Michigan Tradesman.

Pnblished Weekly.
VOL.  9.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS. 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  AUGUST  24,  1892.

$1  Per  Tear. 
NO.  466

The Green Seal Cigar
It is Staple and will fit any Purchaser.

Is the Most Desirable for M erchants to Handle because

Send Tour W holesaler an Order.

Retails for  10 cents,  3 for 25 cents.

C3-.  S.  BROWN,

------------JO B B ER   O F ----------

Foreign  and  Domestic Fruits and  Vegetables.
Oranges.  Bananas  and  Earlg  Vegetables  a  Specialty.

Send for quotations. 
J. L  Strelitsky,

24-26 No.  Division St.

Including the following celebrated brands man­
ufactured  by the  well-known  house of  Glaser, 
Frame  & Co.:
Vindex, long  Havana filler.........................  $35
Three  Medal», long Havana filler............ 
35
55
E lk’« Choice, Havana filler and binder... 
55
La d o r   tie Alfonso, 
..............................  
L a   D o u c e l ! a  d e   M o r e  r a ....................................  
(55
55
La  Ideal,  25 in a box 
......................... 
30
M a d e lle n a  
 
T T o r   d e  R o m e o ...........................................  
3 n

... 

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“  J C 3F8
NUTS,  FIGS,CANDY

10  So.  Ionia  St.,  Grand  Rapids

To call on or address

Don9t  Forget  when  ordering

DATES, ETC.

A.  E.  BROOKS  &  Ci).,  Mfrs,  46 Ottawa  St., Grand  Rapids.

Special pains  taken w ith Irait  orders.

M O SELEY  BROS.,

- WHOLESALE -

FRUITS.  SEEDS.  BEANS  END  PRODUGE,

26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA  ST,

G r a n d   U R a / o i c i s ,  
I M lio L i.
NO  BRAND  OF  TEN  CENT

C O M P A R E S

WITH  THE

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

BEANS If you have any beans and want to sell, 

we want them, will  give you full  mar 
ket  price.  Send  them  to  us  In  any 
quantity  up to car  loads, we want 1000 
bushels dally.

W .   T.  L A M O R E A U X   CO.,

128,  130 and 132  W.  Bridge St., GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

THE  HEW  YORK  BISGUIT  BO.

S.  A.  SE A R S,  Manager.

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

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

- 

Our  Fall  Fines  of

Oil  Cloths,  Carpets  and  Curtains

Now  ready•  Write for  prices•

SMITH  &  SANFORD,  68  Monroe St.

C.  N.  R A P P   S i   CO..

9 North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

WHOLESALE  FRUITS  A|YD  PRODUCE.

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

Successors  to

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

H AERY   FOX,  Manager.

Crackers, Biscuits«®Sweet Goods.

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PA ID   TO  MAIL  ORDERS.

MUSKEGON,' MICH.

PEACHES! 

PERCHES! 

PEACHES!

Can Ship Them  1000 Miles

I  make a specialty of them.  Wire  for prices.  Am bound to please.  Give  me 

a trial and be convinced!

THEO.  B.  GrOOSSEN,

Wholesale  Commission,  33  Ottawa  St.,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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

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

I and  3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

During the  building of the Kansas & Pacific Railway

B u f f a l o   b il l !“

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

 & ■ “

I M P O R T E R S   A N D

W e have taken the contract to furnish every dealer in Western j 

B U F F A L O   |Wholß8alß  Grocers
Michigan withBUFFALO

m m e r  

GRAND  RAPIDS

G o o d s .
(Flags.

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

BUNTING  FOR  CAMPAIGN  USE—IN  ALL  WIDTHS

BEST  LAUNDRY  SOAP  ON  EARTH-

I   M.  fir,a r k   Grocery  Co • 
STANDARD  OIL  CO.,

SOLE  AGENTS.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

DEALERS  IN

U lu m in atin g and  L u b ricatin g

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0   » 

P

P.  STEKETEE  &  SONS,
H e y m a n   &  C o m p a n y ,

Manufacturers  of

Slow  Cases

First-Glass  Work  Only

0 8   and  6 8   C an al  St..

Of  Every Description.

WHITE FOR  PRICES. 
G R A N D   R A P ID S .

WHO  URGES  YOU  TO  KEEP ^ A PO LIO ?

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office,  tlawkins Block. 

Works, Butte rworth A?e

BULK  WORK 3  AT

G R A N D   R A P ID S  
B IG   R A P ID S , 
A L L E G A N ,

M U S K E G O N . 
G R A N D   H A V E N ,
H O W A R D   C I T Y , 

M A N IS T E E ,

P E T O S K E Y ,

C a d i l l a c , 

h i d i n g  t o n . 

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR  ’

EMPTY  CARBON  l  GASOLI"17  BARRELS.

T h e   P u b lic  !

By splendid  and  expensive  advertising  the  m anufacturers’'create  a 
I demand,  and  only  ask  the  trade  to keep the  goods in  stock  so  as to  supply 
t h e   orders  gent to  them.  W ithout  effort  on  the  grocer’s  part the  goods
I sell  themselves,  bring  purchasers to the  store,  and  help  sell  less  known 
goods.

Anv Jobber will be Glad to Fill Yonr Orders.

VOL. 9,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST 24,  1892

NO.  466

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

G eo.  W.  G a t , Vice-President.

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

Transacts a Renerai banking  business.

M ake  a specialty o f collections.  Accounts 

o f conntrr m erchants solicited.

STUDY  LAW
▲T  HOME.
Take a  coarse in the 

Sprague  Correspon­
dence  ¿S chool o f  L a w  
[in c o rp o ra te d ].  Send  ten 
cents [stam p s] for p&rticu 
lars to
J.  COTNER,  Jr.,  Sec’y.
No.  376 W hitney Block, 
DETROIT,  MICH

COMMERCIAL CREDIT  CO.

65  MONROE  ST.

Formed by the consolidation of the 

COOPER  COMMERCIAL.  AGENCY,

AND THE

UNION  CREDIT  CO.,

And  embodying  all  the  good  features  of  both 
agencies.
Commercial  reports  and  current  collections 
receive  prompt  and  careful  attention.  Your 
patronage respectfully solicited.

Telephones 166 and 1030.

L.  J.  STEVENSON, 

C.  A.  CUMINGS,

C.  E.  BLOCK.

MNY8-17,1
Edwin J,  (¡hues & ty t

B l i E N D E D

Manufacturer’s  Agent and  Jobber of

Brooms,  Washboards,  Wooden
Indurated  Pails  &  Tubs,

AND

W ooden  B ow ls,  Clothespins  and  R olling 

Pins,  Step  Ladders,  W ashing  Ma­

chines, M arket, B nshel and D e­

livery Bas'.ets,  B uild ing 

Paper, W rapping

Paper, Sacks, Tw ine  and  Stationery.

Manufacturers  in  lines allied to above, wish­
ing to be represented In this  market are request­
ed to communicate with me.

185  COURT  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

ESTABLISHED  1841.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

R . G . Dun  &  Co.
Reference Books Issued quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada

BARLOW BROV'^BLANK BOOKS!

L T h E   PHiLA.PAT.FlAT OPENING BACKl 
|   s a o io n p r i c e s An d   RAPIDS,MICH.'

N E W   Y O R K .

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COFFEE  READ THIS.

IF   YOU ENJOY  A  GOOD  CUP  OP 
IE fact that it ooiTce is :i Java doe» not always Imply
that  it  1 
t  of the section  of the 
grow i and the method 
id of ¿a”
K  grown  by  private
rutti
planters, othi 
at hers rank and worthless, 
of these Java® are cteliciot
The D iamond J ava is i 
ltd of those Javas wuich ex- 
cel In any pern Mar d«-irres 
fim* flavor or full  strength, 
and which mingling hare 
lously  together produce the
perfection of a n-iTee.
tr-tight cans  when 
taken hot from rv li  * 
yrant aroma I?  thus 
of  Whole  Roasted
preserved  unt l  us»
Coffee Is intended f 
and desire to use the best c»tf e that c  n be obtained.
A S K   Y O C R   G R O C E R   F O R   IT.

The D iamond J ava  is packed 

d.  Thu  brand

f th e  cannot supply you send us his name.

AR O M A

A clean blend, whole

Roasted  Coffee only 171 cts.

I am coming, but do not wait until I call—drop 
me a postal for anything you need in our various 
brands,  they are  all  bargains—especially  on  a 
rising market.

J.  P.  VISNER,

167  No.  Ionia St., Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 

BEPRESENTATING

E.  J.  GILLIES  &  GO.,

NEW   YORK,

P R O M P T . 

C O N S E R V A T IV E , 

W .  F r e d   M c B a i n . Sec'y.

S A F E .
T.  S t e w a r t   W h i t e ,  Pres’t. 
Fire l Bilrglar Proof
A lt Sizes and Prices. 
Parties in need of the above 
|a re   invited  to  correspond 
'w ith
I. Shultes, Agt. Diebold Safe Co.

MARTIN,  MICH.

< < T * e   K ent/9

r iltilS   new  and  handsomely  furnished  hotel, 
JL  located directly across  the  street  from  the 
Union  Depot, is  now open  to  the  public.  It  is 
conducted  entirely  on  the  European  plan. 
Rooms with steam  heat and  electric bells  range 
from 50 cents  to $1 per  day.  First-class  restau­
rant and dining room in connection.  Free trans­
fer of baggage from Union Depot.
The patronage of  traveling  men  and  country 
merchants  is  earnestly solicited, as  we  are con­
fident  our hotel  and  its  service  will  commend 
themselves to all seeking clean, quiet, and home­
like accommodations.

BEHGH  i   BOOTH,  Props.

The Braflstreet Mercantile Acency.

The Bradstreet Company, Props.

Executive  Offices, 279,281,283  Broadway, N.Y

CHARLES  F.  CLARK,  Pres.

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

HENRY  ROYCE,  Supt.

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

A   MODERN  LEAR.

If there is anything upon  which a vast 
amount of  fine language  has  been need­
lessly  expended, that  thing  is  personal 
influence. 
In  my  opinion—an  opinion 
based on thirty years of most convincing 
experience—personal  influence,  though 
talked of  as much  as  the  late Mrs. Har­
ris,  is  as unsubstantial as a myth.  The 
philanthropist who  has  begun by trying 
to reform the  world,  and  ended  by seri­
ously  asking his conscience  whether  he 
has altered the views of any soul in it be­
side himself,  will understand me.

My  benevolent  efforts  were expended 
wholly  in  behalf  of  my  father.  My 
mother was a  New England housekeeper 
of the old-fashioned sort—a  woman  who 
blushed with mortification if  unexpected 
company  found  her  with  less  than  five 
kinds of cake, with tarts, pies and dough­
nuts  galore.  Her  preserves  were  al­
ways made  “pound for  pound,”  and  her 
hams, pickles  and  jellies  were  the  ad­
miration  of  the  neighborhood.  Under 
this regimen,  my sister Rhoda and I grew 
up  a  pair  of  sickly  dyspeptics,  and  at 
about  the  age  of  twenty  married  two 
brothers  similarly  afflicted.  My young­
est sister  Cordelia  tncurred  the  lasting 
displeasure of  our parents by eloping  at 
the age of  seventeen with a blacksmith’s 
son.  She  was  a self-willed  little  tom­
boy,  and  though we did not exactly  feel 
that her loss was our gain, still people of 
a delicate  nature, like  my  sister  Rhoda 
and myself, could  hardly be expected  to 
grieve too much  after  one  of  such  ten­
dencies as Cordelia’s.  My  mother dying 
a few years ago,  my  father  divided  his 
property between Rhoda  and myself.  He 
had no son  to work his  farm,  he was too 
old to  work  it  himself,  and  he  did  not 
wish  to  be  bothered  with  overseeing 
hired  labor.  Joseph  and I  begged  him 
to make our house  his  permanent home, 
but  Jacob  and  Rhoda  were  equally  ur­
gent,  and  it  ended  in  his  dividing  his 
time about equally  between us.  But  he 
hadn’t been at our house more than three 
days before he began  finding  fault  with 
his food.

“Seems  to  me,  Jane,”  he said,  “ this 
bread ain’t  just  like  what  your mother 
used to make.”

“I am thankful to say it ain’t,”  said  I. 
“This  is  unleavened  bread.  Teast  is 
rank poison.”

“It’s  pretty  hefty,”  said  he,  lifting  a 
piece in his hand as if trying to guess its 
weight.  “Don’t  let  that  slice  fall  on 
your  toes,  Joe. 
I’ve  known  less  than 
that to lame a man for  life.”

“The merit of this whole wheat bread,” 
said  I,  “is  that  it  contains  all  the  ele­
ments necessary for the  nutrition of  the 
system.”

Another  time  he  said,  “Jane,  why 
don’t you cook some meat?  I’m perishin’ 
for want of  it.”

“Meat!”  I  exclaimed.  “Are  we  car­
nivorous  beasts,  that we  should  prey on 
other  animals,  and  make  our  bodies  a 
burying-ground for their remains? ” 

“Burying-ground!”  he  said  dismally. 
“The fact is, I ain’t half  such a cheerful

object  as a burying-ground—there  ain’t 
any bumps or fullness about me.”

“This sort of talk is distasteful to me,” 

said I.

Breakfast  was  perhaps  my  father’s 
worst meal.  The many wholesome prep­
arations of grain,  such as cracked wheat, 
oatmeal,  cornmeal and hominy,  appealed 
to him in  vain.

“We  consider 

this  excellent  brain 
food,” my husband  said,  cheerfully, one 
morning,  as  he  took  a  second  help  of 
graham mush.

“ ’Tain’t  brain  food  I  want,”  said 
father,  “it’s  stomach  food. 
If  I was  a 
horse,  I wouldn’t mind livin’ on bran and 
chopped stuff.  Don’t you  ever have any 
milk? ”

“No,”  said  Joe,  smartly,  “ we  don’t. 
If I was a calf,  I wouldn’t mind livin’  on 
milk.”

“You  shall  have  some  milk,  father,” 
said I,  rising  to  get  it.  “It’s  a  bilious 
food,  but  it  contains  all  the  elements 
that make up  the human frame.”

“How are tea  and coffee  in the way of 
elements?” he asked in a miserable way.
“They are nothing  but  stimulants,”  I 
exclaimed,  glad to find he  took even this 
slight interest in the subject.  “There is 
nothing in them to build up the body.”

“Well,”  he  said,  dolefully,  “I  don’t 
know  as  I’m  looking  for  anything  to 
build  my  body  up, 
I’ve  got  past  that. 
If I can only find somethin’ to prop it up, 
somethin’ to keep  it  from  cavin’  in,  I’ll 
be satisfied.”

If it were not that people who  live hy- 
gienically  are  good-natured,  my father’s 
querulous discontent  would have been  a 
sore trial to  us.  One  day  at dinner,  af­
ter  Joseph  had  said  our  usual  form  of 
grace,  my father  exclaimed,  rudely,  “Ye 
may well say the Lord make us thankful, 
Joe,  for if  he  didn’t  make  us  thankful, 
no  power  on  earth  could.”  That  same 
day he asked for pie.

“Do you know what pie is?”  asked Joe; 
and I explained:  “Pie  is  a  deadly  com­
pound or fruit,  fat,  flour and fire.”

“All them  things is good, Jane,”  said 

my father,  “taken in  moderation.”

“We don’t want  them  in  this house,” 
said Joe.  “I ain’t  goin’  to  be  bothered 
with dyspepsia in moderation.”

Not  long  after I  was  horrified  to be­
hold my two delicate  children munching 
candy.  “Grandpa  gave  it  to  us,”  they 
said,  smiling stickily at me.

“Father,”  I exclaimed, “this is too bad! 
Candy is made up  wholly  of  carbonace­
ous materials—none of  the  nitrogeneous 
or phosphatic elements enter into  it, and 
it is a severe tax  upon  the  excretory  or­
gans.”

He said nothing,  but  turned  away and 
took out his pipe,  indifferent  also  to the 
fact that tobacco is a poisonous narcotic. 
I was out of  patience  with  him. 
I  felt 
relieved when he expressed his  intention 
of  going  over  to  stay  with  Rhoda and 
Jake for a month.

Rhoda and I are back and forth a good 
deal,  and I soon  heard  how  things were 
going there.  She and Jake are far  more 
advanced than Joe and I are.  They con­
sider the use of cooked food a sinful pan-

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'J'HM  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

dering  to  animal  appetite.  For  break­
fast  they  usually  have  a  little  ground 
wheat,  moistened  with  berry  juice,  or 
canned pears  or  something of  that sort. 
Dinner consists of  a little uncooked oat­
meal,  with figs or dates, and occasionally 
nuts.  They have no supper.  My  father 
soon observed  that  this  was a fortunate 
thing,  as  three  such  meals  a day would 
have finished them  otf  long  ago.  Rhoda 
quoted father as saying  that if he had to 
live on two meals a day of raw provisions 
he  meant 
to  have  enough  of  those. 
When,  therefore,  my sister went into the 
dining-room  one  day 
to  set  the  table 
with  apples,  raisins  and  rye  meal,  she 
was astonished to find  it  already  spread 
with  covered  dishes, 
containing  un­
cooked  potatoes,  carrots,  turuips,  cab­
bage and onions.  She and Jake ate some 
of  the  cabbage.  The  other  vegetables 
they held not fit to eat,  because they  had 
grown and ripened  underground.

“Underground,” said  father,  who  was 
eating everything  before  him  with sav­
age  rapacity,  “ underground ain’t such  a 
bad place. 
I’ve often thought I’d  better 
go there myself and settle  down.”  That 
afternoon Khoda said she really  believed 
he would die.  The  turnips  and carrots 
seemed to disagree with  him.  She made 
him drink  cup  after  cup  of  hot  water, 
just as near the boiling point as he could 
bear it. 
I ran over with ginger and mus­
tard,  which I  use only incaseof sickness, 
and heard  his  feeble  voice  refusing the 
seventh  cup of  hot  water.  “No,  thank 
you,  Ithody,” he  said,  “my  stomach can 
stand  a good  deal;  it  can  stand  to  be 
flattened  out  with  chicken  feed  and 
greens,  but  it  hain’t  .no  miud  to  be 
drowned out nor scalded out.”

“I knew those underground vegetables 
were bad for you,” said my sister.  “It’s 
a solemn  example.”

“Is  it? ”  said  father.  “ Well,  I  tell 
you  what it  is,  girls,  I  want  some  beef­
steak for my supper to-night,  tender and 
juicy,  and  plenty  of  it.  That’s what  1 
want.”

Khoda uttered a  shriek, and  sat  down 
and shuddered.  “Never  in  this house,” 
she exclaimed.

“I’m afraid  to,  father,”  I said.  “ You 
might over-eat again, and you would then 
surely  die.  Meat  of  any  sort  fires the 
blood.”

The old man  looked first  at Khoda and 
then at  me,  saying  things  which  l  will 
not repeat. 
It distressed us to be  spoken 
to in this way,  but allowance must always 
be  made  for  the  fretfulness  of  old  age. 
The  poor  man  never  seemed  wholly  to 
recover from  the  raw  potatoes  and  tur­
nips.  He grew  weaker  and  weaker till 
he  took  to  his  bed  altogether.  During 
his illness he  maintained a curious aver­
sion for anything in the shape of gruel or 
fruit,  and astounded one  good  lady  who 
brought  him a basket of delicious grapes 
by  stripping  bunch  after  bunch,  and 
and  throwing  them,  three  or  four  at  a 
time,  hard  at  her, now  at  my  sister  or 
myself, now at  the  walls  and  windows. 
He called it “grape shot,” I remember, and 
laughed in demoniac glee at our protests. 
After this he sank into  unnatural  calm, 
and,  thinking that his end was approach­
ing,  we sent for the minister.  A portion 
of Scripture was read, and prayer offered. 
Then the good  man  approached his  bed­
side,  and asked  him  what  would satisfy 
the deepest desire of his nature.

“Pork and beans!”  exclaimed father, 

with sudden  force.

“ 1 was not  alluding  to  creature  com­

forts,” said the minister, confused.

the 

“But  1  am,”  was  the  tart  response, 
“and 1 intend to  allude to  ’em till  I get 
’em.”  The  glitter  of  delirium  reap­
peared  in  his  eye,  and  the  bouse  re­
echoed with shrieking  demands for pork 
and beans.  Our nearest neighbor,  whose 
sleep was disturbed  by this  strange out­
cry,  came in  next  day  with  a dish  con­
taining 
“ Oh, 
you'll  kill  him,”  said  Khoda.

loathsome  viands. 

“He’ll  kill  himself,”  said  she,  “with 
this  awful  shrieking. 
If  he’s  going  to 
die  anyway,  he’d  better  die  in  peace.
She went into the  sick  room  with  her 
pork and beans,  and a slice of home made 
bread  and  butter,  and  came  back  pres­
ently  with  an  empty  plate.  A  great 
stillness  brooded  over  the  house. 
1 
looked in at the invalid half  an hour lat­
er,  and  fonnd  him  peacefully  sleeping, 
with a sweet smile on his face.

From  this  moment,  incredible  as  it 
may  seem, my father  steadily improved. 
Of course, the mind has a great influence 
over the body,  but I did not suppose that 
a masculine love of having  his  own way 
could triumph over the pernicious effects 
of the  most  abhorred  of  culinary  prod­
ucts.

As soon as he was able to  walk,  father 
came  back  to  our  house,  making  some 
unpleasant  remark,  as  he  came,  about 
jumping from the fire back  into  the fry­
ing  pan.  But  convalescents  are  pro­
verbially  irritable,  and I took no  notice. 
“What you need now, in your present weak 
condition,” 1 said,  “is a liberal supply of 
all  the  elements  necessary  to  renovate 
the system.”  And for supper  that night 
I provided him  with a generous  slice  of 
brown  bread,  made of  the  whole  grain, 
and a large  sauce dish  of  dried  apples. 
He began to  eat in silence. 
I  could  see 
he was  weak yet  from  his  sickness,  for 
presently a tear trickled down his cheek, 
and  moistened  the  bread.  “ You  are 
thinking  of  mother,”  I  said,  “but  you 
should  not  grieve  after  her.  Death  is 
common to all. 
It is a wise  provision of 
nature.”

“Don’t  talk  to  me  about  provisions, 

Jane,” said he.

At  that  moment  the  door  was softly 
pushed  open, and a rosy-cheeked  young 
woman looked in and  made a rush across 
the  room  at  father.  “Dear  old  dad,” 
she  cried,  throwing  her  arms  around 
him;  “dear,  blessed,  old  dad,  you  will 
forgive  me,  won’t  you?  Oh,  you  must 
forgive  me. 
I’ll  not  let  go of  you  till 
you do.”

“Why, Cordely,” said  father,  “is  that 
you?”  He  was  so  weak  he  could  only 
sit  still  and  look at  her,  while  his  lip 
quivered.  “Of course,  if  your  happy,” 
he added,  “I  hain’t a  word  to  say  agin’ 
the match.”

“Do  I  look  very  miserable?”  she 
asked,  a smile playing among the dimples 
in  her  red  cheeks.  Then  she  crossed 
and shook hands with me, and kissed  me, 
looking a little shy and frightened.  Sud­
denly  her face grew  grave and sad.  She 
took a chair  by  father’s side. 
“ 1 didn’t 
hear of  mother’s  death  till  after it  was 
all over,” she  said,  “and  then  my  baby 
wasn’t  expected  to  live  and  I  couldn’t 
leave  the 
little  fellow.  But  when  I 
heard you were  sick I told Ed I couldn’t 
stand  it  to  be  estranged  from  you  any 
longer.  And so we’ve come back here to 
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make amends for all the pain I’ve caused 
you.”  She  took  his  wrinkled  old hand |

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between both  of  hers,  and  kissed it  and 
cried  over  it.  Then  she  jumped  up. 
“Why,”  she  exclaimed,  “I’ve  brought 
you  over a  little  chicken  broth,  piping 
hot,—and I nearly  forgot  all  about  it.” 
She brought in a small, covered  tin pail, 
whisked  the  dried  apples  and  brown 
bread off  the  table,  without  so  much  as 
by your leave,  and the next  moment that 
poor sick man,  who had no more craving 
for food  than  a canary,  was  stimulating 
an  artificial  appetite  on a stew  made of 
the most  gross  of  animal  substances  (a 
chicken  will  eat  what  a  pig  will  not) 
with bits of  toasted white  bread floating 
in it!

But this was nothing to what followed. 
Two  days  later  was  Thanksgiving,  and 
Cordelia  invited  father,  Rhoda,  Jake, 
Joe and myself over to her place for din­
ner.  Of  course, we  did not wish to  dis­
oblige her by  not  going.  Jake  and  Joe 
promised  to  be  very  careful what  they 
ate.  Rhoda  said  if  it  wouldn’t  offend 
Cordelia she’d like to take a little ground 
wheat  over,  which  she  could  eat  with 
cranberry or  apple sauce;  but 1 persuad­
ed her it  would be best to conform a  lit­
tle more than that, and we decided to eat 
a very  little  of  one vegetable, choosing 
one with no pepper  nor butter in it,  and 
afterwards 
raisins. 
Father  seemed a good deal  excited  over 
the affair,  but he didn’t say  anything till 
we  got  there.  The  air  in  the  dining­
room was simply  nauseating  with odors 
of sage and onions, nutmeg,  allspice  and 
lemon, roast goose and mince  pies.

some  nuts  and 

“Now  Ed,”  said  Cordelia  to  her  big 
blacksmith  husband,  “ be  sure and  give 
father the upper part of  the leg,  a  wing 
and  part  of  the  breast,  with  plenty  of 
dressing. 
I’ll help  the  gravy and  vege­
tables.”

“Father,”  said  Rhoda,  “it  may  be 
well  to  remember  that  none  of  those 
things contain the elements of—”

“I  don’t  want  no  elements,”  roared 
father.  “Curse  the  elements!  What  I 
want is a square  meal.”

“And that’s just what  we  calculate to 
give  you,” said  the  blacksmith  with  a 
loud laugh.  The  wild  excess  and wan­
ton extravagance of the meal were talked 
over by Rhoda  and  me  for  many a day. 
As for father,  he  continues  to  live with 
Cordelia and  her  husband.  We  expect­
ed he would go into a decline,  but he ap­
pears  marvellously  well  and  cheerful. 
It’s  wonderful  what a man of  naturally 
strong constitution will  survive.

Et h e l w y n W e t h e r a l d.

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W ritten for The  T r a d e s m a n .

TERMS OF  COURT.

The word  “ term”  is  of Greek  origin, 
and is one of those expressions  which  in 
the poverty of our English tongue, has to 
stand  duty  for  a  variety  of  meanings. 
Among the Greeks,  it denoted, primarily, 
the goal around which,  at their races, the 
horses  and  chariots  had  to turn,  and  it 
was so named,  from  Teiro,  to  wear,  be­
cause  the  stone which marked  that goal 
was worn by the constant  contact  there­
with of the wheels of the racer’s chariot. 
By an easy transition,  the  Greek  Ferma 
thus came  to  signify  a  limit  or  terrene 
boundary.  The polytheistic Romans had 
a  special  deity  who  presided  over  and 
guarded their  bounderies  and  frontiers, 
and in honor of whom a  festival,  thence 
called 
terminaUa,  was  annually  cele­
brated in  the  month  of  February.  His 
bust, erected on  a  pillar  of  stone,  was

employed by them to  designate  or  mark i 
the boundaries of land.  This application 
of the word has been  preserved  to  us  in 
the  use  of  the  expression, 
terminus, 
which,  in old English law,  was employed 
to denote the division  line between  lands 
where metes were set up.

With  us,  its  uses  are  legion,  and  as 
various as they are  numerous. 
In  ordi­
nary parlance, the word means a limit or 
boundary;  a  period  of  time,  as  well  as 
an expression,  and in the plural  number 
it is synonymous with conditions or stipu­
lations, as e. g.,  terms  of  sale,  terms  of 
compromise,  etc. 
It  is  also  employed, 
with special signification,  in  the  science 
of mathematics,  in  artitecture,  in medi­
cine, in logic,  and in navigation. 
In the 
science of  law,  likewise,  it  has  various 
significations, mostly connected with  the 
law of real property and it is,  moreover, 
employed to distinguish  those  generally 
limited  and  prescribed  periods  of  time, 
during  which  the  sessions  of  superior 
courts are held, or are open for  the hear­
ing  and  trial  of  causes.  The  phrase, 
“terms of  court,”  therefore,  as  applied 
exclusively  to  courts of  record,  denotes 
the  appointed  sessions  of  those  courts 
whereat  cases,  ready for trial,  are  regu­
larly  heard  and  determined. 
In  this 
sense,  it stands in opposition to the  word 
vacation,  which is the period intervening 
between  the  end  of  one  term  and  the 
commencement  of  another.  Of  course, 
the layman must not run  away  with  the 
idea that no legal business  may  be  tran­
sacted  in  vacation  time,  for courts, as a 
rule, are always open for the  transaction 
of any business,  for which  notice  is  not 
required to be given to  an adverse party, 
except  where  it  is  specially  prescribed 
by law that the business must be done at 
a stated term.

In the  United  States,  terms  of  court 
are held at  the  times  and  places  desig­
nated  by  the  legislatures  or  appointed 
by the justices of the several courts  pur­
suant  to  statute. 
Thus,  by  the  pro­
visions  of  section  684,  of  the  United 
States  Revised  Statutes, 
the  Supreme 
Court of the United States shall  hold,  at 
the seat of government, one term annual­
ly, commencing on the second Monday in 
October,  and  such adjourned  or  special 
terms as  it  may  find  necessary  for  the 
dispatch of business.  By section 1051, of 
the same  statutes,  the  Court  of  Claims 
shall hold one annual session,  at the city 
of  Washington,  beginning  on  the  first 
Monday  in  December, and continuing as 
long as may be necessary for the  prompt 
dispatch  of  the  business  of  the  court. 
The times and places of holding the regu­
lar  terms  of  the  District  and  Circuit 
Courts of the United States are, likewise, 
severally specified by  Acts  of  Congress, 
and the Supreme  Courts of territories are 
also  directed  by federal statute,  to  hold 
a  term  annually  at  the  seat  of  govern­
ment of the territory for which  they  are 
respectively appointed.

Wm.  C.  S p r a g u e.

Good  Opening  for a Miller.

Ma n t o n,  Aug. 20—The  flume  having 
lately been carried  away  at  the  Manton 
mill,  and  the  proprietor  desiring  to  go 
out of that branch of business,  refuses to 
repair the same,  makes  a  good  opening 
for a first-class flouring and custom  mill. 
The  citizens  are  prepared  to  show  any 
man who desires to go  into  the  business 
a crop of grain which cannot be equalled 
in any country under the sun, considering 
the acreage.  We must  have  a  mill  and 
at once and the man who comes first will 
reap a  rich  investment  for  his  money. 
Write to any citizen of the village for in­
formation, or, what  is  better,  come  and 
see the site. 

It is a good chance.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

AMONG  THE  TRADE.
ABOUND THE  STATE.

Hartland—N. J.  Bissell will remove his 

general stock to Milford.

Holland—John De Graaf  has  opened a 

furniture and carpet store.

Negaunee—A.  L.  Shore  has purchased 

the general stock of D. G.  Stone.

Brighton—E.  P.  Reed  has  purchased 

the millinery stock of Mary Collin.

Ewen—John Garvin has purchased  the 
drug and stationery stock of O.  H. Carus.
Holly—Thos.  E.  Bogert,  of  the  boot 
and shoe firm of Requa & Bogert,  is dead.
Saginaw—Alfred Epting has purchased 
the grocery stock of J. A. & L. J.  Schauck.
Camden—D.  C.  Clark  has  purchased 
the drug and grocery stock of  J.  B.  Hub- 
bel.

Bay  City—Chas.  S.  Welter  succeeds 
Larkin & Olmstead  in  the  grocery busi­
ness.

Galesburg—Carson &  Hawley  succeed 
Henry Labbitt in  the  undertaking  busi­
ness.

Caro—It  is  reported  that  D.  F.  & F. 
Lazelle  succeed  A. Sanford in  the hard­
ware business.

Marquette — Ekstrom  &  Nygren  are 
the 

succeeded  by  Andrew  Ekstrom  in 
grocery business.

Hillsdale—L.  A.  Smith  & Bro.,  furni­
ture dealers,  have dissolved,  G.  A.  Smith 
continuing the business.

Bay  City—A.  W.  Lewenstein  is  suc­
ceeded by his wife, Elizabeth Lewenstein, 
in  the clothing business.

Marquette—James A.  Trezona has sold 
his  confectionery,  fruit  and  cigar  busi­
ness to Wm.  H.  Marshall.

Saginaw—The Michigan Wall  Paper & 
Decorating  Co.  succeeds  Eifert  Nagel  & 
Co. in the wall paper business.

Bay  City—Gardiner  &  Laird,  furni­
ture  dealers,  have  dissolved.  P.  W. 
Gardiner continuing the business.

Oxford—B.  G.  Evans  &  Co.  are  suc­
ceeded  by  J. C.  Evans  & Co. in  the res­
taurant and confectionery business.

Spring  Lake—The  firm  of  C.  Wester- 
house &  Co.,  general  dealers,  has  dis­
solved,  Peter Kruizenga succeeding.
Lake  Odessa—Dr.  W.  S.  Hart, 

the 
druggist,  has  purchased 
the  Percival 
homestead and  will shortly occupy same.
Manistee—Randall  &  Frost  will  open 
a book and stationery store in  the  build­
ing  formerly  occupied  by  the  Manistee 
County Savings Bank.

Sparta—Jacob Thai, lately of Saginaw, 
has  leased a building at  this  place  and 
will put in a stock of  clothing and men’s 
furnishing goods next  week.

Big  Rapids—Fred  T.  Wilcox  has  de­
cided  to remove  his  stock  to  West  Su­
perior,  Wis., and is working off  as much 
of the bulk as possible at  auction sale.

Mancelona—W.  A.  Davoll  has  closed 
out  his grocery  stock  here and  removed 
to  Kokomo,  Ind.,  where  he  takes  the 
position of  manager  for a large  grocery 
house.

Ellsworth—R.  M.  Cherrie,  of  Ironton, 
is erecting a building here,  which he will  j 
occupy  with a general stock.  The  busi­
ness will be managed  by F.  J.  Meech,  of  I 
Charlevoix.

Allegan—Abner  Estabrook  has  pur- 
chased  an  interest  in  the  Upson  meat , 
market  and  the  business  will  hereafter  j 
be conducted  under  the style of  Yeakey | 
& Estabrook.

Byron Center—M.  S.  McNitt  has  pur­
chased  the  dry  goods  and  furnishing 
goods  stock of  Lester & Co.  and the  lat- j

ter  have  removed  to  Grand  Rapids,  lo-! 
eating at 140 Lake street.

Muskegon—A.  H. Kckerman has begun | 
the  erection  of  a  brick  block  on  Pine 
street on the site of the building destroyed 
by fire about a year ago.  He will occupy 
the building with his drug stock.

Lansing — B.  W.  Long  has  sold  his 
drug  stock  to  J.  S.  Bennett  and  Geo. 
Brake,  who  will  continue  the  business 
under the style of Bennett & Brake.  Mr. 
Bennett  has  clerked  in  the store  since 
1879.  Mr.  Long  will  hereafter  devote 
his entire  time  to  his  patent  medicine 
business.

M A N U FA CTU RIN G   M A TTERS.

Bay City—Welter &  Kusnish  are  suc­
ceeded  by F.  S.  Kusnish in the cigar man­
ufacturing  business.

Big  Rapids—Lewis  B.  Orth  has  pur­
chased U. G. Gile’s cigar factory and will 
continue the business.

Saginaw—The  Whitney  &  Batchelor 
sawmill is running  steadily.  This  mill 
has a  stock  for  nearly  two  years  more 
when its timber tributary to these waters 
will be exhausted.

Detroit—Albert  W.  Schloss,  Lewis 
Strasburger  and  Emanuel  Schloss  have 
filed  articles  of  limited  partnership  as 
Schloss  Bros & Co.  Emanuel  Schloss  is 
the special  partner  and  contributes  $40- 
090.

Detroit—The Detroit Tinware Co., with 
a capital stock  of  $30,000,  has  been  in­
corporated  by Joseph Suitzen, Jr., Chas. 
H.  Warner,  Caspar  Lingeman,  Joseph 
Schulte,  Joseph  A.  Schulte,  Jr.,  and 
Mathias  Bleser.

Saginaw—The  sawmill  of  the  A.  W. 
Wright Lumber Co.  is now running night 
and day and  will  so  continue  until  the 
close of the  season.  The  company  will 
begin  cutting  and  hauling  logs  on  its 
railroad the first of next month.

Bay City—Russell Bros,  have begun an 
addition to  their  planing  mill  and  box 
factory,  made necessary  by  the  increas­
ing business.  The  business  of  all  fac­
tories and planing mills has been  almost 
unprecedented  for the season of the year.
Saginaw—W.  L.  Webber’s  sawmill  at 
Grassmere,  Huron  county,  shut  down 
last  week having  cut  2,500,000  feet  and 
exhausted all the stock.  The  pine  lum­
ber was sold to  a  Saginaw  firm  and  the 
remainder  is  shipped  to  other  points. 
The shingle mill  is  in  operation  and  is 
cutting 30,000 daily.

West Bay City-F.W. W heeler* Co. have 
taken a contract to build  a  steamship  of 
4,300 tons for David C.  Whitney,  of  De­
troit; also  one  of  the  same  capacity  in 
which  Waldo A.  Avery  will  own  a  half 
interest,  both of these craft costing $240,- 
000  each.  The  ship-building  firm  has 
contracts to build craft aggregating $780, 
000.

Bellaire—The  Bellaire  Stave  Co.  has 
been organized  by  F.  E.  Turrell, Thos. 
Bromley,  Jr.,  the  Alvin  Shaver  estate, I 
of  St.  Johns,  and  some  members of  the 
Grand Rapids  Stave  Co.  The  company 
has  acquired a large  tract of  land,  near 
this  place,  and will  erect  the  necessary 
buildings  to  embark in the manufacture 
of staves and heading.

Manistee—Solomon  Rochschiid  recent-: 
ly  sent  a  crew  of  men  to  Whitedale, | 
Upper Peninsula,  where  he  will  put  up | 
for the Northern Cedar Co.  a shingle m ill! 
of about 300,000 daily capacity.  The mill 
will  not be run full capacity at first,  but | 
will  gradually  increase  as  the  demand | 
may  warrant. 
It  is  expected  that  the

mill will be in operation by the time that 
snow flies,  and will run all winter.

Saginaw—Col.  A.  T.  Bliss  will  start  a 
camp  on  Bluff  Creek  this  week.  His 
upper mill is running  only  the  circular, 
but the lower one is  being operated  with 
a  full  force.  He  expects  to  purchase 
6,000,000 feet of logs put  into  the  Acqu- 
eoc,  and which have not yet  been  driven 
out. 
It  is  expected  that  they  will  be 
down  in  30  days  when,  if  the  deal  is 
closed,  they will be rafted  here.

Northville—The  Globe  Furniture  Co. 
has begun  the  erection  of  buildings for 
the  manufacture  of  the  automatic  Han- 
rahan refrigerator.  The  main  structure 
will  be three  stories  high,  70x100 feet in 
dimensions,  each  floor  containing  room 
enough for the employment of  fifty men. 
Everything will  be  built  of brick. 
It is 
the intention  of  the  company  to employ 
fifty men in the manufacture  of refriger­
ators as soon as the building is completed.

C ountry  C allers.

Calls  have  been 

received  at  T h e 
T r a d e sm a n office during the  past  week 
from  the  following  gentlemen  in  trade.

E.  S.  Houghtaling,  Hart.
A. Cohen, White  Cloud.
Thos.  Curry,  Hudsonville.
Misner & McLeod, Sparta.
Lamoreaux & Beerman,  Fruitport.
P.  M. Cleveland *  Son,  Nunica.
Putman Bros.,  Lake Aun.
J.  H.  Lowell,  Wacousta.

J.  P.  Visner,  who secured  the consent 
of  the officers  to  dispense  free  cold  tea 
to the picnic crowd  at  Reed’s  Lake  last 
Thursday,  was prevented  from doing  so 
by the arbitrary action of  Caterer Sweet- 
land,  who  acted  on the assumption that 
such  distribution  would  interfere  with 
the sale of his soft drinks.

FOR  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.

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

566

558

576

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

cery  business.  Reason  of  selling,  poor 

■   GOOD  CHANCE  FOR  AN  A  NO.  1  GRO- 
F or  s a l e - sm a ll  m a c h in e  &  f o u n d -
ry  business,  with  or  without  tools.  H. L. 
Chapman. White Pigeon, Mich. 
F or  sa l e — a   f i r s t -c la ss  h a t  a n d
gent's furnishing  goods  business at Benton 
Harbor, Mich., stock all  new, controls  the finest 
trade in  the  city;  present  proprietor going into 
other  business;  long  lease of  premises now oc­
cupied guaranteed.  Apply  for  full  particulars 
of  Dent  &  Dunn,  real  estate  brokers,  Benton 
Harbor, Mich. 
RUG  STOCK FOR SALE—ANYONE WANT- 
ing  to invest  in a drug  stock  can find  the 
best bargain  they ever  struck by writing the ad­
dress given  below.  Stock inventories $2,200, can 
be bought  for  $1,600 on easy terms.  Located  in 
one of  the prettiest and  best  towns in the State. 
Largest  days  sales, $18;  smallest, $6.  Rent low. 
Address Bargain, care Michigan Tradesman.  572
FOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—GOOD  HOTEL 
in the  hustling  city  of  Belding  Also  de­
sirable vacant  building  lots on easy terms.  For 
particulars, address Lock Box 13, Belding,  Mich.
FOR  SALE—“GOLD  MINE,”  IN  SHAPE  OF 
E xcellent  opportunity  for  a  Bus­

a first-class drug stock, on easy terms.  For 
particulars address  J  L  K, Box 160, Grand  Rap­
ids, Mich. 

iness man with $5,000 to $10,000 ready money 
to  embark in the  wholesale  business  in  Grand 
Rapids  and  take  the  management  of  same. 
House well established.  Investigation solicited 
from  per-ons  who  mean  business.  No others 
nqed apply.  No. 556, care Michigan Tradesman.
Fo r  sa l e  c h e a p —m ill  p r o p e r t y,
fruit  evaporator,  jelly' pan,  cider  mill, etc. 
Will sell  all or  part.  Splendid  opportunity for 
stock company or the right man.  A. T. Thomas, 
Owosso, Mich. 
OR SALE—a FIXE AND WELL-ASSORTED 
stock of  dry  goods, boots,  shoes,  hats, caps 
and gents' furnishiug goods, in live railroad and 
manufacturing  town of  from  50.)  to too  inhabi­
tants.  Only business of the kind in the locality. 
Other and more  important business requires the 
attention of the proprietor.  We court a thorough 
investigation  and  will  guarantee  a  profitable 
investment.  Address  No.  571,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

573

562

556

560

571

575

568

of  dry goods  and  gents’ furnishing  goods. 
Good point for  trade.  Reason for  selling, other 
business  requires  our  attention.  Address  No. 
568. care Michigan Tradesman. 

F or  s a l e  or  e x c h a n e—c l e a n  stock
F or  s a l e - c l e a n  n e w   stock  o f  d r y

goods, notions,  clothing,  furnishing  goods, 
shoes,  groceries,  cigars,  tobaccos  and  confec­
tionery, located in one of the best business towns 
in Michigan.  Doing  over $2,500  per month  spot 
cash  business.  Not  a  dollar  of  credit.  Stock 
will invoice about  $6,000.  Address  No. 549, care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
OR  SALE —GROCERY  AND  CROCKERY 
stock,  located  in  a  thriving  village  with 
1 800 inhabitants and  doing the largest  trade in 
the town.  Will  invoice about  $3,000.  Sales last 
year, $28,000.  Good  location  and  best  reasons 
for  selling,  Address  No  575,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman.  If  you  want a good  thing,  write.

549

561

550

I ilOR  SALE—CIGAR  AND TOBACCO  STORE, 

invoicing  about  $1,000, in  the  best  town in 
Michigan  and the  best  location in the  city.  A 
fine  opening  for  confectionery  in  connection. 
Can  give  good  reason  for  selling.  Will  want 
two-thirds cash.  Address Derby Cigar Factory 
Belding, Mich. 

F OR  SALE—STOCK  OF  DRUGS  AND  Fix­

tures, $1,200  or  less, in  good  location.  Es­
tablished  trade.  Will  sell  for  part  cash  and 
balance  on  time to good  party.  Good  opening 
for a physician.  Satisfactory reasons for selling. 
Fred  Brundage, Muskegon, Mich. 

F or  s a l e—n e w   a n d   f in e   c lo th ing

and  furnishing  goods  stock.  Good  cash 
trade.  Rent moderate.  In the fast growing city 
of Holland, Mich.  A good Investment for a man 
of  some  capital.  Address  Box  2167,  Holland, 
Mich. 
FOR  SALE —SMALL  STOCK  OF  DRUGS 
which will  invoice $709.  $500 cash, balance 
on time. 
dence to purchaser.  Rare  chance for  physician 
or young man.  Address  Doctor,  care Michigan 
Tradesman. 

FOR  SALE —CLEAN  STOCK  OF  STAPLE 

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 lo $3,500.  Liberal discount  for  cash.  For 
particulars,  address  No.  530,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

FOR  SALE—GROCERY  STOCK  AND  Fix­

tures in corner  store in desirable  portion  of 
city, having lucrative trade.  Best of reasons for 
selling.  Address No. 604, care Michigan Trades­
man. 

504

544

530

551

'92 sales, $1 600.  Will  rent or sell  resi­

MISCELLANEOUS.

370

DO  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.
F or  sa l e — good  d iv id e n d  - p a y in g
stocks in  banking, manufacturing  and mer 
cantile  companies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  St., 
Grand Rapids. 
Fo r  s a l e - b e s t  r e s id e n c e  lo t  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
rpWO  RESIDENCE  LOTS  IN  VILLAGE  OF 
-L  Belding  to  exchange  for  grocery  stock 
worth  $1,001  to  $1,500.  Will  pay  difference  in 
cash.  Address  No. 470, care  Michigan  Trades­
man. 
Fo r  sa l e  or  e x c h a n g e  a t  a  b a r -
gain—for house and  lot  in  Grand  Rapids— 
First-class flouring  mill in thriving village  near 
Grand Rapids.  Good farming country.  Reason 
for selling, death of owner. 
TAT ANTED—TO  CORRESPOND  WITH  SOME 
t ?   parties in regard to a good point for a saw­
mill.  State amount, kinds and price of logs, etc. 
Address Lock Box 1, Belding, Mich. 
TAT ANTED—DESIRABLE  LOCATION  FOR 
tt  hardware store.  Address, giving full  par­
ticulars  as to population of  town and  surround­
ing  country ana  rent of  building, No. 552, care 
Michigan Tradesman,__________________552

574

569

570

Note  the  extreme  low prices at which 
we are  now offering  our  Mason’s  Porce­
lain Lined Fruit  Jars.
Don’t  lose  any  orders  as  there  is  a 
good profit at the  price,  and the  demand 
has always been  heavier than the supply 
at this season.
Pints have  same size  mouth as quarts.

MASON’S 

I 
pr gr 

DANDY 
Covers. 

Caps. 

With  Boyd’s  Porcelain  Best Jars with Glass 
pr gr
Pints.........................6  75 Pints............................. 10 50
Quarts.....................7  00 Quarts..........................11 00
Half gallon  ...........   9 OOlIialf  gallons  ......... 14  00
No charge for package or cartage.  All 
Fruit  Jars  shipped  on  receipt of  order. 
Price  guaranteed.

H.  LEONARD  &  SONS,

- 

Grand  Rapids, 

Mich,
c m s x x r c   JR.OCT.
Wa pay th e  highest price to r it.  Address

PECK BROS.,

GRAND  RAffllf

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5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Praddex,  Cournyer  &  Harkness,  orna­
mental glass dealers, have sold their bus­
iness to  Ball  Bros.

The W. T.  Lamoreaux Co.  has adopted 
a telegraphic code  for  use  in  communi­
cating with its bean brokers.

A.  Op den Dyk  has  sold  the  Valley 
City  Coffee  Extract  Co.,  at  307  Alpine 
avenue,  to  S.  De Groot,  who  will  con­
tinue the business at  the  same  location.

With the market  value of  the stock  at 
150,  it would look as  though  the Alabas- 
tine Company was in no need of  increas­
ing  its  earning  capacity,  but  President 
Church has lately  struck a lead which  is 
likely  to  even  augment  the  handsome 
dividends  heretofore  paid.  Mr.  Church 
has discovered a process  by  which  Ala- 
bastine can  be so  made  that  cold  water 
may be used  in  preparing  it for use,  in­
stead of  warm water,  which  is  required 
with the present mixture.  Furthermore, 
kalsomine  prepared from goods made by 
the new process  will  remain in solution, 
without  hardening,  for  several  days—a 
virtue  entirely  lacking in the goods now 
turned out. 
It  will  be  readily seen that 
the  new  goods  will  probably  entirely 
supercede  the  present  preparation  as 
soon  as  they can  be gotten ready for the 
market.

The sixth  annual  picnic of  the  Retail 
Grocers’  Association,  which  was held  at 
Reed’s  Lake  last  Thursday,  was  the 
largest  gathering  of  the  kind  ever as­
sembled in Grand  Rapids—probably  the 
largest ever seen in the State.  The games 
and contests were  carried out with  little 
deviation  from the  programme,  the only 
feature abandoned  being  the  lying con­
test,  which  the  Judges were  obliged  to 
dispense  with, on  account  of  the  great 
number  of  entries,  which  would  have 
rendered  it  impossible  to  complete  the 
contest  before  morning.  The  package 
tying  contest  proved  to be an  event  of 
much  interest  and will  probably be con­
tinued  as  a  regular  feature  of  future 
picnics.  The  abandonment of  the  ban­
quet feature  appeared to meet  with gen­
eral  approval,  and  the  only thing which 
marred the pleasure of  the basket picnic 
was  the  lack  of  a  sufficient  number of 
tables and seats  to  accommodate  all  at 
one  time.  The  street  railway company 
handled the  crowd wonderfully well and 
received  much  commendation  for  the 
system with  which it handled the people 
and  the good  order it maintained on  its 
grounds  at  the  Lake.  The  company 
handled 17,500 people on its Reed’s Lake 
line Thursday  and  estimates  the  picnic 
crowd at 10,000 to 1:3,000.

Purely Personal.

Wm.  T.  Hess  is  confined  to his house
by an attack of inflammatory rheumatism.
Sidney F.  Stevens and wife are  spend­
ing a fortnight at the Northern Michigan 
resorts.

Miss  Anna  Ryan,  stenographer  for 
Hawkins & Co.,  has  returned  from Otta­
wa Beach,  where  she  spent  a  ten  days’ 
vacation.

L.  Randall  Hawkins,  assistant  book­
keeper for Hawkins* Company, is spend­
ing a couple of  weeks  at  Petoskey  and 
Mackinac.

Dr.  Josiah  B.  Evans  has  purchased  a 
lot  on  State  street,  adjoining  Wm.  A. 
Berkey  on  the  east,  and  will  erect  a 
handsome residence  thereon.

D. E.  McVean  has  purchased  a  resi­
dence  on  Salem  avenue,  between  Hall 
street and  Home  avenue, and  will  take 
possession of  his  new  home  in  about  a 
week.

Heman G.  Barlow  and  wife,  Chas.  N. 
Remington,  Jr.,  and wife,  and Mrs. M. S. 
Goodman have returned from a trip from 
Mackinac  Island  to  Collingwood and re­
turn.

E.  S.  Houghtaling,  the  Hart grocer,  is 
in 
town  to  attend  the  funeral  of  his 
father,  who died  Sunday as the  result of 
injuries  received  by  being  struck  and 
knocked down by  an  electric  street  car.
D. A.  Blodgett recently  gave his check 
for $5,000 for the  purchase of  a  suitable 
location  for  the  Childrens’  Home.  The 
ladies having the  matter  in  charge pur­
chased  the  I.  M.  Clark  homestead  for 
$6,650 and Mr. Blodgett  yesterday hand­
ed Capt.  H. N.  Moore  his  check  for  $1,- 
650,  to  complete  the  purchase  of  the 
property.

E.  A.  Withey and  wife  have  the sym­
pathy of  the fraternity  in  the  death  of 
their infant child,  who died  at  the  fam­
ily residence at  Vernon on  the 16th  and 
was buried on  the 18th.  The  little  fel­
low was ill  only  two  days  with  cholera 
infantum.  He  was  born  May  31, 1891, 
and had succeeded  in  entwining  the af­
fections  of  his  parents,  who  are  heart 
broken over his untimely  departure.

“I will wager a suit of  clothes against 
a hat that  a  man  cannot  converse  with 
Manley  Jones  twenty  minutes  without 
the 
latter’s  mentioning  the  name  of 
Charley  McCarty,”  remarked  Samuel 
M.  Lemon the other day.  “Manley  may 
discourse on  business,  philosophy or  re­
ligion,  but he finds it  utterly  impossible . 
to  avoid  working  in  the  name  of  his 
patron saint at the rate of three times an 
hour.”

Geo.  E.  Olney,  whose fatal  illness was 
referred  to  last  week,  died  at  Saranac 
Lake  on  the  16th  and  was  buried  at 
Thompson,  Conn.,  on the  19th,  the  fun­
eral being attended  by Wm.  Judson  and 
Roy Barnhart, of this city.  The deceased 
was  about 20 years of  age,  having  been 
born  in  this  city  and  educated  in  the 
schools here and at the military academy 
at  Orchard  Lake.  He  worked  in  the 
office of  the  Olney *  Judson  Grocer Co. 
a  year  as  assistant  book-keeper,  giving 
up his  position on the  advice of  a noted 
physician,  who assnred  him  that  he  re­
quired outdoor air and exercise.  He spent 
last summer with his family in Connecti­
cut  and  the winter in California,  return­
ing  to  Connecticut a couple  of  months 
ago  for the  summer.  Over  exercise  in 
the  course  of  a  ball  game  on  July  4 
brought  on  a  series  of  hemorrhages, 
which continued to the time of his death. 
He  was  a  young  man  of  amiable  dis­
position,  excellent  habits  and  bright 
prospects  and  The  T radesman  joins 
with  the  trade in expressing  to  the  be­
reaved family  sincere sympathy in  their 
affliction.

Bank  Notes.

Chandler Bros,  succeed Chandler Bros. 
& Co. in the  banking  business at  Frank­
fort—not bakery business,  as  erroneous­
ly stated last week.

Receiver  Giddings,  of the  defunct Na­
tional City Bank of Marshall, gives notice 
that on  September 1  he will  pay  an  ad­
ditional  15 per cent, dividend to creditors 
of that institution which,  with  what has 
been paid,  will amount to 85 per cent,  in 
all.

PEACHES!

1—I RICES  have been  ruling low, but on account of  the  poor quality of  the early varieties they 
were  not so cheap  after  all.  From  now  on  we  shall  be  drawing  in better  stock.  The 
Hale’s Early and  Early Michigan are  next, which  commenced  coming  this season  about 
the 22d inst.  The  trade  will  be supplied  mostly with  these  two varieties  between  now and the 
first week in September.

THEN  YOU  CAN  EXPECT  PEACHES.

H o n est  J o h n s,  R ed   C raw ford s,

B a rn a rd s  a n d   E a r ly   C ra w fo rd s
Follow the above  named.  If  you  are in the  market  it will  be  greatly to your  interest to corres­
pond with us at once.  Our quotations and market report will  be mailed  free to all our customers 
During the height of  the season we handle from

8  TO  12  HUNDRED  BUSHELS  DAILY,
Consequently can Bupply you to your own  satisfaction.  Write us.  Yours truly,

ALFRED  J.  BROWN, 

Seedsman  and  Fruit Commission Merchant,

24 & 26 N. Division St.,  Grand Rapids.

You  can  take  your  choice

OF  TWO  OF  THE

Best  Flat  Opening  Blank Books

In the Market.  Cost no more than the Old Style Hooks.  W rite for prices.

GRAND  RAPIDS  BOOK  BINDING  CO.,

2 9 -3 1   C an al  St., 

G rand  R a p id s,  M ich.

TRADE  WINNERS

All  Goods  Manufactured  by  Us, 

Quality the Best!  Purity Guaranteed!

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

KfflDGE,  KALMBACH  &  CO,

1 2 ,  1 4 ,  &   1 6   P E A R L   S T .

F a ll S e a s o n   1892.

GIVE  US  A  CAUL,  AND  SEE  OUR  COMPLETE  STOCK.

FACTORY  GOODS. 
JOBBING  GOODS.
WARM  GOODS. We never had so nice a line of shoes, slippers 
RUBBER  GOODS We  sell  the  best,  the  Boston  Rubber 

I f you want  the  best  wearing  quali­
ties, we make them.
We carry a fu ll line and can show you 
all the novelties of  the season at prices

and buskins, also felt boots and socks.

Shoe Co.’s.  Satisfaction guaranteed.

we know will be satisfactory.

B A N A N A S !

If  y o u   w a n t  la r g e   b u n c h e s  o f  th e  b est 

q u a lity ,  sen d   y o u r  o rd er  to
T H E   P U T N A M   C A N D Y   CO.

HAVE  AN  ORIGINAL  DESIGN 

tionery.  It don’t cost much.

W rite  to THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  They D o It.

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B U SIN E SS  L A W .

S u m m arized  D ecisio n s  from   C ourts  o f 

L a st  R esort.

L I A B I L I T Y   O F   L E S S O R .

According  to  the  decision  of  the Su­
preme Court  of  Wisconsin,  the  lessor of 
an hotel is not liable for injury to a guest 
by the falling of an  awning known to be 
unsafe,  unless  bound  by  his 
lease  to 
keep the awning in repair.

S W IN D L IN G ,  N O T   F O R G E R Y .

According to the  decision  of  the  Su­
preme Court of Georgia, one dealing with 
an illiterate person,  writing  a promisory 
note for him to execute, inserting therein 
an amount larger than that stipulated for, 
falsely and  fraudulently reading over the 
note as if  it  contained  the  true  amount, 
signing the  maker’s  name thereto at  his 
request, and also the  name  of  an attest­
ing  witness, the  maker  and  the witness 
both  subscribing  with  their  mark, com­
mits the  offense  of  cheating  and  swind­
ling,  but does  not  commit  the  offense of 
forgery.

C O N T R A C T   IN   R E S T R A IN T   O F   T R A D E .
Where a person entered as a  clerk  the 
employment of  a firm dealing in oils and 
drugs and machines for the soap and per­
fumery trades,  agreeing  not  to  take any 
other clerkship  nor  establish  himself in 
trade  within  a  radius  of  fifteen  miles, 
without  the  written  permission  of  the 
firm,  for  a  period  of  three  years  after 
leaving  such  employment,  the  English 
Court of Appeal  held that as the clerk in 
question was  not  to  engage  in  any kind 
of  business  without the written  permis­
sion  of  the  firm  the  contract  was  too 
broad,  and consequently was  void  as be­
ing in restraint of trade.

C E R T IF IC A T IO N   O F   CHECK.

The Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  Mass­
achusetts held that  where  a  bank  upon 
which a check is drawn fails  before  pay­
ment thereof,  though  it  is  presented  in 
due season, and  the  drawer,  in  his own 
behalf or for his own benefit,  had  it  cer­
tified  before delivering it to the payee, he 
was not discharged from liability  on  the 
check,  but that, on  the  other  hand,  the 
drawer  is  discharged  if  the  payee  or 
holder of the check,  in his own behalf or 
for  his  own  benifit,  gets  the  check 
certified 
instead  of  getting  it  paid. 
The  court 
that  the  existing  methods  of  doing 
business make the use of certified checks 
necessary,  the persons who receive  them 
can always  require  them  to  be  certified 
before  delivery. 
If  they  receive  them 
uncertified, and then present them to  the 
bank  for certification instead of payment, 
so far as the drawer is concerned the cer­
tification  should  be  considered  as  pay­
m ent”

said:  “If 

it  be 

true

a faint red line in?”

W a s th e  C lerk’s  A n sw er  Justified?
She  had  been  shopping—plain,  una­
dulterated  shopping,  for  an  hour,  and 
had all the goods from the shelves on the 
counter.  The clerk’s patience was gone.
“ Have  you  anything  besides  these?” 
she  enquired  with a wave  of  her  hand 
across the rejected stuffs.
“No,” he replied curtly.
“Have you  any dark  blue  ribbon with 
“No.”
“Have you  any dark  red  with  a  blue 
“No.”
She began to get warm.
“Have  you  any politeness?” she asked 
“ Yes,”  he responded coolly.
“Well, I’d  like  to see  some of  it,” she 
said,  sarcastically.
“I can’t show it  to  you, miss,”  he said 
firmly,  “ unless you  agree to take enough 
of it to justify me in showing it.”
Then  she  walked  out,  but  she  never 
reported the clerk.

line in it,  then?”

unexpectedly.

Once and You aie our Customer 

for life.

STANTON, MOREY & C0„ Mtrs.

D EX ROIT'M  ICH.

Geo. F. Owen, Salesman  for Western  Michigan, 

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

U S E

MILE-END
r ? ô ï c 5 m w
Best Six  Bori
IHaetiine  or  Hand  Use.

— FOB

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL

Dealers  in  Dry  Hoods & Notions
S elig  t a l Co.’s

Greatest  Seller  on  Earth!

There  is  in  London a firm  of  women 
tea  merchants  who  have  bought  an 
estate in Ceylon, and carry on their busi­
ness  entirely  through  women  blenders, 
tasters,  packers and  agents.  The rooms 
where  this  essentially  feminine  luxury 
is dispensed  in  London  are marvelously 
decorated  and  daintily  appointed  and 
are  becoming a favorite  rendezvous  for 
women.

Send for Illustrated  Catalogne.  See  prlce Hat 

ln this journal.

SCHILLING  CORSET  C0.f

Detroit. Mich, and Chicago, 111.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Current.
BDY  THE  PENINSULAR
Pits,  Sits,  a i  Overalls

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UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.Arrow Brand  5*4 
Adriatic.................. 7
“  World Wide.  6
A rgyle....................   6
“  LL.................  4X
Atlanta AA..............6
Pull Yard Wide.......6X
Atlantic  A ..............   SX
H.............. SH
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Georgia  A...............  6)4
Honest Width..........6(4
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P .............  5X
Hartford A  ..............5
D ..............   6
“ 
Indian Head............  7
“  LL................5
King A  A...................6X
Amory...................... 6X
King EC.  ...............   5
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Lawrence  L L ........   4%
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5)4 
Madras cheese cloth 6X
Blackstone O, 32—   5
Newmarket  G.........SX
Black Crow............. 6
B  ........ 5
Black  Rock  ............6
N ..........SX
Boot, AL.................  7
D D ....  &X
Capital  A .................5*4
x ........ex
Cavanat Y ............... 5X
Chapman cheese cl.  334 Nolbe R...................   5
Clifton  C R ..........5*4  Our Level  Best...... 6X
Comet....................6X  Oxford  R................   6
Pequot......................  7
Dwight Star.........  6X 
Clifton CCC.......   6X 
Solar.........................  6
|Top of the  Heap__ 7
ABC................... 8X
Geo. Washington...  8
Glen Mills...............  7
A m azo n ........................ 8
Gold  Medal.............   7X
Amsburg..................7
Green  Ticket.......... 8X
Art  Cambric........... 10
Great Falls..............   6)4
Blackstone A A.......  7
Hope......................... 7X
Beats A ll..................  4X
Just  Out.......  4X@ 5
Boston..................... 12
King  Phillip............7X
Cabot........................   7
Cabot,  X................6X
OP.......7X
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Charter  Oak............5X
Lonsdale............  @  8X
Conway W .................7X
Middlesex.........  @ 5
Cleveland..............  7
No Name..................  7X
Dwight Anchor.......8X
Oak View................ 6
shorts.  8
Edwards...................  6
Our Own..................  5X
Empire.....................   7  ¡Pride of the W est.. .12
Farwell....................   7*4 Rosalind...................7%
Fruit of the  Loom.  8XlSunlight...................  4%
Utica  Mills..............8X
Fitchville  .............. 7
“  Nonpareil  ..10
First Prize...............7
Vlnyard...................   8X
Fruit of the Loom X.  7X
White Horse...........   6
Falrmount...............  4%
“  Rock............. 8X
Full Value...............¿X
Cabot........................   7  ¡Dwight Anchor.......8X
Farwell.................... 8 

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

|

CANTON  FLANNEL.

Unbleached. 

Housewife  A ............4X

Bleached. 
Housewife  Q—  R

■ 5*
6X
S 
.........7X
T ........... 8
U.......... 8X
V.
W.
X.
Y. 
Z  .

9X 
• 10X 
.11 
.12 
.13

.  8 
8X 
..»X
M  ...........10
N ............ 10H
O............ 11*4
P..............14

“ 
“ 

Amoskeag................12*4
9os.......13(4
brown .13
Andover...................114
Beaver Creek  AA... 10 
B B ...  9
CC....
Boston  Mfg Co.  br..  7 

“ 
“ 
“ 
blue  8*4 
“  d a  twist  10*4 

Columbian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.19

“ 

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

“  Persian dress 8X 
Canton  ..  8X
“ 
“ 
AFC......... 10X
“ 
Teazle...10X 
“ 
Angola.. 10X 
Persian..  8X 
“ 
Arlington staple—   6*4 
Arasapha  fancy—   4X 
Bates Warwick dres 8X 
staples.  6X
Centennial..............  10X
Criterion.................10X
Cumberland  staple.  5X
Cumberland............ 5
Essex.......................... 4X
Elfin..........................  7X
Everett classics.......8X
Exposition.................7X
Glenarie...................  614
Glenarven..................6X
Glen wood...................7X
Hampton.................... 6X
Johnson Chalon cl  X 
Indigo bine 9X 
zephyrs__16

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue........... 12 X
brown........12X
Haymaker blue.......7X
brown...  7X
Jeffrey.......................lix
Lancaster..................12X
Lawrence, 9 oz.........13X
No. 220... 13
NO.250....UX
No.280. ...10X

“ 
“ 
“ 
GINGHAMS.
Lancaster,  staple...  7 
fancies ....  7 
“ 
“  Normandie  8
Lancashire.................6X
Manchester__  .......5X
Monogram................. 6X
Normandie.................7X
Persian....................... 8X
Renfrew Dress...........7X
Rosemont...................6X
SlatersvlUe................6
Somerset.....................7
Tacoma  .....................7X
Toll  duNord.......... 10X
Wabash....................   7X
seersucker..  7X
Warwick.................  8X
Whlttenden................6X
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  6X
Westbrook............... 8
............... 10
Wlndermeer............ 6
Y ork.......................... 6X

GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag................ 16X| Valley City.................16
Stark........................  19X Georgia.....................15
American.................16  ¡Pacific........................13

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour's................. 88
Coats’, J. A P ..........45  Marshall’s ................. 88
Holyoke....................22x1
White.  Colored.

White.  Colored.

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

KNITTING  COTTON.
No.  14. 
“ 
16. 
18. 
*• 
20 .
*• 

CAMBRICS.

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

Edwards.................   4X
Lockwood.................. 4X
Wood’s ....................   4X
Brunswick.............  4X

BSD  FLANNEL.

Fireman................... 32 X
Creed more............... 27X
Talbot XXX.............30
Nameless..................27X

T W ...........................Z2X
F T ..............  
SiX
J R F , XXX............. 35
Buckeye...................32 x

MIXED  FLANNEL.

CARPET  WARP.

“ 

Peerless,  white.......17V4|Integrity  colored...20
“ colored______19*4 White Star.................18
Integrity..................18Xl 
“  colored..20
Hamilton  ...................8  (Nameless.................. 20
.25 
■ 27* 
.30 
32(4 
35

9
...................IOX
G G  Cashmere........ 20
Nam eless................16
.................18

DRESS  GOODS.

“ 

“ 

CORSETS.

PRINTS.

CORSET  JEANS.

Wonderful..................94 50
Brighton........................4 75
Bortree’s ....................   9 00
Abdominal..................15 00

Corallne...................99 50
Schilling’s .................9 00
Davis  Waists  ....  9  00
Grand  Rapids......... 4 50
Armory.................... 6*41N aumkeag satteen..  7
Androscoggin..........7*4 Rockport....................6X
Blddefora...............   6  Conestoga...................6X
Brunswick...............8X| Walworth..................  634
Allen turkey  reds..  6  ¡Berwick fancies..:.  5*4
robes............  6  Clyde  Rooes............
pink a purple 6  Charter Oak fancies 4X
bu ffs............  6  (Del Marine eashm’s.  6
mourn’g  6
pink  checks.  6 
staples........   6  I Eddy stone fancy...  6
chocolat  6
shirtings...  4X 
American  fancy....  5X 
rober—   6
American Indigo__  5x! 
sateens..  6
American shirtings.  4X Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
staple—   6
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  4  Manchester  fancy..  6 
Arnold 
new era.  6
Arnold  Merino.......6  Merrimack D fancy.  6

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

....  6X 

“ 

r‘ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

long cloth B.lOXiMerrtm’ckahlrtlngs. 4X
“ 
Repp furn.  8(4
C.  8(4 
century cloth  7
“ 
Pacific fancy...........6
gold seal.....10(4
“ 
robes...............6X
Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  green seal TR10X 
Simpson mourning..  6
“  yeUow seal.. 10X
“ 
serge........... lift
greys.........6
solid black.  6 
“  Turkey red.. 10X 
Ballon solid black..  5 
Washington Indigo.  6 
“  Turkey robes ..  7%
“ 
colors.  5X
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes___ 7(4
red and  orange...  5(4
“  plain T*ky X X  8(4 
Berlin solids............  5(4
“  X...10
“ 
11  Ottoman  Tur­
“  oil blue.........6X
key red....................6
“  “  green  —   6X
Martha Washington
"  Foulards....  5(4
Turkey red X .........7%
“  red X _____   ?
Martha Waahlngton
“ 
“  X ............  9X
Turkey red...........   9(4
“  “  4 4......... 10
“  “  3-4XXXX 12
Rlverpolnt robes__  5
Cocheco fancy........ 6
Windsor fancy.........  6(4
“  madders...  6 
“  XXtwills..  6(4 
Indigo  Dine...........10X
“ 
5X ¡Harmony..................   4*4
TICK IN G S.
AC  A......................12(4
Pemberton AAA__ 16
York..........................10X
Swift River............. 714
Pearl  River............. 12
Warren..................... 13

Amoskeag AC A  ... 12X
Hamilton N .................  7(4
D ..................8X
Awning.. 11
Farmer..................... 8
First Prise...................11X
Lenox M ills............18
COTTON  DRILL.
Atlanta,  D ...............6X1 Stark  A 
Boot...............................6*4 No Name...................7%
Clifton, K....................  6*4 ¡Top 

gold  ticket

solids

“ 
“ 

“ 

..............  8
of Heap........   9

Grey S R W .............. 17X
Western W  .............. 18X
D R  P ..............  
18X
Flushing XXX.........23X
Manitoba..................23X

DO MET  FLANNEL.

“
“

@iox12X

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
13
9X
15
IOX
17
11X
20
18X

Brown. Black. Slate. Brown. Black.
13
15
17
20

9X 13
10X 15
11X 17
12X 20
DUCKS

Red A Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R .................. 22X
Windsor.................. 18X
6 oz Western...........20
Union  B ..................22X
Nameless.......8  @  9X| 
.......8X@10  I 

“ 
Slate.
9X
iox 
lix
12X
Severen. 8 oz...........   9X
May 1 and, 8 oz..........10X
Greenwood, 7X oz..  9X 
Greenwood, 8 os— 11X 
Boston, 8 oz.............. 10X

West  Point, 8 oz— 10X 
10 oz  ...12X
“ 
Raven, lOoz..............13X
..............13X
Stark 
Boston, 10 oz.............12X

“ 

WADDINGS.

|

BILESIAS.

White, dos...............25  ¡Per bale, 40 d o i__ 97 50
Colored,  doz............20 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Red Cross....  9
Best............. 10X
Best AA....... 12X
L.................................. 7X
G..................................8X
Cortlcelli, doz.........75  [Cortlcelll  knitting,

Pawtucket................... 10 X
Dundle........................9
Bedford.....................10X
Valley  City..............WX
K K ............................10X

SEWING  SILK.

2 
8 

No  1 Bl’k A White..10 

twist, doz. .37X|  per Xoz  ball.........30
50 yd, doz. .37X1
HOOKS AND ETBS—FEB GROSS.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

|No  4 Bl’k A White..15 
..20
..25
|No4—15 F  3X............ 40
|

..12  “ 8 
..12  | “  10 

PINS.

No 2-20, M C......... 50 
8-18, S C ...........45 

No  2 White A Bl’k..l2  ¡No  8 White A Bl’k..20 
.28
..26
.86

COTTON  TAPE.
..15  “ 10 
..18  | “  12 
8AFBTT  FINS.
|N o3..

No 2..........................28 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

4 
6 

NEEDLES—PER  M.

“ ....2  10 

A.James...................1  40|Steamboat  ...  .........  40
Crowely’s.................1  35 Gold  Eyed................1  50
MarshaU’s ................1 00|
5—4. ...2 25  6—4. ..3 25|5—4....1  95  6—4. ..St  95 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

...8 10|
COTTON TWINES.

" 

Cotton Sail Twine. .28  Nashua.................... 18
Crown......................12  Rising Star 4-ply— 17
Domestic................ 18X 
3-ply....17
Anchor....................16  North Star................. 20
Bristol......................13  Wool Standard 4 plyl7X
Cherry  Valley.........15  Powhattan...............18
I X L ......................... 18X
Alabama.................. tk
Alamance................... 6X
Augusta.....................7X
Ar- sapha.................  6
Georgia.....................  6X
Granite....................  5*
Haw  River..............  5
Haw  J ......................*

Mount  Pleasant..
Oneida...................
Prymont............... •
Randelman..........
Riverside.............
Sibley  A ...............
Toledo..................

PLAID  OSNABUBGS

•  6X
.  5
.  6
.  6*4
6)4

THE  MICHIGAN  THAJDESM^JST,

7

INCONSISTENCY  OF  CREDIT.

T he  D ifferen ce  B etw een   T ru sting  for 

G oods  an d  L en ding M oney.

If  consistency be a jewel, there are no 
priceless treasures daugling at the throat 
of  the  Great  American  Credit  System. 
We extend credit favors  on bills of  mer­
chandise to almost everybody who knocks 
at the door of our offices, yet hesitate be­
fore we lend a few  dollars to  our neigh­
bor,  who is  unquestionably  responsible. 
We  persuade  So  and  So to  carry  home 
sundry  and  divers  articles  from  our 
stock,  and  cheerfully  “Put 
it  on  the 
slate,” yet are appalled at the thought of 
lending  him  in  cash  an  amount  one- 
tenth as  large.  We willingly,  aye  glad­
ly,  force  upon  him  goods  that  he does 
not need  and cannot use,  and take his I. 
O.  U. without  so  much  as a  thought  of 
security, but  refuse  point  blank  to  ad­
vance a  much  smaller  amount  in  cash 
without a mortgage on  all he owns.
Don’t  you  believe  it?  Well,  listen  to 
this  story  told  by  a  wealthy  wholesale 
merchant who  was  formerly  engaged in 
the retail business.  Says he:
“ 1  had  been  retailing  hardware  for 
fifteen  years,  and  during  that 
time, 
bought  largely  from  a  big  wholesale 
house  in Chicago.  1 venture to say that 
purchases from that one house amounted 
in fifteen years to at least $35,000. 
i was 
rated fairly well by the commercial agen­
cies,  and was never asked to give a state­
ment  or  any  security.  One  day  I con­
cluded  to  go to Chicago,  partly  on busi­
ness,  partly  for  pleasure.  For  several 
reasons  my  stay  in  the  city  was  pro­
longed  beyond  my  expectations,  and  on 
the day that 1 decided  to  return  home I 
found  that 1 didn’t  have  money enough 
left  to  pay  my  hotel  bill  and  railroad 
fare.  At first I was somewhat dismayed, 
but,  after thinking the  matter over,  con­
cluded  to borrow  $10,  which  was  all  I 
needed,  from  the  bouse  1  bought  the 
most goods of. 
If  any man had intimat­
ed that I  would have any difficulty in get­
ting  the  money, I should  have  said  he 
was crazy.  Well, I dropped  into the of­
fice,  and  being  slightly  acquainted with 
the cashier,  1 stated the facts to him,  and 
asked to be accommodated  to  the extent 
of  $10.  He  glanced  at  me  rather  sus­
piciously and said:  ‘Why  yes—that  is,  I 
suppose it will—guess it’s all  right,  but, 
really,  you  know—suppose  you  ask  the 
manager.’
“The manager was called and to him I 
repeated my story.  He  assumed  a very 
important  look  and  surveyed  me  from 
head to foot.  Mind  you, I was no stran­
ger, as 1 had visited that  house  a  dozen 
times,  and on several  occasions had paid 
that same cashier  more than  $1,000 at  a 
time, and  in  the  next  hour  bought  as 
much more stuff from that same manager. 
Well,  after  he  had  sized  me  up  to  his 
heart’s  content,  he  said:  ‘We, of course, 
would be  glad to accommodate you,  Mr. 
Blank,  and suppose  we will have to do it. 
But let us step into the  president’s office 
and  see what  he  says.’  By  this  time I 
was ready to kick  myself  for having re­
quested  the  loan,  but  I  followed 
the 
cautious  manager  into  the august pres­
ence of  the head of  the house.  For  the 
third time my  story  was  told,  although 
this time  the  manager  did  the  talking, 
and  he  told  it  in  the  most  patronizing 
way, concluding with  the statement that 
he  thought it  would  be  all right.  The 
president looked me over carefully. 
If 1 
wasn’t  any  bigger  than I felt, he  could 
not have  seen  me  without  the  aid  of  a 
microscope.  Why, sir, think of it—only 
two  days  before  1  had  bought  a  bill 
amounting to $300  from  that house,  and 
less  than  two  weeks  previous  had  re­
mitted  to  them  a  draft  for  twice  that 
amount.  You  could  have  knocked  me 
down  with a feather when the president 
rose from his chair,  and,  asking to be ex­
cused, 
took  the  manager  outside  the 
private office and talked the matter over. 
Then they summoned the cashier and the 
three  discussed  the  situation  for  a few 
moments.  After  a  while, 
they  sum­
moned  me  up  to  the  cashier’s  window, 
and  that  worthy  wrote  out  a  receipt 
which  he  requested  me  to  sign.  The 
president  and  manager  stood  by to  see 
that I signed it properly, after which the 
cashier rather gingerly  handed me  a ten 
dollar bill. 
I was silly enough to take it.

The only reason I can  give for accepting 
the money  after  what  bad  transpired is 
that the  treatment I received  had  dazed 
me for the  time  being.  After  I got  out 
on  the  street  1  could  have  cried  from 
mortification,  and  once  I  turned  back 
with  the intention of  returning the  mon­
ey  and 
telling  them  what  I  thought 
about  them.  But  I  didn’t.  When  1 
reached  home  1 lost  no  time  in sending 
them a draft for the amount. 
‘Did I quit 
trading  with  them?’  Why no;  come  to 
think of  it,  I expect I would  have  done 
exactly the  same  thing. 
I know I  have 
acted  as  inconsistently  with  customers 
It’s  the most  natural  thing  in 
of mine. 
the world.”
Here is a practical  illustration  of  one 
of the points claimed  at  the  opening  of 
this  article.  The  others  are proven by 
instances that transpire every day, either 
in the  manufacturing, the  wholesale  or 
the retail establishments of  the  country.

The  Field  of Gettysburg: 

is to the old soldier  and  the  student  the 
most interesting of  all  the  earth’s  battle 
grounds.  Those who  go  to  Washington 
to attend the encampment of the G.  A.  R. 
in September,  will have  the  best  oppor­
tunity  of visiting  Gettysburg  by  taking 
the line of the Michigan Central  and  the 
Northern Central,  which  includes a  side 
trip to Gettysburg either going or return­
ing.  For  those  who  wish  to  return  by 
way  of  Philadelphia,  all  return  tickets 
will be honored either  via the  short  line 
or  via  Philadelphia,  allowing  stop-over 
at  Baltimore,  Philadelphia  and  Harris­
burg.  The stop at Philadelphia will per­
mit of a side  trip  to  New  York  and  re­
turn at the low rate of $4.00.
During the  summer  season  the Michi­
gan Central gives  the  privilege  of  stop­
ping  over  at  Niagra Falls  at  any  time 
within  the  life  of  the  ticket  returning, 
upon depositing it with the ticket  Agent 
there,  affording a valuable opportunity to 
see the beauties of the great cataract and 
vicinity at leisure.
Tickets are also sold to Washington via 
Toledo and the lines south and east there­
from.
The  Michigan  Central  is  the  shortest 
route, the best  route,  and  offers  induce­
ments that no other line  can  give.  For 
any additional information apply to near­
est Michigan  Central  ticket  agent  or  to 
J. S.  Hall,  Mich.  Pass.  Agent,  Jackson, 
Mich. 
468

Women Wild for Cheap Goods.

A Zanesville, Ohio, dispatch  notes  the 
following interesting condition of things:
War between  rival  dry  goods  dealers, 
Drucker  and  Sturtevant,  over  corset 
sales,  led  to  a  mob  of  women  taking 
possession of  each  store,  breaking  show 
cases  and  counters  and  compelling the 
proprietors to close their doors.  Rivalry 
had been going on for a week, and finally 
corsets  were  advertised  Saturday  at  5 
and  then 1 cent.  Nearly  1,000  women 
surrounded  each  store,  and  after  the 
doors were closed  one  dealer  threw cor­
sets from a second-story  window and the 
women scrambled in the street  for them.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

Hardware Price Current.

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

60
Snell’s ................................................................. 
Cook’s ................................................................  
40
35
Jennings’,genuine..........................................  
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................... 50*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.............................3 7 50

AUGURS AND BITS. 

AXES.

D.  B. Bronze..................................  12 00
S.B .S. Steel...................................   8 58
D. B. Steel.......................................  13 50

BARROWS. 

Railroad...........................................................8 14 00
Garden......................................................  net  30 00

bo lts. 

BUCKETS.

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

Well,  plain........................................................3 8 50
Well, swivel.....................................  ..............  4 00

dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................68*10

BUTTS, CAST. 

dlS.

dls.

“ 
‘ 
‘ 

, 

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

..........................................  
BLOCKS.

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1892................. 

50

Grain...........................................................dls. 50*08

CRADLES.

CROW B.ARS.

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

CAPS.

5
65
60
35
60

CARTRIDGES.

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

50
35

CHISELS. 

dlS.

Socket Firmer.................................................70*10
Socket Framing................................................70*18
Socket Corner...................................................70*10
Socket Slicks.................. .................................70*10
40
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................... 

dls.
Curry,  Lawrence’s .............................................. 
Hotchkiss............................................................. 
White Crayons, per gross............... 12©1294 dls. 10

combs. 

c h a lk.

40
35

COPPER.

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size.........per pound 
14x53,14x56,14x60 .......................... 
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................... 
 
Cold Rolled, 14x48................................ 
Bottoms...............  
Morse's  Bit  StockB........................................  
Taper and straight Shank..............................  
Morse’B Taper Shank....................................... 

 
DRILLS. 

 

38
36
33
33
35
50
50
50

d ls .

DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser pound.................................... 
07
Large sizes, per pound......................................  6ft

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In...............................doz. net 
75
OOROgaMd...............................................dls 
40
Adjustable................................................dls.  40*10
an.

EXPANSIVE BITS.

Clark’s, small, 318; large, 336 .........................  
Ives’, 1, 318; 2, 334 ; 8, 338 ............................... 

80
35

piles—New List. 

dls.

Dlsston’s ............................................................60*10
New  Amerloan................................................. 60*10
Nicholson’s ...................................................... 60*10
Heller’s ..............................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps....................................... 
50

GALVANIZED IRON.

dls.

Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  34;  35  and  26;  27 
List 

13 

12 

15 

28
16 17

Discount, 60

14 
GAUGES. 

dls.

dls.

dls. 60
dls. 60

MATTOCKS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

MOLASSES GATES. 

knobs—New List. 

50
56
55
55
55
70
55
55
55
56

Advance over base: 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ........................ 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...................... 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................... 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
Door,  porcelsln, trimmings........................... 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain....................  
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
Mallory, Wheeler  *  Co.’s..............................  
Branford’s ........................................................ 
Norwalk’s ........................................................ 
Adze Eye.............................................316.00, 
Hunt Rye.............................................815.00, 
Hunt’s ..........................................318.50, dls. 20*10.
dlS.
50
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
dls.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
“  P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
40
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Cls ik’s ................... 
40
30
......................................... 
"  Enterprise 
dlS.
Stebbin’s Pattern..............................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine................ 
60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25
NAILS
Steel nails, base........................................................ 1 85
Wire nails, base........................................................ 1 90
Steel.  Wire.
60...........................................................Base 
Base
10
50...........................................................Base 
25
06 
40 .......................................................... 
30..........................................................  
25
10 
35
15 
20..........................................................  
16..........................................................  
45
16 
12..........................................................  
45
15 
50
10 ...........................................................  20 
8..............................................................  25 
60
7 *  6 ......................................................  40 
75
4..............................................................  60 
90
1  20
3............................................................1 00 
2............................................................1  50 
1 60
Fine 3......................................... j .......160 
160
Case  10 .................................................  60 
65
“  8 .................................................  75 
75
«  6..................................................  90 
90
75
Finish 10...............................................   85 
8.............................................. 1  00 
90
»  6.............................................. 1  15 
1 10
70
Clinch^ 10..............................................   85 
“  8............................................... 1  00 
80
6.............................................1  15 
90
“ 
B arren*...............................................175 
175
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy...................................   ©40
Sclota  Bench....................................................   ©60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................   ©40
Bench, first quality..........................................   ©80
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  *10
Fry,  Acme.................................................dls.60—10
70
Common,  poUshed................................... dls. 
dls.
Iron and- Tinned.............................................. 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.................................. 50—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
"B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

patent planished iron.

r u n s .  

rivets. 

PANS.

Broken packs 94o per pound extra.

dls.

• 

HAMMERS.

dlS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Maydole  *  Co.’s ........................................ dls. 
25
Kip’s ............................................................ dls. 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s .....................................dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__ 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. 494  14  and
longer................................................ ............ 
394
Screw Hook and  Rye, 94..........................net 
i0
94......................net  894
“ 
“ 
“  M......................net  794
“ 
“ 
“ 
* ......................net  794
Strap and T ................................................ dls. 
50
Bam Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50*10
Champion,  antl-frictlon................................  60*10
Kidder, wood track......................................... 
40
Pots..................................................................... 60*10
Kettles..............................................................   60*10
Spiders  .............................................................. 60*10
Gray enameled..................................................40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware..............................   .new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware........................................  
35
Granite Iron W are........................new list 3394*10
Bright........................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Ryes................................................. 70*10*10
Hook’s ..........................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes........................ 
70*10*10
<Hs.7o
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .......................
Sisal, 94 Inch and larger................................ 
Manilla..............................................................  13
dls.
Steel and Iron..................................................  
Try and Bevels................................................. 
Mitre.................................................................. 

75
60
30
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
32 95
3 05
8 05
3 15
3 25
3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 14..........................................34 05 
Nos. 15 to 17.........................................   4 05 
Nos.  18 to 21.......................................  4  06 
Nos. 32 to 34 ........................................   4  05 
Nos. 25 to 26 ........................................   4  35 
No. 27....................................................  4 45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List aect. 19, ’86..........................................dls. 
SUver Lake, White A ................................list 
Drab A.....................................  “ 
“ 
“  White  B..................................  “ 
“ 
Drab B.....................................   “ 
“  White C.....................................“ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

levels. 
ROPES.

WIRE goods. 

SHEET IRON.

squares. 

50
50
55
50
55
35

dls.

994

Discount, 10.

sash w e ig h t s.

dls.

saw s. 

TRAPS. 

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

“ 
SUver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,__  
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__  
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot__  
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot................................................. 

Solid By es................................................ per ton 325
30
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game........................................................60*10
Onelaa Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s __  
70
Mouse,  choker.......................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion..................................31.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market..................................................   66
Annealed Market............................................. 70—10
Coppered Market.............................................   60
Tinned Market.................................................  6394
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..................................  3 00
painted.......................................  2 55

w ir e . 

dls.

“ 

WRENCHES. 

40*10
Au  Sable  ..............................................dls. 
dls. 06
Putnam.............................................. 
N orthwestern...................................  
dls. 10*10
dls.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,....................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75*10
dls.
Bird Cages...................................................... 
50
71*10
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
Screws, New lis t ..............................................70*10
Casters, Bed  a  d Plate.................. 
50*10*10
Dampers, American........................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods........ 61*10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

METALS.

PIG TIN.

 

ZINC.

26c
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large......................................................... 
Pig Bars................................................... 
 
Duty:  Sheet, 294c per pound.
600 pound  casks...............................................  6*
Per pound......................................................... 
7
94@94.........................................................................16
Extra W iping......................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder m the market Indicated by uHvate brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson............................................per  pound
Hallett’s .......................................... 
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............. ..............................8 7 50
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

Each additional X on this grade, 31.75.

“ 
“ 
“ 

13

“ 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

10x14 IC,  Charcoal...........................  ............3 6  75
6  75
14x20 IC, 
8  35
10x14 IX, 
14x20 EX, 
9 25

TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

Bach additional X on this grade 31.50.

 
 
 
ROOFING PLATES

“  Worcester......................—   6  50
.............................  8 50
“ 
“ 
...........................   18  50
“  Allaway  Grade.....................  6 00
“ 
“ 
“ 
" 
“ 
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x30 10, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x2010, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
30x28 IX, 
14x28  IX..................................................................314 03
14x31  IX...............................................................15
10
iix60 i l l  *”  

I B°V.er*’ \ per pound  .. 

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7 60
9 26
9 25

7 50
12 60
15 50

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Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s  Association.

▲  W EEK LY   JO U RN A L  D EVOTED  TO  TH E

Retail  Trade  of the  Wolilerine State.

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please  say that  you  saw  their  advertisement in 
T h e   M ic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n .

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  AUGUST  24,  1892.

TELEGRAPHING  TO  THE  STARS.
Something like a year ago a munificent 
and  public-spirited  lady  offered  to  do­
nate a considerable sum of  money to any 
person  who would discover and bring in­
to  practice  any  device  for  establishing 
communication  with  the  inhabitants  of 
any  of  the  stars.  A  Mr.  Galton,  con­
nected  with  the  Kew  observatory, Eng­
land,  has proposed to get  up a system of 
communication  with  the  inhabitants  of 
Mars  by  means  of  lights  to  be Hashed 
from  mirrrors.

Any  proposition for the opening of in­
telligible  intercourse  between  the  peo­
ple of  our earth and those of any  of  the 
heavenly  bodies,  assumes  that some,  at 
least,  of  those  bodies,  are  inhabited  by 
creatures  intelligent,  ingenious  and  as 
much advanced  in science  and construc­
tive  arts as ourselves.  There is certain­
ly nothing  unreasonable  in  the supposi­
tion  that  some  of  the  celestial  spheres 
may be  habitable,  and  that  by creatures 
much  like  the  men  and  women of  our 
earth.

Apparently,  some of the planets of our 
system are so close to the sun,  that  reas­
oning upon the theories which  have been 
formulated  concerning  them,  we  must 
conclude that their  climates  are too  hot 
to  permit  the  existence  of  human  life 
there.  This  is supposed  to  be  the case 
with  Mercury  and  Venus.  Then  there 
are  others,  such as  Jupiter, Saturn  and 
Uranus,  which are so far  away  from the 
source  of  solar  heat  as to be, according 
to the  calculations  of  the  astronomers, 
too cold to support any  animal  life with 
which  we  are  acquainted.  Mars,  how­
ever,  occupies  a  position  which  is  not 
supposed to  be  unfavorable  to  the  con­
ditions required for human  existence.

The day  in  Mars  is  about  as  long as 
ours  and the  year  about twice  as  long. 
By consequence,  the seasons  of  the year 
would  be twice  as long  as  ours,  winter, 
spring,  summer  and  autnmn  lasting for 
nearly six months each,  instead or three, 
as we count them.  Moreover,  Mars is so 
much  further  from  the  sun than  is  our 
earth,  the distance varying from  120,000, 
000  to  240,000,000  miles,  while  our  dis­
tance is about  90,000,000  on an average, 
that we must suppose  the climate of  the

TEDE  MICHIGAN  TRA-DESMAJS

red  planet  to  be  very  cold.  Some  as­
tronomers  have  concluded  that  if  men 
live there they  must live  much  like  the 
Esquimaux  and  Greenlanders. 
If  so  it 
is not likely that they are  sufficiently in­
telligent to have acquired any notions of 
astronomy or of telegraphing with lights.
But  the  greatest  difficulty,  even  if 
there are  intelligent  people  there,  is  to 
secure some  concert of  action.  Suppos­
ing they are  as intelligent  as we, and al­
lowing that they have as good  telescopes 
as ours,  it would require a vast length of 
time  to  engage  the  inhabitants  of  the 
two  worlds  in  any  system  of  corres­
pondence.  We must bring the people  of 
Mars to the same mind with  ourselves in 
order to  secure any such concert.

thought 

The only way any such correspondence 
can be secured is by  spiritual  projection 
or 
transference.  When  St. 
John,  St.  Paul and  other  holy  men  had 
reached  a  requisite  spiritual  exaltation 
they were able, without leaving the earth, 
to  be  informed  of  matters  which  were 
taking  place  in  the  spiritual  heavens. 
We have this  on  their own  declaration. 
Even  Mohammed  claimed  to  have  been 
transported  spiritually  into  the  upper 
heavens.  Why may  not  such privileges 
be given for this  spiritual  projection  in­
to the planetary  worlds?

in 

transactions 

Men seem  sometimes  to be gifted with 
ability to know by some  sort  of  thought 
transference 
distant 
parts of  our own earth with  which there 
is  no  immediate  communication  and  it 
seems to  be  the  result  of  some  refine­
ment  of  the 
spiritual  or  intellectual 
powers.  We  do  not  understand 
the 
spiritual  part of our natures  nor can  we 
prescribe 
for  their  operation. 
Some intellectual  process  may  bring  us 
in  communication  with  the  people  of 
Mars.  There seems to  be no  other way.

limits 

in 

Every  young 

THE  MAGIC  OP  MODERN  SCIENCE
lawyer  and  physician 
while  undergoing  the  tedious  and  un­
profitable probation of waiting  for  prac­
tice,  has been  told  that  while  the  lower 
rounds  of  the  professional 
ladder  are 
crowded with  aspirants  for  fortune  and 
fame,  there is plenty of room at the top.
While  this  sort  of  encouragement  is 
itself,  it 
wise  and  worthy  enough 
really offers but little  consolation  to  the 
impatience of youth,  besides  offering  no 
the  filling  of  an 
contribution  towards 
empty purse. 
It  must  be  allowed  that 
there is but  little  immediate  encourage­
ment to  the  junior  members of  the  two 
learned  professions  mentioned  above, 
and if there  are  any  other  avenues  for 
the energy and intelligence of young men 
who have no taste  or  aptitude  for  com­
mercial  pursuits, 
to  be 
brought  prominently  before  the  public. 
It is  with  this  view  that  the  following 
is suggested.

they  ought 

This is pre-eminently the age of physi­
cal science, of machinery,  electricity and 
chemistry.  These  wonderful  agencies 
are  enabling  the  human  race to-day  to 
realize  the  wild  dream  of  that  ancient 
period  when  men  were  supposed  to  be 
able to wield the powers of magic  and to 
command the genii and  afrites  that  pre­
sided over the forces of  nature  and  had 
custody  of  their  hidden  treasures.  We 
do not possess Aladdin’s lamp,  nor do we 
seek to unfold the secrets of  the  “elixir 
of life”  and  the  “philosopher’s  stone,” 
but we work with  our  science  wonders 
i more astonishing and  vastly  more  valu­

able than were ever attributed to ancient 
magic.

When we consider that the  potentiali­
ties of  science  are  merely  in  their  in­
fancy we are brought to realize  that  the 
greatest sphere of  usefulness  and  profit 
possible for human intelligence is in  the 
study and  elucidation  of  the  secrets  of 
machinery,  electricity  and  chemistry. 
Not only are there enormous possibilities 
of  pecuniary  profit  in  it,  but  there  is 
fame,  too.  With the greatest respect for 
the  legal  profession,  it  is  doubtful  if 
there  is  a  lawyer  in  the  whole  world 
whose name is as widely known as is that 
of  Edison,  the  electrician,  or  that  of 
Watt,  the  steam  engineer,  or  those  of 
Lavoisier, Davey  and Faraday, chemists.
But what has been done in these  bran­
ches of  science  is  but  a  suggestion  of 
what is to be  done.  The  telegraph,  the 
telephone,  the  phonograph,  electric  ill­
umination and propulsion  are  the  loose 
ends of problems of industrial economics 
of the most far-reaching  power  and  stu­
pendous  importance. 
The  secrets  of 
chemistry,  so far as  they have  been  de­
veloped, have exercised an  enormous  in­
fluence on human progress..  The refining 
of all crude  medical  and  food  products, 
the purification  of  oils  and  metals,  the 
discovery of dye stuffs,  the compounding 
of explosives, the elaboration  of methods 
of analysis by which  the  composition  of 
all  substances  may  be  ascertained  and 
distinguished,  and  poisons  detected  or 
their  effects  counteracted,  are  splendid 
achievements,  but  they  only 
indicate 
how much more is to be done.

As for machinery,  that  is  the  visible 
and  practical agency through which  the 
manifold forces of electricity and  chemi­
cal  affinity  manifest  their  power  and 
work their  will.  Every  step  in  human 
progress demands new machines.

It is plain then  that  the  mechanician, 
the chemist and the  electrician  are  now 
charged  with  developing  all  the  great 
problems of the material progress  of  the 
human  race. 
For  the  performance  of 
their responsible  duties  the  highest  in­
telligence,  the  keenest  perceptions,  the 
steadiest  nerves,  the  most  honorable 
principles,  the  most  unremitting  indus­
try and the most active enterprise are re­
quired.  The men who are to be great  in 
science  must  be  men  in  every  sense. 
The  fathers  who are truly  solicitous  of 
the success of  their  sons,  the  sons  who 
are ambitious of true usefulness and real 
greatness,  will choose  the  paths  of  sci­
ence rather than those of the overcrowded 
professions.

BRITISH  SWINDLERS  AND  THE 

MAILS.

From time to time there have appeared 
in the advertising columns  of  not  a  few 
American papers  announcements  to  the 
effect that vast amounts of money agregat- 
ing many millions, the proceeds of estates 
of deceased persons, are awaiting in Eng­
land  and  other  European  countries  the 
proper  and  genuine  heirs.  The  adver­
tisement is signed by some individual  or 
firm which  offers  for  a  consideration  to 
undertake  the  business  of  securing  for 
j  claimants a share of this dormant wealth. 
These agents are in  London.
These  ingenious publications have  in­
duced great numbers of persons to  write 
to  the  advertisers  inquiring  as  to  the 
possibility of  finding  estates,  and  these 
inquiries always brought  back  favorable 
reports,  but intimating the  necessity  for 
the claimant to make a cash deposit  pre­

paratory to beginning operations for pos­
session  of  the  desired  estate.  Beyond 
the cash in advance merely as a guarantee 
of good faith, the advertiser asks nothing, 
being willing to work  on  shares,  so  cer­
tain is he  of  success.  These  cunningly 
devised  assurances  have  been  so  effica­
cious in bringing customers that the busi­
ness done by these  pretended  agents  for 
heirs in  the  way  of  receiving  cash  de­
posits is said to be very large.

It is needless to  say  that  these  adver­
tisers are unconscionable  swindlers;  and 
those who trust them  with  money  never 
see a penny of it  again. 
It  is  a  notice­
able fact that the victims  of  these swin­
dlers are mostly  Americans whose ances­
tors,  at  some  time  or  other,  emigrated 
from  abroad.  Recently 
the  United 
States  Consul  General  at  London  has 
been  deluged  with 
letters  from  his 
countrymen  who  have  been  robbed  by 
these  rascals,  and  he  sent  out  an  an­
nouncement through  the press,  warning 
people to beware of all such swindlers.

The London  Vanity  Fair  for  July  23 
takes up the subject and exposes at great 
length 
these  sharp 
the  practices  of 
rogues. 
It  closes  with  this  somewhat 
remarkable  statement,  contrasting  the 
sacredness of the  mails  in  Great  Britain 
with  the  censorship  they  must  undergo 
in  this  country. 
Speaking  of  these 
swindling  advertisers  it  says:  “In  the 
United States of America,  in France, and 
perhaps in any other  country  than  Eng­
land, the  mails  of  such  a  man  as  this 
would  have  been  stopped  until  such 
time as  he  might  justify  himself  of his 
doings.  We advocate no  such  arbitrary 
interference with personal rights in Eng­
land; for we think correspondence is  and 
should be a thing sacred from officialdom. 
But surely it  is  a  monstrous  thing  that 
our great  policy  agency,  headed  by  our 
so-called  Public  Prosecutor,  should  be 
unable  to do  aught  to  prevent  so  bare­
faced  a  swindle  as  obviously  might  be 
carried on on these lines from being  car­
ried on under their very noses.  Scotland 
Yard has for some time been in possession 
of the  facts of this case; yet  beyond  dis­
patching a detective or two who possibly 
may,  by their investigation,  have warned 
the object  of  their  enquiries  to  change 
his quarter should he  think  such  course 
advisable, they confess themselves power­
less by reason of  the  bonds  of  red  tape 
which hamper their movements.”

But  notwithstanding the  sacrednes  of 
the mails in the United Kingdom  we  are 
quite sure that the  people  of  that  coun­
try  are  fully  as  well  protected  against 
swindlers as are the citizens of this. 
In 
comparison the  success  and  promptness 
of detecting  and punishing  criminals  in 
the  Union  will  fall  far  behind  that  of 
England,  notwithstanding  the  English 
detectives are at the disadvantage  of  not 
being able to violate the mails.

It is clearly the duty of every  business 
man in Michigan to write Governor  Win- 
ans,  requesting  him  to  recall  the  ap­
pointment  of  Geo.  W.  Chandler  to  the 
Insurance Policy  Commission  and  name 
a business man in his place. 
It is stated 
that the Governor now  acknowledges his 
mistake,  and will remedy the wrong done 
the  business  interests, 
in  case  he  is 
asked  to do so by any  considerable  num­
ber of representative business men.  Let 
there be a prompt and generous response 
to this appeal!

Use  Tradesmanor  Superior  Coupons.

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A few years  ago  about  every town  in 
Michigan was acting  on  the  assumption 
that  the  road  to  wealth  lay  through  a 
furniture 
factory,  but  the  disastrous 
failures  of  many  ventures of  this  kind 
have caused the  disappointed stockhold­
ers to turn from such investments  in dis­
gust.  Just  now  the  craze  for  strange 
ventures exhibits  itself in  the establish­
ment  of  combined  cheese  and  butter 
factories,  which are  furnished by schem­
ing Chicago houses at two or  three times 
their actual value.  The  agents of  these 
establishments  invoke  the  assistance  of 
all  manner  of  disreputable  methods  in 
furtherance  of  their  ends  and  usually 
succeed in pulling the wool over the eyes 
of  bona tide investors by  bribing  repre­
sentative  men  in  each  locality  to  sub­
scribe  for  stock  which  is  subsequently 
issued to them without  cost,  in exchange 
for  their  influence  in  “roping  in  the 
suckers,” as the  oily-tongued  agents ex­
press  it.  This  is  the  second  time this 
craze  has  passed  over  Michigan  within 
ten years,  and  another season will  see  a 
second crop of wrecked creameries which 
can be had at 10 cents on the dollar,  with 
no purchasers.

A  retail  grocer  at  Lynn,  Mass.,  has 
made a rule in his  establishment that no 
goods shall  be  delivered  when  the  pur­
chase  amounts  to  less  than  $2.  This 
rule  is  calculated  to  work  a  hardship 
with the  thrifty  housekeeper  who  tele­
phones down for a yeast cake  and  wants 
it delivered  immediately.

The Hardware Market.

Wages—It is quite evident from all the 
talk and  speculation we hear concerning 
this all important  subject  that  the wage 
scale  of  all  iron  workers  cuts  quite  a 
figure in  the future price of ail iron, steel 
and the finished product therefrom.  All 
manufacturers  refuse to name  prices for 
future  deliveries  until  this  question  is 
settled.

Wire  Nails—Owing  to  the  continued 
shut down of nearly all the mills and the 
uncertainty of the price of raw steel from 
which the  wire is made,  prices  rule high 
and the future is hard to prophesy.  But 
few mills are running,  and  they are ask­
ing from SI.65 to Si.70 at the mill.  Job­
bers’  prices remain the same as last week, 
from SI.80  to  SI.90, according  to quanti-j 
ty.

Gut Nails—Still  scarce  and  the  price 

has an upward tendency.

Sheet  Iron—Stocks  with  jobbers  are 
getting low and,  if the sheet mills do not 
soon  start  up,  dealers  will  find  it hard 
work  to  get  their  orders  filled  at  any 
price.  S3.25  for  No.  27  can  iron is  the 
prevailing price.

Glass—Stocks are getting  considerably 
broken, but  there has  been no change in 
the discount.

Potato Forks  and  Hooks—These goods 
are now in great demand and dealers are 
buying freely in anticipation of  the very 
large acreage planted and  the  prospects 
of  a  great demand  for  tools  to  harvest 
the stock.

Ammunition — All  kinds  of  ammuni­
tion  is  moving  freely,  as  the  hunting 
season  opened  Aug.  15.  Powder,  shot 
and  loaded  shells  remain  stationery  in 
price  and  dealers  are  supplying  them­
selves to be ready for the fray.

General Hardware—All classes of shelf 
goods  are  beginning  to move  and  mer­
chants are getting ready for an unusually 
large fall trade,  which  seems  evident on 
all sides.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
Governor Winans’  Serious Mistake.
D etroit,  Aug.  18—I note your issue of 
August 17 and am obliged  to  you for the 
kindly  notice  therein.  You  are  fully 
conversant  with  the  work  of  the  Com­
mission  during  the  time  that  I  was  a 
member  of  the  same  and  you  have  on 
several occasions  taken  the  opportunity 
to endorse the  work of  the  Commission, 
the  Standard 
especially  in  regard  to 
Policy,  which  received  so much  opposi­
tion  from  the  insurance  companies. 
I 
have the  pleasure of  knowing  that dur­
ing the four  years  that I was  connected 
with the Commission, the Insurance Com­
missioner,  Mr.  Raymond,  acted with  me 
in the most friendly  manner  in  all  mat­
ters that  pertained  to  the  wants  of  the 
insured,  with strict  justice  to the insur­
ance  companies. 
I  did  not  expect,  of 
course,  under the  present  political  com­
binations,  that my  commission would  be 
renewed by the  present  Governor,  but  1 
have taken  occasion  to say—and  repeat 
to  you—that it  is a  mistake,  which  will 
undoubtedly appear in due  time,  to have 
appointed  upon  this  Commission  an  in­
surance  agent,  who  cannot  help  but  be 
biased  by  the desires  of  the companies 
which he represents. 
I shall watch with 
interest  the  course  of  the  Commission 
and you  will undoubtedly do the same.
Chas.  Buncher.

Yours  very truly,

assure  the  retail trade  that  their  entire 
stock  for  fall  and winter  1892  and  1893 
is  manufactured upon  the above  princi­
ple. 
Inspect  our  samples  which  will 
demonstrate this truth.  Write our repre­
sentative, William Connor, Box 346, Mar­
shall,  Mich., and  he  will  soon  be  with 
you,  go  through  our  entire  line,  learn 
prices and judge for yourselves,  and no offence will be taken,  buy or not buy.
One of  the largest and  most  complete  lines on the  road in single  and  double 
breasted ulsters, with regular or shawl collars.  Pronounced  best fitters ever  seen, 
in Friezes,  Shetland, Fur Beavers, Chinchillas in blue black and many fancy colors, 
imported and domestic material.

OVERCOATS.

many  colors.

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\   I  /HIRTY-FIVE  years  experience 
teaches us that  retailers best con­
sult  their  own  interest  and that 
of  their trade  and the general public,  by 
purchasing from a stock which  combines 
durability,  style, fit  and  excellent  work­
manship  with  prices  so  low  as to  meet 
all  competition:

MICHAEL  KOLB  A  SON,
Wholesale  M in i  Mannfaclnrers

R O C H E S T E R ,  N .  Y .

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The market  has  advanced  Jgc, 
in sympathy with the upward  movement 
in raw grades.

Fruits—Currants  are  in  moderate  de­
mand and  prime goods are held with firm­
ness.  Dates  are  dull  and  nominal.' 
Prunes  are  in  limited  request. 
In  rai­
sins, layer vallencias  are  firm, new  sul­
tanas are now on  their  way to  this coun­
try.  California goods are in moderate re-
quest and steady.

Spices — Pepper  is  firm  and  higher 
prices  are  anticipated.  All  grades  of 
ginger,  except Jamaica,  are  higher.

Jelly—Higher and firm  at the advance.
Fish—Mackerel  is  scarce  and  prices 
are  well  maintained.  Cod  is  firm  and 
quiet.  Box  herring  is  slow  of  sale and 
weak.

Oranges—None  in  market to speak of.
Lemons—Very  scarce  and  firm  at  $8 

per box—$1 higher  than a week ago.

Bananas—In fair  supply  and demand. 
Prices range  about  the  same  as a week 
ago.

Gripsack Brigade.

Cliff Herrick,  formerly on  the road for 
L.  Schepp,  is  uow  traveling  for  C.  B. 
Metzger.

C.  F.  Williams,  traveling  representa­
tive  for  the L.  Perrigo  Co.,  of  Allegan, 
was  in  town  a couple of  days  last week.
Chas. E.  Watson,  Geo.  H.  Raynor  and 
W.  B.  Dudley  are  representing  Eaton, 
Lyon  &  Co. at  the  Cadillac  duzing  the 
continuance of the Detroit exposition.

Chas. E.  Hall,  who has represented  A. 
Wierengo for  several months,  has trans­
ferred  his  allegiance  to  the  Muskegon 
branch of  the  United  States Baking Co.

Fruit Jars  Lower.

The price of fruit  jars has declined 50 
cents  per  dozen  and  the  quotations  on 
Mason jars on another  page  should  read
as follows:
Pints......................................................................$6.75
Quarts................................................................   7.00
Half gallons......................................................  9.O0
The art of getting at men,  of making a 
good impression,  is the initial of success. 
Some men  charm you  at the  first  word; 
others repel you before the first word.  A 
winning  personality  is essential  to  suc­
cess where social conditions are business 
conditions, as,  for example,  in a clerk,  a 
commercial  traveler,  a  salesman  and so 
on.

Very many styles in Kerseys,  Meltons,  Chinchillas, Irish Friezes, Fancy Woven 
bespotted 24-ounce rough wools, Royal Montagnacs soft as spun silk and very warm, 
single and double breasted.

Double  Breasted  Suits in all Grades of  material and 

PRINCE  ALBERT  COATS  and  VESTS.

In style and  fit  positively pronounced  unexcelled.  Our mail  orders for  these con­
firm this statement.
Cutaway,  frocks and sacks should be seen to be appreciated,  which will satisfy 
the closest buyers of excellent clothing to retail at a desirable profit.

William  Connor will be at Sweet’s Hotel on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 13 and 13.

MICHAEL  KOLB  &  SON,

Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers,

Rochester, N. Y.

IT LEADS!  IT LEADS!

These are Our Leaders:

LION  COFFEE,  0.  D, JAVA  and 

STANDARD MARACAIBO.

ION is our  leading  package  coffee,  being  composed of  Mocha, Java  and  Rio. 
T  
J—‘  with a handsome picture  in  each  package.  As high  grade  bulk coffees, O. 
D.  Java and Standard Maracaibo take the lead.  We guarantee these coffees to give 
entire satisfaction.  For quotations write your jobber, or address as below:

W00LS0N  SPICE  CO.,
High  Grade  Coffees,

ROASTERS OF

TOLEDO,  - 

-  OHIO.

L  WINTERNITX

RESIDENT  AGENT,

106  Kent  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

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Drugs & Medicines*

State Board of Pharmacy.

One T ear—Jacob  Je n o n ,  Muskegon.
Two  Tears—Jam es Vernor, Detroit.
Three  Tears—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
F our Tears—George Gnndrnm, Ionia.
Five Tears—C. A. Bogbee, Cheboygan.
President—Jacob  Je sso n , Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. Gnndram, Ionia.
N ovem ber 1.

Meetings  for  1892 — M arquette,  Aug.  31;  Lansing, 

Michigan State  Pharmaceutical  Ass’n. 

President—Stanley E. P arkill, Owoeso.
Vice-Presidents—I.  H.  L.  Dodd,  Buchanan;  F.  W.  R.
P erry, D etroit;  W . H. Hicks, Morley.
Treasurer—Wm. H  Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretary—C. W. Parsons, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—H.  G.  Coleman,  Kalamazoo; 
Jacob Jesson, M uskegon:  F.  J.  W urzburg  and  John 
E. Peck. Grand Rapids;  A rthur Bassett,  Detroit. 
Local Secretary—Jam es Vernor.
Next  place  of  m eeting—Some  resort  on  St.  Clair 
River;  tím e to be designated by Executive Committee.
Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. 
President. W. R. Jew ett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott, 
R egular Meetings—First W ednesday evening of March 

June, Septem ber and December.______________
Grand Rapids Drug Clerks* Association. 

President, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.

Muskegon  Drug Clerks*  Association. 

President  N. Miller;  S ecretary, A. T. W heeler.
Trained Acrobats at a Soda Fountain.
A  Philadelphia  Record  reporter  says 
that a leading Chestnut street drug store, 
which  does a colossal  business  in  soda 
water,  now  employs a couple  of  trained 
acrobats  to  serve it,  and  their  extraor­
dinary agility has  proven  to  be a draw­
ing  card  of  much  value. 
It  is  not  in 
the  serving of  the  ordinary  soda  water 
and syrups  that  these  agile  young  men 
display their  skill,  although when  such 
orders are given they fill them with light­
ning speed.  Order  an  “egg phosphate,” 
however,  and  instantly the  youth who is 
to fill  it  acts as if electrified.  With one 
hand  he  shoves a glass under the  syrup 
faucet  and  instantly  has  the  requisite 
amount run  into it,  while with  the other 
hand  he  has seized an  egg  from a heap­
ing  bowl  of  them,  tossed it high  in  the 
air,  spun around on  one heel,  caught the 
egg in the other hand,  one inch  from the 
glass of  syrup,  cracked  it  into the glass 
and said  “hi hi” to a small  boy stationed 
ten feet  away. 
In response  to  the  “ hi 
hi”  this  boy quickly  tosses the acrobat a 
large  silver-plated  shaker,  which  he 
catches on  the  glass containing  the  egg 
and syrup,  into which in the intervening 
two  or  three  seconds  he  has  violently 
squirted  some phosphates  from a  bottle. 
He  then  shakes  the glass  violently, de­
taches the shaker, tosses  it  back  to  the 
small  boy,  whirls  around  on  his  heel 
again,  grabs  another  glass,  holds it on a 
level with  his  knee while  he  holds  the 
shaken-up glass of  liquid  high above his 
head  and  pours  it  in a thin  stream  five 
feet  long  into  the  lower  glass.  This 
done,  he fizzes a little  soda water into it, 
pops the  foaming  glassful  into  a holder 
and  shoves  it  toward  the  customer,  to­
gether  with a paper  napkin  and a check 
for ten  cents. 
It  is  an astonishing  per­
formance,  and  when  both  acrobats  are 
so  engaged  at  once  it  makes  the  cus­
tomers’  brains  reel.  The  young  men 
hope to go through the act while turning 
handsprings  and  back  somersaults after 
a  few  weeks’  more  experience,  after 
which their salaries  are to be raised.
Some  Salesmen’s  "Don’t».”

Don’t “ roast” another man’s goods.
Don’t think that you  are doing yourself 
or your house good by so doing.
Don’t  enter  into  disparagement  of 
your  fellow  salesman’s  character. 
It 
always appears as  if  you  were  jealous. 
If he is no good,  his customers will  soon 
find it out.
Don’t  think  that  you  can  attend  to 
more business than your own.  Your own 
affairs will occupy all of your time if  not 
neglected.
Don’t think that  a  merchant  will  be­
lieve anything you say merely because he 
is courteous to you.
Don’t visit all day with  a merchant be­
cause he receives you pleasantly.  Finish 
your business and go,  unless he specially 
asks you to stay longer.
Don’t  flatter  a  merchant’s  judgment 
when you think that he is wrong. 
If you 
do he will blame  you  for  his  own  mis­
takes.
Don’t think that it does not  pay  to  be 
frank and  outspoken  under  all  circum­
stances.

A SPH A LT

FIRE-PROOF  ROOFING

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

The best Roofing for covering over Shingles 
on old roofs of  houses, barns, sheds, etc.;  will 
not rot  or  pull  loose, and  when  painted  with 
our 

FIRE-PROOF  ROOF  PAINT,

^

Will last longer  than  shingles.  Write the un­
dersigned  for  prices  and  circulars, relative to 
Roofing  and  for  samples  of  Building  Papers, 
etc.

fl. M. REYNOLDS & SON,

Practical  Roofers,

dor.  Louis and Campau Sts.,  Grand Rapids,  Mioh

E N G R A V I N G

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

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Mexican Sarsaparilla—Advanced.
Celery Seed—Declining.  The new crop 
will  arrive  in  October,  when  the  price 
will  be about half  the present value.

Canary  Seed — Again  advanced  and 

tending to higher prices.

Use The Tradesman  Co.’s Coupon Books.

treatment,  pronounced 

There is  more  Catarrh  in  this  section of  the 
country  than  all  other  diseases  put  together, 
and until  the last  few years was  supposed to be 
incurable.  For a great  many rears doctors pro­
nounced it a local  disease, ana prescribed  local 
remedies  and by constantly failing to cure with 
local 
incurable. 
Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional 
disease,  ana  therefore  requires  constitutional 
treatment.  HaTs  Catarrh  Cure,  manufactured 
by F  J. Cheney & Co.,  Toledo,  Ohio, is the only 
constitutional  cure on the  market.  It  is  taken 
internally in  doses  from 10 drops  to a teaspoon­
ful.  It  acts  directly on the  blood  and  mucous 
surfaces of the system.  They offer one hundred 
dollars  for  any case it fails  to  cure.  Send  for 
circulars and testimonials  Address
{^"Sold by diuggists, 75c.

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

it 

penetrates 

the  whole  mass  of 

How to Prevent Mould on Pickles.
From th e American Grocer.
The scientific explanation of the mould 
is  that  when a barrel  of  pickles  is  left 
open  to  the  air,  a spore  (germ)  happens 
to  fall  into the  barrel, and  finding  suit­
able  matter  on  which  to  feed,  it begins 
to vegetate or grow.  This it does by ab­
sorbing  material, and  the  spore  rapidly 
lengthens into a long thread-like filament, 
which  may be single  or  branched. 
In  a 
short time this thread sends up branches 
which  bear  new  spores  as  above  de­
scribed,  and  soon  the  whole  surface  of 
the vinegar is covered with a scum which 
consists  of  the  threads or  mycelium, as 
they  are  called,  and  spore  branches. 
This  mycelium 
quickly 
throughout 
the 
pickle,  which  rapidly  becomes  soft  and 
worthless.  Mould  in  pickles,  then,  is 
caused by a microscopic plant which feeds 
on  decaying  organic  matter;  it  is  not 
caused  by the  salt or vinegar or any ma­
terial  that  is  in  the  vinegar;  it  is  not 
self-evolved  from  the  materials  in  the 
barrel,  as  many seem  to  have  imagined. 
The mould grows from seeds, as do other 
plants,  and as far as the  pickles are con­
cerned,  it  simply accelerates  an  already 
existing state of decay.
One  of  the  best-posted  pickle dealers 
in this  city says  that  he will  guarantee 
that  if  the  scum  is  stirred  or  broken 
every  day  there  will  be no  loss;  but  he 
insists  that  the  process  must  be  done 
every  day.  Where  this is neglected  the 
pickles will spoil.
Some  grocers  claim  that a few  drops 
of  oil  of  cloves  put in  the  open  barrel 
will  prevent  the  mould  forming.  Be 
careful  not  to  use  too  much, say  from 
seven to ten drops well stirred in.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMANS!,
Don’t think that  you  can  “get  solid” 
with a merchant by  always  deferring  to 
him. 
If he asks your opinion give  it  to 
him honestly; assume that he is honest in 
asking your opinion and wants  that,  not 
a reflection of his own, if you  happen  to 
know it.
Don’t ever  write  letters  reflecting  on 
the character of a man in  the  same  line 
as yourself.  Such  letters  have  an  un­
pleasant habit of coming to light and per­
forming  the  boomerang  act  with  great 
success,  when least expected.
In short,  when seeking trade be  frank, 
honest and  upright  in  word  and  deed. 
Preserve  your  own  self-respect.  Talk 
business, not  politics  or  scandal.  Do 
your work in a clean, active manner,  and 
you cannot help but  win  the  confidence 
and  respect  of  the  dealers  with  whom 
you have to deal.

ment  of  such a sum  was  refused.  For 
the  prosecution  Dr.  Anderson  testified 
that  fifty  visits a day  could  be made at 
from $5 to $10 per visit.  Dr.  Wyeth said 
be would charge $300 per day for services 
as  described.  Dr.  Loomis estimated his 
time worth $10  per  hour, or  $240  a day 
in  the city, and  $25 an  hour to a patient 
at a distance.  Dr. Gibney thought $10 to 
$15 an  hour  fair pay. 
In  behalf of  de­
fendant, the two  regular  attending phy­
sicians considered $50 a day good pay for 
Dr.  Barrows,  one  of  them  having  re­
ceived less than $300 for  the  entire case. 
The jury  gave  a  verdict  for  $1,500,  be­
ing at the rate of  $150 a day, or  $6.25 an 
hour.

The Drug  Market.
Opium—Firm at the advance.
Morphia—U nch anged.
Quinine—Firm.
Quicksilver—Declined.
Balsam Copaiba — Firm  and  tending 

higher.

AGNES BOOTH CIGABS

Store Names in  the City of Mexico.
One of the  oddest  things  in  Mexico  is 
the  naming  of  stores  and  shops,  where 
upon  the  signs,  instead  of  the  name  of 
the  proprietor,  appears  some  elaborate 
appellation  that  often  causes  one  to 
smile from its incongruity with the goods 
on  sale.  For  instance,  “The  Electric 
Light” is a pulque  shop,  the  “Queen  of 
the World” is a bread  shop, the  “Palace 
of the World”  is a boot store, the “ White 
Venus”  is  a butcher’s shop,  and so they 
go.  Several  of  the  grocery  stores  are 
called by the names of the great cities of 
the world, which is very appropriate,  for 
it is from them that the people obtain all 
the  luxuries  for  the  table. 
Instead  of 
being directed to  the  firm  of  So-and-So, 
one is told that certain goods can be  had 
at the “City of New York,” the  “City  of 
Hamburg,”  etc.  The  shadow  of  the 
Eiffel tower has reached and  fallen upon 
the City of  Mexico.  A  gorgeous  new 
sign,  all white,  blue and  gold,  bears  the 
tall name and  a  flag-decorated  represen­
tation of the same,  “The  Eiffel  Tower,” 
and within the  store  one  finds  most  de­
licious French confectionery.

A case involving physician’s fees  been 
settled in the United States Circuit court 
of  New York  City.  The  daughter  of  a 
resident of  Atlanta, Ga., being  sick, Dr. 
Charles Barows,  assistant to Dr.  William 
Polk,  of  New  York  City,  and  who  re­
ceives  a  salary  of  $8,200  a  year,  was 
called to  consult  with the  two  resident 
physicians  in  attendance.  Dr.  Barrows 
remained at Atlanta ten  days,  for which 
services  Dr.  Polk  presented  a  bill  for 
$2,500,  suing for this  amount  when pay­

In  ten sties and shapes.  We will guarantee to increase yonr cigar sales if yon will give 
your customers a chance  to buy the Agnes Booth Cigar.  All we ask is a sample order.

L  M.  CLARK  GROCERY  CO.,

S ta te   A g e n ts.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

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_________Wholesale Price  Current•
Advanced—Balsam copaiba, Mexican sarsaparilla, canary seed.
Declined—Celery seed, quicksilver.

ACIDUM.

Aceticum....................  
8®  10
Benzoicum  German..  65®  ■■
20
Boracic 
......................  
Carbolicnm.................  25®  35
Cltricum..................... 
50®  52
Hydrochlor ....
Nitrocum 
...................  10®  12
Oxallcum.....................  10®  12
Phosphorium dll......... 
20
Salicylicnm..................1 
Sulpnurlcnm...............  IX®
Tannicum......................1 
Tartarlcum..................   30®  32

30®1 70
40@1 60

AMMONIA.

n 

Aqua, 16  deg................. 3M@
20  deg...............   5M@
Carbonas  ....................   12®  14
Chloridum...................  12®  14

ANILINB.

Black..............................2 
Brows...........................  80@1  00
Red................................   45®  50
Y ellow ...........................2 

50©3 00

00@2 25

Cubebae........................  @ 500
Exechthltos...............   2 50®2  75
Brlgeron........................... 2 25@2 50
Gaultherla........................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce.......  @  75
Gosslpll,  Sem. gal.......  50®  75
Hedeoma  .....................2 00@2 10
Junlperl........................  50@2 00
Lavendula...................  90@2 00
Llmonis.............................2 50@3 CO
Mentha Piper.....................2 75®3 50
Mentha Verld...................2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal....................1  00@1 10
Mvrcla, ounce..............  @  50
Olive.............................  75@2  75
Plcls Liquida,  (gal..35)  10®  12
R icini.........................  
86®  92
Rosmarini.............  
75@1  00
Rosae,  ounce.............   6 50@8 50
Sucdnl.........................   40®  45
Sabina.........................   90@1  00
San tal  ..........................3 50@7 00
Sassafras......................  50®  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__   @  65
Tlglfl.............................  @  90
Thjrme ..........................  40®  50
@  60
Theobromas.................  15®  20

opt

BACCAN.

Cubeae (po  65)......... 
60®  70
8®  10
Junlperas.................... 
Xantnoxylum..............  25®  30

BALSAMITM.

Copaiba........................  45®  50
Peru..............................   @1  30
Terabin, Canada  .......  35®  40
Tolutan........................  35®  50

CORTEX

Abies,  Canadian...................  18
Cassiae  ..................................  11
Cinchona Flava  ...................  18
Buonymus  atropurp............  30
Myrica Cerlfera, po..............  20
Primus Virgini......................  12
Quillala,  grd.........................   10
Sassafras  ...............................  12
TJlmus Po (Ground  15).........  15

KXTBACTUK.
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...
po............
“ 
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is...............
“ 
“  Ms..............
34«...........
“ 
FKKRUM.
Carbonate Precip........
Citrate and Qulnla—
Citrate  Soluble............
Perrocy anldum Sol —
Solul  Chloride............
Sulphate,  com’l ..........
pure..............

“ 

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

®  15 
®3 50 
®   80 
@  50 
15

1M@
®

Arnica.........................   U@  16
Anthemls....................   3C@  35
Matricaria 
.......  25®  30

FLORA.

rouA.

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin

....................   16®100
nlvelly......................  25®  38
Alx.  35®  50
Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
and  Ms......................  12®  15
UraUrsl........................  8®  10

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OUMMI.

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Acacia,  1st  picked—  

®  75
....  @  50
2d 
3d 
....  @  40
®   25
sifted sorts... 
p o ................  60®  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape,  (po.  20)...  ®   12
Socotri, (po.  60).  ®  50
Catechu, Is, 04b, 14 Ms,
«6  1
16)............................. 
Ammonlae...................  55®  60
Assaf oetlda,  (po. 85).. 
30®  35
Benzolnum...................  50®  55
C amphora....................  50®  53
Buphorblum  po  .........  35®  10
Gafbanum.  .................   @3 50
Gamboge,  po...............   70®  7b
Gualacum,  (po  30)  ...  @ 2 5
Kino,  (po  40).............   @  35
M astic.........................   @  80
Myrrh, (po. 45)............  @  40
Opil,  (po  2  50)............. 1  6T'@1 70
Shellac  ........................  25®  35
bleached.......  SO®  35
Tragacanth.................  30®  75

11 
bbbba—In ounce packages.
Absinthium.....................   25
Bupatorlum.....................   20
Lobelia..............................  25
Majoram..........................   28
Mentha  Piperita.............  23
y tr .....................   26
Bne....................................   80
Tanacetnm, V ..................  22
Thymns,  V .......................  25

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MAGNESIA.

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

OLEUM.

Absinthium..................3 50®4 00
Amygdalae, Dnlc. . . . .   45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae___8 00@8 25
A nlsi..............................1  65@1 75
Aurantl  Cortex........... 2  50®2 75
BeTgamll  .....................3 00®3 25
Cajlputl......................... 
60® 65
Caryophylll...................  65®  75
Cedar.............................  35® 65
Chenopodii.................  @1  60
Clnnamonll..................1  10®1 15
Cltronella........................  ® 45
Conlnm  Mao.................  36® 65
Copaiba  ........................  90®1 00

POTASSIUM.

B1 Carb.........................   15®  18
Bichromate.................  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, Bitart, com...  ®  15
Potass  Nltras, opt....... 
8®  10
Potass Nltras...............  
7®  9
Prusslate......................  28®  30
Sulphate  po.................  15®  18

RADIX.

Aconitum.....................  20®  25
Althae...........................  22®  25
Anchusa......................  12®  15
Aram,  po......................  @  25
Calamus........................  20®  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)....... 
8®  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35).....................  @  30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__   15®  20
Inula, po......................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po....................2 00@2 10
Iris plox (po. 35®38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr....................   50®  55
Maranta,  Ms...............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........   15®  18
Rhel..............................   75@1  00
"  cut........................  @1  75
pv..........................  75@1  35
Splgella........................  35®  38
Sangulnarla,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpentarla...................  30®  32
3enega.........................   45®  50
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0
M  @  25
Scillae, (po. 35)............  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Foetl-
...  @ 3 5
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
lnglber a ....................   12®  15
Zingiber]........ 
18®  22

du8,  po.............. 

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..  ©  15
Anlsum,  (po. 20).. 
Aplum  (graveleons)..  22®  25
Bird, Is........................ 
4®  6
Carni, (po. 18).............. 
8®  12
Cardamon..................... 1  00@1 25
Corlandram.................  10®  12
Cannabis Satlva..........   3H@4
Cydonium....................   75@1  00
Cmenopodltui  ............  10®  12
Dlpterlx Odorate.........2  50®2 75
Foenlculum.................  ®   15
Foenugreek,  po..........  
6®  8
L in i................... 
.......  4  Q 4M
Lini, grd,  (bbl. SM)  ..  4  @ 4M
Lobelia.........................   35®  40
Pharlarls Canarian__ 5M@  6
6®  7
Rapa............................. 
Slnapls,  Albu.............  
8®  9
Nigra............  11®  12

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b pir it u b.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00®2 50
D. F. R ........1  75@2 00
 
1  10@1 50
Junlperls  Co. O. T ....1  75®1 75
“ 
.............. 1  75@3 50
Saacharam  N.  E ..........1 75®2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli.............1  75®6 50
Vini Oporto..................1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba..................... 1 25®2 00

SFONSMS.

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

 

 

A ccada..................................  50
Zingiber  ................................  50
Ipecac.....................................   60
Ferrl  Iod...............  
50
Aurantl Cortes............... —   50
Rhel  Arom.............................  50
Slmllax  Officinalis...............   60
Co.........  50
Senega...................................   50
Sdllae.....................................  50
“  Co................................  50
Tolutan..................................  60
Pranns  vlrg...........................  60

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .1  60@1  85 
C. C o......................... 1  50@1  75
MoschuB Canton........   @ 4 0
Myrlstlca, No. 1..........  65®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia......................  20®  22
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
C o..............................  @2 00
Plcls  Liq, N>C., M gal
doz  ...........................  @2 00
Plcls Llq., quarts.......  @1  00
pints..........   @  85
Pll Hydrarg, (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  NlgTa, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__   @  3
Pix  Burgun.................  @  7
Plumb! A cet...............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opil.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethram,  boxes  H 
& P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1  25
Pyrethram,  pv.............  30®  35
Quasslae....................... 
8®  10
Qulnla, S. P. A W........  27®  32
S.  German___ 19  @  30
Rubia  Tinctorum........  12®  14
29®  30
Saccharam Lactls pv. 
Salacin.........................1  S0@1  60
Sanguis  Draconls........  40®  50
Sapo,  W.........................  12®  14
11  M,.........................  10®  12
“  G...........................  @  15

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Seldlltz  Mixture........   @  20
Slnapls.............................   @ 18
,f  opt........................  ® 30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes.........................   @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  27®  30
Soda Carb..................   1M@  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb.............   @ 
5
Soda,  Ash....................  3 M@  4
Soda, Sulphas.............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o............  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom.......  @2 25
“  Myrcia Imp........   @3 00
*'  VIni  Rect.  bbl.
....7 ..........................2 25@2 35
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia Crystal.......  @1  30
Sulphur, Subl............. 25£@  4
™  Roll...............  2M@3M
Tamarinds..................... 
8® 10
Terebenth Venice.......  28®  30
Theobromae.............. 40  @  45
Vanilla....................... 9 00@16 00
Zlnci  Sulph.................... 
7®  8

OILS.

Whale, winter............  70 
Lard,  extra.................  64 
Lard, No.  1.................  42 
Linseed, pure raw  ...  41 

Bbl.  Gal
70
68
48
44

“ 

44
50
35
b b l. 

Llndseed, boiled__
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained..............
Spirits Turpentine....
f a in t s. 

47
60
40
lb .
Red  Venetian................i x   2@8
Ochre, yellow  Mars___IX  2@4
Ber......... IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial....2M  2M@3
“  strictly  pure.......2M  2X@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13@16
ican ............................. 
Vermilion,  English__  
65@70
Green,  Peninsular....... 
70@75
Lead,  red.......................   7  @7M
“  w hite................... 7  @7M
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’__ __ 
@90
White, Paris  American 
1  0
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
1  40
c liff............................. 
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints....................... 1  00@1  20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp..................160@1  70
Coach  Body................ 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  Furn........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp........................... 
70® 7 5

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

TINCTURES.

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Aconitum Napellls R..........   60
F ..........   50
Aloes.......................................  60
and myrrh...................  60
Arnica....................................  50
Asafoetlda............................... 
o
Atrope Belladonna...............   60
Benzoin..................................  60
„  “  CO.............................  50
Sanguinaria...........................  50
Barosma................................  50
Cantharldes...........................   75
Capsicum...............................  50
C» damon...............................  75
Co...........................  75
Castor...................................1 00
Catechu..................................  50
Cinchona..............................   50
Co.......................   .  60
Columba................................  50
Conlum..................................  50
Cubeba...................................   50
D igitalis................................  50
Ergot.......................................  50
Gentian....................   ...........  50
“  Co..............................   60
Gualca...................................   50
ammon......................  60
“ 
Zingiber................................  50
Hyoscyamus.........................   50
Iodine.....................................  75
“  Colorless....................   re
Ferri  Chloridum..................   35
K ino.......................................  50
Lobelia...................................   50
Myrrh.....................................  50
Nux  Vomica.........................  50
O pil........................................   85
“  Camphorated.................  50
“  Deodor..........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
Quassia..................................  50
S N w i y ................................  50
Rhel..  ...................................   50
Cassia  Acutlfol......................   50
Co...............  50
Serpentaria...........................  50
Stramonium.....  ...................  60
Tolutan..................................  60
ValerlaD................................  50
Veratram Verlde..................   50

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26®  28 
30®  32

@  20 @  20 @  20 

MISCELLANEOUS.
f. 
ground, 

Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F. 
« 4P.
Alumen......................... 2M®  3
(po.
3®  4
7)................................ 
Annatto........................  55®  60
Antimoni, po............... 
4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antlpyrln....................   @1  40
Antlfebrln....................  @  25
Argenti  Nltras, ounce  ©  60
Arsenicum................... 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__  
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ............. 2 10@2 20
Caldum Chlor, Is, (Ms
@  9
11;  Ms,  12)...............
Cantharldes  Russian,
@1  OO 
p o..............................
Capsid  Fructus,af...
Fpo”
Caryophyllus, (po.  14)
10®   12 
Carmine,  No. 40..........
@3 75 
50®  55 
Cera  Alba, S. & F .......
40
■  
Cera Flava....-............  38®
Cqecus.........................   @
40 
CaSsla Fructus.......
22 
Centrarla............   @
10 
40 
Cetacenm...........  Q
63
Chloroform.......   60®
squlbbs..  @1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  20®1  40
25
Chondrus...........  20® 
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20
3  ®  12
German 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
cent  ........................ 
60
Creasotum................. 
@  35
Crete, (bbl. 75)............  ®   2
prep....................  
5®  5
9®  >11
precip...............  
Rubra.................  @  8
Crocus.........................   33®  35
Cudbear........................  ®  24
Cuprl Sulph.................  5 ®   6
Dextrine......................  10®  12
Ether Sulph.................  68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers.. 
po....................   ®   6
1 
Ota, (po.)  65..........   60®  65
Flake  White...............   12®  15
Galla.............................  @  23
Gambler........................7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper..........   ®   70
"* 
French............  40®  60
Glassware  flint,  75 and 10. 
by box 70
Glne,  Brown............... 
9®  15
“  White.................  18®  25
Glycerlna.....................15M@  20
Grana Paradlsl............  @  22
Humulus......................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  85
“  C or.... 
®  75
Ox Rubrum  @  90
Ammoniati..  @1  00 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum..............  @  64
lohthyobolla, Am.. 
.1  25®1 50
Indigo...........................  75®1 00
Iodine,  Resubl........... 3 75@3 85
Iodoform......................  @4 70
LupuUn........................  60®  65
Lycopodium...............  50®  55
M acis...........................  75®  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararglod...................  @  27
Llqnor Potass Arslnitls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
3
1M)............................. 
Mannla,  S. F .............  

2® 
30® 83

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CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils  Varnishes.

DEALERS  IN

Sole Agents for the Celebrated

8WIS8  VILLA  PREPARED  PAINTS.

Fnll  Lie of  Staple  Insists’  Sundries.

We are Sole Proprietors of

Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

We Have In Stock and Offer a Fnll Line of

WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES,  RUMS.

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  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

Grocery  Price  Current•

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

and  buy In  full  packages.

AXLE  GREA SE.

Aurora............
Castor Oil.......
Diamond........
Frazer’s ..........
M ica...............
Paragon 
..  ..

doz 
.......  55
.......  75
.......  50
.......  89
.......  75

gross 
6 00
9 (0
5 50
9 00
8 00
6 00

BAKING PO W D ER .

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Acme.
45 
V lb. cans, 3  doz...
85 
VS lb.  “  2  “ 
...
1  60
“  1  “  ....
lib . 
10
Bulk....................................... 
Arctic.
U lb cans............................... 
60
............................  1  20
VS B> 
1  »  
....................   ...  2 00
...............................9 60
5  1b
T»r. Price’s.
per doz 
Dime cans..  90
..1  33 
4-oz
.  1  90 
6-oz
. .2 47 
8-oz
.3 75 
13 oz
..4 75 
16-oz
11  40 
2VS-lb
18 25 
4-lb
21  60 
Mb
41  80
10-lb

p 'm crs
I CREAMI
gAKlNg
POWDEH
■*a»aarati£M
Red Star. Vt fi>  cans............ 

40
............  SO
............  1  50
45
. .  85
.. 1 50

VS E>  “ 
l k   “ 
VS lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 
BATH BRICK.

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2 dozen in case.

Teller’s,  V4 lb. cans, do*. 

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B L U IN G . 

English..................................  90
Bristol.....................................  80
Domestic................................  TO
G r o s s
Arctic, 4 os  ovals...............   4 00
“ 
7 00
“  pints,  round............10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75
“  No. 3, 
. . . 4  00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“ 
1 oz ball  .....................4 50
“ 
BBOOMS.
No. 2 Hurl.............................. 2 00
No. 1  “ 
...............................2 25
No. 2 Carpet........................... 2 50
No. 1  “ 
2 75
Parlor Gem............................. 3 00
Common Whisk...................  1  00
Fancy 
“ ................. 1  20
Warehouse............................. 3 50
Stove, No.  1.................  125

“  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 E S.

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CANDLES

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............10
Star,  40 
9
Paraffine................................ 11
Wlcklng................................   24

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CANNED  GOODS. 

f is h .
Clams.

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Linie Neck, l i b ...........................l 15
“  2 lb .........................1 90
Clam Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

Standard, 3 lb........................ 2 00
Standard,  1 lb......................  85

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Star, 
Picnic, 1 lb............................. 2 00

21b............................1 d5
Lobsters.
1  lb.................................2 40
2  lb.................................3 30
21b..................................2 90
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb..............................1 05
2  lb ............................1 90
Mustard,  2 lb .............................2 25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb ..............2  25
Soused, 2  lb......................... 
2 25
Columbia River, flat............ 1  85
tails.............1  75
Alaska, 1  lb .................................1 40
21b..................................1 90

Salmon.
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Sardines.
American  Vis..................4 V*@  5
Vis..................6Vi@ 7
Imported  Vis...................... 11012
Vis  .....................15@16
Mustard  §is......................... 7©8
Boneless............................  
20
Brook, 8  lb..................................2 50

Trout.

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FRUITS.
Apples.

3 00
2 75
2 00
2 00
2 00
l 90

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Apricots.

8 lb. standard.............
York State, gallons  ... 
Hamburgh, 
Live oak............................  
Santa Crus........................ 
Lusk’s................................  
Overland........................... 
Blackberries.
B. A  W.........................  
Bed................................ 
Pitted Hamburgh----- 
W hite................................  
E rie........ ........................... 
Damsons, Egg Pinn« and Green

Cherries.

95
120
1  75

Gages.

Erie..............................
California.....................
Gooseberries.
Common......................

Peaches.

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

@1  25 
1  TO
1  20

1  30
2  00
1  85
2  10 
1  85

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1  20 
2  10

1  30
2 50 
2 75

Domestic......................
Riverside......................
Pineapples.
Common.......................
Johnson’s  sliced........
grated........
Quinces.
Common  ......................
Raspberries.
Red 
............... ............
Black  Hamburg..........
Erie,  black 
.  .
Strawberries.
Lawrence....................
Hamburgh 
.................
Erie...........................
Terrapin........................
Whortleberries.
Common......................
1  10
................. 
F. &  W.........................
1 15
....................... 
Blueberries.................
1  10
................  
M EATS.
Corned  beef,  Libby’s ............1 90
Roast beef,  Armour’s ............1 75
Potted  bam, Vi lb .......  .......i  30
“  Vi lb...................  80
tongue, Vi lb ............ .1  35
95
chicken, M lb.......... 

1  30 
1  50 
1  25
1  25 
1  25 
1  30 
1  25

Vi lb ................... 85

“ 
“ 

“ 

VEGETABLES.

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Peas

“ 
“ 
“ 

Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless.......... 1  25
French style........2  25
Limas......................... l 40
Lima, green.................................l 25
soaked........................  80
Lewis Boston  Baked............ 1 35
Bay State  Baked........................ 1 35
World’s  Fair  Baked............ 1  35
Picnic Baked  ........................l  00
Hamburgh.............................
Livingston  E den.......................1 90
Purity.....................................
Honey  Dew...........................l  so
Morning Glory  ...................
Soaked.......................... 
 
 
Hamburgh marrof a t.............1  35
early June............
Champion Eng... 1  50
Hamburgh  petit  pola...........1 75
fancy  sifted....... 1  90
Soaked....................................  65
Harris  standard...................  75
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.110
Early Jnne.........1  80
Archer’s  Early Blossom. . .  1  35
French.........................................1 80
French.................................is@20
Erie.........................................   90
Hubbard...................................... 1 20
Hamburg.....................................1 40
Soaked....................................  80
Honey  Dew................................. 1 60
E rie............................. 
Tomatoes.
............................1  10

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Hancock......................................1 05
Excelsior 
Eclipse..........................................1 10
Hamburg.................................... 1 30
Gallon......................................... 2 60

“ 

CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S.

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

22
35
38
40

CHEESE.

Amboy.........................   @11
Acme.............................  @11
Riverside....................   @n
Gold  Medal  ...............   @10
Skim.............................  6  @  8
10
Brick................................ 
Edam  ..........................  
©1  00
Leiden.........................  
23
Llmburger  .................  ©10
Pineapple.....................  @25
Roquefort.....................  ©35
Sap Sago......................  ©22
Schweitzer, Imported. 
©30
domestic  __   ©15

“ 

CATSUP.

Blue Label Brand.

Half  pint, 25 bottles ........   2 75
..............450
Pint 
............3 50
Quart 1 doz bottles 
5 gross boxes..........................40

CLOTHES PINS.

“ 

l so
1 20

COCOA  SHELLS.

351b. bags........................  ©3
Less quantity.................  M i
Pound  packages............ 6X@7

COFFEE.
G REEN .Rio.

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

Santos.

Fair........................................ 16
Good.......................................17
Prime.....................................18
Peaberry  ............................... 20
Mexican and Guatamala.
Fair........................................ 20
Good.......................................21
Fancy.....................................23
Prime..................................... 19
M illed....................................20
Interior................................. 25
Private Growth.................... 27
Mandehling..........................28
Imitation..............................23
Arabian.................................26

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

ROASTED.

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

PACKAGE.

A rbuckle’s A riosa...... .  19.80
M cLaughlin’s  X X X X ..  19.80
Bunola  ..............................  19.30
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case —   19 80

EXTRACT.

Valley City Vi gross............  75
1  15
.... 
Felix 
Hammel’B, foil, gross.........  1  50
.........2 50
“ 

tin 

" 

“ 

CHICORY.

6

«8

Bulk..
Red__
j 15
Cotton, 40 ft..........per doz. 1  25
1  40
1  60
1  75
1  90
90
1  00

CLOTHES  LIKES.
50ft..........  
»
11 60 ft..........  
“
70 ft.......... 
»
11
80 ft.......... 
»
Jute
60 f t ............. 
W 72 f f ........  
“
“

COUPON  BOOKS.

1 35

“Tradesman.

per hundred.................  2 00
“ 
.................2 50
“ 
“ 
“ 
................. 3 00
“ “ 
.........................8 00
“ 
................. 4  00
................. 5  00
“ 
“Superior.”
per hundred.................  2 50
3 00
3 50
4 00
5 00
6 00

“Universal.”

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

• 1, per hundred...............   83 00
................. 3  50
• 2> 
................. 4  00
1 8, 
• 5, 
................. 5  00
•10, 
.................. 6  00
•20, 
................. 7  00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts
200 or over..............  5 per cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 

“
••
COUPON  PASS  BOOKS.

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

(Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 910  down. |
20 books...........................8  1 00
2 00
50 
3 00
100 
6 25
250 
500 
10 00
1000 
17  50

“   
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“   
“   
“   

 
 
 
 

 

CONDENSED MILK.
4 doz. In case.

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

CRACKERS.
Butter.

Seymour XXX.......................6
Seymour XXX, cartoon......6Vi
Family  XXX........................   6I _.
Family XXX,  cartoon........6V4
Salted XXX..........................6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  .........6Vi
Kenosha 
.............................  7 Vi
Boston.......................................8
Butter  biscuit......................   6Vi

Soda.

Oyster.

Soda,  XXX...........................   6
Soda, City..............................   7Vi
Soda,  Dnchess........................8Vi
Crystal Wafer......................10
Long  Island Wafers 
........ 11  ’
S. Oyster  XXX......................  6
City Oyster. XXX.....................6
Farina  Oyster........................6
Strictly  pure........................ 
30
Telfers  Absolute...............  
35
Grocers’...............................20@25

CREAM TARTAR.

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.
APPLES. 

“ 

PEARS.

PEACHES.

APRICOTS.

quartered  “ 

Snndried, sliced in  bbls.
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes
California in  bags..........
Evaporated in boxes.  .. 
BLACKBERRIES.
In  boxes..........................
NECTARINES.
JO lb. bags.........................
25 lb. boxes.......................
Peeled, In  boxes............
Cal. evap.  “ 
............
In bags........
California In bags  ....
PITTED CHEBRIES.
Barrels.............................
50 lb. boxes...................
25 “ 

................
PRUHELLE8.
30 lb.  boxes...............
RASPBERRIES.
In  b a r r e l s ..............................
501b. b o x e s ............................
......................
251b.  “ 
Foreign.
CURRANTS.
Patras, In barrels__
In  Vi-bbls........
In less quantity

“ 
“ 

“ 

6
sii 
@8 Vi

16Vi
4Vi

20
22

10Vi

21 Vi
22 
23

“ 
“ 

PENL.

© 4 
©  4V4 
©  4 Vi
Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb. boxes  20 
10
Lemon 
Orange 
n

25  “ 
“ 
“ 
25 “ 
RAISINS.
Domestic.
London layers, 2 crown.... 1 50
....1  75
3  “ 
fancy.......... 1  95
Loose Muscatels, boxes.......1  49
Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes..  ©  8
©12
“ 
Sultana, 20 
Valencia, 30  “ 

.  5  @5)4

Foreign.

“ 
“ 

PRUNES.

Bosnia..'.......................   ©
California,  100-120.............
90x100 25 lb. bxs
80x90
70x80 
60x70 

“ 
“
Turkey...........................
S i lv e r ..............................

“ 
“ 
“ 

@

ENVELOPES.

XX rag, white.
No. 1, 6Vi...........................
No. 2, 6 Vi...........................
No. 1,6..............................
No. 2, 6.............................
XX  wood, white.
No. 1, 6Vi  .........................
No. 2, 6Vi...........................
Manilla, white.
6Vi  .....................................
6............... ............
Coin.
Mill  No. 4 ..............................

81  75
1  60
1  65
1  50
1  35
1  25
1 00
95
1  00
FARINACEOU8 GOODS. 

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

3£

Barrels.........................................3 00
Grits............................................ 3 50
4
Dried.................................... 

Lima  Beans.

Maccaronl and Vermicelli. 

Domestic, 12 lb. box.... 
Imported................10Vi©llVi
Pearl Barley.

55

Peas.

Kegs.....................................  ©2 Vi
Green,  bu....................................1 85
Split  per  l b ...............................s 00
German..................................  4
Bast India...............................  5
Cracked................................. 
6

Wheat.

Sago.

FISH—Salt. 

Bloaters.
Cod. 

12

“ 
“ 

Yarmouth........................
Pollock.........................
Whole, Grand  Bank... @5 
Boneless,  bricks......... 6Vi@8
Boneless, strips............
Halibut.
Smoked........................
Herring. 
Scaled...........................
Holland,  bbls..............
kegs..............
Round shore, Vi bbl...
“ 
V4  bbl..
Mackerel.
No. 1, 40 lbs...................
No. 1, kits. 10 lbs..........
No. 2, 40 lbs..................
No. 2”,  10 lbs..................
Family, Vi bbls., 100 lbs 
kits, 10  lbs....
Russian,  kegs...............
No. 1, Vi bbls., lOOlbs... .......6 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.......... .......  90
No. 1.  Vi bbls., lOOlbs... .......7  50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.......... .......  95
Family, Vi bbls., 100 lbs ...  3 00
kits  10  lb s.... .......  40

16  @17
11  00
85
2 OO
1  10
...  4 25
...  1  25
...  3  50
...  1 05
...  5 00
... 
65

Sardines.
Trout.

Whitefish.

“ 

“ 

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
2 oz folding box.. . 7 5  
150
...1 0 0  
3 oz 
“ 
2 00
...1  50 
4 oz 
“ 
6oz 
...2  00 
3 00
“ 
Soz 
...3  00 
4 00
“ 
Gunpowder.
Austin's Rifle, kegs.............5 00
“  Vi kegs.........2 75
“ 
“ 
Crack Shot, kegs . .5 00 
Vi kegs 2 75
“ 
“  Club Sporting  “  6 00
“ 
Vi  “  3 35

“ 
“ 

* 
\

1

48 cans In case.

BOOT BEER
3 doz.case...

No. 1. 
No. 2.

Imported.

pan, No. 1............................6
*  N o .2 ..........................5 Vi

SPICKS. 

Whole Sifted.

Batavia In band__ 15
Saigon In rolls........ 35
Zanzibar................... 13
Mace  Batavia........................80
Nutmegs, fancy.....................80
No.  1........................ 75
No.  2........................ 65
Pepper, Singapore, black.... 15 
w hite...  .25
shot..........................19

“ 

“ 

Pure Ground in Bulk.

“ 

Allspice..................................1
Cassia,  Batavia.....................20
and  Saigon.25
Saigon.....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna..................30
Zanzibar................. 20
Ginger, African.....................15
K  Cochin....................  18
Jamaica...................20
“ 
Mace  Batavia........................ 8t
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..25
“  Trieste......................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................65
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 20
“  white.......30
“ 
“  Cayenne................... 25
Sage.........................................20
“Absolute” In Packages.

Ms  Vis
Allspice........................  84  155
Cinnamon....................   84  1  55
Cloves...........................  84  1  55
Ginger, Jam.................  84  1  56
“  A f....................   84  1  55
Mustard........................  84  1  55
Pepper.........................   84  155
Sage................. 

84

 

SAL  SODA.

Kegs. 
Granulated,  boxes__  

1^4
IX

SEEDS.

A nise...............................  @1254
Canary, Smyrna.........  
Caraway...................... 
Cardamon, Malabar... 
Hemp,  Russian..........  
Mixed  Bird................. 
Mustard,  white..........  
Poppy...........................  
Rape............................. 
Cuttle  bone......................  

6
8
90
4%
4Vi
6
9
6

80

STARCH.
Corn.

 

“ 

5X

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

Gloss.
1-lb packages.........................   5Vi
8-lb 
..........................5 Vi
6-lb 
..........................6
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............   4%
Barrels....................................  4%

“ 
“ 

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

SNUFF.

SODA.

B oxes....................................... 5Vs
Kegs, English..........................4%

SALT.
 
 

100 3-lb. sacks....................... 82 25
60 5-lb.  " 
2 00
28104b. sacks..........................  1 85
2  25
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases.........................  1 50
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags.. 
32
281b.  “ 
18
.. 

drill  “ 

 
 

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

" 

“ 

32
18

Warsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

56 lb. dairy in linen sacks..  75

56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks. 

Solar Rock.

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

Common Fine.
Saginaw................................  
Manistee........................  
 

75 

27

80
 

86

«

INDIGO.

LICORICE.

Sage..
Hops.
Madras,  5 lb. boxes..........  
55
50
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
17  lb. palls. 
75 
30  “ 
1  10
Pure.........................................  30
Calabria..................................  25
Sicily.......................................  12
LYE.
Condensed,  2 doz.......................1 25
4 doz...................... 2 25
MATCHES.
No. 9  sulphur............................. 1 25
Anchor parlor.............................1 70
No. 2 home.................................. 1 10
Export  parlor.............................4 00

“ 

MINCE  MEAT

8 or 6 dos. In case  per dos. .1  00

MBASUBES.

Tin, per dozen.
1  gallon  ......................... 
81  75
Half  gallon........................  1  40
Quart..................................
Pint......................  ............
40
Half  p in t.......................... 
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon...............................  7 00
Half gallon........................  4 75
Quart............  ...................   3 75
Pint.....................................   2 25

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house........................  13H
Ordinary............................. 
16
Prime.................................. 
16
20
Fancy..................................  

New Orleans.

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

14
l1
22
27
35

OATMEAL.

Barrels 200................... 
©5 00
Half barrels 100..................©2 75

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

©5  00
©2  75

PICKLES.
Medium.

Small.

Barrels, 1,200 count.............85 50
Half  barrels, 600 coant____3 25
6 50
Barrels, 2.400  count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 count 
3 75
Clay, No.  216...........................1 75
“  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No.  8................................1 25

PIPES.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

SALERATU8.

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

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

8 0  AP.
LAUNDRY.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Proctor & Gamble.

Old Country,  80  1-lb....... ...3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb.......... ...3 90
White Borax, 100  34-lb... ...3  60
Concord............................. ..  2 80
Ivory, 10  oz...................... ..  6 75
6  oz........................ ..  4 00
Lenox 
............................. .  3 65
Mottled  German.............
.  3  15
Town Talk........................ ..  3 00

SCOTJKING AND POLISHING.
“ 

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

“ 

“ 
“ 

SUGAR.
Cut  Loaf......................
@   5(4
Cubes...........................
@ 5(4
Powdered XXXX.......
@  534
Standard..
Granulated, medium..4.81®  434
fine..........4.81@  434
Confectioners’ A .......4.69®  4«
Soft A...........................
@4  44
White Extra C ............
@   434
Extra  C ........................ @  4(4
C....................................
@ 4
Golden........................
@   374
Y ellow .........................
@   334
Less than  bbls.  (4c advance

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels...............................
.  24
_ .26
Half bbls..........
Fair....................................
..  19
Good..................................
..  25
Choice................................ ...  30
SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps...............
Sugar  Creams.............
Frosted  Creams..........
Graham  Crackers.......
Oatmeal Crackers.......

8
8
9
8H
8(4

TEAS.

ja p a n —Regular.

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

BUN CURED.

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

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

BASKET  FIRED.

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

GUNPOWDER.

Common to  fair........... 25  @35
Extra fine to finest___50  @65
Choicest fancy............. 75  @85
@26
Common to fair........... 23  @30
Common to  fair........... 23  @26
Superior to fine............. 30  @35

IMPERIAL.

oolong. 

YOUNG HYSON.

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

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

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

TOBACCOS.

Warpath.............................
Banner...............................
King Bee.............................
Kiln Dried...  ...................
Nigger Head......................
Honey  Dew........................
Gold  Block........................
Peerless...............................
Rob  Roy.............................
Uncle  S am .......................
Tom and Jerry...................
Brier Pipe.........................
Yum  Yum..........................
Red Clover..........................
Navy....................................
Handmade.........................
Frog...................................

VINEGAR.

40 gr................................7
50 gr...............................8
$1 for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

Bulk, per g a l....................
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...
Magic, per box..................
Warner’s  “ 
.................
Yeast Foam, per box........

YEAST.

.14
.15
.20
.17
.23
.24
.28
.24
.24
.28
.25
.30
.32
.32
.32
.40
33

@8
@9

30 
1  75
.1  00 
.1 00 
.1 00

Pine Cut.

“ 

Palls unless otherwise noted
Hiawatha....................  
60
Sweet  Cuba................. 
34
McGinty...................... 
24
(4 bbls........... 
22
Valley  City.................  
32
27
Dandy Jim................... 
20
Torpedo....................... 
In drums__  
19
Yum Yum  ................. 
26
Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead................... 
Joker...........................  
Nobby Twist..................  
Oh  My............................. 
Scotten’s Brands.

38
24
39
29

Plug.

•* 

Eylo..............................  
Hiawatha.....................  
Valley C ity.................  
Pinzer’s Brands.

22
38
34

Middleton's Brands.

Old  Honesty................ 
40 .
Jolly Tar...................... 
32
Here  It Is..................... 
28
Old Style......................  
31
Jas. G. Butler &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good...................... 38
Toss Up......................................26
Out of Sight..............................25
Private Brands.
Sweet  Maple............... 
L. & W........................ 
Boss.......................................  12Vi
Colonel’s Choice..................13

Smoking.

30
26

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

WHEAT.

MEAL.

70 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
70
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 
Bolted.................................. 
l  30
Granulated.........................  1  50
FLOUR.
Straight, in  sacks  ............  4 40
“ barrels..........  4  50
“ 
“ sacks.............   5 40
Patent 
“ barrels..........  5 50
“ 
Graham 
“ sacks...........   2  10
Rye 
“ “ 

 

 

MILLSTUFFS.

Less

CORN.

Car lots  quantity
*15 00
15 50
15  50
20 50
20 50

Bran............... $14  00 
Screenings_  15 00 
Middlings...  15  00 
Mixed Peed...  20 00 
. 20 00 
Coarse meal 
Car  lots.................................53
Less than  car  lots............. 55
Car  lots  ................................ 33
Less than car lots................40
HAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__ 11  00
No. 1 
ton lots  __ 12 00

OATS.

“ 

OILS.

The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows,  in barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
Eocene........................... 
9
Water White, old test.  @  854
W.  W.  Headlight, 150° 
7(4
Water  White  ............ 
© 7
Naptha.........................   @ 7
Stove Gasoline............  @7)4
Cylinder..................... 27  @36
E ngine....................   13  @21
Black, 25 to 30 deg__  @7(4

FRESH  MEATS.

Swift & Company quote as fol­

lows:
Beef,carcass...............  5  @6
“  hindquarters...  6  @  6(4
fore  “ 
“ 
. .. 3   @3(4
loins,  No. 
“ 
3... 9 @9(4
“ 
ribs.................  7  @ 8
rounds............ 5  @ 5(4
“ 
Bologna........................  @ 4V*
Pork lo in s....................   @10)4
.........  @734
Sausage, blood or head  @ 4(4
liv e r ..............  @4(4
Frankfort__   @ 7
Mutton  ..........................7  @ 8
Veal.................................6  @ 7

shoulders 

“ 
“ 

“ 

HIDES.

HIDES,  PELTS  and FURÒ
Perkins  &  Hess  pay as  fol

lows,  prices nominal
Green.........................
!(4@3j4
Part  Cured.................
@
Pull  “ 
.................
@ 434 
@  5
gry..............................
Kips, green  ...............
3(4
“  cured.................
@ 434
Calfskins,  green....... 4 ©  5
cured.......
@ 7
Deacon skins........ .
10 @30
No. 2 hides M off.
2 40
PELTS.
Shearlings................... 10 @25
Lambs 
Washed...................... 20 @23
Unwashed........   ..... 10 @20

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

WOOL.

5
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Tallow.......................
Grease  butter  ..........
Switches....................
Ginseng........   .......... 2 00@2 65

3(4© 334
1 @  2
1(4® 2

POULTRY

Local dealers pay as  follows:

DRESSED.
Fow l...........................
8 @ 9
Turkeys...................... 10 @11
Ducks  .  .................... 11 @13
Chickens,................... 8 @10
Fowls.......................... 7 @  8
Turkeys......................
9 @10
Spring Duck............. 10 @11

LIVE.

FISH  and  OYSTERS.

P.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as

follows:
FRESH  FISH
................. 8 @  9
Whlteflsh 
T rout.........................
8 @ 9
Halibut........................
@15
Ciscoes or Herring...
5 @ 6
Blnefish...................... 11 @12
Fresh lobster, per lb .
Soft crabs, per doz...
Shrimp, per" gal........
Cod.............................. 10 @M
No. 1 Pickerel............
@ S
Pike............................
@ 7
Smoked  White  ........
@  7

20
1  00
1  25

o y s t e r s —Cans.

Falrhaven  Counts...
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100  .......
Clams, 
.........

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@40

1 25<§H  50
1 00@1  25

18

PAPER A WOODEN WARE

PAPER.

Straw 
.................................... lj£
Rockfalls.................................1%
Rag sugar...................... .' 
Hardware................................ 2(4
Bakers......................................2(4
Dry  Goods.................... 5  @6
Jute  Manilla.................   @5(4
Red  Express  No. 1................5(4
No. 2................4(4

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TWINES.

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48 Cotton.................................ro
Cotton, No. 1..........................17
“  2.-........................16
Sea  Island, assorted............ 30
No. 5 Hemp............................15
No. 6  “ .........................  
 
WOODENWARE.

 

 
 
 
 
 

Tubs,No. 1...........................  700
“  No. 2........................... 6 00
“  No. 3...........................5 00
1  35
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__   1  eo
40
80
 

Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__  
Bowls, 11 inch...................... 
 

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“ 
“ 
“ willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
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13  “ 
15  “ 
17  “ 
19  “ 
21  “ 
Baskets, market...................  35
shipping  bushel.,  l  25 
..  1  35
full  hoop  “ 
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3 7 26
, No.l  3 50 
“ 
“ 
No.2 4 26
“ 
No.3 5 nc
Pails..........................................  4 05
Tubs, ¡4 doz...............................  4 55

INDURATED WARE.

“ 
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splint 

15

1 00
1 60
2 25
2 75
3 00

H
S tick y  Fly  Paper.

3

F

1

PB IC E :
One  Box..............................
4 5
One Case (IO Boxes).. ..................4  OO

... 

Each  box  contains 25  Doable

Sheets and one TANGLEFOOT Holder.

F W ib   F \A P lD S ,

l/Ct-V-

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

No sheet will spoil, no matter how long a box  may last.
FOR  SALE  BY ALL  JOBBBUS.

rou should by all means use our Coupon Books. 

You will avoid great loss.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

lOO  L o u is  S treet,

G ran d   R a p id s,  M ich.

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TECK  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

UNCLE!  SAM’S  COINAGE.

The making  of  the  first  money in the 
United States  began in  1786,  but instead 
of the faces of  representative statesmen, 
it bore only the figure of  Liberty.  Some 
few coins were stamped  with  the face of 
Washington,  and,  of  course, are  highly 
valued  by  collectors.  The  first  coins 
struck  by  the  United  States  mint  were 
half dimes in  1792;  the  first  dimes were 
struck in France  from  old  silver  family 
plate  furnished  by  Washington, 
the 
coins being  known  as  Martha  Washing­
ton  dimes,  from  the  circumstance  as 
noted, and an  adaptation  of  the Liberty 
head to that of  Martha Washington.
The United  States  mint in  San  Fran­
cisco is said to be the largest of the  kind 
in the world.  The process of dime mak­
ing there  may  not  be  without  interest. 
The silver bullion is first melted and run 
into  two-pound  bars.  These,  in  turn, 
are  run  through  immense  rollers  and 
flattened out to the thickness of the coin. 
These strips  are  then  passed  through a 
machine  which  cuts  them  into  proper 
size  for  the  presses, the  strips  having 
been  treated  with  a  kind  of  tallow  to 
prevent  their  being  scratched  in  their 
passage through the cutters.
The silver pieces are then  put into the 
feeder  of  the  printing  presses,  and  are 
fed to the die by automatic  machinery at 
the rate of  100 per  minute, 48,000 dimes 
being  turned  out  in  a  regular  working 
day of  12 hours.
As  the smooth  pieces  are  pressed  be­
tween the printing dies  they  receive the 
lettered  and  figured  impression;  at  the 
same  time  the  piece  is  expanded  in  a 
slight degree and  the small corrugations 
are cut in  its  rim.  The  machine  drops 
the  completed  coin  into a  receiver,  and 
it is ready for the counter’s  hands.
T H E   F IR S T   S I L V E R   D O L L A R .

The  first  silver  dollar  was  coined un­
der  the  act  of  February  12,  1792,  and 
weighed 416 grains and had a fineness  of 
892.4,  which standard  was  continued for 
many years.  The  first  coins  struck  for 
America,  however,  are  supposed to have 
been  the  Sommer  Island  shilling  and 
sixpence;  the date of  coinage,  place and 
circumstances  under  which  they  were 
issued  are  unknown.  The  Sommer  or 
Summer  Islands  are  the  present  Ber­
mudas.  The  shilling  was  called  a 
“Hoggs-Penny,”  composed  of  copper, 
size 19,  weight 177  grains.
The  silver dollar,  since  the first intro­
duction of the coin,  has undergone many 
changes,  all of  which  have  had more  or 
less effect  in  establishing  a  fixed  value 
among  collectors  of  rare  coins.  The 
issue of  1804 bears  the  palm  in this re­
spect,  and has won for itself the name of 
“the King of  American Rarities.”  Only 
seven  or  eight  of  the  1804  dollars  are 
known to be in existence.
The “legend” of  the scarcity is  that a 
vessel bound  for China  had  on board al­
most the entire coinage, §19,570, and was 
lost at  sea.  Another  theory  concerning 
this  mysterious  coin  runs  as  follows: 
That the entire  issue was shipped to pay 
the Yankee tars  who  fought  in  the war 
with Tripoli.  The sailors drifted around 
after the war  closed,  and many of  them 
went to  Africa,  where  they  spent  their 
money.
The native kings collected all the coins 
and  buried  them  as  trophies.  Perhaps 
Stanley might  throw  some  light  on the 
last  version  of  the  1804 dollar.
T H E   N A T IO N A L   M O TTO .

The  national  motto, 

“£   pluribus j 
unum,” on different United States coins, 
was  never  authorized  by  law  to  be so 
placed.  Although  the  mint  was estab- 
ished  in  1792,  the  use of  the  motto on 
any of  the  gold, silver  or  copper  coins 
was  not authorized or directed by any of 
the provisions of  the act  establishing it. 
None  of  the  coins  since  1837  bore  the 
motto  until  the  standard  silver  dollars 
were coined.
It remained on  the  early  gold and sil­
ver coins until 1834, when it was omitted 
from the  gold  coins.  From  the  double 
eagle  in  1866  it  was  also  omitted. 
In 
1836  it  was  dropped  from  the  25-cent 
piece  and  the  following  year  from  all 
silver coins,  the trade  dollar  only  reviv­
ing its use.  The motto was first  used on 
a half-penny or  cent struck  in New Jer­
sey in 1786-87.

The motto,  “In God  We  Trust,”  has  a 
curious history.  Until  1864 no religious 
motto  appeared  on American  coins. 
In 
November,  1861, a  clergyman  addressed 
a letter  to  Mr.  Chase, the  Secretary  of 
the  Treasury,  suggesting  a  recognition 
of  the  Deity  on the  coins.  This  letter 
was  referred  to  James  Pollock,  an  ex- 
Governor  of  Pennsylvania  and Director 
of the Mint at the time,  but  it was found 
that  the  mottoes  could  not  be changed 
without authority of  law.
In  December,  1866, the  Director  sub­
mitted  plans for  a  new  three-cent, two- 
cent and one-cent piece, on  which it was 
proposed that one of  the  following mot­
toes be inserted:  “Our Country, our God,” 
“God Our Trust.”  Mr. Chase  suggested 
in lieu of these mottoes  the one,  “In God 
We  Trust.” 
It  was  upon  the  two-cent 
piece,  authorized  April  22,  1864  (since 
abolished), the  motto of Secretary Chase 
first  appeared.
It was also  stamped  on  the  1866 issue 
of  the  double  eagle,  eagle,  half  eagle, 
silver dollar, half  dollar  and  nickel five 
cent  piece  in  lieu of  the  long-standing 
motto,  “IS pluribus unum.”  In the trade 
dollar issue,  1873,  both  mottoes  were re­
tained,  “In God We Trust” appearing on 
the obverse.

G E O R G E   T .  M O R G A N .

There is a popular idea  prevalent  that 
the  minute  letter “M”  stamped  on  the 
Goddess  of  Liberty  just  at  the  point 
where the largest lock of hair crosses the 
neck  stands  for “mint,”  and  is  an  evi­
dence  of  the  genuineness  of  the  coin 
bearing it.  But this is a mistake.
The  “M”  stands  for  Morgan—George 
T.  Morgan,  who  is the  originator of  the 
design.  He also  stamped  the letter “M” 
on the  reverse  side of  the  coin,  on  the 
left half of  the loop of  ribbon tied about 
the  wreath.
Regarding the Liberty  head on the ob­
verse  side  Mr.  Zoellar,  the  designer  of 
the  soldiers’  monument  which  is  to  be 
placed 
in  Garfield  square,  Pottsville, 
says:  “I  have  sought  everywhere,  al­
most,  for  a true  head of  Liberty, and  I 
have  come  to  the  conclusion  that  the 
best  head is that  which  at  the  present 
time has a place on  our  silver  dollar.  1 
propose to use it on account of  its  being 
the  best  representation  of  Liberty  that 
can,  in my judgment,  be found.
Mr.  Morgan,  in  order to get the design 
for the head which  was  accepted, select­
ed as his  model Miss  Annie  Williams,  a 
young  school 
teacher,  who  had,  Mr. 
Morgan 
said,  “the  purely  American
features.”
Quite  a  number  of  people  have  been 
under the  impression  that Mr.  Morgan’s 
wife’s head  had been  used as a model for 
the  perfection  of  the  design,  but  such 
was not the case.

T H E   D O L L A R   M A R K .

Regarding the dollar mark,  writers are 
not  agreed  as  to  the  derivation of  this 
sign to represent  the word dollar or dol­
lars.  Some  contend  that it  comes from 
the  letters  U  and  S,  which,  after  the 
adoption  of  the  Federal  constitution, 
were prefixed to the currency of  the new 
United  States,  and  which  afterward,  in 
the hurry of writing,  were run into  each 
other,  the  U being  made  first and the S 
over it.
Others say that the contraction is from 
the  Spanish  pesos,  dollars;  others  still 
believe it to be derived from the Spanish 
word fuertes,  meaning  hard, so called to 
j designate  silver  and  gold  from  paper 
or soft  money.  The  most plausible ex­
planation of the puzzle is this:  That it is 
a  modification  of  the  figure 8, and that 
the  character, as  we  mark  it,  denotes 
that  we  are  speaking,  or  writing, of  a 
sum of money equal to eight reals;  or,  as 
the dollar was formerly called,  a piece of 
eight.
In the early history of the dollar,  when 
everybody  knew  it  as  a piece of  eight, 
writers  who  had  occasion  to mention it 
in  their  articles  did  so by  making this 
character:  (8)

(8)

The two eights and the  double  hyphen 
gradually  “evoluted” until  it  came  out 
as $.

SHINPLASTERS.

A word  relative  to  the  origin  of  the 
! old shinplaslers, emanating  from no less

PRODUCE  MARKET.

h Apples—Pippins  and  Dutchess  are  In  fairly 
good supply, commanding $2.2:5®$2.75 per bbl.
Beans—Dry stock Is in small supply and active 
demand.  Dealers  pay  $1.5031.60  for  unpicked 
and hold city handpicked at $1.6531,95 per bu.

Beets—50c per bu.
Butter—The market is without change, jobbers 
paying 13314c and holding at 15316c.  Creamery 
commands 23c.
Cabbages—50c and 60o  per dozen, according to 
size
Celery—Choice home grown commands 25c per 
dozen  bunches.
Dried  apples—Evaporated  Is  firmly  held  at 
8@9c;  sundried is strong at 5@Gc.
Eggs— The price is a little higher than a week 
ago, dealers  paying 1314314c and  holding at lf.c 
per doz.
Grapes—Early  Ohio  are  in  limited  supply at 
50c per 9 lb basket.
Green Corn—10c per doz.
Honey—14c per lb.  Very scarce.
Musk  Mellons — Osage,  $1.25  per  crate;  nut­
meg, $1 per dozen.
Onions—-Green are  in  fair  demand at 10c  per 
dozen bunches.  Home grown dry are firmly held 
at 75c  per bushel.
Peaches—Early  Rivers  are  about  out of  mar­
ket and Early Michigan and Hale’s Early will be 
the  leading varieties  for  the  next  ten  days. 
Dealers  predict  higher  prices  for  the  coming 
week, confidently expecting  to  realize  $1.50 per 
bu  for  choice fruit, but the  price may continue 
to rule  low, depending  on  the weather and the 
condition of the market
Potatoes—The supply of  home  grown  is  now 
ample  to  meet  all  requirement's.  Dealers  pay 
40c and hold at 50c per bu.

Radishes—10c per dozen bunches.
Tomatoes—Home  grown  is  in  fair  demand 
at 536c per lb.
Watermelons—$203125  per  100,  according  to 
size.
Whortleberries—The  crop continues  to  come 
in, commanding fl.7532.25 per  bu., according to 
quality.  The  indications  are  that  blueberries 
will  continue to arrive  for  two or three  weeks 
yet. 

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PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

LARD.

12 25
14 00 
¿5 50
15 00 
15 00 
15 00 
15 50

Mess,  new..................................  ...............
Short c u t.....................................................
Extra clear pig, short cut.........................
Extra clear, heavy.....................................
Clear, fat  back............................................
Boston clear, short cut.............................
Clear back, short cut.................................
Standard clear, short cut. best —   ........
s a u s a g e —Fresh and Smoked.
Pork Sausage...............................................
Ham Sausage...............................................
Tongue Sausage.........................................
Frankfort  Sausage  ...................................
Blood Sausage.............................................
Bologna, straight........................................
Bologna,  thick..........   ............................. .
Head Cheese................................................

97*
55
5
5
Corn-
Kettle 
Rendered.  Granger.  Family,  pound.
Tierces __ ..8*
5*
501b. Tins.. • 8*
6*
20 lb. Palls.-  8*
6*
...  9
10 lb.  “ 
6*
51b. 
..  9*
“ 
6%
6%
81b. 
.•  9«
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Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs........................6 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........................   6 50
Boneless, rump butts........................................ 10 50
Hams, average 20 lbs...........................................12%

SNORED  m eats—Canvassed or Plain.

“ 
16 lbs...........................................18
“ 
12 to 14 lbs...................................18
“  picnic.............................................. 9*
“ 
best boneless............................................  sv*
Shoulders............................................................... 83i
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................................10?*
Dried beef, ham prices......................................   9*
Long Clears, heavy..............................................
Briskets,  medium...............................................
light...........................................

BXRP  IN  BARRBL8.

6*
6*
6%
7
7*
7*

8
8*
8*
8X
8X
9

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CANDIES, FRUITS  and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDY.
Full  Weight. 

Bbls.  Palls.

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

....  6
...  6
...  6
....  7

7
7
7
8*
8
8

M IX ED CANDY.
Full Weight.

Bbls.
.6
.6
.6*
.7
.7
.7
8

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Standard..........................
Leader.............................
Royal...............................
English  Rock.................
Conserves......................
Broken Taffy.................
Peanut Squares..............
French Creams.............
Valley  Creams.............
Midget. 30 lb. baskets..
Modern, SO lb. 

“
FANCY—In bulk.
Full Weight.

“ 

Lozenges, plain............
printed........
Chocolate Drops............
Chocolate Monumentale..............
Gum Drops.....................
Moss Drops....................
Sour Drops....................
Imperials......................
Lemon Drops...............
Sour Drops....................
Peppermint Drops........
Chocolate Drops............
H. M. Chocolate  Drops.

fan cy—In 5 lb. boxes.

Palls.
7
7
7*
8
8
8
8
9
10
13
.........8
.........8

Palls.
.......  10
.......  11
.......  11*
.......  13
.......  5*
.......  8
.......  8*
.......  10
Per Box
........ 56
.........55
.........60
.........65
........ 90

“ . 

Gum Drops................................
Licorice Drops..  ......................
A. B. Licorice  Drops...............
Lozenges, plain.........................
printed....................
Imperials....................................
Mottoes.......................................
Cream Bar..................................
Molasses  Bar.............................
Hand Made  Creams.................
Plain Creams.............................
Decorated Creams.....................
String  Rock...............................
Burnt Almonds...  ...................
Wlntergreen  Berries...............
CARAMELS.
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes... 
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
No. 8, 
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes...............
BANANA8.
Small..........................................
Medium...................................
Large.........................................
ORANGES.
Callfornias, 9 6 ..........................
126...........................
150  .......................
Messinas, choice 200...............
“ 
160...............
LEMONS.

3  “
2  “
3  “

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..4 0 3 5 0  
. . . . 1   00
.........80
...........60
........... 65
........... 60
........... 70

. .85@95 
..80390
__ 1  00
...........65
___ 1  00
............. 60
__   34
51
.........  28
.........  42
____   90

1  0 0 3 1   25
1  5 0 3 1  75
2   GO3 2   25

3

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50-lb.  “ 

3 8   00 
3
3S 00

Messina, choice, 360.............................
fancy, 360................................
choice 300................................
fancy 390 Maloris.................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
313
Figs, fancy layers, 6 » .........................
“  10»  .......................
314 
extra  “ 
14»........................
3  
20».......................
“ 
3
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box........................
3  8* 
........................
3   6* 
Persian. 50-lb.  box..................
3  5
NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona...........................
319
Ivaca.....................................
317
California............................
318* 
Brazils, new...........................................
310 
Filberts.................................................
311* 
Walnuts, Grenoble.  ............................
314H O
“  Marbot...................................
310313*
Chill.......................................
“ 
Table  Nnta,  fancy..............................
312*
choice.............................
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  .......... .............
11  314 
3 3  90
Cocoanuts, full sacks.........................
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns...............................
3   3* 
“  Roasted  ...............
3   7* 
Fancy, H.  P., Flags.............................
3   s*  
“  Roasted..............
3  7tt 
Choice, H. P.,  Extras..........................
3  4*  
“  Roasted.........j. .
3   6* 
California Walnuts.............................
12*
C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

PEANUTS.

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FRUIT  JARS.

Pints..................................................................$ 7 25
Quarts................................................................  7 50
Half Gallons.....................................................  9  50
Caps...................................................................   3 00
45
Rubbers............................................................. 

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 Su b...............................................................  45
No. 1  “  ...............................................................  50
No. 2  “  ...............................................................  75
Tubular................................................................   75

l a m p  c h im n e y s.—Per box.

6 doz. in box.

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Pearl top.

La Bastfe.

First quality.
“ 
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XXX Flint.
“ 
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No. 0 Sun............................................................   1 75
No. 1  “  ...............................................................1  88
No. 2  “  ...............................................................2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.......................................... 2 25
No. 1  “ 
“  .......................................... 2 40
No. 2  “ 
“  ...........................................3 40
No. 0 Sun, crimp top..........................................2 60
“  .......................................... 2 80
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  ** 
“  .......................................... 8 86
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled......................3 70
No. 2  “ 
.....................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
......................4 88
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz......................... 1  25
No. 2  “ 
..........................150
No. 1 crimp, per doz..........................................1  85
No. 2  “ 
............................................1  60
No. 0,  per  gross...................................................  23
28
No. 1, 
No  2, 
38
No. 3, 
75
Mammoth, per doz..............................................  75
Butter Crocks,  1 and 6 gal............................   06*
Jugs, *  gal., per doz.......................................  75
.......................................  90
.....................................   1  80
Milk Pans, *  gal., per  doz.............................  60
glazed .:..........   75
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“ 
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glazed................  90
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STONEWARE—AKRON.

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Gloucester, Cape A nn, Mass. 

RECEIVE

Maclerel,  Codfish,  Herrii 
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

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
M ic h  ig a n  (T b n t im t ,

Trains Leave 
Lv.  Chicago__ i  730pm
Lv. M ilw au k ee, 
ftäilnm
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
6 50am
Ionia............Ar
7 45am
St.  Johns  ...Ar
8 30am
Owossa........ Ar
9 05am
E. Saginaw.  Ar
10 45am
11 30am
Bay City.......Ar
F lin t............Ar
10 05am
11 55am
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac........ Ar
10 53am
Detroit..........Ar
11 50am
WE8TWARD.

10 20am
11 25am 
1217pm
1 20pm 
3 05pm 
3 45pm
3 45pm 
6 00pm 
305pm
4 05pm

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

10 55pm 
12 37am 
1 55am 
3 15am
6 45am
7 22am 
540am 
7 30am 
5 37am 
7 00am

a  source  than  the  late  General  F.  £. 
Spinner,  whose  unique  autograph  will 
long be remembered,  will  not  be  amiss 
at this particular point:
When  all the silver  had been paid out 
of the Treasury of the United States early 
in  1862, I procured  from  the  Postoffice 
Department quantities of postage stamps 
for the  purpose of  making  change.  My 
recollection now is that  at that time five 
and ten cent stamps were  the only kinds 
in use.
So, to facilitate the making of  change,
1 had the stamps  pasted  on slips  of  pa­
per so  as to  make  twenty-five  and  fifty 
cents.  This  was  done  after  an  agree­
ment  with  Montgomery  Blair,  the  then 
Postmaster-General,  that  he  would  re­
deem them  in that  condition  in  postage 
stamps. 
It  was  soon  found  that  this 
mode of procedure was impracticable.
I then  persuaded the  Postmaster-Gen­
eral to procure  the engraving and print­
ing  of  fac-similies  of  the  postal  com­
pound postage stamp.  These the  Treas­
urer  bought  from  the  Postmaster-Gen­
eral  under an  agreement  that  the  Post- 
office  Department  should  redeem them. 
This  was  what  was  called “postal  cur­
rency.”
The  Postmaster-General  soon  became 
tired of the  additional responsibility and 
labor that the issuing  and redemption of 
this currency  threw  upon  his office  and 
he urged  that  the  Treasurer  should  re­
lieve him  of  it.  He  then  procured  the 
passage  of  a  law  by  Congress  for  the 
printing  of  a  currency  which  would 
represent the fractions of a dollar.

F R A C T IO N A L ,  C U R R E N C Y .

Connected  with 

These  were  engraved  and  printed  in 
denominations of 3,5,10,15,25 and 50 cent 
notes,  and  in  contradistinction  to  the 
postal  currency,  were  called  fractional 
currency,  and  were  receivable  for  all 
Government dues.
the  United  States 
Treasury is one of  the  most  remarkable 
coin  experts  in  the  world.  He  is  the 
coin examiner, and  has  the  remarkable 
gift of discerning  the  slightest  fraud  in 
specie without being  able exactly to tell 
how it is done.
If a counterfeit piece be concealed in a 
heap of  money  he  will  detect  it  blind­
folded.  He  runs his fingers through the 
mass and in a few moments every coin is 
tested.  This  is  the  result  of  that  re­
markable  power of  touch  which  is only 
perfected by long  practice.
When Treasurer Huston  came into his 
office  he  gave  a  receipt  for  what  the 
treasury  vaults  contained,  and  this  re­
ceipt  was  the  largest  ever  given in the 
history of  the world.  A fac-simile of  it 
is framed and hung up in the Treasurer’s 
office and it represents  $771,432,329.45%.

COIN SHIPMENTS.

Gold  coin  is  shipped  abroad  in  five- 
gallon iron-bound oaken kegs.  Each keg 
holds  ten  bags  and  each  bag  contains 
$5,000, so that the value of  a keg is $50,- 
000.  Gold  from  the  other  side  usually 
comes  in boxes.
Over  90  per  cent,  of  the  silver  pro­
duced in the country  passes through the 
hands  of  a few  banks  and  firms  which 
make  it  their  special  business  in  New 
York and San  Francisco. 
In  fact, three 
or  four  houses  monopolize  the  greater 
part of  the  trade, and  to  them  silver  is 
consigned  for  sale  by  the  mining  and 
smelting companies.
They dispose of  it in the market to the 
Government (whose purchases  under the 
late  silver  law  are  now  of  great  im­
portance), ship it abroad or  buy it them­
selves.
The stock is believed  never  to be very 
large,  and even during  the  recent silver 
agitation was not  much  more  than from 
6,000,000 
to  7,000,000  ounces.  Bars 
weighing 1,000 ounces on  an average are 
usually 999  fine, and  all  transactions  in 
them  are  on  this  basis,  which  is  the 
standard of the United States  coinage.
A number of  bars  go  to  the assay of­
fice  to  be  converted  into  assay  bars, 
which are thin bricks  of  silver weighing 
200 ounces  each and  bearing  the official 
stamp  of  weight  and  fineness.  These 
are  in  demand  by  silversmiths  on  ac­
count of the guarantee of  the stamp.
The  bullion  shipped  to  Europe  is in 
the form of  commercial  bars, which  are 
simply carted  to  the  steamer  and  there

placed,  unpacked, in the  treasure  room. 
It is  quite  unusual to  pack  silver  with 
the care that is  bestowed  on  gold.  The 
bars,  also, form  the  bulk  of  the  stock 
held in New  York.
WARFARE  OF  HUMAN  INDUSTRY.
To the benevolent  mind there is some­
thing exceedingly painful in the frequent 
conflicts  between  employers  and  em­
ployed which disfigure  the chronicles  of 
our daily  history,  and  which  often,  like 
that  which  is  now  going  on  at  Home­
stead,  are  made  especially  repulsive by 
the violence and  bloodshed  with  which 
they are accompanied.  Strikes and lock­
outs involve,  at best, much  loss of wages 
on one  side and of  profits  on the  other, 
not 
to  mention  the  inconvenience  to
which they  put numbers  of  people who 
have no direct  interest  in  the  disputes 
which  occasion  them.  When,  in  addi­
tion, they  lead to the  destruction of  life 
and  property, as  the  railroad  strike  at 
Pittsburgh  in  1877 did  on  an enormous 
scale,  and as the present strike at  Home­
stead would  undoubtedly  have done but 
for  the  presence  of  the  military,  it  is 
difficult not  to  view them  as blots upon 
our civilization  which  might  and ought 
to  be  removed,  and  which  will  be  re­
moved  eventually  by  the discovery and 
application to  them of  proper remedies. 
Thus far,  it  is  conceded,  the  search  for 
such  remedies  has  been  fruitless.  Ar­
bitration,  which  has  been  urgently 
recommended in  the  case  of  the Home­
stead  strike, presupposes  a  willingness 
on  both  sides  to  come  to  an  amicable 
settlement,  which,  of  itself, renders  ar­
bitration  only a form  of  mutual  agree­
ment.  Compulsory  arbitration  is a con­
tradiction  in  terms,  since if  it  be made 
against the consent of  either one  of  the 
parties, it  is not arbitration  at all, but  a 
mere suit at law.  Profit  sharing  is only 
a one-sided partnership, in which the lit­
tle  partners  pocket  their  profits  when 
there  are  any,  but cannot  contribute  to 
losses when losses  occur.  Consequently 
it succeeds only so  long  as  the business 
to which it  is applied is prosperous, and 
breaks down  in seasons of adversity.  A 
perfection and extension of trades-union­
ism, which  I  think  is  impending,  and 
which will  make of  the  entire  body  of 
worker  for  wages  a  disciplined  army, 
will  prevent  petty  scattering  conflicts, 
and will, to  that  extent, be an  improve­
ment  upon the  present  state  of  things, 
but it will  be  accompanied  by a corres­
ponding  complete  organization  of  em­
ployers,  and  render  a collision  between 
the two,  whenever one happens,  far more 
mischievous  than  those  which  happen 
now.  Any  solution  of  the  problem 
which proposes  either to give to employ­
ers  the  unchecked  control  of  the  em­
ployed,  or, on  the  other  hand, 
to  put 
the united body of the employed into the 
position  of  dictators  of  wages and  con­
ditions  of labor, is manifestly  unreason­
able and impossible.

The root of the whole trouble, it is ob­
vious, lies in  the  natural  disposition  of 
the  employed  to  get  as  much for their 
services as they can, and the correspond­
ing desire of  employers  to  pay  as  little 
for them as  possible.  This  trait of  hu­
man character  has  been  the  subject  of 
observation and comment from  the earli­
est ages  of  the world,  and  the  proverb, 
“There is  no  friendship in trade,”  is  as 
old as trade itself.  The  best of  men, it 
is said, cannot  resist  the  temptation  to 
cheat and tell  lies  when  he  has a horse 
to dispose of,  and dealings in  stocks and

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’*

D EPA RT.  ARRIV E
D etroit Express....................................7:00 a m   10:00 p m
Mixed  ....................................................7:05 a m   4:30  p m
Day  E xpress.......................................1:80 p m  10:00 a m
•Atlantic A Pacific Express..............1:00 p m  0:00 a  m
New York Express...............................5:40 p m  10:45 p m

•Dally.
All other dally except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  ran   on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
trains to and from  Detroit.
Elegant  parlor  cars  leave Orand  Rapids on Detroit 
Express a t 7 a. m.,  returning  leave  D etroit  4:45 p. m. 
arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m.

Fred M. B r ig g s , Gen’l Agent, 85 Monroe St.
A. Almqujst, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office. 07 Monroe St. 
O. W. R u g g l k s  G. P.  A  T. Agent.. Chicago.

D etroit

GRANDHAVEN TIME  TABLE

NOW IN  KFFECT.

EASTW ARD.

|*No.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18|*No.  82

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

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

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

15 
<
5  10pm
6 15pm 
6 30am 
6 00am

Trains arlve 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  Parltr  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 o h n W. L o u d , Traffic Manager.
Ben F l e t c h e r , Trav. Pass. Agent.
J ab. Ca m p b e l l, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

fflRTH,  KRAUSE  &  CO.,

J O B B E R S   O F

L eather and Shoe Store Supplies.

1 3 -1 4   LYON  ST. 

O R A N D   R A P ID S

JOBBERS  OF

G e o . H .  R e e d e r   &   C o .,
BOOTS  & SHOES
Felt Boots and Alaska  Socks.

State Agents for

I  158 &  16*  Fountain St., Grand Rapids.

15

Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.
Schedule  in effect  July  3,1898.

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.
South.
S 50am
9:80 a m  
1:60 p m
8:10 p m
8:35 p m

Arrive from   Leave going
N orth.w 
7:80  a m
For Traverse City A Mackinaw
From  Kalamazoo  ......................
8.00  p m
For Traverse City A Mackinaw
6:15  p m 
For  Traverse  City......................
10:60  p m
For  Petoskey A M ackinaw.......
From Chicago and  Kalamazoo.
7:80 a m  
For Saginaw..................................
6;15 p m
For Saginaw ..................................
Train arriving1 from   south a t 6:50 am   and departing1 
north a t 7:80  a m  daily;  all other  train s  daily  except 
Sunday.

North.
I  For  C incinnati.............................   6:80c
6:20 a m
i  For Kalamazoo and  Chicago...
11:50 a m
|  For F ort Wayne and the  East.
For  Cincinnati...............................   6:80 p m
6:80 p m
10:60 p m
For Chicago...................................   10:40 p l
From Saginaw...............................  11:50 c
11:50 a m
10:60 p m
j  From Saginaw................................  10:40 p l
l a t 6:80 p ni  and  leav-
ing south a t 6:00 p. m, also train  leaving south a t 11:80 
p. m. ran  daily;  all other  train s  daily except Sunday.

Train arriv in g  from  the  north a t 6:80 p i 

South.
7:00 a m
10:05  a m
8:00 p m
6:00  p m
11:80 p m

SLEEPING  A  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

N O R TH

7:20 a m train«—P arlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Traverse City  and  Grand  Rapids 
to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
8.00 p  m  train  has  parlor  car  Grand 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
1 0 :4 0   p   m   tr a in « —Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw. 
SO UTH —7 :0 0  a m  train«—P arlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:05  a m   tra in .—W agner  P arlor  Car 
Granu Rapids  to  Chicago.
6:00  p m train«—W agner Sleeping  Car 
Grand  Rapids to Cincinnati.
1 1 ;2 0   p m  t r a i n . —W agner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

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

Lv Grand  Rapids 
A rr Chicago 

10:05 a m 
3:35 p m  

8:00 p m 
9:00 p m  

11:80 p m
6.50 a m

10:05 a m train  through w agner Parlor Car.
11:80 p m train  daily, through W agner  Sleeping Car. 

3:10p m  
Lv  Chicago 
A rr Grand Rapids 
8:35 p m  
3:10  p  m  through  W agner  P arlor  Car. 
train  daily, through W agner Sleeping Car.

7:05am 
1:50 pm 

10:10pm
6:50  a m
10:10 p  m 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana«

For Muskegon—Leave. 

From Muskegon—Arrive.

6:55 a m  
11:85 a m  
6:30 p m 

10:00 a m
4;40 p m
9:06 p m

Through tickets and fall inform ation  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almquist,  tick et  agent  a t  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

CHICAGO  ™K-E.17.-189a-

A N D   W F S r   M IC H IG A N   R ’Y.

GOING TO  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS........ 9:05am  1:35pm *11:35pm
Ar. CHICAGO...............3:35pm  6:45pm  *7:05am

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. CHICAGO.............. 7:05*un  5:25pm  *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS.......3:55pm 10:10pm  *6:10am

INDIANAPOLI8.

TO AND FROM MU8KEG0N.

TRAVERSE CITY, CHARLEVOIX  & PETOSKEY.

GRAND BAPIDS AND CHICAGO.
Via St. Joe and Steamer.
t  6:30pm
Lv Grand Rapida..................   l:35pm 
Ar Chicago  ...........................  8:30pm 
2:00 am
9:30am
Lv Chicago............................   9:30am 
Ar Grand Rapide.....................5:20pm 
5:20pm
TO  AND  FROM  BENTON  HARBOR, ST  JOSEPH  AND 
L v . G R ............9:05am  l:35pm+6:30pm  *U:35pm
Ar.  G R  ..........*6:10am  l'45pm  5:20pm  10:35pm
Lv.  G. R.......................   8:40am  5:40pm 
............
Ar.  G.  R ....................... 10:45am  1  45pm  5:20pm
Lv. G  R .......*7:30am  2:10pm  5:35pm  11:15pm
Ar.  T  C...........12:15pm 6:45pm  10:55pm 
4:40am
Ar. Chl’o ix.. .*2:27pm  8:50pm 
7:00am
.......... 
Ar. Pet’y .........*2:57pm 9:21 pm 
.......... 
7:20am
Ar. B  V’w ___ *3"10pm 9:25pm 
.......... 
7:40am
Ar. from  Bay  View,  Petoskey,  etc.,  6:30  am, 
11:10 am, 1:15 pm, *9:45 pm.
TO AND FROM OTTAWA BEACH.
Lv. G R  .......... 8:40am  1:35pm  5:40pm 
......
Ar  G D ............. 8:06am 1:45pm  5:20pm  10:35pm
Lv Ottawa Beach 6:30 pm
Lv G R__ 10:00 am 
Wagner  Parlor Cars  Leave Grand  Rapids 1:35 
pm, leave Chicago7:05 am, 5:25 pm;  leave Grand 
Rapids  {7:30am, [2:10 pm;  leave  Bay View 6:10 
am, *1:45 pm.
Wagner  Sleepers—Leave  Grand  Rapids *11:35 
pm;  leave  Chicago  *11:15  pm;  leave  Bay View 
tlO :15 pm;  leave Grand  Rapids til :35 pm;  leave 
Ineianapolis via Big Four 7:00 pm.
♦Every day.  tExcept Saturday.  {Except Mon 
day.  Other trains week days only.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

SUNDAY  TRAIN.

DETROIT, 

Jl7NE ?•1892

L A N SIN G   &  N O R T H E R N   R .  R .
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv. G  R  ...  7:20am  *2:00pm  5:40pm  *11:00pm 
Ar. DET..  .11:40am  *5:56pm  10:35pm  *7:00am

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. DETROIT...............  7:50am *1:35pm  6:10pm
Ar. GR’D  RAPIDS.......12:45pm  *5:25pm 10:30pm

TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS.

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

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL A HASTINGS R. R.

Lv. Grand Rapids  ... ....  7:20am 2:00pm  5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell...............12:45pm 5:25pm 7:00am
Parlor  Cars on all  day trains  between  Grand 
Rapids and  Detroit.  Wagner Sleepers  on  night 
trains.  Parlor cars to Saginaw on mornlDg train. 

THROUGH  CAR SERVICE.

♦Every day.  Other trains week dayB only.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

16
merchandise  have,  1  am  credibly 
in­
formed,  a  similar  perverting  influence. 
The civil law, even,  does  not  attempt to 
prohibit  more  than  downright  fraud  in 
trading,  and  it  lays  down  the  maxim, 
that  the  buyer  in  making  his  bargain 
must look  out  for  himself.  The  work­
ingman,  therefore,  when  he  undertakes 
to sell his skill and  strength, encounters 
in the buyer of it  a  natural  enemy,  and 
there is no way that 1 can see of neutral­
izing the antagonism between  the two.

shall  be 

is  popular 

in  Germany  and 

Some  enthusiasts  indulge  in  the illu­
sion  that  the existing  conflict of  indus­
trial interests can be obviated by organiz­
ing society into one great manufacturing 
corporation,  as  it  were, 
in  which  all 
workers 
stockholders,  and, 
therefore,  their  own  employers.  This 
scheme,  under the name of  State Social­
ism, 
in 
France,  but  has,  as  yet,  only  a  few 
friends in  Great Britain  and  fewer still 
in this country.  The  principle that  un­
derlies it is similar  to  that  which  is  in­
volved in  profit  sharing,  and,  like  it,  is 
incapable, at present,  so far as I can  see, 
of  successful  application.  As  a  man 
cannot serve  two  masters,  so  can  he not 
be master and servant  at the  same time, 
but must be  distinctly  either the one  or 
the other.  Socialistic  organization on  a 
small  scale  has  frequently  been  tried, 
and has.  thus far,  as  often failed.  This 
augurs ill  for  its success  when applied 
to the business of an entire nation.

There  remains still  the  hope that un­
der  the genial  influence of  religion  and 
civilization human  nature  may be so far 
modified and improved that not only will 
wars cease between nations,  but  that the 
warfare  between  employers  and  em­
ployed will be  supplanted  by a  just  re­
gard for mutual rights  which will  make 
the  bargaining  of  the  two  a  peaceful 
matter, and  erase  strikes  and  lockouts 
from  the category of possibilities.  What 
the future may  have  in  store  for  us no 
one can with certainty predict,  but down 
to the present time,  as we see,  the golden 
age of  universal  peace and brotherhood 
has not  only  not  arrived,  but  there are 
no signs of  its  immediate  coming.  We 
must,  therefore, take  men  as  they  are 
and deal with them  accordingly.

After all,  there is reason for  doubting 
whether,  in the first  place,  it is  possible 
ever completely to  eradicate from among 
us this  propensity  to do the best we can 
for ourselves when  we are making a bar­
gain,  and,  next,  supposing it  were possi­
ble,  whether it would be on all  accounts 
desirable.  The very life of man consists, 
as  the  philosopher  Schopenhauer  has 
demonstrated,  in  his  desire  for  things 
which  he  does  not  possess,  and  the ef­
fort  by  the  various  individuals  of  the 
race to gratify this desire  gives rise to  a 
conflict  which,  in  recent  times,  has  re­
ceived the name of  the  struggle  for  ex­
istence,  and  in  which,  necessarily,  the 
stronger  and  best  equipped  survive, 
while the weaker and  less  fitted  perish. 
The process is cruel  and  painful,  but  it 
has produced all the improvement which 
we see in the  world,  and if  it ceased we 
should  obtain  peace at  the  expense  of 
progress, and of the substitution of stag­
nation  for  activity. 
If,  for  example, 
wages and conditions of labor were regu­
lated  by 
some  omnipotent  authority, 
against which  rebellion  was impossible, 
workmen  would  have  no  incentive  to 
strive  for the  bettering  of  their  condi­
tion. 
If,  in  like  manner, the  profits  of 
industrial  enterprises  were  arbitrarily

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

limited,  employers  would  not  vie  with 
one another  in increasing their products 
and cheapening  their cost.  Already the 
complaint is made that the trades unions, 
by destroying  competition  among work­
men,  have destroyed  their  ambition and 
deteriorated  their  skill,  while  the great 
combinations  going  on  among  manu­
facturers are increasing the  cost of their 
goods to the  public  and  lowering  their 
standard of  excellence.  What the result 
would be if all rivalry were extirpated it 
is easy to imagine.

The 

reply 

to  this  objection  is,  of 
course,  that  in  the  better  era  toward 
which  the  world  is  slowly  tending  the 
purer and loftier desire of promoting the 
well-being of one’s fellow men or of  col­
lective society  will  have taken  the place 
of the purely selfish impulses which now 
actuate  the mass  of  men,  and  will  fur­
nish them with motives  for  exertion and 
enterprise  which will  be  quite as effica­
cious.  This is easy  to  say  but  hard  to 
prove.  Unquestionably,  the  annals  of 
the race furnish  numerous  instances  in 
which men  have  labored  long and earn­
estly for the  benefit of  their fellow  men 
without receiving  and  apparently  with­
out  expecting  any  greater  reward  than 
the  success of  their efforts.  Nor  can  it 
be denied that by  those who are capable 
of  such  disinterested  efforts  a  keener 
pleasure  is  enjoyed  in  witnessing  and 
feeling  the  result  of  their  labors  than 
would  be  derived  from  ministering 
to 
personal enjoyment in  the first instance. 
These  exceptions,  however,  are  possible 
only as exceptions. 
If  unselfishness, or, 
as the  modern  phrase is,  altruism,  were 
as prevalent as is  the disposition to look 
out  for  one’s  own  interest  exclusively, 
no opportunity  would  be afforded for its 
exercise.  Every one  would  refuse  to  be 
benefited at  another’s  expense,  and thus 
a stagnation of  effort would ensue which 
would paralyze all progress.

But that is leading  me  away from  the 
firm ground of  fact to  the  cloud land of 
speculation.  As I have already said,  we 
cannot tell  what  the  future has in store 
for us, and we  must take  human  nature 
as we find it. 
If  the prevalent greed  for 
personal gain produces warfare in indus­
try it also stimulates enterprise.  Colum­
bus did not discover  America  as a work 
of  pure  benevolence.  He  was  looking 
for a short route to India and for a share 
in  the 
immense  Pleasures  which  that 
country  was  be'ieved  to  contain.  Our 
Pacific  railroads  were  not  built  out  of 
patriotism,  but for the profits  that  their 
builders hoped to get,  and did get, out of 
them.  The same may  be said of  all our 
railroads,  telegraph lines and transatlan­
tic cables,  telephones  and  the numerous 
other  contrivances  which  make  modern 
life so luxurious.  They are the result of 
efforts incited  by  the  desire for personal 
gain,  and but for that desire would never 
have existed. 
If,  now,  this  same desire 
incidentally  leads  to  unpleasant  collis­
ions and to disagreeable occurrences,  we 
should accept  them  as  we  do the  other 
ills of  life—palliate  them  as  far  as  we | 
can,  and  as  far  as  we  connot  do  that,  1 
bear them  with resignation.  As  regards 
the  strikes  and  lockouts  which 1 began I 
with mentioning,  we  can and should  re­
press them within the bounds of  respect I 
for life and property,  but  we should  not 
lament  over them as  unmitigated calam­
ities,  nor  should  we  seek 
to  prevent 
them  by  measures  which  would 
lead 
to other calamities greater than they are.

Matthew Marshall.

THE P & B BRAND

Will  again this  year,  as in the  past, be the very best  procurable  and  packed daily 
from the sweetest  and  best  stock.  Regular  season opens  Sept.  15.  Start in with 
us and do the Oyster business of your town.

T H E   P U T N A M   C A N D Y   C O .

!=> HI IR. K . I  3ST S   <fe  H E S S
Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  133 and  134  LOUIS STREET. GRAND  RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WR  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CARS  TALLOW  FOR  MILL  USE.

miffî

N ic h e s
T a k e
W in ers

And fly away,  but the  weeds that are in your nice lawn  will  never come out unless

you buy a

THISTLE  OR  WEED  BUTTER.

No.  38 Thistle and  Dock Cutter, Shank,  Handled.

No. 39 Thistle and  Dock Cutler, Handled,  with Foot Rest.

The Thistle  and  Weed  Cutter is for  cutting  thistles, dock or other  weeds  out 
of lawns or gardens.  With  this tool  they can cut up by the root without breaking 
the surface of the lawn.

WJE  HAVE  THEM.

OSTER&TÏVENS 
&

h/lONROfc

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St*«  that  this  label  appears 
on  «very  package, as  it  is  a 
guarantee of the genuine ar­
ticle.

C ra te   Chests. 

Glass  Covers  for  ßiscnits.

THE  ONLY  RELIABLE

FERMENTUM
COMPRESSED YEAST

Sold  io  this  market  tor  tbe  past  Fifteen  Years.

Far Superior to any other.
Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited. 
Endorsed  Wherever Used.

L.  WINTERNITZ,  state  Agent,  Grand  R ais,  Kiel.

Telephone 566.

106  Kent St.

'T ’HESE  chests  will 
soon 
A  pay for themselves  in  the 
breakage they avoid.  Price $4.

will  save  enough  good0  from  flies, di 
for themselves.  Try them and be con

HUR new glass covers  are by far the 

to  the 
handsomest  ever  offered 
trade.  They  are  made  to  fit  any 
of  our  boxes  and can  be  changed  from 
one box  to  another in a moment  They 
and  prying  fingers in a short  time to pay 
ced.  Price, 50 cents each.

N E W   N O V E L T IE S

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CREAM  CRISP.

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

the best selling cakes we ever made.

See  that  this  Label  appears 
on  every  package, as  it  is  a 
guarantee  of  the  gennine 
article.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,
G R A N D   R A P I D S .

S . A .  S e a r s ,  M g r . 

Is  a  W i n n e r .   D o n ’t  fo rg et  th e

price,
  1 8 C

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; Voigt, H tm oleiier 

k Co.,48> 1° ^   s s s e  s t-

S p r i n g   &  

C

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

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

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

assorted stock at lowest  market  prices.

Spring & Company.
MICHIGAN  BARK  & LUMBER  CO.,

Successors  to

N.  B.  C M  & Co.

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

ID andcl9   Widoieomb  Building.

GOLD  MEDAL

FINECUT

B a l l -Ba r n h a r t -Pu t m a n   C o .

VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER  &  CO.,
Dry  Goods. Carpets and Gloaks,

W H O L E S A L E

W e   M a k e   a   S p e c i a l t y   o f   B l a n k e t s ,  Q u i l t s   a n d   L iv e  

G e e s e   F e a t h e r s .

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

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

ATTENTION I

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Mail your orders  direct.  Don’t wait—you might  lose the sale of  one single  item, which  would  cause you a net 
loss of  many  dollars•  Our  Catalogue  No.  108 is so complete  that  you can  sit  down  quietly at your  desk 
and keep your  stock  full on staple goods.  We guarantee our prices to he as low as any firm  can sell  the goods, and 
every mail order is marked

R u s h

so that they may be sent  with­
out delay.

If  you do not find our Cata­
logue  No.  108  right  at  your 
hand, drop us a postal  and we 
will send it at once.

Did  you  receive  a  copy  of 
our Lamp Sheets, lithographed 
in actual colors ?

If  not  it  was  an oversight, 
send  us  a  postal,  and  we  w ill 
mail.  Address

H. LEONARD & SONS,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Order a Box of  No,  1  and  2 Pearl Top Sun Chimneys: 
easiest selling and  actually the best chim ney m a"e in 
th e world-  See page  119 Catalogue No,  108-

W e guarantee our  prices  on  r 11  O 1  Cans,  Order di­
rect  from  us  either  tb e   H om e  Rule,  Good  Enough, 
B anner  or  P an  Am erican,  See  Catalogue  No,  108, 
page  114,

Note  reduced  prices 
on  Iron Wagons,  with 
bright steel  wheels.

Never have they been 
offered  as  low  before, 
and  are  only cut  down 
during  a  fight  between 
manufacturers. 
Take 
advantage  and  order  a 
crate  of  from  one  to 
three kinds.

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