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GRAKD  RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  APRIL  5,  1893.
THe Bradstreet Mercantile ¿seacy.

THE  RUSSIAN  PRINCESS.

Story of an American Girl in  St. Peters­

The B radstreet  Company,'Props.

burg.

What was I  to do?  Never was a wom­
an  placed in such a pitiable condition.  I 
had  been  brought  to  Russia  by  a New 
England sewing machine company to run 
their machines at  an agency of theirs  in 
-------- street in St.  Petersburg,  where  a
handsome  shop  had  been  rented.  One 
blustery,  cold  day  toward  the  close  of 
October  I  found  the  shop  closed,  and 
learned to my dismay  that our agent had 
disappeared  and  the  machines  had  all 
been  seized  for  rent  and  debts.  What 
was to  be done?  All the  money I had  in 
the  world  was  about equivalent  to $12. 
What  was  due  me  1  had  left  in  our 
agent’s hands,  and I felt sure it was lost.
I thought  of  everything  in the  twenty- 
five minutes which  elapsed  between my 
heart-break when I  found the  shop door 
closed and my rapid walk to my lodgings. 
Fortunately, my room had been hired for 
the month and  had been  paid  for  in ad­
vance. 
I  had,  at  least,  a  roof  over my 
head for a few weeks.  An idea suddenly 
struck me. 
I had been  making an even­
ing dress  on  the machine  for a Russian 
lady who  spoke  English.  She had  some 
idea  of buying  a  machine. 
In  order  to 
expedite  the  work,  I had  taken  to  my 
room the body of  her dress,  and,  having 
a  machine  there,  had  sewed  on  it  of 
nights.  That machine I would certainly 
keep;  it  would  not  go  far  toward  the 
payment of  the debt the  agent owed me.
I  hurried  home.  Perhaps  there  was  a 
letter with some money in it.  There was 
nothing. 
I must find the lady—but how? 
She had left no address.  She had hardly 
spoken to me. 
I thought 1 heard  her say 
that  she  would  come  again,  and  I be­
lieved  she had  fixed  on  this  very day. 
There was but oue chance iu  a thousand. 
I must  stand in the street and wait until 
she appeared.
-  I hastened back  and took  my position 
near the shop. 
I scanned  every  woman 
It was bitterly cold and  raw, 
passing by. 
and the  wind  chilled  me. 
I  was  faint 
with  anxiety.  Had  1 only  known more 
of the  language,  I  would  have  asked  a 
policeman  to  take me  to  the  American 
consul, to the minister. 
I was in despair. 
Suddenly a carriage drove  up,  a footman 
opened  the  door,  and  a  lady  elegantly 
dressed alighted.  With my  heart in my 
mouth,  I told  her  my  pitiful  story,  and 
begged her to  help me. 
If she wanted a 
servant, would she only try me?  I had a 
sewing  machine,  and  would  make  her 
dresses for  nothing if  I  could  only  stay 
with her until I could write to my  people 
at home; they would send me money,  and 
I could  get  back  to  the  United  States. 
My words must  have had but little sense 
in them,  I was  so broken-hearted,  for at 
first she hardly seemed to understand me.
“I am  without a  friend  in  the  world 
here—a poor American woman, thousands 
of miles from her home.”

She 

looked  steadfastly  at  me,  then 

opened her port-mounaie.

“No,  no,” I  said.  “I  want no  money. 
I cannot beg. 
I am  not yet so poor as to 
ask alm9.  Bat do you not remember  me?

NO.  498

The store is  closed.  The  man who kept 
it has run  away. 
I showed you the way 
the machine was  worked.”

Then  she  scanned  me  quickly;  next 

cross-questioned me sharply.

“How could a  young  girl trust herself 
alone in this strange  country?” she asked.
“I was  not  alone.  Two  other  young 
women came from the United States with 
me.  Two  weeks  ago  they  were  sent 
home,  and the  miserable  man  in  charge 
induced me  to stay,  promising to give me 
money  enough  at the end of  next month 
for my trip to the  United States.  Might 
not  the  police 
look  up  the  matter?  I 
have been outrageously swindled.”

“The  police;  and  my  dress—am 1  to 

lose it?’ ’  the lady asked impatiently.

“Not  all  of  it.  The  skirt  is  in  the 
shop,  the body,  the waist,  is in  my  room, 
almost finished.” 
It seemed to me dread, 
ful  that in  my  agony  she  should  talk 
about her dress.

“Where do you live?”  she inquired. 

I 
told her.  “Get  into  the  carriage,”  she 
said. 
I did so.  When  we were  off  the 
main  street,  she stopped the carriage,  got 
out with me,  and  we  walked to my lodg­
I opened  the  door.  On the  table 
ings. 
was her  basque. 
It  did not  seem to in­
terest  her.  She  picked it  up,  however, 
glanced  at  it  a  moment,  then  threw it 
down.  She  examined  the  sewing  ma­
chine.

“How long would it take me to become 
proficient in  working this?”  she inquired 
as she sat down  before the  machine and 
tried the pedals.  “Is it fatiguing?”

“No, madam.  O,  would  you  buy  it? 
It is mine Dy  rights.  The  money  for it 
might help me  to leave  St.  Petersburg.”
“How long did  you  say it  would take 

me to become  proficient?”

“Two weeks—perhaps less.”
“Would it  disfigure my  hands?”  She 
took  off  her  gloves,  showed  her  well- 
cared-for  hands,  her  fingers  glittering 
with rings.

“Your  beautiful  hands  would  hardly 

be soiled.”

“Well,  then,  give me  a lesson  at once 
I  will  pay  you  for  your 

—at  once. 
trouble.”

1 expressed my  gratitude  with almost 
tears in  my  eyes.  “I have no  material 
here—but anything will  do,” I said,  as I 
opened my trunk  and took out au  apron 
“I will run a  tuck across the  bottom—It 
will do no harm.”

“Nonsense.  Take  the  waist  and  be­

gin on that.”

“But  it is quite finished,  and au extra 
stitching would 9poil this delicate cream- 
colored silk.”

“Give it  to me,”  said  the lady,  taking 
up the  scissors  and deliberately  cutting 
the waist up the back.

“Now sew me up this,” she cried.  1 took 
it,  and as  carefully  as  I  could,  ran  the 
machine,  sewing  up an  ugly  gash,  but, 
of course,  the waist was spoiled.  “Now I 
will  try,”  aud she  sat  down  and  under 
my instruction worked for an hour.  She 
was wonderfully clever  with her fingers, 
and  seemed to  seize the peculiarities  of 
the machine at once.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

“At this rate of  progress,  madam,  you 
would  become quite  a good  workwoman 
in ten days,” I said approvingly.

She made  no  reply,  but  worked away 
for  another  half-hour,  crossing  and  re­
crossing  the body  with  stitches.  “It is 
not so tiresome,  after all,”  she said,  “but 
I have had  enough for  to-day.  To-mor­
row I  will  call  and you  will  then  take 
the machine to  pieces,  and show me how 
to put it together again.  You will oblige 
me  very  particularly  by  not  going  out 
to-day. 
I  have  to  thank  you  for your 
patience.  Keep  my visit silent. 
I  hope 
you  have learned that in  Russia it is bet­
ter to keep  a quiet  tongue.  Do  not  re­
turn to the shop.  Pray  take this for my 
first  lesson,” and  she  placed on  the ma­
chine table a piece of gold.

“I am  very  much  overpaid,”  I said. 
“ Where  are  you  from?  English  or 

American?”

“American, from  New  Hampshire.” 
“New  Hampshire!  Where  is  that?” 
“One of the New England  States.”
“I never heard  of  it.  You are a good 

republican,  I  suppose?”

“I hope so.”
“Well,  adieu.”  1 felt  very  much  in­
clined to  kiss her.  She  looked cold  and 
haughty,  but  my  heart  was  so  full  of 
thankfulness that,  overcoming somewhat 
the  awe  I felt,  1  ventured  to  take her 
hand in mine and put  it to my lips.  She 
did not  withdraw  it.  “Poor  child,”  she 
said;  “you  do not  look  more  than  20, 
and,  at  your age,  to  be in  such  trouble! 
This must  be a  hard experience for you. 
Good-by,  and  until  to-morrow.”  She 
gazed at  me  steadfastly,  as if  she would 
look  me  through,  and  then,  bowing, 
left me.

1  did not,  would  not,  allow myself to 
be disheartened.  1 sat  down  and  wrote 
two  letters—one to  my  mother  at  Am­
herst,  the  other  to  a  sewing  machine 
company  in New York. 
I explained  my 
pitiful condition.

I  opened 

Next  morning  early  there  was  a  low 
knock  at  my  door. 
it,  and  a 
woman  plainly dressed entered.  She did 
not say a word.  She placed a bundle she 
held  in  her hand in  a chair,  and at  once 
went to the machine,  took  up the bodice, 
and commenced  sewing.

I waut to learn  your trade. 

“ You  will kindly forget the lady of yes­
terday and  know me as Elise  simply, or 
rather,  as  Elise is  French,  we  will say 
Eliza. 
It is 
a whim of miue.  Do  you think that in  a 
month I could earn  my bread in  this way? 
I offer you a partnership.  1 can  find  the 
funds.  The  contents  of  the  shop  will 
probably  be  sold out  and  you  will  be 
able to buy  one of the  machines  for me. 
Now will you take this one apart?”

I  had not a word  to  say.  1  brought a 
wrench,  a screw  driver,  an  oil can,  and 
unloosened the working parts of  the ma­
chine.  She  took  the  oil  can  and  bent 
over the machine,  studying it. 
I noticed 
that  she  touched  with her  white fingers 
all the grimy  parts until  her hands were 
soiled.

“It is by no means as  complicated  as a 

revolver,”  she  said.

I made no comment as  l put the work­
ing parts together.  She  was  very silent, 
working incessantly on  some  coarse ma­
terial  she  had  brought  with  her.  1  sat 
near her—teaching her  what to do.  She 
worked on until it was past noon.  “Is  it 
not time now to eat something?”

“It is,” I  replied;  “ would  madam  par­

take of my simple meal?”

“ Madam!  1  am  Eliza—and  you  say

let  me. 

your  name  is  Mary.  Mary,  1  shall  be 
very  glad  to  share  your  food  with  you, 
if  you  will 
If  you  have  not 
enough  for  two,  I  will  go  out  and  buy 
what  is  wanted.  What  shall  it  be? 
I 
dare  say  1  can  shop  better  than  you. 
Will you  lend  me your shawl,  your furs, 
and your overshoes?”

Before  I  could  say  a  word  she  had 
them all on.  Then  she  laughed  for the 
first time and courtesied  to  me.  “Sister 
Mary,  Sister  Mary,” she  cried  in  great 
glee,  “our  copartnership  begins  to-day.
I am to be capital and you  brains.  Little 
sister, good-by.  I shall  not be gone more 
I  was  so 
than  a  quarter of  an  hour.” 
astonished  as  to  be  speechless. 
In  a 
trice  she  was  back,  loaded  down  with 
packages.  She  had  a  loaf  of  bread,  a 
piece  of  cheese,  a  pot  of  preserves,  a 
breast of  smoked  goose,  some  salted cu­
cumbers.  “I have a samovar,  but it was 
too  heavy  for  me to carry.  The  man  I 
bought it  of  will  bring  it  here at  once. 
It  is a second-hand  one,  but  as  good  as 
new. 
I see you have a tea-pot.  My only 
two  extravagances were  some  good soap 
and a  pound of  the  best  tea.  Come,  let 
us  eat. 
I  am 
to wait on you.”

I  can  arrange anything. 

Then  up came the man with the copper 
urn  and  charcoal,  and  she  made  the  fire 
and prepared the meal.  “ We don’t drink 
tea  out  of  cups  when  we  belong to the 
people,  and  we  are  of  the  people,  but 
swallow  it  in  tumblers.”  Though  I  sat 
down  at  the  little  table with  her,  I ate 
sparingly,  I  was so much confused.

“Before I conclude  my first  day’s  les­
son,  Sister  Mary,  let  me ask  you  some­
thing.  Did  you  ever  read  the ‘Arabian 
Nights?’ 
It  is a book  1  suppose  all the 
world  has read.”

“You  want me to remember Aladdin?”
“No,  not at all.  The  story  I wish you 
to  think  about is not  half  as  pleasant. 
It is about Sinbad  the sailor  and the  old 
man  ape he  could  not  get rid  of.  You 
are the sailor. Sister  Mary,  and I am  the 
ugly old man ape,” and she made so com­
ical  a  grimace  that  1  could  not  help 
smiling.

“I assure you that is my character, aud 
you  never  will  get rid of  me  until  you 
break  my  head.  Sister  Mary,  will  you 
share  your  supper  with  me,  your  bed 
with  me  to-night,  your  breakfast  with 
me  to-morrow;  not for  that  day,  but for 
the  next  day,  and  the  day after  that?” 
She said  this very quietly as she took  my 
hand  in  hers.  1  was  at  a  loss  how to 
reply.  “We  are  to  work  together  for 
our  living—only,  Sister  Mary,  make  me 
proficient. 

I  will  be so diligent.”

“ But,  madam.”
“No—Sister  Eliza.”
“Sister  Eliza,  how is it  possible  that a 
lady  of  means,  whose  acquaintance  I 
made but  yesterday,  who  awed  me  with 
her  grand  manners  and  her  carriage, 
should wish to  become a sewing woman?”
“Ask  me  no  questions.  This,  how­
ever,  I  promise  you.  The  story  of  the 
old  man  ape is partially  true,  but  there 
is a limit to your endurance. 
In a month 
from  now I  swear to  you,  your  passage 
home  shall  be  paid  you,  and,  besides 
that,  there will be given you a handsome 
sum  for  you  to  start  life  with  in  your 
own  country;  only,  for  God’s  sake,  re­
member  that, just as you  threw yourself 
on  my  mercy,  I  now throw  myself  on 
I believe you have  character and 
yours. 
courage.  No  harm  will  come  to you. 
I 
want a refuge,  and have found it.  Teach 
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Omaha, Neb.,  413 S.  15th St.

Special  attention  given  to all  country  orders.

N o tice—When  w riting  to  agencies  for  sam ples  be  sure  and  address  “ F ermentum 

Compressed Y ea st.”

It's  Cheap!
Not  Coal,  but

Molasses.

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our purchases.  We brand them

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The quality is right, the  price is right, and it’s dollars in your 
pocket to handle them.

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gauge the  stitch,  and  what  to  do  when 
the thread breaks.”

In a day I learned to love  that woman. 
All the haughty, proud manner was gone. 
She waited  on me.  She was the  first  up 
in  the  morning.  She was  always  busy. 
The  porter of  the  house  evidently mis­
took her for one of the two girls  who had 
been  in  the  employ of  the  sewing  ma­
chine  company,  for  one or the  other  of 
them had  often  been in my room.  Some 
small extra compensation was  given  him 
for  the  new  lodger.  She  never  spoke 
save  in  English,  and  her  coming  to  me 
had  been so mysterious  that I  felt  quite 
certain  the  porter  was  entirely ignorant 
of her condition.

Certainly  it  worried  me a great  deal. 
More  than  once I ventured to ask  for an 
explanation,  but  Eliza  would  place  her 
hand  on  my mouth  so  that  my  speech 
was interrupted. 
It distressed me to see 
how hard she worked,  for I felt sure that 
this  new life  was  hurting  her. 
I could 
see that from her pallor.

If  any  one  thing  more  than  another 
made me feel sorry, it was for her beauti­
ful  hands.  She  seemed to take  infinite 
pains in spoiling them.  “They are filthy 
—horrible,”  she  would  say,  “and still  I 
think I care for them more than  I  should. 
If  I  only could  get  a  thick,  red,  rough 
skin on them!”

As she had said, the owner of the store 
was  only  too  glad to  sell  me a machine 
Eliza furnished the money.  Work came to 
us in a mysterious  way—left down stairs 
with  the  porter.  By and  by  a  fashion­
able  dressmaker,  who  made  dresses  for 
the  court  ladies,  sent  for  me  and  gave 
me  work.  As  what we  had  to do  was 
well sewed,  and we were always prompt, 
in less  than three  weeks  we were  doing 
a  good  business.  My  companion,  save 
for the  daily purchases  made  in the  im­
mediate  neighborhood  for  food,  never 
went  out.  No  one  called  on  her;  she 
never received a letter.

A few days over the month had passed, 
when one  morning,  as  I  was running up 
a  seam  in  a  piece  of  cloth,  my  needle 
struck  something. 
It  was  a  piece  of 
paper.

“It is for me,  Sister Mary,” said  Eliza. 
She took the  bit of  paper,  held it  to the 
stove,  appeared to  read  something,  and 
then opened the  stove  door  and  burned 
it. 
I did not  question her.  She worked 
on  cheerfully all day,  chatting on  indif 
ferent  subjects.

That  night  when  we  were 

in  bed, 
taking me in  her arms  she  said:  “Poor 
Mary, your  troubles,  your  anxieties are 
now  over.  To-morrow  early  apply  for 
your passport. 
It  will  cost  you  to  go 
from here to Liverpool,  say £40,  and the 
passage  from  Liverpool  to  the  United 
States  as  much  more;  that  makes  £80 
and  you will  have  something  to  spare. 
I wish  it could have  been  more,  but you 
will  have  altogether  £300,  which,  after 
deducting your  traveling  expenses,  will 
leave  you  some  money  to  begin  your 
life  with  again.  From  me—who  have 
learned to  love  a  singularly  honest  and 
simple-minded  woman—you  shall  have 
this  ring,”  and she  slipped on  my finger 
a ring,  “but don’t wear  it,  the  diamond 
might  betray  me.  So  far,  Mary,  you 
have  run  no  risk,  but  next  week  you 
might  be  ruined  forever,  for  you  have 
harbored—”

I was speechless with terror.
“Only  a  woman,” 

she  continued, 
“ whose own  life—or the  life of any  one

care no more  for taking  than  would  the 
cook  who  wrings a  chicken’s  neck.  Do 
I  shall  sleep  a 
not  be  shocked,  Mary. 
sweetly  to-night  as 
if  death  did  not 
threaten me.  My story,  as far  as relates 
to you,  is soon told. 
It became necessary 
to me  a  month  ago  to  disappear.  The 
simplest chance  in  the  world  threw you 
in my  way.  Had  you  been of  any other 
nationality  than an  American  1  would 
never  have trusted  you.  You  might  go 
out now,  Mary,  and sell  me,  Judas-like, 
for  a sum of  money  which  would make 
you rich for life.”

1 clung  convulsively  to her  and  bade 

her be quiet.

Through  my  veins,  child,  there runs 
the best blood  in Russia;  but every  drop 
of  it I  will  shed for  the  cause.  Thank 
your  God  for  your  lowly  estate.  You 
must go away  to-morrow, and now,  good­
night.”

I  begged  her  to  come  to  the  United 
States  with  me.  She  said:  “No,  my 
I should be useless  there.” 
place is here. 
lassitude,  and 
Then  she  complained  of 
presently went to sleep. 
I looked at her, 
her face  pillowed on  her arm,  breathing 
as calmly  as an  infant,  and thought her 
the loveliest woman  I  had ever seen.

Next  morning  out  of  a  package  of 
some rough  material  she produced,  as if 
by magic,  a roll of notes, which,  without 
counting,  she handed to  me.  “Later  in 
the day  there ought  to arrive  some furs 
for you,  for poor Mary must not get cold. 
Now,  away  with you.”  Her old manner 
had returned.  “Get your  passport.  Go 
by  Bremen to  England,  or  the  ice will 
delay you.  Do  not  wait.”  Still  I  was 
irresolute. 
I could not bear to leave her.
I sobbed  as  if  my  heart  would  break. 
Then she knelt to me and implored me to 
go.  At last  1  consented.  My  passport 
was given to me  at the police  headquar­
ters without a word.
I  returned  to  our  room.  As  I stood 
at the landing,  the cheerful clatter of the 
machine was  heard.  Eliza was  bending 
over  her  work,  singing  some  plaintive 
air.  “Is it  all right?”  she  asked,  very 
quietly.  “See,  your  furs  have  come. 
They are very beautiful and so warm.”

I think I 
I cried.

couia do now without you.”

“I have permission to leave.”
“Thank God!  See my work, 
“You do not love me, Eliza,’
“Not love you—my sister!  I loved my 
husband—he was  shot. 
I loved my only 
child; in the  agony of my grief,  because 
his  father  was  killed,  from  my  breast 
he sucked poison  and  died.  After them 
I 
love  you  best.”  Then,  for  the  first 
time,  she burst into a paroxyism of tears. 
“It  is because I  love you—that  1  might 
be your death.”  As she wrung my hand, 
she felt the ring on my finger.  “Off with 
It.  You wore your mittens at the  police 
office!  If  they had  seen  it!  Quick,  let 
me hide it.”  She  took  off  my  shoe  and 
hid  the  ring  in  my stocking.  “Should 
you  ever  marry,  sell  the  ring,  or  the 
stone  in it,  and  you will not  be portion 
jess.  Now, off with you. 
I have made a 
bundle for you.  The rest of  your things 
you will give me.  Here is  a photograph 
of  yours—you  will  let  me  keep 
it?  I 
have  been  happier  here  with  you  than 
for  years.”  She  took me  by the  hand, 
gave me one long kiss, closed the door on 
me,  and I never saw her more.
My trip home  was without a  single in­
cident.  My dear  mother  comforted  me 
Still,  there  was  some  vague  feeling  of 
dread.  My mind  wandered,  all  I could 
do, toward my room companion.  Picking 
up a  newspaper  some two  weeks  after 
my arrival,  I  read in  the  telegraph  dis 
patches:

St.  P eter sb u r g,  Dec.  23.—An arrest 
of great importance has been made.  One 
of the chief actors in the  nihilistic plots, 
a  Russian princess,  was taken,  but only 
after  she had  killed  one  of  the  police, 
Disguised  as a  sewing  machine woman 
she had hitherto  baffled the police.

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Our  machine  has a reversible  rotary  motion 
of both upper and lower washboards, giving the 
true  hand-rubbing  principle.  Clothes  nevei 
hunch while washing, common fault with others 
necessitating rearranging;  not a pleasant task.

Wm.  Brummeler & Sons,

Manufacturers and Jobbers of

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Phone 640

360 8.  Ionia St.,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

NET PRICE  LISTjOP SAP FAILS PER 100.

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These  goods are  full size  and are  guaranteed 
not to leak.  The pails are made almost straight, 
flaring enough to pack  conveniently.

In  lots  of  500  we  will fallow  5  per  cent, off 

above prices.  Terms, 30 days net.

Send for price  list of general  line of  tinware.

06899612

PANT * OVERALL CO.

221  E. MainoSt., Kalamazoo, Mich.

Chicago salesroom with'Silverman & Opper, 

Corner  Monroe st. and  Fifth ave.

Our specialties:  Pants from $7.50 to $36  per doz. 
warranted  not  to  rip.  Shirts  from  $3.50 to $15 
per doz.  Spring line  now ready.  Samples  sent 
on approval.

MICHIGAN

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Organized  1881.

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN.

BDY  THE  PENINSULAR
Pants,  Shirts,  and  Overalls

Once and You aie our Customer 

for life.

STANTON, MOREY & CO„ Mirs.

DETROIT,  MICH.

Gbo. F. Ow en, Salesman  for Western .Michigan, 

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

If  you

sell the  following  line of  coffees, you  will  have 
the  best in the  land.  All  roasted  by CHASE  i 
8AJIB0RN.  Sold in cans only.

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Jewell’s  Old  Government  Java  and 

Arabian  Mocha

Wells’  Java  and  Mocha•
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THE  MICTDGLAJNr  TRADESMAN

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

Tebonsha—J.  D.  Davis  succeeds E.  P. 

Keep in the lumber business.

Kalamazoo—The  Thompson  Clothing: 

Co.  has assigned to David  Fisher.

Big  Rapids—J.  C.  Clark,  jeweler,  is 

succeeded by Mrs.  S.  E.  Newcombe.

Monroe—Edward Zeller has purchased 

the grocery stock of Geo.  Rammler.

Detroit—Ide &  Ide  are  succeeded  by 

Ide,  Ide & Co.  in the drug business.

Detroit—Burke  &  Nelson  have  pur­

chased the drug stock of J.  A.  Zahn.

Almont—Chas.  A.  Laughliu  succeeds 

D.  M.  Washer in the harness business.

Oxford—Hart &  Hopkins succeed Nel­

lie Beckwith in  the millinery business.

West Bay City—F.  E.  Hixon  succeeds 

S. J.  Roblin  in the furniture business.

Tebonsha—E.  P.  Keep is succeeded  by 

Dorris Dwight in the  lumber business.

Detroit—Mary  P.  Smalley 

succeds 
Smalley & Smith  in the lumber business.
Jonesville — Gilbert  &  Hix  succeed 
John S.  Lewis in  the hardware  business.
Port Huron—Rulinson & Eckstein suc­
ceed Henry A.  Levy in the clothing busi­
ness.

Saginaw—C.  C.  Wirth  succeeds  Wirth 
& Westhoif in  the grocery  and  meat busi­
ness.

Menominee—Ellsworth  &  Olson  suc­
ceed Mrs.  E.  S.  Sprong in  the drug busi­
ness.

Coldwater—A.  R.  Brown  &  Co.  suc­
ceed Brown &  Burrows in  the  furniture 
business.

Scottville—Bertram  &  Marshall  suc­
ceed L.  F.  Bertram  & Co.  in  the  hard­
ware business.

New Haveu—W.  1.  Edmunds succeeds 
H.  E.  Watson in  the grain  and  agricul­
tural implement business.

Petoskey—Hankey & Foreman  succeed 
the Armstrong Manufacturing  Co.  in the 
wooden ware business.

Dollarville—Bettes, Darcey & Co.,  gen­
eral store  dealers,  have  dissolved,  Dar­
cey & Son  succeeding.

Mecosta—Bromley  &  Wendling,  gen­
eral  store  dealers,  have  dissolved,  J. 
Wendling &  Co.  succeeding.

Fraser—L.  Schneider 

is  succeed  by 
Chas.  A.  Prieks  in  the  hardware and  ag­
ricultural  implement  business.

Bloomingdale—David Smith and Lewis 
H.  Fancher  have  formed  a  copartner­
ship and opened a hardware store.

Iron wood—Erickson  & Emmons,  hard­
ware  dealers,  have  dissolved,  Carl  E. 
Erickson continuing the business.

Benton  Harbor—Willard & Co. are suc­
ceeded  by  H.  E.  Eyman  in  the  hat,  cap, 
and men’s furnishing goods business.

Bay  City—H.  J.  Goldsmith  has  re­
moved his  clothing  and  boot  and  shoe 
stock from  West Bay City to this place.

Dodge—The  sawmill  of  the  Lansing 
Lumber Co.  will ruu day  and  night  as 
soon as a duplicate crew can  be  secured.
Overisel—Korteriug &  Poelakker  suc­
ceed  Kortering & Nykerk in the boot and 
shoe  and  undertaking  and  furniture 
business.

Otsego—Howes Bros.,  late of Kendall, 
have opened  a grocery  store here.  This 
makes nine places in  town  where grocer­
ies are sold.

Go wan—Valdemar  Thomsen  has  pur­
chased all  the stock  in  the Danish Union 
Store,  and  will  continue  the business in 
his own  name.

Hesperia—A.  C.  Eldridge  has sold  his 
general stock to C.  M.  Perkins,  who  for-

I merly  conducted  the  same  business  at 
| the same  location.

Orion—C.  A.  Fuller has sold the hard- 
I ware stock conducted  under the style of 
' the Orion Hardware Co.  to  Jas.  R. Stead,
I who will continue the business under, his 
|  own name.

Saginaw—Tne  Michigan  Dry  Goods 
| Co.,  exclusively  wholesale,  opened 
its 
doors  for  business  last  Monday.  The 
| business  is under  the personal  manage- 
| ment of  Jas.  R.  Livingston  and  George 
I Lewis.

Saginaw—S.  W. Tyler  &  Son have  re­
ceived  a  consignment  of  Georgia  pine, 
consisting  of  ceiling  and  flooring,  and 
some  rough  boards.  This is an  entirely 
new feature in  lumber 
in  the  Saginaw 
valley.

Alpena—Alpena lumbermen are in the 
swim.  They have sufficient logs in sight 
to keep  the  mills  busy  throughout  the 
coming  season,  and  the  old stocks  on 
hand  have  been  about  all  cleaned  up. 
By  the  opening of  navigation there will 
be no  dry stock to  be had,  and the same 
conditions  exist  at  all  Huron 
shore 
points.  All  are  looking to  one  of  the 
best seasons yet experienced.

Saginaw—The Tittabawasse Boom  Co. 
will handle the output this season, which 
President Dorr  estimates  at  125,000,000 
feet,  and  will then go out of business, and 
dispose of its apparatus to private parties, 
as it is calculated that there will  not  be 
logs enough after this season to  warrant 
a continuance of business,  and the  char­
ter of the company  will expire in Febru­
ary,  1894.

Bay  City—The prospects  for an early 
opening of  navigation are  not  very  en­
couraging.  Saginaw  Bay is  reported  to 
be solidly frozen  over yet,  and  the ice is 
of  such thickness  that it  will  require  a 
good deal of  warm  weather  to  break  it 
up and  get  it  out  of  the way.  On  the 
whole this  will be better for  the lumber 
trade.  A  short  and  active  season  for 
lumber carriers is more satisfactory than 
a  long and dull one.

MANUFACTURING  MATTEKS.

Hunt  Spur—The  Michigan  Cedar  Co. 
succeeds Whitney, Tuttle & Smith  in the 
sawmill business.

Beaverton  — Howard  Seely  succeeds 
Seely & Hood  in  the hoop and stave man­
ufacturing business.

Standish—Austin & Co.’s band sawmill 
will start as soon  as the ice melts in 
the 
pond.  The shingle mill  is operated with 
a full force.

Bay City—The work on the mill of  the 
South  End  Lumber  Co.  is  progressing 
favorably.  The mill  building is finished 
and the machinery is  being placed in  po­
sition.

Greenville — The  American  Potato 
Flour  Association,  limited,  will  erect a 
building  here  for  the  manufacture  of 
flour from cull potatoes, provided a bonus 
of  $10,000 is  forthcoming.  The  option 
expires April 20.

Kalamazoo—The Fuller Bros. Manufac- 
uring Co.  has sold its  washboard  factory 
to the  American  Washboard  Co.,  which 
is absorbing all  the  washboard  factories 
in the  country  and  promises  soon  to be 
in absolute control of the market.

Muskegon—The  Miner  &  McMillan 
shingle  mill  was the first one on  Muske- 
! gou  Lake  to begin  operations  this  sea­
son.  There  are about  4,500,000 feet  of 
logs In the mill  booms.  Last  season the 
mill cut  10,000,000 shingles,  and it is ex­

pected the  record  this  year will  exceed 
that by 2,000,000.

Manistee—There is some  talk  of  get­
ting a large  car  building  works  here. 
Some of our local capitalists have offered 
1,000 acres of land and a bonus of  $100,- 
000 to locate here,  and they are favorably 
considering the matter.  Any  industries 
looking for a new  location cannot  afford 
to overlook Manistee.

it 

Saginaw—It is the common  impression 
here  that  every  man  who  has  smelled 
sawdust  is  a  millionaire.  As  a matter 
of  fact, the Saginaw Valley has its usual 
proportion  of 
lumbermen  who  come 
under 
the  classification  of  plethoric
purse barons, but there are  just as many 
who have  been  operating  in  clear  and 
culls forty years,  whose  possessions  are 
as modest as a  well-behaved school  girl. 
When the  New  Tribune was turning  up 
millionaires by the  bushel a  year ago,  it 
fished  out  eleven  in  Saginaw.  Two  of 
the best informed  lumbermen  in  the city 
took  up  the list,  went  over it  critically, 
and  made 
look  everlastingly  sick. 
They  pledged  their sacred  honor as good 
judges of wealth when  they came in con­
tact with it,  that on the most liberal esti­
mate  there  were  not  more  than  four 
millionaires  here,  and  if  scaled  down 
close,  two of  those would  not  tip  the 
beam at over three-quarters of a million. 
There are several  who range  from $200,- 
000  up  to  $500,000,  but  your  regular 
able-bodied,  life-sized  millionaire  is  a 
scarce commodity.  The  men  who  have 
made  the  greatest  fortunes  have  no 
made  them in  cutting  boards  in  saw 
mills,  but  in  the  appreciation  of  pine 
lands. 
is  the  men  who  purchased 
timber at from  50 cents to $3  stumpage, 
and having  faith in  the  future, closed it 
out  at  $5 to  $8,  who  have  the  stuffed 
bank accounts.  Most of  these men,  too, 
began life  at the  bottom  of  the  ladder. 
If there is a lumberman  in  Saginaw  who 
began  life with  a good-sized  capital,  he 
is an  undiscovered quantity.  The  Rusts 
came to Saginaw  with  very little money. 
William Callam  worked  in a  sawmill at 
$3  a day  thirty  years  ago.  W.  R.  Burt 
worked at $15 a month in  a lumber camp 
on the Pine  River;  David  Ward, of  De­
troit,  who is  the  wealthiest  lumberman 
in  the  State,  was not  very  well off forty 
years  ago  when  he  lumbered  on  Pine 
River  and  lived  in  Saginaw.  Thomas 
Merrill,  W.  C.  McClure,  T.  E.  Dorr,  the 
Eddys,  Isaac  Bearinger  and others,  who 
are classed as  well-to-do,  were poor men 
thirty years ago.

It 

since  March, 

The Cosmo Buttermilk  Soap Company 
has filed a bill in chancery  in  the Circuit 
Court of Cook  County, case  No.  113,682, 
against the  Buttermilk  Toilet Company 
of Chicago, claiming, among other things, 
$20,000  damages  for  selling  imitation 
“Buttermilk  Soap’’ as  and for  the orig­
inal  and  genuine  “Buttermilk  Soap” 
of  the  Cosmo  Company,  which  latter 
company alleges  in its  bill of  complaint 
that it first  used  the  word  “buttermilk’’ 
on soap,  and  that it has  sold more  than 
1,000,000  cakes 
1891. 
Messrs.  Moses,  Pan & Kennedy and John 
G.  Elliott,  Esq.,  are  solicitors  for  the 
complainant,  and an injunction  will soon 
be applied for.  This  case is of  especial 
interest  to the  trade  owing  to  the  fact 
that during the  last two  years  “ Butter­
milk Soap”  has become a  very profitable 
staple.  When  it appeared on  the market 
here, the retail stores immediately recog­
nized 
in  it  a  great  seller,  and  nearly 
every store in town carried  a large stock. 
So  great  was the  demand  that  in  their 
eagerness  to  get  the  greatest  benefits 
many stores made  it a  leader  on certain 
days,  and  by  cutting  the  price  to  10

cents,  they  sold  enormous  quantities. 
This  great  distribution  was  the  best 
advertisement  that  could  have  been 
given It,  for it  made  Buttermilk  Soap a 
staple  article,  and  the  annual  sales in 
in  Chicago  alone  now  reach  2,000,000 
cakes.  Jobbers and retailers throughout 
the country  recognized its  merits,  and it 
is  now sold in  almost  every  city  in  the 
United States.  The secret of  its success 
appears to be a delighful combination of 
odors that  improve  with  age.  The but­
termilk  feature  recommends it  to ladies. 
The success of  this soap  has subjected it 
to  the  same  piratical 
intrusion  that 
nearly always  follows  the  introduction 
of a good thing,  hence this suit.

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

F o b  sa le—clean  grocery  stock  on

one of the best business streets of the  city. 
Stock and fixtures will be sold at inventory  val­
ue,  with  profitable  cash  trade  and  good  will 
thrown in.  For full information apply to  E. A.

691

697

■ BOUT  #3,100  CASH  WILL  BUY  ONE  OF 

the  best  money  making  businesses  in  the 
city  of  Grand  Rapids.  Centrally  located  on 
Monroe  street.  Trade  established  twenty-two 
years.  Reason of selling  poor health.  Address 
H.  B. Huston, agent, s99  South  Division  street, 
Grand Rapids, Mich._________________689

F or  ex c h a n g e- i  w ish  to  ex ch a n g e

hotel and  furniture for  stock  of  merchan­
dise.  Hotel doing the best business in Northern 
Michigan.  Electric lights,  steam heat; in  fact, 
all modern  improvements.  Or  will  sell  furni­
ture  and  lease  the  properly.  Address,  Hotel 
McKinnon, Cadillac, Mich.____________698

and  well  selected, excellently  located  for 
business on main thoroughfare in this city.  Ad­
dress No  0i)7, care Michigan Tradesman. 

real estate—#2,500 stock of dry goods, ladies’ 
and  gent's  furnishing  goods.  Address quick,
C.  Chrystle, 518 Allegan st., Lansing, Mich.  696
cash;  also store  building and  lot. Including 
two dwelling  houses, on time.  Address No. 691, 
care Michigan  Tradesman. 

F or sa le—smalu  d rug  stock,  c le a n
For  sa le  or  ex c h a n g e  fo r  good
F or  s a l e - stock  o f  g r o c e r ies  fo r
FOR  SALE-CLEAN  GROCERY  STOCK  and 
FORSALE — GENERAL  8TOCK  OF  MER- 

fixtures.  Will sell together or separately, as 
desired.  Cheap for  cash  Chas. E. williams, 69 
Carrier street. Grand Rapids.__________693__
chandise,  doing  a  nice  business.  Reason 
for selling, health  failed.  Address  New  Home 
Machine  office,  541 N. Division  street,  Grand
Rapids, Mich. 

__________________ 688

F o r sa le  or  i r a d e  f o r  c lea n  stock

E l e g a n t  o f f e r - it ’s  no  tr o u b le  to

groceries—Handle factory.  Plenty of cheap 
timber.  «Good shipping facilities.  Good chance 
right  parties.  Address  No.  683,  care  Michigan
Tradesman._________________ _______ 683
m o   EXCHANGE—FOR  STOCK  OF  CLOTH 
-L  ing or boots and shoes, two good hard  timber 
farms of eighty  acres  each.  Thirty-five  and 
seventy acres  improved.  Title  clear.  Address 
Thos. Skelton, Big R a p id s ._____ _______ 680
find drug  stocks for sale, but you  generally 
“find a nigger in the  fence."  I have an elegant 
drug business for sale; stock about $4,000; bright, 
clean  and  oldest  established  trade.  Prominent 
location;  brick building;  stone walk; rent mod­
erate;  city  30,000;  reasons  for  selling  made 
known.  Suit  yourself  about  terms.  Address 
quick, John  K.  Meyers,  Muskegon,  Mich.  670
stock, located on a main thoroughfare.  One 
of  the oldest grocery establishments in the  city, 
which has yielded good returns every year.  For 
full  particulars as  to  stock, terms and  location, 
call on or address Amos S. Musselman, President
Musselman Grocer Co.______________  659
OR SALE CHEAP—ONE STORE BUILDING 
20x34 with  residence  in  connection.  Best 
location in town for a saloon and billiard hall or 
general  store.  Those  meaning  business  must 
inquire  at once.  Good  reason for  selling.  Ad- 
dress No, 701, care Michigan Tradesman 
70'  1

F or  sa le- w e l l - se l e c t e d   g r ocery

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

TXT ANTED —  SITUATION  BY  A  REGIS- 
V"  tered  pharmacist of  twenty  years’  exper­
ience.  Good references.  Address, stating wages,
A  D. Carpenter, Clarksville, Mich.______684
TXTANTED—POSITION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER 
TV  by  steady  young  man, with  family.  Un­
exceptional  references  furnished  and  satisfac­
tion guaranteed.  Address C. E. Weaver, Adrian, 
Mich. 

690

MISCELLANEOUS.

Enquire at Michigan Tradesman office. 

F OR  RENT—STORE  WHERE  t h e r e   is  a 

good  opening  for  a  druggist.  Rent  low. 
686 
OME  VALUABLE  FARMS AND FINE LAN- 
sing city property to exchange for merchan­
dise.  Address 222 Washington ave., N., Lansing, 
, Mich. 

FOR  SALE-SMALL STOCK BAZAR GOODS;

excellent location; cheap rent; goods fresh 
and cheap.  E. F. Caldwell & Son, Lake  Odessa.

687

698

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

Potato  Planters—This  tool,  although 
quite  new, met  with  a very  large  sale 
last year,  and the  prospects  are  it  will 
be  more generally  used  this  year than 
ever.  We  quote 
the  Traverse  City 
planter at $12 per dozen.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The  market  advanced 

l-16c 
last  week,  and  another  l-16c  advance 
was recorded  Monday.  The strong  posi­
tion  of  the  raw  market  indicates  still 
higher  prices  for the near  future.

Kerosene—The  Standard  Oil  Co.  has 
advanced  the price of Water White Mich, 
igan Oil  %c,  making the present price on 
this grade  6%c.

Soaps—Prices of staple brands continue 
to decline in  consequence  of  the recent 
decline in  both  animal and vegetable fats 
used in  the manufacture of soap.

Provisions—The  downward  tendency 
continues,  pork  having declined  another 
$1, hams Kc, and kettle rendered lard >^c.
Bananas—The season  is opening as  the 
weather  moderates,  the  markets  being 
fairly  well stocked.

Lemons—No particular  change from  a 

week ago.

Oranges—California  packers  are talk­
ing higher  prices,  but  the local  markets 
are  the  same  as  a week  ago.  Floridas 
are getting scarce and very ripe,  the crop 
being practically marketed.

Peanuts—Yery strong.  Prices  in Vir­
ginia  are unchanged,  but  the local mar­
kets  are  gradually  advancing  to  keep 
pace  with  the  recent  advances in  Vir­
ginia.

From Out of Town.

Calls  have  been  received  at  T h e 
T radesm an office during the  past  week 
from  the  following  gentlemen  in  trade:

F.  A.  Burlington,  Wayland.
Jas.  E.  Balkema,  North Muskegon. 
Philip Baas, Alpine.
G.  Hirschberg, Bailey.
Wm.  Rademacher,  Wright.
W.  H.  Harrison,  Harrisburg. 
Chittenden  Lumber Co., Cadillac.
J.  Cohen,  White Cloud.
A.  C.  Brink,  Bailey.
E.  A.  Bowen,  Kent City.
Gaylor  Helmer.  McMillan.
Thos.  H.  Atkins,  West Carlyle.

—  OB —

Unlike the Dutch Process 

No  Alkalies
Other  Chemicals
hW. Baker & Co’s
Breakfast  Cocoa,

I l H   are  used  in   the 
B M   preparation  o f

which is  absolutely pu re 

and soluble.

A d escrip tio n   of  th e   ch o co la te 
p la n t,  and  of  th e  v ariou s  cocoa 
and ch o co la te p rep aration s m an­
u factu red  by W alter B aker & Co. 
w ill be s e n t f r e e t o a n y  d ea ler on  
a p p lication .

W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester. Mass.

T.  H. NEVIN  CO.’S

Swiss  Villa  Mixed Paiats

Have been used for over ten years.
Have in all cases given satisfaction.
Are unequalled  for  durability, elasticity 

and beauty of finish.

We carry a full stock of  this well known 

brand mixed paints.

Send for sample card and prices.

Hazeltine & Perkins Dm  Co.,

STATE  AGENTS 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

FOURTH NATIONAL BUI

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

J.  F.  Richards has  opened  a  grocery 
store at  Cedar  Creek.  The  Musselinan 
Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

Joseph Giowczynski has closed out his 
general  stock at  481  East  Bridge  street 
and will retire from  business.

Fred  Blakeley has  opened  a  grocery 
store at Eastport.  The  Olney  & Judson 
Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

Gaylord Helmer,  general dealer  at  Me 
Millan,  has added lines of drugs and hard­
ware.  The  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug 
Co.  furnished  the  former  and  Foster, 
Stevens & Co.  supplied the latter.

B.  E.  Heald  has  taken  possession  of 
the meat  market at  the corner of  South 
Division and  Eleventh  streets, formerly 
conducted by Eble &  Hext,  and  more re­
cently by men named Daniels and Cooper.
F.  J.  Lamb,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
produce and  commission  business  here, 
is  now  conducting  a  bakery  at  Hyde 
Park,  and is  a  partner  in a  commission 
business on South Water Street, Chicago.
Baldwin, Tuttle &  Bolton  will shortly 
begin  the erection of an addition to their 
present  sawmill  machinery  factory  on 
Sixth  street,  30x40  feet  in  dimensions 
and two stories high. 
It  wil be used en­
tirely  for manufacturing purposes.

It is  reported  that W.  H.  Tibbs  will 
remove his  drug  stock  from  the corner 
of Monroe and Spring streets to the store 
in the  Kendall block  lately  vacated by 
Morehead  &  Nelson.  H.  E.  Grand- 
Girard  will remove  his stock  from Ells­
worth avenue to Mr.  Tibbs’ present loca­
tion.

The Hardware Market.

The  spring  trade  is  opening  up  in 
splendid shape.  Business  in  March,  ac­
cording  to  all  reports,  is  far  ahead  of 
last  year,  and  then  it  was  considered 
good.  The demand for seasonable goods 
is  very 
trouble in getting orders filled.

large,  but,  as  usual,  there 

Wire Nails—Firm  and advancing.  At 
a meeting  held last  week  by  the manu­
facturers,  prices  were  advanced  to $1.60 
at  the  mill.  Jobbers  are  now  quoting 
from  stock  $1.85@1.80.  Frospects  for 
still further advances are evident.

Barbed  and Plain  Wire—Owing to ad 
vances 
in  raw  materials,  all  kinds  of 
wire have been put up  by  the mills from 
10c@15c  per  100  pounds.  Two dollars 
and forty cents for  painted  and $2.70  for 
galvanized arenowquoted in this market
Rope—No change in  price,  but firm  at 

last week’s quotations.

Glass—No  further  action  has  been 
taken  by the mills to  change the present 
discount.

Tackle Blocks—The  market is  quite a 
little demoralized.  While  60  per  cent, 
discount is regular,  better  figures can  be 
obtained for good-sized  orders.

Bar Iron—Very  firm. $1.80@1.90  being 

now  asked.

Agricultural  Tools—The  scarcity 

is 
still on.  Why  manufacturers  do not an­
ticipate  this  demand  and  carry  larger 
stocks is  hard  to  tell,  but  they  all say 
the demand  has  been greater  than ever, 
and it has  been  impossible  for  them to 
keep  up with the demand.

Corn Planters—Are  now  being  called 
for.  The Monitor and Triumph seem  to 
be  the  favorite  makes  called  for.  We 
quote Monitor $9 per doz.,  and Triumph, 
$7.50 per doz.

INDUCEMENT

B E T A I I j 

TO  THE

ID K T T a-a-IS 'T S  
AND

S t o k e s .

Do  You  Sell

DIAMOND  TEH?

We want one live dealer in every 
city and  town to handle  and  push 
the sale of Diamond Tea, the great 
remedy  for  Constipation,  Sick 
Headache and Liver and Kidneys 
and we offer  the following induce­
ment:
To  every  dealer  who  will  send 
us  an  order  for  3  doz.  25c  size 
packages of  Diamond  Tea at $1.90 
per  doz.,  which  amounts  to  only 
$5.70,  we  will  send free of  charge 
an  additional  1  doz.  packages,  be­
sides sufficient sample  packages to 
sample  your  whole 
town.  By 
stamping your name on each pack­
age you will thus receive full  ben­
efit of the advertising.
It will  pay hustlers  to  take  ad­
vantage of  this  offer,  before  their 
competitors get ahead ef them.

DIAMOND  TEA  CO.,

DETROIT,  MICH.

Diamond  Tea is sold  by all whole­

sale druggists.

To  My  B B ii-fiU r

Oh!  bright cigar;

I love thy wreaths of smoke so dimly curling,
I love thy murky cloud above me whirling; 
Amid the smoke thy brilliant tip is shining,
And bids me cast all care and sad repining 

While, like a star,

From me afar.
Companion dear I

When weary of this world, its empty  pleasure, 
Its ceaseless toil, its cares without a measure,
Then fancy paints upon thy bright cloud waving 
The far off friends and scenes  my heart is crav- 
[ing,

Its doubt and fear;

And brings them near. 
And when in sorrow

Yet still I borrow

My heart is bowed and all is cold around it,
And dreary thoughts and weary cares surround it, 
From thee a solace, while dear hope reviving, 
Brings to my view, the mist before it driving,
—[The  Smoker.
All  First-Class  Dealers  Sell  Ren H ur 

A bright  to-morrow 1

Cigars.

MADE  ON  HONOR. 

SOLD  ON  MERIT.

M AN U FA CTU RER S,

D E T R O I T .

Important to Commercial  Trav­

elers and Merchants.

The American Casualty Insurance and  Securi­
ty  Co.,  of  Baltimore  City, Maryland,  sells  the 
most liberal accident policy issued In the United 
States, furnishing more absolute protection than 
any  other.  Its  policy  is a short, plain  business 
contract, free from nil objectionable clauses and 
conditions.  In  1892 it paid losses to policy hold­
ers and  their  beneficiaries  amounting to $1,103,- 
964, and had $2,607,675 in assets Jan. 1,1893.  The 
premium to merchants not handling  goods and 
commercial  travelers  is  $4  for  each  $l,tiOO  in 
surance  with $5 per week  Indemnity daring dls 
ability, not  exceeding  52  weeks, and  pays  one 
half instead of one-third for loss of one hand or 
one  foot,  as  paid  by  most  other  companies 
Telephone  No.  1,003,  for  best  policy  Issued, or 
address  W.  R.  FREEMAN,  Agent, 373  Crescen 
avenue,IGrand Rapids,[Mich.

The Board of  Directors of  the  Michi­
gan  Knights of  the  Grip  have  voted to 
pay the  death  claim  of  the  late  W.  H. 
Burleson,  although  the  application  of 
the  deceased  for  membership  had  not 
been passed  upon  at  the  time  of death, 
and  the deceased  was  not  a  traveling 
man,  strictly  speaking,  as  he sold goods 
from trunks which  he carried  along  with 
him,  and not by  sample,  which  is con­
strued  by  the courts  as  the  distinction 
between a traveling  man  and a  peddler. 
Their action  is certainly  very generous, 
but the  Directors  should be  just before 
they are  generous,  and pay  some of the 
death claims,  concerning which  there is 
no  question,  which  have  hung  fire  for 
many  weeks.  Members  to  the  number 
of  208 were  accepted at  the  meeting of 
Directors,  making the  present  member­
ship 1.817.

M. W. Hicks,  proprietor of the Spring- 
dale  cheese  factory,  near  Hopkins  Sta­
tion,  was in town one day last week.  He 
takes considerable stock in the prediction 
of Macpherson. the Canadian cheese king, 
that cheese will  be  better  property  than 
butter during the season of 1893.

Advertise in The American  Cheesemaker

D. A. Blodgett, President.

G e o.  W.  Gat, Vice-President.

Wm. H. Anderson,  Cashier. 
J ho  A. Seymour, Ass’t Cashier,

C a p i t a l ,   $ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 .

DIRECTORS.

S. M. Lemon.
D.  A. Blodgett.  Geo. W.'Gay. 
A. J.  Bowne.  G. K. Johnson 
C  Bertsch. 
Wm. H. Anderson.  Wm. Sears.  A. D. Rathbone

THE  BEST  SWEEPER  MADE

For the Money.

Strictly first  class in all  its  details, with 
all  latest  improvements. 
If  given as a 
premium with $35.00 of Purchases, it will 
sweep trade your way.
$18.00  per  dozen,  30  days  net,  3  per 
cent 10 days.  500 cards and a punch free.
NATIONAL  BOOK  &  PICTURE  CO., 

C H IC A G O .

TECE  MICfflGAN  TKADE8MAN
Dry Goods Price Current.

DEMINS.

6

The Growth of Chicago.

What  will  be  the  size  and  status  of 
Chicago  in a century?  Well,  let  us sup­
pose wejbave no war, pestilence or earth­
quake,  and  that  the  Mississippi  Valley 
has  counted  100 more  harvests,  has gar­
nered  fifty billion  bushels of  wheat, one 
hundred and fifty billion bushels of corn, 
and so on,  and  this  quantity of  fuel  has 
been turned into human energy, and men 
have all worked  like  slaves,  as they now 
work,  with  almost  magical  power  of 
product by use of machinery, and Chicago 
is in the  center of  it,  the  largest  city of 
the  valley — is 
it  not  a  stupendous 
thought?

It will depopulate  London,  and as'men 
have  always  migrated  when  necessary, 
either by  war or friendly reception,  such 
a history might find Chicago with 10,000,- 
000 people, extending  from  Wisconsin  to 
Indiana.  Six  hundred  thousand  people 
came here  to  stay between  Jan.  1,  1889, 
and  Jan.  1,  1892. 
If  you  knew  every 
one three years  ago,  there  are to-day six 
that  you do  not  recognize  to eight  that 
you  do.  With  blocks  of  sixteen  story 
buildings  rising  in every direction,  with 
72,000 persons  riding in the  elevators  of 
one  structure in one  day,  what  shall the 
prophet do but  spread the pinions of  his 
imagination and soar to empyreal heights?
This  I think  I  know of  Chicago—that 
it is the  cheapest  place to live  in,  if one 
will  work.  But  perhaps  the reason  for 
the  inexpensiveness  of  life  here  is  the 
low state of municipal  cleanliness.  Puri­
ty  is  never  a  bargain.  Filthy  streets, 
black  buildings,  unswept  gutters  and 
walks,  careless  raiment—these  matters 
unquestionably make  life  easier, just as 
a soiled child in  an alley has a much  hap­
pier  life  than  little  Lord  Fauntleroy— 
and lives  longer.  With a level  site and 
Lake  Michigan  to  drink  from,  with  all 
railroad trains and all  lake craft due here 
at  any  time  within  a  week  always,  1 
should  think  Chicago  would  support 
3,000,000  souls at least within  100 years.
Yet if the wage system shall  remain to 
be  the  only one  that  human  nature will 
tolerate,  it  appears  probable  that  the 
town  will  be a Birmingham  and  not  a 
Florence.  The black  pall of  smoke that 
lowers  upon  Chicago  annually  after  the 
sun  crosses  Madison  street going  south 
must increase,  for each new tall  building 
of  which we hear  empties its  additional 
tons upon tons into the skies.

We  ought to like  the  age of  progress, 
and we do.  Nearly everybody in Ameri­
ca has  sat in a velvet  chair,  if  only in a 
railroad car.  There  are  getting to be so 
many  fine  things  the kings  cannot  use 
them all.  A Chicagoan of modest means 
was  awakened  the  other  night  at  11 
o’clock by a telegraph boy, who delivered 
an  electric  message  for  the  hired  girl 
from  another  hired  girl  concerning  an 
engagement  to meet  the  next Thursday 
out.  He  was  forced  to  awaken  the girl 
and  convey  the  tidings  orally,  as  she 
could not herself read the plainest print. 
This  episode  bespeaks  the democracy of 
the times far louder than a congressman’s 
oration. 

J ohn McGo vern.

Coffee is adulterated  with  chicory; and 
chicory with carrots, turnips and mangel- 
wurtzel.  The  deception  will  be  com­
plete when something  is found  to  adul­
terate the  mangelwurzel with.

The  angels  have  no  orders  to  open 
any  windows in heaven for the man  who 
never prays except when he has  to.

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Adriatic
Argyle  ...................  6
Atlanta AA............   6
Atlantic A..............  6%
H..............6*
“ 
P .............  5H
“ 
D........  ...  6
“ 
“  LL..............   5
Amory....................   6%
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A..  5V.
Blackstone O, 33__5
Black Crow............ 6
Black Rock  ...........6 H
Boot, AL................  7
Capital  A................5M
Cavanat V..............5H
Chapman cheese cl.  3%
Clifton  C R ............   5J4
Comet.....................   6*,
Dwight Star_____   6%
Clifton CCC...........  0*

“  Arrow Brand 514 
•*  World Wide.  6
“  LL...............   4*
Full Yard Wide...... 6*4
Georgia  A..............  6%
Honest Width......... 6*4
Hartford A  ............ 5
Indian Head...........  7
King A  A................6*
King E C.................5
Lawrence  L L ........  4*4
Madras cheese cloth 644
Newmarket  G........  6%
B  ........5
N.........  6*
DD....  5J4
X ........654
Noibe R..................  5
Our Level  Best...... 6*4
Oxford  R ...............   6
Pequot....................7
Solar.......................  6
Top of the  Heap__7
Geo. Washington...  8
A B C ......................854
Glen Mills.............   7
Amazon...................8
Amsburg........  ......7
Gold Medal............ 7*4
Art  Cambric.......... 10
Green  Ticket........... 854
Great Falls.............   654
Blackstone  A A....754
Beats All................ 4*4
Hope......................... 754
Just  Out........  454® 5
Boston....................12
King  Phillip...........754
Cabot......................   754
OP.....  7*4
Cabot,  * .................654
Charter  Oak...........5*4
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Conway W..............754
Lonsdale...........  @ 8*4
Middlesex........   @5
Cleveland..............   7
Dwight Anchor...... 8*4
No Name................   7*4
shorts.  8
Oak View......  ...... 6
Our Own................   5*4
Edwards................. 6
Empire....................7
Pride of the West.. .12
Rosalind.................   7*4
Farweil...................  7*4
Fruit of the Loom.  9
Sunlight..................  4*4
Fltchvllle  .............7
Utica  Mills.............. 8*4
First Prize..............7
Nonpareil  ..10
Fruit of the Loom X.  7*4
Vlnyard....................8*4
White Horse...........6
Falrmount..............4*4
Full Value..............6*
Rock............ 8*4
Cabot......................   7*4[ Dwight Anchor...... 8*4
Farweil...................8  I

HALE  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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CANTON  FLANNEL.

Bleached.

Housewife  Q........... 654
R........... 7
S  ..........754
T ........... 8*4
U............954
V ...........10
W......   .1054
X..........11*4
Y..........12*4
Z  ..........13*4

Unbleached

Housewife  A........... 554
B ...........5*4
C........... 6
D...........6*4
E  ......... 7
F ........... 75*
G  ..........7*4
H ...........754
I 
....8*4 
J 
....  8*4
. ..   9*4 
K 
L.
...10 
M 
....10*4 
N.
...11 
....21 
O 
P.
....14*4
CARPET  WARP.

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

...............18*4| 
DRESS  ROODS.
............... 8
‘ 
..  9 
.10*4
‘ 
G G  Cashmere........ 20
Nameless  ...............16
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.18
CORSETS.

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PRINTS.

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CORSET  JEANS.

Wonderful............64 50
Corallne..................... 69 50
Brighton......................4 75
Schilling’s ...................9 00
Bortree’s ...................  9 00
Davis  Waists  —   9 00 
Abdominal...........15 00
Grand  Rapids......  4 50
Armory..................   6441Naumke&g satteen..  7*4
Androscoggin.........  754 Rockport.................. 6*4
Blddeford...............  6  Conestoga.................7*4
-.  8*41 Walworth..............   654
Brunswick....... 
Berwick fancies....  5*4
Allen turkey  reds..  6*4
Clyde Robes...........
robes............6*4
Charter Oak fancies  4*4 
pink a purple 6*4
DelMarine cashm’s.  6 
buffs 
..........  6*4
mourn’g  6 
pink  checks.  6*4
Eddy stone  fancy...  6*4 
staples  ........   6*4
chocolat  6*4 
shirtings ...  5
rober....  6*4 
American  fancy—   554 
sateens.
American Indigo...  654 
6*4
American shirtings.  5 
Hamilton fane;
6*4 
stap] 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
6
Manchester fancy..  6 
fa
Anchor Shirtings...  5 
new era.  6 
Arnold 
....  6*4
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
...  6 
Arnold  Merino 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  454 
long cloth B. 10*4
“ 
“ 
.. 
c .  8i4
Repp furn .  8*4
century cloth 7
“ 
Pacific fancy..........6
“  gold seal......10*4
robes..............6*4
“  green seal TR 10*4 
Portsmouth robes...  6*4 
Simpson mourning.. 6*4
“  yellow seal.. 10*4
greys........6*4
“  serge............ 1154
solid black.  6*4 
•*  Turkey red.. 10*4 
Washington Indigo.  6*4 
“  Turkey robes..  7*4 
“ 
“  India robe«....  T* 
“  plain T’ky X ¥   8*4 
“  X...10
“ 
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................   6*4
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 54........ 7*4
Martha Washington
Turkey red..........   9*4
Rlverpolntrobes....  5*4
Windsor fancy........6*4
Indigo  Dlue......... 10*4

Ballou solid black..
“  colors.
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and  orange...  6
Berlin solids...........5*4
"  oil blue........654
“  “  green ...  6*4
“  Foulards  ...  5*4 
red 54 
“ 
7 
.
“  “  X ......... 954
“  44......... 10
“ 
“ S-4XXXX 12
“ 
Cocheco fancy........6
madders...  6 
XXtwills..  6*4
solids........554 Harmony.

gold  ticket 

“ 
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“ 
" 

“ 

.. 

“ 

“ 

- 

TICKINGS.

“ 
“  

Amoskeag A C A.... 13
Hamilton N ............   7*4
D............ 8*4
A w n in g .. 11
F a n n e r ............................8
First Prise............. 10*4
Lenox M ills...........18
Atlanta,  D..............  65i! Stark  A 
Boot........................65*4  No  Name.............. 
I Clifton, K................7 

AC A....................13
Pemberton AAA__16
Y ork ........................... 10*4
Sw ift R iv e r..............  7*4
Pearl  R iv er..............12*4
Warren................... 18*4
Conostoga..............16
.............8
|Top of Heap............ 9

COTTON  DRILL.

.  7*4

“ 

Amoskeag. ..............12*4
9oz.......13*4
brown .13
Andover..................11)4
Beaver Creek  AA... 10 
BB...  9
CC.... 
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 

“ 
M 
blue  8*4 
“ 
“  d a  twist 10*4 
Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19

“ 

Amoskeag................ 7*4
“  Persian dress 8*4 
Canton ..  8*4
“ 
AFC........10*4
“ 
“ 
Teazle... 10*4 
Angola.. 10*4 
“ 
“ 
Persian..  8*4 
Arlington staple—   654 
Arasapha  fancy—   454 
Bates Warwick dres 8*4 
staples.  6*4
Centennial.............  10*4
Criterion..............  10*4
Cumberland  B ta p le .  5*4
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................4*4
Elfin.......................   7*4
Everett classics......8*4
Exposition............... 754
Glenarie.................  654
Glenarven................ 654
Glenwood.................7*4
Hampton...................6*4
Johnson Chalon cl 
*4 
Indigo blue 9*4
zephyrs.... 16

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“ 

Columbian brown.. 12
Everett, blue.......... 12*4
brown.......12*4
Haymaker blue...... 75t
brown...  75i
Jeffrey.....................11*4
Lancaster................12*4
Lawrence. 9 os........13*4
No. 220....13
No.250....11*4
No. 280.... 10*4

•• 
“ 
“ 
eiNeHAMs.
Lancaster,  staple...  7 
fancies....  7 
“ 
“  Normandie  8
Lancashire..............   6
Manchester............   554
Monogram..............  654
Normandie............. 7*4
Persian................... 8*4
Renfrew Dress........7*4
Rosemont............... 6*4
Slatersvllle.............. 6
Somerset...................7
Tacoma  ................. 7*4
Toil  duNord......... 10*4
Wabash.................. 7*4
seersucker..  7*4
Warwick...............   8*4
Whlttenden............ 654
heather dr.  8 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  654
Westbrook................8
..............10
Windermeer........... 5
York  ......................654

GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag...............16*41 Valley City...............15*4
Stark......................  18541 Georgia...................15*4
American............... 1554|Paclfic....................
Clark’s Mile End... .45  ¡Barbour's............... 88
Coats’, J. A P .........45  Marshall’s................88
Holyoke..................22*41

THREADS.

NO.

KNITTING  COTTON.

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

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

White.  Colored
42
43
44
45

White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ...37
“  16... ....38
39
“  18... ....39
40
“  20... ....40
41
CAMBRICS.
Edwards................  5
Lockwood................ 5
Wood’s..................   5
Brunswick...............5

RED  FLANNEL.

Slater......................  5
White Star............   5
Kid Glove...............  454
Newmarket............   5
Fireman..................32*4
Creedmore..............27*4
Talbot XXX............30
Nameless................27*4

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

MIXED  FLANNEL.

“ 

DOMET  FLANNEL.
8*4@10

Red A Blue,  plaid..40
Union R.................22*4
Windsor.................18*4
6 oz Western..........20
Union  B......
NamelesB...... 8  @ 9*41 

Grey SR W............17*4
Western W  ............ 1854
D R P ............. 
18*4
Flushing XXX....... 23*4
22*4|Manltoba................23*4
.......9  @10*4
12*4
Brown. Black.
10*4
11*4
12
20

10*4
11*4
12
20

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

West lPolnt, 8 oz.. ■. 10*4 
10 oz  ...1ÜW
r‘ 
Raven, lOoz.............18*4
 
13*4
Stark 
Boston, 10 oz........... 12*4

Slate. Brown. Black. Slate
954 10*4
9*4
10*4 11*4
10*4
11*4 12
11*4
12*4 20
12*4
Severen,80s ..........   9*4
Mayland, 8 oz......... 10*4
Greenwood, 7*4 os..  9*4 
Greenwood, 8 os — 11*4 
Boston, 8 oz.............10*4
White, dos..............25  ¡Per bale, 40 dos__ 83 50
Colored,  dos...........20  ¡Colored  “ 
..........7 50
Pawtucket...............10*4
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Dundle...................   9
Red Cross....  9
Bedford...................10*4
Best..............10*4
Valley  City.............10*4
Best AA...... 12*4
K K ......................... 10*4
L............................... 7*4
G...............................8*4
Cortlcelll, doz...........85 [CortlceUl knitting,

per *4os  ball........30

No  1 Bl’k A White..10 

twist,doz..40 
50yd,doz..40  I 
HOOKS AND EYES— PER GROSS.
“ 
“ 

|No  4 Bl’k A Whlte.,15
..20
..25
No 2—20, M C...........50 ¡No 4—15 F  8*4...........40

..12  “ 8 
..12 j  “  10 

SEWING  BILK.

WADDINGS.

SILB SIA S.

“ 
“ 

PINS.

2 
3 

“ 

8-18.SC.............46 I

4 
6 

No  2 White A Bl’k..12  ¡No  8 White A Bl’k..20
..28
“ 
“ 
..26
............28  [No 8.........................86

COTTON  TAPE.
..15  “  10 
..18 I  “  12 
s a f e t y   ra ts .

No 2.

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NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James.................1 40|Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s...............1  86 Gold  Eyed...............1 50
Marshall’s ..............1 00|
5—4. ...2 25  6—4. ..8 26|5—4....1  95  6—4.. .2 95

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.

“ ....2 10  “  ...8 10|

COTTON TWINES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown.................... 12
Domestic............... 18*4
Anchor...................16
Bristol....................13
Cherry  Valley........15
I X L ...  ................. 18*4
A la b a m a .........................654
Alamance................. 6*4
Augusta...................7*4
Ar- sapha...............   6
Georgia.....................6*4
Granite.................. 554
Haw  River.............  5
Haw  J...................8

Nashua.............  ...18
RlBlng Star 4-ply... .17 
8-ply....17
North Star..............20
Wool Standard 4 ply 17*4 
Powhattan............. 18

7‘ 

M ount  P leasant___6*4
O neida.......................   5
Prymont................  554
Ran del man.............  6
Riverside...............   5*4
Sibley  A.................  6*4
Toledo....................

PLAID  OSNABDRSB

A tlas  S oap

Is Manufactured 

only  by

HENRY  PASSOLT, 

Saginaw,  Mich.

For general’laundry and  family 

washing  purposes.

Only brand of first-class laundry 

soap manufactured in the 

Saginaw  Talley.

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

“ The 

K e

D ire c tly  .O p p o site  U n io n  D e p o t.

AMERICAN  PLAN
RATES, $2 PER DAT
STEAM  HEAT  AND  ELECTRIC  BELLS
FREE  BAGGAGE  TRANSFER  FROM  UNION
DEPOT.

BEACH  i  BOOTH,  Props.

We are state agents for the

People’s
Typewriter.

Retail price, $ 2 0  each.
Agents wanted in every town in the state.

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.

Booksellers  and  Stationers,

20  A  22  MONROE  ST., 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

E x c e l s i o r  
Bolts 
Wanted!

I  want  500  to  1,000  cords  of  Poplar 

Excelsior Bolts,  18 and 36 inches long.

I  also  want  Basswood  Bolts,  same 
lengths  as  above.  For  particulars  ad­
dress

J  W   F O X ,

Grand Rapid», Mich.

nUD  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Wrought Loose Pin......................................60*10
Wrought  Table.............................................60*10  Mavdole  & Co.
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  1892............... 

50

MEETING  OP  MINDS.

The Essential Point  In  Contracting.

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

All  negotiations,  propositions  and 
counter  propositions  are  futiie  in  the 
creating of a contract unless there occurs 
a meeting of the minds of the contracting 
parties by way of a clear,  definite  propo­
sition  on  the  one  side  and  a  positive, 
unequivical,  unqualified  acceptance  on 
the other side. 
If I make  you  an  offer, 
it is a mere  overture  and  binding  upon 
neither of us so long as it remains  unac­
cepted. 
I can  withdraw it  at  any  time, 
as there is no acceptance to fix it,  and no 
consideration to compel  its  continuance 
for future accceptance.

There is no prescribed formality in the 
manner of acceptance. 
If you  assent  to 
my  proposition,  it is immaterial by  what 
signs or indications,  whether  by  words, 
by writing,  by silence,  by shaking hands, 
by a nod  of  the  head,  or  by  whatever 
else such acceptance  is  evidenced.  The 
fact that our minds  met,  however,  will 
draw after it the legal consequences.

If an agreement be optional  as  to  one 
of the parties,  and  obligatory  as  to  the 
other,  it does  not destroy  its  mutuality, 
if there be a sufficient  consideration  on 
both  sides;  as  if  I  offered  to  sell  you 
goods at  a  certain  price  whenever  you 
call for them, and you accepted.  This is 
mutuality. 
I  promise  to  deliver  when 
called on,  and you  promise to pay for the 
goods so delivered—the one promise is 
consideration for the other.

The 

law  governing  time  offers, 

is 

Judicial  opinion 

what is sometimes spoken of as “refusal” 
contracts  was.  until  recently,  very much 
sufli 
unsettled. 
ciently formulated now,  however,  to  be 
safely relied  upon.  Suppose 1 offered  to 
sell  you  my stock  of groceries on a  basis 
of 90 per.  of invoice  price,  and  you 
cept my offer on the spot,  the  necessary 
meeting  of  minds  would  have  taken 
place.  But it  is not necessary  that  you 
accept  my  proposition  at  once.  You 
may require a little time to think  it over, 
and,  although it is my  privilege to  with­
draw my proposition any  time before  ac­
ceptance,  yet if I do not do so,  you  may 
accept within a  reasonable  time,  and  I 
cannot dodge my responsibility by claim­
ing that I have changed my mind.  What 
a reasonable time is  must  depend  upon 
the circumstances  of  the  case.  But  if, 
at the time of making  you  the  offer,  I 
give you  a certain time wherein to accept, 
and you  pay  me  for giving you this time, 
1 cannot  withdraw the offer; and,  if I  do, 
it will be a  breach  of  contract,  and  an 
action for damages  will lie in  your favor. 
If you do not pay  me for the certain time 
given you.  I may  withdraw my offer  any 
time before acceptance; but if you accept 
before the offer is  withdrawn and  before 
the time expires, I will be bound although 
I gave the time voluntarily  and  without 
consideration.  The ruling  of  the  court 
is,  that the offer is to  be  regarded  as  a 
continuing*offer during all the time given, 
unless it be  withdrawn.

Probably more contracts  are  made  by 
correspondence  through  the  mail  and 
over the wires  than  in  any  other  way. 
The  principles  of  law  governing  this 
mode of  contracting  are  the  same,  of 
course,  as in any other mode. 
If 1  write 
to you offering to sell  you  50  barrels  of 
apples at $2.50  per barrel,  it is held  to be 
a continuing offer  until  it  reaches  you, 
and for such  time  afterwards  as  would
give you a reasonable opportunity of  ac 
cepting  it.  1  may  withdraw  my  offer

any time before acceptance;  but,  in  law, 
it will not be a withdrawal until a notice 
of it reaches you.  This is the important 
point; there could  be no  meeting  of  our 
minds otherwise.

it. 

To make the matter plain,  we will sup­
pose that you  are a merchant  in  Atlanta 
and  I a merchant in Grand  Rapids;  that 
on March  15 I  write you  offering  to  sell 
you  a carload of potatoes at 60 cents  per 
bushel,  f.  o.  b.; the next day,  owing to  a 
chauge in the market,  I  write you  again, 
stating that I cannot  sell  you  the  pota­
toes  at that price.  Suppose that you  re­
ceive my first  letter  ou  the  18th,  three 
days after it was written,  and  two  days 
after my second letter,  or letter of .with­
drawal,  was mailed here; and  that 'after 
the receipt of my first and before the  re­
ceipt of my second,  you'put into the  At­
lanta postoffice a  written  acceptance  of 
my offer.  The question is.  Are the pota­
toes sold?  They are. 
It  is  a  complete 
bargain and sale and you are  the  buyer. 
The offer went with the letter,  and  was a 
to  your 
continuing  offer,  unrevoked, 
knowledge,  until  you  accepted 
I 
might  have  telegraphed  a  revocation 
which,  had  it arrived before your accept- 
tance,  would  have  destroyed  my  propo­
sition  and  prevented  your  acceptance; 
but, no such means  being resorted  to, the 
letter carried the offer  to  you,  and  you 
had  a  right  to  r presume ¿ its 
contin­
uance and your acceptance  was  the  as­
sent ‘.which  constituted  the  meeting 'of 
minds and transformed  the  negotiations 
into a  valid  contract.  % But  the  assent 
did not take place  by  virtue  of  writing 
and sealing the acceptance. 
If  you  had 
simply done  this,  and  left  it  lying  on 
your office desk  or  carried 
in  your 
pocket,  until after you had  received  my 
letter of revocation,  it would  have  been 
too  late.  The  act  of  legal  assent  was 
consummated when  you  dropped  your 
letter of acceptance  into  the  post-office, 
or the instant it passed beyond your  con­
trol.  Your mental assent  was  no  more 
positive  after  your 
letter  was  mailed 
than  before,  but there could  be  no  legal 
assent until  it passed  beyond  your  con­
trol. 

E.  A.  Ow en.

it 

HATCH CHICKENS  BY STEAM 
Excelsior Incubator.
Simple,  Perfect,  Self-Regu­
lating.  Thousands in «no- 
cessful operation. Guaran 
teed to natch a larger per* 
centage of  fertile  eggs at 
less  cost  than  any  other 
Hatcher.  Lowest  priced 
first-class  Hatcher  made. 
GEO. II. iTAHL* Quincy,ill,

When You Get Tired

Buying  rubbish, send for  our catalogue^  win 
dow  Screens,  Screen  Doors,  Etc.  Goods  well 
made from best materials.

Prices seldom higher.

A .  J .  P H IL L IP S   A   CO.,

Fenton,  Mich.
Hardware Price Current.

“ 
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• 

AXES.

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages
AUGURS AND BITS. 
dig.
6(1
........... 
Snell’s.............................................
............. 
40
Jennings', genuine.........................
25
............. 
Jennings’, Im itation......................
...........50*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze............
...........$  7 00
...........  12 00
D.  B. Bronze............
S.B.S. Steel............
.............  8  00
D. B. Steel...............
.............  13 50
dlS.
Railroad....................................................S 14 00
Garden  .  .............................................net  30 00
d ls.
Stove.............................................................. 50*10
C arriage new  lis t................................................. 75*10
P low .........................................................................40*10
Sleigh shoe................................................... 
70
Well,  plain  ..................................................IS  50
Well, swivel......................................................   4 00
d ll.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................................70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5aat joint.............. 604.0

BUTTS, OAST. 

BARROWS. 

BUCKETS.

b o l t s. 

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARS.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

BANKERS.
................................ dls. 
25
Kip’S.......................................................dls. 
25
Yerkes A Plumb’s ..................................dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel. Hand__SOc 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ..............................dls.60&10
State........................................... per do*, net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4ft  14  and
3*
10
K........... ............ net
%........................ net
8VÍ
X........... ............ net
7K
%........... ............ net
7*
5(1
...........dls.
dlB.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  anti-frlctlon.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40
Pots............................................................... 60*10
Kettles...........................................................60*10
Spiders  .........................................................60*10
Gray enameled............................................. 40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 79
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new Ust33X*10
dls.
Bright......................................................70*10*10
Screw  Eyes.............................................70*10*10
Hook’s .....................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
70*10*10
Stanley Rnle and Level  Co.’s......................
Sisal, M Inch and larger.............................  
9
Manilla.........................................................  13
dlS.
Steel and Iron..............................................  
Try and Bevels............................................. 
M itre............................................................  

75
6C
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
$2 95
3 05
8 05
3 15
825
8 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

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

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

50
50
55
50
55
“  85

levels. 
ROPES.

wire goods. 

SHEET IRON.

SQUARES. 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

dls. 7c

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

dls.

saws. 

wire. 

TRAPS. 

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

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

Solid Byes............................................ per ton 125
20
70
50
30
30
Steel, Game................................................... 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s __ 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per do*
Mouse, delusion............................... 11.50 per dos.
dls.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market..........................................70—10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market.............................................  62%
Coppered  Spring Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized..........................   2 85
painted...............................  2 40
Au  Sable  .......................................... dls.  40*10
Putnam.......................................... 
dls.  05
dls. 10*10
Northwestern................................  
dls.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,..................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
miscellaneous. 
dls.
Bird Cages................................  
 
so
 
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
75*10
Screws, New List.......................................... 70*10
Casters, Bed a  d Plate...........................50*10*10
Dampers, American.....................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods...... .65*10

horse nails.

wrenches. 

“ 

 

CRADLES.

CROW BABB.

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

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

CAPS.

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

65 
60
35
80

50
25

chisels. 

dls.

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

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

combs. 
.................................... 
.................................... 
CHALK.
COPPER.

dls.

“ 

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

drills. 

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

dls.

DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, ser pound................................  
07
Large slses, per pound.......................  .......  6H

elbows.

75

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Com. 4  piece, 3 In...........  ..............do*, net 
Corrugated....................................................... dls 40
Adjustable........................................................dls. 40*10
Clark’s, small, $18;  large, 826...................... 
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

piles—New List. 

dls.

dls.

 

 

GALVANIZED  ir o n .

28
17

dlS.
dls.

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

12 

15 

13 
Discount, 60

14 
GAUGES. 

dls.

locks—door. 

knobs—New List. 

Stanley Rnle and  Level Co.’s — ................ 
50
55
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................  
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
55
Door,  porcelein, trimmings......................... 
70
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain................... 
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l is t.........  
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s............................ 
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ..................................................... 
55
Adze Eye.......................................... $16.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye.......................................... $15.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s  .....................................$18.50, dls. 20*10.
dlB.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
50
dls.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s.................................... 
40
P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
Landers,  Ferry A Cls rk’s.................  
40
Enterprise 
30
Stebbln’s Pattern.......................................... 60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine.........................................66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25

KOLA8BBS gates. 

KAULB. 
kills. 

KATTOCKS.

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NAILS

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.. 

ZINC.

26c
28c

SOLDER.

METALS.
PIG TIN.

Advance over base: 

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars....................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2Vic per pound.
660 pound  casks........................................... 
6%
Per pound.................................................... 
7
K©H.............................................................  le
Extra Wiping.................................................   15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder fn the market Indicated by private brand* 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson............ ...........................per  pound
Hallett’s......................................  
TIN—M1LYN SHADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.............  
14x2010, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

Steel nails, base.........................................    1  85
Wire nails, base.....................................1  80@1  90
Steel.  Wire.
Base 
60.....................................................Base
50..................................................... Base
10 
25 
05 
40.
25 
10 
30.. 
20.. 
35 
15 
45 
15 
16.... 
12..  . 
45 
15
10....
.  20
50 
8....
60 
.  25
.  40
75 
7*6. 
90 
.  60
4.
.1  00
3.
1  20 
2.
1  60 
.1 50
F ines...............................................1 50
1  60 
65 
Case  10.........................................  60
8.........................................  75
75 
90 
6....................... »....................  90
75 
Finish 10.........................................  85
90 
8 ............................................................................1  00
1  10 
6........................................... 1 15
70 
Clinch; 10........................................  85
8 ...................... 1 00
80 
90 
6................  ....................... 115
10x14 IC,  Charcoal...................................... I 6 75
1  75 
Barren X........................................ 1 75
6 75
14x20 IC,
8  25
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   ©40 ! j^20 tt’
9  25
Solota Bench.............................................  Q60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  040
Bench, first quality.......................................  ©60
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s, wood 
........  *10
F ry,  A cm e....................................................dls.80—10
70
Common,  polished......................................d ls. 
Iron and  Tinned.........................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Bnrs.............................   50—10
"A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 34 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

14x20 IC,
6  5j 8 50
14x20 IX, 
18 59
20x28 IC, 
14x2010. 
6  00
14x20 IX, 
7  50 
12 50 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
15 50
14x28  IX....................................................   914 00
14x81  IX.......................................................16
14x6« IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I  e  Mnn(1 
14x60IX,  «  »  9 

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BOILES SIZE TIN PLATE.

Each additional X on this grade 11.50.
BOOPING PLATES
Worcester......................

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TIN—ALLA WAT GRADE.

Each additional X on this grade, 11.75.

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

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fper ponna.... 

Broken packs %e per pound extra

18
17

7  0
9 26
9 25.

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PLANKS.

PANS.

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8MichiganTradesman

A  W B U L T   JOURNAL  DKVOTKD  TO  T B l

Best  Interests  of  Business  Men. 

Published at

lOO  Iiouls  St., G rand Rapids,

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please  say that  you  saw  their  advertisement in 
T h e  Mic h ig a n T r a d e sm a n.

E.  A. STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  A ARIL.  5,  1893.

THE  DIGNITY  OF  LABOR.

A  serious  disagreement  has occurred 
between  the  faculty  and  students  of 
Straight  University.  This 
institution, 
which was established by  the New York 
Missionary  Association for the education 
of the  colored youth  of  both sexes,  is  a 
manual  labor school  in  which the pupils 
pay  in  part for  the educational  facilities 
afforded  them  with some  sort of  useful 
service.  The males perform the rougher 
labor  required  by  the  establishment, 
while 
the  girls  do  housework  and 
fulfill the  lighter  duties of  maintaining 
the institution. 
It appears  that the  lat­
ter have willingly performed  most of the 
offices required of  them,  but some refuse 
to  wait  on  the  table.  Until  recently 
hired servants  were kept  for  that  duty, 
but,  when it devolved  upon  the  girl  stu­
dents,  some  refused  to  render  service, 
protesting  that  it  was  servile  and  un­
worthy.

It appears that the parents of  the girls 
have seconded their protests,  and quite a 
controversy  has  arisen  with  the  faculty 
over  the  matter.  As  the  questions  at 
issue  are simply  those of  the  discipline 
of  the  school,  it  does  not  particularly 
concern the  public at  large.  Neverthe­
less,  it may be  permitted to  remark that 
service in a  subordinate  situation is ser­
vile only as  it  is  felt  to  be  so  and  not 
from  any 
inherent  quality  in  the act. 
Somebody  must serve,  since the majority 
of  people  are  not  rich enough to com­
mand  service  for  themselves.  Nothing 
is more common than  for  white  students 
at some of  the most  respectable colleges 
to work during vacation to secure money 
to complete their education,  and  waiting 
at 
in  the  hotels  of  watering 
places  is regarded  as desirable  employ­
ment,  and is gladly  secured by  students 
of both sexes.

table 

We bear  much of  the dignity of  labor. 
This  dignity  consists  in  doing  useful 
work  in a  faithful,  self-respecting man­
ner.  To be ashamed of it is an unworthy 
weakness.  The man who feels that be is 
disgraced  by  honorable  work  really dis­
graces his work.  The  proper use of edu­
cation  is  not  to  enable  people  to  live 
without labor,  but to dignify and ennoble 
their labor.  Many a  man  with a  college 
cnltnre is  forced to  do manual labor for

XHE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

a living.  Many  a woman  reared in  the 
lap of luxury and refinement is driven by 
poverty  to  work  with  her  hands.  We 
do not  believe that  people of  true pride 
of  character  feel  any  disgrace  under 
such circumstances,  however much they 
may deplore the loss of  wealth. 
If edu­
cation 
is  to  nourish  a  foolish  vanity 
which makes people ashamed  to work,  it 
is an evil instead of a blessing. 
It is not 
wealth  that truly  elevates,  but  the con. 
sciousness of honesty, industry and fidel­
ity  in  the  discharge  of  every  duty,  no 
matter how difficult or disagreeable,  that 
makes  people  worthy  of  respect.  Ser­
vility  is  not 
in  the  performance  of  a 
duty,  but  in  the  heart of  him  that  is 
ashamed of  the duty.  This is  a rule for 
the entire human  race,  without regard to 
color or condition.

FOOD  BILLS  AT  LANSING.

There  are  four  measures  before the 
Michigan  Legislature  pertaining  to the 
sale  of  food and  food  products  in  this 
State.  All of  the bills  originated in the 
House,  being designated as follows:

File No.  204 is a  bill creating the office 
of  Dairy  and Food Commissioner, defin­
ing his  duties  and  regulating  prosecu­
tions begun  by  him.  This  bill is  prac­
tically a  copy  of  the  present Ohio law, 
and has  worked  great  injustice  to  the 
trade in  that State.  While the  necessity 
for the  creation of such an office is  gen­
erally recognized,  it  is essential that the 
officer who  executes  the law  should not 
be  clothed  with  arbitrary  authority  to 
that extent that he can  prosecute dealers 
unjustly and  unnecessarily.  With  such 
objectionable  features  eliminated  from 
the bill,  there is no  reason  why it should 
not become a law.

File No.  187 is a bill providing  against 
fraud and  adulteration  in  food  products 
and drugs. 
It  covers  a  multiplicity  of 
subjects, 
including  adulterations  of 
drugs,  spices,  coffee,  tea,  milk,  cheese, 
oleomargarine,  vinegar, 
liquors,  wine, 
etc.,  and embodies many tyrannical  fea­
tures which would work  great  injustice 
to both  the wholesale and retail trade of 
the  State.  This  bill  is  copied  after  the 
Ohio law,  and contains  all the undesira­
ble  features which  have  made the  food 
laws of  the Buckeye State  so obnoxious 
to the people at large.  Properly amend­
ed, 
it  would be  a  good  thing  for  the 
State; but it is objectionable in its present 
form,  and  a source of  great  injustice to 
all concerned.

File No.  58 is a  bill  providing  for the 
inspection of  all neat cattle intended for 
slaughter  and  sale  as  human  food. 
It 
provides for  the  appointment  of  a  live 
stock inspector  in each  city  and village 
in  the  State;  providing severe penalties 
for any  violation of  any  provision of the 
act.

features  of 

File No.  45  is the  McKinstry  bill,  pro­
viding  for the  dating  of  canned goobs. 
T h e T radesm an has  frequently pointed 
out  the  undesirable 
this 
measure, so that it is hardly necessary to 
refer to it again, except to warn the peo­
ple of  the State  that,  unless they  take 
prompt  action, 
it may  become  a  law. 
Without  any  officer to  enforce  it,  how­
ever,  it will be,  like  many other laws on 
the statute books,  a complete dead  letter.
It  will  be  seen  from  the  above state­
ment  of  the  bills  now  pending 
in  the 
House that  the  merchants  of  Michigan 
ought to take  prompt action  toward the 
suppression of  the  undesirable  features 
in such  legislation as  would  affect  them

ihjuriously.  Unless they do so,  they are 
likely to  be hampered  by  the enactment 
of  annoying  laws  which  will  serve  to 
keep them  in  hot  water,  without being 
of any benefit to the people at large.
CANADIAN  ANNEXATION.

There  appear in  the  press dispatches 
from time to  time accounts  of the prog­
ress of the  annexation  sentiment in  the 
Dominion  of Canada,  and  there  can  be 
little  doubt  that  there 
is  an  element 
among the Canadians  favorable to politi­
cal union with the United States.  The agi­
tation  was first started  several  years ago 
at the time of the last general election in 
Canada,  a  few  months  previous  to  the 
death of  Sir John Macdonald,  and it was 
then rather a  campaign ruse of  the Lib­
erals than  a serious  agitation in favor of 
annexation.  Now  it  appears  that  the 
French-Canadian element  have taken up 
the cry,  and one of their prominent jour­
nals calls upon the  French-Canadian res­
idents in  the United States  to urge upon 
their friends and relatives in  Canada the 
benefits to follow from the annexation of 
the Dominion  to the United States.

in 

revolution 

Evidently  our  Canadian  friends have 
not profited  by the  lesson  taught by the 
recent 
the  Hawaiian 
Islands.  The  Hawaiians  deposed  their 
Government  and asked  for  annexation, 
but the people of the United States  have 
not yet  agreed  to  the  proposed  union, 
and  it  is  open  to  some doubt  whether 
consent to the  annexation of the islands 
will ever be forthcoming.  While, there­
fore,  our  Canadian  friends  may  be very 
willing  to  be  annexed  to  the  United 
States,  it does not appear that the Amer­
ican people are in any way interested  in 
the  proposed  political  union  of  the two 
countries.

It is more  than probable  that  the  dis­
contented  element  in  Canada  will  not 
find it  an easy matter to  get rid  of  their 
present Government  and cut  loose from 
the  British  Empire,  and  even  if  that 
were  accomplished, 
it  is  by  no  means 
certain  that  the  United  States  would 
consider  annexation  desirable,  particu­
larly if brought  about at the cost of  an­
noying complications._______
Gripsack  Brigade.

John  Cozens,  traveling  representative 
for the  Telfer Spice  Co.,  celebrated his 
48th  birthday  on March 30.

E.  E.  Adams  has gone on the  road for 
Chas.  A.  Coye, the awning manufacturer. 
He  hails from  Otisville,  and  is meeting 
with flattering success.

C.  W.  Granger  has  gone  on  the road 
for the  Michigan  Manufacturing Co., of 
Otsego.  He  will remove his family to this 
city,  and  make  Grand  Rapids his  head­
quarters.

J.  N.  Bradford  will attend  the  annual 
reunion  of  the  Twenty-sixth  Michigan 
Infantry at Woodland on Thursday.  His 
route will be covered in the meantime by 
John Cummins.

John M.  Fell,  for three  years traveling 
representative for Geo.  H.  Reeder & Co., 
but for the  past two  years  on  the  road 
for C.  M.  Henderson &  Co.,  of  Chicago, 
has  engaged  to  travel  for  the  Reeder 
Bros.  Shoe Co.

Manley Jones has leased a  small  tract 
of ground  and proposes to embark in  the 
production of horse radish.  He  expects 
to  make 
a  blend  of  three  parts  of 
turnip  to  one  of  horse  radish,  having 
taken special instruction on  the  subject 
from an Owosso expert.

Hub Baker celebrated the  forty-eighth

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anniversary of  his  arrival in the land of 
molasses and  horse raffles  March  29,  at 
his residence at 1009 Gilbert street.  The 
event was participated in by an even one- 
third gross of  friends and neighbors,  all 
of  whom  join  T h e  T radesm an in  the 
hope  that Mr.  Baker  may  be spared to 
star in many more similar occasions.

A. W.  Merrill,  traveling representative 
for the  American Eagle  Tobacco  Co.,  is 
an  heir to the wealth  left by Millionaire 
Woods  of  Cleveland.  Mr.  Merrill  re­
sides in Lexington.  A Mrs.  Tewksbury, 
deceased,  who formerly lived in  Detroit, 
was a sister  of  the late capitalist.  The 
Woods  estate,  it  is claimed  by business 
men, cannot  amount to  more than $500,- 
000,  although  it has been popularly esti­
mated at ten times that amount.

The trials and discomforts of the aver­
age  traveling  man,  and  which  he must 
inevitably undergo if he i sdevoted to the 
interests of his  firm—and what  traveler 
is not?—would fill  a large  book. 
In the 
summer  he  makes  unwearied  miles 
through dust  and heat;  in the  winter he 
uncomplainingly  exposes  himself 
to 
weather  and  roads  which  might  have 
checked  the  inspiration of  a Don Quix­
ote, but so long as he sells  his wares and 
benefits his house,  no weather is too bad, 
no  discomfort too  rough  for him  to pa­
tiently endure.

During one of the  severe snow  storms 
of this winter nearly two hundred travel­
ing men  were  snow-bound 
in  a  small 
railroad town  in  the 
interior  of  Wis­
consin.  The storm was of  several  days’ 
duration,  and the only thing to do was to 
make the best of the situation.  This the 
knights of  the  grip  proceeded  to  do. 
They told stories,  played  checkers,  and 
matched  pennies  for  the  cigars.  On 
Sunday  morning they marched  in a body 
to the  village  church.  Their  presence 
created consternation,  and  more  atten­
tion was  paid  the  sleek,  good-natured 
salesmen  than  the  minister  and  his 
strictly  orthodox  sermon.  After 
the 
sermon, the contribution plate was passed 
by a meek-faced deacon,  who  seemed  to 
hesitate as  to  the  advisability  of  ap­
proaching the crowd  of  traveling  men. 
He did so,  however,  and  was  reassured 
when the first one he  approached  threw 
in a big silver  dollar.  The  second  did 
the same,  and so did the third.  The dea­
con’s eyes became as large  as the  pieces 
of money  and he began  to wonder 
if  he 
had  really  awakened  from  his  regular 
Sunday morning  nap  in  his  pew.  But 
the clink of the  silver  pieces  was  real, 
and he rubbed  his eyes to make  sure  he 
was awake.  The  plate  was  filled  and 
half the men had not  been  approached. 
The deacon was so  excited  and  nervous 
he could scarcely walk to  the  pulpit  to 
empty the plate.  The congregation  was 
no less  excited,  and  men  and  women 
stared at the rows of drummers  with  as 
much curiosity as the small boy  exhibits 
when be  visits his first  circus.  But  the 
traveling men,  bless you,  were as demure 
as  so many Quakers,  and  had it not been 
for their garb might have been taken for 
the strictest of that strict sect.  The first 
sound heard  on the  deacon’s  return  to 
the  row  where  he 
left  off  was  the 
“plunk”  of a silver dollar  from the  first 
man under  whose  nose  the  plate  was 
pushed.  There  was  too  much  excite­
ment for the  congregation  to  sing,  and 
the members did nothing  except to  gaze 
at  those  wonderful  drummers,  whom 
they  had  always  considered  dangerous 
and naughty men.  A  second  time  the

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plate had to be emptied,  and  when  the 
last  traveling  man  had been visited the 
plate was well  filled  the  third  time. 
It 
is said the minister was  so confused that 
he sent the  congregation  home  without 
the benediction,  and the commercial men 
were the only ones who noted  the  omis­
sion.

In Favor of the  Half Holiday.

Gkand  Ra pid s,  April  1—It 

is  very 
encouraging,  the strength the early  clos­
ing movement has gained during the  last 
few weeks.  The boys talk about it; bus­
iness men talk about it; in fact,  all  seem 
to have a kindred  interest in  the  matter. 
Everyone enjoys  recreation.  Sometimes 
people talk as if extra  leisure  for  young 
men meant giving them scope to run into 
everything  which  is  bad. 
It  may  do  if 
one is  naturally  of  a  vicious  turn,  but 
there  are  a  very  large  number  who,  if 
they had the time,  would like to improve 
body and  mind,  at  the  same  time.  Has 
not long hours the tendency to lead them 
wrong?  When the body is worn out  and 
run  down,  is  not  the  tendency  of  most 
men  to  rush  into  excitement  and  places 
where,  in a more normal condition of  the 
system,  they  would  have  no  thought  of 
going? Some business men argue that their 
business  cannot  be  made  to  fit  in  with 
shorter  hours.  That  is  a  big  mistake. 
If firms  in  large  cities,  employing  from 
100 to 500,  can  manage  their  business  to 
suit a half  holiday,  then  surely  there  is 
no business in a city like ours but can  be 
adapted to  it.  There  is  a  good  deal  of 
truth in the  old  motto,  “Whatever  man 
has done,  man  can  do.”  Whatever  has 
been  done  in  other  towns,  can  be  done 
here. 
If  it  is  essential  to  have  a  half 
holiday  in  Chicago  or  Buffalo,  or  any 
other large city,  it is just  as  much  so  in 
Grand  Rapids.  What  is  sauce  for  the 
goose is sauce for  the  gander,  and  1  am 
fully pursuaded  that there is not one who 
tries  it  for  one  year  but  will  be  well 
repaid, and will undoubtedly feel  as if lie 
was getting a little nearer the millennium.
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Purely  Personal.

E.  R.  Jewell,  of  Tacoma,  Wash.,  has 
taken a position as office assistant for the 
I.  M.  Clark Grocery  Co.  Mr.  Jewell is a 
brother of the  vice-president of  the cor­
poration.

H.  R.  Whitman,  for  the past  six years 
General Agent for  Western Michigan  for 
the Mutual  Benefit  Life  Insurance  Co., 
of  Newark, N.  J.,  has removed to Detroit 
to take the position of Superintendent of 
Michigan  Agencies  for  the  same  com­
pany.  Mr.  Whitman  is a  man  of  tact, 
force  and  persistence,  combining  these 
qualities in  such  a manner  as to  enable 
him to achieve remarkable  success in his 
chosen calling.

The  Drug  Market.

The reports of  damage to the  growing 
crop of opium have been  fully confirmed, 
and higher prices  will  rule for  the pres­
ent.  The  market  is  steady  at  the late 
advance.

Morphia  is  firm  at  the  new  price 

named on the 23d.

Quinine  is steady,  and  it  is  believed 
there  is a  combination  of  foreign  and 
domestic makers to maintain  prices.

Linseed  oil  is  very  firm and  another 

advance is looked  for.
The  McKinstry Bill Passed  and Recon­

sidered.

L a n sin g,  March  28.—The  McKinstry 
canned  goods  bill  to-day  passed  the 
I  was not 
House  by  a  bare  majority. 
here when it was  considered  in commit­
tee of  the  whole,  but succeeded in  get­
ting  the vote  reconsidered,  temporarily 
tabling  the  measure.  Will  you  please 
send  me a copy of all  the issues of  your 
paper mentioning the bill; also any other 
points to help  me defeat this  pernicious 
measure. 

Truly yours,

A.  T.  Lindekman.

Bay  City—The  shipbuilding  industry 
here is likely to  be pushed  with greater 
activity  this  season  than  ever  before. 
Wheeler & Co.  are full  of  business, and 
Capt.  Davidson,  who  builds wooden  ves­
sels solely,  has sold four of  the big  fleet 
and a  number of  smaller  ones,  and  will 
continue to turn out wooden  boats.

M em re Co.

will  open  up  about  April  1, 
in the  City of  Lansing, Mich., 
and would  like  to  correspond 
with all manufacturers of goods 
in that line.  Address

F.  P.  MEKRELL,

Ithaca, Mich.

Your  Bank Account Solicited.

Kent  County Savings Bank,

GRAND  RAPIDS  »MICH.

Jno.  A.  Covode,  Pres.

Henry  Idema, Vice-Pres.

J.  A.  S.  V e b d ie r .  Cashier.

K. V an H o f, Ass’t C’s’r. 

Transacts a General Banking  Business. 

Interest  Allowed  on  Time  and  Savings 

Deposits.

DIRECTORS:

Jno. A. Covode, D. A.  Blodgett,  E. Crofton Fox, 
T. J. O’Brien,  A. J. Bowne,  Henry Idema, 
Jno.W. Blodgett,J. A. McKee, 
J. A. S. Verdier.
Deposits  Exceed  One  Million  Dollars.

.La  Grippe

may attack but cannot overcome those protected 

by freonent use of

A
CUSHMAN’S

|HIe n t h o l   In h a l e r .
It destroys the microbes lodged on the mucous 
membranes and  arrests progress of  the disease. 
Unequalled  for  COLDS,  SORE  THBOAT,  CA­
TARRH,  HEADACHE  and  NEURALGIA.
The  first  inhalations  stop  sneezing, snuffing, 
coughing  and  headache.  Continued  use  com­
pletes the  cure.  Sold  by all  druggists 50 cents. 
Registered mail 60 cents from
H.  D.  CUSHMAN, Patentee and Mfr., 

Three:Rivers.nMich.JU.  8. A.

E.  H.  WHITE, 

Manufacturers’ agent and jobber of

PAPER  AND  WOODENWARE,

125 Court St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Æ

WALL  PAPER

Merchants  can  make  30  to  50  per  cent  selling  wall  paper  on  our 
plan,  which  is  to

Sell  From  Samples.

We  Ship  Goods  same  day  order  is  received,  so  you  need  buy  only 
what  you  sell  and  make

NO  INVESTMENT.

Our Sample Books contain  over  400  patterns  and  represent  a  stock  of 
55,000 to  $6,000.  We  ask  $5.00 for sample books including a  nice dis­
play  rack  and  when  you  have  sent  orders  amounting  to  $50.00  we

&

Refund  the  Honey

paid  for  samples  and  Rack.  We  will  send  a  few  samples  from  these  books  free,  with  full  particulars  to 
Merchants.  You  can  make  $6.00  to  $12.00  every  day  this  spring  selling  our  wall  paper.

ALFRED  PEATS, Wall  Paper Merchant

136-138 W .  Madison  St.,  CHICAGO.

30=32  W est  13th St.,  NEW YORK.

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

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Drugs H  Medicine s .

State Board of Pharm acy. 

One  Tear—Jam es T em or, D etroit.
Two  Tear«—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
Three  T ears—George Gundrum. Ionia.
Four  Tears—C. A. Bugbee. Cheboygan.
Five Tears—S. E. P arkill, Owosso. 
President—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit..
Treasurer—Geo. Qnndrmn, Ionia.

Michigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n. 
President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. 
Vice-Presidents—I.  H.  L.  Dodd,  Buchanan;  F.  W.  R.
Perry, D etroit;  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.  W urzburg  and  John 
E. Peck, Grand Rapids;  A rthur Bassett,  Detroit. 
Local Secretary—Jam es Vernor. 
.
Next  place  of  m eeting—Some  resort  on  St.  Clair 
River;  tim e to be designated by Executive Committee
6-rand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical Society. 
President, John D. Muir;  See’y, Frank H. Escott.

Some of  the Causes of Failure.

The causes which lead to business fail­
ures are  as varied as the  motives  which 
underlie  human  action,  and  seem  to 
vary  with  the individual  and  the occu­
pation.  Certain methods and principles 
however,  seem  as surely  to  be followed 
by failure as cause  is followed  by effect.
One  writer  on  this  subject  says  that 
one of the first great  causes of  failure is 
too much  confidence  on  the  part of  the 
young  man  just  starting  into  business 
for  himself.  Not  knowing of the  many 
obstacles  before him,  and the difficultly 
to  be  overcome,  he  soon  finds  himself 
struggling  in  a  “sea  of  trouble”  and 
goes  down  on meeting the first breaker, 
He imagined that by  launching his  boat 
he  would have clear  sailing and  eventu 
ally  glide  on  to wealth  and  independ 
ence.  On  the other  hand,  there 
is  the 
timid  man  who  is  afraid  to  move  for 
fear  of  being swamped,  and  is forever 
waiting  for  just the  proper  moment  to 
push off.  There  is much  in  the old  say 
ing:  “Nothing venture, nothing have.” 
One  source of failure  is an  over-esti 
mate  of  talent  in  the 
individual  con 
cerned.  By  asking  the  great  thing  he 
loses  the  small  which  goes  to make  up 
the whole;  and  by scorning  to  do  what 
he  might  do  well,  fails  by  attempting 
what  he  cannot  do  at  all.  There  are 
many who  "bite off  more  than  they can 
chew.”
Mauy  failures  may  be  traced  to  too 
much confidence in what is known as luck 
and instead of  “adjusting  efforts  to  ob 
stacles,” expect  some  turn  in affairs  to 
set  them  up  above all  difficulties,  and 
thus fail in  the beginning;  while yet an 
other class struggle aimlessly on  alway 
“waiting for something to turn  up.”
Some fail from  the inability  to retain 
a good thing after it  has  been  procured 
Rothschild said:
“It  requires  a great deal  of  boldnes 
and a  great  deal  of  caution  to make 
fortune,  and when you  have got  it,  it re 
quires ten times as much  wit to keep it 
At another  time,  in  speaking  of  losing 
a  fortune  by letting  go  of one thing  to 
seize  another,  he  said:  “Stick  to  your 
business,  young  man; 
stick  to  your 
brewery,  and  you  will be the great brew 
er  of  London.  Be  brewer  and  banker 
and  merchant  and  manufacturer,  and 
you  will  soon be in the Gazette.”
Another cause  of failure  is  a  want  of 
concentration of powers and the inability 
to see and to grasp the opportunity  when 
it is at hand.  “Timeliness of  action/ 
has been called.  There  is something 
knowing 
is  hot 
enough  to  strike. 
Shakespeare  said: 
“There  is  a tide  in  the  affairs  of  men 
which,  taken  at  its  flood,  leads  on  to 
fortune.”  Many  have seen too late that 
they  have  allowed  it  to  go  by.  Time 
once lost can never be regained.
Of  course  there  may  be  defects  in 
mind  and  character  which  lead to fail­
ure,  and  many  faults  in business meth­
ods  which are followed by  disaster.
Dishonest means cannot  be used to ac­
complish honest  ends.  A want  of  con­
sideration of  the rights of  others in  the 
business world,  failure to keep  promises 
and fulfil conditions,  a  want  of  the ap­
preciation  of  time  and  failure  to  be 
prompt 
in  meeting  obligations  or  to 
stand  by  a  contract,  all  these  tend  to 
weaken and destroy the healthy forces of 
all action,  and  will  penetrate  the  busi­
ness to the very  core.  Carelessness, for­
getfulness,  untidiness and  sloth,  all help

just  when  the  iron 

undermine  the  good standing  of  any 
house.  Of these personal characteristics 
of  the  business  man  there  are  many 
hich  help to weaken  and  to  keep him 
down.
There  are  some  reasons  why  a  man 
may  not  succeed  over which  he has  no 
control.  Perhaps the first of these is ill- 
health.  Emerson  says:  “For  perform­
ance of great works  it needs  extraordin­
ary  health.”  And again  he says:  “The 
first wealth is health.  Sickness  is  poor- 
pirited and cannot serve  any one.” 
There  are  qualities  possessed  by  in­
dividuals  which  enable  them to  accom­
plish what  others  of  equal  capabilities 
could  not.  “Who  shall  set  a  limit  to 
the  influence  of  a human  being?”  Men 
have changed the affairs of a nation by a 
book.  What  is  known  in  business cir­
cles as good or poor address  has much to 
do with failure and success.
Fire, flood and  pestilence  are enemies 
to  fortune, and  cripple  business  when­
ever 
they  are  met.  The  last  cause  I 
shall  speak of is perhaps  the  greatest  I 
have  mentioned  yet—the  fear of  work. 
Without work there is no success.  “The 
one prudence in life is concentration.” 
Honest,  faithful,  conscientious  work 
will  always  win.  Once  again,  I  beg 
leave to  quote  from  Emerson:  “Wealth 
consists  of  timeliness  in  being  at  the 
right spot.”  Be on the right  spot  at the 
right  time,  young  man,  and  work,  and 
rou cannot but succeed.  C.  W in t er.

A  Woman’s  Idea  of  Economy. 
Some women  have a peculiar  idea of 
economy,”  said  a  well-known  merchant 
to  a  St.  Louis  Republic  reporter.  “I 
ive  pretty  far  out  in  the  West End. 
where corner  grocery  and  butcher  shop 
provisions  cost  more  than  they  do any­
where else on the  present extent of  dis­
covered earth.  We'have  been paying 30 
and 35 cents each  for common,  ordinary 
good  beefsteaks, _and  everything  else in 
proportion.
"The other  day mytwife  had occasion 
to visit a friend  in  South St.  Louis, and, 
on  her  return  to  Broadway  to  catch  a 
north-bound car,  she  passed  a meat shop 
which  attracted  her  attention by  reason 
of  its clean  and  wholesome  display  of 
fresh  meats.  She  entered  the  place, 
selected a large steak and bought it.
“ ‘How much?’ she asked  the  butcher, 
reaching for her purse.
" ‘Fifteen cents,  mum.’
“ ‘What!’  cried  my  wife,  thinking she 
“ ‘Yes,  mum; or two for a quarter.’
“ ‘Two for a quarter?’
“ ‘Yes,  mum.’
“ ‘Tben  gimme  two,  right  quick. 
I 
never heard of  such  prices in'St.  Louis.’
‘¿Proudly she  walked out with her two 

had not heard aright. 

‘Fifteen  cents?’

steaks,  but she  had only  gone  a block 
repeating  to  herself  meanwhile,  ‘never 
heard of  such  prices,’—when  it dawned 
upon her  that she  ought to  take advan­
tage of the opportunity  and  lay  in a sort 
of  winter’s  supply.  So back  she  went 
to  the  butcher’s  and  bought  two  more 
steaks.
“Well,  thus'far  everything was "right, 
and for several  days we  fairly reveled in 
cheap,  delicious meat.
“But,  alas,  her  success  'turned  her 
head.  That was a month ago.  And yes 
terday  she  told  me with  pride'rin  her 
voice  that  she  bad  been  sending  down 
every day since for one steak—one steak 
mind you,  for  15 cents,  with'20 cents car 
fare added.
“I dare not disturb her  dream of econ 
It was too realistic  and too full of 
omy. 
victorious pleasure for my  ruthless hand 
to sweep away. 
I  am  still  compliment­
ing her on  the frugality of  her  manage 
ment—and paying extra  to carry out the 
deception j ust the same.”

Candy
Candy
Candy

Largest  Variety

We carry the

and can show you the

Finest  Goods

made In this country and will make

Lowest  Prices

quality considered.

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46  Ottawa St., Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

HAVE  AN  ORIGINAL  DESIGN

Printed  on  your  Commercial  Sta­

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w n te 'to  THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  They Do It,

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

S u c c e ss o rs  

to

CRACKERS,  BISCUITS *  SWEET  GOODS,

HARRY  FOX,  Manager.

MUSKEGON,  MIOH.

SPECIAL  ATTENTION_ PAID  TO  M A IL O R D E R S.

Oysters !

Season  closes April  1.  We  have  done  our  best to supply 
first-class  stock, and  our endeavors  seem  to have  been  appre- 
iated, as we have  been favored with orders  from every direc­
tion.  We thank  you  for  them  and  trust  you  have  made 
money by handling the best brand put up—the P.  & B.

THE  PUTNAM  CANDY  CO.

PYRAMID  PILE  GURE.

A new remedy  which  has created a sensation  among physicians by its wonderful 
It is the  only remedy  known  (ex­
effects in speedily  curing  every form of  piles. 
cept a surgical operation)  which can  be relied on  to give instant relief and a lasting 
cure in Itching,  Protruding,  Bleeding or Blind Piles.
Briefly stated,  it has  the  following  advantages  over a surgical operation  or  any 
other  pile  cure:  It  is  absolutely painless;  it contains no mineral  poisons nor in­
jurious  substance;  it gives  immediate  relief  from  the first  application;  it  can  be 
carried in  the  pocket and  used while  traveling or anywhere  without  the  slightest 
inconvenience or interference with  business;  and,  last,  but  not  least,  it  is  cheap, 
costing but a trifle.
The following  letters  speak for  themselves  and  need no comment  except to say 
we have hundreds of  similar ones and  could fill this paper with them if  necessary:
Gen tlem en—Your  Pyramid  Pile  Cure  is  without  an  equal;  it  cured  me in  30 
days or a much shorter  time.  1  waited 15 days or more to be sure I  was  cured  be­
fore  writing  you,  and can  now say  I have  not the  slightest  trace of  piles and am 
much surprised at the rapid and thorough effect of the remedy.  Truly yours,  J. W. 
Rollins,  Marmaduke Military Academy.  Sweet Springs,  Mo.
I  only used  one  package 
of  the Pyramid  Pile Cure  and  1 can  state to the  whole  world  that it has cured me, 
and  1 had them  so bad I could  hardly walk; and I  would  have them now if  my  wife 
had not insisted on my trying it, and I kept it some time before she could get me to 
use it,  but I now thank  God such a remedy was  made,  and  you can  use this  letter 
in any way  it will do the most good.
Mrs.  Mary  C.  Tyler, of  Heppner,  Ore.,  writes—One  package  of  Pyramid  Pile 
Cure entirely cured  me of  piles  from  which 1  had  suffered  for years,  and ¡1 have 
never had the slightest return of them since.
Mr.  E.  O’Brien,  Rock  Bluffs,  Neb.,  says—The  package  of  Pyramid. Pile Cure 
entirely removed  every trace of  itching piles. 
I  cannot  thank you  enough for it.
Ask  your  druggist for the  Pyramid  Pile  Cure,  and a single  trial  will  convince 
you that the  reputation  of  this  remedy  was  built up on  its  merits as a permanent 
cure and not by newspaper puffery.

From  J.  W.  Waddell,  Zulla,  Va.—I  am a cured  man. 

It is the surest,  safest and cheapest Pile Cure sold.
it has come to be an established fact that this  is  the  best  Pile  Remedy  on  the 

market,  and every live druggist has it in stock.

No  Blanks.

When you purchase

A man^with a bad  liver very often has 

a good heart.

C o n f e c t i o n e r y

Empress  Josephine Face Bleach

Is the only reliable’cure for’ 

freckles and pimples.

HAZELTINE  A  PERKINS  DRUG  CO., 

Orand R a pids, Mich.,

Jobbers for WesteraMlchig.t

manufactured  by us  you get  full value  for  your  money and 
have the satisfaction of knowing that you are handling PURE 
GOODS  made by the most improved methods.

THE  PU T N A M   CANDY  CO.

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

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Wholesale Price Current*
Advanced—Oum opium, gum opium  po., morphine.  Declined—Turpentine.

ACIDUM.

Aceticum..................... 
8® 10
Benzoicum  German..  65®  75
Boraclc 
....................  
20
Carbollcum................  
27® 36
Cltricum.....................   50® 52
Hydrochlor................  3®  5
Nltrocum 
...................  10® 12
Oxalicum....................   10®  12
20
Phosphorium dll........ 
Sallcyllcum................1  30® 1  70
Sulphuricum......... . 
IK®  5
Tannicnm........................1  40@1 60
Tartaricum................  30®  33

AMMONIA.

A 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  3Vi®  5
20  deg..............  5 Vi®  7
Carbon aa  ...................  12®  14
Chloridum.................  12®  14

ANILINE.

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

BAOCAB.

Cnbeae (po  50)........  50®  55
Junlperus...................  8®  10
Xantnoxylum............   25®  30

BALSAMUM.

Copaiba......................  45®  50
Peru............................  @1  30
Terabln, Canada  ......  60®  65
Tolutan......................  35®  50

CORTBX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Casslae  ...............................  11
Cinchona Flava  .................   18
Ruonymua  atropurp...........  30
Myrlca Cerifera, po.............  20
Prnnua Vlrglnl....................  12
Qulllala,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  ............................  13
Ulmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

EXTRA OTUM.

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
po...........  33®  35
“ 
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
“ 
is..............  13®  14
14®  15
“ 
»  Ms............   16®  17

 

 

7BBBU

Carbonate Precip........  ®  15
Citrate and Qulnla....  @3 50
Citrate  Soluble........  @  80
Perrocyanldum Sol —   @  50
Solut  Chloride...........  @  15
Sulphate,  com’l .............. 9®  2
pure............   @  7

" 

Arnica.......................  18®
Anthemls..................   8£@  35
Matricaria 
40®  50

 

FLORA.

 
FOLIA,

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-

...................  25®  30
nlvelly....................  25®  28
»  Alx.  35®  50
and  Ms....................  15®  25
...................  8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
UraUrsi 

«  3 

ST7MM1.

“ 
“ 

•• 
11 
“ 

Acacia,  1st  picked....  @  75
2d 
....  © 4 5
Sd 
...  @  30
sifted sorts...  ®  25
po.................  80®  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)..  50®  60
"  Cape, (po.  20)...  @  1*
Socotri, (po. 60).  ®  60
Catechu, Is, 04s, 14 54s,
16)..........................  
®  i
Ammoniac  .  ..............  55®  60
Assafcetlda, (po. 85)..  30®  35
Bensolnum.................  50®  56
Camphor«..................  55®  5o
Kuphorblnm  po  ........  35®  10
Galbanum..................
Gamboge,  po.  ...........  <o@  J*
Gualacum,  (po  30)  ...  @ 25
Kino,  (po  1  10).........   @1  15
M astic.......................   @  80
Myrrh, (po- 45)...........  @  40
Opll  (po  4 75)............ 3  75@8 80
Shells«  ......................  «®   38
bleached......   33®  35
T ra g a c a n th ..................   40® 1  00
Absinthium.........................  25
Bupatorlum.........................  20
Looella.................................  ~
Majorum.............................
Mentha  Piperita.................  28
»  Y lr.........................  26
Hue.......................................  »
Tanacetum, V......................  22
Thymus, V..........................   25

“ 
hbbba—In ounce packages.

MAS1TBSIA.

Calcined, Pat...............   » ®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. A  M —   20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36

OLBUM.

Absinthium................ 3  50®4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8  00®8 25
A nisl........................... 1  75@1 85
Aurantl  Cortex.......... 2  40@2 50
Bergamll  ...................3  25®3 50
C&Jlpu».......................  60® 65
Caryophyill.................   85® 90
Cedar...........................  85® 65
Chenopodll................  ®1  60
Cinnamon»............... 1 00@110
Cltronella......................  ® 45
Conlum  Mac................  35® 65
Copaiba  ......................  9001 00

50®2 75
25@2 50
00®2 10

10®2 20

50@3 00
75®3 50
20@2 30
00®1 10

“ 

Cubebae........................   ® 
Exechthitos..............  2 
Erlgeron.....................2 
Gaultherla..................2 
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gossip», Sem. gal......  75®  80
Hedeoma  ...................2 
Juniperl.......................   50®2 00
Lavendula...................  90®2 00
Llmonls.......................2 
Mentha Piper...............2 
Mentha Verld............. 2 
Morrhuae, gal..............1 
Myrda, ounce............   @ 50
Olive............................  95@2 75
Plds Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
Rlclnl.......................
1  22@1 28
75@1 00
Rosmarlnl............
Rosae, ounce............
.6 50@S 50
.  40® 45
Sucdni......................
.  9001 00
Sabina......................
.3 50@7 00
Santal  ......................
.  50® 55
Sassafras.  ................
@ 65
Slnapls, ess, ounce...
Tlglii.........................
@ 90
.  40® 50
Thyme......................
@ 60
opt  ..............
Theobromas..............
.  15® 20
POTASSIUM.
B1 Carb......................
Bichromate..............
Bromide....................
Carb..........................
Chlorate  (po  23@25).
Cyanide....................
Iodide.......................
Potassa, Bltart,  pure.
Potassa, Bltart, com..
Potass Nltras, opt__
Potass Nltras............

.  15® 18
.  13® 14
36® 40
•  12® 15
.  24® 26
.  50® 55
.2 90®3 00
.  27® 30
@ 15
8® 10
. 
.  7® 9
.  28® 30
.  15® 18
.  20® 25
.  22® 25
.  12® 15
@ 25
Arum,  po..................
■  20® 40
Calamus....................
8® 10
Gentlana  (po. 12)__
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).
.  16® 18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
@ 30
(PO. 35)...................
.  15® 20
Hellebore,  Ala,  po...
Inula,  po...................
.  15® 20
.2 30®2 40
Ipecac,  po.................
Iris plox (po. 35®38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   50®  65
Maranta,  Ms..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhel............................  75@1  00
“  Cut......................  @1  75
“  pv.......................   75®1  35
Spigella......................  35®  38
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpen tarla.................  30®  32
Senega.......................  65®  70
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40 
M  @ 25
Sdllae, (po. 85)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  FosU-
...  ®  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.80)  ®  25
German...  15®  20
lnglber a ................. 
20®  24
Zingiber  ] .............. 
20®  22
SBMBN.
..  @ 15
Anlsum,  (pa  20).. 
Aplum  (graveleons)..  15®  18
Bird, Is....................... 
4®  6
Carol, (po. 18)............  
8®  12
Cardamon....................1 
Corlandrum................  10®  12
Cannabis Satlva.........   3)404
Cydonlum...................  75® l  00
Cnenopodlum  ...........  10®  12
Dipterfx Odorate.........2 25®2 £0
Foenieulum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po......   .  6®  8
L ini............................4  ® 4M
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3)4).  .  4  @4)4
Lobelia.......................   85®  40
Pharlarls Canarian__6  @ 6)4
Rapa..........................   6®  7
Slnapls  Albo............ 11  @18
Nigra...........  11®  12

dus,  po....... 

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SPIRITUB.
Frumenti, W..D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R .......1  75@2 00
 
Junlperls  Co. O. T ___1 6502 00
“ 
............. 1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  B.........1 7S@2 00
Spt. Vini  GalU............1 
Vini Oporto................ 1 
Vini  Alba................... 1 

7506 50
2502 00
2502 00

25@1 50

1 

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage.................. 2 50®2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  .................
2 00 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage...................
Grass sheeps’ wool oar
riage.......................
Hard for  slate  use—
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se..........................

1  40

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................   60
Burri Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................   50
Rhel Arom..........................   50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Sdllae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Prunus  rirg.........................  50

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S.  N. Y. Q.  &

Morphia,  ® P. & W.  2 80@2  45 
C.  Co....................  2  10@2 35
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
MyrisUca, No  1 ........  65®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  20®  22
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
Co............................  ®2 00
Plds Llq, N.*C., M gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Plcls Llq., quarts......  @1  00
pints.........   @  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)__   @  3
Pix  Burgun................  @  7
Plumbi A cet..............  14@  15
Pulvls Ipecac et opll. .1  10®1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
AP. D.  Co., doz......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  30®  35
uassiae....................  8®  10
uinla, S. P. AW ......  29®  34
S.  German__  21®  30
“ 
Rubla  Tine tor um......  12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv. 
23®  25
Salacln......................1  75@1  80
Sanguis  Draconis......  40®  50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
M.......................  10®  12
“  G.......................  @  15

Seidlitz  Mixture........ @ 20
Slnapls.......................
@ 18
JO
“  opt..................
0
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes....................... @ 35
Snuff. Scotch, De. Voes ® 35
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  . 10® 11
Soda  et Potass Tart... 27® 30
Soda Carb................. 114® 2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............
® 5
Soda,  Ash.................. 3)4® 4
Soda, Sulphas............ @ 2
Spts. Ether C o........... 50® 55
“  Myrcla  Dorn......  @2 25
“  Myrcla Imp........  @3 00
*‘  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
....7 ........................ 2 2902  39
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......1 40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl............ 2)4® 3)4
Roll..............  2M@ 3
Tamarinds.................  8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   28®  30
Theobromae..............45  @  48
Vanilla.....................9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph...............   7®  8

OILS.

Bbl.  Gal
70
Whale, winter...........  70 
Lard,  extra.............. 1  10  1  15
Lard, No.  1...............   65 
70
Linseed, pure raw —   51 
54

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faints. 

Llndseed,  boiled__   54 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained................  80 
Spirits Turpentine__  33 

57
85
43
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian............. 1M  2@8
Ochre, yellow  Mars__IK  204
“ 
Ber........IK  2@8
Putty,  commercial__2M  2)403
"  strictly  pure.....2)4  2K@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13016
ican ..........................  
Vermilion,  English__ 
65070
Green,  Peninsular......   70075
Lead,  red....................  e?i@7
“  w hite............... 6K@7
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  0 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff..........................  
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.................... 1 00@1  20
No. 1 Turp  Coach__1  1001  20
Extra Turp............... 16001  70
Coach  Body..............2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  Furn.......1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar_1  55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp......................... 
70075

VARNISHES.

C H E M IC A L S   A N D

PATENT  MEDICINES

DEALERS  IN

Paints, Oils  %  Varnishes.

Sole Agents for th e  Celebrateti

SWISS VILLA  PREPARED  PAINTS.

We are Sole P roprietors of

Weatherly's  Michigan  Gatarrh  Remedy.

We H ave in  Stock and Offer a F u ll Line of

W HISKIES,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES,  RUMS.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

4 00

TINCTURES.

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Aconitum  Nape Ills R .........   60
F .........   50
Aloes...................................   60
and myrrh.................  60
A rnica................................   50
Asafcetlda............................  0
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................   60
“  Co...........................  50
Sanguinaria.........................  50
Barosma..............................  50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................  75
Co.........................  75
Castor................................ .1 00
Catechu...............................   50
Cinchona............................  50
Co.........................  60
Columba.............................   50
Conlum...............................  50
Cubeba.................................  50
Digitalis.............................   50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................   50
“  Co............................  60
Gualca.................................  50
" 
ammon..................  60
Zingiber.............................   60
Hyoscyamus.......................   50
Iodine..................................   75
“  Colorless...................  75
Ferri  Chloridum.................  35
K ino....................................  50
Lobelia................  
50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
O pll.....................................  85
“  Camphorated................  50
“  Deodor........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................   50
Quassia...............................  50
Hhstfliiy......................... 
  50
Rhel.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentaria.........................  50
Stromonium.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
ValeriaD.................  
50
VeratrumVeride.................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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ASther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  28®  30 
“  4 F ..  32®  34
Alumen....................... 2)4® 3

“ 
ground,  (po.

7)................................  3®  4
Annatto.......................   55® 60
Antlmoni, po................  
4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antipyrin...................  @1  40
Antlrebrin..................  @  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  @  60
Arsenicum...................  
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__ 
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 20®2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
12;  Ms.  14)..............  @  11
Cantharides  Russian,
p o ............................  @1  00
Capsid  Fructus,af...  @  26
po__  @ 28
B po.  @  20
Caryophyllus, (po.  13)  14®  15
Carmine,  No. 40.........  
03 75
Cera  Alba, 8. A F ......  50®  55
Cera Flava...................  38® 40
Coccus  .....................   @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  25
Centraria....................  @  10
Cetaceum...................  @  40
Chloroform.................   60® 63
sqolbbs ..  ®1  25
Chloral Hyd Grit........1 3501  80
Chondral....................   20® 25
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20 
German  3C®  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
cent  ......................
-so
Creasotum...............
® 35
Creta, (bbl. 75)...........
® 2
5® 5
“  prep..................
“  precip..............
9® 11
“  Rubra...... .........
@ 8
Crocus.........................  9001 00
9001 00
Cudbear..............
@ 24
5 @ 6
CupriSulph.................   5®   6
Dextrine......................  10® 12
10® 12
70® 75
Ether Sulph.................   700 75
Emery,  all  numbers
po...............
6
700 75
Krgota. (po.)  75...........  700 75
Flake  white................  12® 15
120 15
23
Galla................... 
“
0
Gambler......................7  @8
Gelatin,  Cooper..........  @  70
60
Glassware  flint, by box 70 A 10. 
Less.than box 66X
Glue,  Brown................   9® 15
“  White.................   180 25
Glyoerina...............14)4® 
20
22
Gran a Paradlsl.......  ® 
Humulus......................  25® 55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite.. 
®  85
“  C or....  @  80
Ox Rubrum  ®  90
Ammonia».. @100
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum........   @ 
64
.1 25@1 50
Ichthyobolla, Am.. 
Indigo.........................  750100
Iodine, Resubl...........3 80®3 90
Iodoform.......................   @4 70
Lupulin.........................  @2 25
Lycopodium...............   60® 65
M ads..........................   70® 75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
27
Liquor Potass Arslnlds  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Mannla,  8. F ...............  60® 63

1M)............................2)4® 4

ararglod.............  @ 

French.......  40® 

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T H h!  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

G R O C E R Y   P R I C E   C U R R E N T .

The prices quoted in this list are  for the  trade only,  in such quantities as are usually  purchased by  retail  dealers.  They are prepared jus  ®  1°re
It is impossible  to give  quotations  suitable  for  all  conditions of  purchase,  an  t  ose 

goino- to  press  and  are  an  accurate  index of  the local  market. 
below are given  as  representing  average  prices  for average  conditions of  purchase.  Cash  buyers or those of  strong credit  usually  buy c oser 
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 o 
greatest possible  use to dealers.

t  e 

Fruits.
Apples.

1 05 
3 oo

3 lb. standard............
York State, gallons  ... 
Hamburgh.  *•
Apricots.
Lire oak......................
Santa Crus.................
Lusk’s.........................
Overland..................
Blackberries.
95
B. A  W.......................
Cherries.
Red............................  1  10@1 20
1 75
Pitted Hamburgh  . . . .  
W hite......................... 
1  50
B rie...........................  
1  20
Damsons, Bgg Plums and Green 
Erie............................ 
1  10
California..................  
1  70
Gooseberries.
Common....................
1  25

Gages.

Gold  Medal...............
Skim..........................  9
Brick.............................
Edam  ........................
Leiden.......................
Llmburger  ...............
sam ple........................
Roquefort...................
Sap Sago....................
Schweitzer, imported. 
domestic  .... 
CATSUP. 
Half  pint, 25 bottles
Pint 
Quart 1 doz bottles 

......
.  ..
CLOTHES  PINS.

Bine Label Brand. 

’• 

©12A
@11
11
1  00 

23mo©25

©35
322
®24
©14

2 75 
4 60 
.3 50

5 gross boxes  ...............   ©50

COCOA  SHELLS. 

351b  bags.....................   ©3
Less quantity 
Pound  packages.......... 6M©7

............   ©3A

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1, per h u n d red ................  $3  00
.................. 3  50
2, 
8, 
..................   4  00
5, 
.................. 5 00
# 10, 
.............. ............6  00
..................  7  00
#20. 
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 or o v e r.................5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000 
“  
COUPON  PASS  BOOKS. 
Can  be  made to represent any 
tenominatlon  from (10  down. |
20 books....................... # 1 0 0
2 00
50 
100 
3  00
250 
6  25
500 
10 00
17  50
1000 

 
10
....................20 

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CREDIT  CHECKS.

500, any one denom’n ......83 00
...... 5 00
1000,  “ 
2000,  “ 
....... 8 00
Steel  punch  .....................  
75

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CRACKERS.

“ 
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Butter.

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

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

Oyster.

Strictly  pure.....................   30
Teller's  Absolute..............  31
Grocers’..........................  15©2*

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.
Apples.

“ 

Apricots.

quartered  “ 

Blackberries.
Nectarines.

Snndrled. sliced In  bbls. 
7A
7A
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes  ©10A
California In  bags.......  
16A
Evaporated in boxes.  .. 
17
In  boxes..................... 8  @9
15
70 lb. bags....................... 
25 lb. boxes..................... 
15K
16
Peeled, In  boxes........... 
Cal. evap.  “ 
 
 
“ 
In bags........ 
13 A
California In bags......
Pitted Cherries.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes...................
...................
25 “ 
Prunelles.

Peaches.

Pears.

“ 

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30 lb.  boxes..................
Raspberries.
In  barrels...................... 
501b. boxes.................... 
...................... 
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

25
25
24
Loose Muscatels in Boxes.

2 crown.............................   1  50
3 
.............................  1 65
2  crown.............................. 5A
3 
...............................6A

“ 
Loose Muscatels in Bags.
“ 

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Peel.

“ 
25  “
25 “
“ 
Raisins.

Foreign.
Currants.
Patras,  In barrels......
In  A-bbls........
In less quantity 
Citron, Leghorn. 25 lb. 
Lemon 
Orange 
Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes.. 
“
Sultana, 20 
Valencia, 30  “
Prunes.
California,  100-120—  
90x100 25 lb.
80x90 
“
70x80 
“
.  60x70
Turkey.......................
Silver........................
Sultana......................

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boxes  20 
10 
11

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......U> A
bxs.llA
-1*A13*
.14
7A
9A

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

No. l,«A ..........................  #1  75
N0.2.6A........................   160

No. 1,6.............................
No. 2,6.............................   150
XX  wood, white.
No. 1, 6A..........................   1  35
.......................  1  »
No. 2,6A 
6*
' S
Mill  No. 4.........................  100
FARINACEOUS  GOODS 

Manilla, white.

Coin.

Farina.
3*
100 lb. kegs................
Hominy.
Barrels.................................800
Grits.....................................3 50
Dried............................  
«M
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
55
Imported................... 10 A@-  A

Maccaronl and Vermicelli.

Lima  Beans.

Oatmeal.

Barrels 200 .......................  475
Half barrels 100................   2 50

Pearl Barley.

Kegs..................................  2A

 
Rolled  Oats.

Peas.
1  85
Green,  bu............ 
 
Split  per l b .................. 
2A
Barrels  180.................  @4  75
Half  bbls 90..............  @2 50
German.............................   4*4
East India..........................   5
Cracked.............................. 

Wheat.

Sago.

5

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Yarmouth..........................   1  40
Pollock..........................  
3A
Whole, Grand  Bank...... 
5A
Boneless,  bricks............7 ©9
Boneless, strips.............. 
7

Halibut.

Smoked......................10A@11

Herring.
“ 
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Holland, white hoops keg 

75 
bbl  12 00
“ 
9 50
Norwegian.......................  12 00
Round, A bbl 100 lbs  ......  3 CO
“  A  “  40  “  ......   1  45
Scaled............................... 
Fl

Mackerel.

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No. 1,  100 lbs.......................12 CO
No. 1, 40 lbs........................  5 05
No. 1.  10 lbs........................  1 35
Family, 90 lbs....................  8 25
10  lb s.................   95
Russian,  kegs....................   65
i4
No. 1, A bbls., lOOlbs............6 75
No. 1 A bbl, 40  lbs...............3 00
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   85
No. 1,81b  kits....................  70

Sardines.
Trout.

Whlteflsh.

No. 1  No. 2 

Family 
A bbls, 100 lbs. .#8 75 88 25 #5 25 
A  “  40  “ ..  3 75  3 55  2 35
101b.  kits.........   1  05 
68
57
......   .  85 
81b.  “ 
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS, 

98 
81 

Souders’,

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

Regular
Grade
Lemon.
doz
2 oz  ...  8 
4 oz___  1  50

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
I 2 oz  --- $1  2 i
4 oz......2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
I 2 oz..... 81  50
I 4 oz.....   3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz..... 81  75
14 oz..... 3 50

Jennings’ D  C.
Lemon. Vanilla
2 oz folding box.. .7 5  
1  25
3 oz 
...100 
150
2 00
...1  50 
4 oz 
6oz 
...2*00 
3 00
8 Of 
.. .3 00 
4 00

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GUNPOWDER.

Austin’s Rifle, kegs...........  3 50
“  A keg«........2 00
Crack Shot, kegs . .3 50 
A kegs 2 00
A  "  2 50

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HERBS.

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

INDIGO.

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

JELLY .
17  lb. palls.................  ’0©  75
30  “ 
................1  C0@1  05

55
50

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LICORICE.

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

“ 

LYE.
Condensed, 2 doz.........
4 doz.........
MATCHES. 
No. 9  sulphnr...............
Anchor parlor...............
No. 2 home....................
Export  parlor................
MINCE  MEAT.

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

...1  25
...2 25

...1  65
...1 7
...1  10
...4 00

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

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.
1  gallon  ....................... 
81  75
Half  gallon......................  1  40
Q nait...............................  
70
P int..................................  
45
Half  p in t........................ 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon............................   7 00
Half gallon......................  4 75
Q uart...............................  3 75
Pint..................................   2 25

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

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

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

New Orleans.

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

16

20
30

18
20
25
30
40

8 00
4  50

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P IC K L E S .
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count...  ©6 50
Half bbls, 600  count..  ©3 75

Small.

Barrels, 2,400 count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 count 

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216.......................1  75
"  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No. 8........................... 1 26

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

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

R IC E  
Domestic.

Carolina bead.......................6
No. 1........................5
“  No. 2......................  4 A
Broken...............................   3

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

n  f   *

AXLE GREASE 
doz
......   55
......  75
......   50
......   80
......  75
..  .. ........  55

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

gross
6 00
9 CO
5 50
9 00
s 00
6 00

1

45

Acme.

Arctic.

“  2  “ 

60 
1  20 
2  00 
9 60

BAKING PO W D EE
A lb. cans, 3 doz...............  
ttlb . 
lib .
Bulk..................................
14 lb cans..........................
.........................
A ft  “ 
.........................
lb  “ 
ft  “ 
.........................
Foefon.
5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in case. 
“
16  “ 
Red Star, 14 1b cans.........
.........
“ 
A »   “ 
.........
1 1b  “ 
“ 
45
>. cans. doz.
85
K  “ 
“  •
“  . 1  50
).  “ 
45
lb cans....
75
ib cans......
1  50
bcans 
...
Price’s.
per doz
Dime cans .  90
.1  33
“
4-oz 
1  90
6-oz 
“
.2 47
8-oz 
“
.3 75
12oz 
“
.4 75
16-oz 
“
11  40
1  2 A-lb  “
18 25
1  4-lb
21  60
1  5-lb
41  80
J  10-lb 

CREAM

Our Leader.:

“
BATH  BRICK.
2 dozen in case.

“ 

BLUING. 

English...............................  90
Bristol..................................  80
Domestic.............................   70
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals..............  4 00
8 oz 
“ 
..............7 00
10 50
“  pints,  round......
2 75 
No. 2, sifting box
XT«  9
4 00 
“  No. 3,
“  No. 5,
8 00 
4 50
1 oz b a ll........
“ 
3 60 
Mexican Liquid, 4 oz 
6 80
“ 
“ 
8 oz..
BROOMS,
1  75
,4o. 2 Hurl.................
No. 1  “ 
.................
2 00
No. 2 Carpet...........i ..........  2 25
.......................2 50
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem........................   2 75
Common Whisk................. 
90
Fancy 
.................1  15
Warehouse.........................3 25
BRUSHES.
Stove, No.  l .......................  126
10.....................  1  50
15.....................  1  75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row—   86
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row —   1  25
Palmetto, goose.................  1  50

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

BUTTER  PLATES.

Oval—250 In crate.

No.  1. 
No.  2 
No.  3. 
No.  5.

CANDLES.

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes..............  10
Star,  40 
9
Paraffine  ............................ 11
Wicklng  ............................ 24

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CANNED  GOODS. 

Fish.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

Little Neck,  lib ................ 1  20
“  2  lb................ 1 90
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 81b..................... 2 25
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb...................  1 00
2 lb...................  i 85
Lobsters.
8tar,  1  lb.........................2 50
2  lb......................... 3 50
Picnic,1 lb.......................... 2 00
21b..........................2 90
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb......................1 25
2  lb....................2 10
Mustard,  21b..................... 2 25
Tomato Sauce,  2  lb...........2 25
Soused, 2 lb........................ 2 25
Salmon.
ColumblafRlver,  flat..........1  90
“  *alls...........1  75
Alaska, Red........................ 1 45
pink........................ 1 25
Sardines.
American  14s .................  @5
As................. 6A@7
Imported  Ms.....................10@11
As.....................15@16
Mustard Ms.....................   @8
Boneless.......................... 
21
Brook, 3 lb ..........................2 50

“ 
M 

Trout.

“ 
“ 

Peaches.
P ie............................
Maxwell....................
Shepard’s ..................
California..................
.................
Monitor 
Oxford.................... ..
Pears.

Domestic....................
Riverside....................
Pineapples.

1  25
1  65
2  20 
1  65

“ 

1  10

1  30 
1  50 
1  30

Common....................1  00@1 30
Johnson’s  sliced
2 50 
2 75

grated.......
Quinces.
Common....................
Raspberries.
Red.............................
Black  Hamburg.........
Erie,  black 
..............
Strawberries.
Lawrence..................
Hamburgh.................
Erie............................
Terrapin.......................
Whortleberries.
Blueberries...............
1  00
Corned  beef,  Libby’s..........2 10
Roast beef,  Armour’s........  2 10
Potted  ham, A lb.....................1 30
“  A lb ....................  80
tongue, A lb........  .. 1  35
A lb .........   85
chicken, A lb ........... 
96

Meats.

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
Vegetables.

Beans.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

Peas.

Corn.

soaked......................

Hamburgh  stringless.........1  25
French style.......2 25
Limas..................1  35
Lima, green........................1 40
Lewis Boston Baked..........1 85
Bay State  Baked................1  35
World’s  Fair  Baked..........1-35
Picnic Baked...................... 1  00
Hamburgh......................... 1  40
Livingston  Eden...............1 20
Purity.................................
Honey  Dew........................1  50
Morning Glory...................
Soaked...............................  75
Hambnrgh  marrofat..........1 35
early Jane........
Champion Eng. .1  50
petit  pois.........1  75
fancy  sifted
1  90
Soaked
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat..........1  10
early June.......130
Archer’s  Early Blossom__ 1  35
French................................ 2 15
French..............................17©22
Erie.....................................   95
Hubbard............................. 1 25
Hamburg.............................. 1 40
Soaked...............................  85
Honey  Dew..........................1 50
Erie...................................... 1 35

Mushrooms
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

“ 

Tomatoes.

Hancock.............................
Excelsior .  ......................... l  25
Eclipse...............................  1
Hamburg.............................. 1 40
Gallon................................. 8 25

CHOCOLATE.

Baker’s.

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

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

Fair..................................... S
Good....................................21A
Prime.................................. 23A
Golden.................................23
Peaberry............................. 25

Santos.

Fair..................................... 21
Good....................................22
Prime.................................. 23
Peaberry  ............................24
Mexican and Guataroala.
Fair..................................... 21
Good.................................... 22
Fancy.................................. 24
Prime.................................. 23
M illed.................................24
Interior............................... 25
Private Growth...................27
Mandehling........................28
Imitation............................ 25
Arabian............................... 28

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

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

Package.

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

Extract.

Valley City A gross...........
......... 1  15
FeUx 
Hnmmel’s, foil, gross........  1  50
“ 
........2 50

“ 

“ 

tin 
CHICORV.

Balk.
Red..

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton,  40 ft.........per dos.  1  25
1  40
1  60
1  75
1  9t
90
100

“ 
“ 
“ 
"  
Jute 
“ 
CONDENSED  MILK.

50ft.......... 
60ft.......... 
70ft.......... 
80ft.......... 
60 ft.......... 
7 2 ft......... 

“ 
“ 
“ 
» 
“ 
“ 

4 dot. in case.

Eagle.................................   7  40
Crown...................................6 25
Genuine  Swiss.................... 7 70
American Swiss...................6

COUPON  BOOKS.

“Tradesman.’

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

per  h u n d re d ..................2  00
2 50
“ 
3 00
“ 
3 00
“ 
“ 
4 0U
“ 
5 00
per hundred...............   2 50
3 00
“ 
3 50
“ 
4 00
“ 
" 
5 00
“  “ 
....................  6 00

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“Superior.”
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

Amboy__
Acme.......
Riverside

‘Universal.’'

THE  MICHIG^JSr  TRADESMAN.

i 8

SPICKS.

Whole Sifted.
Allspice...................  
10
Cassia, China In mats........  7
“  Batavia In bund__ is
Saigon In rolls........ 33
11 
Cloves,  Amboyna................33
Zanzibar..................13
“ 
Mace  Batavia...................... 80
Nutmegs, fancy................... 75
“  No. 1.......................70
“  No. 2.......................60
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 10
" 
“  w hite.....30
shot..  .................... 16
“ 
Pure Ground In Bulk.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Allspice................................15
Cassia,  Batavia................... 18
and  8algon.35
Saigon..................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................32
Zanzibar................18
Ginger, African...................16
Cochin...................20
Jam aica................32
Mace  Batavia...................... 7t
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .33
“  Trieste....................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................75
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 16
“  white.......24
Cayenne................20
Sage......................................30
*s
Allspice......................   84 155
Cinnamon....................   84 1  55
Cloves..........................   84 1  55
Ginger,  Jamaica........  84  1 56
“  African............   84 1  55
Mustard.......................   84  1  55
Pepper.........................  84 156
Sage..............................   84

" 
“ 
‘‘Absolute” In Packages.

&s 

SAI>  SODA.

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

SAUERKRAUT.

Gold  Medal...............   @8 35

SEEDS.

Anise............................   @12*
6
Canary, Smyrna......... 
Caraway.........................  
10
00
Cardamon, Malabar... 
Hemp,  Russian.........  
4*
5*
Mixed  Bird  .............. 
Mustard,  white.........  
10
Poppy..............'.........  
9
Rape..........................  
6
Cuttle  bone....................  
STARCH.

30

Corn.

 

 

“ 

20-lb  boxes..........................  6
5*
40-lb 

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

1-lb packages........................ 5*
3-lb 
6*
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes..............  414
Barrels................................   5 *

« 
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SNUFF.

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

SODA,

Boxes....................................5b
Kegs, English....................... 4£
100 3-lb. sacks......................... 13 35
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks.......................   1 85
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases...........................  1 50
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags.. 
28 lb.  “ 

2 00
2 25
33
drill  "  16  18

SALT.
 
 

 
 

Warsaw.

56 lb. dairy In drill  bags...  33
281b.  “ 
18
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..  75

Ashton.

“ 

.. 

“ 

Higgins.

Solar Rock.

56 )*>. dairy In linen  sacks.  75 

56 lb.  sacks.......................   37

Common Fine.

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

90
95

SALERATUS.

 

 

“ 

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

Church's.........................   33 30
DeLand’s ...........................  3 15
Dwight’s........................     3 30
Taylor’s............... 
  3 00
SOAP.
Laundry.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

.3 50
Old Country,  80  l-'lb........
Good Cheer, 601 lb........... ..3 90
White Borax, 100  * lb .... ..3 95
Proctor & Gamble.
3 45
Concord............................
Ivory, 10  oz...................... 6 75
6  oz....................... .  4 00
3 90
Lenox...............................
Mottled German.............. .  3 60
Town Talk....................... .  3 25
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp d. .*4 00 
plain...  2 94
N. K. Fairbanks <& Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................   4 75
Brown, 60 bars.................... 2 85
80  b a rs...................3 50
Acme.................................  4 00
Cotton Oil............................ 6 00
Marseilles..........................   3 95
.................................4 35

“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.

“ 

“ 

Scouring.
8apolio, kitchen, 3  doz...  2 50
hand, 3aoz............2 50

“ 

SUGAR.

To ascertain the cost of sugar 
laid  down  at  any town  in  the 
Lower  Peninsula,  add  freight 
rate from  New York to the  fol­
lowing quotations, which repre 
sent the refiners’ prices:
Cut  Loaf.............................$5 55
Powdered  .......................... 5  13
Granulated........................  4 87
Fine Granulated................  4 87
Extra Fine Granulated___ 5 CO
Cubes.......- ................... ..  5  18
XXXX  Powdered..............   5 56
Confec. Standard  A ............4 8!
No. 1  Columbia A................4 7'
No. 5 Empire  A ................. 4  69
No.  6  .................................. 4  62
No.  7....................................4  56
No.  8....................................4  50
No.  9....................................4 44
No.  10.................................   4 37
No.  11..................................4  37
No.  12.................................  4 31
No.  13.................................   4 00
No 14.....................................3 94

SYRUPS.

Com.

Barrels................................. 24
Half bbls.............................. 26
F air.....................................   19
Good....................................  25
Choice  ................................   30

Pure Cane.

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

8
8

9
8*
8*

40 gr............................. 7  @8
60 gr............................8  @9

81 for barrel.

WET  MUSTARD,
Bulk, per gal  ................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz In case...  1  75 

YEAST.

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

 

TEAS.

japam—Regular.

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

SUN CURSD.

F air..............................   @17
Good..............................  @20
Choice..........................24  @2e
Choicest.......................32  @34
Dust.............................10  @12

BASKET  PIKED.

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

GUNPOWDER.

Common to  fail...........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. 

YOUNG HYSON.

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

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

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

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

“ 

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

“ 

 

Plug.

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

Smoking.

.  Catlin’s  Brands.

38
29
39
26
38
34
40
32

Kiln  dried...........................17
Golden  Shower................... 19
Huntress 
........................... 26
Meerschaum........................29
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy........................40
Stork  ............................ 30@32
German............................... 15
F rog...................................-33

Scotten’s Brands.

Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner......................
........16
Banner Cavendish...
....... 38
........28
Gold Cut  .................
Warpath...... '...........
........16
Honey  Dew..............
........30
Gold  Block__
...... 26
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s
Brands.
Peerless........
........26
....... 18
Old  Tom..................
........22
Standard...................
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade................
........41
Rob  Roy...................
........26
..28@32
Uncle Sam................
........32
Red Clover................
........25
Tom and Jerry..........
Traveler  Cavendish.
........38
........30
Buck Horn.  .............
,.30@32
Plow  Bov.................
....... 16
Corn  Cake  ..............
OILS.

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

Spaulding & Merrick.

“ 

“ 

WOOL.

The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes
as  follows,  in barrels,  f. o.  b.
Grand Rapids :
8*
Eocene......................
Water White, old test
@ 7*
7
W.  W.  Headlight, 156° 
Water  White  .........
@  6?¿
@ 7
Naptha......................
Stove Gasoline.........
@ 6*
Cylinder.................. 27  @36
13  @21
E ngine..................
Black. 15 cold  test.... @  8*
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS
r  Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol-
lows:
HIDES.
•  2*@3*
Green.......................
@  4
Part Cured...............
@ 4*
Full 
................
Dry............................ 5  @  5
Kips,green  .............. 2*@ 3*
@  5
“  cured...............
4  @  5
Calfskins,  green......
7  @ 8
cured----
Deacon skins............ 10  @30
No. 2 bides *  off.
PELTS.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Shearlings................. 10  @  25
.................... 25  @1 50
Lambs 
Washed.................... 20  @23
Unwashed............... 10  @20
Tallow...................... 4  @ 5
1  @ 2
Grease  butter  .........
Switches..................
1K@2
Ginseng.................... 2 00@2 75
Outside prices for No. 1 only.
50@1  00
Badger......................
B ear.......................15 00@25 00
Beaver...................... 3 00@7 00
40@  50
Cat, wild...................
10@  25
Cat, house...............
Fisher....................... 4 00@6 00
Fox,  red.................. 1  00@1  60
Fox, cross................. 3 00@5 00
50@1 00
Fox,  grey —   .........
Lynx......................... 2 00@3 00
Martin, dark............ 1  00®3 00
pale & yellow 50@1  00
40@2 00
Mink, dark...............
03@  17
Muskrat....................
15@  30
Oppossum.................
Otter, d a rk .............. 5 00@3 00
25@  90
Raccoon...................
Skunk  ..................... 1 00@1  25
W olf......................... 1  00@3 00
Beaver  castors, lb... 2 00@5 00
10
Thin and  green........
20
Long gray, dry.........
Gray, dry 
..............
35
Red and Blue, dry...

d e e r s k in s—per pound.

PURS.

“ 

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

WHEAT.

, 

“ 

MEAL.

No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
64
61
No. 1 Red (60 lb. test)
Bolted....................... ......  1  40
.  1  65
Granulated...............
FLOUR.
Straight,In  sacks  ... ......   3 60
“  barrels... ......  3 85
“ 
“  sacks— ......  4 60
Patent 
“  barrels... ......  4 80
“ 
...  1  70
Graham  “  sacks...
... ......   1  90
“ 
Rye 
Buckwheat,.............. ......   3 00
MILL8TUPF8.

Less
Car lots quantity
*17 00
14 50
18 00
19 50
19 00

Bran..............316 00
Screenings__14 00
Middlings......17 00
Mixed Feed...  18 50
Coarse meal  ..  18 00
Car  lots.................... ......... 44
Less than  car  lots... ......... 50
Car  lo ts ................... .........33
Less than car lots.... ......... 42
HAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots — 13  fO
ton lots ......14 50
No. 1 

CORN.

OATS.

“ 

Beef, carcass.....  6*@ 

FRESH  MEATS.
8
hindquarters... 7  @ 9
... 5*@ 6
fore 
loins,  No.  3.. 
.@10
ribs.........   8  @ 
9
rounds...... 6*@ 
7

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

t   f   p
v  **

2 75
3 00

51
28

shoulders 

Bologna.....................   @ 6*
Pork loins.................   @11*
........  @  9*
Sausage, blood or head  @ 7
liv e r............   @7
Frankfort__  @  9*
Mutton  .......................7*@ 8*
Veal.............................. 7  @8

FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
FRESH  FISH.
Whlteflsb 
.................  @9
T ro u t.........................   8  @9
Halibut.......................  @15
Ciscoes or Herring__  @12
Bluefish......................  @10
Fresh lobster, per lb __ 
20
Cod.............................. 10  @12
No. 1 Pickerel......
@  9 
Pike......................
@  8 
Smoked  White  ...
@ 12*
Finnan  Haddies...........
10
12
Red  Snappers..............
Columbia River  Salmon
15
15
Mackerel......................
o y st e rs—Cans.
Fairhaven  Counts — @40
F .J. D.  Selects......... @33
Selects....................... @28
Anchor....................... @23
Standards  ................. @20
Favorites..................
18

SHELL  GOODS.

“ 

BULK.

Oysters, per  100  ........1  50@1  75
Clams, 
......... 1  00@1  25
Counts, per gal................. 
2 20
1 75
Extra  Selects................... 
1 20
Standards  ....................... 
Scallops............................ 
2 00
Shrimps  ..........................  
1 25
PA PER A WOODEN WARE 

PAPER.

Straw 
................................. 1M
Rockford..............................2
Rag sugar..............................2*
Hardware..............................2%
Bakers.................................. 2%
Dry  Goods...................  5  @6
Jute  Manilla................  @6*
Red  Express No. 1.............   5*
No. 2...............4*

“ 

TWINES.

“ 

48 Cotton..............................20
Cotton, No. 1........................17
“  2........................16
Sea  Island, assorted.........   30
No. 5 Hemp......................... 15
No. 6  “ ............................ 
 

15

WOODENWARE.

Tubs, No. 1..........................  7 00
“  No. 2...........................6 00
“  No. 3...........................5 00

 
 

 
 

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1  35
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop  ...  1  60
40
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__ 
Bowls, 11 Inch....................  SO
.......................  1 00
........................1  60
....................... 2 25

13 “ 
15 “ 
17 “ 
19  “ 
21  “ 
Baskets, market.................  35
shipping  bushel.,  l  25 
..  1  35
full  hoop  “ 
5 75
“  No.2 
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l 3 50
“  No.2 
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.No.3 

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INDURATED WARE.
Pails..................................  3 25
Tubs, *doz.......................

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6 26

4 25
5 Of

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as  follows:

Fowl....................... ..12 @14
Turkeys.................. ..16 @18
Ducks  .......................16 @18
Chicken.................. ..14 @16
Chickens,............... ..12 @13
Fowls.........................10 @12
Turkeys.................. ..13 @15
Duck....................... ..12 @14

LIVE.

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

Mess,.............................................................  18 5e
Short c u t......................................................   20 50
Extra clear pig, short cut............................
Extra clear, heavy......................................
Clear, fat back..............................................  21 00
Boston clear, short cut........  .......................  21 50
Clear back, Bhort cut..................................... 21  50
22 00
8tandard clear, short cut. best...................  

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

LARD.

Pork Sausage....................................................10*
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage..............................................   9
Frankfort Sausage  ..........................................9*
Blood Sausage................................................ 
  7
Bologna, straight............................................   6
Bologna,  thick................................................  6
HeaaCheese....................................................   7
Kettle  Rendered.............................................13
Granger...........................................................12*
Family............................................................  8*
Compound......................................................  8
50 lb. Tins, *c advance.
201b. pails, *C 
10 lb. 
“  3Sic 
51b. 
“  %e 
3 lb.  *•  1  c 
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs.......................  9 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing........................  9 00
Boneless, rump butts.......................................... 14 50

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

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smoked meats—Canyassed or Plain.

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11 

Hams, average 20 lbs....................................... 13*

16 lbs...................................... 14
12 to 14 lbs...............................14
picnic....................................................11
best boneless.........................................13*
Shoulders........................................................... 10 *
Breakfast Bacon, boneless..............................13*
Dried beef, ham prices....................................10*
Long Clears, heavy..........................................
Briskets,  medium...........................................

light................................................. H

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CARAMELS.

Plain Creams............................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams........................................l 00
String  Rock.....................................................65
Burnt Almonds............................................ 1  00
WIntergreen Berries.......................................60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes..........................   34
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
No. 3, 
.........................
Stand up, 5 lb. boxes...................................
Small......................................................
Medium................................................
Large....................................................
Florldas, fancy...................................   2 50@3 50
Messinas, 200s.............................................3 00@3 25
300s............................................. 3 25@3 50

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ORANGES.

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LEMONS.

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extra 

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OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS
Figs, fancy  layers, 61b  ....................
“  10ft.....................
“  141b......................
“  20ft....................
Dates, F&rd, 10-lb.  box....................
....................
NUTS.

Messina, choice, 360.............................  @3 25
fancy, 360.............................  @» 00
choice 300.............................   3 S0@3 75
fancy 380
4  00
@12* 
@12* @15 
@15 
@ 7* 
@ 6
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................4*@  5*
@19
@18
@18*
@10
@11*@14
@@13 
@13* 
@12 
@14 
@4 00
@  7 M 
@  9* @ 7* 
@ 9* 
@ 6* 
@ 8

Almonds, Tarragona.............................
Ivaca.......................................
California.............................
Brazils, new...........................................
Filberts.................................................
Walnnts, Grenoble................................
“  Marbot....................................
“ 
Table Nuts,  fancy................................
choice.............................
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  ......... ................ 12
Cocoannts, full sacks............................
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns................................
“  Roasted....................
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............................
“  Roasted.......... ........
Choice, H. P.,  Extras.......................
“  Roasted.................

Calif.......................................1!

PEANUTS.

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

STICK  CANDY.
Cases

Standard,  per  lb...........
»  H.H...............
Twist  ............
“ 
Boston  Cream................. 
8*
Cut  Loaf.......................
Extra H.  H.................. ..  8*
MIXED CANDY.

Bbls. Pails.
7*
6*
6*
7*
7*
6*
8*

Bbls.

Pails.

“ 
fancy—In bulk

Standard.......................................6
Leader.......................................... 6 
7
7*
Royal............................................6* 
8
NoDby...........................................7 
English  Rock.............................. 7
Conserves....  ............................. 7 
8
Broken Taffy....................baskets 
8
9
Peanut Squares................. 
“  8 
French Creams.............................  
10
Valley  Creams.............................  
13
Midget, 30 lb. baskets.....................................8
.......................................  8
Modern, 30 lb. 
Palls.
Lozenges, plain.............................................  10
printed..........................................  11
Chocolate Drops............................................   11 Vi
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  13
Gum Drops....................................................
Moss Drops....................................................   8
Sour Drops......... ...........................................  8*
Imperials...  ..................................................  1°
Per Box
Lemon Drops.............. 
®
Sour Drops...................................................... 55
Peppermint Drops............................................*0
Chocolate Drops.............................................. °j>
H. M. Chocolate  Drops................................-•90
Gum Drops................................................ 40@50
Licorice Drops.............................................. 1  00
A. B. Licorice Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain................................................ 60
65
printed................... 
Imperials................................  
60
Mottoes...................................  
22
Cream Bar........................................................55
Molasses Bar..............................................""55
Hand Made  Creams.................................. 85@95

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

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80

2 40

2 80
3 80

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE. 

FRUIT  JARS.

 

 

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Pints............................................................3
Quarts..........................................................
Half Gallons................................................
Caps.............................................................
Rubbers.......................................................
No. 0 Sun.........................................................  45
No. 1  “  .........................................................  50
No.2  “  .........................................................   75
Tubular...........................................................  75

LAMP  BURNERS.

6 doz. In box.

............................... 3 40

First quality.
“ 
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XXX Flint.
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lamp chimneys.  Per box.
No. 0 Sun............................................... 
 
No.l  “  ......................................................... 1  90
No.2  “  ......................................................... 2 90
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top........................................... 2 25
No. 1  “ 
No,2  » 
No. 0 Sun, crimp top........................................... 2 60
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................8 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 
“ 
........................................1  60
No. 0, per  gross..............................................   23
28
No. 1, 
 
No  2, 
38
 
No. 3, 
75
 
Mammoth, per doz.........................................   75
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal.............................   06
*  gal. per doz......................  60
Jugs, *  gal., per doz...................................   70
l to 4 gal., per gal................................   07
MUk Pans, *  gal., per doz.................... 
60
.........................  72

1  “ 
STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED.

La Bastle.

LAMP WICKS.

Pearl top.

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Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal..........................  07
Milk Pans, *  gal..........................................  65
........................................  78

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

In  P raise  o f  G orgonzola.

It is not often  that  cheese  inspires  a  bard  to 
“drop into verse,” as one of the characters  in  a 
Dickens' novel puts it.  But  a  recent  statement 
in an important daily journal to  the  effect  that 
Gorgonzola  cheese  is  getting  scarce,  and  the 
further uncomfortable averment that  this  same 
dainty of the dairy is productive of what Carlisle 
called “that accursed hag,  dyspepsia-’ -  in  other 
words is sadly indigestible—have inspired a mod­
em  poet to liberate his sentiments in this  rhym­
ing fashion:

Oh! take the Cheddar cheese away,
It suiteth not the gourmet's throat.
The Neuchatel hath had its day,
And is not fit for table d'hote;
For what are cheeses such as these is, 
Compared with Gorgonzola 1

For Parmesan I do not care,
No Stilton, if you please, for me;
I am not “gone” on Camembert,
Or Dutch, Canadian or Brie
The Gorgonzola’s worth the lot,
And Gorgonzola can’t be got.
I have enjoyed it from of old,
That product of the sunny South—
The cheese that wears the dainty mould, 
And melts like butter in the mouth;
And whose consumption oft is graced 
By such a pleasant after-taste.
Toman’s digestion, so 'tis said,
It causes dreadful wear and  tear,
Remaining on bis chest like lead,
Inspiring many a weird  nightmare.
Well, they may  say so, if they please,
But still 1 mean to eat that cheese 1

AMERICAN  TEA.

S o u th  C arolina G row ers C onfident T hey 

C an S o lv e th e  Problem .

From  th e New  York Sun.

Tea  dealers in  New  Tork  have  once 
more  been asked  to take an  interest  in 
the  South Carolina  tea-growing  experi­
ments.  Commissioner  of  Agriculture 
LeDuc,  who once  contributed to the gay- 
ety of nations,  was the  first person  seri- 
ou'ly and officially to urge the wisdom of 
tea culture in the United States.  He ob­
tained seeds,  had  them  distributed from 
his  bureau,  and  spread broadcast  elabo­
rate  instructions as  to the  best  method 
of carrying  on  the  culture.  An  expert 
from  the  tea  fields  of  Assam  reported 
that the  tea could be  grown for 15 or 20 
cents per pound in  North and South Car­
olina.  Ever  since there  have been peri­
odical efforts to  interest the tea  trade in 
American  teas, and, in spite  of  discour­
agements,  a few  experimenters  in  south 
Carolina have persisted in  tea culture.
There  is  no  subject  touching  which 
the tea trade of  New York is  more skep­
tical than  the possibility  of  making tea 
culture a profitable industry in the United 
States.  The  men who sit in  dingy little 
down-town offices  with small  brass  tea­
kettles  about  them  and  ugly  little  tea 
cups  stored  in  cupboards  that  would 
drive any  neat  housewife into hysterics, 
smile  whenever  American  tea  is  men­
tioned.  The  skepticism of  the tea deal­
ers results partly from the fact that they 
know so much, partly from  the fact they 
know so little.  The literature of tea cul­
ture is a library  in itself.  To know  the 
subject is to spend years in study.  There 
are men down  in  the tea  trade  who can 
appraise  to a  mill the  value  of a  given 
specimen of  tea,  but  who  use  the  very 
names of  teas without  a  knowledge  of 
their  significance.  Tea,  before 
its  ar­
rival in market,  is to the  average  dealer 
an  Oriental  mystery.  Those  who  read 
books on  the  subject  find  them  full  of 
contradictions.  Some  dealers  flatly  de­
clare  their  belief  that  travelers  who 
write  upon tea  culture  in  China,  have 
never reached the interior of the country. 
As  a  matter  of  fact,  different  writers 
upon Chinese tea culture are of necessity 
contradictory,  because they have seen the 
operation in different districts.  There are 
many  ways of  cultivating tea  in China, 
as  there are  many  of  preparing  it  for 
market.  Tea bricks,  for example,  which 
are  sold by the  million  pounds  all over 
Central  Asia,  never  appear in  the trade 
of  the United  States.  Should  the aver­
age  tea dealer  see  a  close-packed  dark 
green  brick,  hard  on  the  surface,  and 
marked iD gold with  Chinese  characters, 
be  would  scarcely  recognize  it  as  tea. 
The dealers  find that  the Oriental  plays 
strange tricks  with this  market.  When 
one sort of  tea has  been  a  drug  on the 
market,  next  season  the  same  tea  ap­
pears  under  a  different  name.  Young 
hyson and  gunpowder are  the  same tea 
differently  rolled, and there  are a dozen 
devices by  which the  Celestial takes ad­
vantage of the Occidental world.

In the  face of  all the  current skeptic­
ism as to American tea,  a South  Carolin­
ian,  who  has a ten-acre  tea  garden,  re­
cently sent  up some of  his own product 
to be appraised by a firm of New York tea 
dealers.  He sent along  also a  tea-plant, 
which  has  been  exhibited  in a  dealer’s 
window.  The firm to  whom the  sample 
had  been  confided  tasted,  smelt,  and 
drew the tea,  and  after  mature delibera­
tion  wrote  to  the  experimenter  that all i 
the tests indicated that his tea was  worth 
20  cents a  pound.  The  grower  wrote 
back to thank  the  dealer,  and to express 
satisfaction that his  sample could  be ap­
praised at such a rate.
All  this  makes  no  great  impression 
upon  the  skepticism  of  the  tea  trade. 
Tea that wholesales at 20  cents a  pound 
should fetch  about  40 cents  a  pound at 
retail.  A  fair  average 
imported  tea, 
such  as is consumed  by persons of  mod­
erate  means demanding  articles of  good 
quality,  wholesales at  about  25 cents  a 
pound.  Above  and  below  that  prices 
have wide  range.  Tea dust  from China 
wholesales  in this  market  at  from 6  to 
11  cents  a  pound.  The  best  of 
it  is 
drunk  by  the  poor,  who  pay  for  it  20 
cents  a  pound  retail.  The  worst  is 
bought  by  druggists  and  dealers 
in 
whisky.  There  is an  unkind  suspicion 
in the tea trade that a good deal of cheap 
tea-dust  goes  into  sugar-coated  pills  of 
one kind or another,  in place of  quinine, 
for  example. 
It  is  well  known  that a 
great  deal of  tea  dust is  used  to  color 
new whisky and give it an appearance of 
age.
After the  tea dust  come various cheap 
grades of  Japan,  Congou,  Young Hyson, 
and Amoy,  wholesaling at  12 or 13 cents 
a pound.  Then  there other  Young  Hy­
sons and Japans and Formosa teas whole­
saling  at 20  or 25  cents  a  pound.  The 
Ceylon  teas  range  from  14  to  40  cents 
wholesale,  with fancy qualities  as  high 
as 80  cents a pound.  Some of the fancy 
Young  Hysons and  Formosas  wholesale 
at from  60  to  80  cents,  and  a Chicago 
firm has  been retailing  fancy  brands as 
high as $3  a pound.  Dealers  down town 
smile at such prices  as this last,  and  say 
that there  is really  no better  tea in this 
market than some that may be retailed at 
$1  a  pound.  As  a  matter  of  fact  the 
finest China  teas do  not  leave  the coun­
try,  and  probably  would  not  endure 
transportation.
that 
American  tea  must  compete,  if  at  all, 
with  grades  of  imported  tea  somewhat 
below  medium  quality.  They  believe 
that the thing  cannot  be done.  Climate 
and the cost of labor are both  against it, 
and the fine art of  adulteration is also in 
favor  of  the  foreign  grower. 
Indian 
teas,  which  have  greatly  increased 
in 
popularity of  late years,  are grown with 
labor which costs from 4 to 6 cents a day. 
Nobody  knows how  much  less  may  be 
the price of labor in the heart of the Chi­
nese  tea-growing 
in 
South  Carolina,  where  the  tea growing 
experiment  has  been  most  persistently 
tried, 
is  anywhere  from  three  to  ten 
times  the  cost  of  labor  in  Ceylon  and 
India.  But it  was  discovered  long  ago 
that  much  of  the  labor  in  tea  culture 
could be  performed  by  machinery,  and 
even that  many of  the manipulations to 
which  the  Chinese  tea  producers  have 
clung for many centuries  may be omitted 
altogether without  detriment to the pro­
duct.  The tea growing experimenters of 
South Carolina have great hopes from the 
application of  American  energy  and in­
vention to this ancient employment.
As to the climate, the  extension of  tea 
culture  has been  very  gradual,  partly 
because those in whose hands it  lay have 
been jealous of  competition,  and  partly 
because  the  climatic  needs  of  the  tea 
plant have  been  greatly  misunderstood. 
The culture of tea in China is a matter of 
centuries,  perhaps of millenniums,  but it 
is a comparatively recent thing in Japan, 
while  it is  only a  little over  fifty years 
old in India and less than twenty in Cey­
lon.  The American  tea growers  have re­
cent  precedent  and  the 
tradition  of 
American enterprise  in their favor; they 
have  against  them  cheap  skilled  labor 
and conscienceless  adulteration  abroad, 
and at home the conservatism of  dealers 
and consumers.

The  down-town  skeptics  say 

regions.  Labor 

Use Tradesman Coupon Boohs.

ESTABLISHED  36  TEARS.
Michael  Kolb  &  Son,

Wholesale  Clothiers,

Rochester,  N .  Y .

It  is  a  pleasure  to  acknowledge  that  through  advertising 
herein we constantly  receive mail orders giving universal  satis­
faction,  and  our  Michigan  representative,  William  Connor, 
frequently receives  letters from  merchants  requesting to  look 
through  our  line.  He  also  attends  periodically  at  Sweet’s 
Hotel,  Grand  Rapids, Mich.,  and  will  be there  Thursday and 
Friday, 6th  and  7th  April.  Merchants meeting him there are 
allowed expenses. 
If  you desire him to call  upon  you address 
William  Connor,  Marshall,  Mich.,  and  he  will  soon  be  with 
you.

HENRY  S.  ROBINSON. 

RICHARD  6 .  ELLIOTT.

¡ - f » < y P °B lN S O N  A N D  f . OAVPANY-

M anufacturers  and  W holesale Dealers in

BOOTS,  SHOES  and  RUBBERS

99,101,103,105  Jefferson Ave.,
D e t r o i t , 

.

State Agents for the Candee Rubber Co.

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

Spices  and  Baking  P ow der,  and  Jobbers  of 

Teas, Coffees and Grocers* Sundries.

)  and 3 Pearl  Street, 
L e m o n s ,  

Oranges, 

D ates,

Pigs,

GRAND  RAPIDS

Bananas, 

Nuts,

WE  SELL  THEM!  GET  OUR  PRICES.

TUB  PUTNAM  CANDY  C O .
Medium  Priced  bill Strictly  Riyli  Grade  Bicycles.

READ THE  LIST.

$135 
125 
115 
lOO
We fully  guarantee  every one.  We  want  a g e n t s   in unoccupied  ter­
ritory at liberal discounts.  Write  us  for a free  ticket  on a Majestic  bi­
cycle which  we  will  give to the holder of  the  101st ticket out of  the box 
at a drawing to be held May 30th,  1893.

Bclipse, 
New  Mail, 
Majestic, 
Waverly, 

PERKINS  &  RICHMOND, 101 Ottawa St.,  Graid Rapids, Mich.

Grand  Rapid»  Retail  Grocers*  Association. 
President, A.  J. Elliott;  Secretary, E. A. Stowe. 

Official  Organ—M ic h ig a n   T r a d e sm a n.

Jackson  Grocers’  Union. 

President,  D. S. Fleming; Sec’y, O. C. Leach.

Grand  Haven; Retail  Grocers’  Association. 
President, John Boer; Secretary, Peter VerDuin.

JIM  ALLSPICE.

Jim S co res  th e   “ S m art  A le ck s.”— A 

F e w   A ll-A roun d  R em arks.

Written for Tine Tradesman.
Urbanity  is a jewel.
1  am  a  traveling  man,  deep-dved  as 
any;  a many of  family,  with but  few  of 
the  world’s  comforts  to  show  for  my 
labor.

In  my  daily  walks  I  find  my  fellow 
traveler and  competitor  in  all  stages of 
humanity,  from  the  genial,  sociable, 
practical  business man  down  to the cold, 
retiring,  distant man,  with  his  blood  so 
frozen in his veins,  that nothing  but  the 
receipt of  his salary would set his  blood 
in circulation.  He seems to measure his 
fellowman  by  the  standard  of  dollars 
and cents.  For him to do an act of char­
ity  or contribute  to the  welfare  of  his 
brother traveler  in misfortune,  it  would 
become  necessary  to  apply  a  mustard 
plaster  to  draw  it out  of  him,  and  he 
would then advertise  the fact  especially 
to your customers or personal  friends.

I am  no  “kicker,”  but,  as I  flit from 
town to town  making my  regular  calls, 
selling  my  customers,  always  on  the 
lookout for new stocks  and new  custom­
ers, I often meet with many queer or com­
ical  travelers  with  very  set ideas regard­
ing business;  fellows  who  are  ready  to 
knife your prices, or  who insist  on tell­
ing the  merchant  what  he  should  buy 
either  on  speculation  or  for  splendid 
“sellers,”  regardless of the times or loca­
tion.

I recently put in a day with the buyer  of 
a large  mercantile company  per appoint­
ment.  The  firm was  doing an  immense 
lumbering  business,  and  proposed  to 
make an  early purchase of  canned goods 
for their  winter trade,  giving  my  firm a 
good round order,  in connection  with our 
purchase of  new  packing  for  early  fall 
delivery.  Making  myself  entirely  at 
home in  his  office,  1  was  like a  grand 
marshal  reviewing  a  parade  on  Labor 
Day.  “The boys”  came  thick,  fast and 
furious,  all  clamorous  for  orders—to­
bacco  men,  cracker  men,  soap  fiends, 
meat  salesmen,  specialty  men,  and last 
bnt not  least,  salesmen in  my own  line, 
all out for game.  Of course it would not 
do for  me to  deny  the  fact  that  I  was 
feeling “way  up” as  I  worked  away on 
my order—I  was in  the  “swim.”  “The 
boys’” jokes and shots at me  I turned to 
advantage, quietly  shaking  them  up  in 
return.

What  a chance  I  had to  compare  hu­
man nature,  manners,  talents or cupidity 
in  those  swaggering,  bragging,  self-es­
teemed travelers!  1 noted  down some of 
the styles of different ones in  presenting 
their  “cases.”  Now,  the buyer  was  a 
well-posted  business  man,  a  well-read, 
polished,  affable  gentleman  that  held  a 
position  and salary  far better  than  the 
average salesman.  One  drummer would 
walk  right in  on top  of  the buyer,  slap 
him on the  back,  and  exclaim:  “Hello, 
Jackson, old  boy;  how’s your  liver?” in 
the same  breath  informing  him  that he 
won  $25 on  the  prize  fight  at  New  Or­
leans  last  night.  “When  I  was at ‘the 
factory’  a  few  days  ago,  the ’old  man’ 
told me to make you an offer  on  (pulling 
sample out of  his pocket)  this  fine-cut

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23c—put  up  under  your  own  brand, 
same  price  we  make  to  Grand  Rapids 
and  Chicago  jobbers.”  Without  giving 
“Jackson”  a  chance  to say  a  word,  he 
then rattled off some coarse  jokes,  wind­
ing up with a pretty tough story.

M I C H I G A N ’  T R A D E S M A N .
Wayne  county Savings  Bank,  Detroit.  Mien.
$500 000  TO  INVEST  IN  BONDS
Issued by cities,  counties,  towns  and  school districts 
of Michigan.  Officers  of  these  m unicipalities  about 
to issue bonds will find  it  to th eir advantage to apply 
to this bank.  Blank bonds and blanks for proceedings 
supplied  w ithout  charge.  All  comm unications  and 
enquiries will have prom pt attention.  This bank pays 
4 per cent, on deposits, compounded semi-annually.
8. D. EL WOOD.  Treasurer.
GZ2TSS2TG  R O O T .
We 

the b lg b H t price for It.  Addreea 

Mr.  Jackson was  “ very sorry,”  but he 
had  “bought all  the  fine-cut  he  needed 
for  the  present.”  Our  drummer  was 
very sorry—he could have  saved  him  big 
money if he  had only  waited, and,  with a 
“Ta ra ra boom deay,” he departed.  On 
looking  over my cost book,  1  found that 
we were buying of  the factory  the same 
goods 21c  cost,  and  sold Mr.  Jackson 50 
pails  for sample  order, 23c,  Grand  Rap­
ids.

A dapper young  man in a  tight-fitting 
Kersey  coat,  a  pair  of  trousers  “broad 
brimmed”  all the way up,  a shiny  “tile” 
of  the latest  pattern,  marched  in  on  us 
with,  “Hello, cap!  Are  you the  buyer?
I am  selling toilet  soaps,  extracts,  tooth 
powders,  etc.  Are  you  in  it?”  without 
introducing  himself  at  all.  After  Mr. 
Jackson’s  telling  him  that  he  was sup­
plied,  he broke into whistling and started 
for the  door,  shooting  a  fancy  card or 
two about  the store.  Here  was  a sales­
man traveling on  his  shape.  The house 
he  was trying to  represent sold  this mer­
cantile company quite  a few good orders 
every year.  He  lost an  order by  his in 
experience and being  “too fly.”

It was a grand  circus for  us when the 
fish  man called,  direct  from  Gape  Cod. 
He  was  a  traveling  bureau  of  informa­
tion.  He could give  the statistics of the 
catch  of  fish  from  the  Sea  of  Galilee 
down  to  the  last  run of  shore  mackerel 
off  the  coast  of  Maine.  After  telling 
some  very  funny  fish  stories,  he  cap­
tured  an order  for  cod,  mackerel,  her­
ring and smoked  fish  which  would  have 
been  an ornament to any traveling man’s 
order  book.  With  a  parting  ludicrous 
story  about  the  dog  fish  barking  the 
bears out of the  trees down  in Maine,  he 
left  Mr.  Jackson  in  a  happy  frame of 
mind,  well  pleased  with  his  purchase 
and the salesman.

The  chief  piece  of  discourtesy  and 
“gall”  was  fired  at  Mr.  Jackson  by  a 
traveler  from  the  Windy  City.  He 
“caught  on”  to  the  sale 1  was  making 
and  was 
in  a  terrible  hurry—“Going 
right along to  Petoskey—just  wanted to 
leave a memorandum,  with polite request 
for Mr.  Jackson  to drop him  a line to Pe­
toskey if  accepted.”  He quoted  canned 
peaches,  corn,  tomatoes—100c  lots 
in 
Chicago,  future delivery,  at cut prices— 
adding a few cuts on  Spear  Head,  pack­
age coffee and granulated sugar to sweeten 
the  offer  up  a  little.  But  the  bait  did 
not  work,  as I  had  the  satisfaction  of 
booking his order for a  large quantity of 
canned goods,  with  a  general  “sort  up” 
order for groceries for  immediate wants.
As I  placed my  letter  with  the order 
on the south-bound  train I  met my com­
petitor,  who  was  “in such  a hurry to go 
north,”  patiently  waiting  to  go  south 
on the  first  train.  For  some  reason  he 
had  suddenly  forgotten my name and ex­
istence.  That was only one day’s exper­
ience,  and,  when I received  an  acknowl­
edgment  of  my  order  from  my  house 
with some complimentary  remarks  as to 
my success,  I  said  to  myself:  “It  pays 
to  be  courteous 
in  business  matters 
Urbanity,  thou art a jewell.”

J a s.  All spic e.

Nothing will  take  the  fight  out  of  a 
quarrelsome man  any  quicker  than  to 
find out that there is no fight in  you.

U r n i T   D O O O   W h o le s a le   D r u g g is t-
r r iu n   d e iu o .,  grand  rapids

Established  1868.

E.  H.  REYNOLDS

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

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

In Felt, Composition and Grave],

Warehouse and Office 

Cor.  LOUIS and  CAMPAI!  Sts..

Grand  Rapids, 
Mich
Michigan(Te h t r a i

“ The Niagara Falls Route.’*

(Taking effect’Sunday, Nov. 20, 1892.) 

♦Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.

Depart
Arrive. 
10 00p m.......... Detroit  Express............6 55pm
4 30 p m ...................Mixed
00am 
10 00 a m..............Day Express
1  20 p m
¿Atlantic ana  Pacific......10 45 p m
6 00 a m
1  OOp m  ...... New York Express  ........5 40pm
Sleeping cars run on Atlantic  and  Pacific  ex­
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  6:55 am ;  re­
turning, leave Detroit 4:40 p m, arriving at Grand 
Rapids 10:00 p m.
D irect  c o m m u n ica tio n   m ad e   a t  D e tro it  w ith  
a ll th ro u g h   tra in s  e a st  o v er  th e   M ich ig an  Cen 
tra l  R a ilro a d   (C a n a d a  S o u th e rn   D ivision.)
T ic k ets o n  sa le  a t U n io n   T ic k et Office, 67 M on­
ro e  s tre e t a n d   U n io n   D epot.

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee 
R’ys  offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  be­
tween Grand Rapids and Toledo.
VIA D., L. A  N. S ’T.

Time Table in effect January 29, 1893.

Lv. Grand Rapids a t......7:10 a. m. and i :25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t ............   1:10 p.m. and 10:30 p. m.
Lv. Grand Rapids at......6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at..............  1:10 p. m. and 10:30 p. m.

v ia  D., e.  B.  A m.  r’y .

Return connections equally as good.

D E T R O I T ,

W.  II.  B e n n e t t ,  General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo. Ohio.
JAN.

2,  1893
LANSING A  NORTHERN  R,  R. 
GOING TO  DETROIT.

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

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

TO  AND FROM  SAGINAW,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LOUIS.

Lv. DETR....................  7:45am  *1:30pm  6:05pm
Ar. G  R.......................12:55pm *5:25pm 10:30pm
Lv. GR 7:20am 4:15pm  Ar. GR 11:50am 10:40pm
Lv. Grand Rapids  .........   7:10am  1:25pm 5:40pm
Ar.from Lowell..............12:55pm 5:25pm  ..........

TO  LOWELL VIA LOWELL A  HASTINGS  R.  R.

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. DkHAVBN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.

G rand  R apid s  St Indian a.
Schedule  in effect  January  20,180$.

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

Arrive from   Leave going 

North.
7:20 a m
1:10 p m
4; 15 p ra
10:10  p m
Train arriving  from   south a t  6:45 a m   and  0:00 a m  

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

TRA INS  GOING  SOUTH.

North. 
For  Cincinnati.............................   6:30 a m  
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago... 
For F o rt Wayne and the  E a st..  1150 a m 
For  Cincinnati.............................   5:15 p m 
For Kalamazoo  A  Chicago.......10:40 p m 
From Saginaw...............................  11:50 a m
From Saginaw...............................  10:40 p m
daily;  all  other  trains  daily except Sunday.

Arrive from   Leave going 
South.
7:00  a m
10:05  a m
2:00  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  8ERVICE. 

NORTH

7:20 a m  train  has  P arlor  Car  to  Travers 
City.1:10 p  m  train  has  parlor  car  Grand 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
10:10 p  m   train .—Sleeping  ca  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw.
SOUTH—7 lOO am  tra in .—P arlor chair car Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:05  a m   train .—W agner  P arlor  Car 
Grand Rapids  to  Chicago.
6:00  p m train .—W agner Sleeping  Car 
Grand  Kapids to Cincinnati.
11;20 p m  train .—W agner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.

C h icago v ia  G.  R.  St I. R. R.

10:05 a  m 
3:56 p m  

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

11:20 p m
6:50 a m
10:06 a m train  through W agner P arlor Car.
11:20 p m tra in  daily, through W agner  Sleeping Car. 
11:45 p m
6:45  a m
11.45 p  m 

3:10 p m 
Lv  Chicago 
A rr Grand Rapids 
8:36 p m 
3:10  p  m  through  W agner  P arlor  Car. 
train daily, through W agner Sleeping Car.

2:00 p m 
9:00 p m  

7:05 am  
2:20 pm 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.

For Mnskegon—Leave. 

From Muskegon—Arrive

6:56 a m  
11:26 a m  
5:30  p m 

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

Sunday train   leaves  for  Muskegon  a t  9:05 a   m, a r ­
riving a t 10:20  a   m.  Returning,  train   leaves  Muske 
gon a t 4:30 p m, arriving a t G rand  Rapids a t 5:46 p m .
Through tickets and fall Inform ation  can  be had by 
calling upon A. Almquist,  ticket  agent  a t  Union Sta­
tion,  or  George  W.  Munson,  Union  Ticket  Agent, 67 
Monroe street. G rand Rapids, Mich.O. L. LOCKWOOD,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

C H I C A G O

NOV.  20,  1892
AND  WES r  MICHIGAN  R’V.

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 MUSKEGON.

Lv. CHICAGO.............9:00am  5:25pm  *11:15pm
Ar.  GR’D RAPIDS..... 3:55pm  10:45pm  *7:05am
TO  AND  FROM  BENTON  HARBOR, AND  ST  JOSEPH
Lv. G  R..........8:50am  1:25pm 
..........   *11:35pm
Ar.  G R  .........*6:10am  3'55pm 
........   10:45pm
Lv. G. R...........  8:50am  1:25pm  5:35pm  8:45pm
Ar.  G.  R....... ..............10:45am  3:56pm  5:25pm
Lv.  G  R.......................................7:30am  5:35pm
A r.  M an istee 
.................................12:15pm  10:29pm
A r.  T ra v erse  C i t y ............................12:35pm  10:59pm
A r.  C h a rle v o ix   ...................................2:55pm   ..............
Ar. Petoskey  ............................. 3:30pm  .............
Ar.  from  Petoskey.  etc.,  10:00  p  m.;  from 
Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10:00 p m.

TRAVERSE  CITY  MANISTEE  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 days only.
D ETROIT,  GRAND  HAVEN  &  MIL­
Depot corner Leonard  St. and Plainfield Ava.

WAUKEE  Railway.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave  itNo.  14 tNo.  löltNo.  i8i*No.  82
G’d  Rapids,  Lv!
1101 pm 
Ionia...........Ar
12 41 am 
200am 
St.  Johns  ...Ar
3 10am
Owosss........Ar
6 40am
E. Saginaw.. Ar
7 15am 
Bay City......Ar
5 40am 
F lin t...........Ar
7 30am 
Pt.  Huron...Ar
5 37am 
Pontiac....... Ar
7 00am
Detroit.........Ar

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

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

3 25pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
S 05 pm 
8 00pm 
8 37pm
7 05pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

Trains Leave
Lv. Detroit........
G’d Rapids,  Lv. 
G’d Haven,  A r . 
Milw’keeStr  “  . 
Chicago Str.  “

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

6  50am
1  00pm
2 10pm

♦Daily.  tDaily except Sunday.

Trains arrive from the east, 6:40 a.m., 12:50 a.m., 
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arri_e from  the west,  10:10  a. m., 3:16 
p.m. and 9:45  p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parltr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward — No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car.
J as. Ca m p b e l l, City Ticket Agent.

23 Monroe Street

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W a v s W hich W in.

From   the Cincinnati Tribune:

It is an  imperative  duty the  employer 
owes to his  business that he  have about 
him only  those  whom  he  knows  to  be 
strictly  honest  and 
truthful.  They 
should  come to  him  well  recommended 
by  former  employers, or  should  by him 
have been  tried and  tested.  I  advocate 
the placing  under bond  of  all employes 
engaged  in the  handling  of  money. 
If 
they are  unable  to  procure  bond  from 
their  friends,  or  feel a  delicacy  about 
asking such  a  favor  of  them, they  have 
recourse to those companies  which make 
a business of furnishing  bonds at a  very 
nominal  percentage.
Salespeople,  by reason  of  their  voca­
tion,  should possess a  sunny disposition; 
they must be amiable,  affable, courteous, 
and  cultivate  a  spirit  of  forbearance, 
humility  and  resignation  to  cope  with 
the  peculiarities,  whims  and sometimes 
overbearing  manner of  their customers. 
Vindictiveness  is  one  of  the most  fatal 
and  unprofitable  traits in  the character 
of the  person engaged  in  the selling  of 
goods.  With the  same  civility  and gra­
cious bearing,  they  should  appear  alike 
to the cultured,  the uneducated,  the con­
siderate or theobore; one person’s  money 
is as good as  another’s,  and that is what 
the salesperson is after. 
It therefore be­
hooves the employer to  select  and retain 
exactly the right kind of material for his 
salespeople.
Wages:  They should be  paid all  they 
are worth to  their employer,  and should 
be allowed  a certain percentage in excess 
of a stated amount of the sales they indi­
vidually  make.  There  should be a  line 
of promotion.  Pursue a liberal and gen­
erous policy with  your  employes,  and it 
will redound to you  ten-fold in good-will 
and  harmony,  and  be  dollars 
in  your 
pockets.
Hours:  As  is-generally  the  case the 
hours in the  retail  stores are  necessarily 
long and  tedious,  especially  when trade 
is dull and where stores are kept open in 
the  evening.  Break  the  day  up 
into 
three  parts—morning,  afternoon  and 
evening—by allowing all one or one and a 
half  hour for  dinner  to  enable  them to 
go home and  get  a warm meal;  allowing 
them  the  same  time  for  supper,  and, 
where  there  are  a  number  employed, 
there should  be a  system  of  relief  dur­
ing the dull hours  of the day,  and,  when 
practicable,  an evening off  once or twice 
a week for  each  employe.  With  such a 
policy adopted there could be no discord, 
no dissatisfaction.  Each  would vote for 
the other’s  interest.  Take,  for  an  ex­
ample, Mr.  Childs,  of  the  Philadelphia 
Ledger,  and  his 
force  of  employes. 
Where  is  there  to  be  found  more  har­
mony or a  more friendly feeling between 
employer and employe?
in  judicious 
and persistent advertising.  To drop out 
periodically and give the  space to others 
is to sell  their goods while  yours remain 
on the  shelf—keep  yourself  ever before 
the public from  January  1  to  December 
31  year after  year.  The  artistic  adver­
tising  of  the  day  is a  study,  a  joy,  a 
thing of beauty to look upon,  and to sup­
pose  that  advertisements  are  skipped 
over  and  not  read  is  a great  mistake. 
There are more  people who  read the ad­
vertisements  today 
than  ever  before. 
The restless  people of  the United States 
are  ever  on  the  alert  for  bargains  and 
something  new;  but,  whether  you have 
bargains  or  not to  offer,  keep  yourself 
and your  merchandise  before  the  great 
public’s eye  through  the medium of  the 
newspaper.
Special methods:  Buy the best quality 
of  goods  in  the  market—the  genuine. 
Shun the adulterated as you  would shun 
an adder.  Tour neighbor may be able to 
undersell  you for  a time  by  selling in­
ferior and  adulterated  goods,  but,  with 
a little patience  and perseverence in  the 
right  channel, the  trade will  drift from 
him to you,  and then you will hold it.
Combining interests,  etc.:  I believe it 
would be the  means of  less failures  and 
greater  prosperity  for  all  if  retailers 
could  agree  upon  a  certain  price  for 
their  goods,  especially  the 
staples, 
to be governed,  of  course,  by  the  whole­
sale quotations.  The wholesale and job­
bers’  prices  vary  but  little.  Why not 
have the same state of  things among the

Advertising: 

I  believe 

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

retailers?  To cut and  undersell is alike 
disastrous to all.
Experimental:  Swing  your  business 
into  a position  where  you  can  buy  for 
cash, discount  you bills,  sell  for  cash, 
giving your  customers the benefit of  the 
discount upon  the  purchase of a certain 
amount of goods by them.
Joh n   S m yth   S u sp e c te d   o f  B ein g  an  

E sca p ed   C onvict.

Chicago,  April  1—Studying  different 
reports coming in from our various agen­
cies,  I find among them one which I think 
might be  good,  to  play  somewhat  of  a 
joke  on  our  brother,  John  Smyth,  of 
Grand Rapids.  He visited the great town 
of  Corunna,  and writes to this offic**  the 
following report:  “I had quite an  expe­
rience  at  Corunna.  The  ’bus  driver 
there thought I was Latimer,  the escaped 
convict from Jackson,  and  I  noticed  he 
eyed  me  and  followed  me  around  the 
depot; then he telephoned for  the  sheriff 
to come and  look  me  over.  They  both 
stood and sized me up,  and said nothing. 
I had a new hat and  new  suit  of  clothes 
on,  and I suppose  that  was  an  unusual 
thing  for  them  to  see. 
It  was  fun  for 
me as I knew how that 8500 reward stared 
them in the face,  but  as  I  was  confident 
that I did not look  like the Jackson  lifer, 
I approached them and handed  them  my 
card,  ‘Buy  Fermentum,  the  only  reli­
able.’  ” 

L.  WlNTKKNITZ.

' 

The  Herold-Bertsch  Shoe  Co.  having
sold its retail stock of boots  and shoes to 
J.  H.  Hagy,  the members of the company 
will  devote their  entire attention  to the 
wholesale business hereafter.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—Baldwins and Spies are  each  25  cents 
higher, the former being  now  held  at S3 75  and 
the latter at S3 50.  Russets still  command  S2.75.
Beans—Handlers pay Sl.75  for country-picked 
and hold at $2.  City hand-picked are quoted  at 
10@25c above these figures.

Butter—The scarcity continues.  Jobbers  find 

no difficulty in getting 28c for choice dairy.

Cabbage—Fine stock commands SI  per doz. but 

fair stock Is in the market at 50 to 75c per doz.

Cider—13@15c per gallon.
Cranberries—Practically out of the market.
Eggs—The price dropped off the latter  part  of 
last week and gives no evidence of a rally.  Deal­
ers pay 12 and 14c and hold at 14 and 15c per doz.
Honey—White  clover  commands  15c  per  lb. 

dark buckwheat brings 12Kc.

Lettuce—Hot bed stock  commands  15c.  Hot-

house stock is firmly held at 18c per  lb.

Maple Sugar—Handlers pay 8 and  9c,  holding 

at 10 and 11c per lb.

Onions—Lower and weaker.  The selling price 

has  dropped to (1.30 per bu.

Parsnips—40c per bu.
Potatoes—The market is weaker  than  a  week 
ago, handlers now paying 55@60c  per  bu.  Late 
rose is in active demand  for  seeding  purposes, 
commanding about 5c above these prices.

Radishes—35c per doz. bunches.
Strawberries—$3.50 per case of  24  pints.  The 
arrivals  so  far  come  from  Florida  and  Texas 
and are decidedly inferior in flavor.

Turnips—The  country  is  full  of unmarked 
stock, the price being so low that It does not pay 
the producer to draw them to market.

BURNED  OUT.

B ut w ill be running again  by MAY  1st.

EVERYTHING  NEW.

Lasts and  Patterns  the  Latest.

SNEDICOR  &  HATHAWAY,

DETROIT, MICH.

Dealers wishing to see the line address 
F.  A. Cadwell, 682  Jefferson  ave.,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.

THE  FAVORITE  GHURN

Has  worked its way  steadily to the  front, and  now stands  at 
the head, fully acknowledged to be the very best  that is made 
anywhere.

F*oints  of Excellence*

It is made of  thoroughly seasoned material.
It is finished smooth  inside as well as outside.
The iron ring head is strong and  not liable to break.
The  bails are fastened to the  iron  ring, where they need to 
It is simple in construction and convenient to operate.
No other churn is so nearly perfect as The Favorite.
Don’t buy a counterfeit.

be fastened.

Sizes  and  Prices:

No.  0—  5 gallons,  to churn 2 gallons,........................................................................$  8  00
8  50
No.  1—10 
9  00
No.  2—15 
No.  3—20 
10  00
No.  4—25 
12  00

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Geo. H. Reeder & Co.,

JOBBERS  0 7

Boots  and  Shoes,

Felt Boots and Alaska  Socks.

State  Agents  for

Igg A  160 Fulton St., QrandaRapIda.

DODGE

Independence  Wood  Split  Policy

THE  LIGHTEST!

THE  STRONGEST!

THE  BEST!
HESTER  MACHINERY  GO.,

I 45  So.  Division  St..  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Spring &  Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Dress  Goods,  S h aw ls,  Cloaks, 
N otions, 
R ibbons,  H osiery, 
G loves,  U nderw ear,  W o o len s, 
F lannels,  B lankets,  G ingham s, 
Prints and  D om estic Cottons.

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

assorted stock at lowest market  prices.

Spring &  Company.

B A R C U S  B R O S ,

MANUFACTURERS  OF  CIRCULAR

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

Saw  Repairing

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

M USKEGON,
W e   H ave

50,  65  and  75c  Overalls  to  be 
had in Grand Rapids.

The B e s t
Pants,  Jackets,  Hunting  Coats,  Rubber  Coats,  and  Caps  at 
prices ranging from  75c to $4.50 per doz.
Ladies’ and  Men’s  Straw  Hats—our  line is complete  from  a 
5c to a 50c straw hat.
Outing shirts for men  and boys from $2.25 to $24 per doz.

FUST  BLACKS  IN  H08E  AND  SOCKS.

P. STEKETEE i 80N8
lOIGt H U H  i CO.,
Dry  Goods, Carpets and Cloaks

W H O L E S A L E

W e  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

M ack in aw   Shirts  and  L u m b erm en’s  Socks

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

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1---- 1  o  pn  48, 80,  82  O ttaw a  St.

Grand  Rapids.

Cracker  Chests. 

Class  Covers  for  Biscaits.

' T ’HESE  chests  will 

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

kUR new glass covers  are by far the 
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.

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N E W   NO VELTIES.

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CREAM  CRISP. 

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

the best selling cakes we ever made.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

S. A. Sears, Mgr. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

THE  W.  BINGHAM  CO.,  Cleveland,  0.,

Have  had  such  flattering  succes in  handling our Bicycles  that  they have  bought 
our entire  output for  1893.  They have  taken up all  negotiations  pending for the 
purchase of  cycles, and we respectfully solicit for them the good will of our friends.

T H E   Y O S T   M F G .   C O .,

TOLEDO.  OHIO.

BEANS If you have any beans and want to sell, 

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

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

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

A r e   You  Ready?

A. ye ! We A r e  Ready.

Is your stock  of  our staple  lines;  of the quick  selling lines of 
Earthenware,  Glassware,  House  Furnishing  Goods,  and 
Novelties  ready for the demands that  will certainly  be made 
upon it? 
If not,  call upon us, either by postal  or in person, 
and  let  us  show you how easily and  how cheaply you  can 
get  your  “ want book ”  filled  up.

Novelty  and  Variety are the Order of the Day.

A r e   You  Ready?

15021  P attern

Our  receipts  of  White  and  Decorated  Earthenware,  of 
of Glassware, of Rockingham and  Yellow and  Stoneware,  of 
House  Furnishing Goods, of Novelties and Staples for Spring 
and  Summer  trade  in  all  our departments has  averaged one

CAR-LOAD  EVERY  SECOND  DAY 5INCE  JANUARY  1st.

These Extraordinary  Receipts have  enabled us  to present an 
Unrivalled Assortment, complete  in every  detail. 
Send for 
our Catalogues, if  you do not have  them, or put us down  for 
a  call the next time you are in the  city.

N o .  18021.

Assorted  Package  Glassware•

1-2 Dozen) Pr.  Sets.
1-2 Dozen Half Gallon Pitchers.

3 Dozen Tumblers.

1-6 Dozen 7-Inch Covered bowls.
1-6 Dozen 8-lnch Covered Bowls.
1-4 Dozen 7-Inch Berry Nappies.
1-4 Dozen 8-Inch Berry Nappies.
3 Dozen 4-Inch Berry Nappies.

1-4 Dozen Tall  Celeries.
1-6 Dozen Pickles.
1-4 Dozen 5-Inch Footed Jellies. 
1-6 Dozen Molasses  Cans.
1-6 Dozen  7-Inch Oblong Disnes. 
1-6 Dozen 8-Inch  Oblong Dishes, 
1-6  Dozen Oils.

1 Dozen Salts and Peppers.

1-6 Dozen 10-lnch Salvers.'*'
BRILLIANT  NEW  STYLES  OF

F in est  C ry sta l  G lass.

£ U 5 0 2 4 ^   P a t t e r n

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1 6 0 2 4 .

Assorted  Package  Glassware.
1 Dozen 4 Pc.  Sets.

1-6  “
1-6  “
2  “
1-6  “
1-6  “
1-3  “

7-Inch Comforts.
8-lnch Comforts.
43**-Inch Comforts.
43f-Inch Footed  Jellies.
9-Inch Salvers.
% -Gallon Pitchers.

2  “
1-6  “
1-6  “
1  “
1-12  “
1-12  “

Tumblers.
Molasses Cans.
Celeries.
Tooch  Picks.
7-in.  Footed C’v’d Bowl.
8-in. 

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L ea d er s  for  1 8 9 3 , N e v e r   so  C H E A P

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B A B Y   R U T H ,

Dozen 4 Pe. Sets.

Ass9t  P9k 9g of Genoese Glassware•
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X  
1 Dozen Molasses Cans.
X 
“  6-Inch Round Comforts.
X 
“  7-Inch
X 
“  8-Inch 
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“  10-lnch Salvers.
“  Footed Bread Trays.
X 
“  Low Bread Trays.
X 
X 
“  Nick Nacks,  small.
X 
“  Nick Nacks,  footed,  large
1-6  “  Nick Nacks,  large.
.  .  PRICES HAILED ON  REQUEST  .  . 

X Gallon  Pitchers.
X Gallon Pitchers.
Tumblers.
Tall Celleries.
Goblets.
Salts and Peppers.
Open  Jellies.
6-Inch Covered  Bowls.
7-Inch 
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6-Inch Sq.  Comforts.
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H . L E O N A R D  & S O N S ,

134  to 140 Bast  Pulton  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich

