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In the whole  community  there  was no 
man who better  knew  when  and  how to 
sell than  did  John  Hugill,  a close-listed 
farmer,  in  the  county  of  York,  Ontario. 
So it happened that one morning in June 
he set out for the city  of  Toronto with a 
batch of  carefully selected spring lambs, 
for  which  he  shrewdly  realized  much 
higher  prices  than  could  have  been  ob­
tained  for  the  same  animals  when  full 
grown;  and  when  he  returned  at  night 
fifteen golden sovereigns  jingled merrily 
in  his pocket—one of the man’s peculiar­
ities  being  to  accept  nothing  but  hard 
coin in  payment  for  anything  he  had to 
sell.

Winter  and  summer,  dark  or  light, 
John's invariable habit was to go to work, 
indoors  or  out,  at  four  o’clock  in  the 
morning  and  come  in  to  breakfast  at 
seven.

On  the  morning next  after  the  lambs 
were  so  profitably  disposed  of,  he  re­
turned for  the  early  meal  as  usual,  but 
before sitting  down,  went  into the  little 
room  where  he  always  slept  alone—his 
faithful wife having  died  some years be­
fore.  A  moment  afterward,  he  rushed 
excitedly  out,  and  addressing  Maggie 
McFarlane, maid-of-all-work and the only 
inmate  of  the  small  log-house  besides 
himself  and  his  only  child,  ten-year-old 
Bessie,  gruffly asked:

“Where  have  you  put 

the  cash, 

“Cash?  What cash,  Mr.  Hugill?” que­

Maggie?”

ried the girl.

“Why,  the  buckskin  bag  of  gold, 
woman—the fifteen sovereigns  I brought 
home last night and left under the pillow 
of  my bed.”

“Bless me,  man!  I’ve seen no gold nor 
I just  made  up the bed a few min­

bag. 
utes ago,  and there was nothing  in it.”

“Do you  mean  to say that you did  not 
move  the  gold,  girl?”  rejoined  Hugill, 
turning pale wth anxiety.

“I’ve told you  already,  sir,  that I saw 
nothing of  it. 
1 know  no  more of  your 
sovereigns  than  does  this  little  beast,” 
pointing to Bob,  Bessie’s pet coon, which 
sat  on  a  bench  stroking 
its  innocent­
looking face with its paws.

“You  lie!  Woman, you lie!” thundered 
the  now  furious  man.  “You’ve  stolen 
the bag and hid it away somewhere.”

As  the  insulting  words  were  uttered 
the girl staggered back as if from a blow, 
but,  quickly  recovering,  walked  with 
calm dignity across  to  where the fright­
ened  Bessie  sat,  and,  taking  the child in 
her arms, cried:

“Oh,  poor,  motherless  bairn!  I  must 
leave  you.  Your  father  accuses  me  of 
stealing,  and  I  will  not  bear  snch  a 
charge. 
I’ll go  home  to  my mother and 
stay until he finds out his mistake.”

Bessie threw  herself  into  the arms of 
her friend,  and,  barsting  into tears,  piti­
fully implored  her  to  stay,  while to the 
harsh accuser she said:

“Father—father,  how  can  you  do  so? 
You know that  Maggie  could not steal— 
my own dear, pretty Maggie!”

Bat the poor  gold-worshiper,  groaning 
under his loss,  would  not  listen  even to

his child, and angrily drove the suspected 
woman  from his  door  by  a threat of  im­
mediate arrest.

Then,  while  Bessie  rocked  her  four- 
footed  pet  to  and  fro  in  her  arms,  and 
sobbed:  “Oh,  Bob—Bob,  Maggie’s gone! 
What  shall  we  do  without  her,  Bob?” 
John  Hngill  drew  up  to  the  table  and 
tried to eat.  But every modthful seemed 
to  choke  him,  and  he  was  not  half 
through,  when  in  strode  the  tall,  gray 
Scotsman,  Andrew  McFarlane,  a laborer 
on the farm.

“Mr.  Hugill,  what  is  all  this I hear?” 
he sternly said.  “Do you  dare to call  my 
bairn a thief?”

“It  looks  that  way,  Andrew,”  coolly 
replied the farmer. 
“ 1 left the money in 
my bed,  and  no  one  but  Maggie has en­
tered  the  room  since—and  the  cash  is 
gone.”

“Well,  man,  I’d  advise  you  to  take 
back your words, or I’ll, maybe,  give you 
a chance to prove them in open court.”

“I’ll take back no words of mine,” said 
Hugill. 
“Here’s  your  own  and  your 
girl’s wages  up  to  date,  and  I’ll trouble 
you  to  move  off  my  farm  before  night. 
Like father,  like  child. 
I  dare  say the 
stolen money will keep yon till  yon get a 
new  place.”

McFarlane  turned  on  his  heel  to  go, 

but before doing so impressively said:

“If  it  were  not  for  that  motherless 
bairn there I’d  tan  your  hide;  but never 
fear,  I’ll  leave  your  place  long  before 
night  and  engage  with  decent  Davie 
Bruce. 
I’ll tell him the whole story my­
self,  and I warn you that if yon  have the 
brass to  make  yonr  false  charge public, 
I’ll prosecute  you  for  slander,  as  sure’s 
my name’s Andrew.”

Avaricious  John  Hugill,  however,  was 
altogether too  prudent  a  man to do this, 
lacking incontestable proof, and a knowl­
edge  of  the  matter  was  confined  to  the 
people on  the two farms,  none of  whom, 
except  Hugill  himself,  believed  Maggie 
gnilty;  so  the  girl  suffered  no  loss  of 
character  or  popularity.  Her  remarka­
ble beauty,  sprightliness  and proficiency 
in  dancing  and  singing  had  long  made 
her an especial favorite  in  the neighbor­
hood,  and  nothing  that  miserly  Hugill 
could do was likely to hurt  her in public

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estimation. 
In  order to make up for the 
loss  of  his gold,  the  miserable man now 
worked harder than ever, and all through 
the ensuing haying and harvest drove his 
laborers so relentlessly  that  the  most of 
them left on the first  opportunity.  Even 
to  sweet  little  Bessie  he  was seldom,  at 
this time, civil, and the lonely child,  now 
under the charge of a strange servant, in­
cessantly prayed,  in  her artless way,  that 
the  missing  money  might  be  found;  for 
not  even  her father  dared  longer  to  as­
sert,  in  her  presence,  that  Maggie  had 
taken it.

Meantime,  on  the  adjoining  farm  of 
David Bruce,  stout Audrew and his little 
family  dwelt 
in  peace  and  comfort, 
though now and then,  as  the honest Scot 
thought  of  the  foul  accusation  brought 
against  his  daughter,  he  felt  strongly 
tempted to  use  language unbecoming to 
a member of  the  “auld kirk.”  And  he, 
too,  prayed  in  his  own  earnest  fashion 
that the real thief  might be discovered— 
a  consummation  to  be  more  devoutly 
hoped for than expected—as in the whole 
country-side there was not one individual 
to whom  suspicion  might  reasonably at­
tach.  Although every one,except her late 
employer,  felt convinced  of  Maggie’s  in­
nocence,  it  was  only  natural  that  she 
should chafe and  fret  so  long as even he 
regarded  her as a criminal.  Besides she 
longed  for  the  companionship  of  little 
Bessie,  and used  to lie awake night after 
night  thinking,  until  her  pretty  bead 
ached,  how to  clear  up the mystery;  but 
all her perplexing thought brought no so­
lution.

Throughout the summer months, Willie 
and Aleck  Bruce,  boys  of  fourteen  and 
fifteen  respectively,  and  famous  young 
hunters,  bad  toiled  faithfully 
the 
fields;  but now  that  September,  the first 
month  with  an  “r”  in  it,  had come,  they 
prepared to resume their old-time, nightly 
jcoon  hunts.

in 

The young fellows  owned  a dog called 
Tiger,  an  animal  of  unknown  pedigree 
and  of  no  particular  breed,  but  which, 
nevertheless,  was celebrated in  the local­
ity for the singular sagacity and certainty 
with  which  he  would  find  and  capture 
game,  when  dogs  of  far  higher  preten­
sions were utterly at fault.

With  this  faithful  companion  and  a 
couple of  axes,  the  boys  would sally out 
of  an evening along  the  creeks,  over the 
stubble,  oats  and  cornfields,  or  perhaps 
through the dry swamps  and  wooded  up­
lands,  in  search  of  the  cunning  “ring­
tails”—seldom,  indeed,  returning empty- 
handed.  Tiger was  a  dog of  rare gifts; 
he  made  no  mistakes,  and  never  got 
mixed  up;  he  had  a  distinctive  bay  for 
each  kind  of  game,  and  if  his  tongue 
said  “deer,”  “ wolf,”  “fox”  or  “’coon,” 
the especial animal  so indicated was sure 
to  be  in  front  of  him.  Having  once 
taken  a  trail,  nothing  could  turn  him 
aside  until  that  particular  quarry  was 
run  down  or  finally  lost.  The  conse­
quence was that  the  Bruce  boys secured 
more game and furs than all their compet­
itors together,  and  were  always  flush of 
pocket-money  when  other  young  Nim- 
rods were  “dead broke.”

One night,  it  was the 9th of September 
—I  remember  it  well—the  brothers  set 
out  shortly  after  dark,  to  beat  up  their 
own and Farmer  Hugill’s  cornfields,  and 
while  yet  on  the  home  lot,  old  Tiger 
caught  on  the  ground  and  killed  two 
’coons.  Then  he  took  up  an  evidently 
fresh scent  and  went  off  with his  “tree­
ing  bark,”  in  the  direction  of  Hugill’s

wood-pasture,  only  a  few  hundreds  of 
yards from the farmer’s house.

About  the  middle  of  this  half-cleared 
field  there  was,  in  wet  seasons,  a  big 
pond,  and  in  the  centre  of  the pond an 
immense  swamp  elm-tree,  hollow  as  to 
its  trunk,  but  yet  in  vigorous  life,  and 
with great,  spreading  branches  reaching 
far  out  on  every  side.  Now,  after  the 
summer’s  drought,  the  pond  was  dry, 
and Tiger seemed  to  be  making straight 
for it.

“Well,  Aleck,”  said  Willie  Bruce,  “I 
guess the old  dog’s  going  to drive to the 
big elm this  time,  and  if  the ’coon don’t 
run into  the  hollow,  so’s  we  can smoke 
him out,  we’ll  have  quite  a job of  chop­
ping.”

“All right,”  replied Aleck. 

“I’ve got 
a  spite  against  that  tree,  anyway,  and 
would like no  better  fun  than cutting it 
down.”

Following at their best speed the dog’s 
lead,  the  boys,  sure  enough,  found  him 
tearing away at  the decayed wood  inside 
the elm,  and  knowing now that the ’coon 
had climbed the hollow shaft, they struck 
fire with flint,  steel  and  punk,  kindled  a 
smudge of  rotten  sticks  and moss at the 
bottom  and  prepared  to  smoke him out, 
but somehow  the  thing  didn’t  work this 
time;  and after  keeping  up  the pungent 
fumes for  a  good  half  hour in  vain,  the 
experienced hunters concluded that their 
game  had  taken  refuge  in  the  cavity of 
some  great  lateral  limb  to  which  the 
smoke,  for lack of  draught,  perhaps,  did 
not penetrate.

So,  putting out the smudge,  and build­
ing a huge outside fire to give  light,  they 
went  gayly  to  work  to  fell  the  forest 
giant,  finding  the  task  not  so very ardu­
ous after all,  as  the  shell  of  green  wood 
surrounding the hollow,  although of vast 
circumference,  was less  than nine inches 
thick.

Twenty minutes  or  so  sufficed  for the. 
skilled axmen  to  cut  through  this,  and 
the patriarch of a century’s growth,  with 
a  premonitory  shiver,  slowly  swayed  to 
one  side,  bowed  his  mighty  head,  and, 
with  swiftly  accelerating  momentum, 
came  crashing  to  earth.  Boys  and  dog 
rushed  to  the  wide-spreading  top,  and 
the  unerring  nose  of  the  hound quickly 
pointed to  one  particularly  large branch 
as the ’coon’s hiding place.  On  tapping 
the limb,  it proved  to  be hollow,  though 
no orifice appeared on the surface;  so the 
boys cut it  off  close  to  the  parent stem, 
and  then  asked  Tiger  whether  “Stripe- 
face” was now  in  the  cavity of the  trunk 
or  in  that  of  the  bough?  The knowing 
brute’s reply being unmistakably in favor 
of  the  latter  hypothesis,  the  hunters 
plugged  up the  big  end  and  cut notches 
in the limb at intervals of about eighteen 
inches,  shutting  off  each  blank  division 
as  they  went  along,  until  at  last  they 
came  to  the  snug  retreat  of  a  whole 
’coon colony.

One,  two,  three,  four  were drawn  out 
and  painlessly  dispatched,  and  the  bo­
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But Tiger said  “No;”  something  still re­
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Once more Aleck thrust in  his leather- 
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specimen,  of  which  the  boys  no  sooner 
caught  sight  than  both  started  back  in 
astonishment;  for  around  the  little  ani­
mal’s neck was tied a red ribbon!

’Twas,  beyond all peradventure,  Bessie 
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its wild  kindred  in  what was,  very prob­
ably,  its  own  birthplace.  The  recreant 
Bob looked awfully  ashamed  of  himself, 
and  after  being  secured  by  a  piece  of 
string,  lay  down  to  watch  further  pro­
ceedings with curious interest:

“Let’s open  the  limb  up  and see what 
kind  of  a  nest  the  little  rascals  have 
made,”  proposed Willie.

No sooner said than done.  The already 
niched slabs were split off, and the whole 
long  chamber  exposed  to  view;  and  a 
singularly furnished apartment it was.

The  searchers  threw  out  great  hand­
fuls  of  hair,  wool,  feathers,  clam-shells 
soft  mosses  and  leaves,  and  were  care­
fully examining the  bottom  of  the semi­
circular  trough,  when  they  came  upon 
surprising evidences of ’coon acquisitive­
ness  in  the  shape  of  several  spools  of 
thread,  a  brass  thimble,  three horn  but­
tons,  two  pewter  spoons,  a  piece  of 
broken  mirror,  some  patches  of  red cot­
ton,  and,  last  of  all,  firmly  wedged in a 
crack,  a heavy little buckskin bag!

On bringing this  to  light the boys sim­
ultaneously yelled:  “Hugill’s lost money! 
Hugill’s lost money!”  And on  their un­
tying the string, out rolled the fifteen un­
tarnished sovereigns!

“Oh,  Bob,  you  villian,  what  mischief 
you have done!” cried Aleck.  “How  will 
you ever  make  up for it?”

But Bob demurely stroked his face and 
answered not a word. 
Staggering along 
under their heavy load of dead game, and 
carrying  also  the  sly  thief,  the jubilant 
youths now hurried home.  It was nearly 
midnight when they reached their father’s 
door,  and  every  one  in  the  house  was 
asleep;  but  the  tidings  were  too  impor­
tant to brook delay,  and  all were uncere­
moniously aroused  to  hear the  woudrous 
tale.

Then  off  to  McFarlane’s  shanty  sped 
the  excited  youngsters,  and  their  thun­
dering  summons  was  quickly  answered 
by old Andrew in  person.

“Eh,  Lord  save  us,  laddies,  what’s all 
this?”  he  exclaimed, on  recognizing  his 
untimely  visitors.

“Oh,  Andrew,  we’ve  got  the  thief  at 

last,”  said Willie.

“And  the  money,  too,  Andrew,”  sup­
plemented Aleck,  placing  the  little sack 
in the wondering man’s hand.

The stern old  Scotsman  was  holding a 
lighted  candle,  but  on  hearing  this  as­
tounding revelation  he  dropped it to the 
lloor,  where  it  sputtered  a  moment  and 
went out.

Then, by the faint glimmer of the stars, 
the  boys  saw  him  raise  his  eyes  rever­
ently  to  heaven,  while  he  audibly  mur­
mured  a  few  quaint  words  of  devout 
thanksgiving.

Soon,  however,  he  shook  himself  to­
gether again and called out, in stentorian 
tones:

“Gude  wife—Maggie,  lass—rise quick­
ly!  Here’s  the  conquering  Bruce  to the 
fore,  and,  i’ faith it ’ll be a Bannockburn 
to the pride of  Master John Hugill.”

The  startled  women,  hastily  donning 
part of  their garments,  hurried out  from 
the  sleeping-room,  and,  in  the  intervals 
of  laughing,  crying  and  hugging  each 
other,  soon convinced themselves,  by the 
indisputable evidence of touch and sight, 
that the gold was actually found.

“But,  you  braw  laddies,  whaur’s  the 
thief?”  queried Mistress McFarlane,  who 
still stuck to her broad Scotch.

“Oh,  he’s  tied  up  safe  at  our  house. 
And who do you think it is, Maggie?” said 
Willie  Bruce.

“1 cannot  even  guess,  Willie,”  replied 

the delighted girl.

“Why,  Maggie,  it’s  that  little  scamp 

Bob.”

“ ‘Bob!’  ‘Bob!’  What Bob?”  asked she. 
“Why,  Bob,  Bessie’s  pet  ’coon,”  ex­
plained the boy.  “He stole the  bag  that 
morning,  before you  went in to make the 
bed,  1 suppose,  and  carried  it  off  to the 
big  hollow elm,  and when  we were hunt­
ing to-night  we  cut  the  tree  down,  and 
found him,  and the mouey,  too,  in an old 
limb.”

Maggie’s cheeks  were  wet with joyous 
tears,  but  she  broke  now  into  peals  of 
merry laughter,  as she  inquired:

“Did you find  aught else,  lads?”
■“Yes,  lots  of  things—buttons,  thim­

bles,  and such like.”

“Well,  well,  the  cunning,  wee rogue! 
We often  missed  bits  of  odds  and ends, 
but I blamed it all to the rats.” 

Punctually at seven o’clock next morn­
ing,  John  Hugill  came  to  breakfast  in 
very ill humor,  and  grumbled  to  Bessie 
that  somebody—her  friends,  the  Bruce 
boys,  he  supposed—had  felled  the  big 
elm.

“The  tree  was  no  good,”  he  added, 
'•‘but the young rascals will have to cut it 
up and pile it out of  the  way, or  pay  for 
doing it.”

Bessie,  who had been vainly hunting all 
the morning  for  Bob,  prudently  kept si­
lence,  and  the  two  sat  down  to  their 
meal.  Presently,  the child,  happening to 
glance  through  the  window,  exclaimed: 
“Why,  father,  here  comes  Andrew 
McFarlane and his wife and Maggie—yes, 
and Willie Bruce and  Aleck,  too!”

“Coming  to  beg  off  about  the  tree,  I 

suppose,*  muttered her father.

The  next  moment  the  little  party  en­
tered  the  room,  and  Andrew,  marching 
straight up  to  his  former employer,  laid 
the well-remembered buckskin bag beside 
his plate,  with the quiet remark:

“Your idol’s  found,  Mr.  Hugill.” 
“What,  what,  what?” cried the amazed 
man,  as with trembling hands he emptied 
the shining coins  on  the table.  “So  the 
girl has confessed at last, eh?”

McFarlane  flushed  an  angry  red,  and 
seemed about to strike the speaker down, 
when  Willie  Bruce  stepped 
forward, 
drew  the  real  culprit  from  behind  his 
back,  placed  him  in  Bessie’s  waiting 
arms,  and said:

“This  little  fellow  is  the  thief,  Mr. 
Hugill;”  and  the  whole  story  was  then 
told.

As the rising  sun dispels  the gloom of 
night,  so now  the  sight of  his recovered 
treasure  swept  the  cruel 
from 
Hugill’s  hard  face,  and,  in  a  burst  of 
magnanimity, he  exclaimed:

lines 

“Well,  boys,  I’ll say nothing about  the 
tree,  though it’s going to give me a lot of 
work!”  the  idea  of  dividing  the  prize 
with  its  finders  having  evidently  never 
occurred to him.

He had the grace,  however,  to  mumble 
an  apology  to  Maggie  McFarlane;  aud 
the  girl,  for  Bessie’s  sake,  consented to 
resume her old place  in the household.

This strange  find  brought  about  some 
for  the  suspicious  old 
good  results; 
farmer’s  pride  in  his  own  infallibility 
was thoroughly humbled, and he became, 
in  time,  a  quite  affectionate  father  and 
pleasant neighbor.

In conclusion, I may say that this story 
is  strictly  true,  all  the  actors  having 
been well  known  to me in my youth and 
the incidents  having  occurred  under my 
own  observation—proper  names,  only, 
I being changed. 

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AROUND  TH E  STATE.

Shelby—E.  &  W.  A.  Rolinson  have 

opened a bazarr stock.

Shelby—Loomis  &  Gunn have shipped 

214 cars of  potatoes since last fall.

Menominee—Wm.  Hessel  is  succeeded 
by Hessel & Renk in  the  boot  and  shoe 
business.

Saginaw—Tates,  Addis & Co.  are  suc­
ceeded by Addis & Harris in  the  lumber 
business.

Holly—The firm name  of  S.  Freer  & 
Co.,  hardware dealers,  has been  changed 
to Freer & Brodie.

Benton  Harbor—J.  Lewinson  &  Son 
are succeeded by  D.  C.  Lewinson, Jr.,  in 
the dry goods business.

Delton—C.  Yanamberg,  formerly  en­
gaged in general trade at Whitneyville,is 
-now engaged in  business at this place.

Ionia—-W.  E.  Kelsey  has  rented  one- 
half  of  his store to Mrs.  Weaver,  of  Big 
Rapids,  who will  put  in  a bazaar stock.
Battle  Creek—Willard  Phelps  has  re­
moved  to this city  from  Ceresco and em­
barked in  the  grocery  business on East 
Main street.

Shelby—Elmer  Tyler  has  purchased 
the interest of J.  L.  Korbes  in  the  meat 
market of Forbes & Beckman.  The new 
firm will  be known  as Beckman & Tyler.
Cadillac—La Bar  &  Cornwell have be­
gun  work on an  extension  of  their brick 
block.  22x50 feet in dimensions. 
It will 
be occupied by a portion of their grocery 
stock.

Plainwell—Chas.  Machemer  has  pur­
chased the interest  of  W.  M.  Spencer in 
the grocery  firm of  Machemer & Spencer. 
The new firm will be known as Machemer 
&  Son.

Stanwood—N.  O. Ward and C. H. Smith 
have formed a  copartnership  under  the 
style of Ward  & Smith  for  the  purpose 
of embarking in  the hardware  and  agri­
cultural implement business.

Ludington—The  Pere Marquette Lum­
ber Co.  has  merged  its  mercantile busi­
ness into a stock company under the style 
of  the  Big  Store  Mercantile  Co.  The 
new  corporation  has  a  capital  stock  of 
$50,000.

Muskegon—N. G.  Bow,  for  sometime 
past a clerk  in  the  employ  of  the  Bee 
Hive grocery,  will embark  in  the grocery 
business for himself in the store building 
adjoining the Mitcheson  meat market  on 
Clay avenue.

Traverse City—Greenwood  & Co.  have 
sold  their  stock  of  musical  instruments 
to Chas.  Blom,  of  Kalkaska  and George 
H.  O’Neal, of  this  place.  The new firm 
will continue the business under the firm 
name of  Blom & O’Neal.
□ Lisbon—R.  A.  Hastings,  the  Sparta 
druggist,  has purchased  the  E.  W.  & M. 
L.  Noble  and  Johnson  drug stocks  and 
will  consolidate  the  same  and  conduct 
the  business  under  the  direct  personal 
management of  Charles Harrison.

Brown City—McLaughlin &Co.,general 
dealers at Brown  City,  have  sued  Wind­
sor Bros.,  general  dealers  at  the  same 
place,  for  $10,000  damages.  A  Detroit 
firm  holds  a  chattel  mortgage  on  the 
stock  of  the  former,  and  they  claim 
through  misrepresentations  their  trade 
has been damaged.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS. 

Saginaw—G.  B.  Wiggins  has  built  a 
small  sawmill  at  Highwood,  Gladwin 
county,  and it is in operation.

Traverse City—Fulghm  &  Roberts are

about to add to their lumber business the 
manufacture of  fruit  baskets and boxes.
Clare—Fraser &  Fisher  have  finished 
their cut of shingles in this  locality  and 
the mill will be removed  to  some  other 
point.

Farwell—The Robinson & Bracy  shin- 
j gle mill  is  receiving  four  car  loads  of 
bolts a week  and  has  stock  enough  as­
sured to keep it in motiou the  remainder 
of the season.

Alpena—The  manufacture  of  spools 
from  birch  has developed  into  quite  an 
I industry at this place.  A  week ago  120 
sacks of spools  were  shipped  to  various 
parts of the country.

St.  Helen—There is a rumor  in  circu­
lation  that  Henry Stephens  &  Co.  have 
purchased a large tract of pine  north  of 
Twin  Lakes of the  H.  M.  Loud & Son’s 
Lumber Co.,  of Au Sable.

Manistee—The Manistee  & Grand  Rap­
ids  Railroad  is  not  being  exteuded  at 
present,  having  all  the  work it can  han- 
I die  with  its  rolling  stock  hauling logs, 
which are being  skidded to the  track  by 
its  patrons.

Alpena—There  is a movement  on  foot 
here  to  purchase the Hubbard Lake  log 
railway  plant,  and  use the  material  for 
constructing a railroad  from Alpena back 
into the country. 
It is proposed to build 
about twelve miles of the road at present, 
and extend it later on.

Manistee—The  Manistee  Manufactur­
ing  Co.  is turning  out a large  amount of 
furniture of  all  kinds.  Three additions 
to the factory have  been  made since  the 
company  started,  and  to  keep  up  with 
the demand  the hands are  being worked 
over  time.  One  day  last  week 105  bed­
room  sets were shipped from  this factory 
to different parts of  the country.

Saginaw—Bliss & Van  Aukin  are  re­
ceiving 60 car loads of logs daily by  rail, 
and their sawmill  is  being  humped  for 
all there is in it. 
It ran  night  and  day 
all 
last  season,  and  made  the  largest 
record  in cutting of any mill on the river, 
turning out 32,000,000 feet.  That  figure 
will also be  reached  this  season  if  not 
exceeded.  The product is all handled in 
the yard trade.

Alpena—Alexander  Morrison  has sold 
his interest  in  the  valuable  patents on 
his  machine  for  the  cleaning of  flax to 
Messrs.  Arthur Pack and C. E.  Potter for 
a consideration of  $6,000.  This machine 
is probably one of the greatest labor sav­
ing inventions of the age,  doing the work 
of  six  or  eight  men  in  the  cleaning  of 
flax.  One of  the machines  is  now being 
built in Detroit.

Ionia—The addition of  a third story to 
the factory of the Michigan Clothing Co., 
which will soon  be  completed,  will ena­
ble the company  to  double  its capacity. 
The second floor is to be entirely devoted 
to  machines,  and  the  number  increased 
from 100 to 200.  The third  floor will be 
arranged for the cutting and pressing de­
partments,  while the first floor will be di­
vided  into office rooms,  display room and 
storage.

Detour—Chas.  H.  Boeder  has been en­
gaged  for  some  time  past  in  preparing 
plans and specifications for the new saw­
mill of the Island Cedar Co. to be erected 
at this point.  The mill will  have all the 
latest improved machinery and  will  be a 
very complete establishment throughout. 
It will have a capacity  of  100,000 feet of 
i lumber  and  250,000  shingles  per  day. 
The main  building  will be 48x140 feet in 
size; the shingle mill 38x140; boiler house 
140x56;  engine  room  16x50.  The  entire

structure will be two stories high.  Work 
will be begun June 15,  and it is expected 
to have it completed  and  running May 1, 
1893.

Hastings—The  assets  of  the  defunct 
Hastings  Furniture  Co.  was  purchased 
at assignee’s sale by L.  E.  Kuappen,  act­
ing for himself,  N.  A.  Fuller, C.  D.  Bee­
be,  Archie McCoy,  W.  H.  Powers,  D.  S. 
Goodyear and  M.  L.  Cook,  who  subse­
quently organized as the Hastings Furni­
ture Manufacturing Co.,  with  a  paid  up 
capital  of  $40,000,  one-half  the  stock 
being taken  by Messrs.  Fuller and Beebe. 
L.  E.  Knappen  was  elected  President, 
P.  T.  Colgrove,  Vice-President  and  M. 
L.  Cook,  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  As 
soon  as the necessary  arrangements  can 
be effected,  the factory  will  resume  op- 
perations and business be  conducted  on 
a more conservative basis than character­
ized the former management.

Marquette—The Marquette County Cir­
cuit Court  rendered a verdict,  last week, 
for  $70,500  in  favor  of  the  plaintiff  in 
case  of  T.  J.  Sullivan  vs.  Ross  &  Co. 
From the  evidence  given  it appears  that 
the  plaintiff  bought  some  stumpage on 
the Two Hearted  river  and  was  putting 
it  in  last  year.  Becoming  heavily  in­
volved  he  mortgaged  his  farm,  horses, 
sleighs,  etc.  While in  this strait he met 
the agent of  Ross & Co.,  and sold  him  by 
verbal contract all the logs,  and accepted 
a position  overseeing the  work  at a sal­
ary of  $100 a month.  When  rafting the 
logs to Sault Ste.  Marie for manufacture, 
one of the rafts was  scattered by a blow. 
Ross & Co.  claimed  there  had  been  no 
sale,  but the  jury decided  otherwise and 
brought in a verdict as above.

Bay City—The late  Isaac Marston  was 
administrator  of  the  estate  of  Thomas 
Nester,  who operated  a  mill  at  Baraga, 
and had large interests  in the Upper Pe­
ninsula.  When Judge Marston took hold 
of  the estate it was  in  such a bad condi­
tion  that it was apprehended there would 
be little left for the heirs.  He advanced 
money to the estate,  obtained credit,  and 
carried the estate  until  enough property 
was  sold  to  pay  its  debts.  The  estate 
proved to be worth more than $1.000,000, 
largely through the efficient management 
of  Judge Marston.  For these extraordi­
nary  services  Judge  Marston  received 
$7,000 from  tee estate,  and an order  was 
entered by  Judge  Durfee  at  Detroit the 
other  day,  with  the  consent of  the  sur­
viving  administrators  of  the  estate,  for 
the payment to the widow of Mr.  Marston 
of  $23,000 additional.

Saginaw—Thirty years  ago Murphy  & 
Avery,  lumbermen,  owned a  large  body 
of pine timber in the  townships  of  Mil­
lington, Watertown  and Vassar,  Tuscola 
county,  and  built 
two  dams  across 
Gooden creek,  which were used  to  flood 
out logs through Gooden creek into  Cass 
river,  and much  of  the  best  cork  pine 
which came down Csss  River  was  from 
the  Gooden  creek  section.  The  dams 
held back a large  volume of water cover­
ing several  hundred  acres  of  land  and 
forming an  artificial  lake.  The  timber 
was long ago practically  exhausted,  and 
the lower dam was removed, the upper one 
being kept up principally for the  benefit 
of  A.  E.  Crampton,  who  had  several 
tracts of hemlock  lumber  above.  Last 
winter this was  all cut off  and  the  dam 
lost  its  occupation.  S.  J.  Murphy,  of 
Detroit,  who owns the  property,  decided 
to  let  the  water  off  and  thus  reclaim 
several  hundred  acres  of  pasture  and 
grass  land.  Last  week  the  dam  was

blown up with dynamite  and  the  water 
let  loose  and  soon  mingled  with 
the 
waters of Cass River.

T he  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar—An advance of a sixpence has oc­
curred  since  our  last  report.  The  de­
mand is good and the market is  firm.

Teas — The  market  is  by  no  means 
strong  or  steady,  although  stocks  are 
generally  light.

Currents—Cable advices  from  London 
and Greece predict a short crop,  in  con­
sequence of which prices have  taken  on 
a firmer tone.

Prunes—The  tendency  is  higher,  as 
desirable sizes of California,  French  and 
Sultana  cannot  be  replaced  at  current 
prices.  The supply of Turkish is ample.
Canned Goods—Corn  is getting  scarcer 
and  firmer.  Tomatoes  are  strong  and 
peas are in good  demand.  Lobsters and 
Salmon are unchanged and quiet.

Coffee—The  market  is  practically  un­
changed.  While  the  visible  supply  of 
coffee  of  all  grades  is  smaller  than  a 
month  ago.  the  arrival  of  Brazilian 
grades is  almost  double  the  amount  at 
this season last year.

Candy — The  demand  is  improving, 
and,  with a strong sugar  market,  prices 
are firm.

Oranges—Messinas are rotting so badly 
this year that the trade  is afraid  of them. 
Californias are as good  rs  they  will  be 
this season.

Lemons—The Eastern  markets are  ad­
vancing and the warmer weather West is 
expected  to  create a better  demand  and 
bring about  higher prices.

Bananas—In  good  supply and in excel­

lent demand.

T he  D ry  G oode  M arket.

Cottons—Both bleached and unbleached 
are improved  in  tone,  although no actual 
advances have yet occurred.

Prints—Firm,  on  account  of  the print 
cloth market being higher.  An advance 
is  confidently 
looked  for  in  the  near 
future.

Tickings—A.  C.  A.  goods  have  ad­

vanced K c.

Dress  Cambrics—Have  advanced  }4 c.
Challies—Have met  with good sale, on 

account of  warm weather.

Decoration Bunting—Jobbers have put 

in lines for use during the campaign.

Table  Oil  Cloth—An  advance  of  15c 

per piece has been  made.

Feathers—All  grades  of 

live  geese 

feathers are 3 c per pound higher.

Thread  Cabinets—By  agreement  of 
the  thread  manufacturers,  thread  cabi­
nets were withdrawn  a  couple  of  years 
ago.  Jobbers  have lately been informed 
that the  distribution  of  cabinets  will  be 
resumed  and  supplies  are  expected  in 
July or August.

F ruit  J a rs  H igh er.

On account of  the prospects for a good 
fruit season  and  considering that all the 
factories will cease manufacturing July 1, 
prices  have  been  advanced  25  cents  a 
gross, being now  held as follows:
P ints....................................................................... #7 75
uarts.....................................................................  8 25
alf Gallons..........................................................  10 75
Caps.........................................................................  3 25
Rubbers............................................................ 

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Country  Callers.

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

J.  H.  Eppink,  Lucas.
Rodenbough  Bros.,  Mancelona.
J.  W.  Slater, Elk Rapids.
W. H. Hicks,  Morley.
S. Salomon & Co.,  Kalamazoo.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

A.  M.  Kobe has opened a  grocery store 
at Muskegon.  The stock was furnished 
by Musselman & Widdicomb.

John F.  Simpson,  late of Grand Ledge, 
has opened  a cigar factory on East Bridge 
street,  near the corner of Barclay  street.
Swartout  & Downs have opened  up  for 
business at 41 South Divisiou street  with 
lines  of  notions  and  men’s  furnishing 
goods.

C.  Van  Amberg,  formerly  engaged  in 
general trade at Whitney ville, has opened 
a grocery store at Delton.  Musselman & 
Widdicomb furnished the stock.

Chappie & Chappie have removed their 
drug stock from  the  corner  of  Jefferson 
avenue and Scyamore street to the corner 
of  College avenue and Carrier street.

Myron Hester and Carl S.  Hester,  who 
recently  embarked  in  the  general  ma­
chinery  business  at  45  South  Division 
street  under  the  style of  Hester & Son, 
have concluded  to do  business hereafter 
under the style of  the Hester  Machinery 
Co. 

_________________

Frank  H.  White,  formerly  of 

the 
firm of White & Perry, but more recently 
on the road  for  the  wrapping paper de­
partment of  Eaton,  Lyon  & Co.,  has em­
barked in  the  sale  of  brooms and wood- 
enware on his  own  account  at  125 Court 
street.

The Commercial Credit Co.  has depart- 
mentized  its  collection  business,  C.  E. 
Block taking office charge  of  the  work, 
while the city has been divided into three 
districts,  which will be  looked  after  by 
Leroy F.  Baker,  Rollin Owen and Adrian 
A.  Brummeler. 
A.  M.  LeBaron  will 
continue in  charge  of  the  general  out­
side work of the office.

G ripsack  B rigad e.

Guy P. Smith, traveling representative 
for  the  Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.,  has 
removed his family from South Haven to 
this city.

The  new house  of  Swartout  &  Downs 
will  be represented  on  the  road by Wm. 
H.  Downs,  S.  F.  Downs,  Chas.  G.  Mc­
Intyre and B.  F.  Winch.

Frank C.  Brackett,  formerly  in charge 
of  the  wrapping  paper  department  of 
Eaton,  Lyon  &  Co.,  is  now  working the 
city trade for Frank  H.  White.

Irving W.  Feighner,  formerly with the 
Muskegan  branch  of  the  U.  S.  Baking 
Co.,  takes  the  position  at  Hawkins  & 
Company’s made vacant  by  the resigna­
tion of  John Payne.

John H. Payne writes T he  T r a d e sm a n 
from Colorado Springs that the diagnosis 
of  his  case  by  Dr.  Reed  coincides  with 
the opinion  of  his  home physician—that 
his lungs are in a bad  condition, necessi­
tating  a  residence  in  Colorado  at  least 
two years, and,  possibly,  longer.

The Western Traveling  Men’s Associa­
tion,  with  headquarters  at  St.  Louis,  is 
working  for  a  5,000  mile  ticket,  ex­
changeable on  all  roads  and sold at $100 
flat. 
It  would  also  like  a  rate  of  one 
cent  per  mile  from  Saturday  night  to 
Monday morning,  so as to allow the trav­
elers  to  visit  their  families  on  Sunday. 
The officers promise to expel any member 
who  is  found  to  have  abused  the  privi­
leges  and  to  make  the  firms they  repre­
sent parties  to the agreement against the 
abuse of  privileges.  The  Western  Pas­
senger Asssociation  has  these proposals 
under advisement.

Yankee Blade:  Lady commercial trav­
elers  are not  uncommon in this  country 
I and in Europe.  A  young  Swedish  lady 
manages to indulge her passion for travel 
and to earn  a good  livelihood at the same 
time by traveling  for a big  firm of  Scan­
dinavian machinists.  Her salary allows 
her to travel  in good  style,  living  at  the 
best hotels.  She has  just  gone  to  Lon­
don, _ direct  from  Moscow,  and  expects 
shortly to start  for  Melbourne,  all in the 
way of  business.  One firm of  manufac­
turers in London employs lady travelers, 
and many  others, especially manufactur­
ers  of  dress  goods,  in  which a woman’s 
taste is of value,  would  be willing to en­
gage  women  instead  of  men,  provided 
the women had business capacity,  a good 
appearance,  good  manners  and  a  good 
physique to endure  the  fatigue  involved 
in constant  travel.”

John  C.  Fenimore  (founder  of  the 
United  Commercial  Travelers):  “Many 
of  the old timers  we use  to  recognize as 
'Monarchs  of  the  Road’  would  lack  a 
great  deal of  filling the  requirements  of 
to-day.  Better talent is being  demanded 
because the lines  are being drawn  closer 
and closer;  it is more difficult to get bus­
iness,  and  make  a reasonable  profit,  be­
cause  competition  is very much  greater, 
and  nothing but  first-class  material will 
answer for traveling salesmen.  There is 
a  constant  and  increasing  demand  for 
first-class  men in our  line,  and  we,  as a 
profession,  must supply it. 
It  is,  there­
fore,  necessary that  we  keep  abreast of 
the  times  in  which  we  are  living,  and 
doing  business;  and  to succeed  in  this 
endeavor,  we  must  not  only systematize 
our  business  methods,  but  ourselves. 
We must  eliminate from  ourselves those 
habits that are  likely to hinder us in our 
endeavor to reach  the full stature of  our 
commercial  usefulness,  and  add  to  our­
selves  those qualities  calculated to make 
us  more valuable  as  business  men  and 
gentlemen.”

Ex-Governor  J.  Proctor  Knott  (in  a 
speech to the traveling men of Louisville, 
Sept.  21,  1887):  “I like the craft.  I  have 
met  them many a  time  and  oft’  during 
my wanderings for the last twenty  years 
and have always  found  them  a  genial, 
whole-souled  set  of  fellows,  as  well 
energetic,  honorable 
as 
intelligent, 
business  men. 
In  fact,  I  have  been 
with them so much  ‘I know them by their 
backs.’  Do you  see  that  fellow  curled 
up on the car  seat  there,  sound  asleep, 
unmindful of the roar  of  the  train,  the 
yell of the brakeman,  or the  ingress  or 
egress of the passengers?  Hte’s a  drum­
mer.  He  rode  forty  miles  last  night 
through wind  and rain and mud to  make 
his point,  and he made  it.  That  debon- 
niar young man who is helping that poor 
tired lady with her  numberless  bundles 
and her sick baby is a drummer, too,  and 
the bright jovial faced youngster  who  is

T H E   M IC H tG A N   T R A D E S M A N
“I  met  my  first  railway  accident  this 
week,”  observed  H.  A.  Hudson  at  the 
office of  the I.  M.  Clark Grocery Co.  last 
Saturday.  “We  were  coming  out  of 
Luther to meet the main line of the G.  R. 
&  I.,  and,  when  within  four  miles  of 
Milton  Junction,  a  couple  of  cows  dis­
puted  the  right  of  way  with  the  train. 
The  engine  passed  over  the  animals  in 
safety,  but all  the cars in the train—both 
freight and passenger—were thrown from 
the  track.  No  one  was  injured  in  the 
least—except the  cows—and  all the pas­
sengers were crowded onto the engine and 
tender and proceeded on  to Milton Junc­
tion without further incident.”

rising to give that venerable  old  gentle­
man his  seat is a drummer also.  And so 
are those four fellows at the rear  end  of 
the ear who are amusing each  other  and 
everybody around them with their flashes 
of wit,  and humorous stories.  They are 
all traveling men,  the  closest  observers 
and the  most  entertaining  narrators  of 
curious and interesting facts in the whole 
world. 
It has  been  one  of  the  leading 
characteristics  of the commercial travel­
er from Sinbad the Sailor,  the great  pro­
totype  of  the  profession—down  to  my 
genial and esteemed friend  Joseph  Mul- 
hattan,  who,  in that particular,  at  least, 
is said to be far more gifted than  the  il­
lustrious  Father  of  his Country.  They 
are engaged in a grand and glorious work 
—more important perhaps than they have 
hitherto  realized  themselves—the  work 
of pushing forward the prosperity of  the 
cities from which they  hail.  God  speed 
the traveling man.”

5

S ta rt  R ight  in  th e   M orning.

Once upon  a  time I wanted to  take an 
early train.  The journey I was to  make 
was an important  one,  and  it was quite 
necessary that I should  arrive at my des­
tination promptly. 
I made all my prep­
arations  the  day  before,  1  had  my  grip 
packed, and I  had  nothing  to  do in the 
morning but dress  myself  and  go to the 
station.  The train  was  due at  7 o’clock, 
and if  I got up at  6  1 would have ample 
time  to  make  my  toilet  and  get  to  the 
train.  The next morning  I awoke at the 
usual  time  and  when  about  to  arise  I 
heard  the  clock  strike. 
I  counted  the 
strokes  and  they  told  me  it  was  just  5 
o’clock.  This  gave  me  one  more  hour 
for another nap,  so I  enjoyed the luxury 
of a series of dozes until the clock struck 
six.  Then  I  jumped  out  of  bed  and 
commenced dressing.  While engaged in 
my toilet, I  heard  the  whistle of  an en­
gine  and  the  rumbling  of  a  train.  1 
wondered what train could  be passing at 
that  hour,  and  then  rather  nervously 
consulted  my  watch. 
It  was  7  o’clock, 
and that was  my  train  that was leaving 
town.  The situation then dawned upon 
my mind like a flash.  The clock had run 
down a few days before and  in  setting it 
a mistake was made  in  the striking part 
so that it struck  one  short each  time. 
I 
realized  then  the  force  of  somebody’s 
wisdom  when  he  said,  “Set  your  clock 
wrong  in  the  morning  and  it  will  keep 
wrong all day.”

By  this  want  of  care  in  setting  the 
clock I missed  my  train  and  lost forever 
an  important  opportunity  to  materially 
better my condition in the world.  I could 
now correct  the  clock  and  prevent any 
more mistakes of that kind, but I couldn’t 
remedy  the mischief that had  happened. 
That  was  an  unfortunate  mistake,  but 
not so bad as that of  the young man who 
starts the machinery of his life  wrong by 
not improving  the  days  of  his youth in 
getting  a  good practical  education  He 
will find in  after years opportunity after 
opportunity slipping away,  because he is 
not in a condition  to seize  it.  The man 
who  does  things  wrong  throughout  his 
entire life was  very  likely started  wrong 
in the morning of  his  life.  He received 
either no education  or  one  that  was of 
no  direct  benefit  to  him. 
If  you  want 
your clock  to  indicate  the  correct time 
during  the  day  you  must  start  it  right 
when  you  wind  it  up.  The  machinery 
may  be in perfect working condition, but 
without this right start it  will not do the 
work expected of  it, and will be as much 
a failure as  if  its  machinery was imper­
fect or out of order.  A good start means 
a great deal.  A right start means a right 
ending. 

J.  W.  Wake.

Juet the  Man  Wanted. 

factory.  Have you  a grandmother ? 

Merchant—Your credentials  are  satis­
Youth—No,  sir.
“Any dear old aunts ? ”
“No,  sir.”
“Or great-aunts ? ”
“No,  sir.”
“Or any other relatives  who  would be 
likely to die during the base-ball season?” 
“No—no,  sir.”
“You’ll do.”

“ A n  A b le  Q u in tette.”

From the New England Grocer.

Among the  able  grocery  trade  papers 
that  oppose  the  removal  of  the  sugar 
—believing it will  injure  the  retail  gro­
cers — are 
the  American  Grocer,  St. 
Louis  Grocer,  Northwest  Trade,  M i c h i­
g a n   T r a d e s m a n   New  England  Grocer. 
Possibly  as  able  and  representative  a 
quintette  as  could  be  culled  from  the 
entire trade press.

An  English  drummer  has  written  a 
book  entitled  “The  Ambassadors  of 
Commerce,”  in which  he  thus  describes 
the qualifications and characteristics of an 
ideal British traveling  salesman: 
“The 
qualifications  necessary 
for  a  good 
traveler are of  such an  unique character 
that it is always more  difficult to select a 
man  for  the  road  than  for  any  other 
position in  a large mercantile house.  An 
ambassador of  commerce  must of  neces­
sity  be  a bom   traveler,  equally with  the 
poet,  artist or musician;  he  must take to 
traveling as naturally as  a  cygnet to the 
water, or as a lark to  the skies;  and  if  a 
man  has  not  this  gift,  this  tact,  this 
genius,  this adaptability,  no  amount  of 
drilling will ever compensate him  for the 
lack  of  these  necessary  qualifications. 
Whilst in  most positions men  are  under 
the immediate eye  and  control  of  their 
employers,  the  traveler  is  of  necessity 
left very much to  his own  resources  and 
ideas  of  what  constitutes  a  fair  day’s 
labor.  He has  perfect  freedom as to the 
hours  he  may  take  for  work,  rest  and 
pleasure;  he  has  no  command  to  obey 
but duty,  no  master  to  serve  but self- 
respect;  if  he has added to these the  art 
of taking pains,  he is  bound  to  win.  A 
real commercial  traveler will  think much 
about his  business, dream  of  it,  love it, 
aye!  even worship  it,  considering no day 
too long in the prosecution of it.”

P u rely  P erson al.

C.  H.  Laflamboy,  general  dealer at Mc­
Brides,  was  in  town  last  Saturday on a 
purchasing expedition,

B.  C.  Pennock,  who has lately removed 
his grocery and  crockery  stock  from Al­
legan  to Delton,  was in town last Friday.
R.  E.  Anslow, general dealer at Wood’s 
Corners,  was in  town  Saturday  and  was 
shown  about  the  city  by  Dr.  Jonah  B. 
Evans.

Wm.  H.  Van Leeuwen,  druggist  at 601 
Cherry street,  who  has  been  confined to 
his home for  over  four  months with an 
attack  of  inflammatory  rheumatism,  is 
able to be about again.

E. C.  Stowe,  who retired from the drug 
and  grocery  firm of  Stowe & Weaver,  at 
Shipshewana,  Ind., June  1—since  which 
time  the  business  has  been  conducted 
under the  style of  John B.  Weaver—was 
in  town a couple of  days  last week  and 
expects  to  locate  in  this  State,  not  far 
from the vicinity of Grand Rapids.

There are  better  things  than  money, 
but if you have money you can get many 
of them.

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W in d ow   A d vertisin g’.

Charles 0. Otis in Printers* Ink.

is  books  and  stationery). 

In a late number of  this  journal  some 
one said,  in  an  article  on  window  dis­
plays:  “It is not  at  all • necessary  that 
the display  should  be  merchandise;  in 
fact,  the most attractive window exhibits 
1 ever saw had nothing in them  to  indi­
cate the nature of the business of the es­
tablishment.”
This does not seem to me to be good ad­
vertising. 
It may,  to a  certain  extent, 
advertise the store,  and  thus  indirectly 
the goods to be  sold,  but  an  attractive 
display of merchandise  “hits the nail  on 
the head” and  advertises what you  have 
to sell.  I believe it is conceded by  most 
advertisers of retail  stores  that  a  card 
in the paper with simply  the  name  and 
business,  while not entirely useless,  is of 
little worth  when compared with  an  at­
tractive  advertisement  which  tells  the 
people something about the  articles  you 
have to sell.
A coop of chickens in  a  show  window
is,  in  its effect,  about the same as a large 
card in  the paper.  People  will  look  at
it.  but after all it is nothing but a chicken 
coop. 
It suggests  to- the  possible  cus­
tomer no want that the store can  supply. 
I believe show windows to  be  too  valu­
able to be used for any displays which do 
not  directly  advertise  the  goods  to  be 
sold.  By all means  let  the  window  be 
attractive,  but let it contain nothing  but 
what  pertains  to  the  business  of  the 
house.
At one time,  when  a  soldiers’  monu­
ment  was unveiled in Buffalo, we had  in 
our window a  model  of  the  monument 
constructed entirely of lead  pencils  (our 
business 
It 
attracted a great- deal  of  attention  and 
without  doubt  sold  a  large  amount  of 
stationery.  A  model  of  the  monument 
made of wood or other material,  with the 
floor of  the  window  covered  with  sod, 
would have made a more  beautiful  win­
dow, but it would not have been as effect­
ive as an advertisement.  Goods  of  any 
kind,  if properly displayed,  will  attract 
attention.
For a holiday  window we had  a  small 
house covered with ribbon-tied  booklets. 
A figure of S t  Nicholas  coming  out  of 
the chimney was the  only  thing  in  the 
window that did  not come out of our own 
stock.  The number of people  who came 
in to get a booklet  “like the  one  on  the 
door,” or “like the one on the  corner  of 
the roof,” etc., showed me that  the  win­
dow display accomplished the aim of  all 
advertising—it sold the  goods.  Now,  a 
much more  elaborate  house  could  have 
been  built of wood. 
It would have  been 
certain to attract as  much  attention  but 
the effect produced  would not have  been 
the same.
Another point 1 believe  in  thoroughly 
is that it is always best to make the win­
dow display entirely of one  article.  No 
matter how common the article displayed, 
such a window will always attract atten­
tion if well arranged. 
I have found that 
a window which contains a large number 
of copies of one  book  always  creates  a 
good  sale for that  book,  when  a  really 
handsome display of many different books 
will not result in  a single sale.
The  aim  of  many  window  dressers 
seems to be to make as beautiful and  ar­
tistic a  window  as  possible. 
I  believe 
the great object should  be  to  show  the 
goods to the best advantage, and in doing 
so make the window attractive, but never 
to  sacrifice the display of merchandise to 
gain  an artistic effect. 
I am  not  a  pro­
fessional  window  dresser.  These  few 
ideas are  the  result  of  my  experience, 
not in window  dressing,  but  in  selling 
goods.

The storekeeper at small stations along 
the railroads  of  Vermont is a  great man 
among  a  few  people.  He  sells dry and 
fancy goods,  boots and  shoes,  groceries, 
grain  and feed, crockery,  hardware,  wall 
paper  and  patent  medicines.  He 
is 
nearly always  a  justice  of  the  peace, 
usually  Postmaster,  and 
frequently 
agent  of  an 
insurance  company.  He 
owns  the  only  bay  scales  for  miles 
around, sells  “ice cold”  drinks in the hot 
weather,  has the  best  five  and  ten-cent 
cigars  in  the world,  and  is  agent  for a 
fertilizer  that  would  make  the  Sahara 
desert bloom like the rose.

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DETROIT,  MICH.

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Residence, 59 N.  Union St., Grand  Rapids.

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7....18
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Amory......................   6)4
Archery  Bunting...  40 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5)*
Black stone O, 32----5
Black Crow..............6
Black  Rock  ............6
Boot, AL.................  7
Capital  A ...................5)4
Cavanat  V............... 5)4
Chapman cheese cl.  334
Clifton  C R................5)4
Comet....................... 6)4
Dwight Star.............  634
Clifton CCC............  6)4

Arrow Brand  5)4 
••  World Wide..  6)4
“  LL.................  43£
Full Yard Wide.......6)4
Georgia  A...............   6)4
Honest Width..........6)4
Hartford A ..............  5
Indian Head............  7
King A  A................... 6)4
King EC ...................  5
Lawrence  L L ........   5)4
Madras cheese cloth 6)4
Newmarket  G.........53£
B .........   5
N ......... 6)4
D D ....  5)4
X ........ 634
Nolbe R ....................  5
Our Level  Best.......6)4
Oxford  R.................6
Pequot......................7
Solar......................... 6)4
Top of the  Heap__ 7
Geo.  Washington...  8
A B C ........................8)4
Glen Mills...............  7
Amazon.................... 8
Gold Medal.............   7)4
Amsburg.................. 7
Green  Ticket...........8)4
Art  Cambric........... 10
Great Falls..............   6)4
BlackstoneAA.......  7)4
Hope.........................   7)4
Beats A ll..................  4)4
Just  Out.......  434@ 5
Boston..................... 12
King  Phillip............  734
Cabot........................   7
OP........7)4
Cabot,  %.................. 6)4
Lonsdfde Cambric. .10
Charter  Oak............5)4
Lonsdale....... 
.  @  8)4
Conway W.  ............  7)4
Middlesex.......   @ 5
Cleveland................7
No Name..................  7)4
Dwight Anchor.......8)4
Oak View.......  .......6
shorts.  8
Our Own..................  5)4
Edwards...................  6
Pride of the West.. .12
Empire.....................   7
Rosalind...................  7)4
Farwell.......................7)4
Sunlight...................  4)4
Fruit of the  Loom.  8)4
Utica  Mills............. 8)4
Fitchville  .............. 7
“  Nonpareil  ..10
First Prize...:........   7
Vinyard....................  8)4
Fruit of the Loom %.  7)4
White Horse............6
Fairmount...............   4)4
“  Rock............. 8)4
Full Value...............634
Cabot........................ 7  ID wight Anchor..........8)4
Farwell.....................8  I
TremontN...............  5)4
“ 
Hamilton N .............  6)4
“ 
L ............. 7
“ 
Middlesex  AT.........8
“ 
X ............  9
No. 25....  9
BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.
Hamilton N ............. 7)41 Middlesex A A
2.
Middlesex P T...........8 
A T............ 9 
AO.
X A............ 9 
4.
X F ..........10)4 
5.

11
12
13)4
17)4
16
Peerless, white....... 17)4|Integrity  colored...20
colored__19)4 White Star.................18
Integrity..................18)41 
“  colored..20
Nameless................. 20
Hamilton..................  8
................. 25
...................9
.................27)4
 
.  ................. 30
GO  Cashmere........ 20
Nam eless................16
.................32)4
.................35
.................18

CORS
Corallne...................#9 50
Schilling’s ................ 9 00
Davis  Waists.......  9 00
Grand  Rapids......... 4 50
Armory.................... 634
Androscoggin..........7)4
Blddeford................  6
Brunswick...............6)4
PRI]
Allen turkey  reds..  5)4
“ 
robes..............5)4
"  pink a purple  6)4
“  Duffs.............   6
“  pink checks.  5)4
“ 
staples..........5)4
shirtings...  4
“ 

PRESS  GOODS.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
ETS.
Wonderful.............#4 50
Brighton....................4 75
¡Bortree’s ................  9 00
Abdominal..............15 00
N aumkeag s at teen..  7
Rock port.................. 6)4
Conestoga.................634
Walworth................  634
its.
Berwick fancies —   5)4
Clyde Robes............
Charter Oak fancies 4)4 
DelMarine cashm’s.  6 
mourn’g  6 
Eddy stone  fancy...  5)4 
chocolat  5)4
rober__   5)4
American fancy—   5)4 
sateens..  5)4 
American Indigo—   5)4 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  5)4
American shirtings.  4 
staple__ 5)4
Argentine  Orays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  4 
Manchester  fancy..  5)4 
new era.  5)4
Arnold 
....  6)4
Arnold  Merino___ 6  ¡Merrimack D fancy.  5)4
long cloth B.10)4 Merrim'ckshirtings.  4)4
Repp fu ra .  8)4
C.  8)4
century cloth 7
Pacific fancy...........5)4
gold seal.......10)4
robes...............6)4
Portsmouth robes...  5)4 
green seal TR 10)4 
Simpson monralng..  5)4
yellow seal.. 10)4
greys.........5)4
serge............. 11)4
solid black.  5)4 
Turkey  red..10)4 
Ballon solid black..  5 
Washington Indigo.  534 
“  Turkey robes..  7)4
colors.  5)4
“  India robes___ 7)4
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and orange...  5)4
“  plain T’ky X 34  8)4 
“ 
“  X...10
Berlin solids............5)4
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“ 
oil blu e......  6)4
key red..................  6
“ 
“ green ....  6)4
H  Foulards  ....  5)4
Martha Washington
Turkevred 34.........7)4
“  red 34............  7
Martha Washington
“ 
“  X ............  9)4
Turkey red...........   9)4
“ 
“ 4 4............10
“ 
“ 3 4XXXX 12
Rlverpolnt robes....  5
Windsor fancy...........6)4
Cocheco fancy.........6
“  madders...  6 
Indigo blue...........10)4
“  X Xtwills..  6)4 
solids........5)4
“ 
Harmony.....................4)4
Amoskeag AC A ....12)4
AC A .................. 
  12)4
Pemberton AAA__ 16
Hamilton N .............  7)4
York.........................10)4
D ............. 8)4
Awning.. 11
Swift River.............   7)4
Pearl  River.............12
Farmer..................... 8
Warren.....................13
First Prize.............. 11)4
Lenox M ills...........18
Atlanta,  D ...............  634|Stark  A 
.............8
Boot..........................   634 No  Name...................7)4
Clifton, K.................  634|Topof Heap.............9
Simpson........... ......20
...................18
...................16

Imperial................... 10)4
Black..................9® 9)4
“  BC............  @10
A A A ....................  12

Coechco................... 10)4

COTTON  DRILL.

CORSET  JEANS.

gold  ticket

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

TICKINGS.

SATIRES.

10)4

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

f‘ 

" 

“ 

“ 

“ 

11 

“ 

“ 

DEMINS.

“ 
“ . 

Amoskeag................12)4
9oz.......13)4
brown .13
Andover...................11)4
Beaver Creek AA... 10 
BB...  9 
“ 
CC...
“ 
Boston MfgCo.  br..  7 
“ 
blue  8)4 
“  d a  twist 10)4 

Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX bl.19

“ 
“ 

Colombian  brown.. 12
Everett, bine............12
brown........ 12
Haymaker blue.........734
brown...  7)4
Jaffrey.......................11)4
Lancaster..................12)4
Lawrence, 9 oz.........13)4
No. 220....13
No. 250....11)4
No. 280.... 10)4

“ 
“ 
•• 

GINGHAMS.

“ 

Amoskeag................7

“  Persian dress 8)4 
Canton..  8)4
“ 
“ 
AFC.........10)4
“ 
Teazle... 10)4 
“ 
Angola.. 10)4 
Persian..  8)4
“ 
A rlington sta p le ---- 6)4
A rasapha  fa n c y ___434
Bates Warwick dres 8)4 
staples.  6)4
Centennial..............  10)4
Criterion...............   10)4
Cumberland  staple.  5)4
Cumberland............ 5
Essex.......................... 4)4
Elfin.........................   7)4
Everett classics...... 8)4
Exposition.................7)4l
Glenarie...................  634
Glenarven..................634
Glen wood...................7)4
Hampton.................... 6)4
Johnson Ghalon cl  %
Indigo bine 9)4 
zephyrs. ...16

“ 
“ 

Lancaster,  staple...  7
fancies__ 7
Normandie  8

Lancashire...............  6)4
Manchester..............  534
Monogram................. 6)4
Normandie.................7)4
Persian.....................  8)4
Renfrew Dress........7)4
Rosemont...................6)4
Slatersville................6
Somerset.....................7
Tacoma  .....................7)4
Toll  duNord.......... 10)4
Wabash....................   7)4
seersucker..  7)4
Warwick.................  8)4
Whlttenden..............  634
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook............... 8
............... 10
Wlndermeer............ 5
York............................634

“ 

GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag............... 16)4 ¡Valley City.................15
Stark........................  19  Georgia.....................15
American................ 15341Pacific....................... 13

Clark’s Mile End..
Coats’, J. & P .......
Holyoke................

.45 Barbour’s
.45 Marshall’s .
.22)4

KNITTING  COTTON.

.8 8
...88

No.  6  ..  ..33
8.........34
“ 
“  10.........35
“ 
12...........86

.37
16...... 38
.39
.40

White.  Colored
42
43
44
46

White.  Colored.
38 No.  14......
“ 
39
“  18......
40
“  20......
41
CAMBRICS.
' 4 )i [Edwards.................  4)* .
43*  Lockwood..................434
434 Wood’s.................   434
4*4 ¡Brunswick.............  434

Slater...................
White Star..........
Kid Glove...........
Newmarket.........
Fireman................... 82)4
Creedmore............... 27)4
Talbot XXX.............30
N am eless.............. 27)4

T W .......................... 22)4
F T ............................32H
J R F , XXX.............35
Buckeye..................82)4

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

“
“

DOMET  FLANNEL.

Red A Blue,  plaid..40
Grey SR  W..............17)4
Western W .............. 18)4
Union R ...................22)4
D R P ..............  
18)4
Windsor................... 18)4
Flushing XXX.........23)4
6 oz Western............20
Manitoba.................. 23)4
Union  B .................. 22)4
9  @10)4 
Nameless.......8  @  9)4 j 
12)4
.......8)4@10  I 
Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
15
17
20

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
9)4
15
10)4
17
11)4
20
12)4

“ 
Slate.
9) 4
10) 4
11) 4
12) 4
Severen. 8 oz...........   9)4
May land, 8 oz..........10)4
Greenwood, 7)4 oz..  9)4 
Greenwood, 8 os— 11)4 
Boston, 8 oz..............10)4

West  Point, 8 oz.... 10)4 
10 oz  ...12)4
“ 
Raven, lOoz.............. 13)4
.............. 13)4
Stark 
Boston, 10 oz.............12)4

934 13
10)4 15
11)4 17
12)4 20
DUCKS.

“ 

WADDINGS.

|

SILESIAS.

White, doz...............25  [Per bale, 40 doz___87 50
Colored,  doz............20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
“  Red Cross....  9
“  Best.............. 10)4
“  Best AA.......12)4
L................................7)4
G................................8)4
Cortlcelll, doz..........75  [Cortlcelll  knitting,

Pawtucket................10)4
Dundie......................  9
Bedford....  ............. 10)4
Valley  City............. 10)4
K K ..........................10)4

SEWING  SILK.

..12  “  8 
..12  I  “  10 

twist, doz. .37)4  per )4oz  ball.........30
50 yd, doz.. 37)4)
HOOKS AND ETBS—PER GROSS.
“ 
“ 

|No  4 Bl’k & White..15 
No  1 Bl’k A White..10 
“ 
..20
» 
..25
No 2-20, M C.......... 50  INo 4—15 F  3)4........... 40
‘  3-18, S C ............45 
No  2 White & Bl’k.,12  INo  8 White A Bl’k..20 
.23
« 
“ 
..26
|N o3............................ 86
No 2...........................28 

COTTON  TAPE.
..15 
«  10 
..18  |  “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.

PW8.

“ 
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2 
3 

“ 
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“ 
“ 

4 
6 

|

NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James.................. 1  401 Steamboat....  .........  40
Crowely’s................. 1  35 Gold Eyed........................1 50
Marshsiirs................1 00|
5—4....2 25  6 -4 ...3  26|5—4....1  95  6—4...2 96

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

...8 10|
COTTON TWINES.

.,..2  10 

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown......................12
Domestic................18)4
Anchor....................16
Bristol..........   .........13
Cherry  Valley.........15
I X L .........................18)4
Alabama.....................63Í
Alamance................   6)4
Angusta.....................7)4
Ar> sapha.................  6
Georgia.....................  634
Granite......................534
Haw  River..............5
Haw  J ...................6

Nashua..................... 18
Rising Star 4-ply— 17 
8-ply....17
North Star................20
Wool Standard 4 plyl7)4 
Powhattan...............18

Mount  Pleasant—   6)4
Oneida......................5
Prymont.................   534
Randelman..............6
Riverside.................  634
Sibley  A ...................634
Sibley  i 
Toledo.

PLAID  08NABUBGB

H ow   S h o t  Is  M ade.

Shot is made of  a mixture of  lead  and 
some form of arsenic.  The effect of  this 
arsenic is  to  render  the  lead less brittle 
and of a better consistency for taking the 
round  form.  The  lead  is  melted  in  a 
large vessel and the arsenic  compound is 
introduced into the middle of  the molten 
mass and stirred in.  The  vessel  is then 
covered and left for  some  hours,  during 
which  time  the  arsenic  becomes  thor­
oughly combined  with  the  lead,  and the 
mixture is then  tested by  dropping a lit­
tle of it through a  colandar  into  water. 
If the drops assume  a  long  form,  or are 
flattened on one side or  in the middle,  or 
are otherwise imperfect,  it is  understood 
that the proportion  of  arsenic  was  not 
correct.
When  the entire mass of  lead  has thus 
been brought to the  proper consistency it 
is run  into  bars  and  these  are taken to 
the top of  a high tower.  There they are 
again  melted and  poured  into large ves­
sels of  tin  with  holes in  the bottom, all 
perfectly  smooth  and  of  uniform  size. 
The drops of molten  lead falling through 
these holes from  the  top  to  the base of 
the tower,  are  acted upon by currents  of 
air,  and thus  assume  a  perfectly round 
form, so by  the time  they  reach  the bot­
tom they  have  become  hard  enough by 
cooling to  bear the shock  of  striking the 
surface of a large vessel of  water placed 
to  receive  them  without  altering  their 
shape at all.
The larger  the  shot  to  be  made,  the 
higher must be the tower.  Usually speak­
ing,  the shot tower is about 100 feet high, 
though  it is sometimes  150  feet  and up­
wards,  and the highest shot towers in the 
world  are in Europe,  where there are two 
as high as 250 feet.  When  the  shot are 
taken out of  the  water  into  which they 
fall,  they are dried  and sorted according 
to their size  by  sifting  them  through a 
revolving cylinder, perforated with holes. 
These boles increase  in  size  toward the 
lower end of the cylinder,  the  small shot 
dropping through above,  and  the  larger 
lower down,  and  each  size  is  received 
into  its  own  box.  The  shot  are  then 
taken and put into  a  cylinder  with pul­
verized lead and kept rotating for a short 
time,  so that all are  slightly coated with 
this substance,  pnd then  they are pnt up 
tin or other vessels for use.

From  Hardware.

N e c e ssity  o f  G ood  C ookin g  U ten sils. 
In  house-furnishing  there is  probably 
more  opportunity  for  improvement 
in 
kitchen  utensils  than  in any other  line. 
Copper is comparatively  little  used,  not­
withstanding that it is the best  metal for 
retaining heat,  and the cooking of  meats 
by it is well nigh perfect.  The principal 
objection to  it  is  the labor of keeping it 
clean,  which  makes the average  cook  its 
enemy.  Covers to kettles for boiling pur­
poses should  be  tightly fitting,  so  as  to 
retain  the  steam.  Some  vessels  lately 
patented  have  so  tightly  fitting  covers 
that  automatic  steam valves  are used to 
prevent an explosion.  This is  the  ideal, 
however, of boiling.  Granite  and enam­
eled  ware  are  better  than  tin,  being 
cleaner,  but  not  retaining  heat.  Soups 
should  be  made  in  a  kettle  that  boils 
slowly and  uniformly.  An  earthen pip­
kin,  or vessels made of fire-clay, are very 
useful in stewing fruits and slow cooking 
foods.  Housekeepers as a rule patronize 
the  five-cent  counter  for  their  cooking 
utensils  and  the  most  expensive  stores 
for  carpets. 
If  they spent a little  more 
money  on  cooking  utensils,  they would 
probably still  have  more  money for  the 
carpet and other furnishings.

T he  W h a leb o n e  T rade.

The nice compensations of supply  and 
demand are better illustrated  by  nothing 
than  by the conditions of the  whalebone 
trade.  Some  years  ago  the  amount  of 
whalebone  taken  amounted  to  500,000 
pounds annually,  some years  going  way 
above these figures. 
It  now  rarely  ex­
ceeds 200,000 pounds,  the  most of which 
is taken by whalers from the Pacific ports. 
The price,  however,  has  gone  up  from 
50 cents to $6 a pound,  and this  advance 
alone  saves  the  whale  fisheries  of  the 
Pacific and Arctic Oceans.

Use Tradesman  or  Superior  Coupons.

r

T hese  prices are  for cash  buyers,  w ho 
pay  prom ptly  and  buy  in  fu ll  packages.

AUGUBS AND BITS. 

dig.

60
Snell’s ................................................................  
Cook’s ................................................................  
40
Jennings’, genuine..........................................  
25
Jennings’,  Imitation ........................................50410

AXIS.

* 
1 

First Quality, S. B. Bronze............................. 1750
D.  B. Bronze............................   12 00
S. B. S. Steel..............................  8 50
D. B. Steel.................................   13 50
Railroad...........................................................I  14 00
Garden......................................................  net  30 00

barrows. 

dls.

BOLTS. 

dls.

Stove....................................................................50&10
Carriage new list..............................................75&10
Plow....................................................................40&10
Sleigh shoe........................................................ 
to

Well,  plain.......................................................I 3 50
Well, swivel......................................................  4 00

BUCKETS.

BUTTS, CAST. 

Cast Loose ©In, figured.................... 
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................60410
Wrought Loose Pin...........................................60410
Wrought  Table................................................. 60410
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60410
Wrought  Brass........................................................75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................70410
Blind,  Parker’s ................... 
70410
TO
Blind, Shepard’s .............................................. 
BLOCKS.

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

60

 

dig.
704

CRADLES.

CBOW BARB.

Grain........................................................... dls. 50408

Cast Steel................................................per lb 
Ely’s 1-10................................................ per m 
Hick’s C. F .............................................. 
“ 
G. D .........................................................  
•• 
Musket....................................................   “ 

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

CARTBIDOES.

CBI8BL8. 

5
65
60
36
60

50
25

dls.

Socket Firmer.................................................   70410
Socket Framing................................................. 70410
Socket Comer.....................................................70410
Socket Slicks............. %.................................... 70410
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................... 
40

dls.
Curry,  Lawrence’s .........................................  
  40
Hotchkiss.......................................................... 
25
White Crayons, per  gross...............12©12)( dls. 10

combs. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

“ 

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

drills. 

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

 

 

HOPES.

 

 

dls.

dls.

dlB.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

levels. 

HANGERS. 

MATTOCKS.

wire goods. 

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HOLLOW WARE.

knobs—New List. 

25
Maydole  4  Co.’s ........................................ dls. 
Kip’s ............................................................dls. 
25
Terkes 4  Plumb’s ..................................... dls. 40410
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand... .80c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2 ,3 ...................  
dls.60410
State..............................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4)4  14  and
3)4
longer............................................................. 
Screw Hook and  Bye, )4..........................net 
10
X ...........................net 
“ 
8)4
7)4
X ...........................net 
“ 
“ 
X........................... net 
7)4
Strap and T ................................................ dls. 
50
Bara Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50410
Champion,  anti-friction................................  60410
Kidder, wood track......................................... 
40
Pots..................................................................... 60410
Kettles................................................................ 60410
Spiders  .............................................................. 60410
Gray enameled....................................... 
40410
HOUSE BURNISHING  GOODS.
Stamped  Tin Ware..............................   .new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware......................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are....................... new list 33X410
Bright........................................................... 70410410
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70410410
Hook’s ..........................................................70410410
70410410
Gate Hooks and Eyes........................ 
dls.
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ................  
  70
 
 
dls.
Door, mineral, jap. QimmlngB...................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings ................... 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................... 
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain....................  
70
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  4  Co.’s ..............................  
Branford’s .......................................................  
55
Norwalk’s ........................................................ 
55
Adze Eye.............................................116.00,  dls. 60
Hunt Bye.............................................$15.00,  dls. 60
Hunt’s .......................................... »18.50, dls. 20410.
dls.
50
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
dls.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables__  
40
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Cls ik’s ................... 
40
30
......................................... 
“  Enterprise 
Stebbln’s Pattern.............................................60410
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................... 60410
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25
N A I L S
Steel nails, base..................................................1  80
base.......................... 
Wire nails, 
 
Steel.  Wire.
Base
60...........................................................Base 
10
50...........................................................Base 
40 .........................................................  
25
05 
30..........................................................  
25
10 
35
15 
20..........................................................  
16..........................................................  
45
15 
12..........................................................  
45
15 
10................. 
20 
50
8..............................................................  25 
60
7 4 6 .......................................................  40 
75
4...............................  
90
60 
3............................................................1  00 
1 20
1 60
2............................................................1  50 
160
Fine 3.....................................................150 
Case  1 0 ...............................................   60 
65
75
8 .................................................  75 
6..................................................   90 
90
Finish 10...............................................   85 
75
8...............................................1  00 
90
1 10
6...............................................1  15 
Cllnchj 10........ '....................................  85 
70
80
8...............................................1  00 
6...............................................1  15 
90
Barren X ............................................... 175 
175
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy...................................   ©40
Sclota Bench................................. 
©60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................   ©40
Bench, first quality..........................................  ©60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  410
Fry,  Acme.................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................... dls. 
70
Iron and  Tinned.............................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs................................  50—10
“A" Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IKON.

Advance over base: 

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

PLANES. 

rivets. 

PANS.

Broken packs Kc per pound extra.

dlS.

dig.

dls.

 

 

 

 

 

SQUARES. 

SHEET IRON.

Sisal, X Inch and larger................................ 
9«
Manilla..............................................................   13
dig.
Steel and  Iron................................................... 
Try and Bevels................................................. 
Mitre.................................................................. 

75
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
$2 95
3 15
3 (5
3 15
325
8 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to  14..........................................64 05 
Nos. 15 to 17 ........................................   4 05 
Nos.  18 to 21.......................................  4 06 
Nos. 22 to 24 ........................................   4 06 
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
  “  56
so
55
SO

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Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

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dls.

dls.

saws. 

wire. 

TRAPS. 

WRENCHES. 

horse nails.

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

“ 
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,.... 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot_______ 50
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot.... 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  root................................................. 

Solid Eyes.................................................per ton 125
20
70
30
30
Steel, Game........................................................60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley & Norton’s _______  70
Mouse,  choker.......................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion.................................$1.50 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 00
painted...................................  2 55
Au  Sable......................................................dls.  40
Putnam.............................................. 
dls.  06
dls. 10410
Northwestern...................................  
dls.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,....................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75410
dls.
Bird Cages........................................................ 
50
Pumps, Cistern....................................  
*5
Screws, New List..............................................70410
Casters, Bed a  d Plate......................50410410
Dampers, American........................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods.........65410
1 85
Pig  Large.........................................................  
Pig Bars.........................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2)4c per pound.
680 pound  casks............................................... 
Per pound......................................................... 
X@ X........................................................................ 16
Extra'Wiping......................................................  15
The  prices  of  the many  other  qualities  of
solder In the market Indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................... per  pound
Hallett’s .......................................... 
TIN—MELYH GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............................................ 6750
14x20 IC, 
7  50
10x14 IX, 
9  25
9  25
14x20 EX, 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

METALS.

BOLDER.

PIG TIN.

Each additional X on this grade, 11.75.

260
28o

ZINC.

6X
7

is

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TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
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BOOPING PLATES

 
 
 

10x14 IC,  Charcoal.......  ................................ 6 6  75
6  75
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
8  26
14x20 IX, 
9 25

Bach additional X on this grade 61.50.

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“  Worcester..............................   6 50
14x20 IC, 
...............................  8  50
14x20 IX,  “ 
.............................  13  50
20x28 IC,  “ 
“  Allaway Grade..  ............. 
14x2010, 
6 00
7  50
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
12 50
20x28 IC, 
20x28 EX, 
15  50
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATS.
14x28  IX..............................................................614 06
14x31  EX...............................................................15
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, ( 
1n
14x60 IX,  *•  “  9 
10

’ f P « pound 

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

HAMMERS.

DRIPPING PANS.

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

“ 
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“ 
Com. 4  piece, 6 In.............................. doz. net 
Corrugated....................................  
dls 
“ 
Adjustable.............................................................dls. 40410
“ 
EXPANSIVE BITS. 

ELBOWS.

07
6)4

75
40

dig.

Clark’s, small, 318; large, 126.......................... 
Ives’, 1,118;  2,124;  3, 630............................... 

30
25

piles—New List. 

.dls.

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

GALVANIZED IRON.

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

12  „  13 

15 

Discount, 60

14 
GAUGES. 

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

28
17

50

dls.

T H E   F A V O R IT E   C H U R N .

The  Only Perfect  Barrel Chum  Made.

POINTS  OF  EXCELLENCE.

It is made of thoroughly seasoned material.
It is finished smooth inside as well  as outside.
The iron ring head is strong and not liable to beak.
The bails are fastened to the iron ring,  where they need  to be fastened.
It is simple in construction and convenient to operate.
No other chum is so nearly perfect  as  THE  FAVORITE.
Don’t buy a counterfeit. 

Write for Discount.

SIZES  AND  PRICES.

 

No. 0— 5 gal.  to churn  2 gal......................  $8 00
4  “ 
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8 50
7  “ ....................... 
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9 00
9  “ .......................  10 00
“ 
12  “ .......................  12 00
“ 
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16  “ .......................  16 00
“ 
30  “ .......................  26 00
“ 
37  “ .......................  30 00
45  “ .......................  35 00
•» 

1—10 “ 
2—15 “ 
3-20 “ 
4—25 “ 
5—35 “ 
6—60 “ 
7—76 “ 
8—90 " 

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THIS:  M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N ,

Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.

A  W EEKLY  JO U RN A L  D EVOTED  TO  TH B

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E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W4.DXESI1AY,  JUNK  15,  1802.

PLENTY  VERSUS  STARVATION.
The  problem  of  feeding the  people in 
the  world is the  most  important  of  all. 
That comes before everything.

We  in  America,  the  most  productive 
country  in  the world  in  food  material, 
know  little  about  starvation—real star­
vation  like that  which  is  working  such 
suffering and  sorrow  in Russia to-day, or 
like  that  which  has  decimated  Asiatic 
countries and  wasted  the Irish and other 
Europeau  peoples.  With  our  workiug 
classes earning  higher  wages and  enjoy­
ing better and cheaper food supplies than 
are  available in  any of  the  countries of 
the  Old  World,  we  are  accustomed  to 
consume  more and  better  food,  thinking 
it  necessary and  not  realizing  that  the 
working classes of  many other  countries 
are able to undergo the  greatest exertion 
on  food  vastly  less  in  quantity,  if  not 
in  quality,  to  that  commonly 
inferior 
consumed  in  America. 
In  many  parts 
of  Europe  the  peasantry  who  perform 
the  heaviest  descriptions of  farm  labor 
subsist  largely on  milk,  bread  and  vege­
tables,  with  meat not  ottener than  three 
times  a  week.  An  Arab will  undergo 
incredible  hardships 
the 
deserts,  subsisting on a handful  of  dates 
and  a  morsel  of  coarse  bread a day  for 
long periods.  He  has no beverage at the 
best  but  coffee,  aud  happy is  he if  he is 
secure  of  that.  Taking  the 
laboring 
classes  in  every  country,  it  is  declared 
by all  statistics  that  the  American  has 
the  most abundant  food  supply of  any 
of them,  and,  if  this fact  counts for  any 
practical  purpose,  the  Americans ought 
to  be  able to do  more  work  and  better 
work  than is accomplished  by  any other 
people  in  the  world. 
If  the food  men 
eat is  converted  into  brain and  muscle, 
then,  other  things  being  equal, 
those 
who  have the  best  and  most  abundant 
food  onght  to  possess  a  corresponding 
intelligence,  muscular  power  and  good 
disposition and spirits.

in  crossing 

The  wild  beast,  which is engaged  in  a 
constant  struggle  for  existence,  and, 
while occasionally  able  to  enjoy a gorge 
of  food,  is  much  more  frequently  half 
starved,  is a savage  and  truculent  crea­
ture.  The domestic animals, sleek,  well- 
fed and contented,  are  usually models of 
If  these
good  nature  and  tractability. 

facts  are to be  attributed  chiefly  to  the 
difference  in  the  quality and  abundance 
of  their  food,  then  by  a  like  rule  the 
Americans  ought to be  the happiest,  the 
most healthful  and the best-natured peo­
ple in the world. 
It is much to be doubt­
ed  if they can claim all this. 
It appears, 
on the contrary, that our countrymen are 
the most nervous, the most dyspeptic and 
the most  restless people of  any.  We do 
not  make this  statement  on  any special 
knowledge,  but only  upon report,  which, 
however,  seems  to  be  founded in a good 
deal  of  fact.  To  what  those  facts  ar# 
attributable is something to be explained.
The human  digestive system  is a won­
derful chemical laboratory. 
It takes the 
food  products  supplied  to  it,  separates 
them into their proximate principles, and 
selects from these what is needed to form 
and  furnish  the  various  parts  of  the 
body.  The  bones,  muscle  or  lean  flesh, 
the fat,  the  skin,  the  brain,  the  Lair,  the 
nails,  the  nerves,  and  v ery  item of  our 
physical  form  are  built  up  aud  main­
tained  by  the  varied  processes  of  this 
wonderful chemistry.

Every human  being is in many respects 
a law  to himself in respect to his alimen­
tary  subsistence,  and  it  has  been  dem- 
on-trated time  and again  that what  may 
be good  for one is bad for another.  One 
man’s  meat is another  man’s poison. 
If 
we knew  just what to eat,  just  what our 
particular physical constitutions demand, 
we would  know  perhaps  how  to  eat  to 
the best  advantage.  But since  we  have 
not always an analytical chemist at one’s 
elbow,  and, moreover, as we are most apt 
to be governed  by our  appetites and  our 
ability  to  gratify them,  it  is  not  likely 
that men can  be made to eat by  rule.

The chief  classes of  food products are 
the proteins or albuminoids which furnish 
the  muscle,  or  lean  meats;  the  fats, or 
heat-makers;  the  limes  which  make  up 
the  chief  part  of  the  bony  skeleton. 
Flesh,  fish, all the grains or bread  plants, 
fats,  sugar and alcohol make up  the bulk 
of  human  food.  Milk  and eggs  may  be 
classed  with the  meats,  and  all  vegeta­
bles  and  fruits  have  their  places  with 
the  bread  products.  The  physiological 
chemists  have  a  way of  computing  the 
value of  foods  in  much  the  same  way 
that  the  engineer  estimates  the  power 
for  moving  machinery,  in  coal.  The 
engineer  calls  his  standard  a  “horse­
power,”  while  the  chemist  terms  his  a 
“calorie.”  One  pound of  fat  beef  con­
tains  by  this  estimate  900  colories,  a 
pound of  butter  3,500,  a pound of  wheat 
flour  1,600,  a pound of  potatoes  340. 
It 
appears  that  American  workmen  con­
sume  food that  furnishes  from  3,500 to 
4,500  calories a day,  while  the  ration in 
the  German  army  contains,  in  time  of 
war,  about 3,000, and in  peace much less, 
in general, the working classes in Europe 
do not get so much.

The  question  may be  asked:  Do  the 
Americans  eat too  much  or is  there  an 
injurious  excess of  meat  in  their  diet? 
Who  shall  answer  these  questions,  or, 
indeed,  are  they  worth  a  reply.  Good 
food and  plenty of  it  is  the  foundation 
of  all  human  comfort.  Let our  people 
enjoy it all  they can.  People  can  learn 
to  live  on  small  allowances;  they  can 
! learn  to  starve, but  to be  able to  starve 
is a poor accomplishment.  We need  not 
learn  it until it becomes  necessary.  Let 
ns  pray that  our  countrymen will  never 
have to learn it.

| 
If  our food  supply is better  and  more 
j abundant  than  that of  other  countries,

let  us  enjoy with  thanksgiving  and  we 
will  have  something  to  spare  for  our 
starving fellows in other lands.

PROSPECTIVE  RAILWAY  EXTEN­

SIONS.

With a railroad  from  Joppa to Jerusa- 
salem  and  a  railway  bridge  across the 
Bosporus  at  Constantinople,  there  will 
be little left  of  the  ancient,  sacred  and 
romantic localities uninvaded  by modern 
science and  civilization.

trans-continental 

The  demand  for  unbroken  railway 
transit between extremes of  starting  aud 
destination  points  has  brought 
into 
existence continuous railway  lines across 
vast continental areas  and from ocean to 
ocean.  The 
trunk 
lines  are  creations  of  the  past  twenty 
years.  The-Union  and  Cental  Pacific 
Railroads,  giving a  continuous  through 
transit  across  the  breadth  of  the con­
tinent  from the Atlantic to  the  Pacific, 
was  completed  in  1871.  That  was  the 
first.  Since  then  our  own  hemisphere 
has been several times  girdled  with  the 
iron rail,  aud now projects are on foot to 
band it  longitudinally with a  line which 
will  eventually stretch  through  all  the 
zones of climate,  from  the  northern con­
iines  of  Alaska  to  the  utmost  cape  of 
Patagonia. 
It  must  not  be  forgotten 
that it is  seriously proposed to construct 
a 
line  of  rail  northward  to  Behring 
Strait,  and  thence across  Asia  and  Eu­
rope  and  establish  a  continuous  rail 
route to the East  by  way  of  the  West. 
In this  way,  a  through  rail  route,  with 
the  exception  of  a  ferry  at  Behring 
Straits,  will  be possible from  New York 
to  Paris, or from the  southern  extremes 
of  Patagonia to  the  northern  limits  of 
Alaska.

Of course, these schemes are  to-day no 
more than wild dreams, although entirely 
practicable  if  there  were  any  demand 
for them;  but  the  day  will  come  when 
there will be railway routes to all the in­
habitable parts of  our hemisphere.  The 
movement  of  population  from  the  Old 
World to the New,  so  far  from  slacken­
ing,  will  acquire  from  the  impetus  of 
tremendous  wars and revolutions  in  the 
Old  World,  vastly 
increased  activity. 
No  exclusion  act,  however  severe,  will 
keep the Chinese  out,  because they  will 
crowd 
into  Canada  and  Mexico,  and, 
there acquiring citizenship,  will  be  able 
to enjoy privileges granted  by law to the 
citizens of neighboring  nations.  All the 
habitable portions of  this  continent will 
fill up with  people,  and  so  the  day will 
come when there will  be  an  actual  de­
mand  for  railway  communication  with 
regions which are not now thought of  in 
such a connection. 

/

An interesting railway  scheme,  which 
promises to be soon  carried  into  practi­
cal operation,  is a trunk  line  from  Eng­
land,  through  Turkey,  into  Egypt  and 
the East. 
It  involves  the  much-talked- 
of  tunnel under the British Channel, and 
a bridge across the  Bosporus  from  Tur­
key in Europe  to  Turkey  in  Asia.  Mr. 
Fitzgerald,  the eminent English engineer 
who  built  the  celebrated’bridge  across 
the Firth of  Forth in  Scotland,  has been 
recently 
in  Chicago.  There  he  stated 
that  this  project  is  more  than  a mere 
scheme,^and is  actually  being  arranged 
for.  There is really no serious obstacle 
in  the  way  of  accomplishing  such  a 
work,  except the money,  aud  there  need 
be  no  difficulty  about  that  if  England 
needs  through  trains  to  Constantinople 
and Cairo.

The  convention  of  wholesale  grocers, 
held at New York  last  week for the pur­
pose of  formulating a plan  whereby uni­
form prices  might  be  established  on re­
fined sugar and  a  rebate secured for the 
jobbers  who  adhered  to  the  scale,  ad­
journed  without  making  any  progress.
A special  committee  submitted to Presi­
dent Havemeyer  of  the  American Sugar 
Refining Company,  a  plan  providing for 
a rebate of one-quarter of a cent a pound, 
and  a uniform rate for  all  places east of 
the Rocky Mountains,  a  plan  similar to 
that now in  vogue  in  the  New England 
States.  Mr.Havemeyer refused to consider 
the plan, and suggested that if the whole­
sale  grocers  should  form  local  associa­
tions  and  a  national  association,  they 
might in the course of  time be able to se­
cure the arrangement incorporated in the 
plan.  The  committee’s  report  of  the 
conference  to  the  wholesalers  was  re­
ceived  with  disappointment.  A  resolu­
tion was adopted  looking to the organiza­
tion  of  a  national  association,  and  the 
meeting was adjourned.  This is not the 
result looked for by the jobbers, who had 
expected  that  the  Sugar  Trust  people 
would accept  the  arrangement proposed.
T h e  T r a d e sm a n  has  heretofore  cau­
tioned its readers to  beware of  the  cen­
trifugal-creamery-cheese-factory schemes 
engineered by certain Chicago houses, by 
means of which two or  three  prices  are 
paid  for  the  privilege  of  dealing  with 
the  schemers.  Both  creameries  and 
cheese factories are  legitimate  business 
enterprises and  deserve  encouragement 
and support;  but  the  enterprise  which 
starts out  with  a  capital  stock  two  or 
three times as large as the actual  invest­
ment is so badly hampered from  the  be­
ginning  that  nothing  but  disaster  can 
possibly ensue; and the large number  of 
creameries which have  been  erected  on 
this  plan  throughout  Michigan  during 
the past half dozen  years, which can  now 
be purchased at from 5 to 50 cents on the 
dollar, should warn business  men  to be­
ware of  such questionable method^.

It can be set down  to the credit of  the 
bicycle that it is the  means  of  bringing 
about a good deal of discussion as to  the 
condition of  the  common  roads  in  the 
United  States.  Manufacturers  of  bi­
cycles,  and those who use  them,  are  in­
terested in the question,  and in  addition 
to a good deal of verbal discussion  there 
has been  some  very  interesting  matter« 
printed about roads. 
It has been  rather 
conclusively  shown  that  the 
improve­
ment of our highways is not so serious  a 
matter,  financially,  as  it  has been  gen­
erally considered,  and the  universal  ad­
roads  have  been 
vantages  of  good 
brought  to  the  front. 
If  those  whose 
interests in  roads  center  mainly  about 
the “wheel” shall  bring  about  a  much- 
needed reform,  there will be good reason 
for  blessing  its 
inventor,  whoever  he 
may have  been.

The landing of  Columbus  in  America 
will be quite generally celebrated Oct.  12 
next.  There is only one drawback,  how­
ever.  The political  campaign  may  be­
come so hot by that time  that  conserva­
tive  people will  feel  like  wishing  that 
Columbus had been ship-wrecked  before 
he made his discovery.

The silver-tongned orators are  getting 
themselves in readiness  to  entrance  ad­
miring multitudes and convince  the dear 
people that their  lot  is  most  happy  or 
most miserable.

T H E   M IC H IG A N   TRAlHESMAJST,

9

EUROPEAN  COLONIAL  EXPANSION.
During  the  past  ten  years  there has 
arisen 
in  Europe  a  great  desire  for 
colonial expansion and enterprise.  The 
gradual extension of  British influence in 
Asia and Africa and  the  great  commer­
cial successes attending the colonial ven­
tures of  that  country  aroused  both  the 
jealousy and cupidity of  the other  lead­
ing  powers  of  Europe,  so  that  of  late 
there has been a greed  for  foreign  pos­
sessions  unexampled  since  the  excite­
ment and  colonial  expansion  which  fol­
lowed the  discovery  of  the  New World I 
four centuries ago.

The first of  the great powers to imitate 
Great Britain was France,  whose inroads 
into the territory  on  the  north  coast of 
Africa, 
invasion  of  Madagascar,  and 
doubtful successes in Tonquin  are  fresh 
in everybody’s  memory,  the more partic­
ularly  as  the  recent  operations  against 
the King of  Dahomey,  on  the west  coast 
of  the dark continent, undertaken  under 
the pretext of punishing  cruelty  toward 
Europeans,  but  really  to  conquer  and 
annex his country,  have served to refresh 
in the  public  mind  the  memory  of  the 
other ventures just mentioned.

Italy, not to be outdone by France,  her 
commercial  rival,  sought  some  years 
back to  establish a colony on  the  banks 
of  the  Red  Sea  and,  after  a  war with 
Abyssinia,  has  since  maintained  a  gov­
ernment of very doubtful  utility at Mas- 
sowah.

Germany,  at  the  expense  of  much 
blood and treasure,  has gained  a footing 
on the east coast  of  Africa,  but, in  spite 
of  the fact that colonies  have  now  been 
established  for  several  years,  no  prac­
tical commercial  results  have  followed, 
the German officials never having  as  yet 
succeeded in pacifying the natives.

One of  the most  notable  of  the  colo­
nization schemes which has developed  of 
late  years  was  the  organization  of  the 
Congo Free State,  the existence of  which 
is largely due to  the  energetic  efforts of 
the  King  of  the  Belgians,  assisted  by 
Explorer  Stanley.  This 
last  venture 
really  promises  some  good  results,  but 
the plans of the promoters have not been 
as vigorously pushed as they  might  have 
been,  owing to the  absence of  such  out­
side support as had been counted on.

Of  all these  attempts  at  the  acquisi­
tion of  foreign  possessions  none  can  be 
said to have  been  successful  in  the full 
sense of the  word,  although  they  have 
led to the partitioning  of  Africa  among 
the  different  European  powers  and  the 
opening  up  of  a  large  section  of  that 
country to  communication with  the  rest 
of  the world.  Great Britain alone of  all 
the powers has made  steady  progress  in 
extending  her 
colonial  possessions. 
British success  in  India, Australia  and 
South Africa of  recent years  is  too well 
known to need comment here,  but,  while 
these vast empires have during  the  past 
decade continued to grow  and prosper at 
a phenomenal  rate,  there have been new 
acquisitions  opened  up  and  developed 
while the  other  European  powers  have 
been  engaged in  conducting  their costly 
and unsuccessful experiments.

In the partitioning  off  of  Africa  Eng­
land  so  managed  as  to  secure the best 
slice,  and,  while  chaos  prevails  in  the 
territory of  the other powers,  that under 
the  British  flag  is  rapidly  developing 
into well-ordered  dependencies.  British 
success  in  Egypt  during  the  past  few 
years is,  however,  the  most  remarkable 
of  all the instances of the colonizing and

governing  ability  of  the  Anglo-Saxon 
race.  The land  of  the  Pharaohs,  after 
thousands  of  years  of  poverty  and 
degradation  which  even  a  period  of 
French rule failed to in any way alter,  has 
within  a  brief  period  been  made  to 
prosper aud flourish in a way  which  jus­
tifies  its  ancient  title  of  the  “Land of 
Plenty.”  The  finances  of  the  country 
have  been  placed  on  a  sound and  safe 
basis,  the  establishing  of  magnificent 
engineering  works  has  controlled  and 
perfected  the 
irrigation  system  of  the 
Nile and  the  natural  resources  of  the 
country have  been so developed that not 
only has an era of prosperity dawned  for 
its  previously  poverty-cursed  popula­
tion,  but its staple  crops  are  exerting a 
considerable influence in  the  markets of 
the world.  The unruly rabble of miser­
able  slaves  which  formerly  composed 
the army of  Egypt  have,  through  good 
treatment and  prompt  pay,  been  meta­
morphosed into a reliable and well-drilled 
force which can  be depended on.

The public  works  of  the  country,  in­
stead  of  being  carried  on  with  unpaid 
compulsory  labor,  are  now  let  out  by 
contract,  so  that  the  rural  population 
are  allowed  to  grow  their  crops  un­
molested  and  untrammeled  by  compul­
sory  service  to  the  Government.  The 
regeneration  of  Egypt  under  British 
rule is one  of  the  most wonderful  feats 
of modern times,  and the prosperity  that 
the country  now  enjoys  would  seem  to 
warrant the perpetuation of the power of 
England at  Cairo,  despite  the  irregular 
method  by which  that  ascendancy  was 
originally  acquired.

Insure  Everything  You  Have.

If  you have  anything  valuable,  make 
it  secure  with  a  policy  of 
insurance. 
There  is  a  combination  of  capitalists 
who  for  a  pittance  undertake  to make 
provision for you and  yours  in  case  you 
are struck by fire or  death.  Even  more 
than that,  for  the  insurance  companies 
are stretching themselves  into almost all 
of  human  affairs.  We met  a  gentleman 
the  other  day  who  is  taking his horses 
with him to  his  summer  resort,  and  he 
got  the  horses,  harness  and  carriage 
covered by insurance until they got  back 
to their city  stable.  There  are  compa­
nies now which  guarantee  all  titles  to 
your house or  other  property.  And  we 
notice  a new branch in one of the old in­
surance companies;  fora yearly payment 
one’s salary is guaranteed  in  case of  the 
failure of the  house  or  dismissal  where 
there is no fault in  the  servant.  Every 
human being should  be a partner in these 
valuable concerns. 
It  is  a  co-operative 
system of immense value to the individual 
and the  community. 
It  makes  the  rich 
our protectors in  case  of  disaster.  For 
a yearly payment  there are rich corpora­
tions  which 
insure  business  concerns 
against  the  thefts  of  servants.  Every­
where and every day there are extensions 
of  this  kind  of  business  and  they  are 
capital arrangements  for  the  numerous 
ones who can’t  afford  to  make 
losses. 
The effort is being  made,  and we wish it 
success,  to insure the manufacturers and 
wholesale merchants against  bad  debts. 
The company  undertakes  to  ferret  out 
the particulars of one’s  habits,  his  cap­
ital,  business  capacity  and  everything 
else affecting his credit.  One has got to 
walk very circumspectly or he’ll soon  get 
tripped up,  not by  these  companies,  but 
by his own  bad  doings,  brought'jto  light 
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T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N ,

MONEY  A N D   CREDIT— THEIR  U SE  | 

A N D   A B U SE.

The philosophy  which  affects  to teach I 
us a coutempt  for  money  does  not  run | 
very deep.  Money and credit are of very 
high  importance,  and  their  im portance' 
increases with every  generation.  There j 
is no question  as  to  the  wickedness  of j 
those who misuse wealth,  or the fact that j 
many do misuse it; still,  it  remains  true j 
that wealth  may  be  well  used,  and af- j 
fords  great  opportunities  of  improving 
human tastes  and  power.  Though capi­
tal is wealth,  it does  not  always  consist 
of money; there is another form of wealth 
which is one of  the bulwarks  of  modern 
commercial and  social  life—credit.  De- 
mosthenes  says:  “Credit is the  greatest 
capital of  all  toward  the  acquisition of 
wealth.”  Daniel Webster says:  “Credit | 
has done more to enrich  nations than all I 
the mines of the world.”
When person and  property  are secure, 
the owners of  capital  are  willing to ap­
ply it in various ways,  tending to aid the 
exertions of the laborer.  One employs it 
in making  railroads,  another  constructs 
machines by which the labor of the farmer 
is  rendered  more  productive,  another 
opens a shop  at  which the manufacturer 
or  farmer  may  exchange  his  products. 
Unless they felt secure  in  so  doing,  all 
would be disposed to retain their property 
in the most portable form.
Credit cannot exist  without confidence 
in the security of  the  property,  and  in 
the disposition of the purchaser of a com­
modity  to  pay  for  it  at  the  appointed 
time.  No man parts  with  his  property 
except when he believes that  an  equiva­
lent will be returned.  The  existence  of 
a system  of  general  credit  is  evidence 
that the people, composing the community 
in  which  it  exists,  believe  that  their 
neighbors are  honest  and  will  pay  the 
debts they may contract.
The Romans  were,  as  far  as  we  are 
aware,  the creators of  the  great  system 
It  was  a 
of credit in all  its  branches. 
Roman  custom  that  every  head  of  the 
house  should  keep  a  family  ledger  as 
strict  and  exact  as  those  of  a  modern 
banker. 
In this he was obliged  to  enter 
all sums of money borrowed and lent,  all 
trade profits and losses,  and these family 
ledgers were the  only  legal  evidence  of 
debt among Roman citizens, receivable in 
the  courts  of  justice,  and  from  these 
ledgers was the modern system  of  credit 
developed.  Every five years the  ledgers 
were taken before  the  censors;  and  the 
head of the house was  obliged  to  swear 
to the truth of them;  and it was regarded 
almost with  a  species  of  sanctity.  For 
many centuries the Romans divided their 
property into two parts,  according to the 
manner by  which it might  be  alienated, 
sold or transferred.  That species of prop­
erty they first  possessed,  and  were first 
accustomed to consider  as  the patrimony 
of the house,  or  Domus, they termed Res 
Mancipi,  and  this they could  only trans­
fer by certain very strict formalities. Oth­
er property which they held in less esteem 
or which they afterwards acquired, might 
be transferred  by simple delivery, 
in an 
age when  written  conveyances  were un­
known,  the forms of  sale  were peculiar, 
thus:  A Roman  would,  in  the  presence 
of five citizens of age,  hold up a  pair  of 
bronze scales,  aud  with  a  bronze ingot, 
strike the scales and say:  “ This is mine 
by the common  law of the Romans; it has 
been  bought by me with this bronze scale 
and this bronze ingot.” 
In  the course of 
time,  the form of weight aud scales were 
dispensed with and a contract,  or  obliga­
tion,  could  be created  by  simpler  meth­
ods.  The stipulation, or verbal contract, 
was made by  solemn question and answer 
in the presence of witnesses. 
It was the | 
most extensive form of making a contract j 
in Roman  law;  and  all  other  contracts 
might be transformed  into a stipulation. 
If a lender delivered  the  sum  lent  to a 
borrower,  he  asked  him  this  question: 
“Do you promise to  deliver to me such a j 
sum,  at  such  a  d ate?”  The  borrower| 
answered:  “ I do;”  and  thus  the  con-1 
tract, or obligation,  was created.
I leave the old Roman customs of trans-1 
actions in money and  come  down to our j 
day.  Property is secure where its owner 
enjoys  the right of using it in such a man­
ner as he deems  likely  best  to  promote j 
his great object  of  maintaining  and im- j 
is  insecure I
proving  his  condition. 

It 

where he is denied  the  exercise  of  that 
right.  The existence of  a  credit system 
is  evidence  of  mutual  confidence,  and 
that confidence results  from  the  knowl- 
edge  which each man has  of  the conduct ; 
and disposition of  his neighbor.  Where I 
property  is  most  secure,  labor  will be | 
most productively  applied,  the power  to 
accumulate capital will  be  the  greatest, 
and  the tendency to moral  and  physical 
improvement  will  be most universal,  and i 
the existence of  that  confidence  may be 
taken as evidence of a general disposition 
to  comply  with  engagements.  That  it 
should  be  so  is  most  natural.  Where 
good conduct insures to the workman the 
power  to  obtain  the  aid  of  capital,  by 
which  his  labor  is  rendered  more  pro­
ductive,  and he is enabled to improve his 
condition,  he  has  the  strongest  induce­
ment thereto,  the  workman  must  show 
himself worthy of  confidence  and  then 
the credit system  will  gradually  extend 
itself throughout society.  In the infancy 
of society men associated  themselves for 
the  maintenance  of  security.  Another 
step  in their progress shows  associations 
for the purpose of  commerce; advancing 
the stage,  we  find  them  associating  for 
the purpose of constructing roads, canals, 
railways,  bridges,  theatres,  club-houses, 
hotels,  steamships.  We may,  therefore, 
assume that where they  are  permitted to 
indulge in  these  attainments,  their con­
dition  becomes  vastly  improved.  The 
presumption that there are forms of mon­
ey and credit differently  constructed  for 
different  purposes  is  a  mistake.  The 
feeling that prompts a man  to purchase a 
bill of furniture on the  installment plan, 
of  at  least  100  times  greater  than  his 
means,  is not exactly the  abusive plan— 
the  inducement  assumes  a  temptation. 
We hear around about us  the  cry in the 
commercial world  that  when  “ credit  is 
cheap”  failures 
in  hundreds 
where a few years ago they were counted 
at one-tenth  that  number.  The  Torrey 
Bankrupt Bill is being fought against by 
some of the largest commercial houses in 
the country,  and some of  the ablest law­
yers are opposing it on the  grounds that 
there would be less litigation if  it passed 
—a  fine  spectacle  this.  Credit  is  not 
cheap,  it is very dear,  a  good  many  will 
say this  is  so.  What  is  credit ? 
It  is 
honor,  and honor is not  cheap.  Let  ev­
ery one who  wishes  to  get  along  in the 
world estimate the value of money.  Bul- 
wer says:  “Money is a terrible blab, she 
will betray the secrets of  her  owner; his 
virtues will creep out in her whisper,  his 
vices she will cry aloud at the top of  her 
tongue.”  Money is not only a character, 
it is a power.  Rank,  talents,  eloquence 
and moral  worth,  all challenge  a certain 
degree of respect;  but. unconnected with 
property,  they have very  little  influence 
in commanding the services of men.  Ad­
miration  they may  attract,  but it is prop­
erty that gives power.  The  ancient Car- 
thagenians,  who  were  republicans,  and 
had no hereditary  aristocracy,  would  al­
low no man  to hold office in  the state un­
less he was more or less wealthy. 
It has 
been trulyjsaid that the heraldry of Amer­
ica is  based on greenbacks.  The railway 
conductor accents his call, the hotel clerk 
assigns  rooms,  the  dry  goods  merchant 
graduates  the  angle  of  his  bow  by it. 
Even  the seat to which the  sexton  bows 
you in church  is chosen  with  nice refer­
ence to your purse.  As  civilization  ad­
vances,  human  life is becoming more and 
more significant,  richer in  opportunities 
and  enjoyments.

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Science  is  multiplying  with  amazing 
rapidity the comforts and luxuries of life 
and the means of self culture, and money 
is  the  necromancer  by  which  they  are 
placed  at  our  disposal.  Money means a 
snug  house,  warm  clothing,  nutritious 
food,  best  medical  and  legal  attendance, 
books,  pictures, music,  a good seat in the 
concert  room,  the  ears,  the  theatre,  the 
church, it means independence of thought. 
Every step in  life  is  conditional  on  the 
root  of  all  evil.  Micawber  says,  “An­
nual  income  twenty pounds,  annual  ex­
penditure  nineteen  pounds,  result  hap­
piness;  annual  income  twenty  pounds, 
annual  expenditure  twenty  pounds,  re- 
| suit misery.”  Bulwer  says in  his  essay 
on  “The management of money,”  “What- 
! ever  your  means  be,  so  apportion  your 
|  wants that your means may exceed them.” 
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for front seats in the social amphitheatre, 
in the  midst of  which all  noble,  self-de­
nying resolve is trodden down, and many 
fine  natures  are  crushed.  The  young 
man of to-day is not content to begin life 
in  the  simple  style in  which  his  father 
began,  increasing  his  comforts  as  his 
earnings  increase,  he  must  have  all  of 
everything,  he  must  have  what  Charles 
Lamb  calls,  virtuous  vices,  smoke  best 
cigars,  eat dinners at fashionable  restau­
rants,  carriages,  and  footman,  he  strug­
gles  on  in  debt,  floundering  and  stum­
bling,  bankruptcy  staring  him  in  the 
face,  and  at  last  succumbs  under  the 
heavy  load of  debts,  the  curtain falls on 
the drama of “ Keeping up  appearances.” 
Of  all the foes  to human happiness there 
is  none  more  deadly than  debt,  poverty 
is a great  enemy to  human  happiness,  it 
makes some virtues impracticable.
Let  us  enter  the  field of  commercial 
credit.  We  know  that  a  man  who  is 
taken  by  a sudden  and  unavoidable  ca­
lamity  does not  lose  his  credit. 
If  his 
capacity and  integrity  have  never  been 
questioned  or  challenged  he  will  be 
promptly aided in  his attempts to retrieve 
his fortunes, and none will he more ready 
to extend a helping hand  than  those who 
suffered  most  severely  by  his 
losses. 
There  are  some  that  say  a  credit  man 
should  by all  means be a partner  in  the 
business.  Why?  His  judgment will  be 
tempered  to  the  house,  because  he  will 
have  to  share in  the  errors of  his  judg­
ment.  Others  say he  ought  not  to be  a 
partner,  his opinions and judgment must 
not  be  biased,  not  even  by the  solicita­
tions  of  that  assumption  of  arrogance, 
the  highest  priced  and  best  salesman. 
John  Field, of  Philadelphia,  says:  “The 
traveling  system  and  the  commercial 
agencies have produced an abnormal con­
dition of  things in business lines,  and so 
long as this  condition of  things  lasts we 
cannot  get  along  without  either.  The 
traveling  system  carries  with it the  ne­
cessity for  the  other;  as  to  the  advan­
tages to the trade generally,  I consider it 
an  unsolved  problem.”  There  are very 
few  houses  that  buy  strictly  for  cash, 
there  is  no  need  therefor,  many of  you 
know that the old advertisement that has 
been  swung  on  the  old  worn-out  sign, 
“We  buy for  cash  and can  sell  cheaper 
than  our  neighbor,”  is a delusion  and a 
snare,  the  general  confidence of  man  in 
his  fellowman  is,  that  there  is  no  dis­
position to permit  capital  to  remain  un­
productive, and that the basis of business 
need  not and  cannot be cash.  Very few 
merchants  can  commence  with  ready 
money  enough to pay  for  all  their  pur­
chases;  and if  the  stream of  production 
or circulation were to stop  until  the con­
sumer had  paid  for his goods  in  money, 
it  would  be  vastly  diminished. 
If  the 
wholesaler  sees  that  there  is a demand 
for certain goods, and if he has no money 
and  the  manufacturer  will  not  sell  the 
goods except for ready money,  there will 
be no circulation and no profits.  Suppose 
the  manufacturer  has  confidence in him 
and does sell  him the  goods,  and instead 
of  ready money he  takes  his  promise to 
pay,  say  in a note  of  three  months,  we 
see  that credit  has  caused  the exact  cir­
culation or production as mouey.

The  function of  money represents  the 
debts which  arise  from  the unequal  ex­
changes  among  men.  The  function  of 
credit  is  to  bring 
into  commerce  the 
present  values of  future  profits,  or pay­
ments.  A few days  ago  the credit  man 
of  one of  the  largest and most conserva­
tive dry goods commission houses of New 
York  visited  this  city and  while  in our 
office  we  were  speaking  to  him of  the 
credit system.  He said that it had many 
sides,  and  by  way of  illustration  told us 
the following experience he had last fall: 
A  customer  whom  he  knew  very  well 
embarked  in  a  line of  business  that he 
was very familiar  with,  aud  with a capi­
tal of  $4,500,  had bought $4,500  worth of 
goods  at  one  time  of  his  house.  We 
asked him to explain how he could  afford 
to  take  such a risk,  which  was  against 
all  the  customs  and  usages  of  trade. 
Said  he:  “I  knew  this  man  very  well, 
saw him  every day,  saw to whom he sold 
his  output,  and  at  what  prices,  in  fact 
nursed  him  very  tenderly,  Of  course, 
he confined his  purchases  strictly to our 
house.  Presently  I  found  out  that  he 
was buying elsewhere and I dropped  that

fellow very  quick,  I felt  satisfied  that it 
would  be only a short  while  before  the 
enthusiasm of  the  very liberal  credit we 
extended  him would  turn  his head  and 
swamp  him.  While he is yet in business 
and  rated  $5,000,  to-day  I  would  not 
credit  him  $1,000.”  Now,  the  fact  is, 
that there are  twenty men  who need  the | 
incitements to industry,  where one needs 
to be checked in the pursuit of riches.
The  prospective  enjoyment  of  wealth 
is never left out of sight altogether,  even 
the  miser  looks  forward  to a continued ! 
enjoyment of  the  sight of  his accumula­
tions.  When  we look  at the character of 
' personal  life and the manner of enjoying 
wealth,  we  may  see  that  they  are  not j 
merely matters of  private  duty,  but that i 
they have a bearing  on  the  condition of 
society  at  large.  Do  large  possessions  i 
bring as many pleasures as pains?  After 
one  has  enough to satisfy every  reason­
able  want,  it  may be questioned whether 
any addition to his wealth does not bring 
more  anxiety  and  responsibility  than 
enjoyment.  Any  use of  wealth  that fa­
cilitates the  development of  any  kind of 
skill or the refinement of  taste has much 
to  be  said  for  it.  Every  one  ought  to 
own  the  value  of  money. 
Professor 
Agassiz once  scornfully said:  “I have no 
time  to  make  money,”  yet  it  required 
vast sums of  money for  him to carry out 
the many valuable acquisitions he  left to 
the  world.  Bulwer  says:  “ Money 
is 
character,  never  treat 
levity. 
There  are  a  hundred  persons  who  can 
work  hard to every ten  who can  properly 
husband their earnings.  How many peo­
ple  are  proud  and  unsociable from  the 
secret  irritation  of  the  want of  money; 
how  many are  there  who,  though enjoy­
ing sufficient means of comfort  and  inde­
pendence,  are  very  often  but  a  little 
ahead of actual want if a pressure occurs?
The  poorest of  all  beings  is the  man 
who  is  rich  in  gold,  but  intellectually 
bankrupt.  Grant  that  the  utmost  that 
can  be said  for the  necessity of  money, 
it will  forever  remain  true  that  life  is 
more  than  the means  by  which it is sus­
tained.  All things are for  the mind,  the 
soul,  the  divine  part  within  us,  and  if 
our true self  is dwrrfed  and starved,  the 
i most  worldly  royal  possessions  only 
serve to  set  forth  by  contrast  its  deep 
poverty and servitude.

it  with 

A friend once cougratulated John Jacob 
Astor on  the  gorgeous  magnificence  of 
his palatial mansion,  and  inferred  that 
he must be happy.  Astor replied.  “Me 
happy?”  Riches are no  proof  of  moral 
worth,  and 
their  glitter  often  serves 
only to draw attention  to the  worthless­
ness of their possessor. Even the poor man 
may,  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  cultivated 
nature,  of  opportunities  used  and  not 
abused,  of a life spent to the  best  of  his 
means  and  ability,  look  down  without 
the slightest feeling of envy on  the  per­
son of more worldly  success  and  money 
bags. 
I see no harm  in every one  estab­
lishing for himself a good  credit;  it  has 
in  many  instances  helped  young  men 
along  when the time  came  for  them  to 
enter  the  commercial  world  for  them­
selves. 
I  do  not  see  how  the  modern 
business world could  get along without a 
credit  system.  Never  in  the  world’s 
history was competition in every  calling 
so fierce  as now,  never  did  success  de­
mand  for its attainments such  alertness, 
activity, prudence, boldness and decision. 
Carlyle says:  “The race of life  has  be­
come intense,  the  runners  are  treading 
on each other’s heels;  woe  to  him  who 
stops to tie his shoes.”  Money  is  not  a 
good  thing,  that,  to  win  it,  one  must 
crawl  in  the  dust,  stoop  to  do  a  mean 
action,  or give one’s conscience  a  single 
pain. 
It should never be used  to  extin­
guish the sense of  beauty  or  blunt  the 
moral  courage within us.  The misuse of 
opportunities is bad,  and the greater  the 
opportunities are,  the more  shameful  is 
the conduct  of  those  who  waste  them. 
But even  those  who  have  not  misused 
their wealth at all,  who  have  had  their 
money’s worth in  the  best  that  a  high 
civilization can  afford,  who  have  made 
the most of every opportunity by develop­
ing their own  powers  and  tastes,  have 
not attained to the best  standard  in  the 
use of their wealth; the highest  sacrifice 
of human  virtue is  charity.  Some of the 
finest qualities of human  nature  are  in­
timately related to the  charitable  dispo-

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prod u cts.

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w ith  pu re sp ices, th u s r eta in in g  th e  n atu ral flavor and  color. 

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CURTICE  BROTHERS  CO,

Rochester,  N.  Y.,  U. S. A.

B A L L -B A R N H A R T -P U T M A N   CO.,

D istr ib u tin g   A g e n ts.

Grader  Clasts. 

Glass  Covers  for  Biscuits.

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l

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rT ,HESE  chests  will 

soon 
pay for themselves  in  the 
breakage they avoid.  Price $4.

handsomest  ever  offered  to  the 
trade.  They  are  made  to  fit  any 
of  our  boxes  and can  be  changed  from 
one box  to  another in a moment  They 
will  save  enough  good?  from  flies, dirt  and  prying  fingers in a short  time to pay 
for themselves.  Try them and be convinced.  Price,  50 cents each.

D UR new glass covers  are by far the 

N E W   N O V E L T IE S .

We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties:

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CREAM  CRISP. 

MOSS  HONEY  JUMBLES.
NEWTON,  a rich  finger with  fig  filling.  This  is  bound  to  be  one  of 

the best selling cakes we ever made.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,
GRAND  RAPIDS.
S. A. Sears, Mgr. 

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

the  world’s  benefactors: 

sition of money.  The world owes  much 
to  inventors  and  discoverers,  it  owes 
more to those who have shown  men  not 
only how to acqure wealth,  but  how  to 
overcome themselves,  to rise  to  a  better 
conception of man’s life,  and to use their 
wealth so that it  might  tend  to  elevate 
humanity.  How many happy  hearts  re­
call 
Peter 
Cooper,  John  Howard,  Thomas  Guy, 
Mathew  Yassar,  Daniel  Drew,  Ezra 
Cornell,  Elihu  Yale,  Reuben  Springer, 
Henry Shaw,  G.  W.  Childs,  A.  J.  Drexel, 
Michael Reese,  J.F  .  Oberlin,  Geo.  Pea- | 
body,  Leland Stanford,  James  Du  Paw, 
James Lick,  Johns Hopkins.  All of these 
commenced  life  in  a  humble  manner, 
even struggled to gain their daily  bread. 
Their good deeds urge us  along,  and  in 
this mighty age of progress we owe them 
our gratitude  and  veneration.  AS  said 
before,  riches,  learning,  and  high  posi­
tion  are not within the reach  of  all,  but 
good character and a good credit may  be 
obtained  by every person,  both  become a 
source of purest gratification.  They  are 
both synonymous with solid honor,  if we 
are without them we can gain no respect 
among our fellow men,  and as  we are de­
ficient in  both  we  sink  in  public  esti­
mation; our importance  in  society  is un­
felt,  and  the  bloom  and  vigor  of  life 
passes  witbot  recognition  in  the  com­
munity of which  we form a part.

H en r y  B e r n d.

From  the Office.

A  B u sy  M an’s   C ap acity  for  w ork .
There is an old adage, that if you want 
a thing done  promptly  you  must  find  a 
busy man to do it.  The inference is that 
men who are not  busy  cannot  do  things 
as  rapidly as those who  are  busy.  This 
will  be  pretty  generally  admitted  upon 
reflection,  and  the  reasons  for  the  fact 
seem to array themselves in  two classes. 
In the first place,  the  busy man can  per­
form more rapidly  and  more  efficiently 
than one who is not  busy,  because he is 
in practice; he is accustomed to do things 
rapidly,  and whatever  he  undertakes to 
do is handled at the usual rate  of  speed. 
Again,  the man  who  is  not  busy is not 
noly out of practice,  but  in  many  cases 
out of sympathy  with work of  any  kind, 
and,  therefore,  is unable to turn  himself 
satisfactorily,  no  m atter  what  his  will­
ingness  of  mind  in  this  particular  case 
may chance to be.  This question  is vari­
ously discussed when  it is  brought to the 
attention of  thoughtful  people.  Says  a 
philosophic  friend:  “I  know  a  literary 
man who works  from  twelve to eighteen 
hours  a  day,  and  complains  he  has  not 
half  time  enough  to  do  what  he  would 
like to do. 
It  is a curious thing that  the 
man  who  works  hard  with  his  brains 
conceives  more  work  and is  inspired  by 
the  ambition  to  accomplish  it;  whereas 
the man  who has nothing particular to do 
never  originates  anything,  and  finds it a 
task to do anything.”
Another person, speaking  on  this sub­
ject,  says:  “ In my case,  when I am much 
driven I think  of  lots  of  things I would 
like to do if  I had time. 
I  make a mem-  j 
orandum  of  them  and  put  them  aside, 
working a little  on  this  or that between 
times. 
Just  as  soon  as  I  am  relieved 
from  mental  pressure  my  capacity,  in- j 
dustry  and  ambition  collapse  together.” |
Still another man says:  “I think work j 
generally called  ‘mental  labor’  is  a  sort 
of  dissipation—the  more  you  have of  it 
the more you  want, and the more you can 
do  until  something  snaps.”  This  last 
statement, it seems  to us,  is the opposite i 
of  complimentary to  the  workers of  the ! 
world.  To suppose that men work only 
as dissipation,  without ambition or noble I 
purpose,  is certainly to attribute to them 
unworthy motives.  But it still remains, 
as  we  stated  at  the  outset,  that  those | 
who work the hardest and are the busiest j 
are the ones who can  perform most  read- 
ily any special  thing  that  is  to be done, 
and  accordingly  when  we  want  a  thing 
done quickly  we  search  out  a  busy man 
to do it.

the 

fortune 

T he  F ou n d er  o f th e   A stor  M illions.
Few earned their  fortune  more  really 
than did the original  John  Jacob Astor. 
He  swelled  his  fortune  to  high dimen­
sions  by  extraordinary  diligence  and 
thrift;  but 
itself  was 
gathered by patient  toil  and  hardy  en­
durance.  His  habits were  simple;  his 
style  of  life  plain.  Day  and  night  he 
was at his post.  With his  own hands he 
toiled,  with  his  own eyes he oversaw his 
business.  He  bought  and  sold  on  his 
own judgment,  and that seldom  led  him 
astray.  He was in no haste  to  be  rich. 
His word at the start was as  good  as his 
bond.  His  early  domestic  attachments 
kept him from expensive and  ruinous as­
sociates.  No man owed more to his  wife 
than did the elder Astor.  Her industry, 
her frugality,  her sound judgment,  more 
than  once  stood  her  husband 
in  good 
stead.  The heart of her  husband safely 
trusted  in  her.  She  did  him  good and 
not evil, all  the  days  of  her  life.  To a 
resolution  made  in  the  fatherland,  Mr. 
Astor owed much of his  success.  He re­
solved to emigrate  to  America  and  seek 
his fortune in a foreign  clime.  He  had 
few  worldly  possessions.  These  were 
tied up in a  bundle,  and  hung on a stick 
across 
the  shoulder.  He  trod  on  foot 
from his home to the seaport from which 
he  was  to  sail.  As  he  crossed  the 
boundary  of  his  province,  he  paused 
under  a  linden  tree,  and  formed  three 
resolutions:  He would  be  industrious; 
he  would  not  drink;  he  would  never 
gamble.  These  he  kept  to  his  death. 
They were supplemented by others which 
kept company with  such  resolutions,  as 
mercy  and  peace  embrace  each  other. 
Kept in the way of  truth  and  rectitude, 
his step was strong and  his way upward.

O beyin g  O rders.

From  th e Youths' Companion.

A  reporter  was  sent  at  the  last mo­
ment to write up an  important theatrical 
performance  in New York.  He  hurried 
to the theater,  but  did  not  arrive  until 
after  the play  had begun. 
In getting to 
his place  he  was forced to disturb Gen. 
Sherman,  who,  with  a  lady,  occupied j 
seats  next  to  the  aisle.  The  reporter j 
begged the general’s  pardon,  but the old j 
soldier was evidently annoyed.
He said  nothing,  however,  until  after | 
the  curtain  had  fallen  on  the first act. 
Then he leaned over  toward the reporter j 
with a frown and said:
“ Young man,  you  ought  to know that i 
it is a  great  annoyance  to  be  forced  to I 
stand up  and let a person past while the 
play is in  progress.  You  should  either 
get to your seat before the  curtain  rises 
or stay away from the theater.”
The  reporter  flushed  and  answered 
quickly:
I 
“General,  I  am  a  newspaper  man. 
was  ordered  to  come  to this theater to­
night  to  report  this  performance. 
I 
came as quickly as I could after I received 
my orders and I  apologized  for  disturb­
ing you when I came in. 
Here the general  interrupted him.  The 
old man’s frown was gone.
“I beg your pardon now,” he said.  “ I 
didn’t  understand.  You  are  perfectly 
in the  right,  sir.  Always  obey  orders.
| Obey orders if  you have to make a whole 
j theaterful of  people get up and stand on 
! their feet for an  hour.” 
j  Then the general held out his hand and 
shook the reporter’s heartily.  They met 
several 
times  after  that  and  the  dis­
tinguished  warrior  always  had  a  smile 
| and  a pleasant greeting for  the  reporter 
j  who “obeyed orders.”

I----- ”

In the Wrong Place.

Miss Lilywhite Snowflake (from the col­
ored  quarter)—“ I  wan ter  little  powder 
for the complexion.”

Druggist—“ For yourself ? ”
Miss L. Snowflake—“ Yessah.”
Druggist—“Go to a gun store.”

B ee t S u g a r P rodu ction.

To produce the  amount  of  sugar con­
sumed in the United States from  beets, it j 
would require  15,000,000  tons  of  beets.  I 
for which the farmer would  receive 875,- j 
000,000,  being one-half the  total  value of 
all the sugar consumed.

WHO  URGES  YOU  TO  KEEP S a p q l i o ?

The Public !

By splendid  and  expensive  advertising  the  manufacturers  create  a 
demand,  and  only ask the trade to keep the goods in stock so  as to supply 
the  orders  sent to them.  Without  effort on the  grocer’s  part the  goods 
sell  themselves,  bring  purchasers to the  store, and  help  sell  less  known 
goods.

Anv Jobber  will  be  Glad  to  Fill  Your  Orders.

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

JOBBERS  OF

State Agents for

A S P H A L T

FIRE-PROOF  ROOFING

This  Roofing  is  guaranteed  to   stand  in   all 
places where Tin and Iron has failed;  is super­
ior to  Shingles and much cheaper.

The best Roofing for covering  over Shingles 
on old roofs of  houses, barns, sheds, etc.;  will 
not ro t  or  pull  loose, and  when  painted  w ith  ! 
our

FIRE-PROOF  ROOF  P^INtJ

W ill last longer  than shingles.  W rite the un- 
dersigned  for  prices  and  circulars, relative to 
Roofing  and  for  samples  of  Building  Papers, 
etc.
fl.  M.  REYNOLDS & SON,

Practical  Roofers,

Got.  Louis and  Campan Bta.,  Grand Sapid»,  Mioh.

GOLD  MEDAL,  PALIS,  1878.

W. Baker & Co.’s
Breakfast 
Cacea
Unlike  the

ib s o lu te ly   P u r t 
id i t  is  S o lu b le .

N o   a lk a lie s   ot 
ith er  chem icals
tr  d y e s   a r e  usee 
,n  i ts   m a n u fa c ­
tu re .

A   d e s c r ip t io n   o f   t h e   c h o c o la t»  
la n t ,  a n d   o f   t h e   v a r io u s   c o c o a   a n c  
h o c o la t e   p r e p a r a t io n s   m a n u fa c -  
u r e d   b y   W a lte r   B a k e r   8t   C o .,  w ll 
■ e  
t o   a n y   d e a le r   o r  
.p p llc a t lo n .  _________
V.  BAKER  &  CO.,  Dorchester,  Mass

s e n t  

f r e e  

158 A  160 Fulton  8 t   Grand  Rapids

MANUFACTURERS A N D   JOBBERS  OF

SCHLOSS,  ADLER 
CO.,
Pasts, Starts, Oieralls
Cents’  Furnishing Goods.

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REMOVED  TO

2 3 - 2 5   L a r n e d   S t.,  E a s t  

DETROIT,  MICH.

Dealers wishing  to  look  over our  line are  in­
vited  to  address  our Western  Michigan  repre­
sentative,  Ed.  Pike, 272  Fourth  avenue, Grand 
Rapids.

Don’t pay freigU
Manniactnrers’ Prices.

From Boston  aud  New York  on 
Shoe Dressing when you can buy 
It  of  HIRTH  &  KRAUSE  at

GILT  EDGE, 
GLYCEROLE, 
RAVEN  GLOSS, 
ALMA,  [Lai ‘ge size].

A  Rug  with  each  gross,  $32.80.  Slice 
Stool  with two gross.  An  assorted  gross 
of the above dressing, $22.80.

HIRTH  &  K R A U SE,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

T he H ard w are M arket.

Wage  Question—This  matter  still  re- 
imains  in  an  unsettled  state.  Carnegie, 
¡Phipps  & Co.,  of  Pittsburgh,  have  sub­
mitted to their men a lower scale,  which, 
in some instances,  is a  cut  of  from 17 to 
25 per cent,  to those  who  work on a ton­
nage. 
It is doubtful if the men  will sub­
mit to  it,  but  a  compromise  will proba­
bly be effected.

Pig Iron—The condition of  the market 
has  hardly  changed  from  a  week  ago. 
Large buyers  are  trying  to secure their 
year’s supply at the low  prices that have 
prevailed,  but furnace men will not book 
them.

Bar  Iron  and  Steel—A  better  feeling 
prevails  and  but  little  cutting  is  done. 
No  higher  prices  are  asked,  but  buying 
is  being  done  more  freely  at  present 
prices.

Sheet  Iron—Mills still decline  to  book 
•orders for fall  deliveries,  but  some job­
bers still continue  to  anticipate trade  in 
•that  line.

American  Russia  Iron—The  manufac­
turers of  American  Russia  or  planished 
iron make  no  change  in  their  price for 
the  coming  fall.  The  price  as  now 
named is $10.20  for  Grand  Rapids ship­
ments in full  bundles.

Barbed  Wire—No  change  to  note  in 
this  line.  Orders  are  being  filled  more 
promptly.  A law has  recently been  en­
acted  by  the  Minnesota  Legislature  re-
quiriiig  all  farms  to  be  fenced  with 
barbed  wire.  This  has  created  a  great 
demand for  wire  and  will,  no doubt be 
the  means 
of  keeping  a  majority 
ity of  the  mills  pretty  busy  during the 
summer.

Wire  Nails—No  change  to  note.  Ex­
treme prices  have  been  withdrawn,  but 
concessions  can 
in 
quantity  lots.

still  be  obtained 

Steel  Cut  Nails—Are  moving  more 

freely,  but there is no  change in  price.

Pig Lead—At present seems to be weak, 
but every indication of  any farge  buying 
immediately firms up  the price.  Present 
mill price is 

cents.

Pig and Bar Tin—Seems  to  be in con­
trol of  combination  and  price is advanc­
ing.

for 

Tin  Ware—Notwithstanding  higher 
prices  are  paid 
the 
manufactured article is drifting to nearly 
as low prices as*ever.

tin  plate, 

Glass—Little  of 

interest  to  report, 
The demand for glass continues light,  al­
though dealers  generally  are  getting in 
their supplies  before  the  factories  close 
down for the summer.

Poultry Netting—Still  scarce and hard 

Shelf  Hardware—No  changes  to  note 

to get.

in this line.

A   H orrible  P ossibU ity.

Among the horrors  worst to be dreaded 
in  these  days 
is  not  Deeming  nor 
anarchy,  but  the  Scientific  Advertiser. 
Some enemy of  the  human  race  has in­
vented a device for  projecting advertise­
ments  onto  the  clouds.  Soon  you will 
not be able to  glance  upward,  especially 
of  a  cloudy  evening,  but  you  will  see 
“Buy Your Buttons of Bones,” or “Drink 
Doodles’  Dandy  Dry,”  or  some  such 
legend glaring at you in  letters  of  lurid 
light fifty feet  long.

Never  condemn  your  neighbor  un­
heard,  however  many  the  accusations 
preferred  against  him.  Every story  has 
two  ways  of  being  told,  and  justice  re­
quires that  you should  hear the  defense 
as well as the accusation;  and remember 
that the malignity of  enemies  may place 
you in a similar position.

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

T hey M ade a M istake.

From  the  New York Sun.

We were  just leaving  Bedford  for Al­
toona,  Pa.,  when  a drummer  entered  the 
car with  two valises,  was  followed  by a 
boy with two more.  He sat  down  in one 
seat,  turned the back of another seat and 
piled  his valises  on  it,  and  then  tacked 
up on  the  window  frame a printed  card 
reading:

order.  The acquaintance,  however,  must 
never degenerate into familiarity.  Some 
travelers assume the familiar manner and 
think they have made snbstantial progress 
when  they  have  reached  the  point  at 
which they can address  the  customer by 
his  given  name.  This 
is  dangerous 
ground to tread  upon.

G ood  W ord s  U n solicited .

J. M. Shaffer, drugs  and  groceries,  Gladwin: 
“ I cannot  get along without  The  T radesman ” 
A. C. Barkley, general  dealer, Crosby:  “I  am 

very much pleased with it.”

A. T. Bliss, grocer. Greenville:  “I would rather 
go without  my breakfast, Wednesday  morning, 
than miss  the weekly visit of T h b  T ra d esm a n.” 
J. M.  Fowler,  general  dealer,  Kalamo:  “We 

cannot keep house without T h e  T ra d esm a n.”  

Geo. L. Fenton,  druggist,  Kingsley:  “It  is  a 

splendid  paper.”

C. L. Glasgow, hardware  and  agricultural  im­
plements,  Nashville*  "Am  pleased  to  enclose 
the  required $1 for  the  continuance of  your  $5 
paper.  I need  it in  my business, so don’t skip a 
notch.”

S.  P.  Whitmarsh,  drugs  and  groceries,  Pal­
myra:  “Allow  me  to express  the  pleasure  the 
reading of the M ic b is a n  T ra d esm a n  has afford 
ed,  and to add that in neatness of  type, arrange­
ment of  matter, and general literary excellence, 
it is the superior of many journals of larger pre­
tensions.  I am  pleased  that it finds a profitable 
circulation  and appreciation among  the  class it 
aims to benefit.”

FOR  SA LE,  W A N TED ,  ETC.

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under  this 
head for two cents a word the first insertion and 
one  cent a word  for each subsequent  insertion. 
No advertisements  taken for  less  than 25 cents. 
Advance payment.__________________________

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

524

F or  sa l e—stock  of  d r u g s,  p a t e n t

medicines, paints,  cigars, tobacco  and  sun­
dries, in  town of  1 600.  Town  growing.  Good 
trade.  Best location in town.  Good clean stock. 
Good reasons  for  wanting to sell.  For  particu­
lars address, G A R , Box 139, Corunna, Mich. 523
'  paying drug  store  in  Grand  Rapids.  Rare 
opportunity for young man.  P.  V. Finch, Grand 
Rapids 

IHOR  SALE — HALF  INTEREST  IN  GOOD 
f_=1ÜR  SALE—A FINE STOCK OF GROCERIES 

and  crockery in first-class  shape.  Doing  a 
business  from  $15 000 to $18,0 0  per  year  in  as 
fine a farming  country as there is in  the state of 
Michigan.  Can  give  good  reasons  for  selling. 
Address Lock  Box 14  Elsie, Mich. 

shoes  in a desirable  lumbering  town.  For 
particulars enquire of Host & Mertes, Newberry, 
Mich. 

F o r  sa l e—stock  o f  d r y   goods  a n d
F or s a l e—stock of d r u g s,  g r o c er ies
F OR SALE—DRUG  FIXTURES  CHEAP.  Ad­
I NOR  SALE —CLEAN  STOCK  OF  STAPLE 

and wall  paper in town of  1000 inhabitants. 
Building for  sale or rent.  Reasons  for  selling, 
poor  health.  Address  No.  518,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

dress No. 525, care Michigan Tradesman. 525
■  dry  goods, clothing, furnishing  goods,  mil­
linery goods and  boots and shoes  in  one of  the 
best villages in Michigan.  Stock  will inventory 
$3,000 to $3,500.  Liberal discount  for  cash.  For 
particulars,  address  No.  530,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

517

533

518

53J

526

528

____________________520

town near Grand  Rapids surrounded by ex­
cellent  farming  countrj.  A  bargain  for  some 
one.  M. S. McNitt, Byron Center, Mich. 

F o r  sa l e- c l e a n  g e n e r a l   stock  in
■ OR  SALE—SMALL  STOCK  OF GROCERIES 
and store  fixtures  at 25 per  cent,  less  than 
cost.  Full  delivery outfit,  if  desired.  Address 
Box 408. Stanton, Mich. 
BLOTHING  BUSINESS  FOR  SALE  IN  THE 
hustling town of  Belding.  A splendid busi­
ness.  For  information,  address  Lock  Box  50,
Belding, Mich. 
OR  SALE—A  DRUG  STORE,  NICE  FIX 
tures,  fresh  and  well  selected  stock,  in­
creasing  trade,  nice  residence  portion  of  the 
city.  Inventory,  $2,500.  Address  No.  498,  care 
Michigan Tradesman._________________ 498
F o r  s a l e—g r o c er y  stock  a n d   f ix -
tures in corner  store in desirable portion  of 
city, having lucrative trade.  Best of reasons for 
selling.  Address No. 504, care Michigan Trades­
m a n / * ____________________________504
F or  s a l e - o u r  e n t ir e   stock  o f'g b n -
eral  merchandise  at  Chippewa  Lake,  con 
Bisting of hats, caps, boots and  shoes, men’s fur 
nishing goods, hardware, crockery and groceries. 
Having finished our lumber  operations, we offer 
the  above  stock for sale  cheap for  cash  or  on 
time with good  security.  Will sell  this stock  as 
a whole  or  any branch of  it.  Enquire of  Chip­
pewa  Lumber  Co., Chippewa  Lake, Mich., or of 
H. P. Wyman. Sec’y, Grand  Rapids. Mich.  449 
■J710R  SALE—NEW.  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRY 
JD   goods.  Established trade;  good town.  Lock 
box 963, Rockford. Mich._______________ 483

THIS  IS  MY  BUSY  D A Y. 
SEE  ME  TO-MORROW.

He  did  all  this in a businesslike  man­
ner,  without  even  looking  around  him, 
and then sat down and pulled out a note­
book  and  began to figure.  As the  train 
started there were seven  passengers who 
had  no  seats. 
In  a few  moments  some­
thing was said  about the “railroad hog.” 
In  a  few  more  there were  observations 
derogatory  to  the  character of  the  two- 
seated  man.  We had  not gone over  ten 
miles when a man  who  had  the  largest 
half of a seat  got so mad at seeing  seven 
people  have to stand  up that  he  blurted 
out:
“If I hadn’t a seat I’d pitch that chap’s 
valises out of the window ahd take one.” 
The  remark  was  applauded,  and  a 
minute  later  one  of  the  standups  ad­
vanced to the drummer and said:

“Sir,  1 want a part of this seat.”
The  drummer  pointed  to  the  sign  of 
his busy day and kept on figuring.
“Do you hear me?”
He pointed  again.
“Pull  him out!”  shouted three or  four 
voices.
The  stand-up  passenger  seized  the 
drummer  by the  collar  and  pulled  him 
out of  the seat  and  sat  down  amid  ap-
plause.
Standing in the aisle the man of valises 
made  some  figures  on  a  piece  of  paper 
and handed it to the other.

“What is it? ”
“Damages,  sir!  1  want  $100  damages 
or I’ll sue for $5,000.”
“But  you  have no  right to two  whole 
seats.”
“Beg  pardon,  sir.  but  here  are  four 
tickets to Altoona!  1 represent four pas­
sengers  and  am  entitled  to  two  whole 
seats.  Damages,  sir—$100  damages  for 
assault  and  battery  and  injury  to  my 
feelings.”
The  conductor  came  along  just  then 
and  supported  the  rights  of  the  drum­
mer,  and  after  considerable “dickering” 
the stand-up man forked over $40 in cash 
and  was  given  a  receipt  in  full.  The 
drummer  pocketed  the  bills,  sat  down 
with a bow to the  passengers and turned 
his sign over.  It then  read:

MAKE  NO  MISTAKE  !

I  AM  NOT  A  K.  R.  HOG  !

“ T reatin g”  C ustom ers.

From  the  Traveling  Salesman.

The customer  who  is  in  the  habit of 
taking solace  out  of  the  clap  pipe may 
experience a  beatitude  through a choice 
Havana cigar which will allay discordant 
feelings and put him  in good buying hu­
mor.  But it must be handled cautiously 
by the traveler,  and it must never appear 
that he goes about with a case full of the 
article  intended  expressly  for  the  pur­
pose of  giving him an  audience with the 
trade.  The dealer is not to be boutgh,  and 
if  the offering of  a cigars  carries  with it 
the remotest intimation  of  this  sort,  the 
traveler had better  pack  his grip on the 
spot.  Should  he  have  the  faculty  of 
casually presenting  the  weed,  and  with 
the same air  of  unconcern  and good fel­
lowship that he would  unconsciously as­
sume when he hands  a  cigar  to  a friend 
of  the inner circle,  the  act  would do no 
harm.  But this is a hard thing to do,and 
the man whom  you  may  possibly never 
have seen before  can  hardly  fail to sus­
pect your motive  when  you deliberately 
hand him a cigar.  This is especially apt 
to be the case  when the gentleman is not 
a smoker.  As  a  rule,  therefore, do not 
attempt  the cigar lay.  An intimate  ac­
quaintance with the customer is,  unques­
tionably,  a very  decided  advantage,  and 
the nearer the traveler can get to him, in a 
dignified  social  way,  the  more  he  en­
hances  his  chances  of  capturing  his

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TO  EXCHANGE.

ANTED—SMALL  STOCK  OF  GOODS  IN 
exchange for a first-class 160 acres of land, 
unencumbered, in Brown county. South Dakota. 
Will pay some cash difference.  C. A. French, 65 
and 66 Wonderly building,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

432

MISCELLANEOUS.

531

SALESMAN  WANTED —  A  THOROUGHLY 
experienced window glass salesman, with an 
established trade in Michigan and Indiana.  One 
having a  knowledge of  the  paint  business  pre­
ferred.  Address  The  Van  Cleve  Glass  Co., 
Cleveland. Ohio. 

F OR  SALE—11-ROOM  HOUSE  IN  GOOD  Lo­
F or  s a l e—w e  o f f e r   f o r  sa l e  o u r

cation, within ten  minutes  walk of  Monroe 
St.  Price, $3,300.  W. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St.  470
grocery  stock  at  Traverse  City,  invoicing 
$4,000 to $5,000;  or, if  purchaser  prefers, we wili 
sell  our  general  stock at Leroy, invoicing $8,000 
to  $10,000,  and  our  store  building  at  88,500, or 
either  alone.  Both  stocks  are  clean  and  well 
selected, with  established  trade,  and  the  pur­
chaser  secures  a  bargain  in  either  case.  Ad 
dress  M.  V.  Gundrum  &  Co.,  Traverse  City, 
Mich._________________________ 

you buy of the largestmanufacturers in the 
United States?  If you do, you  are  customers of 
the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.

D O  YOU  USE COUPON  BOOKS ?  IF  SO, DO 
F o r  s a l e - b e s t   r e s id e n c e  lot  in

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

■  OOD  WANTED-CORRESPONDENCE 

solicited  with  parties  having  any  No.  1 
stovewood.  Cash and highest market price paid. 
M.  E.  Lapham,  431  East  Bridge  street.  Grand 
Rapids, Mich. 

F o r  s a l e — good  d iv id e n d  - p a y in g
stocks in  banking, manufacturing  and mer 
cantile  companies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  St.,
Grand Rapids,________________  
OR  SALE—DESIRABLE  RESIDENCE  LOT 
on North  Union  street.  Size 50x142  feet to 
alley.  400 feet  from  electric  cars.  Easy terms. 
W. A. Stowe, ICO Louis street.___________ 513

354

370

535

508

 

 

 

LUMBER

RED  OAK,  WHITE  OAK,

BLACK  ASH,

ROCK  ELM,  GREY  ELM,

BASSWOOD.

A.  E.  W O R D E N ,

19  W onderly  B uilding, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

STANW001)  &  CO.,  Gloucester, Cape  Ann, Mass.

RECEIVE

M atal,  Codfish,  Herrini
Salt Water Fish

AND  ALL  KINDS  OF

DIRECT  FROM  THE  FISHERMEN.

Represented  in  Michigan  by  J. P. Visner, 167 
North  Ionia St., Grand  Rapids, Mich., who will 
be pleased to quote bottom  prices that first class 
stock can be offered at by any producer or curer.

FOURTH NATIOMBASI

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D. A. B lodoett, President.

Geo.  W.  Ga t , Vice-President.

Wm. H. A n derso n,  Cashier.
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

SITUATIONS  W ANTED.

t ï t ANTED — SITUATION  AS  TRAVELING 
YV  salesman.  Would  prefer  drugs  or  drug­
gists’  sundries.  Five  years’ experience  in  the 
drug  business.  Address  534,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

534

Transacts a general  banking  business.

H ake  a  specialty o f collections.  Accounts 

o f country m erchants solicited.

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Drugs  Medicines*

State  Board  o f Pharm acy.

One  Tear—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon,
Two  Years—James Yernor, Detroit.
Three  Tears—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
Four Tears—George Gundrum. Ionia.
Five Tears—C. A, Bngbee, Cheboygan.
President—Jacob  Jesson, Mnskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
Marquette,  Aug. SI;  Lansing,  Noxemberl.

Meetings  for  1892 — Star  Island  (Detroit),  July  5; 

Michigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass'n. 
President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. 
Vice-Presidents—8.  E.  Parkill,  Owosso;  L. Pauley, St.
Ignace;  A. S. Parker, Detroit.
Secretary—Mr. Parsons, Detroit.
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—F. J. Wurzburg,  Grand Rapids; 
Frank  Inglis  and  G.  W.  Stringer,  Detroit;  C.  E. 
Webb, Jackson.
Next place  of meeting—Grand  Rapids, Aug. S, 3 and 1. 
Local Secretary—John  D. Muir.

Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical  Society. 
President, W. R. Jewett, Secretary,  Frank H. Eecott, 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March 
June, September and December.___________________
Grand Rapids D rag Clerks’ A ssociation, 
resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. 0. Smith.

Mnsfcejton  Drug Clerks’  Association. 

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

Reliable  Formulas  for  Druggists’  Use. 

PA R ISIA N   COSMETIC  POWDER.

Rice flour,  10 lbs.
Sodium carbonate,  dried, 4 ozs. 
Powdered  borax,  4 ozs.
Perfume to suit.

WASHING  FLUID.

Soap, 2 ozs.
Boiling soft water,  1 gal.
Strong ammonia, 4 ozs.
For  a  cheap  washing  fluid,  and  one 

easily made,  this is one of the best. 

SHAVING  CREAM.

Cacoa butter,  %  oz.
Oil of almonds,  X  oz.
Glycerine,  1 oz.
Powdered white castile soap,  X   oz. 
Otto of roses,  2 drops.
Otto of  neroii,  4 drops.
Oil of  bitter almonds,  5 drops.
Rose water  to 8 ozs.
Apply and allow  to  remain  for a few 
minutes  before  wiping  off  with  a  soft
cloth.

ROYAL  BAKING  POWDER.

Sodium  bicarbonate..........................  23.61
(Residual sodium oxide)....................  1.59
Ammonium  bicarbonate......................... 98
Potassium  bitartrate........................  53.34
Calcium  sulphate.......................................31
Starch...................................................  16.34
Water of association..........................  3.83
100.00
Change the percentage into ounces and 

you have an excellent formula.

ALUM  BAKING  POWDER.

Tartaric acid,  4 parts.
Alum, 8  parts.
Bicarbonate of  sodium.  12 parts.
Potato or corn starch,  16 parts.
Ammonium carbonate,  3 parts.
Pulverize separately and sift; dry thor­
oughly with a low  degree  of  heat.  Mix 
in  a  dry  room  and  at  once  pack  into 
forms,  taking care to  pack  hard.  Cover 
at once with tin foil  or  paraffin paper to 
preserve as far  as  possible  from the ef­
fects  of  moisture.  Corn  starch  farina 
may be used in place of potato starch.

AMMONIA  BAKING  POWDER.

Ammonium carbonate,  crystaline, 6 oz.
Tartaric acid,  X   lb.
Alum,  1  lb.
Sodium bicarbonate,  IX  lb.
Starch  (or flour or potato farina), 2 lbs.
The ingredients must be pulverized and 
sifted  separately,  dried  at  a  very  low 
temperature,  mixed  in  a  perfectly  dry 
room,  and 
immediately  packed  with 
great pressure  into  the  receptacles  and 
sealed air tight,  to  prevent,  as  nearly as 
possible,  loss of  ammonia.

FURNITURE  POLISH.

Yellow wax,  1 lb.
Yellow soap, 2 ozs.
Oil turpentine, 2 pts.
Boiling water, 2 pts.
Melt the soap  and wax over a slow fire, 
add the turpentine  and  lastly stir in the 
water until quite cold.

POLISHING  SOAP.

Five kilos of coco&nut soap in shavings, 
heated with some water in an iron vessel, 
and  to  it  added  360  grams  chalk,  175 
grams  each  of  alnm,  tartar  and  white 
lead,  all finely powdered, and well stirred 
in.  Four into monlds to harden.

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

AGNES BOOTH CIGARS

Better than the Best Imported and cost only one-half as milch.

SALES  LAST  YEAR,  7,295,275!

I .

M.  CLARK  GROCERY  CO.,  State  Agents,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

J. L. Strelitsky,

HESTER  MACHINERY  CO.,

AGENTS  FOR

D o g s H ave M ore S en se.

The old story of  the  dog  who dropped 
his bone in the  river  in  order  to snatch 
at its shadow  in  the  water,  is  scarcely 
true to dog  nature;  for  dogs  and  other 
animals are apt to have pretty clear ideas 
as to what is  good for  them.  But it is a 
very common thing for men to  miss sub­
stantial benefits  which  are  within their 
reach  while grasping at things which are 
either  unreal  or  unattainable.  Every­
body makes this mistake  sometimes,  and 
some make it all  the  time.  How  many 
are there who spend their  lives  hanker­
ing after  things  that  are  beyond  their 
reach,  and which  in  many  cases  would 
not be beneficial if they could be attained, 
and neglecting the opportunities for use­
fulness and for  self  improvement which 
lie right at hand !  And it  is  because  of 
this very thing  that  there  are  so many 
disappointed  hearts—so  many  wrecked 
lives.  Every human being might he con­
tented and every human  life  might  be  a 
grand success if each of  us would but be 
satisfied to be and do the best that is pos­
sible to us with the talents which we pos­
sess,  and in  the  circumstances  in which 
we  find  ourselves  placed. 
It  is  every 
man’s  duty  to  be  always  reaching  out 
after greater things,  but  the true way to 
do that is to live up  to  the full extent of 
the  privileges  and  opportunities  which 
we already possess.  “He  that  is  faith­
ful  in  a  very  little  is  faithful  also in 
much,”  and it is to those who prove their 
faithfulness in little things that are given 
opportunities for greater service.

Geo.  R.  Scott.

Y our  W in d ow s  an d   W in d ow   D resser.
“ If  you  only  have  a  goat to sell,  be 
right in the middle of the fair,’’¡is an ad­
age old as it is wise and  simple.  Do not 
hide your light under a bushel.
With  city  or  country  merchants  the 
show window is a  convenient and telling 
medium of advertising.  Do  not  neglect 
your store windows.  As a man is gener­
ally judged  by  his  appearance,  so will 
the public  judge of  the interior of  your 
establishment by the arrangement of your 
window display. 
In fitting up your store 
see that your windows  are  properly  de­
signed to allow plenty of space and light 
for an exhibition of your goods.
Do not be parsimonious with your win­
dow dresser.  Encourage a good  man and 
pay him generously for the  labor  of  his 
brain and of his hands.  When  you  find 
a man  who is  deft  and  artistic,  do  not 
dictate to him or  otherwise  hamper  him 
with suggestions after your own conceiv­
ed ideas.  You can,  of  course,  suggest  a 
particular outline of  display  which  you 
judge may be novel,  but in the matter of 
detail, do not run counter to your window 
dresser.  Window dressing is his art, and 
like an  artist,  he should love it.  Instinc­
tive  taste  and  practice  constitute  him 
your superior in this  regard.  Give your 
window dresser scope.

T he  D ru g  M ark et.

Opium is steady.  Morphia is unchang­
ed.  Quinine is in good demand,  but  un­
changed.  Nitrate of silver has advanced. 
Rhubarb root and powdered is scarce and 
advancing..  Sugar of milk is lower.  Oil 
pennyroyal  is in small supply and higher. 
Castor oil is lower.

HOW’S  THIS?

We offer one  hundred  dollars  reward for any 
case of  catarrh  that  cannot  be  cured by Hall’s 
Catarrh Cure.
F. J.  CHENEY  &  CO.,  Props^ Toledo, O.
We the^undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney 
for the  last 15 years, and  believe him  perfectly 
honorable  In  all  business transactions and  fin­
ancially  able to carry  out  any  obligation  made 
by their firm.

We st &  T b u a x ,
Wa ld in g,  Kjn h a n &   Ma bv ik, 
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.

Hail’s Catarrh  Care is taken  internally, acting 
directly upon the  blood and  mucous surfaces of 
the  system  Price  75c  per  bottle.  Sold  by all 
druggists.  Testimonials free.

Including the following celebrated brands man­
ufactured  by the  well known  house of  Glaser,
Frame & Co. :
Vindex, long  Havana filler.........................  $35
35
Three  Medals, long Havana filler............ 
55
E lk ’s Choice, Havana filler and binder... 
55
La Fior de A lfonso,.................................... 
La Donneila de M orera,...............  
 
65
55
La  Ideal, 25 la a box...................................  
M adellena....................................................  
60
Headquarters  for  Castellanos & Lopez’s  line  of 
Key West goods.
All favorite  brands of  Cheroots  kept In stock.
10  8o. Ionia  8t.,  grand  Rapids.

 

Plain  Slide Valve  Engines w ith Throttling 
A utom atic Balanced Single Valve  Engines. 

Governors.

H orizontal, Tabular and Locom otive

BOILERS.

Upright  Engines  and  B oilers  for  L ight 

Power.

Prices on application.

45 8,  Division St., 

Grand Rapids.

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

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Wholesale Price  Current.

Advanced—Oil pennyroyal, nitrate silver. 

Declined—Castor oil, sugar milt.

acroma.

Aceti c o m ....................
Benzoicam  German..
Boracic 
......................
Carbolicnm.................
CStrieum....................
Hydroctuor.................
Nltrocum 
...................
Q xalicum ....................
Phosphorinm  d ii........
Sallçylicum ........ ........1
Sulphurtcum...............
Tannicum  .................. 1
Tartari cum........ .........
AMBONIA.

8®   10 

60®  65an
22©  30 
50®  52 
3®  5
10®   12 
10®   12 
20
30@1  70 
IX®  5 
40@1 60 
30®  32

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg 
31%®  5
20  deg................  5H@  7
Carbonas  ......................   12® 14
Chloridum....................   13® 14

anuxK.

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

BACCAS.

Cubeae (po  75)...........  
75® 80
Junlperus....................  S@  .10
Xanthoxylum...............   25® 30

BALSAXUm.

Copaiba..........................  45® 50
Peru..............................  
® l  30
Terabin, Canada  .........  35®  40
Tolutan..........................  35® 50

OOBTSX.

Abies,  Canadian.  ...............   18
Cassiae  ..................................
Cinchona Flava  ...................  1°
Enonymns  atropurp............  30
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po..............  20
Primus Vlrglnl......................  “
Quillaia,  grd.........................   {*■
Sassafras  ..............................   J*
Ulmus Po (Ground  12).........  10

“ 
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“ 
“ 

BXTRACTUM. 
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...
po.  .........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is.............
............
KB............
F E B R U M .
Carbonate Preclp........
Citrate and Quinla —
Citrate  S o l u b l e • 
Ferrocyanldum Sol —
Solut  Chloride............
Sulphate,  com’l ..........
pure..............

“ 

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

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

FLORA.

FOLIA.

Arnica.........................  
if
Anthemls....................   * ®   35
Matricaria 
.......  25®  30

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

....................   18®

niyelly......................  25®  *o
Alx.  35®  50
„
8®  10

Salvia  officiDalls,  K® 
UraUrsl........................ 

and  Kb......................  If®

«  3 

“ 

eu m i.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
•• 

Acacia, 1st  picked....  ®   75
2d 
....  @ 5 0
3d 
....  ®  40
sifted sorts...  ®  25
p o ...................  60®  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50©  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  @  12
Socotrl, (po.  60).  @  -50
C atechu, 1b, (K®, 14 Ms,
16)..............................  
©  L
A m m oniae....................
Assaf cstlda, (po. 35).. 
30®  35
Benzolnum...................  ¿0®  *
Camphor«....................   50®  w
Ruphorblum  p o .........  35® 
lo
G albanum ......................  @3  **
Gamboge,  p o .....  —   70®  75 
Guaiacnm, (po  30)  ...  @  "
Kino,  (po.  30).............   @  »
M astic..........................  @  °o
Myrrh, (po. 45)............  @  40
Opil,  6 »   2  60)............1  6o®l  <0
Shellac  ..  .........................  
bleached........   30®  35
Tragacanth.................  30®  75

“ 
hbbba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium.............................  25
‘ Kupatorium.............................  20
Lobelia.....................................   *5
Majorum..................................  *8
Mentha  Piperita.....................  ~3
“  V lr.............................   25
...................................................  30
Tanacetnm, V ..........................  22
Thymus,  V ...............................  25

MAGNESIA.
Calcined, Pat  ..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat........ 
20®  Si
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate, JennlngS..  35®  36 

ouBtnt.

Absinthium..................3 50®4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc........   45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8  00@8 25
A nisl............................1  65®1 75
Auranti  Cortex............3 00®3 25
Bergamll  .....................3  25®3 50
Cajlputl...................... 
60®  65
Caryophyill.................  70®  75
Cedar  ...........................   35®  66
Chenopodil.................  ®1  60
Cinnamonii.................1 15@1 20
Citronella....................   _ ®   45
Conlnm  Mac...............   36®  66
Copaiba  .......................1  10®1 20

Cnbebae...  .................  @ 550
Exechthltos...............  2 50@2  75
Erigeron........ .............2 25®2  50
Ganltheria..................2 00@2  10
Geranium,  ounce.......  @ 7 5
Gossipii,  Sem. gal  __   50®  75
Hedeoma  ....................1 80©1  90
Juniper!.......................   5fi@2 no
Lavendula..................   90@2 00
Limonis.......................2 75@3  25
Mentha Piper...............2 7S@S  50
Mentha Yerid 
.........2 2fi@2  30
Morrhnae, gal............. 1  00@1  10
Myrcia, ounce.............   @  50
O live............................   30@2 75
Plds liquids, (gal. 35)  10®  12
R icinl.........................  
88®  92
Rosmarinl............. 
75@l  80
Bosae, ounce...............  @6 50
Sncclni.........................  40®  45
Sabina..........  ............  90@1  00
Santa!  .........................3 50®7  00
Sassafras 
Slnapls, ess, ounce.
Tigli!.....................
Thym e....................
opt  ............
Theobromas...........

50®
@
@40®
®15®

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potassium.

 

B1 Carts.........................  15®  18
Bichromate.................  33®  14
Bromide..........  ......... 
24®  26
Carb................. 
12®  15
 
Chlorate  (po  IS)........   16®  IS
Cyanide........................  50®  55
Iodide.................................2 S0@2 90
Potassa,  Bitart.  pure..  24®  28 
Potassa. Bitart, com...  @  15
Potass  Nltras, opt....... 
8®  10
Potass NItras............... 
7®  9
Prusslate......................  28®  90
Sulphate  po.................  15®  18

BAD IX.

 

- ........  

(po. 10).......... 

Aconitum....................  20®  25
Althae...........................  22©  25
Anchusa......................  12®  15
Arum,  po......................  ®   25
Calamus........................  20®  40
Gentiana,  (po. 15).......  10®  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
  ©  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po—   15®  20
Inula,  po......................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po..........................2 2G@2 90
Iris  plox (po. 35@3$)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr....................   38®  40
Maranta,  *%s
®  35
Podophyllum, po........   15®  13
Rhei..............................   75@1  00
“  cut.......................   @1  75
“  pv.........................   75@1  35
Splgella.......................!  35®  38
Sanguinaria,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpentaria...................  35®  40
Senega.........................   45®  50
Simllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0  
M  @ 2 0
Scillae, (po. 35)............  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  FcbU-
dus.  po......................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
Ingiber a....................   12®  15
Zingiber  j ............... 
18®  22
8BXXH.

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Anlsom,  (po.  20)........   @ 15
Aplum  (graveieons)..  33®  35
Bird, Is........................ 
4®  6
Carui, (po. 18)..............  S®  12
Cardamon..........................1  00®1 25
Corlandrum.................  10®  12
Cannabis Sativa..........  3H®4
Cydonlnm....................   75®1  00
Chenopodium  ............  10®  12
Dlpterix Odorate.........2 25®2 35
Foenlculnm................  
®  15
Foenugreek,  po.......... 
6®  8
U n i.............................  4  ©  4K
Uni, grd,  (bbl. SK) • • ■  4  ©  4K
Lobelia.........................   35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   4  ® 4K
Rapa............................. 
6®  7
Slnapls,  Albu.............  
8©  9
Nigra............  11©  12

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SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W..D.  Co..2 00®2 50 
D. F. R ....... 1  75@2 00
...................1  10@1  50
Jtuilperls  Co. O. T — 1  75@1  75
“ 
.............. 1  75@3 50
35
Saacharum  N.  E .........1 75®2 00
Spt.  VInl  Galll............ I  75@6 50
Vini Oporto...................... 1  25@2 00
Vlnl  Alba..........................1  25@2 00

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SFOKORS.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage......................... 2 25®2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................... 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage..........  
Extra  yellow  sheepe’
carriage....................  
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .........................  
Hard for  slate  use —  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se ............................. 

2 00
1  10
85
65
75
140

SYRUPS.

A ccacla..................................  50
Zingiber  ................................  50
Ipecac.....................................   60
Ferri  Iod................................  50
Auranti  Cortes......................  58
Rhei  Arom.....................  
80
Simllax  Officinalis...............   60
Co.........  50
Senega...................................   50
Scillae...................................  50
“  Co................................  50
Tolntan..................................  50
Pranas  vlrg...........................  50

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“ 

T IB IT T  KBS.
Aconlttun  Napelli« R 
F
Aloes............................
and  myrrh........
A rnica.........................
As&fcBtida....................
Atrope Belladonna__
Benzoin........................
“  Co..................
Sanguinarla  ...............
Barosma  ......................
Cantharides................
Capsicum....................
Ca demon.............   ...
Co..................
Castor...........................
Catechu......................
Cinchona....................
Co..................
Colomba ......................
Conlnm.......................
Cnbeba..................
Digitalis  . 
........
Ergot.............................
Gentian.......................
“  Co....................
Gualca.........................
ammon............
“ 
Zingiber......................
Hyoscyamns...............
Iodine.........................
“  Colorless..........
Ferri  Chloridum........
K in o..........................
Lobelia.........................
Myrrh...........................
Nux  Vomica...............
O pli..............................
“  Camphorated.......
44  Deodor.................
Auranti Cortex............
Quassia.......................
Rhatany  ......................
Rhei.........................
Cassia  Acutifol..........
Co....
Serpentaria.................
Stramonium.................
Tolutan....................
Valerian..................
Yeratrum Verlde........

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M I S C E L L A N E O U S .

“ 

“ 

“ 

‘ 
“ 

“ 
ground, 

Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26®  28
30®  St
Alnmen..........................2>%®  3

“  4 F . 
(po.
7)................................ 
9®  4
Annatto........................  55®  60
Antimonl, po............... 
4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antipyrin....................   @1  40
Antlfebiin....................  @  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  @  62
Arsenicum................... 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud. 
..  55®  60
Bismuth  S.  N ............. 2 10@2 20
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ks
9
11;  K*.  12)...............  @ 
Cantharides  Russian,
po..........................
@1  00 
@  22 
Capsid  Fractus, ai
:: 
::  r,(po.
&  25 @  20
Cazyophyllus, (po.  14)  10®  12 |
Carmine,  No. 40..........  @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F .......  50®  55
Cera Flava..................   38®  40
®   40
Coccus......................... 
Cassia Fractus__ —  
©  22
Centralis...................... 
©   10
Cetaceum....................   ©  40
Chloroform.................  60®  63
sqnlbbt..  @1  25
Chloral Hyd C m ........ 1  20@1  40
Chocdrns....................   20®  25
dnchonidine, P.  A  W  IS®  20
German  3  ®  12
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
60 
cent  ........................
®   50 @  2 
Cressotnm.................
Crete, (bbl. 75)............
G®  5 
“  prep....................
“  preclp...............
9®  11
“  Rubra.................
Crocus.........................  33®  35
Cudbear........................  ©   24
Cupri Sulph.................  5 ®   6
Dextrine......................  10®  12
Ether Sulph.................  68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers.. 
po....................   ©  6
Ergota, (no.)  65..........  60®  65
Flake  White...............   12®  15
Ulula............................
Gambler....................... 7  © 8
Gelatin.  Cooper..........
“ 
Glassware  flint,  75 and 10. 
by box 70
9® 15
Glue,  Brown...............
13® 25
“  White.................
Glycerins.................... 15K® 20
Grana Paradisi...........
©
25® 55
Humulus......................
® 85
Hydraag Chlor  Mite.. 
75
“  Cor__
«
Ox Rubrum © 90
AmmoniaU..  @1  00
Vnguentum.  45®  66
Hydrargyrum.............  
®   65
Tchthyobolla, Am..  ..1  25@1  60
Indigo............  ............  75@1 00
Iodine, Resubl............3 75®3 85
Iodoform......................  @4 70
Lupulln.......................   45®  50
Lycopodium...............  50®  56
M ad s...........................  75®  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod..................  
©  27
Liquor Potass Arslnitls  10®  12 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
IK) —  *.................   2®  »
Mannla,  8. F .............  

® 70
French............ 40® 60

30® 33

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©

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Morphia,  S. P. & W.. .1 
S. N.  T.  Q. &
i  C. C o.........................1
Moschus  Canton........
Myristica.  No. 1..........
Nnx Y amica,  (po 20)..

Plds Llq, N.»C., H gal
dot  ......................
..
Picis Llq., quarts 
pints......
PII Hydrarg,  (po. 80) 
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22) 
Piper Alba,  (po g5)
Pix  Burgun..........
Plumbi A cet...............
Pulvis Ipecac et opli.. 1 
Pyre thrum,  boxes  H 
& P. D.  Go., doz..
Pyrethrum,  pv.......
Quassias.................
Quinla, S .P .1 W ..
8.  German.
Rubia  Tiuctornm.. 
Saccharum Lactis pv.
Saladn..................
Sanguis  Draconis.
Sapo.  W.................
“  M................
“  G..................

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Slnapls 

...  1*4® 2
4
50® 55

@ 24 Lindseed.  boiled  ...
® 18 Neat’*  Foot,  winter
strained.................
® SO
Spirit* Turpentine  ..
© 40 Snuff,  Maccaboy, De
35
a
pauto*.
@ TO Snuff. Scotch. De. Voes  © 35

70@1 95 Seidlltz  Mixture.
...  ........
Bfl@l 85
“  opt...........
65® 70
V oes.................
13® 20 Soda Boras,  no. i 1.  -  10® 11 Red  Venetian............
Soda  et Potass Tart.  .  27® 30 Ochre, yellow  Mars  .
Ber  ...
@2 00 Soda Carb...........
Soda,  Bt Carb.  ..
@2 00 Soda.  Ash...........
@1 no Soda, Sulphas
@ 85 Spts. Ether Co  ...
@ 50
“  Mvrcia  Dorn
“  Mvrcia Imp.
© 1
*'  Vini  Reci. bbl
@ S
@ 7
14® 15
Less 5c cal., cash ten davs.
10@1 20 Strvchuia  Crvstal
Sulphur, Subì__
Roll.......
Tamarinds..........
Terebenth Venice
Theobrom ae 
...
30 Vanilla................
9  g
12® 14 Zlnci  Sulph........
29® 30
m m
60@1 65
40® 50
12® 14 Whale, winter__ . . . .   70
10® 12 Lard,  extra.......... .  . ..   55
@ 15 Lard. No.  1.......... . .. .  45
43

46 
49
50 
60
35 
40
bbl.  Id.
1*  2@8
IK  204
IK  2@3
® 5 Putty,  commercial... 21%  2K@3
strictly  p u re___ 2K  2K®3
® 2 Vermilion Prime Amer-
lean.........................
1S@16
65®70
@2 25 Vermilion,  English
@3 no Green,  Peninsular  ..
70@75
Lead,  red.................. ..  7  @7*4
w h ite............. ■ -  7  @7K
Whiting, white Span.
@70
©1 30 Whiting.  Gilders’ __
@90
1  0
.  .  2K@ 4 White,  Paris  American 
....  214® 3*4 Whiting  Paris  Eng.
1  4C
C lin ..............................
8® 10
28® so Pioneer Prepared Paint!  23©l  4
43 Swiss  Villa  Prepared
38  a
Paints..................... .1 00@1  20
fi  00® 16  00
$
T iu v r a m .
No. 1 Tnrp  Coach... 1  10@1  30
Extra Turn...............
160®1  73
Bbl.  Gal Coach  Body............. . .2  75®S 00
70 No. 1  Tnrp Fum ....... .1  00@1  10
..1  55®1  60
60 Entra Turk Damar 
50 Japan  Dryer,  No. 1
46
Tdtp........................
70@.75

Linseed, pure raw

. . .  2  21 @2 31

@1 25

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Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils  Varnishes.

DEALERS  IN

Sole A gents  for the  Celebrated

81)18$  VILLA  PREPARED  PAINTS.

Foil  lie of  Staple  Druggists’  M ies.

We are Sole Proprietors o f

Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarri)  Remedy.

W e D ave in Stock and Offer « Fu ll Line o f

WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES,  RUMS.

We sell Liquors for inediciual purposes only.
We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarantee satisfaction.
All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them.  Send a trial order*

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

Grocery  Price  Current•

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

and  buy  In  full  packages.

COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

I Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 110 down. |
20 books...........................8  1  00
50 
100 
850 
500 
1000 

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Peas.

Sago.

Wheat.

Green,  bn.. 
Split  per  lb
German....
Bast India..
Cracked.......

2 00
3 00
6 25
10 00
17 50

.......1  40
.......3 00
... ;  4
....  5

5

CLOTHES PINS.

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

COCOA  SHELLS.
351b  bags........................ 
0 3
Less quantity.................  @3M
Pound  packages...........6M07

CONDENSED MILK.
4 doz. In case.

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

Small.

Barrels, 2,400  count. 
4 00
Half bbls, 1,200 count 
2 50
Clay, No.  216......................... 1 75
“  T .D .fnll count............  75
Cob, No.  3..............................1 25

PIPES.

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

Babbitt’s . . . . ......................  4 00
PennaSalt  Co.’s ...............   3 25

Williams,  per doz..............  1 75
5 00

BOOT BEER
3 doz. case... 

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BICE.

Domestic.

Carolina bead.........................
No. 1......................... 5
“ 
“  No. 2.................  ©  4

Broken.................................   3M

Imported.

“ 

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

‘No. 2.............................5M

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

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Allspice.................................. 10
Cassia, China In mats........   8
Batavia in bund___15
Saigon In rolls..........35
Cloves,  Amboyna..................22
Zanzibar................... 13
Mace  Batavia........................80
Nntmegs, fancy.....................80
“  No.  1.........................75
“  No.  2........................65
Pepper, Singapore, black___15
“ 
w hite...  .25
“ 
shot..........................19
Pure Ground in Bulk.

Allspice...................................1
Cassia,  Batavia.....................20
and Saigon.25
Saigon......................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................30
Zanzibar................. 20
Ginger, African.....................15
.Cochin...................  18
Jamaica...................2P
Mace  Batavia........................ 8(
Mustard, Bug. and Trieste. .25
“  Trieste..................... 27
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................65
Pepper, Singapore, black___20
“  white.......30
“  Cayenne...................25
Sage......................................... 20
“Absolute” in Packages.

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Ms  Ms
Allspice............  .........  84  156
Cinnamon....................   84  1  55
Cloves...........................  84  1  55
Ginger, Jam.................  84  1 55
“  A f....................   84  1  55
Mustard........................  84  1  55
Pepper.........................   84  155
Sage................................  84

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

 

SEEDS.

A nise...........................  
©12M
Canary, Smyrna.  ....... 
4
_  g
Caraway...................... 
Cardamon,Malabar.  . 
90
4M
Hemp,  Russian..........  
Mixed  Bird  ............  .  4M0 5M
Mustard,  white  ......... 
6
9
Poppy...........................  
Rape............................. 
6
Cuttle  bone  ...............  
ao

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20-lb boxes...........................   6U
40-lb 

...........................;  e

Gloss.
 
 
......................... 6

1-lb packages...................  
  514
3-lb 
 
5M
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............   4M
Barrels....................................  4m

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SNUFF.

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

SODA.

B oxes....................................... 5M
Kegs, English..........................4£

SALT.
100 3-lb. sacks............ 
. .12  25
60 5-lb.  “ 
...................... 2 00
28 10-lb. sacks....................   1  85
20 14-lb.  “ 
......................   2 25
24 3-lb  cases........................  1  50
50
56 lb. dairy in’llnen  bags.. 
281b.  “ 
is
.. 

drill  “ 

Warsaw.

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

Higgins.

56 lb. dairy In linen sacks.. 

56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks. 

Solar Rock.

56 lb.  sacks.......................... 

Common Fine.

Saginaw............................. 
Manistee............................  

35
is

75 

75 

25

80
85

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

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Cod.

Halibut.
Herring.

Yarmouth.............................  1 10
Pollock..............•..........
Whole, Grand  Bank...  @5
Boneless,  bricks.........6  @6M
Boneless,  strips............53>i@6M
Smoked........................ 
12
Scaled...........................  
Holland,  bbls..................  
kegs.............. 
Round shore,  M bbl... 
“  M  bbl.. 
Mackerel.

18020
11 00
85
2 00
1  10
No. 1, M bbls. 90 lbs............11  00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................  1 25
Family, M bbls., 100 lbs__ 5  50
75
kits, 10  lbs........... 
Russian,  kegs......................  
45
No. 1, M bbls., lOOlbs.............6 60
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...................   90
No. 1, M bbls., lOOlbs........... 8  00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs..................1  10
Family, M bbls., 100 lbs  ...  3  50 
kits  10  lbs.............  50

Sardines.
Trout.

Whiteflsh.

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FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla 
125
2ozfoldlDgbox...  75 
1  50
...1  00 
3 oz 
“ 
2  00
...1  50 
4 oz 
“ 
6 0Z 
...2  00 
3  00
“ 
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8 OZ 
.. .3  00 
4  00
SUN  POWDER.

HERBS.

INDIGO.

K egs......................................5 50
Half  kegs..............................3 00
Sage........................................15
Hops.......................................25
Madras,  5 lb. b o x es......... 
55
50
S. F., 2, Sand 5 lb. boxes.. 
JELLY.
17  b. pails.........................  
55
85
........................ 
30  “ 
Pure.................... 
30
 
Calabria................................  
25
Sicily.......................................  12
LYE.
Condensed, 2 doz................ l  25
4 doz.................2 25
HATCHES.
No. 9  sulphur....................... 1  25
Anchor parlor.......................1 70
No. 2 home............................1  10
Export  parlor....................... 4 00

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MINCE  HEAT

- 5 S Î HSUITO
É r& S Í

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

MEASURES.

Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon  .............................| l   75
Half  gallon.......................   1  40
Quart.................................. 
70
Pint.....................................  
45
Half  p in t.......................... 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon..............................   7 00
Half gallon........................  4 75
Quart..................................  3 75
Pint.....................................   2 25

KOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house........................  13M
ie
Ordinary............................. 
Prime.................................. 
ie
Fancy..................................  
20

14
17
22
27
35

New Orleans.
 

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

OATMEAL.

Barrels  200..................   @4  75
Half barrels 100..................@2 50

ROLLED OATS.
Barrels 180...................  @4  75
Half  bbls 90...............  
0 2   50

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count.............13 SO
Half  barrels, 600 count....  2 25

CRACKERS.

Butter.

Soda.

Seymour XXX........................6
Seymour XXX, cartoon.......6M
Family  XXX ........................  8> “
Family XXX,  cartoon.........6M
Salted  XXX........................... 6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  .........6M
Kenosha 
...........................   7M
Boston.....................................8
Butter  biscuit......................  6M

Soda, XXX...........................   6
Soda, City..............................   7M
Soda,  Duchess........................8M
Crystal Wafer....................... 10
Reception  Flakes.. 
.......... 10
Oyster.
S. Oyster XXX......................  6
City Oyster. XXX...................  6
Farina  Oyster......................   6
Strictly  pure........................ 
30
Telfers  Absolute...............  
35
Grocers’.............................. 10015

CREAK TARTAR.

D R IED   FRUITS. 

D om estic.
APPLES.

“ 

APRICOTS.

quartered  “ 

Sundried. sliced in  bbls. 
5
5
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes  ©7
California In  bags..........9M01O
Evaporated in boxes.  ..12012s
BLACKBERRIES.
In  boxes.......................... 
4^
NECTARINES.
70 lb. bags.........................  
7 s
25 lb. boxes......................9  09M
Peeled, in  boxes........ . 
12
Cal. evap.  “ 
9010
“ 
California in b a g s__  
PITTED CHERRIES.
Barrels............................. 
50 lb. boxes..................... 
25  “ 
..................... 

In bags.........  8©  8M

 
PEARS.

PEACHES.

jo
11
12

©7

“ 

“ 

 

PBUNELLES.

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

u

RASPBERRIES.

21S
22
33

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

 
 
Foreign.
CURRANTS.
Patras, In barrels........  
In  M-bbls........ 
In lesB quantity  © I

“ 
“ 

0  3M
© 3m

PEEL.

25  “ 
25  “ 

Citron, Leghorn. 25 lb. boxes  20 
“ 
Lemon 
10
“  H
Orange 

“ 
“ 
RAISINS.
Domestic.
London layers,  2 crown__ 1  40
3  “ 
....165
fancy.......... 1  85
Loose Muscatels, boxes....... 1  25
70 lb. bags  05M 
Ondura, 29 lb. boxes..  7M0  7M 
..11  ©12
“ 
Sultana, 20 
..  i  @  5}$
Valencia, 30  “ 

Foreign.

“ 
“ 

PRUNES.

Bosnia..............................  ©
California, 90x100 25 lb. bxs.  8 
..8M
..if
,.9M
05M

“ 
“ 
“ 
Turkey...........................  
Silver......................................... 11 m

80x90 
70x80 
60x70 

“ 
“ 
“ 

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

XX  wood, white.

No. 1,6M.............................  H  75
No. 2, 6M.............................  1  60
No. 1, 6................................   1  66
No. 2, 6................................  1  50
No. 1, 6M.............................  135
No. 2, 6M.............................  125
«K  .......................................  1 00
#•••• 
95
Coin.
Mill  No. 4............ 
100

Manilla, white.

 

 

 

 

FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 

Farina.
1001b. kegs.................. 
3m
.  Hominy.
Barrels....................................     00
Grits......................................3 50

 

Lima  Beans.

4
Maccaronl and Vermicelli. 

Dried............................... 
Domestic, 121b. box.... 
Imported..............10M®11H
Pearl Barley.
Kegs......................  ©2M

55

Arctic.

gross 
6  00
5 50 
9 00 
8 00
6 00

AXLE ORE ABE.
doz
Aurora......................   55
Diamond...................  50
Frazer’s ....................   81
M ica.........................   75
.................   55
Paragon 
BAKINS  POWDER.
Acme.
M lb. cans, 3 doz..........
45 
85 
Mlb.  “ 
2  “  ............
lib .  “ 
1  “  ..............
1 60 
Bulk..................................
10
& fl> cans..........................
60 
M a>  “ 
........................
1 20 
......................
1  lb  “ 
2 00 
5  lb  “ 
........................
9 60
Cook's  Favorite.
100 M lb cans......................  12 00
100 J£ lb cans......................  12 00
100M lbcans......................  12 00
2 doz 1 ib cans......................  9 60
(tankard pitcher with each can)
per doz 
Dime cans..  90
.1   33 
l-oz 
6 oz 
1  90 
..2 47 
-i oz 
.  3 75 
12-  Z 
..4 75 
(6-oz 
11  40 
2M-¡b 
18 25 
4 ib 
vlb 
21  60 
41  80
10-lb

(161 pieces colored glass)
(101 pieces of crystal glass)
(100 hdl cups and saucers)

pÇPRICE’S
CREAMI
Ba k in g
bowdeb

Dr. Price’s.

“ 
“ 
“ 
*■ 

M lb  “ 
1® 
“ 
Mlb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 
Victor.

40
Bed Star, & B> cans............ 
80
............ 
.............  1 50
45
Teller’s,  M lb. cans, doz. 
86
“  .. 
“  ..  1 50
80
“ 
2 doz.....................  2 00
RATH BRICK.

6 oz cans, 4 doz  ..................  
9 
16 

“ 

 

 

2 dozen in case.

E nglish..................................  90
Bristol.....................................   80
Domestic.......... .-...................   70
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals....................   4 00

bluing. 

 

“ 

8oz 

“ 
“  pints,  round  ...........10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 3, 
. . . 4  00
“  No. 5, 
. . . 8  00
1 oz ball  ..................  4 50
“ 

“ 
“ 

 

BROOKS.
............................2  25

No. 2 Hurl....................................2 00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet................................ 2 50
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem..................................3 00
Common Whisk........................  1 00
Fancy 
Warehouse..................................3 50
Stove,  No.  1........................  125
“  10........................1  50
“  15........................   1 75
Klee Root Scrub, 2  row .... 
85
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row__   1  25
Palmetto,  goose........................  1 50

...................1  20

BRUSHES.

“ 
“ 

“ 

CANDLES
“ 

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes...............   io
Star,  40 
 
Paraffine................................ 11
Winking................................   24

 

CANNED  GOODS.

PISH.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

Little Neck,  lib .........................1 15
“  2  lb ........................ 1 90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb.............................2 00
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb......................   85

21b............................1 65
Lobsters.

“ 

Star,  1  lb....................................2 40
“  2  lb....................................3 30
Picnic, 1 lb.................................. 2 00
“ 
21b.................................. 2 90
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb............................. 1 30
2  lb........................... 2 25
Mustard,  2 lb .............................2 25
Tomato Sauce,  21b...................2 25
Soused, 2 lb................................ 2 25
Columbia River, flat............ 1  85
tails.............1 75
Alaska, 1  lb.................................1 45
21b............................. 210
Sardines.
American  Ms...................... 4H 0 5
Ms......................6M© 7
Imported  Ms.......................10012
.  Ms.......................15016
Mustard M*......................... MB
Boneless............................. 
20
Brook, 3 lb..................................g so

Salmon.
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
" 

Trout.
TBUITS.
Apples.

8 lb. standard.............  
York Bute, gallons.... 
.... 
Hamburgh,  “ 

1  10
1  50
1  40
2 25
1  35
1  25

1  25
210

1  30
2 50
2 75
1  10

'

Apricots.
Live oak.......................
2 25
Santa Cruz...................
2 00
Lusk’s ...........................
2 50
Overland....................
1  90
Blackberries.
B. &  W.........................
90
Cherries.
Red................................
1 20
Pitted Hamburgh.......
1  75
W hite...........................
1  20
Erie..............................
1  20
Damsons, Egg Pluma and Green
Gages.
Erie...........................
01 25
California....................
1  70
Gooseberries.
Common......................
1  10

Peaches.

P ie ................................
M axwell......................
Shepard’s ....................
California....................
Monitor 
....................
Oxford..........................

Pears.

“ 

com m on............

Domestic......................
Riverside......................
Pineapples. 
Common......................
Johnson's  sliced........
grated........
Quinces.
Raspberries.
Red  .........................
Black  Hamburg........
Erie,  black 
...............
Strawberries.
Lawrence...............
Hamburgh...............
Erie...................
Terrapin....................

1  30
1  50
1  40
1
25
1  5 
3»
Common............
1  20
F. &  W..........
1 20
1  25
Blueberries...........
120
MEATS.
Corned  beef,  Libby’s.
..  1  80
Roast beef,  Armour’s __ ...1  75
Potted  ham, M lb...
...1  50
“  M lb............. ...1 00
tongue, M lb __
..1  10
95
.. 
chicken, M lb ....... ..-  95

Whortleberries.

“  M lb ...  .

“ 

7 00

VEGETABLES.

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

2 75

Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless__
French style..
Limas.............

...1  25
...2 25
..1  40
Lima, green...................... ...1  30
soaked.................. ...  80
Lewis Boston  Baked..
...1 35
Bay State  Baked............
...1  35
World’s  Fair.................... ...1  35
Hamburgh...................
Livingston  E den............
Purity 
.............................
Honey  Dew..................
Morning Glory.................
Hamburgh marrofat.......

..1  15
..1  50
.  110
..135
early June...........
Champion Eng... 1  50
Hamburgh  petit  pols...........1  75
fancy  sifted........1  90
Soaked....................................  os
Harris  standard...................  75
9
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.1  10
Early Jane.........1  80
Archer's  Early Blossom.... 1  36 
French.........................................1 go

“ 
“ 
“ 

Peas

" 

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

French.................................16®18
Erie.........................................  95
Hubbard.................................   20
Hamburg  ...............................1  40
Soaked....................................  go
Honey  Dew................................. 1 60
Excelsior  ...............................   00
Eclipse......................................... 1 00
Hamburg................................    30
Gallon.........................................2 50

Tomatoes.

COFFEE.

GREEN.
Rio.

Fair..........................................16
Good........................................17
Prime......................................is
Golden....................................20
Peaberry 
.............................. 20
Santos.

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

Maracaibo.

Mexican and Guatam&la.
Fair................ 
20
Good........................................21
Fancy......................................23
Prime......................................19
M illed....................................20
Interior.................................. 25
Private Growth..*.................27
Mandehling..........................28
Imitation............................... 23
Arabian.................................. 26

Mocha.

Java.

 

BOASTED.

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

PACKAGE.

A rbuckle’s A riosa........   19.30
M cLaughlin's  XXXX  19.30
G erm an.............................19 30
Bunola  ..............................   18.80
Lion, 60 or 100 Ib.  case__   19 30

Valley City........................... 
75
P e l l x ...........................1  iS
Hummel’s, foil....................   1  50
t in ......................2 60

“ 

Balk...
R ed ...

CLOTHES  LINES.
50 ft..........  
“
60 ft..........
“
“
70 ft.......... 
M 80 ft.......... 
“
Jute
60 ft.......... 
“
7 2 f f ........  
“

Cotton, 40 ft..........per doz. 1  25
1  40
1  60
1  75
1  00
90
100

COUPON  BOOKS.

“Tradesman.’

per hundred.................2 00
;;  ;; 

.......

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

CHEESE.

£ mb° y ..........................  @ 8m
Horton.........................  
© 8M
Riverside....................  
Sb  8W
h  7«
Gold  Medal  ...............  
Skim .............................  5  @ 6
Brick................................ 
10
01  00
E dam ........................... 
010
Limburger  ..................... 
Pineapple........................ 
025
f e
Roquefort........................ 
Sap Sago.........................  
022
Schweitzer, Imported. 
030
domestic  ....  ©15

“ 

CATSUP.

gg
240
2 so

Blue Label Brand.
 

Half  pint, 25’bottles............ 2 75
Pint 
Quartal doz bottles..............3 50

“ 

“Superior.”

: per hundred.................  g 50
3 00

22
35
38
40

“Universal.”

1 1, per hundred...............   $3 00

, 

L®- 
£°- 

................. 5 00
................. «00
................. 7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 or over..............5 per cent.
500  '• 
4 50
1000  " 

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

“
«

SALERA TU8.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Church’s .......................... .  S3 30
DeLand’s .......................... ..  3  15
Dwight’s ........................... ..  3 30
Taylor’s ............................. ..  3 00

SOAP.
LAUNDRY.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country,  SO  1-lb....... ...3  20
Good Cheer, 601 lb .......... ...3 90
White Borax, 100  5£-lb... ...3  60

Proctor A Gamble.
Concord............................. ..  2 80
Ivory, 10  oz......................
..  6 75
6  oz........................
..  4 00
Lenox 
.............................
Mottled  German.............
.  3 15
Town Talk  ......................
.  3 (¡0

“ 

SCOURING AND POLISHING.
“ 

Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz. 
hand, 3 doz.......

..  2 50
..  2 50

SUGAR.
Cut  Loaf......................
@  5)4
Cubes...........................
@ 5
Powdered...................
@ Sh
Granulated.. 
....... @4.69
Confectioners’ A.  ...
@4 56
Soft A ...........................
@  i%
White Extra C............
@4.3!
Extra  C........................ @4  18
C ..............  .................
@  35s
Yellow 
....................
@ 3a
Less than  bbls.  )£c advance

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels..............................
.  22
Half bbls...........................
..24
Fair....................................
..  19
Good..................................
..  25
Choice................................ ...  30

Pure Cane.

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

8
8
9
8*
8)4

TEAS.

ja pa n—-Regular. 

Fair..............................
@17
Good__
@20
Choice... ......................24 @26
Choicest.......................32 @34
D ust...... ...................... 10 @12

SUN CURED.

Fair.......
@17
@20
Good..  .
Choice... ......................24 @26

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

1 7

PA PER  A WOODEN WARE

PAPER.

Straw 
........................
.......... IX
Rockfalls....................
.......... 2
Rag sugar....................
..........2
Hardware....................
.......... 254
Dry  Goods.................. •  5)4@6 4
Jute  Manilla...............
@5)4
Red  Express  N o .l... 
.........5)4
No.2  ..
.......... 4)4

“ 

TWINES.

“ 

48 Cotton;.................... .......£0
Cotton, No. 1............... ........ 17
“  2..............
........ 16
Sea  Island, assorted.. ........30
No. 5 Hemp.................
.........15
No. 6 “ ........................
........ 15
WOODENWARE.

Tubs, No. 1..............................7 00
No. 2.............................6  00
No. 3.............................5  00
1 45
Pails, No. 1,  two-hoop.. 
No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  70
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__  
40
Bowls, 11 inch......................  SO
.......................   1  00
13 “ 
..........................1  60
15 “ 
..........................2 40
17 “ 
3 00
19  “ 
21  “ 
3  tO
35
shipping  bushel..  1  25 
..  1.40
full hoop  “ 
5 75
“  No.2 
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l 3 50
“  No.2 
“  No.3 

“ 
“ 
“ 
‘ 
“ 
“ 
“ willow cl'ths, No.l 
“ 
“ splint 
“ 
“ 

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

“ 
“ 
‘ 
“ 

 
 

 

INDURATED WARE.

Pails  ...................................   4 05
Tubs, ü  doz.........................   4 55

6 25

4 25
5 0C

HIDES,  PELTS  and  FURS
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol 

lows,  prices nominal :
HIDES.
Green.......................
)i@3)4 
Part Cured...............
@314 
Full  “ 
...............
@ 4 
Dry............................ ..  5
@  5
Kips, green  .............
..  2H@ 3H 
“  cured...............
@ 4
Calfskins,  green__ ..  4 @ 5)4
cured — ..  5 @  7
Deacon skins............ ..10 @30

“ 

No. 2 hides M off.
PELTS

.................... ..20 @  50

Shearlings................. ..10 @25
Lambs 
Washed.............
.20 @23
Unwashed............... .  10 @30

WOOL.

MISCELLANEOUS.

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

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

.2 00@2 75

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as follows :

DRESSED.
Fow l........................
. .1 0 @12
Turkeys..................
..11 @13
Ducks  .  .................
.11 @13
L IV E .
Chickens,...............
..14 @16
Fowls......................
..  8 @ 9
Turkeys...................
..  9 @10
Spring Duck............ .  12 @14

FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

FRESH  FISH

follows.
Whiteflsb 
..................  7  @ 8
T rout.............................. 7  @ 8
Halibut.........................   @15
Ciscoes or Herring__   5  @ 6
Bluefish......................... 11  @12
Fresh lobster, per lb  ... 
Soft crabs, per doz........  
Shrimp, per gal............. 
Cod................................. 10  @12
No. 1 Pickerel..............  @ 8
Pike..............................   @ 7
Smoked  White  ..........  @ 7

20
90
1  25

o y s t e r s — Cans. 

Falrhaven  Counts —   @40
F. J. D. Selects..........   @35
Oysters, per  100  .........1  25@1  50
..........   75@1  00
Clams, 

SHELL  GOODS.

“ 

Warpath.................................14
Banner...................................15
King Bee.................................20
Kiln Dried............................. 17
Nigger Head..........................23
Honey Dew........................... 24
Gold  Block............................28
Peerless.................................. 24
Rob  Roy...............................-.24
Uncle  Sam............................28
Tom and Jerry.......................25
Brier Pipe...............................30
Yum  Yum............................. 32
Red Clover............................. 32
Navy....................................... 32
Handmade..............................40
Frog....................................... 33

WA8HBOARDS.

Choicest...................... .32 @34
Dust............................ .10 @12

BASKET  FIRED.

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

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

YOUNG HYSON.

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

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

Fair................................18  @22
Choice............................24  @28
Best................................40  @50

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF'S

WHEAT.

MEAL.

84 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 
84
Bolted.................................   1  40
Granulated......................... 
l  50
FLOUR.
Straight,  In sacks  ..........  4 50
“ barrels..........  4 60
“ 
“ sacks...........   5 50
Patent 
“ barrels..........  5 60
“ 
Graham 
“ sacks...........   2 20
Rye 
“ “ 
............  2 50

MILLSTUFFS.

Less

Car lots  quantity

*15 00
15 00
17 00
21 00
21 01

CORN.

Bran.................*15 00 
Screenings__   15 00 
Middlings.......  16 00 
Mixed Feed...  21  00 
Coarse meal 
21 00 
Car  lots................................. 55
Less than  car  lots..............57
Car  lo t s ................................40
Less than car lo t s ...............41
No. 1 Timothy, car lots  ... 13 r0 
No. 1 
15 00

HAT.
ton lots 

OATS.

“ 

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

Palls unless otherwise noted
Hiawatha....................
60
34
Sweet  Cuba.................
24
McGinty......................
22
)4 bbls..........
32
Valley  City.................
27
Dandy Jim...................
20
Torpe’d o .......................
in drums —
19
Yum  Yum  .................
26
Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead  ...................
Joker...........................
Nobby Twist..................
Oh  My.............................
Scotten's Brands.

33
22
39
29

Plug.

“ 

Finzer’s Brands.

Middleton’s Brands.

22
Kylo..............................
Hiawatha.....................
38
34
Valley C ity.................
40
Old  Honesty...............
32
Jolly Tar......................
28
Here  It Is....................
31
Old Style......................
Jas. G. Butler  A  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good...............
...38
...26
Toss Up..............................
.25
Out of Sight......................
Private Brands.
30
Sweet  Maple...............
26
L. A W..........................
Smoking.
Boss.....................................
12)4
Colonel’s Choice................. .13

OILS.

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows.  In barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
Eocene...........................  
9
Water White, old test.  @ 8%
W.  W.  Headlight, 150° 
754
Water  White  ............  @ 7
Naptha.........................   @  7
Stove Gasoline............  @7%
Cylinder......................27  @36
E ngine....................... 13  @21
Black, 25 to 30 deg  ...  @7)4

FRESH  HEATS.

“ 

Swift & Company quote as fol­
lows:
Beef, carcass...............  5V4@ 6)4
“  hindquarters...  7  @ 8 
fore 
“ 
...  4  @  4)4
loins,  No.  3  .  10  @11
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ribs...................  8V4@  9)4
“ 
rounds..............  5%@  6
“ 
Bologna........................  @  4Vs
Pork lo in s....................   @ 8
.........6)4@  6V4
Sausage, blood or head  @  4)4
liv e r ..............  @4)4
Frankfort  —   @ 7
Mutton  .......................8  @ 9
Veal................................6  @6)4

shoulders 

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Single

Double.

W ilson....................................... $2 00
Saginaw........................................1 75
Rival.....................................  Ia40
Daisy..........................................   1 00
Langtry.................................. lolO
Defiance.....................................   1 75
W ilson..................................  2n50
Saginaw................................  2o25
Rival.....................................  lo80
Defiance.......................................2 00
Crescent.  ...............................2  60
Red Star.......................................2 75
Shamrock ...............................2  50
Ivy Leaf.....................................  2 25
40 gr.........................................7
50 gr.........................................8

VINEGAR.

$1 for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

Bulk, per gal  ..................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 
teast—Compressed. 
Fermentum  per doz. cakes..
per lb’.................
“ 
Fleischman, per doz cakes...
“ 
perlb...................

The  steam er “R io   D e   J a n e iro "

Has  just  landed  in S an  Francisco  our first  consignment  of  this  s e a s o n ’s

Our  own  importation.  These  Teas  w e   guarantee  to  be  the  v e r y   finest 
brought  to  this  country  and  are  constantly  carried  in  stock  by  us,  which 
enables  us  to  fill  your  orders  at  any  time  with  exactly  same  brand.  Get 
your  orders  in  at  once,  so  as  to  secure  the  first  pickings  which  are,  of 
course,  a  little  finer  style  than  later.

We  carry  as  usual  the  largest  and  finest  stock  of  everything  in  the 
grocery  line.  Doing  more  than  ever  and  can  always  be found  “Where you 
s e e   the  most  business  going  on."

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T H E   M I C H t a A J S T   T R  A D E S M A N .

SH A N G -W H A NG   TEA .

I 

W ritten for The Tradesman.
c l  never handled  Shang-Whang tea  but 
once,  and then it  proved a great success. 
The  experiment was entirely successful, 
and,  should the  conditions  requisite  for 
operating  Shang-Whang  ever  cross  my 
mercantile 
should 
repeat the  experiment—unless  I  should 
become previously converted.

towpath  again, 

When I traded my old shingle  mill  up 
on  Hemlock  creek  for  a  grocery  store 
down  at  “The  Forks,”  there  was  some­
thing  like  half  a  wagonload  of  one- 
pound prize packages of  tea corded up on 
top  of 
the  shelving.  No  one  knew 
where this precious stuff came from,  but 
it was  supposed to have been  brought to 
“The Forks”  by the first storekeeper, old 
Tim  Noodles, from  somewhere  down in 
Ohio.  Tim  traded  off  the  stock  for a 
quarter  section  of  pine  land  and  went 
back to Ohio.  At this transfer the  prize 
packages were  invoiced at 50 cents each. 
When the next  transfer  was  made,  they 
dropped to 25 cents,  and  the next change 
of  ownership  brought  them  down  to  10 
cents.  After this they were not invoiced 
at  all—they  were  thrown  in  with  the 
cobwebs and the  good-will  of  the  busi­
ness.

Shortly after the stock  passed  into my
hands,  1  suggested  to  Flackett  that we
had better  give  the  store  a  renovating
and  make  a  bonfire  of  the  dusty  old
packages.  Now  Flackett 
is  an  older
man than  1.  and,  therefore,  has had more
worldly  experience.  He  gives  me  tree
access to his stock of worldly  wisdom  in
return  for enough store space  to  exhibit
a  sewing  machine.  When  1  suggested
the bonfire,  he removed his pipe from his
mouth  and  shook  his  hand. 
(This  is
always  a  sure  indication  that  Flackett
has suddenly struck an idea and is about
to ventilate  it  for  my  especial  benefit.)
Flackett carries around a great head with
him,  and,  no  doubt,  he would have  been#
a state senator  long ago,  were it  not  for 
the fact that his  mother draws a pension 
which is quite ample to  support him  and 
keep him  in tobacco.

Mounting  on  the  stepladder,  he  got 
one of the packages  and opened it.  The 
ravages  of 
time  had  obliterated  the 
printed 
label  on  the  outside,  and  the 
silver teaspoon  inside of the package was 
nothing but a skeleton. 
Its silver or  tin 
coating had all  been  slowly  eaten  away 
by the  Prussian  blue  and  the  native 
Chinese indigo of  the tea.

“Now 

look-e  here,  Pliable,” 

said 
Flackett,  “that air stuff ruined  one  man 
and badly crippled half  a  dozen  others. 
’Taint wuth a continental  ’n  never wuz, 
and it didn’t cost you a blamed  cent;  but 
that’s no reason  why  you shuldn’t make 
suthin’ on ’t.”

“ What!” says  I,  “do  you suppose that 
I  would  try  to  unload  that  painted, 
poisonous  mass  of  stuff  on  my  cus­
tomers for good tea?”

“Oh, don’t be so deuced  tender  in  the 
bit,”  Flackett  replied.  “Now,  there’s 
jist  442  packages  of  that  air  tea,  by 
actual  count.  Now,  jist  take  them 
empty tea chests and  bust open all these 
packages and dump the hull  business  in 
’em.  Then  advertise  some  new-fangled 
cheap tea and sell it  for 25 cents a pound. 
Ye can git a clean  hundred dollars out of 
the  stuff  and  ’nuff  more  to  pay  yer fur 
yer trouble.”

I began to question the immoral nature 
of  such a transaction  when  Flackett  in­
terrupted me with,  “Oh, hang yer moral­

izin’!  When y e ’ve bin thumped around in 
the world s’ long as I’ve bin,  ye’ll make a 
dollar whenever ye git a  chance,  an’  ye 
won’t stop to preach about it neither.”

1  ventured  to  intimate  that  the  stuff 

might kill somebody.

“ Well,  spose’n’  it does,”  said Flackett. 
“Eny man that buys  cheap,  painted  tea 
fur  his  wife  to  drink  is  no good to the 
world,  and any women that ’u’d live with 
sich a  man  aint  much  better.  But  ye 
needn’t worry ’bout its  killin’  anybody; 
there aint ’nuff  Prussian blue  an’ indigo 
in it to kill the kind  o’  folks  that  buys 
sich  stuff  anyhow.  Sich  people  don’t 
know tea from a  hole in the ground,  and j 
the  more  color  there  is  to  it,  and  the 
more it puckers up the mouth  when they 
drink it,  the better it  is,  in  their  jedge- 
ment.”

Flackett  had  fully  convinced  me  by 
this  time,  and  1  asked  him what name 
we had  better  give  it  and  how  we  had 
better  proceed  to  dispose  of 
it.  He 
suggested  “Shang-Whang”  as  an  ap­
propriate name,  and  drafted  the  follow­
ing advertisement which  I  had  inserted 
in The Forks Reflector.

Just Arrived

At the Ohio Grocery  in  The Forks,

Direct From  the Flowery Kingdom, 

Shang-Whang,

The New Popular 25 cent Tea.

Try  I t

It 

is  needless  to  say  that  “Shang- 
Whang”  went off  like  hot  cakes.  The 
fellows up in  the woods  who  haul  hem­
lock  bark, ties,  hoop  poles,  wood  and 
other  truck  to  “The  Forks”  bought 
“Shang-Whang”  and  pronounced it  the 
best tea that ever came  to  “The  Forks.” 

J o n a s  P l ia b l e .

A  W ise  M inister.

The minister of  a western  church  not 
long  ago  preached  a  sermon  on  card 
playing and at its close remarked:
“Will the brethren  now  in  the  house 
who know how to play poker please hold 
up their  hands?”
He  waited  a  minute  and  not a hand 
went up.
“I  am  very  much  obliged,”  he  re­
marked,  “but 1 did not  think so many of 
you knew how.”
There was a sensation  in  the  church, 
but the preacher concluded  the  services 
quietly  and  afterwards  a  committee 
waited on him.
“We came to ask what  you  meant  by 
saying  that  we  all  knew  how  to play 
poker,  when  in response to your  inquiry 
not  one  of  us  responded,”  said  the 
spokesman hotly. 

The preacher laughed  soothingly.
“Don’t let your tempers get the  better 
of you,  brethren,” he  replied;  “any man 
who knows bow to play  poker  isn’t  go­
ing to show his hand unless he  is  forced 
to,  and you know it as well  as i  do.”
The committee apologized and reported 
to the other  members and  the preacher’s 
salary was raised.

•

A   Gem  C om pan y  D o w n ed .

Cleveland,  Ohio,  has  scored  one  over 
the oppressive gas monopoly that has had 
the city in its clutches  for  a  long  time. 
Two years ago the City  Council  passsed 
an ordinance reducing  the  price  of  gas 
from $1 to 60 cents per  1,000  feet.  The 
company went into the courts to fight the 
ordinance.  The testimony  showed  that 
the profits of  the company  were  simply 
enormous.  One man  has become a multi­
millionaire from  his  investments  in gas 
stock.  Large  amounts  of  money  have 
been expended  that  the  officers  of  the 
company refuse to account for, and which 
are thought to have gone  into  a  corrup­
tion  fund.  The matter  was  finally  set­
tled nut of court.  The  company  agrees 
to pay all the costs,  to reduce the price to 
80 cents per  1,000,  and  to  pay  into the 
city treasury 6% per  cent,  of  the  gross 
receipts  for  the  privilege  of  the  fran­
chise.

PRODUCE  M ARKET,

CANDLES, FRUITS  and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDY. 
Full  Weight.

.

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

Bbls.  Palls.
7
7
7
8)4
8
8

 

 

 

 

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3bls.
.6
.6

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Palls.
7
7
7)4
8
8
8
8
9
10
13
.......  8
.......8

MIXED  CANDY.
Full Weight.
Standard........................................
Leader...........................................
Royal.............................................. ..6)4
English  Rock...............................
.7
Conserves.....................................
.7
Broken Taffy......................baskets
Peanut Squares................... 
“
8
French Creams.............................
Valley  Creams.............................
Midget, 30 lb. baskets.................
“ 
Modern, f 0 lb. 
...................
fancy—In bulk.
Palls.
Full Weight.
....  10
Lozenges,  plain...........................
....  11
printed........................
Chocolate Drops...........................
....  11)4
Chocolate Monumentals............
....  13
Gum DropB..........................................................  5)4
Moss Drops..........................................................  8
Sour Drops..........................................................  8)4
Imperials......................  ....................................  10
Per Box
Lemon Drops........................................................ 56
Sour Drops............................................................55
Peppermint Drops................................................60
Chocolate Drops................................................... 65
H. M. Chocolate  Drops....................................... 90
Gum Drops...............................................  ...40350
LJcorice 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
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes.................
34
51
.................
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
.................
.  42 
No. 3, 
..............
90
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes............................
Californios, 9 6 ..................................  .
126,  250 and  300.............
150 ,126,200,226...............
Messinas, choice  200........................... .
“ 
160......................... ..
Messina, choice, 360.............................
fancy, 360............................ .
choice  300..............................
fancy 390.........................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
Bananas,  Firsts.....................................
Seconds..............................
Figs, fancy layers, 61b...........................
“ 
109)  ......................
“  141b........................ .
“  201b.........................
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box........................
........................
Persian. 50-lb.  box..................
NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona...........................
Ivaca.................................
California...........................
Brazils, new..........................................
Filberts................................................. .
Walnuts, Grenoble...............................
Marbot...............................
Chill......................................
Table  Nuts,  fancy..............................
choice.............................
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  ..........  
.........
Cocoanuts, full sacks.........................
PEANUTS.
Fancy, H.  P., Suns...............................
“  Roasted..................
Fancy, H.  P., Flags.............................
“  Roasted.................
Choice, H. P„  Extras..........................
“  Roasted..............
California  Walnuts. 
......................

313
314
315 
3 1 8
-  @ «K
3   6H 
4)43  5
317
315)4
317 
3  8 
31D4 
313)4
s
310 
312)4 
311)4 
.11  314 
3 4   50
3  5M 
©  7)4 
3  5* 
3  7)4 
3  4)4 
3  6)4 
12)4

@3 00 
@4 00 
@3 50 
3 4  00
1  75@ 2 25 
1  003  1  50

“ 
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@3 25 
4 00 
4  50 

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caramels.

50-lb.  “ 

LEMONS.

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ORANGES.

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2 
3 

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Apples—There are probably not over 50 barrels 
of  apples in the  Grand  Rapids  market, russets 
being  about  the  only variety  still  to  be  had. 
These are firmly held at St per barrel.

Asparagus—30c per doz. bunches.
Beans—Dry stock is scarce and higher and the 
market  is quite likely to go still  higher.  Hand­
lers  have no difficulty  in  securing $1.75  per bu. 
in car lots.

Beets—New, 40c per doz. bunches.
Bermuda  Onions—$1.75  per  crate  of  about 50 
lbs.
Butter—The  market  is  featureless,  the  glut 
being complete in neatly all localities.  Dealers 
pay ll@12c  and hold at 12313c.  Nearly all  pur­
chases  not  sold  promptly are  beiug  placed  in 
cold storage.
Cabbages—$2 and  $3.50  per  crate, according to 
size
Cucumbers—45c pet  doz.
Dried Apples—Sundried  is held at 43454c  and 
Eggs — The  market  is  a  little  weak.  Job­
Honey—14c per lb. - Very scarce.
Lettuce—Grand  Rapids  Forcing  is  in fair de­
Onions—Green are  in  fair  demand at 13c  per 
Peas—Green. $1.25 per bu.
Pieplant—131 )4c per lb.
Pineapples—$1 253$1.75 per doz.
Potatoes—Old  stock firm and strong at  40c per 
bushel.  New stock is in limited  supply and  de­
mand at $1.25 per bushel.

evaporated at5H@oc.
bers  pay about  12%c and  hold at 13@14c.

mand at 12c per lb.
dozen bunches.

Radishes—15c per doz. bunches.
Southern Onions—$1.60 per half  bushel sack.
Summer Squash—4c per lb.
Strawberries—The  supply  of  good  fruit  has 
not been  equal to the demand.  Benton  Harbor 
berries  are  now  beginning to arrive, command­
ing 8311c  per  quart.  Home  grown  will  be  in 
market next week.

Tomatoes—$1.75  per  crate.
Wax Beans—$1.50  per  bu.

PROVISIONS.

 

 

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co.

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

quotes as follows:
Hess,  new.................. 
11  50
Short c u t...........................................................  12 00
Extra clear pig, short cut...............................  13 50
Extra clear, heavy..........................................
Clear, fat  back.................................................  13 00
Boston clear, short cut...................................   ;a  50
Clear back, short cut....................... 
13 50
Standard clear, short cut. best................... 
13 50
Pork Sausage.........................................................7)4
Ham Sausage........................................................  9
Tongue Sausage...................................................9
Frankfort Sausage 
Blood Sausage......................................................  5
Bologna, straight................................................  5
Bologna,  thick............... ....................................5
Headcheese......................................................... 5

 
s a u s a g e — Fresh and Smoked.

..........................................   7)4

* 

8
8)4
8)4

Com­
pound. 
5)4 
554 
5* 
6H 
6* 
6»

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

Rendered. Granger. Family
5%
6
6)4
6)4
6*

Tierces __
50 lb. Tins.. .8
20 lb. Pails. 8)4
.
10  1b.  “ 
. 85s
51b. 
“ 
3 lb. 
“ 
. 85i
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs........................  6 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing......................... 6 50
Boneless, rump butts........................................   9 00
Hams, average 20 lbs...........................................10H
16 lbs...........................................11
12 to 14 lbs..................................ll If
picnic........................................................  s
8V*
best boneless............... 
Shoulders.............................................................   7V*
Breakfast Bacon, boneless................................  9Jf
Dried beef, ham prices.........................................9
Long Clears, heavy................................................6)4
Briskets,  medium...............................................  63s
63d
C ro ck ery  & G la ssw a re

ligh t.......... ............................... 

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LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun...............................................................  45
No. 1  “  ...............................................................  50
No. 2  “  .................. 
75
Tubular................................ ..........•-....................  75

 

 

LAMP  CHIMNEYS.—Per box.

6 doz. In box.

First quality.
“ 
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XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

No. 0 Sun...................  *.  .................................1 75
No. 1  “  ..............................................................1  88
No. 2  “  ..............................................................2  70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top......................................... 2  %
No. 1  “ 
“  .......................................... 2 40
No. 2  “ 
“  ...........................................3 40
No. 0 Sun, crimp top......................................... 2  60
No. 1  “ 
“  .......................................... 2 80
No. 2  “ 
“  .......................................... 3 80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled......................3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
......................4 70
......................4 88
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz......................... l  25
No. 2  “ 
..........................150
No. 1 crimp, per doz.......................................... l  35
160
No. 2  “ 

La Bastle.

Pearl top.

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No. 0, per  gross...................................................  23
28
No. 1, 
No  2, 
38
No. 3, 
75
Mammoth, per doz......................... ^ ................  9b
Butter  Crocks,  1 and 6 gal.............................  06)4
Jugs, H gal., pier doz.......................................  75
.......................................  90
.......................................1 80
Milk Pans, % gal., per doz.  (glazed 75c)....  60
•* 
  90oj....  78

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STONEWARE—AKRON.

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Wm, BrUmmeler Jt Sons

Manufacturers and  Jobbers of

Pieced  &  Stamped  Tinware,
260  S. I ONI AST., 
-  Grand  Rapids 

T elephone  640.

BUSINESS  LAW.

Summ arized  D ecisions  from  Courts  of 

L ast  Resort.

WIFE—CONTRACT— HUSBAND’S DEBTS.
According to  the  decision of  the  Ap­
pellate Court  of  Indiana,  an  executory 
contract of a wife to pay the debt of  her 
husband is  void and  cannot  be  ratified 
by her after the husband’s death,  and she 
can then be bound  only  by  a  new  con­
tract based upon a new and sufficient con­
sideration.

INSURANCE— VOID—LOCAL CUSTOM.
The Minnesota Supreme Court held,  in 
the  case  of  Merchants  Insurance  Com­
pany vs.  Prince et al.,  that  ’a  local  cus­
tom allowing insurance agents  after  the 
termination of their agency to cancel any 
of the policies issued through  them  was 
unreasonable,  subversive  to  the  princi­
ples upon  which the rules of law govern­
ing the relation of  principal  and  agent, 
and  void.

HUSBAND AND  WIFB—TITLE.

The  Supreme  Court 

of  Mnnesota 
held,  in the recent case of Miller vs. Lat- 
trop et al.,  that when a husband and wife 
live upon and cultivate  a  farm,  all  the 
stock on it  being  used  indiscriminately 
for that  purpose  by  the  husband,  evi­
dence of his listing for taxation and mort­
gaging as his own  certain  of  the  stock 
claimed by his wife as  hers,  is  not  evi­
dence against her on the question  of title 
unless authorized or known to or  acqui­
esced in by her.

INSURANCE— FOREIGN COMPANY—AGENT.
Where a  foreign  insurance  company, 
having authority to transact  business  in 
a  state,  appoints  an  agent  there  with 
power to act for it,  in case the agency  is 
terminated  the  burden  will  be  on  the 
company  to bring  notice  to  those  who 
thereafter  thansact  business  with  the 
agent of the  termination  of  his  power, 
and an agent after revocation of  his  au­
thority may bind  his  principal  by  con­
tract with one who has no  notice  of  the 
withdrawal  of  power. 
So  held  by 
the Supreme Court of Illinois in  the case 
of Watertown  Fire  Insurance  Company 
vs. Rust.

INSURANCE—HUSBAND’S CREDITORS.
The Supreme Court of Nebraska  held, 
in  the  case  of  Talcott  vs.  Field,  that 
while ordinarily a policy of life insurance 
payable to the wife upon the death of her 
husband is not subject  to be  applied - in 
payment of his debts,  yet where the  pol­
icy is in the  form  of  an  endowment,  a 
certain sum to be repaid  after a specified 
number of years,  the transaction is in the 
nature of a loan,  the  insurance  being  a 
mere incident,  and  where  the  premiums 
have been paid  by  an  insolvent  debtor 
the insurance money on  such  policy  re­
ceived  by the wife during the lifetime of 
the  husband 
is  not  transmitted  so  as 
to be hers against  creditors of  the  hus­
band,  but  is subject to their claims.

W hat Cash  Discounts  Mean.

There are some  business  hints  which 
are worth repeating several times in  the 
course of a year,  and  not  far  from  the 
head  of  the  list  are  the  complications 
setting forth the savings effected  by  the 
discounting of all bills, as follows:
One-half per cent on a 30-day  bill  paid 
in ten days  is  equal  to  interest  at  the 
i ate of eight per cent,  per  annum.
One and one-half per cent,  on  a  sixty- 
day  bill paid  in ten days is  equal  to  in­
terest at the rate of  11  per  cent,  per  an­
num. 
Four per  cent,  off  on  a  four-months’ 
bill is interest at the rate of 12 per  cent, 
per annum; or,  a four  months’  bill  paid 
in 30 days,  with a 3  per  cent,  discount, 
is interest at the rate of 12 per  cent  per 
annum.
Five per cent,  discount off  on  a  four- 
months’ bill is interest at the  rate  of  15 
per cent,  per annum.
Bills paid are safer than money in  any 
bank,  however  strong.  Cash  discounts 
are the dealer’s first profit,  and one he is 
sure of.

•

Rundown’s  Board  o f  Trade.

The  little town of  Rundown  lay  sprawling  on 
A dust  cloud in the sunshine  and a mud lake in 
The  little town of  Rundown  was a town  of  no 
For the little town of  Rundown  was a very run­

the plain,
the rain;
renown,
down town.

But  Rundown  was  contented, as  all  rundown 
“What was good enough for gran’slr,” said each 
Good for gran’sir, and his gran’slr, and his great- 
What  upstart sacrilege, for  me  to  say that  it  is 

places be;
man, “is good enough for me—
great-great-grand dad,
bad.” 

•

There Is a worthy kind of man, with cobwebs in 
Who  lives  in  sweet  communion  with  the  ages 
Another  says, “How  happy  my  contemporaries 
That  they happen  to be  living  simultaneously 

his head,
that are dead;
be
with me.”

A bold wight of  this latter  class, whom  naught 
Once  shamelessly  suggested  they  should  Btart 
So that Rundown rot  no  longer in its somnolent 
Firmly anchored  to  the  graveyard, waiting  for 

could make afraid.
a board of  trade.
decay.
the Judgment Day.

Long and  bitter waged  the  battle, epithets  flew 
The dead past and  the living  present  grappling 
But when to-day fights yesterday, it always wins 
And so decrepit  Rundown  organized  its  board 

fast and free.
for the mastery:
the raid—
of trade.

Then the  Rip  Van Winkle  hamlet first  began to 
And  above its drowsy  mountains  see  the  rosy 
For  the  cemetery dawdlers  were  compelled  to 
Which  were  seized  by  modern  live  men  with 

stretch and yawn,
steps of dawn;
drop the  reins,
new eras in their brains.

They beckoned  for  the  railroad, with its  steeds 
The railroad thirty miles away—they motioned— 
And when the road came  into  town, with all  its 
The mediaeval deadness of the place returned no 

of smoke and flame,
and it came,
rush and roar,
more.

create,

For  twenty  men  of  purpose  a  town  can  re­
A hundred  men in earnest  can  organize a state;
And empires of  wide renown  have, like a seed, 
Within a  single  strong  man’s skull—then burst 

lain curled,
—and filled the world.

So  new banks, the  florid  arteries  the  blood  of 
New  papers, wise  evangels of  the  modern  and 
New  halls, new  schools, new  homes, Indeed,  a 
The Rundown  board of  trade  brought  down  a 

wealth flows  through;
the new;
new and second birth,
new heaven and earth.

And  thus the town  progressed apace  and never 
A  witness to what  man  can do when  he is once 
Thus  Rundown, it  was rescued  from  its  slow, 
And in its place a city sprung, the glorious town 

ceased to thrive,
alive;
decaying doom,
of Boom.

—Sam Walter Foss in Yankee Blade.

A W estern Bank.

From the Detroit  Free Press.

ly.

I struck a far  W estern  town  about  a 
month  ago  (said a drummer) with a check 
in my pocket and  no  cash  to  speak  of. 
It  was one of those modern  towns  and  I 
had  my doubts about there being a  bank 
in  the place,  but I ventured to interrogate 
the landlord of the hotel.
“ Have you  got  a  bank  here?”  I  in­
quired  politely,  for the Western  man has 
a deal of local pride and you have to give 
him the benefit of the doubt.
“Yes,  a lot of them,” he replied proud­
“Can I get a check cashed there?” 
“That depends.”
“Depends on what?”
“On your luck.”
“ What’s luck got to  do with  it? 
Isn’t 
it run on business principles?”
“Course it is,” he  said  with  not  very 
pleasant emphasis,  “I run  it myself.” 
“ Then you ought to be able to  tell  me 
what kind of a bank it is.”
“ I can; it’s a faro bank.”
All the others were like it,  and  I  had 
to get my only customer in  the  place  to 
lend me $10,  till  I  could  reach  a  town 
where other banks prevailed.

Labor  and  pluck  are  the  invincible 
heroes  who win  success;  they strike out 
new  paths,  create,  contrive,  think,  plan, 
originate, take  all  legitimate  risks,  toil 
to surmount obstacles, push forward, and 
win  renown  by  success.  The  glorious 
galaxy of  successful  business  men have 
all been hard workers.

Grand  Rapids  St Indiana.
Schedule  In effect  Jane  18,1898.

South.

7-.20  a i 
8:00  p i 
6:15  p m
10:30 p m
Train arriving from south at 6:50 am daily; all other 

For Traverse City A  Mackinaw  6:50 a m 
From Kalamazoo and Chicago.  9:80 a m 
For Traverse City & Mackinaw  1:50 p m 
For Traverse  City &  Saginaw.. 
For Petoskey A  Mackinaw.......   8:10 p m 
trains  daily  except  Sunday.

T R A IN S  GOING  SOUTH.

Arrive from  Leave going
South.
7:00  am
10:05  am
8:00  p m
6:00  pm
11:80 p m
Trainsleaving at 6:00 p. m. and 11:80 p. m. run daily; 

North. 
For  Cincinnati............................     6:80 am  
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago... 
For Fort Wayne and the  East..  11:50 a m 
For  Cincinnati.............................   6:80 p m  
For  Chicago.............................. 
  10:40 p m 
From Saginaw...............................10:40 p m
all other trains daily except Sunday.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

M uskegon, Grand Rapida Sc Indiana.
10:00 a m
6:55  a m 
4:40 p m 
11:85 am  
9:06 p m
5:30 pm

From Muskegon—Arrive. 

SLEEPING  A  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

NORTH 7 : 3 0  a m  train.—Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Traverse City  and  Grand  Rapids 
to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
3.00 p  ill  train  has  parlor  car  Grand 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
10:30 p  m train.—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw. 
80U T H --7:00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:05  a m   train.—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago. 
fkOO  p m  train.—Wagner Sleeping  Car 
Grand Rapids to Cincinnati.
11;30 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car 
_______ Grand Rapids to Chicago.________________

Chicago via G. R.  St I. R. R.

10:05 a m  
3:35 pm  

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

11:20 pm
5.50 am
11:45 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner  Sleeping Car. 
10:10 pm
6:50  am
10:10 p  m 

3:10 pm  
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
8:35 p m  
3:10  p  m  through  Wagner  Parlor  Car. 
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

2:00 p m  
9:00 p m  

7:C5 am 
1:50 pm 

Through tickets and full information  can  be had by 
oalllng upon A. Almqnist,  ticket  agent  at  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, (7 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

C. L. LOCKWOOD,

Railway.

Toledo,  A rm   Arbor  ¿ 3  North  Michigan 
In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe  n 
Grand Kapids and Toledo.
Lv. Grand Rapids at.......7:15 a. m. and 1:00 p. m.
Ax. Toledo a t.............   12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.
Lv. Grand Rapids at.......6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at............... 12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.

VIA D., L.  A N.

V I A   D . ,  5 .   H .  A   M .

Return connections equally as good.

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

SHORT  LINE  TO  GHIGRGO.
G o o d ric h   L in e .

Via the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwau­

kee Railway and the

The Magnificent New, Fast Steamships,

“Atlanta”  anil  “ City  of  Racine”

Built  expressly for this  route.  Each steamship 
1,200  tons  burthen,  with  sleeping  accommoda­
tions for 300 passengers.
These steamships have immense reserve power 
which enables them to make their regular sched 
ules in the most unfavorable weather.

SCHEDULE:

LEAVE  GRAND RAPIDS dally, except Sunday, 
at  5:10  p m,  via  D,  G II &  M  Ry, arrive  in 
Grand Haven 6:15 p m
LEAVE  GRAND  HAVEN  8:30 p m daily except 
Saturday, via  Goodrich  Line, arrive  in  Chi 
cago at 6:00 am

N ote—Saturday trips resumed on May 14.

RETURNING—Leave Chicago dally except Sun­
day at 7:30 p m,  via  Goodrich  Line  and  ar­
rive in Grand Rapids al 6:45 a m daily.

N ote—Sunday trips resumed May 15.

GRAND  RAPIDS 

CHICAGO, ONLY $3.90

TO

included

rnd  for the  round  trip, *6.50  Stateroom  Berth 
Through  tickets  can be  had at the  city  office 
nd depot of the D, G H & M Ry, Grand  Rapids; 
Iso at all  stations  on  the  D, G H & M Ry, D, L 
s NR R .  GR&I RR and T, S & M Ry.
5 

JOHN  SINGLETON,

’ 

Gen’l Pass. Agent, Chicago.

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

19
M ic h ig a n  C e n t r a l

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’*

D EPA RT.  A RRIV E
DetroltExpress. 
............................  7:00am  10.00pm
Mixed  ....................................................7 :06 a m  4:30  p m
Day  Express........................................  1:80 pm   10.00 am
"Atlantic A  Pacific Express..............10  30 p in 
6:00 am
New York Express...............................6:40 p m  18:40 p m

"Daily.
All other daily except 8unday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
trains to and from Detroit.
Elegant  parlor  cars  leave Grand  Rapids on Detroit 
Express at 7 a. m..  returning  leave  Detroit  4:45 p. m. 
arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m.

F r e d  M.  B r ig g s . G e n 'l A g e n t. 85 M o n ro e  S t.
A. Almqujst, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office. 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. R u g g l e s   G. P.  A   T. Agent.,Chicago.
Detroit

GRAND HAVEN TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

!
1

Trains Leave *No.  14tNo.  16 tNo.  18j*No.  82 
...........
Lv. Chicago__
Lv. Milwaukee. 
3 25pm  10 55pm
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
4 27pm 1237am
Ionia...........Ar
5 20pm  1 55am 
St.  Johns  ...Ar
S 05pm  3 15am 
Owosso........Ar
8  0pm  6 45am 
E. Saginaw..Ar
8 45pm  7 22am
Bay City......Ar
7 (5pm  5 40am
Flint  ...........Ar
8 00pm  7 30am
Pt.  Huron...Ar
8 25pm  5 37am
Pontiac....... Ar
9 25pm 1  1 00am
Detroit.........Ar

8 30pm 
7 30pm
6 50am
7 45am
8 30am
9 05am
10 45am
11 30am
10 05am
11 55am
10 53am
11 50am
W ESTW A RD .

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

Trains Leave
Lv. Detroit.......
G’d Rapids,  Lv 
G’d Haven,  Ar 
Milw’keeStr  “ 
Chicago Str.  “

•No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13|*No.  15
m l  50am  4 05pm
1  5p
1  00pm  5  10pm in 20pm
7 05am
2  10pm  6 15pm 11 20pm
8 35am
............  6 30am I  6 30am
6 00am| 6 00am |  ..........

•Dally.  tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west,  6:45  a  m,  10:10 
a. m., 3:15 p.m. and 10:30 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward —No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W. Loud, Traffic M anager.
B en F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent.
J as. Cam pbell, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

CHICAGO

AND  W E S T   MICHIGAN  K’Y. 
GOING TO  CHICAGO.

RAPIDS.

IN D IA N A PO LIS.

TO  AND  FROM  M USKEGON.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS........9:00am 12:05pm  *ll:S5pm
Ar. CHICAGO...............5:16pm  5:25pm  *7:05am
Lv. CHICAGO...............8:25am  4:45pm  *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS...... 3:15pm  10:10pm  *6:10am
TO  AND  PROM   BENTON  H A RBO R,  ST  JO S E P H   AND 
Lv. Grand Rapids.  ...  9:00am  12:06pm  *11:35pm 
Ar. Grand  Rapids.......*0:10am  3:15pm  10:10pm
Lv.  G. R........10:0Cam  12 06pm  5:30pm  8:30pm
Ar.  G. R........ 10:55am  3  15pm  5:25pm 
...........
TO  AND  PROM  M A N ISTEE, TR A V ERSE  CITY  AND  E L K  
Lv. Grand  Rapids....................... 7:25am  5:17pm
Ar. G rand  Rapids.......................11:45am  9:40pm
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Chicago—Wagner 
Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 p m .; leave 
Chicago  11:15  pm.  Parlor  Buffet  Cars—Leave 
Grand Rapids 12:05 p m;  leave Chicago 4;45 p m. 
F r e e  Chair Cars—Leave  Grand  Rapids 9:00 a m; 
leave Chicago * :25 a m.
Between  Grand  Rapids  and  Manistee—Free 
Chair Car—Leaves Grand Rapi is 5:17 pm; leaves 
Manistee 6:55 a m.
MAY15'18*
DETRO IT, 
LANSING &  NORTHERN  R.  R.
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. GR’D  RAPIDS.......  6:25am  *1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar. DETROIT...............10:E0am *5:10pm  10:40pm
Lv  DETROIT...............  7:05am  *1:15pm  5:40pm
Ar. GR’D  RAPIDS.......12:00m  *5:15pm  10:15pm
To and  from  Lansing  and Howell—Same as to 
and from Detroit.

TO  AND  PROM   SAGINAW ,  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  HA STIN G S  R .  R.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE 

Lv. Grand Rapids............  6:25am  1:00pm 5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell...............12:00m  5:15pm 
.........
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. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.
STUDY  LAW
AT  HOME.
Take a course in the 

Sprague  Correspon­
dence  School o f Law 
[incorporated].  Send  ten 
cents [stamps] for partlcu 
lars to
J.  COTNER,  Jr.,  Sec’y, 
No. 376 Whitney Block, 
DETROIT,  MICH.

T H E   M TCHtO-AJSr  T E A D E S M A N .
available to his profit, at his own expense, 
and must make such  ordinary  repairs as 
are necessary to  prevent, waste, or to re­
store an insured  building,  if  injured by 
fire.  He must pay  all ordinary taxes and 
assessments,  and the interest only of  ex­
traordinary assessments  and charges for 
the benefit or permanent improvement of 
the fee.  He must keep down the interest 
on all encumbrances existing at the  com­
mencing of  the tenancy,  provided the in­
come  is  sufficient,  but  cannot  be com­
pelled to pay  any part of the principal.

ject to the approval of an absent partner, 
which is  not  given.  Rent  may  be  de­
manded by any partner.  The liability of 
a tenant of firm  property,  who  occupies 
under  an  agreement  to  pay  reasonable 
rent pending a bill in equity for partner­
ship accounting, may be fixed  by the de­
cree.  A partnership may  be  created be­
tween the owner of  premises and the oc­
cupant by an agreement to  share the net 
profits of the business,  though  an  ordi­
nary lotting on shares is  not  a  partner­
ship.

One partner  may  bind  the firm by  an 
agreement to lease premises  occupied by 
it,  but cannot,  after dissolution,  bind  the 
firm in an agreement for  a renewal. 
In­
coming partners are  bound  by the terms 
of the lease,  but  only  during occupancy. 
One partner,  buying out  his  copartner’s 
interest,  is  separately  liable  thereafter 
for the whole rent,  and  in  a case in Ohio | 
it was held that such purchasing partner 
is bound to re-imburse  his co-partner for ■ 
payments made  by  him,  on  account  of 
liability  under  the  terms  of  the  lease, 
after the purchase.

If one partner secretly takes a renewal 
of the lease in his own  name,  during the 
existence  of  the  partnership, 
it  will 
inure to the benefit of the firm, especially 
if improvements  have  been  made  upon 
the  premises.

Partnership  leases  are 

so  common 
among business men that the writer feels 
confident of a free pardon  for  taking up 
so much space with  them.  As he  is  not 
compiling this matter  for  the  benefit of 
law students,  he has no apologies to make 
for the converting of law terms,  in many 
instances, into good, old, understandable, 
plain English. 

E.  A.  Ow e n.

20

LANDLORD  AND  TENANT.

PAPER  IV.

Written for Tan  T r a d e s m a n .

A lease for  years may  be  made deter­
minable at  specified periods at the option 
of  either  party.  A  lease  for  alternate' 
periods,  or giving the option for an addi­
tional term,  is a good lease for the whole j 
time specified,  deteiminable  at  the end 
of the shorter period named,  at  the  op­
tion of the lessee only,  unless  otherwise 
expressed; but a mere’covenant to  renew 
a term  at the option  of  the lessee is not 
in law an optional  lease for a longer per­
iod than the term specified.

It often happens that a merchant is de­
sirous of securing an option  on  the  use 
of a store for a longer term if everything 
proves satisfactory at the end of a shorter 
term. 
It may  be in a section where rents 
are steadily advancing,  and  the securing 
of such option with a degree of certainty 
might prove a  great  benefit  to  him.  A 
careful consideration of the above ruling, 
which is that  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
our own State,  will  instruct  him  as  to 
the proper construction of his lease.

Notice of  the tenant's  intention  must 
be given as provided for,  either  to  con­
tinue,  or  to determine  the  tenancy,  and 
all other conditions of  his election in  the 
matter must  be  complied  with.  If  the 
lease does not expressly  provide  for  no­
tice of the teuant's intention, the remain­
ing in  possession and payment of rent by 
the tenant after the shorter term  is  suf­
ficient to bind both parties  to  the  addi­
tional term.  When either party may end 
a lease for years upon six months' notice, 
the notice must be so given as  to  expire 
at the end of  a year  of  the  term.  The 
lessor may reserve an  absolute  power to 
revoke or terminate the lease, and no acts 
or contracts  of  the  tenant  can  deprive 
him of such right.

A term of years, or  any fixed,  definite 
term,  expires at the end of  the time lim­
ited, without notice to  quit.  A lease for 
years by a tenant  for  life  terminates at 
his death; if  made  by  a  mortgagee,  the 
lease terminates upon  the redemption of 
the mortgage;  if  made  by  a  mortgagor, 
the lease terminates by  a  foreclosure of 
the mortgage by  the  mortgagee;  and  if 
made by a guardian,  it  is  terminated by 
the death of the ward.

TENANCY  FOB  LIFE.

Estates for life  are  said  to  be  either 
conventional or  legal,  the  former  being 
created  by  acts  of  the  parties,  and the 
latter by operation of law.  Conventional 
estates for life are  those  made by  deed, 
lease,  or devise for the life of the tenant, 
or for the life of  another person  or  per­
sons,  the former  being  regarded  wholly 
as an estate  of  freehold.  Legal  estates 
include tenancy  by  courtesy  (which  is 
not recognized in this State) and a wife’s 
dower.  When  a life  tenant  is  required 
to make regular payments  of  interest or 
rent to  the  owner  of  the reversion,  the 
relation of landlord and tenant is created. 
A deed is essential  to  create  a  conven­
tional  life tenancy;  and  a  devise  of the 
rents and profits of land for life is equiv­
alent to a  devise  of  the  land  itself  for 
life.

Within the limits  of  his  estate,  a life 
tenant may at pleasure transfer  or  lease 
or mortgage his estate, and is entitled ab­
solutely to all the  income  or  rents  and 
profits of the estate  during  the tenancy. 
If he pays off a mortgage upon the prem­
ises, be  is  entitled  to  be  subrogated  to 
the rights of the mortgagee.

A life tenant must make  the  property

Life estates terminate  by  the death of 
the  tenant,  and  an  estate  for  several 
lives endures for the longest of them; but 
a lease for the joint lives of  two persons 
will terminate upon  the  death  of  either 
of them.

PARTIES TO A LEASE.

All persons not under  legal  disability 
who are seized or possessed of land tene­
ments may lease the same  for any period 
withiu  the limits  of  their  respective in­
terests;  but  no 
lessor  can  transfer  a 
greater  right  as  against  third  parties 
than  be himself possesses.  A  tenant  at 
will may make  a  valid  lease  within his 
rights,  but a tenant  at sufferance cannot; 
and a purchaser  in  possession  under an 
executory contract of purchase may lease 
the land and receive rent  so  long as the 
contract exists.

Joiut  owners,  or  owners  in  common 
having  a  joint  possession  of  premises, 
may lease the same by  joint demise and, 
upon such demise,  should sue  jointly for 
rent,  unless  there  is  an  agreement  or 
covenant  in  the  lease  to  pay  to  each 
owner severally a specified proportion of 
the rent,  or one of  the  owners  has  pur­
chased the right of  the other  or  others. 
When one joint lessor  dies,  the  right of 
action survives to  the  remaining  lessor 
or lessors,  and does not  pass  to  the  ad­
ministrator  of  the  deceased  lessor. 
It 
has  been  held  that  one  of  two  joint 
owners  cannot  bind  his  co-owner  by a 
lease of  the  whole  premises,  though he 
may grant a valid license which will pro­
tect the licensee against an action of tres­
pass by the co-owner.  The above doctrine 
refers to what is defined in the law books 
as joint tenants and tenants  in  common, 
and not to two partners.

A tenant  leasing  the  whole  premises 
from one tenant  (or owner)  in  common, 
must pay him the  whole  rent,  while un­
disturbed,  and is not liable  for  use  and 
occupation to the other,  if not  attorning 
(turning over or assigning)  to  him,  nor 
excluding him from occupation; but is so 
liable if he excludes him  from the prem­
ises.

A lease, or  assignment  of  a  lease,  to 
two or  more  tenants  jointly,  creates  a 
joint liability to pay rent,  which  contin­
ues independent of actual possession until 
the joint right of  possession  ceases,  and 
is not effected by a  failure to make a de­
mand  for rent,  nor  by  a  conveyance  of 
the leased premises to  one of the tenants 
or joint  lessees. 
If  one  joint  lessee  is 
authorized by his co-lessees to  procure a 
renewal of the lease, and obtains it in  his 
own name,  he must hold it  as  a  trustee 
for the benefit of  all.

A partnership may rent  its realty,  and 
where an  agreement  for  a lease was en­
tered into by a  deceased partner,  specific 
execution  of  the  lease  will  be decreed 
against the surviving partners.  The cov­
enants of a lease by a  firm  are joint and 
several,  and each member is individually 
liable; but the firm  is  not  bound by the 
covenants if  the lease  is  delivered  sub­

The most delicate  Japan teas are  harvested in 
May, known as “first  picking," which are a lux­
ury.  We will  continne the old  price  as  an  in­
ducement  to  further  introduce  the  perfection 
of our new

Bee  Hive  Teas

The  situation will  save  you 10 cents a pound. 

Read the message:

N ew York, June 6,1892.

J.  P  Yisner, Grand Rapids:
Have closed  out all old  crop  Bee Hive Japans. 
Will  fill  orders  you  take  with  our  new  teas, 
which will arrive iu about three weeks

E.  J.  GILLIES  &  CO.

Represented  by

J.  P.  VISNER,  167  N.  IONIA  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

You  Ought  to 
Read  a  Daily  Paper 
From the World’s Fair City.

THE  CHICAGO  NEWS  RECORD 
is as good  as  the  best  and  cheaper 
It prints  all  the 
than the  cheapest. 
news without fear or favor. 
It is an 
independent  newspaper—it wears no 
party collar—and prints the news free 
from  the  taint  of  partisan  bias. 
It 
gives all the  news and tells the truth 
about  it.

You Ought to Read the 
Chicago News Record.

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PRICE:

One  B ox................................
One  Case (10 B oxes)..........

.... $ 
45
...... 4  OO
Each  b o x   contains  25 D oable

Sheets  and one  TANGLEFOOT  Holder.

Each Sheet is separately sealed with a border of wax.
Each double sheet separates into two perfect single sheets.
Tanglefoot is spread heavily on impervious paper.
Tanglefoot is the  only  sticky fly paper  which  can be pur­
chased  advantageously  by the  box  for  use  in  stores, 
offices, hotels, etc, etc.

No sheet will spoil, no matter how long a box  may last.
F O K   S A L B   BY  A L L   JOBBERS.

B A N A N A S

SEND  TOUR  ORDERS  TO  US  AND  WE  WILL  ENDEAVOR

TO  SEND  YOU  STOCK  THAT  WILL  BE  SATISFACTORY.

THE  PUTNAM CANDY CO.
Spring & Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

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

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

assorted stock at lowest  market  prices.

Spring & Company.
MICHIGAN  BARK & LUMBER  CO.,

Successors  to

N.  B.  CM  & Co.

We are now ready to make contracts for the season of  1892.  Correspondence solicited.

18 and  19  W iddicomb  B uilding.

CO.,
VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER 
Dry  Goods.  Garpets  and  Cloaks.

W H O L E S A L E

W e  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

M a c k i n a w   S h i r t s   a n d   L u m b e r m e n ’s  S o c k s .  

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Voigt,  HemolsliBiiir & Co.,48' K
st-
RINDGE,  KALMBACH  &  CO.,

 

12,  14,  16  P E A R L   ST.

G r a n d   R a p id s ,  M ich.

E  would call  the  atten- 
”  ”   tion of  the trade  to our 
lines  of  walking  shoes.  We 
can show  you  all  the novelties 
at popular prices.

We  also  carry  good  lines  of 

Tennis Goods at low prices.

We  want to sell  you  your.rubbers  for  fall.  Terms  and  discounts  as  good  as 

offered by any agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.

LEMONS!

boxes  before  it gets  warm.

It  will  he  a  good  idea  to  order  25 
'There9s  money in such  a purchase• 
Get  our prices•

PUTNAM  CANDY  CO.

H. LEONARD ft SONS,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

ARE  POSITIVELY  PRESENTING  THE  GREATEST  ASSORTMENT 
”  ’  
of Crockery,  Glassware  and  House  Furnishing  Goods  ever  exhibited  in 
the East or West.  You  can  save  freight  and  time  (and  time,  you  know,  is also 
money),  by purchasing your goods in  the safe,  staple,  popular  and  profitable  lines, 
as  represented in our catalogue,  direct  from  us.  Your orders  filled  promptly  and 
your  enquiries  answered  promptly  in  either  our  Manufacturing  Department of 
Refrigerators and  House Furnishing  Goods,  or in  our Merchandise  Department of 
Crockery,  Glassware  and  Department  Counter  Goods. 
In these  two departments 
we keep three hundred  men constantly at work,  every man of  whom  is expected to 
do his utmost to please and serve you.
Correspondence regarding  new stocks  is  especially solicited  and  will  be  an­
swered,  if  possible,  by one of  our agents in person.  Enquiries relating  to  special 
prices for quantities  receive our instant  attention,  and our most  careful considera­
tion.  Don't fail to get our latest quotations for special  orders or goods in car  load 
lots.

Grocers'  Glass  Door  Refrigerators,
All  our  Refrigerators  are Charcoal  Filled,  which  makes them 
the most economical  in  ice and the best preservers of  food,  of any 
manufactured.  Send  for  our  complete  descriptive  list  entitled 
“Some Cold Facts”  sent on request with our best discount.

Are  there any  Ushers  in  yonr  neighborhood,  or 

any shops or outdoor places needing ligh t ?

See  onr Catalogue,  page 170.

NO TICE  OUR  REDUCED  PRICES

On this  beautiful  line of  English under  glaze earthenware.  Our 
own  direct importation  from one of  the best  Semi-Porcelain fac­
tories of  England.  Colored  lithographed pictures of  this pattern 
sent on request.  Prices on this assortment  takes the place of  the 
prices on  page IT of onr Catalogue No.  108.

ASSORTED  CRATE  DECORATED  WARE.

Dm ,  Bennett  &  Co.’s  Brown  Rococo  Pattern.

Fancy Print New  “Washington”  Shape. 

Semi-Porcelain.  No.  15,104.

ASSORTED  CRATE  DECORATED  WARE.

John  Edwards  "Hedgerow”  Semi-Porcelain.

Enamelled Pattern,  Gold Trimmed,  New Imperial Shape.  No.  1590.

This  cut  but  imperfectly  illustrates  the  brightest  and  best  selling  line of 
“Enamelled  in  colors”  semi-porcelain  manufactured  by  the  celebrated  John 
Edwards  factory in England.  The  pattern  is fully illustrated in  colors on  page 22 
of  our Catalogue  No.  108,  but no illustration  can  represent the selling qualities of 
the ware  which  have  been  fully  tested  by many buyers.  A full dinner  set  can 
easily be made up  to retail  from  $10 to $13.50,  and it being  our leading  open  stock 
pattern,  matchings may  be obtained for years to come.

,  . 

5.63

, 

, 

3.38 

2 25 

3  38 

,  „   1 

1.22 doz. 

1 0 3  doZ. 

6  8-inch 

“ Sauce Boats............................................................................. .

( 6   5-inch,  4  6-inch,  15  7-inch,  3  8-inch,
1.41  doz.

2  7-in. dp 
1.22 doz. 
.................. 
___  56 
___  38 
___  75 
1  50
14-in
r.88
.11  25
.  9  00
.10  13
.  3  00 
.  2  25

S7K 

...

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2  82
3 36
2 28
27 00
3  94
3 00

1 88
4 50
5 06
1 50

30 doz.  plates  j  g4c  doz 
„a 
)
(  6  7-inch, 
h .............................
12 only Bakers -!  ■  2 2g 
6 doz.  4 inch  fruits.................................................................................
6 doz.  individual  butters ......................................................................
36 sets  Hd London T e a s ....................................... ............................
4%  sets  Hd Coffees  .................................................................................
24 only Oyster Bowls 30s......................................................................
„„ 
(3   8-inch,  3  9-inch,  6  10-inch,  6  12-inch.
20 only  D ishesj  i  m  doz 
2  “  Sauce Tureens  com plete..........................................................
6  “  8-inch covered dishes................................................................
6  “  8-inch  casseroles.........................................................................
6 
4  “  P ic k les...........................................................................................
, 0 
18 only Jugs j  4<fi0 
\ ..........................................
4 only  5s covered  butters and  drs...............................................
3  “  24s  Teapots..................................................................................
6 
-
6  “  24s Creams....................................................................................
12  “  30s B ow ls.......................................................................................
2 doz.  3 inch  B akers...............................................................................
2  “  5  “  Scollops...........................................................................
Crate and cartage...........................................

4 32
2 25
1 50
2 53
1 13
1 50
2 (>2
3 00
2 50
$118  42
DON’T  BUY  ANY  GLASSWARE  FROM  ANYBODY, 
. 
at any time,  until  you compare  prices with  those of  our 
O x   J l i V l x l J J .  
assorted  packages  on  pages 64,  65, 66, 67,  68.  We are quoting special  prices from 
very  best  factories.  All our crystal glassware is of the finest quality.

“ 24s  Sugars.............................  

(6   12 s  6  30 s  6  36 s )

6 00
5 06
2 25
1 31
1 50

A  T  

2>35 

1>88 

, 

, 

i  e doz. 
30 doz  plates  -  5 inch; 
I 
(j2C 

4 doz. 
6 inch; 
76c 

15 doz. 
«inch; 
89c 

3 doz. 
S  inch;  [-flat; -  7  inch;  -deep  $24  98 
$1.03 

l  2 doz.  1 
( 
)

89c 

i 
) 

6 doz Fruit Saucers, 41c;  6 doz.  Individual Butters,  28c,.................................4 
2 14-inch, # 
20 only Dishes -  138 doz 
5.78 doz.  )

i  3 8-inch,  3 9-inch,  0 10-inch,  6 13-inch, 
4.13 doz. 

1.05 doz.  2.48 doz. 

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

^  doz. 
3  30 

1.65 doz. 
i .G5 

( 24 3-inch,  6  7-inch,  6  8-inch,  ) 
2.48 doz.  j
(  e only  12s  6 only  30s  6 only 36s  } 
) 

36 only Bakers 
18 only Jugs 
2 doz.  Oyster Nappies,  5 inch,  1.10............................................... ............................  
O doz  Oyster Bowls,  30s  1.10 doz;  1  doz.  Slop Bowls,  30s 1.10  d o z ............... 
3 only  Teapots 24s 4.40 doz;  6 sugars 24s 3.71 doz;  6 creams 24s  1.65 d o z... 
8 only  Sauce Boats,  2.20 doz;  4  pickles 1.65 doz...................................................  
2 only Sauce Tureens complete 8.25 doz;  4 covered  butters 4.9o doz..............  
<3  only Covered  dishes 8 inch 0.60 doz;  6 casseroles  8 inch  ..43  doz............... 
36 sets  Handled  Teas 55c set;  i lA   set handled  coffees 64c se t..........................  
Crate and Cartage....................................................... 

*...............................

1.38 

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3  99

3  37

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$88  05

