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

HEROLD-BERTSCH  SHOE  CO
MUSKEGON  BRANCH  UNITED  STATES  BAKING  CO.,

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

S u c c e s s o r s  

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GMGKER8,  BISCUITS  #   SWEET  GOODS.

HARRT FOX,  Manager.

MUSKEGON,  MICH.

SPE C IA L   ATTEN TIO N   P A ID   TO  M A IL  OBDKRS. 

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

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

M O S E L E Y   BRO S.,

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NUTS,  FIGS, CANDYDATES, ETC.
THE  CREER  SEAL  CIGAR

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Special pains  tak en  w ith  fr u it  orders.

To call on o r address

Is th e  M ost D esirable fo r M erch an ts to  H andle because

IT  IS  STAPLE  AND  WILL  FIT  ANY  PURCHASER.

gend T o u r W ho lesaler an  O rder.

Retails for  10 cents, 3 for 25 cents.

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DODGE

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THE LIGHTEST!

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WHOLESALE  FRUITS  m   PRODUGE.

Mail  Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention.

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.

BREAD

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F o s fo n  C h e m ic a l Co., D e tro it, M ic h ig a n . 

SOLD  BY  ALL  RELIABLE  GROCERS.

V O O R H E E S

Pants and  Overall  Go.,

L a n s in g ,  M ich.

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

E.  D.  VOORHEES,  Manager.

STANDARD  OIL  CO.,

G R A N D   R A PID S,  M ICHIGAN.

DEALERS  IN

H lum inating and  Lubricating

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NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office, Hawkins Block. 

Works, Bntfrerworth Ave.

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Sapolio?

T h e   P u b lic  !

By  splendid  and  expensive  advertising  the  manufacturers  create  a 
demand, and  only ask the  trade to keep the goods in stock so as to supply 
the  orders  sent to them.  W ithout  effort on  the  grocer’s  part the  goods 
sell  themselves,  bring  purchasers to the  store, and  help  sell  less  knows 
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

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

P  J  CHENEY  &  CO, Toledo, O.

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WHY MYRA DOES NOT LIKE CHRIST­

MAS.

Written  for Thb T r a d e s m a n .

While waiting  in a  business  office the 
other day and  conversing  with  the lady 
bookkeeper,  I  casually  remarked  that 
present  appearances 
indicated  another 
“black Christmas,”  which  had the effect 
of eliciting the following response:

“1 don’t like Christmas. 

I wish I could 
float  away  into  blissful,  unconscious 
dreamland and  remain there  until every 
whispered  greeting  and  the  last  faint 
echo  of  the  mournful  bells  had  faded 
away  and  merged  once  more  into  the 
busy,  matter-of-fact world.”

I was so impressed with  the  far-away, 
solemn expression of her  large  jet-black 
eyes,  and  the  tinge  of  bitter  sorrow in 
her voice, that I ventured  to remark that 
no doubt her  dislike  for  Christmas time 
could  be  accounted  for  in  the  circum­
stances connected  with  some  past event 
of her life.  She made no reply, but, giv­
ing me a hurried  glance with  eyes  filled 
with tears,  turned  away and  riveted her 
gaze upon the massive ledger  which was 
lying  open  upon  her  desk.  That  look 
touched a chord of sympathy in my soul, 
and I resolved to  know  the  cause of her 
blighted young  life.  Without  revealing 
the particulars of the conspiracy entered 
into to fathom the  secret, I will  give her 
story to the readers of T h e   T r a d e s m a n , 
trusting that, as  they enter  into the fes­
tivities of  the  approaching  holiday  sea­
son, some of  them  may  pause  to  brash 
away  a  sympathetic  tear  for  the little 
black-eyed girl up here in  the  big furni­
ture city who  will  sit  alone  in her little 
room on Christmas day  and, refusing all 
comfort,  pour  out  her  heart in anguish 
and sorrow. 
It will be, indeed,  a “black 
Christmas” for her.

Her story is too sacred to even mention 
her first  name,  so I shall  refer  to her in 
the narrative  as “Myra.”  Myra’s father 
(whom we will call  Marsland)  was  born 
of humble  parentage in  a  shoe  town  in 
one of the New  England  States.  At  an 
early age he was put into a shoe  factory, 
where  he  developed  habits  of  industry 
and became proficient in  the department 
of labor in which he was  placed.  When 
nineteen  years  of  age  he  married  the 
daughter of  an operative who worked in 
the same factory.  The life of  an opera­
tive in an Eastern manufacturing town is 
a monotonous one,  with very scanty sup­
ply of spice to vary the  regular diet, and 
lacks the  tonic  necessary to  correct  the 
sluggishness  occasioned  by  the  seesaw 
daily  humdrum,  and  sometimes the pa­
tient  operative  loses  his  patience  and 
longs to take a peep at  the  larger  world 
lying beyond his native hills and stretch­
ing away toward the setting sun.

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One evening Mr. Marsland came  home 
{ from the factory with a gaudily illustrat­
ed  pamphlet  called  the  New  Empire. 
It was gotten up by a syndicate of boom­
ers in Portland, Ore., and sown broadcast 
all over the East;  and  Mr.  Marsland was 
I not  the  only  one  who  was induced,  by 
this agency,  to  pack  up  his  worldly ef- 
| fects  and,  with  his  little  family,  take 
j that long, tedious journey  over the great

Northern Pacific.  Myra was twelve years 
old the very  day  she kissed  her  school­
mates farewell at the little New England 
railway  station.  No  cloud  of  sorrow 
had ever  cast a shadow  over  her  heart, 
so quiet and peaceful had been her school 
and home  life in  the little  village.  She 
had a brother  six  years  old  and a baby 
sister two  years  old.  As the  train bore 
them away,  they heard  the  old  familiar 
factory  whistle  blow  for  the last  time, 
and  Myra,  with  weeping  eyes,  watched 
the tall  factory  smoke  stacks  from the 
car window  until  hidden  from  view by 
one of  New  England’s  hills—when  the 
sun of her  happiness  went  down never 
to rise again.  The fourteen years of her 
parent’s  married  life had  been  blessed 
with  good  health,  and, so  peaceful  and 
contented had  passed  the time, that  the 
years  seemed to have dissolved  into one 
period, making  it  impossible  to  distin­
guish one year  from another.  Being in­
dustrious,  temperate and frugal, they had 
succeeded,  little by little during all these 
years,  in  accumulating  a  few  hundred 
dollars  which  they  hoped  to  invest  in 
broad  acres  of  virgin  soil—the  grand 
consummation of a New  England  opera­
tive’s wildest  dreams.

But disappointment  aud grief  awaited 
them in the  wilderness  on  the  far-away 
shores of Puget Sound.  Myra had never 
been out of sight of  her native hills,  and 
her  parents  had  seen  but little  of  the 
world beyond;  and  so  this  ceaseless on­
ward flight, day after day and night after 
night,  still  on and on,  was a wonderful, 
never-to-be-forgotten experience for  this 
little 
family.  When  St.  Paul  was 
reached,  Myra  thought  that surely they 
had reached their journey’s end;  but they 
had just reached the  eastern terminus of 
the great  Northern  Pacific route.  Then 
came  Dakota’s  boundless  prairies,  with 
the tiny white specks  of  settlers’ homes 
flecking the horizon on either side, which 
reminded Myra of  pictures of the bound­
less sea.  Over the muddy  Missouri they 
flew,  and soon the train  which was  bear­
ing them so  rapidly  toward  the land  of 
the setting sun was  gliding along on  the 
serpentine  trail  among  the  wierd,  gro­
tesque, ghastly  formations  of  the  “ bad 
lands” of Western Dakota.  Up the beau­
tiful  Yellowstone—over  the  Rockies— 
down across the  sandy  deserts of Wash­
ington  Territory—right  about down  the 
broad  Columbia—over  the  Cascades  on 
the “switch back,”  while the  little party 
hold  their  breath  in  silent  awe—down 
through the evergreen forests and—Taco­
ma at last!

Oh,  what  bitter 

disappointment! 
Knolls, hills, mountains  as far as the eye 
could reach—all were covered with dark, 
frowning,  dismal evergreen  forest.  The 
Northern Pacific R.  R. had just been com­
pleted.  Tacoma  was  in  an  embryonic 
condition.  Everything was in a  state  of 
wild confusion and  feverish  excitement, 
and  the  factory  operative,  lacking  the 
experience  necessary  to  enable  him  to 
grasp the situation  and  seize  his oppor­
tunity,  resolved to recross the mountains 
and fall  back to  some point  within  the 
pale of  civilization.  Being proud spirit-

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

ed, and his experience  having  eaten into 
his small capital so  largely,  he scoffed at 
the  idea  of returning to  his  native vil­
lage and  concluded to  locate  in a Michi­
gan  town,  which,  owing  to  what  has 
transpired  since,  shall  not be  named  in 
this  narrative.

Like any man of  similar  training  and 
experience,  he  was  really  not  qualified 
for any  kind  of  work  outside of  a shoe 
factory.  His capital  had dwindled down 
to  about  $600,  which  fact,  considering 
the time it had  taken him  to accumulate 
it,  made him  downhearted  and despond 
ent.  Everything was so  unlike their old 
life that it seemed  almost  impossible  to 
become  reconciled  to  it. 
It  partook 
more  of  the  Wild  West  than  it did  of 
puritanical  New  England,  and  the very 
air was so laden with a sort of do-as-you- 
please, don’t-care-a-contineutal,  get-out 
of-the-way-or-get-run-over  element  that 
it  was  difficult  to  breathe.  At  last,  he 
obtained  employment 
in  a  shoe  store; 
but,  for  the  reason  already  given,  he 
could not at first command wages enough 
to  support  his  family.  The  proprietor 
had a scapegrace  of  a son whose  worth­
lessness  and  profligacy  had  caused  his 
father  a  vast  amount  of  trouble,  and 
more  than  once  a  considerable  sum of 
money had had to be taken from  the busi­
ness  to save this unprofitable son  from  a 
prison cell.  He  was young in years but 
far advanced  in  all  the  evil  ways of  a 
booming Michigan  town.  Having failed 
in  keeping  him  longer  in  school,  his 
father had put him in  the  store just pre­
vious to the time  that  Mr.  Marsland en­
tered  it;  in fact,  it  was  more  to benefit 
the son than from any  other  motive that 
the  merchant  (whom  we  will  call  Old 
Flexible) employed  Mr.  Marslaud.  Old 
Flexible was a shrewd business man,  and 
he had  kept an eye  on  the stranger  ever 
since his arrival: he  had  seen  him,  with 
his  little  family,  pass  every  Sunday 
morning on their way  to church;  he  had 
noticed that he was moral, temperate and 
regular in  his  habits,  upright  in his de­
portment  and  strongly  attached  to  his 
family;  he  had  never  seen  him  enter  a 
saloon or  loafing idly  on  the  street cor­
ners,  and  he felt that he could trust him. 
He  felt  that  his  presence  in  the  store 
would  exert a benign  influence  over  his 
wayward  son  and  act as a check  on  his 
loose habits of  helping  himself to what­
ever was  within reach.  He counted not 
only on the influence which  his presence 
would exert,  but  also on  the  wholesome 
words of  advice  which  he  felt  assured 
would not be withheld  when the occasion 
demanded.  And  so  he  hired  him at $6 
per  week,  with  the  promise  that,  after 
the  holidays,  when he had got somewhat 
acquainted  with  the business,  he  would 
raise his wages.

Since their arrival,  five long and weary 
months  had  passed,  and still  Mr.  Mars­
land  had  been  unable  to  find  employ­
ment,  except an occasional day or two  at 
a time;  and  when he  entered  Old Flexi­
ble’s store in  the early part of November, 
at a weekly salary  which  lacked just  $3 
of paying  the weekly family expenses, it 
was with a feeling  of  heartfelt  satisfac­
tion to  know that the canker which  was 
eating away  their  scanty  substance had 
received a check  by so much, at any rate. I 
Little Myra was  so  encouraged  that  she 
persisted in going out in  search of work, 
so that  she  might  be able  to contribute 
her mite toward the family maintenance; 
but her father,  who was devotion itself to 
his children,  would not  listen to it for  a '

moment.  He told  her to be  a good  girl, 
do her best to make  life easy  and pleas­
ant for  her  mother,  attend  diligently  to 
her studies, and  God  would  surely  pro­
vide some way by which he would be able 
to protect and take care of them.

Christmas was  approaching,  but some­
how the old-time joyful anticipations did 
not thrill them  with delight.  The merry 
New England bells  would  not  for  them 
peal out their silvery notes of  “Peace  on 
earth, good  will  to men,”  and the old fa­
miliar  factory express  wagon would  not 
call at their door  with  the  compliments 
of the dear  old  employers,  in  the shape 
of a big fat, juicy Christmas turkey.  For 
the first  time  in  their  lives  the  “Merry 
Christmas” greetings;  the jolly family re­
union;  the  big  dinner,  with  its big tur­
key,  its  big  plum  pudding,  its  apples, 
nuts  and  cider,  would  be  missed—but 
they would not  be  forgotten.  The  dear 
old  mother  would  miss  them  and  the 
children,  and plates would be placed  for 
them,  as  usual,  but  they  would  remain 
bottom side up,  and there would be a va­
cant  chair  for  each  one.  They  knew 
this, as they talked it over  on  the  even­
ing of the  first  day  spent  in  the  store, 
for on the lap of  Myra’s  mother was  an 
open tear-soake.i  letter which told them 
so, aud,  furthermore, the  letter stated in 
these words:  “And  when the blessing  is 
asked,  your  father  will  ask  Heaven  to 
protect, comfort aud support you  in your 
distant home among  strangers and bring 
you safely back to us again.”

They  would  miss  the  dear  old  New 
England  Christmas  tree, but  they could 
have  a  little one  of  their  own,  and  so, 
after Myra and the  children had gone  to 
bed,  they planned to set aside the  salary 
of the four  weeks  preceding  Christmas, 
for  the  purchase  of  presents  for  the 
children.

Man proposes,  but  cruel fate  disposes 
—sometimes,  at least, as this case clearly 
demonstrated.  One  day young Flexible, 
during his father’s  absence,  helped him­
self to the contents of the money drawer. 
Mr.  Marsland  caught him at it and  gave 
him a good  talking to.  This so  enraged 
the young  scamp  that  he  resolved  then 
and there  to  get  even  with  him  at any 
cost.  Feigning  penitence  for  his  con­
duct,  he promised not  to  repeat it in the 
future,  if  the  knowledge  of  it be  kept 
from his father.  From  this  time  on the 
young reprobate  began to scheme for the 
downfall  of  his  kind  counselor.  He 
made himself very  agreeable  to  his vic­
tim and showed signs of  reformation,  by 
devoting  himself  more  attentively 
to 
business and keeping more regular hours. 
This gained for him the confidence of his 
father and rekindled a flame of joy in his 
mother’s heart.  About four weeks before 
Christmas,  Old Flexible was called out of 
town  and  did  not  return  until  late  in 
the night.  The day’s trade was unusual­
ly  large,  auu  just  before  closing  the 
tore,  during  the  temporary  absence of 
Mr. Marsland, the young scoundrel quick­
ly  removed §25  in  bank  bills  from  the 
drawer, rolled  them  up  snugly  and se­
creted the roll in the small  inside pocket 
of  poor  Marslaud’s  overcoat. 
It  was 
late,  aud,  when  he  came  in, the  young 
man suggested that the  cash aud spindle 
slips be  placed  at once  in  the  safe and 
counted, checked off and entered  up first 
thing in the morning.  After making the 
suggestion,  he  immediately  took  his de­
parture, trusting  to  the lateness  of  the 
hour  and  the  fatigue  of  his  victim for

W e   h a v e   o p e n e d   a   FISH  DEPARTMENT  a n d  
n o w   r e p a c k   a ll  o u r   fish   in   o u r   o w n   w a r e -  
h o u   e  a n d   g u a r a n te e   w e ig h t  o n   a ll  fish ,  b o th  
in   k its   a n d   k e g s.  G iv e  u s  y o u r   b u s in e s s   a n d  
g e t

FÜLL  WEIGHTS.

a n d   o n   a n y th in g   e lse  in   th e   g r o c e r y   lin e   w e  
w ill  g iv e   y o u   a   b e tte r   d e a l  th a n   y o u   c a n   g e t 
e ls e w h e r e ,  s im p ly   b e c a u s e   w e   k n o w   h o w  
a n d   c a n   a lw a y s   b e  fo u n d   ‘‘w h e r e   th e   m o s t 
b u s .n e s s   is g o in g   o n .”

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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 yourse f out of the rut 
of competition by handling a superior article.

Proprietors of the  Standard  Roller Mills.

Daily Capacity 400 Bbls. 
Correspondence Solicited.

HOLLAND,  MICH.

P.  STEKEYEE  1 80N8,
Windsor  and  SG otch  Caps

HAVE  A  WELL  ASSORTED  LINE  OF

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

GENTLEMEN’S

Gloves,  Mitts  and  fJdfflers

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

STOCK  OF

Dolls,  and  Christmas  Novelties  for  Holiday  Trade.

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the success of  his  mean  plot.  Alas  for 
human frailty—it worked too well!

When the fellow reached home he pro­
ceeded to  try and win the sympathies  of 
his  mother  and  arouse  her  suspicions 
by intimating that  all  was  not  right  at 
the  store.  The  reader  will  readily un­
derstand how an only  son,  once given up 
for  lost,  but  now  supposed  to  be  re­
claimed  and  repentant,  can  poison  the 
minds of his too-confiding parents.

Mr.  Marsland had always been entrust­
ed with the duty of checking off  the sale 
slips, counting the  cash and  making the 
proper entry in  the absence of  Flexible, 
Senior,  and on  this occasion he had neg­
lected  it  after  a  heavy  day’s  business. 
Of course,  after the  demon of  suspicion 
protrudes  his ugly  head  and shows  his 
venomous  tongue,  nothing  is  taken  for 
granted. 
It would never  do to defer the 
matter until morning;  so  father and  son 
went  down  to  the  store  and  made  the 
startling  discovery  that 830 was missing 
—a bogus 85 slip was spindled,  which an 
evil accomplice would certify to if neces­
sary.  The  young  man  insisted  on  im­
mediate  action,  but the  elder deemed  it 
wiser to wait until morning.

When charged  with  embezzlement  by 
his employer,  as  he  entered the  store in 
the morning,  he took  it good  naturedly, 
as a joke, supposing  that  it  must  be  a 
quaint  sort  of  compliment  on  the pre­
vious day’s  trade;  but  when  he was as­
sured  of  Flexible’s  meaning by  the en­
trance of an officer  who proceeded to  ar­
rest  him,  he  was  striken 
speechless 
with  amazement.  After  regaining  his 
senses,  he vehemently proclaimed his in- 
nocense,  and, pointing  his  finger  at  the 
guilty  party,  who  winced  under  his 
blazing eye,  he indignantly asserted that 
it  was  a foul  conspiracy  to  screen  the 
real culprit.  Of course,  he was searched 
and the roll of bills  found  in his posses 
sion. 
It was evident that the missing 85 
had been  spent.  One of the  bills found 
on his person  had been torn  in  a  pecul­
iar  manner  across  the corner  and  was 
readily  identified  by the  customer  who 
had paid it in the day before.

The evidence appeared sufficiently con­
clusive to the  mind  of  his  employer  to 
repremand  and  discharge  him,  but, out 
of sheer pity for his family he refused to 
prosecute  him.  Young  Flexible report 
ed the affair to the two  papers published 
in the  town, giving,  of  course, his  ver 
sion of  it.  Surely  he  had  his  revenge 
for a kindly act done himl

Six  months  after  this  event, 

this 
iniquitous 
fellow  forged  his  father’s 
name  to  a  check  for  8500  and  went to 
New  Mexico,  where  he  was  recently 
stabbed through the  heart in a gambling 
den.

But Myra’s  poor father—what became 
of  him?  Ah,  if  I  could draw  the cur 
tain at this  point  in my  story,  it would 
be  better,  for  we  all  would fain  make 
ourselves  believe  that  there  is an over­
ruling  destiny  that  regulates our  lives, 
ultimately  rescuing  the  virtuous  from 
their  depressing  environments and con­
signing the  vicious and evil  disposed to 
a  lower  stratum.  We  certainly  would 
have  it so,  and,  perhaps, in some future 
existence,  our  loftiest  dreams  of  the 
eternal justness of  things  may  be fully 
realized;  but  so  far  as  this  earthly ex 
istence goes,  cold facts  would Incline us 
to the belief  that such is not always  the 
case.  A kind and loving husband,  an in­
dulgent and  affectionate  father, an hon 
orable  and  upright  citizen,  with  good

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will for all and asking only for  a chance 
in the  world  to earn  bread  for himself 
and those  of  whom  God  had given him 
charge, ruined and  indirectly  driven in­
to  the  grave by a hair-brained monstros­
ity!

Those four weeks  which were  to have 
given them  the means for furnishing the 
little Christmas  tree  were  the  last four 
weeks  of  his  life.  From  that eventful 
morning when he went home and, throw­
ing himself prostrate  on the  floor,  cried 
out in the  agony of  despair that he  was 
the  victim of  injustice, he  never  smiled 
aqain.  His proud spirit was broken and 
his sensitive  and  high-keyed  moral  na­
ture  was  blasted  forever.  Poor  little 
Myra!  Like  a  true  heroine, she  strug­
gled,  but in vain,  to revive  his drooping 
spirit. 
In his heart-broken despondency 
he tried  to bury  his  sorrow  in the  cup 
which  first  stimulates,  then  intoxicates 
and  finally  annihilates  both  body  and 
soul.  Christmas  Eve 
and 
thoughts of  the morrow and the dear old 
New  England  Christmas  dinner  drove 
him  deeper  into  his  cups  than  ever. 
About 10  o’clock  in the  evening  he be­
came  hilarious  and abusive, when  some 
vagabond  called  him a  thief.  A  mad 
spring,  a  wild yell,  a quick  thrust—and 
all  was  over.  A  half  hour  later  his 
bleeding  and  lifeless  body  was  carried 
into his home  and  laid on  a stretcher in 
the cheerless room where the little Christ­
mas tree was to have been set  up.  This 
was Myra's Christmas tree.

arrived 

Her  mother  could not  be  induced  to 
return to her  old  home. 
In less than  a 
year she went into a decline  and  died of 
a broken  heart.  The  younger  children 
were taken by  their  grandparents  down 
to the  old  home, but  Myra  preferred to 
remain  among  strangers  and  earn  her 
own  living  and  bear  her  great  sorrow 
alone.  She  is  only  eighteen  years  old 
but looks years older.  She is loved by all 
who  know  her,  but she  she  “does  not 
like Christmas.” 

E.  A.  O w e n .

A T L A S

S O A P

Is Manufactured 

only  by

HENRY  PASSOLT, 

Saginaw,  Mich.

POTATOES.

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

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

W M .  H.  TH O M PSO N   &  CO.,

Commission  Merchants,

166 So. Water St., Chicago.

See  th a t  th is  Label  ap p ears 
on  every "package,  as  it  Is  a 
g u aran tee  o f th e   g en u in e  a r ­
ticle.

^CHICAGO T.

..CHICAGO Y

FERMENTUM
COMPRESSED  YEAST

T h e   O n ly   R e lia b le

Soli  in  this  market  lor the  past  Fifteen  Years.

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

JOHN  SMYTH,  Agent,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Telephone  566.

106  Kent St.

See  th a t  th is  L abel  ap p ears 
on  every  package,  as  i t   is  a 
g u ara n te e   of 
th e   g en u in e 
a rticle.

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OYSTERS!

For general laundry and  family 

washing  purposes.

Only brand of first-class laundry 

soap manufactured in the 

Saginaw  Valley.

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

PACKED  BY

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

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

W B   A HE  THE  PEOPLE

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

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

M IC H IG A N

Fire & Marme Insurance Go.

O rganised  1881.

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN

A t  a  M oderate  P rice.  A  P ostal  card w ill  b rin g  

q u o tatio n s an d   sam ple.

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

E L S IE .  M ICH.

T1±±G  MICTdLtQAyr  THA2DESMAJ<r.

AMONG  T H E   TR A D E.

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

senault in the grocery  business.

inson Bros,  in the  drug business.

Katnke & Co.  in the meat nusiness.

Detroit—Oliver  S.  Bell  succeeds Rob­

Cheboygan—L.  Lyons  succeeds  A. Ar­

Bessemer — Zarske  &  Co.  succeed

were partners  fifteen years ago,  and  sep­
arated  to  conduct  rival  establishments. 
The contemplated  dissolution of Merrill, 
Fifield  &  Co.  is  due  to the death  of  the 
senior  member,  the  late  H.  P.  Merrill, 
which  occurred  last  year.  Eugene  Fi­
field, the  other  member, will  withdraw.
Pearl—Illness and death in his  family, 
burglary in his store and  loss of his house 
St.  Louis—A.  L.  Buchanan  succeeds 
and  barn  by  fire  embarrassed  Geo.  H. 
E. Sutphin in the grocery  business.
Clare—E.  A.  Waller  succeeds  Razek & i 
Smith,  the  Pearl  general  dealer,  com- 
i pelling  him  to  utter  a  mortgage on  his 
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Waller in the boot and shoe business. 
| stock  Jan.  13  for  8274.36.  O.  A.  Ball 
Mendon—L. J.  Knauss will  remove hi: 
was  named  as  trustee,  the  mortgage 
creditors being the Ball-Barnhart-Putman 
Co.,  Foster, Stevens &  Co.  and H.  Leon­
ard & Sons.  The mortgage  was due Dec. 
15,  but  Mr.  Smith  went to Grand  Rapids 
the day before it  was due and  paid each 
claim  in  full.  He  starts  in  the  New 
Year  with  a clean  sheet  and  views  his 
future  with the utmost complacency.

Kingston—H.  S.  Mitchell  has  pur 
chased the grocery stock of J.  O.  Patton.
McBride’s—Mrs.  E.  Lord  is  succeeded 
in the millinery business by John Larson.
Bessemer—The general stock of  Home, 
Peter & Co.  has been closed under chattel 
mortgage.

harness stock to  Three  ltivers,  Jan.  1.

Marlette  For a few  weeks past  a con­
cern in Detroit has  had  agents  through 
here selling groceries direct  to  farmers. 
They have been agreeing to  take  butter 
in payment at  24  cents  per  pound,  but 
when the goods were delivered  this week 
a different story  was  told.  They  could 
not pay  that  price  for  the  butter,  but 
would  take  it to Detroit  and  allow  the 
farmers  all  there  was  in  it. 
regular dodge to get orders for goods and 
they had no intention of  paying  such 
figure.  There is always some new scheme 
to catch the unwary and generally  there 
are plenty to bite at the bait.  Why farm 
take  the  stories  of  these 
ers  should 
smooth-tongued 
individuals,  who  have 
no responsibility  in  preference to that of 
the  regular merchant who has  his money 
invested here is  more than we can under 
stand,  but the fact remains that  they  do 
and they get bit nine times out of ten.

It  was 

over the Chicago &  West  Michigan from 
Otia.

Detroit — Articles  of  association  for 
the  incorporation  of  the  Detroit  Cork­
screw Co. have been filed with the County 
Clerk.  The  capital  stock  of  the  com­
pany  is  $40,000,  of  which  $25,000  has 
been  paid in.  The stockholders are Reid 
D.  Taylor,  David  W.  Davis,  Edgar  A. 
Davis,  Alfred A. Puddefoot  and Charles 
Puddefoot.

Alpena—The manufacturing and sbip- 
ping  season  on  the  Huron  shore  has 
closed.  Alpena has manufactured about 
1< >,000,000 feet of lumber, somewhat less 
than  during  1891.  There  is  very little 
lumber left, comparatively, on hand,  and 
the  season’s  business  has  been  fairly 
satisfactory.  The  shipments  for  the 
season aggregate 185,000,000  feet of lum­
ber,  5,000,000 lath and 4,500,000 shingles. 
There  were  also  shipped  481,000  cedar 
posts and 563,000  railway ties.  A  large 
quantity of  cedar will  be  put  in during 
the winter.

Bay City—It is  now  the  opinion  that 
the Sage  sawmill  has  closed  its  career. 
There  has  been  some  talk  of  its  being 
leased and  run  another  season  but it is 
an  old-style  mill  and  as  extensive  re­
pairs and improvements  would be neces 
sary  it  is  hardly  likely  that  anything 
will come out  of  it.  The  mill has made 
Mr.  Sage  a good  pot  of  money.  He be­
gan lumbering on Lake  Simcoe, Ont.,  in 
1857,  building  a  mill  of  10,000,000  ca­
pacity and owning  a  large  body of  tim­
ber.  During the war  he had some large 
government  contracts  and  for  lumber 
that cost $14 from  the  tree  laid down  in 
New  York  he  obtained  $60  and  $75  a 
thousand.  His  motto  was to buy at the 
owest and sell at the  highest price.  The 
lumber  used  in  the  pontoon  bridges by 
which  the army  of  the Potomac crossed 
the Rappahannock was  cut  by Mr. Sage, 
Owing to  his  advanced  age  it is under­
stood that he will  retire from the lumber 
manufacturing business.

j succeeded  in  increasing  the  business of 
I the  store wery materially.  Mr.  Perkins 
was  formerly  a  Methodist  divine,  and 
carries  into 
the  mercantile  business 
those sterling ideas of integrity which he 
sought to inculcate from  the pulpit.

FOR SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

623

LlOK  SALE—I  OFFER  MY  STOCK  OF  GRO- 
ceries, drugs,  hardware,  etc., together with 
at.ore  building—the  finest  finished 
In Northern  Michigan—and  in a good  location 
at  a  remarkably  low  figure,  or  will  trade  for 
desirab e  farm  or  city  propertj.  Address  A 
Mulholland  Jr., Ashton, Mich. 
TjYoK SALE—I  HAVE FOR SALE TWO WELL 
, established clothing and men’s  furnishing 
goods  buisnesses—one  in  Northern  Michigan 
the owner of which can influence a large steady 
trade and is a gentleman of the  highest  reputa- 
Hon ’ ?, rar® 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. 
T^UK  SALE-DRUG  STURE—LOCATED  ON 
7T  a  good  street  and  doing  a  nice  business. 
Good chance for a man with small capital.  Ad- 
dress  B uchu/’ care  the  Michigan  Tradesman, 
Grand Rapids. 
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LIOR  SALE—A  CLEAN  STUCK  OF  DRUGS 
and  groceries,  invoicing  about  $3,000,  in 
good town  of  1,000  inhabitants.  Good  reasons 
for  selling.  Address  No.  620,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
YIT'ANTEii—TO  EXCHANGE  $1,000CAPITAL 
v v  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. 
fpÖR  SALE—A  GOOD  CLEAN  ¡STOCK  OF 
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hardware in a booming  city of  5,000, in  the 
center of the finest farming country in the State. 
Stock will  invoice about  $9,000.  Can  reduce on 
s.h°rt notice.  Reason for selling, other business 
Address No. 6Qi, care Michigan Tradesman  604

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SITUATIONS  W ANTED.

Y ^  ANTED — POSIT ION  AS  SUpEKINTEN- 
v V  dent  of  laree  first class  canning  factory 
or in canned  goods  department of  large whole- 
m le»Si? Cery 50nse-  Well  upon  packing in tin 
referenees.  Correspondence solicited 
Address  Lock  Box  :3,  Farnham, Erie Co., N. Y.

630

W A N T E D -S IT U aTION  by  r e g is t e r e d  
n l - o f o - j C 8t’ fiYe years’ experience.  Would 
prefer  a  good  opening  for  veterinary work  in 
man“ 601 °D'  Address e28>care Michigan Trades-
S InpLr AT,10NKWA-NTgU- AS  CLERK IN ORO- 
r^feíeíí.p1'  ®a^y experienced young man.  Good 
reference.  Address  Box  76,  South  Bordman, 
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628

MISCELLANEOUS.

^ORSALE^ULEAN- STOC^OP^ENERAL 
  .jnerebandise, located  at  Sumner,  six  miles 
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south  of  Riverdale.  Building  is  22x88  with 
storehouse  20x90,  all  in  good  shape 
'Trade 
i T Un  V,0 ! 15- r   pe/» year  Excellent opportu 
m in'  Address  No-  63a. care  Michigan  Trades- 
man. 
ë -NTY-FOL K DRAWER LET- 
Í l J 'er  file,  nearly  new  and  used  but  a  short 
Hftve no use for it, as we took it on a debt 
w - T- Lamoreanx, 128 West Bridge street. 
631
YX^ANTED-TO  BUY  STOCK  GROCERIES 
MoTne°s  lfwnaeraI  “ « ^ d i s e .   Box  1,015  dT sOft)

632

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can  dress  his  show  windows  and 
decorate  his  store  for  the  Holidays  with  the
Pamphlet> maHed on  receipt «?
75cent™y 
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Window Dresser, Decorator and Window
Room 1204  The Temple, Chicago, 111.

HARRY HARMAN, 

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^ 'd u c te d   the  above  named  hotel 
frf.®  months  on  the  European  plan,  and 
come to the conclusion  that we can  better serve 
«on  pf trons by conducting same  on  the  Ameri 
can  plan, we take  pleasure in announcing  that 
our  rates will  hereafter  be  $2  per dav  As  the 
hotel  is  new  and  handsomely  furnished  with 
steam  heat and  electric  bells, we are  confident
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BEACH  i  BOOTH,  Props.

Midland—T. J.  Dunn  is  succeeded  by 
Geo.  B.  Hammond  in  the  confectionery 
business.

Grand  Haven — T.  Knight  succeeds 
Clark  &  Knight  in  the  dour  and  feed 
business.

Bay  City—G.  G.  Powers  & Co.,  retail 
grocers,  have  been  succeeded  by  Chat- 
field Bros.

Bay  City — John  Jozwiak 

succeeds 
Dukarski & Jozwiak  in the dry goods and 
clothing business.

Negaunee  Kirkwood  &  O'Donohue 
succeed  P.  B.  Kirkwood  in the drug and 
stationery business.

Ludington — Wickland  &  Anderson, 
furniture  dealers,  have  dissolved,  Palm 
& Anderson  succeeding.

Crystal  Falls—Frank  McKernan  has 
purchased  the  confectionery,  fruit  and 
cigar stock of Tlios. Clark  & Co.

St.  Ignace—McArthur Bros. & Co. suc­
ceed  Farrell,  McArthur  &  Co.  in 
the 
wholesale and  retail  hardware  business.
Ionia  F.  H.  Harter & Co. have thrown 
up  their  hands  and  uttered  a  chattel 
mortgage on  their  grocery  stock  for $1,- 
543.

Croswell—Sherk Bros,  and M.  S.  Cook 
have taken possession of the lumber yard 
of Silas F.  Ward  by  virtue  of  a  chattel | 
mortgage.

Marquette — Schook  &  Hallam  have 
purchased  the  jewelry  and  furnishing! 
goods  stock  belonging  to  the  estate  o f! 
the late H.  R.  Hadrich.

Belding—M.  J.  Tanner  sold  his drug 1 
stock to H.  L.  Page,  formerly engaged in 
the  hardware  business  at  East  Jordan. 
Tanner left  town  the same  day to avoid 
the  consequences  of  his  having  lead  a 
dual life.

interest  in 

Traverse  City  — Chas.  T.  Covell  has 
purchased  an 
the  lumber, 
shingle,  charcoal  and  general  merchan­
dise  business  of  Walter  N.  Kelly,  at | 
Slight’s  Siding,  and  the  firm  will  here- j 
after be known as Kelly & Covell.

Jackson—Geo.  Sparks,  a  grocer  who 
has  been doing business at 523 East Main ! 
street,  has  disappeared.  He purchased  j 
the stock of  Jacob  Sagendorph  a  short 
time ago.  and  appeared  to  be  doing  a  ! 
good  business.  He is said  to be indebted  ! 
to Sagendorph about 8400,  and to a  num-! 
ber of  others 
the  city  for  smaller' 
amounts.

in 

Bay City 

fi.e  wholesale  grocery  firm 
of  Merrill,  Fitield  &  Co.  will  be  dis­
solved  January l. 
it  will  be  succeeded 
by  Metsei  &  Goeschel.  Mr.  Meisel  is  a 
member  of  the  present  firm  and  Mr. 
Goeschel  was  formerly  in  the  grocery 
business  here. 
The  same  gentlemen

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Lansing—The  Bush  Road  Cart  Co. 
(John  J.  Bush,  proprietor)  has  uttered 
chattel  mortgages  to  the  amount  of 
85,333.

Copemish—The Michigan Stave &Bar 
rel Co.  has  commenced  to  buy  timber, 
and will erect a large stave  and  heading 
factory here in the spring.

Petersburg — Fisher  &  Davey,  who 
were engaged  in  the  flouring  mill  busi­
ness at this  place,  have  dissolved.  The 
style of the firm  is  now  P.  B.  Davey  & 
Co.

Elsie  C.  W. Hills, ofFarwell, is erect­
ing a saw and  planing mill at this place. 
It  will  be stocked  with  timber  brought 
down  over  the  Toledo,  Ann  Arbor  & 
North Michigan road.

Marquette—G.  L.  Burtis’  sawmill has 
shut  down  after  a  successful  season. 
Since  the  opening  of  navigation  it  has 
cut  20,000,000 feet,  partly for  its owner 
and partly custom  work.

Rogers City—R.  Tousey  is purchasing 
hardwood  logs  in  Presque  Isle  county. 
He  has 
secured  over  1,000,000  feet, 
j  mostly elm,  maple,  birch,  ash  and  bass-
!  wood-  He  may  build  a sawmill  at  this 
! place.
□ South Arm—Wm.  Parkes has  sold  his 
interest in  the Parkes  Lumber  Co.  to  a 
Chicago gentleman and will  locate  in  a 
newer field.  The remaining stockholders 
will re-organize the company and continue 
the business under another name.

Muskegon—Hovey  &  McCracken  will 
put  between  15,000,000  and  16,000.000 
feet of  logs  into the  Tamarack  for  next 
season  and  will  operate  both their Mus­
kegon  mills.  The logs are yet coming in

Purely  Personal.

G.  K. Caffey,  the  White Cloud  grocer 

was in town Monday.

S.  K.  Riblet, 

the  veteran  Newaygo 
merchant,  was in  town one day last week.
the  Muskegon 
coal and wood dealer,  was  in  town  Mon 
day.

Herman  Langkawel, 

D.  D.  Alton,  manager  of 

the  Eagle 
Drug Store,  at Fremont,  is rejoicing over 
the  appearance  of a bouncing  daughter.
W.  D. Struik, the Byron Center general 
dealer,  is  beside  himself  with  joy  over 
the  advent  of  a  9%  pound  lad  at  his 
home.

Albert  Ward,  the  Marshall  clothing 
dealer, was  in  town  last week  in  com­
pany  with  Wm.  Connor, 
the  Anglo- 
American clothing salesman.

J. F. Maloney,  the Cheboygan  brewer, 
was in town one day  last week.  He will 
have  two  boats on  the  inland route  be­
tween  Oden  and  Cheboygan  next  sea­
son.

Chas.  Kernau has  severed  his  connec­
tion as buyer for the Converse  Manufac­
turing Co.,  at  Newaygo,  and  report  has 
it that  he  will  shortly  open  a  clothing 
store at the same place.

Dr. J.  c. Bostick,  the Manton druggist, 
was in  town  one  day  last  week,  on  his 
way  to  Manton  from  Benton  Harbor, 
where he has  arranged  to  locate  in  thè 
practice of his profession.

John  W.  Perkins,  general  dealer  at 
Crystal  Valley,  was  in  town  Saturday. 
Mr.  Perkins  purchased  the stock former­
ly  owned  by  Sands  &  Maxwell  and has

T H E   M I C H I G A N   TT^AJDESM^IST,

5
The W ayne

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Frank  Stephen  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Traverse  City.  The  Olney  & 
Judson Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

B.  Hancock  has  arranged  to  open  a 
grocery  store  at  Petoskey.  The  stock 
was  furnished  by  the  Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer  Co.

The annual meeting  of the Grand Rap­
ids  Pharmaceutical  Society,  which  was 
to  have  been  held  at  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
office last Wednesday  evening,  was post­
poned until  January 24.

Musselman  &  Widdicomb  propose  to 
merge their business  into  a  corporation 
about  January  1. 
The  company  will 
have an authorized capital of $100,000, of 
which $75,000 or $80,000  will  be  paid  in 
at the time of incorporation.

If  the patents  used by the Grand Rap­
ids  Portable  House  Co.  could  be  pur­
chased at a reasonable figure,  it would be 
well for some live  man to  bid in the ma­
chinery  at  mortgage  sale  and  continue 
the business.  The patents  are owned in 
Toledo.

The  Sullivan  Lumber Co.  has started 
a new  town  six miles  north  of  Thomp- 
sonville,  where it has  acquired a tract of 
hardwood  timber.  Ten  charcoal  kilns 
are being erected  and a supply store will 
be conducted,  the  stock  being  furnished 
by the Olney  & Judson  Grocer Co.  The 
new  town  will  be  named  Wallin,  in 
honor  of  Franklin B.  Wailin,  President 
of the company.

E.  B.  Halliday  and  W.  H.  Smith have 
formed a  copartnership  under  the  style 
of  Halliday  &  Smith  and  will  open  a 
drug store at Grand Junction.  The Haz- 
eltine & Perkins  Drug Co.  has  the  order 
for the stock.  Mr.  Halliday is well post­
ed  in the drug  business,  having  worked 
two years for  the  former  house of  John 
J. Dodds  &  Co.  and  the  same  length  of 
time for T.  H.  Hinchman & Sons.

John Burrows, the  P.  of  I.-Knights of 
Labor-Trades Union  grocer,  who opened 
a  small  establishment  on  Taylor  street 
about six months  ago  with  the  expecta­
tion  that  all  the  other  dealers  in 
that 
portion  of the  city  would  close out and 
move  away,  has  uttered 
two  chattel 
mortgages  on  his  stock,  amounting  to 
$187.  Mr.  Burrows  ran  for the Legisla­
ture last fall and the mortgages are,  pos­
sibly,  rendered  necessary  by  his contri­
bution  to  campaign  expenses.

The decision of the Kent Circuit Court, 
declaring Fred  II.  Leonard mentally  in­
competent,  meets  with  universal  ap­
proval,  as  the  defendant’s  real  friends 
have  long  realized  his  condition  and 
looked  upon 
the  outcome  of  the  trial 
with  apprehension,  as  they  appreciated 
the  fact  that  the success  of  his alleged 
wife and her legal  advisers would be the 
worst thing  which  could  happen  to  the 
unfortunate 
fellow.  The  decision  of 
the  lower  court  will  probably  be  re­
viewed  by a higher tribunal,  but there is 
every reason to believe  that  the  verdict 
of the jury will  stand.

Chas.  H. Palmer,  senior member of the 
former firm  of  Palmer  & Snyder,  saloon 
keepers at  Carson  City,  visited  the  city 
Oct.  21,  accompanied  by 
two  Stanton 
ladies,  and put up at the Kent Hotel.  He 
registered  under an assumed name and  a 
few  days later left the hotel without pay­
ing his bill.  The proprietors  of the hotel 
did a little  detective  work  on their  own

account,  resulting  in  the  discovery  of 
the  identity  of  the  beat.  They  then 
swore  out  a  warrant  for  his arrest,  the 
clerk of the  hotel  accompanying  the of­
ficer to Carson City  to  be  sure  they  had 
the  right  man.  Palmer  threw  up  his 
hands,  when confronted with the warrant 
for his arrest,  paying  over  about  $80  to 
settle a $20 account and the costs and ex­
penses of officer  and clerk  to enforce its 
collection.

John  H.  Bonnell,  Western  Michigan 
Manager of the Standard Oil Co., has  put 
in his resignation,  to take  effect January 
1,  when  he  will 
take an  active  part  in 
the management of  the Widdicomb Man­
tel Co., of which corporation he is Treas­
urer.  Mr.  Bonnell  has  been  connected 
with  the  Standard  Oil  Co.  for  twelve 
years,  having  served  the  corporation  as 
Grand Rapids Manager for  the past  four 
years, to the satisfaction of all concerned. 
His  many  friends of  the  wholesale  and 
retail  trade will  join  with  T h e  T r a d e s­
m a n in  expressing the hope that  his  ca­
reer  as  a  furniture  maker  will  be  as 
successful  as  his  experience  in  the  oil 
business.  The  vacancy  caused  by  his 
resignation will be filled by the return of 
his father,  John C.  Bonnell,  from  Phila­
delphia,  whither he  went four years  ago 
to take the position of  General  Manager 
of the Atlantic Refining Co.  The senior 
Bonnell assumed the management of  the 
Standard  interests  in  this  territory  in 
1880,  increasing the  business to that  ex­
tent that  he  was  promoted to the  larger 
field in 1889.  He relinquishes his present 
position by his own volition,  being  actu­
ated solely by family and social  reasons. 
The trade  generally  will  be  pleased  to 
welcome him back  to his former field.

David Holmes,  buyer  for  the  mercan­
tile  department  of  the  Elk  Rapids Iron 
Co.,  was in  town over  Sunday.  He says 
the  climate  of  Elk  Rapids  agrees  with 
him,  and his appearance tends to corrob­
orate his  statement.

B en   H u r !

IOc  o r  3  fo r  25c.

Made on Honor!

Sold on  M erit!

ORDER  FROM  YOUR  DEALER.

CEO.  HOEBS  0  CO.,

MaailfaGtiirer8,

D ETRO IT. 

CHICAGO.

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Oil  Tank.

M easuringjjOne  Qt. and  H alf G allon a t a  Single 

Stroke.

M anufactured by th e

WAYNE  OIL  TANK  CO.,

FO R T  W AYNE,  IN » .

Cellar Tank and Pump.

First Floor Tank and Pump.

We Lead, Let  Others Follow.

P i t t s f i e l d , Mass., Oct. 5,1893. 

Wayne Oil TanJt Co..  Fort  Wayne, Ind.
Gents—The  tank we  bought  from  you has  now  been in our 
use two  months.  We are  more 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 lo r it. 

G. T. & W. CVMandigo.
Britton, Mich., June 15, ’92. 

Wayne Oil Tank Co., Fort  Wayne,  Ind.
G entlemen — 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.

P R I C E   L IS T .

First floor  Tanks and  Pumps.
1 bbl.
$13 00
15 00
2 bbl.
18 00
3 bbl.
23 00
4 bbl.
27 00
5 bbl.

Cellar Tanks and Pumps.

1 bbl  . . ........................
2 bbl............................
3 bbl............................
4 b b l.........................  .
5 bbl.............................
Pump without tank..

.  $14 00
.  17 (10
.  21 00
25 00
.  30 00
9 00

C om pare o u r prices.  O rd er now  an d  save agents’ 

com m ission.

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.

PU TN AM   CAN D Y  C O .

F a r m i n g   is  a  f a i l u r e , w e  h a v e  t r i e d   i t   f o r  2 0   y e a r s   in   t h i s  c o u n ty .

F arm in g  is a grand, success.  W e have had a C o-operative B u tte r & Cheese F actory  h ere 
for five  years.  I t   was  b u ilt  by  D avis  &  Iiau k in   Bldg.  &  Mfg.  Co.,  Chicago,  Ills.  A d ­
dress  th em  for Inform ation If  you w ish a  factory, an d  how   to  g et it.

Goiipon  Books Buy  of  the  Largest  Manufacturers  in  the 

The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids

Country and  Save  Money.

6

The  Patronizing Merchant.

From  the Dry Goods Bulletin.

There is nothing  so  ridiculous  and  so 
easily discernible in a merchant as an air 
of patronage towards customers. 
It  is a 
species of vanity which is as ludicrous as 
it  is  disagreeable.  This  weakness  is 
called bumptiousness,  and is repelling to 
the  general  run  of  customers,  who  are 
quick  to  distinguish  it  from a pleasant 
presence.  A  pleasant  presence  in  the 
store is one of the essentials  towards the 
success of a merchant.  This essential of 
a pleasant  presence  is  made  up of  sim­
plicity. ^  Just  that  and  nothing  else. 
Simplicity  is  the  most  charming of  all 
qualities,  and  is  and  always  has  been 
possessed by  the  men and  women whom 
the world deems great.  The simple man 
is natural  and is  possessed  of  a suavity 
which is real.  Assumed  suavity is  gen­
erally made up of  bumptiousness and  is 
as different from the inherent quality  as 
the sweet violet of  the fields is  different 
from the violet of  the millinery counter.
The bumptious  merchant in  his vanity 
reckons  himself  somewhat  of  a philan­
thropist.  His  behavior towards his cus­
tomers is offensive to those amougst them 
who are of  a keen  or  sensitive  nature. 
In  his  overweening  vanity  he  reckons 
himself  the patron and the customer the 
beneficiary.  Every action of his conveys 
that  impression.  When  he  is  sympa­
thetic  he  is  condescendingly  so;  his 
heartiness  is  luring  and  often  vulgar; 
his insincerity is apparent,  for humanity 
is an instinctive judge of disposition and 
character.  The patronizing merchant  is 
a humbug.

The Dry Goods Market.

Cottons—Nearly  every  brand  in both 
white and brown has been advanced  @ 
Xc per yard.

Prints—Very  firm.  Prices  range  5 @ 

6J^c per yard.

Cambrics—Prices  range  @ 5c,  and
the  goods  are  very  scarce  at  those 
prices.

Wash  Goods—Jobbers  are  now  pay­
ing  attention  to  new  lines  of 
these 
goods, such as Dresdens, Toile du Nords, 
Everett,  A.  F.  C. ginghams and  Persian 
and  Canton  ginghams.  For January de­
livery,  the  prices range  8>£  @  lOJ^c.

Black  Sateens—Well  sold  up  by  the 
mills,  and retailers  will  do well  to keep 
their stocks well  supplied,  as  there may 
be  a  scarcity  of  these  goods  again  for 
spring.

Linens—Have  sold  well.  Damasks, 
napkins and  towels and linens  for fancy 
work have found ready  sale.

Canvas—For  dress facing  is  now sold 
by  all  retailers  and looked  upon  as  one 
of the staples of the dry goods trade.

W hat to Teach Our Boys.

Not to tease girls or boys  smaller  than 
themselves.
When their play is over  for the day, to 
wash their  face  and  hands,  brush  their 
hair and spend the evening in the house.
Not  to  take  the  easiest  chair  in  the 
room and put it  directly  in front  of  the 
fire and forget  to offer it  to their mother 
when she comes to sit down.
To treat their mother  as  politely as  if 
she was a strange lady who did not spend 
her life in their service.
To be as kind and helpful  to their sis­
ters as to other boys’ sisters.
Not to  grumble or  refuse  when asked 
to do some errand which  must  be  done, 
and  which  otherwise  takes  the  time  of 
some one  or  other  who  has  more  to do 
than themselves.
To take pleasure in having their moth-1 
er and sisters for their best friends.
To  try  and  find  some  amusement  for 
the evening that  all  the family  can join 
in,  large and small.
To  take  pride  in  being  gentlemen at 
home.
To cultivate a cheerful  temper.
To learn to sew on their  own  buttons.
If  they  do  anything  wrong,  to  take 
their mothers into  their  confidence,  and, 
above  all,  never  to  lie  about  anything 
they have done.

U S B

MILE-END
Best  Six  Bord

— FOR —

¡M in e   or  Hand  Use.

FOR  SALE  BY  ALL

Dealers  in  Dry  Hoods & Notions.
SCHLOSS,  M U   i  GO.
Fails, Sits, Overalls

MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF

-AND-

REMOVED  TO

2 3 - 2 6   E a r n e d   S t., E a s t

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.,

M anu factu rers o f

BRUSHES.

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

Our goods are sold by all M ichigan Jo b b in g

H o u s e s.

G.  R.  M a y h e w ,

Grand Bapids, Mich.,

JOBBER OF

Wales Goodyear Rubbers,

Woonsocket Rubbers, 

Belt Boots and Ala»ir» Socks.

T jh u u   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E B M A I N
Dry Goods Price Current.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

A d riatic...................  7
Arrow Brand  5V 
A rg y le...................6
World Wide.  6
Atlanta AA.............. 6
“  LL.................  444
Atlantic  A ...............   65£
Full Yard Wide.......644
H ...............   644
“ 
Georgia  A...............   6i£
P ..............  5*
“ 
Honest Width.......... 644
“  D............  6
Hartford A ..............  5
LL............... 5
Indian Head............  7
Amory......................   65i
King A  A................. 6*4
Archery  B unting...  4 
King E C ...................5
Beaver Dam  A A ..  5W
Lawrence  L L ........   45J
Blackstone O,  32_5
Madras cheese cloth 6it
Black Crow..............6
Newmarket  G.........6%
Black  Rock  ............6
B ........   5
Boot, AL.................  7
. . . .   6 *  
N 
Capital  A .................¿u
D D ....  5V 
X .....6*
Cavanat V ............... 554
Chapman cheese cl.  35£ Nolbe R ............5
Clifton  C R ..............514 Our Level  B est...”   644
Comet. 
.....................64» Oxford  R .................  6
Dwight Star.............  6*  Pequot.................  
7
Clifton CCC ............  644 Solar.....................!.!  6
¡Top of the  Heap” ”   7
A B C ........................ 8*
Geo.  W ashington...  8
Amazon.....................8
Glen Mills...............  7
Amsburg.................. 7
Gold Medal................7^4
Art  Cambric........... 10
Green  Ticket.......... 844
Blackstone A A.......  7
Great Falls.................6J4
Beats A ll.................... 414
Hope........................... 754
Boston......................12
Just  Out........   4V@ 5
Cabot........................   754
King  Phillip..............7v
Cabot,  %...................654
O P.....  744
Charter  Oak............  544
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Conway W ...............   744
Lonsdale............ 
8V
Cleveland................ 7
Middlesex.......   &  a
Dwight Anchor....... 844
No Name.................... 7%
shorts.  8
Oak View.................  6
Edwards....................6
Our Own..................  544
Empire...................... 7
Pride of the W est.. .12
Farwell.....................744
Rosalind.....................744
Fruit of the  Loom.  844
Sunlight...................   444
Fltchvllle  .............. 7
Utica  Mills..............844
First Prize............... 7
“  Nonpareil  ..10
Fruit of the Loom %.  744
Vlnyard....................  844
Falrm ount...............   4U
White Horse............6
Full Value............... 6Î
Rock................844
C abot....................... 7  I Dwight Anchor.........8J4
Farw ell.................... 8 

HALE  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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CANTON  FLANNEL.

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

•  614 
...7 
•••754 
...844•  9* 
.10 
.
.1054 
.1144 
.1244 
.1344

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Unbleached.

Housewife  A............544
• 544 
..6 
.  644
• •74» 
..744 
..754 
..& *
•  844 
9îa
.10
• 1044
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21 
1444

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DRESS  GOODS.

Peerless, white........1844¡Integrity  colored...20
colored— 2044 White Star............... 18
Integrity...................18441 
“  colored..20
Hamilton 
[Nameless..................20
.......... 25
.......... 2744
.......... 30
.......... 3244
.......... 35

...............8
...................9
...............1044
G G  Cashmere........ 20
N am eless................16

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CORSET  JEANS.

Corallne...................89 50|Wonderful............. $4 50
Schilling’s ..............   9 00 Brighton................... 4 75
Davis  W aists.......  9  00 Bortree’s ..................9 00
Grand  Rapids........  4 50|Abdominal........... 15  00
Armory.....................  644|Naumkeagsatteen..  744
Androscoggin..........7fc Rockport...................... 644
Biddeford.................  6  Conestoga...............  744
Brnnswlck...............   6441 W alworth..................65£
Allen turkey  reds..  6
Berwick fancies....  544
robes............6
Clyde  Robes............
pink a purple  6
Charter Oak fancies  444 
b u ffs ............  6
DelMarlne cashm’s.  6 
pink  checks.  6
moura’g  6 
stap les........ 6
Eddy stone  fancy...  6
shirtings ...  444
chocolat  6
American  fancy__ 554
rober__   6
American Indigo__  6J4
sateens..  6
American shillings.  5 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
■ t u n ....  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  5 
Manchester  fancy..  6 
....  644
Arnold 
new era.  6 
Arnold  Merino. . . .   6 
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
long cloth B.IO44 
“ 
Merrtm’ck shirtings.  444 
“  ,  C.  844
“ 
Repp furn .  844
“ 
century cloth  7
Pacific fancy...........6
gold seal.......1044
“ 
robes.............  644
“  green seal T R 1044 
Portamonth robes...  6 
“ 
yellow seal.. 1044 
Simpson mourning..  6
“ 
serge............. 1144
grey«.........6
“  Turkey red.. 10H
solid black. 6
Ballon solid black..  5 
Washington Indigo.  6 
colon.  544
“ 
“  Turkey robes..  744 
Bengal bine,  green, 
“  India robes....  744 
red and  orange...  S44
11  plain T’ky X 54  844 
Berlin solids............544
“ 
“  X...10
“ 
oil bine........644
“  Ottoman  Tur­
“   green ....  644
“ 
key red ..................  6
“  Foulards ....  544
Martha Washington
“ 
red 54............7
Turkey red %.........744
Martha Washington
“ X  ..........   944
“ 
“  4 4............10
“ 
Turkey red...........   944
34XXXX 12
Rlverpolntrobes....  544
Cocheco fancy........   6
Windsor fancy...........644
madders.
„ 
6 
XXtwllla..  6441 
indigo b lu e ...........1044
solids.........544 [Harmony...................  454

gold  ticket

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“ 

“ 

‘ 

TICKINGS.

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“ 

Amoskeag AC A. ...¡3
AC  A ......................13
Hamilton N ............. 744
Pemberton AAA.... 16
York......................... 1044
D ............. 844
Awning.. 11
Swift River.............744
Fanner......................8
Pearl  River............. 1244
First Prise.............. 1044
W arren..................... 13)4
Lenox M ills...........18
Conostoga...............16
OOTTON  DRILL.
Atlanta,  D ............... 65i| Stark  A 
.............. 8
**82*— • •.................  654 No  Name................... 744
Clifton, K ................. 7  ¡Top of  Heap..............  9

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Amoskeag................1254
9 oz.......13V4
brown .13
Andover...................1144
Beaver Creek  AA... 10 
B B...  9
cc.
Boston Mfg Co.  b r!!  7 
blue  844
Columbian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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“  d a  twist  10V4 

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Columbian  brown.. 18
Everett, blue............1244
brown........ 1254
Haymaker blue.......  75t
brow n...  7 \
Jeffrey.......................11)4
Lancaster..................1254
Lawrence, 9oz.........1344
No. 220....13
No. 250....11V4
No. 280— 1044

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eiNSHAXS.

I

Wi--------  * 

Lancaster,  staple 
fancies..

Amoskeag................714
“  Persian dress  844 
Canton ..  844
“  
AFC........ 1044
“ 
“ 
Teazle.. .1044 
“ 
Angola.. 1044 
“ 
Persian..  844 
Arlington staple....  644
Arasapha  f a n c y ___  4V
B ates'
staples.  644
Centennial..............  1044
C riterion..................1044
Cumberland  B taple.  544
Cumberland............ 5
Essex.......................... 444
Elfin.........................   744
Everett classics...... 844
Exposition.................744
Glenarie...................  6I4
Glenarven..................654
Glen wood.................. 744
Hampton.................... 644
Joh nson Chalon cl 
44 
Indigo blue 944 
zephyrs__ 16

7
“ 
..  7
“  Normandie  8
Lancashire...............  6
Manchester..............  554
Monogram................. 644
Normandie.................744
Persian....................... 344
Renfrew Dress........ 744
arwick dres 844lRosemont...................644
Slatersville..............6
Somerset...................7
Tacoma  ...................744
Toil  duN ord.......... 1044
Wabash....................  744
seersucker..  744
Warwick.................  844
Whlttenden.............   654
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  654
Westbrook...............   8
............... 10
Windermeer............ 5
York  ........................ 654

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GRAIN  BASS.

Amoskeag................ 16141 Valley City............... 1654
Stark........................  2044 Georgia................... 1554
American.................16  ¡Pacific  ......................13

Clark’s Mile End.
Coats’, J. & P ___
Holyoke................

THREADS.
45 
45
.......2244
KNITTING  COTTON,

Barbour's.................88
Marshall’s ................88

No.

6  .
..33
8... ....34
10... ....35
12...
...36

Slater........................   5
White Star..............  5
Kid Glove................  5
Newmarket..............  5

Firem an..................8244
Cr eedmore..............2744
Talbot XXX............30
Nameless.................2744

White.  Colored.
White.  Colored
38 No.  14... ....37
42
39
“ 
16... ....38
43
40
*•  18... ....39
44
41
“  20... ....40
46
CAXBRICS.
Edwards.................   5
Lockwood.................. 5
Wood’s ....................  5
Brunswick................5
BED  FLANNEL.
..... 2244
i T W ...
F T .............................3244
J R F .X X X ............. 35
Buckeye................... 3244
NIXED  FLANNEL.
LANNEL.
Grey SR  W ..............1744
Western W .............. 1844
D R   P ........................ 1844
Flushing XXX.........2344
.....2344
'  
@1044
1244
Brown. Black
1044
1144
12
20

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Brown. Black. Slate
94á 1044
1044 1144
1144 12
1244 20

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
944
1044
1144
1244

“ 
Slate.
944
1044
1144
1244
Severen, 8 oz...........   944 West  Point, 8 oz.... 1044
Mayland, 8 oz.......... 1044 
10 oz  ...1244
“ 
Greenwood,744 oz..  944 Raven, lOoz............. 1344
Greenwood, 8 oz.... 1144 Stark 
..............1314
Boston, 8 oz.............IO44 Boston, 10 oz..............1244

Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R .................. 2244
Windsor...................I844
6 oz W estern...........20  I_______
Union  B ..................2244lMaRltoba
DOMET  FLANNEL.
Nameless.......8  @  9441 
.......  844@10  I 

1044
1144
12
20

“ 

WADDINGS.

White, doz...............25 
Colored,  doz........... 20  ¡Colored  “ 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8

BILESIAB.

|Per bale, 40 do* . . . . 83  so
........... 7 60

Pawtucket................1044
Dundle.....................   9
Bedford.....................1044
Valley  City.............. 1044
K K ............................1044

I Corti celli  knitting, 
per 44oz  b a ll.......... 30

Corti celli, doz..........85
twist, doz.. 4P 
50 yd, doz..40
HOOKS AND ETES—PER GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k A White..l0  INo  4 Bl’k A W hlte..l5
.20
..25

2 
3 

..12
..12  I  “
PINS.

No 2—20, M C ..........60
8 -1 8 .S C ........... 45
OOTTON  TAPE.
No  2 White <k Bl’k..l2 
..15
10 
..18
12 
BAFNTT  PINS.
....28 
|N o8...
NEEDLES—PER  M.

4 
6 
No 2.

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INo  8 White A Bl’k..20 
.2 8
..26
.36

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NO 4—15  F   344.

A  Jam es.................. 1  40| Steamboat.................  40
Crowely’s................ l  35 Gold  Eyed.................1  60
Marshall’s ................1 00|

-.2 26  6—4...3 26|5—4 
..2 10 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
“ 

...3   lo|
COTTON TWINES.

1  96  6 -4 ...2  96

Cotton Sail Twine..28
C row n......................12
Domestic.................1844
A nchor.................... 16
B ristol..................... 13
Cherry  Valley.........15
I X L ......................... 1844
Alabama.....................654
Alamance................... 644
A ugusta...................7%
Ar  s&pba.................   6
Georgia.....................  644
G ranite....................  5<g
Haw  R iver..............5
Haw  J ......................6_j

T‘ 

N ashua..............  ...18
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply.... 17
North  Star............... 20
Wool Standard 4 ply 1744 
Pow hattan...............lg

Mount  Pleasant__ 644
Oneida......................  5
P rym ont.................
Randelman............  6
Riverside.................  su
Sibley  A ............  ...  6Î4
Sibley  i 
Toledo.

PLAID  OSNABUBGS

T H E   M IC H ia A .lS r   T R A D E S M A N

THE  COMMERCIAL  TRAVELER.

What  He  is.  W hat  He  Does,  W hat  He 
From the Sample Case.

Suffers.

The nerve of a commercial traveler  on 
a  charge  or  in  the  sack  of  a  captured 
town comes up to that of any African hunt­
er in the French army.  Most  emphatic­
ally  he  has  nerve—especially  when  he 
comes to make out  his  expense  account.
His  footsteps  are  good  to  follow  in 
when one  goes  a  journeying.  His busi­
ness is to know mankind and their ways, 
for  by knowing them he  gets  about  the 
best of everything  going—even  gets  the 
best of bright men sometimes.  He knows 
which hotel has the softest  and  cleanest 
beds,  the most inviting table,  the  dainti­
est  service,  the  prettiest  and  neatest 
chambermaids.  He is on familiar terms 
with  conductors,  cooks,  hotel  clerks, 
stage  drivers,  waiters, 
train  boys  and 
other persons important to the  itinerant.
He also knows where the best tipple is 
to be found; but to the credit  of  his  dis­
cretion,  be it said,  he is usually  abstemi­
ous  though  seldom  austere,  and  some­
times teetotally abstinent.  For, contrary 
to a current impression,  he  is  not  given 
over to the service of a certain great per­
sonage whose wages is death.  There are 
even pious men in  his  ranks,  class-lead­
ers  who can supply a vacant  pulpit  in  a 
country village when the pastor happens 
to be absent of a Sunday.
One of his marked characteristics is his 
youth; and he has  all  of  its  virtues  and 
some  of  its  faults—others  he  has  over­
come.  He is  not all young,  to  be  sure, 
for some  of  him  are  middle-aged  men, 
married, who must see wife and  babies at 
least  once  a  week.  But  for  the  most 
part young blood riots in  bis  veins,  and 
he has the hope and high  courage that  it 
carries.  He realizes that he is  the  com­
ing merchant prince,  and seeks  by  hard 
and honest work to hasten his promotion.
He is a missionary,  carrying  into  the 
remote country districts the  latest slang, 
trowsers  and  chewing  tobacco.  He  is 
also a past-master in the  art  of  coaxing, 
as girls and country merchants sometimes 
find to their cost; though he usually treats 
both with consideration—unless they are 
too confiding.  Some temptations it takes 
a hero or a saint to resist; and he is neither 
saint nor  hero.  At  times  he  awakens 
awful  jealousy  in  the  breasts  of  rural 
swains,  and they look upon  his gorgeous 
raiment with envy;  but usually  they  are 
fast  friends  and  swap  lies  and  brass 
watches in a sociable way.
Through much travel he  becomes  cos­
mopolitan in his tastes.  All  dishes  are 
familiar to his  palate,  from  corned  beef 
and cabbage to salmis and ragouts.  Even 
hash he  does  not  disdain  when  he  has 
confidence  in  the  cook.  For  the  most 
part he finds the plainest  food  the  best, 
and fights shy of  dishes  like  the  salvey 
charlotte russc,  which  at  some  country 
inns is esteemed a luxury,  instead of  the 
affront to both palate  and  stomach  wise 
men know it to be.  He rarely refuses to 
cut a watermelon.
Above  all,  he  believes  in  this  great 
glorious country with all his heart, never 
wearies of chanting its praises,  is willing 
to fight for it,  lie for it,  and  I  dare  say, 
if need be,  to die for  it.  When  he  goes 
strange countries for to  see  he  upholds 
the  honor of  his  own,  and  gazes  about 
him upon marvelous sights with the stoi­
cism of a red Indian,  the nil udmirari air 
of a  finished  dandy;  though  he  is  free 
from  the  weakness  of  refusing  to  ask 
questions,  and  where business  interests 
are concerned immediately becomes  “an 
animated interrogation point.”
One more distinguished  trait  must  be 
mentioned.  He  is  a  great  story  teller 
and carries a full line of anecdotes,  good 
and  bad, in  standard  goods  aud  novels 
both,  every trip;  for  his  business  is  to 
interest men and  so  lead  them  to  look 
kindly upon him and  his  wares.  While 
not denying that some of these tales have 
a breadth and freedom of  expression  re­
mindful  of  the  “rnerrie  gestes”  jovial 
monks in old times  told  in  the  rectory, 
and trouveres and jougleurs in  both  cot­
tage and  hall—tales like those the  pious 
Valois Princess and  promoter  of  heresy 
wrote for the edification of  the  men  and 
women of the 16th century—I  demur  to 
the  idea  that  they  are  generally  vile. 
Almost all are humorous, to be sure;  but

W iJ

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though  some  be  as  rank  as  a  bit  of 
mouldy  cheese,  the  most  are  as  bright 
and clean as a newly scrubbed milk  pan 
and convey as wholesome stuff.

Intelligible  P rice M arks.

From the St. Louie Globe-Democrat.
Very  few stores  now adhere to the old 
plan of cipher marking.  Experience has 
proved that a majority of  customers pre­
fer  goods to be  marked in plain  figures, 
no  one  liking  the  idea  of  two  sets  of 
figures  unless he is sure he is among  the 
favored  ones  who  get the  benefit of  the 
lower scale. 
It is said to be the practice 
with the medical fraternity of some towns 
to  grade  their  charges  to  patients  ac­
cording  to  the  style of  house  in  which 
they  live,  and  the same  idea  prevails so 
much  as to retail  stores  that ladies  have 
been  known  to  send  servants  down  to 
stores  because  they  could  get  a  larger 
discount.  Other ladies are careful never 
to  dress  very  well  when  shopping,  and 
this  shows  how  firmly  the  impression 
prevails that a genuine  one-price store is 
a novelty.  The  easiest way  to  get over 
this  impression  is  to  have  every article 
marked in plain  figures,  so that  the  cus­
tomer  may  see  that  one  price  prevails 
for all.  This is easier than  arguing that 
the  abuses  feared  are  reminiscences  of 
the old days when the evils of caste were 
much  more  rampant  than  now,  for ex­
perience  proves  that the  fear  cerlainly 
exists, no  matter  how  absolutely it may 
be  without  foundation.  Ten  years  ago 
part  of  the  education  of  a  store  clerk 
used  to  be  the  mastering of  the  cipher 
plan adopted in marking,  but this is now 
quite a small matter.  As already stated, 
most  stores  mark  their  goods  in  plain 
figures,  and  the  few that do not  adopt a 
very simple plan  for  denoting the price.

A M odest H ard w arem an .

Many  strange  and  unreasonable  re­
quests are made at  the  postoffices  every 
day by people who think  the  postmaster 
is a general  utility man.  A not unusual 
one was that of a man in Harrisburg,Pa., 
in a letter received by Postmaster Ander­
son,  who  writes  a  correspondent  from 
Cleveland.  The  Harrisburg  man  is  a 
dealer in hardware.  He wanted to order 
anew kind of stove that is  manufactured 
in Cleveland.  He asked Mr. Anderson to 
be so kind as  to  visit the  various  stove 
factories and look them over  and  report 
to him,  and if he found what was wanted, 
send one on immediately.  The hardware 
merchant did not even  enclose  a  stamp 
for reply.  He reminded  the  postmaster 
that it was the second time he  had  writ­
ten to hima bout the  matter,  and  hoped 
he would attend to it at once.

If you made money last year,  be  truly 
thankful. 
If you  have  lost  money,  be 
thankful for the valuable experience you 
secured.

GZ2T S S 2TG  R O O T .
Wa pay the highest price for It.  Addreaa

PF.OK EROS.,

W A L T E R   H O U S E

C entral L ake, M ich., E. W alter, P rop. 

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

H a r d w a r e   P r i c e   C u r r e n t .

AUGURS AND BITS. 

T h ese  p ric e s  a re   fo r cash  buyers,  w ho 
p ay  p ro m p tly   and  b u y   in   fu ll  p ackages.
60
Snell’s ................................................................  
J ennlngs’, genuine.......................................... 
25
Jennings’,  im itation.......................................60*10
First duality, S. B. Bronze.............................$700
D.  B. Bronze............................   12 00
S.B .S. Steel.............................  8 00
D. B. steel................................   13 50

AXES.

“ 
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dls.

BARROWS. 

dlS.

Railroad  ......................................................... $ 14 00
Garden  .  .................................................   net  30 00
Stove....................................................................50*10
Carriage new list.............................................. 75*10
Plow....................................................................40*10
Sleigh shoe........................................................ 
70

b o lts. 

d ls.

BUCKETS.

Well,  plain........................................................$ 3 50
Well, swivel...........................................................  4 00
dig.
Cast Loose Pin, figured....................................704
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint................604.0

BUTTS, OAST. 

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

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

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1S93................ 

50

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

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

Cast Steel.................................................per 1b 
Ely’s 1-10.............................!..................perm  
Hick’s  C. F ............................................. 
G. D ........   .............................................. 
M usket....................................................  

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5
65
60
35
60

CARTRIDGES.

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

chisels. 

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

50
25

dis.

combs. 

CHALK.
coffer.

Curry,  Lawrence’s ..........................................  
40
Hotchkiss.........................................................  
35
White Crayons, per  gross............... 12Q12H dis. 10

“ 

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

drills. 

dls.

DRIPPING PANS.

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

38
26
33
23
25
50
50
50

07
6 ¡4

ELBOWS.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Com. 4  piece, 6 in .............................. dot. net 
75
40
Corrugated............................................... dls 
Adjustable................................................ dis. 40*10
Clark’s, small, $18;  large, $26........................ 
30
Ives’, 1, $18:  2, $24;  3,$30  ............................... 
25
DIsston’s ........................................................... 60*10
New American  ................................................60*10
Nicholson’s ...................................................... 60*10
Heller’s ..............................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  .....................................  
50

files—New List. 

dls.

dis.

GALVANIZED IRON.

13 

15 

12 

28
17

dlB.

50
55
55
55
55
70

Discount, 60

LOCKS—DOOR. 

knobs—New List. 

14 
GAUGES. 

Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  34;  25  and  26;  27 
16 
List 
dl8.
dls.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ........................ 
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings...................... 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................... 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................... 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain....................  
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t ..................... 55
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s ..............................  
55
55
Branford’s ........................................................ 
Norwalk’s ......................................................... 
  55
Adze Eye.............................................$16.00, dis. 60
Hunt Bye.  ..........................................$15.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s ..........................................$18.50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
50
die.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ....................................... 
40
“  P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable«.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Clark’s.  ...............  
40
“  Enterprise 
......................................... 
30
Stebbin’s Pattern..............................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine............................................ 66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring............................. 
25

MOLASSES SATES. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

MATTOCKS.

dig.

NA ILS

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Advance over base: 

Steel nails, base.................................................. 1  85
1  80@1  90
Wire. 
Base 
10

Steel.
60......................................................... Base
50......................................................... Base
05
40.........................................................  
10
30.........................................................  
20.........................................................  
15
16.........................................................  
15
12.........................................................  
15
10...........................................................  20
8.............................................................  25
7 4 6 ......................................................  40
4.............................................................  60
3.............................................................1  00
2............................................................ 1  50
Fine 3...................................................1  50
Case  10.................................................  60
8.................................................  75
6.................................................  90
Finish 10..............................................   85
8............................................... 1  00
6............................................... 1  15
Clinch; 10.............................................   85
8..............................................1  00
6.................  ..........................115
Barrell X............................................. 1  75
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy............................   ©40
Sciota  Bench.................................................   ©60
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy...........................   ©40
Bench, first qnallty..........................................  ©80
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood............  *10
Fry,  Acme.................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................... dls. 
70
Iron and  Tinned.............................................  
40
Copper Rivets and B ars................................  50—10
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  p a t planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

pa t e n t pla n ish e d iron.

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PLAHBS.

rive t s. 

Broken packs Ho per pound extra.

dig.

HAMMERS.

dls.

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BINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Maydole  *  Co.’a ........................................dls. 
25
Kip’s ............................................................dig. 
25
Terkes *  Plumb’s ..................................... dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel...........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand__ 30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,3 ........   ...................... (lls.60&10
State............................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  aud  Strap, to 12 in. 4¡4  14  and
3H
longer............................................................. 
10
Screw Hook and  Bye, %..........................net 
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%...................... — net  8H
“  M.............................net  7H
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%.............................net  7V4
Strap and T ................................................dls. 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track ... .50*10
Champion,  anti-friction................................  60*10
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................... 
40
Pots..................................................................... 60*10
Kettles..............................................................   60*10
Spiders  ..............................................................60*10
Gray enameled.................. 
40*10
Stamped  TlnW are..................................new list 70
Jananned Tin Ware........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are....................... new list 3314*10
Bright........................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70*10410
Hook’s ..........................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes........................ 
70*10*10
dts.7n
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .......................
9
Sisal,  H Inch aud la rg e r................................ 
M anilla..............................................................  13
dls.
Steel and Iron..................................................  
Try and Bevels........................................ 
 
M itre.................................................................  

75
60
so
Com. 
$2 95 
3 05 
3  05 
3  15 
3 25 
___
3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

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

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

levels. 
ROPES.

Com.  Smooth.

wire goods. 

SHEET IRON.

50
50.
55
50
55
35

squares. 

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dls.

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

 

dls.

saws. 

traps. 

H and............................................ 

Silver Steel  Dia. S  Cuts, per foot,_______ 70

Solid Eyes................................................ oer ton 125
“ 
30
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot....  50
  30
“  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  root...............................  
 
30
Steel, Game........................................................60*10
35
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s 
.. 70
Mouse,  choker.......................................I3e per doz
Mouse, delusion.................................. $1.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright M arket...................................................  65
Annealed Market............................................. 70—10
Coppered M arket.............................................  60
Tinned M arket.................................................  63H
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.................................   2 85
painted.......................................  3 40

wire. 

dis.

“ 

WRENCHES. 

Au  Sable  ..............................................dis. 
40*10
Putnam .............................................. 
dis.  05
N orth western...................................  
dls. 10*10
dlS.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
so
Coe’s  G enuine................................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,......................  75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75*10
dls.
Bird Cages.......................... 
 
 
50
Pumps, Cistern............................................ 
7J&10
Screws, New List..............................................70*10
Casters, Bed  a  d  Plate............................. 50*10*10
Dampers, American........................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 65*10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

 

 

HORSE nails.

METALS.

PIG TIN.

63i
7

ZINC.

36e
28o

BOLDER.

Pig  Large.........................................................  
Pig Bars............................................................. 
Duty:  Sheet, 2%e per pound.
680 pound  casks............................................... 
Per  pound.........................................................  
H © H .........................................................................16
Extra W iping......................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of
solder in the market Indicated by private brands 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONT
Cookson..............  ...........................per  ponnd
Hallett’s.......................................... 
13
TIN—MELTN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............  .............................$  7
14x2010, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

............................................   7  0
............................................  9 25
 
9 25

Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.

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TIN—ALLA WAT GRADE.
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ROOFING PLATES

 

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

 
Each additional X on this grade $1.50.

 
 
 

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11  Worcester..................................  8 50
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I  Allaway Grade.................. 
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II 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX,
14x28  IX .................................................................. 114 00
14x31  IX ...............................................................15
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I 
14x60IX,  “ 
10

...............................  8  50
.............................  18  50
6 00
7  50
 
.....................  12  80
 
15  50

Jper pound.... 

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8

Michigan Tradesman

A  VVKKKLT  jo u rn a l  dkvotrd  TO  T in

Best  Interests  of  Business  Men.

Published at

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— BT  THE —

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W EDNESDAY,  D EC EM B ER   21, 1892.

EXCESSIVE  IMMIGRATION.

The  necessity  for  doing  something 
definite  and  prompt  to check  the  flood 
of  indiscriminate  foreign 
immigration 
which  has  been  pouring  for  years into 
this country  has  become  obvious to  all 
who give any attention to  this important 
subject.

This  influx  of  immigrants  has  been 
going on at  such a  rate  that  since 1860 
eleven  million  of  people  from  foreign 
countries  have  come  into  the  United 
States. 
The  great  European  wars  of 
the past two  decades  greatly  stimulated 
this movement,  men  fleeing  their  native 
lands  by  thousands  to  escape  military 
service.  This  cause  is  still  operating, 
and,  as  a  consequence.  American  work 
people  find  themselves  forced  to  com­
pete  with  men  who  are  accustomed  to 
work for  wages much  lower than  stand­
ard  rates in 
this  country,  and  who are 
willing to work  for them here.

But this,  however  serious,  is only one 
phase  of  the  subject.  For  years  our 
ports have been open  to  the worst class­
es  of  Europe.  The 
jails  and  work- 
houses  of  the  old  countries  have  been 
emptied  into  emigrant  ships 
in  order 
that their inmates may be taken to Amer­
ica,  and so our country has come  to be  a 
dumping-ground  for  the  criminals  and 
paupers of  the  trans-Atlantic  countries. 
We  have  here 
the  Mafia  from  Italy, 
Anarchists from Germany.  Nihilists from 
Russia,  and 
thieves  and  rascals  from 
everywhere.

All  this  might have been prevented if 
every  emigrant  landing  on  our  shores 
had  been  required 
to  bring  from  the 
Mayor of the port from which he sailed a 
certificate,  authenticated  by  the  Ameri­
can Consul,  setting forth  that  the bearer 
was  a  person  of  good  character,  and 
neither  a  criminal  nor  a  pauper.  But 
nothing  of  the  sort  was  done,  and  all 
were allowed  to  come at  their  pleasure. 
And so  the evil  has grown so great that 
something must be  done  to check it,  and 
Senator  Chandler  has  offered  a remedy 
in the shape  of  a bill cutting  off  all im­
migration for the space  of one year.

This is a very radical  remedy,  too  rad­
ical,  in  fact,  but 
it  shows  that  when 
abuses are  allowed  to  go  on  for  a  long

time unchecked,they usually end in some 
violent  and  spasmodic  effort  to  apply 
corrective  treatment.  Certain  it is that 
matters  have  reached  such  a  pass  that 
something decisive must be done.  Laws 
requiring  all  immigrants  to  bring  cer­
tificates of character with  proof of  abili­
ty to maintain  themselves, coupled  with 
strict  quarantine  regulations  enforced 
against them at every port of entry,  seem 
at  least  to  be  necesary.  This  much  is 
imperative.

THE  FIRE  LOSS.

The  records  of  monthly  and  annual 
losses  by  fire  are  becoming  constantly 
of  more  importance from  a  statistical 
point  of  view,  as  showing  the  average 
loss that  must be  checked  against  busi­
ness profits for any given length of  time. 
It is,  of  course, customary  for  commer­
cial houses to only  consider  the  amount 
of premiums paid  for  insurance  against 
damage  by  fire,  but  for  statistical  pur­
poses the actual loss by fire must be con­
sidered  in  connection  with 
trade 
statistics  of  the country,  and is  rightly 
chargeable against the  general profits of 
the year.

the 

The  statistics  of  recent  years  have 
shown a very  heavy  increase  in  the to­
tal  losses  by  fire.  Of  course,  some  of 
this  increase  is  to  be  attributed  to the 
greater facilities for  collecting  informa­
tion,  some  also  to  the  rapid  develop­
ment  in  the  commercial  and  industrial 
movement,  but  these  causes  do  not  ex­
plain the  full  extent of  the  increase  in 
the  aggregate  of  losses.  Thus,  for in­
stance, 
losses  during  1891 
showed a gain of  25 per  cent,  and  more 
over the  preceding  year.  Although the 
comparison  for 
lacks  the 
twelve  months,  the  total  for  the eleven 
months  is  practically  the  same  as  for 
the same number of  months  in  1891,  and 
it is yet possible  that  the  fire record for 
1892 may eventually be found to have ex­
ceeded the very bad one of  1891.

this  year 

total 

the 

According  to the  New York  Commer- 
cUil Bulletin,  the  total  fire  loss  during 
November  amounted to §12,008,700,  and 
the total  for  the  eleven  mouths  of  the 
year aggregated  §120,350,000.  The jour­
nal quoted explains  that  from  the char­
acter of the losses during November,  it is 
likely that the  actual  drain on the insur­
ance  companies  during  November  was 
heavier 
than  during  many  previous 
months.  These  figures  certainly 
indi­
cate  an  enormous  fire  waste,  and,  al­
though some of  the  large  conflagrations 
of the year must be attributed  to  excep­
tional and unusual causes beyond all hu­
man control,  still it would be of deep in­
terest to discover by means of  investiga­
tion  the exact  cause of  the entirely dis- 
portunate increase in  the fire  losses dur­
ing the past  year.

Because  of  the  vast  proportions  to 
which the  fire losses of  the country have 
grown,  the monthly record of such losses 
is  now  looked for  with  the  same inter­
est  as  the Government monthly  reports 
of  imports  and exports, or  the Agricul­
tural  Bureau’s  statements  showing the 
condition  and  progress  of  the  crops, 
the  periodical 
business 
failures and  such  like standard  statisti­
cal  and authoritative  information.

records  of 

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

tf

rjJijJ  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

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that 

THE  TALENT  FOR  MAKING MONEY.
The publication  in  the newspapers of 
the  enormous  amount  of  Jay  Gould’s 
property accumulations  has  called forth 
anew  the  denunciations  of  that 
large 
class of our  fellow  citizens  who,  having 
no talent for money making  themselves, 
and not even  being  able  to  comprehend 
the nature and the workings of the talent 
in  others,  jump  to  the  conclusion  that 
the  bare  fact  that  a  man  possesses  as 
much wealth  as  Mr.  Gould did is  proof 
of his dishonesty.  Approval of  many of 
the  transactions  in  which  Mr.  Gould 
made  his  great  gains is  impossible,  but 
they  were  dishonest  when 
say 
judged  either  by 
law  or  by  the  pre­
vailing  rules  of  commercial morality is 
contrary 
to  the  truth.  He  was  no 
worse  a  man  than thousands  of  others 
who  do  exactly  as  he  did—take  every 
possible advantage  aud stick  at  nothing 
not a crime  according  to  law  to  accom­
plish  their  aims.  The  men  with whom 
he dealt were as unscrupulous as he was, 
and,  once  in  a  while,  more  skillful  or 
more lucky, so that they brought  him  to 
the  brink of  ruin.  Out  of  the  jaws  of 
defeat,  however,  he  snatched  safety  if 
not victory, and  he  lived  so  to  consoli­
date and fortify his  wealth  as to hold  it 
securely until  his  death.  Much  of  this 
wealth was actually  created by  his  own 
labor  and  ingenuity, and  in  most  cases 
not only  was  nobody  the  poorer  for his 
operations,  but  the  country  as  a whole 
was  richer.  To  take  an  unproductive 
piece  of  railroad  or  telegraph  property 
and bring it into a condition of  compara­
tive efficiency  and  productivity is an in­
jury to none and a benefit to all.  This is 
what  Mr. Gould  did  in  the  case  of the 
Manhattan  Railroad  Company  and  the 
Western Union Telegraph Company,  and 
nobody lost the millions he thus made.

D oes  th e   B u y er  o r  th e   S eller  C ontrol 

Prices?

Written for The Tradesman.

It is a common habit with many people, 
when adverse  conditions  affect business, 
to  attribute  them to external  influences 
hostile  to  their  own  special 
interests. 
Viewing  these  conditions  wholly  from 
the standpoint of  their  own  personality, 
they take  things  for  granted, or on con- 
jectnre,  because  they have  adopted  too 
low  views of  human  nature, or connect­
ed  facts  that  have no certain  relevancy. 
In this  frame of  mind  the  farmer  con­
siders the  middleman  who  exchanges or 
distributes  his  products  responsible,  in 
a  large  degree,  for  the  prices of  such 
products  and  the  unpleasant  condition 
of things consequent on a falling market. 
His frequent complaint  is  that the tiller 
of  the  soil  does  not,  as  a  rule, fix  the 
price  of  his  own  commodities.  He 
chooses to believe  himself  at the  mercy 
of speculators who use  capital to control 
values  solely  for  their  own  advantage. 
He  also claims  that,  in all  the  supplies 
sold to the  farmer, prices are fixed  arbi­
trarily by the seller  against his  interest.
The  laborer,  both  skilled  and  un­
skilled,  in  all  kinds  of  occupations, is 
too apt to think  his wages  and  hours  of 
labor are under the entire  control of  em­
ployers, and  the  price of  his  daily  sup­
plies  in  the  hands  of  another  class  of 
extortionate  capitalists. 
It  is  easier  to 
intensify  this  partial  view  and  increase 
prejudices  already existing  than  to per­
suade to a contrary belief.  And so there 
has  sprung  up  antagonism  between 
classes  whose interests  are interdepend­
ent,  simply  because  those  who  cham­
pion  the  workingman’s  interests  accept 
hasty  conclusions, 
instead  of  looking 
farther for a reasonable cause.

I think I have already  mentioned on  a 
previous occasion,  but it will do no harm 
to repeat the  remark here, that the popu­
lar estimate of the number of men in this 
country who are anything like as rich  as 
Mr.  Gould  was, and  of  the  aggregate 
amount of wealth which  they possess,  is 
excessive beyond all reason.  Out of  the 
60,000,000  of  our  population  11,000,000 
are voters,  that is,  males  of matare  age. 
The  New  York  Tribune  recently  can­
vassed the  entire  country  to  make up  a 
list of citizens  who  possessed §1,000,000 
and upward, and  the  number  it  discov­
ered, including  many  whom I  happen  to 
know  have  nothing  like  a million,  was 
only about 4,000.  Tbe  proportion in the 
country of  men  owning a single  million 
of dollars is,  therefore, only 4,000 to 11,- 
000,000, or 1 to 2,750,  and  when it comes 
to the owners of §10,000,000  and upward 
the number is vastly less.

In  point of  fact,  not  only  are  million­
aires and  multi-millionaires few and far 
between,  and the wealth which they pos­
sess in the  aggregate a small  fraction of 
that of  the  world,  but those who,  at the 
close  of  their  lives,  have  accumulated 
even moderate fortunes are also few, com­
pared  with  those  who  have  done little 
more  than  get  a  living  for  themselves 
and their families.  This  proves that, as 
I say,  the talent for making money,  even 
on a small scale,  is  not  widely  diffused, 
while that for making it on a large  scale 
is as rare as a genius for music, painting, 
poetry or war.  It is not surprising, there­
fore,  that the mass of men should be puz­
zled to explain to themselves the process 
by which men like Jay Gould accumulate 
millions,  but to say that it  is  one of rob­
bery is shooting wide of  the mark.

Ma t t h e w  Ma r s h a l l .

It is  evident to anyone  who will  care­
fully notice  the  circumstances attending 
general  daily business  transactions  that 
the  fixing of  prices  is  very  seldom  the 
act of  either buyer or seller alone, but is, 
on  the  other  hand,  the  result of  accord 
in opinion  between  them as to the  value 
of  the  property sold.  Beginning  with a 
horse  trade  and  culminating in the  sale 
of  a bonded  railroad  property, there are 
negotiation,  explanation,  modification 
and  mutual  concession  required  before 
the  minds of  buyer  and  seller  unite on 
the proper  figure  necessary to close  the 
transaction.

Some  may  say,  “These  are  extreme 
and  special  cases,  not  fair  samples  of 
usual business exchanges.”  But it must 
he  admitted  that,  although  in  general 
transactions,  whether  wholesale  or  re­
tail,  there  may be  no  formal  expression 
of opinion by either party concerning the 
comparative value of  each article or pro­
duct  offered  for  sale,  the  persons 
in 
interest  are  understood  tacitly  to  agree 
on a price  which  represents in the  mind 
of  each an  equivalent of  the  goods  ex­
changed.

A  dealer,  on  opening  up  his  goods 
marks a price  at  which  he  is willing to 
sell,  having  due  regard to the  probabili­
ty of  its  being  favorably considered  by 
customers.  The  public, after  examina­
tion,  if pleased, pay the equivalent asked 
without  remark,  which  shows that  both 
buyer and  seller  are  agreed.  But,  after 
a time,  some  novelty  exhibited  there  or 
elsewhere, or  a  cheapening of  manufac­
ture, lessens the demand and consequent 
sales.  The  equilibrium  of  value  as  to 
that  article is thus  changed—the  buyer 
becomes the one to dictate what the price

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shall be, but in an indirect way, by hold­
ing aloof  from  the market. 
In order  to 
reduce the  stock  and  stimulate a failing 
demand,  the  dealer finds  it  necessary to 
make  concessions;  and  thus  the  prices 
of  all  goods  not  actually staple are  al­
ternately determined  by  the  buyer  and 
seller,  as  the  relative  value  becomes 
changed to either party by circumstances.
When  the  farmer  is  ready to put  his 
products on the  market, he stands in  the 
same  relation to the  public  as the  mer 
chant does to his customers, except where 
the perishable nature of some may lessen 
his  advantage.  The  only difference  be 
tween  the  two  classes in their  business 
transactions  is  that  the  farmer  has  got 
into  the  habit of  asking his  customers, 
“What  will  you  give?” while  the  mer­
chant  offers  his  wares  at a price of  his 
own making. 
If his first offer is refused, 
his bid is reduced  until  it  meets accept­
ance.  His fixing the  price works no dis­
advantage  or  hardship to the  buyer. 
It 
is only his bid to the  public,  for them  to 
accept  or  reject,  and  not  an  extortion. 
Should it  become  such  at  any time,  the 
law of  competition  is  better  to  remedy 
injustice than is any statute law.

The farmer,  surely, is not the only sel­
ler obliged,  in  the pursuit of  his calling, 
to  “face a  frowning  world.”  His  cus­
tomers are  no  more selfish,  whimsical or 
dishonest than  those  who  stand in front 
of  the  merchant’s  counter  and  higgle, 
undervalue,  make  false  pretenses  and 
even  lie  outright,  in order  to lessen  the 
reasonable  profits of  a class  that,  in  the 
struggle  for  a  living,  meet  discourage­
ments  which  to the  former  are  practi­
cally  unknown.  Both  have to take  the 
chances of  selling  their  goods  at profit­
able  rates,  and  both are  equally subject 
to the  law of  supply  and  demand. 
In­
dividual  experiences may develop  hard­
ships,  but, as  between  these  two classes 
of  business  men,  neither  can  possibly 
have advantages in the battle of life that 
are not met by some corresponding bene­
fit to the other.

Under similar conditions, the man who 
has  only his skill  and  labor  to  sell,  al­
though he is at a disadvantage compared 
with  the  farmer, cannot  justly say that 
he  has  no  control  over  the  price he  re­
ceives  from  his  employer.  He  surely 
can control  the quality of  his work,  and, 
in  general,  that  point  is  largely  con­
sidered when  securing  workmen  for  all 
kinds of employment.  There is as much 
difference in the  quality of  labor offered 
In  the  market  as  in  any  manufactured 
product.  The  thorough,  faithful,  pains­
taking  workman  will  find  his  services 
rated at a figure not conceded to one who 
sells  only his  time  and  shrinks  in  the 
measure.  The  honest workman goes in­
to a market  where his chances  are equal 
to any.  He will find that,  in the  compe­
tition  to  secure  the  best  of  service, 
whether  skilled  or  otherwise,  the  em­
ployer will accept any  reasonable  terms 
the  worker  may  insist  upon. 
In  the 
world’s marts  it is impossible for  either 
buyer or seller  to control  circumstances 
for any length  of time.  Whenever  it  is 
attempted  by any  ambitious  speculator, 
he provokes  opposition  at  once  and the 
effort  results  is  failure.  Even  in  the 
great metropolitan market where options, 
margins  and  wildest  guessing  are feat­
ures of trade,  and nothing in the way  of 
commercial value may be exchanged  but 
the checks that  represent  loss  or  gain, 
the Napoleon of  finance  who  aspires  to 
control prices  and dictate  the  terms  on ]

which his associates may  convey stocks, 
bonds or other  personal  property,  soon 
meets  an  allied  opposing  force 
that 
proves his Waterloo.

Not even trusts, those  bogles  of  mod­
ern civilization used by the charlatanical 
wet nurses of politics to excite the puerile 
fears of ignorant voters, can long control 
the prices of  commodities  in which they 
deal. 
If the people who claim to be  suf­
fering from capitalistic  extortion  would 
insist in the only sensible way by restrict­
ing the demand—thus starving the greed 
that  lightens  their  purses,  they  would 
find  themselves  a  power  greater  than 
legislation  to  redress the evils of which 
they complain.  So long as human  wants 
compel exchanges of property,  there will 
be sometimes a failure to agree  on  what 
is  the  actual  equivalent  between  pur­
chaser and vendor,  because value  is,  at 
best a relative term. 
In the long run the 
pendulum  of  mutual  consent  that  indi­
cates the mean value will swing with im­
partial  justice;  and  no  rude  hand  can 
long stay its movements in  favor  of  any 
special interest.

Instead,  therefore,  of  jumping  to the 
conclusion  that  high  or  low  prices  are 
caused by some combination of tricksters 
pulling the wires  for  their  own  advan­
tage,  it  would  be  wise to see if someone 
has not sprung  a false  alarm  to  serve  a 
selfish  purpose.  After  investigation, if 
the facts show  inequality  and  injustice, 
then it is time to  search  for  the  actual 
cause and,  when found,  apply a  common 
sense  remedy  directly  to  the  disease. 
Some think that this can be found in new 
legislation and some only in  arbitration: 
the  former,  represented  by 
the  inter­
state commerce act,  has  not  perceptibly 
lessened the evils of  which  the  farmers 
once  complained;  the  latter,  applied  to 
the labor problem,  would,  no  doubt,  so 
far as  results  are  concerned,  furnish  a 
parallel 
to  the  monkey  dividing  the 
cheese,  as recorded in ancient story.

Viewed in one  light,  the  world  is but 
an immense  auction  room,  and  all  who 
buy or sell are bidders,  whether  they  in­
tend to be so or not.  Many a transaction 
is concluded without even the semblance 
of a wink (so cheering to  the  eye  of  an 
auctioneer  who  loves  his calling).  The 
prices are such as the bidders make them, 
and  everyone,  great  or  small,  rich  or 
poor,  has  his  say,  in  a  measure,  as  to 
what they shall be. 
It is useless to com­
plain  that  someone  is  bidding  over  or 
under you—there is no sentiment in busi­
ness but what we put there, no  consider­
ation for the weak  or  infirm,  and,  alas, 
but little of the Golden  Rule  either,  ex­
cept in microscopic measure!

But the man who is willing, in spite of 
conflicting obstacles,  to be fair and  hon­
est, giving always value for  value,  even 
although  he receive  many  hard  knocks 
in the crowd,  will,  if he keep his temper, 
come out not much the  worse  for  wear, 
and be a hero  to  his  wife  and  children 
which is,  after  all,  better  than  to  quit­
claim  to  posterity  treasures  that  were 
never enjoyed,  and  to  lie  unloved  and 
forgotten within  the  marble  tomb  of  a 
ten times millionaire.

S.  P .  W h it m a k s h .

D efinition  o f  B usiness.

Business  is a profession, as much so as 
medicine or the law.  It requires as much 
thought, study,  care to make it  success­
ful,  to  make  it  pay. 
It  wouldn’t  be 
good business if  it  didn’t  pay.  And  it 
isn’t good business  if  it  doesn’t  pay  in 
the right way.

The R ocker  Washer

(L iberal  Indu ce-

I  m enta to  th e  trade.)

H a s   p r o v e d  
th e   m o s t  s a tis f a c to r y   o f  a n y  
w a s h e r   e v e r   p la c e d   u p o n   th e   m a r k e t. 
It  is 
w a r r a n t e d   to  w a s h   a n   o r d in a r y   fa m ily   w a s h ­
in g   o f  lOO  pieces  in  one  hour,  a s   c le a n  
a s   c a n   b e   w a s h e d   o n   a   w a s h b o a r d   W r i t e  
fo r  p ric e s   a n d   fu ll  d e s c rip tio n .

ROCKER  WASHER  CO., Fort Wayne, Ind.

HENRY S.  ROBINSON.

CHAS.  E.  SMITH.

RICHARD  G.  ELLIOTT.

H* S • R o b i n  s o n  ANpf, o a p a n y
BOOTS,  SHOES  and  ROBBERS,

M anufacturers and* W holesale D ealers  in

99,101,103,105 Jefferson Ave.,  i

D e tr o it,  M ic h .

State Agents for the Oandee Rubber Go.

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CLOTHIERS

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WE  ARE  THE  CHEAPEST

In New York City.

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T H E   MICHTO^LlSr  TRADESM AN

Drugs 0  Medicines*

S tate  B oard  o f P h arm a c y . 

One  Tear—James Vernor, Detroit.
Two  Tears—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
Three  Years—George ft undrum. Ionia.
Four Years—C. A. Bug bee.  Cheboygan. 
Expiring Jan  1—Jaeob  Jesson, Muskegon. 
President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. G u n d ru m , Io n ia.
Next meeting—Saginaw. Jan. 11.

M ichigan S tate  P h a rm a c e u tica l  A ss'd . 
President—Stanley E. Parkill. O wop so. 
Vice-Presidents—I.  H.  L.  Dodd,  Buchanan;  F.  W.  R.
Perry, Detroit;  W. H. Hicks. Morley.
Treasurer—Win. H  Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretary—C. W. Parsons, Detroit.
Executive  Committee—H.  G.  Coleman,  Kalamazoo; 
Jacob Jesson, Muskegon:  F.  J.  Wurzburg and  John 
E. Peck, Grand Rapids:  Arthur Bassett,  Detroit. 
Local Secretary—James Vernor.
Next  place  of  meeting—Some  resort  on  St.  Clair 
River;  time to be designated by Executive Committee.
■Grand  R apids  P h a rm a c e u tica l  Society. 
President. W. R. Jewett,  Secretary,  Frank H. Escott, 
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March 

June, September and December,

COMMAND  OF  TEMPER.

If from no  higher  motive  than  to ob­
tain an  advantage  over  other  people,  it 
would be  worth while  to  cultivate com­
mand  of  temper.  When  a  controversy 
arises,  particularly  one  that  is  public, 
the man who commands  his temper is al­
ways esteemed more  highly than the one 
who resorts  to  vituperation  and  abuse, 
and this without  regard to  the merits  of 
the issue.  Strong  language amuses,  but 
does not convince the crowd.  They will 
throng  about  an  orator  who  “handles 
his  opponent  without  gloves”  and  en­
courage him to  say  abusive  things, just 
as they will encourage a dog fight and be 
amused  by  it,  but  their  reason 
is  not 
moved by his  strong  language  so  much 
as  by  a  calm,  temperate  statement  of 
fact.  Where  the  hot-headed  man  hap­
pens to be right on  the main question he 
is  likely when he  loses his  temper to  do 
and say things which  weaken  him in the 
estimation  of  disinterested  observers. 
Very frequently  he  gives  his  opponent 
opportunities  to  change  the  issue  and 
put him in  the  wrong or  make  him  ap­
pear  to  be  in  the  wrong.  On the  con­
trary,  the  man who  keeps his temper  is 
cool,  collected and  watchful of the weak 
points  in  his  adversary’s  case.  He  is, 
moreover,  convincing  to  third  parties. 
With a good  cause he  is invincible,  and 
even  with  a  bad  cause  he  may  win 
through  his  calmness  and  mastery  of 
himself. 
In every political campaign ex­
amples are given of  the advantage to  be 
derived  from keeping  one’s  temper. 
It 
is  then  that abuse is  most  common and 
least  effective. 
It  may,  indeed,  be  af­
firmed that as a rule  abuse  in a political 
canvass is  taken by  everybody as a sign 
of weakness and fails of  its purpose.

On the other  hand,  a temperate  state­
ment  of  facts or  alleged  facts  adroitly 
made so as to attract  attention, especial­
ly  when it  can  be  put in  sharp contrast 
with  vituperation,  is  the  most effective 
kind of  argument.  There are relatively 
few  people  with  judicial minds able  to 
sift and  weigh  evidence,  and  fewer  yet 
who care to go minutely into an examina­
tion  of  evidence.  The  greater  number 
of  readers  of  campaign  literature  and 
campaign speeches  skim lightly over the 
controversial  matter,  getting only a sur­
face impression of the merits of the ques­
tion in dispute.  Abuse  makes little im­
pression on their minds. 
It is too  cheap 
and common and has  too little to do usu­
ally  with  the  main  point  at  issue,  bnt 
whatever  impression  it  may  make  is 
easily effaced by a good-natured,  pointed 
reply,  free  from all trace  of passion and 
confined to a simple statement of  fact or 
argument. 
It is  sometimes  exceedingly 
difficult to  maintain  one’s temper under 
a succession of wrong,  but the discipline

is excellent and the  results usually com­
pensate for the pain of  repression.  Men 
who would control others must first learn 
to control themselves.  Actual control  is 
required, not  merely  the outward  show. 
Of  the  influential  men in history  there 
are two conspicuous  types—strong,  pas­
sionate men,  who kept a curb upon their 
passions, 
though  giving  vent  to  their 
rage  when  occasion  served,  and  malig­
nant  hypocrites,  who  only  appeared  to 
control  their evil passions  as a matter of 
policy.  The  latter  are not to be imitat­
ed,  for  they  do  not  in  fact  keep their 
tempers,  but only have the appearauceof 
doing so.  When  one has real  control of 
himself he can suffer many  aggravations 
without  being  roused,  calmly  consider­
ing the  wrongs done him,  and  when  the 
proper  time  comes  reply  with  just the 
force required,  but  no  more.  His repu­
tation  then  makes  him 
convincing, 
whereas the  passionate  man,  who is  al­
ways losing his temper,  is  discredited in 
advance.  There  are  many  unthinking 
orators  brought out  in  a political  cam­
paign who,  being misled by the applause 
that greets their violent  utterances,  mis­
takenly  suppose  that  they  are  making 
strong speeches,  when  in  fact  they  are 
doing more harm than good to  the cause 
they  advocate.  Anyone  can  prove  this 
for himself.  Take  the report of  such  a 
speech  or  letter and  strike  from  it the 
greater number of  adjectives, especially 
the  strong  ones.  Upon  rereading  the 
amended screed  it will  appear  stronger 
by  the  removal  of  its  strong  words. 
What is true of  a set speech is  true also 
of impromptu utterances.  He who main­
tains  his  te,mper  makes  his  statement 
clear and forcible by  avoiding the use of 
the strong  words  suggested  by passion, 
and it  becomes  convincing  by  this  ap­
parent  absence of  a  biased  feeling,  for 
which allowance would  have to  be made 
if it were present.

RANDOM  REFLECTIONS.

The prospect for  American  exhibitors 
at the World’s Fair  is not  very  satisfac­
tory,  with applications filed for 1,500,000 
square feet and  only  300,000  remaining 
for show-cases, etc.,  after the asignments 
have  been  made  to  foreign  exhibitors. 
Combined and unified exhibits are, there­
fore recommended, and  the  woolen  and 
silk manufacturers have already  adopted 
this plan in regard to their respective in­
dustries.  An  enormous saving of  space 
will  be made  in  this  way.  Tedious  du­
plication  will  be  prevented  and  super­
fluity  avoided.  However, 
the  watch­
makers, clockmakers and others have re­
fused to attempt  any  plan  of  the  kind. 
There is  much  delay  arising  from  this 
trouble,  and  no  doubt  under  the  best 
arrangements that can be made there will 
be considerable dissatisfaction.

*  *  *

The  man  who  does  not  increase  his 
sales for the winter trade  may well  con­
sider himself as lacking in energy,and cer­
tainly  wanting 
the  success  which  he 
should have achieved.  Looking over our 
broad and prosperous country  is  an  in­
spiration  in  itself,  but,  in  addition,  it 
should be remembered  that we are about 
to enter upon a year which is  to  be  par­
ticularly notable in our annals,  by reason 
of  the  World’s  Columbian  Exposition. 
Under the  force  of  such  circumstances 
as  these  trade  cannot  languish,  but  it 
will assume larger proportions than ever 
in every branch  and  bring  to  those  en­
gaged in  it more significant results.

*  *  *

The advanced price  of domestic cotton 
goods is due to the advance in cotton and 
the favorable state of stocks and demand. 
As it is now certain that  the new crop  of 
cotton  will be much smaller,  the price of 
the  raw  article  and  the  manufactured 
goods must  rule higher in the  legitimate 
course of the market  without  regard  to 
any other considerations.
*  *  ■*

Machine-made  scissors  are  exciting  a 
good deal of attention in  local  trade  cir­
cles  in  Sheffield,  Eng.  The  immediate 
result will be to cheapen scissors  so  ma­
terially that it will  no  longer  be  neces­
sary to obtain supplies of  forged  blades 
from Germany.  There will be, according 
to an  English journal, a dismissal of for­
gers,  whose craft is in  danger.

*  *  *

This country belongs to  the  American 
people and  not  to  any  party.  The  su­
preme interest is that of the people,  and 
the omnipotent  power  is their  own will 
as expressed at the ballot box.  The  re­
cent election has  indicated  in  the  most 
emphatic manner  what  that  voice  is  at 
the present time.  Of the  different  poli­
cies of “ high protection,”  “ tariff reform” 
and  “free trade,” they have  pronounced 
against the first. 
It cannot be  said  that 
they have misunderstood the situation or 
have  been  misled,  for  we  have  just 
passed through a presidential campaign in 
which every fact  has  been  presented  to 
each voter.  Now a trial  must  be  made 
of a different policy, which may be a suc­
cess or a failure. 
If  it  is  a  success,  as 
far as the general welfare of  the  people 
is concerned,  all will be well—if it is not, 
the people  themselves  will  quickly  de­
clare for some other policy. 
It  is  not  a 
question of  who  shall  be  president  or 
who shall  hold offices,  though of  course, 
all this is involved in the  issue  and  de­
cision,  but it is an effort  on  the  part  of 
the people  to  reach  the  position  which 
shall prove  the  most  conducive  to  the 
general  prosperity. 
It  is  the  duty  of 
statesmen,  politicians and  business  men 
to stand by the country  in  this effort  to 
reach the true solution of the tariff prob­
lem.  No obstacles should  be thrown  in 
the way for mere party  purposes,  no  ef­
forts  should  be  made  to  precipitate 
calamity, but there  should be  a  common 
purpose to find out  in  the  shortest  and 
most  effectual  manner  exactly  what 
policy will give  the  widest  public pros­
perity and  individual  benefit.  This  we 
take  to  be  the  meaning  of  the  recent 
election as viewed from a patriotic stand­
point,  which  is  the  only  one  that  this 
journal ever considers in political affairs.

The  D ru g   M ark et.

Carbolic  acid  has  declined  under  the 
influence  of  large  stocks  and  small  de­
mand.

Opium is  very  firm  and higher prices 

are  looked for.

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

Quinine is steady at unchanged prices. 
Alcohol  has  again  advanced,  making 
the third  advance of  10  cents  each time 
in 
the  past  two  weeks.  The  present 
price is follows:
Barrels 
10gallon lots..............!!!!"."."**" 
5 
............................................ . . . "   2 65
All  less  5 cents  per gallon  if  paid for 
in ten days.  All  whiskies,  except  Ken­
tucky, have advanced 15 cents per gallon. 
Domestic brandy, except  California,  has 
also advanced  15  cents.  Domestic  gins 
are 15 cents  higher.

i  63

55

“ 

“ 

Bi-carbonate  of  soda 

abont  %c per pound.

has  advanced 

Geo. H.  R eeder & Co.,

0 JOBBERS  OF

Boots  and  Shoes,

Felt Boots and Alaska  Socks.

State Agents for

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F R A N K   H .  W H IT E ,
Brooms,  Washboards,  Wooden
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chines, M ark et, B ushel an d  D e­

liv e ry  B as'tets,  B u ild in g  

P a p e r, W rap p in g

P ap er, Sacks, T w ine  an d   S tationery.

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ing to be represented in this  market are request­
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S. N.  Y.  Q. &

Morphia,  S. P. & W .. .1  7C@1  95 
C. C o ......................... 1  6fi@l  85
Moschus  Canton........   @ 4 0
Myrlstica,  No. 1..........   65®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 1 0
Os.  Sepia......................  20®
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
© 3 00
Plcls  Liq, N..C., H gai
doz  ...........................  @2 00
Plcls Liq., q u a rts.......  @1  00
p in ts..........   @  85
Pil Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @  SO
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)....  @  3
Plx  Burgun.................  @ 
7
PlumbI A c et...............   14®   15
Pulvis Ipecac et opil. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv............  30®  35
8®  10
Q uasslae...................... 
Quinta, S. P. & W .......  27®  32
S.  German__ 20  @  30
Rubia  Tlnctorum.......  12®  14
23®  25
Saccharum Lactis pv. 
Salaeln......................... 1  75@1  89
Sanguis  Draconls.......  40®  50
Sapo,  W ........................  12®  14
“  M.........................   10®  12
“  g .........................   ®  15
50

“ 

  50

Seldlltz  M ixture........
@  20 
Slnapis..........................
@  18 
“  opt....................
®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
@
V oes.........................   @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras,  (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass T art...  27®  30
Soda Carb..................   1)4®  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb.............   @ 
5
Soda,  Ash....................  3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas.............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o ............  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom.......  @2 25
“  Myrcia Im p........   @3 00
*'  Vinl  Rect.  bbl.
■•■•7..........................2 55@2 65
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......1  40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl............... 2*2®  3)4
Roll...............  2M@  3
Tam arinds..................  
8@  10
Terebenth Venice.......  28®  30
Theobrom ae.............. 40  @  45
Vanilla....................... 9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph................. 
7®  8

“ 

Whale, w inter........ ..  70
Lard,  extra............. ..  76
Lard, No.  1.............
.  42
Linséed, pure raw  .
.  47

Bbl. Gal
70
80
48
50

“ 

faints. 

Llndseed,  boiled  __   50 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained................. 
50 
Spirits Turpentine__   36 

53
60
40
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian............... 134  a@s
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ l x   2@4
B er........I *   2@3
Putty,  commercial__ 2 ^   2)4®3
“  strictly  pure.......2)4  2%@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13@16
ican ............................. 
Vermilion,  English  ... 
66@70
Green,  Peninsular....... 
70@75
Lead,  red ...................... 7  @7)4
@7)4 
Whiting, white Span...
@70 
Whiting,  Gilders’.........
@90 
1  0
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@154 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
P aints...................... 1  00@1  20

“  w h ite ................. 7  —

c liff.......................

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach.... 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................. 160@1  70
Coach  Body................2  75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  F u rn ........1  00@1  10
Butra Turk Damar__1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp........................... 
70®75

Importers  ami  Jobbers  of

Wholesale P rice  Current•

Advanced—Alcohol, bi. carb. soda, domestic whisky, do. gin, do. brandv. 
Declined—Carbolic acid. 

1

A cetlcum ...................
Benzoicum  German. 
Boradc 
....................
Carbolicum...............
C ltrlcum ....................
H ydrochlor...............
Nitrocum 
.................
O xalicum ...................
Phosphorium  d ll.......
Sallcyllcnm...............
Sulph uricum ..............
Tanuleum ..................
Tartari cum .................
AMMONIA.
Aqua, 16  deg..............
20  deg..............
Carbonaia  ...................
C hloridum .................
ANILINE.

• 
8®  10 
.  65®  75
23©  35 
50®  52 
3®  5 
.  10®  12 
.  10®  12 
20
.1  30@1  70 
-  1M@  5 
.1  40@1  60 
30®  33

3)4®  5 
5)4®  7 
12®  14 
12®  14

Black............................2 00@2 S
Brown...........................  80@1  00
Bed................................  45®  SO
Y ellow .........................2 50@3 00

Cnbeae (po  60)......... 
50®  60
Juniperus....................  
8®  10
Xanthoxylum .............   25®  30

BAL8AMUM.
 

Copaiba..............  
45®  50
Peru..............................   @1  30
Terabln, C an a d a .......  45®  50
T olutan........................  35®  00

Abies,  Canadian..................   18
Casslae  ..................................  11
Cinchona F la v a ...................  18
Enonymus  atropurp............  30
Myrica  Cerlfera, po..............  20
Primus Virglni......................  IS
Quiilala,  grd.........................   10
Sassafras  ...............................  12
Ulmus Po (Ground  15).........  15

BXTRACTUM.

Glycyrrhlza  G labra...  24©  25
po............  33®  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
14
15
.  16®  17

Is.......   13® 
)4s....  14® 
54s.
PKRRUM,

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Carbonate Preclp........  
®  15
Citrate and Qulnla—   @3  50
Citrate  Soluble............  ®   80
Ferrocyanidum Sol —   @  50
Solut  Chloride............ 
®
Sulphate,  com’l .................9®
pure.............   ®

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A rnica.........................   18®  20
A nthem ls....................   3 0 ®   35
Matricaria 
40®  50

 

FLORA..

 
FOLIA.

Barosma 
CaBSla  Acutlfol,  Tln-

......................   40®1 00
nlvelly......................  25®   28
AlX.  35®  50
and  M s .................   15®  25
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,
U raU rsl........................ 

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Acacia, 1st  picked—  

2d 
3d 
sifted sorts... 
p o ..........  60® 

®  75
....  ®   50
....  @  40
@  25
80
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...  50®  60
“  Cape,  (po.  20)...  ®  12
Socotrl, (po.  60).  @ 5 0
Catechu, 1b, 04», 14!%«,
16)..............................   @  1
•ammumtw...............
30® 35
Assafcetlda,  (po. 35).
Bensolnnm............... ..  50® 55
Camphor»................. ..  55® 58
.  35® 10
Euphorbium  po  —  
@2 50
Galbannm.................
.  70® 7b
Gamboge,  po............
@ 25
Gualacum,  (po  30)  .
@ 45
Kino,  (po  50)..........
® 81'
M astic......................
@ 40
Myrrh,  (po  45)........
.2 10@2 15
Opil.  (po  2 80)........
.  25® 35
Shellac  ....................
bleached__
30® 35
.  30® 75
Tragacanth  ..............

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A bsinthium ...........................
Eupatorlum .............
Lobelia......................
M ajorum ..................
Mentha  Piperita—
“  V ir..............
R ue.............................
Tanacetum, V ..........
Thymus,  V ...............
XAONEBIA.

25
20
25
28
23
26
30
22
25

Calcined, P a t...............  55®  60
Carbonate,  P at............  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M ....  20®  25
Carbonate, JennlngS..  35®  36

OLEUM.

A bsinthium ..................3 50@4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc........   45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae__ 8 00@8  25
Anlsl  ............................1  80® 1  o5
Aurantl  Cortex............2 75@3 00
Bergamli  .....................3 25®3  50
C ajlputl................ 
60®  65
Caryophylli.................  70®  75
Cedar 
..........................  35®  65
Chenopodll.................  @1  60
ClnnamoBll...................1  C0@1 10
Cltronella  ...................  @  45
Conlnm  Mae...............  35®  65
Oopalba  ..................  90@i 00

 

Cubebae........................  @ 400
Bxechthltos...............   2 50@2 75
Brigeron.......................2 25@2 50
O aultherla................... 2 00@2  10
Geranium,  ounce.......  ©   75
Gosslpll,  Sem. gal.......  60®  75
Hedeoma  ....................2 25@2 50
Juniperl........................  50@2 00
L avendula..................   90@2 00
Lim onls........................ 2 50@3 00
Mentha Piper................2 75@3 50
Mentha  Verld..............2 20@2 30
Morrhuae. gal.............. 1  00@1  10
Myrcia. ounce..............  @  SO
O live.............................  75@2 75
10®  12
Plcls Liquida, (gal..35) 
R icini........................   1  14@1  18
Rosmarini.............  
75@l  00
Rosae,  ounce................6 50@8 50
Succlni.........................   40®  45
S abina.........................   90@1  00
Santal  ......................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras.  ...................  50®  55
Slnapis, ess, ounce....  @ 6 5
TIglil.............................  @  go
T hym e.........................   40®  50
*  w  opt  .................  @  60
Theobromas.................  15®  20

POTASSIUM.

Bl Carb.......................... 
is®
bichrom ate.................  13@
Bromide...................... 
33©
Carb........................... 
12®
Chlorate  (po  20@22)..  20®
Cyanide........................  50®  __
Iodide................................ 2 90@3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  27®  30 
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  @  15
Potass  Nitras, opt....... 
8®  10
Potass N itras...............  
7®  9
Prusslate......................  28®  30
Sulphate  po.................  15®  18

BADIX.

A conitum ....................   20®  25
Althae...........................   22®  25
A nchnsa......................  12®  15
Arum,  po......................  @  25
CalamuB........................  20®  40
Gentiana  (po. 12).......  8®  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)....................  
@  30
Hellebore,  Ala,  p o ....  15®  20
Inula,  po......................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po..........................2 30@2 40
Iris  plox (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  p r....................   50®
Maranta,  14s ...............   @  35
Podophyllum, no........   15®  18
R hel..............................   75®1  00
pv.........................   75@1  35
S p ig e te ........................  35®  38
Sanguinarla,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpentaria..................   30®  32
Senega.........................   65®  70
Slmilax, Officinalis,  H @ 4 0
M  @  25
Scillae, (po. 35) ............  10® 
ir
Syuiplocarpus,  Fcetl-
...  @  35
Valeriana, Bug.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
lnglber a ....................   13®  15
Zingiber  j ............... 
SZMEH.

"  cut........................  @1

dus,  po.............. 

18®

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Anisum,  (po.  20)
@ 1 5
i;
plum  (graveleons)..  12® 
■Ird, is ........................ 
4®  6
Carni, (po. 18).............. 
8®  12
Cardamon..................... 1 
Corlandrum................   10®  12
Cannabis Satlva..........  3V4®4
Cydonium....................   75® 1 00
Chenopodlum  ............  10®  12
Dlpterlx Odorate......... 3 oo®3 25
Foenlculura...............   @  15
6®  8
Foenugreek,  po.......... 
L in i........................... 
4  @4)4
Lini, grd,  Cobi. 3)4) 
.4   @4)4
Lobelia.........................   35®  40
Pharlaris Canarian__   6  @  6)4
R ap a............................. 
6©  7
Slnapis  A lba............  11  @13
Nigra............  11®  12

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Frumenti, W..D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
D. F. R ........ 1 75@2 00
................... 1 
Juniperls  Co. O. T ___ 1 65@2 00
1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  B ..........1 75@2 00

it.  Vini  GaUl............. 1 
.ni Oporto...................1 
Vini  Alba......................1 

25@1 50

75@6 50
2S@2 00
25@2 00

Florida  sheeps*  wool
carriage  . ..................2 25@2 50
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ........ ..........
2 GO 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage..........
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage....................
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .........................
Hard for slate use__
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u s e .............................

1  40

SYRUPS.

A ecaela..................................  50
Zingiber  ................................   50
Ipecac.....................................   60
Ferrl  Iod................................   50
Aurantl  Cortes......................  50
Rhel  Arom.....................  
50
Slmilax  Officinalis...............   60
Co.........  50
Senega....................................  50
Sclllae.....................................   50
  50
T olutan..................................  50
Prunus  virg...........................  50

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Aconltum  Napellls R ..........  60
F ...........  50
and  m yrrh...................  60
A rn ica....................................  50
Asafœtlda.................................  0
Atrope Belladonna.................  80
Benzoin....................................  go
Co...............................  50
Sanguinarla.............................  50
Barosm a..................................  50
Cantharides.............................  75
Capsicum ................................   50
C» damou........ ............. 
75
Co............................   75
Castor..................................... 1 00
Catechu....................................  50
C inchona................................   50
Co...........................  60
„  
Columba..................................  50
C onium ............................... 
Cubebe......   ............................  50
D igitalis..................................  50
Ergot  .......................................  so
G entian............................. 
 
Co................................   60
G ualca.....................................   50
ammon......................  60
Z ingiber..................................  50
Hyoscyamus.........................   50
Iodine.....................................   75
Colorless....................   75
Ferri  Chloridnm.............. 
35
K in o .......................................  so
Lobelia...................................   so
M yrrh....................................     50
Nux  Vomica.........................   50
O pil........................................   85
“  Camphorated.................  50
“  Deodor...........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
Q uassia..................................  50
R h atan y ................................  50
Rhel..  ...................................   50
Cassia  Acutlfol....................   50
Co...............   50
Serpentaria...........................  50
Stromonlum...........................  60
T olutan..................................  60
V alerian................................   50
Veratrum Veride...................  50

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11 

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Æther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  28©  30 
“  4 F ..  32©  34
A lum en......................... 234®  3

(po.
7)................................ 
3®  4
Annatto........................  55®  60
Antimoni, po............... 
4®  5
et Potass T.  55©  60
A ntipyrin....................   @1  40
Antlfebrln....................  @  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  @  60
Arsenicum................... 
5® 
7
Balm Gilead  Bud__  
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ..............2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
12;  )is,  14)...............
®  11
Cantharides  Russian, 
p o ..............................
@ 1  00 
Capslcl  Fructus, a f...
@  26 
@  28 
©  20 
r Po:-
Caryophyllus, (po.  14)
Carmine,  No. 40..........  ®3 75
Cera  Alba, S. & F .......  50®  55
Cera Flava...................  38®  40
Coccus.......................  
@  40
Cassia Fructus............  ©   22
Centrarla.....................   @  10
Cetaceum....................   @  40
Chloroform .................  60®  63
squlbbs ..  @1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst........ 1  35®1  60
Chondrus....................  20©  25
Clnehonidino, P.  &  W  15®  20
German  3  @  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
cent  .......................  
eo
@  35
reasotum ................. 
Creta,  (bbl. 75)............  ©   2
prep.................... 
5®  5
9®  11
precip............... 
Rubra.................  @  g
C rocus.........................   33®  35
Cudbear........................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph  ...............   5 ®  
6
D extrine......................  10®   12
Ether Sulph.................  70®   75
Emery,  all  numbers..  @ 
@  6 
Ergota,_(po.) 
70®  75
Flake  w hite.
„  
12®  15
G alla.............................   @  23
Gambler........................7  @ 8
Gelatin,  Cooper...........  @  70
French............   40®  60
Glassware  flint,  75 and 10. 
by box 70
Glue,  Brown................ 
9®  15
“  W hite..................  13®  25
Glyoerlna..................... 15)4®  20
Grana Paradlsl.............  @  22
Humnlus.......................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite.
@  85 
“  Cor....
@  80 
Ox Rubrum
@  90 
Ammonisti.
@1  00 
Unguentum.
45®  55 
Hydrargyrum__
@  64
.1  25®1 50
Ichthyobolla, Am.. 
Indigo...........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 80®3 90
Iodoform......................  @4 70
L upulin.......................1 2)@1 25
Lycopodium...............   60®  65
M acis...........................  75®   80
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy­
drarg Iod...................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arsinltls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1)4)............................. 
2®  5
Mannla,  8. F .............  
60®  63

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CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Varnishes.

D EA L ER S  I l i

Sole A gesta  fo r th e   C elebrated

SWISS  VILLA  PREPARED  PAINTS.
Line  of  Stogie  D in ts’  Sundries.

W e a re  Sole P ro p rie to rs o f

Weatherly’s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

We H ave in  Stock an d  O ffer a  F u ll U n e  o f

WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES,  RUMS<

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

G R A N D   R A PID S,  M ICH.

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T H E   MTOTTTOATsT  TRADESM AN

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.

CHOCOLATE.

Baker’s.

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

23
37
  42

C H EESE.

Amboy........................  12M@l2k
Acme.............................12!4@12H
R iverside.....................1254@12M
Gold  Medal  ...............   @12
Skim ............................ 6  @ 9
11
Brick................................  
Edam  .............................. 
1 
Leiden 
23
Limburger  .................  @10
Pineapple.....................  @25
Roquefort.....................  @35
Sap Sago......................  @22
Schweitzer, Imported.  @24 
domestic  __   @14

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CATSUP.

Blue Label Brand.

Half  pint, 25 b o ttle s ........ 2  75
Pint 
............ 4 80
Quart 1 doz bottles 
........... 3 50

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CLOTHES  PIN S. 

5gro8sboxes  ........................40

COCOA  SHELLS.

35 lb. bags........................  @3
Less  quantity 
Pound  packages........... 6M@7

..  .........  @3M

C O FFEE.
G reen.
Rio.

F air......................................... 18
Good........................................19
Prim e.....................................20
Golden.................................... 22
Peaberry 
.............................. 24

Santos.

F air......................................... 18
Good........................................19
P rim e......................................20
Peaberry  ............................... 21

Mexican and Guatemala.

Maracaibo.

F a ir......................................... 20
Good........................................21
Fancy.................... 
23
Prim e......................................19
M illed.................................... 20
Interior.................................. 25
Private Growth.....................27
M andehllng..........................28
Im itation............................... 23
Arabian.................................. 26

Mocha.

Java.

 

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent  for shrink­
age.

P ack ag e.

M cL anghU n’s  XXXX.  23.30
Bnnola  ..............................   22^80
Lion,60or 100lb.  case....  23.30 

E xtract.

Valley City 54 gross............ 
75
Felix 
.......... 1  15
Hummel’s, foil, gross.........1  50
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CHICORY.

Bulk...................................... 
Red.......................................  
CLOTHES  LIN ES.

5
7

Cotton, 40ft. . .
“
50 ft...
(1
60 ft...
“
70 ft...
11 80 ft...
Jute
60 ft...
72 f f ..
U

.. .per doz.  1  25
140
160
1  75
1  90
93
1  00

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$  1, per hundred.................  2 50
$ 2, 
3 00
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“ 
$5, 
 
4 00
$10, 
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5 00
......................  6 00
$20, 
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Prunes.
California,  100-120....... .......WV4
90x100 25 lb. bxs. 1154
80x90 
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70x80 
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13M
.14
60x70 
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7*
S ilver.............................
S ultana...................  ... .......914

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“Universal.”
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$  1, per hundred.  ............$3 00
$ 2, 
.................3  50
................. 4  00
$8, 
................. 5  00
$5, 
$ 10, 
...........................6  00
$20, 
................. 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.
I Can  be  made to represent any 
leuomlnation  from $10  down. |
20 books...  ....................$ 1  00
2 00
50 
3  00
100 
6  25
250 
500 
10 00
1000 
17 50

10 
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C R E D IT   CHECKS.

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

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Butter.

Seymour XXX.................
...  6
Seymour XXX, cartoon. •••■  654
Family  XXX.................. ...  6
Family XXX,  cartoon.......  654
Salted XXX..........................  6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ... ...  654
Kenosha 
...................... ...  754
Boston.............................. ....  8
Butter  biscuit............... ....  654

Soda.

Soda, XXX...................... .  .  6
Soda, City.......................
....  754
Soda,  Duchess............... ....  854
Crystal W afer......................10
Long  Island Wafers  — ....11
S. Oyster  XXX............... ....  6
City OyBter. XXX............ ....  6
Farina  Oyster............... ....  6

Oyster.

CREAM   TA RTA R.
Strictly  pure........................ 
30
T elfers  Absolute...............  
35
Grocers’...............................20@25

D R IE D   FRUITS. 

D om estic.

Apples.

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quartered  “
Apricots.

Sundrted. sliced In  bbls.
6
5*
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes @9
California In  bags........
Evaporated in boxes.  ..
Blackberries.
In  boxes.........................
Nectarines.
701b. bags.........................
25 lb. boxes.......................
Peeled, In  boxes............
Cal. evap.  “ 
............
“ 
In bags........
California lu bags.......
Pitted  Cherries.
Barrels.............................
50 lb. boxes.....................
25  “ 
.....................
Prunelles.

1654
17
454
15
15#
13
1254
12

Peaches.

Pears.

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ENVELOPES. 
XX rag, white.

No. 1,654  ........................... $1  75
1  60
No. 2,654  ...........................
1  65
No. 1,6................................
No. 2, 6................................
1  50
XX  wood, white.
1  35
No. 1, 654............................
No. 2,654  ...........................
1  25
1  00
95
1  00

654  ......................................
6...........................................
Mill  No. 4...........................
FARINACEOUS  GOODS.

Manilla, white.

Coin.

Farina.
Hominy.

100 lb. kegs....................
3k
Barrels..................................  8 00
G rits................................... .  3  50
Lima  Beans.
Dried..............................

Maccaroni and Vermicelli.

Domestic, 12 lb. box.... 
55
Imported......................1054@i  54

Oatmeal.

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

Pearl Barley.

Kegs.....................................   254

Peas.

Rolled  Oats.

Green,  bu...........................  1  75
Spilt  per l b ................... 
254
Barrels  180.........................   5  45
Half  bbls 90......................  2  85
G erm an................................  4M
Bast India..........
Cracked.............................

Wheat.

Sago.

6

F ISH —Salt.

Bloaters.

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Cod.

554
6M
10

kegs  .................

Halibut.
Herring.

Yarmouth......................... ..  1  40
P ollock.............................
Whole, Grand  Bank.......
Boneless,  bricks..............
Boneless,  strips...............
Smoked ........................
Holland,  bbl.................... .  9 50
76
..................... 12 00
Norwegian 
Round Shore,  54  bbl....... .  2 60
“  M  “  ....... .  1  30
Scaled...............................
16
Mackerel.
No. 1,90  lbs...................... ..  8  25
No. 1, 40 lb s...................... ..  4 00
No. 1,  10 lbs...................... ..  1  15
Family, 90 lbs................... ..  5 25
65
45
No. 1, 54 bbls., lOOlbs....... ...6 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.............. ...  80
No. 1, 54 bbls., lOOlbs....... ...7   50
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.............. ...  90
Family, 54 bbls., 100 lbs  ...  3  10
kits  10  lbs......... ...  45
FLA VO RIN G   EXTRACTS. 

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

10  lbs ............... .. 

Whiteflsh.

Sardines.

Trout.

“ 

“ 

Bonders’.

J e n n in g s’ D  C.

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

“ 
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“ 
“ 

GU N PO W DER.
.3  50
Austin’s Rifle, kegs..........
2 00
54 kegs.......
.3  50
Crack Shot, kegs
54 kegs 2 00
“ 
Club Sporting  “ 
4  50
“ 
H  “
2 50

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“ 
“ 
. 

“ 

H ER B S.

Sage......................................
Hops.....................................

IN D IG O .

Madras,  5 lb. boxes..........
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes..

JE L L Y .
17  lb. palls.........................
30  “ 
........................

“ 
LICO R IC E.

Pure.....................................
Calabria...............................
Sicily....................................

LYE.
Condensed,  2 doz.............
4 doz..............

“ 

M ATCHES.

No. 9  sulphur....................
Anchor parlor....................
No. 2 honte  ........................
Export  parlor....................
M IN CE  M EAT.

.15
.15

55
50

90
1  60

.  30
.  25
.  12

.1  2»
.2 25

.1  25
.1 70
.1  10
.4 00

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

M EASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

1  g a llo n ........................  ..  $1  75
Half  gallon........................  1  40
Q u art..................................  
70
P in t...................................... 
45
Half  p i n t .......................... 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon...............................  7 00
Half gallon........................  4  75
Q u art..................................   3 75
P int......................................  2 25

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.

Sugar house........................  14

Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Ordinary............................. 
P rim e..................................  
F ancy..................................  

New Orleans.

F a ir...................................... 
Good.................................... 
Extra good.......................... 
C hoice................................. 
Fancy................................... 
One-half barrels. 3c extra

16
20
30

18
20
25
30
40

PIC K L E S.
Medium.

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

Small.

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Sardines.
American  Ms.................. 454® 5
.  
As..................654® 7
Importe  Ms.......................1K3.12
54s..................... 15©16
Hus'-urd  M*..........................7@8
Boneless..... ....................... 
20
Brook, 8  lb  ........................... 2 50

Trout.
F ru its.
Apples.

3 60
2 75

*- 

Apricots.

3 lb. standard.............
York State, gallons  ... 
Hamburgh 
Live oak.......................  
2  00
2 00
Santa Cruz................... 
Lusk’s ........................... 
2 00
l  90
Overland....................  
Blackberries.
B. & W .........................  
95
d  ..............................  
1  20
Pitted Hamburgh 
. . .  
W hite........................... 
1  80
1  20
E rie ..............................  
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 

Cherries.

Gages.

1 75

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

Peaches.

P ie ................................
M axw ell......................
Shepard’s ....................
California....................
Monitor 
..................
Oxford.........................

Pears.

Domestic, 
Riverside.

1  25 
1  70

1  20

1  30
2  00
1  85
2  10 
1  85

1  20 
2  10

“ 

1  30
2  50 
2  75
1  10

Pineapples.
Common..
Johnson’s  sliced........
grated........
Quinces.
7 00
Common......................
Raspberries.
R ed................................
Black  Hamburg..........
Erie,  b la c k .............
Strawberries.
Law rence....................
H am burgh..................
Erie...............................
T errapin.......................
Whortleberries.
Common...................... 
1  in
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
“  M lb ...................  80
tongue, 54 lb ............. 135
14 lb ..........  
85
chicken, 14 lb ..........  
95

1  30 
1  50 
1  25
1  25 
1  25 
1  30 
1  25

M eats.

“ 
“ 
"  
“ 

2 50

V egetables.

Beans.

“ 

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“ 

Com.

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
Ham burgh.............................
Livingston  E d e n .......................1 20
Purity  ...................................
Honey  Dew.................................1 50
Morning Glory....................
Soaked......................................... 1 15
Hamburgh  m&rrofat............1  35
early J u n e ........
Champion Eng. .1  50
petit  pols........... 1  75
fancy  sifted....1  90
Soaked....................................  65
Harris standard....................   -75
VanCamp’s  m arrofat...........1  10
early Ju n e ....... 130
Archer’s  Early Blossom__ 1  35
F rench......................................... 1 so
F rench.................................15@20
E rie.........................................  90
H ubbard...................................... 1 20

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.

Peas.

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A X LE  GREASE.
doz
Aurora.....................   55
Castor Oil........ ........   75
Diamond........ .........   50
Frazer’s .......... ........   83
M ica............... .........   75
Paragon 
..  .. ........   55

gr068
6 00
9 ro
5 50
9 00
8 00
6 00

B A K IN G   PO W D E R .

M lb. cans, 3  doz

Arctic.

M lb cans. 
54»  “
:ft  “ 
ft  «
5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in case.. 
16“ 

“  2  “

Fosfon.

Dr. Price’s.

45 
85 
1  60 
10
60 
1  20 
2 00 
9 60
.  80 
.2  00

CREAM
b a k in g

Dime cans .  90
“
4-oz 
.1  33
1  90
“
6-oz 
.2 47
“
8-oz 
.3 75
“
12oz 
“
16-oz 
.175
254  Ib  “
11  40
“
41b 
18  25
5-lb 
“
21  60
41  80
10-lb 
“

40
80
1  50
45 
85 
1  50

“ 
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«. 

cans..........
“
54 ft
“ 
..........
l f t  
Teller’s,  M lb. cans, doz.
52 ib.  » 
“ .
in».  “  
« .
BA TH   B R IC K .
2 dozen In case.
 

 

 

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E nglish................ 
90
Bristol....................................   80
Domestic................................   70
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals.............   4  00

BLUING.  Gross

8oz 
pints,  round........10 50

“ 
“ 
“  No. 2, sifting b ox...  2 75
“  No. 3, 
. . . 4  00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
“  1 oz ball  ....................  4 50
BROOMS.
No. 2 H url...........................  1  75
No. 1  “ 
...............................2 00
No. 2 Carpet.......................   2  25
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem..........................2  75
Common W hisk..................  
90
Fancy 
...................1  15
Warehouse.......................... 3  25
Stove, No.  1.........................   125
10.......................  1  50
15.......................  1  75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  ro w .... 
85
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row_  1  25
Palmetto,  goose.................  1  50

BRUSHES.

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BU CK W H EA T.

100 lb. cases, 2 & 5 lb. pkgs $4  50

CANDLES.

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............  10
Star,  40 
9
Paraffine  .................... 
n
Wicking  ............................... 24

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CANNED  GOODS. 

Kish.
Clams.

“ 

Little Neck,  l i b ........................ i 15
“  2  lb ........................1 go
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 8 lb ........................ 2 00
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  l i b .............
.  90 
2 lb ..............
.1  70
Lobsters.

“ 
Star, 
“ 
Picnic, 1 lb ..............................2 00
“ 

1  lb .................................2 40
2  lb .................................3 30
21b................................. 2 go

“ 

Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb .........................1 05
2  lb ....................... 1 90
M ustard,  21b.........................2 26
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb ...............2 25
Soused, 2  lb.
.2 25
Columbia River, fiat...
...1  85 
tails...
....1   75 
Alaska, 1  lb ...  ............
....1   40 
21b  ...................
....1   90

Salmon.
“ 

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CONDENSED  M IL K .

4 doz. In case.

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

301b.  boxes....................
Raspberries.
In  barrels........................
501b. boxes......................
........................
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

COUPON  BOOKS.

Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.

2 crow n................................  1  50
................................  1 65
3 
2  crown  ...................... ........   554
3 
........................ ........ 654

“ 
Loose Muscatels In Bags.
“ 

Foreign.
Currants.

Succotash.
H am burg....................
Soaked.........................
Honey  Dew.................
E rie ..............................
Tomatoes.
Hancock......................
.................
Excelsior 
Eclipse.........................
Hamburg.................... .
G allon.........................

1  40 
.  80 
1  60 
1  35

.1  05 
.1  10 
.1  10 
.1  30 
.9 00

“Tradesman.’
$  1, per hundred............
............
$2,  “ 
$8,  “ 
............
$5,  “ 
............
$10,  “ 
............
$20,  “ 
............

“ 
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“ 
“ 
“ 

..  2 00
..  2 50
.8 0 0
. .  8 00
..  4 00
..  5 00

“ 
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Peel.

Patras,  In barrels....... .... 
in  54-bbls........ .... 
In less quantity
Citron, Leghorn, 261b. 
Lemon 
Orange 
Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes.. @  8
Sultana, 20 
@10
“ 
Valencia, 80  “
@ 7

4M
454
4M
boxes  20
10
11

“ 
25  “
25  “
“ 
Raisins.

“ 
“ 

Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. 
Best in the world for the money.

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

7 53

4 25

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz
2oz  ...  $  75 
4 oz  ___ 1  50

Regular
Vanilla.

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

P IP E S .

Clay, No.  216............................... 1 75
  1 25
Cob, No.  3.......................... 

“  T. D. full count............  75

PO TASH .

48 cans In case.
Babbitt’s ...........................
Penna Salt  Co.’s ..............

R IC E .
Domestic.

Carolina head...................
“ 
No.  1...................
"  No. 2...................
Broken...............................

4  00
3 25

...6
...5
..  4M
..  3

Imported.

Japan, No. 1.....................
...6
R  No. 2......................
...5
Jav a.................................... ..  5
Patna................................ _..  5

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

18

SPICKS.

Whole Sifted.

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Allspice....................................8
Cassia, China In m ats.........  7
Batavia In bund___15
Saigon In rolls..........35
Cloves,  Amboyna................. 23
Zanzibar.......  ......... 10
Mace  Batavia........................ 80
Nutmegs, fancy.....................75
“   No.  1........................ 70
“  No.  2........................ 60
Pepper, Singapore, black....  0 
“ 
w hite...  .20
shot..........................15
“ 
Pure Ground In Bulk.

“ 

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“ 
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Allspice.................................. 12
Cassia,  Batavia.....................18
and Saigon.22
Saigon......................30
Cloves,  Amboyna..................22
Zanzibar...................18
Ginger, African.....................14
Cochin....................  17
Jam aica............  . .18
Mace  Batavia........................ 7G
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste.. 16
Trieste......................18
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................60
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 16
“   w hite.......24
Cayenne...................18
Sage......................................... 14

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“Absolute” In Packages.

 

Kb  Kb
A llspice..............  
84  155
Cinnamon....................  84  1  55
Cloves...........................  84  1  55
Ginger, Jam .................  84  1  55
A t....................   84  1  55
M ustard........................  84  1  55
Pepper..........................  84  155
Sage...............................  84

“ 

SAL  SODA.

Kegs......................................    IK
Granulated,  boxes...............   IK

SKKDS.

A n ise...........................   @12K
Canary, Smyrna..........  
C araw ay...................... 
Cardamon, Malabar... 
Hemp,  Russian..........  
Mixed  Bird  ................ 
Mustard,  w hite..........  
Poppy............................ 
R ape............................. 
Cuttle  bone......................  
STARCH.

6
8
90
4K
4K
6
9
6

do

Corn

 

 

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5K

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

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

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

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SNUFF.

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

SODA,

B oxes....................................... 5K
Kegs, English..........................4K

SALT.
 
 
 

100 3-lb. sacks....................... 12 25
2 00
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks..........................  1 85
2  25
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases...........................1 50
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags.. 
32
281b. 
18
.. 

drill  “ 

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Warsaw.

56 lb. dairy in drill  bags... 
281b. 
.. 
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks.. 

Ashton.

“ 

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“ 

Higgins.

56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks. 

Solar Rock.
56 1b.  sacks................  
Common Fine.

Saginaw ............................. 
M anistee.................  
 

 

SALERATUS,

82
18
75 

75 

27

90
95-

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

Church’s ............................  63  30
DeLand’s ....................................3 15
Dwight’s ...........  .................. 3 30
Taylor’s ....................................... 3 00

SOAP.
L au n d ry .

“ 

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.

Proctor & Gamble.

Old Country,  80  1-lb...........3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb .............. 3  90
White Borax, 100  K-lb.........3 60
Concord................................2 80
Ivory, 10  oz......................... 6 75
6  oz........................... 4 00
Lenox..................................  3 65
Mottled  German.................3  15
Town T alk........................... 3 00
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp d. .63 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 r s ....................325
“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.
A cm e.....................................3 65
Cotton Oil............................. 5 75
D aisy.....................................3 10
Marseilles.............................4 00
M aster.................................. 4 00

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“ 
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S ap o llo ,kitchen, 3  doz...  2 50 

S c o u r in g .
hand, 3 doz.......... 2 50

“ 

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® 5H @@ 5» 

SUGAR.
Cut  Loaf.....................
C ubes.........................
Powdered XXXX.......
Standard.
Ï   5
’fine.........
@  5
Confectioners’ A ....... 4%@4.94
Soft A...........................
@  4%
White Extra C............
@4.69
Extra  C........................
@4.56
C .................................. @ 4%
G olden........................
© 4
Yellow.........................
® 3K
Less than  bbls.  Kc advance

SYRUPS.

Com.

Barrels.......................... .......22
Half bbls...................... .........24
F a ir.............................. .........  19
Good.......................................  25
Choice.....................................  30

Pure Cane.

SW EE T  GOODS

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

8
8
9
8K
8K

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

61 for barrel.

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

FEA ST.

Magic,.......................................... 1 00
Warner’s  ............................... 1  00
Yeast Foam  ..........................1  00
Diamond................................   75
R o y al.....................................  90

TEAS.

japan—Regular.

F a ir..................................  @17
Good................................   ©20
Choice............................ 24  @26
Choicest.........................32  @34
D u st.............................. 10  @12

SUN CUBED.

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

BASKET  FIRED.

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

SUNPOWDER.

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

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG. 

TOUNG HYSON.

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

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

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

TOBACCOS.

F in e Cut.

“ 

Palls unless otherwise noted
62
H iaw atha..................... 
Sweet  Cuba................. 
36
McGinty......................  
27
K bbls..........  
25
Dandy Jim ................... 
29
Torpedo....................... 
24
23
in  drum s.... 
Yum  Yum  .................  
28
1892............................... 
23
drum s................... 
22

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P lu g .

Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead................... 
Jo k e r............................ 
Nobby Twist................... 
Scotten’s Brands.

Kylo..............................  
Hiawatha.....................  
Valley C ity.................  
Finzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty................ 
Jolly T ar......................  

41
29
40

24
38
34

40
32

Sm oking.

Catlin’s  Brands.

Kiln  dried............................. 16
Golden  Shower..................... 19
Huntress 
..............................26
M eerschaum..........................29
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle  Navy..........................41
Stork  ......................................32
Am erican............................  .16
Frost........................................33
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................... 16
Banner Cavendish................38
Gold C u t...............................28
W arpath.................................16
Honey  Dew............................25
Gold  Block............................30

Scotten’s Brands.

Brands.

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s 
Peerless...................................24
Old  Tom................................ 18
Standard........................... 
20
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade............................. 41
Rob  Roy.................................24
Uncle  Sam.......................28@32
Red Clover............................. 32
Tom and Jerry.......................25
Traveler  Cavendish............ 38
Buck H orn.............................30
Plow  Boy........................30@32
Corn  Cake.............................16

Spaulding & Merrick.

OILS.

The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes 
as  follows,  In barrels,  f. o.  b. 
Grand Rapids:
Eocene........................... 
8
Water White, old test.  @  7K 
W.  W.  Headlight, 150° 
t>K
Water  White  ............  @  6K
N aptha.........................   @ 7
Stove Gasoline............  @  6K
Cylinder..................... 27  @36
E n g in e ....................... 13  @21
Black. 15 cold  test__   @  8K
H ID E S   PE L T S  and  FURS
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

Q1DES.

lows:
G reen..............................2K@3K
Part Cured..................   @ 4
Full 
@  4K
Dry...................................5 @ 5
Kips, green  .................  2K@ 3K
"  cured...................  @ 4K
Calfskins,  green.........   4 @ 5
cured.........  @ 7
Deacon skins.................10 @30

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No. 2 hides K off.
PELTS.

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

Shearlings......................10 ©25
Lambs 
Washed ........................20  @23
U nw ashed.........  .....10  @20

WOOL.

MISCELLANEOUS.

FURS.

Tallow ..........................   3K@ 4
Grease  butter  ............  1  @ 2
Switches.......................   1K@ 2
Ginseng.............................2 00@2 75
Outside prices for No.  1 only.
Badger...........................   50@l 00
B e a r......................... 15 00@25 00
Beaver.............................. 3 0Q@7 00
Cat, w ild........................  40@ 50
Cat, h o u se.....................  10@ 25
Fisher................................ 4 00@6 00
Fox,  red ........................... 1  00@1 50
Fox, Cross..........................3 G0@5 00
Fox,  grey......................   50@ 75
L ynx..................................2 00@3 00
Martin, d ark.....................1  00@3 00
pale & yellow.  50@1  00
Mink, dark....................   40@1 50
M uskrat..........................  03®  12
Uppossum......................   15® 30
Otter, d ark........................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
Thin and  green.............  
10
Long gray, dry...............  
20
Gray, dry 
25
Red and Blue, dry......... 
35
GRAIN S an d  FEEDSTUFFS

deerskins—per pound.

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WHEAT.

MEAL.

65 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
65
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 
Bolted....................................  1 40
Granulated.........................  1  60
Straight, In sacks...............  3 70
“  barrels.............   3’90
“ 
Patent 
“  sacks...............  4 70
“  barrels............   5 00
“ 
Graham  “  sacks............  1  70
Rye 
“ 
Buckwheat, Rising  Sun__ 4  75

FLOUR.

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Walsh-DeRoo

& Co’s  Pure............................. 4 25

MILL8TUFF8.

Less

CORN.

Car lots  quantity
615 00
14 00
15 50
20 00
20 00

B ran...............  614 00 
Screenings__   13 00 
M iddlings.......  15 00 
Mixed F eed...  19 00 
Coarse meal  ..  19 50 
Car  lots.................................. 43
Less than  car  lots.............. .52
Car  lots.................................. 37
Less than car lots................. 41
HAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__ 12 00
No. 1 
ton lo t s .......12 50

OATS.

“ 

FR E S H   MEATS.

“ 

Swift & Company quote as fol­
lows:
Beef, carcass...............  4K@ 5K
“  hindquarters...  5  @  5V* 
fore 
“ 
loins,  No.  3 ...  8  @  8K
“ 
“ 
ribs...................  7  @  7K
"  
rounds..............4K@ 5

...  3K@ 4

shoulders 

Bologna.................  
@   5
Pork lo in s ...........  @10K
.........  @ 8
Sausage, blood or head  @  6
....  @ 8
Mutton  ......................... 7  @  8
Veal................................7  @ 7K

liv e r.......  @ 6
Frankfort 

“ 
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FISH   an d   OYSTERS.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

20
1  00

FRESH  FISH.

follows :
Whltefish 
...................  @ 9
T ro u t..............................8  @ 9
Halibut.........................   @15
Ciscoes or Herring__   @ 6
Bluefish......................... 11  @12
Fresh lobster, per lb __  
Shrimp, per  gal.............. 
Cod.................................10  @12
No. 1 Pickerel..............  @ 8
Pike..............................   @ 7
Smoked  W hite............  @ 8
11
Stockfish......................... 
Finnan  Haddies............ 
10
S e i.................................... 
8
oysters—Cans.
Falrhaven  Counts__   @37
F. J. D.  Selects..........   @30
Selects..........................  @23
Anchor..........................  @19
Standards  ...................  @17
F avorites....................  
15
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  lu o .........1  2s@l  50
Clams. 
75@1  00
2 20
Counts, per gal...............  
Extra  Selects................. 
1  75
Selects............................. 
1  50
Standards  ...................... 
1  10

BULK.

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Clams..............................
1  25
Scallops...........................
1  75
Schrimps.........................
1  00
P A P E R  & W OODEN W A R E

PAPER.

“ 

“ 

TWINES.

“  2...................

Straw 
.............................. ...IK
R ockfalls........................... ...IK
Rag sugar.........................
...2
H ardw are........................... ...2K
B akers................................ . ..2K
Dry  Goods....................5 @6
Jute  Manilla.................
@5K
Red  Express  N o .l..........
..  5«
No. 2..........
■  4K
48 Cotton............................. .  SO
Cotton, No. 1...................... ..17
..16
Sea  Island, assorted......... .  30
No. 5 H em p........................
..15
No. 6  “ ................................
..15
Tubs, No. 1......................... .  7 00
“  No. 2......................... .  6 00
“  No. 3......................... .  5 00
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop..
1  35
“  No. 1,  three-hoop... 
.  1  60
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes...
40
. 
Bowls, 11 Inch....................
30
.................... .  1  00
.......  ........... .  1  60
.................... .  2 25
................... .  2 75
................... .  3 00

13  “ 
15  “ 
17  “ 
19  “ 
21  “ 

WOODENWARE.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Baskets, market................... 

35
shipping  bushel..  1  25 
..  1  35
full  noop  “ 
No.2 6 25
No.3 7 25
No.2 4 25
.No.3 5 0C

“ 
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“ willow cl’ths, No.l  5 75
“ 
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“ 

“ 
“ 
“  No.l  3 50
“ 
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“ 
“ 
* 
“ 

splint 

INDURATED WARE.

Pails.....................................  4  05
Tubs, >4 doz.........................   4  55

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay  as  follows:

DRESSED.
Fow l...................... .
.  8 @  9
Turkeys..................
@12
Ducks  ..................
@12
LIVE.
7 @ 8
Chickens,.............
Fowls....................
7 @ 8
Turkeys.................. 
......
n @12
Spring D uck...............10  @11
10 @11

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

FORK  IN  BARRELS.

Mess................................................................... 15  00
S h o rtc u t..........................................................   17 08
Extra clear pig, short c u t.............................. 17  50
Extra clear,  heavy..........................................   18  00
Clear, fat  back.................................................  17 50
Boston clear, short cut...................................   17 50
Clear back, short cut.......................................  18 00
Standard clear, short cut. best..................  
17 50

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage........................................................8K
Ham Sausage.......................................................   9
Tongue Sausage..................................................   9
Frankfort  Sausage  ............................................8
Blood Sausage......................................................  5
Bologna, straight................................................   5
Bologna,  thick....................................................  5
Headcheese......................................................... 5

LARD.

Corn-
Kettle 
Rendered.  Granger.  Family,  pound.
7*

10 ¡4 

8 

Tierces.......11 
50 lb. Tins, Me advance.
20 lb.  pails, Kc 
“  34® 
10 lb. 
5 lb. 
“  %c 
3 lb. 
“  1  c 

“
“
“
“

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

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

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

“ 
“  

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Hams, average 20 lbs...........................................11K
16 lbs.......................................... 11K
12 to 14 lbs.................................. UK
picnic..........................................................9
best boneless..............................................9K

Shoulders.............................................................
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................................12
Dried beef, ham prices................................  ...  8K
Long Clears, heavy.............................................
Briskets,  medium.  ............................................  8K
lig h t.....................................................  §K

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CANDIES,  FR U ITS  an d   NUTS. 
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDY.

Cases 

“ 
“ 

Standard,  per  lb ............
H .H ..................
Twist  .............
Boston  C ream ...............
8K
Cut  Loaf.........................
Extra H.  H .................... ..  8K
MIXED CANDY.

.. 

Bbls. Palls.
7K
6K
6K
7K
6K
7K
8K

Palls.

Bbls.

2 00
7
Standard..........................................6 
7
Leader..............................................6 
Royal.................................................6K 
7K
NoDby.............................................. 7 
8
8
English  Rock.................................7 
C onserves.................................... 7 
8
8
Broken Taffy......................baskets 
9
Peanut Squares................... 
8 
French Creams....................: .......... 
10
13
Valley  Creams................................  
Midget, 301b. baskets...........................................8
Modern, 30 lb. 
8

“

 

“ 
fancy—In bulk

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Palls.
Lozenges, plain.................................................  10
printed.............................................   11
Chocolate Drops...................................................11K
Chocolate Monumentals..................................  13
Gum Drops.........................................................   5K
Moss Drops..........................................................  8
Sour Drops.........................................................   8K
Imperials.............................................................  10
Per Box
Lemon Drops........................................................56
Sour Drops............................................................55
Peppermint Drops................................................60
Chocolate Drops...................................................65
H. M. Chocolate  Drops....................................... 90
Gum Drops.....................................................40@50
Licorice Drops..  .............................................1  00
A. B. Licorice Drops...........................................80
Lozenges, plain............................ 
60
printed................................................65
Imperials...............................................................60
Mottoes.................................................................. 70
Cream Bar............................................................. 55
Molasses B ar........................................................55
Hand Made  Creams......................................85@96

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“ 

3 
2 
3 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

LEMONS.

ORANGES.

Plain Creams................................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams...........................................1  00
String  Rock..........................................................65
Burnt Almonds................................................1  00
Wlntergreen  Berries...........................................60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb. boxes............................   34
No. 1, 
61
No. 2, 
28
No.3, 
42
Stand up, 51b. boxes.......................................  90
Small...........................................................
M edium .....................................................
L arg e.........................................................
Florldas, fancy 

CARAMELS.
“ 
 
“ 
 
“ 
 
BANANAS.

Messina, choice, 360................................ 
fancy, 360.....................  
 
choice 300................................. 
fancy 380  .................................. 

......................................3  00@3  25
Sampsons.................................3 25@3 50
@4  25
@4 50
@5  00
4  75
Figs, fancy  layers, 6 » .............................  @12K
10»............................   @12K
14».............................  @15
20»............................   @16

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box............................   @ 8K
.............................  @  6K

Persian. 50-lb.  box........................  @  5
Almonds, Tarragona................................  @19

“ 
“  extra 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Ivaca...........................................  @1?K
California................................   @18K
Brazils, new............................................... 
®19K
F ilberts......................................................   @UK
Walnuts, Grenoble...................................   @14K

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

Calif...........................................  @13

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

Table  Nuts,  fancy....................................  @13K
@12K
Pecans, Texas, H.  P................... .............12  @14
Cocoanuts, full sacks..............................  @5  50
Fancy, H.  P., Suns...................................   @ 5K
“  Roasted.......................  @  7K
Fancy, H.  P., Flags..................................  @ 5K
“  Roasted......................  @  7K
Choice, H. P„  E xtras..............................   @  4K
"   Roasted...................  @ 6K
California W alnuts................................  
12K

“ 
“ 
“ 

50-lb.  “  

“ 
“ 
“ 

PEANUTS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

NUTS.

“ 
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“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

CROCKERY AN D   GLASSW ARE.

FRUIT  JARS.

6 doz. In box.

P in ts..................................................................$ 6  75
Quarts................................................................  7 00
Half Gallons....................................................   900
Caps...................................................................   2 75
Rubbers............................................................. 
40
No. 0 Sun..............................................................   45
No. 1  “  ...............................................................  50
No.2  “  ....................................................  
....  75
T ubular............................................. 
75

LAMP  BURNERS.

 

lamp  chimneys.—Per box.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Pearl top.

La Bastle.

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

No. 0 Sun............................................................. 1  75
No. 1  “  .............................................................. 1  88
No.2  “  .............................................................. 2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top......................................... 2  25
No. 1  “ 
“  .......................................... 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  “ 
......................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
......................4 88
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz......................... 1  25
No.2  “ 
......................... 150
No. 1 crimp, per doz.......................................... 1  35
No.2 
“ 
............................................160
No. 0, per  gross...................................................  23
28
No. 1, 
No  2, 
38
No. 3, 
75
Mammoth, per doz.................   ..........................  75
Butter Crocks,  1 and 6 gal.............................  06K
Jugs, K gal., per doz.......................................  75
.......................................   90
.......................................1  80
Milk Pans, K gal., per doz.............................  65
g lazed...............   76
“ 
.............................  78
“ 
“ 
glazed................   90

 
 
 
STONEWARE—AKRON.

‘  1 
‘  2 
“ 
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••  K  “ 
“ 
1  “ 
“ 
1  “ 

LAMP WICKS.

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

‘T H E  

EA.EC

to the  external  refinements.  This  lad’s ' 
sensitive  nature  was  distressed  by  un­
necessary  humiliations  imposed  cu  him 
by a father whose bosom was  filled with 
an  apprehension 
that  his  son  might 
“splurge.”  To  avert  this  possibility, 
the  parent, 
this 
world’s goods,  would hunt for excuses to 
send his boy  to  town  in  a rickety  cart, 
though  he  owned  a  neat  buggy  which 
would have  usually  served  the  purpose 
as well as the eart.

though  wealthy 

in 

It is the duty of  every parent to  see to 
it  th a t  th e  boy  is  eq u ally   e d u ca te d   in
culture and good  maimers  with the girl, 
and that in uo  case  should  there be  the 
least  discouragement  of  improvement 
permitted,  but,  on  the  contrary,  every 
indication  of  attention  to  personal  ap­
pearance  and  the  cultivation  of  a  re­
fined and  polished  demeanor  should  be 
encouraged in the warmest terms.

If,  as  is  sometimes the  case,  the  par-1 
ents are  ignorant of  or indifferent to the 
nicer shades  of  propriety,  there  is even 
more need for  upholding  the  boy in  his 
desire  to  rise  above  his  surroundings, 
and if  he gets  his inspiration outside  of 
the  family,  surely his  parents should be 
the last  to reprove or make sport of  him. 
It is  very well for them to say that  what 
is good enough for father is good enough 
for  son,  but this statement  will not bear 
analysis.  What  is good  enough for  the 
past decade is  not  good  enough  for  the 
present.  Let  no  parent  make  the  mis­
take of trying  to  harness  his son  to  the 
usages and  traditions of  the  past.  The 
bonds avail  nothing before the  presence 
of nineteenth century progress.

N. S.  St o w k i.i ..
Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

G rand  K apids  R etail  G rocers’  A ssociation. 
President, A.  J. Elliott;  Secretary. E. A. Stowe.

Official Organ—M ic h ig a n  T r a d e sm a n.
Next Meeting—December 19.

Jack so n   G rocers’  U nion 

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

H O M E  C U LTU R E.

There are many persons who profess to 
look upon all new isms and theories with 
contempt,  and  who  lose  no  opportunity 
to ridicule  and  make  absurd  any move­
ment that leads toward the cultivation of 
the finer  qualities  of  humanity  and  the 
more delicate  phases  of  the mental  and 
physical  being.  They  condemn  refined 
ideas as “nonsensical,” which is, to them, 
the extreme of weakness and foolishness.
It cannot be denied  that  there is room 
for great improvement  in the habits and 
manners of the masses of the people, and 
that anything tending  in  the direction of 
educating  or  reforming  them should  be 
hailed  with  delight  and  encouraged  in 
every  possible  way. 
Instead  of  this, 
there  are  burlesques,  caricatures  and  a 
general cheapning of  those things which 
every intelligent person should regard as 
among  the  fundamental  principles  of 
correct and judicious living.

History  and  observation  prove  that 
nearly all radical  reformers  have  been at 
first ridiculed  and  new  ideas  almost  al­
ways received  with  suspicion if not with 
the most outspoken opposition.  The fine 
old  aristocrats  of  the  ancicn regime  of 
France  had  no  scorn  too utter,  no ridi­
cule too superior,  when  the first mention 
of “ liberty,  equality and fraternity” was 
made in  the opening days  of  the French 
Revolution;  still their scorn and  ridicule 
gave  way  before  the mighty effort  of  a 
long-suffering  populace, 
over-radical 
though  that  effort  became.  And  when 
any such  ridicule obstructs  the  advance 
of educational principles and strengthens 
the bonds that bind us  to  ignorance  and 
awkwardness,  it  is  time  that  the more 
advanced  element  of  society stepped  in 
to interfere  and  to bring  to  bear every 
influence  that  will  further  the  work of 
elevating 
the  world. 
If  objection 
of 
things affected  only  the  mature  portion 
of  society,  there  would  be  less  reason 
for regret;  but when it delays the  devel­
opment and  retards  the  progress of  the 
younger members of the community, it is 
almost in the nature of a calamity.

refining 
to  a  better 

state 

and 

to  change  their  ways. 

There are families all  over our land in 
which  the  boys  and girls  keep along in 
all sorts  of  careless  habits  and  ill-bred 
practices  simply  because  they  not  only 
have no encouragement from their elders 
to do better but would certainly be  made 
the subjects of  ridicule if  they  attempt­
ed 
If the  boy 
takes pains  to  brush  his hair,  keep  his 
hands  and  finger-nails  clean,  his  shoes 
polished and his  clothes free  from dust, 
someone  says  “dandy  dude”  or “swell” 
and hints about “the best girl” or  sneer- 
ingly  whispers “ma’s  baby” or  “pretty 
boy,”  then  goes  off  into  paroxysms  of 
laughter.  No sensitive  boy  will  willing­
ly subject himself to such  annoyances as 
these,  and there is  little wonder that,  af­
ter  a  few  such  experiences,  he  grows 
careless and  indifferent  and at last loses 
all  regard  for  his  personal  appearance 
and grows up  that  most  disagreeable of 
creatures,  a  slovenly,  untidy  man,  one 
who is  tolerated from  necessity  but  not 
welcomed  with enthusiasm.

We have in  mind the  case of  a boy of 
eighteen  living 
just  outside  of  a  city, 
who possessed a mind  naturally  turning

FALCON  No.  1—G entlem en’s Road W heel, 
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FALCON  J R .—Boys’ and G irls’ Road W heel,

$115.00
100.00
50.00

A ll fitted w ith   Pneum atic Tires.  F in est Steel  m aterial.  Best workm anship.

WRITE  FOR  CATALOGUE.

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£* 
IR.  ± £   I   2sT  S   &   H E S S
Hides, Purs, W ool & Tallow,

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CONFECTIONERY.

THERE’S  MONEY  IN  IT  PROVIDING  YOU  BUY  THE  BEST  AND  AT  THE 
LOWEST  FIGURE.  OUR  TRADE  IS  BOOMING,  WHICH  IS  PROOF  THAT 
T1IE  TRADE  THROUGHOUT  MICHIGAN  AND  ADJOINING  STATES  KNOW 
FROM  WHOM  TO  BUY.  WE  MANUFACTURE  A  COMPLETE  LINEj OF 
FIRST-CLASS  GOODS  AND  EXECUTE  ORDERS  PROMPTLY.

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E stablished  1868.

H.  11  BEHOLDS  4  SOB,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN 

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Tarred  Roofing,  Felt, Coal  Tar, 
Roofing and Paving Piteh,  Resin 
Asphalt  Roof  Paints,  Mineral 
Wool  for  deadening  purposes, 
Asbestos  products,  Pipe  cover­
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Elastic roofing Cement,  Etc.

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for life.

STANTON, MOREY & C0„ Mfrs.

D ETRO IT,  M ICH.

Geo. F. Owen, Salesman  for Western  Michigan, 

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

CLOTHIERS,
New York.

Roche  ter,

Established 36 Years.

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

Our  Michigan  representative  William 
Connor will  call  upon  you,  if  yon  write 
to his  address,  Box  346,  Marshall,  Mich.

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skillful  workmen, and  all  saws  warranted.  Burnt  saws  made  good as  new for  one-fourth  the 
list price of new saws.  All kinds of

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15

THE  W A IL  OF  AN  OLD  RUIN. 

W ritten fo r T h e  Tradesman.

You stop and  stare  at  me  contemptu­
ously!  You sneer at my infirmity!  You 
chuckle with  derision  at  my time-eaten, 
delapidated appearance and wonder  why 
1 am permitted to encumber  the  ground! 
While you stand  and  wonder,  you  per­
ceive  marks  and  scars  upon  me  which 
give you  the  key  to  my  past  life.  My 
left  eye  was  long  ago  punched  in;  yet 
above the empty  socket  you  will  notice 
that  I  once  received  “produce”  in  ex­
change for “goods,”  and  over  my  right
eye, which is now covered with a hideous 
wooden cataract,  you  will  notice  that  I 
parted with my contents “cheap for cash.” 
My lips have long been  sealed  in  death, 
yet just  beneath,  in  spite  of  the  cruel 
ravages of time, is a sign that shows  you 
that I was once the proud  depository  of 
every communication  that  came  to  this 
town.  Ah,  it  is  enough  to  shake  the 
cobwebs and dust  from  my  loose  joints 
and bare bones to  think  of  those bright 
and happy days when every  bright-eyed, 
rosy-cheeked lass  for  miles  around  en­
trusted me with her dear little billet-doux 
and  chattered  and  giggled  and  tittered 
while waiting for the “mail.”

Now you  smile.  Come  nearer.  Look 
at  my  low,  weather-beaten  forehead. 
Upon my old skull you can trace the dim 
outlines of my original name:  The  Bee­
hive.  Ah, that was the  proudest  day  of 
my life when those  letters  were  painted 
I was  new,  bright  and  cheerful 
there. 
looking. 
I was the most pretentious edi­
fice in the  village,  and  when  my  name 
was inscribed upon my young gable I was 
proud.  Scores  of little bare feet congre­
gated in front  and  paid  me  homage  by 
shouting  and  jumping  as  they  spelled 
the letters of my name.  Business?  Ah, 
my  young friend,  those towering,  brick- 
encased and  lofty-headed  structures  off 
yonder have never been  as  profitable  to 
their occupants as 1 was to mine when  1 
was young.  They are portly,  solid  and 
dignified.  They  are  square  headed, 
gaudily  attired  and  elaborately  orna­
mented. 
They  have  lofty,  beautiful 
faces,  but  their  eyes,  although  large 
too  often  blotched 
and  clear,  are 
with 
cards,  which 
proves to  my  shattered  old  mind  that 
they  are  nothing  but  whitened  sepul­
chers to at least  nine  out  of  every  ten 
who are taken in by them.

“ For  Rent ” 

You laugh;  but I want to tell you  that 
I made my first owner and occupant rich. 
I had no rival in those  days,  and all  the 
settlers and their wives and babies  came 
to me  for  everything  needed,  and  left 
with  me everything they  did  not  need. 
I was stuffed so full with all sorts of old- 
fashioned  “store  goods”  that  it  fairly 
made my  sides  ache  to  contain  myself. 
1 was very attractive and was courted by 
everybody in the settlement.  My young 
heart was warmed and made merry by the 
hearty informal handshakings and cordial 
greetings; the coarse but genial jocularity 
of the men; the unconventional tete-a-tete 
of the women, and the rustic  hilarity  of 
the young folks.  My eyes sparkled with 
all sorts  of tempting  things  with a bril- 
liency that could be  seen long distances.
Do you see that  clump  of  weeds  over 
there?  Well,  that’s  where  the  tavern 
stood;  but,  before  it  was  built,  1  was 
headquarters  for  everything.  The  set­
tlers gathered at The  Beehive to discuss 
politicts, talk over school matters, organ­
ize  shooting  and  plowing  matches  and 
arrange  for  “ bees ”  and  “ raisin’s. ”

Right  there  where  that  smoky,  noisy 
factory stands is where the boys used  to 
shoot at a mark,  “hop,  step  and  jump,” 
run  foot  races,  and  pitch  quoits  with 
horseshoes; and down  there  where  that 
lumber yard and coal shed are,  used to be 
Squire Stebbins’ pasture  lot,  where  the 
men,  old  and young,  used to  congregate 
after a  “raisin’ ”  or  a  “bee”  and  play 
“two-old-cat”  until  the  darkness  sent 
them under cover in The Beehive.

You shudder!  You are looking through 
my eye sockets at the vermin crawling on 
the inside of my anatomy and wondering 
what became of the  many  pairs  of  little 
bare feet that skipped the day  on  which 
I  was  christened.  But  why  shudder? 
It is the common lot of all—the  same old 
story.  Of all that merry group  two only 
remain to gaze at me when they pass  by, 
and the hair of each is silvered with gray. 
One  of  these  two is a  son  of  the  man 
who gave  me  existence,  and  he  is  the 
owner of the bank over yonder; the other 
is the proprietor  of  the  big  stock  farm 
down by the  river.  The  banker  is  my 
only friend,  the only human  being  who 
passes me without cursing my  miserable 
condition.  He knows where  the  money 
was made that made his father  rich  and 
himself a banker  and  land  owner,  and, 
if I escape the torch of  my  enemies  and 
the fury of  the  elements,  and  my  poor 
old skeleton does not  collapse  with  the 
weight  of  the  accumulations  of  years, 
1 expect to  be  permitted  to  staud  here 
while my benafactor lives for the  good  1 
have done.  As to the rest of the  group, 
several bit the  dust  on  Southern  battle 
fields; two were killed  by a snowslide  in 
the mountains of the Far West; one  is  a 
doctor in another part of  the  State;  one 
is the owner of  a  cattle  ranch  in  Mon­
tana; one was killed in a  drunken brawl; 
one died in State’s Prison; one is  a mem­
ber  of  Congress,  and  several  lie  over 
there in the graveyard.

Fare you well.  Go your  way  and  re­
member what I have told you.  You  are 
young and life is  before you.  Act  well 
your part  and excel if you can,  ever  re­
membering  that  your  opportunity  lies 
wholly in your own day  and  generation. 
Whatever you may  accomplish,  remem­
ber that you are but the instrument made 
use of by the unfolding  ages  to cater  to 
the requirements and  needs of your own 
age,  and should the  fates permit  you  to 
lap onto  the  succeeding  age,  as  is  the 
case with  me, your  achievement,  would 
all be absorbed by the new age, and  you 
would be left stranded on the  bleak  and 
barren shores of time, a toothless,  sight­
less,  wheezing,  bald-headed  old  bundle 
of ruins  like myself,  whose  only  use  is 
to haunt  the  proud and  ambitious  with 
a reminder of  the  rapid  flight  of  time, 
the sickening certainty of decay and  the 
near approach of death.  E.  A.  O w e n .
C ondem n B onuses a n d   C om m issions to 

Salesm en.

The Ohio  Wholesale  Grocers’ Associa­
tion has issued the following circular:
At a recent meeting of the Board of Di­
rectors and  Executive  Committee of  the 
Ohio  Wholesale  Grocers’  Association, 
a  resolution  was  passed  unanimously 
condemning  the  pernicious  and  illegiti­
mate practice of  a great many  manufac­
turers in allowing a bonus or commission 
to  traveling  salesmen,  and  other  em­
ployes  of  jobbing houses,  for  “pushing” 
their particular  brand of merchandise in 
order  to  promote  the  introduction  and 
sale of  same.  And  it was  the  sense  of 
the  meeting  that  was a direct  “stab” at 
the best interests and the good discipline 
of the jobber,  in that its  tendency was to 
usurp the rights of  the  jobber, and take

from  him  the  proper  control  over  his 
salesmen,  and  for  which  privilege  he 
pays a j ust  compensation.
The resolution  also, ordered the secre­
tary  to  notify  all  manufacturers  and 
packers in  the  grocers’  line  of  the  pas­
sage of  this  resolution,  and  also  notify 
such manufacturers  and  packers  that  if 
the friendship of  the  jobbing  trade  was 
considered  of  any  value  to  discoutinue 
any  such  undue  influence  toward  the 
salesmen  of  their  customers  and  that 
this  association  will  discourage  every 
move  of  this  nature  by  refusing to  do 
business, so  far  as  possible,  with  every 
concern resorting  to  such  demoralizing 
measures. 

O r k i n   T h a c k e r ,  Secy.

Use Tradesman Coupons.

M ic h ig a n  C e n t r a l

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’*

(Taking effect  Sunday, Nov. 20  1892.) 

. 

»Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday. 

Arrive. 
Depart
10 00p in ...........Detroit  E xpress.............6  55pm
4 30 p m.................... Mixed 
.................   7 00am
10 00 a m ...............Day Express 
12.1pm
6 00 a m  __ *Atlantic and  Pacific.......10 45 p m
1  00 p m  .......New York E x p ress.........  5 40 p m
Sleeping cars  run on Atlantic  and  Pacific  ex­
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  6:55 a m ;  re­
turning, leave Detroit 4:40 p m, arriving at Grand
R ap id s  10:00 p  m.
Direct  communication  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains east  over  the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad  (Canada Southern Division.)
Tickets on sale at Union  Ticket Office, 67 Mon­
roe street and Union  Depot.
FRED  M.  BRIGGS,  General Agent,
O.  W.  RUGGLES,  G.  P. & T.  Agt„  Chicago.

95  Monroe  Street.

TIME  TABLE

NOW  IN  EFFECT.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave

tNo.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 »No.  82

Lv. Milwaukee. 
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Io n ia ............Ar
St.  Johns  ...A r
Owossa........ Ar
E.  Saginaw.. Ar
Bay City.......Ar
Flint  ............Ar
Pt.  H uron...A r
Pontiac........ Ar
Detroit..........Ar

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

6 50am
7 45am
8 30am
9 05am
10 50am
11 30am
10 05am 
1205pm
10 53am
11 50am
WESTWARD.

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm
6 05pm 
8 .0pm 
8 37pm 
7G5pm 
8 50pm 
8 25pm 
91Spm

1100pm 
12 42am
2 00am
3 10am
6 40am
7 15am 
5 40am 
7 30am 
5 37am 
7 00am

Trains Leave 

TjV  Detroit..................... 10 45pm
7 05am
G’d Rapids,  L v ............
8 25am
G’d Haven,  A r..........
Milw’kee Str  “ ............
Chicago Str.  “  ............

| »No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13
6  50am 10 50am
5  10pm
1  00pm
6  15pm
2  10pm

»Dally. 

tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arive from the east,6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive  from  the west,  13:10a. m., 3:15 
p.m. and 9:45  p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parle r  Bnffet 
ear.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
W estward—No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 

Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar.
J o h n W. L o u d , Traffic Manager.
B e n  F l e t c h e r , T ra v .  P ass. A g en t.
J ab. Ca m p b e l l, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

G rand  R apids  & In d ian a.
Schedule  In effect November 20,1892

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive from   Leave going 

North.
7:20 a m
1:10 p in
4;16 p m
10:10 p m
Train arriving  from   south a t  6:46 a  m  and  9.00 a  m 

South. 
For Cadillac  and Saginaw.........  6:45 a m 
For Traverse City & Mackinaw  9:00 a m  
For Cadillac and Saginaw.........  2:20 p m  
For  Petoskey & M ackinaw.......   8:10 p m 
From Chicago and  Kalamazoo.  8:35 p m 
daily.  Others trains daily except Sunday.

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

North. 

„  
For  C incinnati.............................   6:30 a m 
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago... 
For F ort W ayne and the  E a st..  11:60 a m 
For  Cincinnati...............................   6:16 
For Kalamazoo  &  Chicago.......11:00 p m 
From Saginaw...............................  11:50 a  m
From Saginaw...............................  11.00pm
daily;  all  other  trains  daily except Sunday.

Arrive from   Leavegoing
South.
7:00 a m
10:05  a m
2:00 p m
p m  6:00 p m
11:20 p m

Trains leaving south a t 6:00 p m and  11:20 p.  m. runs 

SLEEPING  A  PARLOR  CAR  SERVICE. 

NORTH

1 :1 0   p   m   t r a i n   has  parlor  car  Grand 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
1 0 :1 0   p   m   t r a i n . —Sleeping  car  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw.

SOUTH—7:00 am  train.—P arlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:05  a m   tra in .—W agner  P arlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6:00  p m   train.—W agner Sleeping  Car 
Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 
i l ; 2 0   p m train .—W agner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

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

10:06 a m  
3:66 pm  

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Ai t  Chicago 

11:80 p m
6:50 am
10:06 a m.train through Wagner Parlor Car.
11:80 p m train daily, through Wagner  Sleeping Car. 
11:15 pm
6:15  am
11:16 p  ra 

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

8:00 pm  
9:00 p m  

7:0o am 
8:20 pm 

For Muskegon—Leave. 

M uskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
6:65 a m  
11:86 a m  
5:30 pm  

From Muskegon—Arrive

10:00 am
1:10 pm
9:06 pm

Sunday train  leaves  for  Muskegon  at  9:05 a  m, ar­
riving at 10:80  a m.  Returning,  train  leaves  Muske 
gon at  1:30 p m, arriving at Grand  Rapids at 6:15 p m.
Through tickets and fall information  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almqulst,  ticket  agent  at  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

0. L. LOCKWOOD,

CHICAGO 

sov-

A N D   W EST  M IC H I G A N   R ’Y . 

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS........8:50am  1:25pm  »11:35pm
Ar. CHICAGO...............3:55pm  6:45pm  *7:05am

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

TO AND FROM  MUfKESON.

Lv. CHICAGO...............9:00»ra  5:25pm  *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS.......3:55pm  10:45pm  »7:05am
TO  AND  FROM  BENTON  HARBOR,  AND  ST  JOSEPH
............»11:35pm
Lv. G .R ...........8:50am  1:25pm 
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.  O R .........................................   7:30am  5:35pm
Ar.  M anistee................................ 12:15pm 10:29pm
Ar.  Traverse C ity.........................12:35pm 10:59pm
Ar.  Charlevoix  .............................2:55pm 
...
Ar. Petoskey................................  3:30pm  ............
Ar.  from  Petoskey,  etc.,  1C:00  p  m.;  from 
Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10:00 p m.

TRAVERSE CITY  MANISTEE  A  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 Jays only.

DETROIT,

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

GOING TO  DETROIT.

Lv. G  R  ....................... 7:10am  *1:25pm  5:40pm
Ar. DET......................... 11:30am  *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.  LOTOS.

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

TO LOWELL VIA  LOWELL A  HASTINGS  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 day.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. DeIIAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t.

Toledo,  A nn  A rb o r  &  N o rth   M ichigan 

R ailw ay.

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  <ft 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk  e 
offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  betwe 
Grand Rapids and Toledo.
Lv. Grand Rapids a t...... 7:15 a. m. and 1:00 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t .............   12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.
Lv. Grand Rapids a t.......6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t............... 12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. in.

VIA D„ e.  H.  A M.

VIA D., L. A N.

Return connections equally as good.

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

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T H E   M X C H IG jíU S r  T R A D E S M A N

G et  Ready  for  Your  Pedro  Parties,

initial months of his connection with the 
Ohio  house  that  he  found  his  services 
were in demand  for  1892, and  the  same 
is true  for  1893.  He  leaves  next  week 
for Mansfield, where  he  will  secure  his 
spring samples and endeavor  to  arrange 
to  cover  the  entire  trade  of  Michigan, 
instead of  devoting a portion of  his time 
to Wisconsin.  Mr.  Stowitts was married 
in  April,  1883, to Miss Jessie  Bogardus, 
and  has a  pleasant  and  happy  home  at 
155 Thomas street.  The only thing lack­
ing  to  complete  his  happiness  is a half 
dozen little Stowitts.

Gripsack Brigade.

C.  M.  Philabaum  has  signed  with 
Franklin Mac Veagh  &  Go.,  of Chicago, 
for another year,  covering the same terri­
tory as  before.

Chicago  Hotel  Mail: 

“ Commercial
travelers support two-thirds of the  coun­
try hotels,  to say nothing  of  instructing 
the proprietors how to manage them.”

Four candidates for  the Presidency  of 
the Knights  of  the Grip  are now in  the 
field—John McLean and J. W.  Ailes,  De­
troit;  N.  B. Jones,  Lansing;  J.  A. Gon­
zales, Grand Rapids.

The  meeting of Post E  was  so  poorly 
attended, Saturday  evening, that  it  was 
decided to call a general meeting of trav­
eling men, to be held at the  New  Living­
ston at 3  o’clock  Saturday  afternoon,  at 
which time it is hoped a full  representa­
tion will  be present.

Judd  E.  Houghton  has  resigned  his 
position  with  B.  Leidersdorf  & Co.,  of 
Milwaukee, to  take  the  territory  now 
covered by W.  H. Goodyear for the Lem­
on &  Wheeler  Company.  He is putting 
in a couple of  weeks, posting  up  on  the 
new line,  and  will start  out on his initial 
trip for the  new house  week  after  next.
Winfield S.  Morris,  traveling  represen­
tative for Walter Buhl &  Co., of Detroit, 
was married Dec. 6, to Miss Eva M.  Prin­
gle, of Muir, the  ceremony  occurring  at 
the  residence  of  the  bride’s  mother  at 
the  place  named.  The  happy  couple 
will take up their residence at Van Wert, 
Ohio,  which is the  home of  the groom.

Post  C,  Knights  of  the  Grip,  held  a 
largely attended meeting at the club room 
in the  Cadillac  Hotel,  at  Detroit, Satur­
day night,  the Post considering and  per­
fecting arrangements for the  convention 
and  banquet  of  the  association,  which 
will be held  there  December  27  and  28. 
It was  decided to  sell  admission  tickets 
to the gallery  the  night  of  the banquet, 
the  price  being  placed  at  fifty  cents. 
The  executive  committee,  composed  of 
400 members,  will  assemble  at  the Cad­
illac at 9 o’clock the morning of the 27th. 
C. J.  Whitney  tenders  the  ladies  of  the 
members,  when  accompanied by escorts, 
free  admission  to  his  theaters,  the  es­
corts,  though, yielding for  their tickets.
Geo.  W.  Stowitts  was  born  at  Cona- 
joharie,  N.  Y., July 21,  1863.  When he 
was five years old, his parents removed to 
Chicago,  where  his  father  held  the  re­
sponsible  position  of  city  salesman  for 
the  then  firm  of  Steele  &  Price.  His 
father dying when George was nine years 
of  age,  he  entered  the  employ  of  Car- 
son, Pirie, Scott & Co., as cash boy, rising 
in two  years to the  position of  salesman 
in  the  perfumery and  soap  department. 
He then clerked in a shoe store two years, 
subsequently working  for  Schlesinger & 
Maher three  years in the same  capacity. 
He  then  entered  the  employ of  Geo. E. 
Marshall & Co.,  stationers  and  printers, 
with whom  he  remained two years.  He 
then came  to  Grand Rapids,  through the 
influence of  his  uncle, James E. Ireland, 
entering  the  employ  of  Morse  &  Co., 
with whom  he  remained  two  years.  S. 
Tyroler  next  claimed  his  services  two 
years,  when he transferred his allegiance 
to Allen  Bros.,  with  whom  he  was  con 
nected  five  years.  Stanley & Schroeder 
and the Tower  Clothing  House each  en­
joyed his company for about a year, when 
he  engaged — Sept.  1,  1891 — with  the 
Western  Suspender  and  Neckwear Co., 
of  Mansfield, Ohio,  to travel  in  Western | 
Michigan  and  Eastern  Wisconsin.  His 
sales  were  so  satisfactory  during  the |

F ro m  O ut o f Tow n.

Calls  have  been 

received  at  T h e 
T r a d e s m a n  office during the  past  week 
from  the  following  gentlemen  in  trade.

B.  Voorherst, Overisel.
S.  K.  Riblet,  Newaygo.
Brooks & Whitten,  Grattan.
J.  W.  Milliken,  Traverse City.
Geo.  H.  Smith, Pearl.
Wesley Dunn,  Kingsley.
Carrington  & North, Trent
S.  D.  Thompson,  Newaygo.
Gowell & Burton,  West Troy.
L. C.  Granger, Charlotte.
F.  G.  Rice, Six Lakes.
R.  B. Kellogg,  Lansing.
F.  E. & E. G.  Hubbel, Chauncey.
Elk Rapids Iron Co., Elk  Rapids.
Dr. J. C.  Bostick,  Man ton.
Frank Hamilton, Traverse City.
John W.  Perkins, Crystal Valley.

T he  G rocery  M a rk et.

Sugar — Prices  are  unchanged.  The 
course  of  the  market  is  uncertain,  but 
there are no indications of firmness.

Fish—Cod is quiet and easy.  Box her­
ring  are in  moderate  request.  Barrels 
are  dull.  Dutch  are  steady.  Mackerel 
is without change.

Fruits—Citron is  weak.  Currants  are 
Prunes  are  without  change. 

steady. 
Valencia raisins are unchanged.

Spices— White  Singapore  pepper  is 
easier.  Other varieties of spices are  un­
changed.

Coffee—The milder  grades  are  a trifle 
weaker,  in  consequence  of  which  the 
manufacturers of package goods have re­
duced their quotations >£c.

Four kinds of cheese are  to be made  at 
a creamery to be  started at  Chesterfield, 
Conn.  They  are  Neufchatel,  Munster, 
Edam and  Roumadour.

PRODUCE  M A R K E T .

Apples—Baldwins and  Spitzenbergs command 
82.75 per  bbl., while  Spys  are  held at S3.  Local 
dealers are  handling  more  New York  and  New 
England apples than Michigan  fruit.

Beans—Choice  country picked  command 81.60 

@81.75 per bu.

Butter—Scarce  and  next  to  impossible to  se­
cure adequate supplies for home demand.  Deal­
ers  pay 20@22  for  choice  dairy and  hold  at  2c 
above  paying prices.  Creamery  has sustained a 
very  marked  advance,  readily  commanding 31 
@33c

Cabbages—Dealers  pay  85  per  106,  holding 

at 86.  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, 83;  Waltons, 83.50.

Eggs—Dealers  hold  limed  and  cold  storage 
goods  at ¡22c, while  fresh  would  readily  com 
mand 24@25c.

Grapes—Malagas command Sd.50@87.50 per keg.
Honey—Dealers pay 14@15c and hold at 15@16c.
Onions—Firmer and in better demand.  Hand­

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

Potatoes—Market  is still weak and unsatisfac- 
ory,  handlers  paying  55c  here  and  50c  at  the 
principal outside buying points.

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

Jer 
seys  readily  command  84.50  per  bbl.,  Balti 
mores bring 84 and Virginias 83.50.

Turnips—30c per bu

A   N O V E L T Y

In   C a k e  

Cutters

®  ARE offering  to  the Trade a pleasing and 
quick selling novelty in our  new

They are made  to  represent the  different  denomina­
tions  of  cards, and  with  their  aid  the  hostess  can 
furnish  her  guests with  refreshments  which will  be 
once novel  and appropriate to the occasion.

30c  Dozen•

OSTïR&TeVENS
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11  SOAP 
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%

W hy  have  th e  sales  til­
ing the past

creased S B  per cent,  dur- 
year  on

Silver Soap

M anufactured  by

Xi±±j  TnUMroUJN  &  CHUTE  SOAP  CO.,

TOLEDO,  OHIO.

F IR sT .—High  Grade of  Quality !  SECOND.—Its  moderate  Cost!  T H IR D __The  Successful

L1”e °f Advertising Matt er giveneery Merchant who handles It!

Send your  order to any Wholesale Grocer or direct to the  factory for prompt shipment

Heyman  &  Company.

Manufacturers  of

SIio t   C ases

Qf Every Description.

P im -G ta  Work  Ooly.
WRITE FOR  PRICES. 
-   G R A N D   R A P ID S

0 3   a n d   6 6  C a n a l  S t.. 

VOIGT,  HEBFQLSHEIMBB  &  c t
Dry  Goods.  Carpets and Cloaks

W H O L E S A L E

W e  M ake a Specialty of  B lankets, Q uilts and  Live 

G eese  Feathers.

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

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Voigt, HomoMeior & Go.,4 8 , 8 0 ,  8 2   O tta w a   St., 
R I N D G E , K A L M B A C H   &  CO.,

G r a n d   R a p id s .

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

If  you  have not  bought your 
holiday  slippers,  come  in  and 
see us.  We have a NICE 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.

Spring &  Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s , 

D re ss   G o o d s,  S h a w ls ,  C lo a k s, 
N o tio n s , 
H o s ie ry , 
G lo v e s,  U n d e r w e a r ,  W o o le n s , 
F la n n e ls ,  B la n k e ts ,  G in g h a m s , 
P r i n t s  a n d   D o m e stic   C o tto n s.

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

assorted stock at lowest market  prices.

Spring &  Company.

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O F  TW O  O F  T H E

BEST  PLAT  OPENING  BLANK  BOOKS

In  th e  M ark et.  Cost no m ore th a n  th e  Old Style H oots,  W rite for prices,

GRAND  RAPIDS  BOOK  BINDING  CO.,

80 Pearl  SI, Hoilseman  Blk. 

G ra n d   R a p id s,  M ich.

’T ’HESE  chests  will 

soon 
pay for themselves  in  the 
| breakage they avoid. Price 84.

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

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

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CREAM  CRISP. 

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

the best selling cakes we ever made.

S. A . Sears, Mgr. 

GRAND  R APIDS.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

CHOCOLATE  COOLER  BO,

Manufacturers  of

Combination  Store  Tables  and  Shelving.

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

Office 315 Michigan Trust Building.  Factory 12 Mill St.

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

D re s s in g   C ases,  Iro n  

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

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

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

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

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

ASSORTED  < ü 5 >   92

F a n c y   G oods.

 

 

 
 

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50 
85 

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Half  “ C C picture mugs.........................  
“ deerd mugs...................................  

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

“  “ 
“  “  washbl 
“  “ 

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

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

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

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

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

Qtr  “  asst animals......................... 
  2  00 
One mechanical express wagon................   1  75 
twelfth doz tin  train.........................   2  25 
“  mechanical  engine.........  4  75 
“  cable  cars........................  2  00 

“  “ 
tops................... 
“  ** 
4« 
U  44 
**  “ 
ra ttle s ........................................ 
“  “ 
locomotives.................................  
“  “  asst wagons.................................. 
“  “  144  trains.....................................  
“  “  kitchen  sets.................................  

35
80
35
IJC
40
85
45
75
80
50
15
85
18
40
17
75
Half  “  stables.........................................   2  00  1  00
66
Sixth  “ 
4  00 
One twelfth doz kitchens...........................   4  25 
35
“ 
“ 
18
...........................   2  15 
21
“ 
“  half 
 
42 
 
“  twelfth  “  clowns.......  ........... 
1  85 
16
“ 
“ 
“  circus  riders...................   1  85 
15
“  half 
75 
38
“  asst  toys.........................  
75
“ 
“  mechanical clowns..........  1  50 
“ 
35
“  doz drum banks.................................. 
12  69
1  26
11  43

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

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Assortment No  25 

GAMES  TO  RETAIL  FOR  25c.

One dozen in a Package.

Game of Tommy Towns  visit to the Country. 

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

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

Assorted Package

DECORATED  GUPS  and  SAUCERS.

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“  “  
“  “ 
“  “ 
Half  “ 
“  “ 
Qtr  “ 
Sixth doz 
Half  “ 
Qtr 
“ 
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“ 

One doz deerd  teas,  flowers and mottos... 
•  “ 
----- 
** 
----- 
“   bands and gilt........... 
** 
“ 
“ 

75
“ 
1  00
“ 
1  50
“ 
2  00
“  open  coffees asst.................  2  75  1  38
 
4  00  2 00
 
6  00  1 50
9  00  1 50
 
“  moustach coffees asst..........  2  00  1  00
....... .  3  00 
75
“ 
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.........   6  75  1  69
15  07
25
15  32

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

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Assorted  Package  Dolls.

“ 

“ 

65 

One doz white china babes........................ 
30
Hlf  *‘ 
“  
......................  
33
One  *•  dressed  dolls................... ............ 
88
Hlf  “  
“  asst......... .................   2  00  1 00
“ 
“  “ washable  dolls, 21 in  long............   2  00  1  00
“ 
H 
27 in  “ .........   6  00  2  00
“ 
One-twelfth doz dressed fancy  jtd dolls..  4  25 
35
“ 
..  6  00 
“ 
“ 
50
“ 
71
“ 
“ 
“ 
..  8  50 
“ 
“  kid body bisque dolls....  4  00  1  00
Quarter 
One-twelfth  “ 
•*  ___7  50 
63
Half 
“  china limb dolls................  1  80 
90
•» ................  4  25  1  42
One-third 
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Package............................................. 

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20

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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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“  We Found McGinty.

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

H. LEONARD & SONS,

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

