Michigan Tradesman.

Published Weekly.

VOL.  10.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.
ORA N D   R A PID S,  D ECEM BER  7,  1892.

$1  Per  Year.
NO.  481

N o  Ff rand,  o f  'Ten  C e n t

C O M P A R E S

WITH  THE G r ö iF

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

We  now  have  a  full  line  of  Wales 
Goodyear  Rubbers,  Boots  and  Shoes, 
Alaskas,  Green  Bays,  Esquimeaux  and 
Portage Socks, Knit and Felt Boots.
Dealers are cordially invited to send in 
mail  orders,  to  which  we  promise  our 
prompt and careful attention.

HEROLD-BERTSCH  SHOE  CO.

OUR  HOLIDAY  CATALOGUE  NOW  READY.

Send  for  it!

Carpet  S w e e p e r s .

SMITH  i  SftNFORD,  68  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids.
MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

Successors  to

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

HARRY FOX,  Manager.

CRACKERS.  BISCUITS  e*  SWEET  GOODS.
BEANS If you have any beaus and want to sell, 

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

SPECIAL  ATTENTION  PA ID   TO  MAIL  O R D E R S .

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

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

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

M O S E L E Y   BRO S.,

-   W H O L E S A L E   -

FRUITS.  SEEDS.  BEANS  AND  PRODUCE.

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

WRITE FOR PRICES ON

CHEESE

H. E. MOSELEY  & CO-

45  South  Division  St..

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

-  MICH.

Wisconsin,  Ohio and Michigan make, 

AMERICAN

IMPORTED

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

VINEGAR

■ g ^ y g g l g ® :

ERENBgRmHWlNfl ECTAR^B^F'RS?DCTR01TMICH?

9 North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

O.  N.  R A F F   &  CO.,
WHOLESALE  FRUITS 
fljYD  PRODUGE.
TRUNKS

MARTIN  MAIER  &  C0„

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

MANUFACTURERS

BEST  MADE,  BEST  SELLING  GOODS. 

113-115-117  Twelfth  St.,  DETROIT,  MICH.BAGS

LARGEST  ASSORTMENT.

LOWEST  PRICES.

TIONEER  HOUSE.

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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

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

I and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

P i _____I
f ESTABLISHED 1872

NUTS,  FIGS,

DATES, ETC.

Don’t  Forget  Mvhen  ordering

CANDY

To call on or address

A.  E.  BROOKS  &  CO.,  Mfrs, 40 Ottawa  St., Grand  Rapids.

Special pains  taken w ith fru it orders.

THE  GREER  SEAL  M R

Is the Most Desirable for M erchants to H andle because

IT  IS  STAPLE  AND  WILL  FIT  ANY  PURCHASER.

gend  Your W holesaler an Order.

Retails for  10 cents, 3  for 25 cents.

BUCKWHEAT  FLOUR.

We make an  absolutely pure and  unadulterated  article,  and it 
lias 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.

Who  urges  you  to  keep

S a p o l i o ?

T  

h e  P u b lic

By  splendid  and  expensive  advertising  the  manufacturers  create  a 
demand,  and  only ask  the  trade to keep the goods in stock  so  as to  supply 
the  orders  sent to  them.  W ithout  effort on  the  grocer’s  part the  goods 
sell  themselves,  bring  purchasers  to the  store,  and  help  sell  less  known 
goods.

[IL jJXIIU  V U m

Correspondence Solicited.

H0LLRP,  MICH

Anv Jobber will be Glad to Fill Your Orders.

STANDARD OIL CO., LEMON &HEELER COMPLY
Uluminating and Lubricating  Wholesale  Grocers

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

DEALEBS  IN

r

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office,  tlawkins Block. 

Works, Butterworth  Ave

BULK.  W ORK i  AT

TVEAND RAPIDS, 
BIG RAPIDS, 
ALLEGAN. 

MUSKEGON'. 
GRAND HAVEN,
HOWARD CITV, 

MANISTEE,

PETOSKEY,

C  \ D1I.I.AC, 
LUDINGTON.

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR

EMPTY  GSRBON  i GASOLiK17  BARRELS I

DALL

G ra n d   R a p id s .

Wholesale 
Grocers•

BARNHART

PUTMAN CO.

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 Grocerv Price Current.

T he BREAD 
Raises

SUPPLANTS BAKING  POWDER
F o sfo n  C h e m ic a l Co., D e tro it, M ic h ig a n . 

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JOBBER  Oh

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

S a lt   F i s b

SOLD  BY  ALL  RELIABLE  CROCERS.

Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. 

See quotations in another column

CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL  KINDS  OF  POULTRY  AND  GAME  SOLICITED

VOL. X.

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  lias 
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.  Oases, a dollar per pair.
We also  have a choice assortment of second 
hand  job and  advertising  type, pioof  sheets 
of which will be forwarded on application.
THE  TRADESMAN  0 0 ,

6 BAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

O Y S T E R S ,
NOTE  LOWER  PRICES.

.-olid  Brand  Cans.

 

Daisy  Brand.

M in c e   M ea t— B e s t i n   U se .

Selects.......................................................... $  25
E.  F ............................................................. 
20
Standards 
...................................................   18
Selects.......................................................... $  23
Favorites................  
14
Standards......................................................  
16
Standards  In bulk  .......................................1  05
Large  bbls......................................................  5M
V4 bbls............................................................. 6
401b  pails..........................................................614
20 lb pails.........   ..............................................6H
..........................................................Mi
101b  “ 
2 
lb cans, usual weight, per doz............. $1 50
£. lb  “ 
..............3 50
Choice  Dairy Butter  ..................................   19
Fresh E ggs.........  ....................................  21
Pure Sweet Cider in bbls............................  
is
“  Vinegar.........................  10
Choice Lemons, 300 and 360............ .......... 550
New Pickles in bbls, 1200...........................6 50
half bbls, 600........................3 75
Peach preserves, 20 lb.  pails................... 
07
Pickled peaches, 20 lb.  “ 
05
....................  

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EDWIN  FALLAS,

Prop  Talley City  Cold  Storage,

215-217  Livingston St., Grand  Rapids.

ESTABLISHED  1841.

THE MERCANTILE  AGENCY

R. G. D u n   &  Co.

Reference Books Issued  quarterly.  Collections 

attended to throughout United States 
and C a n a d a ________

.TH E

PRO M PT, 

C O N S ER V A TIV E. 

8A PB .
T. Stew a bt W h it e, Pres’t. 
W. Fbbp McBain, Sec’y.__________________

“B? Kent. 9 9

H AVING  conducted  the  above  named  hotel 

two  months  on  the  European  plan,  and 
come to the conclusion  that we can  better serve 
our  patrons by conducting same on  the  Ameri 
can  plan, we take  pleasure in announcing  that 
our  rates will  hereafter  be $2  per day.  As  the 
hotel  is  new  and  handsomely  furnished, with 
steam  heat and  electric  bells, we are  confident 
we are  in a position to give the  traveling public 
satisfactory  service.
Remember the location, opposite Union Depot. 
Free baggage transfer from union  depot.

BEACH  1   BOOTH,  Props,

iBARLOW BRO’S0U,l»BLANK BOOKS!
I  T he  PH HA. PAT. FIAT OPENING BACHI 
®  StMD roe prices GRAND  raPIDS.MICH.I

GBAXD  R A PID S,  W EDNESDAY,  D ECEM BER  T,  1892

NO.  481

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 ns an order  before  Jan. 1.1893,  providing 
he  mentions  seeing our  advertisement  in  this 
paper.

Send in your order now for

For  The  Baby

Get The

Children's  Footwear,  Overgaiters,  Lambs* 
wool Soles, Shoe Lace», Brushes, Dressings, 
Blackings, or any other Shoe Store supplies 
yon may need.

BIRTH,  KRAUSE  &  00..

12-14  LTON  ST. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

A. J. SHKLUAN, Scientific Optician, 65 Monroe Street.

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

BDY  THE  PENINSULAR

Once and You aie our Customer 

for life.

STANTON, MOREY & C0„ Mfrs.

D KTROIT, MICH.

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

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

The B raisM  Mercantile Apcy.
Executive  Offices, 279,281,283  Broadway, N.T

The B radstreet  Company, Props.

CHARLES  F. CLARK, Pres.

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

Grand  Rapids  Office,  Room  4,  Widdicomb  Bldg.

HENRY  BOYCE,  Supt.
COMMERCIAL  CREDIT  CO.

Union Credit Co.

Successor  to  Cooper  Commercial  Agency  and 
Commercial  reports  and  carrent  collections 
receive  prompt  and  careful  attention.  Tour 
patronage respectfully solicited.
Office, 65 Monroe St. 
Telephones 166 and 1030. 
C.  A.  CUMINGS,
L.  J.  STEVENSON, 

C.  E.  BLOCK.

JOHN’S LUCK.

Twenty years ago  this  spring,  when  I 
made my first trip on the  road as a sales­
man,  I  met  a  clerk  in  a  country  store 
whose honest face and  pleasant manners 
made me his friend  at once.  He had not 
been in the country long enough to speak 
English  fluently,  and  as  his  customers 
were largely  Germans  it did  not matter. 
It  was easy  to  see  that  he would learn 
English  as  fast  as  it  was  needed,  and 
that  he  was  made  of  stuff  which  was 
bound to advance him in life.

In a few years he was introduced to me 
as  the partner  of  his  former  employer, 
and it was a  delight  to  watch  his  ener­
getic way  of  doing business  and  to  see 
his pleasant manner  with his customers. 
He put on  no airs of  any  kind.  His  at­
tention was wholly given to his business, 
and  to  this  he gave  all  his  days and a 
large  share of his nights.

Other young men in  the town spoke  to 
me  of  John’s  luck.  They  called  him 
lucky in getting to work for such an easy 
employer;  lucky in getting an interest in 
so good a business,  and  lucky in ail  that 
he did.  There is a strong  inclination in 
the mind of the average man to make  lit­
tle  of  the  abilities  of a  companion. 
It 
soothes his own pride to  believe  that the 
companion’s advance was simply a  piece 
of luck or chance  rather  than the result 
of merit  or  energy.  And  as no one  can 
control  “luck”  his  own  failure,  conse­
quently,  does not  annoy him.

If you sit  down  and  recall  merchants 
whose  progress  you  know,  you  always 
discover that  the  song  of  their  success, 
no matter what  words it  is told in,  is al­
ways  in  the  one  tune.  They  are  hard 
workers;  they are  saving;  they  are care­
ful in giving credit, and they watch their 
accounts  closely.  John  Konig  had  all 
these traits,  but  hard  work only seemed 
to send  more  red  blood into his cheeks, 
and  responsibility  never  appeared 
to 
weigh on his spirits.

In a few years  more he  and  a  brother 
bought out  the partner,  securing a  good 
bargain on long time,  and the other deal­
ers shook  their  heads  at  the  load  John 
had shouldered,  and  prophesied  failure. 
But John’s “luck”  still  stood his friend. 
He made payments  easily,  increased  his 
trade, grew in influence,  and at 35 would 
have been out of debt, but that he bought 
a stave factory,  putting  another brother 
into that as manager.

This  was a good  investment.  Timber 
was  plenty,  staves  were  in  good  de­
mand at  profitable  prices,  and the  store 
and  stave  factory  were  made  to  help 
each other.  Before this was wholly paid 
for he had another  factory  in  operation, 
and before  very  long  thereafter he  and 
his brothers  were owners  of  two  stores 
and four stave factories.

His  “luck”  was  now  on  everyone’s 
tongue.  He  had been  lucky in owning a 
store  in  good  years;  lucky  in  starting 
factories  just  when  and  where  he  did; 
lucky  in  having  good  brothers  to  take 
hold  with him,  and  lucky to  find every­
one willing to  give  him credit and time. 
He  laughed  in  his  jovial  way  over his 
own  “luck,”  evidently  thinking of  his

career much as  his neighbors  thought of 
it;  but  when  dull  times  came  and  he 
made a good sale of  his  principal  store, 
people said,  with one accord,  that  “John 
was the luckiest fellow  that ever lived,” 
and I  saw  that  he  was  of  their  way of 
thinking.

But the stave  business  began to  grow 
dull.  As  timber  grew  scarce  it  cost 
more.  Competition in making staves ran 
down the price of the manufactured arti­
cle,  while competition  in purchasing ran 
up the price of  the  raw  material.  Peo­
ple were not  figuring  how  much  money 
they were making but whether they were 
holding their own or  not.  Men  who had 
plodded  along  at  a moderate  pace were 
thankful  if  they  came  out  even,  but 
they who had  been  watching  their riches 
grow rapidly each year  were alert to find 
new  ventures  to  restore  their  former 
profits.

The  town  of  Colton  had  once been  a 
gristmill.  The mill  had  beeu the cause 
|  of its  first owner’s death from worry and 
overwork,  and had ruined the last owner, 
when fortunately it burned down.  When 
on the face of the earth and  in operation 
no one  had  given  it  credit  for being  of 
much help to the  town,  but when it  was 
in ashes,  every  dull  day, every unfortu­
nate transaction  was laid at  the door  of 
the grist mill disaster. 
It  was said  that 
farmers no longer came to town,  because 
there was no market for their grain.  The 
retail trade was falling off;  the town was 
going to ruin;  the  constant refrain of  all 
their  lamentations  was  the  grist  mill, 
which they had  despised  when  in exist­
ence.

A public-spirited citizen,  such as  John 
Konig  was,  could  not  see  and  hear  all 
this  unmoved.  He  was  now  free from 
all mercantile business,  except  whatever 
buying and  selling staves  involved,  and 
from all he  saw  of  the  condition of  the 
merchants in his town he was rejoiced at 
it.  But his stave  factories were  rapidly 
growing less profitable each year,  and he 
began  to  wonder  if  the burning  of  the 
old grist mill at this time might not  be a 
special piece of  “luck”  for  him  and  his 
brothers.  This  view  of  the  case  also 
struck others.  They  wanted a mill,  but 
they  wanted  it  built  at some one’s else 
expense,  and  they  fully  believed  that 
anything  John  undertook  was bound to 
be a success.

They  reasoned  with  him  that  there 
was no  end  to  the  business  that  a  mill 
might do.  Not only  all  this  broad land 
of ours,  but  all  the world  wanted flour. 
Everybody  knew  that  five  bushels  of 
wheat  made  a barrel  of  flour,  and that 
the refuse and screenings would pay well 
for  the  grinding.  At  least  everyone in 
Colton knew  this,  and they showed John 
that  there  was  immense  riches  in  the 
business.  The best flour  was  selling in 
Columbus at  $8 per barrel.  Here  was  a 
clear profit,  as  Colton  figured it,  of $2.50 
upon every barrel of  flour the mill could 
make. 
It  would  be  a  very  moderate 
sized mill  if it did not have a capacity of 
fifty barrels per day,  so there was a clean 
profit  to  the  miller  of  $125  per  day, or 
$40,000 per year!  Surely it  was a chance

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN*
The  Scarcity  of  Vegetables.

Deafness Cannot be Cured 

2

that  offered  itself  only  mice  iu  a  life­
time, and, of course,  it was here now  for 
“ Lucky John.”

John had always  prided  himself  u d o u  
being  thorough.  His  stave  factories 
contained the latest and  best machinery. 
His  horses  always  wore  the  best make 
of  harnesses.  His  wagons  were  the 
strongest  aud 
lightest  that  could  be 
made.  So,  when he determined  to build 
the  mill,  it  was  a  foregone  conclusion 
that it should be the best  and  most com­
plete in all its details that could be built.
When  it  was  in  operation  all  Colton 
was proud of it.  Colton flour was carry­
ing to Philadelphia,  New  York and New 
England 
the  name  of  the  town  and 
spreading its fame abroad.  John  was in 
appearance  the  honest,  smiling,  dusty 
miller that is  the type  of  the craft,  and 
his luck was stiil  with  him.

*  *  *

A few weeks ago the mercantile agency 
notified  me  that  Konig  &  Bros,  had 
failed.  1 attended the meeting of  credi­
tors,  but 1 observed  that  his  townsmen, 
if  they  happened  to  be  his  creditors, 
were  very bitter against  him,  and cursed 
him now as  much as a short  while since 
they had  lauded him.

He stood up before  us all  and told his 
story.  1 have  never been  so sorry for  a 
man  since  I  began  business.  No  one 
doubted  that  be  was  telling  the  exact 
truth.  He  said;  “I  think  I  went  into 
this  thing as carefully and as cautiously 
as  a  man  could  have  done.  When  we 
were  ready  to  build  we  had  $24,000  in 
the bank  to our credit.  We expected the 
mill  would staud  us $20,000.  1  heard of
a very complete mill  in  Wayne that  was 
about the  size  and  capacity  of  the one 
we thought of putting up. 
I  went there, 
accompanied  by a millwright,  who came 
to me well recommended.  He  offered  to 
duplicate  that  mill  for $18,000.  and  we 
told him to go ahead.  The mill stood  be­
fore  us,  before  we had  made one cent’s 
worth  of  flour,  $58,000.  To  raise  this 
we had to borrow at 8  per cent,  interest. 
When  we began  work  1 found  there was 
no such  profit  in  flour as 1  had been  led 
to believe.  We  were always pressed for 
money and  I  have  sol«!  many a  carload, 
not at $2.50 profit we figured on per  bar­
rel,  but  at a positive loss. 
I  have kept 
g< ing as long as I could,  but  the end  has 
come.  Every dollar we had is gone,  and 
everything  we  own is covered  by mort­
gages to raise money  for this mill.”

“ What do the assets show?”  someone 

asked.

“ About eleven cents  on  a dollar.”
“This shows mighty  poor  calculation, 
or  something  worse.  Why  didn't  you 
stop before you got down  to such a point 
as this?”

“ We kept  hoping for a change for the 

better.”

“Yes,” spoke  up a rasping voice that 1 
recognized  as belonging  to a little grocer 
in  Coltou,  who  had  formerly  been  the 
loudest  in singing  the praises of “ Lucky 
John.”  “he  had 
the  ‘big  head,’  and 
couldn’t see  how  anything of  his could 
fail;  he thought  he  had a sure  thing  on 
his  luck,  but  she’s  gone  back  on  him, 
gentlemen,  and I’m $50  out.”

“ Yes,”  said  John  bitterly,  “ l  had 
plenty of  luck so  long  as  1  stuck to  the 
business that  I knew,  but  it  left me when 
1 started iu this.”

He  has  not  yet  settled  with  his  credit­

ors. 

Wm.  H.  Ma h ek.

Ose Tradesman Coupon Books.

From the Chicago Produce Gazette.
It is many years since there was such a 
failure of all  kinds  of  vegetables  this 
early in the season.  All kinds are scarce 
and high  priced,  and  with  every  week 
they are scarcer aud dearer.  Vegetables 
will be luxuries this  coming  winter;  the 
supply is  growing  less,  and  prices  are 
steadily going  up.  The  backwardness 
of  last spring and a long continued  spell 
of cool  rains  through  months  that  are 
usually  warm played havoc with the crop 
of the numerous articles  which  in popu­
lar language  are  designated  as  “vege­
tables.”  Cabbages,  potatoes,  aud onions 
are  now  so  scarce  that  they  command 
much higher prices  than  a  year  ago  in 
this  market,  and  they  promise  to  go 
much higher before the winter is  over.
The kitchen garden yield in the country 
round Chicago was  miserably  poor  this 
year, and with few exceptions was nearly 
as bad elsewhere.  The  supply  of  cab­
bages is so short that  arrangements have 
been made to import cabbages  from Hol­
land, aud  probably  the  deficit  in  some 
other articles will be met the  same  way 
by imports from Europe, as  Canada  will 
be unable to fill  the void.  Cabbages  are 
very  scarce  and  dear.  This  time  last 
year they sold  for $4 to $0  a  ton  iu  car­
load lots; now they are worth $20  to  $25.
At the wholesale  prices  quoted  above 
a cabbage head  as  small  as  a  defeated 
candidate feels the day after election will 
be worth 15 or 20 cents in the retail mar­
kets.  An ordinary sized head  brings  25 
cents.  Even at these prices  it will  soon 
be impossible  to  buy  cabbages,  because 
there will be none  on  the  market.  The 
local  cabbage  crop  was  almost  a  total 
failure.  Less than one-fourth the  usual 
quantity came to  marketable  maturity. 
There was  a fair crop in the East and  in 
the northern part of  Wisconsin,  but  the 
supply  from  these  sources  was  only  a 
mouthful  for the public appetite for  cab­
bage.  Three years ago  a  similar  short­
age of the cabbage crop occurred, and the 
succulent vegetable was imported in great 
quantities  from  Holland.  Already  the 
leading vegetable dealers  are  preparing 
to  import Dutch cabbages.  The yield of 
vegetables iu the Domimion was scant for 
similar reasons,  aud if not it would be in­
sufficient  to  make  amends  for  the  big 
falling off in the States.
Potatoes,  although  a  small  crop,  are 
not as scarce  as  cabbage.  The  crop  iu 
the country is less than one-half  that  of 
1891, and prices are about three  times  as 
high.  This time a year ago potatoes were 
worth 25 to 28 cents a bu.  iu carloads.  To­
day they are worth from 75 to 80 cents,and 
they  may  go  double  this  figure.  That 
would  mean 50 to 60 cents a  peck  at  re­
tail.  Potatoes are reported to be  plenti­
ful  in some parts of Canada,  and  doubt­
less  they  will  be  imported at a  liberal 
rate,  the duty of 25 cents per bushel  be­
ing added to the price that must be  paid 
by the consumer.
Those who love  the  piquant,  pungent 
flavor of the onion  will  pay  dearly  this 
winter for their  favorite  bulb.  Onions 
are very scarce.  They sell  now at twice 
the value of December,  1891, and will  sell 
at  thrice  that  figure  soon.  Beets  and 
parsnips yielded less than half  the  usual 
crop, and are growing scarce and dear  at 
a rate  alarming  to  housekeepers.  Had 
Lucullus lived  now his  feasts  would  be 
winter vegetables.
If the cereal crops had been reduced iu 
ratio anything like  that  in  vegetables, 
the privation of the poorer classes  would 
have been fearful,  perhaps  approaching 
the conditions of actual  famine  in  some 
sections,  and the commerce of  the  coun­
try  would  have  been  prostrated.  No 
breadstuffs for export,  but  a  necessity 
for importing food on a rather large scale, 
would have formed conditions  to  which 
people  in  the  United  States  are  utter 
strangers.  The result could  scarcely  be 
other than  severe commercial  depression 
to increase the  suffering  from  a  high- 
priced supply of food.

MICHIGAN

Organised  1881.

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN

By local  applications  as  they cannot reach  the 
diseased  piortion of  the  ear.  There is only  one 
way  to cure  deafness, and  that is  by  constitu­
tional  remetlies.  Deafdess  is  caused  by an  in­
flamed  conditiod of  the  mucous  lining of  the 
Eustachian tube.  When  this  tube  is  inflamed 
you  have a rumbling  sound  or  imperfect  hear­
ing,  and  when  it is entirely closed, deafness  is 
the  result, and  unless  the inflammation  can  be 
taken  out  and  this tube  restored to its  normal 
condition,  hearing  will  be  destioyed  forever; 
nine  cases  out  of  ten  are  caused  by  catarrh, 
which  is  nothing  but an inflamed  condition of 
the mucous surfaces.
We will give one  hundred dollars for any case 
of  deafness (caused  by catarrh)  that  cannot be 
cured  by Hall's  Catarrh  Cure.  Send  for circu­
lars;  free.

P J  CHENEY &  CO, Toledo, O.

B3^”Sold by Druggists, 75c.

Use Silver Soap.

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!
In 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  he 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 aud made reply, 
USE  SILVER  SOAP!

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

He  heard  the  merchant’s  last  “good 

there,”
night,”

But still he kept that sign in sight, 
USE  SILVER  SOAP!

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

USE  SILVER  SOAP!

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

USE  SILVER  SOAP!

A TLAS 

SPA T

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.

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

WE  ARE  HEADQUARTERS

SEND FOR PRICE LIST.

Daniel  Lynch,

19  8. Ionia St., Grand  Rapids.

Geo. H.  Reeder & Co.,

□ JOBBERS  OF

Boots  y d   Shoes,

Felt Boots and Alaska  Socks.

State Agents for

158 &  160  Fulton St., Grand  Rapids.

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^  V

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Results  Count—Quick  Returns  De­

manded.

Written for Thb Tradesman.

There  never  was  a  time  in  the  com­
mercial  history  of  the  world  when pa­
tience  was  so  scarce  as  at  the  present 
time.  Competition  has  become so  keen 
in  every  department  of  business  and 
profits have been  reduced  to  such a low 
point that business men are forced into a 
sort of hotbox.  The pulse of the man of 
business to-day beats faster than former­
ly;  he is less  patient in  waiting develop­
ments,  more  restless  in  conducting  his 
business  and more  cautious  in  making 
his investments.  Reduced  profits neces­
sitate  quicker returns, which are retard­
ed  by  increased 
competition,  while 
threatened tariff  changes add  to  his dis­
comfiture and the disrupting “strike com­
mittee”  hangs  over  his  head  as  a  con­
stant  menace  to  the  even  tenor  of  his 
ways.

The old reliable,  patient clerk,  and the 
faithful  old  bookkeeper  have  been laid 
on  the  shelf  alongside  of  the  andirons 
and candle  snuffers as relics of  a slower 
and  more  conservative  age  than  ours. 
The  bookkeeper  of  to-day  is  a  far less 
important  personage,  and  his  services 
are not so indispensable to his  employer 
as formerly.  He is younger and of a dif­
ferent sex from  that  of  his predecessor. 
He—or  she,  as it  now  is—is only a sort 
of  automatic  arrangement,  constantly 
manipulated or acted upon by some guid­
ing spirit, just  as  her  counterparts, the 
stenographer and the  typewriter, are op­
erated.  This 
“set”  of  automatons, 
which  are  found  in  pretty  much  every 
business office to-day, receive, altogether, 
about  one-half  the  remuneration  that 
the old bookkeeper  received.  What has 
become of  the old-fashioned  bookkeeper 
no one knows,  but,  inasmuch as  he finds 
it more difficult to keep  his wardrobe re­
plenished  with  “socks,”  it  is supposed 
that he has gone  over to the  third party 
with  a  grievance  under  his  hat.  The 
clerk  is  still  with  us,  but  shorn of his 
old-time dignity.  The privilege of  mak­
ing change is passing into daintier bands, 
and the modern system of  taking  orders 
and delivering goods has  reduced him  to 
the  rank  of  errand  boy.  The  grocery 
clerk, especially,  is rapidly degenerating 
into a  sort  of  “limber  Jim”  apparatus, 
wound  up  and warranted  to  run  seven 
days in all kinds of weather, and capable 
of spreading  himself all  over the neigh­
borhood at  the same time  at  the pulling 
of a string. 
If he “skips a cog” or halts 
for  repairs,  he  will  be  shipped  back to 
his mother, for the only things that count 
with the grocer are net  results.

The average  grocer  and  his  clerk are 
well matched in that each is a shining ex­
ample of what men  will sacrifice just for 
the sake of  doing  business.  The grocer 
sacrifices  his  capital,  and  the clerk not 
only sacrifices his vitality, but he slaught­
ers his credit,  also,  for his weekly  wages 
lack about a dollar  and a half of  paying 
his legitimate  expenses,  to  say  nothing 
about the expense of keeping  patches on 
his elbows;  but neither will give up,  for 
well they know that two  are  waiting the 
grocer’s place and four hundred and sev­
enteen  stand,  shivering, ready to step in­
to the clerk’s shoes.

Results count;  and they  are demanded 
immediately  at that.  “Bread  cast upon 
the waters will return after many days,” 
is  what  our  grandfathers  used  to say; 
but to-day we do  not allow  our bread  to 
get beyond  our vision,  and  it  must  not

only return  before  it  has  time  to soak, 
and must also bring another  loaf with it 
—the only thing that  is put to soak now­
adays,  is the cheap  watch of  the grocer’s 
delivery clerk.

Good  intentions  cut  no  figure  these 
times—they  are  not  negotiable,  do  not 
pass current  and cannot  keep  down ex­
penses or  add  to  the profits.  No clerk, 
salesman or agent  can hold  down a posi­
tion on promises, hopes and expectations. 
His  salary  depends  upon: the results of 
his endeavors,  and the results must show 
at once,  and continuously,  and be of suf­
ficient magnitude,  else decapitation takes 
place. 
It is,  “Get  there,  Eli,”  or,  “Get 
out of the way;”  and if Eli can’t make it, 
he can’t hold it.

All mercantile and manufacturing con­
cerns  fix a certain percentage as the cost 
of selling their  goods and wares,  and all 
salaries  paid  to  salesmen  are  based on 
this  percentage.  Suppose  that  5  per 
cent,  of  the gross  sales was the percent­
age fixed as the cost of  selling,  and  that 
$50,000 was considered to  be the amount 
of sales that an ordinary salesman would 
make  yearly—the  concern  could  pay  a 
salary of  $1,000 and  expenses, or  $2,500 
in all per man.  But, if  a salesman  were 
sent out at the best time of  the year  and 
failed to make a showing of  at  least $4,- 
000 the first month,  he would be recalled; 
or,  if  he  went  out  on  a year’s contract 
and failed to make his  $50,000,  he  would 
be compelled  to search for pastures new, 
and  would  carry  with him  the  reputa­
tion of being  something  less than an or­
dinary  salesman.  He  might  be  ever so 
well stocked with good intentions for the 
future and plausible excuses for the pas t 
—it would cut  no  figure—cold,  hard  re­
sults are what count  to-day.

Advertise for men on  commission,  and 
one  would  conclude,  from 
the  result, 
that  help  was  very  scarce;  but,  adver­
tise in a  morning  paper  for a  salesman 
at $75, $50 or even $40 per month and ex­
penses, and before noon there will be ap­
plicants enough to build a railroad.  Now, 
one of two things is absolutely  certain— 
these men are  chronic  shysters  and  not 
worth the  powder to  blow  them  up,  or 
else they  do  not  understand  the funda­
mental principles of doing business.  Any 
expert  salesman can  make  more money 
selling  goods  on  commission  than on  a 
salary,  unless  he has a past  record  that 
will command a salary  proportionate  to 
his  ability;  in  either  case  it  is results 
that count,  and even a commission sales­
man  must  show ordinary  results or  get 
out of the way for a better  man.

The  business tension  in  the world to­
day is so  great  that  a  man  who  would 
take part in it and do  a man’s  work and 
draw a man’s  pay must have the stuff in 
him  that  will  stand  the strain of being 
keyed up to concert pitch. 
If  he cannot 
stand this  strain, or,  if  he “snap” after 
having  once 
reached  it,  he  will  be 
obliged to  fall  back to  a less remunera­
tive position among  female competitors; 
and,  should  he  fail  to  find a  lodgment 
here,  he will  “fetch up”  at  the  bottom, 
in the  ranks of  common  labor,  or go  to 
the asylum.  Whichever  be  his destiny, 
if  he  serve 
the  business  interests,  he 
must show results. 

E.  A.  Ow en.

8

OYSTERS!

THE  P.  &  B.  BRAND WILL  PLEASE  TOUR  CUSTOMERS
—INCREASE  YOUR TRADE—AND  MAKE  YOU  MONEY_
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.

W B  A B B   TH E  F>EOT*LE

Who  Can Sell  you  an  A  No.  1  A rticle o f

B u r e   B u c k w h e a t  F lo u r

At  a  Moderate  Price.  A  Fo«tal  card will  bri"g 

quotations and  sam ple

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

E L S IE .  M IC H

POTATOES.

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

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

W M .  H.  THOMPSON  &  CO.,

Commission  Merchants,

166 So. W ater St., Chicago.

See  th a t  this  Label  appears 
on  every  package,  a*  It  is  a 
guarantee of the genuine  ar­
ticle.

T h e   O n ly   R e lia b le

FERMENTUM
COMPRESSED YEAST

Soli  io  tils  marie!  for  tie  past  Fifteen  Years.

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

JOHN  SMYTH  Agent,  Grand  Rapids,  Midi.

Telephone 566. 

106  Kent St.

A cigarette is a little thing,  but not  so 

little as the man who is a slave to it.

c x x r s x x r a   r o o t .

We pay the h ig b eit prloe for It.  A ddreu

PECK BROS., WGRAND BAlfiflt*J

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

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
Detroit—Milton  A.  Van  Wagoner,  of  by 

the  Holland-Kinery  Company  will 
Lapeer,  purchased  the  Chas.  Bobzin &  give us next  season  one of  the most ex- 
Co.  stock  of  musical 
tensive  lumber  and  shingle  plants  in 
merchandise of  the receiver for  $30,250, | eastern Michigan and it has a large stock
which is at  the rate  of  65  cents  on  the 
dollar.  Mr.  Van  Wagoner  will  conduct 
the business at the present stand,  184 and 
186 Woodward  avenue.

of timber back of  it.

instruments  and 

Jackson—H.  C.  Stevens,  of  Chicago, 
recently entered the store of  A.  B. Stev­
ens,  his brother,  at 106 East  Main street, 
aud  by  using  considerable  haste  and  a 
little force removed a stock of  shoes val­
ued at $400 out of  doors  and  took  them 
away.  A.  B.  Stevens was  in Chicago  at 
the time, his son,  who claims  the  goods, 
being 
in  possession.  Both  the  elder 
Stevens  make  counter  charges  against 
each other and considerable  trouble will 
probably ensue.

the  heaviest  business 

Dowagiac—Two  or  three  days  ago  it 
was  announced  that  Ira  Stretch,  a  dry 
goods merchant of  this city,  had sold out 
to A.  C.  Oyler,  who  would  continue  the 
business.  More recent developments  in­
dicate 
failure 
which has occurred  here for many years.  I 
The liabilities will probably foot up $15,- 
000 
to  $20,000.  Bepresentatives  of  a 
number of  wbolesale  bouses  are  in  the 
city,  several  of  whom  have  secured  a 
settlement  of  their claims at twenty-five 
cents on the dollar.

Muskegon—One of  the oldest and best 
known  landmarks  in  the city,  the  saw­
mill operated for so many years by  Ryer- 
son,  Hills  &  Co.,  has  entirely  disap­
peared.  The  mill,  carefully 
taken 
apart  for  rebuilding,  was  moved aboard 
the schooner Peshtiyo  for  transportation 
to  the  Upper  Peninsula,  where  it  will 
cut up John Torrent’s pine  holdings. 
It 
was in  excellent  condition  and  will  re 
quire but very little  new work to  put  it 
in running order again.  Mr. Torrent ex­
pects to have it cutting  lumber  by early 
spring.

Saginaw—It is quite probable  that the 
large stock of  logs to come from Canada, 
added to those  which will  be cut in  this 
district,  will  keep the sawmills here fair­
ly  well  employed  another  season.  The 
N.  Holland mill  has gone out of commis­
sion,  having been  operated  thirty years, 
aud cut  400,000,000 feet of lumber.  The 
mill and machinery are being  shipped  to 
East  Tawas.  What  disposition  will  be 
made of the  C.  M.  Hill  mill  remains  to 
be  seen.  At  one  time he  contemplated 
its removal  to Duluth,  but  changed  his 
mind. 
It  is  doubtful  if  it  is  operated 
again here.

4

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

ABOUND THE  STATE.

Sears—Priest  &  Co.  succeed  E.  D. 

Jeffs in general  trade.

Hillsdale—G.  W. Myers succeeds F.  J. 

Bates in general trade.

Beading—C.  H.  Hartwell  has sold his

hardware stock to Lester Mead.

Petoskey—J.  B.  Wood  has  purchased 

the baking business of L.  D.  French.

Bay  City — John  Jozwiak 

succeeds 

Dukarski in the dry goods business.

Benton  Harbor—J. N.  Osborn succeeds 

Osborn Bros,  in the  grocery business.

Grayling—H. C.  Thatcher is succeeded 

by A.  S.  Larabee in  the drug  business.

Dowling—Geo.  T.  Wilson  has  sold  his 
general  stock to Stanton & Wood man see.
Belding—John  P.  Martin  is succeeded 
by Whitford <& Martin in  the  meat busi­
ness.

Menominee—G.  H.  Parsons  succeeds! 
Mrs.  M.  (I.)  Bagiey in the  jewelry busi­
ness.

Ludiugton—Geo.  Weinier  is succeeded 
by  It.  J.  Anderson  in  the  harness  busi­
ness.

Muskegon—Wm.  E. Jeannot  succeeds 
Jeannot & Schuitmor in  the grocery bus­
iness.

Midlaud—T.  J.  Dunn  is  succeeded  by 
Geo.  B.  Hammond  in  the confectionery 
and cigar business.

Marquette—Thompson  &  Bussell  are 
succeeded by A.  H.  Palmer  in  the crock­
ery and notion business.

Temperance—Levi  M.  Ward succeeds 
L.  Ansted  in general  trade  aud  the agri­
cultural  implement  business.

Bad Axe—The drug firm of  Donaldson 
&  Petty  has  dissolved.  Donaldson  & 
Kewley continuing the  imsiuess.

M arquette—Schock  & 

llailam   have 
purchased  the  jew elry  and  bazaar stock 
belonging to  the  estate of  the  late  H.  It. 
Hadrich.

Beed  City—D.  C.  Williams  has  pur­
chased  the  interest of  II.  M.  Patrick  in 
the general  stock of  Patrick & Niergarth. 
The new firm will  he known as Williams 
& Niergarth.

Owosso—Herbert  D.  Lyon  has formed 
a copartnership  with a gentleman  whose 
identity  he  is  not  yet  at liberty to  dis­
close and the  firm  will  open  a dry goods 
store here about  March 1.

Kalamazoo—C.  D.  Waldo  &  Co.  have 
purchased  the grocery  business  of C.  B. 
Allen at 111  South Bose  street  aud  will 
continue business in the old  stand.  The 
book-keeper,  Miss  Buriingham,  will  re­
main  with  them.

St.  Louis—A.  L.  Buchanan,  who  has 
been  in  the  groeeiy  business  here  for 
several  years,  has  been  closed  upon  a 
chattel mortgage  held jointly  by Symons 
Bros,  aud  Geo.  Alderton,  of  Saginaw. 
The liabilities  amount  to  §2,000 and the 
assets to §800.

Adrian—B.  P.  Thomas,  of  this  city, 
has purchased the general  store  of  J.  W. 
Taiford,  of  Sand  Creek,  and  will  locate 
there.  Mr.  Thomas  is  a competent,  ac­
commodating  and careful  business  man, 
who  has  had  large  experience  in 
the 
trade,  and  shouid  meet  with  deserved 
success.

Manistee—W.  A.  Zimmer  is  removing 
his drug stock to his  new location, where 
he  will  have one of the finest drug stores 
in  Northern  Michigan.  The  store  fur­
nishings  are  all 
in  oak  and  genuine 
aluminum  leaf  has  been  spread  on  the 
wall behind  the  bottles,  giving the store 
the effect of a succession  of  mirrors.

623

F o r sa le—i  o f f e r   my  stock  o f  gro-
ceries, drugs,  hardware,  etc., together with 
j  my beautiful  store  building—the  finest finished 
in Northern  Michigan—and  in a good  location, 
at  a  remarkably  low  figure,  or  will  trade  for 
desirable  farm  or  city  propertj.  Address  A. 
Mulholland  Jr., Ashton, Mich. 

IjlOR SALE—1 HAVE FOR SALE TWO WELL- 

established clothing and men's  furnishing 
goods  buisnesses—one  in  Northern  Michigan, 
the owner of which can influence a large steady- 
trade and is a gentleman of the  highest  reputa­
tion; a rare chance for some  one  of  enterprise. 
The other is  in  Southern  Michigan 
thirty-five 
years established, the  owner  retiring  from  the 
business.  In both case- the gentlemen own  the 
lots, ana rents will be cheap  and  every encour­
agement given.  Address in first  instauce,  Wil­
liam Connor, box 346.  Marshall,  Mich. 
TATANTED — TO  EXCHANGE  8)  ACRES 
TV  hardwood  timber  land  in  Oceana county 
for stock of  general  merchandise.  Address No. 
6 0. care Michigan Tradesman.________ 610

619 

614

618

620

•  a  good  street  and  doing  a  nice  business. 
Good chance for a man with small capital.  Ad­
dress “Buchu,” care  the  Michigan  Tradesman, 
Grand Rapids. 

IilOR  SALE—DRUG  STORE—LOCATED  ON 
IPIOR SALE -NICE CLEAN GENERAL STOCK 

and fixtures,  invoicing  about $5,000, located 
Grand Rapids, in village cf  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. 

fifteen miles from Allegan and  twenty-five from 

and  groceries,  invoicing  about  $3,000,  in 
good town  of  1,000  inhabitants.  Good  reasons 
for  selling.  Address  No.  620,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 

F or  sa le—a  clea n  stock  o f  d rug s
Drug  stoke  f o r   sa le—t h e  u n d e r- 

i V)R  SALE—ONE-HALF  INTEREST  OF  A 

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  cleau  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
loo barrel steam roller Hour  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. 010  care Michigan Tradesman. 
dOK  SALE—LARGE  PACKING  BUSINESS 
and  meat  market  with  tools  aud  fixtures, 
including horse- and wagons, brick block 22 feet 
front on  main  street, ice  bouse  and 20 acres  of 
land, with slaughter  house.  This  business and 
property is in Ovid,  Mich  Address L. C  Town- 
seed. Allen Bennett Block. Jackson  Mich  GUO 
TATANTI  —TO EX'  HANUK *l,0t0 CAPITAL 
TV  stock in company  paying 10 per cent, divi 
dend and acre  property and  lots in Grand  Rap­
ids  for a well  assorted  hardware  stock  iuven 
torying  $-¡.t>00  or  less, 
i'ennock  &  Goold,  719 
Wealthy avenue. Grand  Rapids.________ 621

I  TO it  SALE-A  good  CLEAN  STOCK  o f 

hardware in a booming city of  5,000, in  the 
center of the finest farming country iu the State. 
Stock will  invoice about  $9,  On.  Cau  reduce on 
short notice.  Reason for selling, other business. 
Address No. 601, care Michigan Tradesman.  604
iness man with $5.0;)0 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-ous  who  mean  business.  No others 
need apply.  No. 558, care Michigan Tradesman.

Ex c ell en t  o ppo r tu n ity  fo r  a  Bus­

016 

556

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

TAT ANTED — A  PERMANENT  SITUATION 
< T  by a registered pharmacist of nearly twen­
ty  years’  experience.  Best  of  references  fur­
nished  Address Box 26, Clarksville, Mich.  624

UJSCKLIANEOUS.

370

625 

■ GENT  WANTED —TO  SELL  ARTICLE 

DO YOU  USB  COUPON  BOOKS *  IF  SO, DO 

used  in  every  office  having a letter  press. 
Office furniture agents will find a soft snap.  Big 
commission.  Address  A.  Anderson, Box  2373. 
Moline, ill._____________ ________ 
’
you buy of the largest manufacturers in the 
United States?  If  you do, you  are  customers of 
the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.
OR  SALE —GOOD  DIVIDEND - PAYING 
stocks iu  banking, manufacturing  and mer 
cantile  companies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  St., 
Grand Rapids. 

FOR  SALE  — BEST  RESIDENCE  LOT  IN 

Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad­
ed with  native  oaks, situated in good  residence 
localityonly 200  feet  from  e eetric  street  car 
line.  Will sell  for $2 500 cash, or part cash, pay­
ments to suit.  E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 
354 
VAT"ANTED—PRACTICAL PRINTER  WHO  IS 
V T  familiar  with  job  work  and  capable  of 
editing  a country  weekly, to  start  a  newspaper 
in a live town  No competition  Applicant must 
If  you 
have at least $500 cash or its  equivalent 
mean  business, address  No. 605, care  Michigan
Tradesman.____  
605
ALESMAN  WANTED — TO  REPRESENT 
jobbing  house  in  paper,  stationery, etc., in 
one of the best western states.  Must be of good 
habits  and  furnish  first-class  references.  A 
right hand man wanted.  Short trips; salary and 
expenses.  Address  “Jefferson,”  care Michigan 
Tradesman. 
AA7ANTED —TO  BUY  STOCK  GROCERIES 
TV  or  general  merchandise.  Box  1,015,  Des 
Moines, Iowa. 
ANTED — TWO  GOOD  COMPOSITORS. 
Loomis & Onderdonk, Grand Rapids.  627

622 •

626

It 

Jackson—The  Jackson  Circuit  Court 
the 
has  been  engaged  several  days  in 
Manistee—The oil  well at the  Canfield 
trial of the case of Glasgow  Bros.  & Daclt | 
&  Wheeler  mill  is  now  in  shape to go 
vs.  Richard  Crouch.  The plaintiffs deal I 
along  without  further  trouble. 
is 
in  dry  goods.  Crouch 
is  a  farmer  in 
cased to the bed  rock below the salt and 
Liberty  township.  The  complaint  sets 
a  tight  joint  made  there,  so  that  all 
forth that  on Nov.  5,  1887,  Mrs.  Crouch 
water  is shut  off.  A dry  hole  is  being 
gained ciedit at  the  store of  the firm  in 
drilled,  and a 4-inch pipe  will be carried 
this city  by stating she  would have some 
to the Trenton  rock,  where  it is expect­
money coming to her in a short time;  that I 
ed that oil will  be obtained. 
It is  to  be 
she finally traded to the amount of 8264.- | 
hoped so,  as it  would  mean  a great  deal 
25  besides  certain  other  credits  given 
for  the  future  of  our  towu.  As  an 
her;  that  when 
the  firm  attempted  to 
earnest of  the fact that we  are not like­
collect the bill, it found that Mrs.  Crouch, 
ly  to want for salt at this point for years, 
who has some property in  her own  right,
the fact may  be  mentioned  that the bor-
refused  to  pay,  alleging  the  credit was  ers have  already  passed  through thirty- 
on her  husband’s account and for him  to  six feet of solid salt.
pay.  Mr.  Crouch, 
it  was  found,  had j 
given his wife a deed of certain property 
and the  account  could  not  be  collected 
from him.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Alpena—Albert  Pack  has  purchased 
the interest  of W.  II.  Potter  in 80,000,- 
000 feet of  Canadian pine held jointly by 
Gilchrist &  Potter.

Riverdale—L.  Shaffer,  who has  manu­
factured  shingles here  many  years,  has 
purchased a shiugle  plant  at Mt.  Pleas­
ant, and  will remove to  that city soon.

Alpena—W.  A.  Cockley  &  Co.  have 
finished their stave mill,  the  first  indus­
try of the kind in Alpena.  The mill will 
consume 6.000,000 feet of  timber annual­
ly,  and will use  elm,  basswood,  ash  and 
red  oak.

Butman—C.  S.  Hyman & Co.,  who own 
large tanneries in  Ontario,  have shipped 
over 100  carloads of  hemlock  hark from 
this point the  past  season.  During  the 
winter  they  will  put in 6,000,000 feet  of 
hemlock  and  hardwood.  They  make  a 
specialty  of  long  bill  stuff.  A track is 
being  laid  from  the  line  of  the A.  W. 
Wright  Lumber Company’s  logging road 
to  Hyman’s mill.

East Tawas—The  Holland shingle mill 
at  Naubinway  is  to be  removed to this 
place  and  operated as  part  of  the  Hol- 
land-Emery  Lumber Co.  plant.  A barge 
has gone to Naubinway  to bring the mill 
down.  The  improvements  being  made

Detroit — The  Merchants’  National 
Bank of  Chicago  recently  brought  suit 
against  S.  Olin  Johnson  to  collect  the 
amount of  two drafts  for $13,007.09 and 
$1,500  respectively,  which  were  drawn 
November  21,  1885,  by 
the  Osgood- 
Wolfiuger Manufacturing Co., of Chicago, 
on 
the  Detroit  Knitting  and  Corset 
Works,  being  discounted  by  the Bank. 
Johnson accepted the  drafts  as manager 
of the  Knitting Works  and they  were  so 
indorsed.  The  Bank  first  brought suit 
against the  Knitting Works  and,  failing 
to collect from  them,  instituted proceed­
ings  against  Johnson.  Johnson’s  at­
torneys  demurred  to  the declaration  of 
the Bank on the  ground  that the accept­
ance of the drafts as manager was notice 
to the Bank that he  had no legal author­
ity to accept them and  was not aparty  to 
the  drafts.  Judge  Reilly  overruled the 
demurrer  last  July  on  the ground that 
between the defendants and an  innocent 
holder  of  the  drafts  Johnson  was pre­
cluded  from  denying  the truth  of  any 
fact contained in the acceptance.  A jury 
iu  Judge  Brevoort’s  court  found a ver­
dict for Johnson last week.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

■OK  SALS—BEST  PAYING  DRUG  STORE 

in  Grand  Rapids.  Address  No.  612.  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 

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j grocery stock of  M.  B. Pinchcomb.  The 
I sale occurs on the 7th.
The sympathy of the trade  will  go out 
to  Herman G.  Barlow  (Olney &  Judson 
! Grocer Co.)  and  family  in  the  death  of i 
! their  younger  daughter,  Winifred,  who | 
! passed  away Saturday evening after  two 
, days’ 
illness  with  spinal  fever.  The 
i funeral will  be held  from  the family res­
idence at 2 p.  m.  to-day.

House.

An  Exclusively  Wholesale  Dry  Goods 

S a g in a w ,  Dec.  5—A corporation  is be- 
! in g organized  in  this city  with a  capital 
! of §50,000 to start a wholesale  dry goods 
j and notion  establishment,  which  will be 
located in the building formerly occupied 
by  the  Courier, corner  of  Franklin  and 
: Tuscola  streets, owned  by  Isaac Bearin- 
ger.  Already  §25,000  has  been  sub­
scribed  among  Saginaw’s  business  men 
toward the enterprise and the  other  half 
will soon  be  forthcoming.  There  is  no 
exclusive  wholesale dry  goods establish­
ment in the State outside  of  Detroit  and 
success would  be assured from  the start. 
This territory is now covered by Chicago 
houses and there is no reason why a home 
institution should not have  the trade.
the  past 
eight years with Morley  Brothers,  latter­
ly as manager  of  the  stove  department, 
leaves  Saginaw  this  week  to  make  his 
home in Lansing,  where  he  will  assume 
the management of the Crystal  Creamery 
Co.,  in which he  has  been  a  stockholder 
I for  some  time.  Mr.  Clarke  has  many 
friends  in  Saginaw  who  will regret  his 
departure,  his  recognized ability,  social 
qualities and general  disposition  render­
ing him a  popular  favorite  in  the  com­
munity.

George  H.  Clarke, 

for 

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The 

refiners  have  advanced 
their Small A  and ExtraCgrades  J^cand 
local jobbers have followed suit.  Other­
wise 
the  market  is  without  material
change.

Tobacco —The Jas.  G. Butler Tobacco 
Co. announces an advance of 2c. in “Out of

OBAND  RAPIDS  QOSSIP.

E. A.  Henry,  the  Alto  general dealer 
purchased  his  boot  and  shoe  stock  of 
the Herold-Bertsch Shoe Co.

The Grand  Rapids Mattiess Co.  has be­
gun  the  erection  of  a  two-story  brick 
factory  building,  40x100  feet  in  dimen­
sions.

C.  A.  Baker has  re-engaged in the gro­
cery business  at  Kalamazoo.  The  Lem­
on  &  Wheeler  Company  furnished  the 
stock.

Mrs.  M.  B.  Keeler  will  continue  the 
millinery business  in  this city,  conduct­
ing  the  Evart  store  as a branch  of  the 
Grand Rapids establishment.

^ennock  &  Goold,  grocers  at  the  cor­
ner of  Wealthy avenue  and  East  street, 
have  sold  their  stock  to  Van  Zant  & 
Tozer, who will  continue the business at 
the same location.

Theo. Jones has  purchased an interest 
in the grocery  stock  of  E.  M.  Stickney, 
at  the  corner  of  Wealthy  avenue  and 
Henry  street.  The  new  firm  will  be 
known as Stickney  & Jones.

The Folding  Chair  and  Table Co.  has 
leased  the  building  at  the west end  of 
Pearl street bridge, formerly occupied  by 
the Wolverine Chair  Co.,  and  will short­
ly resume business at that location.

A.  P.  Sriver has  sold his general stock 
at 1003  South  Division  street  to  Bear, 
Loew & Co.,  composed  of I.  J.  Bear,  E. 
Loew  and A.  P.  Sriver.  The  new  firm 
will shortly occupy  the  double  store  in 
the new  Kirtiand  block at the corner  of 
South  Division  street  and  Elm  aveuue.
is 
adding two  stories  to  its  block,  making 
the building five  stories  in  height.  The 
increased room will  enable  the house  to 
carry its sugars on  the  ground  floor,  in­
stead  of  the  basement,  thus effecting  a 
considerable  saving  in  the  handling  of 
the staple.

The  Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company 

Joseph Berles,  the  Canal  street  hard­
ware dealer,  has  thrown  up  his  hands 
and secured his principal  creditors.  Mr. 
Berles  conducted  his  business  on  too 
small  profits,  and  masqueraded  as  the 
patrom saint of the Patrons of  Industry. 
He has  long been  a  disturbing  element 
in trade and T iie T radesm an hopes that, 
in  the event of  his being able to  resume 
business,  he will conclude to abandon the 
tactics which  have  brought  him  to  his 
present predicament.

Purely Personal.

S.  M.  Snow,  the Ludington druggist,  is 

erecting a handsome  residence.

Geo.  J.  Noteware,  the  Bellaire  drug­
gist,  has  been called  upon to mourn  the 
death of his wife.

Frank A.  Stone  (H.  Leonard  & Sons) 
left  Monday  for  New  York,  whence  he 
sails  Wednesday  on 
line 
steamship,  City of New  York,  for Liver­
pool, joining his brother in  London a few 
days later.

the  Inman 

Alex.  G.  Runnels, Sheriff-elect  of  Ne­
waygo county,  was in  town  one day last 
week.  He has sold  his  saw and  shingle 
mill,  near  West Troy,  to Edward  Keets, 
who  will  contiuue  the  business  at  the 
same  location.

Edward  Telfer  (W.  J.  Gould  &  Co., 
Detroit)  was in the city last week on  his 
way to and  from Big Rapids,  whither  he 
went  to  foreclose  the  mortgage  on  the

BBB E EiSE-ÇTfr. ra

t t ie l  K i  &  Sod,
WHOLESALE  CLOTHIERS,
New York.
Rochester, 

Established 36 Years.

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

O ur  M ichigan  representative  W illiam  
Connor  w ill  call  upon  you,  if  you  w rite 
to his  address,  Box  346,  M arshall,  Mich.

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.

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

T h e   W a y n e 

S e l f  -M e a s u r in g  

O il  Tanlr,

Measuring; One  Q t. and H alf Gallon at a Single 

Stroke.

M anufactured by the

First Floor Tank and Pump.

Fort  Wayne, Ind.
Cellar Tank and Pump.

We Lead, Let  Others 

Follow.
Wayne Oil Tank Co.,

B b it t o n , Mich., June 15, ’92 

Fort Wayne, Ind.

G e n t l e m e n  — I  th in k   y o u r 
tanks are bound to be a seller, 
for in tbe thirteen years I have 
been selling  oil  I never  have 
seen their equal.

Yours truly,

W. C. Babcock.

PRICE  LIST.

First floor Tanks and  Pumps.
1 bbl............................. $13 00
2 bbl.............................   15 00
3 bbl.............................   18 00
4 bbl.............................   22 00
5 bbl.  ..........................   27 00

Cellar Tanks and Pumps.

1 bbl  ..............................$14 00
2 bbl.............................   17 00
3 bbl.............................   2100
4 bbl  ............................  25 00
5 bbl.............................   30 00
Pump without tank__ 
9 00

We Solicit Correspon­

dence.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TTC ADTCSTVt A  TV
Dry Goods Price Current.

DEMINS.

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Amoskeag..............1244
9oz...... 1344
brown . 13
Andover.................1144
BeaverCreek  A A... 10 
“ 
BB...  9
“ 
C C ...
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
“ 
bine  844
“  d a twist 1044 
Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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[Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........1244
brown....... 1244
Haymaker blue......   744
brown...  744
Jeffrey.................... H44
Lancaster...............1244
Lawrence, 9 os........1344
No. 220....13
No. 250.. ..1144
No. 280- ...1044

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Amoskeag................?x
“  Persian dress 844 
Canton ..  844
“ 
AFC........IO44
“ 
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Teazle.. .1044 
“ 
Angola.. 1044 
Persian..  844 
“ 
Arlington staple....  6X
Arasapha  fancy__  4X
Bates Warwick dres 844 
staples.  644
Centennial............  1044
Criterion  .........   ..  1044
Cumberland staple.  544
Cumberland..............5
Essex........................ 444
Elfin.........................  744
Everett classics......844
Exposition................7X
Glenarie..................  6X
Glenarven.................6X
Glenwood..................744
Hampton................... 644
Job nson Chalon cl  X 
indigo blue 944 
zephyrs__16

GINGHAM S.
Lancaster,  staple...  7 
fancies ....  7 
“ 
“  Normandie  8
Lancashire.............   6
Manchester............   5X
Monogram..............fix
Normandie.............7X
Persian...................8X
Renfrew Dress........7X
Rosemont............... 6X
Slatersvllle............ 6
Somerset.................7
Tacoma  .................7X
Toil  duNord......... 10X
Wabash.................. 7X
seersucker..  7X
Warwick...............   8X
Whlttenden............ 6X
heather dr.  8 
indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  6X
Westbrook..............8
............ 10
Wlndermeer........... 5
Y ork...................... 6X

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GRAND  RAPIDS  BRUSH  CO.,

M anufacturers of

BRUSHES.

G r a n d   R a p id s ,  M io h .

Our goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing 

Houses.

G.  R.  M a y h e w ,

Grand Bapids, Mich.,

JOBBER OF

UNBLEA CH ED   COTTONS.

Adriatic.................  7
Arrow Brand  5*4 
Argyle  ...................  6
World Wide.  6
Atlanta A A.............  6
“  LL................  444
Atlantic A.............. 6*
Pull Yard Wide.......ex
H..............  6*
Georgia  A..............  6k
“ 
P ............   5X
Honest Width......... 644
D..............  6
“ 
Hartford A ............   5
“  LL.............   5
Indian Head...........  7
Amory....................   6X
King A  A..................644
Archery  Bunting...  4 
King EC.................5
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5X
Lawrence  L L ........  4%
Blackstone O, 32__5
Madras cheese cloth
Black Crow............ 6
Newmarket  G........sv
Black  Rock  ...........  6
B  ......  5
Boot, AL................  7
N ........6*
Capital  A ............... 5Î4
DD....  6k  
Cavanat V..............5*4
X ...... 6*
Chapman cheesed.  3X|Nolbe R.......... . 
5
Clifton  C 8 ............   544 Our Level  Best....*.  644
Comet.....................   644 Oxford  R...............   6
Dwight Star............  6% Pequot.................   7
Clifton CCC...........  644 Solar.......................  6
ITopof the  Heap__7
A B C ......................  844 Geo.  Washington...  8
Amazon.................. 8
Glen Mills.............   7
Amsburg................ 7
Gold Medal............   744
Art  Cambric...........10
Green  Ticket......... ¿X
Blackstone A A......7
Great Falls..............  644
Beats All................ 444
Hope....................... 72
Boston....................12
Just  Out......   444@ 5
Cabot......................   7
King  PhUlip........... 7X
Cabot,  %.................644
OP......744
Charter  Oak...........544
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Conway W 
...........  7}£
Lonsdale...........  @  844
Cleveland..............   7
Middlesex........   @5
Dwight Anchor......   844
No Name.......... .....   744
shorts.  8
Oak View...............  6
Edwards.................   6
Our Own................   544
Empire...................   7
Pride of the West.. .12
Farwell —   ............  744 RosaUnd................. 744
Fruit of the  Loom.  8XlSunlight.................   4M
Fltchvtlle   
.........7  Utica  Mills.............. 8X
First Prize 
Nonpareil__
Fruit of the Loom %.  744
Vinvard..................  844
Fairmount..............4)4
White Horse...........6
Full Value..............6k
“  Rock..............844
H A L F  B LEA CH ED   COTTONS.
'abot... 
...............  7  [Dwight Anchor...... 844
Farwell.

BLEA C H ED   COTTONS.

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....14 
C A R PE T   W ARF,
1744|Integrity  colored...20
-•1944|White Star..............18
colored..20
D R E SS  GOODS.
Nameless................20
......... 26
......... 8744
......... 30
......... 3244
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colored 
ntegrity................. 1844
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Half the  Battle is in Beginning Bight. 
From the National Grocer.
A grocer  must not  always measure his 
profit by what he makes  out of  the  sales 
he  makes,  but  by  the  possible  sales  in 
the future.  Human  nature,  we know,  is 
so apt to regard  the  value of  a business 
transaction  by the  amount of  profit that 
is made upon  the sale itself.  But is this 
wise?  Not  always,  we  are  sure.  And 
there are abundant reasons why this can 
not  be considered  anything but suicidal 
Impressions in this world go a great way 
and  once you  secure the  confidence and 
respect of  a  person  dealing with  you 
great  step  has  been taken  toward  sue 
cess.
Not  long  ago we  had  a  peculiar  and 
interesting  circumstance  brought  under 
our  notice which  clearly  illustrates  the 
whole  secret in this  respect.  A  gentle 
man of  our  acquaintance,  who was  par 
tial  to a good  cigar,  had  omitted  to  se 
cure  his  usual  supply  before  coming 
home  and  wanted  a  good  smoke.  Hi 
wife suggested  that  he  should go to her 
grocer,  whom she said  kept cigars.  The 
husband  went,  and  requested  an  im 
ported  or  Key  West  cigar.  The  grocer 
sold him  an  ordinary domestic cigar and 
charged him  15 cents  for it,  chuckling in 
his own mind  that he had  made a splen 
did  bargain.  The  husband  got  home 
and,  smoking the cigar,  said  to  his wife 
“I  do not  think  much of  your grocer.’1 
“Why?”  asked the inquisitive housewife. 
“Oh,  if  he  sells  his  groceries upon  the 
same  principle  he  sells  his  cigars  the 
sooner you change  round  and  get a new 
grocer the better it will  be for my pocket 
and your  comfort.”  The wife  liked  the 
grocer  and  argued in  his  favor,  but  the 
more she  argued  the  plainer it appeared 
that all his business was conducted upon 
the same principle  as  his sale of  cigars, 
and  the  result  was  that  a  new  grocer 
was  found,  and  the  man  who  was  so 
smart  as  to  sell a dear  cigar  lost a cus­
tomer who paid him $1,200 a year.
The  merchant  who  conducts his busi­
ness  upon  good  sound  business  princi­
ples has no need  ever to get himself  into 
the scrapes that the  merchant above did. 
Big retail  trades are  built up  by first se­
curing  the  implicit  confidence  of  those 
who  extend to you  their  patronage,  and 
not  by  methods  that  will  not  bear  the 
investigation  of  time  and  the  light  of 
truth.  Business,  particularly  the  busi­
ness of a good retail grocer,  is transacted 
upon  confidence,  and  it is quite  easy to 
build up trade upon  such a basis provid­
ed that the  merchant has full  confidence 
in  the  methods  employed  and  has  the 
courage to fully carry out  those methods 
to their legitimate end.
Not very  long  ago we  had a con versa
tion with a merchant who had  built up a  A ™ ?Sco'ggin.7M
Q nlon/I \ A  k u o in n .^  
splendid business.  He  said  that he had 
Blddeford...............  6
Brunswick................644
done many things  in his  life  that  he re­
gretted,  but the one thing that had given 
P R I]
Allen turkey  reds..  6
him most pleasure and comfort  was mak­
robes...........  6
ing  up  his  mind  when  he  commenced 
p i n k  a  p u r p l e   6
business  to  deal  straightforward  and 
b u f f s  
.............  6
pink  checks.  6 
honest with his patrons.  “My  business,” 
staples  .......   6
shirtings 
he  said,  “grew  almost  day  by day  until 
1 had  by far the  largest  business in  the 
city,  and  many  times  people  would  re­
mark  that  they  wondered  how  it  was 
that it grew  so  fast. 
I  knew,  but I was 
not  going to give  away  my secret to my 
competitors.  1 would rather let them go 
on in their  own  way,  and  all  their  cus­
tomers  that  they offended  I  eventually 
got.  Building  a  business is exactly like 
making money.  The  business which re­
tains all  its  patrons is bound to succeed, 
like the man  who  saves  his pennies is in 
the long run  bound to get rich.”
There  is a good  deal of  truth in  what 
our friend  said,  and  we  think that  there 
is  nothing  so  suicidal  as  the  merchant 
who keeps his store upon such  principles. 
It  may to some of  our  readers  appear a 
questionable  practice  not to make  large 
profits  when  you  can,  but  we do  main­
tain  that  any dealer  who  believes  that 
his  fortune  depends upon  his  ability to 
get  the  best  of  his  patron  is  making a 
mistake,  and  in  the  long  run  will  ulti­
mately  fail.
Young  beginners  are  more  than  any 
other  apt  to  make  a  mistake  in  their 
methods,  and when they get into a wrong 
way of  doing business  it is very difficult 
indeed  to  get out of  it. 
It is well  then 
to commence  aright,  and in doing so it is 
half the battle.

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Nameless  .............. 16
............... 18

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CORSETS.

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CORSET  JE A N S.

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American  fancy... 
American indigo  .. 
American shirtings 
Argentine  Grays.. 
Anchor Shirtings.. 
Arnold 
....
Arnold  Merino

Coraline................. *9 50|Wouderful.  .. 
... *1  50
Schilling’s .............   9  00 Brighton................ 4 75
Davis  Waists......  9  00 Bortree’s ................9 00
Grand  Rapids.......  4 50|Abdomlnal............. 15 00
Naumkeag satteen..  634
Rock port...................644
Conestoga.................6X
Walworth  ...............634
ffTS.Berwick fancies....  544
Clyde Robes...........
Charter Oak fancies 444 
DelMarine cashm’s.  6 
mourn’g  6 
Eddy stone  fancy...  6 
chocolat  6 
rober  ...  6 
sateens..  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
staple....  6 
Manchester fancy..  6
new era.  6 
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
long cloth B. 1044 Merrlm’ckshirtings.  444 
“  C.  8M 
Reppfurn.  844
844
centurycloth  7
Pacific  fancy  .........6
“  gold seal......1044
robes..............644
“  green seal TR1044 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow seal.. 1044
Simpson mourning..  6
“ 
serge.............1144
greys........6
“  Turkey red.. 1044 
solid black.  6 
Ballou solid black..  5 
Washington indigo.  6 
“ 
“  colors.  544
“  Turkey robes..  744
Bengal blue,  green, 
“  India robes__744
red and  orange...  544
“  plain T*ky X M  844 
Berlin solids...........544
“ 
“  X...10
“  oil blue.......644
“  Ottoman  Tur­
...  644
“ 
“  green 
key red................ 6
“  Foulards  ...  544 
Martha Washington
“ 
red X  •••  -  7
Tnrkeyred X...... 744
“ X .........944
“ 
Martha  Washington
“ 
“ 44 
...... 10
Tnrkeyred.......... 944
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12
Riverpointrobes....  544
Cocheco fancy........  6
Windsor fancy........644
“  madders...  6 
“  XX twills..  644
indigo blue......... 1044
“ 
solids......... 5X
Harmony................  434
Amoskeag AC A....1244
AC A......................1244
Hamilton N............ 744
Pemberton AAA__16
York.....................1044
D............ 844
Awning.. 11
Swift River............   744
Farmer....................8
Pearl  River............ 12
Hrst Prize   
Warren....................18
Lenox M ills.......... 18
Conostoga .............. 16
........... 8
1 Atlanta,  D................6X1 Stark  A 
, Root..........................6X No  Name...........  
7M
1 Clifton, K................. 6X Top of  Heap...........  9

COTTON  DRILL.

gold  ticket

tickings.

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-15X
-16X.13

G RA IN   BAGS.

Amoskeag............   . 16X1 Valley City
Stark......................  19441 Georgia 
.
American............... 16  Pacific  ....

Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour's  .
Coats’, J. & P ........ 45  Marshall’s.
Holyoke................. 22x1

K N IT T IN G   COTTON.

White.  Colored.

No. 6  ..  ..33 
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8.........34 
10.........35 
12.........36 

Nc.  14.........37 
“ 
16......... 38 
*• 
18......... 39 
“  20......... 40 

White.  Colored
42
43
44
45

38
39
40
41
CAM BRICS.

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

Edwards................  4X
Lockwood................ 4X
Wood’s..................   4X
Brunswick...............444

R E D   FL A N N E L .

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DOM ET  FLANNEL.

M IX ED   FL A N N E L .

T W........................22 X
f t ...................... aax
J R F , XXX............85
Buckeye.................32X

Fireman.................32 X
Creedmore..............27X
Talbot XXX........... 30
Nameless................27 x
Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R.................22X
Windsor.................18X
6 oz Western..........20
Union  B................22X
Nameless...... 8  @ 9X1 
...... 8X@10  I 

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Slate. Brown. Black. Slate
9X
»X MX
10X
lox 1134
1144 12
1144
12X 20
12X
Severen, 8 oz..........   9X
May land, 8 oz......... 10X
Greenwood, 7X os..  9X 
Greenwood, 8 os — 11 x 
Boston, 8 oz.............1044

Grey S R W .............17X
Western W  .............18X
D R P ......................18X
Flushing XXX........ 23X
Manitoba................ 23X
@10X
12X
Black
10X«X12
West  Point, 8 oz.... 10X 
10 oz  ...12M
“ 
Raven, lOoz............13X
 
i3x
Stark 
Boston, 10 oz.......... 12X
White, dos..............25  I Per bale, 40 dos___83 50
Colored,  dos...........20  ¡Colored  “ 
............7 50
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Pawtucket...............10X
Red Cross....  9
Dundle...................   9
Best.............10X
Bedford...................10X
Best AA...... 12X
Valley  City.............lhS
....................7X
K K ........................ 1044
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Brown.
10X
11X
12
20

9X
1UX
11X
12X

W AD D IN G S.

SILSB IA S.

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Cortlcelli, dos......... 75  Corticelli  knitting,

SEW IN G   BILK.

twist, doz. .37X  per Xoz  ball....... 30
50 yd, doz..37Xi
HOOKS  AND  E T E S — P E R  GROSS.
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INo  4 Bl’k <b White..15
..20
..25

8 
10 

PIN S.

2 
8 

No  1 Bl’k A Whlte.,10
..12
..12
No 2—20, M C.........50
8-18, S C ...........45
COTTON  T A PE .
No  2 White A Bl’k..l2 
..15
'  10 
..18
12 
SA FETY   P IN S .
....28 
|No8. .
N EED LES— P E R   M.

4 
6 
No 2.

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No 4—15  F  3X •

No  8 White A Bl’k.,20 
.,28
..26

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.Jam es.................. 1  401 Steam boat....  ......  40

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6—4....2 25  6—4...3 2515—4 . ..  1  95  6—4.  2  96 

TA B L E   O IL  CLOTH.
»  ...8 io)

COTTON TW INES.

.2 10 

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic............... 18X
Anchor.................. 16
Bristol....................13
Cherry  Valley........15
'X L ...................... I8x|
Alabama.................6X
Alamance...............6X
Augusta.................7x
Ar  sapha...............   6
Georgia.....................6X
Granite..................  534
Haw  River.............5
Haw  J ................. 5

Nashua................... 18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
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3-ply....17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 plyl7X 
Powhattan............ is

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Mount  Pleasant....  6X
Oneida......................  5
Prym ont...... ........   sx
Randelman.............6
Riverside.................  534
Sibley  A.................6X
Toledo....................

P L A ID   OSNABUBGS

Wales Goodyear Rubbers,

Woonsocket Rubbers, 

Felt Boots and Alaska Socks.

U S B

MILE-END
Best  Six  Cord

— FOR

JHIadiioe  or  Hand  Use.

FOR  SALE  BY  ALT,

Dealers  in  Dir  Goods & Notions.

MANUFACTURERS AND JOBRERS OF

SCHLOSS,  IDLER  i  CO,
Pants, Sbirls, Overalls
Gents’ Farnisbing Goods.

-AND-

REMOVED  TO

2 3 -2 8  Earned 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.

Choosing  a  Cost  Mark.

Ever since  the store keepers  bought at 
wholesale and sold  at  retail,  it  has been 
a time-honored  custom to mark  the  cost 
and  selling price  upon  articles  for  sale. 
That these  marks,  or  at  least  the  cost 
mark,  might  be  clear  and  enlightening 
to the merchant and his employees, while 
baffling and  untranslatable to the rest of 
the  world,  considerable  ingenuity 
is 
sometimes  employed,  but  the  average 
man  is  content to  take  some  easily re- 
memberable  word  having  ten  letters to 
represent the ten Arabic numerals.
The  choice of  a cost  mark is an  easy 
matter.  The  most  common  one  is  the 
first ten letters of the alphabet.  Next to 
that, the last ten.  But these are quickly 
guessed.  Better  than  these  are  words 
(one  or  more)  which  have  ten  letters. 
All that  is  necessary is to be careful  to 
choose a word  or  phrase  in  which there 
are no duplicate letters.  For instance: 

1 2 3 4 5  
B R I S K  

6 7 8 9 0
T R A D E  

will  not do,  because 2 and  7  are  repre­
sented by the letter R.  Substitute “Quick” 
for  “Brisk”  and  the  cost  mark will  be 
all right.
This is Presidential  year,  and a politi­
cal  cost  mark  might  be  appropriate. 
Here  is

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0  
R E P U B L I   C A N  

That’s  a  good  one,  easily  remembered, 
and all  right if  capitals  are  used to ex­
press the  cost. 
If  small,  or, as printers 
say,  “lower  case,”  letters  are  written, 
there  may  be  some  confusion,  unless 
care  is  taken  to  make a distinction  be­
tween  “e” and  “i”  and  between  “u” and 
“n.”
If  your  predilections are for the oppo­
site party you might use

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0  
D E M O C R A T I K  

You will  notice  that  this is spelled with 
a “K.”  That  saves  the word,  for a rep­
etition of  the  letter  “C”  would  destroy 
its usefulness for this purpose.
If you are  leaning toward  the Prohibi­
tion party, this might suit you:

1 2 3  
4 5 6 7 8 9 0
B A D   W H I S K E Y

Here are a few words or phrases which 
are used  for this  purpose.  A  merchant 
must  be  very particular if  he cannot be 
suited in such a list.
You  might  get  a  snug  pr o fit  or  a 
If  you  keep  a  g a in fu l 
cash  pr o fit. 
jo b,  you must stick to the  big  fa cto ry. 
If you are a  b ig  scholar you should be 
an elu cid ato r of  what  is  pr o fit a b l e. 
Keep in mind the  im portance of attend­
ing  to  your  own  business.  Keep  away 
from  the  law.  Don’t  be  so  fr ie n d l y 
with the  disciples of  blackstone  as  to 
get upon  the  wrong  side of  the  prison 
g a te.
don’t b e  la zy.  Bear in mind  the im­
portance of INDUSTRY,  MY  WIFE  JOAN, 
who formerly lived in  charleston,  but 
whom I married  in  Cum berla nd,  says: 
“ now  b e  sh a r p.  Don’t  neglect  your 
store unless  you  a r e  sick.  Don’t  let 
your  love  for  f is h   ta c k le  draw  you 
from business. 
If you do,  you  will  find 
that your corn  b a sk et  will  be  empty, 
that you cannot even afford brown sugar 
in your  coffee,  and  that  cigar  smoke 
will be an unattainable  luxury.”
A shoe dealer can easily remember  k ip 
BROGANS  or  TAN  BLUCHER.  A  horse- 
shoer  can  readily  recall  blacksm ith, 
and he frequently shoes a black  h orse. 
If he is a negro,  be  would  be  a  black 
shoer.  A poker player is  familiar with 
a b ig ja c k  pot,  but he cannot  use  fa ro 
banks  without changing  one  letter  and 
adding one.  Wall street  operators  may 
remember  b lu e  Frid a y,  and  bu ck et- 
shop proprietors likewise.
The  question,  can  you  swim  from 
Per t h amboy  to  Lea v en w o r th?  con­
tains  three  cost  marks.  The  Christian 
Endeavorer  may make use of the  phrase 
h e is  my rock.
When it comes to proper names, one can 
readily be found which  will  answer  the 
requirements.  One  of  the  largest  dry 
goods stores in the Union  uses the  name 

JAMES w orin.

More than one firm uses the name ja n e 
b ish o p  or  bish o p  ja n e .  The  writer 
knows a David Wilson who uses  w ilson 
da v e,  and  also  another  whose  name, 
jo h n b a g l ey,  is his cost mark,

This is quickly legible  to the initiated, 
but baffling to the guesser.
A very good plan is  to  draw  two  up­
right lines,  with  two  across  them,  thus 
making  spaces  for  the  nine  numerals, 
thus:

3  5  0 
1 4   6  1 1

2  4  6
8  9  1

The figures  can  be  arranged  to  suit. 
The symbol  which  surrounds the  figure 
is used to represent that figure.  For  in­
stance,  a  figure  like  a  U  with  square 
shoulders would  represent 4, and one like 
an L would mean 6.  The  square  would 
stand for 9.  Either an O or an  X  could 
be used  for  the  cipher.
This scheme may be modified  by  turn­
ing  the  figure  cornerways,  in  which 
re­
case 
semble V or \  or portions of  a diamond.
Such a list should  satify  the  demand 
of any  reasonable  person  in  need  of  a 
thousands  of 
cost  mark.  There  are 
others, but  enough have  been  given  to 
show what  can  be  used. 
If  there  are 
none there which suit  the  reader,  he  is 
invited to hunt one  up, or  make  one  to 
suit himself.

the  hieroglyphics  would 

A Different Version of an Old Tale.
The present Columbian  times  have re­
called  to  public memory  the  biography 
of Christopher  Columbus  as it was writ­
ten  by a schoolboy  in the Midlands,  Eng­
land,  twenty  years  ago. 
The  master 
told the  boys each to write  a short essay 
on the great navigator, and the following 
is  the  only one  that  has  withstood  the 
ravages of  the  tooth of  time.  We  give 
it complete:  “Columbus was a man who 
could make an egg  stand on end  without 
breaking it.  The  King of  Spain  said to 
Columbus:  ‘Can  you  discover  America?’ 
‘Yes,’  said  Columbus,  ‘if  you  will  give 
me  a  ship.’  He  had a ship  and  sailed 
over  the  sea  in  the  direction  where  he 
thought America ought to be found.  The 
sailors quarrelled and said  they  believed 
there was no  such  place,  but  after many 
days the  pilot  called  to  him  and  said: 
‘Columbus,  I  see  land.’ 
‘Then  that  is 
America,’  said  Columbus.  When 
the 
ship got near  the land  was full of  black 
men.  Columbus  said:  ‘Is this America?’ 
‘Yes,  it  is,’ said  they. 
‘I  suppose  you 
‘Yes,’  said  they,  ‘we 
are  the  niggers?’ 
are’;  and  the chief  said:  ‘I  suppose you 
are  Columbus?’ 
‘You’re  right,’  said  he. 
Then  the chief  turned  to  his  men  and 
said:  ‘There is no help for it,  we are dis­
covered at last.’”

Money  made  at the expense  of  health 

is a ruinous investment.

Hardware Price Current.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dlS.
Snell’s ................................................................  
go
Cook’s  ............................................................... 
40
J  ennl ngs’, genuine..........................................  
25
Jennings’,  Im itation................... 
50&10

AUGURS AND BITS. 

 

AXIS.

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First Quality, 8. B. Bronze.............................# 7 CO
D.  B. Bronze . .. ........................  12 00
8. B. S. Steel.............................   8 60
D. B. Steel.................................  13  50
Railroad  .........................................................$  14 oo
Garden 
.................................................  net  80 00
Stove....................................................................50*10
Carriage new list.............................................. 75*10
Plow.................................................................... 40*10
Sleigh shoe  ...................................................... 
70

BARROWS. 

bolts. 

dis.

dig.

BUCKETS.

Well,  plain  ....... 
3350
Well, swivel...........................................................  4 00
dis.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................... 70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast Joint................60*.0

 
BUTTS, CAST. 

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Better than any  of these,  however,  is 
a lot of letters which will  not  spell any­
thing.  Such a cost mark is  a little more 
difficult to memorize,  but,  once  learned, 
it is better,  as it lessens  the  chances  of 
guessing or making it out. 
I  have heard 
of w ig b u f  kym p  being  used 
tor  this 
purpose.
Another way is as follows:  If an article 
cost $3.50 the cost is made by adding one 
to each of the  numerals,  and  placing  1 
each side of it,  thus:

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

Grain........................................................... dis. 50*08

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

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

CROW BARS.

CRADLES.

50

7

HAMMERS.

 

dis.

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Maydole  *  Co.’s ..........................................dis. 
25
Kip’s ..............................................................dis. 
25
Yerkes *  Plumb’s ....................................... dis. 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.CO&lO
State............................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 4Vi  14  and
3Vi
longer............................................................. 
Screw Hook and  Bye, Vi............................net 
10
X ............................net  8Vi
X ......................— net  7Vi
X - ......................... Q0t 
7^
8trap and T ......................................... . ."  dis. 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track..  .50*10
Champion,  anti friction.......................   60*10
Kidder, wood tra c k ........................................  
40
Pots...........................................................  80*10
Kettles......................................................  60*10
Spiders  .............................................................. 60*10
Gray enameled........................................... 
40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware..................................new list 70
Japanned Tin W are........................................  
26
Granite Iron W are.......................new list 38**10
die.
Bright.....................................................70*10*10
Screw  Eyes
Hook’s ..................................
Gate Hooks and Byes...........
LEVELS.
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s......
BOPEB.
Sisal, X Inch and larger.......................
Manilla  ....................................  ...............
SQUARES.
Steel and  Iron............................................
Try and BevelB.........................
Mitre....................................................
SHEET IRON.

76
60
20
Com.  Smooth.
Com. 
Nos. 10 to  14.....................................$4 05
$ 2 95 
Nos. 15 to 17.....................................  4 05
3 C5 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................   4 (is
3 C5 
Nos. 22 to 24...................................   4 05
3  15 
Nos. 25 to 26.....................................4 25
3 25 
No. 27...............................................   4 4 5 ___
35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86  ............................. .......dig.
Silver Lake, White A..............................list
Drab A.................................  11
White  B.............................   ■
Drab B................................   “
White C  ..............................   “

70*10*10
.70*10*10
70*10*10
dls.7o

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

WIRE goods. 

9
13
dis.

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Discount, 10.

Solid Byes............................................ per ton 626

SASH WEIGHTS.

Hand. 

saws. 
............................
Sliver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,.
SnpniAl ft tool Tiov Y Pnio  nn-

dis.

id:

“ 

dlS.

wire. 

TRAPS. 

Cuts,  per  foot

30
Steel, Game........................................................ 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhonse’s ............... 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley & Norton’s __  
70
Mouse,  choker....................................... 18c per doz
Mouse, delusion.................................. *1.50 per doz.
dis.
Bright M arket..................................................   65
Annealed Market.......................................... ..70_10
Coppered Market  ............................................  60
Tinned M arket.................................................  g2Vi
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.............................  2 85
painted......................... ........  2 40
Au  Sable  .................... 
40*10
dis.  05
Putnam .............................................. 
Northwestern...................................  
dis. 10*10
dlS.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
30
Coe’s  G enuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, w rought,............ 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................   . .75*10
dis.
Bird C ages...................................................... 
go
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
7E&10
Screws, New List..............................................70*10
Casters, Bed  a  d Plate.................. 
50*10*10
Dampers,  American........................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 6f*10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

dis. 

M E T A L S ,

PIG TIN.

6X
7

ZINC.

26c
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large.........................................................  
Pig Bars.................................................. 
 
Duty:  Sheet, 2 Vic per pound.
660 pound  casks............................................... 
Per  pound.........................................................  
Vi© Vi.........................................................................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 .......................................... 
is
TIN—M3LYN GRADE.
10x14IC, Charcoal............................................$  75
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

7  0
9 25
9 25

Bach additional X on this grade, *1.75.

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10x14 IC,  Charcoal........................................   16  75
6  75
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
8  25
14x20 IX, 
9  25

 
Bach additional X on this grade H.50.

 
 
 

 
 
 

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TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
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ROOTING PLATES

 

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"  Worcester...................................  6 50
“  
" 
"  Allaway  Grade.................  
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BOILER SIZE TIN FLATS.

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x2010, 
14x20 EX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 LX, 
14x28  IX .................................................................. 114 00
14x31  IX...............................................................15
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I
»
14x60ixi  “ 

.............................  8  50
...........................   18 60
6 00
7 50
12  60
15  50

’ fP « P O n M —. 

"  9 

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5
65
60
35
60

50
25

Cast Steel................................................per® 
Ely's 1-10................................................ perm  
“ 
Hick’s  C. F .............................................  
G. D .........................................................  
“ 
M usket....................................................  
“ 

CAPS.

CARTRIDGES.

Rim  F ire..........  .............................................. 
Central  Fire...............................................dig. 

chisels. 

dis.

Socket F irm er.................................................   70*10
Socket Fram ing................................................ 70*10
Socket Corner....................................................70*10
Socket Slicks....................................................70*10
Butchers’ Tanged  Firm er................... 
  40
dis.

Curry,  Lawrence’s ..........................................  
40
H otchkiss.......................................................... 
25
White Crayons, per  gross...............13©12Vi dis. 10

combs. 

 

 

CHALK.
COPPER.

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size........ per pound 
14x52, 14x56, 14x60 ............... .......... 
Cold Rolled, 14x56 ana 14x60.......................... 
Cold Rolled, 14x48............................................ 
Bottoms 
 
dis.
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks........................................ 
Taper and straight Shank....................................  .. 50
Morse’s Taper Snank....................................... 

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

28
26
23
23
25
so
50

drills. 

 

DRIPPING PANS.

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

07
6Vi

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  niece. 8 In.............................. dos. net 
Corrugated.............................................................dig 40
Adjustable........................  

75
dis. «0*10

 
EXPANSIVE BITS. 

piles—New List. 

Clark’s, small, $18;  large, 326........................ 
30
Ives’, 1, $18:  2, $24;  3,$30............................... 
25
Disston’s ........................................................... 60*10
New American  ................................................60*10
Nicholson’s ...................................................... 60*10
Heller’s 
so
Heller’s Horse R asp s......................... 
50 |

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

dis.

 

dis.

G A LVANIZED IR O N .

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

13 

14 

12 

15 

28
17

Discount, 60

dlS.

dis.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

knobs—New List. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s........................  * 50
Door, mineral, Jap. trim m ings...................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................... 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
55
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................... 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain....................  
70
Russell & Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
55
56
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s ..............................  
B ranford's........................................................ 
55
Norwalk’s .........................................................  
55
Adze Bye............................................. $16.00,  dis. 60
Hunt Bye.............................................$16.00,  dis. 60
Hunt’s  ........................................ $18.50, dis. 20410.
dis.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
50
dis.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
“  P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables__  
40
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Cle rk’s ................... 
40
“  Enterprise 
......................................... 
30
Stebbin’s  Pattern..............................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine............................................ 60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25

MOLASSES GATES. 

mauls. 
mills. 

If ITTGCRfl

dlS.

N AILS

Advance over base: 

Steel nails, base........................................................ 1 85
Wire nails, base........................................1  80@l  90
Steel.  Wire.
60................................................. 
Base
  Base 
50........................................................... Base 
10
40 .........................................................  
25
05 
25
10 
30........................................................... 
35
15 
20........................................................... 
45
16........................................................... 
15 
45
12........................................................... 
15 
10 ...........................................................  20 
50
8 .............................................................  25 
60
7 * 6 ........................................................  40 
75
90
4 .............................................................  60 
1  20
3.............................................................1 00 
1  60
2.............................................................1 50 
F ln e3 ...................................................1 50 
1  60
65
Case  10.  ..............................................  60 
75
8...................................................  75 
6.................. 
90
90 
Finish 10................................................  85 
75
8............................................... 1  00 
90
6 .............................................1 15 
1  10
70
Clinch^ 10 ..............................................  85 
8 ............................................. 1  00 
80
6 ..............................................1  15 
90
Barren *   ....................  .................... 1  75 
1  75
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...................................   ©40
Sclota  Bench....................................................   ©60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................   ©40
Bench, first qnallty..........................................  ©60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  *10
Fry,  Acme.................................................dis.60—10
70
Common,  polished...................................dis. 
Iron and  Tinned.............................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Burs................................  50—10
"A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PA T E N T  PL A N IS H E D  IRO N .

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planes. 

rivets. 

PANS.

dis.

dis.

Broken packs He per pound extra.

 

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WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  7,  1892,

THE  DETECTION  OF  CRIMES.
With  the  advance of  civilization  the 
facilities  for the  concealment of  crimes 
are  largely increased,  and  the  nature  of 
the  crimes  themselves are  greatly modi­
fied,  because  they depend  on  conditions 
that are more complicated and, therefore, 
less readily understood. 
In our complex 
social  state  rivalries  are  created,  jeal­
ousies  are  engendered,  imperious  wants 
are brought  into  being,  and  passions are 
aroused,  which  have no part in the crim­
inal  history of savage and barbarous peo­
ples.  As  civilization  modifies  all  the 
ideas and  methods  of  modern  life,  so it 
changes in  the  same ratio the  character­
istics and  mannerism of criminal acts.

Obviously, 

then,  the  detective  must 
adapt his processes to meet  the demands 
and exigencies caused  by these modifica­
tions.

The  detective  ability  required of  the 
savage is like  that  possessed  by a beast. 
It savors  largely of  instinct. 
It consists 
of a capacity for following a trail where, 
to  a  civilized  observer,  there  were  no 
traces to guide the search.  All the stories 
in  which the American Indians are repre­
sented present the red man in the role of 
discovering  with  unerring  certainty  the 
tracks  and  way  marks  for  which  the 
white hunters had sought in  vain.

To  be qualified  for the  task  of  a  de­
tective,  one  must  be  master of  his  sub­
ject.  As the Indian scout,  following the 
apparently invisible traces of  his fleeing 
foe,  knows  just what  the fugitive would 
be  sure to  do  in the  way of  concealing 
his  passage,  so  the  detective  who  sets 
out to ferret  out a crime  must be able to 
determine the sort of  person  who  perpe­
trated  the  act,  and  he  must  form  his 
opinion  on  that  subject  from  the  act 
itself.  Was  it done  by a person of  edu­
cation  and  intelligence  or  by one  rude 
and  ignorant?  Was  it  the  deed  of  an 
expert  or  that of  a chance-comer?  Was 
it done  with deliberation,  or in  haste,  on 
the  spur  of 
the  moment?  The«e  are 
judgments that  must  be  formed  on  the 
bare facts of the act itself.

Intelligent opinions formed  in this way 
may furnish  valuable  suggestions  as  to 
where  to  look.  The  matter  of  motive 
comes next. 
If  the  motive  be  obvious, 
such  as  a  murder  for  the  purposes  of

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

robbery or rape,  the  case will  be simpli­
fied;  but the difficulty of  finding the per­
petrator may be  as  great  as ever.  Jeal­
ousy or revenge as motives  narrow down 
the  range from  which the  criminal is to 
be sought  decidedly.  But  the  detective 
who divines  just the  sort of  person wko 
committed  a  crime  and  is  then  such  a 
master of human nature as to know what 
such  a  person  would  do  under  given 
circumstances,  will  somehow  unravel  a 
difficult case.

This  is  the 

line  upon  which  Edgar 
Poe  composed  his  celebrated  detective 
stories,  “ The  Purloined  Letter”  and 
“The Murders  in  the Rue Morgue.”  By 
being able  from the  nature of  the crime 
to determine  the character of  the perpe­
trator, and  by knowing what such a per­
son would  do under  given conditions,  he 
works out the mystery.  Emile Gaboriau, 
a French  writer of  detective  stories,  ar­
ranges an  ingenious  alibi  or  some  other 
device  to  conceal the crimes  he  ferrets 
out,  but the mechanical  perfection of  his 
methods of  concealment  always  lead  to 
the  exposure,  since  all  the  parts  of  a 
mechanical puzzle are in logical and sys­
tematic  relations,  and  one  part  by  its 
peculiar shape  gives a clew to the pieces 
that fit into it, and so  on to the  complete 
development.

The most  difficult  crimes to work  out 
are  those  committed  by  maniacs,  they 
being so entirely illogical.  No sane per­
son  understands  a  madman.  The  most 
stupid  thing  for a detective  to  do is  to 
frame a theory and reject every fact that 
does not help on or conform to his theory. 
He is certain then  never to discover any­
thing  unless  by  accident.  Every  fact 
should  be  given  due  consideration,  and 
every clue should  be followed, no matter 
where it leads.  No person  is so  high in 
place or in public esteem as to be beyond 
the possibility of temptation or crime.

HYGIENE  AT  THE  WORLD’S  FAIR.
The  management  of  the  World’s Fair 
has inaugurated a bureau of hygiene and 
sanitation,  which  will  organize  a  col­
lective exhibit  of  all matters  pertaining 
to the subjects  embraced  in  those terms 
so far as  they can  be  illustrated  by  ob­
ject lessons.

This exhibit is  intended  to include all 
matters connected with physical training; 
human  food  and 
its  adulterations;  the 
handling and disposal of  sewage and  the 
sewering  aud  draining  of  cities;  water 
supply and  public  baths;  ventilation  of 
dwellings, 
factories,  public  buildings 
and  places  of  public  assemblage;  treat­
ment of  the dust  and  smoke  nuisances; 
clothing  in  reference  to  its  suitability 
and sufficiency,  the  effects of  particular 
material and  dyes  upon  the health;  the 
diseases of animals and their relations to 
the diseases of mankind;  the  entire sub­
ject of  quarantine  and  maritime sanita­
tion and  disinfection,  and  the  handling 
of epidemics  in  cities  with reference to 
isolation  and  segregration  of  infected 
persons;  the subject of climatic influence 
and  the meteorological conditions in their 
relations to health.

Such are  the  principal  themes chosen 
for illustration in the department of san­
itation,  and  official  boards  of  health, 
medical  institutions  and  medical  men 
generally;  the  engineers  who  have had 
experience  in  the  designing  and  con­
struction of works of sewerage and works 
of  water  supply;  the  users  of  smoke­
burning  apparatus;  city  authorities who 
have  applied  themselves  to  the  honest

and efficient  cleansing  of  cities,  and  all 
persons who are in positions to contribute 
to the stock  of  human  knowledge  in  so 
important  a matter  should  give  all  the 
practical  aid  in  their  power  towards 
making  this  proposed  sanitary  exhibit 
complete and comprehensive.

Without  doubt,  the  disappearance  of 
many dreadful  diseases  which formerly 
visited all countries  and decimated their 
populations is due to the spread of knowl­
edge  and  the  utilization  of  means  for 
public  and  private  sanitation.  The 
plague, the sweating  sickness,  the black 
death and  other terrible  maladies which 
periodically swept  over  the nations  and 
carried off immense numbers of  the peo­
ple  are  now  practically  unknown,  and 
their  disappearance  is due to the sewer­
ing  of  cities,  better  systems  of quaran­
tine and the disinfection of shipping and 
the  better  feeding  and  clothing  of  the 
masses of  the people by the cheapening, 
through the  diffusion  of  civilized meth­
ods of production, of  the material of  ar­
ticles of  daily consumption.

It is of the  utmost importance that the 
people everywhere  should be reasonably 
informed  upon the leading  principles  of 
public and private  hygiene, and the pre­
sentation  of  the various branches of  the 
subject  at  the  Columbus Exposition,  in 
a  picturesque  and  graphic  form,  will 
play an important part in this great work 
of education.
THE  IMPORTANCE  OF  JURY  DUTY.
If there  should  ever be a final  failure 
of  free  institutions,  it  will  be  through 
the neglect or  the  unfaithfulness of  the 
free people themselves.

Under  our  institutions  the  enforce­
ment of the laws  and the punishment of 
criminals is a special duty  charged  upon 
the people  themselves.  The sheriffs and 
police may arrest, the judges may declare 
the law,  but only the  jury,  a body of the 
people  who hold no office,  but act only in 
the capacity of  a committee  of  citizens, 
can condemn or  consign  to  punishment 
for crime.

It should seem, then,  that the  duty  of 
serving on a jury is one of  the  most sol­
emn  and  sacred  of  those  committed  to 
the citizen,  but experience in all parts of 
the country proves that it  is a duty more 
generally  shirked  and more  universally 
distasteful than is any other.  Men sum­
moned  by the courts  to perform this  im­
portant  function  will  stick  at  scarcely 
any expedient to escape it.

The shirkers  are  fully as often  found 
among those who are  commonly  classed 
as the best  citizens  as among  the worst, 
and the great question arises:  Are these 
shirkers, no  matter  what  may  be  their 
pretensions,  the best  citizens?  Are  they 
good citizens at all?  It is  astonishing  to 
find  how  many  men  in  the  community 
are opposed to  capital  punishment,  and 
how many  do not  have  any  respect for 
circumstantial  evidence,  and  how many 
are  willing  to  admit  that  they  are  so 
deeply prejudiced  that they are unfit  to 
discharge a solemn  duty.

Of course, no man’s  opinion can right­
ly be brought in question on any subject, 
and  doubtless  there  are  many  who  do 
not  believe  that  criminals  ought  to  be 
convicted on any  evidence,  and  they  are 
honest in their opinions.  But it is remark­
able that men who  would  not convict on 
circumstantial  evidence  a  person  tried 
with all  the care and  safeguards of judi­
cial  proceedings  will  not  hesitate  on 
worse evidence, or no  evidence at all, to

do to death in the most summary manner 
miserable creatures who have  fallen un­
der the ban of  mob law.

But  coming  back  to the great  impor­
tance of  jury duty,  for  the  juries alone 
are  charged  with  the  punishment  of 
crime,  it can  well  be said  that  to weak 
and  inefficient  juries must be credited a 
vast deal of lawlessness,  and it may  well 
be  believed  that, if  juries  were  more 
faithful, more  devoted,  more  zealous  in 
executing the laws,  in  punishing  crimi­
nals  and  in  upholding  justice, 
there 
would be far  less  mob law  and  far  less 
need for Judge Lynch in  any part of our 
country.

BEHRING  SEA  CONTROVERSY.
The  dispute  with Great  Britain  over 
the respective rights of the United States 
and that country in Behring Sea has been 
all along  an  unfortunate controversy,  so 
far  as  this  country  is  concerned.  The 
long delay has  cost our  sealers two  sea­
sons’  business,  and  forced  the  govern­
ment to practically suspend the exclusive 
claim  to  fish  in  the  disputed waters  it 
had leased out to a company.  The whole 
history of  the  dispute  has  been  a  suc­
cession of  concessions  on  our  part,  and 
of aggressive interference on the  part of 
Great Britain.

It  would  now  seem  that  the  arbitra­
tion proceedings have been again delayed 
by the  discovery  that  some of  the  data 
which the State  Department  relied upon 
in making out the  brief  presented  to the 
British  Government,  and  the  arbitrators 
in  maintaining the  claims  insisted upon 
by  the  United  States,  have  been  dis­
covered to be untrustworthy.  These un­
reliable  data  have led to some  errors of 
statement  on  the  part  of  the  United 
States,  and  this  has  forced  upon 
the 
authorities at Washington  the  somewhat 
humiliating duty of making explanations 
to  the  British  Government.  The  infor­
mation  in  question was furnished  by an 
employe of  the Census Bureau  who toik 
the  census  of  Alaska in  both  1880  and 
1890, and  was  entrusted  by  the  State 
Department with  the compilation of  cer­
tain  information  relating to the  sealing 
industry.  The  nature  of  the  false  in­
formation  has  not  been  disclosed.  As 
the result of  this discovery the official in 
question  has  been  discharged  from  his 
position in the Census Bureau.

This  new hitch in  the  arbitration pro­
ceedings  will  still  further delay  a  final 
settlement,  and  the fact  that  the  state­
ment  of  the  claims  on  the  part  of  the 
United  States was  based  on  unreliable 
information  is  likely  to  prejudice  our 
ease with  the  arbitrators. 
In any event 
the circumstance is  calculated to further 
protract  an  annoying  and  unprofitable 
controversy.

Financial Notes.

The Heaton-Peninsular Button Fasten­
er Co.  has declared a 2 per cent, dividend. 
This is the first dividend  the corporation 
has paid in about three  years.

The  officers  of  the  People's  Savings 
bank at West Bay City,  now that the run 
on their institution  is over,  are trying to 
trace to its  source  the  rumor  which did 
them so much harm,  with a view of pros­
ecuting the gnilty party.

The  Commercial  Credit  Co.  employs 
only competent  and  experienced  collec­
tors and can always  be found at 65 Mon­
roe St.,  when  yon  want a  report  or  set­
tlement. 

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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.
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For full particulars address
THE  STANDARD  AGENCY,

Sole Agents for Michigan, AUGUSTA,  WIS.

F.  8YEKETEE  i   SONS,

HAVE  A  WELL  ASSORTED  LINE  OF

Windsor  and  S goLbIi  Gaps

Gripsack Brigade.

Frank  H.  White  recently  lost  one  of 
his sample cases, containing photographs 
and mop sticks.  Anyone who finds same 
will confer  a  great  favor  on  the  genial 
traveler by returning it  to the owner.

Oscar  McCay,  who  was  on  the  road 
seventeen years  for  Anderson  & Co.,  of 
Port  Huron,  has  engaged  to  represent 
Brown,  Hall & Co.  in  the  Upper Penin­
sula, the engagement dating from Dec.  1. 
Mr.  McCay will remote  his  family  from 
Port  Huron to this place.

Chas.  J.  Mann,  traveling  representa­
tive  for  the  National  Paint  Works,  at 
Williamsport,  Pa.,  was  in town a couple 
of  days  last  week.  Mr.  Mann is Senior 
Counselor of Lima  Council,  United Com­
mercial  Travelers,  and  expounded 
the 
benefits  of  the order to  a number  of lo­
cal salesmen.

E. E. Wooley met with a misfortune  at 
South  Frankfort  the  other  day  which 
might have cost him his life.  He slipped 
off the dock in boarding the  ferryboat to 
Frankfort,  but  was  pulled  out  of  the 
limpid  water  of  Betsy  Lake  and  spent 
the remainder of  the  day in praising the 
generosity  of  the  Toledo &  Ann  Arbor 
officials for selling him a ticket to Frank­
fort and dumping  him  and  his  baggage 
off at South  Frankfort.

in  changiug 

Traveling men  who visit Frankfort are 
disgusted over the  action of  the Toledo, 
Ann  Arbor &  Northern  Michigan  Rail­
way 
the  terminus  from 
Frankfort  to  South  Frankfort,  as  the 
present  arrangement  necessitates  the 
transfer of themselves and baggage across 
Betsey  Lake  by  ferry.  Out  of  resent­
ment to the  change,  traveling  men  and 
the merchants of Frankfort are diverting 
all the freight  they can via Manistee and 
boat to Frankfort.

A  Detroit  firm  has  lately  adopted  a 
for  identifying  its  salesmen  at 
plan 
banks while  they  are  traveling through­
out the country  which  has  proved  very 
satisfactory.  When they  seud a draft to 
a salesman they  indorse it on the back as 
follows:  “ Pay  to  the  order  of  John 
Smith and William Ellery  movement No. 
1,759,539.”  This is  the  name  and num­
ber of the  salesman’s  watch  movement, 
and  it  affords  an  additional  source  of 
identification  which  has  never  yet  met 
with failure,  and which could be adopted 
by other travelers to good advantage.

The  railroads  running  between  this 
city and Detroit were unmercifully scored 
at the meeting  of  the  local  post  of  the 
Michigan Knights of the  Grip,  Saturday 
evening,  because  they  refused  to  grant 
the traveling men  the  concession  asked 
for—a $3 rate for round trip ticket to the 
Detroit convention  on  Dec.  27  and  28. 
The  railways  offered  the  $3  rate  for  a 
ticket good for one day only,  but  as  the 
Grand Rapids contingent desire to go one 
day and return  the  next  or  second  day 
thereafter,  the offer  was  declined.  The 
discussion  ended  in  the  adoption  of  a 
resolution to stay away from the conven­
tion unless the $3 rate was  conceded  and 
the meeting adjourned for one week.

At the  meeting of  traveling men,  held 
at the  Morton  House  Saturday evening, 
E.  E.  Wooley  introduced  the  subject of 
John  G.  Utman’s  defalcation  with  the 
Muskegon  Branch of  the  United  States 
Baking Go.,  asserting  that the  charge of 
embezzlement would  be  nolle prosiquied 
by  the  Prosecuting  Attorney  of  Muske­
gon  county  on  payment of  $275  to  the 
injured  party,  and  proposing  contribu­
tions  from  traveling  men for  that  pur­

I H K   M i  C f f i G  2A IN 
pose.  As  the  subject  had  been  intro­
duced  and  dismissed  at a previous meet­
ing,  Mr.  Wooley  was  ruled out of  order, 
but  he  persisted  in  discussing the  sub­
ject,  and,  as the result of  his persistence 
—and the work  of  other friends  of  Mr. 
Utman  that  evening  and the  next  day, 
the necessary funds were raised  and  Mr. 
Wooley went to Muskegon Monday morn­
ing  for the  purpose of  securing the  dis­
charge  of  the  respondent.  The  travel­
ing  men  who  contributed  the  money to 
accomplish  this  result  were  actuated 
solely  by  sympathy  for  the  family  of 
Mr.  Utman.  Friends of Mr. Utman have 
secured  a  desirable position  for  him as 
traveling representative for a new whole­
sale  grocery  house  at  West  Superior, 
Wis.,  and he leaves  shortly  for his  new 
field of  operation, carrying with him the 
hearty good  wishes of  the entire  frater­
nity.

G.  F.  Peck,  local  representative  for 
Jas. S.  Kirk &  Co.,  is  sampling  the city 
with Dusky Diamond Tar Soap,  which is 
claimed 
to  be  superior  to  any  other 
brand of the kind on  the market.
Use Tradesm an Coupon  Books.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—Baldwins and  Spitzen bergs command 
$2.75 per  bbl., while  Spys  are  held at $3.  Local 
dealers are  handling  more  New York  and  New 
England apples than Michigan  fruit.

Beans—Choice country picked  command $1.60 

@$1.75 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 27c.

Cabbages—Dealers  pay  $5  per  100,  holding 

at $6.  Very  scarce.

Celery—Choice home grown commands 20@25c 

per dozen  bunches.
Cider—13c per gal.
Cranberries—The market has sustained a sharp 
advance, crates now being held as follows: Cape 
Cods and Jerseys, $3;  Waltons, $3.50.

Eggs — Dealers  pay  20c  for  strictly  fresh 
stock,  holding at 22c.  Limed  and  cold  storage 
stock  are  in  good  demand  at  2c  below above 
prices.
Grapes—Malagas command $o.50@$7.50 per keg.
Honey—Dealers pay 14@15e and hold at 15@16c.
Onions—Firmer and in better demand.  Hand 

lers pay 75c and sold at 90c per bu.

Potatoes—The' market  is  the  same  as a week 
ago,  handlers  paying  55c  here  and  50c  at  the 
principal outside buying points.

Sweet Potatoes—All varieties are scarce. 

Jer 
seys  readily  command  $4.50  per  bbl.,  Balti 
mores bring $4 and Virginias $3.50.

Turnips—30c per bu

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

HARRY HARMAN,

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

Supplies,

FOURTH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

Geo.  W.  Gay, Vice-President.

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

Transacts a general  banking  business.

Make  a specialty of.,collections.  Accounts 

of country m erchants solicited.

FROM  $2.25  PER  DOZ.  UP,  ALSO  A  FULL  LINE  OF  LADIES’  AND 

GENTLEMEN’S

Glow,  Mitts  and  Mufflers

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

STOCK  OF

Lolls,  and  Christmas  Novelties  for  Holiday  Trade.

HENRY S.  ROBINSON.

CHAS.  E.  SMITH.

RIC H A R D   G.  E L L IO T T .

H - S - R s m s o N  A N D  C om pany

M anufacturersjand W holesale Dealers in

BOOTS,  SHOES  and  RUBBERS,

99,101,103,105 Jefferson Ave.,

D e tr o it,  M ich .

State Agents for the Candee Rubber Oo.

TTTK  mCHTGAN  TRADESMAN
L et stand  12  hours,  strain and add:

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Drugs 0  Medicines,

State  Board  of Pharm acy.
One  Tear—Jam es  Vernor, D etroit.
Two  Tears—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
Three  Tears—George Gundrum, Ionia.
F our Tears—C. A. Bngbee. Cheboygan.
Expiring Jan  1—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon.
President—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, D etroit, 
tre a su re r—Geo. Gondrnm, Ionia.
Next m eeting—Saginaw. J a n . 11.____________________
Michigan  State  Pharm aceutical  An ’d. 
President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. 
Vice-Presidents—I.  H.  L.  Dodd.  Buchanan;  F.  W.  R.
Perry, D etroit;  W. H. Hicks. Morley.
Treasurer—Wm. H  Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretary—0 . W. Parsons, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—H.  G.  Coleman,  Kalamazoo; 
Jacob Jesson, Muskegon:  F.  J.  W urzburg  and  John 
E. Peck. Grand Rapids;  A rthur Bas?ett,  Detroit. 
Local Secretary—Jam es Vernor.
Next  place  of  m eeting—Some  resort  on  St.  Clair 
River;  tim e to be designated by Executive Committee.
Grand  Rapids  P h a r m a c e u t i c a l   Society. 
President, W. R. Jew ett,  Secretary,  F rank H. Escott, 
Regular Meetings—First W ednesday evening of March 

June, September and December.
SELL YOUR OWN FAMILY MEDICINES
It is  certainly  proper  and  immensely 
profitable for the druggist to sell his own 
preparations.  They  should  not,  how­
ever,  be put up  in such  a  manner  as to 
mislead 
the  public,  nor  should  their 
properties be extolled beyond  reasonable 
limits.  They should  be  neatly and  eco­
nomically put up  and sold on their  mer­
its, and not  be substituted when regular­
ly  advertised  nostrums  are  called  for. 
The druggist has plenty of opportunities 
to commend his own  preparations  with­
out  having  resort  to  mean  practices;  it 
pays better in  the  long run  to give your 
patrons  just  what  they  call  for,  but  if 
your  advice is  sought, then  comes your 
golden  opportunity,  and  you  owe  it  to 
yourself as  a  duty to make  the  most  of 
the  occasion.  For  instance,  a  patron 
calls for a bottle of B’s cough syrup, and 
almost  in  the  same  breath  asks if  you 
have  anything  better.  You  can  safely 
and properly recommend your own as be­
ing better,  but do  not  extol it too highly 
nor condemn B’s  too emphatically;  thus 
you  leave your patron to make his choice; 
if  he  should  choose  B’s,  it  would  be 
proper  to ask  your patron to  give  your 
preparation a trial  in case B’s should not 
prove satisfactory.  1 have pursued  this 
practice  for years and found it profitable 
and  always  have  the  good  will of  my 
patrons.

“Diarrhoea  Cordial,”  “Essence  of  Gin­
ger,”  “Electric  Liniment,”  in  2-ounce 
panel bottles,  with labels only—no carton 
or  wrapper,  which  would  make  them 
look  too  much  like  nostrums,  and  add 
considerably  to  their  cost  without 
in­
creasing  their medicinal  merit,  nor does 
it render them more salable.  Large rem­
edies,  such as Blood  Purifier,  Liver Reg­
ulator,  Extract  Witch  Hazel,  etc.,  are 
put up in oval  prescription  bottles.  Car­
bolic  Salve,  Pile  Ointment, Burn  Oint­
ment are put up in 1-ounce flat tin boxes, 
with  label,  neatly  wrapped  with  ordi­
nary wrapping paper and string,  and an­
other label pasted  on the outside.  Head 
ache Powders are  put  up  in  No. 2 drug 
envelopes,  costing  $2.25  per  1.000.  Of 
these 1 sold  in one year  1,000;  the profit 
on same is not  small,  as  will  be seen  by 
the  following  exhibit.  Any  druggist 
can make headache powders,  as they  are 
composed of 7 grains of  acetanilid and  3 
grains  of  sodium  bicarbonate, and  cost 
$4.60  per  1,000.  They  will  bring $100, 
netting  $95.40.
1,000  No. 2 drug envelopes.....................  $2  25
14.000 grains acetanilid.............................  
l  35
600 grains sodium  bicarbonate......... .. 
10
2.000 powder papers.................................. 
go
Total...........................................................  $4  60

CARBOLIC  8A L V E .

Composed  of:

.....................................4  dr

White  wax................................................  g  oz
Lard.................................................... "   ‘  24  “
Carbolic acid.......................... I.!.  ."'! 
254“
Calomel 
Camphor...................................... l 
“
Cost,25 cents per dozen put up as above 
recommended.  The  same  will cost $1  a 
dozen if  purchased  from  manufacturers 
of non-secret preparations.  1 have  used 
the above formula for ten years and have 
a large trade for this salve.

TA B   HOREHOUND  COUGH  SY RUP.

Horehound.................................. 
2  dr
Irish  moss.......................\y~  oz
Ammonia chloride  ...............   ................  214“
Boiling water..................... . 
4  pts

HOW  SHOULD  T H E S E   BE  P U T   U P ?

1 

put  up  a  25-cent  “Cough  Syrup,” 

Oil Tar......................................................  2  dr
Dissolved in chloroform..........................   Vi  oz
“
Fid. ext.  senna........................................  2 
Syr. squills  comp.....................................  1 
pt
T his  m akes  a  good  cough  syrup  and 
finds  ready  sale  and costs about 35 cents 
per dozen,  2-ounce size;  no b etter is sold 
by  non-secret m anufacturers for less than 
$1.25  per  dozen.  Comments  are  need­
less.  Two-ounce  sells  for  25  cents;  4- 
ounce,  50 cents.

GERMAN  RHEUMATIC REMEDY.

Sodium  salicylate...................................   6  dr
Spirit nitrous ether..................................  6 
“
Glycerine  ................................................  %  oz
Camphor water enough to  make  ...........  8  pts
Dose:  A  tablespoonful  three  tim es  a 

day.

Gives  universal  satisfaction  and  sells 

well  at 75  cents.

ELECTRIC LINIMENT.

 

 

is 

Powd.  capsicum  .....................................  1  oz
Camphorated oil.......................................  1%  “
Oil turpentine...............  
“
L et  stand  for  seven  days  and  filter, 
beat  and  filtrate  w ith 
the  contents  of 
three  eggs—album en  and  yolk — u ntil 
they  are  thoroughly  mixed,  and add
Acetic  acid..............................................   2)4  oz
Water.......................................................   is 
“
For th is l  have a  large sale;  it  is p ut up 
in 4-ounce  panels,  costs  about  75  cents 
per dozen  and  sells  the year round.

In   the  sum m er  season  a diarrhoea cor­
dial  is  in  demand.  The  follow ing  has 
given  good  results  and  is  highly  recom­
mended  from  past  experience:
DIARRHOEA CORDIAL.

Fid. ext. ipecac........................................  2  dr
Tinct.  opium...........................................   1  oz
“
Tinct. rhubard  aromat  ..........................   1 
Tinct. opium  camp..................................  1 
“
Syrup  .....................  
“
1 
Alcohol....................................................   1 
“
Fid. ext.  logwood  ................................  
“
54  “
Blackberry  root......................................  
Dose:  A  teaspoonful every three hours.
P u t  up  in  l)4-ouuce  panels  and  sells 
For cram ps  w ithout  much  diarrhoea  I 

for 25 cents.

sell Squibb’s diarrhoea  m ixture.

 

 

 

SQUIBB’S DIARRHOEA  MIXTURE.

Tinct  opium.............................................  1 
Tinct.  capsicum  .....................................  1 
Camphor. 
..............................................    1 
Chloroform..... 
Alcohol enough to make......................  

oz
«
*•
............................. ’  3  dr
  5  oz
P u t  up  in 1-ounce  prescription  bottles, 

sells  for 25  cents.

Dose, half teaspoonful every two hours.

GET GOOD  PRICES.

of 

benzine  and 

suggestive 
roach 

The  extent  to  which 

bearing 
the 
Skiggwiggen’s 

the  druggist 
should  m anufacture  his  own  p repara­
tions depends on  his  trade;  I  am  safe in 
saying  th a t  he  should  m anufacture  all 
such  as  he  will  sell,  at  least three,  yes, 
one dozen  per  year. 
I  m ake  good  profit 
from   a  ra t  poison  (arsenic  2  ounces; 
lam pblack,  q.  s.);  a  verm in  exterm ina­
name 
tor 
paralyzer, 
of 
composed 
carbol­
ic  acid,  w hich  sells  for  25  cents  a 
pint;  pain  killer,  blackberry  cordial, 
cough  syrup,  headache  powders,  rheu­
m atic rem edies, corn  cure,  blood purifier, 
liver  regulator,  carbolic  salve,  pile oint­
m ent,  burn  ointm ent,  extract  witch  ha­
zel,  toothache drops,  10  and  25-cent size, 
beef,  wine  and  iron,  Florida  w ater,  lav­
ender  w ater and  hair tonic, and  additions 
are  made  to  this  list from  tim e  to tim e as 
opportunity  presents 
is 
one  thing I  w ant  to  im press  upon  the 
m anufacturing  druggist,  and  th a t  is,  do 
not cut prices on  your own  preparations; 
do not give more for the  money than  the 
m anufacturer  of  nostrum s;  get  all  the 
profit  you can  as early  in  your  business 
career as  you can,  and when you have  ac­
cum ulated enough  to retire,  quit,  and  let 
a younger druggist  take your place.  Do 
not sell  a 5-cent  toothache drop or a five- 
cent  headache  powder—sell  a  25-cent 
preparation  if  you  can,  the  cure of  a 
toothache  or  a  headache 
is  certainly 
w orth  th a t  sum.  Some of  my com peti­
tors  have  been  selling 
three  seidlitz 
powders  for  10  cents;  now  th eir patrons 
w ant  two  for 5 cents.  The  public  will 
not  buy  m edicine  because  it  is  cheap, 
b u t  will  because  they  need  it  or th ink 
they need  it,  regardless of cost.
SATISFACTORY RESULTS.

itself.  T here 

Now,  as  to  the  advantages of  the drug­
gist p u ttin g  up  his own  preparations  lit­
tle  need  be  said.  They  are,  first,  and i

not least,  increased  profits;  second, com­
plete control of your preparations.  When 
you sell a  preparation  and  it  meets  the 
purpose of your patron,  he  finds his way 
back to  you,  though  he has ceased to  be 
a resident of your  vicinity.  1  have sent 
my  preparations  as  far  as  California. 
Third, and most important,  cutters can’t 
get them.

ADVERTISING HINTS.

Advertising  requires  careful  consider­
ation,  and  should  not be  too broad nor 
extensive,  but  should  be  confined  to a 
few articles, such  as  corn cure  or toilet 
preparations.  A  Chicago  publishing 
house  sells  a  handsome  wire  easel­
shaped  frame,  about  27x30 inches,  upon 
which are displayed  six  highly  colored 
In  the center  is a blank 
panel pictures. 
space  in  which  a  card  may  be placed, 
which should be changed weekly. 
This 
makes a good  attraction for the window. 
The  cost  is $2.50.  The  same  firm pub­
lish vest  pocket  memorandum  books at 
from $3 to $10 per  thousand;  also calen­
dars,  prices  ranging  the  same.  1 have 
found the most economical  and effective 
advertising  medium  to be  my wrapping 
paper.  A self-inking stamp costing $2.50 
will  print  a  card  l}£x2}i  inches.  A 
change of cards should be on hand;  they 
cost 50 cents for each change.  The read­
ing  matter  should  be  brief  and  to the 
point.
syrup,  blood  purifier,  etc., 
should not be  advertised.  These should 
be  intended  only  to  supply  a demand, 
and are  recommended  when  a customer 
demands  “something  for  a cough”  or  a 
“good blood purifier.”

Cough 

L o u is  E m anuel.

Weighing a  Pencil Mark.

Scales are now  made  of  such nice  ad­
justment that they will  weigh anything, 
to  thesmallest  hair  plucked  from  the 
eyebrow.  They are triumphs of mechan­
ism,  and are  inclosed  in  glass cases,  as 
the slightest  breath ot air would  impair 
their  records.  The  glass  cases  have  a 
sliding door,  and as soon as the weight is 
placed  in  the  balances  the  door  slides 
down.  The  balances  are  cleared again 
and  made ready  for  further  use by  the 
pressing  of  a  button,  which  slightly 
raises the  beams.  Two  pieces of  paper 
of  equal  weight  can  be  placed  in  the 
scales,  and an  autograph written in  pen­
cil  on either  piece  will cause  the other 
side to ascend,  and the needle,  which  in­
dicates  the  divisions  of  weight  even 
to the ten-millionth part of  a pound and 
less,  will  move  from  its  perpendicular. 
A signature  containing  nine  letters has 
been  "weighed  and proved  to be exactly 
two milligrammes, or the fifteen thousand 
five hundredth part of an ounce troy.

The  Drug  Market.

Foreign  quinine  is  lower,  but  firm. 
Outside  holders  are offering  below  the 
prices of agents for  manufacturers.

Gum opium is  firm  and  is  advancing. 
Cables from the opium  growing districts 
report that frost has injured the growing 
crop.

Morphia is  unchanged.
Tartaric acid  is lower.
German  chamomile  flowers  have  ad­

vanced  again.

Short buchu leaves  are higher.  There 
is  very  little  to  be  had  of  prime leaf, 
either here or  abroad.
Oil cassia  is lower.
Cotton seed oil and Union salad oil are 

higher.

Nitrate of silver has advanced.
Turpentine has  declined.
Linseed  oil  is unchanged,  but another 

advance is looked for soon.

Bromide of potash is  likely to advance 

during December.

Ipecac root is lower.
Gum  camphor  has  advanced  and 

is 
tending higher.  The  scarcity of  crude, 
both  here  and  abroad,  together  with  a 
large loss by the  foundering  of  a vessel 
at sea,  makes  the market very firm.

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Send In your orders for

M A S K S

to the

New  Yorl  Baity  Carnap  Co.,

47, 49,  51,  53  Canal St.

Best Assortment and  Lowest Prices,

Our Fancy Goods Trade

Has  been  larger  than  ever  before in 

the history of  oar house.

Come in and see our samples of

Albums,

Comb  and Brtlsli  Sets,
Dolls,  Books,  Etc.
EATON,  LION  S  CO.

' Established  1868.

1

1.  REYNOLDS  1  SON,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Building  Papers,  Carpet  Lin­
ings,  Asphalt  Ready  Rooting, 
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.

Practical Rooters

In Felt, Composition anil Gravel,

Warehouse and Office 

Cor.  LOUIS and  CAM.PAU  Sts..

Grand  Rapids, 

-  Mich

WALTER  HOUSE

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

Fourteen  warm  rooms,  all  newly  furnished 
Good table.  Rates, $1.50 per  day.  The patron 
age of traveling men especially solicited.

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Wholesale Price  Current•

Advanced—German chamomile, bnchu leaves, cotton seed  oil. union  salad oil. nitrate  silver. 

gum camphor.  Declined—Tartaric acid, oil cassia,  po. ipecac root, German quinine, turpentine

T K K   M ï C B f T G A lS r   T R A D E S M A N .

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Morphia,  8. P. & W .. .1  7C@1  95 
C. Co....................... 1  60@1  85
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myristlca, No. 1.........   65®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia....................  20®  92
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
„ C o ..........................   @2 00
Plcis  Llq, N.-C., M gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Plcis Llq., quarts......   @1  00
pints.........   @  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (pog5)....  @  3
Pix  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbi A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opil. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®  35
8®  10
Quassiae.................... 
Quinla, 8. P. & W......  27®  32
S.  German__20  @  30
Rubla  Tinctorum......   12®  14
23®  25
Saccharum Lactls pv. 
Salacln.......................1  75@1  80
Sanguis  Draconis......   40®  50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
M.......................  10®  12
“  Ö.......................  @  15

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@  20 
Seldlitz  Mixture........
Slnapls.................... .
@  18 
“  opt..................
®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy.  De
Voes............... .......
@  35 
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes 
@  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11) 
10®   11 
Soda  et Potass Tart
27®  30 
Soda Carb..............
l/s©  2 
Soda,  Bl-Carb..
@  5
Soda, Ash..............
3M@  4 
Soda, Sulphas........
@  2 
Spts. Ether C o......
50®  55 
“  Myrcia  Dorn..
@2 25 
“  Myrcia Imp.
@3 00
•  Vii -  -
. . .7  ...................... 2 25@2 35
Less 5c gal., cash teD days.
Strychnia  Crystal.... 1  40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl..............2V4@ 3M
Roll...............  2M@ 3
Tamarinds.................. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice.......  28®  30
Theobromae............. 40  @  45
Vanilla......................9 00@16 00
Zinc!  Sulph................   7®  8

ini  Rect.  bbl.

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Bbl.
Whale, winter...........  70
Lard,  extra...............   76
Lard, No.  1...............   42
Unseed, pure raw  ...  47

Undseed,  boiled  __ '50
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
50
strained...............  
SplrltsTurpentlne....  36

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bbl.  lb. 
PA IN TS.
Red  Venetian.........
Hi  2@8 
Ochre, yellow  Mars.
Hi  2@4 
Ber...
“ 
Hi  2@3 
Putty,  commercial..
2M  2«@3
“  strictly  pure......2M  2V@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13@16
ican ..........................  
Vermilion,  English  ... 
65@70
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70@75
Lead,  red....................  7  @7M
“  w hite............... 7  @7M
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gliders’........  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  0 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.......................... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1J4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
Paints......... ............1 00@1  20

VABNISHBS.

No. 1 Turp  Coach.... 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................ 166@1  70
Coach  Body...............2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  Fura........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar.... 1  56@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70@75
Turp......................... 

HAZBLTIWE & PE

Importers  uiui  Jobbers  oi

TINCTUBBS.

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Aconltum  Napellis R.........   60
p .............  5Q
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
A rnica................................   50
Asafcetlda............................  0
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
„  “  Co...........................  50
Sanguinarla.........................  50
Barosma.........  ..................  50
Cantharldes.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................  75
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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
Ferrl  Chlorldum.................  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opil.....................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
Deoaor.........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................   50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany.............................   50
Rhei.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stromonlum.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
ValeriaD....................  
  50
Veratrum Veride.................  50

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ACIDUM .

Acettcum................... 
8®
Benzolcum German..  65®
Boracic 
....................
Carbolicum................  35®
Cltricum...................  50®
Hvdruchlor................  3®
Nltrocum 
.................   10®
Ozalicum...................  10®
Phosphorium dll........
Salicylicum...............1  3o@l  70
Sulphurlcum..............  Hi®
Tannlcum.................. 1  40@1  60
Tartaricum...............   30®  33

AMMONIA.

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Aqua, 16  deg..............  314®
20  deg................5M@
Carbonas  ...................  13®  14
Chlorldum.................  12®  Ì4

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

BACCAB.

Cubeae (po  60)..........   50® 60
Juni penis..................   8®  10
Xantnoxylum............   25®  30

BAL8AMUK.

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

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Casslae  ...............................  11
Cinchona Flava  .................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrica  Cerlfera, po.............  20
Prunus Vlrglnl....................   12
Qulllala,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  ............................  12
TXlmus Po (Ground  16)........  15

BXTBACTUM.

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Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
“ 
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Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
is...............  13®  14
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<■  Ms..............  14®  15
«■ 
mb.............   16®  17
FKBBUM.
Carbonate Preclp........  ®  J®
Citrate and Quinla....  @3 50
Citrate  Soluble  .........   @  80
Ferrocyanidum Sol —   @ 50
Solut  Chloride...........  @  15
Sulphate,  com’l .............. »@
pure.............  @

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Arnica .......................   18®  20
Anthemls...................  3f®  35
Matricaria 
40®  50

 

 

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin-

....................   40® 1  00
nlvelly......................  25®  28
Alx.  35®  50
and  Mb.......... ............   12® 15
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Mb
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Acacia, 1st  picked....  ®  75
2d 
....  @ 5 0
3d 
...  @  40
sifted so rts...  @  25
p o .....................  60® 80
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape,  (po.  20)...  ®   12
Socotrl,  (po.  60).  ®  50
Catechu, 1b, (Mb, 1414a,
@  1
16)............................. 
Ammonl&e 
...............   55®  60
Assafcstida, (po. 35).. 
3n@  35
Benzolnum—   ..........   50®  55
Camphor®....................   55®  58
Eupnorblum  po  ........   35® 
lo
Galbanum....................   _@3  50
Gamboge,  po...............   70®  7b
Gualacum,  (po  30)  ...  @ 2 5
Kino,  (po  50).............   @ 4 5
M astic.........................   @ 8 0
Myrrh,  (po  45)............  @  40
Opil,  (po  2  80)  ........-.2 00@2  10
Shellac  ........................  25®  35
30®  35
T ragacanth.................  30®  75

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Absinthium  .................... 
  25
Bupatorlum ...........................  20
Lobelia....................................  »
Majorum....................
Mentha  Piperita........
V i r ....................
Rne.............................
Tanacetnm, V............
Thymus,  V.................
MAGNESIA.
55®
Calcined, Pat  ............
211®
Carbonate,  Pat  .........
Carbonate, K. *   M — 2U@
Carbonate, JennlngS.. 35®
Absinthium.................... 3 50®4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
A nlsl............................... 1 80@1 o5
Aurantl  Cortex..........2 75@3 00
Bergamll  ...................3 25®3 50
CajlpuU.................... 
60®  65
Caryophylll................  70®  75
C edar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodli............ . 
®1  60
.............. 1 C0®1 10
Clnnamonil 
Cltronella................  @  45
Contain  Mac..............  35®  66
Copaiba  ....................   90@i  oo

Cubebae......................  @4
Exechthitos  ............  2 50©2
Erigeron...................2 25® '
Gaultherla  ............... 2 00©2
Geranium,  ounce......  @
Gossipii, Sem. gal......  60®
Hedeoma  ..................2 25@2
Juniper!......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Llmonis.....................2 50@3 (
Mentha Piper............. 2 75@3 50
Mentha Verid............2 20®2 30
Morrhuae, gal............1  00®1  10
Myrda, ounce............   ®  50
Olive......  .................   75©?  75
Plcis Liquids, (gal..35)  10®  12
Ricini.......................  1  18@1  24
Rosmarlnl............  
75@1  00
Rosae, ounce............. 6 50®8 50
Succlnl.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
Santal  ....................... 3 50®
Sassafras....................  50®
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  @
Tlglfl.........................  @
Thyme.......................   40®
opt  ................  @
Theobromas...............   15®
B1 Carb.......................   15®
Blohromate................  13®
Bromide.................... 
33®
Carb............................  12®
Chlorate  (po  25)........  22®
Cyanide......................  50®
Iodide....................... 2 90@3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  27®  30
Potassa, Bltart, com...  ®  15
Potass Nltras, opt......  8®  10
Potass Nltras..............  7®  9
Prusslate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

POTASSIUM.

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Aconltum..................   20®
Althae. 
....................   22®
Anchusa....................   12®
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentians  (po. 12)......  
8®  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)...................  @  30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po..................2  30@2 40
Iris plox (po. 35@38) . 
35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   50®  55
Maranta,  Mb....... ......  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
'  Cut......................  @1  75
pv.  ....................   75@1  35
Splgelia......................  35®  38
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentarla.................  30®  32
Senega.......................  65®  70
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @ 25
Sclllae, (po. 35)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fcetl-
dus,  po....................  @ 35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
lnglber a ..................   13®  15
18®  22
Zingiber  J.............. 
sbm bn.
Anlsum,  (po.  20).. 
.  @ 15
'.plum  (graveleon8).. 
12®  15
lrd, Is.....................  
4®  6
Carul, (po. 18)............  
8®  12
Cardamon...................1  oo@l  25
Corlandrum...............   10®  12
Cannabis Satlva.........   3H@4
Cydonlum..................   75® 1  00
Cnenopodlum  .........  
10®  12
Dlpterlx Odorate......  3 00®3 25
Foenlculum...............  @  15
6®  8
Foenugreek,  po...... 
U n i......................... 
4  @ 4M
Uni, grd,  (bbl. 3M) 
4  @ 4M
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
Pharlarls Canarian__   6  @  6M
6®  7
Rapa......................... 
Slnapls  Albu...........  11  @13
11®  12
spnuTU8.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co.
2 00®2 50 
D. F. R  ...
1  75@2 00 
1  10@1  50 
1  75®1  75 
Juniper!»  Co. Ó. T ...
1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  B........ 1  75®2 00
t.  Vlnl  Gain........... 1  75@6 50
ini Oporto ..'..................1  25®2 00
Vlnl  Alba....................... 1  2S@2 00

Nigra. 

SPONOBS.

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 
UBe..........................  

2 00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

SY B U PS.

Accacla...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................   60
Ferrl  Iod.............................   50
Aurantl Cortes....................   50
Rhei  Arom..........................   50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Sclllae..................................  50
“  CO.............................   60
Tolutan..........................  ..  50
PrunHS  <rlrg........................   50

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M ISCELLANEOUS.

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

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squlbbs 
l Crst—

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22 @  10 @  40 

7).............................   3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antlmonl, po..............  4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antlpyrln...................  @1  40
Antlfebrln..................  ®  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  @  60
Arsenicum.................  5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
@  11
12;  Ms,  14)..............
Cantharldes  Russian,
po............................
@100 
Capslcl  Fructus, af...
@  26 
@  28 @  20 
rp o  .
Caryophyllus, (po.  14)
10®   12 @3 75
Carmine,  No. 40.........  
....
Cera  Alba, S. & F ......   50®  55
Cera Flava.................  88®  40
Cqccus...........
40 
Cassia Fructus
Centrarla........
Cetaceum......
Chloroform
.  60®  63 
@1  25 
Chloral Hyd
.1  20@1  40 
Chondrus...................  20®  25
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20
German 3  @  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
60
oent  ...................... 
Creasotum...............   @  35
Creta, (bbl. 75)..........   @  2
prep..................   5®  5
Rubra................  @  8
Crocus.......................   33®  35
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph...............   5 ®   6
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   68®  70
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po...................  @  6
Ergota-jpo.)  75.........   70®  75
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla..........................   @  23
Gambler......................7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  70
French...........  40®  60
Glassware  flint,  75 and 10.
by box 70 
Glue,  Brown.
“  White...............  13,
Glycerins..................15M4
Grana Paradlsl...........
Humulus....................
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..
“  Cor ....
Ox Rubrum 
Ammoulatl.
Unguentum.

15 
25 
20 
22 
55 
85 
“ 
80 on
“ 
@1 00 
“ 
45®  55 
“ 
Hyd 
@  64
I chi
.1 25®1 50
thyobolla, Am.. 
Indigo........................   75®1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 80®3 90
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulln......................  85®  90
Lycopodium..............  60®  65
Macis.........................  75®  80
Uquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
IK)..........................   2®  5
Mannla,  8. F ............   60®  63

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils % Varnishes.

DEALERS  IN

Sole Agents  for the  Celebrateli

SWISS  VILLA  PREPARED  PAINTS.
Line  of  Staple  Druggists’  S u ln

We are Sole Proprietors of

Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

We Have in Stock and Offer a  F ull Line of

WHISKIES,  BRANDIE S,

GINS,  WINES,  RUMS.

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

HAZELTIRE1 PEBKfflS DIG  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

G R O C E R Y   P R IC E   C U R R E N 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  credit.  Subscribers  are  earnestly requested  to  point  out  any  errors  or omissions,  as  it is our  aim to make  this feature of  the 
greatest possible  use to  dealers.

AXLE GREASE.
doz
Aurora......... .........   55
Castor Oil.... .........   75
Diamond...... .........   50
gì
Frazer's........
75
Mica............
..  ..........   55
Paragon 

ISAKIXf POWDER.

Sar
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gross American  14s
6 00
/is
9 (0 Import«*  34s
5 50
14*
9 00 Waa'-¿rd  34«
8 00 Boneless
6 00

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Brook  3  !b

........6*4® 7
......... 11@12
.  15® 16 
7@S 
20
2 50

Acme.
14 lb. cans, 3 doz—  
14 lb.  “  2  “ 
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lib.  “  1  “  .......
Bulk.................... 
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Arctic.
14 fl> cans.................
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Dime cans..  90
4-OZ
.1   83
“ 
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“ 
6 oz
8-oz
“ 
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12 oz
“ 
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16-oz
“ 
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25£-îb “  11  40
4 lb
“  18 25
5 1b
“  21  60
110-lb
41  80

Fosfon.

p oz. cans, 4 doz. in case.

T'r. Price’:

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BLUING.

14»  “ 
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Red Star, k  lb  cans.........
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Teller’s,  >4 lb. cans, doz.
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BATH  BKICK.
2  dozen in case.
English...........................
Bristol..............................
Domestic..........................
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals............
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“  pints,  round  ........
“  No. 2. sifting box.. 
“  No. 3, 
“  NO. 5;
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BROOMS,
No. 2 Hurl.........................
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NO. 1  “ 
No. 3 Carpet......................
No. 1 
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Parlor Gem.....................
Common Whisk  ..............
Fancy 
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Warehouse.......................
Stove, No.  l  ..  ...............
“  10......................
“  IS......................
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row... 
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row...
Palmetto,  goose...............
BUCKWHEAT.

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10 50

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g-BuckWheatj
100 lb. cases, 2-& 5 lb. pbgi 
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes...........
Star.  40 
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Paraffine  ...........................
Wicking  ..........................
CANNED  GOODS.

CANDLES.

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Clams.

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Little Neck,  l i b ...............
“  2 lb................
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb....................
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb...................
21b...................
Lobsters.
Star.  1  lb..........................
“  2  lb..........................
Picnic, 1 lb.........................
“ 
21b.........................
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb....................
2  lb...................
Mustard,  21b....................
Tomato Sauce,  21b...........
Soused, 2 lb....................
Columbia River, flat.........
tails.........
Alaska, 1  lb.......................
21b  .......................

Salmon.
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3 30 
2 00 
290

1 86 
.1 75 
.1  40 
1  90

Apples. ‘

lb. standard

3 
3 60
York State  gallons 
2 75
Hamburgh 
Apricots.
2 00
Live oak.......................... 
Santa C ru z.................... 
2 00
Lusk's 
2 00
..........................  
1 90
Overland........................ 
Blackberries.
95
B . A  W....................... 
Cherries.
...... ..........  
1 20
1  75
Pitted Hamburgh 
White  ....................... 
1 30
1  20
Erie 
...  ...............  
Damsons. Egg Plums aud Green 

.. 

d 

Gages

1  25
1  70
1  20

1  30
2 00
1  85
2 10
1  85

1 20
2 10

1  30
2 50
2 75
1  10

E rie.......................... 
California..................  
Gooseberries.
Common 
..................  
Peaches.

Pie .. 
....................... 
Maxwell.................... 
Shepard’s ..................  
California..................  
Monitor 
...............  
O xford........... ’..........
Pears.

“ 

Domestic.................... 
Riverside.................... 
Pineapples.
Common..................... 
Johnson’s  sliced.......  
grated.......  
Quinces.
Common....................
Raspberries.
Red  ............................
Black  Hamburg.........
Erie,  black
Strawberries.
Lawrence..................
Hamburgh..............
Erie............................
Terrapin.......................
Whortleberries.
Common....................
F. &  W.......................
Blueberries...............
Corned  beef,  Libby’s.......
Roast beef,  Armour’s  ....
Potted  ham, % lb............
“  14 lb...............
tongue, % lb..........
14 lb........
chicken, 14 lb.........

Meats.

*‘ 
Vegetables.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Peas.

1  20 
j   50
1  15 
.1  35

Hamburgh  stringless......
French style...
Limas  .............
Lima, green
soaked..................
Lewis Boston  Baked........
Bay State  Baked  .  __
World’s  Fair  Baked.......
Picnic Baked  ...............
Corn.
....................
Hamburgh 
Livingston  Eden........
Purity 
..........................
Honey  Dew.....................
Morning Glory  ................
Soaked.............................
Hamburgh  marrofat........
early June  ...
Champion Eng 
petit  pois  . . .
fancy  sifted  .
Soaked.............................
............
Harris standard 
1  10 
VanCamp’s  marrofat......
early June... 
1  30 
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.................................... l 35

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

“ 
“ 
“ 

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

“ 

CHOCOLATE.

Baker’s.

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

CHEESE.

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

Amboy  ...... 
.........  12  @12^
Acme..........................  @12
Riverside...................12l/i@12%
Gold  Medal  ..............  @1114
Skim 
Brick........................ 
11
Edam  ......................  
1  00
Leiden 
23
.................... 
Limburger  ..............  @10
Pineapple  .................   @25
Roquefort 
................   @35
@22
Sap  Sago 
Schweitzer, Imported  @24 
©14

domestic 

“ 

 

Blue Label Brand.

CATSUP.
Half  pint, 25 bottles 
Pint 
Quart1 doz bottles 

•• 

2 75
4 50
3 50

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes 

.................... 40

COCOA  SHELLS.

351b  bags.....................   @3
Less quantity 
Pound  packages........  614@7

@314

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

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

Santos.

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

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast 
lng and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.

Package.

M cLaughlin’s  XXXX  23.80
Bunola  ............................  23.30
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case  ...  23.80 

Extract.

Valley City V4 gross.......... 
75
1  15
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross........  1  50
“ 
........  2 50

“ 

“ 

tin 
CHICORY.

Bulk...
Red....

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton.  40 f t __   per doz.  1  25
140
1  60
1  75
1  90
90
100

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Jute 
“ 
CONDENSED  MILK.

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

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

4  doz. in case.

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

COUPON  BOOKS.

ÉSSiTéóÉSS

“Tradesman.’

$ 1, per hundred...............   2 00
•S 2, 
2 50
#3, 
8 00
#5, 
8 00
4 00
810, 
*20, 
5 00

“  “ 
“  “ 
“  “ 
“  “ 
“  •* 

 
 
 
 
 

 

“Superior.’ 
$  1  per hundred  ....

“Universal.”
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

 
20

 
 
 
 
 

10

 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 

CREDIT  CHECKS.

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

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

CRACKERS.

Butter.

Seymour XXX..................... 6
Seymour XXX, cartoon......6V4
Family  XXX......................  6
Family XXX,  cartoon........  6V4
Salted XXX.........................6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ..........614
Kenosha 
714
Boston...................................8
Butter  blscnlt.......................6!4

......... 

 

Soda.

Soda, XXX.........................  6
Soda, City............................  714
Soda,  Duchess......................814
Crystal Wafer.....................10
Long  Island Wafers  ........ 11
S. Oyster XXX....................  6
City Oyster. XXX..................6
Farina  Oyster.....................   6

Oyster.

CREAM  TARTAR.

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

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

Apples.

“ 

quartered  “ 

Snndried, sliced In  bbls.  6
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes  @9
Apricots.
California In  bags.......  
Evaporated In boxes. 
.. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes.......................  
Nectarines.
70 lb. bags....................... 
25 lb. boxes..... 
............  
Peaches.
Peeled, In  boxes....... 
Cal. evap.  “ 
“ 
California in bags  __
Pitted Cherries.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes...................
...................
25 “ 
Prunelles.

In bags......... 

 
Pears.

13

“ 

“ 

 

1614
17
414
15
15J4

1214
12

30 lb.  boxes..................
Raspberries.
In  barrels......................
501b. boxes....................
......................
25 lb.  “ 
Raisins.

Loose  Muscatels in Boxes.

2 crown.............................   1  50
3 
............................  1 65
2 crown  .............................  5J
3 
614

“ 
Loose Muscatels in Bags.
“ 

 

 

 

Foreign.
Currants.

“ 
“ 

Peel.

Patras,  in barrels............

In  14-bbls..............  5
In less quantity__  514
Citron, Leghorn. 25 lb. boxes  20 
Lemon 
10
Orange 
11
Ondura, 29 lb. boxes..  @814
@1014
Sultana, 20 
“ 
Valencia, 30  “ 
@714

“ 
“ 
Raisins.

25  “ 
26 “ 

“ 
“ 

Prunes.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

“
“
“
Tnrkey......................... 
714
Silver  ...  ............................
Sultana...............................  914

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

XX  wood, white.

No. 1, 614  ........................  $1  75
No. 2. 614  .........................  1  60
No. 1,6.............................  165
No. 2, 6.............. 
...........   1  50
No. 1, 614  .........................  1  35
No. 2,614 
...........  .........   1  25
6>4  ...................................  1 00
6..................  
95
Mill  No. 4.........................  100
FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 

Manilla, white.

 
Coin.

 

Farina.
Hominy.

100 lb. kegs................... 
334
Barrels.................................800
G rits....................................3 50
Lima  Beans.
Dried............................ 
4J£

Maccaronl and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
55
Imported....................1014®-  Mi

Peas.

Oatmeal.

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

Pearl Barley.
Kegs........................ 

 

214

Green,  bu........................   1  75
Split  per l b ...........—  
214
Rolled  Oats.

Barrels  180 .......................  5  45
Half  bbls 90 ....................  2 85
German.............................   414
East India..........................   5
Cracked.............................. 

Wheat.

Sago.

5

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

“ 

Cod.

634
714
714
12

Halibnt.
Herring.

“ 
Mackerel.

Yarmouth..........................
Pollock..........................
Whole, Grand  Bank...... 
Boneless,  bricks............  
Boneless, strips.............. 
Smoked...................... 
Glbbed, 14 bbl...................  3 25
Holland,  bbl....................  9 00
Round Shore, 14  bbi  ......   2 60
14  “  ........  1  35
Scaled............................... 
16
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. 1,14 bbls., lOOlbs..........6 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   80
No. 1, 14 bbls., lOOlbs...........7 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   90
Family, 14 bbls., 100 lbs__  3  10
kits  10  lbs.............  45
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

Sardines.
Trout.

Whitefish.

“ 

“ 

. 

Jennings’ D  C.

Lemon. Vanilla 
1  25
2 oz folding box.. .7 5  
“ 
Soz 
...100 
150
4  oz  “ 
...1  50 
2 00
3 00
.. .2 00 
“ 
6 OZ 
8 oz 
“ 
.. .3 00 
4 U)

GUNPOWDER.

Austin’s ftifle, kegs........... 3 50
“  14 kegs........  2 00
“ 
“  Crack Shot, kegs . .3 50 
54 kegs 2 00
“ 
“  Club Sporting  “  4 50 
‘ 
H  “  2 50

“ 
“ 

HERBS.

Sage....................................16
Hops................................... 15

INDIGO.

Madras, 5 lb. boxes  ........ 
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
17  lb. palls....................... 
30  “ 

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

“ 

LICORICE.

Pure.....................................   so
Calabria...............................  25
Sldly....................................  12

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

“ 

MATCHES.

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

MINCE  MEAT.

3 or 6 doz. In case  per doz .  95

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

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.

Sugar house....................
Ordinary.

Porto Rico.

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

New Orleans.
 

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

14

16

20
30

18
20
25
30
40

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200  coant..36 50@7 00 
Half bbls, 600 count.. 3  75@4  00 

Small.

Barrels, 2.400  count. 
Half bbls, l,200;count 
PIPES.

7 50

4 25

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

“  T. D. full count...........  75

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

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

RICE.
Domestic.

 

 

Carolina head.....................6
“  No. 1..................... 5
“  No. 2......  
Broken..............   ................3
Imported.

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

414

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Allspice..............................   8
Cassia, China In mats........  7
Batavia In bund__ 15
Saigon In roUs........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar..................10
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
K  Cochin...................  17
“ 
.18
Mace  Batavia.....................70
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste.. 16 
“  Trieste.....................18

Jam aica............  

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/

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V  4

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18

Nutmegs, No. 2 ........
Pepper, Singapore, black.. 
“  white__

Cayenne__
Sage.........................

“ 
“ 
“Absolute” Id Packages.

.60
.16
.24
.18
.14

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

SAL  SODA
Kegs...........................
IVi
Granulated,  boxes__
154
SEEDS.
Anise......................... @1294
Canary, Smyrna.........
Caraway....................
Cardamon, Malabar...
Hemp,  Russian.........
Mixed  Bird  ..............
Mustard,  white.........
Poppy......................... 
Rape..........................  
Cuttle  bone................ 
STARCH.

6
8
90
4Vi
4 Vi
6
9
6
30

Corn

 

 

“ 

20-lb boxes..........................  a
594
40-lb 

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

“ 
“ 

SNUFF.

Scotch, in  bladders............ 37
Maces boy, In jars............... 35
French Rappee, in Jars......43

SODA.

Boxes....................................5V»
Kegs, English....................... 4X

S A L T .
 
 

100 3-lb. sacks..................... 12 25
60 5-lb.  “ 
2 00
28 10-lb. sacks...................  1  85
2014-lb.  “ 
2 25
24 3-lb  cases.......................  1 50
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags.. 
32
281b.  “ 
18

drill  “ 

 
 

Warsaw.

3.’
56 lb. dairy in drill  bags.. 
281b.  “ 
18
.. 
56 lb. dairy in linen sacks..  75

Ashton.

“ 

“ 

56 lb. dairy in linen  sacks 

75 

Ulgglns.

Solar Rock.

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

Common Fine.

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

80
85

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Church’s .........................   13  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  94-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 ..$3 30 
plain.  .  3 21
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
Acme...................................3 65
Cotton Oil............................ 5 75
Daisy  ...................   ......... 3 10
Marseilles............................ 4 00
Master.................................4 00

“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.

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

“ 
“ 

“ 

SUGAR.

“ 
“ 

Cut  Loaf.....................  @ 594
Cubes..........................  @ 5%
Powdered XXXX......   @  594
Standard..  @594 
Granulated, medium.  4.94®  5
fine...........4.94@ 5
Confectioners’ A-----  4%@4.94
Soft A.........................  @ 4%
White Extra C...........  @4.69
Extra  C......................  @4.56
c . . . ...........................
© *%
Golden......................
@ 4
Yellow .  ...................
@ 3«
Less than  bbls.  Vic advance

SYRUPS.

Corn.

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

Pure Cane.

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V

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SWEET  GOODS

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

8
8
9
8H
§V4

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

SI for barrel.

WET  MUSTARD.
Bulk, per g a l................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 

YEAST.

HIDES  FELTS  and  FURS
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows:

“ 

Green............................2V4@3Vi
Part Cured...............   @4
Full 
.................  @ 4Vi
Dry............................. 5  @ 5
Kips, green  ...............   2Vi© 3Vi
cured.................  © 4VS
Calfskins,  green........  4  @ 5
cured........  @ 7
Deacon skins............. 10  @30

“ 

No. 2 hides 

off.
PELTS

 

Magic,................. 
1  00
Warner’s .................................l 00
Yeast Foam  ........................1  00
Diamond.............................   75
Royal..................................  90

......................25  ©  90

Shearlings....................10 @25
Lambs 
Washed.....................20  @23
Unwashed.................. 10 @20

WOOL.

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

F air............................  @17
G ood...,....................   @20
Choice.......................... 24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
Duet.............................10 @12

SON CUBED.

F 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

OUNPOWDER.

Common to  fair............25 @35
Extra fine to finest___ 50 @65
Choicest fancy.............75 @85
@28
Common to  fair............23 @30
Common to fair........... 23 @26
Superior to fine.............30 @35

IMPERIAL.

oolong. 

YOUNG HYSON.

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

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

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

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

Pails unless otherwise noted
Hiawatha  ................. 
62
36
Sweet Cuba...............  
McGinty....................  
27
25
“  Vi bbls.........  
Dandy Jim .................  
29
24
Torpedo..................... 
23
in  drums—  
28
Yum  Yum  ................ 
1892 ............................  
23
“  drum s...............  
22

“ 

Plug.

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

39
29
40
24
38
34
40
32

Smoking.

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 C u t............................ 28
Warpath.............................. 16
Honey  Dew......................... 26
Gold  Block......................... 30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s 
Brands.
Peerless...............  
24
Old  Tom..............................18
Standard..............................20
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade...........................41
Rob  Roy..............................24
Uncle Sam..........  ........ 2S@32
Red Clover...........................32
Tom and Jerry.....................25
Traveler  Cavendish........... 38
Buck Horn 
........................3u
Plow  Boy...................... 30@32
Corn  Cake...........................16

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

Spaulding & Merrick.

 

OILS.

The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  foUows,  In barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
8
Eocene......................... 
Water White, old test.  @ 7V4 
W.  W.  Headlight, 150° 
6)4
Water  White  ...........  @ 6V4
Naptha.......................  @7
Stove Gasoline...........  @6%
Cylinder...................27  @36
E ngine.....................13  @21
Black, 15 cold  test__  @ 8%

HISCELLANSOUS.

FURS.

Tallow.......................  3Vi@  4
Grease butter  .............1  @2
Switches....................  1H@  2
Ginseng...  ............... 2 00@2 75
Outside prices for No. 1 only.
Badger.......................  50©1  00
B ear.......................15 C0@25 00
Beaver.......................3  0U@7 00
Cat, wild....................  40©  50
Cat, house.................  10@  25
Fisher.......................  4 00@6 00
Fox,  red  ...................1  00® 1  50
Fox, cross..................3  0G@5 00
Fox,  grey..................   50«  75
Lynx..........................2  00@3 00
Martin, dark............. 1  00@3 00
pale & yellow.  50@1  00
Mink, dark.................  40@1  50
Muskrat......................  03@  12
Uppossum..................   15@  30
Otter, dark  ................5 00@3 00
Raccoon....................  25®  80
Skunk  .......................1  0U@1  40
W olf..........................1  G0@3 00
Beaver  castors, lb __2 00@5  00

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deerskins—per pound.

FLOUR.

WHEAT.

Thin and  green............  
10
20
Long gray, dry.............. 
Gray, dry 
25
................... 
Red and Blue, dry........ 
35
GRAINS and PEEDSTUFF6 
67 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 
67
Bolted...............................  1  40
Granulated.......................  1  oil
Straight, in  sacks  ............  3 70
“  barrels..........  3 90
“ 
Patent 
“  sacks.............   4 70
“  barrels............  5 00
“ 
Graham  “  sacks.............   1 70
Rye 
“ 
Buckwheat, Rising  Sun__4 75
& Co’s  Pure....................4 50
Less

Walsh-DeRoo

Car lots  quantity
$14 Ou
12 50
15 00
20 Go
19 50

Bran............... $13  50 
Screenings__  12  00 
Middlings......  14  50 
Mixed Feed...  19 50 
Coarse meal  ..  19 00 
Car  lots.............................. 47
Less than  car  lots.............5C
Car  lots  ............................. 38
Less than car lots...............41
HAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__11  50
No. 1 
ton lots  ...... 12 50

M1LLSTUFFS.

CORN.

OATS.

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FRESH  MEATS.

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Swift & Company quote as fol­

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

5
“  hindquarters...  5  @ 5V*
fore 
“ 
... 3 VJ@ 4
8 @ 
loins,  No.  3... 
" 
" 
ribs............... 7  @ 7Vi
’■ 
rounds.......  4Vi@ 
5
Bologna......................  @5
Pork loins...........   @ 
9%
..  @  794
Sausage, blood or  head  @ 6
liv er............   @6
Frankfort__  @8
Mutton  .......................7  @8
Veal..............................7  @  7V4

shoulders 

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FISH  and  OYSTERS.

1  00

FRESH  FISH.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
Whiteflsh 
.................  @9
T rout.........................  8  @9
Halibut.......................   @15
Ciscoes or Herring__  @6
Bluefish......................11  @12
Fresh lobster, per lb
Shrimp, per  gal............
Cod.............................10 @12
No. 1 Pickerel............
@ 8
Pike............................ @ 7
Smoked White........... @ 8
Stockfish......................
11
Finnan  Haddies...........
10
S ei................................
8
oysters—Cans.
Falrhaveu  Counts__ @37
F . J. D.  Selects......... @30
Selects....................... @23
Anchor.......................
Standards  ................. @17
Favorites...................
15
SH E L L   GOODS.
Oysters, per  100  ........1  25@1 50
.........   75@100
Clams, 

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splint 

“ willow cl’ths, No.l 
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5  75
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l 3 50
“  No.2 4 25
“ 
.No.3 5 OC
Pails..................................  4  05 ,
Tubs, J£doz.......................   4 5£

INDURATED WARE.

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POULTRY.

Local dealers pay  as  follows:

DRESSED.

Fowl............................  8  @9
Turkeys.....................   @12
Ducks  .......................  @12

LIVE.

Chickens,....................  7 @8
Fowls.............................7 @8
Turkeys........................11  @12 ’
Spring Duck................10  @11

PA PER Si WOODENWARE

PAPER.

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TWINES.

Straw 
................................. IX
Rock falls.............................. 1%
Rag sugar..............................2
Hardware.........  ................... 2M
Bakers.................................. 2)4
Dry  Goods...................5  @6
Jute Manilla...............   @5Vi
Red  Express  No. 1.............. 5Vi
No. 2.............. 4Vi
48 Cotton.............................   20
Cotton, No. 1.......................17
11  2 ...................16
Sea  Island, assorted.......... 30
No. 5 Hemp........................ 15
No. 6  “ ................................ 15
Tubs, No. 1........................   7 00
“  No. 2.........................6  00
“  No. 3........................   5 00
1  35
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1, three-hoop—   1 to
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__ 
40
Bowls, 11 inch....................  SO
13  “ 
....................   1  00
....................   1 60
15  “ 
17  “ 
.................... 2 25
...................  2 75
19  “ 
21  “ 
.................  3 00
Baskets, market.................   35
shipping  bushel..  1  25 
..  1  35
full  hoop  “ 

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PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provlsiou Co.  ] 

quotes as follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

Mess,............................................................   15 00
Short c u t......................................................   16 50
Extra clear pig, short cut..............................17 50
Extra clear,  heavy.......................................   17  50 |
Clear, fat  back..............................................  17 50
Boston clear, short cut........  .......................  17 50
Clear back, short cut....................................   17 50
17 50
Standard clear, short cut. best...................  

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage...................................................SVi
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage.............................   ..............  9
Frankfort Sausage 
......................................   8
Blood Sausage.................................................  5
Bologna, straight............................................  5
Bologna,  thick................................................  5
Headcheese....................................................  5
Corn-
Kettle 
Rendered.  Granger.  Family,  pound.
7ys

LARD.

10)4 

794 

Tierces...... 10K 
50 lb. Tins, Vic advance.
20 lb. pails, Vic 
10 lb.  “  ?4c 
5 lb.  “  7a c
“  1  c 
3 lb. 

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BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs......................  6 50
2 TO
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.......................   6 50
Boneless, rump butts.....................................  9 75

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

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Hams, average 20 lbs....................................... 11)4
16 lbs...................................... llVi
12 to 14 lbs............................... llVi
picnic...................................................  8Vi
best boneless........................................  994
Shoulders...........................................................  8 Vi
Breakfast Bacon, boneless............................  11 Vi
Dried beef. ham prices..................................  8
Long Clears, heavy..........................................
Briskets,  medium...........................................   894
light................................................  $94

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

STICK  CANDY.

“  H.H............... 
“ 

Standard,  per  lb............  
Twist  .............. 
Boston Cream ........  ....  8VS
Cut  Loaf......................  . 
Extra H.  H......................  SVS
MIXED  CANDY.

6Vi

Cases  Bbls.  Palls.
7VS
7 Vi
7VS
8VS

6Vi 
6 Vi 
6VS 

Bbls. 

Falls.

Standard.......................................6 
7
7
Leader...........................................6 
Royal............................................ 6V4 
7VS
Nobby........................................... 7 
8
8
English  Rock...............................7 
8
Conserves.....................................7 
Broken Taffy....................baskets 
8
Peanut Squares................. 
9
8 
10
French Creams.............................  
Valley  Creams.............................  
13
Midget, 30 lb. baskets.....................................  8
Modern, 30 lb. 
8

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fancy—In bulk

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Palls.
Lozenges, plain.............................................  10
printed..........................................  11
Chocolate Drops............................................   11 VS
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  13
Gum Drops....................................................   5 VS
Moss Drops....................................................   8
Sour Drops....................................................   8VS
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
printed........................................... 65
Imperials......................................................... 60
Mottoes............................................................ 70
Cream Bar........................................................55
Molasses Bar................................................... 55
Hand Made  Creams..................................85®95

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2 
3 

Plain Creams........................
Decorated Creams...................
String  Rock............................
Burnt Almonds.......................
Wlntergreen  Berries...............
CARAMELS.
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes__
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
;;;;
No. 3, 
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes..............
BANANAS.
Small........................................
Medium..................................
Large  .......................................
Floridas, 
Messina, choice, 360.........................
fancy, 360..........................
choice 300.........................
fancy 300  Maioris  ...........
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS
Figs, fancy layers, 0B>......... .........
“ 
101b  ..................
“  141b.................... .
“  20lb....................
....................
Persian, 50-lb.  box...............

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Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box.........

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LESIONS.

extra 

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NUTS.

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Almonds, Tarragona..................

“  Mar bo t ....................  . .
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Ivaca...............................
California.......................
Brazils, new........................
Filberts...........................................
Walnuts, Grenoble..........................
Chill.................................
Table Nuts,  fancy..........................
choice.........................
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  . . . ...............
Coeoanuts, full sacks..................
Fancy, H.  P., Suns..........................
“  Roasted..............
Fancy, E.  P., Flags.......................
“  Roasted.... ........
Choice, H. P., Extras......................
“  Roasted...........
California Walnuts.........................

PEANUTS.

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.80@90 
...1   00

! 25@3 50

@3  50 
@4  00

@12Vi 
@ 12*  @16 
@16 
@ $Vi 
@ 6 Vi @ 434
@19 
@17 Vi 
© 18Ji @11 
@11 Vi ©15 
@
@ 10 
@13Vi 
@12 Vi
mm*@5 50
©  5Vi 
&  7 Vi 
@ 5 Vi 
& 7 Vi 
@ 4 Vi @ uVi 
12 Vi

C ro ck ery   & G la ssw a r e

FRUIT  JARS.

6 doz. In box.

Pints............................................................$ 6 75
Quarts............................................................  7 00
Half Gallons..................................................  9 00
Caps...............................................................   2 75
Rubbers.......................................................  
40
No. 0 Sun.........................................................  45
No.l  “  ................................................. 
50
No. 2  “  .........................................................   75
Tabular...........................................................  75

LAMP BURNERS.

 

LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per bOX.

 

 

 
 

 
 

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La Bastie.

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Pearl top.

First quality.
“ 
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XXX Flint.
“ 
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No. 0 Sun..........................................................1  75
No. 1  “  ......................................................... 1  88
No.2  “  ......................................................... 2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top................................. 
No.l 
No. 2 
No. 0 Sun, crimp top............................... 
No. 1 
No.2 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................3 70
“ 
No.2  “ 
....................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................4 88
No. I Sun, plain bulb,  per doz. 
No.2  “ 
.......................150
No. 1 crimp, per doz........................................i  35
No.3 
“ 
No. P, per  gross..............................................   23
No. 1, 
................  .............................   28
No  2, 
38
 
 
No. 3, 
75
 
Mammoth, per doz..........................................  75
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Butter Crocks, 1 and 6 gal..........................  00Vi
Jugs,  Vi gal., per doz...................................   75
....................................  90
................................... 1 80
Milk Pans, Vi gal., per doz..........................   85
glazed............   75
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glazed..............  90

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2 40
.8 40

2 80
3 86

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

T H B   F A L C O N .

14
Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’  Ass'n.

President, A. J. Elliott.

Secretary, E. A. Stowe. 

Official  Organ—M ic h ig a n  T r a d e sm a n.
Next Meeting—December 5.

Pigheadednees—A  Foolish  Trade  Cus­
tom.
Written for The Tradesman.

When Webster’s  Unabridged  Diction- 
ary was  completed,  a  number  of  words 
were  left out,  and  “pigheadedness”  was 
one of  them.  To  be  pigheaded does not 
imply  a  swinish  disposition,  or  a  ten­
dency  to  jump  into  the  trough with all 
fours—this would  be  called piggishness. 
Pigheadedness, on  the  contrary,  is  not a 
propensity,  but  a  condition,  simply. 
It 
is  a  condition of  stupidity  and  denotes 
an  utter  lack of  common  sense  on  the 
part of those afflicted with it.  The symp­
toms  of  pigheadedness  are  notoriously 
common  and are  sure indications of  the 
nature  of  the  coudition.  Among  the 
more  prominent of  these symptoms  may 
be  mentioned  the  cutting  off  of  one’s 
nose  to  spite  one’s face  by cutting  the 
heart  out of  poor  profit  because a rival 
pighead  across  the  street  chopped  the 
tail off.  To  purchase a yeast cake  and a 
lamp wick and  then order the goods sent 
home  forthwith,  under  the  impression 
that  the  grocer  keeps  a  delivery  outfit 
and delivers  goods for  uotbing,  is a sure 
symptom of  pigheadeffbess  of  a  chronic 
sort  which  nothing  short  of  a  mighty 
revolution  in  the  grocers’  methods  will 
effectually cure.  This type is mure prev­
alent  among  women  than  among  men, 
and  the cause  is  attribuied  to  early ne­
glect  and a bad  bringing  up.  There  is 
also a type  peculiar  to  men  which  can 
never be cured  until the credit system is 
relegated  to  the  mouldy  vaults  of  the 
dead  past—I  mean  where  the  pighead 
dismisses  the  grocer’s  collector  with  a 
thin excuse seventeen successive times for 
the  same  bill,  under  the  delusion  that 
nobody  has  to  pay  the  grocer  for  the 
time and  shoe leather  sacrificed  in  ren­
dering  this  service,  and  that the  grocer 
is too much  absorbed in business to  read 
his  motives  and  analyze  his  flimsy  ex­
cuses.

But the most pigheaded pigheadedness 
is  the “hand-to-mouth”  sort.  The  man 
or  woman afflicted  with this  type is the 
source of  a  vast amount of  unnecessary 
trouble to the  grocer,  and simply for the 
reason that he or she cannot  tell one day 
the  kind or quantity of  supplies  needed 
for the next day.

The other  day the  writer had occasion 
to call  at a certain  grocery store  in  this 
city on a little  matter of  business.  The 
grocer  was  in  a  disgruntled  frame  of
mind,  having  just  come in  from  one  of 
his regular  order trips, cold,  wet and  be­
spattered  with  mud.  He  was  standing 
with  his  back  to  the  stove,  his  hands 
clasped  behind  him  and  his  gaze  was 
fixed  upon  his  muddy  shoes.  He  was 
accosted  with:

“Hello,  Pickles!  What’s  soured  your 

face this  morning?”

“ H uh! 

'N ough  to sour  the  face  of  an 

eight-day clock,  b’gosh ! ”

“ Why,  what’s the kink?  Been  betting 
on  Harrison, or  has  your  delivery clerk 
committed suicide?  You  look as though 
you’d  fallen  into a manhole or  slept  in  a 
mortar bed.”

“I tell  ye  what  ’tis,  I’ve got  about ail 
this dum pigheaded  business I  want.  To 
hold our  customers on  what  we  call our 
outside route,  we’re compelled  to go over 
the  territory twice  every  day  now, just

because the galoot across  the street does 
so. 
It’s  three  miles  from  the  store  to 
the farthest  customer,  in a straight  line, 
and  the ins and  outs add  another  mile, 
making a seven mile drive taking orders, 
rain  or  shine,  mud  or  slush,  hail  or 
brimstone, just  because  there’s a lot  of 
unreasonable  pigheads  that  don’t  know 
what  they  want to eat  more  than  four 
hours before they want to eat it.”

“Why. great  guns,  what  are  you giv­
ing  me?  You don’t  pretend  to  say that 
you  have to drive  fourteen  miles  every 
day through all kinds of  weather  just to 
humor their pigheadeduess?”

“That’s  just  the  size  of  it. 

I  start 
out in the morning with a horse and bug­
gy and  get  back  about  eleven;  then  we 
put  up the  stuff,  aud  the  delivery clerk 
starts  with  another  rig and  delivers the 
goods.”

“Pickles,  you’re  a  bigger  fool  than 1 
ever  gave you  credit  for! 
If  I  were  a 
grocer and  had a customer  too idiotic  to 
be able  to  tell one  day what  be  or  she 
needed the  next  day,  I would  work him 
or  her  off  onto  the  fellow  across  the 
street,  or  else,  b’ hookey,  I’d deny that I 
had  any  such  customers  on  my  books. 
An  extra  horse,  buggy and man!  Why, 
that’s enough to eat up all  the  profits !”
“ Well,”  said  Pickles,  with  a  wicked 
look  in  his  eye,  “you  bet  your  sweet 
life  they  pay  for  their  pigheadedness. 
But we don’t  like to do  business in such 
a way;  we  would rather  do  business ou 
an intelligible,  honorable basis—it would 
be far more satisfactory.”

“Then,  why,  in  the  name  of  reason, 

don’t you do it?”

“ ’Cause  we  can’t.  While we’re in the 
| swim we’ve got to do what  the other fel­
lows do.  One jackass will make a dozen 
others. 
If  your Association  wants to do 
some practical  good,  let  it  take  up  this 
matter  and do away with  this expensive 
double  shuffle  system  and  educate  the 
people up  to  wiser  and  more  economic 
methods.  No,”  continued Pickles,  as he 
wrung the  rain water out of  his dogskin 
| gloves,  “you can’t  work me for anything 
| to-day—I  feel as though  I’d swallowed a 
live alligator,  b’gosh!”

Pickles’ blood wasn’t circulating freely 
l at  that  time,  and  so I gave  up  the  job 
| and told  him 1 would see him under more 
! favorable  circumstances.  He  muttered 
something about there being no necessity 
of putting myself out  any,  and,  while he 
| was  scraping  mud  out  of  his  ears,  1 
| modestly withdrew.

Aud  so  it  goes.  Pigheadedness  is not 
I confined to auy one class or sect—we  find 
| it among  dealers as  well  as  among  cus- 
| tomers.  Even Pickles himself is not free 
from it at all  times  and on all occasions, 
but his  head  was  level,  if  his  ears were 
tilled  with  mud,  when  he  said  that one 
jackass would make a dozen others.

Solicitor.

It is a fact well established by students 
I of heridity that children  are  apt  to  in- 
j herit not  only the physical,  mental  and I 
’ moral  traits  of th eir  parents,  but  to  be 
| influenced by their age as well.  Children 
! born of very young fathers  aud  mothers 
never attain so vigorous a growth of mind 
or body as those of older men and  women, 
while children of old people are born old. 
One of the most surprising cases in  medi- j 
j  cal  history  is  that  of  Marguerite  Crib- 
I  sowna,  who died In  1763, aged  108 years.  I 
When 94 she was married to a man  aged 
105.  Three children came of this  union, i 
but they had  grey  hair,  no  teeth,  were 
j stooped,  yellow,  and  wrinkled,  decrepit 
i in movement,  and could  eat  only  bread 
I and vegetables.

FALCON  No.  1—Gentlemen’s  Road Wheel,
FALCOMSS—Ladies’Road Wheel,
FALCON  JR .—Boys’ and Girls’ Ro id Wheel,

$115.00
100.00
50.00

All fitted w ith Pneum atic Tires.  Finest Steel  m aterial.  Rest w orkm anship. 

WRITE  FOR CATALOGUE.

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DEALERS IN

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LOWEST  FIGURE.  OUR  TRADE  IS  BOOMING,  WHICH  IS  PROOF  THAT 
T1IE  TRADE  THROUGHOUT  MICHIGAN  AND  ADJOINING  STATES  KNOW 
FROM  WHOM  TO  BUY.  WE  MANUFACTURE  A  COMPLETE  LINE  OF 
FIRST-CLASS  GOODS  AND  EXECUTE  ORDERS  PROMPTLY.

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D O D G E

Independence  Wood  Split  Pulley.

THE  LIGHTEST!

THE  STRONGEST!

THE  BEST!
HESTER  MACHINERY  CO,

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GR OCE RIES ¿ DRY GOODS* HARDWARE

Farm ing  is a failure, we have tried it for 20 years in this county.

2S

Farm ing is a grand success.  We have had a Co-operative B atter & Cheese Factory  here 
for five  years.  I t  was  b uilt  by  Davis  &  Bankln  Bldg.  &  Mfg.  Co.. Chicago.  Ills.  Ad­
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TALKS  WITH  A  LAWYER.

Written for The Tradesman.

STATUTES  OF  LIMITATION.

From very early times  the  law has  re­
quired that one  who has a claim  against 
another shall be diligent in the  prosecu­
tion thereof or lose  it.  The  doctrine  of 
law is expressed  in  the  maxim, Interest 
rdpublicae  ut  sit  finis  litium;  in  other 
words,  that  it  is  to  the  public  interest 
that there  be  an  end  to  litigation;  that 
the dominion of things must not long  re­
main  uncertain,  so  as  to  destroy 
the 
peace of society by giving  rise to numer­
ous litigations, and that,  to prevent such 
serious evil,  the laches of  those who are 
dilatory in  pursuing their  just remedies 
should  be  punished.  Courts,  however, 
often call statutes bf  limitation  statutes 
of repose,  in  other  words, statutes  that 
put to sleep or to rest causes of litigation 
of  long  standing.  Another  maxim  of 
law and equity is,  Vigilantibus  non dor- 
mantibus inservit lex, which means,  those 
who  are  vigilant,  not  those  who sleep, 
the law relieves. 
In other  words,  law is 
for the active  and  vigilant.  Statutes of 
limitation  are,  however,  not so much for 
the  purpose of  assisting  the vigilant as 
for discouraging those who sleep on their 
rights  by  preventing  their  setting  up 
stale demands,  to the annoyance of those 
who are apparently in  the peaceable en­
joyment  of  their  rights. 
If  a man neg­
lects for a long and unreasonable time to 
ask the assistance of  the law,  it  will  be 
refused him,  both as a punishment of his 
neglect  and for  the  purpose of  limiting 
litigation.  The  law  of  limitations  was 
first applied  to claims  affecting  real  es­
tate.  Afterward  the  same  principles 
were applied in commercial matters,  and 
there  is  scarcely  a  civilized  state  that 
has not prescribed a limit of time  beyond 
which a man  may  not  sue upon a money 
claim.  The limit  varies  in  the  various 
states, and also with  the various  classes 
of  claims.  For  instance,  the  limits  in 
Ohio  upon  all  classes  of  claimes  differ 
from the limits set upon the same classes 
of claims in New Mexico,  and  so of  oth­
er States.  The reason  for  the  fact that 
the limits placed by  the statutes  of  any 
state upon various  kinds of  claims differ 
is to be found  in  the  kinds  of  evidence 
existing  as  to  the  existence  of  such 
claims.  For  instance,  in  most States an 
open account  outlaws  before a note out­
laws,  and a judgment of a court of record 
does not outlaw so soon as does a note or 
an open account.  A note is looked upon 
as an  admission  in writing  of  the debt, 
and hence stands as  a more dignified and 
lasting memorial of  the claim  than  does 
a mere book  record  of it,  and so a  judg­
ment of a court of  record being a solemn 
adjudication under the  band  and seal of 
a court is counted as  more  dignified and 
given  longer  life  than  a  note  or  mere 
book  account. 
It  is  unfortunate  for 
business men in the  United  States,  who 
carry on business in many  jurisdictions, 
that the laws so vary. 
It becomes neces­
sary,  therefore,  that business men should 
have  before  them  continually  a  state­
ment of the laws in the  various jurisdic­
tions upon  this  point.  We  shall  briefly 
summarize  them,  first  as  to accounts or 
money demands  not  evidenced  by writ­
ing,  or by  matter of  record in  courts  of 
record:

The shortest time  is found  in  Califor­
nia, Colorado and Utah,  and is two years. 
The next  is  three  years,  found  in Ala­
bama,  Arizona,  Arkansas,  Delaware, 
District of Columbia, Kansas,  Louisiana,

Maryland,  Mississippi,  North  Carolina, 
Oklahoma  and  Washington.  The next, 
four years, is found  in  Florida,  Georgia, 
Nebraska,  Nevada, New  Mexico,  Texas 
and Wyoming. 
It  must  be  noted,  how­
ever,  that  in  Texas  ordinary  store  ac­
counts  between  a  retail  merchant  and 
his customer outlaw in two  years,  and in 
Wyoming  on  all  claims  arising  before 
the  debtor  becomes  a  resident  of 
the 
State action must be  brought within two 
years after he establishes such residence. 
In the following,  five  years  is the limit: 
Illinois, Iowa,  Kentucky,  Missouri,  Mon­
tana,  Virginia  and  West  Virginia. 
In 
Virginia,  however,  ordinary  store  ac­
counts outlaw in two years,  and in West 
Virginia  in  three  years.  By  far  the 
greatest  number  of  states  employ  six 
years as a limit.  These are Connecticut, 
Indiana,  Maine,  Massachusetts,  Michi­
gan,  Minnesota,  New  Hampshire,  New 
Jersey,  New York,  North  Dakota,  Ohio, 
Oregon,  Pennsylvania,  Rhode  Island, 
South  Carolina,  South  Dakota,  Tennes­
see,  Vermont and Wisconsin.  Note that 
in Rhode  Island  accounts  between mer­
chant and merchant run twenty years.
W m .  C .  S p b a g u e .

C om m ercial  L ee c h e s 

in  th e   Clothing- 

B u sin ess.

From  the Chicago Apparel  Gazette.

It would  appear  from the  advertising 
columns of  newspapers  published in all 
parts of the country,  from Maine to Cali­
fornia, that  the  industry  of  the  manu­
facturer  of  clothing  for  the “ itinerant 
vendor”  must  be  flourishing,  for  with 
few exceptions  they  contain  the adver­
tisement of some special sale of clothing. 
These  sales  may  be  labeled  fire,  bank­
rupt,  assignee  or  executor’s  sale,  but 
they are all  actually fraud  sales,  for it is 
a fact  well-known to  the trade  that  the 
goods  thus  offered are  not  the stock of 
any  bankrupt,  deceased  or  burnt-out 
manufacturer,  but  are  usually  the pro­
duct of a factory which makes the miser­
able  stuff  solely  for  this  purpose. 
In 
some instances we have  known of  manu­
facturers getting  rid of  a surplus  lot  of 
unsalable clothing by  disposing of  it  to 
these  commercial  vultures,  but 
the 
amount of goods so  obtained is small.
We also notice that regular  merchants 
are  foolishly  copying  the  practices  of 
those  who  get  up  these  sales.  Only a 
short time  ago  we  saw,  with  great sur­
prise,  the  advertisement  of  a  clothing 
dealer in an  adjoining state, in  which  it 
was claimed  that  he  had  purchased the 
entire  stock  of  a large  concern  in  this 
city, engaged here for  many years in the 
manufacture of  clothing,  but  now going 
out of business. 
Inquiry at  the office  of 
the  latter  concern  elicited  the  facts in 
the case,  which  were  that they  had  sold 
the  dealer  a lot of  left-over  stock,  the 
bill for the entire amount being 1  ss than 
$5,000.  We  also  noticed  an  advertise­
ment some  weeks ago  in which an estab­
lished concern claimed to have purchased 
the  stock  of  a  large  manufacturer  of 
clothing  in  this  city  who  had recently 
failed.  There had  not been at that  date 
a single failure in the  clothing manufac­
turing line in this city for over a year, at 
the  least.
We do not believe  that  any reputable, 
first-class dealer in  clothing would stoop 
to  such  methods,  but  it  indicates  that 
the number of  their  enemies is  growing 
and that more vigorous measures must be 
taken  to  remedy  the  evil.  That it is  a 
great evil no dealer will deny.  We claim 
that an established  merchant  is entitled 
to  the  same  protection  against  these 
frauds  as against thieves  and swindlers, 
not only  because  he pays  taxes,  and  in 
other ways aids  in  supporting  the town 
or city,  but because he  transacts his bus­
iness  iu  an  honest manner.  He should 
not be obliged to compete with swindlers 
on any  terms,  and  especially at a disad­
vantage,  as an  established  concern with 
regular  running  expenses  must.  Such 
sales are solely swindles;  they are means 
of obtaining money under false pretenses. 
When an overcoat  is advertised as really

it 

that 

is  being 

worth  $20  and  to be  sold  at $7.50,  is it 
not evident that  there  is  a  fraud  some­
where,  and  the  only  inference  is  that 
the coat is  not  worth  $20?  That  state­
ment is a lie,  but it is  simply that state­
ment which has  brought a customer  and 
made a sale. 
It is no less a swindle than 
selling gold-plated lumps of lead as solid 
gold  bricks. 
It is  merely a question  of 
quantity not  quality.
The remedy must be a sharp and severe 
one.  Successful  swindlers don’t reform. 
Drunkenness and gambling have not been 
checked  by  all  the  educational  efforts 
ever  made.  The  public is  too  slow  to 
learn 
swindled. 
This is in part due  to the fact that  when 
any individual has been taken in by one of 
these concerns he is careful to  keep very 
quiet about it.  A first step would  be for 
merchants to  exercise  all  possible influ­
ence on their local governing board to se­
cure the enactment of  an  ordinance tax­
ing  these  fly-by-night  concerns  heavily 
for each day that they are in town.  News­
papers should also be  urged  to refuse to 
publish their  swindling  advertisements. 
Certainly a good  advertising community 
should be able to secure this  much  from
publishers who are so  largely dependent 
upon  them.  Every  dealer  is  interested 
in securing  the  abolition  of  this abuse. 
Prosperous  dealers  make  a  prosperous 
community,  and  these 
frauds  work 
against the prosperity of  both by depriv­
ing merchants of legitimate trade and  by 
carrying  the  proceeds  of  the  sale from 
the town.
We  are  aware  that  efforts  have been 
made to combat  the evil  in  many  towns 
with  more  or  less  success.  Will  not
some of our readers give us  their experi­
ence iu ridding their community of these 
commercial leeches?

MICHIGAN  MINING  SCHOOL.

A State  School of  Mining Engineering, giving  prac­
tical  instruction in mining  and allied  subjects.  Has 
summer schools in surveying, 8hop practice and  Field 
Geology.  Laboratories,  shops  and  stamp  mill  well 
equipped.  Tuition  free.  For catalogues apply to the 
Director, Houghton, Michigan.

Mic h ig a n  C e n tr a l

“ The Niagara Falls Route.”

DKPABT.  A B S IV 1
Detroit Express....................................6:5ft a m   10:00 pm
Mixed  ....................................................7:00 am   4:30  pm
Day  Express........................................  1:20 p m  10:00 a m
•Atlantic A  Pacific Express............*10:46 pm   *5:00 a m
New York Express............................ 10:00 pm   10.00 pm

•Daily.
Taking effect Nov. 20,1892.
All other daily except Sunday.
Sleeping  cars  run  on  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Express 
trains to and from Detroit.
Elegant  parlor  cars  leave Grand  Rapids on Detroit 
Express at 6.55 a. m., returning leave Detroit 4:40 p. m. 
arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m.

Fkkd M. B r i g g s , Gen'I Agent, 85 Monroe St.
A. Almquist, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Gko. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W. Rugolbs  G. P.  A   T. Agent.,Chicago.

Detroit TIME  TABLE

NOW IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave  |tNo.  l4|tNo.  16 tNo.  18 *No.  82
Lv.  Chinavo..................
Lv. Milwaukee. 
6 50am
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Ionia...........Ar
7 45am
St.  Johns  ...Ar
8 30am 
905am
O w o s s d ..........A r
1050am 
E. Saginaw..Ar
11 30am 
Bay City......Ar
10 05am 
F lin t...........Ar
1205pm
Pt.  Huron...Ar
10 53am
Pontiac....... Ar
11 50am
Detroit......... Ar
WESTWARD.

10 20am
11 25am 
1217pm
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm
3 45pm
5 50pm 
305pm
4 05pm

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

325pm
4 27pm
5 20pm
6 05pm 
8  0pm 
8 37pm
7 C5pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

Trains Leave
Lv. D e t r o it .........
G’d Rapids,  L v ............
G’d Haven,  A r ............
Milw’kee Str  “  ...........
Chicago Str.  “ ............

♦No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13
10 50am
10 45pm
5  10pm
7 06am
6  15pm
8 25am

6  50am
1  UOpm
2  10pm

♦Dally.  tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east,6:40 a. m., 12:60 a. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive from  the west,  10:10a. m., 3:15 
p.m. and 9:45  p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlor  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. Lo u d , Traffic Manager.
B en F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent.
J a s. Ca m pbell, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

1 5

Grand Rapids & Indiana.
Schedule  in effect  November  20,1892.

TRA INS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive from  L eavegoiof 
North.
7:20 am
1:10 p m
4;16pm
10:10  p m
Train arriving  from  south at  5:46 a m  and  9:00 a m 

South. 
For Cadillac  and S aginaw .........  5:45 a m  
For Traverse City A  Mackinaw 
9:00 a m  
For Cadillac and Sairinaw.........  2:20 p m  
For  Petoskey & Mackinaw.......   8:10 p m 
From Chicago and  Kalamazoo.  8:85 p m 
daily.  Others trains daily except Sunday.

TRA INS  GOING  SO U TH .

Arrive from  Leave going 

North. 
For  Cincinnati.............................   5:30 a m  
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago... 
For Fort Wayne and the  East..  11:60 a m 
For  Cincinnati.............................   6:15 p m 
For Kalamazoo  A   Chicago.......11.00 pm  
From Saginaw...........  .................   11:60 am
From Saginaw.................................11:00 p m
Trains leaving south at 6:00 p m and  11:20 p.  m. runs 
daily;  all  other  trains  dally except Sunday._________

South.
7:00  am
10:06  a m
2:00  p m
5:00 p m
11:20 p m

SLEEPING  A   PARLOR  CAR  8ERV1CE. 

NORTH

1:10 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—7:00 am tra in .—Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:05  a m  train .—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6:00  p m train .—Wagner Sleeping  Car 
Grand Rapids to Cincinnati.
1 1 ;2 0   p  m  t r a in .—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

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

10:06am  
3:56 pm  

Lt Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

11:20pm
5:60 am
10:05 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner  Sleeping Car. 
11:45 p m
5:45  am
11:45 p  m 

3:10 p m 
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
8:36 p m  
3:10  p  m  through  Wagner  Parlor  Car. 
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

2:00pm 
9:00 pm  

7 :C5 am 
2:20 pm 

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
10:00 am
5:56  am  
11:26 a m  
4:40 pm
6:30  p m 
9:06 p m

From Muskegon—Arrive

Sunday train  leaves  for  Muskegon  at  9:05 a  m, ar­
riving at 10:20  a  m.  Returning,  train  leaves  Muske 
gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Grand  Rapids at 6:46 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.

General  Passenger and Ticket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

CHICAGO

ANI»  W E S T   MICHIGAN  K’Y.
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv.GK’D RAPIDS....... 8:50am  1:25pm *11:55pm
At. CHICAGO............. 3 :33pm  6:45pm  *7:05am

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

TO AND FROM MUSKEGON.

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

TRAVERSE CITT, 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. 
week days only.
DETROIT, 

tExcept Saturday.  Other trains 

i^ -l1.»1892

LANSING  Sl  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  *7:00am

TO AND PROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS.

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL A HASTINGS R.  It.

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

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Parlor  Cars on all  day  trains  betw een  G rand 
R apids and  Detroit.  W agner Sleepers  on  n igh t 
trains  Parlor cars to Saginaw  on m orning train. 

•E very d a ,.  Other trains  w eek days only.

G E O . D e H A V E N , Gen. P ass’r  Ag’t.

Railway.

Toledo,  Ann  Arbor & North  Michigan 
In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  A 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe  » 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.
Lv. Grand Rapids at......7:15 a. m. and 1:00 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t ............  12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.
Lv. Grand Rapids a t......6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t..............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,G eneral Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

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TJECK  MICHIGAN  I’KADKSM AJN

The  Hardware  Market.

General  Trade—The  close  of  Novem­
ber and the  coming in of  December sees 
no  let  up  in  business.  The  demand 
for seasonable  goods  keeps  up  and  the 
great difficulty  seems  to  be to get goods 
fast  enough.  The  great  freight  traffic 
now going on in all parts of  the  country 
has produced a  scarcity  of cars and also 
many  blockades at junction points.  One 
of  our  jobbers  reports  having  five  car­
loads of freight on  the way for more than 
three  weeks,  when,  ordinarily, 
they 
reach  here  iu  five  days  at  the  outside. 
The  transportation  companies  seem  ut­
terly  unable  to  handle  the  enormous 
amount of  business  that is  offered them. 
How long it will  last no one can say.

Wire  Nails—Notwithstanding  the  de­
mand keeps up,  the price  seems to  grow 
weaker.  When  you  can  buy  a  keg  of 
wire nails for a less  price than  you  can 
the wire iu the bundle,  it is quite evident 
there is something wrong  somewhere.

Cut Nails—But  little used  at  present. 
is  curtailed  and  prices 

Manufacturing 
are held stationary  at SI.SO @ SI.85.

Sheet iron—No  change  to  note.  The 
demand  keeps  up.  S3.35  for  No.  27, 
S3.15  for  No.  25  and  26  is  the  present 
market.

Glass—Very  scarce  and  price  very 
firm at 80  and 5 to  80  and  10.  Furthei 
advances are looked for.

Rope—Not as firm  in price  as it might 
be. 
In  sisai,  8J£  @  9c  for  %  inch and 
larger is  being  quoted.  Manilla,  12c  @ 
13c.

Jute Cattle  Ties—The  best makes  are 

held at SI. 10 @ SI  per dozen.

Barbed Wire—Many  orders  are  being 
placed  for  spring shipment,  the general 
impression being that prices have reached 
bottom  and  will  be  higher  before  they 
are lower.  The  consolidation of several 
large  mills  helps confirm  this  feeling. 
$2.20  for  painted,  $2.65  for  galvanized 
f. o.  b.  mill  for  shipment February  and 
March,  is now being named.

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.

J. E. Gray, Caledonia.
T.  M. Sloan,  Dimondale.
Thos.  Heffernan,  Baldwin.
A.  Rogers,  Ravenna.
W. A. Carpenter &  Co., McBride’s.
Geo. E. Marvin,  Clarksville.
J.  H. Johnson, Greenville.
P.  M. Cleveland & Son,  N unica.
Wesley Dunn,  Westminster.
Joseph Raymond, Berlin.
F. C. Sampson, Boon.
Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

Manufacturer’s Agent and Jobber of

F R A N K   H.  W HITE,
Brooms,  Washboard»,  Wooden
Indurated  Pails  i  Tubs,

AND

Wooden  Bowls,  Clothespins  and  Bolling 

Pin-*,  atop  Ladders,*  Washing. Ma­

chines, M arket, Bushel aod De­

livery Bas'.ets,; Building;

Paper, W rapping

Paper, Sacks, Twine  and  ¡Stationery.

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

125  C O U R T   ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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*  
that  it  w ill  make  a  delicious  beverage,  for  Javaa 
differ  very  materially  on  account  of the section  of the 
Island of Java on which they are grown and the method 
need  in  cultivating,  some  being  grown  by  private 
planters, other under the government supervision.  Some 
of these Javas are delicious, other* rank and worthless.
The Diamond J ava Is a blend of those Javas wnich ex­
cel in any peculiar degree in fine flavor or fall  strength, 
and which mingling harmoniously together prodooe the 
perfection of a coffee.
The D iamond J ava is packed  in  air-tight  cans  when 
taken hot from cylinders, and its fragrant aroma Is  thus 
preserved  nnt l  used.  This  brand  of  W hole  Roasted 
Coffee is Intended f  *r those that appreciate a fine article, 
and desire to use the best coffee that cen be obtained.
A S K   FO TTB  G ROCER  F O R  IT .

R h e  canm.l supply you send us his name.

J.  P.  VISNER, Agt.,

167  No. Ionia St., Grauri,Ra|>i<ls,

B A R C U S   BRO S.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF  CIRCULAR

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

S a w   R e p a ir in g

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 dray age.  Writ). or prices and discounts.
M IC H IG A N

M U S K E G O N ,

D riven.

F ro m

H ornet
And obliged  to  build a fire to keep  from 
freezing.
Why?
Because  there  were no weather  strips 

on the windows and doors.

OUR

ea th er  S  trips

Thoroughly exclude wind,  rain,  snow and dust.

jFor  Doors  and  Windows•

Send  for  sample  order  and be convinced  that we have  the best  line of  Weather 

Strips  in  the World.

No.  1.

Is  applied  to  parting  beads  on  the  in­
side of upper sash.

No.  S.

Is used  for the  meeting rail of  the sash, 
and  is  applied  to  the  top of  the  lower 
sash or the bottom of upper sash.

No  4.

Is  designed  for  DOUBLE  DOORS,  and 
can  be applied to either  door,  the rubber 
setting  against  the  opposite  door  when 
closed.

Write for price  list and circular.

OSTER;\TEVENS
jdO N R O ç 

S  "T*

D

V O O R H E E S
ants and  Overall  Co.,

L a n s in g ,  M ich.

Having removed  the  machinery,  business  and good  will of  the  Ionia  Pants  and 
Overall  Co.  to Lansing,  where we one of  the finest  factories in the country,  giving 
us  four  times  the  capacity of  our former  factory at Ionia,  we are in  a position  to 
get out our  goods on time  and fill all  orders promptly.  A continuance of  the pat­
ronage of the trade is solicited.

E.  D.  VOORHEES,  Manager.

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

W H O L E S A L E

W e  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. 

OVERALLS  OF  OUK  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Voigt HerpoMoiior k Go.,48> 
st-
Spring & Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

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

W e  invite  the  attention of the trade  to  our complete  and  well 

assorted  stock  at lowest  market  prices.

Spring & Company.

RINDGE,  KALMBACH  &  CO.,

12,14,16 Pearl 81.,

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

H A RD   PA N .

M EC H A N IC   BA LS,

HUSTLERS,

and our Celebrated

V E A L   C A L F

Line.  Try them.

Agents for the Boston  Rub­
ber Shoe Co.

Heyman  &  Company,
SBow  Cases

Manufacturers  of

Of  Every Description.

soon 
r T , HESE  chests  will 
A  pay for themselves  in  the 
J  breakage they avoid.  Price $4.

/^ \U R  new glass covers  are by far the 
I
  handsomest  ever  offered 
to  the 
trade.  They  are  made  to  fit  any 
of our  boxes  and can  be  changed  from 
one box  to  another in a moment  They 
I will  save  enough  good0  from  flies,  dirt  and  prying  fingers in a short  time to pay 
for themselves.  Try them and be convinced.  Price,  50 cents each.

I

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

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CREAM  CRISP. 

MOSS  HONEY  JUMBLES.
NEWTON, a rich  finger with  fig  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.

CHOCOLATE  GOOLER  GO,

Manufacturers  of

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

6 8   and  6 6   C an al  S t.% 

Combination  Stoffi  Tallies  and  Shelving.

The most complete knock down  table»aii# 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.

You  can  take  your  choice

BEST  FLRT  OPENING  BLANK  BOOKS

In the M arket.  Coat no more than the Old Style Books,  W rite for prices.

OF  TWO  OF  THE

GRAND  RAPIDS  BOOK  BINDING  CO.,

80  Pearl  S i, Hoifseman  Blk. 

G rand  R a p id s,  M ich.

Assorted  Packages  of Holiday  Goods,

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

D re s s in g   C ases,  Iro n  

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

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

Notice carefully 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 Package

DECORATED  CUPS  and  SAUCERS.

One doz decrd  teas,  flowers and mottos

Half  “
Qtr  “ 
Sixth doz 
Half  “ 
Qtr 
“

“  bands and gilt, 
open  coffees asst....

moustach coffees asst.

4  00 
6  00 
9  00 
2  00 
3  00 
6  75

Package

Assorted  Package  Dolls.

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

One doz white china babes.............
Hlf 
One  r   dressed  dolls....................
H l f ........................ asst....................
“  “  washable  dolls, 21  in  long.

One-twelfth  doz dressed  fancy  jtd  dolls

Quarter
One-twelfth
Half
One-third

kid  body bisque dolls 
china limb dolls.........

Package

75 
1  00
1  50
2  00
1  38
2  00 
1  50 
1  50 
1  00
75 
1  69
15  07 
25
15  32

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 33

ASSORTED  < S >   92

F a n c y   G oods.

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“ 

“ 
“ 

50 
85 

“ 
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“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
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“ 
" 

 
 
 
.... 

“  Child’s dec’d  teas........................ 
“ 
“ 
“  “ 
“  “ 
“  
“ 
“  gilt  “ 
“ 
“ .  “ 
“  

Half doz.  Holland ptd teas %  bl 
bn___$  80  $  40
One 
90 
45
Half  “  open dec cups and saucers.........   l  40 
70
“ 
...........  2  00  1 00
2  25  1  18
 
“ 
“ 
 
3  25  1  62
Qr- 
 
4  25  1 06
One  “  A B C  child’s plts-pictures 
50
Half doz asst 3 color plate sets...................   l  60 
80
“  luster  plate sets..........................  2  50 
Qr. 
62
.........................   4  25  1  06
“  decrd 
“ 
“  bread and milk..................   4  50  1  14
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
" 
7  25  1  81-
Half  “  C C picture mugs........................ 
25
........................ 
“ 
“ 
decrd mugs. 
42
“  partn  shaving mugs....................  2  00  1  00
“ 
“  fancy  decrd mugs.......................   2  25  l  13
“ 
“  moustach decrd coffees...............   2  25  1  12
“ 
.............  3  00  1  50
.............  4  00  1  00
Qtr.  “ 
.............  6  00  1  50
1  50
One doz.  fruit  plates,  asst  .......................  
"  .........................  
1  00
75
“  asst glass baskets.........................  2  25 
h  
",
........................  4  05 
“ 
Sixth  ** 
Half 
“  decrd  vases....................... 
“ 
85 
43
“ 
Sixth  “ 
37
“  ........................2  25 
40  1  20
Three doz asst china  toys and  whistles... 
One 
toothpick holders......................  
80
83
 
40
“  ......................................  
Qr.  doz toy decrd tea sets 
60
67
Sixth  “ 
“  
One toy decrd tea set..................................  
55
One doz dressed china babies..................... 
45
00
limb dolls........................ 
Half doz bisque dressed  dolls....................  2  25  1  13
2  50  1 25
4  50  2 25
2  15
38  14
3  si
34  33
50
34  83

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

One doz perfume.........................................  

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

“  Smoking Set...................................  

“  “ 
“  “  washbl 

....  1  40 
4  00 

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

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*• 

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“ 

ASSORTED

T I N   T O Y S

One doz  Trumpets......................................... 
......................................  
tops...............................................  

“  “ 
“   “  

“ 

$ 

35
80
35

 

 

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“  
“  
“  

Qtr  “  asst animals...................................  2  00 
One  mechanical express  wagon...............   1  75 

rattles...........................  
“  
 
locomotives.................................  
“  
“   asst wagons.................................. 
“   144  trains.............. 
“   kitchen  sets................................. 

“   doz musical  toys...............................  
“   twelfth  doz tin  train..........................  2  25 
“   mechanical engine.........   4  75 
“ 
“  cable  cars.........................  2  00 
“  doz asst c a r ts ....... ............................  

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

“   half 
“ 
“ 
“  
“   half 
“ 
“ 
“ 

doz drum banks................................  

twelfth  **  clowns.....................  

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

“  
“  

“  

“ 

“ 

 

 

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

Package  and  cartage free. 

12  69
l  26

11  43

Assortment No  25 

GAMES  TO  RETAIL  FOR  25c.

One dozen in  a Package.

Game of Tommy  Towns  visit to the Country. 

“ 
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“ 
“ 
“ 

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

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

134  to  140  F u lton   St.,  G ran d   R ap id s.

