H. E .  M O S E L E Y   &  C O .

45  South  Division  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

J.  L.  Strelitsky,

Jobber of mm

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Includine the following celebrated brands, man 
ufacturea  by  the  well-known  house of  Glaser 
Frame & Co. :
Vindex, long  Havana filler.......................  $35
Three  Medals, long Havana filler........
E lk ’s Choice, Havana filler and binder.
La Fior de Alfonso,.............................
La I>oncel la de M orera,......................
La  Ideal,  25 In a box.............................
M adellena..............................................
Fior de  Romeo.....................................

Published Weekly.

V O L.  10.

Julius Berkey, Pres. 

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
GRAND  R A PID S,  OCTOBER  19,  1892.

$1  Per  Year.
NO.  474

S. S. Gay, Vice-Pres.  Wm. McBain, Sec’y. 

J. D. M. Shirts, Treas.

Grand  Rapids  Brusii Co.,
BRUSHES

M anufacturers of

O ur goods are sold by all Michigan  Jobbing Houses.

G RA N D   R A P ID S,  M ICH-

WRITE FOR PRICES OK 

A M ER IC A N

Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan make, 

IM PO RTED

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

-  MICH. VINEGAR

C .  N .  R A P P   St  C O .,
FRUITS  A|4D  PRODUGE.
WHOLESALE 

9 North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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

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

I and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

10  So.  Ionia  SI.,  Grand  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 .,

H A R R Y   FOX,  M anager.

Crackers, Biscuits 

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PA ID   TO  MAIL  ORDERS.

M USKEGON,  M ICH .

NO  BRAND  OF  TEN  CENT

NUTS,  FIGS,

& Sweet Goods.

D o n ’t   F o r g e t   w h e n   o r d e r in g

CANDY

To call on or address

DATES, ETC.

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

Special pains  taken w ith fru it orders.

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

-  W H O L E S A L E  -

C O M P A R E S

WITH  THE C t FAIB’sP 1

FRUITS,  SEEDS,  BEANS  AND  PRODUGE,

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

BEANS If you have any beans and want to sell, 

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

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

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

CL  S.  B R O W N ,

-JOBBER  OF-

Foreign  and  Domestic  Frdits  and  Vegetables.
Oranges,  Bananas  and  Early  Vegetables  a  Specialty,

Send for quotations.

24-26 No. Division St.

26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA  ST,

G ra n d   Pta/oids,  l^Tiolx
The  Green Seal  Cigar

Is the Most Desirable for M erchants to H andle because

It is Staple and w ill fit any Purchaser.

Send T our W holesaler an Order.

Retails for 10 cents, 32for 25 cents.

PERGHES! 

PERGHES! 

PEBGHES!

Can Ship Them  1000 Miles

I m ake a specialty of them .  W ire  for prices.  Am bound to please.  Give  m e 

a  tria l and be convinced!

THEO.  33.  GOO SSEN ,

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

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GRAND  RAPIDS.

W h o le sa le  
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BARNHART

PUTMAN CO.

RINDGE,  KALMBAOH  &  CO.,

12,  14,  &  16  PEARL  ST.

Pall  Season  1892.

GIVE  US  A  CALL  AND  SEE  OUR  COMPLETE  STOCK.

we know will be satisfactory.

FACTORY  GOODS. LrrS.YLT'
JOBBING  GOODS.  We carry a fu ll line and can show you
WARM  GOODS.  We never had so nice a line of shoes, slippers
RUBBER  GOODS.

We  sell  the  best,  the  Boston  Rubber 
Shoe Co.'s.  Satisfaction guaranteed.

all the novelties of  the season at prices

and buskins, also felt boots and socks.

BUCKWHEAT  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. 

THE  WALSH-DEROO  HILLING  CO,
STANDARD OIL CO.,

HOLLAND,  MICH.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

D EA LER S  IN

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SALT  FISH

POULTRY i GAME

Mail Orders Receive Prompt  Attention. 

See quotations in another column

CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL  KINDS  OF  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED

Office, Hawkins Block. 

Works, Butterworth Ave,

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

EMPTY  CARBON  i 6A80LI»"7  BARRELS.

HIGHEST  PRICE  P A T H   FOR

GRAND RAPIDS, 
RIG RAPIDS, 
ALLEGAN,

MUSKEGON, 
GRAND HAVEN, 
HOWARD CITY,

BU LK   W ORKS  AT

CADILLAC,
LUDINGTON.

PETOSKEY,

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Sapolio?

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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.  W ithout  effort on  the  grocer’s  part the  goods 
sell  them selves,  bring  purchasers  to  the  store,  and  help  sell  less  known 
goods.

Anv Jobber will be Glad to Fill Your Orders.

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THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

R . G. D un  &  Co.

Reference Books Issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada

OUR  NEW  LINE  OF

Tablets,
Fall  Specialties 
School Supplies 
Etc.,

ARE NOW BEING  SHOWN ON THE  ROAD BY

OF  OUR FIRM.

MR.  J.  L. KTMER,
MR.  GEO.  H.  RAYNOR,
MR.  WALTER B.  DUDLEY, 
MR.  CHAS.  E.  WATSON, 
MR.  PETER  LUBACH.
EATON,  LYON  b   GO.
H U M  CREDIT CO.

65  M ONROE  ST.

Formed by the consolidation of the 

COOPER  COMMERCIAI,  AGENCY,

AND THE

UNION  CREDIT  CO.,

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

Telephones 166 and 1030.

L.  J.  STEVENSON, 

C.  A.  CUMINGS,

C.  E.  BLOCK.

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CONSERVATIVE. 

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Solid  Brand  Cans.

Daisy  Brand.

Selects...........................................................g  88
Standards......................................................   80
E.  F ...............................................................   82
Selects...........................................................$  86
Standards......................................................   18
Favorites........................................................ 
16
Mrs. W ithe y Home-Made Mince Meat.
Large  bbls...................................................... 6
401b  pails..........................................................614
10 lb  “ 
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H bbls............................................................... 634
201b pails........................................................   634
2 lb cans, usual  weight, per doz................II  SO
...... .........3 so
4 lb  “ 
Choice Dairy Butter...............   .................  18
Pure Sweet Cider in bbls............................   16
“  Vinegar.........................  10
Choice Lemons. 300 and 360.......................700
New Pickles in bbls, 1200............................5 25
half bbls, 300.........................3 00
The  above  prices  are made  low to bid  for 

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E D W IN   FA LLAS,

Froi’r of Talley City Cold Storap

215-217  Livingston St., Grand  Rapids.

GRAND  R A PID S,  W EDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  19,  1892.

NO.  474

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

JOBBERS  OF

State Agents for

158 A  160 Fulton St.. Grand  Rapids.

S.  A.  MORMAN,

Petoskey,  Marble-  X   T T V   iT   1 .  I 

head  and  Ohio 

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W H O LESA LE
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A kron. Buffalo  and  Louisville

C E M E N T S ,

Stucco and  Hair,  Sewer Pipe,

F IR E   B R IC E   A N D   OLAY. 

W rite for Prices.

10 LYON  ST., 

-  GRAND RAPIDS.

k.  J.  SHELLMAN, Scientific Optician, (5 Monroe Street.

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

Tie Braistreet Mercantile Ajency.
Exeentive  Offices, 279,281,283  Broadway, N.Y

The B radstreet  Company, Props.

CHARLES  F.  CLARK,  Pres.

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

HENRY  BOYCE, Supt.

Manufacturer’s Agent and Jobber of

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

AND

Woeden  Bowls,  Clothespins  and  Rolling 

Pins,  Step  Ladders,  W ashing  Ma­

chines, M arket, Bushel and De­

livery Bas'  ets.  B uilding 

Paper, W rapping

Paper, Sacks, Twine  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.

LOVE’S  REWARD.

Under the shadow of  a great fig tree  a 
young girl  sat in a deep reverie.  Such a 
tender light was in her eyes, such a sweet 
smile of full satisfaction on her face, that 
a  stranger  would  certainly  have  said: 
“She  is  thinking  of  her  lover.” But  no 
lover had  Mable  Rae,  and  her  pleasure 
sprang from  a far  less  dangerous source 
—from the  handful  of  tuberoses  in  her 
lap.  Their spiritual, dreamy beauty and 
rare,  rich perfume always held her as  in 
a  spell  of  measureless  content.  To 
breathe  their  odor  was  to  fill  her  soul 
with holy  and  tender  thoughts, and  the 
lovely  waxen  flowers,  pale,  pure  and 
white as  moonshine,  haunted  her heart 
and  imagination,  and  received  from her 
a perpetual  love and worship.

There she  sat until  the  heat and still­
ness of  the  tropic  noon drove her to the 
house,  a grand old home hid among giant 
live-oaks  gray  with  the  solemn, waving 
Southern  moss.  She  went  first  to  the 
large, dim  parlors, intending to  put  her 
favorites among  the  damp  moss  of  the 
hanging baskets;  but the dreamy languor 
of the darkened room overcame every de­
sire but that of sleep,  and  she  lay down 
on the nearest couch, holding her flowers 
in  her  hands.

Half an hour later,  Mr. Rae opened the 
door  and  ushered  in  a  gentleman  who 
had accompanied him from New Orleans.
“Sit  down,  Allan,”  he  said.  “I will 
soon  arouse  the  house.  You  see,  it  is 
the hour for siesta, and I believe all take 
it at the same time when I am away.”

For a few minutes  the  young  man be­
lieved  himself  alone.  The  subtle,  pow­
erful  perfume—quite  unknown,  but  de­
licious beyond  expression—was  his  first 
sensation.

Then,  as his  eyes  became  accustomed 
to the  dim  light  of  the carefully closed 
jalousies,  he saw a picture  that he never 
more  forgot—a  most  lovely  girl,  in  the 
first bloom of maidenhood,  fast asleep on 
the silken cushions piled on a low divan. 
Her white  robe  made a kind  of glory in 
the  darkened  corner.  One  hand  had 
fallen  down,  and  the  flowers  gemmed 
the  carpet  at  her  side;  the  other  lay 
across  her  breast,  as  if  embracing  the 
tuberoses which it had scattered there.

Never  in  all  his.  native  mountains, 
never in any dream of love or fancy, had 
Allan  Monteith  seen  a  woman  half  so 
fair.  Almost entranced,  he stood gazing 
on Mabel  as if  he  had  “seen a vision.” 
There  lay  his  destiny  asleep;  he knew 
it,  and opened his whole soul to welcome 
“ Love’s young  dream.”  But  when  Mr. 
Rae, followed by a negro valet,  returned, 
and  Mabel  languidly  opened  her  great 
pensive eyes and  stretched out  her arms 
for  her  father’s  embrace,  Allan  almost 
thought he  should  faint  from  excess of 
emotion;  and  it  was  with  difficulty  he 
controlled  himself  to  receive  the intro­
duction and apologies necessary.

Allan  Monteith  was  a  young  Scotch­
man,  the  only  son of  a gentleman with 
whom in early life Mr.  Rae had formed a 
most  ardent friendship.  Allan  was rich 
and by nature  and  birth  equally  noble; 
bnt he was  utterly  devoid  as yet of  any

experiences but such  as  his  college  and 
his  mountain  home  had  brought  him. 
Nevertheless,  he was not destitute of the 
traditional  business  capacity  of  his 
house,  as some  late  transactions  in  cot­
ton and sugar  in New Orleans had prov­
en to  Mr.  Rae.  And partly  because  he 
liked  the  young  man  and  partly  as  a 
matter of interest,  he had  invited him  to 
his home  among  the woods  and lagoons 
of the  Evergreen Bayou.  Mabel,  in this 
transaction,  had  scarcely  been  properly 
considered;  but  to  her  father  she  was 
yet  a  child.  True,  he  recognized  her 
wonderful beaufy and was very proud of 
it;  he knew,  too,  that  she  possessed  an 
exquisite  voice  and great skill in music, 
and the passing idea of showing his pearl 
of price to  the  foreigner  rather flattered 
his vanity  than  alarmed  his  fears.  He 
did not dream that he  was  introducing a 
new claimant far its possession.

Yet  so it proved.  Allan  lingered as if 
in  an  enchanted castle,  until  he had  no 
life, no will,  no hopes  but  those  which 
centered in  Mabel  Rae.  And she, inno­
cent  and  impressible,  soon  returned his 
passion with a love even  more absorbing 
and far less selfish than her lover’s.

O the  sweet,  warm,  love-laden days in 
those  solemnly  shaded  woods!  O  the 
blissful hours  iu the cool evenings,  when 
the  perfume  of  tuberoses  and  jasmine 
and  oleanders  filled  the  air!  When  the 
soft, calm moonlight glorified every  love­
ly and every common thing! 
It was like 
a  dream  of  those  days  when  the  old 
rustic  gods  reigned  and  to  live  was  to 
love and to love was to be happy.

With  the  fall,  however,  there  came 
imperative  letters  from  Scotland,  and 
Allan could no  longer  delay.  Love  has 
its business as  well  as  its  romance,  and 
this  side  was  not  so  satisfactory.  Mr. 
Rae  would  hear  of  no  engagement  for 
two  years,  by  which  time  he  said  he 
hoped  to  be  able  to  give  Mabel such  a 
fortune as  would make  her acceptable in 
the eyes of  Allan’s  father.  But,  for the 
present,  he  absolutely  declined  to  look 
upon  the  young  people’s  attachment  as 
binding on either side.

“In less than two years, when the  first 
tuberoses  bloom,  I  will  be  here  again, 
Mabel, darling!”  were Allan’s last  whis­
pered  words,  as  he held her tenderly  in 
his arms  and kissed again  and again the 
face  dearer  than  all  the  world  to  him. 
And Mabel smiled through  her tears and 
held the last  tuberose of  the  summer to 
his lips for a parting pledge.

But the two years brought many unex­
pected  changes.  That  very  winter  the 
first  war-cloud gathered,  and long before 
Allan could redeem his promise the little 
island  plantation  was  desolate  and  de­
serted.  Mr.  Rae  had  gone  to  the  war, 
and Mabel  boarded in a ladies’  school  in 
New  Orleans.  These  were  but  the  be­
ginning of sorrows.  Another year found 
her an  orphan  and  cruelly  embarrassed 
in  money  affairs.  Claimants  without 
number appeared against  the Rae estate, 
and creditors forced  the  plantation  into 
the market at the most unfavorable time 
She was driven  from her  home, in strict 
accordance  with  the  letter  of  the  law,

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

but she felt aiul  knew,  though powerless 
to prevent it,  that  she  had  been  shame­
fully wronged.

Poverty is  a  grand  teacher,  however, 
and has many learned disciples; and now, 
for  the first  time  in  all  her  life.  Mabel 
thought for herself aud dared to look the 
future  in  the  face.  She  had  promised 
her  father  never  to write to Allan  with­
out  his  permission,  but  she  considered 
that death annuls all contracts, aud sure­
ly now,  if  ever,  it  was  Allan’s  duty  to 
befriend and  care  for  her.  So  she sent 
him word in a few  shy, timid  sentences, 
of her sorrow and loneliness.  But it was 
doubtful  if  ever  the  letter would  reach 
him;  mails  in  those  dajs  were  not cer­
tainties;  aud  even  if  it did reach Allan, 
it was still  more  uncertain  whether  he 
could reach Mabel.

And  iu  the  meantime  she  must  work 
or starve—a  blessed alternative iu  great 
sorrows,  1 say.  People who have to fight 
“ a sea of troubles” do not go mad.  Work, 
the  oldest  of  ail  preached  evangels,  is 
the  consoler,  and  brings  them  through. 
And though  Mabel  Rae  could  command 
no higher position than that of a nursery 
governess,  yet  she  found  in it a  higher 
life  than  ever 
luxurious 
selfishness of  her father’s  home had giv­
en her.

the  dreamy, 

Her  employers  were  of  the  ordinary 
class. 
I  can  weave  no  romance out  of 
them.  They  felt  no  special  interest  in 
Mabel, neither did they ill-use her.  She 
was  useful  and  unobtrusive,  and  asked 
neither for  sympathy nor attention.  No 
letter came from Allan Monteith,  though 
she waited aud  hoped  with  failing heart 
and paling cheeks for  more  than a year. 
She had not  the courage  to  write again, 
and her auxiety and distress began to tell 
very  p  rceptibly  on  a  naturally  frail 
constitution.  Then a physician  advised 
her  to  try  at  once a  more  invigorating 
climate,  and she  not uuwilliugly  agreed 
to accompany  the  invalid wife of  an of­
ficer returning to her home in New York.
This  was  the  dawn  of  a brighter day 
for  Mabel.  She  found  friends  even  if 
she  did  not  find  health,  and  her  rare 
beauty  and  wonderful  musical 
talents 
soon  procured  her  the  admiration  of  a 
large and  influential  circle.  By the  ad­
vice of  her  friend,  she  established  her­
self in  a  fashionable  locality  and  com­
menced the  teaching of  music. 
I think 
few  women  could  have  been  more suc­
cessful.  Part of  this  was  undoubtedly 
due  to  the  social  power  of  her  friend; 
but neither  this  nor her  own  loveliness 
and  winning  manners  would have been 
sufficient without the genuine knowledge 
of  her  art  and  that  wonderful  voice 
which charmed all who  heard it.

So,  in  the  second  winter  of  Mabel s 
residence  in  New  York,  it  became  “the 
thing” to invite Miss Rae to  preside over 
select social  and musical entertainments.
I have a friend  who  met  her  during this 
season  frequently,  and  who  describes 
her tact  aud  influence  as something ex­
traordinary  aud  magnetic.  Her  rare 
beauty  was  undimiuished,  though  more 
thoughtful  and  spirituelle  in character; 
her  dress  was  uniformly  the  same—a 
pale-pink  lusterless  silk,  with tuberoses 
in  her  hair  and  at  her  breast,  for  her 
passion  for  these  flowers  was  stronger 
than  ever,  and  when  they  were  to  be 
procured at any trouble or cost,  her little 
room  was  always full  of  their  peculiar 
fragrance.

During  this  winter, Mabel  had  many 
lovers  and,  report  said,  more  than  one

excellent  offer  of  marriage;  but  she 
quietly or  else  decidedly  refused all ad­
vances.  Her  heart  was  still  with  the 
tall,  fair  mountaineer  who  had  won  it, 
amid the warmth  and perfume of  tropic 
noons  and  moonlit  nights;  and  though 
twice two years  had  passed,  she refused 
to believe him false.

And  she  was  right.  Allan  deserved 
I her  fullest  faith.  Her  letter had never 
reached  him,  and  yet  he  had,  with  in­
credible difficulty,  made  his  way to New 
Orleans,  only to find  the Rae  plantation 
in the hands of strangers, his friend dead 
and  Mabel  gone,  none  knew  whither. 
After a  long  and  dispiriting  search,  he 
left  Mabel’s  discovery 
in  the  hands 
of well-paid agents and returned to Scot­
land,  almost  broken-hearted  at  the  de­
struction of all his hopes.

But  he  still  loved  her  passionately, 
and  often  in  stormy  nights,  when  the 
winds  tossed  the  tall  pines like  straws 
and mountain snows beat at barred doors 
and  windows,  he  thought  of  the happy 
peace and  the  solemn  silences  in which 
he  and  his  love  had  walked,  listening 
only to  the  beating  of  their  own hearts 
or 
the  passionate  undernotes  of  the 
mocking birds.  Often,  both  in  sleeping 
and  waking  dreams,  he  saw  again  that 
dim parlor  aud  the  beautiful  girl sleep­
ing on the silken  couch;  and  with  these 
memories  there  always  came  the  same 
sensation  of  some  delicate  perfume  in 
the air.  Far away amid the  heather and 
the broom  and  the  strong  fresh breezes 
of the North Sea,  he  still  was visited  by 
the breath  of  the tropic  woods,  and  the 
fragrance of  the  tuberose  and the  mem­
ory  of  his lost  Mabel  were one  and in­
divisible in his heart.

Thus  two  walked  apart  who  should 
have  walked  hand  in  hand,  and 
it 
seemed as if the years ouly  widened that 
breach over which two souls looked long­
ingly and  called  vainly.  But  there  are 
ills which  happen for  good,  and I think 
anyone who would have taken the trouble 
to analyze  the  gain  in  character which 
this  separation  and  struggle  produced 
would have said  so.

For,  after  five  years’ battle  with life, 
Mabel was no longer a lovely,  impulsive, 
thoughtless  child;  she  was  a  noble 
woman,  beautiful  in  all  the  majesty  of 
completed  suffering;  and  Allan’s  whole 
nature  had  swelled  under  the influence 
of a mighty  and  unselfish  love,  as  seas 
swell under the influence  of the sun and 
moon.

announcing  her 

If  we  wait,  however,  the  harvest  of 
the heart  will  come.  One  day, early  in 
the  winter,  Mabel  got  a  note  from  a 
friend, 
return  from 
abroad and begging  her to  be present  at 
a  small,  informal  reunion  at  her  house 
that evening.  She went early in the day 
and spent  the afternoon  in that pleasant 
gossip  which  young  and  happy  women 
enjoy.  Her  hostess  rallied  her  a  good 
deal upon her growing  years,  and laugh­
ingly  advised  her  to  secure  a  young 
Scotchman  with  whom  they  had  had  a 
pleasant  acquaintance  iu  their  travels, 
and who was now in  New  York  and  go­
ing to spend  the evening with them.

Did fate knock  softly on  Mabel’s  soul 
then?  For she blushed violently,  and in­
stantly,  as if by  magic,  there  sprang  up 
in her  heart a happy  refrain  which  she 
could  not  control,  and  which  kept  on 
singing,  “He  comes!  He  comes!  My 
lover comes!”

She dressed herself with more than or­
dinary  care,  and  was  so  impatient  that i

her  toilet  was  completed  before others 
had begun.  So she  sat  down  in the un- 
lighted parlors,  saying to herself:

“1 must be still. 

I will  be  calm.  For 
how  should  1 bear  disappointment,  and 
I what ground of hope have  1?  Absolute­
ly none but that he comes from the same 
country.  No.  there is no hope!”

But  still,  above  the  doubt  and  fear, 
she could  hear the  same  chiming under­
tone:  “ He comes!  He  comes!  My lover 
comes!”

She  became nervous and superstitious, 
and  when the  silence was  broken  by a 
quick ring and a rapid  footstep, she rose 
involuntarily from  her  chair  and  stood, 
trembling and  flushing with  excitement, 
in the  middle of  the room.  Ah, Mabel! 
Mabel!  Your  heart  has  seen  further 
than your eyes,  Allan has come at last.
“Ah,  my  darling!  My  darling!  My 
fair,  sweet  flower,  whose  perfume  has 
followed  me  o'er  laud  and  sea,  I  have 
found you  again  at  last!” exclaimed Al­
lan,  as he clasped Mabel to his bosom.

And  so  Mabel’s  winter  of  discontent 
and  sorrow was  over.  Never  more  did 
she  have grief  or pain  unsoothed or un­
comforted.  1  only  wish I could close as 
the old fairy tales do, and say:  “So they 
lived happy ever afterward.”  But, alas! 
Though  a  lovely  Mabel  Monteith,  with 
her father’s  hair and  her  mother’s eyes, 
makes  light  and  gladness  in  Allan’s 
home,  the  far  dearer  one  has  gone  “to 
the abodes where the eternal are.”

In  a  littleacountry  church-yard  not 
twenty miles  from  New York,  the  beau­
tiful  Mabel  Rae “sleeps  the  sleep  that 
knows no waking.”  Half the year round 
you  would  know her  grave  by the  deli­
cate  odor of  the tuberoses with which it 
is  covered;  and  even when  snow covers 
it,  and  wild  winds  and  rains  beat  over 
its senseless  turf, one  noble heart  offers 
there  still 
the  incense  of  an  undying 
affection.

For  be  sure  that a true  love  “strikes 
but one  hour,”  and he or she  has  never 
loved at all  who  can  say,  I  loved  once. 
Was Mabel’s  short  life a lost  one?  Oh, 
no!  Life  is  perfect in small  measures, 
and she  left  upon  the  mountain-tops of 
death a light  that makes them  lovely  to 
those who shall follow her.

A m elia  E.  Baku.

HEROLD-BERTSCH  SHOE  CO.,

JOBBERS  OF

t i O O l C à   A i N U   ¿ D lT iO iÜ »

Agent  for Wales-Good year Robbers,

5  and  7  P earl  Street,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

SCHLOSS,  ADLER  &  CO.,

MANUFACTURERS  AND JOBBERS OF

REMOVED  TO

2 3 - 2 6   Learned  St., E a st

DETROIT,  MICH.

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

“The  K en t.'*
H AVING  conducted  the  above  named  hotel 
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  $2 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.

BEIGH  l   BOOTH,  Props.

T Y P E   F O R   S A L E .

1 'WO  FULL  CASES OF THIS TYPE  (Nonpareil  Roman), made by Barnhart  Bros. & Spind- 
ler;  well  assorted as to caps,  figures, fractions, leaders  and  quads.  Will sell  the  entire 
lot for fifteen cents per pound, and the cases at $ 1 per pair.

This is an excellent  opportunity for  any one wishing to secure enough  type to set up tax 
sales, it  being  so  abundantly supplied  with "just such  sorts  as  are  needed  that  it  will  be 
unnecessary to add a single thing, thus  saving the annoyance  so  often experienced by being 
obliged to continually add special  sorts.
We also  have some  newspaper display type which  might  be found to be very  serviceable 
on a weekly paper.  If  you wish  to  make a few  additions  to  your display outfit,  consult us, 
you will undoubtedly find a very good bargain.

Also one full case of Brevier Roman.

T H E   TRA D ESM A N   COMPANY,

lOO  Lonis St., Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

POTATOES.

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a large trade.  Can  take care of  all that can  be shipped  us. 
vice—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen.
Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value. 
Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago.

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We give  the best ser-

WM.  H.  THOMPSON  &  CO., 

Commission  Merchants,

166 So. Water St., Chicago.

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8

papers and  people  have  been giving me 
a rest,  and  I  had  concluded  that  their 
anxiety  over  me  had  died  out.  Now, 
in the name of  goodness,  why  is  it that 
you wish to again tear this old sore open? 
What have I done that you should single 
me  out  to  torment,  torture  and  perse­
cute?
Last August I went  back to Iowa on  a 
visit to  my  old  army  friends and I  will 
state that I was  not  arrested for murder 
or  any other  bad  act.  One  of  my  old 
comrades,  who  has  known  me for  some 
thirty  odd  years,  came  home  with  me 
and stayed  on  my  island  over  a month. 
He was  thoroughly  pumped  by some  of 
the  inquisitive  people  of  this  region 
about my  past  life;  but, bless  the  silly 
things,  they didn’t find out anything bad 
—consequently, they are not happy.
For  forty  years I have  lived  quite  an 
active life,  and  just at  present 1 haven’t 
the time,  inclination  or  paper  sufficient 
to admit of  my writing  a  history of  my 
life—my  hands  are  too  sore and I have 
too much to do;  and,  much  as 1 regret to 
disappoint  you,  if  you  get  a  “Life  of 
Dick Bassett,  Told by Himself,” you will 
have to write it,  for I will not‘undertake 
such a job at present. 
If  it is positively 
necessary  that you  print  my picture  in 
your  paper,  do  so;  and 1 would  suggest 
that you  publish the following  lines be­
low it:
“The above is a'perfect picture,  drawn 
by our own  artist, of  Old  Dick,  the Her­
mit. 
It is  suspected  that  he  is, or  has 
been, closely connected with all the train 
robberies that have been committed,  dur­
ing  the  past  five  years,  in  Washington, 
Idaho,  Texas and New Mexico.”
You  had  better  not  put  in  any  safe 
blowing  or bank  robberies or murders— 
leave  something 
to  the  dear  people’s 
imagination,  and for the  other papers to 
work  on.
Mr. Stowe,  suppose I should come into 
your place  of  business  and  say:  Here, 
Stowe,  you  drop  all  business  now  and 
write me your  life  history.  Now, get it 
out quick. 
It won’t take  you more than 
a year,  and, if  you don’t write it, I will; 
and I may write something that  won’t be 
acceptable to you.  You can’t help your­
self,  for I am an editor, and you know by 
experience  that  editors don’t always get 
things  straight.”  What  would you do? 
Kick  me into  the  street, of  course, and, 
as  soon  as I could  gather  my  scattered 
senses, I  would  go  away  thinking  you 
had done right.
I gave  Miss  Cady  permission  to  print 
my picture, but  there  was  nothing  said 
I think that 
about  a sketch of  my  life. 
when  one is  dead, it  is  time  enough  to 
write the biography.  I object to any  more 
newspaper notoriety.  Give me a rest and 
abuse some of those fellows who are run­
ning for Congress.  They like it—I don’t.
Dic k.*

“Forewarned Is Forearmed.”

Muir,  Oct.  13—Having  been  led  into 
purchasing a so-called  “Bankrupt  Cloth­
ing Stock”  at 60 cents  on the dollar,  and 
through this same  stock  being “summer 
jobs,”  “odds and ends,”  “stickers,” etc. 
—altogether  different  from  representa­
tion—I  was  closed  out  of business at  a 
severe  loss  to  myself,  therefore  I  feel 
like  advising  such  of  your  readers  as 
may be approached  by  this  scheme  (the 
salesman  is  the  “Michigan  Man”  for  a 
highly respectable (?) and wealthy cloth­
ing  firm  of  Chicago),  to  thoroughly  in­
vestigate  before  buying and to give this 
whole  business  a wide  berth,  as  it  will 
never benefit them.
I am creditably informed  that last fall 
numerous  other  Michigan  merchants 
bought  a  similar  stock  from  the  same 
salesman,  and I  would  like to  receive  a 
letter  from all  such  and  am  willing  to 
answer anything in regard  to  the matter 
at  any  time,  giving  names  and  places, 
with other  facts.
In  hopes that  this  swindling  firm may 
not injure any more of your  readers, and 
that the wrong  they  have  done  me  and 
my  business  may  be  in  turn  borne  by 
themselves, 

I am yours truly,

L. A.  El y .

Houghton—Lewis Lamora has removed 
his  bakery,  confectionery  and  grocery 
stock  to  Ewen.

Dick Bassett  Ironically  Refuses  to  Di­

vulge the Story of His Life.

One of  the most  unique  characters  in 
Michigan is Richard Bassett,  the solitary 
inhabitant  of  No  Man's  Land,  a  small 
island  in  Grand  Traverse  Bay,  located 
about a mile south of  the Traverse Point 
resort.  Mr.  Bassett  is  a  universal  fa­
vorite in the Grand  Traverse region, due 
to his genial good nature  and  droll man­
ner  of  expression;  but  he  delights 
in 
puzzling  his  friends  by  refusing  to re­
veal  any  of  the  particulars  relating  to 
his  early  life.  Thinking  that  Mr.  Bas­
sett  might  be  prevailed  upon  to  break 
the spell, the editor of  T h e  T ra desm a n 
recently  addressed  him  a  letter  of  en- 
i quiry as follows:

I  send  you  herewith a print  from  an 
engraving we have had made of you from 
a  drawing  executed  by  our  designer. 
Miss  Cora  J.  Cady.  Since  the  portrait 
represents you exactly  as  you are, with­
out the frills and setting of a photograph 
gallery, I  think  it would  be a good idea 
to publish your  biography  on  the  same 
plan,  under  the  heading,  “Life of  Dick 
Bassett, Told by Himself,”  and I suggest 
that  you  send  us a sketch  of  your life, 
as you  would like to  have it read, to  ap­
pear in connection with the  picture.  Of 
course, if you do  not see  fit  to favor  me 
in this  manner,  1 shall  be  compelled  to 
get up a sketch  from  such  data as 1 can 
get,  and,  unintentionally,  I  might  say 
some things  that  would  not be accepta­
ble to you.

In response  to  this  request,  Mr. Bas­

sett made the following  ironical reply.
I sland H ome,  Oct.  2—Yours of  .Sept. 
23 is before me as I write,  and in reply  I 
will  say:  About  three  years  ago  you 
wrote me up in  T h e T radesm an.  You, 
of course, thought it would make me feel 
proud to see my name in print, but I was 
not proud;  far  from it, for I partly fore­
saw  the  storm  that  was  coming,  but  I 
underestimated the  severity of  the gale. 
I refer to the  newspaper  storm  that fol­
lowed  your  short  sketch.  That  sketch 
was taken  up and strewn broadcast over 
the land by the newspapers.  As it went, 
it gained in  quantity  and,  in  like  ratio, 
was reduced in  quality. 
I  was made  to 
appear  as  an  illicit  distiller of  whisky, 
also  as  a  manufacturer  of  counterfeit 
money,  and  many hints  of  worse things 
were thrown  out.  Result—many people 
came here to stare at me, ask  me numer­
ous absurd and impudent questions;  and, 
at last, one detective  came here,  and, af­
ter thoroughly cross-examining me, made 
a minute search of my house and walked 
around  my  island  and  went  through 
places where he actually had to crawl on 
his  hands  and  knees. 
If  I  had  served 
him  right—and  done  myself  justice—I 
would have doused  him.
Besides  all this, I got  letters  from all 
over the land—some decent, some foolish 
and some abusive;  but for some time the

See  th at  thin  Label  appears 
on  every  package,  as  it  Is  a 
guarantee of the  genuine a r­
ticle.

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Soli  in  this  market  tor tie  pest Fifteen Years.

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

JOHN  SMYTH,  Agent  Grand  Rapids,  Midi.

Telephone 566.

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guarantee  of 
the  gennlne 
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.

T he BREAD
RAISER

SUPPLANTS BAKING POWDER
Fosfon C h em ical Co., D etroit, M ich igan . 

SOLD  BY ALL  RELIABLE  CROCERS.
BA R CU 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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T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N ,

AMONO THE TRADE.
AROUND THE  STATE.

Sebewa—P.  F.  Knapp  succeeds Knapp 

& Bradley in general  trade.

Shelbyville—N.  W.  Briggs  succeeds 

Briggs & Duel in the elevator business.

Waldron—Ella  A.  (Mrs.  A.)  Kerr has 
removed her boot and shoe stock to Men- 
don.

Whitehall—0.  A.  Johnson  is succeed, 
ed by C. A.  Johnson  in the grocery busi­
ness.

Saginaw—Voss,  Hearn  &  Co.  succeed 
Albert E.  Ballentine  in the grocery busi­
ness.

Clinton—Hogan & Co.  have  purchased 
the grocery and  meat  business of  W.  R. 
Muir.

Napoleon—F.  E.  Curtis  has  sold  his 
to  Paine  & 

drug  and  grocery  stock 
Parker.

Charlevoix—.1.  Z.  Linton is succeeded 
by  Linton & Denton in the coufectionery 
business.

Hartford—G.  L.  Davenport  has  sold 
has  bakery  and  restaurant  business to 
Frank Stowell.

Greenville—The Anderson  PackingCo. 
has  dissolved,  H.  N.  Anderson  continu­
ing the business.

Hopkins  Station—Miss  V.  Suffill  is 
succeeded  by  Miss  M.  McKinnon in  the 
millinery  business.

Farwell—A.  W. Carpenter & Son.  deal­
ers  in lumbermen's  supplies,  have  been 
closed out on  mortgage.

Pompeii—Bundy.  Henderson  &  Co., 
general  store  dealers,  have  dissolved, 
Henderson & Payne succeeding.

Iron  Mountain — Mrs.  N.  C. 

(Carl) 
Schuldes  is  succeeded  by A.  M.  Oppen- 
heim in the  millinery  and boot and shoe 
business.

Central  Lake—Geo.  W.  Miller, 

the 
Charlevoix clothier,  has  put in a branch 
store  here  under  the  management  of 
F.  M.  Sears.

Manton—Wm.  Northrup  has  retired 
from  the  grocery  firm  of  Northrup  & 
Hartley.  The business will  be continued 
by the remaining partner under the style 
of Ernest Hartley.

Conklin—John Cazier,  for the past two 
years clerk  in  the general  s ore  of  Nor­
man  Homs,  has  begun  the erection of  a 
two-story  frame  store  building.  21x50 
feet in dimensions.  He  will  occupy  the 
building with  a  general  stock,  which  he 
expects to put in about Jan.  1.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS

Ashley—B.  F.  Pease, grocer  and man­
ufacturer  of  hoops,  has  been closed  by 
creditors.

Temple—A.  P.  Wait is  manufacturing 
and shipping  two or  three  car  loads  of 
bed slats a week.

Farwell—The  shingle  mill  of  James 
McLellan started  last  week,  and it is ex­
pected  it  will run all winter.

Reed City—C.  Rethweiler  has  sold  his 
merchant tailoring business  to  Kaufman 
& Merner,  late of Hamburg,  Ont.

South  Manistique—Hall  & Buell's saw­
mill has  closed down  for the season, low 
water  preventing  the  getting of  logs to 
the mill.

Manistique—Whitney, Tuttle & Smith, 
who operate a  band mill at  Hunt’s Spur, 
near this place,  are building  eight  miles 
of logging railroad.

Central  Lake—The  saw  mill  of 

the 
Cameron Lumber Co. is rapidly approach­
ing completion and  will  probably  be  in 
operation before snow flies.

Saginaw—Brand  <&  Hardin’s  shingle 
mill here has cut out all its logs and shut 
down for  the  season.  The  output  was 
about 5,000,000 and all  have been sold.

Bay  City—Jonathan  Boyce  is  extend­
ing the branch  railroad reaching into his 
timber  in  Clare  and  Roscommon  coun­
ties.  The  logs  are  railed  out  on  the 
Michigan Central.

Clare—The Clare  Lumber Co.,  to man 
ufacture  lumber,  timber,  lath,  shingles 
etc.,  has been  organized  by Wm.  S.  Nel 
son, Cedar Lake;  Wilbur Nelson  and A1 
vedo  S.  Barber,  Ithaca,  Mich.  Capital 
stock, $10,000.

Big  Rapids — The  old  McElwee  mill 
plant,  which  has  been  idle  some  time, 
owing  to  financial  difficulties  of 
the 
parties  operating  it,  will  be  made  a 
branch of  the  Big  Rapids  Door & Blind 
Manufacturing Co.

Kenton — The  Kenton  Lumber  Co., 
which has just  erected a mill here,  using 
the  machinery  formerly  in  the  mill  at 
Nestoria,  expects  to  begin  sawing  this 
week. 
It has a contract  to cut 2,000,000 
feet from  the Kroll tract.

Marquette — The  Cleveland  Sawmill 
Co.’s  mill, at  the  mouth of  DeadTtiver, 
has been shut  down  for  the past  week, 
owing  to  a  log  shortage.  A  big  raft is 
expected in  from  the  Salmon Trout Riv­
er  this  week,  and  as  soon  as  the  logs 
arrive the mill  will  be started again.

Manistee—The  Manistee  Manufactur­
ing Co.,  which makes a medium grade of 
furniture,  is  so  rushed  with  orders  at 
present that  it  is  working  its  force  12 
hours  daiiy,  and  if  the  rush  continues 
will have to put on  a  night  force.  This 
concern has extended the limits of its fac­
tory three times since its conception, and 
it has recently  put  in  an  electric  plant 
of its own.

Marquette—The  car  famine  is becom­
ing one of  the most  prominent  features 
of  life  to  lumbermen  who  move  their 
product by rail.  This  is  especially true 
of  the  interior  mills  along  the Duluth, 
South Shore  &  Atlantic  Railway.  That 
corporation is at present  building an ex­
tension from  Iron  River  to  Duluth,  and 
using  many  of  its  cars  in construction 
work.

Saginaw — Sibley  &  Bearinger  are 
bringing  a  rdft  of  3,000,000  feet  down 
from Tawas  to  be manufactured on this 
river.  This firm  will  cut  about 20,000,- 
000 feet in  Georgian  Bay,  and  will prob­
ably  buy  as  many  more,  which  will  be 
manufactured here and at Tawas. 
J.  W. 
Howry &  Sous  put in  21,000,000 feet  in 
Canada  last  winter,  and  will  cut  about 
the same quantity the coming winter.

Au  Sable—The  H.  M.  Loud  &  Son 
Lumber  Co.  will  operate  its  saw mills 
here  this  winter  if  the  product  which 
must  necessarily  be  upon  the  docks in 
the spring  is  not  assessed  for taxes. 
If 
this is  not  done,  it  is  understood,  as  a 
result  they  will  close  down  for  five 
months  after  Nov.  15th.  The  Louds 
have  been complaining of  excessive tax­
ation for some time and at one time there 
was a rumor  that  they  were considering 
a proposition  to  remove  their extensive 
plants to  East Tawas  in consideration of 
exemption from  taxation  for  a series of 
years.

Hirth, Krause & Co.  are  making  a new 
departure  in  sending  out  their  annual 
present to their customers  and will  send 
each of them a good sized  standard ther­
mometer this year.
□ Use Tradesman Coupon Boohs.

Barbed  Wire—In  this  article  the  de­
mand still continues light,  and  prices re­
main as they did in our last report.  The 
present prices are  lower  than  they  have j 
beeu for a long time.

Bar  Iron—The conditions in  the  iron 
market  remain  without  any  change  in 
values.  All  iron  centers  report  a  very 
large  demand  and higher  prices may  be 
the rule later  on.  Difficulty  still exists 
to  get  orders  filled  with  any degree  of 
promptness.  81.80  to $1.90  are  the rul 
ing prices.

Potato  Hooks and Forks—The unprec 
edented large  crop of  potatoes in North 
ern  and  Western  Michigan  has  created 
an  unusual  demand  for hooks  aud forks 
and jobbers find  it  impossible  to keep  a 
supply.  One  of  our  largest  hardware 
jobbers  reports  having  received  orders 
for over 100 dozen  in one day.  The fac­
tories find it  impossible to  keep  up with 
their  orders.

Glass—The market remains firm at the 
last  advance  and,  as  the manufacturers 
have  another  meeting  this  week,  it  is 
presumed a  further  slight  advance  will 
be made.  The  fact is,  but  few  makers 
are getting  cost  out of  the goods at  the 
present prices.

Wire  Nails—In large  demand,  but no 
advance  in  price.  Well  assorted  and 
good  sized orders can  get  a shade  lower 
figures.  $1.80  to  $1.90  is the market  at 
present. 

,

“ 

Stove  Pipe  and  Elbows—The  stove 
season  being  now  well  under  way,  the 
demand  for  pipe  and  elbows  is quite 
active and ruling prices are as follows:
6 Inch common  elbows, per  d o z ...............  

“  “ 
......................  _ _ 

75
“  planished  “ 
...............  1 75
“  stove pipe,  per  jo in t.........................11-12
“  Russia  “ 
“ 
35
Ammunition—Loaded  shells,  powder 
and shot are a part of  all orders received 
from the  trade.  Everybody  must  be  a 
hunter, as the demand was never as great 
as this fall.  Prices  on  loaded shells and 
shot remain without change,  but powder 
has taken another  drop,  which  brings  it 
pretty  near the low  water mark.  A  full 
list of  the declines  will  be found in  our 
advertising  columns.

Rope—No  change  to  note.  The pres­
ent quotations  are 9c on sisal and  13c on 
manilla.

The  Jacob  Brown  Failure.

The  failure  of  Jacob  Brown  &  Co., 
formerly engaged in the furnishing goods 
business  at  Detroit,  but  more  recently 
located  at  West  Pullman,  111.,  is  likely 
to be reviewed  by  the  courts.  So far as 
can  be  ascertained,  the  liabilities of  the 
firm are at least $150,000, while the assets, 
it is said,  are  not  more  than  half  that 
amount.  The  principal  creditor  is the 
Metropolitan National  Bank  of Chicago, 
whose  claim  is  about  $70,000.  Other 
creditors of  the  firm  have  petioned the 
United States  Court  to  have  the acts of 
the firm  declared  a  general  assignment 
and have secured an injunction, restrain­
ing any  disposal  of  the  assets,  pending 
the petition for a receiver.

Lakeview Items.

L a k e v ie w , Oct.  15—The Cato Novelty 
Works will  erect  a new factory building 
45x60,  three stories high.

The  Hardware  Market. 

John S.  VVeidman will rebuild his saw-
General  Trade—The  large  volume  of  mill on the northwest  bank  of  our lake.
business which  October  started  off with 
.  .  I  C. Newton Smith is trying to stimulate
still keeps up and every indication  points L ome  of  the  farmers  by  offen ng  them
to a continuance  of  same  during the en 
tire month.  But  very  few changes have 
occurred to disturb the very even  market 
which has prevailed for quite a while.

prizes for better crops.

The  Grocery  Market.

a s*x years’ cut.

.. 

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, 

Sugar—The  market is  steady  and  the 
demand  fair. 
lowering  in 
price occurs,  it is likely to  come  by  de­
grees.

If  further 

Coffee—The  manufacturers of package 

brands have advanced their prices }£c.
I  Plug Tobacco—The  P.  J.  Sorg  Co. an­
nounces an advance of  lc.  on  Spearhead 
and Nobby Twist,  to take effect Nov.  1.

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FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

589

IjlOR  SALE  OR  WILL  EXCHANGE  FOR 
-  grocery stock—New  house, barn  and  store 
building  in  Kalamazoo;  lot 4x8;  buildings are 
worth  price  asked  for  entire  place.  Address 
ABC. Kalamazoo, Mich. 
I TOR  SALE—CLEAN  NEW  STOCK  OF  DRY 
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. 
594
■   GOOD  CHANCE  FOR  AN  A  NO.  1  GRO- 
cery  business.  Reason  of  selling,  poor 
health.  W. L. Mead, Ionia, Mich. 
F OR  »ALE—A  STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER- 
chandise  in  LeRoy,  Michigan.  Stock  will 
invoice  $10,000,  but  we  will  reduce  to  any  de- 
siied 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. G undrum & Co. 

57b

582

E x c ell en t  o ppo r tu n ity  fo r  a  B u s­

iness man with $5.000 to $10,000 ready money 
to  embark in the  wholesale  business in  Grand 
Rapids  and  take  the  management  of  same. 
House well established.  Investigation solicited 
from  per  ons  who  mean  business.  No others 
ieed apply.  No. 550, care Michigan Tradesman. 
_________________________________556

Fo r sa l e- a f in e  and w ell-asso rted

stock of  dry  goods, boots,  shoes,  hats, caps 
and gents’ furnishing goods, in live railroad and 
manufaetu  ing  town of  from  50ti  to too inhabi­
tants.  Only business of the kind in the locality. 
Other and more  important business requires the 
attention of the proprietor.  We court a thorough 
investigation  and  will  guarantee  a  profitable 
investment.  Address  No.  571,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

571

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

\ \ T ANTED — BY  REGISTERED  PHARMA- 
t t  cist  with  eleven  years’  experience,  posi­
tion with retail  druggist  or  traveling  salesman 
for wholesale drugs or sundries.  Address Drug- 
gist, 120 East Main street, Kalamazoo,  Mich.  598 
X \T ANTED—A  POSITION  OF  TRUST,  AS 
«  »  manager or clerk  in  dry  goo Is, general or 
wall paper store  by man of  17 years’ experience, 
' rive 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 roll  can be had. 
Connection  with  large  retail  house  preferred. 
Full  information  desired.  “E,”  care  of  L. A. 
Ely, Muir, Michigan._________ 

593'

MISCELLANEOUS.

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DO  YOU  USE  COUPON  BOOKS?  IF  SO, DO 

you buy of the largest manufacturers in the 
United States?  If you do, you  are  customers of 

the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.
'CIOR  SALE — GOOD  DIVIDEND - PAYING 
stocks in  banking, manufacturing and mer 
cautlle  companies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  St 
Grand Rapids. 
THOR  SALE  -  BEST  RESIDENCE  LOT  IN 
J-  Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad­
ed with  native  oaks, situated in good residence 
locality,  only'200  feet  from  electric  street  car 
line.  Will sell  for $2 500 cash, or part cash  pay­
ments to suit.  E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 
354 
ATERCHANTS : 
IF  YOU  DESIRE  TO  SELL 
-L’-Lor  exchange  your  stock  of  merchandise, 
send full  particulars to  G. P. Nash, 361  Arcade 
Cleveland, Ohio, 

370

599

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570

V
v —   ajv/ i c j   I A   V  I L L A u D   U c
t0  exchange  for  grocery  stock 
worth  $100.  to  $1,500.  Will  pay  difference  in 
cash.  Address  No. 470, care  Michigan  Trades- 
man. 

Grand  c h a n c e—to  r e n t—a f in e   dry

goods  store, with  all  fixtures, in a town  of 
About  4,0U0  inhabitants;  not  an  exclusive  dry 
goods  store in the  town;  no large towns  within 
25 miles:  a splendid  opportunity for a drv goods 
™an\  .for,  particulars  address  H.  F.  Marsh, 
Marsh block. Allegan, Mich. 
599
■ClOR  RENT —MEAT  MARKET — FULLY 
A.  equipped with  good  ice box,  hooks, bloeks 
etc., in good  location  for meat  business.  Must 
heagnndmcat cutter to cater to first-class trade. 
Rent  $300 per year.  For  particulars  apply to J. 
C. Dunton, Widdicomb bmldincr. 

597

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(Patented in United States and Canada.)

Cash Register

Is  a ¡practical  Machine,  A ppreciated  by 

Practical Business  Men.

It  is  a  handsomely  furnished  Combination 
Desk,  Money  Drawer  and  Cashier,  with  Com­
bination Lock and Registering Attachment.

It records both cash and credit sales.
It records disbursements.
It itemizes money paid in on accouut.
It enables 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 itself many times over.
ed for two years.

For full particulars address
THE  STANDARD  AGENCY,

Sole A gents  for M ichigan, AUGUSTA,  WIS.

At the suggestion of several merchants 
1  announce  that  the  dates  on  which  1 
shall be at Sweet’s  Hotel, Grand Rapids, 
will always appear in this advertisement.
1  shall  be at Sweet’s  Hotel on  Thurs­
day  and  Friday,  October  27  and  28, 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 
me a line at my permanent address

Box 346, M arshall  Mich.

And  I will  soon  be  with  you,  and  if  1 
haven’t  got  what  you  want, thank  you 
for sending for me.

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

S P B C I A L   D R I V E   I N

Floor  Oil  Cloths i  Oil Gl th  Riigs

For  the  Stove  Trade.  Write  us  for  Prices.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

—

Meeusen & Dupree have purchased the 
drug  stock  of  W.  A.  Swarts & Son,  at 
the  corner  of  Hall  and  South  Division | 
streets.

Gilbert & Smith have opened  a grocery 
and  bakery  store  at  565  Cherry street. 
The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.  furnished 
the  groceries.

C.  W.  Hall  and  F.  W.  Folger  have 

formed a  copartnership  under  the  style 
of  Hall  and  Folger  and  opened a meat 
market at 298 West Fulton street.

There was received at the custom house 
last Thursday one carload of earthen ware 
from Liverpool aud one carload of  china 
from  Carlsbad,  Austria,  for  H.  Leonard 
& Sons.

F.  W. Folger  has retired from the firm 
of Folger & Jenison,  dealers  in groceries 
and  meat  at  305  Broadway.  The busi­
ness  will  be continued by the remaining 
partner under the style of A.  L.  Jenison.

E.  Fallas  shipped  a  full  carload  of 
mince  meat  last  week  to  the  Twohy 
Mercantile  Co.,  at  West  Superior,  Wis. 
Mr.  Fallas’  factory  has  a  capacity  of 
4,000 pounds per day and is now running 
to its full capacity.

Macfie,  Son & Co.,  who have been lum­
bering near Remus  for  some  time,  have 
opened an office  in this  city,  locating in 
the  Michigan  Trust  Co.  building.  The 
firm is now lumbering a tract of  ash  and 
elm  timber,  six  miles  from  Newaygo. 
The timber will be floated down the Mus­
kegon River to  the  Sawdust City,  where 
it will  be cut on contract.

P u re ly  P erso n al.

D.  R.  Thralls, 

the  Walton  general 
dealer,  was in  town  Monday  on his way 
to Detroit to attend  the  annual  meeting 
of the Grand Lodge,  1.  O.  O.  F.

E.  1.  Harrington,  of  Holland,  Chas. 
Althew,  of  Lowell,  F.  Widoe, of  Hart, 
and  Peter  Dendall,  of  Hopkins,  were in 
town  last  week,  purchasing  clothing 
lines.

W.  D.  Ballon,  who  has  served  Uncle 
Sam  as  postal  clerk  on  the  C.  & W.  M. 
Railway  for several  years,  has  resigned 
his  position  and  will  hereafter  devote 
his entire attention to his two drug stores 
in  this city.

John M.  Moore,  formerly  of  the  firm 
of Spooner &  Moore,  at  Cedar  Springs, 
but  more  recently  engaged  in  the  dry 
goods  business  in  Dakota,  has  returned 
to Cedar Springs to take the management 
of  Spring  &  Company’s  store  at  that 
place.

Allen  Baker,  for  the past three years 
receiving clerk for the Lemon & Wheeler 
Company,  has purchased a grocery  stock 
at  Yassar  and  removed  to  that  place. 
Mr.  Baker  is a  young  man  of  promise 
and will doubtless make his  mark in  his 
chosen field of operation.

Norman  Harris,  the  Conklin  general 
dealer, embarked in  general trade at Big 
Springs twenty-seven  years ago,  remain­
ing in that  location  until he removed  to 
Conklin,  about  a  year  ago.  Mr.  Harris 
says he has been engaged in trade so long 
that  he  would  not  feel  at  home in any 
other avocation.

Gardner  Bros,  are  erecting  a  brick 
store at  North Star and  will open a drug 
store therein  about  Nov.  1.  The Hazel- 
tine &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  has  the  order 
for the  stock.  The  firm  is  composed of 
Dr.  B.  H.  Gardner,  a  practicing  physi-

cian,  and Will  Gardner, who  is  a gradu­
ate of the Michigan School of  Pharmacy.
Albert  C. Antrim  has returned from  a 
three months’  trip  through  the South in 
the  interest  of  the  Alabastine  Co.  At 
Jacksonville,  Fla.,  he met Arthur Meigs, 
who  removed  to that  place  from Grand 
Rapids  about  two  years  ago,  and  was 
pleased to learu  that Arthur was rapidly 
climbing to  the  front,  financially speak­
ing,  the company  with  which he is  con­
nected  having  made considerable money 
in lumbering  operations,  besides  having 
recently discovered a valuable phosphate 
bed on one of its tracts of  timber laud.

Geo.  H.  Spencer,  general  dealer at Po­
mona,  was in town a  couple of  days last 
week.  He  recently  returned  from New 
Mexico,  where he spent three months for 
the  purpose  of  regaining his health,  in 
which he was successful to  a marked de­
gree.  At  Mitchell,  N.  M., he ran across 
H.  C.  McFarlan,  who  was  formerly  en­
gaged in  general  trade  at Manton.  Mr. 
McFarlan  was  erecting a store  building 
at  Mitchell,  but  abandoned  the  enter­
prise  when  Mitchell  Bros,  shut  down 
their  mills  for  the  winter,  as  the  town 
lapsed into quietude as  soon as the mills 
ceased operations.

Gripsack Brigade.

J.  J.  Gaskill,  superintendent  of  the 
traveling force of Jas. S. Kirk & Co.. Chi­
cago, is  in town  for a day or  two, inter­
viewing his local  representative. Geo.  F. 
Peck.

J.  H.  Gibbons,  formerly  on  the  road 
for a Detroit  cracker  house,  is now sell­
ing several  lines  of  furniture,  covering 
the  trade  of  Michigan  and  adjoining 
states.  He  still  continues  to  reside  at 
Charlotte.

A member of  the  Knights of  the  Grip 
has  filed a complaint  against  the  land­
lord of  a certain  hotel in this  State who 
has refused to pay a bill for merchandise 
amounting  to  about  $125,  which  was 
guaranteed by the traveling man, who has 
been compelled to pay the amount.  Prop­
er officers of  the  Association  have  con­
cluded  to  give  the  landlord  one  more 
opportunity to  pay  the  amount,  and  in 
default of same, they will probably issue 
a  circular  to  the  membership  setting 
forth the facts in the case.

The Michigan Knights of  the Grip will 
hold  a  two  days’  convention this  year, 
meeting  at  Detroit  on  Dec.  27  and  28. 
The first day will be  devoted  entirely to 
busiuess and  the  second day to business 
aud  pleasure  combined.  The  organiza­
tion  is more prosperous than  ever before 
in its history,  having  more money in the 
treasury and a paid  membership  of  970, 
which is about 200 more  than it has ever 
been before.  All of the meetings of  the 
board of directors  during  the  past  year 
have  been  attended  by  a  full  board, 
which is a record unparalleled in the his­
tory of the  association.

The  Drug  Market.

Arnica flowers are scarce and higher.
Long  buchu  leaves  are  about  out  of 

market and extreme  prices are asked.

Canary  seed  has  advanced  aud,  as 
small,  higher  prices  are 

stocks  are 
looked for.

Gum  kino  is  in  limited  supply  and 

higher.

vanced.

White  mustard  seed  has  again  ad­

German  quinine  has  advanced.  Do­

mestic brands are unchanged.

Short buchu leaves are higher.
Oil cloves has advanced.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .
G .  R.  MAYHEW,
Dry Goods Price Carrent.

G rand Hapids, Mich.,

JOBBER OF

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PORT  OF  GRAND  RAPIDS.

W ater  Communication  for  the  Valley 

City.

THIKD  PAPER.

W ritte n  for T h e  Tradesman.

“I  never  supposed  the  Grand  River 
scheme  was  more  than  a  ‘will  o’  the 
wisp’ which a few Grand  Rapids  vision­
aries  were  chasing  after,  until  1  read 
that  article  in  T h e  T radesm an,  and 
now I’ll  be  hanged  if  it  does’t look  as 
though it was feasible,” remarked a bus­
iness  man  from  a  Northern  town  the 
other day.  “ But,  can  it  be  true,” said 
ha,  “that  an  open  water  way,  with  a 
minimum  draft  of  ten  feet,  can  be  se­
cured  at  the  insignificant  cost of  $670,- 
000?”  The  writer  assured  him  that  no 
fact  was  ever  based  on  more  reliable 
evidence  or  more  efficient  engineering 
data,  and that the  estimates,  low as they 
are. cover every possible contingency.

This gentleman  voices  the  opinion  of 
every intelligent man  who has  taken the 
pains to read Col.  Ludlow’s report of the 
specific  examination  made  and who  has 
given 
the  subject  a  moment’s  serious 
consideration.

It  may be  asked,  “What  are  the  live 
business  men of  the  Valley  City  doing 
to hasten the consummation of this great 
improvement?”

II.  D. C.  Van Asmus,  Secretary of  the 
Board of  Trade,  says:  “We  are pleased 
with 
the  spirit  manifested  by  Tiie 
Tradesman  in taking up  this river  im­
provement matter,  which is fraught with 
such glorious  possibilities for the future 
commercial  welfare  of  the  city.  Yes, 
some  time  has  elapsed  since  Col. Lud­
low’s report of  the  specific  examination 
was  presented  at  Washington,  accom­
panied  with  a  recommendation  for  an 
appropriation  of  $100,000  to  begin  the 
work,  but  it  was  too  late  for  the  last 
Congress  to  take  action  in  the  matter. 
True,  we  might  have  appealed  to  the 
Senate,  but  we concluded the wiser poli­
cy would  be  to  wait  for  the next  Con­
gress. 
In  the  meantime  we  shall  en­
deavor to  organize a river transportation 
company  with  a  paid-up  capital  of  at 
least $35,000,  with  a  view of purchasing 
the  two  boats  now on the  river, and of 
making  such  improvements  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  complete utilization of 
the  four  foot  draft  which  nature  has 
already supplied us with.  The improve­
ments  necessary  for  this  purpose  con­
sist,  principally,  of the removal of a few 
sand bars,  which work  can be effected at 
a nominal expense by using the proposed 
new  city  dredge.  This  is  what we can 
do and  it is what  we  propose to do,  and, 
when accomplished,  we  shall  be able to 
give the  shippers of  Grand  Rapids rates 
which they have not  had since the inter­
state  commerce  law  took  effect,  and  at 
the same time Congress and all the world 
will  see  that we  are  doing all  that  we 
possibly  can  to  secure  this great  boon.”
“Grand  River  drains  60,000  square 
miles of  territory  and  I  tell  you it  is a 
grand  river,  indeed,” remarked  Charles 
H.  Leonard,  of  H.  Leonard & Sons  and 
the Grand  Rapids  Refrigerator Co.  Mr. 
Leonard is a heavy shipper and is deeply 
interested in any movement  which tends 
to the  development of  Grand  River as a 
commercial outlet  for the various  indus­
tries of  the  city.  He  says:  “As a  pre­
liminary step,  the  merchants and  manu­
facturers of  the  city  must  organize  a 
river  transportation  company,  with  a 
paid-up  capital  behind  It  sufficient  for 
the  purposes  required.  Our  first effort I

Wales Goodyear Rubbers,

W oonsocket Rubbers,

F elt Boots and A laska Socks.

Scbilling Corset Co.’s

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“  Arrow Brand 5V 
A rgyle...................  6
“  Worldwide.  6
Atlanta AA.............6
“  LL................. 4)4
Atlantic A..............  6X
Full Yard Wide...... 6£
Georgia  A................6>4
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Honest Width......... 6)4
“  D............  6
Hartford A ............ 5
Indian Head...........  7
“  LL..............  5
King A  A..................6)4
Amory.....................  6)4
King E C .................  5
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5X
Lawrence  L L ........4%
Blackstone O, 32__5
Madras cheese cloth 614
Black Crow............ 6
Newmarket  G........544
B.........5
Black  Rock  ...........6
Boot, AL................  7
N........ 6)4
Capital  A................514
DD....  5)4
X ...... 634
Cavanat V..............5)4
Chapman cheese cl.  334 Nolbe R..................  5
Clifton  C R ............ 514 Our Level  Best........ 6)4
Comet....................... 6)4 Oxford  R ............... 6
Dwight Star............  634 Pequot....................   7
Clifton CCC...........6)4 Solar.........................  6
ITopof the Heap....  7
Geo. Washington...  8
A B C ...................... 8)4
Amazon..................8
Glen Mills.............   7
Amsbnrg.................7
Gold Medal.............. 7)4
Art  Cambric...........10
Green  Ticket......... 8)4
Blackstone A A......  7
Great Falls.............   6)4
Beats All.................4)4
Hope....................... 7)4
Boston................>..12
Just  Out......   434® 5
Cabot...................... 7
King  Phillip...........734
Cabot,  %.................  6)4
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
Fitch ville  .............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..............634
Rock.............. 8)4
Cabot......................   7  IDwlghtAnchor...... 8)4
Farwell...................8 

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 

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" 

|

CANTON  FLANNEL.

Unbleached 

Housewife  A...........434

534
-.6)4

Bleached. 
Housewife  Q ....
R......
T ........... 8
“ 
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U........... 834
V........... 9)4
“ 
“  W......   .10)4
“ 
X..........11
“ 
Y..........12
Z  ......... 13
“

B 
C
D..........6 
E  ......... 6)4 
F ..........634 
G .........7 
H...........7)4 
1.......... 734 
J .........8 
K.........834
L.......... 9%
M  ......... 10
N ...........10)4
O...........11)4
P ...........14

CARPET  WARP.

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CORSET  JEANS.

Peerless, white....... 17)4¡Integrity  colored...20
colored. ...19)4 White Star..............18
“  colored..20
Integrity................. 18)41 
Hamilton................ 8
Nameless............... 20
.................9
................. 25
...............27)4
.................10)4
..............30
GG  Cashmere........20
Nameless  ...............16
.................32)4
.................35

DRESS  GOODS.
“ 
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“ 

...............18  I
CORE
Corallne................. #9 50
Wonderful..........$4  50
Schilling’s ...............9 00
Brighton..................4 75
Davis  Waists----   9 00
Bortree's.................9 00
Grand  Rapids.........4 50
Abdominal...........15  00
Armory...................  634
Naumkeagsatteen..  634
Rock port................ 6)4
Androscoggin......... 7)4
Blddeford..............   6
Conestoga............... 634
Brunswick................6)4
Walworth..............   634
p r i:
ITS.Berwick fancies__5)4
Allen turkey  reds..  6
robes...........6
Clyde Robes...........
pink a purple 6
Charter Oak fancies 4)4 
buffs...........  6
DelMarine cashm’s.  6 
pink  checks.  6
mourn’g  6 
staples........6
Eddy stone  fancy...  6
shirtings ...  4)4
ehocolat  6
rober__ 6
American  fancy__ 534
American indigo—   6 
sateens..  6
American shirtings.  4)4 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
st
yfa
Anchor Shirtings...  5 
Manchester  fancy..  6
“  —   6)4
Arnold 
new era.  6 
Arnold  Merino. . . .   6 
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
“ 
long cloth B. 10)4 
Merrfm’ck shirtings. 4)4 
“  Repp fum .  8)4
“ 
“  C.  8)4
“  century cloth 7
Pacific fancy..........6
“  gold seal......10)4
robe«............6)4
“ 
“  green seal TR 10)4 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow seal.. 10)4
Simpson mourning..  6
“ 
serge.............11)4
greys........6
solid black.  6 
“  Turkey red.. 10)4 
Ballou solid black..  5 
Washington Indigo.  6 
“  colon.  5)4
“ 
“  Turkey robes..  7)4
Bengal bine,  green, 
“  India robes__ 7)4
red and  orange...  5)4
“  plain Tky X 34  8)4 
Berlin solids...........  5)4
“ 
“  X...10
“  oil bine....... 6)4
“  Ottoman  Tur
“  green —   6)4
“ 
key red................ 6
"  Foulards  ...  5)4
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 34........1%
red 34.........  7
“ 
Martha Washington
“  X  ..........  »X
“ 
" 
“  4 4......... 10
Turkeyred..........9)4
“ 
“ 3-4XXXX 12
Rlverpolntrobes....  5)4
Cocheco fancy........  6
Windsor fancy........  6)4
“  madders...  6
“  XXtwills..  6)4
Indigo blue......... 10)4
“ 
solids......... 5)4
Harmony................  434
Amoskeag A C A.... 12)4
AC A......................12)4
Hamilton N............ 7)4
Pemberton AAA.... 16
D............ 8)4
York....................... 10)4
Awning.. 11
Swift River............   7)4
Parmer....................8
Pearl River............12
Warren................... 18
First Prise..............11)4
Lenox MlUs...........18
Conostoga..............16
Atlanta,  D..............  6341 Stark  A 
...........  8
Boot........................  634 No  Name................. 7)4
Clifton, K............... 63ilTop of Heap.............   9

gold  ticket

COTTON  DRILL.

t ic k in g s .

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Amoskeag..............12)4
9oz...... 13)4
brown .13
Andover.................11)4
Beaver Creek AA... 10 
BB...  9
CC....
Boston Mfg Co.  h r..  7 

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11 
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blue  8)4 
“  d s twist 10)4 
« 

Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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

« 
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Amoskeag.............. 7)4
“  Persian dress 8)4 
Canton ..  8)4
“ 
AFC........10)4
“ 
Teazle...10)4 
“ 
“ 
Angola.. 10)4 
“ 
Persian..  8H
Arlington staple__ 6)4
Arasapha  fancy__434
Bates Warwick dres 8)4 
staples.  6)4
Centennial............   10)4
Criterion..............  10)4
Cumberland staple.  5)4
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................4)4
Elfin.......................   7)4
Everett classics......8)4
Exposition............... 7)4
Glenarie.................  634
Glenarven................ 634
Glenwood.................7)4
Hampton.................. 634
Johnson Chalon cl 
)4
indigo bine 934 York  __
zephyrs__16  I

OIN6HAM8.
Lancaster,  staple...  7 
fancies....  7 
“ 
“  Normandie  8
Lancashire............ t  6
Manchester.............. 534
Monogram..............  634
Normandie...............734
Persian..................... 8)4
Renfrew Dress........7)4
Rosemont................. 6)4
Slatersvllle.............. 6
Somerset...................7
Tacoma................... 7)4
Toil  duNord......... 10)4
Wabash.....................7)4
seersucker..  7)4
Warwick................  8)4
Whlttenden.............. 634
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook..............8
.............10
Wlndermeer........... 6
................634

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag............  . 16X1 Valley City
Stark......................  1934 Georgia  ..
American................16  iPaclfic ....

1534
.1534
.13

THBBADS.

Clark’s Mile End....45  I Barbour s................88
Coats’, J. & P.........45  Marshall’s...............88
Holyoke..................22)41

No.

KNITTING  COTTON.

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

White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....87
39
“  16... ....38
40
“  18... ...39
41
“  20... ....40
CAMBBICB.

White. Colored.
42
43
44
45

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

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

BSD  FLANNEL.

Fireman.................32)4 T W.......................... 22)4
Creedmore............. 27)4 F T ..............  
82)4
Talbot XXX........... 80  J R F , XXX..............35
Nameless............... 27)4 Buckeye...................32)4

MIXED  FLANNEL.

“ 

DOMBT  FLANNEL.

Red & Blue,  plaid..40
Union R................. 22)4
Windsor..................18)4
8 oz Western...........20
Union  B.................22)4
Nameless...... 8  @9)41 
...... 8)4@10  I 

Grey SR W.............17)4
Western W ............. 18)4
D R P .............  
18)4
Flashing XXX........ 23)4
Manitoba................ 23)4
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@10)4
“
12)4
Slate. Brown. Black. Slate
Brown. Black.
934 1034
10)4
934
10)4 1134
1034
1134
1134 12
12
1134
1234 20
20
1234
DUGKB
Severen, 8 oz..........   9)41 West  Point, 8 oz__10)4
Maylana,8oz......... 10)4 
10oz  ...12)4
" 
Greenwood, 7)4 oz..  9)4 Raven, lOoz............ 13)4
Greenwood, 8 oz— 11)4 Stark 
............ 18)4
Boston, 8 oz............ 10)4¡Boston, 10 oz............12)4
WADDINGS.

934
1034
1134
1234

1034
II34
12
20

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SILBSIAB.

White, doz..............25  IPer bale, 40 dos__$3 50
Colored, doc...........20  [Colored  “ 
.........7 50
Slater, Iron Cross...  8  Pawtucket...............10)4
“  Red Cross....  9  Dundle....................  9
“  Best...............10)4 Bedford.................. 10)4
“  Best AA.......12)4  Valley City.............. 10)4
L................................7)4 KK  ......................... 10)4
G...............................8)4
Cortlcelll, doz......... 75  [Cortlcelll  knitting,

SBWIN8   SILK.

..12  “ 8 
..12  I  “  10 

twist, doz..37)4  per )4oz  ball........30
50 yd, doz.. 37)41 
HOOKS AND STBS—PBB GROSS.
“ 
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No  1 Bl’k A White.,10  [No  4 Bl’k & White..l5 
“ 
..20
“ 
..25
PINS.
No 2-20, M C......... 50 
|No 4—15 F  3)4.........40
I
••  8—18, 8 C...........45 
No  2 White * Bl’k.. 12 
|No  8 White A Bl’k..20 
.28
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No 2.

COTTON  TAPE.
..15  “ 10 
..18  |  “  12 
SAFETY  FINS.
....28  INoS...
NEEDLES—PER  M.

.86

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2 
3 

4 
6 

40| Steamboat..

A. James.................. 1 
Crowely’s................. 1 85 Gold Eyed.
Marshall's................ 1 00
5-4....2 26  6—4...8 2S|5—4....1  95

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“  ...8 101

“ ....8 10 

COTTON TWINES.

6—4...2 96

Cotton Sail Twine.. 28
Crown................... 12
Domestic...............18)4
Anchor..................16
Bristol.........   ........IS
Cherry  Valley.......15
IL L ...  ................. 18)4!
Alabama...................634
Alamance...............  6)4
Augusta...................7)4
Ar  sapha................  ¿
Georgia.....................634
Granite.................... 534
Haw  River............   5
Haw  J ....................6

Nashua................... 18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
8-ply....17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 ply 17)4 
Powhatt&n............. 18

T‘ 

Mount  Pleasant....  6)4
Oneida....................  5
Prymont................  534
Rand el ma a.............6
Riverside...............   534
Sibley  A.................634
Toledo....................

PLAID  OSNABUBGS

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

7

Wrought Loose Pin.......................
Wrought  Table.............................
Wrought Inside Blind...................
Wrought Brass..............................
Blind,  Clark’s...............................
Blind,  Parker’s.............................
Blind, Shepard’s 
.......................
BLOCKS.

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1893.

CRADLES.

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

CROW BARS.

Cast Steel.......................................
Ely’s 1-10.......................................
Hick’s C. F ....................................
G. D ..............................................
Musket.........................................

CATS.

CARTRIDGES.

.60*10
.60*10
.60*10
75
.70*10
.70*10
70

........ 

50

..dls. 50*02

per lb  5
per m 
“ 
.  “ 
.  “ 

65 
60
35
60

Rim  Fire...................................................... 
50
Central  Fire...........................................die. 
25
diS.
Socket Firmer.............................................70*10
Socket Framing............................................70*10
Socket Comer...............................................70*10
Socket Slicks...............................................70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40

CHISELS. 

combs. 

dls.

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

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CHALK.
coffer.
Planished, 14 os cnt to alze..
14x52, 14x56,14x60
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60
Cold Rolled, 14x48...............
Bottoms...............................
DRILLS. 
Morse’s Bit  Stocks.........
Taper and straight Shank 
Morse’s Taper Shank......

per pound

dls.

ELBOWS.

DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser pound................................  
07
Large sizes, per pound................................   614

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Com. 4  piece, 6 In............................doz. net 
75
Corrugated........................................... dls 
40
Adjustable............................................dls. 40*10
dis.
Clark’s, small, $18;  large, 326...................... 
30
Ives’, 1, 318:  2, 324;  3,330  ............................  
25
Disston’s ...................................................... 60*10
New American  ............................................60*10
Nicholson’s ..................................................60*10
Heller’s  ........................................................ 
50
Heller’s Horse R asps..................................  
50
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27
16 
List 

GALVANIZED IRON

FiLss-^-New List. 

dls

15

17

12 

13
Discount, 60

14
GAUGES.

dls.

dls.

dls.

locks—door.

knobs—New List.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s......... .
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings........
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings....
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings..
Door,  porcelsln, trimmings............
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain......
Russell * Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s................
Branford’s .......................................
Norwalk’s ........................................
Adze Bye.........................................$16.00, dlB. 60
Hunt Bye.........................................$15.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s...................................... $18.50, dls. 20*10.
dlB.
50
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post, handled...................... 
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
40
“  P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
"  Landers,  Ferry A Cls tk’s.................  
40
.....................................  
30
“  Enterprise 
Stebbln’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25

MOLASSES SATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

MATTOCKS.

dls.

would  be the  removal of  the  sand  bars 
and  obstructions,  giving  us  the  use  of 
the four foot water way which nature has 
provided us  with.  Then  my idea would 
be  to put  on a line of  boats by purchas­
ing the two already on  the river and pur­
chasing or  chartering a light  draft  lake 
vessel.  Of  course,  the  purchase  of  a 
dredge by the city is the  first  important 
step in the  movement.  The  dredge, no 
doubt, could  be hired by the company at 
a nominal  rental  and the  necessary im­
provements could  be made at a moderate
cost.  We  must  show  the  country that 
we  are  alive to the  great  importance of 
securing  water  communication  for  the 
Valley City and that we have the courage 
of  our  convictions.  Congress will  then 
recognize  our  needs  and be constrained 
to grant the necessary appropriation that 
will make Grand  Rapids a lake port  and 
bring lake vessels to our wharves.  When 
this  is  done  the  lowering  of  the  river 
four  feet or more will  add  immensely to 
the value of  our  power—a  fact which is 
overlooked by many business men ”

Mr.  Leonard  believes in the  good  old- 
fashioned adage,  “God  helps  those  who 
help themselves.”

O.  A.  Ball,  of  Ball-Barnhart-Putman 
Co.,  says: 
“This  matter  of  utilizing 
Grand River as a water way  for commer­
cial purposes is of paramount importance 
to the  jobbing  interests of  the  city,  and 
should  be  agitated  continually  until  it 
becomes a reality.  The river  service we 
already have makes an increase of freight 
rates observable  after the  close of  navi­
gation,  and,  if  we had a ten  foot  draft, 
the saving in freight rates to the jobbing 
interests of the city would  be enormous. 
You can  say that we  are to the  front in 
this  matter  and  will do all  that we  can 
in  the most  expeditious way  to  make it 
a glorious success.”

S.  M.  Lemon,  of the Lemon & Wheeler 
Company, takes a  broad and comprehen­
sive view of the matter.  He says: “This 
river navigation question is of more vital 
importance to  the  city of  Grand  Rapids 
than a good many of her people imagine. 
If the city is  to  maintain her prestige as 
a distributing  trade  center  for Western 
Michigan  and  our  rapidly  developing 
upper  country,  in  the  face  of  Chicago 
and  Detroit competition,  then our  light 
draft  lake vessels  must  be  brought  to 
her docks.  The growth and commercial 
development  of  Grand  Rapids are phe­
nomenal and  if  she  is  to  preserve  her 
present status, to  say nothing of  her an­
ticipated futnre growth,  she must secure 
the advantages of a lake port.  This does 
not  mean  a  breaking  of  bulk  or  a  re­
handling of  freight at  Grand  Haven—it 
means the loading of  a vessel at our own 
docks with a cargo of  furniture for Buf­
falo and a return cargo of coal or general 
merchandise  for  Grand  Rapids.  Why, 
the  loss  in  the  rehandling  of  coal  at 
Grand Haven would  be  about  equal to a 
tax of  a  dollar  per ton. 
I am  not very 
enthusiastic in this  matter of  organizing 
a  company  among  the  merchants  and 
manufacturers to purchase boats and em­
bark  in  the  transportation  business. 
I 
am identified  with the  jobbing interests. 
You  hear  a  great  deal  said  about  the 
furniture  interests,  but  I  want  to  say 
that  so  far  as the  shipping  tonnage  of 
Grand Rapids  is  concerned, the  jobbing 
interest  is double  that of  the  furniture 
interest.  We must have a draft of  eight 
or ten  feet,  so that  light draft  lake ves­
sels can come to us.  and  this is so vitally 
necessary that  nothing  short of  it ought

to  be  entertained  for  a moment  by  the 
business  men of  the  city.  This  idea of 
chartering  a  lake  propeller  to  run  be­
tween Grand  Haven and Chicago, in con­
nection  with  light  draft  boats  on  the 
river, would  be of  very  little  benefit  to 
the jobbers of this city.  Our goods come 
from the East.  We do not  buy in Chica­
go, except incidentally,  aside  from  pork 
and  its constituents—in fact, Chicago  is 
our competitor and  we profess to be able 
to meet  her on  an  open  field  anywhere 
on territory  tributary to the Valley City.
I believe it would  be  entirely feasible to 
secure a sixteen  foot  draft, but we must 
have eight or ten anyway.  Let us secure 
this and we will  have  no  trouble  about 
boats.  We would  not  have to purchase 
or  subsidize  in  order  to bring  boats  to 
our docks.  Clear  the  way, open  up the 
river  and  you will  see a Buffalo  line  of 
vessels  steam  into  the  harbor of  Grand 
Haven,  bound for the port of Grand Rap­
ids,  laden with  coal,  sugar and all  kinds 
of  merchandise, and return with cargoes 
of produce,  furniture and the other man­
ufactured  products. 
It  requires  2,400 
barrels of  sugar  and  fifteen  carloads of 
other  merchandise  per  week  to  supply 
the grocery  jobbing  houses of  the  city. 
Water  communication  gives  Chicago 
about 300 miles the advantage over Grand 
Rapids  on  sugar rates, yet  we  are  com­
pelled to compete with her.  For instance: 
Chicago is about 150  miles  farther  from 
Buffalo  than  Grand  Rapids;  yet,  owing 
to the  rate  enjoyed  by Chicago,  a barrel 
of  sugar  can  be  carried to Chicago and 
reshipped to Grand  Rapids  territory at a 
cost which  about  equals the  best Grand 
Rapids  rates  from  Buffalo  attainable 
under  present  circumstances. 
I  am 
deeply  interested  in  this  matter  and 
would  like  to  see  the prospective  new 
city  dredge  put to  work  just as soon  as 
possible.  We  may  be  counted  on to  do 
our  level  best,  but I want  every  dollar 
of  what  I may contribute  put  where  it 
will  remove  a  dollar’s  worth  of  earth 
from  the  bed of  Grand  River,  for  by so 
doing  it will  count  one  dollar  toward 
bringing about  that which is an absolute 
necessity to the  future prosperity of  the 
city.”

Other leading  business’men expressed 
similar  opinions,  but  lack of  space  for­
bids their publication.  Suffice  it  to  say 
that  those  published are  fairly express­
ive of  the views  held by the  solid  busi­
ness men of  the city,  and  we may safely 
predict  that  “the  case  will  not  rest” 
until  the  “Port  of  Grand  Rapids”  be­
comes  an  accomplished  fact  and water 
communication  is secured  to  the Valley 
City. 

E.  A.  Ow en.

Hardware Price Carrent.

AXES.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

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

60
Snell’s........................................................... 
Cook’s  ................................................. . 
40
.........  
25
Jennings’, genuine..........................
...........50*10
Jennings’,  Imitation.......................
......... $ 7 50
First Quality, S. B. Bronze..............
.........   12 00
D.  B. Bronze..............
.........   8 50
S. B. S. Steel..............
.........   13 50
D. B. Steel.................
Railroad......................................................* 14 00
Garden.................................................   net  30 00
Stove..............................................................50*10
Carriage new list.......................................... 75*10
Plow...-......................................................... 40*10
Sleigh shoe  .................................................  
70

BARROWS.

b o l t s . 

"  
‘ 
‘ 

dls.

d ls .

BUCKETS.

Well, plain...................................................3 3 50
Well,swivel................................... 
400
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast Joint.............. 60*10

BUTTS, CAST. 

 

HAMMERS.

dlS.

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

Maydole  A Co.’s ..................................... dls. 
25
Kip’s ........................................................dls. 
25
Yerkes *  Plumb’s.............................................dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel......................... 30c list 60
Blacksmith's Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__50c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ...............................dls.60*10
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4Vi  14 and
3tt
H........... ............ net
10
%........... ......— net
8*
* ........................ net
7*
X........... ............ net
7V4
50
...........dls.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  anti friction.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track..................................... 
40
Pots............................................................... 60*10
Kettles...........................................................60*10
Spiders.........................................................60*10
Gray enameled..............................................40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware............................  .new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 3314*10
Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
70*10*10
<Hb.7o
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s......................
Sisal, % inch and larger.............................  
Manilla........................................................   13
dis.
Steel and Iron..............................................  
Try and Beveis............................................. 
Mitre............................................................ 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

levels. 
ROPES.

wire goods. 

HOLLOW WARE.

sqUARES. 

75
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

SHEET IRON.

dls.

914

$2 95
3 05
8 05
3 25
8 35

3  15

All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to 14.......................................$1 05 
Nos. 15 to 17 .....................................  4 05 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................   4 05 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  405 
Nos. 25 to 26 .....................................  4 25 
No. 27.................................................  4 45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86...................................... dls. 
Sliver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A.................................  “ 
White  B..............................   “ 
Drab B.................................   “ 
White C.................................“ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

50
50
55
50
Si
35

Discount, 10.

BASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

traps. 

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

Sliver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,__ 

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton 325
“ 
20
70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot....  50
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot__  30
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  root............................................   30
dls.
60*10
Steel, Game.................................  
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
70
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s .... 
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion............................... 31.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market......................................... 70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market............................................   62V4
Coppered Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  3 00
painted....................................  2 55

wire. 

“ 

WRENCHES. 

An  Sable  .......................................... dls.  40*10
dls.  05
Putnam..........................................  
dls. 10*10
N orthwestern................................  
dlS.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
so
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
dls.
Bird Cages.................................................  
50
75*10
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
Screws, New List..........................................70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate................  
50*10*10
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods........65*10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

NAILS

METALS.
PIG TIN.

 

 

“ 

Advance over base: 

Steel nails, base...............................................1  85
Wire nails, base...............................................190
Steel. Wire.
Base 
60...........................................  
  Base
10 
50..................................................... Base
25 
40.....................................................  06
25 
30..................................................... 
10
35 
20.......... 
15
45 
16.....................................................  15
45 
12..  ................................................  
15
50 
10......................................................  20
60 
8........................................................  25
75 
7 * 6 ..................................................  40
90 
4........................................................  60
8....................................................... 1 00
1  20 
1  60 
2....................................................... 1  50
1  60 
FlneS...............................................1  60
65 
Case  10.............................................  60
75 
8.............................................  75
90 
75 
Finish lb’.*.*.*.*. .‘.7.77.7.7.7.7.7.. . . .  85
s.................................... i oo
90 
1  10 
6..........................................1  15
70 
CllnohllO..........................................  85
80 
8 ......................................................................1  00
90 
6................  
115
1  75 
Barrell X ......................................... 1  75
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   ©40
Sclota Bench................................................  ©60
Sandusky Tool Co.’S, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first quality......................................   ©60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood...........  *10
dis.60—10
Fry,  Acme..................................... 
Common,  polished................................ dls. 
70
dls.
Iron and  Tinned.......................................... 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs............................50—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 26 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

 
PLANES.

rivets. 

PANS.

Broken packs rfo per pound extra.

dls.

“ 
“ 

"  
“ 

614

ZINC.

26c
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars....................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
680 pound  casks........................................... 
Per pound....................................................   7
V4©V4............................................................ 
-I«
Extra Wiping.................................................   15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................per pound
Hallett’s......................................  
13
TIN—MXLYM GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal....................................... 3 7 5}
14x20 IC, 
........................................   7» 0
10x14 IX, 
9 26
 
14x20 IX, 
 
9 25

Each additional X on this grade, 31.75.

“ 
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TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.

 

 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 

10x1410,  Charcoal.....................................8 6 75
6 75
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
8 25
14x20 IX, 
9 25

 
Bach additional X on this grade 11.50.

 
 
 
ROOFING PLATES

“  Worcester................................   6 50
“ 
“ 
“  Allaway  Grade................ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20X28 IC, 
14x2010, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 EX, 
14x28 IX............................................................ 814 00
14x31  IX......................................................... 15
lte e o S ’, f“r N“ ' I B°»er*’ f P «  pound.... 
10

..........................   8 50
.........................  I8 60
6 00
7 50
12 50
15  50

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8

Michigan Tradesman

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

▲  WEEKLY  JOURNAL  DKYOTKD  TO  TH*

Retail  Trade  of the Woliierine 8tate,

Published at

lOO  Louis  St., Grami Rapids,

—  BT —

T H E   T R A D E S M A N   C O M PA N Y ,

One  Dollar a Year,

Postage Prepaid.

ADVERTISING  RATES  ON  APPLICATION.

Communications  invited  from practical  busi­

ness men.

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

Subscribers may have  the  mailing  address  of 
their papers  changed as often as desired.
Sample copies sent free to any address.
Entered at Grand  Rapids post office as second- 

class matter.

|@^“When  writing to any of  our  advertisers, 
please  say that  you  saw  their  advertisement in 
THi e   M ic h ig a n  T r a d e s m a n .

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY.  OCTOBER  19,  1898.

BEW ARE OF THE CREAMERY SHARK.
T he  T radesm an again feels called up­
on  to  warn  its  readers  against  the se­
ductive wiles of the creamery shark, who 
is abroad in  the land,  advising the inaug­
uration of  factory  creamery  enterprises 
in localities  which  are  not suited to the 
creamery  business  and  charging  prices 
therefor  which  are  more  than  double 
what the plant and equipment are worth. 
More  than  a  hundred  such  enterprises 
were  started  in  Michigan  a  few  years 
ago,  and fully  nine-tenths  of  them have 
since  been  offered  for  sale  at  about  10 
cents on the  dollar;  in  fact,  a  review  of 
the business for the last half dozen years 
fails to  disclose  a  single  success,  in  the 
stock company  creamery line,  during ail 
that time.  On  the  other  hand,  several 
private  individuals,  who  have  started 
with  well-equipped  creameries,  pur­
chased at reasonable prices, and conduct­
ed  business on economical  methods, have 
made  money  for  themselves  and  con­
ferred  positive  benefit  on the communi­
ties in which they did business.

T h e  T radesm an  lias  positive  knowl­
edge that some of the new factory cream­
eries  are  foisted  upon  the  people  by 
means of  bribery and  other  reprehensi­
ble methods—two or  more  leading busi­
ness men  being given  handsome  bonuses 
to  visit  creameries  in  distant  localities 
and  present  glowing  reports  to  their 
townsmen  for  the  purpose  of  inducing 
them  to  subscribe  for  stock.  No busi­
ness  can  succeed  which  owes its origin 
to  such questionable practices,  and  T h e 
T radesm an  is  certainly  conferring  a 
benefit on its patrons in  advising them to 
beware of any  man or set of men who  re­
sort  to  such  methods  to  secure  a  foot­
hold.

Estimates based on the  September  re­
port  of  the Department  of  Agriculture 
make  the total  wheat crop for this  year 
a little less than  500,000,000 bushels, the 
oats crop 600,000,000 bushels and the corn ! 
crop 1,600,000,OOO.Compared with the crop j 
of last  year,  wheat  has  fallen  off  over I 
100,000,000 bushels, oats over 135,000,000 
bushels 
and  corn  over  400,000,0001 
bushels.

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

AMERICA’S  FINANCIAL  VALUE.
The festivities attending the Columbus 
celebration  completely  absorbed  public 
attention the greater part of last week, to 
the exclusion of everything except  abso­
lutely necessary business;  and  the  exer­
cises at  Chicago  this  week  will,  in  all 
probability,  be  equally  absorbing.  The 
direct cost of the amusement will be very 
great,  but  its  indirect  cost  in  loss  of 
time to the  participants  and  their  per­
sonal expenses will  be  far  greater. 
If 
men lived for the making of money  alone 
and nothing  more. 
I  should  deprecate 
this suspension of their efforts,  but  inas­
much as money is only a means to an end, 
and  spending it is  quite as important as 
getting it, I cannot find fault  with  them 
for giving up even a  whole  fortnight  to 
enjoying themselves.

Besides, no expenditure, however great, 
which  may be  made  in  celebrating  the 
discovery of America will  bear  any  ap­
preciable proportion to the financial value 
of the  achievement  to  the world.  His­
torians, essayists,  and orators usually ex­
haust themselves in  extolling  the  sagac­
ity,  enterprise,  and  perserverance  of 
Columbus,  and I do not say  that he  fails 
to deserve all the praise  bestowed  upon 
him.  But,  to my mind,  his  greatness is 
only comparative.  What he did any one 
of  his  contemporaries might and should 
have done i* they had not all been as stu­
pid as owls.  For centuries  it  had  been 
known that the earth  was  a  globe. 
Its 
dimensions had been approximately com­
puted by the  Greek  astronomer,  Eratos­
thenes,  two hundred and  fifty  years  be­
fore the Christian era.  The area  of  the 
known portion of its surface showed con­
clusively that a vast region  remained  to 
be explored.  The westward voyage from 
the coast of Spain was no more hazardous 
than the  northward  voyages  which  the 
ancient  Phoenicians  made  continually 
from  the Straits of Gibraltar to the  Brit­
ish Isles  without  even  the  help  of  the 
mariner’s compass.  All this was known 
to  thousands  as  well  as to  Columbus, 
and that nobody  before  him  had  under­
taken to do what  he did demonstrates the 
torpidity,  in his  time,  of  the  human  in­
tellect.  He was merely among  the  first 
to catch the inspiration  of  the  new  era 
which bad been  ushered  in  by the inven­
tion of printing, and which has since cul­
minated in the numerous applications  of 
steam and electricity characteristic of the 
present  epoch.  How  blunderingly  he 
groped  his way,  and how  imperfectly  he 
comprehended the immensity  of  his  ex­
ploit is a matter of record.  He  thought 
he  had merely found only a new  road  to 
a familiar country,  whereas he had stum­
bled  upon  a hitherto  unsuspected  conti­
nent,  and  increased by  one-half  the  ac­
cessible surface of the earth.

Considered  in  this  aspect  alone,  the 
financial  value of America defies  compu­
tation.  Here were presented suddenly to 
the eyes of Europe,  as upon  the lifting of 
a curtain,  millions,  not of  acres,  but  of 
square miles,  of fertile and  well-watered 
land,  rich mines,  and  endless  quantities 
of game and fish. At first,  indeed,the little 
cacumulations  of  gold  and  silver which 
the unskilled labor  of the aborigines had 
in  the course  of  ages extracted from the 
earth monopolized  the  attention  of  the 
newcomers. 
It was only after these had 
ail  been  gathered  up  and  carried  away 
across the  ocean  that  the  more  perma­
nent and remunerative riches of the land 
received  the  attention 
they  deserved. 
Nevertheless,  even the  small  supply  of

D O   Y O U   H A N D L E

Buffalo

Soap?

I F  

N O T ,  W H Y   N O T  ?

I t   Is  t h e  B e s t   L a u n d r y   S o a p   on  B a r th .

I  M.  Clark  Grocery  Co

S O L E   A G E N T S .

B A N A N A S  I

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

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   CC

About December 1 we  shall  send a thermome­
ter to each of our customers.  Being desirous of 
adding  to their  number,  we  will  send  one  to 
any dealer  who Is not  now a customer  and will 
send us an order  before  Jan. 1.1893,  providing 
he  mentions  seeing our  advertisement  In  this 
paper.

Send in your order now for

C hildrens  Footwear,  Overgaiters,  Lambs- 
wool Soles, Shoe Laces, Brashes, Dressings. 
Blackings, or any other Shoe Store supplies 
yon may need.

BIRTH,  KRAUSE  &  CO.,

18-14  LYON  ST. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

WOOD  WANTED!

willpay  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.

DODGE

iDdependence  Wood  Split  M ey.

THE LIGHTEST!

THE  STRONGEST!

TH E  BEST!
HESTER  MACHINERY  CO.,

45  So.  Div isio n  St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

MICHIGAN  MINING  SCHOOL.

A S ta te   8ch o o l o f  M ining  E n g in ee rin g , g iv in g   pi 
tio a l  in stru c tio n  in  m in in g   a n d  a llie d   su b je c ts. 
] 
su m m e r schools in  su rv e y in g , S hop p ra c tic e  a n d   F  
G eology.  L a b o ra to rie s,  sh o p s  a n d   sta m p   m ill  i 
eq u ip p e d .  T u itio n   fre e .  F o r c a ta lo g u e s a p p ly  to  
D irecto r, H o u g h to n , M ichigan. 

J

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

9

the precious  metals  thus  procured  was 
immense in comparison with  that  which 
Europe already possessed, and the subse­
quent additions  to  it,  resulting  from  a 
more thorough and  efficient  working  of 
the mines by modern  science and modern 
enterprise, have been,  as  we  know,  the 
most extensive in the history of the world.
The exaggerated reports of  the impor­
tance of these metallic treasures awaiting 
the grasp of the hardy adventurer,served, 
no doubt, to stimulate the exploration  of 
America much more powerfully than did 
its soberer and more  lasting  merits. 
In 
the search for gold and silver  the  Span­
iards,  deterred by no  hardships,  pushed 
across to the Pacific and  down the  west­
ern coast of South America.  They  were 
followed on  the  water  by  the  English, 
most of whom,  I  am  sorry  to  say,  were 
more  piratical  than  peaceful  seamen, 
who robbed in their  turn the  robbers  of 
the natives.  Between the two the  num­
ber of European ships  multiplied  amaz­
ingly.  Columbus  had  difficulty  in  pro- 
3uring  from  Spain  three  small  vessels 
vith which to prosecute his voyage of dis­
covery.  A century later the same  coun­
try sent out from  its  harbors  the  great 
Vrmada of a hundred and sixty-five men- 
‘f-war destined for the conquest  of  Eng­
land.  The expedition miscarried,  as  we 
enow; but that.it  was made at all demon­
strates the naval strength of Spain, while 
i hat  of  England  was  equally  demon­
strated by her successful resistance.  The 
hips and sailors  thus  brought  into  ex- 
>tence  found  occupation 
later  in  the 
• arrying of emigrants  and  the  planting 
n these  shores  of  the  European  stock 
from which our present population is de- 
cended,  and when  we  look  at the  vast 
Multitudes which cover both  North  and 
South America and reflect that four hun- 
¡red years ago the  region  they  now  oc- 
upy  was nearly an  uninhabited  wilder- 
ess, the magnitude of the work of which 
> he discovery of the country was the com- 
lencement overwhelms us.
While America has thus been to Europe 
•; treasure-house to  be  plundered  and  a 
nursery in which to rear a  numerous off- 
pring,  it has returned a millionfold  the 
investments made upon its territory.  Not 
10 speak of the  mass  of  gold  and  silver 
which it has in four centuries contributed 
,o the general stock, it has in the humble 
>otato alone added an article of enormous 
alue to the supply of  human  food,  be­
sides annually raising millions of bushels 
it 
of 
abroad.  Tobacco, 
it  may  be 
considered rather a  luxury than a  neces­
sity,  is  another  product  exclusively  of 
American origin,  and to it the people not 
only of Europe but of the whole  of  Asia 
are indebted for a narcotic  which,  how­
ever detrimental it may be to their health, 
contributes  immensely  to  their  enjoy­
ment. Cotton, too, which originated in Asia 
has  become  a  characteristically  Ameri­
can  crop,  while  our  petroleum  has 
abundantly supplied  the  market  with  a 
new and cheap material for  the  produc­
tion of artificial  light.

Indian  corn  and 

exporting 

though 

These things, however, are  rather  the 
work of nature than of  art.  They  were 
but fruits  of the earth,  which  demanded 
only opportunity to come into use,  and if 
America has contributed  nothing  else  to 
the world’s wealth its discovery would be 
entitled to be called only a lucky accident. 
But  to  this  natural  wealth  its  people, 
particularly those of the  United  States, 
have added that created  by an inventive­
times.
ness  unparalleled  in  previous 

The cotton gin has made the staple avail­
able for use  and  given  to  unnumbered 
millions cheap and comfortable clothing. 
An  American  first  applied  steam  to  the 
propulsion of vessels and started a series 
of improvements in water  transportation 
of which the monster steamers now trav­
ersing  the Atlantic  Ocean are the  latest 
result.  Another American invented  the 
electric telegraph,  another the telephone, 
another the electric light,  and if the rail­
road was received by  us  from  England, 
we have made improvements on it and on 
cais and engines,  which render it almost 
our own.  Of the numerous less  import­
ant  inventions  distinctively  American 
which 
the  productiveness  of 
labor  and  the  comfort  of  daily  life  it 
would be a waste of time to speak.  The 
whole world recognizes  their  value  and 
gives us the credit of them. 
It would be 
too much, perhaps,  to  claim  that  these 
achievements of  human ingenuity  could 
not have been  accomplished  if  America 
had remained  undiscovered,  and yet it is 
certain that the conditions  arising  from 
the entirely new  mode  of  life  which  is 
possible only in a newly  settled  country 
have been more favorable  to  them  than 
those of the Old World.

increase 

However this may be, it  is  a  fact  too 
plain for dispute that the financial power 
of America  has  been  steadily  growing, 
until it is now a formidable rival to  that 
of Europe, and may  soon be a successful 
one. 
I can already see an  immense  ad­
vance toward this result  since  the  days 
when every  American  banker  and  mer­
chant constantly  looked  to  Europe  and 
regulated his business with  reference  to 
the  European  money  market.  We  are 
still, it is true,  greatly indebted to Euro­
pean capitalists for assistance in our busi­
ness enterprises,  but the debt is becoming 
smaller year  by  year.  Within  the  last 
two years we have paid off a considerable 
amount of it with the product of our gold 
mines,  and everything  points  to  a  con­
tinuance of the process  until  it  is  com­
pleted.  Then,  perhaps,  we  shall  be  a 
nation of capitalists,  and lend  money  to 
the rest of the world instead  of  borrow­
ing it.  As it is,  we  have  been  able  to 
supply  an  immense  foreign  demand  for 
gold without  inconvenience,  and  all  the 
fantastic tricks which Congress has play­
ed with our currency have,  as yet, owing 
to our solid financial  strength,  failed  to 
do any serious mischief.

This may seem a  base and  sordid view 
to take of  the event now  being commem­
orated,  hut it is true as far as it goes, and 
should  uot  be  left  unconsidered.  The 
United  States  is  pre-eminently  a  com­
mercial nation,  and matters of  trade and 
finance  are  of  more  importance  to  its 
citizens  than  those of  sentiment, art,  or 
even  politics. 
Bread  and  butter  are 
prosaic elements of life,  but they  cannot 
be dispensed with, even by poets.

Ma tth ew  Ma r sh a ll.

F rom  O ut o f Town.

Calls  have  been 

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

S. Martindale,  McDonald.
F.  E.  Holt & Co.,  Hesperia.
G. M. Eldridge,  Hesperia.
A. J.  Felter, Stetson.
J. N. Covert, Carleton Center.
Geo.  H.  Spencer,  Pomona.
Norman Harris,  Conklin.
Macfie, Son & Co., Newaygo.
W. H. Hicks, Morley.
F.  N. Cornell, Sebewa.
W.  W.  Watson,  Farmelee.
Hannah  &  Lay  Merc.  Co.,  Traverse 

City.

EAUENRlßH  BROS,
TflILQR-PDE  GLOTHING,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

138-140  Jefferson  flue.,  Detroit,  Midi.

COMPLETE  LINES  OF  MEN’S,  BOYS’  AND  CHILDREN’S 

SUITS  AND OVERCOATS  ALWAYS  ON  HAND.

HENRY  S.  ROBINSON.

CHAS.  E.  SMITH.

RICHARD G.  ELLIOTT.

H * S ' R 0 B 1 1 V S 0 N  AND C o m p a n y

M anufaclurers’and W holesale Dealers In

Boots,  Shoes ts   Rubbers,

99,101,103,105 Jefferson Ave.,

DETROIT,  MICH.

State Agents for the Oandee Rubber Co-

IT LEADS!l IT LEADS!

T h e s e   a r e   O u r   h e a d e r s :

LION  COFFEE,  0.  D.  JAVA  and 

STANDARD  MARACAIBO.

ION is our leading  coffee and sold  only in one-pound pakages.  As high grade 
T  
-*—4  bulk coffees,  O.  D. Java  and  Standard  Maracaibo  take the  lead.  We  guar­
antee these  coffees to give entire  satisfaction.  For quotations  write  your  jobber, 
or address

W00LS0N  SPICE  CO.,
Hia.li  M e  Coffees,

BOASTERS  OF

T O L E D O ,  O H IO .

T.  S.  FREEMAN, 

Distributing Agent,

101 Ottawa St., Tel. 414-1R.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

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D r u g s  &  M e d ic in e s •

State  Board  of Pharm acy.

O ne  T e a r—Ja c o b   Jesso n ,  M uskegon.
Two  Y ears—Ja m e s  V e rn o r, D e tro it.
T hree  T e a rs—O ttm a r E b e rb a c h , A nn  A rbor 
F o u r T e a rs—G eorge G u n d ru m . Io n ia.
Five Y e ars—C. A. Bugrbee,  C heboygan.
P re sid e n t—Ja c o b   Jesso n , M uskegon.
S ec re ta ry —Ja s .  V 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.  S I;  L an sin g , 

Michigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n. 
P re sid e n t—S ta n ley  E. P a rk ill. Owosso.
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 e tro it.
S e cretary —C. W . P a rso n s, D e tro it.
E x ec u tiv e  C om m ittee—H .  G.  C olem an,  K alam azoo; 
Jac o b  Jesson, M uskegon :  F .  J .  W u rz b u rg   a n d   Jo h n  
E. P eck. G ran d  R ap id s;  A rth u r B assett,  D etro it. 
L ocal S ec re ta ry —Ja m e s V ernor.
N ext  p lac e  o f  m ee tin g —Som e  re s o rt  o n   St.  C la ir 
R iv e r;  tim e  to  be d esig n ate d  b y  E x ec u tiv e C o m m ittee.
Grand  Rapids  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 sc o 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 D rug Clerks’ Association. 
P re sid e n t, F. D. K ipp;  S e c re ta ry , W . C. S m ith.

Muskegon  Drug  Clerks’  Association. 

P re sid e n t  N. M iller;  S e c re ta ry , A. T. W heeler.

UNHEALTHY 

BUSINESS 

STIMU­

LANTS.

W ritten  for The Tradesman.

In theory  the  law  of  supply  and  de­
mand  is  supposed  to  control  the  ex­
changes  of  products 
throughout  the 
whole country,  so that they shall be  car­
ried on to the greatest mutual adrautage. 
It the supply at any time exceeds the de­
mand,  it interrupts,  to a  certain  degree, 
the flow of  business,  and  the  consumer 
gains at the expense of the producer.  If, 
on the other  hand,  the  demand  should 
increase faster than the supply,  the  ad- 
advantage is on the side of the producer. 
Neither condition is considered desirable, 
nor is it submitted to longer  than  neces­
sity  requires.  When  the  condition  of 
trade is such that demand and supply  in 
any product are about equal,'we call such 
a condition healthy; and if  the  majority 
of products move freely in harmony with 
the above  mentioned law, times are  con­
sidered  good.  Practically,  this  is  the 
golden mean  in  business  and  indicates 
general prosperity.

But, when,  impatient at the slow work­
ing of natural causes,the producer or dis­
tributor  tries to create a  demand beyond 
the actual needs of the consumer,  the ef­
fect is felt in the same way as when  one 
over feeds  machinery  of  any  kind—the 
advantage,  at best,  is but temporary, and 
is generally balanced by subsequent  loss 
of time or money; still there are so  many 
in the last decade or two  who  think  that 
they can increase the flow of  business by 
crowding the speed,  that  one  can  only 
wonder at their folly and deplore the evil 
results 
thereof,  which  fall  mostly  on 
those who are the  least to blame.  Much 
of this interference with the law of  sup­
ply and demand involves no worse  results 
than  temporary stagnation  of  business, 
and the  consequences are  not  shared  to 
any great extent by the consumer.

There would be no occasion  to criticize 
the stimulating methods that are so often 
applied to the  distribution  of  manufac­
tured  products,  if  they  resulted  in  no 
worse effects than a plethora of  stock  in 
the dealer’s hands, or  an occasional  bad 
bargain on the part of  the  buyer.  But, 
when these  modern  stimulants,  in  addi­
tion to demoralizing values,  demoralize a 
large proportion of  purchasers  by  ways 
that vary but slightly from those the law 
recognizes  as  misdemeanors,  all  who 
have  the  best  interests  of  mankind  at 
heart  may  well  give  the  subject  their 
careful attention.

It was well enough,  perhaps,  at  first, 
for a retail dealer,in the heat of competi­
tion,  to put in a make-sell in the shape of j

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

a chromo,  in order to turn the scale in his 
favor. 
It was only a  temporary  expedi­
ent, and it pleased  customers,  although 
it  provoked  reprisals 
in  kind.  The 
rivalry,  however,  proceeded  until  gifts 
of value  were added to  staple  goods  as 
temptations to buyers.  Silver (?)  spoons 
became  necessary  to  make  soap  slip 
easier into popularity,  various  kinds  of 
crockery stimulated the demand  for  tea 
and  coffee;  an  elegant  (?)  glass  sauce 
dish was the  bait depended  on  to  make 
baking powder go off.  All sorts of  shelf 
goods remained true to name unless each 
was  paired  with  some  article  called  a 
premium.  Sometimes the  premium  and 
article were so nearly alike in  value that 
one was often puzzled to know  which was 
the purchase and which the premium.

Thus, in turn,  all  but  a  few  staples 
have,  from time to time,  been pushed  on 
the market by stimulants of  various  pro­
pelling power.  Codfish,  alas!  (that luxu 
rious  product of old ocean  apostrophized 
by Daniel  Webster when,  as  he  drew  a 
fine specimen from its native element, he 
exclaimed,“ Welcome, illustrous stranger, 
well  beloved of two continents,  welcome 
to our shores!) even codfish,  as an item of 
stock,  had to rely on its own  merit,  and 
appealed not to the cupidity of  the  pub­
lic,  but  to  its  olfactories,  for deserved 
recognition.  Hardware, nails, soft soap, 
salt in bulk and pharmaceutical products 
also figure in the list of exceptions.  But, 
as I said  before,  in  many  lines of  goods 
some artificial  special  efforts  are  relied 
on 
the 
schemes  reaching  often  from  manufac­
turer  to  consumer.  Those  dealers who 
attempt  to  withstand  the  pressure  by 
selling goods on their merit alone to sup­
ply evident wants, find themselves drawn 
at  last,  but  much against  their will,  into 
the current,  and  accept the inevitable as 
the only way to hold their business.

to  reluctant  buyers, 

sell 

to 

The  gift and  premium scheme  used to 
force sales, affects customers in two ways: 
First, they tend to unsettle  the  mind  of 
the purchaser  as  to  true values,  for  he 
reasons that,  if  the  premium  can  be do­
nated  and  still  leave  a  good  profit,  it 
would be better  and  fairer to lessen  the 
price,  instead*of  throwing  in  what  not 
one  buyer  in  ten  really  needs  or  can 
profitably  use;  second,  the  practice  of 
paying  premiums  is  only  another  form 
of competition  that is sure  to  end in de­
basing  the  quality of  the  goods,  while 
the  average  consumer  gets  no  propor­
tionate benefit from such competition.

But  a  few producers  and  jobbers  go 
still  further  and  pander  to a feeling  in 
human  nature that  ignores the  commer­
cial  element—I  allude  to  the  various 
schemes which  appeal to that ever grow­
ing desire to get  something at other  peo­
ple’s expense,  and which  are  put  before 
the public  and  urged  upon  dealers with 
the  most  unblushing pretense  as  legiti­
mate  business.  A  traveling  agent with 
one of  these schemes,  once  upon a time, 
took three orders for baking  powder in a 
certain  country town.  The first  was for 
50 one-pound  cans, the  second  and third 
called  for 25 cans  each,  and  all were  to 
be  retailed  for 50 cents  per  can,  includ­
ing  the  attachments.  The  first  scheme 
was a music  box  to  be  raffled  for,  and 
fifty chances were soon taken;  the second 
called  for 25 cans  and  an equal  number 
of  queen’s  ware  dishes  of  some  value; 
the third  order was  for 25  cans  and the 
same number of heavy  pails fairly worth 
alone the price asked.  Mark  the sequel: 
The dealer with the raffle struck a bonan- I

za and sold out  first,  with a fair stock of 
baking powder  returned by disappointed 
speculators  at a nominal  price;  the  one 
who  gave  away  dishes  soon  followed 
suit,  but  the  one who  had  two  articles 
of  full value  equal to the  price was  the 
last  to  dispose of  his  stock,  although it 
was the only bargain of the lot.

In the  store of  the  dealer who  raffles 
his  goods  can  often  be  seen  scores  of 
people,  old  and young,  anxious to invest 
their spare change  in  one  or  another of 
the various schemes on which he depends 
to  move  his  stock.  One  who  neither 
smokes  nor  chews  will  often  buy  one 
package  of  tobacco  after  another,  ab­
stract the ticket and  sell  the contents at 
half  price,  in  hopes  to  at  last  secure a 
ticket that wins the watch.  Other prizes 
of  different  values 
tempt  buyers  of 
chances;  but  the  goods are  forgotten  in 
the  struggle  to  reach  the  coveted  bait. 
It  stimulates  trade,  for  many  a  young 
man spends all  the silver he can  raise in 
a vain pursuit of  the tempting prize. 
It 
pays the dealer—in money—and does not 
injure  his  standing  in  the  community. 
But what a column of figures would there 
be  to  add  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
ledger,  were  one  to  compute the loss in 
morals that is sure  to roll  up its geomet­
rical  ratio,  during  the  many  revolving 
years,  into  an  appalling, damning total!
There seems  to be no lessening of  this 
dangerous  stimulation  of  trade.  Every 
day  sees  hundreds  of  agents  swarming 
through  the  highways  and  byways  of 
commerce, each  extolling  the  merits  of 
some new  tonic  that  promises to tone up 
the  lagging  appetite of  public  demand. 
The least  harmful of  them act  as does a 
whip  on an  over-driven  team,  the worst 
are like strong intoxicants;  and,  although 
they  only  at  first stimulate,  the  end  is 
paralysis and exhaustion.

You  may  ask  any canvasser  working 
in the interest of  such methods,  “Is this 
straight business?”  The answer will  be, 
“ It  is  mine,  and  it  pays. ”  But,  in 
earnest,  fellow dealers,  let  me  ask  you, 
“Does  it  pay you  to do  business in that 
way? 
Is  an  unnecessary  and  harmful 
stimulant of  any  kind  to  be  used,  or to 
be  avoided?” 
If  the  latter,  let  us  see 
that the  life of  our  business be not  en­
dangered  by  such a destroying  element.

S.  P.  W h it m arsh.

M ollinger'a M edicines.

Two  druggists of  Allegheny,  Pa.,  are 
at law with one another over the right to 
make and  sell the  medicines used by the 
late  famous  physician  priest,  Father 
Mollinger.  One  is  trying  to  get  an in­
junction  against  the  other  to  restrain 
him  from  using  the  prescriptions  and 
the portrait  and  signature of  the  priest 
as a trade mark.  He says that he bought 
the  sole  right to compound  and sell  the 
medicines  from  the  priest’s  secretary, 
who was his  legatee.  Both parties  have 
tried  to  register the portrait  and  signa 
ture  as  a  trade  mark,  but  the  patent 
office declines to act until the courts have 
settled  the  question  of  right.  Father 
Mollinger left hundreds of prescriptions, 
the  chief  virtue  of  many  of  which  is 
thought  to  be  their  secrecy.  This  is 
likely to be  lost during the present legal 
controversy.

HOW’S  THIS?

We offer one hundred  dollars  reward for an 
case of  catarrh  that  cannot  be  cured by Hall 
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY  &  CO.,  Props., Toledo, C
We the undersigned, have known F. J  Chene 
for the  last 15 years, and  believe him  perfect! 
honorable  In  all  business transactions and  fit 
ancially  able to carry  out  any  obligation  mad 
by their firm

W e s t   & T b u a x ,
W a l d in g ,  K in k a n   &   M a r v in , 
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken  Internally, actin 
directly upon the  blood and  mucous surfaces c 
the  system.  Price  75c  per  bottle.  Sold  by a 
druggists.  Testimonials free.

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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W ...1  60@1  a  
C. Co...................... 1  50@1 75
Moschus Canton........  @  40
Myrlsdca, No. 1.........   65®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 90)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................   20®  22
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Plcls Liq, N.‘C., M gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Plcls Liq., quarts......   @1 00
pints.........   ®  a
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. a ) ..  @ 50
Piper Nigra, (po. 22)..  ®  1
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @  3
Plx  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbi A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opU. .1  10@1 20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......   @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®  a
Quasslae....................  8®  10
Quinia, S. P. & W......  27®  32
S.  German__21  @  30
Rubla  Tinctorum......   12®  14
SaccharumLacdspv. 
23®  25
Salacin...................... 1  50@i  60
Sanguis  Draconls......  40®  50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
“  M.......................   10®  12
“  G.......................   @  15

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Seldlltz Mixture........ @
”  0Dt................ @
Sinapls. 
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Snuff,  3iaccaboy,  De
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Voes .
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  27®  30
Soda Carb.................  1M@  2
Soda, Bi-Carb............   @  5
Soda, Ash.................... 3M@  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Bther C o............  50®  a
“  Myrcla  Dom......   @2 25
“  Myrcla Imp........  @3 00
••  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
....7 .........................2 25@2 35
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal....1 40@1  45
Sulphur, Subi..............2M@  3M
“  Roll...............  2M@ 3
Tamarinds.................   8®  10
Terebenth Venice.......  28®  30
Theobromae..............40  @  45
VanUla..................... 9 00@16 00
Zlnd  Sulph................   7®  8

OILS.

Whale, winter........ ..  70
Lard,  extra............ ..  64
Lard, No.  1............ ..  42
Linseed, pure raw  ...  44

Bbl. Gal
70
68
48
47

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Llndseed,  boiled__   47 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained.................. 
Spirits Turpentine__  34 

11
50
50  60
40
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian.............. 1M  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ 1M  2@4
“ 
Ber........1M  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2M  2M®3
“  strictly  pure__'.2M  2M®3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13@16
ican ..........................  
Vermilion,  English__ 
65®70
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70®75
Lead,  red......................7  @7M
“  w hite................. 7  @7M
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  0 
Whiting,  Paris  Bng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@ig4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.....................1 00@1  20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................166@1  70
Coach  Body...............2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Turn....... 1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55®1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
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seed, German quinine.

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65®  75 
20
.  25©  40 
50®  52 
3®  5
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.  10®  12 
20
1  30@1  70 
IX®  5 
1  40®1  60 
33®  35

ACIDUM.
Acetlcum.................
Benzol cum  German.
Boracic 
...................
Carbolicum..............
Cltricum...................
Hydrocnior..............
Nltrocum 
................
Oxalicum.................
Phosphorium dll......
Salley licum..............
Sulphurlcum............
Tannicum.................
Tartari cum................
AMMONIA.
Aqua, 16  deg............
20  deg............
Carbonas  .................
Chlorldum................
ANILINS.
Black......................... 2 00@2 25
80@1  00
Brown.......................
45®  50
Red............................
Yellow....................... 2 50®3 00
BACCAE
Cubeae (po  60)........
Junlperus.................
Xantnoxylum...........
BALSAM UM.
45®  50
Copaiba.....................
Peru............................ @1  30
35®  40
Terabln, Canada  ......
Tolutan...................... 35®  50

3M@  5
5M@  7
12®  14
12®  14

50®  60
8®  10
25®  30

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian........ ........  18
Casslae  ..................... ........  11
Cinchona F la v a ........ ........  18
Enonymus  atropurp..........  30
Myrlca  Cerifera, po... ........  20
Prunus Vlrglnl........... ........  12
QuiUaia,  grd.............. ........  10
Sassafras  ...................
Ulmus Po (Ground  15) ........  15

EXTRACTOR.

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Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...  24®  25
po.....  33® 
35
Haem&tox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
is........  13® 
14
vis......   14® 
15
Ms..............  16®  17
XSBRUM.

Carbonate Precip....... 
®  13
Citrate and Quinta—   ®3 50
Citrate  Soluble.......... 
®  80
Ferrocy anidum Sol —   @ 50
Solut  Chloride..........  @  15
Sulphate,  com’l .... 1M@ 
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pure......   ® 

Arnica.......................   18®  20
Anthemis...................  30®  35
Matricaria 
40®  45

 

 
PODIA.

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin-

...................  25@1 50
nivelly....................   25®  28
Alx.  35®  50
Salvia  officinalis,  Mb
and  Ms....................   12®  15
Ura Ursi......................  8®  10

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sifted sorts... 
11 
»  po..........  60® 

Acacia, 1st  picked—   @  75
  @ 50
....  ®  40
@  25
80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 601...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
®  50
Socotrl. (po.  60) 
Catechu, Is, (Ms, 14 Mb,
16)............................  @  1
Ammonlae.................  55®  60
Assafoetlda, (po. 35)..  30®  35
Bensolnum.................  50®  55
C amphora...................  54®  57
Eupnorblum  po  ........  35®  lo
Gafbanum...................  @3 50
Gamboge,  po..............  70®  7b
Gualacum, (po 30)  ...  @  25
Kino,  (po  50)............   @  45
Mastic.......................   @  80
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @  40
Opil,  (po  2 60)................1  7P@1 80
Shellac  ......................  25®  35
bleached......   30®  35
Tragacanth................  30®  75

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

MAGNESIA.

OLEUM.

Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  38
Absinthium.................... 3 S0@4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc.......   45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
A n isi............................... 1 80®1 85
Aurantl  Cortex..........2 75®3 00
Bergamli  ...................3 25®3  50
Cajlputi....................  60®  65
Caryophylll................  75®  80
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodll................  ®1  60
Clnnamonll.....................1  10®1 15
Cltronella...................  @  45
Conlum  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba  ....................  90®1  00

Cubebae...................  .  @  4 00
Bxechthltos...............  2 50@2 75
Brigeron................... 2 25@2 50
Gaultherla................ 2  00®2  10
Geranium,  ounce......   ®  75
Gosslpll, Sem. gal......  50®  75
Hedeoma  .................. 2 70®3 00
Juniper]......................  50®2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Llmonls.....................2 50®3 CO
Mentha Piper............. 2 75®3 50
Mentha Verld............2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal............1  00®1  10
Myrcla, ounce............   ®  50
Olive..........................   75®2 75
Plcls Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
R ld n i........................   1 04®1  21
Rosmarin!............  
75®l  00
Rosae, ounce............. 6  50®8 50
Sucdnl.......................   40®  45
Sabina.................  ...  90@1  00
Santal  .......................3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Sinapls, ess, ounce__  ®  65
Tiglfi....................  ...  @  90
Thyme.......................   40®  50
opt  ................  @  60
Theobromas...............   15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

BICarb........  ............  15®  18
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide....................  28®  30
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate  (po 22)........  20®  22
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide.........................2 9G®3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  27®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @  15
Potass  Nltras, opt......   8®  10
Potass Nltras..............  7®  9
Prusslate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

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Aconltum...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  22®  25
Anchusa....................   12®  15
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)......   8®  10
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)...................  @ 30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po...................2 40@2 50
Iris plox (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   50®  55
Maranta,  Mb..............  ®  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
“  cut......................  @1  75
“  pv.......................   75@1  35
Splgella......................  35®  38
Sangulnarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpen taria.................  30®  32
3enega.......................   65®  70
Similar, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @ 25
Sclllae, (po. 85)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fcetl-
  @  35
Valeriana, Bng. (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
.  12® 15
lnglber a ...............
18® 22
Zingiber  ] ...............
SEMEN.
Anlsum,  (po.  20)..
® 15
Aplum  (graveleons)
20
.  18® 
4®
Bud, Is....................
6
8® 12
Carol, (po. 18).........
.1  00@1 25
Cardamon................
.  10® 12
Corlandrum.............
Cannabis Sadva......
■  3M@4
.  75@1 00
Cydonlum...............
.  10® 12
Cnenopodlum  ........
.3 00@3 25
Dlpterlx Odorate....
@ 15
Foenlculum............
6® 8
Foenugreek,  po......
L ln l.........................
4  @ 4M
4  @ 4M
Llnl, grd,  (bbl. 8M)
.  35® 40
Lobelia....................
6  @ 6M 
PharlarlsCanarian..
6®  7
_
Rapa.......................  
Sinapls,  Albu...........  9  @10
,r  Nigra...........   11®  12

dns,  po............. 

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“ 

s p i b i t o s .
Frumend, W., D.  Co. .2 00®2 50
D. F. R ......1  75@2 00
1  10@1 50
 
JunlperlB  Co. O. T....1  75®1 75
“ 
1  75®3 50
Saacharum  N.  B.........1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vlnl  Galll............1  75®6 90
Vlnl Oporto.................1 25@2 00
Vlnl  Alba....................1 25@2 00

 

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

1 40

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Aurand Cortes....................  50
Rhei Arom...............  
  50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
“  Co.......  50
Senega................................   50
Sclllae..................................   50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prunus  vlrg  .......................   50

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t i n c t u r e s .

 

 

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Aconltum Napellls R.........   60
F .............   50
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
A rnica................................   50
Asafoetida............................  o
A trope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
“  Co..........................   50
Sangulnarla  .......................   50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharldes.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................  75
Co.......................  75
Castor.................................l 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co.......................  60
Columba.............................   50
Conlum................  
50
Cubeba................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gendan...............................  50
“  Co............................  60
Guaica................................   so
“ 
ammon...................  60
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................   50
Iodine..................................   75
Colorless.................   75
Ferri  Chlorldum................  35
K ino....................................  50
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................   50
Nux  Vomica.......................   50
Opil................................ 
  85
“  Camphorated................  50
“  Deodor........................ 2 00
Aurand Cortex....................   50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany..............................  50
Rhei.....................................   50
Cassia  Acudfol...................  50
“  Co..............  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stromonlum.........................  60
Tolutan...............................   60
ValeriaD.............................   50
VeratrumVerlde.................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

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“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

* 
“ 

.¡Ether, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  26®  28 
“  4 F ..  30®  32
Alumen......................2M® 3

"  
ground,  (po.

po—  
Bpo.  @ 20

7).............................   3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Andmonl, po.............. 
4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Andpyrln...................  @1 40
Antlfebrln..................  ®  a
Argend  Nltras, ounce  @  58
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__ 
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ............ 2 20@2 26
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Mb
12;  Mb,  14)..............  @  11
Cantharldes  Russian,
po ............................  @1  00
Capsid  Fructus,af...  ®  a
®  a
Caryophyllus, (po.  14)  10®  12
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @3 75
Cera Alba, S. <& F ......   50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus.......................   ®  40
Cassia Fructus...........  ®  22
Centrarla....................  ®  10
Cetaceum...................  ®  40
Chloroform................  60®  63
squibbs ..  @1  a
Chloral Hyd Crst....... 1  20®1  40
Chondrus...................  20®  a
Clnchonldine, P.  A W  15®  20
German  3  ®  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  ...................... 
60
Creasotum...............   @  a
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  @  2
“  prep..................   5®  5
9®  11
“  precip.............. 
"  Rubra................  ®  8
Crocus.......................   33®  a
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph...............   5 ®   6
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Bther Sulph................  68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  ®
po...................  @  6
Brgota, (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®  a
Glycerins...................15M®  20
Grana Paradlsl...........  ®  22
Humulus....................   25®  a
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  a
“  Cor__   @  80
Ox Rubrum  @  90
Ammonlad..  @1 00 
TJnguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  64
.1 25®1  50
Icnthyobolla, Am.. 
Indigo.........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl.......... 3 80@3 90
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulln......................  60®  65
Lycopodium..............  70®  75
M ads.........................  75®  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnlds  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1M)..........................  
a®  8
Mannla,  S .F ............  60®  a

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Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT  MEDICINES

DEALERS  IN

Paints, Oils  %  Varnishes.

Sole Agents for the Celebrated

SWISS  HILLS  PREPARED  PRINTS.

Line of  Staile  Druggists’  Sundries.

We are Sole Proprietors of

Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

We Have In Stock and Offer a F u ll Line of

W H I S K I B S ,  B R J L N D IB S ,

G IN S ,  W IN B S ,  R U M S •

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

G r o c e r y   P r ic e   C u r r e n t•

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

and  buy  in  full  packages.

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

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

8 00

lb.  “ 

M lb. cans, 3  doz..............  
H lb.  “ 
i 
Bulk...................................  
14 ft cans.........................
*4 ®>  “ 
.......................
l 
ft  “ .......................
ft  “ 
.......................
Fosfon.
5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in case 
16 “ 

Acme.
45
2  “  ................  85
i  “ .............i  eo
10
Arctic.
60 
1  20 
2  00 
9 60
80 
2  00
per doz
90
.1 33
1 90
2 47
.3 75
.4 75
11 40
18 25
21 60
41 80

Dime cans
“
4-oz 
“
6-oz 
8-oz 
“
12 oz 
“
16-oz 
“
2M-lb  “
41b
“
5-lb 
10-lb 
“

pRPRICEÌS
CREAM
Ma k in g
Bowden
**u«Dioa*

Dr. Price’s.

“  2  “ 

“

 

“ 

8oz 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

40
Re 3 Star, 1* 1b cans..........  
..........  
80
...........   1  50
45
Teller’s,  M lb. cans, doz. 
“  ..  85
“  ..  1  50

H lb  “ 
1ft  “ 
*4 lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 
BATH BRICK.
2  dozen in case.

bruins. 

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

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“ 
BROOKS.
No.  2 Hurl.............................. 2 00
No. 
.......................2  25
No. 2 Carpet.......................  2  50
No. 1 
 
2 75
Parlor Gem.......................... 3 00
Common Whisk................   1 00
Fancy 
..................1  20
Warehouse.......................... 3  50
Stove, No.  1. - -  .................  l  25

“ 
BRUSHES.

1  “ 
“ 

“ 10............................   1 50
“ 15............................   1 75

Rice Root Scrub, 2  row... 
85
Rice Root  Scrub. 3 row__  1  25
Palmetto, goose.................   i  50

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BUCKWHEAT.

100 lb. cases, 2 & 5 lb. pkgs $5 CO

CANDLES.
 

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............   io
Star.  40 
9
Paraffine  ..........................   n
Wicking  ........ 
24

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CANNED  GOODS.

PISH.
Clams.

“ 

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“ 

“ 
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Little Neck, li b ...................i  is
“  2 lb..................1  90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb......................2 00
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb....................   go
21b....................170
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb......................... 2 40
2  lb......................... 8 30
Picnic, 1 lb............................... 2 00
21b..........................2  90
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb.....................l o *
2  lb................... 1 90
Mustard,  2 lb .....................2 25
Tomato Sauce,  21b................. 2 25
Soused, 2 lb......................  
2 25
Salmon.
Columbia River, flat........... 1  86
“  tails................. 1 75
Alaska, 1  lb..............................i 40

21b ..........................1  90
Sardines.
American  14s ................4*4® 5
,/§■................6*4® 7
_ 
Import*  14 s.....................11@12
Ms.................... 15@16
Mils'wd 34a....................... 7@8
Boneless.......................... 
20
Brook, 3 lb...............................2 60

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Trout

“ 
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Apricots.

lb. standard 
- 

FRUITS.
Apples.
3 
...
York State  gallons  ... 
Hamburgh 
Live oak..................... 
Santa Cruz................. 
Lusk’s ......................... 
Overland..................  
Blackberries.
B. A  W ....................... 
d ............................ 
. . .  
 

3 00
2 75
2 00
2 00
2 00
1  90
96
1 20
1 75
Pitted Hamburgh 
White  ...................  
1  80
Erie  .............  
1  20
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 

Cherries.

 

Gages.

E rie............................  @1  25
California..................  
1  70
Gooseberries.
Common.................... 
1  20

Peaches.

P ie.............................. 
Maxwell.................... 
Shepard’s ..................  
California..................  
...............  
Monitor 
Oxford  ......................
Pears.

l  30
2 00
1 85
2 10
1  85

“ 

1  20
2 10

1  30
2 50
2 75
1  10
1 30
1 50
1  25
1  25
1  25
1  30
1  25

Domestic.................... 
Riverside.................... 
Pineapples.
Common..................... 
Johnson’s  sliced  ...... 
grated  ...... 
Quinces.
Common.................... 
Raspberries.
Red 
..............  .........  
Black  Hamburg.........  
Erie, black 
Strawberries.
Lawrence..................  
Hamburgh  ...............  
Erie............................  
Terrapin.......................  
Whortleberries.
Common.................... 
1  10
F.  &  W...................  
1  15
Blueberries...............  
1  10
Corned  beef,  Libby’s.........1 90
Roast beef,  Armour’s.........1 75
Potted  ham, 14 lb...............1 30
“  14 lb.................  80
tongue, *4 lb............l 35
14 lb.........  
85
chicken, >4 lb..........  
95

“ 
VEGETABLES.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

MEATS.

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Peas

Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless.........1 25
French style........ 2 25
Limas  ................. 1  40
Lima, green........................ 1 25
soaked.......................  80
Lewis Boston Baked.......... 1 35
Bay State  Baked................ 1 35
World’s Fair  Baked.......... 1 85
Picnic Baked.......................  1 
Hamburgh..............  .........
Livingston  Eden............... 1 90
Purity  ................................
Honey  Dew........................ 1  50
Morning Glory  .................
Soaked................................115
Hamburgh marrofat...........1 35
early June...........
Champion Eng... 1  50
Hamburgh  petit  pels 
...... : 75
fancy  sifted  __1  90
Soaked..............................  
55
Harris  standard  ...............   75
Van Camp’s Marrofat 
.110
Early June....... 1 80
Archer’s  Early Blossom__1 35
French................................1 go
French..............................15*320
Erie.....................................   go
Hnbbard............................. 1 20
Hamburg  ............................1 40
Soaked.................................  80
Honey  Dew.........................1 60
Erie.....................................1 35

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

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Tomatoes.

Hancock.............................1 05
Excelsior.........
........1 10
Eclipse..............
........ 1 19
Hamburg...........
........1 30
Gallon..............
........2 60

CHOCOLATE— BAKER’S.
German Sweet.................. 
P r e m iu m .....................................  
Pure..............................  
Breakfast  Cocoa.............. 

22
35
so
40

 

CHEESE.

Amboy.......................   @1214
Acme..........................  @:i34
Riverside................... 
a i 2
Gold  Medal  ..............  @n
Skim..........................  6  @  9
Brick.............................  
10
Edam  ........................ 
100
Leiden .  ............ 
23
 

Limburger................. @11
Pineapple...................
Q86
Roquefort...................
@35
Sap Sago.................... @22
Schweitzer, imported. @24
domestic  .... @14

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CATSUP.

Blue Label Brand.

“

CLOTHES PINS

Half  pint, 25 bottles  .........2 75
Pint 
...... 4 60
Quart 1 doz bottles 
. ........3 50
5 gross boxes.............. '....... 40
COCOA  SHELLS.
35 lb  bags.............. 
.
.  @3
Less quantity  ...........
Pound  packages........ - -634@7

@3*4

COFFEE.
GREEN.
Rio.

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

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

BOASTED.

!  To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted
coffee, add *4c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink-
affé.
A rbuckle’s A riosa........  21.80
M cLaughlin's  XXXX..  21.80
Bunola....................... ....  20 30
Lion. 60 or 100 lb.  case__  21.80

PACKAGE.

|f§ iB

00

e x t r a c t .
Valley City *4 gross  .
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross! 
“ 

tin 

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.... 
75
1  Ì5
......   1  50
...... 2 GO

CHICORY.

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

5

•• 
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“ 
Jute 
“ 

Cotton,  40 ft......... per dot.  1  25
1  40
1  80
1  75
1  90
90
1  00

CLOTHES  LINES.
50 f t.........
“ 
60ft.........
“ 
70 ft.........
“ 
80ft.........
“ 
60 ft__
“ 
72 f f ......
“ 
CONDENSED MILK. 

4 doz. in case.

Eagle
crown.................................. 625
Genuine Swiss...................8 00
American Swiss............ .!.  700

c r a c k e r s .
Butter.
Seymour XXX........... 
5
Seymour XXX, cartoon........6*4
Family  XXX.....................   6  -
Family XXX,  cartoon........  6*4
Salted XXX..........................  e
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ......   6*4
Kenosha  .  .............. 
7S
Boston......................g
Butter  biscuit 
Soda, x x x .........................  8
Soda, City.................. ....!.  7*4
Soda,  Duchess...........814
Crystal Wafer........... 
10
........11
Long  Island Wafers 
8. Oyster  XXX............  
g
City Oyster. XXX............... .  g
Farina  Oyster....................   g

Oyster.

........ 

Soda.

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CREAK TARTAR.

Strictly  pure...................... 
30
Telfers  Absolute.............. 
35
Grocers’............................ 20©25

Pepper, Singapore, black.... 15 
“  white...  .25
shot........................19

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Pure Ground In Bulk.

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Allspice................................1
Cassia,  Batavia...................20
and  Saigon.25
Saigon................. 35
Cloves,  Amboyna.............. 30
Zanzibar..............
20
15
Ginger, African.................
Cochin.................
18
2P
Jam aica...........
Mace  Batavia.................... 8t
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste. 25
Trieste...................27
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................65
Pepper, Singapore, black— 20
“  white.......30
Cayenne................25
Sage......................................20

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“Absolute” in Packages.

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

.............  84

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DRIED  FRUITS.

Domestic.
APPLES.

“ 

16V4
4*4

quartered  “
APRICOTS.

Sundried, sliced in  bbls.
6
5*
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes @8 Vi
California in  bags.........
Evaporated in boxes.  ..
BLACKBERRIES.
In  boxes.......................
NECTARINES.
70 lb. bags.......................
251b. boxes.....................
Peeled, in  boxes  .........
Cal. evap.  “ 
...........
“ 
In bags  ......
PEARS.
California in bags  __
PITTED CHERRIES.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes...................
25 “ 
...................

PEACHES.

19
14
13

“ 

“ 

20
22

PRUNELLES.

301b.  boxeB..................
RASPBERRIES.
In  barrels......................
50 lb. boxes....................
......................
25 lb.  “ 
Foreign.
CURRANTS.

10Vi
21*4
22
23

‘
‘

“ 
“ 

PEEL.

25  “ 
25  “ 

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

in  H-bbls........ @ 4M
in less quantity @ 4*4
Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb. boxes  20
Lemon 
10
Orange 
11

“ 
“ 
RAISINS.
Domestic.
London layers,  2  crown. ..1  65
3  “
..1  85
fancy — ..2 00
Loose Muscatels, boxes.. ..1  60
Ondura, 29 lb. boxes.. @ 9*4
“
Sultana, 20 
@
Valencia, 30  “
@ 8J4

Foreign.

“ 
*' 

PRUNES.

Bosnia........................
California,  100-120.........

o
90x100 25 lb. bxs.
80x90 
70x80 
60x70 

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

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

8

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.
No. 1, 6 Vi  ................................. SI  75
No. 2,6V4  .......................
1  60
No. 1, 6............................
1  65
No. 2, 6.... 
........
1  50
XX  wood, white.
No. 1, 6!4  .......................
1  35
No. 2,6Vi 
......................
1  25
Manilla, white.
6 H  ............... .................
6......................................
95
Mill  No. 4.......................
1  00
FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 

Coin.

Farina.
Hominy.

100 lb. kegs................... 
354
Barrels.................................800
G rits.................................. 3 50
Dried............................  
4
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.

Lima  Beans.

Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
55
Imported.....................10*i@ll*i
Pearl Barley.
K egs...........  
..............  @2*4

Green,  bn.......................... 1  75
Split  per  l b ......................... 234
German.............................   4
East India..........................   5
Cracked..............................  

Wheat.

Sago.

5

Peas.

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

“ 
“ 

Cod.

........ 

kegs 
“ 

Halibut.
Herring.

Yarmouth..........................
Pollock.......................
Whole, Grand  Bank...  @5
Boneless,  bricks........6*4@8
Boneless, strips...........6?* @8
Smoked...................... 
12
Gibbed, *4 bbl...................  3 25
Holland,  bbl....................  9 00
65
Round Shore, *4  bbl........  2 60
54  “  ........  1  35
Scaled............................... 
jg
No. 1,40 lbs....................... 4 00
No. 1, kits. 10 lbs................1 C0
No. 2, 40 lbs.......................3 f0
No. 2,  10 lbs....................... 
75
Family, *4 bbls., 100lbs....  5 0b
kits. 10  lbs........... 
66
Russian,  kegs....................  
45
No. 1, *4 bbls., lOOlbs...........6 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   90
No. 1, *4 bbls.,1001bs...........7 50
No. 1. kits, 10 lbs.................   95
Family, *4 bbls., 100 lbs  ...  3 00 
kits  10  lbs.............  40

Sardines.
Trout

Whlteflsh.

Mackerel.

“ 

“ 

FLAVORING EXTRACTS. 

Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla
125
2 oz folding box...  75 
150
...100 
3 oz 
“ 
2 00
...1  50 
4 oz 
“ 
6 oz 
.. .2  00 
3 00
“ 
“ 
8 oz 
...3  00 
4 00
Gunpowder.
Austin’s Rifle, kegs........... 4  50
“  *4 kegs........2 50
“ 
“ 
Crack Shot, kegs . .4 50 
Vi kegs 2 50
“ 
“  Club Sporting  “  6 00 
“ 
*4  “  8 25

“ 
“ 

HERBS.

“ 

INDIGO.

Sage..................................... 16
Hops.....................................15
Madras,  5 lb. boxes  ........ 
55
50
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
JBLLY.
17  lb. palls  ...................... 
85
30  “ 
......................  1  20
LICORICE.
Pure.....................................   30
Calabria...............................  25
Sldly....................................  12
LYE.
Condensed, 2 doz............... 1 25
4 doz............... 2 25
MATCHES.

No. 9  sulphur..................... 1  25
Anchor parlor.....................1 70
No. 2 home..........................1  10
Export  parlor.....................4 00

“ 

MINCE  MEAT

p i s i S

3 or 6 doz. In case  per dot

.  9:

MEASURES.

Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon  .......................... 31  75
Half  gallon.....................
1  40
Q uart...............................
70
A n t..................................
45
Half  p in t.......................
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon............................ 7 00
Half gallon...................... 4 75
Q uart............................... 3 75
A nt..................................
2 25

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

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

New Orleans.

Fair..................................
Good.................................
Extra good.......................
Choice.............................
Fancy...............................

One-half barrels, 3c extra

14

16
20
30

18
20
26
30
40

OATMEAL.

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

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

435  60
©2  95

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count........... $7 00
Half  barrels, 600 count__4 00

Small.

PIPES.

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

8 00

4  50

Clay, No.  216............................ 1 75
Cob, No. 8.................................1 26

“  T.D. full count...........  75

p o t a s h .

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s ..............................   4 00
Penna Salt  Co.’s  ............   8 25

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

ROOT BEER
3 doz.case... 

“ 

RICE.

Domestic.
Carolina bead.......................6
No. 1...................... 5

“ 
“  No. 2...............   © 4 V4
Broken...............................  3*,
Imported.
Japan, No. 1............
T 
Patna..................................   5

r‘  No. 2.

6
514

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Allspice............................... 10
Cassia, China in mats........  8
Batavia In bund...  15
Saigon In rolls........ %
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar..................13
Mace  Batavia......................go
Nutmegs, fancy...................80
“  No.  1......................75
“  No.  2...................... 65

SAL  SODA.

SEEDS.

Kegs.............................. . . . .  
l* i
Granulated,  boxes........ ....  154
Anise......................... @12*4
Canary, Smyrna........
6
Caraway....................
8
Cardamon, Malabar...
90
Hemp,  Russian.........
4*4
Mixed  Bird...............
4*4
Mustard,  white.........
6
Poppy .........................
9
Rape..........................
6
Cuttle  b o n e.................
80

STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb  boxes.................... ...  6
40-lb 
.................. ......  534
Gloss.
l-lb packages  ............... ......  5*4
.......................  5*4
3-lb 
6-lb 
................. ....  6
40 and 50 lb. boxes........ ....  4M
Barrels.......................... ....  5*4
Scotch, In  bladders............37
Maccaboy, In jars...............35
French Rappee, In Jars..... 43

SNUFF.

“ 
“ 

“ 

SODA.

Boxes...................................6V*
Kegs, English...................... 434
100 3-lb. sacks......................12 25
2  00
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks....................  l 85
2  25
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb 'cases.......................  1 50
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags.. 
32
28 lb.  “ 
is

SALT.
 
 

drill  “ 

 
 

Warsaw.

56 lb. dairy in drill  bags...  32
281b.  “ 
is
56 lb. dairy 1b linen sacks..  75

Ashton.

“  

.. 

“ 

56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks 

Higgins.

Solar Rock.

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

Common Fine.

Saginaw..........................  
ManlBtee.........................  
Packed 60 lbs. In box.

SALERATTJ8.

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

75

27

80
85

SUGAR.

“ Standard..  @5.44
“ 

Cut  Loaf.....................  © 6j£
Cubes.........................   © 5*4
Powdered XXXX......  
©  554
Granulated, medium.  5.06®  5%
fine...........5 0o@ 5*|
Confectioners’ A...... 4.94®  5
Soft A.........................  ©  43£
White Extra C...........  @4%
Extra C.......................  © 4%
C.................................  @ 4
Golden......................   @334
Yellow.....................  
©  334
Less than  bbls. 34c advance

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels.......................   ....  26
Half bbls............................. 28
Fair.....................................   19
Good....................................  25
Choice..................................  30
8WEET GOODS.
Ginger Snaps.............. 
Sugar Creams............  
Frosted Creams.........  
Graham Crackers...... 
Oatmeal Crackers___ 

8
8
9
8*4
8*4

VINEGAR.

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

11 for barrel.
WET  MUSTARD.

Bulk, per gal  ................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75
Magic, per box....................1  00
Warner’s  “ 
.................... 1 00
Yeast Foam, per box...........1 00

YEAST

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
GOLD  MEDAL,  t ABIS,  1878.

FISH  and  OYSTERS.

TEAS.

j a p a n —Regalar.

F air...............
@17
Good..............
@20
Choice............ ...........24 @26
Choicest......... ...  .:..32 @34
D ust............... ...........10 @12
F air...............
@17
Good..............
@20
Choice............ ............24 @26
Choicest......... ...........32 @34
Dust................ ..........10 @12

BUN CURED.

BASEST  PIKED.

F air............................. 18  @20
Cbolce.........................  @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.

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

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

“ 

Palls unless otherwise noted
Hiawatha -.................  
62
Sweet  Cuba................ 
36
McGlnty....................  
27
25
Vt bbls.......... 
Valley  City................ 
34
30
Dandy Jim .................  
Torpedo..................... 
24
in  drums.... 
23
Turn  Turn  ................ 
29
Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead.................  
Joker.........................  
Nobby Twist................. 
Oh  My..........................  
Scotten’s Brands.

38
26
39
29

Ping.

Kvlo............................ 
Hiawatha..................  
Valley City................ 
Finzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty..............  
Jolly Tar..................... 

25
40
34
40
32

Middleton’s Brands.

H e re ltls......... 
28
Old Style....................  
31
Jas. G. Butler  &  Co.’s  Brands.
Something Good....................38
Out of Sight.......................... 25
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol 

lows,  prices nominal:

HIDES.

 

 

“ 

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

“ 

No. 2 hides H off.
PELTS

WOOL.

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

Shearlings....................10 @25
Lambs 
Washed.......................20 @28
Unwashed...................10 @20
Tallow.......................  3K@  3J£
Grease  butter  ........... 1  @  2
Switches....................  1H@  2
Ginseng.....................2 00@2 75

MISCELLANEOUS.

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF'S

WHEAT.

MEAL.

66 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 
66
Bolted...............................  1  40
Granulated.......................  1  60
FLOUR.
Straight,  In sacks  ...........   4 00
“ 
“ barrels.........   4 20
Patent 
“ sacks.............  5 00
“ barrels.........   5 20
“ 
Graham 
“ sacks...........  1  90
“ “ 
Rye 
 
Buckwheat, Rising  Sun__4 75
MILLSTUFFS. Less

 

Car lots  quantity
*15 00

Bran...............*14  00 
Screenings__  15  00 
Middlings......   16  00 
Mixed Feed...  18 50 
Coarse meal  ..  18 50 
Car  lots................................47
Less than  car lots............. 49
Car  lots  ..............................38
Less than car lots.................40

CORN.

OATS.

New oats, lc less.

No. 1 Timothy, car lots__10 00
No. 1 
..  .1150

HAY.
ton lots 

“ 

15 50
16 50
18 50
18 50

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
FRESH  FISH.
Whltefish 
...................8  @9
T rout...........................8  @9
Halibut.......................   @15
Ciscoes or Herring__5  @6
Bluefish.......................11  @12
Fresh lobster, per lb  ... 
Soft crabs, per doz........  
Shrimp, per gal.............  
Cod..............................10  @12
No. 1 Pickerel............   @8
Pike............................  @7
Smoked W hite.........   @7

20
1 00
1 25

oysters—Cans. 

“ 

OILS.

SHELL  GOODS.

Falrhaven  Counts —   @35
F. J. D.  Selects.........   @30
Selects.......................   @25
Anchor.......................  @22
Standards  .................   @19
Oysters, per  100  ........l  2a@l  So
Clams. 
75@1 00
The  Standard Oil Co.  quotes 
as  follows.  In barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
Eocene......................... 
8%
Water White, old test.  @ 8
W.  W.  Headlight, 150° 
7
Water  White  ...........  @ 6J£
Naptha.......................   @ 7
Stove Gasoline...........  @6%
Cylinder.................. 27  @36
E ngine.............. .......13  @21
Black, 25to 30 deg  ...  @7)4

FRESH  HEATS.

“ 

Swift & Company quote as fol­

lows:
Beef,carcass..............  4  @5

“  hindquarters...  5  @5)« 
fore 
“ 
...  3  @  3H
loins,  No.  3...  9  @  9)4
“ 
ribs.................  7  @ 7H
“ 
“ 
ronnds............   4l/,@  5
2 20
Bologna......................  @ 4 V,
Pork loins..................   @10)4
____  @ 7M
Sausage, blood or head  @ 41/,
liv er............   @ 4V4
Frankfort__  @7
Mutton  .......................7  @8
Veal............................. 6  @7

shoulders 

“ 
“ 

“ 

POULTRY.

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

LIVE,

W. Baker & Co;s
Breakfast 
Cocoa
Unlike  the
Dutch Process

a ud it is Soluble.

Is  A b so lu tely  P u n  

X o  alkalies  03 
other  chem ical i 
o r  d y e s  a re  usee 
in   its  m an u fac­
tu re.

A  description  of  th e   chocolate 
lan t,  an d   of th e   various cocoa anc 
hocolate  p re p ara tio n s  m anufac- 
u red   by  W alter  B aker  &  Co.,  wll 
to  sent  free 
to  an y   d ealer  or 
ippllcatlon.  _________

V. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass
FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

Geo.  W.  Gay, Vice-President.

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

Transacts a general banking  business.

H ake  a specialty of collections.  Accounts 

of country m erchants solicited.

1 8

11 Favor of tie Boyer

[EdwinI Giujes & tyt I

B L E N D E D

COFFEE  READ  THIS.

IF  YOU ENJOY  A  GOOD  CUP  OF 
UJIIE fact that a coffee is a Java itoea not always Imply 
th at  it  will  make  a  delicious  beverage,  for  J&vas 
differ  very  materially  on  account  of the section  of the 
Island of Java on which they are grown and the method 
used  in  cultivating;,  some  being  grown  by  private 
planters, other under the government supervision.  Some 
of these Java* are delicious, others rank and worthies*.
The D ia m o n d J ava is a blend of those Javasw nichex- 
cel In any peculiar degree in fine flavor or full  strength, 
and which mingling harmoniously together produce the 
perfection of a coffee.
The D ia m o n d J ava is packed  in  air-tight  cans  when 
taken hot from cylinders, and its fragrant arom a is  thus 
preserved  until  used.  This  brand  of  Whole  Roasted 
C of Fee is intended for those that appreciate a fine article, 
and desire to use the best coffee that ern be obtained.
A S K   YOTTR  G R O C E R   F O R   I T .

Ef he cannot supply you send us his name.

Are  Our Standard  Brands
BOOSTED  COFFEES.

OF

Order now and  Save Money.

J.  P.  VISNER,

167  No. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, 

AGENT FOR

Edwin  J.  Gillies  &  Go.,

New  York.

KKITZER MILLING CO.,

R i s i n g   S u n  

B u c k w h e a t

I s   w i t h o u t   a   P e e r /

W A R R A N T E D   P U R E !

Q uality  and  F lavor  U nexcelled.  For  prices 
see  quotation  list.

Yon  can  sell  one  to 
Every  Customer.

Combination Globe and Chimney.

A ssorted in Barrel. 

F its No. 2 Sun Burner.

l k  doz.  Harrison Globe Chimneys,  as shown,  $1 per doz..................................  $1  50
1%  “  Cleveland  “ 
................................   1  50
35
$3  35

Barrel................................................................  

Order 1  barrel as sample from any wholesale dealer in Grand Rapids or of

“ 

“ 

“ 

1 

H .  L E O N A R D   &   S O iV S ,

134 to 140 Fulton St., Grand Rapids,  Mich.

BRAND

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

THE  PUTNAM  CANDY  CO.

14

T E L E   M I C H I G A J S   T R A D E S M  A  TSl

C L E A N L IN E S S IS  G O D LIN E SS.

W ritten to r THE T r a d e s m a n .

Cleanliness  is  not  only  next  to godli­
ness,  but it is godliness  itself.  Ask  any 
lady of  refined  manners  and  cultivated 
tastes to name some grocer or  some meat 
dealer  who,  in  her  estimation,  is  the 
most  godly  man  in  his  business.  She 
will invariably name  the man who is the 
most  cleanly. 
It  is  perfectly  natural 
for  such  a lady  to  associate  everything 
that is uuclean  with the powers of  dark­
ness,  and  whenever  and  wherever  she 
observes a lack of this godlike  attribute, 
she at once charges the responsible party 
with lack of true godliness.

If  the  man  who  "lives  to eat” would 
step into some  of  our grocery stores and 
meat  markets  and  make  a  careful  in­
spection  of 
the  premises,  he  would 
change his  opinion  as  to  the grand pur­
pose  of  human  existence,  and  would 
henceforth  “eat  to  live.”  He  would no 
longer take  pleasure  in eating;  it would 
become  a  matter  of  serious  concern  to 
himself,  and he would never  indulge  in 
the act  except as a  means  of prolonging 
life.

The  ladies  (God  bless  them)  are  en­
trusted  with  the solemn  duty of  select­
ing,  preparing  and  cooking  the  mate­
rials which are to be eaten by  us,  not for 
the purpose of tickling our  palates only, 
but for the more serious purpose of  sup­
plying  our  systems  with  that  which is 
best  calculated  to replenish the wasting 
tissues of the body aud preserve vitality. 
They  realize  the tact  that  this food ma­
terial,  in order to accomplish its purpose, 
must  not  only  suit  the  taste  but  must 
please  the eye  as  well,  and  that  all ap­
pearances in a grocery store, a meat mar­
ket,  a  wagon  or  any  other place where 
food material is exposed for sale or other­
wise,  which  offend  the  eye,  outrage the 
nostrils, or  bring  forth  a  vigorous pro­
test  from  the  stomach,  are  ungodly  in 
the very nature of things  and,  in a meas­
ure,  destructive of life and happiness.

That  the  mind  exerts  a  powerful in­
fluence over the  body  is a  scientific fact 
of which  proof can  be  found in connec­
tion with  the  subject  under discussion; 
for instance, a lady  in  this  city  bought 
all  of  her  groceries  and  meat  supplies 
from  a  certain  dealer  for a space of  six 
months.  She had never been in the store 
or meat market from which she  obtained 
her supplies,  having  ordered  her  goods 
and 
received  them  at  her  own  house 
through  the  agency  of  the  firm’s order 
and delivery clerk.  She was so well sat­
isfied  with  the quality  and  prices of  the 
goods that she concluded one day to visit 
the establishment and make the acquaint­
ance of  the  proprietors.  She found the 
grocer  busily  engaged  in  picking  nut­
shells  and  various  other  articles out  of 
the lard  can,  while  a  sore-eyed,  leaky- 
nosed  boy  with  an  old  back  alley  hat 
drawn on the back of  hisnncombed head 
was trying to  scrape  the dirt off  a piece 
of  cheese  which  he  had  cut  for a cus­
tomer  and  which  had accidentally fallen 
upon the floor.  The  boy,  who  was  one 
of those quasi  juvenile  clerks  too  often 
found  in  surburban  grocery stores,  was 
clad in  the customary enameled breeches 
supported at the  top  by  one  suspender, 
and encased  at  the  bottom  in  a  pair  of 
old rubber  boots.  Two  or  three  of  his 
fingers were bandaged  in  bloody  cotton 
rags,  and  the  exposed  portions  of  his 
hands  were decorated  with  warts.  Thus 
hindered  with  bandages,  warts  and  a 
leaky nose,  and being armed simply with

| the  butter  paddle,  the  assistant  clerk 
S was laboring under discouraging circum­
stances in trying to  remove  the floor ac­
cumulations  of  many  weeks  from  the 
unfortunate piece of cheese.

In  the  window,  in  one  promiscuous 
mass,  were a few sickly nubbins  of corn,
I a  few  stalks  of  fly-blown  celery  and 
some  bloated,  yellow-complexioned  cu­
cumbers.  Adjoining the window,  a large, 
dirty,  shaggy black  dog was  waving  his 
bushy tail over the  pickle keg.  Passing 
through  an  arch into  the  meat  market, 
the  lady saw  a sight  which  nearly par­
alyzed her.  The meat  cutter  had  every 
appearance of  a fiend who had  just com­
mitted  some  horrid  murder  and  was 
waiting for the  next  victim  to approach 
the  fatal  block.  His  long  apron  was 
stained  and  streaked  with  blood;  his 
shirt sleeves were coated with the refuse 
of  the  slaughterhouse;  his  face  was  so 
tattooed with the marks of bloody fingers 
that the smile  which  he  put  on  for  the 
occasion  gave  him  the  appearance  of 
Satan  gloating  over  lost  souls,  and  his 
hands—well,  what  lady  could  contain 
herself after  seeing  those  hands handle 
her meat?  Old  shanks and soup  bones, 
purple with  age  and covered  with  flies, 
hung  upon  the  walls,  and  through  the 
back  door  came  odors  of  decayed  fat 
joining their forces  with  others of  fishy 
oils  aud  dog  meat,  and—but  it  was 
enough.  From that day to this that lady 
has  never  bought  a  dollar’s  worth  of 
stuff at that store.  Can you  blame  her? 
Most  assuredly  not.  Any  lady  who 
would not  shrink  with a  feeling of  dis­
gust and wounded sensibilities from such 
a condition of  things is certainly unfit to 
reign over the sacred precincts of  home.
Refined  natures  demand  the  utmost 
cleanliness in all matters which  relate to 
the  care  and  well-being  of  the  human 
body;  and,  when  uncleanliness  is  ob­
served in handling or preparing anything 
intended  for  food,  there  is  something 
implanted 
in  every  civilized  human 
breast  which  infuses  into every fiber  of 
the  being  a  feeling  of  intense  disgust. 
There may be a few  whose  souls  are  so
calloused  with  brutalism  that  they  are 
entirely oblivious to filthy surroundings, 
but  their  number  is  so  small  that  it 
would show a  great  lack  of  wisdom  on 
the part of any grocery or meat dealer to 
rely  upon  them  for  support 
It  would 
be much  better  to cater  to  the  tastes of 
the  larger  number by  exercising a little 
godliness,  and, by so doing,  you will  find 
that the ungodly few will not desert you.
Would  you  advance  the  interests  of 
your  business  and elevate your personal 
standing in the community?  Then go to 
work  and  clean  up  things.  When  you 
close your  store  to-night, commence  op­
erations  by  scrubbing  the  floor—your 
customers  can’t even  tell  how  wide the 
boards are in that floor.  Yon will find it 
very  tenacious  and  unyielding  at  first, 
but,  by dint of  the free use of water and
vigorous swinging  of a  good pickax  and 
shovel, you will  succeed in  removing  it. 
Before  commencing,  you  will  see  the 
necessity,  of  course,  of  removing to  the 
back  yard  all  snch  useless  and  super­
fluous articles  as empty  boxes,  old  bar­
rels,  broken lamp cbimneys,  old rubbers, 
barrel hoops,  decayed  vegetables,  cheese 
rinds,  rags,  rancid butter, dog meat—and 
dogs as well—old bones,stinking fish and 
every other  useless  thing  that  occupies 
valuable space  and  offends  the  eye,  not 
even  excepting  the  leaky-nosed  quasi 
clerk  of  the  kid  persuasion  above  re-

ferred  to.  Do  not  let  in  daylight  by 
washing your front windows until every­
thing is  renovated inside, for,  by  so  do­
ing, you will not  suffer  pain from a  full 
realization  of  the  condition  of  things. 
When you have finished  your work, con­
tinue 
the  transformation  by  washing 
your hands and face;  then put on a white 
shirt and clean  apron,  and,  instead of  a 
hideous barbarian, you  will  present  the 
appearance of  a law-abiding  and  peace- 
loving gentleman.  Do this and carefully 
guard against  a relapse, and you will  be 
surprised at  the result;  but, if  you  ever 
expose for sale  any  article  intended  for 
food  that  is  decayed,  tainted,  putrid, 
mouldy, or  otherwise  filthy, your  clean­
liness in other respects will not save you 
from the charge of ungodliness.

E. A.  Ow en.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—Dealers are taking all offers of winter 
fruit, paying about $1.75 per bbl. for fruit alone. 
The crop hereabouts  is  inadequate  to  the local 
demand,  compelling  dealers  to  look  elsewhere 
for  shipping  supplies.  One  dealer  is  buying 
heavily in New York and another has purchased 
several  carloads in Canada, paying  $1.25 for the 
fruit  and  barrel, 75 cents  per  bbl.  duty and 25 
cents freight, making the  net cost  here $2.25 per 
bbl.  This fruit is held at $2.50 per bbl.
Beans—Dry stock is without  quotable change.
Beets—60c per bu.
Butter — Strong  and  firm.  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  in  ample  supply 
at $2.50©$2.75  per  bu. crate.  Jersey and  Michi­
gan berries command $2.75 per crate.  The trade 
is  taking very few berries in barrels,  preferring 
the crates.
Eggs—Strong and  firm at an advance of 2c per 
doz.  Dealers pay 20c and  hold at  25c.  Some of 
the  dealers who  have  eggs in cold  storage  are 
holding their stock in anticipation of getting 25c 
per doz.
Grapes—Concords  command  18c  per  basket. 
Niagaras  sell  for 20c  and Delawares  command 
25c per basket.
Honey—Dealers pay 14@15c and hold at 153116c. 
The crop is generally thought to be short.
Onions—Red  and  Yellow  Danvers  command 
90c@$i per bu.
Peaches—About over for this year, a few stray 
lots of Smocks commanding $1.75@$2.
Peppers—Green, 50c per bn.
Potatoes — The  market  is  without  material 
change.  Dealers pay 50c  this week  and hold  at 
60c.

Quinces—42 per bu.
Tomatoes—Choice stock commands  50@60c per 

bushel.

PROVISIONS

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

PORK  IN  BABBELS.

Mess, new....................................................  12 50
Short c u t......................................................  14  50
Rxtra clear pig, Bhort cut............................  15 60
Extra clear, heavy.......................................
Clear, fat back.............................................  15  50
Boston clear, short cut................................   16 50
Clear back, short cut....................................  15 50
Standard clear, short cut. best.....  .........  
15 50

bausase—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage...................................................7)4
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage.............................................. 9
Frankfort Sausage  ........................................744
Blood Sausage.................................................   5
Bologna, straight............................................   5
Bologna,  thick................................................  5

“  
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9
9M
9 H
9%
9

BEEF  IN   BABBELS.

Com­
pound.
6
634
634
634
7M

LARD.
Granger. Family.
6 *
6)4
6 *
7M
7 *

Kettle
Rendered.
Tierces........9)4
501b. Tins.. .934
201b. Pails..  9M
10  1b. 
. . I t *
5 1 b . 
. .103*
3 1 b . 
..1 0 )4
Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs.....................   6 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................  6 50
Boneless, rump butts.....................................  8 75
Hams, average 20 lbs..........................
MMMM
MH
8)4
8

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
16 lbs..................................
12 to 14 lbs............................
picnic................................................
best boneless.....................................
Shoulders.....................................................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..........................
Dried beef, ham prices...............................
Long Clears, heavy.......................................
Briskets,  medium.  .....................................
light................................   ...... ”

108

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834
834

CANDIES. FRUITS and  NUTS.
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDT.
Cases

8)4
..  8)4
CANDY.

Standard,  per lb..........
“  H.H.................
Twist  ............
“ 
Boston Cream........  ..
Cut  Loaf......................... 
Extra H.  H...........  ..  .
MIXED
Standard...................... .
Leader..........................
Royal............................
English  Rock...............
Conserves....................
Broken Taffy...............
Peanut Squares............ . .. 
French Creams.............
Valley  Creams............
Midget. 30 lb. baskets..,
“  __
Modern,' 01b. 
fan cy—In bulk

Bbls.
.6
.6
.6)4
.7
.7
7
** 8

“ 

“ 1 

Lozenges, plain................................
printed..............  ............
Chocolate Drops................................
Chocolate Monumentals...................
Gum Drops........................................
Mobs 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.................................
printed...................  ........
Imperials...........................................
Mottoes.............................................
Cream Bar........................................
Molasses Bar.....................................
Hand Made  Creams..........................
Plain Creams.....................................
Decorated Creams.............................
String  Rock......................................
Burnt Almonds.................................
Wintergreen  Berries........................
CARAMELS.
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes... 
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
No. 3, 
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes..............
BANANAS.
Small  .....................................
Medium................................
Large  .....................................
ORANOKS.
Californias, 96  .......................
126........................
150  ......................
160..............
“ 
LEMONS.

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

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3 
2 
3 

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Bbls. Palls.
6)4
7)4
6)4
7)4
6)4
7)4
8)4

Pails.
7
7)4
8
8
8
8
9
10
13
..  8
...  8
Pails.
......  10
......  11
......  11)4
......  13
......   5)4
......   8
......  8)4
......   10
Per Box
........55
........55
........60
........65on
;.40@50 
....1   00
........80
........60
........65
........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

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@

Messina, choice, 360.............................   @6 50
@7 00
fancy, 360............................. 
choice 300.............................  @7 00
fancy390  Maioris................. 
800

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OTHER  FORBION  FRUITS.
Figs, fancy layers, 61b.........................
“  10B>.......................
“  141b.......................
“  20®......................
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box......................
.......................
Persian, 50-lb.  box.................

“ 
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“  50-lb.  “ 

“ 
“  extra 
“ 
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@
@17
@
©  8)4 
© 6)4 
©  4)4

NUT8.

 

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PBANUTS.

Almonds, Tarragona.............................  @19
a i?

Ivaca....................................... 
California.............................   ©18)4
Brazlls, new...........................................   @  9^4
©11)4
Filberts............... 
Walnuts, Grenoble................................   ©15
“  Marbot ..................................   © ^
Chlli.......................................   ©10
“ 
Table  Nuts,  faney................................   ©18)4
© ñ u
Pecana, Texas, H.  P.............   ..............12)4©14
Cocoannts, full sacks............................  ©4 25
Faney, H.  P., Suns................................   © 544
“  Roasted.....................  ©  714
Faney, H.  P., Flags...............................  ©5)4
“  Roasted....................  ©  n t
Cholee, H. P., Extras............................  © 4)4
“  Roasted................   © s u
California Walnuts.............................  
1244

cholee.............................. 

BDÏ  THE  PENINSULAR
Pants,  Sits,  and  Oremus

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Once and You aie our Customer 

for life.

STANTON, MOREY & C0„ Mfrs.

DETROIT, MICH.

G e o .  F .  O w e n , Salesman for Western  Michigan, 

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

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

DEALERS IN

NOS.  122  and  124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN,

WB CARRY A STOCK OF  CAKE TALLOW FOR mtt.t. (JSB.

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

15

peasants do a great many  things in their 
homes,  and  nearly  every  village  has its 
specialty of  some  kind  or  other.  Near 
Moscow  there  is  a  town which is noted 
for its beating of  gold leaf.  The people 
of this village beat the  gold out between 
calfskins,  and  the  monthly  wages  of  a | 
good  gold  beater  are  about  $7.  There I 
are  other  villages  which  make  wire, 
others  which  make  nothing  but specta­
cle frames, and down in Tula there about 
2,000  people  who  devote  themselves to 
the making of  accordions.  Some of  the 
most beautiful  ware  turned  out  at Mos­
cow is  the  lacquer  papier rnache.  This 
is sold all over Europe. 
It has the finish 
of the Japanese lacquer,  and it is beauti­
fully painted.  This is  done  by families 
who have  worked  at  it  for generations. 
It was from them that  the  old-fashioned 
snuff  boxes  came,  and  they  now  make 
sleeve  buttons,  tea  caddies,  book covers 
and lacquer  pictures.
Speaking of pictures, the  icon trade  is 
one of the great  industries of  this coun­
try.  An icon is a picture  of  a saint, the 
face of which is painted, but  the body of 
which  is made  of  carved  gold,  silver  or 
brass.  Every  man  in  Russia  has  his 
icon,  and  there  is  scarcely  a  room in  a 
Russian  house  which  does  not  contain 
one of  these  sacred pictures.  They  are 
of  all  sizes  and  prices,  from  little ones 
no bigger  than  a watch,  and  worth only 
a  few  cents,  up  to  great  paintings  the 
size  of  a barn  door  and  worth  tens, of

MOSCOW  METHODS.

Q ueerly  S to ck ed   b u t  F ine  S to re s  an d  

S h re w d   M erch an ts.

Moscow, Sept.  20.
AKE  a  cup  of  tea 
with me a la Russe 
w h i l e   1  tell  you 
somethiug  a b o u t  
the queer  business 
methods  of 
this 
queer  people.  A 
b a r e f o o t e d  boy | 
brings in the  large 
brass samovar  and 
we  drink  our  tea 
out  of  glass  tum­
blers,  with nothing 
but a bit  of  lemon 
a n d   a  generous 
amount of  sugar to 
affect 
i t s   flavor. 
The  Russians  do  all  their  trading  over 
tea and this commercial  center, Moscow, 
is  full  of  tea  houses,  called  traktirs, 
where  these  long-haired  merchants  sit 
and suck their tea through lumps of  sug­
ar, which  they hold between their teeth, 
and  dicker  and  bargain 
from  morn­
ing  until  evening.  There  is  no  such 
thing as fixed prices nor  quick  trades  in 
Russia. 
It takes a man all  day  to  come 
to  a  decision  and  he  always  asks  you 
three times as much as he expects to get. 
Still  the  business  done  is  enormous. 
Moscow has some business  houses which 
would be a credit to  New  York and Chi­
cago, and there are  stores here as fine as 
you  will  find  anywhere  in  Paris.  The 
wealthier Russians buy  the  most extrav­
agant  articles  of  jewelry  and  wearing 
apparel, and the  arcades of  this  city of 
Moscow are  unequaled  anywhere  in  the 
world.  Just  under  the  shadow  of  the 
holy Kremlin  there is  now being  built a 
vast  bazaar  of  six  stories  which  must 
cover  nearly  ten  acres  of  ground,  and 
there  are  many  business  blocks  here 
which cover  acres.  There  is more econ­
omy used  in  building  than  in  America, 
and some of these vast  buildings  are cut 
by wide passages which  are  roofed  with 
glass  and  out  upon  which  open  stores 
about twenty feet  front  with  good show 
windows.  These windows are filled with 
beautiful  goods, and  the  shoppers  can 
spend  hours  in  going  from one store to 
another  without  getting  out  into  the 
street.

A  S A C R E D   IC O N .

thousands of  dollars.  The Russian says 
his prayers before them, and he looks up­
on  them  as  the  guardian  angels  of  his 
life.  There  is  no  store in  Russia  that 
has not one of  these icons hanging up in 
it,  and if you wish to be ordinarily polite 
you will take off  your  hat  when you en­
ter the  store  in  honor  of  it, and if  you 
are a Russian  you  will  invariably  cross 
yourself  on  coming  into  its  presence. 
The  baby  of  our  consul  general  at  St. 
Petersburg fell sick during my stay there 
a few weeks ago, and its  nurse  said that 
the  undoubted  cause  of  its  illness was 
because there was  no icon picture in  the 
room  in  which  it  was  lying,  and  she 
would  not  continue  to  wait  upon  the 
child  until  one  was  put  up. 
In  every 
railroad  station  in  Russia  there  is  a 
shrine of  this  kind,  and  you cannot get 
out  of  sight of  a picture  of  one  of  the 
saints, of  the  Virgin  or  of  the  Savior. 
There are  stores here  in Moscow  which 
sell  nothing  but icons,  and the  painting 
of  them  gives  work  to  thousands. 
In 
making them the workmen  get prices ac­
cording to the size of the saints and their 
number.  A good  man  can make three, 
each  containing  one  figure,  in  a  week, 
and,  as he gets 50 cents a saint, he makes 
$1.50  at  this  rate  for  a  week’s  work. 
Some of the icons are very well  painted, 
and  those  in 
the  churches  are  often 
studded with jewels  and  the metal  work 
i is of  solid  gold.  Some  icons  are holier 
than  others,  and  the  most  sacred  are 
kissed  by  the  worshipers,  and  candles 
burn constantly before them.
Russia burns more candles to her popu­
lation than any other country in Europe. 
She  uses  about  60,000,000  pounds  of 
candles every year.  At the door of every 
great cathedral there are candle peddlers, 
who have counters before  them and who 
sell candles to the  worshipers  as fast  as

A.  M O SCO W   M K ltC H A N T .

There are  over 1,300 factories in oper­
ation  about  Moscow.  These  factories 
employ  250,000  laborers,  and  they  turn 
out about 8150,000,000 worth of  products 
every  year.  The city of  Tula,  which  is 
a night’s ride  from  Moscow, has cutlery 
works which make  all  kinds of iron  and 
steel ware of the finest quality.  1 bought 
a knife and a razor during my visit there 
a few days  ago  and  they  are  as  fine  as 
anything  that  Sheffield  or  Birmingham 
can produce. 
It is at Tula  that  the sa­
movars are made, nearly $3,000,000 worth 
being  turned  out  every  year, and  there 
are large gun  factories  here  which  sup­
ply  the  Russian  army.  The  cotton  in­
dustry is mainly confined to Moscow. 
It 
has  trebled  within  the  last  ten  years, 
and  there  are  cotten  mills  here  which 
would be a credit to  Massachusetts.  The 
woolen factories are also  increasing,  and 
the day will come when Russia will man­
ufacture most of  the goods  consumed by 
her  vast  population.  At  the  present 
time a large amount of the manufactures 
are  the  result  of  home  industry.  The

THE  BOSTON

IMPORTERS,

\re now  receiving  by  every 

incoming  steamer  and 

Overland,

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 
ar  more  profits in  buying ot 
he  average  wholesaler.

Chase  &  Sanborn,

IM P O R T E R S ,

4:30 p m

'3CSTON. 
CHICAGO.
Mich ig an Central

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’'

DKPART.  ARRIVE
D e tro it E x p re ss....................................... 7:00 a m  
10:00 p m
M ixed 
........................................................7 :0 6 a m  
D ay  E x p re ss...........................................  1:80 p m   10:00 a m
•A tla n tic  A  P acific E x p re ss...............   1:00 p m  
6:00 a m
New Y o rk  E x p re ss................................. 6:40 p m 
10:46 p m

•D aily.
A ll o th e r d a ily  e x c e p t Sunday.
S leeping  c a rs  r a n   o n   A tla n tic   a n d   P acific  E xpress 
tra in s  to  a n d  fro m  D e tro it.
E le g a n t  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. ra. 
a r riv e  in  G ran d   R apids 10 p.  m.

Frbd M. Brig g s. G en'l A g en t, 86 M onroe St.
A. Alm qujst, T ick e t A g en t, U nion  D epot.
Ge o . W . Munson, U nion T ic k e t Office. 67 M onroe St. 
O. W .R ugglbs  G. P .  A   T. A g en t., C hicago.

Detroit TIME  TABLE

NOW IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave  |*No.  14 tNo.  16|tNo.  18|*No.  82
........1............1............
Lv.  Chicago —  !  7 30pm 
Lv. Milwaukee.  ftäOnm
11 00pm
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
6 50am
Ionia...........Ar
12 42am
7 45am 
2 00am
St.  Johns  ...Ar
830am
3 10am6 40 am
O w o s s d ........Ar
9 05am
E. Saginaw..Ar
10 45am
7 15am 
Bay City......Ar
11 30am
10 05am
5 40am 
F lin t...........Ar
7 30am
12 05pm
Pt.  Huron...Ar
5 23am
Pontiac....... Ar
10 53am
6 45am
11 50am
Detroit......... Ar
WESTWARD.

10 20am
11 25am
12 17pm 
1 20pm
3 45pm4 35pm
3 45pm 
6 00pm 
305pm
4 05pm

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
ò 05pm 
8  Opm 
8 45pm
7 05pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

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

•No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13 •No.  15
10 45pm
4 05pm
7 05am
10 20pm
8 35am
11 20pm 
6 30am

6  50am
1  UOpm
2 10pm

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

•Dally.  tDally except Sunday.
Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m.,
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west,  6:45  a  m,  10:10 
a. m., 3:15 p.m. and 10:30 p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  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.
B e n  F l e t c h e r , Trav. Pass. Agent.
J a b. C a m p b e l l , City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

G rand  R apids  & In d ian a.
S chednle  in  effec t  S ep tem b er 25,1892.

TRAINS  going  north.

A rriv e fro m   L eav e g o in g  

S o u th . 
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   9:00 a m  
F o r C adillac an d  S a g in a w ..........  1:60 p  m  
F o r  P eto sk ey  A  M ac k in a w ........  8:10 p m  
F ro m  C hicago a n d   K alam azo o .  8:35 p  m 
d aily .  O th ers tra in s  d aily  e x c ep t Sunday.

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

T ra in  a r riv in g   fro m   s o u th  a t   6:15 a m   a n d   9:00 a m  

N o rth .
7 :2 0 am
1:10 p m
4:15 p m
10:10  p  m

N orth.
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 ag o ..
F o r F o rt W ay n e an d  th e   F a s t.,.  11:60 a  m
5:15 p m
F o r  C in c in n a ti................................
.  1100 p m  
F o r K alam azoo  A   C h ic ag o .......
F ro m  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 outh.
7:00  a m
10:05  a m
8:00  p m
6:00  p  m
11:20  p m

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

SLEEPING  A   PARLOR  CAR  8ERVICE. 

NORTH 1:10 p  m  train  h a s  p a r lo r  c a r  G ran d  
R apids to  P eto sk ey  an d   M ackinaw .
10:10 p  m  train .—S leeping  c a r  G rand 
R apids  to   P eto sk ey  a n d  M ackinaw .
SOUTH—7:00 am  train. - P a r lo r  c h a ir c a r G ran d  
R apids to  C in c in n ati.
10:05  a m   train .—W a g n e r  P a rlo r  C ar 
G ran d  R ap id s  to   C hicago.
6:00  p  m train .—W a g n e r S leep in g   C ar 
G ran d   R apids to  C in c in n ati.
11;20 p m train .—W a g n e r S leeping C ar 
G ran d  R apids to  C hicago.

C hicago v ia G. R. & I. R. R.

L v G ran d   R apids 
A rr C hicago 

10:05 a m  
3:36 p m  

2:00 p m  
9:00 p m  

11:20 p m
6:50 a  m

10:05 a  m  tr a 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 a g n er  S leeping C ar. 

3:10p m  
L v  C hicago 
A rr G ran d  R apids 
8:35 p m  
3:10  p  m   th ro u g h   W a g n e r  P a rlo r  C ar. 
tr a in  d aily , th ro u g h  W a g n e r S leeping C ar.

7:65am  
1:50 pm  

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

M u s k e g o n ,  G r a n d  R a p i d s  &  I n d i a n a .

F o r M uskegon—L eave. 

F ro m  M uskegon—A rriv e.

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

10:00 a  m
4,40  p m
9:05 p  m

D unday tr a in   lea v es  fo r  M uskegon  a t   9:05 a   m , a r ­
riv in g  a t  10:20  a   m .  R e tu rn in g ,  tr a in   lea v es  M uske­
go n  a t   4:30 p m , a r riv in g  a t  G sand  R apids a t   5:45 p m .
T h ro u g h  tic k e ts an d  fu ll in fo rm a tio n   ca n   be h a d  by 
c a llin g  upon A. A lm quist,  tic k e t  a g e n t  a t   U nion S ta­
tio n ,  o r  G eorge  W .  M unson,  U nion  T ick e t  A g en t, 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.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

CHICAGO

AND  WEST  MICHIGAN  ICY.
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS........8:50am  1:25pm *11:35pm
...........3:33pm  6:45pm  *7:05am
Ar. CHICAGO 

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

TO  AND  FROM   M USKEGON.

Lv. CHICAGO  __  
..  9:00»m  5:25pm  *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS......3:55pm  10:43pm  *7:05am
TO  AND  FROM   BENTON  H A R B O R ,  ST  JO S E P H   AND 
IN D IA N A PO LIS.
Lv. G  R.......... 8:50am Jl :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  5:20pm
Lv.  G  R.......................................7:30am  5:35pm
Ar.  Manistee 
...................... 12:20pm  10:24pm
Ar.  Traverse City..................... 12:35pm 10:59pm
Ar.  Charlevoix 
..
......................  2:55pm 
Ar. Petoskey.............................3:30pm  .............
Ar.  from  Petoskey.  etc.,  11:00  p  m.;  from 
Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10:00 p m.

TR A V ER SE  CITY,  M AN ISTEE  A  PETO SK EY .

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.
DETRO IT, 

tExcept Saturday.  Other trains 
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LANSING &  NORTHERN  R.  R.
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

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

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

TO AND FROM  SAGINAW,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LOUIS.

Lv. DETR__   7:50am  *1:35pm  5:15pm *11:00pm
Ar. G  R ..........12:55pm *5:25pm  10:20pm  *7:0Ham
Lv. GR 7:20am 4:15pm  Ar. G R  11:50am 10:40pm 
Lv. Grand Rapids  ..........  7:00am  1:25pm  5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell.............12:55pm  5:25pm  ...........

TO LOWELL VIA  LOWELL  A  HASTINGS  R.  It.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

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

•Every da,.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. DeIIAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

R ailw ay.

Toledo,  A nn  A rb o r  &  N o rth   M ichigan 
In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  A 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.
Lv. Grand Rapids a t......7:15 a. m. and 1:00 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t ............   12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.
Lv. Grand Rapids a t......6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at.  ...........12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.

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

all around the bazaar and not be affected 
by the weather.  The  interior  of  one of 
these vast buildings is made up of courts; 
the stores  run  from the arcades through 
to the courts,  and there are hundreds up­
on hundreds of  stores  in  every  bazaar. 
These stores are  of  all kinds.  You  can 
find in one of these bazaars anything you 
wish,  from  a hairpin  to  a sealskin  coat 
and from  a  toothpick  to  a set of  furni­
ture.  The  merchants,  as  a  rule,  are 
Russians  in  long coats with their panta­
loons stuffed in their boots and their hair 
chopped off level  with the neck so that it 
forms  a sort of  a brush as it hangs down 
from the crown.  They  part this  hair in 
the  middle  and  they  are  usually  long- 
bearded.  Some  of  ihe  finest  houses  in 
Moscow  belong  to  the merchants.  The 
nobles  look  down  on  them.  They  are 
very  superstitious  and  believe  in  signs 
and omens.  Their hours of business are 
from 9 in  the  morning  until  about  5 in 
the  afternoon,  and  though  they  are  as 
anxious  to  make  a  good  trade  as  our

FALLING  PRICES.

See the prices!  down they go,
To thrifty people there  below; 
Don’t let  your chance of  gain go by, 
Catch your profits as they fly; 
Freely down to you they’re tossed 
W ithout the least regard to cost.

Whether  it’s  the  tariff,  the  weather, 

the phase of the moon, or w hatnot

Powder  is  on  the 

drop, and

DU PONT  Gun  Powder

Leads the Kace.

RIFLE.

QU PONT

they can hand them out.  These men are 
dressed  in  the  uniform  of  the  church, 
and they take in  pennies  by  the bushel. 
1  watched a  couple of  them  for  a long 
time at the entrance of  the Kazan Cathe­
dral in St.  Petersburg,  and  in the course 
of half an  hour I saw at  least  300  men, 
women  and children  buy  candles.  The 
interior of  this church is as large  as the 
hall of the House of  Congress. 
Its halls 
were  hung  with  golden  icons and there 
were jeweled icons on the pillars and set 
into the solid  silver altar of  the back of 
the church.  Before  each icon there was 
a silver  candlestick  with  a stem  as big 
around  as Grover  Cleveland’s thigh  and 
rising  from the floor to about  the height 
of the spot on which President Harrison’s 
hat rests.  The tops of these candlesticks 
were  in  the  shape  of  a disc,  and  each 
top had a number  of  holes  in  which  to 
stick  candles.  The  worshipers  trotted 
from one of these  candelabra to another, 
lighting a candle before each and putting 
it up to burn before the picture.
There were probably 500 candles burn­
ing at one  time  in this one  church,  and 
when you remember  that this goes on all 
over Russia every Sunday and every hol­
iday and during most of  the days of  the 
week, you can see  where  the  candles go 
to.  A large part of the candles used  are 
made in houses and not in  large factories. 
It is estimated that there are 750,000 work­
men in Russia who  make things at  their 
own homes, and one authority states that 
these people turn  out $750,000,000 worth 
of  goods  every  year.  These  people,  in 
many  cases,  peddle  their  goods  them­
selves.
I  bought  a  shawl  in  Moscow  to-day 
which is so large that it  would cover the 
biggest  double  bed  in  America  and  so 
fine that it will go through a lady’s ring. 
It was made by the peasants of Orenburg 
and is of the kind known as ring shawls. 
It was made entirely  by  hand.  The fine 
lace work  of  these  Russian  peasants  is 
wonderful.  The  velvets  made  by them 
are  noted  all  over  Europe.  Some  of 
them  bring $5  a yard.  They  make  car­
pets  which  are  equal to those of  Persia 
and  Turkey. 
I  met  here  at  Moscow 
American  buyers  for  Tiffany  & Co.,  of 
New  York, and Bailey, Banks  & Biddle, 
of  Philadelphia,  sent to buy the wonder­
ful  Russian silver and the famous bronz­
es,  which  are  finer  than  those  of  any 
other part of  the world.  There is a fac­
tory in  Moscow  which  makes  this  gold 
and silver  enamel  ware  which  is so rare 
and  so  high  priced,  and 
the  tea  sets 
which were given by  the Czar  to the sea 
captains  who  brought  over  the  famine 
supplies  were  made  here.  One  of  the 
curious sights  of  the  Russian  streets  is 
the lock peddler,  who  walks  about  with 
his breast and  back  covered  with locks, 
which  are  hung  by  strings  over  his 
shoulders.  This making of  locks is  one 
of  the  great  peasant  industries.  The 
locks are  nearly  all made  by hand,  and 
they are of all sorts and shapes and of all 
prices,  from  half a cent up to $5.  Some 
of them are so small that  it  takes a hun­
dred  of  them 
to  make  a  pound,  and

STREET MERCHANTS  IN  MOSCOW, 

others so  large  that  one would  drown  a 
cat if  it  was  tied  around  its  neck  and 
thrown  into a pond.
Every city in  Russia  has its grand ba­
zaar.  This is known  as the Gostini Dvor, 
and consists of  a vast  building  contain­
ing many acres and  made up of  all sorts 
of  shops,  which  usually  open  out  upon 
covered  corridors,  separated  from  the 
street  by pillars,  so  that  you  can  walk

A RUSSIAN  FEED  STORE, 

merchants,  they  take  more rest than  we 
do  and  they  will  not  open  their  stores 
during the holidays or on  Sundays.  Ev­
erything  is  closed  on  Sunday,  and  St. 
Petersburg and  Moscow at this time look 
It is 
much more like Boston  than Paris. 
interesting to watch  one of  these bazaar 
merchants  close  up  for  the  night. 
In 
the first place  he locks  up everything in 
the  store  and  seals  it  shut.  He  then 
comes  outside  and  closes  his  windows 
and locks the front door of his shop with 
a great padlock.  He then  takes a string 
and  ties  the  padlock  to  the  staple and 
joins the two  ends of the string together 
and puts some hot  sealing  wax on them. 
This  he  stamps  with  his  own  seal,  so 
that  it  will  be  impossible  to  open  the 
lock without breaking the seal.  He then 
stands in  front of  his  closed  doors and 
crosses himself  and says a prayer before 
he leaves for the  night,  and  he  will say 
another prayer when  he opens up in  the 
morning.  This  is  done  by  every  mer­
chant.
The Russians do  not  advertise a great 
deal, and a  Russian  business  advertise­
looks  queer  to  American  eyes. 
ment 
There are  thirty-six  letters  in  the Rus­
sian  alphabet,  and  these  letters seem  to 
be a  combination of  the  Greek, Chinese 
and Arabic  characters.  A  great  major­
ity of the lower classes cannot read them, 
and the result  is that it hardly  pays  the 
merchant  to  advertise.  You  see  few 
posters  about  the  cities,  and  the  sand­
wich  man  is  absent  from these Russian 
streets.  Many  of  the  peasants  cannot 
read the signs on the  stores,  and  for this 
reason nearly every store has  painted on 
its  walls  pictures  of  the  articles  sold 
within. 
I  saw a barber  sign  the  other 
day here in Moscow which consisted of a 
barearmed  man  shaving a patient,  who 
sat upright  in  one  chair,  while  just op­
posite  sat a  lady  who  was  holding  out 
her arm,  from  which  a stream  of  blood 
was  spouting  and  upon  which another 
barber  was performing  the operation  of 
blood  letting. 
In  another  part  of  the 
picture on a  stool  was  a  man  having  a 
tooth pulled.  The sign  intended to con­
vey the fact that the barber within  was a 
dentist, a shaver  and a surgeon.  A feed 
store will have a bundle of hay in a door­
way and on  the  walls at  the side of  the 
door will  be painted  horses  feeding  and 
cows grazing.
The  dairy  signs  are  cows with maids 
or men  milking  them, and  the  tea signs 
are  usually  gaudy  Chinamen  who  are 
sipping tea. 

F ra nk  G.  Ca r pen t er.

Lilley—C. H.  Myers  succeeds Myers & 

Dudley in the shingle  mill  business.

Kegs, 25 lbs.  each,  Fg,  FFg and F F F g .......
Half Kegs,  12>£ lbs. each Fg,  FFg and FFFg 
“  “ 
Quar.  “ 
1  lb. Cans (25 in  case)....................................
*  lb.  “ 
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CHOKE  BORE.

Kegs. 25 lbs.  each,  Nos. 5 and  7
...............
Half Kegs, 12>£ lbs.  “ 
.................
Quar.  “ 
“ 
1  lb. Cans (25 in  case)..................................

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EAGLE  DUCK.

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Kegs, 25 Ids.  each, Nos.  1, 2,  3  and 4 .........
Half Kegs,  12}£ lbs. each. Nos.  1, 2, 3 and 4 ... 
Quar.  Kegs, fiU  “ 
“   1, 2, 3 and 4...
1  lb. Cans  (25  in case)........................................
Always  specify  “Du  Pont”  and 
you will get the best powder made

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TRADE WINNERS

W an t 
to  buy  a  well-assorted  Case 
Brevier  or  N onpareil  R om an P  W rite 
us, we  can give you a bargain.

THE  TRADESMAN  OO..  100 Louis St., Grand Rapids,

A l l   G o o d s  M a n u fa c tu r e d   b y   U s• 

Q u a lity  t h e  B e s t !   P u r it y  G u a r a n te e d !

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GRAND  RAPIDS  BOOK  BINDING  CO.,

2 9 -3 1   Canal  St., 

Grand  Rapids.  Mich.

Cracker  Chests. 

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IN  CHEVRONS.  WHIPCORDS,  BEDFORD  CORDS. «
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to  the 
trade.  They  are  made  to  fit  any 
of  our  boxes  and can  be  changed  from 
one box  to  another in a moment  They 
will  save  enough  good'-  from  flies, dirt  and  prying  fingers in  a s h o r t   time to pay 
for themselves.  Try them  and  be convinced.  Price, 50 cents each.

■ UR new glass covers  are by far the 

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

H e y m a n   &   C o m p a n y ,

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

Manufacturers  of

Show  Cases

Of  Every Description.

CREAM  CRISP. 

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

the best selling cakes we ever made.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

S. A. Sears, Mgr. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

0 8   a n d   6Ö   C a n a l  S t.,

First-Class  Work  Only.

WRITE FOR  PRICES. 
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Dry  Goods, Carpets and Cloaks

W e  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

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Free to Merchants.

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PLÜSH
GOODS
ALBUMS

AND

We  have a “p u ll” 
here.  O ur  early 
orders  insure  low 
prices.
W ork  Boxes,

Dressing  Cases 

Smoking Cases

M anicure  Sets
Collar and Cuff 

Boxes

Albums,  Etc.

D ressed   D e lls,

ALL  LEADERS.
D C hii a L im b  D o lls,
o K id  D o lls,  D o ll  H eads,
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L P a te n t D o lls in  ev ery  
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ALL  LEADERS.

P apa aud  M am a D o lls,

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Wood Toys

Iron  Toys

China Toys

Tin Toys

Penny Toys

FIV E  AND TEN  CENT
SPECIAL  SELECTIONS

If  You are in the city please step in.  N o trouble 

SITE  TH E! 

SAYE  MONEY! 
SATE  FREIGHT!
H.  Leo n ard I  S ons,

to show you through

134 to  142  East  Fiflton  Street,

L illies

AND

Carlsbad
China.

Low  Prices in
D inner  Sets 
Tea Sets 
Ice Cream  Sets 
Salad Sets 
Bone Dishes 
F ru it Plates, 
Etc.

G R A N D   R A P I D S ,   M IC H .

TAKE  fl  DRY  OFF. 
INSPECT  OUR  LINES. 

NEW  GOODS.
n e w   d e c o r a t io n s.

¡NEW  EFFECTS.
I PERSONAL  SELECTIONS.

Austrian
Glass
Ware.

W ater  Sets 
Fancy  B askets 

N ew  colors in vases 
Royal W orcester 
Decorations.
Enormous 
Selections. 
Low  Prices.

Direct  Im portations! 
Lowest  Prices!

OPR  HOLIDAY  CATALOGUE  W ILL  BE READY  IN  ONE  W EEK.  PLEASE SEND 

FOR  IT.  W E  SHOW  A  LARGER  ASSORTMENT  THAN  EVER BEFORE.

Olir  Salesmen :

Joe  F.  O.  Reed 
Frank  W.  Haddiu 
Wm. A. Townsend

Wm.  B.  Collins 
Frank  A.  Stone 
Geo.  R.  Rose

German
China.

5,10 and 25  cl. 
Motto Coffee  Cups 

Leaders.
and .Saucers 

A fter D inner Coffee 
Cups and Saucers 

Shaving Mugs 
Plate Sets 
F ru it Plates 
F ruits and Salads 
Cake Plates.

