................. 70
Iron and  Tinned.......................................... 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................  50—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

8.............................................................................................1  00

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

Advance over base: 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

NAILS

dlS.
dls.

PLANES.

r iv e t s. 

PANS.

“ 

d ls .

« 

“ 

Broken packs Vic per pound extra.

“  

 

 

 

ROPES.

8V4

SQUARES. 

Sisal, V4 Inch and larger.........................  ■ ■ 
Manilla........................................................   13
d ls .
Steel and Iron.............................................. 
Try and Bevels............................................. 
M itre............................................................ 

75
60
20
SHEET IRON.Com.  Smooth.  Com.

3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 14...................................... 84  05 
Nos. 15 to 17 .....................................  4  05 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................   4  05 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4  05 
Nos. 25 to 26 .....................................  4  25 
No. 27 ...............................................   4 45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86...................................... dls.
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A.................................  “ 
White  B ..............................  “ 
Drab B.................................   “ 
White C................................  “ 

SAND PAPER.
BASH CORD.

50
50
55
50
55
35

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

82 95
3 15
3 (5
3 15
3 25

Discount, 10.

BASH WEIGHTS.

d ls .

SAWS. 

TRAPS. 

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

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton 526
20
“ 
70
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cats, per foot,  .. 
“  Special Steel DexX Cuts, per foot..  . 
50
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot__ 
30
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot............................................   30
Steel, Game.................................................   60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s —  
70
Moose,  choker................................... 18c per doz
Mouse, delusion...........................   .81.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market........................................ 
 
 
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market............................................   62V4
Coppered  Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...........................      3 00
painted....................................  2 50

wire. 

dls.

“ 

HORSE nails.

diS.

WRENCHES. 

Au Sable.............................. dls. 25&10Q25410A05
Putnam................................................. 
dls. 10*10
N orth western................................ 
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................  
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........... 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75410
Bird Cages................................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................ 
*6
Screws, New 11st........................................  70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate................  
50*10*10
Dampers, American......  ......................... 
40
Forks, hoes,-rakes and all steel goods........ 
65

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dlB.

65

dls. 06

METALS,
PIG TIN.

6£
7

ZINC.

26c
28c

BOLDER.

Pig  Large.................................................... 
Pig Bare.......................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2V4c per pound.
680 pound  casks........................................... 
Per pound..................................................  
V4@V4 . ................................................................. }6
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................per  pound  16
13
Hallett’s.
7 50 
10x14 IC, Charcoal.....................................
7 50 
14x20 IC, 
....................................
9 25 
10x14 IX, 
.....................................
9 25
.....................................
14x20 IX, 
Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.
........
...................................
....................................
..................................
Each additional X on this grade 81.50. 
ROOFING PLATES
Worcester.....................

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLA WAY GRADS.
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

8 6 75 
6 75 
8 25 
.  9 25

TIN—MELYN GRADS.

Allsway  Grade

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX,
14x28  IX.
14x31  IX.
14x56 EX, for No. 8 Boilers. 
14x60 IX.  “ 

“  9 

“

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATS.

p e r   p o u n d

6  50 
8 50
18 50 
6 00
7 50 
12 50 
15 50
814 0» 
.15

Wm. C.  Spr a g u e.

ing that time,  he  has behaved  as  a  man 
of good  moral character,  attached to  the 
principles  of  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States and  well  disposed  to  the 
good  order and  happiness  of  the  same.
It should be noted  that the oath of the 
applicant is in no  case allowed  to  prove 
his  residence. 
It  must  be  proved  in 
court by the testimony of witnesses.  The 
oath  of  an  alien  as  to  his  good  moral 
character should be corroborated by other 
evidence.  One  alien  cannot  vouch  for 
another.  All the proceedings,  including 
the  court’s  action  thereon,  must  be  re­
corded,  and the record is  conclusive evi­
dence of the fact recited.  The naturali­
zation of an  alien confers  upon  him  the 
privileges of  a  native  citizen, save  only 
such as  are  withheld  from  him  by  the 
Constitution of  the United States.  The 
principal  disability 
is  the  following: 
Under article two it is provided that “No 
person,  except  a  natural  born  citizen, 
etc.,  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of 
President.” 
P a rtin g   W o rd s  o f  a   R etired   M erchant.
Ca d illa c,  Feb.  6 — 1  have  been  en­
gaged  in  the  drug,  wall  paper,  grocery 
and crockery business at Cadillac for the 
past  twelve  years,  during  which time  I 
have paid hundreds  of  thousands of dol­
lars  to  the  wholesale  dealers  of  Grand 
Rapids; and  I  would  say  that my  busi­
ness  relations  with  them  have  always 
been of the most  agreeable character.  1 
very much  regret  that  I  will  not  have 
occasion to deal  with them  any more,  at 
least for the  present,  as I  have  recently 
sold  my  mercantile  business. 
I  shall 
continue  in  the  real  estate  and  other 
business the same as  for  the  past  three 
or four years.
T h e  T radesm an  has  always  been  a 
friend of  mine, aud  I  have  been a  sub­
scriber since the first  year of its publica­
tion, and,  if l remember rightly,  since its 
first issue. 
It  is  the  best  paper  of  its 
kind I have  ever seen  or  heard  of.  As 
long as it  lives I  shall  be its friend,  and 
as long as  I am  a  resident  of  Michigan 
and in business,  1 shall keep up my  sub­
scription.
The first time 1  ever met the editor,  he 
came into my  store  and  was  introduced 
by an acquaintance  who had just stepped 
in.  He had a sample copy and was solic­
iting subscribers for  a  new  trade  paper 
he expected to  publish at  Grand Rapids, 
to be called T h e  Michigan T radesm an. 
I subscribed  for it.  When Mr. Stowe had 
gone,  I  told  my  partner  I thought the, 
new  venture  a  good  one,  and  that,  if 
properly managed,  it would  be  of  great 
benefit to the  retail dealers of Michigan; 
but, by  the  looks  of  the  man  who  had 
started the enterprise,  I did not think he 
had the right sized body and brain to run 
it successfully. 
I  have  since  found  my 
mistake,  for the  editor has  proved  him­
self  to  be  the  right  man  in  the  right 
place. 
I believe that the paper has been 
of more  benefit  to  the  retailers,  whole­
salers  and  manufacturers  of  Michigan 
than  any  other  paper  published.  The 
jobbing  trade  of  Grand  Rapids  is,  at 
present, next to  its manufacturing inter­
ests,  and  I  think  T h e  T radesm an  de­
serves credit  for  the  most  of  it.  Long 
may it live and  prosper.

Yours respectfully,

Alb e r t  E.  Sm ith.

Solely to   S ecu re D elay.

“The average  customer  imagines  that 
we knock off a cent or two from the price 
of  articles  worth  even dollars simply as 
an appeal  to the  economical  side  of  the 
purchaser,”  remarked  a  retail merohant 
the  other  day.  “But  the  average cus­
tomer  is  mistaken.  The  real  object in 
dropping a cent and marking a $2  article 
$1.99 is to keep the purchaser waiting  at 
the counter until the  change is  returned 
from  the  cashier.  Three  times  out  of 
five the customer sees something else that 
he wants, and another sale is made before 
he leaves.”

8

T H E   A fT C T H T O A N   T R A D E S M A N

Michigan Tradesman

Otflci&l Organ of Michltnn Bnsinesa Men's Association,

A  WIBKLY  JO UUiL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Wolilerine 8tate.

Published at

lOO  Louis  St., Grand Rapids, 

—  b y  —

THE  TRADESMAN COMPANY,

One  Dollar a  Year,

Pestage Prepaid.

ADVERTISING  RATES  OK APPLICATION.

Communications  invited  from practical  busi­

ness men.

Correspondents must give their full  name and 
address,  not  necessarily for  publication, but as 
a guarantee of good faith.

Subscribers may have  the  mailing  address  of 

their papers  changed as often as desired.
Sample copies sent free to any address.
Entered at Grand  Rapids post office as second- 

class matter.

E3r”When  writing to any of  our  advertisers, 
please  say that  you  saw  their  advertisement in 
T h e  M ic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n .

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

\v ED SESD A I,  FEBRUARY  17,  1893.

READ  YOUR  POLICY.

The Supreme Court  has  hauded  down 
an opinion  which  brings  home  to  every 
fire  insurance  policy  holder  the  para­
mount  importance  of  becoming  familiar 
with  its  conditions,  instead  of  laying  it 
away  uutil  the event  of  a  loss. 
In  this 
case the  plaintiff suffered a  loss of  $400, 
and notified  the agent  and  then  let  the 
matter  rest. 
The  policy  contained  a 
clause  requiring  a  proof  of  loss to  the 
company  within  thirty  days  after  the 
loss.  This  was not  done  until  after  the 
expiration  of  the  thirty day  limit,  and 
the  company  refused  to  pay  the  loss 
upon that  ground.  The  plaintiff  there­
upon  brought  suit  in  the  court  below, 
setting  up.  among  other things,  that  the 
agent waived the provision  of the  clause 
referred to,  but,  as  the policy coutained 
another  clause  to  the  effect 
that  the 
ageut had  no  authority to  waive  any of 
the provisions  thereof,  a  verdict was di­
rected  for the  defendant.  This  was  af­
firmed by the Supreme Court, which  held 
that,  as  these  conditions  are  plainly 
printed  on  the  policy,  it  must  be  pre­
sumed  that the  holder of  a  policy  was 
acquainted with them.

The loss was conceded,  but,  through  a 
mere technicality,  the company  managed 
to  avoid 
its  payment,  spending  much 
more money in  defending  the  suit  than 
would  have  made  good  the  loss* which 
happens to fall  on the  poor  and  deserv­
ing woman.
It  will 

interest  The  Tradesman’« 
readers to  learn  that  the  name  of  this 
company  is  the  Dwelling  House  Insur­
ance Co. 
It did  the same as  many other 
companies  would  have  done  under  the 
circumstances—took advantage of a mere 
technicality to defeat an  honest  claim— 
but any company  which  pursues such  a 
course should be avoided  by the insuring 
public, as they  would  avoid  a man  who 
is  honest  when  he  has  to  be  honest. 
There are  plenty of companies  which  do 
business  on  the  broad  plane  of  equity 
and  fairness,  so  that there  is  no  excuse 
for patronizing sharpers and schemers.

The paper  on  "Stump  Lands and Pine 
Plains,” prepared  by Hon.  S.  S.  Walker, 
of  St.  Johns,  and  published 
in  T h e 
T radesm an of  last  week,  has  attracted

I wide  attention  and  created a larger  de­
mand for extra  copies of  that issue than 
the  office was  prepared to supply.  Con­
sidering  the  number  who  would  like 
copies of the treatise for future reference, 
Mr.  Walker has  generously provided  500 
reprints  of  the  article  and  would,  un­
doubtedly,  respond to any requests  from 
interested  in  the  subject,  ad­
persons 
dressed 
to  him  at  St.  Johns. 
T h e 
T radesm an  is  not authorized  to  make 
this  statement,  but 
is  confident  Mr. 
Walker  will  sustain  the  paper  in  the 
disposition attributed to him.

—.......   =

Potatoes are not  keeping well  in  Eng- 
laud  or  on  the  continent.  They  have 
grown badly in the pits,  lost  weight  and 
vigor, and those to be used for  seed  will 
not  grow  satisfactorily.  As  the  season 
progresses,  good marketable potatoes are 
likely  to  be  scarce  all  over  Europe. 
Should  these  countries  have  to  import 
seed potatoes,  they  would  get  their sup­
ply from Canada, which  still  has a large 
stock.  The quantity of potatoes on hand 
in the United States is  so  large that  the 
outlook for higher prices is  by no means 
flattering.

The  worst  thing  in  February  is  the 
outrageous abuse of St.  Valentine’s  day. 
The occasion is used by weak little minds 
for venting petty spite by sending a  hor­
rid caricature made more  abominable  by 
atrocious doggerel  to the  object  of  their 
ill-nature.  Of course no one should  feel 
hurt by receiving one of these  contempt­
ible missives,  hut some  people  are  very 
sensitive and many  hearts  are,  in  con­
sequence,  deeply  wounded.  The custom 
is  undoubtedly  losing ground as  people 
become more refined,  and in  the progress 
of time it will  he wiped out altogether.

the  highest 

In the retirement of Christian Bertscb, 
the jobbing trade of  Grand  Rapids  loses 
a  man  whose name has ever been  a syn- 
onyu for honesty and integrity of purpose 
of 
type.  Beginning  life 
umder  the  most  humble circumstances, 
he has steadily risen by his own exertions 
until  he  occupies  an  enviable  position 
among business  men.  Every  one  who 
knows him will join  with  T h e  T rades­
man  in the hope that his  future  may  be 
as pregnant with good deeds and  worthy 
actions as the past has been.

That which would have been considered 
an  innovation  twenty  years  ago,  is  now 
the  rule  in  all  trades;  the  growth  and 
concentration of  population  and  compe­
tition are constantly  shifting  trade  con- 
j ditions,  and  the  progressive  and  ambi- 
! tious  dealer must  necessarily he alive to 
them; hence it is that many articles here­
tofore not to be found in the stock of the 
merchant  should  now  be  there  if  the 
dealer  wishes  to  be  considered  fully 
abreast of the times.

Grand  Rapids may not be fully abreast 
of the times  in  some  things,  hut  in  one 
respect,  at  least, she  is  ahead  of  most 
cities  of  her  size  and  importance—the 
completeness and excellence of her  elec­
tric street car  service.  Rapid  transit  is 
particularly  valuable  to  business  men, 
whose  minutes  are  many  times  worth 
dollars,  and  a  system  which  enables 
them  to  reach  their  places  of  business 
with  the  least possible  delay  comes  in 
for a large share of their gratitude.

Boston  merchants take a sensible  view j 
in their request that  the  government  re­
turn to the issue  of  fractional  currency.  |

One firm says  it  receives  often  as  much 
as $50 a day in the way of postage stamps, 
and that it is inpracticable  to  get  rid  of 
this amount.  There  is  but  little  doubt 
that it was a  mistake  to  discontinue  the 
issuing of fractional currency,  as  it  was 
an undoubted convenience in the  way  of 
transmitting small sums of money.

Be  careful of your tongue, but be more 
careful  of  your  pen.  Don’t  sign  any 
kind  of  an  agreement  for  a  stranger. 
Confine  your  dealings 
to 
known  friends  and  the  black  wings  of 
trouble will not he so liable to hover over 
you.

in  business 

Making good plans is right and proper, 
but  plans  which  are  not  carried  out 
might as well not have been  made.  The 
house that goes no farther than the plans 
and specifications  is  not  a  comfortable 
one to live in.

There is only one  thing  that  is  worse 
than a standing account and that is a run­
ning one.  ________________

She  S ecured  a   B argain.

A certain store was making a leader of 
calico at  2  cents  per  yard.  The female 
bargain  seekers  were  as  numerous 
around the calico  counter as political ar­
guments during a presidential campaign.
As one of the jostling  crowd  departed 
with her ten  yards—that being the  limit 
sold  to  one  person—an  acquaintance, 
vainly waiting while  more bold or adroit 
women secured attention  from the calieo 
clerks,  who were as  busy  as  a  speckled 
hen  scratching  for  a  brood  of  fifteen 
hungry chicks,  noticing her,  panted out: 
“How  did  you  get  it?” 
“Why,”  said 
the lady  of  the  secured  calico  bargain, 
exhibiting  a  pair of  hose  which  would 
have  been  dear  at  25 cents,  “I  bought 
these at another department for 75 cents, 
and made the clerk go to the calico coun­
ter and sell  me ten yards.”

Detroit—The  Standard  Pearl  Button 
Co., of this city,  is  about  to  experiment 
in the manufacture  of  buttons  from  the 
shell  of  the  clams  found  in  the  south 
tributaries  of  the  Mississippi.  These 
shell, it is said, do not  lose  their  irides­
cence as clamshells  found further  north 
are said to do.

Champion—The shingle mill built  and 
operated by Dyer Bros. &  Co.,  on  Lake 
Michigamme,  during  last  season,  was 
shut  down 
in  the  fall,  and  the  mill 
changed hands on a mortgage.  The prop­
erty is now owned by the Browne, Chapin 
Lumber Co.,  which  will  operate  it  this 
winter, starting up this  week.

Manistee—The  sawmill  of  Buckley  A 
Douglas is running  night and day.  The 
pond  at  the  foot  of  the  long  slide  is 
thawed out with  exhaust steam from the 
engines.  They will  saw  until the docks 
are full,  and next season  will have more 
room,  as  they  intend  making  a  piling 
ground of part of  their  recent  purchase 
of dock near the mouth of the river.

Manistique—The  Manistique  Lumber 
Co.  has  refused  to  pay  taxes  in  Alger 
county,  because  in  the  general  assess­
ment  was the item of $1,000 for  sheriff’s 
salary.  Judge Steere held that the  com­
pany’s position is  tenable,  and  decided 
with it.  As the law declares that  county 
sheriffs  shall  receive  no  compensation 
but stated fees,  and  as  the  fees  do  not 
amount  to but $200 a year in Alger coun­
ty,  it will probably be difficult to  fill  the 
office satisfactorily.

Use Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

NEW   INDUSTRIAL  COMBINATIONS.
The  most  important  feature  in  busi­
ness  circles  recently  has  been  the  an­
nouncement of  a number  of  new  aggre­
gations of capital  invested  in  industrial 
enterprises.  Following closely upon the 
vote of the stockholders of the American 
Sugar Refiners’ Company  to add $25,000,- 
000 to its old $50,000,000  share issue,  the 
two great electric supply companies—the 
Edison of New York and  the Thompson- 
Houston of Boston—have agreed to a con­
solidation;  several  of  the  largest  litho­
graphing  concerns  in  the  country  have 
formed a  business combination; the  cot­
ton  pressers  and  rice  cleaners  of  New 
Orleans have joined  forces,  and  the  Na­
tional Cordage  Company  reports  that  it 
has recently taken in,  or is about to  take 
in,  the remaining  manufactories of cord­
age,  bagging  and  twine,  in  the  United 
States,  which  have  hitherto  held  aloof 
from  it. 
Special  attention  has  been 
called to  the  Distillers’ and  Cattle Feed­
ers’ Trust  by transactions  of  its  officers 
in  its  stock,  which  are  not  favorably 
viewed by those who have lost money  by 
them.  A big anthracite coal combination 
is  talked about,  and  Chicago  Gas  Trust 
certificates,  though not  so  prominent  to 
the public eye as they were a fortnight  or 
so ago,are still tolerably conspicuous.  Al­
together,  the affairs  of  these enterprises 
have,  for the  moment,  taken  precedence 
of those of  railroads,  and their merits as 
money-making 
are 
more actively discussed. 
It would  seem 
that since, in the case of railroads aggre­
gation earliest began,  it had also earliest 
ended.  The  force  underlying  it  is,  in­
deed,  as powerful  as it  ever  was,  but  it 
finds  little  left upon  which  to  exert  it­
self.  All the small companies that could 
be  merged  in  greater  ones  have  long 
since  succumbed  to  their  fate,  leaving 
the  field  to  a  few  giants, each  able  to 
maintain itself  against its  brethren,  but 
none big enough to  swallow  them.  The 
industrial  companies  are  now  in 
the 
midst of  the  process, and  with  them it 
has yet some time to continue.

instrumentalities 

To repeat what 1  have often said upon 
previous  occasions, 
this  formation  of 
companies  with big capitals and  the  ab­
sorption  by  them  of  smaller  ones,  ex­
cites no alarm in my mind. 
It is not the 
quantity  of  money  in  a  concern  that 
makes  it  formidable,  but  the  degree  of 
intellectual ability that directs its affairs 
—and great ability in  business is as  rare 
as any other great  mental or physical en­
dowment.  There  is  a  natural  limit  of 
growth  to  aggregated  capital,  resulting 
from the natural limitations of the human 
mind.  Most men cannot  carry on enter­
prises of more than a certain magnitude, 
just as they cannot  lift more than a  cer­
tain weight.  The attraction  of  gravita­
tion,  the  strength  of  bone  and  muscle, 
and the nutritive  power of food combine 
to fix the bodily  size and strength of  the 
human  race  at  what  it  is,  and  only  a 
change  in  those  constituent  forces  will 
allow  a  change  in  the  dominant  type. 
Steam  and  electricity,  it  is  true, enable 
men to  accomplish  much  more  work  in 
finance,  trade  and  manufacturing  than 
they  couid a century ago, just as in ages 
of which geologists tell us,  when a differ­
ent  atmosphere  and  different  food  sup­
plies  existed  on  this  earth, plants  and 
animals grew  to an  enormous  size  com­
pared  to  that  which  they  attain  in  our 
day.  The fact,  to which I  have  already 
adverted,  that  railroad  combination  has 
pretty  nearly  come  to  an  end,  results

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from this  law of nature,  and  it  will  not 
fail to vindicate itself  in  the  case of  in­
dustrial  enterprises.  The  original  im­
petus  which  they  receive  from  their 
founders  will  eventually  expend  itself, 
and  then,  like  other  corporations,  they 
will settle down  into  jog-trot of  earning 
salaries  for  their  officers  and  making 
moderate dividends.

It is not without  reason  that  the  pro­
moters of these great industrial combina­
tions  solicit  from  the  public  contribu­
tions of  capital  on  the  ground  that  the 
larger the business they  do, the less will 
be the ratio of expenses to  gross  profits. 
This,  as a general  truth,  nobody can dis­
pute. 
It  has  been  illustrated  over  and 
over  again  in  commercial  history,  and 
many  an  immense  fortune  remains  to 
bear  witness  to  it.  Still,  against  this 
advantage must be offset the tendency of 
all concerns not managed exclusively for 
the benefit of the  managers to avoid tak­
ing  risks  and  to  adhere  to  stereotyped 
precedents.  This eventually brings their 
dividends down  an amount far less  than 
that  earned  by  private  persons  in  the 
same  line,  and  to  a  point  just  enough 
above the  rate of  interest  on  borrowed 
money to compensate  for  the  additional 
risk attending them.  This  has been  the 
experience of investors in railroad stocks, 
and it will be that of  those  who  buy the 
industrials.

For the  present,  however,  investments 
in  industrial  companies  are  yielding 
handsome returns and  are tempting pur­
chases.  All  that  is  lacking  to  recom­
mend them to  cautious  people  is the ab­
sence  of  trustworthy  knowledge  of  the 
companies’  affairs  and  of  confidence  in 
those who  conduct  them.  When  l  first 
mentioned  them  four  years  ago,  I  said 
that  they  were  fair  gambles  for  those 
who could afford to lose  the  money they 
put  into  them  if  that  should  be  their 
luck.  Experience has demonstrated that 
my estimate  was, on  the  whole, correct, 
and,  while  some  of  the  stocks  which 
were then  coming  on  the  market,  have 
turned  out  badly,  either  from  misman­
agement or from dishonesty, the majority 
have done  well, and can be sold at a con­
siderable profit.

As to  the  opportunities  which the  in­
dustrial  stocks  afford  for  unfair  Stock 
Exchange  operations,  which  is  charged 
against this class of  investments as a pe­
culiar defect,  nothing  could  be less well 
founded.  Those  who  condemn  Sugar 
Refineries,  Lead  Trust,  Distillers’  and 
Cattle  Feeders’  Trust,  and  Cottonseed 
Oil Trust stocks as  mere gambling coun­
ters manipulated by sharpers for the pur­
pose of preying upon the public,  must be 
very inexperienced in the  ways  of  Wall 
street or else must wilfully misrepresent 
the  facts.  From  the  commencement  of 
railroad building  shares in  railroad com­
panies have been  dealt in  speculatively, 
and a  man need not  be  as old as I am to 
remember  Fisk  and  Gould’s  operations 
in  the  old  Erie  Railroad  stock  against 
Daniel  Drew  and  Commodore  Vander­
bilt,  and the Commodore’s  own alternate 
cornering and letting  out  of  New York 
Central  stock until it suited  his  purpose 
to  make  it  a  conservative  investment. 
His son, William H.,  played  a like game 
with  Western  Union  Telegraph  stock, 
and the street was so often deceived with 
rumors  of  the  company’s  approaching 
“cutting  of  the  melon”  that  when  it 
finally came  most  of  the  speculators  in 
the stock were  caught on the wrong side 
of  the  market.  When,  on  the  other

hand, the same William H. Vanderbilt,in 
1879, ostentatiously parted with $20,000,- 
000  of  New  York  Central  Railroad 
stock at 120,  in order,  as he said, that the 
public might be permitted to share in the 
profits of the  road,  almost everybody be­
lieved him and  eagerly bought the stock 
all the way from  120  to 155.  Then came 
the building of the West Shore Road  and 
its acquisition,after a costly war of rates, 
by the  New  York  Central,  with the  re­
sult that the  Central stock  fell to  below 
90. 
I might  go  on  in this  way,  indefi­
nitely,  drawing 
illustrations  not  only 
from railroad  stocks,  but  from  those  of 
mining  companies,  petroleum  compan­
ies, coal  companies  and  gas  companies, 
but I think I  have mentioned  enough  to 
prove that industrial stocks  are not dan­
gerous above all others.

General  business,  my  friends  tell me, 
is a little quiet just now  in this country, 
and what I  read in  the  foreign  newspa­
pers gives  me  the  impression  that it  is 
very dull over there.  This being so,  the 
surplus of production  over consumption, 
or of profits over  expenses  available  for 
new  investment, is  necessarily  restrict­
ed,  and  this  accounts  both  for the pre­
vailing  low  rate  of  interest  on  money 
and for  the comparatively  slack demand 
for  new  securities. 
Sooner  or  later, 
however, 
this  aspect  of  things  must 
change,  and then the  problem of  invest­
ing money will come to the front  and de­
mand  a  solution.  Railroads  have  seen 
their  best  days,  banks  and  trust  com­
panies afford  but  a  limited  opportunity 
for new capital,  while the field of  indus­
try is as vast  as are  the  elements of  na­
ture and  the  ingenuity  of  man.  Great 
Britain has cultivated  it for many years, 
and her capitalists have dotted the  globe 
with  their  various  undertakings  in  it, 
making for the last  few  years  extensive 
acquisitions in  this  country.  Our  capi­
talists are  not  inferior  in  boldness and 
in enterprise to their British cousins, and 
the reason  that  they  have  not  hitherto 
followed  their  example  has  been  that 
they have found abundant employment in 
developing our own natural resources by 
building  railroads. 
If  I  am  correct  in 
judging that  we must  now  look  around 
us for new forms of investment,  it seems 
only reasonable that industrial undertak­
ings  should  take  with  capitalists,  both 
small and great, the  place heretofore oc­
cupied  by  railroads,  and  should,  like 
railroads, employ  large  aggregations  of 
capital. 

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physician; not,  be it noted,  in  the  mere 
loss of one or two paltry fees, but in  the 
wound it may inflict upon his  reputation 
and his feelings in that his misused  pre­
scription  has  been  a  source  of  injury 
rather than of benefit to his patient.

Should patients  ever give medical pre­
scriptions to other  persons?  As  a  rule, 
certainly not.  They may  do  untold  in­
jury by  such  acts.  This  is  not said  to 
frighten them; it is  plainly  and  simply 
true.  Modern  remedies  are  of  such  a 
kind that they ought only  be  handled  by 
experts.  The subject is of much  impor­
tance,  and space forbids us to expound the 
patient’s aspect of the case as  fully as  it 
demands. But this is to be insisted upon— 
if  a  high  sense  of  duty  compels  the 
doctor to shrink with disgust from taking 
the least  advantage  of  his  patient,  the 
very same sense  of  duty  should  compel 
the patient  to  make it a matter  of  con­
science to avoid doing any kind of injury 
to the  doctor.

To  M end  B ad  W riting.

The  much  chirographically  puzzled 
pharmacist will  rejoice to learn  that  in 
one part of  the world at least  the  hiero­
glyphic-writing doctor is to be disciplined 
by his government.

The Austrian  Minister of  the  Interior 
has  recently  issued  an  order  that  the 
burgomasters of  all districts  must  exer­
cise strict supervision  over  the  medical 
men practicing within  their  jurisdiction 
in the matter  of  legibility  of  prescrip­
tions.  They  are  charged  to  see  that 
every  prescription is clearly  and  legibly 
written in all its parts,  so that there may 
be no doubt as to  the  remedy,  the  dose 
or the signature.

While  this  sort  of  regulation  seems 
rather too “paternal”  to American ideas, 
there  is no doubt that some means ought 
to  be  provided  everywhere  by  which 
medical men would be compelled  to  pay 
a decent regard to the matter of  writing. 
Vexatious delays and minor mistakes oc­
cur daily in  the filling  of  badly-written 
prescriptions, and serious and sometimes 
fatal errors result from the  same  cause.
A doctor should  no  more  allow  haste 
or  carelessness  to  influence  his  hand­
writing than  his  diagnosis  and  his  de­
cision as to treatment.  While not much 
can be done with those habituated  to  il­
legibility, our medical colleges could do a 
great deal by insisting in  their  teaching 
on the importance of  plain  writing,  and 
requiring as a prerequisite to graduation, 
the ability to so prescribe that the  direc­
tions would be unmistakable.

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Drugs  Medicines»

State Board  of P h a r m a c y .

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One  Year—Jacob  Jesson , M uskegon.
Two  Years—Jam es Vernor, D etroit.
Three  Y ears—O ttm ar Eberbacb, Ann  Arbor 
Fonr Years—G eorge Gundrum. Ionia.
F ire Years—C. A. B ugbee.  Cheboygan.
P resident—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jos.  Vernor, D etroit.
T reasu rer-G eo. Gundrum, Ionia. 
M eetings  for  1893—Grand  Rapids,  March  1;  Star Is­
land  (D etroit),  Ju ly  5;  M arquette,  Aug. 31;  L ansing, 
Novem ber 1. 
_________________ ____
M i c h i g a n   S t a t e   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   Ass’n. 
President— H. G. Colem an. K alam azoo. 
Vice-Presidents—S.  E.  P arkill.  O wosso;  L.  P auley, St.
Ignace:  A. S. Parker, Detroit.
Secretary—Mr. P arsons. Detroit.
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
E xecutive Com m ittee—F. J. W urzburg,  Grand Rapids; 
Prank  In glis  and  G.  W.  Stringer,  D etroit;  C.  E. 
W ebb. Jackson. 
Next p lace  o f  m eeting—Grand  Rapids, Aug. 2, S and A 
L ocal Secretary—John  P. M uir.______________________ _
Grand  R a p i d s   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c i e t y . 
P resident. W. R. Jew ett,  Secretary,  Frank H. E scott, 
R egular M eetings—F irst W ednesday evenin g o f March 

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June, Septem ber and Decem ber.
G r a n d  R a p i d a   D r u g  C l e r k s ’ A s s o c i a t i o n ,  
resident, F. D.  Kipp;  Secretary, W . C. Sm ith.

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D e t r o i t   P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   S o c ie t y . 

P resident. F. Rohnert;  S ecretary,  J.  P.iR helnfrank.
Muskegon  D rug Clerks’  Association. 

P resident  N. Miller;  Secretary. A. T. W heeler.

psychology,  as  that  science  asserts  it­
self in the medical mind. 
It shows  how 
the “natural man” still exercises a  dom­
inating influence over the  professionally 
differentiated specialist.  The  first doctor 
stands forth with all the truculence  of  a 
medical  Dick  Turpin,  and 
insists  that 
his prescriptions shall be returned to him 
on  pain  of—we  know  not  what.  The 
second glides into  the  subject  with  in­
sinuating logic, and  shows  how  proper 
and natural it is that the  doctor,  who  is 
the “author”  of  a  prescription,  should 
retain all the powers of copyright in  his 
own work. 
It is a pity that  patients  do 
not occasionally read  professional  jour­
nals.  The discussion  would  have  been 
greatly improved,  from  the point of  gen­
eral edification,  if  one  or  two  patients 
had  added  their  contributions.  Argu­
ments  are  mostly 
inconclusive  which 
discuss one side of the question.

importance;  but 

W HO  OW NS  THE  PRESCRIPTION?
All classes of physicians have long felt 
that the  honor  and  glory  of  consulting 
practice had its drawbacks,  and that  one 
of  those  drawbacks  was  the  giving  of 
prescriptions over which  no professional 
control was retained. 
In the case of  the 
older  practitioner,  whose  fee  ranges 
from  85  upwards  for each consultation, 
and who can  always  command  full  con­
sulting rooms,  this is  a  matter  of  com­
paratively  small 
the 
question assumes  a  very  different  com­
plexion  when  the  family  physician  re­
ceives the small fee of  81  for  a  profes­
sional visit,  and gives up  to  the  patient 
for his  unrestrained  use  a  prescription 
which may run a week,  a month,  a year, 
or a lifetime.  It is hardly surprising that, 
under  these  circumstances  some  rather 
sharp  notes  of  alarm  should have been 
sounded in the professional journals, nor 
is it very strange that those notes of alarm 
should  have  been  followed  by  sugges­
tions  indicative rather  of  fear  than  of 
wisdom.  One family physician proposes 
to claim an absolute  medical  proprietor­
ship  in  prescriptions. 
“My  prescrip­
tions are mine,” says  he,  “and  I mean to 
stick to them.”  He has  been  driven  to 
this bold attitude  of  self-defence  by  the 
discovery that one  of  his  lady  patients 
lent  a  particular  prescription  of his  to 
eight other ladies,  and so,  as he  pats  it 
practically  robbed  him  of  eight  fees, 
Another family physician  becomes  quite 
Jesuitically  hairsplitting  in his attempt 
to deal with the difficult and complicated 
question.  “My  own  opinion,”  he says, 
“is,  and always has  been,  that  the  pre 
scription does not  legally  belong  to  any 
of  the  parties  concerned,  but should be 
destroyed after  it  has  fulfilled  its  mis 
sion.” 
The  idea  of  a  prescription 
“fulfilling 
is  distinctly 
poetical and  original.
This  gentleman  continues:  “We pay for 
a  railway  ticket and it is taken from us 
on  completing 
the  journey.  The  pre 
scription is nothing more than  a  conven­
ient  missive,” —missive 
is  good—“be­
tween doctor and druggist,  and probably 
would not be entrusted to  the  patient  if 
we had any more convenient way of com­
municating  our  order.  We  do  not ad­
dress 
the  prescription  to  the  patient; 
we advise  the  druggist  how  he  has  to 
compound  a  certain  number  of  ingre­
dients  for  the  patient,  and  this  being 
done the prescription should be destroyed 
or returned to the  author.”

its  mission” 

Now all of this is exceedingly interest­
ing  and  instructive  to  the  student  of

It seems to us that the interests of  pa­
tient and doctor are not opposed  to  each 
other in  this  matter,  but  are  identical. 
On the one hand,  those doctors who  wish 
both  “to  eat  their  cake  and  have  it,” 
make a mistake; and, on  the other, those 
patients  who  use  a  prescription  for  a 
longer time  than  it  was  ordered  to  be 
used, or give it to  their  friends,  make  a 
till  greater  mistake.  As  a  matter  of 
fact,  where  proper  relations  exist  be­
tween doctor and patient,  it  is  probable 
that very little injustice  is  done  to  the 
former.  One  thing  seems  to  be  quite 
certain,  and that is,  that the doctor  who 
gives a prescription to his patient cannot 
both give and keep it.  All he can  do  is 
to  instruct  the  sick person how  long to 
take  the  medicine  prescribed. 
If  the 
latter continues to take  it  longer,  he  is 
exceedingly foolish.  No honorable doc­
tor ever thinks of limiting the  time  dur­
ing which  a  prescription  may  be  used 
merely  for the sake of  getting  an  addi­
tional consultation fee out of his patient. 
Any patient who has good  reason  to  be 
lieve that his doctor is  keeping  him  an 
unnecessary length of time on  his  visit­
ing or consulting list  ought  to  seek  an­
other doctor at once; and any doctor who 
asks his patient to return  to  his  consult­
ing room when there is  no  necessity  for 
further consultation  is a deliberate cheat, 
and deserves all the contempt and obloquy 
which  can  be  poured  upon  him.  The 
physician,  including,  of  course,  every 
member of the profession, occupies a  po­
sition of peculiar delicacy towards his pa­
tient.  The patient is ignorant,  the physi­
cian  has knowledge; the patient is  fear­
ful, the physician  has  the  confidence  of 
experience.  What kind of a doctor is he, 
then, who takes advantage of his patient’s 
trustfulness to worry his mind  with  fear, 
and to extract from his  pocket  unneces­
sary fees?  He is a scoundrel.

But, on the  other  hand,  while  physi­
cians must  be  as  honorable  as  Caesar’s 
wife,  because  their  position  is  one  of 
such  unlimited  freedom,  patients must 
not forget  that  he  who dispenses honor 
and justice with  his prescriptions  is  en­
titled  to  honor  and  justice  id  return. 
Wise men and women will  use  a  remedy 
foe. the exact period for which it has been 
prescribed.  If they use it a little longer, 
the reasonable physician will not  object; 
and they probably will not do themselve 
any great barm. Buttbey should remember 
that, in using a prescription  longer than 
the specified time,  there is always a posi- 
bility of their doing  a  serious  injury to 
their own health; and this injury to their 
health Is an injury and  injustice  to  the

F o i r a s i T i o m   B i f f i

D. A. B l o d g e t t, President.

Wm. H. A n d e r s o n ,  Cashier.
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general banking  business.

Make a  Specialty of Collections.  Accounts 

S. F. A s p in w a l l , Vice-President.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Playing Caris

of Country M erchants Solicited.

WE  IRE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND FOR PRICE LIST.

Daniel  Lunch,

19  S. Ionia St., Grand  Rapids.

G H A S .  R .  G O Y E ,

MANUFACTURER  OF

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Horse and Wagon Covers,

JOBBERS  OF

SEND FOR PRICE  LIST.

Hammocks  ani Cotton  Clicks,
11  Pearl  8L,  Grand  Rapids,  JJicli.
E N G R A V I N G

It pays to illustrate your  business.  Portraits, 
Cuts  of  Business  Blocks,  Hotels,  Factories, 
Machinery,  etc.,  made  to  order  from  photo­
graphs.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

The  D ru g   M arket.

Opium is dull.  Morphia is unchanged. 
Quinine is weak  and  lower  for  foreign. 
Domestic  is  unchanged.  Salacine  has 
advanced.  Lycopodium  has  advanced. 
Ipecac  root  has  advanced.  Castor  oil 
has advanced.

Detroit—Jos.  Mulhern  succeeds  Thos. 
W. Goodale in the grocery and meat bus­
iness.

GZXTSS2TG  H O O T .
We pay the highest prloe for It.  Address

D'CTHT'  DU n o   W holesale  Druggist* 
l XiOA.  -DxViU o .,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

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

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Big  Rapids,  Mich.

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—HINKLEY’S  BONE  LINIMENT—

FOR  THIRTY-FOUR  YEARS  THE  FAVORITE.

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

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Wholesale Price  Current•

Advanced—Assofcetida, ipecac root, lycopodium, salacin.  Declined—German Quinine.

ACIDUM.

8®  10
Acetlcum................... 
Benzoicum  German..  50®  6o
Boracic 
....................  
80
Carbollcum...............   22©  30
CItricum...................  48®  53
Hydroenior...............   3©  5
Nltrocum 
.................   10®  12
Ozalicum...................  10®  12
Phosphorlum  dll........ 
20
Salley licum .....................1  30@1 TO
Sulph urlcnm..............  13i@  5
Tannicum........................1  40@1 60
Tartaricum.................  36®  38

AMMONIA.

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Aqua, 16  deg..............  3*4®  5
20  deg..............  5)4®  7
Carbonas  ...................  12®  14
Chloridum.................  12®  14

ANILINE.

Black...............................8 00®8 25
Brown.........................  80@1  00
Red........................ 
  45®  50
Yellow............................2 50@3 00

Cubeae (po.  90)........  90®1  10
Junlperus..................   8®  10
Xanthoxylum............   25®  30

BAL8AHUM.

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

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Casslae  ...............................  11
Cinchona Flava  .................  18
Bnonymas  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerifera, po............   20
Prunus Virglnl....................  12
Qnlllala,  grd.......................   14
Sassafras  ............................  14
Ulmus Po (Ground  12)........  10

EXTRA CTTJM. 
G ly c y r r h lz a   G la b r a ..
po.  ..... 
“ 
Haematox, 15 lb. box.
“ 
Is............
“  Mis...........
“  Ms...........
PEBRUM.
Carbonate Preclp......
Citrate and Quinla.
Citrate  Soluble.........
Perrocyanldum Sol...
Solut  Chloride.........
Sulphate,  com’l ........
pure...........

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PLORA.

A r n ic a   . . .  
A n th é m is   . 
M a trica r ia

“ 

...................
Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin
nivelly....................
“  Alx.
Salvia  officinalis,  "is
and  )4s....................
Ura Drsl......................
atJMMi-
Acacla,  1st  picked..

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

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

1)4® 

22®
25®
¡5®  30
20®
25®
35®
12®
8®

“

“ 
H 
“ 

®
2d 
3(J
©60®
sifted sorts.
po
50®
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60).
®®
“  Cape, (po.  20).
“  Socotrl, (po.  60) 
Catechu, Is, (Ms, 14 M®.
16)....................... 
®
Ammonlae.................  55®
Assafcetlda, (po. 85). ■ ■  35®
Benzoinum.................  50®
Camphors...................  50®
Buphorblum  po  ........  35®
Gafbanum..................
Gamboge,  po..............  72®
Guaiacum, (po 30)  ...  @
Kino,  (po.  25)............   @
M astic.......................   @
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  _
Opll.  (po. 3 00)...........2 0P@2
Shellac  ......................  25®
“ 
bleached........  30®
Tragacanth................  30®
hkbba—In ounce packages.
Absinthium.........................
Eupatorlum.........................
Lobelia.................................
Majorum.............• '.............
Mentha  Piperita.................
'•  V lr.........................
Rue.......................................
Tanacetum, V......................
Thymus,  V..........................
Calcined, Pat..............  55®
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®
Carbonate, K. & M —   20® 
Carbonate, Jenning5..  35®

MAGNESIA.

OLEUM.

Absinthium .  ............. 3 50@4
Amygdalae, Dulc.......   45®
Amvaalae, Amarae —  8 00@8
Anisi............................1 80®1
Aurautl  Cortex...........2 50@2
Bergamll  ................... 3  75®4
Cajlputi.................... 
65®
Caryophylll................  90®
Cedar.........................  35®
Chenopodli...............   _ @1
Clnnamonll.................1 20® 1
Cltxonella...................  @
Conlum  Mac..............  35®
Copaiba  .....................1  10@1

Cubebae.....................   ® 650
Bxecbthitos..............  2 50@2 75
Krigeron.....................2 25@2 50
Gaultheria..................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
Gossipli, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1  40@1  50
Juniper!.....................   50@2 00
Lavendnla................   90@2 00
Llmonfs...................... 2 50@3 00
Mentha Piper...............2 75@3 50
Mentha Verld.............2 20®2 30
Morrhuae, gal..............1 00@1 10
Myrcla, ounce............   @  50
Olive..........................  80@2  75
Plcls Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
Ricini .  ...................... 1 08®1  24
Rosmarini....... 
75®1  00
Rosae, ounce....   ......  @6 50
Succinl.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
Santal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50©  55
Slnapis, ess, ounce...  @  65
Tiglli..........................  @1 oo
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...............   @  60
Theobromas...............  15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

RADIX.

Bi Caro.......................  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide.............   ... 
25®  27
Carb...........................   19®  15
Chlorate, (po. 16)........  14®  16
Cyanide.....................   50®  55
26® 30
Potassa, Bitart.  pure.
© 15
Potassa, Bitart, com..
Potass  Nltras, opt__
8® 10
7® 9
Potass Nltras............
Prusslate..................
28® 30
Sulphate  po..............
15® 18
20® 25
Aconitum.................
25® 30
Althae.......................
12® 15
Anchusa..................
@ 25
Arum,  po..................
20® 40
Calamus....................
10® 12
Gentiana,  (po. 15)__
10® 18
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15).
Hydrastis  Canaden,
@ 35
(PO.  10).........  ......
15® 20
Hellebore,  Ala,  po  ..
15® 20
Inula,  po..................
Ipecac,  po....................... 2 30®2 35
Iris plox (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   42®  45
Marante,  Xb....... ......  ®  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhel............................  75@1  00
“  cut.....................   ®1  75
“  pv.......................  75@1  35
Splgelia.....................   48®  53
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  @  20
Serpentaria.................  35®  40
Senega.......................  40®  45
Similax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  ©  20
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Syoplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po....................  @ 35
Valeriana, Bng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
lngiber a ..................   10®  15
Zingiber  j .............. 
18®  22
SEMEN.
Anlsum,  (po.  20). 
..  @ 15
Aplum  (graveleons)..  20®  22
Bird, Is..................  
4®  6
Carul, (po. 18)............  
8®  12
Cardamon........................1  00@1 25
Corlandrnm...............   10®  12
Cannabis Sativa......... 
4&@5
Cydonlnm..................   75@i  00
Cnenopodlnm  ...........  10®  12
Dlpterix Odorate........2 10®2 20
Foenlculum...............   ®  16
Foenugreek,  po.........  6®  8
L ini........................... 4  @4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3)4)  . -  4  @4)4
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   3)4® 4)4
Rapa..........................  6®  7
Slnapis,  Albu............   8®  9
Nigra...........  11®  12

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SPIBITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R .......1  75@2 00
1  10@1  50
 
Juniperis  Co. O. T — 1  75@1  75
“ 
.............1  75@3 50
Saaeharum  N.  B........1 75@3 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli................1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto.................... 1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba....................... 1  25@2 00

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“ 

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage.................. 2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................. 
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
1  10
Bxtra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage..................  
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ....................... 
65
Hard for  slate  use—  
75
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se.......................... 
1  40

SYRUPS.

Aecacla...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................  50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferrl lod.............................   50
Aurautl  Cortes....................  50
Rhel  Arom..........................  50
Similax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................  50
Scillae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prunus  vlrg........................   50

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TINCTURES.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Co.

Aconltnm  NapellisR. 
F.
Aloes..........................
and  mvrrh........
Arnica .......................
Asafœtlda..................
Atrope Belladonna....
Benzoln......................
“  Co.................
Sanguinaria  ..............
Barosma....................
Cantharides...............
Capslcum................
Ca damon..................
Castor .
Catechu.................
Cinchona  ..............
Co...........
Columba...............
Conlum...............
Cubeba..................
Digitalis..............
Ergot.....................
Gentian.................
“  Co..............
Gualca.................
ammon......
“ 
Zingiber...............
Hyoscyamns.........
Iodine....................
“  Colorless__
Ferrl  Chloridum...
K ino.....................
Lobelia..................
Myrrh....................
Nux  Vomica.........
O pll.......................
“  Camphorated..
“  Deoaor...........
Auranti Cortex......
Quassia.................
Khatany  ...............
Rhel.......................
Cassia  Acutifol  ...
Co.
Serpentaria...........
Stromonium...........
Tolutan.................
Valerian...............
Veratrum Verlde...

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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“ 

11 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

‘ 
“ 

Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen.....................   2X@ 3

“ 
ground,  (po.
7)............................. 
3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antlmoni, po.............. 
4®  5
et Potass T  55®  60
Antlpyrln..................   @1 40
Antifebrln..................  @  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  @  64
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud......  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  34s,  12)..............  @  9
Cantharides  Russian,
po............................  @1  20
Capsid  Fructus, af...  @  20
po....  @  25
B po.  @  20
Caryophyllus, (po.  15)  12®  13
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......   50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus  .....................   @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  22
Contraria....................  ©  10
Cetaceum...................  @  40
Chloroform...............   60®  63
squlbbs..  @1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  25® 1  50
Chondrus..................   20®  25
Cluchonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20 
German 3  ©  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ...................... 
60
Creasotum...............   @  50
Creta,  (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
“  prep..................  
5®  5
“  preclp.............. 
9®  11
“  Rubra...............   @  8
Crocus.......................  30®  35
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph...............   5 ®   6
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   68®  TO
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po..................   @  6
Ergota,  (po.)  85.........   85®  90
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................  @  23
Gambler.....................   7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  TO
French...........  40®  60
" 
Glassware  flint,  75 and 2)4. 
by box 70
Glue,  Brown..............  9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerina ...'...............15)4®  20
Grana Paradis!...........  @  22
Humulus....................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  90
“ C or....  @ 80
Ox Rubrum  @1 CO
Ammonlati..  @1  10
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  70
.1  25®1  50
Ichtbyobolla, Am. 
Indigo.........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 75@3 85
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupuliu......................  33®  40
Lycopodium..............  45®  50
Macis.........................  75®  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslultls  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1)4).......................... 
a®  8
Manilla,  S. F ............   38®  40

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. <& W .. .1  95@2 
C. Co......................1  85@2
Moschus Canton........  @
Myrlstlca, No. 1.........   70®
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @
Os.  Sepia....................  22®
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co.... .......................  @2
Plcls  Liq, N.»C., )4 gal
doz  ........................   @2
Plcls Llq., quarts......  @1
pints.........   @
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @
Piper Alba, (po g5)....  @
I  Plx  Burgun...............   @
Plumbi Acet..............  14®
I Pulvls Ipecac et opll.. 1  10@l 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @1
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®
8®
Quasslae.................... 
Quinla, S. P. A W......  31®
S.  German__21)4®
Rubi a  Tinctorum......  12®
Saccharum Lactls pv.  @
Salacin...................... 2 00®2
Sanguis  Draconls......   40®
Santonine  ....................  
4
Sapo,  W......................  12®
“  M.......................  10®
“  G.......................  @

“ 

75

@ 25
Seldlltz  Mixture__
Slnapis....................
@  18
**  Opt..................   ®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
@ 35
Voes....................
Snuff. Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras, (po. 12)
.  11®  12
Soda  et Potass Tart. ..  30®  33
Soda Carb............... .  1)4©  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb.........
@ 5
Soda,  Ash............... ..  3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas.........
@  2
Spts. Ether C o........ ..  50®  55
@2 25
“  MyrciaDom...
“  Myrcialmp...
@3 00
1  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
__7...................... ..2 27@2 37
Less 5c g a l., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal...
@1 30
Sulphur, Subl......... ..  3  © 4
“  Roll........... ..  2X@ 3)4
Tamarinds..............
8®  10
Terebenth Venice... ..  28®  30
Theobromae........... .  38  @  43
Vanilla.................... .9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph............
CO

g

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

 

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paints. 

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

1 1
42
50  60
45
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian.............. IX  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ IX  2@4
Ber........IX  2®3
“ 
Putty,  commercial__2X 24®3
“  strictly  pure......2)4  2X®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
  13@16
ican ................. 
Vermilion,  English__ 
70@75
Green,  Peninsular......  70®75
Lead,  red......................7  @7)4
“  w hite................. 7  @7)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  0 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
c liff...,....................  
140
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
Paints............ .........1 00@1 20
VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................ 160@1  TO
Coach  Body...............2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn....... 1  00®1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp.........................  70®  7

H A Z B B T IN B

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Liquors tor Medicinal Purposes only.

We 
We give oar Personal Attention to Mail Olden sad Gcaraate* Satisfaction.
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T H E   M IC H IQ ^ JS r  T R A D E S M A N .

Grocery  Price  Current•

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

and  buy in  full  packages.

APPLE  BUTTER

40 lb. palls  .  ......................  5
20 lb. pails.........................  5M
Mason's,  10,20 or 30 lbs—   6 
51b.......................  7
AXLE GREASE.

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Graphite.

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Ji gr. cases, per gr...........  $8 50
12M lb. pails, per doz  ......  7 50
251b. 
......... 12 00
100lb. kegs, per lb.  . . . . . .   4
250 lb. M bbls., per  lb........  334
400 lb. bbls., per  lb...........  3%
gr. cases, per gr............  $6 50
M lb. pails, per doz. 
....  7 00
lb. 
..........10 50
00 lb. kegs, per lb  ...........  3m
50 lb. M bbls., per  lb........  3)4
400 lb. bbls.. per lb ............   3

Badger.

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BAKING  POWDER.
Acme, V lb. cans, 3 doz 
“  M lb.  “  2  “  .
lib.  “  1  “  .
“ 
bulk....................
“ 
Arctic, >4 ft can s.........
“  H ft  “ 
.........
..........
“ 
1 ft  “ 
5 1b  “ 
..........
“ 
Dr. Price's.

45 
85 
1 00 
10 
60 
1  20 
2  00 
9 60
per doz 
90
Dime cans
“ .1
4-oz 
1
“
6 oz 
..2
“ 
VOZ 
.3
“
12-cz 
“ .4
■6-oz 
11
2M-lb  “
18
“
41b 
5-lb
21
41
10-lb 
“

ICREAMI

o»reicrs
gAKIHg
Powder
■**ianrsa*H
Ked star, J4 ft cans........... 

40
H ft  “  .........   80
1 ft  “ 
.........   1  50
45
Telfer’s,  M lb. cans, doz. 
Hlb.  “ 
“  .. 
86
1 lb.  “ 
“  ..  1  50
BATH ERICK.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

2 dozen in case.

 

English...............................  90
Bristol..................................  70
Domestic................  
60
Gross
bluing. 
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals................4 00
“ 
7 00
“  pints,  round  ..........10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No.3, 
...  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz ball  ...................4 50

8oz 

“ 
“ 

“ 

 

BROOMS.

 

 

 

“ 

No. 2 Hurl............................2 00
2 25
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.........................2 50
No. 1  “ 
2 75
Parlor Gem.....................   .  3 00
Common Whisk.................  1  00
Fancy 
.................  1 20
Mill..................................... 3 25
Warehouse.......................... 3 00
Stave, No.  1.......................   125
“  10.......................  1  50
“  1 5 ......................1  75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row....  85
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row....  1  25 
Palmeto, goose..................   1  50

BRUSHES.

“ 
“ 

BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR.
Rising Sun...............................5 00
York State..........................
Self Rising, case..................... 5 CO

CANDLES

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............  9
Star,  40 
..............  9
Paraffine............................10M
Wlcking............................. 25

“ 

CANNED  GOODS.

“ 

PISH.
Clams.
Little Neck, lib .................. l  10
2 lb.................1 90
Standard, 31b.....................1  40

“ 
Clam Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

Standard,  1 lb....................   85
21b.................... 165
Lobsters.

Star,  1  lb............................2 50
“  2  lb............................3 50
Picnic, 1 lb.......................... 2 00
21b.......................... 3 00
“ 

“ 

Mackerel.
Standard, lib ..................... 1 30
2  lb....................2 25
Mustard,  3 lb..................... 3 00
Tomato Sauce,  3 lb.............3 00
Soused, 3 lb.........................3 00

“ 

Salmon.
“ 

Columbia River, flat.......... 1 85
tails...........1  75
Alaska, 1  lb........................1  45
21b ..........................2 10

“ 
“ 

Sardines.
American  Ms.................4M@ 5
Ha................. 6M@7
Imported  14s.....................11@12
Ms.................... 13@14
Mustard 34s......................7@9
20
Boneless.......................... 

“ 
“ 

Trout.

Brook, 3 lb.......................... 2 50

Apples.

 

 
Apricots.

85
2 40
2 50
2 25
2 00
2  50
1  90
90
1 20

3 lb. standard............ 
York State, gallons__ 
Hamburgh,  “ 
Live oak...................... 
Santa Cruz................. 
Lusk’s ......................... 
Overland..................  
Blackberries.
B. &  W....................... 
Cherries.
Red  ..........................  
Pitted Hamburgh 
. . .  
White...................  ... 
Erie.....................  
1  20
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
Gages.
E rie............................  @1  25
1  70
California................... 
Gooseberries.
................... 
Common 
1  10
Peaches.

 

1 75
1 20

Pie.............................. 
Maxwell.................... 
Shepard’s ..................  
California..................  
Monitor 
...............  
Oxford  ......................  
Pears.

“ 

Domestic...... .............  
Riverside.................... 
Pineapples.
| Common..................... 
1 Johnson’s  sliced.......  
grated.......  
Quinces.
Common.................... 
Raspberries.
Red 
..........................  
Black  Hamburg.........  
Erie,  black 
. . . .  
Strawberries.
Lawrence................... 
Hamburgh................. 
Erie............................ 
Terrapin.......................  
Whortleberries.
Common.................... 
F. &  W....................... 
Blueberries...............  

MEATS.

1  10
1  50
1  30
2 25
1  35
1  25

1  25
2 10

1  30
2 50
2 75
1  10
1  30
1  50
1  40

1
2 25
1  35
1  35
1  20
1  25
1  20

Corned  beef,  Libby's........  1  80
Roast beef,  Armour’s..........1  75
Potted  ham, M l b ................... 1 50
“  34 lb.................1  00
tongue, M lb  ........... 1  10
34 lb..........  95
chicken, 34 lb.......... 
25

“ 
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“ 
“ 

“ 

VEGETABLES.

Beans.

“ 
“ 

Hamburgh  stringless..........1 25
French style...... 2  25
Limas  ................ 1 40
Lima, green..............................1 30
soaked.....................   80
Lewis Boston Baked........... 1 35
Bay State  Baked...................... 1 35
World’s  Fair.............................1 35

“ 

Corn.

 

“ 

Peas

.1  25

“ 
“ 
“ 

Hamburgh................  
Livingston..........................
Purity 
................................
Honey  Dew.............................. 1 SO
Morning Glory  .................  1  10
Hamburgh marrofat..........1  35
early June......... 150
Champion Eng... 1  50
Hamburgh  petit  p o is........1 75
fancy  sifted...... 1  90
Soaked................................   65
Harris  standard.................   75
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.1  10
Early June........130
Archer's  Early Blossom..  1  35
French..................................... 1 80
French..............................16218
Erie.....................................   95
Hubbard...................................1 20
Hamburg  ............................ 1  40
Soaked................................   80
Honey  Dew.............................. 1 60
Excelsior 
Eclipse......................................1 00
Hamburg................................. 1 30
Gallon ...  ...........................2 50

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Tomatoes.
......................... 1  00

CHEESE.

22
35
38
40

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.
German Sweet.. 
............  
Premium.......................... 
Pure.................................. 
Breakfast Cocoa.............. 
Amboy.......................  @
Herkimer..................   @13
Riverside..................   @1234
Allegan  ...................  @
Skim.........  
.............  @10
13
Brick... 
Edam  ........................  @1  00
Limburger  ...............   @10
Pineapple..................   @25
Roquefort...................  @35

1000 

200 or over.............  5 per cent.
500  “ 

10 “

 

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

“ 

“

COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

 

 
 
 

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

“   
“ 
“   
“   
“   
COHDKN8BD MILK.
4 doz. in case.

Eagle................................ .  7  40
Crown  ..  ................. ....... .  6 25
Genuine Swiss................. .  8 OO
American Swiss................ .  7 00

CRACKERS.
Butter.

Seymour XXX...............
Seymour XXX, cartoon.. • •  6M
Family  XXX........ 
......
Family XXX,  cartoon... • ■  6M
Salted  XXX....................
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ... ■  6M
Kenosha 
......................
?M
Boston............................
Butter  biscuit...............
6M

.  6
6
..  6

..  8

Soda.

Oyster.

Soda, XXX.....................
.  6
Soda, City.......................
Soda,  Duchess...............
..  8M
Crystal Wafer.................
..10
Reception  Flakes...........
..10
S. Oyster  XXX...............
..  6
City Oyster. XXX............ ...  6
Farina  Oyster................ ...  6
Strictly  pure 
30
Telfer’s  Absolute..............  35
Grocers’............................ 10@15
20

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

DRIED  FRUITS. 

CREAM TARTAR.

Domestic.
APPLES.

“ 

quartered  “ 

Sundried. sliced in  bbls. 
5
5
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes  @7
APRICOTS.
California in  bags  ........ 
8
...  854
Evaporated in boxes. 
BLACKBERRIES.
In  boxes................  
434
70 lb. bags  ...................... 
714
25 lb  boxes....................9  @9M
Peeled, in  boxes  .........  
12
Cal. evap.  “ 
 
8
“ 
California in bags  ......  @7

 
in bags  ......7  @ 8M
PEARS.

NECTARINES.

PEACHES.

“ 

PITTED CHERRIES.
Barrels..........................  
50 lb. boxes  .................  
*  “ 
................... 
301b.  boxes................... 

PRUNELLES.

“ 

RASPBERSIE8.

In  barrels...................... 
50 lb. boxes.................... 
...................... 
251b.  “ 
Foreign.
CURRANTS.

|j
1134
12

12M

17
17M
is

“ 
“ 

" 
“ 

PEEL.

Patras, in barrels.......   @ 4

In  M-bbls  ......   @ 4)4
In less quantity  @ 4M
Citron, Leghorn, 251b. boxes  21 
Lemon 
10
Orange 
11

25  “ 
“ 
“ 
25 “ 
RAISINS.
Domestic.
London layers  2 crown__1  40
S  “ 
....1   65
fancy.......... 1 85
Loose Muscatels, boxes....... 1 25
701b  bags  @534
Ondura, 29 lb. boxes..  734® 734 
..11  @12
“ 
Sultana. 20 
..  634@ 6)4
Valencia, 20  “ 

Foreign.

“ 
“ 
“ 

PRUNES.

Bosnia........................   @
California, 90x100 25 lb  bxs.

..934
,.9M
.934
Turkey  .............................   6*
Silver..................................11

80x90 
7ix80 
60x70 

“ 
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“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

XX  wood, white.

No. 1,6M..........................   >1  75
No. 2, 6M..........................   1  60
No. 1,6.............................   1  65
No. 2, 6 ............................  1  50
No. 1,6M..........................   135
No. 2, 6M
1  25
Manilla, white.
6M................................
1  00 
6................................
95
Mill  No. 4......................
1  00
FARINACEOUS GOODS. 

Coin.

Farina.
Hominy.

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

4

Barrels.................................375
Grits.................................. 4 25

Lima  Beans.
Dried............................ 

4
Maccaront and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
Imported........10M@11M

55

“ 

Sap Sago....................  @22
Schweitzer, imported.  @30 
domestic  ....  @15

CATSUP.
“ 
“ 

Half  pint, common............   80
Pint 
...........1 4)0
............ 1  50
Quart 
Half pint, fancy.................1 25
Pint 
.................St 00
Quart 
...............  3 00
5 gross boxes  ...................... 40

CLOTHES PINS.

“ 
“ 

COCOA  SHELLS.

35 lb  bags.....................   @3
Less  quantity 
Pound  packages.........  634@7

........  @334

COFFEE.
GREEN.
RiO.

Fair......................................16
Good.................................... 17
Prime...................................18
Golden.................................20
Peaberry.............................20
Fair......................................16
Good....................................17
Prime.................................. 18
Peaberry  ............................ 20

Santos.

Mexican and Guatamala.
Fair..................................... 20
Good....................................21
Fancy.................................. 23

Maracaibo.

Prime.................................. 19
M illed........................ 

Java.

Interior..  ...........................25
Private Growth...................27
Mandehling....................... 28
Imitation............................23
Arabian............................... 26

Mocha.

ROASTED.

PACKAGE.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add Me. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
A rbuckle’s Ariosa  ___  20.05
M cLaughlin's  XXXX.  20.05
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case__  20.00
Cabinets 
containing 
120  1-pound 
packages 
(similar to 
accompany 
ing Illustra­
tion) sold at 
case  price, 
with an  ad­
ditional 
charge of 
90 cents  for 
cabinet.
Valley City....................... 
75
Felix 
.................. ..........  1  15
Hummel's, foil...................1  50
t i n ....................2 50
“ 
CHICORY.

EXTRACT.

Bulk.
Red..

Cotton,  40 ft......... per doz.  1  25
1  40 
1  60 
1  75 
1  90 
90 
1  00

CLOTHES  LINES.
50 ft. 
60 ft. 
70 ft. 
80 ft. 
60 ft. 
72 f f

Jute

COUPON  BOOK«.

 
 
 
 
 

> 20,

Tradesman.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“Superior.”

> 1, per hundred...............   2 00
$ 2, 
2 50
$ 3, 
3 00
8 on
• 5, >10, 
4 00
5 00
> 1. per hundred...............   2 50
> 2,  “
>3,  “
> 5,  “
>10, 
“

>20, 

“

“Universal.

1, per hundred..............  $3 00
• 2,
3 50
4 00
> 3,
> 5, 
5 CO
>10, 
6  00 
7 00
>20,
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:

Pearl Barley.

Kegp..............................3  @4

Peas.

Green,  bu.......................... 1  CO
Split, bbl............................ 5 00
German.............................   4M
East In d ia.........................  5M
Cracked.............................. 
5

Wheat.

Sago.

KISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Yarmouth..........................   1  10
Pollock.......................  
3M
Whole, Grand  Bank...  6  @634
Boneless,  bricks........7M@8
Boneless,  strips..  ...... 7M@8
Smoked...................... 
12
Scaled......................... 
Holland,  bbls............  
kegs.............. 
Round shore, M bbl... 
“ 
34  bbl.. 
Mackerel.

Halibut.
Herring.

20
10 50
75
3 00
1  50

“ 
“ 

No. 1, M bbls. 90 lbs'...........11  60
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...............   1  25
Family, M bbls., 100 lbs....  5 50
kits. 10  lbs............  75
Russian,  kegs....................  45

“ 

Sardines.
Trout.

No. 1, M bbls., lOOlbs........... 6 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   90

Whltefish.

No. 1, M bbls., lOOlbs..........8 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs................1  10
Family, M bbls., lOOlbs  ...  3 60 
kits  10  lbs.............   50

“ 

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

2 oz folding box.
3 oz
4 oz 
6 oz
5 oz

Jennings’ D C.
.  75 
.1  00 
.1  50 
.2  00 
.3 00
GUN  POWDER.

Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
1  50
2 00
3 00
4 10

Kegs.................................. 5 50
Half  kegs...........................3 00

HERBS.

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

INDIGO.

JELLY.

LICORICE.

@3 
.  6 
.  7

Chicago  goods............
Mason’s,  10, 20 and 30 lbs.
“  Mb......................
30
Pure..................................
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily...................................   18
LTE.
Condensed, 2 doz.....................1 25
4 doz.....................2 25
MATCHES.
No. 9  sulphur...........................1 25
Anchor parlor.......................... 1 70
No. 2 home............................... 1 10
Export  parlor......................4 00

“ 

MINCE  MEAT

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

Tin, per dozen.

MEASURES.
.....................   $1

1  gallon 
Half  gallon.................... 
1  40
70
Q uart............................... 
Pint.................................. 
45
Half  pint 
40
...................... 
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon................................   7 00
Half gallon  ....................   4
Q uart...................................   3 75
Pint  ...  ...........................  2 25

MOLASSES. 
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house....................   13M
Ordinary..........................  
16
16
Prim e............................... 
Fancy...............................  
20

New Orleans.

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

14
17
22
27
35

OATMEAL.

Barrels 200.................  @4 40
Half barrels 100....................@2 30

ROLLED  OATS.

Barrels  180... 
Half  bbls 90.

@4  40 
@2 30

Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count...........>4 00
Half  barrels, 600 count__  2 5C
5 00 
2 75

Barrels, 2.400 
Half barrels, 1,200 count.

Small.

,

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

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s ........................   4 00
Penna Salt  Co.’s ............   3 25

“ 

RICE.

ROOT BEER
Williams, per doz  .............. 1  75
3 doz. case......... 5  00
Domestic.

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

Imported.

Broken..............   ..............
Japan, No. 1..........................6
No.2 ..........................5M
Java....................................  5
Patna..................................   5

SAUERKRAUT.

Silver Thread, bbl. . . ----   $4  00
M bbl........  2 50

“ 

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

* 
‘ 
1 

Allspice................................10
Cassia, China In mats........  8
Batavia In bund— 15
Saigon In rolls........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar..................13
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
"  No.  1.......................75
»  No. 2.......................65
Pepper, Singapore, black — 15 
“ 
“  white...  .25
shot.......................19
“ 
Pure Ground In Bulk.

“ 

Allspice................................15
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
“ 
and  Saigon.25
“  Saigon....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................80
Zanzibar................20
Ginger, African...................15
“  Cochin.................... 18
Jam aica................. 20
“ 
Mace  Batavia......................80
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste. .25
“  Trieste.................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................65
Pepper, Singapore, black —  20
r‘ 
white...... 30
“  Cayenne..................25
8age..................................... 20
“Absolute” in Packages.
54»
Allspice......................  84
Cinnamon..................   84
Cloves.........................  84
Ginger, Jam ................  84
“  Af...................  84
Mustard......................  84
Pepper......................  84
Sage.............................  84

Ms 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55 
1  55

SEEDS.

Anise  .......................   @12M
Canary, Smyrna.........  
3M
Caraway....................  
8
Cardamon, Malabar 
90
Hemp,  Russian.........  
4M
Mixed  Bird 
............ 4M® 5M
S
Mustard,  white  ........ 
9
Poppy......................... 
Rape.......................... 
6
Cuttle  bone  .............. 
30

STARCH.
Corn.

 

 

“ 

20-lb  boxes.........................  6M
40-lb 
6J4

Gloss.
1-lb packages  ......................  6
3-lb 
....................... 6
6-lb 
6M
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes................434
Barrels................................   434

“ 
“ 

SNUFF.

Scotch, in  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, In jars................35
French Rappee, In Jars......43

SODA.

Boxes....................................5W
Kegs, English........................434

SAL  SODA.

Kegs................................ 
1
Granulated,  boxes..............  1

*
*

SALT
 
 

 

100 3-lb. sacks.....................>2
2
60 5-lb 
“ 
28 10-lb.  sacks...................  1
20 141b.  “ 
2
24 3-lb  cases......................  1
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
281b.  “ 

drill  «

 
 

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5
S
8
S
S
3

56 lb. dairy in drill  bags... 
281b.  “ 
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Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.
Solar Rock.

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

 

8
£

 

3

 

3

 

8

 
5

SALBRATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Church’s ..........................  >3
DeLand’s .............................3
Dwight’s ........................     3
Taylor’s............................... 3g

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1 3

“ 

Fisher..............................4 00@6 00
Fox, red...........................1  00@1 50
“  cross....................... 3 00@5 00
“  grey....................  50@1  On
Lynx................................2 00@3 00
Martin,  dark...................1 0ti@3 00
pale & yellow  50@1 00
Mink, dark.................  40@1  10
Muskrat.......................   03@ 15
Oppossum.....................  15@ 80
Otter, dark......................5 00@8 00
Raccoon.....................   25@  75
Skunk..............................1  00@1 30
Wolf................................l  00@3 on
Beaver castors, lb. — 2 00@5 00 

d e e r s k in s—Per pound

Thin and  green  ..................   10
Long gray............................  2T
Gray 
25
Red and  b lu e ....................  35
GRAINS and F EEDSTU FF8 

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POULTRY.

Local dealers pay  as  follows 

for dressed  fowls:
Spring  chickens........10  @12
Fowl.............................9  @11
Turkeys.......................12  @14
Ducks  ....................... 12  @13
Geese 
........................11  @12

PA PER & WOODENWARK 

PAPER.

Straw 
................................ 134
Rockfalls..............................2
Rag sugar............................. 2
Hardware..............................2)4
Bakers.................................. 2)4
Dry  Goods...................  5)4@5
Jute  Manilla..........  @6)4
Red  Express  No. 1........   5)4

No. 2.............. 4)4

“ 

FISH and  OYSTERS.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as

FRESH  FISH

@10
@10

OYSTERS—Bulk.

o y s t e r s— Ca n s.

..10  @12 
.  15  @18 
@10
..  @8 
@8 
1  75
SI  05 
1 60 
1  25 
1  25 
1  75

@35
@30
@23
@20
@18
@16
@14

TWINES.

88 
88

“ 

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

WOODBNWABE.

Tubs, No. 1.......................... 7 00
“  No. 2..........................  6 00
“  No. 3...........................5 00
1  35 
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop—   1  60 
50
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes —  
2 65
Bowls, 11 inch..................... 1  00
.....................   1 25
13  “ 
15  “ 
......................2 00
17  “ 
...................... 2 75
assorted, 17s and  19s 2 50 
“  15s, 17s and 19s 2 75
shipping  bushel..  1  2u
.. 1  30
full  hoop  “ 
bushel..............   1  50
75
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l  3 50
“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3 5 00

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Baskets, market.............  35

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WHEAT.

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

MEAL.

Bolted...............................  1  60
Granulated.......................  1  80

Straight, 
“ 
Patent 
“ 
Graham 
Rye 

FLOUR.
in sacks  ...........   4 60
“ barrels..........  4 70
“  sacks...........   5 60
“ barrels..........  5 70
“  sacks.........   2 20
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Bran..................................  17 00
Screenings.......................  14 00
Middlings.........................18 00
Mixed Feed..................... 18 00
Coarse meal......................17 50

CORN.

Car  lots.............................. -44
Less than  car  lots...............46

Car  lo ts .............................35
Less than car lots...............37

No. 1 Timothy, car lots__13  50
No. 1 
ton lots....... 14 00

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OILS.

The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows,  in barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
W.  W.  Headlight,  150
fire test (old test)......  @8
Water White..............  @ 7)4
Naptha.......................  @ 7
Gasoline....................  @  8%
Cylinder.................. 27  @36
E ngine....................13  @21
Black. 25 to 30 deg  ...  @  734

Standards  ...........
Favorites..............

SHELL  GOODS.

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HIDES.

...1  2j@1  50 
Oysters, per  100 
..  75@1  oo
Clams 
HIDES,  PELTS  and  FUK?
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol 

lows:
Green.......................... 3  @4
Part Cured...............   @  4#
Full 
.................  @ »
Dry.................................5 @ 6
Kips, green  ................. 3  @4
“  cured.................  @5
Calfskins,  green.........   4 @  5
cured  .......5  @6)4
Deacon skins....................... 10 @30

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No. 2 hides % off.
PELTS

WOOL.

MISCELLANEOUS.

......................50  @1  30

Shearlings.................... 10 @25
Lambs 
Washed.......................20 @25
Unwashed......... ..  10  @20
Tallow........*.............  3)4@ 4
Grease  butter  ...........  1  @2
Switches....................  1V4@ 2
Ginseng  .................... 2 00@2 50
Outside prices for No. 1 only.
Badger.......................  50@1 00
Bear........................ 15 00@25 00
Beaver....................... 3 00@7 00
Cat, wild....................  40@  50
“  house.................  10@  25

FURS.

SOAP.
LAUNDRY.

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Thompson & Chute  Brands.

Silver,  10012 oz................. S3 65
Snow, 10010 oz  ...................5 00
Mono, 10012 oz  ...................3 35
German Family, 601 lb  ...  2 S6 
7611b  ....  3 10
Laundry Castile, 75 1 lb  ...  3 05
Marbled, 75 1 lb 
.............3 05
Savon Improved, 60  1 lb...  2 50
Sunflower, 10010 oz...........2 75
Olive, 100 10 oz.................... 2 50
Golden, 80 1 l b ...................3 25
Economical, 30  2 lb ...........2 25
Standard, 30 2 lb 
.............. 2 35
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.
Old Country,  80  1-lb  ..........3 30
Good Cheer, 601 lb  .............3 90
White Borax, 100  »¿-lb........3 60
Concord  ............................  2 80
Ivory, 10  oz.........................6 75
6  oz...........................4 00
Lenox 
.........................  3 65
Mottled German................. 3  15
Town Talk  .........................3 00
Snow, 100 6-oz 
' ...........3 75
Cocoa Castile, 24  lb...........  3 00
Silverine, 100 12 oz..............3  50
50 12 oz..............  1  10
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz  ...  2 50
hand,3 doz__ ...  2 50
Potash Flakes, 72 10 oz...... 5 00

SCOURING  AND POLISHING.
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Proctor & Gamble.

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SUGAR.

 

Cut  Loaf....................   @  5S
Cubes......... ..............   @  4H
Powdered..................   @ 4%
Granulated.. 
  @
Confectioners’ A........  @4^,
Soft A  ......................  @4
White Extra  C............   ®  3%
Extra  C......................  @  3%,
C ................................  
a  3*
Yellow  ......................3.44® 3)4
Less than  bbls.  lie advance

STEP LADDERS.

 

3 feet  ...............................  
4  “ 
5  “ 
6  “  
8  “ 
10“ 
12 “ 

60
 
75
...............................   1  00
......................................  1  20
...............................   1  50
.......................... . 
175
...............................   2 25

SYRUPS.
Corn.

Barrels...............................  22
Half bbls.............................24
F air.....................................   19
Good....................................  25
Choice..................................  30

Pure Cane.

SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar Creams............
Frosted  Creams.........
Graham Crackers......
Oatmeal Crackers__

w a sh b o a r As.
Good Luck..................
Northern  Queen.........
Peerles  single............
double...........
Universal  Protector... 
............
Water Witch 

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9
8*
8)4
2 75
2 50 
.2 50
3 00 
2 25 
.2 25

TEAS.

j a p a n —Regular.

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

SUN CURED.

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

BASKET  PIRED.

F air.............................18  @20
Choice.........................  @25
Choicest.....................   @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40

GUNPOWDER.

o o lo n g. 

Common to  fair.......... 25  @35
Extra fine to finest— 50  @65
Choicest fancy............75  @85
@26
Common to fair..........23  @30
Common to  fair..........23  @26
Superior to fine........... 30  @35
Common to fair.......... 18  @26
Superior to  fine..........30  @40

YOUNG HYSON.

IMPERIAL.

ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.

F air............................ 18  @22
Choice......................... 24  @28
Best............................ 40  @50

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

Pails unless otherwise noted.
Hiawatha  .................  
60
34
Sweet Cuba...............  
McGinty....................  
24
“  % bbls.........  
22
22
Little  Darling........... 
% bbl.. 
20
1791............................ 
20
1891, V4  bbls................ 
19
33
Valley  City................ 
Dandy Jim................. 
27
Tornado.....................  
20

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Plug.

Spearhead  .................
40
20
Joker.......................
22
Zeno............................
28
L. & W.......................
28
Here It Is..................
31
Old Style....................
4;
Old  Honesty..............
Jolly Tar....................
37
Hiawatha......... .........
Valley City...............
34
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s Brands.
...... 38
Something Good.........
Toss Up.......................
....... 26
........ 25
Out of Sight..............
Smoking.
Boss.............................
...  12)4
....13
Colonel’s Choice..........
....14
W arpath......................
....14
King Bee...................... -  -20
Kiln  Dried................... ...... 17
....23
Nigger Head................
Honey  Dew................. ...... 24
Gold  Block................
...... 28
Peerless....................... ...... 24
Rob  Roy...................... ...... 24
Uncle  Sam................... ...... 28
Tom and Jerry.............
an
Brier Pipe....................
Yum Yum................... ...... 32
Red Clover................... ...... 32
Navy............................ ....  32
Handmade................... ...... 40
Frog............................ ....  33

VINEGAR.
......  8
40 gr............................
50 gr............................ ....... 9
$1 for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD
30
Bulk, per g a l..............
Beer mug, 2 doz in case ...  1  7T

TEAST—Compressed.
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Fermentum  per doz. cakes..  15
per lb’__ ........25

FRESH  HEATS.

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3)4®

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Swift  and  Company  quote as
follows:
Beef, carcass.............. 4)4@ 6)4
hindquarters.. 6  @ 6)4
fore 
loins, No.  3— @  9
ribs................. 8  @  8)4
rounds............ 4)4@  5
tongues............ -  @
Bologna  .................... @ 4)4
Pork loins.................. @ 8)4
Sausage, blood or head  @4)4
liver............ @ 4)4
@7
Frankfort...
Mutton  ...................... 7  @8
Veal............................ 7  @8

shoulders 
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HILLSIDE  JAVA!

G r P O C d V i n c i i .  A r e   y o u   e n t i r e l y   sa tisfied   w i t h   y o u r   sfiles

o f  High  Grade  Coffees?

A r e   y o u   s u r e   t h a t   y o u   a r e   se llin g   th e   best  to  be  o b ta in e d  ? 
Hillside  Java  is  a  scientific  c o m b i n a t i o n   o f  P r i v a t e   P l a n ­
ta tio n   Coffees,  selected  b y   a n   e x p e r t,  a n d   f r o m   w h i c h   it  is 
p o s s ib le   to  m a k e   a  b e v e r a g e   t h a t   will  please  you.

C u p   q u a litie s   a l w a y s   u n i f o r m ,   a n d  
it ?

w h e r e v e r   in tr o d u c e d .  D o  you  sell 

is  a  trade  winner 

Roasted and  Packed only by

J

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mo  Sum m it  St., Toledo,  O., also Detroit &  New  York.
Southern  Michigan and  Northern 
We are represented in Michigan as follows:  Eastern  Michigan,  P .  V .  H e c h l e r ;
Thos.  F e r g u s o n   [“ Old  Fergy”].
Indiana, M.  II.  G a s s e r ;  Western  Michigan,

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T H E   M I C H I G A N   THADESM ^AIST.

PRODUCE  M A R K E T .

Apples—Dull and slow of  sale.  Dealers  bold 
at Sl.T5@S2.25  per bbl., according to quality.
Beans—Easy  and  quiet.  Dealers  now  pay 
$1.30@1.40for  unpicked and country picked ana 
bold at $1.65@1.?5 for city picked pea or medium.
Butter—Lower and in smaller demand. Choice 
dairy is  in  moderate  demand  at  13@20c.  Fac­
tory creamery is beld at 25c.
Celery—20c per doz.
Cabbages—3o@40c per doz.
Cider—Sweet, 12@l5c per gal.
Cranberries — Repacked  Cape  Cod are in  fair 
Dried Apples—Sundried  is beld at 5@5}4c  and 
Eggs—Fresh are beginning to come in  slowly. 
Honey—15c per lb.
Onions—Dealers  pay 50@60c  and  bold at 65® 
70c, extra fancy commanding about 80c.
Potatoes—Local  buyers  are  paying  18@20e, 
shipping almost altogether to theSouthern States 
for seeding purposes.

demand at $6 50 per  bbl.
evaporated at 654@7c.
Dealers pay 20c  and hold at 22c.

Squash—Hubbard, 1 %c per lb.
Sweet  Potatoes—$3@3.25  per  bbl.  for  choice 
Turnips—25c per bushel.

Muscatine stock.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

PORK  a t   BARRELS.

quotes as follows:
Mess, new....................................................   12 50
Short c u t....................  
11  75
Extra clear pig, short cut............................  14 00
Extra clear,  heavy........:.............................
Clear, fat  back.............................................  13 50
Boston clear, short cut................................   13 50
Clear back, short cut....................................  14 < 0
Standard clear, short cut, best................. 
14 00

 

 

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G R A N G E R .

lard—Kettle Rendered

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Pork Sausage...................................................7
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage.............................   .............. 9
Frankfort Sausage  ........................................  754
Blood Sausage.................................................  5
Bologna, straight............................................ 5
Bologna,  thick....................................  ..........5
Headcheese.................................................... 5
Tierces............................................................8
Tubs................................................................ 854
501b.  Tins....................................................... 854
754
Tierces........................................................ 
50 lb cases...... ............................................  
754
7*
20 
8
5 
854
854
3 
Com-'
Family.
pound.
...A *
Tierces .............................
554
30 and 50 lb. Tubs...............
5*
. . . 6
3 lb. Pails, 20 In a  case........
654
. . . 6 *
5 lb . Pails, 12 in a case.........
...6f4
654
6546
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case......... •-.654
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a case........
50 lb. Cans............................
5*
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................6 50
E x tra Mess, Chicago packing...........................6  50
Boneless, rum p b u tts..........................................   9  50
Hams, average 20 lb s .............................................  954
16 lb s ............................................. 924
12 to 14 lb s ........-...........................10
picnic.........................t........................ 6J4
best boneless...............................................854
Shoulders........................................................654
Breakfast Bacon, boneless............................. 824
Dried beef, ham prices................................... 854
Long Clears, heavy............................................654
B riskets,  m edium .  ...............................................  7
light...........  .................................. 7

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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BEEF  IN  BARBELS.

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CUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS

---- OR----

P A M P H L E T S

For the best work, at  reasonable  prices, address

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

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

STICK  CANDT.
Full  Weight. 

Standard,  per lb...............................  6 
“  H. H.......................................6 
Twist  .................................. 6 
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Boston  Cream  ..............20 lb. cases 
7 
Cut  Loaf.................... 
Extra H.  H................................cases 7 

 
MIXED  CANDT.
Full Weight.

Bbls.  Palls.
7
7
7
854
8
8

Bbls.

Pails.

 

 

 

 

 

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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

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fancy—In bulk.
Full Weight. 

Standard....................................... 6
Leader...........................................6
Royal............................................654
754
Nobby............................................7 
b
English  Rock.............................. 77 
8
8
Conserves..................................... 7 
8
Broken Taffy................. ...baskets 
Peanut Squares................. 
9
“  8 
French Creams.............................. 
10
13
Valley  Creams.................... 
Midget, 30 lb. baskets....................................  8
8
Modern, 50 lb. 
Pails.
Lozenges, plain.............................................  10
printed..........................................  11
Chocolate Drops............................................   1154
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  13
Gum Drops....................................................   554
Moss Drops.....................................................  8
Sour Drops....................................................   854
Imperials....................  
10
Per Box.
Lemon Drops................................................... 56
Sour Drops...................................................... 55
Peppermint Drops............................................60
Chocolate Drops...............................................65
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................................90
Gum Drops................................................ 40®50
Licorice Drops..............................................1 00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain................................................ 60
printed........................................... 65
Imperials..........................................................60
70
Mottoes................................... 
Cream Bar........................................................55
Molasses  Bar................................................... 55
Hand Made  Creams......   ......................... 85@95
Plain Creams............................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams....................................... 1  00
String  Rock.....................................................65
Burnt Almonds............................................1  00
Wlntergreen  Berries.......................................60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes...... .*................  34
51
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes....................................  90
Floridas,  fancy..................................... 2  ?5@3 00
choice......................................  ®2 50
russets....................................  ©2 50
350
Tangerines.............................. 
Californias,  Riverside  .........................2  50@2 75
Navals  .............................  
4 25
Messinas, choice  200............................. 2  25@2 50
“ 
300..............................2  50@2 75
Messina, choice, 360.............................  3 75@4  00
fancy, 360..............................   @4 25
choice 300..............................  
©4 00
fancy 300................................  @4 50
1
@14 
@15 
@16 
@1754 
© 9 
9
Persian. 50-lb.  box......................  454© 5
Almonds, Tarragona.............................
@16 
Ivaca........................................
@15 
California.............................
©16 
Brazils, new......... .................................
©  754 
Filberts..................................................
@12 
Walnuts, Grenoble................................
@14
“  Mar hot....................................
s
ChlU.......................................
“ 
@10
Table Nuts,  fancy...... .........................
@1254
choice  — ........................
@1254@16
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.t ..........................14  Wi,
Cocoanuts, full sacks............................  ©4 00

 
“  101b  ......................... 1
“  14fl>.................... .
“  201b..........................
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Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................
..........................
NUTS.

Figs, fancv  layers, 61b................. 

CARAMELS.
 
 
 

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OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

“  extra 

ORANGES.

LEMONS.

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FEANUTB.

Fancy, H.  P., Suns................................   © 554
“  Roasted.....................  7  ©  754
Fancy, H.  P„ Flags...............................  © 554
“  Roasted....................  7  ©  754
Choice, H. P.,  Extras............................  @454
6  © 6

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ELSIE  R0T.TiF.ft  MILLS

A.  SCHENCK  &  SON,  Elsie,  Mich.

OUR  BRANDS:

Oor Best Patent

SPECIALTIES—A ll  th e A b o v e.

Granulated Meal,

Old-fashioned  Graham, 

Buckwheat Flour,

Feed.
Prompt attention to Mail orders.

â i i v v l K n t a m t

A 

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Is the Fact that the

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  C O F F E E S

So  Nearly  Meet  the  Wants of the  Consumer.

LION  COFFEE,  -  -  0.  D.  JAVA, 
-STANDARD  MARACAIBO-

Coffees of  every description are roasted  by the Woolson Spice Co., of Toledo,  O., 
who  are  veterans in that  business  and  invite a trial of  the  above  named  grades. 
All  are  guaranteed to please.  Lion Coffee  is  composed of  Mocha,  Java  and  Rio, 
sold only in 1-lb.  packages,  with a picture card in every package.  Write your jobber 
for prices, or address

L.  W I N T E R N I T Z ,

RESIDENT  AGENT,

106 K ent St. 

Grand Rapids.

S E E D S

F O R  1892.

Before you sort up on seeds  this spring be sure  and  write for our  PRELIMINARY 
WHOLESALE  PRICE  LIST  OF  GARDEN  SEEDS  IN  BULK.  We  have  all  the 
novelties besides a full line of  Standard  Sorts.  Our Vegetable Seeds are the high­
est  grade and  perfectly reliable.  We  sell  what we catalogue  and  name prices as 
low as any good  seed  house in the country.  We  carry the largest  stock  and  most 
complete assortment of Garden Seeds in the State,  west of Detroit.

GRASS  AND  CLOVER  SEED.

A  special  feature in our  business  is  field  seeds,  of  which  we  are  always in  good 
supply.  Lowest  cash  market values day of  shipment.  Prices  sent on application 
and samples forwarded free.

ONION  SETS  AND  SEED  POTATOES.

Prices on onion  sets and  seed  potatoes will  be mailed  upon  application.  We  are 
headquarters for these articles.

GARDEN  IMPLEMENTS.

We carry a large  line of  seed  drills,  hand  cultivators, etc.,  and will  make  close 
figures on anything in this line.

Seed Catalogues  free  with an order of  $25 and  upwards.  We  solicit  your  corres­
pondence and quote prices with pleasure.

ALFRED  BROWN,

S E E D S M A N ,

TH  XhL 

X  X X   £~~> 

X X   TH 

Q   124-26 No. Division St,, 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  122  and  124  LOUIS STREET, GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN.

WE CARB7 A STOCK OF CAJLB TALLOW FOB MILL USB.

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

JOBBERS  OF

State Agents for

Thread.
Chadwick’s

Guaranteed  Equal  to  any  Thread  ou  the 

Marke'.

40  CENTS  PER  DOZEN.

Carried  in all  Numbers, White  and  Black,

W.  H.  DOWNS,

SOLE  AGENT

Grand Rapids, Mich.

We are very large receivers of the above ar­
ticles and are prepared to sell your shipments 
prom ptly at the highest market price  and, to 
give you quick returns. We also receive and sell
HAY,  GRAIN,  WOOL, HIDES,

GRASS SEED, BEANS, PO TA TOES, 
GREEN  AND  DRIED  FRUITS,
OR ANYTHING  YOU  MAY  HAVE  TO  SHIP.  Lib- 
eral advances made onshipments if requested. 
Write us for  prices  or  any  information  you
''SUMMERS,  MORRISON  &  CO.. 

Commission  Merchants,

174  S.  WATER  ST., 
CHICAGO, ILL.
R eference: M e tro n o lltan  N a tl. R a n k , Chicago. 

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given to the customer, the duplicate to the cash­
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record, and  can be taken  ont at any time for ex 
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carelessness.  It is alike a protection  to .the cus 
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These  Machines  are  rented,  not  sold, and 

the saving In cost of Each 20,000 

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154 Monroe St., Chicago.

W. Vernon Booth.Pres’t.

Chas. P. Stevens, 

Sec’y and Gen. Mgr

FIRE  INSURANCE.

Its  H isto ry   an d   th e   L aw s,  R ules  a n d  

C ustom s W hich G overn It.

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There  is  no  subject  more  worthy  of 
careful attention on the  part of  business 
men  than  the  one  standing at the  head 
of  this  article,  and  1  will  venture  the 
assertion  that, in  proportion  to  its  im­
portance,  it  is  less  understood  by  busi­
ness men than any other subject.

This  contract  of  indemnity,  whereby 
one party, in consideration of  a specified 
payment  called  a  premium,  undertakes 
to guarantee another  against loss by fire, 
is  a principle  which  was  acted  on  at  a 
very early period. 
It is said that princi­
ples of  insurance  were  acted  on  during 
the  Second  Punic War,  and we  are  told 
that  the  Emperor  Claudius  was  an  in­
surer,  because,  in  order to encourage the 
importation of  corn,  he  took  upon  him­
self all the  loss or damage  it  might sus­
tain.  There  are  still  extant  rules  of 
sundry  “guilds,”  or  social  corporations 
of  the  Anglo-Saxons,  whereby,  in return 
for certain fixed  contributions,  the mem­
bers  guaranteed  each other  against  loss 
from “fire,  water,  robbery  or  other  cal­
amity.”  On the  opening of  Queen  Eliz­
abeth’s first Parliament,  in  the  speech'of 
the  Lord  Keeper  Bacon,  is  found  this 
allusion:  “Doth  not  the wise  merchant 
in  every adventure of  danger  give  part 
to have the rest  assured?”

How  many losses  by fire  have  already 
occurred  since  the  advent  of  the  new 
year,  ruining  merchants  whom  Bacon 
would  not  have  classed  as  “ wise  mer­
chants,”  had  they lived  in  his  day,  be­
cause 
they  had  neglected  to  protect 
themselves  “in  every  adventure of  dan­
ger.”  A wise  merchant will  never  risk 
his  goods  and  wares  to  destruction  by 
fire and  carry no  contract of  indemnity, 
and  he  will  never  permit a moment  to 
elapse  between the expiration of  an  old 
policy and  the  taking out of  a new one.
The  utility  of  fire  insurance  is  uni­
versally admitted. 
It  obviates the  ruin­
ous effect which a fire  calamity has upon 
an  individual,  by  scattering  its  forces 
and  apportioning  the  loss  among  the 
many.  These  inevitable  losses are  thus 
shifted from  those  who could  illy afford 
to bear  them to those  who, in  the aggre 
gate  of  premiums  and 
losses,  actually 
derive profit from the business.

The whole law of insurance, like every 
other  branch  of  commercial  law,  has 
grown  up  out  of  the  business  and  is, 
therefore, the  result of  exigences  grow 
ing  out of  the  rugged,  practical experi­
ence of  sagacious  business men engaged 
in  mercantile  pursuits.  As  commerce 
developed  and  business  intercourse  be 
came more general  among  men  engaged 
in  mercantile  and  manufacturing  pur 
suits,  ways and  means were occasionally 
adopted,  by  mutual  consent,  for  the  fa 
cilitation of  business  and  the protection 
of  those  engaged in it.  A code of  rules 
and regulations  thus crept iuto existence 
which the commercial world to-day recog 
nizes  as  commercial  law.  A considera 
ble portion of  this unwritten  law,  which 
is recognized and defined by our supreme 
courts in the  decisions  they render  from 
time to time,  is devoted to the  subject of 
fire insurance. 
In  the  absence of  statu 
tory  law  this  commercial  common  law 
as  defined  by  the  courts,  will  rule  and 
govern  all  technical  points  which  may 
grow  out  of  litigation  on  the  subject 
The rules governing the law of insurance, I

having  been  begotten  in  necessity,  will 
be found to be eminently practical.

I shall  not  touch  upon the  subject of 
the  purpose  of  insurance,  as  that  is 
understood  by  everybody,  but  shall dis­
cuss  the  many questions which  present 
themselves  in  the  accomplishing of  this 
purpose.

THE  POLICY.

The  instrument  which  expresses  the 
contract  entered  into  between  the  in­
surer and the insured is called the policy. 
Since  an  early  day  printed  forms  have 
been  used,  which,  although  awkward  in 
expression,  from  long use have, to a cer­
tain  extent,  acquired  a  fixed  meaning 
from  judicial decisions and the  usage of 
trade. 
In  early times  the  business  of 
insurance was done  almost altogether by 
individual  insurers.  A policy was  writ­
ten,  for a stipulated  amount, quite  often 
larger  than  one  person  would  care  to 
assume, and  it was  offered in the market 
to  responsible  parties,  as  a  risk  to  be 
taken in  the whole, or for  such  specified 
part thereof as they should  write against 
their individual names.  The names were 
written under the policy,  and the signers 
were  called  “ underwriters.”  Now,  poli­
cies of insurance  are  made by incorpora- 
(d companies.
A valid  contract  of  insurance  may be 
effected rwithout  a  written  policy. 
It 
may be’made orally and be binding,  even 
where the insurer is an incorporated com­
pany  in whose  charter a special  mode of 
contract  is  specified as binding upon the 
company.  An agreement to insure orally 
made  by 
the  president,  secretary,  or 
other authorized  officer or agent of  such 
company will  be  binding  upon  a com­
pany  in  case of  loss. 
It  is  the  settled 
law of  the United  States  that a contract 
is  made by letter  when  either  party re­
ceiving  a  letter  containing  proposals, 
puts into  the  mail  an answer of  accept­
ance,  not  having  previously 
received 
from  the  proposing  party a letter  with­
drawing the  proposals,  and  the contract 
of insurance is no  exception to this rule.
In  law  no  delivery of  a  policy  is  es­
sential,  as  in  the  case  of  a  deed,  and, 
when a party has made an agreement for 
insurance of  his property,  and  has  paid 
the required premium,  he will be treated 
in  equity  as  insured,  whether  a  policy 
ljas  been  actually executed  or  not. 
If 
the  policy in  such a case  has  been  exe­
cuted, the  insurer  would  be  considered 
as  holding  it  for  the  benefit of  the  in- 
lured,  and,  should he refuse to deliver it 
in case of  a loss,  the insured party could 
immediately maintain  an  action  at  law 
for its  possession.

A  question  of  considerable  difficulty 
often  arises  in  regard  to  whether  the 
agreement  has  been  perfected,  and  in 
commercial towns  actions on agreements 
to  insure  are  not  uncommon;  but  they 
are  always  sustained  where  it  appears 
that  the  terms of  the  agreement  have 
been  fully settled  by  the  concurrent as­
sent of  both parties,  leaving nothing un­
done  except  the  delivery of  the  policy. 
A  receipt  for  a  premium,  accompanied 
with an agreement  to  deliver a policy  of 
same date as receipt, will give immediate 
effect to the  insurance. 
It is only neces­
sary that  the parties should  have agreed 
as  to  the  subject  matter  to  be  insured 
and the  terms of  the insurance,  in order 
to perfect  and  complete  the contract  of 
insurance.  As  to  the  evidence of  such 
agreement  between  the  parties, it  mat- 
| ters  not whether it is contained in a pre­
pared and  perfected policy,  or rests  sina-

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we want them, will  give yon full  mar­
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quantity  up to car  loads, we want  1C00 
bushels daily.

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ply in words  uttered  by the parties  and 
committed  to  no  paper,  or  it  may  be 
found in  letters  which  have  passed  be­
tween  them. 
It  is  well  established  in 
this country that an acceptance of  a pro­
posal 
insurance  constitutes  such 
agreement  between  the  parties,  and  it 
consummates  the  bargain,  provided  the 
offer  has not  been  rescinded at the  time 
of  the  acceptance.  As  to  what consti­
tutes  an  acceptance,  the  general  doc­
trine  is  that a letter of  acceptance must 
have  started  on  its  mission and  passed 
into  the  post office, or beyond  the recall 
of the sender. 
It is not sufficient for the 
minds of the parties to merely determine; 
they must have met,  and the writing of a 
letter of  acceptance,  so  long as it is sub­
ject to the control of  the writer, will not 
conclude the bargain.  A vote of a board 
of  directors,  for  instance,  would  be  in­
sufficient  if  not  communicated  to  the 
applicant.

The peculiar  circumstances  connected 
with  each  case  must  determine  it,  and 
it  will  occur  to  most business  men that 
there  are  ways  of  expressing  an  assent 
or acceptance of a proposition other than 
in  writing or in  spoken  words.  Silence 
and  delay, sometimes,  are  equally effect­
ive,  when  the  proposition  is  made  in 
such form,  or under such  circumstances, 
as to  render  it the  duty of  the  party  to 
communicate  a  refusal  if  he  does  not 
mean to  accept.

INSUliABLE INTERESTS.

Before  pursuing  the  subject  further, 
it would ’ be  well  to  consider  what  the 
law recognizes as insurable interests, for, 
if  the relation between the party insured 
and the  subject  matter of  the  insurance 
does  not  come  within  the  requirements 
of  the law the  contract of  insurance, in 
case of  loss,  cannot be enforced  against 
the insurer.

The law will  enforce no wager policies 
against  fire.  The  party  insured  must 
have some interest  in  the subject-matter 
not  only  at  the  time  of  the  insurance, 
but  also at the  time of  the loss.  As the 
law allows different  persons to have sep­
arate  and  distinct interests  in  the  same 
property, it will  permit  each  to  protect 
his interest by means of  insurance.  For 
example,  in a simple  dwelling house one 
man  may  be  tenant  for a year,  another 
may  have a life  estate  and a third  may 
be the  owner of  the fee.  The owners of 
the  life estate  and the  estate in fee may 
each  mortgage  his  estate;  there  would 
then be five distinct and separate estates, 
owned  by  five  several  persons,  all  of 
whom  have separate  and several  and in­
surable  interests.  The  interest of  each 
is, of course, restricted and limited to the 
value of  his estate.  As the  tenant  for a 
year will be only entitled to recover upon 
his  policy  the  value of  the  occupancy 
and enjoyment of the estate for one year, 
so the  owner  of  the  life  estate  will  be 
confined to the  value of  his estate.  The 
estates of  the  mortgagor and  mortgagee 
are  not so  clearly  independent  of  each 
other.  Where  the  mortgagee  insures 
solely on  his  own  account, it  is  but  an 
insurance  of  his  debt,  which,  if  after­
wards  paid,  terminates  the  policy to all 
intents  and  purposes,  for,  should  a  loss 
occur,  he could  not  recover, as he would 
sustain  no  damage  thereby;  neither can 
the mortgagor take advantage of the pol­
icy, for he has no interest therein, it hav­
ing  been  effected  by  the  mortgagee  on 
his own  account and at his expense.  Of 
course,  should a loss  occur  before  the 
debt  is  paid,  the insurers  are  bound  to

South. 

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

TRAINS  s o m e   NORTH.

G ran d   R apids  St In d ian a.
Schedule  In effect  January  10,1802.

Arrive from   Leave going 
South.
7:00 a m
10:80 am
2:00  p m
6:00 p m
11:05 p m

Arrive from   Leave going 
North.
7:06  a m
0:20 a  m  11 :S0  a  m
6:16  p m
2:00 p m  
10:80  p m
Train  arriving a t 0:20  dally;  all  other  trains  dally 

For Saginaw  and  Cadillac.........  6:15 a m  
For Traverse City A Mackinaw 
For 8aglnaw ft  Traverse  C ity .. 
For  Petoskey A M ackinaw.......   8:10 p m 
From Kalamazoo and Chicago.  8:86 p m  
except Sunday.

North. 
For  C incinnati.............................   6:20 a m  
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago... 
For F ort W ayne and th e  B ast.. 
For  Cincinnati..............................  6:80 p m  
For  Chicago...................................10:60p m  
From Saginaw...............................10:60 p m
all other trains dally except Sunday.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
pay the  amount of  the debt to the  mort­
gagee, if it does not exceed the insurance. 
Some very  fine questions  have  arisen in 
the  courts  in  connection  with  the  ad­
justing of losses sustained by mortgagees, 
which will  be considered when that phase 
| of the subject is reached.
I  The vendor of real estate, before actual 
conveyance, or of personal property after 
sale  and  before  payment  and  delivery, 
has  an  insurable interest, and  an  insol­
vent debtor  whose  property is vested  in 
assignees  may,  nevertheless,  insure  it. 
One  having  a  mechanic’s  lien  upon  a 
building  has an  insurable  interest there­
in;  so has a purchaser  holding an execu­
tory contract for  conveyance  but  having 
as yet  no actual title.  A factor who has 
the goods of  his  principal in his  posses­
sion  for  sale  on  commission  has  an 
insurable  interest  in  them  to  the  full 
extent  of 
and,  upon 
loss, may recover  in  his  own  name  the 
full  amount,  upon an averment of  inter­
est  in  himself.  The adjustment of  the 
account between  himself  and  his princi­
pal  is  not a matter  in which  the  insur­
ance company has any interest which the 
law recognizes.

11:30 a m train.—Parlor chair car  Q’d 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
1 0 :3 0   p   m   t r a i n . —Sleeping  c a r  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw. 
S O U T H —7rOO a m  t r a i n . —P arlor chair oar Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:30 a m   train.—W agner  P arlor  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 train.—W agner Sleeping Car 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
10:10 a m
7:00 a m  
11:26 a m  
6:60 p m
5:60 p m 
0:05 p m

11.05 p m
0 60 a m
10:80 a m tra in  through W agner P arlor Car.
11:06 p m tra in  dally, through  W agner  Sleeping Car. 
10:10 p m
8:10  p  m  through  W agner  P arlor  Car.  10:10  p  m 

8:10 p m  
Lv  Chicago 
A rr Grand Rapids 
8  35 p m  
train  daily, through W agner Sleeping Car.

Trains leaving at6:00 p. m. and 11:06 p. m. run dally; 

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

SLEEPING  A  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

__________Grand Rapids to Chicago.

8:15  a m

Lv Grand  Rapids 
A rr Chicago 

their  value, 

From Muskegon—Arrive.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

2:00 p m 
0:00 p m  

10:80 a  m  
S:66p m 

7:06 a m  
2:00 p m  

N O R T H

11:60 a  m 

H ow ’s  T his?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any 
case of  Catarrh  that  cannot be cured  by  Hall’s 
Catarrh Cure.

F. J. CHENEY A  CO., Frops., Toledo, O.

We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney 
for  the last 15 years, and  believe  him  perfectly 
honorable  In  all business  transactions and  fin­
ancially  able to carry out  any obligations made 
by their firm.
" w  »   h u m ,  wuoiesa e uruggists, 
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Toledo  O.
Walding,  Klnnan & Marvin,  Wholes« 
„  
„  
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken  internally, actli 
directly  upon  the  blood and  mucus surfaces 
the  system.  Price  75c  per  bottle.  Sold  byi 
Druggists.  Testimonials free. 
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To  Commercial  Trav­
elers and M erchants:

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  American 
Casualty  Insurance  and  Security Co., of  Balti­
more City. Maryland, is furnishing the most  lib­
eral  accident  policy,  affording  more  protection 
for  the  money than  is  given by any other com­
pany or association doing business in the United 
States.  Its  policy  is  short  and  simple, is  free 
from all  objectionable and  unnecessary clauses 
and  conditions, and is an  absolute  contract  se­
cured  by a cash  capital of  *1,000,000. with  over 
*500,000  surplus,  hence  there  are  no  contin-
is beneficiary, as in  all  association certificates 
Those wishing the best policy issued, should call 
up telephone 1003, or address

fencies  as  to  amount to be paid  the  Insured or 

W. R. FREEMAN, Agent, 
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Mic h ig a n  (T en to a l

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’*

,  ___  

_  
DEPART.  ARSIVR
D etroit E xpress....................................... 7:00 a  m  10:00 p m
.......................................................... 7 :0 6 a m   6:80  p m
Mixed 
Day  Expreea...........................................   1:20 p m   10:00 a m
"Atlantic A Pacific E xpress............... 10:30 p m 
0:00 a  m
New York E xpress.................................5:60 p m  12:60 p m

"Dally.
All o th er d ally excep t Sunday.
S leeping  care  run  on  A tlan tic  and  Pacific  Express 
E legant  parlor  cars  leave Grand  Rapids on D etroit 

train s to  and from  Detroit.
E xpress a t 7 a. m ..  returning  leave  D etroit  6:66 p  m 
arrive in  Grand  Rapids 10 p.  m.

Fred M.  Briggs, Gen’l A gent. 86 Monroe St.
A. Almquist, T icket A gent, U nion  Depot.
8 * 0 . W. Munson, Union T icket Offloe, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Rugglks  G. P.  A  T. A gent.,C hicago.

D etroit TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Ionia...........Ar
St.  Johns  ...Ar
Owosso....... Ar
E. Saginaw..Ar
Bay City......Ar
F lin t...........Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac....... Ar
Detroit......... Ar

tNo.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18
6 50am
3 25pm
7 45am
4 27pm
8 28am
5 20pm 
9 03am
o 05pm 
10 45am
8  0pm 
11 30am
8 45pm
10 05am
7 (5pm
11 55am
8 50pm
10 53am
8 25pm
11 50am
9 25pm
WESTWARD.

1120am
11 25am
12 17pm 
1 20pm 
3 05pm 
3 45pm
3 40pm 
6 00pm 
305pm
4 05pm

10 55pm 
112 37am 
1 55am 
315am 
8.45am 
7.i0am 
5  40am 
7 30am 
5 37am 
7  00am

Trains Leave

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

•No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13
7 06am
5  10pm
8 35am
6 15pm

1  00pm
2  10pm

•Dally.  tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a  m 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive from  the west,  10:10 a. m„ 3:16 
p.m. and 9:60 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
car  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. «2 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward — No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W. Loud, Traffic Manager.
Ben F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent. 
J as. Campbell, City Ticket Agent.

CHICAGO

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

RETURNING FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS.........9:00am  12:05pm *11 :^5pm
Ar. CHICAGO...............3:65pm  5:15pm  *7:05am
Lv. CHICAGO............... 9:00am  4:45pm *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS....... 3:55pm  10:10pm  *6:10am
TO  AND  FROM  BENTON  HARBOR,  ST.  JOSEPH  AND 
Lv. Grand Rapids.  ...  9:00am  12:05pm  *11:35pm
Ar. Grand Rapids........*6:l0am  3:55pm  10:10pm

INDIANAPOLIS.

For 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  PROM  MANISTEE, TRAVERSE CITT  AND  ELK 
Lv. Grand  Rapids......................7:25am  5:17pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids..................... 11:45am  9:40pm

BAPIDS.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Chicago—Wagner 
Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 p m. ; leave 
Chicago 11:15 p m.  Drawing Room Cars—Leave 
Grand Rapids 12:05 p m;  leave Chicago 4:45 p m 
Free Chair Cars—Leave  Grand  Rapids9:00am : 
leave Chicago 9:00 a m.
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Manistee—Free 
Chair Car—Leaves Grand Rapids 5:17 pm; leaves 
Manistee 6:50 a m.
D ETRO IT,

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

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. GR’D  RAPIDS...... 7:15am  *1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar. DDTROIT..............12:00m  *o:16pm  10:40pm
Lv. DETROIT..............  7:00am  *1:15pm  5:40pm
Ar. GR’D  RAPIDS......11:50am  *5:15pm  10:15pm
To and  from  Lansing  and Howell—Same as to 
and from Detroit.

TO AND  FROM  SAGINAW,  ALMA AND  ST.  LOUIS.

TO LOWBLL VIA LOWELL A HASTINGS B .  B.

Lv. Grand  Rapids......................  7:05am  4:15pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids......................11:50am  10:40pm
Lv. Grand Rapids...........  7:15am  1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell..............11:50am 5:15pm 
........
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Detroit—Parlor 
cars on all trains.  Seats 25 cents.
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Saginaw—Parlor 
c m   leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:05  am ;  arrives in 
Grand Rapids 7:40 p m.  Seats 25 cents.

THROUGH  CAR SERVICE.

•Every day.  Other trains  week days only

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.
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Where the  goods of  the  insured  were 
levied on  by the  sheriff,  by virtue of  an 
execution,  and 
the  sheriff  took  actual 
possession  and  left  them  locked  up  in 
the store of  the insured,  with  doors  and 
windows  fastened,  and,  while  out  of 
town,  having  the  key  with  him,  a  fire 
occurred  totally  destroying  them,  it was 
held  that the insured  had  still an insur­
able  interest  in  the  goods to  their  full 
value and was entitled to recover.

A  husband  has  an  insurable  interest 
in  goods  settled  to  his  wife’s  separate 
use,  they living  together  and  jointly us­
ing the  property;  and  it  has  been  held 
that  an  insolvent  retains  an  insurable 
interest 
in  goods  concealed  from  his 
creditors.

A sheriff  who has goods in  his  custody 
under  process  has  a  special  property, 
and this  gives  him an  insurable  interest 
therein.

A warehouseman has sufficient interest 
to  authorize  him to insure  property en­
trusted  to  him,  but a mere  hope  or  ex­
pectation  without  some  interest  in  the 
subject of  insurance,  would,  if  insured, 
create only a wager  policy,  and  all  such 
policies are void.

In all of  these cases  the  party insured 
must  have  an  interest  in  the  property 
at the time of  loss;  otherwise,  the  policy 
is void, although the loss is, by the terms 
of  the  policy,  made  payable  to  a  third 
person,  and  such 
third  person  at  the 
time of  the  loss  has  an  interest  in  the 
property.

In  pursuing  this  series  of  articles  I 
shall confine  my  researches  in  this  im­
portant  department  of  commercial  law 
to  matters  of  especial  interest  to those 
engaged in mercantile pursuits.

E. A.  Ow en.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

Through tickets and foil Inform ation  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almquist,  tick et  agent  a t  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 07 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.
______________ General  Passenger and Ticket Agent.
Toledo,  A nn  A rb o r  St  N o rth   M ichigan 
In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven <& Milwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe  i 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.
Lv. Grand Rapids a t......7:25 a. m. and 6:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t ............... 1:10 p.m. and 11:00 p. m.
Lv.Grand Rapids at..”.. .6:50a. in. &nd3:45 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t.  .............1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m.

VIA D.  6  H  A  M

R ailw ay.

v ia s .,  L. A N.

Return connections equally as good.

W.  H.  Bennett, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

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To those who need a window Displaying Rack 
we  now offer our fine  antique  Rack, as per  cut 
above, when  cash accompanies  the order, for 30 
per cent less than list.
No. 1 Rack, 6% feet high, 15 % brass rods,  $10 00
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No. 0 Rack, 514 
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10  00 
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No. 00 Rack, 354  “ 
8 00 
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6  00 
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6 00
Give number of  Rack and width of window. 
Remember that  strictly the  net  list price will 
be on the  above Racks unless cash accompanies 
the order, and for 30 days only.
Gringlulis  Itemized  Ledger  Co.,

a0  7-16 wooden,  8 10
15  % brass rods.
20  7-16 wooden,
12 % brass rods,
1214 steel  “
12 7-16 wooden,

6  00 

403  West B ridge St.,

GRAND  RAFIDS,  MICH.

RINDGE,  BERTSCH  &  CO.

Manufacturers of Boots  & Shoes.

Ascents for the  Boston  Rubber Shoe Co

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

Storm Slips

in cotton and wool lined 
for ladies;  also the
Northwest 

or

Roll  Edge

line  of  lumberman’s in 
Hurons and Trojans.

T h e  F in e s t  Q u a lity   a n d   B e st  A r tic le   for  t  en eral 
C lean in g k n o w n   in th e   W orld .

Sold by all  wholesale  grocers,  or orders may be sent direct to the factory.

STANDARD  OIL  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

D EA LER S  IN

Illum inating and  Lubricating

P. STEKETEE & SONS
DRY GOODS Ì NOTIONS

WHOLESALE

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Winter  81., between  Shawmift lire,  and  I.  Pillion 81.,

GRAND  RAPIDS/ MICH.

General  Warehousemen  and  Transfer  Agents.

COLDoSTORAGE  FOR  BUTTER,  EGGS,  CHEESE,  FRUITS,  AND 

ALL  KINDS  OF  PERISHABLES.-

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

gines, Straw Stackers, Drills, Bakes, Tedders, Cultivators, 

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

and Machine and Plow repairs, Etc.

Telephone  No.  946. 

J.  Y.  F.  BLAKE,  Sup’t.

IP  YOU WANT

The B est

ACCEPT  NONE  BUT

Silmr  Tim i

Spring & Company,

Order  this Brand  from Your Wholesale Grocer!

Sauerkraut.

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office, Hawkins Block. 

Works, Butterworth Aye*

B U LK   W ORKS  AT

GBAU D  R A P ID S , 
BIG R A P ID S , 
ALLEGAN, 

MUSKEGON, 
GRAND  H A V E N , 
HOW ARD  CITY , 

M A N IST EE, 

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PET O SK EY ,

CA D ILLA C,
LU DING TON .

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR

EMPTY  CARBON  X  GASOLINE  BARRELS.

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

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

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

assorted stock at lowest market  prices.

Spring & Company.

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THE  PEOPLE’S   FAVORITE!
fapious  Leopard  Gleapable
REFRIGERATORS.

DRY  COLD  A IR

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All N ew  Designs for 1SQ2

The  Drawers  are  Closed  at  Back  so  warm air cannot enter Refrigerator when open.

The Entire  Line 

Remodeled,

Beautified, 

and Improved. 

We  Lead, 

Others

Follow !

Style  of  No.  7.  Four  Doors.  Raised  Carvings.

Style of No.  61.  Grocers’  Refrigerator.

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

Not  Iron, Bronze  Plated.

No  Wooden  Sticks  to  Mould and  Decay.

A Lim ns of  Wool Felt has been  added to the Charcoal Filling. 
Our Carvings are Heal. 
The Trimmings on our Carved Line are Solid Bronze.
The Ice  Racks in our Carved Line  are Solid  Galvanized Iron.
Our Locks are the  only Reliable  Refrigerator Locks in the  World. 
Our Solid Iron  Shelves  are the  Neatest  and Strongest.
Our Movable Flues for Cleanliness are Demanded by the People. 
W e sell on the Exclusive Agency Plan.
T I T ____1___T| „ f*  ' ____ __ j ___ 
W G mase Xteirigerators tor every purpose.  with Sideboards. China Closets, show  Cases, Kitchen Cabinets, Ktc.
New  Catalogues now Readv.  Send for one 

H. LEONARD & SONS,

Now  is  the  Time  to  Place  Your  Order !

Our Dealers Capture  'he Sales.

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For  Families, Grocers,  Butchers, Apartment  Houses,  Hotels,  Restaurants,  Clubs, also  Combined

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

