Pnblished Weekly.___________________ THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS._______________________ $1  Per  Year.

VOL.  10. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  NOVEMBER  23,  1892. 

NO.  479

G.  S .  BROWN,

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

Foreign  anil  Domestic  Frilits  and  Vegetables,
Oranges,  Bananas  and  Early  Vegetables  a  Speeialty.

Send for quotations. 
WHITE FOK PR IC ES  ON 
■ 
|   " LmmJ  L_  L i 
m.  J 1 

■  ■ ■ ■  
I I  

1 

1.  J l 

b

L . 

24-26 No  Division St.

A M ER IC A N  

  Wisconsin,  Ohio and  Michigan make,

IM PO RTED

H. E. MOSELEY & CO.  \  II K   1  P “ 
\ /   1  1 \ J  P-1  1  *1  ■■ 
V  1  1  m  Lmmi 

45 South  Division 8t., 

GRAND  RAPID8, 

Limburtrer.  Swiss.  Froinaee  de  Brie.
D’Isigny, Camembert, N eufchatel and 
Caprera.  Also our  XXXX O rchard.
A   D
#  1 1  1

MICH. 

D o n ’t   Forget  when  ordering

- 

ja   m 

|  

NUTS,  FIGS, (  

j/ \

m   m
 | \ |   |  

)   Y   DATE8’ ET0,

*
To call ob or address

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

Special pains  taken w ith frn lt  orders.

THE  GREEN  8EÄL  GIGÄR

Is the Most Desirable for M erchants to H andle because

IT  IS  STAPLE  AND  WILL  FIT  ANY  PURCHASER. 

Retails for 10 cents, 3 for 25 cents.

8end Tonr W holesaler an Order.

N o   R r a n d   o f   'T en   C e n t

CIGARS  c o “ i ™ ES  G

»

F

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

We  now  have  a  full  line  of  Wales

Dealers are cordially invited to send in 

to  which  we  promise  our  ;

mail 

HEROLD-BERTSCH  SHOE  CO.

OUR  HOLIDAY  CATALOGUE  NOW  READY. 

Send  for  it!

Bugs, Hassocks, Blacking Cases, Foot Rests
SMITH  i  SANFORD,  68  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids.
MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  OO.,

C a r p e t   S w e e p e r s .

Successor*  to

M u s k b c o h   C r a c k e r   C o .,

CRACKERS,  BISCUITS  e>  SWEET  600DS.

H A R R Y   FOX,  M anager.

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PA ID   TO  H A IL   ORDERS.

M USKEGON,  M IOH.

p g g   A M
A  
I  M  1  
■ ■ ■   m  % 
A A   1  ^ k l  ■ 
1  
i 
i H l f  

 
1 
I ^ L   1 
m l   m  

I

m 

If you have any beans and want to sell, 
we want them, will  give you full  mar 
ket  price.  Send  them  to  us  In  any 
quantity  np to car  loads, we want 1000 
bushels dally.

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

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

9 North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

C .   N .   R A P P   S i   C O . .
WHOLESALE  FRUITS 
PRODUGE,
T R I   I M K ^   martinmaier& co,

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

1 1 1  

I N I  

M A N U FA CTU RERS
113-115-117  Twelfth  St.,  DETROIT,  MICH.

BEST  MADE,  BEST  SELLING  GOODS. 

riONEER  HOUSE. 

LOWEST  PRICES. 

LARGEST  ASSORTMENT. 

LJ  i \  i  * WT 

1  "J 

A
#  1

T E L FE R   SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS OF

Spices  and  B aking  P ow der,  and  Jobbers  of 

Teas, Coffees and G rocers’ Sundries.

1 and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

.
s
n
o
i
t
a
t
o
u
Q

 
e
e
S

STANDARD  OIL  CO., BALL

Wholesale 
Grocers•

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

D EA LER S  IN ’

Ulum inating  and  Lubricating

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office,  Hawkins Block. 

Works, Butterworth Ave.

ÍVSAND RAPIDS, 
3IG RAPIDS, 
ALLEGAN,

BULK.  W ORKS  AT

MUSKEGON. 
GRAND HAVEN, 
HOWARD  CITY,

MANISTEE,

PET O SK EY ,

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR

CADILLAC,
LUDINGTON.

EMPTY  CARBON  i  GASOLI*"7  BARRELS.

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

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

T he BREAD
R aiser

SUPPLANTS BAKING POWDER
Fosfon Chemical Co., Detroit, M ichigan. 

SOLD  BY ALL  RELIABLE  GROCERS.

BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR.

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

GENUINE  OLD-FASHIONED  FLAVOR.

Our  customers of  previous  years  know whereof  we speak 
and from others we  solicit  a trial  order.  Present price $4.50 
per bbl. in  paper £ and  1-16 sacks.

THE  WAISHDEROO  MILLING  CO.,

Correspondence Solicited. 

HOLLAND,  MICH

BARNHART

PUTMAN  CO.

gRkND]

JOBBER  OF

F.  J.  D E T T E N T H A L E R
OYSTERS
POULTRY 1  GAME

Salt Fish

Mail Orders Receive Prompt  Attention. 

See quotations in another columns

CONSIGNMENTS  OP  ALL  KINDS  OP  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED

Who  urges  you  to  keep

S a p o l i o ?

'The Public l

By  splendid  and  expensive  ad v ertisin g   the  m anufacturers  create* a  
dem and,  and  only  ask  th e   trade  to  keep  th e   goods  in  stock  so  as  to  supply 
the  o rders  sent  to  them .  W ith o u t  effort  on  the  grocer’s  p a rt  th e   goods 
sell  them selves,  b rin g   purchasers  to  the  store,  and  help  sell  less  know n 
goods.

Any Jobber will be Glad to Fill Your Orders.

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

Wholesale  Grocers

Grand  Rapids.

*  

«

►  *

A 

■*

»  r

V I   *

>  V

*■  *   « MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

GLAND  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBEL  23,  1892.

NO.  479

VOL. 10.

.TH E

FIRE 
I NS. 
CO.
SAFE.
T.  Stew art W h ite,  Pres’t. 

CONSERVATIVE, 

w   j

w

PROMPT, 

W. F r ed Mc Ba in , Sec’v.

Tlie Bradstreet Mercantile Apscy.
Execntive  Offices, 279,281,283  Broadway, N.Y

The B radstreet  Company, Props.

CHARLES  F.  CLARK,  Pres.

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

Grand  Rapids  Office,  Room  4,  Widdicomb  Bldg.

HENRY  ROYCE,  Snpt.

CO M M ERCIAL  C R E D IT   CO

Union Credit Co.

Successor  to  Cooper  Commercial  Agency  and 
Commercial  reports  and  current  collections 
receive  prompt  and  careful  attention.  Your 
patronage respectfully solicited.
Telephones 166 and 1030. 
Office, 65 Monroe St. 
L.  J.  STEVENSON, 
C.  A.  Cl'MINGS,

C.  E.  BLOCK.

About December 1 we  shall  send a thermome­
ter to each of our customers.  Being desirous of 
adding  to their  number,  we  will  send  one  to 
any dealer  who Is not  now a customer  and will 
send us  an order  before  Jan. 1,1893,  providing 
he  mentions  seeing  our  advertisement  in  this 
paper.

Send in your order now for

For  The  Baby 

ifVYYVYYy'S

Ge tThG

^ade“S0ULI ETTA"

Children’s  Footwear,  Overgaiters,  Lambs- 
wool Soles, Shoe Laces, Brushes, Dressings, 
Blackings, or any other Shoe Store supplies 
you may need.

BIRTH,  KRAUSE  &  CO.,

12-14  LYON  ST. 

GRAND  R.4PIDS.
r —   P ER   BOOK 
o f —
T ents  ^
^ —   100  LEA V ES

™BARL0WS Çfeüè’ïSS

(Fortracing delayed Freight Shipments)
---------------- f r   Pat.  Manifold
J  TELEG RAM S
“Western ünion"ûr“PostaCLin es
Sent Prepaid  for  above  Price, 

or. will  Send  Samples. 

BARLOW  BROS.,GRAND  RAPIDS,MICH.
i.  J.  SHELLMAN,  Scientific Optician,  S5 Monroe Street.

its

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

BUY  THE  PENINSULAR
Pants,  Slits,  and  Overalls

Once and You are our Customer 

for life.

STANTON, MOREY & C0„ Mtrs.

DETROIT,  MICH.

Geo. F. Owen, Salesman for Western  Michigan, 

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

OLD  ANGELINE.

Romantic Life of the Princess of Seattle.
Old Angeline was sitting  in her cabin, 
looking out upon the sea,  in  that portion 
of Seattle known as “ Shantytown.”  What 
blemish on  this  fair  and  growing city  is 
that  particular  locality,  where scores  of 
shanties,  lean-tos, sheds, holding a heter­
ogeneous  mass of humanity, are huddled 
together—little  children  with old  faces, 
unkempt  men  and  women,  dirty  dogs, 
stray  cats,  the  sewage  from  unclean 
sewers pouring down  contagion and  filth, 
moral  and  physical  ill-being—all  down 
that  hillside  where 
tumble-down 
dwellings  are  piled  in  many  cases  one 
over  another.

the 

Angeline had  seen  it all,  was  familiar 
to and  with  it  all,  for  many  years.  Ef­
forts had been  made  to  civilize  her,  to 
bring her into different  ways and  condi­
tions, but the rugged lines of her tanned, 
weather-beaten  Indian  visage grew more 
set  and  scornful  and  stolid  with  each 
succeeding effort,  until  the task was giv­
en up in despair;  and  for  years  past she 
has enjoyed  unmolested  freedom—going 
and coming when she  chooses,  affiliating 
with  no  one.  She  spends  much of  her 
time in the  tireless  watching of  the sea, 
which  seems  to  soothe  her,  strengthen 
her,  bring back  with  vividness  past days 
and past  scenes,  when her  father,  Chief 
Seatle,  was the great and powerful  ruler, 
when  the  banks were green and wooded, 
when she  was  sought and honored,  when 
she  was  loved  and  loving.  How  long 
ago!

It  required  an  effort  to  bring  it  all 
back.  She  dozed  with  a  pipe  between 
her lips  and  forgot;  but occasionally,  as 
now,  “ the sea,”  she  says,  “ brings it  ail 
back  to  her.”  When  it  is  white  with 
lashing  caps,  when  it roars  a thuiulrous 
sound into her ears,  when  light craft  are 
putting into  harbor,  and  large  ones  are 
anchoring safely,  when  the  wind  howls 
with  fury  and shakes the cabin as though 
it would scatter it  iuto a hundred  pieces, 
she  grunts  with  satisfaction—and  then 
if you have access to  her  she will talk.

Old Angeline  is a familiar figure on  the 
streets.  Old  residents  have a kind  word 
or  nod  for  her  in  passing,  and  she  is 
pointed out  to newcomers  as  one of  the 
curiosities of the city.  Short  of stature, 
barefooted,  or  nearly so,  in  all  seasons, 
her garb made  up  of  cast-off  articles of 
apparel  given  her  by  kindly  disposed 
whites,  she  looks like  a  veritable scare­
crow.  Her  face  is  so  immovable,  that 
she  reminds one of  a dilapidated,  weath­
er-beaten  sphinx  looking backward  upon 
a fallen  and decayiug people.  Her eyes, 
however,  are  shrewd  and glinting,  even 
kindly.

She likes children,  and  will  stand gaz­
ing  after  a  group  of  them  some  time, 
with a half pensive,  half amused  expres­
sion,  as 
though  she  wondered  at  and 
pitied the little  feet  that have  such  long 
roads to  travel.  Sometimes she  stops  a 
young  woman  and  mutters  to  herself; 
then  walks away  with  a patient  resigna­
tion that appeals to  one,  if  one  but un­
derstands.  She  onee  had  a daughter,  a

half-breed,  who  was  handsome,  tall  and 
ungrateful.

*  

*  

*

More than  half a century ago the shores 
of  Puget  Sound  were  but  a  name  to 
pioneer  whites;  and  the  Indians of  this 
region—basking in  the  calm,  delightful 
sunshine,  the equable atmosphere,  enjoy­
ing the immunity  from  care  that this  re­
gion offered,  as fish  and game  were  plen­
tiful,  the climate never rigorous,  and  the 
waters of  the Sound calm  and  beautiful, 
affording  unlimited  scope  for  varied en­
joyment—were a quiet,  peaceable set.

At this  time Chief  Seattle  was  in  the 
zenith  of  his  power.  He  was  the  ac­
knowledged  leader  of  numerous  bands 
and  filled  his  important  position  with 
dignity and  honor;  but his reign  was  in 
a changing time.  White traders and set­
tlers  were  invading  his  domains,  and, 
what was worse,  they came to stay.  They 
sought him  out  and  honored him,  to  be 
sure,  but  it  was  always  for  their  own 
aggrandizement.  They  were superior to 
himself and  his people,  and the old chief 
bowed  his head  to  the  inevitable,  for he 
felt that only through  friendliness  could 
any good come  to his people.  When  mur- 
murings of discontent  began  to be  bruit­
ed  about  concerning  the  encroachments 
of the  whites,  he  harangued  his  people 
to submission,  to  gentleness  and  peace. 
He foresaw the  coming  order of  things, 
and distinctly  but with that intuition  the 
simple  child of  nature is so often heir to 
and with a sad  courage  born of  the con­
viction,  advocated  friendliness 
the 
newcomers.  When  besought  by  other 
tribes to make common cause against the 
whites,  he firmly  adhered  to his  friendly 
policy,  thus giving  occasion  for  hostili­
ties  between  his  tribes  and  the  belliger­
ents,  and  he  maintained 
this  attitude 
through  all the  troublous  times that fol­
lowed,  endearing  himself  to  the  early 
settlers,  who  named  one  of  their  pros­
perous settlements  after  him—Seattle.

to 

It  was about  this time  that some inter­
esting developments occurred  in  Seattle’s 
family circle,  concerning  no  other  than 
Angeline,  a young  anil  comely  maiden, 
much sought  for  by  the young braves  of 
her  tribe,  and  of  a  repute  for  industry 
and good nature that  reached  among oth­
er tribes.  Angeline  gave her preference 
to one  known  among the whites as  “Mar­
tin,”  a young  brave  of  her  own  people. 
He was  a  coming  man—so  all  felt who 
listened  to  his  smooth  and  well-chosen 
harangues on  topics  of  general  interest. 
He was  approved  of  by  the  chief,  and 
his valor on  more than  one  occasion  had 
been  severely  tested.  He  was  skillful 
and successful  in  the  chase  and  in  fish­
ing—two by no  means mean accomplish­
ments.  He  was  ambitious  as  well,  and 
this alliance with Angeline  would  furth­
er  him  both  in  favor and power—and An- 
geline  with  all  the  soul  within  her loved 
him.  There  was satisfaction  in her mien 
when  he  was  near.  She  was  always 
ready to accompany him  in his canoe and 
listen  to his plans  for  their future.  She 
it  was who would  inform  him  of  secret 
councils,  of plans not  yet perfected con­
cerning  her  father’s  policy.  Martin

V  A

S .  A .  M O K M A N ,

•  W H O LESALE

K 

*

A  

4

* 1

Petoskey,  M arble- 

head  and  Ohio 

T   X I V   / T T j l  
I 

IV/ I   P

I  I 

Akron,  Buffalo  and  Louisville
C  IS M U j\T T &
Stucco and  Hair,  Sewer Pipe,

F IR E   B R IC K   A N D   CLAT.

W rite for Prices.

10 LY O N   ST., 

-  G RAND  R A P ID S.

TYPE  FOR  SALE.

One  hundred  pounds  of  this non­
pareil.  Extra caps,  leaders, figures and frac­
tions  included.  Will  sell  the  entire  lot  for 
$20.

Fifty pounds  of  this  brevier, containing 
double allowance of caps but no small caps. 
Will sell  font  and one  pair  cases  for  ten 
dollars.

Eight hundred pounds of the brevier type 
now used  on  the “Tradesman.” 
It  is  of 
Barnhart  Bros.  & Spindler  make  and  has 
been  in  partial  use  for  only  four  years. 
Will  sell  entire font  for 18c  per  pound,  or 
50  pound fonts  or  upwards at 20 cents  per 
pound.  Cases,  a dollar per pair.

We also  have a choice assortment of second 
band  job and  advertising  type, proof  sheets 
of which will be forwarded on application.
THE  TRADESMAN  0 0 ,

ORAN«»  RAPIDS,  MICH.

OYSTERS.

Solid  Brand  Cans.

Daisy  Brand.

Mince  Meat— Best in  Use.

Selects.......................................................... S  26
E.  F ...............................................................   20
Standards......................................................  
18
Selects.......................................................... $  24
Favorites.......................................................  
14
Standards...................................................... 
16
Standards  in bulk  .......................................  1  10
Large  bbls......................................................  5%
H bbls............................................................. 6
401b  pails..........................................................6K
20 lb pails........................................................  6%
..........................................................6*£
101b  “ 
2 lb cans, usual  weight, per  doz...............81  50
5 lb  “ 
................3 50
Choice Dairy Butter....................................  18
Fresh Eggs.................................................   21
Pure Sweet Cider In bbls............................   15
“  Vinegar.........................   10
Choice Lemons, 300 and 360 ..............5 D<)@0 00
New Pickles In bbls, 1200...........................6 50
half bbls, 600........................3 75
Peach preserves, 20 lb.  pails................... 
07
05
....................  
Pickled peaches, 20 lb.  “ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

E D W IN   FA LLAS,

Prop  Valley City  Cold  Storage,
215-217  Livingston St., Grand  Rapids.

ESTABLISHED  1841.

TH E  M E RC A N TILE   A G E N C Y

R. G. D u n   &  Co.

Reference Books Issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada

2

T H E   M I C f f l G A t f   T R A J D E S M A J S T .

would  then  appear  as  a very  Sir Oracle 
to  his  less  favored  brethren.  All  that 
was Deeded was the old chief’s consent to 
their  marriage,  but he,  though  viewing 
their  attitude  toward  each  other  with 
complaisant indifference,  would  not bear 
approach.

One  evening  after  a  week’s  absence, 
during  which  time  he had  been  to  visit 
and  confer  with  some  distaut  tribes  in 
the  interior,  he returned  to  his  wigwam 
and  called  Angeline  to him.  She came, 
flushed  with  expectancy.  Martin  had 
accompanied  her  father—then  he  had 
returned.  Undoubtedly  this  summons 
meant joy to her and  Martin.

Her  father  viewed  her in silence  for 
some time,  but  when  he spoke  there was 
no  hesitancy—

“ You  have  been a good  daughter,  An­

geline—you  will  make a good squaw.”

Angeline caught her father’s  hand  and 

kissed  it.

“1  have  been  among  the Snoqualinies. 
Very  brave,  very  good  tribes  they  are. 
Peace  is  between  us,  and 
that  it  long 
may  continue,  1  said  to  Chief  Squanim 
that  you  should  be  his  squaw  and  take 
care of his wigwam.”

The girl  stood  motionless  and  speech­
less,  stunned  by  this  unexpected  edict. 
At  la-it  her  father,  troubled  and  irritated 
by  the  silence,  asked  her if  he  had  not 
done  well  for  her—said  that  she  would 
be the  wife of  a  powerful  chief,  and the 
means of  promoting  harmony  and  union 
between  the tribes.

“ But  Martin,”  the girl  gasped out.
“ What  of  him?  He  is  not  for  you. 
An  ordinary  maiden  will  do  for  him. 
You  are  the  daughter  of  a  chief—you 
must  be mother of another.”

The girl  made an  imploring gesture.
“1 want  Martin,  1  do  not  want  to  be 

squaw to a chief.”

There  was an ominous  silence.
“ You shame me,” and  the  voice of  the 
chief 
trembled  with  suppressed  rage, 
“ but you  will  not do it  again,  nor  shall 
anyone  know.  To-morrow Squanim will 
be  here—to-morrow  night  he  will  be 
alone with you  in your  wigwam.  Go.”

into 

Angeline  went  out 

the  night, 
dazed,  uncertain 
that  she  had  heard 
aright,  conscious  of  but  one  idea,  one 
desire—Martin,  to see  Martin.  Why  did 
he not  come to her?

The night  was calm  and  beautiful,  and 
the  waters of the Sound reflected  the  sub­
dued  light of  the  full  moon.  She  would 
run down  to  where  his canoe  was  tied— 
surely  he would  be expecting her.

She  ran  at  full  speed  along  the  wind­
ing  path.  She  knew  every  step  of  it. 
She stopped  once to  listen  to a  mournful 
sound. 
It  was  a  breeze stirring  the sigh­
ing  firs.  A  superstitious  terror  stole 
over her dim  intelligence.  “ A  bad omen, 
a  bad  omen,”  she  sobbed,  and  hastened 
on.

As  she  came to the  broad  beach  her 
fear  changed  to  joy.  There  was  the 
canoe,  and  there  was  her  lover waiting 
for her.  She  threw  up her  arms  with  a 
cry of joy,  and  ran  to him.

The  next morning  there  was  conster­
nation  in  Seattle’s  household.  Angeline 
was  missing,  and not  to  be  found.  The 
day  wore  on  without  a  trace  of  her. 
Squanim came,  and  Seattle  in  his  wrath 
sent for  Martin—but  Martin  could  give 
no  information,  no  clue  to  her  where­
abouts.  The  chief  sent  him  away  in 
anger,  but  half  convinced  of  his appar­
ent  miserable  sincerity.  Squanim  lin­
gered another day,  and yet another;  then |

returned  to his  tribe covered  with morti­
fication,  chagrin  and  anger,  and 
the 
peaceful  relations of  the  tribe  were dis­
turbed.  Weeks  wore  into  mouths,  and 
months into  years,  but  Seattle waited  in 
vain  for  his  favorite daughter.

Heath  visited his household  and robbed 
him  of  his 
two  remaining  daughters, 
and  he grew  silent aud  sad,  but  bent all 
his  energies to the  keeping of  his tribes 
together,  and  improving  their condition, 
He  was  beloved  and  revered  by  his  peo­
ple,  and  by  no  one  more  than  Martin, 
who rose in power aud  conceit with each 
succeeding year.

*  

*  

*

When Angeline ran  to her lover’s arms, 
she  realized too late that they  were  those 
of another,  not Martin.

“O,  let me go!  Let  me  go!” -  But she 

was held  fast.

“ Angeline!  By  all  that’s  holy!  Come, 
come,  what’s the  matter?  Get in  here.” 
And  half  bv  force,  half  by cunning  per­
suasion,  Henri,  the  fur-trader,  a  man 
Angeliue  had  good  reason  to  fear,  had 
her  in  the  canoe and  was speeding  out 
over  the smooth  water.

For  fifteen  long  years  the  scenes  of 
Angeliue’s childhood  and girlhood  knew 
nothing  of  her.  Vague  rumor  had  it 
that  she  had  gone  with  a  white  man,  a 
fur-trader,  and  that  she  lived  with  him 
in  the far north,  but  no authentic reports 
were obtainable.

It  was even  so.  To the  far  north,  at 
one  of  the  trading  stations,  Henri  had 
taken  his  unwilling companion.  Kemon 
strances,  pleadings,  threats,  were  alike 
unavailing.  Angeline was forced  to stay 
with him.
One  or 

two  ineffectual  attempts  at 
flight  proved  to  her  her powerlessness, 
and finally she  became as Henri expressed 
it,  “a very good squaw.”  He was coarse, 
brutal  and cunning by nature,  but treated 
Angeline  with  rather  more consideration 
than  usually  fell  to  the lot of  the squaw 
of the  white man. 
In the course of  time 
several  children  were  born  to  her.  but 
with the exception of Therese,  the eldest 
daughter,  they died in early infancy.

Therese  was  like  her  father  in  looks 
aud  disposition,  and  the  two  were  very 
fond of each other.  Something  very  like 
coutent seemed  to  possess  Angeliue dur­
ing  these  days 
She  was  dutiful  aud 
industrious.  Henri  was  kind,  provided 
well,  and  never  overburdened  her  with 
w< rk;  and  Therese,  though  wayward, 
went  with  the other  half-breed  children 
to  the  school  at  the  settlement,  and  her 
progress  there  was  a source of  gratifica­
tion  and  wonder  to  her mother,  who  re­
garded  with  awe the  books  and  wonder­
ful  marks  and  figures the child  delighted 
in.

So time woreon.  If Angeline’s thoughts 
ever reverted  to the  past, she never spoke 
them.  Her duties occupied  her time and 
attention,  yet ofteu  during the long  win­
ter  evenings when  Henri  was  away  aud 
Therese wrapped  in  slumber,  she  would 
sit  for  hours  gazing  stolidly  into 
the 
open  fire.  What  were her  thoughts,  her 
feelings?  Something  of 
injustice  she 
felt—something  of  a  lack.  The  long, 
cold  winters chilled her.  She longed  for 
the balmy atmosphere,  the sunny land  of 
her childhood.  She  longed  for her  peo­
ple.  The  people  of  the  north  were  so 
sharp,  so  quarrelsome,  so  cruel,  always 
full of  care  for  the morrow.  “So differ­
ent—so  different” —she  would  mutter  to 
herself,  then  relapse into  stolid  silence.
Time  brings  many  changes,  and  one

HOW’S  THIS?

We offer one  hundred  dollars  reward for any 
case of  catarrh  that  cannot  be  cured by Hall’s 
Catarrh Cure.
F  J  CHENEY  &  CO.,  Props., Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known  F  J  Cheney 
for the  last 15 years, and  believe him  perfectly 
honorable  in  all  business transactions and  fin­
ancially  able to carry  out  any  obligation  made 
by their firm

W est & T r u a x ,
Wa ld in g,  Kinnan  &  Ma rv in, 
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.

Hall's Catarrh  Cure is taken  internally, acting 
directly upon the  blood and  mucous surfaces of 
the  system.  Price  75c  per  bottle  Sold  by all 
druggists.  Testimonials free.

MICHIGAN

Fire & Marine Insurance Go.

Organized  1881.

DETROIT,  M ICH IG A N ,

Our Fancy Goods Trade

H as  been  larger  th an   ever  before in 

th e history of  our house

Playing Carls

WE  A R E H E ADQUARTERS

8ENI>  FOR PRICE  LIST.

Daniel  Lynch,

19  8.  fonisi St., Orand  Kapids.

Geo. H. Reeder & Co.,

JOBBERS  07

Boots  and  Siloes,

Felt Boots and Alaska  Soeks.

State Agents for

Come in and see our sam ples of

Albiims,

Comb  and  Bnish  Sets. 
Dolls,  Books,  Etc.
EATON,  LÏ0N  &  CO.

U se S ilver S oap.

The shades of night were  falling fast, 
As  up  and down  the country  passed 
A  “ Kid” who bore,  all  lettered  nice,
A  banner  bearing this device,

USE  SILVER  SOAP!
His brow  was hid;  his eye beneath 
Gazed on  a cake between  his teeth.
And like a cut-glass goblet rung,
The accents of that  urchin’s tongue, 

USE  SILVER  SOAP!
lu  billiard  halls he saw  the  light;
In drug stores all  the  bottles  bright;
He  loafed  around  the  Merchant’s  door, 
While  hundreds  read  the sign  be bore, 

USE  SILVER  SOAP!

Oh stay, the young clerk said, “and here 
Partake”  of  bread and cheese to cheer! 
He raised  his arm  and  pointed  high. 
And he  looked  up  and  made reply, 
USE  SILVER  SOAP!

“ Beware,  some certain brands, beware; 
They’re made for  show,  and  fool  you 

He  heard  the  merchant’s  last  "good 

there,”

night,”

But still  he kept that sign insight,
USE  SILVER  SOAP!

At break of day,  with shoeless  feet. 
The “Kid” was found on Summit street; 
Beside him lay  the  well-known  sign. 
Besmeared  with  mud—but not the line, 

USE  SILVER  SOAP!

There in  the morning,  cold  and gray, 
Enwrapped  in  sleep the  urchin  lay, 
And  from the crowd that loitered  near, 
Escaped a voice that all could  hear, 

USE  SILVER  SOAP!

158 A  160 Fulton ^t.. Orami  Rapid».

KstabHwhed  1808.

i.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

W H O LESA LE  D E A L E R S  IN

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

Id Felt, Compasition and Gravel,

Warehouse and Office 

Cor.  LOUIS and  CAMP AC  Sts..

Grand  Rapids, 
-  Mich
“Tl'v  K e n t/*
H AVING  conducted  the  above  named  hotel 
two  months  on  the  European  plan,  and 
come to the conclusion  that we can  better serve 
our  patrons by conducting same  on  the  Ameri 
can  plan  we take  pleasure in announcing  that 
our  rates will  hereafter  he $2  per day.  As  the 
hotel  is  new  and  handsomely  furnished, with 
steam  beat and  electric  bells, we are  confident 
we are  in a position to give the  traveling public 
satisfactory  service.
Remember the location, opposite Union Depot. 
Free baggage transfer from union  depot.
iBOOTH,  Props.

BEACH 

T H E   M IC H IG b A N   T H A O E S M A J N

8

night  when  she  had  been  keeping  her 
vigils  rather  later  than  usual,  waiting 
for Henri,  there came the sound of many 
feet at her cabin door—then a call:

“ Angeline,  O Angeline!”  She hastened 
out,  half  expecting  that  her  lord  and 
master  had  been  helped  home  after in­
dulging  too  freely in drink,  as  was  not 
infrequent.  Several  men  were  carrying 
a rude  litter,  and  on  it,  covered  with  a 
blanket,  lay  the dead  form of  Henri.

“ Ugh!”  Angeline  shivered,  but  made 
no  moan,  betrayed  no  further  emotion, 
asked no questions.

“Dalton  stabbed  him,”  she  heard  one 
the men  remark.  Such  occurences 

of 
were common at the settlement.

Thus  ended  an  epoch  in  Angeline’s 
life.  She lived in the cabin  until  spring 
—but  no  longer  the  stolid,  indifferent 
squaw.  She  was  alert,  interested  in the 
affairs of  the  hunters  aud  trappers,  and 
kept a lynx eye on Therese, who  was fast 
approaching  her  fifteenth  birthday. 
In 
the spring a party was formed  to go down 
to  the  Sound  country  for  purposes of 
traffic with  the  Indians,  and  to  look  up 
the  resources of  that  section,  as  it  was 
coming into prominence.  This was what 
Angeline  was  waiting  for.  She  deter-
mined  to  accompany  ihe  men  and  see 
once more the home of  her childhood.

“ You,  Angeline!”
Some long suppressed  emotion  leaped 
within  her.  She  came  forward,  all  the 
fervor of her nature  shining in  her eyes. 
It  was  come  to her  at  last—that  subtle 
something that had  been  wanting during 
the  long  years.  She knew  now  what  it 
had been that had  given  her  courage  to 
court  danger and  repulse,  that  had  im­
pelled her to return. 
It  was the  vivify­
ing hope of love.

The moment  was  a  short  one,  but  in 
it Angeline  lived  years—years of  hope, 
comfort and joy.

“ Martin,  have  a care!”
The words of  the  chief  were too late. 
Already a stinging blow had left its mark 
on Angeline’s cheek-another and another. 
Therese,  terrified,  drew her mother  back.
“ So  you  have  come  back  after  all 
these years to  mock  me—bringing  your 
white-faced  child  to  shame  you.”  His 
voice  was  hoarse,  his  eyes  lurid  with 
passion,  and 
the  muscles  of  his  face 
worked  convulsively. 
“ You  promised 
me,  yet  you  ran  off  in  the night  with  a 
paleface. 
I  might  have  been chief  with 
your father—Squanim  would  never  have 
taken  you had he known.  But  you  were 
false to me,  you  left  your  father lonely
—you despised your people.”

Arrangements  were  easily  made  for 
providing  the necessaries for the journey 
for  herself  and  Therese,  and  early  one 
It was  a long 
May day the party set out. 
and  perilous 
journey,  but  Angeline 
proved  herself  an  invaluable  aid.  Her 
knowledge of  woodcraft,  her williugness 
to  help,  her  good  nature  and  buoyant 
spirits made her a favorite,  and she com­
manded  the  respect  and  liking  of  her 
companions.

After a two months’  journey they came 
to Puget Sound.  Angeline was in a trans­
port of  joy  at seeing  the familiar  waters 
again.  Therese viewed  her mother with 
amazement.  What  a  change  had  taken 
place!  She  herself  sincerely  mourned 
the loss of her father.  He had been kind 
to  her  and  shown  her  much  affection, 
and  she could  not  comprehend  the  very 
evident  relief that  his  death  caused her 
mother.

It  was  a  calm,  moonlit  night  again 
when  Angeline,  followed  by  Therese, 
walked  into her  father’s  wigwam  unan­
nounced.  She  had  resumed  the garb  of 
the tribe,  though  Therese wore the dress 
of 
the  settlement.  Seattle  sat  in  his 
wigwam  alone.  He  looked up  to  greet 
his visitors,  and  rose  hurriedly.

Angeline  came  forward  and  handed 
him a pipe, a peace-offering—then caught 
his  hand  and  kissed  it.  Some 
tender 
feeling must have stirred in  the old chief, 
for  his  voice was  kind  as  he  bade  her 
welcome.

“ Father,  I  am alone but for her—she is 
my child.  You are  lonely and need  me. 
I will stay  with you  and  keep your wig­
wam. 
I  will  be  your  daughter  again, 
only  let  us  come  to  you.  Let  us both 
come.”

The old chief turned from her, and  An­
geline  waited  long and  anxiously for the 
words she hoped to  hear.  They came at 
last.  Quietly  and  tersely  he  promised 
her  protection. 
It  cost  him  an  effort 
but  Angeline  knew 
that,  come  what 
would,  her  position  as  her  father’s 
daughter was assured.

She turned  to  leave  the  wigwam,  but 
was 
intercepted  by  someone  entering 
She stepped back, but the  newcomer had 
recognized her. 

It was  Martin.

The old chief  laid a forcible  hand  up-  j 
on  the  infuriated man,  and motioned  An­
geline to  go.

looked  pityingly  down. 

She went  out  into  the night  followed 
by Therese.  The moon  in  all  its soft  ra­
diance 
The 
the  Sound  reflected 
mooth  waters  of 
many  a  shadow.  Angeline  looked  out 
upon  it all.  Something  seemed  to have 
died  within  her.  No  emotion stirred  at 
the familiar sight—yet  the calmness and 
the  still,  penetrating  beauty  had  their 
quieting influence  upon her.  She bowed 
her head,  and Therese  heard her mutter: 
“It  is  night. 
It 'always  comes  in  the 
night.”

Augeline’s return  after so  long an  ab­
sence  created  a  profound  * sensation 
among her people,  but  she  was indiffer­
ent alike to their curiosity or  their sym­
pathy,  their  notice  or 
their  aversion. 
She  found many  changes,  but  reconciled 
herself to them  all.  Her  father’s  house­
hold  affairs  received  her  former faithful 
attention,  and Therese, already a tall and 
handsome maiden,  became  the  source  of 
much  gratification  to her.  Even  the old 
chief found  her useful, as in  the frequent 
dealings  with  the  whites  her  knowledge 
of their  language  aud her ability  to  read 
and  write  made  her  a  valuable  inter­
preter  and mediator.  Perhaps  this  was 
Angeline’s greatest solace,  as  it certainly 
was a marked distinction.
The  young  men  of 

tribe  paid 
Tharese much  attention  aud  sought  her 
favor,  but  she treated  them  pretty much 
alike.  She  favored  this  one,  then  that 
one,  and laughed good-naturedly  at them 
all.  The elders looked on  in amusement 
and  wonder.  Her good-nature  kept her 
in touch  with them all,  her keenness and 
wit  enlivened  them,  while  her  accom­
plishments  established  her  superiority. 
Could  she  have  been  satisfied  with  what 
her mother’s  people had to offer  her.  her 
fate  might  have  been  a  comparatively 
safe and happy one;  but  the  alien  blood 
told  in  her.

the 

With  a mother’s  insight  Angeline  per­
ceived  this,  and  trembled  for  the  girl 
when the white men from the  settlements
favored Therese with their  familiar  no­
tice.  Untutored  savage  that  she  was,

[cONTQiCTSD OK PASS 15.]

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.

WM.  H.  THOMPSON  &  CO.,

Commission  Merchants,

166 So. W ater St., Chicago

'Ergale distu-ü

See  th a t  this  Label  appears 
on  every  package,  as  it  Is  a 
guarantee  of the  genuine ar- 
tid e .

.CHICAGO
, r .   I

FERMENTUM
COMPRESSED YEAST

The 

Soli  it  this  market  tor  the  past  Fifteen  Years.

Only Reliable

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

JOHN  SMYTH.  Agent Grand  Rapids,  Mieli,

Telephone 566.

106  Kent St.

See  th at  this  Label  appears 
on  every  package,  as  it  is  a 
g u a r a n t e e   of 
the  genuine

y i c i M F h l T / i V  
^¡PRESSED YfyJ»i*7

O Y STERS!

THE  P.  &  B.  BRAND WILL  PLEASE  YOUR  CUSTOMERS 
—INCREASE  YOUR TRADE—AND  MAKE  YOU  M O NEY- 
THREE  FEATURES  THAT  COMMEND  THEM  TO  YOUR 
NOTICE. 
SOLD  BY  ALL  GRAND  RAPIDS  JOBBERS—

PACKED  BY

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

WE 
W ho  Can Sell  you  an  A  No.  1  A rticle of

A.RE THE  PEOPLE

Pure  Buckwheat  Flour

At  a  Moderate  Price.  A  Postal  card will  briog 

<l no tat inns and  »ample.

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

ELSIE  MICH

l

4

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

FOR  SALB,  W ANTED,  ETC.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

I

9 - f ,   «

a  A*

. 1 ,

»

4 *

AMONG  THE  TRADE.
AROUND THE  STATE.

Manton—C.  H.  Bostick succeeds l)r.  J. 

C.  Bostick in  the drug business.

Belding—Whitford  &  Martin  succeed 

Mr.  Martin in  the meat business.

Stanton—Crusoe Bros,  have purchased 

the dry goods stock  of  A.  Levitt.

Newberry—Frank  Brabant has sold his 

grocery  business to Jones & Park.

Saginaw—R.  H.  Rice succeeds  Rice  & 

Sowatsky in  the furniture business.

Cadillac—John Carr  has  purchased  the 

bazaar business of F.  II.  Bush  & Co.

Leslie—Bickhart  Bros,  succeed  J.  L. 

Bickhart in  the  flouring  mill  business.

Ayr—Gideon  Noel  has  removed  his 
general stock from Goodhart to this place.
Crystal  Falls—Hollister «&  Co.  succeed 
Kitchen  &  Hollow  in  the  harness  busi­
ness.

Lansing—Fuller  Bros,  are  succeeded 
by  Frank C.  Brisbin  in  the grocery  bus­
iness.

Grand  Ledge—Spencer &  Kimball  suc­
in the meat  busi­

ceed  McRoberts  Bros, 
ness.

Negaunee— Henry  Johnson  has  re­
moved  his  baking  business  to  Duluth, 
Minn.

Marquette—A rthur H. Palmer has  pur­
chased the bazaar  stock of  Thompson  & 
Russell.

Wyandotte—G.  W.  Bloodgood  &  Co. 
have purchased the  hardware stock  of E. 
N.  Clark.

Mt.  Pleasant—J.  C.  Freeman  is  suc­
ceeded  by  T.  R.  Palmer  in the jewelry 
business.

Coloma—J.  M.  Hudson  has  sold  his 
hardware and  implement  stock  to  Platt 
& Worden.

Shaftsburgh—1>.  Marsh  succeeds J.  G. 
Marsh  &  Son  in general  trade  and  the 
grain  business.

Port  Huron—DeSteiger & Vaughn  suc­
ceed DeSteiger  Bros,  in the  musical  in­
strument business.

W aldron— W.  M.  Robinson  &  Co., 
bankers  and  general  dealers,  have  re­
moved  to Pawnee City,  Neb.

Detroit—Rosentield,  Monroe & Co.  will 
be  succeeded  by Kuttnauer,  Rosentield  & 
Co.  in the  wholesale notion  business.

Bancroft—W.  R.  Sutton,  who  has  been 
in  the  livery  business  here  for years,  has 
sold  to Philips  &  Billings,  of  this  place.
Belding—Harriet S.  Leonard  has  sold 
her grocery stock  to  A.  M.  Neufer  and 
A.  E.  Gill  and  the  business will hereafter 
be  conducted  under  the  firm  name  of 
Neufer & Co.

Rockford — Neal  McMillan  has  soldi 

that  portion  of  his  drug  stock  not de­
stroyed  by  fire  to  Hessler  Bros,  and  W. 
W.  Forrest and will  not  re-engage in  the 
drug  business.

Pierson—C.  E.  Coburn,  who  has  been 
engaged  in  the grocery  business at Pier­
son  for the past  nine  years,  has sold  his 
stock to S.  E.  Bush & Co.,  who have con­
solidated it with their  own  stock.

Evart—C. V.  Priest & Co.  have  moved 
their stock of general merchandise to Sears 
Mr.  Priest  was  the  pioneer  merchant 
at Sears,  and came  to  Evart  from  there 
about two years ago,  and  now  returns  to I 
his early  field.

North  Star — Gardner  Bros,  were  all | 
ready  to  remove  their  drug  stock  into 
their brick store building  last  Tuesday, 
but the high  wind of that  night  blew  in 
the plate glass  windows,  necessitating  a 
week’s delay in  the removal.

Rodney—Barry  &  Co.’s  general  stock

j  has  been  sold  to  the  Mecosta  Lumber 
Co.  and  will  be  removed  to  the  site of 
the  Lumber Co.’s  plant on  the Chippewa 
|  River,  east of  Mecosta,  and  operated  in 
j  connection with  the mills there.

Cheboygan—The H.  Chambers  &  Co. 
boot and shoe stock  has  been  purchased 
by James Yeon,  who has  had  charge  of 
one of  the  departments  in  the  general 
store of E.  N. Loud  & Co.,  Au  Sable,  for 
the past five years.  Mr.  Chambers  has 
received  a commission  to organize Macca- 
bee tents  in  Iowa and  Minnesota and has 
already entered  upon  the  work.

Reed  City—Robert  F.  Armstrong  has 
leased of  the  McClellan  estate the  store 
building  now  occupied  by  Henry  Sey­
mour  and  will  take  possession  of 
the 
same  January  1,  at  which  time  he  will 
put  in a  full  line of  men’s  shoes.  The 
business  dates  from  March,  1885,  when 
Mr.  Armstrong  and  the  late  I).  M.  Mc­
Clellan  formed  a  copartnership  under 
the  style  of  McClellan  &  Co.  and  pur­
chased  the clothing  stock of  Henry  Sey­
mour.  On the  death  of  Mr.  McClellan, 
two years later,  Mrs.  McClellan  assumed  j 
the  partnership 
interest,  continuing  in 
that capacity  two  years,  when  Mr.  Arm­
strong  purchased 
interest  of  his 
partner,  since  which  time  he  has  con­
ducted  the business  alone.  Every  year 
has  shown  an  increase  in  the  business 
done and the  removal to  larger quarters 
will  probably  augment  his  trade  to  a 
marked  extent.

the 

M A N U FA CTU RIN G   M ATTERS.

Bailey— The  hardware  stock  of  the 
Miunick  Manufacturing  Co.  has  been 
purchased by  Audrey Walker.

Adrian—Churchill  & Co.  have  merged 
their  roller  mill  business  into  a  stock 
company  under the style of the  Washing­
ton  Milling Co.  The  corporation  lias  a 
capital  stock of  §20.000.

Ludington—The E.  G.  Whitacre Manu­
facturing Co.,  to manufacture turned and 
enameled woods,  has  been  organized  by 
E.  G.  Whitacre,  W.  E. Cartier  and  H.  S. 
Fuller.  Capital  stock,  $75,000.

Saginaw—George B. Wiggins has start­
ed  a town  in Gladwin county called High- 
wood.  He  has  platted  130  acres  and  is 
erecting a number of  cottages.  He  runs 
a  sawmill  and  two  camps,  and owns  a 
number  of  thousand  acres of  land  that 
will  be cleared  of  timber and  then  con­
verted into farms.

Bay  City—It  is  almost  impossible  to 
obtain  cars  for  lumber shipping,  and  the 
mills  on  the  line  of  the  railroads  are 
worse off,  if  anything could  be,  than  the 
mill  men  here, 
li  is  a great set-back  to 
trade,  but  there seems  to  be  no  remedy 
and  kicking  long  ago ceased  to awaken 
the railroad  managers  to a  sense  of the 
condition of  things.

Manistee—Manistee still  holds  her own 
in the salt producing line,  and  comes  to 
the front with 135.323 barrels for October, 
out of a total  for  the State of 376,950 bar­
rels.  November  will also probably  hold  I 
up to this average,  but  after  that  there 
will  be a  cessation  of  manufacture  till 
spring,  when  they  will  be  able  to  again 
get rid  of some of their product.  For the 
past  mouth a good many of the mills have 
been  piling their surplus  of  salt  in  the | 
open  air,  having  their  storage  sheds 
full, but the  weather  is  getting  bad for 
that kind of  work.

Marquette—The Cleveland Sawmill Co. 
is  making  arrangements  for  extensive 
improvements this  winter. 
It will  erect 
a large  warehouse and supply  store near

I the  mill and  will  make  this  the base  of 
supplies  for the  woods.  It has purchased 
' a steam  pile  driver  and  will  build  this 
| winter  two pile dams on  the  upper river, 
as  w  11  as  piling  a  channel  from  deep 
water  on  Lake  Superior  to  the  lowest 
j point at  which  logs  are  drawn over  the 
dam into the mill pond.  This will enable 
! the  concern  to  handle  logs  secured  by 
i  purchase  from various points on the lake, 
j  A  new dock  is also projected east  of  the 
j  present  pier,  to be  filled  in  solid,  thus 
serving as a  breakwater  for  the present 
I dock.

Saginaw—The  Saginaw  Lumber & Salt 
j Co.  has purchased 40,000,000  feet  of  se- 
] lected  logs from  the  Merrill-Ring  Co.  to 
| be cut on  the Georgian  Bay  tract  of  the 
j  latter company.  Ten  million  feet are  to 
be delivered the coming year and  15,000,- 
j  000  feet  annually  for two  years  there­
after.  These  logs  are  to  come  to  the 
Saginaw  river to  be  manufactured,  and 
with  the stock of 25,000,000 that the Sagi­
naw concern is cutting on its own timber 
limits,  will give a stock for next  season. 
The  Saginaw  Lumber  &  Salt  Co.  has 
manufactured 35,000.000 feet this season, 
partially stocking  two  mills  besides  its 
own.  and  has shipped  by  rail  20,000,000 
feet.  The company  has about  12,000,000 
feet on  hand, but it is nearly all too green 
to ship,  and  it has had some difficulty  in 
filling  orders.

Alpena—The  mills  of  Comstock  Bros, 
and  E.  O.  Avery  have  gone  out  of 
commission  for  the  season.  The others 
will  probably  run  until  the river freezes. 
The season  has  been  a profitable  one to 
mill  men,  and  in  the  matter of  output a 
fairly  good  showing will  be  made  when 
the  books  are  balanced  at  the  close. 
Work  in  the  woods  is  well  under way, 
and  the mill firms will  secure  a  full stock 
for next season.  Stocks of manufactured 
lumber have sold  more  readily  this  sea­
son  than  in  many years,  and  in  Norway 
particularly  there  has  been  a  material 
advance  in  prices,  while  the  stuff  has 
had  a ready sale.  There  has  been  ship­
ped  from  Aipeua  over  170,000,000  feet of 
lumber,  5,000,000 
lath,  409,000  cedar 
posts  and  552,000  railway  ties. 
The 
work of  cutting  cedar is  being  actively 
pushed,  and  it  is  expected  that the out­
put the coming  winter will  be the  largest 
on  record  at this  point.

B usiness C hanges  a t  H udson.

Hudson,  Nov.  19—C.  W.  Crandall  has 
opened a grocery store  and  meat market.
N.  A.  Page  has  purchased  Clias.  B. 
Crandall’s meat  market.
J.  K.  Boies & Co.  have sold their  grain 

business  to the Hudson  Grain Co.

A new  banking  house  has been  organ­
ized  at Pontiac,  to be  known as  the Oak­
land  County  Savings  Bank.  The officers 
are  B.  G.  Stout,  President;  A.  C.  Bald­
win,  Vice-President;  C.  W.  French,  of 
Muir, Cashier;  I).  H.  Power,  of  Fowler, 
Assistant Cashier.  The  capital  stock  is 
$50,000.

now  DRESSING 

ECORATING.
Z m a  s

Everybody  can  dress  his  show  windows  and 
decorate  his  store  for  the  Holidays  with  the 
aid of  my Xmas  Pamphlet, mailed  on  receipt of

HARRY HARMAN,

Window Dresser, Decorator and Window 
Room 1204 The Temple, Chicago, 111.

Supplies,

614

(¡13

T  WILL  EXCHANGE  $31*10  WORTH  OF 
j  A  real estate  for  general stock of  merchandise 
I of  about that  size.  Will  give  good  exchange.
I Box 327, Stanton, Mich. 
IflOR SALE -NICECLEAN GENERAL STOCK 
and fixtures,  invoicing  about $5,000, located 
I  fifteen miles from Allegan and  twenty-five from 
Grand Rapids, in village of  200 inhabitants  and 
excellent surrounding farming country.  Cream­
ery and  cheese  factory  just  located.’  The best 
of reasons  for  selling.  Address F. Goodman  & 
Co., Burnips Corners, Mich. 
Drug  stoke  fo r  sa le—t h e  u n d e r -
signed wishes to retire  from the  drug busi­
ness and devote  his entire  time to the manufac­
turing  of  his family  remedies.  I  have  a  com­
plete and  clean  stock of  drugs and  everything 
belonging to first-class drug store, good location, 
a paying  business, will  give easy  terms  or a big 
discount for cash.  Apply  at  my  store, 142 Ells­
worth avenue.  Geo. G. Steketee, druggist.  615
F or  sa le—o n e-h a l f  in t e r e s t   o f  a
ICO barrel steam roller flour  mill in the  best 
wheat section In Central  Michigan;  county seat; 
two  railroads;  custom  trade  sixty  thousand 
bushels  yearly;  fuel  cheap.  Will  take  $1,000 
stock  O'  furniture  as  part  payment.  Reasons 
for selling, bad health.  For particulars  address 
No. GIG  care Michigan Tradesman. 
I'IRE AT  BARGAIN—A  DEP’TMENT  STORE 
X  in this  city, stocked with tinware, crockery, 
woodenware, candy, tobacco, notions, hardware 
and  almost everything  except  boots, shoes, dry 
goods  and  drugs.  This is a new,  double  store, 
glass front, nevtr before  occupied.  Cheap rent. 
Long  lease  if  desired.  No  near  competition. 
Excellent  location  for  a drug  store  in  conuec 
tion.  Can  reduce stock  to  $400 or  $300.  Canse 
for selling, "The  failure of  the other  fellow to 
come to time.”  Address  Department  store, care 
Tradesman. 
I  TOR  SALE—LARGE  PACKING  BUSINESS 
and  meat  market  with  tools  and  fixtures, 
including horse.- and wagons, brick block 22 feet 
front on  main  street, ice  house  and 20 acres  of 
land, with slaughter  house.  This  business and 
property is in Ovid,  Mich  Address L. C. Town- 
send, Allen Bennett Block, Jackson  Mich  606 
filOR  SALE  OR  WILL  EXCHANGE  FOR 
A-  grocery stock—New  house, barn  and  store 
building  in  Kalamazoo;  lot 4x8;  buildings are 
worth  price  asked  for  entire  place.  Address 
ABC, Kalamazoo, M ich. 
TITANTED — To  EXCHANGE  80  ACRES 
TV  hardwood  timber  land  in  Oceana  county 
for stock of  general  merchandise.  Address No. 
610. care Michigan Tradesman. 

610

617

610

589

an

Michigan Tradesman. 

F or  sa l s—b est  pa y in g  drug  sto re

in  Grand  Rapids.  Address  No.  612.  care 
OR  SALE—A  GOOD  CLEAN  STOCK  OF 
hardware in a booming city of  5,000, in  the 
center of the finest farming country in the State. 
Stock will  invoice about  $9,000.  Can  reduce on 
short notice.  Reason for selling, other business. 
Address No. 601, care Michigan Tradesman,  604
1(70R  SALE—CLEAN  NEW  STOCK  OF  DRY 
goods,  notions, clothing,  furnishing  goods, 
shoes,  groceries,  cigars,  tobaccos  and  confee 
tionery,  located  in  one  of  the  best  business 
towns in Michigan.  Doing over $2,500 per month 
spot  cash  business.  Not  a  dollar  of  credit. 
Stock  will  invoice  about  $5,000.  Address  No. 
594, care Michigan Tradesman. 
XCELLENT OPPOKTUN1TY  FOR  A  BUS- 
iness man with $5,000 to $10,000 ready money 
to  embark in the  wholesale  business  in  Grand 
Rapids  and  take  the  management  of  same. 
House well established.  Investigation solicited 
from  per  ons  who  mean  business.  No others 
need apply.  No. 556, care Michigan Tradesman. 
_________________________________ 556
FOR SALE—A FINE AND WELL-ASSORTED 
stock of  dry  goods, boots,  shoes,  hats, caps 
and gents’ furnishing goods, ia live railroad and 
manufactn.ing  town of  from  500  to 600 inhabi­
tants.  Only business of the kind in th<* locality. 
Other and more  important business re 
res thé 
■mention of the proprietor.  We court a thorough 
investigation  and  will  guarantee  a  profitable 
investment.  Address  No.  571,  care  Michigan 
Tri desman._________  

57J

594

MISCELLANEOUS.

(¡09

■   CHOICE  RESIDENCE  PROPERTY  ON 
the  hill, worth  $4,000 to exchange  for clean 
stock of shoes, groceries or general merchandise. 
Address No. 62, care Telfer Spice Co. 
O  YOU  USE  COUPON  BOOKS?  IF  SO, DO 
you buy of the largest manufacturers in the 
United States?  If you do, yon  are  customers of 
the Tradesman Company. Grand Rapids.
OR  SALE —GOOD  DIVIDEND - PAYING 
stocks In  banking, manufacturing  and mer 
can tile  companies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  S t. 
Grand Rapids. 
F or  sa le  — b e st  r e sid e n c e  lot  in
Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad- 
e<l with  native  oaks, situated in goo 1  residence 
locality,  only 200  feet  from  electric  street  car 
line.  Will sell  for $2 500 cash, or part cash, pay- 
ments to suit.  E. A. Stowe. 100 Louis St. 
354
v v  familiar  with  job  work  and  capable  o' 
editing  a country  weekly, to  start  a  newspape 
in a live town  No competition  Applicant nius 
If  yoi 
have at least $500 cash or its  equivalent. 
mean  business, address  No. 605, care  Michlgai 
Tradesman. 
505
r p w o   RESIDENCE  LOTS  IN  VILLAGE  OI 
-I-  Belding  to  exchange  for  grocery  stocl 
worth  $1 OOj  to  $1,500.  Will  pay  difference  Ii 
cash.  Address  No. 470, care  Michigan  Trades 
man. 

370

570

T'ETE  MTCITTCTAN  T R A D E S M A N

CHOCOLATE  COOLER  00,

Manufacturers  of

5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

The Frank  Triel  grocery stock  at  152 
North Division  street has passed  into the 
hands of James Corukin.

Hutchinson  & Bro.  have  opened a gro­
cery  store at  Kalamazoo.  The  Olney  & 
Judson Grocer Co.  furnished  the stock.

Fred Pegler,  meat  dealer  at 19  and  21 
South Division  street,  has  put  in a  line 
ot  groceries.  Musseiman  &  Widdicomb 
furnished the stock.

S.  A.  W att has  sold  his  grocery  stock 
at  the  corner  of  Wealthy  avenue  and 
Henry  street to E.  M.  Stickney,  who  was 
engaged  in  general  trade  at  Paris  for 
over twenty  years.

The Mecosta  Lumber  Co.,  which  has 
purchased the general  stock  of  Barry  & 
Co.,  at Rodney,  and  removed it to a point 
on the Chippewa River,  near  this place, 
has added a  line  of  hardware.  Foster, 
Stevens & Co.  furnished the  stock.

H.  W.  Reed  has  removed  his grocery 
stock  from 93 Fremont  street  to the cor­
ner  of  Logan  and  Henry  streets.  The 
vacated  store  will  be  occupied by  Mull 
Bros,  as  a meat market and grocery store, 
the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.  furnished 
the latter stock.

G rip sack   B rigade.

“ Windy”  Williams,  who  covers  the i 
trade of the Saginaw Valley  for  P.  Loril- 
lard  & Co.,  met  with  a  serious  accident | 
at Detroit on  the 7th,  which will lay  him j 
up  for some  time.
S.  A.  Goss succeeds  Chas.  E.  Stuart  as 
traveling  representative  for 
the  I.  M. 
Clark  Grocery  Co.  Mr.  Stuart  has  re­
moved to Schoolcraft and  taken  the posi­
tion of Assistant Cashier  for  the Kalama­
zoo County  Bank.

resulting 

from 
in 

area  stairway 

Chas.  E.  Watsou  (Eaton,  Lyon & Co.) 
met with  a severe accident at Owosso last 
falling  down I 
week, 
his 
front  of 
an 
hotel. 
were 
broken 
but  he  was  so 
up
that it was necessary to send a well  man 
on  from  the  store  to  assist  him in  his 
work.

badly  shaken 

bones 

No 

John  Roney,  one of 

the  pioneer  com­
mercial  travelers of  Michigan,  who  for 
several  years  has  been  connected  with 
Moran, Fitzimnns &  Co.,  wholesale  gro­
cers  at  Detroit,  has  taken  the  Eastern 
agency  for the  Globe  Tobaoco  Co.  and 
left Detroit last  Sunday  for  New  York 
city,where he will make his headquarters. 
His  former  employers  presented  him 
with  a  check  representing  a  handsome 
sum,  while  the  employes  of  the  house 
gave him  a  valuable gold-headed  cane.

Combination  Store  Tables  and  Shelving.

The  most complete  knock down  tables and shelving ever offered to the trade.  The 
salient  features are  uniformity of  construction,  combining  strength  and neatness, 
economy of  room,  convenience in  shipping and  setting  up. 
It will  be to your best 
interest to correspond  with  us.  Prices  reasonable.  When in  the  city  call  at  the 
office and see sample.

Office 315 Michigan Trust Building.  Factory 42 Mill St.

P u re ly  P erso n al.

M.  W.  Tucker,  Secretary  and  Treas­
urer  of  the  Tucker  Mercantile  Co.,  at 
Sumner,  was  in  town  a couple of  days 
last  week.  He  was  looking  for power 
and planing mill  machinery  for  the lum ­
ber department of his company at Ithaca.
C.  C.  Bunting leaves  this  evening  for 
Hamburgh,  New  York.,  where  he  will 
spend Thanksgiving  with his mother. His 
brother,  who  is  Manager  of  the  Ham­
burgh Canning Co., was elected Congress­
man at  the recent election  by  1,000  ma­
jority.

David  Vinton,  senior  member of 

the 
firm of D.  Vinton & Son,  general dealers 
and sawmill  operators  at Williamsburg, 
was in town a couple of  days  last week. 
Mr.  Vinton 
is  anxious  to  secure  some 
hardwood industry  for Williamsburg and 
will offer  excellent  inducements  in  the 
way of mill site and  water  power to  the 
right sort of an enterprise.

Nelson  Hower,  the  Mendon  druggist, 
writes  T h e  T radesm an  as  follows:  “I 
wagered  a horse with Cornelius Crawford 
on  the result of  the election  and lost. 
I 
tendered him  the  horse  on  the  occasion 
of his  last  visit  to  Mendon,  but  he de­
clined to take him,  on  the ground  that he 
would  have  to  be  double  blanketed  to 
keep the straw from blowing out of  him. 
1 insist on  his taking the  winnings of his 
wager,  and  1  hereby give him due  notice 
that unless the horse is removed  from my 
barn  by Dec.  1,  1 shall  ship  him  to  the 
Grand Rapids glue factory.”

David  Holmes,  for  several  years  past 
manager  of  the  mercantile  interests  of 
the  West Michigan Lumber Co., at Wood- 
ville,  has  removed  to  Elk  Rapids  and 
taken the management of the Elk  Rapids 
Iron Co.’s store.  The  selection  is a hap­
py one  for  the  Iron  Co.,  as  Mr.  Holmes 
is one of the closest buyers in the couutry 
and  possesses  remarkable  judgment  in 
the selection of goods and excellent taste 
in  arranging  and  displaying  his  stock. 
Under  Mr.  Holmes’  management, 
the 
Dexter  &  Noble  store  will  take  rank 
among 
the  great  mercantile  establish­
ments of the country.

------------ m   0  ^

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

The  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar—The  market is unchanged,  and 
there  are  no  indications  of  a  change, 
either upward or downward.

Oranges—The fruit so far received  has 
come in green,  but the quality  is  improv­
ing  from day  to day.

Lemons—In  fair  supply.  Prices  are 

gradually  lowering.

Coffee—The  market  continues 

to  ad­
vance on nearly all grades, some of which 
have been  cornered  by  large  handlers. 
Manufacturers  of  package  brands  have 
advanced their quotations  )£c.

Class  (in  chorus)—

B o n   H u r  !

10c  or  3  for  25c.

Made on Honor !

Sold on Merit !

ORDER  FROM  YOUR  D E A LE R.

CEO.  HOEBS  &  CO.,

Manufacturers,

DETROIT.  CHICAGO. 

GX2TSX2TG  R O O T .
We pay the hlghe*t price for It.  Addreu 

D r n r   D D H Q   W holesale D ru ggist.
r i i U A   Ì3A U O .J  GRAND  RAPIDS

FALCON  No.  1—Gentlemen’s Koad W heel, 
FALCONESS—Ladles’ Koad W heel, 
FALCON  JB .—Boys’ and Girls’ Hoad Wheel, 

$115.00
100.00
50.00

All fitled w ith Pneum atic Tires.  Finest Steel  m aterial.  Best workm anship. 
THE  YO ST  M A N UFAC TURING   CO.,

WRITE  FOR CATALOGUE.

YOST’S  STATION,  TOLEDO,  OHIO.

B A R C U S  BROS.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF  CIRCULAR

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

Saw  Repairing

Done as cheap as can be done  consistent  with good  work.  Lumber  saws  fitted  up ready for use 
without extra charge.  No charge for boxing or drayage.  Writs tor prices and discounts.
MICHIGAN.

M USKEGON, 

- 

T H E   M TCH IG K AN  T B A D E 8 M A Î J
Dry Goods Price Current.

U S B

>  V»  N

* 
V 

-  V

4

O

Som e N egative T raits of  th e  T rue  M er­

c h an t.

From  the Keystone.

and 

ignoring, 

A little boy once defined “ salt” as “ the 
stuff that  makes potatoes taste  bad  when 
you don’t  put  any  of  it  on!”  This de­
lightful definition  suggests that what not 
to do is as important a question  in  devel­
oping  a success as the question of  what 
to do;  and suggests,  also,  that  the nega­
tive qualities  in a merchant’s  equipment 
may  be as  necessary  to  consider  as  his 
positive acquirements.
Let us name,  then,  some of these  valu­
able  negative  methods  of  the  proper 
merchant,  confining  ourselves to mental 
characteristics 
for  the 
present,  practical details:
He  does  not  pretend  to  know  every 
thing;  he conveys  the  impression to  his 
customer  that  he  absorbs  wisdom  from 
that customer on  all  subjects  outside his 
vocation.
He does not dispute with the customer 
for he knows that  “to win  the  argument 
is to lose the sale?”
He is not brusque to strangers.  He can 
not fathom the stranger’s  business in  ad 
vance,  and  may  possibly  close the door 
to a good buyer.
He does  not  boast  of  his  extravagan­
cies.  There  are  more  men of  economi­
cal habits  in  the  world  than  there  are 
spendthrift fools, and  it is always  well to 
"tie  to”  the  good  opinion  of  the  good 
housekeeper.
He does  not  interrupt;  does  not  look 
bored.
He  does  not call people “cranks”  who 
disagree with him;  for he knows that ev­
erybody,  including himself,  is a  crank to 
some degree.
He  is not  fussy  and  demonstrative  in 
his  forms  of  politensss;  and 
therein 
shows that he is well bred.
He is not  ungenerous in  his comments 
on competitors.  He recognizes the wit of 
“damning  with  faint  praise;”  possibly 
he even  goes  further,  and  praises  to  the 
point 
that  carries a  conviction  to  the 
mind of the  listener  that  such  generous 
mention  of a rival could only issue  from 
assured  prosperity.
He is  not  insensible  to  the  advantage 
of “ keeping in”  witli society  leaders,  es­
pecially of  the  gentler  sex.  He  knows 
the value  of  this potent  medium  of  ad­
vertising.
that  it 
would  be safe to  state, comprehensively, 
in  describing  the  true  merchant:  he  is 
not  unlike the true man.

is  not—so  many  things, 

He 

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Adriatic
Arrow Brand  5V 
Argyle  ..................   6
--  World Wide.  6
Atlanta AA............   6
L L ....................  4*4
“  
Atlantic A............   6%
Pull Yard Wide...... 6*4
H..............  6*
“ 
Georgia  A..............  65*
“ 
P ............   5H
HoneBt'Width.........  6*4
D..............6
“ 
Hartford A  ............  5
“  LL..............  5
Indian Head...........  7
A in or y ....................   6*4
King A  A................. 6*4
Archery  Bunting... 4
King EC.................  5
Beaver Dam  A A
5 Hi ¡L aw ren ce  L L ..........  4 %
Blackstone O, 32__5
Madras cheese cloth 6%
Black Crow............ 6
Newmarket  G........  53k
Black  Rock  ...........6
B  ___ 5
Boot, AL................  7
N........6*4
Capital  A^..............5J4
DD....  534
Cavanat V..............  5*4| 
X ...... 6V
Chapman cheese cl.  334 Noibe R..................5
Clifton  C R ............   534 Our Level  Best...... 6*4
Comet..................... 634 Oxford  R .................  6
Dwight Star............  6=4 Pequot....................  7
Clifton CCC...........  6*4 Solar.......................6
¡Top of the  Heap__  7
A B C ......................  8341Geo.  Washington...  8
Amazon.................. 8  Glen Mills...............   7
Amsburg.................7  Gold Medal..............   7*4
Art  Cambric...........10  Green  Ticket..........834
Blackstone A A......  7  Great Palls.............   634
Beats All................   4*4 Hope......................... 734
Boston....................12  Just  Out.......  434® 5
Cabot......................   7  King  Phillip...........734
Cabot,  X.................  634 
OP...... 7*4
Charter  Oak...........  5*41 Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Conway W..............  734|Lonsdale...........  @834
Cleveland.............  7  Middlesex........   @5
Dwight Anchor......  834 No Name................   7*4
shorts.  8
Oak View............... 6
Edwards.................   6
Our Own..  ............  5*4
Empire...................   7
< 
iPrideof the West  . .12
Parwell...................
7*4!Rosalind.................7*4
Fruit of the Loom.
8341 Sunlight.................   4*4
Fitch ville  .............
Utica  Mills............ 8*4
First Prize..............
“  Nonpareil  ..10
Fruit of the Loom X •  7*4
Vinyard..................  8*4
Falrmount..............  434
White Horse...........6
Full Value..............634
Rock............ 8*4
Cabot.......................  7  I Dwight Anchor......834
Farwell..................  8 

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 

CANTON  FLANNEL.

Unbleached. 

Bleached.
Housewife  A..........434 Housewife  Q___

|
I 

R.
S
T.
U.
V.w.
X.
Y. 
Z  .

534
..6*4
-734 
..8 
•  834 
-.9*4 
.10*4 
.11 
.12 
.13

B
C.
D. 
E 
F. 
G H 
I. 
J 
K 
L.
M  . 
N..

..  5
...5*4 
..  6 
...6*4
...634
...7

....  8 
834
■ • 
-  ...9*4 
...10 
...10*4 
....11*4 
....14
CABPET  WARP.

“ 

Peerless, white....... 17*4¡Integrity  colored...20
colored.... 19*4 White Star...............18
Integrity................. 18*4| 
“  colored..20
Hamilton
Nameless................20
...........25
...........27*4
...........30
...........32*4
......... 35

.  9 
.10*4
G G  Cashmere.......20
Nameless  .............. 16
..................18

DRESS  GOODS.

“  

CORSETS.

“ 

“ 

PRINTS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

CORSET  JEANS.

Corallne................. 89 501Wonderful............ $4 50
Im portance  of  Obeying  Instructions.
Schilling’s .............   9 00 Brighton..................4 75
Davis  Waists  —   9 00 Bortree’s  ..'............  9 00
Several years ago the  Rothschilds  held 
Grand  Rapids......  4  50|Abdominal............ 15  00
a large  quantity  of  cotton  in  New  Or­
Armory..................   6341Naumkeag satieen..  634
leans  which  they  instructed  their  agent 
Androscoggin..........  734 Rockport..................6*4
in that city  to  sell  when  cotton  should 
Blddeford...............  6  Conestoga.................634
reach  a  certain  price.  The  agent,  be­
Brunswick..............6*41 Walworth................   634
lieving that the price of cotton  would  go 
Allen turkey  reds
Berwick fancies__  5*4
beyond the figure named by his employers, 
robes...........6
Clyde Robes...........
Elnk & purple 6
held on till  he  was  able  to  sell  it  at  a 
Charter Oak fancies 4*4 
uffs 
........  6
price which  netted §40,000 more than  he 
DelMarine cashm’s.  6 
pink  checks.  6
mourn’g  6 
would  have got for it  if  he  had  obeyed 
staples  ..........6
Eddystone fancy...  6 
his orders  from  London.  He joyfully in­
shirtings ... 
4*4 
chocolat  6
chocolat 
American  fancy  .. 
rober —  
534 
rober—   6
formed  his employers of his success, sup­
American indigo  .. 
6 
sateens..  6
sateens..
posing they  would  share his  satisfaction 
American shirtings 
4*4 Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
at the  result. 
Imagine his  surprise  and 
Argentine  Grays..
staple__  6
0 
chagrin  when he received  a  reply  saying I Anchor Shirtings 
5  ¡Manchester fancy..  6
6*4 
new era.  6
in  substance:  “ The §40.000 you made by  Arnold  Merino 
6  Merrimack D fancy.  6 
disobeying  your instructions  is  not ours.
long cloth B. 10*4 Merrim’ck shirtings.  4*4
8*4
ReDDfurn .  8*4
“  C.  8*4 
It is yours.  Take it.  Mr.  X.,  your  suc­
Repp furn .  8*4
century cloth  7
Pacific fancy  .........6
cessor,  starts for  New  Orleans  to-day.”
“ gold seal...........10*4
robes............  6*4
At  first  thought  it  might  seem  like  a 
“  green seal TR 10*4 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow seal.. 10*4
Simpson mourning..  6
strange  proceeding,  and  that  very  few 
“ 
serge............11*4
greys........6
employers  would object  to  receiving  all 
“  Turkey red.. 10*4 
solid black.  6 
they could get.  But  there is a  principle 
Ballou solid black..  5 
Washington indigo.  6 
“  colors.  5*4
“ 
“  Turkey robes..  7*4
involved  which justified  the action of the 
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes__ 7*4
company.  Supposing,  instead of making 
red and  orange  ..  5*4
“  plain T’ky X %  8*4 
the  §40,000  by  disobeying  instructions, 
Berlin solids 
........5*4
“  X...10
“ 
“ 
“  •  oil blue......  6*4
“  Ottoman  Tur-
that amount  had  been  lost.  That  was 
..  6*4
“ 
“  green 
key red 
............  6
probably  the  view  taken. 
It  was  not 
“  Foulards  ...  5*4 
Martha Washington
because of the gain or  loss  in  this  par­
“ 
red 3K 
7
Turkey red 3l£........ 7*4
“  “  %  .............9*4
Martha Washington
ticular instance,  but  because of  the  loss 
“ 
“ 44  ___ 10
Turkey red..........   9*4
of dependence in  their employe,  and  the 
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12
Rlverpolntrobes  ...  5*4
possibility of results from  a  future  dis­
Cocheeo fancy........  6
Windsor fancy........6*4
“  madders...  6  I 
obedience  of  instructions. 
It is always 
XX twills..  6*4
indigo blue......... 10*4
well to follow  instructions,  for, 
in  that 
solids.
case,  no blame for consequences is possi­
ble.  The printer’s rule,  to  “ Follow  the 
copy if it takes you out of the  window,” 
is a  pretty good rule to adopt  in any busi­
ness,  and,  if the  agent  follows  instruc­
tions,  he 
is  safe  in  the  event  of  any 
trouble which may  be the result.

Amoskeag AC A__12*4
A C A...............
12*4
Hamilton N — ......7*4
Pemberton AAA
16
York.................
D............8*4
10*4
Awning. .11
Swift River...  .
7*41Í
Farmer....................8
Pearl  River .. 
.
First Prize............. 11*4
Warren................... 18
Lenox M ills.......... 18
Conostoga  ............16
Atlanta,  D..............  63X|Stark  A
8
Boot........................ 63£ No  Name................ 7*4
Clifton, K............... 6*4|Top of Heap.............  9

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

.  53^1 H arm ony..................
TICKINGS.

COTTON  DRILL.

gold  ticket 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Amoskeag 

Columbian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.lP

Amoskeag.............. 12*4
9 02...... 13*4
brown .13
Andover — ........... 11*4
Beaver Creek  AA. .10 
“ 
BB  . .  9 
“ 
C C ...
Boston MfgCo.  br..  7 
blue  8*4 
“ 
“  d a  twist 10*4 
•* 

Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........12*4
brown....... 12*4
Haymaker blue......   734
brown...  734
Jeffrey.....................11*4
Lancaster  ...............12*4
Lawrence, 9oz........ 13*4
“  No. 220.... 13
“  No. 250...11*4
No. 280... 10*4
“ 
GINGHAMS.
...........   734
Lancaster,  staple..  7
“  Persian dress  8*4 
fancies__  7
“ 
Canton  ..  8*4
“ 
“  Normandie  8
“ 
AFC....  ~
Lancashire.............  6
10*4
“ 
Teazle.
Manchester............   5^
.10*4
“ 
Angola
Monogram...........  6*4
10*4
Persian
“ 
.  8*4 
Normandie...........   7*4
Arlington Btaple..
•  634
Persian.....................8*4
..  _  ______ _____ _____I
Arasapha  fancy 
434 Renfrew Dress........7*4
Bates Warwick dres 8*4(Rosemont................. 6*4
staples.  6*4 j Slaters ville............ 6
ft
Centennial.  . . . . . .  10*4
...........  10*4
Criterion 
Cumberland  staple.  5*4
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................4*4
Elfin.......................  7*4
Everett classics......8*4
Exposition............... 734
Glenarie.................  6*4
Glenarven__  ..........634
Glenwood.................7*4
Hampton.................. 6*4
Johnson Chalon cl 
*4 
Indigo blue 9*4 
zephyrs__16

IDI/ Qnmnvon* 
Somerset
Tacoma  ...................7*4
Toil  du Nord......... 10*4
Wabash..................   7*4
seersucker..  7*4
Warwick...............   8*4
Whittenden............   634
heather dr.  8 
indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook..............8
10
Windermeer........... 5
York  ......................634

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

Amoskeag............... 1634 ¡Valley City
Stark.....................   19*4 Georgia 
•
American................16

.1534
..1534
Pacific  ................... 13

GRAIN  BAGS.
_ 

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile End....45
Coats’, J. & P .........45
Holyoke..................22*41

Barbours  ............. 88
Marshall’s..............88

No.

KNITTING  COTTON.

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

White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
39
“  16...
...38
40
“  18... ...39
41
“  20... ....40
CAMBRICS.

White. Colored.
42
43
44
45

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

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.

Slater.... .................   4*4
White Star............   4*4
Kid Glove  ----- 
4*4
Newmarket  ...........  4*4

Edwards 
.............  4*4
Lockwood................ 4*4
Wood’s ..................   4*4
Brunswick...........   4*4
Fireman................. 32*4|T W..........................32*4
Creedmore............. 27*4 FT  ......................... 32*4
Talbot XXX  ...........30  J R F, XXX............. 35
Nameless  .............. 27*4|Buckeye.................. 32*4
Red A Blue,  plaid. .40  IGrey S R W............17*4
Union R................. 22*4 Western W  ............. 18*4
Windsor---- --------18*4p  R P .......................18*4
6 oz Western..........20
Flushing XXX....... 23*4
Union  B................22*4|Manltoba
...23*4
”   "  ‘ 
DOMET  FLANNEL.
Nameless...... 8  @ 9*41 
“
@10*4 
“
...... 8*4@10  I 
“ 
12*4
Slate.
Black.
Slate
Black.
9*
10*4
9*4
l'*4
10*4
11*412
10*4
11*4
12
1114
11*4
12*4
12*4
20
20
DUCKS
Severen. 8 oz  .......   9*41 West  Point, 8 oz. 
. 10*4
10oz  ...12*4
Mayland, 8oz.........10*4 
“ 
Greenwood, 7*4 oz..  9*4 Raven, lOoz.............13*4
Greenwood, 8 oz— 11*4 Stark 
13*4
Boston, 8 oz.............10*4 ¡Boston, 10 oz............12*4
WADDINGS.
White, doz..............25  I Per bale, 40 doz 
$3 so
Colored,  doz...........20  ¡Colored  “ 
..........  7 go
Slater, iron Cross  ..  8
Pawtucket...............10*4
Red Cross...  9
Dundie...................   g
Best  ............ 10*4
Bedford...................10*4
Best  A A.......12*4
Valley  City.............10*4
KK  ........................   10*4
........................7*4
....................... 8*4

Brown.
9*4
10*4
11V4
12*4

Brown.
10*4
U*4
12
20

SILESIAS.

“ 

 

SEWING  BILK.

Coniceli!, doz.........75

Cortlcelll  knitting, 
per *4oz  ball  ......30

twist, doz. .37*4| 
50 yd, doz. .37*41
HOOKS AND ETES—PER GROSS.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

No  4 Bl’k A Whlte.,15
..20
.25
PINS.
50  INo4—15  F  3*4  __40
45  I

No  1 Bl’k A White..10
“  2 
..12
“  3 
..12
No 2-20, M C. 
!  3—18, S C . .
COTTON  TAPE.
No  2 White A Bl’k..12 
No  8 White A Bl’k.,20 
..15
“  4 
.28
“  10 
“ 12 
..26
..18
“  6 
SAFETY  p in s.
No 2
•28  IN0 8 ..  .................... 86

8 
10 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

A. James.................1  401 Steamboat.

NEEDLES—PER  M.

ly’s................1  35 Gold  Eyed............. !i 50
all’s .............. 1 00
..2   25
..2 10

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

6—4. ..2 95

...3 10|
COTTON TWINES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic...............18*4
Anchor..................16
Bristol................... 13
Cherry  Valley........15
I XL.......................18*4
Alabama.................63k
Alamance...............   6*4
Augusta.................  7*4
Ar  sapha..  ...........  6
Georgia...................  63*
G ranite..................  544
Haw  River.............  5
Haw  J ....................5

Nashua................... 18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3 ply  ...17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 ply 17*4 
Powhattan.............18

Mount  Pleasant__ 6*4
Oneida....................  5
Prymont  ...............   5%
Randelman............6
Riverside  ............  5U
Sibley  A.................e*
Toledo.......... .........

PLAID  OSNABURGS

MILE-END
Best  Six  Bord
Madrine  or  Hand  Use.

— FOR

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL

Dealers  in  Dry  Hoods & Notions.
S C W .  IDLER  i  CO,
Pants, Iris, Overalls

MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS 0F

-AND-

REM OVED  TO

2 3 -2 8  Larned St., East

DETROIT,  MICH.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS  DRDSH  CO,

M anufacturers  of

BRUSHES,

Gr a n d  R a p id s,  M ioh.

O nr goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing 

Houses.

G.  R.  M a y h e w ,

G rand Rapids, Mich.,

JOBBER OF

Wales Goodyear Rubbers,

Woonsocket Rubbers, 

Felt Boots and Alaska Socks.

r

A

•*

W  A

V  A

V. 

J  

t  >.

y  4

k  ¿

4 

*

*

y  x  4 

.V *   •

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

can  see  how a traveling  man  may  be 

POOR  COLLECTIONS.

Some  W ays  in  W hich  They  May  Be 

Remedied.

Jerem iah  Banks in Stoves and Hardware Reporter.

I 

the 

It  always  seems  to  me  when  1  hear 
about  collections  that  are  hard to make 
and  goods  that  are  refused  or returned 
without  cause,  that  there  must be some­
thing  wrong with  the sale  either on  the 
part of the seller or the purchaser.
overzealous  to  make  a sale  to  a  retail 
dealer,  and  also  how  a retail  dealer may 
be  very  anxious  to  sell  to  a  customer, 
but  there  surely  ought  to  be  a  mutual 
understanding as to what  the obligations 
to meet consist of.
When  a  traveling  man  comes  to  me 
and  tries  to  sell  a  special  article  I  al­
ways consider  whether it is what  I  want 
and  whether  it  will  be  salable.  Of 
course, 
latter  point  cannot  very 
readily  be  determined  without  a  trial. 
However,  there are ways to do this  with­
out  entering  into  an  ironclad  contract. 
Neither  party should  lose  sight  of  the 
fact  that  the  goods  must  sootier or  later 
be paid  for if the sale is consummated.
While as a general thing salesmen make 
no out-of-the-way  inducements for me to 
take  an  article,  yet  I’ll  once  in  a while 
strike  one.  His  only ambition  seems  to 
be to make a sale and  he looks no further. 
He  will  make  all  kinds  of  offers  and 
agreements  to  induce  me  to  purchase 
what  he has for sale.  He makes promises 
which  he  has  no  authority  from  his 
house to make,  and  will do anything if  1 
will buy.  But 1’ ve had all the experience 
of  that kind I  want and  don’t bite. 
If 1 
really want  the  article,  I  will  take it on 
fair  terms,  but I  will  not  enter  into an 
agreement  which  1  know  will  cause 
trouble between  the house  and  myself.
There is one  argument in  favor of  the 
salesman  acting as collector  and  that is 
that  he  will  be  more  careful  about the 
kind of  sales  he makes,  especially  after 
the  first  collecting  experience  he  gets. 
Still,  many  houses  regard  the  plan  of 
sending  out  a  regular  collector  as  the 
best means,  and  this is probably  particu­
larly so in the case of harvester sales.  A 
company ought not to employ  a salesman 
who  is  slack  in  making  sales of  goods, 
and  there  are  few  cases  where  one  is 
kept after bis  first season of indiscretion.
What  is  true of  the  salesman for  the 
m anufacturer or jobber is eminently true 
of  the  retail  dealer.  There  is  no retail 
dealer  who does  not want  to  sell goods, 
but he should  not  let his  desire to make 
sales  get  away  with  his common  sense. 
He  should  consider  who  his  would-be 
victim is before  he tries too hard  to make 
a sale. 
If the man is good for the amount 
of the purchase it does not do to be slack 
in  any  particular of the transaction.
In  the  implement  business  it  is  not 
easy to get cash  customers on everything 
and  for  that  reason  if  sales  are  to  be 
made they must  be  made  on time,  but it 
should  be the  duty of  the  country  mer­
chant  that  sales  are  made  only  to  re­
sponsible parties. 
It  is not always those 
who are well  off  who are responsible. 
If 
they  were  they  might  pay  cash  instead 
It is  very often the 
of asking for credit. 
case that some of  my  best customers are 
the  poorer ones, 
if  a  man  is  honest he 
is all  right  for be will  not enter  into ob­
ligations which  he  cannot  meet or is not 
reasonably  certain  of meeting.
Several  cases  come  to  my  mind  of 
young  men  who  were  starting  out  on 
rented  farms  who wanted  to  get binders 
to do  their own  harvesting  and  that  of 
their neighbors.  They  were  young men 
whom  1  know perfectly  well  and  I knew 
they  were  worth  helping  and  would  be 
among my  best customers as soon as they 
got on  their feet.  1  was  probably more 
reasonable  with  them 
than  some  mer­
chants  would  be  on 
that  account 
and  had  no  cause  to  regret  my action. 
They ail  paid up on  time and sooner than 
some of my older customers.
1 
customers  more  than  he  is  accustomed 
to. 
If  one  knows  what bind of  a farmer 
his  man  is  he  will  be  able to tell  pretty 
nearly  whether he  is to  be trusted or not. 
A  tbrif’.y  farmer is always all  right.  He 
keeps his  farm in shape and  he keeps his 
business in  shape.  Such a man  will set­
tle up  his  obligations  when  he  says  he 
will,  even  if he is greatly inconvenienced

believe a dealer  needs  to  study his 

by so doing.  He  never  asks  for  an  ex­
tension of  time  without a  very good  rea­
son  therefor, and when  he does he should 
get it every time.
A  great  deal  of  trouble  between  the 
dealer  and  wholesaler  and  between  the 
dealer and  his customer may be saved  by 
observing  some very  simple  rules.  The 
retail  dealer  should  always  have a thor­
ough  understanding of  the matter  when 
he enters  into  contract  with  a wholesale 
house.  When  he  signs  that  contract he 
should  know  what  he  is  doing  and  be 
ready to abide  by  its  terms. 
If  this  is 
done there  will  not  be so many poor  col­
lection  reports  heard.  When  a  dealer 
sells  to  his  customer 
the  same  rules 
should  be  observed  and 
little  trouble 
will result.  “ Be sure  you  are right  and 
then  go  ahead” is  a good  proverb  to ob­
serve.
F R A N K   H.  W H IT E ,
Brooms, Washboards,  Wooden
Indurated  Pails  &  Tubs,

Manufacturer’s Agent and Jobber of

ANU

Wooden  Bowls,  Clothespins  and  Rolling 

Pins,  Step ¿Ladders,  W ashing  Ma­

chines, M arket, Bnshel and De­

livery Bag' ets.  Building 

Paper, W rapping

Paper, Sacks, Twine  and  Stationery.

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

185  COURT  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

WALTER  HOUSE

Central Lake, Mich., E. W alter, Prop. 

Fourteen  warm  rooms,  all  newly  furnished 
Good table.  Kates,  81.50  per  day.  The  patron­
age of traveling men especially solicited.

DODGE

Independence  Wood  Split  Pulley.

TH E  LIG H TEST!

TH E  STRONGEST!

TH E  BEST!
HESTER  MACHINERY  BO.,

45  So.  D i v i s i o n   St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Hardware Price Current.

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

AUGURS AND BITS.
Snell’s............................................
Cook’s  ...........................................
Jennings’, genuine........................
Jennings’,  imitation....................
First Quality, S. B. Bronze...........
D.  B. Bronze.............
S.B.S. Steel..............
D. B. Steel...............

AXIS.

" 
1 
1 

BABBOWS.

BOLTS.

Railroad  ....................................................I
Garden 
.............................................  net
Stove.  .........................................................
Carriage new list..............  ...... ..................
Plow............................................................
Sleigh shoe  .................................................
Well,  plain.................  ....................
Well, swivel.....................................
Cast Loose Pin. figured...................
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.

BUTTS, CAST.

BUCKETS.

60
40
25
.50*10
.8 7 00 
.  12 00 
.  8 00 
.  13 50 
dis.
8 14 00 
30 00 
dis. 
.50*10 
.75*10 
.40*10 
70
.8 3 50 
.  4 00 
dis. 
.70* 
.60*10

Wrought Loose Pin.......................................60*10
Wrought  Table.............................................60*10
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60*10
Wrought Brass.................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s...............................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s.............................................70*10
Blind, Shepard’s 
70

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

 

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1892.

50

Grain.................................................... dls. 50*02

CROW  BARS.

Cast Steel............................................per lb  5
Ely’s 1-10............................................ perm 
“ 
Hick's  C.  F.........................................  
G. D ....................................................   “ 
Musket...............................................  
“ 

65
60
35
60

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

50
25

CARTRIDGES.

chisbls. 

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

40
Curry,  Lawrence’s ....................................... 
Hotchkiss....................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross..............12©12*4 dls. 10

CHALK.

coxbs. 

COFFER.

dls.

 
dls.

“ 

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

.  drills. 

‘  “  

28
26
23
23
35

d rippin g f a n s.

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

07
654

ELBOWS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Com. 4  piece, 6 In............................do*, net 
75
40
Corrugated............................................dls 
Adiustable.............................................dls. 40*10
30
Clark’s, small, $18;  large, 826.  ................... 
Ives’, 1, *18:  2, 824; 3,830  ............................ 
25
Disston’s ...................................................... 60*10
New American  ............................................60*10
Nicholson’s ..................................................60*10
Heller’s 
Heller’s Horse Rasps

fil es—New List. 

dls

dls.

GALVANIZED IRON.

12 

15 

dlS.

Nos.  16  to  20;
List 
13 
Discount, 60

and  24;  25  and  26;  27
16
14 
dls.
GAUGES. 
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s
knobs—New List. 
dls.
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings__
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings..
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings
Door,  porcelain, trimmings.........
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain...
LOCKS—DOOR. 
Russell * Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s ...............
Branford’s ......................................
Norwalk’s ......................................
Adze Eye........................................  816.00, dls. 60
Hunt Eye.  ...................................... 815.00, dls. 60
...........813.50, dls. 20*10.
Hunt’s ....................... 
dls.
50
Sperry *  Co.’b, Post, handled...................... 
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
40
“  P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable».... 
“  Landers,  Ferry & CIp .k’8................. 
40
“  Enterprise 
30
Stebbin’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25

MOLASSES GATES. 

mauls. 
mills. 

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

MATTOCKS.

dls.

 

NAILS

 

 

Advance over base: 

Finish 10......................  

Steel nails, base..............................................1  85
Wire nails, base..........................  
...... 1  80@1  90
Steel.  Wire.
60................................................  
  Base  Base
10
50......................................................Base 
40.....................................................  05
25 
30..................................................... 
10
35 
15
20.........  
45 
16.....................................................  15
45 
12....................................................  
15
50 
10......................................................  20
60 
8.......................................................   25
75 
7 * 6 ..................................................  40
90 
4.......................................................   60
1  20 
3.........................................................1 00
1  60 
2.........................................................1 50
1  60 
Fine 3................................................1 50
65 
Case  10.............................................  60
75 
8.............................................  75
90 
6.............................................  90
75 
85
90 
8............................................ 1 00
6............................................ 1 15
1  10 
70 
Clinch; 10..........................................  85
80 
8...........................................1 00
90 
6...........................................1 15
1  75 
Barrell %...........................................1 75
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy...............................  ©40
Sclota Bench................................................  ©60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first quality......................................   ©60
Stanley Rnle and  Level Co.’s. wood...........  *10
Fry,  Acme....................... I................... dls.60-10
70
Common,  polished................................dls. 
dls.
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................  50—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished, Noe. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

rivets. 

PLANES.

Broken packs *4c per pound extra.

dls.

 

HAMMERS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Maydole  * Co.’s....................................dls. 
25
Kip’s ........................................................dls. 
25
Yerkes & Plumb’s ..................................dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................ 30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand 
. ,30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ...............................dls.60*10
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 In. 4*4  14  and
longer.......................................................   3*4
Screw Hook and  Eye, *4......................... net 
10
%.........................net  8*4
“ 
X.........................net  7*4
%.........................net  7*4
“ 
Strap and T ...........................................  dls. 
50
dls.
Bara Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  anti friction.............................  60*10
Kidder, wood track..................................... 
40
Pots............................................................  60*10
Kettles.......................................................   60*10
Spiders  ...................................................... «.60*10
Gray enameled..............  ....................  ..  40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................  . 
26
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 33*4*10
Bright...................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70410*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
70*10*10
<Hh.7o
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s.....................
Sisal, *4 Inch and larger.............................  
9
Manilla........................................................   13
dls.
Steel and Iron..............................................  
Try and Bevels............................................. 
M itre........................................................ 

3 05
8 05
3 15
8 25
8 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

76
60
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
Nos. 10 to  14...................................... 81 05  8 1 95
Nos. 15 to 17 .....................................  4 05 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................   4 05 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4 05 
Nos. 25 to 26 .....................................  4 25 
No. 27...............................................   4 45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19,’86  .....................................dls. 
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A............................... 
White  B..............................   “ 
Drab B.................................   “ 
White C ............................... “ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

levels. 
ROPES.

wire goods. 

SHEET IRON.

50
50
55
50
55
35

squares. 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

dls.

 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

traps. 

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

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

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton 825
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game................................................... 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s  ... 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion...............................81.50 per doz
dls.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market  ........................................  60
Tinned Market.............................................  62*4
Coppered  Spring  Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  2 85
painted....................................  2 40

wire. 

dls.

“ 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

.........................................dls.  40*10
Au  Sable 
Putnam.......................................... 
dls. 05
Northwestern................................ 
dls. 10*10
dls.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................  
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,  .........  
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
dls.
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bird Cages.................................. 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
75*10
Screws, New List..........................................70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate................ 
50*10*10
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods....... 65*10

 

 

 

METALS,
FIG TIN.

63£
7

260
28c

ZINC.

SOLDER.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars....................................................  .. 
Duty:  Sheet, 2*4c per pound.
680 pound  casks........................................... 
Per pound................................................... 
*4©*4.................................................................. 16
Extra W iping.................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................per pound
Hallett’s......................................  
13
TIN—MXLYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................8 7 51
........................................   7 50
“ 
14x2010, 
10x14 IX,  “ 
........................................  9 25
9 25
 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

Each additional X on this grade, 81.75.

Each additional X on this grade 81.50.

 
 
 
ROOFING PLATES

“ 

 
 
 

 

“  Worcester...............................   6 50
“ 
............................  8 60
...........................  18 50
“ 
“  Allaway Grade................  6 00
7  50
“ 
“ 
12  50
“ 
15 50
BOILER SIZE TIM PLATE.

14x20 10, 
14x20 EX, 
20X28 IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 EX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
14x28  EX............................................................ 814 00
14x31  EX......................................................... 15
10
J £ “ g ; f ° r  No. |  Boilers, ^

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

" 
“ 
“ 

 
 
 

 
 

 

W  M

v  A

4 

*

T'EUE  M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

8

Michigan Tradesman

A  WKKKLY  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Best  In terests  of  Business  Men. 

Published at

lOO  Louis  St., Grand Rapids,

— BY  THE —

TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

One Dollar a Year, 

- 

Postage Prepaid,

ADVERTISING  RATES  ON  APPLICATION.

Communications  invited  from practical  busi­

ness men.

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

Subscribers may have  the  mailing  address of 

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

class matter.

EiT"When  writing to  any of  our  advertisers, 
please  say that  you  saw  their  advertisement in 
Th e  Michigan T rad esm a n.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  33, 1893.

CIVILIZATION  AND  NERVES.

The present era is said  by  medical  men 
to be especially  the  age  of  nervous dis­
eases.  Herr Bilsinger, the distinguished 
German  physiologist,  has prepared  an  ar­
ticle on the subject for  the  Popular Sci­
ence Monthly,  opening with  the  follow­
ing sentence: 
‘’The signature of our  age 
is  a  thin-blooded,  nervous  generation, 
with  an alarming increase in  the number 
of persons  confined  in  lunatic  asylums, 
while the numbers  suffering  from  nerv­
ous diseases is very  large  and constantly 
growing.”  He lays the blame for all  this 
on exciting influences,  due  to  the sharp 
competitions  in  the  struggles  of  daily 
life:  in  the  fact  that  by  means  of  the 
press and  the 
telegraph  the  people  are 
brought into  closer contact  with  all  the 
sensational events  of  the  whole  world; 
in  the clatter of  railroads  and  the driv­
ing of  factories;  in  the exacting demands 
of the schools  upon  the immature mental 
faculties of young persons and  children; 
in  the pressure  and  exigencies  of  busi­
ness and the exactions of  social  life.

But.  worst  of  all,  are  the  remedies 
which  are commonly adopted  by  the suf­
ferers  themselves. 
Instead  of  resting 
body  and brain  by  abstention  from  exer­
tion  and  sources  of  deleterious  excite­
ment,  they  brace  up  with  stimulants  and 
poisonous drugs.  We  are  told of  cigars 
and cigarettes  made of  tobacco  steeped 
in  tinctures  of  opium.  We  are  told of 
beer  made  bitter  with  strychnine  and 
whisky dosed  with  nerve  tonics.  Even 
the soda water dispensers advertise nerve 
bracing drinks.  Then  the  hypordermic 
syringe for injecting opiates into the cir­
culation of the  blood  has  ceased to  be  a 
resource of the  medical  practitioner. 
It 
is now a pocket companion  to  ali classes 
of  nervous  patients.  Even  the  most  ig­
norant  of 
is  acquainted 
with  it as a common  means of  self-treat­
ment.

the  sufferers 

Without doubt the situation  is serious, 
and the evils  which  have  created  it  are 
constantly  growing  in  magnitude.  Not i 
only do they work  their ruinous effect up­
on  the present  generation,  but  the chil­
dren  born  under such conditions  must in­
herit  the  most  complicated  forms  of 
nervous  weakness.

Nervous  disorders  are  practically  un­
known among rude  and  primitive races. 
They  are the  peculiar  penalty  which  a 
high  degree  of  civilization  and  luxury 
imposes on  the  most  advanced  peoples, 
and  while there may be  some  new forms 
among  them,  these  disorders  are practi­
cally  the same  as  those  which  infested 
the  Babylonians,  Greeks,  Romans  and 
other once dominating races and wrought 
their  downfall.  As  for  the  exhausting 
and debilitating vices,  the  people of  the 
present  age  are,  fortunately  for  their 
credit and reputation,  far behind the an­
cients,  who  had  sounded  the  depths  of 
every  luxurious  infamy.  Then,  in  the 
matter  of  drugs the  Orientals  from the 
earliest times possessed  a  knowledge  of 
the properties of  opium, of  hasheesh or 
Indian  hemp, of betel  and  the  kola  nut.
All  these  highly civilized  people were 
overthrown  by  the  rude  and  barbarous 
hordes that had  formerly quailed  before 
the power of organization  and enlighten­
ment,  but  who  found  in  the  luxurious 
and  effeminate  nations  of  the  highest 
state  of  advancement,  easy  conquests 
and  helpless  victims.  When  nervous 
diseases become the chief  morbid charac­
teristic  of  any  people,  the  power  they 
wield and the  place  they  occupy among 
the  nations  will  soon  be  lost  to  them. 
They will  succumb  to  the  attacks of any 
ruder and more  vigorous  race  that  seri­
ously  assaults  them.

NOW  FOR  ELECTRO-HEATING.
The  wonderful  and  manifold  powers 
of electricity  are  not  all  utilized  yet,  if 
indeed they have  been discovered.

for 

We  use  the  electrical  force  for trans­
mitting  intelligence; 
illumination; 
for propelling machinery;  as  a remedial 
agent in the cure  of disease;  for  plating 
one  metal  upon  another;  for  recording 
and  reproducing at  will  articulate speech 
and  other  sounds,  and  for  many  other 
purposes  less  commonly  known.  But 
there is another  field  for the  use of  elec­
tricity  which  has  not  yet  been  properly 
occupied.  This  is  the  employment  of 
the force  for heating purposes.

The  method  of  generating  heat  with 
the electric current is quite  simple.  All 
that is required  is  to  retard the progres­
sion of the  current,  and at  the  point  of 
obstruction  is  produced  a  degree of heat 
always  proportioned to 
the  intensity of 
the electric  force  and  the  amount of  the 
obstruction.  The heating power is plain­
ly observed  in the case of  the burning of 
an arc  light.

Illumination, as  well as  heating,  is  ef­
fected  by  obstructing  the  current.  By 
forcing the electricity to pass through the 
carbon  points,  which  it  does  with great 
difficulty,  the  electricity  breaks  out in­
to  flame 
the most  brilliant and heat the 
most intense.  Such a heat  is, of  course, 
necessary  for  the  smelting  of  ores  and 
the welding and other working of metals, 
and  there is  little  practical  difficulty in 
adapting it to  such purposes.  Only  the 
question  of  cost is  to be considered. 
Is 
it cheaper to  produce  the  required  heat 
with  the combustion  of coal,  or  is it bet­
ter to reserve the coal for moving the ma­
chinery  which  generates  the  electricity 
j and accomplish  the  smelting  with elec- 
I trie heat?

These  are  questions  which  are  to be 
| answered  and  will  be  tested  on 
their 
practical  merits,  and  it is really  surpris­
ing that more  attention  has  not  already 
been given to  the subject  than has been 
I reported.  Since it  has been demonstrat­

ed  that the highest degree of heat attain­
able  by  physical  means  can  be  readily 
produced  by  electrical  apparatus,  it  is 
plain that lesser  temperatures can be ob­
tained and regulated,  and this  fact  sug­
gests  a  complete  system  of  electrical 
house-warming and for  cooking.

to 

The whole  thing  is  entirely  feasible, 
and the day  is  not  far  distant  when  we 
will  have,  in  addition 
the  electric 
light and power  companies,  electro-heat­
ing  establishments  which  will  supply 
caloric for the heating of  houses  and for 
kitchen  purposes.  That will be indeed a 
happy  time.  There  will  be  no  more 
winter morning strivings  to kindle a fire 
which refuses  to  burn,  no more  worry­
ing with ashes  under the grate or dust on 
all  the furniture. 
It  will only be neces­
sary to touch a button and  another fellow 
at the heat factory  will do the rest.

We here  throw  out  these  suggestions 
free of cost,  willing that  others  may  en­
rich themselves if only they  will put into 
operation  an efficient and  economical de­
vice to abolish  the  coal  scuttle  and  the 
dustpan.

A  NATIONAL  LABOR  EXCHANGE.
A project has been  suggested  in  Lon­
don  to  establish  a National  Labor  Ex­
change,  with  branch offices  in each  man­
ufacturing center,  to keep registers of all 
unemployed  men,  with  a  memorandum 
of  their 
information 
which  may  be  valuable  in  the  mainte­
nance of the system.

trades  and  other 

In  this  way it  will  be  possible,  in  case 
of a demand  for laborers in  a  particular 
trade,  for any point  in the  United  King­
dom, 
that  the  men  can  be  reached  at 
once and gotten  together to be sent to the 
place needed. 
If  such  a system  were in 
use,  cotton  mill  hands,  iron  workers, 
miners or work people of  any sort  could 
be  secured  at short  notice  and  sent  to 
fill orders  without  delay.

This should  be done  without  expense 
to the men,  and  in  this  respect would  be 
unlike the ordinary  labor  agencies. 
In 
England  it  may  be  made  a government 
institution,  and 
there  seems  to  be  no 
reason  why  it  should  not. 
In a country 
where a hundred  thousand  men  are  out 
of employment at the same time.some such 
arrangement would be wise and beneficial, 
for it is a  great  boon to  an  unemployed 
man  who wants  to  work,  to  know  with 
the least delay  possible  that  he  can se­
cure  employment.  The  labor  question 
demands the highest statesmanship.

the  contract  was 

The employes on the street railways  of 
New Orleans were working twelve  hours 
a day  for $50 a month on  a  yearly  con­
tract.  Before 
six 
months  old, they went out cn a  “ sympa­
thy strike,”  and when  they were ordered 
back to  work  by  the  strike  committee 
they were given  the  option  of  working 
sixteen hours a day  for  $40  a  month  or 
remaining idle.  T he  T radesm an  con­
siders it criminal  to ask any man  to labor 
sixteen hours a day,regularly,  but the re­
sult of the strike  in  question  is  signifi­
cant as showing the  tendency of  ali  un­
justifiable strikes conducted of late years. 
If men  will  subordinate  their  indepen­
dence and  barter  away  their  manhood, 
by  placing themselves  under the tyranny 
of trade unions,  they must eat the  bitter 
bread of repentance and expect no mercy 
from employers  whom  they have antago­
nized and  attempted to ruin.

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

POSSIBLE  TARIFF  CHANGES.

Whatever  the  Democrats  may  ulti­
mately attempt in the way of reducing or 
abolishing the  duties  on  sugar  and  on 
binding twine,  or on imported goods gen­
erally,  there  is  little probability  of  such 
action on their part for a  good  while  to 
come.  Apart from the fact that any pro­
posed interference by Congress with  one 
vested  interest benefited by  a  protective 
duty calls forth  immediately  the  opposi­
tion of the representatives of all other in­
terests in a similar  condition,  the  neces­
sities of the Treasusy  are  such as to for­
bid at present any reduction  of  the  cus­
toms revenue  and,  on  the  contrary,  to 
demand  an  increase. 
It  is  pretty  well 
understood, though not formally acknowl­
edged, that the national income during the 
current year has  fallen  short  of  the  de­
mands  upon it,  although,  by an ingenious 
system  of  postponing  the  payment  of 
claims and of appropriations,  a  palpable 
deficit  has  thus far been avoided.  Now 
that the Republicans are  so  soon to  give 
place to their opponents,  all  motive  for 
the further concealment of the true  con­
dition of affairs has ceased  to  exist,  and, 
in  fact, such  a  concealment  would  not 
long be possible.  We  may expect, there­
fore,  in  the  forthcoming  report  of  the 
Secretary of the Treasury a statement  to 
be made which will  imperatively call  for 
legislation to  relieve his pressing needs.
Under the tariff now in force raw sugar 
is admitted free of duty,  while  upon  re­
fined sugar a duty  is  imposed  of  half  a 
cent  per pound and upward.  The  aboli­
tion of the  old  duty  of  three  cents  per 
pound upon raw sugar caused atone blow 
a loss of revenue to the country  of  from 
$50,000,000  to $00,000,000 a year,  besides 
requiring  the  payment  of  bounties  on 
home-grown sugar to the amount  of $15,- 
000,000 a year.  A return to the old duty 
and the abolition of the bounty constitute 
the  readiest  means  of  raising  the  ad­
ditional  amount demanded by the  neces­
sities of the moment.  A duty  upon  raw 
sugar  would involve  a  readjustment  of 
that upon  the refined  article,  and  in  that 
readjustment the margin of  profit  which 
the American  Sugar  Refining  Company 
now enjoys might be diminished, but only 
in this  way could the value  of  its  stock 
as an investment be seriously impaired.

The duty on  binding twine is unimpor­
tant as an item  of  revenue,  and  its  re­
peal,  being  clamorously  demanded  by 
every  farmer  in  the  country  who  uses 
twine for bindiog  his  sheaves  of  grain, 
may  be accomplished.  How  far  the  re­
peal  will  diminish  the  profits  of 
the 
National  Cordage  Company  only  those 
familiar with  the Company’s  affairs  can 
compute,  but the making of twine  is  not 
the Company’s whole business,  and  if it 
should  be given  up  altogether  it  would 
not mean  utter ruin.

The duty  upon  tin plate,  which is  now 
yielding  several  millions  of  dollars  a 
year to the Treasury,  will  also  probably 
not long  survive 
the  accession  of  the 
Democrats to the  control of 
the  Senate, 
which  is  expected  to  take  place  next 
March. 
In spite of all that the  Republi­
can speakers aud  writers  have said in  its 
behalf, 
this  duty  has  not  yet  demon­
strated its  usefulness as a  means  of  es­
tablishing 
tin 
plate in  this country,and its repeal would 
cause no great loss to the  few  enterpris­
ing  persons  who  have  embarked  their 
capital  in  the business. 
If the duty is to 
be  repealed  eventually,  the  sooner  the 
the repeal takes place the better, both for

the  manufacture  of 

the sake of these few tin plate  manufac­
turers and for that of  the  consumers  of 
the article.

To compensate the revenue for the  loss 
of these duties,  new  ones  might  be  im­
posed if  necessary  on  coffee  and  tea, 
which are now free,  but  which,  as  they 
cannot be grown in this country,  do  not 
compete  with any  home  product.  This 
measure could not possibly be resisted as 
being in conflict with the Democratic dec­
laration  against protection,  but  it  would 
be unpopular  with  the  great  multitude 
of consumers,  and could,  therefore,  only 
be resorted  to in  the last extremity.  Per­
haps  wines 
and  liquors  would  bear 
heavier duties than  those now laid  upon 
them,  and  if  the  internal  revenue  tax 
upon whisky  were  correspondingly  aug­
mented,the resulting  addition to the pub­
lic income  would  be  considerable.  The 
internal tax and  the customs duties upon 
tobacco  might also be increased.

These are the changes in  the tariff that 
suggest themselves as most likely  to  re­
sult from the approaching need of an  in­
creased national  income.  That  a Demo­
cratic Congress  will  not  revise  the  en­
tire list of duties in accordance  with  its 
Chicago  anti-protection  declaration  1 
the  election,  and  I 
maintained  before 
maintain  it  still. 
If 
the  declaration 
were honestly carried intoeffect.it  would 
involve the repeal of  every  duty  which 
at present incidentally  protects  a  home 
industry  and the levying of duties  exclu­
sively upon articles which,like coffee, tea, 
and silk,  are not  capable  of  being  pro­
duced in  this country, or of  which, 
like 
sugar and  hides and  wines,  the  country 
does not  produce  enough  to  supply  its 
consumption.  A measure of this  nature 
would lead to  an  industrial  catastrophe 
all  over the country,  and  the  magnitude 
of the interests  opposed  to  it  preclude 
its  being ever considered.

A great deal  was said  during the recent 
political campaign,  as it has  often  been 
said in other controversies  between  pro­
tectionists  and  free  traders,  about  “ a 
tariff for revenue, with incidental  protec­
tion.”  The  Democratic  declaration  at 
Chicago had  the  merit  of  distinctly  re­
nouncing this  fallacious form  of  words, 
and  as distinctly enunciating the doctrine 
of a tariff  for revenue only.  There  can 
be no such a thing as  “ incidental  protec­
tion,” consistent  with a tariff for revenue 
only,  because the  essential  idea  of  pro­
tection  is exclusion  and  that  of  revenue 
is importation.  So far as a duty  imposed 
for revenue  hinders  and  diminishes  im­
ports it defeats its own  purpose,  and  if 
it is  protective  at  all  it  tends  by  that 
very quality to stimulate  the  home  pro­
duction of the article  protected,  and thus 
eventually to reduce to nothing  the 
im­
portation of the competing  foreign  pro­
duct  and  the  revenue  derived  from  it. 
Hence  I  repeat  that  if  the  Democrats 
are  going  to  carry  out  thoroughly  the 
principle they enunciated at Chicago, they 
must remove the customs duty from every 
article of which  this country can produce 
enough  for 
its  own  consumption,  and 
levy duties exclusively  upou  articles  of 
which  the importation  cannot  be  dimin­
ished by  domestic  industry.  The  mere 
statement  of  this  consequence  carries 
with  it  its  own  condemnation,  and  its 
practical embodiment in law is too remote 
a contingency to be considered.

It cannot  be denied that the Democrats 
have  before them a difficult task and  one 
which  will require the best talent in  the 
country to perform.  They  have  to  pro­

Wholesale

T U B   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E SM A N
vide  for  an  expenditure  enormous  in 
amount  and  beyond  their  power 
im­
mediately  to diminish. 
If they lower ex­
isting duties,  so as to stimulate  importa­
tions and  thus  increase  at  the  reduced 
rates  the  total  amount  collected,  they j 
will make enemies among the  home  pro­
the  articles  which  compete 
ducers  of 
with those 
imported. 
If  they  increase 
the present  duties  and  add  new ones, 
they  unavoidably,  to  some  extent,  make 
the duty a protection  to  home  industry. 
Furthermore,  the  various  articles  upon 
which duties may  be collected  have  such 
complicated relations to one another  that 
a thoroughly scientific adjustment of  the 
tariff demands  widespread  and  accurate 
knowledge of  all  branches  of  business 
hard to find  in  any  man,  and  especially 
so among the members of Congress.  The 
difficulty of the adjustment  is  enhanced 
by the separation which exists, under our 
system of  national  government,  between 
the  administrative  and  the  legislative 
departments. 
constitutional 
countries of Europe the head of  the  Ad­
ministration  is also the director of  legis­
lation.  The Minister of  Finance  makes 
up his budget for a year to come,  devises 
the means for obtaining  the  revenue  he 
will require  during  that  year,  and  has 
the  necessary  laws  enacted.  With  us 
the  estimates  of  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury submitted  to  Congress  at  the 
beginning of its  sessions  are  mere  sug­
gestions, with which Congress deals  at its 
own good pleasure,  and  usually  with  a 
sublime  indifference to  the  preservation 
of an equality  between  receipts  and  ex­
penses.  Thus  it  may  on  the  one  side 
take off duties  upon  which  the  Secretary 
has counted,  and on  the other it may vote 
expenditures  for  which he  has  made  no 
provision.  This discord  has  not  as  yet 
resulted in any  serious  mischief,  but  it 
will do so some time  or  other,  and  then 
we shall secure the needed  reform.

HENRY S.  ROBINSON. 

Only.

the 

In 

Ma tth ew   Ma e s iia i.l.

The  H a rd w a re   M arket.

General  Trade—Is still of good  volume 
and  seasonable goods are  moving  to  the 
satisfaction of all.

Trade is  poor in all sections,  and  pros­
pects for a generally  successful winter’s 
business are excellent.

Wire  Nails—No change.  Thepricere- 

mains  stationery.

Bar Iron—The mills are not yet  caught 
up  with their orders,  but,  notwithstand­
ing  the  great  demand,  no  change  has 
been made in  price. 
It is  doubtful  now 
if any  advance takes place.

Sleigh Shoe Steel—With  winter ahead, 
the building of new and the repairing  of 
old sleighs  have  started  a  demand  for 
steel.  The price starts in  at 2%  @ 2%c. 
a pound,  according  to  quantity  wanted.
Snow  and  Horse  Shoes—Cold weather, 
hard roads and  snow  in  many  localities 
have started the movement in these goods. 
Snow sh'oes are,  especially,  in  good  de­
mand.  They are quoted $4.50  to $4.25 per 
keg.  Horse  shoes are the same price.

9

Stulish  Clothino
Euerytliing  Fresh  and  New,

WE  A R E  IR  TH E  VA NG UA RD .

MAKERS

■J----------------

D E T R O I T .

CIIAS.  E.  SMITH. 

RICHARD  G.  ELLIOTT.

H - S - R o b in s o n  a n d  r , OA\PANY
BOOTS,  SHOES  and  RUBBERS,

M anufacturers and W holesale Dealers in

99,101,103,105 Jeflerson Ave.,

Detroit,  Mich.

State Agents for the Oandee Rubber Co.

D O   YOU  HJLNDUB

B u f f a l o

^ 1

■ j p ? »
t In e t a R
E5PEQAU Ì MANUFACTURED 
1 FOR C lU tSU C  MU HEALING

\ s
k
tS
BUFFALO,N. Y. i s
s

THE SKIN

S o a p ?

LF   JSOT,  WHY NOT ?

It is the Best Laundry Soap on  Barth•

Building Paper—More being  used  than 
ever and  at this time of  the  year,  espec­
ially,  the  plain  building  paper  used  in j 
liniug  cars  has  been  in  great  demand. 
$1.25 for  plain, $1.40  for  tar  paper and 
85c a roll  for  water  proof  sheeting  are 
the ruling prices.

Glass—Scarce and hard  to get.  The  re­
sult is,  prices  are  up,  80 to 80  and 5  is 
now being asked  by  the  box  and  10 per 
cent advance by the  light.

I.  M.  C lark  G rocery  Co.,

SOLB  A.GBNTS.

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

IO
D rugrs fü Medicines•

State  Board  of Pharm acy. 

One  Year—James Yernor, Detroit.
Two  Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
Three  Years— George G undrum. Ionia.
Fjnr Years—C. A. Bugbee,  Cheboygan. 
Expiring Jan  1—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon. 
President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—Jas.  Yernor, Detroit, 
treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
Next meeting—Saginaw, Jan. 11.___________

V ic h ig a D   State  P h a r m a c e u tic a l  Ass’n. 
President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Yice-Presidents—I.  H.  L.  Dodd,  Buchanan;  F.  W.  R.
Perry, Detroit;  W. H. Hicks. Morley.
Treasurer—Wm. H  Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretary—C. W. Parsons, Detroit.
Executive  Committee— H.  G.  Coleman,  Kalamazoo; 
Jacob Jesson, Muskegon:  F.  J.  Wurzburg  and  John 
E. Peck. Grand Rapids;  Arthur Bassett,  Detroit. 
Local Secretary—James Yernor.
Next  place  of  meeting—Some  resort  on  St.  Clair 
River;  time to be designated by Executive Committee.
Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical Society« 
President, W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott, 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March 

June, September and December.
Grand Rapids  Drug; Clerks’ Association. 
President, F. D. Kipp;  Secretary, W. C. Smith.

Muskegon  Drag: Clerks’  Association. 

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

MULA  FOR  THE  TINCTURE.

RHUBARB,  W ITH  AN IMPROVED FOR­
From  the  earliest  times  man  has  re­
sorted  to  drugs  for 
the  alleviation  of 
physical ills;  and,  though  it is impossible 
to  trace  the  record  of  numerous  medi­
cines  to a remote  period,  we  find  in  an 
old  Chinese  work,  called  the  Penking, 
mention is made of rhubarb, which shows 
that  at  this  time,  long  antedating 
the 
Christian era  (2,700  B.  C.),  the  Chinese 
were cognizaut of the virtues  and  prop­
erties of the  drug.  At the  present time, 
it  is  cultivated  in  England,  France  and 
Germany,  but  to  the  greatest  extent in 
China,  in  which  country  the  rhubarb- 
producing districts  extend  over  an  area 
embracing the country between  the great 
Mongolian  desert  and 
the  Thibet,  the 
central  provinces  drained  by  the  Hoang 
Ho,  the mountain ranges of  eastern Thi­
bet and in the provinces of Shen-See, Ho­
nan  and  Sze-chuer.  Of  the 
three  dis­
tinct  varieties  of  Chinese  rhubarb,  the 
Shensi is considered the  best.  There are 
pronounced  differences 
the  flavor, 
taste,  etc.,  of 
these  different  kinds, 
which  are said  to  be attributable  to the 
dissimilarity of soil  and climate in whieh 
they are  cultivated  rather  than  to  the 
mode  of  production or preparation.  A 
little  practice  soon  enables  one  to dis­
tinguish the varying  characteristics.

in 

Rhubarb frequently becomes depreciat­
ed  in  value,  and  consequently  the  na­
tives  pay  less  attention  to  the  labor  of 
gathering and  curing  the  root.  Unless 
a stringent  surveillance  is  exercised  in 
the rejection of spurious pieces,  the mar­
ket  is apt to  be burdened with  an  inferior 
article.  However,  the  supply  of 
the 
drug in  its  different  varieties  is  almost 
inexhaustible.  About  three  years  ago, 
China  was  visited  by  extreme  droughts 
and  floods,  and  it  was  feared that  an 
alarming scarcity of  rhubarb  would en­
sue;  but the  rhubarb area embraces such 
an extended  tract of country that no nat­
ural calamity  has  ever  totally caused a 
failure in the supply of all  the varieties.
In  England,  Rheum  officinale  and 
Rheum rhaponticum  are cultivated.  The 
chemical  composition  of 
the  English 
root is similar to that of the Chinese,  but 
it  differs  therapeutically.  Our  knowl­
edge of  the chemical  properties of  rhu­
barb is still  quite  incomplete,  and  even 
of  the true  source of  the  species of  the 
commercial  drug  we  cannot  claim  posi­
tive  information.  One  mode  of  distin­
guishing the Chinese  from  the  European 
specimen  is  in  the  unequal  amounts of 
lime in the ash, caused by the differences 
in the quantity of  calcium  oxalate  in  the 
two roots.

A good  quality of  rhubarb  presents  a 
firm,  compact interior,  free  from spongi­
ness or  traces of  discoloration,  and  with 
viens of a  reddish-brown hue,  sometimes 
intermingled  with  a  tint  of  gray.  The 
Chinese  variety has generally in its trans­
verse  section,  a  ring  of  stellate  spots, 
which  is  also  a  different  characteristic 
from  the  European.  The  taste is gritty, 
astringent,  somewhat bitter and nauseat­
ing.

The root,  when  six or seven  years old. 
is generally collected  in  the autumn,  de­
prived of  its cortical  layer  and  cut  into 
pieces  for  drying.  These  sections  are 
conical,  cylindrical,  flat  or 
irregular. 
They  frequently are  pierced  by  a  hole 
and suspended  by  means of  a cord  to  fa­
cilitate  the  operation  of  drying  in  the 
sun.  Fire  heat  is also  used  to  produce 
desiccation. 
It  is,  when  dried,  packed 
in  boxes  or  chests,  which  are  rendered 
impervious 
to  dampness  by  covering 
them  with  linen,  then coating  them  with 
pitch and  finally made  absolutely  water­
proof by adding a covering of hides.

The 

A little  insect,  which  is the caterpillar 
of  a  grayish  white  moth,  often  attacks 
and  damages  the rhubarb  root  when in 
bulk in  the  warehouse.  The  question of 
its  extermination,  without  injury  to  the 
drug,  has  recently  been  claiming  atten­
tion.  From  a series of experiments made, 
it has been  suggested  that a combination 
process  of  heat  and  sulphur  dioxide 
would undoubtedly  prove effectual  in de­
stroying the insect.  Subject the rhubarb 
to heat  from  80 to 90 degrees  C.  for five 
or ten  minutes,  then  immediately follow 
this treatment  by  fumigating with  sul­
phur dioxide gas.  Experience alone  will 
teach  the proper  manipulation as to the 
degree of  heat  and  extent of  time given 
to exposure of  the  root to heat  and  gas.
In ancient  times,  rhubarb was one  of 
the very costly  drugs,  and  even  now  it 
commands  a  fair  price. 
land 
transportation  of  it across the  vast tract 
of Asia was  then  attended  by much ex­
penditure of time,  labor, risk and  money. 
It ranked in early  times higher  in  value 
than  benzoin,  myrrh,  scammony,  opium, 
saffron,  cinnamon,  etc.  The  adultera­
tions  in  rhubarb  extended  more  to the 
powdered  drug,  in  specimens  of  which 
have  been  found  tumeric,  cornstarch, 
tera alba,  gum  arabic  with dextrin,  etc. 
The admixtures  are  so readily  detected 
that the  attempt to  adulterate  is  rarely 
successful. 
It has  been  left to a shrewd 
and rather ingenious  Yankee  to come to 
the front  with a patented  plan  for sup­
plying artificial  rhubarb to the  pharma­
ceutical  world.  He  proposes  to  utilize 
the chips  and  parings of  “ real”  rhubarb 
by grinding them  into a  powder,  mixing 
them  with some  viscid,  tenacious matter, 
and  then  moulding the resulting mass in­
to the requisite forms for Shen-See,Shang- 
Hai,  Canton, etc.,  and  thus  give  to  the 
drug market  at  a  nominal  cost 
the fa­
mous Rheum officinale (minus  the exqui­
site  veining,  it  is  presupposed,  for  of 
this  part  of  the  operation  he  has  said 
nothing).

In experiments on the tincture of  rhu­
barb, I find,  instead of following the for­
mula directed  by the  U.  S.  P.,  the fol­
lowing makes a better preparation:

 

5 
»*
25 Ccm

Rhubarb  ..................................  25 grains
Cardamom 
.  ............... 
Glycerin....................... 
Alcohol,
Water, each a sufficient quantity 
Mix  the  glycerine  with  one hundred 
and fifty  (150) cubic centimeters of  alco­
hol and seventy-five(75)cubic centimeters

to make.................................. 250 ccm

of  water.  Mix  the rhubarb and cardamon 
and reduce the  mixture  to a  moderately 
coarse  (No.  40)  powder,  moisten 
the 
powder with  twenty-five  (25)  cubic  cen­
timeters of the menstruum  and  macerate 
for twenty-four hours;  then pack it  firm­
ly in a  cylindrical  glass  percolator  and 
gradually pour on  the  remainder  of  the 
menstruum.  When  the liquid has disap­
peared from  the  surface,  gradually pour 
upon  it  enough of  a mixture  of  alcohol 
and  water,  using  the  same  proportions 
as before,  and  continue  the  percolation 
until  two  hundred  and  fifty  (250)  cubic 
centimeters are obtained.

Glycerine  seems  to  be  needed,  as  it 
the 

prevents  precipitation  and  makes 
tincture more permanent.

W.  W akbington.

Man’s  Superiority.

She goes down to the dry goods store and spends 
For  shirts  just  like  her  brother  wears,  with 
She  even  has her  hair cut  short, and  tries the 
To obliterate the difference between herself and 
Hut, when  it  comes  to  whiskers—by  this  Idea 
That  we’ve  got  the  everlasting  bulge  when it 

our good old dollars
reg’lar standing collars;
best she can
man;
we're cheered—
comes to raising beard !

The Grocer W as Puzzled.

An  Elgin  groceryman was  putting  up 
an order of sweet potatoes at his place of 
business the other day and  was  in a good 
deal of a hurry.  He  has his sweet pota­
toes in  a  barrel  outside  in  front  of  the 
store at  some distance  from  the  scales. 
The first trip he  made he lacked  several 
potatoes  to  make  the  required  weight 
and made a second trip to get the number 
required.  While he was  outside  getting 
them  a friend  who  sat  near and  who  is 
rather inclined  to  practical  jokes,  slyly 
removed several potatoes from  the scales. 
When the  groceryman  came  in  with  his 
second  invoice of  potatoes  he  found  he 
still lacked  the required amount.  So  he 
started off for another handful,  and while 
his  back  was  turned  the joker again  re­
moved a portion of the potatoes from the 
scales.  After this had happened several 
times  the  perplexed  grocer  murmured: 
“ What in  the  deuce  is  the  matter with 
those  scales?” and  made a diligent scru­
tiny of the weights and mechanism of the 
machine.  A  shout  of laughter  from the 
bystander s aroused  his  suspicions  and 
he finally  discovered several scalefuls of 
potatoes  in a  pile  behind  the  practical 
joker.

Plainwell—A.  J.  Day and  B.  G.  Fore­
man have  formed  a copartnership  under 
the style of  Day  & Foreman  and opened 
a meat  market.

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.
T|fE  STA NDARD  GASH  REGISTER.

(Patented in United States and Canada.)

Is  a  practical  Machine,  A ppreciated  hy 

Practical Business  Men,

It  is 

handsomely  furnished  Combination 
Desk,  Money  Drawer  and  Cashier,  with  Com­
bination Lock and Registering Attachment.
It records both cash and credit sales.
It records disbursements.
It itemizes money paid in on 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 makes a careless man careful.
It  keeps  an  honest  man  honest  and  a  thief 
It will  save  in  convenience, time and  money, 
Each  machine, boxed  separately and warrant­

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

For full particulars address
THE  STANDARD  AGENCY,

Sole A gents  for M ichigan, AUGUSTA,  WIS.

M a el  K fl  I   Son,
WHOLESALE  CLOTHIERS,
New York.
Rochester, 

Established 36 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.

L

► 

i

*  r  «

v.  „

t- 

- i : *

v. 

J

-   i *
k  4 
. -<§f

«•

4 ‘‘4

>  1  4

„  J   •

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

Wholesale Istrice Current•

Advanced—Balsam fir, short buchu leaves, gum opium, gum opium po., extra lard < 
Declined—Oil cloves, lycopodium.

ACIDUM.

Aceticum..................  
8©  10
Benzoicnm  German..  65©
.................... 
30
Boracic 
Carbolicum................  25©  33
ClfTlcum...................  50©
Hyirochior  ..............  3©
.................  10©  12
Nitrocum 
Oxalicum...................  10©  12
Phcsphorium dll........ 
20
Sal'.cylicum.....................1  30@1 70
Snlphurlcum..............  1 \Q ,
Tannlcum........................1  40@1 60
Tartarlcum...............   33©  35

AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg................314©
20  deg................5)4©
Carbonas  ...................  12©  14
Chlorldum.................  12©  14

ANILINE.

Black............................... 2 00@2 25
Brown.........................  80@1  00
Red.............................   45©  50
Yellow............................ 2 50©3 00

BACCAB.

Cubeae (po  60)........  50®  60
Juniperus..................   8©  10
Xantnoxylum.............  25©  30

BAL8AMUM.

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

AbleB,  Canadian.................  18
Casslae  ...............................  11
Cinchona F lav a.................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Mvrlca Cerifera, po.............  20
Prunus Virginl....................  12
Qulllala,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  ............................  12
Ulmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

EXTRA CTTTM.
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra..
po.........
Haematox, 15 lb. box.
Is............
)4s..........
54s..........
EEBRUM.
Carbonate Preclp......
Citrate and Qulnla  ..
Citrate  Soluble.........
Ferrocyanidum Sol...
Solul  Chloride.........
Sulphate,  com’l ........
pure..........

“ 

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

©  15 
©3 50 
©  80 
©  50 
©  15 
.9©  2
©  7

FLORA.

Arnica.......................  18©  20
Anthemls...................  *@  35
...  •  35©  38
Matricaria 

“ 

“ 

Barosm a 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin

..................   35® 1
nlvelly....................  25©
Alx.  35©
and  54s....................  12©
8©

Salvia  officinalis,  54s
UraTJrsl...................... 
Acacia,  1st  picked.
2d 
.
3d 
sifted sorts
po.............

« 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“

60©  80 
60 
12 
50

Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50© 
11  Cape, (po.  20)...  ©
Socotrl, (po.  60).  ©
Catechu, Is, (54s, 14 54*,
16)............................  ©
Ammoniac.................  55©
Assafcetlda, (po. 35)..  30©
Bemoinum.................  50©
Camphors...................  54©
Euphorblnm  po  ........  35©
Galbanum...................  ©3
Gamboge,  po..............  70©
Gualacum,  (po  30)  ..  @
Kino,  (po  50)............   ©
M astic.......................   @
©  40
Myrrh, (po. 45).........
Opil,  (po  2 80)......... .1  9; @2 00
Shellac  .................... .  25©  35
30©  35
Tragacanth  .............. .  30©  75
Absinthium.............. .........   25
Eupatorlum.............. .........   20
Lobelia...................... .........   25
Malorum.................. .........   28
Mentha  Piperita...... .........   23
“  V lr.............. .........   25
Rne.......................... •.........   30
Tanacetum, V........... .........   22
Thymus,  V................ .........   25

“ 
n er ba—In ounce packages.

bleached......

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, Pat............ .  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat......... .  20©  22
Carbonate, K. &  M... .  20©  25
Carbonate, Jenning5.
.  35©  36

OLEUM.

75©l 00

Cubebae......................  @400
Exechthitos......... •...  2 50@2 75
Erlgeron......................... 2 25@2 50
Gaultherla......................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gosslpil, Sem. gal......  50©  75
Hedeoma  ...................2 25@2 53
Juni peri......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Llmonis......................2 50@3 ( 0
Mentha Piper.............. 2 75@3 50
Mentha Verid.............2 20©2 30
Morrhuae, gal.............l  00@1  10
Myrcia, ounce............   ©  50
Olive............................  75@2 75
Plcls Liquida, (gal. 35)  10©  12
Rlcinl.......................  1  18@1  24
Rosmarinl.................  
Rosae, ounce............   6 50@8 50
Succlnl.........................  40© 45
Sabina.......................   90@1  00
Santal  ........................8 5Q@7 00
Sassafras.  .................   50©  55
Sinapls, ess, ounce__  ©  65
TIglil..........................   ©  90
Thyme.......................   40©  50
opt  ................  ©  60
Theobromas...............   15©  20
BiCarb.......................   15©  18
Bichromate................  13©  14
Bromide....................  33©  35
Carb............................  12©  15
Chlorate  (po  25).......   22©  25
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..............................2 90@3 00
Potassa, B1 tart, pure..  27®  30
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @ 15
Potass  Nltras, opt....... 
8©  10
Potass Nltras.............. 
7©  9
Prusslate....................  28©  30
Sulphate  po................  15©  18

POTASSIUM.

11 

RADIX.

Aconitum..................   20©  25
Althae.........................  22©  25
Anchusa....................  12©  15
Arum,  po....................  ®  25
Calamus......................  20©  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)...... 
8®  10
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
H(po. 35)...................  @ 30
illebore,  Ala,  po__  15©  20
Inula,  po....................  15©  20
Ipecac,  po........................2 50@2 60
Iris  plox (po. 35@38) ..  35©  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   50©  55
Maranta,  >4s... 
©  35
Podophyllum, po........  15©  18
Rhei......... ..................  75@1 00
“  cut......................  @1  75
“  pv.  ....................   75@1  35
Spigella.....................   35©  38
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  30©  32
3enega.......................  65®  70
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40 
M  ©  25
Sdllae, (po. 35)...........  10©  12
Symplocarpus,  Foatl-
dus,  po....................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  ©  25
German...  15©  20
lnglber a ..................   13©  15
18©  22
Zingiber  j .............. 

“ 

Anlsum,  (po.  20).
@  15
Aplum  (graveleons)..  12©  15
Bird, Is.................... 
4©  6
Carol, (po. 18)............   8©  12
Cardamon..................1  00@1  25
Corlandrum................  10©  12
Cannabis Satira.........   3)4©4
Cydonlnm...................  75©l  00
Cnenopodlum  ..........   10©  12
Dlpterlx Odorate.......3 00©3 25
Foenlculnm...............  @  15
Foenugreek,  po...... 
6©  8
Lini 
4  @4)4
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3)4) 
4  © 4)4
Lobelia.  ....................  35©  40
Pharlarls Canarian__  6  ©  6)4
R apa.......................... 
6©  7
Sinapls  Albo........... 10  @12
Nigra...........  11©  12
BPIRITUB.
Frumenti, W..D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
D. F. R ......1  75@2 00
.................1  10@1  50
Junlperls  Co. O. T __1  75@1  75
1  75@3 50
Saacharam  N.  E .......1  75@2 00
~  t.  Vini  Galli..........1  75@6 50
ini Oporto...............1  25@2 00
V?]
Vini  Alba..................1  25@2 00

2 00

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

u se............................... 

1  10
85
65
75
1 40

TINCTURES.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

Aconltum Napellls R.........   60
p .........  5Q
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
A rnica................................   50
Asafcetlda............................ 
0
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
„  “  Co...........................  50
Sanguinaria........................   50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharldes.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................  75
Co.........................  75
Castor..................................1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co.....................   .  60
Columba.............................   50
Conlum...............................  50
Cubeba................................   50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................  60
Gualca................................   50
ammon....................  60
“ 
Zingiber.............................  50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
Colorless..................   75
Ferri  Chlorldum.................  35
K ino....................................  50
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh............................. . 
50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opil.....................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
“  Deodor..............................2 00
Auranti Cortex....................  50
Quassia.......................... 
  50
Rhatany.............................   50
Rhei.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stromonium.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian.................... 
  50
Veratrum Verlde.................  50

“ 

“ 

“ 

 

“ 

.-Ether, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  26©  28 
“  4 F ..  30©  32
Alumen......................2)4@ 3

MISCELLANEOUS.
11 
ground,  (po.

* 
“ 

7).............................   3©  4
Annatto......................  55©  60
Antlmonl, po.............. 
4©  5
et Potass T.  55©  60
Antlpyrln..................   @1  40
Anttfebrln..................  ©  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  ©  58
Arsenicum................. 
5©  7
Balm Gilead  Bud....  38©  40
Bismuth  S.  N ............ 2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
12;  )4s,  14)..............  ©  11
Cantharldes  Russian,
po ............................  @1  00
Capslcl  Fructus, af...  @  26
“ 
po....  ©  28
“  B po.  @  20 
Caryophyllns, (po.  14)  10©  12
Carmine,  No. 40.........   ©3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......   50©  55
Cera Flava.................  38©  40
Cqcous.......................   @  40
Cassia Frnctns...........  ©  22
Centrarla....................  ©  10
Cetaceum...................  ©  40
Chloroform................  60©  63
aqnibbi..  @125
Chloral Hyd Crat........1  20@1  40
Chondrua...................  20©  25
dnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15©  20 
German  8  @  12 
Corks,  list,  dlt.  per
cent  ...................... 
60
Creaaotnm................  @  35
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........  ©  2
5©  5
prep.............  
preclp.............. 
9©  11
Rubra...............   @  8
Crocus.......................   33©  35
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph...............   5©   6
Dextrine....................  10©  12
Ether Sulph...............   68©  70
Emery,  all  numbers
©
@  6
.)  75.........   70©  75
Flake  White..............  12©  15
Galla..........................  ©  23
Gambler......................7  © 8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   ©  70
French...........  40©  60
Glassware Mint,  75 and 10. 
by box 70
Glne,  Brown..............  9©  15
“  White...............   13©  25
Glycerlna...................15)4©  20
GranaParadlal...........  @  22
Humulus....................  25®  55
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @  85
“  Cor 
  @  80
Ox Rubram  @  90
Ammoniatl..  @1 GO
Unguentum.  45©  55
Hydrargyrum............   ©  64
IcnthyoDolla, Am. 
.1  25@1 50
Indigo.........................  75© 1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 80@3 90
Iodoform....................  ©4 70
Lupulln......................  85©  9u
Lycopodium..............  60©  65
Macis.........................  75©  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy­
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Llqnor Potass Arslnltls  10©  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
m ) ..........................   m   “
Mannla,  8. F ............ 
00©  6j

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

po.

 

Absinthium.............. .3 50@4 00
.  45©  75
Amygdalae, Dulc...  . 
Amydalae, Araarae...
.8 00@8 25
Anlsl......................... .1  80@1  o5
Auranti  Cortex........ .2 75@3 00
Bergamii  ................. .3 25@3 50
Cajlputl....................
60®  65
Caryophylll.............. .  70©  75
C edar........  ............ .  35©  65
@1  60
ChenopodU..............
Clnnamonll  .. 
.1  10@1  15 
Cltronella  ... 
©   45 
35©  65 
C o n lu m   M ac. 
Oopalba 
.  .
90©1  00

SYRUPS.

Accacla...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferri  Iod.............................   50
Auranti Cortes....................  50
Rhei  Arom..........................   50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Sclllae..................................   50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan....................  . 
..  50
50
Prunus  d i g ................... 

“ 

“ 

V.

► M

r

-St!-

W  A

-4

ß

f  V'

4  ^

vW

w  ié 4

R 

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W. ..1  6P@1 
C. Co.......................1  50@1
Moschus Canton........  ©
Myrlstlca, No. 1.........   65©
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @
Os.  Sepia....................  20©
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co...  ......................  @2
Plcls  Llq, N.*C., )4 gal
doz  .........................  @2
Plcls Llq., quarts......  @1
pints.........   ©
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  ©
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  ©
Piper Alba, (po g5)__  ©
Plx  Burgun...............   ©
Plumbl A cet..............  14©
Pulvis Ipecac et opil.. 1  10@1 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @1
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30©
Quasslae.................... 
8©
Qulnla, S. P. & W......  27©
S.  German__22  ©
Rnbia  Tinctorum......  12©
Saccharnm Lactls pv.  23©
Salacln............ ..........1  75@1
Sanguis  Draconis......  40©
Sapo,  W......................  12©
“  M.......................  10©
“  G.......................   ©

“ 

Seldlitz  Mixture.......
Sinapls.......................
"  opt..................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voei 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .
Soda  et Potass Tart.  .
Soda Carb.................
Soda,  Bi-Carb............
Soda,  Ash..................
Soda, Sulphas............
Spts. Ether Co 

© 20
© 18
© 30
© 35
© 35
10© 11
27© 30
m@ 2
© 5
3)4© 4
© 2
......  50©  55
“  Myrcia  Dom......  @2 25
“  Myrcia Imp.......   @3 00
*'  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl
...  7  ....................... 2 25@2 35
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Stiychnia  Crystal__  1  40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl..............2)t@  3)4
Tamarinds...............      8©  10
Terebenth Venice......  28©  30
Theobromae.............. 40  ©  45
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph...............   7©  8

“  Roll..............  2)4©  3

Whale, winter..........   70 
Lard,  extra...............   76 
Lard, No.  1...............   42 
Linseed, pure raw__  47 

70
80
48
50

“ 

paints. 

Llndseed,  boiled__   50 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
Spirits Turpentine__  37 

l i
53
strained..................  50  60
40
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian..............Hi  2@8
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ 144  2@4
Ber........I*   2@3
“ 
Putty,  commercial__2JA  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure.....2)4  2R©3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English.... 
65@70
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70@75
Lead,  red.....................  7  @7)4
“  w hite................. 7  @7)%
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gllders\77...  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  0 
Whiting  Paris  Eng.
cliff.................................. 140
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1*4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.....................1  00©1  20

VARNISHBS.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................160@1  70
Coach  Body.............. 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  Furn.......1  00@1  10
EutraTurk Damar__1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70@75
Turp......................... 

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT  MEDICINES

DEALERS  IN

Paints, Oils  $$ Varnishes.

Sole Agents for the  Celebrateci

SWISS  VILLA  PREPARED  PAINTS.

M  Lúe  of  Staple  D ruists’  Sundries.

YVe are Sole Proprietors of

Weatherly’s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

We Have in Stock and Offer a  F ull Line of

WHISKIRS,  BRJLNDIBS,

GINS,  WINBS,  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*

H f f l M   &  PERKINS URDU  CO,

G R A N D   R A P ID S,  MICH.

12

T H E   M lC H lG r^ JN   T K A D E 8 M A N .

G ROCERY  PR IC E   CU RREN T.

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 
going to  press  and  are an  accurate  index  of  the local  market. 
It is  impossible  to give  quotations  suitable for all  conditions of  purchase, and  those 
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  oredit.  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.

k 

-i

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

gross
6 00
9 iO
5 50
9 00
8 00
6 00

 
 
 

 
 
Fosfon.

BAKING POWDER.
Acme.
% lb. cans, 3 doz...............  
45
85
2 “ 
Vi lb.  “ 
.................... 
1  “  .................  1  60
l  ife.  “ 
10
• f c ...................................... 
Arctic.
60
Vi ft cans............................ 
1  20
Vi lb  “ 
2  00
ft  “ 
ft  “ 
9 60
5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in case...  SO 
16  “ 
...2 00 
per doz
90
.1   33
1  90
.2 47
.  3 75
..1 75
11  40
18 25
21  60
41  80

Dime cans.
‘
4-oz 
*
6 oz 
‘
S-oz 
‘
12 oz 
‘
16-oz 
2Vi -lb  ‘
4-lb
*
5-lb 
10-lb 
‘

p ?  PRICER
CREAM
Ba k in g
bowdcn
£uaiDfi«Wi*

TV  "rice’s.

“  2  “ 

“ 

40
Bed Star, y  ft cans........... 
........... 
80
...........  1  50
Teller’s,  V4 lb. cans, doz. 
45
“  ..  85
“  ..  1  50

Vi ft  “ 
1ft  “ 
Vi lb.  “ 
1 lb.  “ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

BATH  BRICK.
2 
dozen In case.

 

 

“ 

<r 
“ 

8oz 

BLUING. 

English...............................  90
Bristol..................................  80
.Domestic.............................   70
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals..  ........... 4 00
“ 
“  pints,  round  ..........10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz ball  ..................   4 50
No. 2 Hurl.............................1 75
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.......................   2 25
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem...........................2 75
Common Whisk__  . . . __ 
90
Fancy 
.................l  15
Warehouse........................... 3 25
Stove. No.  1.......................  125
10....................   1 50
15....................   1 75
Rice Boot Scrub, 2  row—  
85
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row  ...  1  25
Palmetto, goose  ................   1 50

BROOMS.
 

BRUSHES.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

 

 

BUCKWHEAT.

:KIN£$

^BuckWheat

CANDLES.

100 lb. cases, 2’& 5 lb. pkgs 94  50 
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............   10
Star,  40 
9
Paraffine  ...............................n
Wicking  ............................ 24

*• 

 

 

CANNED  GOODS. 

“ 

“ 

Fish.
Clams.
Little Neck,  1 lb................i  15
2 lb................1 90
“ 
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb....................  2 00
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  lib .  . . ..............  go
21b..................... 1  70
Lobsters.

Star,  1  lb.................................2 40
“  2  lb.................................8 30
Picnic. 1 lb............................... 2 00
“ 

21b.......................... 290

Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb...........................1 05
2  lb......................... 1 90
Mustard,  21b.......................... 2 25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb.............2 25
Soused, 2 1b....................  2 25
Salmon.
Columbia River, fiat........... 1  85
“ 
tails...........1 75
Alaska, 1  lb.. 
.................  1  40
2 1 b ......................... 1 90

“ 
** 

“ 

 

. 

“ 
“ 

lb. standard 

Sardines.
American  V£s................. 4Vi@  5
. 
48............... 6V4@7
ImportP  Vis  .................11@12
Vis  ...............  15@16
Mus'ird  Vis  ....................7@8
20
Boneless__ 
Brook, 3  lb 
2 50

Trout
Fruits.
Apples.
3 
York State  gallons 
Hamburgh 
Apricots.
2 00
Live oak..................... 
2 00
Santa Cruz................. 
2 00
Lusk’s......................... 
Overland..................  
1  90
Blackberries.
B. A  W....................... 
95
Cherries.
d  ..........................  
1  20
Pitted Hamburgh 
. . .  
W hite........................  
1  go
1  20
Brie 
....................... 
Damsons. Egg Plums and Green 

.
.. 

Gages.

3 60
2 75

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

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

1  25

1 70

1  20

1  30
2 00
1  85
2  10
1  85

1 25

“ 

1  30
1  50

1  20
2 16

1  30
2  SO
2 75
1  10

Domestic.................... 
Riverside.................... 
Pineapples.
Common....  
............. 
Johnson’s  sliced.......  
grated.......  
Quinces.
7 00
Common.................... 
Raspberries.
Red  ...........................  
Black  Hamburg.........  
Erie, black 
Strawberries.
Lawrence..................  
1  25
Hamburgh................. 
1  25
1  30
 
Brie................ 
1  25
Terrapin....................... 
Whortleberries.
Common.................... 
1  in
F. &  W....................... 
1  15
1  10
Blueberries...............  
Corned  beef,  Libby’s..........1  90
Roast beef,  Armour’s........  1  75
Potted  ham, Vi lb............... 1  30
on
**  U  lh 
tongue, % lb!...  . . ’!l  35
V£lb.........   85
t   “ 
chicken, £  lb.........  
95

2 00
2 50

Meats.

“ 

 

Vegetables.

Beans.

“ 

“ 

1  20

Peas.

Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless..........1  25
French style....... 2 25
Limas......................1 40
Lima, green..............................1 25
soaked......................  80
Lewis Boston Baked........... 1 35
Bay State  Baked................. 1 35
World’s  Fair  Baked........... 1  35
Picnic Baked  ....................  1  00
Hamburgh  ..................
Livingston  E den.........  
Purity..................................
Honey  Dew..............................1 50
Morning Glory..................
Soaked...............................  1  15
Hamburgh  marrofat........... 1  35
early’June  .......
Champion Eng. .1  50
petit  pols........... 1  75
fancy  sifted 
...1  90
Soaked................................   55
Harris standard.................’  75
VanCamp’s  m arrofat........ 1  10
early June.......130
Archer’s  Early Blossom...  1  35
French... 
1  80
French..............................15@20
Erie....................................     90
Hubbard...................................1 20
Hamburg...................................1 40
Soaked.................................  80
Honey  Dew.............................. 1 60
E rie...............................’....I  35

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

 

Tomatoes.

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

CHOCOLATE.

Baker’s.

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

23
37
42

CHEESE.

Amboy......................  12  @12Vi
Acme..........................  @12
Riverside......................  @12Vi
Gold  Medal  .................   @114
Skim..........................6  @ 9
Brick................................  
11
Edam 
1  00
......................  
Leiden 
......................... 
23
Limburger  ...............   @10
Pineapple..................   @25
Roquefort.................  @35
Sap S ago..................   @22
Schweitzer, Imported.  @24
..  ©14

domestic 

“ 

1 75

CATSUP.
Half  pint, 25 bottles 
Pint 
Qnart 1 doz bottles 

Blue Label Brand.
......  

“ 

2 75
4 5»>
.......3  50

CLOTHES  PINS.

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

COCOA  SHELLS.

351b  bags.....................   @3
Less quantity 
Pound  packages.........  6|£@7

........  @3V4

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

Fair......................................16
Good.................................... 17
Prime...................................is
Golden.................................20
............................20
Peaberry 
Santos.

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

Maracaibo.

Mexican and Guataraala.
Fair......................................20
Good...............................   ..21
Fancy.................„...............23
Prime...................................19
M illed.................................20
Interior............................... 25
Private Growth................... 27
Mandebling........................28
Imitation.............................23
Arabian............................... 26

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.'

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add V4c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

Package.

McLaughUn’s  XXXX  23 30
Bunola  ...........................   22 80
Lion. 60or 100lb.  case  ...  23.30 

Extract.

Valley City Vi gross..........  
75
... 
Felix 
1  15
Hummel’s, foil, gross........  1  50
“ 
........2 50

“ 

“ 

tin 
CHICORV.

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

5
7

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton.  40 ft......... per doz.  1  25
1  40
160
1  75
1  90
90
“  100

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Jute 
“ 
CONDENSED  MILK.

50ft..........  
60 f t..........  
70ft..........  
80 ft..........  
60 ft.......... 
72 ft  ........... 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
*• 

4  doz. In case.

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

COUPON  BOOK8.

£RtoTf~coM?l5£ 

eöyöS

1 1, per hundred............... 2 ut
*2, 
2 50
a uu
#3, 
®  5, 
8 00
*10, 
4  00
820, 
....................... 5 00

"Tradesman.’
“ 
•• 
“  “ 
“  
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ “ 

 
 
 
 

“Superior.”
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

8  1, per hundred..............   2 50
8 2, 
3 00
“ 
8 3,  “ 
................. 3 50
“ 
8 5, 
4 00
 
$10, 
“ 
 
5 00
$20, 
“ “ 
....................   6 00

 
 
 

 

IrnmniBiaB
“Universal.”
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

$  1, per hundred..............  $3 00
................3 50
$ 2, 
................4 00
8 3, 
................5 00
$ 5, 
................ 6 00
$10, 
$20, 
................7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discoants:
200 or over..............5  per cent
5UU  “ 
1000  “ 
COUPON  PASS  BOOKS. 
[Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from $10  down. |
20 books........................ $ 1  00
2 00
50  “ 
3 00
100  “ 
6 25
250  “ 
500  “ 
10 00
1000  “ 
17 50

10 “
“

 
20 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

CREDIT  CHECKS.

500, any one denom’n ...... $3 00
...... 5 00
1000,  “ 
2000,  “ 
.......8 00
Steel punch  ...................... 
75

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

CRACKERS.

Butter.

Soda.

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

Soda, XXX.........................  6
Soda, City............................  7Vi
Soda,  Duchess......................8Vi
Crystal Wafer.....................10
Long  Island Wafers  .........11
S. Oyster  XXX....................  6
City Oyster. XXX.................  6
Farina  Oyster....................  6

Oyster.

CREAM  TARTAR.
Strictly  pure...................... 
30
Telfer’s Absolute..............  35
Grocers’............................20@25

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

Apples.

“ 

quartered  “ 

Sundried. Bllcea In  bbls. 
6
5%
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes  @9
Apricots.
California in  bags.......  
l6Vi
..  17
Evaporated in boxes. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes.......................  
44
Nectarines.
70 lb. bags  ...................... 
is
251b. boxes....................  
J5J$
Peeled, in  boxes............ 
13
Cal. evap.  “ 
124
“ 
in bags.......... 
12
California In bags  __
Pitted  Cherries
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes...................
25 “ 
...................
Prunelles.

 
Pears.

Peaches.

“ 

“ 

 

301b.  boxes............ ,...
Raspberries.
In  barrels......................
501b. boxes....................
251b.  “ 
......................
Foreign.
Currants.

Patras,  In barrels............ 
In  Vi-bbls.............. 
In less quantity__ 

“ 
“ 

Peel.

4 v
5
5Vi

“ 
“ 

25  “ 
25 “ 

“ 
“ 
Raisins—Domestic.

Citron, Leghorn, 251b. boxes  20 
Lemon 
10
Orange 
n
London layers,  2 crown__ l  65
3  “ 
....185
fancy......... 2 00
Loose Muscatels, boxes...... 1  60
Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes..  @ 8M
Sultana, 20 
“ 
@1014
Valencia, 30  “ 
..  @ 7J4

Foreign.

“ 

Prunes.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

“
“
“
Turkey......................... 
1%
Silver..................................
Sultana...............................9Vi

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

XX  wood, white.

No. l.BVi  .........................  $175
No. 2, 6Vi  .........................  160
No. 1,6.............................   1 65
No. 2, 6.............................   1 50
No. 1, 6V4..........................   1 35
No. 2, 6Vi  .........................  1 25
6 Vi  ...................................   1 00
6............ 
95
Mill No. 4.........................  1 00
FARINACEOU8 GOODS. 

Manilla, white.

Coin.

 

Farina.
Hominy.

100 lb. kegs................... 
3%
Barrels.................................300
8 50
Grits............................ 
Lima  Beans.
Dried............................ 
4 \

Maccaronl and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
55
Imported.....................10Vi@.  Vi

Oatmeal.

Barrels 200 .......................  5  45
Half barrels 100...............   2  85

Pearl Barley.

Kegs.............................   .. 

2 Vi

Peas.

Green,  bu........................   1  75
2Vi
Spilt  per l b .................  

Rolled  Oats.

Barrels  180.......................   5  45
Half  bbls 90 ....................  2  85
German.............................   4Vi
East India..........................   5
Cracked.............................. 

Wheat.

Sago.

5

FISH—Salt.
Bloaters.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Cod.

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

Halibut.
Herring.

Yarmouth..........................
Pollock..........................
6vi
Whole, Grand  Bank...... 
Boneless,  bricks............  
74
7Vi
Boneless, strips.............. 
Smoked...................... 
12
Glbbed, Vi bbl...................  3 25
Holland,  bbl....................  9 00
65
kegs 
Round Shore, Vi  bbl  ......  2 60
“  V4  “  .......   1 35
Scaled............................... 
16
Mackerel.
No. 1, 90 lbs.......................8  25
No. 1, 40 lbs.......................   4 00
No. 1,  10 lbs.......................  1 25
Family, 90 lbs....................  5 25
10 lb s.................   65
Russian,  kegs.................... 
45
No. 1, Vi bbls., lOOlbs...........6 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   80
No. 1, Vi bbls., lOOlbs...........7 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   90
Family, Vi bbls., 100 lbs....  3  10 
kits  10  lbs.............  45
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

Sardines.
Trout.

Whltefish.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Jennings’ D C.
Lemon. Vanilla
1  25
2 oz folding box...  75 
3 oz 
...1   00 
1  50
4 oz 
...1  50 
2  00
3  00
.. .2  00 
6 oz 
...3  00 
8 oz 
4  00
GUNPOWDER.

Austin's Rifle, kegs...........3 50
“  Vi kegs........  2 00
“ 
“  Crack Shot, kegs . .3 50 
“ 
Vi kegs 2 00
“  Club Sporting  “  4 50
Vi  “  2 50
‘ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

HERBS.

Sage.................................... 16
Hops....................................16

INDIGO.

Madras,  5 lb. boxes.........  
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
17  lb, palls....................... 
SO  “ 

55
50
JELLY.
85
.......................  1  25

“ 

LICORICE.

Pure.....................................   30
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily....................................  12

LYE.
Condensed, 2 doz.................1 25
4 doz.................2 25

“ 

MATCHES.

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

MINCE  MEAT.

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

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon  ..........................   $1  75
Half  gallon.....................   1  40
Q uart............................... 
70
P int.................................. 
45
Half  p in t......   .............. 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon............................  7 00
Half gallon......................  4 75
Q nart...............................  3 75
Pint..................................  2 25

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.

Sugar bouse............ ........   14
Ordinary..........................  

Porto Rico.

Prim e...............................  
Fancy...............................  

New Orleans.

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

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count.  $6  50@7 00 
Half bbls, 600 count.. 3 75©4 00 

Small.

Barrels, 2.400 count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 count 
PIPES.

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

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s ..........................  4 00
PennaSalt  Co.’s..............  3 25

16

20
30

is
20
25
30
40

RICE.
Domestic.

Carolina head........................6
“  No. 1........................6
“  No. 2.........................  4 Vi
3

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

 

 

Imported.

Japan, No. 1..................... 
6
“  No.2...........................5
Java....................................  5
Patna..................................   5

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Allspice...............................  8
Cassia, China In mats........  7
Batavia In bund__ 15
Saigon in rolls........ 35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar..................lo
Mace  Batavia...................... 80
Nutmegs, fancy................... 75
“  No.  1....................... 70
“  No. 2....................... 60
Pepper, Singapore, black__  9
“  white...  .20
shot......................... 15

“ 
Pure Ground In Bulk.

Allspice................................12
Cassia,  Batavia.... .............. 18
“ 
and  Saigon.22
“  Saigon.................... 30
Cloves, Amboyna.................22
*‘  Zanzibar................18
Ginger, African................... 14
“  Cochin...................  17
Jam aica................. 18
" 
Mace  Batavia...................... 70
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste.. 16 
w  Trieste.....................18

“ 

7 50
4 25

*  M s

>  r

.,  -4  *

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

Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................60
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 16
“  white.......24
Cayenne................18
Sage......................................14

“ 

“Absolute” In Packages.

y 

-i

4s
Allspice............,
........  84 1  55
Cinnamon...........
....  84 1  55
Cloves................. ......  84 1  55
Ginger, Jam .......
“  A f..................   84 1  55
......  84 1  55
Mustard.............. ......  84 1  55
Pepper ................ ......  84 1  55
Sage........

.  ....  84

SWEET  GOODS

Ginger Snaps..............
Sugar Creams............
Frosted  Creams.........
Graham Crackers......
Oatmeal Crackers......
VINEGAR.

40 gr............................. 7  @s
50 gr............................8  1
WET  MUSTARD.
Bulk, per g a l...................
Beer mug, 2 doz in case... 

81 for barrel.

YEAST.

Magic,................................
Warner’s ..........................
Yeast Foam  .....................
Diamond............................

HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol-

lows:

“ 

£ 
HIDES.
i  Green......................
...24@34
Part  Cured..............
@  4
..............
Full 
@ 44
.  5  @ 5
gry..........................
Kips, green  ............
.  24® 34
“  cured..............
@ 44
Calfskins,  green__ .  4  @ 5
cured__
@ 7
)  Deacon skins...........
.10  @30
5  No. 2 hides 4  off.
PELTS.
5  Shearlings...............
..................
0  Lambs 
WOOL.
Washed...................
Unwashed..............

.10  @25
.25  @  90
.20  @23
.10  @20

“ 

PRODUCE  MARKET,

Apples—Baldwins and  Spitzenbergs command
82.75 per  bbl., while  Spys  are  held at 83.  Local 
dealers are  handling  more  New York  and  New 
England apples than Michigan  fruit.

Beans—Choice country picked  command 81.60 

@81.75 per bu.

Butter—Scarce  and  next  to  impossible to se­
cure adequate supplies for home demand.  Deal­
ers  pay 20@22  for  choice  dairy and  hold  at 2c 
above  paying  prices.  Creamery  Is  in  good de­
mand at 26c.

Cabbages—Dealers  pay  85  per  100,  holding 

at 86.

Cauliflower—81@81.25 per doz. heads.
Celery—Choice home grown commands 20@25c 

per dozen  bunches.
Cider—12c per  gal.
Cranberries—Transactions are  mostly in crate 
packages.  Jerseys  command  82.50. Cape  Cods
82.75 and Waltons 83.

Eggs — Dealers  pay  2oc  for  strictly  fresh 
stock, holding at 22c.  The cold  storage men are 
happy  over  the  prospect  of  25c  a  doz.  for 
their holdings.

Grapes—Concords command 22c per basket.
Honey—Dealers pay 14@l5c and hold at I5@l6e.
Onions—Firmer and in better demand.  Hand- 

lers pay 80c and sold at 90c per bu.

Potatoes—The  market is about  the  same  as a 
week ago, Michigan  shippers  being  badly ham­
pered by the  scarcity of  freight  cars.  The only 
way  local  handlers  manage to do business is to 
continually  order  two  or  three times  as  many 
cars  as  they  need.  The  paying  price is 00c in 
Graml  Rapids  and  about  55c at outside  points. 
Locally, the retail trade is paying 70c per bushel.

Quinces—$2.30 per bn.
Sweet Potatoes—All varieties are scarce. 
Jer-
iys  readily  command  84.50 per  bbl, while Bal- 
timores bring 25c less.
Turnips—30c per bu

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co.

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

 

 

 

“ 

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

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

18
Sour Drops.....................................................  84
Imperials.................... 
10
Per Box
Lemon Drops...................................................55
Sour Drops...................................................... 55
Peppermint Drops............................................60
Chocolate Drops...............................................65
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................................90
Gum Drops................................................40@50
Licorice Drops...............................................1  00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain................................................ 60
05
Imperials..........................................................60
Mottoes..........................................................” 70
Cream Bar................................................. . ..]55
Molasses Bar............................................... .” 55
Hand Made  Creams......  ......................... S5@95
Plain Creams............................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams.........................................1 00
String  Rock.....................................................65
Burnt Almonds.............................................1  00
Wlntergreen  Berries.......................................60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes.........................  34
No. 1, 
51
No. 2, 
28
No. 3, 
42
Stand up, 51b. boxes...................................   90
Small......................................................
Medium................................................
Large  ....................................................
Floridas, 
............................................   .3 25@3 50
Messina, choice, 360.............................  @5 OO
@5  50

CARAMELS.
 
“ 
 
“ 
“ 
 
BANANAS.

fancy, 360.............................  @
choice 300............................  
fancy 360  Maioris.................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

ORANGES.
LEMONS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

3 
2 
3 

 
 
 

 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

10*    

“ 
“  extra 

“ 
" 
“  50-lb.  “ 

Figs, fancy layers, 6S>............................  @124
“ 
@124
“  14ft............ ..............  @16
“  20f t..........................   @16
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box.... .....................   @ 84
..........................  @ 64
  @ 44
NUTS.
Almonds, Tarragona.............................   @19

Persian. 50-lb.  box............... 

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

“  Marbot....................................  @
“ 

Ivaca.......................................  @174
California.............................   @184
Brazils, new...........................................  @ 94
Filberts.................................................   @114
Walnuts, Grenoble................................  @15
Chill.......................................   @10
Table Nuts,  fancy................................   @134
@124
Pecans. Texas, H.  P.,  .......................... 124@14
Cocoannts, full sacks............................  @5 50
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns................................   @  54
“  Roasted  ....................  @ 74
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............................  @ 54
“  Roasted  ...................  @ 74
Choice, H. P.,  Extras............................  @ 44
“  Roasted.................  @ 64
California Walnuts..............................  
124
Crockery & G lassw are
Pints............................................................8 6 75
Quarts..........................................................   7 00
Half Gallons................................................  900
2 75
Caps— ................................ 
Rubbers.......................................................  
40
No. 0 Sun.........................................................  45
No. 1  “  ................................................ 
  50
No. 2  “  .........................................................   75
Tubular..........................................................   75

LAMP BURNERS.

FRUIT JARS.

PEANUTS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“- 

 

 

LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box.

6 doz. in box.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“   
“   

“   
“   

2 40
3 40

Pearl top.

La Bastie.

2 80
3 80
3 70
4 70 
4 88

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

No. 0 San............................................................   1 75
No. 1  “  ......................................................... 1  88
No. 2  “  .......................................................   .2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top........................................... 2 25
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  ■■ 
No. 0 Sun, crimp top........................................... 2 60
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled.........
“ 
No. 2  “ 
.........
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
.........
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz............
No. 2  “ 
.............
No. 1 crimp, per doz.............................
No. 2  “ 
............ ................
No. 0, per  gross...................................
.....................................
No. 1, 
No  2, 
................................
.....................................
No. 3, 
Mammoth, per doz..............................
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Butter Crocks,  1 and 6 gal..................
Jugs, 4  gal., per doz............................
............................
............................
Milk Pans, 4  gal., per doz...................
glazed__
“ 
dazed.

‘  1 
“ 
‘  2  “ 
*• 

LAMP WICKS.

4   “ 

” 
84

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

H ow   to  K eep  a  Store

By  Samuel  H.  Terry.  A  book  of  400  pages 
written from the experience and  observation  of 
an old merchant.  It treats of Selection  of Bus! 
ness,  Location,  Buyiug,  Selling, Credit, Adver­
tising, Account Keeping, Partnerships,  etc.  Of 
great interest to every one in trade.  $1.50.

THE  TRADESMAN  CO., Ag’ts.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

SAL  SODA.

Kegs...................................    1J4
Granulated,  boxes..............  134

SEEDS.

Anise  .........................   @124
Canary, Smyrna......... 
6
Caraway....................  
8
90
Cardamon, Malabar... 
44
Hemp,  Russian.........  
Mixed  Bird  .............. 
44
Mustard,  white.........  
6
Poppy......................... 
9
Rape..........................  
6
Cuttle  bone................  . 
ao
STARCH.

Corn

 

“ 

20-lb  boxes.........................  6
40-lb 
54

Gloss.
 
....................... 6

1-lb packages  ......................  54
3-lb 
54
61b 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............  4%
Barrels................................   54

“ 
« 

SNUFF.

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

SODA,

Boxes....................................54
Kegs, English........................4%

SALT.
 
 

 

100 3-lb. sacks......................... 12 25
60 5-lb.  “ 
28 10-lb. sacks........................  1 85
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases...........................  1 50
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags.. 
281b.  “ 
.. 

2 00
2 25
32
18

drill  “ 

Warsaw.

56 lb. dairy in drill  bags... 
31
281b.  “ 
18
.. 
56 lb. dairy in linen sacks..  75 

Ashton.

“ 

“ 

Higgins.

Solar Rock.

56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks. 

75 

56 lb.  sacks.......................   27

Saginaw..........................  
Manistee............  

Common Fine.
 

 

80
  85

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

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

SOAP.
Laundry.

“ 

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Proctor & Gamble.

Old Country,  80  1-lb..........3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb.............3,90
White Borax, 100 4 -lb......... 3 60
Concord.............................2 80
Ivory, 10  oz....................... 6 75
6  oz......................... 4 00
Lenox 
.  .........................  3 65
Mottled  German............... 3  15
Town Talk.........................3 00
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp d. .63 30 
3 24
5c size.. 4 25
N. K. Fairbanks & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................   4 00
Brown, 60  bars..................2  10
80 b a rs............... 3  25
“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.
Acme.................................  3 65
Cotton Oil.......................... 5 75
Daisy......................... ....... 3 10
Marseilles.......................... 4 00
Master...............................4 00

“ plain... 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Scouring.

Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz...  2 50 

“ hand, 3 doz...........2 50

SUGAR.

“ 
“ 

Cnt  Loaf.....................  @ 54
Cubes .'........................  @ 54
Powdered XXX.X......   @  5%
Standard..  @ 54 
Granulated, medium.  4.94@  5
fine.......... 4.94® 5
Confectioners’ A......   4%@4.94
Soft A.........................  @ 44
White Extra C...........  @4.56
Extra  C......................  @ 44
c . . . ...........................   @ 44
Golden......................   @4
Yellow.......................   @ 34
Less than  bbls.  4c advance

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels................................. 23
Half bbls.............................. 25
F air.....................................   19
Good....................................  25
Choice..................................  30

Pure Cane.

TEAS.

japah—Regular.

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

SUN CURED.

P air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
Dust.............................10  @12

BASKET  FIRED.

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

GUNPOWDER.

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

oolong. 

IMPERIAL.

YOUNG HYSON.

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

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

F air..............................18  @22
Choice...........................24 @28
Best............................. 40 @50

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

Palls unless otherwise noted
Hiawatha  .................  
62
Sweet Cuba...............  
36
27
McGinty....................  
25
4  bbls.......... 
Dandy Jim .................  
29
24
Torpedo..................... 
23
in  drums.... 
Yum  Yum  ...............  
28
1892 ............................  
23
“  drums................. 
22

“  

Plug.

Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead.................  
Joker......................... 
Nobby Twist................. 
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo............................ 
Hiawatha...................  
Valley City................ 
Flnzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty..............  
Jolly Tar....................  

Smoking.

39
29
40
24
38
34

40
33

Catlin’s  Brands.

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

Scotten’s Brands.

Kiln  dried...........................16
Golden  Shower..................19
Huntress 
26
Meerschaum....................... 29
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle  Navy....................... 41
Stork  .................................. 32
American.........................  .16
Frog..................................   33
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................16
Banner Cavendish.............. 38
Gold Cut  ............................ 28
Warpath.............................. 16
Honey  Dew......................... 25
Gold  Block................. 
  30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s 
Peerless............................... 24
Old  Tom..............................18
Standard..............................20
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade...........................41
Rob  Roy..............................24
Uncle Sam.....................28@32
Red Clover...........................32
Tom and Jerry.....................25
Traveler  Cavendish........... 38
Buck Horn.  ........................30
Plow  Boy...................... 30@32
Corn  Cake...........................16

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

Spaulding & Merrick.

Brands.

OILS.

The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows,  In barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
8
Eocene......................... 
Water White, old test.  @ 74
W.  W.  Headlight, 150° 
64
Water  White  ...........  @ 64
Naptha.......................  @ 7
Stove Gasoline...........  @ 64
Cylinder....................27  @36
Engine...................... 13  @21
Black, 15 cold  test....  @ 84

*  ML

>  r

„  -A  *

MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

Tallow....................
.  34® 4
Grease  butter  ......... .  1  ® 2
Switches.................
•  14® 2
Ginseng.................. .2 00Z&2 75
FURS.
Outside prices for No.  1 only.
Badger...................... .  50@1  00
B ear.......................] 5 00®25 OO
Beaver...................... .3 (Hf@7 00
Cat, wild................... .  40®  59
Cat, house...............
10®  25
Fisher....................... 4 00@6 00
Fox,  red  ................. .1  00@1 50
Fox, cross................. .3 U0@5 00
Fox,  grey.................
50®  75
Lynx........................ .2 00@3 00
Martin,  dark............ 1  00@3 00
pale & yellow 50@1  09
Mink, dark...............
40@1  10
Muskrat.................... .  03®  10
Oppossum.................
15@  30
Otter, d a rk .............. 5 00@3 00
Raccoon..................
25@  75
Skunk  ..................... 1  0U@1  20
W olf......................... 1  IJ0@3 00
Beaver  castors, lb ... 2 00@5 00
Thin and  green........
10
Long gray, dry.........
20
Gray, dry 
..............
Red and Blue, dry...
35
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
67
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test)
67
Bolted.......................
....  1  40
Granulated...............
....  160
FLOUR.
Straight, In  sacks__ ....  4 00
“  barrels... ......  4 20
“ 
Patent 
“  sacks__ ....  500
“  barrels... ......  5 20
“ 
Graham  “  sacks...
Rye 
“ 
....  220
Buckwheat, Rising  Sun__4 75
...... 4 50

deerskins—per pound.

Walsh-DeRoo

& Co’s  Pure...........
MILLSTUFF8.

WHEAT.

MEAL.

“

Less
Car lots quantity
814 00 
12 50
15 00
19 00
18 50

Bran..............813 50
Screenings__  12 00
Middlings......14 E0
Mixed Feed...  19 00
Coarse meal  ..  18 50
Car  lots...................... ........46
Less than  car  lots__ ........48 
Car  lots  .................... ........38 
Less than car lots...... ........40 
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__11  00
No. 1 

CORN.

OATS.

“ 

1  90  "

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

.

LARD.

Corn-
Kettle 
Rendered.  Granger.  Family,  pound. 
....1 0 4  
64
64
.8. .11 
74
is..114 
..114 
74
..11% 
74
.114 
74

5
2
3
5
3
HAY.
ton lots ......12 60  J
I
Boneless, rump butts.....................................  9 75

94 
lo 
104 
10% 
104 
104 

BEEF  IN  BARBELS.

7 
74 
74 
74 
7% 
8 

FRESH  MEATS.

“ 

Swift & Company qnote as 1 

lows:
Beef, carcass..............  44@
“  hindquarters...  5  @ 
fore 
...  34®
“ 
loins,  No.  3...  8  @
“ 
“ 
ribs.................  7  @
rounds.............. 44@
“ 
Bologna......................  @  •
Pork loins.................  @
........  @
Sausage, blood or head  @
liv e r........   @
Frankfort__  @
Mutton  .......................7  @
Veal............................. 7  @

shoulders 

“ 
“ 

“ 

FISH  and  OYSTERS.

20
1 00

FRESH  FISH.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
Whlteflsh 
.................  8  @9
T rout............................8  @9
Halibut.......................  @15
Ciscoes or Herring__  5  @6
Blnefish....................... 11  @12
Fresh lobster, per lb__ 
Soft crabs, per doz........ 
Shrimp, per gal.
Cod..........................
No. 1 Pickerel.........
Pike.........................
Smoked White........

@12
@ 8
@ 7
@  7
Falrhaven  Counts__ @35
F. J. D.  Selects......
@30
Selects....................
@25
Anchor....................
@22
Standards...............
@19
Oysters, per  100  ........1  25@1  50
Clams, 
.........   75@100

oysters—Cans. 

SHELL  GOODS.

“ 

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Hams, average 20 lbs....................................... 114
16 lbs.......................................114
12 to 14 lbs................................114
picnic.....................................................84
best boneless......................................   94
Shoulders........................................................  84
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..............................114
Dried beef, ham prices.................................. 8
Long Clears, heavy.........................................
Briskets,  medium.  ........................................   84
light................................................  84

„ 

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

STICK  CANDY.
Standard,  per lb........................ 
“  H.H............................ 
“  Twist  .......................... 
Boston Cream.......... . 
84
Cut  Loaf.......................................... 
Extra H.  H......................  84
MIXED  CANDY.

Cases  Bbls.  Palls.
64 74
64 74
64 74

 

Bbls.

Palls.
Standard...................................... 6
7
Leader..........................................6
74
Royal............................................64 
8
Nobby...........................................7 
English  Rock.............................. 7 
8
Conserves....  ............................. 7 
8
Broken Taffy....................baskets 
8
9
Peannt Squares.................  
“  8 
10
French Creams.............................  
Valley  Creams.............  
13
 
Midget, 30 lb. baskets.....................................  8
8
Modern, SO lb. 
Palls.
Lozenges, plain.............................................  10
printed.........................................   11
Chocolate Drops............................................   114
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  13
Gum Drops....................................................   54
Moss Drops....................................................   8

“ 
fancy—In bulk

“ 

 

 

 

THE  MlCHlGAJNr  TKADESMAJS

CONFECTIONERY.

THERE'S  MONEY  IN  IT  PROVIDING  YOU  BUY  THE  BEST  AND  AT  THE 
LOWEST  FIGURE.  OUR  TRADE  IS  BOOMING,  WHICH  IS  PROOF  THAT 
THE  TRADE  THROUGHOUT  MICHIGAN  AND  ADJOINING  STATES  KNOW 
FROM  WHOM  TO  BUY.  WE  MANUFACTURE  A  COMPLETE  LINE  OF 
FIRST-CLASS  GOODS  AND  EXECUTE  ORDERS  PROMPTLY’.

14:

Grand Rapids  Retail bracers' Assn.

President, A. J. Elliott.

Secretary, E. A. Stowe. 

Official Organ—M ic h ig a n   T r a d e s m a n .
Next Meeting—November ¿1.

The Little Old Store.

Oh, the little old store with  the bell on the door, 
With a ting a-ling-ling, as it swung on the spring 
Oh  the  little old  store gave  measure and  more, 
Though "twas dark to some and nothing was new 

That rang as you went out or in.
And deafened your ears with its din!
And everything smelled sweet of spice; 
Yet everything sold there was nice.

For a quaint little maid, in muslin arrayed. 
Would answer each ring from the door,
And  smiles  sweet and  simple  played  tag  with 

In the cheeks of the maid of the store.
I used often to stop in the little old shop.
And sometimes for nothing at all.
But to just shake the spring and to hear the bell 

the dimple

ring,

For Nelly to answer its call.

Ah!  those times are all o'er, the little old store 
Till sometimes it seems as but one of the dreams 
Thoagh a faint, vague  regret comes over me  yet 
In my heart I would fain be a glad lad again 

Has vanished with old fashioned ways.
That we have of  our boyhood days.
As I think of those days now no more.
And with Nell in the little old store.

times  over  for  the  bag. 

Referring  to  this  subject, 

Bags Inst  ad of Barrels for Sugar.
The order  for  5,000,000  bags, recently 
given  a  Philadelphia  manufacturer  by 
the Sugar  Trust, is  by  far  the  greatest 
bag contract  ever  made  in  the  United 
States.  I he Trust’s reason for the change 
from  barrel to  bag is that  the  bag  costs 
and  weighs  considerably  less  than 
its 
old-time  competitor.  The  weight of  the 
bag is only  1%  pounds,  while that of  the 
barrel  is 23 pounds.  Thus the difference 
in  freight  alone  for  carrying  refined 
sugar  to  its  destination  would  pay  sev­
eral 
In  this 
view  of  the  innovation  the  bag  really 
costs the Trust  nothing,  but comes to its 
hand  with  a  profit  ready  made.  The 
barrel’s  successor  is a plain  burlap  bag 
with  a light  muslin  bag  inside.  This is 
the  worst  blow  the  cooperage  industry 
has  ever  experienced,  and  almost wipes 
out that business in Philadelphia.  Flour 
now  goes  to  Europe  in  bags,  and  is  re­
tailed in the same  way.  Sugars brought 
to this country from  the West  Indies and 
Hamburg  come  exclusively 
in  bags, 
which,  after  being  cleaned,  are  used  up 
for  paper  stock.  The  Spreckels  were 
the first to introduce  the bag  business in 
the East.  The  Trust  saw the  advantage 
at once and took immediate steps to have 
its output  shipped  in  the cheaper  way as 
soon  as it gained control  of the refineries.
the  Mer­
chants’  Review  says: 
“ One  advantage 
from the use of  bags  in  lieu of  barrels is 
the possibility of packing the same quan­
tity of  sugar in each  bag.  and  ignoring 
the 
Foreign  refined  sugar  re­
cently  received 
this  market  was 
packed in this manner,  each  bag contain­
ing  224  pounds.  The  saving of  time  to 
the shipping and  billing  departments of 
the  jobbing  houses which  handled  this 
sugar  was  no  small  item,  while  every 
retail  purchaser  knew  beforehand  how 
much  sugar  he was  going to receive  on 
bis  order.  A  barrel  of  sugar  is a very 
indefinite quantity. 
If  the market  is ad­
vancing.  a barrel of  200  pounds  capacity 
is generally  delivered;  if  it is declining, 
300  pounds  and  upwards  come  to hand 
on  the dealer’s  order and  are considered 
a barrel. 
It  is  impossible  to  tell  before 
hand  how  much sugar  will  be  received 
when ordering by the  barrel.
“ Going  back to the question of the sav­
ing of  time in  the  jobbing branch  of  the 
business,  it is  not  too  much  to  say that 
the new sugar  package will  be  regarded 
as  a  godsend  by  jobbers  who  handle 
large  quantities  of  sugar,  provided  the 
foreign  system  of  uniform  weights 
is 
adopted  with  the  bag,  and  there  is  no 
reason why it should not be.  At present, 
when an invoice of sugar is received in  a 
wholesale  store,  each  barrel  must be ex­
amined  by the  receiving  clerk and  the 
gross  weight  and  tare  entered  in  his 
book.  These figures are-afterwards com­
pared  with  the  refiner’s invoice  by  the 
auditing  clerk,  and  in  billing  the  sugar 
to the retailer the same tiresome array of 
figures must be  included.  All  this work 
will  be  saved  by  the  use  of  bags,  one 
entry of so many bags of so many pounds

tare. 

in 

at  so  much  a pound  being  sufficient  in 
receiving and shipping sugar.
“ On  the  subject  of  sugar  tares  the 
Grocers’  Hand  Book,  compiled  by  Arte- 
mas Ward,  says,  with much  truth: 
‘The 
close  selling  prices of  sugar  make  the 
dealer doubly  jealous with  regard to the 
tares  on  the  barrels,  and  justly so  since 
its sale is a losing one throughout.  The 
refiners use kiln-oried  barrels which they 
weigh  with the greatest  accuracy,  but as 
every  subsequent  exposure to the  air or 
dampness tends to swell the weight again 
the retailer is the loser in the end.’  The 
substitution  of  bags  for  barrels  will  do 
away  with  all  cause  for  complaints in 
regard  to  unjust  tares,  and  enable  the 
retailer to get the same quantity of sugar 
out of  each  package.  With the  barrels 
of varying capacity, if the  contents  when 
weighed  out  in  small  quantities appear 
I to  run  short,  he  cannot  feel  certain 
whether  the  fault is  with  the  refiner or 
his  clerks.  The  latter  may  have  been 
careless  in  weighing  out  the  sugar,  or 
the quantity marked on  the  barrel  may 
not  have  been  put  into it. 
It is an easy 
matter 
in  marking 
to  make  mistakes 
weight.s on  barrels.
“The saving of  expense  by  the use of 
the cheaper bag  should  not  be  lost sight 
of;  it  will  no  doubt  enable  the  refiners 
to  sell  a  fraction  lower.  The  fraction 
will  be  small,  but it  will 
the 
dealer’s present insufficient  profit.
“We  have  urged  the  adoption  of  a 
sugar  package of  uniform  capacity,  and 
accept the  bag as  an  improvement on  the 
present  style  of  barrel  because  it  will 
enable refiners  to  establish  a  system of 
uniform  weights.”

increase 

A  Revolutionary  Proposal.

One S.  Thompson, a wealthy  Londoner, 
distinguished himself the  other  day  by 
making what is charcterized  in  the  Lon­
don papers as  the  most  outrageous  and 
revolutionary speech ever heard  in  Lon­
don.  He is a stockholder in the  Aerated 
Bread Co.,  an  institution that owns many 
restaurants in  London,  and  is  doing  an 
immense business.  At the annual  meet­
ing  held last week a dividend of 37^ per 
cent,  was  declared.  Thompson  got  up 
and proposed that the Company raise the 
wages of the waiter girls, who are the best 
of their class in the city and now get only 
from 82 to $3  a  week.  He  said  that  if 
the Company would raise  their  wages  it 
would save  many  of  them  from  being 
driven  into  marriage  with  undesirable 
men. 
Three  dollars  a  week  was  too 
little,  Thompson  said, especially  as  the 
Company could  well  afford  to pay  more. 
The  resolution  was unanimously  howled 
down  before Thompson  had  fairly  taken 
his seat,  the  opposition  being  led  by  a 
clergyman.and the rash proposer is in dis­
tinct disfavor as one likely to undermine 
the British constitution.

W here is the Locality?

“A rural  farming district in Michigan,” 
says the Engineering Magazine,  has  pro­
vided itself with  a  telegraph  line  eight 
miles in length,  connecting a large  num­
ber of scattered  farms  with  the  village 
store, the proprietor  of  which  officiates 
as telegraph operator, express agent, post­
master, and so  on.  The 
total  cash  ex­
penditure for  the  outfit  is said  to  have 
been only some 8200,  while  the  expense 
of maintenance,  which  is  but  a  trifling 
sum, is assessed equally upon the owners. 
The small cost and enormous convenience 
of such  a system as this  in  country  dis­
tricts ought  to  lead  to  a  more  general 
adoption of  the  plan.  Especially  after 
the expiration of  the  telephone  patents 
in  1894.  such a system of  intercommuni­
cation  by wire would be possible in every 
township throughout  the  country.  The 
individual expense  would  be  almost  in­
significant,  and  in  the  item  of  useless 
travel alone would  save  many  times  its 
cost every year.”

Her  Custom.

Mrs.  Prentice—“ How  do  you  always 
manage to have such delicious beef?”
Mrs. Binthyre—“I select a good, honest 
butcher and then stand  by him.”
that  you 
Mrs.  Prentice—“You  mean 
give  him  all your trade!”
Mrs.  Binthyre— “No,  1  mean 
that  I 
stand  by him while he is  cutting  off  the 
meat.”

THE  PUTNAM  GANDY  CO.

HAVE  A  WELL  ASSORTED  LINE  OF

80N8,

P.  8TEKETEE 
Windsor  and  Scotcli  Gaps
dlores.  Mitts, aid Miers

GENTLEMEN’S

FROM  82.25  PER  l)OZ.  UP,  ALSO  A  FULL  LINE  OF  LADIES’  AND 

HANDKERCHIEFS,  WINDSOR  TIES,  GENT’S  SCARFS,  AND  A  FRESH

STOCK  OF

Dolls,  and  Christmas  Novelties  for  Holiday  Trade.
M O SELEY  BROS.,

- WHOLBSAtB -

FRUITS,  SEEDS.  BEARS  AND  PRODUCE,

2 6 ,2 8 ,3 0 ,3 2   Ottawa St.,  Grand  Rapids.

P E R K I N S   <Ss  H  ZED S   £3
Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALKRS IN

NOS.  122  and  i24  LOUIS  STREET, GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICHIGAN.

WE  CARRY  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TAT,LOW  FOR  MILL  IIsk.

t arm ing 1» a grand success.  We have had a Co-operative R atter & Cheese Factory  here 
for five  years.  It  was  bu ilt by  Davis  &  Rankin  Bldg.  &  Mfg.  Co., Chicago,  Ills.  A d­
dress  them  for inform ation If you w ish a factory, and how   to get it.

T H E   M I C H I G A N '  T R A D E S M A N .

OLD  ANGELINE.

[continued  from  pag e  3.] 

she  felt that trouble  only  would come of 
it,  and  she earnestly besought  the girl  to 
avoid temptation;  but  Therese  was  will­
ful.  She hated monotony.  She disliked 
the stupidity  and  stolidity of  her  com­
panions.  She  craved  excitement;  and, 
after  all,  the  restless  disquietude  that 
possessed  her  might  have  been  the  un­
conscious  reaching out  for  clearer  per­
ception—a  movement  of 
the  dim  soul 
within her for larger intelligence, a fuller 
scope.  However it was, Angeline’s fears 
were realized.

One of the  white men from  Seattle per­
suaded  Therese  to  accompany  him and 
keen his home,  and  she went—confident, 
hopeful,  happy.  To  her  mother’s  en­
treaty  to  stay,  her  prophesies  that  she 
would  rue  the  day she  left  her  people, 
she  turned  a  deaf  ear;  but  her  parting 
kiss was full  of  affection,  and  her words 
to  the  chief  were  those  of  respect  and 
love.

A greater trial  was  in  store for Ange- 
line  than  mere  separation  would  have 
caused.  The  fact 
that  in  the  ensuing 
time  she never  heard  uirectly  from  her 
daughter troubled her and she grew more 
taciturn  and  reserved,  now  that  the con­
necting  link  with  outside  interests  was 
gone.

Two years went by—years of watching 
and yearning,  before any summons  came 
—then one calm,  beautiful night Martin’s 
son,  a  promising  young  brave,  who  had 
been  one  of  Therese’s ardent  admirers, 
came  to  Angeline’s  wigwam  with  a  mes­
sage.  He had just returned from Seattle, 
where  he  had  seen  Therese.  She  was 
sick and  unhappy,  and  wished  her moth­
er to come to  her.

Without a word  Angeline  made  prep­
arations to go.  She  went  to  her  father, 
acquainted  him  with  the facts,  then  fol­
lowing  the  winding  path  down  to  the 
beach,  she  untied  her  canoe,  and  soon 
with strong,  swift  strokes  was  lessening 
.the distance  between  herself  and daugh­
ter.

“ It is night  again. 

It  is just such  an­
other  night,”  she  muttered  to  herself, 
as  she  strained  her  gaze  over  the still, 
reflecting  waters,  and  her  thoughts  re­
verted  to  fhe  past.  There  was an omi­
nous dread  at  her  heart.  Her  past life 
stood out in  bold  relief—the  one  bright 
spot  in  it  had  been  Therese,  and  now 
Therese was sick and unhappy—Therese, 
with  her  bright,  gay  manner,  her quick 
perceptions, 
and  withal  her  glowing 
health.  The two years  must  have  been 
full of suffering  indeed  ‘to  have  brought 
her so low.  Angeline  caught her breath 
and shivered as a chill breeze struck her, 
but kept on  with  a steady  stroke.

In  two hours she  reached Seattle,  then 
carefully  following the directions  given 
her by  Martin’s son,  she  made her  way to 
a miserable hovel  under the  brow of  the 
cliff  that  then  skirted  the  water-front. 
The dread  that  possessed  her  deepened 
as she stepped  to the  partly closed  door. 
The moon  was darkened  as she looked  in, 
and  the deep  shadows  revealed  nothing.
“Therese! Therese!” she cried hoarsely.
There was no  answer.  She flung wide 
open  the  door.  The  wailing  cry  of1  an 
infant  greeted  her. 
indistinct 
light she discerned an  object swaying to 
and  fro,  suspended  by  a  rope  from  a 
beam above.  The  moon  emerging  from 
the cloud  flooded  the  room  with  a sickly 
light.  Angeline  gave a loud  cry as  she

the 

In 

recognized  the  swaying  object. 
still  warm,  but life was extinct.

It  was 

Thus  ended  another  epoch  in  Ange­

line’s life.

The  succeeding years  witnessed  many 
changes.  The death of  her father a few 
years  later  severed  the  only  bond that 
held her close to  human  sympathy.  The 
tribes,  scattered  and  dismembered  even 
before her father’s death,  had  nothing in 
common  with  her.  She  left  them  and 
came to Seattle to live.  She  took care of 
the child  left by Therese,  a  puny,  miser­
able boy,  for  whom,  however,  she  never 
evinced any tenderness  or emotion.  He 
is  still  living—a miserable  specimen  of 
a degenerate half-breed.

Angeline  herself is  a stoic.  The days 
come  and  go.  They  have  nothing  to 
bring her,  nothing to take away.  Life is 
a  monotonous  existence,  in  which 
is 
neither hope  nor  fear,  pleasure  nor sor­
row. 
In her rude  cabin overlooking the 
sea,  Angeline,  the  princess  of  Seattle, 
looks out in wonder and  contempt at  the 
turmoil  and strife of the new civilization. 
Child of a past age,  she  has outlived  it— 
but  who can judge her, who understands?

R o s e  S im m o n s.

“ Zn no way can Americans so effective­
ly inform themselves  on the  subjects th  t 
claim public attentian from  one month to 
another  as  by  readinq the North  Am eri­
can Review.”

IN  THE

North  American  Review

YOU  WILL  ALWAYS  FIND

THE RIGHT TOPICS 

BY THE RIGHT MEN 
AT THE  RIGHT TIME.
T H E   TOPICS  are  always  those  which 
are  uppermost in  the  public  mind—in 
morals,  politics,  science, 
literature, 
business,  finance,  industrial  economy, 
social  aud  municipal  affairs,  etc.—in 
short,  all subjects on which Americans 
require and desire to be informed.  No 
magazine follows so closely from month 
to month the course of  public  interest. 
A ll subjects  are  treated o f  impartially 
on both sides.
T H E   CONTRIBUTORS  to the  Review 
are  the  men  and  women  to  whom the 
world  looks  for  the most authoritative 
statements on the  subjects of  the  day. 
No other periodical can  point to such  a 
succession  of  distinguished  writers. 
The  list  is  a  roll  of  people  who  are 
making  the  history,  controlling  the 
affairs,  and  leading the opinions of the 
age,  such  as  Mr.  Gladstone,  the  Prime 
Minister of  England;  Mr.  Blaine;  Sig­
nor Crispi,  Ex-Prime Minister of Italy; 
Baron  Hirsch;  H.  R.  H.  the  Count of 
Paris;  Cardinal  Gibbons;  Bishops Pot­
ter,  Doane,  Mallalieu,  Foss,  etc.,  etc.
T H E   TIM E   when  these  subjects  are 
treated of  by  these  contributors  is the 
very time  when the subjects  are in  the 
public mind—not a month or two after 
people  have  ceased  to think oi  them. 
The  promptness  with  which  the  Re­
view  furnishes  its  readers  with  the 
most  authoritative  information  upon 
the topics of  the day  is one of  its most 
valuable features.
8ilt)8Gription Price, $5,00 a Year.
NORTH  AMERICAN  REVIEW,

3 E ast  14th S t , N ew  York.
MICHIGAN  MINING  SCHOOL.

A State  School of  Mining Engineering, giving  prac­
tical  instruction in m ining  and allied  subjects.  Has 
sum m er schools in surveying, Shop practice and  Field 
Geology.  Laboratories,  shops  and  stam p  m ill  well 
equipped.  Tuition  free.  For catalogues apply to the 
Director, H oughton, Michigan.

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D. A. B lodgett, President.

Geo.  W.  Gat, Vice-President.

W m. H. A nderso n,  Cashier.
CJAPITAL,  -  -  -  $300,000.

Transacts a general banking  business

Make  a  specialty o f collections.  Accounts 

o f country m erchants solicited.

A

 T X  A

S

 

S O A P

Is Manufactured 

only  by

HENRY  PASSOLT, 

Saginaw,  Mich.

For general laundry and  family 

washing  purposes.

Only brand of first-class laundry 

soap manufactured in the 

Saginaw  Yalley.

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

M ic h ig a n  (T entrat,

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’*

D EPA RT.  ARRIV E
Detroit Express....................................  7:00 a m  10:00 p m
Mixed  ...................... ............................7:05 am   4:80  p m
Day  Express.......................................  1:20 p m  10:00 a m
"Atlantic A Pacific Express..............1:00 p m  6:00 am
New York Express...............................6:40 p m  10:46 p m

"Dally.
All other dally except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
trains to and from Detroit.
Ehegant  parlor  cars  leave Grand  Rapids on Detroit 
Express at 7 a. m..  returning  leave  Detroit  4:45 p. m. 
arrive in Grand  Rapids 10 p. m.

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

Detroit

H

TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

Trains Leave
Lv.  Chicago__
Lv. Milwaukee.
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Ionia...........Ar
St.  Johns  ...Ar
Ow o ssd..........Ar
E. Saginaw..Ar
Bay City......Ar
F lin t...........Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac....... Ar
Detroit........ Ar

EASTWARD.

tNo.  14|tNo.  16 tNO.  18 •No.  82

10 20am
11 25am
12 17pm 
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm 
3 45pm
5 50pm
3 05pm
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 
S 05pm 
8  Opm 
8 37pm
7 05pm
8 50pm 
S 25pm
9 25pm

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

Trains Leave

•No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13
Lv. Detroit................... 10 45pm 6  50am 10 50am
G’d Rapids,  Lv...........
7 06am 1  00pm 5  10pm
G’d Haven,  A r__...
8 25am 2  10pm 6  15pm
Milw’kee Str  “ 
.......
Chicago Str.  “  . 
.

•Dally. 

tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east,6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  a' :Ive from  the west,  10:10a. m., 3:15 
p.m. and 9 . io  p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parltr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward —No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W. Loud, Traffic Manager.
Ben F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent.
J ab. Cam pbell, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

IB

G rand  Rapide  & Indiana.
Schedule  in effect  September 25,1892.

South.
North.
For Cadillac  and Saginaw....
6:15 a m
7:20 a
For Traverse City A Mackinaw  9:00 am
9:00 am
1:10 p
For Cadillac and Saginaw.........  1 :ft0 p n
1:50 p m
4:15 p
For Petoskey A Mackinaw.......  8:10 p i_
8:10 p m
10:10  p
From Chicago and  Kalamazoo.  8:35 p m 
8:35 p m
6:16 a m and  9:00 a
daily.  Others trains daily except Sunday.

Train arriving  from  south at  6:15 a m  u 

TRA INS  GOING  SOU TH .
Norf’
North.
For  Cincinnati..............................  6:30
6:30 am
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago..
For Fort Wayne and the  East..  11:50 a m
11:50 & m
For Kalamazoo  A Chicago.......11:00 p m
For  Cincinnati...............................   6:15 pm
6:16 p m
11:00 pm
From Saginaw...............................  11:50 a m
11:50 a m
From Saginaw...............................l]
11:00 p m
Train  leaving  south  at  11:20 p. 
p.  m. runs daily;  all
other trains  daily except Sunday.

Arrive from  Leave going 
South.
7:00  a m
10:05  am
8:00  p m
6:00  p m
11:80  pm

SLEEPING  A  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

NORTH

1 :1 0   p  m  train  has  parlor  car  Grand 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
10:10 p  m  train.—Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw.
SOUTH—7:OO am train. —P arlor chair carG rand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
1 0 :0 5   a m   train.—W agner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6:00  p  m  train.—W agner Sleeping  Car 
Grand Rapids to Cincinnati.
11;20 p m train.—W agner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

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

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

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

11:20 p m
6.50 am
10:05 a  m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner  Sleeping Car. 
10:10pm
6:50  am
10:10 p  m 

7:05 am  3:10pm 
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
1:50 pm  6 35pm  
3:10  p  m  through  Wagner  Parlor  Car. 
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

For Muskegon-Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand  Rapids & Indiana.
10:00am
6:55 am  
11:25 am  
4:10 pm
5:30  pm  
9:05 p m

From Muskegon-Arrive 

Dunday train  leaves  for  Muskegon  at  9:05 a  m, ar­
riving at 10:20  a  m.  Returning  train  leave.  Muske 
gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Gsand  Rapids at  5:45 p m.
Through tickets and full information  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almquist,  ticket  agent  at  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

O. L. LOCKWOOD. 
General  Passenger and Ticket Agent

CHICAGO

A N I)  W US1  M IC H IG A N   R ’Y.
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS.......8:50am  1:25pm *ll:'5pm
Ar. CHICAGO 
...........3:3>pm  6:45pm  *7:05am

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

TO AND FROM MUeKESON.

Lv. CHICAGO............. 9:00«m  5:25pm  »11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS......3:55pm  10:4 jpm  *7:05am
TO  AND  FROM  BENTON  HARBOR, ST  JOSEPH  AND 
INDIANAPOLIS.
Lv. G  R.......... 8:50am  1:25pm 
.......... *11:35pm
Ar.  G R  .........*6:10am 3'55pm 
........   10:45pm
Lv. G. R ..........   8:50am  1:25pm  5:35pm  6:30pm
Ar.  G.  R .....................10:45am  3:55pm  5:2iipm
Lv.  G  R........................................7:30am  5:35pm
Ar.  Manistee 
..........................12:20pm  10:24pm
Ar.  Traverse City....................... 12:35pm 10:59pm
Ar.  Charlevoix  .........................  2:55pm 
...
Ar. Petoskey.............................3:30pm  .............
Ar.  from  Petoskey.  etc.,  1G:00  p  m.;  from 
Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10:00 p in.

TRAVERSE CITY,  MANISTEE  & PETOSKEY.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

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

Wagner  Parlor Cars  Leave Grand  Rapids 1:25 
Wagner Sleepers—Leave  Grand  Rapids *11:35 
Free Chair Car for Manistee 5:35 p m.
•Every day. 

tExcept Saturday.  Other trains 

week days only.

DETROIT, 

1EPT11’1892
LANSING  &  NORTHERN  R.  R.
GOING TO DETROIT.

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

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

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

TO AND  FROM SAGINAW, ALMA  AND ST.  LOUIS.

Lv. GR 7:20am 4:15pm  Ar. G R  11:50am 10:40pm
Lv. Grand Rapids............  7:00am  1:25pm  5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell...............12:5opm  5:25pm  ...........

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL A  HASTINGS*«. It.

THROUGH  CAR SERVICE.

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

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

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

Railway.

Toledo,  Ann  A rbor  &  North  Michigan 
In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe  . 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.
Lv. Grand Rapids a t......7:15 a. m  and 1:00 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t ............  12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.
Lv. Grand Rapids at  __6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at.  ...........12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.

VIA  D., G.  H.  A  M.

VIA D., L. A N.

Return connections equally as good.

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

10

the 

responsibility 
the  Lumber  Co.  soon 

The E ast Jordan Lumber Co. Wins.
In  the  spring of 181*0 the  East  Jordan 
Lumber  Co.,  of  East Jordan,  contracted 
with Bovee & Howden, lumber  dealers at 
Leroy,N.  Y.,for the sale of about one and 
one-half  million  feet of  lumber,  at cer­
tain  prices  agreed  upon,  to be shipped 
during the season  of  navigation  in  that 
year,  and  to be  delivered  on  rail or ves­
sel  at  East Jordan;  Bovee  & Howden  to 
give  their 90 day acceptances at the time 
of  each  shipment.  One  cargo  of 
the 
lumber was  delivered  in July.  By  that | 
time  the  East  Jordan  Lumber  Co.  was 
informed  that  certain  statements given 
by Bovee  &  Howden  to  the  mercantile 
agency,  as  to  the  financial  standing of 
that firm,  and on  the  strength of  which 
representations  the contract of  sale  had 
been  made  by  the  East  Jordan  Lumber 
Co.,  were  untrue,  and,  being  afraid 
of  Bovee  & 
of 
Howden, 
after 
the first shipment  notified  Bovee & How­
den  that  by reason of  these  unfavorable 
reports it should require cash at the time 
of  making  future  shipments,  offering, 
however,  to reduce  the  contract price 50 
cents  per  thousand,  by  reason  of 
the 
demand  for  cash.  Bovee  &  Howden 
declined  to  pay  cash  and  received  no 
more shipments.  Later Bovee & Howden 
commenced suit in the United States Court 
for this district,  claiming damages to the 
amount  of  several 
thousand  dollars, 
which  they estimated on  the basis of  the 
difference  between  the  contract price  of 
the lumber at  East Jordan  and  the mar­
ket value of  the  lumber at  its  place  of 
destination,  less the  cost of  transporta­
tion to  that  place.  The  case was  tried 
last week in  this  city,  Messrs.  Bundy  & 
Travis  representing 
the  plaintiffs  and 
Stuart & ^Knappen  representing  the de­
fendants.  At 
conclusion  of  the 
plaintiffs’  proofs,  Judge  Severens  held 
that,  inasmuch as the refusal on the part 
of  the East  Jordan  Lumber  Co.  to  ship 
the lumber was  coupled  with an offer  to 
deliver the same at a less  price than con­
tracted,  which  reduction  amounted  to 
several times the legal rate of  interest on 
the price of  the  lumber for  the 90  days 
credit  originally  provided  for,  and  as 
there  was  no  attempt  to  show  that the 
East Jordan  Lumber Co.  was  not  in  po­
sition  to make  such  delivery and  would 
not  have carried out this offer,  the  plain­
tiffs were not damaged,  and  therefore  di­
rected  the  jury  to  render a verdict  for 
the  defendants,  which  was  done.  The 
costs  of 
litigation  are,  therefore, 
taxed against the  plaintiffs.

the 

the 

Referred  to  the  Committee  on  Trade 

Interests.

T ra verse Cit y,  Nov.  19—1 notice the 
scale of  prices on  sugars  that  the retail 
grocers of Grand  Rapids have made,  and 
would  like to ask their reasons for giving 
a  bonus  to  their  customers  who  are  so 
fortunate as to have a whole dollar to buy 
sugar  with?  Their  price  is 6  cents  per 
pound until the  purchase  amounts  to 50 
cents’  worth,  when  they voluntarily give 
the  buyer  two-thirds  of  a pound;  and 
when  the purchaser buys a dollar’s worth 
they  give him one and one-third  pounds 
or eight cents’  worth. 
Is  this using the 
poor  customer  right  who  cannot  spare 
the money to get the  rebate on  a 50 cent 
or $1  package? 
I am a retail grocer,  but 
the rich  and poor all  pay  the same price. 
1 consider a poor man’s dollar  worth just 
as much as a rich  one’s.
If I can get a satisfactory and convinc­
ing explanation  to this question  I may go 
into the charity business toward  the rich 
myself. 
I can’t see  the justice  in  twist­
ing a man’s  nose  because  it  has  an  un­
avoidable  crook  in  it.  Of  course,  if  a

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N
person  buys a full  package  of sugar,  he 
ought to have a little discount;  but there 
are no full  packages  when it is weighed 
out into parcels. 

Yours truly,

CAR  STOVE.

F r a n k Da n ie l s.

The  Drug  M arket.

Gum  opium  has  advanced,  on account 
of  speculation  in  Turkey,  based  on  the 
failure of the fall sowings.

Morphia is,  as yet, unchanged but like­

ly  to advance.

Quinine is steady at unchanged prices.
Short buchu leaves are very scarce and 
advancing.  Much  higher  prices  are 
looked  for.

Canada balsam fir is higher.
Balsam copaiba is advancing and high­

er prices are expected to rule.

Chlorate potash  has  advanced  and the 

tendency is higher.

Oil  cloves has  declined,  on  account  of 

lower prices for buds.

Lycopodium  has  declined,  as  was  ex­

pected after election.

The  list  of  manufacturers  of  patent 
medicines who make it obligatory  for the 
jobber to charge 10 per  cent,  advance on 
less than  %   dozen  lots  has  been  largely 
increased and  dealers  should be  careful 
in ordering to save the  penalty.

Gives  Notice of  an  Amendment.

J ackson,  Nov.  18,  1892.

to  exceed 

To the Members of the Michigan Knights of the
Grip:
1  hereby give  notice  that I will  intro­
duce for your consideration  at the annual 
meeting at Detroit on  Dec.  27,  an  amend­
ment  to  the  constitution,  providing  for 
the  payment  of  $15  weekly  indemnity, 
not 
twenty-six  consecutive 
weeks,  in  case  of  total  disability,  to all 
members  of  our Association  who  are in 
good  standing  at  the  time  of  accident. 
This,  I  believe,  will  be the nucleus of an 
accident  department  in  our  association, 
which may  be added to, as we grow older 
and  stronger,  and it will  also  give  us a 
basis from  which to estimate the expense 
of  maintaining  a  full  accident  depart­
ment. 

A.  F.  P e a k e.

From Out of Town.

Calls  have  been 

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

Cameron Lumber Co., Torch Lake.
L.  E.  Boughey,  Traverse City.
Mills  <Sfc  Mills,  Grant Station.
J.  M.  Perry.  Tustin.
I).  Vinton & Son,  Williamsburg.
White  & Fairchild,  Boyne City.
Tucker Mercantile  Co.,  Sumner.

Send in your orders for

MASKS

to the

New  York  Baby  Carriage  Co„

47, 49,  51,  53  Canal St.

B est Assortm ent  and  Lowest Prices.

Nothing  like  it  for  heating  cars 
in  the  shipment  of potatoes.

used

WRITB  FUR  P K /C E .

OSTER&TEVENS
( i/lO N R o ^

S T.

I

'« 0

NEW

YORK

AROMA

A  delicious  blend  of  whole roasted  coffee,  only 20 cents,  warrant­
ed to suit general  trade.  Our values are  below  the market. 

Purchase quick and  avoid  a further advance.

Edwin J. Gillies &  Co.

J. P. V ISN E R ,  Agt.,

167 N.  Ionia  S t , Grand  R apids

RINDGE,  KALMBACH  &  CO.,

12,14,16 Pearl St.,

Manufacturers of  the  Best 
Wearing Shoes  in  the  mar­
ket
Our specialties are  Men’s, 
Boys' and  Youths’

HARD  PAN,

MECHANIC  BALS,

HUSTLERS,

and our Celebrated

VEAL  CALP
Line.  Try them.

HERCULES  POWDER

SEND
FOB

DKSCKIPTTVB
PAMPHLET.

Btnopte&re ablsit  I Fragments afters blub

STRONGEST and  SAFEST EXPLOSIVI
POWDER, FUSE, CAPS,
Electric Mining Goods

S n o w n   t o   t l i e   ^ r t s .

a n d all tools f o b stum p blasting.

FOB  8ALH  BY  THX

H ERCU LES  POW DER  CONfPAMY.

40 Prospect Street,  Clereland,  Ohio, 

j. W. WILLARD, Manager.

Agents for the Boston  Rub­
ber Shoe Co.

H e y m a n   &  C om p a n y , AHN™AT°a

a a n o t i x i z g a ,
a m  GRuAT STUMP AND BOCK

Manufacturers  of

ShoT  Cases

Of  Every  Description.

Agents  for

Western  Michigan.

W RITE  FOR  PRICES

»  J  *

6 8   and  66 Canal  St..

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

VOIGT, HERPDLSHEIMER  &  CO.,
Dry  goods, Barpets and Cloaks

W H O L E S A L E

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

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

OYERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Voigt, HemolsMiir & Co.,48>  &SZ % £ £ SK

Spring & Company,

.  y *
iV f J

IM PORTERS  A N D   W HO LESALE  D E A L E R S  IN

D ress  G oods,  S h a w ls,  C loak s, 
N o tio n s, 
R ib b o 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 e ts,  G in g h a m s, 
P r in ts  a n d   D o m estic C ottons.

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

assorted stock at lowes* market  prices.

Spring & Company.

You  can  take  your  choice

OF  TWO  OF  THE

BEST  FLAT  OPENING  BLANK  BOOKS

In th e M arket.  Cost no m ore than the Old Style Book s.  W rite for prices.

GRAND  RAPIDS  BOOK  BINDING  CO.,

89 Purl St., Hoiljeman Blk, 

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Grader  Chests. 

Glass  Covers  for  Biscaits.

I' T ’HESE  chests  will 

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

HUR new glass covers  are by far the 

handsomest  ever  offered 
to  the 
trade.  They  are  made  to  fit  any 
of  onr  boxes  and can  be  changed  from 
one box  to  another in a moment  They 

will  save  enough  good9  from  flies,  dirt  and  prying  fingers in a short  time to pay 
for themselves.  Try them and be convinced.  Price, 50 cents each.

M B R R R M R B a M a R R R M P r

N E W   NO VELTIES.

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CREAM  CRISP. 

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

the best selling cakes we ever made.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

S. A. Sears. Mgr. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Assorted  Packages  of Holiday  Goods.

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

D ressin g   C ases,  Iron  ^   W o o d   T oys,  A lb u m s, 

W o r k   B oxes,  C h ild ren ’s  Furniture.

^Notice carefully the  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,  Banquet  Lamps,  Library Lamps, 

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

ASSORTED

F a n c y   Goods.

 

 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

“ 

“ 

“  

“ 
“ 
“ 

“  
“ 
“ 

50 
85 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“  “ 
“  “ 
“ 
“  gilt  “ 
“ 
“  “ 

90 
“ open dec cups and saucers.............  1  40 
“  
“  
“ 
“ 

Half doz.  Holland ptd teas  %  bl X  bn ___$  80  $  40
One  “  Child’s dec’d  teas......................... 
45
Half 
70
..............  2  00  1  00
“ 
2  25  1  13
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
3  25  1  62
Qr. 
“ 
4  25  1  06
One  “   A B C  child’s plts-pictures........ 
50
80
Half doz asst 3 color plate sets....................   1  60 
“  luster  plate sets............................   2  50 
Qr. 
62
“  decrd 
“  
4  25  1  06
“  bread and m ilk....................  4  50  1  14
“  
“  
“
......................  
....................  7  25  1  81
Half  “   C C picture m ugs.......................... 
25
“  decrd m ugs..................................... 
“ 
42
“  parth  shaving m ugs......................  2  00  1 00
“ 
“  fancy  decrd m ugs.........................   2  25  1 13
“ 
“  moustach decrd coffees................  2  25  1  12
“ 
“  
“  
3  00  1 50
4  00  1 00
Qtr.  “ 
“  
“  
6  00  1 50
One doz.  fruit  plates,  a sst..........................  
1  50
1  00
“ 
“ 
“  ............................ 
“ asst glass baskets...........................   2  25 
X  
75
71
“ 
Sixth  “ 
..........................  4  25 
“  decrd  vases.........................  
Half  “ 
85 
43
“   ..........................  2  25 
“ 
Sixth  “ 
37
Three doz asst china  toys and w histles... 
40  1  20
toothpick  holders...................... 
One 
80
83
“   Smoking Set........................................... 
“  .........................................  
“  
40
Qr. 
60
67
“ 
Sixth  “  
One toy decrd  tea set..................................... 
55
One doz dressed china  babies...................... 
45
limb dolls........................  
90
Half doz  bisque dressed  dolls......................  2  25  1  13
2  50  1 25
4  50  2 25
2  15
38  14
3  81
34  33
50
34  83

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

One doz perfum e............................................  

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

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

doz toy decrd tea sets 

“  washbl 
“  
“ 

“  “ 
“ 
“ 

“  “  
‘ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

 
 

 
 

ASSORTED

T I N   T O Y S .

 

“ 

$> 

Qtr  “   asst anim als.....................................   2  00 
One mechanical express w agon..................  1  75 
twelfth doz tin  train...........................   2  25 
“  mechanical  engine..........  4  75 
“   cable  cars.........................   2  00 

One doz  Trum pets......................................... 
“  “ 
.........................................  
tops................................................... 
“  
“ ................................................... 
* 
1 
rattles......................................  
“  “ 
“  “ 
locomotives..................................... 
“  asst wagons.....................................  
“   “  144  train s......................................... 
“  kitchen  sets....................................  
“ 

35
80
35
75
40
85
45
75
80
50
15
85
18
40
17
75
H alf  “   stables...............................................2  00  1  00
66
Sixth  “ 
4  00 
One twelfth doz kitchens.............................   4  25 
35
18
“  
..............................2  15 
“  
21
“ 
“  half 
42 
 
 
“  twelfth 
“   clowns..................... 
16
l  85 
 
“ 
“ 
“  circus  riders.....................  l  85 
15
“   half 
“   asst 
75 
38
toys.......................... 
“ 
“   mechanical clowns..........  1  50 
“  
75
“  doz drum banks....................................  
35

“  doz musical  toys................................... 
“ 
“ 
“  
“  doz asst carts  ....................................... 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“  

“ 

 

 

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

12  69
1  26
1 1   43

Assortment No  25 

GAMES  TO  RETAIL  FOR  25c.

One dozen in a Package.

Game of Tommy Towns  visit to the Country. 

Fortune Telling.
“  
“   When My Ship Comes In.
Army Tents and Solniers.
“  
“ 
Cuckoo.
“  
Base Ball.
King and  Queens.
“ 
Steeple Chase.
“ 
Luck.
“  
Jack Straws.
“ 
“ 
Tiddledy Winks.
“ 
Fish Pond.

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

Assorted Package

DECORATED  CUPS  and  SÄUGERS.

“  
“ 

“  
“ 

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
Half  “  
“ 
“ 
......................  4  00  2 00
“ 
“  
Qtr 
6  00  1 50
“ 
Sixth d o z .......................................................   9  00  1  50
“ moustach coffees asst..............   2  00  1 00
Half  “ 
..........  3  00 
'4 
Qtr 
75
“  
“  
..........   6  75  1  69
15  07
25

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

“   “  
“ 
“ 

“  
“ 

“ 
“ 

“  
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

 

 

Assorted  Package  Dolls.

“
“  

One doz  white china b a b e s......................
Hlf  “  
One  “  dressed  dolls...................................
Hlf  “ 
“  asst............................
“   “  washable  dolls, 21  in  long..........
X  
27  in  “ ..........
One-twelfth  doz dressed  fancy  jtd d o lls..

“  

“ 

“ 

Quarter 
One-twelfth  “ 
Half 
One-third  “  

“  kid body bisque d o lls.... 
“  china limb dolls..................

“ 

«

“  

“

“ 
“ 

Package

65

2  00 
2  00 
6  00 
4  25 
6  00 
8  50 
4  00 
7  50 
1  80 
4  25

30
33
88
1 00
1 00
2 00
35
50
71
1 00
63
90
1 42
11  02 
20

11  22

Assortment No.  10 

GAMES  TO  RETAIL  FOR  10c.

One Dozen  in a Package.

Game  of Matrimony.

Authors.
Peter Coddle’s trip to New York.
Tiddledy Winks.
Familiar Quotations.
Hippity Hop.
Cricket on the Hearth.
Bound the World  Joe.
Kan Yu Du It.
Old Maid.

“ 
“  
“ 
“ 
“  
“ 
“ 
“ 
“  
“  We Found McGinty.

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

H. LEO N A R D  & SONS,

134  to  140  Fulton  St.,  G rand  R apids.

