Published  Weekly.

VOL.  10.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
GRAND  EAPIDS,OCTOBER  12,  1892.

BEANS If you have any beana and want to sell, 

we want them, will  give yon full  mar 
ket  price.  Send  them  to  ns  in  any 
quantity  np to car  loads, we want  1000 
bushels daily.

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

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

Julius Berkey, Pres. 

S. 8. Gay, Vice-Pres.  Wm. McBaln, Sec’y. 

J.  D. M. Shirts, Treas.

Grand  Rapids  Brnsh  Co.,
BRUSHES

M anufacturers of

Oar goods are sold by a ll M ichigan  Jobbing Houses.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

WRITE  FOR PRICES ON 

AMERICAN

Wisconsin,  Ohio and Michigan make, 

IMPORTED

Limburger,  Swiss,  Fromage  de Brie, 
D’Isigny, Camembert, Neufchatel and 
Caprera.  Also our  XXXX Orchard.

H. E. MOSELEY & CO.

45  South  D ivision  St.,

GRAND  R A PID S, 

-  MICH.

$1  Per  Year.
NO.  473

Send Tour W holesaler an Order.

Is th e Most D esirable for M erchants to Handle because

Retails for 10 cents,  3J'or 25 cents.

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

C. N. RAPP  Si CO..
Q-. s. B R O W N ,

FRUITS  AND 

WHOLESALE 

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

PRODUCE.

9  North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

--------- JOBBER  OF----------

Foreign  and  Domestic  Frilite  and  Vegetate.
Oranges,  Bananas  and  Early  Vegetables  a  Specialty.

Send for quotations. 

24-26 No. Division St.

Our  Fall  Lines  of

Oil  Gloths,  Garpets  and  Certains

JVow  ready.  Write  for  prices.

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  o f 

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

S M I T H   &   S A N F O R D ,   6 8   M o n r o e   S t . 1 and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

BLACK  BASS  CIGARS

NEVER  GO  BEGGING.  Made only  by

G .   F .   F A U D E ,  

I O N I A ,   M I C H

TBE  NE  PLUS  ULTRA  OF  A   NICKEL  SMOKE!

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,  

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W  1 U  L i t   V   Da  Ideal,  85 In a box...................................  
M adellena.................................................... 
Flor de  R om eo.......................................... 

Including the following celebrated brands, man 
ufactured  by  the  well known  house of  Glaser 
Frame & Co.:
Vindex, long Havana filler.........................   $35
Three  M edals, long Havana filler............ 
35
E lk ’s Choice, Havana filler and binder... 
55
S
55
60
35

» le ro f  1  Y I I 1 f ]   1  A  

10  So.  Ionia  8t„ Brand  Rapids.
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 .,

HARRY  FOX,  Manager.

Crackers, Biscuits «¡»Sweet Goods.

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PA ID   TO  M AIL  ORDERS.

MUSKEGON,  MIOH.

M O S E L E Y   B R O S . ,

-   W H O LE SA LE -

F R U IT 8 ,  S E E D S ,  B E A N S   AND  PR O D U C E ,

26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA  ST,,

G r a n d   H a D i d s ,   M l i o h i .
D on9t   F o r g e t  w h en   o rd e rin g

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NUTS,  FIGS, (

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

Special pains  taken w ith fruit orders.

To call on or address

STANDARD  OIL  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

DEALEBS  IN’

Ulmninating and Lubricating

Who  u r g e s   y o u   t o   keep

Sapolio?

The Public !

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

Anv Jobber will be Glad to  Fill Your Orders.

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

LEMON & WHEELER  C O N I,
Wholesale  Großers
BALL

GRAND  RAPIDS.

W h o l e s a l e  
Grocers•

BARNHART

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office,  Hawkins Block. 

Works, Butterworth Ato

BRAND RAPIDS, 
BIG RAPIDS, 
ALLEGAN,

BULK  WORKS  AT

MUSKEGON. 
GRAND HAVEN, 
HOWARD  CITY,

MANISTEE,

PETOSKEY,

CADILLAC,
LUDINGTON.

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR

EMPTY  GÍRB0N  l  eBSOLU117  BARRELS.
RINDGE,  KALMBACH  &  CO,

12.  14,  &  16  PEARL  ST.

Fall  Season  1892.

GIVE  US  A  CALI.  A M '  SEE  OUR  COMPLETE  STOCK.

FACTORY  GOODS. 

wearliiu ***
T 'i Q   We curry a fu ll line and can show you
V J   vJ  « U  ±-f O .   all the navel tics af  the season at prices

T  A P P T y r  p i  
p i  
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we know will be satisfactory.

WARM  GOODS.  We never had so nice a line of sloes  slippers
RUBBER  GOODS.  Ze *el1 the hest- ,he Bost,m  Rubher

and buskins,  also felt boots and nocks.
We  sell  the  best,  the  Boston 
Shoe Co.'s.  Satisfaction guaranteed.

l 

BLICKWHKBT  FLOUR.

We make an  absolutely pure and  unadulterated  article, and  it 
has the

GENUINE  OLD-FASHIONED  FLAVOR.

Our  customers of  previous  years  know whereof  we speak 
and  from  others  we  solicit  a  trial  order.  Present  price $5 
per  bbl.  in  paper  £  and  1-16 sacks.

Correspondence Solicited.

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H U  1 i i A A IN U ,   JX L iU n. I 

PUTMAN  CO

JOBBER  OF

F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R
OYSTERS
POULTRY  4   SAME

SALT  FISH

Orders Receive Prompt  Attention.  • 

See qnotations in another column

CONSIGNMENTS  OF  ALL  KINDS  OF  POULTRY  AND  GAMF.  SOLICITED

w MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  12,  1892.

NO.  473

VOL. 10.
OYSTERS!

Solid  Brand  Cans.

D aisy  Brand.

Selects.................................................................S  28
Standards...........................................................  
20
B.  F .....................................................................  
22
Seleçts.................................................................$  26
Standards...........................................................  
18
Favorites............. ............................................... 
16
Mrs. W ithey’s Home-M ade M inee Meat.
Large  bbls...........................................................6
40 lb  pails................................................... 
6t4
101b  “ 
.............................................................7
14 bbls..................................................................... 614
20 lb palls..........   ................................................   ¿54
2 lb cans, usual  weight, per doz................... Cl  90
4 lb  “ 
................. 3 SO
Choice Dairy Butter 
..................................   18
Pure Sweet Cider  in bbls...............................  16
“  Vinegar...........................   10
Choice Lemons. 300 and 360  .........................7 00
New Pickles in bbls, 1200.............................  s 25
half bbls, 300  ......................... 3 00
The  above  prices  are made  low  to bid  for 

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trade.  Let  your orders come.

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EDW IN   FALLAS,

Prop’r of Valley City Cold Storage

215-217  Livingston St., Grand  Rapids.

BSTABLI8HKD  1841.

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

R . G. D u n   &  Co.

Reference Books issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada

OUR  NEW  LINE  OF

TablBts,
Fall  Specialties 
SgM  Supplies 
Etc,,

ARE NOW BEING  SHOWN ON  THE  ROAD BY

OF  OUR FIRM.

MR.  J.  L.  KYMER,
MR.  GEO.  H.  RAYNOR,
MR.  WALTER B.  DUDLEY, 
MR.  CHAS.  E.  WATSON, 
MR.  PETER  LUBACH.
EATON,  LYON  &  CO.

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.

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C.  A.  CUMINGS,

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Leather and Shoe Store Supplies. 

12-14  LYON  ST. 

GRAND  R A PID S

S.  A. MORMAN,

WHOLESALE

Petoskey,  M arble­

head  and  Ohio

L i I I k Æ E ,

Akron, Buffalo  and  L ouisville

CEMENTS,

Stucco and  Hair,  Sewer Pipe,

F IR E   BRICK  AND  OLAY. 

W rite for Prices.

10 LYON  ST., 

-  GRAND  RAPIDS.

The Bradstreet Mercantile A pcj.
Executive Oices, 279,281,283 Broadway, N.Y

The Bradstreet  Company, Props.

CHARLES  F.  CLARK, Pres.

Offices in the principal cities of the United 
States,  Canada,  the  European  continent, 
Australia, and In London, England.
Grand  Rapids  d ee,  Room  4,  Widdicomb  Bldg.

HENRY  ROYCE, Supt.

Manufacturer’s  Agent and Jobber of

F R A N K   H.  W H IT E ,
Brooms, Washboards,  Wooden
Indurated  Pails  i  Tubs,

AND

Wooden  Bow ls,  Clothespins  and  B olling 

Pins,  Step  Ladders,  W ashing  Ma­

chines, Market, B nshel and De­

livery Bas  ets.  B uilding 

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.

125  COURT  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.
i. J.  SHILLMAK, Scientific Optician, 55 Monroe Street.

Eyes  tested  for  spectacles  free of  cost  with 
latest Improved metbods.  Glasses In every style 
at  moderate  prices.  Artificial  human  eyes  of 
every color.  Sign of big spectacles.

THE  FALSE  SUMMONS.

The red  curtains were  drawn,  the  fire 
blazed  cheerily  on  the  hearth,  and  the 
click of  the sleety rain  against  the win­
dow-panes  only seemed  to  heighten  the 
enjoyment  within,  where a shaded  lamp 
gave  out  its  serene  glow,  and  the  pic­
tured folds of  an ancient  Chinese screen 
shut all possible and impossible draughts 
away from  the ruddy fire-side.

Doctor Fengrove  sat on one  side,  with 
the newspaper in his  lap;  Mrs. Fengrove 
sat  on  the  other,  tranquilly occupied  in 
darning  stockings,  while  a chubby  year- 
old  lay asleep in its crib,  just  where the 
firelight  touched  its  curls  with  fleeting 
glimpses of gold.

“Well,”  said  the  doctor,  letting  the 
newspaper  slip down  to  the  floor,  “this 
is  comfortable. 
I  don’t  often  get  an 
evening  at  home  since—Hello!  What’s 
that?  Some one knocking at the kitchen 
door?”

Mrs. Fengrove  rose  and  answered  the 

summons.  Presently,  she came back.
“It’s Milo York,  doctor,” said she.
“Milo  York,  eh?”  Doctor  Fengrove’s 
countenance  darkened  as  he  spoke. 
“Didn’t I tell  Milo York never to darken 
my door again?”

“But  he’s  hungry,  my  dear,” pleaded 
the  gentle-hearted  woman,  “and  home­
less.  Mr. Evarton has turned him away, 
and—”

“I  don’t  blame  Mr.  Evarton!”  tartly 
interrupted  her husband.  “A miserable 
drunken loafer,  who—”

“I  don’t  think  he  has been  drinking 
to-night,  doctor,”  said  Mrs.  Fengrove. 
“He  looks  pale and  tired.  He  says  he 
has  had  nothing to eat  since  noon  and 
has no place to sleep.”

“That’s  no  affair  of  mine!”  retorted 
Doctor  Fengrove,  who, 
free­
hearted  and  hospitably inclined  in  gen­
eral,  had  hardened  his  heart  like a flint 
against  this  particular  instance  of  hu­
manity.

though 

Mrs. Fengrove still hesitated.
“What shall I tell him?” asked she.
“Tell  him  to  go  about  his business,” 
returned  the  doctor,  energetically  stir­
ring the fire until a red stream of  sparks 
flew up the chimney.

Mrs.  Fengrove  closed  the  door,  and 

went back to the kitchen porch.

“ Milo,”  said  she,  “my  husband  will 

have nothing to say to you.”

“I don’t blame  him  much,” dejectedly 
responded  Milo  York,  who  was,  indeed, 
an unpromising  looking  subject enough, 
with his  unkempt hair  hanging over his 
brow, his  garments in rags  and  the  end 
of  his nose chilled  and purpled  with the 
bitter night  air.

“But it’s a dreadful night,” softly add­
ed  Mrs. Fengrove.  “Wait out here—the 
porch  will  shelter  you  from  the  rain. 
The  coffee-pot  is  on  the  stove  yet,  and 
I’ll  bring  you a plate of  bread  and  cold 
meat and a bowl of coffee.”

“Thankee,  ma’am,”  said  the  tramp, 
gathering  himself  like  a  heap  of  rags 
into the corner, to wait.

He drank  his coffee and ate his supper 
like  a  famished  hound,  and  then  Mrs.

Fengrove  gave him a tattered old  shawl, 
long since cast aside by her husband.

“Take  this,” she  said,  “and  lie  down 
in  the barn  loft;  there’s  plenty of  good 
sweet hay there.  But  be sure  you’re off 
before the  doctor comes out in the morn­
ing.”

“Thankee,  ma’am,” again  uttered  the 
man;  and  he  disappeared  like a shadow 
into the howling tempest.

“Where have you been  all  this time?” 
suspiciously  queried  the  doctor,  as  his 
wife  came  into  the  softly  illuminated 
arch of  the  Chinese  screen again.  Mrs. 
Fengrove turned  scarlet  under his pene­
trating glance.

“I—only gave Milo a little—something 
to eat  and  drink,”  she  faltered.  “You 
know  the  Good  Book  says:  ‘Turn  not 
away thy face  from any poor man!’ ” 

“Yes,” dryly coughed  the doctor,  “but 
I guess  the Good  Book  didn’t make  any 
allowance  for  tramps.  And  I  tell  you 
what,  Dolly,  it isn’t  safe to harbor  these 
miserable wretches,  with Aunt Dorothy’s 
silver  teaset in the  house,  let alone your 
own spoons and forks, especially as I am 
obliged to be so much from home.”

Mrs.  Fengrove sewed on in silence; she 
was almost  sorry that  she had told  poor 
Milo York  about that snug  corner in the 
hay-loft, but  she  lacked  courage  to con­
fess the whole  truth to her husband.

“It will  be  all  right,  I dare  say,” she 
told  herself.  “But  Milo  York  mustn’t 
come hanging around here any more.”

In the  dead of  the  tempestuous night, 
there  came a ring  at the  doctor’s  night- 
bell.  Old  Mr. Castleton  was  very  ill— 
dying,  perhaps.  The  doctor was wanted 
at once!

With a yawn, our good Esculapius rose 
out  of  his  warm  bed,  dressed  himself 
and,  saddling  old  Roan,  set  out  for his 
midnight  ride of  six  long  miles.  But 
when he reached Castleton Court, all  was 
still  and  dark.  He  rang  two  or  three 
times before a night-capped head  popped 
out of the window—that of the old squire 
himself.

“Dear,  dear!”  said  Squire  Castleton. 
“What’s the matter?  Nobody ill, I hope.”
“Why, you are,  aren’t you?” testily de­

manded Doctor Fengrove.

“1?  Not  a bit of  it!” said  the  squire, 

in  surprise.

“Didn’t you send for me?”
“No, I didn’t!” said the squire.  “And 
if you’ve got anything more to say, you’d 
better come in out of this sleet-storm and 
say  it.”

“No,”  said  Doctor  Fengrove,  setting 
his  teeth  together.  “I’ll  not  come  in, 
thank you.”

“It  ain’t  a  joke,  is  it?”  questioned 

Squire Castleton.

“I’m afraid it’s something more serious 
than  a  joke,”  said  Doctor  Fengrove. 
“Good night.”

And,  turning  old  Roan’s  head,  he set 
spurs  to  him  and trotted  rapidly away. 
Evidently, the night call was a concerted 
plan—a plan devised  to  leave  his  home 
unprotected—and  his  mind  turned with 
keen distrust, to  Milo York  and  his  tale 
of distress.

“God keep Dolly and the little one safe

TEDE  MICEHGAN  TRADESMAN.
“My husband!” she  cried  out  hysteri- I 

2

until  1  get home again!” he muttered be­
tween  his  closed  lips.  “Faster,  Roan, 
faster!” with a touch of  the whip,  which 
was  scarcely needed,  so  thoroughly did 
the good  horse enter  into  the  spirit  of 
his  rider.  “You  know  not  how  much 
may depend  upon  your  speed to-night!” j 
Meanwhile,  Mrs.  Fengrove,  who  had I 
just  fallen  into a restless  slumber,  after 
locking  the  door  behind  her  husband, 
was unwontedly startled  once again by a 
low, steadily continuous  sound  like  the 
rasping of  some  hard  instrument.  She 
sat  up  in  bed  aud  listened  a  minute.  | 
Under  her  window the  sound of  muffled 
and  subdued  voices  was  audible,  even 
above the  rattle  and  roar of  the  wintry 
storm.

“ Burglars!”  she  gasped  to  herself. 
“And  my  husbaud  is  gone — and—Oh, 
Milo York is at the bottom of this!  How 
wrong  it  was of  me to give  him shelter 
in the barn!”

Springing  to her  feet,  she  threw  on a 
blue flannel  dressing  gown,  and  hurried 
to  the  cupboard,  where  her  tew simple 
treasures were  kept,  besides  the  square 
morocco case  containing Aunt  Dorothy’s 
service of solid, old-fashioned silver.  She 
turned the  key aud  was  just  dropping it 
into  her  pocket,  when a rude  grasp  fell 
on her arm.

“No,  you  don’t! ”  muttered  a  grutf 

voice.  “Give that here!”

Mrs. Fengrove’s  heart  turned  chill  as 
death  as  she found  herself  face to  face 
with  a  tall,  ruffianly  man,  whose  face 
was  half  hidden  by  a  sort  of  visor  or 
mask  of  black  leather,  while  auother 
man  was  busily  engaged  in  ransacking 
the  bureau-diawers opposite.

“Give  it  here!”  he  uttered savagely. 
“Or,”  grasping the throat of the sleeping 
baby who  had  awakened,  with  a  cry of I 
infant terror,  “i’ll  wring  the brat’s neck 
as if  it  were a chicken’s.”

Mrs.  Fengrove gave a shriek of affright, 
but,  at the same second,  a stunuing  blow 
from  a  spade-handle felled  the man  op­
posite,  like  a  log,  to  the  floor,  aud  a j 
strong hand,  twisting  itself,  vice-like,  in 
the  neckerchief  of  the  nearest  villiau, 
compelled  him to loose  his  hold  of  the 
child.

“ You  will, 

/ill  you?” thundered  Milo 

York.  “Not if 1 know  it,  1 guess!”

And suddenly closing with the burglar, 
there  ensued a desperate  struggle  for a 
minute  or  two, during which  Mrs.  Feu- 
grove’s blood seemed turning to ice with­
in  her  veins. 
It  was  brief,  however. 
Milo  flung  his  opponent  heavily  to  the 
ground,  and,  tearing  one of  the  sheets 
from  the  bed, he  twisted it around  and 
above  him,  knotting  it  here  aud  there, 
until  the  cowardly  burglar  lay helpless 
and pinioned at his feet.

“I’d oughter cut yer throat,” said Milo, 
“a-fightin’ babies  and  women, you mean 
skunk,  you!  But  1  won’t;  I’ll leave you 
to the  law,  and  if  that  don’t  grip  you 
tight enough,  I ain’t no good  guesser!” 

Aud,  with  equal  rapidity,  he tied  the 
hands  and  feet of  the  other  man,  who 
still lay  insensible on the floor.

“Is—is  he  dead?”  gasped  poor  Mrs. 
Fengrove,  scarcely daring to look  in  that 
direction.

“ No—he ain’t  got his  deserts,”  Milo 
answered,  wiping  the  sweat  from  his 
brow. 
“He’ll  be  hanged  yet,  ma'am, 
never fear.”

And at this  moment  the  sound of  old 
Roan’s  gallop  on  the  half-frozen  road 
struck like welcome music  on  Mrs.  Fen­
grove’s ears.

cally.  “My husband!”

Milo  York went  down and  unfastened I 
the door—the burglars bad  effected their | 
nefarious  entrance  through  the  parlor J 
window — and  Doctor  Fengrove  found j 
himself face to face with the tramp. 

“York!” he exclaimed.
“ Yes, sir,  ‘York,’” nodded Milo.  “And 
if it had’t been  ‘York,’  your wife and the I 
little un  would  have  been  in a bad fix.” 
“Oh,  husbaud!”  shrieked  Mrs.  Fen­
grove,  flinging  herself  into  his  arms. 
“ Milo York  has saved our lives!”

“I ain’t altogether  sartin  about that.” 
added  Milo,  “ but  I guess  l’v saved  your 
mouey and  valuables.”

“But how came  you here?” questioned 

Doctor Fengrove.

“I  was  a-sleepin’  out  in  the  barn,” 
said Milo.  “She  told  me  I  could.  She 
give  me a blanket  and  food  and  drink 
when  I was  ’most  r^ady  to  drop.  God 
bless  her!  And I heerd  their  footsteps 
just arter  you had  gone  out, and  I  sus- 
picioned  as  all  wasn’t right.  So  1  just 
got up and crept arter ’em, and here they 
is,”  with a nod  toward  the  two  captives 
on the  floor.  “And if you’ll  just lend a 
band, doctor,  we’ll  h’ist ’em out into the 
hall,  where  they  won’t  interfere  with 
folks,  and  then  I’ll go over to the village 
for the constable and  the handcuffs.”

“ How can  l ever  reward  you  for this, 
Milo?”  said  Doctor  Fengrove, in  tones 
stifled by grateful emotion.

“ I  don’t want  no  reward,” said  Milo, 
stoutly.  “ I’d ’a’  doue  more nor  that for 
her,” with  a  twitch of  his  head  toward 
Mrs.  Feugrove.  “Ah,  sir, you don’t know 
the sort  o’ feelin’ a man  has for the ouly 
person  in  all  the world  as  holds  out  a 
helpin’  hand  when  he’s  ready  to  drop 
with  huuger and  faintness!  And  now,” 
more briskly,  “I’ll go.”

“Dolly,”  said the  doctor, as the honest 
fellow  vanished,  “ what  would  have  be­
come of  us all  this  night if  you had not 
been  more  merciful  aud  tender-hearted 
than 1!  God be praised  that  your sweet 
woman-nature gained the victory!”

That  was the last midnight alarm that 
our doctor’s family ever sustained.  The 
two  burglars, discovered  to  be  old  and 
experienced  hands  at  the business,  were 
safely 
lodged  in  State  Prison  *or  the 
longest  practicable  term;  the  gang  was 
effectually  broken  up, and the ueighbo:- 
hood  was at peace again.

And  Milo  York  is  an  objectless,  de­
spised tramp  no  iouger.  He  is  Doctor 
Fengrove’s  “hired  man” now, as much  a 
friend as a servant, and you may see him, 
any  sunny  day,  at  work  in  the  garden, 
with the baby playing around him.

“All  I  w anted  w as  a  chance,”  Milo 

York says. 

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O LE A G E N T S.

The Standard  Cash Register

(Patented in United States and Canada.)

Is  a  practical  M achine.  A ppreciated  by 

Practical Business  Men.

)t  is  a  handsomely  furnished  Combination 
Desk,  Money  Drawer  and  Cashier  with  Com­
bination Lock and  R  gistering Attachment 
it records both cash and credit sales.
It records disbursements.
It itemizes mouey paid in on account, 
it enab.es you to trace transactions in dispute. 
It will  keep  different  lines of  goods separate. 
It shows the transactions of each clerk.
It makes a careless man careful.
It  keeps  an  honest  man  honest  and  a  thief 
It will  save  in  convenience, time and  money, 
Each  machine, boxed  separately and warrant­

will not stay where it is.
enough to pay for itse.f many times over.
ed for two years.

For full particulars address
THE  STANDARD  AGENCY,
_____________Sole Agents for  Michiga  , AUGUSTA  WIS.

From  an  Ohio  Standpoint.

F rom  the T oledo  B usiness  W orld.

That sterling  publication.  T h e  Mic h i­
g a n  T r a d e sm a n,  of  Grand Rapids,  has 
¡just  entered  upon  its  tenth  year  under 
circumstances  of  continued  prosperity 
and  usefulness which ought to  be partic­
ularly gratifying to  its  editor,  Mr.  E.  A. 
Stowe.  When Mr.  Stowe,  alone aud  un­
aided.  began the  issue  of  T he  T r a d e s­
m an  iu  the fall of 1883,  there  were not  a 
few of his friends  who cheerfully proph­
esied its early demise; yet in spite of these 
reassuring predictions.  T h e T r a d e sm a n 
has become so deeply  rooted  in  the con­
fidence and regard of the retail merchants 
of Michigan that nothing but the grossest 
mismanagement could kill  it.  And  that 
mismanagement,  it  is  safe  to  say,  will 
never  occur  under  the  present  owner- 
I ship.

At the suggestion of several merchants 
1  announce  that  the  dates  on  which  I 
shall  be at Sweet’s  Hotel, Grand Rapids, 
will always appear iu this advertisement.
1  shall  be at Sweet’s  Hotel on  Thurs­
day  and  Friday,  October  13  and  14, to 
close out Ulsters  and  Overcoats  at  close 
prices,  and shall  have my regular line of 
suitings.  Any  of  the  trade  desiring  to 
see me  before  above  dates,  kindly  drop 
I me a line at my permanent address 

Box 346,  Marshall  Mich.

And  I will  soon  be  with  you,  and  if  I 
haven’t  got  what  you  want,  thank  you 
for sending for me.

The  many  mail  orders  sent  in  to  the 
I house  from  all  parts of  the  country for 
I Prince Albert  Coats  and Vests  bespeaks 
their excellence.

W ILLIAM  CONNOR, 

Representative of M ichael K olb & Son, 
W holesale Clothiers, Rochester, N. Y*.

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PORT  OP  GRAND  RAPIDS.

W a te r   C om m u nication  for  th e   V a lley  

C ity.

8EC0ND  PAPER.

W r itte n  f o r  T h e  T radesman.

The importance to Grand Rapids of be­
coming a lake  port,  by improving  Grand 
River,  was dwelt  upon  in a former  arti­
cle.  This paper will be a review of what 
has  been  done,  showing,  conclusively, 
that the utilization  of  Grand  River as  a 
means  of  water  transportation  for  the 
varied  industries of  our  city  is  no  idle 
dream,  but a real, substantial advantage, 
to  acquire  which  we  have  but  to  put 
forth united  effort.

Congress has repeatedly recognized the 
status  and  importance  of  Grand  River 
from  its  mouth  to  Grand  Rapids  as  a 
national water  way.  Surveys and exam­
inations of the river were first authorized 
in  1880.  As a  result  of  this survey  the 
following  appropriations  were  made: 
1881,  $10,000;  1882,  $15,000,  and  1884, 
$25,000.  These  sums  were  mostly  ex­
pended in  deepening  the  upper  portion 
of  the  navigable  section,  in  the vicinity 
of  Grand Rapids,  by  dredging,  but  the 
contract  price  was  excessive  and  re­
duced the net  results.  A  further exam­
ination  was  authorized 
in  1886,  and 
again in  1888,  when,  for the first time, “a 
channel  of  navigable  width  and  mini­
mum  depth of  10 feet”  was  called  for. 
It is  from  this  report,  made  March  22, 
1890,  by Col. Ludlow,  Major Corps of En­
gineers, that the facts and figures quoted 
in  these  articles  are  obtained. 
In  his 
report Col.  Ludlow  bore strongly  on  the 
great importance  of  making  a thorough 
examination of the river,  in view of mak­
ing an  accurate  estimate  of  the  cost  of 
the  needed  improvement.  The  Grand 
Rapids Board of  Trade  had  made a sur­
vey of  the river, at a cost of  $3,000,  and 
this survey, together with a large amount 
of  valuable  data,  showing  the  value  of 
the  proposed  improvement  to  the  city, 
added  weight  to  Col.  Ludlow’s  report. 
The Board of Engineers in New York de­
clared  the  river  “ worthy  of  improve­
ment,”  and  an  appropriation  of  $4,000 
was,  accordingly,  allotted  to  perfect the 
examination.  Col.  Ludlow  estimated 
the cost of  making this specific examina­
tion  at $8,000, but  afterward  it  was  de­
cided that $4,000  would  be  sufficient,  in 
connection with the  survey made by  the 
Board of Trade, showing that  the  Board 
made the  best possible use of  every dol­
lar of the $3,000 expended.

It must be remembered that this special 
survey and examination  of  the river  be­
tween Grand Rapids and the  harbor  was 
accomplished  by  the  best  engineering 
skill  and  was  exhaustive  in  its  nature, 
specific  information  being called  for  in 
the  Act,  without  reference  to  what  the 
progress of  the survey  might show to be 
actually  necessary.  A  thorough  explo­
ration of  the river  valley  was made  and 
every  topographical  feature  was  ascer­
tained;  also, the quantity  and  valuation 
of such lands as might be subject to over­
flow,  in  case  a  dam  were  constructed, 
were  determined.  The  details  of  this 
specific  survey  and  the  projects and es­
timates made thereon may be seen in  As­
sistant  Engineer  Fred  Morley’s  report, 
made in pursuance  of  Col.  Ludlow’s in­
structions. 
to  this  report. 
Col.  Ludlow  says:  “The  volume of  the 
stream  is  ascertained  at  a  time  when, 
from prolonged annual deficiency  in pre­
cipitation, the  lake  level  has  fallen 2% 
feet  since  1886, until  it  has  reached  a

In  relation 

point  lower  than  the low  level of  1872, 
the  lowest  heretofore  recorded.  The 
discharge and low water elevation of  the 
river  were  employed  as a basis of  com­
putation.  Furthermore,  it  may  be  ob­
served that,  as  the  project  provides  for 
a  10-foot  navigation  at  the  minimum 
stage,  the  foot  and  a  half  additional 
depth  found  during  several  months  of | 
the  navigation  season  correspondingly 
increases the practicable draft.”

Mr.  Morley commenced work at Fulton 
street bridge, on July 1, 1891,  assisted by 
a recorder,  three  stadiamen  and  one ax- 
man. 
It was completed on Sept. 10,  1891. 
No rock  or  other  difficulty  was  discov­
ered which  would  in  any  way  act  as  a 
barrier  to  the  undertaking.  No  mate­
rials  were  found  in the  river bed which 
would  interfere  with  the  ease  and per­
manency of  the  work of  dredging. 
In­
deed,  there exist, at  the present time,  in 
the bed of  the  stream,  not  far  removed 
from  the channel, dredge dumps,  placed 
there six  or seven years ago,  which have 
remained without any effort  having been 
made to confine the material behind train­
ing dykes.  Some of  them  are  from two 
to four  feet  above  low  water  and  have 
young willows growing  upon them.  The 
total  fall  from  Grand  Rapids  to  Grand 
Uaven is only  about six feet,  practicably 
confined to  the  first  nineteen miles,  be­
ing from  Grand Rapids to Lamont.  The 
lower  twenty  miles,  from  Lamont  to 
Grand  Haven,  is  practically  on  a  level 
with  Lake  Michigan.  We  have  a 4- 
foot draft at  low  water  elevation,  to be­
gin with, which is one foot more than the 
draft for which  the  Cumberland is striv­
ing at an expenditure of millions.

We  can  secure  twelve  and  one-half 
feet during several  months  of  the year, 
with a ten-foot minimum,  at a cost of less 
than  $750.000.  Col.  Ludlow  says  that 
$670,500 will secure to Grand Rapids this 
great  boon.  This  includes  $169,000 for 
wing dams, etc.,  which  may possibly,  he 
says,  be found to be unnecessary.

In this total cost of making Grand Rap­
ids  a  lake  port,  provision  is  made  for 
every  possible  contingency. 
It  is  time 
that  these  projects  were  contemplated 
and estimates made accordingly,  but Col. 
Ludlow recommends the adoption of  the 
open  10-foot  channel, and  the  granting 
of  an  appropriation  of  $100,000  for be­
ginning the work.

In the next, which will  be  the last pa­
per of  this series,  will  be  embodied  the 
views  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  the  Im­
provement  Board, 
the  Transportation 
Company and  other  factors  in the city’s 
future prosperity,  as  to  what  has  been 
and 
done,  what 
is 
what  is  proposed 
to 
bring  about  the  dawn  of  this new  era 
of prosperity for the Valley City.

being  done 
to  be  done, 

Who shall say that the loading and un­
loading of  lake  vessels  at  the  docks  in 
Grand Rapids is a chimera?

E.  A.  Ow e n.

T he A ttrib u tes o f a  M erchant.

Chief  among  these  is  to  note  what  a 
community  is  most  in  need  of,  and  to 
supply  the  need  most  capably,  without 
resort to trickery of any  kind.

The  cunning  man  is less  clever than 
he thinks, and is not the one  to win con­
fidence in the long run.
The art of  buying and selling goods  at 
retail requires  at  least as much study as 
any one of the handicrafts or professions, 
and  he  who  would  come  to  the  front 
must count among his attributes at  least 
a  smattering of philosophy  into the bar­
gain.

B A R C U S  BROS.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF  CIRCULAR

Equalled by few  and  excelled  by none.  All  our  saws  are  made of  the  best  steel by the  mose 
skillful  workmen, and  all  saws  warranted.  Burnt  saws  made  good as  new for  one-fourth  the 
list price of new saws.  All kinds of

SAW  REPAIRING

Done as cheap as can be done  consistent  with good  work.  Lumber  saws  fitted  up ready for use 
without extra charge.  No charge for boxing or drayage.  Writ ?: or prices and discounts.
M IC H IG A N .

M U S K E G O N , 

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See  that  this  Label  appears 
on  every  package,  as  it  is  a 
guarantee o f the  genuine ar­
ticle-

THE  ONLY  RELIABLE

FERMENTUM
COMPRESSED YEAST

Sold  in  tMs  market  lor  the  past  Fifteen  Tears.

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

JOHN  SMYTH,  Agent Grand  Rapids,  Midi.

Telephone  566. 

106  Kent St.

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

at 10 cents,  Sixteen at 25 cents and it pleases better than Baking Powders.

It Pays  Dealers to sell  FOSFON  because  there  are but  two sizes, Five Ounces 
See Grocery Price Current.

The BREAD
R aiser

*

SUPPLANTS BAKING POWDER
Fosfon Chemical Co., Detroit, Michigan. 

SOLD  BY ALL RELIABLE  GROCERS.

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

AMONG THE  TRADE.
AROUND THE STATE.

Detroit—Fred  E.  Platte  succeeds  F. 

Petz & Co.  in the jewelry business.

Red  Jacket—John  D.  Monroe  has re­

moved his grocery stock to Hancock.

Saginaw—Wm.  A.  Rose  succeeds  Wm. 
A.  Rose & Son in  the  grocery  and  meat 
business.

Battle Creek—Geo. Eggleston & Co. are 
succeeded by M.  E. Brown in the jewelry 
business.

Hudson—Richards &  Habran  are  suc­
ceeded by  Pierce  &  Briggs  in  the  boot 
and shoe business.

Hancock—J.  C.  Ley  &  Co.,  general 
dealers,  have dissolved,  John  Cliff retir­
ing from the business.

St.  Johns—Norman  S.  Kuhn  has  pur­
chased  the  bakery  and  confectionery 
business of J.  M.  Frisbie.

Menominee—It  is  reported  that  the
lumber firm of  Wright  Bros.  &  Rice  will 
remove to Ft.  Howard,  Wis.,  Nov.  1.

Shelby—The  mortgage  on the general 
stock of  Benjamin  Morse  has been fore­
closed  by  G.  B.  Getty,  trustee  for  the 
mortgage creditors.

Woodland—C.  C.  Deane  will  open  a 
branch  clothing  store  at  Freeport. 
It 
will be under  the  personal  management 
of Harmon J. Grant.

Manistee  —  J.  P.  Williams, 

late  of 
Whitehall,  has purchased the  City  Drug 
Store stock and  will  continue  the  busi­
ness at the same location.

Kendall—Saul  Frank has sold his gen­
eral stock to F.  W.  Nort  and  Wm.  Hay, 
who  will  continue  the  business  under 
the style of F.  W.  Nort & Co.

Chesaning—Albert  B.  Clough  writes 
T h e  T r a d e sm a n,  denying  the  report 
that he is succeeded by Clough & Walker 
in the grocery, drug and  implement bus­
iness.

Stanton—H.  H.  Howe  and  Geo.  Pre- 
vette have purchased the furniture stock 
of  A.  J.  Barber  and  will  continue  the 
business under  the style of  Howe & Pre- 
vette.

Detroit—Jacob Brown & Co.,  who  con­
ducted  a  wholesale  notion  and  men’s 
furnishing goods business in this city for 
twenty years,  but were attracted to  West 
Pullman,  111.,  last  spring  by  virtue of  a 
handsome  bonus,  have  failed.  Their li­
abilities  are  given at  §147,000 and  their 
assets at §136,000.  The firm  found much 
trouble in  getting its building completed, 
and further delay in  getting  its machin­
ery  placed.  When ready  to do business, 
there was trouble in getting help.  These 
drawbacks  used up the  firm’s  assets and 
impelled  a  surrender. 
is  reported 
that the members of  the firm  will return 
to  Detroit  and  resume  business  on  a 
small  scale,  having  already  leased  floor 
space and  power.

It 

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Evart—George  B.  Ehrencrook  &  Co., 
who  have  operated a  shingle  mill  near 
this  place,  have  removed  it  to  Beech- 
wood.

Menominee—The  Lumbermen’s  Min­
ing  Co.  has  been  re-organized  by  the I 
election  of  Hon.  S.  M.  Stephenson  as 
president.  The  Kimberlys  have  pur­
chased the Carpenter interest.  The new 
company will  begin work at once.

Spring  Lake—The  Cutler  &  Savidge 
Lumber  Co.  is  building  a  sawmill  at 
Bristow,  at the  mouth of  Serpent River, 
Ont.,  tributary  to  which  the  company  , 
has  50,000  acres  of  timber limits.  The  i

mill will cut 30,000,000 feet of  lumber  a 
year.

Marquette—W.  H.  Sawyer  will  finish 
cutting the  tract  on  which  J. C.  Brown 
began  operations  for  him  last  winter, 
putting  about  5,000,000  feet  into  Iron 
River. 
It is very large, fine timber.  He 
has also  2,000,000  feet  of  logs  in  Lake 
Michigamme,  which  will  be  sawed for 
him by  F.  W.  Read & Co.  this fall.

Gaylord—George  Fiege,  who  built  a 
hoop  and  sawmill  here  last  spring,  is 
cutting maple  and  birch  lumber,  and  is 
putting  in  machinery 
to  manufacture 
slaves.  He  says  maple  and  birch  are 
selling  slowly,  although  birch  is  fine 
lumber  for  house furnishing.  Elm,  oak 
and  ash  are  the  varieties  chiefly called 
for.

Cheboygan  —  The  Pfister  &  Vogel 
Leather Co., of Milwaukee, has purchased 
a controlling  interest 
in  the  tannery  of 
Chas. S.  Shaw & Son, and a new company 
will  be organized  to  continue  the  busi­
ness.  Chas.  O. Show,  who  inaugurated 
the business,  will  be manager of the tan­
nery and  hopes to be  ante  to  be  in  full 
operation by Dec.  1.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—S.  G.  M.  Gates, of 
Bay  City,  has  established  two 
lumber 
camps tributary to this place.  One camp 
is eight miles north  of  Eckerman,  where 
Mr. Gates has  7,000,000  feet of pine,  half 
of which  will  be  cut  this  winter.  The 
other camp is near Kenedy, on the  “Soo” 
line.  Here Mr. Gates has 10,000,000 feet, 
5,000,000  feet of  which  will  be  cut this 
season.

Detour—Work on  the  new  mill of  the 
Island Cedar Co.  is  being  pushed,  and it 
will be ready  for operations early  in  the 
spring. 
It  will be remembered that  the 
Moiles Bros,  mill was spirited away  from 
Detour to Georgian  Bay  two  years  ago, 
and  has  been  idle  nearly  all  the  time 
since,  while the  locality  it  vacated is  to 
be occupied by one  of  the finest mills  in 
the State.

Alpena—Work on the extension of  the 
Loon Lake branch of the Alpena railroad 
began last week.  The  road  will  be  ex­
tended  about  nine  miles,  the  northern 
terminus to be at Rosetown, Iosco county. 
The  line  traverses  a  large  area  of fine 
hard  wood 
the 
French  Land &  Lumbering  Co.,  and  the 
timber  will  be  railed  to  East  Tawas, 
where it will  be manufactured.

timber  purchased  by 

Whitehall—The  flour mill and grocery 
firm of Oleson,  Degen &Co.  has been dis­
solved  by  the  retirement  of  Christian 
Degen,  who has been  connected  with the 
II.  H.  Oleson 
business  from  the  start. 
and  Abraham  Youngquist, 
the  other 
partners,  have  bought  out  hi« entire in­
terest and will  continue  the  business  as 
heretofore.  Mr.  Degen  will  rest  for  a 
while and then  engage  in  the wood yard 
business in  Wisconsin.

Farwell—The latest  novelty is a steam 
stump sawer,  operated by Clute and Ter- 
bush,  of  this  place.  The  machine  re 
ceives its power  from a  portable engine, 
to which is  attached 100  feet of hose,  so 
all  stumps  within  a radius  of  100  f  et 
can be  cut  without  moving  the  engine 
They  have  also  a large  bolting and cut­
off saw,  which cuts the stumps  into  con­
venient  sized  bolts.  Six  average  pine 
stumps will make a cord of shingle bolts, 
and,  as  there  are  thousands  of  stumps 
in Clare county,  a profitable industry  in 
utilizing timber for shingle  manufacture 
will doubtless be  developed.  Ten  years 
ago the idea would have been laughed  to 
scorn.

T he  U nkn ow n.

There floweth once In the life of all 
Some chancing streamlet full of glee,
Whose waters taken with the fall 
Would lead us onward to the sea.

Unplucked, the blossoms change to brown, 
The autumn leaves fall one by one ;
Ungathered chances  flutter down 
Or vanish with each setting sun.

Untouched are chords that would unfold 
Unfound, the brightest gems of gold 

Sweet music rolling on the air;
Lie hidden round us eveiywhere.
Unknown, the golden way to win 
Unseen, the thing that might have been 

Is ever nigh, yet fading fast;
Is lost forever In the past.

Not every rose that  bloometh fair 
Is warmed by beauty's smile, I trow—
Not every one  has for his share 
To wear a star upon the brow.

Yet this is truth that all should know :
There is some  honor for each state.
And should we rule or plow or sow,
’Tis doing duty makes us great.

—W. A. Havener.

T he  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar—A  portion  of  the  anticipated 
decline in  sugar  occurred last week,  the 
Trust  having  reduced  hard  grades 
3-16 cents and some of the soft grades 
As 
refined  sugars  are  still  relatively 
high  r  than  raw  material,  the  refiners 
can  well afford to go  still  lower,  but the 
iudicatious favor a steady situation for a 
while.

Spices—Singapore  pepper 

is  higher 
and firm.  The  same  is true of Zanzibar 
cloves.  Cassia,  Penang  mace,  Sumatra 
pepper and white and Penang pepper are 
stronger in sympathy.

Fish—Cod  continues  scarce  and  firm. 
Box herring  are steady.  Barrel  herring 
are unchanged.

Oranges—Remain scarce,  with no good 
stock  to be had.  Louisiana will  soon  be 
in fair condition,  but no really good fruit 
can  be had until  Flordas are  ripe—about 
Dec.  1.

Lemons — Remain  scarce  and  high— 
Malagas are the first to come in,  but  not 
very desirable lemons  can be looked  for 
until the big Messina crop  comes—about 
the middle of November.

Bananas — More  plenty.  Prices  are 

low,  with light demand.

Oysters—Unusually fine this season and 

prices very reasonable.

Foreign Nuts—Remain steady and  firm 

with prices unchanged.

Peanuts—Prices  have  ruled  very firm 
and steady the entire year with  no  pros­
pects of a change at present.

Chestnuts—Ohio and New York dealers 
report the crop  as light,  but the nuts are 
large and fine.  The  first  shipments  are 
now due.

Candy—The holidays are near at  hand 
and the  large  buyers  are  placing  their 
orders,  which,  together  with the  advan­
ced  prices ' f material,  makes prices  firm 
at  quotations.

Figs—New are in market.  The quality 

is excellent.

T he D ry  G oods  M arket.

The market still remains firm on  priuts 
and cottons.  The lower grades of prints | 
range from 4%  to 5*^  and  full  staudard I 
count command  6c.  Several  jobs are  in 
the market,  such  as  Bedford cords,  Stir- 
ing  cords and Edinboro’s,  ranging  from  ! 
6%  @  7c.  Former  prices, 8)£  @  lOJ^c. 
Banockburns,  formerly 12J^c,are now be­
ing sold as low as 6%c.

In ticks  Conostogas  have  been  shown 
in skirting  and  light  stripes  and a good 
trade has been done in them.

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

|  Advertisements  will  be  Inserted  under  this 
head for two cents a word the first Insertion and 
I one  cent a word  for each subsequent  Insertion. 
I No advertisements  taken for  les8  than 25 cents. 
! Advance payment.__________________________

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

589

590

I THOR  SALE  OR  WILL  EXCHANGE  FOR 
J-  grocery stock—New  house, barn  and  store 
j building  in  Kalamazoo;  lot 4x8;  buildings are 
j worth  price  asked  for  entire  place.  Address 
¡A B C , Kalamazoo, Mich. 

Ii>OR  RENT—A  NEW  STORE  IN  ONE  OF 

1  the  best  locations in the  city  fitted  up  for 
j dry goods or boots and shoes.  Address 590, care 
j Michigan Tradesman. 
! X   WANT TO  QUIT  WORK, BUT CAN’T DO IT 
X   because I have a  first-class stock of drugs on 
I my hands.  If  there is a man in  Michigan  who 
wants to buy I can give him a bargain  Address 
“Quinine,”  care  Michigan  Tradesman,  Grand 
Rapids. 

F o r  sa 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  confee 
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  $5,000.  Address  No. 
594, care Michigan Tradesman. 

■  GOOD  CHANCE  FOR  AN  A  NO.  1  GRO- 
cery  business.  Reason  of  selling,  poor 
health.  W. L. Mead, Tenia, Mich. 
576
F OR  SALE—a   STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
ehandise  in  LeRoy,  Michigan.  Stock  will 
invoice  $10,000,  but  we  will  reduce  to  any  de- 
sired amount.  We  court a  thorough  investiga­
tion.  as  we  offer  an  established  trade  and  a 
profitable  investment.  Will  rent  or  sell  the 
building.  M. V. Gundrum & Co. 

594

582

591

F OR SALE-STOCK  OF  DRUGS  AND  F ix ­

E x c e l l e n t  o p p o r t u n it y  f o r  a   B us­

tures,  about  $1,200,  in  good  location  with 
low  rent.  Established  trade.  Part  cash  and 
easy terms on balance to right party.  Fine open­
ing  for  a  physician.  Satisfactory  reasons  for 
selling.  Fred Brundage,  Muskegon, Mich.  595
in e s s  m a n   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 
need apply.  No. 556, care Michigan Tradesman.
■ OR SALE—A FINE  AND WELL-ASSORTED 

stock of  dry  goods, boots,  shoes,  hats, caps 
and gents’ furnishing goods, in live railroad and 
manufactuiing  town of  from 500  to 600  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 
Tr 'desman,  ________________  

571

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

ANTED — BY  REGISTERED  PHARMA 
cist  with  eleven  years’  experience,  posi­
tion with retail  druggist or  traveling  salesman 
for wholesale drugs or sundries.  Address Drug- 
gist, 120 Bast Main street, Kalamazoo,  Mich.  598 
fA /’ANTED—A  POSITION  OF  TRUST,  AS 
« v  manager or clerk  in  dry  goods, general or 
wall paper store  by man of  17 years’ experience. 
Give full particulars  L, A  Ely, Muir, Mich.592 
ANTED—A  FIRST-CLASS  WALL  PAPER 
hanger  is  looking  for  position  in  large 
town where  steady hanging  by roil  can be had. 
Connection  with  large  retail  house  preferred. 
Full  information  desired.  “E,”  care  of  L. A. 
Ely, Muir, Michigan.____________  
MISCELLANEOUS.

593

370

O  YOU  l¡sE  COUPON  BOOKS?  IF  SO, DO 
you buy of the largest manufacturers in the 
United States?  If you do, you  are  customers of 
the Tradesman 1 ompany, Grand Rapids.

I TuK  SALE—GOOD  DIVIDEND - PAYING 

stocks in  banking, manufacturing  and mer 
can tile  companies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  St.. 
Grand Rapids 
TjIOK  SALE  -B E ST   RESIDENCE  LOT  IN 
X   Grand  Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad- 
ed with  native  oaks, situated in gooi  residence 
locality,  only 200  feet  from  e.ectric  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 
X   Bel ding  to  exchange  for  grocery  stock 
worth  $1,00  to  $1,500.  Wi l  pay  difference  in 
cash.  Address  No. 470, care  Michigan  Trades-
man._______________ ________________ 5:0
ANTED-COMPETENT  REGLLAR  PHY- 
sician  to  locate  at  Wacousta.  Only  one 
physician  in  place,  which  is  center  of  good 
farming  community.  Address  No  533,  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
CNKaND  CHANCE—TO  RENT—A  FINE  DRY 
•*  goods  store, with  all  fixtures, in a town  of 
about  4,000  inhabitants;  not  an  exclusive  dry 
goods  store In the  town;  no large towns  within 
25 miles:  a splendid  opportunity for a dry goods 
man.  For  particulars  address  H.  F.  Marsh 
Marsh block, Allegan,  Mich. 
595
IOK  KENT —MEAT  MARKET — FULLY 
equipped with  good  ice box,  hooks, bloeks, 
etc., in good  location  for meat  business.  Must 
be a good meat cutter to cater to first-class trade. 
Rent  $300 per year.  For  particulars  apply to J. 
C^Dunton, Widdicomb building. 

697

5^

Beech  &  Booth  have  decided  that  an 
European hotel is not suited to the wants 
of the  Grand  Rapids  market  and  have, 
accordingly,  changed 
the  Kent  to  the 
American  plan, placing  the  rates  at  $2 
per day flat

WOOD  WANTED!

We  will  pay  cash  for  dry Beech  and  Maple 
Wood,  delivered  on  cars  within  150  miles  of 
Grand Rapids.  Correspondence solicited.
8.  P.  BENNETT  FUEL  &  ICE  CO., 

Grand Rapids.

TTTra  M IC H IG A N   TTlAJDTCSMAlSr.
Frank  R.  Miles  fell  asleep on a stone 
at the  Lawton  depot a few  days ago and 
the  train  came  along  without  arousing 
him.  A half  bour  later  he  awoke  and 
remarked  that  the  train  must  be  late; 
and all  reports  from  Lawton  agree that 
the  air  in  that  vicinity  was  decidedly 
blue for  some  time,  as  the  failure 
to 
make the train  knocked  him out of  half 
a day’s time.

two  months  on  the  European  plan,  and 
come to the conclusion  that we can  better serve 
our  patrons by conducting same  on  the  Ameri 
can  plan, we take  pleasure in announcing  that 
our  rates will  hereafter be  12 per day.  As  the 
hotel  is  new  and  handsomely  furnished, with 
steam  heat and  electric  bells, we are  confident 
we are  in a position to give the  traveling public 
satisfactory  service.
Remember the location, opposite Union Depot. 
Free baggage transfer from union  depot.

“tm  K e n t.'9
H AVING  conducted  the  above  named  hotel 

BEACH  l  BOOTH,  Props.

GRAND  R A PID S  GOSSIP.

Gbas.  F.  Heyer  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  626  Broadway.  The  Lemon  & 
Wheeler Company furnished the stock.

Valdemar,  Thomsen  &  Co.  have  de­
cided to open a grocery store at  Trufant 
and have  given  the  Lemon  &  Wheeler 
Company their order for the stock.

The  nerold-Bertsch  Shoe  Co.  has 
leased the fourth  floor of  the  Norman & 
Wilmarth  building,  finding  the  ground 
floor and basement  inadequate to accom­
modate all the goods carried  in stock.

F.  Gardner,  who  was  formerly  en­
gaged in  the grocery  business  at Boyne 
City and more recently  at Traverse City, 
has re-engaged in business  at that place. 
The  Ball-Barnhart-Putmau  Co.  will fur­
nish the stock.

The  Grand  Rapids  Packing  & Provis­
ion Go.  is putting  in a steam  tanking ap­
paratus  and a  couple  of  power sausage 
machines,  which  will  enable the corpor­
ation to utilize  all of  the waste products 
incident to the slaughtering season.

L.  W.  Sprague,  the  Greenville  hard­
ware merchant,  was in town a  couple  of 
days last week attending meetings of the 
State Board which has charge of the Mich­
igan  Soldiers’  Home.  He  says  that  a 
movement is on foot looking  toward  the 
converting of the potato starch factory at 
Greenville  into  a  refrigerator  factory, 
which  movement is in no way a reflection 
on  the  potato  starch  business,  as  the 
enterprise was badly managed  from  the 
start,  having  been  handicapped  by  ex­
perimental  machinery  and  a  visionary 
superintendent. 
is  Mr. 
Sprague that the manufacture  of  potato 
starch can be made  successful  in  Mich­
igan that he still offers to take stock in a 
company  organized  for  that  purpose, 
providing the number of  stockholders  is 
not so  great  as  to  become  cumbersome 
and the enterprise has the benefit of com­
petent and experienced management.

So  sanguine 

As will be noted by the  proceedings of 
the last meeting  of  the  Retail  Grocers’ 
Association, a lease of Protective Brother­
hood hall, on Pearl street, has  been  exe­
cuted,  so that the Association is  sure  of 
comfortable and commodious quarters for 
the year  to  come.  The  membership  of 
the Association  is increasing with  every 
meeting,  and from present indications  it 
will not be many weeks before every  gro­
cer in the  city  will  be  enrolled  on  the 
list.

G ripsack  B rigade.

Russell W.  Bertsch,  A.  C.  Wenzel and 
Fred E.  Walther have  started out on  the 
road for  the  new  house  of  the  Herold- 
Bertsch Shoe Co.

Thos.  Ferguson  has  been  obliged  to 
resign his position as traveling  represen­
tative  for  the  J. M.  Bour  Co., owing  to 
the  precarious  condition  of  his  wife’s 
health.

Willis P. Townsend, formerly with the 
former firm of S.  K. Bolles & Co., has en­
gaged  to  travel  for  M.  E.  Christenson, 
taking the territory  formerly covered by 
Frank  Green.

Geo.  W.  Kalmbach takes  the  territory 
formerly  covered  by  Fred  Walther  for 
the shoe house  of  Rindge,  Kalmbach  & 
Co.  Mr.  Kalmbach  is  a  son  of  J.  G. 
Kalmbach,  who is  in  charge  of  the me­
chanical  department  of  Rindge,  Kalm­
bach &  Co.,  and  formerly  traveled  for 
Geo.  H. Reeder & Co.

A Chicago man says, in all seriousness, 
that be was once living  in  a hotel  in  the 
Windy City  where the custom was chiefly 
that of traveling  salesmen  who were ac­
customed to  being  called  at all  sorts  of 
hours.  One  night  he  had  just  reached 
his room  when a terrific storm burst over 
the city and three distinct claps of  thun­
der sounded close to  the hotel.  Said he: 
“Every man in the house sat up,  yawned 
and shouted,  *1  hear  you.  All  right.’ ”

P u rely P erson al.

J.  W. Califf,  State Agent for the Gatlin
Tobacco Co.,  of St.  Louis,  was  in  town 
Monday.

Wm.  Logie is expected home from Bos­
ton and the other shoe centers of  Massa­
chusetts the latter part of the week.

Wm. Widdicomb  has returned from the 
East, where he spent a month,  mostly  in I 
New York, Philadelphia, Washington and 
Baltimore.  He was accompanied by  his 
family.

Wm.  H.  Spayde, of  the  drug  firm  of 
Harrison  &  Spayde,  at  Bloomingdale, 
visited  Grand  Rapids  during  fair week 
and was very much surprised at the man­
ner in  which the heat  annoyed him.  On 
retiring  for  the  night,  he  was  dumb­
founded to see that, in his  haste to make 
the train on leaving  home,  he had put  a 
couple of  shirts  over  those  already  on. 
The matter someway reached  the ears of 
his  Bloomingdale  friends  and it is  now 
in order for them to enquire if four shirts 
are the regulation  number to wear when 
visiting the Grand  Rapids fair.
Selfish  Salesm en .

In  many  retail  stores  there  exists  an 
evil  which  many  good  merchants  com­
plain of and a few possibly have not dis­
covered—the habit of some salesmen  for 
purely  personal  and  selfish  motives  at­
tempting to monopolize the trade of  cus­
tomers by  deceiving them  into the belief 
that he or she, as the case may be, can do 
better  by them than by other  salesmen in 
the  same  store,  and  customers  so  de­
ceived and  prejudiced  will  sit  and wait 
for hours in some offices for their favorite 
salesman.  Other and better  salesmen in 
the  meantime  may  offer to serve  them, 
but they invariably  receive the reply,  “I 
will  wait  for  Mr.  Jones,”  and  in  some 
cases Salesman Jones  has  so thoroughly 
prejudiced customers that they will go to 
another store to do their shopping rather 
than allow another salesman  or even the 
proprietor  to serve  them,  which  is very 
discouraging 
to  an  honestly  aspiring 
salesman and a great loss to the  proprie­
tor.  This  very  bad  state  of  affairs  is 
brought  about  by Salesman  Jones,  who 
quietly and slyly  said to  customers  who 
chance to fall into his hands,  “When you 
cofhe again call for me and  I will  do bet­
ter by you than others can,” etc.
The many  bad  results  of  such a prac­
tice are very apparent and should be cor­
rected  at  once.  Such a  salesman  is  an 
unprofitable  and  a  dangerous  element 
and should be  discharged  if  found  nec­
essary to the correction of the evil.
Customers should  be made to feel that 
they will be served alike by all salesmen, 
and that the proprietor alone is responsi­
ble  for  all  transactions.  This  will  en­
courage  salesmen,  promote  harmony 
among them and increase their sales.

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

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

5

Class  (in  chorus)—

B e n   I Iur !

10c  or  3  for  25c.

Made on Honor!

Sold on Merit!

ORDER  FROM  YOUR  DEALER.

GEO.  I0EBS  4  CO.,

MamlfactUrers,

DETROIT. 

CHICAGO.

Established  1868.

H.  i

  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Building  Papers,  Carpet  Lin­
ings,  Asphalt  Ready  Roofing, 
Tarred Roofing,  Felt,  Coal  Tar, 
Roofing and Paving Pitch,  Resin 
Asphalt  Roof  Paints,  Mineral 
Wool  for  deadening  purposes, 
Asbestos  products,  Pipe  cover­
ing, car, bridge and  roof paints, 
Elastic roofing Cement, Etc.

In Felt, Composition and Gravel,

Warehouse aud Office 

Cor.  COCIS and  CAMPAU  Sts..

-  Mich.

Grand  Rapids, 
Flags ,
Banners
and
S trea m e r s .

Of all kinds and made to order.

We Make’a Specialty of Campaign Banners 

and Streamers.

Portraits o f  Candidates  on  Cloth or Paper.

CHAS.  A.  COYE,

11  PEARL  ST. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

DODGE

THE  LIGHTEST!

THE  STRONGEST!

THE  BEST!
HESTER  MACHINERY  CO,

Independence  Wood  Split  Pulley.

TEAZCOFFEE

THE  BOSTON

45  So.  D iv isio n  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

bornt

IMPORTERS,

Are now  receiving  by  every 

Overland,

incoming  steamer  and 
New Crop  Teas
of  their  own 
importations, 
which  means  that  in  pur­
chasing  from  them  you  get 
Teas of special  character and 
at only one  reasonable profit 
above actual cost of importa­
tion.
You are surely  paying two 
or  more  profits in  buying of 
the  average  wholesaler.

Chase  &  Sanborn,

IM P O R T E R S ,

B O S T O N . 

C H IC A G O .

MICHIGAN

Fire & MariHB Insurance Co.

Organized  1881.

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN.

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The Most Profitable Lines.

P ro m  th e  A m erican  G rocer.

Naturally 

the  retailer  devotes  the 
most  time  and  attention  to  the  sale  of 
such goods  as  he  believes  pay  the  best 
profit.  A  majority  of  dealers  conclude 
that goods  affording  a  handsome  profit, 
such  as  tea,  spice,  syrup,  fancy  shelf 
goods,  are  the  more  profitable.  They 
may or may not be.  The question which 
will decide  the  matter  is the number  of 
times  the  stock  of  each  article  can  be 
turned within a year.  This is a question 
to which all  grocers  do  not  give  proper 
consideration. 
In  our  last  issue  a  city 
grocer stated it  as his belief that canned 
goods are to-day the most profitable stock 
that a retailer handles.  He says:
“Tea,  spices,  wines  and  liquors pay  a 
larger profit,  but  are  not  as  much  used 
nor  quickly  turned.  Canned  goods cer­
tainly pay a much  better  profit than im­
ported  fancy  shelf  goods, and  as  much 
as glass domestic fancy goods.  There  is 
no  drawback  from  breakage;  they  take 
up less room than  bottles,  and are an or­
nament in  any store.”
Is not the city grocer correct?  Canned 
goods are in daily  request,  beiug  in  sea­
son the year around, particularly in large 
cities.  Therefore,  it  is  wisdom  to keep 
the stock moving rapidly  at  such a mar­
gin of profit as will  induce  free  buying, 
for  that  means  free  or  increased  con­
sumption.
Ten per cent, on canned goods is really 
a better profit  than  30  to 50 per cent  on 
other lines which are in  general demand 
during  only a portion  of  each  year. 
If 
a grocer  can  turn  over  $1,000  worth  of 
canned goods every month at 10 per cent, 
on their cost he makes  $900  per  annum; 
whereas on $1,000  worth of  spice sold  in 
one year at 50 per cent,  advance  on cost 
he  makes  $334.  Well  directed  effort 
would lead  to  an  increased  demand  for 
spikes,  but the results  would  be  far  out 
of  proportion  to  those  obtained  by  de­
voting the same amount of  labor and at­
tention to other goods. 
In  one  case  the 
demand is limited  and in  the other  it  is 
capable of indefinite expansion.
For instance,  the amount of  stove  pol­
ish,  matches,  salt, pepper,  tea,  coffee and 
flour that a family  uses  is  well  defined. 
In every  well-regulated  household there 
will be scarcely any  variation from  year 
to year in the quantity of certain articles 
furnished,  providing the size of  the fam­
ily remains  unchanged.  There  is,  how­
ever,  no limit to their purchasing power, 
so far  as  it  concerns  goods  that  please 
the appetite and are of  a  character to be 
used every day  without  risk  of  satiety. 
What  are  these  goods?  Different  arti­
cles in different places;  hence  every gro­
cer  must  study  and  determine  for him­
self what lines  will pay  best to sell  at  a 
low  profit  in  order  to  turn  the  stock 
quickly  and  often.  Consideration  must 
be given to the expense of  handling. 
It 
costs more to  put in  stock,  take care  of, 
sell  and  deliver  one  line of  goods than 
In glass goods  breakage  plays 
another. 
an  important  part;  in  canned  goods, 
swells, 
in 
meats, evaporation or shrinkage; in flour, 
the  expense  of  delivery;  in  butter,  the 
loss in weighing out small lots and waste; 
in  cheese,  the  same  as  butter,  with  the 
expense of  nibbling and  crumbs thrown 
in.
These  are  all  minor  details,  yet  all 
have important  bearing  upon  the result 
of  the business.  That  grocer  who  best 
masters the  little  things  connected  with 
his work,  who learns how to adjust prof­
its,  knows the relation which  the sale  of 
any one line of  goods  bears  to  the total 
sales,  is the  one who  will  tell  you that 
the  “grocery  business  pays.” 
It  pays 
because he is master of his avocation.

it  they  are  cheap  brands; 

A novel spectacle of a steam vessel be­
ing  stoked  with  bank  notes  was  wit­
nessed recently at a  Mediterranean port. 
Forty-five sacks of  the  apparently  valu­
able paper were  forced  into  the furnace 
of  the  vessel’s  boiler  under the eyes  of 
the  stokers,  who  seemed  to  desire  to 
possess themselves of  at  least a handful 
of what they somewhat inelegantly styled 
“rum  fuel.”  The  notes  were  cancelled 
documents of the Bank of Algiers,  whose 
manager watched the combustion.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

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MILE-END

Best  Six  Bord
Machine  or  Hand  Use,

FOR

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL

Dealers  in  Dry  Goods & Notions
G.  R.  MAYHEW,

Grand Rapids, Mich.,

JOBBER OF

Wales Goodyear Rubbers,

Woonsocket Rubbers,

Felt Boots and Alaska Socks.

Selling Corset Co’s

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Argyle-....................   6
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Atlanta AA..............6
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Blackstone O, 32___   5
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Amazon.......
Glen Mills...............  7
Amsburg.................. 7
Gold Medal................7)4
Art  Cambric............10
Green  Ticket............ 8)4
Blackstone A A.......7
Great Falls.................6)4
Beats A ll.................. 4)4
Hope........................... 7)4
Boston......................12
Just  Out........   444® 5
Cabot.........................  7
King  Phillip............  75*
Cabot,  X ...................644
OP.......7)4
Charter  Oak............5)4
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Conway W...............   7)4
Lonsdale............  @  8)4
Cleveland..............   7
Middlesex. 
.  ..  @ 5
Dwight Anchor.......8)4
No Name..................  7)4
shorts.  8
Oak View.......  ....  6
Edwards...................  6
Our Own..................  5)4
Empire..................... 7
Pride of the West... 12
Farwell.....................7)4
Rosalind.....................7)4
Fruit of the  Loom.  8)4
Sunlight...................  4)4
Fitchvllle  .............. 7
Utica  Mills................8)4
First Prize...............7
“  Nonpareil  ..10
Fruit of the Loom X.  7)4
Vlnyard....................  8)4
Falrmount...............   4)4
White Horse..........  6
Full Value...............644
“  Rock............... 8)4
Cabot...........................7  [Dwight Anchor.......8)4
Farwell.......................8  I

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

8«

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CANTON  FLANNEL.

Housewife  A ... .......434 Housewife  Q,....
534
R .......
..6«
... ••7«
8 
T .......
..8
U ...  . •  « X
V .......
..9«
W..  ..
.10«
X .......
.11
Y........ 12
z  
....... .13

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Unbleached
B ... ....  5
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C  .. .......5«
“ 
D ... ....  6
“ 
E  .. .......6«
“ 
P
.......6&
“ 
G  .. ....... 7
“ 
H ... .......7 «
“ 
I ... .......7%
“ 
J  .. ....  8~
“ 
K  .. .. 
834
“ 
L.  .
...9 «
“  M  ... ...1 0
N __ ...10«
“ 
O ... . . . 1 1 «
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P .... ....14

CARPET WARP.

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Peerless,  white..
Integrity............
Hamilton 
...........  8
...................9
 
G G  Cashmere........ 20
Nameless  ................16
.................18

colored.. .20
colored — 19« White Star............. .18
“ colored..20
Nameless.................. 20
25
 
.................. 27)4
30
...................32)4

.  ..18«
DRESS w oods.
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CORSET  JEANS.

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COBS
Coraline................... 89 50
Schilling’s .................9 00
Davis  WalBts  __   9 00
Grand  Rapids..........4 50
Armory.................... 634
Androscoggin..........7)4
Blddefora................  6
Brunswick...............6)4
FBI]
Allen turkey  reds..  6
robes............6
pink a purple 6
buffs 
..........  6
pink  checks.  6
staples  ........   6
shirtings  ...  4)4
American  fancy__  534
American Indigo__  6
American shirtings  4)4 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  5 
Arnold 
....  6)4
...  6 
Arnold  Merino 
long cloth B. 10)4 
“ 
“  C.  8)4
“ 
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century cloth  7
“ 
gold seal.......10)4
“  green seal TR 10)4 
“  yellow seal.. 10)4
“ 
serge..............11)4
“  Turkey red.. 10)4 
Ballon solid black..  5 
“ 
colon.  5)4
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and  orange...  5)4
Berlin solids............  5)4
“ 
oil blue........  6)4
•*  green 
“ 
...  6)4
“  Foulards  ...  5)4
“ 
red 3 4 ........  7
“ X  ............ 9)4
“ 
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“  4 « ........10
“ 
“  3 4XXXX 12
Cocheco fancy........   6
“ madders...  6
“  XX twills..  6)4 
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ETS.
Wonderful. . .  
$4  50
Brighton................... 4 75
Bortree’s ..................9 00
Abdominal............15  00
Naumkeagsatteen..  634
Rockport..................   6«
Conestoga.................. 634
Walworth................  634
ITS.
Berwick fancies__   5)4
Clyde  Robes  ..........
Charter Oak fancies  4)4 
DelMarine cashm’s.  6 
mourn’g  6 
Eddystone  fancy...  6 
chocolat  6
rober__  6
sateens.  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
staple....  6 
Manchester fancy..  6 
new era.  6 
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
Merrim’ck shirtings.  4)4 
Repp furn .  8)4
Pacific  fancy.........„  6
robes...............6)4
Portsmouth robes...  6 
Simpson mourning.. 6
greys.........6
solid black.  6 
Washington Indigo.  6 
“  Turkey robes..  7)4
“  India robes___ 7)4
“  plain T’ky X 34  8)4 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tor-
key red..................  6
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 34.........7)4
Martha Washington
Turkey red...........   9)4
Rlverpolnt robes....  5)4
Windsor fancy...........6)4
Indigo blue...........10)4
Harmony...................  434
AC  A ........................12«
Pemberton AAA__ 16
York......................... 10«
Swift River.............   7«
Pearl  River.............12
Warren.....................13
Conostoga...............16

gold  ticket

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TICKINGS.

solids.........5)4
Amoskeag AC A .... 12«
Hamilton N ............. 7«
D ................8 «
Awning. .11
Farmer......................8
First  Prize...............11«
Lenox M ills............18
Atlanta,  D ...............63i|Stark  A
Boot...........................6 * No  Name...
Clifton, K.................  6« I Top of  Heap

COTTON  DRILL.

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Amoskeag................12)4
9o*.........13)4
brown .13
Andover...................11)4
Beaver Creek AA... 10 
BB...  9
CC....
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 

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blue  8)4 
"  d a  twist  10)4 
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Columbian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl  19

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue............12)4
brown........ 12)4
Haymaker blue.......  744
brown...  7M
Jaffrey.......................11)4
Lancaster..................12)4
Lawrence, 9oz......... 13)4
No. 220. ...13
No. 250....11)4
No. 280... 10)4

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OINGHAMS.
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Amoskeag

“  Persian dress  8)4 
Canton ..  8)4
“ 
AFC.........10)4
“ 
Teazle.. .10)4 
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Angola.. 10)4 
“ 
Persian..  8)4
Arlington staple__ 6)4
Arasapha  fancy  ...  4)4 
Bates Warwick dres  8)4 
staples.  6)4
Centennial.............  10)4
Criterion...............   10)4
Cumberland  Btaple.  5)4
Cumberland............. 5
Essex.........................4)4
Elfin...........................  7)4
Everett classics.......8)4
Exposition...,.......... 7)4
Glenarie..................  6)4
Glenarven.................  6«
Glen wood..................7)4
Hampton................... 6)4
Johnson Chalon cl 

Lancaster,  staple...  7 
fancies....  7 
Normandie  8
Lancashire...............  6
Manchester__  .......  »34
Monogram...............   6)4
Normandie.................7)4
Persian....................... 8)4
Renfrew Dress.........7)4
Rosemont...................6)4
Slatersville..............6
Somerset...................7
Tacoma  .....................7)4
Toil  duNord.......... 10)4
Wabash....................   7)4
seersucker..  7)4
Warwick.................  8)4
Whittenden................6)4
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue  9 
Wamsuttastaples...  634
Westbrook...............   8
10
Indigo blue 9)4 York  ........................634
zephyrs__16  I

«IWtndermeer............5

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Amoskeag................16)4| Valley City................1634
Stark........................  19)4 Georgia  ...................1534
American................ 16  IPadfic......................13

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile End....45 
|Barbour's.................88
Coats’, J. & P..........45  Marshall’s .................88
Holyoke................... 22«|

KNITTING  COTTON.

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

White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ...37
39
..38
40
...39
41
...40
CAMBRICS.

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“  18...
“  20...

White.  Colored.

42
43
44
45

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

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

BED  FLANNEL.

Fireman...................32)4
Creedmore................27)4
Talbot XXX............ 30
Nameless................. 27)4

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

MIXED  FLANNEL.

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Red & Blue,  plaid..40
Grey SR  W.............. 17)4
Union R...................22)4
Western W  .............. 18)4
Windsor................... 18)4
D R P ..............  
18)4
6 oz Western............20
Flushing XXX.........23)4
Union  B .................. 22)4
Maaltoba..................23)4
DOMET  FLANNEL.
Nameless.......8  @ 9)41 
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9  @10)4 
8)4@10 
12)4
“
Slate.
Black
Slate10«
Black.
10«
9) 4
934|
11«12
11«12
10) 4
10) 4
.35
11) 4
11) 4
12) 4
12) 4
20
20
DUCKS.
Severen, 8 oz...........   9«  ■
West  Point, 8 oz__ 10«
May land, 8 oz...........10«
“ 
10oz  ...12«
Greenwood, 7« oz..  9«
Raven, lOoz..............13«
Greenwood, 8 01___11« :
Stark 
.............. 13«
Boston, 8 oz..............10« ’
Boston, 10 oz.............12«

CANVASS  AND  FADDINS.
Brown.
9) 4
10) 4 
11« 
12)4

Brown.
10«
U «
12
20

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WADDINGS.

8ILB81A8.

|Per bale, 40 doz 

33 50
White, doz...............25 
Colored,  doz........... 20  (Colored  “ 
...........7 50
Slater, Don Cross...  8  Pawtucket................10«
Dandle.....................   9
Bedford.....................10«
Valley  City..............ln«
K K ...........................  10«

Red Cross....  9
Best..............10«
Best  AA...... 12«
7«
8«

SEWING  SILK.

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Cortlcelll, doz............75 [CorticelU  knitting,

--J*  “ 8 
..12  I  “  10 

twist, doz. .37«  per «oz  ball........ 30
50 yd, doz..37«l
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS
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No  1 Bl’k & White..10  INo  4 Bl’k A Whlte..l5
!!  2 
..20
“  8 
.  25
„  
PINS.
No 2—20, M C..........50  INo 4—15 F 8 « ...........40
*  3—18, S  C............45  I
COTTON  TAPS.
|No  8 White A Bl’k..20 
No  2 White A Bl’k..l2 
23
“  4 
..15 
“  10 
“  « 
..18  I  “  12 
.  26
SAFETY  PINS.
N o2...........................28  INo3..  .......................86

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James.................. 1 40| Steamboat...............  
40
Crowely’s..................1  35Gold  Eyed................1  50
Marshall’s ................1 00

-.2   25
..2  10

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
6—4. ..3   2515—4  
“  ...8 10|

COTTON TWINES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown..................... 12
Domestic................18«
Anchor....................16
Bristol.....................13
Cherry  Valley.........15
I X L ........................ 18«
Alabama...................6«
Alamance................   6«
Augusta.....................7)4
At  sapha.................  6
Georgia....................   6«
Granite....................  534
Haw  River.............   5
Haw  J ......................  5

1  95

6—4. ..2   95

Nashua.................18
Rising Star 4-ply___17
„  
8-ply....17
North Star................20
Wool Standard 4 plyl7« 
Powhattan.............. 18

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Mount  Pleasant__ 6«
Oneida......................  5
Prymont.................  53^
Randelman..............  6
Riverside................  *«
Sibley  A ..................   «2
Toledo.....................

PLAID  0SNABURG8

T H E   MICHIGkAN  T R A D E SM A N .

7

Have you ever noticed when  you’re buying ber­
That  those on top are  large and  ripe without  a 
While  those  Deneath are  small  and  green—not 
And  almost  worthless—have  you ever  noticed 

Have Tou Ever Noticed That?
ries by the peck,
spot or speck;
worth the looking at,
that?

Have  you ever  noticed in the winter, when  the 
The  ice man  leaves a larger  chunk  than  what 
But when the days are scorching hot and nearly 
He  leaves  the  merest  trifle — have  you  ever 

days are Culd,
your box will hold;
fry your fat,
noticed that?

Have  you  ever noticed  that the  man  who’s al­
About the wondrous  things he's done and what 
Is loafing at the present time—his purse is busted 
And “won’t  you  loan a fiver?”—have  you  ever 

ways telling you
he’s going to do,
flat.
noticed that?

Have you ever noticed  fishermen  all  have such 
The  mammoth  fish  they  nearly  got  fell  back 
And  while  of  great  fresh  water  whales  they 
They bring home  tiny  minnows—have  you ever 

awful luck?
into the brook.
ever wildly chat,
noticed that?

Have you ever noticed office seekers, ere election 
Grasp  everybody’s  hand  and  something  kind 
And  who, when safe  in  office, with a salary  big 
Forget the humble voter—have you ever noticed 

day,
and fetching say,
and  fat,
that?

A Chapter on Clerks.

F ro m  “ On th e  R oad to  R ich es.”
In selecting clerks  for a retail store  as 
much  care  must  be  observed  as if  the 
business was of  the  largest  proportions. 
Every person  who steps  into a store does 
not  come in with  his  mind  made up  to 
purchase.  Some of  the  customers  come 
in merely by accident;  some of the callers 
are  on a tour  of  enquiry;  some come  in 
without  any intention of  buying  then or 
thereafter,  but  merely  to  pass  away 
time,  or to post  themselves,  so that their 
regular  dealer  may  not  take  advantage 
o f them.
And the  clerk  who will  take  trade of 
this  kind  and  turn  it  into  purchasing 
customers,  must be something more than 
a  wooden-headed  young  man. 
It  does 
not  do to  take  every man’s  word  for  it 
that he does  not intend  to  buy.  This is 
a question  you  can  decide  better  after 
you  have  tried,  and  you  ought  to  have 
some men around  you  whom  you would 
be  willing  to  turn  over  one  of  these 
questioners to,  with  the  feeling  that the 
clerk will  get an  order from  him, if  one 
is to be had.  The first important requis­
ite of a good clerk is that he shall under­
stand  his  business. 
I  know of  nothing 
more  unsatisfactory than to trade  with a 
man who knows no more about his goods 
than is told on the label.  1 would rather 
twice over attempt to sell a bill at whole­
sale  to  the  ordinary  merchant  than  to 
wait on  the best  class of  consumers,  un­
less  I  knew  my business  from  A  to  Z. 
The  merchant’s  knowledge of  an article 
is  often  merely a selling  knowledge,  but 
the  consumer  is a practical  man,  knows 
what  he wants, may have posted himself 
among  his  neighbors  about  their  ex­
perience,  and  he  is  an  expert  to  all'in- 
tents  and  purposes  in the  line of  goods 
he asks  for. 
if  1  make a mistake  he  is 
abundantly able to correct  me,  and if  he 
sees 1 am not well  posted in the article I 
am selling he can easily confuse me.  We 
all  like to  deal  with a man  who  knows 
his  trade, and  we  have  more  confidence 
in  the goods  you  are commending when 
we have found you are well posted about 
other brands known to us.
I  think  it a sure  sign  of  ability in  a 
young  man to see  him  constantly learn­
ing points about the goods he is handling 
and who  has an eager  interest  in  every­
thing concerning  his  trade. 
I  go  into 
stores  daily where  clerks  have  only the 
most  superficial  knowledge  about  their 
wares, and 1 am  surprised  that  they are 
kept in employ.  There are enough young 
men  who will  eagerly  grasp  at a chance 
to  work  up,  and  no  clerk  can  work up 
without at the same time helping his em­
ployer. 
It is the  best  test of  the  value 
of  a  clerk  to  know  if  he  is  working 
towards a higher  goal or  not;  if  he does 
not care for  his own  future he  certainly 
will not strain himself in your behalf.
Then the clerk with  knowledge should 
have  a  pleasant  manner.  There  are  a

great  many  ways of  being pleasant;  but 
one  can be affable  and  yet  need  not sit 
down  and tell  stories to one  man  while 
others are  standing  around with  no  one 
to wait on them.  The clerk who can  sell 
a bill  the  quickest is the  best  clerk in a 
large  retail  store where  time  is  money. 
Yet  there  are  men who  can  hurry trade 
and at the same time appear to be taking 
it very  leisurely.  One  does  not need  to 
rush  at  a  customer  with a  “What  is  it 
you want?”  as if  you wanted him to buy 
like lightning and  then  clear  out.  One 
of  the most  disagreeable  men to me in  a 
store  when  1  buy goods  is a  clerk  who 
dives at me  the  moment  1  come  in  the 
store with  “Something  you wish?”  and I 
always think he is going to add,  “because 
if there isn’t we have no room for loafers.”
1 know him so well that I know it is only 
his way, but it is a very disagreeable way 
to me.
A  very unpleasant  habit  permitted in 
many stores is that of  allowing  clerks to 
carry on chat with  each other while they 
are  waiting  on  customers. 
I  know of 
nothing  more exasperating  than to have 
a man  ask  you  “what next?”  and  when 
he begins to  cut or weigh  the  article out 
see  him  turn to  a  brother  clerk  at  his 
left and  pick  up the  thread of  his  story 
about  what  “I  said” and  “he said,” and 
more  especially  what  “she  said.”  This 
ought not to be  permitted  for a moment. 
A clerk has all he can  attend to properly 
in waiting  on  the  customer  before him, 
and if  he  is  anxious to talk  let him talk 
about the goods he wants to sell.
It  is  a  great  mistake when  you  have 
several  clerks to pay them  all  the  same 
salary. 
It  does  not  encourage  a  good 
man  to  do  better to  find  he  is paid  no 
more than a dunce who  stands near him; 
and  the  shiftless  man  will not  improve 
any the  sooner  when  he is now paid  as 
much as the  best  men.  Clerks  are  good 
judges  of  each  other;  they  watch  each 
other  closely,  and if  one  man  does  less 
than  another, or  is  slower  witted,  they 
soon  find it out.  Pay your  best man  the 
best  price,  and  have  it  understood  that 
every other  man  who will  do  as  well 
shall  have  the  same  pay.  Good  retail 
clerks can be hired at $35 per month,  and 
boys can be had at almost any price.

He Took It LiteraUy.

An implement jobber who was former­
ly in the  hardware  business  had  in  his 
employ  a young  Englishman who always 
accepted  in  its  truest,  literal  meaning, 
every  statement  made  or  instruction 
given him.  One day the proprietor said:
“John,  if  we  happen to be out of  any 
certain  article  that is called  for,  always 
try to sell the party the next thing to it.”
A few days  later a lady  came  into the 
store  and asked  for a coffee  miil.  Now 
it happened that the  proprietor  had sold 
the last mill on hand that morning.  John 
knew this,  and  when  the  woman  made 
known her wants he replied:
“We  are  out  of  coffee  mills,  mum, 
but,” glancing up  at  the shelf  on which 
the  mills were  kept,  “could  ye not  use 
a cow bell instead?”

Some  people  live  to  be  old  without 
finding out that one of the great elements 
of success  in life  is  minding  one’s  own 
business.  Wise  men  see  this  from  the 
start  and  succeed.  Others  never  see  it 
and fail.

Hardware Price Current.

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

AUGURS AND BITS. 

Snell’s ................................................................  
60
Cook’s  ............................................................... 
40
Jennings', genuine..........................................  
25
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................... 50410
First Quality, S. B. Bronze.............................I 7 50
D.  B. Bronze.............................  12 00
  8 50
S.B .S. Steel.......................... 
D. B. Steel....................................... 13 50

 
dls.
Railroad  ........................................................ 114 00
Garden......................................................net  30 00
BOLTS. 
dls.
Stove...................................... 
50410
Carriage new list.............................................. 75410
40410
Plow..........................................................  
Sleigh shoe  ...................................................... 
70

BARROWS. 

AXES.

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BUCKETS.

Well,  plain........................................................ I 3 50
Well, swivel.............................. ......................   4 00
BUTTS, CAST. 
Cast Loose Pin, figured............ 
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast Joint................60410

dls.
.................. 704

Wrought Loose Pin...........................................60410
Wrought Table................................................. 60410
Wrought Inside Blind......................................60410
Wrought  Brass................................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................70410
Blind,  Parker’s ................................................. 70410
BUnd, Shepard’s 
70

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BLOCKS.

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

50

Grain............................................................dls. 50402

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

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

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

CARTRIDSEB.

CHISELS. 

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

5

65
60
35
60

50
25

dls.

dls.

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

combs. 

CHALK.
COFFER.

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

drills. 

dls.

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

DRIPPING fans.

Small sizes, ser pound.................................... 
Large sizes, per pound...................................  
Com. 4  piece, 6 in ..............................a  os. net 
Corrugated.............................................................dls 40
Adlustable 

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

elbows.

07
6)4

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

diS.

files—New List. 

Clark's, small, $18;  large, $26........................ 
30
25
Ives’, 1, $18:  2, $24;  3,$30............................... 
Disston’s ............................................................60410
.............................................60410
New American 
Nicholson’s ...................................................... 60410
Heller’s 
50
Heller’s Horse R asps.............. 
50

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

dls

 

 

GALVANIZED IRON.

dls.

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

12 

13 

15 

28
17

Discount, 60

14 
GAUGES. 

dls.

dls.

50
55
55
55
55
70

locks—door. 

knobs—New List. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ........................ 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings...................... 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimming«................... 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
Door,  porcelain, trimmings  .......................... 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain.......  ..........  
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t ..................... 55
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s ..............................  
55
55
Branford’s ........................................................ 
Norwalk’s ............................................. 
55
 
Adze Rye............................................  $16.00, dls. 60
Hunt Rye.  ...........................................  $15.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s  ........................................ $18.50, dls. 20410.
50
Sperry 4  Co.’8, Post,  handled........................ 
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
40
“  P. 8. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Clerk’s ................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
......................................... 
30
Stebbln’s  Pattern...........................................60410
Stebbln’s Genuine............................................ 60410
25
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 

molasses gates. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

MATTOCKS.

dls.
dls.

dls.

NAILS

 

Advance over base: 

Steel nails, base..................................................1  85
Wire nails, base..................................................1  90
Steel.  Wire.
60............................................................Base 
Base
10
50............................................................Base 
40.....................................................  
  05 
25
30...........................................................  
25
10 
20........................................................... 
35
15 
45
16........................................................... 
15 
45
12........................................................... 
15 
50
10 ...........................................................  20 
60
8 .............................................................  25 
7 4 6 ........................................................  40 
75
4 .............................................................  60 
90
3............................................................1  00 
1 20
1  60
2............................................................1  50 
FlneS.....................................................150 
160
65
Case  10...................................................  60 
8....................................  
75
75 
90
6 .................................................   90 
75
Finish 10  .............................................  85 
90
8.............................................1 00 
6  .............................................. 115 
110
Clinch; 18...............................................  85 
70
8.............................................1 00 
80
6.............................................1 15 
90
Barren %...............................................175 
175
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy...................................   040
Sclota  Bench....................................................   060
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................   040
Bench, first quality..........................................  060
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood............  410
Fry,  Acme.................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................... dls. 
70
Iron and  Tinned.............................................. 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs..................................50—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Noa. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planlBhed, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

« 
“ 
“ 
« 
“ 
“ 

PLANES. 

RIVETS. 

dls.

dls.

Broken paon He per pound extra.

HAMMERS.

dls.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Maydole  4  Co.’s ................................................... dls. 25
Kip’s ....................................................................... dls. 25
dls. 40410
Yerke8 4  Plumb’s ..........................  
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............................80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand__ 80c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 .......................... dls.60410
State...............................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 in. 4H  14  and
longer.................................................  3H
Screw Hook and  Rye, H...........................net 
10
“ 
%............................net  8H
X ......................  ..net  7H
“ 
“ 
............................net  7H
\
Strap and T ..............................................d ls . 
50
Bam Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track___50410
Champion,  antl-frlction................................  60410
Kidder, wood track......................................... 
40
Pots...................................................................   60410
Kettles..............................................................   60410
Spiders  .............................................................. 60410
Gray enameled..................................................40410
Stamped  Tin Ware..................................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are....................... new llst33K410
Bright........................................................... 70410410
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70410410
Hook’s .
70410410
Gate Hooks and Byes...............
70410410
dis.7o
LEVELS.
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s.
ROPES.
Sisal,  H Inch aud larger........
Manilla......................................
SQUARES.
Steel and Iron..................................................  
Try and Bevels................................................. 
Mitre.................................................................. 

-  9H 
.  13 
dls.
75
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
$.*95
3  05
3  05
3  15
3 ®
3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 14........................................ $4 05 
Nos. 15 to 17 ........................................   4 05 
Nos.  18 to 21.......................................  4 06 
Nos. 22 to 24 ........................................   4 05 
Nos. 25 to 26.......................................... 425 
No. 27....................................................  4 45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86.............................  .......... dls. 
Silver Lake, White  A ................................ list 
Drab A ....................................  “ 
White  B.................................  “ 
Drab B....................................   “ 
White C  .............................. 

50
50
55
50
56
  “  35

w ir e   g o o d s. 

SAND PAPER.

SHEET IRON.

SASH CORD.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

d ls .

Discount, 10.

BASH  WEIGHTS.

dls.

s a w s . 

t r a p s . 

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

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

Solid Eyes.................................................per ton 125
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game........................................................60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley a Norton’s __  
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion................................. 11.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market...................................................  65
Annealed Market..............................................70—10
Coppered M arket............................................  60
Tinned Market.................................................  62H
Coppered  Spring Steel...................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.................................   3 00
painted.......................................  2 55

wire. 

dls.

“ 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

40410
Au  S ab le..............................................dls. 
Putnam.............................................. 
dls.  05
Northwestern...................................  
dls. 10410
dlB.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,  .......... 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable................................ 75410
MISCELLANEOUS. 
d ls .
Bird Cages.................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
7? 410
70410
Screws,New lis t ....................................... 
Casters, Bed  a  d Plate............................. 50410410
Dampers, American....................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 6? 410

 

 

METALS,

FIG TIN.

zmc.

6X
7

26c
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large......................................................... 
Pig Bars......................................................... 
Duty:  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
680 pound  casks............................................... 
Per  pound.................................................  .... 
H®H..........................................................16
Extra W iping......................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
Cookson.......................................... per pound
Hallett’s .......................................... 
TIN—M ELTS GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal...........................................
............................................
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
...........................................
14x20 IX, 
...........................................

“ 
“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

Each additional X on this grade, 11.75.
10x14 IC,  Charcoal........................................
.......................................... .
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
..........................................
14x20 IX, 
......................................
Bach additional X on thlz grade 11.50. 

13
$ 75)
,  750 
,  9 25 
9 25

ANTIMONT

“ 

ROOFING FLATBS

” 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Worcester...........................
14x20IC, 
“ 
............................
14x20 IX, 
“ 
................
20x28 IC, 
“  Allaway  Grade................
14x2010, 
.................
“ 
14x20 IX , 
“ 
................. .
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
“ 
..................
BOILER SIZE TIN FLATS.
14x28  IX...........................................................
14x31  IX...........................................................
14x5« IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I ___
14x60IX,  «  “  9 
fP®1 P00“®- —

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

$ 6  75 
.  6 75 
.  8 25 
.  9 25
6 50 
8 50
18 50 
6  00
7 50 
12 50 
15 50
$14 00 
.15 
10

8

Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of M ichigan Business Men’s  A ssociation.

A  W IU L T   JOUH5AL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Retail  Trade of the Woliierine State.

Published at

lOO  Louis  St., Grand  Rapids,

—   b t  —

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

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  12,  1892.

GERMANY  JEALOUS OF  THIS COUN­

TRY.

Although  Germany  has  not  met  with 
particularly  brilliant  success  as  a colo­
nizing power,  she has  achieved  no small 
degree of  distinction  in the commerce  of 
the  world.  The  Germans  control  no 
great empires like India and Australia,bat 
wherever a lucrative trade is  carried on, 
no  matter  how  remote  the  region,  the 
German  trader  is  found,  and  he is com­
monly  successful.  Until  within  a  few 
years the  vast  trade of  the  Latin-Ameri- 
can  countries,  particularly 
those  of 
South  America,  was  divided  between 
Great Britain  and  Germany,  the  United 
States,  which,  by  reason of  geographical 
position,  should  have  enjoyed  the lion’s 
share of  the business,  capturing  but  an 
infinitesimal  portion of  the  whole.

The reciprocity  treaty  system inaugu­
rated  two  years  ago  by  Ex-Secretary 
Blaine  placed  this  country  in  a  much 
more favored position towards the Latin- 
American countries than it had previous­
ly  held,  and  although  the  results  have 
not yet  reached  the  expectations of  the 
more  sanguine,  they seem,  nevertheless, 
encouraging and  have  excited  no  small 
degree of  apprehension  among the Brit­
ish  and  German  merchants  who  have 
hitherto enjoyed a practical  monopoly of 
the trade of those  countries now affected 
by reciprocity treaties  with us.

Realizing  the  power  of  the  weapon 
employed  by the United States, Germany 
has lost  no  time  in seeking a method of 
preventing  its  successful  use  in  Latin- 
America  and Great  Britain,  though  less 
open  in  the  antagonism  displayed,  has, 
nevertheless,  left  no  effort  untried 
to 
counteract 
the  effects  of  reciprocity. 
Both the powers  mentioned immediately 
served notice on all the countries accept­
ing reciprocity  treaties  with  the United 
States that they would  be held to a strict 
interpretation  of 
the  favored  nation 
clause present  in  nearly  all commercial 
treaties,  by  which  it is agreed  to accord 
to the party to the treaty  the same  treat­
ment granted to the most favored nation. 
This  was  notification 
the  different 
Latin-American  countries*that Germany 
and  Great  Britain  would  demand  the 
same  concessions  to  their  trade  that

to 

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

! were granted to the United  States under 
reciprocity  treaties.

Not  satisfied  with thi9 move,  Germany 
I went further and  sought  to  forestall  us 
: with a number of South  American coun- 
| tries by  negotiating  reciprocity  treaties 
I on her own  part.  She  has  already  suc­
ceeded  with  Columbia,  Uruguay  and 
Hayti,  and,  it is  believed, is  only await­
ing the termination of hostilities in Ven­
ezuela  to  open  negotiations  with  that 
country.  Chili has also been approached, 
but with what result is not known.

The  latest  move  of  Germany  in  her 
efforts to offset the effect of  the reciproc­
ity treaties of  this country  is the report­
ed  action  in  San  Domingo,  where,  it  is 
said,  attempts have been made to induce 
the  President  of  the  little  Republic  to 
abrogate  the  treaty  with  this  country. 
Notice  was  served  some  time  since  on 
the  Domincan  Government  of  an  in­
tention on the part of  both Germany and 
Great Britain to exact a strict compliance 
with  the  terms  of  the  favored  nation 
clause  existing  in  the  treaties  between 
San D om ingo  and the two powers.

If  this is a sample of  the  course  that 
is to be pursued  in  all  the Latin-Ameri­
can countries there is likely to be trouble 
ahead,  but  the  animus  of  the  German 
Government clearly proves  that the reci­
procity  system 
inaugurated  by  this 
country is already telling  upon  the prof­
its hitherto  reaped  by  the merchants  of 
Europe in  the Latin-American trade,  and 
points to a greater  growth  of  American 
influence in Central  and  South  America 
than even our  own  statesmen  appear  to 
credit.

SECRET  OF  THE  NORTH  POLE.
The mystery of the pole9 of our  planet 
is  as  far  from  being  solved  as  ever. 
The  recent  expedition  of  Lieutenant 
Peary,  of  the  army,  made  specially  in­
teresting  by  the  fact  that  his  devoted 
and  pretty  wife  shared  with  her  hus­
band  all  his  dangers  and  difficulties, 
has actually added nothing to our knowl­
edge of what has long been  the objective 
goal of Arctic explorers—the  North Pole 
itself.

Perhaps  if  this  knowledge  were  at­
tained  it  would  be  quite  disappointing 
as  to  its  revelations,  but  nevertheless 
we  want  to  kuow  what  are  the  actual 
conditions  at  the  northermost  point  of 
our earth.  The original object of Arctic 
adventurers  was 
to  discover  a  north­
west passage for  ships  which would  be 
shorter than the voyage around the Horn 
and the  Cape of  Good  Hope.  This  was 
finally  discovered. 
In  1850  Captain 
McClure,  of  the  British  navy,  entered 
the  Arctic  Sea  at  Behring  Straits  and 
passed  out  at  Davis  Straits,  between 
America and Greenland.

Twenty-nine  years  later  the  Danish 
scientist,  Nordenskjold,  sailed  along the 
entire  coast of  Norway,  Russia  and  Si­
beria,  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific, 
thus proving the existence of  water com­
munication by  way of  the north between 
the  east  and  the  west.  But  these  dis­
coveries  are  of  little  practical  use  for 
navigation,  since  a  voyage  through  the 
Arctic seas  is  attended  with  incredible 
peril.  The  only  northern  land  which 
has never been circumnavigated is Green­
land. 
It projects  into the  Polar Sea  far 
beyond any  point  ever reached  by man, 
and it is entirely  possible that it reaches 
to the mysterious pole itself.

The  most  northern  point 

reached 
by  civilized  man  was by  Lockwood,  of

the Greenly expedition,  in 1882,  when he 
went  within  450  miles  of  the  coveted 
goal.  Greenland is a  high,  mountainous 
| region,  rising  to a  height  of  10,000  feet 
I above  the  sea,  inclusive  of  the  ice  and 
snow  which  cover it. 
It  contains  coal 
j  and several other valuable minerals,  and 
its gigantic granite shoulders project out 
of the ice  wherever  it  is exposed to  the 
rays of  the  long  summer  of  nearly  six 
months.

The Peary  expedition  gives  confirma­
tion  to  the  declaration  of  Nansen,  the 
Swedish  explorer,  that  its  interior  can 
be traversed  with sledges without serious 
difficulty.  Greenland  would  seem to of­
fer  the  most  practicable  route 
to  the 
pole.  Stone  houses  as  supply  stations 
could be constructed and stored with food 
and other necessaries  at  sufficient  inter­
vals in the heart of  the Greenland conti­
nent,  and  in this  way  the pole could be 
reached and its magic and magnetic mys­
teries  unlocked. 
It  is  the  last  grand 
secret that the surface of  our  earth con­
ceals,  and it  is not  in the  nature of men 
in  this advanced  and  daring  age to per­
mit such a secret to be much longer with­
held.  We  are  convinced  that  the  pole 
can never be  reached  by  ships.  Green­
land projects  as  an  enormous tongue of 
granite far  into  the  Polar  Sea  and per­
haps with a craggy  peak  marks  the site 
of the pole.  Who will  be the daring ex­
plorer to attain it?

SENTIMENTAL TREATMENT OF CRIM­

INALS.

It  is  becoming  constantly  more  diffi­
cult to  secure  adequate  punishment  for 
the  numerous 
criminals.  What  with 
delays  and  pitfalls  of  the  law  and  the 
too frequent  unreliability  of  juries, the 
most  flagrant  criminals  often  escape 
free  or  with  inadequate  punishment; 
but  should  they  be  carried  beyond  all 
the contingencies of  new  trials, appeals 
and  other  methods  of  wearing  out  the 
prosecution,  and be  actually  condemned 
to punishment,  then  too often  the weak­
ness or sentimentalism or  other deficien­
cies of executives  and  pardon boards are 
too often availed of to secure the  partial 
or entire defeat of justice.

Probably  the  worst  enemy  of  social 
order  is  the  excessive  sentimentalism 
which seeks  to  excuse  criminals  on  the 
score  that  crime  is  a  disease,  mental, 
moral  or  physical,  and  that  criminals 
are  not  responsible  for  their  acts,  and, 
at the worst, they  ought  to be subjected 
treatment  instead  of 
to 
punitive  severities. 
too 
loud  pretenses  of 
the  importance  of 
rooting  out  instead of  punishing crimi­
nals.  Ages  of  experience  have  shown 
that  it is impossible  to root out criminal 
tendencies in human nature.

They  make 

reformatory 

Some sorts of  offenses against the laws 
may come by education and vicious train­
ing.  but others  are only  the outbreak  of 
passions which may exist in every bosom, 
only slumbering  until  they  are aroused. 
Forgery and the counterfeiting of  money 
require  for  their  prosecution  a  certain 
skill in writing,  engraving  and in  work­
ing with metals.  The successful burglar 
must be an expert mechanician  and  well 
acquainted with  the  use of  tools and  of 
explosives  not  commonly known to  me­
chanics  generally. 
The  people  who 
carry on these  criminal  trades require  a 
special  sort  of  education,  and  they  are 
professionals.

Murder  is  not  a  professional  crime. 
Any person,  without  regard  to  age,  sex,

condition, social  rank  or  any  other  cir­
cumstance,  may  become a  murderer. 
It 
is  only  necessary  that  the  Individual 
become  intensely  excited  by  jealousy, 
fear  or  some  other  powerful  passion, 
and  a  person  otherwise  law-abiding, 
peaceable  and  generally  estimable  may 
become  a murderer. 
In  order  to  extir­
pate all  tendency to murder  it would  be 
necessary to change human nature, which 
is impossible.  Some  good in the way  of 
lessening  the  number  of  the  degraded 
criminal classes  might be  done by rescu­
ing  from their  evil associations children 
living  in  the  slums  of  crime  and  vice, 
and by  bringing  them  up  in  an  atmos­
phere of  virtue to the practice of  honest 
industry.  But  the adults of  the vicious 
classes are seldom  reformed aDd are usu­
ally  out  of  reach  of  reformatory treat­
ment.

There has  recently  grown  up a school 
of  theorists  in  which  it  is proposed  to 
prevent the propagation of  the  criminal 
classes by the enacting of severe statutes 
forbidding them  under  pains and penal­
ties to marry. 
It  hoped by  these means 
to secure the gradual extinction of  crim­
inality  as  well  as  of  idiocy,  insanity, 
epilepsy and all  vicious or  weak  heredi­
tary taints.  A little consideration would 
show that even  if  marriage  in  all  such 
cases  could  be  prevented,  the  propaga­
tion of  the  worst  classes would be little 
interfered with,  since the lower the mor­
al  tone  the, smaller  the  regard  for  the 
marriage tie.

The impossibility  of  changing  human 
nature  is  obvious  enough.  Tendencies 
to  crime  cannot  be  extirpated.  The 
only course to pursue is  to visit on crim­
inals  such  prompt  and  severe  punish­
ments as to deter others  who are so com­
monly encouraged to  evil ways by a con­
fidence in their  exemption  or  ability  to 
escape the penalty.  Make men afraid to 
do  evil. 
If  this  does  not  deter  them, 
then  let  the  perpetrators  suffer  to  the 
full extent nnd without delay all the dis­
abilities they have  wantonly  incurred.

Farming  is  a  business,  and  the  man 
who would make a real success of it now­
adays must be a good business man.  He 
must  be  an  all-around  good  business 
manager.  Besides  buying  and  selling 
and the enjoyment of labor,  there are the 
planting,  cultivating  and  harvesting  of 
crops,  the breeding, feeding  and  care  of 
live  stock,  the  use of  machinery,  and  a 
hundred other  important things  that  re­
quire  intelligence,  skill  and  executive 
ability  of  a  high  order.  There  are  a 
thousand little details of  the  business to 
be  carefully  looked  after  to  make  the 
farm do its best.  Taking  everything in­
to consideration,  the wonder is that there 
are not  more  failures  on  the  farm than 
there are.  No business in the city would 
long stand under the easy-going manage­
ment of  the average farmer.

Don’t laugh  at your  neighbor’s errors 

Teach him to do better.

To Be  Sold Under tbe  Hammer.

Co n k l in,  Oct.  5—The  Conklin  flour 
mill,  built by the Patrons of  Industry in 
1890  at  a  cost  of  about  $9,000,  will  be 
sold at the front door of  the court house 
in Grand Haven Oct.  17 to satisfy a mort­
gage of $1,200. 

j,  h . H.

P A M P H L E T S .

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

THE  TRADESMAN COMPANY.

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9

Native vs. Foreign Born.

The American  Artisan  reprodaces  an 
article  from  a  recent  issue  of  T h e 
T ra desm a n,  comparing  the  methods  of 
native  and  foreign  born  people  in  the 
struggle for wealth, commenting on same 
in the following  manner:
The above is from a thoughtful  article 
entitled  “The  Struggle for Power,”  and 
is so well-timed, veracious and suggestive 
that we  print it for  the  general  benefit. 
It certainly does not err upon the side of 
patriotism of the “hurrah” order,  but we 
are compelled to  agree  that the arraign­
ment of  the native  American,  who  lags 
behind in the race for wealth and honors, 
appears to be deserved.  We think it  will 
not  be  disputed  that  a  majority of  the 
leading business men in our large  cities, 
who  have  conducted  successful  enter­
prises  and  become  wealthy  by  dint  of 
steady,  persevering  effort extended over 
a long series of years,  were born in other 
lands.  The naturalized  foreigner  seems 
to be endowed with the genius of “stick,” 
if we may so define  his  peculiar quality, 
which is lacking in the native-born Amer­
ican.  The latter becomes  weary if  suc­
cess and  wealth do not  come with a turn 
of the hand,  and a change  of  occupation 
follows.  The  old  proverb  in  regard to 
the  impossibility  of  a  rolling  stone  ac­
cumulating  a  great  deal  of  moss  is too 
often illustrated  in  his  business  career. 
The  native  American  is  ambitious  to 
succeed at a  bound;  he  would  be  a mil­
lionaire,  but he  does not  want to be  one 
if it is necessary to climb the height step 
by step.  Speculation  is  his forte rather 
than  an  aptitude  for  overcoming obsta­
cles and winning success by the slow but 
sure method of  adding  one dollar to  an­
other and taking care of  both.  The nat­
uralized  citizens  have  usually  been 
brought up in lands  where  the  value  of 
money is  well  ascertained.  A  dollar or 
its  equivalent  does  not  grow  upon  the 
wayside  in  the  old  lands.  Most of  the 
people who get hold of money there have 
first  learned  its  value  by  hard  knocks. 
When they  come to a country  where  the 
opportunities  for  accumulating  wealth 
are  immeasurably  greater  than  in their 
native lands  they  do  not forget  the les­
sons of  their youth.  With  the native it 
is different.  Disregard for the small sav­
ings idea has  generally  been encouraged 
by precept  and  example  on  the  part  of 
his associates. 
If the son of people fair­
ly well off in life,  he  has  been  taught to 
realize  upon  all  the  pleasures  within 
sight  at  the  quickest  possible  moment 
and  to  hold  nothing  over  for  a  future 
day.  There may  possibly  be  something 
worthy  of  commendation  in  the  spirit 
which  is  superior  to  the practice of ac­
cumulating  stray dimes and nickels,  but 
the man  who  would  make  a  successful 
trader  or  who  ever  expects  to  be  any­
body,  if he comes into the world without 
an  assured  future, must  learn  the  dis­
tinction  between  thrift  and  miserliness 
as  well  as  to  practice  the  former  even 
while he abjures the latter.
The  native  American  fails  where  the 
naturalized  foreigner  succeeds  because 
the old-fashioned maxims and methods of 
the latter’s progenitors  have had  the ef­
fect  of  forming  and  developing  racial 
characteristics in many ways  in  contrast 
and in some ways superior to those  which 
mark the native.  The  foreigner  may be 
slow,  if not absolutely  dull as  compared 
with  the  quick-witted  native,  but  he 
possesses  the  all-compensating  gift  of 
steadiness of  purpose  which in the long 
run  discounts  any  amount  of  meretri­
cious “smartness.”
The variableness of  the native charac­
ter is illustrated by  the frequent  change 
of occupation  which  usually  marks  the 
career  of  the  native-born  young  man. 
who starts out to get rich by  short meth­
ods.  To-day  he  is  projecting  a  trans­
continental  railroad  upon  a  capital  of 
magnificent  self-confidence  and 
irides­
cent hope.  To-morrow you  will  proba­
bly  find  him  peddling  a  patent nutmeg 
grater and the next day he is beating the 
record with a phenominal trotting horse. 
The  foreigner  who  comes  here  to  make 
his  home  has  a  more  settled  purpose. 
He  denies  himself  pleasures  because 
they are too  costly.  He  gives his atten­
tion strictly  to  business,  content  to  sell 
nails over  the  counter  or  to  follow any

regular calling  until  by slow degrees he 
can save enough  money  to start for him­
self in the  particular  business  which he 
is competent to conduct.
There  is  this  to  be  said  by  way  of 
apology,  if  such  be  needed,  for  the lag­
ging behind of  the  native,  to  which  our 
contemporary calls attention.  The great 
inrush of foreign population has swamped 
him.  Figuratively speaking he has been 
crowded  out  of house  and  home as well 
as  out  of  business  and politics.  Every 
new arrival knows that coming here with­
out  hope  of  assistance  in  life’s  battle 
and  without  ties  his  success  or  failure 
depends entirely upon his own exertions. 
He crowds to  the  front  by  the  superior 
force  born  of  a  fixed  purpose,  before 
which the native  gives way.
To  sum  up  the  case, both  have  their 
good  qualities;  neither  is  perfect.  A 
future generation may develop the better 
traits of the amalgamated stock and then 
perhaps the race w ill  be  more  even and 
the  results more  satisfactory.

The L ucky Five Per Cent.

It is said  that only  five  in  every  hun­
dred make a success of life.  Ninety-five 
fall by the way,  give  out before  the goal 
of  a sufficiency  is reached.  This  being 
true  it  would  seem  that  the  odds  are 
largely  against  us  for  some  reason  or 
other.  This  is  said  of  those  who  try 
merchandising  for  a  living,  but,  if  we 
look  into  other  departments  of  human 
activity,  do we not find  the same  sad  re­
sults?  Medriocrity and failure are found 
everywhere.  Here  and  there  only  are 
found an  eminent  doctor,  a  lawyer  or  a 
minister.  Going  into  the  country  we 
find the schoolmaster  and  the farmer  in 
the same plight—struggling hard  against 
the stream,  not  making a big  success  in 
the ir business,hard lines and poor picking 
almost universally.  What  a  good  thing 
it is that in the  face of  these  discourag­
ing facts there is always a growing crowd 
filled with the  idea  that  they  can  work 
the  oracle!  They  go  in  and stir things 
for  a while, only  to  find  out  at  the end 
that  all  is  vanity,  disappointment  and 
vexation of spirit.

All  honor  to  the  fellows  who  have 
tried and failed!  Suppose they had fold­
ed their arms and  never  made  an effort, 
what  should  be  thought  of  them?  No 
respect or praise would be accorded them 
by  God  or  men.  The  farmer  ploughs 
and  harrows,  digs  and  hopes,  but  the 
season comes in  too wet  or  too  hot,  and 
so he  is  out  the  cash  he  paid  for help, 
and little to show  for  his  own early ris­
ing and daily  sweat.  But he sings  “Try 
again”  and  keeps  at  it,  doing  his  best 
and leaving the  rest to luck  and  the Al­
mighty. 
If you are in the favored circle 
—one  in  five—be  good  and  grateful; 
don’t run  away  with  the  idea  that  you 
are auy  more  deserving  than others who 
have  fallen  by  the  way.  Every  good 
worker 
raiment  and 
shelter  for  five.  Taking  into  account 
the young,  the  sick  and  the  old,  that  is 
the  estimate. 
It  is  probably  correct. 
All  the  supported  ones  should  see  that 
the noble fellow  is  well fed,  and has  an 
easy  bed.  Suppose he has well cared for 
five  through  forty  years, is  he  not  en­
titled  to  worthy  mention  and  a  crown? 
Indeed,  he is.  He will get his reward, for 
he has “ well done.” 

is  earning  food, 

Geo.  R.  Scott.

Barnes,  Reeves & Co.,  who  have con­
ducted the Monroe  County Bank at Dun­
dee for several  years,  have  concluded  to 
merge  the  business  into  a  State  bank, 
with a capital stock of  $15,000.  The of­
ficers  of  the  corporation  will  be as  fol­
lows:  President,  W.  C.  Reeves;  Vice- 
President, C.  F.  E.  Long;  Cashier,  T.  W. 
Barnes.

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CHAS.  E.  SMITH. 

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M anufacturers and W holesale Dealers in

Boots,  Shoes 

Rubbers,

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DETROIT,  MICH.

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I 
that  if  absent in a  business,  success  in 
everything  but  making a first-class fail­
ure  is impossible.  The  idea that a fall­
ing apple will  always  find its way to  an 
open  mouth  never  yet  gave  a  man his 
dinner, and  it  is  equally  as  disappoint­
ing in a business as in an orchard.  As a 
rule,  the men  who  prosper  do  so  at  an 
equivalent of labor;  it may be manual or 
executive,  but the  results  are  as  exact­
ing as is a dollar or  a hundred cents  for 
its  change.  Everything  has  its  price, 
from a  rat-trap  to  a  railway,  or  a  coal 
mine to a post hole,  and  in  the econom­
ics  of  business  the  insistence  on  an 
equivalent  is  beyond  escape. 
It  was 
never more  imperative  than it is to-day. 
Competition 
is  making  mince-meat  of 
margins,  and the  pressure  of  industrial 
conditions is  such  that  no  trifling with 
business  is exempt  from a fine. 
Intelli­
gence,  industry,  prudence  and  unsleep­
ing  vigilance  are  indispensable  to  suc­
cess.  There  may  be  old-fashioned  vir­
tues,  but these have never suffered  from 
old age or  too  much  familiarity.  They 
may not be as popular as they were when 
men  were  slow  but  sure,  and  trusted 
more in boots than in  balloons;  but they 
count just the same  in  the arithmetic of 
business  success.  We  can  travel round 
a  city  nowadays  without  infringing on 
the  good-nature  of  shoe 
leather;  we 
can reach  the upper rooms of  a hotel or 
a sky scraper without climbing the stairs, 
and  illuminate a  township  by  the touch 
of  an  electric  button,  but  we  cannot 
make success  as  we can a  corn  cake,  or 
order it as we can a restaurant pie.  The 
business  successes  of  to-day,  yesterday 
and  to-morrow  are  ail  founded  on  the 
bed-rock of  hard  work  and  hard  sense, 
and though a man  may  have  more  than 
the law allows  him of  both,  and  yet fail 
in  securing  the  golden  apple,  it will be 
found an  invariable rule that  permanent 
success in  business  is  due  to the virtues 
we have named. 
It is a  misfortune  that 
so many of  our adolescent  aspirants  for 
business honors prefer balloons to boots, 
and believe in catapultic  ledgers.  Time 
and the sheriff may  eventually  eradicate 
this kind of  insanity,  but  while  the  fu­
ture penitents will  be  religiously  devot­
ed to repentance and  the  auctioneer,  the 
sensible worker and  the true  believer in 
the gospel of hard work  will be constant­
ly adding  to finance  and  security to  his 
business. 

Fr e d  W oodrow.

The  Drug  Market.

Gum kino is very scarce and higher.
Bromides  of  potash, soda  and  ammo­
nium  have  all  advanced  on  account  of 
an  advance  in  bromine.  Higher  prices 
are looked for.

Ipecac root is scarce and advancing.
Tonka beans are higher.
African capsicum has advanced.
German  quinine  is  higher  and  very 

firm.

Opium is steady.
Morphia is  unchanged.
Strychnia has again advanced.
Linseed  oil  is  very  firm  and  another 

advance is looked  for.

IO
D r u g s  fü M e d ic in e s .

State  Board  o f Pharm acy.

O ne  T e a r—Ja c o b   Jesao n ,  M uskegon.
Two  Y ear»—Ja m e s Y e rn o r, D e tro it.
T hree  Y ears—O ttm a r E b e rb a c h , Ann  A rb o r 
f o u r  Y ears—G eorge G un d ru m . Io n ia.
E ire  Y e ars—C. A, B ugbee.  C heboygan.
P re sid e n t—Ja c o b   Jesa o n , M uskegon.
S e c re ta ry —Ja s .  Y e rn o r, D e tro it.
T re a su re r—Geo. G un d ru m , Io n ia.
N ovem ber 1.

M eetings  fo r  1892 — M arq u ette,  A ug.  31;  L an sin g , 

M ichigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n. 
P re sid e n t—S ta n ley  E.  P a rk ill. Owopso. 
V ice-P residents—I.  H.  L.  Dodd.  B u ch an a n ;  F.  W .  R.
P e rry , D e tro it;  W.  H. H icks. M orley.
T re a su re r—W m . H  D upont,  D etro it.
S e cretary —C. W . P a rso n s, D etroit.
E x ec u tiv e  C om m ittee—H.  G.  C olem an,  K alam azo o ; 
Jac o b  Jesso n , M uskegon:  F.  J .  W u rz b u rg   a n d   Jo h n  
E. P eck, G rand R ap id s;  A rth u r B assett,  D e tro it. 
N ext  p lac e  o f  m e e tin g —Som e 

L ocal S e cretary —Ja m e s V ernor.
re s o rt  on  St.  C la ir 
R iv e r;  tim e  to  be d esig n ate d  by E x ec u tiv e C om m ittee.
Grand  R a p id s   Pharm aceutical Society. 
P re sid e n t. W. R. Je w e tt,  S e c re ta ry ,  F ra n k  H. E sco tt, 
R eg u lar M eetings—F irs t W ednesday e v e n in g  o f M arch 

Ju n e , S ep tem b er a n d  D ecem ber,
Grand Rapids  Dru* Clerks’ A ssociation. 

P re sid e n t, F. D. K ip p ;  S e c re ta ry , W . C. S m ith.

H u s k e g o n   D r u g   C lerk s*  A s s o c ia t io n . 

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

BOOTS  OR BALLOONS  IN  B U SIN ESS.
It is one of the characteristics  of mod­
ern business  that everyone  is in a hurry 
to squeeze the lemon  before  it is grown. 
Ambition  is impatient,  and  if we cannot 
get the moon by  crying  for it,  we do not 
want it at all.  It is  with this childish and 
whimsical  idea  that  too  mauy  of  our 
adult juveniles  rush  into  business  with 
more faith  in  balloons  than boots.  We 
map out success in a personal  and  pure­
ly  imaginative  atlas,  and in  this pictur­
esque  geography  we  leave out the  hills 
we  have  to  climb  and  the  swamps  we 
have  to  wade. 
It  is,  therefore,  by  no 
means  surprising  that  so  many make  a 
start for the  business  Canaan  and  leave 
their anatomy and satchels on  the wrong 
side of  Jordan.  This sentiment in busi­
ness is of the evaporative  kind,  and can­
not stand the stress of  time and facts.  It 
fails  as  a  cobweb  does  in  keeping  the 
wind  out  of  a  fence, and  subsides  into 
invisibility as a snowflake in a stovepipe. 
Time  tries  men  as it  does shingles,  and 
the success or failure of  any  business  is 
decided by rule not of  the thumb,  but  of 
law.  There  is  no  gettiug  away  from 
this  kind  of  constable,  nor of  dodging 
the subpoena to trial.  No  advantage can 
discount  inefficiency or  the  violation  of 
business principles.  We are all familiar 
with 
in  which  everything 
seemed  favorable  to  success  both  in 
money,  location  and  established  trade, 
where the end has been vice  versa of  the 
advantages. 
It  is  not  supposable  that 
the man  whose bankrupted  anatomy  was 
carried  out  on  a debtor’s  bier  had  any 
premeditation  as  to  his  own  financial 
suicide;  he simply  made  the  mistake  of 
thinking  he  could  reach  the  top  floor 
without  climbing  the  stairway.  The 
fact is,  that though  we have improved in 
our  methods  of  rapid  transit,  both  in 
baggage and  business,  we  have made no 
change in the laws of success.  They are 
as old as the grandsons of  Adam,  and  as 
unchangeable as the poles of  the planet, 
and the  man  who  thinks  he  can  dodge 
the issue  is  as  blind  as  Balaam,  whose 
donkey  saw  more  than  his rider.  Suc­
cess in  business  is  not  deposited  ready­
made,  iike  a  hen’s  egg  in  a  barnyard 
nest. 
It  is  a  product  and  not  a  pro­
gramme,  and has as many elements in its 
make-up,as  are  found  in  a  potato  or  a 
locomotive.  There  may  be instances  of 
success where the man  who  eats the but­
ter  does  none  of  the  churning;  but  in 
these  cases  it  will  be  found  that 
the 
virtues missing in the man  are located In 
his  deputy. 
It  is  none  the  less  a  fact |

instances 

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Her First Cake.

She measured  out the butter with a very solemn 
The milk and sugar also;  and she took the great­
To  count  the  eggs  correctly and to add a little 
Of  baking powder, which, you  know, beginners 
The she  stirred it ail  together  and she  baked  it 
But she  never quite  forgave herself for leaving 

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doz  ...........................
@2 00 Soda,  Ash..................
3X@ 4
Picis Llq., quarts....... @1  00 Soda, Sulphas............
@ 2
pints..........
@ 85 Spts. Ethér C o..........
50® 55
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80).. @ 50
“  Myrcla  Dorn__
@2 25
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22).. @ 1
“  Myrcla Imp...  .
®3 no
Piper Alba,  (po e5)__
‘  Vini  Rect.  bbl
@ 3
Pix  Burgun................. @ 7
....................... 2 25@2 35
Plumbi A cet...............
14® 15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Pulvis Ipecac et opll.. 1 10@1  20 Strychnia  Crystal__ 1  40@1 45
Pyrethrum.  boxes  H
Sulphur, Subl............ 2X@ 3X
& P. D.  Co., doz.......
“  Roll.............
®1  25
2X@ 3
Pyrethrum,  pv............ 30® 35 Tamarinds.................
8® 10
28® 30
8® 10 Terebenth Venice__
Quasslae......................
Quinia. S. P. & W....... 27® 32 Theobromae............. 40  @ 45
8.  German__ 20  @ 30 vanilla....................... 9 UX&16 00
12® 14 zinci  sulph...............
7® 8
Rubia  Tinctorum.......
Saccharum Lac tis pv.
23® 25
Salaein.........................1  sn®i  60
Sanguis  Draconls....... 40® 50
Bbl.  Gai
Sapo,  W........................ 12® 14 Whale, winter............ 70
70
“  M.......................
68
6t
“  G.........................
42
4S
47
44

10® 12 Lard,  extra.................
@ 15 Lard, No.  1.......
Linseed, pure raw  ...

OILS.

“ 

“ 

faints. 

Llndseed,  boiled  ___   47 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
50 
strained.................... 
Spirits Turpentine__  34 

ii
50
60
40
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian..........................IX 2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars...  IX  2@4
“ 
Ber.........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial....2X  2X@3
“  strictly  pure.......2X  2X®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ............................. 
13@16
Vermilion,  English__  
65@70
Green,  Peninsular....... 
70@75
Lead,  red.................................   7 @7X
“  w hite...............................7 @7X
@70
Whiting, white Span... 
@90
Whiting,  Gilders’........  
1  0
White, Paris  American 
Whiting  Paris  Eng.
1  40
........................ 
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1£4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints..........  .......... 1 00@1  20

cliff 

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@75

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils  % Varnishes.

DEALERS  IN

Sole A gents for th e Celebrated

SWISS  VILU  PREPARED  P U T S .
Line  of  V e   Druggists’  M e :
Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

W e are Sole Proprietors of

W e Have in  Stoch and Offer a F u ll Line of

W H ISKIBS,  BRA.NDIBS,

GINS,  WINBS,  R U M S.

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

H f f lM   & PERKIHS  DIE CO,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

ACIDUM.

 

........... 

Acetlcum.......................  
8® 10
Benzoicum German..  65® 
75
Boracic 
30
 
Carbollcum...................  35®  40
Citrlcum....................... 
50® 53
HydrocniOT 
3®  5
................ 
.....................  10® 13
Nitroeum 
Oxallcum......................   10®  13
Phosphorhim dll......... 
30
Sallcylicum...................1 
Sulpnuricum.................   IX®
Tannicum......................1 
Tartaricum.................   33®  35

30®1 70
40@1 60

AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg...............   3X@ 
5
30  deg...............   5X@  7
Carbonas  .....................  13®  14
Chloridum...................  13®  14

ANILINE.

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

00@2 35

50@3 00

BACCAE.
Cubeae (po  60)........  
50®  60
Junlperus 
8®  10
................. 
Xantnoxylum.............   35®  30

BALSAMUK.

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

®

Cubebae..........................   @ 4 00
Kxeehthltos...............  2 50®2 75
Brlgeron.......................2 25@2 50
Gaultherla....................3 00®2 10
Geranium,  ounce....... 
Gossipii,  Sem. gal.......  50®  75
Hedeo/ma  .....................2 70@3 00
Juniperl..........................  50®2 00
Lavendula 
...................  90@2 00
Llmonis.........................2 50@3 ro
Mentha Piper................ 2 75@3 50
Mentha Verid.............. 2 30®2 30
Morrhuae, gal............... 1  00®1 10
Myrcla, ounce..............  @  50
O live..............................   75@2 75
Piets Liquida,  (gal..35)  10®  12
R ld n l.........................   1  04@1  21
Rosmarlnl................... 
Rosae,  ounce................ 6 50@8 50
Succlnl..........................  40®  45
Sabina...........................   90®1 00
Santal  ..........................3 50@7 00
Sassafras......................  50®  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce__   @  65
Tiglfi.............................  @  90
Thyme.........................   40®  50
opt  .................  @  60
Theobromas.................  15®  20

“ 

75@l 00

POTASSIUM.

BICarb........ 

.

Chlorate  (po  23).

Potassa, Bitart,  pure. 
Potassa, Bitart, com..
Potass Nltras.

15® 18
•  13® 14
28® 80
12® 15
.  20® 22
.  50® 55
.2 9G@3 00
.  27® 30
@ 15
8® 10
7® 9
. 
.  28® 30
.  15® 18

CORTBX.

Abies,  Canadian..................  18
Cassiae  ..................................  11
Cinchona F la v a ...................  18
Buonymu8  atropurp........ ..  30
Myrlca  Cerifera, po..............  30
Primus Virgin!......................  12
Qulllala,  grd..........................  10
Sassafras  ...............................  12
tllmus Po (Ground  15).........  15

EXTRACTOR.

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...  24®  25
po............  33®  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
is ..............   13®  14
X*..............  14®  15
14s..............  16®  17
FBRRUM.

“ 
“ 
“ 
■' 

Carbonate Preclp........  
®  15
®3 50
Citrate and Quinta —  
®   80
Citrate  Soluble............ 
Ferrocyanidum Sol —   @ 5 0
Solut  Chloride............  @  15
Sulphate,  com’l .......... IX®  2
pure.............   @  7

“ 

  15®  16
Arnica....................... 
Anthemls....................   3f@  35
Matricaria 
 
40®  45

l I A S i .

 
folia.

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin

....................   33® 1 30
nlvelly......................  35®  28
Alx.  35®  50
and  Hs......................  12®  15
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Xs
UraUrsl........................ 

“ 

“ 

SdZMI.

“ 
“ 

Acacia, 1st  picked—   @  75
....  @  50
2d 
“ 
®  40
«  3d 
.... 
®  35
sifted sorts... 
“ 
11  p o ..........  60® 
80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60).. 
50®  60
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  @  12
Socotrl, (po.  60).  @ 5 0
Catechu, Is, (Kb, 14 X*.
16).......................  -- 
@  1
Ammoniae..................   55®  60
Assaf cetlda, (po. 85).. 
30®  35
Benzoinum...................  50®  55
Camphors....................   54®  57
Ruphorblum  po  ........   35®  10
Galbanum....................   @3 50
Gamboge,  po...............   70®  75
Gualacum,  (po  30)  .. 
@ 2 5
Kino,  (po  45)..............  @  40
M astic.........................   @  8«
Myrrh, (po. 45)  ..........  @  40
Opll,  (po  2 60)........... 1  7P@1  80
Shellac  ........................  25®  35
30®  35
Tragacanth.................   30®  75

“ 
hxbba—In ounce packages.

bleached....... 

Absinthium...........................   25
Bupatorlum...........................   20
Lobelia....................................  25
Majorum................................  28
Mentha  Piperita...................  23
“  V lr...........................   25
Rue..........................................   30
Tanacetum, V ........................  22
Thymus,  V .............................  25

KA8NISIA.

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

olbttm.

“ 

(po. 35) 

Arum,  po.

Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15). 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
Helle'lebore,  Ala,  po.

.  20® 25
.  22® 25
.  12® 15
@ 25
20® 40
8® 10
. 
.  16® 18
@ 30
.  15® 20
.  15® 20
2 40@2  50
Iris plox (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr....................   50®  55
Maranta,  Xs ...............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........   15®  18
Rhei..............................   75@1  00
“  cut........................  @1  75
“  pv.........................   75@1  35
Splgelia........................  35®  38
Sanguinarla,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpen tarla...................  30®  32
Senega.........................   65®  70
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H @ 4 0
M  @  25
Scillae, (po. 35)............  10®  12
Synplocarpus,  Fosti-
dus,  po......................  @  35
Valeriana, Bng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
Ingiber a ....................   12®  15
Zingiber  j ...............  
18®  22
s e m e n .

Anlsum,  (po.  20)..  ...  @  15
Apium  (graveleons)..  18®  20
Bird, Is........................ 
4®  6
Carni, (po. 18).............. 
8®  12
Cardamon......................1 
Corlandrum.................  10®  12
Cannabis Satlva..........   3X04
Cvdonlum....................   75®1  00
Cnenopodlum  ............  10®  12
Dlpteruc Odorate.......  3 00®3 25
Foenlculum.................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po....... 
6®  8
L in i..............................  4  ®  4X
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 8X) 
4  @  4X
Lobelia.........................   35®  40
Pharlarls Canarian....  5X@  6
6®  7
Rapa............................. 
Sinapis,  Albu.............. 
8®  9
•r   Nigra............  11®  12

“ 

00®1 25

“ 
“ 
'r  

SFOUTUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R........1 75®2 00
 
Junlperls  C o.O .T ....1  75@1  75
“ 
..............1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  B ..........1 75®2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............. 1 
Vini Oporto...................1 
Vini  Alba......................1 

75@6 50
25@2 00
25@2 00

10®1 50

1 

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

8TB07S.

Absinthium................3 50@4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc........   45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
Anlsl 
........................... 1  80®1  o5
Aurantl  Cortex...........2 75®3 00
Bergamll  .....................3 25@3 50
Cajiputd...................... 
60®  65
Caryophylll.................  65®  75
Cedar 
..........................  35®  65
Chenopodil.................  @1  60
Clnnamonli.......................1  10® 1 15
Cltronella  ...................  @  45
Conlum  Mao...............  85®  65
Copaiba  ......................  90® i  00

Accacia..................................  50
Zingiber  ......................... - ...  50
Ipecac......................................  60
Ferri  Iod................................   50
Aurantl  Cortes......................  50
Rhei  Arom.............................  50
Slmllax  Officinalis...............  60
Co.........  50
Senega....................................  50
Scillae.....................................   50
“  Co................................   50
Tolutan..................................  50
Prunes  vlrg  .........................   50

“ 

“ 

TINCTURES.

 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconitum  Napelils R..........  60
F ..........   50
Aloes.......................................  60
and myrrh..................   60
Arnica...................................   50
Asafcetlda...............................  o
Atrope Belladonna...............   60
Benzoin..................................  60
“  Co.............................  50
Sanguinaria..........................  50
Barosma................................  50
Cantharides...........................   75
Capsicum...............................  50
Ca damon...............................  75
Co...........................   75
Castor...........................................1 00
Catechu..........................  
50
Cinchona..............................   50
Co........................  .  60
Columba................................   50
Conlum..................................  50
Cubeba..............................   ..  50
D igitalis................................  50
Brgot.......................................  50
Gentian..................................  50
“  Co..............................   60
Gualca...................................   50
“ 
ammon......................  60
Zingiber................................   50
Hyoscyamus.........................   50
Iodine.....................................   75
“  Colorless....................   75
Ferri  Chloridum..................   35
K in o.......................................  50
Lobelia...................................   50
Myrrh.....................................   50
Nux  Vomica.........................   50
O pll........................................   S5
"  Camphorated.......... ......   50
“  Deodor................................ 2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
Quassia..................................  50
Bnatany................................  50
Rhei.........................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol....................   50
Co...............   50
Serpentaria...........................  50
Stramonium...........................  60
Tolutan..................................  60
Valerian...................... 
  50
VeratrumVerlde...................  50

“ 

“ 

 

MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

‘ 
“ 

“ et Potass T. 

*  
ground, 

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

(po.
7)................................ 
3®  4
Annatto........................  55®  60
Antlmonl, po............... 
4®  5
55®  60
Antlpyrln....................   @1  40
Antlfebrln....................  @  25
Argenti  Nltras, ounce  @  58
Arsenicum................... 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__  
38®  40
BlBmuth  S.  N ..............2 2)@2 26
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Xs
12;  Xs,  14)...............   @  11
Cantharides  Russian,
p o ..............................   @1  00
Capslcl  Fructus, af.  .  @ 2 5
“  po___  @  25
@  20
“  B po. 
Caryophyllus,  (po.  14)  10®  12
Carmine,  No. 40..........   @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. A F .......  50®  55
Cera Flava...................  38®  40
Coccus.........................   @  40
Cassia Fructus............  @  22
Centrarla......................  @  10
Cetaceum.....................  @  40
Chloroform.................  60®  63
squlbbs..  @1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  20®1  40
Chondrus....................   20®  25
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20
German  3  @  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
cent  ........................ 
60
Creasotum.................  @  35
Creta, (bbl. 75)............  @  2
■■  prep....................  
5®  5
Sreclp...............  
9®  11
lubra.................  @  8
Crocus.........................   33®  35
Cudbear........................  ®   24
Cupri Sulph.................  5 ®   6
Dextrine......................  10®  12
Bther Sulph.................  68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
“ 
po....................   @  6
tota,  (po.)  75..........   70®  75
Flake  White...............   12®  15
Galla.............................  @  23
Gambler........................  7  @ 8
Gelatin,  Cooper..........   @  70
“ 
French............  40®  60
Glassware  flint,  75 and 10. 
by box 70
Glue,  Brown............... 
9®  15
“  White.................  13®  25
Glycerlna.....................15X®  20
Grana Paradlsi............  @  22
Humulus......................  25®  56
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @  85
@ 8 0
“  Cor  .... 
Ox Rubrum  @  90
Ammonlati. 
@1(0 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum..............  @  64
.1  2S®1  50
IcnthyoDolla, Am. 
Indigo...........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 8® 3  ft)
Iodoform......................  @4 70
Lupulin........................  60®  65
Lycopodium...............  70®  75
M acis...........................  75®  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod..................   @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
IX )............................. 
2®  8
Mannla,  S. F .............  
60®  65

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

Groceryr  Thrice  Current.

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

and  buy in  full  packages.

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

“ 

 
PRUNE LLES.

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

 

re
t  15 
..  1  50 
..  2 50

a

Lima  Beans.

Barrels....................................    00
Grits......................................3 50
Dried............................... 
4
Maccaronl and Vermicelli. 
Domestic, 12 lb. box... 
55
Imported......................1044® 1144
Pearl Barley.

20
22

10 ¡4

21 44
22
23

RASPBERRIES.

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

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

In  44-bbls.......   @ 4*
In less quantity  @ 4$4

“ 
“ 

FEEL.

“ 
« 

25  “ 
25  “ 

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

“ 
“ 
RAISINS.
Domestic.
London layers.  2 crown__ 1  65
3  “ 
....185
fancy..........2 00
Loose Muscatels, boxes.......1  63
Ondura, 29 lb. boxes.. 
©944
Sultana, 20 
@
“ 
@ 8*
Valencia, 30  “ 

Foreign.

“ 
“ 

PRUNES.

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

“
“
“
Turkey........................... 
Silver.....................................

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

g

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

 

No. 1, e$ 4 .......................... $175
No. 2, 644  ...........................  1  60
No. 1, 6  ..............................   1  65
No. 2,6..........  
150

 
XX  wood, white.

Manilla, white.

No. 1,644 
..........................  1  35
No. 2,644 
l a
6%  ...............................  1 00
6 ......................................... 
95
Mill  No. 4 ___  
. 1 0 0

Coin.

 

 

FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 

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

3*

Farina.
Hominy.

Kegs  ..........

Green,  bu. 
Split  per  lb
German__
East India..
Cracked__

Peas.

Sago.

Wheat.

@844
....... 1  75
.......  2*

5

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

..........  

T&rmouth.............................
Pollock..........................
Whole, Grand  Bank...  @5
Boneless,  bricks.........6$4@8
Boneless,  strips............6*@8
Smoked........................ 
12
Gibbed, 44 bbl.....................  3 a
Holland,  bbl......................  9 00
“ 
kegs 
65
Round Shore,  $4  bbl........  2 75
“  M  “  .........  1 55
D  “ 
Mackerel.

Halibut.
Herring.

No. 1,40 lbs .. 
...................  4 a
No. 1, kits. 10 lbs.................  1 a
No. 2, 40 lbs......................... 3  50
No. 2,  10 lbs.........................  1 05
Family, 44 bbls., 100 lbs__ 5 00
kits. 10 lbs............  
65
Russian,  kegs...................... 
45
No. 1, $4 bbls., lOOlbs............6 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...................  90
No. 1, 44 bbls., lOOlbs............7 so
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...................  95
Family, $4 bbls., 100 lbs  ...  3 00 
kits  10  lbs..............  40

Sardines.
Trout.

Whitefish.

* 

“ 

FLAVORING EXTRACTS.

Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla
2 oz folding box...  75 
l a
150
3 oz 
...1 0 0  
“ 
4 oz 
...1  50 
2  00
“ 
3  00
...2  00 
6oz 
“ 
“ 
8 oz 
...3  00 
4  00
Gunpowder.
“ 

Austin’s Rifle, kegs............4  so
$4 kegs.........2  50
“ 
“  Crack Shot, kegs . .4  50 
“ 
44 kegs 2 50
6  00
$4  “  8 25
« 

Clnb Sporting 

•* 

HERBS.

Sage........................................ 15
Hops....................................... 15
Madras,  5 lb. boxes..........  
S. F„ 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 

INDIGO.

55
50

“ 

17  lb. p a lls........................ 
30  “ 

JELLY.
85
........................  1  20
LICOBICI.

Pure.........................................  80
Calabria..................................  25
Sicily.......................................  12
LYE.
Condensed,  2 doz................ 1  25
4 doz................ 2  25
HATCHES.

“ 

No. 9  sulphur.......................1  25
Anchor parlor...................... 1  TO
No. 2 home............................1  10
Export  parlor.......................4 00

MINCE  MEAT

i ü æ é é S

3 or 6 doc. In case  per doc..  95

MEASURES.

Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon  .............................  81  75
Half  gallon.......................   1 40
TO
Quart.................................. 
Pint.....................................  
45
Half  p in t..................  
 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon....................   .......  7 00
Half gallon........................  4 75
Quart.................................   3 75
Pint.....................................   2 25

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house........................  14
Ordinary............................ 
Prim e.................................. 
Fancy..................................  

16
20
30

New Orleans.

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

18
20
25
30
  40

OATMEAL.

Barrels 200...................  @5  60
Half barrels 100..................@2 95

ROLLED OATS.

Barrels  180...................  @5  60
Half  bbls 90...............  @2  95

PICKLES.
Medium.

Small.

Barrels, 1,200  count.............$6 00
Half  barrels, 600 count____3 50

7 00
Barrels, 2,400  count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 count 
4 00
Clay, No.  216.......................... 1 75
“  T. D. full count............  75
Cob, No.  3................................1 25

PIPES.

POTASH.

48 cans in case.

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

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

ROOT BEER
3 doz. case... 

“ 

RICE.

Domestic.

Carolina head.........................6
“  No. 1.........................5
“  No. 2.................  ©  444

Broken..................................

Imported.

Japan, No. 1.......................... 5
No. 2............................ 5*
Java.......................................  5
Patna.....................................   5

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Allspice.................................. 10
Cassia, China In mats.........  8
Batavia In bund___15
Saigon In rolls.........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................. 22
Zanzibar................... 13
Mace  Batavia........................80
Nutmegs, fancy.....................80
“  No.  1..........................re
“  No.  2..........................66
Pepper, Singapore, black.... 15 
w hite...  .25
shot............................19

“ 
Pure Ground In Bulk.

Allspice.................................. 1
Cassia,  Batavia.....................20
and  Saigon.25
“ 
“  Saigon...................... 35
Cloves, Amboyna..................30
Zanzibar................. 20
Ginger, African.....................15
*  Cochin....................   is
Jamaica...................2T
“ 
Mace  Batavia........................ 81
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..25
“  Trieste......................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................65

“ 

Pepper, Singapore, black__20
“  white......30
Cayenne......25
Sage........................................ 20

“ 
" 
“Absolute” iu Packages.

*8 

$48
Allspice............  .........  84  155
Cinnamon.....................  84  1  55
Cloves...........................   84  1  55
Ginger, Jam.................  84  1 55
“  Af................   84  1  55
Mustard........................  84  1  55
Pepper..........................  84  155
Sage......... 

84

 

 

SAL  SODA.

Kegs......................................  IK
Granulated,  boxes...............  1*

SEEDS.

A nise...........................   @12*
Canary, Smyrna.........  
Caraway............................  
Cardamon, Malabar... 
Hemp,  Russian..........  
Mixed  Bird  ...............  
Mustard,  white  ......... 
Poppy...........................  
Rape............................. 
Cuttle  bone  ..................... 

6
90
4 $4
444
6
9
8

so

8

STARCH.
Corn.

 

 

“ 

“ 
“ 

20-lb  boxes.............................  6
40-lb 
5*

Gloss.
1-lb packages.........................   5*
 
3-lb 
5*
..........................  6
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............   4*
Barrels....................................  5*
Scotch, In bladders..............37
Maccaboy, In jars................. 35
French Rappee, in Jars....... 43

SNUFF.

SODA.

SALT.

B oxes.......................................s *
Kegs, English..........................4*

100 3-lb. sacks....................... |2 25
60 5-lb.  “ 
........................ 2 00
28 10-lb. sacks.....................   1 85
........................ 2 25
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases...........................1 50
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags.. 
32
281b.  “ 
18
.. 

drill  “ 

Warsaw.

56 lb. dairy in drill  bags... 
281b.  “ 
.. 
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks.. 

Ashton.

“ 

“ 

56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks 

Higgins.

Solar Rock.

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

Common Fine.

Saginaw............................. 
Manistee............................ 
Packed 60 lbs. In box.

SALERATUS.

Church’s ............................  63  30
DeLand’s ............................... 3 15
Dwight’s ................................. 3 30
Taylor’s ...................................3 00

31
18
75

75 

27

80
85

SOAP.
LAUNDRY.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Proctor & Gamble.

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

“ 

Sapolio,kitchen, 3  doz...  2 50 

SCOURING AND POLISHING.
“ 

hand, 3 doz.......... 2 50

SUGAR.

©

“ 
“ 

©  5«
© 5«

Cut  Loaf............  
Cubes.................  
Powdered XXXX.......  
Standard..  @ 5U
Granulated, medium..5.19© 5*
fine.......... 5  19©  54.
Confectioners’ A .......5.06®  5%
Soft A ..................  @ 4 *
White Extra C...........   @ 4 *
Extra  C...............  ©  4*
Golden.................. 
Yellow............... 
Less than  bbls.  * c  advance

...........- ...............  @ 4
..  @ 3 «
© 3*

8YRUPS.

Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels.................................... 26
Half bbls.................................23
Fair.........................................  19
Good.......................................  25
Choice.....................................  30
SWEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps...............  
Sugar Creams.................... 
Frosted Creams..........  
Graham  Crackers....... 
Oatmeal Crackers....... 

8
9
8*
8*

8

VINEGAR.

40 gr................................ 7  ©8
50 gr...............................8  @9

61 for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

Bulk, per g a l..................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz In case...  1  76
Magic, per box.................  . .1  00
Warner’s  “ 
...............100
Yeast Foam, per box........... l  00

YEAST
.. 

AXLE SMASH.
doz
Aurora......................  55
Castor Oil.................  75
Diamond...................  50
Frazer's....................  81
Mica  ........................  75
Paragon 
.................  55
BAKING  POWDER.

gross 
6 00 
9 CO
5 50 
9 00 
8 00
6 00

Acme.
*  lb. cans, 3 doz................. 
45
85
.................  
2  “ 
44 lb.  “ 
1  “  ..................   1 00
1 lb.  “ 
Bulk....................................... 
10
Arctic.
% lb cans.................
...............
44  ft  “ 
1  20 
................
1 lb  “ 
2  00 
9 60
lb  “ 
...............
Fosfon.
5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in case...  80 
2  “ 
...2 00 
16
Dr. Price's.
per doz 
Dime cans
90
“
4-oz 
“
6-oz 
“
S-oz 
12 oz 
“
16-oz 
“
244-lb  “
“
4-lb 
5-lb 
“
10-lb 
“

|0*PRICE’s
j CREAM
Ra k in g
pow der

.1
1
.2
.3
.4
11
18
21
41

“ 

“ 

8 oz 

BLUING.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

40
SO
1  50
45
85
1  50

Rei Star, *  ft cans........
.........
.........
Tetter’s.  W lb. cans,  doz
“

$4  ft  “ 
1 ft  “ 
$4 lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “
BATH BUCK.
2 dozen in case.
English.......................
Bristol................................
Domestic.........................
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals........
.........

.  90
..  SO
...  TO
Gross
..  4 00
.  7 00
“ 
“  pints,  round  ....... .  10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box. ..  2 re
.  4 00
“  No. 3, 
..  s 00
“  No. 5,
1 oz nail  ............... ..  4 50
BROOKS.
..  2 00
No. 2 Hurl......................
................................ ..  2 25
So.  1  “ 
..  2 50
No. 2 Carpet......................
..  2 75
No. 1 
“ 
....................
3 00
Parlor Gem.......................
1  00
Common Whisk........
Pancv 
1  20
Warehouse.................  .  . ..  3 50
Stove, No.  1...................... ..  1  25
.................. ..  1  50
«  10 
“  15...................... ..  1  re
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row.. . .  
85
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row.. ..  1  25
Palmetto,  goose 
.......... ..  1  50

“
BRUSHES.

“ 
“ 

“

CANDLES.
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes........
..  10
*■ 
Star.  40 
9
 
 
Paraffine........ .....................   11
Wicking 
...............................24

CANNED  GOODS.

PISH.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

“ 

3 30

“ 
“ 

Little Neck,  1 lb.........................1 15
“  2 lb ........................ l 90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb.............................2 00
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb......................  90
21b......................170
Lobsters.

“  2  lb.................... 
" 

2 25
.1  85 
.1  75 
.1  40 
.1  90
444®  5 
644® 7 
-11@12 
15® 16 
-  7@8 20
.2 50

Star,  1  lb....................................2 40
Picnic, 1 lb..................................2 00
21b.................................. 2 90
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb..............................1 05
2  lb ............................1 90
Mustard,  21b.............................2 25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb...................2 25
Soused, 2 lb.
Salmon.
Columbia River, flat. 
“ 
‘alls.
Alaska, 1  lb ...............
21b.................
Sardines.
American  Qs  ..........
/4 s ........
i¿s  ............
Importe 
$48
Mus'ird  Ms 
............
Boneless  .................
Trout.
Brook. 3  lb  ...............
FRUITS.
Apples.
3 lb. standard
3 00
York State  gallons 
2 75
Hamburgh 
Apricots.
Live oak.......................  
2 00
2 00
Santa  Cruz.................. 
Lusk’s ........................... 
2 00
1  90
Overland.................... 
Blackberries.
B. A  W......................... 
95
120
d ................................ 
ir e
Pitted Hamburgh 
. . .  
W hite........................... 
1  80
B rie..............................  
1  20
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green

Cherries.

“ 
“ 

Gages.

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

Peaches.

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

“ 

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

MEATS.

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

! Common 
F. &  W.........................
I Blaeberries.................
Corned  beef,  Libby’s.  .
Roast beef,  Armour’s ...
Potted  ham, $4 lb .......
“  *  lb............
tongue. H lb .......
* lb ...
chicken, \  lb__

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

@1  25 
1  70

1  30
2 00
1  85
2  10 
1  85

1  20 
2  10

1  30
2 50 
2 75

1  30 
1  50 
I  25
1  25 1 2£ 
1  30 
1  25

1  10 
1  15 
1  10
1  90 
1  75 
1  30 
80 
1  35 
85 
95

“ 

“ 

Beans.

VEGETABLES.
Hamburgh  stringless. 

Corn.
...........................
........ ........................

__ _
.1  25
French style...... 2 25
Limas  .................1  40
| Lima,  green...........................i  25
soaked........................  80
Lewis Boston Baked........... 1  35
Bay State  Baked..................1 35
, World’s  Fair  Baked........... 1  35
| Picnic Baked  ......................1  00
I Hamburgh 
Livingston  E den................ 1  30
| Purity 
Honey  Dew.......................... j  50
Morning Glory 
........
Soaked ................................
Hamburgh marrofat
1  35
. 
early June 
.
Champion Eng.
1  50 
Hamburgh  petit  pols 
.  .
1  75 
fancy  sifted
1  90 
Soaked ............................
65 
Harris  standard............
75 1 10 
Van Camp’B Marrofat
Early June__
1  30 
Archer’s  Early Blossom
1  85 
French...............................
1 80
French.................................15®20
Brie.........................................  90
Hubbard................................1 20

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Peas

1  15

Succotash.

Hamburg  ...............................1 40
Soaked....................................  go
Honey  Dew...........................1  60
Erie  .......................................1 35

Tomatoes.
Hancock..............................   1 05
Excelsior 
...........................j pj
Eclipse.............................. . ” 1  jo
Hamburg 
............................. 1 30
Gallon 
.2 60

. 

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

22
35
3g
40

@11* 

@’-l*  
@12 
@11 
@ 9 
10
1  00 
23 
@11 
@25 
@35 
@22 
@24 
@14

CHEESE.

Amboy.........................
Acme............................
Riverside....................
Gold  Medal  ...............
Skim.........................
Brick.............................
Edam 
.........................
Leiden 
....................
Limburger  ...  ..........
Pineapple....................
Roquefort  ..  . . __ ...
Sap Sago  ....................
Schweitzer, imported.
domestic  ....

“ 

Bine Label Brand. 

CATSUP.
Half  pint, 25 bottles 
Pint
Quart 1 doz bottles
5 gross boxes....................
COCOA  SHELLS.

............40
351b. bags...............  .....  @3
Less quantity.................  @3*
Pound  packages............6*@7

CLOTHES PINS.

2 re
4 50 
8  SO

COFFEE.
SBEEN.RiO.

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

Santos.

Fair......................................... 16
Good....................................... 17
Prime..................................... 18
Peaberry............................... 20
Mexican and Guatemala.
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 44c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent,  for shrink­
age.

PACKAGE.

A rbuckle’s A rlosa........  21.30
M cLaughlin’s  X X X X ..  21.30
Bunola  ..............................   20.60
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case__   2  .30

EXTRACT.
Valley City *  gross 
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross.
“ 

On 

“ 

“ 

....

CHICORY.
Bulk.....................
Red............................

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Jute 
“ 

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

CLOTHES LINES.
“
50 ft_____ 
60 ft..........  
“
TO ft.......... 
“
80 ft..........  
“
60 ft..........  
“
7 2 f f ____  
«
CONDENSED MILK.
4 doz. In case.
Eagle..............................
..  7 40
Crown— ......................... ..  6 26
Genuine  Swiss............
. . 8  00
American Swiss............... ..1 0 0

CRACKERS.

Butter.

Seymour XXX...............
. .. 6
Seymour XXX, cartoon.
.■ 6*
Family  XXX........
..  6  '
Family XXX.  cartoon... ...  6*
Salted  XXX...............
...  6  "
Salted XXx,  cartoon  ... ...  $%
Kenosha 
..
Boston........................
...  8 *
Butter  biscuit........
644
Soda.

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

Oyster.

Soda,  XXX..................
.  6
Soda, City....................
...744
Soda,  Duchess 
..  8VÎ
Crystal Wafer............
...10 '
Long  Island Wafers 
...11
S. Oyster  XXX...............
...  6
City Oyster. XXX............. ...  6
Farina  Oyster...............
...  6
CREAM TARTAR.
Strictly  pure............
Tetter’s  Absolute............
Grocers’.......................

30
35
20©25

.

.

D R IED  FRUITS. 

D om estic.
APPLES.

“ 

APRICOTS.

quartered  “ 

Snndried, sliced in  bbls. 
6
5*
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes  @8V4
California in  bags..........
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
BLACKBERRIES.
In  boxes.......................... 
TO lb. bags.........................
251b. boxes....................„
Peeled, In  boxes............ 
Cal. evap.  “ 
............ 
“ 
In bags........ 
California In bags  ....

NECTARINES.

1644
4^

PEACHES.

PEARS.

19
14
13

“ 

T H E   MICITlGAJtSr  TKADESM A>J

FISH and  OYSTERS.

PRODUCE  M ARKET.

Apples—Fall  apples are  about at an  end  and 
Winter fruit  is  beginning  to  come  in.  Dealers 
pay about $1.75 per bbl., holding at $2.25.
Beans—Dry stock is in small supply and active 
demand.  Dealers  pay  $1.50@1.60  for  unpicked 
and hold city handpicked at $1.8531.95  per bu.

Beets—50c per bu.
Butter — Without  change.  Dealers  pay  18c 
for choice dairy and hold at 20c.
Cabbages—35c and 45c  per dozen, according to 
size.
Celery—Choice home grown commands 20@25c 
per dozen  bunches.
Cranberries—Cape  Cods are  held  at  $7.75  per 
bbl.  D. C. Leach  has put  on  the  market  some 
berries  from  his  Excelsior  marsh,  at  Walton, 
for $2.75  per bu. crate.  These  berries are  large 
in size and fine in quality.
Dried  apples—Evaporated  is  firmly  held  at 
8@9c;  sundried is strong at 5@6c.
Eggs—Without  change. 
Dealers  pay  18c 
and hold at 20c  per doz.
Grapes—The  crop  is  the  largest  ever  known 
here and the demand is poor.  As  a result. Con­
cords and Niagaras go begging at l)i@2c  per lb., 
while  Delawares  are in no better  condition  at 
2@2%c.

meg, 30@40c per dozen.

Honey—14c per lb.  Very scarce.
Musk  Mellons—Osage,  50@75c per crate;  nut­
Onions—Red command 75@90c per bu.
Peaches—Smocks continue  to  come  in  freely 
and will probably be in market for the  next two 
weeks, commanding  $1.5u@2  per  bu., according 
to quality.

Dealers pay 50c this week and  hold at 60c.

Peppers—Green, 50c per bu.
Potatoes—The market is a little stronger again. 
Quinces—62 per bu.
Tomatoes—The market is higher  again, choice 

stock commanding 50@60c per bu

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

Geo.  W.  Gat, Vice-President.

18

to Faw of tlie Bayer

ROASTED  GOFFEES.

Order now and  Save Money.

J.  P.  VISNER,

TEAS.

j a p a n —Regular.

Fair.............................
@17
Good...........................
@211
Choice......................... .24 @26
Choicest...................... .32 @34
D ust............................ .10 @12

SUN CUBED.
Fair.............................
@17
Good...........................
@20
Choice......................... .24 @26
Choicest...................... .32 @34
Dust............................ .10 ©12

BASKET  FIRED.

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

GUNPOWDER.

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

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

YOUNG HYSON.

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

ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.

Pair................................18  @22
Choice............................ 24  @28
B est................................40  @50

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut

“ 

Palls unless otherwise noted
Hiawatha..................... 
62
Sweet  Cuba.................  
36
McGlnty......................  
24
22
Yt bbls........  
Valley  City.............. 
32
27
Dandy Jim................... 
20
Torpedo....................... 
in  drums.... 
19
Turn  Yum  .................  
26
Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead................... 
Joker............................ 
Nobby Twist................... 
Oh  My.............................  
Scotten’s Brands.

38
26
39
29

Plug.

“ 

Eylo............................... 
Hiawatha..................... 
Valley C ity.................  
Finzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty................ 
Jolly Tar....................... 

25
40
34
40
32

Middleton’s Brands.

Here  It Is..................... 
28
Old Style......................  
31
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good..................... 38
Out of Sight.............................25
H IDES  PELTS  and  FURS
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

lows,  prices nominal: 

b i b b s .

 

 

Green.............................. 2H@3)4
Part Cured.................  
@
Full  “ 
@ 4V4
Dry................................  5  @ 5
Kips, green  ...................2K@ 3%
cured...................  @ 4ft
Calfskins,  green........   4  @ 5
cured........   @ 6‘
Deacon skins...............10  @30

“ 

No. 2 hides % off.
PELTS

WOOL.

........................25  @  90

Shearlings....................10  @25
Lambs 
Washed ..  ................... 20  @23
Unwashed__ .. 
.... 10  @20
Tallow.........................   3K@ 33£
Grease  butter  ............  1  @ 2
Switches......................  1V4© 2
Ginseng.............   .......2 00@2 75

MISCELLANEOUS.

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

WHEAT.

MEAL.

68 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
68
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 
Bolted.................................. 
l  40
Granulated.........................   1  70
Straight, in sacks..............  4 20
“ 
“ barrels............   4 40
Patent 
“ sacks................  5 20
“ barrels............  5 40
“ 
Graham  “ 
sacks..........   2 00
Rye 
“ 
2 30
MILLBTUFFS.

FLOUR.

“   

 

Car lots  quantity
$15 00
15 50
16 50
19 00
19 00

Bran...............$14  00 
Screenings__  15  00 
Middlings.....   16  00 
Mixed Feed...  19  00 
Coarse meal 
.. 19  00 
Car  lots...................................48
Less than  car lots................52
Car  lots  .................................38
Less than car lots................. 40

COBH.

OATS.

New oats, lc less.

No. 1 Timothy, car lots__ 10 00
No. 1 
.... 11  50

HAT.
ton lots 

“ 

Less

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

FRESH  FISH

follows:
...................  8 @  9
Whltefisb 
Trout  ......................... .  8 @  9
@15 
Halibut........................
Ciscoes or Herring.... 5
@ 6
Blneflsh....................... .11 @12
Fresh lobster, per lb  .
Soft crabs, per doz__
Shrimp, per’ gal..........
Cod........   .....................10 @12
No. 1 Pickerel.............
@ 8
Pike..............................
©  7
Smoked  White...........
@ 7

21
1  00
1  25

o y s t e r s—Cans.

" 

oiLsT

@35
Falrbaven  Counts__
F. J. D.  Selects..........
@30
@25
Selects.........................
@22
Anchor.........................
@19
Standards  .................
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100.........1  2d@1  50
Clams. 
..  75@1  00
The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows,  In barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
Eocene...........................  
854
Water White, old test.  @ 8 
W.  W.  Headlight, 150° 
7
Water  White  ............  @  0%
Naptha.........................   @  7
Stove Gasoline............  @  63£
Cylinder.....................27  @36
E ngine.....................  13  @21
Black. 25 to 30 deg 
@7)4

FRESH  HEATS.

“

Swift & Company quote as fol­

lows:
Beef, carcass........ — 4 @ 5
“  hindquarters... 5 @  6
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

3 @  3%
fore 
loins,  No.  3... » @  954
ribs................... 7 @  8
rounds............. 5 @  554
Bologna.......................
@  4S
Pork lo in s................... @11*
shoulders  __
@  7H
Sausage, blood or head @ 454
@ 454

liv e r ........
Frankfort  ... @  7
Mutton  ....................... .7 @  8
Veal.............................. .6 @ 7

u 
“ 

“ 

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay  as  follows:
DRESSED.
Fow l..............................  8 @  9
@12
Turkeys.......................
Ducks  .........................
@12
Chickens,.....................  7 @ 8
Fowls........................... 7 @8
Turkeys....................... 11 @12
Spring Duck............... 10 @11

LIVE,

GROCERIES .DRYGOODS* HARDWARE

Farm lng is a failure, we have tried it for 20 years in th is county.

rifi.TOfW

Farm ing i s  a  grand sue. ess.  Vi e have :  ad a   l  »-operative Rutter St Cheese Factory  here 
for five  years.  It  was  b u ilt  by  Davis  St  Kankln  Bldg.  St  Mfg.  Co.,  Chicago,  Ills.  A d­
dress  them  for inform ation if   you w ish a factory, and how  to get it.

PERGHE8I 

PEHGHE8! 

PEHGHE8!

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.  GOOSSEN,

W holesale  Commission,  3 3   Ottawa  St-,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.

CAPITAL, 

Transacts a general banking  business.

Make a specialty o f collections.  Accounts 

o f country m erchants solicited.

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

AGENT  FOR

Edwin  J.  Gillies 
THE  P & B   BRAND

New  York.

Go,

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.

THE  PUTNAM   GANDY  CO.

POTATOES.

We have made the handling of  Potatoes a “specialty” for many years and have 
a large trade.  Can  take care of  all that can be shipped  us.  We give  the best ser­
vice—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen.

Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value.
Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago.

W M.  H  THOMPSON  &  CO.,

Commission  Merchants,

166 So. W ater St., Chicago.

TRADE  WINNERS

All  Goods  Manufactured  b y   U s . 

Quality the Best!  Purity Guaranteed!
C C O .

CUTNAJM 

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T E D E   -M IC H JG L A JN  

' r R A D ^ M A N

JiM   ALLSPICE.

Then  and  Now—Beminiscences of  the 

Grocery Business.

W ritte n  fo r T hk Tradesman.

The  grocery  traveling  man of  to-day, 
with his  cost  book  in his  hand,  looking 
over the stock  of  a  well-kept  wholesale 
grocery  house,  as  he  looks  at  the pur­
chases of  the new  fall and summer pack 
of  canned  goods  in  fruits,  vegetables 
and condiments,  with  all  the  numerous 
varieties,  little  thinks  how  things  used 
to  be.

Imagine a brisk  and  thriving  lumber­
ing town on the shore of  Lake Michigan, 
and the  date a  few  years  after the  late 
war.  Wheat  was  §3  per  bushel;  cull 
lumber §6 and  mill run §12 per thousand; 
pork §30  to  §40 per  barrel;  wages  were 
big and business was  booming,  and trav­
eling men were scarce as  hens’  teeth; no 
railroads;  stages and steamboat  lines oc­
casionally  to  suit  travel  aud freight in 
sight.  Tnose  were  the  good  old times 
when  money  was  made  easily  and was 
plentiful.  Canned  goods,  baking  pow­
ders,  prize schemes  aud gift  enterprises 
were  unheard  of.  Soap  came  in plain, 
unwrapped  three-pound  bars, coffee  all 
green  in the berry.  Ground  spices  were 
not  very  salable,  with,  perhaps,  the  ex­
ception  of pepper, everybody,  as  a rule, 
buying their  spices  whole  and grinding 
their own. 
In those days  bluing was in­
digo and  sold  by weight.  Very  few ar­
ticles in canned  fish,  with  the exception 
of  sardines,  were heard of.

Well do 1  remember my  first  purchase 
of baking powder, and how hard I worked 
to  introduce  it  in our  village,  for I had 
taken the  agency  and  signed  a contract 
to  sell  only  at  75c  per  pound.  “Lud- 
lams”  was the brand.  Price’s and Royal 
were unknown.  Our plug tobaccos  were 
pigtail,  nail  rod,  fig  leaf  and  black 
squares.  There  were  no  cutters.  Fine 
cut  and  smoking  came  in kegs and half 
barrels and were  weighed  out,  the pack­
age and revenue stamp  act  not  then  be­
ing  in  vogue.  Nothing  was  known  of 
curly cut,  plug cut, cut cavendish or any 
of the fancy smoking or plug tobaccos.

I recall  my first purchase of  10 barrels 
light yellow C sugar  at lie,  and  its very 
quick  sale  at  12^c.  Granulated  sugar 
and  As  sold  15c  to  18c per pound. 
In 
syrups  we  had  straight  sugar  syrup, 
West  India  molasses or “Ilemerara”  in 
original  hogsheads,  corn  or  grape  syr­
ups,  fancy  table  and  so-called Vermont 
maples,  in  cans  or otherwise,  being  un­
heard of.  The  canning  business was  in 
its infancy,  with popular feeling  against 
all  goods  in  tin.  Very  few  fruits  and 
vegetables  were  offered  in  that  shape. 
Barrel  pickles,  catsups  and  prepared 
mustards,  along  with  canned goods,  but 
very  slowly  found a foothold  in  the  re­
tail  stores;  after  a  time,  however,  the 
attractive packages  aud  labels,  with the 
dealer  advocating  their  sale,  made  the 
good housewife a convert to the new and 
progressive order of  things.  To-day  the 
canned goods department  of  a first-class 
family grocery  store  forms a large share 
of  the stock.  The  well-stocked  shelves 
make an inviting  appearance  of  bottled 
pickles,  sauces,  catsups,  fine  fruits  in 
glass  and  fancy  labeled  tins.  What  a 
contrast to the old way of plain packages,
kegs,  barrels  aud sacks, old-style “squat’ 
cans filled  with candy  or  whole  spices; 
kerosene,  or “coal oil,” selling at 75c per 
gallon,  with  candles  the  light  of  the 
times;  codfish  plain  and  unadorned,  no 
blocks or  tablets—just  codfish “wid  de

skin on.”  Armour,  with  his fancy ways 
of putting  up  meats  and  lard,  was  just 
I entering the field,  to the great consterna- 
I tion of the home butcher,  the  packing of 
| meats in tin or  glass working its way in­
to  the  public  favor,  along  with  canned 
goods.

Store  fixtures,  such  as  paper  bag 
holders, paper rolls and cutters, dried beef 
cutters,  fancy  cheese  safes  with  patent 
cutters,  fancy  floor  cans  for the display 
of  coffees,  have grown  into use  only  in 
late years.  Many  old  storekeepers  will 
remember the  old way of  tapping a bar­
rel of  molasses with  a  2-inch  auger,  all 
the help  being  then  called  in  to set up 
the  barrel.  Nowadays  with  a  patent 
truck  one  man  can  do  the  same  work, 
without extra effort. 
Instead of  putting 
a  common  iron  faucet  into  a barrel  of 
kerosene and taking  the  chances of  los­
ing half the  contents by  leakage,  this  is 
done away with,  and  we have the patent 
can  and  pump.  Another  thing  with 
which we had to contend and  which  was 
one of the worst features of  the old-time 
village or crossroad store,  was the  keep­
ing open  nights  until  the  last  man had 
left town or gone  to bed, or  the  tobacco 
in  the  free  box  had  given  out.  Early 
daylight found  the  clerks  and the store 
all slicked  up for the day’s business.

The store  fixtures of  a well-regulated, 
well-stocked grocery at  the present time 
represent,  on  an  average,  one-third the 
cost of  the stock,  whereas,  in  the  olden 
time,  a  2-inch  auger, a  hammer,  a  hand 
or buck saw aud a big box stove and iron 
poker about composed the  outfit.

There is a very large  item of  expense, 
nowadays,  in any town or city of  impor­
tance,  in the soliciting of  goods  and  the 
free  delivery  service,  which  is  steadily 
growing worse.  Those  old days were on 
the  Ben  Franklin  system — everybody 
lugged and wheeled  their  own—but who 
would  want  to  “swap  back?”  Tele­
phones, electric lights and cars make bus­
iness and keep  us  Vankees  on  the  alert 
and  pushing  ahead  for  the  big  §§§s of 
our daddies and other folks’ good coin.
J im  A l l spic e.

Meeting  of  the  Retail  Grocers’  Asso­

ciation.

At  the  regular  meeting of  the  Grand Rapids 
Retail  Grocers’ Association, held  at  Protective 
Brotherhood  hall, Monday  evening,  Oct. 3, the 
minutes of last meeting were read and approved.
Three  applications  for  membership  were  re­
ceived  and  the  applicants  accepted—Julius  J. 
Wagner, Geo. H. Cobb and  H. J. Vinkemulder & 
Bro.

On  motion of  Daniel  Viergiver, the  President 
was given one month's further  time in which to 
select and announce the standing  committees.

A proposition  was  received  from the  Protec­
tive Brotherhood, relative  to  the  rental of their 
hall.  The  organization  proposed  to  give  the 
Association the use of the hall the first and third 
Mondays  of  each  month, including  heat, light 
and  janitor, for  *50  per  year.  The  proposition 
was  accepted  and the  President  and  Secretary 
were  authorized to execute a lease  for  the  time 
named by the Association.

E. J. Herrick moved  that the Association hold 
two  meetings a month  while  getting  into  run­
ning order, which was adopted.

Messrs.  Odell, Wal bridge  and Viergiver  were 
appointed  a  special  committee  to  investigate 
the  flour  matter  and  report  at  a  subsequent 
meeting.

The  Secretary  was  Instructed  to  procure  a 
question box  and- place  same  in a conspicuous 
position at each meeting of the Association.

On motion of  E. J. Herrick, the  President and 
Secretary  were  instructed  to  procure  suitable 
signs  to  hang  in  the  stairway of  the  place  of 
meeting, and  advertise the  next  meeting in  the 
daily papers.

The meeting then adjourned.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

{ Observations of the Philosophic Grocer.
If  you  don’t  want  to  fill a  bier  don’t 

j let beer fill you.

Better far be  poor  in  purse  than poor 

in  principles.
I  The  most  promising  candidate  is not 
j always  the  one  who  makes  the  most 
! promises.

More  men  have  been  injured  by  the 
their  mouths 

premature  discharge  of 
than of their guns.

Don’t  growl about  the  world being  so 
It wouldn’t be quite  so  bad if  you 

bad. 
were a little better.

Don’t concern yourself too much about 
your  neighbor’s  affairs.  Those  of  your 
neighbor’s  neighbor  may  better  need 
your attention.

If  you  keep  a  bank  account  long 
enough  it  will  reciprocate  by  keeping 
you.

The bone of  contention  is not a funny 

bone when it leads to a lawsuit.

A  man  with  loose  habits  doesn’t  im­

prove them by getting tight.

If you are  not  sure of  heaven,  it  will 
not hurt you to live  in such a manner  as 
to deserve it.

Silence  is  more  eloquent  than  words 

when yon have nothing to say.

Do not write  long  love  letters.  They 
consume  valuable  time  when  they  are 
read to the  jury.

Rice paper  is  not  made from  rice  nor 
from rice  stalks, nor has  it  any  connec­
tion  whatever with rice. 
It is of Chinese 
manufacture,  and  is  made from the pith 
of a certain tree resembling the elder.

PROVISIONS

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

Mess,  new........................................................  12 50
Short c u t..........................................................   14  5o
Extra clear pig, short cut...............................15  50
Extra clear, heavy..........................................
Clear, fat  back.................................................  15 50
Boston clear, short cut...................................   lb 50
Clear back, short cut.......................................  1550
Standard clear, short cut. best................... 
15 50

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage........................................................7*4
Ham Sausage........................................................  9
Tongue Sausage...................................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage  ............................................7*4
Blood Sausage......................................................  5
Bologna, straight................................................   5
Boiogna,  thick.................................................... 5
Headcheese......................................................... 5

Kettle
Com-
Rendered. Granger. Family. pound.
Tierces........ 9*4
6
501b. T ins...9%
201b. Palls..  9*4
6%
. .11*4
10 1b.  44 
6%
51b. 
..10%
44 
31b. 
44 
,.10*i
7)4

9
9%.
9*4
9%
»%
9

6%
6*4
6%
7
7*4
7*4

BEEP  IN  BARRELS.

s m o k e d   n e a t s —Canvassed or Plain.

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs........................  6 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........................   6  50
Boneless, rump butts........................................   8 75
Hams, average20lbs............................. 
n u
i6 ibs...................................:.: :u 8
12 to 14 lbs................................  1.14
picnic........................................ 
8H
best boneless............................................  9^
Shoulders.............................................................  g
Breakfast Bacon, boneless...........................! 1! 10
Dried beef, ham prices............................ 
"  g
Long Clears,heavy................................

:: 
“ 
“ 

“ 

1. 

Uf?ht....................................................   35$

CANDIES,  FRUITS and  NUTS.

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDT.

. 

. 

•• 

_ 

Cases 

„. 
Standard,  per  lb.............. 
T w i.r.::::::::: 
Boston  Cream  ................. 
Cut  Loaf...........................  
Extra H.  H...............  

8%
...  8*4
NIXED  CANDT.
Standard  ................................... 
Leader............................................... 'g 

Bbls.  Pails.
714
qh 
&  
%
014

Bbls. 

g 

Pails.
7
7

English  Rock................................... 7 
7 
Conserves..................................... 
Broken Taffy......................baskets 
9
“
Peanut Squares................... 
8 
in
French Creams............................. 
Valley  Creams..........................’’ 
13
Midget, 30 lb. baskets.......................................  
Modern, 301b. 
.........................................'  g

“ 

g
§
8

a

f a n c y —In b u lk

“ 

Lozenges, plain...................................
printed................................
Chocolate Drops...................................
Chocolate Monumentals....................
Gum Drops............................................
Moss Drops............................................
Sour Drops............................................
Imperials...............................................
fancy—In 5 lb. boxes.
Lemon Drops...............   ......................
Sour Drops.......................................... .
Peppermint Drops................................
Chocolate Drops...................................
H. M. Chocolate  Drops.......................
Gum Drops............................................
Licorice Drops.....................................
A. B. Licorice  Drops.........................
Lozenges, plain.....................................
Imperials..................................... .........
Mottoes..................................................
Cream Bar............................................
Molasses  Bar........................................
Hand Made  Creams.............................
Plain Creams........................................
Decorated Creams................................
String  Rock..........................................
Burnt Almonds......................  ............
Wintergreen  Berries...........................

printed.................... .

“ 

CARAMELS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

3 
2 
3 

“ 
“ 
“ 

No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes...............
...............
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
...............
No. S. 
..............
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes...........................
Small....................................................
Medium................................................
Large....................................................
Californias, 96  ..................................  ,

BANANAS.

ORANGES.

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

126.................................
150  .................................
“ 
160........................

“ 
“ 

“ 

LEMONS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

extra 

50-lb.  “ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Almonds, Tarragona 

Messina, choice, 360.............................
fancy, 360............................
choice 300.  ....  ....................
fancy 390  Maioris.................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
Figs, fancy  layers, 69>................................
“ 
10»  ..  .  ..............
“ 
“ 
“ 
14»  .......................
“  20»  ..................
“ 
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box........................
“ 
......................
Persian. 50-lb.  box..................
“ 
NUTS.
........................
Ivaca...................................
California...........................
Brazils, new.......................................
Filberts.................................................
Walnuts, Grenoble..............................
“  Marbot  ................................
Chill......................................
“ 
Table  Nuts,  fancy..............................
choice.............................
Pecans, Texas, H.  P .,..........  
.........
Cocoanuts, full sacks.........................
PEANUTS.
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns...............................
“  Roasted  ...............
Fancy, H.  P., Flags..............
“  Roasted  .
Choice, H. P„  Extras..........
“  Roasted
California  Walnuts

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

Pails.
.......  10
...  11
.......  11*4
.......  13
.......  5*4
.......  8
.......  8*4
.......  10
Per Box
........ 56
.........55
.........60
.........65
90
..40@50 
....1   00
........ 80
.........60
.........66
.........60
____ 70
........ 55
.........55
. .85® 95 
..80@90 
—  1  00
.........65
....1  00 
.........60

34
51
28
42
90

.1  50@1  75 
2 G0@2 25

@

@6 50 
@7  00 
@7 00 
8 00

@17
@ 8*4 
@ 6*4 
@  4*4
@19 
@17 
@18*4 @ 9*4 
@11*4 @15 
@
@10
@13*4
@ 12*4
12*4@14 
@4 25
@  5*4 
O  7*4 
O 5*4 
@  7*4 
@  4*4 
12*4

@ 6/, 

C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

FRUIT  JA R S.

Pints.................................................................$  6 75
Quarts................................................................  7 00
Half Gallons....................................................   9  qq
Caps................................................................"  2 76
Rubbers  ...........................................................  
49

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 Su b................................................... 
No. 2  “  .......................................................... 
Tubular.........................................  
 

45
.................................................................. so
75
75

 
lamp  chimneys.—Per box.

6 doz. In box.
No. 0 Sun............................................ 
1  ve
N0.1  ; ; ..................................................................3
No. 2 
...........................................................  270
First quality.
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.........................................  g gg
“  ......................... ........'."‘.'.'.2 40

“ 

“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 

La Bastie.

Pearl top. 

No. 0 Sun, crimp top......................................... g go
“  ...............................” .‘.'.'."2 80
...................6 80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled...................  3 70
44 
* * A M
No. 2  44 
4 70 
N o.2 Hinge,  44 
4  88
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.  ......................1  gg
No. 2  44 
j  go
No. 1 crimp, per doz................................. !  1  35
................................Ill go
Wn-3  “ 
2a
No. 0, per  gross....................................... 
No. 1, 
oc

LAMP WICKS.
. . . . . . . . . . .   .... 

...  . . . . . . . .  

... 

44 
44 

44 
44

“ 

44 

44 

44 

44 

STONEWARE— AKRON.

Mammoth, per doz..................................!!!" "   75
Butter Crocks,  1 and 6 gal...................... 
06*4
Jugs.  *4 gal., per doz.................................. 
75
..............................  W
95
glased..............  75
“ 
...........................   78
“ 
glazed...............   go

Milk Pans, 14 gal., per doz.............. 

■  1 
" 
‘ 
■ 

*4  “ 
1 
1 

“ 

T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E SM A N ,

15

TELEGRAPHIC  MESSAGES.

Advice to Merchants in Regard to Using 

the Wire.

F ro m  th e  S hoe a n d  L e a th e r  G a zette.
The law  imposes  upon  a  contract  of 
carriage by which  a  telegraph  company 
transmits  a  message,  many 
liabilities 
which the express  contract  between the 
parties does not contain.
The ordinary conditions attached to the 
contract of telegraph delivery, are briefly 
as follows: that  in order to guard against 
mistakes or delays the sender  of  a  mes­
sage shall order it repeated for which one- 
half of the regular rate is charged in  ad­
dition; it is agreed between the sender of 
a  message  and  the  telegraph  company 
that the company shall not  be  liable  for 
mistakes in the transmission or delivery, 
or for the non-delivery of any unrepeated 
message beyond the amount received  for 
sending the same, nor for mistakes or de­
lays in the  transmission  or  delivery,  or 
for the non-delivery of any repeated mes­
sage beyond fifty times or other specified 
multiple of the sum received for  sending 
the same, unless specially insured, nor in 
any case for delays arising from unavoid­
able interruptions in the working  of  the 
telegraph line or for errors  in  cipher  or 
obscure messages.
Under such a contract as this, it is  ap­
parently clear that unless the sender of a 
message has it insured  by  the  company, 
and pays the premium  for their  assump­
tion  of  the  liability,  he  is limited  in 
his recovery for any  danger  which  may 
result to the amount specified by the con­
dition upon  the contract.
This is not strictly true.
A telegraph company,  in the eye of the 
law,  is a common  carrier  and  there  are 
certain liabilities against  which  a  com­
mon carrier cannot contract.
Notwithstanding  such  a  contract  as 
this the telegraph company  for  instance 
will be held absolutely liable for all dam­
ages without limit which may result from 
its negligence or the negligence of its em­
ployes.
The  telegraph  company  by  operating 
its line assumes to  do  its  work  with  a 
reasonable degree  of  care,  and  against 
the consequences of neglect of that  duty 
the law will not permit it to contract.
The measure of damages for the delay, 
non-transmission  or  mis-sending  of  a 
telegraphic message is the  actual  proxi­
mate damages which result from the neg­
lect or fault  of  the company.  This  is, 
under the rule of  damages,  such  injury 
as might reasonably be expected to result 
from the error complained of.
The rule for the  recovery  of damages, 
as  was  stated  in the leading cases upon 
that subject in this country in one  of the 
early  New York decisions,  is in the  fol­
lowing language:  “The party  injured  is 
entitled to recover all his damages, inclu­
ding gains  prevented  as  well  as  losses 
sustained; and this rule is subject to  but 
two  conditions—the  damages  must  be 
such as may  fairly  be  supposed  to  have 
entered  into  the  contemplation  of  the 
parties when  they  made  the  contract— 
(that is,  they must be such as might  nat­
urally be expected to follow its violation) 
and they must be  certain,  both  in  their 
nature and in respect to  the  cause  from 
which they were produced.”
Under this rule, only nominal damages 
or  the  price  paid  for  transmitting  the 
message can  be  recovered for  neglecting 
to transmit or  to deliver it,  if its purport 
is not explained to the agent of  the com­
pany or its operator, or is wholly unintel­
ligible to him;  for  no  other  damages in 
such  a case could  be within  the  contem­
plation of the parties.
The  operator  who  receives  and  who 
represents the company,  and may for this 
purpose be said to be the other  party  to 
the contract,  cannot be said to look upon 
such a message as one pertaining to trans­
actions  of  pecuniary  value  and  impor­
tance,  and in respect to which  pecuniary 
loss or damages  will  naturally  arise  in 
case of his failure or omission to send it.
If ignorant of its real  nature  and  im- 
portance.it cannot be said to have been in 
his contemplation at  the time of  making 
the contract that any  particular  damage 
or injury would be the probable result of 
a breach of the contract on his part.

It  will  therefore  be  seen  that it is of 
importance to the  business  man in send­

ing  telegraph  messages  which  are  of 
grave concern to him to take the  trouble 
when  he  sends  the  message to call  the 
attention of  the  receiving  clerk  or  the 
representative of the company, whichever 
it  may  be  who  receives  the  message, 
that  it is  a  message of  importance  and 
must be handled with care.
While  it  is  true  that  the  fact  that a 
merchant resorts to the telegraph of itself j 
indicates  that the  matter involved  is  of 
enough  importance  to  justify  the  ex­
penditure of  the increased cost of  teleg­
raphy over  that of  postage,  the fact im­
ports  no  more  and  therefore  is  notice 
only to the  company that  it is of  impor­
tance to the sender to the  amount of  the 
expense  which  he  incurs  in  sending it.
It is for this reason that in the absence 
of  any  notice  of  further  liability  than ! 
law  holds  the  company only 
this  the 
to liability for the  price of  the message.
But  if  the  contents  of  the  message 
itself  are  such  as  without  explanation 
convey to the  operator or any intelligent 
person  upon  reading  it  sufficient  notice 
of  its  importance  to  charge  him  with 
knowledge that  breach of  his  duty  with 
regard  to  it  would result  in  pecuniary 
loss, then the  message  itself  is  of  suffi 
cient notice,  but as a rule with telegraph 
messages they themselves do  not contain 
the  information  which would  put a per­
son ignorant of the contemporaneous cir­
cumstances upon his guard.
Nor can  the company,  upon  receiving 
notice that  pecuniary responsibility of  a 
specified amount is involved in the trans­
action  of  the  message,  refuse  to  trans­
mit it unless  it is  insured  and  an  addi­
tional fee charged for that insurance.
It is the  legal  duty of  the company to 
transmit  the  message  and  transmit  it 
without  negligence  on  its  part  and,  if 
notified of  the  results  which  may  natu­
rally follow from neglect in respect to the 
message,  although  the  company  might 
refuse  to  send  the  message  unless  in­
sured  and state  upon receiving it that it 
would  be  liable  for no damages  beyond 
the  amount  of  the  message  unless  in­
sured,  it would still be liable as a matter 
of  law  for  any damages  resulting  from 
the  negligence of  its  servants,  as this it 
cannot contract away if properly notified 
of  the  probable  result  of  negligence 
should  it occur.

The Barometer of Business.

... 

Failures. 

The accepted  barometer of  mercantile 
business  in  the  United  States  is  the 
record of  failures  compiled  and verified 
by the  established  commercial agencies. 
It is,  therefore,  extremely  gratifying  to 
observe  that  the  general  prosperity, of 
which there  are  accumulating evidences 
on every  side,  is  reflected  in  the  agency 
reports  of  the nine months of  1892, end­
ing  on  Saturday, Oct.  1.  These  are the 
figures  for  nine  months  of  each of  the 
years following:
Tear. 
Liabilities.
1890  ........................  7,578  .................... $ 92 471,000
1891 
8,8 6 
...............   138,871.0 0
1891  .......................  7,„73 
.................  76,971,000
The  volume of  business  is  constantly 
increasing  in  the  United  States.  New 
fields  for the  development of  industrial 
activity  are  being  opened;  corporations 
are  multiplying;  capital,  greater 
in 
amount than  at  any previous time  or in 
any country, seeks profitable investment, 
and  the  newer  motors  and  agencies, 
electricity  and  natural  gas, furnish en­
tirely  new  fields  for  enterprise.  The 
population  of  the  country is increasing. 
The profits and the savings of the people 
find,  almost  exclusively,  employment 
here,  while  a  steady  current of  foreign 
capital  comes  to  American  industrial 
stock 
companies,  breweries,  mines, 
ranches,  and  mercantile  establishments. 
Under these  circumstances, the  increase 
of  failures  and  of  liabilities  resulting 
therefrom  should  naturally  keep  pace 
with  the  growth of  population,  business 
and material wealth.  Such does not ap­
pear to  be  the  case at  present,  as  these 
figures  show,  estimating  the  remaining 
three months of 1892 on the  basis of  the 
nine  months  for  which  figures  are  at 
hand:
Tear 
Liabilities.
1888 
............................................  10,679 
1889 
......................  ...................   10 882. 
1890  ....................   10,907  ....................   189 856,954
.......  12 394......................  190,868,638
1891 
1892  ................... 
10,628......................   102,628,060
in other words, failures are fewer than

Failures. 

before,  while  business  is  larger. 
It  is 
an  encouraging,  gratifying  and  signifi-1 
cant  exhibit.  This  is  a  great  country, 
and evidences of  this fact abound  every­
where.

W hat is Money?

London  Tid  Bits  lately offered a prize 
for the best definition of “money.”  The 
prize  was  awarded  to  Henry E.  Baggs, 
of Sheffield.  His definition was:
“An article  which  may be used  as  an 
universal  passport to everywhere except I 
heaven,  and  as  an  universal provider of 
everything except happiness.”
The following is a selection  of some of [ 
the best definitions  submitted:
“The reward that sweetens labor.” 
“The  balance  that  adjusts  the  scales 
in well  nigh every transaction of  human I 
life.”
“The recognized measure of  value and 
medium of exchange.”
“Money is an idol, worshipped in every 
clime without a single temple.”
“The  best  microscope  for  finding re­
lationship with.”
“ ’Tis a bee  that  stores  honey,  if  you 
know how  to  use it;  but  it  stings  and 
then wings,  if you only abuse it.”
“The only commodity  that  remains in 
fashion from  generation  to  generation.” 
“The 
the 
mother’s satisfaction, the son’s snare and 
the daughter’s blessing.”
“The  guerdon of  industry,  the will-o’- 
the-wisp  of 
indolence,  the  servitor  of 
love,  the  sinews of  war,  the  good  man’s 
portion and the bad man's idol.”
“Money is next  to  religious  faith,  the 
mightiest  eomfort  in  life,  whose value, 
however,  can  only  be  fully  appreciated 
by  those  who have  both  possessed  and 
felt its wants.”
“That which  every one desires  to  ob­
tain  in  order  to  have  the  pleasure  of 
parting with it.”
“The ‘counters’  used  in  the  game  of 
life.”
“Money  to a man  is  like  water  to  a 
plant,  only useful as long  as it promotes 
and facilitates  growth;  like  water in the 
fountain  or  water  in  the  tank,  keep  it 
flowing and  it  blesses,  keep  it  stagnant 
and it injures.”
Mic h  ic  an (T en tr a l

 The Niagara Falls Route.”

independence, 

father’s 

“

a  m

 

DEPA RT.  ARRIVE
D e tro it E x p re ss.......................................  7:00 a  m  10:00 p m
Mixed 
4:80 p m
.......................................................... 7:06 a m  
D ay  E x p re ss.................... 
1:20 p m  10:00 a  m
6:00 
•A tlan tic A  Pacific E x p re ss...............   1:00 p m  
New Y ork E xp ress....................................6:40 p m   10:46 p m

•D aily.
All o th e r d a ily  ex c e p t Sunday.
S leeping  c a rs  ru n   o n   A tla n tic   an d   Pacific  E xpress 
tra in s  to  a n d  fro m  D e tro it.
Ekeg&nt  p a r lo r  c a rs  lea v e G ran d   R apids on D e tro it 
E xpress a t  7 a. m ..  re tu r n in g   lea v e  D e tro it  4:46 p. m. 
a r riv e  in  G ran d   R apids 10 p. m.

Fr e d  M. Brig g s, G en'l A g en t. 86 M onroe St- 
A.  Alx q u ist, T ick e t A gent, U nion  D epot.
G ko. W. Munson, U nion T ick e t Office, 67 M onroe St. 
O.  W. Rug gi.es  G. P .  &  T.  A gen t.,C h icag o

GRANDHAVEN TIME  TABLE

Detroit

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave *No.  14 tNo.  16|tNo.  18 •No.  82
Lv.  Chicago__
Lv. Milwaukee. 
G’d  Rapids.,  Lv
Ionia............Ar
St.  Johns  ...Ar
O w o s s d ........ A r
E. Saginaw.. Ar
Bay City.......Ar
F lin t............Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac........ Ar
Detroit..........Ar

730pm
830pm
6 50am
7 45am
8 30am
9 05am
10 45am
11 30am
10 05am
12 05pm 
1053am
11 50am
WESTWARD.

.....
10 20am
11 25am 
1217pm
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm 
3 45pm 
6 00pm
3 05pm
4 05pm

11 00pm
12 42am
2 00am
3 10am
6 41 am
7 15am 
5 40am 
7 30am
5 23am
6 45am

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
S 05pm 
8  0pm 
8 45pm
7 (5 pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

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

*No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13 *No.  15
4 05pm
10 45pm
I ! 20pm
7 06am
II 20pm 
8 35am
6 30am

6  50am
1  00pm
2  10pm

10 50am
5  10pm
6 15pm 
6 30am 
6 00am

♦Daily. 

tD aily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. mM 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  Parle r  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward—No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W. Loud, Traffic Manager.
Ben F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent.
J as. Cam pbell, City Ticket Agent.

.  $123,829,973
148.784,337

23 Monroe Street.

Grand  Rapids  & Indiana.
S chedule  in  effect  S ep tem b er 25,1892. 

A rriv e fro m   L eave g o in g  

trains  going  north.
S outh. 
F o r C adillac  a n d  S ag in aw .........   6:15 a  m 
F o r T ra v erse C ity  A  M ackinaw  
F o r C adillac a n d  S a g in a w .........  
l ^ O p iu  
F o r  P eto sk ey  A  M ac k in a w ........  8:10 p  m 
F rom  C hicago an d   K alam azoo.  8:35 p  m 
d aily .  O th ers tra in s  d aily  ex c ep t S unday.

N o rth .
7:20 a  m
1:10 p m
4:16 p m
10:10  p m
T ra in  a rriv in g   fro m   so u th  a t   6:15 a  m  a n d   9:00 a  m 

9:00 a m  

TRA INS  GOING  SO U TH .

. 

_  

N o rth . 

_  
F o r  C in c in n a ti................................  6:30 a m 
F o r K alam azoo an d   C h ic a g o ... 
F o r F o rt W ayne a n d  th e   E a st.. 
F o r  C in c in n a ti...............................   6:15 p in 
F o r K alam azoo  &  C h ic ag o ........11  00 p m 
F rom  S ag in aw .................................   11:50 a m
F ro m  S ag in aw .................................   11  00 p m
o th e r  tra in s   d aily  ex c ep t Sunday.

A rriv e fro m   L eave g o in g
S o u th .
7:00  & m
10  05  a m
2:00  p m
6:00  p m
11:20  p m

11:50 a m  

T ra in   le a v in g   so u th   a t   ll:2 0 p .  ra. ru n s   d a ily ;  a ll 

SLEEPING  A   PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

N O R T H

1 : 1 0   p   m   t r a in   has  parlor  car  Grand 
Rapids to Petoskey and M.tckinaw.
1 0 :1 0   p   m   t r a in .—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw.

S O U T H —7 : 0 0  a m  t r a i n . —Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
1 0 :0 5   a  m   t r a in .—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6 : 0 0   p m   t r a in .—Wagner Sleeping  Car 
Grand  Rapids to Cincinnati.
1 1 ;2 0   p m  t r a in .—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

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

Lv G ran d   R apids 
A rr C hicago 

10:05 a  m   2:00 p m  
3:35 p m   9:00 p m  

11:20 p m
6  50 a m
10:05 a  m  tra in  th ro u g h  W a g n er P a rlo r C ar.
11:20 p m  tr a in  d aily , th ro u g h   W agner  S leeping C ar. 
10:10 p m
6:50  a m
10:10 p  m 

7:C5 am   3:10 p m  
Lv  C hicago 
A rr G ran d  R apids 
1:50 pm   8  3 5 p m  
3:10  p  m   th ro u g h   W a g n er  P a rlo r  C ar. 
tr a in  d aily , th ro u g h  W a g n er S leeping C ar.

M u sk e g o n , G ran d   R a p id s  &   I n d ia n a .

F o r M u sk eg o n -L eav e . 

6:56  a  m  
11:25  a  m  
5:30  p m 

F rom  M uskegon—A rrive.

10:00 a  m
4.40  p m
9.05 p m

D unday tr a in   leaves  fo r  M uskegon  a t   9:05 a   ra, a r ­
riv in g  a t  10:*0  a   m .  R e tu rn in g  
tr a in   le a v e 4  M uske­
g o n  a t   4 .30 p m , a rriv in g  a t  G sand  R apids a t   5:45 p m .
T h ro u g h  tic k e ts a n d  fu ll in fo rm a tio n   ca n   be h ad  by 
c a llin g  upon A. Alm quisc,  tic k e t  a g e n t  a t   U nion S ta ­
tio n ,  o r  G eorge  W.  M unson,  U nion  T ick e t  A gent, 67 
M onroe s tre e t. G ran d  R apids, Mich.

G eneral  P assen g e r an d  T ick e t A gent.

C. L. LOCKWOOD,

CHICAGO 

SEPT-n’ 1898-
A > U   WES 4  MICHIGAN  K’Y. 

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS........ S:50am  1:25pm  *11:  5pm
Ar. CHICAGO 
............3:3ipm  t :45pm  *7:05am

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

TO AND FROM  MUSKEGON.

Lv. CHICAGO.............9:00am  5:25pm  *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS.......3:55pm  10:4 .pm  *7:05am
TO  AND  FROM  BENTON  HARBOR,  3T  JOSEPH  AND 
INDIANAPOLIS.
Lv. G  R ...........8:50am .1:25pm 
............  *11:35pm
Ar.  G R  ......... *6:10am  3'55pm 
..........  10:45pm
Lv. G. R  ..........  8:50am  1:25pm  5:35pm  6:30pm
Ar.  G.  R....................... 10:45am  3:55pm  5:2npm
..........  7:30am  5:35pm
Lv.  G R ...................... 
Ar.  Manistee 
........................12:20pm  10:24pm
Ar.  Traverse C ity.........................12:35pm 10:59pm
Ar.  Charlevoix 
.............  
...
Ar. Petoskey................................3:30pm  ..............
Ar.  from  Petoskey.  etc.,  1C:00  p  m. ;  from 
Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10:00 p m.

TRAVERSE  CITY,  MANIsTEE  A  PETOSKEY.

2:55pm 

 

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

pm, leave Chicago 5:25 p m.
pm;  leave  Chicago  *11:15  pm.

Wagner  Parlor Cars  Leave Grand  Rapids 1:25 
Wagner  Sleepers—Leave  Grand  Rapids *11:35 
Free Chair Car for Manistee 5:35 p m.
♦Every day. 
week days only.
DETROIT, 

tExcept Saturday.  Other trains 
~SEPT  1892

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

Lv. G  R  ...  7:00am  *1:25pm  5:40pm  *11:30pm 
Ar. DET..  .11:50am  *5:25pm  10:35pm  *7:30am

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. DETR  ...  7:50am  *l:i5pm  5:15pm  *11:00pm 
Ar. G  R..........12:55pm  *5:25pm  10:20pm  *7:0. am

TO AND FROM  S A G IN A W ,  A L M A   AND ST.  LOUIS.

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

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL A HASTINGS R.  R.

Lv. Grand Rapids  ..........  7:0 lam  1:25pm  5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell...............12:55pm  5:25pm  ...........

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Parlor  Cars on all  day  trains  between  Grand 
Rapids and  Detroit.  Wagner Sleepers  on  night 
trains  Parlor ears to Saginaw on morning train. 

»Every da,,.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO.  DeIIAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

Railway.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor &  North  Michigan 
In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe  n 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.
Lv. Grand Rapids at.......7:;5 a. m  and 1:00 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t.............   12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.
Lv. Grand Rapids at.......6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at...............12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.

VIA D., G. H. A M.

VIA D., L. A N.

Return connections equally as good.

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

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T H E   MICHÏG^JSr  T R A D E SM A N

THE  COUNTRY’S  CROPS.

Summarized  Statement of Their Condi­

tion and Prospects.

Potatoes—Reports  to  the Agricultural 
Department indicate  the  lowest Septem­
ber condition ever reported.  This show­
ing is due chiefly to excessive rains caus­
ing rot,  and  blight  also  exists  in  many 
sections;  but  in  Aroostook  county,  Me., 
drouth  was  the  prime  cause. 
In  Ohio 
early planting gave  best results  but only 
a light crop, but Michigan, Indiana, Iowa 
and Illinois early crops  suffered from  an 
excess  of  moisture, and  drouth  affected 
the late plantings.  The mountain  states 
have  a  good  condition, and  the  Pacific 
coast only medium.  The September con­
dition  of  74.8  as  compared  with  94.8 a 
year ago, together with the reduced area, 
are  ample  proof  that  potatoes  will  re­
turn  more  money  to  farmers  this  year 
than last.

Sweet Potatoes—Not doing so well this 
year as  last,  the  general  average  condi­
tion,  Sept.  1,  being  88.6  as  compared 
with 93.5 a year ago.

Onions—Supplies have  not  been  com­
ing  forward  so  freely  to  market  and 
choice  lots  are  scarce.  This  indicates 
that the poor stuff has been about rushed 
off,  while growers are holding on to their 
good onions for the better  prices to come 
later in the season.

Cranberries—Coming to market  rather 
slowly and  prices  have ruled  from $6 to 
$8 per barrel,  according to quality.  The 
total shortage  in  the crop will  be  about
50.000 barrels as compared with 1891, and
100.000  bbls.  less  than ’90, but  the  fruit 
is larger  and of  better  quality than  last 
year.  A determined effort is being made 
to  enlarge  the  export  trade  in  cran­
berries,  thereby  preventing  any surplus 
at  home and  giving  a  firm  tone  to  the 
market.

Honey—Generally  short,  especially in 
California,  New  York  and  Wisconsin 
while  some  Southern  and Western  sec­
tions  have  a  slightly  larger  crop  than 
usual.

Poultry—Has ruled higher  than  usual 
throughout  the  summer  months,  choice 
stock always  selling well.  The fall  and 
winter  season  opens  with  a  strong  de­
mand  and  good  prices,  especially  for 
good  fowls.

Wool — The  market  has  continued 
steady for several  months  with no nota­
ble  change  in  prices.  Eastern markets 
are  amply  supplied,  and  manufacturers 
have,  as  a  rule,  been  buying  only  for 
immediate  requirements,  but  the  actual 
consumption  in  American  factories  has 
been enormous,  with every  indication of 
its continuing.  Foreign wools are some­
what firmer, especially  European  carpet 
grades, owing to the existence of cholera 
in Europe and the  check  put  upon their 
importations. 
If  this  prohibition  con­
tinues,  and  Australian  wools  coming 
from London  should be stopped,  the val­
ue of domestic wool  should  certainly in­
crease.

Butter—Will  rule  high  from now  on. 
The  season has  been a good one for but­
ter  and  prices  have  held  their  ground 
and  steadily  advanced.  The  great  pro­
ducing  centers  of  Iowa,  Wisconsin  and 
Illinois  report  decreased  production, 
which  has  materially  affected  the quan­
tity of butter in cold storage.  Pasturage 
is  now  falling  off  and  good  prices  for 
butter  must  continue  to  rule  from now 
until next season.  The  English  market 
is also suffering  from  a short supply, to-

gether with a very small hay crop,  which 
will enhance  the price of feeds and, con­
sequently, of  butter.

The  Hardware Market.

Trade  in  General—The  opening week 
of  the  month  has  been no exception  to 
the last week in September.  The volume 
of  business  keeps up  and  there is every 
indication of  a  good  trade. 
In the mat­
ter of  prices,  there  have  been  but  few 
changes,  and the  majority of  them  have 
been in the  nature of  a downward move­
ment.

Cut Nails—But few moving in this mar­

ket,  and no change in price.

 

 

Wire Nails—The demand is very large, 
notwithstanding which  prices  are  going 
down.  Jobbers  are  quoting  from  $1.75 
to  $1.85,  according  to  size  and  assort­
ment.

Barbed Wire—But little moving. Prices 
are now lower  than ever  before  known. 
When the bottom  will  be  reached no one 
can  tell.  Quotations  are  still  $2.40 for 
painted and 45c advance  for  galvanized.
Annealed Wire—The  demand  for  this 
time of  the year  seems quite  large,  but 
more  especially  in  the  smaller  sizes, 
which  are  mostly used  for  bailing hay. 
Jobbers are quoting the following prices:
No. 9........ 
$2  10
Nos. 10 and  11...................................................   g ao
No. 12...................................................................    2 30
No. 13  ..........................................  
No. 1 4 ...............................................................  2 60
Nos. 15 and 1 6 ...................................................   3 00
For  large  orders  these  prices might  be 
shaded.

Window Glass—Manufacturers are try­
ing  to  advance  prices a little,  claiming 
the  figures  they are  now getting are be­
low  the  cost of  production.  How  well 
they  will  succeed,  time  alone  can  tell. 
80 and 10 by the box,  with an advance of 
10 per  cent  by the  light, are  the  ruling 
prices in this market.

Builder’s Hardware—As is usually the 
case at this  time of  the year, everything 
in  builders’ hardware is in great demand. 
The finishing of houses and blocks which 
were begun  in  the  spring  create a great 
demand for  locks,  knobs, etc.  Prices in 
this  class of  goods  change  but little, as 
bed rock was reached long ago.

Sheet Iron—Very scarce, but no change 

 

in price.

Sheet Zinc—The demand  is  so  great, 
it  takes  several weeks  to  get  an  order 
filled.  Prices  quoted  by  sheet  are  7c; 
full casks (600 lbs.)  >£c less.

Rope—An advance  in  sisal  rope is ex­
pected  daily,  owing  to  an  advance  in 
sisal hemp.

Duration.

A  Partnership  of  Forty-two  Years’ 
The  death of  Chas.  Price, the veteran 
baker of  Boston,  recalls  the  remarkable 
partnership  which  existed  between  him 
and  his  partner,  Richard  Pease,  who 
died April 20,  1872.  Pease & Price were 
a firm of bakers,  and  they  were  in part­
nership forty-two years,  the  business re­
lations being severed only by the death of 
Mr.  Pease.  The  two men were the clos­
est  of  friends  during  their  minority, 
went into partnership on  attaining  their 
majority,  married  sisters  and  made one 
family,  and lived together  in  one  house­
hold,  which  they  shared  in  common. 
Their  relations  were  of  the  most  har­
monious  and  brotherly  nature,  and  not 
until Mr.  Pease was nearing  his end was 
there a  division  of  profits.  Mr. Pease’s 
first son  was  named  for  Mr.  Price,  and 
Mr.  Price’s first son for Mr.  Pease.  Both 
partners dressed  alike  to a  considerable 
extent, their  relaxations  from  business 
were  enjoyed  jointly,  household  furni­
ture  was  owned  in  common,  a  second 
house  (furnished)  was kept  and used for 
the  entertainment of  friends,  and  even 
the  old  doorplate  on  their  home  bore 
the inscription, Pease & Price.

There’s a Destiny that shapes onr ends,

Rough hew them as we will.”
There’s a Meat Chopper that  cuts our meat fine,
No matter in  what shape it is found.

The  one  referred  to  is  that  manufactured by the  Enterprise 
Manufacturing  Co.,  aDd  are  the  only  kind  on  the  market 
worthy of mention.

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They are  coated]withwpure  tin,  and  thus are  rendered im­
pervious  to’ rust  or  discoloration.  They  are  unaffected  by 
acids,  are very easily cleaned  and  very desirable in  every way. 
The  choppers are  simple,  easily  taken  apart  and will = last a 
lifetime with  moderate care.  The process of  cutting is as'fol- 
lows:  The meat is fed into  the  hopper  and  carried  forward 
by the screw  until it reaches  the drilled  plate,  the pressure of 
the screw  forcing it into  each  of  the small  holes in  the  plate, 
at which  it is chopped  off by the revolving knife, which  makes 
four cuts for each  hole with  every revolution of  the crank, the 
small  pieces  thus cut  being  forced out  by the next  pieces  so 
cut.  The simplicity of  this  ingenious  machine  makes it par­
ticularly desirable for family use.

SsterX tevens

BANANAS I

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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.

P E R K I N S   <58  H E S S
Hides, Purs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  188  and  184  LOUIS STREET. GRAND  RA PID S.  MICHIGAN.

WR CARRY  A  STOCK OF  OAKS  TALLOW FOR MILL  OSE.

Dry  Goods, Carpets  and  Cloaks

voigt, m m m  &  co.

W   H O L E S A L E

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

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

OVERALLS  OF  Oi l!  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Voigt,  Hemoisiwr  k Co..48- 
Spring & 

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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 loves,  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  a n d   D o m estic  C ottons.

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

assorted  stock  at lowest  market  prices.

S firing Company.
N e w  P r in t s
A l s o  F i n e  L ,in e  o f   R o b e s

Received in all the Best  Well Known Brands.

Glass  Conors  for  Biscoils.

H  n r  IIKSE  chests  will 
soon 
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pay  for  themselves  in  the 
i; breakage  they avoid.  Price §4.

liauds<>uie?t  ever  offered 
to  the 
trade.  They  are  made  to  fit  any 
of  our  boxes  and  can  be  chan seed  from 
o n e  box  to  another in  a moment  They 
will  save  enough  good''  from  flies,  dirt  ami  prying  fingers  in  a short  time to pay 
for  themselves.  Try them  and  be convinced.  Price,  50 cents each.

B UU new  gla>s rovers  are by  far the 

N E W   N O V E L T I E S

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CREAM  CRISP. 

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

the best  selling cakes  we ever made.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,
GRAND  RAPIDS.

S. A. Sears, Mgr. 

Y o u   can  take  y o u r   choice

Best  Flat Opening  Blank Books

O F   T W O   O K   T H E

In th e  M arket.  Cost no m ore th an  th e Old S ty le H o o ts.  W rite  for p rices.

GRAND  RAPIDS  BOOK  BINDING  CO.,

OUTINGS,  WIDE  BLUES,  FANCY  SHIRTINGS,  DRESS 
GINGHAMS,  SATINES.

2 9 -3 1   C an al  St., 

G rand  R a p i d s .   M ich.

Pants and Overalls.

C orrespondence  receiv es  o u r  P e rso n a l  A tten tio n ,

P r e s s   G o o d s

Yarns, Blankets, Comforts, Underwear.  Overshirts,

IN  CHEVRONS.  WHIPCORDS,  BEDFORD  CORDS, 
STORM  SERGE  EFFECTS.

Heyman  & Company,
Slot  Cases

Manufacturers  of

STB «6

P. 

First-Glass  Work  Only.

HERCULES POWDER

SE N D

FOB

DESCBIPTTVB
PAMPHLET.

Stomp before a Maat.  I  Fragments after a blast.

STRONGEST and  SAFEST EXPLOSIVI
PO W DER, FUSE, CAPS,
E l e c t r i c  M in in g  G o o d s

K n o w n ,   t o   t l i e   A r t s .

AND  ATJ, TOOLS FOB STUMP BLASTING,

H E R C U L E S   P O W D E R   C O M P A N Y ,

FO B  SALB  B Y   T H E

4 0   P ro sp ect  S tre e t,  C leveland,  O hio, 

j. W. WILLARD, Manager.

B E R O U Z i E S ,  
THE GRAAT STUMP AND BOCK
A N N IH IL A T O R .

0 3   and  6 8   C an al  St.

-   G R A N D   R A P ID S .

Of  lpvery  Description.

WRITE FOR  PRICES.

Agents  for

Western  Michigan,

W R IT E   F O R   P R IC E S

H .   3L ,E 301S r-A .R ,3D  <&,  S O N S .

GRAND  R A P ID S,  M ICH .

Special  Offer  fo r  a n   a s s o r te d   p a c k a g e   A n s o n i a   C locks.

All are half-hour, slow strike, back action, with or without alarm

AUSTRIA  Oak  finish,  eight  day  strike* 

Dial 0 inches,  height 20  inches.

ALASKA  Slack  walnut, eight day strike. 

Dial 6 inches,  height 21  inches.

ADEN,  Black  walnut,  eight  day  strike. 

Dial 6 inches,  height 20 inches.

AMERICA.  Black  walnut,  8  day  strike. 

Dial 6 inches,  height 21 inches.

AMAZON.  Oak  finish,  eight  day  strike. 

Dial 6 inches,  height 20#  inches.

No  Charge  for  Box.

AFRICA.  Oak finish,  eight day strike. 

Dial 0 inches,  height 21 inches.

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

Send us your order. 

No. 30, 6 clocks, 1 each as above with alarm for $14 25 net

Sold by the case only.

