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“ F O R   L U C K ’S   S A K E .”

When  old  Milo  Menard  died,  people 
came from  far  and  wide  to  look  at  the 
long,  low building—a  modern  roof built 
on a  battered  stone  foundation,  coeval 
with  the  Revolution.  A  more  modern 
blacksmith’s  shop  had  been  built  on at 
one  end,  whose  doors  had  long  been 
closed.  A solitary  white pine  tree,  half 
dead and beaten  by a century of  storms, 
lifted  its  black  crest  close  by,  and  a 
waterfall,  hidden  in  evergreen  woods, 
came m uttering slowly over the rocks  in 
the rear.  People talked in whispers about 
there  being  a  ghost  on 
the  premises. 
Doctors  shook  their beads and said  that 
the had drainage  was  enough  to make  a 
churchyard 
sheeted  and 
shrouded  gentry.  Artists on  the staff of 
illustrated  newspapers  came 
to 
sketch the  ruined  building  as the oldest 
in the  country,  and  burglars  slyly  ran­
sacked the place at due intervals—as  old 
Milo  had 
the  name  of  being  an  ideal 
miser, who hid  hags of  money  up chim­
ney  and  kept  boxes of  gold eagles  under 
the  flooring  of 
the  unused  rooms—al­
ways,  however,  without  any  satisfactory 
result.  And  old  Milo,  sitting 
like  a 
withered  mummy  in  the sunshine,  on  a 
certain old  bench  which  he  much affect­
ed,  grinned  from  ear to ear and chuckled 
when  people  asked  him  why he  didu’t 
keep a watchdog  or take  another  family 
into the house to protect  him?

full  of 

there 

the 

“ Land o’  Goshen!” said  the  old  miser! 
“What do I  want of  a dog  to eat  me out 
of house and  home?  And as for a family 
—well,  I calc’late there’s fools enough  in 
the  house a’ready since Mary Jane fell in 
love  with  Bill  Jones,  the  cooper’s  son. 
Let 
the  ghosts  go  ghosterin’  around. 
They don’t hurt me.  And as  for burglars, 
dear heart,  if they  knew  how  little  there 
was to steal,  they’d  be  a-puttiu’  in  their 
time 
to  better  advantage  somewhere 
else.”

Bill  Jones,  a  strapping  young  giant, 
with  a  yellow,  curly  head  and  simple, 
blue eyes,  was  regarded  as  a brave man 
when he went  to ask old  Milo  Menard for 
his  granddaughter’s  hand  in  marriage. 
The old  miser regarded  him  with scorn­
ful eyes  and  worked  his  toothless jaws 
about after a most appalling  fashion.

“Eh!”  said  Milo.  “ My  Mary  Jane? 

What is it you’re sayin’  about  her?”

“ I love  her,  sir,”  repeated Bill;  “and 

she loves  me.”

“Pshaw!” said Mr.  Menard.
“ And  1 want to  marry  her,”  protested 
Bill Jones,  sticking gallantly  to his post.
“ Well,  you  can’t!”  snarled  Menard. 

“And there’s an end of  the m atter.”

“I can  support  her,”  said  Bill Jones. 
“The  cooperin’  business  is  lookin’  up, 
and—”

“That don’t make  no difference,”  said 
the old  man.  “ My  gal  don’t  marry  no 
one but a blacksmith.  The old shop  has 
got to  be opened  again;  the  business  has 
got to go on.”

Bill Jones  stared.  Then  it  was  true 
as the neighbors  said,  that  Miio  Menard 
was  wont,  at  times,  to  light  the  forge 
fires at midnight and work away on rusty 
old nails  and bars  of  long-unused  iron;

especially  on  stormy  nights  when sleep 
fled  his pillow.

“ Don’t  you  think,  sir,”  he  hazarded, 

“ that the cooperin’—”

“I don’t know nothin’ about the cooper­
in’, and  I don’t  care  nothin’  about  it,” 
said  Milo,  steadfastly.  “ But  this  1  do 
know:  The man  who marries  my gal has 
got to be a  blacksmith!”

“ Then,”  said Bill Jones,  clenching his 

Hercules fists,  “/ ’it he a blacksmith!”

He meant it.  He apprenticed  himself 
the next  day  to  a sturdy son of  Yulcan, 
whose  forge  roared  in  red  volleys  of 
flame  up  the  chimney  of  a neighboring 
shed,  and never rested until he  had qual­
ified  himself  to  shoe  any  horse  in the 
State.

“/  wouldn’t do that for any  girl,” said 
Harvey  Martin,  Farmer Martin’s nephew.
“Ah!” said  Bill Jones.  “But you don't 
kuow  how  I love  that  girl! 
I’ve  loved 
her  ever  since I  met  her  cornin’  down 
Rabbit  Hill that snowy  arternoon  with a 
horseshoe in  her  hand. 
‘Gran’ther says 
it’s  bad  luck  to pass  a horseshoe,’  says 
she,  laughin’,  when  1  made  bold  to ask 
her what on  earth  she  was  a-goin’  to  do 
with  it. 
‘So I  always  bring ’em  home. 
Gran’ther’s  got a pile  of  ’em  in  the old 
shed  back of the forge.’  She  had such  a 
pretty  way  with  her,  don’t  you see,  and 
her  cheeks  were that  pink  and  her  eyes 
that  black,  as  you  couldn’t  think  of 
nothin’  but a doll!  A blacksmith,  indeed! 
If  the  old cove had  bid  me to be  a rope- 
dancer,  I’d  ha’ gone  to  work  practicin’ 
with a will!”

Old  Milo  smiled  grimly  when  he saw 
Bill Jones handle the red-hot  iron  in  the 
old  forge and  viewed  a  set of horseshoes 
hat  his  mighty  hand  had  hammered out.
“ It ain’t  bad  work,” said  he.  “ You’ll 
be  a  blacksmith,  boy,  if  you  keep  on. 
Yes,  you  may  marry  Mary Jane,  if  you 
ike—now!”
Mr.  aud Mrs.  William  Jones’  wedding- 
trip  was only  to the  nearest town  to buy 
a store carpet for the  best  room and a set 
of  blue-edged  crockery  to  go to  house­
keeping with.

“Clean-scoured  boards 

“ It’s sheer extravagance!”  growled old 
is  good 
Milo. 
enough  for anyone, and there was enough 
old  plates  and  cups  about 
the  place, 
though  a  trifle  cracked  and  chipped. 
But  it  ain’t my  money  they’re  goin’  to 
spend,  aud 1 s’pose Bill Jones has a  right 
to do as  he pleases with  his own.”

But  when  the young  couple  returned, 
of  a  sunshiny  October  afternoon,  old 
Milo  sat  out  on  his  bench,  his  head 
bowed  over  the staff which  he clenched 
in both  hands—dead!

There was  no sign of violence,  no trace 
of mortal  agony  on  face or  form.  Had 
he  fallen  asleep,  he  could  not  have 
been  more  peaceful  and calm;  and Bill 
and  Mary  Jane both  agreed  that it  was 
better so.

“ He  was peculiar,  1 know,” said  Mary 
Jane,  bursting  into tears. 
“ But he  was 
always  good  to  me.  Oh,  poor  grand­
father!” 
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Then  it  was  that  the  mob  of  sight­
seers,  newspaper  artists,  curiosity  hunt­
ers,  inquisitive  neighbors  and the innu-

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T H E   ATI CH I GAN  TRADESMAN.

|  Oor Fancy Goods Trade

H a s   b e e n  

l a r g e r   t h a n   e v e r   b e fo re   in  

i h e   h i s t o r y   o f   o  a r  h o u s e

C o m e  in   a n d   s e e   o u r  s a m p l e s   o f

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Comb  and  Brush  Seta, 
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merable army of  people who  have  noth­
ing else to do besieged  the old  place,  go­
ing into ecstacies  over broken  spiuning- 
wheels,  three-cornered cupboards,  brass 
firedogs  and  canopy-topped  bedsteads. 
And  Mr.  Griscombe,  the  lawyer, arrived 
and  unlocked  the  old  desk,  which  was 
propped  up  with  a brick on  one side and 
had all  the panes  of  the glass  front  bro­
ken out at different times by enterprising 
burglars.

“ No  papers,” said  he.  “ No will  on  tile 
I  didn’t  suppose  there  would  be. 
here. 
Mr.  Menard  deposited  his  last  will  and 
testament  with  me ten  years  ago. 
It’s 
very  simple. 
It  leaves  everything—in­
cluding,  by  name,  the stock  and  fixtures 
of  the  blacksmith’s shop  and  the  collec­
tion  of  horseshoes  which  from  time  to 
time  the  deceased  had  accumulated,  for 
luck’s sake—to his  granddaughter,  Mary 
Jane Menard.  Now” heexplaiued,  “Mrs. 
William Jones.  I’ll  read  it to you.”

"B ut,”  cried  the  public,  "where is the 
fortune?  W hat  has  become  of  the  old 
miser’s  money?”

“ There  is no mention  made of money,” 
said  Mr.  Griscombe.  dryly,  “nor of  for­
tunes.”

The  public  was  ineffably disappointed. 

Not so Bill  Jones  and  his  bloomiug  wit 

“ Polly  is  a  fortune  in  herself,”  said 

Bill,  complacently.

“And  1  am  sure  no  annum   of  money 
could  make  me  happier  tliau  1  am  now, 
said cheerful  Mary  Jaue.

And so Bill  flung open  the doors of the 

musty  old  blacksmith’s  shop,  lighted 
huge  tire and  put  on  his  leather  apron 
and  sleeves,  while Mary Jaue  took  her 
needlework  and  sat  out  on 
the  bench 
where Grandfather Menard had  died  and 
sang softly to herself,  like a  little  human 
thrush.

“1  don’t  know. 

I'm  sure,”  said  Bill 
Jones,  “ what  on earth  1  am  going  to do 
with  all  this  preposterous  heap  of  old 
horseshoes.”

" it  was  for  luck,  you  know,”  apolo 
gized  Mary  Jaue.  “Grandfather  never 
could  pass  a horseshoe  without  picking 
it  up and  bringing  it  home.  And some 
how  he got  me  imo  the  habit.  Some of 
these are  very  good.  I think.”

“And some of ’em ain't!” observed Bill 
shrugging  his  broad  shoulders. 
“How 
ever,  i ’ll just give ’em ail  an overhauling 
and  see  what  they  do  amount  to. 
It’s 
my  opinion,  they’ll  most  of  ’em  fetch 
just half a cent a pound  for old  iron.” 

“ Hallo!”  shouted  Bill. 

“ Well,”  said  Mary  Jaue,  with  a sigh 
“ 1 suppose it’s of no use keeping them.” 
"These  down 
at the  bottom  are of a mortal queer color 
Eh? 
iron?  Not  these  ain’t—not if I’m 
a judge of  metal!  Polly,  these are void 

“ Whatl”  cried  Polly.
“ Solid  gold!”  said  Bill  Jones.  “ Tar­
nished  and  discolored  and  nigh the  color
ot  the  old  horseshoes  themselves,  but_
solid  gold!  Polly.  Polly,  my  girl,  we’ve 
found  the old  man’s fortuue at last!  No 
wonder the  burglars  never robbed  him of 
it,  for.  as  true  as you  live,  he’s  beaten  it 
all  into horseshoes!”

“ It can’t be possible!” cried Polly, who, 
dropping  the  blue  gingham  apron  that 
she was  making,  had  hurried  to the spot.
"But it is!” said Bill Jones, trium phant­
"Don’t  you  know  gold  when  you 

ly. 
see it, Polly?  Just look here!'’

It  was  true.  Milo  Menard,  full  of 
whim  and  caprice,  had  taken  his  own 
measure for preserving his own property; 
aud all  the clue which  he had chosen  to 
furnish as to the  whereabouts  of his  not

inconsiderable  savings  was 
the  decree 
that  his  granddaughter should  marry  no 
one but a  blacksmith.

And now  the  rush  of  sight-seers,  cor­
respondents  and  curious  neighbors  be­
came greater  than  evei.  And  they  have 
been  ransacking the old  place,  ever since 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bill  Jones  removed 
into 
more modern  and commodious  quarters, 
for hidden treasures,  but  in  vain.

Aud  Bill  has  nailed  one  of  the  best 
horseshoes—an  iron  one.  not a gold one 
—over the  front  door  of  his  new  house.

"For  luck’s sake!”  he  said.
Aud Mary Jane  whispered  also:
“ For luck’s sake!”

A m y R a n d o l p h .

T ry in g : t o   M a k e  i t  P a y .

“ 1  came 

According to  a  popular  report,  there 
are tricks in  all  trades,  except  our own. 
We  know  what  the  tricks  are  in  horse 
trades, or  at  least  we  know  that  horse 
trades are  full of  tricks.  But  what the 
tricks may be in other  trades or  in other 
business  transactions  is  something that 
we  are  from  time  to  time ascertaining. 
The  following story  in one of  the  daily 
papers  is excellent of  its kind  and  aptly 
illustrates what is frequently encountered 
in  business life:
into  a  little  money  a  few 
months ago,” said  the  sad  man,  “ and  as 
I  had  been  working  for  others  all  my 
life,  1  thought I  would  go  into  business 
tor myself.  1  took  a look  at about  fifty 
stores  that  were advertised  for sale,  and 
by  the  time 1  got  through  investigating I 
Knew  it all,  and  flattered  myself that the 
man  wasn’t living  who could  get the bet 
ter of  me.  Nearly all  the places offered 
tor sale  had a run-down  look  about them 
that  told  only  too plainly  why their own­
ers  were  anxious to get out of  business. 
On  the  other  hand,  some of  the stores 
had  such  uumistakabie  evidence of new­
ness  about  them  that  I  was quick  to see 
that they  were merely  got up  to  sell  by 
-harpers and  had  no established  trade at 
all.
It 
was sold  on  account ol  sickness,  and no 
one could  doubt  the  owner’s  word  who 
saw  him.  He  was  the  sickest  looking 
man  I  ever  saw,  and  1  didn’t  question 
him  very  closely,  because I  felt  that  a 
man  who  was  as  near  dead  as  he  was 
wouldn't  be  apt  to  lie.  But  I  couldn’t 
have  bought a  worse  business  if  I  had 
tried.  During  the  three  months  I  was 
there 1 don’t think there was a single day 
when  1  didn’t smoke more  cigars  myself 
than  I  sold.  At  last  the  man  next door 
asked  me  how  I  was  making  out.  aud 
when  I  told  him  he wanted  to  know what 
xcuse the other  man  had given  for sell­
ing.
"  ’It  was on account of sickness,’ I said.
“ 
he  tell  you  how  he got sick?’ 
“ ‘No,’I  replied.
“ Well,’  be  rejoined  in  a  low.  sympa­
thetic  voice,’ the poor fellow got sick  try­
ing to make the place pay.’”
The  Biter  Bit.

“ At  last I  bought out a cigar store. 

the man  asked.

A  grocer of Cincinnati  noticed  the oth­
er day that  his  next door neighbor had  a 
couple of barrels of cider  in  front of  his 
establishment, and thinking to have some 
fun  hearing him swear  he slipped one of 
the  barrels  into  his  own  store.  The 
neighbor,  however,  heard  a whisper  of 
what  was going on,  and  decided  to  have 
the fun  on his side of the house.  He  got 
a legal  friend  to  write  out a search  war­
rant as long as  the barrel,  and  put it in­
to  the  hands of  a  pretended  constable, 
who went to  the  joker’s  store,  put  him 
under arrest,  and proceeded to search the 
premises.  The proprietor,  very  white in 
the face,  was  anxiously  explaining  how 
the  barrel of cider came  to  be in  his pos­
session  when its  owner  could  no longer 
contain  himself,  and  burst  into  a  pro­
longed  fit  of 
laughter.  The  would-be 
joker at  once  stood  treat,  and  formally 
renounced  practical jokes  for all time to 
come.

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ASPHALT

FIRE-PROOF  ROOFING

T his  R oofing  is   g u aran teed   to   stan d   in   all 
plat es w here Tin and Iro n  has failed;  is  super­
ior to  S hingles and m uch cheaper.

T he best R oofing fo r  covering o v er  Shingles 
on  old roofs of  houses,  barns, sheds, etc .;  w ill 
not ro t  o r  p u ll  loose, and  w hen  p ainted  w ith 
o u r
FIRE-PROOF  ROOF  PAINT,
W ill  last  longer  th a n   shingles.  W rite th e nn 
dersigned  fo r  prices  and  circulars, relativ e  to 
Roofing  and  for  sam ples  of  B uilding  P apers.
etc.

fl. M. REYNOLDS & SON, 

Practical  Roofers,

Otr. Lotti* and  Campan Sts.,  Grand Rapid*, Mioh.

GOLD MEDAL,  PARIS, 1878.

W. Baker Sl Co.’s
Breakfast 
Cocoa
Unlike  the 
Dutch Process

Is  Absolutely  Pur>. 

and it is Soluble.

-Vo  alkalies  ot 
other  chemical 
or dyes are usee 
in  its  manufac­
ture.

A   d e s c r i p t i o n   o f  

t h e   c h o c o l a t e  
l a n t ,   a n d   o f   t h e   v a r i o u s   c o c o a   a n c  
p r e p a r a t i o n s   m a n u f a c  
h o c o l a t e  
u r e d   b y   W a l t e r   B a k e r   &   C o .,  w U   j 
e  
d e a l e r   or 
p p l f c a t l o n .   __________

V. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass I

s e n t  

f r e e  

a n y  

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TBÜK  MICTÏIGAJSr  TKADBSMAN.

3

M y   O ld   R asr  D o ll.

Last nig h t I searched  the  garret  for  a  long-for- 
A nd  as  I  pried  and  peered  about, dow n  in   a 
I found  w hat  m ade me all at once  forget w hat I 
A nd  tilled  my  eyes  w ith  springing  tears  and 
A nd  up  1 took  it,  w onderingly, w ith  cob-webs, 
A nd held it close against my  h ea rt—

g  tten  book,
ru s t; nook
w as after,
stirred  my voice to laughter,
dus£ and all.

My old rag doll.

Oh, dear,  forgotten  childhood’s  joy!  Oh, prec­
I cannot tell  why  such a pain was m ingled w ith 
I cannot  tell  ju st  w hy the  tears fell  fast  from  
T hat  dusty,  dear,  old-fashioned  thing—I  only 
I  only  know   th a t  “ Polly”  in   her little  ragged 
Is m ine once more—is m ine again—

ious, long-lost tre asu re!
th e pleasure;
eyes bent over
know  I love her!
shaw l

My old rag doll.

D ear  old  relic  of  ch ild h o o d —of  th a t  happy, 

happy  tim e

W hen life  m eant play and  sunshine  and  every 
W hen  care was all  unknow n  to  me  and  every 
Was b ut an  echo of  to-day!  There  rarely came 
B ut w hen my fair horizon was stirred by sudden 
T here w as n aught th a t gave me com fort like 

joy w as m ine;
bright to-morrow
a  sorrow,
squall,

My old rag doll.

In ink,
childish prink,
w orn gown,
slipping dow n,
them  all,

The old, fam iliar  dirty  face, w ith  features done 
A nd  th e little  fade 1  ribbon  tied  w ith  m any a 
A nd  th e  dusty plaid  m erino of  the little  tim e­
A nd the tiny  knitted  stocking  o'er the  shoetops 
There on  the  garret floor I sat  and  brooded o’er 
A nd longed  for th at sw eet childhood w ith
A nd  though  1  am  a  woman,  w ith  a  w om an's 
A nd though  I  look  each  m orning for  the  silver 
A nd  Mil  my  golden  childhood  is  b ut  a  happy 
Somehow to-day  its  perfect  joys a little  nearer 
Since  I  found  her in the  garret,  w ith  th e  cob­
T h at dearest relic of th e past—
My old rag doll.

w ork and care,
in  my  hair,
dream ,
seem
webs. dust and all,

H a r r i e t   F r a k c e k b   C r o c k e r .

U N R E L IA B IL IT Y   O F   T E S T IM O N Y .
Try  it  yourself,  and  note  results. 

It 
is one thing to declare that we know cer­
tain things,  but  quite  another  to  be ab­
solutely  sure that  we know  them. 
It has 
been said  that persons  who witness some 
particular occurrence  are  not always to 
be trusted  in  their  statements  of  what 
transpired at the  moment.

Not  long  since  a  number  of  persons 
were discussing the testimony of  witness­
es  in  a  most  sensational  m urder  trial. 
A half-dozen  of  intelligent  persons  tes­
tified  that no  one  entered  a certain door 
during a given interval  of  time.  As  the 
prosecution  relied  mainly  on this  fact to 
establish its case and  to convict the pris­
oner on circumstantial  evidence,  the tes­
timony  attracted  a  good  deal  of  atten­
tion.  The question arose whether or not 
it is possible  for a  conscientious  person 
to be  entirely  deceived  by  the imagina­
tion.  and  by  this  means  give testimony 
which  is  absolutely false or  misleading. 
This  discussion  took  place  on  the front 
porch of a summer residence.  The house 
stood  in a fashionable quarter,  and  across 
the way  were  a  number  of  dwellings of 
moderate size and pretensions.

As  the debate  waxed  warm,  one of the 
guests  proposed  that  pencil  and  paper 
should  be brought for each  person in the 
group,  and that each one should  write an 
account  of  what  had 
transpired  at  a 
specified  house  across  the  street:  Who 
had  come  and  gone,  if  anyone  at  all; 
what  had  occurred;  had  anyone  ap­
peared at  door  or window;  had any par­
cels been  left,  and  by  whom;  the dress, 
apparent age,  sex,  manners  and  general 
appearance of  every  passer-by;  had they 
looked  at the house or paused at the gate; 
had  any  animals  been  seen  about  the 
premises and  under what  circumstances, 
together  with  any  other  incident  how­
ever  trivial  in  its  nature.  No remarks

or questions were  to be indulged  in,  and 
each  was  to  rely  solely  on  his  or  her 
memory  for  the  transactions of  half  an 
hour  just  past.  The  papers  were to be 
finished,  folded  and  marked  on the out­
side with  the writer’s  name,  certified be­
fore a notary,  who was one of the group, 
then passed over to  one  person  and  read 
aloud,  the reader first giving the contents 
of  his own paper.

The  results  of  that  experience  will 
probably  never  leave  the  mind  of  any 
member of  that party.  No two accounts 
agreed.  One statement was  to the effect 
that no one had entered the house during 
the half-hour’s interval.  Another saw two 
persons  go in  and  described  them some­
what minutely.  Another stated  that  the 
side-door,  which  was  in  full  view,  had 
not  been  opened;  while  another  related 
in  detail  the  conduct  of  a  youth  who 
brought  a  parcel  and  delivered  it  to  a 
maidservant in  white  cap  and apron.  A 
man  with  a white  horse  was  seen  at  the 
stable-door by  two of the lookers-on, and 
two declared that no animal was in sight. 
The family cat  sat on the  back  fence  all 
through  the  time  and during the reading, 
but pussy  was gray and so was the  fence, 
and  only  one  pair  of  eyes  rested  upon 
her.  Two  persons  out  of  eight  saw  a 
laborer pass down the street by the house, 
with  his  dinner-pail  in  his  baud  and  a 
coat  over  his  arm,  and  no  one  saw  a 
young  girl  who  came  out  upon  a  side 
porch and  took  a bird-cage  from  its hook 
and  carried  it  indoors,  which  incident 
came out later,  when the  party,  unable to 
reconcile 
the  widely  diverging  state­
ments, called on  the owner of the cottage, 
who  was a  friend  and  acquaintance  of 
most  of  them,  to  correct  or  verify  the 
statements.

From  his  testimony  it  appeared  that 
the  youth  had  delivered  the package at 
the house next  door,  that a  workingman 
had come in at an  alley gate,  entered the 
back  door  and  taken  a  small  tool-box 
away with  him,  that the  man at the  barn 
bad  been  twice  to the house and no one 
had noticed  him  although  there  were at 
least 
there  were 
breaks  in the shrubbery and he  could  be 
seen distinctly.  The man with  the horse 
at the door as stated  did not  come  with 
in the interval  of  time  specified,  as that 
was at  least  an  hour  earlier than  when 
the writing  began.

three  places  where 

It would be difficult to  imagine a more 
conflicting  collection  of  testimony,  and 
nothing  which  could  be  said  _or  done 
seemed to help matters at  all.  The  fact 
remained  that almost  every  account was 
at variance with the others,  and  all  were 
in  some  particulars  wide  of  the mark 
That half-hour’s  work  was a revelation 
and there are a few  people  in the  world 
who  will  never  go  upon  the  witnes 
stand  and  give  positive 
testimony  on 
passing  events.  All  of  which  goes  to 
show  that  it  is not  at  all safe to be too 
sure of anything. 

N .  S.  S t o w e l l .

G o o d   'W o r d s   U n s o lic ite d .

F red  M.  Sanderson, grocer, D ushville:  “ Send 
T he  T r a d e s m a n   right  along, as  1 do not  w ant 
to be w ithout  it.”

Geo.  M at’hews,  general dealer,  Cross V illage 

“I t has been a welcome visitor.”

M.  C.  Cate,  general  dealer,  Solon:  “ Cannot 

get along w ithout  T he Tradesman.”

H errick  Bros.,  grocers, L ansing:  “ We are  al 
w ays glad to receive your paper, and have found 
it a source of v aluable inform ation to us.” 

Spreen  &  H unt,  general  dealers, W atervliet 
“We  cannot very  w ell  ge  along  w ithout  your 
paper."

N elson  H ower,  druggist,  M endon: 

“ Could 

not do w ithout It.”

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A t  a   M o d e ra te   P ric e .  A  P o s ta l  c a rd  w ill  b rin g  

q u o ta tio n *  a n d   s a m p le .

A.  S C H E N C K   &  SON,

E L S I E ,   M ICH.

S ee  t h a t   th is   L a b e l  a p p e a rs  
o n   e v e ry  .p a c k a g e ,  as  i t   is  a  
g u a ra n te e   o f  th e   g e n u in e   a r ­
tic le .

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POTATOES.

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

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

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Commission  Merchants,

166 So. Water St., Chicago.

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—INCREASE  YOUR TRADE—AND  MAKE  YOU  M O NEY- 
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reach  the State Lumber Co.  mill,  as their 
agreement is to deliver  the logs  directly 
to the mill,  so  that  they  have  not to  be 
towed through the Lake,  as in  that event 
a loss  by sinking of  the  hardwood  logs 
would  be  probable.

the  past 

Alpena—The  weather 

two 
weeks  has  been  rough  on  belated  log 
rafts.  One of  4,000,< 00  feet,  belonging 
to Sibley  &  Bearinger, went ashore  north 
of  Alpena,  but it is  understood  was got 
off.  A  raft of  2,000.000  feet  for  Pelton 
&  Reid,  of  Cheboygan,  went  ashore  in 
Hammond's  Bay,  but it  is  expected  that 
it  will all  be  recovered,  as  1,200,000  feet 
have  been  picked  up. 
In  consequence 
the Pelton &  Reid  mill  has beeu idle.

Manistee—Buckley &  Douglas  will,  as 
usual,  run  their  mill during  the  winter, 
and  will  saw  principally  hardwoods,  as 
has  been their custom for several  winters. 
The  State  Lumber  Co.  will  also  be re­
ceiving a  large  quantity  of  logs  by  rail 
during  the  winter,  and  may  possibly 
have to start  its  mill  earlier  than  usual, 
to make room  at the log  slide for  the ac­
cumulation.

Manistee—Hemlock  will  be good  prop­
erty  next season, and there will be a good 
stock  of  that class of  lumber put  in  at 
this  point  during  the  winter,  although 
not  as much  as  there  would  have  been, 
had  there  been  any  price  for  bark  last 
spring.  Owing  to  the  low  price  there 
was not as  much  peeled as  usual,and that 
always cuts  short  the  visible  supply  of 
hemlock logs.

Marquette—John Cone, of this city, has 
invented  a  new  drag  saw.  which  was 
given  a trial  before a number  of  specta­
tors last  week.  A simple yet  ingenious 
contrivance  is an  automatic  governor,  a 
part of  the  stationary  frame  of  the  en­
gine  opening  the  valve  as  the saw goes 
down  through  the log,  until  at the center 
of the log the saw is  working under a  full 
head  of  steam;  then  as  the  cut  grows 
shorter the  steam is gradually shut  off.

Alpena—Ilurst & Holland  are  reported 
to have  sold  the  tract  of  pine  recently 
purchased  by  them  on  the  Twin  Lake 
branch  of  the  Gratwick, Smith  & Fryer 
Lumber Co.  to Sailing,  Ilauson  & Co.,  of 
Grayling,  and  the  Michelson &  Hanson 
Lumber  Co.,  of  Lewiston.  The  white 
pine  which  is  being  cut  by Thomas  Da­
vidson,  was  reserved,  the  sale including 
about  60.000,000  feet  of  Norway.  The 
Michelson  &  Hanson  Lumber Co.  is  said 
to have  timber sufficient to stock  its mill 
at Lewiston  fifteen  years.

4

A M O N O   T H E   T R A D E .

ASOUKD THE  STATE.

Ithaca—E.  O.  Bradley  has  purchased 

the grocery stock of  L.  E.  Sweet.

Port Huron—Geo.  P.  Parsons  succeeds 

Thos.  Davis  in  the grocery  business.

Maple  Rapids—Cap.  Roberts  succeeds 

Scott &  Roberts in  the  meat  business.

Marquette—Frank  M.  Miller  succeeds 
Miller  &  Herman  in  the  laundry  busi­
ness.

Clare—C.  S.  Chase succeeds.I.  S. Chase 
& Co.  in  the grocery and  provision  busi­
ness.

U lby— Madill  &  Eilber 

succeed  J. 
B.  Madill in general  trade and  the grain 
business.

Jackson—H.  S.  Holmes  is  succeeded 
by the Tuomey Store Co.  in the dry  goods 
business.

Coleman—L.  C.  Steers  succeeds Steers 
&  Mitchell  in  the agricultural  implement 
business.

Detroit—A rthur  N.  Bourdeau  &  Co. 
succeed  Bourdeau &St.  Jean in the  hard­
ware business.

Brown  City—E.  A.  Donaldson  is suc­
ceeded  by  Donaldson  &  Gamble  in  the 
lumber  business.

Central  Lake—Frank  E.  Sissons  suc­
ceeds  his  father,  Henry  Sissons,  in  the 
grocery  business.

Newberry—E.  L.  (Mrs.  W.  J.)  Tyler 
has  removed  her  dry  goods  stock  from 
Gladwin  to this place.

Vanderbilt—Cynthia  F.  (Mrs.  Chailes 
S.)  Caryl  is succeeded by Z.  J.  Townsend 
in the  meat business.

Albion—The  grocery  firm  of  C.  H 
Knickerbocker  &  Co.  has  dhsolved.  E. 
Keller continuing the  business.

Jackson— The  style  of  R.  A.  Barnard 
dealers,  has  been 

&  C o, 
changed  to the Jackson  Furniture Co.

furniture 

Mackinac  City—D.  A.  Trumpour  is 
succeeded  by  D.  A.  Trumpour  & Co.  in I 
the wholesale and  retail  fish  business.

Howard  City—C.  W.  Wiley,  late  of 
Lansing,  has begun the erection of a  two- j 
story  brick  block  and  will  occupy  one; 
of  the stores  with a  boot  and  shoe stock.

Delta—N.  J.  Streeter  has  retired  from ! 
the firm  of  Streeter  &  Nichols,  general j 
dealers.  The business  will  hereafter  be 
conducted  under the style of  E.  B.  Nich­
ols &  Sou.

West Bay City—The hardware  firms of ! 
Geo.  L.  Mosher  and  Bissell  &  Mather 
will  consolidate 
their  stocks  January  l 
under  the  style  of  Mosher,  Bissell  & j 
Mather,  incorporated.
SummitCity—C.  H.  Avery  has retired j 
from  the firm  of  Avery  &  Tedman.  gen- i 
eral  dealers.  The  business  will  be  con - ! 
tinued  by  the  remaining partner  under 
the style of  L.  J.  Tedman  & Co.

Detroit — Richard  Leuschner  has  re­
tired from  the Eastern  Market  Pharmacy 
at 389  Russell  street.  The  business  will 
be continued  by  the  remaining  partuer, 
Herman  F.  Raible,  under  the same style.

T h e   G r o c e r y   M a r k e t .

some grades.

Sugar—The  market is a little lower on 

Cofree—The  market  continues  strong 
and advancing.  The  manufacturers  of 
package goods  have advanced  their  quo­
tations  J£c.

Codfish—Stronger and  a little higher.
Pearl  Barley—Stronger.
Oil  —  The  Standard  Oil  Co.  has re­
duced  the price on Eocene  and  old  test 
Me and  J*c on  W.  W.  Headlight and  W. 
W.

“ ‘Tickets,’cried that functiouary.and I 
produced a bill,  saying at the same time, 
‘Can’t  go  on  this  train,’ said 
Detroit.’ 
the man  with  the punch;  ‘we  are  going 
west.’ 
I felt at  the moment as though 1 
hould  like to have  him  punch me,  for  I 
knew I  had  been an  idiot,  and  it  did  not 
soothe my  feelings any  to see that brake- 
man  looking  at me  with  a  half  grin ou 
his face.  Angry  as  I  was  at  myself  it 
flashed  like lightning  over me  not to let 
him  have the  satisfaction  of  seeing  me 
weaken.  1  braced  up,  rubbed  my  eyes 
as though just waking  up,  and  said:  ‘Ex­
cuse  me,  I  was  only  wishing I could  go 
to Detroit,  and  that  was  what  made me 
say  it.  1  have to go to Battle Creek and 
stay at a hotel over Sunday instead of  be­
ing  at  home.’ 
It  was  a  big  lie,  but  I 
j would  have  told  a thousand  just  then 
rather than  let that  brakeman  have  the 
Just think,  my  train  was
laugh on  me. 
Figs—Arrivals of  new  goods are  very  | on the other  side of  the depot; they  had
both come in  together,  but  the  noise  of 
I one  had drowned  the  noise of  the other. 
Had  I  been civil and answered the brake- ' 
j  man’s question he  would  have told  me to j 
| take the  other  train,  and  I  should  have !

Oranges—First  direct  shipments from 
Florida are  due  this  week.  Prices  will 
be reasonable.

fine,  with excellent  assortment of  stock. 
Prices are reasonable.

Lemons—Arriving  more  freely.  Pric-

es have declined $1  @  $1.50  per box.

U se  T r a d e s m a n   C o u p o n   B ooks.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Mount  Pleasant — The  Mt.  Pleasant 
Lumber Co.’s mill  has  gone  out of  com- 
mission  for the season.  The  output  was 
6,020,000  feet.

Mount  Pleasant—The  Mt.  Pleasant 
Manufacturing  Co.  has  erected  an addi­
tion to its factory for the purpose of man­
ufacturing  window screens, and  has sev­
eral car load orders already  booked.

Manistee—The Manistee & Grand  Rap­
ids railroad  people are  at  present  busy 
grading  their  road,  and  laying  track  to

t e e   MxaKcrö^Jsr  t r a d e s m ^ jn

A   L E S S O N   IN   P O L IT E N E S S .

W h a t  a  T r a v e lin g 1  M a n   H a s  t o  S a y   R e ­

g a r d i n g   H is   E x p e r ie n c e .

F ro m  th e  C hicago H e rald .

| beeu  happy  instead  of disgusted  and  hot 
at  being  shut  up  in  a  poky  little  hotel 
when  I  might  have  been  at  home  with 
my  wife  and  babies.  Politeness  costs 
nothing,  and  I  have  never  forgotten  the 
lesson.”

F O R   S A L E ,  W A N T E D ,  E T C .

A dvertisem ents  will  be  inserted  u n d er  this 
head  for tw o cents a word  the first insertion  and 
oue  cent a word  for each  subsequent  insertion. 
No advertisem ents  taken for  less  than 25 cents. 
A dvance payment._____________________________

B U SIN ESS  C H A N C E S .

608

T F   YOU  WANT  CLEAN  GENERAL  STOCK, 
J-  w  th   good  paying  cash trade, in best  county 
in  the  State at a sacrifice, addiess  No.  608. care 
M ichigan Trade  man. 

including horse  and  wagons, brick  block 22 feet 

f lO it  SALE—i A im s   PACKING  BUSINESS 

and  meat  m arket  w ith  tools  and  fixtures, 
front on  m ain  street, ice  house  and 20 acres  of 
land,  w ith slaughter  house. 
I his  business and 
property is in  Ovid,  Mii-h  A ddre-s L. C  Town- 
se  id. Allen  B ennett  Block. Jackson  Mich  6  6
-  grocery stock—New  house,  barn  and  store
building  in  K alamazoo;  lot 1x 8;  buildings are 
i  w orth  price  asked  for  entire  place.  A ddress

S^lOR  SALE  OR  W ILL  EXCHANGE  FOR 

589

601

611

610

T V T A 'T K D  — T o   EXCHANGE  8>  ACRES 
» v  hurdrto id  Umber  land  in  Oceana  county 
for stock of  general  m erchandise.  A ddress  no. 
6  n. care M ichigan  Tradesm an. 

in  G rand  Rapids.  A ddress  No.  612.  care 
Michigan  Tradesm an, 

F OR  SALS—BEST  PAYING  DRUG  STORE 
jp o it
ALE—A  GOOD  CLEAN  STOCK  OF 
hardw are in  a booming  city of  5,00o, in  the 
center of the finest farm ing country in the State. 
Stock  will  invoice about  $9.  On.  Can  reduce on 
short notice.  Reason for ►elling, other business. 
A ddress  No. 6n  , care  Michigan Tradesm an.  6n4
tim ber land.  E ntire  plant.  Capacity 30 000 
com ing season.  M ust be sold.  A ddress No  601, 
care of  M ichigan Tradesm an,__________  

IitOK  -ALE—SAV\ MILL,  VAnl>,  DOCKS  AND 
F OR  S \L E —CLEAN  NEW  STOCK  OF  DRY 

goods,  notions, clothing,  furnishing  goods, 
shoes,  groceries,  cigars,  tobaccos  and  con fee 
tionery,  located  in  oue  of 
the  best  business 
tow ns in M ichigan.  Doing over *2.500 per m onth 
spot  cash  business. 
Not  a  dollar  of  credit. 
Stock  w ill 
invoice  about  $5,Out).  A ddress  No. 
594, care  M ichigan Tradesm an. 

per  day.  Good  condition.  Stock  secured  for 

£ EXCELLENT  OPPORTUNITY  FOR  A  BUS- 

J  iuess m an w ith *5 0;i0 to $ln,000 ready money 
to  em bark in  the  w holesale  business  in  G rand 
R apids  and 
the  m anagem ent  of  same. 
House well established. 
Investigation  solic  ted 
fiom   per  ons  who  mean  business.  N  > others 
need apply.  No. 556, care M ichigan  Trade  man. 
_________ _______________  

FOR SALE—a  F IN E  AND  WEl L-a SSOii I'r D 

stock of  dry  goods,  boots,  shoes,  hats, caps 
and gents’ furnishing goods, in  live railroad and 
m anufactu  ing  tow n of  from  50.i  to (.00  inhabi­
tants.  Only business of the kind in th  -  locality. 
O ther and more  im portant business re 
res the 
•m ention of the proprietor.  We court a thorough 
investigation  and  w ill  guarantee  a  profitable 
investm ent.  A ddress  No.  571,  care  M ichigan 
Tr »desman.__________  

556

594

571

, 

. 

|. 

.1_ 

Traveling  men  have many  odd  exper­
iences  while on  the road,  and  they  bear 
a great mauy  queer  yarns.  A  group  of 
them  were sitting in  the  rotunda  of  the 
Grand  Pacific hotel  the  other  day  relat­
ing  to  each  other  some  of  the  funny 
things that  had  happened  in  their own 
experience.  One of  them said: 
"1 once 
had  a  lesson 
in  politeness  taught  me 
which  I  shall  never  forget,  and  which 
has  been  the means of  keeping  me from 
committing  a rudeness  toward  conduct­
ors  and  trainmen—an  offense  that is  al­
together too common.  Brakemen are, by 
official orders,  generally  stationed  at the 
steps  of  trains  to  ask  passengers  where 
they are going. It is a good scheme,and the 
company should  be  praised  for  such  an 
arrangement,  but there are  travelers who 
seem  determined  to  resent  any  imputa- j 
tion  that  they  do  not  know  all  about
, 
where  they  are  going and  all  about  the I  A  b c , Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
train to take them there, and will  answer 
such  questions as the brakemen put  with 
overbearing  insolence.  1  must confess  I 
bad just  the disposition  to  do this same 
thing. 
I  had  been on  the  road for years, 
and  it seemed  tom e  as  though  all  these 
people  ought to  know  that  i  knew  my 
business and not  pester  me  with  what  I 
considered  fool  questions. 
I  dare  say  I 
thought they  should divine this from my 
looks. 
I  can’t  imagine  how  else  they 
could  guess  it.
“ Well,  as  1  said,  I  had  a  lesson  that 
has led  me  to answer all  these questions 
readily  and  williugly.  1  was  traveling 
over in  Michigan at the time,  with  head­
quarters at Detroit,  and on a  certain trip 
was  working  toward  that  city. 
I  had 
been  away  four  weeks  and  was longing 
to reach  home and  see the babies.  1  was 
at  Marshall  one  Saturday  evening  and 
hustled  about,  working  like a Trojan  to 
see all  my  customers  before  they closed 
up,  for  1  had  determined  to  take 
the 
night  express  east  and  make  the  run 
home. 
I  got  through all  right and  was 
feeling  good,  as  trade  had  been  much 
better 
than  1  expected  for  Saturday 
night,  when  the merchants  were particu­
larly  busy.  At  11 o’clock I  went to the 
depot,  where  1  knew  1 could  get a meal, 
for  I  had  missed  my  supper,  intending 
to  follow  up  my  feed  with  a uap  until 
the  train  arrived, 
it  was  due between 
12  and  1  o’clock  and  passed  the  west­
bound  night  express  at that  point—one 
train  coming in on one side of  the depot 
and  the  other  on the  other side. 
I  was 
napping serenely  when  I  heard the rum­
ble and  roar of the engine as  it rolled  up 
alongside the depot,  and  stood  snorting 
and puffing as if  anxious to speed  on  its 
way  again.  But  half  awake  1 grabbed 
up  my  satchels  and  made  for  the  plat- 
'orm.  When  about to  climb  the  steps, 
brakeman  said: 
‘Where  do  you  wish 
i» go,  sir?’ I answered brusquely,  ‘Never 
ou mind me;  1  know  my  business,’  and 
aboard  1  weut.  1  think  the  young chap 
must  have suspected  I was  going  wrong 
for he was  watching me closely  when  the 
conductor  came around.

take 

M ISC E L L A N E O U S .

A  CHOICE  RESIDENCE  PROPERTY  ON 
X I.  the  hill, w orth  *4,000 to exchange  for clean 
stock of shoes, groceries or general m erchandise. 
A ddress N o .»2, care T elfer Spice Co. 

DO  YOU  LSE  COUPON  BOOKS ? 

IF  SO, DO 
you  buy of the largest m anufacturers In the 
United states?  If  you do, you  are  custom ers of 

the Tradesm an Company, G rand  Rapids.

si>9

354 

370

oK   SA L K — GOOD  DIVIDEND - FAYING 
stocks In  banking, m anufacturing  and mer 
cantile  com panies.  E. A. Stowe,  luu  Louis  S t , 
G rand  Rapids 

FOR  SAbE  -   BEST  RESIDENCE  LOT  IN 

G rand  Rapids, 7oxl75 feet,  beautifully shad­
ed  w ith  uative  oaks  situated in  good  residence 
locality,  only ¡8«)  feet  from  e ectric  street  car 
line,  w ill sell  for *2 5uu cash, or part cash, pay­
m ents to suit.  E.  A. stow e, too Louis St. 
V lfA N T E D —P kAC IICAL PRINTER  WHO  IS 
vv 
fam iliar  w ith  job  work  and  capable  of 
editing  a country  weekly, to  start  a  new spaper 
in  a live tow n  No com petition  A pplicant m ust 
If  you 
have at least $5uu cash or Us  equivalent 
m eau  bu-iuess, address  No. ei)5, care  M ichigan 
Tradesm an. 
g.jg
GENERAL  AGENT  T o   BUY  EX- 
« V  elusive  rights  M ichigan  or  W isconsin, 
w ith  large  stock  Excelsior  Tailor  System  of 
Dress C utting” for  fam ilies.  Perfect  fits  large 
profits—otherw ise engaged, m ust sacrifice.  “ E x­
celsior.”  Davison  Mich. 
r p w o   RESIDENCE  LOI’! 
X   Belding  to  exchange
-  
worth  $1,0.) 
cash.  Address  No. 470, care  Micblga 
man.

IN  VILLAGE  OF 
f**r  grocery  stock
to  *1,501)  Wi 1  pay  difference  in 
chigan  Trades- 

.  • 

597

_ 

570

A   H O L ID A Y   P R E M IU M   O F F E R .

For  $-’ 25 1  w ill  mail  post-paid,  T he “300 Ways ” 
a book or 25o pages and 15u illustrations  devoted 
to  trim m ing  w indow s  and adapted to  all  lines 
of  business,  price  $1.50-  H arm an’s  Christm as 
Pam phlet  devoted  to  displays  for  th a t  special 
occasion  price 75 cents, and  the  new  im proved 
window  dressing ham mer,  price 50 cents. 
(Each 
m ailed  separate if  desired).  P urchasers of  e n ­
u re  outfit  receive FR EE  my pam phlet of catchv 
id e a s . 

H a R k Y  H A R M A N ,
5Vindow D ressing Supplies,

_ 
Room 1204  Th# Temple, Chicago, 111.

G R A N D   R A P ID 8   G O S S IP .

S.  A.  Howey,  hardware  dealer at Lake 
City,  has added  a line of boots and shoes. 
Geo.  H. Iieeder &Co. furnished the stock.
.  E.  J.  Herrick  has  fitted  up  a  pastry 
kitchen  over  his  store  and  is  now  in 
shape to do pastry cooking  and  catering 
for parties,  balls  and  other  social occa­
sions.

Silas K.  Bolles and  Mat.  W.  Monnette 
have formed  a  copartnership  under  the 
style  of  S.  K.  Bolles & Co.  and  engaged 
in  the  wholesale  cigar  business  at  69 
Pearl street.

John  and Oren Walbrink  have  formed 
a copartnership  under the style  of  Wal­
brink  Bros,  and  opened  a  grocery  store 
at  158  Ellsworth  avenue.  The  young 
men are sons  of  Geo.  H.  Walbrink.  the 
Allendale general  dealer,  and  evidently 
inherit the frugality and  shrewdness  of 
their sire.

ment of Howard W.  Spurr & Co.,  of Bos­
ton.

J.  A. Gonzalez requests  T h e   T r a d e s ­
m a n   to announce that  a  meeting  of  the 
local  members of  the  Michigan  Knights 
of the Grip  and others interested  will  be 
held  at  the  Morton  House  on  Saturday 
evening,  Nov.  26,  to make  arrangements 
for attending  the annual  convention  of 
the organization  which  will  be  held  at 
Detroit,  Dec.  27 and 28.

J.  H. McDonald, of Baraga,  well known 
to the trade of  the  Upper  Peninsula  as 
the  traveling representative of the Wells- 
Stone Mercantile  Co.,  died  at  Baraga of 
apoplexy  November 5.  About a year ago 
he left  the  road  and  purchased  of  the 
Nester estate their general  store  at  Bar­
aga and devoted himself to that  business 
until  his  death  came so  suddenly.  He 
leaves a host of friends all over the State 
and no enemies.

T h e   H a r d w a r e   M a r k e t.

E.  H.  Manley,  grocer at  the  corner  of 
East and  Sherman  streets,  has  sold  his 
stock to C.  J.  Thompson  and  R.  J.  Stow, 
who  have formed a  copartnership  under 
thestyleof C. J.  Thompson & Co.  and  re­
moved  the stock  to the corner cf East and 
Dunham streets, where they will continue 
the  business.

James  Gleason,  formerly  engaged  in 
general trade at  Volney, but  for the past 
two years engaged  in trade at  Deerfield, 
has re-opened  a general  store  at Volney. 
The  Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company  fur­
nished 
the  groceries,  Voigt,  Herpol- 
sbeimer & Co.  supplied the dry goods and 
Rindge,  Kalmbach  &  Co.  furnished  the 
boots and shoes.

About  four  weeks  ago  a man  by  the 
name of  Geo.  C.  Messenger came to  this 
city  and leased  an  office  and storage  fa­
cilities  over 
the  commission  house  of 
Bunting &  Davis,  claiming  to  represent 
Griffin,  Hetz& Co., fish  and producedeal- 
ers on  South  Water  street.  A quantity 
of salt  fish  was  sent  to him,  and  he  im­
mediately offered  it to  the retail  trade at 
such  low prices  for  cash  that  the goods 
went off in  short order.  Messenger  then 
made  himself  scarce,  and  Jacob  Hetz 
subsequently came on  from Chicago and 
demanded a second payment for the goods 
from  the purchasers,  on  the ground  that 
Messenger was a broker  and  was not au 
thorized  to  collect  for  goods  sold.  So 
far as learned, Philip Graham  is the only 
grocer  who paid  anything for  the  privil 
ege of  keeping the goods,  the  other pur 
chasers asserting that they would give up 
the goods only  when  compelled  to do so 
by order  of  court, which  will  probably 
not be resorted  to.

General Trade—Notwithstanding  elec­
tion  week,  the  volume  of  business  has 
been  fully up  to expectations;  now  that 
it is over,  we  shall  look  for a steady  re­
sumption of  trade.

Wire Nails—No change to note.  Man­
ufacturers  are  firmer,  but  jobbers  have 
made no  change.  The  present  price  is 
$1.80 to $1.85.

Cut Nails—In  moderate  demand only, 

with no special  change.

Rope—The  demand  is quite  brisk  for 
this 
time  of  year.  Sisal  is  stronger, 
while manilla is a little  weaker.  Sisal9c, 
manilla 12c,  is the asking price.

Glass—Stocks  still  light,  m anufactur­
ers  finding  it hard  work  to catch  up  on 
their orders.  At a recent meeting of the 
makers  in  Cleveland, 
the  advance  in 
price made a short time ago was affirmed, 
which  indicates  strength  to  the market.
Sheet  Iron—A  scarcity  still exists  for 
all the  lighter grades of  sheet,  as  well  as 
American  plauished  iron.  This 
latter 
article never was known  to be so  hard  to 
get.  Genuine  Russia  iron  is plenty,  but 
as  it  costs  13c  to  14c  a  pound,  against 
lOJ^c for the  American,  dealers fight shy 
of it.  They  may  be obliged,  however,  to 
come to  it.

Plain  and Tar  Board—With  the  ship­
ping of potatoes,  and  the  cold  weather, 
the demand  for plain board  is very  large. 
There has  been quite an advance in them 
lately.  The  present  price  is  $1.25  for 
plain  board  and $1.40 for  tar  board.  As 
the American  Strawboard Company con­
trols  nearly  all  the mills,  it  is in  shape 
to advance prices at any time.

Ammunition—Prices  are  well  main­
tained on  shot,  loaded  shells,  cartridges, 
primers, gun  caps, etc.

G r ip s a c k   B rig a d e .

G.  C.  Burnham,  Western  Michigan 
traveling  representative  for  the Detroit 
Cigar  Manufacturing  Co.,  was  in  town 
over Sunday.

M.  K.  Walker,  who was on the road ten 
pears  for  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  but  who 
has been engaged in  the drug  business at 
Lansing for  the past  four years,  has  re­
turned to his former position  with P.,  D. 
&  Co.  His  territory  has  not  yet  been 
fully decided  upon.

C.  W.  Shaw  has  gone  on  the road  for 
the  Hazeltine &  Perkins  Drug  Co.,  tak­
ing all the  available  towns  in  Northern 
Indiana as  his territory.  Mr.  Shaw is  a 
resident  of  Cas.sopolis,  having  clerked 
there several  years for II.  M.  Bishop and 
traveled two years for  the  cigar  depart­

C R E A T IN G   D E M A N D .

One  of  the  curious  and 

interesting 
features of  the business of the  present is 
the  necessity  of  creating a demand  for 
any  new article that the owners and man 
agers of  the  novelty  desire to  put upon 
the  market.  To  familiarize  the  public 
eyes  with the  name and qualities of  the 
product is  the first step  usually taken.

There are  very  many  ways  by  which 
this is done,  and with  them  the public is, 
as a rule, well acquainted.  The placards 
and  advertisements,  show-cards,  bulle­
tin-boards,  transparencies,  banners  and 
circulars are to be  met  with everywhere. 
But this is only  a  part of the fine  art  of 
putting  an  article  on the market.  The 
literature  and  display  are  very well  in 
their way,  but  the consumer must be at­

tracted  by  more  positive  and emphatic 
means;  must,  indeed,  be  persuaded  that 
the new  is  better or  more to  his  advan­
tage than  the old,  or,  what is much more 
to the purpose,  quite  as good,  if  not  bet- 
ter,  and at the  same  time more economi­
cal,  for,  as  a  rule,  the  nineteenth  cen­
tury  consumer  is  a  critical  and  well- 
informed individual,  and  is not ignoraut 
of  the fact that  modern  science  and  the 
latest  and  most  improved processes  can 
make  higher-grade  articles  at  far  less 
cost than  by  the slow,  complicated,  cum­
brous and necessarily expensive methods 
of former days.  The numerous exhibits, 
food shows, fairs,  expositions  and  prac­
tical  displays  of  new  and valuable pro­
ducts are among the most valuable means 
of introducing  to those only  partially  or 
not at all acquainted with  them those ar­
ticles that make up the bulk of  what are 
considered the best stocks of goods in  the 
market.

Experiments  have been  tried in carry­
ing  articles  from  house 
to  house  and 
leaving  samples  for  trial,  but  this is  a 
very expensive and not at  all satisfactory 
way,  especially  for  food  products. 
In­
telligent  consumers  are,  as  a  rule,  un­
willing to eat  food of  which  they  know 
nothing  beyond  the  fact  that they  have 
a  sample  left  by  some  unknown,  and 
therefore  necessarily  irresponsible,  per­
son.  This is not  the case  at  authorized 
food expositions and exhibits where there 
is a regular  headquarters,  and where,  as 
a  matter  of  course,  whatever  is  given 
out is of the  very  choicest  quality,  as  it 
must  of  course  be,  in  order  to  create a 
favorable  impression.

As  experience  in  its  use,  familiarity 
with  the  article  and  confidence 
in  its 
eneral  excellence  are  necessary  to the 
successful  introduction  of  all  edible pro- 
iucts,  it  follows  that demonstrative ad­
vertising is the  very  best  possible means 
of creating  a demand  for  new  foods.

Far too little  attention  has  heretofore 
been given  to producing  new and whole­
some articles of  diet.  The  bills  of  fare 
of the  world  have been  too  little  varied 
except in  meats.  Of  late there has  been 
increased  attention  given  to  cereals  of 
all  sorts,  with the result that we have the 
most delicious  breakfast dishes  and  the 
basis of many dessert and  luncheon dish­
es  that  are  much  more  wholesome and 
nutritious 
an  enormous 
amount  of  meat  as  is  ordinarily  con­
sumed.

such 

than 

These  articles,  judiciously  arranged 
and  judiciously  exhibited  and  demon­
strated,  give  the  public  au  opportunity 
to test and  taste them,  and  thus get  a far 
better idea than  could  be  obtained  from 
advertisements  or  descriptions  of  any 
other character.

The plan of  introduction  that  makes  a 
people  familiar  with  the  results  to  be 
achieved  rather  than  the  materials  by 
which results are attained has,  therefore, 
much to commend it,  and  when  both  are 
used  in  conjunction there is  little doubt 
of ultimate success.  N.  S.  Stowell.

T h e  H e a d   M a n .

W . IU ard   in  C om m ercial E n q u ire r.

Many  who fill  the  position say it is  no 
“snap” and enumerate its trials and per­
plexities,  yet one is rarely found  willing 
to exchange  his position  for  a  less  im­
portant  one,  even  at  the  same  salary. 
The  position  under a  good  employer is 
generally what one makes  it.  The  head 
too  frequently,  becomes  a  detri­
man, 
ment  rather  than  a  valuable  aid to  the 
business of  his  employer. 
If  he  is  in­
clined  to misuse  his  position,  the  more 
trust  and  responsibility  put  upon  him

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

5
the  more  injury  he  can  do.  The  head 
man  should  be  possessed  of  experience 
and technical knowledge  in his line,  thus 
enabling  him  to  cope  with  all  the intri­
cacies of the  business.  He should  be up­
right aud  honorable,  determined  but  not 
tyrannical,  cool  and  keen of observation, 
not  given 
to  partiality  or  prejudice. 
He should preserve  an  unselfish  motive 
in  all  his  decisions,  his  interests  being 
solely  those of  his employer.
One  of  his  main efforts  should  be  to 
promote harmony  among  his  coworkers. 
Discord  among clerks in  a store  is like  a 
worm’s nest  in  a fruit  tree.  Authority 
should  be exerted  only when  neeessary. 
The head  man should be able  by  example 
and  kindly counsel  to  secure the best ef­
forts of every  man  under  his charge.  He 
must  first  secure  their  respect.  This 
cannot be done by  watching  every  move­
ment of a man  with  the  set  purpose  of 
finding a fault,  overlooking  all good  that 
may  be  done  meanwhile,  and  with  the 
one intent of reporting or  repremanding 
for any misdemeanor  however trivial.
1  have  more  than  once  seen  a junior 
clerk’s 
repeatedly 
checked  by  the  one  holding  a  position 
above  him,  jealousy  and  abject  fear  of 
being  outdone  prompting  such  action. 
Any  man  can  see  the  evil  tendency  to 
both  men  and  business  as  the result of 
such  management.  One is reminded  of a 
better way in the words of Canon  Farrar: 
“ Kind words  and  liberal  estimates,  and 
generous  acknowledgments,  and  ready 
appreciation, and unselfish  delight in the 
excellences  of others—these are the  tru­
est signs of a large  intellect and  a noble 
spirit.”
To employers I  would  say:  Beware  of 
a man  who too eagerly accepts a position 
in  which  he is  to  watch  other  employes 
and report their misdeeds.  “ Set a nigue 
to catch  a rogue”  may  be  good  policy  in 
some circumstances,  but  you don’t  want 
any rogues,  large or small, in the store.  It 
is an  easier matter to discern one’s  own 
faults in  another  than  in  one’s  own  na­
ture. and it is sometimes possible to judge 
a man’s  own  w e a k n e s s   of  character  by 
what  he savs of others.

progress 

honest 

M IC H IG A N   M IN IN G   SC H O O L .

A S ta te   School o f  M inin«  E n g in e e rin g , g iv in g   p ra c ­
tic a l  in -tra c tio n  in  m illin g   an d  a lii  d  su b jects.  H as 
sm ilin'  r  schools in su rv e y in g , Shop p ra c tic e  an d   Field 
G eology.  L a b o ra to rie s,  shops  an d   s ta m p   m ilt  well 
equipped.  T u itio n   fre e   F o r c a ta lo g u e s ap p ly   to  th e  
D irector, H o u g h to n . M ichigan.

GZ2TSX2TG  R O O T .
PrPIT  PPflS  W h o le « » !, a D ru g g is t»

We pay the hlgheat price for It.  Adirei« 

Teacher—Whati s 
the best Cigar  sold  c 
this country to-day?

Class  (in  chorus)—

%

Ben  Hur!

10c  o r   3  fo r  25c.

Made on Honor !

Sold on Merit !

ORDER  FROM  YOUR  D E A LE R.

HO.,

Mamlfadilrers,

DETROIT.  CHICAGO.

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THE  BON  MARCHE  OF  PARIS.

Ja m e s P&rton in “ C a p ta in s o f Industry.”

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADE8MAM
Dry Goods Price Current.

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Bleached. 

She,  a 

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Visitors to  Paris  find  the  huge,  i

CANTON  FLANNEL.

U nbleached. 

romance. 

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

It  resembles 

The  enormous  capital 

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V. 
W . 
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C.
D. 
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F. 
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U. 
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L.
M  . 
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H ousew ife  A .............454  H ousewife  Q.............. 534

A d ria tic ....................  7
Arrow B rand  5M 
cellaneous  bazaar, founded  by  the Bouci- j  Argyle  ................   ¿
W orld Wide.  6
A tlanta A A ............... 6
cauts,  as  nourishing  and  attractive  as i 
L L ..................4)4
A tlantic  A ................  6M
Full  Yard W ide.......6)4
ever. 
the  establishment 
H ................   6 *
Georgia  A ................  6*4
created  in  New  York  by  the  late  A.  T. 
P ...............  5*4
Honest W idth...........  6)4
Stewart,  who,  in  fact,  copied  from  the I
D .........   ...  6
H artford A  ..............   5
Indian  H ead............   7
Boucicauts the general  scheme of his  up- I  Amn7   LL 
’  6)4
King A  A .................. 6)4
town  store.  Stewart.however,omitted  to  Archery  Bunting...  4 
King E C ....................  5
make  any adequate provision  for the con-  ufaVifr,I)ainnAJ ^ ‘ •  5*» 
Lawrence  L L .........  4*
M adras cheese cloth 63k
tinuance of the  business  after  his  own  Black'crow  .’. 
g
G . . . ..  53k
withdrawal from  it.  and.  therefore,  soon  Black  Rock  .......... 6
B  ...
.  5
Boot,  AL..................   7
after his  decease the  vast  fabric  fell  to 
N __ •  6 *
Capital  A .................. 5*4
D D..
pieces,  and  many  hundreds  of  faithful 
•  5 *
C avanat  V ................   5% 
_
X  ... ■  6*
and  well-skilled  men  and  women,  some 
Chapm an cheese cl.  3% Noibe R ............ s'"
of whom  had grown  gray  in  the  service, 
Clifton  C R ...............  53% Our Level  B est__   6)4
Com et.........................  6*4  O xford  R ................  6
were deprived  of  their  accustomed  em­
7
D w ight S tar..............  6 *  P equot..................  
ployment. 
in­
Clifton C C C ............   614 S o lar...........................  5
volved  iu  the  business  has  proved  of 
¡Top of the  R eap__ 7
little  real  advantage  to any one  except 
A B C ......................... 854|Geo.  W ashington...  8
the lawyers.
Amazon......................8  Glen M ills..................  7
A m sburg....................7  Gold  M edal.................  7«
It  was  far  otherwise  with  the  Bon 
Art  C am bric.............10  Green  T icket............8*4
Marche  of  that  noble  and  well-mated 
Blackstone A A....... 7  G reat F a lls ..................  6*4
pair,  Aristide and  Marguerite  Boucicaut.
Beats A ll...................   4*4  H ope..............................7C
B oston....................... 12 
Their business flourishes after theirdeatb 
J u st  O u t........  4V@  5
C abot..........................  7  King  P h illip .............  73k
and  their  faithful  employes  >till  enjoy 
OP........754
Cabot,  * ....................  6% 
the  fruits of the fouders’  admirable man­
C harter  O ak............   5*4¡Lonsdale Cam bric.  10
Conway  W ................7*4
agement.  No  litigation  followed  their 
L onsdale............   @  8 y
C lev elan d ...............   7
M iddlesex..........  @5
decease and  their  example  has  become 
Dwight A nchor.......  8*
No N am e...................   7)4
an 
inspiration  and  an  admonition  to 
shorts.  8
Oak  View  ...............  6
Edw ards....................   6
O ur  O w n...................   5)4
the  whole  business world of Europe  and 
E m pire.......................  7
Pride of the W e st.. .12
America.
F arw ell......................7)4
R osalind...................... 7)4
Their personal  story is  full  of  beauty | 
F ru it of th e  Loom.  8*4
S u n lig h t....................   4)4
FItchville  ...............   7
and 
lowly  village 
U tica  M ills.................8)4
F irst P rize................7
N onpareil  ..10
maiden,  stout of limb and strong of heart, 
F ruit of the Loom %.  7)4
V inyard .....................  8)4
a  very  poor man’s daughter,  earning  her 
F airm ount.............  4*4
W hite  H orse...........  6
F ull V alue................63k
livelihood by  washing clothes in the river 
R ock.................8)4
Saoue; her mind  intelligent,  but  almost 
h a l f   b l e a c h e d   c o t t o n s .
C abot... 
I D w ight A nchor.....8)4
................   7 
wholly  uncultivated.  He,  a  young  ped­
Farw ell
dler of  linens, owuing  his horse and  cart, 
the  result of  long  and  severe  economy.
At the annual  fair aud  festival of her vil­
lage,  in  the  flower of their age,  they met.
He cast a favorable  eye  upou  the  cheer­
ful,  vigorous,  and good-looking girl.  He 
proposed to  her  parents  for  her  hand.
The horse  aud  cart  won  their  consent; 
the attractive personality  of  the  young 
man  gained  hers,  and so they  rode  away 
together on  the peddler’s cart—an  origi­
nal  kind  of  wedding  journey.  Besides 
being husband  and  wife,  they  were  now 
fellow-laborers and  partners  iu  busiuess.  I 
Even after their boy  was born, she still 
rode  in  the cart,  their  object  being  dis­
tinct  before them,  to save  money enough 
to try  their fortune in  Paris.  After some 
years  this object was accomplished.  They 
weut  to  Paris,  sold  their horse  and  cart, 
aud  lived  in one room,  in  a  very  cheap j 
street.  But the smart and  active  young I 
ex-peddler obtained  employment as clerk 
in  a dry goods store  near  the  fashionable 
quarter of Paris,  aud  at  wages  which  en­
abled  his  wife to stay  at  home  aud  keep 
house for the little  family.
By this time they  had  both  discovered 
the absolute  necessity of  knowledge  for 
any kind of desirable success  in  modern 
business,  aud the young husband engaged 
a teacher at a  few francs a  week  to  in­
struct  himself  and  wife  in  arithmetic, 
bookkeeping,  geography,  and  other  ele 
meutary  branches; also,  iu  English  and 
German.
Still  they  saved  the surplus of their in­
come,  practicing  an  ingenious  economy 
not  yet  known  to  the  people  of 
the 
United States;  and.  at  last,  in  1848,  when 
Aristide  Boucicaut  was thirty-nine  years 
of age,  they  bought a small  store on  part 
of  the site of their present establishment.
They  furnished  their  little  shop  with 
every  kind  of  household  merchandise 
which  they  could  buy  extremely  cheap.
They  called 
their  place  Good-Bargain 
Store, which  in  French  is  Bon  Marche.
When they had bought articles very cheap 
at  auction,  they  sold  them  at  a  fixed 
price,  a little  beyond  cost,  thus  giving 
the customers the advantage of their  ex­
perience  and  tact.  They  placed  upon 
every object a ticket  plainly  stating  the 
price,  and from  this they never departed.
Husband  and  wife  again  labored  to­
gether, she occupying the  cashier’s  desk 
in  the daytime,  aud  posting the books  in 
the evening.  All  storekeepers  in  Paris 
Amoskeag A C A .... 12)4
are  polite,  but the Boucicauts were some­
H am ilton N ..............   7)4
thing more than  that to their  customers.
D........... 8)4
They adopted the principle  of  trying  to I 
A w ning.. 11 
F arm er.......................8
satisfy them,  to serve them  in such a way
that  they  would  remember their visit  to > Leno^MHta............18*
the Bon Marche with pleasure.  For  the 
COTTON  DRILL.
first year or two their progress  was slow, ! Atlanta,  D.............6*istark  A 
but  when  once  they  began  to  prosper  cSftoiV K .'.'.V .V .::::  f f i o p o f H W -  il.:..:  9*

6  Del M arine cashm ’s  6 
m ourn'g  6
6
......... 6  Eddystone  fancy 
c h o c o la te
4)4 
American  fa n c y —   5*  
6
rober 
sateens 
American indigo  . . . 6  
6
American shirtings.  4)4  Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
A rgentine  G ray s...  C 
s ta p le ....  6 
A nchor S h irtin g s...  5 
¡M anchester  fancy.  6
. . . .   6)41 
A rnold 
new  era.  6
...  6 
A rnold  M erino 
Merrimack  D fancy.  6 
long cloth  B. 10)4 
“ 
Merrim’ck shirtings.  4)4 
“  Repp f urn  8)4
“   C. 8)4
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century cloth  7 
“ 
Pacific  fancy  ..........6
.. 10)4 
gold seal. 
“ 
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robes..............  6)4
“  green seal TR 10)4 
Portsmouth  robes.  .  6 
yellow  s e a l.. 10)4
“ 
Simpson m ourning.. 6
serge...............11)4
“ 
g re y s ...........6
“  Turkey  red. .10)4 
solid black.  6
Ballou solid b la c k ..  5 
W ashington indigo.  6 
“ 
colors.  5)4
“  Turkey ro b e s..  7)4 
Bengal blue,  green, 
“ 
7)4
rea aud  orange  ..  5)4
“  plain T k y  X *   8)4 
Berlin solids 
.........  5)4
“ 
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“  oil b lu e ..—   6)4
“  Ottom an  T u r­
g re e n . 
6)4
“  “ 
key red 
“  F oulards 
...  5)4
M artha  W ashington
“  red 3k.........7
Turkey red * ..........7%
“ X  .........  9)4
M artha  W ashington
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........10
Turkey re d ............  9)4
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12
Rlverpolnt ro b es....  5)4
Cocheco fancy.........  6
W indsor fa n c y ____   6)4
“  m a d d e n ...  6 
XX tw ills..  6)4
indigo  b lu e............10)4
solids.........5 *  I H arm ony....................  4*k
A C  A ..........................12)4
Pem berton A AA__ 16
Y ork.......................... 10)4
Sw ift R iv e r..............   7)4
Pearl  R iver..............12
W arren......................18
C onostoga................16
............ 8

Peerless,  w hite........ 17)41 Integrity  colored... 20
colored  ... 19)4  W hite S tar.............. 18
Integrity.  .................18)41 
“  colored..20
Hamilton 
N am eless...................20
...........25
...........27)4
...........30
...........32)4
........... 35
Coraline  ..................19  sol W on d erfu l........... $1  50
Schilling’s ................  9 00  B righton.........................4 75
Davis  W aists  ....  9  00 Bortree’s ....................... 9 00
G rand  R ap id s-----   4  5fl|Abdominal............15  00
A rm ory......................  6341N aum keagsatteen..
A ndroscoggin...........7*4  R ockport....................... 6 *
B lddeford.................   6  Conestoga....................6 *
B runsw ick................8)4!W alw orth 
....................65k
Allen turkey  reds. 
Berwick  fancies 
8)4
Clyde  Robes 
C harter Oak  fancies  4)4 

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....................9
........................10)4
G G  C ashm ere.........20
Nameless  .................16
'..................18

robes.
pink a  purple  6 
buffs
pink checks.  6 
staples 
shirtings 

. . .   8
...9*4
...10
...10)4
...11)4

“  X...10
....... .  6

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India robes.. 

gold  ticket

CARPET  WARP.

CORSET  JEANS.

DRESS  GOODS.

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t i c k i n g s .

CORSETS.

PRINTS.

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A m oskeag.

DEM INS.
12)4
........ 
9 oz___ 13)4
brow n  .13
A ndover....................11)4
B eaverC reek  AA...10 
B B ... 9
O C ....
Boston Mfg Co.  b r..  7

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blue 8)4
“ 
“  d a  tw ist  10)4 
Colum bian XXX  b r.10 
XXX  bl .19

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Colum bian  brow n.. 12
Everett, blu e.............12)4
brow n.........12)4
Haymaker  blu e..........7*4
b ro w n ...  73k
Jeffrey ........................11)4
L ancaster  .................12)4
Lawrence, 9oz..........13)4
NO.220....13
No. 250...11)4
No. 2 8 0 ... 10)4

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A m oskeag.................  7*4
“  Persian dress  8)4 
Canton  ..  8)4
“ 
A FC .......... 10)4
“ 
T e a z le ...10)4
“ 
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A ngola.. 10)4 
P ersian..  8**
“ 
A rlington stap le__   0*4
A rasapha  fancy  ... 
Bates W arwick dres  8)4 
staples.  6)4
C entennial...............10)4
..............   10Vi
C riterion 
Cum berland  staple.  5)4
C um berland.............   5
E ssex............................4)4
E lfin...........................   7)4
E verett classics.......8)4
E xposition..................7)*
G lenarie....................  6)4
G lenarven...................63k
G lenw ood....................7)4
H am pton......................6)4
Johnson  Chalón  cl 

Lancaster,  stap le...  7
fa n c ie s__ 7
N orm andie  8
L ancashire................  6
M anchester.... ....... 5*
M onogram ................  6)4
N orm andie..................7)4
P ersian ......................   8)4
Renfrew  Dress.........7)4
R osem ont.................... 6)4
S latersv ille.............. 6
Som erset....................7
Tacoma  ...................... 7)4
Toil  du N ord...........10)4
W abash......................  7)4
seersucker..  7)4
W arw ick..................  8)4
W hittenden...............  63k
heather dr.  8 
indigo blue  9 
W am sutta staples...  63k
W estbrook................ 8
10
)4 W indenneer............. 5
indigo blue  9)4 York  ..........................65k
zephyrs  .  16 

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GRAIN  BASS.

Amoskeag...............  16*41 Valley C ity................153k
S tark .........................   19)4  Georgia 
..............15*
A m ericau..................16 

¡Pacific  ....................... 13

{Barbour's................. 88
M arshall’s ................88

t h r e a d s .

KNITTING  COTTON.

Clark’s Mile E nd__ 45
Coats’,  J .  & P ...........45
H olyoke.....................22)4
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14...
39
16...
40
18...
41
20...
CAMBRICS.

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6  ..
8 ... ...3 4
10...
...35
12...
.36

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No.

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

42
43
44
45

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S later..........................  4)4
..  83k 
W hite S ta r..............   4)4
..
...
Kid Glove  ...............   4)4
...9*4 
...
N ew m arket...............  4)4
.10*4 
..11 
..12 
..13

F irem an .................... 32)4
Creedm ore................ 27)4
Talbot X XX..............30
N a m e le ss.................27)4

E d w ard s.................   4)4
Lockw ood............. 
4)4
Wood’s  ....................  4)4
B ru n sw ick .............   4)4

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

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

c a n v a s s   a n d   p a d d i n g .

Red A Blue,  p la id ..40
Union  R .................... 22)4
W indsor.....................18)4
6 oz W estern  ...........20
Union  B  ..................22)4
DOMET  FLANNEL.
Nameless .
8  @  9)4|
8*4010  I 

Grey S R W ...............17)4
W estern W  ............... 18)4
D  R  P  ........................18)4
Flushing XXX......... 23)4
.23)4
M anitoba
@ 10)4
12)4
Brown. Black
10)4
l 'H
12
20
• 10)4
10 oz • • -12)4
Greenwood. 8 o z __11H  Stark 
13)4
 
Boston, 8 oz..............10)4¡Boston, 10 oz..............12)4

“ 
Brown. Black. Slate
9* 1' %
10)4 11)4
11)4 12
12)4 20
DUCKS.

.8 0 Z ..  . ....  9)4 West  Point, 8 oz
l,  8 0 Z ... ....10)4

Slate.
9) 4
10) 4
11) 4
12) 4

10)4
1’Vi
12
20

9)4
10)4
11)4
12)4

“ 

WADDINGS.

SILESIA B.

W hite,  d o s ................25  I Pe*’ bale. 40 d o s ..  p )
............7 50
Colored,  d o z............20  IColored  “  

Slater, Iron C ross...  8
Red C ross....  9
Best  .............. 10)4
Best  A A .......12)4
............................7)4
............................ 8)4

P aw tucket.................10)4
D undle.......................  g
B edford......................10)4
Valley  C ity...............10)4
KK........................1UH

SEWING  SILK.

75
37)4137)41

Coniceli], doz.

Conlcelll  knitting, 
per )4oz  b all.........30

tw ist, d o z. 
50 yd. d o z.
h o o k s  a n d   e y e s — P E R   g r o s s .
No  1  Bl’k A  W hite..10
“ 
“  2 
..12
“ 
“  3 
“ 
.12
« 
No 2—20,  M C ..........50  |N0 4—15  F   8)4
• 3—18, S C ..................45  I
COTTON  TAPE,
No  2 W hite A Bl’k..12 
10 
..15
“  4 
..18
“  6 
12 
SAPETT  PINS.
|N o 3 ..
..  .28 

PINS.

“ 
“ 

8 
10 

No  4 Bl’k A  Whlte.,15
..20
.2 5
40

|No  8 W hite A Bl’k..20 
a
..26

» 
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NEEDLES— PER  M.

...............1  4t»| steam  b o a t....
Crowelv’s..................1  35!Gold  Eyed.’.*.". 
M arshall’s ................ 1  00
5—4. ...2   25
....2 10

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

...3  ltl|
COTTON  TWINES.

N  50

Cotton Sail Tw ine. .28
C ro w n ........................12
D om estic..................18)4
A n c h o r..................... 16
B risto l.......................13
Cherry  V alley......... 15
I X L ........................... 18)4

A labam a....................63k
A lam ance................. 6)4
A u g u sta ....................7)4
A r  sap h a..................   6
G eorgia......................  6 *
G ra n ite .....................  5*
Haw  R iv e r...............  5
H aw  J ....................... 5

N ash u a.......................18
Rising Star 4-ply___ 17
3-p ly ___ 17
North  Star 
......... 20
Wool Standard 4 plyl7)4 
P o w h a tta n ................is

T‘ 

M ount  P le a sa n t....  6)4
O neida.......................   5
Prym ont  ..................   s y
R audelm an...............6
R iverside..................  «y
Sibley  A ....................6*4
Toledo.......................

PLAID  O8NABURG8

G.  R .  M a y h e w ,

Grand Rapids, Mich.,

JOBBER OF

Wales Goodyear Rubbers,

"Woonsocket Rubbers,

Felt Boots and Alaska Socks.

U S B

y A R A r

MILE-END

Best  Six  Borii
Machine  or  Hand  Use.

— FOR —

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL

Dealers  in  Dry  Hoods & Notions.
,  IDLE»  i   EO.
Stets, Oyerais

MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF

-AND-

REMOVED  TO

2 3 -2 8  L a rn e d  S tM E ast

DETROIT,  MICH.

D ealers w ishing  to  look  over our  line »re  in ­
vited  to  address  our Wes’ern  M ichigan  repre­
sentative  Ed.  Pike, 272  F ourth  avenue. G rand 
Rapids.

BRAND  RAPIDS  BRDSH  CO,

M a n u fa c tu re rs   o f

BRUSHES.

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

O u p  g o o d s a r e  so ld  b y  a l l M ic h ig a n  J o b b in g  

H o u se s.

.THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

W rought Loose P in ............................................. 60*10
W rought  T ab le.....................................................60*10
W rought Inside B lind........................................ 60*10
W rought  B rass....................................................  
75
Blind,  Clark’s .......................................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s .....................................................70*10
70
Blind, Shepard’R 

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

O rdinary Tackle, list A pril  1892.................. 

CRADLES.

Cast Steel....................................................per lb 

CROW BARS.

Ely’s 1-10 
H ick's  C.  P ...................................................  
» . D .............................................  
M u sk e t........................................................... 

...................................................p e rm  
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*  CARTRIDGES.

Rim  F ire ............................................................... 
Central  F ire .................................................. dls. 

chisels. 

Socket F irm e r....................................................   70*10
Socket F ram ing ................................................... 70*10
Socket C orner....................................................... 70*10
Socket S lic k s....................................................... 70*10
B utchers’ Tanged  F irm er................................. 
40

Curry,  Law rence’s ............................................. 
Hotchkiss  .  .......................................................... 

40
25

W hite Crayons, per  gross................ 12®12K dls. 10

combs. 

CHALK.

die.

dls.

50

5

65
60
60

50
25

COPPER.
Planished, 14 oz cu t to siz e ..
14x52,14x56,14x60
Cold  Roiled,  14x56 and 14x60.
Cold Rolled, 14x48.
Bottoms

“ 

DRILLS.

Morse’s  Bit  Stocks.
Taper and straight S hank.
Morse’s T aper Snank.

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their success  was  rapid  and  remarkable. I 
Store  was added  to  store,  and  clerk  to j 
clerk. 
In a few years they  had absorbed 
a whole  block,  and  occupied  an  edifice 
five stories  high.  During  their  first year | 
the whole sum  taken  in over the  counter 
was  $9,000;  in  their  seventeenth  year 
their receipts were more than  $4,000,000; 
and still  the business grew  until  it  was 
the talk of the city,  and one of the  won­
ders of France.
So far,  they  had  won  a kind of  success 
common  to  many  energetic  and  skillful 
men of  business.  Now  begins the grand 
part of  the  story,  which  will  cause  the 
lives of  these  two  Paris  shopkeepers to 
be remembered  with honor when  cannon­
balls  and  swords,  as  Victor  Hugo  pre­
dicted,  will  be  seen  in  museums  side by 
side  with  the  rack  and  thumbscrew,  cu­
rious relics of  the barbaric period.
Boucicaut’s  early  lot  had  been  hard. 
As soon  as  he  began  to  feel  himself  a 
victor,  he  made  up  his  mind  that  no ap­
prentice  or  clerk  of  his  should  suffer 
from  the  abuses  which  had  embittered 
and shamed  his own  young life.  He was 
a good  master from  the first,  and  he  was 
continually  revolving in  his  mind  larger 
plans for the benefit of  those who servt-d 
him.  He founded  a  library for their use; 
he opened classes  in the evening for their 
free  instruction  in  the  languages  most 
required in  the  business  of  the  store— 
English and German.  To these  he  added 
classes in  fencing  and  music.  He adopt­
ed  as much  of the early closing principle 
as was possible in  Paris at that time,  and 
he tried  the  various  schemes of  making 
the  salary  of  the  clerk  bear  a  certain 
proportion  to the  average amount of  his 
sales.
There is a great deal  of  trouble  in  city 
dry goods  stores about  giving the  clerks 
a chance  to  take  nourishment,  because 
time  occurs  when 
the  natural  dinner 
business  is  most  active.  To  meet  this 
difficulty,  they  finally  converted 
their 
uppermost story  into  a  complete restau­
rant,  where  dinners  and  lunches  were 
furnished  to  the  whole  body  at  cost,  in 
the  best  manner,  and  without 
loss  of 
time.  They established also among them 
a Mutual  Benefit Society,  to the funds of 
which  they  made  a  large  donation  of 
money,  the  object  being to  provide a re­
source  for  all  employes in sickness  and 
old  age.
It had  long  been  the intention  of  Bou- 
cicaut to convert  his  business  into some 
kind  of  joint-stock  or  profit-sharing en­
terprise,  in  which  every  person  in  his 
employment  would  enjoy the  advantage 
and  security of  ownership.  But  he was 
a very  prudent  man—one  of  those  who 
are  unwilling  to  take a step  until  they 
feel  sure of  the  consequences.  Hence, 
it came  to  pass that,  while  he  was  still 
meditating his  plans, and  had only partly 
carried  them  out,  he  died,  aged  sixty- 
eight  years.  A  few  months  after  his 
only son died, leaving Madame Boucicaut 
the head of  one of the  largest businesses 
in  Europe.  This  was  in  the year  1877, 
when  she  herself  was  well  stricken  in 
years. 
She  proved  herself  more  than 
equal  to the emergency.
Her first and  last thought  was  the per­
manent  welfare  of  the  great  multitude 
of clerks,  apprentices and girls who were 
in  her service.  She appears to have  had 
toward  them  the  provident  feeling of  a 
mother,  as  if  she  had  transferred  the 
affection  for the  sou  she  had  lost to the 
children  with  whom  she  labored  day  by 
day.  Three  years  after  her  husband’s 
death she executed  his plan of forming a 
joint-stock  company  by  admitting 
to 
partnership about 100 of the upper clerks, 
whom  she  enabled  to buy shares  in  the 
business,  while retaining  herself  a little 
more  than  one-half  the  capital.  Her 
great  object  was to make  every  person 
who  was  permanently  attached  to  the 
business  an equitable sharer in its profits, 
and  to secure  to  all  faithful employes a 
sufficient  pension  when  they  were  dis­
abled  by  sickness  or  old  age.  She  was 
extremely  solicitous  to  make  herself of 
less and  less necessity  to the concern,  so 
that her  death  would  cause no interrup­
tion of  the business,  and  reduce  no  de­
serving families  from  abundance to pov­
erty.

The Citizens’ State  and  Savings  Bank 
has  been organized  at South Haven,  with 
a  capital stock of $50,000.

T r a d e  w i t h   Reliable  H o u s e s .

“ There is a tendency  among  our mer­
chants to stick closer to houses of proved 
reliability,”  said  a veteran  merchant  the 
other day. 
“ The commerce of this coun­
try  has always  been  so  subject to chang­
ing conditions that  a spirit of speculation 
has been one of  the  inevitable outcomes. 
1 do not  say  this in  a spirit of  criticism, 
because there are none of  us who are en­
tirely exempt  from  a  feeling of reckless­
ness at  times;  but  because  the  facts are 
now appreciated and acknowledged by all 
engaged  in  trade.  Our  merchants  are 
learning that it  pays to adhere  closer  to 
the  firms they know  they cau  depend  up­
on  and  to attach less  weight to the claims 
of  new  establishments.  The commerce 
of our country  is growing so rapidly  that 
it  is only  to  be  expected  that  there  will 
be  new  enterprises  seeking  recognition 
every  day.  1  insist 
that  the  firm  that 
continually offers better inducements than 
any of  its competitors  must  either have 
some peculiar  advantage,  or  else  it  will 
not  stand  close  investigation.  Business 
is simply  a matter of  profit,  and  there  is 
nothing  in  our  commercial  conditions 
which  will enable one house  to constant­
ly  undersell  another,  unless  it  has  the 
bulk  of  the  trade.  Those  who  seek  to 
take advantage of  the eagerness  of  new 
firms to secure  business  may  reap  some 
profit  at  the outset,  but  they  are  almost 
certain  to be  losers  in  the  end.  Men  in­
vest  their  money  only  to make  money, 
and 
it  does  not  stand  to  reason that a 
firm  will  continue  in  business and  lose 
money month  after  month  simply  for the 
purpose  of  securing a few  new  custom­
ers.”

A company  is  being  organized to build 
on  the  Back Bay  at  Boston  a refrigerat­
ing plant,  from which pipes  filled  with  a 
continual  flow  of  cold  air will  be laid 
throughout that section of the city.  The 
pipes  will  connect  with  a  coil  in  the 
house of everyone  who desires  to use  it, 
and  it  will  be  arranged  so that  the tem­
perature can  be  raised  or lowered  as de­
sired. 
It  is  estimated  that  its  use will 
save annually  20,000  tons  of  ice  and do 
away  with  its unhealthfulness, inconven­
ience and  waste.  The  service  will  cost 
no more than  the ice  would  cost and  has 
the advantage of  making  the  room  cool 
and  dry.  whereas  ice  makes  it cool  and 
damp.  This cold  air cau  be used  in  food 
chests,  wine  cellars  and  sleeping  and 
living-rooms.

One  of  the  industries  in  connection 
with  the  tea trade is the collection  of the 
lead  with  which  tea  chests  are 
lined. 
China has  been  noted  for many centuries 
for  the  purity  of  its  lead,  and this tea- 
chest  lead,  as  it  is called,  is  regarded  as 
the finest in  existence.  There  are many 
uses for it;  it is  found  very  valuable  in 
making the  best kinds of  solder.
MICHIGAN

O rg a n iz e d   1 88 1.

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN,

Hardware Price Current.

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

AUGURS AMD  BITS. 

dis.

60
Snell’s ..................................................................... 
Cook’s  ................................................................... 
40
Jen n in g s', genuine.............................................  
25
Jen n in g s’,  im ita tio n ..........................................50*10

AXES.

First Q uality, 3.  B. B ronze.............................. $  7 00
D.  B.  B ronze...............................   12  00
S.  B. S. S teel...............................  8  60
D.  B. Steel..................................   13  50

“ 
‘ 
‘ 

Railroad  .............................................................$  14 00
G arden 
....................................................   n et  80 00

BARROWS.

b o l t s . 

Stove.  ....................................................................50*10
Carriage new list 
............................................. 75*10
P low ........................................................................40*10
Sleigh s h o e ..................•...................................... 
70

Well,  p la in ...........................................................$ 3 5 0
W ell, swivel  .......................................................  4 00

BUCKETS.

dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured..................................... 70*
W rought N arrow , bright 5ast jo in t................60*10

b u t t s ,  c a s t . 

dig.

dls.

DRIPPING PAMS.

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

07
6ft

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In ................................a 01. n et 
75
40
C orrugated .................................................. dls 
A dinstabie................................................... dls.  40*10

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

diS.

Clark’s, sm all, $1«;  large, $26.........................  
30
Ives’, 1, $18:  2, $.'4;  3 $3 »  ................*............... 
25
|  Disston’s ............................................................... 60*10
New A m erican  ...................................................6O&1O
N icholson’s ..........................................................60*10
...............................................................  
H eller’s 
50
H eller’s Horse Rasps  ..  ................................... 
50

files—New List. 

dis

GALVANIZED IRON.

28
17

SO

dls.

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

13 

12 

15 

Discount, 60

14 
GAUGES. 

Stanley R ule and  Level Co.’s .......................  

dls.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

knobs—N ew List. 

dls.
Door, m ineral, jap. trim m in g s..................... 
  55
 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trim m ings.................... 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trim m ings.
Door,  porcelain, trim m ings  ........................... 
55
70
Drawer  and  S hutter, porcelain...................... 
Russell & Irw in  Mfg. Co.’s new  list  ........... 
55
56
Mallory, W heeler  *   Co.’s ................................  
B ranford’s ...........................................................  
55
N orwalk’s . . . ......................................................  
56
Adze E y e...............................................   $16.00, dis. 60
H unt B ye.  .............................................$15.00,  dls. 60
H unt’s  ........................................... $18.50, dis. 20*10.
dls.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  h a n d led .........................  
50
dis.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .......................................... 
P.  S. *  W.  Mfg. Co.’s  M alleables__  
“ 
40
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Cle i k’s .................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
.......................................... 
30
Stebbln’s  P a tte rn .................................................60*10
Stebbln’s G enuine............................................... 60*10
Enterprise, self-m easuring............................... 
25

MAULS. 
mills. 

MOLASSES SATES. 

MATTOCKS.

dlS.

.  

N A IL S

 

 

 

A dvance over base: 

Steel nails, b ase............................................................ 1 85
W ire nails, b ase.......................................... 1  30@1  90
Steel.  Wire.
60...............................................................Base 
Base
10
50...............................................................Base 
25
05 
40.............................................................. 
25
10 
30.............................................................. 
20............ 
35
15 
45
16.............................................................. 
15 
45
12..  ........................................................  
15 
10................................................................  20 
50
8..................................................................  25 
60
7 *  6 ..........................................................  40 
75
4..................................  
90
60 
1  20
3.................................................................. 1 00 
2 .................................................................. 1 50 
1  60
F ine 3 ........................................................ 1  50 
1  60
65
Case  10 ....................................................   60 
75
8.....................................................  75 
6.....................................................   90 
90
F inish 10..................................................  85 
75
8..................................................1  00 
90
1  10
6 .................................................... 1  15 
Clinch; 19 ................................................   85 
70
80
8................................................1  00 
6 ................................................1  15 
90
B arren %..................................................175 
175
Ohio Tool Co.’i, fa n c y ......................................  ©40
Sclota  B ench........................................................  ©60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’i, fa n c y .............................  ©40
Bench, first q u ality .............................................  ©60
Stanley R ule and  Level Co.’s, w ood.............  *10
Fry,  A cm e.................................................... dli.60—10
70
Common,  polished.....................................dls. 
Iron and  T in n ed ................................................  
40
Copper Rivets and B u rs..................................  50—10

* 
* 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

PLANES. 

rivets. 

dls.

dll.

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

"A ’’ Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“ B” Wood’s  pat. planished,  Nub. 25 to 27...  9 20 

Broken packs K c per pound extra.

)

HAMMERS.

25
M aydole  *  Co.‘s ............................................dis. 
Kip’s ................................................................. dls. 
25
Terkes *  Plum b’s ........................................ dls. 40*10
M ason's Solid Cast Steel............................. 30c list 60
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast  Steel.  H an d ,.. ,30c 40*10

HINGES.

 

 

dls.

“ 
“ 
“ 

HANGERS.

HOLLOW  WARE.

w ire goods. 

Gate, C lark’s, 1, 2 , 3 .....................................dls.60&10
S tate.................................................. per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 4Vi  14  and
lo n g e r.................................................................  354
—‘ 
“ 
------ --— '  
10
Screw Hook and  Eye,  H ..............................net
% ...............................net
8 *  
X ..................  
net
7* 
X ......................... 
net
7 *  
Strap and T ................................................... <jjg.
50
dls. 
B am  Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood t r a c k ___
50*10
“ 35
Champion,  antl-frlctlon..................................  60*10
40
K idder, wood tr a c k ..........................  
P ots........................................................................  60410
K ettles..................................................................   60*10
Spiders  .................................................................. 60*10
Gray enam eled........................................ 
  40*10
ROUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Stamped  Tin W are................................... new  list 70
25
Japanned Tin W are........................................... 
G ranite Iron W a re ......................... new  list33X&10
B right............................................................... 70410410
Screw  E yes.................................................... 70*10*10
Hook’s .
.70*10*10 
Gate Hooks and  Eyes................
70*10*10 
dls.7o
Stanley Itnle and Level  Co.’s.
Sisal,  % Inch and larger
9
M anilla..................................................................  13
dls.
Steel and  Iro n ...................................................... 
Try and B evels.................................................... 
M itre ............................................. 
sheet iron.

75
6C
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

825
3  35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos.  10 to  14.............................................$4 05 
Nos. 15 to 17 .............................................. 4 05 
Nos.  18 to 21.........................................   4  05 
Nos. 22 to 2 4 .............................................. 4 05 
N ob. 25 to 2 6 ...........................................4  25 
No. 27....................................................... 4  45 
w ide not less than 2-10 extra
List acet. 19, ’86  ...........................................dls. 
Silver Lake, W hite  A ...................................list 
Drab A ......................................   “ 
W hite  B ...................................   » 
D ra b B .......................................   ■> 
W hite C .....................................“ 

50
50
55
50
55
35

squares. 

SAND PAPER.

SASH  CORD.

LEVELS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

ROPES.

 

 

D iscount, 10.

$1 95
3 05
3 05
3 15

SASH  WEIGHTS.

“  

“ 
“  Cnampf 
Cuts,  per  foot

saws. 

H a n d ............................................... 

Solid E yes....................................................per ton 125
20
70
50

Silver Steel  DIa.  X Cuts, per foot....... 
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per fo o t__  
Special Steel Dia._X Cuts, per foot 
ïam plon  and  Electric  Tooth  X

dls.

dls.

traps. 

30
Steel, G am e............................................................60*10
35
Oneida Community, N ew house’s .................. 
Oneida  Community, Hawley a N orton’s __  
70
Mouse,  ch o k er..........................................18c per doz
Mouse, delu sio n .................................... $1.50 per doz.
dls.
B right M arket......................................................  65
A nnealed M arket................................................ 70—10
Coppered  M arket  .................................................  60
Tinned M arket....................................................  62J4
50
Coppered  Spring  S teel...................................... 
Barbed  Fence, galvanized....................................  2 85
p a in te d ...........................................  2 40

w ire. 

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HORSE NAILS.
 

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Michigan Tradesman

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

Best  Interests  of  Business  Men. 

Published at

lOO  L o u is  St., G ra n d   R a p id s,

—  BY  T H E   —

TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

O n e  P o lla r  a  Y ear, 

- 

P o sta g e   P re p a id .

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E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

W E D N E S D A Y .  N O V E H B E K   1 6 ,1 8 9 8 .

S O L ID   B U S IN E S S   M E N .

|  O .  A .  B a ll o f   t h e   B a l l- B a m h a r t- P u tm a n  

C o .

Orson A.  Ball  was  born  at South New 
Berlin,  Chenango  county,  New  York, 
May  14,  1837.  Until  fourteen  years  of 
age  he attended  school  in  the village and 
t assisted  his  father,  who  was  an  expert 
! mechanic.  From  fourteen  to sixteen  he 
worked  on  a farm,  and  in  1853  was ap- 
{ prenticed to a man  named  Nellis,  who  at 
' that time conducted a dry  goods store at 
Cooperstown.  The  indenture  provided 
for three years’  service, entitling the  ap­
prentice to  £50 a year and  board  the first 
year,  $75 the  second and  $100  the  third. 
In  1855  Mr.  Nellis  removed  his  stock  to 
Rochester  atid  Mr.  Ball  went with  him, 
finishing his apprenticeship,  and remain­
ing 
in  Mr.  Nellis’  employ  until  1864, 
when  he removed  to  Grand  Rapids and 
formed  a copartnership  with  E.  M.  Ken­
dall,  under  the style  of  Kendall  &  Ball, 
embarking  in  the  clothing  business  in 
what  was  then  known  as  the  Fremont 
block,  located  where  Stanley  &  Schroe- 
der's store is now.  Mr. Ball subsequently 
purchased the  interest of his  partner and

does not  have the  knowledge and  receive 
the criticism of Mr.  Bail  at some stage in 
the proceeding.  Faithful  himself  in ev­
ery  particular,  he naturally demands  the 
same conscientious  effort  on  the part  of 
his  associates  and employes,  and  he  has 
gradually  gathered  about  him  a coterie 
of  workers  who  are  able  to  accomplish 
what few other  forces of  equal  numbers 
are able to achieve.

Socially  Mr.  Bali  is a gentleman of  ex­
treme  congeniality,  especially  when  off 
duty,  and  those  who are so  fortunate  as 
to enjoy  his friendship  find  in  his  com 
panionship  a never-failing source of  in­
spiration  and  delight

E V O L U T IO N   IN   T R A D E   M E T H O D S .
Nearly every  branch  of  business  has 
undergone a  process  of  gradual  change 
during the  past ten  or  fifteen  years,  the 
keen competition and  the  perplexities of 
the transportation  problems having  in  a 
great  measure revolutionized trade meth­
ods  to a greater  degree  during  very  re­
cent years than  had  been  the case during 
a half  century  preceding.  Not  the least 
of  these trade  evolutions  has  been  the 
methods of packing merchandise.

The great strike of  union  workingmen 
at New Orleans,  which paralyzed  the job­
bing  and  shipping  interests  of  the city 
for a fortnight,  ended  Friday  in  a  com­
plete surrender on  the part of  the strike 
committee.  The  strike  was  not  over  a 
question  of  hours or  wages,  but  on  the 
recognition of the  union,  the  war cry  of 
the strikers  being.  “ None but union  men 
shall  be employed.”  Strange to  say,  the 
employers did  not go to  the  opposite ex­
treme and say,  “No union  men  shall  be 
employed.” 
Instead  of  doing  so,  they 
maintained  the position  taken  before the 
trouble  began, that  they  would deal  with 
their  men  direct and  not  with  the  com­
mittees of  any  union  or  set  of  unions, 
and on  this principle the  employers  won 
and  the  strikers  met  a  humiliating  de­
feat.  The  strike  appears  to  have  had 
the  benefit of  very  poor  generalship  on 
the  part of  the strike committee.  Begin- 
ing with  a  small  depute  in  a  union  of 
negro teamsters,  it spread toother unions 
allied  with  the  shipping  interests,  and 
the general  strike  committee,  which  al­
ways does  something  monstrous  in such 
cases,  summarily  declared a  “sympathy 
strike.”  which  called  out  every  union 
man  in  the city,  compelling thousands of 
men  to leave their employment who  were 
under  contract to  work  a certain  length j 
of time for  certain  wages—contracts  en­
tered  into  between 
the  employers  and 
union officers, at the  request of the latter. 
A new  factor  entered  this  strike  in  the 
form  of  the United  States  Court,  which 
proposed  to  prosecute  the  strikers  for 
conspiracy  u n d e r  
the  provision  of  the 
inter-state commerce  law  prohibiting  in­
terference  with  commerce.  The  Court 
the 
held 
interference  with 
trucking  of  goods  from  steamboat 
to 
store  or  railway  to  steamboat  was  as 
much  a  violation of this  provision  as  the 
stoppage  of  railway  traffic.  With  this 
penalty staring them  in  <he face,and  with 
the  assurances  of  the Governor  that  he 
should  hold  them  personally  responsible 
for all disorder and bloodshed growing out 
of the strike,  the  strike  committee  hur­
riedly  declared  the  strike  off,  the  em­
ployers agreeing to  take  back  only such 
employes  whose places  had  not  been  al­
ready  filled  by new men.

that  any 

afterwards disposed of  the business,  em­
barking in  the furnishing goods business 
in 1871  in  the  Luce  block,  opposite  the 
Widdicomb  building.  This  business  he 
coutinued seven years, selling out  in 1878 
to  Allen  Bros,  to  take  the  position  of 
city salesman for Cody, Olney He Co.  Two 
years latter he  purchased  the interest  of 
Mr.  Olney.  when  the  firm  name  became 
Cody,  Ball  &  Co.,  Mr.  Ball  taking  the 
general  management of  the  business,  in 
which capacity  he has coutinued  through 
the  various  changes  of  ownership  and 
name  which  the  house  has  witnessed— 
Cody,  Ball,  Barnhart & Co.,  Ball,  Barn­
hart  &  Putuian  and  Bail-Barnbart-Put- 
man  Co.

If  there  is  one  virtue  more  than  an­
other  which  commends  Mr.  Ball  to  the 
I business  world,  it is his remarkable fidel­
ity to his business,  which  has  ever been 
the distinguishing feature  of  his career. 
Few  men  connected  with 
the  jobbing 
trade  give  their  business  that  careful 
scrutiny and painstaking attention which 
! Mr.  Ball  accords  every  detail  under the 
It  is  pretty 
scope  of  his  observation. 
' safe to state  that  very  little  goes  on  in 
| the house of  which  he is  the head which

these  changes  hare  been 

The  most  noticeable,  as  well  as  nota 
ble,  of 
the 
altered  methods of  transporting  freight- 
at sea.  Although  the  shipping of  grain 
in  hulk  dates  back  considerably  beyond 
the period  we  have  mentioned  above,  it 
is only during the past  fifteen  years  that 
the  movement  has  reacted  its  full  de­
velopment.  All  classes  of  grain  now 
pass from the hands of  producers  to those 
of  consumers  in  foreign  countries with­
out the  aid of  packages of  any sort,  and 
without haud  labor to a considerable ex 
tent,  the  grain  being  transferred  from 
cars  and  barges,  in  which  it  has  been 
hauled  from 
interior  in  bulk,  by 
means of elevators, either direct  into the 
holds of  vessels or into the bins of  store­
houses  to  await  shipment.  Oil  is  now 
carried  in  bulk  in  tank  steamers,  and 
molasses  is  also transported  in the same 
way,  with  a  resul.ant  saving  of  a  con­
siderable  amount  that  would  otherwise 
be spent for packages and the  additional 
freight room required.

the 

A more  recent  development  has  been 
the  transportation  of  minor  crops,  such 
as  potatoes,  onions,  cabbages  and 
the 
like in  bulk,  such  articles  now arriving

at  the  leading  markets  by  carloads  in 
bulk instead  of  in  barrels and  crates as 
was formerly  the case.  This has greatly 
economized  space  in  transportation  and 
has,  of  course,  reduced  transportation 
charges.

By  far  the  most  interesting  evolution, 
however,  has been  the gradual  abandon­
ment of the barrel  as a pack ige.  Flour, 
which  was  formerly  always  packed  in 
barrels,  is now  put up altogether in sacks 
when  intended for export,  and the barrel 
is  also to a great  extent  being  replaced 
by the sack for the domestic trade.  The 
sack  has  also  been  adopted  for sugar ail 
over 
the  world  except  in  the  United 
States.  Cuban  sugar  now  reaches  us in 
bags,  as does  also  European  beet  sugar.
It is now proposed  by  the  Sugar Trust 
to in  future  put up  all  granulated  sugar 
in  cotton  bags,  so  that  it is  likely  that 
the sugar trade of  the United States will 
at  no distant date  imitate the rest of  the 
world  and  abandon  the  barrel  for  the 
sack or bag.________________

With  such  death  blows  as  organized 
labor  has  received  this  year  at  Home­
stead,  Milwaukee,  Buffalo  and  New Or­
leans—to  say  nothing  of  the  dozens  of 
other  lesser strikes  which  have resulted 
disastrously  for the dupes of  venal  labor 
leaders—it  would seem  as though  the co­
horts of industry  would  refuse  to longer 
bow  to the tyianny  of  the  walking dele­
gate  and  strike  committee;  but  the  ex­
perience of the past appears to count for 
nothing in  the  estimation of  the average 
trade  unionist,  and  nothing  short  of  a 
prolonged game of  starve  out  opens  his 
eyes  to  the  fact  that  the  man  is a  fool 
who voluntarily  leaves  his  employment 
because some other man  in  another part 
of the city quits  work  from  some  trivial 
cause.  Sooner or later—and  the  sooner 
the  better—this  country  is  destined  to 
witness  a  bitter  conflict—not  between 
the employer and  the  employed,  but  be­
tween  the  man  who  wants  to  work and 
the man  who says  he shall  not work  un­
less  he  pays tribute to the  trades  union. 
When  that  time comes—and come it must 
—the man  who stands  up  for the  liberty 
of the  individual  will  rave the moral and 
financial  support  of  every  honest  heart 
and  the  co-operation of  the  intelligence 
and  morality of  the  world.  With  such 
encouragement  and  support, 
the  man 
who fights for the independence of the in­
dividual  wili  achieve  a lasting  victory, 
while  the  silly  dupe  who  attempts 
to 
combat the  logic of  events  at the  behest 
of  the  unionist'  leader  will  grovel  in 
hunger and  wretchedness until  convinced 
that the tyranny sought to be established 
by  the trades  union  is the most iufamous 
thiug which  has  been  undertaken  since 
the abolition  of human  slavery.

One of the  most noticeable  features  of 
the recent election  was the vaunted show 
of strength  made  by  the forces of  organ­
ized  labor  before election day and  the in­
ability of  the reader to discover any  evi­
dence of voting strength from the returns. 
The labor unions made a tierce onslaught 
on  a certain candidate on the State ticket, 
hut he apparently  received  all  the  more 
votes on  that account. 
In  this  city  the 
unionists  putin nomination for the Legis­
lature a fellow  who goes by the euphoni­
ous cognomen of Bill  Tea and  is about as 
competeut to serve  a  great  city  in  the 
Legislature  as—but  no  comparison  can 
do the subject  justice.  The  nomination 
was  indorsed  by  one  of  the  two  great 
I parties, whose condidate for the office has

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ot failed of election for many years; but, 
in  spite of  the  boasted  strength  of  the 
trades  unionists,  the  fellow  received  the 
fewest votes of any  man  on  the  ticket. 
These results plainly show  that  the  real 
workingmen  refuse  to be  led  around  by 
the nose,  when  it  comes  to  the  voting 
booth,  by  professional  labor  agitators 
who assume to speak  for the  great  mass 
of workingmen  and  reap a handsome har­
•labor
vest by selling and  re-selling  the 
vote” to professional  politicians.

There is one  way  in  which it is honor­
able and  creditable to  settle  with  your 
creditors at  less than one  hundred  cents 
on  the  dollar.  Pay  your  debts  before 
they  are due,  and  save  the cash discount.

T H E   A IR S   O F   B R IE F   A U T H O R IT Y .
There  is a curious and at times  infinite­
ly  amusing phase to the experiences  one 
is  sure  to  have in  attempting  to transact 
business  with  prominent 
individuals 
either in  public or private  life.

It is  often  the  case  that  the  less  im­
portant the  office  and  its incumbent, the 
more  red  tape,  delay,  obstruction  and 
circumlocution  seem 
to  be  necessary. 
There  is  once  in  a  while  a doorkeeper 
who eyes  you  suspiciously,  as though to 
look 
any  possible  disguise, 
takes  your card  as reluctantly  and  care­
fully  as  though  it  were  dynamite,  and 
stalks through  the door.

through 

After  a  long  wait,  he  reappears  and 
informs  you  that  the  official’s  private 
secretary  will  see  you. 
If you  so much 
as  demur,  you  are  greeted  with a stony 
stare,  and  any  protest  brings  out  the 
fact that the  official  is engaged.

Another  long  wait,  and  the  private 
secretary  comes  out  with  your card  be­
tween his  fiugers  aud an  air of  supercil­
iousness  just a few  shades  more  exas­
perating than  the  doorkeeper’s  assump­
tion of  dignity. 
lie  endorses  the state­
ment  made  by  the  first  obstructionist, 
that  his chief is  exceedingly  busy  and— 
will  you  state  your  business to him? 
If 
you  refuse to do this,  ten  chances  to one, 
if you  are  a stranger  or  unknown  to the 
secretary,  you  are  told  that  it  will  be 
impossible  for  the official  to see you, that 
he is busy and  cannot  in  all  probability 
eceive any callers that day,  and that you 
had  betier come to  morrow.

If  you  are  young  aud 

inexperienced 
you  probably  go away. 
If you are a vet­
eran, you  ask  if  the official  has seen  the 
card.  Maybe  you  get  a  direct  answer 
aud  maybe you don't;  but if  you quietly 
settle  yourself  in  a  comfortable  chair, 
look the fellow  squarely  in the face  and 
remark  that  you  will  wait,  as mrybe  he 
will  be  through  earlii-r thau  he thinks, 
there will occur a  perceptible  tiuttcr an 
either one of  two  things: an  attempt  to 
overawe you  aud  get  rid  of you, or some 
whispered  conversation  with  the  door 
keeper  and  a  hint  that  possibly  if  you 
business  is of importance you may  get in 
for just a  word.

The  actual  facts  are  that  the  official 
has not  seen  the card,  not does  he see the 
cards of  half of the  persons  who apply at 
his door  unless the caller  is willing to en­
trust his affairs  either to the doorkeepei 
or the  private secretary.

A case in  point  which  aptly illustrates 
this state of things was the experience o 
a  gentleman  eminent  in  his  own  State 
but a stranger at  the official  department 
of another  State,  whither  business drew 
him.

Having no card,  he penciled his initials 
and surname upon  a slip of  paper  given

him  to  fill out, then gave it  to the waiting 
messenger  who tended  door. 
It  was  re­
turned  to him.  with  the request  that  he 
fill out  the  blanks  requesting  residence 
and  business  with  the  official.  The  visit­
or  wasn’t exactly  in  the  humor  for  this 
aud  declined,  saying that  he  would  make j 
known  his  business  to  the official  when  j 
he  was  admitted  to  his  presence.  The i 
doorkeeper,  with 
insolence,  told - 
him that it  would  be  necessary  to  state 
his errand  before  the chief  would  receive 
him.  A  peremptory  refusal  was met  by 
more 
insolence;  then,  after  a  dive  be­
tween the doors, the fellow  returned with 
the private secretary  in  tow.  The  latter 
had no better success  in  finding  out  the 
man’s business.

lotty 

Ten  minutes later, the door opened and 
out came  the  doorkeeper  in  evident con­
sternation.  He spoke hurriedly  to two or 
three waiting persons  and  very abruptly 
told  the  gentleman  who  would  not  go 
that  his  orders  were  to  clear  the  ante­
room.  The  absurdity  of 
the  request 
roused  his  suspicions,  and,  making  the 
arrangement of  some  papers  the ostensi­
ble  pretext  for  delay,  he  waited  a  few 
moments,  when  the  chief  himself  came 
leisurely  out,  cigar  in  hand  and in  ani­
mated and  familiar  chat  with  a friend.

One astonished  glance,  aud  the official 

exclaimed:

waiting?”

You  here?  How  long  have you been 

to 

‘Something over  an hour,”  was the re­
“ 1  declined  to  state  my  privtae 
ply. 
business 
these  guardian  angels  of 
ours, and  although  1  made  repeated  re- 
uests  that my  card be taken to you, they 
not  only  declined  to  deliver it but  have 
richly  earned  dismissal  by  their 
inso­
lence.”

I t   m ig h t  n o t be  w o rth   w h ile   to   g iv e   so 
m u c h   s p a c e   to   th e   c o n te m p la tio n   o f  s u c h  
a n n o y in g  
a n d   o b s tr u c tiv e   in d iv id u a ls , 
w e re   it  i  o t  th a t   m e n   in   p u b lic   li le   o r  in 
in s itio n s   o f  p ro m in e n c e   h a v e   n o   id e a   o f 
h e  in d ig n itie s   a n d   d e la y s   a n d   p e tty   in  
-u lts  to   w h ic h   c a lle rs   a re   s o m e tim e s   s u b - 
e c te d . 

N. S .  S t o w e l l .

P u r e ly   P e r s o n a l.

C.  H.  Myers,  who  operates  a  shingle 
mill  aud  conducts  a  supply  store,  near 
Lillie,  was  in  town  Monday.

C.  K.  lioyt,  the  iludsouville  general 
dealer,  who  was  elected  Representative 
the  Legislature,  was  in  town  Satur­

day.

Will A.  Hall,  for  the  past  two  years 
assistant  billing  clerk  for  the  Hazeltine 
&  Perkins  Drug Co.,  has taken  a position 
in  the G.  U.  &  1.  Auditor's office.

proprietor  of 

Henry  Pelgiim, 

the 
Union  cheese  factory,  at  Holland,  has 
been  elected  Treasurer of Ottaw a county 
and  will,  therefore,  abandon  the  cheese 
business during the two years  he  will  re­
side at  Grand  Haven.
Poole 
his 

(Standard  Oil 
E. 
autumnal 
Co ) 
vacation 
spent 
the 
time  among  the  pine  barrens  of  Lake 
county.  He succeeded in capturing  two 
deer,  and  announces  his  willingness  to 
make affidavit  that  he  brought  them  both 
down  with  leaden  bullets.

annual 
aud 

last  week 

H.. 
took 

E.  Brooks  Martin,  formerly engaged in 
the  roller mill  business at  Reed  City,  but 
now  engaged  in  the  same  business  at 
Bozeman,  Mont ,  has  been elected  Presi­
dent  of  the  new  Commercial  Exchange 
Bank  at 
institution 
opened  its doors for business  Nov.  1, with 
a paid-up capital of  840.000.

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C H A S   E .  S M IT H .

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BOOTS,  SHOES  atii  RUBBERS,

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93,101,103,105 Jefferson Ave.,

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State Agents for the Candee Rubber Co-

THÏÜ  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

MLuskegou  D ru g   C lerks*  A sso ciatio n . 

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

I n c i d e n ts  o f  O v e r C o m p e titio n .

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Drugs #  M e d ic in e s *

S ta te   B o a rd   o f  P h a rm a c y . 

O ne  Y ear—Ja m e s  V e rn o r, D e tro it.
Tw o  T e a rs—O ttm a r E b erb ac h , A nn  A rbor 
T n re e  T e a rs—G eorge G un d ru m . Ionia.
F  »nr  T e a rs—C. A. B ugbee,  C heboygan. 
E x p irin g  J a n   1—Ja c o b   Je sso n , M uskegon. 
P re sid e n t—O ttm a r E berbach.  A nn A rbor. 
S e c re ta ry —Ja s .  V ern o r, D e tro it. 
T re a su re r—Geo. G u ndrum , Io n ia.
N ext m e e tin g —S aginaw , J a n .  11.

tttc h le a n   S ta te   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  A ss’n . 

P re sid e n t—S tan ley  E.  P a rk ill, O w o f s o .
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 c re ta ry —C. W.  P arso n s, D etro it.
E x ec u tiv e  C o m m ittee—H .  G.  C olem an,  K alam azo o ; 
Ja c o b  Jesso n , M uskegon:  F.  J.  W u rzb u rg   a n d   Jo h n  
E. P eck, G ran d  R ap id s;  A rth u r B asse tt,  D e tro it. 
N ext  p lac e  o f  m e e tin g —Som e 

L ocal S ec re ta ry —Ja m e s V ernor.
re s o rt  on  St.  C la ir 
R iv e r;  tim e  to  be d esig n a te d  by E x ec u tiv e C om m ittee.
G ra n d   R a p id s   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  S o cie ty . 
P re sid e n t. W . R. Je w e tt,  S e c re ta ry ,  F ra n k  H. E sco tt, 
R eg u lar  M eetings—F ir s 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,
G ra n d  R a p id s   D r u ;  C lerks* A ss o c ia tio n . 

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

loudly  proclaim 

D o e s   A d v e r tis in g   P a y  a   D r u g g is t?
Not  long  since  I  heard  this  question 
asked,  "Does  advertising  pay  a  retail 
druggist?”  To  ask  a business man  such 
a questiou  is about  as  s e n s ib le   as  asking 
a farmer whether  he finds  it profitable  to 
work his crop  after  planting  the  seeds. 
Yet.  in  the face  of  the  most  convincing 
arguments,  we  find  some  "penny-wise” 
merchants  who 
that 
money  spent  in  printer’s  ink  is  just  so 
much  money 
thrown  away.  Now.  my 
non-advertising  friend,  if  you  will  qual­
ify  your  statement  by  saying  that  ad­
vertising  in  tits  and  starts  doesn’t pay, 
I’ll agree with  you;  you  might  bankrupt 
yourself  by  following  that  method  and 
yet  note no  improvement  in  your  daily 
sales.  But. 
let  me  tell  you  something 
right  h e r e   in  the  beginning,  advertising 
properly conducted docs pay.  Handbills 
and dodgers  are  very good  for some  pur­
poses.  such as announcing the  advent of 
a circus  or minstrel,  but  for  a merchant 
doing business in a city or  town,  it  is the 
steady  newspaper  advertisement,  con­
tinued  year in  and year  out.  which  pro­
duces the most  telling  results.

For  instance,  suppose  you  engage  in 
business.  How are you  going to  let  the 
people know  that it would be to  their in- 
teret  to  buy  of  you?  Would  you  go 
around from  house  to  house  and  say  to 
them,  “I  have  a  nice  little  apothecary 
shop around on  the corner of  Goose  and 
Ploose streets,  and  1  shall starve to death 
if you don’t come and  trade  with me,”  or 
would  you  address  a  circular 
letter  to 
every one  within a radius of tweuty miles 
around your store?  Oh  no, you wouldn’t 
do  anything  like  that;  you  would  just 
sit down  and  wait  for them  to hunt  you 
up,  and  by  and  by  the  energetic  little 
spiders  would  weave  webs  across  your 
doorway,  and  then the sheriff would come 
around and  close  you  out  and  place his 
seal on  your  door,  while  you  would  be 
left  outside  to  tell  your  sympathisizing 
friends how  useless  it is to  strive  when 
the fates are clearly against you.

The  whole  trouble  with  you  is,  you 
have  caught  the  bull  by  the  wrong end. 
Don’t be a "hanger.on;”  let go  your hold 
and  run  and  grab  him  by  the  horns. 
When  you  are standing  around  croaking 
about  advertising  not  being  profitable, 
you are  simply  acknowledging  yourself 
to be a  back  number.  You  admit  that 
you haven’t  the  “git up  and  git”  of your 
competitor,  whose inventive faculties en­
able him to produce a fresh,  new  adver­
tisem ent every day.

You know your own  stock  better than 
does anyone else;  if it is worth  advertis-! 
in*,  advertise  it. 

If  you have a special

j  article  or  preparation  that  you wish  to 
[  introduce,  don’t  forget  that  the  news- 
! paper is the  natural  medium  for  adver­
tising and  that it comes nearest  reaching 
the  center  of  the  home  circle.  Make 
your  advertisement  breezy  and  attract­
ive,  have  it in  a conspicuous  part of the 
paper,  where a man  with  eyes can’t  help 
seeing  it.  He may read your  “corn cure” 
card a bnndred  times without paying any 
attention  to it.  But  when,  after a hunt­
ing  trip or  a night’s dance  his  “ feelings 
are  hurt,”  he’ll  remember  not  only that 
acorn  on  the little  toe is  not half as nice 
as  a  bushel  on  the  lofty  oak,  but he’ll 
also remember the drug store  around  the 
corner,  where a  soothing  balm  has  been 
promised  him  in  exchange  for a quarter.

S t e r l i n g   P a l m e r .

the 

then 

The fiei ceness of  competition  depends 
entirely  on  the  state  of 
trade.  When 
business is  brisk,  when  the  demand  for 
goods is large,  when  everybody is  busy, 
everybody  minds  his  own  affairs  and 
mischief  and  vice  are dormant.  When 
stocks accumulate,  when  sales drop  off, 
when  goods  decline, 
innate 
qualifications  and  propensities  come  to 
the surface  and  competition  in  its  most 
hideous  aspect  makes 
its  appearance. 
The merchant  sickens  of  his  stock and 
climbs all over  himself  to get  rid of his | 
goods;  he hammers away  at  his salesmen 
and creates the  same  panicky  condition 
in their minds that exists in  his own.  He 
awakens in  them  all  the latest meanness 
that man’s  nature  is endowed  with,  and 
he condones  acts  and  language  that  he 
knows  to  be  wrong  and  uncalled  for. 
Anything to slip out  from  under a  lot  of 
declining  goods  is  a  motto  that  brings 
competition to a  low  level, indeed.
Another  form  of  competition  is  that 
which  prompts  a merchant to  rush  into 
the market with goods that have advanced 
aud sell  them  as  fast  as  possible  at  the 
former  price. 
Ignoring  advances  and 
standing declines is a principle  that  has 
as  yet no established  evidence  to  point 
to,  and  as  far  as  our memory  goes,  the 
commercial  lives  of  those  houses  who 
foilow that  practice have  not  been  very 
long, nor  has their financial  growth  been 
a  howling  success.  The  smart  Aleck 
lives among jobbers,  too,  but he does not 
thrive,  as many an old  house could testi­
fy,  if  the  truth  were  told.  The  worst 
of all competition,  however,  is dirty com­
petition,  personal  competition  when  an 
appeal  is made  to  personal,  race,  politi­
cal or religious  prejudice.  We  have  no 
words in  which to express  our contempt 
for the salesman or merchant  who cannot 
do  business or sell  goods  without resort­
ing  to  dirt.  Sensible  merchants  share 
this  contempt  for  the  offending parties 
and  treat  them  accordingly.  Whenever 
a  house  or salesman  cannot  sell  goods 
without resorting to this method they put 
themselves  beyond  the  pale  of  gentle­
manly  treatment,  and  a treatment  must 
be extended  to them which  so dull  an  in­
tellect,  so  limited  an  understanding and 
so slow a character  can  best  appreciate 
and  grasp.

A   M e a n   D r u g g is t.

A Jacksonville, Del.,  druggist hit upon 
a  most  effective,  if  not  commendable, 
plan of curing certain lady  customers of 
the proclivity,  also noticed in other quar­
ters,  of  coming in to  purchase a postage 
stamp  and  then  to  saturate  their  lace 
handkerchiefs  with expensive  perfumes 
from  the  display  bottles  on  the  show 
case.  He  one  fine  morning substituted 
for the triple extract of Jocky Club some 
quadruple  extract  of  Ferula  Narthex. 
That settled  it.

T h e   D r u g   M a r k e t .

Gam  opium  is  very  firm  and  advanc­

ing.

Morphia is  unchanged.
Quinine is steady,
German chamomile  flower are lower.

8  ■*

HOW’S  THIS?

We offer one  hundred  dollars  rew ard for any 
case of  catarrh  th a t  cannot  be  cured by  H all's 
C atarrh Cure.
F  J   CHENEY  &  CO.,  P ro p s T o le d o , O.
We the undersigned, have know n  F. J   Cheney 
for the  last 15 years, and  believe him   perfectly 
honorable  in  all  business transactions aud  fin­
ancially  able to carry  out  any  obligation  m ade 
by their firm

West & Tuuax,
Walding,  Kin nan &  Marvin, 
W holesale D ruggists, Toledo, O.

H all’s Catarrh  Cure is taken  internally, acting 
directly upon the  blood and  m ucous surfaces of 
the  system .  Price  75c  per  bottle.  Sold  by all 
druggists.  Testim onials free.

rhe K ent.”
H A VINO  conducted  the  above  nam ed  hotel 

tw o  m onths  on  the  European  plan,  and 
come to the conclusion  th a t we can  better serve 
our  patrons by conducting same  on  th e  Ameri 
can  plan,  we take  pleasure in announcing  that 
our  rates will  hereafter  be  82  per day.  As  the 
hotel  is  new  and  handsom ely  furnished, w ith 
steam  beat and  electric  bells, we are  confident 
we are  in a position to give the  traveling public 
satisfactory  service.
Rem ember the location, opposite U nion Depot. 
F ree baggage transfer from  union  depot.

BEACH  1  BOOTH,  Props.

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B e h in d  t h e   C o u n te r .

This is the place  where tact,  talent and 
ability  can  be  displayed  to  advantage, 
and  where  politeness,  courtesy  and  at­
tention  win their  way. 
It is  behind the 
counter  that  that  rare  virtue,  patience, 
which  is so often sorely  tried,  must  nev­
er  be  found  wanting.  This  position  is 
one of the best fields for the study of hu­
man  nature,  knowledge  of which  is  es­
sential  to  every  clerk,  where  diplomacy 
has to be exercised,  as almost  every cus­
tomer  differs  in  taste  and  disposition. 
No one cau  always  form  a correct  opin­
ion  by  appearances,  for  it is  difficult to 
tell  who  has  wealth  and  money.  The 
only  safe  rule  to  follow  is  to  treat ail 
alike—kindly, considerately  and  justly. 
A  pleasant  word,  fitly  spoken,  brings 
buyers to your  counter.  Never consider 
it a trouble to show goods.  Your knowl­
edge of  human  nature  and  its peculiari­
ties,  acquired by  being in constant touch 
with all  classes of buyers,  if  rightly  ap­
plied,  will  stand  you  well in hand.  Study 
to please,  and  yon  will  not  only  satisfy 
and increase trade,  but increase the value 
of your services to  your employer.
It is  an  art to bring a large trade to the 
counter of your  stores,  and  if  the goods 
| are suited  to the wants of  the trade,  the 
prices are right,  and the salesmen  under­
stand 
their  duties,  goods  are  quickly 
turned  into a fair profit.

!l  KOlIl  &

WHOLESALE  CLOTHIERS,
Rochester,
New York.

Established -in Years.

Have still  on  hand  a nice line of  Ulsters, 
Overcoats and  W inter Suitings.  All mail 
orders  receive  prompt  attention.

Our  Michigan  representative  William 
Connor  will  call  upon  you,  if  you  write 
to his  address,  Box  346,  Marshall,  Mich.
The mail orders  for  Prince  Alberts  is 
unprecedented and  pronounced  finest fit­
ting in the  world.

FLORIDA  ORANGES.

We have  made  arrangements  to  receive  regular 
shipments direct from  the groves  and shall  be in 
a  position  to  make close prices.  We  have  the 
exclusive agency of the favorite  “Sampson”  brand 
and  will  handle  the  “ Bell”  brand  largely,  which 
will  be  packed  in  extra  large  boxes  and  every 
orange  will  be wrapped  in printed tissue.

PUTNAM  CANDY CO.
THE  STANDARD  DASH  RESISTER.

(Patented in U nited States and Canada.)

I s   a   p ra c tic a l  M a c h in e ,  A p p re c ia te d   b y  

P r a c tic a l B u s in e s s   M en.

It  is 

handsom ely  furnished  Com bination 
Desk,  Money  D raw er  and  Cashier  w ith  Com­
bination Lock and Registering A ttachm ent.

It records both cash and credit sales.
It records disbursem ents.
It item izes money paid in on account.
It enables you to trace transactions In dispute
It will  keep  different  lines of  goods separate.
It shows the transactions of each clerk.
It m akes a careless m an careful.
It  keeps  an  honest  m an  honest  and  a  th ief 
It w ill  save  In  convenience, tim e and  money, 
Each  m achine, boxed  separately and w arran t­
For full particulars address
THE  STANDARD  AGENCY,

will not stay w here it is.
enough to pay for itself  m any tim es over.
ed for tw o years.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

Sole Agents for Michigan, AUGUSTA,  WIS.

• M E   M IC E T TO  AIST  T R A D E S M A N .

11

Wholesale Price  Current•

A dvanced—Gum  opium.

D eclined—G erman chamomile.

“ 

A 

M orphia,  8. P.  A W ...1 6C@1 85 Seldlitz  M ixture.......
@ 20
S. N.  Y.  Q. A
S lnapis..........................
@ 18
C. C o ...........................1 50@1 75
“  o p t..................
30
® 40 Snuff,  M accaboy.  De
M oschus  C anton.........
M yristica,  No. 1...........
65® 70
V o e s .........................
@ 35
N iix Vomica,  (po 20)..
© 10 Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @ 35
20® y$> Soda Boras,  (po.  11).
Os.  Sepia.......................
10® 11
Pepsin Saac,  H.  & P.  D.
27© 30
Soda  et Potass T a rt.
1M@ 2
@2 00 Soda C arb....................
C o ................................
Picis  Lia, N.»C„  M gai
Soda,  Bi-Carb............
@ 5
@2 00 Soda,  A sh....................
doz  .............................
4
@1 00 Soda, S ulphas.............
Picis LIq., quarts 
...
@ 2
p in ts ...........
50® 55
@ 85 Spts.  E ther Co  .  .......
PI1 H ydrarg,  (po. 80)..
“  M yrcia  Dorn__
© 50
@2 25
Piper  N igra,  (po. 22)..
@ 1
“  M yrcia Im p ...  .
@3 00
Piper A lbs,  (po r5 )__
1  V inl  Rect.  bbl
@ 3
Plx  B urgun ..................
35
@
Plum bi Ä c e t................
14® 15
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Pulvis Ipecac et o p ii.. 1 10@1 20 Strychnia  C rystal__ 1  40@1 45
Pyrethrum ,  boxes  H
2 4 ®   3M
A P.  D.  Co., doz.......
2M@  3
8® 10
Pyrethrum ,  p v ............
28® 30
Q u assiae.......................
32 T heobrom ae.............. 40  @ 45
Q ulnla. S.  P. A W .......
30 v a n illa .........................9  (XX&16 00
12® 14 Zlncl  S ulph................
7® 8
R ubia  T inctorum .......
23® 25
Saccharum  Lactls p v .
S alacin...........................1 75@1 81
Sanguis  D raconls.......
40® 50
Sapo,  W .........................
12® 14 W hale, w in te r............
M ...........................
10® 12 Lard,  e x tra ..................
“  G ...........................
Linseed, pure raw  ...

Sulphur, S ub)............
@1 25
R oll..............
30® 35 T a m a rin d s..................
8® 10 Terebenth V enice__

Bbl.  Gal
70
70
76
71
42
48
50
47

® 15 Lard, No.  1..

S.  G erm an__ 22  a

OILS.

“ 

“ 

“  

“  

b bl. 

p a i n t s . 

strained 

Lindseed,  boiled 
...  50 
N eat’s  Foot,  w inter
................  
50 
S p lritsT u rp en tin e....  37 

53
60
40
lb .
Red  V enetian................1%  2@8
O chre,yellow   M ars...  1%  2@4
B er......... 1M  2@3
P utty,  com m ercial.... 2)4  2M®3 
strictly  p u re .......2M  2ît®3
Vermilion «rim e Amer
le a n ...........................
13®16 
Vermilion,  E nglish..
65®70 
Green,  P en in su lar...
70@75 
Lead,  re d ....................
@7M 
@7M 
W hiting, w hite S pan.
@70 
W hiting,  Gilders’ __
®9G 
W hite, Paris  A merican 
1  0
W hiting.  Paris  Eng.
c lif f ..............................  
1  40
Pioneer Prepared P ain tl  2U@1”4 
Swiss  V illa  Prepared 
P a in ts ........................1  00@1  20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 T urp  C oach___1  10@1  20
E x tra T u rp .................. 160@1  70
Coach  B ody................. 2  75@3 00
No. 1  T urp  F u rn ____ 1  00@1  10
E utra T urk D am ar__1  55@1  60
Jap an   Dryer,  No.  1 
70®75
T u rp ...........................  

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils % Varnishes.

D E A L E R S   IN

S ole A g e n ts   fo r  th e   C e le b ra to li

SWISS  VILLA  PREPARED  PAINTS.
Line  of  H e   Druggists’  SiBes.

W e a r e  S ole P r o p r ie to r s  o f

Weatherly’s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

W e  H a v e  In  S to ck  a n d  O ffer a  F u ll L in e  o f

WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES,  RUMS.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

ACIDUM.

 

......... 

8® 10
A ceticum ......................... 
Benzoicum  G erm an..  65®  75
20
Boracic 
C arbolicum ..................   25©  3S
C ltric u m ...................... 
50®  52
H yU rocblor.................. 
5
3© 
....................  10®  12
N itroeum  
O x allcu m ......................  10®  12
Phosphorium   d ll.........  
20
S alleylicum ................... 1  3o@l 70
S ulpnuricum ..................   1)4® 5
T annicum   .....................1  40@l 60
T artaricum .................. 
33®  35
AMMONIA.

a  

Aqua, 16  d e g .................. 314® 
5
20  d eg ................   5M@ 
7
Carbonaa  ......................  12®  14
C h lo rld u m ....................  12®  14

ANILINE.

B lack................................2 00@2 25
B row n.........................  
80@1  00
R ed..................................  45®  50
Y ello w ............................2  50@3 00

BACCAE.

Cubeae  (po  60). 
Jun lp eru s 
X antnoxylum  

50®  60
.  . 
............... 
8®  10
............   25®  30

BALSAMUM.
Copaiba 
........................  45®  50
P e ru ...................................   @1 30
Terabln, Canada  .......   35®  40
T o lu ta n .........................   35®  50

COBTKZ.

Abies,  C anadian....................  18
Cassiae  ....................................  11
Cinchona F la v a ....................   18
Buonymus  atropurp.............  30
Myrica  Cerifera, p o ...............  20
P runus V irgini........................  12
QuUlala,  g rd ...........................   10
Sassafras  .................................  12
Ulm us Po (G round  15).........  15

EXTBACTUM.

G lycyrrhiza  G lab ra...  24®  25
p o .............  33®  35
H aem atoz, 15 lb. b o z ..  11®  12
i s ................   13®  14
U s..............   14®  15
16®  17

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FERRUM.

Carbonate P reclp......... 
®   15
C itrate and Q ulnla —   @3  50
C itrate  Soluble  ........... 
®   80
®   50
Ferrocyanldum  Sol —  
Solnt  C hloride............   @  15
Sulphate,  com’l .................9® 
2
7
®  

p u re ............... 

“ 

FLORA.

... 

A rn ic a ...........................  18®  20
A n th e m is......................  s* @  35
M atricaria 
35®  38

POlilA.
Barosma 
..............  
Cassia  A cutifol,  Tin-

30® 1  00
n iv e lly .......................   25®  28
AlZ.  35®  50
and  Ms........................  12®  15
8®  10

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

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OUMMl.

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16) 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Acacia,  1st  p icked—   ®   75
2d 
“ 
3d 
....  @  40
sifted s o rts ...  @  25
.............  6u@  80
po 
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...  50®  60 
®   12
“  Cape,  (po.  20)... 
Socotrl,  (po.  80).  @ 5 0
Catechn, Is, (Mu, 14 142,
@  1
A m m o n lae....................  55®  60
Assafcatida, (po. 35).. 
3o@  35
B enzoinum ....... '...........   5u@  56
C am phors 
...........  . -  54®  57
Euphorblum   po  .........  35® 
lo
G afbauum ......................  @3  50
Gamboge,  po................  70®  7b
@ 2 5
G uaiacum ,  (po  30)  .. 
Kino,  (po  50)  .............  @  45
M astic 
................. 
®   8e
Myrrh,  (po  45)  ...........  @  40
Opll  (po  2  60)...............1  8C@1 85
 
Shellac 
25®  35
3o@  35
T ragacanth 
..............   30®  75

bleached.......  

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hkbba— In ounce packages.

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

A bsinlhlinn 
..  25
B upatorium .............................  20
.................................  25
Lobelia 
...............................  28
M ajorum 
M entha  Piperita  ................  
23
“ 
25
.................. 
80
Rue 
 
T anacetum , V  ...................... 
*&
Thym us,  V  —  
25
................ 

Vir 
 

 

m a o n e s l a .

............   55®  60
Calcined,  Pat 
Carbonate,  Pat  ...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K.  A  M —   20®  25 
Carbonate, Jen n ln g 5 ..  35®  36 

OLEUM.

  @ 5(1

C ubebae.........................   @ 1 (0
B zechthitos.....................   2  50®2 75
E rig e ro n ............................. 2  25®? 50
G a u lth e ria ......................... 2  00@2 10
G eranium ,  o u n ce.......  @  75
Gossipii,  Sem. g a l.......  50®  75
...................2  25®2  50
Hedeoma 
..................  50@2 00
Ju n ip e ri 
L avendula 
..................  90@2 00
L im onis..........................2 50@3 10
M entha P iper.................2 75@3 50
M entha  V erid...............2 20@2  30
M orrhuae,  g al.....................1  00@1 10
M yrcia, o u nce...............  @  50
O liv e ...............................  75@2  75
Picis Liquida,  (gal. 35)  10®  12
R ic in i................................   1  18@1 24
75®i  00
R osm arinl..............  
Rosae,  o u n ce......................6 50@8 50
S uccini...........................   40®  45
S a b in h .................... 
...  90@1  00
Santal  ......... 
3  50@7  00
 
Sassafras........................  50®  55
Si napls, ess, o u n ce__   @  65
T iglfi..............................   @  90
T h y m e ...........................  40®  50
opt  ..................   @  60
Theobrom as..................  15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

Bi G arb......... .................   15®  18
b ic h ro m a te ..................  13®  14
Brom ide.......................  
333  35
C arb ................................   12®  15
Chlorate  (po  22).........  2(>@  22
C y an id e.........................   50®  55
Io d id e...................................2 90@3 00
Potassa, B ltart,  p u re ..  27®  30
Potassa, B ltart, co m ...  @ 1 5
P etass  N itras, o p t.......  
8®  10
Potass N itras................  
9
7® 
P ru ssia te .......................   28®  30
S ulphate  p o ..................  15®  18

RADIX.

A c o n itu m ......................  20®  25
A lthae.............................  22®  25
A n c h u s a ........................  12®  15
A rum ,  p o .......................   @  25
C alam us.........................   20®  40
G entiana  (po. 12).......  
8®  10
G lychirhlza, (pv. 15).. 
16®  18
H ydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)...................... 
@ 3 0
H ellebore,  Ala,  p o __   15®  20
Inula,  p o .......................   15®  20
Ipecac,  p o ........................... 2 50©2 60
Iris  pi ox  (po. 35@33)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  p r......................  50®  55
M aranta,  14s ................  @  35
Podophyllum , p o .........  15®  18
R hel.................................  75@1  00
“  c u t.........................   @1  75
“  p v ...........................  75@1  35
S p lg ella.........................  35®  38
Sanguinarla,  (po  25).. 
@  20
Serpentaria...................   30®  32
S e n e g a ...........................  65®  70
Sim llax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0
M  @ 2 5
Scillae,  (po. 35)............   10®  12
Symploearpus,  Fceti-
35
25
V aleriana,  Eng.  (po.30)  @ 
G erm an...  15®  20
lnglber a ..............   13® 
15
Zingiber  ] ..................... 
18® ‘¿l

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

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SEMEN.
A nlsum ,  (po.  20). 
@ 1 5
Aplum  (graveleons)..  12®  15
Bird, I s ................... 
4® 
6
Carul, (po. 18).......  
12
8® 
C ardam on............................1  00@1 25
C orlandrum ...........  10® 
12
Cannabis S atlva..  3h @4
Cydonlum 
....................  75®1 00
Chenopodlum   .............. 
lo@ 12
D lpterlx O dorate__ . 3   00®3  25
F o e n ic n lu m .........  @ 
15
6® 
Foenugreek,  p o ......... 
8
4  @  4M
Llni 
4  @ 4M
Llnl, grd.  (bbl. 3M) 
35® 40
Lobelia 
P harlarlsC anarian.. 
6  @  6M
tta p a ...................... 
6® 
7
Slnapis  A lb a ............   10  @12
...  11®  12
N ig ra—  

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

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SPIRITUS.

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Frnm entl,  W ..D .  C o..2  on@2 50
D. F. R ....... 1  75@2 00
1  1(I®1  50
 
Junlperis  Co. O. T __ 1  75@i  75
“ 
1  75@3  50
Saacharum   N.  B .........1  75®2 00
Spt.  Vinl  G alll............. 1  75@b  50
V lnl O p o rto ........................1  25@2 00
V lnl  A lba........................... 1  25@2 00

 

SPONSEH.

F lorida  sheeps'  wool 
carriage 
N assau  sheeps’  wool 
carriage 
Velvet  ex tra  sheeps’
wool  carriag e........... 
B xtra  yellow  sheeps’
............... 
carriage 
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage 
. 
 
Hard for  slate  u s e __  
Yellow  Reef, for  slate 
u s e ............................... 

 

2  25®2 50
2 00

1  10
85
65
75
1  40

TINCTURES.

 

 

 

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A conitum   N apellls R __ _ 
60
F ...........  50
A loes.........................................   60
and  m y rrh ...................   60
A rn ic a ......................................  50
A safoetlda................................   0
A trope B elladonna................  60
B enzoin....................................   60
C o...............................  50
S anguinarla.............................  50
B arosm a..................................   50
C antharldes.............................  75
C ap sicu m .................................  50
C»  dam on.................................  75
C o..  .........................  75
C asto r.......................................1  00
C atechu....................................   50
C in c h o n a ................................   50
Co..............................  60
C o lu m b a.................... 
50
C o n lu m ...................  
50
C ubeba......................................  50
D ig ita lis..................................   50
E rgot.........................................   50
G e n tia n ....................................   50
C o.................................  60
G u a lc a ......................................  50
am m on.......................   60
Z in g ib e r..................................   50
H yoscyam us...........................  50
Iodine........................................  75
Colorless......................  75
F erri  C hlorldum ....................  35
K ino 
........................................  50
Lobelia......................................  50
M yrrh........................................  50
N ux  V om ica...........................  50
O p ii....... •..................................   85
“  C am phorated..................  50
“   D eodor.............................2 00
A uranti C ortex.......................   50
Q u a ssia ....................................   50
R h a ta n y ..................................   50
R hel...........................................   50
Cassia  A cutifol......................  50
C o................   50
S erp e n ta ria .............................  50
Stram onium .............................  60
T o lu ta n ....................................   60
V aleriaD ..................................   50
V eratrum  V eride....................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

‘ 
“ 

“  
ground, 

jE ther, Spts  N it, 3 F . .  26®  28 
30®  32
A ln m e n .........................   2)4® 3
3® 
4® 

“  4 F . 
(po.
4
7 )..................................  
A nnatto .........................   55®  60
A ntim oni, p o ................  
5
et Potass T.  55®  60
A n tip y rln ......................  @1  40
A ntifebrln .....................  @  25
A rgentl  N itras, ounce  @  53
A rsenicum .................... 
5® 
,7
Balm Gilead  B u d __  
38®  40
Bism uth  S.  N .............. 2 20®2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is,  (Me
12;  Me,  14)................   @  11
C antharldee  Russian,
p o ................................   @1  00
Capsic!  F ructus, a f . . .  @  26
p o —   @  28
B po.  @ 2 0
Caryophyllus,  (po.  14)  10®  12
Carm ine,  No. 40...........  @3  75
Cera  Alba, S .& F .......   50®  55
Cera  F la v a ....................  38®  40
Cocoas 
.........................  @  40
Cassia F ru c tu s............   @  22
C entrarta.......................   @  10
Cet&ceum......................  @  40
C h lo ro fo rm .................     60®  63
@1  25
sq u lb b s.. 
Chloral H yd e r s t.........1  20@l  40
....................  20®  25
Chondrus 
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20
G erman  3  @  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
60
........................ 
C reaso tn m .................. 
@  35
Creta,  (bbl. 75).............  @ 
2
5®  5
p rep ...................... 
preclp................  
9®  11
8
C ro c u s...........................   33®  35
C udbear.........................   @  24
Cupri Sulph  ................   5 ®  
6
D extrine 
......................  10®  12
Ether S u lp h ..................  68®  70
Em ery,  aU  num bers..  @
6
p o ....................  @ 
Ergota,  (po.)  75...........  70®  75
Flake  W hite................   12®  15
.............................  @  23
G alla 
G am bler......................... 7  @ 8
G elatin,  Cooper 
  @  70
French  ...........  40®  60
G lassware  flint,  75 and 10. 

“ 
“ 
“  R u b ra..................   @ 

“ 
cent 

“ 

“ 

"  
by box 70

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Cor 

G lne,  B row n................  
9®  15
“  W hite..................   13®  25
G lycerlna 
...................15M®  90
G raus P aradlsl............  
®   22
H um ulus.......................   25®  55
H ydraag  Chlor  M ite..  @  85
...  @ 8 0
Ox  Rubrum   @  90
A m m onlatl. 
@1  >0
U nguentum .  45®  55
H ydrargyrum ...............  @  64
.1  25® 1  50
I Jhthyobolla,  Am. 
In d ig o .............................  75@1  00
Iodine,  R esubl............ 3  8  @3  90
Iodoform .......................   @4  70
L u p u lin .........................   85©  90
L ycopodium ................   65®  70
M a c is .............................  75®  80
Liquor  A rsen  et  Hy-
drarg Io d ....................  @  27
Liquor Potass A rslnitls  10®  12
M agnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
2® 
3
1M)............................... 
M annla,  8. F ..............  
60®  65

A bsinthium  
............. 3  50@4 00
Amygdalae, D ulc  ..  ..  45®  75 
A m ydaiae, A m arae— 8  00@8 25
............................. 1  8u@l o5
Anlsl 
A uranti  C ortez.............2  75@3 uo
.................... 3  2i®3 50
Bergamli 
C ajiputi  ...................... 
60®  65
C aryophylll..................   75®  80
Cedar 
..........................  35®  65
C h en o p o d li..................   @1  60
C ln n a m o n il....................1  10®l 15
....................  @  45
C ltronella 
Conlum  M ac................   35®  66
Copaiba  .......................   90@1  00

SYRUPS.

A c c a c la ....................................  50
Zingiber  ..................................  50
Ipecac........................................  60
Ferrl  Io d ..................................   50
A uranti  Cortes........................  50
Rhel  A rom ..............................   50
Sim llax  Officinalis................   60
C o.........   50
S en e g a ......................................  50
Scillae........................................  50
“  C o..................................  50
T o lu ta n ....................................  50
PrunHs  vlrg.............................  50

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THE  MICHIGAN  Tï^AXXESM^lSL

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT.

The prices quoted in this list are for the  trade only, in such quantities as are usually  purchased by  retail  dealers.  They are prepared just before 
It is impossible to give  quotations  suitable for all conditions of  purchase, and those 
going to press  and are an  accurate  index of  the local  market. 
below are given  as  representing  average  prices  for average  conditions of  purchase.  Cash  buyers or those of  strong credit  usually  buy closer than 
those who  have poor  credit.  Subscribers  are  earnestly requested to  point  out  any  errors or omissions, as it is our  aim to make  this feature of  the 
greatest possible  use to dealers.

A X L E   G R E A S E .
doz
55
75
50
81
75
55

A u ro ra......................
Castor O il................
D iam ond..................
F razer’s ....................
Mica 
........................
Paragon 
................

B A K IN G   P O W D E R . 

Acme.
k  lb. cans, 3  d o z...
...
H lb.  “ 
2  “ 
1  “  ....
1 lb. 
“ 
B u lk .......................
A rctic.
k  lb ca n s..................
................
H  ®>  “ 
................
“ 
“ 
................
Fosfon.

lb 
lb 
5 oz. cans, 4 doz.  in ca se.

■ 4H@  5
6H@ 7
..  11 @12
15®  6
7@S
20
2  50

gross American  k s  ............
6  00
H«..............
9  (0
Import«*  k s   ..............
5  50
.........
H* 
9 00 Mus" rrd  k<* 
............
8 00 Boneless
6 00

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Brook. 3  lb

Trout.
F r u its .
A pples.
.  1  60 York State  gallons

45
85 3  lb. standard
10 H am burgh
Apricots.
60 Live o a k . .....................
1  20 Santa  Crus  ................
..  2 00 Lusk’s 
......................
..  9  60 O verland.....................
Blackberries.
B. A  W ........................... 
d ............................... 
. . .  
........................... 
........................... 

3 00
2 76
2 00
2 00
2  00
1  90
95
1 20
1  75
Pitted H am burgh 
1 30
W hite 
1 20
Erie 
Damsous. Rgg Plum s and Green 

Cherries.

C H O C O L A T E .

Baker's.

G erman Sw eet................... 
P rem ium ............................... 
B reakfast  Cocoa................ 

23
37
42

C H E E S E .

.....................6  @ 9

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

Amboy  .......................   12  @12k
Acme..............................   @12
R iv e rsid e.........................   @12%
Gold  M edal  ....................   @ n%
Skim 
Brick  ....................................  
11
Edam 
1  on
Leiden 
.........................  
23
Lim burger  ..................  @10
P ineapple......................  @25
Roquefort 
.................  @35
Sap  Sago.......................   @22
Schw eitzer. Im ported.  @24 
©14

dom estic 

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.. 

C A T S U P .

Blue Label  Brand.
.......  

H alf  pint, 2> bottles 
Pint 
Q uart 1 doz bottles 

"  

2 75

4 6u
........3  50

 

“ Superior.”
“ 
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“ 
“ 
“ 

$  1. per h u n d re d ................   2 50
 
8 2, 
3 00
“ 
8  3,  “ 
..................  3 50
4  00
“ 
8  5. 
 
 
“ 
 
810, 
 
5  00
840, 
“ 
6  00
•aiiiiiitesssamiiiiuÉ

 

 

“ U niversal.”

8.1, per h u n d re d ................  83  00
..................3  50
8 2, 
8 3, 
..................4 00
..................  5 00
8  5, 
810, 
...................6 00
8JO, 
..................7 00

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“ 
“ 

Above prices un coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 or over 
500  “ 
loon  “ 

5  per cent

 
an

10

 

C O U PO N   P A S S   B O O K S .

1 Can  be  made to represent any 
denom ination  from  810  dow n. |
20 books..............................8 1 0 0
50 
1*0 
 
250 
500 
1000 

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C R E D IT   C H E C K S .

5n0, any one denom ’n ....... $3 00
........5 00
1000,  “ 
2 00,  “ 
........ 8 00
Steel  punch  .........................  
75

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C R A C K E R S .

B utter.

Seymour XXX.........................6
Seymour XXX, carto o n ....... 6H
Fam ily  XXX.........................   6
Fam ily XXX,  cartoon.........  6H
Salted  XXX.............................6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  .........  6H
Kenosha 
.............................  7H
Boston.......................................   8
B utter  b is c u it..........................6H

Soda.

Soda,  XXX.............................  6
Soda, City  ..............................   7H
Soda.  D uchess.......................   8H
Crystal W afer..........................10
Long  Island W a fe rs ............11
8. Oyster  X X X .......................   6
City Oyster. XXX....................  6
F arin a  O yster......... ..............  6

Oyster.

C R E A M   T A R T A R .
Strictly  p u re .......................  
30
35
T elfer’s  A bsolute................  
Grocers’ .............. ..........   ..  20@25

D R IE D   F R U IT S . 

D o m estic.

Apples.

“ 

Apricots.

quartered  “ 

Blackberries.
N ectarines.

Sundried. sliced In  bbls.
Evaporated. 50 lb.  boxes 
C alifornia in  bags  .........
Evaporated in boxes.  .. 
In  boxes...........................
70 lb. bags  ...  ................
25 lb.  boxes.......................
Peeled, In  box es............
Cal. evap.  “ 
.............
“ 
In  bags  .......
C alifornia In  b a g s ___
P itted  Cherries
B arrels..............................
50 lb. b o x e s ......................
25  “ 
......................
Prunelles.

Peaches.

Pears.

“ 

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

“ 

Raspberries.

In   b arrels.........................
50 lb. boxes.......................
251b.  “ 
.........................
F o re ig n ,
C urrants.

P atras,  In b arrels............
in   H -bbls..............
In less q u a n tity ...

“ 
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Peel.

16H

20
22

10H

21H
22
23

4*
5
5 k

“ 
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25  “
25  “

Citron, Leghorn. 251b.  boxes  20
Lemon 
10
O range 
11
Raisins—Domestic.
London layers,  2  crow n.
..1  65
“ 
8  “
...1  85
fa n c y . . .
...2  00
“ 
Loose M uscatels, boxes.. ...1   60

Foreign.

O ndnra, 29 lb.  boxes..
Sultana, 20 
V alencia, 80 

“
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Prunes.

“ 
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“ 
“ 

B osnia.......................................
California,  100-120................
90x100 25 lb. bxs
80x90 
71 x80 
60x70 

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“
T u rk e y ............................. 
S ilv e r.......................................
S u lta n a .................. 

7 k
............. 9H

E N V E L O P E S .
XX rag, w hite

No. 1, 6H  ...........................  81  75
So. 2, 6 k   ............................  1  60
No. 1 ,6 ..................................  165
No. 2 ,6 ........... 
.............  150

XX  wood, white.

M anilla, w hite.

No.  1, 6H  .............  .............  1  35
...........................   1  25
No. 2 ,6H 
.......................................   1  00
95

CK 
6 ............................................... 
Mill  No. 4 ...........................1  00
F A R IN A C E O U S   G OO D S. 

Coin.

Farina.
Hominy.

100 1b.  kegs....... .............. 
3k
B arrels....................................800
2 00
3 00
G rits ........................................3  50
6 2>
D ried................................  
4
10 00
17 50
M accaronl and Vermicelli.

Lima  Beans.

Domestic, 12 lb. box___ 
55
Im p o rte d .....................10H@  H

Oatmeal.

Barrels  200........................... 
H alf barrels  100..................

Pearl Barley.

K e g s ......................................  

5

2H

Peas.

G reen,  b n ............................   1  65
2 k
Spilt  per  l b ....................  

Rolled  Oats

Barrels  180...................   ..  5  45
H alf  b b ls 90 .......................   2  85

Sago.

G erm an ..................... 
East In d ia...............................  5

 

 

4%

W heat.
Cracked..................... 

 

 

5

F IS H —S alt.

L IC O R IC E .

P u re...........................................   30
C alabria....................................   25
Sicily..........................................  12

L Y E .

Condensed,  2  doz....................1 25
4  d oz................... 2 25

“ 

M A T C H E S.

No. 9  su lp h u r...........................1 25
A nchor  parlor.......................... 1 70
No. 2 home  ......... 
1  10
E xport  p arlo r.......................... 4 00

 

M IN C E   M E A T .

3 or 6 doz. In case  per d o z..  95 

M E A SU R E S .
Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon 
.............................  81  75
1  40
H alf  g allon........................ 
Q u a rt....................................  
70
45
P in t........................................ 
H alf  p i n t .......   ................. 
40
W ooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 g a llo n .................................  7  00
H alf gallon 
.. . • ................   4  75
Q u a rt....................................   3  75
P in t....................................... 
2  25

M O L A SSES.
Blackstrap.

Sugar hou se..............   —  

Cuba Baking.

O rd in ary .

Porto Rico.

P rim e ....................................  
F a n c y ....................................  

N ew Orleans.

F a ir ........................................ 
G ood......................................  
E x tra good............................ 
C h o ic e................................... 
F an cy ..................................... 
O ne-half barrels. 3c extra

14

16

20
30

18
20
25
30
<o

Y arm outh...............................

Bloaters.

Cod.

P o llo c k ..............................
W hole. G rand  B ank.......  
Boneless,  b rick s..............  
Boneless,  strips................  

6H
7 k
7H

H alibut.
H erring.

12

S m oked.........................  
Glbbed. V4 b b l....................   3 25
H olland,  bbl  .....................   9  00
65
R ound Shore,  H  bbl  .......   2 00
k   “  .........   1  36
S caled.................................... 
16

kegs 
“ 

.........  

“ 
“ 

M ackerel.

No.  1, 90  lb s ...........................  5 75
No. 1, 40 lb s ...........................5 25
No.  1.  10 l b s ...........  ...........1  00
Fam ily, 90 lb s........................  5 25
65

10  l b s ....................  

“ 

Russian,  kegs.......................  

45

Sardines.

Trout.

No. 1,  H bbls., lOOlbs.............6  50
No. 1, kits. 10 lb s....................   90

Whitefi sh.

No. 1,  H bbls., lOOlbs.............7  fO
No. 1, kits, 10 lb s....................  95
Fam ily,  H bbls., 100 lbs  ...  3  00 
kits  10  lb s...............  40
F L A V O R IN G   E X T R A C T S . 

“  

Jen n in g s’ D C.

Lemon. V anilla
2 oz folding b o x ...  75 
125
3 oz 
...1 0 0  
150
4 oz 
...1   50 
2 00
3 00
...2   00 
6 oz 
.. .3  00 
5 oz 
4  U>
G U N P O W D E R .

“ 
“  
“ 
“  

A ustin’s Rifle, kegs  ...........3  50
“   H k e g s ....... 2 00
Crack Shot, kegs . .3  50 
H kegs 2 00
Club Sporting  “  4  50 
H  “  2  50

“ 
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“ 
“ 
‘ 

“ 
“ 

H E R B S .

Sage.......................................... 15
H ops..........................................15

IN D IG O .

M adras,  5 lb. b o x e s .........  
S. F ., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 

55
GO

P IC K L E S .
Medium.

Barrels. 1,200 count.  86  50@7  00 
H alf bbls, 600 c o u n t.. 3  75@4  00 

Small.

Barrels, 2.400  count. 
H alf bbls, 1,200 connt 

P IP E S .

7 SO
4 25

Clay, No.  216.............................1 75
“  T .D .fn ll co u n t.............  75
Cob, No.  3 ..................................1 25

P O T A S H .

48 cans In case.

B abbitt’s ..............................   4  00
P en n aS alt  Co.’s ..................  3  25

R IC E .
Domestic.

Carolina h e a d ............................6
No. 1 ..........................5
No. 2.........................  4H
B roken.........................................3

“ 
“ 

Im ported.
Jap an , No. 1.............................6
No. 2..........................5
J a v a ..........................................  5
P a tn a ........................................  5

“ 

S P IC E S .

W hole Sifted.

“ 
“ 
“ 

A llspice.......................................8
Cassia, China In m ats.........  7
B atavia in b u n d .... 15
Saigon In  ro lls..........35
Cloves,  A m boyna...................22
Z anzibar.....................lu
Mace  B atavia..........................80
N utmegs, fan cy ...................... 75
“  No.  1...........................70
“  No.  2...........................60
Pepper, Singapore, b lack __   9
“ 
w h ite ...  .20
sh o t............................. 15
“ 

“  

P ure G round In B ulk.

“ 

“ 
“ 

A llspice.....................................12
Cassia,  B atavia...................... 18
and  Saigon.22
S aig o n ........... ......... 30
Cloves,  A m bovna....... .........22
Z anzibar....... ......... 18
G inger, A frican ...........
......... 14
C ochin...........
^
.......   17
J a m a ic a ....... ... 
.18
Mace  B atavia.........................70
M ustard,  Eng. and Trieste.. 16 
T rieste..................... 18

 
“ 

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♦   ^   «

K  *

@  8 k
@10k
@ 7 k

J E L L Y .
17  lb. palls  .........................
30  “ 
.......................... 

“ 

:

D?PRICE's
C R E A M
Ba k in g
pow der

i-OZ
6-OZ
■i-oz
12-oz
'6-oz
•JH-ii*
t lb
vlb
10-lb

SO 
..  TO 
Gross 
4 00
7  00 
10  50 
.  2  75
4  00
8  00 
.  4  50

1  75

Re i Star.  V  ®>  c a n s..........
...........
.......
T elfer’s,  k  lb. cans,  doz 

“ 
“ 

H  1b 
“ 
i a   “ 
“
k  lb. 
li b . 
“

“ 

B A T H   B R IC K . 
2 dozen in case.

E n g lis h ................................
Bristol....................................
D om estic..................  —

B L U IN G .

“ 

A rctic, 4 oz  o v a l s ...........
“ 
S oz 
..............
“ 
pints,  round  .......
“  No. 2, sifting b o x . 
“  No. 3, 
“  No. 5,
“ 

^
.  ............

1 oz ball 

B R O O M S,
No. 2 Hurl
No  I  “ 
.........................
No. 2 C arpet.....................
No. 1 
“ 
.....................
Parlor G em .........................
Common W hisk  ..............
Fancy 
W arehouse.........................

“ 
.........
B R U S H E S .
....................
1 0 ......................
1 5 ......................
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row 
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 ro w .
Palm etto,  goose................
r .lT K W llF A T .

8tove, No.  1 

“  
“  

“  
“  

ifBuckWheat

100 lb.  cases, 2_& 5 lb. pkgs 84  50 

C A N D L E S .
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes  .  .
Star  40 
‘ 
Paraffine  .......
W icklng 

.1 0
......... ....  9
....  11
....................... .. . .   24

C 4 N N I.ll  G O O D S 

“ 

“ 
Clam  Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

F is h .
Clams.
Little Neck,  l i b ..................   i is
2 lb ...  ..............1  80
Standard, 3 lb ........................ 2  00
S tandard,  1 lb ........................  90
21b....................   1  70
“ 
Lobsters.
Star, 
1  lb .............................2  40
2  lb .............................3  30
Picnic, 1 lb ..............................2  00
21b............................. 2(10
M ackerel.
Standard, 1 lb ...........................l  05
2  lb ........................ 1 90
M ustard,  2 lb ....................   .2  25
Tom ato Sauce,  2 lb ............. 2  25
Soused, 2  lb .......................  
2 25
Salmon.
Colom bia River, fla t........... 1  %
ta ils ........... 1  75
“ 
A laska, 1  l b ........................... l  40
...........................1  90

“ 
*• 

“ 
“ 

21b 

“ 

Gages.

E r ie ................................  
C alifornia...................... 
Gooseberries.
.....................  
Peaches.

Common 

P ie ................................... 
M ax w ell.......................  
Shepard’s .....................  
C alifornia...................... 
Monitor 
.................. 
O xford  ..........................

Pears.

“ 

D om estic......................  
R iverside..... ................ 
Pineapples.
Comm on......................... 
■Johnson’s  slic ed ....... 
g rated . . . .  
Quinces.

Common  ....................... 
Raspberries.
Red  ..............................  
Black  H am burg........... 
Erie,  black 

Straw berries.
L a w ren c e...................... 
H am burgh 
.................. 
E rie................................. 
T e rra p in ........................... 
W hortleberries.
C om m on ....................... 
F.  *   W........................... 
B lu e b erries.................. 

M eats.

1  25
1  70

l  20

180
2 0«
1  85
2  10
1  85

1  20
2  10

1  30
2  50
2  75

1  10
l ao
1  50
l  25

1  25
J  2f
l  30
l  25

i  10
l  15
t   10

C L O T H E S   P IN S .

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

COCOA  S H E L L S .

35 lb  b ag s.........................  @3
Less  quantity 
P ound  packages............ 6k@7

...............  ® 3k

C O F F E E .

G re e n .

Rio.

F a ir............................................ 16
G ood.......................................... 17
P rim e........................................ 18
G olden...................................... 20
Peaberry 
................................ 20

Santos.

F a ir............................................ 16
G ood.......................................... 17
P rim e ........................................ 18
Peaberry  ................................. 20

M exican and  G uatem ala.

F a ir............................................20
G ood...........................................21
F ancy .................... 
23

 

M aracaibo.

P rim e.........................................19
20
M ille d ............... 

 

Java.

In te rio r.....................................25
Private G row th...................... 27
M an d eb lin g ............................28

M ocha.

Im ita tio n .........................      .23
A rabian.....................................26

R o a ste d .

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

P a c k a g e .

 

 

W cL an g h U n ’a  X X X  X 
22.80
B unola  ....... 
22  30
Lion. 60 or 100 lb.  c a se__   22.80

E x tra c t.
Valley City %  gross 
75
i 15
Felix 
Hum m el’s, foil,  gross..........  1 50
“ 
.........  2 50

tin 

“ 

“ 

Bulk.
R ed..

C H IC O R Y .

C L O T H E S   L IN E S .

“  

Cotton,  40 f t . 
50 ft.
60 ft. 
70 ft. 
80 ft. 
60 ft. 
72 ft

Jo te

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

“ 
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“ 
«  
“  
“  

C O N D E N S E D   M IL K .

4 

doz. In case.

E agle.......................................  7  40
Crown  .........................   ........625
G enuine  Swiss......................  8 00
A m erican Swiss.................... 7 00
j 80

CO U PO N   B O O K S .

Corned  beef,  Libby’s ............1  go
Roast beef,  A rm our’s ............1  75
Potted  ham ,  H lb ........................ l 30
so
k  lb .................... 
tongue, J4 l b ..............1  35
“  M lb ............ 
85
chicken, k  U>............ 
95

“ 
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“ 
“ 

“ 

V eg etab les.

Beans.

“ 
“ 

H am burgh  stringless..........1  25
F rench sty le.......... 2 25
L im as.......................1 40
Lima,  g reen ........................... 1  25
soaked.........................  80
Lewis Boston  B aked............. 1  35
Bay State  B aked..........................1 35
W orld’s  F air  B aked...................1 35
Picnic Baked  .........................  l 00

“  

Peas.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Corn.
H am burgh 
.............................
Livingston  E d e n .................1  20
P u rity .......................................
Honey  D ew ........................... 1  50
M orning G lory......................
S oaked ................  
...............  l  15
H am burgh  m arrofat............. 1  35
early J u n e   .......
Cham pion E ng. .1  50 
petit  pois 
.. .1  75
1  9C
fancy  s ifte d  
Soaked......................................  65
H arris standard  ....................
VanCamp’s  m a rro fa t..........1  10
early J u n e ..........130
A rcher’s  Early Blossom ___1  35
F re n c h ............................ 
Mushrooms.
F re n c h ...................................15@20
E rie ............................................  go
H u b b a rd ........................................ l  20

Pum pkin.

Squash.

“ 

Succotash.

H a m b u rg .......................................l 40
S oaked......................................   80
Honey  D ew ................................... 1 60
E rie  ..........................................l  35

Tomatoes.
...................... ___1  10

8  1, per  h u n d re d ......... ....... 2 00
H an co ck ........................... ...  1  05 8  2 , “ 
......... ....... 2 50
E xcelsior 
8 on
8  3,  “ 
E clipse...............................
...1  10 8 5,  “ 
......... ....... 8 00
H a m b u rg .......................... ....1   30 810,  “ 
......... ........4  00
G a llo n ............................... ....2  60 8 JO,  “ 
......... ....... 5  «

“ 
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“ 
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‘Tradesm an.’

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

18

t  

-*

w  >

«. 

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>■  •<

V  >

Nutmegs, No. 2 ..................... 60
16
Pepper, Singapore, b la ck  
, w h ite.......24

“  

Cayenm 

“ 
“ 
Sage.

“ A bsolute” In Packages.

K s 

K b
A llsp ice.........................   84  166
C innam on.....................   84  1  55
C loves.............................  84  1  55
G inger, J a m ..................   84  1  55
A t ......................  84  1  55
M ustard.........................   84  155
P e p p e r...........................   84  155
Sage..................................  84

“ 

S A L   SO D A .

K egs.......................................  
G ranulated,  boxes................

IK

S E E D S .

A n is e .............................   @12K
6
Canary, Smyrna.  .......  
8
C ara w ay ........................ 
Cardamon. M alabar... 
90
Hemp,  R ussian ........... 
4K
4v,
M ixed  Bird 
............... 
6
M ustard,  w h i t e .........  
9
P oppy .............................  
6
R a p e ............................... 
C uttle  b o n e.................. 
so

S T A R C H .

Corn

Gloss.

20-lb  boxes..............................   6
40-lb 
5\ '

“ 

 

1-lb packages  .........................   s k
8-lb 
6K
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. b oxes.................. 4K
B arrels......................................  5K

 
........................... e

“ 
“ 

 

S N U F F .

Scotch, in  bladders.............. 37
M accaboy, in  ja rs ..................35
F rench Rappee, in  J a r s .......43

B o x es..........................................5j,
Kegs, E n g lish ...........................

SO D A .

SA L T.

“ 
“ 

100 3-lb. sacks.........................62 25
60 5-lb. 
2  00
28 10-lb.  sacks......................  l  85
2  25
2014-lb. 
24 3-lb  cases...........................  1 50
56 lb. dairy in  linen  b a g s.. 
32
28 lb. 
18

“  

“ 

 
 

 
 

d rill 
W arsaw.

A shton.

Higgins.

56 lb. dairy in drill  b a g s... 
28 lb. 
.. 

“ 

“ 

8 

56 lb. dairy in  linen sacks.. 

56 lb. dairy in  linen  sacks. 

Solar Rock.

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

Common Fine.

S a g in a w ............................... 
M an iste e............... 
 

 
S A L E R A T U S .

3i
18

75 

75 

27

80
85

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

C h u rc h 's ..............................  S3  30
D eLand’s .................................3  15
D w ight’s ...................................3  30
Taylor’s ..................................   3 00

S O A P .

L a u n d ry .

A llen B. W risley’s Brands.

Proctor & Gamble.

Old Country,  80  1-lb............ 3  20
Good Cheer, 601 lb ................ 3  90
W hite Borax. 100  X l b .........3 60
Concord  .................................2  80
Ivory, 10  oz......................... 6 
75
6  oz........................... 4 
00
.................................  3  65
Lenox 
M ottled  G erm an................ 3 
15
Tow n T a lk ...........................3 
00

“ 

“ 

Jas  S. K irk & Co.’s  Brands. 

A m erican  Fam ily, w rp d . .$3 30 
p la in ...  3 21 
5C  size..  4 25 
N. K. F airbanks & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus  .........................   4  On
Brown. 60  bars....................2 
10
25
80  b a r s .................. 3 

“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s B rands.

A c m e .................................... 3 
Cotton O il.............................5 
Daisy 
M arseilles.............................4 
M a ste r.................................. 4 

65
75
.................  ...........3  10
00
00

S c o u rin g .

S a p o lio , kitchen, 3  d o z ...  2  50
50

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

“ 

SU G A R.

“ 
“ 

Cut  L oaf....... ...............  @  5%
C u b e s ............................  @  5K
@ 544
Powdered XXXX........ 
S tandard.. 
©   b% 
G ranulated, m edium .  4.94©  5
fine............4 .91@ 5
Confectioners’ A ........  4X464.94
Soft A ..............................  @  ,34
W hite E x tra C .............  @4.56
E x tra   C ..........................  
©  4K
V 
...............................   @ 4 «
Yellow 
.........................  @  3 £
Less th an   bbls.  K c advance

SY R U PS.

Corn.

B arrels..................................... 23
H alf bbls..................................25

P ure Cane.

F a ir .........................................  19
G o o d .......................................  25
Choice....................................   80

S W E E T   GOO D S

G inger Snaps................  
Sugar  Cream s............... 
Frosted  C ream s........... 
G raham   C rackers.......  
Oatm eal C rackers__  
V IN E G A R

8
8
9
8K
8K

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

81 for barrel.

W E T   M U ST A R D .
Bulk, per gal  ...................... 
30
Beer m ug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 

Y EA ST .

M agic,..................................  ..1 00
W arner’s  —  
100
Yeast Foam  ...........................1  00
D iam ond..................................   75
R o y a l........................................  90

 

TE A S.

japan—Regular.

F a ir ................................   @17
G ood...............................  @20
Choice..............................24  @26
Choicest..........................32  @34
D u s t.................................10  @12

SUN CUBED.

F a ir .................................  @17
G ood...............................  @20
Choice..............................24  @26
Choicest.......................... 32  @34
D ust................................. 10  @12

BASKET  FIBBD.

F a ir ..................................18  @20
Choice.............................  @26
Choicest.........................   @35
E xtra choice, w ire leaf  @40

OUNPOWDER.

Common to  fa ir............ 25  @35
E xtra fine to finest___ 50  @65
Choicest fan cy .............. 75  @85
@26
Common to  fa ir............ 23  @30

oolong. 

IMPERIAL.

Common to  fa ir............ 23  @26
Superior to fine..............30  @35

TOUNO  HYSON.

Common to  fa ir.............18  @26
Superior to  fine.............30  @40

ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.

F a ir .................................. 18  @22
Choice.............................. 24  @28
B e st..................................40  @50

TO BA CCO S.

F in e  C u t.

“  

Pails unless otherw ise 1
H iaw atha  ................ 1.
Sweet  C uba..................
M cG inty........................
K b b ls...........
Dandy J im ....................
T o rp e d o ........................
in   d ru m s ....
Yum  Yum 
..................
1892.................................
“ 
d ru m s....................

! noted 
62 
36
25 
29 
24 
23 
28 
23

“  

P lu g .

Sorg’s Brands.

Spearhead  ....................
J o k e r .............................
Nobby  T w ist....................
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo................................
H iaw atha.......................
Valley C ity ..................

F inzer’s  Brands.

Old  H o n e s ty .............
Jolly T a r........................
S m o k i n g ,

32

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

C atlin’s  Brands.
K iln  d r i e d ..................... 
  16
G olden  s h o w e r .....................19
H untress 
26
M eerschaum ........................... 29
A m erican Eagle Co.’s Brands.
M yrtle  N avy............................41
...................................... 32
Stork 
A m erican .................................16
P ro g ..........................................33
B anner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
B an n er.......................................16
B anner C avendish.................38
Gold C ut  ................................. 28
W a rp a th ................................... 16
Honey  D ew..............................25
Gold  B lock..............................30
F.  F. A dams Tobacco Co.’s 
Peerless....................................24
Old  Tom  ................................. 18
S tan d a rd ........................... 
.2 0
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
H andm ade................................41

Scotten’s Brands.

Brands.

L eidersdorFs Brands.

S paulding & M errick.

Rob  Roy...................................24
U ncle  Sam........................ 26@32
Red Clover............................... 32
Tom and J e rry ........................ 25
T raveler  C avendish.............38
Buck H orn.  ............................3u
Plow  B ov..........................30@32
Corn  Cake  ..............................16

O IL S .

T he  S tandard  OH  Co.  quotes 
as  follows.  In barrels,  f. o.  b. 
G rand Rapids:
,8
Eocene  ...........................  
W ater W hite, old test.  @  744 
63(
W.  W.  H eadlight, 156° 
W ater  W hite  .............  @  6K
N a p th a ...........................  @7
Stove G asoline.............  @ 6 ^
c y lin d e r...................... 27  @36
Engine............. .......13  @21
Black, 16 cold  test__  @ 8K

H ID E S   P E L T S   a n d   F U K a
P erkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fo l­

low s:

HIDES.

 

 

“ 

G re e n ................................ 2K®3K
P art  C ured.................. 
@ 4
F ull 
@  4K
D ry..................................  5  @ 5
Kips, green  ..................  2K@ 3K
cu red ....................  @  4 Vi
Calfskins,  g reen .........  4  @  5
c u re d .........  @  7
Deacon sk in s............... 10  @30

“ 

“ 

No. 2 hides K  off.
PELTS

Shearlings.......................10 @25
Lambs 

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

WOOL.

W ash ed .......................... 20 @23
U n w a sh e d .....................10 @20

MISCELLANEOUS.

. 
FURS.

T a llo w ............................  3K@ 4
G rease  butter  ..............  1 @ 2
S w itch es.........................  1K@ 2
G inseng 
....... 2 00©2 75
outside prices for No.  1 only.
B adger...........................  50@l  00
B e a r ...........................15 00@25  00
B eav er........................... 3 (k@7 O'
Cat, w ild .......................   40©  50
Cat, h o u s e .................... 
ln@  25
F ish er...........................  4  00@6  00
Fox,  red  ...................... 1  00@1  50
Fox, cro ss......................3 oo@5 00
Fox,  g re y .....................   50®  75
Lynx  ............................. 2 00@3 00
M artin,  d a r k ............... 1  0u@3 00
pale & yellow .  50@1  0»
M ink, d a rk ....................  40®l  10
M uskrat.........................   03®  10
O ppossum ........................  15@ 3u
O tter  d a r k ...................5  00® s  00
R ac co o n .......................   25®  ?>
sk u n k  
...........................1  0o@l  2u
W o lf................................1  o0fi,3 00
Beaver  castors, l b __ 2  00®5  Ou

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deerskins—per pound.

T hin and  green............... 
Long gray, d ry ................  
Gray, dry 
...................... 
Red and Blue, d ry ......... 

10
20
25
35

G R A IN S  a n d  F E E D S T U F F S  

WHEAT.

No. 1 W hite (58 lb. test) 
No.  1 Red (60 lb. test) 

67 
67

MEAL.

B olted....................................  1  40
G ranulated...........................  1  ou

FLOUR.
Straight,  In sacks  ...........  4  03
“ barrels............  4 20
“ 
'*  sacks...........  5 00
P atent 
“ barrels............  5 20
“ 
G raham  
“  sack s...........  1  90
“ 
2 20
Rye 
B uckw heat, R ising  S u n __ 4  75
Walsh DeRoo 

& Co’s  Pure.............................4 50

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MLLL8TUFF6.

Less

Car lots  quantity

B ran ................ $13  50 
S creenings__  12  00 
M iddlings......  14 
to 
M ixed F e e d ...  18 51) 
Coarse m eal  ..  18 00 
Car  lo ts.....................................45
Less th an   car lo ts.................48

CORN.

$14 uu
12 50
15 00
is   5 ■
18 00

OATS.

Car  l o t s ...................................33
Less th an   car lo ts ................40

N ew oats, 1c less.

HAT.
No. 1 Tim othy, car lo ts ___10  50
No. 1 
ton lots  ___ 12  Ou

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F R E S H   M EA TS.

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Swift & Company quote as fol­
lows:
Beef, carcass................4K@  5
...  3K@  4

h in d q u a rte rs ...  5  @  54* 
fore 
loins,  No.  3 ...  8  @  8K
rib s ....................  7  @  7K
ro u n d s..............   4K@  3
B ologna.........................   @' 4V>.
Pork  lo in s ..... ..............   @1054
.........  @734
Sausage, blood or head  @  5
l i v e r ..............   @ 5
F ra n k f o r t__   @ 8
M utton  ...........................7  @8
V eal.................................. 7  @  7K

shoulders 

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F IS H   a n d   O Y STERS.

F.  J .  D ettenthaler  quotes as 

follow s:

FRESH  FISH.

W hitefisb 
......................8  @ 9
T r o u t................................8  @ 9
H alib u t...............................  @15
Ciscoes or H errin g __ 5  @ 6
B lneflsh...........................11  @12
F resh lobster, per l b __  
Soft crabs, per doz......... 
Shrimp,  per  g a l..................  
..........................io  @12
Cod 
No. 1 P ickerel..............   @  8
P ik e ....................................   @ 7
Smoked  W h i te ...........  @ 7

29
1  no
1 25

oysters—Cans.

F alrhaven  C ounts__   @35
F .  J . D.  Selects...........  @30
S e le c ts...............................   @25
A nchor...............................  @22
Standards  ........................  @19

SHELL  GOODS.

Oysters, per  100  ......... 1  25@l  50
Clams, 
...........  75@1  00

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P R O D U C E   M A R K E T .

Apples—Baldw ins  are about  the  only variety 
offered  at  present, for w hich  dealers  ask  $2.75 
per bu.
Beans—Choice  country picked  com mand $1.60 
@$1.75 per bu.
B utter — Strong and firm.  D ealers  pay 18@20c 
for choice dairy  and hold at 2(i@22c.
Cabbages—Dealers  pay  $4®$5 per  109, holding 
a t $6.
Cauliflower—$i@$l 25 per doz. heads.
Celery—Choice home grow n com m ands 20@25c 
per dozen  bunches.
Cider—12c per  gal.
C ranberries—The m arket is w eaker and a little 
low er  ca p e Cods are  held at $7.50 per  bbl.  and 
Jerseys at $1.50 per bu. crate.
for  strictly  fresh 
Eggs — D ealers  pay  20c 
stock, holding at 22c.  The cold  storage men are 
the  prospect  of  25c  a  doz.  for 
happy  over 
their holdings.

Grapes—Concords com m and 22c per basket.
Honey—D ealers pay I4@15c and hold a t 15® 16c. 
T he crop is generally thought to be short.
Onions—Firm er and in  better dem and.  H and­
lers pay 80c a n d  sold at 9  c per bu.
Potatoes—The  m arket  has  advanced  5c  per 
bu., buyers having  advanced th eir  paying price 
to 60c here and 55c at outside points.

Q uinces—*2. ’0 per bu.
Sweet Potatoes—All varieties are scarce. 
T urnips— 30c per bu

seys readily com m and $4 per bbl.

.Ter 

P R O V IS IO N S .

T he G rand  Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follow s:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

M ess,....................................................................  14  50
Short c u t ..............................................................   16 08
E xtra clear pig, short  c u t.................................  17 50
E xtra clear,  h eav y .............................................  17  50
Clear, fat  b ac k ....................................................  17  50
Boston clear, short c u t......................................  17  5 1
Clear back, short c u t.........................................   17  50
Standard clear, short cut. b est...................  
17 50

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage........................................................... 8%
Ham Sausage...........................................................   9
Tongue Sausage......................................................  9
F rankfort  Sausage 
.............................................   8
Blood Sausage.........................................................   5
Bologna, straig h t....................................................  5
Bologna,  th ic k ........................................................  5
Head Cheese.............................................................  5

LARD.

Rendered.  Granger

K ettle
Tierces.........»K 
501b. T in s ...9% 
201b. P alls..  9h  
10  lb.
I K  
.1094
51b.
31b.
1054

9K
934

10K
l ’X

Fam ily.
634

Com­
pound.
6K
6%
634

BEEF  IN  BARBELS.

E x tra Mess, w arranted 200  lb s.........................   6  50
E xtra Mess, Chicago  packing...........................  6  50
Boneless, rum p b u tts..........................................   8 75

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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Hams, average 20 lb s .............................................11K
16 lb s.............................................UK
12 to 14 lb s.....................................I i44
p ic n ic ...........................................................   8H
best boneless.............................................  934
S houlders.................................................................  8K
B reakfast Bacon, boneless...................................115*
Dried beef, ham  p ric e s ........................................8
Long Clears, h e a v y ................................................
Briskets,  m edium ................................. 
 

834
lig h t........................................................  834

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C A N D IE S ,  F R U IT S   a n d   NUTS.

T he P utnam  Candy Co. quotes as follow s:

STICK  CANDY.
Cases 
Standard,  per lb ............................  
“  H .H ................................... 
“  T w ist  ............................... 
Boston  C re a m ..................  8H
Cut  L oaf.............................
E x tra  H.  H .........................  8K
NIXED  CANDY.

Bbls.

P a lls .
654
754
6K
7H
644
7K
8K

 

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Palls.

“ 
fancy—In bulk

Bbls.
S tan d ard .............................................. 6
L eader....................................................6 
7
7K
Royal........................: ...........................644 
8
N obby.................................................... 7 
8
E nglish  R ock......................................7 
8
C onserves............................................ 7 
8
Broken T affy.......................baskets 
“  8 
Peanut S quares.................... 
9
F rench Cream s..................................  
10
Valley  C ream s.................................. 
13
Midget. 30 lb.  baskets...........................................   8
8
M odern, 10 lb. 
Palls.
Lozenges,  p la in ....................................................   10
p rin te d ................................................   11
Chocolate D rops....................................................  U K
Chocolate M onnm entals....................................  13
Gum D rops.............................................................   5K
Moss D rops.............................................................   8
Sour D rops.............................................................   8K
Im perials.................................................................  10
Per Box
Lemon D rops..........................................................55
Sour D ro p s....... .......................................................55
Pepperm int D rops..................................................60
Chocolate D rops......................................................65
H. M. Chocolate  D rops..........................................90
Gnm D rops........................................................ 40@50
Licorice D rops.....................................................1  00
A.  B. Licorice  D rops.............................................80
Lozenges, plain.............................  ........................60
p rin te d __   .*....................................... 65
Im perials..................................................................60
M ottoes......................................................................70
(bream B ar................................................................ 55
M olasses  B ar...........................................................55
H and M ade  Cream s........................................ 85@95
Plain Cream s.....................................................80@90
Decorated Cream s.............................................. 1  00
String  R ock............................................................ 65
B urnt A lm onds....................................................1  00
W lntergreen  B erries............................................ 60

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

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NUTS.

CARAMELS.
 

 
 
 

3 
2 
3 

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BANANAS.

No. 1, w rapped, 2 lb.  boxes.............................  34
51
No. 1, 
28
No. 2, 
No. 3, 
42
................................   90
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes.....  
Small  .............................................................
M ed iu m ......................................................... 1  50® 1  75
L a rg e ..............................................................2 G0@2  25
ORANGES.
....................................................  3  25@3  75
F loridas, 
LEMONS.
@4  50
M essina, choice, 360............  
@
@6  51
6  60
@12K
“  10»  ..............................   @12K
••  14B>  ..............................   @ie
“  20»  ..............................  @16
@ *K
.............................  @654
Persian. 50-lb.  box  .......................   @  454

 
fancy, 360.................................... 
choice  300..................................  
fancy 300  M aioris....................  

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
 

Dates,  Fard, 10-lb.  bo x .................. 

Figs, fancy  layers, 6 » ..........  

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PNANUTS.

Almonds, T arragona.................................   @19

Iv aca................................................  @17 K
C alifornia..................................  @1844
Brazils, new ..................................................   @  954
F ilb e rts...................  
@11K
W alnuts, G renoble 

..................................   @15
M arbot.........................................  @
C h ill..............................................  @10

Table  N uts,  fa n c y ......................................  @1344
c h o ic e .................................. 
@12K
Pecans, Texas, H.  P . , .............................  1254@14
Cocoanuts, fa ll sack s................................ 
©5  50
Fancy, H.  P., S u n s.....................................   @  5K
“  Roasted  .....................   @  7K
Fancy, H.  P., F lag s...................................   @  554
“  Roasted  .......... 
@  7K
Choice, H.  P.,  E x tra s ...............................   @454
“  R oasted....................  @  6K
1254
C alifornia  W alnuts 
C ro ck ery  & G la ssw a re
auarts.

P ints ..  .................................................................$  6  75

FRUIT  JARS.

alf G allons.

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LAMP  BURNERS.

Caps.
R ubbers.
No. 0 Sun.
No. 1  “
No. 2  “
T ubular

LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.

6 doz. In box.

No. 0 S an.
No. 1
No. 2  “ 
...........................................
No. 0 Sun, crim p  to p .....................
No. 1  “ 
“  ......................
No. 2  “ 
“  ......................
No. 0 Sun, crim p  to p .....................
“  ......................
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
....................
“ 

F irst quality.
“  
“ 
XXX F lint.
“ 
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Pearl top.

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La Bastle.

No. 1 Sun, w rapped and  lab eled .
No. 2  “ 
“ 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz  .....................
No. 2 
“ 
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LAMP WICKS.
per  gross  .........................
No. r,
No. 1,
No  2,
No. 3,
M ammoth, per d o z...........................
STON BW ARE— AKRON
B utter  Crocks,  1 and 6 g a l ...........
Jugs, 44 gal., per doz.......................

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M ilk Pans,  44 gal., per  d o z..............
glazed
............
glazed

K 
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1  “ 
1  “ 

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P A P E R  A W O O D E N  W A R E

PAPER.

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TWINES.

Straw  
................................
...134 
R o ck fa lls...........................
•  134
Rag  su g a r.............................
2K 
H ard w are.............................
• ■  ¿K 
B a k e rs..................................
@6 
Dry  G oods....................  5
J u te   M anilla..................
@554 
Red  E xpress  No. 1.........
5K 
No. 2 .......
.  4K
20 
48 C otton...............................
,.17 
Cotton, No.  1.......................
..16 
.  30 
Sea  Island, assorted__
.15 
No. 5 H e m p ....................
..15
No. 6  “ ...............................
WOODENWARE.
7 00 
Tubs, No. 1.......................
“  No. 2 .......................
6  00 
.  5 00 
“  No. 3.......................
1  35 
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop..
1  to 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop 
4C 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes 
90
Bowls, 11 inch.
....... ....... 
...  1  00
............   1  60
.......
....... ...............2 25
.... ...............2 75
.... .............  3 00
35 
.  1  25 
.  1  35
1  5  75
2 6  25
3  7 25
1  3  50
2 4  25
3  5 Of
.  4  05 
.  4  55

13  “ 
15  “ 
17  “ 
19  “ 
21  “ 
shipping  bushel, 
fu ll  hoop  “ 
willow cl’ths. No. 
“  No,
“  No.
“  No,
“  No.
“ 
.No.
INDURATED WARE.

Palls.
Tubs, K doz.

Baskets, m arket.

splint 

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14
Grand  Rapids  Retail  bracers’  Ass'n. j Wl

President, A.  J. Elliott.

Secretary. E.  A. Stowe.

Official  Organ—M ic h ig a n   T r a d e - m a n .
N ext M eeting—N ovem ber ¿1.

G r a n d   R a D id s   R e ta il  G r o c e r s ’  A s s o c ia ­

tio n .

A t  the  regular  m eeting of  the  G rand  Rapids 
Retail  G rocers’ A ssociation  held  Monday  even­
ing,  Nov. 7. th e m inutes of the last m eeting were 
read and approved and 66 applications for  mem­
bership w ere received and presented as follows:

D. A rnott, 40 West Bridge.
Jos.  Lam brix, 222 W est  oridge.
Jos.  K adim acher,  40 West  Bridge.
Jenkins  v  B radford  36 West  Bridge.
J . Geo.  Lehman  4b  West Bridge.
L. O  ¡‘ahl  m  129 Butterw ortn.
J .  K inevelt & Son. 70 Dayton.
Roesink  Bros , 2-5 Indiana.
Scnm idt Bros., ¿20  West Fulton.
Peter A.  G abriel, 173 West Fulton.
V an  Every  Provision Co.. 1 >  West Fulton. 
Leonard  Kipp,  i::9 West  Broadway.
W.  S.  Kenyon, ¿10 West  Bridge.
Skula Bros., si  Davis.
Jay   Mari ,tt. 161  stocking.
A.  Vidro, 186 'to ck iu g .
Jo h n  T ournell & Co., 187 Stocking.
B  V an Anroy, 343  West  Bridge.
Peoples' Store, 333 Canal.
Jo h n  Cordes,  123 Canal.
W halen  Bios., 2  Ellsw orth.
D  B.  M onroe & Co , 704 W ealthy.
DuBois  Bros.. 69i Broadway.
E.  W ykkel, <183 W ealthy.
8. A.  W att, 666  W ealthy.
Pennock & Goold, 7i9 W ealthy.
E.  H. Manley. 367 East.
H iram G.  Luce, 483 East.
H arrison  H.  Reed, 469 East.
Clark & Cole. 245 Plainfield.
Tim m er &  Van  Herw vuen,  183 Plainfield.
M.  A  T uinstra, 32  West  Leouard.
Jo h n   M ulder. 69 We-t  Leouard.
F. R.  Dodge  901 Canal.
B raun & Hesse.  ¡25 Jefferson.
Jn o   Ley, 60 West Leonard.
Esler Tea co., 7 South  Division.
F   E  H artw ell & Co . 14u Ellsw orth.
A tlantic & Pacific  Tea  Co., 108 Monroe.
Jas. A  Stratton, 77 Gold.
K line &  Lackey,  183 Broadway.
A.  Vogel, Corner second and Lane.
H. W.  Reed, 93 Frem ont.
J.  Leff  346 Fourth.
Green Grocery Co.. Pearl.
A. S. Damskey, 190 Fourth.
B.  Brogger  87 Turner.
A.  o . Ha-se, 58 second.
Buys <£ Van  D uiuen, 724 E ast Fulton.
Wm.  i  .  H azlett, 693 N  rth  coit.
W.  F.  Huyge, 29 Spring.
C.  H. Saunders, 89 Piam field.
J. W iereuga. 82 G randville.
P.  R in g e lb e r g , 64 G r a n d v ille .
Crowley &  Morris  1»0  G randville.
J.  W.  B rubaker. 108 Monroe.
D.  M anatt, 95 Broadway.
A nton Brogger, 11  North  Front.
Ed. c . Ju d d , 73 Fourth.
Wm.  V ander Maas  597  5'orth Coit.
A.  S tr y k e r .  166  E lls w o r th .
A.  B rink, 34 G randville.
Jo h n  sneevliet  715 East Fulton.
Edw in  W hite, 19s Scribner.
T he  applications  were  all  accepted  and  the 
applicants unanim ously elected  to  m em bership 
in  the Association.

Chairm an  Odell, of  the  F lour  Committee, re­
ported progress  and  was given  fu rth e r tim e  for 
investigation and re p o rt 

Chairm an  W albridge,  of  the  Committee  on 
Roll of  Honor, presented  the  nam es of  about a 
dozen  firms  w hich  had  signed  the  agreem ent 
and was  given  fu rth e r lim e to secure the signa­
tures  of  the  other  jobbers  and  m anufacturers. 
The Committee  asked  for instructions in regard 
to  th e  exception»  to  the  agreem ent desired  by 
th e city m illers  and  one  commission  house, the 
form er  desiring  to  except  “ farm ers,  employes 
and relatives,”  w hile  one commission  m erchant 
desired to except  “ employes,  relatives and  per­
sonal  friends.”  T he  subject  w as  covered  bj 
the  follow ing  resolutions, introduced by  1 hos. 
H.  H art, and  unanim ously adopted  by the Asso 
elation:

Resolved.  T hat  the  m illers  be  authorized to 
exchange w heat for flour and  feed w ith  farm ers, 
b u t  th a t  they  be not  accorded  the  privilege  of 
retailii g same to farm ers for cash.

Unsolved  T hat  those  w ho  sign  our  Roll  of 
H onor be accorded the privilege of selling goods 
to their  regular  employes at any prices  thev see 
fit

President  E lliott  announced  the  follow ing 

standing com m ittees:

E xecutive— E.  J.  H errick,  E.  J.  Carrel, John 

Ley, J. Geo.  Lehman,  Leonard  Kipp.

Trade  Interests—G.  H.  De G raaf,  J.  F.  Ferris, 

D avid P.  Van Every.

Election  of  V ice-Pre-idents  resulted  as  fol­

low s:

F irst—Ed. C. W inchester.
Second—G.  S. Clark.
T hird—Ed. C. Judd.
F ourth—Phil. G raham .
F ifth —N.  H. W albridge.
An  interesting  letter w as  presented  and read 
from   the  Secretary  of  the  M inneapolis  Retail 
G rocers’ Association, setting  forth  certain  facta

relation  to  s-pecial  features  of  association 
work  there.  The  com m unication  w as  well  re­
ceived  and  the w riter w as  heartily thanked  for 
his courtesy.

several questions  from the  question box  w ere 

introduced and discussed.
JT b ere being  no  fu rth e r business, the  meeting 
adjourned for tw o weeks.

H IS   L O V E   L E T T E R .

It W as From His  Best  Girl  and  He Let

A  Joud  guffaw  startled  him. 

T h e m   R e a d   I t.
jm  th e  Texas C om m ercial  T raveler.
lie hurried  up to the office  when  he en­
tered the  hotel  aud  without  waiting  to 
register  inquired  eagerly,  “Any  letter 
for tne?”  The  clerk  started over  a pack­
age  with  the  attention  that  comes  of 
practice,  then  threw  one—a  very  small 
one—on the counter.
The traveling man  took  it  with  a curi­
ous smile  that twisted  bis  pleasant look­
ing  face  into  a  mask of  joyful  expect­
ancy.
He smiled  more  as  he read  it.  Then, 
oblivious of  other  travelers  who  jostled 
him,  he  laid  it  tenderly  against  his  lips 
aud  actually kissed it.
‘‘Now 
look  here,  old fellow,” said a voice,  ‘“that 
won’t  do,  you  know.  Too  spoony  for 
anything.  Confess  now,  your  wife  did 
not write that  letter.”
“ No,  she  didn’t,”  said  the  traveling 
man  with  an  amazed  look,  as  if he would 
like to change  the subject.  “ That  letter 
is from my  best girl.”
This admission  was so  unexpected that 
the trio of  friends  who  had  caught  him 
said  no more  until  after they had eaten  a 
good dinner and  were seated in  a  chum’s 
room.  Then  they  began  to  badger  him. 
“ It’s no  use;  you’ve  got to  read  it to us, 
Dick,”  said  one of  them. 
“ We  want  to 
know all  about your best girl.”
“So  you  shall,”  said  Dick  with great 
coolness. 
“ 1  will give you  the  letter aud 
you can read  it  yourselves;  there  it  is,” 
aud he  laid it  on the table.
“ 1  guess  not,”  said  the one  who  had 
been  the  loudest in  demanding  it.  “ We 
like  to chaff  a little,  but  I  hope that  we 
are gentlemen.  The  lady  would  hardly 
care  to  have  her  letter  read  by 
this 
crowd.”
to 
be  ashamed  of,  except 
the  spelling. 
That’s a little shaky,  I’ll  admit,  but  she 
won’t care in the least.  Head  it,  Hardy, 
and judge for yourself.”
Thus  urged,  Hardy  took  up  the letter, 
shamefacedly  enough,  and read it.  There 
were only a few  words.  First he  laughed, 
then  swallowed  suspiciously  and  as  lie 
finished  it  threw  it  on  the  table  again 
and  rubbed  his  hand  across  his  eye». 
•Pshaw!” he said,  “ if  1  had  a love  lettei 
like that—”
“ Fair play,”  cried  one  of  the  others, 
with an  uneasy  laugh.
“ I’ll  read  it  to  you,  boys,’’said  theii 
friend,  seeing they  made no  move to take 
it.  And  this is  what he read:
Mi  owen  deer  Pa Pa,  I  sa  mi  PRair 
every  nite and  when  1  kis yure  Pictshure 
1  Ask god to bless you  good  Bi  Pa  yure 
best g u r l. 
D o l l y .
For a moment or  two  you  would  hav 
said  the whole company had  hay  fever.

“ But I insist on  it,  there’s  nothing 

A Profit on Sugar.

F rom  th e  A m erican G rocer.
Why  not have it? 

It is your due.  The 
service required  in the distribution  is en­
titled  to fair pay.  We are glad  to record 
that the retail  trade is waking  up  to the 
importance of this matter, no doubt stim­
ulated  to  action  by  the  course pursued 
by  the  jobbers.  Get a good  profit,  fully 
1  per cent,  per pound.
It is a poor business  that requires as  a 
stimulus the selling of sugar  at  or  below 
cost.  Do not  make a leader of  what ev­
erybody  must  have.  Make  attractive 
and cheap new goods  such  as you desire 
to introduce.
Sugar  will  sell  itself  without  adver­
tising or special effort.  The  sales of the 
article constitute such  a large proportion 
of the  total  sales,  that  to  continue dis­
tributing  it  without  profit 
is  robbing 
oneself.  You must  have a good  average 
profit,  and  it  cannot  be  secured  unless 
there is a profit on sugar.  Get a good one.

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

THE  MICHIQ-AJST  TRADESMAN.

MANUFACTURERS

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

F011 NATIONAL BANI

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

Geo.  W.  Ga t, Vice-President.

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

T ra n sac ts a  g en e ra l  banking  business

M ak e  a   s p e c ia lty  o f  c o lle c tio n s .  A c c o u n ts 

o f  c o u n try  m e rc h a n ts  so lic ite d .

A T L A S

SOAP

Is Manufactured 

only  by

HENRY  PASSOLT, 

Saginaw,  Midi.

For general  laundry and  family 

washing  purposes.

| Only brand of first-class laundry 

soap manufactured  in the

Saginaw  Valley.

..

j  Having  new  and  largely  in­
creased  facilities  for  manu­
facturing  we  are well  prepar­
ed  to fill orders promptly and 
at most reasonable prices.

inventions,  exhibiting 

E l o q u e n t T r i b u te   t o  t h e  T r a v e le r .*
“Peace  hath  its  victories  no  less  re- 
nouned  than  war.”  Mankind  through 
all  the  ages  have  been  trying  to  make 
the  implement  of human  warfare as de­
structive as possible, so that the duration 
of  war might  be constantly diminished. 
Numerous 
the 
highest capacity of human intellect,  have 
resulted  in  the discovery of  explosives, 
and of guns from which  these explosives 
may  be hurled, which  in  their nature are 
so  destructive  at  distances so great that 
nations  shrink  from  prosecuting  war, 
and  peace  is  more  certainly  preserved 
by this  fear than  by the arts of diplomacy 
or the progress of Christianity.
During  these  years  the  same  human 
intellect  has  been  burdened  with its de­
sire to increase the implements of peace­
ful  industry in order that peace might  be 
prolonged,  and to-day the  result of these 
numerous 
inventions  has  so  reduced 
the  cost of  products needed by civilized 
man  that  his  comforts  as  well  as  his 
necessities  can  be  obtained  within  the 
scope of a  reasonable labor,  the hours of 
which  have  been shortened  somewhat in 
proportion  to  the  increase  of  his  skill. 
The world  is  also  rapidly  learning  the 
lesson  that commerce is peace;  that  trade 
is  the  life  of  growth.  Civilization  may 
be not improperly  defined  to be the  bar­
ter  of  human  products.  All  producers 
are consumers,  all sellers are purchasers, 
tie  who  buys  must  have  something  to 
sell;  he  who sells by  the  very  necessity 
of  his  climate  and  environments  must 
have  something  to  buy. 
tie  who  pro­
duces does so that someone  else may buy 
his  product,  so  that  he  may  obtain  for 
that  product  the produce  of  his  distant 
brother.  Our great advance in the means 
of  transportation  is  for  the  purpose of 
bringing  these  remote producers face  t i  
face so that the purchaser and seller may 
meet in  the accomplishment  of  a mutual 
bargain out of which each  receives  bene­
fit.  Rivers  and  mountains,  which  were 
formerly the  boundaries  of  nations  and 
marked their  limits  and  divided  people, 
are  now  the  ties  which  bind  them  to­
the  bosom  of  the  rivers 
gether.  On 
peaceful  commerce  finds  its easy outlet 
and 
the  producer 
works 
the  consumer  waits; 
while  the  mountains  give  from  their 
throbbing  breasts  the  ore  and  the  coal 
which are turned  into  the implements of 
human  industry,  and  are  the  means  of 
human progress.
In a sense  which is  real,  all  men  are 
traders  and  all  men  in  some form  mer­
chants.  That  this marvelous transmuta­
tion of  human  labor into those products 
which  are  needed  for  human  comfort 
may  be safely,  cheaply  and  successfully 
accomplished is  the  main purpose of or­
ganized  government;  and  upon  it  rests | 
the happiness,  wealth  and  prosperity  of | 
the people.  Out of  it  are  gathered  the 
accumulated  fortunes  of  our  merchant 
princes;  from  commissions  upon 
it,  in 
one  form  or  another,  the  happiness  of 
many  homes  depend.  You  are  the  ad­
vance guard of  that  great army of  com­
merce;  you  are 
the  connecting  links 
which  bind  together the traders of  com­
merce;  you  are 
the  messengers  who 
carry  from the producer to  the consumer 
the  tidings  of  all  advance  and  change; 
you  are  the  means  of  bringing  face  to 
face  the  seller  and  the  buyer;  to  you 
there  are  no barriers sufficient to  retard 
your  progresss,  or  to  prevent  the  con­
labors;  no  internal 
summation  of  your 
laws  of  states  have  been  able  to stand 
before  your  organized 
no 
ancient customs of trade prevent your suc- 
cessrbefore your march these customs flee, 
and  at  your  dictation  these laws are  re­
pealed or annulled.
to  overestimate 
the change in our modes of domestic trade 
by  the introduction  and  conduct  of the 
commercial  traveler;  but  he  was a fruit 
as  well  as a  force.  All  progress  is  an 
evolution;  all  growth  a  development, 
and  in each  stage of  this evolution  new 
agencies are  necessary  and  they  are al­
ways produced  by  their  necessity. 
It is 
for our time that  you are  needed,  and  it 
is in our day  that you  have come to stay. 
Our  peculiar  form  of  government,  our 
modes  of  trade, our enormous  stretches
•O ra tio n   b y   H on.  W .  C.  P .  B rec k en rld g e , o f  K en 
tu c k y , a t  th e  re u n io n  o f co m m ercial tra v e le rs , h eld  a t 
St.  L ouis,  Mo., O ct. 1.

It  is  hardly  possible 

inlet,  from  where 

to  where 

assaults; 

of country,  our  partially  developed  and 
developing  means  of  transportation  re- 
I quired anew  mode of bringing the buyer 
j aud  seller  together.  Out  of  this  grew 
I your  vocation. 
It  is one  which  requires 
| a  rare  combination  of  qualities.  The 
physical  energy  demanded  is  striking; 
no  weather,  no  unpleasant  forms  of 
travel,  no country  tavern, no inaccessible 
| mountain  sections,  no  overflowed  rivers 
| can  be permitted to  stand  in  the  way of 
i the  drummer.  Like  death  all  hours 
must  be  his. 
tie  must  also imitate the 
apostle  and  be all  things  to all  men  in 
order  that  thereby  he  may  gain  some, 
tie  is  the  companion  and  associate  of 
every citizen  in our  diversified  country. 
He must be as much at home in the cross­
roads of  a prairie state as  in  the cove of 
a  mountain  range, 
tie  must  kr ow  the 
elegancies  of 
the  city  merchant  and 
adapt  himself  to  the  simplicity  of  the 
hamlet  retail  dealer;  he  must  also have 
the widest information;  become  familiar 
with  the  cost  of  the  material  and  the 
production  of  all  those  things which  are 
in his line of trade,  so that  he may  at all 
times  be aware of  the value of the article 
which  he  has 
to  sell;  he  must  keep 
abreast with the state of  the  market that 
he  will neither sell to his employer’s hurt, 
nor oversell  to  his customer’s detriment. 
He  is  in  a  sense  that  is  sometimes  ob­
scured, the agent of both;  he  is  the trust­
ed  salesman of  his  employer;  he  is  the 
trusted  salesman 
to  his  customer;  he 
must  to the one  be  loyal,  to the other  be 
truthful.  This  is  simply  another form 
of  stating  that commerce  is  honest,  and 
that in every  honest trade  each  party to 
it is  benefited.  He must be something of 
a politician so as to see  what  effect legis­
lation, or the course of parties,  will have, 
so  as  to  adapt  his  sales  to  the  future. 
These are rare  qualities,  and  when  they 
do exist so as to make a commercial  trav­
eler a  leader  among  his  brethren,  they 
demonstrate that  he  would  be  fit to lead 
in  any  profession or  calling.

stagnation 

to  keep 
down 

May  I  be  permitted,  also,  to  suggest 
that there is  another side to  his vocation, 
which,  if  less  important,  is  at  least  at­
tractive and  important:  He is the visitor 
in every neighborhood  from  the  remoter 
and more  crowded  communities;  he car­
ries 
into  these  comparatively  humble 
and  inaccessible neighborhoods the news 
of the outside world; he is the  ubiquitous 
gossiper of  the republic,  who bears  like 
the  wind  the  down  of  the  thistle,  the 
light gossip of  the  whole  country,  tying 
together  by  the  pleasantry  of  his  con­
stant  narrations  every  section 
in  that 
sympathetic  bond,  which  is another form 
of  the  fellow-feeling  which  makes  ail 
the  world akin;  he is  the revealer in  the 
neighborhoods  to which  he  goes  of  the 
public opinion  upon  all  questions of  the 
outside  communities  and 
that  he 
in 
helps 
to  shape  by  his  frequent  vis­
these  com­
the  public  opinion  of 
its 
munities, 
from 
settling 
the 
hamlets, 
and to give  to the remotest  collection  of 
cottages  some  glimpse of  what  lies  on 
the  other  side  of  the  mountain,  or  be­
yond the outstretching  prairies. 
In this 
way he does perform  that  great function 
of  “ tying  the  republic 
In 
this  world  of  ours  men  are not tied  by 
bands  of  steel;  they  are  not  joined  to­
gether by cables of  iron.  The strongest 
ties are those  which  may  seem to  be the 
slightest.  Our  sympathies,  our  hopes, 
our aspirations  we suddenly  find are sim 
ilar to those of our brethren,  whose faces 
we  have  never  seen,  and  we  suddenly 
realize that they  are our brethren,  speak­
ing not  merely the same language in that | 
it is  English,  but  the  same  language  in 
that it is  pregnant  with  the same  loves, 
redolent  with  the  aroma  of  the  same 
hopes,  and  thrilling with  the same pious 
reverence  for  the  Divine  Jehovah;  and 
you carry  into  countless  homes  the fra­
grance and  the beauty of  other countless | 
homes,  making  between  these  distant 
homes 
though  seemingly 
slight,  are never broken.

ties  which, 

together.” 

upon 

You  are  an  army  of  volunteers,  each 
enlists of  his  own  option,  but  you  soon 
become  disciplined  soldiers,  and  your j 
discipline  gained  on 
the  road  in  the 
multiform  varieties of duties  which  you 
are  compelled  to  execute,  fits  you  for 
any form of employment in  your lines of 
business;  so  that  out of  your  ranks are !

M i c h i g a n  C e n t r a l

“  The Niagara, Falls Route/*

DEPA RT.  ARRIVE
D e tro it E x p re ss.......................................  7:00 a m   1ft  00 p  m
4 :30  p m
M ixed 
........................................................7;0& am  
D ay  E x p re ss...........................................  1:20 p m   10:00 a  m
•A tla n tic  A  Pacific E x p re ss...............  1:00 p m 
8:00 a m
New Y ork E x p ress................................. 5:40 p m  10:45 p m

•D aily.
A ll o th e r d a ily  ex c ep t Sunday.
S leeping  c a rs  ru n   on  A tlan tic  an d   Pacific  E xpress 
tr a in s  to  an d  fro m   D etroit.
E hegant  p a r lo r  ca rs  lea v e G rand  R apids on D e tro it 
E x p re ss a t  7 a. m ..  re tu r n in g   lea v e  D e tro it  4:45 p .m . 
a r riv e  in  G rand  R apids 10 p.  m.

F red M. Rrio o s, G en'l A g en t. 85 M onroe 8t.
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 uoolrs  G. P .  A   T. A g e n t.,C h ica g o .

TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN   EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

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

10 20am
11 25am
12 17pm 
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm
3 45pm
5 50pm 
305pm
4 05pm

6 50am
7 45am
8 30am
9 05am
10 50am
11 30am
10 05am
12 05pm
10 53am
11  50am
WESTWARD.

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm
6 Oopui 
8  Opm 
8 37pm 
7 15pm 
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

11 00pm
12 42am
2 00am
3 10am
6 4< am
7 15am 
5 40am 
7 30am 
5 37am 
7 00am

T rains Leave
Lv.  Chicago__
Lv.  M ilw aukee. 
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
I o u ia .............A r
St.  Johns  ...A r
.......Ar
O w o s sd  
E.  S aginaw ..A r
Bay C ity .......Ar
F lin t  —   ... Ar 
Pt.  H u ro n ...A r
P o n tia c ........ Ar
D etroit...........Ar

T rains Leave

Lv. D e tr o it......................
G’d Rapids,  L v ............
G’d H aven,  A r ...........
Milw’keeS tr  “ 
.......
Chicago Str.  “

*No. 81 tN o. 11 tN o. 13
10 5i -am
10 45pm
7 05am
5  10pm
8 25am
6  15pm

6  50am
1  oOpm
2  10pm

♦Daily. 

tD aily except Sunday.

T rains arive from  the e a st,6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 
5:00 p.  m. and  10:00 p. m.
T rains  arrive  from   the west,  10:10a. m., 3:15 
p.m. and 9:45  p. m.
E astw ard—No.  14  has  W agner  P arlcr  Buffet 
car.  No.  18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 W agner  Sleeper.
W estward — No.  81  W agner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No.  15 W agner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W.  Loud, Traffic Manager.
Ben F l e t c h e r , Trav.  Pass. Agent.
J a s .  C a m p b e l l , City Ticket Agent.

23 M onroe Street.

15

G r a n d   R a p id a   St I n d ia n a . 
S chedule  in  effec t  S ep tem b er 25, 1892.

S outh.
N orth.
F o r C adillac  a n d  S a g in a w ____
6:15 a  ra
7:20 a  m
F o r T ra v erse C ity  A  M ackinaw
9:00 a  m
1:10 p  m
F o r C adillac and  S a g in a w ..........
1:80 p m
4:16 p in
F o r  P etoskey A  M ac k in a w ........
8:10 p m
10:10  p  m
F ro m  C hicago a n d   K alam azoo.
8:35 p   ra 
T ra in  a rriv in g   fro m   so u th  a t  6:15 a  l 
6:16 a  m an d   9:00 a  m
d aily .  O th ers tra in s  d aily  ex c ep t Sunday.

TRA INS  OOINO  SO U TH .
A rrive fro m   L eave g o in g  
N orth.
N orth
S outh. '
F o r  C in c in n a ti................................  6:30 a
...  6:30 a m
7:00  a m
F o r K alam azo o  an d   C hicago 
10  05  a m
F o r F o rt W ayne an d  th e   E a st
t . .  11:50 a  m
2:00  p m
F o r  C in c in n a ti................  
 
r
 
.. 
6:00  p m
t>:Io p ni
F or K alam azoo  A  C h ic ag o ........l l : 00p
...  11  00 p  m 
11:20 p  m
F rom  S ag in aw ..................................  II :50 a
...  11:50 a m  
F rom  S a g in a w .................................   11:00 p
...  11  00 p  m
T ra in   le a v in g   so u th   a t   11 ;20 p. 
-20 p.  m.  ru n s 
o th e r  tr a in s   d aily  ex c ep t Sunday
iday.

d a ily ;  a ll

SLEEPING  A   PARLOR  CAR  8ERV1CE. 

N O R T H

1 :1 0   p  in   tr a in   h as  p a rlo r  c a r  G ran d  
R apids to  P eto sk ey  an d  M ackinaw .
1 0 :1 0   p   m   tr a i n . —S leeping  c a r   G rand 
R apids  to   P eto sk ey  an d  M ackinaw .

S O U T H —7 :0 0  a m  t r a i n . - P a r lo r  c h a ir c a r G rand 
R apids to  C incinnati.
10 :0 5   a  m   tr a in .—W a g n e r  P a rlo r  C ar 
G rand R apids  to   C hicago.
6 :0 0   p  ill  tr a in .—W a g n e r S leeping  C ar 
G ran d   R apids to  C in c in n ati. 
i l ; 2 0   p  in  tr a in . —W a g n e r S leeping C ar 
G ran d  R apids to  C hicago.

C h ic a g o   v ia  G .  R .  &  I.  R .  R .

10:06 a m  
3:35 p m  

Lv G ran d   R apids 
A rr C hicago 

11:20 p m  
6  5 0 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  tra in  d aily , th ro n g h   W ag n er  Sleeping C ar. 
10:10 p m
6:50  a m
10:10 p  m 

3:10 p m  
Lv  C hicago 
A rr G ran d  R apids 
3  3 5 p m  
3:10  p  m  th ro u g h   W a g n er  P a rlo r  C ar. 
tra in  d aily , th ro u g h  W a g n er S leeping C ar.

0:00 p m  
9:00 p m  

7:C5am 
1:50 pm  

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

F o r M uskegon—Leave. 

F rom  M uskegon—A rriv e

6:55  a  m 
11:25  a  m 
5:30  p m 

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

D unday tra in   leaves  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 m   leaves  M uske 
g o n  a t   4  30 p m , a rriv in g  a t  G sand  R apids a t   5:45 p m .
T h ro u g h  tic k e ts an d  full in fo rm a tio n   can  be h ad  by 
c a llin g  upon A. A lin q u ist,  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 et  A gent, 67 
M onroe s tre e t. G ran d  R apids, Mich.

G eneral  P a sse n g e r an d  T ick e t A gent.

C. L. LOCKWOOD.

CHICAGO

A NI*  W K S I  M IC H IG A N   R ’f .  

GOING  T o   CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS.........8:50am  1:25pm  *11:55pm
Ar. CHICAGO 
.............3:33pm  8:45pm  *7:05am

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. CH ICA G O .............9:00nm  5:25pm  *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D  RAPIDS.......3:55pm  10:4  pm  *7:05am
TO  AND  FROM  BENTON  H A R B O R ,  3T  JO S E P H   AND 
IN D IA N A PO LIS.
Lv. G  R .......... 8:50am  1:25pm 
Ar.  O R  
.........*6:10am  3 '55pm 

............*11:35pm
..........  10:45pm

TO  AND  FROM  M UsK EO O N .

Lv. G. R  ..........   8:50am  1:25pm  5:35pm  6:30pm
Ar.  G.  R ......................... 10:45am  3:55pm  5:2i'pm

TR A V ER SE  CITY.  M ANISTEE  A  PETO SK EY .

Lv.  G  R ..............................................7:30am  5:35pm
Ar.  M anistee 
..........................12:20pm  10:24pm
Ar.  T raverse C ity ..........................12:35pm 10:5»pm
............................. 2:55pm 
....
Ar.  Charlevoix 
Ar.  P e to s k e y ..................................3:30pm  ...............
ll:00  p  m. ;  from 
Traverse City  11:50 a m, 10:00 p m.

Ar.  from   Petoskey.  etc., 

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

pm, leave Chicago 5:25 p m.
pm;  leave  Chicago  * il:I5  p m .

W agner  Parlor Cars  Leave G rand  Rapids 1:25 
W agner  Sleepers—Leave  G rand  Rapids *11:35 
F ree Chair Car for M anistee 5:35 p m.
♦Every day. 

tE xcept Saturday.  O ther trains 

week days only.

DETROIT,

L A N S IN G   &  N O R T H E R N   R .  R .

GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv. G  R —   7:00am  *1:25pm  5:40pm  *11:30pm 
Ar.  D E T ..  . li:50am   *5:25pm  10:35pm  *7:30am

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv.  DETR  ...  7:50am  *1:35pm  5:15pm  *11:00pm 
Ar. G  R ...........12:55pm  *5:25pm  10:20pm  *7:0'am

TO  AND  FROM   SA OINAW ,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LO U IS.

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

TO  LOW ELL  VIA  LOW ELL  A   HASTINGS  R .  R.

Lv. G rand  R apids............ 7 :00am  1:25pm  5:40pm
Ar. from  Low ell................12:55pm  5:25pm  ............

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Parlor  Cars on all  day  trains  between  G rand 
Rapids and  Detroit.  W agner Sleepers  on  night 
trains  Parlor cars to Saginaw on m orning train. 

•Every d a ,,  o th e r trains  week days only.

GEO.  DeHAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t.

T o le d o ,  A n n   A r b o r   St  N o r th   M ic h ig a n  

R a ilw a y .

In  connection  w ith 

the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
N orthern or Detroit, G rand Haven & M ilwauk  e 
offers  a  route  m aking  the  best  tim e  betwe  n 
G rand R apids and Toledo.
Lv. G rand  Rapids a t .......7: ¡5 a. m  and  1:0fl p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t ..............   12:55 p.  m. and 10:20 p. m.
L v.G rand Rapids a t .......6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t ................ 12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.

VIA  d „  s .   h .  & M.

VIA D., L.  A  N.

R eturn connections equally as good.

W. ,H.  B e n n e t t ,  G eneral Pass. Agent, 

Toledo, Ohio.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

B A R C U S   BRO S.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF  CIRCULAR

Equalled by few  and  excelled  by none.  All  onr  saws  are  m ade of  th e  best  steel  by th e  mose 
skil  ful  w orkm en  and  all  saw«  w arranted.  B urnt  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  w ith  good  work.  Lum ber  saws  fitted  up ready for use 
w ithout ex tra charge.  No charge for boxing or drayage.  W rits -or prices and discounts.
M IC H I G A N .

M U S K E G O N ,  

-  

TH E  DOG,

M a n ’s  F a i t h f u l   F r i e n d ,

Should have some attention  paid  him  in  the  way  of  fitting dress,  and  the eollar is 
the  principle  thing,  as a neat one will  make a iwo-dollar  mongrel hold  his head  as 
'high  as  a  five-huudred  dollar  thoroughbred.  There  is  hardly  a  style of  collar 
known  to thedog world  but  that  we  have.  Sma  1  ones  for diminutive specimens,
medium  size  for ordinary canines,  large ones  for the  giant dogs.  We have them  in

nickel,  steel  and  all  kinds of  leather.  Also  dog whips,  dog  leaders,  dog  muzzles, 
dog  harnesses, dog  food, dog  medicine,  dog  calls.  Everything  that will  serve to 
make  your  dog  feel  well,  act  well,  look  well  and  be well,  you  will  find  in our 
Sporting Goods Department.

íister& tevehs

16

its  wiser  men  become 

constantly  recruited  the  merchant,  the 
manufacturer,  who  build  up  our  great 
industries.
Your  influence  is  wholly  for  good. 
War  leaves  much  that  is deplorable be- 
hind.  The  commerce  of  peace  always  j 
tends upward.  By  processes of elimina­
tion  its  better  men  gradually  go  to the 
front; 
leaders; 
those who love  their  kind  unconsciously 
rise  to  eminence. 
Individual  instances 
might  seem  to  render  this  untrue,  but 
they  are the  exceptions.  Day  by  day  as 
the 200,000 and  more of commercial  trav­
elers who  help to  bring about  what trade 
has accomplished in America, busy them­
selves in  this unique  aud  honorable  vo­
cation,  the  world  grows  better in  part by 
them.  Your  profession  becomes  more 
honorable,  your own  public opinion as to 
the  conduct  of  your members becomes 
higher and  more  peremptory,  as you  re­
quire of  your brethren  purer  lives,  hon- 
ester methods,  a higher standard of com­
mercial morality,  aud you  constantly  aid 
in  elevating  these  better  methods;  and 
this  is  why  1  have  felt  that  your iuvita- 
tion  to come and mingle  with  you  was an 
honor  not  to  be  lightly  rejected.  Not 
the 5,000  who  are  members  of  your so­
ciety only  were in my mind as  1  received 
the  invitation  of  your  president,  but  1 
saw  that great army of over 200.000  brav­
ing the  storms of  winter  and  submitting 
to the heats of summer  carrying  in  their 
hands the  produce of  human  sweat,  and 
tying  the  distant  communities  together 
by the interchange of  necessities;  break­
ing  down  the  barriers  of  climatic  and 
other  influences;  making  all  mankind 
akin  by  giving  to each  a something that 
bad  been  produced  by  others;  and  be­
hind them  I  saw the toiling millions who 
had  produced  the  products  which  they 
were selling;  and  on  the  other  side the 
happy homes  into which  were  being car­
ried  through  your means that which gave 
to  those  homes  wealth,  prosperity  and 
happiness.

F r o m  O u t o f  T o w n .
re c e iv e d  

C a lls  

h a v e   b e e n  

a t  T h e  
T r a d e s m a n   office  d u r in g   th e   p a st  w eek 
fro m   th e   fo llo w in g   g e n tle m e n   in   tr a d e .

The C entury  M agazine in 1893.

It  would  be  hard  for  a  person  who j 
cares for  good  reading to make  a  better 
investment  than  a year’s  subscription  to 
The Century Magazine.  No region  is too 
remote,  no  expense  too  great,  if  it  will 
only  produce  what  the Century's readers 
want.  This  is the  policy  that  has  made 
it,  as the  Pall  Mali  Budget,  of  London, 
says,  ‘'By far the  best of  the  magazines, 
English or  American.”
The  November  number  begins a new 
volume and contains the first chapters of 
a powerful  novel of  New  York  society, 
called  “Sweet  Bells  Out of  Tune,” writ­
ten  by  Mrs.  Burton  Harrison,  the  author i 
of  ‘“The  Anglomaniacs.” 
In  this  story 
the  fashionable  wedding,  the  occupants 
of  the  boxes  in  the  Metropolitan Opera 
House,  the  “ smart  set”  in  -the  country 
house  are  faithfully  reflected,  aud  the 
illustrations  by  Charles  Dana  Gibson, 
Life’s  well  known cartoonist,  are as bril­
liant as tbe novel.
In this  November number  begins  also 
a  great  series of  papers  on  “The  Bible 
and  Science,”  opening  with  “ Does  the 
Bible contain Scientific Errors?”  by Prof. 
Shields,  of  Princeton,  who takes decided 
ground  that tbe  Bible does  not  contain 
scientific errors of any  moment,  and  who 
most  interestingly states  the  case  from 
his point of  view.  Other articles in this 
series  will  include  one  in  the  December 
(Christmas)  number.  “ Tbe  Effect  of 
Scientific Study  upon  Religious  Beliefs.” 
An  important  series  of  letters  that 
passed  between General Sherman aud  his 
brother  Senator  John  Sbermau  is  also 
printed  in  November,  which number con­
tains  also  contributions  from  the  most 
distinguished  writers,  including  au  arti­
cle by  James  Russell  Lowell,  which  was 
not  quite  completed  at  the  time of  his 
death.  The  suggestion  which  Bishop 
Potter makes  in  the  November  Century 
as to what could  be done with the  World’s 
Fair  if  it  were opened  on  Sunday,  is one 
which  seems the most  practical  solution 
of the problem  yet offered.
The December  Century is to be  a great 
Chri>tmas  num ber— full  of  Christmas 
stories. Christmas  poems,  and  Christmas 
pictures—and  in  it  will  begin  the  first 
chapters of  a  striking  novel  of  life  in 
Colorado,  “ Benefits  Forgot,”  by  Wolcott 
Balestier,  who  wrote  “ The  Naulahka” 
with  Kudyard  Kipling.
Papers on  good  roads,  the  new educa­
tional  methods,  and  city government are 
soon  to  come.

Four dollars  will  bring you this splen­
did  magazine for one  year,  and certainly 
no cultivated  home can  afford  to be  with­
out  it.  Subscribers  can  remit  diiectly 
to the  publishers.  The  Century  C».,  33 
East  17th  St.,  New  York.  They should 
begin  with  November,  and  so  get  first 
chapters  of  all 
the  serials,  including 
“Sweet Bells Out of Tune.”

Plant & Squier.  Coopersville.
H.  M.  Dodge.  Saranac.
S. J.  Martin,  Farwell.
Geo.  E.  Burley.  Canada  Corners.
Jas.  Gleason.  Volney.
Carrington  & North.  T ren t
N.  Bouma,  Fisher Station.
Thos.  H.  Atkins.  West Carlisle.
John  H.  Westover,  Fruitport.
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Sugar  Card.

The retail price of granulated sugar in 

this city is now as follows:
18  lbs 
.................................................................Si  o*
9  “  
.................................................................  
50
u6
Less q uantity, per lb .......................................... 

Molasses. 

Sw eeter  b y   fa r   tha n  t h e  
Are  o u r   S y r u p s ,

sw eetest  of  sw eets 

E. J. GILLIES & CO., 

Refiners of Pure Sugar Goods. 

J  P .  V I S N E R ,   A gt.,

167  N.  I o n i a   S t ,  G r a n d   R a p i d s .

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Hides, Furs, W ool & Tallow,

D E A L E R S  IN

NOS.  182  and  .2 4   LOUIS  ST R E E T . O R A N D   R A P ID S .  M IC H IG A N .

WE  CARR7  A   STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOB  MILL  USB.

Spring <£  Company 9

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IS

R ib b o n s, 

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

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

assorted stock at lowest  market  prices.

Spring & Company.

R IN D G E ,  K A LM BA CH   &  CO.. 

12,14,16 Pearl St.,

M anufacturers  of  the  Best 
V earin g  Shoes  in  the  m ar­
ket
Our specialties are  Men’s, 
Boys’  and  Youths’

HARD  PAN,

MECHANIC  BALS,

HUSTLERS,

and our Celebrated

VEAL  CALF

Line.  Try them .

A gents for the Boston  R ub­
ber sh o e Co.

H e y m a n   &  C om p an y.

M a n u fa c tu r e r s   o f

Slow  Cases

Of  Every  Description.

First-Glass  Work  Only.
WRITE FOR  PRICES.
-  G R A N D   R A P ID S

0 3   an d   6 8  C an al  S t . 

U

  k  CO.,
VOIGT, H
Dry  Goods,  Garpets  and  Cloaks

W H O L E S A L E

B

W e  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

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

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Glass  Covers  for  Biscuits.
¡9

’T ’HESE  chests  will 

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

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

O 'kUR new glass covers  are by far the 

NEW   NOVELTIES

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CREAM  CRISP. 

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

the best selling cakes  we ever made.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

S. A. Sears, Mgr. 

GRA \D   RAPIDS.

HERCULES POWDER

SEND

FOB

DESCRIPTIVE

p a m p h l e t . 

t U c

Stomp before ft blast.  I Fragments after a blast.

STRONGEST 11J M ST M O SIV I
POW DER, FUSE, CAPS,
E l e c t r i c  M i n i n g  G o o d s

S L u o w x t   t o   t l i e   A r t s ,

AND  AT.T. TOOLS f o b  b t u m p  b l a s t in g ,

FO B  8 A 1,0  B Y   T H E

H E R C U L E S   P O W D ER   C O M P A N Y .
j .   W .   W I L L A R D ,   M a n a g e r .

40  Prospect  S treet,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 

B Z i n O U Z j l S B ,
THB BBaAT STUMP AND BOCK
ANNIHILATOR

Agents  forWestern Michigan.

W RITE  FOR  PRICES

Y ou  can   t a k e   y o u r   c h o ic e

BEST  FLST  OPENING  BLANK  BOOKS

O F   T W O   O F   T H E

In the  M arket.  Cost no  niore than the O ld Style  Boobs.  W rite for prices.

GRAND  RAPIDS  BOOK  BINDING  CO.,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Voigt, H orplsM ir 

k Go.,48, era® !  r " ; ^  st-

89 Pearl St., Houseman Blk. 

Assorted  Packages  of  Holiday  Goods.

- V  

J  

v

Send for our Holiday Catalogue  No  109, for illustrations and prices of

D re ssin g   C ases,  Iro n  

W o o d   T o y s,  A lb u m s, 

W o r k   B oxes,  C h ild re n ’s  F u rn itu re .

Notice carefully tlie  assorted  packages of  the  most  staple lines of  Holiday  Goods,  not  possible to  be  properly  shown  by  cata­
logue.  These assortments  are similar to those  we  have sold  for so  many years  in  the  past, and  contain  only the  best selections 
from  every  line of  Christmas  Goods,  everything  being  new  goods especially  purchased  for this  season’s  business.

if  possible,  call  and  see our  display—our  unequalled  display of  Dinner  Sets,  Lamps,  Hanquet  Lamps,  Library  Lamps, 

Parlor  Lamps,  China Cups and  Saucers,  China  Novelties,  Austrian  Glassware,  Fruit  Plates,  New  American  Glass,  Etc.

ASSORTED  by,  92

Fancy Goods

 

 

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“ 
“ 

— ------ 

r —v ------* 

 
 
 
. . . .  

“   “  
“   “  
“ 
“   *• 

“ 
“  
“  gilt 
" 

...........................   4  25  1  06 
“  

50 
85 
fancy  decrd m ugs........................  2  25 

 
•* 
 
“  Child’s dec a  teas........... 
90 
“ open dec cups  and  saucers...........  1  40 
“  
“  
“ 
“ 

Half  doz.  Holland  ptd  teas  *4  bl  q  b n ... .S  80  $  40
—  
-  
One 
............ 
45
70
Half 
“ 
.............   2  00  1 00
2  25  1  13
 
“ 
“  
3  25  1 62
“  
•* 
 
Qr. 
“ 
4  25  1 06
 
50
One  “  A B C  child’s  plts-pictures 
Half doz asst 3 color plate sets....................  1  00 
80  1
“  luster  plate se ts............................   2  50 
Qr. 
62  j
**  decrd 
“ 
j
“  bread  and  m ilk....................   4  50  1  14  |
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
7  25  1  81  I
“ 
25
Half  “  C C picture m ugs............................ 
“  decrd  mugs......................................  
42
“  partn shaving m ugs......................  2  00  1  00  !
l  13
“ 
“ moustach decrd  cotfees.................   2  25  1  12
3  00  1 50
“ 
“ 
l 00
4  00 
“ 
6  00  1 50
1  50
“ 
1  00
“  asst glass  baskets.........................   2  25 
75
71
..........................  4  25 
Sixth  ** 
“ 
Half  “ 
“  decrd  vases.........................  
85 
43
sixth  “ 
“  .........................   2  25 
37
Three doz asst china  toys and  whistles... 
40  1  20
One 
80
toothpick  holders...................... 
83
“  Smoking Bet........................................... 
“ 
“  .........................................  
40
60
67
55
45
90

“ 
“ 
“ 
“  
Qtr. 
“ 
One doz.  fruit  plates,  asst  ......................... 
“  ...........................  
“  

Qr.  doz toy decrd tea sets 
Sixth  “ 
One toy decrd tea se t..................................... 
One doz dressed  china babies........................ 
limb dolls.........................  
Half doz  bisque dressed  dolls.....................   2  25  1  13  I
......................   2  50  1  25  I
.......................  4  50  2  25
2  15

“   “ 
“  “  washbl 
................... 

.......................   1  40 
4  00 

One doz  pertnine...... ......................  

“ 
“ 
“ 
“  

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

**  “ 

“  
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
‘ 

*• 
“ 

*• 

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10  per  cent, discount.............................  

Package  and  cartage.............................  

38  14  I
3  81  I
34  33
50
34  83

ASSORTED 

-

T I N   T O Y S .

One doz  Trum pets...............

 

 

“ 
“ 

“  kitchen  sets....................  

“  doz musical  toys................................... 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“  doz  asst c a r t s ....................................... 

tops..................................  
 
•* 
“ 
“  ............................... 
“   “ 
 
“  “ 
rattles..............................................  
“  “ 
locom otives....................................  
“  “  asst w agons..... ............................... 
“   “  144  trains......................................... 
“ 

Qtr  “  asst anim als.....................................  2  00 
One mechanical express  w agon..................  i  75 
twelfth doz tin  train ...........................   2  25 
“  mechanical  engine..........  4  75 
“  cable  cars..........................  2  00 

35
75
40
85
45
75
80
50
15
85
18
40
17
75
Half  “  stables.............................................  2  00  l  00
 
Sixth  •• 
4  00 
66
One twelfth  do/,  kitchens.............................   4  25 
35
18
“ 
............................. 2  15 
“  
“ 
“  half 
.............................  
42 
21
16
“  twelfth  “  clowns................................   i  85 
“  circus  riders.....................  l  85 
“ 
“ 
15
75 
38
“  asst  toys............................  
“  half 
“ 
“ 
“  mechanical clowns..........   1  50 
75
35
“  doz drum banks....................................  
12  69
126
11  43

10 per cent,  discount.............................  
Package and cartage  free. 

“ 
“ 

•• 

 

 

Assortment No  25 

GAMES  TO  RETAIL  FOR  25c.

One dozeii  in  a Package.

Game of Tommy  Towns  visit to the Country. 

Fortune Telling.
“ 
“  When  My Ship Comes  In.
Army Tents and  tfnlnters.
“ 
“  
Cuckoo.
Base  Ball.
“ 
King and  Queens.
Steeple Chase.
“ 
Luck.
“ 
Jack  S tra w s .
*■ 
“ 
Tiddledy  Winks.
“  
Fish  Pond.

Net per package of  1  doz............2  00

Assorted Package

DECORATED  CUPS  and  SAUCERS.

“  
“  

"  
“  
"   *........................  
”  “ 
Half  “ 
**  *‘ 
Qtr 
Sixth doz  “ 
Half 
" 
••  *• 
Qtr 
“ 

One doz decrd  teas,  flowers and  m ottos... 
------ 
-----  
bands and  g ilt............ 

75
............................ 
1  00
“  
1  50
2  00
“ 
••  open  coffees asst..................  2  75  1  38
......................................................  4  00  2  00
..................... 
..................  6  00  1  50
“ 
..................  9  00  1  50
1 00
“   moustach  coffees asst...........  2  00 
“ 
 
75
3 0 0  
1 69
..........   6  75 
“ 
15  07
25

Package................................................. 

“ 
•• 
*• 
“ 

“ 

“ 

 

Assorted  Package  Dolls.

 

“ 

65 
 

“  dressed dolls................  

One doz white china b a b e s............................ 
H l f ................................. 
.......................  
One 
Hlf  “ 
% 
“  
One-twelfth  doz dressed  fancy  jtd d o lis..  4  25 
..  6  00 
..  8  50 
7  50 
80 

so
33
88
“  asst........'..................  2  00  1  00
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27  in  “ ..........   6  00  2  00
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Assortment No. 10 

GAMES  TO  RETAIL  FOR  10c.

11  02
20

11  22

One Dozen  in  a Package.

Game of Matrimony.

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Authors.
Peter Coddle’s trip to New York.
Tiddledy  Winks.
Familiar Quotations.
Hlppity  Hop.
C ricket  on  th e   H earth .
Bound  the  World  Joe.
Kan  Yu  l)u  It.
Old  Maid.

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“  We  Found  McGinty.

Dissected  Picture  Puzzle.
Net  per  package of  1  dozen........75c.

H. LEO N A RD  & SONS,

134  to  140  F u lto n   St.,  G ra n d   R a p id s.

