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NO.  458

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plant and sublet our printing to him.  As it is, system enables 
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us to do  $1,000  worth of  work on  10  per  cent, margin  than 
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LION & WHEELER  COMPANY,
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GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  JUNE  29,  1892.

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Cuts  of  Business  BlockB,  Hotels,  Factories, 
Machinery,  etc.,  made  to  order  from  photo­
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THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

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Manufacturer’s  Agent and  Jobber of

F R A N K   H   W H I T E ,
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AND

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OLD  “HARD  LUCK.”

Everyone admitted he had a good heart 
in  him.  Even  his bitterest  enemy,  Kid 
Alderson,  was willing to  make  that con­
cession,  but  qualified  it  by  adding  that 
he “was so blamed unlucky and peculiar, 
a body never  knowed  when he was in  to 
clear.”

This singularity extended to  his name, 
“H-o-s-s-e-l-k-u-s,  accent  on  the sel,” he 
was  wont  to  explain,  with  something 
like a  shade  of  weariness,  when  a  new 
operator  faltered  on  his  long patronym­
ic.

Eben J.  Hosselkus was engineer of En­

gine Seventeen Forty-three.

With  the  meager  data  available,  it  is 
difficult to determine  whether  the  name 
Hosselkus  belongs  to  the  Anglo-Saxon, 
Indo-European  or  Teutonic  family;  but 
nq such uncertainty  attached  to  the ori­
gin of  its  unfortunate  bearer.  He  was 
an  unmistakable  Yankee;  rather  below 
the  medium  height,  lean  and  wiry;  his 
mild,  light blue eyes were  overshadowed 
by bushy  and  frowning  eyebrows,  and 
his  grizzled  mustache  bristled  with  a 
singular ferocity,  which the  weakness of 
mouth  and  chin 
immediately  belied. 
The whole man was decidedly  contradic­
tory.  When  first  addressed,  his  manner 
was  brusque and  his voice  gruff;  but af 
ter  a  few  terrible  expletives,  his  tone 
would  soften  and his most positive asser­
tions invariably ended with an appeal  for 
confirmation.  “Now, ain’t it so, for a fact? 
Now wouldn’t yon say so, ‘f you’us me?’ 
he  would ask, while his wistful eyes wan­
dered from face to face in search of  sup­
port or sympathy,  perhaps.

He was the  oldest  engineer  on  the di 
vision and  the  most  unfortunate.  Two 
decades of brakemen and  conductors had 
twisted  and  distorted  his  luckless  sur­
name in every conceivable way; but to  al 1 
appellations, from  “Old  Hoss”  to  “Hus­
tle  Cuss,”  he  ever  accorded  the  same 
ready  response.

Of late  years  he had  been  known  sim­
ply as  “Hard Luck.”  When a train crew 
would reach the end of the division,  wan 
and famished from a  protracted  sojourn 
at some desert siding,  the first inquiry of 
their  sympathetic  brethren  would  be: 
“Who  was  pullin’  you!”  “Old  Hard 
Luck,  of course,” was  the  seldom varied 
reply.

Old  Hosselkus  had  probably  suffered 
more  “moving  accidents  by  flood  and 
field”  than  any  other  man  ever 
lived 
through.  And yet  he  was  a thoroughly 
competent engineer.  He was  an earnest 
student  of  mechanical  engineering,  and 
could explain the  mysteries of “link mo­
tion,”  the  principles  of  the  “injector” 
and  the  working  of  the  Westinghouse 
automatie air brake in a singularly  lucid 
manner.  Nothing  pleased  him  better 
than to  enlighten a  green  fireman  upon 
some knotty point,  and  the  walls of  the 
round  house  and  bunk  house  are  still 
covered with his elaborate chalk and pen­
cil diagrams of  the different parts of the 
locomotive.

As far  back  as  he  could  remember  it 
had been the dream of  Hosselkus’ life to 
be a regular  passenger engineer—in rail­

NO .  458

road  parlance,  to  “pull  varnished cars.” 
This was the goal upon the attainment of 
which the best efforts of his life had been 
concentrated,  and  still,  after 
twenty 
years’ service,  he  seemed  as  far  as  ever 
from  success.  Many  times  he  had  al­
most  achieved  it,  but  always something 
had  happened  to  prevent,  some  unac­
countable  and  unavoidable  piece  of  ill 
luck.  Finally his  name  became  so syn­
onymous  with disaster that  the company 
hesitated to  intrust  the  valuable  equip­
ment of an express  train and the lives of 
the  traveling  public  to  him.  Thus,  as 
the  years  went  by,  old  Hard  Luck had 
become accustomed to crawling out from 
under  the  disgruntled  engine  of  a  side 
tracked work train or  way  freight to ac­
knowledge  the  patronizing  wave  of  the 
hand  as  some  former  fireman  of  his 
whizzed by  with a passenger  train  or an 
“officers’special.”  Despair, however, had 
no place in his heart, and he still reveled 
in  the  fancied joys  of  pulling  the  fast 
express and dreamed of  that  happy time 
when,  to the customary inquiry as  to the 
time of  his departure,  he  would  be able 
to answer:  “I go out on Number Three.” 
There  is  a  great  difference  in  engi­
neers;  some can  step off  the footboard at 
the end of  a  long  run  looking  as  fresh 
and clean as at the  start,  while,  to judge 
from the appearance of others,  one would 
imagine they had made the journey in  an 
ashpan.  Hosselkus  belonged  to the lat­
ter class. 
It  would  have  required some 
more powerful solvent  than  simple soap 
and water to have  removed  the soot and 
grime that had gradually  accumulated in 
the wrinkles  and  hollows  of  his counte­
nance  during  years  of  arduous  service. 
There was some excuse  for  him,  howev­
er,  seeing  that  so  much  of  his  life  had 
been 
spent  upon  superannuated  “ten 
wheelers,”  which,  as  everyone  knows, 
are  awkward  machines  to  oil  on  ac­
count of  their  wheels  being  so  low and 
close  together.  Then,  too,  he  had  so 
many accidents.  He scarcely ever  made 
a round trip without “slipping an  eccen­
tric,”  “bursting a flue”  or “burning  out 
his grates,”  not to  mention more serious 
mishaps,  such  as  derailments,  head  and 
hind end collisions or running into slides 
and washouts.  Much practice had  made

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

him  almost  perfect  in  “taking  down  a 
slide”  or  disconnecting  a 
locomotive, 
while some of  his exploits in the firebox, 
plugging  flues,  rivaled  the  exhibition 
given  by  the  Hebrew  children  in  that 
seven  times  heated 
furnace  of  Holy 
Writ.

But while his extensive experience up­
on the road had developed habits of  self- 
reliance and a certain readiness  in  emer­
gencies,  it  was  not  calculated  to impart 
that gloss or  polish which enables one to 
shine in society.  Hard  Luck’s  only  ap­
pearance within  the  charmed  circle had 
been  when he  acted  as  pallbearer at the 
funeral of a division superintendent, and 
upon  that  occasion  he  had  scandalized 
his colleagues by  appearing  without the 
conventional  white gloves,  and  a hurried 
and  embarrassed  search of  his  pockets 
only brought to light a bunch of  “waste” 
and  a  “soft  hammer,”  articles  which, 
though  almost  indispensable  on  a loco­
motive,  are  not  essential  to the success 
of  a well-ordered interment.

Gamblers  say  that  if  one  is  but  pos­
sessed of sufficient  capital,  the most per­
sistent run of  ill  luck  may eventually be 
broken,  and  so  it  proved  in  Hosselkus’ 
case.

An  “officers’  special.”  carrying  the 
leading magnates of the road upon a tour 
of inspection,  was  expected,  and  engine 
No.  777,  the  fastest  locomotive  on  the 
division, and  Bill  Pearson,  an  engineer 
with a record,  had been held in  readiness 
for some time to take them out.

The  engine,  with  a  full  tank  of  the 
best  coal,  had  already  been  run  out  of 
the round  house, and the train dispatcher 
had  the  freights safely side  tracked  and 
satisfactory  “meets”  with  the passenger 
trains figured out,  when he was interupt- 
ed  in  his  study  of  the  train  sheet by a 
nervous ring at the telephone.  The  dis­
patcher  answered  it  himself,  and  the 
foreman of  the  round  house  announced 
that Pearson  was sick and  unable to take 
the special out.

“That’s  bad,”  mused  the  dispatcher, 
but  added  a moment  later:  “Well,  send 
the  next  best  man,  and  get  a move on; 
they’ll be here in  ten  minutes.”

“They  ain’t  none,”  replied  the  round 

“No  other  engineer?”  shouted 

the 

house.

dispatcher.

“Well,  there’s  only  Perkins  on  the 
yard engine  and  Hard  Luck  just  in  on 
Scott’s  work  train—might  double  him 
out again—that’s all.

The dispatcher  rushed  into the adjoin­
ing room  to consult  the  superintendent.
It w as in the  midst of  the  busiest sea­
son and every available engineer  was out 
upon  the  road.

“Hard  Luck !  nonsense ! ”  said  the 
superintendent  when  he  was  informed 
of the situation.  “Tell  Pearson  he must 
take the special  out—this  is a nice  time 
for him  to get sick ! ”

The round house  was  notified  and  re­
plied  that  Pearson  was  “foamin’  awful 
—his  wife  got  him  jacked  up  and  two 
doctors  workin’ on him,” yelled  the fore­
man.

“This  is  terrible !  terrible!  groaned 
the  superintendent.  “Perkins is only  a 
boy,  we can’t put him  on, and  Hosselkus 
will never get over  the division  without 
something  happening — never 
in  the 
world !”  and the perspiration started  up­
on  his  forehead.  The  whistle  of  the i 
special  aroused  him  to  the necessity  of 
immediate action.

“Tell him  to put  Hosselkus on and  g et'

him out  as  soon  as  possible—we are  in 
the hands of Providence  anyway,  I  sup­
pose,”  he added to himself.

All  was  hurry  and  excitement  when 
the special  pulled  in.  The  engine  that 
brought it in  was cut off  and hurried out 
of the way, while the huge, well-groomed 
“Three  Sevens”  backed slowly  down  in 
charge of Hosselkus, whose heart swelled 
chokingly  as  the  brazen clangor  of  her 
bell pealed out.

But the beginning was  ominous.  The 
engine  was unfamiliar to him and worked 
more stiffly than he had expected,  so that 
when he backed  down  to  be  coupled on 
he  struck  the  train  with  a  momentum 
that jarred its  occupants  uncomfortably.
“Lord !  Lord! ”  moaned  the  superin­
tendent  as  be  wiped  his  clammy  brow 
and  sought  to  divert  the  director’s  at­
tention  from  the  mishap  by  suggesting 
some needed  improvements  in  the com­
pany’s water  supply.

Presently he excused himself and went 
ahead  to  the  engine  to  interview  Hard 
Luck.  He found  him  with  an oil can  in 
oue  hand  and  a  bunch  of  waste  in  the 
other,  engaged in  the  important  duty of 
“oiling  ’round.”

Hosselkus had  had  no  time  to change 
his  greasy  old  jumper and overalls  for 
cleaner  ones,  his  hasty wash had merely 
imparted  a  smeary  look  to  his counte­
nance,  and  the badge on  his  cap was up­
side down,  but  his eyes sparkled beneath 
their shaggy brows,  his mustache bristled 
savagely  and  the  whole  man  was  ner­
vously alert as,  with a squirt of  oil here, 
a  dab  of  the  waste  there,  and  feeling 
carefully each  key and  bearing to detect 
any signs of  heading,  he  worked his way 
around the  mighty  racer.  He  was just 
finishing  his  round when the  superinten­
dent came  up.

“Now,  Hosselkus,”  said  the latter,  ap­
pealingly,  “do be careful  and try and get 
us  over  the  division  in  some  kind  of 
shape—make time, and, for heaven’s sake, 
don’t  break  down  on  the  road. 
If you 
can  make a first-class  run  I’ll  see  what 
we can  do about getting a passenger  run 
for you.”

Hosselkus  put  away  his  tallow  pot, 
wiped his hands on  the  bunch of  waste, 
which he then carefully put in his pocket 
to serve  as a handkerchief,  and at  length 
spoke:  “Colonel,”  he  said,  “don’t  you 
lose no  sleep  over  this  excursion—we’ll 
get there in  the  biggest  kind of  shape— 
this mill has got  it  in  her,  an’  if  I can’t 
coax a move out of her I’ll run  a station­
ary the rest of  my  life.  Now,  these kid 
engineers of  yours,  they  ain’t up in me­
chanics like they’d  oughter  be—not  but 
what  they’re  good  boys—mind you  I’m 
not  sayin’  a  word  agin  ’em—but  they 
waste  her  stren’th—they  don’t  really 
savvy the  theory.  Now----- •”

“Yes,  yes,”  hurriedly  interupted  the 
superintendent;  “I  know,  but  we must 
be getting  out of  here,  and  don’t  forget 
that  passsenger  run—it’s  manslaughter 
if  not  murder 
in  the  first  degree,” he 
said  to  himself,  as  he  hastened  back, 
“but  if  we  escape  with  our  lives,  he 
shall have the run.”

The  conductor  waved  his  hand,  Hos­
selkus  opened  the  throttle  slightly and 
the steam  shrilled  through  the  cylinder 
cocks  as  the  special  moved  down  the 
yard.  Slowly  he  threaded  the network 
of  tracks, cut-offs  and  blind  switches, 
and then more rapidly by the long siding 
opposite the  row of  cottages,  where  the 
conductors and engineers lived.  And in­
stinctively he felt the eyes of  the women

upon him,  and knew  that they  were say­
ing,  “Well,  if  there  ain’t that crazy fool 
on  Pearson’s  Three-Sevens  with  a  pas-1 
senger special!  Wouldn’t that kill you? ” 
for  women  are  jealous  divinities—they 
would  not  that  man  should  have  any 
other god  or goddesses before  them,  and 
as  Hosselkus  worshiped  only a locomo­
tive,  a thing of steel and  iron,  they made 
him  a  byword  and  a  reproach.  But  at 
that moment  Hard Luck  cared  but  little 
foi  their disdain;  he only thought of  his 
triumph,  and the  discordant  clanging of 
the bell of  the Three-Sevens  sounded  in 
his  ears  as a psean of  victory.  “At last 
—at 
last,”  seemed  to  say  its  brazen 
tongue.

The  last  switch  was passed  and Hos­
selkus,  forgetting  the  lightness  of  his 
train,  opened  the  throttle  so  suddenly 
that  the  engine  fairly  leaped  forward, 
while  the  passengers’  necks  received  a 
violent  wrench.

“This  engineer  of  yours,  Colonel,” 
said the general  superintendent,  spitting 
out  the  end  of  a  cigar  he had involun­
tarily swallowed, “is just off a pile driver, 
is he not? ”

The  colonel  laughed  a  joyless  laugh. 
“The  fact  is,” he  replied,  “the  regular 
man was taken sick  at the  last moment, 
and we had no one but this fellow to  put 
on.  He is an old  engineer  but not  used 
to the  engine.  1 think he  will  improve 
when he gets the hang of it.”

“I hope so—I hope  so,”  said  the  gen­
eral  fervently,  as  he  lit  a  fresh  cigar, 
“there  is  evidently  room  for  improve­
ment.”

But presently  even the anxious  super­
intendent was  forced to admit  they were 
moving.  Telegraph  poles,  that  had  ap­
peared  and  disappeared  with  majestic 
deliberation,  began to flit by. the windows 
with a frequency and abruptness very un­
usual  in  those  stately  objects;  quicker 
and less rhythmic came  the  click  of  the 
wheels as each  rail  was passed;  and  the 
leaps of  the engine at each  revolution of 
the  driving  wheels  were  merged  into  a 
continuous,  convulsive  shudder.  The 
passengers  no 
longer  experienced  the 
sensation of  being  drawn along,  but felt 
as  though  projected through space,  and 
the  more  timid  clung  to  their  seats  to 
avoid  soaring off through the roof.  Train­
men  who could  traverse undisturbed  the 
reeling roofs of a fast freight,  made their 
way through the  swaying cars  with diffi­
culty.

Old Hard Luck  was evidently  “getting 
there,”  and  the  superintendent  prayed 
silently that he might maintain the speed 
to the end.

At  the  first  stop  he  wont  forward  to 
congratulate the  engineer.  The fireman 
was under the  engine  “hoeing out,”  and  . 
Hosselkus,  sooty  but  triumphant,  was 
“oiling ’round.”

“How’d’s that  suit  you,  Colonel ? ”  he 
cried,  as  his  superior  approached;  “the 
old girl’s a crawlin’,  ain’t  she? ”

“ You’re  doing  fine,  Hosselkus—fine, 
but keep it  up—pound her  on  the back, 
for the porter tells me the wine is getting 
low and they’re  liable  to  see  something 
to  beef  about.  Keep  ’em  a rollin’,  and 
the passenger run is yours.”  The Colonel 
had risen from  the  ranks,  and  at  times, 
unconsciously, lapsed  into  the old  main 
line dialect.

“Don’t you worry none, we’ll git there. 
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the other  boys  on  the  division ’ud  ever 
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old rocker—just  handle  her  right,  don’t 
crowd  her,  that’s  the  main  point.  Now 
my theory’s like  this,  we’ll  say  the cyl­
inder----- ”

But the Colonel  had  fled.  Hard Luck 
carried his theory  with him,  for he never 
succeeded in obtaining a listener to whom 
he could expound it.

No  accident  occurred,  however;  the 
speed  was  maintained,  and  the  special 
reached Olesou’s Siding so far in  advance 
of  the 
train  dispatcher’s  calculations 
that  quite  a  wait  was  necessary  while 
Number  Three,  the  eastbound  express, 
toiled up the  grade.

It was the last stop.  Below him wound 
the tortuous Goose Neck  grade,  with  the 
division terminus  at  its  foot.  The  run 
was nearly ended.

Having 

finished  oiling,  Hosselkus 
leaned  against  the  cylinder  head  and 
gazed  abstractedly  down  the  track.  A 
brakeman  was seated  on  the  head  block 
of  the  switch,  throwing  stones  at  an 
adjacent 
telegraph  pole  and  moodily 
speculat'ng  upon  the  probabilities  of 
“getting in” in  time  for supper,  while an 
occasional  breath  of  wind  from  the val­
ley brought with it,  from  afar  down  the 
grade,  the  puffing of the engines on Num­
ber Three.

He had succeeded.  The  record would 
be  broken  beyond  a  doubt;  but  as  the 
cool  breeze of  sunset blew  in  his face he 
suddenly  became aware  of  the  fact that 
he  was  tired,  and  he  remembered  then 
that  he  had  been  on  the  road  for  over 
forty-eight  hours.

The smell of heated tallow struck  him, 
for  the  first  time,  as  being  a  singularly 
unappetizing  odor,  and  he  looked  over 
the  huge  machine  with  something  akin 
to  dissatisfaction  iu  the  expression  of 
his face.  He sighed,  and  the  brakeman 
asked  if  she  was  comiug—meaning  the 
train.

“No,”  replied  Hard  Luck;  “she  ain't 
showed  up  ’round  the  bend  yet—I ’uz 
just thinkin’.”

“Thinkin’  how the other engineers ’ud 
have to  take  siding  when  they  get  the 
figgers of this run,  1 s’pose? ”

thirty  loads  of 

“Naw!  I ’uz  thinkin’  ’bout  my  fire­
man,  little  Doherty,  that  ’uz  killed  the 
time I run  into the burnt  bridge  at Rose 
Creek. 
It ’uz  dark  as  pitch an’  blowin’ 
sixty miles an hour.  1 had the old Eighty- 
three,  with 
iron  an’ 
material  for  the  front.  The  Eighty- 
three’s air pump ’uz no good,  an’ 1 didn’t 
purtend  to  hold  ’em.  We  come  down 
into the creek  like h—11  heatin’ tan  bark 
—the bridge had  burnt  an’  fell  into  the 
creek;  I  felt  her  droppin’,  socked  on 
what air there was,  squealed  for brakes, 
an’  throwed  her  over—the  next  thing I 
knowed 1 ’uz sloshin’ round in  the creek, 
dodgin’ flat cars an’ railroad iron.  Lord! 
I  thought  them  cars  never  would  quit 
piliu’ up—there ’uz twenty-seven stacked 
up  inside  of  two  car  len’ths.  The  ca­
boose an’  four or five  cars  stayed on the 
track,  an’ 1 crawled out an’ started  back. 
God !  but  the  wind  blowed  cold  that 
night,  an’  Doherty—we couldn’t get him 
out—took the wreckin’ train half a day to 
get down  to him—when  the engine went 
over  she  fell  on  his  side  an’ held  him 
down  in the water.  He ’uz  drowned but 
not burnt none, which ’uz  some  comfort. 
But how his wife did take on—you could 
’a  heard  her for a mile.  When  Pete ’uz 
alive,  she  never  ’peared  to  take  to  him 
much;  but you  never  see a woman so set 
on anyone as she wuz  when he ’uz  dead. 
They say’t she  used  to  drink ’fore  Pete

’uz  killed,  but  I  judge  sh e’uz  a  whole 
lot worse afterwards. 
I  tried  to  do the 
right thing  by  her,  fixed  up a house an’ 
squared her at the grocery store,  but  she 
always  had  it  in  for  me,  seems  like. 
She’d  fill  herself  up till she  ’uz blowin’ 
out the  stack, an’ then  she’d  lay for me, 
an’  when  she  saw  me  cornin’—they’d 
taken me off  the main  line  then  an’  put 
me  on  the  yard  engine—she’d  flop  her­
self  down  on  the  track  in  front  of  the 
eugine  an’  callin’  me  all  the  murderiu’ 
Irish names  you  ever  beard  of,  yell  for 
me to run over her an’ finish  the fambly.
“Then  she  took  sick,  an’  some  say’t 
she  really  had  ’em,  but  I judge  i t ’uza 
fever like,  brought  on  by grief an’  stuff.
“She ’uz  runnin’  wild,  an’ the  doctors 
couldu’t  slow  her  down  none,  so  one 
night,  at  eleven fifty-three, just as Num­
ber six ’uz cornin’  in,  she  took down her 
siguals,  split  the  switch,  an’  pulled  out 
light  for  the  other  side. 
I  heard  her 
when  she put  the blower  on,  an’ judgin’ 
that she’d  got  her  orders,  I says  to her: 
“ Old  lady,  you’re  past  the  slow  boards 
now,  with  a  clear  track  an’  no  limits, 
but ’fore you open her out, just look back 
an’  gimme  the  high  sign  to  show’t  we 
clear  all  friendly  an’  no  kick  cornin’.’ 
But she never gimme the sign—she made 
motions  with  her  lips,  but  all  I  could 
hear  ’uz  sometbin’  like  murderin’,  an’ 
she  ’uz  goue.  Sometimes  I  think  that 
queered me—I never had much luck ’fore 
that,  but  I ain’t  never  had  none  since, 
till 
to-day.  An’  they  wonder  why  1 
can’t get over the  road,  an’ they  wonder 
why I’m always breakin’ down—why,  its 
hard  luck,  that’s  what  it  is,  just  dead 
hard  luck—somethin’s  got  a  hoodoo  on 
me.  No,  sir,  I  ain’t  never  had  a  day’s 
luck since ole Mam  Doherty  run  by  my 
flag. 
I  tell  you,  wimmen  is  queer  ma­
chines  an’  complicated—mighty  compli­
cated.  They’re  some  like  these  new- 
fashioned  compounds,  an  ’tain’t  every 
man can handle ’em  proper.

“I  ain’t  never  had  no  experience  in 
that  line.  Onct,  when  I  ’uz  firin’  for 
Jake  Griggsey,  his  sister  rode  with  us 
for  a ways,  an’  she ’uz a joe dandy, with 
a straight stack an’ high drivers—she set 
on  my  seat,  with  her  feet  up  ’side  the 
boiler,  an’  she had on low shoes an’stock- 
in’s  with  holes  in  ’em—not  wore  out 
holes,  but these kind that’s put in with a 
punch or somethin’. 
I got that rattled I 
burnt every blamed  grate  in Forty-four, 
an’ she  dropped  her  fire  an’  laid  us out 
for  an  ’our’n  a  half. 
I  felt  flatter’n  a 
wheel that’s been  slipped  for  seventeen 
miles. 
I never had no more  dicker with 
wimmen  folks  since.  That’s  nineteen 
years ago,  an’ I ain’t got the run yet.  It’s 
queer the way a man  gets set  on a thiqg 
—some  men  take  to  wimmen,  some  to 
cards,  an’  others to everything most ’cept 
hard work;  but  I  always judged  that  to 
pull  a string of  varnished cars ’ud be all 
the joy I’d want.  The Colonel’s  promised 
me a  run  if  1 took ’em  through  in good 
shape;  but 
it  wouldn’t  surprise  me  if 
something  happened at the last  minit to 
knock  it  in  the  head—I’ve  been  side 
tracked  so  often  yon  see. 
I’m  gittin’ 
middlin’  old,  an’ I’m dead tired—got such 
a  stich  in  my  side,  too;  feels  like  my 
heart had a cut  journal or  somethin’. 
I 
get  that  often,  though—went to a doctor 
oncet,  an’ he jacked me up, felt my pulse, 
an’  said he judged that I’d die on my en­
gine one of  these  fine  days.  Well,  here 
she’s a  cornin’.”

Hosselkus  clambered  to his  seat;  and, 
as soon as the express  train  had  cleared

the switch,  it  was  opened  by the brake- 
man,  and the special  was  once  more  un­
der way.

Leaning  uncomfortably  now  to  this 
side now to that,  and  with  angry  grind­
ing of flange on  rail,  it  swept around the 
curves  with  ever  increasing  speed.  A 
crashing  roar,  a  flare  of  yellow  sunset 
light reflected  from rocky  walls,  told of a 
cutting safely passed,  while  bridge,  and 
culvert,  and trestle bellowed again as the 
engine cleared them at a bound.

The Three  Sevens  devoured  the  way. 
Again  and  again  Hosselkus  proved  the 
correctness of  his  theory  by  the terrific 
bursts  of  speed  with  which  the  mighty 
machine responded to his every impulse; 
but his nerves were no longer respousive 
to  the  exultant  thrill  of  triumph.  A 
sickening  foreboding  griped  his  heart; 
yet  whenever  he  would  have  shut  off 
steam  and  slackened  speed,  an  uncon­
querable impulse  restrained him;  for  in 
the exhaust of the engine and the roar of 
wheels he fancied he  heard one word re­
peated  over and over again,  with  maden- 
ingpersistency:  “Hurry!  hurry!  hurry! 
hurry ! ”  And  the fireman, as he shoveled 
in  coal  and  struggled  to  maintain  his 
difficult  footing,  noted  with  wonder,  not 
unmixed with uneasiness, that Hosselkus 
was working  steam  on  grades  where  it 
was  usual to “let them  down”  under the 
restraining pressure of  the airbrakes.

took 

The lagging summer twilight gradually 
deepened until  the  illuminated  faces of 
clock  and  steam  guage  stood  out  with 
pallid  distinctness  in  the  gloom  of  the 
cab.  Lights in lonely section houses shot 
past,  and  occasionally  a  great  flare  of 
red rushed upward from the momentarily 
opened door of the firebox.  The dazzling 
light of  the furnace  revealed  Old  Hard 
Luck crouching forward  on his seat,  one 
hand on the  throttle,  the  other grasping 
the reversing  lever, c His  features  were 
set  and  sharpened,  and  so  pale  that 
through  its  grimy  enameling  his  face 
looked  positively  blue.  An  occasional 
swift,  comprehensive  glance 
in 
clock, steam guage and  water  glass,  and 
then his eyes were  again  fixed  upon  the 
arrowy torrent of ties that streamed  into 
the  glare  of  the  headlight  and  disap­
peared beneath the  pilot with unbroken, 
dizzying swiftness.  At last a white jSost 
flitted  by  and  Hosselkus  relaxed.  He 
glanced  at  the  clock,  and  the  next  mo­
ment a long,  wailing blast of  the whistle 
warned the yardmen at the division’s end.
The record was broken;  the  passenger 
run  was his at  last;  old  Hard Luck  had 
actually got  over  the division without  a 
mishap and in time never before equaled, 
but  instead  of  exulting  over  it,  as  he 
shut off  steam,  he found himself marvel­
ing how faint and  far  away  the  whistle 
had sounded;  had  he not  felt  the  vibra­
tion  of  the  escaping  steam  he  would 
hardly  have  believed  it  was  the  Three 
Sevens’  stentorian  voice.  Undoubtedly 
there  was  something  wrong;  he  would 
have to fix it the  first thing  in  the morn­
ing.  The engine lurched over the switches 
and  Hosselkus  cursed  the  sudden  fog 
that had dimmed  the  switch lamps so he 
could hardly  tell  red  from  white,  but at 
length he pulled up  before  the  Railway 
Hotel—fortune favored  him  to  the last; 
he made a splendid stop.

With a great  sigh  of  relief  he  leaned 
back on his  seat,  while  the eating house 
gong banged and  thundered a hospitable 
welcome to the belated guests.

“You  made a magnificent  run,  Hossel­
I’ll fix it with the master mechanic

kus. 

—you  go  out  on  Number  Three  to-mor­
row,” called out the superintendent as he 
hurried by.

Presently  a yardman uncoupled the en­
gine and  waved  his lantern.  “All right!” 
called out the fireman,  who was standing 
in the  gangway.

The engineer made no move.
“What’s  the  matter?  ”  inquired  the 
switchman,  climbing  into  the  cab;  why
in ------- ”  the  light  of  his  lantern  fell
then  upon  the engineer’s face;  he paused 
suddenly,  for  it  was  white  beneath  the 
grime.

trainmen  with 

Hard Luck  was  taken  from the engine, 
laid  upon  a  bench,  and a physician  has­
tily  summoned.  Engineers,  with smoky 
torches,  and 
lanterns, 
crowded  around with bated breath, while 
the doctor listened  long  and  attentively 
for  a  sound  of  life,  but  only  the  air 
pump on  the Three Sevens signed softly, 
as  the  light  rings  of  smoke  from  her 
stack  floated  up,  and  up,  and  up  in  the 
quiet air,  where  still a tinge  of  twilight 
i lingered.

“Dead! ”  said 

the  doctor,  and  the 

tension was relaxed.

Then  they  all  praised  their  late  com­
rade,  and all  agreed  that  the old  fellow 
had a good  heart in him, anyway—that is, 
all but  the  doctor,  who,  as  he  rose  and 
carefully wiped  his  spectacles, muttered 
something  abont  “Organic  weakness— 
told him so.”

The  next  day,  as  the  superintendent 
had  promised,  Hard  Luck  went  out  on 
Number  Three—but  he  went  in  a  box, 
lashed  to  the  platform  of  the  baggage 
car. 

E.  M u n so n.

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DISSOLUTION  OF

LIBITED  P i m m .

Notice is  hereby given that the limited 
partnership  heretofore existing  between 
W.  T.  Lamoreaux  and Demetrius Turner 
under  the  style of  W.  T.  Lamoreaux  & 
Co.  has  been  this  day  dissolved  by the 
retirement of  Demetrius  Turner  by mu­
tual consent.  All  accounts due  the for­
mer  firm are  due  and  payable  to W.  T. 
Lamoreaux  and all  debts of  the former 
firm  will  be  liquidated  by  W.  T.  Lam­
oreaux.

Dated  this  first  day of  June,  1892,  at 

Grand Rapids,  Mich.

W.  T .  L a m o r e a u x.
D e m e t r iu s  T u r n e r.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

G r a n d   R a p id s ,  June  16,  1892. 

We  have  this  day  sold  to  W.  T. 
Lamoreaux  Co.  our  entire  business, 
including  stock,  accounts,  and  all  evi­
dences  of  debt.  The  business  will  be 
conducted  by the  same  management  as 
in  the  past,  and  practically  no  change 
made except that of name.

We ask for the new Company the same 
kind favors you  have bestowed  upon  us. 

Respectfully  yours,
W.  T.  LAMOREAUX  *  CO.

W.  T.  LAMOREAUX  CO.

W.  T.  Lamoreaux,  Pres,  and Treas. 
A.  P.  Collar,  Vice-President.
L.  Giles,  Secretary.

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AMONG  THE  TRADE.

ABOUND THE  STATE.

Horton—Tanner  &  Wellman  succeed

H.  M.  Tanner in general trade.

Iron wood—C.  V.  Malmgren  has  sold 

his drug stock to  A.  E.  Anderson.

Horseshoe — A.  Myers  has  sold  his 

general stock to G.  H. Hildebrand.

Traverse  City—M.  V.  Uundruin  has 

sold his grocery stock to Hiram Cook.

Battle  Creek—S.  M.  Holton  has  sold 
his drug  stock  to  Morehouse &  Linihan.
Kalamazoo—Geo.  J.  Gildea  is  succeed­
ed  by M.  W.  Morton  in the grocery busi­
ness.

Wheeler—Wm.  Pickard  is  succeeded 
by Jas.  P.  Robinson  in the  grocery  busi­
ness.

South  Lake  Linden—Nicholas Reding 
in  general 

succeeds  Pemberthy  Bros, 
trade.

Muskegon — The  Muskegon  Fur  Co. 
will  hereafter  be  known  as  the  Moth 
Proof Fur Co.

Albion — John  Hagerman  has  pur- 
chosed  the  grocery and  provision  stock 
ot E. J.  Emmons.

Kalamazoo—B.  Desenberg  & Co.  have 
purchased the grocery stock belonging to 
the estate of the late H.  Ebelink.

Nashville—D.  A.  Green  has  sold his 
.grocery  stock  to  Geo.  W.  Francis  and 
Aubery  Francis,  who  will  continue  the 
business  under  the  style  of  Geo.  W. 
Francis & Son.

Muskegon—R.  E.  Misner  has  retired 
from  the  grocery  firm  of  Misner  & Mc­
Leod.  The  business  will  be  continued 
by the remaining partnei  under the style 
of David L.  McLeod.
Riversdale—Geo. W. Saunders, formerly 
engaged  in  the drug and grocery business 
at this place.has purchased the Mills drug 
stock  at  chattel  mortgage  sale.  Mr. 
Mills  is  associated  with  the  new  pro­
prietor in the capacity of clerk.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Bay City—E.  H.  Lieberthal,  manufac- 
turerer  of  suspenders,  has  removed  his 
business to Mansfield,  Ohio.

Saginaw — The  Saginaw  Lumber  & 
Salt  Co.  received  a 
from 
Canada last week.  Not a log was lost in 
towing across the lake.

large  raft 

Owosso — The  Queen  Cart  Co.  has 
merged  its  business  into  a  stock  com­
pany under  the  style of  the  Estey  Car­
riage  Co.  The  paid  in capital  stock  is 
$5,000.

Saginaw—As  an  instance  of  the  de­
mand for lumber it  may  be  stated  that 
Charles  Merrill &Co. carried over 17,000,- 
000 feet of  lumber,  largely  of  ordinary 
stock,  and during  the  last  three  weeks 
have sold $88,000 worth.  Their old stock 
has been  about all  closed  out,  and  they 
have contracted a considerable portion of 
their new stock.

Detroit—The  Seymour  Cash  Register 
Co.  has filed articles of association.  The 
$100,000  of  capital  stock  is  divided as 
follows:  Frederick H. Seymour, $30,000; 
Wm.  T.  McGraw,  $30,000;  Thomas  Mc- 
Graw,  $1,000;  Homer  McGraw,  $19,000;
I.  T.  Cowles,  $10,000;  Thomas  Spencer 
Jerome,  $10,000.  The  company  will 
manufacture  a newly  invented  style  of 
cash register, on  which a patent has been 
applied for by Mr.  Seymour.

A Sure  Sign.

First Man—Are  you  not  a  politician ?
Second Man—Yes.  How did you know?
First Man—By your breath.

J. 

F.  Moloney, the Cheboygan Poo Bah, 

Purely Personal.

C. G. Stone, the Lowell dry goods dealer, 
was in town  last week to  attend  the  an­
nual  picnic of the  Old  Settlers’ Associa­
tion.

Charles M.  Camburn, in Foster, Stevens 
&  Co.’s  stove  department,  has  been 
obliged to go  to Mt.  Clemens on  account 
of the rheumatism.

Frank Kruse, assistant kook-keeper for 
Hawkins & Company,  has taken  the  po­
sition of book-keeper  for  the  Peninsula 
General Electric Co.

John Harvey,  of  the firm of Harvey  & 
Benjamin,  proprietors of the Hope Roller 
Mills,  Hamilton,  was in  town a couple of 
days last week and took orders for a car­
load of flour.

R.  M.  Clouston,  formerly  connected 
with  the clerical department of  the Ball- 
Barnhart-Putman Co., is  now engaged  in j 
the  merchandise  brokerage  business  at 
Huntington,  W.  V.

R.  W.  Stafford  and  F.  A.  Waidner, 
pickle manufacturers at Chicago, were in 
town one  day last  week  and  purchased 
the pickles in  brine owned by  Walker  & 
Son  and C. S.  Walker.

C.  A.  Morrell,  of the tea  jobbing house 
of C.  A.  Morrell & Co.,  at Chicago,  is  in 
town for a few days,  the guest of  W.  F. 
Blake.  He goes  from  here  to  Traverse 
City,  where he  will  spend  a  portion  of 
the heated  term.

was in town one day  last  week  for  the 
purpose  of  arranging  connections  with 
his new  boat,  Elizabeth,  which  he  has 
put on the  “inland  route”  betreen  Che­
boygan and Oden.

Wm.  Logie,  who has  been seriously  ill 
with rheumatism  at  his  home  on  Julia 
street,  is  gradulally  improving,  but  it 
will be  several  weeks  before  be will  re­
gain sufficient strength  to enable him  to 
resume his desk  at  Rindge,  Kalmbach & 
Co.’s.

E. B.  Bailey,  the  Allegan groceryman, 
does not  entertain  as  high a respect  for 
the  stability of  the  Chicago  strawberry 
market as  he  did a short  time  ago.  He 
recently  purchased  eighteen  crates  of 
strawberries at about 80 cents a crate and 
consigned  them to a leading  commission 
house  on  South  Water  street.  The re­
turns  came  in  a  few  days  later  in  the 
shape of  five 2 cent stamps.  Mr.  Bailey 
is now  congratulating  himself  over  the 
fact  that  the  berries  actually  paid  the 
expenses  of  transportation  and  selling 
and that  he  escaped  being  drawn  upon 
for a balance.

Will  M.  Butts,  book-keeper  for  Haw­
kins  & Company,  had  a  narrow  escape 
from  death  Saturday  afternoon.  The 
animal  which draws the  one-horse deliv­
ery wagon of  the  house  broke loose and 
started down  Ionia street, making in  the 
direction of  Mr.  Butts,  who stood  on the 
sidewalk opposite  the  store.  The latter 
took to his heels,  making marvelous time 
down the street,  but  the horse gained on 
his intended victim and would,  undoubt­
edly,  have run him  down  but for the in­
terposition of an iron pole supporting the 
trolley  wire,  which  delayed  the  infuri­
ated  steed  long  enough  to  enable  Mr. 
Butts to gain a place of safety.

The Hardware Market.

Wages—The possibility of  a  strike  of 
some  duration  in  the  Western  Mills  is 
telling on the iron  and steel markets. 
It 
has  adversely  affected  pig  iron  and has 
led to rush of work to many mills for de­
liveries  prior  to  July  1.  The  opinion

seems to prevail that both parties to  the 
controversy,  so far as  the  iron  mills are 
concerned,  have made  extreme  demands 
in  order  to  give  themselves 
leeway  in 
subsequent negotiations.

Pig Iron—Sales have been  made at low­

est prices re ached.

Copper—The market seems  to be a lit­

tle  weak.

Pig Tin—Has  suffered a drop of lc per 
pound.  The load which speculators were 
carrying was getting too heavy.

Pig Lead—A  little  weaker  for  large 

buyers.

Wire Nails—No special  change  noted. 
Extreme prices that have  been  made are 
now withdrawn  by most of  the manufac­
turers and jobbers.

Cut Nails—Owing to the closing  down J 
of  a  number  of  factories,  better  prices 
are  being  asked.  The low  price of wire 
nails,  however,  will check any  large  ad­
vance.

Bar Iron—Quiet  and no change to  note 
“Strike  or  no  strike”  seems  to  be the 
question at issue. •

Wrought  Iron  Pipe—Moving  freely, 

but no change in prices.

Wire Screen—Still  very scarce.  Man­
ufacturers find it impossible  to catch  up 
in their  orders,  as  their  contracts  with 
makers of screen doors and windows take 
it right from the loom  as  fast  as  made. 
Jobbers  are  getting  $1.50  for it without 
any trouble.

Screen  Doors and Windows—The man­
ufacturers are catching up in their orders 
a little,  thus  enabling  jobbers  to  get  a 
few from day to day.  The price  for  all 
regular stock  sizes  remains  about  $7.50 
per dozen.

Gasoline  and  Kerosene  Stoves—The 
demand  from all parts of the country has 
been greater than  ever,  depleting stocks 
in all the  warehouses..  Especially is this 
the case in  “Low  Down Junior”  stoves, 
it being an  impossibility to keep  up  with 
orders.  On these goods jobbers are quot­
ing 40 and  10  discount  from  list.  Reg­
ular  gasoline  stove  discount  is  30  per 
cent,  to 30 and 10.

Rope—No change in  sisal or manilia.
Shot—Another advance of 5c a bag has 
been made by the makers,  the  price now 
being  $1.45  for  drop  and  $1.70  for BB 
and larger.  This price  is  for  shipment 
from  the  towers.  Jobbers  are  getting 
$1.50 and  $1.75.

N otice  to  M ichigan  Traveling  Men.
Co l d w a t e b ,  June 25—Mileage  tickets 
of the C.  &  W.  M.,  D.,  L.  &  N.,  Saginaw 
Valley & St.  Louis are also  good on  the 
Manistee & Northeastern.
1000 mile tickets issued by the  Toledo, 
Ann Arbor & North Michigan R.  R.  are 
good on the C., J.  & M.  and  Manistee  & 
Northeastern.
Mileage tickets  issued by  the Manistee 
& North-eastern are good on  the C.  & W. 
M., D., L.  & N.,  Saginaw  Valley  &  St. 
Louis, T., A.  A.  & N. M.; short line mile­
age between Manistee and Detroit.
The L.  S.  & M.  S.  is now  selling  1,000 
mile tickets at $20,  good on  their  entire 
system* 
Chairman Railroad  Committee,  Michi­
gan Knights of  the Grip.

A.  A.  H o w a r d,

Am erican  W ealth Abroad.

It has been the  misfortune of  America 
since  its  discovery  that  the wealth  ob­
tained  here was  spent  in  Europe.  One 
of  the  most  recent  examples  is  that  of 
W.  W.  Astor,  whose  enormous  fortune 
was  made  in  America,  though  not  by 
himself.  He has apparently decided that 
America is  not  good  enough  for  him  to 
live in and has bought the Murietta man­
sion in  Carlaton  Terrace,  London.  The 
house was enriched by  the  Muriettas be­
fore  the  Argentine  depression,  which

forced  the  American,  Sanford,  to  sell. 
The Muriettas  are  Spanish  bankers, and 
recently  were  obliged  to  give  flp  their 
fine collection of paintings and bric-a-brac 
of  the  First  Empire  period.  They  had 
spent  in  remodeling  the  house  not  far 
from half  a million  dollars.  Thehouses 
in Carleton Terrace  are  large  and  over­
look the Mall  and St.  James Park.
Silence is not golden  at all times.
An ounce  of  slander  requires a ton of 

cure.

The i u u s L delicate  J apau teas are  harvested in 
May, known as “first  picking,” which are a lux­
ury.  We will  continue the old  price  as  an  in­
ducement  to  further  introduce  the  perfection 
of our new

BEE  HIKE  J M |tS

If  you  have never handled this brand of  teas 
order  it  now  and  have  the  finest  on  earth, as 
hundreds of  customers  testify who  are  now us­
ing it in  best  trade.  We  are  prepared to fill  all 
orders  promptly with  the  most .seasonable  and 
delicious new teas.

E.  J.  GILLIES  &  GO.,

N EW   YORK  CITY.

Address

WESTERN  MICHIGAN  REPRESENTATIVE, 

J.  P.  VISNER,

167 No.  Ionia Street,
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

C r o c k e r y   & G l a s s w a r e

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GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Chas. E.  Herington  has  purchased the 
general  stock of  Wm.  Hewitt,  at  Camp­
bell.

J.  D.  Wickham & Son have  sold  their 
meat  market  at  193  Broadway  to  Mull 
Bros.

Ruck  & Garnhardt, grocers at 79 Shaw- 
mut avenue, are closing  out  their  stock 
and will retire from business.

E.  J.  Gordon  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at South  Boardman.  The Olney & 
Judson Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

Lieffers,  Kreii  &  Co.  have  opened  a 
grocery store on Grandville avenue.  The 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

D.  B.  Monroe succeeds M. H. Zacharias 
in  the grocery  business  at  704  Wealthy 
avenue.  The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. 
sorted up the  stock.

M.  Van  Wiugen  has  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  at  120  West  Leonard 
street.  The Lemon  & Wheeler Company 
furnished the stock.

Truth a Sure Foundation

A  young man  in  a  dry goods store  in 
Boston  was  endeavoring  to  sell  a  cus­
tomer some goods.  He had a quantity on 
hand which  he  much  desired  to dispose 
of,  as they were not of the freshest styles, 
and  the  man  seemed 
inclined  to  take 
them.  When  the  goods  had  been  ex­
amined and the  bargain  was  about to  be 
concluded,  the customer inquired:

“Are these goods the latest styles?”
The young man hesitated.  He  wanted 
to sell the goods, and it appeared  evident 
that if  he said  they  were the  latest style 
the man would take them.  But he could 
not tell a lie,  and  he replied:

“They are not the latest style of goods, 
but they are a very good style.”
The man looked at him, examined some 
goods of later style,  and said:
“I will take  those  of  the  older  style, 
and  some of  the  new,  also.  Your  hon­
esty in  stating  the  facts  will  fasten me 
to this place.”
The  man  had  not  only  sold  his goods 
and kept a  good  conscience,  but  he also 
retained  a  customer,  whom  he  might 
never  have  seen  again  if  he  had  not 
spoken to him the exact truth.
------------------ • --« . -------------
T h e  D ru g   M a rk e t.

There  are  few  changes  to  note  this 

week:

Cocoa Butter—Advanced and very firm, 

both here and  abroad.

Buchu  Leaves  (long)—New  stock 

is 
nearly  exhausted in this country and  ex- 
tremeprices are asked.

Opium—Steady and unchanged.
Quinine—Very firm and foreign brands 

are higher.

Oil Pepperment—Firm and  advancing.
Carbolic  Acid — Firmer  and  higher 

prices are looked for.

Oil  Pennyroyal—Very scarce and  firm 

at the advance.

Turpentine—Advanced.

The  Dry  Goods  Market.

Blankets—Cotton  warp  are  cheaper 
than  last  year.  All  wool  goods  remain 
the same and are  very  scarce.  The out­
put is sold up to  production  and  the  be­
lief is that late purchasers will be unable 
to secure  their  goods.  The trade gener­
ally  is  buying  finer  goods  every  year, 
learning that It is  economy  to  buy good 
values.

Dress  Cambrics—Another  advance  of 
J¿c  has  occurred and  goods  are  very 
scarce.  Jobbers still hold at 4J(c,  on ac­
count of stocks on hand.

Cottons—Fruit of  the Loom  and Lons- 

dales are a shade  lower.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

Gripsack Brigade.

Peter Fox  is off the road for a few days, 
anxiously  watching  at  the  bedside  of  a 
son,  who is seriously ill with diphtheria.
Frank  L.  Kelly,  traveling  representa­
tive  for  Carson, Pirie,  Scott  &  Co.,  is 
spending  the  week  in  Chicago,  getting 
out his samples for the fall trade.

Wm.  G.  Hawkins has resumed his trips 
on  the  road  since  his  return  from  the 
Alma  sanitarium,  but  is  not  yet  strong 
enough  to  remain  out  a  full  week  at  a 
time.

L.  Meyer,  of  B.  Leidersdorf  &  Co., 
Milwaukee,  was  in  Grand  Rapids  last 
week  and  accompanied  Judd  Houghton 
on  his trip through the  Holland  colony. 
He  was well pleased  with  his  reception 
at the hands of the trade,  both wholesale 
and retail.

Hi Robertson attended the Chicago con­
vention  last  week  and  passed  into  the 
wigwam  whenever  he  wished  to  do  so 
without  ticket  or  identification  of  any 
sort.  His  close  resemblance  to  Cleve­
land  is said  to  have  overawed-  the door­
keepers whenever  he  put  in  an  appear­
ance.

Wm.  Boughton,  traveling  representa­
tive  for  H.  S.  Robinson & Co.,  has  been 
a -guest  at  St.  Mark’s  Hospital  for  the 
past  two  weeks  by  reason  of  a  severe 
bruise of  the shin  bone,  sustained while 
boarding  a  street  car.  Blood  poisoning 
was  threatened,  but  it  is  thought  that 
danger of this is now passed.

secretary  of 

Post C of  the  Michigan Knights of the 
Grip held its regular  monthly meeting at 
the Hotel  Normandie,  Detroit,  Saturday 
evening.  Vice-President G.  G.  DeForest 
presided.  A communication was read by 
Secretary  W.  V.  Gawley  from  W.  H. 
Booth, 
the  Commercial 
Travelers’ Home Association of America, 
asking  the  indorsement and  aid  of  the 
Post  for the  cause  for  which  the  Asso­
ciation  is  working. 
It  was  formed  for 
and is laboring to build a home  and  hos­
pital  for indigent  members,  and  to  pro­
vide  for 
indigent  wives,  widows  and 
infant  children of  members.  A  part  of 
the  project is also  to  erect,  furnish  and 
maintain  a  school  for  the  education of 
the  small  children of  unfortunate mem­
bers.  James  D.  Aldrich,  of  Detroit,  is 
President of  the  Association.  The  Post 
acted  favorably  upon  the  communica­
tion.

While it is true that women are  invad­
ing  the  ranks  of  commercial  travelers, 
their  usefulness  in  this  branch  of  life 
will  necessarily  be  limited.  They  may 
successfully sell certain lines in sections 
of the country which  are thickly  settled 
and amply provided  with railroad  facili­
ties;  but  when  it  comes  to  hustling  in 
many parts  of  the  country,  where  it  is 
necessary to  ride  for  miles  over  rough 
roads and  in  all  sorts  of  weather,  they 
are not in it.  At present,  the  novelty of 
the  idea  and  the  reverence  which  the 
American  people  entertain  for  the  fair 
sex  greatly  assist  them;  but  this,  will 
wear  off  in  time  and  a  merchant  will 
have no more hesitation in decisively  re­
fusing  to buy from a woman than a man 
—and then  the  latter  will  have  all  the 
advantage by  reason of an inheritance of 
business traits and  training  from  many 
generations past.

The following communication has been 
received  from  a  member  of  the  Retail 
Dealers’  Pedro and Poker Club of Raven­
na:  “We  wish  to apologize, through  the 
medium of  your  paper,  to  Dr.  Josiah B,

Evans,  for the  ruthless manner in  which 
some of our members  ‘gave him  away’  to 
Mr.  Ball on the occasion of  his last visit 
to  Ravenna.  Mr.  Evans  is  an  active 
member of  our  Club,  but accepted mem­
bership in the  organization  on  one  con­
dition—that his house  should be  kept in 
ignorance of  the  matter.  We  agreed to 
this condition  and  honestly  intended  to 
live up to the agreement,  but  several  of 
our  members—not  knowing  that  the 
senior member of the house accompanied 
his representative  to  Ravenna last week 
—carelessly approached Mr.  Evans in the 
presence of  his  chief and  reminded him 
of the fact that  the members of  the Club 
anxiously  awaited  his  presence  at  the 
usual place  of  meeting.  Mr.  Evans was 
naturally very much  embarrassed  under 
the  circumstances  and  we  hereby  offer 
him our most abject apologies for  the in­
discretion of  the members  who so  cruel­
ly  unmasked him to his  employer.”

A veteran  traveler  recently  remarked 
as follows:  “I have  been in  business  all 
my  life,  and I am  what  the  ‘boys’  might 
call one of  the old salesmen. 
In  all  the 
years that 1 have been on the road I have 
at least tried to keep  my  eyes open,  and 
I have come in contact with  hundreds of 
different commercial  travelers. 
I  class­
ify the salesmen under four heads:  First, 
the smart salesman;  he is the fellow who 
knows it  all,  who  seems  to  think  it  his 
duty to enlighten the  dealer  on  subjects 
ranging all the  way  from  politics to  re­
ligion.  His career generally  lasts  about 
three  months.  The next is  the dignified 
salesman—the  ‘gentleman’—and mark  it 
that I emphasize the  word  ‘gentleman’— 
who has such an exalted  idea of  himself 
and his  ability  that  the  trade  comes  to 
the conclusion that he is  degrading  him­
self by carrying a sample case, and there­
fore won’t  encourage  him  to  remain  on 
the road.  The third  is the rushing sales­
man;  that is the  fellow who  thinks he is 
making  money  for  his  house  when  he 
runs until he is out  of  breath to catch  a 
train,  and  would  rather  neglect  a cus­
tomer than fail to make  two towns a day 
on  the  average.  He  goes  into  a  store 
with  the  perspiration  pouring  out  of 
every pore,  gasping for breath,  and talk­
ing in jerky sentences, and tries to create 
the impression that  his time is  so valua­
ble that he is conferring a grekt favor up­
on the  dealer  by  calling  on  him  at  all. 
Sometimes the rushing salesman is a suc­
cess,  but I believe  that out  of  every 100 
that start  out,  99  are  forced  to  look  up 
some other position before many months. 
For  the  fourth  class  I  haven’t  a  very 
good name. 
I can’t  call them  the sensi­
tive salesmen,  because the  sensitive man 
is  really  a  gentleman.  We  will  coin  a 
phrase and  call them  the  ‘finicky  drum­
mers.’  They  do  not  coerce  trade 
in 
words,  but they seek  to by  action. 
If  a 
busy merchant  speaks  sharply  to them, 
they take on such an air of  injured inno­
cence, that the merchant  will  give them 
an  order  to  soothe  their  wounded  feel­
ings.  They  can  work  this  scheme  as 
often as three times with one dealer,  and 
hence if they have a pretty big territory, 
they can count on a year’s job.  Now,  as 
a matter of fact, the trade wants straight­
forward men  and  straightforward  state­
ments.  Let a  dealer  see  that  the sales­
man means business from the ground up; 
that  he is talking  business;  that  he  be­
lieves in his  goods;  that he  wants  to  do 
business in  a business  way, and  he  will 
get the  dealer’s  friendship  every  time.”

5
Don’t  B uy
Hammocks,

YOURsSPRING  LINES  OF

Base Ball  Hoods,

& M i l   Tackle

Until you have seen our  assortment.  Our sales­
men are now on the way to call on you.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

MANUFACTURER OF

GHH8.  A.  GOYE,
lu m p  & Tents

Horse and Wagon Covers,
Hammocks and Cotton  Clicks

JOBBERS OF

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MICHIGAN

O rganized  1881.

Fair  Contracts,

Epifanie  Hates,

Proipt  Settlements.

The  Directors  of  the  “ Michigan”  are 

representative business men of 

our own State.
D.  WHITNEY,  JR.,  Pres.

EUGENE  HARBECK,  Sec’y.

A   Tonic
and
A  Pleasure:

That’s the happy 
combination found  in

Hires’¡X

You drink it for pleasure, and get 
physical  benefit.  A  whole­
some, refreshing, appetizing, 
thirst quenching drink.

One package makes five gallons.

Don’t be deceived if a dealer, for the sake 
of larger  profit,  tells you  some  other  kind 
Is "just as good ’’—’tls false.  No imitation 
Is as good as the genuine Hinas'.

of 

proof 

the 
of 

is  a  creditor,  and 

issued;  and,  in  an  action  to  recover  on 
such  a  policy,  the  creditor  must  fur­
nish  positive 
fact 
that  he 
the 
amount of his debt,  and for  this purpose 
the  recital  in  the  policy  and  the  credi­
tor’s statements  in  the  proofs  of  death 
are not sufficient,  that  a creditor  named 
as beueficiary in, or made the assignee of 
a  policy  on  his  debtor’s  life,  has  no 
further interest after the  payment of his 
debt,  and the policy becomes one  for the 
benefit  of  the  insured,  and  can  be col­
lected  by  his  personal  representatives; 
and  that the fact  that an  insurance com­
pany receives  the proofs of  the death of 
the  insured  without  question  is  an  ad­
mission only  that  they  are  sufficient  in 
form,  and  not  that  all  the  statements 
contained  in  them  are  true,  although 
such  statements are  in  answer  to ques­
tions on the printed form sent out by  the 
company.

The truly happy man  is  the  one  who 
appreciates  the  misfortunes  be  misses 
as  well as  the good  things he enjoys.

M ICHIG A N   M IN IN G   SCHOOL.

A State  School of  Mining Engineering, giving  prac­
tical  instruction in mining  and allied  subjects.  Has 
summer schools in surveying, Shop practice and  Field 
Geology.  Laboratories,  shops  and  stamp  mill  well 
equipped.  Tuition  free.  For catalogues apply to the 
Director, Houghton, Michigan.

BUY  THE  PENINSULAR
Pants,  Sits,  and  Overalls

Once and You  aie our Customer 

for life.

STANTON, MOREY & C0„ Mtrs.

D ETRO IT,  M ICH.

Geo. F. Ow en, Salesman  for Western  Michigan, 

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

CORSETS

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6

BUSINESS  LAW.

Summarized  Decisions  from  Courts  of 

Last Resort.

PA K TN ERSH  IP —DECLA RA TIO N  S -E  V I DEUCE.
Admissions  and  declarations  of  one 
member  of  a  firm,  to  be  admissable  in 
evidence as  against and to bind his asso­
ciates,  must be made while he is engaged 
in  transacting 
legitimate  business,  or 
made  in  relation  to  matters  within  the 
scope of  the  partnership  business,  when 
in fact he has  no connection  with  it,  ac­
cording to the decision of  the  Minnesota 
Supreme  Court.

HU SBA ND  A N D   W IF E — IN SU RA N CE.

The Kentucky  Court of  Appeals held,  j 
in  the  recent  case  of  Home  Insurance 
Company vs.  Allen et  al.,  that where in­
sured  property  was  conveyed  by  the in­
sured  to  his  wife,  and  the  insured  iu 
procuring  the  consent of  the  insurance 
company to the assignment of  the policy 
to his wife failed to disclose the fact that 
his creditors were  assailing  the  convey­
ance to the wife  as  fraudulent,  and  had 
had  an attachment  levied upon the prop­
erty  as his.  the  policy  was  thereby  ren­
dered  void;  it  being  the  duty  of  the  in­
sured in  contracting  with  the  company 
to make  known  every  fact  material  to 
the risk.  The court  further held  in  the 
same case that the grantee in  a fradulent 
conveyance has an  insurable  interest  in 
the property,  the conveyance being valid 
as between the parties.

P A TEN T S— D E A T H   OF  IN V EN TO R.

The  United  States  Circuit  Court  for 
the Northern District of  Illinois held,  in 
the recent case of The De La Vergne Com­
pany vs.  Featherstone, that all the rights 
and remedies of  inventors  to the exclus­
ive property  of  their  inventions  comes 
from  the  statutes;  that  the  statutes  of 
the United  States  recognize  only  three 
classes of  persons  to whom a patent can 
issue  for  an  invention,  viz.,  to  the  in­
ventor,  himself,  to  the  assignee  of  the 
inventor,  when  the  assignmeut  is  made 
before the issue of the patent,  and to the 
executor or administrator of the inventor, 
if the inventor dies  before  the patent  is 
granted;  and that  upon  the  death of  an 
inventor before the grant of a patent the 
right to a patent descends to his personal 
representatives,  and  if  they  fail  to  sug­
gest  his  death  and  take  the  necessary 
steps  under  the  statute  to  perfect  the 
patent,  there  is  no  person  to  take  the 
thing granted,  hence the grant  never cau 
take effect.

TELEG R A M — D ELA Y ED   D E L IV E R Y — DAM­

A G ES.

In a suit for damages, recently brought 
for delay  in  the  delivery  of  a  message 
announcing  the  death  of  the  father  of 
the plaintiff’s wife,  it appeared  that had 
no  delay  occurred  the  plaintiff  and  his 
wife  could  have  reached  the  place  in 
time  to  aid  and  direct  the  funeral  and 
burial,  going by  train,  but  owing  to  the 
delay  they  were  only  able  by  private 
conveyance to reach  the  place in time to 
meet  the  burial  procession.  The  tele­
graph  company  admitted  liability  for 
actual  damage  in  the  extra  expense  of 
the  trip,  but  denied  liability  for  injury 
to the feelings.  The  Texas  Commissiou 
of  Appeals  held  (Western  Union  Tele­
graph Company vs.  Erwin)  that  it  was 
the right of  the plaintiff  and his wife  to 
be present before the funeral,  and  to aid 
and direct  it;  that the delay  was  the di­
rect  cause  why  they  were  deprived  of 
this privilege;  that the injury to feelings 
and mental  suffering  sustained  iu  being I 
deprived of this right  was  but  the effect 
occasioned  by  the  wrongful  failure  of 
the defendant  to  perform  its  duty,  and 
for damages resulting  therefrom  the  de­
fendant  was liable.

IN SU RA N CE— D E A T H — B E N E F IC IA R Y .
The  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States held,  in  the  recent case of  Crotty 
vs.  Union  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Com­
pany  of  Maine,  that  a  clause  iu  an  in­
surance  policy  upon  a  debtor’s  life,  re­
citing that it is  payable  upon  his  death 
to his creditor,  if  living,  if  an  admission 
at all by the company of  the  relation  of 
debtor and creditor,  is an admission only 
at  the  date  on  which  the  policy  was

Send for Illustrated  Catalogue.  See  price list 

In this journal.
SCHILLING  CORSET  CO.,

Detroit. Mic-h. and Chicago, 111.

THE  MTCHlQj^JSr  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Current.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Arrow Brand 

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

A d riatic..................   7
Argyle  ....................   6
Atlanta AA..............6
Atlantic  A ...............

H ................. 634
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P ..............  5H
D ............... 6
“ 
“  LL............... 5

Amory...................... 634
Archery  Bunting...  40 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  53* 
Blackstone O, 32....  5
Black Crow..............6
Black  Rock  ............6
Boot, AL.................  7
Capital  A .................5(4
Cavanat  V ................. 5)4
Chapman cheese cl.  33£
Clifton  C R ..............5*
Comet..........................634
Dwight Star.............  63k
Clifton CCC ............634

••  World Wide.. 634
“  LL.................434
Full Yard Wide.......634
Georgia  A ...............   634
Honest Width..........  634
Hartford A ..............5
Indian Head............  7
King A  A.................634
King E C ...................5
Lawrence  L L ........   534
Madras cheese cloth 634
Newmarket  G .........534
B  ........   5
N .........   634
D D ....  534
X .........634
Nolbe R ....................  5
Our Level  Best.......634
Oxford  R .................  6
Pequot......................  7
Solar.........................   634
Top of the  Heap.... 7
Geo. Washington... 8
A B C .  .....................834
Glen Mills...............  7
Amazon.....................8
Amsburg.................. 7
Gold Medal.............   734
Art  Cambric........... 10
Green  Ticket.......... 834
Great F alls...............  634
BlackstoneA A .......734
Hope..........................734
Beats A ll..................434
Boston..................... 12
Just  Ont.......  434®  5
King  Phillip............734
Cabot........................ 7
OP........  734
Cabot,  %.....................634
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Charter  Oak............534
Lonsdale............  @  834
Conway W ...............  7)4
Middlesex.........   @ 5
Cleveland................7
Dwight Anchor.......834
No Name..................  734
Oak View.................6
shorts.  8
Edwards...................  6
Onr Own..................  534
Pride of the W est.. .12
Em pire...................7
Rosalind...................734
Farwell...'.».............734
Fruit of the  Loom.  834
Sunlight...................   434
Utica  Mills............. 834
FitchviUe  .............. 7
First Prize............... 7
Nonpareil  ..10
Vlnvard....................  834
Fruit of the Loom %.  734
White Horse............6
Falrm ount............... 434
Rock................834
Full Value............... 634
Cabot........................  7  [Dwight Anchor.......834
Farw ell.....................8 
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Trem ontN.................534
Hamilton N............... 634
L ............... 7
Middlesex  AT..........8
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BLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

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

UNBLEACHED  CANTON  FLANNEL.

HALE  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

11
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....  9
....  9
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CARPET WARP.

Hamilton N — .  ..  734 Middlesex A A....... .11
2....... .12
Middlesex P T.
A O....... .1334
A  T.
4....... .1734
X A.
5....... .16
X  F.
.20
Peerless, white.
Integrity...................18341 
Hamilton..................8
.    ............  9
...................1034
G G  Cashmere........ 20
N am eless................16
.................18

Nameless.................20
...................25
...................2734
...................30
...................3234
...................35

DRESS  GOODS.
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colored__ 1934 White Star.

colored.
colored

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COSSET  JEANS.

W onderful.................. 84 50
Brighton........................4 75
Bortree’s ....................   9 00
Abdominal............. 15 09
Naumkeagsatteen..  7
Rock port..................634
Conestoga.................634
W alworth................634
ITS.
Berwick fancies—   534
Clyde  Robes............
Charter Oak fancies  434 
DelM&rine cashm’s.  6 
mourn’g  6 
Eddystone  fancy...  534 
chocolat  634
rober__ 534
sateens..  534 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  534 
staple....  534 
Manchester  fancy..  534 
new era.  534 
Merrimack D fancy.  534 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  434 
Repp furn .  834
Pacific fancy...........534
robes...............634
Portsmouth robes...  534 
Simpson mourning..  534
greys.........534
solid black.  534 
Washington Indigo.  534 
“  Turkey robes..  734
“  India robes__ 734
“  plain T’ky X 34  834 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red ..................  6
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 34.........734
Martha  Washington
Turkey red...........   934
Rlverpolntrobes....  5
Windsor fancy........   634
indigo b lu e.......... 1034
Harmony...................  434
AC  A ........................1234
Pemberton AAA__ 16
York.........................1034
Swift River.............   734
Pearl  River.............12
Warren.....................13

Coraline....................... 89 50
Schilling’s .....................9 00
Davis  W aists.......  9 00
Grand  RapidB.........4  50
Armory....................   634
Androscoggin..........734
Biddeford................  6
Brunswick................. 834FEU
Allen turkey  reds..  534
robes............534
“ 
pink a purple  634
“ 
b u ffs............  6
“ 
pink  checks.  534
“ 
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stap les........ 534
“ 
sh irtings...  4 
American  fancy....  534 
American Indigo....  534 
American shirtings.  4 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  4 
“  —   634
Arnold 
Arnold  Merino.......6
long cloth B.1034 
“  C.  834
century cloth  7
gold seal.......1034
green seal TR1034 
yellow seal.. 1034
serge..............1134
Turkey  re d ..1034 
Ballou solid black..  5 
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colors.  534
Bengal bine,  green, 
red and  orange...  534
Berlin solids............534
u oil bine.............634
“  green  ....  634
" 
“  Foulards ....  534
red 
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34...  7
“  3».............   »34
“ 
“   4 4.......... 10
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Cocheco fancy........   6
madders...  6 
“ 
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Amoskeag A C A .... 1234
Hamilton N .............  734
D .............834
Awning.. 11
Fanner..................... 8
First Prise.............. 1134
Lenox M ills............18
Atlanta,  D ...............   6 4 [Stark  A
Boot..........................  634  No Nam e....
Clifton, K ................  634 ¡Top of  Heap
Simpson...................20
...................18
...................16
Coechco...................1034

9
Imperial................... 1034
Black..................9® 934
“  BC............  ©10
A 'A A ....................  12

COTTON  DRILL.

gold  ticket

TICKINGS.

BATiNKs.

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Amoskeag................1234
9oz.......1334
brown .13
Andover...................1134
BeaverCreek  A A... 10 
B B ...  9
CC....
Boston Mfg Co.  b r..  7 

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blue  834 
“  d a  twist  1034 

Columbian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........12
brown.......12
Haymaker bine.......  734
brow n...  734
JaflTrey..................... II34
Lancaster................12 34
Lawrence, 9 oz.........1334
No. 220....13
No. 250.... 1134
No. 280.... 1034

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GINGHAMS.
Lancaster,  staple...  7
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7
“  Normandie  8

fancies 

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

“  Persian dress  834 
Canton ..  834
“ 
AFC.........1034
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Teazle... 1034
“ 
Angola.. 1034
Persian..  834 
Arlington staple—   634 
Arasapha  fancy . ...  434
Arasapha  fancy__ 434
Bates Warwick dres 834 
staples.  634
Centennial..............  1034
C riterion..................1034
Cumberland  staple.  534
Cumberland............ 5
Essex............ .*......... 434
Elfin..........................  734
Everett classics...... 834
Exposition.................714
Glenarie...................  6)4
Glenarven..................634
Glenwood...................734
Hampton.................... 634
Johnson Chalon cl 
34 
Indigo blue  934 
zephyrs.... 16

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Lancashire.................634
Manchester__  
5X
Monogram..................634
Normandie.................734
Persian....................... 834
Renfrew Dress.........734
Rosemont...................634
Slatersville..............6
Somerset...................  7
Tacoma  .....................734
Toil  duN ord.......'..1034
Wabash....................   734
seersucker..  734
W arwick.................  834
W hlttenden..............  634
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook............... 8
............... 10
Wlndermeer.............5
York...................... 

  634

GRAIN  BASS.

Amoskeag............. .. 16341 Valley City............... 15
Stark........................19  Georgia.......................15
American.................15341 P acific.......................13

THREADS.

Clark's Mile E nd....45  ¡Barbour's.................88
Coats’, J. & P ..........45  Marshall’s ................. 88
Holyoke....................2234!

KNITTING  COTTON.

White.  Colored. 

No.  14...........37 
“ 
16...........38 
•»  18...........39 
“  20.......... 40 

White.  Colored.
42
43
44
45

38
39
40
41
CAMBRICS.

No.

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

..12
..18
..19

Slater........................ 4)4
White Star..............  43*
Kid Glove................  434
Newmarket..............  4*4

Edwards.................  43*
Lockwood.................. 434
Wood’s ....................   434
B runsw ick..............

RED  FLANNEL.

Firem an...................3234
Creedmor e ...............2734
Talbot XXX............ 30
Nameless.................2734

T W .......................... 22)4
F T ............................3234
J R F , XXX.............35
Buckeye.................. 3234

MIXED  FLANNEL.

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DOMET  FLANNEL.

Red & Bine,  plaid. .40
Union R ................... 2234
W indsor................... 1834
6 oz W estern............20
Union  B ...................2234
Nameless.......8  ® 934| 
.......  834@10  I 

Grey S R  W .............. 1734
Western W  .............. 1834
D R P ........................ 1834
Flushing XXX.........2334
Maul toba.................. 2334
9 ©1034
1234
Slate. Brown. Black. Slate. Brown.  Black.
13
»34
15
1034
17
1134
20
1234
Severen. 8 oz...........   934
West  Point, 8 oz__ 1034
May land, 8 oz...........1034
10 oz  ...1234
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Raven, lOoz.............. 1334
Greenwood, 734 oz..  934
.............. 1334
Stark 
Greenwood, 8 oz__ 1134
Boston, 10 oz............ 1234
Boston, 8 oz..............1034

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
934
15
1034
17
1134
20
1234

»14 13
1034 15
1134 17
1234 20

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SILESIAS.

White, doz...............25  ¡Per bale, 40 dos__ 67  50
Colored,  doz............20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Red Cross....  9
Best..............1034
Best  AA...... 1234
L ................................ 734
G ................................834
Cortlcelll, doz......... 75  [Cortlcelll  knitting,

Pawtucket............... 1034
Dundle.......f............  9
Bedford.....................1034
Valley  City..............I034
K K ............................1034

SEWING  SILK.

tw ist,doz..3734  per 34oz  bail.........30
50 yd, doz..3734! 
hooks a n d Ey e s—p e r  gross.
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No  1 Bl’k & Whlte..l0 
..12 
“  8 
..12  I  “  10 

|No  4 Bl’k & White.,15 
..20
..25
|No4—15  F   334........ 40

No 2—20, M  C .......5 0  
3-18, S C ........... 45 

COTTON  TAPE.
“  10 
..15 
..18 
«  12 
SAFETY  PINS. 
N o2........................... 28  IN0 8 . ..

No  2 White A Bl’k.,12  ¡No  8 White *  Bl’k..20
.23
..26
.36

PINS.

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. Jam es— ............1  40| Steamboat..............
Crowely’s... .............1  35¡Gold  Eyed.............
Marshall’s ..
5—4. ...2 25
“  ....2   10

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TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
6—4...3 25|5—4__ 1  95  6—4.
“ 

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COTTON TWINES.

.  40
.1  50

.2 95

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crow n......................12
Dom estic................ 1834
A nchor....................l6
B ristol..........   .........13
Cherry  Valley.........15
I X L ......................... 1834
Alabama...................634
Alamance.................  634
A ugusta...................  734
Ar  sapha.................  6
Georgia.........  ...........6)4
G ranite....................  534
Haw  R iver..............5
Haw  J ......................  5

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N ashna....................18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply.... 17
North  Star...............20
Wool Standard 4 ply 1734 
P ow hattan............. 18

Mount  Pleasant__ 634
Oneida......................  5
Prymont  .................  534
Randelman..............  6
Riverside.................  534
Sibley  A ...................6)4
Sibley
Toledo

PLAID  OBNABURGS

T h ese  p ric e s  a re   fo r cash  b u yers,  w ho 
pay  p ro m p tly   an d   b u y   in   fu ll  pack ag es.
dlS.

Snell’s ................................................................ 
60
Cook’s ................................................................  
40
Jennings’, genuine..........................................  
25
Jennings’,  Im itation....................................... 50*10

AUGURS AND BITS. 

AXIS.

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

BABBOWS. 

dig.

bolts. 

dig.

Stove....................................................................50*10
Carriage new list..............................................75*10
Plow.................................................................... 40*10
Sleigh shoe........................................................ 
70

BUCKETS.

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

BUTTS, CAST. 

dlS.
Cast Loose Pin, figured................................... 70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5aBt joint...............60*10
Wrought Loose Pin..........................................60*10
Wrought  Table................................................ 60*10
Wrought Inside Blind.....................................60*10
Wrought  Brass.........................................„ . . .  
75
Blind,  Clark’s................................................... 70*10
Blind,  Parker’s ................................................. 70*10
Blind, Shepard’s .............................................. 
70

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

60

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

......................... dis. 50*02

BLOCKS.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel.................................................per lb 
Bly’s 1-10.................................................per m 
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M usket....................................................  
“ 

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

CARTRIDGES.

chisels. 

5
65
60
35
60

50
25

dis.

dis.

Socket F irm er..................................................... .'.... 70*10
Socket Framing................................................. 70*10
Socket Comer.....................................................70*10
Socket Slicks.....................................................70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firm er............................... 
40

Curry,  Lawrence’s ..........................................  
40
H otchkiss..............  
25
White Crayons, per  gross................12©12ft dis. 10

 

 

combs. 

CHALK.
COFFER.

“ 

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

 
DRILLS. 

 

dis.
 

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

DRIPPING FANS.

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

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Com. 4  piece, 6 In .............................. do«, net 
Corrugated.............................................................dis 40
“ 
Adjustable.............................................................dis. 40*10
“ 

ELBOWS.

07
6ft

75

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Clark’s, small, 918; large, 128.........................  
Ives’, 1, H8;  2, 824 ;  3, 836  ............................... 

80
25

files—New List. 

Disston’s ............................................................60*10
New  American................................................. 60*10
Nicholson’s .......................................................60*10
Heller’s ............................................................... 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................... 
50

GALVANIZED CRON.

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

12 

15 

13 

28
16 17

Discount, 60

14 
gauges. 

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

50

dlS.

dis.

dis.

One  Way  to  Succeed.

A  Chicago  firm  publishes  advice  to 
young men as follows:
Be certain that  your  employers are at 
their  posts  before  you  get  there  in  the 
morning,  and see that they are there when 
you  leave 
in  the  evening.  They  need 
watching. 
If your employers happen  to 
be temporarily absent,  go out  and  enjoy 
yourselves  during  their  absence.  You 
have  rights  as  well  as  they. 
If  you 
should accidentally get down  to business 
ahead of your employers,  read the papers 
or  amuse  yourself in some manner until 
they  arrive,  and  let  others  prepare  for 
the  business  of  the  day. 
If you  do not 
feel  well,  stay  at  home;  your work will 
be attended to by your  fellow  employes. 
Your employers are rich and won’t  mind 
your absence. 
If your wife doesn’t  feel 
well, or baby has the colic,  stay at home. 
If your wife and  baby  don’t  appreciate 
your  sacrifice  your  employers  will. 
If 
you have any private business to  look af­
ter, don’t transact it before or after busi­
ness hours,  but slip  out  during  the  day 
and attend to it. 
In the rush of business 
you will not be missed.  In selling goods 
resort to lying when the interest  of your 
employers requires it.  They  know  you 
would  not  juggle  with the truth  except 
in their interest.  Remind your employers 
constantly that though others  nominally 
get the credit for certain profitable trans­
actions,  the credit really belongs to  you. 
Your employers are dull  and  would  not 
recognize your ability should you fail  to 
keep  it  constantly  before  their  minds. 
Always openly or covertly  belittle  your 
fellow employes and fellowmen;  employ­
ers  and  employes  will  alike  appreciate 
this trait in your character.  Always  re­
member that persons occupying the high­
est positions in the  house  “got there” by 
accident or favoritism,  and  flatter  your­
self that you  are the possessor of greater 
merit and ability than  any of  them. 
If 
you  should  observe anything amiss that 
ought to be reported to headquarters, pay 
no  attention to it;  it’s none of your bus­
iness,  and you were  not  hired  for  such 
purposes.  Change your employers about 
once  a  year.  You may not  accumulate 
money by such changes, but you  will ac­
quire a reputation for independence that, 
in  your  judgement,  is priceless. 
If you 
have anything unfinished at 6 p. m., drop 
it.  Be prompt in  going  home.  This  is 
as important as being tardy  in the morn­
ing.

Novel  Disposition  of Property.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

A prominent business man of Northern 
Ohio  recently  expressed  to  one  of  the 
cashiers  of  a  city  bank  a novel idea of 
leaving his money so that there might be 
no  contest  after  his  death.  He  has  a 
wife,  three sons,  and a  wayward  daugh­
ter,  and purposes keeping his property in 
municipal bonds.  His plan is this:
He has  divided  his  bonds  into  three 
equal parts,  after providing for his wife, 
and put them into three separate boxes at 
the safe deposit vaults;  the keys  he  has 
put into  envelopes  marked for each one 
of his sons,  to be delivered  to them after 
his  death.  For  the daughter he has de­
posited with a trust  company certain se­
curities  which  will  yield  her  $100  per 
month as long as she lives,  the principal 
to  revert  to  the sons equally,  share and 
share alike, at her death.  On his  manu­
facturing and mercantile interests he has 
likewise arranged a  very clever  scheme. 
He has given outright  to  his  three  sons 
all  the  mercantile  and  manufacturing 
property,  share and share alike,  but they 
have in  turn executed to him  a  lease  of 
the  same  during  his  life for a nominal 
consideration,  so that he  has  the  entire 
control of  everything so long as he lives
This  man  says  that  no  will  can  be 
drawn  which  will stand  every  test,  and 
that the above scheme is the  only practi­
cal  thing  he  knows  of where there are 
family complications.

A  man  who  consumes  his  very  life­
blood  in a grasping  desire  to  get  more 
than he needs usually gets what he earns 
—an  unhappy  life  and  an  unmourned 
death.

Character makes  the man;  man  makes 

the reputation.

r *

W

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THE  M lC m G A N   TRADESMAN.
Hardware Price Current.

HAMMERS.

‘ 
1 

dis.

dlS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
• “ 
“ 

HINGES.

dis.
dis.

levels. 

HANGERS. 

MATTOCKS.

wire goods. 

LOCKS—DOOR. 

HOLLOW WARE.

knobs—New List. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

25
May dole  *C o.’s ....................................... dis. 
Kip’s ........................................................... dis. 
25
Yerkes *  Plumb’s.................................... dis. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel..........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. H and__ 30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ................................ dls.60&10
State............................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 in. 4ft  14  and
3ft
longer............................................................. 
Screw Hook and  Bye, f t .........................net 
10
8ft
f t ...........................net 
7ft
f t ..........................net 
f t.......................... net 
7ft
Strap and T ............................................... dis. 
50
dig.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50*10
Champion,  antl-frlctlon................................  60*10
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................... 
40
Pots..................................................................... 60*10
Kettles.................................................................60*10
Spiders  .............................................................. 60*10
Gray enameled..................................................40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware................................. new list 70
Japanned Tin W are........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are........................new list 33ft *10
Bright........................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Byes................................................. 70*10*10
Hook’s ..........................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Byes...........................  
70*10*10
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .......................  
70
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings...................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................... 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings............... 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................... 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain.................... 
70
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s ..............................  
Branford’s ........................................................ 
55
Norwalk’s ......................................................... 
  55
Adze Bye............................................. 816.00,  dis. 60
Hunt Bye.............................................815.00,  dis. 60
Hunt’s .........................  ..............818.50, dis. 20*10.
dis.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
50
dis.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
“  P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable«__  
40
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Cls ik’s ................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
......................................... 
30
Stebbln’s  Pattern..............................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine............................................ 66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25
Steel nails, base...................................................1  80
Wire nails, base........................................................ 1 85
Steel.  Wire.
60................................................. 
Base 
Base
50........................................................... Base 
10
25
05 
40 .......................................................... 
25
10 
30.................... 
20..........  
35
15 
45
16........................................................... 
15 
45
12........................................................... 
15 
10............................................................   20 
50
8..............................................................   25 
60
7 *  6........................................ 
40 
75
4...........................  
60 
90
3.............................................................1  00 
1 20
1 60
2.............................................................1  50 
Fine 3..................................................... 150 
160
65
Case  10 .................................................  60 
75
8...................................................  75 
6......... 
90
90 
Finish 10................................................  85 
75
8..................................................1 00 
93
6............................................... 1  15 
1 10
Clinch? 10...............................................   85 
70
8.................................................1 00 
80
6..................................................1  15 
90
Barren X ................................................175 
175
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ....................................  ©40
Sdota  Bench................ 
©60
Sandusky Tool Co.’*, fancy...........................   ©40
Bench, first quality..........................................  ©60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  *10
Fry,  Acme.................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished.................................. dis. 
70
Iron and  Tinned.............................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs..................................50—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

Advance over base: 

mauls. 
MILLS. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

PLANES. 

rivets. 

N A ILS

dlS.

dis.

dis.

Broken packs ftc per pound extra.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9ft

ROPES.

Sisal,  ft inch and la rg e r................................ 
Manilla.
Steel and  Iron.
Try and Bevels.
M itre.

SqUARES.

SHEET IRON.

Com.  Smooth.  Com.
82 95
3 C5
3 ( 5
3 15
325
3  35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14..........................................84  05 
Nos. 15 to 17............................................4  05 
Nos.  18 to 21......................................   4 05 
Nos. 22 to 24 ........................................   4 05 
Nos. 25 to 26 ........................................   425 
No. 27.................... ..............................   4  45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86..........................................dis. 
Silver Lake, White  A .................................list 
Drab A ....................................  “ 
White  B .................................   “ 
Drab B ....................................   “ 
White C....................
SASH WEIGHTS.

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

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

Solid Byes................................................ per ton 825
20
70
50

“ 
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot......  
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__  
Special Steel Dla._X Cuts, per foot. 
Champ)
lampion  and  Electric  Tooth  X

Discount, 10.

50
50
56
50
55
35

saws. 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

dis.

dlS.

TRAPS. 

Cuts,  per  root.

30
Steel, Game........................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s __  
70
Mouse,  choker................................... 18c per doz
Mouse, delusion.................................81.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright M arket..................................................   65
Annealed Market............................................. 70—10
Coppered Market  ...........................................   60
Tinned Market.................................................  62ft
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.................................   3 00
painted.......................................   2 55

wire. 

“ 

WRENCHES. 

An  Sable......................................................dis.  40
dis.  06
Putnam .............................................. 
Northwestern................................... 
dis. 10*10
dis.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  G enuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,....................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75*10
Bird Cages.........................  
50
 
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
75
Screws, New List..............................................70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate............................. 50*10*10
Dampers, American.......  ............................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods.........61*10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

dig.

 

HORSE NAILS.

METALS,

PIG TIN.

6ft
7

ZINC.

26c
28c

SOLDER.

The  prices  of  the  many  other qualities  of

Pig  Large......................................................... 
Pig Bars............................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2ftc per pound.
680 pound  casks............................................... 
Per  pound......................................................... 
ft@ ft.........................................................................16
Extra W iping......................................................  15
solder In the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................... per  pound
Hallett’s .......................................... 
13
TIN—MELYN GRADS.
10xl4IC, Charcoal........................................... 8  7 50
7  50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
9  25
14x20 IX, 
9  25

 
Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.

“ 

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

Bach additional X on this grade 81.50.

 
 
 

 
 

 

 

 
 
 

 
 
 

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TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
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“ 

 

ROOFING PLATES

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Worcester..................................   6 50
.............................  8  60
“ 
“ 
IS  50
........................... 
6  00
“  Allaway  Grade................. 
7  50
“ 
“ 
12  60
“ 
15  50
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x2010, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
14x28  IX ..................................................................814 00
14x31  IX ...........................................................  .15
10

S : f"  N"• I  B0,.‘er*’ \ p «   pound 

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. 

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

The  Only Perfect  Barrel Churn  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 churn 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 8 00
8 50
9 00 
10 00 
12  00 
16 00 
26 00 
30 00 
35 00

1— 
2— 
3— 
4— 
5— 
6— 
7— 
8— 

10
15
20
25
35
60
75
90

8

MichiganTradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.

▲  W EEK LY   JO U RN A L  DEVOTED  TO  T H E

Retail  Trade  of the Wolilerine State.

Published at

lOO  Louis  St., G rand R apids,

— BY —

THE  TRADESM AN  COMPANY,

One D ollar a Y ear, 

- 

Postage P rep aid .

ADVERTISING  RATES  ON  APPLICATION.

Communications  invited  from practical  busi­

ness m ei.

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

Subscribers may have  the  mailing  address  of 

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

class matter.

3^ ”When  writing to  any of  our  advertisers, 
please  say that  you  saw  their  advertisement in 
Th e  Michigan T radesm an.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W EDNESDAY,  JU N E   29,  1892.

THE  OUTFLOW  OF  GOLD.

The  postal  department  reports  that 
money orders  are  purchased  at  the  rate 
of §2,000,000 a month for transmission to 
foreign  countries.  This  money  repre­
sents  the contributions which  are  made 
by citizens of  foreign  descent, or by for­
eigners  residing  in  this  country,  to the 
support of  their  relatives  and  families 
residing  abroad.  These  postal  orders 
are for money in small amounts, not over 
§50 in any one  order,  and  they stand  for 
the  money  sent  abroad  by the  working 
classes,  and  have no connection  with the 
commercial 
transactions  with  foreign 
countries  nor  with  the  money  carried 
abroad by tourists.

It is currently estimated-that American 
tourists in foreign countries spend abroad 
not  less  than  $100,000,000 a year,  while 
the amounts  in  postal orders at  the  rate 
of  $2,000,000 a  month,  or  $24,000,000  a 
year,  will  raise  the  annual  outflow  of 
money, gold of course, from  this country, 
leaving  out of  the  question all  commer­
cial  transactions,  to not  less  than  $125, 
000,000.  Of  course  some  gold,  but  no 
great  amount, comes  back  in  the  hands 
of  the  foreigners  touring in  the  United 
States,  nut  these are  comparatively few. 
Some  also  comes  back  in  the  hands of 
foreign  emigrants,  but these  are  chiefly 
poor and  come to onr shores not to bring 
money,  but  to  find  work.  Under  these 
circumstance«  there  is  a  large  annual 
outflow of  our gold  which  never  comes 
back,  a  drain  which  only  the  richest 
country  in  the  world  could  endure  for 
any  length of time.

But  our gold  mines  are  being worked 
out surely  and by no means slowly.  The 
continuance  of  this  drain  will 
in  no 
great length of  time become greater than 
the  production  from  the  mines  in  the 
union.  The  trade  relations  with'  all 
countries as  they now exist  have created 
a permanent balance of trade against the 
United  States.  We  bay  more than  onr 
cotton,  grain,  petroleum  and staves  will 
pay for and  the  balance must be paid in 
gold.  For this  reason  it is plainly to the 
interest of  all  countries which  have  no 
gold  mines  to  maintain a gold  standard 
as  against the  United  States,  and  to  re­
quire  payment  from our  people in gold. 
That is the only way any of the European

nations,  with  the  exception  of  Russia 
with its Asiatic  mines and  England with 
its Australian  and  African  colonies, can 
get an  ounce of  the precious  stuff.  But 
with  the  balance of  trade  and the  out­
flow  through  our  tourists  and  through 
immigrants  sending  money to friends  in 
the  mother  countries,  all  against us,  in 
connection with the declining productive­
ness  of  our  mines,  the  day  will  come 
when  we will  have no longer a gold  sup­
ply.

We will  then  be  forced to change  the 
entire  course of  our trade  and  buy only 
to the extent that our products will  pay, 
or  we  will  have to fall  back  on  silver, 
paying it out only at such rates as may he 
dictated  by the  foreign  gold-holding na­
tions.  Just  two centuries  ago  Sir  Isaac 
Newton,  who  was  the  master  of  the 
British  mint,  arguing  that  England  pos­
sessing  no  gold  mines and  then  having 
no colonies  rich in  the  precious  metals, 
and  having  no  means of  securing  gold 
save  from  foreign  countries  in the way 
of  trade,  suggested a depreciation by the 
government of  the value  of  silver  so  as 
to decrease its paying power as compared 
with  gold.  The  government,  seeing  the 
wisdom  of  the  scheme,  adopted  it. 
In 
this  way  the  debtors  and  customers  of 
England 
in  gold-producing  countries, 
finding  that their  gold  was  given an in­
creased  purchasing  power,  fell  into  the 
trap  and  remained  in  it  until  England 
became the richest  country in  the world, 
as it is to-day,  in proportion to its  popu­
lation.  Other nations of Europe imitated 
England  and  so were able  to  hoard con­
siderable  amounts  of  gold,  but  England 
is  easily  the  world’s  headquarters  of 
gold.

The  United  States,  having  enjoyed 
forty  years of  continuous and  abundant 
gold  production,  has  been  able to adopt 
and follow out the  programme of a prod­
igal spendthrift  and yet  maintain itself. 
But,  as in every such  case,  the end  must 
come.  When  our gold  production  falls 
below the aggregate of  our gold outflow, 
then must come a total  and  absolute rev­
olution 
in  our  entire  commercial  and 
financial  policy. 
If  the  necessary pro­
vision be delayed  until the empty pocket 
period  be  reached,  then  our  national 
finances  will  be at the  mercy of  all  the 
great  bankers  and  money  brokers  of 
Europe. 
EFFECT OF ELECTIONS ON BUSINESS
For  many  years  back  business  men 
looked for unsatisfactory hnsiness during 
presidential  election  years. 
is  not 
meant by this that the crops are likely to 
turn out badly, or that there is the  least 
danger of a panic or general financial dis­
aster  at  such  times,  but  it  has  been 
proven  by  experience  that presidential 
years bring with them a  less  active  dis­
tributive trade,  a falling  off  in  specula­
tion and a general indisposition to devel­
op new enterprises.

_________________

It 

There can be no doubt that  the excite­
ment  attending  the  political  canvass, 
particularly  when there is  reason to  be­
lieve that the contest is likely to be close, 
hampers  business,  and  the  deleterious 
effect  is  generally  proportionate  to  the 
interest taken in the campaign.  Another 
cause for  business  contraction in  presi­
dential  years  is  the  natural  fear  of a 
change of administration,  with  the  con­
sequent  change  in  the  personnel of the 
financial department of the  government, 
with the possibility of a  different  finan­
cial policy.  There is also the  danger of

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

a change in tariff and revenue legislation 
which might follow a change of adminis­
tration.

Business 

interests  always  distrust 
changes,  hence it is  not  surprising  that 
the advent of a presidential  year  brings 
with it business  contraction.  The  com­
ing  season  will,  in  all  probability,  feel 
the usual influence on trade of  the presi­
dential campaign.  Already the value  of 
securities is being affected,  and  business 
men are beginning to discuss the possible 
effect  upon  trade  that  tariff  changes 
might produce.

The effect of our  presidential  election 
on business during the ensuing season  is 
likely to be augmented by  the  fact  that 
in Great Britain there is soon to be a gen­
eral  parliamentary  election 
involving 
possibly a change Of ministry.  The trade 
interests of the two countries are so inti­
mately  associated  that  political  excite­
ment or changes in either are  calculated 
to affect  the business of both,  while  the 
effect is sure to be still  more pronounced 
when  both countries become  engaged  in 
political campaigns at  the same  time,  as 
in the case this year.  Reports from Wall 
street already show that the approaching 
elections in England  have caused  British 
capital to hold  aloof from  investment  in 
American securities.

The effect on business of  the  political 
excitement of elections every four  years 
h as  fre q u e n tly   su g g ested  th e  a d v isa b ility  
of changing the law  so  as  to  make  the 
presidential  elections  occur  only  every 
six years.  While this  change  has often 
been  agitated,  it has never seriously been 
considered in  Congress  or  pushed  with 
any  animation by  any considerable num­
ber of people;  hence it may  be  assumed 
that there is not the smallest prospect  of 
any  change  in  the  present  system  of 
quadrennial elections.

FACTS  ABOUT  IMMIGRATION.

700,000.  The severe military regulations 
in most of  the  European  countries,  en­
forcing military  service  upon  all  able- 
bodied males,  added  to  the  widespread 
prevalence of famine,  drives  the  people 
to  expatriation,  and  a  great  move­
ment from the old countries  to  the  new 
must be expected.  At the rate of half  a 
million  a  year,  these  foreigners  must 
soon crowd this country to a greater  de­
gree than  is good for it and its  people.

Although compared  to  cotton the  cul­
tivation of  rice is  but  a  small  industry, 
the rapid strides it has made of late years 
entitle  it  to  rank  as  one of  the impor­
tant  crops of  the  South.  While  cotton 
and sugar  have  experienced a somewhat 
checkered  career  during  the  past  few 
years,  the  rice  industry  has  steadily 
prospered  aud  the  production  has  in­
creased  annually.  The outlook  for  the 
present season  is particularly promising. 
A much heavier acreage has been planted 
in rice  than  ever before  and the crop  is 
making  good  progress. 
From  present 
appearances the crop  promises to be con­
siderably  over  nine  million  bnshels, 
which is three  times as large as any crop 
previous  to  the  war  and  fully  twice 
as large as any crop since the  war.  The 
causes  for  the 
increased  acreage  are 
the prosperity  the industry  has  enjoyed 
of late  years and  the low price  at  which 
cotton  has  sold,  which  has 
induced 
planters  to  divert  a  certain  amount of 
acreage from cotton to rice.

On account of  Fourth  of  July  falling 
on Monday, T h e   T r a d e s m a n   will be  is­
sued on Wednesday  next  week,  instead 
of  Tuesday,  as  is  the  usual  custom. 
News,  corrections  and  advertisements 
will be received up to noon  of  Tuesday.
Money is a good  thing  to  have  if  you 
have  character  and  purpose  to  use  it 
rightly. 

_________________

The Statistical Bureau of the Treasury 
Department  furnishes  some  interesting 
items.

Since  1860  the  emigration 

into  this 
country from foreign nations  has  aggre­
gated  quite  11,000,000  souls. 
In fifteen 
years,  from 1877 to the end  of  1891,  the 
immigration amounted to more than 6,500- 
000, and in  the  seventeen  years  before 
that to upward  of  4,500,000.  The  year 
signalized by the greatest number of  im­
migrants was  1882,  when  the  accession 
of population from this source  footed up 
788,992.  The  year  before  there  were 
669,481  immigrants,  and  the  year  after­
wards, or in 1883,  the  foreign  immigra­
tion amounted  to  603,322.  There  have 
never been so many in  a  single  year  at 
any period before or since.

In a period of fifteen  years,  from  the 
beginning of  1877 to the end of 1891,  the 
largest accession of such  population  was 
from the United Kingdom of Great  Brit­
ain  and Ireland.  From that source came 
more than 1,800,000.  Next in importance 
are the  Germans,  who  came  more  than 
1,700,000  strong.  The 
third  place  is 
taken by British North America,  returns 
of those  immigrants  are  not  complete, 
but their numbers are large, running  up 
to  quite  a  million.  Austria  and  Italy 
come next,  furnishing about equal  num­
bers of 400,000 each.

in 

immigration. 

The year 1892 bids fair to prove  a  big 
year 
five 
months  ending  May  31  about  281,000 
have come in. 
If this rate  is maintained 
for the next seven months  the  immigra­
tion  will  foot  up  between  600,000  and

For  the 

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The refiners  announce  an  ad­
ditional discount of l-16c, which amounts 
to a decline in  the price of  that amount. 
The  decline  is  probably  due  to  a  de­
sire to  increase  the  movement  and  re­
duce the surplus stock.

Tea — The  New  York  auction  sales, 
Wednesday,  sustained current quotations 
on green teas  and the prices  realized for 
oolongs were a shade lower.

Coffee—Rio grades are firmer.
Cocoa—Firm  at  former  prices,  with 

moderate demand.

Raisins—The  recent  advance  in layer 
Valencias  has  not  been  maintained. 
There is a steady demand for Californias, 
but values are without change.

Salmon — New  pack  Columbia  River 

have arrived.

Corn Syrup—2c.  higher.
Rice—Foreign is without change.  Do­
mestic  is  in  steady  demand,  the  mills 
along  the  Atlantic  coast  having  closed 
for  the  season, owing  to  the  supply  of 
rough being exhausted.

Oranges—Scarce  and  a  shade  higher, 
on  account  of 
the  scarcity.  Rhodis 
brought  $5  @  $5.50 at  auction  sales  in 
New York the past week,  the fancy price 
being  due  to  the  bare  condition  of  the 
market.

Lemons—Firm  and  about  the  same 
prices as a week ago, the upward tendency 
being checked by the cool  weather.
Bananas—Market is well supplied,  but 
a large portion of the stock is of the com­
monest  and  poorest  grades.  Eight  car­
loads  are  now  due,  some  of  which  is 
likely  to be first-class in quality.

JIM  ALLSPICE.

Open  Confession o f a  Road Experience 

by an Old Timer.

Written for The Tradesman.

Did  you  ever  stop  to  consider  what 
constitues a successful commercial  sales- j 
man;  what  he  represents  on  the  road;1 
how  he  obtained  the  knowledge which 
makes  him a master of  the  art of  hand- j 
ling other people’s property successfully? !
Little  do  the  passengers  on  an  early i 
Monday morning train  think,  when  they 
see  a  traveling  man  enter  and  deposit | 
his grips and  belongings and  settle  him-\ 
self  for a ride to his  first  town,  what  he 
is leaviug behind  him—home,  family and 
all the  comforts of  life and,  not  least of 
all,  the  house he travels  for.  The  care 
and  responsibility  of  his  future  trip, 
with all of  its trials and tribulations, are 
before him.  He  has  his instructions for 
collections  and  settlements  fresh on his 
mind;  a new  lot of  statements  from  the 
book-keeper;  his hints from the shipping 
clerk to be sure and  unload those prunes 
or  that  line  of  canned  goods;  positive 
instructions  from  the  senior  partner  to 
make  Hardscrabble  &  Co.  settle  their 
account  in  full  or  sue  them  at  once. 
With  his head filled with all the changes 
of  the  market,  from  axle  grease  down 
through  the  alphabet  to  yeast  cakes,  1 
often  ask  myself,  Who  can  take  his 
place;  who  earns  his  money  any  more 
faithfully  or  who,  when  occasion  de­
mands it, divides his salary without stint 
with  his  fellow  traveler in the  hour of 
sickness,  bereavement  or  financial  re­
verses like the  traveler?

The  average  grocery  salesman,  with 
his  innocent looking  grip,  oftimes  has a 
backing  of  hundreds  of  thousands  in­
vested  in  stock and a schooling of  eight 
to  fifteen  years’ experience  on  the road. 
To  sell  goods is one  thing,  but  to  build 
up a good-paying  trade for your employ­
ers, with  credit to yourself  and  honor to 
your  house,  is the  key  note,  and  that is 
where the salesman  has his reputation— 
his  salary  is  based  on  it  and  it  is  his 
commercial value to his house.

When he leaves  his  family on Monday 
morning,  he bids farewell to all,  without 
any  fear  of  accident,  with  the  under­
standing that he will be home about such 
a  time  and  will write  often.  Who  has 
not  seen the traveling man rush into the 
hotel and register and run over the letters 
on  hand,  looking  for  that  well-known 
handwriting of some one at home?  How 
eagerly  he tears it open and devours the 
news!  The  baby has a new  tooth or can 
walk;  Willie  has  the  whooping-cough, 
and  the wife  has  cleaned  house and  is 
going  to  put  the  parlor  carpet  in  the 
dining room;  the coal  man  was  up after 
that  money  again,  and  the  landlord  is 
going to raise  the  rent;  the writer trusts 
you  can  spare  810,  as  she  is  going  to 
have  her  cloak  and  blue  dress  dyed 
black  and  make it up  now for  fall,  and 
so on;  but  the  letter  from  the  house  is 
what  recalls  him  to  cold  facts.  The 
writer  cannot  understand why  you  sell 
granulated  at  %c when  it  costs %c laid 
in;  he also  notices  you  have  cut  Spear 
Head,  or  Kirk’s  soap  again,  when  you 
had  positive  instructions  to  raise  the 
price;  Smith  &  Co.,  of  Kokomo,  refuse 
to  receive  the  box of  cod,  claiming it is 
nothing but  hake:  also thè  tomatoes  are 
not  what  they bought.  ' The  writer  ex­
presses the wish that you be a little more 
careful  in  future,  and  rounds  up  with 
the  information  that  your  account  is 
overdrawn  again.  He encloses  a  letter

Dead  men tell no  tales;  it is their epi­

taphs.

SOJLE  AGENTS.

T H E   :vr T C  ITT G A N   TTL A B E S T I A N ,

9

from  “Old  Man  Kuss,”  who  is  kicking j 
about those mackerel  and wauts to know | 
if  you reported  that 840 he paid  you  on 
your  last  trip,  as  his  account  does  not 
agree with  your statement,  but the para- j 
lyzer of all  is that the order for that new ! 
stock  you  sold  while  in the  house  has 
been  countermanded,  as 
the  parties 
claim  they  could  save  a  good  deal  by 
buying of  “Jim  Smith.”  You  lay your 
letter down  and wonder where  lightning 
will  strike  next.  You  meet Tom Daily, 
your worst competitor on your route. 
It 
is no time  for  mourning,  but,  with  grim 
determination to do business,  you  are up ' 
and at it.  Trade  comes  about  the  same 
as when you  were there  last;  collections 
not  quite  as  good.  The  trade  visited, 
you  are ready for the next town;  back  to ! 
the  hotel  you  go to find a telegram;  now I 
you  wonder  what is  up;  you open  with 
fear,  to  find  “Sugars declined  a  quarter 
—sell  freely.”  With  a light  heart  you 
board  the  first  train  northbound.  The 
first  man  you  meet is Tom  Daily.  You 
wonder  where  he  is  going.  You  try to 
bribe the conductor with  a  cigar,  but he 
does not  know.  You  get off  at Carrotts- 
ville,  where  there  are  only  two  stores 
you can  sell to and  find both proprietors 
away and no chance for an order.  There 
is  no  train  until  the  10  p.  m.  freight. 
You go over to the railroad lunch counter, 
try  to  regale  yourself  with  a  patent 
lever  sandwich,  pieplant  pie,  a  pickled 
pig’s  foot,  a cup  of coffee,  so-called,  and 
interview the young lady with scrambled 
red hair and fly paper face to the amount 
of  “forty  cents,  please.”  You  then 
calmly  sit  down  to  wait  for  the  local 
freight.  All  at  once  the  town  fire  bell 
rings an alarm and away you go with the 
crowd,  to  find  Jones’s  store is all  afire. 
You work like a hero,  spoil your clothes, 
lose  your  hat  and  blister  your  hands, 
trying  to  help  put  it  out.  The  freight 
passes in  the  meantime and  you are left. 
The  only  thing  you  can  do  now  is  to 
wait  for  the  midnight  passenger,  which 
finally  comes  along  thirty minutes  late. 
Tired  and  sleepy,  you  appropriate  the 
regulation  two  seats  and  settle  for  a 
snooze,  to  be  disturbad at the  first  stop 
by a woman  with a squalling baby,  join­
ing  issue  with  you  on  your pre-empted 
two  seats.  She  confidentially  informs 
you  she is going  to  her brother Jim’s,  to 
stay a week,  and  would  you  kindly hold 
the baby until she can find a few articles 
of  apparel  in her  black  satchel.  Being 
a  man  of  family, you  know  how  it  is 
yourself and  you  promptly resign  your­
self to the situation. 

B e n j a m i n .

[to b e continued.]

Evolution of the Word Store.

From  the  New Tork Sun.

“Store”  for “shop”  is an Americanism 
of  natural  and  reasonable  growth. 
In 
early  colonial  days  shops  were  also,  of 
necessity,  stores  or  depots  for  goods  in 
bulk,  since  cargoes  came in seldom  and 
at  few  ports.  Meanwhile,  by  the  time 
the coast  region  had  thickened in popu­
lation, and  communication  with  Europe 
and between various parts of the country 
had become easier and  more frequent,  so 
that  there  were  shops which  were  not 
also  stores,  habit  had  fixed  the  word 
store upon the speech of  the people,  and 
the  distinction  between  store  and  shop 
has  been  lost.  When  the West  came to 
be  settled,  again,  the  shops were  stores, 
and the old  habit of speech still  had  be­
hind it reason  and  fact.  Many other so- 
called Americanisms  doubtless have like 
reason  for  being,  since  speech  reflects 
the habits and conditions of a people.

L IO N  ü  KIN G !
0  D.  M A   IP  STANDARD  MARAGAIBO,

And His two courtiers are 

.—

MERCHANTS  should  place  all
three  in  their  stores, since  Lion is 
the leading  package  coffee  in  the 
market, while O. D. Java and Stan­
dard  Maracaibo  are  chief  of  the 
bulk  coffee  trade.  Lion  Coffee  is 
■  | A i i  
composed of  Mocha, Java and Rio,
m y P l   V *w l  A  1mm»with a picture in each package, and 
valuable  premiums  are  given  to  customers  who  return  the 
trade marks cut from the wrappers.

Why not write your Jobber for Quotations or address

W00LS0N  SPICE  CO.,
High  M e   Coffees,

RO ASTERS  OF

TOLEDO,  - 

-  OHIO.

•L,  WINTERNHX

RESIDENT  AGENT,

106  Kent  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

During the  building of the Kansas & Pacific Railway

Contracted  to  furnish  the  laborers  with  meat, kiUing in one 
season four thousand eight hundred and sixty-two

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Unless 

the  Presidential 

EXAGGERATING  FINANCIAL  EVILS.
campaign 
about  to  begin  differs  from  all  others 
which  have  preceded 
it,  a  prominent 
topic in the discourses of political orators 
and in the  editorials  of  political  news­
papers, 
from  now  until  election  day,
will  be  the  financial  distress  of 
country.  The partisans of the  Adminis­
tration  will  contend  that  nothing  but 
ruin and disaster will follow  the  advent 
to power of their opponents, and these, in 
turn, will assert that  their  success alone 
can  repair  the  misehiefs  already  occas­
ioned,  and  avert  the  greater  mischiefs 
ready  to  follow  them.  One  side  will 
maintain  that  the  McKinley  tariff  has 
been a blight upon  the  industry  of  the 
country,  while  the  other  will  as  stren­
uously insist that its repeal will have the 
same  evil  effect. 
In  the  East,  the  in­
crease of silver currency will be  denoun­
ced as paralyzing enterprise and inviting 
bankruptcy,  while in  the  West  and  the 
South free silver coinage will with equal 
fervor be extolled  as the only  means  for 
intolerable 
relieving  debtors  from  the 
burden which is crushing them. 
In  like 
manner the Farmers’  Alliance, the Labor 
Party,  Prohibitionists,  the  Female  Suf­
fragists,  and every  other faction  seeking 
power,  will declare that  it  and  it  alone 
offers the true remedy  for  the industrial, 
economical,  and social evils  which afflict 
the country,  now,  as  it  never  has  been 
afflicted before.

1 am far from disputing that much can 
be done by legislation  toward  augment­
ing  and  diminishing  financial  distress. 
Like all  human  interests,  industry  can 
be encouraged and its rewards  increased 
by wise laws,  and it can be impeded  and 
rendered  less productive by unwise ones. 
Wearisome  as  is the  discussion  of  the 
tariff,  of the currency, and similar topics, 
it  results in some  enlightenment  of  the 
public mind,  and the  experiments  made 
as the  outcome  of  it  lead to  results  of 
more or less value for future use.  Hence 
I do not deprecate  the prominence given 
to financial  and industrial topics in politi­
cal debates,  and I am inclined to be  leni­
ent to  the  rhetorical  exaggerations  of 
political writers  and  speakers.  Still,  I 
desire to put my readers  on  their  guard 
against accepting these exaggerations  as 
sober facts,  and against  believing  that 
the country’s ruin is either impending or 
already here because they are  told so.

For  rhetorical  purposes,  indeed,  the 
plain, unembellished  truth  is  so  much 
less effective than exaggeratiou  that  the 
temptation  to  substitute  exaggeration 
for it in argument is  almost  irresistible. 
It is well known that scenery painted for 
the theater must be made far brighter  in 
its colors  than  nature  and  much  more 
vivid in its contrasts of  light  and shade, 
or else it will  seem dull and tame.  For 
the  same  reason  actors  and  actresses 
have to color their faces to avoid  looking 
pallid,  and to declaim instead  of  speak­
ing conversationally, in order to be heard 
There is even a venerable  legend  that  i 
performer on the  stage  once  won  great 
applause by the skill with which he mim 
icked a squealing pig,  and  that  when  t 
jealous rival sought to supplant  him  by 
hiding  a real  pig  under  his  cloak  and 
pinching it until  it  squealed,  the  audi­
ence  unanimously  pronounced  the  live 
animal  far inferior  to  its  artificial  imi­
tator.  So, if platform speakers  confined 
themselves strictly to facts,  they  would 
have no success against more  immagina- 
tive competitors.

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There is always,  too,  enough  real mis­
fortune in the world to afford  a  founda­
tion  for impassioned denunciations of the 
supposed  causes of it.  Every  man  has 
his  business  troubles  and  disappoint­
ments,  and to  every  man  they  seem  of ! 
vastly  more importance than the troubles
the i  and  dissappointments  of  other  people.
W hen,  therefore, he  hears  lamentations 
over the evil plight of the country,  pres­
ent  or  imminent,  his  inclination  is  to 
join in  them  and  to  adopt  the  remedy 
proposed, provided its efficiency is plausi­
bly  enough  advocated. 
I  never  knew 
the time yet when some one  or  more  of 
my friends did not  insist  that  his  busi­
ness was not worth doing,  and  who  had 
not  an  infallible  cure  for  the  evil  by 
some  legislative  measure.  This  wide­
spread discontent and hope  of  improve­
ment by change  is  always  favorable  to 
the  party  out  of  power,  and  it  often 
overbalances the advantage derived from 
the possession of the offices by the  party 
in power.

The wrongs and the  sufferings  of  the 
laboring population are always  an  inex­
haustible theme,  not only  for  politicians 
but  for  philanthropists. 
If  we  are  to 
believe all we  read  and  hear,  the  men 
and  women  who  work  for  daily  and 
weekly  wages  iu  this  country  are  the 
most abused and downtrodden  creatures 
in existence, and the employers who  pay 
them wages are  inhuman  tyrants.  The 
favorite remedy proposed  for the  evil  is 
to abolish individual employers and have 
all industries managed by Government of­
ficials.  This is done in the  face  of  the 
the fact  that the Government officials  we 
have already are  continually denounced 
by those opposed to  them in  politics  as 
selfish,  greedy,  corrupt,  tyrannical,  and 
everything else that  is  bad.  The  truth 
is,  unless  I  am  greatly  mistaken,  that 
while  American  workingmen  are  not 
perfectly happy,  they are as nearly so  as 
the rest of their fellow men,  and deserve 
no more commiseration  than others

Politicians at  the  extreme  West  and 
South  have a great  deal  to say just  now 
about the distress  caused  in  those  sec­
tions by the want of ready  cash  and  the 
absolute  necessity  of  legislation  to  re­
lieve it.  The measures proposed  are un­
limited silver coinage and an  increase  of 
bank circulation.  The latter  device has 
only  lately  come  into  prominence.  A 
bill to enact it into law was presented  in 
Congress a couple of weeks ago,  and 1 am 
glad to  see  it  was  summarily  rejected. 
Yet very respectable gentlemen advocate 
it  on  the  ground  I  have  mentioned, 
namely,  that  people  remote  from  the 
great financial centers are suffering  from 
the scarcity  of  currency,  and  are  com-! 
pelled to pay exorbitant rates of  interest 
for loans.  They forget the time-honored 
saying that  a man  cannot  eat  his  cake 
and have it too,  and that what the  West­
ern farmers  and  Southwestern  planters 
suffer from  is debt voluntarily  incurred, 
which no coining of silver or printing  of 
bank notes will discharge.

Our Western and Southwestern  fellow 
citizens  are  not,  however,  peculiar  in 
thus  exaggerating  the  intensity  of  the 
financial evils  which  most  immediately 
concern them.  Even in  New  York  City 
quite as much unreasoning anxiety is dis­
played about  the  condition  of  the  cur­
rency as there is in  the  remoter  regions. 
The difference  is  that in  New  York  we 
have too much,  as  there  they  have  too 
little.  Strange  to  say,  however, when­
ever nature’s remedy for the  superabun-

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Class  Covers  for  Biscaits.

the  draining  away  of 

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th e ' 
unnecessary portion of it to another  part 
of the world, comes into  play,  it  causes 
equal anxiety.  Every time a  little  gold j 
is shipped to Europe, it makes  our  capi- 
talists uneasy, and  depresses  the  prices 
of securities.  Few  people seem  to  con- | 
sider that gold coin cannot be eaten,  nor 
drunk,  nor worn  and  that  its  shipment 
abroad reduces by just so much our debts 
abroad,  and is,  therefore, a benefit  to  us 
and not an  injury.  The  apprehensions 
of mischief from  the continued  issue  of 
paper money  against purchases of  silver 
bullion under the act of July,  1890,  have 
a  more  rational  foundation,  but  these 
mischiefs,too,are immensely exaggerated. 
The real  wealth  of  the  country  can  be 
neither 
increased  nor  diminished  by 
changing the standard by which  it  is  es­
timated.  The change  from  gold  to  sil­
ver would,  indeed,  change  the  distribu­
tion of wealth  by increasing the share  of 
debtors  and diminishing that of creditors, 
but this is a  catastrophe  agaiust  which 
provision can  be  made  by  proper  con­
tracts,  and which will not  "happen  with­
out timely previous waruing.

The most serious obstacles to  financial 
prosperity are not  those  which  are  the 
most talked  about  and  for  the  removal 
of  which 
legislative  remedies  are  the 
most 
loudly  demanded,  but  those  of 
which little or no account  is  taken  and 
which  can  be  overcome  only  by  indi­
vidual effort.  The want of  skill,  enter­
prise,  and good judgment,  the  taking  of 
unwise risks in  the  hope  of  great  and 
sudden  profits,  the  giving  of  credit  to 
men undeserving of it, and the expansion 
of  business  upon  borrowed  money,  all 
these  operate  surely  and  steadily  to 
bring about the frequently recurring  fin- 
nancial disasters  wrongly  attributed  to 
legislation.  Up to  this  time  no  means 
have been invented for eliminating  from 
business  affairs  these  agencies  of  evil, 
and until they are eliminated  it  is  vaiu 
to expect  uninterrupted  financial  pros­
perity. 

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

Ma t t h e w   Ma r s h a l l .
A  BUSINESS  THERMOMETER.
The man who  will  invent  a thermom­
eter which  will  accurately  measure  the 
variable  moods  and  whims  of business 
men  will  make  his  mark  in  the world 
and secure a fortune.  With  such  an in­
strument  the  wandering  representative 
of trade and  traffic  would  be enabled  to 
accomplish  very  much  more and  escape 
many difficulties  and  annoyances which 
are  rapidly  hurrying him  on  to  an  un­
timely end.  He would then  not be com­
pelled  to  leave  his  train;  walk  a  half 
mile,  more  or  less, through  mud,  sand 
burrs or bull thistles;  chase  all over two 
townships  and  be  barked  at  by gamins 
who mistake him for  some fugitive  from 
justice,  and 
sit  on 
a  rail  by  the  railroad  track  and  wait 
five hours for a local freight to  jerk him 
over to the  next  town—all  for  the  pur­
pose of learning the fact that the liver of 
that  particular town,  on that  particular 
day,  is not in good working  order.  Pro­
vided  with  a thermometer of  this  kind, 
he could step out  on the  platform  when 
the  train  stopped,  and  the  instrument, 
acted  upon  by  the  atmosphere  of  the 
place,  would indicate the local  condition 
of  things,  and,  if  unfavorable,  he  could 
step back into the smoker and proceed to 
the next  town,  saving  thereby  time  and 
expenses,  and,  also, postponing  the  evil 
day  when his  heirs  will cast lots for  his 
umbrella and spring overcoat.

then  go  and 

When  the writer was innocent  and un­

contaminated  with the  world,  he  used  to ! 
sit  ou  a rotten  log  on  the  bank  of  Big 
Greek  and  fish.  Sometimes  the  shiners 
and  horned dace  would  be so eager to do 
business  that  they  would  jump  out  of I 
the water  aud turn  a double  handspring 
before he had  time to spit  on  the baited 
hook.  At  other times that  same  boy sat 
on  that  same  rotten  log  for  hours  and 
watched  the  big  fish  sail  lazily  around 
the hook,  unmindful of  its  presence and 
utterly  unconscious  of  its  importance. 
On such occasions he  has gone  home dis­
figured and, mutilated by  incessant  mos­
quito  attacks,  wet,  hungry  and  wonder­
ing  why  fish  were  so  tickle,  whimsical 
and cranky;  why fish, at one time,  should 
be  so  obliging  as  to  be  caught,  aud,  at 
another  time,  with  the  same  kind  of  a 
worm,  on  the  very  same  hook,  in  the 
same  hole,  and  during  the  same kind of 
rain,  should never  even look  at the bait, 
was a problem  unsolvable.

That  tender  period of the  writer’s ex­
istence  has  long  since  passed away and 
for many years he has been  fishing in the 
great ocean of  life for  the means  of  ex­
istence.  He  has  fished  in  many  differ­
ent places and  used  a great  many  differ­
ent kinds of  bait;  but  the  experience of 
his youth has been the experience of  his 
life.  Means which  succeed admirably to­
day  will  prove  a  miserable  failure  to­
morrow, and  will again  succeed at some 
future time,  although unchanged  and ap­
plied  precisely  alike  each  time.  All 
men are subject to moods and  spells,  and 
business  men  are  no  exception  to  the 
general  rule.  Approach  a  merchant to­
day  and he meets  you in a courteous,  af­
fable mauner;  approach  him  next  week 
in  the  same  manner  and  you  discover 
that your gentleman  has suddenly turned 
into  a  crank  of  the  first  order.  What 
strange  psychological  influences  cause 
these  sudden  and  unconscious  transi­
tions,  the writer  cannot  define. 
It  may 
be  atmospherical influences of some sort, 
for the  whole town is quite  apt to be af­
fected.  Any traveling man  will tell you 
that,  as  a  rule,  a  large  portion  of  any 
certain  town  are  generally  in  the  same 
mood,  whether it is good,  bad or indiffer­
ent.

These  ever-changing  moods  are  the 
cause  of  many  disapointments  to  the 
traveler,  both agreeable and  unpleasant. 
For 
instance,  Jones  has  instructions 
from his bouse to put in his best work at 
Blankville,  as  it is an uncommonly good 
town and should  more  largely  represent 
the  house.  Jones  makes a special  note 
of  it and for several days anticipates the 
amount of  business  he  expects  to do  in 
Blankville.  When  he  arrives,  he  finds 
that the spirit of crankdom has preceded 
him  and  he  makes  a  failure.  While 
smarting  under  his  disapointment  and 
waiting  at a small  junction  town  for  a 
train  on  a  cross  road,  he  takes  two  or 
three good orders where  he  never kold  a 
dollars’  worth  before.  And  so it goes— 
man proposes and  does  his  level  best to 
carry into effect,  but the elements and in­
visible  and  inscrutable  forces of nature 
help or hinder at every turn.

E.  A. Owen.

Whatever your sex or position, life is a 
battle  in  which  you  are  to  show  your 
pluck,  and woe to the  coward.  Whether 
passed  on  a  bed  of  sickness  or  in  the 
tented  field, it is ever the same fair  flag, 
and  admits of  no  distinction.  Despair 
and  postponement are cowardice and de­
feat.  Men  are  born  to  succeed,  not  to 
fail.

' T ’HESE  chests  will 
soon 
■*“  pay  for themselves  in  the 
breakage they avoid.  Price 84.

will  save  enough  good4-  from  Hie 
for themselves.  Try  them and be convinced.

UR new glass covers  are by far the 
handsomest  ever  offered  to  the 
O '
trade.  They  are  made  to  fit  any 
of  our  boxes  and can  be  changed  from 
one box  to  another in a moment  They 
dirt  and  prying  fingers in  a short  time to pay 

Price,  50 cents each.

N E W   N O V E L T I E 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.,

S. A. Sears, Mgr. 
GRAND  RAPIDS.
The BAR LOCK TYPEWRITER

T h e   M o d e r n   W r i t i n g   M a c h in e !

V isible  W ritin g .
P e rm a n e n t  A lig n m en t. 
A uto m atic R ibbon-F eed R everse 

H igh  Speed.

P o w erfu l Man ¡folder. 
L ig h t-R u n n in g ,  D urable.

The No  2  Machine  takes  paper  9 
inches wide, and writes  line 8 inches 
long.  P rice, $ tOO com plete.

The  No. 3  Machine  takes  paper  14 
inches  wide,  and  writes  a  fine  13V4 
Inches long.  P rice, 9110 com plete

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  State  Agents, 

SEND  FOR  CATALOGUE.

G r a n d   R a p i d s ,  M ic h

“Not How  Cheap,  but  How  Good»99

“Blue Label” Ketchup

SOLD  ONLY  IN  BOTTLES,

Will  be  found to m aintain  the  high  character of  our  other  food 
products.
with pure spices, thus retaining the natnral flavor and color. 

We  use  only  well-ripened,  high-colored  Tomatoes,  seasoned 

P R E P A R E D   AND  G UARANTEED  BY

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   C O .,

Distributing  Agents.

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bo o m- b o o m e r- b o o m e r a n g .

Written for The  Tradesman.

Lest anyone, deceived  by  similarity of ' 
sound,  should  mistake  the  alliterative i 
caption of  this article for a new form  of I 
college  yell,  he  may  as  well  be  at once 
informed that it has no such signification. 
It stands rather to  describe  certain mod- j 
ern  methods,  the  meu  who  put  them in | 
operation and the  results  that often  fol- i 
low  from  methods  thus  operated. 
It 
may  apply  to  political,  religious,  com- j 
mercial  or 
individual  enterprises,  ac­
cording  as  the  proper  adjective  is  suf- I 
fixed.

The  United  States of  America  is  the j 
natural habitat of  the modern boom, 
in j 
no  other  country  could  it  breathe  an 
hour,  because  in  no  other  land  can  be
found such favoring conditions as among 
our  people  who  worship  the  “Almighty 
Dollar”  and are  willing to follow it even 
to the gates of bankruptcy;  besides in no 
other land can be found  such  wet nurses 
capable  of  carrying  a  boom  from  the 
first wail of puling infancy through every 
hidden  danger  until  it  reaches  the  cli­
max of existence, or  busts.

is 

To  describe  more  particularly,  the 
American  boom 
indigenous  to  the 
“Wild  and  woolly  West,” for  it cannot 
atttain full vigor and proportions  except 
in a region  where there is indefinite room 
for  growth  and  expansion.  The  effete 
East in  this  respect is hopelessly sterile. 
All that is expected from  that  portion of 
the  country  is  pecuniary  assistance  in 
the  form  of  assessments.  The 
local 
managers do all the  rest.

It  is  difficult  for  one  to  fully  under­
stand the peculiar sensation  produced in 
the  individual  citizen  by  a  first-class, 
active local  boom,  unless he has been for 
some  time  surrounded  by  one  of  these 
mental  cyclones  and  tossed, as  it were, 
by  a  whirlwind  of  conjecture  into  the 
atmosphere of  expectation  by  forces  as 
powerful and  mysterious as  nature  ever 
developed. 
It can  be  compared to noth­
ing so well as to the  feelings  glowing in 
the bosom  of  a  boy  when,  for  the  first 
time  in  his  life,  he  stands  in  a  pair  of 
new  boots  with  red  and  gilt  tops,  and 
watches  the  “greatest  show  on  earth” 
move in  a gaudy living  panorama before 
his enraptured vision.  At  the  start this 
boom is  like  a small, fleecy  cloud  float­
ing in a clear summer sky, having scarce­
ly any form and very  little  motion.  By 
slow  degrees  it  deepens  its  tints  and 
spreads through the boundless contiguity 
of  space,  becoming a cloud of  blackest 
vapor,  charged  with  powerful  elements 
that  soon  display  effects  beneficial  or 
otherwise,  as they  are  directed  by wind 
currents,  themselves  engineered  by  at­
mospheric  changes.

To  the  average  citizen  who  takes  no 
active part in the earlier efforts to arouse 
popular  enthusiasm,  the  boom  currents 
are a source of  interest.  As  the  public 
pulse quickens in  response to the appeals 
of an enthusiastic press,  he  is  gradually 
drawn  out  of  his  fit  of  philosophical 
musing  to  confront  a  more  practical 
question.  Like  Hamlet  he soliloquizes 
whether “to be or not to be”  “in it.”  In 
this case  “to  deliberate is to be lost”  (?) 
If he keeps a level head  studying  to dis­
tinguish  between  probabilities  and bare 
possibilities,  the question  may  be decid­
ed  wisely  for  himself.  Every  step  of 
the financial ground  should  be carefully 
gone over, and, once found firm and safe, 
there is no  danger in joining  the proces­
sion to  the extent of  an  investment pro­

to   m eans.  T h e n ,  w hen 

th e   ! 
p o rtio n ed  
to  its  n a tu ra l  c risis,  j 
boom  m oves  on 
w h e th er  it  fills 
th e   coffers  of  in d u s try  
w ith   p le n ty   and  e n la rg e s  th e   su m   of  Ini- j 
m an  h a p p in ess,  or  b reak s  lik e  an  ocean 
w ave  on  a  shore  faced  by  in h o sp ita b le  
cliffs,  he  can   have  th e   a ssu ra n c e   th a t  his 
ju d g m e n t  was  n o t  w recked  on  th e  sau d s 
o f  folly,  and  so  w ill  hav e  h e a rt  to  pluck 
up   co u rage  and  try   ag ain .

One 

p h ase  of 

th e   boom  q uestion, 
w h e th er  co n d u cted   by  th e  new   m ethods 
or by  the older  process of  subscribing to 
a fund intended as a donation  to abstract I 
manufacturing enterprises, contains evils 
that cau  hardly  be  overestimated.  The 
liberal offers made in either case to draw 
outside  enterprises  without  exacting 
some security for  permanence  have pro­
duced  an army of manufacturing tramps, 
who,  while  doing a  good  business,  were 
like  certain  popular  preachers,  enticed 
by a  louder  call.  Thus,  indirectly,  has 
been  taken  away  much  of  the  stamina 
of self-respect,  so necessary to  make any 
manufacturing  plant  a permanency  and 
useful to the locality  in  which  it may be 
placed.  Hordes  of  adventurers  have 
been enabled to prey on  the  credulity  of 
local  boards  of  trade,  by  spending  the 
gifts received in making a large  show  of 
enterprise while  quietly  mortgaging  the 
plant  for  money  to  recoup  twice  the 
amount of  their  own outlay,  having  the 
local  donors  to  adjust  an  account  of 
profit and  loss  with  remorseless foreign 
creditors.

In this way,  also,  many  insecure  firms 
that  cannot  otherwise  relieve  their  low 
financial  condition  find  it  cheaper  to 
move  to  a  new  town  and  accept  the 
bounty offered  them  than  to struggle  on 
in the  old  location  and  the  country  be­
comes surfeited  with  factories  that have 
no  economical  reason  for existence,  and 
the results are felt not only by a few un­
fortunate  investors,  but  generally  in  a 
market demoralized by a direct  violation 
of the law of  supply  and demand.  This 
latter  condition  is  the  boomerang,  or 
what  denotes the  superalative  degree of 
the boom.  It  does not,  like the Australian 
weapon,  recoil  upon  the  promoters  or 
boomers.  They,  wisely  forecasting  re­
sults,  stand from  under  when  the  crash 
comes,  and live to start other booms with 
new  schemes  of  advertising  to  attack 
capital and  enthusiasm.

The  American  people  are  ever  ready 
to  exchange  the  comfort  and  solid  ad­
vantages  of  the  now  for  the  glittering 
generalities  of  the to-morrow. 
In some 
form  the  gambling  spirit  will  come  to 
the surface,  glossed  over  by  new names 
and justified by the  ends to  be obtained. 
As this is a fast  age,  every  plan  started 
must be pushed at once to completion, or 
be in  the  way of  others.  Old-fashioned 
people  are  sure  to  get out  of  breath in 
trying to keep up  with  the procession.

But the most foolish of all boomers are 
those  who,  by  thousands,  rush  into  the 
new lands opened  by  government  In the 
western territories.  Heedless of the fact 
that,  if  they  seek  a  homestead  for  the 
sake of a livelihood,  millions of-acres lie 
awaiting  them  at  a nominal  cost  nearer 
civilization,  they  prefer  to camp out for 
weeks  in  wintry  weather  on  the  bleak 
frontier,  looking  at  a  sign  that  says, 
“Thou  shalt  not,”  until  the time  comes 
for the  “not” to  drop  out,  as  the  signal 
for a hurdle race in  which  the  victor is, 
in  general,  the  only  one  defeated,  for, 
if even the  goal be reached,  the  boomer­
ang of disgust  at  the  barrenness  of  the

prize disst Ives all  the  dreams of  landed 
wealth  that  hitherto 
them  on. 
I,ike the  dog  in  the  fable,  the  majority 
find that they have  dropped  the  bone  of 
reality  for the shadow of  illusion.

lured 

Happy  would  be  the American  people 
if  they could  exorcise  the  evil  spirit  of 
unrest that ever keeps them  striving after 
what,  once  gained,  is  thrown  away  for 
some  attractive  novelty;  we  might  then 
content  ourselves  with  the  goods  the 
gods  provide,  anxious  only  to  grow  as 
the tree grows—from  the  root  Upward— 
by slow yet sure  progress, into a national 
arboreal  monarch  whose  foliage  shall 
ever be a ministering  comfort to all  who 
repose beneath  its sheltering shade.

IS.  I’.  W h ITM ARSH.

Life  isn’t worth  the  living if  you are 
living only for the  money  you can make.
S tan w ood & Co.,

G loucester, Cape A nn, Mass. 

RECEIVE

Mactertl,  Codfish,  Herrins 
And All Kinds of Salt Water Fish

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 NATIONAL B ill

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D. A.  B lodgett, President.

Geo.  W.  Gat, Vice-President.

Wm. H.  Anderso n,  Cashier. 
——
CAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a genera,  banking  business.

M ake  a  specialty o f collections.  A ccounts 

o f c o u n try  m erch an ts solicited.

ASPHALT

FIRE-PROOF  ROOFING

This  Roofing  is  guaranteed  to   stand  In  all i 
places where Tin and Iron has failed;  is super-  ; 
lor to Shingles and much cheaper.

The best Roofing for covering over  Shingles 
on old roofs of  houses, barns, sheds, etc.;  will 
n o t ro t  or  pull  loose, and  when  painted  with  j 
our  A
FIRE-PROOF  ROOF  PAINT.!
Will last longer  than  shingles.  W rite the un­
dersigned  for  prices  and  circulars, relative to 
Roofing  and  for  samples  of  Building  Papers, 
etc.

ft. M. REYNOLDS & SON,

Practical  Roofers,

dor.  Louis and  Oampatt Sts>,  Grand Rapids, Mich.

M O SS,  ADLER 

GO.,

MANUFACTURERS  AND JOBBERS OF

----- AND

Gents’  Famishing Goods.

REMOVED  TO

2 3 -2 5  Larned St., East

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.

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C hicago.

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pairs,  and  for all  damage resulting from 
repairs  being  negligently done,  and  for 
the negligence  or  carelessness of  an offi­
cer who  removes  the  tenant’s  goods by 
his directions.

The  landlord  and  tenant  are  jointly 
and  severally liable  for  failure to guard 
an excavation,  coal  hole or cellarway ad­
jacent  to  the street;  but  the  laudlord is 
not  liable  for negligence of  the tenant’s 
servant  in  leaving  open  a  coal  hole in 
the sidewalk.  He  is  responsible for the 
safety of  an awning  erected for the  ben­
efit of  stores leased, or of  a platform for 
the common use of  stores.  He  is  liable 
to  the  public  for  neglect to do  what  is 
required  by a municipal  ordinance,  Jes- 
sen vs.  Swigert 66 Cal.,  183.

One  letting a hall  for  publie purposes 
is  bound  to  exercise  due  care  to  make 
it  safe,  and one  charging  for storage  of 
property  in a barn  is  bound to furnish a 
building reasonably safe.

It has  been held  that where  the  land­
lord  is  under  agreement  to provide  fire 
escapes,  and the  premises  burn,  and the 
tenant  loses his  life,  the landlord  is  not 
liable  for  the  tenant’s  death,  unless  it 
appears that  he  could havS escaped if  it 
had been provided.

The subject of  “Transferrence of  Les­
sor’s  Rights” would  require a whole  pa­
per to do it justice, and I shall, therefore, 
omit it here. 

E.  A .  Ow e n.

Alternate Sunday Opening at Ypsilanti.
The  five  up-town  druggists  of  Ypsi­
lanti,  Morford  &  Hyzer,  Frank  Smith, 
Fred Davis, C. W. Rogers and E.  R.  Beal, 
have  arranged  between  themselves  the 
matter of  Sunday  business, each  taking 
one  day  in  turn  and  keeping  open  all 
day.  Cards  will  be  displayed 
in  the 
windows of  each of  the others directing 
enquirers to the store that is open.

The question,  whether or not  the sales 
of  preparations  like  “Rough  on  Rats” 
should  be registered,  is one that is again 
coming to the front.  The pharmacy laws 
with  few  exceptions,  exempt  all  pro­
prietary medicines  and  have  certain  re­
strictions concerning the sale of poisons, 
only those of Connecticut and Iowa, how­
ever,  including  Rough  on  Rats  among 
poisons. 
Inasmuch as this article is not 
a  proprietary  or  patent  medicine,  but 
distinctly  and  emphatically  a  poison, 
there  seems  to  be  no  doubt that  it  is 
governed  by  the  provisions  regulating 
the  sale of  poisons  without  being  spe­
cifically enumerated.

Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local  applications, as  they cannot  reach  the 
diseased  portion of  the ear.  There is only way 
to cure  deafness,  and  that  is  by  constitutional 
remedies.  Deafness  Is  caused  by an  inflamed 
condition of the mucous lining of the Eutachian 
tube.  When this  tube gets  inflamed you  have a 
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when 
it is entirely  closed  deafness  is  the  result, and 
unless  the  inflammation can  be  taken out  and 
this  tube restored  to its  normal condition, hear­
ing will be destroyed  forever;  nine  cases out of 
ten are caused  bv catarrh, which  ì b   nothing but 
an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will  give  One  Hundred  Dollars  for  any 
case of deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot 
be cured by Hall's  Catarrh  Cure.  Send for  cir­
culars, free.

F.  J.  CHENEY  &  CO.,  Toledo,  O.

Ii^ ”Sold by druggists, 75c.

H i r t h  &  K r a u s e

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LANDLORD  AND  TENANT.

PAPER  VI.

the 

BIGHTS  AND  DUTIES  OF  THE  PARTIES.
Landlord.  After 

landlord  has 
made a lease and is in receipt of rent,  he 
is  estopped  (barred to  a right of  action 
arising from his own act)  from  asserting 
that the tenenant’s  possession  is unlaw­
ful; but he will not  be  estopped  by  the 
terms  of  the  lease  in  favor  of  a  third 
party with  whom he deals.

It is held in this State that,  where  his 
tenant has  possession  of  the  premises, 
the landlord will be unable to sue  a third 
party or stranger for the quieting  of  the 
title of the leased premises.

The landlord cannot,  during  the  ten­
ant’s right of possession,  maintain an ac­
tion against the tenant or any other  per-  , 
son to recover possession; neither can he 
maintain an action for  trespassing  upon 
the premises,  unless the tenant is merely 
put into possession as a  servant  to  pre­
vent trespass  by  others,  or  unless  the 
trespass amounts to a  permanent  injury 
to the property,  or what is called  in  the 
law books,  “an  actual injury  to  the  re­
version.”  He  has no action  for  damage 
done  to the tenant,  but he may,  without 
proof  of  actual  damage,  maintain  an 
action for the diversion or obstruction of 
water,  or for the maintenance  of  a  per- 
mament  nuisance,  or  an  encroachment 
upon his rights which is permanently in­
jurious to the  premises.

Infant owners connot sue for  such  in­
jury,  if  their  guardians  have conveyed 
their interest,  although  the  conveyance 
be void.  An owner and  occupant  upon 
shares may sue jointly for  an  injury  to 
the profits; and the  lessor  of  part  of  a 
house may maintain  tresspas  against  a 
licensee  (one permitted to do a  thing)  of 
the tenant for passage over the land.

The owner may  maintain an action  for 
trespass for injury to property  occupied 
in part only by the tenant, but of  which 
he has the general  possession.

The  lessor  or  owner  is  liable  for  a 
trespass of the tenant committed in  pur­
suance of the terms of the lease,  but  not 
for acts of the tenant committed  without 
his authority.  The landlord has no gen­
eral  right  of  entry  upon  the  demised 
premises during the term,  except as  au­
thorized to enter  for  repairs,  or  to  de­
mand  rent,  or  to  prevent  waste  or  to 
secure  the possession  of  personal  prop­
erty to which he had a title,  or  to  make 
a distress for rent,  or to relet  the  prem­
ises for the tenant after an abandonment 
without right.  He has no right to  make 
alterations without consent; but  he  may 
maintain an action for  a  wrongful  tak­
ing  of  personal  property,  the  title  to 
which is in him,  or trover  for  a  conver­
sion  thereof, 
is  not 
included in  the lease and  to  the  posses­
sion of which tenant is not  entitled.

if  such  property 

The owner or lessor,  during the  term, 
may  enjoin  (prevent  by  writ  of  com­
mandment or injunction)  an unlawful or 
forbidden use of the premises; but a writ 
of injuction will  not  lie  to  restore  the 
lessor  to  possession  during 
the  term, 
when the lease provides for  termination 
by notice.  Where the  terms of the lease 
give the owner or lessor the right to take 
certain  manufactured articles in  lieu of 
money  for  rent,  at  his  election,  the 
right ceases at the death of the lessor and 
gives no property in such  manufactured 
articles if possession is not taken.  When 
rent is to be  paid in specific articles at  a 
fixed price,  the lessor is  bound  to  take 
them if tendered; but,  if the  lessee  fails

A 

to deliver them,  the  price  agreed  must 
be  paid  in  money. 
In  general,  when 
rent is payable in  property of any  kind, 
the damages for a breach amount  to  the 
value of  the  property  at  the  time  the 
rent was payable.

landlord  or  owner  of  a  business 
block or tenement  building  is  not liable 
to  any one  tenant  for negligence caused 
by  another  tenant,  but  is bound  to  use 
reasonable  care  for  the  protection  of 
lodgers or tenants of  apartments.  He is 
bound  to  make  all  general  repairs that 
relate  to  the  whole  structure,  so  as  to 
protect  the  tenants  of  apartments,  and 
must  keep the  passageways in repair,  as 
well as bath  rooms  and water  closets to 
which all  tenants  have  access;  but he is 
not liable for  injuries resulting  from the 
natural accumulation of snow or ice upon 
the  passageway,  nor  for  known  defects 
in the  premises which  existed when  the 
rooms were  taken. 
In  Massachusetts, it 
is held  that,  for  breach of  a covenant to 
heat  rooms,  the  measure  of  damages  is 
the  difference in the  value of  their  use, 
not exceeding the reasonable cost of heat­
ing.

In the absence of  a covenant to repair, 
or  of  a  statutory  provision  altering the 
common  law rule,  the owner  or  lessor is 
under no implied  obligation to make any 
repairs, or to render  the  premises habit­
able or fit for use. 
In  such case it is the 
duty  of  the  tenant to make all  ordinary 
repairs,  and  he  cannot  charge  the  ex­
pense thereof  to  the landlord,  or  deduct 
it  from  the  rent,  or  recover  from  the 
landlord  any  damages  resulting  from 
nonrepair  by  him;  and  our  Supreme 
Court has held that the landlord who has 
not  covenanted to repair  is  not liable to 
third  parties  for  such  damages,  if  the 
premises  were  in  good  repair when de­
mised.

A local  or  general  custom  cannot  be 
shown  to make a landlord  liable for  re­
pairs.  To  charge  with  liability a  land­
lord  who is under  covenant to repair,  it 
must  appear  that  he neglected to repair 
after knowledge  or  notice of  its necessi­
ty;  but,  when he resides in the  building, 
the  tenant need  not give  him notice  to 
make general repairs.

An  owner in  fee of  upper  rooms  can­
not  recover  from a  life  tenant  of  lower 
rooms  any  part  of  the  expense  of  re­
pairing the roof;  but a lessor may recover 
from his  tenant an amount expended for 
repairs on his  account,  upon his promise 
to reimburse the expenditure.

An  injunction  to  prevent  threatened 
acts of voluntary waste will  lie,  not only 
against  the  tenant,  but  against  anyone 
claiming  under  him  or  colluding  with 
him,  but  justification of  the  waste must 
be  set  up  in  the  bill. 
In  this State  a 
common  law action on the  case for dam­
ages  for waste will  not  lie  in  favor  of 
the administrator of  a deceased owner or 
lessor;  but  the  heirs  of  the  lessor  may 
recover for waste committed.

The landlord  is  liable to the  tenant or 
to  a  stranger  for  damages  arising  from 
the negligence of his servants in the care 
or management of the premises,  so far as 
in  his  control,  or  from  the  fall  of  an 
unsafe  building,  if 
in  duty  bound  to 
make  it  safe,  or  if  he  suppresses  his 
knowledge  of  its  dangerous  condition. 
He is not  liable for  an injury to his  ten­
ant  caused  by excavations of  an  adjoin­
ing  owner,  nor  for  personal 
injuries 
occasioned  by disrepair of  which he had 
no knowledge or notice.  He is liable for 
negligence  of  workmen  in  making  re­

LAWNS,  CHALLIES,  INDIA  LINENS,  ORGANDIES,  WHITE 
GOODS,  MULLS,  FRENGH  CAMBRICS,  GINGHAMS  AND 
PRINTS,  STRAW  HATS,  HAMMOCKS.

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P E R K I N S   <&  H E S S
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D EA L ER S IN

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TH3±;  MICHIGLAJN  TRADESMAN.

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Drugs 0  Medicines.

S tate  B oard  o f P h arm a c y .

One Tear—Jacob  Jesson,  Muskegon.
Two  Tears—James Vemor, Detroit.
Three  Years—Ottmar Eberbach. Ann Arbor 
Four Tears—George Gundrum, Ionia.
Five Tears—C. A, Bugbee, Cheboygan.
President—Jacob  Jesson. Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
Marquette,  Aug. 31;  Lansing,  November 1.

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

M ichigan  S tate  P h a rm a c e u tica l  Ass’n. 
President—H. G. Coleman. Kalamazoo.
Vice-Presidents—S-  E.  Parkiil,  Owosso;  L. Pauley, St.
Ignace;  A. S. Parker, Detroit.
Secretary—Mr. Parsons, Detroit.
Treasurer—Wm. Dupont, Detroit.
Executive Committee—F. J. Wurzburg,  Grand Rapids; 
Frank  Inglis  and  G.  W.  Stringer,  Detroit;  C.  E. 
Webb, Jackson.
Next place  of meeting—Grand  Rapids, Aug. 2,3 and i. 
Local Secretary—John  D. Muir._____________________
G rand  R ap id s  P h arm aceu tical  Society. 
President. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott, 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March 
June, September and December.___________________
G rand R ap id s  D ru g  C lerk s’ A ssociation, 
resident, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.

M uskegon  D ru g  C lerks’  A ssociation. 

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

Syrup o f Senna.

If  any one will  take the  trouble to in­
vestigate  this  subject  he will  find  that 
only in  a very few  instances  can  he pro­
cure at the drug stores syrup of  senna of 
the  kind  recommended  by  the  U.  S.  P. 
Recent enquiry elicited the  fact that  the 
majority of  apothecaries  are  content  to 
dispense a syrup  made  from  the  hydro­
alcoholic  fluid  extract,  and  which  they 
prepare  extemporaneously,  in  many in­
stances  even omitting the  corrective  (oil 
of  coriander).  This  is  not as it should 
be,  and  the  object of  this  article  is  to 
call attention to the  official  formula,  and 
to suggest  what  appears to the  writer as 
an  improvement in the  modus  operandi.
•  The pharmacopoeia!  directions for pre­
paring the syrup of senna are faulty,  and 
no  one can  follow them  without disgust 
and  failure;  the operator  is  inclined  to 
doubt whether the author of  the formula 
ever  tried  it  in  practice.  Senna  leaves 
are  directed  to be  macerated  with  five 
times  their  weight of  water for  twenty- 
four  hours,  at a temperature of  122  de­
grees  F.  on a water bath,  then expressed 
and the residue again digested with twice 
its  weight of  water  for six  hours at the 
same  temperature—the  strained  liquids 
are  to  be  evaporated  to  less  than  the 
weight  of  senna  leaves  used.  This  is 
impossible  without  obtaining  a  very 
dense liquid,  holding much mucilaginous 
matter in solution and suspension, which 
most effectually interferes with  the  sub­
sequent  Alteration  through  paper.  The 
long-continued  digestion  is  sure  to  dis­
solve  considerable  gummy  matter,  and 
no  provision  has been  made for  getting 
rid  of  this  troublesome  agent,  in  th e! 
official process.  Keeping in  view the ob­
ject  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  namely,  to 
furnish in the  syrup an  aqueous  extract 
of  the senna,  less  griping and  disagree­
able  than  a hydro-alcoholic  preparation, 
the following modifications of  the official 
process  of  manufacture  are  suggested, 
with the statement that  for eight  er  ten 
years  they  have  been  a source  of  satis­
faction to those using them:

Upon  33  troy ounces  of  senna  leaves 
pour  24  pints  of  boiling  water;  cover 
well and  let stand  for six  hours;  express 
and upon the residue pour again 12 pints 
of boiling water;  cover well and macerate 
for three hours.  Now express once more 
and  evaporate  the  mixed  liquids at  140 
degrees  F.  on  a  water  bath  to  40  fluid 
ounces;  when cold add 10 fluid-ounces of 
alcohol,  mix  well  and set  aside,  covered, 
over  night;  filter  out  the  precipitated 
gummy matter,  washing the  filter with a 
mixture of  alcohol and  water  in  proper 
proportions,  if  necessary,  and  evaporate

the filtrate to 40 troy ounces.  Add, when 
cold,  4 troy  ounces  of  alcohol,  in  which 
20  grains of  oil  of  coriander  has  pre­
viously  been  dissolved,  and  finally  add 
56 troy  ounces of  sugar,  the  solution  of 
which  may be facilitated  by placing  the 
well-corked  bottle  in  warm  water  and 
shaking frequently.

The syrup of  senna, as thus  prepared, 
is of very dark color,  pleasantly aromatic 
odor  and  taste,  keeps  admirably  well, 
and  possesses  the  active  virtues of  the 
drug  in  a  marked  degree. 
It  may  be 
urged  by some  that  the time  necessary 
for  evaporating  the  strained  liquids  to 
40  fluid-ounces is injurious,  but  such  is 
not  the  case if  the  proper  temperature 
be observed,  and,  moreover,  two or three 
dishes can be used at one time.

Ciia s.  Ca s p a r i,  J r.
Lack of Judgm ent  as to Liquors.
“Talk  about  telling  good  from  bad 
liquor,  it’s  all  nonsense,”  remarked  a 
veteran  liquor  salesman.  “Of course,  if 
whisky  is  very, very  bad  it  can  be  de­
tected,  but  that  man  does  not  live  who 
can  select whiskies  when  there is but 50 
cents or  Si  difference  in  value. 
I recall 
once,  when I  was  on the  road,  I tried  to 
sell  a barrel of whisky of a certain brand 
to  the  landlord  of  the  hotel  where  I 
stopped  when in that city.  He declined 
to  buy,  alleging  that he did  not  dare to 
change from the brand he had been using 
for  many years. 
I tried  to  convice  him 
that  mine at  82.25  was  as good  as  that 
for  which  he  was  paying  83.50 but  he 
would not  listen to me.  Finally,  we  bet 
a hat that the druggist  near by,  who had 
been  in  the  business  thirty  years  and 
sold  the  same  class of  goods as did  my 
landlord,  could not be fooled.
“We  went  together  over to the  drug 
store,  and  the  landlord  bought a pint  of 
the  famous  whisky,  and,  putting  it  in 
his pocket,  we returned to the  hotel,  and 
emptying  one of  my sample  cases,  filled 
it  with  the  liquor  just  from  the  drug 
store.  Then  we returned together to the 
drug store, and when opportunity offered 
I  was  introduced to the  proprietor  and 
opened  the  battle by asking  him  to look 
at the  superior  article of  whisky  I  had.
“It’s  no  use,  young  man;  I  have  a 
brand I have  been  selling  for a number 
of years,  and nothing could induce me to 
“ Not  even  price? 
change.” 
I  have 
some excellent  goods in  this bottle.  May 
I ask  what  you  pay  for  yours?’ 
‘I  pay 
83.50 per gallon.’ 
‘I’ll  sell  you  this for 
82.25.’ 
‘It’s  no  use;  I  don’t  want  to 
I  pleaded  with  him  to  just 
change.’ 
sample mine, and finally he condescended 
to  taste,  and 
immediately  spewed  his 
own  whisky out of  his mouth,  declaring 
he  would  not  have it in  his  store if  he 
could buy it at 50 conts a gallon.”

Henry G eorge’s Theory as to D ruggists.
“When I  go to a druggist’s  and  buy a 
small  quantity of  medicine or chemicals,
I  pay  many  times  the  original  cost  of 
those  articles;  but what I thus  pay is in 
much  larger  degree  wages  than  profit. 
Out of such small sales the druggist must 
get not only the cost of what he sells me, 
with  other  costs  incidental to the  busi­
ness,  but  also  payment for  his  services. 
These  services  consist  not  only  in  the 
actual exertion of giving me what I want, 
but in  waiting there in  readiness to serve1 
me when I choose to come. 
In  the price 
of  what  he sells  me  he  makes a charge 
for  what  printers  call  ‘waiting  time.’ 
And  he  must  manifestly  not  merely 
charge waiting time for himself,Jjut also 
for  the  stock of  many  different  things 
only  occasionally  called  for,  which  he 
must  keep on hand.  He  has  been wait­
ing  there with  his  stock in  anticipation 
of  the fact that  such  persons  as  myself, 
in  sudden  need of  some small  quantities 
of  drugs  or  chemicals,  would  find  it 
cheaper  to  pay  him  many  times  their 
wholesale  cost  than  to go  farther  and 
buy larger  quantities.  What  I pay  him, 
even  when  it  is  not  payment  for  the 
skilled  labor of  compounding,  is largely 
a payment of  the  same  nature,  as,  were 
he  not  there,  I might  have had  to  make 
to a messenger.”

Cream L,aid  Bill  Heads.

AAyTE have au  odd  lot Cream  Laid  Bill  Heads which  we 
"   "   will close out while present  supply lasts at the same 
price as our cheapest paper.
in.  wide,  6  lines,
1-6  size, 
i  
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500  each  size, 

lOOO
$2  50
3  00
2  75

2000 
$4  50
5 40

14 

500

$1  65
2  00

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Send for sample.

PRINTING  DEPARTMENT

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

AGNES BOOTH CIGARS

In   te n  sizes an d  shapes.  W e w ill g u ara n te e  to  increase y o n r cig a r sales if  you w ill give 
y o u r  cu sto m ers a  ch ance  to  buy th e  A gnes  B ooth C igar.  A ll we ask  is a  sam ple o rd er.

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S t a t e   A g e n t s .

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Wholesale Price  Current•

Advanced—Long buchu leaves, cocoa  butter, turpentine. 

Declined—Nothing.

ACIDUM.

m   10
60®  65 
30
32©  30 
50©  52 
3©  5
10©  12 
10©  12 
20
3<3@1  70 
12£®  5 
40©1  60 
30®  32

A ceticum ....................
Benzoicum  German..
Boracic 
......................
Carbollcum .................
C ltrlcum ....................
H ydrochlor.................
Nltrocum 
...................
O xalicum ....................
Phosphorflim  d ll........
Salley licu m .................1
Sulphurieum...............
Tannlcum ....................1
Tartari cum ..................
AMMONIA.
Aqua, 16  deg...............
3M@  5
20  deg...............
5)4©  7
12©  14
Carbonas  ....................
C hloridum ................... 12©  14

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ANILINS.

Black............................. 2 00@2 25
80@1  00
Brown...........................
45©  50
R ed................................
Y ellow ........................ 2  50@3 00

75®  80
8©  10
25©  30

BACCA®.
Cubeae (po  75).........
Ju n ip eru s....................
Xanthoxylum ..............
BALS AHUM.
40©  45
Copaiba............. ..........
@1  30
Peru..............................
35©  40
Terabln, Canada  .......
T olutan........................ 35©  50

COBTEX.

Abies,  Canadian........ .........  18
Casslae  ....................... .........  11
Cinchona F la v a ......... .........  18
Euonymus. atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerifera, po... .........  20
Primus Vlrglnl............ .........  12
Quillala,  grd............... .........  10
Sassafras  .................... .........  12
Ulmus Po (Ground  12) ........   10

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KXTBACTUX.
24©  25
Glycyrrhlza  G labra... 
33©  35
po............
Haematox, 15 lb. box.. 11©  12
13©  14
Is...............
14©  15
)4S.............
Ms.............. 16©  17
PERBUM.
©  15 
Carbonate Preclp... 
@3 50 
Citrate and Q uinta.
©  80 
Citrate  Soluble.......
©   50
Perrocyanldum Sol.
Solut  Chloride.......
Sulphate,  com’l —  
.
mom a .

pure... 

1)4©©

A rn ica.........................   26©  28
AnthemlB....................   3t@  35
Matricaria 
.......  25©  30

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Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tln-

....................   16@1  00
nlvelly......................  25©  28
A!x.  35©  50
and  Ms......................  12©  15
8©  10

Salvia  officinalis,  14s
U raU rsl........................ 

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Acacia,  1st  picked—   ©  75
2d 
....  ©  50
3d 
©  40
.... 
sifted so rts...  ©  25
po ..................  60©  80
Aloe,  Barb,  (po.60)...  50©  60 
“  Cape,  (po.  20)...  ©  12
Socotrl, (po.  60).  @ 5 0
Catechu, Is, (Ms, 14 Ms,
©   1
16)............................. 
Am m oniac...................  55©  60
AsBafcetlda,  (po. 35).. 
30©  35
Bensolnum...................  50©  55
Cam phors....................  50©  53
Buphorbium  po  .........  35©  10
Gafbanum....................   @3  50
Gamboge,  po...............   70©  75
Gualacum,  (po  30)  ...  @  25
Kino,  (po.  35).............   ©  30
M astic.........................   ©
Myrrh,  (po. 45)............  ©  40
Opll,  (po  2  60)..................1  65@1 70
Shellac 
......................  25©  35
bleached........   30©  35
T ragacanth.................  30©  75

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herba—In ounce packages.

A bsinthium ........ .................   25
Bupatorlum ...........................   20
Lobelia........................4.........   25
M ajorum ................................  28
Mentha  Piperita...................  23
“  Y lr...........................   25
R ue..........................................   30
Tanacetum, Y ........................  22
Thymus,  V .............................  25

M A G N E S IA .

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

OLEUM .

A bsinthium ...................... 3 50@4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc —  ..  45©  75 
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00®8 25
A n lsl.................................. 1  65@1 75
Aurantl  Cortex...........3 00@3  25
Bergami!  .....................3 00@3  25
C ajlputl...................... 
60©  65
Caryophylll.................  70©  75
C ed ar...........................   35©  65
C henopodll.................  ©1  60
Clnnam onll.......................1  15©l 20
C itronella....................   ©   45
Conlum  Mac...............   35©  65
Copaiba  .......................1  1001  20

Cubebae....................   .  @ 5  50
Exechthitos....................   2 50@2 75
E rlgeron........................... 2 25@2 50
G aultheria........................2 00®2 10
Geranium,  ounce.......  ©  75
Gosslpil,  Sem. gal.......  50®  75
Hedeoma  .....................2 00@2 10
Junlperl........................  50©2 00
Lavendula..................   90©2 00
Llm onis.............................2 75@3 25
Mentha Piper.................... 2 75@3 50
Mentha Verld...................2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal........ 1  00@1  10
Myrcia, ounce..............  ©  50
O live.............. 
 
80©2  75
Plcis Liquida, (gal. 35)  10© ' 12
R lclnl.........................  
86©  92
Rosmarinl.............  
75©1  00
Rosae,  ounce...............  @6 50
Succlni.........................   40©  45
S abina...................  ...  90@1  00
Santal  ......................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras.  ...................  50©  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  
©  65
Tiglii:...........................  ©  90
T hym e.........................   40©  50
opt  .................  ©  60
Theobromas.................  15©  20

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POTASSIUM.

BICarb.........................   15©  18
Bichrom ate.................  13©  14
Bromide...................... 
24©  26
Carb..............................   12©  15
Chlorate  (po  18)........   16©  18
Cyanide........................  50©  55
Iodide.................................2 80@2 90
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  24©  28
Potassa, Bltart, com ...  ©  15
Potass  Nitras, opt....... 
8©  10
Potass N itras............... 
7©  9
Prusslate......................  28©  30
Sulphate  po.................  15©  18

RADIX.

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A conitum ....................  20©  25
Althae...........................  22©  25
A nchusa......................  12©  15
Arum,  po......................  @  25
Calamus........................  20©  40
Gentiana, (po. 15).......  10©  12
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16©  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 40)....................  
©  35
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__   15©  20
Inula,  po......................  15©  20
Ipecac,  po..........................2 20@2 30
Iris, plox (po. 35@33) ..  35©  40
Jalapa,  p r....................   38©  40
Maranta,  14s ...............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15©  18
Rhei..............................   75@1  00
“  cut  ......................  ©1  75
“  pv.........................   75@1  35
Splgelia.......................   35©  38
Sanguinarla,  (po  25)..  ©  20
Serpentarla..................   32©  35
Senega.........................  45©  50
Slmilax, Officinalis,  H  ©  40 
©  20
M 
Scillae, (po. 35)............  10©  12
Symplocarpus,  Foeti-
dus,  po......................  ©  35
Yaleriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15©  20
inglber a ....................  12©  15
Zingiber  j ............... 
18©  22
SEMEN.
..  ©  15
Anlsum,  (po.  20).. 
Aplum  (graveleons)..  33©  35
Bird, Is....................  . 
4©  6
Carol, (po.  18).............  
8©   12
Cardamon..........................1  00@1 25
Corlandrum.................  10©  12
Cannabis Satlva..........  3H@4
Cydonium....................  75© 1  00
Cnenopodlum  ............  10©  12
Dlpterlx Odorate.........2 25®2 35
Foenlculum ...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.......  . 
6©  8
L In i.............................  4  ©  4)4
Llnl, grd,  (bbl. 3)4)...  4  ©  4)4
Lobelia.........................   35©  40
Pharlaris Canarian—   314©  4)4
R ap a............................. 
6©   7
Slnapls,  Albu.............  
8©  =9
N igra............  11©  12

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SPIRITUS.
Frumentl, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R ....... 1  75@2 00
1  10@1  50
 
Junlnerls  Co. O. T __ 1  75©1  75
“ 
..............1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  B .........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vlnl  Galll............ 1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto......................1  25@2 00
Vlnl  Alba..........................1  25@2 00

SFONOES.

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

2 00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

A c ca d a ..................................  50
Zingiber  ................................  50
Ipecac.....................................'  60
Ferri  Iod................................  50
Aurantl  Cortes......................  56
 
Rhel  Arom................. 
50
Slmilax  Officinalis........ 
60
Co.........  50
Senega...................................   50
Scillae.....................................   50
“  Co............................  80
T olutan..................................  50
Prunns  vlrg........ ..................  50

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TINCTURES.
Aconitum  NapelllsR. 
F.
Aloes.............................
and m yrrh.........
A rn ica.........................
Asafcetlda....................
A trope Belladonna__
Benzoin........................
Co..................
Sanguinarla.................
Barosm a......................
Cantharides.................
Capsicum....................
Ca damon....................
Co.................
Castor...........................
Catechu......................
Cinchona  ....................
Co.................
Columba......................
C onlum .................  ...
Cubeba.........................
D igitalis......................
Ergot.............................
G entian.......................
Co....................
G ualca.........................
ammon............
Z ingiber........ ............
Hyoscyamus...............
Iodine.........................
Colorless..........
Ferrl  Chloridum........
K in o ............................
Lobelia.........................
M yrrh...........................
Nux  Vomica...............
°RU,Camphorated.................
“  Deodor...........................2
Aurantl Cortex......................
Q uassia..................................
R h atan y ................................
Rhel........................................
Cassia  Acutlfol....................
Co...............
Serpentarla...........................
Stromonlum...........................
T olutan.................................
V alerian................................
VeratramVerlde..................

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MISCELLANEOUS.

1 
“ 

.¿Either, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26©  28 
“  4 F ..  30©  32
Alum en....................... 2)4© 3

ground, 

(po.

_

“ 

“ 

« 

“ 

“  PreP.

60 
©  50

German  3 

7)..................................  
3©  4
Annatto.......................   55©  60
Antimoni, po.................. 
4©  5
et Potass T.  55©  60
A ntlpyrin........................  @1 40
Antlfebrln.......................  © 25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ©  62
Arsenicum ..................
Balm Gilead  Bud__
Bismuth  S.  N ............. 2 11
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
11;  Ms,  12)...............
Cantharides  Russian,
p o ..............................
Capsicl  Fractus, a f...
r Po-.-
Caryophyllus,  (po.  14)
Cannine,  No. 40..........  
Cera  Alba, S. & F .......  50©  55
Cera Flava..................   38©  40
Coccus.........................   @  40
Cassia Fructus............  ©  22
Centrarla......................  @  10
Cetaceum....................   ©   40
Chloroform .................  60©  63
squlbbs..  ©1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  2001  40
Chondros 
Clnchonldine, P.  A  W  15©
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ....................
Creasotum .................
Crete,  (bbl. 75) ............
....... 

9© 11
;ubra...........  © 
8
Crocus.........................  33©  35
Cudbear.................   @ 
24
6
Cupri Sulph..........   5 ©  
D extrine...............   10© 
12
70
Ether Sulph...........  68© 
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po..............  ©  
6
E rgotajpo.)  65 ..........   60©  65
Flake  W hite.........  12© 
15
G alla......................  © 
23
Gambler....................... 7  @ 8
Gelatin,  Cooper....... 1. 
© 70
“ 
60
Glassware  flint,  75 and 10. 
by box 70
Glue,  Brown........  
9© 
15
“  W hite..........  
ta© 
25
G lycerlna..............15)4© 
30
Grana Paradlsl.....  © 
22
Humulus...............   25© 
55
©  85
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite.. 
©   75
“  C o r.... 
Ox Rubrum  ©   90
@100 
Ammoniatl. 
Unguentum. 
45©  55
Hydrargyrum.......  © 
65
Jchthyobolla, A m ..  . .1  25@1  50
Indigo............... ...........  750100
Iodine,  Resubl............3 7E@3 85
Iodoform......................  @4 70
50
L upulin.................  45© 
Lycopodium........   50© 
55
80
M a d s ....................  75© 
Uquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararg lo d ...........   @ 
27
Uquor Potass Arsinltls  10©  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
3
Mannla,  S. F .............. 

French.....  40© 

1)4)...................... 

30033

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2© 

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W ...1  7C@1  95 
C. C o .........................1  60@1  85
Moschus  Canton........   ©  40
Myristica,  No. 1..........  65©  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  ©  10
Os.  Sepia...................... 
IS©  20
Pepsin Saac, H.  & P. D.
C o..............................  @2 00
Pids  Llq, N.»C., M gal
doz  ...........................  ©2 00
Plcis Llq., q u a rts.......  @1  00
p in ts..........  @  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22).. 
©  1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__   ©  3
Pix  Burgun.................  ©  7
Plumbl A cet...............   14©  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opll.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethram,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1  25
Pyrethrom,  pv............  30©  35
Quasslae...................... 
8©  10
Quinta, S. P. & W .......  29©  34
S.  German — 19  ©  30
Rubla  Tinctorum.......  12©  14
Saccharum Lactis pv. 
29©  30
Salacin.........................1  60@1 65
Sanguis  Draconis.......  40®  50
Sapo,  W ........................  12©  14
“  M.........................  10©  12
“  G .........................   ©  15

“ 

Seidlltz  M ixture........  
©  24
Slnapls..........................  @  18
“  opt....................  ©  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes.........................   @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10©  11 
Soda  et Potass T art.  .  27©  30
Soda Carb....................   1 )4@  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb.............   @  5
Soda,  A sh....................  3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas.............   ©  2
Spts. Ether C o ............  50©  55
“  Myrcia  Dom.......  @2 25
“  Myrcia Im p........   @3 00
••  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
...7 ........................... 2 25@2 35
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......  @1  30
Sulphur, Subl.............   2J£©  4
Roll...............  2H@ 3)4
Tam arinds..................  
8©  10
Terebenth Venice.......  28©  30
Theobrom ae................40  ©  45
Vanilla....................... 9 00©16 00
Zlncl  Sulph................. 
7©  8

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OILS.

Whale, w inter............  70 
Lard,  extra.................  55 
La/d, No.  1.................  45 
Unseed, pure raw —   43 

Bbl.  Gal
70
60
56
46

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FAINTS. 

Llndseed,  boiled  ___   46 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................... 
Spirits Turpentine__   36 

49
50  60
40
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian................144  2@3
Ochre, yellow  M ars...  1M  2@4
“ 
Ber.........1S£  2@8
Putty,  commercial__ 2)4@3
“  strictly  pure...... 2)4  2M@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ............................. 
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
65©70
70@75
Green,  Peninsular....... 
Lead,  red........................7  @7)4
“  w h ite ...................7  @7y*
1 Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’..........   @90
I White, Paris  American 
1  0
Whiting  Paris  Eng.
Pioneer Prepared Paint!  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
P aints.......................1  00@1  20
VARNISHES.

c liff....................... 

1  40

No. 1 Turp  Coach.  .. 1  10@1  20
Extra T urp..................160©I  70
Coach  Body................2  75©3  00
No. 1 Turp  F urn........1  00@l  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70®75
Turp........................... 

Importers  ami  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils «t Varnishes.

D EA L ER S  IN

Sole A gents fo r th e   C elebrated

SWISS  M U   PREPARED  PAINTS.
Line  of  Stati

W e a re  Sole P ro p rie to rs of

Weatherly’s  Michigan  Catarri  Remedy.

W e H ave in  Stock am i Offer a  F u ll L ine o f

WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

G IN S,  W IN ES,  R U M S .

We sell Liquors for medicinal 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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THE  MICTÏIG^JST  TEADESMAN

G rocery   P r ic e   C u rren t•

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

and  buy  in  full  packages.

Acme.

Arctic.

gross 
6 00
5 50 
9 00 
8  00
6  00

A TT.«  G R EA SE.
doz
Aurora......................  53
Diamond...................  50
Frazer’s .....................  81
M ica.........................   75
Paragon 
.................  55
B A K IN G   PO W D ER.
45 
M lb. cans, 3  doz..........
85 
34lb.  “  2  “  ..............
1  80 
lib .  “ 
1  “   ...............
Bulk..................................
10
60 
)£ ft cans..........................
1  20 
34 ®>  “ 
........................
......................
1  lb  “ 
2  00 
9 60
5  lb  “  
........................
Cook's  Favorite.
100 M lb cans......................  12 00
100 H lb cans......................  12 00
100 & Id cans......................  12 00
2 doz 1 lb cans......................  9 60
(tankard pitcher with each can)
per doz 
Dime cans..  90
.1  33 
4-oz
1  90 
6 oz
.  2 47 
3-oz
.  8 75 
12-oz
..4 75 
16-oz
•2H-lb
11  40 
18 25 
11b
21  60 
vib
41  80
10-lb

(181 pieces colored glass)
(131 pieces of crystal glass)
(100 hdl cups and saucers)

pÇPRICE’s 
I CREAMI
gAKlNg

powder

Dr. Price’s.

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% lb  “ 
1 »   “
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341b. 
lib . 
“
Victor.

40
Red Star, 34 ft  cans..........
go
..........
............... .  1  50
45
Teller’s,  34 lb. cans,  doz.
85
.  1  50
80
............... ..  1  20
“ 
2 doz................ ..  2 00
BATH BRICK.

6 oz cans, 4 d o z .................
9 
16 

“ 

2 dozen in case.

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BLUING.

E n g lish ............................. ...  90
Bristol................................. ...  80
...  70
Domestic.........................
Gross
4  00
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals..  .......
“ 
...............  7 00
“  pints,  round........ .10 50
..  2 75 
“  No. 2, sifting box. 
. .  4 00
“  No. 3, 
..  8 00
“  No. 5. 
“  1 oz ball  ............... ..  4  50

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BROOMS.
No. 2 H url......................... ..  2 00
......................... ..2 2 5
No. 1  “ 
..  2 50
No. 2 Carpet......................
..  2 75
No. 1 
“ 
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Parlor Gem........................ ..  3 00
Common W hisk............... ..  1  00
..  1  20
Fancy 
...............
..  3  50
Warehouse.......................
Stove, No.  1...................... ..  1  25
“  10...................... ..  1  50
“  15...................... .,  1  75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row .. .. 
85
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row.. ..  1  25
Palmetto,  goose............... ..  1  50

B R U SH ES.

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Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..................10
Stai,  40 
9
Paraffine.................................11
Winking.................................. 24

 

FIBH.
Clams.

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Linie Neck,  l i b ............ ....1   15
“  2  lb ............ . ..1   90
Clam  Chowder.
Standard, 31b................. . . . 2  00
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb ............... ....  85
21b............... ....1  65
Lobsters.

Star,  1  lb ........................
...2 40
“  2  lb ........................ ..  .3 30
Picnic, l i b ..................... ....2  00
21b...................... ....2  90
“ 
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb ................. ....1   30
2  lb ............... ....2  25
Mustard,  21b...............
....2  25
Tomato Sauce,  21b.......
....2  25
Soused, 2  lb .................... . 
.2 25
Columbia River, flat__
...1  85
tails__
....1  75
Alaska, 1  lb .................... ....1   50
21b...................... ....2  10
Sardines.
American  34s................. • 43t®  5
34*...............
.634® 7
Imported  34s ................... - -10@12
34*................... .. 15@16
Mustard Ms.................... ..  708
Boneless.........................
20
Brook, 8  lb ......................

Salmon.
“ 

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T rout

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Apricots.
Live oak.......................
2 25
Santa  Cruz..................
2 90
Lusk’s ...........................
2  50
Overland....................
1  90
Blackberries.
B. &  W.........................
90
Cherries.
R ed................................
1 20
Pitted H am burgh......
1  75
1  20
W hite...........................
Erie  .............................
1  20
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green
E rie ..............................
@1  25
California....................
1  70
Gooseberries.
Common......................
1  10

Gages.

Peaches.

H e ................................
M axw ell......................
S hepard's....................
California....................
.................
Monitor 
Oxford  ........................
Pears.

“ 

i Domestic......................
| Riverside......................
Hneapples.
Common.......................
Johnson’s  sliced........
grated........
Quinces.
Common  ......................
,  Raspberries.
Red  ..............................
Black  Hamburg..........
Erie,  b la c k .................
Strawberries.
Law rence....................
H am burgh..................
Erie.......: .....................
T errapin.........................
Whortleberries.

1  20
1  65
1  65
2  25
1  (5

1  25
2 10

1  30
2  50
2 75
1  10

1  30
1  50
1  40
1

5

1

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Com.

Beans.

MEATS.

34 lb ...  . .. 

Common....................
1 20
F. &  W ........................
1  25
Blueberries.................
1  20
Corned  beef,  Libby’s __ ..1  80
Roast beef,  Armour’s __ ...1  75
Potted  bam, 34 lb ............
-.1  50
“  341b............. ...1   00
tongue, 34 lb ........
..1  10
95
chicken, »4 lb .......
95

“ 
VEGETABLES.
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  F air.................... ...1  35
H am burgh.......................
Livingston  E d e n ............ ...ITO
P u rity ................................
Honey  Dew...................... ...1  50
Morning Glory................. ..  1  20
Hamburgh m arrofat.......
..1  35
early Ju n e __
Champion Eng... 1  50
Hamburgh  petit  pols.... ...1  75
fancy  sifted.....1  90
Soaked .............................. ...  65
Harris  standard.............. ...  75
Van Camp’s Marrofat
.1  10
Early Ju n e... ...1   30
Archer's  Early Blossom. ...1  36
F ren c h .............................. ...1   80
Mushrooms.
French .............................. -16018
Pumpkin.
E rie.................................... ...  95
Squash.
H ubbard........................... ...1   20
Succotash.
Hamburg  ......................... ...1  40
Soaked .........................
80
Honey  Dew...................... ...1   60
Excelsior  .  ...................... ...1   00
Eclipse..............................
-.1  00
H am burg.......................... ...1  30
G allon...............................
..2 50

Tomatoes.

Peas

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CHOCOLATE—BAKER'S.

German Sweet..................
Premium...........................
Pure...................................
Breakfast  Cocoa............

CHEESE.

22
35
38
40

Amboy.........................
@ 9
H orton.........................
@ 8*
R iverside....................
@  8*
Gold  Medal  ...............
@  8
Skim .............................5 @ 6
Brick................................
10
Edam  ..........................
@1  00
Limburger  .................
@10
Pineapple....................
Roquefort.....................
Sap  Sago......................
@22
Schweitzer, Imported. @30
domestic  __
@15

“ 

3 lb. standard.............
York State, gallons....
>>as

•• 

FRUITS.
Apples.
1 

CATSUP.

90
2 40
2 50

Blue Label Brand.
Half  pint, 25 bottles.......
Pint 
.........
Qnartjl doz bottles :.......

“ 

..2 75
.  4 GO
.  3 50

CLOTHES PINS.

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

COCOA  SHELLS.
351b  bags.................... 
@3
Less  quantity.................  @334
Pound  packages........... 614 @7

COFFEE.

GREEN.
Rio.

F air.........................................16
Good.......................................17
Prim e.....................................18
Golden................................... 20
Peaberry  .............................. 20

Santos.

F a ir........................................ 16
Good...................................... 17
P rim e.....................................18
Peaberry  ...............................20
Mexican and Guatemala.
F a ir........................................ 20
Good.......................................21
Fancy.................................... 23
Prim e.....................................19
M illed...................................20

Maracaibo.

Java.

Interior................................. 25
Private Growth....................27
M andehling.........................28
Im itation.............................. 23
Arabian................................. 26

Mocha.

ROASTED.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 34c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cen t  for shrink­
age.

PACKAOS.

A rb u ck le’s A rio sa........   19.30
M cL aughlin’s  XXXX  .  19.30
G e rm a n .............................19 30
Bunola  ..............................   18.80
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case__   19 30

price,  with 
additional 
charge of 
90 cents  for 
cabinet

Valley City. 
Felix...........

Bulk
Red

CLOTHES  LINES.
Cotton, 4 0 ft...
50 ft...
60 ft...
70 ft...
80 ft...
60 ft...
7 2 ff..

...per doz.  1  25 
1  40
1  60
1  75
1  90
90
100

“
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U
Jute
**

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

COUPON  BOOKS.

“Tradesman.’

“Superior.”

!* 2,
> 3,
• 5,no,
120,

> 1.1
•  2,«3,
• 5,no,
120,

“ Universal.”

“ 
" 
“ 
“ 

•  1, per hundred...............   *3  00
* 
................. 3 SO
................. 5 00
•S> 
................6 00
£0. 
•20, 
................. 7 oo
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 or over................5 per cent.
500  “ 
1000 
“  

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

“
“

COUPON PASS BOOKS.

[Can  be  made to represent any
denomination  from 910  down. I
20 books......................... $ 1  00
200
50  “ 
3 00
100  “ 
6  25
250  “ 
10 00
500  “ 
17  50
1000  “ 

.........................
........................
........................
.........................
.........................
CONDENSED MILK.
4 doz. In case.
.  7 40
Eagle.................................
Crown  ..  .......................... ..  6 25
Genuine  Swiss.................
.  8 00
American Swiss............... ..  7 00

CRACKERS.

Butter.

Seymour XXX................... ... 6
Seymour XXX, cartoon.. ...  634
Family  XXX.................... ..  6' :
Family XXX,  cartoon... ...  634
Salted XXX...................... ...  6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ... ...  634
Kenosha 
........................ ...  734
Boston................................ ...  8
Butter  biscuit................. ...  634

Soda.

.  6

Oyster.

Soda, XXX........................
Soda, City......................... ...  734
Soda,  Duchess................ ...  834
Crystal W afer.................. ...10
Reception  Flakes............ ...10
S. Oyster  XXX...............
...  6
City Oyster. XXX............
...  6
Farina  Oyster...............
...  6
CREAM TARTAR.
Strictly  pure..................
Telfer’s  Absolute............
Grocers’...........................

30
35
.10015

D K IE I) «FRUITS.

D om estic.
APPLES.

“ 

quartered  “
APRICOTS.

Sundried. sliced In  bbls
5
5
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes @7
California in  bags........ 934010
Evaporated in boxes.  ..
BLACKBERRIES.
In  boxes..........................
434
NECTARINES.
70 lb. bags.......................
734
25 lb. boxes...................... @934
Peeled, In  boxes  ..........
12
Cal. evap.  “ 
............ 9©10
“ 
California In b a g s ......... @7

In bags........ 8@ 834
PEARS.

PEACHES.

“ 

PITTED CHERRIES.
Barrels.............................
50 lb. boxes....................
25  “ 
.....................

“ 

PRUNELLEB.

10
11
12

11

30 lb.  boxes....................
RASPBERRIES.
In  barrels.......................
50 lb. boxes......................
........................
25 lb.  “ 
Foreign.
CURRANTS.
Patras, In barrels........ @ 334
In  34-bbls........
@ 3M
In less quantity @  4

2134
22
23

“ 
“ 

PEEL.

“ 
“ 

Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb. boxes  20
Lemon 
10
Orange 
11

25  “
“ 
“ 
25  “
RAISINS.
Domestic.
London layers,  2  crown ...1  40
8  »
...1  65
fancy...
...1  85
Loose Muscatels, boxes.
...1  25
70 lb. bags  @534

“ 
“ 

Ondura, 29 lb. boxes.. @  8
..11 @12
Sultana, 20 
Valencia, 30  “ 
. .5 @  5M

Foreign.

PRUNES.

Bosnia........................... @
California, 90x100 25 lb.  bxs.  8
.834
..9
•  934
@534
...1134

“
“
“
Turkey...........................
S ilver..............................

80x90 
71x80 
60x70 

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ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.
No. 1, 634.........................
No. 2, 634.........................
No. 1, 6.............................
No. 2, 6.............................
XX  wood, white.
No. 1,634.........................
No. 2, 634.........................
Manilla, white.
634  .............................  ...
6 .......................................
Mill  No. 4........................

Coin.

.  91  75
.  1  60
1  ffi
.  1  50
.  1  35
.  1  25
.  1  00

.  1  00

FARINACEOUS GOODS. 

Farina.
100 lb. kegs............ 
Hominy.

334

Barrels.................................3 00
G rits....................................... 350

Lima  Beans.

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

4
Maccaronl and Vermicelli. 

Domestic, 12 lb. box.... 
Imported...............1034@1134
Pearl Barley.
Kegs..................................   ©2)4

55

Peas.

Sago.

Wheat.

Green,  bu..
Split  per  lb

Germ an....
East India..
Cracked.....

....1   40
....3  00

....  4
....  5

5

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

iu th ..........................  1  10

Cod.

Halibut.
Herring.

Pollock..........................
Whole, Grand  B ank...  @5
Boneless,  b ric k s.........6  @634
Boneless,  strips............5&@63a
Smoked.............................  
Scaled..:......................  
Holland,  bbls............. 
kggg,, , , , , , , ,  
Round shore, 34 bbl... 
“ 
34  bbl.. 
Mackerel.

12
18@20
1100
35
2  00
1  10

*• 
“ 

“ 

Sardines.
-  Trout.

No. 1,34 bbls. 90 lbs............ 11  00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................  1  25
Family, 34 bbls., 100 lbs__ 5  50
kits. 10  lbs............  
75
Russian,  kegs...................... 
45
No. 1,  34 bbls., lOOlbs...........6 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...................  90
No. 1, 34 bbls., lOOlbs...........8 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs................. 1  10
Family, 34 bbls., 100 lbs —   3 00
kits  10  lbs.............   40

Whitefish.

“ 

,  FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla
2 oz folding box.. . 7 5  
1  25
...1  00 
3 oz 
“ 
...1  50 
4 oz 
“ 
6 oz 
...2   00 
“ 
“ 
5 oz 
.. .3 00 
SUN  POWDER.

HERBS.

K eg s......................................5 50
Half  kegs..............................3 00
Sage........................................15
Hops.........................-..............25
Madras,  5 lb. b o x e s ......... 
S. F„ 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 

INDIGO.

55
50

“ 

JELLY.
17  b. palls.........................  
55
30  “ 
.......................... 
85
LICORICE.
Pure.........................................  80
Calabria..........................  
  25
Sicily.......................................  12
LYE.
Condensed,  2  doz................1  25
4 doz................ 2 25
HATCHES.
No. 9  sulphur.......................1  25
Anchor  parlor......................1 70
No. 2 home............................l  10
Export  parlor....................... 4 00

“ 

 

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

MEASURES.

Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon  .............................  91  75
Half  gallon.......................  
l  40
Q u art.................................. 
70
P in t.....................................  
45
Half  p i n t .......................... 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon..............................   7 00
Half g allon.......................   4 75
Q u art..................................  3 75
P int.....................................   2 25

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar honse........................  1334
16
O rdinary............................. 
P rim e.................................. 
16
F ancy..................................  
20

Mew Orleans.

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

OATMEAL.

14
17
22
27
35

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

ROLLED OATS.

Barrels  180...................  @4  75
Half  bbls 90...............   @2  50

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count.............93 50
Half  barrels, 600 cou n t....  2 25

Small.

PIPES.

Barrels, 2,400  count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 count 

4  00
2  50

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

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

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

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

BOOT BEER
3 doz. case... 

“ 

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head.........................
“  No. 1...........................5
“  No. 2..................   @ 4

Broken..................................   334

Imported.

Japan, No. 1............................6
•  No. 2.............................534
Jav a.......................................  5
P atna.:..................................   5

SPICKS.

Whole Sifted.

“ 
“ 
“ 

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

*  “ 
shot.

Pure Ground In Bnlk.

“ 

“ 
“ 

K 
“ 

Allspice................................. 1
Cassia,  Batavia__________20
and  Saigon.25
Saigon....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna.................30
Zanzibar.................20
Ginger, African....................15
Cochin...................  18
Jam aica................. 20
Mace  Batavia....................... 8t
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste. .25
Trieste....................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ....................65
Pepper, Singapore, black__20
“ 
“  w hite.......30
“  Cayenne..................25
Sage.  .................................... 20
“Absolute” in Packages.

“ 

1 50
2 00
3 00
4 CO

1  55

34s 

34s
A llspice............  ...........  84 155
Cinnamon...................  
Cloves.............................  84 1  55
Ginger, Jam ...................  84 1  55
“  A f......................   84 1  55
M ustard..........................  84 155
Pepper...........................   84 155
Sage............................... 

  84 

  84

SAL  SODA.

Kegs......................................    134
Granulated,  boxes...............

SEEDS.

A n ise...........................   @1254
Canary, Smyrna.......... 
4
8
Caraw ay......................  
Cardamon, M alabar... 
90
Hemp,  Russian......... 
434
Mixed  Bird  ............... 43i@  534
6
Mustard,  w hite..........  
Poppy...........................  
9
R ape............................. 
6
Cuttle  boue................. 
30

20-lb  boxes.............................  634
40-lb 

» 

STARCH.
Corn.
...........................   6
Gloss.
 
..........................  6

 

1-lb packages.........................   534
3-lb 
534
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............   434
Barrels......................................434

“ 
“ 

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

SNUFF.

SODA.

B oxes.......................................53»
Kegs, English..........................4)4

SALT.
 
 

100 3-lb. sacks............................92 25
60 5-lb. 
“ 
28 10-lb. sacks............................1 85
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases.............................   1 50
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
281b. 
.. 

2 00
2  25
50
18

drill  “ 

“ 

56 lb. dairy In drill  bags... 
281b. 
.. 

“ 

“ 

“ 

35
18

56 lb. dairy 1h linen sacks..  75 

56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks. 

Solar Rock.

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

Common Fine.

Saginaw ............................. 
M anistee............................  

75 

25

80
86

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

SALSRATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

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

,  

SOAP.
LAUNDRY.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb....... ...3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb .......... ...3  90
White Borax, 100  $£-lb... ...3  60

Proctor & Gamble.

“ 

Concord............................. ..  2 80
Ivory, 10  oz...................... ..  6 75
6  oz........................ ..  4 00
Lenox 
............................. .  3 65
Mottled  German............. ..  3  15
Town T alk........................ ..  3 00

SCOURING AND POLISHING.
“ 

Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz. ..  2 50
band, 3 doz....... ..  2 50

SUGAR.

©  5V4

Cut  Loaf......................
C ubes...........................
Powdered...................
.......4.5 m   *%
Granulated.. 
Confectioners’ A .......
@4.44
Soft A...........................
@4  31
White Extra C............
@4.18
Extra  C........................ @4.06
C 
..............................3M@ 37á
Yellow 
©  35á
Less than  bbls.  Vic advance

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

SYRUPS.

Corn.

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

Pure Cane.

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

8
8
9
8W
8V4

TEAS.

ja pa n—Regolar.

F a ir.......
@17
Good__
@ 2 0
Choice... ................................ 24 @ 26
Choicest. ................................ 32 @ 34
@12
D u st........................... 10

SUN C U R ED .

F a ir.......
@17
Good ..  .
@ 2 0
Choice... ................................ 24 @ 2 6

W arpath.................... .......... 14
B anner...................... .......... 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
F ro g ........................... .........  33

WASHBOARDS.

Choicest...................... .32 ©34
D ust............................ .10 @12

BASKET  FIRED.

F a ir............................. .18 ©SHOT.
Choice.........................
©251
Choicest......................
@35 u
Extra choice, wire leaf
©40;
GUNPOWDER.

Common to  fair......... .25 ®35$1
Extra fine to finest... .50 @65  j
Choicest fancy.......... 75 ©85
©26
Common to fair........ .23 ©30
Common to  fair........ .23 @26
Superior to fine.......... 30 @35

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

YOUNG HYSON.

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

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

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

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

“ 

Pails unless otherwise noted
H iaw atha.................... 
80
Sweet  Cuba................. 
34
24
McGinty......................  
V4 bbls..........  
22
Valley  City.................  
32
Dandy Jim ................... 
27
Torpedo....................... 
20
19
in  drum s—  
Yum  Yum  ................. 
28
Sorg's Brands.
Spearhead................... 
J o k e r...........................  
Nobby Twist................... 
Oh  My............................. 
Scotten’s Brands.

35
22
39
29

Plug.

22
38
34
40
32
28
31

Middleton's Brands.

Kylo..............................  
Hiawatha.....................  
Valley C ity .................  
Finzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty.......... 
Jolly Tar......................  
Here  It Is..................... 
Old Style......................  
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good...................... 38
Toss Up......................................26
Out of  Sight..............................25
Private Brands.
Sweet  M aple.............  
L. & W .......................... 
Boss............................................ 12 V4
Colonel’s Choice....................13

Smoking.

30
26

Single

Double.

W ilson....................................... 12 00
Saginaw......................................  1 75
Rival..........................................   1 40
Daisy...........................................  1 00
L angtry.....................................   1 10
Defiance.....................................   1 75
W ilson.......................................  2 50
Saginaw.....................................   2 25
Rival...........................................  1 80
Defiance.......................................2 00
Crescent.........................  ...  2 60
Red Star.......................................2 75
Shamrock..................................  2 50
Ivy Leaf..............................   225
40 g r........................................   7
50 gr.........................................8

VINEHAR.

SI for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

Bulk, per g a l ..................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 
tbast—Compressed. 
Fermentum  per doz. cakes..
p e r   l b ' . . . . . ..............
Fleischman, per doz cakes...
p e rlb ................

“  
“ 

THE  MICÏÏIGAJSr  TRADESMAN,

17

G RAINS an d  FEED STU FFg  H ID E S ,  PELTS  and  FU Ks  P A P E R  A WOODEN W AKE

MEAL.

80 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 
80
Bolted..................................  1  30
Granulated.........................  1  50
FLOUR.
Straight, 
In sacks  ...........  4 50
“ barrels..........   4 60
“ 
Patent 
“ sacks............  5 50
“ barrels..........   5 60
“ 
Graham 
“ sacks............  2 10
“  “ 
............  2 40
Rye 

MILL8TUFF8.

Less
Car lots  quantity
$15 00
15 00
17 00
21 00
21 00

B ran................ $15 00 
Screenings__   15 00 
Middlings......   16  00 
Mixed Feed...  21  00 
Coarse meal 
21  00 
Car  lots................................. 55
Less than  car  lots..............57
OATS.
Car  l o t s ................................39
Less than car lots .. 
. . .   .41
No. 1 Timothy, car lots 
No. 1 

HAT.
ton lots

CORN.

. 13 50 
15 00

“ 

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows,  in barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
Eocene  .........................  
9
Water White, old test.  @  8Vi
W.  W.  Headlight, 156° 
7Vi
Water  White  .......  .. 
0   7
Naptha.........................   @ 7
Stove Gasoline............  @7%
Cylinder......................27  036
E n g in e ........................13  021
Black. 25 to 30 deg .... 

O  7Vi

FR ESH   MEATS.

“ 

Swift & Company quote as fol­
lows:
Beef, carcass...............  5ViO  6Vi
“  hindquarters...  7  0   8 
“ 
...  3Vi©  4
fore 
loins,  No.  3. ..  9Vi@10
“ 
ribs...................8 Vi©  9 Vi
“ 
" 
rounds..............  5Vi©  6
O   4V*
Bologna........................ 
Pork lo in s ....................  ©  8Ji
.........  ©  6Vi
Sausage, blood or head  ©  4Vi
liv e r ..............  ©  4V4
Frankfort  —   ©  7
Mutton  .........'............... 8  ©  9
Veal................................6  © 6Vi

shoulders 

“ 
“ 

“ 

PAPER.

.................................... l)i
Straw 
Rock falls................................ IX
Rag sugar................................2G
H ardw are................................
B akers......................................2)4
Dry  Goods.................... 5  ©6
Jute  Manilla.................  ©5Vi
Red  Express  No. 1................5Vi
No. 2 .............. 4 Vi

“ 

TWINES.

“ 

48 Cotton................................ 20
Cotton, No. 1..........................17  i
“  2..........................160
Sea  Island, assorted......300
No. 5 H em p............................150
No. 6  “ ..............................15J

W O O D E N  W A R E .

13  “ 
15  “ 
17  “ 
19  “ 
21  “ 

Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 
Bowls, 11 inch................ 
80

Tubs, No. 1...........................7 00
“  No. 2...........................6 00
“  No. 3...........................5 00
1  35
“  No. 1,  three-hoop....  1  £0 
40
........................ 1  00
........................ 1  60
........................ 2  25
.....................2  75
.................... 3  00
35
shipping  bushel..  1  25
..  1  35
full  noop  “ 
75
“ 
No.2 6 
“   No.3 
“  No.l  3 50
“ 
No.2 4 
No.3  5 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ willow Cl’ths, No.l  5 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

“ 
“ 
‘ 
“ 

splint 

INDURATED WARE.

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

@12

7 

25

25
Of

Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

lows,  prices nom inal:

HIDES.

 

 

“ 

G reen............................2Vi©3Vi
Part  Cured................. 
©  33£
Full 
© 4
Dry................................... 5  ©  5
Kips, green  .................  2Vi© 3Vi
“  cured..................   © 4
Calfskins,  green........   4  © 5Vi
cured........   © 6
Deacon skins.................10  ©80

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No. 2 hides V4 off.
PELTS

Shearlings......................10  ©25
Lambs 
.......................20  ©  50
W ashed......................... 20  ©23
Unwashed  ................... 10  ©20

WOOL.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tallow .........................   3Vi©  4
Grease  butter  .............  1  @ 2
Switches.............  1 Vi© 2
Ginseng  .....................2 00©2 75

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as  follows:

DRESSED.

Fow l................................9  @10
Turkeys.........................10  @11
Ducks  ..........................10  ©11
Chickens,......................14  @15
Fowls.............................. 7  @ 8
Turkeys........................   9  @10
Spring D uck................10  ©11

LIVE.

FISH   and  OYSTERS.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes  as 

FRESH  FISH

follows.
Whiteflsh 
..................   7  © 8
T ro u t...........................7  © 8
H alibut.........................   ©15
Ciscoes or Herring—   5  @ 6
Blueflsh....................  
Fresh lobster, per lb  ... 
Soft crabs, per doz........  
Shrimp, per  gal.............  
Cod................................ 10  @12
No. 1 Pickerel.............   ©  8
P ike..............................   @ 7
Smoked  W hite...........   @ 7

11 

20
90
1  25

oysters—Cans. 

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

SHELL  HOODS.

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T - A . l S r G H L - E
S tic k y   F ly  Paper.

¡FOOT

PRICE:

One  B ox........................... ............. $ 
45
One  Case (IO B oxes)... ............... 4  OO
25  D onble

E ach  box  contains

Sheets  and one  TANGLEFOOT  H older.

RAPIOS,
A W C  R -

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 w ill spoil, no matter how long a box  may last.
J O B B E R S .

F O R  SALE  BY 

Goilpon  Books Buy  of  the  Largest  Manufacturers  in  the 

The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids

Country  and  Save  Money.

o f

It is the Caper in this Bra to make preparation for such 
events  considerably in advance.  We are “in the swim” 
and shall  be prepared to furnish  everything in the way
of

F IR E W O R K S .

When  you  get  ready to order, let  us  furnish  you with 
quotations.

P U T N A M   C A N D Y   CO.

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THE  MICHXG^JST  TRADESMAN.

THE  CUSTOMER,

As V iew ed  from  the  Standpoint  of the 

Traveling:  Salesm an.

To  the  commercial  traveler  his  cus­
tomer is his capital—his stock  in trade— 
and  this  investment,  with  his  vim  and 
self-assurance,  enables  him  to  draw  a 
princely salary  from  a  constantly  kick­
ing employer.  Without the customer his 
other  qualifications  would  probably  se­
cure him a long term  in  the  warehouse. 
1  believe,  however,  that  the  “powers 
that  be”  would  hesitate  to  incarcerate 
him in  any  ordinary  institution  of  this 
kind  for  prudential  reasons.  He  would 
not  have  to  be  there  an  age  until  he 
would  lay  claim  to  proprietorship,  and 
in  all  human  probability  would  prove 
the  claim, 
lie  doesn’t  want  the  earth, 
—just its contents.

The  average  traveling  man  thinks  he 
owns h.s  customers,  at  least  he  induces 
his employer to believe that he does,  and 
when one of  his  best  and  most  reliable 
constituents or chattels goes back on him 
and buys his  goo’ds from another fellow, 
he  has no  difficulty in  explaining  away 
the  apparent 
insubordination  by  the 
usual  perfectly  reasonable and  valid ex­
cuse  that  the  other  fellow  sold  him  at 
less than cost to get his future trade  and 
then  rob  him.  The customer,  or  vassal, 
strange  to  say,  is  in  total  iguorauee  of 
this  bondage,  so light  are  his  chains  of 
slavery.  He even  associates upon  terms 
of  equality  and  sometimes,  indeed,  as­
sumes the  airs  of  superiority,  over  this 
part  of  creation—his  owner.  This 
is 
particularly  noticed  when  he  has  paid 
the  last  bill  in  full  and owes the house 
nothing.  Then  his  independence  and 
talk of buying  elsewhere show  the  poor 
drummer  upon  what  a  slender  thread 
hang  his  power  and  authority,  and 
makes  him  cry  out  in  deepest  anguish 
against the  world’s ingratitude.  You all 
know 
that  this  commercial  tourist  is 
deeply  imbued  with  the  idea  that  his 
sole  and  entire  mission  in  life  is to do 
good  to  his  fellow-man,  and  when  the 
aforesaid fellow-man  is  so obstinate and 
unreasonable  as  to  refuse  his  kind  of­
fices,  he has nothing left him  but  amaze­
ment  at  the  perversity  of  the  human 
mind.

Next to wife  or  mother,  our  customer 
is  our  best  friend.  Without  him,  our 
occupation  must,  indeed,  be  gone.  He 
sticks to  us  like a brother  and  does  not 
forsake us—so  long  as  we give  him  the 
lowest prices and the best terms.
O  Customer, in y o u r hour of  ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to  please,
But when cut  prices  come  your  way
You give us orders  every day.

Without our customer  the  palatial  ho­
tels of our cities would be a domicile  for 
bats and owls,  and the festive hotel clerk 
with his Pittsburgh  Kohinoor,  would  be 
gathering shells  by the seashore,  and sor­
rowfully-asking  himself,  “What  are  the 
wild  waves saying?”  and the familiar cry 
of  “Front”  would  no longer  be beard  in 
the  land.  To  our  customer  may  be  al- i 
most  directly  attributed  this  greatest 
outgrowth  of  modern  civilization—this 
gentleman  who always gives  each one of 
us the very  best  room  in  the house,  and 
kindly charges  us only  twice  as much as 
he ¡does  the  horny-hauded  granger—the 
sockless son of the soil—for the same  ac­
commodations.

Our customer, therefore, has conferred, 
by making them possible,  the  two  great­
est  boons  to  mankind—the  hotel  clerk 
and the commercial traveler—both indis- !

j  pensable,  if  not necessary  evils. 
If  he 
had done no more than this, he should be 
j properly proud and entitled to a niche in 
! the Temple of Fame.

Our  customer  is  our  friend  in  more 
| ways  than  one.  He  is  always  glad  to 
| see us,  knows and  calls  us by  the  name 
our  parents  selected  for  us  from  a long 
list  of  friendly  neighborly  suggestions. 
He  doesn’t  know  “the  house”  and  he 
doesn’t want to.  He is  always  ready to 
tell or  listen  to  a  new  story  and he in­
vites us  out  to a jack pot  party  and  in­
troduces  us  to  a  few  particular  friends 
who don’t know the value of  a full hand 
—until  they get  one  just a figure  larger 
than yours.  Having charitably given up 
your  money  for  this  elegant  entertain­
ment,  your customer comes to  the rescue 
and loans you  enough  to get  you out  of 
town—he is a good  Samaritan  and sends 
you on your way.  Our customer is a fel­
low of infinite variety,  as we all  know by 
observation.

I shall not attempt to delineate  him  in 
all  his  vanities.  A  few  samples  will 
suffice,  and the first one  on  exhibition is 
that specimen who is  always  glad to see 
you, takes you by  both hands,  asks  after 
all the members of your family, not even 
neglecting your  mother-in-law.  “When 
did you come to town?”  “How  long are 
you going to stay? ”  These  enquiries he 
repeats  frequently,  as  though  fearful 
that you don’t believe  that he  is  glad  to 
see  you.  He  is  so  sorry  he  can’t  buy 
from  you,  but he has several car loads of 
goods now just ready to  arrive.

The next sample  is an  individual who 
looks  and  acts  as if  he  was sorry  he  is 
living.  His food doesn’t agree with him. 
He has dyspepsia,  is out  of  sorts,  abuses 
the  clerks,  kicks  the dog or  cat,  if  they 
should come within reach of  his  number 
elevens,  never  wants  any  goods  and 
doesn’t want to  look at  samples or  hear 
prices;  he has no use for a drummer any­
how.  How  do  you  think  anybody  can 
sell  him?  But somebody does,  and makes 
him  pay  roundly  for  his  lack  of  good 
manners and business prudence and abil­
ity.

Ths  next  sample  is  a  man  who is  al­
ways ready and  willing  to  look  at  your 
samples.  He  tells  you  in  the  most  en­
couraging and impressive  language  that 
you have  the  best  and  cheapest  line of 
goods on the  road,  wonders  how you  can 
sell  goods  so  cheap,  would  buy  a  big 
bill  of  you,  but—has  just  bought  every­
thing he  wants  and  will  certainly  save 
you  an  order  the  next  time  you  come 
around,  and you  must  be sure  to call  on 
him.  The  next time  comes,  and  with it 
exactly the same performance  and prom­
ise.  This  chap  doesn’t 
intend  to  buy 
from you.  He is owned.

Then there is the dignified senior mem­
ber and buyer of the firm,  in whose pres­
ence icicles would form in August.  You 
will always find him  in  the private office. 
To  reach  him  you  must  have  the open 
sesame of  that office  door,  and  for  your 
life  must not  enter  its  sacred  precincts 
unless  you  are  uncovered.  You  must 
speak to him  in fear and  trembling,  and 
must not for a moment  lose  sight  of  the 
fact  that  he  is  doing  you  the  greatest 
possible favor to listen to you,  even if he 
buys  nothing,  and  should  he  unbend 
enough  to  make  you  an  offer,  to  accept 
which would  insure  your  house  a  loss, 
you must  consider  it a great  condescen­
sion and favor.

Then  comes  the  fellow who is  always 
looking to  get  something  for  nothing—

PRODUCE  M A R K E T .

CANDIES, FR U IT S  an d   NUTS.

Asparagus—35c per doz. bunches.
Beans—Dry stock is in small supply and active 
demand.  Dealers  pay  $1.30@1.35  for  unpicked 
and hold city handpicked at $1.65@1.75  per bu.

mand at 10c per lb.
dozen bunches.

Beets—New, 35c per doz. bunches.
Bermuda  Onions—$1.75  per  crate  of  about 50 
lbs.
Butter—The  market is fairly well  maintained, 
all offerings  of  choice  finding  ready takers  at 
12@13c.
Cabbages—$1.75 and  $3  per  crate, according to 
size
Cucumbers—40c pei  doz.
Dried Apples—Sundried  is held at 4@4%c  and 
evaporated at 534@6c.
Eggs — The  market 
is  without  particular 
feature.  Dealers  pay about  13c and  hold at 14c.
Honey—14c per lb.  Very scarce.
Lettuce—Grand  Rapids  Forcing  is  in fair de­
Onions—Green are  in  fair  demand at 10c  per 
Peas—Green. $1 per bn.
Pieplant—lc per lb.
Pineapples—$1.25@$1.75 per doz.
Potatoes—New  stock  is  in  active  demand at 
Radishes—10c per doz. bunches.
Raspberries—Black are in plentiful supply and 
active demand at 14c per quart.
Strawberries—The  market  has  been  demoral­
ized for several days past, prices being in buyers' 
favor.  From  present  appearances, the  present 
week will be no improvement in this respect.
Watermelons—25@35e  apiece.  The melons  so 
far received  are  small  in  size  and  inferior  in 
quality, owing to the  drought  prevailing  in the 
region where they are raised.
Wax Beans—$1.50  per  bu.

$2.50@2.75 per bbl.  The tendency is upward.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

PO R K   IN   B A R R ELS.

quotes as follows:
Mess,  new.........................................................   H  50
Short c u t ..........................................................   12 75
Extra clear pig, short c u t..............................   14 CO
Extra clear,  heavy..........................................
Clear, fat  back.................................................  13 50
Boston clear, short cu t...................................   ;4 i.O
Clear back, snort ent.......................................  14 00
Standard clear, short cut. best.....  ..........  
14 00
Pork Sausage........................................................734
Ham Sausage........................................................  9
.......V
Frankfort  Sausage
.......734
Blood Sausage..........
___   5
Bologna, straight__
.......  5
Bologna,  thick.........
.......  5
Head" Cheese.............
.......5

s a u s a o e —Fresh and Smoked.

LA R D .

7J4

8
834
834

5 *
6
634
634
63k

BEEP  IN  BABRELS.

Kettle
Com-
Rendered. Granger. Family. pound.
Tierces........ 794
5J4
501b. T in s.,.8
534
201b. Pails..  834
5 ?b
..  834
10 lb.  “ 
51b. 
..834
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634
31b. 
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Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs........................  6 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........................   6  50
Boneless, rump butts........................................  9 oo
Hams, average 20 lbs..........................................li

s m o k e d   m e a t s — Canv assed or Plain.

16 lbs..........................................1134
12 to 14 lbs...................................1134
picnic..........................................................834
best boneless..............................................8}*
Shoulders.............................................................   7^
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................................. 9^
Dried beef, ham prices................................  ...  9
Long Clears, heavy................................................634
Briskets,  medium..............................................   63k

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HESTER  MACHINERY  C0„

AGENTS  FOB

F la il»   S lid e   V a lv e   E n g in e s  w ith  T h ro ttlin g  
A uto m atic B alanced Single V alve  Engines. 

G o v ern o rs.

Horizontal, T abular and Locomotive 

B O IL E B S.

U p rig h t  E ngines  and  B oilers  fo r  L ig h t 

P ow er.

Prices on application.

45 8.  D ivision St., 

G rand R apids.

P A M PH L E T S.

CUTS for BOOM  EDITIONS
For the beat work, at  reasonable  prices, address 

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDY.
Full  Weight. 

Bbls.  Palls.

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

7
7
7
834
8
8

MIXED  CANDY.
Full Weight.

Bbls. 

Palls.

Standard.......................................... 6 
7
7
Leader.............................................. 6 
Royal................................................ 634 
734
8
Nobby...................... ........................ 7 
8
English  Rock................................. 7 
8
Conserves........................................7 
Broken Taffy......................baskets 
8
Peanut Squares................... 
9
“  8 
French Creams................................  
10
13
Valley  Creams................................. 
Midget. 30 lb. baskets.........................................  8
Modern, £0 lb. 
8

 

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Full Weight. 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

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2 
3 

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Pails.
Lozenges,  plain................  
10
printed..............................................  11
Chocolate Drops.................................................  1134
Chocolate Monumentals..................................  13
Gum Drops..........................................................  534
Moss Drops..........................................................  8
Sour Drops..........................................................  834
Imperials........................ 
10
Per Box.
Lemon Drops........................................................55
55
Sour D rops.....................  
Peppermint Drops................................................60
Chocolate Drops...................................................65
H. M. Chocolate  Drops....................................... 90
Gum Drops.....................................................40@50
Licorice Drops..  ..............................................1  00
A. B. Licorice  Drops...........................................80
Lozenges, plain.................................................... 60
printed................................................65
Imperials...............................................................60
Mottoes.................................................................. 70
Cream Bar............................................................. 55
Molasses B ar........................................................ 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, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 51b. boxes.......................................  90
Californias, 9 6 ......................................... 
126,  .......................................
150  ....................................... 
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160................................
@5  50
Messina, choice, 360................................ 
fancy, 360...............................   6  00®6 50
@5 50
choice 300................................. 
fancy 380................................... 
@6  50
Bananas,  Firsts.......v............................  1  75®  2 50
Seconds.......  ........................  1  00® 1  50
Figs, fancy layers, 6fl>...............................  @13
10fl).............................  @14
141b.............................  @15
201b.............................  @18
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box.............................  @834
.............................  @634
NUTS.

Messinas, choice  200................................   ®

Persian, 50-lb.  box........................434® 5
Almonds, Tarragona................................  @17
635.
California................................  @17
Brazils, new................................................  @  8
Filberts.......................................................  ©1134
Walnuts, Grenoble....................................  @1334

Ivaca...........................................   @1534

CARAMELS.
 
 
 

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OTHER  FOREISN  FRUITS.

50-lb.  “ 

OBANSES.

LEMONS.

“  Marbot........................................   @
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Chill...........................................   @10

choice................................. 

Table  Nuts,  fancy....................................  @1234
@1134
Pecans. Texas, H.  P . , .............................11  @14
Cocoanuts, full sacks..............................   @4  50
Fancy, H.  P., Suns....................................  @ 534
“  Roasted.......................  @  734
Fancy, H.  P.. Flags..................................  @534
“  Roasted......................  @  734
Choice, H. P.,  E xtras...............................  @  434
“  Roasted...................  @ 634
California  W alnuts.................................. 
1234

PEANUTS.

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M anu factu rers an d   Jo b b ers o f

Pieced & Stamped Tinware,
260  S. ION I AST.,  -  Grand  Bapids 

Telephone  640.

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

Never sell them goods that  you cannot 
recommend,  and,  if a mistake is made by 
your men or yourself,  rectify it  at  once. 
Don’t let the customer see that any pecun­
iary  consideration  stands  in the way of 
making the mistake good, either in weight 
or quality.

Let the parties  with  whom  you  trade 
see  that  you  know  the  quality  of  the 
goods  you  want,  that you are a judge of 
them,  and they will not try  to  palm  off 
inferior goods on  you.  Pay all your bills 
promptly,  getting all the discounts off.
L a w r e n c e   J .  Ca l l a h a n .

An  Eye  to  Business.

“My dear,  how soon can you  get ready 
to move?”
“Move?  Why,  hubby,  are  you  going 
away?”
“Yes,  dear,  I see the papers say there is 
$60,000,000 idle in  the New York banks.”
“Well?”
“Well,  1 am going to get some of it.”
“Why,  how?  You’re not  going  to rob 
I’m  going  to  open  a  hotel  in 
“No. 

the banks,  I  hope?”
Canada.”

A druggist doing business in New York 
City  has  been  sued  for  damages  by  a 
negro for having refused to sell  him med­
icine in a case of  emergency, on  account 
of his race or color.

Use Traclesmarwr  Superior  Coupons.

$3.00
1.75

$1.25

1.75)1.250(7 I f

1225

250
175

7 5   3

175  7

Explainitiou— $3  is. w hat  you
get for one  dozen  of W illiam s’
$1.75  is
K oot  Beer  E x tract.
its  cost and  $1.25  is th e  profit
71  3-7 is th e  per
it  pays you. 
centage of  profit. W h at 
is
there th at pays  you  iis w ell and
sells  as fast  a s   our  E x tract.
Have  you it  In  stock?  If  not  order  it  from

your jobber They all keep it.

J. L.  Strelitsky,

the man  who wants a  thousand  clear  of 
Havana cigars,  two or  three boxes of  to­
bacco or a dram of ground pepper (which 
latter,  I  believe,  science  now  enables  ! 
the  manufacturer  to  make  out  of  corn [ 
meal),  but  he  must  have  with  the  pur- j 
chase a  parlor suit of  furniture,  a  town 
lot in Florida,  an eight day  stove or some 
similar inducement.  This  chap  is what 
the  boys  call  “fruit.”  Everybody  sells 
him—if  they have a new  scheme.

The customer we all like to meet is the 
good merchant.  He  knows  the value  of 
goods,  knows his wants, does  not  haggle 
and dicker for  an eighth off,  when  there 
is no eighth on, tells  you  promptly  that 
he wants the goods or doesn’t want them; 
in short,  treats you  as he  would wish  to 
be  treated,  like  a gentleman  and  like  a 
business man  whose time is too valuable 
to be wasted,  and sees  in  the  buying  of 
goods  a  commercial  transaction  of  mu­
tual  profit  and  advantage  to buyer and 
seller.  This man  always  gets  the  bar­
gains  and  does  the  business,  and  he  is 
entitled to both.

In conclusion,  the  traveling  man  who 
does not properly  appreciate  the  friend­
ship of  a good customer  and  the  almost 
unlimited  confidence  he reposes  in  him, 
neglects  a  duty  to  himself,  ultimately 
loses him,  and thereby detracts just  that 
much from his value to his employer and 
his efficiency as a salesman and  business 
man.  The  salesman  who  makes  it  his 
duty  to  learn  the  wants  and  wishes  of 
his  customer,  and  then  does  his  utmost 
to please him,  will always  be  successful 
in  the pursuits of  our  calling.  He  will 
always  have  friends  whose  friendship 
furnishes him with  employment  and  en­
ables him to  command  and  earn  a  good 
salary. 

W.  A.  Johnson.

Sensible  Suggestions  to  N ew   Grocers.
The retail grocery business is  a  pecul­
iar one,  more so than any  other  I  know 
of,  from  the fact that nearly every man 
who has a dollar to spare,  or who fails in 
any other business, thinks he can  run  it 
successfully;  in  reality,  it  is  the  most 
difficult in the country to succeed  in  be­
cause the profits in many articles  are  so 
small and there are  so  many  perishable 
goods  to  be  handled.  The  impression 
prevails that a man has nothing to do but 
to  go  to  some  wholesale  grocer,  buy a 
stock  of  groceries,  without  any  know­
ledge of their quality,  fit up  a  store  and 
the customers will come and he will coin 
money. 
If this mistake is discovered  in 
time,  and the man has any  grit  in  him, 
he begins to understand that  in order  to 
■succeed  he  must  know  the  business. 
This means hard work,  long hours,  close 
study,  and,  for a  while,  very  poor  pay. 
In order  to succeed,  he must plac9  some 
object before him and  strive to attain it. 
For instance,  if he has started in a  town 
or city where there are some good stores, 
he must look around,  pick out one of the 
best,  and say to  himself,  How  has  that 
man got his store in the condition it is in? 
Get him thinking this way, and in a short 
time he not only gets his store in  as good 
condition  as  the  one  he  chose  for  his 
model,  but he does better,  he  makes  im­
provements suggested by either the wants 
of his trade or his own ambition, inspired 
by his first failure.  He  does  not  do  it 
without  work.  He must study the qual­
ities  of  the  various  goods  he trades in, 
learn  their  history  and  make  himself 
familiar with their qualities in  order  to 
gain the confidence of  his customers,  for 
in this lies the secret of succeess.

Grand  Rapids  St Indiana.
Schedule  in effect  June 12,1892.

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 

North.
7:20 am
2:00  pm
4:15  p ra
10:30 p m
7:20 a m
4 ;15 p m
Train arriving from south at 6:50 am daily; all other 

South. 
For Traverse City Sc Mackinaw  6:50 a m  
From  Kalamazoo  ........................   9:20 
For Traverse City Sc Mackinaw  1:50 p m 
For  Traverse  City......................  
For Petoskey Sc Mackinaw.......  8:10 p m 
From Chicago and  Kalamazoo.  8:35 p m
For Saginaw............ ..................... 
For Saginaw..................................  
trains  daily  except  Sunday.

am

T RA INS  GOING  SOUTH.

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

Arrive from  Leave going 
South.
7:00 am
10:05  a m
2:00 p m
pm   6:00 pm
11:20 p m-

Trains leaving at 6:00 p. m. and 11  20 p. m. run daily; 

p m

SLEEPING  &  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

NORTH 7:550  a  in train*—Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Traverse City  and  Grund  Rapids 
to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
2.00  p  m   tra in   has  parlor  car  Grand 
Rapids to Petoskey and M ickinaw.
10:30 p  m   tra in .—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw. 
SOUTH—7:00 am  train * -Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:05  a m   tra in .—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6:00  p m   tra in .—Wagner Sleeping  Car 
Grand  Rapids to Cincinnati.
11;20 p m  tra in .—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

Chicago via G. R.  & I. R. R.

10:05 a m  
3:35 p m 

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

11:20 pin 
6 50 a m
10.05 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 p m  
Lv  Chicago 
8 35pm  
Arr Grand Rapids 
3:10  p  m  through  Wagner  Parlor  Car. 
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

2.00 pm  
9:00 pm  

7:C5am 
1:50 pm 

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

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

C. L. LOCKWOOD,

Railway.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  St  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 a t.......7:15 a. m. and 1:00 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t .............   12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.
Lv. Grand Rapids a t.......6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t............... 12:55 p. m. and 10:1*0 p. m.

v ia  d ., e . h .  a x .

VIA d ., l.  & N.

Return connections equally as good.

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

CHICAGO

JUNE  12.  1892
A N D   W E S T   M IC H IG A N   R ’Y.

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS..........9:00am 12:05pm
Ar. CHICAGO................ 3:36pm  5:25pm
RETURNING  FROM  CHiCAGt
Lv. CHICAGO...............9:00am  4:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS........3:55pm 10:10pm
GRAND  R A PID S  A « D   CHICAGO.
Via St. Joe and Steamer.
Lv Grand R ap id s.................12:05pm
Ar  Chicago 
.  ..........: .........   8:30pm
Lv Chicago  ...........................
Ar Grand Rapids...................
TO  AND  FROM   BENTON  H A RBO R,  ST  JO s 
Lv. Grand Rapids.  ...  9:00am  12:05pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids.......*6:10am  3:55pm
Lv.  G. R ....... 10:01 am  12 05pm  5:30pm  6:30pm
Ar.  G. R ........10:50am  3  15pm  5:20pm 
............
TO  A N D   FROM   M A N ISTEE,  TR A V ER SE  CITY  AND  ELK  
Lv. Grand  Rapids....................... 7:30am  5:25pm
Ar. Grand  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. 

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

T O   A N D   P R O M   M U S K E G O N .

IN D IA N A PO LIS.

RAPIDS.

tExcept  Saturday.

1 9
M i c h i g a n  (T e n t r a t ,

‘ The Niagara Falls Boute.

•  DEPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express....................................  7:00 am   10:00 pm
Mixed  ...................................................   7:05 am   1:30  p m
Day  Express.......................................   1:20pm  10:00am
•Atlantic SC Pacific Express..............10 30 p m 
6:00 a m
New York Express............... ..............5:40 pm   12.40 p m

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

Fried M. Briggs, Gen'l Agent, 85 Monroe St.
A. Almquist, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St.
O. W. Ruggles  G. P.  Sc  T. Agent., Chicago.

TIME  TABLE

NOW IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave  i*No.  141+No.  16|tNo.  18l*No.  82
Lv.  Chicago__ i
Lv. Milwaukee. 
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Io n ia ............Ar
St.  Johns  ...A rj
Ow o ssd..........Ar
E.  Saginaw..Ar
Bay City.......Ar
F li n t............Ar
Pt.  H uron...A r
Pontiac........Ar
Detroit..........Ar

8 30pm 
7 30pm
6 5oam
7 45am
8 30am
9 05am 
1045am 
11 30am
10 05am
11 55am
10 53am
11 50am
WESTWARD.

10 20am|
11 25am
12 17pm 
1 20pm 
3 05pm 
3 45pm
3 45pm 
6 00pm 
305pm
4 05pm I

10 55pm 
12 37am 
1 55am 
3 15am
6 45am
7 22am 
5 40am 
7 30am 
5 37am 
7 00am

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
d 05pm 
S  0pm 
8 45pm
7 05pm
8 00pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

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

♦No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13l*No.  15
1  50am  4 05pm
1  5p
5  10pm  lo 20pm
7 05am
6  15pm 11 20pm 
8 35am
6 30am  6 30am 
6 00am[  ..........

m
1  00pm
2  10pm
6 00am
tDaily except Sunday.

♦Daily. 

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west,  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. Lo u d, Traffic Manager.
B en F letcher, Trav.  Pass. Agent.
J a s. Ca m pbell, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

For Muskegon—Leave. 

M uskegon, G rand R apids & In d ian a.
10:00 am
6:56 am  
11:25 a m 
4:40 p m
5:30 p m 
9:05 p m

From Muskegon—Arrive.

SHORT  LINE  TO  CHICAGO.
G o o d r ic h   L in e.

Via the Detroit, Grand naven & Milwau­

kee Railway and the

The M agnificent New,  Fast Steamships,

“Atlanta”  aid  “ 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.

SC H ED U L E:

Jobber of

DETROIT,

JUNE  12,  1892
LANSING  &  N O RTH ERN   R.  R. 

GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Including the following celebrated brands man­
ufactured  by the  well known  house of  Glaser, 
Frame  & C o.:
V index, long  Havana filler..........................  $35
T h ree  M edals, long Havana filler............  
35
55
E lk ’s Choice, Havana filler and binder... 
55
L a  F lo r d e A lfonso,.................................... 
L a D oncella de M o re ra ,...........................  
85
55
La  Id eal,  25 in a box.................................... 
M ad e lle n a ....................................................  
60
Headquarters  for  Castellanos & Lopez’s  line  of 
Key West goods.
All favorite  brandB of  Cheroots  kept in stock

10  So.  Ionia  St,  Brand  Rapids,

Lv. GR’D  RAPIDS.......  7:30am *1:00pm  5:40pm
Ar. DETROIT............... 11 :S0am *5:iepm  10:40pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

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

TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST.  LOUIS.

Lv. Grand  Rapids.......................  7:20am  4:15pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids.......................11:50am  10:40pm

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL A HASTINGS  R. R.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE 

Lv. Grand Rapids............7:30am  1:00pm 5:40pm
Ar.from LoweU............... 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  7:20  a m ;  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.

LEAVE  GRAND RAPIDS daily, except Sunday, 
at  5:10  pm ,  via  D,  G  U &  M.  Ry, arrive  In 
G rand  Haven 6:15  p m
LEAVE  GRAND  HAV EN  8:30  p m daily except 
Saturday, via  Goodrich  Line, arrive  In  Chi­
cago at 6:00 a m

N o t e — Saturday trips resumed on May 14. 

RETURNING—Leave Chicago daily except Sun­
day at 7:30 pm .  via  Goodrich  Line  and  ar-* 
rive in Grand Rapids at 6:45 a m daily.

N ote—Sunday trips resumed May 15.

GRAND  RAPIDS 

CHICAGO, ONLY $3.90

TO

And  for the  round  trip, $6.50  Stateroom  Berth 
Through  tickets  can be  had at the  city  office 
I and depot of the D, G II & M Ry, Grand  Rapids; 
also at all  stations  on  the  D, G H & M Ry, D, L 
& N R It, G R & 1 R R and T, S & M Ry.

included

JOHN  SINGLETON, 
Gen’l Pass. Agent, Chicago.
C X X rSX X T G   R O O T .
We pay the highest price for It.  Addrem

PECK BROS., wS“Ä i?  SS®»“

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

P ocket  Cutlery  Factories  Unite.
The latest joint  stock  combination  of 
enterprises is the United  States  Cutlery 
Co., composed of the following factories:
Miller  Bros.  Cutlery  Co.,  Meridan, 

Conn.

New York Knife Co.,  Walden,  N.  Y.
Walden Knife Co.,  Walden,  N.  Y.
Dwight Divine,  Ellenville,  N. Y.
The proposed corporation  has a capital 
stock of $1,600,000,  one-half  being  eight 
per  cent,  preferred  stock  and  the  re­
mainder common stock. 
It is  estimated 
that the profits of the enterprise will per­
mit of 15 per cent,  dividends on  the com­
mon stock.  The four factories  included 
in  the  combination  manufacture  about 
65 per  cent,  of  all  the  pocket  cutlery 
made in the United States.

Prescriptions  In  Cipher.

The late Rev.  Father Mollinger, the re­
puted  miracle  worker,  of  Pittsburg, 
whose church  was  besieged by  suffering 
thousands  anxious  to  obtain  the benefit 
of his benediction,  gave his patients pre­
scriptions  written  in  cipher,  the key of 
which is  in  the  possession  of  but  one 
druggist in the city. 
If a worldly minded 
physician should follow this  practice,  it 
would at once be said that he had  an un­
derstanding  with  the  druggist  and  re­
ceived  a  percentage of  the  profits,  but, 
of course,  such  conduct  was  not  to  be 
imputed to the reverend practitioner.

Maxims for M erchants.

If you want to livelong and die happy, 
don’t carry your business home with you. 
Leave it  down  town  and  wait  and meet 
its hardships  with  renewed  strength to­
morrow.
Don’t meet  your  wife  and  little  ones 
with a long face and knitted brow and by 
word  and  tone  of  voice  convey  the  im­
pression that  everything  about  you  has 
gone to the demnition bow wows.
Forget,  when  you  arrive  home,  that 
Jones’  account does not  balance,  or  that

your  book-keeper has  made a mistake in 
entering bills payable.
Forget,  when you  close your safe, that 
the note you  hold is  yet unpaid,  and the 
money you depended on  to meet it is not 
in sight.  Forget and banish all disagree­
able business talk as  you  step  from  the 
car  at  your  home,  and  if  you  cannot 
carry into it a ray of sunlight,  don’t raise 
a cloud of  unhappiness  in  it by harping 
on failure.

The  Exam ination  Satisfactory. 

metic?”

in the store,  do  you?

Peck  (the grocer.)—So you  want  a  job 
Freddy Gazzam—yes,  sir.
“Do you  know  anything  about  arith­
“Yes,  sir.”
“How much  will  ten  pounds of  sugar 
“Fifty cents,  sir.”
“1 think you’ll do.”

cents a pound?”

come to at 

53J

Fo r  s a l e  —c l e a n   s t o c k   o f  s t a p l e
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 
'radesman. 
F o r  s a l e —a  d r u g   s t o r e ,  n ic e   f ix

tures,  fresh  and  well  selected  stock,  in­
creasing  trade,  nice  residence  portion  of  the 
city.  Inventory,  *2,500.  Address  No.  498,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
FOR  SALE—GROCERY  STOCK  AND  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
man. 
504
F o r  s a l e - o u k   e n t ir e   sto c k  o f  g e n
eral  merchandise  at  Chippewa  Lake,  con 
Bisting of hats, caps, boots ana  shoes, men’s fur 
ni8hing 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

498

TO EXCHANGE.

FOB  SALE,  WANTED,  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.____

XXTANTKD—SMALL  STOCK  OF  GOODS  IN 
T v  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. 
___________________________ 

538

MISCELLANEOUS.

FOR  RENT — FURNISHED  SUMMER  RE- 
sort  hotel at Traverse Point, on the  famous 
I fruit  peninsula in Grand  Traverse  Bay.  Barn, 
ice  house, boats and  all  modern  conveniences. 
Address immediately E A Stowe, Sec’y, 100 Louis 
St. Grand Rapids, Mich.
OR  SALE—WE  OFFER  FOR  SALE  OUR 
grocery  stock  at  Traverse  City,  invoicing 
*4,000 to *5,000;  or, if  purchaser  prefers, we will 
sell  our  general  stock at Leroy, invoicing  *8,000 
to  *10,000,  and  our  store  building  at  *2,500, 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. 

I  TOR  S A L E -B E S T   RESIDENCE  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. 
354 
OR  SALE — GOOD  DIVIDEND - PAYING 
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, 1( 0 Louis street,___________513

370

535

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

824

dress A. P. Aihaugh, Middleton, Mich.

merchandise  for  sale  cheap  for cash.  Ad- 

I ¡'OR  SALE—SMALL  STOCK  OF  GENERAL 
I  TOR  s a l e  — h a l f   in t e r e s t   in   g ood
FOR  SALE—A FINE  STOCK OF GROCERIES 

paying drag  store  in  Grand  Rapida.  Rare 
opportunity for young man.  P.  V. Finch, Grand 
Rapids__________________________  

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.______ 517
OR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—FOR  STOCK 
of  merchandise,  160  acres  fine  land, one- 
half mile from railroad, in sight of  county seat, 
a flourishing town on division of  the C., B. & Q. 
Railroad,  Akron,  Colorado  Address  Box  616. 
Howell, Mich. 
TOR  SALE—CLEAN  GENERAL  STOCK  IN 
town near Grand  Rapids surrounded by ex­
cellent  farming  countrj.  A  bargain  for  some 
one.  M. 8. McNltt, Byron Center, Mich. 
OR  SALE—STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS  AND 
shoes  in a desirable  lumbering  town.  For 
particulars enquire of Host & Mertes, Newberry. 
Mich._______________________________ 633

__________ 

526 

533

ANTED -  TRAVELING  SALESMEN  TO 
sell  Baking  Powder to the  retail  grocery 
trade.  We  put  our  goods  up in Glass  Rolling 
Pins.  We pay *60 a month  salary and  expenses 
or 25 per cent,  commit sion.  We want  men who 
are  now  on  the  road  to  carry  as  a  side  line 
Good  opportunity  for  clerks  and  others  who 
want to get  on the  road.  Write  for particulars, 
send  stamp for  reply.  Chicago  Baking Powder 
Co., 767 Van Buren St., Chicago. 
OR  SALE—ONE  llxl*  ENGINE  AND  TU- 
bular boiler with  all  fittings.  One lumber 
rig,  capacity  15m;  shafting,  pullies,  etc.  Also 
wagon  and  b acksmith  shop,  size  20x50,  two 
stories  and  2:x40  one  story;  situated  in  good 
town  with  lots  of  business.  J. V. Crandall  & 
Son, Sand Lake or Luther, Mich. 

■ O  YOU  USE  COUPON  BOOKS ?  IF  SO, DO 

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

r>iO

537

J  

a 

I 

-  
a   A I l U I V U L L t O L  I
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. 

FOR  SALE—11-ROOM  h o u s e  IN  g o o d  lo 

cation, within ten  minutes  walk of  Monroe 
St.  Price, *3,300.  W. A. Stowe  100 Louis St  470

531

LOMBER

RED  OAK,  WHITE  OAK, 

BLACK  ASH,

ROCK  ELM,  GREY  ELM,

BASSWOOD.

A .  E .  W O R D E N ,

19 Wonderly Building,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

HERE’S  A  DRIVE  FOR  YOU.

A   F i n e e u t   T o b a c c o ,  e q u a l 
to  m a n y   5 0 e  
g r a d e s ,  t h a t   w e   offer  y o u   a t  18e.  W e  
call 

it

a n d   p a c k   it  in  2 0   lb.  D r u m s .   A s k   th e  
b o y s   to  s h o w   y o u   a   s a m p le .

Spring & 

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R i b b o n s ,  

D r e s s   G o o d s ,  S h a w l s ,   C l o a k s  
N o t io n s , 
H o s i e r y ,
G lo v e s ,  U n d e r w e a r ,   W o o l e n s ,  
F l a n n e l s ,  B l a n k e t s ,  G i n g h a m s ,
P r in t s   a n d   D o m e s t i c   C o t t o n s

W e  invite  the  attention  of  the  trade  to  our  com plete  and  well 

assorted  stock  at  low est  market  prices.

Spring &  Company.

MICHIGAN  BARK  & LUMBER  CO.J

Successors  to

N.  B.  Clark & Co.

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

IX and  19 Widdicomb Building.

B A N A N A S

C,
RINDGE,  KALMBACH  &  CO.,

12,  14,  16  PEARL  ST.

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

T l i r 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.

L E M O N S !

boxes  before  it gets  warm,

It  will  he  a  good  idea  to  order  25 
'There’s  money in such  a purchase. 
Get  our prices.

PUTNAM  CANDY  CO.

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W H O L E S A L E

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  &

Dry  Goods, Carpets and Cloaks

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

SEND  YOUR  ORDERS  TO  US  AND  WE  WILL  ENDEAVOR

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 .  

TO  SEND  YOU  STOCK  THAT  WILL  BE  SATISFACTORY.

THE PUTNAM  CANDY CO.

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Voigt, Herpolshemier k Co.,48> 

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DO YOU 
RUN  ONE?

If so, and  you are endeavoring to get along without  using one of  our improved  Coupon  Book systems, 
you are making a most serious mistake.  W e were the originators of  the coupon book plan  and are the 
largest  manufacturers of these  books in the country.  Drop in and  look  over our  factory when  in  the 
city or send for samples and price list by mail.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GHFLAJNTD  PLA-FIDS,  AAIOH.

Complete Lines of  Crockery,  Glassware and  House Furnishing Goods, Store Lamps and

Parlor Lamps in Every Variety.

Catalogue  No.  108. 

G R A N D   RA PIDS,  MICH 

Free  to  Merchants.

How Does the

“New Process”  Operate?

Olir  Elevated  Oven  alone  is  worth  the  price  of the  Stove.

The fluid drips, drop by drop 
( never  runs),  upon  a  brass 
evaporator, mixes with and car­
burets  a  current  of  air,  de 
scends  the  supply pipe  to  the 
burner,  where 
it  LIGHTS 
LIKE  GAS.  HOW  SIMPLE. 
And  yet  that’s all  there  is  of 
it.  All  parts are  made  inter­
changeable,  are  readily  de­
tached and can be replaced.

By  actual  test  during  the 
past  TWO  YEARS, 
it  has 
been  proven  that  the  “ NEW 
PROCESS” consumes less gas­
oline  for  the  amount  of  heat 
given  than  any other  style  or 
kind of vapor stove. 
It is now 
made  WITHOUT a “sub-fire,” 
which  device  has  proven  un­
certain 
unsatisfactory, 
causing much  trouble  and  giv­
ing off a disagreeable odor.

and 

The  “ NEW  PROCESS”

Cabinet  Range.

We  make  the  only elevated 
“ CABINET ”  stove combined 
with  the “New  Process”  prin­
ciple,  and which  possesses sev­
eral  DECIDED  POINTS  OF 
ADVANTAGE.

The  oven  being  raised  to  a 
convenient  height  require  no 
stooping  in  its manipulation— 
it is out of  the  way—a  perma­
nent fixture,  NEED  NOT  BE 
MOVED  OR  SHIFTED  and 
has  the  door  in  front.  This 
oven  is of  a peculiar  construc­
tion,  designed  to  retain  the 
heat aud  prevent  wasteful  and 
unpleasant  radiation  into  the 
room—a result  attained  so  ef­
fectually that the hand  may be 
held  against  the  top  of  the 
oven  at  the  time  of  baking. 
The  oven  burner  is  swiveled 
and  can be moved  from  under 
the oven, and  used  for heating 
a  wash-boiler  and  all  cooking 
purposes.  The flame is always 
in sight when heating the oven, 
and  can be regulated  easily  by 
the  operator  while  standing. 
The “Cabinet” is without doubt 
a  great  improvement  over the 
“Step”  style  of  stove,  and  is 
certain to meet  with the  popu­
lar favor its unquestioned merit 
will justify.

A n   K s s a y   o n   V a p o r   S to v e s.

’CONOMY  in  the kitchen  should  begin  at the point where waste is greatest.  That  point is the  cook’s fire.  Science  asserts and ex­
perience  has proved, that by  far the  greater part of  the heat produced by the modern cook  stove is totally lost;  or, in other words, 
if  in  one  year ten tons of  coal are  burned for cooking, not  more  than one ton  is  actually utilized—the  rest  being  wasted.  This 
waste  of fuel  in a coal stove can be traced  to many causes.  Some  of  them are  unavoidable—such as the long time of  waiting until there is 
heat  enough  for  cooking,  but during  which time  combustion  goes on;  the  impossibility  of  quickly stopping  that  combustion  when  the 
cooking is finished,  as  well as the  great and  constant  loss of  heat  up the chimney, and into  the room, from  not  being  able to use  it all as 
fast as  it is  made.  Then  there  is the waste of  fuel  from  avoidable  causes—forgetfulness, ignorance  and the  many other qualities  which 
mark the wasteful  cook who uses two tons of coal where one would easily  answer.

To  command  beat,  to. produce it in a moment,  to  regulate  its  quantity at  will,  to  concentrate it upon  one  point  (reducing  radiation  to  the  smallest 
amount),  and finally to banish it instantly,  is to lower the expense of the  kitchen fire to one-third its present cost,  and to increase the comfort of the kitchen 
itself  three-fold.  This is the  problem to be solved,  and the certain,  scientific  and  only solution  is the vapor  stove. 
Its  work is two-fold.  First,  it stops 
almost every source of  waste;  and secondly,  it applies  with great care the heat actually  used.  Moreover,  besides  the convenience,  low cost and comfort,  we 
shall find that it does better cooking,  because it is less uncertain.  The claims of the  vapor stove are many,  but they may be classified  under five heads.”

Those heads  are then  given:  Convenience,  economy,  comfort, efficiency and safety;  and  among  the various  things  they say under  these heads—space 

will  not permit them all to be quoted—the following are of special interest:

Convenience—With a vapor  stove  the long  preparation  for cooking  and the  after  effects of  the fire  are wholly  avoided.  The  whole stove  absolutely 
under  your orders at all  times,  and  not a moment’s  delay at either  end.  Economy—The  expense in  using a vapor  stove is much  less  thau  that of  a  coal 
stove.  They are  made in various  sizes,  having  usually  one,  two,  three, or four  burners,  any  one of  which  may  be used  alone,  or  altogether,  as desired. 
Each  bnmer costs  less thau one cent per hour.  The total cost,  then,  of  a large-sized  vapor stove  with  all the burners at highest heat is less than  four cents 
an  hour.  Comfort—It is  a delight,  as  every  woman  knows,  to  go into a perfectly cool,  clean  kitchen  and  begin  work  with a stove that in a few  moments 
has  reached  the boiling and  roasting  point,  and during all the time of  its use,  radiates almost no heat,  and does nut, on the  average,  raise the  kitchen ther­
mometer  five  degrees  in  a day.  Efficiency—Every  kind of  cooking  possible—baking,  boiling,  broiling,  roasting,  toasting,  frying,  stewing—can  be done 
with  a vapor stove,  and  usually  much  better than  with any other.  The full  flame is clear,  pure  and very hot.  Yet one  burner,  or all,  can be turned down 
to any desired  heat,  aud  kept at  just that point for hours,  without change and  witnout  attention.  Safety—A  vapor stove is so simple  and so easy to handle 
that  even  a child  can  safely  use  it. 
It  lights  like gas.  Makes no smoke or smell.  A  safe 
stove.  An economical  stove. 

It  pleases the user,  satisfies the dealer and  stays sold.  Ours is THE stove that has revolutionized the vapor stove business.

It  needs  little  care,  less  knowledge and  no skill  whatever. 

