Published Weekly.

V O L .  9.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M A R C H   16,  1892.

$1  Per  Year.
NO . 443

S o m e th in g   N e w ! 

You can always And something new and especially

fine  by  ordering your  Candy  of

A.  E.  BROOKS  &  CO.,

Wholesale  Confectioners,

46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich

G-et the B est I
Flavoring Extracts

Jennings* 

s e e   QUO TATIO NS. 

c

N .  R A P P   &   C O ..

9 North Ionia St, Grand Rapids.

0LE8M  FRUITS 

f p   PRODUGE,

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

G.  S.  BROWN  &  CO.,

J o b  

b e r s   o f  

foreign  anU  Domestic  Fruits,

O ran ges an d  B a n a n a s a  S p ecia lty , 

o e n

d  for q u o ta tio n s. 

2 4 -2 6  N o   D ivision  S t.

C.  A .  L A M B . 

C.  A . 

LAMB <fe  CO , 

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WHOLESALE  AND  COMMISSION

Foreign  and  Domestic  Fruits  and  Produce,

8 4   a n d   8 6   S o u t h   D iv is io n   S t.

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY, 

M AN U FAC TU RERS  OF

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SPECIALTIES

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Dranges, Lemons,  Nuts,  Dates  ani  Figs,
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E R K I N S   <&  H E S S
Ides, Purs, W ool & Tallow,

D KADERS IN

S a eeeH o r*   to  

GRAND  RAPIDS

1 and 3 Pearl  Street, 

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MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,  WT
Muskegon Cracker Co., 
IE  DEW  YORK  BISCUIT  GO.,
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tracker Manufacturers,
Crackers, Biscuits  Sweet Goods.  <
89 a n d   41  K e n t   S t., 
NO  BRAND  OF  TEN  CENT

T h e   G re e n   S e a l  C ig ar

NOS.  IS «   an d   i2 4   LOUIS  ST R E E T . G R A N D   R A P ID S .  M IC H IG A N .

S.  A.  SE A R S,  Manager.

WR  CARRT  A  STOCK  OF  PA KR  TALLOW  FOg  MIM.  USE

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

G r a n d   R a p i d s

H A R R Y   FOX,  Manager.

MUSKEGON,  MICH. 

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Is th e  M ost D esira b le for M erchants to H a n d le becau se 

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Retails for 10 cents, 3 for 25 cents.

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26. 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA  ST ,

G ra n d   IR-SfoicLs,  hAioli. 

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G.  P.  FAUDE,  Sole  Manufacturer,  IONIA,  MICH.

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Michigan Cigar Co 's
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C l e a r   H a v a n a   F i l l e d   5 c   C i g a r ,
oil
aey  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.,  Agents.

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includes th e:
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VICTOR
RUDGE
KITE
TELEPHONE 
OVERLAND 
LOVELL DIA-
MONO 
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Rubber and Sporting Goods, Mill and Fire Department Supplies.

CLIPPER 
PARAGON 
IROQUOIS 
PHCENIX 
GENDRONS 

Western Wheel Works

and all the

L,ne'

STUDLEY  &  BARCLAY,

4 Monroe St.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

H eym an   &  C om pany,

Manufacturers  of

Show  Cases

Of  Every Description.

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STAR.

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BAKERS’  CHOICE,

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BOSS.
PATENT  ROLLER  FLOUR.
SPECIALTIES :

GRANULATED  and  BOLTED  MEAL.Wholesale  Grocers

GRAHAM,  RYE  and  BUCKWHEAT 

FLOUR,

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'P ro m p t a tten tio n   g iv e n  to  m a il orders.
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OYSTERS

JOBBER  OF

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See Quotations in Another Column.

CONSIGNMENTS  OF  ALL  KINDS  OF  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED.

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WHOLESALE DEALER IN

S a l t  

F i s h ,

New  l'ork  City.
Represented in Michigan by

J.  P.  VISPR,  Merchandise  Broker.

17  H e rm ita g e  R lock ,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Who wHl  quote prices by mail or call  on dealers 
wishing a supply for Lenten trade.

T H O S .  E .  W Y K E S ,

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t im e ,  C em en t,  S tucco,  H air,  F ire  B rick , 

F ir e   C lay,  Lath,  W ood,  H ay, G rain,
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Corner W ealthy  Ave. and  Ionia St.

on M. C. R. R. 

Office, 4'  S. Division.

Now is the time to buy CLOVER  AND 
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We  have  a  good  stock  and  for  THIS 
WEEK will sell  you

FOR  CASH

In five bag lots or over as follows: 

Prime Clover, 
No.  2 
Timothy, 

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- 
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Bags extra at market  price.

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$7  50
6  50
1  50

W.  T.  LAM0REAU1  k CO.,

Grand Rapids, Mich.
J.  L.  Strelitsky,

Including the following celebrated brands man­
ufactured  by the  well-known  house of  Glaser, 
Frame  & Co. :
V in dex, long  Havana filler...........................   $35
35
T h ree  M edals, long Havana filler............. 
55
E lk ’s C hoice, Havana filler and binder... 
55
L a F lo r  d e A lfo n so ,...................................... 
L a D o n c ella  d e M o r era ,............................. 
65
65
L a  Id e a l,  25 in a b ox...................................... 
W . J .  F lo r e n c e ................ 
65
Also  fine line  Key West goods at rock  bottom 
prices.  All favorite  brands of  Cheroots  kept in 
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NO.  443

Fire it Bilrglar Proof
A ll Sizes and P rices. 
Parties in need of the above 
are  Invited  to  correspond 
with
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T elep h o n e  1 66.

THE  REACHING  HAND.

I  had 

Returning  home  after a long  absence, 
one  naturally  expects  surprises  and 
changes;  but I could  not  have  ever  im­
in  my  friend 
agined  such  as  I  found 
Philip  Moreland. 
been  gone 
twenty years  and I am  well  aware  how 
impressions  will  fade  and  memory  be­
come defective  in  that  length  of  time; 
but he was so different  from the promise 
of his early manhood  that I at  once  felt 
the change to be  more than a warping of 
my recollection.  When  we  had  parted, 
just after graduating from  the  same col­
lege—he  to  study  law  and  I  to  take  a 
promising  business  post  in  Australia— 
he  was  a  healthy,  stalwart  young  man, 
indomitable,  buoyantly  aggressive,  un­
compromisingly  ambitious  and  blessed 
with talents insuring  his  success.  Call­
ing at his office, I found a shrunken man, 
old before  his  time,  his  hair  and  beard 
streaked  with  gray,  and  deep 
lines 
rudely  cut  across  a  waxen  forehead. 
The first  glance  told  me that I beheld a 
tragedy of noble gifts  and aspirations.

Not until I had answered his questions 
as to my  prosperity,  and  he had told  me 
that  his  parents  were  dead,  and  that, 
not  having  married,  he  lived 
almost 
alone in the  old  homestead,  did  1 speak 
of his  appearance,  and  beseech  him,  in 
the  name  of  our  friendship, to  tell  me 
what  calamity  had  come  to  him.  He 
looked  at  me a few  moments,  unable  to 
reply, the pupils  of  his  sunken eyes di­
lating,  and pallor forcing its way through 
the  yellow  skin.  At  last  he  replied, 
with  shaking  voice, and  concealing  the 
trembling of his hands  by  tightly press­
ing them upon the chair arms:

“Yes, John,  I will  tell  you.  But  you 
will  be  the  only  mortal  except  myself 
who knows what has snapped the strings 
of  my  energy  and  purposes. 
I  cannot 
tell you  here, though.”

Greatly wondering,  I asked:
“Where can you tell me?”
“Come  to  the  old  home  to-night  at  8 

o’clock.”

Punctually  to  the  appointed  time,  1 
sent solemn  echoes of  the  old-fashioned 
brass knocker  through 
the  wide  hall.
The house, dating from  colonial  days, 
unable  to  keep  pace  with  modern  im­
provement, and secluded from the  street 
amid high poplars and elms,  was  gloomy 
enough  at  all 
times;  but  clouds  had 
brought  the  October  night  earlier,  and 
the  rattle  and  rustle  of  the  withered 
leaves,  as the  wind  tore  them  from the 
boughs  and  scurried 
them  across  the 
dead grass,  seemed to  deepen  the dismal 
quiet of  the place;  or,  in  my  fancy,  ex­
cited  by  apprehension,  to  be  the  whis­
pering  of  the  demons  of  fate  and  mys­
tery.  An  aged  colored  servant,  whose 
hearty  voice,  as  1  remembered  it,  had 
been  lowered to  a pitch  of  melancholy, 
opened  the  door  and  bade  me  go up­
stairs.

Philip welcomed me  in the study with 
an  air  of  relief.  As  he  turned  up  the 
light,  the evident  pain  in  his  eyes,  and 
the chair before the grate fire showed me 
he had  been  brooding  in  the  dark.  An 
easy  rocker,  drawn  close  to  his  chair,

silently  revealed  his  wish  that  we  sit 
there. 
I accordingly asked  him  to  turn 
down the light,  which he gladly did, and 
we sat down before the fire place.

Anxiously  interested  in  my  friend’s 
condition, I fell naturally to analyzing it 
as reflected by the expression of his face, 
and I now saw, even in  the  dim  hearth- 
light,  a spark of  hope  that  this  first  re- 
vealment might lessen his  grief.

“John,” he  began,  “you  have  noticed 
that  this  is  not  the  same  study  father 
used.  He, you  remember,  preferred  the 
room  at  the  top  of  the  house,  which 
looked out over the  slanting  roof of  the 
back  building,  and commanded the view 
we  so  often,  as  young  men,  admired 
in  those  happy  days.  Men  of  studious 
habits seem to  take  instinctively  to  the 
house-tops,  as if  nearness  to the ground 
makes the mind earthy. 
I,  too,  liked  its 
solitude,  and,  after  father died,  1 kept it 
until—”

He stopped suddenly,  and the spark in 
I 

his  eyes  was  quenched  by  despair. 
said nothing,  and he went on:

“But 1  will start at the beginning,  and 
if  you can suggest an escape for me, you 
will  be  more  than a friend  to  me. 
I’m 
suffering, John—God help me,  how 1 suf­
fer!  You know  what  prospects I had. 
I 
wrote you how I was elected Prosecuting 
Attorney. 
I was winning legal triumphs 
such  as  might  have  turned  anyone’s 
head,  but  you  behold  me  now—a  com­
plete,  a hopeless  wreck.

“Yes,  I triumphed until the case of the 
State versus  Joel  Uarkton  came  to  me. 
It  was  my  first  capital  case.  Uarkton 
was a well-known  man  of  the  city,  and 
an acquaintance of  mine.  His wife died 
suddenly,  under  circumstances 
suffi­
ciently suspicions to  warrant  his  arrest. 
They were only circumstances,  but very, 
very  strong  against  him,  and I saw that 
a  conviction  would  be a  laurel  worth 
trying for;  especially  as I  knew  success 
meant  my  certain  nomination  for  State 
Senator.  Briefly  and horribly, John,  my 
ambition  rose  to  madness. 
It  trampled 
down my scruples  against  conviction on 
circumstantial  evidence,  and  even  the 
sympathy I  had  for  Uarkton  as  a  close 
acquaintance.  You  will  not,  you  can­
not,  understand me  when I tell  you  that 
my  ambition  became—bloodthirsty. 
It 
set a mark—Harkton’s life.  You shrink, 
my  friend,  and  it  is  right  you  should; 
but,  before high heaven,  I swear it to  be 
true that it  was an  external  impulse—a 
determination  which  could  have  been 
formed only  in the  deepest  heart of  Lu­
cifer  himself.

“Through day,  and  night  after  night, 
not stopping  to  sleep,  I studied  the  cir­
cumstances  until  I  had  weighed  and 
pared and shaped  and  fitted them into  a 
mosaic  of  conviction, 
if  I  thought  of 
Harkton  at  all,  it  was  only  as  the  old 
high priest regarded  the  sacrificial lamb 
—as necessary to salvation.  Triumph be­
came my religion and my God.

“One  night”—acute  recollection  si­
lenced the trembling voice for a few min­
utes—“I sat up in the  old  study,  string­
ing  the  facts,  for  the  hundredth  time, 
I was  In
upon a thread of  prosecution. 

T ’H T C   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .
Great Feat!

pirations were,  like the  leaves,  whisper­
ing low in my soul of their death.

2

a fever of elation.  No  possible  defence j 
could break down  my theory of the wife- 
I  already  clutched  the  vie-1 
murderer. 
tory  to  my  soul. 
I  was  oblivious  to i 
everything but the case;  the hours tolled 
from the steeple yonder,  struck upon my 
ear but did  not  reach  my  brain.  1 rev­
eled in a realization of victory,  of the at­
tainment  of  my  cherished  heights,  and 
of triumph over the  counsel  for  the  de­
fendant.  who was  my  bitterest  political 
opponeut.  Suddenly I  was  disturbed  in 
my ecstacy by a slight noise,  and,  looking 
around,  there,  within reach  of  my hand, 
quietly stood Joel Harkton.

“For  a  moment  1 was  chiiled  by  the 
fear  that I was  the victim  of  an  hallu­
cination,  but the man’s voice assured me 
of his material presence.

“ ‘You are working to convict me.’  was 

what he said,  in mild  reproach.

“ ‘How did you come here?’I demanded.
“ ‘1 escaped from jail,  and  crawled  up 
over  the  roof  there,  foolishly,  perhaps, 
to ask you to aid me in escape,  instead of 
seeking  my  life,  as  you  are doing.  We 
have  been  friends,  Moreland,  and.  as 
surely  as 1 talk to  you  now,  I  am  inno­
cent.’

“ ‘Innocent!’ 1 repeated in scorn.  ‘You 
killed  your  wife  in  cold  blood.  The 
proof is incontrovertible.’

“He  shrank  from  me,  holding  up  his 
hands  in  despairing  realization  of  my 
bitterness and of  his  mistake in  putting 
himself into my power.  1 was furious at 
the mere prospect of defeat,  and he must 
have  seen  it  in  my  face.  Harkton  had 
never been  a strong man, and be was now 
further  weakened  by  imprisonment.  1 
could  easily  detain  him,  and  I  argued 
that,  as a public officer, sworn  to see that 
the laws were vindicated,  it was my duty 
to  do so.  So far  the  act I now  tell  you 
of  was justified,  but” —he  paused,  turn­
ing to me in violent  self-condemnation— 
“in  so far  as  my  aspirations  sought  to 
make a stepping-stone of this man’s life, 
the act was diabolical.

“ ‘But you  will  surely  let  me go now, 
and give me the chance to escape,’  Hark­
ton said,  weakly.

“ ‘No,’  I  hissed,  rising;  ‘I will  return 

you to prison.’

“1 grasped him.  He simply said,  ‘God 
help me,’  weakly,  submissively,  and  the 
sound of  those words have never ceased. 
He did not resist,  and I threw him to the 
floor  and  tied  his  hands  with  a towel. 
Heaven pity me!  Those words,his piteous 
supplications—they cry  in  the  wind  to­
night, and  his eyes,  in hopeless entreaty, 
glow yonder in  the coals.

“1 will not detail  how he  was  carried 
back  to  jail;  nor  how I tried  his  case; 
nor the praise I received;  all  1  need  say 
is  that 1  won,  and  Joel  Harkton  was— 
was hanged for the murder of  his  wife.’
The fire had sunk low,  but it still shed 
light enough to show the terror  reflected 
in his  face by  the  point  yet  to  be  told. 
His head bad fallen  upon  his  breast,  so 
that his last words had  been  muffled, and 
he gripped the knobbed ends of the chair 
arms as a man  suspended over  an  abyss 
would  clutch a support.

“Two months  later,”  he  presently  re­
sumed,  “ there  came  to me  indisputable 
proof that Harkton was  innocent.  That 
night  I  sat  late  in  my  study—a  night 
like this,  with  the  wind  fretting  in  the 
boughs and the leaves whispering toeach 
other before they died. 
I sat  at  the  ta­
ble,  not  studying,  but  fighting  the  re­
morse  in my  heart. 
I had  received  the 
nomination to the Senate, but my  old as-

“Suddenly, by the  indefinable  percep­
tion of  the  nerves, I became  aware of  a 
presence  in 
the  room  and,  before  my 
fright permitted me  to look up,  I caught 
the indistinct view one gets  through  the 
corner of the eye.  Slowly, chilled by ap­
prehension, I turned my head,  and there, 
just where  Joel  Harkton  had  stood  on 
the night of his escape,  I saw  a hand ex­
tended  toward  me.  Only  a  hand. 
I 
looked for the  wrist,  the  arm,  the  form, 
but my sight went  clear to  the wall. 
It 
was  nothing  but a  hand, except  that  it 
protruded  from a  round  disk  of  black­
ness,  as if  thrust through a sable  cloth.” 
A shudder  stopped  him for a few  mo­

ments:  then, turning to me,  he  said:

“And  that  hand  remained  there,  al­
ways  reaching  out  to  me. 
I  braved  it 
night after  night, trying to  study,  to  be 
my  old  self,  to  forget  it  when  at  my 
down-town office,  but I could not. 
It be­
came worse than  the hand of  a thief who 
steals worldly goods;  it  stole  my  ardor, 
my ambition. 
It  drove me  here  to  this 
room,  but, my friend, God  help me!  that 
hand is still  up there, reaching out—day­
light or dark—it is always, always reach­
ing.  The  years  have  fled,  and  I  have 
gone  up  day  and  night  fascinated,  tor­
tured by the hope that it has  been  with­
drawn;  but  it  has  always  been  there, 
and heaven pity me!—it is up there  now 
—now. 
It 
has been reached  out  to  stay  me in  my 
upward  career.  Look  at  me—a  wreck! 
My God,  it is the hand of Joel Harkton!” 
He fell back in his chair overcome, and 
I sprang up,  in fear that my friend was a 
victim of that terrible, almost  incurable, 
mental disorder—an hallucination.

It is stealing  away  my life. 

“Philip,”  1  inquired,  earnestly,  “are 

you sure that it is not imagination?” 

is. 

“Imagination!”  he  repeated,  with  in­
creased terror;  “you mean  an hallucina­
tion.  God  help  me  if  it 
I  have 
thought of that. 
I believe an  hallucina­
tion is incurable.  Let me  tell  you  that 
my grandfather was tortured to his death 
It is the iron law 
by the vision of a rat. 
of heredity. 
I would rejoice,  my friend, 
if I could only believe  that  this  hand  is 
that of a spirit  Then it  might  be  exor­
cised. 
to 
achieve something;  but that hand grasps 
the very center  of  my  life,  and  slowly, 
surely,  it is compressing me to death.  It 
attracts  me  to  that  room,  often  in  the 
I feel  it  pulling  me 
dead of  the night. 
there, and I cannot resist. 
It is  an  hal­
lucination,  and it will kill me.”

I  am  still  young  enough 

He reasoned thus more  calmly than he 
had told the story,  and I saw in this  fact 
a hope for him.  With sudden  purpose I 
asked:

“Philip,  have  you  ever  taken  anyone 

up there?”

“No,”  he  replied,  starting  into  per­
ception of  my  purpose;  “if  others  can 
see it, it is the band of a spirit, and there 
may be found a way to drive it  from me. 
Are  you  brave  enough  to  go  up  there 
with  me?”
“ I am.”
“Now?”
“ At once.”
“Come,  then,”  he said,  rising.
The old  mansion  being  only  partially 
I occupied,  it  was  a  solemn  expedition 
through it, our footsteps echoing emptily 
through the  wide  halls,  and  jolting  and 
jarring  the  weakened  beams,  the  wind 
| torturing  the  loosened  casements  and

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

Yours truly,

See What  is  Said  of It.
WcuOiamg Oil A Grease Co., Milwaukee:
Dear Sirs—For the past year 1 have been using 
your  Graphite  A xle  Grease and  have  found it 
will do better work than any other  grease in the 
market. 

Apr il 25th, 1881.

Phillip Scharett,  Barn Foreman, 

J o s. S ch litz  B rew ing Co., Milwaukee,  Wis.

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ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.

Most Reliable  House, established 35  years.  The senior  member of  this firm  being 
a practical tailor, personally  superintends the manufacturing  department,  and  has 
the reputation of  making the best fitting garments and most selectjchoice in  styles, 
patterns and  designs, adapted  for all  classes of  trade and sold at such  low prices, 
and  upon  such  equitable  terms as  not  to fear  any competition,  and  within  reach 
of all.
William  Connor,  representative  of 
above firm in Michigan, begs to announce 
that  the trade  can secure  some  Closing 
Out  Bargains  for  Spring  and  Summer 
trade which  wili be sold at astonishingly 
low  prices.  Mr.  Connor  also  takes 
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well  as  to  his  great  selection of  Men’s 
Suitings,  Spring  Overcoats  and  Pants, 
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Box  346  Marshall,  Mich.,  and  he  will 
soon  be  with  you to show  you  our  full 
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to the  honesty of  our  goods  and  prices 
William  Connor  will  be  at  Sweet’s 
Hotel, Grand Rapids, Mich., on Thursday 
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expenses.

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THCE  MICHIGLAJSr  TRADESM AN

growling its  uncanny  glee  in  the  huge 
chimneys.

At the study door,  before unlocking it, 
Philip turned to me,  and,  holding up the 
lamp,  looked  searchingly  into  my  face. 
A  frightful  change  had  come  over  his 
own.  His eyes were shiny and unsteady, 
and,  for  the  first  time,  the  chill  of  a 
thought  far  more  terrible  than  of  the 
ghostly hand flew  over me—that  my old 
friend  was  a  madman.  Realization  of 
my position flashed upon me. 
I was in a 
lonely  attic,  beyond  earshot,  with  a 
maniac.  1 firmly  believed  the  reaching 
hand  was a delusion.  Should 1 tell him 
so?  If  I told him I did  not  see it,  would 
he not turn upon me with the overpower­
ing rage of a lunatic?  Whatever his pur­
pose in scrutinizing  me,  it  seemed  to be 
satisfied,  and he  said:

“John,  you  take  the  lamp,  open  the 
I  will  wait  for  you 
door  and  walk  in. 
here until you  tell me  if you see it. 
If I 
go  in, my  eyes will  be  riveted  upou  it 
and  you  will  know  then  where  it  ap­
pears.  Have you  courage?”
Without  replying  1  took 

lamp, 
while he inserted the key and shoved the 
bolt. 
I turned  the  knob  slowly,  trem­
blingly,  afraid  of  him  as  much  as  of 
what  I  might  see 
the  room,  and 
pushed open the  door.  The close,  damp 
smell  of  the  unused  apartment  rushed 
out as I  stepped over the sill.

the 

in 

It was a small room, with ceiling slant­
ing  with  the  roof. 
In  a  moment 1 saw 
that it remained  precisely as in  the long 
past—a  somewhat  gloomy  place  at  any 
time, but now  rendered  weird by  More­
land’s tale. 
I knew that his  two glaring 
eyes at the threshold  followed  my  every 
movement,  as,  holding  the  lamp  up,  1 
looked  about.  There  were  the  book­
shelves, the  globe,  the  bust  of  Horace, 
the writing  table,  but  nowhere—keenly, 
eagerly,  anxiously  as  I  looked,  in  the 
center,  in  every  corner—did  I  see  a 
hand.

“Do you see it?” Philip called out.
I hesitated,  but  I  instantly  reflected 
that 1 could  not  deceive  him.  Before  I 
could reply,  however,  he  rushed  excit­
edly,  almost ferociously in,  snatched  the 
lamp  from  my  hand,  and,  catching  my 
arm,  pulled me to the table.  Then, hold­
ing the light toward  the end,  he  pointed 
with  his  long 
forefinger.  But  I  saw 
nothing.  Slowly his head turned around, 
and his gaze,  fierce now,  fell  upon me.

“Don’t you see it?” he  asked  hoarsely.
“No,  Philip,” 1  answered,  faintly;  “I 

see nothing.”

“There,  there,”  he  almost  screamed; 
“right there—two inches from my finger, 
a hand reaching out from a black spot in 
the air.  There,  there—now  you  see it.”
“No, Philip,”  I said,  “1 do not  see it.”
With a low moan he dropped  the lamp 
upon the table  and sunk upon his knees, 
crying:

“My God,  my  God!  It  is an  hallucina­

tion.”

I was myself so  agitated  that I cannot 
tell how I brought him down to his room. 
He  was  prostrated.  His  peculiarity, 
strengthened  by the  case  of  his  grand­
father,  was  to  fear  an  hallucination 
more than a spirit  hand, and  I saw  that 
the fear,  now  substantiated  by  my  fail­
ure to see the vision, would  soon torture 
him to death. 
In the  desperate  hope  of 
saving him,  I devoted myself to the study 
of  apparitions,  reading  carefully  the 
cases of  Bernardotte, Earl Grey,  Nicolai 
and  many  others. 
I  was  speedily  con­
vinced  that  Philip  was  the  victim  of  a

phantasm,  aud, knowing that  the mental 
derangement had come to him in the way 
he  had  related  and  by  heredity, 1 saw 
little  hope  of  a  cure.  There  was  one 
chance,  however,  and  I  resolved  to  try 
it. 
I  read  that  apparitions  are  some­
times  driven  away  by  natural  means; 
thus,  if it seems  to  the  victim  that  the 
apparition comes  for  some  purpose  and 
he is  made  to  believe  that  the  purpose 
has  been  accomplished,  the  imaginary 
visitant  departs.

I did not have to look  very deep to find 
a plausible object for the reaching out of 
the  hand. 
It  had appeared  on the night 
after  Philip  had  learned  that  Harkton 
was innocent.  Remorse had struck deep 
into his heart.  Naturally  sensitive  as  1 
knew  him  to  be,  his  wish,  torturingly 
helpless under the  circumstances,  would 
be for  forgiveness—a shake  of the hand 
of the friend whose  ignominious  and in­
nocent death he  had  acoomplished.  He 
already  believed it to be the hand of Joel 
Harkton. 
If he could be convinced  that 
it was held out to him for  no  revengeful 
purpose,  but  as a sign  that  the  injured 
man was  willing  to  forgive,  my  friend 
might be saved.

Full  of  this  idea,  I hastened  again  to 
the old  house  and  found  Philip  in  the 
study,  brooding  again  over  the fire. 
It 
was a clear November Sunday night;  the 
city resting from its  labor—one of  those 
nights of oppressive quiet;  the earth, the 
stars,  and the thin crescent,  low over the 
mountain,  seeming  to  be  calmly  wait­
ing.

With as calm and matter-of-fact a man­
ner as 1 could force,  I told  Philip what I 
believed to be  the  purpose of  the  hand. 
He sat  with his head  wearily supported 
by his  hand,  and  when I had  ended,  he 
turned his face, woefully haggard,toward 
me and answered, despairingly:

“What would you have me do?”
“Go  up to  the  study,  and  accept  the 
offer  of  forgiveness  that  has been  held 
out to you for fifteen years.”

I  was 

surprised  at  the  effect. 

I 
thought it would be gladly received,  but 
it startled him;  his face grew  more  livid 
and  it  set  every  nerve  trembling.  He 
looked  at  me  for  some  time  before  his 
quivering lips would form the  words.

“John,  it is just  fifteen  years  to-night 
since the  hand  appeared,  but—but-----”

“But what?”
“A fearful change  has  come  over me. 
The hand  attracted  me  before;  but it  is 
now horribly repulsive.  Oh! 1 cannot go 
up now. 
It drew me there  last  night  at 
2  o’clock,  and  as  I  looked  upon  it,  1 
shrank  from  it  in  new  terror. 
It  has 
grown old and  withered,  and it trembled 
as if the arm that held it  were  tired and 
it must soon  drop.  Oh,  heaven pity me! 
What will  come  when  it  falls?  I shall 
die.”

I grasped his hands in my intense wish 
to  calm and  help  him. 
I  saw  that  his 
malady  had  almost  run  its  course, and 
that  when  this  phantasy  assumed  the 
form of  a dropping  hand,  he might,  in­
deed,  die. 
I  pleaded  with  him  to  go 
with  me  once  again,  and  finally  he 
yielded.

I  took  up  the  lamp,  and  when  we 
reached the study door, Philip  nervously 
unlocked it.  The same musty  closeness 
blew  in  my  face.  But it  was  not  that 
which rooted me  to  the  spot—it was  an
impression,  not received by sight,  but by 
the perception of some  other  sense,  that 
there  was,  indeed,  a  presence 
in  the 
gloomy  apartment.  Conquering  it  with

difficulty,  I  followed Philip in,  and, hold-! 
ing the light  forward,  I was  struck  into 
speechless awe;  for  there,  indeed,  as  he 
had described  it.  I  saw a  hand  protrud­
ing  from a black  sphere of  air—a  with­
ered hand, as of  an old man reaching out 
to grasp another,  and trembling with the 
effort.

Had  my days and  nights of  study over 
Philip’s case  affected  my brain?  Had  I  | 
caught the dreadful mental disorder from  l 
him?  Was I, too,  the  victim  of  an  hal­
lucination?

Philip turned to me,  a spasm of  agony 
writhing on his face.  He gave one  wild 
glance  at  my  face,  then,  clutching  me 
with terrible  strength  and  intensity,  he 
said,  hoarsely:
“You see it?”
“Yes,” I  answered,  not  above  a whis­

per.

“A hand?”
“Yes,  yes,” I  muttered;  “a  hand  as 

you have described  it.”

“Merciful heaven!” he cried;  “it is not 
an apparition;  it  is,  indeed,  the  hand  of 
Joel Harkton.”

His words  brought  me  partially  back 
to myself,  and,  reason returning, told me 
that my theory of  forgiveness would ap­
ply now as well as before; that if it were, 
indeed,  a spirit  hand,  this course  might 
give it rest.

“Philip,” I said,  in a voice  forced into 
something  like  calmness,  “the  spirit of 
Joel  Harkton  wishes  to  forgive  you. 
Reach forward and clasp the hand.”

I saw a  look  of  desperate  determina­
tion fly across  his  face.  For only a mo­
ment  he  hesitated;  then,  walking  for­
ward,  he  slowly  reached  out  his hand, 
and I saw his  fingers  close with those of 
that reaching  hand.

riveted  upon 

Instantly the stillness of the night was 
broken by fluttering of  the  air and a cry 
which seemed to recede  rapidly  into the 
distance  and  silence.  My  eyes,  which 
had  been 
the  reaching 
hand,  now  saw  only  empty space  and 
pierced  unobstructed 
I 
turned  to  Philip,  and  found him lying 
dead upon the floor,  but  with  an expres­
sion of relief and joy upon  his  face.—H. 
M.  Hoke in San  Francisco Argonaut.

to  the  wall. 

Eaton Rapids—Brown Bros.,  the  Char 
lotte  clothiers,  have  opened  a  branch 
clothing store at this place.

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Manton—The  H.  0.  McFarian  general. 
stock  has  been  purchased  by  W.  Elevier, 
late  of  Cass  City,  who  will  add  to  the 
stock  in trade and run the business for all 
there is in  it.

Manistee—The  State  Lumber  Co.  has j 
sold its cut of maple, about 2.000,000 feet, | 
to  the  Eastern  Lumber  Co.,  of  Ton a- j 
wand a,  N. Y.,  which  has  handled  it for i 
the last three years.

Stanton—H.  E.  Stevenson  has  formed i 
a copartnership  with  his  brother.  M.  W. 
Stevenson,  of Reed City, and  the two will j 
embark in  the  dry  goods  business  here j 
under the style of  Stevenson  Bros.

Detroit—The  Shipman Coal  Mining Co.  j 
has tiled  articles of association.  The cap- j 
ital  stock  is  SI00.000, of  which  850.000 
has  been  paid  in  by  O.  W.  Shipman.  W. 
C.  Maybury,  John  B.  Corliss.  W. 
II.  j 
Eilis,  estate  of  Francis  Palms,  F.  A.  j 
Blades.  J.  B.  Mulliken  and W.  C.  May­
bury.  trustee.

Muskegon—E.  C.  McGregor  has  pur­
chased of  E.  J.  Cocharen  the  feed  store 
at  140 and  142  Beidler street,  Mr.  Cocha­
ren  retiring on account of  ill-health.  The 
latter has nearly  recovered  from  the ef- j 
feels of  a second  surgical  operation,  by 
which the complete removal of his tongue 
was effected.

Detroit—A  certificate  has  been  filed of 
a limited  partnership  in a business  to be 
conducted under the firm  name of  Henry 
A.  Newland A Co.  The general  partners j 
are  Henry  A.  Newland,  Arba  M.  Sey- i 
incur,  Theodore  N.  Ripson and  Frank  L. i 
Hyde.  James F.  Joy  contributes 851,421. I 
Aurilla  A.  Burns, 833,834 and  Martha J. 
Newland.  812.706  as special  partners.

MANUFACTURING  MATTEB8.

Churchill — Daniel  Ben jam  has  built ! 

Snowflake — Anderson  &  Foster,  of 
Greenville,  are buying large quantities of 
hardwood  logs this  winter  on  the  Inter­
mediate lakes and  will setup a hardwood 
mill  at this point  early 
in  the  spring, 
using  the  mill  they  now own  at  West j 
Troy for this  purpose.

Muskegon—Frank Alberts  has  bought 
one-half  interest  in  the  P.  P.  Leonard 
saw and  shingle  mill,  at  Laketon.  The 
mills  were  recently  bought  by  G.  E. j 
Rosenberg  from  C.  T.  Hills.  The  new 
firm  will be  styled  Frank  Alberts & Co., 
and  the  mills  will  be  fitted  up  for  an J 
early  start.

Beaverton — The  Flint  &  Pere  Mar­
quette  Railroad  is considering  the  pro­
ject of  extending  its  branch  road  from 
the present  terminus  here to Gladwin,  a 
distance of six miles,  and  it  is likely the 
road will  be put through the coming sum­
mer.  This  branch  connects  with  the 
main  line at Coleman.

Manistee—There has  not  been  a  time 
in  the  past  ten  years  when  lumber  on 
docks at this point  was sold  up so closely 
at this time of  year as it is now.  At the 
present rate  there  will  not  be a foot  un­
sold  at  the  time navigation opens.  One 
mill man  has 4,000,000 feet of  lumber on 
his  dock,  and  has  sold  5.000.000,  to  be 
delivered at the earliest possible moment 
after the opening of navigation.

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AMONG  THE  TRADE.
ABOUND THE  STATE.

Albion—A.  Ury,  dry goods  dealer,  is 

moving to  Mason.

Leroy—J.  H. Williams, the  "Slim .Jim" 

grocer,  has  assigned.

Paris—A.  E.  Hovey  has  opened  here 

in the Jewelry  business.

Shelby—Jas.  L.  Frank  has  opened  a 

pool  room at  this  place.

Reno—J.  L.  Covey  succeeds  Geo.  M. 

Buntly  in  general  trade.

Boone—J.  Matevia  succeeds  Herkimer 

A Matevia  in  general  trade.

Bay City—C.  W.  Hull succeeds  Hull  & 

Tilton  in  the drug business.

Otsego—Harmon  &  Co.,  general  deal­

ers,  have removed to Freemont.

Jackson—B.  Chauiplin  &  Co.  succeed 

Ford  and Co.  in  the grocery  business.

Leslie—Wm.  Birney  succeeds  J.  J. 

Murphy  oc  Co.  in  the grocery  business.

Frankfort—Robert  Lockhart  succeeds 
Hugh  M.  Lockhart  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Kalamazoo—J.  F.  Farnam  succeeds  L. 
W.  Coon  &  Co.  in  the wood  and coal  bus­
iness.

Gaines  Station—M.  K.  (Mrs.  Chas.l 
Clark,  general  dealer,  has  removed  to 
Corunna.

Coldwater—Stephen  M.  Teaehout  suc­
ceeds  Watson  &  Holdridge in  the  meat 
business.

St.  Joseph—Livingston  & Gibbons suc­
ceed  Warren  Ballingee  in  the dry  goods
business.

Frankfort—M.  E.  McIntosh,  dealer  in 
boots,  shoe?  and  harness,  has  gone  out 
of business.

Jonesville—Gilbert  Bros.  A  Merchant 
succeed  McEntee  «.v  Jaines  in  the  dry

Saginaw—Martin A Fish succeed  Weil. 
Martin  A  Fish  in the  produce  and  com­
mission business.

St.  Joseph—Hildebrand  A  Burkhard 
succeed E.  N.  Weber  in  the  grocery  and
crockery business.

Mackinaw City  and  Freedom—J . Ding-
man.  getierai dealer,  also  dealer in cedar
wood, ete..  has failed.

Bay City—Fred  H.  Newman sueceeds
Mary  H. (Mrs.  W.  H. j  Bell  in the music
and art igoods business.

Alpena—O’Brien  A  Sleator. drtiggists
and real estate  dealers,  have  :M>ldi  their
drug bu siness to Kinsell  Bros.

Hillsd ale—L.  H.  Frensdorf SUeceeds
McCaulj,  A  Frensdorf, dealer? in men’s
furnish! ug goods and  hat- and caps.

Home r—Byron  Snyder  has  ]

chased
the  boot  and  shoe  store  of  <ieo rge  E.
Hartung and  will  continue the business.
Chark>tte— D.  F.  Root  has soId  his
book  arid  stationery  stock  to Gì■o.  W.
Foote,  who  has  consolidated  it  w:ith  his
drag stoick.

Lyons;—C.  M.  Hatch, of  the hardware
firm  ot Hatch  A  Baker,  was mai ried  a
lew day s ago to Mrs. Critteudaia. a highly
esteemsd  lady of this place.

Carsoin City—Fred Orth  has purchased
the interest of  M.  J.  Miner  in  the  furni­
ture stock of M. J.  Miner A Co.  The new
firm will  bt? known as  Free1  Orth A Co.

Brown  C'it j —Ethermgtim  A  McLeod
succeed  Geo. Et herington  in  the  agricui-
rural  itnpiierneut  busines;-.  They  also
succeed  W in.  McLeod in  tJtie  grain  busi-
ness. 
Elmira—>J.  R.  Combs’ groeery  stock
and  R. Craven’s  general  slock  were  de-
stroyed by fire last  Friday. Craven  was
partially insured,  but  Combs  carried  no 
insurance.

a shingle mill here.

a planing  mill here.

Tawas—Misuer A Boerner are building 

Thompson—The  Delta Lumber Co.  in­

tends starting  its  mill about March 22.

Edenville — Gordon  A  Maxwell  are 
building a shingle mill  here, to have 40,- 
000 capacity.

Sturgis—J. H. Wbitmer succeeds Whit- 
mer A Thompson  in  the  manufacture of |
sash and  blinds.

Holland—The  Walsh-De  Roo  Milling j 
Co.  has received  an  order  for  1.000 bar- l 
rels of  flour from Liverpool.

Lakeview—A.  McAfee,  who operates  a 
stave  mill  here,  has  secured  sufficient [ 
timber  to  manufacture 3.000,000  staves.

Snowflake—The  track  of  the  C.  A W. j 
M.  Railway is laid to  this place and will  1 
be extended  further as  soon  as the snow | 
is off.

Holland—The  West  Michigan  Furni- i 
ture Co.  proposes  to  erect  and equip an-; 
other  factory  building,  120x160  feet  in 
dimensions. 

Tawas—W.  M.  Perry  will  build a band j 
mill  here this  spring.  He is putting  in  | 
timber  at  Arn  station,  which  will  b e ; 
railed to the new mill.

Gladwin—Ro-s  Bros,  have  taken  the 
contract to  drive  the  Cedar  River  from 
Gladwin to its  mouth.  This firm  has put 
in 60.000  pieces of cedar.

•

Bingham—Larkins  A  Co.,  who  have 
been  in  the  sawmill  business  here  for 
some  time,  are  succeeded  by  John  M. 
Larkins,  who will continue individually.
Flint—The  Flint  Revolving  Hat  Case 
Co.  has  been  organized  with  a  capital 
-lock of 85.010  to  embark  in  the  manu­
facture of the hat case invented by David 
H.  Sanders.

West  Branch — A  company  has  been 
organized  here under  the name of  Stew­
art A Co.,  and  will  engage in the  manu­
facture of  paii  and  tub  bottoms out  of 
! pine and basswood.

Tie  Peci  Casti  Register

LEADS  THEM  ALL.

F O R

Durability,  Simplicity  and  Finish.
Over 500 sold  each  month.  Won Its  own  way 
to the front.  We have over 1,000 unsolicited tes­
timonials.

T h e o n ly  Cash  F e g lste r  m ad e w ith   a 

P a te n t C om bination   Loek.

still stands unequaled.

The first cash register  of  the kind  made,  and 
(¿nick to Operate and sure to be correct.
It records each cash sale made.
It shows every time the drawer is opened.
It leaves an indisputable  record  of  all money 
taken in and paid out each day.
It readily tells the amount of an error made  in 
makidg change.
Cheap, neat, operation easy, durability assrired. 
Fast  taking  the  place of  high  priced  key  ma­
chines among merchants.

W h at P e o p le   T h in k   o f  It.

John Ten  Hope, Carpets  and  Drapery,

134 Monroe  street.

Gkaxd  R a p i d s ,  March  12. 

Lobdell  & Geiger Gen  Agts. Peck Cash  Register. 

Grand  Rapids, Mich  :

Gentlemen—Have been  using  the  Peck  Cash 
register for about one year and am pleased  to say 
that  1 like  it  much  better  than  any  other  ma­
chine and  especially  prefer it  to  the  National, 
for with  the  National  you  have  to  keep  your 
paid in  on  account by  a system  of  checks  en ­
tirely outside of the register and  the money paid 
out  by  the  same  complicated  and 
imperfect 
method and you  will only get the general  results 
results of your cash sales w hile  with my  Peck's 
register I  at night  have a complete record of  ev­
ery transaction that has occured during the day. 
In my opinó  n there could  be no  system devised 
that  would be so simple and  complete.

Yours Truly, 

J ohn  T en H o pe.

A.  R.  PE C K , S yracuse, N. Y.

L O B D E L l  &  Q E IG E K ,  G en.  A gen ts, 

3 9   P ea rl  St,,  G rand  Rapid«.

Write for illustrated and descriptive catalogue.

Greatest  Seller  on  Earth!

Send for Illustrated  Catalogue.  See  price list 

in this journal.
SCHILLING  CORSET  CO.,

Detroit, Mich, and Chicago, 111.

Iron River—The F.  S.  Staples  Lumber 
Co.  lately started  its  mill, cutting 15,000 
feet  of  lumber a day.  aud it is  expected 
that it  will cut 35,000 a day when the ma­
chinery  gets  warmed  up.  The  Wood- 
ville Lumber Co. is cleaning up the creek, 
preparatory to putting in a dam and mill. 
Tin Iron  River  Lumber Co.’s  mill,  near 
by.  is being pushed  to completion.  Hess 
A  Han ten’s  machinery  is  being  put  in 
| place.  Tributary pine lauds to the value 
j of 8100.000 have  been sold,  and the  prob- 
< able cut at  Iron  River  and  vicinity,  this 
| year,  will  be 250.000,000 feet.

St.  Ignace—Messrs.  Jamieson,  Hanson 
aud  Michelson,  who  recently  purchased 
| the Mackinaw Lumber Co.’s sawmill  here 
| will  saw  by  the  thousand  a  lot of  logs 
| which Sailing.  Hanson A Co.  are putting 
| in near  Cheboygan,  and  which  they can 
| have towed across the lake for less money 
| than it  would  cost to deliver  them  to the 
: Cheboygan  mills.  There  is  quite  a lot 
! of timber that will come here to be sawed,
! especially  from  the  Canadian  side.  As 
j the  course to the  mill  is nearly  all  be- 
| hind  the  islands,  the  short  stretch  of 
about thirty-five miles of open lake offers 
! little hindrance to towing.

Some People  Do.

Do  what?  Know  a  good  thing  when 
they see it.  For those who use Gringhuis, 
Itemized  Ledger  certainly  have  a  good 
thing, for they  save  time  and labor  and 
many disputes.

Would you  like a short form of  double 
j entry? If so. we guarantee our Customers,
: or  Itemized  Ledger,  with  a  general 
Ledger,  and  our  columned  Cash  Book 
for retail  business,  not  to  take  over  15 
minutes’ work  each  day,  to  keep  posted 
up.  Send  for  sample  sheets  aud  price 
list

Grixghuis  I tem ized  L ed g er  Co., 

403 West Bridge St.,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

the operations ol’ J.  D.  Crosby’s  sawmill 
and general store,  at Hobart,  for the past 
four years,  was in town  Saturday  on his 
way to  Lenoir  City,  Tenn.,  whither  he 
follows the  fortunes of  Mr.  Crosby,  who 
is now  Manager  of  the  Crosby  Lumber 
Co.  at  that  place.  The  company  owns 
45,000 acres of  land in  the  Great Smoky 
Mountains,  in  North Carolina,  estimated 
to  contain  400,000,000  feet  of  timber, 
which  will  run  the  mill  at  Lenoir  City 
about ten  years.  Mr.  Stanton  has many 
friends among the jobbing'trade  of  this 
market  who regret  to  see him  locate  so 
far  away,  but  wish  him  success  in  the 
new field.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar  has  advanced  3-16c during  the 
past week and the market is strong, with 
higher  prices  in  prospect.  The  Asso­
ciated  Press  anuouuees  the  sale  of  the 
Franklin refinery,  at Philadelphia,  to the 
trust,  which leaves only  two  refiners out 
of 
the  fold—Spreckles  and  Knight. 
Corn syrup has advanced  lc per gallon.

Florida  oranges  are  getting  scarce. 
The price is  working up  and will not  be 
lower this season.  Messinas are strong,in 
sympathy  with  Floridas,  and  prices  are 
very  firm at market quotations.  Califor- 
nias are unchanged,  owing to the quality 
being inferior.  Lemons  are  steady  and 
unchanged.  Nuts  are  without  change. 
Candy  is  very  firm,  on  account  of  the 
higher market on sugar.

Gripsack Brigade.

Will  Jones  is  spending  the  week  in 
Chicago.  His route  is  being  covered  in 
the  meantime  by  Geo.  B.  Caulfield, the 
Hero of Moline.

Will  J.  Jones, of  the  former  firm  of 
Kenilnk,  Jones  &  Co., of  this  city,  but 
more recently on the road  for the  Michi­
gan Cigar Co., of Big Rapids, has engaged 
to travel  for John Davis & Co., of Detroit. 
His territory  includes  Northern  Illinois 
and Southern  Wisconsin.
Respectfully Dedicated to Wm. T. Hess. 

Breathes there a m an w ith soul so dead,
Wh  • never to  him self hath said,
“ llail to th e skunk, so fragrant and bland, 
Grown in our ow n. our native land! ”
If such  there he, go mark  him  well.
From him  no onion  or garlic smell 
Exhales, to give him  fair  renow n 
And nerve to laugh dow n any fro w n ;
He, doubly dying, shall  be held 
Unwept,  unhonored and uusm elled!

A l b e r t  F e c h t.

Attentiou is  directed  to the  advertise­
ment  of  Harvey  &  ileystek  in  another 
portion of  this  week’s  paper.  This firm 
has built up a large  business  in the wal 
paper line aDd  richly  deserves  the  suc­
cess  it  lias achieved.

D j  Y ou  Want  D p s

That satisfy your customers!1 
That net you a good profit? 
That are in  fact  Perfection?”

Gifslrng's Perfection  Dyes.
All our  goods will  be  delivered carriage paid, 
either by mall or express

DEALERS’  WHOLESALE  PRICE  LIST.

" 

1  doz  packages,  I  80 
6 doz packages, $4 20
12  “ 
3  “ 
2  25 
8  00
One gross in cabinet,  with advertising matter, $9 
All goods delivered free.  Send cash with  order, 
and address all orders  to

“ 

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

K. De Ilaan has opened  a grocery store 
on Thomas  street.  The  stock  was  pur­
chased in this market.

Edgar  Campbell  & Co.  have  removed 
their drug stock from 141  South Division 
street to Thompsonville.

Misner  &  McLeod  have  opened  a gro­
cery  store at Sparta.  The  Olney & Jud- 
son  Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

Miss S.  A.  Me Lei lan,  grocer  at  Deni­
son,  has added  aline  of  dry  goods.  P. 
furnished  the  stock.
Steketee  &  Sons 
J. L. Covey has added a  grocery  stock 
to his dry  goods  line  at  Reno.  Mussel- 
man & Widdicomb  furnished  the  stock.
Fred  L.  Fallas  has  retired  from  the 
firm  of  E.  Fallas  & Son,  manufacturers 
of  mince  meat  and  jobbers  of  butter, 
eggs, oranges and lemons at 319  Liv ing- 
ston street,  and  the business will be  con­
tinued  by  the  remaining  partner  under 
the style of Edwin Fallas.

J.  W.  McCrath  succeeds  the  former 
firm of J.  S.  Walker & Co.  in  the  pickle 
business.  The purchase  includes  stock 
on hand,  buildings and 40 acres  of  land 
on East street  in  Paris  township.  The 
purchaser  announces  his 
intention  of 
pushing the business for all there is in it.

Purely Personal.

M.  Minderhout,  the  Hanley  general 

dealer,  was in  town Monday.

G.  Hirschberg, 

the  Bailey  general 

dealer,  was in town  over Sunday.

R.  W.  Hare, Western  Manager  of  the 
Nonotuck Silk Co.,  with  headquarters  at 
Chicago,  was in town a few days ago and 
delivered a  stirring address  at  a  public 
meeting of the Y.  M. C.  A.

Frank  Hamilton, 

the  Traverse  City 
clothier,  was in town last Saturday on his 
way to New  York,  whither  he  went  to 
look over summer goods in  his line.  He 
expects to return  in about ten  days.

I.  F.  Tucker,  the  Sumner  hardware 
dealer,  is in town  for a few days  for  the 
purpose  of  exhibiting  his  patent  wind 
mill,  which  is constructed entirely of iron 
and steel,  and  posesses marked  elements 
of superiority.  One of the mills is shown 
at the hay market, on  upper Canal street.
Henry  Smith writes T i i e   T r a d e s m a n  
that the  item  in  the  issue  of  March  3, 
stating  that  he  had  retired  from 
the 
wholesale tea  business, is without  foun- 
daiion in  fa c t  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   gladly 
accords Mr.  Smith  an opportunity to cor­
rect the report and joins with his friends 
of the trade in  wishing him success.

John  E.  Peck  has  returned  from  New 
York,  where he spent a couple  of  weeks 
with his sister,  who is  likely to come in­
to possession of an estate valued at .$300,- 
000 as the heir of a deceased sister’s  hus­
band.  Mr.  Peck  came  home  by  way  of 
Chicago,  where  lie  inspected  his  large 
realty holding at Chicago  Lawn.

E.  R.  D’Arbambal,  who  was  formerly 
engaged in the  drug business at Kalama­
zoo,  has engaged  to manage the  drug de­
partment  soon  to  be  opened  by  C.  H. 
Michel I,  the Detroit  grocer.  The  move­
ment is being opposed by local druggists, 
who  fear  that  the  new  institution  will 
seek to  build  up a trade  by  resorting to 
cut prices on  patents.  Some difficulty is 
likely 
in  securing 
stock, as some of the wholesale druggists 
at Detroit refuse  to  sell  the  new  house 
goods.

to  be  experienced 

H.  N.  Stanton,  who  has superintended

THE  MICHIGAN  TRAHESMA.IN“,

ISo 

Bog

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Heaton 

GENUINE Peninsular Button Fasteners in  lots of 10 gt. gr.  at 
45c per gt.  gr.
“ .  “
§1 
Fast Shank Buttons,  best on the market at 
**
40c  “ 
HIRTH  &  K RAUSE,  12-14 Lyon St.,  G’d  Rapids

“ 

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Headquarters for Shoe Store Supplies.

For  Bakings  of  fill  Kinds  Use

17

eisotimann  I   Go’s
Unrivaled Gomoraed Yeast.

SUPPLIED

FRESH MILT

To Grocers Everywhere.

Special attention is invited to oar

YELLOW  LABEL
w hich is affixed  to  every  cake 
of our Yeast,  and w hich serves 
Oar Roods from worthless Imitations.

TO  D IST IN G U ISH  

P a ten ted   1 8 8 7 .

Why Wanted.

It’s  the  original  of  its 
class, 
it’s  the  favorite 
w ith  DruggiS'S, Clothiers, 
Shoe  S ores.  H atters.  Gro­
cers,  H ardw are  Dealers, 
G eneral  M erchants.  Bak­
ers,  Butchers  Millers, Ho­
tels,  Dairymen.  Laundries 
and  in  fact  every  rets il 
dealer  who w ants  correct 
methods. 
W rite us this day for de­
scription and prices.
State  and  local  agents 
wanted.

*

STOJP

and investigate the Amer 
lean (’ash  Register before 
purchasing 
YOU  will 
probably say as this  party 
does:
D ea r Sir s ;  We w ill say 
th at  for  our  business  we 
greatly  prefer  your “D“sk 
Cashier”  to  the  N ational, 
even at  the same price, for 
every business selling bills 
of  goods  or  odd  num ber 
sales your  Desk < ‘ashier is 
preferable to the N ational, 
not considering price.  We 
are so well  pleased w ith it 
that w ith our three  Desks 
w e eon si ‘er  our  cash sys  j 
tem alm ost complete. 
I 

Yours truly,

G eneral  M erchants

C h a s .  R c e d e b u s c h   C o ., 
M ayville,  Wis.

CASH RESISTER GO., 947 Ro>al lDS-  ClliOT.

IS.  A .  A L U Y ,  M id d le v ille,  M ich.
Dissolution of Copartnership.

Notice  is  hereby given that the copartnership 
heretofore  existing  under  the  style of  Edwin 
Fallas & Son,  manufacturers of  m incem eat and 
jobbers of butter  eggs, oranges  and  lemons, 219 
Livingston  s  reet, is  this  day  dissolved  by  the 
retirement of  Fred  L.  Fallas  The business will 
be  continued  at  the  same  location  by  Edwin 
Fallas, who assumes the liabilities of the former 
firm, and who is  alone authorized  to  collect the 
accounts due the old firm. 
E d w in  F a ll a s. 
Grand  Rapids, March 9,1892. 
F b e d  L.  F a ll a s.

TH E  BEST.

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T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

T A L K S   W IT H   A   L A W Y E R .

m e r c a n t il e   a g e n c ie s .—(Continued.)
W ritten fo r Th e Tradesman.

We  have  seen,  in  my  three  previous 
papers  on 
the  subject  of  Mercantile 
Agencies,  that the law,  as  generally laid 
down in this country,  is to the effect that 
reports of mercantile  agencies  are  priv­
ileged  communications—that 
is,  such 
communications  as  exempt  them  from 
liability  for statements  otherwise  libel­
ous,  when, and only when,  such  reports 
are  made  to  subscribers  to  the  agency 
having  an  interest  in  the  information 
given.  We have also found  that this in­
terest must be a specific interest,  that  is, 
not such  an interest as  subscribers  have 
in all persons  who are  reported,  but  an 
interest in the particular concern or bus­
iness  concerning  which  the  report  is 
made;  that  the  law  in  Canada  would 
seem to be almost the reverse, or in other 
words,  that  no  report  by  an  agency  is 
privileged,  whether  made  to  an 
inter­
ested  subscriber  or  not.  Frequently, 
agencies make  contracts with  their  sub­
scribers by which  the  latter  assume  the 
responsibility,  risk and  liability  for neg­
ligence  or  incorrect  statements  on  the 
part  of  the  agency’s  employes  in  pro­
curing,  collecting  and  communicating 
the  information.  Such  contracts  have 
been upheld in two cases,  which  are  the 
only ones we find,  both in  Pennsylvania, 
one  against  Dun  and  the  other  against 
Bradstreet.  There are  statutes in  many 
of the states  which  provide  that,  in  or­
der to maintain  an action  against a per­
son, for a representation  concerning  the 
character in  trade  of  any  other  person, j 
it is necessary that the representation be 
in  writing  and  signed  by  the  person 
sought  to  be  charged.  Where  it  has 
been sought to apply this statute to mer­
cantile agencies in cases  where  their re­
ports are not in  writing,  there  has devel­
oped a difference  of  opinion  on the part 
of courts,  which  leaves the  question  un­
settled.  One  view  is  that  the  agency 
waives  its  right 
to  take  advantage  of 
the statute by its  original  contract  with 
the subscriber;  another  view is  that  the 
agency is liable, not  upon  the  represen­
tation, but  upon  the  contract,  and  that 
no  statute  requires  the  latter  to  be  in 
writing.  Statutes of this kind are found 
in  Alabama,  California,  Indiana,  Ken­
tucky,  Maine,  Massachusetts,  Michigan, 
Missouri,  Oregon,  South  Carolina,  Ver­
mont, Virginia and  Wyoming,  and  cases 
upon  this  subject  are 
the  following: 
Sprague  vs.  Dun,  12  Phila.  (Pa.),  310; 
McLean  vs.  Dun,  U. C., 399  Q.  B.,  551; 
Swan  vs.  Phillips,  8 A.  and £.,  457.

question.  There is a case reported in  the 
Albany Law  Jourmil,  first volume,  page 
323,tried in September, 1870,before  a Cir­
cuit Court in  New York,  in which the at­
torney 
received  a  letter  with  printed 
questions  from  J.  M.  Bradstreet & Son’s 
agency,  enquiring  as  to  the  standing, 
character and financial  ability of a party 
named  Sherwood.  This  letter  he  an­
swered.  Sherwood sued the attorney  for 
libel, because of matter contained in that 
answer.  The  judge  charged  the  jury 
that  the  communication  made  by  the 
attorney to the agency was not privileged, 
and it was  laid down  that the  protection 
which  is  given  to  the  proprietor  of  a 
mercantile agency in reporting the stand­
ing of a party to one of  its subscribers is 
not  given  to  the  country  correspondent 
of  the agency. 
It would seem, however, 
that  any  ruling  that  would  hold  the 
agency  irresponsible in  the matter would 
also  protect the  country  correspondent, 
who is nothing  more or less  than a clerk 
or  agent of  the  agency for  a particular 
purpose. 
Indeed, it  is  almost  the  sole 
and  universal  method  employed  by 
agencies to obtain the information which 
they furnish  to  their  patrons, and  it  is 
hard  to  see  where  any  justice  lies  in 
holding the one responsible and the other 
not;  and  we believe that,  if  the question 
ever comes  before  the higher  courts, as, 
indeed,  it would  seem strange that it has 
not,  the  decision  will  be  the  reverse of 
that before quoted.

In  our  next  we shall  treat of  the lia­
bility of mercantile agencies  doing a col­
lection business. 

W m.  C.  S p r a g u e .

Plymouth—H.  J.  Harrison,  druggist, 

has been closed by creditors.

Chadwick’s

T hread.

G uaranteed  E q u al  to   an y  T hread  on .the 

M arket.

40  CENTS  PER  DOZEN.

Carried  in  a ll  N um b ers, W h ite  a n d | B lack .

W.  H.  DOWNS,

SOLE  AG EN T

Grand Rapids, Mich.

HESTER  &  FOX,

Sometimes a merchant, in order to gain 
credit,  makes to the mercantile  agencies 
a false statement as to his business char­
acter  and  ability, 
in  such  cases,  one 
who  has  been  defrauded  by  reason  of 
his  relying  upon  these  representations 
may maintain an action of  deceit against 
such merchant.  A fraudulent intent up- I 
on  the  part  of  the  merchaut  must  be 
clearly  shown,  and  the  representation  | 
must  be  so  nearly  connected  with  the I 
transaction in  which the plaintiff  alleges 
that he was deceived,  as to make it plain 
that  the  defendent  intended  the  repre­
sentation to be relied upon in  that trans-1 
action. 
ing to attorneys throughout  the  country  I 
to know  how far  they  are  protected  in 
responding to requests made by  mercan­
tile  agencies  as  to the  responsibility  of I 
merchants.  Very little has come  before ! 
the  courts  to  help  in  determining  the i

It would,  no doubt,  be  interest­

AGENT  FOR THE

MANUFACTURERS  OF

P lain   S lid e V alve  E n g in es w ith  T h ro ttlin g  

G overnors.

A u to m a tic B alan ced   S in g le V alve  E n gin es. 

H orizon tal, T ab u la r and L ocom otive

U prigh t  E n gin es  and  B o ilers  for  L ig h t 

BOILERS.

P ow er.

Prices on  application.

44-46 S. Division St., 

Grand Rapids.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Arrow Brand  554 
“  World Wide..  654
“  LL..................  43£
Full Yard W ide....... 654
Georgia  A ................ 654
Honest Width...........  654
Hartford A ...............5
Indian Head.............  7
King A  A ..................  654
King E C ....................5
Lawrence  L L .........  534
Madras cheese cloth 654
Newmarket  G .........654

B
N ... 
DD 
X  ..

A driatic....................  7
Argyle  .....................   6
Atlanta A A ...............  6
Atlantic  A ................63i
H ................  6*4
“ 
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P ..............   5H
D ................  6
“ 
“  L li................  5
Amory........................  654
Archery  B unting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  554
Blackstone O, 32__   5
Black Crow.............. 6
Black  Rock  .............6
Boot,  AL..................  7
Capital  A ...........i ...  554
Cavanat  Y ................554
Chapman cheese c l.  354
Clifton  C R .............. 554
Comet.........................634
Dwight Star..............  654
Clifton C C C ............ 654

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BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Nolbe R.
Our Level  B est....... 654
Oxford  R ..................  6
Pequot.......................   7
Solar...........................  6J4
Top of the  Heap__ 7
Geo.  W ashington...  8
Glen M ills................  7
Gold  Medal.............. 754
Green  Ticket...........834
Great F alls...............   6>4
Hope...........................  7J4
Just  Out.......  434®  6
King  Phillip............   734
OP....... 754
Lonsdale Cambric. .10
Lonsdale............   @  834
M iddlesex..........  @  5
No Nam e...................   754
Oak V iew ..................  6
Our Own...................   554
Pride of the W est... 12
Rosalind....................754
Sunlight....................   454
Utica  M ills.............. 854
Nonpareil  ..10
Vlnyard.....................  854
White Horse............   6
“  Rock.............. 854
834

A B C ......................... 834
Amazon..................... 8
Amsburg....................7
Art  Cambric.............10
Blackstone  A A........  8
Beats A ll...................   454
B oston....................... 12
Cabot..........................   7
Cabot,  X ....................  654
Charter  Oak.............554
Conway W .................754
C leveland................. 7
Dwight Anchor........834
shorts.  8
Edwards.....................  6
Empire.......................   7
Farwell...................... 754
Fruit of the  Loom.  854
Fitchville  ............... 7
First  Prize.................7  ;
Fruit of the Loom X.
Falrmount.................  434
Full V alue.................  654
Cabot..........................   7  I Dwight Anchor
Farwell...................... 8  I
UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Trem ontN................  554 Middlesex No.  1.
Hamilton N ...............   654 
2.
L ............... 7 
3.
Middlesex  AT..........  8
X ...............  9
No. 2 5 ....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL
Hamilton N ..............   754(Middlesex A A
2.
Middlesex P T ........... 8
A O.
A  T .........  9
4.
X A .........  9
5.
X F ..........1054

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

.11
.12
.1354
.1754
.16

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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CARPET  WARP.

“ 

Integrity...................18541 
Hamilton...................  8
....................9
....................1054
G G  Cashmere..........21
Nameless  ..................16
..................18

colored__19541White Star..................18
“  colored..20
Nam eless...................20
....................25
....................2754
.  ................ 30
....................3254
....................35

DRESS  GOODS.
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CORSET  JEANS.

CORE
C orallne.........................89 50
Schilling’s .................9 00
Davis  W aists.......  9 00
Grand  R apids.......   4  50
Armory.....................   634
Androscoggin...........734
B iddefora................   6
Brunswick................654
FRU
Allen turkey  reds..  554
robes.............554
pink & purple  654
b u ffs............   6
pink  checks.  554 
staples  .........  554
shirtings

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American  fa n cy... 
American Indigo... 
American shirtings 
Argentine  Grays.. 
Anchor Shirtings.. 
Arnold 
Arnold  Merino —

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long cloth B . 1054
“ 
“  C.  854
“ 
century cloth  7
“ 
gold seal.......1054
“ 
“  green seal TR 1054 
“ 
yellow  seal.. 1054
“ 
serge..............1154
“  Turkey red.. 1054 
Ballou solid black..  5 
colors.  554
“ 
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and  orange . ..  554
Berlin solids............  554
“  oil blue..........654
“  “ 
green  ....  654
“  F o u la r d s....  554
“  red 34.............7
“  “  X ............   954
“ 
“  4 4 ........... 10
3-4XXXX 12
Cocheco fane
'¿I
madders.
XX twills 
so lid s....

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ETS.
W onderful...............84 50
Brighton.....................4 75
Bortree's.................  9 00
Abdominal............ 15  00
Naumkeag satteen..  7
Rock port......................654
Conestoga....................634
I W alworth.................  634
ITS.
Berwick fancies__   554
Clyde  Robes............
Charter Oak fancies  454 
DelMarlne cashm’s.  6 
monrn’g  6 
Eddy stone  fancy...  554 
chocolat  554 
rober —   554 
sateens..  554 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  554
staple__ 554
Manchester  fancy..  554 
new era.  554 
Merrimack D fancy.  554 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  434 
Reppfurn  .  854
Pacific  fan cy............554
robes..............  654
Portsmouth robes...  554 
Simpson mourning..  554
greys-------534
solid black.  554 
Washington Indigo.  534 
“  Turkey robes..  754
“  India robes__ 754
“  plain T k y X 34  854 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red...................  6
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 34..........754
Martha Washington
Turkey red............  954
Rlverpolnt robes__ 5
Windsor fancy.........  654
gold  ticket
. 0 1  
•  6541  Indigo  blue...........1054
.  5J4 ¡Harmony...................   454
TICKINGS.
A C  A .........................1254
Pemberton AAA.... 16
York............................1054
Swift R iver..............  754
Pearl  R iver.............. 12
Warren....................... 13

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Amoskeag A C A __ 1254
Hamilton N ..............  754
D .............. 854
Awning.. 11
Farmer.......................8
First  Prize............... 1154
Lenox M ills............ 18
Atlanta,  D ................  634¡Stark  A 
.............  8
Boot...........................   634 No  N a m e .................754
¡Top of  Heap............. 10
Clifton, K ..................  6 
Simpson....................20
Imperial.................... 1054
....................18
Black...................9®  954
....................16
“  BC.............  @10
O oechco....................1054

COTTON  DRILL.

SATIRES.

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Amoskeag................. 1254
9 o z ....... 1354
brown .13
Andover.................... 1154
Beaver Creek  A A ... 10 
B B ...  9
“ 
C C ....
“ 
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
“ 
blue  854
“  d & twist  1054 
Columbian XXX  hr. 10 
“ 
XXX  bl.19

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue.............12
brown.........12
Haymaker blue..........734
b row n ...  734
Jaffrey........................ 1154
Lancaster...................1254
Lawrence, 9 oz.........1354
No. 220....13
No. 250.... 1154
No. 280.... 1054

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GINGHAMS.

“ 

Am oskeag.................7

Persian dress  854 
Canton  ..  854
AFC.........1054
T eazle.. .1054 
Angola. .1054 
Persian..  8V4 
Arlington staple—   634
Arasapha  fan cy__ 434
Bates Warwick dres  854 
staples.  654
Centennial...............  1054
Criterion  ..................1054
Cumberland  staple.  554
Cumberland............. 5
E ssex..........................  454
E lfin...........................  754
Everett classics.......854
Exposition.................. 734
Glenarie....................  634
Glenarven................... 634
Glenwood....................754
Hampton......................654
Johnson Chalon cl 
54 
Indigo blue  954 
zephyrs__16

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Lancaster,  staple...  7
fa n cie s__ 7
Normandie  8

Lancashire..................654
M anchester...............  534
Monogram................   654
Normandie..................754
Persian.........................854
Renfrew Dress.........754
Rosemont..................  654
Slatersvllle...............6
Somerset...................... 7
Tacoma  ....................   754
Toll  d uN ord ...........1054
W abash......................  754
seersucker..  754
W arwick..................  854
Whittenden..............   634
heather  dr.  8 
Indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook................   8
................ 10
Wlndermeer............. 5
York..............................634

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag.................16541Valley C ity.................1554
Stark.........................   1954  G eorgia..................... 1634
American................. 16 
| Pacific......................... 1454

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile E n d ....45  ¡Barbour's..................88
Coats’,  J.  & P .......... 45  Marshall’s ..................88
H olyoke.................... 22541

KNITTING  COTTON.

White.  Colored.

White.  Colored.

No.

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

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

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

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42
43
44
45

Slater..........................  4
White Star...............  4
Kid G love.................   4
Newmarket...............  4

Fireman....................3254
Creedmore................2754
Talbot XXX .............30
Nam eless..................2754

Edwards..................  4
Lockwood................. 4
W ood’s .....................   334
B runsw ick.............   4
TW...........
F T ................
J R F .X X X . 
Buckeye—

■2254
3254
.35
.3254

BED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

DO MET  FLANNEL.

Red & Blue,  p laid ..40
Union  R ....................2254
W indsor....................1854
6 oz W estern............20
Union  B ...................2254
N am eless.......   8  @  954| 
........  854®10  I 

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Slate.
»54
1054
1154
1254
Severen, 8 o z ............   954
May land, 8 oz............1054
Greenwood, 754 o z..  954
Greenwood, 8 o z___1154
Boston, 8 oz............... 1054

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Brown. Black. Slate.

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
954
15
1054
17
1154
20
1254

934 13
1054 15
1154 17
1254 20
DUCKS.

Grey S R  W ............... 1754
Western W  ............... 1854
D R  P ..........................1854
Flushing XXX ..........2354
Manitoba................... 2354
®1054
1254
Brown. Black.

13
15
17
20
West  Point, 8 o z__ 1054
10 oz  ...1254
“ 
Raven, lOoz............... 1354
Stark 
...............1354
Boston. 10 oz............. 1254
.17 50

WADDINGS.

White, doz................25 
Colored,  doz............ 20 

| Per bale, 40 doz
|

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SILESIAS.

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Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Red C ross....  9
B est................ 1054
Best  A A ........1254
L .................................... 754
G............................. 854
Cortlcelll, doz...........75

Pawtucket................. 1054
D undle.......................  9
Bedford......................1054
Valley  City...............1054
KK  ..............................1054

SEWING  BILK.

Cortlcelll  knitting, 
per 540Z  b all.........30

No  4 B l’k <& W hite..15 
..20
..25

8 
10 

..12 I  “
..12 I  “|
PINS.

twist, doz. .3754 
50 yd, d o z..3754
HOOKS AND  ETES— PER GROSS.
No  1 Bl’k & White.,10 
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“  3 
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No 2-20,  M C ............50 ¡No 4—15  F   354
•'  S—18,  S  C.............45 I
COTTON  TAPE.
No  2 W hite & Bl’k.,12 
“  4 
..15
10 
12 
“  6 
-.18
SAFETY  PINS.
No 2 .............................28 
|N o 3 ..

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No  8 White A Bl’k..20 
.2 3
..26

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NEEDLES—FER  M.

A. James — .............1  401 Steamboat...............
Crowely’s... 
..............1  35 Gold  E yed.............
Marshall’s . .
............1  00]
TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
5—4 ....2  25
6—4.. .3  25|5—4__ 1  95  6—4.
“  ....2   10
“ 

...3   10|
COTTON TWINES.

.  40
.1  50

.2  95

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown........................12
D om estic..................1854
A nchor......................16
B ristol.......................13
Cherry  V alley.........15
I X L ........................... 1854

Alabama....................  634
Alamance..................  654
A ugu sta....................754
Ax  B apha....................   6
Georgia......................  634
G ranite....................... 534
Haw  River...........  5
Haw  J .......................   5

N ashua.....................18
Rising Star 4-p ly__ 17
S-ply__17
North  Star............... 20
Wool Standard 4 ply 1754 
P ow hattan..............18

Mount  Pleasant__ 654
Oneida.......................   5
P rym ont..................   534
Randelman...............  6
Riverside.............. 5)4
Sibley  A ....................  634
Toledo.......................   6

PLAID  OSNABUBGB

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TEADESM AN
Hardware Price Current.

HAMMERS.

7

2 65

More about “Mike Murphy.”

Red J a c k e t ,  March 10—I  note  in this 
week’s T r a d e s m a n ,  under  the  caption, 
“Peculiar People in Trade,”  a  reference 
to our own  “Mike Murphy,” and 1 would 
add a word or two on the same subject.
In regard to the  scissors  grinding  ma­
chine  with  which  a  friend  in  Chicago 
fitted  him  out,  when  he  started for the 
North,  what was the surprise of  the Chi­
cagoan,  while  rambling  in  Italy 
two 
years ago,  to run across a tall, handsome, 
well-formed,  well-dressed  man,  showing 
every evidence of  the world having used 
him well,  who  acquainted  him  with the 
fact that he was  no  other  than  the erst­
while  poverty-stricken  Italian  emigrant 
whom  he  had  befriended  in  a  time  of 
need;  and “the Duke  of  Michigan”  then 
and  there  insisted  on  refunding 
the 
price  of  the  machine,  together with  in­
terest  of  the  money  at  that  time  ex­
pended.
You say,  in  your  article,  “Many peo­
ple  of  Red  Jacket  call  Martini  ‘Big 
Mike’  and  ‘Mike  Murphy.’ ”  It  is  not 
only  “many  people”  here;  indeed,  it is 
seldom  that  one  hears  him  otherwise 
spoken of.
The mine  in  which  “Big Mike” found 
employment on his arrival  here  was  the 
Calumet  and  Hecla.  He  continued  his 
work there  after  his  marriage  with  the 
“ thrifty  German  girl”  you  mention,  al­
though at the same time owner  of  a tidy 
little  confectionery  business.  The  in­
dustrious  wife  managed  affairs  in  the 
store, while “Mike”  accumulated shekels 
toiling 
in  the  mine.  Matters  went 
on in this way until  five years ago,  when 
the  husband  abandoned  mining  and 
devoted  his entire time to the mercantile 
business;  for,  by  this  time,  the  little 
candy  shop  had  grown  in  proportions, 
other  lines  having  from  time  to  time 
been  added,  as  the  couple  prospered  in 
their  undertaking.  Now,  “Mike  Mur­
phy”  is not  only  doing  a  rushing retail 
business,  but is also a  jobber  in special­
ties, such as building  material,  fruits  in 
season,  cigars,  tobacco,  etc.  The  sign 
over his door reads :

MIKE  MURPHY, 

G.  MARTINI.

The curtains bear the inscription:
Fancy Groceries and a Little of 

G.  M.  A.
Everything.

“Mike”  explains the “A”  as  meaning 
“Angelo,”  a  title  he  has  assumed  on 
account of his striking resemblance to an 
angel.  He owns the spacious brick store 
which  he  occupies,  pays  spot  cash  for 
his goods and is to-day worth $30,000.
In personal appearance,  “Big Mike”  is 
as  fine  a  specimen of  physical  develop­
ment as is to be found among the  Italian 
population  of  this  country.  He  stands 
six feet,  two  inches,  in his stockings and 
weighs  215  pounds. 
In  ready  wit  and 
repartee  he can  hold  his  own  with  any 
native son of Erin.  His genial  manners 
and  handsome  face  and  form  win  for 
him  friends  and  admirers  wherever he 
chances to be.
“Mike”  relates  with  great  gusto,  to 
his  friends, anecdotes of  his  early  life. 
He  tells, in his  inimitable  way,  the  fol­
lowing as  illustrative of  the  happenings 
of  the  scissors-griuding  days:  He came 
to Red  Jacket on  foot,  tramping his way 
through Wiscousin,  Minnesota  and down 
the south  shore of  Lake  Superior.  One 
day,  in  Minnesota,  foot-sore,  weary  and 
discouraged,  be  halted  at  a  farmhouse. 
Hoping to at  least  get  something to eat, 
he  left  his  machine  at  the  gate  and 
walked  slowly up  to  the  house,  to  ask 
for  a  meal 
in  exchauge  for  grinding 
knives or scissors.  Rapping at the back 
door, he  stood  waiting  for  someone  to 
answer.  Imagine bis astonishment, while 
glancing  down  the  path,  at  seeing  the 
farmer’s  thirteen  children  arranged in a 
row,  while the old  man  was hurrying up 
to the house and  calling to him,  “Wait a 
minit an’  the ole woman’ll  be thar.  The 
chillun is all ready, an’ I   want  you to be 
awful kcerful an’ git a good pictur!”
Our  “ Mike” didn’t  take “the  pictur” 
that trip, and the old  fellow was so mad, 
when  he  found  out  his mistake,  that  he 
ordered him so “git off the premises.”
McL.

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

AUGURS AND  BITS. 

Snell’s ......................................................
Cook’s ......................................................
Jennings’, genuine..............................
Jennings’,  im itation...........................

60
...........  
...........  
40
25
........... 
...........50410

AXB8.

First Quality, S. B.  Bronze................
D.  B.  Bronze................
S .B .S . Steel................
D.  B. Steel....................

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...........8 7  50
...........  12  00
...........  8  50
...........  13 50

Railroad..................................................
Garden......................................................

.........8  14  00
... net  30  00

BARROW S.

BOLTS.

dis.

dls.

Stove..........................................................
Carriage new list..................................
Plow ..........................................................
Sleigh shoe....................................

Well,  plain.............................................
Well, sw ivel...........................................

BU CKETS.

BUTTS, CAST.

Cast Loose Pin, figured.......................
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast jo in t..
Wrought Loose P in...............................
Wrought  Table......................................
Wrought Inside B lind.........................
Wrought Brass......................................
Blind,  Clark’s ........................................
Blind,  Parker’s ....................  ...............
Blind, Shepard’s ..................................

...........50410
...........70410
.............40410
........... 
70

...........8 3  50
...........  4  00

dls.
.............704
.............60410
.............60410
.............60410
.............60410
............. 
75
.............70410
.............70410
70
............. 

BLOCKS.

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

60

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

CRADLES.

...d ls. 50402

CROW  BARS.

.. per lb 
Cast Steel................................................
Bly’sl-10.................................................perm 
Hick’s  C. F ..............................................  “ 
G. D .........................................................   “ 
Musket...................................................  
“ 

Rim  Fire........................................................... 
Central  Fire............................................... dls. 

CABTBIDGBS.

chisels. 

5
65
60
85
60

50
25

dls.

dls.

Socket Firmer..................................................70410
Socket Framing................................................70410
Socket Corner................................................... 70410
Socket Slicks................................................... 70410
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................... 
40

Curry,  Lawrence’s ..........................................  
40
Hotchkiss.........................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross............... 12@12*4 dls. 10

combs. 

CHALK.
copper.

“ 

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

 
DRILLS. 

 

dls.

DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser pound...................................  
Large sizes, per  pound...................................  

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

07
6*4

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 in.............................. doz. net 
Corrugated................................................dls 
Adjustable 

75
40
............................................. dls.  40410

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark's, small, 118; large, 126.........................  
Ives’, 1,818;  2, «24;  8, fe e ............................... 

80
25

piles—New List. 

Disston’s ........................................................... 60410
New  American................................................. 60410
Nicholson’s .................... 
60410
Heller’s ..............................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse  Rasps.......................................  GO

GALVANIZED IRON.

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

12 

13 

15 

28
16 17

Discount, 60

14 
GAUGES. 

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

50

dls.

dls.

dls.

d ls .

dls.

“ 
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“ 

“ 
“ 
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HINGES.

l e v e l s. 

dls.
dls.

MATTOCKS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HOLLOW WABB.

WIRE GOODS. 

k n o b s—New List. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Maydole  4  Co.’s ...................................................... dls. 25
Klp’B............................................................................ dls. 25
Yerkes & Plumb’s ....................................................dls. 40419
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.....................  
.. ,80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__ 30c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2 ,3 .......................... <Ub.G0.U0
State.................................................. per doz. net, 2  50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 4*4  14  and
3*4
lon ger................................................................. 
10
Screw Hook and  Bye, *4.............................net 
“ 
% ....................... ....n e t   8*4
X .............................. net  7*4
“ 
“ 
%.............................. net  7*4
Strap and T ....................................................dls. 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track___50410
Champion,  anti friction..................................   60410
Kidder, wood tra ck ...........................................  
40
Pots..........................................................................60410
Kettles...................................................................  80410
Spiders  .................................................................. 60410
Gray enam eled.....................................................40410
Stamped  Tin Ware..............................   .new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware......................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are.........................new list 33*4410
Bright............................................................... 70410410
Screw  B yes.....................................................70410410
Hook’s ..............................................................70410410
70410410
Gate Hooks and Byes........................ 
70
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ...................... 
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings........................ 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................... 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
55
Door,  porcetoin, trimmings........................... 
55
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain....................  
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s ................................  
Branford’s ...........................................................  
55
Norwalk’s ...........................................................  
55
Adze B y e................................................ 816.00, dls. 60
Hunt B y e................................................ 815.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s ...........................  .............. 818.50, dls. 20410.
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled......................... 
50
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .........................................  
40
40
“  P. 8. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malléables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Clerk’s .................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
............................................ 
30
dlS.
Stebbin’s  Pattern......................................... —  60410
Stebbin’s Genuine............................................... 60410
25
Bnterprise, self-measuring............................... 
..1  85 
Steel nails, base...........................................
..2 00 
Wire nails, base...........................................
Wire.
Steel.
Base10
60..............................................................Base
50.............................................................. Base
20
05
40.............................................................  
20
10
30.............................................................  
30
20........... 
15
35
16.............................................................. 
15
35
12..  ........................................................  
15
40
10...............................................................  80
50
8.................................................................  25
65
7 4 6 ..........................................................  40
90
4 .. . . : ........................ 
60
1  502 00 2 00
3................................................................. 1  00
2................................................................. 1  50
Fine 3.......................................................1  50
90 1 00 
Case  10....................................................   60
8........................................ 
75
1  25 1 00 
6....................................................   80
Finish 10..................................................  85
1  25
8...................................................1  00
1  50 
6 ...................................................1  15
75 
Clinch? 10.................................................  85
901 00
8..................................................1  00
6 ..................................................1  15
2 50
Barrel! X .................................................1  75
dls. 
@40 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y ..............................
@60 
Sclota  Bench................................................
@40 
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy....................
@60 
Bench, first quality.....................................
.  410
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, w ood.  .
dls.60—10 
Fry,  Acm e....................................................
70 
dls. 
Common,  polished......................................
dls.
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 

Advance over base: 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

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MOLASSES GATES. 

N A IL S

m a u ls. 

PLANES.

RIVETS.

m il l s. 

PANS.

d ls.

d ls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broken packs *4c per pound extra.

ROPES.

 

9*4

s q u a r e s. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal,  *4 Inch and larger..................................  
M anilla..................................................................   13
dls.
Steel and  Iron...................................................... 
Try and B evels................................  
 
M itre...................................................................... 

76
80
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
«2 95
3  (5
3  (5
3  15
325
3  35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14...........................................«4  05 
Nos. 15 to 17.............................................*05 
Nos.  18 to 21.........................................  4  05 
Nos. 22 to 24  ...........................................  4  05 
Nos. 25 to 26 ...........................................  425 
No. 27 .......................................................  4  45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86.............................................dls. 
Silver Lake, White A .................................list 
Drab A .....................................  “ 
“ 
“  White  B...................................  “ 
Drab B ......................................  “ 
“ 
“  White C....................................   “ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
55
50
56
35

Discount, 10.

BASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

dls.

saws. 

wire. 

traps. 

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

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

Solid Byes................................................ per ton 825
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game........................................................60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s __  
70
Mouse,  choker.......................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion..................................81.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market..................................................   65
Annealed Market............................................. 70—10
Coppered Market  ............................................  60
Tinned Market.................................................  62*4
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................  3 10
 
 
Au  Sable......................................................dls.  40
dls.  05
Putnam.............................................. 
Northwestern...................................  
dls. 10410
dls.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,............ 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75410
I Bird Cages.......................................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
75
70410
Screws, New 1 1st.............. 
Casters, Bed  a  d Plate.............................50410410
Dampers, American........ ............................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 6.* 410

painted.......................... 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

wrenches. 

dls.

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METALS.

PIG TIN.

6£
7

ZINC.

26c
28c

BOLDER.

Pig  Large......................................................... 
Pig Bars.........................................................  . 
Duty:  Sheet, 2*4c per pound.
680 pound  casks............................................... 
Per pound......................................................... 
*4@*4.........................................................................16
Bxtra W iping.....................................................   15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of
solder m the market indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
Cookson.............................................. per  pound
Hallett’s ............................................. 
13
TIN—KKLYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................................8 7 5 0
7  50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
9  25
14x20 IX, 
9  25

ANTIMONY

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TIN— ALLA WAT GRADE.

Bach additional X on this grade, 81.75.
10x14IC,  Charcoal.....................................  
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

Bach additional X on this grade 81.50.

 
 
 
ROOFING PLATES

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.  .8  6  75
6  75
8  25
9  25

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“  W orcester..............................   6  50
“ 
8  50
.............................  
“ 
...............................   13  50
6  00
“  Allaway Grade................... 
7  50
“ 
 
“ 
12  50
15  50
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
«14  00

14x20IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, 
 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
 
14X28  IX ......................................................... 
14x31  IX ................................................................... 15
10
î £ ( »  Î1: 

N° - 1 B0,ler*- \ Per  Pound 

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P O S T ’S   S A P  S P O U T S

W e  a t e   agen t«  for  th is  Spout  and  carry  a   fu ll 

stock .

W e  a l s o   h a v e  th e   A N C H O R   SA P   SPODT.

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

8

Michigan Tradesman

DtBeia! O rg an  o f M ichigan B usiness Men’s  A ssociation.

A  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade  of the Woliferine State. |

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E.  A.  STOWE.  Editor.

W E D S B S D A T ,  M A R C H   16,  1 8 9 2 .

OBEY  THE  LAW.

The  right of  men to combine  together 
for  their  mutual  advantage, to agree  to 
only  work  a certain  time  and  on  fixed 
conditions,  is not,  and  cannot  be denied. 
But when  these  men  undertake  to  dic­
tate to others  what  they  shall  do, to im­
pose  rules  on  those  not  willing,  they 
violate the principles of  personal  liberty 
as clearly  as  to  imprison a man  without 
trial,  or  to  deprive him of  his property 
without  compensation. 
There  is  no 
despotism so  hateful as the  despotism of 
the  trade  union of  the present  day,  and 
notiiing threatens  our  liberties so  much 
as the utter disregard of right and justice 
exhibited  by  trade  unionists  in  the  at­
tainment of their ends.

The pow er of the law, when it stretches 
forth  its arm  in the  form of  an officer of 
court or a policeman,  should be regarded 
everywhere  as  absolutely 
irresistible. 
Men should no more thiuk of resisting its 
mandates  than  they  think  of  resisting 
the laws of nature.  To attempt to thwart 
an order of  court or  an executive officer, 
by  force,  should  be  regarded  as  equally 
absurd  as au  attempt to fight an electric 
battery  with  the  fist, or  an  attempt  to 
stop  an  electric current  by stamping on 
the  wire.  But  in  order  that  people 
should  regard  the  law  as  irresistible,  it 
should be irresistible.  Men  do  not fight 
again.-t  the  laws of  nature,  because it is 
universas!.«  recognized  as  absolutely  fu­
tile.  All  matter attracts all  other matter 
with  a  torce  proportioned  to  the  inass 
and  inversely  as  the  square of  the  dis­
tance.  There  are  no  exceptions.  The 
law is  not  suspended  to  relieve us from 
the effects of  ignorance  or  carelessness. 
The  innocent  child  is  crushed  by  the 
rolling  stone,  loosened  in  its  play, with 
as  little  remorse as would  be  a  defiant 
fool.  Nature makes  no  exceptions, and 
knows no mercy.

If  an  ignorant  or  careless  workman 
touches a live  electric  wire of  sufficient 
power,  he  is  killed; 
if  his  hand  slips 
under a trip  hammer,  it is crushed.  No 
one  thinks of  blaming  the  electric  cur­
rent or  the  force  of  gravity.  They  are 
recognized as the  agents  or  the manifes­
tations of inexorable law.  We cannot in 
all things  follow nature’s methods in the 
management  of  human  affairs,  but  we

suffering 

I may,  to some  extent,  in  this;  and  it  is 
really  the  dictate  of  humanity  and  of 
mercy.  Ten-fold  more 
is 
caused in the end by a temporizing,  hesi­
tating  policy,  which  encourages  resis­
tance, than  by inexorable force. 
If  the 
people  were  certain  that  resistance  to 
law by  mob  violence  would  be  met  by 
the  concentrated  power  of  the  whole 
nation,  if  necessary,  and  the destruction 
of  ail  who  put  themselves in  its  way, 
mobs would  be unheard of.  There would 
be,  in the end, vastly less suffering.  Tem­
porizing with  a  mob, yielding  to a show 
of  force,  is the  highest  form of  cruelty.
If  the  people  were  certain  a  street 
would  be cleared of  a mob  with  gatling 
guns  and  musketry,  if  necessary,  with­
out regard  to  life,  there would  never be 
occasion  to  do  so,  for  a  street  would 
never  be  obstructed  under  such  condi­
tions. 
If  it were absolutely certain that 
a street  railway company  would  be pro­
tected  in its  rights to carry  on its  busi­
ness,  though  the gutters  run with blood, 
we should never hear of a  “tie up” ;  but 
differences would  be  settled  as  private 
parties  are  compelled to settle—by com­
promise  or appeal  to  the  courts.  Arm 
executive  authority  with 
irresistible 
power,  and  hold  it  to a strict  accounta­
bility  for  the  enforcement of  the  law. 
This is the  only rational plan of  govern­
ment. 
If  things  don’t  work  to  suit, 
change the law,  but  never  permit resist­
ance to its enforcement.

A  PRACTICAL  LESSON.

competition  with 

The  recent  reciprocity  treaty  nego­
tiated  by  our  government  with  Spain 
furnishes  our  farmers,  millers  and  ex­
porters  with  a  practical  lesson  which 
they can  easily  comprehend.  The good 
results of reciprocity are well  illustrated 
by  the  effect  of  the  treaty  in  the  flour 
trade  of  Cuba.  For  a number of  years 
past  the  exporters  of  flour 
from  the 
United States  have  been  carrying  on  a 
the  Span­
<harp 
ish exporters  of  flour 
to  Cuba.  Al­
though there  was a large  discrimination 
in favor  of  Spanish  flour  imported  into 
Cuba,  the duty on which was 50 per cent, 
less than the duty  charged  on American 
flour, still our exporters were  able to di­
vide  the  market.  Spanish  flour  was  a 
product  of  Russian  wheat  imported 
to 
Spain and ground  by  the millers  in Bar­
celona  and  other  ports,  and  then  re- 
shipped to Cuba as Spanish flour and ad­
mitted at the low  rate of  duty.  The an­
nual  consumption  of  flour  in  Cuba  has 
amounted  to  about  500,000  barrels  of 
flour,  if  which  about  one-half,  or  250,- 
000  barrels,  has  been shipped  from  the 
United  States.  This  was  the  state  of 
trade up  to  July  1,  1890.  At  that  date 
Spanish  flour 
to  Cuba  was 
made entirely  free,  and 20  per cent,  was 
added to the duty  already  charged  upon 
American flour,  making  the  duty  on the 
latter#$5.64  per  barrel.  The  result  of 
this change in the tariff of Cuba gave the 
market  almost  exclusively 
to  Spanish 
flour,  and  the  imports  from  the  United 
States decreased in the year  ending July 
1,  1891,  to  114,000  barrels,  which  repre­
sents  only a high  grade  of  flour  which 
was a necessity to bakers  for pastry pur­
poses.  By the treaty  negotiated  in May 
last and recently  put in operation,  it was 
provided that,  after the first of  January, 
1892,  the duty on  American  flour should 
be reduced from §5.64 to $1  per  hundred 
kilograms, or to  about 90  cents  per bar­
rel.  Notwithstanding  Spanish  flour  is

imported 

admitted free into Cuba,  the result of the 
treaty provision  has been  that  Spanish 
flour is now  entirely  excluded  from  the 
market  and  the  American  product  has 
been  substituted  in  its  place,  so  that 
hereafter  the  Cuban  market  will be ex­
clusively under the control of the United 
States.  A  second  result  of  this  action 
will be to largely  increase  the consump­
tion of  flour  in  Cuba.  Experienced im­
porters of Havana now calculate that the 
consumption of  flour in Cuba  will  reach 
1,000,000  barrels,  all  of  which  will  go 
from the United  States.

The  daily  papers  report  a  series  of 
experiments  by the Agricultural Depart­
ment at Washington,  which,  if  true,  will 
revolutionize the tobacco  industry.  The 
report is  probably a clever  hoax,  invent­
ed  by  some  Washington  correspondent 
who  lacked  material  for a letter. 
It  is 
so good  an  illustration,  however, of  the 
possibilities  opened  up  by  recent  dis­
coveries that it is worth repeating.  The 
report says that an important part of the 
curing  of 
tobacco  is  its  fermentation, 
which occurs  during the  process  known 
as  “bulking.”  The  leaves  are  packed 
closely  together  in 
large  piles,  after 
which the mass  heats,  the tobacco  being 
said  to “sweat” and  the  aromatic  com­
pounds which  contribute to its  taste and 
odor  are  formed.  The  phenomena  of 
fermentation  are  caused  by  bacteria. 
Now  each  sort of  tobacco  has  its  own 
kind of  bacteria, which  gives  its  aroma 
and  flavor  incidentally to feeding  upon 
it.  Here  comes  a wonderful  discovery, 
for  it  has  been  ascertained  by  experi­
ment that  poor tobacco,  when innoculat- 
ed with the  bacteria naturally belonging 
to good  tobacco, obtains  the quality  and 
taste  of  the  latter.  Thus,  by  a  simple 
operation, it  is  easy to  transform  infer­
ior  leaves  into  first-class  material  for 
cigars,  which  the  consumer may readily 
be  lead to believe  are  from  the  Yuelta 
Abajo.  Thus  far  the  matter  has  not 
passed  beyond  the  experimental  stage. 
The  trials were  performed  by propagat­
ing  colonies  of  bacteria  belonging  to 
first  quality  tobacco  in  beef  tea,  and 
then sprinkling the  latter  upon  the  in­
ferior  leaves.  After  these  leaves  had 
been  packed  together and  permitted  to 
ferment,  they  were  found  to  have  all 
the bouquet and other desirable qualities 
of  the fine brand.  So complete were the 
results 
that  expert  judges  were  un­
able to tell the difference.

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  proposed 
measure for mitigating the evils of cigar­
ette  smoking  will  become  a  law.  The 
evil  is  to  be  combated  by  making  the 
revenue tax §10 a thousand.  This would 
not  deter  adults  from  indulging  in the 
deadly  habit,  but  would  afford  a  meas­
ure  of  protection  to  children,  who  are 
really the largest consumers of cigarettes 
and  consequently  the  greatest  sufferers. 
Let  Congress  tax  the  brain-destroying 
thing out of existence!

accorded 

In consequence  of the generous  adver 
tising  patronage 
to  Thi 
T radesm an of late,  it  has been  deemec 
necessary to increase  the  size of  the pa 
per to twenty-four pages.  T h e T rades 
man’s  many  friends  will  join  with  thi 
publishers in  the  hope  that the enlarge 
ment may be of  a permanent  character.

THE  POTATO  MARKET.

The  short  potato  crop  of  1890  can 
| hardly be called an unmixed blessing.  It 
I gave higher prices to  farmers  who  were 
fortunate enough  to  have  potatoes,  the 
price in New York,  a year ago, being §1.- 
05@ §1.10 per bushel, as compared with a 
maximum price of 50 cents to-day.  The 
result, of course,  was that  every  farmer 
went into potatoes as a good paying crop, 
giving ns a yield  of  244,697,200  bushels 
for  1891  or  fully  100  million  bushels 
more than the year  before. 
It  was  also 
unfortunate that  potato  crops  in  other 
parts  of  the  world  should  have  been 
heavier at the same  time,  thus  prevent­
ing  larger  exports,  even  at  the  much 
lower values.  Moreover,  the Provincial 
crop, excluded from the United States by 
the tariff of 25 cents instead  of  15  cents 
as  previously,  was  largely  shipped  to 
markets which might have  bought  pota­
toes  of  us  had the Canadian crof» been a 
failure.  As it was we exported only 462,- 
278 bushels at 71 cents last  year  against 
381,847  bushels  at 87 cents the year pre­
vious.

A  number  of  Detroit  grocers  have 
been  hauled up  before the United States 
Court  there for disposing of  packages of 
butterine wrapped  up  so  that  the  label 
was concealed by the ends  of  the  paper. 
This  is a common  violation  of  the  law, 
and  it  behooves  dealers  who  wish  to 
avoid  possible  trouble  to  look  out  for 
such inadvertence.

Financial  Notes.

A  private  bank  has  been  located  at 
Fowler  by St.  Johns business men  under 
the name and style of D. H. Power & Co., 
the  “Co.”  being  John  H.  Corbit,  a hard­
ware dealer of St. Johns, and Otis Fuller, 
former publisher of  the Clinton Republi­
can, and at present deputy  district reve­
nue collector.  They  will  open  for  busi­
ness  about  the  20th  of  March.  Mr. 
Power was formerly cashier of  the  State 
Bank of St. Johns, is a wide awake young 
man and  enjoys a large  circle of  friends 
and acquaintances.

Country  Callers.

Calls  have  been 

received  at  T h e 
T radesm an office  during  the past  week 
from the following gentlemen in  trade:

Wilson  & Fridley,  Beldfng.
Wm.  Hazen, Clarksville.
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THE  MICHIG^VISr  TRADESMAN,

9

FIRE  INSURANCE.

Its  History  and  the  Laws,  Rules  and 

Customs Which Govern It.

SECOND  PAPER.

W ritten fo r  The Tradesman.

To state that the average business man 
is in the  habit of  “buying pigs in bags,” 
or of  aimlessly wandering  about  among 
the pitfalls of  trade and  finance,  is to do I 
violence to the  truth.  To insinuate that I 
our  merchants  are  accustomed  to  obli­
gating  themselves  by  becoming  parties 
to  contracts  of  whose  stipulations  and 
conditions they  choose to remain in  par­
tial  or  absolute ignorance,  is  to  cast  a 
misleading  reflection upon  their  intelli­
gence.  As a rule,  in  the ordinary trans­
actions of  business,  they vigilantly  look 
into all the terms and scrutinize the min­
utest  conditions  before  they  commit 
themselves to any contract.

There is one very common form of con­
tract,  however,  which  appears  to  be  a 
marked  exception  to  this  rule: 
I refer 
to the  contract of  indemnity, or a policy 
of  fire  insurance.  This  contract — so 
common  that a business  man  possessing 
an insurable  property interest cannot  be 
found who  is  not a contracting  party to 
it—is  so  overburdened with  finely-writ­
ten  terms and  conditions  that not  more 
than  one in  ten of  the insured  contract­
ing  parties  thereto  ever  reads them  or [ 
has  the  least  idea of  their  full  import. 
A  policy  lying  on  my  desk  contains 
thirty-five express conditions,  a violation | 
of  any one  of  which on the part  of  the 
insured would  invalidate  the  policy. 
It 
also enumerates  sixteen  common  house­
hold articles,  and  eight articles  found in 
every  store,  which  are  not  included  in 
the  general  terms  of  “dwelling  house 
and  contents”  and  “stock  of  merchan­
dise and  store fixtures.”

The recent Supreme Court  decision re­
ferred  to  in  a  recent  number of  T h e 
T r a d e s m a n   will  convince  every reader 
of  the  importance  of  devoting  a  little 
time  to  the  careful  study  of  his  in­
surance  policies. 
If  you  have  the  pa-| 
tience  and  can  spare the  time to follow j 
me,  we  will  run  over  those  conditions 
and endeavor to jot down  a few notes  by 
the  way which  may  prove  beneficial  to 
us:

First,  in regard to the  clause,  “In con­
sideration of  six  dollars,” etc.  The con­
tract of  insurance being ordinarily with­
out seal,  must  be  upon sufficient  consid­
eration  to  render  it  valid.  The consid­
eration,  in whatever  form  paid,  is called 
the  premium.  This,  according  to  the 
usual  conditions,  must  be  paid  before 
the  policy shall  take  effect.  This  con­
dition  is  absolute  in  the  policy  before 
me, for  it  stipulates  that  a  delivery  of 
the  policy  without  payment of  the  pre­
mium shall  not be construed  as a waiver 
of  the  condition,  and  no  agent  of  the 
company  is  given  authority  to  waive, 
modify  or  strike out  any of  the printed 
conditions.  Previous to the  insertion of 
this  latter  condition,  it  was  generally 
held by the  courts that,  notwithstanding 
the  condition,  “This  company shall  not 
be  liable,”  etc.,  “ until  the  premium 
therefor  be  actually  paid,”  the  agent 
could  waive  the  condition  by  special 
agreement with the  insured. 
In  most of 
the  old  cases  involving  mutual  com­
panies,  however,  the  rulings  have  gen­
erally been in the opposite direction.

The  policy and  the  premium  note are 
independent  contracts, and  it  has  been 
held that insolvency of  the company and 
inability to pay  the  full  amount  of  the

policy,  if  there  should  be  a  loss,  fur­
nish  no  defence 
to  an  action  on  a 
premium  note,  for  an  insolvent  party 
may enforce valid  contracts in his favor.
Where  the  receipt of  the  premium or 
premium  note  is  acknowledged  in  the j 
policy,  it  constitutes  prima  facie  evi­
dence of the payment of the premium.

Second,  in  regard  to  the  clause,  “Do 
insure against all such  immediate loss or 
damage,  not  exceeding  the  sum or sums 
insured,” etc.,  “as shall happen by fire.” 
Literally, this amounts to a covenant that j 
the property  shall  not, during  the  term 
named, be  injured by fire,  but, practical­
ly,  it  means  that,  if  the  property  shall j 
be injured  by fire  during such  term,  the 
insured, conforming  on  his  part  to  the 
terms  and  conditions  of  the  contract, 
shall be paid  his damages,  not exceeding 
the amount of the policy.

The  policy  provides  that, in  case  of 
loss, the  cash  value of  the  property  de­
stroyed  or  damaged  shall,  in  no  case, 
exceed  what  would  be  the  cost  to  the 
assured, at  the  time  of  the  fire,  of  re­
placing  the  same;  and,  in  case  of  de­
preciation  on  account of  age,  wear  and 
tear,  location,  etc.,  a  suitable  deduction 
shall  be  made.  The  insured waives  all 
right he may  have by virtue of  any state 
or  other  law whereby  he  might  be  en­
abled  to  collect  from  the  company,  in 
case of  loss,  more  than the true and act­
ual  cash  value at the  time  of  the  loss. 
In case of  damage by removal,  said dam- j 
age  shall  be borne  by the  company  and 
the  insured  in  such  proportion  as  the 
whole sum  insured  bears  to  the  whole 
value of the property insured.

The  amount  of  the  damage  sustained 
by the assured, even  when  the facts  are 
all  agreed,  is  not  always  easily  ascer­
tained.  A  building insured  stood  upon 
leased  ground,  with  condition 
in  the 
lease  of  renewal,  or, if  that  should  be | 
refused,  removal of the building.  A few 
days before the lease expired,  it not hav­
ing  been  renewed,  the  building  was de­
stroyed  by fire. 
It was  proved  that the 
building was worth $1,000 where it stood, 
but,  if  it were  necessary to remove  it,  it 
was not worth  more  than $200.  The in­
surance  was for  $800.  The  policy con­
tained  the usual  condition stipulating to 
pay,  in case of loss, the  actual value,  “if 
not  exceeding,” etc.,  at  the  time of  the 
loss. 
It was held that the intrinsic value 
of  the building,  as it stood at the time of 
the  fire, was  the true  criterion  for  de­
termining the amount, not  exceeding the 
sum  insured,  which the assured ought to 
recover,  and that  the nature of  the lease 
had  nothing whatever to do in  adjusting 
or determining the loss or damage.

therefore, 

You will  notice that your policy speci­
fies  the  kind  of  loss or damage  insured 
against. 
It  is  qualified  by  the  word 
“immediate, ”  and, 
the  in­
surers do not undertake to insure against 
any other loss or damage.  For  instance, 
in an  early case,  where  the  property in­
sured  was  “the  interest  of  W.  in  the
ship  -----,” it was held  that  the  insured
could  not  recover  for  loss of  custom or 
profits  while  the  vessel  was  being  re­
paired.

The general  principle is clearly  estab­
lished,  that  the  assurers  are  bound  to 
adjust a  loss  upon  the  principle of  re­
placing  the  assured, as near  as  may be, 
in  the  situation in which he  was  before 
the  fire;  but  this has  never been  under­
stood  to  extend  to  the profits  or  fruits 
which the  latter was  drawing,  or  might 
have received  from,  the subject  insured.

E a c ts   T a lk   L o u d e r   T h a n   W ords !

5,487.275  SOLD  IN  1886.

3.S09.5T5  SOLD  III  1187.
5.092.350  SOLD  IN  1800.
5,690,025 SOLD IN 1889.

J V V V J

8583,207 Sold  in 1891.

This  is  not  an  ordinary  monument, but a TABLE of  EXACT  FIGURES, 

showing the monumental success of our celebrated  *

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

THE  MICHIG^IST  TRADESMAN.

however, these are but idle speculations, 
for standard time, central division,  based ; 
on  the  ninetieth  meridian  of  longitude | 
west from Greenwich,  has been made the 
legal time of Michigan.

The better  way  is  never  to  experiment 
along the  line, but  see to it that  no inter- i 
vals  are  allowed  to  elapse  between  the 
expiration and the renewal of a policy.
E.  A .  O w e n .

Do Yoil RUn a Store?

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Insurance  against  fire  does  not  cover 
consequential  damages.

Where,  by  the  terms  of  a  policy,  the 
company is liable for  loss and damage as 
shall  happen by  6re,  but  not  liable  for 
same as shall happen by explosion,  it has 
been held by the courts that the company 
is  not  liable  for  loss  by  fire  resulting 
from  an  explosion;  the  modern  policy, 
however,  adds  to  the  word “explosion” 
the  redeeming  clause,  "unless  fire  en­
sues.”

Third,  as to the  clause,  “.As shall hap­
pen by fire.”  This means damage caused 
by ignition or actual combustion, and not 
merely  by  excessive  heat  Where  the 
owners  of  a  sugar  house  had 
insured 
their  stock,  and  it  was  damaged  by the 
intense heat of a chimney running through 
the various floors, although no portion of 
their  building  took  fire,  it was  held not 
to be a loss  within the terms of  the poli­
cy,  as there had been no ignition.

Fourth, From  the 20th  day of August, 
1888, at  12 o'clock,  noon, to the  20th  day 
of  August,  1891,  at  12  o'clock  noon." 
Questions  sometimes  arise,  when  a  fire 
happens within  a  few minutes  before or 
after the  expiration of  the  time  limited 
as  the  termination of  the  risk,  whether 
the loss is covered by the  policy.  There 
are some very fine points  connected with 
this  division  of  my review  upon  which 
I am  utterly unable,  with  the  means  at 
my command, to shed any light. 
I shall, 
therefore, content myself with propound­
ing the  following  queries, trusting that, 
perchance, some  mightier  jurist  than  I 
will be able  to  enlighten us  on  the  sub­
ject.

Suppose that the fire is first discovered 
from ten to thirty minutes after 12 o’clock, 
noon, on  the  20th  day of  August,  1S91. 
The insured claims that the fire has been 
burning  longer  than  the  few  minutes 
which  have elapsed  since the  expiration 
of  the policy.  This  the  insurer  denies. 
In  many  cases  positive evidence  cannot 
be  secured.  A question  of  fact is  then 
raised  which  must  be  decided  by  the 
jury  upon  such  evidence  as  is brought 
before them.  And suppose that the jury 
finds that the fire did  actually commence 
ten  minutes  before 12 o’clock, noon,  and 
that  the  building was  totally  destroyed 
by 4 o’clock  in  the  afternoon.  Suppose 
that,  at the  expiration of  the  policy,  or 
at  exactly 12 o’clock,  the  damage to the 
building  was  less  than  §100,  but,  by  a 
continuance of  the same fire,  the damage 
at  4  o’clock  was  §20,000.  Are  the  in­
surers  liable for  the whole amount,  or is 
their liability  limited to the §100?

Again,  suppose  that, leaving  out  the 
fact of statutory,  legalized standard time 
in  this  State,  by the common  time  of  a 
manufacturing  village,  the  fire  actually 
commenced at ten minutes past 12,  noon. 
If  the insured  proves  that,  for the  con­
venience of the manufacturing establish­
ments of the village,  a time was adopted, 
by  mutual  consent,  which  is  actually 
twenty  miuutes  faster  than  true  solar 
time,  and  that  the  general  time  of  the 
village, for the convenience of the public, 
has been  made  to  conform to that  stan­
dard, is  the  company  liable?  Does  the 
time when  a policy begins to run and ex­
pires conform to true solar time, or, does 
the  custom  of  the  place  and  the  time 
kept  according  to  that  custom  govern? 
it  would  seem,  prima  fade,  that  the 
time of the place would govern the parties 
in  such a contract, the  same  as  that  of 
labor and  the other  affairs of  the  place. 
So  far  as  our  own  State  is  concerned,

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Brief Biography  of  a  Successful  Busi­
John McLean,  Manager of  the  Detroit 
Cigar Manufacturing Co.,  was  born  near 
Hamilton,  Ont., Sept.  20,  1847.  He was 
apprenticed to learn the blacksmith trade 
at Strathroy in 1860,  and  engaged in  the 
carriage  business  at  Ann  Arbor, Mich., 
in 1867.  Ten years later he sold out and 
removed to  Detroit, where  he  embarked 
in  the cigar  business  under the  style of 
| John McLean <& Co.  He  was a novice in 
I the  business,  having  never  smoked  a 
cigar or seen  one  made  until he watched 
the  process in  his own  factory.  Apply­
ing  good  horse sense  and  business  ex­
perience to the cigar  trade and believing 
that a good  article  must  eventually win,
I he got out the “Green Seal” brand, which 
I was  an  innovation at that  time,  being a 
small,  hand-made,  finely-flavored  cigar, 
while all other  brands of  the  kind  were 
like base ball  bats in size.  The  success 
of  the  brand  was  so  marked  that  the 
business  was  merged  into  a stock  com­
pany in  1880  under  the  style of  the  De­
troit  Cigar  Manufacturing  Co.  Mr. 
McLean is Secretary, Treasurer and Man- 
! ager of  the  corporation,  and  the success 
of  the business is  due almost  entirely to 
his shrewdness and foresight.
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Charge  a  Fair Profit.

A customer  does not  respect  a  trader 
any  more  by reason of his  selling  goods 
at  cost  or  loss,  thau  he  does  were  the 
former 
to  charge  him  a  fair  profit. 
People,  as  a  rule,  will  quickly  tell  a 
dealer  when  goods  have  declined 
in 
price,  and  demand  a  reduction 
if  his 
prices are above  the market.  They  will 
not,  however,  apprise  him  when  he  is 
selling under  market  value. 
Independ­
ence in trade  inspires  confidence and re­
spect and  gains  customers,  besides  it  is 
more likely to retain  them than the  pur­
suance of a policy which subjects you  to 
their beck and call.  When it is general- 
| ly  understood  that  you  sell  goods  at 
market value  and  keep  what  your  cus­
tomers  need,  you can  hold your trade,  as 
well as  steadily increase it.  Buyers,  as 
a rule, prefer the honorable, high-minded j 
merchant who sells goods at a fair profit, 
to one  who  claims  that  he  sells  lower 
than his competitors,  and who looks sole-1 
ly to cheapness of  price to  attract trade.

The  fire that is never  quenched  seems j 

to be the fire of political  ambition.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
shouting for relief.  They  are  not  used 
to that sort of behavior,  and either suffer 
in  uncomplaining silence,  or  else turn to 
legitimate agencies for help.

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CUBES  FOB  BUSINESS  DEPRESSION.
The  Berlin  rioters  were  ostensibly 
workmen  out  of  employment, driven  to 
desperation by  want  of  food  for  them­
selves and their families.  A striking inci­
dent of their proceedings  was the pillag­
ing of  butchers’  and  bakers’  shops,  and 
the carrying away of their contents,one of 
the mob excusing  himself by saying that 
his children  had  had  nothing  to eat  for 
two days.  The burden of their cries and 
of their  placards was in accord with this 
representation of their case.  What they 
professed to want was work,  and the  re­
dress  of  the  iniquitous  state  of  things 
which prevents  them  from obtaining  it. 
How their  demonstrations  were  to  help 
them they  did not make  clear,  but  they 
evidently  assumed 
that  the  Emperor 
could do what they want done,  if he were 
only  sufficiently 
impressed  by  shouts 
and violence with the  necessity of  doing 
it.

That there has been, for many months, 
a great  deal  of  distress  among the  Ger­
man  people,  is,  I  suppose,  a  matter  of 
no dispute.  The  country did not escape 
the  revulsion  which  followed,  through­
out  Europe,  the  Baring  collapse  of  No­
vember,  1890,  and  the  bad  harvests  of 
last summer  have  naturally  delayed  its 
recovery from  it.  Germany is not suffer­
ing  alone  from  a  partial  failure of  its 
own annual food  production. 
Its neigh­
bor,  Russia,  which  usually  furnishes  it 
with a  large  amount  of  rye,  the staple 
constituent  of  the  bread  which  poorer 
citizens  eat,  has,  this  year,  not  raised 
enough  of  the  grain  to  feed  itself,  and 
thus,  besides  failing to contribute  to the 
necessities of  Germany,  it has  been  un­
able to buy the  quantity of German com­
modities which it usually took  in  return 
for what it sent.  Our new tariff, also,has 
either  diminished 
the  American  con­
sumption  of  German  manufactured 
goods, or  has  compelled  a  reduction  of 
the wages paid to  the  operators  produc­
ing them.

It  is  quite  possible, 

therefore,  that 
some,  and  perhaps  many,  of the  rioters 
who  disturbed  the  peace of  the  city  of 
Berlin  were  industrious  workmen  will­
ing to earn  their  bread  by honest  labor, 
but prevented from  doing so  by  circum­
stances over which they have no control. 
At the same  time,  I  hope I  may  not  be 
thought  heartless if  I  express  my  sus­
picion that  the  mass  of  them  was  com­
posed of  idle,  shiftless  vagabonds,  such 
as infest all great  cities,  who never have 
any  regular vocation,  but  who  live  by 
their wits and by preying  upon the more 
orderly members of the community.  An 
opportunity for  creating a  riot,  no  mat­
ter  upon  what  pretence, is  always  too 
good  for  these  fellows  to  lose,  and  it 
seems to me that it is to them and  not to 
the workingmen of  whom they profess to 
form a part that the violence was owing. 
Or,  if they were really workingmen, they 
belonged to that outer circle or fringe  of 
them who are  only  one  stage  above the 
vagabond condition, and who,  in the best 
of times,  never have steady employment, 
because they  do  not  deserve it.  At  the 
first appearance  of a  slackening  market 
these men  are thrown  aside,  while those 
of the better sort are retained, even at the 
cost of some  pecuniary  sacrifice  to their 
employers.  My own observation induces 
me  to  believe  that  when,  by  stress  of 
financial  weather, 
industrious 
workmen are temporarily driven into en­
forced  idleness, 
they 
think  of  is  parading  the  streets  and

last  thing 

really 

the 

Whether  justly  or  unjustly, however,  j 
the fact remains  that  the  Berlin  rioters 
put forward  a claim  to consideration  by 
the ruling  powers  as  unemployed  work­
ers  that  is  admitted by  most  people  to 
be sound  if  truthfully  made. 
It  is  one 
among the many  proofs  to which  I have 
from  time to time called attention, of the 
prevalence  in the civilized  world  of  the 
doctrine of communism, or of the general 
responsibilisy  of  the  whole  community 
for  the  welfare  of  its  individual  mem­
bers.  It receives the sanction of religious 
teachers,  as  exemplified  by  the  latest 
encyclical  of  the  Pope,  the  essays  of 
Cardinal  Gibbons,  re-enforced  by  emi­
nent laymen  like Andrew  Carnegie,  and 
it manifests itself  in  the  political  world 
in the frequent  enactment by  legislative 
bodies  of  laws  designed,  as  their  pro­
moters  avow,  for  the benefit of  particu­
lar  classes  at  the  public  expense.  As 
illustrations,  1 may mention  the  imposi­
tion of  prohibitory  duties  upon  foreign 
manufactured  goods  for  the  protection 
of home industry,  of the  laws  excluding 
the Chinese and  forbidding the  importa­
tion  of  contract  laborers, in  order  that 
the labor  market  here may not  be  over­
supplied,  and,  in  general, all laws which 
have for their object the remedy of  evils 
which afflict  only certain  portions of the 
community.  On  a wider  scale,  and with 
much  more  plausibility,  the  unlimited 
free coinage of  the  silver  dollar  is  now 
advocated as  a  certain  cure  for the  de­
pression,  from  which,  it  is  alleged,  the 
business  of the  country  is  suffering.

I  do  not  propose  to  discuss  here the 
subject of  free  silver.  With  all  deffer- 
ence to the  judgment  of  my  friend,  Mr. 
Springer,  who thinks  that  the  people of 
the United States need further enlighten­
ment on it,  I think that they know pretty 
much all that can  be said  on  both  sides 
of the  question,  and that whenever  they 
get an opportunity to express their views 
upon it they will do so intelligently.  All 
that I  wish  to  say  now  is  that,  in  my 
opinion,  business  depression  cannot  be 
cured  by legislation,  either  in regard  to 
the currency or to anything else.  When­
ever it occurs it is  due to causes  beyond 
human  control,  and  whenever  it  ceases 
it ceases as the result of a natural process. 
The  Berliners  who  marched in  proces­
sion  to  the  Emperor’s  castle  last  week 
to force  him  to find work for them by an 
imperial  edict,  were  not  more  deluded 
than  are  the  theorists  of  this  country 
who fancy  that men  may  be  compelled 
by law  to  buy  more  commodities  than 
they feel inclined to.

This, really,  is  what  most of  the  talk 
about legislation  upon the subject of the 
currency means.  The agriculturist finds 
that, owing  to  large  crops  and  limited 
consumption, the price of  his produce  is 
low,  as wheat was a year  or two ago and 
as cotton is  this year;  the  manufacturer 
discovers  that he  and  his  fellow  manu­
facturers  cannot sell  as  many  goods  as 
they  have  been  selling  heretofore;  the 
merchant complains  of  a  want of  brisk 
demand for his wares, and the retail deal­
er’s sales fall off in  like manner.  Natu­
rally, this  state of  things is  unpleasant, 
and the victims of it are disposed to wel­
come any proposition to change it for the 
better. 
If they would  consult their own 
memories,  and take counsel of their com­
mon  sense,  they  would  see  that their ex-

We have removed  our  Manufacturing  Department to 
the  new  building  which  we  have  erected  solely for  our 
own  use  at  330  and  332  Lafayette  Avenue, on the  same 
street,  but seven  blocks distant  from  the  new Post Office 
building, and  easily  reached  from  our  store  by the Con­
gress and Baker, or Fort street cars.

Our specialty  in  manufacturing will  be a high  grade 
of  Ladies’  Fine  Shoes  in  Hand-Turned,  also  Men’s  and 
Women’s Goodyear Welt and  Machine  Sewed, and Misses’ 
and Children’s in Machine Sewed.

In  “ Low  Cuts,”  both  Hand-Turned  and  Machine
Sewed,  we are  showing one of  the most desirable  medium 
priced  lines  now  offered to the trade. Sample  orders will 
have prompt and personal attention.

• 

H -  S »  R o b i n s o n  a w sT o a v p a n y -

DETROIT,  MICH.

General  Agency  of the

C a n d e e   R u b b e r   C o .

E v er y   B o o k k eep er  W ill  A p p re cia te  a  B la n k   B ook   th a t  O pens  F la t.

The MULLINS  FLAT  OPENING  SPRING  BACK BOOK,

M ade o n ly  in   M ich igan  by  th e

2 9 -3 1   C an al  St., 

G rand  R a p id s,  Mich,.

I s   th e   B est  in   th e   M arket.  W rite  for  p rices.

C H A M PIO N   O X FO RD S,  B la ck  and C heck.

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WALES Gooi>i8ar Tenni8
WALES Goodyear  Tennis

B la ck  and  C heck B als, 

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Send Y onr  F a ll  O rders  on   R ob b ers,  5 0  off. 

Seconds,  S O & 13  off.  T hirds, 6 0  & i 

S p ecial p rices on W oon sockets and R hod e Isla n d s in  fifty case lots.

G .  R .  M A .Y H R W ,  G ra n d   R a p id s.

T H E

p u t m h T b m d y   go.,

Extensive  Manufacturers.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

perience  is  no  unprecedented  novelty, 
that  it  has  occurred  often  before,  and 
that it  has  been  as  often  succeeded  by 
one more agreeable.

their 

In business,  as in  religion, politics and 
every other department  of human activi­
ty, sentiment and  imagination  are  more 
potent  factors  than 
is  generally  sup­
posed.  The ups and  downs  of the stock 
market  exhibit 
influence  more 
clearly than the slower and less conspicu­
ous fluctuations of general trade, but not 
more  certainly.  There  are  times  when 
almost  everybody  feels  like  spending 
money liberally in  new  houses,  new fur­
niture, new  clothing,  social  display  and 
entertainments,  books,  pictures,  travel 
and amusements,  as  well as in new com­
mercial  and  manufacturing  enterprises. 
When  this  is  the case,  business is good. 
After a  while men  get  tired of this  line 
of proceeding  and  begin to rest on their 
oars.  Then prices,  which  had previous­
ly  risen  under  an  active  demand,  fall, 
trade  languishes,  profits  diminish,  and j 
there  is  a  general  complaint  of  hard 
times.  Very often the revulsion is occa­
sioned,  or at least  precipitated, by  natu­
ral causes,  such as bad harvests, like that 
of  last  year  in  Europe;  the  breaking 
down  of  imprudent  investments  on  a 
large scale,  like that of  the  Barings and 
other bankers  in  Argentine  enterprises, 
or  by  floods, fires and pestilences,  which 
destroy  property  and  life  and  thus  di­
minish the  wealth or the  wealth-produc­
ing  power  of 
the  world.  But,  as 
legislation  cannot  make  good  weather, 
impart  prudence  to  business  men  or 
ward off disease,  it is idle to appeal  to it 
to remove the real causes of business  de­
pression.  Human  laws are  equally  im­

potent to rouse or to dampen  men’s spir­
its,  and efforts to  make  them do  it  have 
always proved futile and always will.

It is true that the expansion of the cur­
rency and  the  inflation  of  prices conse­
quent  upon  the  adoption  of  the  silver 
standard, which  is  what the  enactment 
of a free silver  coinage law  amounts  to, 
would generate a speculative demand for 
all  kinds  of  property  and  thus  give  a 
temporary  stimulus  to  trade.  Against 
this  must  be  offset the  alarm  and  per­
plexity into which  the owners of  capital 
would be thrown by  so radical a  change 
in  the  measure  of  values, and,  in  any 
event, the  stimulus would  soon cease  to 
act. 
Prices  would  speedily  readjust 
themselves on the new basis, and the bus­
iness world be again  left to the action of 
the  forces  which  controlled  it  before. 
Whatever may be its  other merits, a free 
silver coinage law  would be of little avail 
as a  cure for business depression,  and  it 
is entitled to no favor on that ground.
Matthew Marshall.

Keep  Posted  on Tour  Business.
Keeping  fully  posted  on  all  matters 
pretaining to your  business  is  the  fun­
damental  principle  on  which  to  build 
successfully.  The  way  to  keep  posted 
is  to  read. 
There  are  always  some 
people who know a few things that others 
do not,  and  occasionally  you  will  find 
one or two of them giving their views  to 
the public through the press.  Therefore, 
the way to  keep  posted  is  to  read  the 
trade journal.  The  merchant  who  can­
not find time to read his trade paper  will 
surely miss something that  would  be  of 
value to him.  He ought to read  the  ad­
vertisements  as  well  as  other  matter. 
One of the most successful retail  dealers 
in Illinois,  who started a  few  years  ago 
with $300,  and who is now rated at  from 
$10,000 to $20,000,  attributes  his  success

in 

time 

There  are  some 

largely to the fact that he made it a point 
to  study  the  advertisements 
trade 
the papers. 
In this way he never missed 
anything new,  and was always  prepared 
to  furnish  everything  his  customers 
called for.  He kept up a constant corres­
pondence  with  manufacturers  and  job­
bers whose  advertisements  appeared  in 
papers  from 
to  time,  obtained 
quotations  on  every  article  that  might 
be wanted,  and when  a  customer  asked 
for a price on any  article  that  was  not 
usually carried in stock,  he did not  have 
to say,  “I will  write and  find  out.”  His 
letter files contained not  only  the  price 
but information concerning the article as 
well, and  he could talk up its merits and 
advantages almost as well as if a  sample 
was before him.  Children are sometimes 
overcharged with information,  but  there 
never  was  a  merchant  who  knew  too 
much about the business he followed.
traveling  salesmen 
(happily 
their  number  is  small)  who 
willfully misrepresent an  article  for the 
purpose of  effecting  a  sale.  There  are 
others who promise all manner of things, 
verbally,  but  neglect  to  embody  their 
promises in the written contract.  Beware 
of these two classes. 
If you And  that  a 
traveler has deliberately lied to you, show 
him  the  door  when  he  comes  around 
again. 
the  house  repudiates  any 
promise made verbally by  the  salesman, 
see that the next contract covers it all  in 
writing.
Rival  dealers  should  never  satisfy 
their animosity at  the  expense  of  their 
pocketbooks.  Harmony  is  always  de­
sirable and invariably conducive to finan­
cial gain.  When a  friendly feeling  pre­
vails, two or more dealers may frequently 
join in buying a round order, thus getting 
the  quantity  discounts 
reduced 
freight.  Any  legitimate  dealer  is  en­
titled  to  courtesy  from  his  competitor 
and should not be asked to give an excuse 
for living.

and 

About  Returning  Goods.

If merchandise  received is  as  ordered, 
and then  found  to  be  not  what the  re­

If 

tailer wanted,  the sender  is under no ob­
ligation to receive it back, while the buy­
er  is  bound  to keep it.  Both buyer and 
seller should  be  held to  strict  accounta­
bility  in  this  matter,  and  should  stand 
the  brunt  of  such  faults,  like  business 
men,  and not  seek  to  creep  out of them 
through the use  of  subterfuges. 
If  the 
jobber takes  the  liberty  of  sending  the 
retailer goods which  he did not order,  it 
is  optional  with  the  latter  whether  he 
keeps or returns the same.  On the other 
hand, if a  retail  dealer gives  a  haphaz­
ard,  ill-considered order  for  goods, leav­
ing  their selection  in a great measure to 
the wholesale house, he should keep such 
goods, even if they were not exactly suit­
able to  his  wants. 
In  other  words,  do 
your own buying,  and not let the jobbers 
do it for you.

The  Great Northwest.

The steady settlement of lands in Mon­
tana  and  Washington, 
the  substantial 
growth  of their  cities  and  the  constant 
increase  of  their  railway  mileage,  have 
rendered these  States a center of interest 
to  business men, capitalists and settlers. 
The  best  explanation  of  this growth  is 
found in a study of  the  capabilities  and 
resources of the  ¡States,  which  are  fully 
set forth in three folders  entitled  “Gold­
en Montana,”  “Eastern Washington” and 
“Western  Washington,”  just  issued  by 
the North Pacific Railroad.
District Passenger Agents of Northern 
Pacific  Railroad  will  take  pleasure  in 
supplying Montana and Washington fold­
ers  above  referred  to; also  maps,  time 
cards  and  any  special  information  de­
sired;  or  application  can  be  made  to 
Chas. S.  Fee,  G.  P.  & T.  A., N.  P.  R. R.; 
St.  Paul,  Minn.

Female Pharmacists In Belgium.
During  the  last  ten  years  seventeen 
women  have  passed  the  qualifying  ex­
amination  at  the University of  Brussels 
and  obtained  the  license  to  practice  as 
pharmacists;  sixteen  of  them  are  now 
actively  engaged  in  the pursuit  of  that 
profession.

Merchants, Look at This!

G ER M A N   C O FFE E

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YOU  WANT  IT !

You can get it of any Jobber in Miehigan.  A Combination of Old Dutch Java and the Finest Mocha.

Absolutely the Best Coffee in the Market!

B o o k s  for  Y o u r   L ib r a r y  b y 
P r o m in e n t  A u th o r s  o f  th e  d ay.

E le g a n t  P a r lo r   P ic tu r es,  B ea u tifu l 
O leo g ra p h s,  H a n d so m e   Im p orted  
P h o to g r a v u r e s.

W e  c o n tr o l  t h e   e n t ir e   c r o p   o f  D u tc h   J a v a   C o ffe e ,  and  o u r   r e p r e s e n t a t iv e  

s e le c t s   t h e   b e s t   fo r   t h e   j u s t ly   c e le b r a t e d   G e r m a n   C o f f e e •

FOB PARTICULARS  SEE  CERTIFICATE  IN  EACH PACKAGE.

T

M a n u fa c tu r e d   o n ly   b y

THE  TOLEDO  SPICE  CO.,  Toledo,  Ohio

Paramaribo, Dutch  Guiana.

t u r   T v n c m o A T s r   t r a   d e s m a n .

1 3

The  Hardware  Market.

Glass is firm at the  late  advance,  job­
bers now asking from 80 and 5 to 80  and 
10 on window glass.  Wire nails  continue 
stationary at the last price quoted.  There 
is no further change in  sisal  or  manilla 
rope.  Jobbers are finding great difficulty 
in filling orders for barbed  wire,  because 
every dealer wants  his  supply  the  first 
two weeks in March.

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  inserted  under  this 
head  for tw o cents a w ord the first insertion  and 
one  cent a w ord  for each  subsequent  insertion 
No advertisem ents  taken  for  less  than 25 cents 
A dvance paym ent.

T pO It  SALE  OR  WILL  EXCHANGE  FOR 
stock of  clothing, dry goods, and boots and 
shoes,  two-story  brick  block,  w hich  rents  for 
<£475 annually.  Best location in  town.  Address 
No. 412, care  Michigan Tradesm an. 

■J ANTED—W T e XCHANGE GOOD  PAYING 

city  real  estate  or  tim bered  lands  for 

stock  of  m erchandise.  Address  No.  402,  care 

412

M ichigan  Tradesm an 

402

>11 SALE—STOCK OF MERCHANDISE AND 
store fu rn itu re of  the late  George Keeeh. of 
Stock  consists  of  drugs, 
Centerville,  Mich. 
paints,  oils,  glass, 
lamps,  clocks,  silverw are, 
books, stationery, wall paper and curtains.  Will 
rent  store  for  term  of  years.  W.  S.  &  R.  E. 
Fletcher. A dm inistrators. 
IJIOK  SALE-  FIRST-CLASS  GROCERY  BUFF- 

in css In the  best  town  of  5,000  inhabitants 
in N orthern M ichigan.  The purchaser can  have 
a  trade of  $50,000 a year  at  the  start.  No  town 
in  the  State has  better  prospects.  This  is  the 
chance  of  a  life  time.  A ddress  No.  303,  care 
M ichigan Tradesm an___________________ 363

3JIOR  SALE  CHEAP  —  WELL  SELECTED 

-  drug stock — New and clean.  A ddress  F. A 
Jones, M.  I).  M uskegon,  Mich. 

391

442

- 

B U SIN E SS  CH ANCES.

S IT U A T IO N S   W A N T E D .

BOLT  81,500  Ca s h   w i l l   b u t   o n e   o f  
the  best  money  m aking  businesses  in  the 
city  of  G rand  Rapids.  Parties  are  obliged  to 
leave  the  city.  No  grocery  stocks.  No  trade. 
A ddress II.  B.  Huston, 409 South  Division street 
G rand  Rapids  Mich. 

452

OR  SA RE-O U K   ENTIRE  STDt K  OF  UEN- 
cral  m erchandise  at  Chippewa  Lake,  con­
sisting of h ats, caps,  boots and  shoes, m en’s fu r­
nishing goods, hardw are, crockery and groceries. 
H aving finished our lum ber  operations, we offer 
the  above  stock for sale  cheap  for  cash  or  on 
time w ith good  security.  Will sell  this stock  as 
a w hole  or  any branch of  it.  Enquire of  Chip­
pew a  Lum ber  Co., Chippewa  Lake,  Mich., or of 
IL  P.  Wyman.  Sec’y, G rand  Rapids.  Mich.  419 

n s

BARGAIN—CLEAN  STOCK  OF  MDSE  , 
drugs included;  also store  for  sale or ren t; 
reason for selling death of one of  the  firm.  Ad- 
dress Mrs.  L.  C urtis, Stockbridge,  Mich. 

IriO It  S AI -E  O I   EXCÌ1AN tì E "• - A  I.I'M ;  Èli 

■  m ill of 25,000 feet capacity in  M ichigan, with 
800,001)  feet of  custom   logs oil  the  yard.  Price, 
#2.000.  Also  a  farm   of  SO  acres  w ith  30  acres 
cleared.  Price,  $1,001.  W ould  exchange  for 
m erchandise or  hearse  and  undertaking  goods. 
A ddress No  446, care  Michigan T radesman.  451

IpOR  SALE  OK  EXCHANGE—FLOUR- MILL 

m achinery  for nearly a com plete mill, good 
as  new.  Some Is new.  Will  sell  d irt  cheap or 
exchange  for  dry  goods  or  most  anything.  A 
bargain for someone.  11.  S.  Tow ner, 9.J Frem ont 
street, G rand Rapids. 

In o li  SALE—FIRST  CLASS  BREWERY  bl'S- 

iness  and  outfit.  Location  magnificent. 
A ddress  A ugust  Leins, 

Term s  reasonable. 
A lpena,  Mich.____________________ 
TjlOU  SALE—ESTABLISHED JEW ELRY  BUS- 
JU 
iness,  stock  and  fixtures  at  Evurt,  Mich. 
No  opposition.  Reasons  for  selling, ow ner de­
ceased.  Splendid opportunity.  F.  1*. A therton, 
Reed City,  M*ch. 
r p iIR E E   HOUSES AND  LOT.-  IN  D IFFERENT 
JL 
parts of  tow n,  $i,n 0,  $1,600  and  $3,200  re­
spectively. 
If you buy  of me you are paying no 
commissions.  W.  A.  Mowe, 100  Louis street.  411

420

408

417

IpOU  SALE  OF  EXCHANGE — A  LUMBER 

m ill  of  25  M.  feet  capacity,  in  M ichigan, 
w ith  800  M  feet  of  custom  logs  on  the  yard.  : 
Price,  $2,000.  Also  a  farm   of  so  acres,  w ith  30 * 
acres cleared 
Price,  $1,000.  Would  exchange 
for  m erchandise,  or  hearse  and  undertaking 
goods.  A ddress  No.  416, care  M ichigan Trades­
m an . 
m i l l s   IS  NO  FICTION. 
I  HAVE  FOR  DIS- 
-L 
posal, if  I  can  find  the  right  persons with 
from  $1.000 to  15,00 >, three  excellent,  long-estab­
lished and good  paying businesses—tw o Mottling 
and  gents’  furnishing  goods  and  one  boot and 
shoe  business.  Two  are  situated  in  Southern 
and  one  in  N orthern  M ichigan.  Easy  terms of 
paym ent,  if  accommodation  is  required for part 
paym ent.  None  but  principals  treated  w ith. 
Address  in  first  instance,  W illiam Connor,  Box 
346, M arshall,  Mich. 

446

4:7

395

poor health.  W. L.  l  ead,  Ionia  Mich. 

doing a good business  Reason  for selling, 

I‘~  pOR.  SALE—A  CLEAN  GROCERY  ST< >CK, 
F o r   s a l e —g o o d   n e w   s t o   k  o f   b o o t s
IpdR   SA L E— 1VVE  \TY  FIVE  At RE  FARM 

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

In  Putnam  county, Florida.  Ten acres under 
cultivation  F our acres in orange  trees, lemons 
and  limes,  grape  fru it  citron,  pomegranates, 
quinces,  peaches,  pears,  plum s,  grapes, 
tigs, 
guavas,  m ulberries,  straw berries,  persimmons 
dates, palm s, olives, pecans,  w alnut, ornam ental 
trees, etc.  Two story cottage, barn, buggy house, 
horse, buggy, cart and  farm ing tools.  Place has 
been  cultivated  six  years.  Will  sell  for $2,500 
cash.  A. 11.  M cClellan,  McMeekin, Fla.

383

450 

Y STAN TED —SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED 
» *  assistant  pharm acist of four  years’  practi­
cal  experience.  Best  of  references  furnished. 
A ddress Pills, care M ichigan Tradesm an. 
"YX7ANTED  —  POSITION  AS  REGISTERED 
T t  assistant pharm acist  Three  years’ exper­
ience  in a city store.  Speak  German.  Eighteen 
years  old.  Address  No  454.  care  M ichigan 
Tradesm an. 
X irA N T E D —POSITION  F o il A  YOUNG  MAN 
T  »  who  has  been  in  ray employ  as  clothing 
and furnishing goods salesm an  for the pastyear. 
Can give him   best of recom mend,  and allow  him 
to  go  only  because  of  a  necessary  change  in 
business.  Any  retailer  needing  his  services 
should  address  "M erchant.”  care  M ichigan 
Tradesm an  and  same w ill  be  forw arded  to  me 
his present employer. 

453

451

pharm acist 

RANTED—SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED 
in  a  drug  or  drug  and 
general  store. 
Sixteen  years’  experience  in 
pharm acy.  Best of references.  Address  A  I). 
C.,  Box 37, N orth  M uskegon, Mich. 
M ISCEL.UA NEOUS.

445

416

IF  SO, DO 
you buy of the largest m anufacturers in the 
If  you do, yon  are  custom ers of 

X \ f X ^ l :rE lJ ^ n tE G rS T rEUED  ASSISTANT 
tv 
pharm acist w ho  is  experienced  not only 
in  his  profession  but  also in groceries and  pro­
visions.  Must  be  a  m arried  m an  anil  able  to 
speak  German  or  Swede,  in  connection  w ith 
English.  Wages m oderate,  b ut  steady em ploy­
m ent to the right man.  A. M ulholiaud, Jr..  Ash­
ton  Mich. 
H   O  YOU  USE  COUPON  BOOKS? 
United States? 
the Tradesm an Company, G rand  Rapids.
J7 0 K   SALE—TWO  HUNDRED  ACRES  LAND  (160  IM- 
V  
pro v ed ), lo cated   In th e  fr n it b e lt o f  O ceana co u n ­
ty ,  Mich.  L an d   fitted   fo r  m ac h in e ry ,  good  fences, 
la rg e   cu rb   ro o f  b a rn   w ith   u n d erg ro u n d   fo r  stock, 
h o rse b a rn  an d   o th e r n ecessary  fa rm  bu ild in g s.  New 
w indm ill fu rn ish e s w a te r fo r h ouse an d  b arn s.  E ig h t­
een  ac res a p p le b e a rin g  o rc h a rd , also 1.000 peach  tree s, 
tw o y e a rs old, lo o k in g  th rifty .  P rice, $35 p e r  a c re , o r 
w ill ex c h an g e fo r sto ck  o f d ry  goods.  If a n y  d ifference 
will pay  cash.  A. R etan , L ittle  R ock, Ark. 
T pO lt- SALE—ABOUT  100  POUNDS  OF  NON- 
2U 
type,  well  assorted  as  to  figures, 
fractions  and 
leaders.  J u st  the  thing  for  a 
country  paper  for  use in tax  sales  and  general 
work.  Laid in two  cases.  Wiil  sell  for 25 cents 
per p o u n d  and $1  per pair for cases.  Tradesm an 
Company, G rand  Rapids.  Mich. 
X I7 E   HAVE  VERY  FIN E  RED  GUM  TIM - 
> V 
ber and  w ant to contract  w ith  consum er 
to  saw  and  pile  100,600 to  1.000,000  feet.  E  M. 
Ford  Land A Tim ber  Co., Gilmore,  Ark. 

I TOR  8 ALE  -  BEST  RESIDENCE  LOT  IN 

G rand  Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad­
ed w ith  native  oaks, situated in good  residence 
locality,  only 200  feet  from  e.ectrlc  street  car 
line.  Will sell  for $2 500 cash, or part cash,  pay­
m ents to suit.  E.  A. Stowe,  100 Louis St. 
\lfA N T E D — MAN  FROM  20  TO  30  YEARS 
VV  of age to canvass for wood w orking s; ecial- 
ty.  Must  have  had  traveling or  m echanical ex­
perience, both  preferred.  Address,  stating  re f­
erence and experience.  B.  B., care of Carrier No. 
17, G rand  Rapids. 

pared 

354 

359

401

421

341 

Lock and  consider it superior  in  every respect. 

Tradesm an Company, 100  Louis street.

w riter.  Reason  for  selling, w e  use  a Bar- 

IjiOR  SALE—NEARLY  NEW   YOsT  TYPE- 
IlO li  SALE — GOOD  DlV II)END - PAYING 
■ 7A NTED  — TWO  SALESMEN  TO  SELL 

stocks in  banking, m anufacturing  and mer 
pantile  companies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  St.. 
G rand Rapids_______________________  

soda for IleL and A Co  , of  Fairport, N.  Y., 
In  K ansas  and  Missouri.  Good 
references 
required  from   parties  who  can  sell  goods. 
Apply  to  A.  F.  Peake,  State  Agent,  Jackson, 
Mich. 

455

370

THE  ONLY

Right  Package  for  Butter.

Parchment Lined Paper Pails for 

3, 5 and 10 lbs.

EX 23 XX O  "O’ X* l i i  JB 9 
TESE GREAT STUMP AND ROCS 
A N N IH IL A T O R .

LIGHT,  STRONG,  CLEAN,  CHEAP.
Consumer gets butter in Original  Package.  Most 
profitable  and  satisfactory  way  of  m arketing 
good goods.  F ull particulars free.

DETROIT  PAPER  PACKAGE  GO.,

DETROIT,  MICH.

WHAT  DID  GOOSSEN  WANT?

Was This Goossen’s  Reason  for  Keeping  Up the  Agitation 

of the Bulk  Yeast Question ?

Failing  to  Secitre  $209,  Re  Arranged  to  Handle  Bilik  Yeast

The following Affidavit is self-explanatory:
Sta te  of  I llinois 
County of Cook 

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F.  W.  Schwartz,  being  duly  sworn,  deposes  and  says as follows:  That  he is 
the  Manager of  the  Fermentimi  Compressed  Yeast,  doing  business in the  city  of 
Chicago, county of Cook and State of  Illinois aforesaid.  That the character of  his 
business compells him to make frequent visits to Grand Rapids,  Michigan,  and  that 
on  the occasion of  one of  said visits,  he called  upon Martin C.  Goossen,  doing busi­
ness as a grocer at 149 Monroe  street,  on  which  occasion said Goossen  importuned 
said deponent  to  pay him the  sum of  §200  spot  cash,  in which case  said  Goossen 
promised  said  deponent he  would  cease  agitating the matter of  bulk  yeast in the 
Grand  Rapids market and  agree to disband the association of  retail grocers formed 
for the purpose of  handling  bulk yeast,  which  proposition  was promptly declined.

F rank  W.  Schw artz.

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Sta te  of  I llin o is 
County of Cook. 
On  this  fourth  day of  February,  in the year  one thousand  eight hundred and 
ninety-two, before  me,  the  subscriber, a notary public in and for  said county,  per­
sonally appeared. F.  W. Schwartz,  to me known  to be the  same person described  in 
and who executed the above  instrument,  who acknowledged  the same to be his  free 
act and deed. 

Oliv er D.  St e e l e,  Notary Public.

HARVEY  &  HEYSTEK,

JOBBERS  IN

We are the only Jobbers In  W estern M ichigan, and sell at Factory  Prices. 

W e  m a k e  a  s p e c ia lty  o f   S to r e  S h a d es.

75  &  77  Monroe St.-Warehoiise,  81  k  83  Campai!  S t,  Grand  Rapids.

SEND

FOR

DESCKIPnVB
p a m p h l e t .

gliusp fosforo afloat.  I Fragments after a blast.

^ z i o w u   t o   t H e   A r t s .

P O W D E R , F U S E , C A P S ,

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and all tools for stump blasting,

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H E R C U L E S   P O W D E R   C O M P A N Y ,
J , W . W IL L A R D ,  M an ag er«

$0 Prospect Street,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

Agents  for

Western

Write  for  Prices.

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

D r u g s  0  M e d ic in e s*

S ta le  B oard   o f  P h a rm a cy .

One  T ear—Jacob  Jesson,  M uskegon.
Two  Years—Jam es  Vernor, D etroit.
T hree  Years—Ottm&r Eberb&ch, Ann  Arbor 
Pour T ears—G eorge Gundrum. Ionia.
F ive Years—C. A, Bugrbee,  Cheboygan.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Ja s .  Vernor, D etroit.
Treasurer—G eo. Gundrum, Ionia.
M arquette,  Aug. SI;  L ansing,  Novem ber 1.

M eetings  for  1892 — Star  Island 

(D etroit),  July  5; 

M ichigan  State  P h a rm a c eu tica l  A ss’n. 

President— H. G. Colem an, K alam azoo.
Vice-Presidents—S.  E.  Parkil 1.  O w osso;  L.  P auley, St.
Ignace;  A. S. Parker, D etroit.
Secretary—Mr. P arsons. D etro it.
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, D etroit.
E xecutive Com m ittee—F. J. W urzburg,  Grand Rapids; 
Frank  ln g iis  and  G.  W.  Stringer,  D etroit;  C.  E. 
W ebb, Jackson.
N ext place  o f  m eeting—Grand  Rapids, Aug. 2,3 and A 
Local Secretary—John  D. Muir._______________________
G rand  R apids  P h a rm a c eu tica l  Society. 
President, W. R. Jew ett,  Secretary,  Frank H. E scott, 
R egular Meetings—First W ednesday evenin g o f March 
June, Septem ber and Decem ber._________________ ___
Grand R a p id s  D ru g  Clerks* A sso c ia tio n , 
resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Sm ith.

D etro it  P h a rm a c eu tica l  S ociety. 

President. F. Rohnert;  Secretary,  J. P.  Rheinfrank.
M u skegon  D ru g  Clerks*  A ssociation . 

President  N. Miller:  Secretary. A. T. W heeler.

Syrup of Bromide of Iron.

The  editor  of  the American Druggist 
calls attention to  the  danger  of  making 
this  preparation.  Suggesting  a  change 
in  the  present  pharmacopieial  method, 
he  states:
The  main object is to  beep  down  the 
violence of the reaction and to avoid loss 
of bromine.  This is chiefly accomplished 
by properly cooling  the  flask  during the 
operation.  It is better, also, not to use too 
fine an iron wire, but a coarser wire,so that 
less  surface  is  exposed  to  the  bromine. 
Wire of about the size of knitting needles 
may thus be used.  But if  the tine piano 
wire be  employed,  great  care  must  be 
taken to add  the  bromine  in  small  por­
tions at a time, and to allow the violence, 
if any. of  the reaction to  subside  before 
adding more.  A  most  useful  feature is 
the insertion  into  the  neck  of  the  flask 
(in which the  operation is  carried on) of 
a long test tube,  a little less  in  diameter 
than  the  neck  of  the  flask,  and  the 
mouth of which is  closed  with  a stopper 
carrying two tubes, one  reaching  to  the 
bottom  of  the  test  tube,  the  other  ter­
minating direct])’ under  the  stopper.  A 
current of cold water is made to traverse 
the test tube,  and this acts as an efficient 
condenser  to  prevent  the escape of any, 
or at  least  of  more than traces of, vapor 
of bromine.
The  official  directions  should,  there­
fore,  be  altered  so  as  to  read  (U.  S. 
Pharm.,  p.  322):  Introduce the iron into 
a flask of thin glass of  suitable capacity, 
add to it 200 parts of distilled water,  and 
afterwards a small quantity (about2c.c.) 
of  the bromine contained in a glass-stop­
pered  funnel  or  burette. 
Insert a stop­
per closely  into  the  mouth  of  the flask, 
and  gently  agitate the contents until the 
bromine  has  combined  with  the  iron. 
Repeat the addition  of  bromine  in small 
quantities  at  a  time,  agitating  gently 
after  each  addition,  and,  if  necessary, 
moderating  the  reaction  by  cooling the 
flask  with  cold  water.  After  all  the 
bromine  has  been  added  and  no further 
spontaneous  increase  of  temperature  is 
observed,  apply  heat  to  the  contents of 
the flask until  they have lost the odor of 
bromine  and  acquired  a greenish  color. 
Then filter  into  the  sugar,  and continue 
as directed in the U.  S.  Pharm.
Medicated  Syrups.

A few practical hints in regard to mak­
ing  medicated  syrups  may  prove  ac­
ceptable.  Many  of  them  are  now  made 
with  fluid  extracts. 
In  the  first place, 
get the best fluid extracts in  the  market, 
add the correct quantity to  the  water, or 
whatever  menstruum may  be  used,  then 
filter clear; 
in  the  filtrate  dissolve  the 
sugar, either  by  agitation  or  by  means 
of  a  water-bath,  and  strain.  A  nice 
clear  syrup  is  the  result. 
In  making 
syrup of ipecac or syrup of senega,  it is a 
good plan to  heat  the  simple  syrup  be­
fore adding the fluid extract,  and to clar­
ify  with  a  little  isinglass  before  the 
medicated  syrup is strained.
The tendency of syrups to fermentation 
is  a  source  of  great  annoyance.  They 
should be properly  made,  with  sufficient 
sugar  to  form  a  good  body,  and  then 
kept in as cool  a place  as  possible.  The

process  of  fermentation  can  be  pre­
vented, or  greatly  retarded,  by the addi- 
I tion of  from  one  to two drachms of sul­
phite of  lime  to  each  gallon  of  syrup. 
Fermented or  “changed”  syrups  should 
never be dispensed.
Impurities In Leaf-Silver.  ~ CZ1 
13 i 
The commercial  leaf-silver is generally 
contaminated with  tin,  copper,  lead,  or 
bismuth,  and it  is  advisable  to  test this 
article, even  if  claimed  to be chemically 
pure,  before  using  for  silvering  pills. 
The leaf-silver must  be  completely solu­
ble in pure nitric acid.  A white, insolu­
ble sediment indicates tin; a bluish color­
ation,  especially  after  addition  of  am­
monia,  indicates  copper. 
If  a  white 
turbidity in the  diluted  solution  is  pro­
duced  on  addition of  diluted  sulphuric 
acid,  lead is present,  and a white  turbid­
ity produced by adding a slight excess of 
ammonia indicates bismuth.

The Drug Market.

Gum opium is lower.  Morphia  is  un­
changed.  Ergot  has  declined.  Alcohol 
is lower.  German quinine has declined. 
Salacine  is  lower.  Turpentine  has  de­
clined.

The  Farm as a Business Enterprise.
There never was a time  in  the  history 
of  agriculture  when  the  application  of 
farming 
strict  business  principles  to 
operations  was  more  necessary 
than 
it  is  to-day. 
In  the  earlier  days  of 
farming  the  investment  was  mainly  in 
labor.  The  farming  implements  were 
few, crude and many of them home-made. 
Very little  mechanical  skill  was  neces­
sary in conducting the work of the farm, 
and the man  who  had  the  best  muscles 
and  most  endurance,  as  a rule,  got  the 
best  results  from  his  farm. 
It  is  quite 
different  in  this day  of  the sulky plow, 
the  ridiug  cultivator,  self-binder,  the 
steam thresher, the  cream  separator and 
the many other ingenious  and  labor-sav­
ing appliances.  Muscles are now at a dis­
count  and  brains  at  a  premium.  The 
farm that is fully equipped  with modern 
machinery  is  a  manufactory,  and 
it 
should be  conducted  on  the  same  busi­
ness  principles  that  govern every  well- 
conducted manufacturing  enterprise.  A 
manufacturer  of  plows,  attempting  to 
conduct his affairs in the haphazard  way 
in  which  the  average  farmer  manages 
the  business  affairs  of  his  farm,  would 
soon go to the wall.  He  must know to a 
a cent the cost of everything that is  used 
in the  manufacture  of  his  goods, and a 
reliable system  of  book-keeping  is abso­
lutely  necessary.  The  farmer  who  de­
sires to reach  the highest possibilities in 
the results of  his  farm  must  be  equally 
as business-like  in  his  methods.  Farm 
book-keeping  in  the  future  will  be  as 
important  a  department  of  accounts  as 
bank book-keeping,  and  the  farmer who 
who is not a good business  man  will  not 
be a good farmer. 

A.  S.  M.

Thinks  He  is  a  Locomotive.

First Drummer—That  hotel  clerk  in 
there  shows  a  disposition  to  run  over 
everybody who comes in his way.
Second Drummer—I  can  account  for 
that.
“ How?”
“You see,  he wears  a diamond  breast­
pin that has so frequently been  mistaken 
for the headlight of a locomotive that  he 
really  thinks  he  is  one.  That  why  he 
runs over people.”

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

GZXTSZ2TG  HO O T.
We pay the hlghect price for It.  Addreu

P P f lF   D'D f)Q   W holesale  U r a n is ta  
lJj u A.  DilUlO., 

GRAND  RAPTD8.

MANUFACTURERS  ANI)  JOBBERS  OF

SCHLOSS,  IDLER  ti  CO.
Faits, Sits, Overalls
ßeuts’  F u m isi! Goods;

-AND-

184,  186 A   188  JEFFERSON  AVE.,

DETROIT,  MICH.

D o   Y o u   D e s ire  

to   S e ll

in Curtaius

B y  S a m p le ?

Send (or odr Spring catalogue

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND FOR PRICE  LIST.

Daniel Lyncti,

19  S.  Io n ia   St.,  G rand  R apids.

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  i-  SON,

W h o lesa le and R e ta il J o b b e rs o f 

B U IL D IN G   P A P E R S ,
C A R P E T   L IN IN G S,

A nd   A ll  K in d s  o f

ROOFING  MATERIALS,
COAL  TAR  AND 
A SP H A L T   PRO DUCTS.

We  make a specialty of  the seamless  asphalt 
ready roofing and two-ply coal tar ready roofing 
which  are  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.

SMITH  &  SANFORD,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Cor.  LOUIS  &  CAMPAU  STS.,

G rand  R a p id s,  M ich .

MANUFACTURER OF

GHflS. I GOYE,

Am is k Teils

Horse and Wagon Covers

JOBBERS  OF

Hamiocks and Cotton  Ducks
11  Pearl  St,  Grand  Rapids,  Mick

SE N D   F O R   P R IC E   L IST .

Paper  Packed 

Screw.

WRITE  FOR  PRICES

s
Wm. Briimmeler & Sons

M anufacturers and  J ob b ers o f

Pieced & Stamped Tinware,

260  S. IO NIA ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Telephone  640.

O frL edgers  and  J o u rn a ls; bound  w ith  
P h ila d e lp h ia  P a t. F la t op en in ',  back. 
T h e S tron gest  11 lan k ’Bonk  E ver M ade.

¿RLOty
((OTHERS
fjDK
INDERS

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

We are very la rg e  receivers of the Above ar- 
tielss and are prepared to sel 1 your shipments 
promptly at the highest ma rlcet  price,  and  -C 
five you quick returns. We also receive ana seu
HAY, GRAIN, WOOL, HIDES,

GRASS SEED,BEANS, POTATOES, 
GREEN  AND  DRIED  FRUITS, 
Oil f HYTHIHG YOU MAY  HAVE TO  SHIP.  Mb-
C1.pj advan ces madeonsliipments if requested. 
Write u s  for  p ric es  or  any  information  you
“ SUMMERS,  MORRISON  &  CO. 

Commission 
174 S.  WATER  ST., 
lU tT m a e« a ietr-H M .« » » »   Nr.1!.  Br. 

is r s t a t s ,
- 

CHICAGO, *LL
t h k a * o . 

Be sure and M ention th is Paper.

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

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W h o le sa le   P r i c e   C u r r e n t •

Declined—Gum opium, ergot, German quinine, salacine, turpentine, alcohol.

ACD3UH.

8®  10
A cetlcum ...................... 
Benzoicum  German..  60®  65
Boraclc 
........................ 
20
Carbollcum ...................  22®  30
C ltricum ...................... 
50®  55
H ydrochlor..................  
3®
Nltrocum 
....................  10®  12
O xalicum ......................   10®  12
Phosphorium  d il.........  
20
Salicylicum ................... 1  30® 1 70
Sulphuricum................   H£@  5
Tannicum ....................... 1  40®1 60
Tartaricum....................  36®  33

AMMONIA.

s  

Aqua, 16  d eg................   3%® 
5
7
20  deg................   5H@ 
Carbonas  ......................  12®  14
C hloridum ....................  12®  14

ANILINE.

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

BACCAB.

Cubeae (po.  90).......... 
90@1  10
8®  10
JunlperuB...................... 
X antnoxylum ...............  25®  30

BALSAKUM.

Copaiba.........................   50®  55
Peru................................   @1  30
Terabln, Canada  .......   35®  40
T olutan.........................   35®  50

Abies,  Canadian....................  18
Casslae  ....................................   11
Cinchona Flava...............  18
Euonymus  atropurp.........   30
Myrlca  Cerifera, po...............  20
Prunus V lrgini.......................   12
Guillaia,  grd...........................  14
Sassafras  .........  
14
UlmuB Po (Ground  12).........   10

 

 

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“ 
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EXTRACTUM.
Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...
p o .............
Haematox, 15 lb. b ox..
I s ................
K b...............
M s...............
f e r r u h .
Carbonate Precip.........
Citrate and Quinta —
Citrate  Soluble............
Ferrocyanldum Sol —
Solut  Chloride.............
Sulphate,  com’l ...........
pure...............

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

®   15 
@3  50 
@  80 
®   50 
@  15 
1K@  2 
®  
7

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

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

 

Barosma 
 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tln-

20®  75
n lv e lly .......................   25®  28
A lx.  35®  50
and  K s.  ....................  12®  15
8©  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Jis
U raU rsl......................... 

“ 

“ 

OUMHI.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Acacia, 1st  picked.  .. 

®   80
....  @  55
2d 
.. . .   @  40
3d 
@  25
sifted so rts... 
80
p o ...........  60® 
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...  50®  60 
®   12
“  Cape,  (po.  20)... 
®   50
Socotrl, (po.  60). 
Catechu, Is, (Ks, 14 Ms,
@  1
16)............................... 
A m m onias....................  55®  60
Assafoetlda,  (po. 35).. 
35®  40
Benzoinum ....................  5u@  55
Camphors  ....................  50®  53
Buphorblum  po  .........  35® 
lo
Galbanum......................  @3  50
Gamboge,  po................   72®  73
Gualacum,  (po  30)  .. 
@ 2 5
Kino,  (po.  25)..............  
®   20
M astic................ 
 
®   80
Myrrh,  (po. 45)............  
®   40
Opll,  (po. 3  00)...................1  85®1 95
Shellac  .........................   25®  35
bleached.........  30®  35
T ragacanth..................   30®  75

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hbbba—In ounce packages.

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

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MAONESIA.

Calcined, P at................  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat....... . 
20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate,  Jennlng5..  35®  36

OLEUM.

Cubebae.........................  @ 6 0 0
K xechthltos................  2  50©2  75
Krlgeron............................. 2  25@2 50
G aultheria..........................2 00®2 10
Geranium,  ounce.......   @  75
Gosslpil,  Sem. g a l.......  50®  75
Hedeoma  ...................... l  40@1  50
Juniperl.........................   50@2 00
L avendula...................   90@2 00
L im onis...............................a 75@3 25
Mentha Piper......................2  75®3 50
Mentha Yerld....................2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal.....................1  00@1 10
Myrcia, ounce..............   @  50
O live..............................   80@2  75
Plcis Liquida,  (gal. 35)  10®  12
R lc in l................................... 1  08®1 ?4
Rosmarinl..............  
75®1  00
Rosae,  ounce................  @6  50
Succinl...........................  40®  45
Sabin a...........................  90@l  00
Santal  ........................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras.......................   50®  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce__   @  65
T iglfl..............................  @  90
T h ym e...........................  40®  50
..................  @  60
Theobromas..................  15®  20

opt 

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POTASSIUM.

BiCarb...........................  15®  18
Bichrom ate..................  13®  14
Bromide.......................  
25®  27
Carb................................   12®  15
Chlorate,  (po. 16).........  18®  20
Cyanide.........................   50®  55
Iodide...................................2  80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  26®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  @  15
Potass  Nltras, opt.......  
8®  10
Potass N ltras................ 
9
7® 
Prusslate.......................  28®  30
Sulphate  po..................  15®  18

RADIX.

 

(po.  40)........... 

A conitum .....................   20®  25
A lthae.............................  25®  30
A nchu sa.......................   12®  15
Arum,  po.......................  @  25
Calamus.........................  20®  40
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......   10®  12
Giychrrhiza,  (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
  @  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__   15®  20
Inula,  po.......................   15®  20
Ipecac,  po........................... 2  65@2 75
Iris  plox (po. 35@38) ..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr......................  42®  45
Maranta,  Ms................  @  35
Podophyllum, po.........  15®  18
R hei................................   75@1  00
“  cu t.........................  @1  75
“  pv...........................  75@1  35
S pigella.........................  48®  53
Sanguinarla,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpentaria...................   35®  40
S en eg a ...........................  45®  50
Simllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0
M  @  20
Scillae, (po. 35)............   10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fobö-
...  @ 3 5
Yaleriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ©   25
German...  15®  20
ingiber a .....................   12®  15
18®  22
Zingiber  j ................ 

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

“ 

“ 

..  @ 1 5
Anisum,  (po.  20).. 
Aplum  (graveleons)..  20®  22
Bird, I s .....................  
4® 
6
Carni, (po. 18).  ........... 
8®  12
Cardamon.......   ............1  00@1  25
Corlandrum..................  10®  12
Cannabis Sativa........... 
4@4M
Cydonlum.....................   75@l  00
Cnenopodlum  ............   10®  12
Dlpterlx Odorate..........2  10®2 20
Foenlculum ..................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po........... 
8
6® 
L in i...................  
.........4  ®   4 *
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3K)  4  @ 4K
Lobelia...........................  35®  40
Pharlarls Canarian__   3K@  4K
R ap a..............................  
7
Sinapis,  A lbu..............  
9
N igra............   11®  12

6® 
S® 

“ 

SPIRITI! B.

 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

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
Saacharum  N.  B ..........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  G alli..............1  75@6 50
V ini Oporto...................1  25@2 00
Vini  A lba.......................1  25@2 00

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

A bsinthium .................. 3  50®4 00
Amygdalae, D u lc.........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8 00®8  25
A n lsl.....................................1  75@1 80
Aurantl  Cortex............3 00@3  25
Bergamli  .............. 
3  75®4  00
C ajiputi.......................  
65®  75
C aryophylll..................   75®  80
Cedar  .............................  35®  65
C henopodli..................   @1  60
C lnnam onll........................ 1  20®1 25
C ltronella......................  @  45
Conlum  M ac................  35®  65
Copaiba 
........................1  lo®i  20

SYRUPS.

A cca cla .................................. 
50
Zingiber  ..................................  50
Ipecac.......................................   60
Ferrl  Iod..................................  50
Aurantl  Cortes.......................   50
Rhei  Aram..............................   50
Simllax  Officinalis................  60
Co.........   50
S en ega......................................  50
ScUlae........................................  50
“  Co..................................   50
T olu tan ....................................  50
Prunna  t  irg.............................  60

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TINCTURES.

“ 

“ 

•« 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconitum  Napellis R ...........  60
p ...........   go
A loes.........................................   60
and  myrrh....................  60
A rn ica......................................  50
Asafoetlda................................  
o
A trope Belladonna................   60
Benzoin....................................  60
Co...............................  50
Sanguinarla.............................  50
Barosm a..................................   50
Cantharides.............................  75
C apsicum .................................  50
Ca  damon.................................  75
Co..............................   75
Castor.......................................1  oo
Catechu....................................   50
C inchona................................   50
Co..............................   60
Colum ba..................................  50
C onium ....................................  50
Cubeba......................................  50
D ig ita lis..................................   50
Ergot.........................................   50
G entian....................................  50
Co................................   60
G ualca......................................  50
am mo n .......................   60
Z ingiber..................................  50
H yoscyam us...........................  50
Iodine........................................  75
Colorless......................  75
Ferri  Chloridum....................  35
K in o .........................................   50
Lobelia......................................  50
Myrrh.......................................   50
N ux  Vom ica...........................  50
O p ll...........................................  85
“  Camphorated..................  50
“  Deodor.............................2 00
Aurantl Cortex.......................   50
Q uassia....................................  50
R h a ta n y ..................................  50
R hei...........................................  50
Cassia  A cutifol......................  50
Co................   50
Serpentaria................ 
50
Stramonium.............................  60
T olutan....................................  60
V aleriaD .................... 
50
Veratrum Verlde....................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

4® 

5® 

(po.

ground, 

Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28 
* 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
A lum en.........................  2M® 3
7)
Annatto.........................   55®  60
Antimonl, po................ 
5
et Potass T.  55®  60
A ntlpyrin......................  @1  40
Antlfebrln.....................  @  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  ®   64
Arsenicum .................... 
7
Balm Gilead  B ud.......   38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ...............2 
Calcium Chlor, Is,  (Ks
Canthandes  Russian,

11;  Ms,  12)................   @ 
9
p o ................................   @1  20
Capslci  Fructus, a f...  ®   20
p o__   @ 2 5
B po.  @  20
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15)  12®  13
Carmine,  No. 40...........  @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F .......   50®  55
Cera Flava....................  38®  40
C occus...........................  @  40
®   22
Cassia Fructus............  
Centraria.......................  
®   10
®   40
Cetaceum ...................... 
Chloroform ..................  60®  63
squlbbs.. 
@1  25
Chloral HydCrst...........1 25®1  50
Cbondrus.....................   20®  25
Cinchonldlne, P.  A   W  15®  20
German  3  @  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
cent  .........................  
60
Creasotum .................. 
@  50
Crete,  (bbl. 75)............   @ 
2
5
prep.....................  
5® 
preelp................ 
9®  11
Rubra..................  @ 
8
Crocus  — ....................  30®  35
Cudbear.........................   @  24
Cuprl Sulph..................  5 ®  
6
D extrin e.......................   10®  12
Ether Sulph..................  68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po.....................   @ 
6
Brgota,  (po.)  85...........  70®  75
Flake  W hite................   12®  15
G alla..............................  
®   23
Gambler.........................  7  @ 8
Gelatin,  Cooper...........  @  70
French............   40®  60
Glassware  flint,  75 and 2K. 

" 

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” 

“ 
by box 70

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Glue,  Brown................ 
9®  15
“  W hite..................  13®  25
G lycerlna......................15ft®  20
®   22
Grana Paradlsl............  
Humulus.......................   25®  55
Hydraag  Chlor  M ite.. 
®   90
“  C o r ....  ®   80
Ox Rubrum  @1  00
Ammonlatl.  @1  10
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum..............   @  70
Icnthyobolla,  Am. 
.1 25®1  50
Indigo............................   75® 1  00
Iodine,  Resubl..............3 75@3  85
Iodoform....................... 
©4 70
L upulin.........................   35®  40
Lycopodium ................  55®  60
M arts.............................  75®  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
orarg Iod....................  @  27
Liquor Potass ArslnltlB  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
IK )..............................  
8
Manilla,  S. F ..............  

2® 
32®85

“ 

*  

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. A  W .. .1  80@2  05 
C. C o ...........................1  70@1  95
Moschus  Canton.........  @ 4 0
Myrlstlca,  No. 1............  70®  75
N ux Vomica,  (po 20)..  @ 1 0
Os.  Sepia........................   18®  20
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
C o ..............................  @2 00
Plcis  Liq, N.»C., K gal
doz  .............................  @2  00
Plcis Liq., quarts.......  @1  00
p in ts...........  @  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)___   @  3
Pix  Burgun...................   @  7
Plumb! A c e t.................   14®  15
Pulvls Ipecac et op ll.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyre thrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......   @125
Pyrethrum,  p v ..............  30®  35
Q uasslae......................... 
8®  10
Quinte, S. P. & W .........  31®  36
S.  German___ 22  ©  30
Rubla  Tinctorum.........  12®  14
Saccharnm Lactls pv.  @ 2 8
Salacin...........................1  90@2 00
Sanguis  Draconls.........  40®  50
Sapo,  W ...........................  12®  14
M ............................   10®  12
©   15

“  G ......... 

“ 

 

 

Seldlltz  M ixture.........
@  24 
Sinapis...........................
®   18 
®   30
,r  opt.....................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V o e s ...........................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras,  (po. 12}.  .  11®  12 
Soda  et Potass T art...  27®  30
Soda Carb....................  1K@  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb..............   @ 
5
Soda,  A sh.....................   3K@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas..............   @ 
2
Spts. Ether C o ............   50®  56
“  Myrcia  Dom.......   @2 25
“  Myrcia Im p.........  @3  00
‘  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
....7 .............................2  14®2  24
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......   @1  30
Sulphur, Subl...............3  @ 4
R oll................  2M@  3K
Terebenth V enice.. ...  28® 30
Theobrom ae........... ...38  @ 43
V anilla.....................
.  9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph............
7® 8
... 
OILS.

“ 

Whale, winter......... ..  70
Lard,  extra............... ..  55
Lard, No.  1............... ..  45
Linseed, pore raw  . ..  38

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
50
41

“ 

bbl. 

faints. 

Llndseed,  boiled  ____  41 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained..................... 
50 
Spirits Turpentine__   45 

44
60
50
lb.
Red  Venetian.................H i  2@3
Ochre,yellow  M ars...  1M  2@4
“ 
Ber.........1M  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2M  2K@3
“  strictly  pure......2M  2R®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ............................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English  ... 
70@75
Green,  Peninsular....... 
70@75
Lead,  red.........................  7  @7K
w h ite .................... 7  @7K
@70
Whiting, white Span... 
W hiting,  Gilders’ ......... 
@90
White, Paris  American 
1  0 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng..
c l if f ..............................  
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
P aints........................1  00@1  20

“ 

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp.................. 1i>0@1  70
Coach  Body.................2  75@3  00
No. 1 Turp  F u m ........ 1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55® 1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70®75
Turp............................. 

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CHEMICALS  AND

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PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils ^  Varnishes,

BMCTM  Dl

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F i  Line of Stai  Dntggii' Sundries.

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t s l w k i D á O t e i

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We give omr Personal Attention to Mall Ordert m i (tam atas Satisfaction.
All ordert are Shipped and Invoiced the same dap we receive eben».  Send In  e 

trial order.

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GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH-

1 6

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Grocery  Price  Current•

The  quotations given below

and  buy  In  full  packages.

APPLE  BUTTER
5
40 lb. p a lls .......................
20 lb. p a ils......................... . -  514
Mason's.  10. 20 or 30 lbs  . ..  6
51b....................... ..  7
AXLE GREASE.

“ 

Graphite.

'* 

“ 

M gr.  cases, per  gr........... . .SS 50
7  50
1254 lb.  pails, per doz  ___
25 lb. 
....... ..12 00
100 lb.  kegs, per  lb ........... ..  4
250 lb- 54 bbls., per  lb __ ..  3 îi
334
400 lb.  bbls  , per lb  .. 
..
gr. cases, per gr............
*6  50
.. ..  7  IO
54 lb. pails, per doz. 
lb. 
.......
.10 50
00 lb  kegs, per  lb 
.......
3*4
50 lb.  54  bbls., per  lb  ... •-  33*
400 lb. bbls..  per lb ...........
BAKIKG  POWDER.

Badger.

.  3

“ 

“ 

45
85
1  OC

60
1  20

.. 

Acme.
!* lb. cans. 3  doz...........
541b.  “ 
2  “ 
.............
1  “  ............
1  lb.  “ 
Rn’t
Arctic.
3*  5» cans...........................
34  tt>  " 
.........................
S  ft>  “ 
...............................
Cook's  Favorite.
100 ii lb cans...................
¡1*1 pieces colored glass
100 3* lb c a n s .......... ...........:
¡1 0 pieces of crystal glas
100 J-i lb cans  ..................
¡100 hdl  cups and saucer:
2 doz 1 ib ca n s.....................
(tankard pitcher w ith each - 

T'r  Price's.

per dt

**
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0*PR1C?§
CREAM
Ba k in g
powdeh
îÿ»«Brat«Ç,

Dime ca n s.. 90
6 oz 
1  90
S oz 
.. 2  47
I2-OZ 
.. 3 75
.. 1  75
16-oz 
254- lb 
11  40 
4 lb
IS  25 
a-lb10-lb
21  «0 
41  80
Red star,  3*  ®  ca n s. 
• 
" 
H  S' 
1 a.  “ 
.
\   lb. cans 
54 lb. 
“
]  lb
Victor.
6 ; /. cans, 4 doz  .......

“ 
- 
“ 
< 

Teller's. 

1  50 
45

1  20 
2  00

BATH  BRICK. 
2 dozen  in  cas
E n g lish .........................
Bristol.....................
Domestic.......................

BLUING.

Arctic, 4 oz  o v a ls..  ..
pints,  round  .. 
No. 2, sifting be 
No. 3,
No. 5, 
1 oz b a l l...........

“

BROOMS.

No. 2 H url.....................
No. 1  “ 
.....................
No. 2 Carpet..................
No. 1 
“ 
..................
Parlor Gem....................
Common W hisk...........
Fancy 
...........
M ill................................
W arehouse....................

“ 

2  00 
2  25 
2  50
2 75
3 00 
1  CO 
1  20 
3 25 
3 00

1  25

Rice  Root Scrub, 2  n  
Rice  Root  Scrub, 3 re 
Palm eto, goose.

BUCKWHEAT  F!
Rising S u n .................
York State............
Self Rising, c a s e __
CANDLES

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes.  .. 
Star,  40 
Paraffine............................. 
W icklng.................. 

10
................  9
1054
25

“ 

C A N N E D   GOODS.

“ 

FISH.
Clams.
Little Neck,  l i b ...................l  io
2  lb ...................i  90
Standard. 31b.......................   2 00
Standard,  1 lb ........................  93
21b.........................170
Lobsters.

“ 
Clam  Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

“ 

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

“ 
“ 

Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb .........................1  30
2  lb .......................2 25
Mustard,  31b........................ 3 00
Tomato Sauce,  3 lb ..............3 00
Soused, 3  lb ............................3 00

“ 

Salmon.
“ 

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

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Sardines.

“ 
“ 

American  1*8  .................45»@  5
54s................. 614® 7
Imported  3*s........................11®12
54s  ...................... 13®14
Mustard  »is.........................   7@9
20
B oneless........................... 

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

Trout.

FRUITS.
Apples.

“ 

3  lb. standard............ 
85
York state, gallons  ..
2  40 
Hamburgh, 
__
2  50
Apricots.
Live oak.........................
2 25 
Santa  Cruz...................
2  00 
Lusk’s .............................
2 50 
Overland.....................
1  90
Blackberries.
B. &  W ...........................
93
Cherries.
1 20 
R ed.................................
Pitted  Hamburgh 
..  .
1  75 1 20 
W hite.............................
1  20
Brie  .............................
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
-.........................   @125
Krje 
t aliform a...................... 
j  70
Gooseberries.
1  10
C om m on.......................

Gages.

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

1  302 50 
2  75

1  10

1  35 
1  3?

Peaches.

P ie ..................................
M axw ell.......................
Shepard’s .....................
California......................
Monitor 
..................
Oxford  ..........................

Pears.

“ 

Common............. 
Johnson's  sliced __

Dom estic.......................
Riverside......................
Pineapples.
.......
grated.........
Quinces.
Com m on.......................
Raspberries.
Red 
.................. ............
Black  Hamburg...........
Brie  black

Strawberries.
L aw rence.....................
Hamburgh....................
Erie....................... .
Terrapin 
. 
......... . 
Common  ...
F.  A  W................
Blueberries..................

Whortleberries. 

.

M EATS.

Corned  beef.  Libby’s __
Roast beef,  j 
Potted  ham  54 lb 
3* lb.

“ 
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tongue.  34  lb 
M lb ...
chicken, J* lb __

“ 
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VEGETABLES.

Beans.

“ 

“ 

Hamburgh  stringless-  .  _____
French style.........2 25
Limas  ....................1  40
Lima,  green.............................1  30
soaked....................... '  go
Lewis Boston  Baked 
.1  35 
Bay State  Baked 
1  35 
World's  Fair..
1  35
Corn.
Hamburgh 
.........................  
j  j ,
L ivingston......................... ]. ’
Purity 
'
........................... 
Honey  D ew ............................. j  50
Morning Glory......................   1 jo

Peas

“ 
“ 

Hamburgh m arrofat..............1 35
early J u n e............1
Champion E ng... 1  50
Hamburgh  petit  pois........... 1  75
fancy  sifted ........1  90
Soaked...................................  65
Harris  standard....................
Van Camp's Marrofat 
.1  10
Early J u n e.......... 1 30
Archer’s  Early Blossom ___ 1 35
F ren ch ...................................... 1  go

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

F rench..................................16218
E rie.........................................  95
Hubbard....................................1 20
Hamburg  .................................1  40
Soaked...................................   go
Honey  D ew...............................1 60
Bxcelslor 
..............................1  00
E clipse....................................... 1 GO
H am burg.................................. .  30
Gallon  ...  ............................... 2  50

Tomatoes.

CHOCOLATE—BAKEB’S.
German Sweet.....................
Premium...............................
Pure.......................................
Breakfast  Cocoa................

CHEESE.

Amboy...........................  @
®13
H erkim er...................... 
R iverside..... ................  @
Allegan - ...................... 
@
Skim ......................  . . . .   @10
B r ic k ................................ 
13
Edam  ............................  @1  00
Limburger  ..................  @10
Pineapple......................  @25
Roquefort  —   ..........   @35
Sap  Sago.......................   @22
Schweitzer, imported.  @30
domestic  __   @15

“ 

CATSUP.

Half  pint, common..............   80
Pint 
.............1  to
...............1  50
Quart 
Half  pint, fan cy..................  1  25
Pint 
....................St 00
3 00
.................  
Quart 

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“ 
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CLOTHES PINS.

5 gross boxes......................... 40

COCOA  SHELLS.

35 Ib  bags.........................   @3
Less  quantity 
Pound  packages 
63*@7

-----   @3)*

C O FFEE.

G REEN .
Rio.

Fair............................................ 16
Good.......................................... 17
Prim e........................................ lg
G olden...................................... 20
Peaberry 
............................... .20

Santos.

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

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

Maracaibo.

Prim e.........................................19
M ille d ...................................... 20

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

 

Mocha.

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

BOASTED.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add >4c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.

PACKAGE.
A rb u c k le’s A riosa 
..  .  19.80 
M c L su g h lin V   X X X X .  n i l
G e r m a n ..............................   19  fO
Lion. 60or 1001b.  case  ...  19  to

EXTRACT.

Valiev Cl tv .......  
rr.
; ...............
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil........... . . . . .   1  50
“ 
t i n ..........................  2 50

CHICORY

Bulk  .
Red................

Cotton.  40 f t ... 

per doz

CLOTHES  LINES.
50 f t ............ 
“
60 f t ............ 
“
“
70 f t ............ 
80 f t ............ 
“
60 f t ........ 
“
72 ft  .........  
<*

1  40 
1  60 
1  75 
1  90 
90 
1  00

“ 
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“ 
“ 
Jute 
“ 

COUPON  BO O K S.

U S

“Tradesman.’

1 1, per  hundred..................2 00
•  2, 
2  50
# 3 , 
3 00
5 6, 
3  00
4  OU
»10, 
*20, 
5  00

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

I  1, per  hundred..................  2  50
3  00
* 2, 
3  50
8 3, 
8 5, 
4  00
810, 
5  00
.......................  6 00
820, 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ “ 

 
 
 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“Superior.”
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“Universal.”
8  1, per hundred................ $3 00
“ 
*2, 
......
3  50
4  GO
.......
“ 
8 3, 
.......
“ 
8 5, 
5 GO
“ 
......
»10, 
6  00
“ 
..................7 00
*20, 
Above prices on coupon books 
re  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 or over................5  per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “  

10 “
“
COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

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

 

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

CONDENSED MILK.
4 doz. in case.

E agle.......................................   7  40
Crown  ....................................  625
Genuine  Swiss......................8 00
American Swiss......................7 00

CRACKERS.

Butter.

6

SeymourXXX..................... 
Seymour XXX,  cartoon.......  654
Family  XXX.........................  6  .
Family XXX,  cartoon.........  654
Salted  XXX.............................  6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ........... 654
Kenosha 
.............................  754
Boston......................................   8
Butter  b iscu it..........................654

Soda.

Soda,  XXX.............................  6
Soda, C ity................................  754
Soda,  Duchess 
......................854
Crystal W afer.........................10
Reception  Flakes..................10
S. Oyster  X XX.......................  6
City Oyster. XXX....................  6
Farina  Oyster........................  6

Oyster.

CREAM TARTAR.

Strictly  pure 
30
.... 
35
Telfer’s  Absolute................. 
Grocers’ ..........................         10@15

D R IE D   FR U ITS 

D om estic.
APPLES.

“ 

APRICOTS.

quartered  “ 

Sundried. sliced in  bbls.
Evaporated, 50 lb.  boxes
California in  bags  .........
Evaporated in boxes.  ... 
BLACKBERRIES.
In  boxes.............................
70 lb. bags..........................
25 lb. b oxes....................... 9
Peeled, in  boxes 
Cal. evap.  “ 
“ 
PEARS.
California in bags

...
.............
In bags  .......

PEACHES.
. 

NECTARINES.

“ 

“ 

PITTED CHERRIES.
Barrels  ... 
...............
50 lb. b o x e s ....................
25  “ 
..................
PRUNELLES.
301b.  boxes....................
RA8PBERSIES.
In  barrels.......................
501b. boxes..............
.......................
251b.  “ 
F o reig n .
CURRANTS.
Patras. In barrels__

8
83*
454
754
@954
12
8
@  754

11
115412
1254
17 17J4
18

“ 
“ 

in  54-bbls  .......
In less quantity

et  4 
et  45* 
®  454
Citron, Leghorn. 25 lb.  boxes  21
Lemon 
Orange 

PEEL.

“ 
25  “
RAISINS.
Domestic.

London  layers,  2  crown

“ 
“ 

fan cy...........1  85
Loose Muscatels, boxes  __ 1  25
701b  bags  @53*
7540  754 
11  @12 
-  65*@  6J4

Foreign.
Ondura. 29 lb. boxes 
“
Sultana. 20 
Valencia, 20  “

PRUNES.

Bosnia............................   @
California, 90x100 25 lb.  bxs  8 
..854
..9
914
Turkey.............................6  @654
S ilv e r.......................................ii

80x90 
7Tx80 
60x70 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

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

XX  wood, white.
 
Manilla, white.

Coin.

ROLLED OATS.
Barrels  180....................
Half  bbls 90................

@4  40
@2  30

PICKLES.
Medium:

Small.

Barrels, 1,200  count......... ..*3  50
..  2  00
Half  barrels, 600 count.

Barrels, 2.400  count......... . .  4  50
..  2  50
Half barrels, 1,200 count

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216....................
“  T. D. fu ll count —
Cob, No.  3 .......................

POTASH.

48 cans in case.
Babbitt’s ................  .......
Penna Salt  Co.’s  ...........

ROOT BEER

W illiams, per d o z .........
3 doz.  ca se...

“ 

...1   75
...  75
...1  25

4  00

..  1  75
..  5  00

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head.................. __ 7
----6
No. 1..................
No. 2 .................. @  5
Broken...............................

“ 
“ 

Imported.

“ 

Japan, No. 1.....................
. . . 6
No. 2......................
...5 5 4
Java....................................
Patna................................... ...  5

18@20 
11  00 
85 
3  25 
1  35

SAUERKRAUT.

Silver Thread, b b l.............  *1  00
2  50

54 bbl.

SPIC E S. 

FA R IN A C E O U S  GOODS. 

1001b. kegs...................... 

4

Farina.

Hominy.

Barrels...................................... 3  75
G rits..........................................4  25

Lima  Beans.

Dried................................. 

4
Maccaroni and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. box___ 
55
Imported........................1054@1154
Pearl Barley.

Kegs....................................3  @4

Green,  bu......................................1 fO
Split, b b l........................................5 00

Peas.

Sago.

German..................................   454
East India__  
554
 
Cracked...................................  
5

Wheat.

 

F IS H —Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Yarmouth...............................  1  10
P o llo ck ........................... 
33*
Whole, Grand  Bank...  6  @63* 
Boneless,  bricks  .........  754@8
Boneless,  strips
75408
12

Halibut.
Sm oked........................
Herring.
Scaled...........................
Holland,  bbls.............
kegs..............
Round shore,  54 bbl..
3*  bbl.
“ 
Mackerel.

“ 
“ 

No. 1, 54 bbls. 90 lbs............ 11  00
No. 1, kits, 10 lb s..................  1  25
Family,  54 bbls., 100 lbs___5  50
75
45

kits, 10  lbs............. 
Russian,  kegs.......................  

Sardines.

“ 

Trout.

No. 1, 54 bbls., lOOlbs...
No. 1, kits. 10 lb s...........

Whitefish.

No. 1,  54 bbls., lOOlbs...
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...........
Family, 54 bbls., 100 lbs 
kits  10  lbs___

“ 
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

6  50 
90

8 00 
1  10 
3 50 
50

Jennings’ D C.
2 oz folding box. . .  75 
3 oz 
.  ...1   00 
“  . 
4 OZ 
...1   50 
“ 
...2   00 
6oz 
“ 
“ 
8 oz 
.. .3  00 
GUN  POWDER.

Lemon. Vanilla 
125
1  50
2 00
3 00
4 GO

K e g s......................................... 5  50
Half  k egs................................3 00

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

INDIGO.

50

55

•TELLY.

Chicago  goods..................   @3
Mason's,  10, 20 and 30 lb s..  6 
5 lb ...........................  7

“ 

LICORICE.

LYE.

Pure.............................................   so
Calabria......................................   25
Sicily............................................  18
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

“ 
“ 
“ 

Whole Sifted.
Allspice
Cassia, China In m ats...
Batavia in bund 
Saigon in ro lls..
Cloves,  Amboyna.........
Zanzibar.............
Mace  Batavia................
Nutmegs, fan cy..............
“  No.  1...................
“  No.  2 ...................
Pepper, Singapore, black 
“ 
white.
s h o t ..................
“ 
Pure Ground Id Bulk.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

A llsp ice.....................................15
Cassia,  Batavia......................20
and  Saigon.25
Saigon......................35
Cloves,  Amboyna...................30
Zanzibar.........  ......20
Ginger, A frican...................... 15
Cochin...................... 18
Jam aica................. .20
Mace  Batavia..........................80
Mustard,  Eng.  and Trieste..25
Trieste...................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2'...................... 65
Pepper, Singapore, black___20
w hite........30
Cayenne...................25
Sage............................................20

“ 
•“ 

“ 

“ 

“Absolute” in Packages.

34»
.........  84

54s 
A llsp ice.............  .
1  55
Cinnamon............ .........  84 1  55
Cloves................... .........  84 1  55
Ginger, J a m .....,.........  81 1  55
A f...........
.......  84 1  55
Mustard................
. . . .   84 1  55
Pepper  ......................... 
84 1  55
Sage....................... .........  84

“ 

SEEDS.
Anise 
..................  @1254
Canary, Smyrna........... 
354
Caraw ay.......................  
8
90
Cardamon. Malabar 
Hemp.  Russian 
454
........ 
Mixed  Bird 
...  .  4540  554
6
.......  
Mustard,  white 
9
Poppy..............   ...........  
Rape 
.......................  
6
Cuttle  bone  ................  
30

h i

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

MEASURES.

Tin, per dozen.

. 

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

.. 

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.

Sugar h o u s e ........................  1354
Ordinary............................... 
16

Porto Rico.

P rim e....................................  
F an cy.................................... 

New Orleans.

F air........................................ 
G ood......................................  
Extra good............................ 
C hoice................................... 
Fancy..................................... 
One-half barrels, 3c extra

OATMEAL.

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

ig
20

14
17
22
27
35

STARCH.
Corn.

Gloss.

20-lb  boxes.............................  654
401b 
63*

“ 

 

 

1-lb packages  .........................6
3-lb 
...........................6
6-lb 
654
 
10 and 50 lb.  boxes...................444
Barrels  ....................................  '-3*

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“ 

 

SNUFF.

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

B o x es............ 
55»
Kegs,  English........................   .4314

SODA.
 

SAL  SODA.

Kegs.....................................  
154
Granulated,  boxes................   13K

SALT

“ 
“ 

100 3-lb. sacks......................... *2 25
2  00
60 5-lb 
2810-lb.  sacks......................  1  85
2014-lb. 
2  25
24 3-lb  cases...........................  1 50
56 lb. dairy in linen  b ags.. 
50
18
.. 
281b.  “ 

drill  “ 

 
 

 
 

Warsaw.

56 lb. dairy in drill  bags... 
28 lb. 
.. 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Ashton.

56 lb. dairy in linen sacks.. 
56 lb. dairy in linen  sacks. 

Higgins.

35
18

75 
75

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

17

Solar Bock.

56 lb.  sacks..............   .........  
Saginaw and Manistee. 
Common  Fine  per  bbl.......  

25

90

8A LEB A TU 8.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

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

8
8
9
8H
8)4

DeLand’s ...........................
Dwight’s .............................
Taylor’s 
.........................
8 0  A P .
LA U N D RY .

.  3 30 
.  3  30 
.  3  00

“ 

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Thompson & Chute  Brands.

Allen B.  Wrisley’s Brands.

Silver,  100 12 oz  ..............
.*3  65
Snow, 100 10 oz  ........... 
..
.  5  00
Mono, 100 12 oz 
.......
.  3 as
German Family,  601 lb  .
.  2  55
751  lb  ..
.  3  10
Laundry Castile, 75 1 lb  .
.  3 05
Marbled, 75 1  lb
.  3  05
Savon  Improved, 60  1  lb.
2  50
Sunflower,  ICO 10 o z.........
2
Olive, 100 10 o z ..... ............
.  2  50
Golden, 80  1 l b ................
3 25
Economical, 30  2 lb .........
.  2  25
Standard, 30 2 lb 
...........
.  2 35
Old Country,  80  1-lb  ....
.  3 30
Good Cheer, 601  lb 
.......
.  3  90
White Borax, 100  j£-lb  ..
-.3 60
Proctor & Gamble.
Concord  .......................
.  2  80
Ivory,10  o z........................
.  6  75
6  oz.........................
.  4 00
Lenox 
...........................
3  65
Mottled  German..............
.  3  15
Town T alk.........................
.  3  00
Snow, 100 8-oz 
...............3  75
Cocoa Castile, 24  lb ...............3  00
Silverine,  100  12 o z ................ 3  50
5012 oz................   1  *0
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz  ...  2  50
hand, 3 doz...........2  50
Potash Flakes. 7210 oz........5 00

SCOURING AND  POLISHING.
“ 
“ 

TOILET.

* 

SUG AR.

Cut  Loaf.......................   @  554
C ubes.............................  @4.81
Pow dered.....................   @4.81
Granulated.. 
.......   @4.56
Confectioners’ A .......  
@4.44
Soft A  .........................  
@
W hite Extra  C.............  @4.18
Extra  C.........................   @4.06
g  -.........................   @3 %
Yellow 
@33£
Less than  bbls.  14c advance

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

SY RU PS.
Corn

Barrels....................................  23
Half bbls..................................25

Pure Cane.

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

TEAS.

io @12

japan—Regular.

F a ir................................   @17
G ood................ 
..........  @20
Choice.............................24  @26
Choicest.........................32'  @34
D u st...............................io  @12

SUN CURED.

F a ir................................   @17
G ood...............................  @20
Choice............................ 24  @26
Choicest.........................32  @34
Dust.........................  

BASKET  PIKED.

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

GUNPOWDER.

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

oolong. 

IMPERIAL.

Common to  fair...........23  @26
Superior to fine............ 30  @35

YOUNG HYSON.

Common to  fair.............18  @26
Superior to  fine.............30  @40

ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.

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

TOBACCOS. 

Fine Cut.

• “ 

Pails unless otherwise noted.
Hiawatha  ....................
60
Sweet  Cuba..................
31
M cGlnty.......................
24
22
% bbls...........
Little  Darling.............
22
20
yt bbl..
1791................................
20
1891,  %  bbls..................
19
Valley  City..................
33
Dandy Jim ....................
27
Tornado.........................
20

“ 

Sorg’s Brand.

Plug.
Spearhead  . T...........
J o k er.........................
Nobby Tw ist................... 
Oh  My...................... ....... 

Scotten’s Brands.

30
26

Smoking.

22
37
34
4
32
28
31

Finzer’s  Brands.

Middleton’s Brands.

Zeno................................  
Hiawatha....................... 
Valley C ity .................. 
Old  Honesty................. 
Jolly Tar........................ 
Here  It Is....................  
Old Style...........  ......... 
Jas. G.  Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good......................  38
Toss  Up........................................26
Out of  Sight....................... 
25
Private Brands.
Sweet  Maple................ 
L. &  W...........................  
Boss..........................................  12%
Colonel’s Choice................... 13
W arpath................................. 14
B anner....................................15
King B ee.............................  ..20
Kiln Dried............................... 17
Nigger Head...........................23
Honey  D ew ............................24
Gold  Block............................ 28
Peerless................................... 24
Rob  Roy....................... ..........24
Uncle  Sam.............................. 28
Tom and Jerry....................... 25
Brier Pipe.................................30
Yum  Y um ............................... 32
Red Clover.............................. 32
Navy........................................32
Handmade.............................. 40
F r o g .......................................   33

G R A IN S and FEED STU FF?

WHEAT.

MEAL.

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

87
87

FLOUR.

Bolted....................................  1  30
Granulated...........................  1  60
Straight, in  sacks  .............  4  50
“  barrels............   4 60
“ 
Patent 
“  sacks..............   5 50
“  barrels............   5  60
“ 
Graham  “  sacks............   2  15
Rye 
“ 
.............  2  65
MILLSTUPFS.
Bran.......................................   16 00
Screenings...........................  12 00
M iddlings...............................16  00
Mixed  F eed........................... 17 00
Coarse m eal........................... 16  25

“ 

Car  lots................................... 44
Less than  car  lo ts............... 46

CORN.

OATS.

37
20
38
29

Car  lots  .................................. 34
Less than car lots  ................37

HAY.

No.  1 Timothy, car lo ts__ 13  00
ton lots  ___14  00
No. 1 

“ 

WASHBOARDS.

tjiugie.

Double.

W ilson.............. r............. .. .*2  00
Saginaw............................. ...  1  75
R ival..................................
..  1  40
Daisy..................................
..  1  00
Langtry............................. ...  1  10
Defiance............................. ...  1  75
W ilson............................... ...  2  50
Saginaw............................. ...  2  25
R ival..................................
..  1  80
Defiance............................. ...  2 00
Crescent...........................
Red Star.............................
Sham rock......................... ...  2  50
Ivy L eaf.............................
di) srr

VINEGAR.

71s

$1 for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.
Bulk, per gal  ..................
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in ca se...  1  75 
Fermentum  per doz. cakes..  15
per lb"................... 25
Fleischm an, per doz c a k es...  15 
per lb .................... 25

ye Ast—Compressed. 
“ 
“ 

FISH   and  OYSTERS.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes  at 

follows :
FRESH  FISH
Whlteflsh 
..................
@  9
Trout  ...........................
@  9
H alibut.........................
@15
Ciscoes 
......................
5 @  6
Flounders  .................. S @10
Blnefish....................... 11 @12
Mackerel..................... 15 @25
Cod................................ 10 @12
California  salmon  ..
@15
No.  1 Pickerel............
@  9
P ik e..............................
@ 8
Smoked  W h ite .........
@  S
Bloater, per  box  __

$1  00
1  60
1  25
1  £5
1  75

 

 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

o y s t e r s—B u lk .
Mediums, per  gal......... 
 
SelectB, 
 
Clams 
Shrimps 
 
Scallops 
 
o y s t e r s—Cans. 
Falrhaven  Counts —   @35
F. J.  D. S e le c ts...........  @30
S elects...........................  @23
F  J. D.............................  @20
Anchor...........................  @18
Standards  ....................  @16
Favorites.......................   @14

SHELL  GOODS.

Oysters,  per  100  .........1  2 .@1  50
Clams. 
..  75@1  00

“ 

H ID E S,  PE L T S  and  FUR-*
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

“ 

H ID E S.

lows:
G reen...........................
Part  Cured..................
Full 
..................
Dry............................
Kips, green  ................
cured..................
Calfskins,  green.......
Deacon skins............
No. 2 hides % off.
PELTS

“ 

.  3  @4
@ * %
@  5
3  @  4
@  5
4  @  5
10  @30

cured  — 5  @  >•>%

Shearlings.................... 10  @25 
Lambs 

¡
....................... 50  @1  50 j

i

WOOL.

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

MISCELLANEOUS.

T allow .........................
Grease  butter  ...........
Sw itches.....................
G in se n g ..................... 2 00@2  50

3H@  4
1  @  2
1)4®  2

PURS.

Outside prices for No.  1 only.
Badger....................
...  50@1  00
Bear.........................
. 15 00@25  00
Beaver 
................
... 3  00@7 00
Cat,  w ild ................
...  40@  50
’•  house............
.. 
10.3  25
Fisher......................
.. .4  00@6  00
Fox, red..................
...1   00@1  50
“  cross..............
...3  00©5  00
...  506$ 1 
i
“  grey................
Martin,  dark.. 
..
...1   0i@3 00
pale  & yellow  50@1  00
Mink, dark............
...  40@1  10
Muskrat..................
...  03@  15
Oppossum...............
...  15©  30
Otter,  dark............
.. .5 0O6$8 00
Raccoon..................
Skunk.....................
.. .1  00(31  20
Wolf.........................
. ..1  00@3 00
. .. 2  00@5 00
Beaver castors, lb.

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uEEusiiifa— Per pound.

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

. . . .   10
..  2*i
............................. ....... 25
...  35

OILS.

The  Standard  Oil  Co. quotes
f.  0.  b.

as  follows,  In  barrels.
Grand  Rapids:
W.  W.  Headlight,  150
fire  test (old test»
Water  Wnlte................
Naptha...........................
G asoline.......................
Cylinder 
......... 
E n g in e .......................... 
Black.  25 to 30 deg

@  8
v \  TVs
©   7
...... 27 <&36
13 @21

@  7 %

'ollows

POULTRY.
Local dealers  pay  as

for dressed  fow ls:
Spring  chickens...........12 @13
F o w l.....................................11 @12
Turkeys 
.....................14 @15
Ducks  ................................ 13 @14
..............................  12 @11
Geese 
Live Broilers 1% to 2 lbs
each ................................20 ©25

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P A P E R  A W O O DEN W A R E

PAPER.

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TWINES.

Straw 
................................
Rock fu lls ..............................
Rag  sugar..............................
Hardware..............................
...2)4
Bakers 
. . .  ïï:Vt
...................................
Dry  Goods..........................
Jute  Manilla......................
@6)4
Red  Express  No. 1.........
- .5 ) 4
No. 2 ___
•4)4
»
48 Cotton..  ...................... 
.
Cotton, No.  1....................
. ..18
“  2 ....................
...16
Sea  Island, assorted__ ..  35
No. 5 H em p.....................
...15
No.  6  “ ...............................
WOODKNWARB.
Tubs, No.  1.......................
..  T  00
“  No. 2.......................
..  6  00
“  No. 3.  ..
ft  00
Pails,  No.  1, two hoop.
1  35
“  No. 1,  three-hoop ...  1  60
50
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.
Bowls, il in ch ................. ...  1  00
..................
13  “ 
..  1  25
15  “ 
.................. ...  2 00
.................. . . .   2  75
17  “ 
assorted, 17b and Ì9s  2 50
“  15s, 17s and  19s  2 75
35
shipping  bushel..  1  2o
full  hoop  *•
..  1  30
bushel 
...........
..  1  50
willow cl’ths, > 0.1  5  75
I 0.2  6  25
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0.3  7  25
“
I 0.1  3  50
“ 
0.2  4  25
" 1
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0.3  5 Of

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

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G ood  G oods  M ake HILLSIDE  JAVA! A nd  P oor Goods

Grocery men:  A r e   y o u   e n t i r e l y   s a t i s f i e d   w i t h   y o u r   s a l e s

o f   High  Grade  Coffees?
t h e   b e s t 

A r e   y o u   s u r e   t h a t   y o u   a r e   s e l l i n g  
Hillside  Java 
t a t i o n   C offees,  s e l e c t e d   b y   a n   e x p e r t ,   a n d   f r o m   w h i c h   it 
p o s s i b l e  

to  b e   o b t a i n e d ?  
is  a   s c ie n t if ic   c o m b i n a t i o n   o f   P r i v a t e   P l a n ­
is 

t h a t   will  p l e a s e   you•

to  m a k e   a   b e v e r a g e  

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

i n t r o d u c e d .   D o   you  sell 

w h e r e v e r  

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Roasted and  Packed only by
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1 4 0   Summit  St., 'Toledo, 

O.,also  Detroit  &  York.

W e are represented in Michigan as follows:  E a s te r n   M ic h ig a n ,  P.  Y .  I I k c h l e r ;  S o u th e r n   Michigan a n d   Northern
Indiana, M.  H.  G a s s e r ;  Western  Michigan, Thus.  F e r g u s o n   [“ Old  Fergy”].

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THE  MICHIGAJSr  TRADESMAN

TWENTY  YEARS  ON  THE  ROAD.

CHAPTER  II.

At the age of fifteen  I  could  curb  my 
impatience  no  longer,  and  one  day  a 
lucky  accident  put  me  in  a  position 
where,  as I thought,  my dream was to  be 
realized.  My  mother  had  by  accident 
broken a very valuable vase, an  heirloom 
that  money  could  not  replace. 
I  had 
noticed in a newspaper a recipe for mak­
ing a good cement for mending all  kinds 
of  broken  wood,  earthenware,  leather, 
etc.,  and,  to mend my mother’s sorrow at 
the same  time,  I  obtained  her  consent 
and the necessary cash for  the  materials 
for making a small  batch  of  this  useful 
article. 
In  a short time it was  decocted, 
and the next day the  vase  was  mended, 
and looked as good as new.  For  several 
days to come  I employed myself in mend­
ing  up  all  the  broken  crockery  to  be 
found  about  the  house,  and  I  visited 
sev era l  n e ig h b o rs  and  mended  broken 
articles of utility,  they  all  pronouncing 
it a  wonderful  discovery  (mind  you,  I 
was  not  giving  away  the  recipe),  and 
several requested me to sell them a bottle 
for their own use.  Suddenly,  a  thought 
stru ck   me.  Eureka! 
I  would  make  a 
lot of this wonderful cement  and  go  off 
on  the road  with  it; I would be not only a 
drummer,  but  a  manufacturer,  selling 
my own production.

I confided m y  plan to my parents,  who 
laughed at the idea but consented  to  the 
scheme;  I  heard  my  father  say  to  my 
mother,  “It  would  be  the  best  way  to 
cure him  of  this  foolishness.”  My  toy 
savings bank contained about $4 in small 
change,  the savings of several years,  and 
a sudden run  on  that  bank  took  place 
that very day, the proceeds being invested 
in the various ingredients  necessary  for 
the cement,  the  druggist  who  sold  me 
the materials kindly giving me a  line  of 
credit  to  the  extent  of  82.00  for  one 
hundred bottles. 
In less than forty-eight 
hours  I  was  ready  for  the  road,  with 
straps, 
samples  of  mended  china, 
pieces 
put 
together  with 
this  wonderful  ce­
ment,  of  which  I  had  a  stock  of  one 
hundred bottles,  ready  to  deliver  at  30 
cents per bottle,  and  one  bright  wintry 
morning,  with  grip  in  hand,  I  started 
forth on my  initial  trip.  Proud?  Well 
I should say so; I  was  great—in my own 
estimation.

of  wood, 

etc., 

all 

1 had gained a  little  experience  while 
experimenting among the neighbors with 
my cement,  and I was not going to waste 
my valuable  time  on  people I  knew  in 
our town.  Oh,  no!  I was going to travel 
and see the world,  and,  consequently,  1 
did  not  stop  until  I  had  reached  the 
nearest  town,  some  five  miles  distant, 
where 1 was a  total stranger  and  had  a 
good chance to test my new  article,  and 
make sales of the same on its own merits.
“Fortune favors those who have cheek.” 
Selecting one of the  finest  residences  in 
town, and summoning up all my courage, 
I rang the  bell  and  was  shown  in  and 
presented by the servant to  the  lady  of 
the house.  “Madam,” said I,  “I am just 
introducing a new article of  great  value 
to  every 
lady,  a  cement  for  mending 
broken china, glass,  earthenware,  wood, 
leather,  etc.,  an  article  I  manufacture 
myself and have  used  very  successfully 
for some  time. 
It  is  guaranteed  to  be 
fire and  waterproof and costs but a trifle, 
and, to convince you of its merits,  I  will 
mend,  gratuitously, any article  you may 
bring me.”

“Why,” said she,  “I broke a very  nice

preserve dish only yesterday,  and if  you 
choose to try it you can do so.”  No soon­
er said than done,  and in five minutes the 
dish  was  mended,  with 
the  advice 
that  it  must not be used for twenty-four 
hours.  Five minutes later 1 was  depart­
ing,  having  made  my  first  sale—two 
bottles, 60 cents.  To repeat in detail all 
of  my calls would be  tiresome,  but  the 
result was that,  before  three  days  had 
elapsed,  I  had  visited  every  prominent 
house in the village,  and had sold my en­
tire stock,  and  was  $30  ahead,  having 
paid my  board at  the  country  hotel  by 
mending a miscellaneous lot  of crockery 
during the evening,  which  the  obliging 
proprietor furnished to assist me.  Being 
now_on the  road  to  fortune,  I ~'paid~^b 
cents  on  the  third  day  for stage  fare, 
arriving home in the evening as proud as 
the  wealthiest  merchant  in  the  State. 
The d em o n str a tio n   I made on m y  a rrival 
h om e  to g r e e t  m y  p a ren ts  w a s  h ila r io u s 
in the extreme.

My next  move  was  in  the  wholesale 
line.  The very  next  day  1  bought  the 
materials  and  bottles,  and  had 
labels 
printed  for  five  hundred  bottles  more, 
and at the end of two days I had one hun­
dred bottles in my  case,  and  four  hun­
dred more in four boxes carefully packed 
in  sawdust  and  sent  by  stage  to  four 
different near-by towns.  Again I started 
on trip number two.  My  entire  outlay 
for the second wholesale batch  was  less 
than $20,  leaving me  a  surplus  of  over 
$10 on  the first  trip  and  $150  worth  of 
stock to sell  at  retail. 
In  two  weeks  1 
again returned home, this time  with  $140 
in cash and ideas and  plans  larger  than 
a  mountain. 
1  had also  a  new  prep­
aration, for which I  had  bought the  rec­
ipe,  giving 
two  bottles  of  cement  in 
payment  The  new  discovery  was  a 
silver  plating  fluid  for 
re-plating  all 
kinds of brass and  metal  ware, watches, 
jewelry, etc.,  and I  concluded that  now. 
being so independent, I would go in on  a 
still larger scale. 
I obtained my father’s 
permission to fit up a  laboratory  in  one 
of  the outhouses,  and the next move was 
the  production of  one  thousand  bottles 
each  of  the  cement  and  silver-plating 
fluid.  About  this  time  I  received  an 
order from the  local  druggist in the  first 
town  for  two  dozen  bottles  of  cement, 
saying  that as he  had  so  many calls for 
the  article,  he  would  have to put  it  in 
stock. 
1  fixed  the  price  at  $2.50  per 
dozen,  and forwarded  his order by stage, 
without  further delay.  My parents  had 
at this time become very much interested 
in  my speculation  and  gave  me all  the 
assistance  possible.  After finishing  my 
last  batch  of  one  thousand  bottles  of 
each  preparation,  1 proceeded  to  issue a 
a business card.

The next  trip lasted  five weeks,  and  I 
returned to my home and laboratory with 
$556  in  cash,  besides  a  pocketful  of 
trinkets of  various  kinds  which  I  had 
taken in trade.

last  a 

life  time. 

I  now  began  to  lay  my plans  for  an 
extensive business, and I laid out enough 
trips  to 
I  figured 
my  prospective  profits,  and  I made  out 
that  I  would  become  a  millionaire  in 
from  three  to  five  years,  beyond  all 
question. 
In  my  mind  I  built a fifteen- 
story  laboratory  and  employed  several 
thousand  hands in the  production of  my 
article.

Alas, how  few  who  are  really  doing 
well can  let  well  enough  alone! 
I  was 
no exception to this rule.  On my return 
from this  trip  I  was  interviewed  by  a

PR O D U CE  M A R K E T .

C A N D IE S,  FR U IT S  and  NUTS.

Apples—In good demand  and  firm  at  present 
quotations.  Russets command $2.25 per bbl  and 
Baldwins and Greenings easily bring $2.50.
Beans—“Dead  dull,”  as a local  handler  char­
acterizes the  situation.  Dealers  pay about $1.20 
for  nnpicked  and  country  picked  and  hold  at 
$1.60 for city picked pea or medium.
Butter—Choice  dairy is  in  moderate  demand 
at  18@20c.  Factory creamery is held at 25c.
Celery—25c per doz.
Cabbages—50@60c per doz.
Cranberries — Repacked  Cape  Cod are in  fair 
demand at $6  50 per  bbl.
Dried Apples—Sundried  is held at 4J4@5c  and 
evaporated at 634@7c.
Eggs—Jobbers  pay 12‘4c and sell  at  14c.  The 
market  is  likely  to  remain  steady  for  several 
days.

Honey—14c per lb.
Lettuce—Grand  Rapids Forcing is now on the 
market, finding a ready sale at 25c per lb.
Onions—Green are  in  fair  demand at 50c  per 
dozen bunches.  Dry stock  is  in  small  demand 
and supply, commanding 60@80c per bu.

Pieplant—12c per lb.
Potatoes—No change in the  market, producers 
having come  to  the  conclusion that  no  higher 
prices may be looked  for this season.

Radishes—60c per doz. bunches.
Squash—Hubbard,  134c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—The market is a  little  higher, 
choice  stock  now  readily  commanding  $3.50 
per bbl. 

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PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

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

SACSASK—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage............................................................734
Ham Sausage...........................................................   9
Tongue Sausage......................................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage 
............................................. 734
Blood Sausage.........................................................   5
Bologna, straight....................................................5
Bologna,  thick........................................................  5
H eadcheese............................................................. 5

lard—Kettle Rendered

LARD.

T ierces......................................................................  8
Tubs...........................................................................   8H
501b.  T ins.................................................................8lJ
Tierces..........................................................   ... 
734
50 lb cases............................................................ 
714
20 
10

GRANGER.

834
Com-"
Family.
pound.
Tierces.......................................... 5X
....5 *
534
30 and 50 lb. Tubs........................6
.. ..6
5X
3 lb. Pails, 20 In a  case...............6X
...e *
634
5 lb. Pails, 12 in a case................ 6%
...6X
654
10 lb. Pails, 6 in a case................ 614
...634
634
20 lb. Pails, 4 in a  case............... 6!«
6
—  63»
501b. Cans.....................................6
...6
5X
1EL8.
B E E F   a t   BA R R ELS.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs. . . . ________
>8................ ....... 6  50
Extra MesB, Chicago packing......................... 6 50
Boneless, rump butts........................................   9 so
Hams, average 20 lbs..........................................   934
16 lbs.......................................... 9X
12 to 14 lbs..................................10
picnic........................................................63£
best boneless............................................¿34
Shoulders............................................................. 634
Breakfast Bacon, boneless................................  834
Dried beef, ham prices...................................... 834
Long Clears, heavy.....................................  ..... 634
Briskets,  medium...............................................   7
ligh t.................................................... 7

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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Swift & Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass................................................   5  @634
“  hindquarters.....................................  634@  734
fore 
.................................. 4  @434
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loins,  No.  8 ......................................  @  9
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ribs........................................................  8  @  834
rounds............................................  @  5
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tongues........................................... 
Bologna..........................................................  
©434
Pork  loins...........................................................  © 
.....................................  © 
Sausage, blood  or head.................................   ©  
  @434
©  
Frankfort  ........................................ 
Mutton  ...........................................................  
©8
V eal.................................................................  7  @8

liv er.................................... 

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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, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

PARENTS—Give  your  children  a  knowledge 
of  Book-keeping,  Shorthand,  Typewriting,  etc.
FOR  THEM 
IT  WILL  BE 

MUCH

'¿ I T   MONEY.

Educate them at the Grand  Rapids, Mich., Bus! 
ness College,  Ledyard  Block, corner  Pearl  and 
Ottawa-sts.  Visit ns.  For catalogue address  A. 
S.  Parish, successor to C. G.  Swensberg.

Mention this paper.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follow s:

STICK  CANDY.
Full  Weight. 

Bbls.  Pails.

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Standard,  per  lb ...................................... 6 
H .H ............................................. 6 
Twist  ........................................ 6 
Boston  Cream  ................   20 lb. cases
Cut  L o a f.....................................................7
Extra  H.  H ....................................cases  7

7
7
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834
8
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MIXED  CANDY.
Full Weight.

Bbls.

Pails.

 

 

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fancy—In bulk.
Full Weight. 

Standard............................................. 6
Leader..................................................6
Royal....................................................634
Nobby...................................................7
English  R ock....................................7
C onserves...........................................7
Broken Taffy....................... baskets
Peanut Squares.................... 
“  8
French Creams..................................
Valley  Creams..................................
Midget, 30 lb. baskets...........................................   8
8
M odern,: 01b. 
Pails.
Lozenges,  p lain....................................................   10
printed.................................................  11
Chocolate Drops....................................................   1134
Chocolate M onumentals....................................   13
Gum Drops................................................................  534
Moss Drops..............................................................  8
Sour Drops................................................................  834
Imperials.................................................................  10
Per Box.
Lemon Drops................... 
56
Sour D rops................................................................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
Mottoes.......................................................................70
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
Wintergreen  Berries..............................................60

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

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CARAMELS.

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

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ORANOES.

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choice...............................
ru sse ts.............................
T angerines....................

Navals  ...................................
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Florldas,  fan cy...........................................   @3  50
© 2 
©3  50
Californias,  Riverside  .............................2  25@2  50
Messinas, choice  200...............................
©3 50 
160...............................
©3  25
Messina, choice, 360................................
©3  50 
fancy, 360.................................
©4 W) 
choice  300................................
@3  75 
fancy 390..................................
@4  00
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
©14 
@15 
@16 
@1734 
©   9 
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©  S
Persian, 50-lb.  b ox.........................   434©

Figs, fancy layers, 61b..................................12
101b...............................14
141b.................
2 0 » ................
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box................

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NUTS.

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Almonds, Tarragona....................
Ivaca...............................
California....................
Brazils, n ew ...................................
Filberts............................................
Walnuts, Grenoble.  ....................
Marbot............................
C hili...............................
Table  Nuts,  fan cy.......................
ch oice.......................
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  ...........
Cocoannts, fu ll Backs....................

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PEANUTS.

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Fancy, H.  P„ Suns.......................
“  Roasted...........
Fancy, H.  P., F lags.....................
“  Roasted.........
Choice, H.  P.,  E xtras..................
“  Roasted__
8
434

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534

@16 
@15 
@16 
©   734 
@12 
@14 
@
@10 
@1234 
@1134 
©14 
@4  00

©   534 
©   734 
@  534 
©   734 
@  4X @ 6

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BEANS

If you have any beans and want to sell, 
we want  them, w ill  give you  full  mar 
ket  price. 
Send  them  to  ns  in  any 
quantity  up to car  loads, V e want  1000 
bushels daily.

W.  T.  LRMOREAUX  l GO.,

128,  1 3 0 , 13 2  W . B rid g e St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

19

D o  You Want a  Gilt of 
•  •  •  Yoilr  Store Building?

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

C ards,  Etc.?

former schoolmate  who  was  anxious  to 
buy a half interest in  my  new  business, i 
The great and only inducement which he 
could offer was a horse and wagon, which 
he  assured  me  would  enable  us  to  do 
double  the  business  with  one-half  the 
labor.  He also had $75 in cash which he 
had saved from his last year’s work on  a 
neighboring  farm,  and 
this,  with  his 
horse,  harness and wagon,  he offered  for 
a half interest.  To tell  the  truth,  I had 
become  somewhat  foot-sore  during  my 
last few  weeks,  experience,  and  the idea 
struck me as a good one.  1 took the bait 
and the partner  at  the  same  time.  An 
investment of $50 or $60  put  our  wagon 
in fair order,  besides a much needed coat 
of paint and varnish,  and a  peddler  box 
top in which to  carry  our  stock.  After 
preparing a liberal supply of  our  prepa­
rations,  we were  offered  by  the druggist 
from whom  we  bought  our  materials  a 
consignment  of  d r u g g ists’  su n d ries,  in 
the shape of perfumery,  hair oil,  pepper­
mint,  paregoric  and  other  like  articles 
usually required and bought by all  well- 
regulated  families,  which  we accepted, 
and, to make room for this  stock  in  our 
traveling store,  we  shipped  about  one- 
half of our  own  preparations  to  a  city 
about one hundred miles distant,  with  a 
view of  working  and  selling  the  trade 
in the territory  between  our  home  and 
this city.

“It’s a poor doctor who refuses his own 
medicine,” so,  to make ourselves solid on 
this old  maxim,  we  carefully  dissected
our  harness  and  put  it  together  again 
with our cement.  Traces,  reins,  halter 
and  all  were joined together and shown 
with pride, as a proof of the great strength 
of  our  main  article.  With  these  pre­
liminaries we were ready to start.

The first four days of this trip were  as 
great a success as could be  desired.  Our 
arguments were conclusive and our sales 
easily made, and we were coining money, 
as it were,  and on the high road to  pros­
perity.

On the morning  of  the  fifth  day,  we 
met  with  a  reverse—a  temporary  em­
barrassment.  The day had opened  with 
a wet, drizzling  rain  that  cast  a  cloud 
upon our enthusiasm.  We  had  entered
the town of X--------,  and  had  tied  our
horse to the  post  in  front  of  the  main 
hotel of  the  place.  The  street  at  this 
point being the summit  of  a  small  hill, 
we had opened  up our  wares  to  an  ad­
miring crowd on the veranda of the hotel, 
and,  when we struck a disbeliever,  as we 
frequently did among the farmers of that 
section,  we pointed  to  our  harness  and 
offered liberal wagers as to  the  strength 
of our cement.  Our harness also showed, 
in the metal work,  the  brilliancy of  our 
silver plating fluid.

coming frightened at the uproar,  took  a 
start,  severed  the  halter  and  began  to 
take his liveliest speed toward  home.

After collecting the unbroken  remains 1 
of  our  stock  in  trade,  we  pulled  our 
wagon to the  nearest  shop  for  repairs, 
my partner engaging  a  horse  from  the 
liveryman  and starting back in search of 
our own  beast,  which  had  disappeared J 
from  view.  After  driving  for  six  or j 
seven miles,  he found the animal, which. 1 
becoming weary, had gone to sleep against j 
a tree by  the  roadside.  All  our  profits 
and some extra capital was next  expend­
ed in  purchasing a  harness  that  would 
stand the heaves in  wet weather as  well 
as dry,  and,  settling for damages to date, 
we started to drive beyond the talk which 
our accident had created. 
In  our  haste 
to reach a more profitable and unsuspect­
ing  territory,  we  unconciously  crossed 
the state line and into the State of Penn­
sy lv a n ia .  w h e re  all traveling  m en  at  this 
time were required to have  a  license  to | 
sell.  Lacking  the  necessary  documents ! 
for business in that community, we were. | 
to our sorrow,  immediately  arrested  by I 
the sheriff.  After passing a night  in the \ 
town  jail,  we  concluded  that  we  had | 
better p ay  the fine and  license fee.  which I 
was$25each,  and the  cost,  $11.50.  Wei 
finally  succeeded  in  compromising  the j 
whole for $55.  on 
the  promise  that  we | 
would  leave  the  country,  and.  getting ' 
out of the clutches  of  the  law.  we  im- j 
mediately took our departure, sadder and j 
wiser boys.

As soon  as  we  arrived  at a  place  of 
safety,  I immediately demanded  a  disso-! 
lutioD of partnership,  which  we  finally j 
settled  by  taking  the  remaining  cash.  I 
something less than $100,  and  one  hun- j 
dred bottles of cement,  my  partner  tak- j 
ing the stock,  horse and outfit and  I  tak- j 
ing the first express train for home.  We j 
had,  however,  agreed that neither should j 
expose the fact of our recent disgrace  or 
our losses.

All  the  News from  Lamont.

L amont,  March  10 — Tour  paper, ' 
which reaches us  every  Wednesday,  is a 
It  is  the  first  thing in j 
welcome caller. 
our mail that we read.  We  look  over it j 
for different items of interest, and always 
refer to it  as  a  market  reporter,  which j 
we  find  sometimes  very  much  to  our j 
benefit;  it  also  has  been  of  value to us j 
in regard to hints on business.  We very  ; 
much  respect  the  news  column  as  a 
means of informing  ourselves  how  busi- i 
ness is prospering in  different  localities.
We thought  it  would  be a grand thing 
to see our name in print  once,  as  that so 
little 
rarely  happens,  and  tell  yon  a 
about things down here.  The  past  year 
our business has  been very  satisfactory, 
that is,  we  had  our  share  of  the  trade.  j 
We  have  been  here  ten  years.  During j 
that time have had  a  good  deal  of  com­
petition.  Have  seen  one  come  and the j 
other go.  Just now  we are  having some 
new and different competition.  They came 
here  last  fall,  taking  the  old  stand  of 
Walling Bros.,  and  doing business under 
the  style  of  Hawkins  & Company.  We 
understand  that  they  are  also  doing  a 
wholesale business in your city.
We  are  very  much  pleased  to  think 
that we are going to have a daily boat on. 
Grand River,  as that will  be  a  great  ac­
commodation to  us. 
It  is  very  hard to 
get  freight  down  here  sometimes, espe­
cially  in  the  spring  and  fall when  the 
roads are bad.
Ton will probably  hear  from  us again 
in  the near  future, as  we  want  to  keep 
you posted.  Tours very truly.

On this occasion,  our horse  (which was 
sadly afflicted  with the heaves, which the 
dampness  did  not  improve,)  suddenly 
began to cough,  when  suddenly,  to  our 
horror,  the cemented  harness,  wet  with 
the  rain,  gave  way,  and  our  wagon, 
standing on the incline, took a start down 
the hill, not stopping until  brought  to  a 
sudden standstill  by  striking  against  a 
tree,  which upset our  stock  and  left  us 
suddenly and  unexpectedly on  the  verge 
of  bankruptcy.  Cement,  plating  fluid, 
hair  oil,  perfumery  and  drugs  were  a 
conglomerated mass,  part  of  which  was 
in  the bottom of our wagon and part scat­
tered over the street  Our late customers. 
Ask for no favor  which yon cannot re- 
who had  been converted on  the  strength  turn.  Ask  no  man  to  endorse  yon  if 
of our harness, began to  clamor  to  have  your endorsement  would not be  of equal 
their money returned,  and  our horse,  be- I value to him.

J o h n  G cx str a.

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

column cut,  like those below,  for 8*».

n il

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

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

ENGRAVERS  AND  PRINTERS,

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  MICH.

Coupon  Books Buy  of  the  Largest  Ka c ufacturers  in  tb 

The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids

C o u n try   a n d   S a v e   M oney.

PLANTS, 
TOOLS, 
ETC.
NEW  CROP.

EVES '»THING

FOR  THE  G ARDEN .

M AILED   F R E E .

B R O W N ’S  S EED   S TO R E ,

24  MD  2 6   N o h t m   D i v i s i o n   S t r s e t . 

G R A N D   RAPID S.  MICH.

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H a k e  a  S p e c ia lty  o f  C o lle c tio n » .  A c c o u n t*  

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!  D. A.  Blodgett, President.

o f  C o u n tr y   M e r c h a n ts  S o lic ite d .

S.  F. A spinwall, Vice-President.

Transacts a general  banking  business

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

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

FOUETH NATIONAL BANE

Chicago. 
Chicago.
town,  Ohio.
Cleveland.
Detroit.
Association,  Detroit.

! Insurance Co.,  San Francisco.
York.
! Louisville,  Ky.
Chicago.
Co..  Detroit.
Johnstown,  N.  Y.

l a m p   c h i m n e y s .—Per box. 
No. 0 Sun....................................................
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I  No. 0 Sun, crimp  top...............................
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No. 1  “ 
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! No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled................  
¡N o .2  “ 
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! No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz................  
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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Ed.  C.  Lockwood,  Pacific  Mutual  Life 
A.  M.  Love, Standard Watch Co.,  New 
Chas.  L.  Love,  Ashton  Distillery  Co.,
W.  W.  McKean,  J.  V.  Farwell  &  Co., 
Jas.  W.  Moore,  Burnham,  Stoepel  & 
Chas.  G.  McIntyre, Hutchens & Potter, 
Wm.  McWilliams, Berry Bros., Detroit.
C.  S.  Menhennick, Jas.  S.  Kirk  &  Co., 
J.  H.  McKelvey,  F.  W.  Devoe  &  Co., 
M.  M.  Mallory,  P.  J. Sorg Co.,  Middle- 
A.  L.  Osborn,'  Kinney,  Levan  &  Co., 
Geo.  F.  Owen,  Stanton,  Morey  &  Co., 
Nelson  Patterson,  Standard  Accident 
John Pryne, Poker Mfg. Co., Chicago.
C.  B.  Quigley,  lioseuburg & Sons,  New 
M.  H.  N.  Raymond,  Connecticut  Fire 
Graham  Roys,  L.  H.  Beals  &  Son. 
J.  H.  Rosemau,  Pitkin  &  Brooks, Chi­
U.  R.  Savage,  H.  C.  &  C.  Durand, 
H.  J.  Snell,  Brookings  Lumber  Co., 
Ira  Smith,  Edson,  Moore  &  Co., De­
W.  H.  H.  Smith,  M.  Koch  &  Co., 
D.  E.  Stearns,  Jamestown  Woolen 
Thos.  Taylor,  Maine Mutual  Life  In­
J.  V.  Tooker. Chase, lsherwood & Co., 
E.  T.  Thorne,  Marshall  Field  &  Co., 
R. Van  Ness,  White  Sewing  Machine 
E.  E.  Wooley.  Root  &  McBride  Bros., 
Algernon  E.  White,  Rolla  Thomas, 
M.  K.  Walton,  Felix  &  Marston,  Chi- j 
C.  F.  Young,  Newman  &  Son.  Fair- 
S.  G.  Young,  Newman  &  Son,  Fair- 
Judd  E.  Houghton,  B.  Leidersdorf & 
Chas.  J. Clark,  American  Cash  Regis­
Benj.  Van  Leuven,  J.  G.  Butler  To­
John  Fell,  C.  M.  Henderson  <&  Co., 
Parke Mathewson, Jr.,  B.  T.  Babbitt, 
Thos.  Ferguson,  J.  M.  Bour  Co.,  To­
Geo.  W.  Stowits,  Western  Suspender 
J.  P.  Visuer,  E. J. Gillies & Co.,  N.  Y.
M.  B. Draper, Queen City Varnish Co., 
J.  L.  Wheeler,  Simeon  Howes,  Silver 
Geo.  R.  Merrill,  B. T.  Babbitt, N.  Y.
Martin  B.  Millpaugh,  Billings,  Clapp 

York.
Insurance Co., Hartford.
Westfield, Mass.
cago.
Chicago.
Brookings.
troit.
Cleveland.
Spinning Co., Jamestown,  N.  Y.
surance Co.,  Portland.
Toledo.
Chicago.
Co., Cleveland.
■Cleveland.
New York.
| cago.
port. N. Y.
port.  N.  Y.
Co.,  Milwaukee.
ter Co., Chicago.
bacco Co., St.  Louis,  Mo.
Chicago.
N.  Y.
ledo.
Co., Mansfield,  Ohio.

t r a in s   g o in g   n o r t h .
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S o u th . 
F o r S aginaw   a n d   C ad illa c..........  5:15 a  m
F o r T ra v erse C ity & M ackinaw  
9:20 a  m  
F o r S aginaw  &  T ra v erse C ity  .  2:00 p m  
F o r  P eto sk ey  <t M ac k in a w .........  8:10 p m  
F ro m  K alam azoo an d  C h ic ag o .  8:35 p  m 
ex c ep t Sunday.

A rriv e fro m   L eave goin 
S o u th .
7:00  a  I
io-so  a  i
2  00  p i
6:00  p i
11:05 p  i
T ra in s le a v in g  a t 6 :00 p.  m . an d  11:05 p. m .  ru n  dailj 

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» o r   C in c in n a ti................................  5.20 a  m 
F o r K alam azoo a n d   C h ic a g o ... 
F o r F o rt W a y n e a n d  th e   E a s t..  11:50 a m  
F o r  C in c in n a ti................................  5 :8 0 p m  
F o r  C h ic ag o .........................................10:40 p m  
F ro m  S ag in aw ..........................................   10:40 p m
a ll o th e r tra in s  d aily  ex c ep t S unday.

1 1 :3 0   a m  tra in .—P a rlo r c h a ir  car  G’d 
R ap id s to  P etoskey an d  M ackinaw .
1 0 :3 0   p  in  tr a in ,—S leeping  e a r   G rand 
R apids  to   P eto sk ey   an d  M ackinaw . 
SO U TH —7 :0 0  am  tra in . - P a r lo r  c h a ir c a r G rand 
R apids to  C in cin n ati.
1 0 :3 0   a m   tr a in .—W a g n e r  P a rlo r  C ar 
G rand R apids  to   C hicago.
6 : 0 0   p  in  tra in .—W a g n e r  S leeping  C ar 
G ran d   R apids to  C in c in n ati.
11;05  p in tr a in .—W a g n er S leeping C ar 

N o rth .
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4:15  p i
10:80  p i
T ra in   a rriv in g  a t  9:20  d a ily ;  a ll  o th e r  tra in s   dai] 

No. 0,  per  gross  ....................................
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No  2, 
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No. 3, 
Mammoth, per doz...........................  .......

STONE»’ARB—AKRON.
Butter Crocks, 1  and G g a l................
Jugs  14 gal., per doz...........................
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F rom  M uskegon—A rriv e.
10:10 a m
4:40 p m
9:05 p m

Milk Pans,  ft gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c)... 

45
50
75
75

75
88
70
25
40
40
60
80
80
70
70
70
25
50
35
60

23
28
38
75
90

Cincinnati.
Creek,  N.  Y.

M uskegon, G rand R ap id s Jt In d ian a.

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SLEEPING  &  PAKLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

S chedule  in  effect  J a n u a ry   10,1892. 

LA M P  W ICK S.
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06ft 
75 
90 
1  80 
60 
78

A rriv e fro m   L eave g o it 

F o r M uskegon—L eave. 

7:00  a  m  
11:25 a m  
6:40  p m  

TRAINS  GOING  BOOTH.

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O K S  H U N D R E D   ST R O N G .

s e n t  O u tsid e  H o u s e s .

L ist o f  G r a n d   R a p id s B o y s  Who Repre­
[The  following is believed  to be a near­
ly complete list of the traveling men who 
reside in  this  city,  but  represent outside 
houses. 
If any errors  have  crept  in  or 
any  omissions  been  made,  correction  of 
same  will  gladly be recorded  in  subse­
quent issues.]

cinnati.
cago.
cago.
troit.
Chicago.
& Co..  Detroit.
ca,  N.  Y.
Syracuse.
ance Co.,  San  Francisco.
Electric Co..  Pittsburgh.
Agency,  N.  Y.
Y ork.
ture Co.,  Rockford,  111.
ber Co.,  Lilley.
Co.,  Manistee.
Chicago.
Toledo.

F.  G.  Aid worth,  John  Wyeth  &  Co.. 
Philadelphia.
Geo.  W.  Alden.  Petoskey  Woodeuware 
Co..  Petoskey.
Frank C.  Adams,  Adams & Ford, Cleve­
land.
Will Adams,  Cerealiue  Co.,  Columbus, 
Ind.
Win.  Boughton,  II.  S.  Robinson  & Co., 
Detroit.
Chas.  Barton.  Walter A. Wood  Mowing 
and  Reaping Machine Co., Uoosick  Falls, 
X.  Y.
B.  A.  Beneke,  Clafllin,  Larabee & Co., 
Boston.
Mr.  Benseoter,  Nonatuck Silk Co.,  Chi­
cago.
Chas.  W.  Baxter,  Stein,  Bloch  &  Co., 
Rochester.
Frank  Con Ion.  Price  Baking  Powder 
Co.,  Chicago.
F.  A.  Caldwell,  Childs,  Lee & Dunlap, 
Toledo,
F.  E.  Chase,  A.  C.  McGraw & Co.,  De­
troit.
Herbert  T.  Chase,  Chase  &  Sanborn, 
Boston.
P.  J.  Coppens,  Chicago  Stove  Works. 
Chicago.
L-  M. Cary, Cary Safe Co., Buffalo.
N.  B.  Carpenter,  F.  Strauss  & Co., Cin­
A.  B.  Cole,  E  B.  Preston  &  Co.,  Chi­
P.  H.  Carroll.  Selz,  Schwab  & Co.. Chi- j 
E.  P.  Dana,  Phelps,  Brace & Co.,  De-1 
J.  J.  Dooley,  11.  E.  Bucklen  &  Co., 
Patrick  Delahunt,  Burnham,  Stoepel 
M.  S.  DeLano,  A.  H.  Pratt & Co.,  Itha­
Geo.  W.  Felduer,  Gray  Bros.  Mfg.  Co., 
J.  T.  Flaherty,  Pacific  Mutual  Insur­
Wallace  W.  Franklin,  Westinghouse 
W.  R.  Foster,  N.  Y.  Underwriters’ 
F.  E.  Francisco,  L.  Kahner & Co., New 
Eugene C.  Goodrich,  Rockford  Furni­
Ed.  Groesbeck,  Sisson  &  Lilley  Lum­
Harry  T.  Goodrich,  Strouach  Lumber 
F.  H.  Goodspeed,  Thomas  &  Hayden, 
W.  H.  Goodspeed,  Woolson  Spice  Co.. 
E.  1.  Goodrich,  Roe  & Co.,  Troy.
J.  A. Gonzalez,  Owl Cigar Co.,  N.  Y.
L.  II.  Ilascall, Wheeler. Blodgett & Co., 
Robert  Hannibal,  Standard  Watch Co., 
W.  G.  Hawkins,  Detroit  Soap  Co.,  De­
Will  Hubbard,  C.  P.  Kellogg  &  Co., 
R.  B.  Hyman,  G.  W.  Van Slyke  & Co., 
E-  W .  Jaeoy.  Peter  Schneider’s Sons & 
J.  B.  Josselyn,  Ellis  Lubricator  Co., 
i*rauk  L.  Kelly,  Carson.  Pirie,  Scott  & j 
W.  K.  Katlian,  Owosso  Casket  Co 
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Ed.  Pike, Schloss. Adler & Co., Detroit. 
E.  E.  Goetchins,  Cincinnati  Safe  &! 
W.  K.  Freeman. American Security Co.,  I 
A.  C.  Bauer, Acme White Lead  & Color 
Win.  B.  Edmunds,  Thorp.  Hawley  &! 
Chas.  E.  Watson,  Burrows  Bros.  Co.. 
R.  Rosenthal 1.  R.  Brand,  Toledo.

Boston.
New York.
troit.
Chicago.
Albany.
Co.,  New  York.
Boston.
Co.. Chicago.
Owossn. 

Lock Co..  Cincinnati 
Baltimore.
Works.  Detroit.
Co.,  Detroit.
Cleveland.

8 1 0 0   R e w a r d   8 1 0 0 .

The  readers o f  this  paper will  he  pleased  n 
learn  that there  is  at  least  one dreaded  disease 
that science has been able to cure in all its stages 
and  that is catarrh.  Hall’s  Catarrh  Cure is the 
only positive cure  known to the  medical  frater 
nity.  Catarrh  being  a  constitutional  disease, 
requires  a  constitutional treatment.  Hall’s Ca 
tarrb  Cure  Is  taken  internally, acting  directly 
upon  the  blood  and  mucous  surfaces  of  the 
system,  thereby destroying the foundation of the 
disease, and giving the patient strength by build 
lug  up the  constitution and  assisting  nature in 
doing  its  work.  The proprietors  have so much 
faith in its  curative  powers that  they offer  one 
hundred dollars for any case that it fails to cure. 
Send  for list of testimonials.  Address 
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iS H sold   by druggists, 76c. 

F. J. CHENEÏ  & CO.,

Toledo, O.

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

___________G ran d  R apids t o C hicago.

C h ic a g o  v ia  G .  R .  & I.  R .  R .

10:30 a m  

2:00 p m  
3:55 p m   9:00 p m  

Lv G ran d   R ap id s 
A rr C hicago 

11:05 p m
0.60 a m
10:30 a  m  tra in  th ro u g h  W a g n e r P a rlo r C ar.
11:05 p m  tr a in  d a ily , th ro u g h   W ag n er  S leeping C ar 
10.10 p m
5:15  a  in
10:10  p  m 

7:05 a m   3:10 p m  
Lv  C hicago 
A rr G ran d  R apids 
8 3 5 p m  
3  10  p  m   th ro u g h   W a g n e r  P a rlo r  C ar. 
tra in  d aily , th ro u g h  W a g n e r S leeping C ar.

2.00 p m  

T h ro u g h  tic k e ts  an d  fu ll in fo rm a tio n   ca n   be h ad  by 
c a llin g  upon  A. A lm quist.  tic k e t  a g e n t  a t  U nion S ta­
tio n ,  o r  G eorge  W .  M unson,  U nion  T ick et  A gent  67 
M onroe s tre e t. G rand R apids, Mich.

C. L. LOCKWOOD,
______________ G e n era l  Pnjw engpr  and T ic k e t A g e n t.
T o le d o ,  A n n   A r b o r   &  N o r th   M ich ig a n  
In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit. Grand  Haven &  Milwauk  i  ; 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe 
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 a t....... 6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at.................. 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m

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

VIA  D ., L .  A  N.

R a ilw a y .

Return connections equally as good.

W.  H.  B ennett, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

Michigan (TENTRaT,

“ The Niagara Falls Houle.’*
D e tro it E x p re ss.................................... 
7  00 a  ua
......................................................!  7 :0 5 a m
I“ « * ! 
D ay  E x p re ss...........................................  1:20 p m
"A tla n tic  & Pacific E x p re ss............... 10 .30 p m
New Y ork E x p re ss................................. 5:40 p m

DEPART.  ARRIVI
10:00 p i_ 
4:30  p m 
10:00 am  
6:00 a  m 
12:40 p m

"D aily.
A ll o th e r d a ily  e x c e p t Sunday.
S leeping  c a rs  ru n   on  A tla n tic   a n d   P acific  E xpress 
E le g a n t  p a r lo r  c a rs  lea v e G ran d   R apids o n  D e tro it 

tra in s  to  a n d  fro m  D e tro it.
E xpress a t  7 a. m .,  r e tu r n in g   lea v e  D e tro it  4  45 p   m 
a r riv e  in  G rand  R apids 10 p. in.

F r e d  M. B k ig g s , G en’l A g en t. 85 M onroe S t.
A.  A l m q u is t , T ick e t A g e n t, U nion  D epot.
G *o. W .  Mu n s o n , U nion T ick e t Office, 87 M onroe St
O. W . R ugóles  G. P .  &  T. A g e n t.,C h ica g o .

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave
G’d. Rapids,  Lv
I o n ia .............Ar
St.  Johns  ...A r
O w osso.........Ar
E.  Saginaw..Ar
Bay C ity.......Ar
F l in t ............ Ar
Pt.  H uron...A r
P on tiac.........Ar
Detroit...........Ar

tNo.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18|*No.  82
6 50am
10 55pm 
7 45am
IS 37am 
8 2>am
1 55am 
9 03am
3 15am 
10 45am
8.45am 
11 30am
7-i0am 
10 05am
5  40am 
11 55am
7  30am 
10 53am
5 37am 
11 50am
?  00am

I > 20am
II 25am 
12 17pm
1 20pm 
3 (5pm 
3 45pm
3 40pm 
6 00pm 
305pm
4 05pm

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
o 05pm 
8 ■ 0pm 
8 45pm 
715pm 
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

WESTWARD.

Trains Leave 

G’d Rapids,  L v.............
G’d Haven,  A r.............
Milw’keeStr  “ .............
Chicago Str.  “ .............|

. •No. 81 tNo. 11 tN o. 13
5  10 pm
6  15pm

1  00pm
2  10pm

7 05am
8 35am

»Daily. 

tD aily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:60 a  m 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west,  10:10  a. m.,3-15 
p.m.  and 9:50 p. m.
Eastward—No.  14  has  Wagner  Parltr  Buffet 
car.  No.  18 Chair  Car.  No. »2 Wagner  Sleeper
Westward —No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  N o .ll 
Chair Car.  No.  15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J o u n  W.  L o u d , Traffic Manager.
B e n  F l e t c h e r , Trav.  Pass. Agent.
J a s .  Ca m p b e l l , City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

CHICAGO 

*

A N D   W EST  M IC H IG A N   R ’V.

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS.........9:00am  12:05pm  *11 :?5pm
Ar. CHICAGO................3:65pm  5:15pm  *7:05am
L V .  u m u A u u .......   ...  u:ouam  4:i5pm  *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D  RAPIDS.......3:55pm  10:10pm  *6:10am
TO  AND  PROM   BENTON  H A R B O R ,  ST.  JO S E P H   AND 
Lv.  Grand Rapids 
9 581am  12:05pm  *11:35pm 
I  Ar.  Grand  R apids—  .*0:10am  3:55pm  10:10pm 

IN D IA N A PO LIS.

For Indianapolis 12:05 p m only.

TO  AND  FROM   M U sK EG O N .

Lv.  G. Ii........ 10:0i am  12  05pm  5:30pm  8:30pm
Ar.  G.  R .........10:55am  3  55pm  5:25pm 
............
TO  AND  PROM  M A N ISTEE,  TR A V ER SE  CITY  AND  ELK  
Lv. Grand  Rapids.........................7:25am  5:17pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids.........................11:45am  9:40pm

R A PID S.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Chicago—Wagner 
Sleepers—Leave Grand  Rapids *11:35 p m .; leave 
Chicago 11:15 p in.  Drawing  Room Cars—Leave 
Grand Rapids 12:05 p m;  leave Chicago 4;45 p in 
Free Chair Cars—Leave  Grand  Rapids 9:00 a m: 
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.

DETROIT,

L A N S IN G   &  N O R T H E R N   R ,  R .
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv.GR’D  RAPIDS-----   7:15am  *1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar.  D D T llO ir................12:00 m  *5:1’pm  10:40pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

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

TO  AND  FROM   SAG IN A W ,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LO U IS.

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

TO  LO W ELL  VIA  LO W ELL  A  HASTIN G S  R .  K.

Lv.  Grand Rapids  ...........  7:15am  1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar.from L ow ell................11:50am  5:15pm 
.........

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE 

Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Detroit—Parlor 
cars on all trains.  Seats 25 cents 
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Saginaw—Parlor 
car  leaves  Grand  Rapids  7:05  am ;  arrives in 
Grand Rapids 7:40 p m.  Seats 25 cents.

•Every day.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. D kHAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t.
STUDY  LAW

AT  HOME.
T ak e a  course in  th e  

S p r a g u e  C orresp on ­
d e n c e   .-school o f  L aw  
[in c o rp o ra te d ].  Send  te n  
ce n ts [stam p s] fo r p a r tic u ­
la rs  to
J.  COTNER,  Jr.,  Sec’y, 

No.  375 W h itn ey  B lock, 
D E T R O I T .  -  M IC H .

STANDARD  OIL  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

D E A iE K S  IN

Ulnmmating and  Lubricating

S p r in g  &  C o m p a n y,

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 ,  V Sfoolens, 
F la n n e ls,  B la n k ets,  G in g h a m s, 
P r in ts  a n d   D o m estic  C otton s

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

assorted stock at lowest market  prices.

S p r in g  &  C o m p a n y.

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office, Hawkins Block. 

Works, Butterworth Aye.

6BANI)  RAPIDS. 
BIG  RAPIDS, 
ALLEGAN,

BULK  WORKS  AT

M U S K E G O N . 
G R A N D   H A V E N , 
HOWARD  CITY,

MANISTEE,

PETOSKEY,

CADILLAC,
LUDIXGTON.

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR

EMPTY  CARBON  i  CA80LINE  BARRELS.

SAGINAW MANUFACTURING GO.,

SAGINAW,  MICH.,

Wanuf'CtiitwR  o f  th° Following List of Washboards.

THE BEST IN THEW0RLÖ1
SAGINAW  MANUFACTURING  COMRANSSfjg
pBK-  s

DOUBLE

SUBFACE
Solid  Zinc.

Double  Zinc 

Surface.

Crescent 
Bed  Star 
Sbaniroct 
Ivy  Leaf
Wilson
Sapai

Wilson
Sapai

W H O L E S A L E

.Dry  Goods. Carpets and Cloaks

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

M a c k in a w   S h irts  an d   L u m b e r m e n 's  S o ck s. 

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

WHOLiESALiE

Voigt, HenoMoimor & Go.,48> !Sanf S
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P. STEKETEE & SONS
DRY GOODS 1 NOTIONS
Grand Bapids Slone & Transler Co.,  m

GRAND RAPIDS,  MICH.

Winter  8t„ between  Shawmilt lire.  and  W,  FiUton 8t„

Single Zinc 
Surface.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

General  Warehousemen  and  Transfer  Agents.

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

ALL  KINDS  OF  PERISHABLES.

The  above  are  all  superior 
Washboards,  In  the  class  to 
which  they  belong.  Send  for 
cuts and price-list before order­
ing.

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

gines, Straw Stackers, Brills, Rakes, Tedders, Cultivators, 

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

and Machine and Plow repairs, Ete.

T.  S  F R E E M A N ,   A g t ,  G rand  R a p id s,  M ich.

Telephone  No.  946. 
Telephone  No.  946.

J.  T .  F.  BLAKE,  Snp’t.

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Special  Offer  F o r   an   a sso rted   p a c k a g e   A n so n ia   C lock s.  All  a r e   h a lf-h o u r,

s lo w   strik e,  b a c k   a ctio n ,  w ith   or  w ith o u t  a la r m

AUSTRIA.  Oak  finish,  eight  day  strike. 

Dial 6 inches,  height 20 inches.

ALASKA.  Black walnut, eight day strike. 

Dial 6 inches,  height 21  inches.

ADEN.  Black  w a ln u t,  eight  day  strike. 

D ial  6  in c h e s.  H e ig h t  20  in ch es.

AMERICA.  Black  walnut,"eight day strike. 

Dial fi  inches,  height‘21  inches.

AMAZON.  Oak  finish,  eight  day  strike. 

Dial Cinches,  height‘20^ inches.

N o   C h a r g e   fo r   B o x .

AFRICA.  Oak  finish,  eight  day  strike. 

Dial  6  inches,  height 21 inches.

No. 20, 6 Clocks, 1 each as above without alarm for $12.90 net. 

No. 30, 6 clocks, 1 each as above with alarm  for $14.25 net.

Send  us  your  order! 

Sold  by  the  case  only.

