Michigan Tradesman

Published Weekly.

V O L .  10.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.

GRAND  R A PID S,  D ECEM BER  14,  1892.

$1  Per  Year.
NO.  482

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!

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

SMITH  i   SANFORD,  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.

______________ SPBCIAI,  ATTENTION  PAID  TO  H A II.  OKOKK*.

CRACKERS,  BISCUITS  0  SWEET  GOODS.
BEANS If you have any beans and want to sell, 

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

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

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

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

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M O SELEY  BROS.,

- WHOLESALE -

FRUIT8.  SEEDS,  BEANS  AND  PHODUGE,

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

WRITE  FOR  PRICES  ON

CHEESE

Wisconsin,  Ohio and  Michigan make, 

AMERICAN

IMPORTED

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

GRAND  RAPIDS. 

45  South  Division  St..

H. E. M OSELEY  & CO.

VINEGAR
Black  Bass  Cigars

-  HIGH.

NEVER  GO  BEGGING.  Made only  by

G.  F.  F A U D E ,   I O N I A ,   M I C H

THE  NE  PLUS  ULTRA  OF  A   NICKEL  SMOKE l

C .   N .   R A P
FRÜIT8 
WHOLESALE 

O O . .
P  
AND  PRODUCE.

9 North  Ionia St., Grand Rapids.

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

TRUNKS

MANUFACTURERS
113-115-117  Twelfth  St.,  DETROIT,  MICH.
PIONEER  HOUSE.

BEST  MADE,  BEST  SELLING  GOODS. 

MARTIN  MAIER  &  CO.,

LOWEST  PRICES.

LARGEST  ASSORTMENT.

BAGS

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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

T ea s, C offees  an d   G rocers'  S u n d ries.

I and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

Don’t  Forget  when  ordering

NUTS,  FIGS,CANDY DATES, ETC.
THE  GREER  SEAL  GIGAR

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

8pecial pains  taken w ith fruit  orders.

To call on or address

Is the H ost Desirable for H erchants to Handle because

IT  IS  STAPLE  AND  WILL  FIT  ANY  PURCHASER.

gend Your W holesaler an Order,

Retails for  10 cents, 3 for 35 cents.

STANDARD  OIL  C O .,N  «

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

Wholesale  Grocers

Grand  Rapids.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

D E A L E R S  IK

Uluminating and  Lubricating

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office,  Hawkins Block. 

Works, Butter worth Ave  |

& H A 5D  RA PIDS, 
BIG RAPIDS, 
ALLEGAN.

B U L K   W ORKS  AT

MUSKEGON. 
GRAND HAVEN, 
HOWARD  CITY,

MANISTEE,
PETOSKEY,

CADILLAC,
LUDINGTON.

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR

EMPTY  CARBON  Ì  GflSOLf"7  BARRELS.

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

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

T

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

SOLD  BY  ALL  RELIABLE  GROCERS.

V O O R H E E S

Pants and  Overall  Co.,

L a n sin 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 ail  orders promptly.  A continuance of  the pat­
ronage of the trade is solicited.

W h o le s a le
Grocers,

DARNHART

PUTMAN  CO

JOBBER  Oh

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

Salt  Fish

Mail Orders  Receive Prompt  Attention. 

See quotations in another column

CONSIGNMENTS  OF  ALL  KINDS  OF  POULTRY'  ANI)  GAME  SOLICITED

Who  urges  you  to  keep

Sapolio?

T he Rublic !

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.

E.  D.  VOORHEES,  Manager.

Any Jobber will be Glad to  Fill Your Orders.

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GRAND  R A PID S,  W EDNESDAY,  D ECEM BER  14,  1892. 

NO.  482

Solid  Brand  Cans.

OYSTERS.
Selects....................................................
E.  F ...............................  .......................
Standards 
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Standards in bulk...................................
Selects.....................................................
Favorites.................................................
Standards................................................
Standards  in bulk  ................................
Mince  Meat— Best in  Use.
Large  bbls..............................................
H bbls.....................................................
40 lb  pails..............................................
201b pails................................................
10 lb  “ 
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Daisy  Brand.

 

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Choice Dairy Butter 
  19
21
Fresh E ggs...................... 
Pure Sweet Cider  in bbls...............  
is
“  Vinegar.........................  10
Choice Messina  Lemons  ......................4 00@4 50
Fancy Florida Oranges.........................3 00@3 50
Choice Lemons, 300 and 360 ....................... 5 50
New Pickles in bbls, 1200 ..........................   6 50
half bbls, 600  ....................... 3 75
Peach preserves, 20 lb.  pails................... 
07
EDWIN  FALLAS,

Prop  Talley City  Cold  Storage,

215-217  Livingston St., Grand  Rapids.

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ESTABLISHED  1841,

THE MERCANTILE AGENCY

R . G. D u n   &  Co.

Reference Books Issued  quarterly.  Collections 
________  

attended to throughout United States 

and Canada

PER  BOOK 
4 0 c ™
100  L E A V E S
Pat. Manifold
FOR
.  ________ TRACERS
(Fortracing delayed Freiqht Shipments) 
Pat Manifold 
TELEGRAMS
Western UnW orW ^ alIIin'Es
Sent Prepaid  for above Price, 
BARLOW  BR0S..G9ANDflAPIDS.MICH.
i.  J.  SHKLLHAN,  Scientific Optician,  85 Monroe Street.

or. wilt  Se n d  Sam pi es 

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
Fits,  S its,  aid  Overalls

Once and You aie our Customer 

for life.

STANTON, MOREY & C0„ Mfrs.

DETROIT,  MICH.

P R O M P T ,  

C O N S E R V A T IV E , 

SAFE.
T. Stew a bt W h it e, Pres’t. 

W. F b b d  McBa ix , Sec’y.

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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  Amerl 
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  i  BOOTH,  Props.

.BARLOW BROV^BLANK BOOKS!
I T he  PHILA.PAT.FIAT OPENING BÄCK1 
I   StHP ro* prices GRAND  RAPIDS.MICH.

TYPE  FOR  SALE.

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

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

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

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

Geo. F . Ow e n, Salesman for Western  Michigan, 

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

The Bradstreet Mercantile Apncy.
Executive  Offices, 279,281,283  Broadway, N.Y

The B radstreet Company, Props.

CHARLES F.  CLARK, Pres.

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

HENRY  ROYCE, Snpt.
COMMERCIAL  CREDIT  CO.

Union Credit Co.

Successor  to  Cooper  Commercial  Agency  and 
Commercial  reports  and  current  collections 
receive  prompt  and  careful  attention.  Your 
patronage respectfully solicited.
Telephones 166 and 1030. 
Office, 65 Monroe St. 
L.  J.  STEVENSON, 
C.  A.  CUMINGS,
C.  E.  BLOCK._____________
About December 1 we  shall  send a thermome­
ter to each of our customers.  Being desirous of 
adding  to their  number,  we  will  send  one  to 
any dealer  who is not  now a customer  and will 
send as an order  before  Jan. 1.1893,  providing 
he  mentions  seeing our  advertisement  In  this 
paper.

Send in your order now for

F o r   T h e   Baby

G e t T h E

Chihli til's  i'» u .v « -i,  w• ei'^ .iters,  Lambs- 
wool Soles, Shoe Laces, Brashes, Dressings, 
Blackings, o r any other Shoe Store supplies 
you may need.

HIRTH,  KRAUSE  &  GO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, BUCH. 12-14 LYON ST.

GRAND RAPIDS.

THE  STORY  SHE  TOLD  ME.

“You’re looking at that  pretty thing, 1 
see,”  said  the  girlish  creature,  as  she 
came toward me with a beautiful baby in 
her arms.

I 

had been  attracted  by  the  charming 

appearance  of  the  little  cottage,  at  the 
door of  which  I  asked  for  some  water. 
Being bidden  to  enter, I sat  now at  the 
tasteful,  tiny  bay-window,  covered with 
flowering  vines, and  drank  my  glass  of 
cool,  sweet milk.

This home-interior  was a picture in it­
self.  The  furniture,  though  made  by 
skillful fingers,  had felt no  touch of  the 
fashionable  upholsterer.  The  homely 
walls  were  decorated  with  simple  pict­
ures, dried grasses and  ferns.  The floor 
was  painted  and  varnished  and  made 
heantiful  with  pretty  rugs  and  mats. 
Not the least attractive of  its  ornaments 
was that little mother,  a mere girl yet,  it 
seemed,  with  her  wonderful  wealth  of 
golden  hair  coiled  round  a  perfectly- 
formed  head,  her soft  eyes  and  gentle, 
womanly ways.  The  baby  on  her knee 
was  a  study;  no  hoarded  wealth  of  art 
in classic marble could surpass the beau­
ty of this lowly-born  child.

We  were  friends  from  the  first,  this 
little  girl-woman  and  1.  Someway  she 
seemed willing to  pour  into  my  elderly 
ear  little  confidences  that  might  have 
justified  a  maturer  friendship.  So as  I 
moved  about  the  dear  little  nest,  and 
happened to spy a choice  piece of  work­
manship, she said:

“You’re looking  at that pretty thing.”
“Yes,” said  I,  “it is  even  more  than 

pretty, it is exquisite.”

“So it is,  everything that’s  Ben’s taste 
is justly so,”  she  replied  with aglow  of 
pride.  “Ben went to the fair;  1 couldn’t 
go  well,  for  baby  was  ailing,  but  that 
was no reason he should  stay at home;  1 
couldn’t  be  as  unreasonable  as  some 
women. 
I didn’t  expect  he’d  bring me 
more than  a  cushion  for  pins,  or  some 
neat  little  fancy—but  no,  he  must  buy 
that  or  nothing. 
I’m  sure  it’s  only  a 
lady should have such  things, not a poor 
mill-hand’s wife;  bat you see Ben thinks 
differently.”

How  it  was  this  dear  little  woman 
came to tell me her story, I won’t repeat, 
only  give it  to  you  in  her  own  direct, 
pretty,  artless  fashion.  So  no  more of 
me.  This  was the way she began it:

“ You’re  looking at me, 1 see,  and say­
ing  to  yourself,  which  is  true,  there’s 
nothing  at  all  taking  about  this  plain 
little  woman.  Ben  says 
there  is;  he 
laughs at  me and  declares  that 1 under­
rate  myself,  foolishly;  but  bless  your 
heart, can’t  I  see?  My  eyes, you  take 
notice,  are  light  and  gray,  sometimes 
quite  colorless,  and  as  I  look  at  them 
when I comb  my hair,  I think  to myself 
that Briston,  our tortoise-shell cat, has  a 
deal more beautiful ones; but there again 
Ben declares that my eyes  are  my great­
est beauty—and—oh  dear,  how  can  the 
man talk  so.

“My  forehead is  low,  and  in  summer 
the freckles will come, though now, deep 
in  September,  of  course  it  is  white 
enough;  and my  hair would be  that hor­

rid color, red,  only  sometimes  there’s  a 
tinge of brown in it that is rather pretty, 
I’ll  allow. 
Still,  altogether,  nobody 
would  think  of  calling  me  handsome, 
even though  Ben  does  say my  profile is 
quite perfect.

“If you care to  hear  it,  I have  fretted 
badly,  ever since I  was  a child,  because 
people  called  me  plain.  Why I  should 
have  minded,  I  hardly  know  myself; 
there  were  but  few  of the  elements  of 
beauty in  the  homesurroundings  where 
I  grew  up  out  of  childhood—I  mean 
‘aesthetic beauty,’  as Ben calls it.

“My  mother  was  poor,  my  father  al­
ways  weakly  from  a hurt  he  got  when 
quite  young;  my  brothers  and  sisters 
were more numerous than 1 thought they 
needed to be.

“One of the little ones,  her  name  was 
Matty—the dearest little human  blossom 
that  ever  made  the world  brighter  and 
sweeter—this boy favors her—had  glori­
ous  eyes.  Everybody  who  saw  her 
tamed to look again to see her eyes, they 
said,  in which one could look  down  into 
her soul and read  it  like  an  open  book. 
Dear  little angel!  That  made  me  take 
more  notice  when  people  called  me  a 
plain  little  thing. 
I do  believe  I  wor­
shiped beauty for beauty’s sake. 
It nev­
er entered into my little heathen head  to 
trace  God’s hand  in  it,  or  love Him for 
it.  We learned little of Him through hu­
man means, on that wild sea-shore where 
the waves sometimes crept quite close up 
to the clumsy hut we  called home.

“Now you see  how  really  plain I  am, 
and what I truly think of  myself—home­
ly,  short, ungraceful;  and  yet  Ben,  the 
foolish  fellow,  stands  to it  I  am  hand­
some.

“Ben, the great, glorious, noble fellow, 
I  hope  you’ll  pardon  me,  madam,  he’s 
my  husband,  but I  can’t  help  praising 
him.  He has made me all I am for good. 
I  wish  you  could  see  him;  you  would 
smile at the contrast between us,  for Ben 
is as handsome as  1 am homely. 
I don’t 
care  where  he  goes,  Ben  would  be 
noticed, even in his rough clothes,  above 
many and many a man of  fashion,  and  I 
am proud to say so.  His hair is the real, 
rich  auburn,  and  curls  enough  to  turn 
and wave and shine  against his temples, 
and his eyes are the  real  hazel,  so  large 
and soft and  tender.  The  finest  gentle­
man might envy him his silken mustache 
and the beard that ripples  over his chin.
“Ben  is  an  orphan.  When  father 
moved  into Hilbro’  he  had an easy place 
offered  him  in  the  largest  cotton  mill. 
Ben,  seeing  him  there,  took  a  fancy  to 
his  quiet  ways,  because  he  thought  he 
was like his owu  father,  who  was  killed 
by  a  frightful  accident.  Whoever  Ben 
liked,  liked him;  he was  the most covet­
ed piece of humanity in the Hiibro’ mills; 
the girls were always talking of him,  and 
long before I saw him,  I wondered  about 
him  and tried to think how he looked.

“Father  was  determined  to  keep  his 
girls out of the mills as long as  possible; 
he thought  them a bad  place  for  young 
people,  so mother and I did plain sewing.
“ Four of the children died—little  Mat­
It seemed  hard to shut

ty was the  last. 

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down the  coffin-lid  over  those  glorious 
eyes,  but  we did,  and I often  think how 
beautiful she must be  in heaven.  There 
was  a  babv;  John,  my  oldest  brother, 
worked  in the mill,  and little Annie,  who 
had been lamed  by a fall,had to be helped 
about more or less by mother and me, for, 
poor child,  she  would  never  walk  like 
the rest of us,  the  doctor said.

“I shall never forget the day 1 met Lot­
tie Hill and Ben Munsen.  It  was strange 
I should  have  seen  them  nearly at  the 
same  time,  and  recognized  them  both 
without knowing either.

“If ever you see Lottie  Hill,  you’ll see 
a perfect beauty;  she’s  not  Lottie  Hill, 
now,  but  I’m  coming  to  that. 
I  was 
dragging  little  Annie in  a queer box  on 
wheels,  when this girl,  this  ‘bit of  mar­
ble faintly flushed’  (I’ve  seen that some­
where,  being  a  great  reader),  stopped 
close to my poor sister,  who  was leaning 
back and smiling up to the blue sky.

“ ‘Dear  little  thing!  she’s  sick,  isn’t 
she?’  she said in such a tender voice that 
my heart warmed to her.

“ ‘She  is  lame,’ 1 answered,  saying to 

myself,  *You are  Lottie  Hill.’

“A tiny creature she was, dressed  in a 
pretty spotted muslin that made her look 
pure and sweet.  One  or two  little rings 
of pale gold hair  trembled  on  her  fore­
head under her hat.  Her eyes were large 
and sunny,  though  there  was  a  sadness 
in her smile,  but that only  made  it more 
bewitching.

‘“ Poor little  birdie!  what a  pity!’ she 
said  again,  and  gave  the  child  a  rose. 
Tou can’t think how  it made me love her.
“I had just turned the corner after she 
had gone,  when  somebody  came  hurry­
ing  by  with  a  quick,  light  step  and 
jostled the carrriage as he passed.

“ ‘And you are Ben Munsen,’ 1 thought, 

as he  turned back to  apologize.

“There  stood  I,  staring  with  ail  my 
might;  and I shouldn't wonder  if he  had 
read  my  thought  in  my  face—‘You are 
Ben Munsen,  and you  love  Lottie Hill.”
“ He has often  said since that I fell  in 
love with him just on that  spot.  Maybe 
1 did. 
If feeling  strange  and  lonesome 
after one  is  gone is  an  indication,  why 
then I fell in love;  but you  see I was  so 
busy putting it  this  way—that a  girl  as 
beautiful  as  Lottie  Hill,  and  a  young 
man as noble and handsome as Ben, even 
in his dusty  mill-clothes,  must of  neces­
sity be in love with each other,  that,  if  I 
did  fall 
in  love,  it  was  after  a  queer 
fashion.  1  was  from that  time  always 
putting myself in her  place. 
I believe  1 
never  thought  of  him  at  first,  but  1 
imagined I  was Lottie Hill,  I,  plain gray 
goose that 1 was.

“ Would you  believe—that  very  even­

ing father brought Ben to the house.

“ ‘Now,  you  are  the  one  1  need,’  he 
said,  smiling,  showing  such  splendid 
teeth. 
‘You  had a  child  with you  in  a 
sort of cradle.’

“ ‘It  wasu’t  a  cradle,’ spoke  up  poor 
little Annie,  eager to  defend her father’s 
taste,  ‘it’s a  wagon,  and  daddy  made  it 
hisself;  didn’t you daddy?’

“ Papa smiie i his tired smile,  Ben fold­
ed  his  arms, tilted  back  his  chair  and 
made himself quite at home,  while I  hur­
ried to help mother with the supper.  Pa­
pa never seemed to think  it was any mat­
ter that  we  were  poor,  when  he invited 
folks,  but  mother  worried. 
I  was  al­
ways tender of  mother.  Someway there 
was  a  feeling  came  to  me.  that  she 
wouldn’t stay with  us very long,  and  she 
had  worked  hard  all  her  life — poor *

mother!  So  I made  her  sit  down  and 
take the baby, though she didn’t want to, 
for I had been at it all day, washing, and 
my bands were red and  tender.

“Well,  I put  on the  company-cloth—1 
was always  proud  of  that—we had  two 
handsome  linen  covers  that  my grand­
mother  left  us. 
‘Twasn’tmuch  we had 
else,  to be  sure,  but  even a  bit of  cold 
corned beef tastes  good  to hard  working 
people. 
I took  my few  hoarded  pennies 
and  bought  a  treat  of  cakes,  and  I 
couldn’t  help  being  ashamed  of  the 
children,  who  showed  plainly  enough, 
poor things,  that  they  seldom  had  any­
thing of  the kind.

table, 

“ When  supper  was  ready I  took  the 
l^aby,  and  waited 
too; 
mother  seldom  had  any  rest  except  at 
her meals,  and  that I was  always deter­
mined she should have, and  she knew it.
“   ‘Jessy  dear,  you’re  tired,’  mother 
said, putting  her  arms  out  to  take  the 
child, but 1 wouldn’t let her.

upon 

“ ‘Jessy’s  my  darling  girl,  and  the 
mainstay  of  the  family,’  said  father, 
looking  at  me as  I  never  saw him look 
before.  That  was  enough  for  me. 
I 
don’t  know when he  had spoken a  word 
of  praise  like  that  before,  and  it  was 
sweeter to me than meat and drink.

“ Let me  see,  I  was little over  sixteen 
then,  though  such a tiny  thing.  Ben  is 
five years older,  but I never  should have 
taken him then for  twenty-one.

“I  had  never  had  a  lover—that  is  a 
real one.  To  be sure I had  had my fan­
cies, as all girls have,  and  so it made me 
feel  strange  to  see  Ben’s  eyes  on me 
whenever  I 
looked  up,  for,  though  1 
didn’t know  it,  to  be  sure,  until  after­
ward,  he  was more to  me even  then than 
my life.

“ I never saw such  a sensitive,  passion­
ate  creature  as I always  was. 
I  think 
time  and  trouble  have  somewhat  sifted 
me,  but if I loved anyone,  or anything, it 
was  as  if  l  were  swallowed  up  by  it. 
Even the thought that  father  or  mother 
might die sent me almost into  spasms  of 
trembling  terror.  So  now  the  love  got 
hold of me  with a strong  clutch,  though 
I  didn’t realize  it  until  afterward.  All 
that evening,  and days beside,  I  felt  the 
haunting of his looks,  and  still was sure 
that he loved  Lottie  Hill,  and  she loved 
him.

“Many  of  the  mill  girls  were  rude; 
others  were  as  true  ladies  as the world 
holds.  One of these was Mary Lawrence, 
who sometimes  came to  our house.  She 
told me often about Lottie—of her charms 
and her lovers, and how  old  Vassal, the 
proprietor of the mill,  had sent his son to 
Europe for fear he would  marry her. ‘But 
it’s my opinion that  now she  likes  Ben, 
and Ben her,’ she added. 
‘They’re often 
together.  I’ve  seen  them  down  by  the 
Lover’s  Walk  myself,  many  a  time; 
won’t they make a splendid couple?’

“Then  I  knew  what  ailed  me,  and 
what the  dull  pain  meant in  my  heart. 
Why did he come  to our  house so often? 
What right had he to speak to me so ten­
derly? 
I began to feel  strangely toward 
Lottie Hill,  and  cried  angry tears when­
ever I thought of her and Ben. 
it would 
have made me  happy  any  time  to  hear 
that  she  was  dead.  This  feeling  grew 
stronger and  stronger until  it seemed as 
if Lottie and Ben  were  in  my  thoughts 
from morning  until night.

“At last the trouble affected my health. 
Mother  saw  how  changed  I  was,  and  I 
think  she  suspected.  She  always  sent 
me away  when  Ben  came,  and I was too

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proud  to  let her  see  I knew why.  But 
Ben  was sure to  wait  until I came back, 
if it was only to say good night;  and that 
in such a tender  sort of  way that it sent 
the blood to my  face  as if it would  burst 
through.  So  I  went  on  suffering  until 
father got sick, and 1 was given his place 
at  the  mill.  There  I  saw  Lottie  Hill 
every day,  and  she  tried  to be friendly, 
but 1 am ashamed to say,  the sight of her 
beautiful face made me wicked and spite­
ful.  1  tried  not to feel so.  1  often  laid 
my head on  my  hand  when  I was work­
ing,  and begged  and  prayed the Lord  to 
give  me a better  temper, and  sometimes 
I  conquered,  and  sometimes  I  didn’t. 
But there had sprung  up  in  my  heart a 
bitter  feeling—Hate!

“It  is  an  ugly  word, but  I was  sure 
hate had crept  into my  bosom,  and,  like 
a venomous serpent,  had  stung  me until 
I  was  full  of  poison.  But  oh, thank 
God that He saved me from knowing that 
awful ending that might have been.

“One  day,  when I  had  worked  in the 
mill  a month,  and  Ben  had  been  very 
kind in showing me my duties, and I had 
been a silly  little  fool  while  he  did  it, 
standing  there, awkward  and  red,  my 
heart beating so that he must have heard 
it—I had a test that I shall  never forget, 
no,  not to my dying day.

“Lottie Hill  stood  at the window near 
her frame.  How  beautiful a picture the 
girl  made!  She  had  trained  a  bit  of 
flowering vine in one  corner of  the sash, 
which  she  was  dusting  now, taking off 
the  dead  leaves.  The  mill-works  had 
stopped for some reason. 
I stood watch­
ing Lottie  out of the  corner  of  my  eye 
when,  without'^looking  that  way,  I saw 
Ben come  in,  saw  her  turn  round,  saw 
him  make  a sign  to  her,  at  which  her 
face grew radiant.  Oh,  how sick  I felt! 
Ny teeth came together hard.  Then Ben 
went up to her loom and leaned over, and 
admiring  the  vine,  said  something,  his 
eyes fixed on  hers. 
If there wasu’t love, 
almost worship in  her  face then, there’s 
no  such  thing as  love.  Her eyes shone 
like diamonds.  Then  he  looked  round 
and  slipped  something  in  her  hand—a 
love note, of  course,  and  left  her,  smil­
ing to himself.

“Thinks I, and that’s the way you play 
with  hearts,  Mr.  Ben! and  when a  mo­
ment after he came round to me,  1 never 
looked up.

“ ‘Something’s the  matter,’  he said.
“In  my  silly  anger I thought  he  was 

bantering me.

“ ‘You are  mistaken,  Ben  Munsen,’  I 
said  hotly,  ‘nothing  is  the  matter with 
me.’

“ ‘But I meant  the  mill,’ he  answered 

laughing; ‘the machinery has stopped.’

“ ‘Oh;’  my  face  was  aflame,  but  I 

wouldn’t look at  him.

“ ‘It isn’t  often  that  I get a chance  to 
chat  with  you  lately,’  he  said,  smiling 
right into  my  eyes  in  a way  that made 
me angry.

“ ‘Why  didu’t  you  stay  with  Lottie 
Hill?’  I asked,and my voice sounded  un­
natural to myself.

“ ‘Well, I reckon  little  Lottie has  got 
something better to do than  to talk to  an 
idle fellow,’  he made answer.

“ ‘So have I.’ I said  shortly,  for at that 
moment I hated  him.  Why did he come 
there to  show his  power  over me? for  I 
knew he read  me  like a  book,  my  poor 
blind  worship  and  all,  my  helplessness, 
my cruel suffering.

“ He  looked astonished for a  moment,

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I turned my head  away  as  I  half 

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sobbed.

way to me.’

“ T saved her  for  you;  don’t  talk  that 

“ ‘But I will talk that way  to  you,’  he 
cried,  and  bending  down,  kissed  me. 
You didn’t think I cared for little Lottie! 
Bless your true,  loving heart,  Lottie  has 
been  married  these  six  months  to  Ned 
Yassar,  and  the  young  scamp  sent  all 
his  letters  to  me,  and  I’ve  had  to  go 
crawling  about to meet her in by-places, 
so  that  nobody  should  suspect.  And 
yesterday I gave her the last letter, thank 
God! telling her  that  he  is  on  his  way 
home—and  he’s  struck  a  vein  of  good 
good luck, some way, so that he need not 
fear to own her—and everything  is  com­
ing out right.’

“Do you see what  I  came  near  doing 
but  for  God’s  merciful  intervention?  I 
laid there,  white and shivering,  and then 
I told Ben the whole,  from  beginning to 
end,  not sparing  myself,  and then I tried 
to tell  him  to  leave  me,  for  I  was  too 
wicked for any good man, but he wouln’t.
“ ‘Why,  didn’t you save her life  at the 
risk of your own,  you precious  darling?’ 
he cried,  and held me close  in  his  arms.
“ Well,  1 never can think or speak of it 
without crying a  little,  but  you  see  it 
made  another  girl  of  me.  Gome  what 
may,  1 daren’t be angry or  jealous  now; 
and as for dear Lottie, I confessed every­
thing to her, too. 
It seemed as if I want­
ed somebody  to  punish  me,  but  Lottie 
said she only loved me the more for  con­
quering my great temptation, and though 
she  is  Mr.  Yassar’s  wife  and  lives  in 
splendid style,  we  are  two  close,  good 
friends,  and many’s the time  she  brings 
her baby here, or I  take  mine  there,  to 
visit and talk of old mill time.

“And madam,  though the trial  left  its 

scar,  it left a blessing too.’’

That was the story she told me.

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but  suddenly cried out,  ‘Oh, what splen­
did color!’

“It was my  hair, catching  the sun. 

I 
thrust my hands  over it wildly.  My tem­
ples throbbed,  the tears were hot beneath 
my  eyelids; I wanted to  scream,  to  rave 
at  myself  for  being  such  a  fool  that I 
never could hide my feelings.

“At that  moment  the  overseer  called 
him,  and  I  looked  over  to  Lottie.  An 
evil  spirit  had  taken  possession of  me 
and was  raving for  some  outlet.  Lottie 
stood  with  her  back  towards  me, her 
light dress touching the frame, her cheek 
just  showing  the  deepening  dimples  as 
she read. 
It made me  furious to see her 
attitude of  perfect grace—‘Let her be do­
ing what  she  would,  the  spirit of  grace 
and  beauty pervaded  all  her motions,, I 
thought bitterly.

“Suddenly,  slowly, so slowly one could 
hardly  see  them  move,  and  going  by 
jerks, the  great  belting  began  to  slide 
round—just  a little,  then  stopping, then 
gliding  a  little  more—then  at  a  stand 
still, all  the  smaller  bands  and  wheels 
and gleaming shafts keeping it company. 
I  saw  now.  Ah,  that  wicked,  unseen 
devil at  my elbow,  I  saw that  her  dress 
was touching one of  the wheels  fastened 
to the  great  central  shaft.  Horror cur­
dled  my veins,  but  I  was silent.  Again 
the wheel  revolved—stopped—she  never 
stirred—she never knew it—nobody knew 
it  but — the  terrible  iron  fingers  had 
gripped  her by half  a breadth of  calico, 
Any moment, I  knew  now, breathless as 
I  stood  and  watched,  any  moment,  I 
knew,  all  might be going  swifter than  1 
could think.

“If I kept still, Ben would  never  mar­
ry  Lottie  Hill,  would  never  torture  me 
by  careless  courtesies.  That  was  the 
top of  my hate.  Just then,  in  my heart, 
I was a murderer.

“God  mercifully  kept  the works  low 
until*I saw a vision—that fair, sweet face 
and  form crushed  beyond all  possibility 
of  recognition—then  my  sin-paralyzed 
energies  asserted  themselves. 
I  dashed 
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my  own  life,  creeping  under  the  low, 
crawling gearing  until  I  reached her—I 
was very strong—threw  my arms around 
her  and  pinned  her,  as  it  were, to  the 
window sill.

“ ‘Don’t move,’ I cried—took the sharp 
knife which I used in my work, and with 
one  or  two  rapid  thrusts  severed  her 
dress  from  the  belting  just in  time.  A 
minute—half a minute  more—

“She turned  deadly white  as  she saw 
the  piece of  her dress  rapidly lifted and 
rolled  up,  up,  until  it  reached the  mur­
derous  iron  teeth, and  then  she  gave  a 
great cry, turning as white as a ghost.

“As  for me, I had fainted,  and when  1 
came to myself I found  one  pair  of  eyes 
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passion made me tremble again.

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ABOUND THE STATE.

Bethel—Geo.  Lobdell  succeeds  W.  H. 

Chase in general trade.

Wasepi—A.  H. Honeywell succeeds  C. 

D.  Waldo in general  trade.

Algonac—D. W. Dana  succeeds  G.  D. 

Dana in the drug business.

Frankfort — John  Lockhart  succeeds 

Jas. Gallagher in  general trade.

Hillsdale—G.  W. Meyers has purchased 

the grocery stock of F.  J. Bates.

Eagle—Geo.  Dayton  succeeds  E.  C. 

Snyder in the  hardware business.

Ishpeming—Dan.  J.  Sullivan succeeds 

Lage & Moll in the drug business.

Marquette—Geo.  Stonebraker succeeds 

Wm.  Dorais in the  meat business.

Hillsdale—Ferris  & Singer  succeed  L. 

A.  Smith  in the furniture business.

Eagle—Huntoon  &  McCrumb  have 

opened a grocery and hardware store.

Petoskey—John  Foley has retired from 

the grocery firm of S. A.  Wilson & Co.

Charlotte—M.  Daron  succeeds  Daron 

& Smith in the boot and shoe business.

Kingston—H.  S.  Mitchell  has  pur­
chased the grocery stock of J. O.  Patten.
Ovid—Fred  Burt  succeeds W.  N.  Hart 
in the  grocery and  restaurant  business.
Gladwin—H.  E.  Blodgett succeeds See­
ly & Blodgett in the  hardware  business.
Saginaw—C. E. Ludovici succeeds Dam- 
baqher  &  Ludovici  in  the grocery  busi­
ness.

Mayville—Lawrence & Dawson succeed 
N. R. Schermerhorn in the boot and shoe 
business.

Belding—E. E. Van Fleet has  removed 
his jewelry stock  from  White  Cloud  to 
this place.

Sebewaing — Herman  &  Co.  are  suc­
ceeded by Herman & Howell in the cloth­
ing business.

Bad  Axe—The drug firm of  Donaldson 
& Pettit has dissolved, Donaldson & Kew- 
ley succeeding.

Constantine—Henry  E.  Lintz  is  suc­
ceeded  by A.  E.  Caldwell  &  Co.  in  the 
grocery business.

Tecumseh—W.  B.  Darling succeeds  H. 
L. Jones  in the  confectionery,  and  res­
taurant business.

West Bay  City—Frank  M.  Van  Liew 
in  the 

succeeds  Gregory  &  Van  Liew 
crockery  business.

Charlotte—Spaulding  &  Brackett suc­
ceed  Spaulding  &  Thomas  in  the  boot 
and shoe business.

Saginaw — Fred  G.  Newell  succeeds 
Newell & Robinson  in the book,  station­
ery and wall paper business.

Marquette — Dorie  Fountain  has  pur­
chased  the  confectionery and fruit  busi­
ness of William H.  Marshall.

West  Bay  City—Frank  M.  Van  Liew 
succeeds  Gregory  &  Van  Liew  in  the 
crockery aud wall paper business.

Lansing—Rouser  &  Conklin  are  put­
ting plate glass windows and introducing 
other betterments in  their drug store.

Alpena—The  grocery  firm of  MacLel- 
lan,  MacDonald  &  Carr  has  dissolved, 
Wm. Carr & Co. continuing the business.
Dowagiac—Mrs. E.  E.  (G. S.)  Howard 
is  succeeded  by  J.  H.  Shroyer  in  the 
grocery,  bakery and restaurant business.
Traverse  City—L.  E.  Swan  has  re­
moved  his  grocery  stock  from  White 
Cloud  to  this  place,  where  he  has  re­
engaged in business.

Kent City—W. G.  Hastings is shipping 
his  hardware  stock  to  Mable,  a  new 
town  in  Grand  Traverse county,  where

he will continue the business and operate 
a sawmill in connection therewith.

Sears—A. Pierce, of the grocery firm of 
A.  Pierce* Co., recently removed to Min­
nesota,  leaving  the  stock  in  the  hands 
of his partner,  W. D.  Clapp.  The latter 
recently  abandoned  the  business,  when 
Partridge & Co., of Flint, took possession 
of the stock on a chattel mortgage.

Big Rapids—F.  Fairman  has  leased to 
E. C.  Newcombe the  two  stores now  oc­
cupied  by  himself  for  drugs  and  dry 
goods respectively.  As soon as  possible 
after the hollidays,  the  Newcombes  will 
move their bazar stock  into  the now  dry 
goods store,  and then  Mr.  Fairman  will 
remove his drug stock  into  the  store va­
cated  by  the  Newcombes.  The  other 
store will  be occupied  by the Newcombes 
with a line of millinery and fancy goods.
Hillsdale—Louis Beckhardt stepped in­
to his grocery store a few nights ago and, 
as  he  went  behind  the  counter  to  get 
some  tobacco,  he  saw  a form  crouching 
close to  the  floor.  The  athletic  trades­
man was upon  the  burglar  in a jiffy and 
quickly escorted  him to  jail.  The  thief 
proved to be Horace Nufer, of  Osseo,  re­
cently released from  the  Reform  School 
at Lansing.  He  was  after  tobacco  and 
cigars, gaining an  entrance  by removing 
a pane  of  glass  from  the  rear  window. 
He had an accomplice on the outside who 
ran away when  his partner  was nabbed.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Newberry  —  M.  Glass,  Jr.  succeeds 
Glass Bros,  in  the  cigar  manufacturing 
business.

Altona—Eli Lyons has retired from the 
sawmill  firm  of  Hafey  & Lyons.  The 
business  will  be  continued  by  George 
Hafey.

Bay City—The work  of  tearing  down 
the sawmill  and  salt  works  of  Nelson 
Holland and  the  removal  of  them  from 
Saginaw to East Tawas is in progress.

Cheboygan—W.  &  A.  McArthur  have 
purchased 130,000,000 feet of Canada tim­
ber in  one  block,  and  have made  other 
investments, the consideration amounting 
to  $273,000.

Vassar—C.  F.  Phillips  has  sold  his 
sawmill and timber lands at Crystal City. 
He has a shingle mill and planing mill at 
Vassar ready for operation, and will also 
put in sawmill machinery.

Ithaca—The  Clarence  Lumber  Co., to 
manufacture lumber,  shingles,  etc.,  has 
been organized by Nathan  Church, C.  N. 
Church,  Helen  Church,  Alma;  Fred 
Church,  Ithaca.  Capital  stock,  $30,000.
Saginaw—The  Michigan  Salt  Co.  has 
advanced  the  price  of  salt  ten  cents  a 
barrel, fine salt being quoted at sixty-five 
cents.  The company  has 300,000 barrels 
less  on hand at this  date  than  one  year 
ago.

Killmaster—A. Backus, of Detroit, has 
put  up  a small  hardwood mill  here  and 
started  a camp of thirty  men to cut logs 
for  i t   The  mill  can  cut  20,000  feet  a 
day  and  has  timber  enough  for  a  five 
years’ run.

Manistee—Babcock’s shiugle mill  shut 
down last week,  after  a  very  successful 
season’s  run,  and  this  winter  extensive 
repairs will  be made.  This concern has 
almost a corner on the cedar tributary  to 
the Manistee.

Detroit—Geo.  L.  Sampson  has  retired 
from  the  firm of Stanton,  Morey  &  Co., 
manufacturers of men’s furnishing goods. 
The business will  be  continued  by  the 
remaining  partners  under  the  style  of 
Stanton & Morey.

Coleman — This  place  is  developing 
rapidly  as a manufacturing  town.  The 
old Cooper mill  has  been  fitted  up  and 
will  manufacture  shingles,  basswood 
heading and  oak  staves.  Mason & Wil­
lis  will  manufacture  shingles,  George 
Cooper, staves,  and Force  &  Dickinson, 
heading.

Grand Ledge—The Grand Ledge Brick 
& Tile Co.,  which  has  lately  put in  ma­
chinery  for  the  manufacture  of  sewer 
pipe, made its first run  of  sewer pipe  on 
Dec.  9,  the  experiment  being  entirely 
satisfactory.  The  stockholders  are nat­
urally very jubilant over the profits  they 
are  likely  to  make  in  connection  with 
the new departure.

Manistee — The  Manistee  &  Grand 
Rapids  Railroad  has  completed  its  ex 
tension to the mill  of  the  State  Lumber 
Co.  and is delivering logs  into  the  boom 
at that point.  By means of this extension 
they  get  a  great  deal  more  dumping 
ground than  they  had  last  winter,  and 
will be able to hold  more  logs  and  will 
not be  forced to start  up  early  to  take 
care of their stock.

Manistee—The Manistee  &  Northeast 
ern  Railroad is  now  completing  an  ex­
tension to the mouth  of  the  River,  and 
will soon have a  force  of  men  at  work 
building  docks,  so  as  to  complete  im­
provements  at  that  point.  They  now 
have their track laid all the  way  round, 
and  have  made  arrangements  with  the 
government to use part of the  docks  for 
the present,  if it is needed.

Manistee—There  seems  to  be  a  well- 
founded  belief  that  R.  G.  Peters  will 
soon  have  his  affairs  in  his  own hands 
again.  Not that he will  have all  his in­
debtedness wiped out  at  the end  of  this 
season,  but  it  is  thought  that  he  will 
have made  such a good  showing  for  the 
past  two  years,  that  he  will  be  able to 
get backers who will  advance the  neces­
sary money to clean up the remaining in­
debtedness,  and give  him  control  again.
Sidnaw—G. A.  Bergland’s  sawmill has 
been closed to prepare it  for  the  winter 
run,  which  begins  December  15.  This 
mill  cuts  timbers  up  to  sixty  feet  in 
length.  He  is  building  another  band 
mill  with  shingle  and  planing  mills  in 
connection,  and  expects  to  manufacture 
25,000,000  feet of  lumber  annually  for 
the next  few years. 
In  addition  to Mr. 
Bergland’s  operations  here,  he  manu­
factures  10,000,000 to  15,000,000 feet  an­
nually at Cadillac.

M eeting: o f P o st  E.

An  adjourned  meeting of  Post  E,  Michigan 
Knights of  the Grip, was  held in the  parlors  of 
the  Morton  House,  Saturday  evening.  Vice- 
President Hanna presided.

The  Committee  on  Transportation  reported 
that  the best  possible  rate  obtainable to Detroit 
to the annual convention of  the Michigan K. of 
j G., Dec. 27 and 28, was  $4.50  for the  round  trip. 
The report was accepted  and the Committee dis­
charged and a vote of thanks tendered the mem­
bers for the  efforts  made to secure a lower rate.
It  was  unanimously  decided  to  present  the 
name of Jose A. Gonzales  for the  presidency of 
the parent  organization  at  the  Detroit  conven­
tion.

W. F. Blake,  J. B. Mclnnes,  J. A. Gonzales, C. 
L. Lawton,  J. B. Tanner, J. L.  Strelitsky and W. 
H. Jennings were appointed a special committee 
to dispose of  tickets to the  Detroit  convention, 
the rate not to exceed $4.50.

The meeting then adjourned for one week.

L. A. Cabo, Sec’y.

Owosso—The Estey Manufacturing Co. j  The  Commercial  Credit  Co.  employs 
has purchased of  Whitney & Remick,  of j only competent  and  experienced  collec- 
the  timber  on  22  forty-acre  tors and can always  be found at 65 Mon-
Detroit, 
tracts in Clare  county, principally  hard­
roe St.,  when  you  want a  report  or  set­
wood.  The company will cut the timber 
tlement. 
and ship it to this place by rail.

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FOR  SALE,  W ANTED,  ETC.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

623

IjlOR  SALE—I  OFFER  MY  STOCK  OF  GRO- 

ceries, drugs,  hardware,  etc., together with 
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  property.  Address  A. 
Mulholland. Jr., Ashton, Mich. 

F or sa l e—i h a v e fo r sa le tw o w e l l-

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  instance,  Wil­
liam Connor, box 346, Marshall.  Mich. 

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. 

I lOR  SALE-DRUG  STORE—LOCATED  ON 
f"  lOR  SALE—A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRUGS 

and  groceries,  invoicing  about  $3,000,  in 
good town  of  l.ooo  inhabitants.  Good  reasons 
for  selling.  Address  No.  620,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
RUG  STORE  FOR  SALE—THE  UNDER- 
signed wishes to retire  from the  drug busi­
ness and devote  his entire  time to the manufac­
turing  of  his family  remedies.  I  have  a com­
plete and  clean  stock of  drugs and  everything 
belonging to first-class drug store, good location, 
a paying  business, will  give easy  terms  or a big 
discount for cash.  Apply  at  my  store, 142 Ells­
worth avenue.  Geo. G. Steketee, druggist.  615
stock in company  paying 10 per cent, divi­
dend and acre  property and  lots in Grand  Rap­
ids  for a well  assorted  hardware  stock  inven 
torying  $3,000  or  less.  Pennock  &  Goold,  719 
Wealthy avenue, Grand Rapids. 

■ ANTEL>—TO  EXCHANGE  $1,000 CAPITAL 

620

619

618

621

center of the finest farming country in the State. 

I lOR  SALE—A  GOOD  CLEAN  STOCK  OF 

hardware in a booming city of  5,000, in  the 
Stock will  invoice about  $9,000.  Can  reduce on 
short notice.  Reason for selling, other business. 
Address No. 60’-, care Michigan Tradesman.  604

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

TXT ANTED—SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED 
pharmacist, five years’ experience.  Would 
prefer a good  opening  for  veterinary work  in 
connection.  Address 628, care Michigan Trades­
man-__________  
WANTED —A  PERMANENT  SITUATION 
by a registered pharmacist of nearly twen­
ty  years’  experience.  Best  of  references  fur- 
nished  Address Box 26, Clarksville, Mich.  624
SITUATION  WANTED—AS  CLERK IN GRO- 
cery store by experienced young man.  Good 
reference.  Address  Box  76,  South  Bordman. 
Mich._____________ 

628

629

MISCELLANEOUS.

625

you buy of the largest manufacturers in the 
United States?  If you do, you  are  customers of 
the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.

used  in  every  office  having a letter  press. 
Office furniture agents will find a soft snap  Big 
commission.  Address  A.  Anderson, Box  2373 
Moline. 111. 

■ GENT  WANTED-TO  SELL  ARTICLE 
B O  YOU  USE COUPON  BOOKS ?  IF  SO, DO 
F or  sa l e —good  d iv id e n d  - pa y in g
I  MIR  SALE  — BEST  RESIDENCE  LOT  IN 

stocks in  banking, manufacturing  and mer 
can tile  companies.  E. A. Stowe,  100  Louis  St 
’
Grand Rapids. 
Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad­
ed with  native  oaks, situated in goo I  residence 
locality,  only 200  feet  from  electric  street  car 
line.  Will sell  for $2 500 cash, or part cash  pay­
ments to suit.  E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 

370 

354

WANTED—PHAC'iTCAL PRINTER  WHO  IS 

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
fu  BUY  STOCK  GROCERIES 
Box  1,015,  Des 

ANTED—TO  BUY  STOC 
or  general  merchandise.

Moines, Iowa.

626

0 W   D R E S S I N G  
E 0 0 R A T I N G .

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Everybody  can  dress  his  show  windows  and 
decorate  his  store  for  the  Holidays  with  the 
ala 01  my Xmas  Pamphlet, mailed  on  receipt of 
*0 cents.

„  

HARRY HARMAN,

Window Dresser, Decorator and Window
Room 1204 The Temple, ¿Ihicago, HI.

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5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Ed. Wykes  has  purchased the Vander- 
hayden meat  meat market at  the  corner 
of East street and Fifth avenue.

The Grand Rapids Vapor Stove Co.  ex­
pects to make its first shipments of g a s o ­
line stoves in about two weeks.

Chas.  E. Williams  attended the chattel 
mortgage  sale of  the  M.  B.  Pinchcomb 
grocery stock,  at  Big Rapids  last  week, 
securing the stock and fixtures by reason 
of being the highest bidder.

O.  W.  Pettit has purchased  the  Regan 
drug stock, on South Division street, and 
removed it to 250 Plainfield avenue, where 
the business will  be conducted under the 
management  of  E.  R.  A.  Hunt,  of 
Lowell.

A.  H.  Wiggins, formerly  junior  mem­
ber of the  firm  of  J.  F.  Barrows  & Co., 
druggists at Lawrence,  has  embarked  in 
the drug business on  his own  account at 
that  place.  The  Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug Co.  furnished the stock.

K.  Dykema & Bro.  have  purchased the 
feed and wood business  of E.  W.  Heth & 
Co., at the corner of South Divison street 
and the D., L.  & N.  Railroad  and  leased 
the  feed  mill  operated  in  connection 
therewith.  They will continue the  busi­
ness,  operationg  it  as  a  branch  of  the 
Ferry street establishment.

in 

The Im p o rtan ce o f  “ M iddle N am es”
It was the doctrine of  the  ancient  law 
that a man had but one name  beyond his 
surname, and  that  the  use  of  a  second 
Christian name  was of  no effect in  his le­
gal dealings.  The rapid growth of popu­
lation and the increase of commercial in­
tercourse,  which modern  civilization has 
brought about,  rapidly created the neces­
sity for the modification,  if  not the  com­
plete abrogation of  this rule. 
It may be 
important to business  men to  know that 
the courts  recognize  the “middle”  name 
or  initial,  and  that  this  letter 
the 
name is  of  as  much  importance  as any 
other.  This was  exemplified in a recent 
case in which a writ  was  served  upon  a 
bank endeavoring to control the funds of 
one  William  J.  Motley. 
In  the  writ, 
however,  the name of William G.  Motley 
was  used,  and  though 
the  bank  held 
funds  of  but  one  man of  the  name  of 
Motley,  and  at least  some of  its  officers 
knew personally that it was the  funds of 
William J.  against  which  the  writ  was 
intended to be directed,  yet it was  insuffi­
cient  to  hold those  funds. 
It is impor­
tant that business men  should remember 
that this old theory of  the  law has given 
place to a more  practical  policy and that 
additional  Christian  names are of  equal 
legal importance with the first.

C h anges in T eleg rap h ic  R ates.

Several changes  in the  rates  for  tele­
graphic messages  made  by  the  Western 
Union Co.,  which went into  effect Oct.  1, 
have escaped much  notice except  among 
those who have considerable telegraphing 
to do, and to whom the slightest reduction 
in rates means  great  saving of  expense. 
The  most  important  change  which  has 
been made is  in the  manner of  charging 
for  numbers.  Formerly,  in  a  number, 
every  figure was  counted  as  one  word, 
but under the new system figures, letters, 
commas, points  and  bars of  division,  or 
any  combination  thereof  (as  in  cipher 
messages),  are counted three figures,  let­
ters or  signs to the word,  and any group 
thereof of less  than three figures, letters 
or signs is also couuted as one word.  To 
prevent  liability to  error, numbers  and 
amounts should be written in words,  and 
this makes no difference  in  the  charges.

Other changes which have been made are 
in  reference  to  the body  of  a  message 
where  dictionary  words,  initial  letters, 
surnames  of  persons,  names  of  cities, 
towns,  villages,  States  or  Territories  or 
names  of  the  Canadian  provinces  are 
counted  and  charged  for  as  only  one 
word,  while in the names of counties and 
countries  all  the  words  are  counted. 
Thus the names  of  cities  and  towns,  as 
New York,  St.  Louis, Fort Wayne,  count 
only  as  one  word  each,  while  Presque 
Isle county is charged for as three words.

The  H a rd w a re   M arket.

General  Trade—Business  in  the hard­
ware line still keeps up, but, if we should 
have a good  run of  sleighing in Western 
Michigan,  it  would  prove  a  wonderful 
impetus to trade.

We  have  but  little  change to note  in 
prices, as the  first of  January is near  at 
hand and  manufacturers and jobbers are 
getting ready for inventory.

Wire Nails—In  good  demand  but  sta­

tionery as to price.

Bar  Iron—The  demand  keeps  up,  and 
the mills  have  not,  as yet, caught  up on 
orders.  $1,80  to  $1.90  rates  are  being 
obtained.

in  getting 

Glass—Very  firm  in  price  and  very 
hard to get.  All factories have  all  they 
can  do,  in  addition to which  they report 
difficulty 
their  supply  of 
natural gas,  which  greatly reduces  their 
output.  80 per cent, to 80 and 5 is being 
obtained without any trouble.
P ickle S to ck s  Low .

Chicago, Dec. 9—We make our annual 
estimate of  stock of  salt  pickles  in  the 
West a few weeks  earlier  than  usual, as 
there will  be  but  slight  changes  in  the 
few  remaining  weeks  of  the  year  1892. 
According  to  our  figures,  the  compara­
tive  stocks  on  hand  for  the  past  nine 
years are as follows, estimated in barrels 
1885  ............ ..........................  192 000
March  1, 
1886.......................................   137  148
•* 
“ 
“ 
1887........................................  75 714
“ 
“ 
“ 
1888.......................................   37  150
January 1.*, 1889........................................  157 000
63 000
1,1890   
“ 
“  1891.........................................   69 450
*• 
“  1892 .........................................  293 000
“ 
December 9,1892 
...............................  89 369
Last  season  at  this time, jobbers  had 
liberal stocks  whilst this  year  they have 
only  purchased  for  immediate  wants, 
Packers  anticipate  an  active  demand 
after January 1. 

F.  A.  W a id n ek Co.

 

M eeting o f  th e   M. B. M.  A.

its 

A gentleman  who  has  taken a leading 
part in  the Michigan Business  Men’s As 
sociation  since 
inception  suggests 
that the next  meeting  be  held  at Grand 
Rapids on  Feb.  8 or  15,  1893. 
In  com 
mon  with many other members of the or 
ganization,  he  believes 
the  meeting 
should be called  in  time  to  have  its ef 
feet on the  coming  session of the  Legis 
lature,  as  many  matters  are  likely  to 
come up at that  time which  will require 
prompt 
action.  T he 
T radesm an  would  be  pleased  to hear 
from  other  association  men on this sub 
ject,  with a view to  ascertaining exactly 
what the  sentiment of  the business men 
is on this subject.

decisive 

and 

P u re ly   P erso n al.

W. J. Clarke,  the  Harbor  Springs gro­
cer  and  clothier,  is  in  town  for  a  few 
days.

Amos.  S.  Musselmau was called to Get­
tysburg,  Penn., Saturday morning by the 
death of a brother,  whose funeral  occur­
red  on  Monday.  He  is  expected  home 
again the latter part of the week.

Two  pill  pounders  are  rejoicing over 
the advent of  nine  pound  daughters—J. 
Howard Green,  proprietor of  the  Health 
Home  Pharmacy  at  Battle  Creek  and 
Harry Hunter, junior  partner in the firm 
of Hunter  & Son,  the  Lowell  druggists.

In  C hicago.

In Chicago;
In Chicago

The buildings are the tallest 
The ladies’ feet are smallest 
The wits are always keenest,
The pavements are the cleanest,
The boulevards are greenest 

In Chicago.
In Chicago.
In Chicago.

In Chicago.
The newspapers are  brightest 
In Chicago;
Policemen are politest 
In Chicago.
Annoyances are  fewest,
And the jokes are always newest,
While the skies are ever bluest 
The ladies are  the fairest 
And the homely girls are rarest 
The husbands are the neatest,
While their wives are always sweetest,
And the errand boys are fleetest 
The aldermen are greatest 
Their doings are the straightest 
The winters are the mildest,
And the summers reconclldest,
And—*
*
*
The liars lie the wildest 

In Chicago.
In Chicago;
In Chicago.

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In Chicago.

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F ro m  O ut o f Tow n.

Galls  have  been 

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

F.  W.  Pollock,  Sand Lake.
Carlson Bros., Gilbert.
Major & Lyons,  Petoskey.
R. J.  Side, Kent City.
J. Heeringa,  East Saugatuck.
W. J. Clarke,  Harbor  Springs.
Tucker, Coade & Parker  have received 
two  carloads  of  choice  Florida  oranges 
for the  holiday trade.  See  them before 
placing your order.

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Teacher—What is 
the best Cigar  sold  in 
this country to-day?

Class  (in  chorus)—

Ben  Mur!

10c or  3  for 25c.

Made on Honor !

Sold on M erit!

ORDER  FROM  YOUR  DEALER.

GEO.  HuEBS  &  CO.,

ManilfaeWrers,

DETROIT. 

CHICAGO.

The Wayne 
Self -Measuring 

Oil  Tank.

MeasuringfOne  Qt. and H alf Gallon at a Single 

Stroke.

M anufactured by the

WAYNE  OIL  TANK  CO.,

FORT  WAYNE, IND.

Cellar Tank and Pump.

First Floor Tank and Pump.

We Lead, Lei Olliers Follow.

P i t t s f i e l d , Mass., Oct. 5,1892. 

Wayne Oil Tank Co.,  Fort Wayne, Ind.
Gents—'The  tank we bought  from  you has  now  been in our 
use two  months.  We are  moTe than  pleased with it.  It works 
easily, accurately  and  rapidly.  Would  not do without  it  for 
twice  its  cost.  We  take  pleasure in  recommending  it  as  the 
cleanest and best  machine for  handling oil we ever saw.  You 
may refer  as  many as you  like to us, we  have  only words  of 
praise for it. 

G. T. & W. C. Mandigo.
B ritton, Mich., June 15, ’92. 

Wayne Oil Tank Co., Fort Wayne, Ind.
G entlem en —I think  your tanks are bound to be a seller, for 
in the thirteen  years I have been selling  oil  I never  have seen 
their equal.  Yours truly, 

W. C. B abcock.

PRICE  LIST.

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

Cellar Tanks and Pumps.

1 bbl............................. $14 00
17 00
2 bbl.............................
21 00
3 bbl.............................
4 bbl............................. 25 00
30 00
5 bbl.............................
Pump without tank — 9 00

Compare our prices.  O rder now and save agents’ 

commission.

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.

DUTNAMCANDY CO.

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CAUSES  OP  HARD  TIMES.

Written  for T as Tradesman.

If  I  were  asked  to  name  one  of  the 
gloomiest  conditions  of  human  experi­
ence,  I  would  suggest  a  foggy  day  in 
London.  There is as  much  light in  the 
world for the use of the millions inhabit­
ing that great city,  as on other days;  but 
the rays thrown off from  the  sun  are in­
tercepted  by  the  opaqueness  of  a  mist 
that is more terrible than Egyptian dark­
ness,  in  that  it  cannot be  overcome by 
artificial  light  of  any  kind.  Men  may 
move  about  in  it,  and  perform  all  the 
functions  of  life  as  usual,  but  only  as 
blind  men,  groping  their way—all sens­
es under control except vision—that fail­
ing,  nothing  is left  but confusion,  help­
lessness and a long  record  of  accidents. 
Above this intense atmospheric  funerial 
canopy nature  smiles  in  gladness.  Be­
low all is  gloom, demoralization of busi­
ness and  hard  times for everybody  until 
the  sunlight  again  breaks  through  the 
intervening  obstacle.

In this  country  we have no fogs which 
can  compare  with those of  the  English 
metropolis.  But  we  have  some  mental 
fogs which are fully as  undesirable;  and 
they often seriously  impair  business ac­
tivities.  Some  of  our  fogs  have  their 
origin in the  scheming brains of  certain 
men  who  are  politicians  for  rev 
only and are used to bewilder  the  minds 
of many who would otherwise  see clear­
ly the  relative  value  of  policies offered 
for  their  approval.  By  exciting  the 
imagination of the voter through appeals 
to his fears of evil,  and then by repeated 
assertion convincing  him  that  such evil 
is both real and imminent, the victim be­
comes,  in  a  measure,  hypnotized,  and 
can see nothing but a pall  of  gloom set­
tling  upon  and  depressing  business ev­
erywhere.  This is  one  feature  of  mod­
ern hard times  which  is most prevalent; 
and it originates altogether in  the imagi­
nation.

But it does  not  end  there.  The  laws 
of  mind  are  as  inexorable  as  those  of 
matter.  A false  alarm  may  do as much 
and,  perhaps, more  mischief  than a true 
one.  Like a little fire  kindled  in forest 
leaves  or  dry  prairie grass,  it  is almost 
sure to spread far  beyond  the limit first 
intended.  A  breath of  suspicion,  when 
once fairly started, may cause the sound­
est commercial  house to  totter and  fall, 
burying  many lesser firms  in  its  ruins. 
So the cry of  calamity  first set up to ex­
cite the prejudices of the unthinking and 
selfish for  ulterior  purposes  often over­
leaps the  bound  fixed by the  promoters 
and brings about hard times just as sure­
ly as fear of  the cholera produces condi­
tions  favorable  to  the  spread  of  that 
dreaded disease.

As a matter of  fact, for  the last twen­
ty-five years we have  passed  through no 
period  which  could justly  be considered 
as hard times  in  general.  Each  section 
of the union,  in turn,  may have had acci­
dents by fire or flood,  bad harvests,  visit­
ations  of  disease,  earthquakes  or  cy­
clones;  but  these  evils  have been  local 
and partial, and, whenever causing  unu­
sual  suffering,  willing  hands  from more 
fortunate  communities  have  given  of 
their abundance to  relieve distress.

In spite of all such calamities,  we have, 
as a people,  been  generally improving in 
material conditions, each  census record­
ing a constant increase not only in aggre­
gate  wealth  but  in the  average  income 
of those depending  on labor  for subsist­
ence.  Besides  this,  both  public  and

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Adriatic
Argyle  ..................   6
Atlanta AA.............6
Atlantic  A.............6V

“  Arrow Brand 5V 
“  World Wide.  6
“  LL................. 4*4
Full Yard Wide...... 6*4
Georgia  A................6V
H............... 6*4
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P ............  5*4
Honest Width......... 6*4
D.............   6
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Hartford A ............ 6
“  LL.............. 5
Indian Head...........7
Amory....................   6*4
King A  A................6*4
Archery  Bunting...  4 
King EC.................  5
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5*4
Lawrence  L L ........  4%
Blackstone 0 ,32__5
Madras cheese cloth 63i
Black Crow............ 6
Newmarket  G........SV
Black  Rock  ...........6
B  .......5
Boot, AL................  7
N ........6*4
Capital  A................5*4
DD....  5fc
Cavanat Y..............  5*4
X .......6*4
Chapman cheese cl.  3V
Noibe R..................  5
Clifton  C R ............ 5*4|OnrLevel  Best
6*4 
Cornet..................... 6*4 Oxford  R
6
Dwight Star............  6M Pequot.........   ...........
Clifton CCC...........6*4 Solar.........................  6
|Top of the  Heap__7
ABC................... 8*4
Geo. Washington...  8
Amazon...................8
GlenMUls.............   7
Amsburg.................7
Gold Medal............   7*4
Art  Cambric.......... 10
Green  Ticket......... 8*4
Blackstone AA......  7
Great Falls.............   6*4
Beats AU.................4*4
Hope.......................   7*4
Boston....................12
Just  Out....  43£@ 5
Cabot......................   7
King Phillip...........734
Cabot,  %...  . .........634
OP.....  7*4
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Charter  Oak...........5*4
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Conway W..............  7*4 Lonsdale
@  8*4
Cleveland
Middlesex........   @5
Dwight Anchor...... 8*4
No Name................   7*4
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shorts.  8
Oak View...............  6
Edwards.................   6
Our Own................   5*4
Empire....................7
Pride of the West.. .12
Farwell...................7*4
Rosalind.................   7*4
Fruit of the  Loom.  8*4
Sunlight.................   4*4
FitchvUle  ............. 7
Utica  Mills............ 8*4
First Prize..............7
“  Nonpareil ..10
Fruit of the Loom %.  7*4
Vlnyard..................  8*4
Falrmount..............  4*4
White Horse...........6
Full Value..............634
“  Rock....  ..  .  8*4
Cabot......................   7  ¡Dwight Anchor
8*
Farwell...................  8  |

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Bleached. 
Housewife  Q ....
R ......

CANTON  FLANNEL.

Unbleached 

Housewife  A...........4%
....5*4
....6
....6*4
•  -  634
....7
...734
...  8
834
...9*4
...10
...10*4
•  11*4
...14
CARPET  WARP.

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K  ..
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Peerless, white.......17*4¡Integrity  colored..
colored— 19*4 White Star............
Integrity................. 18*41 
“  colored.
Hamilton 

DRESS  GOODS.

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..............8
................. 9
.................10*4
GG  Cashmere........20
Nameless  ...............16
...............18

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Nameless................ 20
...........25
...........27*4
...........30
...........32*4

CORSETS.

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CORSET  JEANS.

Corallne................ 19 501Wonderful............50
Schilling’s . .  ........  9 00 Brighton...................4 75
Davis  Waists......  9 00 Bortree’s ...............   9 00
Grand  Rapids......   4 50|Abdominal.............15 00
Armory...................  634
Naumkeagsatteen..  634
Androscoggin......... 7*4
Rock port...................6*4
Blddeford..............  6
Conestoga.................634
Brunswick................6*4
Walworth  ............... 634
PRII
ITS.
Allen turkey  reds..  6
Berwick fancies__5*4
robes...........6
Clyde Robes...........
pink a purple 6
Charter Oak fancies 4*4 
buffs 
.........  6
DelMarine cashm’s.  6 
pink  checks.  6
monrn’g  6
staples........  6
Bddystone fancy...  6
shirtings ...  4*4 
chocolat  6
American  fancy—   534 
rober  ...  6
American Indigo  ...  6 
sateens..  6 
American shirtings.  4*4 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple....  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  5 
Manchester  fancy..  6 
Arnold 
“  —   6*4
new era.  6 
Arnold  Merino. . . .   6 
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
long cloth B. 10*4 
“ 
Merrim’ekshirtings. 4*4 
Reppfurn.  8*4
“ 
“  ,  C.  8*4
“ 
century cloth  7
Pacific fancy..........6
“  gold seal......10*4
robes............6*4
“  green seal TR 10*4 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow seal.. 10*4
Simpson mourning.. 6
“ 
serge.............11*4
greys........6
“  Turkey red..10*4 
solid black.  6 
Ballou solid black..  5 
Washington indigo.  6 
“  colors.  5*4
“ 
“  Turkey robes..  7*4
Bengal bine,  green, 
“  India robes__ 7*4
red and  orange...  5*4
“  plain Tky X 34  8*4 
Berlin solids...........  5*4
“  X...10
“ 
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“  oU blue.......   6*4
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“  green  ...  6*4
“ 
key red 
................6
“  Foulards —   5*4 
Martha Washington
Tnrkevred 34  __   7*4
“ 
red34  ...  •  7
“  X  ............9*4
“ 
Martha Washington
.......10
“ 
“  4 4 
Turkey red.......... 9*4
“  3 4XXXX 12
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Rlverpointrobes....  5*4 
Cocheco fancy........6
Windsor fancy........6*4
idders...  6 
Indigo blue......... 10*4
XXtwills..  6*4 
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Amoskeag AC A. ...12*4
AC A...................... 12*4
HamUton N............   7*4
Pemberton AAA__16
York.......................10*4
D............ 8*4
Awning.. 11
Swift River............   7*4
Farmer....................8
Pearl  River............12
First Prize............. 11*4
Warren...................13
Lenox M ills..........18
Conostoga  ............ 16
Atlanta,  D..............  634¡Stark  A
8
Boot........................   634 No  N am e................7*4
Clifton, K...............   6>4¡Top of  Heap...........  9

5*4lHarmony.
TICKINGS.

COTTON  DRILL.

gold  ticket

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TELE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
Dry Goods Price Current.

DEMINS,

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Amoskeag..............12*4
9 oz...... 13*4
brown .13
Andover.................11*4
Beaver Creek AA... 10 
BB. ..  9
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Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
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blue  8*4 
“  d a  twist  10*4 

Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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Columbian brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........12*4
brown....... 12*4
Haymaker blue......   7%
brown...  734
Jeffrey.....................11*4
Lancaster...............12*4
Lawrence, 9oz........ 13*4
“  No. 220....13
“  No. 250....11*4
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Lancaster,  staple...  7
fancies__ 7
11 
“  Normandie  8
Lancashire.............6
Manchester............   534
Monogram..............  6*4
Normandie............... 7*4
Persian.....................8)4
Renfrew Dress..........7*4
Rosemont................. 6*4
Slatersvllle............6
Somerset.................7
Tacoma  ...................7*4
Toll  duNord.....10*4
Wabash...............7*4
Warwick............  8*4
Whlttenden........  634
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  634
Westbrook............8
Wlndermeer......... 5

Amoskeag...............7*4
“  Persian dress  8*4 
Canton ..  8*4
“ 
AFC........10*4
“ 
Teazle... 10*4 
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Angola.. 10*4 
“ 
Persian..  8*4
Arlington staple__ 6*4
Arasapha  fancy__ 434
Bates Warwick dres 8*4 
staples.  6*4
Centennial.............  10*4
Criterion................10*4
Cumberland staple.  5*4
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................4*4
Elfin.......................   7*4
Everett classics......8*4
Exposition............... 7*4
Glenarle.................  6*4
Glenarven................ 634
Glenwood.................7*4
Hampton.................. 6*4
Johnson Chalon cl 
*4 
Indigo blue 9*4 York 
zephyrs_16  I
GRAIN  BASS.

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seersucker..  7*4

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Amoskeag..............16*41 Valley City...............1534
Stark......................  19*4 Georgia..................1934
American.............. 16  iPaclfic.................... 13
Clark’s Mile End....45  IBarbour's..............88
Coats’, J. & P ........ 45  Marshall’s................88
Holyoke.................22*41

THREADS.

KNITTING COTTON.

White.  Colored. 

No.

6  ..  ..33 
8......... 34 
10..........85 
12..........36 

No.  14......... 37 
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16......... 38 
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18____ 89 
“  20......... 40 

White.  Colored
42
43
44
45

38
39
40
41
CAMBRICS.

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

RED  FLANNEL.

, T W......................... 22*4
) F T ............. 
82*4
J R F , XXX.............35
Buckeye..................32*4

Slater......................  4*4
White Star.............  4*4
Kid Glove  ..............  4*4
Newmarket............   4*4
Fireman.................32*4
Creedmore............. 27*4
Talbot XXX........... 30
Nameless  .............. 27*4

MIXED  FLANNEL.

10*4
U*4
12
20

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
9*4
10*4
11*4
12*4

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

Grey S R W.............17*4
Western W  .............18*4
D R P ............. 
18*4
Flushing XXX........23*4
Manitoba................ 23*4
@10*4
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Slate.  Brown.  Black. Slate
Brown. Black.
9*4 
9*4 10*4
10*4
10*4 11*4
10*4 
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11*4 12
11*4 
12
12*4 20
12*4 
20
DUCKS.
Severen. 8 oz........ .  9*4 West  Point, 8 oz
.10*4
May land, 8oz........ .10*4
10 oz ...12*4
Qreenwood, 7*4 oz .  9*4 Raven, lOoz......
...13*4
Greenwood, 8 os... -11*4 Stark
...13*4
Boston, 8 oz........... -10*4 Boston 10 oz__ ...12*4
WADDINGS.
White, dos............ .25  I Per bale, 40 dos__ 50
Colored, doz...........20  IColored  “ 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Red Cross....  9
Best  ........... 10*4
Best  AA.....12*4
7*4 
8*4

..........7 50
Pawtucket...............10*4
Dundle  ...................  9
Bedford...................10*4
Valley  City.............10)4
K K ......................... 10*4

SILESIAS.

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SEWING  8ILK.

Cortlcelll, dos.........75  ICortlcelll  knitting,

twist, doz. .87*4  per *4oz  ball....... 30
50 yd, dos..37*4l
HOOKS AND ETNS—PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k A White..10  INo  4 Bl’k A White. 15 
..20
..25
No 2-20, M  C........ 50  INO 4-15 F  3*4.......... 40

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FINS.

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3—18, S C ..........45  I

No  2 White A Bl’k.,12  INo  8 White <b Bl’k.,20 
.28
..26
No2 ...................... 28  IN08.,  ......................36

COTTON  TAPE.
..15 
“  10 
..18  I  “  12 
SAFETY  FINS.

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James.................1 401 Steamboat..............  40
Crowely’s...............1 85 Gold  Eyed............... 1  50
Marshall's..............1 00|
5-4....2 25  6—4...8 2515—4....1  95  6-4...2 95 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
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COTTON TWINES.

....2 10 

Cotton Sail Twine.. 28
Crown................... 12
Domestic...............18*4
Anchor..................16
Bristol....................13
Cherry  Valley.......15
'X L ...................... 18*4
Alabama.................634
Alamance............... 6*4
Augusta.................7*4
Ar  sapha................  6
Georgia...................6*4
G ranite..................  534
Haw  River............ S
Haw  J ....................5

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

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Mount  Pleasant__ 6*4
Oneida....................  5
Prym ont......   ......   534
Ran del man............ 6
Riverside  ..............  5M
Sibley  A.................6*2
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Grand Rapids, Mich.,

JOBBER  OF

Wales Goodyear Rubbers,

Woonsocket Rubbers,

Felt Boots and Alaska Socks.

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Best  Six  Bord
JWaGtiine or Hand Use.

— FOR

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL

MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF

Dealers  in  Dry  Goods & Notions.
SCHLOSS.  IDLES  J  GO.
Pants, Iris, Overalls
Gents’  Fm isbii Goods.

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REMOVED  TO

2 3 - 2 8   L a y n ed   St., E a st 

DETROIT,  MICH.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS  BRUSH  CO.,

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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 

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private  eleemosynary  enterprises  have 
kept  pace  with  the increase of  popula­
tion and thus provided help for the poor­
est and most improvident classes, so that, 
in  using the term  “hard times,” it is only 
intended as a figure of  speech,  except as 
it may be  applied in a limited way to in­
dividuals and localities.

And  yet, go  where  you  will,  in  this 
land of  golden  opportunities,  there  can 
be heard always and everywhere the dis­
mal  croak  of  the  croaker  croaking  his 
croak. 
It is audible every month of  the 
year, no matter whether the complainant 
be loaded with pecuniary obligations,  or 
is free from  them  and  possesses a large 
balance to his credit  in  the  bank. 
It  i3 
the grim humor of the  American  people 
seeking an outlet for inward impatience, 
and is no more  relevant  to  existing con­
ditions than  the harsh  croak of  the&am- 
phibious  harbinger of  spring.  Because 
we,  as  Americans, only  live to  achieve, 
we have no time or  inclination  to  enjoy 
what  has  been  gained. 
In hope of  the 
better future,  the past  seems  tame,  and 
the  present  contemptible;  and  we  take 
no  comfort  in  all  our labors  under the 
sun.  We never have  good  times  to-day 
They are just  ahead,  and,  until we over­
take to-morrow,  we  spend  our  time  be­
littling  or  complaining  of  the present. 
Mark Tapley was not a typical American. 
It  is doubtful if  he  lives  in  any of  his 
descendants  in  this  country,  especially 
among those who till the soil.

One would  think  that  those  who live 
more  immediately  upon  the  bounty  of 
Providence and are for  that reason near­
er the  heart of the Infinite Father would 
naturally  of  all  men  be  best  satisfied 
with the present.  But observation  tells 
me  that  it  is  not  so.  The  mercantile 
class,  whose  dependence  on  Providence 
is, as  it  were,  by  second hand, are,  as  a 
rule,  more  cheerfully  resigned  to  the 
hard vicissitudes of life than the former; 
although  statistics  show  that fifty mer­
chants fail in business ventures to one of 
the  agricultural class.  Those who have 
the best right to plead  hard  times waive 
their opportunities to say the least.  The 
pesimism of  to-day finds  more  frequent 
and bitter expression among those whose 
material  prospects  for  the  future  are 
brightest.

The  man  who  to-day  croaks  of  bard 
times  is  in  most  instances  one  whose 
recollection  does  not  antedate  the  late 
civil  war.  His  memories  extend  only 
over the period of  falling prices  follow­
ing an  inflation  of  values  never  before 
known.  The  older  citizen,  who  once 
lived  in a log house with  puncheon floor 
and scant  furnishing—who  seasoned his 
daily meals with the sauce of  self-denial 
—who  allowed  imagination  to  be  his 
sole  provider  in  mental  and  material 
luxuries—he  is the  one who never owns 
up  to  hard  times,  because  his  desires 
were  never  allowed  to  anticipate  his 
needs,  and,  therefore,  he wonders at  the 
complaints and unrest of this generation. 
Hard  times,  no  doubt, come  to  individ­
uals  everywhere, even  in  this  land  of 
plenty,  from  causes  which  no  ordinary 
foresight  can prevent.  But they mostly 
spring from improvident habits,  and are 
confined to no  one  class, 
it  is  because 
men  allow  the  luxuries  of yesterday to 
become the  necessities  of  to-day,  which 
grow in time so exhorbitant  in  their  de­
mands that whoever consents makes him­
self a slave to caprice and lives thereaft­
er  alternately  cringing 
to  those  who 
are  more  prosperous  or  railing  against

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his  own  fate.  Those  whose  labor  is 
their sole capital need  only  compare the 
present with the  past to find reasons for 
solid  content.  But  instead  of  doing  so 
they seem to make every upward advance 
in condition  a fresh  cause  of  complaint 
against  the  times.  The men whose wa­
ges are  the  highest, on account  of  being 
most skillful,  are  the first to  demand an 
increase of wages or shorter hours under 
threat  of  a  general  strike.  The  true 
grievance is not that  they are falling be­
hind in the  race for  material  good,  but 
that some  are  far  ahead  of  themselves. 
They forget that in a land  like  ours,  the 
equities  of  civilization  are  sure  in  the 
end  to  bring  about  an  equilibrium  of 
prosperous  conditions;  but  that  result 
cannot  be  hastened  by  hostile  and  de­
structive  conflicts,  especially  when  in 
the court of  public opinion  there  is  ad­
judged no sufficient cause.  At the best, 
they leave labor where it began—no vital 
question  settled,  and, 
in  most  cases, 
nothing to show but  serious  loss to both 
labor  and capital. 
If class  rails against 
class, seeking  to  equalize  conditions  by 
legislation,  the good time coming will re­
cede as does the  mirage  of  the desert in 
the eye of the hopeful  yet ever  deceived 
traveler.

Our happiness as a people  does not lie 
so  much in catching up  with  those who 
are,  or  seem  to  be,  ahead  in the race as 
in  making the most of  the present.  The 
inventions  of  this  age  have  cheapened 
the means of  living for  the poor  as well 
as for the rich.  But if  a man’s wants in­
crease in a greater ratio  than  the cheap­
ening process, the road to prosperity will 
be a hard one  to travel.  Many  are  eco­
nomical in trying to get  the most for the 
least money;  but seldom think the wisest 
economy consists in buying only what one 
really needs—choosing  the best and pay­
ing what it is worth.  False economy ends 
in  extravagance and  complaint  of  hard 
times. 
If  we  are  careful  to  avoid  im­
providence  the  future  will  present  a 
cheerful aspect,  hard  times  will  vanish 
as  do  in  time  the  fogs of London,  and 
each one can  say for himself in the words 
of  the old song,

“This world is not so bad a world 
As  some would  choose to make It;
But whether good or whether bad, 
Depends on how you take it.”

S. P.  Wh itm a r sh.
CZ2TSSXTG  HOOT,
We pay the highest price for it.  Addres,

DPPIT  D Of'iC!  W holesale  Druggist* 
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(IRANI)  RAPTnfl

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WALTER  HOUSE

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

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

AUGURS AND BITS. 

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
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60
Snell’s........................................................... 
Cook’s ........................................................... 
40
Jennings’, genuine....................................... 
25
Jennings’,  imitation....................................50&10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze...........................$700
D.  B. Bronze............................  12 00
S. B. S. Steel.............................   8 00
D. B. Steel............................ 

AXES.

“ 
‘ 
‘ 

BABBOW8. 

Railroad  .................................................... $ 14 00
Garden  ................................................  net  30 00
Stove.............................................................. 50410
Carriage new list.  ....................................... 75410
Plow.............................................................. 40410
Sleigh shoe 
70

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

bolts. 

dls.

13 50

 
dls.

BUCKETS.

Well,  plain................................................... $ 3 50
Well, swivel......................................................  4 00
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.*..................  ......... 704
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 604,0

butts, cast. 

HAMMERS.

 

“ 

“ 

dlS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

Maydole  4  Co.’s ..................................... dls. 
25
25
Kip’s ........................................................dls. 
Yerkes 4  Plumb’s.................................. dls. 40410
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel......................... 80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel, Hand__30c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2,3........ 
dls.60410
State...........................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4H  14  and
longer.......................................................   3H
Screw Hook and Rye, %......................... net 
10
9i..................... 
net 8H
34.........................net  7H
%.........................net  7H
Strap and T..............................................dls. 
50
Bara Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50410
Champion,  antl-frictlon.............................   60410
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40
Pots..............................................................  60410
Kettles.........................................................  60410
Spiders  .........................................................60410
Gray enameled............................................. 40410
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
26
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 33X410
dlS.
Bright...................................................... 70410410
Screw  Ryes.............................................70410410
Hook’s .....................................................70410410
Gate Hooks and Ryes...................... 
70410410
<Hs.7o
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s.....................
Sisal, H inch and larger.............................  
9
Manilla  .......................................................   13
dig.
Steel and Iron..............................................  
Try and Bevels............................................. 
Mitre............................................................ 

HOUSE FURNISHING  GOODS.

levels. 
ROPES.

HOLLOW WARE.

WIRE GOODS. 

SQUARES. 

75
60
go
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

825
8 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14.......................................$4 05 
Nos. 15 to 17........................................4 05 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................   4 05 
Nos. 22 to 24 .....................................  4 05 
Nos. 25 to 26.....................................  425 
No. 27................................................4 45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86.....................................dls. 
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A.................................  “ 
White  B...............................  1 
DrabB.................................   “ 
White C.................................“ 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
55
51)
55
35

SHEET IRON.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dlB.

SAWS. 

traps. 

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

Solid Byes............................................ per ton $25
“ 
20
70
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot,__  
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__  
50
30
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot__ 
“  Champion  and  Blectric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  root.............................................  30
Steel, Game................................................... 60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Commnnlty, Hawley a Norton’s __ 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion............................... $1.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market............................................   62H
Coppered  Spring Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  2 85
painted....................................  a 40

wire. 

dls.

“ 

WRENCHES. 

An  Sable  .......................................... dls.  40410
dls.  05
Putnam.......................................... 
Northwestern................................  
dls. 10410
dlS.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75410
dls.
Bird Cages............................................... 
 
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
7E410
Screws, New List..........................................70410
Casters, Bed a  .d Plate...........................50410410
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods....... 6E410

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

$3 95
3 05
3 05
8 15

METALS,
PIG TIN.

634
7

ZINC.

260
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.......................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2Hc per pound.
600 pound  casks........................................... 
Per pound....................................................  
H©H.................................................................. 16
Rxtra Wiping.................................................   15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder in the market indicated by nrivate brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................per pound
Hallett’s......................................  
13
TIN—MKLYK GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............ ........................... $ 7
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

Bach additional X on this grade, $1.75.

7  0
9 25
9 25

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

 
 
 

 
 

 

 

TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.

 

 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 

10x14 IC,  Charcoal...................................  $ 6  75
6 75
14X20IC, 
10x14 IX, 
8  25
14x20 IX, 
9 25

 
Bach additional X on this grade $1.50.

 
 
 
ROOFING PLATES

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

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x2010, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
14x28 IX............................................................ $14 00
14x31  IX..........................................................15
ln
14x5$ IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I 
14x60H   •• 
10

f P « pound.... 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  9 

 
 

“ 

 
 
 

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

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

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

50

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

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

CastSteel............................................. peril)  5
Bly’sl-10............................................. perm 
Hick’s C. F ...........................................  
“ 
O. D ......................................................   “ 
Musket..................................................  “ 

CAPS.

65
60
35
60

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

50
25

cartridoes.

chisels. 

dls.

dls.

Socket Firmer.............................................  70410
Socket Framing............................................ 70410
Socket Comer............................................... 70410
Socket Slicks............................................... 70410
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40

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

combs. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

“ 

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

DRILLS. 

 

dlS.

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

DRIPPING PANS.

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

07
  6H

 

ELBOWS.

75

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Com. 4  piece, 6 In............................doi. net 
Corrugated....................................................... dls 40
Adjustable....................................................... dls. 40410
Clark’s, small, $18;  large, $26...................... 
30
Ives’, 1, $18:  2, $24; 3,$30............................  
25
Disston’s .......................................................60410
New American  ............................................60410
Nicholson’s ..................................................60410
Heller’s .........................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  ..................................  
50

piles—New List. 

dls.

dls.

galvanized iron.

15 

12 

28
17

dls.

locks—door. 

knobs—New List. 

14 
sauses. 

13 
Discount, 60

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

Stanley Role and Level Co.’s...............   ... 
so
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....................  
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings ................. 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
55
Door,  porcelsln, trimmings......................... 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain................... 
70
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t .........  
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler 4  Co.’s............................ 
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ...............................................   
55
Adze Rye......................................... $16.00, dls.  60
Hunt Rye.  .......................................$15.00, dls.  60
Hunt’s...................................... $18.50, dls. 20410.
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
50
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
40
“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Cle t k’s................. 
40
“  Enterprise 
.....................................  
30
Stebbln’s Pattern..........................................60410
Stebbin’s Genuine........................................ 60410
Rnterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

M ifpopini

dls.
dls.

dlS.

NAIIiS

 

Advance over base: 

Steel nails, base........................................... 1  85
Wire nails, base.......................... .  ...... 1  80@1  90
Steel.  Wire.
60......................................................Base 
Base
10
50......................................................Base 
40.....................................................   05 
25
25
10 
30..................................................... 
35
20.....................................................  15 
45
16..................................................... 
15 
45
12..................................................... 
15 
10......................................................   20 
50
8........................................................   25 
60
7 4 6 ..................................................  40 
75
4............................. 
60 
90
1  20
3....................................................... 1  00 
1  60
2....................................................... 1  50 
160
Flne3................................................160 
65
Case  10 .............................................  60 
8.............................................   75 
“ 
75
90
“ 
6 .............................................  90 
Finish 10...........................................  85 
75
“  8.............................................1 00 
90
6 ...........................................115 
110
“ 
Clinch; 10..........................................   85 
70
80
“ 
8.............................................1 00 
6.............................................1 15 
90
" 
Barren %.......................................... 175 
175
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   ©40
Sclota Bench.............................................  ©60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  040
Bench, first quality......................................   ®60
Stanley Rale and Level Co.’s, wood...........   410
Fry,  Acme.............................................dls.60—10
Common, polished................................ dls. 
70
Iron and  Tinned.......................................... 
40
Copper Rivets and Bars...............................50—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
"B” Wood’s pat planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

PLANKS. 

rivets. 

PANS.

Broken packs He per pound extra.

dlS.

dls.

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tions  which  have  taken  place  of  late 
years,  and  that  the  railroad  systems of 
the country have  assumed  their  present 
perfection  is,  in  a  very  large  measure, 
due to his ability.  His name, more  than 
that  of  any  other  single  individual,  is 
identified  with  the  great  trunk  lines 
which control  the  transportation  of  the 
country, and,  in that peculiar sphere,  he 
rose high above the  level  of  those who, 
like  him,  amassed  millions  in  Wall 
street.

Such a power  had  this  man  grown  to 
be in the financial world  that it was pre- 
I dieted that his death would  precipitate a 
panic in the stock market.  Ever since it 
became  known  that  his  health was im­
paired there have been periodical rumors 
of  his  death  spread  for  the  purpose of 
manipulating  the  market,  and  so  fre­
quently had this  ruse  been  made use  of 
that  it  had  almost  lost  its  influence; 
hence, when the event actually occurred, 
it was at first discredited,  and, instead of 
becoming  panicky,  the  market  was  but 
little influenced.

E. A.  STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  14, 1892.
GOULD’S  MYSTERY  OF  FINANCE.
In the  death  of  Jay  Gould  the  world 
parted with one of the most extraordinary 
characters  financial  circles  have  ever 
known.  From  a position of  poverty and 
obscurity  this  remarkable  man  rose  to 
the point of being the  absolute  autocrat 
of  American 
financial  affairs.  He 
amassed a  fortune of  a hundred  millions 
of  dollars,  and  although  his  methods 
earned  for  him  the  enmity  of  many  of 
his  associates in  the  busy world  of  Wall 
street,  his  power  was  such  as  to make 
him universally feared.

Backed  by his  millions and  the control 
secured  over  many  of  the  most  impor­
tant  corporations  of  the  country.  Jay 
Gould put  values up  and  down  at  will, 
wrecking  and  destroying  those  who 
stood  in  his  path,  and  making  the  for­
tunes  of  his  friends.  The  “ Wizard  of 
Wall Street”  was certainly a person to  be 
feared,  but it mast  be  admitted that  his 
peculiar  methods  were  not  such  as  to 
make him  a popular  hero.

The power weilded by  this remarkable 
man  in  Wall  street  was so perfectly  ab­
solute  that  his  attitude  towards  every 
deal  engineered  in  that  busy  center  for 
many years  past was always the  most im­
portant  calculation  that  the  operators 
had to consider.  How  Gould  stood  with 
respect  to the  market  was  always a lead­
ing  factor  in  determining  prices,  and 
when  he took an  active  personal  interest 
it  was but seldom  that anyone dared  op­
pose him,  some  few  experiences  having 
convinced  everybody  that  such  opposi­
tion meant certain  destruction.

While  it  is  asserted  that  Mr.  Gould 
crushed  with  an iron  hand  all  active op­
position,  it is not claimed that  his  opera­
tions were purposely planned  to  destroy 
weaker trades  in  securities.  So  perfect 
was the control of  the market  possessed 
by this  master  of  finance that of  recent 
years  his  schemes  have  encountered no 
opposition,  and  he has been  permitted to 
develop  his  vast  plans  of  railroad  con­
solidation  without  hindrance.

But,  while  Mr.  Gould’s  speculations 
made  him  enemies,  it cannot  be denied  | 
that he deserved the distinction of  being 
the  foremost  financier  of  his time.  To 
his manipulations more than to any other 
cause are due the vast railroad consolida­

That 

the  anticipated  financial  dis­
turbance  did  not  follow  Mr.  Gould’s 
death is more  than  probably  due to  the 
foresight of the great financier in putting 
his  affairs  in  order,  in  anticipation  of 
his  end,  and  to  the  general  impression 
that the disposition of  his  property  had 
been so  wisely  made as  to permit of  no 
immediate  or  violent  fluctuation  in  its 
value.
POLITICAL  OUTLOOK  IN  EUROPE
It  cannot  be  overlooked  by  any  one 
interested  in  international  affairs  that 
the political aspect of Europe is far  from 
reassuring.  Aside from the ever present 
danger of  a general  war,  growing out of 
the  ambitions  longings  of  the  leading 
powers for supremacy in European affairs 
and the state of practical preparation for 
an outbreak  which  is maintained, nearly 
all the  powers are  confronted with more 
or  less  serious  internal  disorders  and 
complications  which  hold  out  anything 
but an encouraging prospect.

Russia,  for  instance,  which  is  at  the 
present  time the  power the most menac­
ing  to the  peace of  Europe,  has  to  con­
tend  with serious internal discontent and 
a  condition of  public  finances which  is 
simply chaotic. 
It is an open secret that 
the  Czar’s  advisers  favor  war  as  much 
from a desire  to  silence  the  mutterings 
at home  as  from a wish to increase  Rus­
sia’s dominions.

In  Germany,  while  the  vast  military 
system  maintained  occasions  much  dis­
content,  there are  fewer  alarming symp­
toms of  dangerous domestic trouble than 
in most of the other continental countries 
of  Europe.  Nevertheless,  the  govern­
ment is  at  the  present  moment  in a de­
cidedly precarious situation, owing to the 
hostility in the Reichstag to the proposed 
increases in the army.  The  least danger 
that  could  result  from  a  defeat  of  the 
government  on  this  question  would  be 
a cabinet crisis,  which  might  eventually 
prepare  the  way for  the  return of  Bis­
marck to power.

France  is  at  the  present  moment  in 
the throes of  an acute  ministerial crisis, 
and  each  day the  complications  of  the 
situation  increase  and the  difficulties of 
forming  a  new ministry multiply. 
It  is 
hinted  in  the  European  dispatches that 
the  crisis  may yet  bring  about  the  re­
tirement of  President  Carnot. 
It is cer­
tainly  very  apparent  that  no  ministry 
which  may be formed  can  hope for  any

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

extended term of office with the Chamber 
of  Deputies  split  up  into  a number  of 
groups,  among  which  there  are  no  ele­
ments  favorable  to  a  ministerial  coali­
tion.

Although  since the  recent elections in 
Italy the aspect of affairs in that country 
has  brightened,  the  financial  difficulties 
still remain, and may be expected to bub­
ble  to  the surface  again  at  no  distant 
date.  Austria  is  probably  worst  men­
aced from  without than  any of  the other 
countries  of  Europe,  while,  internally, 
the  empire  is  torn with  race  jealousies.
Although Great  Britain  is  confronted 
with no such serious menaces as to either 
internal or external  peace as menace  the 
continental  powers,  there  are  not  want­
ing even  there  elements of  anxiety  and 
political  excitement.  There  is,  for  in­
stance, the constant menace of the Indian 
Empire by Russia  and  the  ever-increas­
ing  necessity  for  welding  the  widely 
separated  parts  of  the  British  Empire 
into a closer union.

There is  prospect  also  of  an  exciting 
political  warfare  during  the  sitting  of 
the  next  session  of  Parliament.  The 
government  majority  is  small and  lacks 
cohesiveness, while the opposition is for­
midable,  because  of  perfect  discipline 
and  the  possession of  leaders  of  more 
than ordinary talent and resources.  There 
is also a promise of  a decisive  tilt on the 
long-vexed  Irish  problem,  coupled  with 
a strong  probability of  a government de­
feat and the necessity for another appeal 
to the electors.

While,  therefore,  on  this  side  of  the 
Atlantic  we  are  preparing  for  a  long 
term of freedom  from political agitation, 
our friends across the ocean are menaced 
with  an  era of  serious unrest,  if  not  of 
absolute danger.

AN  AMERICAN  POLICY.

Great Britain  has conquered  and  colo­
nized  more  strange  peoples  and in more 
parts of the globe than have all the other 
nations of  the  earth in the  same period. 
Her  sails  whiten  every  sea,  her  keels 
plow  every bay and  river, her flag floats 
from more mastheads than  do  the  colors 
of  half  the  other  seafaring  peoples put 
together.

There is scarcely a country on the face 
of  the  earth  whose  hills  and  valleys, 
whose  plains  and  mountains,  whose 
deserts  and  jangles  have not  been  the 
scene of  British  warfare, and  yet  there 
are  no  more  peaceable  people  on  the 
planet  than  these  English-speaking  isl­
anders.  They do not  fight  because  they 
are  quarrelsome;  they  do  not  make war 
for any sentimental love of glory.  Their 
sole object  in  view  is  to  advance their 
commercial  interests, to  push  and  pro­
tect  their  trade,  to make  customers and 
find  markets  for  the  products  of  their 
workshops.  People  who  refuse to trade 
with them must fight.

Commerce  is  the  keynote  of  British 
statesmanship,  and  it  is  persistent  de­
votion 
interests  that  has 
made  the  British  nation  the  richest on 
our globe.

to  material 

This is pre-eminently  the  age of  com­
merce,  and the American people,  if  they 
are  not  a  trading  race,  are  nothing. 
If 
they  are  to  accomplish  what  seems  a 
most plain decree of  destiny,  the  people 
of  the United  States  must dominate the 
commerce  of  their  hemisphere  as  Eng­
land  has  done  that  of  the  Old  World. 
And there  is no  time to lose. 
It is to be 
accomplished by the piercing for naviga

tion  of  the  American  isthmus,  and  by 
the  establishing of  reciprocal  trade  be­
tween all the American republics.

Such  are the  great  problems to which 
our  statesmanship  must  address  itself; 
such  is  the  work  that  our  enterprise, 
aided by science and money,  must under­
take  with courage  and  zeal.  Entrenched 
behind the  paramount  rights  and  duties 
of self-protection;  fired by the noble am­
bitions  that  should,  by  virtue  of  their 
responsibilities  as  masters  and  keepers 
of  a  hemisphere,  inspire  a  great  and 
powerful  people, let  the  people of  this 
grand union of republics, acting together 
and for the good of the whole,  march for­
ward  to  accomplish  the  mighty destiny 
that calls  them.

PESTILENT  AGITATORS.

Evolution  is  one  of  the  fundamental 
laws  of  life. 
It  means  unfolding  as 
the opening of  the bud  into  the  perfect 
flower, the progression  of  the acorn into 
all the stages until it becomes an oak.  It 
is as if  the  full  flower  or  the giant oak 
were all contained in the bud or the seed 
cup,  and  by  a  system  of  unfolding  the 
larger  and  more  complete  development 
was secured.

Evolution  is  then  a  proper  function 
and  a gradual  and  progressive  one. 
It 
brings  about  results  when  the  time  is 
ready and  circumstances  have  prepared 
the way.  There is nothing sudden or un­
expected.  All  that  happens  in  such  a 
case was  looked  for,  because there  had 
been due forewarning.

If our  social and  political  institutions 
could be  left  to  pass  through  the  pro­
gressive  stages  of  a  normal  evolution 
the earth would  have  been  the  scene of 
few  wars  and  revolutions.  But  while 
nature  ever  waits  patiently,  man  will 
not,  and seeks to produce results by sud­
den force and  violence.  Alexander  was 
unwilling to  attempt the legitimate loos­
ing of  the  Gordian  knot.  He  was in  a 
hurry, and so he  cut  it  with  his sword. 
That is the  human  rule.  Man seems  to 
delight in disorder and revolution.  This 
feeling carried to excess makes anarchists 
and nihilists.

This haste is the curse of  our  civiliza­
tion.  Many  are  hastening  to  become 
rich.  They are  not particular as  to  the 
means, so that the  end  is attained.  This 
class has raised  up an intense  and bitter 
opposition,  and  the  opposing  class  is 
only  desirous  to  thwart  the  other,  to 
overthrow  it.  These  class  feelings  de­
velop in  force and energy until we have 
conflict  between the  two  classes.  Each 
endeavors to strengthen  itself by organi­
zation,  and so there results  the spectacle 
of money monopoly on one  side,  opposed 
by socialism on the  other.

Both  are  wrong,  and  their  existence 
portends vast evils;  but one  is  a  conse­
quence  of  the  other. 
If  there  were  no 
despots there would  be  no  nihilists.  If 
there were no powerful  combinations  of 
capital in trusts and  great  corporations, 
there would  be no  socialism.  But  they 
are both here,  and are gathering strength 
all the time for the great struggle, which 
is inevitable.

The  great  trouble  is  that  they  are 
forcing  the  entire  population  to  take 
sides on one or the other issue of the dis­
pute. 
If there is any principle  which  is 
obviously sound it is that the interests of 
capital and labor are identical.  One can­
not operate without the other.  One can­
not  properly  exist  without  the  other. 
should  be  intimate  and
Their  union 

friendly,  but  tremendous  forces  are  at 
work to set  them in opposition.

The employer,  in  his haste to get rich, 
does not in  too many cases scruple to  do 
so at the expense of his employes.  These, 
in turn,  feeling  the  injury,  become  dis- 
satisfed,  and  then  3ngry.  Before  any 
rational and  wise  reconciliation  can in­
tervene  the  agitator  comes  along,  and 
while  advising  the  employers to invoke 
the  forces  of  money  and  oppression, 
counsels  the working  men  to  resort  to 
revolution  and  violence.  The  agitator 
pours  his  poison  into  the  ears of  both 
parties  to  the  controversy,  and  every­
thing is done to create  hates  and  bitter­
ness.

It is the agitator,  wherever he  may be 
found,  who is the prime cause of  all the 
trouble.  But 
for  his  pestilent  and 
poisonous  suggestions  every such differ­
ence  could  be  peaceably  and equitably 
settled.  Every  settlement  which 
is 
made at the cost of the surrender of  one 
party  or  the  other  will  produce  hates 
and jealousies that will  rankle  until the 
next  outbreak,  and then they will aggra­
vate the situation.

Admiral Semmes,  in  the record  which 
he has left of  his naval cruises,  declares 
that whenever he  discovered that he had 
an agitator or a “sea  lawyer”  among his 
crew,  he made  haste  to  put him  ashore 
at the first  port. 
If  the  industrial  and 
social agitators on shore could be got  rid 
of a vast catalogue of troubles,present and 
future,  would be  impossible.  The  agi­
tators  are  not  all  among  the  working 
men  by  any means,  but  wherever  they 
are they are  dangerous to our social sys­
tem and our proper development.

PRECIOUS  STONES  IN  THE  UNITED 

STATES.

The United  States is the foremost pro­
ducer  of  valuable  minerals  of  all  the 
countries of  the  world. 
In gold  and sil­
ver,  iron and  coal, copper and  lead,  it is 
pre-eminent. 
Its  yield of  other  metals 
of economic importance  is  considerable, 
and in building stones of all descriptious 
it is  inexhaustibly rich.  When  it conies 
to  gems  and  precious  stones,  however, 
our country makes but a poor show.

In  the  census  repjrfc  on  minerals for 
1890 will  be found an interesting section 
on  American  precious  stones,  by George 
F.  Kunz, the eminent expert of the house 
of  Tiffany.  From  Mr.  Kunz’s  statistics 
it is learned  that the total  production of 
precious  stones in the  United  States for 
1889, the  year in  which  the  census  enu­
meration was made,  was to the amount of 
55188,000. after  being cut and  polished to 
the  extent of  $107,000 used  for  jewelry, 
and $81,000 sold to museums and  collect­
ors of curiosities.

Of  these  stones  few were of  the finer 
sorts.  There  were no diamonds  and  no 
rubies.  There  were  sapphires  to  the 
amount  of  $0,700,  but  very  deficient  in 
color.  There  were  turquoises to the  ex­
tent  of  $24,000  worth.  The  rest  were 
stones of  commoner varieties.  The sap- 
phi?es were all found in Montana and all 
the turquoises in New Mexico.  Plainly, 
our  country,  as  a  producer  of  precious 
gems,  is far behind India, which has fur­
nished  diamonds,  rubies, 
topazes  and 
beryls in the  greatest  numbers from the 
earliest  times. 
It  is  far  behind Brazil, 
which  has  for  a  century  past  afforded 
large numbers of diamonds. 
It is far be­
hind South Africa, which is now the chief 
source of diamonds. 
It is far behind the 
Russian  region of  the  Ural  Mountains,

In  reference  to  diamonds,  Mr.  Kunz 
reports  that while a few have  from  time 
to  time  been  obtained  in  California, 
North  Carolina,  Georgia,  Virginia  and 
Wisconsin, the  finds  have been  rare and 
always  accidental.  No indications  exist 
which  would 
justify  any  systematic 
search  for  them,  although  the  circum­
stances and  conditions under which they 
have been  found resemble  those existing 
in  the  diamond  regions  of  India  and 
Brazil,  but  utterly  unlike  those of  the 
South  African  diamond  district,  where 
the  gems  are  obtained  from a blue clay 
which  seems to have  resulted  from  the 
decomposition of  a  bluish volcanic rock.
The  Indian  and  Brazilian  stones  are 
found  in  gravel  of  agate,  jasper  and 
other  quartzes,  which  are the  debris  of 
crystalline rocks,  and it  is in  this sort of 
gravel  that the  few American  diamonds 
have  been  found.  The  entire  finds  of 
these  stones are  summed  up as  follows: 
One octahedral  diamond of  good quality 
weighing  24.75  carats,  and  when  cut 
11.34  carats,  at  Richmond, Va.,  in  1854; 
about  100  diamonds,  weighing from one- 
fourth of a carat to 5 carats, in the North 
Carolina and Georgia localities; about 200 
diamonds of  from one-half to four carats 
each,  in  California;  2 diamonds  in  Indi­
ana;  7 small  ones,  none  as  heavy as one 
carat, in  Pierce  county,  Wisconsin,  and 
a few isolated  stones from  Idaho, Arizo­
na,  Arkansas and Adair county,  Ky.

This is  a  very meager  showing,  but it 
demonstrates that  diamonds exist in this 
country.  But  it  is evident  that we  are 
too far north for any prolific yield of  the 
chiefest  of  the  precious  stones. 
The 
fact  seems  to  be  that  all  the  northern 
diamond  fields have  either been  covered 
up or swept bodily  away by the vast and 
potential  influences  of  the  Arctic  drift 
which  is so  great a puzzle  to  the geolo­
gists. 
It  wrecked or buried all the solid 
lands of  the  Northern  Hemisphere,  and 
so  diamonds  are  only left  untouched  in 
regions south of  the equator,  beyond the 
reach of  the terrible invasion of  moving 
ice  and  rock which  marked  the  glacial 
age. 

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Financial Notes.

The Northville State Savings Bank has 
begun a corporate existence, with a capi­
tal stock of $25,000, divided among forty- 
five stockholders.

The  product  of  the  Diamond  Match 
Company  for  eleven  months  this  year 
shows an  increase  of  14  per  cent,  over 
the product for  a  corresponding  portion 
of 1891.  This will make the valuation of 
the total output  of  this  year  $5,827,000 
gross,  against $5,111,417 last year.  The 
total net earnings in 1891  were  $802,816, 
and it is thought  that  this  year  it  will 
reach 
fully  $1,000,000  and  possibly 
$1,100,000.  A new issue of stock will be 
made.
Grand Rapids  Pharmaceutical  Society.
The annual meeting for the  election of 
officers, and the  transaction of  other im­
portant  business  will  be  held  at  the 
T radesm an  office,  Wednesday  evening, 
Dec.  14,  at 8 o’clock.  The attendance of 
every member is desired.

W.  R.  J ew e tt,  Pres.

F.  H.  Escott,  Sec’y.
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in  statistical  tabulation  they cut  but  a 
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State  Board  of Pharm acy. 

One  rear—James Ternor, Detroit.
Two  Tears—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann  arbor 
Three  Years—George Gundrum. Ionia.
Four Years— C. A. Bngbee. Cheboygan. 
Expiring Jan  1—Jacob  Jesson, Muskegon. 
President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
’Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia.
Next meeting—Saginaw. Jan. 11.____________

Vlchigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n. 
President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owoeso. 
Vice-Presidents—I.  H.  L.  Dodd.  Buchanan;  F.  W.  B.
Perry, Detroit;  W. H. Hicks. Morley.
Treasurer—Wm. H  Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretary—C. W. Parsons, D e tro it.
Executive  Committee—H.  G.  Coleman,  Kalamazoo; 
Jacob Jesson, Muskegon:  F.  J.  Wurzburg  anti  John 
E. Peck, Grand Rapids;  Arthur Bassett,  Detroit. 
Local Secretary—James Vernor.
Next  place  of  meeting—Some  resort  on  St.  Clair 
River;  time to be designated by Executive Committee.
Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical Society. 
President. W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott, 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March 
June, September and December,
Some of the Peculiarities of Typewriter.
The type-written page  has  no individ­
uality for  most  persons,  but  a study  of 
the subject  shows  many  characteristics 
by which the work of different  machines 
and  different  operators  can  be  distin­
guished.  This field  presents  fewer  op­
portunities than  does  that of  the hand­
writing  expert,  but  is, nevertheless,  of 
some  interest  and importance. 
In a le­
gal  contest  the  whole case might hinge 
on  the  authenticity  of  a  page  of  type­
writing.  For  instance,  it became neces­
sary in a court  not  long  ago to  find out 
whether one page of  the long  type-writ­
ten document in  evidence  had  not been 
replaced with another in  which  some  of 
the  words  had  been  changed. 
In  this 
case, of  course, the  suspected  page was 
written on the same kind of a machine as 
the others.  The  difference  between  in­
struments of  the various  manufacturers 
was, therefore, of  no service.
An expert stenographer and  teacher of 
typewriting was  called as a witness. 
In 
reply to questions put by counsel he said 
that as a general rule it was  not difficult 
for an expert to  distinguish between the 
writing done upon different  machines of 
the same manufacture.  Two instruments 
might write so nearly  alike as to make it 
impossible  to  determine  upon  which  of 
them  a  certain  sheet  was  turned  out 
Still there were many  little marks of va­
riance  in  the  writing  of  different  ma 
chines,  and even of  the same one,  at dif 
ferent times or  when  used  by  different 
persons.  The  witness  did  not  believe 
that the page  in question  was written  at 
the same time that  the  others  were, nor 
by  the  same  person.  All  might  have 
been written  on  the  same  machine,  but 
not consecutively.
The reasons  given  for this conclusion 
were,  in  the  first  place,  that  the  type 
used  on  page  seventeen  was  clean;  on 
the  others, many  of  the  small  letters 
were clogged up.  The “e”  and “s” were 
especially  bad.  The  ribbon  used  for 
page seventeen was not  so much worn as 
that  for  the  rest  of  the document,  and 
the writing  was more  uniform  in color 
the latter fact was in  part  due to the su­
perior  skill  of  the  writer  of  the single 
page.  The letters  were  in  better align­
ment  on that page than on the others,  in 
which the “ t”  and “e” were  badly outof 
their  proper  position. 
In  page  seven­
teen,  the “i”  was  accurately centered; in 
the  rest  it was  to  the  left  of  where  it 
should be.  The “p” was  upright on the 
suspected sheet,  and leaned a trifle on the 
others,  being  turned  in  the  bar.  The 
one sheet,  also,  had  a wider  margin  by 
two  spaces  than  those  which  followed 
and preceded it.
When  asked why he believed  that dif­
ferent persons  wrote  the  sheets  he said 
that  the  operator  who  turned  out  page 
seventeen  was  more  expert  than  the 
other.  The  former’s  touch  was  more 
uniform;  none  of  his  letters  seemed  to 
override  each  other,  as  was  sometimes 
the case on the other pages.  His punctu­
ation marks did  not perforate the paper. 
The indentations of  his paragraphs were 
six spaces against  five on  the rest of the 
document.  He  used  three  spaces  be­
tween his sentences;  the other,  only two. 
The first  made a  space  after  a  comma; 
the  second  did  not.  The  writer  of  the 
bulk  of  the  paper  was  less  acquainted 
with  the  rules  of punctuation than  was 
the other  man.  One  man  always Dut  a 
period  and  a  colon  after the words  “to

wit;”  the other used only a comma.  For 
the figure 1, in the  paging  of  sheet  sev­
enteen, a lower case “1” was used;  on the 
other  sheets,  a  capital  “ i”.  The  jury 
could scarcely help agreeing with the ex­
pert’s  conclusions.
The  quality  of  uniformity  is  one  in 
which good type-writers may differ great­
ly.  Some  strike  harder  with  the  right 
hand than with  the  left, and thus stamp 
their  work  indelibly.  Others  occasion­
ally “shadow” letters;  that  is  blur  their 
outlines,  by  holding  the  key  down  too 
long  or  by  striking  it  sideways.  Per­
haps  the  idiosyncracies  of  punctuation 
are  the  most  trustworthy  ear-marks  of 
all.  The  force  of  habit  impels  opera­
tors never  to  vary  from  their  own prac­
tice in given  cases.  Take  the  sentence:
When  did  you  go  there—Monday?” 
One man  would put a question  mark af­
ter “there;”  another  a  comma;  still  an­
other a  dash, or  a  semi-colon,  a  comma 
and  a  dash,  a  semi-colon  and  a  dash 
might also  be  used.  A  skilled  man al­
ways follows his own usage in such cases.

POPULAR TALKS  ON  LAW.

INTEREST.

of 
first, 

the 
the 
second, 

various 
legal 
the 

The question of  legal rates of  interest 
is  especially  important  to  one  whose 
moneyed interests, either in the shape  of 
loans  or  credits,  extend  into  several 
states  of  the  Union. 
It is easy  enough 
for an ordinary  individual  to  remember 
the law  as to  interest  in his  own State, 
but  when it  comes  to  remembering  the 
particulars  of  the law, even  to the least 
extent,  in  several  states,  very  few  can 
accomplish  the task,  and constant refer­
ence must be  made  to  publications  giv­
ing tables of  rates, etc., or  to lawyers in 
order to obtain  the desired  information. 
We shall seek in a small  compass to give 
a  summary  of  the  requirements of  the 
laws 
states,  as
to, 
rate  of 
in­
terest; 
limitation  of
rate;  third, the  penalty  for  usury.  By 
the first,  we  mean  the  rate  of  interest 
which the law allows upon  money where 
the agreement  between  the parties  does 
not  specify  that  rate.  By  the  secoud, 
we mean that rate  beyond  which the law 
will not allow the  contracting  parties to 
go in their  fixing of  the rate, striving to 
prevent  the  overstepping  of 
this  rate 
either by  declaring the excess of interest 
uon-collectible,or the entire interest void, 
or the  contract  illegal,  or  some  one  of 
many different  penalties  in  the  various 
states.
First, as  to the  legal  rate.  Five  per 
cent,  is the lowest legal rate provided  by 
any  state  or  territory,  and  this  rate  is 
confined  to  the  States  of  Illinois  and 
Louisiana.  The most  common  rate  is 6 
per cent  Such is  the rate in  Arkansas, 
Connecticut,  Delaware,  District  of  Co­
lumbia,  Indiana,  Indian Territory,  Iowa, 
Kansas,  Kentucky.  Maine,  Maryland, 
Massachusetts,  Michigan,  Minnesota, 
Missouri, New  Hampshire, New  Jersey, 
New Mexico, New York,  North Carolina, 
Ohio, Pennsylvania,  Rhode  Island, Ten­
nessee,  Texas,  Vermont,  Virginia  and 
West  Virginia.  The  next  order  is  the 
7 per cent. rate,  which holds in Arizona, 
California, Georgia, Minnesota, Nebraska, 
Nevada,  North Dakota,  Oklahoma,  South 
Carolina. South  Dakota  and  Wisconsin. 
Eight per cent,  is  the  law  in  Alabama, 
Colorado, Florida  and  Oregon.  Ten per 
cent,  is the law  in  Montana,  Utah  and 
Washington.  The highest  legal  rate  is 
found in  Wyoming,  where  12  per  cent, 
is the legal rate. 
It  will,  of  course,  be 
noted that  the  highest rates  of  interest 
are to be found in  the  West,  while  the 
lowest  are  found  in  two  States  in  the 
Mississippi  Valley.  The  New  England 
States without an exception  provide  for 
6  per  cent.  Mississippi,  Texas  and 
Louisiana  alone of the  Gulf  States  pro­
vide for less than  7 per  cent.  No  state 
has selected 9 or 11 per cent, as the legal 
rate.
As  to  the  second  particular,  the  fol­
lowing States and Territories have failed 
to pass  any laws  restricting the  limit to 
which  parties  may agree in writing  for 
rate per  cent.:  Arizona, California,  Col 
orado, Connecticut,  Delaware,  Maryland, 
Massachusetts, Maine, Montana,  Nevada, 
Rhode Island. Utah and Washington.  In 
these States  any rate  per cent,  is lawful 
that  may  be  agreed  upon  between  the

parties  and  there  is  no  such  thing  as 
usury.  In the following States the parties 
may agree  upon  a  per  cent, not  to  ex­
ceed 12: 
Idaho,  New  Mexico, North Da­
kota, South  Dakota  and  Oklahoma. 
In 
the  following,  the  parties  may  agree to 
any per  cent,  not  to  exceed 10:  Arkan­
sas, District of Columbia, Florida, Indian 
Territory, Kansas,  Minnesota,  Mississip­
pi,  Nebraska,  Oregon,  South  Carolina 
and  Wisconsin. 
In  the  following 8 per 
cent,  is  the  limit:  Alabama,  Georgia, 
Indiana,  Iowa, Louisiana, Michigan,  Mis­
souri, North Carolina and  Ohio. 
In Illi­
nois  the  limit  is 7 per  cent. 
In the fol­
lowing  States the  parties  may not  con­
tract  for  more  than  6  per cent.:  Ken­
tucky,  New  York,  New  Jersey,  New 
Hampshire,  Pennsylvania,  Tennessee, 
Vermont,  Virginia  and  West  Virginia. 
It  will  be  seen  that  in  the  following 
States the legal rate and the limit of  rate 
are  the  same;  in  other  words,  parties 
cannot  agree  to a greater  rate  than  the 
legal  rate:  Alabama, Connecticut, Dela­
ware,  Kentucky, Maryland,  New  Hamp­
shire,  New  York,  New  Jersey, Pennsyl­
vania,  Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia and 
West  Virginia. 
In  Connecticut  it  is 
remarkable  to  note  that while the  legal 
rate  is  6  per  cent,  and  parties  cannot 
agree to  more  than 6 per  cent., there  is 
no  penalty attached  to a disobedience of 
the law.  The  penalties  attached to usu­
ry  may  be  classified  as  follows:  As 
stated  above, there  is no  penalty in Ari­
zona,  California,  Colorado,  Connecticut, 
Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, 
Nevada, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington, 
and Wyoming. 
In  the  following  States 
usury  brings forfeiture  of  all  interest: 
Alabama,  District of Columbia,  Illinois, 
Kentucky,  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Okla­
homa. South Carolina,Texas and Virginia. 
In  the following  there is a forfeiture of 
both principal  and  interest:  Arkansas, 
New York and  Oregon. 
the follow­
ing there is a  forfeiture  of  the  contract: 
Delaware,  Minnesota.  New  York,  North 
Dakota  and  South  Dakota. 
In the fol­
lowing there is a forfeiture of the interest 
above the legal  rate:  Georgia,  Indiana, 
Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, 
Tennessee, Vermont and  West  Virginia. 
In Idaho there is a  forfeiture  of  10  per 
cent, of the principal. 
In the  following 
there is a forfeiture of interest and costs: 
Iowa,  Nebraska  and  New  Jersey. 
In 
the  following  there  is  a  forfeiture  of 
double the excess  of  interest:  Kansas, 
in the following there is a  forfeiture  of 
thrice the excess:  New  Hampshire. 
In 
New-Mexico there is a forfeiture of double 
the amount of interest  received;  as  also 
in North Carolina and Wisconsiu there is 
a forfeiture of treble the  entire  interest. 
It should also be noticed  that in  Idaho  a 
usurer is liable to arrest for misdemeanor, 
and in New York  there  is  allowed  any 
rate that  may  be  agreed  upon  on  call 
loans of five  thousand  dollars,  and  on 
collateral security; and in  Iowa,  in addi­
tion to the forfeiture of interest and costs, 
the defendant also forfeits 10 per cent, to 
the school fund. 

Wm. C.  S p r a g u e .

In 

The  Drug Market.

Alcohol—Has  advanced  twice  in  the 
past few days,  10  cents  per  gallon  each 
time, making an advance of  20 cents per 
gallon  since  our  last  report.  The Dis­
tilling and Cattle Feeding Co.  will  make 
no contracts for  future  delivery and  ac­
cept orders only at  prices  ruling  on day 
of shipment.  They  also  refuse  to  sell 
any spirits  in bond.  All alcoholic prep­
arations are higher, such as sulph.  ether, 
spirits of niter,  etc.

Gum Opium—Higher  and is very  firm.
Morphia—As  yet  unchanged,  but  an 

advance is probable.

Castor Oil—Declined.
Chloral  Hydrate—Advanced.  A  com­
bination of manufacturers in Europe has 
been formed.

Lupulin—Scarce and higher.
Italian  Sage—In  %s  and J^s is  scarce 

and has advanced.

V'

V -L

Empress  Josephine Face Bleach

Is the only reliable cure for 

freckles and pimples.

HAZELTINK &  PERKINS  DRUG  CO., 

Gran d R a p id s, Mich.,

Jobbers for Western Michigan.

Geo. H. Reeder & Go.,

0 JOBBERS  OF

Boots  and  Shoes.

Felt Boots and Alaska  Socks.

State Agents for

158 A  160 Fulton St., Grand  Rapids.

Manufacturer’s Agent and Jobber of

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

AND

Wooden  Bowls,' Clothespins  and  Rolling 

Pins,  Step  Ladders,  W ashing  Ma­

chines, M arket, Bushel and De­

livery Baskets,  B uilding 

Paper, W rapping

Paper, Sacks, Twine  and  Stationery.

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

A AjsJi

125  COURT  ST.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MIOH.

Our Fancy M s  Trade

Has  been  larger  than  ever  before in 

the history of  our house.

Come in and see our samples of

nibUins,

Comb  and Brush  Sets, 
Dolls,  Books, Etc,
EATON,  LION  &  CO.
FOURTH NATIONAL BUS

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D. A. B lodgett, President.

Geo.  W. Gat, Vice-President.

CAPITAL, 

Wm. H. Anderson, Cashier.
-  -  -  $300,000.

¥*  1

Gum Galbanum—In better  supply and 

Transacts a general banking  business.

lower.

Use Tradesman Coupons,

Make  ass pec laity ofooollectlons.n Accounts 

of co untry,merchants solicited.

Wholesale Price  Current•

Advanced—Chloral hydrate, alcohol, sulph. ether, spirits nitre, gum opium, lupulln, sage. 
Declined—Castor oil, chlorate  potash, gum galbanum

M X C I î T G A l S r   T K ^ lD E S M ^ lIST.

“ 

s  

S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  8 .P .4 W . ..1  70@1  95 
C. Co....................... 1 en@l  85
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myrl8tica, No. 1.........   66©  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  20©  22
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
©2 00
Picls Liq, N.*C., M gai
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picls Liq., qnarts......  @1  00
pints.........   @  85
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80).. 
©  50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22).. 
©  1
Piper Alba, (po s$)__   @  3
Pix  Burgun................  @  7
Plumbi A cet..............  14©  15
Pulvls Ipecac et opil. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......   @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30©  35
Quassiae....................  8©  10
Qulnia, S. P. & W......  27©  32
S.  German__20  ©  30
Rubla  Tlnctorum......   12©  14
SaccharumLactlspv. 
23©  25
Salacln....................... 1  76@1  89
Sanguis  Draconls......   40©  50
Sapo,  W......................  12©  14
“  M.......................  10©  12
“  G.......................   ©  15

“ 

Seldlitz  Mixture........  ©  20
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.................  1M@  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............   @  5
Soda, Ash....................3M@  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50©  55
“  Myrcia  Dom......  @2 25
“  Myrcia Imp........  ©3 00
*'  Vinl  Rect.  bbl.
.  ..7  .......................2 45@2 55
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......1 40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl............ 2w@  3M
“  Roll..............  2M@  3
Terebenth Venice.. ...  28© 1U30
Theobromae......... ...40  <a 45
Vanilla.................. .  9 00016 00
Zinc!  Sulph........... ...  7© 8

OILS.

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

Bbl.  Gal
70
80
48
50

“ 

paints. 

LIndseed,  boiled  ....  50 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
Spirits Turpentine__  36 

53
strained..................  50  60
40
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian...............ljf  2@s
Ochre, yellow  Mars...  lx   2@4
Ber........IX  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2M  2M@3
“  strictly  pure......2M  2X®3
Vermilion Prune Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English.... 
65©70
Green,  Peninsular......   70@75
Lead,  red.....................  7  @7M
“  w hite................. 7  @7M
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........
©90 
White, Paris  American 
1  0
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff..................... ... 
.  „
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1'4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
Paints.....................1 00@1  20
varnishes.

No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................ 160@1  70
Coach  Body...............2 75@3  00
No. 1 Turp  Furn........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__1  55©1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70®75
Turp........................ 

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils % Varnishes.

DEALEB8  IN

Sole A geats for the Celebrated

SWISS  VILLA  PREPARED  PÄINT8.

F i  Line  of  Staple  Draggists’  Siten

We are Sole P roprietors of

Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

W e Have In Stock and Offer a  P o ll U n e of

WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES,  RUMS,

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

AC1BUX.

8©  10
Acetleum................... 
Benzolcum  German..  65©
Boraclc 
ao
.................... 
Carbollcum................  25©  38
Citricum...................  50©  52
Hydrochior................  3©
Nitrocum 
.................   10©  12
Oxalicum...................  10©  12
Phosphorlum dll........ 
20
Salicylicum................ 1  30@1 70
Sulphurlcum.............. 
IX©  5
Tannicum....................1  40@1 60
Tartarlcum...............   30©  33

AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  3)4©
30  deg..............5M@
Carbouas  ...................  12©  14
Chlorldum.................  12©  14

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

BACCAE.

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

BAL8AMUM.

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

 

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Cassiae  ...............................  11
Cinchona Flava  .................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po.............  20
Primus Vlrglnl....................  12
Qulllala,  grd.......................  10
Sassafras  ............................  12
Ulmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

BXTRACTUM.

16©  17

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...  24©  25
Haematox, 15* lb. box
11©   12
Is...........
“ 
“  Ms..........
54s ..........
“ 
FERRUH.
Carbonate Precip......
Citrate and (¿ulnia...
Citrate  Soluble.
Ferrocyanidum Sol.
Solul  Chloride......
Sulphate,  com’l —
.
pure... 
FLORA.

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

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FOLIA.

Barosma 
..................
Cassia  Acutiiol,  Tin

Arnica  ......................  18©  20
Anthémis...................  30©  35
Matricaria 
40©  50
40© 1  00
nivelly....................  25©  28
Alx.  35©  50
and  Ms..............—   15®  25
8©  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Ma
UraUrsi.....................  

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! Cubebae.
@  4 00 
Exechthitos..................   2 50@2 75
Erlgeron......................... 2 25©? 50
Gaultherla......................2 00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gossipi],  Sem. gal......  60©  75
Hedeoma  ...................2 25@2 50
Juniperi......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Llmonls.......................... 2 50@3 (10
Mentha Piper...................2 75®3 50
Mentha Verld................. 2 20©2 30
Morrhuae, gal..................1 00@1 10
Myrcia, ounce............   ©  50
Olive......  .................   75©? 75
Picls Liquida, (gal..35)  10©  12
Ricini.......................  1  14@1  18
Rosmarini............  
75@i  00
Rosae, ounce...................6 50®8 50
Succlnl.......................   40©  45
Sabina.......................   90@1  00
Santal  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50©  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tiglfi..........................  ©  90
Thyme.......................  40©  50
opt  ................  ©  60
Theobromas...............   15©  20
POTASSIUM.
R1 Oarb.......................  
is©
Bichromate................  13©
Bromide......................  
33© 35
Carb..............................  12© 15
Chlorate  (po 20@22) ..  20©  22
Cyanide.......................   50© 55
Iodide.........................2 96©3 00
Potassa, Bitart, pure..  27©  30
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @ 15
Potass Ultras, opt....... 
8©  10
Potass Nitras..............  7©  9
Prussiate......................  28© 30
Sulphate  po.................   15© 18

Aconitum...................  20©  25
Althae.........................  22©  25
Aachusa....................  12©  15
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20©  40
Gentfana  (po. 12)......   8©  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16©  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
©  30
(po. 35)................... 
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__  15©  20
Inula,  po....................  15©  20
Ipecac,  po.................. 2 30@2 40
Iris  p!ox (po. 35©38) ..  35©  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   50©
Maranta,  Me..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15©  18
Rhel............................  75@1  00
"  cut......................  @1  75
PV.......................   75®1  35
Spighila......................  35©  38
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  ©  20
Serpentarla.................  30©  32
Senega.......................  65©  70
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40 
M  ©  25
Scillae, (po. 85).............  10© 12
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
dus,  po....................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  @  25
German...  15©  20
Inglber a ....................   13© 15
Zingiber  ] .................. 
is© 22

“ 

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“ 
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“ 
“ 
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“ 

©  75
Acacia, 1st  picked... 
©  50
2d 
.... 
3d 
©  40
.... 
@  25
sifted sorts... 
po..................  60©  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50©  60 
11  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
Socotrl. (po.  60).  ©  50
Catechu, la, (Ms, 14 Ms
©  1 
......................
55©  60 
Ammonlae......... .......
30©  35 
Assai meid», (po. 35)..
50©  55 
Benzoin um.................
55©  58
Camphor se........
Buphorblum  po  ........  35©  lo
Galbanum...................  @2 50
Gamboge,  po..............  70©  7b
Gualacum, (po  30)  .. 
©  25
Kino,  (po  50)............   ©  45
M astic.......................  ©  80
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  ©  40
Opil.  (po  2 80)................2 10@2 15
Shellac  ......................  25©  35
bleached......   30©  35
Tragacanth................  30©  75

“ 
hebba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium...................  
  25
Eupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Majorum.....................  
28
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
“  V ir.........................  25
fine........................  
80
Tanacetum, V......................  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25

 

 

MASNXSIA.

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

OLEUM.

Absinthium.................... 3 50@4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45©  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8 00®8 25
Anlsl................................1 80@1 85
Aurantl  Cortex..........2 75@3 00
Bergamli  ...................3 25®3  50
Cajlputl....................  GO©  65
Caryophylll...............   70©  75
Cedar........................    35©  65
Chenopodil...............   @1  60
Cinnamonli.....................1 C0@l 10
Cltronella..................   ®  45
Conltun  Mac.............   35©  65
Oopalbs  ....................  90®1 00

SKMKN.
Anlsum,  (po. 20). 
..  @ 15
Aplum  (graveleons)..  12©  15
Bird, Is......................... 
4© 6
Carol, (po. 18)...............  8© 12
Cardamon..................1  00®1 25
Corlandrnm.................   10© 12
Cannabis Satlva.........   3m@4
Cydonlum  ...................  75©1 00
Chenopodlum  ............   10© 12
Dlpterix Odorate......  3 00@3 25
Foenlculum
©  15 
Foenngreek,  po___
6©  8 
L in i.........................
4  ©4M 
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3M)
4  © 4M 
Lobelia  ..................
35©  40 
Pharlarls Canarian..
6  @ 6M 
R apa.......................
6©  7
Slnapls  Al bn...........  H  @13
Nigra...........  11©  12

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SFIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00©2 50
D. F. R .......1  75@2 00
 
 
1  10@1 50
Junlperls  Co. O. T ___1  75@1 75
“ 
.............1  75©3 50
Saacharum  N.  K.........1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1 75@6 50
Vini Oporto.................1 25®2 00
Vini  Alba....................1 25@2 00

 

8PONSE8.

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

STRUTS.

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri  Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
Rhel  Arom..........................   50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Sdllae..................................  50
Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Promts  vlrg.........................  50

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TINCTURES.

“ 

•* 

“ 

“ 

Aconltum Napellis R.........   60
p .........   5Q
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
Arnica................................   50
Asafcetlda............................  0
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................   60
„  “  Co..........................   50
Sanguinaria.........................  50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................  75
„   “ 
Co.........................  75
Castor..................................1 00
Catechu...............................  50
Cinchona............................  50
Co.....................   .  60
Columba .......................   ...  50
Conlum...............................  50
Cubeba............................  ..  50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot....................................  50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................  60
Gualca................................   50
ammon....................  60
“ 
Zingiber............... - ...........  go
Hyoscyamus.......................   50
Iodine..................................  75
“  Colorless...................  75
Ferri  Chlorldum.................  35
K ino...................................   50
Lobelia................................   50
Myrrh..................................   50
Nux  Vomica.......................   50
Opil.....................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
Deodor.........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................  50
quassia...............................  50
hatany.............................   50
Rhel.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stromonlum.........................  60
Tolutan........................ 
60
ValeriaD.............................   50
VeratrumVerlde.................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

Æther, Spts  Hit, 3 F ..  28©  30 
“  4 F ..  32©  34
Alumen....................... 2M@ 3

“ 
ground,  (po.

* 
“ 

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“ 

11 

7).............................   3©  4
Annatto......................  55©  60
Antimoni, po..............  4©  5
et Potass T.  55©  60
Antipyrln...................  @1 40
Antifebrln..................  ©  25
Argenti  Nltras, ounce  ©  60
Arsenicum................. 
5©  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__  38©  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Mb
© 
12;  Mb,  14)..............
11
Cantharides  Russian,
po............................
@1  00 
Capslcl  Fructus, af...
©  26 
@  28 
tpo.
@  20 
Caryophyllns, (po.  14)
10©   12 
Carmine,  No. 40.........
©3 75
Cera  Alba, S. A F ......   50©  55
Cera Flava.................  38©  40
Cocoas.......................  ©  40
Cassia Fructus...........  ©  22
Centrarla....................  @  10
Cetaceum...................  ©  40
Chloroform................  60©  63
squlbbs..  ©1  25
Chloral Hyd erst........1  35@1  60
Chondrus...................  20©  25
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15©  20 
German  8  ©  12 
Corks,  list,  dig.  per
60
cent  ...................... 
Creasotnm...............  
©  35
Greta, (bbl. 75)...........  ©  2
M  prep...................  5®  5
predp.............. 
g©  11
Rubra................  ®  8
Crocus.......................  33©  35
Cudbear......................  ©  24
Cuprl Sulph...............   5©   6
Dextrine....................  10©  12
Ether Sulph................  70©  75
Emery,  all  numbers..  ©
po..................   @  6
_ rta, (po.)  75.........   70©  75
Flake  White..............  12©  15
Galla..........................  ©  23
Gambler......................7  © 8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   ©  70
French...........  40©  60
“ 
Glassware  flint,  75 and 10. 
by box 70
Glne,  Brown..............  9©  15
“  White................  13©  25
Glycerlna...................ism©  20
Grana Paradlsl...........  ©  22
Humnlus....................  25©  56
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  85 
“  C or....  ©  80
Ox Rubrnm  ©  90 
Ammonlatl.  @100 
Unguentum.  45©  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  64
.1 25©1 50
Ichthyobolla, Am. 
Indigo........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl.......... 3 89@3 90
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin.....................1 2 @1  25
Lycopodium..............  60©  65
Macls.........................  75©  80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnitls  10©  12 
Magnesia,  Salpb  (bbl
1M)..........................   2©  5
Manilla,  8. F ..............  60©  68

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TETE  MICHIGAN  TKADESM  JS.

G RO CERY   PR IC E   CU RREN T.

The prices quoted in this list are for the  trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail  dealers.  They are prepared just before 
going to press  and are an accurate  index of  the local  market. 
It is impossible to give  quotations  suitable for all conditions of  purchase, and those 
below are given  as  representing  average  prices  for average  conditions of  purchase.  Cash  buyers or those of  strong credit  usually  buy closer than 
those who  have poor  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.

Prunes.

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

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Turkey......................... 
7 V
Silver..................................
Sultana...............................934

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

Jennings’ D  G.

Lemon. Vanilla
2 oz folding box...  75 
1  25
3 oz 
...100 
150
2 00
...1  50 
4 oz 
6oz 
...2 00 
3 00
Soz 
...3 00 
4 00

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GUNPOWDER.

Austin’s Rifle, kegs............ 3 50
“ 
“  H kegs........2 00
“  Crack Shot, kegs . .3 50 
34 kegs 2 00 
4 50 
Club Sporting 
H
2 50

“ 

Sage.
Hops.

Manilla, white.

XX  wood, white.

No. 1,634  .........................  #1  75
No. 2, 634..........................   1  60
No. 1, 6.............................   1  65
No. 2, 6.............................   150
No. 1,634..........................  1  35
No. 2,634  .........................  1  25
634  ....................................  1 00
6........................................  
95
Mill  No. 4.........................  1  00
FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 
Farina.
LICORICE.
100 lb. kegs.................
Hominy.
Pure...............................
Barrels........................ ...... 8 00 Calabria.........................
G rits.......................... ...... 3 50
Sicily.............................
Lima  Beans.
Dried..........................

Madras,  51b. boxes.........
S. F„ 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes..

P8]!8'

Coin.

Î! 

3*

“

...  30
...  25
...  12

...1  25
...2 25

LTE.
Condensed, 2 doz.........
4 doz.........
MATCHES.

“ 

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

MINCE  MEAT.

1 ri"

V

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1

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V-  4

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AXLE GREASE.
doz
......   55
......  75
......   50
......   81
......   75
......  55

Aurora...........
Castor Oil......
Diamond........
Frazer’s.........
Mica..............
Paragon 
..  ..

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

BAKING  POWDER. 
& lb. cane, 3  doz...............  

Acme.

45

54 lb cans..........................
H lb  “ 
.........................
......................
-,1b 
“ 
#>  “ 
................
Fosfon.
5 oz. cane, 4 doz. in case. 
16  “ 
. 

“  2  “ 

“ 

T>r. Price’s.

60 
1  20 
2  00 
9 60

0ÇPRICEÎS 
I CREAMI
Ba k in g
t a m e »

Dime cans .  90
“
.1  as
4-oz 
1  90
“
60Z 
.2 47
“
8-oz 
.3 75
“
12 oz 
.4 75
16-oz 
“
23* lb  “
11  40
18 25
4-lb
21  60
“
5-lb 
10-lb 
41  80
“

“ 
“ 

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

Sardines.
American  34s................ 4%@ 5
As............... 6V4@ 7
. 
Import?  Ms.................... 11@12
Hs  ................... 15016
Mus'ird  5S£g,
Boneless   
20
Trout.
........................2 50
Brook, 3  lb 
Fruits.
Apples.
lb. standard  ...

3 
York State  gallons  ... 
Hamburgh. 
Live oak...................... 
Santa Cruz...................... 
Lusk’s .............................  
Overland........................  
Blackberries.
B.&  W....................... 
95
1 20
........................... 
1  75
Pitted Hamburgh  . . .  
W hite......................... 
1 30
E rie...........................  
1 20
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 

Apricots.

Cherries.

d 

Gages.

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

Peaches.

1 25
1 70
1 20

40
80
1  50
Teller’s,  M lb. cans,  doz.  45
“  ..  85
“  ..  1  50

cans.........
..
M 
.........
“ 
1 B>
Hlb.  “ 
lib .  “ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

BATH  BRICK.
2  dozen In case.

 

 

“ 

Soz 

BLUING. 

English...............................  90
Bristol..................................  90
Domestic.............................   70
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals..  ..........   4 00
“ 
“  pints,  round.........   10 50
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 3, 
...  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz ball  ...................4  50

“ 
BROOMS,
............................2 00

Mo. 2 Hurl...............................  1 75
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet...........................   2 25
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem...............................2 75
Common Whisk.......... 
Fancy 
Warehouse...............................3 25
Stove, No.  1.......................  125
10....................   1 50
15....................   1 75
Bice Root Scrub, 2  row....  85
Rice Root  Scrub, 8 row__  1  25
Palmetto, goose......................  1 50

.................1  15

BRUSHES.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

90

“ 

 

 

BUCKWHEAT.

“ 

1 20
2 10

1 30
2 00
1 85
2 10
1

P ie.............................. 
Maxwell.................... 
Shepard’s ..................  
California................... 
...............  
Monitor 
Oxford.......................
Pears.
Domestic....................  
Riverside.................... 
Pineapples.
1 30
Common..................... 
2 50
Johnson’s  sliced........ 
grated........  
2 75
Quinces.
7 00
Common.................... 
1 10
Raspberries.
1 so
Bed  ............................ 
Black  Hamburg....... 
150
Erie, b lack ............... 
1 25
Strawberries.
1 25
Lawrence................... 
Hamburgh................. 
1 25
Erie............................  
1 30
1 25
Terrapin.......................  
Whortleberries.
1 10
Common.................... 
1 15
F. *   W....................... 
Blueberries...............  
1 10
Corned  beef,  Libby’s........ 1  90
Roast beef,  Armour’s........ 1  75
Potted  ham, 54 lb........  .....1  30
“  341b.................  so
tongue, H lb............1  35
341b..........  85
chicken, 34 lb.........   95

2 50

“ 

“ 

Vegetables.

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Hamburgh  stringless.........1  25
French style.......2 25
Limas.................1  40
Lima, green........................1  25
soaked.......................   80
Lewis Boston Baked..........1  35
Bay State  Baked................ 1  35
World’s  Fair  Baked..........1  35
Picnic Baked.................  ..  1 00

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Peas.

Com.
Hamburgh  ........................
Livingston  Eden 
-1  20
Purity
Honey  Dew.........  ............ 1  50
Morning Glory..................
Soaked...... ........................  1  15
Hamburgh  marrofat............ 1 35
early'June.........
Champion Eng. .1  50
petit  pots.............1 75
fancy  sifted____ 1 90
Soaked.................................  65
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat........ 1  10
early June.....130
Archer’s  Early Blossom__1
French.................................1  80
French..............................15@20
Brie.....................................   90
Hubbard............................ 1 20
Hamborg  ............................1 40
Soaked.................................  80
Honey  Dew........................ 1  60
E rie.................................... 1 35

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.

Succotash.

“ 

Tomatoes.
Hancock.............................1  06
Excelsior 
.........................1  10
Eclipse................................1  10
Hamburg........................... 1 30
Gallon................................ 2 60

IgfluckWheatj

CANDLES.

100 lb. cases, 2 A 5 lb. pkgs $4 50 
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes.............   10
Star,  40 
9
P araffin e 
....................................  H
Wicking  ...........................   24

“ 

 

 

CANNED  GOODS. 

Fish.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

Little Neck,  11b ................  i  15
“  2 lb....................1 90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb........................ 2 00
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb....................   90
2 lb.................... 1 70
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb.............................. 2 40
“  2 lb...........................3 30
Picnic, 1 lb............................. 2 00
21b.............................2 90
“ 
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb........................ 1 05
2  lb.......................1 90
Mustard,  2 lb........................ 2 25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb.............2 25
Soused, 2 lb........................... 2 25
Columbia River, flat........... 1 85
tails........... 1 75
Alaska, 1  lb............................1 40
21b  ......................... 1  90

SalmoL.
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

CHOCOLATE. 

Baker’s.

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

23
37
42

CHEESE.

Amboy.......................12  @123*
Acme..........................  @12
Riverside...................123431234
Gold  Medal  ..............  @1134
Skim........  ................  6  @9
Brick................................. 
11
Edam  ........................ 
1 00
23
Leiden............................ 
2 00
Limburger  ...............   @10
Pineapple...................  @25
Roquefort...................  @35
Sap Sago............. . 
@22
Schweitzer, imported.  @24
domestic  __  @14

“ 

3 60
2 75

2 00
2 00
1 go

CATSUP.

Blue Label Brand.
......  

Half  pint, 25 bottles..........2 75
4 50
Pint 
Quart 1 doz bottles 
___ 3 50

“ 

CLOTHES  PINS.

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

COCOA  SHELLS.

351b  bags......................  @3
Less quantity  ..............  @334
Pound  packages.......... 63i@7

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

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

Santos.

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

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

 

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add He. per lb. for roast­
ing 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 H gross...........  75
......... 1  15
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross........ 1  50
“ 
........2 50

“ 

“ 

tin 
CHICORY.

5
7

Bulk................................... 
Red...............................  
CLOTHES  LINES.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Cotton,  40 f t.........per doz. 1  25
1  40
1  60
1  75
1  90
go
100

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Jute 
“ 
CONDENSED  MILK.

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

4 doz. in case.

Eagle.................................   7 40
Crown...................................  25
Genuine Swiss...................  8 00
American Swiss............ 
  700

COUPON  BOOKS.

‘Tradesman.’

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

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
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“Superior.”

1, per hundred...............   2 50
3 00
3 50
4 00
5 00
6  00

S 2, 
# 3, 
S 5, 
#10, 
# 20,

‘Universal.’
#  1, per hundred......
“ 
#2, 
......
......
“ 
#3, 
......
“ 
#5, 
#10, 
“ 
......
820, 
“ 
......

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

10 
20 “

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 

CREDIT  CHECKS.

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

“ 
“ 
CRACKERS.

“ 
“ 

Butter.

Seymour XXX..................... 6
Seymour XXX, cartoon......6H
Family XXX......................  6
Family XXX,  cartoon........634
Salted XXX.........................  6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ..........634
Kenosha 
.........................  734
Boston..................................  8
Butter  biscuit....................   634

Soda.

Soda, XXX.........................  6
Soda, City............................  7H
Soda,  Duchess......................834
Crystal Wafer..................... 10
Long  Island W afers......... 11
S. Oyster  XXX....................  6
City Oyster. XXX.................  6
Farina  Oyster....................  6

Oyster.

CREAM  TARTAR.
Strictly  pure...................... 
30
Telfers  Absolute.............. 
35
Grocers’..........................   ?o@u5

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

Apples.

 

“ 

“ 

1634

..  17

Peaches.

quartered  “ 

434
15
15%
13
1234
12

Sundrled, sliced In  bbls. 
6
554
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes  @9
Apricots.
California In  bags........ 
Evaporated in boxes. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes.......................  
Nectarines.
70 lb. bags.......................... 
251b. boxes..................... 
Peeled, in  boxes............ 
Cal. evap.  “ 
“ 
in bags.......... 
California in bags  ....
Pitted  Cherries.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes...................
26 '• 
...................
Prunelles.
301b.  boxes...................
Raspberries.
In  barrels......................
501b. boxes....................
......................
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

 
Pears.

Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.

2 crown.............................   1  50
3 
.............................   1  65
2 crown...............................  534
3 
634

“ 
Loose Muscatels in Bags.
“ 

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

“ 

Foreign.
Currants.

“ 
“ 

Peel.

In  H-bbls..............  5
In less quantity__ 

Patras,  in barrels............  4 V
534
Citron, Leghorn. 251b. boxes  20 
“ 
Lemon 
10
Orange 
“  H
Ondora, 29 lb. boxes..  @834
“ 
Sultana, 20 
@10H
Valencia, 30  “ 
@ 734

“ 
“ 
Raisins.

25  “ 
25 “ 

Maccaronl and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. box..
55
Imported.................... 10H@*  H
Oatmeal.
Barrels 200.......................  5 45
Half barrels 100...............   2 85

Pearl Barley.

Kegs..................................  2H

Rolled  Oats.

Green,  bu........................   1  75
Split  per l b .................  
2H
Barrels  180 .......................   5 45
Half  bbls 90 ....................  2 85
German.............................   434
East India..........................   5
Cracked..............................

Wheat.

Sago.

Peas.

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

634
7h
7H
12

Halibut.
Herring.

Varmouth..........................
Pollock..........................
Whole, Grand  Bank...... 
Boneless,  bricks............  
Boneless, strips.............. 
Smoked...................... 
Gibbed, H bbl...................  3 25
Holland,  bbl....................  9 00
kegs  ................. 
_   “ 
66
Round Shore, H  bbl.......  2 60
_  “ 
**  K  “  .......   1  35
Scaled............................... 
ie
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

Mackerel.

Sardines.

“ 

Trout.

Whitefish.

No. 1, H bbls., lOOlbs...........6 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   80
No. 1, H bbls., lOOlbs...........7 50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   90
Family, 34 bbls., 100 lbs....  3  10 
kits  10  lbs.............  45
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 
Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. 
Best In the world for the money.

Sondern*.

“ 

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz
2 oz  ...  $  75 
4oz  --- 1  50
Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz  __ $1  21
4 oz.........2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 oz........$1 50
1 oz.......  3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz........$1 75
4  oz.....3 50

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

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

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

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Bico.

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

16
20
30

New Orleans.

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

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200  count...  @7 00
Half bbls, 600  count..  @4 00

Small.

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

7 50
4 25

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216........................1  75
“  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No. 8............................ 1 25

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s ..........................  4 00
Penna Salt  Co.*s..............  3 %

RICE.
Domestic.
Carolina bead...................... 6
No. 1.....................5
No. 2....................  4H
Broken.................................3

“ 
“ 

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

K 

18
20
25
30
40

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+

F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s
Brands.
ko 
ra  Peerless................
...........24
Old  Tom...............
...........18
Standard...............
.......... 20
..  Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
*   Handmade.............
2  
&  Rob  Roy................. ...........24
Uncle  Sam.............. ....28@32
Red Clover............
...........32

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

Spaulding & Merrick.

04 
rq  Traveler  Cavendish ...........38
Buck Horn.............. ...........3u
3^  Plow  Boy............... --- 30@32
Corn  C ake............ ...........16

* 

OILS.

The  Standard Oil Co.  Quotes
as  follows.  In barrels,  f. o.  b.
Grand Rapids :
Eocene....................
8
Water White, old test.  @ 7V4
W.  W.  Headlight, 156° 
634
Water  White  ........
@  6*
a  Naptha....................
@7
*  Stove Gasoline........
@  6?¿
w  Cylinder.................
.27  @36
E ngine..................
.13  @21
Black. 15 cold  test..
@ 8*
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS
Perkins  &  Hess  pav  as  fol-

'   lows:
4 

“ 

...2*@3*
@ 4
@ 4*
.  5  @ 5
•  2*@ 3*
@ 4*
U  Calfskins,  green...... .  4  @  5
@ 7
Deacon skins............ .10  @30

HIDES.
Green.....................
Part Cured..............
..............
Full 
gry..........................
Kips, green  .  .........
“  cured.............
cured__
No. 2 hides *  off.
PELTS.

•  Shearlings................. .10  @25
1  Lambs 

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

“ 

WOOL.

“ 

FURS.

MISCELLANEOUS.

40@  59  2
10©  25  1

d ee r sk in s—per pound. 

Washed ..  ................ .20  @23
Unwashed_______ .10  @20
Tallow...................... ■  3*@ 4
Grease  butter  ......... .  1  @ 2
Switches................... .  1*@ 2
Ginseng.................... .2 00@2 75
Outside prices for No. 1 only.
Badger......................
50@1  00
B ear.......................15 00@25 00
Beaver...................... 3 0(J@7 00
Cat, wild...................
Cat, house................
Fisher....................... 4 00@6 00
Fox,  red.................. 1  00@1 50
Fox, cross................. 3 00@5 OO
Fox,  grey.................
50©  75
Lynx......................... 2 00@3 00  1
Martin, dark............ 1  00@3 00  1
pale & yellow 50@1 00  I
Mink, dark...............
40@1  50
Muskrat....................
03@  12  r
Oppossum.................
15@  30  1
Otter, dark  .............. 5 00@3 00
Raccoon........................
25@  80
Skunk  ........................... 1  00@1  40
W olf................................ 1  00@3 00  „
Beaver  castors, lb ... 2 00@5 00  S
t
Thin and  green..........
10  J
Long gray, dry............
20  L
Gray, dry 
25  £
....................
Red and Blue, dry___
35
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS
67
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test)
67
Bolted..............................
. . . .   1  40  Q
Granulated......................
.  1  60  a
Straight, In  sacks........ . . . .   3 70  I
“  barrels...
“ 
. . . .   3 90  C
“  sacks........ . . . .   4 70  I
Patent 
. . . .   500
“  barrels...
“ 
Graham  “  sacks___ ...  1  70
Rye 
“ 
. . . .   2 00
. .. .
Buckwheat, Rising  Sun. . . .  4 75  S
L
& Co’s  Pure................ ........   4 25  F
N
Less 
®
Car lots quantity  Ü
«15 ou  g
14 0°  £
15 00  £
20 00  Y.
19 50  J

Bran..................114 00
Screenings. .. .   13 00
Middlings........15 OO
Mixed Feed...  19 00
Coarse meal  ..  19 00
Car  lots............................
........49
Less than  car  lots___ .......... 52
L
Car  lots............................ ..........37
Less than car lots........ ..........41 
C
C
HAT.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots___11  50  S
ton lots ........12  50  s
No. 1 

Walsh-DeRoo 

MILL8TUFFS.

WHEAT.

FLOUR.

MEAL.

CORN.

OATS.

“ 

“ 

SPICKS.

Whole Sifted.

Allspice.................................8
Cassia, China In mats........  7
“  Batavia In bund__ 15
Saigon In rolls......... 35
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna................82
Zanzibar..................!0
“ 
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy................... 75
“  No. 1.......................70
“  No. 2...................... 60
Pepper, Singapore, blade__ 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..................1*
r*  Cochin..................   17
Jam aica.................18
“ 
Mace  Batavia..................... 70
Mustard,  Sng. and Trieste.. 16
“  Trieste....................18
Nutmegs, No. 2 .................. 60
Pepper, Singapore, black__16
“   white...... 24
“  Cayenne................. 18
Sage..................................... 14

“ 

“Absolute” In Packages.

 

Ms  Ms
Allspice.............  
84  156
Cinnamon...................  84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  1  55
Ginger, Jam ................  84  1 55
“  Af...................  84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  1  55
Pepper.......................   84  155
Sage............................   84

SAL  SODA.

Kegs...................................  
l*
Granulated,  boxes..............  1^

SEEDS.

A nise.........................  @12J4
Canary, Smyrna.........  
Caraway....................  
Cardamon, Malabar... 
Hemp,  Russian.........  
Mixed  Bird................ 
Mustard,  white.........  
Poppy.........................  
Rape..........................  
Cattle  bone................ 
STARCH.

6
8
90
4*
4 *
6
9
6
so

Corn

 

“   

20-lb  boxes..........................   6
53K
40-lb 
1-lb packages  ........................5*
3-lb 
5M
6 lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes..............  4*
Barrels.................................  5M

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

“ 
“ 

SNUFF.

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

SODA,

Boxes....................................5>i
Kegs, English........................4*

SALT.
 
 

100 3-lb. sacks......................82 25
60 5-lb.  “ 
2 00
2810-lb. sacks....................  1 85
2 25
2014-lb.  “ 
243-lb  cases.......................  l 50
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags.. 
32
28 lb.  “ 
18

drill  “ 

 

Warsaw.

“ 

“ 

56 lb. dairy In drill  bags...  32
281b.  “ 
18
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..  75 
56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks.  75 

Higgins.

Ashton.

.. 

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

Solar Rock.

Common Fine.

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

90
95

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Church’s ..........................  83 30
DeLand’s ...............................  3 15
Dwight’s .................................. 3 30
Taylor’s..................................  3 00

SOAP.
Laundry.

“ 

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.

Proctor & Gamble.

Old Country,  80  1-lb...........3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb...................3 90
White Borax, 100 J£-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. .83 30 
plain.  .  3 24
5C size..  4 25 
N. K. Fairbanks & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus..............................4 00
Brown, 60 bars.........................2 10
80  b a rs........................3 25
Acme....................................... 3 65
Cotton OH.................................5 75
Daisy....................................... 3 10
Marseilles.........   ..............  4 00
Master..................  ...........  4 00

“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.

“ 
“ 

“ 

Scouring.

Sapollo, kitchen, 3  doz.

Cut  Loaf....................
Cubes.........................
PowderedXXXX;....
Standard.. 
Granulated, medium..
fine.........
Confectioners’ A......   41

“ 
“ 

C................................   @ 4
Golden......................   @4
Yellow   ......................  @ a
Less than  bbls.  14c advance

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels.................................22
Half bbis..............................24
F air...............................

Pure Cane.

SWEET GOODS

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

40 gr.. 
50 gr.

81 for barrel. 

WET  MUSTARD,
Bulk, per gal  ...................
Beer mug, 2 doz in case... 

YEAST.

Warner’s .........................
Yeast Foam  ....................
Diamond..........................
Royal...............................

©8
@9

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

F air............................
Good..........................
Choice......................... 24
Choicest......................32
D ust........................... 10

SUN CUBED.
F air............................
Good..........................
Choice......................... 24
Choicest......................32
Dust............................10
BASKET  PIBBD.
F air............................ 18
Choice.........................
Choicest......................
Extra choice, wire leaf
eUNPOWDKB.

@17
@20@26
@34
@12

@17
@20
@26
@34
@12

@20
@25
@35
@40

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

oolong. 

IMPERIAL.

TOUNG 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
62
Hiawatha................... 
36
Sweet Cuba................ 
McGlnty....................  
27
25
“  M bbls.........  
Dandy Jim .................  
29
Torpedo..................... 
24
23
in  drums.... 
28
Yum  Yum  ................ 
1892............................  
23
“  drums................. 
22

“ 

Plug.

Sorg’s Brands.
Speazhead.................  
Joker......................... 
Nobby Twist................. 
Scotten’s Brands.
K ylo.........................  
Hiawatha...................  
Valley City................ 
Flnzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty..............  
Jolly Tar....................  

Smoking.

Catlin’s  Brands.

41
29
40

24
38
34
40
32

Kiln  dried...........................16
Golden  Shower................... 19
Huntress  ............................26
Meerschaum....................... 29
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle  Navy....................... 41
Stork  .................................. 32
American............................ 16
Frog....................................33
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................16
Banner Cavendish.............. 38
Gold Cut  ............................ 28
Warpath..............................16
Honey  Dew......................... 25
Gold  Block......................... 30

Scotten’s Brands.

TTTE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

18
willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l  3 50
“  No.2 4 25
“ 
.No.3 5 0C
INDURATED WARE.
................................  4  06
Mdoz.......................   4  56

splint 

“ 
“ 
* 
“ 

Pails.
Tubs,

POULTRY.

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

FISH  and  OYSTERS.

20
1  00

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
FRESH  FISH.
.................  @9
Whltefish 
T ro u t........................... 8  @ 9
Halibut.......................   @15
Ciscoes or Herring__  @6
Blneflsh....................... 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. 
Fairhaven  Counts  ...  ©37
F. J. D.  Selects.........   @30
Selects.......................   @23
Anchor.......................   @19
Standards  .................   @17
Favorites................... 
15
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  1U0........1  25@1  50
Clams, 
.........   75@1  60

“ 

“ 

“ 

PAPER.

TWINES.

PA PER & WOODEN WARE
Straw 
.................................ljf
Rockf&lls............................. 1 %
Rag sugar............................. 2
Hardware..............................254
Bakers.................................. 214
Dry  Goods...................5  @6
Jute  Manilla...............   @5*
Red  Express  No. 1.............. 5 >4
No. 2.............. 4*
48 Cotton.............................  «0
Cotton, No. 1.......................17
“  2.......................16
Sea  Island, assorted.......... 30
No. 5 Hemp........................ 1»
No. 6  “................................ 15
Tubs,No. 1.........................  700
“  No. 2........................6  00
“  No. 3....................... 5  00
1  35
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop_  1 eo
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__ 
40
Bowls, 11 inch....................  SO
....................   1 00
....................  1  60
.................... 2  25
...................2  75
...................3  00
Baskets, market.................   35
shipping  bushel..  1  25 
..  1  35
full  hoop  “ 

“ 
13  “ 
15  “ 
“  17  “ 
19  “ 
“ 
“ 
21  “ 
“ 
“ 

WOODBNWARE.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 
[uotes as follows:

PORK  IN  BARBELS.

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

LABS.

Kettle
Rendered.  Granger.  Family. 
. . . .   10& 

10M 

8

Com­
pound
734

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
1, average 20 lbs....................................... 1. _
16 lbs....................................... 11*
12 to 14 lbs............................... 1144
picnic.....................................................8M
best boneless..........................................954
Iders........................................................  8J4

“ 
“ 

51b.
31b.

light.

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

STICK  CANDY.
Cases

Bbls.  Pails.

H.H...
Twist

8M
MIXED  CANDY.

8M

Bbls.

Palls.

fancy—In bulk

Palls.
,  plain.................................................  10
printed.........................................   11

 

 

 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

3 
2 
3 

“ 
“ 
“ 

LEMONS.

ORANGES.

............................... ..i 00
CARAMELS.
 
 
 

Plain Creams............................................. S0@90
Decorated Creams....................................   1  00
String  Rock.....................................................65
Burnt Almonds 
Wlntergreen  Berries.......................................60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes.........................  34
5i
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
28
No.3. 
42
Stand up, 51b. boxes...................................   go
Small......................................................
Medium................................................
Large.....................................................
Floridas,.............................................. 3 0P@3 25
Messina, choice, 360.............................  @3 50
fancy, 360.............................  @4 00
choice 300.............................  
@4 75
fancy 390 Maiorls.................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

BANANAS.

Figs, fancy  layers, 6Q>...........................   @12H
10® ..........................  @12*
140)..........................  @ie
200)..........................  @16
<a «14
..........................  @ 6*
Persian. 50-lb.  box.................. .  @  454
NUTS.

“ 
“ 
“  50-lb.  “ 

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

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

Almonds, Tarragona.............................  @19
Ivaca........................................  @17*
California.............................   ©18*
Brazils, new...........................................  @10*
Filberts.................................................   @11*
Walnuts, Grenoble.  .............................   @15
Calif.......................................  @13
Table Nnts,  fancy................................   @13*
choice..............................  @12*
Pecans, Texas, H.  P .,..........................12*@14
Cocoannts, full sacks...........................   @5 50
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns................................  @ 5*
“  Roasted.....................   @  7*
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............................  @ 5*
“  Roasted....................   @ 7*
Choice, H. P., Extras............................  @ 4*
“  Roasted.................  @ 6M
California Walnuts............................... 
12*

“ 
1 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

PEANUTS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

extra 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

CROCKERY AND  GLASSWARE.

FRUIT JABS.

p in ts............................................................$ 6 75
Quarts..........................................................  7 flo
Half Gallons................................................  900
Caps.............................................................   2 75
Rubbers....................................................... 
40
No. 0 Sun....................................................  
45
N0.1  ; ; .........................................................   50
Tabular..............................  
75

LAMP BURNERS.

 
LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box.

No. 0 Sun................................................ 
1  75
N0.1  ;;  .........................................................1 88

6 doz. in box.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

First quality.
“ 
“ 

La Bastle.

XXX Flint

“ 
Pearl top.

No. 0 Sun, crimp top...................................... g 25
No. I 
“  .......................................2 40
No. 2 
“  ................................  
3 40
No. 0 Sun, crimp top......................................2 60
No. 1 
“  .......................................2 80
No. 2 
...................................... 3 80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled................... 3 70
“ 
No.2  “ 
....................470
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................4 88
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz....................... 1  25
No.2  “ 
....................... 150
No. 1 crimp, per doz........................................   35
No.3  “ 
.................................... Ill  60
No. 0, per  gross..............................................   23
No. 1, 
.............................................. !  28
No  2, 
38
 
 
No. 3, 
75
Mammoth, per doz................ 
 
75
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Batter Crocks,  1 and 6 gal..........................  06*
Jugs, *  gal., per doz...................................   75
....................................  90
................................... 1  80
Milk Pans, *  gal., per dos..........................   85
“ 
glazed..............  75
..........................   78
“ 
“ 
glazed...............  go

‘  1  “ 
‘  8  “ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

LAMP WICKS.

*   “ 
1  “ 
1  “ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

 
 

 

 

FRESH MEATS.

“ 

Swift & Company quote as fol­
lows:
Beef, carcass........  ...  4*@ 5M
“  hindquarters...  5  @ 54» 
“ 
fore 
...  3V4@ 4
loins,  No.  3... 8  @ 8M
“ 
“ 
ribs.........  7  @ 7*
rounds.......4M@ 
5
” 
Bologna...................  @ 5
Pork loins...............  @954
shoulders  .......  @744
Sausage, blood or head  @ 6
liv e r............   @6
Frankfort__  @8
M utton...................... 7  @ 8
Veal............................ 7  @ 7M

“ 
“ 
“ 

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Imperials........................................................  10
Per Box
Lemon Drops................................................... 56
Sour Drops...... ............................................... 55
Peppermint Drops........................................... 60
Chocolate Drops...............................................65
H. M. Chocolate Drops..................................90
Gam 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

“ 

 

14
Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’  Association. 
President, A.  J. Elliott;  Secretary, E. A. Stowe. 

Official  Organ—Michigan  Tradesman.
Next Meeting—December 19.

Jackson  Grocers’  Union.

President,  D. S. Fleming;  Sec’y, N. H. Branch.

tion.

Grand  Raoids  Retail  Grocers’ Associa­
At the regular  meeting of  the Retail Grocers’ 
Association,  held  on  Monday  evening, Dec.  5, 
the  minutes of  the  last  meeting were  read and 
approved.

A  communication  was  read  from  Tucker, 
Coade & Parker, asking  that  exceptions  to  the 
Roll  of  Honor  be  made  in  the  case  of  three 
restaurants which  are  regular customers of the 
house.  The communication was referred to the 
Committee on Trade Interests with power to act
A  number of  letters  from  manufacturers  of 
food  products were  then  read by the  Secretary 
in  reply  to  his  enauiries  as to  whether manu­
facturers would  take  part in a food  exhibition, 
providing  the  Association decided  to  hold one 
in  Grand  Rapids  during  the  present  winter 
months.  Pending the  receipt of  further letters, 
the entire matter  was laid on the table until the 
next meeting.

Chairman  Herrick,  of  the  Executive  Com­
mittee,  recoin me uded  that  the  fiscal  year  be 
made the same as the calendar year, and that all 
who had paid  the annual  dues, and all who pay 
same  prior  to  April 1, be  given  a  certificate of 
membership  until  December  31,  1833.  The 
recommendation was  accepted and adopted and 
the  Secretary  instructed  to  issue  membership 
cards on that  basis.

A verbal  communication  was  received  from 
N  H. Walbridge, resigning  the  chairmanship of 
the  Committee on Roll of  Honor, on  account of 
ill  health.  The  resignation  was  laid  on  the 
table, and  the other members of  the Committee 
were  instructed  to  complete  the  work  of  the 
Committee with as little delay as possible.

J. A. Smith asked for an expression of opinion 
on the  matter of  exemptions, asserting  that the 
present law is wrong in spirit aud operation and 
works  great  hardship to the  mercantile classes. 
The matter was discussed at some length, when 
Mr. Smith  was  requested to read  an  article on 
the  subject at the  next  meeting  prepared  sev­
eral years  ago by Wm. E. Kelsey, the  Ionia gro­
cer,  and  read  on  the  occasion  of  an  annual 
meeting of  the Michigan  Business  Men's  Asso­
ciation.

Daniel Yiergiver suggested that the jobbers be 
invited to address  the  Association from time  to 
time, and  moved  that  the  Secretary request  C. 
G. A. Voigt to attend  the next  meeting and give 
the members a little ta.k  on  flour.  The  motion 
was adopted.

Treasurer  Harris  reported a balance  on hand
of  $522.68, and was  instructed  to  iuvest a lump 
sum in the  form of  a certificate of deposit, bear­
ing interest at the rate of 4 per cent.

Daniel Yiergiver  moved that  the  opening and 
closing of the stores of the members on the Mon­
day following Christmas and  New Year’s day be 
left  to the  option of  each  member, which  was 
adopted.

A  member  asked  whether  money  in  bank 
was subject to garnishee or  attachment, and the 
matter was  made  a  special  subject  for  discus 
sion at the  next meeting, and  the  Secretary re­
quested to secure the presence of an  attorney to 
address the Association on that subject.

The Association then adjourned until Monday 

evening, Dec. 19.

Jackson  Retail Grocers’ Union.

At the regular meeting of the Jackson Grocers' 
Union,  held  Thursday  evening,  Dec.  1,  five 
memoers were admitted to membership.

The business report and finaucial statement of 
the Superintendent of the Bureau of Collections 
and  Information  were  read  and  showed  the 
Bureau  to  be  in a flourishing  condition,  being 
just a trifle short of self-supporting.

The  Committee  on  Trade  Interests  made  a 
lengthy  report, setting  forth a number of griev­
ances, as follows:  The high prices  charged for 
crackers  by  the  Jackson  Ciacker  Co.  since  it 
went  into  the  trust;  bakers  selling  to  private 
houses  from  their  wholesale  wagons;  produce 
and wholesale  houses  doing  the  same;  millers 
selling  one  sack  of  flour  at  the  same  price 
charged  toe  grocer  per  ton,  etc.  The  report 
appeared to meet with the hearty approbation of 
every member  present, and,  after  considerable 
discussion, the  whole  matter was  referred  to  a 
special  committee  composed  of  E.  W.  Swick, 
Levi  Decker,  A.  Riggs,  E.  G.  Hill  and  N. H. 
Branch

The Entertainment Committee reported that it 
had  met and  thoroughly discussed  the  subject 
of holding a banquet, but had arrived at no con-

Only brand of first-class laundry 

soap manufactured in the 

Saginaw  Talley.

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

QOLD  MEDAL,  PAEIS,  1878.

1 . Baker & Co.’s
Breakfast 
Cocoa
Unlike  the
Dutch Process

Is  A bsolutely  P u n  

and it is Soluble.

No  alkalies  os 
other  chemical; 
or dyes are uset 
in   its  m anufac­
ture.

A  descrip tio n   of  th e   chocolate 
lan t,  an d  of  th e   variou s  co coa  anc 
h ocolate  p rep aratio n s  m anufac- 
ured  by  W alter  B a k er  &  C o.,  wl! 
>e  sent 
to  a n y   d e aler  or 
ip p llcatlo n .  _______

free 

V.  BAKER  & CO.,  Dorchester,  Mass
Fire & Marme Insurance Go.

MICHIGAN

Organised  1881.

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN

THE  MICHZa^JSr  TRADESMAN,

B A R C U S  BROS.,

MANUFACTURERS  OF  CIRCULAR

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

S a w   Repairing

Done as cheap as can be done  consistent  with good  work.  Lumber  saws  fitted  up ready for use 
without extra charge.  No charge for boxing or drayage.  Writ 2  or prices and discounts.
M IC H IG A N

M U S K E G O N , 

- 

T H B   B A .B C O N .

elusion  as  yet.  The  report  was  accepted  and 
laid  on  the  table  until  the  second meeting  in 
January.

On  motion, the  Uuion  decided  to establish  a 
uniform price  on  granulated  sugar, the same as 
is now maintained  by  the  Grand  Rapids Retail 
Grocers’  Association,  subject  to  change  from 
time to time  as  the  price of  the staple  rises  or 
falls.  It  was  decided to put  the  new plan into 
effect Dec. 10, and  Messrs.  Bartlett,  Porter and 
Whitney  were  appointed a committee  to  circu 
late  a  petition  among  the  grocers  of  the  city 
outside  of  the  Union, asking  them  to  observe 
the uniform price on granulated sugar.

President Fleming then announced the special 
order of the meeting, being  the practice of  giv 
ing  Christmas  presents  to  customers.  A  con­
siderable disenssion  followed, resulting  in  the 
conclusion  that it was  neither good  policy nor 
justice  to  the  grocer  to  continue  the  policy 
longer.

The  reports  of  the  Financial  Secretary  and 
the  Treasurer  showed  the  finances  to be  in  a 
flourishing condition.

The  meeting then  adjourned  until  Thursday 

evening, Dec.  14. 

N.  H. Branch, Sec’y.

A T L A S

SOAP

Is Manufactured 

only  by

HENRY  PASSOLT, 

Saginaw,  Mich.

For general laundry and  family 

washing  purposes.

FALCON  No.  1—Gentlemen’s Road Wheel,
FALCONE8S—Ladies’ Koail  Wheel,
FAtCON  JR .—Boys’ and Girls’ Road W heel,

A ll fitted w ith Pneum atic Tires.  Finest Stei 1  m aterial.

$ 1 1 6   0 0  
100.00 
5 0 .0 0

B est w o rk m a n sh ip .

WRITE  FOR CATALOGUE.

T H E   Y O S T   M A N U F A C T U R I N G   CO.,

YOST’S  STATION,  TOLEDO,  OHIO.

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Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

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Obtaining Credit by Fraud.

From the Shoe and Leather Gazette.

In the sale of goods upon credit, either 
wholesaler  or  retailer  absolutely  parts 
with his  title  thereto  when  he  delivers 
the  goods,  unless a  special  lien  upon 
them  is  reserved.  This  is  true, except 
there be fraud  on  the part  of  the buyer 
in  securing  credit, 
in  which  case  the 
rights  of 
the  party  are  materially 
changed.  The importance of fraud in se­
curing credit  is  due  mainly  to the  fact 
that upon  its  discovery  the  seller is  no 
longer required  to  look  to  the financial 
standing  of 
the  buyer,  but  he  may 
rescind  the  contract  under  which  they 
were sold,  and proceed  to regain posses­
sion upon the  theory that  having parted 
with  the  title  through  fraud, the  title 
was  in  law  unchanged,  and  that  the 
property  still  belongs  to  the seller.  A 
buyer who obtains possession of goods on 
credit by fraud,  stands in no better light, 
so far as right of possession is concerned, 
than  he  would  had  he  stolen  them  by 
actual force.

It becomes  then of  importance  to  the 
business  man  to  know  of  what  such 
fraud  consists as will create the right  of 
recision. 
In  the  first  place,  it  must  be 
such  misrepresentation  as  induced  the 
seller to part with his property. 
It must 
be an unequivocal  representation  that  a 
fact  exists  which  does  not  exist,  or  it 
must be the willful concealment of a fact 
which the buyer knows or ought to know 
would influence the  seller if he knew  it. 
Thus it  will  be  seen that the fraud may 
be either  positive  or  negative in its na­
ture,  but it must be unequivocal in either 
case. 
If  the  representation be concern­
ing a possibility or probability,  although 
it may be wholly false, it will not amount 
true,  there 
to  fraud,  for  had  it  been 
would still  have  been  a chance  for  the 
seller  to  lose, 
and  he  accepted  that 
chance.  The  failure  of  the  possibility 
leaves  him  no worse  off than  he would 
have been had the contingency he volun­
tarily  accepted  failed.  To constitute  a 
fraud, misrepresentation  must  be  abso­
lute.  Further  than  this, the  misrepre­
sentation  must  be  one  upon  which the 
creditor  relied. 
It  must,  therefore,  be 
plausible and reasonable,  and urged as  a 
basis  of  credit.  Fraud  cannot  be  pre­
dicted  upon  misrepresentations  so  ex­
travagant  and  unplausible as  to appear 
incredulous  upon their face.  The state­
ment  of  a  man  that  he  was  King  of 
England,  made  as  a  basis  for  credit, 
would not  be made  the  basis  of a claim 
of fraud, for this is so preposterous as to 
carry  its  own  conviction  of 
falsity 
to  the  mind of a prudent  business man. 
The  statement  of  a man  apparently  in 
good circumstances,  that he had  land  in 
an  adjoining  state  worth  ten thousand 
dollars,  is  a  statement which,  if  relied 
upon,  is fraudulent  if  false.  A reason­
ably  prudent  man  would  be  misled by 
the latter—no man of  business judgment 
would  rely  upon  the  former.  The  es­
sence of  the  fraud is  not  the  falsity  of 
the  statement, but  procuring the credit, 
and, therefore, some of the responsibility 
falls upon the seller.  There is no action­
able fraud in a lie  which a would-be cus­
tomer tells,  on  the strength of which he 
procures no  goods,  and  no more is there 
fraud in a lie upon which he ought not to 
have secured them, though  he did.  The 
law will  not  protect  a  fool in his folly. 
On the other hand,  the concealment  of  a 
material fact is as  fraudulent as the mis­
representation  of  a  material  fact,  pro­
vided the concealment  is willful. 
In or­
der to make this  principle  operative the 
debtor must have known  that the credit­
or  acted  upon  the  faith  that what  was 
concealed  was  not  a  fact, and  that  he 
would have acted differently had he been 
informed.  One of  the  simplest illustra­
tions  of this principle  is insolvency.  A 
man  who  buys  goods  on  time after  he 
knows  he is  insolvent, who  knows  that 
they were sold to him on credit based up­
on prior  statements  which,  though  true 
when made  have  become  false  through 
circumstances,  stands  in the  same  posi­
tion he would if he made those statements 
when they were false,  unless  the circum­
stances  are  such that  it was negligence 
to rely on  the statement  without calling 
for a new one.  The willful concealment 
of  a material  fact is usually fraudulent
When  fraud  is  discovered, if  the  one

prejudiced  by  it  desires  to  avail  him­
self of the right of  recision,  he must act 
with promptness.  That  is,  promptness 
depends  upon  circumstances,  but  as  a 
general rule any delay is dangerous.  Up­
on  the  discovery  of  fraud  two courses 
are  open, condonance  or  recission. 
In­
action condones the  fraud and leaves the 
creditor to  his  personal  remedy  against 
the  debtor.  Recision 
is  accomplished 
by  promptly  returning  what  benefits 
have  been  received  under  the contract, 
less what  damages  result  in the breach, 
and then the  possession  and title  to  the 
property may  be  recovered.  This  right 
of recovery  extends agaiust  the original 
debtor,  and  subsequent purchasers from 
him  as  well,  who  takes  the  property 
with  knowledge of  the fraud,  or  under 
circumstances  which  should  put  a pru­
dent man  to  inquiry.  A man  who buys 
property  which  he  knows,  or  ought  to 
know,  has been secured by fraud,  partici­
pates  in the  fraud  and  takes  no better 
title than  the one  he  bought from  had. 
An  innocent  purchaser  for  value,  how­
ever, will in  most  cases be  protected  in 
his  purchase.  The  law  cannot  permit 
the doctrine of fraud to extend so  far  as 
to  unsettle  business  confidence,  but it 
will enforce it far enough to protect hon­
est men from imposition  and deprive im­
posters  of  any  benefit which  might  re­
sult from their dishonesty.

A Paris furniture dealer recently bought 
from an architect  an  old  writing  table, 
in overhauling which  he  found a packet 
containing  1,600  francs.  Uis honesty in 
at  once  informing  the  former  owner of 
his  find  was  rewarded  by  an  equally 
honest  declaration  on  the  part  of  the 
architect  thatJthe  latter  knew  nothing 
whatever  about  the  money  and  would 
not accept it.

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Grand ztapldn  a  Indiana.
Schedule  in effect  November  20,1892.

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
7:20 a in
1:10 p m
4:15 pm
10:10  p m
Train arriving  f. om  south at  6:45 a m  and  9 00 a m 

South. 
For Cadillac  and Saginaw.........  6:45 a m 
For Traverse City & Mackinaw  9 00am 
For Cadillac and Saginaw.........  2:20 p m  
For  Petoskey & Mackinaw.......  8:10 p in 
From Chicago and  Kalamazoo.  8:85 p m 
daily.  Others trains daily except Sunday.

t r a in s  g o in g   s o u t h .

Arrive from  Leave going 

_  
North.
For  Cincinnati.............................  6:30 am
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago...
For Fort Wayne and the  tiast..  11:50 a m
For  Cincinnati.............................  6:15 pro
For Kalamazoo  &  Chicago......11:00 pm
From Saginaw...............................  11:50 am
From Saginaw...............................  11 -.00 p m
daily;  all  other  trains  dally except Sunday.

Trains leaving south at 6  00 p m and  II .-20 p.  m. runs 

South.

05 am  
oo  p m 
Ou  p m 
20  p m

iäiO

NORTH

SLEEPING  A  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 
1:10 p  m  train  has  parlor  car 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
10:10 p m  train.—Sleeping  car 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw.

Grand
Grand
SOUTH—7:00 am train •—Parlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:05 am  train.—Wagner  Parlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6:00  pm train.—Wagner Sleeping  Car 
Grand  Rapids to Cincinnati.
11;20 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

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

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

10:05 am  
8:55 pm  

2:00 p m  
9:00 pm  

11:20 pm
0:50 am

10:06 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.

p m train daily, through  Wagner  Sleeping Car. 
11:45pm
8:45  am
11:45 p  m 

8:10pm  
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
8:35 p m  
3:10  p  m  through  Wagner  Parlor  Car. 
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.

7:05am 
2:20 pm 

am
pm

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids &  Indiana.
10:00 
6:55  am  
*1 
a m 
4:40 p m
6:30  pm  
9:05 

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 5:45 p m.
Through tickets and full information  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almquist,  ticket  agent  at  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids. Mich.

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

CHICAGO

NOY.  20,  1882.
AND W KSf  MICHIGAN  R’f.

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR'D RAPIDS....... 8:50am  1:25pm  *ll:?5pm
Ar. CHICAGO..............3:51pm  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  10:4.1pm  *7:05am
TO  AND  FROM  BENTON  HARBOR, AND  ST  JOSEPH
Lv. G  R...........8:50am  1:25pm 
..........*11:35pm
Ar.  G R  ......... *6:10am 3'55pm 
........   10:45pm
Lv. G. R ...........  8:50am  1:25pm  5:35pm  8:45pm
Ar.  G.  R..................... 10:45am  3:55pm  5:25pm
Lv.  G  R......................................  7:30am  5:35pm
..........................12:15pm  10:29pm
Ar.  Manistee 
Ar.  Traverse City.......................12:35pm 10:5»pm
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 CITY  MANISTEE & PETOSKEY.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

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

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

NOV.  20,  1892
LANSING &  NORTHERN R, R.

GOING TO  DETROIT.

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

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. DETR....................  7:50am *1:35pm  6:10pm
Ar. G  R....................  .12:55pm *5:25pm  10:30pm

TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS.

Lv. GR 7:20am 4:15pm  Ar. G R. 11:50am 11:00pm

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL A HASTINSS R. R.

Lv. Grand Rapids...........7:10am  1:25pm 5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell..............12:55pm 5:25pm  ..........

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Parlor  Cars on all trains  between  Grand Rap 
ids and Detroit.  Parlor cars to Saginaw on morn­
ing train.

•Every da/.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

Railway.

Toledo,  Arm  Arbor Ss  North  Michigan 
In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  A 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven A 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 at......6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at..............12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.

v ia d „ e.  H.  A M.

VIA D., L. A N.

Return connections equally as good.

W. ;H.  B e n n ett, General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo, Ohio.

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DEPART.  ARRIVE
Detroit Express....................................6:55 am  
10:00 pm
Mixed  ......................................................7:00am  1:S0 pm
Day  Express........................................  1:20pm   10:00am
•Atlantic & Pacific Express............ *10:15 p m   *0:00 a m
New Tork 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.

Fred M. Briggs, Gen'l Agent, 85 Monroe St.
A. A l m q u is t, Ticket Agent, Union  Depot.
Gso. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. 
O. W.Rugglss  G. P.  &  T. Agent., Chicago.

r U m  HAVEN TIME  TABLE

Detroit

NOW IN  EFFECT.

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

BASTWARD.

tNo.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 •No.  82

10 20am 
1125am 
1217pm 
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm
3 45pm
5 50pm 
305pm
4 05pm

6 50am
7 45am
8 30am 
905am
10 50am
11 30am 
10 05am
12 05pm
10 53am
11 50am
WESTWARD.

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
d 05pm 
8: 0pm 
8 37pm
7 (5 pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

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

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

♦No. 81  tNo. 11  tNo. 13
10 45pm
10 50am
5  10pm
7 05am
6 15pm
8 25am

6  50am
1 (JOpm
2  10pm

•Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive from  the west,  10:10a. m., 3:15 
p.m. and 9:45  p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parle r  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward—No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 

Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J ohn W. Lo u d , Traffic Manager.
Ben F letcher, Trav. Pass. Agent. 
J ab. Ca x p r e l l, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

THE  MICHIGANT  TRADESMAN.

Why  Not Keep the

We  want an agent in every town  and  city in the State 
to  handle  our  Fancy  Roller  Patent  “ SUNLIGHT” 
In  many cases we  can  arrange  to  give exclusive  sale 
for the locality.
All  flour  is  now  so  cheap  that  every  consumer  can 
afford to buy  THE  BEST.  Lift yourseif out of the rut 
of competition  by handling a superior article.

16

G rip s a c k   B rig a d e .

The  traveling  man whose  shoes  need 
half soling  oftener  than  the seat  of  his 
pants is the one who will secure the most 
orders.

The traveling  man who  can  gain  and 
hold  the  respect  and  confidence  of  his 
trade can always be sure of retaining the 
respect and confidence of  his employers.
The  traveling  man  should  reflect  the 
standing of the house he represents,  as a 
country dealer often measures the charac­
ter of the house by  those  who  are  sent 
out by it.

All traveling  men  who  wish  to  go  to 
Detroit o> the morning of Dec. 28 can  se­
cure  one-half  fare  tickets  by  obtaining 
an order from any one of  the members of 
the Transportation Committee of Post E.
Did you ever notice in  reading the an­
nals  of  crime  that  the  proportion  of 
traveling men  who  have  gone  wrong  is 
less than  that of  any  other  vocation  in 
which equal  opportunities  are afforded? 
Tet men of  other  professions sometimes 
speak of traveling men as a doubtful and 
suspicious class of people.

No  one thing will do more to build  up 
and retain a hotel trade  than  furnishing 
the 
incoming  and  outgoing  midnight 
guests  with  a  cup  of  hot  coffee  and  a 
sandwich.  Such  a  lunch, 
just  before 
starting or upon  arriving  at the hotel,  is 
highly appreciated by the boys.

A traveling  man  jumped  from a train 
as  it  was  about to  collide with  another 
one.  He escaped with a few slight bruis­
es  and  went  to  the  assistance  of  the 
wounded  in  the  wreck.  He  found  a 
pious individual  who was  badly injured. 
The latter asked the traveling man if  he 
did not think he had  cause  to  thank  an 
all merciful Providence  for  bolding  out 
its watchful  hand  and  saving  him  from 
destruction.  “Oh,  1  suppose  so,”  re­
plied the  traveling  man,  “ but don’t you 
think I was pretty cute myself?”

A  Kansas City  farm  implement  house 
will next season  try  the  experiment  of 
sending out a woman drummer—not that 
the departure will be so very much of an 
experiment, for the modern woman, when 
she takes up a  thing  which  has  hereto­
fore been regarded as outside her  sphere 
of usefulness, usually attains  the  object 
of her ambition.  “It is really not  an  in­
novation,”  says the head of the  firm,  by 
whom the woman  has  already  been  en- 
gaged,  “for  it has been  done in lines of 
trade as far removed from ours as that of 
milliner.  A young Swedish  woman  has 
for several years traveled  tor  a  Scandi­
navian  firm  of  machinists.  She  travels 
all over Europe, and  next  year  will  ex­
tend her territory  by a  trip to Australia. 
A large manufacturer of electric supplies 
in the east receives  some  of  his  best  or­
ders through a woman expert  who  is  in 
his employ and  began life for  herself  as 
a telegraph operator.”

Biela’s  comet  was not on time. 

It did 
not show up as  advertised. 
It  had  sent 
out its  route  and  date  cards and  asked 
that orders be held until it arrived, when 
it would be able to make a  startling  dis­
play of samples.  Everybody waited  and 
now people are disgusted with that comet 
It need not send  out  any  more  advance 
cards.  The public  has lost confidence in 
it. 
If it has been  “called in”  the  house 
should  notify  expectant  people. 
If  de­
layed by a snow blockade  the  telegraph 
wire should have been  used.  Bradstreet 
and Dun should  have  notified  the  com­
mercial world.  There is no  business  in 
such a transaction.  When a  commercial

traveler makes a date,  he  is  expected  to 
be punctual  and  prompt.  There  is  no 
good reason why a comet  should  not  be 
as  punctual  as  a  traveling  man.  The 
comet is liable to censure aud  so  is  the 
house which sends out such an unreliable 
representative.  People cannot  afford  to 
sit up all night,  burn coal  and  gas,  and 
then be  disappointed.  The  people  will 
now  be  inclined  to  look  around  for  a 
more reliable comet house.

Jose A. Gonzales was born at Cardenas. 
Cuba,  Aug. 2,  1845,  being  the  son of  a 
wealthy  and  influential  sugar  planter. 
He attended school at Cardenas,  and  sub­
sequently began the study of law with the 
intention  of  pursuing  the  legal  profes­
sion. 
In  1868 he  joined  the  Cuban  in­
surrection,  which  was  put  down by the 
Spanish  government,  and, 
in  common 
with the other  insurgents, saved his  life 
by fleeing the country.  He came to Port­
land,  Maine,  subsequently  removing  to 
New  York  City,  where  he  lived  four 
years. 
In 1872 he went to Chicago where 
he  opened  several  cigar stores,  at  one 
time conducting five  establishments. 
In 
1877  he  removed  to  this  city  and  pur­
chased  the  cigar  stand  in  the  Morton 
House,  which  he  conducted  ten  years. 
In 1887 he went on  the road  for the Ala- 
bastine  Company,  with  which  he  was 
connected a year and a half, when he en­
gaged to travel for the Moneypenny-Ham 
mond  Cigar  Co.,  of  Columbus,  Ohio. 
Two  years  later  he  engaged  with  the 
Owl Cigar Co., of New York,  with which 
he is still  connected,  covering the States 
of Michigan and  Indiana, calling  on  the 
trade  every  sixty  days,  and  the  larger 
trade in the cities in  his  territory  every 
thirty  days.  Mr.  Gonzales  announces 
himself as a candidate for the Presidency 
of the Michigan  Knights of  the Grip and 
will probably have the solid endorsement 
of the Grand Rapids  members  of  the or­
ganization.  He  has  served  the Knights 
as chairman of  the Hotel  Committee and 
member  of  the  Executive Board,  which 
positions have  rendered  him thoroughly 
familiar  with  the  work  of  the associa­
tion.

I f   you  h av e g o t a  so u n d   body,  a  c le a r 
conscience  an d   an  h o n est  p u rp o se,  you 
th e 
hav e  m ore  to   be  th a n k fu l  fo r  th a n  
m illio n aire.

PRODUCE  M A R K E T .

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 has sustained a 
very  marked  advance,  readily  commanding 31 
@33c.

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  is  without material 
change, crates  now being  held as follows: Cape 
Cods and Jerseys, $3;  Waltons, $3.50.

Eggs—Dealers  hold  limed  and  cold  storage 
goods  at  21c, while  fresh  would  readily  com 
mand 23@24c.

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

Grapes—Malagas command $6.50@$7.50 per keg.
Honey—Dealers pay 14@15c and hold at 15@16c.
Onions—Firmer and in better demand.  Hand- 
Potatoes—The ¿market  is  the  same  as a week 
ago,  handlers  paying  55c  here  and  50c  at  the 
principal outside buying points.

Squash—Hubbard, 2c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—All varieties are scarce. 

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

Turnips—30c per bu

Proprietors of the  Standard  Roller  Mills.

HOLLAND.  HIGH.

Daily Capacity 400 Bbls. 
Correspondence Solicited.

:  ¡HiQH QUALITY

|LOW PRICES

Yon  Hit  the  Bulls  Eye  every 

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LIGHTNING  HAY  KNIFE.

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IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s , 

D ress  G oods,  S h a w ls ,  C loaks, 
N o tio n s, 
H o siery , 
G loves,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W o o le n s , 
F la n n e ls ,  B la n k ets,  G in g h a m s,
P r in ts a n d   D o m e stic   Cottons.

CHOCOLATE  COOLER  CO,

Manufacturers  of

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

assorted stock at lowes* market  prices.

Spring & Com pany. 
H e y m a n   &  C o m p an y,

Manufacturers  of

SHOT  Cases

Of  Every  Description.

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

Office 315 Michigan Trust Building.  Factory 42  Mill  St.

P ir.w i.sn .rt  0.1,.j  BEST  pL||T  OPTING  BLANK  B00K8

OF  TWO  OF  THE

You  can  take  your  choice

0 8   and  6 8   C anal  St

WRITE FOR  PRICES. 
G R A N D   R A P I D S

W H O L E S A L E

Dry  Goods,  Carpets and  Cloaks

W e  Make a Specialty of  Blankets,  Quilts arjd  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

M a c k in a w   S h irts  an d   L u m b e r m e n ’s  S o c k s  

OVERALLS  OF  OUK  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Voigt,  Heraolsteier & Co.,48- 
, st-
R I N D G E ,  K A L M B A C H   &  CO.,

RataPr

12.  14  &  16  P E A R L   S T

If  you  have  nut  bought  your 
holiday  slippers,  come  in  and 
see us.  We  have a  NLCE  LINE 
at  prices  we  know  will  please 
you.  Our  spring  samples  are 
now  ready.  Would  be  pleased 
to have  you call  and  see  them. 
We also  have  a  good  stock  of 
winter goods.

Agents  for  the  Boston  Rub­

ber Shoe Co.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS  BOOK  BINDING  CO.,

G rand  R ap id s,  M ich.

89  Pearl  8t., Hoiiseman  Blk. 
Grader  C M . 

Glass  Covers  for  Biscuits.

will  save  enough  good*  from  flies, 
for themselves.  Try  them  and  be  convinced.

HUR new glass  covers  are  by  far the 

to  the 
handsomest  ever  offered 
trade.  They  are  made  to  fit  any 
of  our  boxes  and can  be  changed  from 
one box  to  another in  a moment  They 
irt  and  prying  fingers  in  a short  time to pay 

Price,  50 cents each.

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  tin  tilling.  This  is  bound  to  be  one  of 

the best selling cakes  we ever  made.

THE  NEW

S. A. Sears, Mgr.

YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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

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

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

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

If  possible,  call  and  see  our  display—our unequalled  display of  Dinner  Sets,  Lamps,  Banquet  Lamps,  Library  Lamps, 

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

ASSORTED  < *Z i>   92

F a n c y   Goods.

 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 

 

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50 
85 

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b n ... .$  80  $  40

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

Half doz.  Holland ptd teas \i  bl 
45
One 
90 
Half  “  open dec cups and saucers..........   1  40 
70
.............  2  00  1  00
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2  25  1  13
 
“ 
3  25  1  62
 
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. . 4   25  1  06
“ 
Qr. 
 
. ... 
50
One  “  A B C  child’s plts-pictures 
Half doz asst 3 color plate sets...................  1  00 
80
62
“ luster  plate sets...........................  2  50 
Qr. 
.........................   4  25  1  06
“  decrd 
“  bread and milk..................  4  50  1  14
“ 
“ 
7  25  1  81
** 
“ 
“ 
“ 
Half 
“ C C picture mugs.......................... 
25
42
“ 
*• decrd mugs.................................... 
“  partn  shaving mugs....................  2  00  1  00
“ 
“  fancy  decrd mugs.......................   2  25  1  13
“ 
“  moustach decrd coffees................  2  25  1  12
“ 
3  00  1  50
“ 
“ 
4  00  1 00
Qtr.  “ 
“ 
“ 
6  00  1 50
One doz.  fruit  plates, asst  .......................  
1  50
•* 
••  .........................  
“ 
1  00
75
“  asst glass baskets.........................   2  25 
71
Sixth ** 
........................  4  25 
“ 
Half  “ 
decrd  vases.......................  
85 
43
37
•* 
Sixth  “ 
**  .......................   2  25 
Three doz asst china  toys and  whistles.. . 
40  1  20
One 
" 
'  80
toothpick  holders.................. 
“  Smoking Set.......................................  
S3
40
“  ...................................... 
Qr.  doz toy decrd  tea sets 
60
Sixth  *• 
................... 
67
One toy decrd tea set..................................  
55
One doz dressed china babies...................... 
45
limb dolls.......................  
90
Halt  doz bisque dressed  dolls....................  2  25  1  13
.....................  2  50  1  25
.....................  4  50  2  25
2  15
...................... 
38  14
3  81
34  33
50
34  83

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

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

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

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

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ASSORTED

T I N   T O Y S .

One doz  Trumpets.
tops.........
rattles...........................................
locomotives..................................
asst  wagons...................................
144  trains..............   ....................
kitchen  sets..................................
Qtr
asst animals.....................................2
One mechanical express  wagon................   1

twelfth doz  tin  train.........................   2

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

“   mechanical  engine....... 4
“   cable  cars..........................2
Half  “  stables........................................... 2
Sixth  “ 
4
One  twelfth  doz  kitchens.............................   4

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half
twelfth

“  
half 
“ 

clowns... .  .........  

l
“   circus  riders....................  l
“   asst  toys...........................
“  mechanical clowns...........  1

 

 

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

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

Package and  cartage  free.

80
35
40
85
45
75
80
50
15 
85 
18 
40
17 
75
1  00 
66 
35
18 
21
16 
15 
38 
75 
35
12  69 
1  26
11  43

Assortment No  25 

GAMES  TO  RETAIL  FOR  25c.

One dozen  in  a Package.

Game of Tommy  Towns  visit to the Country. 

Fortune  Telling.

“ 
“  When  My  Ship Comes  In.
Army Tents and  Solniers.
*• 
“ 
Cuckoo.
Base  Ball.
" 
King and  Queens.
“ 
“ 
Steeple Chase.
Luck.
44 
Jack Straws.
44 
“  
Tiddledy  Winks.
“  
Fish  Pond.

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

Assorted Package

DECORATED  GUP8  and  SAUCERS.

One doz decrd  teas,  dowers and  mottos..

•* 

Half
Qtr 
Sixth doz 
Half  « 
Qtr 
“

“ 
“  
“ 

“   bands and gilt...........
“ 
“  
“ 

open  coffees asst................  2  75
 
4  00
...................  6  00
.................  9  00
moustach  coffees asst......... 2  00
“ 
3  00
 
“ 
............6  75

“ 
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“ 
“ 
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“ 

Package,

Assorted  Package  Dolls.

“  

One doz  white china babes...............
Hlf  “  
.............
One  “  dressed  dolls.......................
“  asst...................
H lf  “ 
“   “ •  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

65

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

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

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

11  02 
20

•  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.
Round  the  World  Joe.
Kan  Yu Du  It.
Old  Maid.

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44 
“ 
44 
44 
41 
“ 
“  We Found  McGinty.

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

H. LEONARD & SONS,

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

