Michigan Tradesman.

Published Weekly.

VOL.  10.

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MAY  10,  1893.

$1  Per  Year.
NO.  503

We carry the

L a r g e s t   V a r i e t y
and can show yon the

F i n e s t   Goods

made in this country and will make

L o w e s t   P r i c e s

quality considered, 

A.  E.  BROOKS  &  CO.,

40  O  taw a "»t.. Grand  Rapids,  Mich

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

G r a in   B a g s . 

All Grades in Sacks 
From  l to 20 lbs. 

B u r l a p   in 

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Prints,  Dress  Goods,  Outing  Flannels,  Chevrons,  Ginghams, 

Satines,  and  a new,  complete line of

T o il e  du  N ords  and  A.  F.  C. W ash  G in g h a m s.

P.  8TEKETEE 1 SONS

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No.  1 Fillers, 10 sets in a No.  1 Case, $1.25. 

Everything  in Seeds is kept by us—Clover, Timothy,  Hungarian,  Millet,  Red 
Top,  Blue Grass,  Seed Corn, Rye, Barley, Peas, Beans,  Etc.
If you have Beans to sell, send us samples, stating quantity,  and we will try to 
trade with you.
We will sell Egg Cases and Egg Case Fillers.  No.  1 Egg Case, complete(in lots 
of 10), 35c each. 
No. 2 Fillers, 15 
sets in a No 1 Case, $1.50.
W, T.  LRMOREAUX GO., 128,130 and 132 W. Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich
PLANTS,
TOOLS,
ETC.

Par  1898
NEW  CBOP  SEEDS 

Every  article of value  known.  You will 
make  money  and  customers if  you buy our 
seeds.  Send for wholesale price list. 
CLOVER and  GRASS  SEEDS, ONION  SETS and SEED 
POTATOES.  All the standard varieties in vegetable seeds
ALFRED  J.  BROWN,  Seedsman,

24  and  26  NORTH  DIVISION  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,  M ICH.

C H A .S . 

A .  C O Y E ,
A W N IN G S   and  T E N T S

M anufacturer  of

HORSE  AND  WAGON  COVERS

send for Price List. 

Jobbers of  Oiled  Clothing  and  Cotton  Ducks.

11  Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich.

H a v e   y o u   U se  for  a  H ig h

G rade  L a u n d r y   S oap ?

-v  a d e E x p r e ssly   for

Washing,
C l e a n s i n g   and
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SIL V E R   SOAP,
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Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

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WE CARRY  A STOCK  OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOR MILL  USE.

MOSBLBY  BROS.,

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JOBBERS  OF

Clover, Timothy, Millet, Hungarian,  Field  Peas,  Etc.
Green Vegetables, Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, and Fruits of all kinds 

EGG  CASE  FILLERS,  Ten sets  No.  1, with  Case,  $1.25.

26,  28, 30 and  32  Ottawa  St., Grand  Rapids, Mich.

G r a n d   R a p i d s   B r u s h   Co.,

BRUSHES

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

O nr good* are  sold.by all  Michigan  Jobbing  Homes.

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MANUFACTURED  BY

RI1/ERDBLE  DISTILLERY.  GHIGBGO, 

ILL.

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

Wholesale  Grocers

Grand  Rapids.

H e y m a n   C o m p a n y , 

of  Show  Oases  of  Euery  Description.

Main  Office, 270  Kinzie  St.,  Chicago, 111

ManiffaGlifrers 

AGENCIES.

Grand Rapids, Mich., 106 Kent St. 
Toledo, Ohio, 707 Jefferson St. 
Cleveland, Ohio, 368 Prospect St. 
Indianapolis,  Ind,, 492 Park Ave.
Fort Wayne, Ind., 195 Uanna St, 
Milwaukee. Wis., 317 Prairie St.
St. Paul,  Minn., 445 St.  Peter St.
St. Louis,  Mo., 722 S. Fourth  St.
Kansas City,  Mo., 24th and Terrace Sts. 
St. Joseph.  Mo., 413 Edmund St. 
Rochester, N. Y.. 409 Ë. Main St.

New York, 20 Jane St.
Boston,  Mass.,  19 Broadway.
Albany, N. Y., 98 Green St.
Allegheny City.  Pa., 123 Sandusky St. 
Davenport,  la., 513 West 3d St. 
Dubuque,  la., 327 Main St.
Terra Haute.  Ind.,  1215 North 8th St. 
Topeka, Kaus., 516  S. Fillmore St. 
Denver, Col., 2004 Champa St.
Omaha, Neb., 413 S.  15th St.

Special attention  given to all country  orders.

N otice—When writing to agencies  for  samples be sure and  address  “ F erm entum 

Com pressed Y ea st.”

STANDARD  OIL  CO.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

DEALERS  IE

U l u m i n a t i n g   a n d   L u b r i c a t i n g

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office,  Hawkins Block. 

Works, Butterworth Ay©

GRAND RAPIDS, 
BIG RAPEOS, 
ALLEGAN.

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MUSKEGON, 
GRAND  HAVEN, 
HOWARD CITY,

MANISTEE,

PETOSKEY,

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR

CADILLAC,
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FIRST-CLASS  WORK  ONLY.

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A G E N T S

BICYCLES

Can  make  money by  buying some 
of the wheels  we  are  offering  at 
Special  Prices to clean  up  onr  stock—Many  1893  Model  High  and 
Medium Grade WTheels will  be  sold  at less than  Cost.

Agents wanted  for the most complete line of Wheels in the State. 
Repairing and  changing  wheels a specialty.

l o i   ottava  Street

V O O RH EES

Pants and  Overall  Co.,

L a n s in g ,  M ich.

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

E.  D.  VOORHEES,  Manager.

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NO.  503

YOL. X.

Boot  Calks,

Shoulder Calk. 

Pressed Calk.

HIRTH,  KRAUSE  &  GO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS  AGENTS.

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Pressed Ball Calk % per M ............................... $2 65
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3£  “  M .................................2 80
“  Heel  “  9-8  “  M .................................4 00
Shoulder Ball,  per*M..........................................2 00
“  Heel  **  M ...................................   2 50

A. J. shellman .scientiiic optician, 65Monroe si.

FOURTH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D. A.  Bl o d g e t t, President.

6*o.  W.  Gat. Vice-President.

Wx. H. Anderson,  Cashier. 
J no  A. Seymour, Ass’t Cashier.

C apital,  $ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 .

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

John Wlddlcomb,____   N. A. Fletcher.
COMMERCIAL  CREDIT  CO.

Union Credit Co.

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

C.  E.  BLOCK.

T.  H.  NEYIN  CO.’S

Swiss  Villa  Hiied Paints

Byes  tested  for  spectacles  free of  cost  wlht 
latest improved methods.  Glasses in every style 
at  moderate  prices.  Artificial  human  eyes  of 
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We carry a full stock of this well known 

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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facturers.

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THE  TALE  OF  A  HAT.

An Eastern-bound train on the Northern 
Pacific was plunging through  one  of the 
loneliest regions of Montana.  On the left 
the passengers looked out upon the tawny 
current of the Yellowstone, skirted along 
its  farther  bank  by  the  semblance  of 
ruined  walls and battlements of  antique 
masonry, which a nearer view constantly 
resolved into strange formations  of  min­
gled rock and  clay,  worn  and  hollowed 
into a thousand  fantastic  shapes  by  the 
action of  the  elements.  On  the  right 
there seemed no suggestion of human life 
beyond  the  track  of  the  railway  itself, 
except  when  the  shrill  whistle  of  the 
locomotive signaled its approach to some 
small  station  with  high-sounding  name 
and metropolitan  prospects.

Perhaps 

the  most  populous  cities 
through which they passed were those of 
the prairie-dogs, whose little inhabitants 
were wont to  sit—each  separate  house­
hold upon its own roof  of  sand—gazing 
curiously after the  thundering  monster 
of the train.  Here and there  beside  the 
track, the bleached skeleton of a  buffalo 
gleamed white  among  the  purple  blos­
soms of the prickly pear.  Sometimes  a 
startled  herd  of  antelopes  disappeared 
with long, graceful  leaps  into  the  dim 
distance, or a  solitary wolf  climbed  the 
irregular wall of some solitary batte.

But,  despite  the  desolate  grandeur 
without, a merry  company  of  travelers 
inside 
the  Pullman  whiled  away  the 
hours with conversation,  games  or  con­
genial books, as  the  fancy  of  each  di­
rected.

In  due  time  came  the  welcome  an­
nouncement,  “Dinner served  in  the din­
ing  car.”

Among those who rose in  response  to 
the invitation was  Miss  Ellice  Gray,  a 
fair-faced New  England  girl,  returning 
with a party of friends  from  a  month’s 
pleasuring In  Yellowstone  Park.  But, 
alas! just  as  the  door  of  her  own  car 
closed behind her, and she extended  her 
hand to a gentleman who paused to assist 
her to the platform of the next, the wind— 
that ruthless practical joker of the plains 
—lifted the brim of her  jaunty traveling 
hat with one swift,  impudent  puff,  and 
tossed it, buoyed up by  its long  curling 
feather, far  into the  fast  receding  wil­
derness. 
Its  fair  owner  herself barely 
escaped a far more  serious  fate,  for  in 
her frantic grasp for the flying  hat,  she 
so nearly lost her balance,  that,  but  for 
the strong  arm  of  her  companion,  she 
might have fallen beneath  the  whizzing 
wheels.

Loud and  heartfelt  were  the  expres­
sions of sympathy from her lady friends, 
when  Miss  Gray,  with  her  soft  wavy 
brown hair much blown  about  and  dis­
heveled, returned  to  her  seat,  and  her 
temporarily  irreparable  loss  was  made 
known.  “What a horrid shame!”  “Such 
a  love  of  a  hat!”  “ What  can  you  do 
about it?” were a few of the exclamations 
poured  into her  ears.

The  young  lady,  however,  accepted 

the situation with great coolness.

“It was a pretty hat,” she said, smiling 
ruefully—“quite too pretty for me.  Per­

haps some dusky  Sioux  belle  may  find 
and wear it!  Porter,” as that important 
official paused with a visage whose woeful 
measure  was accurately adjusted  to the 
length of Miss Gray’s generous  “tip”  at 
the beginning of the journey. 
“Porter,
I suppose it is perfectly  impossible  that 
anybody else should pick it up?”

“Not quite  impossible,  lady,  nothing 
is impossible,” rejoined the sable philos­
opher,  “but improbable,  in  my  opinioa 
—entirely so.”

“Then you leave me a hope!” she cried 
with animation, and drawing a card from 
her hand-bag, she wrote an address upon 
it.  Something hard and shining fell with 
the card into the dusky palm extended to 
receive  it.

“Thank you kindly, lady. 

If  the  hat 
stopped anywhere  east  of  the  Rockies, 
I’ll find it for you, and that’s a fac’.”
“I shall expect it!  I  shall  be—let  me 
think!”—counting deliberately upon  her 
slender  fingers—“one—two—three—j ust 
three weeks in Chicago.  You  see  I  am 
giving you plenty  of  time. 
If  it  does 
not come,  1  shall  buy  another  on  the 
very afternoon before I take the  eastern 
train—not one moment  sooner.”

A  gentleman of  the  party  who  had 
been  industriously ransacking  his port­
manteau,  now  came  forward  with  a 
pretty  embroidered smoking  cap.  Miss 
Gray’s deft fingers soon transformed this 
timely offering into a  toque, which, once 
settled  upon  her  head,  proved  so  be- 
witchingly becoming  that all regrets  for 
the  lost  hat  were  at  once  banished  by 
general consent.

Meanwhile,  far  back  in  the  lonely 
country  left  behind,  an engineer,  with 
his corps of  assistants,  worked  through 
the long day with quadrant  and measur­
ing chains, and  at evening, too weary to 
reach  the nearest  settlement, built their 
campfire of dry sage  brush, not far from 
the track of  the  railway.  Supper over, 
the  men  wrapped  themselves  in  their 
blankets  and  lay  down  to  sleep.  The 
chief alone was wakeful, and as  the full 
moon rose gloriously over  the vast silent 
plain,  he  walked  slowly  too  and  fro, 
with  folded  arms,  busy  with  his  own 
thoughts.

Henry  Lennox  was  a  splendid  speci­
men of manhood.  Tall, erect, with keen 
eye, strong  arm  and cool  nerve,  he had 
preserved, through all  his  rough experi­
ences,  the  clean  conscience  and  tender 
heart of  his childhood.

Just* now,  some  inexplicable  longing 

for home seemed to possess him.

“It is  boyishly  weak  of  me,” he said 
to  himself,  at last,  “but  I  would  give 
six  months’  pay  to  see  my  mother  to­
night.”

As he spoke,  he  suddenly  observed a 
dark object on the ground, at a little dis­
tance.  At first sight, he thought it to be 
some small  animal, but,  wondering that 
it made no  effort to escape, his  curiosity 
prompted  a  nearer  inspection.  As  he 
bent over it,  in the  bright  moonlight,  a 
strange,  uncanny  sensation  crept  over 
him, tingling to his fingers’ ends.  Coaid 
it be!  Impossible!  But  it  was a  lady’s 
hat!  He  lifted  it  softly  as  if  it  had

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the 

from 

it.  On 

indefinable 

been a sleeping infant, and the long curl­
ing feather  clung about  his fingers as if 
with  responsive  tenderness.  He turned 
in  his  hands, 
it  over  and  over 
perfume 
inhaling 
which  emanated 
the 
wings  of  that  faint,  delicious  odor 
he seemed wafted back  to home and civ­
ilization.  Visions  of  fair  faces  floated 
before him,  and strains  of  haif-remem- 
bered music sang to  his  inner ear.  The 
narrow  velvet  nat-band  seemed,  all  at 
once,  with  magical  elasticity,  to  sur­
round the whole world of gay and genial 
friendships which be had  renounced for 
a • life  in  the  wilderness.  He  half  be­
lieved himself  dreaming,  and  the hat in 
his hand  only a  visible  fragment of his 
strange,  homesick  mood.  But  nay! the 
delicate combination of  chip, velvet and 
drooping  plume  was  an  all too tangible 
mystery.

He  slept  at  last,  and  an  ideal face, 
with  tender,  laughing  eyes looking  out 
under the rolling brim  of  the magic hat, 
smiled on him in his dreams.

His first  waking  moment  verified  his 
strange  discovery.  There  lay  the  hat, 
prettier than ever, now that the daylight 
revealed its delicate wood-shades.

The blank amazement of  his comrades 
was 
followed  by  much  good-natured 
chaffing,  which  Lennox  bore  with  ap­
parent equanimity,  although  with inex­
plicable inward revolt.  He would gladly, 
if possible, have  concealed the hat from 
all  eyes—even  the  touch  of  another 
seemed to profane  something which wat 
his own pecnliar possession.

His perplexity  was short.  Arrived  at 
the the  nearest  railway  station, with his 
dainty treasure-trove, he was met by the 
enquiring telegram of  the energetic por­
ter.  Even then, he found  himself oddly 
reluctant to relinquish it.  With his own 
hands he wrapped it in thesoftest paper, 
and  committed  it  to  the  snuggest  of 
boxes,  and with the slightest perceptible 
tremor, he wrote the address:
Miss  E llice  Gb a t,
Grand Pacific Hotel, 

Chicago, III. 

: 
:

He, himself,  instrusted it  to  the care 
of  the  express  messenger,  and heard, 
with almost a sinking of heart, the warn­
ing  whistle of  the out-going train.

“I may be  losing  my mind!”  he  said 
to himself, as he gazed  blankly after the 
receding  cars,  ‘‘but — we  shall  meet 
again!”

Two months later, Lennox was recalled 
to take charge of  an  important work on 
the Eastern seaboard.

Not  to  a  living  soul  would  he  have 
confessed  for  what  he  vainly looked in 
railway or street car, or rattling omnibus 
or  crowded  street.  Sometimes,  for  a 
single  moment, he  thought  he  had dis­
covered the object of  his search, but the 
likeness  melted away,  like a  mirage, as 
he  approached.  Neither  the  pages  of 
the hotel register,  nor the memory of the 
clerk afforded the slightest clue to a per­
sonality which was  only  a name and—a 
hat!

‘‘A pretty  name!” he  thought,  saying 
it over to himself—“Ellice—Ellice Gray! 
It suits the  girl who would choose those 
shades of brown—a  tender,  proud, fear­
less  creature  with  hazel  eyes  and  hair 
bronze in the light!  The  very girl for  a 
sister—-or  a  wife!”  Then,  lower still— 
in the very depths of  his own conscious­
ness—be whispered,  “ 1 will find her.”

But  such  fanciful  dreams  in no  way 
interfered with  the practical  duties of a 
very busy life.  The enterprise of which 
Lennox was  in charge  progressed to the 
entire satisfaction of  all interested.  He 
was cited as  a man  rapidly rising  in his 
profession.  Many hospitable doors were 
open to him, but his work left  him little 
time for general society.

Oner of  the  workmen  whom  he  em­
ployed was badly injured one day, by the 
falling of a timber, and  was conveyed to 
the  city  hospital.  Lennox  was  greatly 
distressed at  the  accident, for  the  man 
had been a  favorite  with  him,  and sev­
eral times  took  occasion  to  visit  him at 
the  hospital  and ascertain  his  progress 
toward recovery.

One afternoon,  as  he  made his way to 
the accustomed corner, he noticed that  a 
lady visitor  was  there  before him.  She 
was  bending  over the  bed,  in  low  con­
versation with the sick man, and neither 
observed his  approach.  He  marked the 
delicate  contour of  her  figure,  and the 
unconscious grace and  tenderness of her 
attitude.  Suddenly  his  heart  gave  a 
great leap.  What  was  it  that  crowned 
the shapely head and  drooped above the 
shining  coils of  brown hair?  The  cool 
young  engineer  had  never  had  greater 
need than now to control his  rapid pulse 
and school his face  to the  composure fit­
ting a stranger and a gentleman.

“ 1 went to see your wife, yesterday, as 
I promised,”  the lady  was  saying,  in a 
soft, clear voice.  “She was much better, 
and  the  baby—dear  little  fellow!—was 
laughing  and  crowing  in  a  way  that 
would do your heart  good to hear.  And 
your wife sent you  her dearest love, and 
bade me  tell you to  keep up good heart, 
and that she was  quite  comfortable, and 
would be able to  come and  see you after 
a little.”

“God bless  you,  miss!”  answered  the 
man’s  feeble  voice,  as,  with  one  weak 
hand,  he  tried  to  brush  away  a  tear. 
“You’ve took a  weight off  my  mind, for 
Mary was hard sick  the day I  was hurt, 
and  I  didn’t  know  what - migbn’t  have 
happened.  Mr. Lennox—that’s my boss, 
you  know—would  ’a’  seen  to  it,  if  I’d 
asked  him,  but he’s so busy that 1 didn’t 
like to.  Why, here he is now!”

The  lady turned  quickly,  and Lennox 
took the  man’s  hand.  She  would  have 
withdrawn  with  a  gentle  bow,  had not 
Lennox  interposed,  with  courteous  en­
treaty.  “Do not let me send you away!” 
and  to  the  sick  man,  “Warren,  will 
you introduce me  to your  friend,  that I 
may be able to thank her for her kindness 
to you?”

“It  is  Mr.  Lennox,  Miss  Gray!  Ex­
cuse me, but I  had a  notion  that  every­
body knew  him because I  did!”

“Many  people  do  know  Mr.  Lennox 
who  have  never  had  the  pleasure of  a 
personal  acquaintance,”  said  the  lady, 
with a  smile, while  the  young man  felt 
himself  blushing  like  a  school  boy,  at 
the implied compliment.  “I think, how­
ever,  that  we  have  a  mutual  friend. 
You  know  my  cousin,  Archie  Farring­
ton, Mr. Lennox?”

“Archie  Farrington—your  cousin!  If 
I  had  but  known!  Why  did  he  never 
speak to me of you?”

A slight,  surprised uplifting of the eye­
brows recalled Lennox  to  consciousness 
of the amazing incoherence of his speech. 
A second time he felt  the  blood surge to 
the  very  roots  of  his  hair,  ne could 
have  beaten  himself  in  his  passion  of

mortification.  By  a  supreme  effort, he 
regained his self-control.

“I beg your pardon, Miss  Gray!  But, 
if  you  will  trust  your  cousin’s  friend­
ship for me  sufficiently  to  allow  me  to 
walk a  little  way  with  you,  when  you 
leave  the  hospital,  I  will  try  to  ex­
plain.”

“I  forgot  that  you  were  a  new ac­
quaintance, Miss Gray,” said Lennox, as 
they gained  the street,  “in  my pleasure 
at meeting  again your  hat and feather!”
For  an  instant  she  flashed  at  him  a 
look of amazed  inquiry, then, with swift 
intuition,  she  exclaimed,  “It  was  not 
you?  It cannot  be  possible  that  it  was 
you?”

“But it was!”  There was  an exultant 
gleam  in  the  frank  eyes.  “You  could 
never  imagine what a  sweet  messenger 
that hat was to me!  It became a person­
ality,  Miss  Gray!  I  vowed  to  find  it 
agaiu.  Fate has been kind to me!”
• There is  no  need  to  finish  the  story, 
since the imagination of the sympathetic 
reader  cannot  go  far  astray.  One  fact 
only remains to be chronicled.  When, a 
year  later,  Mr.  Henry  Lennox  and  his 
bride-elect were  discussing the  plans  of 
their  wedding  journey,  the  lady might 
have been heard to  say:

*  *  *

“But 1  cannot be  married  in that hat, 
Henry!  I really  cannot!  And  with my 
lovely traveling dress, too!  It  is too ab­
surd!  Why,  even the shape is two years 
old!”

“Two  or  twenty,  my  darling!  what 
does it matter?  It  is as  precious to  me 
as  if  every  thread  were  spun  gold.  1 
vowed, long ago, that it should cover my 
wife’s  head!  She  will  wear  it  for  my 
sake?”

It was the crucial test of love, my lady 

reader!

The chip was a little  faded, the velvet 
slightly  worn  at  the  edges,  the ostrich 
plume  slightly  limp  from  the  effect of 
some untimely dampness;  but  the brave 
brightness  of  the  sweet  face,  on  the 
bridal  morning,  might  have  glorified  a 
far  shabbier hat and feather.

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Pepper Information in  a Nutshell. 
From the Merchants' Review.
Pepper is the name  applied to  several 
aromatic berries  that  are  nsed  as  con­
diments,  or  for  seasoning.  There  are 
four distinct kinds or species,  which are 
distinguished in commerce  as black pep­
per, capsicum (or red) pepper,  long pep­
per, and Guinea pepper.
Black  pepper,  of  which  there  are a 
number of species,  is the  product  of a 
slender climbing plant  or  vine;  it  is  a 
perennial plant,  and  cultivated  exten­
sively upon  the  slopes of  mountains in 
the southern parts of  both Indian penin­
sulas, particularly on the  cost  of  Mala­
bar. Sumatra,  especially  the  west coast, 
Java, and  other  islands  in  the  Indian 
Archipelago.
Generally the  culture  is not  difficult, 
and two crops are yielded  annually, but 
the produce is subject  to  great  fluctua­
tions.  The stem of the pepper  plant en­
twines round its  support to  a considera­
ble  height,  the  flexible  branches  then 
droop  downward,  bearing  at  their  ex­
tremities as well  as  other  parts,  spikes 
of green flowers,  which are  followed by 
the pungent berries; these  hang in large 
bunches  resembling  in  shape  those  of 
grapes,  but  the fruit grows  distinct on 
little stalks like currants.
Each  berry  contains  a  single  seed, 
which is of a  globular  form and at  first 
is of a bright red color,  but by drying in 
the sun it changes  to nearly  black; it is 
corrugated  on the  surface, in  taste it is 
hot and  fiery,  and  its  odor  is  slightly 
aromatic.  These are the peppers  of com­
merce;  the  largest,  heaviest,  and  least 
shriveled are the best.  The leaves some­
what resemble those of  the ivy, but they 
are larger and  of  a  lighter  color; they 
partake strongly of the  aromatic and pe­
culiar  smell  and  pungent  taste  of  the 
berry.  The plant is propagated by shoots, 
which  do  not  produce  fruit  the  first 
three years;  the fourth  year  they  come 
into  bearing  and  yield  an  increasing 
produce  until  the  eighth  year;  they 
then gradually  decline  and  rarely  bear 
for more than two or three years  longer. 
When  in full vigor  the  pepper  plant is 
very  prolific;  each  bunch  usually  con­
tains from twenty  to thirty  berries, and 
sometimes  as  much  as  six  or  seven 
pounds of pepper is  obtained  from  one 
tree.  The time of  the  pepper  harvests 
on the western coast of Sumatra is usual­
ly about Septemper  or  October  for  the 
larger,  and  March  or  April  for  the 
smaller one.
The pepper plantations in Malabar are 
being  most  carefully  cultivated,  not  a 
weed is to  be seen,  every  species of  lit­
ter is removed, and if  the season  be dry 
the plants are  watered with unremitting 
assiduity.  There are  numerous  sorts of 
black pepper, known or  named from the 
different  locations  in  which  they  are 
grown.  The first and finest  is the “Mal­
abar” pepper,  which  is  generally  very 
solid,  heavy  and  particularly  aromatic 
and  pungent.  The  “Singapore”  has a 
much  darker  berry,  not  so  plump  or 
heavy, and is  the pepper  most generally 
imported  here.  “Javas,”  “Sumatras,” 
“Penangs,”  “Siams,”  “Malaccas,”  etc., 
are  all  more  or  less  distinguished  by 
their  lightness  in  weight  and  peculiar 
shades of  darkness  of  the pepper  corn. 
Fepper is again divided in Singapore into 
three  sorts,  the  first  the  “Molucca,” 
which is  the best  and heaviest, the  sec­
ond,  “Caytongee,”  and  the  worst  sort, 
“Negaree,” which last is the most abund­
ant.  This is a small pepper usually full 
of dust; it is much  lighter  tban  the oth­
ers, and is the  Sumatra  pepper  we gen­
erally find  in  our  market.  By  distilla­
tion a green  colored  matter  is  obtained 
from pepper;  this is partly  resinous and 
partly oily, and  to this  the pepper  owes 
its pungent quality.
The black  and  white sorts  of  pepper 
are both from the  same plant.  The best 
and  finest  white  peppers  are  from the 
largest and  best  developed  berries,  se­
lected  and  allowed  to  remain  on  the 
vine to  ripen; they are  afterward decor­
ticated  or freed from their  dark coat by 
maceration  in  water;  they  should  be 
very  plump  and  heavy,  possessing  a 
smooth surface.  There  are three grades 
of white pepper known in the trade—the 
“Tellicherry,” which is particularly fine 
and always commands a very  high price;

second, the  “coriander  white,” so called 
from its close resemblance to  the seed of 
that name—this  also  is very fine;  third, 
the  ordinary  white,  which 
is  often 
bleached to imitate the  former two,  but 
it  makes  a  sad  imitation,  and  is  very 
easily  detected.  The  Tellicherry  and 
the  coriander  are  packed  in  cases  of 
about 200 pounds each,  with marked tare 
on  each  case.  The  ordinary  white  is 
packed in bags of about 150 pounds, with 
2  per  cent,  tare,  with  an  allowance of 
one pound each  package; the latter com­
prises the  principal shipments of  white 
pepper to  this  country.  The  consump­
tion of  white  pepper  in  this  country is 
very small  compared  with  the  amount 
consumed in the European countries.
Confidence  among: Business  Men.
Mutual and general  confidence  is  the 
basis of all successful business,  and con­
fidence is impossible unless men  live  up 
to the  principles  which  they  profess. 
Some sneer at the expression,  “Commer­
cial Morality,”  and  intimate  that  it  is 
only  a  variation  of  “Honor  among 
Thieves”  but that  conclusion 
is  obvi­
ously  wrong.  Commercial  morality  im­
plies  that  it’s  exemplar  is  worthy  of 
trust.  The idea that  business  is a  sort 
of  legalized  theft—a  system  in  which 
success depends upon  slyly  getting  the 
best of other  people—is  far  more  com­
mon  than  is  good  for  the  community; 
consequently the man  who  lives  up  to 
the  principles  of  commercial  morality 
is gratefully held up for  the  admiration 
of his fellows. 
It would be idle to  deny 
that  humanity  is  alomst  as  absolutely 
dependent upon the business  community 
as upon  the  solid  earth  upon  which  it 
lives.  No  amount  of  wisdom,  fore­
thought or precaution on the part  of  the 
average member  of  the  community can 
avert the general disaster  that  follows a 
great betrayal of confidence in  business.
All of  our  financial  panics  were  the 
results  of sufficient  causes  which  were 
in operation long before  the  final crash, 
but  when  the  crisis  came,  it  was  not 
through general  suspicion,  but  because 
some 
institution,  pre­
viously  supposed 
to  be  trustworthy, 
failed to meet  its  obligations  and  was 
unable to explain  honorably its  default. 
The great  panic  of  1857,  which  para­
lyzed the commercial world  so long  that 
confidence  was  barely  restored  at  the 
outbreak of  the  civil  war.  was  precip­
itated by the failure of a  single loan and 
trust company,  and  not  a 
large  one 
either; no great  amount of  money  had 
been  lost,  but  a more 
important  fac­
tor,  confidence,  had  disappeared.  Con­
fidence  is  worth  far more  than  actual 
capital  in  most  business  transactions. 
For  instance,  all 
the  money  in  the 
United  States, could  it be  gathered  to­
gether in a single large  city,  would  not 
suffice  to  conduct  the  business of  that 
city were actual  cash  the  sole  medium 
of purchase and sale.
Credits, notes, drafts and  checks  con­
stitute the machinery by which exchanges 
are  facilitated,  where  most  business is 
done, and these are as  sensitive to  com­
mercial  disturbances  as  the  barometer 
to a change of weather.  Not one firm in 
twenty could do business at  a  profit  on 
its actual cash  capital. 
It  must  trust 
and be trusted, counting on  bills  receiv­
able to liquidate bills payable, springing 
as eagerly as a sentry or a spy  upon any 
one who  shows  the  slightest  sign  of 
shirking his  financial  responsibilities.— 
Cliautauquan.

individual  or 

Beware  of  “Cheap  Goods.”

In the April number of Wide  Awake a 
little story  is told  which will  be appre*- 
ciated by every wide awake  merchant: 
Two brothers,  Willie and  Johnny,  set 
up a lemonade stand the other day.
A  gentleman  was  their  first  patron. 
Willie’s sign read:
“Lemonade 4 cents a glass.”
Johnny’s modest announcement was: 
“Lemonade 2 cents a glass.”
Being  a man  with  an eye  to  the fact 
that “A penny saved is a penny earned,” 
the  customer bought a glass  of Johnny’s 
lemonade, paid the 2 cents due and casu­
ally  inquired,  “Why  is  yours  cheaper 
than your  brother’s?”
“Cos  mine  is  the  lemonade  that  the 
puppy fell into.”

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P ric e .

Three characteristic feature of our good swhich make them 

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T H B   J R U T N A .M   C A .N D Y   C O .

POTATOES.

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a large  trade.  Can take care of all that can be shipped us.  We give  the  best  ser 
vice—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen.

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Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago.

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Commission  Merchants,

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Plants  at any  and  Uniform  Depth  in  Moist Soil.

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DETROIT, MICH. 

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AMONG THE TBADE.

ABOUND THE  STATE.

Morley—Frank  Bark  succeeds  W.  H. 

Hicks in the drug buisness.

Sparta—Hinman  &  Miller  succeed L.

E.  Paige in the drug  business.

Akron—Jno.  E.  Higgins  succeeds  R. 

Myiick in the grocery business.

Ridgeway—A. J. Sutton  succeeds Sut­

ton & Arner in general trade.

Saginaw—Zaruko Bros,  succeeds Fred 

Zarnko in the grocery business.

Cass City—T.  H.  Hunt  succeeds C. D. 

Striffler in the grocery business.

Hill in the grocery business.

Plainwell—W. D.  Case  succeeds J. N. 
Detroit—Patterson  &  Spurr  succeed 

Patterson Bros,  in the meat business.

Detroit—Schulte  Bros,  succeed  Jos. 

Schulte & Son in the grocery business.

Northville—Rollin A.  Purdy  succeeds 

B. A. Wheeler in the grocery  business.

Traverse  City—G.  A.  Johnson  has 
opened a new drug store on Union street.
Ridgeway—E.  Harrison  succeeds Har­
rison & Bannister in  the meat  business.
Clyde—Wood  &  Goodfellow  succeed 
Johnson & Wood in the grocery business.
Saginaw—Banghart  Bros,  have  pur­
chased the  meat business of  Chas.  May.
Bay City—W.  C.  Grisdale  & Co.  suc­
ceed Samuel Beard in the hardware busi­
ness.

Pine Creek—V. J. Stimson has sold his 
hardware and grocery stock  to Chas.  De- 
Bow.

Caledonia Station—Chas.  S. Spaulding 
succeeds A.  W.  Stow  in the  meat  busi­
ness.

Hartford—V. E.  Manley is  succeeded 
by Wm.  Bennett in  the  hardware busi­
ness.

Allegan—Cook,  Baker &  Co.  succeed 
Cook  & Baker in  the planing  mill busi­
ness.

Plainwell—Reynolds  &  Stewart  suc­
ceed T. W.  Reynolds in the planing mill 
business.

West Bay  City—John  Frank succeeds 
Mrs. Mary  Schwartz in  the flouring mill 
business.

Richville—Horrlein  &  Hoereauf  are 
succeeded  by  Hoereauf  &  Schwab  in 
general trade.

Adrian—Baker & Shattuck, pork pack­
ers and  wholesale  cheese  and  produce 
dealers, are succeeded  by  Baker,  Shat­
tuck  & Co.

Watervliet—I.  L.  (Mrs. G. M.) Gardner 
is succeeded  by  Bieldly  &  Son,  of  Eau 
Claire, in the grocery,  boot and shoe and 
crockery business.

Detroit—O. B.  Cook &  Co., wholesale 
liquor dealers  have removed  from Sagi­
naw to this place.

Adrian—The Adrian  Packing  Co. suc­
ceeds Lambie  & Humphrey  in the pack­
ing of vegetables.

Marcellus — Moon  &  Remington  are 
succeeded  by  Moon  &  Mohney in  the 
hardware business.

Mason—Hall  &  DuBois,  dealers  in 
drugs, have  dissolved,  C.  H.  Hall  con­
tinuing the business.

Hudson—Kirkup  &  Roney,  grocery 
dealers, have dissolved, John Roney con­
tinuing the business.

Marquette—F.  W.  Hathaway  &  Co., 
meat dealers,  have dissolved.  The busi­
ness  will be  continued by  F.  W.  Hath- 
way.

Marion—Durham  Bros,  are  erecting 
a shingle mill  here.  The  frame  is  up 
and a portion  of  the  machinery  is  in 
place.

Cheboygan—W.  & A.  McArthur  have 
merged their sawmill, flour mill,  lumber 
and general  merchandise business into  a 
stock company under the style  of  W.  & 
A. McArthur Co., Limited.

Eastport—Wm.  Zeran  has  purchased 
the drug  stock of  L.  E.  Bockus, of Cen­
tral  Lake,  and  will  remove  his  drug 
stock from this place to Central Lake and 
consolidate it  with the  stock  purchased 
there.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Saginaw — L.  P.  Mason  purchased
1,000,000  feet  of  lumber  last  week  at 
prices ranging from $18 to  §21.  He also 
purchased a  lot  of  selects  at  $28,  and 
says the stock was cheap at that figure.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Penoyar  Bros.,  of 
Oscoda, who own a large tract of  timber 
in this vicinity,  have  made  the  citizens 
of Sault Ste.  Marie a  proposition  to  lo­
cate a large  saw  and  planing  mill  here. 
Action will be taken at an early day.

Clare—Frank Bracy is building a small 
sawmill near  Moore’s  Crossing,  having 
taken a contract to manufacture 5,000,000 
feet of timber for the Tucker  Mercantile 
Co.  The  capacity  of  the  mill  is  esti­
mated at 25,000  feet daily.  The  timber 
is hardwood and hemlock.

Saginaw—Green, Ring & Co.’s mill will 
cut  Canada  logs  largely  this  season. 
This firm  was  established  twenty-eight 
years ago by Green,  Hardin  & Co., since 
which  time  it  has  undergone  several 
changes in  management.  The  plant of 
the firm covers  an  area  of  forty  acres, 
and about 150 men are employed.

Owendale—John G.  Owen’s sawmill is 
in operation,  although the country being 
flat and  very  wet,  has  somewhat  hin­
dered handling  of  logs.  He  has  taken 
out the band mill put in a  year ago  and 
replaced it with a circular,  the  logs be­
ing too small to handle  profitably  with a 
band saw.

Saginaw—Reports from interior points 
are that all  of  the railroad sawmills are 
fairly  stocked,  and nearly  all of  them 
are running.  The season’s outlook is re­
garded by railroad lumbermen as unusu­
ally  favorable,  as  they  do  not  have to 
drum  up  trade  as  formerly.  A  large 
portion  of  the stock cut  on the  Flint & 
Pere  Marquette  and  Mackinaw division 
of  the  Michigan  Central  has  been con­
tracted for  by yard dealers  in  the Sagi­
naw Valley.

Manistee—Shipping  hemlock  piece 
stuff  green  is  unusual  in  the  market, 
but buyers have been so  urgent  that  at 
most  of  the  mills  they  are  putting  it 
down in flat pile and getting $7.50  for  it 
green  on  dock  here  for  strictly  short 
lengths.  Hemlock shingles seem to take 
well,  and  those  of  our  mill  men  who 
make them are realizing good  prices and 
getting  a  lot  of  new  customers.  The 
trade on second  grade  shingles  is  very 
strong,  and there is also a heavy demand 
for cull shingles.

Boyne City—W.  H. White, of  the  firm 
of W.  H. White &  Co.,  was  in  Manistee 
last week trying  to  purchase  from  the 
Manistee &  Northeastern Railroad  some 
rolling stock for their new road  between 
Boyne City and Boyne Falls, about seven 
miles,  which will be operated for freight 
and passengers, and  also  for  a  logging 
| road.  White & Co.  have  in  sight  about

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Allegan—D.  J.  Renihan  has  retired 
from  the  hardware  firm  of  Turner & 
Renihan.  The business will  be  contin­
ued under the same style by the  remain­
ing partner, R. C. Turner.

the largest quantity of hemlock and hard­
wood  in this region, and have  about  fif­
teen years’ run now secured, so that they 
are probably safe in any  permanent  im­
provements they may  make.

Rose City—The French Land  &  Lum­
ber Co.  has sold the  fifteen  year  cut  of 
basswood on its  lands near this  place  to
D.  H.  Burrell  & Co., of  Little  Falls,  N. 
Y., and Wyandotte,  Mich.  The purchas­
ers are erecting mills here  for  the  pur­
pose  of  converting  the  basswood  logs 
into heading.  The plant will consist  of 
three buildings—the mill  proper,  40x60 
feet area, engine house, 30x40  feet,  and 
a dry kiln,18x64 feet.  They will employ 
sixty hands, and the plant will be  in  op­
eration  early  in  August.  The  French 
Land & Lumber Co.  will also erect a saw, 
shingle and planing mill here this season.
Kalamazoo—The  hardware  stocks  be­
longing  to Edwards  &  Chamberlin  and | 
the late C.  H.  Dickinson will be consoli- j 
dated  and  the  business  merged  into  a 
stock  company  under  the  style of  the 
Edwards  &  Chamberlain  Hardware Co. 
The corporation will have a capital stock j 
of  $40,000,  all  paid  in,  divided  among 
twelve  stockholders, as  follows:  A. K. I 
Edwards, C. M. Chamberlin,  II. B. Peck, |
E. Woodbury, C. A.  Peck, G.  L.  Gilkey, 
N.  H.  Stewart,  J.  F.  Cowgill,  O.  M. j 
Allen, Anthony Hill, George  E. Bardeen 
and S.  A.  Gibson.  The directors are  A. 
K.  Edwards,  C.  M.  Chamberlin,  H. B. 
Peck, N.  H.  Stewart  and J.  F. Cowgill. 
The  officers  are  as  follows:  President, 
C. M. Chamberlin; Vice-President,  H. B. 
Peck;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  A.  K. 
Edwards; General  Managers,  A. K.  Ed­
wards and C.  M. Chamberlin.

Twelve Trite Maxims.

The President of  the London Chamber 
of  Commerce  gives  twelve  maxims  for 
success,  which  he says  be  has followed 
through twenty-five years of business ex­
perience:

expected to know.
made to be overcome.
further efforts.
than you can  draw it back.

1.  Have a definite aim.
2.  Go straight for it.
3.  Master all details.
4.  Always  know  more  than  you  are 
5.  Remember that  difficulties  are only 
6.  Treat failures as stepping  stones to 
7.  Never  put  out  your  hand  further 
8.  At times bold; always prudent.
9.  “Men say—what  do they  say?  Let 
them say.”
10.  Make  good  use  of  other  men’s 
brains.
11.  Listen well; answer cautiously; de­
cide promptly.
12.  Preserve,  by  all  means  in  your 
power,  “a sound mind in a sound body.”

A Four Cent Check.

A  well-known  Wall street  broker has 
pasted up in  a  conspicuous  place in his 
office a bit of paper, which is regarded as 
one  of  the  financial curiosities  of  the 
street. 
It is a certified check for 4 cents 
drawn on  one of  the  National  banks of 
New  York.  This  4  cent  derelict—the 
bank  accountants  probably  have 
a 
stronger  name  for  it—has  now  been 
“out” several  years, and it is probably a 
constant  cause of  irritation to  the bank 
people, who now must necessarily take a 
balance  4 cents out of  the way as a true 
one. 
It  is  not  known  what  means the 
drawee of  this  check used  to induce the 
teller to  certify  it,  but  they  were  un­
doubtedly potent ones, as may be learned 
by any  one who will  present  for  certifi­
cation a check for  anywhere near a  like 
amount, even though the  drawee’s  name 
be  good  for  ten  thousand  times  the 
amount  at  the  bank  at  which  it is pre­
sented.  The teller would  probably hold 
it  and  give  a  “cashier’s  check”  for  a 
like amount in place  of  it. 
If the party 
didn’t like that he  could cash—or  do the 
j other  thing.  The  bank  would  most

likely pay a considerable premium to get 
hold of that 4 cent, check, as once did the 
“Old  Lady  of  Threadneedle  Street”  in 
an instance  of  this  kind  recorded by a 
writer  in  London  Notes  and  Queries 
for July 1,  1882.  By some misadventure 
a note for one  penny  stamped  with  the 
“promise  to pay”  of  the  Bank of  Eng­
land got into circulation in 1818,  and for 
many  years  gave 
the  cashiers  much 
trouble  with  their  accounts.  “About 
fifteen  years  ago,”  says  the  writer  in 
Notes  and  Queries,  “it  was  brought  to 
the bank,  but  the  owner,  not unwisely, 
would not take a  penny for it, and I  be­
lieve the bank settled the  transaction by 
giving him £5.”

FOR  SALE,  W ANTED,  ETC.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

IilOR SALE—CLEAN STOCK OF GROCERIES.

Doing a good business in  the  booming  city 
of Owosso.  will  invoice  $2 200.  Will  sell  for 
$1 600.  Address 221  N. Washington St.,  Owosso, 
Mich.______________________________724

lumber, coal, lime  and  agricultural  imple­
ment business; situation good; reasons  for  sell­
ing on application.  Address box 103,  Richland, 
Mich.____________________________   723

F or  sa le—a  good  pa y in g  r e t a il
I ilOR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—FRUIT  KVAP- 

orator  and  cider  mill  located  at  Jackson, 
Mich.  Will  sell  cheap  or  trade  for  timbered 
land, city property or anything I can use; reason 
for selling, have other  business. Lock 
box 18,
720
Byron, Mich. 
IN
?  town of 6,00  inhabitants  in  Central  Michi­
gan.  Four factories in place.  Good schools and 
churches.  Sales, 1892,  *7,0t0.  Best  of  reasons 
for selling.  A rare chance for person with small 
capital.  Address No. 721, care Michigan Trades­
man______________________________ 721

I710K  SALE—ONLY HARDWARE STOCK 

F or  sa le—$5,000  stock  o f  boots  a n d

shoes in good town of 1,500.  Only  stock  in 
town.  All new goods.  1 wish to sell, not trade. 
Object,  ill  health.  Don’t  answer  unless  you 
mean business.  Address  No.  712 care Michigan 
Tradesman.________________________ 712

I IOR  SALE — TWO-STORY  FRAME  STORK 

building and dwelling at Levering,a thriving 
Northern Michigan town.  Property well rented. 
Will  sell  cheap or  exchange  for  city  property. 
A. M. LeBaron, 65 Monroe St., Grand Rapids. 702
cash;  also store building and  lot, including 
two dwelling  houses, on time.  Address No. 691, 
care Michigan  Tradesman. 

I  ¡TOR  SALE-STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  FOR 
F o r sa l e—clean  g r ocery  stock  and

fixtures.  Will sell together or separately, as 
desired.  Cheap for  cash.  Chas. E. Williams, 60 
Carrier street. Grand Rapids.__________693
m o   EXCHANGE—FOR  STOCK  OF CLOTH- 
J-  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  Rapids. 
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

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

691

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

~ \\T ANTED—A SITUATION  AS  HARDWARE 
TV  clerk.  Four years experience; best of ref­
erence given.  Address E. J.  Goodrich,  Benton 
Harbor, Mich. 

WANTED—CLERKSHIP  OR  MANAGER 

by registered pharmacist  with  ten  years’ 
experience, and A1 references.  Address No. 710, 
Tradesman. 
YXTANTED—POSITION  AS  BOOK-KEEPER 
tv  by  steady young  man, with  family.  Un­
exceptional  references  furnished  and  satisfac­
tion guaranteed.  Address C. B. Weaver, Adrian, 
Mich.______________________________690

719

710

MI8C£L,LANEOU8.

725

722

■ ANTED—l  WANT A  BOOT  AND  SHOE 

stock in exchange for a sawrnll,  camp out­
fit, 400 acres of land and 1,500,000 hardwood  and 
James  McDonald,  Benton 
hemlock  timber. 
Harbor, Mich. 

store.  A. A.  Wade, Lima, Ind. 

F or  r e n t  or sa l e- a sto re  b u ild in g

at Mongo, Ind.  A tip top place  for  general 
OR SALE—A MEAT MARKET AND BUILD 
ing, ice and slaughter house  in  the  village 
of South  Boardman. Michigan.  A  good  chance 
for a good butcher  to  make  some  money.  Ad- 
dress G. B. Stanley, South Boardman, Mich.  716

F or sa l e- w ish in g  to d e v o t e a ll my

time  to the  manufacture  of  medicines, ex 
tracts, etc., will sell my retail drug stock at a bar­
gain.  Stock  worth  between  $.',001  and  $3,000. 
Address Theo. Kemink. 83 West Leonard St.  7i7
QPOT cash  fo r  w ood—se n d  f u l l  p a r - 
ticulars as to price and  kind  of  wood.  Ad­
dress M. E. Lapham, 481 Bast Bridge  St.,  Grand 
Rapids, Mich 

F or sa le—c lea n stock o f dry goods,

boots and  shoes  and  groceries,  located  in 
best town  in  Michigan.  Rent  low.  Stock will 
nvoice about $2,500; will takepartcash,balance! 
706
well secured.  W. E. Thorp, Hart, Mich. 

704

THE  MTCTHGAJST  TRADESMAN,

5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Floyd  J. Everhart,  who has served the 
Putnam Gandy  Co.  for  several  years  as 
city oyster salesman, will  shortly open a 
grocery  store at  the corner of  Eleventh 
and Turner streets.

The Grand  Rapids  contingent  of  the 
Michigan  Wholesale  Grocers’  Associa­
tion left  for Detroit  Monday  evening to 
attend the annual meeting of  the organi­
zation,  which is being  held there to-day.
The New York Biscuit Co.  will shortly 
relinquish its  present  office to  the ship­
ping  department,  taking  possession  of 
new quarters now being fitted up for the 
purpose at the north  end of  the factory.
The C. E. Smith  bakery stock  and fix­
tures, at 308  Jeiferson  avenue,  were re­
cently taken  possession  of  by the mort­
gagee,  J.  P.  Moran.  At  the  sale last 
week,  the goods were bid in by the mort­
gagee.

H.  E.  Finch  has  moved  his  grocery 
stock from the corner of Wealthy avenue 
and Henry street to West Leonard street. 
The building will be lowered to the level 
of the street,  when it will be occupied by 
Annie (Mrs. Albert)  Southwick with her 
grocery stock.

The  city  millers  have  advanced  the 
paying price of wheat 3 cents per bushel, 
without making a corresponding advance 
in flour. 
If  this  thing  occurs  again,  it 
will be in order for  some one to apply to 
the proper tribunal for the  appointment 
of a commission to pass upon  the mental 
condition of the millers.

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G rip sack   B rigade.

J.  K.  Gaskell,  superintendent  of  the 
traveling  force of  Jas.  J.  Kirk  &  Co., 
Chicago, was  in town a  couple  of  days 
last week.

“Windy”  Hawkins  is  celebrating the 
advent of the fifth daughter at his house. 
He  has  wisely  come  to  the  conclusion 
that  boys are  not  good  things  to  have 
around.

The  traveling  salesman who  has  a 
thousand  friends  and  only  a  hundred 
customers is not  an  exceptionally  valu­
able man.

F. 

E.  Moulton,  traveling  representa­

tive for Bostwick,  Brown  & Co.,  of To­
ledo, met with an unpleasent accident in 
a hardware  store at  Owosso  last  Tues­
day.  An  axe slipped out  of  his  sample 
case, striking his  foot in  such  a manner 
as to cut an ugly gash.

M. S.  Brown, who has covered the trade 
of  Eastern  Michigan  several  years  for 
Lambert &  Lowman, of  Detroit, has en­
gaged to cover the same territory for the 
Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  Mr. 
Brown was in  the  house  last week long 
enough  to  post  up,  and  started  out 
Wednesday  on  his  initial  trip  for  the 
new connection.  He will coutinue to re­
side in Saginaw, the same as  heretofore.
One  of  the  most  welcome  traveling 
salesmen  who visit  the wholesale  trade 
of this market is Mrs. C.  E.  Dwight, who 
comes to this city every sixty days for  J. 
P.  Primley,  the  gum  manufacturer  of 
Chicago.  On the  death of  her husband, 
six years ago, Mrs. Dwight accepted  the 
position  of public librarian of Dubuque, 
Iowa,  which  position  she  filled  with 
credit  to  herself  for  four  years.  Two 
years ago  she went  on the  road  for her 
present  employer.  Her  territory  com­
prises the  jobbing  trade  of  the  States 
east of  the  Mississippi  River.  She has 
met  with  remarkable  success  from the

the 

start—probably due  to the fact  that her 
sex consumes  most  of  the  product  she 
sells—and  is, withal, a  lady of  culture, 
dignity and retiring manner, who honors 
the calling she has chosen to pursue.
Farm  Machinery:  Commercial  trav­
elers  when  on 
road  meet 
with 
so  much 
indifferent  coldness 
and  so  many  rebuffs  that  they  natur­
ally  feel  the  need  of  kindlier  treat­
ment  when  among 
their  employers. 
Low-spirited they return to headquarters, 
frequently  only  to  meet  with  carping 
criticism and fault-finding. 
In  the clear 
light of  sober  judgment all this  harass­
ing  seems  calculated  to  do  little  else 
than  tear  the  heart  out  of  a  man and 
drive him to seek employment with some 
other firm.  “It is  well enough,”  says a 
well-known authority, “to apprise a man 
of  his  error,  but  he  never  should  be 
‘nagged’ at.”  The mere mention of it in 
a kindly way will have a better effect to­
ward  preventing  its  repetition  than  if 
you intimate  he  is  a  stupid  blunderer. 
The gentle reminder  will not  arouse his 
wrath, but the ill-natured screed will be­
get resentment.  There  must, of course, 
be  a  discrimination  between  excusable 
errors and  careless  blunders,  or  wilful 
disobedience of  orders  and  disregard of 
instructions. 
In  the  latter  case  there 
can be but one alternative, and there can 
be no  advantage  in  preparing  the  way 
for it by  lengthy  correspondence.  The 
house will find  it to  its advantage  to let 
the  traveler  understand  from  time  to 
time that it appreciates his  services.

P u re ly   P erso n al.

Geo.  F.. Baker  succeeds  Baker  &  De- 
Jons in  the drug  business at  the corner 
of Sherman and  East streets.

B. A.  Hoxie,  the  Butterworth  avenue 
druggist, is  rejoicing  over the advent of 
an 8^-pound boy.

C.  H.  Felt,  formerly  engaged  in  the 
drug  business  at  Constantiue,  recently 
died at Hamilton, Texas,  and was buried 
at Grass  Lake.  Deceased  leaves a wife 
and son.

Peter Schuit has secured enough of the 
Primley chewing  gum  certificates to en­
title him to  six days’  board and  lodging 
at a first-class hotel in  Chicago any time 
during the World’s Fair.

Sumner  Wells,  buyer  for  the  I.  M. 
Clark Grocery Co., leaves Wednesday  for 
Penn  Yan, N.  Y.,  where  he will spend a 
month  in hopes of  benefiting his health. 
His wife  and child will  accompany him.
E. A. Owen and  L.  D.  Locklin  have 
formed a copartnership  under the  style 
of Owen  & Locklin  and  opened  a  real 
estate office in room 114 Michigan  Trust 
Co. building.  Mr.  Owen has-been a val­
ued contributor  to  T h e  T radesm an for 
several years, and its  readers  will  wish 
him success in  his  new  vocation.

W.  H.  White, the  Boyne  City lumber­
man,  was  in  town  Monday.  He  says 
Boyne City  would  be an  excellent loca­
tion for a shingle mill,  as there is plenty 
of  pine  and  cedar  shingle  timber near 
the town.  The  business  men of  Boyne 
City have organized  an improvement as­
sociation,  and propose  to  make  united 
efforts to boom the town.

The  D rug  M arket.

There are few changes to note.
Gum opium is weak.
Quinine is weak but unchanged.
Gum guaiacis scarce and has advanced.
Powdered ipecac root is lower.
Gum shellac is higher.
Oil cubebs is lower.

The  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar—An  advance  was  expected 
every day last week, but it did  not come 
until Monday morning  when  all grades 
were marked  up  from %  tn K c.  The 
market is still  strong  and  excited  and, 
judging by the condition of the raw mar­
ket,  still  higher  prices  may be  looked 
for soon.

Rolled Oats—The  advance in  oats has 
caused the makers of rolled oats and oat­
meal to  advance  their prices  about  50c 
per barrel.

Provisions—Pork is higher again, cash 
pork having sold at $20.30 on the Chicago 
Board of Trade Saturday—the  highest it 
has been for ten years.  Lard and smoked 
meats have also advanced, and are pretty 
sure to remain high all the season.
Oranges—Steady and unchanged.
Lemons—Firm,  with slight advance on 

best grades.

Bananas—A  little scarce  just at pres­

ent.  Prices unchanged.

Candy—Since the  present  prices were 
established on  confectionery, sugar  has 
advanced  fully %c,  which  will  necessi­
tate a  corresponding advance  on  candy 
in the near  future.  An  advance  would 
probably  have  been  made  before  this 
time  but for  the  dull  condition  of  the 
; market.

tion.

G rand  R anids  R etail  G rocers’ A ssocia­
With a view to  securing  the co-opera­
tion  and  membership  of  a  number  of 
grocers  doing  business  on  Grandville 
avenue  and  vicinity,  who  are  not now 
members of  the  organization, the Grand 
Rapids Retail  Grocers’  Association  will 
hold a  special open  meeting at  the hall 
on the southeast corner of Rumsey street 
and  Grandville  avenue,  Tuesday  even­
ing,  May  9.  All  grocers  who  are  not 
now  members  of  the  organization  are 
earrffestly requested  to  attend  this meet­
ing, as  special  efforts  will  be  made  to 
show the  beneficent  results of  local or­
ganization.  The  Grandville  avenue car 
line passes the place of meeting, so  that 
grocers  in  every  part  of  the  city  can 
reach  the  place of  meeting  for one car 
fare  by getting a  transfer to  the Grand­
ville avenue line.
The next regular meeting of  the Asso­
ciation will be  held on May 15, at which 
time brief addresses  will be made  by F. 
H. Barnes,  local representative  for Sco­
field, Shurmer  &  Teagle,  and  C.  G.  A. 
Voigt, who  will  enlighten  the members 
on the  merits of  the scheme  now under 
consideration  by  the  millers  and  flour 
dealers of  the  city for  the  purpose  of 
maintaining  prices.

E. A. Stow e,  Sec’y.

F rom  O ut o f Tow n.

Calls  have  been 

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

H. M. Lewis,  Ionia.
G.  W. Williams, Kalamazoo.
Chas. F. Sears, Rockford.
Norman Harris, Conklin.
Nelson F. Miller, Lisbon.
G.  Hirschberg, Bailey.
Wm. H. White & Co., Boyne City.
L, Henderson,  Holland.
A. Wierengo, Muskegon.
P o in ts  fo r  G ro cers  to   R em em ber.
From th e G rocers’ Review.
That a  dirty  store  window  is  a poor 
advertisement.
That it costs only the effort to have the 
delivery wagon clean and harness bright.
That an errand boy  with  dirty  hands 
to handle the  articles  ordered, is  repul­
sive to customers.
That  slovenly  tied  packages  require 
just as much time as to  tie  them neatly.
That a clerk  who  is  clean  and  tidy, 
and wears a clean  apron,  makes a  good 
impression on a customer.
That familiarity  between  clerks  and 
customers is  only good  up to a  certain 
point; after that it breeds contem pt.
That a  dirty  counter  and dirty scoops

and scales are  out of place  in a  grocery 
store.
That people, as a  rule,  are  fastidious 
about what they eat, and the  more invit­
ing the  store  the  better  opinion  has 
the customer.
That there  are lots of odds and ends in 
the store that  could be  gathered  in one 
■place and  sold  off  at  a  reduction—in 
fact, every store should have  its bargain 
counter.
That  before  articles  are  allowed  to 
leave the store they should  be  charged, 
item  for item, in  order  that  there  may 
be no dispute.
That the more system  a  grocer has in 
his business,  the  more  money  he  is 
apt to make and will give better  satisfac­
tion to his trade.
That the place  for cats  to sleep is not 
in a box of groceries, and  that  the edge 
of a sugar-bin is a poor stepladder.
That a grocer  should  be a  man of his 
word, and when an  order is  promised at 
a definite time it should be there.

w  WflYfIK 
1 SELF-MEASURING
a :  1 

r T—’ 0  
Measuring one quart
1   S i ]   1 C  and half gallon  at  a

1 1  

Pumps.

NET  PRICE  LIST.
First floor  Tanks  and 
1 bbl....................$13 00
2bbl.........  
15 00
3  bbl................   18 00
■‘“•bbl...................  23 00
5 bbl...................   37 00
Cellar Tanks A Pumps.
1 bbl....................$14 00
3 bbl...................   17 00
3 bbl...................   21 00
4 bbl...................   25 00
5 bbl...................   30 00
Pump  without  ¡J
Tank............  9 00

First Floor Tank and Pump.

Manufactured  only by the 

WAYNE  OIL  TANK  CO., 
Fort  Wayne, Ind.

t‘The  Proof of the  Pudding  is  Ask­

ing  for  More.”

SMOKERS  OECE  SMOKERS  AL­

WAYS  OF THE  CELEBRATED

B e n  -  H u r,

The great 10c Cigar, and

¡ R e c o r d  

f ô r e a l z e r ,

The  Great  5c  Cigar.

Made on Honor. 

Sold on M erit

First-Class Dealers  Everywhere.

M A NTTF ACTURERS,

D E T R O I T .

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E ffect  o f  Inventive  G enius  o n   T rad e.
Finley Acker in Grocers’ Review.
What has not been  accomplished since 
Inventive  Genius  captured  the  fertile 
agencies of  fire, water,  air  and electric­
ity,  and forced from them  many of  their 
marvelous  secrets!  The  tale is endless, 
the  revolution  greater  than 
that  ever 
accomplished  by  force  of  arms.  Old 
methods  are  swept  away  never  to  re­
turn.  The ancient  landmarks  of  every 
trade and  industry are  but a memory in 
the industrial  life  of  to-day.  But what 
more can I  do than to again  make a  few 
comparisons?
Take, for  instance,  the  so-called staff 
of life—our  daily bread;  or,  rather, the 
flour from which  it  is made.  A century 
ago the crude old gristmill slowly ground 
the grain  which  the  neighbors brought 
on horseback,  and  then patiently waited 
for  for  its  conversion  into  meal.  To­
day a single mammoth  flour  mill at Min­
neapolis, operated by the mighty power of 
the adjoining river, replete  with modern 
machinery for rolling, separating, bolting 
and packing,  turns out  the life  sustain­
ing product at  the rate  of  6,000  barrels 
per day, and  speeds them  over land and 
sea.
Take the next  importance  to the great 
mass of  people—the meat industry.  The 
old-time smoke and slaughter house may 
still be seen here and there, but the great 
stockyards  of  Chicago, covering an area 
of  forty  acres  of  ground,  and  a  floor 
space of 125  acres, and  in which, in one 
year 9,000,000 cattle,  hogs  and sheep are 
prepared  for  market,  suggest  the  mag­
nitude of modern industrial operations.
Recall the raw  sugar  with  which  our 
forefathers were  obliged  to  be  content, 
and  in the  grinding  of  which  the poor 
grocer’s  apprentice  was  permitted  to 
meditate upon his hard  lot and  prove to 
his own  satisfaction  the  percentage  of 
sand  in  the  sugar.  Compare  this  old 
combination of questionable  ingredients 
with the beautiful white crystals of pure 
granulated  sugar of  to-day,  and which, 
like the product of  the great  flour mills, 
is turned out at the  rate of thousands  of 
barrels per  day, and is  cheap enough to 
be used  by the very poor.
Glance  at the table  of  Americans  to­
day and we see, in the very heart of win­
ter,  delicious  fruit,  wholesome  vegeta­
bles, and nutritious  meat and fish,  many 
of  which  were  unknown  a  century ago 
to even the  wealthy,  but which,  because 
of  the  skill  and  cheapness  of  the can- 
ner’s  art.  have  become  a  part  of  the 
daily  bill of fare  of  the  American  me­
chanic.
The old  shoemaker  and bis  bench  is 
even  now a  comparative  rarity,  for  the 
wheels of  industry  which  hum  in  the 
immense  shoe  factories  of  Lynn  and 
Brockton  tell the  modern  story  of  the 
leather as it passes through the hands of 
the cutter, then the maker of the uppers, 
then the  laster,  then  the  stitcher, then 
the heeler,  then  the  finisher,  until  the 
simple  hide  is  evolved  into  a  graceful 
and serviceable shoe, free from the tacks 
and pegs of the olden times, and retailed 
at an astonishingly low price.
The  tendency  of  all  industrial  and 
commercial  interests  is  unquestionably 
in  the  direction  of  concentration  and 
centralization.  That this means cheaper 
methods of  production  there  can  be no 
doubt.  The large operator  in the stock- 
yard will do well at a clear profit of from 
30 to 50  cents  per  bullock.  The  large 
refiner will make  money at one-eighth of 
a cent a  pound  on sugar, although since 
the  formation of  the “Sugar Trust”  his 
profits  have  been  much-  larger.  The 
large miller  of  flour is  content  with  10 
cents a barrel  clear profit.  But whether 
the ultimate result of concentratiou, with 
its  accompanying  destruction  of  indi­
vidual enterprise,  will be desirable, time 
alone will tell.

Had  the  woman  who  gave  the  two 
mites been trying to see how  many  tick­
ets she could sell  for  the concert  in the 
temple to help repair the roof,  it may be 
that she would  not  have  attracted  the 
Lord’s attention.
There’s nothing  like  discipline, but it 
doesn’t do a boy any good to make him hoe 
potatoes in the back garden while a brass 
band is passing the house.

CORSET  JEANS.

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Corallne.....................89 50
Schilling’s ...................9 00
Davis  Waists......  9 00
Grand  Rapids........4 50
Armory..................   6X
Androscoggin......... 7)4
Blddefora..............   6
Brunswick..............6)4
Allen turkey  reds..  6
 
robes 
6
pink*purple 6
Duffs.  6
pink  checks. 6
staples  .  6
shirtings...
6
American  fancy...
«4 
American Indigo...
6)4 
American shirtings
4)4 
Argentine  Grays..
6
Anchor Shirtings..
______ 4
Arnold 
u  —   6)4
Arnold  Merino...... 6
“ 
long cloth B. 10)4
.................. .  ,  C.  8)4
“  century cloth 7
“  gold seal.......10)4
green seal TR 10)4 
“  yellow seal.. 10)4
“  serge.............11)4
“  Turkey red.. 10)4
“ 

Ballou solid black..
colors.
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and  orange...  6 
Berlin solids...........  5)4

“ 

oil bine. 
green 
Poulards 
tuai
red X 
“  X 
“ 44

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Wonderful............84 50
Brighton......................4 75
Bortree’8 .....................9 00
Abdominal............15 00
Naumkeagsatteen..  7)4
Rock port.................6)4
Conestoga................7)4
Walworth.............. 6X
ITS.
Berwick fancies__  5)4
Clyde  Robes...........
Charter Oak fancies 4)4 
DelMarlne cashm's.  6 
mourn’g  6 
Eddystoae fancy...  6 
chocolat  6 
rober—   6 
sateens..  6
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6
staple__6
Manchester fancy..  6 
new era.  6 
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  4X 
“  Repp furn .  8)4
Pacific fancy..........6
robes............6)4
“ 
Portsmouth robes...  6)4 
Simpson mourning..  6
greys........6
solid black.  6 
Washington Indigo.  6)4 
“  Turkey robe«..  7)4
"  India robes__7)4
“  plain Tky X X  8)4 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red  .................6)4
Martha Washington
Turkey red X  __  7)4
Martha Washington
Turkey red..........   9)4
Rlverpointrobes....  5)4
Windsor fancy........6)4
Indigo  Dine.........10)4
Harmony...............   5
ENGS.
AC A......................13
Pemberton AAA.... 16
York....................10)4
Swift River............ 7)4
Pearl River............12
Warren....................18)4
C 
oga..............16

gold  ticket

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ers.

S4XXXX 12 
incy 
Cocheco fancy........6
madders...  6 
XXtwills..  6)4 
solids........5)4
Amoskeag A C A.... 1254
Hamilton N ............   7)4
D..........8)4
Awning.. 11
Farmer....................8
First Prize.............10)4
Lenox M ills..........18
Atlanta,  D..............  6X|8tark  A
Boot........................  ex No Name...
Clifton, K............... 7  ¡Top of  Heap

COTTON  DRILL.

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THE  MICHIGAN'  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Current.

DEMINS.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Adriatic.................7
A rgyle...................  6
{ Atlanta A A............ 6
j Atlantic  A.............  6*

Arrow Brand  5
Worldwide.  6
“  LL...............   4*
Full Yard Wide...... 6)4
H ..............  6V4 Georgia  A..............  6)4
P ............   5)4 Honest Width......... 6K
D........:...  6  Hartford A .............   6
LL..............  5 
Indian Head...........  7
Amory....................   6X King A  A..................6)4
Archery  Bunting...  4  King EC.................  6
Beaver Dam  A A..  5)4 Lawrence  L L ......  5
Blackstone 0 ,32—   5  Madras cheese cloth 634 
Black Crow............ 6  Newmarket  G..........  6X
Black  Rock  .............6)4
B........5
Boot, AL................  7
N........ 6)4
Capital  A ............... 5)4
DD....  5)4
Cavanat V.............. 5)4
X ........63£
Chapman cheese cl.  3X
Noibe R..................  5
Clifton C R ............ 5)4!
Our Level  Best...... 6)4
Comet..................... 6X Oxford  R....................6
Dwight Star............6X  Pequot....................  7
Clifton CCC...........6)4  Solar.....................   6
|Top of the Heap__7
Geo. Washington...  8
Glen Mills.............   7
Gold Medal............   7)4
Green  Ticket..........8)4
Great Falls............... 6)4
Hope......................... 7)4
Just  Out......   4X@  5
King  Phillip...........7X
OP......7)4
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Lonsdale.................  @ 834
Middlesex........   @5
No Name.................. 7)4
Oak View...............   6
Our Own................   5)4
Pride of the West...12
Rosalind...................7)4
Sunlight..................  4)4
Utica  Mills.............. 8)4
Nonpareil  ..10
Vlnyard..................  8)4
White Horse...........6
Rock.........   .  8)4
8K

A B C ......................8)4
Amazon..................8
Amsburg.................7
Art  Cambric...........10
Blackstone A A...... 75£
Beats All.................4)4
Boston....................12
Cabot.......................  7)4
Cabot,  X................. 6X
Charter  Oak...........   5)4
Conway W..............   7)4
Cleveland...............634
DwlghtAnchor.......  8)4
shorts.  8
Edwards..................  6
Empire....................7
Farwell................... 7)4
Fruit of the Loom.  SX
Fltchville  .............7
First Prize.............. 7
Fruit of the Loom X.  7)4
Falrmount.....  ........ 4)4
Full Value.............. ÔX
Cabot.......................7)4{Dwlght Anchor
Farwell................... 8 
*  Unbleached
Housewife  A.......... 5)4
B......... 5)4
“ 
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D
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H
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....ion 
“  M 
...11 
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....21 
O.
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....14)4
CARPET  WARF.

Bleached.
Housewife  Q__
R ......
S __
T ......
U.......
V ........
W......
X......
Y......
Z  ......

...6)4 
...7 
...7)4 
...8)4 
••  »J4 
.10 
.10*  
• 11)4 
.12)4 
.13)4

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

CANTON  FLANNEL.

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Peerless, white.......18  ¡Integrity  colored...20
colored— 20  White Star.............. 18
“  colored..20
Integrity.................18K| 
Hamilton................ 8
Nameless................20
.................0
.-........25
 
......... 27)4
G G  Cashmere........20
......... 30
Nameless...............16
......... 32)4
................18
......... 35

DRESS  GOODS.

10)4

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CORSETS.

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GINGHAMS.

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Amoskeag..............12)4
9 os........13)4
brown .13
Andover.................il)4
Beaver Creek  AA... 10 
BB... 9
CC....
Boston MfgCo.  br..  7

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blue 8)4
“  d a twist  10)4 
Columbian XX X   br.10 
“ 
XXX  bl.19  !
Amoskeag................ 6)4
“  Persian dress 8 
Canton ..  8
“ 
AFC........10)4
“ 
Teazle.. .10)4 
“ 
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Angola.. 10)4 
“ 
Persian..  8
Arlington staple__6)4
Arasapha  fancy__4X
Bates Warwick dres  7)4 
staples.  6)4
Centennial............   10)4
Criterion.............. 10)4
Cumberland staple.  5)4
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................4)4
Elfin.......................   7)4
Everett classics......8)4
Exposition............... 7X
Glenarie.................  6X
Glenary en................ 6X
Glenwood.................7)4
Hampton.................. 6)4
Johnson Chalon cl  %
indigo blue 9)4 
zephyrs.... 16

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, bine...........12)4
brown....... 12)4
Haymaker bine........ 7X
brown...  7X
Jaffrey.....................11)4
Lancaster................12)4
Lawrence, 9 oz........ 13)4
N0. 220....IS
No. 250....11)4
No. 280.... 10)4

Lancaster,  staple...  6)4 

fancies__7
“  Normandie  8
Lancashire...........  6
Manchester............   5X
Monogram..............  6)4
Normandie...............7)4
Persian...................8
Renfrew Dress........7)4
Rosemont................. 6)4
Slatersvllle............6
Somerset...............  7
Tacoma  ...................7)4
Toll  du Nord......... 10)4
Wabash.................... 7)4
seersucker..  7)4
Warwick...............   7
Whittenden............   8
heather dr.  7)4 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  6X
Westbrook..............8
..............10
Wlndermeer........... 6
York  ........................6X

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag.............. 16)4|Valley City............... 16)4
Stark......................  19X Georgia— ............19X
American...............15Xl Pacific....................

THRRADS.

Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour's............... 81
Coats’, J. & P .........45  Marshall’s................81
Holyoke:................22)41

No.

KNITTING  COTTON.

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

White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....87
39
“  16... ....38
40
...39
“  18...
41
“  20... ....40
CAMBRICS.

White.  Colored
42
43
44
45

..33
...34
...35
...86

Slater......................  4X
White Star............   4X
Kid Glove  .............   4V4
Newmarket.............. 4X
Fireman................. 32)4
Creedmore............. 27)4
Talbot XXX...........30
Nameless............... 27)4

Edwards...............   4X
Lockwood................ 4X
Wood’s ..................   4X
Brunswick...........   4 \
T W ............
Z2)4 
F T ..............
• 32)4
JR F , XXX.
Buckeye................. 32)4

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

“ 

DOMXT  FLANNEL.

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

Grey SR W.............17)4
Western W .............18)4
D R P ............ ......... 18)4
Flushing XXX........23)4
Maaitoba................ 23)4
010)4
12)4
Black.
10)4
11K
12
20

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Slate. Brown. Black. Slate
9)4
9K 1«K
10)4
10K UK
11K 12
11K
12K 20
12K
DUCKS.
Severen.80s ..........
9K West tPolnt, 8 01.... ion 
May land, 8 oz......... 10)4
10 oz  ...12K
u 
Greenwood, 7K oz..  9)4
Raven, lOoz............13)4
Greenwood, 8 oz__11)4
............18)4
Stark 
Boston, 8 oz............ 10)4
Boston, 10 oz...........12)4
WADDINGS.

Brown.
10K
UK
12
20

9K
10K
11K
12K

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White, doz............ 25  IPerbale,40 doz....13 50
Colored, doz...........20  jColored  “ 
..........7 50
8ILX8IAS.
Slater, Iron Cross.
8 9 Pawtucket...............10H
Bundle...................   g
Red Cross..
Best.............10)4
Bedford...................10)4
Best AA...... 12)4
Valley  City.............10)4
L............................. 7)4
X K ......................... 10)4
G............................. 8K
Cortlcelll, dos.........85  [Corticelll  knitting,

SEWING  SILK.

per Koz  ball.........so

twist,doz..4P 
50yd,doz..40  I
HOOKS AND ETES—FEB GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & Whlte..l0  INo  4 Bl’k & White..15
..20
..25
No 2-20, M C.........50  ¡No 4—15  F  3)4........40

..12  “  8 
..12 j  “  10 

PINS.

2 
3 

3—18, S C........... 45  j

No  2 White A Bl’k.,12 

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4 
6 
No 2

COTTON  TAPE.
..15  “ 10 
..18 I  “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.
..  .28 
|No8.
NENDLBS—PER  M.

|No  8 White A Bl’k. 20
.28
.  26
.86

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A. James.................1  40| Steamboat...............  
to
Crowelv’s................1  85 Gold  Eyed............. 1  ro
Marshall’s .............. 1 00| American................1  oo

.2 25 
.2  10

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.

6—4. ..3 25|5—4....1  95 
“  

...3  101
COTTONT WINES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown.................... 12
Domestic............... 18K
Anchor ...................16
Bristol....................13
Cherry  Valley.......15
I XL...................... 18)4
Alabama..............  6X|
Alamance................6)4
Augusta................. 7)4
Ar  Kapha................  6
Georgia................... ex
Granite...................5x
Haw  River............   5
Haw  J .................. .5

Nashua..................lg
Rising Star 4ply__17
3 ply...  17
North  Star............ 20
Wool Standard 4 ply 17)4 
Powhattan  ..  ........18

T‘ 

Mount  Pleasant....  6K
Oneida................   5
Prymont...............   sx
Kandel man............   6
Riverside...............   6X
Sibley A..............  6X
Toledo....................

PLAID  OSNABUBGS

«

K en t.*9

Directly Opposite Union Depot.

AMB BICAN  PLAN
BATES, $2 PER DAT
hTEAM  HEAT  AND  ELECTRIC  BELLS
FREE  BAGOAOECtBANSFER  FROM  UNION
DEPOT.

BEACH  l  BOOTH,  Props.

ÄTLÄ8  Soap

Is Manufactured 

only  by

HENRY  PASSÖLT, 

Saginaw,  Mich.

For general laundry and  family 
Only brand of first-class laundry 

washing  purposes.

soap manufactured in the 

Saginaw  Valley.

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

We are state agents for tlie

People’s
Typewriter.

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

EATON,  LYON  &  CO.
Booksellers  and  Stationers,

20  &  22  MONROE  ST., 
GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICIL

Our  machine  has a  reversible  rotary  motioi 
of both upper and lower washboards, giving th 
true  hand-rubbing  principle.  Clothes  neve 
bunch while washing, common fault with other 
necessitating rearranging;  not a pleasant task.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Visit to  a  Chinese  Market.

From St.  Nicholas.
“Birds  of  a  feather  flock  together.” 
In China, shops of a certain kind will be 
found side  by  side. 
If  you  will walk 
with  me  through  a long  avenue  in my 
native place, you will  fiud the dry goods 
stores,  where  all  sorts of  silk,  woolen 
and cotton  cloth  are sold, at one  end of 
the street, with  possibly  a  bookstall  or 
pharmacy  spriukled  here and  there  be­
tween, and the shops  which deal in food 
at the other end.
Let ns take our basket and hand-scales 
and walk through a real Chinese market. 
You will need  the scales,  if  you  don’t 
wish to be  cheated  by  some  of  the  ras­
cally  dealers.  Human  nature  is  the 
same there .as elsewhere, you  know; and 
you  must take  away  the  temptation  to 
sin.  1 dare say  that very few will  give 
you short weight  wilfully, but it is  just 
as well to provide  against  mistakes, and 
you see that  almost every  buyer is  sim­
ilarly provided.
The scales are  a simple  affair, being a 
polished and graduated wooden rod, dot­
ted  with brass  pegs which  mark off  the 
ounces and “catties” (about one and one- 
third  pounds),  and  having  two  hooks 
fastened to the larger end.  The goods to 
be  weighed  are  fastened  to  the hooks, 
and  an 
iron  weight  is  put  on  the 
other  end,  and  so  placed  as  to balance 
them.
Thus  doubly  armed,  with  scales and 
alertness, let us follow the crowd through 
the  narrow  thoroughfare.  You  notice 
that the street is paved with long granite 
slabs, worn smooth by the tread of  thou­
sands of  pedestrians for many years. 
It 
is  so  narrow  that  you  conclude  that 
horse-teams  are  not  supposed  to  pass 
through. 
Indeed, there are no carriages 
and  wagons  to  be  found  in  Southern 
China, except in the foreign settlements. 
But  occasionally  a  sedan chair  passes 
by, to which you must yield the  right  of 
way.
The shops  open  upon  the  street, and 
all their  wares are displayed  to the  best 
advantage.  The meat markets are rather 
dark-looking and  unpleasaut within, for 
there they not  only sell their meats,  but 
slaughter  the  animals  on  the  spot  and 
roast them as  well.  The butchers stand 
behind  a  long  table  facing  the  street, 
and sell  you  lamb, or  mutton, or  pork, 
and sometimes venison,  all raw; or roast 
pork, roast  chicken  and  roast  duck,  in 
any quantity you may desire.
The way the  meats are roasted may be 
of some interest.  After the  animals are 
slaughtered and well cleaned, inside and 
out, they are  hung on iron  hooks.  The 
oven  is  of  brick, very  large, and about 
four feet high and three feet in diameter 
at the top, and  is now  heated red hot  by 
a blazing wood fire.  The animals are put 
in  the oven  after  the  wood  is  burned 
down to coals, and  suspended  by  means 
of  iron  rods  across  the  top,  which  is 
then very  tightly  covered  up, as is also 
the  draft.  You  would  be  surprised to 
see how  quickly  the  meats  are  roasted. 
It takes hardly  fifteen  minutes for them 
to  be  thoroughly  cooked  and  ready for 
sale.  The  meats  thus  roasted  are deli­
cious.  The skins  turn red  and those of 
pigs are  very  crisp.  Cut  half a  pound, 
or a  quarter  if  you  wish,  and pay  fifty 
or twenty-five cash,  which, respectively, 
equal  5  and  2%  cents  of  American 
money.  The  mottoes  pasted  up in this 
and  other  shops  are  suggestive:  “We 
cheat  neither  young  nor  old,”  “May 
wealthy  customers  visit us  often,”  “As 
fast as the wheels  may  our  goods circu­
late,” “May wealth  increase in my pres­
ence.”
Each shop has,  usually under the table 
or  the  counter  outside, a  shrine  dedi­
cated to the god of  wealth, before which 
incense is burned  morning and  evening, 
and on the 1st  and 15th  of  each  month, 
when  offerings  of  food  also  are  made, 
candles are burned before it.
Dried fish  of  many  kinds  are  sold in 
the stores, but  fresh  fish,  and  sea-food 
generally, are  usually sold  by men who 
bring them from a  great  distance,  early 
in the  morning or  the afternoon  in  bas­
kets.  Behind these they squat, and hawk 
their  wares  in  loud  tones.  That is  the 
reason why a  Chinese market is so noisy 
and  animated.  You  ask  the  price  of 
shad, for  instance, or  of  crabs,  and the

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dealer raises the price  of an ounce by so 
many  cash,  which  you  have  to  beat 
down.  What  Adam  Smith  called  the 
“higgling of  the market,” exists  here in 
its  perfection.  After  wasting consider­
able time in talking  and splitting differ­
ences, you  at last  decide to  buy, or the 
trader  concludes  to  sell.  But  however 
much you may  congratulate yourself  on 
having made a good bargain,  you cannot 
be certain that others may not make much 
better  bargains  with  the  same  man. 
Vegetables are sold by other dealers, and 
the same process  must be  gone  through 
before  you  can  make  a  fair  purchase. 
Grocery stores  are plenty,  and there you 
will find  on sale all sorts of  sauces, pre­
serves,  sugars,  and  so  forth,  in  fact 
whatever is dealt in by  grocers in Amer­
ica.
Beef is not often eaten by the Chinese, 
on accouut  of  their  religious  scruples, 
most of them being  tinged, more or less, 
with  Buddhism,  but  especially  because 
the ox is used in  plowing.  Occasionally 
you will find a stali  for the sale  of  beef. 
Through the  same prejudice, little cow’s 
milk is used by the  people,  and that lit­
tle  is made into thin  cakes, well  salted, 
to be taken as a relish.
But a  kind of  cheese  is made of bean 
curd.  The  beans  are  ground  in  hand 
mills  and  dissolved 
then 
strained  and  steamed.  The  result is  a 
perfectly  white  cake,  something  like 
blanc-mange. 
It  is  eaten  with  shrimp 
sauce.  This  cake is also  dried.  There 
is also a sauce made from beans.
You perhaps  wonder  why  I  have  not 
described  the  cats,  kittens,  and  dogs, 
which are said to be the common food of 
the Chinese  people.  The  reason  is be­
cause no such  things  are to be found  in 
the market. 
In fact,  I know of no place 
where such  articles of  food  can be had, 
except in  a low  part  of  Canton,  where 
people who are  almost  starved will buy 
almost  anything  to  sustain  life.  The 
Chinese  people live  on wholesome food, 
as you will learn  from  good authorities. 
They eat  rice  as  you  eat  bread.  They 
make cakes of  wheat, too.
Potatoes,  cabbages,  greens,  melons, 
and the various cereals, are raised in great 
plenty and sold comparatively cheap.

in  water, 

When You Get Tired

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

Prices seldom higher.

A. J .  PH ILLIPS &  CO.,

Fenton,  Mich.

F.  H.  WHITE,

Manufacturers’ agent and jobber of

PAPER  AND  WOODENWARE,

125 Court St., Grand Rapids, Mich.
Hardware Price Current.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

These  prices are  for cash  buyers,  who 
pay prom ptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dlS.
60
Snell’s........................................................... 
Cook’s ........................................................... 
40
Jennings’, genuine....................................... 
25
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................50410
First Quality, 8. B. Bronze..........................$ 7 GO
D.  B. Bronze....................... 
  m 00
S.B.S. Steel.................   ......   8 60
D. B. steel...................................  13 50

,T 
• 
' 

AXES.

dis.

bolts. 

...................................................8 14 00
Railroad 
Garden  ............................................ 
net  30 00
Stove.............................................................. 50410
Carriage new list.......................................... 75410
Plow.............................................................. 40&10
Sleigh shoe  .................................................  
70
Well,  plain  ..................................................8350
Well, swivel......................................................  4 00
dlS.
Oast Loose Pin, figured...............................704
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast jo in t.............604.0

BUTTS, CAST. 

BUCKETS.

BABBOWS. 

dis.

Wrought Loose Pin.......................................60410
Wrought  Table.............................................60410
Wrought Inside Blind.................................. 60410
Wrought Brass............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s.......................................... 70416
Blind,  Parker’s.........................................70&10
Blind, Shepard’s 

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

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

70

50

Grain..........................  

....................... dis. 50402

CRADLES.

CBOW BABB.

Cast Steel............................................per lb 
5
Ely’s 1-10........................................... perm  65
60
“ 
Hick’s C. F .......................................... 
G. D ....................................................   “ 
85
Musket................................................ 
“ 
60

CABTBID0E8.

dis.

chisels. 

56
Rim  Fire...................................................... 
Central  Fire...........................................die. 
25
Socket Firm er.............................................  70410
Socket Framing............................................70416
Socket Corner............................................... 70410
Socket Slicks............................................... 70410
Batchers’ Tanged Firmer........................ 

40
dis.
Currv,  Lawrence's...............................  
40
 
Hotchkiss....................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross..............12@12j£ dis. 10

coxbs. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

“ 

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

n bills. 

23
dis.

28
26
23
25
50
50
50

DRIPPING PANS.

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

07

ELBOWS.

 

25

15 

12 

13 

50
28
17

Discount, 60

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

piles—New List. 

GALVANIZED IRON.

knobs—New List. 

14 
gauges. 

Com. 4  piece, 6 In............................doz. net 
75
Corrugated............................................. dis 
40
Adjustable.............................................dis.  40410
dlS.
Clark’s, small, 818;  large, 826.................. 
30
Ives’, 1, 818:  2, $24;  3,830  ............................  
dis.
Disston’s ..................................................60410
New American  ............................................60410
Nicholson’s .............................................60410
Heller’s ..................................................... 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  ....................... 
Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27 
List 
16 
dis.
50
dis.
55
55
55
55
70
dlS.
55
55
55

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s.................  
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings................ 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings............. 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 
Door,  porcelain, trimmings....................  
Drawer  and  Shatter, porcelain.............. 
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l is t.......... 
Mallory, Wheeler 4   Co.’s .......................  
Branford’s ..............................................  
Norwalk’s................................................. 
Adze Bye..........................................$16.00, dis. 60
Hunt Bye......................................... $15.00.  dis. 60
Hunt’s.......................  ............ $18.50, dis. 20410.
dis.
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post, handled.................  
50
dis.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s............................... 
40
“  P. 8. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables_______  46
“  Landers,  Ferry 4  Cls rk’s............. 
40
“  Enterprise 
dii.
Stebbln’s Pattern..................................... 60410
Stebbln’s Genuine....................................66410
25
Enterprise, self-measuring...................... 

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

HOLASSEB GATES. 

hauls. 
hills. 

LOCKS—DOOR. 

MATTOCKS.

30

55

NAILS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
Steel nails, base..............................................1  50
Wire nails, base.................................... 1  S0@1  90
Base
60.................................................... Base 
50......................................................  
10
40............... 
25
30......................................................  
25
35
20...................................................... 
16......................................................  
45
12......................................................  
45
50
10...................................................... 
60
S........................................................ 
7 4 6 ......... 
75
90
4................................ 
 
3...............................................................  
2.......................................................  
1  60
Fine 3 ....................................................... 
65
Case  10............................................. 
75
8....... 
 
90
6............................................. 
75
Finish 10........................................... 
90
9...........................................  
1  10
6  .......................................... 
70
Clinch; 10.......................................... 
8  ........................................  
80
6.......................................... 
90

Barren %  ................................................  
dis.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy............................  ©40
Seiots Bench..........................................  ©60
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.....................  ©40
Bench,first quality..................................   ©60
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood......   410
Fry.  Acme............................................ dis.60—10
Common,  polished................................ dli. 
70
dis.
Iron and  Tinned.....................................  
40
Copper Rivets and Bars..........................  50—10
"A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHES IBON.

“ 
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“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

planes. 

rivets. 

PANS.

Broken packs Me per pound extra

HAMMERS.

“ 

“ 

dis.

“ 
“ 
“ 

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE FURNISHING  GOODS.

May dole  4 Co.’s......................................dis. 
25
25
Kip’s ........................................................dis. 
Yerkes 4  Plumb’s.................................. dis. 40418
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.................. ......80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__80c 40410
I Gate, Clark’s, 1,2 ,3 ............................... dls.60410
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 in. 4ft  14  and
longer........................................................  3J4
Screw Hook and Bye, M......................... net 
10
9i.....................  
net 8K
Si......................... net  7M
I .........................net  7M
Strap and T ............................................. dis. 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50410
Champion,  anti friction.............................   60410
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40
Pots.............................................................   60410
Kettles.........................................................  60410
Spiders  .........................................................60410
Gray enameled..............................................40410
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new llst38M*10
dis.
Blight...................................................... 70410410
Screw  Byes.............................................70410410
Hook’s .....................................................70410410
Gate Hooks and Byes...................... 
70410410
<Hs.7o
Stanley Rale and Level  Co.’s.....................
Sisal, M Inch and larger.............................  
9
Manilla.........................................................  13
dis.
Steel and Iron..............................................  
Try and Bevels............................................. 
Mitre............................................................ 

7»
6iJ
20
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
82 95
3 05
8 05
3 15
3 25
8 35
A11  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........................................4 25 
No. 27................................................4 45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86  .....................................dis. 
Silver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A.................................  “ 
White  B...............................  ‘ 
Drab B.................................   “ 
White C.................................“ 

SAND FAFEB.
SASH CORD.

levels. 
ROPES.

WIRE GOODS. 

SHEET IRON.

50
50
55
50
55
35

squares. 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dis.

saws. 

wire. 

traps. 

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

“ 
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,... 
“  Special Steel Bex X Cuts, per foot__ 
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot__  
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot............................................. 
dis.

Solid EyeB............................................ per ton 825
20
70
50
30
so
Steel, Game...................................................60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ...............  
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s __ 
70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per do*
Mouse, delusion...............................81.50 per do*.
dis.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market.........................................70__10
Coppered M arket.........................................   go
Tinned Market...............................................   62 M
Coppered  Spring  Steel................................  
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...............................  2 80

50
  2  40
An  Sable............................................dis.  40410
Putnam.......................................... 
dis.  05
N orth western................................  
dis. 1041c
diS.
Baxter's Adjustable, nickeled...................  
so
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought...................... 75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75410
dig.
Bird Cages........................................... 
50
Pumps, Cistern...................  
 
75410
Screws, New List..........................................70410
Casters, Bed a  .d Plate.........................50410410
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........ 65410

MISCELLANEOUS. 
 

painted.....................  

horse nails.

WRENCHES. 

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METALS,
PIG TIN.

84£
7

ZINC.

26c
28c

solder.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.......................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2ttc per pound.
680 pound  casks........................................... 
Per pound............................................... 
 
* © * .................................................................. 16
Extra Wiping.................................................   15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by private brands 
1 20
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
i 60
Cookson............ ...........................per  pound
Hallett’s......................................  
13
TIN—MELTS GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................$ 7
“ 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 EX,  “ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 

Bach additional X on this grade, 81.75.

7  0
9 25
9 25

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TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.

" 
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ROOFING PLATES

10x14 IC, Charcoal............................................|6  75
1 75
14X20IC,
6 75
10x14 IX, 
8 259 25
14x20 EX, 
o »1

....................................
..............  ...................
Each additional X on this grade 11.50.

“  Worcester.............................. 
14x20IC, 
............................  8 50
" 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
20x28 IC, 
..........................   18 50
“  Allaway Grade.............  6 00
14x2010, 
7 50
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
12  50
20x28 IC, 
20x28 EX, 
“ 
15  50
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28 IX......................................................  114  on
14x31  IX............................................................  15 00
m
14x58 TX, for No. 8 Boilers. • „„r 
urtai ¡x  “ 
10 00

>per pound. 

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8

Michigan Tradesman

A  WEEKLY JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Best  Interests  of  Business  Men. 

Published at

lOO  Louis  St., Grand Rapids,

— BY  THE —

TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

One D ollar a Year, 

- 

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Subscribers may have  the  mailing  address  of 
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Sample copies sent free to any address.
Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second- 

class matter.

C rW hen  writing to any of  our  advertisers, 
please  say that  you  saw  their  advertisement in 
T h e   M ic h ig a n T r a d e sm a n.

E.  A. STOWE, Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  MAY  10,  1893.

BABEFACED  TYRANNY.

There is  going on  in the  city of  New 
York  a labor  trouble,  a  controversy  be­
tween employers and  employes, that has 
already been productive of serious incon­
venience to many  people, and threatens, 
if carried to  extremes, to strike a mortal 
blow at the  community in its  most  vital 
spot, its  digestive  organs.  This  is  the 
war  between  the  proprietors  of  aristo­
cratic hotels and other eating houses and 
their dining-room waiters  on the subject 
of whiskers.

It appears  that in  the  chief  countries 
of Enrope  it is  required  of  butlers and 
other  men servants  in  the  bouse  that 
they shall be clean shaven.  The waiters 
are  not  permitted  to  bewhisker  them­
selves, nor to wear beards like the nobil­
ity and  officers  of  the  army.  What  is 
the custom in  Europe,  and  particularly 
in England,  is the  proper  thing  for the 
Anglomaniacs of  the American metropo­
lis,  and  those  hotels  which  are  espe­
cially patronized by  this important class 
must needs  adopt the  fashion  of  clean­
shaven waiters. 
It  will  not  do  for  the 
humble  individual  who  serves  at  table 
the  untitled  lords  and  ladies  of  the 
American  aristocracy  to  wear  beards 
like  those  of  Lord  Noodle  and  Count 
Whiskerando,  and,  therefore,  the  but­
lers  the  waiters  and  the  footmen who 
attend on such  distinguished personages 
must shave or lose their places.

This remarkable  movement  started in 
the palatial hotel which  Astor  built,  the 
Waldorf,  and  it  next  extended  to  the 
Holland  House.  Now  Delmonico’s  and 
the Hotel  Brunswick  have  taken it  up, 
and other  high-toned  houses  of  public 
entertainment  will  follow.  Of  course, 
some  of  the  waiters  are  submitting, 
since a man had better sacrifice his beard 
than  lose his  living;  but  those  waiters 
who have fine  moustaches  and  majestic 
mutton chop  whiskers, and who  may be 
real counts and  otherwise  distinguished 
foreigners,  have  revolted  against  the 
despotic  order.  The 
establishments 
where  common  democrats and  ordinary 
republicans feed  have  not  yet been  in­
vaded  by  this  aristocratic  craze,  and 
probably will not be.  Many waiters will 
not submit to  such an un-American des­
potism,  and they  can still  find employ­

TTTE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

ment if  they are  willing  to serve  plain 
United States  people; but if  they aspire 
to  associate with  the aristocracy of  the 
metropolis,  and  to  stand  behind  the 
chairs of  those persons  whose  chief de­
light is to ape the manners of Europeans, 
then the  beards  must  go.  The alterna­
tive  is  $35 a month and no whiskers,  or 
$30 and  beards  at  will.  There  is  mis­
chief  afoot  and  the  end  is  not  yet. 
“Bare faces” is thè word.

THE  INSURRECTION  IN  CUBA.
The  revolutionary  outbreak  in  Cuba 
appears to have assumed much more ser­
ious  proportions  than  was  at first  be­
lieved.  The force  of insurgents,  which 
at the  outset  amounted  to a few  hun­
dreds, now appears to have  reached sev­
eral thousand,  and the insurgent leaders 
appear to have concentrated their  forces 
in  a  district  difficult  of 
access  and 
noted for  its  revolutionary  tendencies.
It is, therefore,  expected  that  the re­
volt will be more difficult to  crush  than 
the  average  of  such  uprisings.  The 
Spanish Government is  making  hurried 
preparations to send ships and  troops to 
Cuba, not feeling secure in the ability of 
the colonial force  to  control  the  situa­
tion.  The Captain General  of Cuba has 
already mobilized the  troops at  his com­
mand and has taken the  field against the 
insurgents,  so  that  there  is  a  prospect 
that blood will soon result.

The  Government  at  Madrid  has  an­
nounced its intention  of sparing  no ef­
fort to put  down  the revolt  and  retain 
possession  of  the  last  remnant  of the 
Spanish Empire in the New World.  Pub­
lic  sentiment  in  Spain  evidently  calls 
for vigorous measures, and as  the Span­
ish  Government  has  ample  troops  and 
ships at its command,  while  the  revolu­
tionists in Cnbahave no reasonable hope 
of succor from abroad, it is probable that 
the revolt will end, as have  all its  pred­
ecessors, in the suppression of the rebell­
ious forces and the execution  or exile of 
the leaders.

There can be no  doubt  that  much dis­
content exists in Cuba,  owing  to the ex­
orbitant  taxes  levied  by  the  Spanish 
Government  and  the  exactions  of  the 
Spanish officials  sent  to  govern  the isl­
and in the name of Spain.  The vigilance 
exercised,  however,  to  prevent  filibus­
tering expeditions  from  landing  on the 
island, and  the  large  Spanish garrison 
maintained in  Cuba,  make  a  successful 
revolutionary movement  practically  im­
possible.

In population, fertility  of soil and ag­
gregate commerce,  the  Spanish  posses­
sions of Cuba and  Porto  Rico  are  the 
most important of the  West  Indian  Isl­
ands.  All that is needed  to make these 
possessions the richest  for their  area in 
this  hemisphere  is  good  government. 
There  is really  little  prospect  of  this 
boon being secured except  by the  separ­
ation  of  the  islands  from  Spain. 
In 
spite,  however,  of  the  annexation  and 
revolutionary talk so  freely indulged in, 
there is actually no  chance  of such sep­
aration, unless the Spanish  Government 
should consent  to  sell  the islands,  and 
that is not likely Spanish  public opinion 
would tolerate.

T h e  T radesm an  heartily  commends 
the plan of the Grand Rapids Retail Gro­
cers’ Association to hold special meetings 
in different portions of the  city,  with  a 
view  to  enlarging  the  membership  in 
those localities.

INCOME  TAX  ON  GOLD.

Before the  resumption of  specie  pay­
ment by the United  States,  Jan. 1, 1879, 
the Government  paid ont  gold for  noth­
ing save  the  gold  bonds  issued  by  it, 
while,  on  the  contrary,  it  required all 
customs dues to be paid in gold.  In this 
way a large gold fund was  accumulated.
Latterly,  the  rule  requiring  customs 
dnes to be paid in  gold was  relaxed and 
repealed,  and  it  now  comes  about that 
the  National  Government  has  no  other 
means of  commanding the  yellow metal 
save to  go into  the market to borrow or 
buy it.  The exhaustion of the  gold sur­
plus has reduced  the Government to the 
necessity of  borrowing,  which has been 
done in  limited  amounts,  the  Treasury 
being  conducted  in  a  sort  of  hand-to- 
mouth  style,  no  efficient  steps  being 
taken to secure any regular supply of the 
desired  metal.  This  will  have  to  be 
done sooner or later,  either by requiring 
a certain amount of  the taxes to be paid 
in gold, or  by the issue and sale of  gold 
bonds, or* by the purchase of  gold  in the 
market. ,

In view of  this  necessity, it  has been 
proposed to levy’an income  tax on  gold. 
An  income tax  has  already  been  much 
talked about, but  there is  no sort of lay­
ing of  tribute  that  has  proved  in  the 
past to be more unpopular, for there was 
such a tax  in force for several years dur­
ing  and  after  the  civil  war. 
It  was, 
however, one of the first, if  not the first, 
of  the tax burdens that was withdrawn. 
There being nothing in  sight or tangible 
by which to assess an income, everything 
depends on  the honesty of  citizens,  and 
it has often  proved the case  that the in­
comes reported to the assessors  were  by 
no means so large as were expected.

All  the  same,  it  is  now  proposed  to 
levy such  a  tax  on  incomes  of  $10,000 
and upwards, and to demand payment in 
gold.  But a  serious  objection  to this  is 
that  the  Government  cannot  in  good 
faith  demand  payment  in  anything  but 
its own  legal tender  money; and  so any 
sort  of  money  will  be  receivable  for 
taxes.  But it  is  certain  that an income 
tax will  be resisted  with the  utmost ac­
tivity by  all  the wealthy  classes, and it 
will not  be imposed  if  those  influential 
parties can control  Congress.  The most 
obvious way to  get gold  into the  Treas­
ury will be  just as silver is got—by pur­
chase in the market.  Either  a provision 
will have  to be made for  it in the  reve­
nue to be  collected,  or  the  Government 
will have  to borrow  money with  which 
to buy  the  yellow metal.  The  wealthy 
classes will attempt to force  the borrow­
ing process.  They  long  to  get  hold  of 
Government bonds,  and  will  have them 
if possible.

INCREASE  IN  SUGAR  PRODUCTION.
Although  all  the  sugar  bounty  pay­
ments have not  been  completed, enough 
have been settled  to enable  the Govern­
ment  to  estimate  with  reasonable  cer­
tainty  that  the  total amount  needed to 
meet the claims  this year  will  be in the 
neighborhood  of  $9,000,000.  Already 
$8,450,000 has been  paid or allowed, and 
there are  enough  claims  still  unsettled 
to bring the total very close to the figure 
mentioned.

Secretary of  the  Treasurer  Foster es­
timated at the  beginning  of  the  season 
that  $10,000,000  would  be  required  to 
meet all the claims.  This was, of course, 
an overestimate based  upon the applica- 
I tions from  producers  filed,  according to

law, in  July  last,  but  the  actual pay­
ments come  mnch  nearer to the estimate 
than was the case last year.

The  results  of  the  season,  as  far as 
ascertained,  show a  very good  increase 
in the  production  of  sugar.  The  total 
crop on  which  bounty will  be paid dar­
ing  the present  fiscal  year  is estimated 
by the  Treasury  Department  at  about
480.000.  000 pounds, an  increase of about
100.000.  000  pounds  over the  fiscal  year 
of  1892.  The  production  of  beet sugar 
has advanced  from  12,004,838 pounds in 
1892  to  27,083,322  pounds  in 1893, and 
the  applications  for  bounty  on  maple 
sugar  will this  year  be  about  3,000,000 
pounds.  The  sorghum  production  is 
986,900 pounds, and the  cane production 
about 450,000,000 pounds.

The increase in the  production of beet 
sugar is particularly  gratifying, because 
it proves that,  with the  proper  encour­
agement,  it  is  possible to  build  up  a 
great beet  sugar industry  in the  United 
States.  Were  it not  for the  uncertain­
ties  that  in  a  measure  surround  tariff 
legislation,  a  large  amount  of  capital 
would at once go into the construction of 
beet sugar factories.

The worst feature in  the  recent  wild 
flurry  In  “industrial”  stocks  in  Wall 
street is the bad effeet produced on  gen­
eral trade.  With confidence already  dis­
turbed by  the complications of  the  gold 
situation and with the  financial  institu­
tions  cautious  and  ultra-conservative, 
many worthy enterprises find themselves 
unable  to  secure  financial  assistance 
needed  to  meet  temporary  embarrass­
ments  or  to fill  out  the  intervals  that 
must  intervene  between  sales  and col­
lections.  Already  a  large  number  of 
failures have  occurred in different parts 
of  the  country  which  would  not  have 
happened did  normal  conditions prevail 
in  the money  markets.  This  crippling 
of important  enterprises  has  had an ef­
fect upon  general  business,  and  has a 
tendency to check commercial enterprise 
as well as limit  credits.  Recent  experi­
ence  with the  industrials  should  teach 
the country  to estimate  the  importance 
of these shares at their proper value. 
It 
will be for some time to  come more diffi­
cult for the managers of such enterprises 
to  unload vast  blocks of  such  watered 
securities  on  a  gullible  public,  and  in 
that sense the  flurry will  have  actually 
accomplished some good.

In  appointing Wm. Judson  a member 
of the Board of  Police and Fire Commis­
sioners, Mayor  Stuart  has  honored him­
self quite as  much as he  has the  recipi­
ent of  his  official  favor.  The  selection 
of  Mr.  Judson is  a  compliment  to  the 
mercantile  fraternity  which  the  latter 
will  heartily  appreciate,  especially  in 
view of  the  fact  that  the  appointee  is 
most  admirably  equipped  to  discharge 
the duties  devolving  upon  him  in such 
connection. .

Lena W. Atkins,  wife of T. H. Atkins, 
the West Carlisle general dealer, died  at 
the family residence May 4, from the  re­
sult of a joint attack of  Bright’s  disease 
and pneumonia.  A preliminary  funeral 
was held at the family residence,  Satur­
day afternoon, after which  the  remains 
were taken to Allegan, where the regular 
funeral was held at the home of  the par­
ents of the  deceased  on  Sunday.  Mrs. 
Atkins was highly esteemed by  all  who 
knew her and her husband has the heart­
felt sympathy of the trade in his affliction.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

MICHIGAN BARK  AND  LUMBER  CO.,

9

PERNICIOUS  SENSATIONAL  LITER­

ATURE.

The recent  crime at  Scranton,  Miss., 
in which a  merchant  of  that  place was 
robbed and  then shot  and left  for  dead 
by  a couple  of  yonths  of  respectable 
family and well  known in the  commun­
ity, is an example of the widespread and 
growing demoralization among the young.
The  victim  of  this  crime,  probably 
mortally wounded and in  expectation of 
death recognized his assassins, and when 
confronted  with  them,  fully  identified 
them.  After being  thus denounced, one 
of them  confessed  the entire  affair, cir­
cumstantially relating the  details of  the 
affair.  The party  upon  whom  the rob­
bery and  attempted  murder  was perpe­
trated was  Joseph  Cook,  a  well-known 
and esteemed  merchant,  while the crim­
inals  were  James  Smith,  a  lad  of  18 
years, and  Charles Tagert, a  young  fel­
low of  20, both of them boys of  respect­
able parentage  and  raised  in  the com­
munity. 
In the course of his confession, 
for Tagert  confessed not only  the crime 
perpetrated  on Cook, but  the murder of 
a sailor,  he also  charged  upon  William 
Clark,  another young  man of the neigh­
borhood and most respectably connected, 
the murder  of a tramp about March 1.

Tagert says that  he was  present when 
Clark  shot the  tramp, and  that  he was 
shot  “for  fun.”  A  large  amount  of 
money was  secured from  Cook, but they 
knew the  tramp  had  nothing  and  they 
merely  murdered  him  for  pastime. 
It 
appears that  recently  numbers  of  rob­
beries and murderous assaults have been 
reported in  Scranton,  which  is a  small 
coast  town with  some  business  in ship­
ping lumber, and is frequented by sailors 
to whom the numerous crimes have been 
imputed;  but  all  the  time  they  have 
been committed  by a  few young  men of 
the town, youths  who  were  supposed to 
be entirely  reputable, but  who  have ex­
hibited  extremes of  criminal  depravity 
of the most startling nature.

These  revelations  show  a  state  of 
things  which,  it is  to  be  hoped,  is far 
from common,  but there is  no  question 
of the existence of  the growing demoral- 
zation  among  the  youths  all  over the 
country, and it  must be  largely attribu­
ted to the  pernicious  sensational  litera­
ture which is purveyed for the entertain­
ment of children. 
In addition to the im­
moral and  grossly impure  books  which 
are turned  out from  the press  in  floods 
and are  displayed without  hesitation in 
the windows and  on the  counters of  re­
putable dealers, the  magazines and pub­
lications  devoted  exclusively to  the en­
tertainment of  children  are  filled  with 
sensational  and  improbable  stories  in 
which  boys  and  girls of  tender age are 
made  the  actors in  the  most  desperate 
and daring exploits  in  which the killing 
of human  beings  is a common  incident.
The  result of  this  sort of  corrupting 
fiction  is  a  general  demoralization  of 
the youth of both sexes, but chiefly of the 
boys, who have the greater liberty to put 
in practice the evil instruction they have 
recived from their pernicious story books. 
Some time ago the Emperor of Germany, 
remarking upon  the alarming  spread of 
immorality and general depravity among 
the  young  in  his  dominions,  requested 
police magistrates and school teachers to 
inquire into the  causes,  and the general 
result arrived at  was that vicious litera­
ture was the chief factor  in the demoral­
ization complained of.

Formerly, the  spirit  of  adventure  in­

herent in  most  boys  was  satisfied  with 
running away  to sea, or in  going to  the 
Western plains to hunt the buffalo.  Now 
that  there  are  no  more  buffaloes, and 
there is no more wild West,  while steam 
has robbed  the sea  of  its  romance,  the 
youngsters  are  attracted  by  vicious 
books to careers of  crime, and they grat­
ify their  romantic aspirations by becom­
ing highwaymen and train robbers.  Not 
only now does every city nourish numer­
ous  bands  of  hoodlums,  and  youthful 
criminals,  but even  each  country town 
must boast its gang of incipient outlaws. 
The Scranton case is doubtless an  extra­
ordinary example, but other places are by 
no means  destitute of  youthful  desper­
adoes.

Pen Picture of the Bill Collector.
Describe him?  Why, bless your heart, 
Mr.  Rudyard Kipling  himself  could  not 
do that.  He’s a very  heterogenous  per­
son, you see, and can metamorphose him­
self into no end of  different  forms.  To­
day he  may be  fierce  and  determined, 
with a scowl  like an  avenging  Jove, as 
he presents a  bill to  some  old  Croesus, 
who doesn’t pay just because he feels too 
lazy, and to-morrow when he  goes  away 
out back of town to collect a half a dollar 
from Mrs.O’Callahan  Diggs,  who  hasn’t 
seen a half a dollar all in one lump since 
the Lord knows  when, he  has  got a  ten­
der, almost pitying smile  on  that  queer 
versatile  mouth  of  his. 
If  you  think 
that bill collector  who is  bolting  along 
the street over  yonder,  hot,  mad,  pers­
piring,  stepping  on  people’s  toes  and 
dodging upstairs and around corners, full 
of fight and  grim  determination,  is  al­
ways that way you are  very  much  mis­
taken. 
If you could gather together  all 
the bill collectors in the  world  and take 
a  composite  photograph  of  them,  and 
then take all their  different  moods  and 
dispositions  and mix  them up  into  one 
disposition, you’d get a very much better 
man than the  most  of us.  Tou’d  get a 
chap who has had a mighty deep  insight 
into the hearts  of  men;  a chap  who  has 
learned  to  read  human  nature  at  a 
glance; a chap who knows how sweet the 
bread tasts that  is earned by  the  sweat 
of the  brow.  Perhaps  you  have  been 
there yourself.  It’s one of  the stepping 
stones  that  a  great  many  men  have 
passed over in their search after fame and 
wealth, and though it may be hard  work 
yet it opens  one’s  eyes  so  to  all 
the 
hooks and crooks  that are  in the  world 
and shows all the foibles that  men  have 
and all the undignified  things  that they 
can stoop  to.  The  bill  collectors  have 
got a great work to do, and  most of them 
are doing  it  well.  Some  of  them  are 
black sheep, to be sure,  and  when  they 
collect a particularly  big  bill  they go to 
Canada, but we mustn’t let those  fellows 
throw a  slur  on  the  rest,  and because 
they have bills against us sometimes  we 
mustn’t get mad at them and raise a row. 
We owe those bills, you  know, and that, 
by the way, is part of the  business  that 
a  great  many  people  are  apt  to  over­
look.

All  Sorts  of  Dozens.

From  China, Glass and Lamps.
The  child is  taught  at  school  that a 
dozen means twelve every time, but when 
the child grows into a man he  finds  that 
a dozen is a very elastic term.  A baker’s 
dozen is thirteen,  and so  is a publisher’s 
or  news agent’s  in  many  parts  of  the 
world. 
In  some  sections  a  dozen  fish 
means  twenty-six,  and  there  are other 
anomalies  of  this kind.  But,  to find  a 
dozen indicating  from  two to  fifty, it is 
necessary to go to the earthenware trade. 
Here the size  and weight  of  articles de­
cide  how many  make  a  dozen,  and in 
jugs,  bowls, plates  and so  on  there are 
two, four, six, eight or  more to a  dozen. 
A dozen composed of  twelve articles is a 
very unusual thing in  the wholesale pot­
tery  trade, and,  as  a  result,  there  are 
few clerkships more difficult to hold than 
in this line.  To have  to find  the cost of 
500  articles at  so  much  a  dozen  when 
that dozen may  mean anything, is  a very 
difficult task until a man gets thoroughly 
used to it.

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Widdicomb  Building.

We are  now  ready  to  make 
contracts for the season of 1893.

Correspondence
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IO
BRIEF  HISTORY  OF  TEAS  AND 
Written for The Tradksmas.
This famous herb has a  history dating 
so far back  into the antiquity of Chinese 
annals, which  have  been  handed  down 
by  tradition from  2000  B.  C.,  that  we 
scarcely feel justified  in giving  it a date 
of discovery;  and,  although it  has been 
known so long, yet  as little of  its  prop­
erties  is  known  or  understood  by  the 
American people as of any production of 
the vegetable kingdom, and  the opinions 
of different  writers are so  conflicting as 
to make one  feel that  the time  spent in 
digesting their writings is simply thrown 
away.  Thus  the merchant  is compelled 
to carry on his trade in the article of tea, 
which gives him  good returns for his la­
bor, without  any  certain  knowledge  of 
it.  Some writers claim  that  the discov­
ery of  tea  was  brought  about  by  acci­
dent, and they make it a native of China. 
They aver  that a  certain  great  Chinese 
monarch,  who flourished  forty centuries 
ago, in  boiling  water  over  a  fire  made 
from tea  branches  on  which  were  tea 
leaves, allowed  some  leaves  to fall into 
the water, and, on tasting this decoction, 
pronounced  it  an  agreeable  beverage. 
Others  make it  a  native  of  India: still 
others of  Japan.  However this may be, 
it  is certain that it was  known  in China 
as early  as the  time  of  Confucius;  and 
we  also  know  that,  until  very  recent 
years, China  has exported more tea than 
has any other country.  Some claim that 
the Dutch  were the first  to introduce  it 
into Europe,  in  the seventeenth century, 
while others claim  that it  was first used 
in China  in  the  fourth  century  of  the 
Christian  era; that its use  extended into 
Japan in the  ninth; into Europe through 
the Portuguese  about the  sixteenth cen­
tury,  and into  Holland by  the  Dutch in 
the  sixteenth  century,  all of  which are 
notes of uncertainty.

But the  remarks which  follow may be 
taken as  absolute facts,  and  they are of 
far more  use to  an  inquiring  mind,  for 
all practical purposes, than would be the 
date of  discovery,  or  the  name  of  the 
country  which was  first to give it birth.
The  tea plant  is a  small  hardy  ever­
green shrub from the  various  species  of 
T.  Bohea  and  T.  Viridis  and Camilla 
Thea. 
It grows  from  three  to  six feet 
high,  although we  have  reports  of  tea 
trees in the  fertile  forest  jungles of  In­
dia twenty to thirty  feet high.  It has  a 
simple  feather-veined leaf, quite  oblong 
or  broadly  lanceolate,  with  separate 
edges. 
It  grows  well  500  to  1,500  feet 
above the sea.

The  preparation  of  the  leaf  is  sur­
rounded with some mystery,  on  account 
in  which  it 
of  the  distant  countries 
grows.  New  plants  are  obtained  by 
planting  the seed  in  circles  about  two 
feet  in  diameter,  using  about  thirty 
seeds, the best  soil being  virgin,  which 
should be  well  drained.  The  seeds are 
gathered in  October  and  kept in  damp 
earth and sand to keep them  fresh  until 
spring.  Tea  grows  best  on  the moun­
tains, where it is not too hot  or too cold.
The first crop  of  tea is  gathered from 
plants  when  three  years  old. 
In from 
seven to  ten  years  they  are  cut  down, 
when  the  young  shoots  spring  up  in 
masses from the  old stump  and yield an 
abundance of leaves,  a single plant pro­
ducing about six ounces, and  one acre of 
ground about 320 pounds of dried leaves.
There are  usually three  harvests dur­
ing  the  year,  sometimes  four,  the first

harvest  coming  in  April,  and  being  a 
very small but very  fine chop  tea,  most 
of which  goes  to  England  and  Russia, 
except what is used by the  rich at home, 
and is  sold to  them at  fabulous  prices, 
sometimes  as  high  as  $1.50  and  even 
$3 per pound.  The second chop  is gath­
ered in the month  of  May and is of  fine 
quality,  and is sold largely to Americans 
as the  first chop  or  first  picking.  The 
third chop is  gathered  in  June or  July, 
and most of it has a  good drinking qual­
ity.  The fourth chop, when  taken,  is  a 
crop in the month of August and is of an 
inferior quality. 
It is used by the poorer 
class at  home,  and  also  for a  coloring 
matter.  With a  Formosa  tea this order 
is reversed, as  the finest  Formosa  tea is 
gathered  in  August,  as, on  account  of 
the wet season, it grows faster in August 
and September  and  contains  more  sap, 
which causes the leaf to ferment quickly, 
thus allowing  the  leaf  to  cure  without 
exposing  to  the  sun,  which  takes  its 
strength;  and,  the greater  the strength 
of  the leaf  the  higher  it  can  be  fired, 
after  which it  improves in  the  dealer’s 
bin exposed to the sun,  which brings out 
the  fragrance  and  destroys  the  baked 
flavor,  making  the  finest  tea  on  the 
market.  Formosa tea is raised  in  small 
gardens.

Too  much  sap  in  the  leaves  of  tea 
which is not  fermented in  curing weak­
ens the infusion.  Different kinds of tea 
are taken from the same tea shrub, qual­
ity depending up the age of  the leaf and 
the  manner  of  curing.  The  name  de­
pends upon the manner  of curing, age of 
leaf  and  country  where  it  is  grown. 
Quality depends  also  upon  climate  and 
soil,  and all  depends  upon  the  tannin 
and theine in the  leaf, which, as  before 
stated,  is governed  by  the  age of  leaf 
and  by  curing.  The  younger  the leaf, 
the more juicy and  solid will it be.  The 
older the  leaf,  the  more  tannin  will it 
contain, giving  a  bitter taste  to the  in­
fusion.

Teas are  usually  designated  as black 
or green,  according to  the  color  of  the 
leaf, due to the method of  curing and to 
the age of the leaf.

India teas are  black  and possess quite 
a  strong  Pekoe flavor, while the Japans 
and China  black teas  have  two  distinct 
flavors, and are  classified as  Oolong and 
Congou.

Green teas from  Japan and  China are 
sold in market places as Japan and China 
teas and are  known as  such by  the con­
sumer.

The tea  leaf  Is the  flower  bud of  the 
plant, which starts from the nodes of the 
leaf, which  are alternate  and  called the 
flowery  Pekoe.  The  next  leaf  is called 
the Orange  Pekoe, after  which may fol­
low several leaves, each being named ac­
cording to  its  distance  from  the  flower 
bud  or  flowery  Pekoe.  Thus  we  see 
that each  leaf  has  occupied  the flower 
bud or finest  tea leaf;  but, as  each new 
leaf shoots forth, others  must take  their 
place in rotation on  the leaf  branch and 
assume  a new  name  and  form  a  new 
node for a new  leaf  branch. 
It is read­
ily seen that we  have several  tea leaves 
all on the same flowering new branch, all 
being of a sameness except as to age.

We come now to  the manner of curing 
and the  naming.  To  illustrate,  let  us 
take  the  oldest  leaf  on  the  flowering 
branch,  which  was  the  first  flower bud 
of the new  branch,  and  make it up into 
black  tea,  which  shall  be  either  an 
Oolong or  a  Congou,  as  either  may  be

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made  from  the  same  leaf,  there  being 
two  distinct  flavors  depending  on  the 
caring.  This  curing  process  depends 
wholly  upon  the  time  of  fermentation 
and firing.  The  teas  are first  withered 
in the  sun, after  which they  are  rolled 
and twisted.  After  that  they  are  sub­
jected  to  fermentation,  by  which  the 
leaves lose  their  disagreeable  raw odor 
and assume  a fine flavor  and the desired 
tint, after which  they are fired, the  dry­
ing process then  taking place.

Oolong teas are highly dried,  wiry and 
brittle,  and  are  valued  according  to 
strength  and  pungency  and  freedom 
from dust.  They are divided into  three 
varieties,  as  follows:  Formosa,  Foo- 
Chow and Amoy,  the liquor  of  which is 
similar  to  an  uncolored  green.  For­
mosa and  Foo-Chow  rank  above Amoy, 
Formosa  taking  the  lead  as  the finest, 
Amoy  being  the  commonest  of  these 
three grades.

Scented teas are the Foo-Chow and the 
Canton.  The former has  a  weak liquor, 
while the latter  has a good  deep  liquor 
and  is  rough  to  the  palate.  Scented 
Orange Pekoe is  a long leaf and draws a 
dark liquor with delicate flavor.  Scented 
Caper tea is a  doctored black  tea resem­
bling Qun Powder in  shape.

Congou or  black  tea of  China,  gener­
ally known  as  English  Breakfast, is di­
vided 
into  Moning,  Koei-Choo  and 
Souchong,  and  Moning  is  divided into 
Ning-Chow  and  Oopock.  Souchong has 
a black  infusion  with large  leaf.  Kcei- 
Choo  is  divided  into  Ching-Woo  and 
Pongongs.
India  teas  are  divided  into  Pekoes, 
Pekoe  Souchong  and  Congou,  and  the 
rich  Pekoe tips  add  greatly  to  the  ap­
pearance. 
India teas used  to be charac­
terized  by  their  purity,  relying  upon 
their  natural  strength  for  popularity, 
but differing in  their  different climates, 
no  two  gardens  producing  the  same. 
They  are sold  under  numerous  names, 
taking  them from  the districts  in which 
they are  grown.  Assam  takes  the lead 
and is  now sold  under  the  Assam  Tea 
Co.  The India  Ooyeeling  district takes 
the lead in quality.

Tile tea  is  a  kind  made  into  a  flat 
brick. 
It  is  made  in  China  and  is ex­
ported by  way  of  Keachti,  where  it  is 
sold  to  the  Armenians  and  Tartars. 
These  tile  tea bricks  are  a  mixture of 
tea, milk, butter,  salt and herbs,  making 
an article of  diet instead of  a beverage.
Java tea is very similar to those grown 

in British India.

Sweet scented  or Orchard tea  is called 
Lahore.  Lahore tea grows as a parasite, 
and is said  to leave  a  lasting  fragrance 
in tjjp mouth and is as  good cold  as hot. 
It is  a tea which  can be  used for flavor­
ing custards, ices, etc.

Holly (Ilex  casein) is a  species of  toa 
growing in the Southern States along the 
coast, and was used by the Indians.

Natal tea  comes  from Africa  and  de­
mands  attention. 
It  is  not  put  on the 
market until it has matured three or four 
months.
As  a  whole,  Congou  teas  are of  two 
kinds.  One  is of large  leaf.ilittle  dust 
and  fine  flavor;  the  other  is  of ■ small 
wing leaf  with  burnt  smell.  The^Sou- 
chong or English Breakfast is made from 
the leaf of  tea three  years old, and from 
older  trees  sometimes  when  raised  in 
rich soil.  This tea  should  have a crisp, 
dry and unbroken  leaf  and be  free from 
dust, and  should  have a  fragrant smell. 
Caper  Souchong  takes  its  name  from

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being rolled like a  caper.  The  infusion 
is a reddish brown and high flavor.

Padre  Souchong  or  Powchong  has  a 
large leaf  slightly  twisted  and  a  very 
perfect flower.

Ball  tea  is  a  kind  of  black  tea made 

into balls about the size of a nutmeg.

Black  teas  should  not  be  fermented 
too highly  because  they  will not  keep; 
but the  liquor will  be  salvy  and  unpal­
atable, which some  think  is the  trouble 
with Ceylon tea, which is grown in a hot, 
fertile  soil and  contains  so  much  sap 
that  it  is  hard  to  drive  it  off.  Others 
claim that Ceylon tea is adulterated.

If the season is  too dry the  tea leaves 
will have a red  tinge and  bright  yellow 
tips, giving a ruby red  infusion.

Green teas  are  known  on  the  market 
as Japan,  Young  Hyson,  Gun  Powder, 
Imperial  and  Old  Hyson.  Green  teas 
differ  from  the  black  by  being  fired, 
without  the  fermentation,  over  a  char­
coal fire.  Japan teas are divided into pan 
fired  Japan  and  sun  cured  and  basket 
fired.  The pan fired tea  is fired  in  cop­
per  or  iron  pans  and  is  more  or  less 
colored.  Sun  cured  Japan  is  fired  the 
same as pan  fired, but  does not  contain 
as much  coloring.  Basket  fired  is fired 
in  bamboo  baskets  and  is  not  colored 
or  fired so highly as other Japans.  The 
finest Japan comes from Kiakhta,from the 
famous tea  garden  Uji.  Japan teas are 
sometimes sold as colored and sometimes 
as uncolored,, and  it  is  a  question with 
many which  is  the  colored  and  which 
the  uncolored.  Japan  Nibs  is  a  large, 
loosely fired  Japan  leaf  resembling Im­
perial of second or third quality.  When 
the leaf of the Young Hyson is shriveled 
it indicates  age, and those giving a high 
color to  water  should  be  rejected.  Old 
Hyson is  the  longer  and poorer  class of 
leaves  taken  from  the  Young Hyson; 
color, pale green  infusion.  Young  Hy­
son  consists  of  two  kinds,  Mayone  and 
Pingong, Mayone  being the  finer  of  the 
two  in  flavor  but  not  in  style.  Both 
have  a light  green  color,  a  strong, aro­
matic smell, and a pungent  taste.  They 
should open  clear  and  smooth,  without 
being  broken,  and  rolled  long.  The 
Mayone is the finer, as  in Young Hyson, 
and  is  the  finest  green  tea  to  be had. 
Gun  Powder tea,  when  in  high  bloom, 
will  not  stand  the  breath  and, 
like 
fine  Young  Hyson,  is  very  crisp  and 
easily  crumbled  and  broken. 
Imperial 
tea is  similar to  Gun  Powder but is not 
fired  so highly  and  is rolled  larger and 
coarser. 
It  has  a  silvery  green  color 
and bears the same  relation to Gun Pow­
der  that Old  Hyson  does to Young Hy­
son.  Gun  Powder  differs  from  Young 
Hyson by  being  rolled  into  hard  balls. 
Young  Hyson 
and  Gun  Powder 
teas,  Old  Hyson  and  Imperial  differ 
only in the  way the leaves  are rolled, in J 
curing and in  the temperature  at which 
they  are  fired.  Tuncha  and  Ty-Chow 
are both  green  teas,  as is  also Nankin. 
The first  named  is  a  mixed  leaf  of  in­
ferior quality, clear and short in style.

The Bohea  is a  small blackish leaf,  is 
dusty  and  has a  brackish  taste. 
It  is 
sometimes  mixed  with  foreign  scented 
aromatic flowers of other plants.
Tea  dusts are  of  two kinds,  siftings 
and dust, some  of  them  making a  very 
good  drink,  while  others  are  unfit  for 
use.  The  better  grade  is  the  broken 
tea, and, as the  finest teas to be  had are 
the youngest  and  tenderest  leaves,  the 
dust or siftings  obtained  from  such tea 
would make a very fine cup.

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Last, but not least, is the tea now grown 
in the United States by Charles V. Shep­
ard, of Summerfield,  S.  C. 
It  is  called 
the Pinehurst  tea,  from the  fifteen-acre 
“Pinehurst  garden” 
it  is 
grown,  and  in  which  he  raised  forty 
pounds of  dried leaves  the  past  season 
of a very fine  quality of Congou.

in  which 

What  the future holds  for tea raising 
in  the United  States cannot be foretold. 
Much will depend  on  the  cost of  labor, 
and,  to  compete  with  cheap  Japanese 
and Chinese labor,  a  duty  will  have to 
be put on exported teas.  This, of course, 
would make tea higher  to the consumer. 
There appears  to be no  question  in  re­
gard to climate,  as  a tea plant  is  hardy 
enough  to  become  acclimated  to  our 
climate  as  animals  become  accustomed 
to  different  localities.  The  American 
people  are great  tea  drinkers,  and  it 
would be very  satisfactory to know that 
we could  produce a  fine article  without 
going abroad. 

W. M.  Gib b s.

Fredonia, N. Y.

During  “Dog  Days.’*

Closing  Stores  Saturday  Afternoons 
T h e  T radesm an recently addressed  a 
note  of  enquiry  to  the  T.  Eaton Co., 
which  inaugurated  the  Saturday  after­
noon closing  movement  in  Toronto, re­
ceiving the following courteous reply:
T oronto,  Ont.,  April 11—In  reply to 
your enquiry relative  to  our position on 
the question of  closing our doors  Satur­
day afternoons  during July and August, 
would  say  that  we  endeavored,  for  a 
number of  years, to obtain the co-opera­
tion of  our  fellow  tradesmen, but all to 
no  purpose.  We  then  resolved,  after 
holding a  council of  our own  people, to 
try the  experiment and close  according­
ly.  The venture  was considered  a bold 
one  by  the  citizens  of  Toronto  and 
caused quite a commotion,  but the result 
has been a  grand  success.  Some of  the 
dry goods  houses here  tried the  experi­
ment  for  two  or  three  Saturdays,  but 
weakened  and gave  it up,  claiming the 
loss was  too great.  However,  we  have 
not  found  it  so.  We  have  now  closed 
four  years,  and  still  stand  alone, and 
every  man in the  house  is  proud of our 
position,  which  has  resulted  in  an  in­
crease of  sales, very  largely, each  year 
during that time.  During the remainder 
of the year we close at  6 o’clock,  except 
during  the Christmas  holidays,  which is 
a  time  when  eyerybody  wants  to  buy 
something  for  everybody  else and  very 
frequently  are  unable  to  buy  at  sight 
from  the different  varieties of  goods of­
fered  for  sale;  consequently  it  takes  a 
little longer time to do it.

Yours truly,

T h e T.  E aton Co.

The  same  house  also  favors  T he 
T radesm an  with  a  copy  of a  Toronto 
newspaper,  containing  a  business  an­
nouncement of the  position of  the house 
on the same subject, as follows:
The  world  has run around  a  cycle of 
years since merchants  could  afford to be 
indifferent to the welfare of  salespeople, 
or independent of public opinion.  There 
was  a  time  when  nobody  closed  at  6 
o’clock at night,  but we always meant to 
get tired  in  ten  hours, and  the years of 
small beginnings echo the sentiments we 
now  express.
In most relations we practice sincerity 
more  or less. 
It  mingles  in  our every­
day intercourse with people;  more  with 
near friends and those who know us inti­
mately, less with strangers and those we 
meet  in business.  There’s  no  need  of 
making  words  about  it.  We  all know 
what sincerity is and how to use it.
Early closing is  something  more than 
mere sentiment. 
It is the application of 
sincerity  to  business—considering  the 
interests  of  salespeople  in  connection 
with  the  best  interests  of  customers. 
There is no  reason why  stores shouldn’t 
close early every  day in  the week.  We 
have  tested  the  matter  carefully  and 
fully endorse this conclusion.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Now, isn’t  this  the  prevailing  notion 
of  a good  salesman?  To  be bright  and 
clean  looking,  to  have  a  good  face,  a 
pleasant manner, to be  modest but confi­
dent, ready and self-possessed, cheerful, 
cheery, polite, to take pleasure in giving 
pleasure,  to  adapt  oneself  to  his  cus­
tomer, to carry the whole of one’s  stock 
in his head,  to catch  a  customer’s want 
or notion or  whim in  a minute,  to  wel­
come service, to seem  to have  no end of 
strength and  time  and  patience,  to  de­
vote  oneself  to  a  dozen,  twenty,  forty 
customers one after  another,  and to con­
sider the  business  of  selling  as if  that 
were what the world turns on.
And isn’t it the  customary notion that 
salesmen  and  saleswomen  should  work 
twelve,  fourteen or fifteen hours if  nec­
essary—as  long  as  there  is  trade  to be 
got.
The means of  communication are  bet­
ter and quicker  to-day than ever  before 
—apparently about as  good  as  they can 
be.  Shoppers  can  do  their  buying be­
tween  the hours of 8 a. m. and 6 p. m.— 
if they care to, and nobody will object to 
a little inconvenience  when the interests 
of  many  thousand  salespeople  are  at 
stake.
In regard to early  closing,  we mean to 
lend  our  whole  influence  in  its  favor. 
Without any regard to what others might 
do,  we  long  ago  adopted  shorter  work 
days for this store.  And business grows 
in spite of it.

Ways  Which Win.

From   th e  Confectioners’  Journal.
It requires a great  deal of  mental cal­
iber,  and,  probably,  more  than  in any 
other  profession, to  be  a business man. 
There  are,  necessarily,  such  qualities 
which seldom are  born, but  which must 
be,  in the course of  time, developed  and 
nursed  in  order  to  make  a  complete 
whole; adhesiveness  is  one of  the  facul­
ties which take  a great part  in business 
life. 
It  is  necessary  that  he  should 
adapt his mind  to  all stages of life,  and 
suit  himself  to  the  times,  and  not the 
times to himself.  But  while he  is will­
ing to submit any arising questions, even 
against his will,  and affirms  against  his 
better  judgment,  his  self-esteem  must 
never  be  lost  sight  of,  for  he  is a fool 
that does not possess the faculty of man­
hood and  respect.
Caution  is the  mother  of  wisdom and 
has  proven a  tower  of  strength  to  him 
who has followed it.
Benevolence,  if  not  overdone,  bears 
fruit tenfold from the  seed sown.  Firm­
ness  in business  is the  hand  that holds 
the rudder which  guides into  the haven 
of prosperity.  When you speak let your 
words be firm.
Conscientiousness  is a  high-priced ar­
ticle, rarely found  in any  market; use it 
as it is meant—an influence governed  by 
the known and  supposed  rules of  right 
and  wrong.
Hope.. Without  it  this  life  would  not 
be wortfi living. 
In business everything 
hinges upon hope, and  perseverance to a 
hopeful future generally leads to success.
Wit is  essential  in  the  conducting of 
business.  A witty man  has  never  been 
lost to any  question;  he  grasps the  mo­
ment by the  band,  and  has  a ready an­
swer in store at any occasion.
Imitation.  Some of  our  readers  may 
say,  “We  want  to  be  original  and  not 
imitators.”  That  is  true;  we  do  not 
wish you to  become  an imitator of your 
neighbor’s  articles, or  prices, especially 
when be  is  selling  below  cost.  But it 
would be  to  your  benefit  if  you  would 
learn from him  and  imitate his business 
ways, if they are better than yours.  Im­
itate  your  neighbor’s  superiority,  his 
friendly  manner,  his  politeness,  his 
kindness, his strict attention to business, 
and you will share with him  in the prof­
its.  Learn,  if  you  can,  more 
lan­
guages  than  your  mother  tongue, for, 
remember, speaking to a customer in his 
own language  you touch  his heart every 
time; by touching  his heart you gain his 
confidence, and  with the  latter  you  get 
his  business.  These  are  the necessary 
faculties required  by  a  first-class  busi­
ness man, and  any man  in possession of 
them  fully  developed,  will  never  have 
reason  to regret  his  calling  of  being a 
business man.

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ASSOCIATION  VBRUS  INSOLATION 
“I make it the rule of my  life,” said a 
certain person—a very  solemn  person— 
the other day,  “never  to  join  any asso­
ciation whatever.”

It would be the rule of  my life, on the 
other hand, if I had any  rule,  to join as 
many associations  as  I  possibly  could 
because by association  alone  can  any­
thing be done.  But,  indeed,  1 mistrust 
profoundly the wisdom  of  any* man who 
says he makes  this and  that the  rule of 
his  life.  We allow, to be sure,  any man 
who pleases  to  make it  the rule  of  his 
life not to kill his  neighbors,  and not to 
do anything  forbidden by a  certain ven 
erable code.  But  we  do  not know  the 
solemn person who  says,  “I  make it the 
rule of my  life never  to enter the  thea­
ter,” or that  other who says,  “I  make it 
the rule  of  my  life  never  to  read  a 
novel,” or that other  solemn person who 
makes it the rule of his life never to join 
any association.  All  three  solemn per­
sons betray  in  their solemnities  the kind 
of  wisdom which  we associate with  the 
word prig:  For  to  deprive ourselves  of 
the theater is to cut off the  teaching and 
enjoynient of a fine art; to read no fiction 
is  to lose another fine art, and to join no 
association shows  either  contempt  for 
our  fellow  creatures  or the  design to 
enjoy the fruits of  their  labors  without 
any  contribution of  our own.

Everything we possess  is the result of 
association.  Everything  has  been  ob­
tained by  united  effort.  The  whole  of 
our social  and  political  freedom  comes 
from men joining,  acting,  voting, fight­
ing  together.  Without  association  we 
are powerless.  An  army  is an  associa­
tion, a ship’s company is an  association, 
a  parliament  is  an association.  When 
men want  anything  they  form an  asso­
ciation in order to  get  it.  There  is  no 
other way of  getting  it:  we  must  per­
suade  the  world,  first,  that  what  we 
want is reasonable and  right;  next, that 
we mean to go on  banding  ourselves to­
gether until we  get it;  thirdly, that  we 
are powerful enough  to make  our  influ­
ence  felt.  Without 
the 
world  would  go  steadily  down,  down, 
down. 

W a lt er  Besa n t.

association 

The Hardware Market.

General Trade—The  volume  of  trade 
for the  first  week of  May  has not  been 
up to the standard,  but this is, no doubt, 
owing to the  wet weather.  Dealers gen­
erally  look  forward  to  a  good  spring 
trade,  and  there  is  no  reason  why we 
should not have it.

Wire  Nails—But  little to  note in this 
line.  Prices  remain  stationery.  From 
some points  there  are  indications of  an 
advance, but the  general  opinion is that 
an advance  will be  hard to  accomplish. 
The mill  men, no  doubt,  will be thank­
ful if  they can  hold  it where it is.  We 
still quote $1.60 at mill and $1.80 here.

Cut  Nails—The  demand  is  light and 
mills are  anxious  for  business. 
In sec­
tions where they are used  to any extent, 
lower figures  could  be secured. 
In this 
market the  demand is  light,  and prices 
remain firm at $1.50 rates.

Barbed Wire—Owing  to the  unsettled 
condition of  the pig iron  and steel mar­
kets  and the  stringency  in  the  money 
market,  prices are  not  as  firm  as they 
have been.  For desirable orders conces­
sions can be obtained  5@10c below pres­
ent  quotations.  The  demand  is  still 
large and the  best mills  find it  difficult 
to  keep  up  with  orders.  The  regular

quotations  are still  made  on a  basis of 
$2.40 for  painted and  $2.80  for  galvan­
ized.

Rope—The recent trouble in the money 
market  and  the  embarrassment  of  the 
National  Cordage Co.  have had,  as yet, 
no  effect  on  the  price  of  manilla  and 
sisal.  Our reports  from  the  large  job 
bing and manufacturing centers differ as 
to the  future  price.  The  general opin­
ion,  however,  is  that  there  will  be no 
great decline.  We  quote  sisal  rope 9@ 
8J^c; manilla, 13@12%c per pound.

Wire  Cloth—The  manufacturers,  as 
yet, do  not  seem to  have given  jobbers 
any  wire  cloth.  Reports  from  all  the 
large  jobbing  centers  show  there  is  a 
general famine  existing.  Two cents per 
square foot is quite generally asked,  and 
then subject to stocks on  hand, but l%c 
is  quoted  in  this  market.  Very  light 
stocks.

Screen  Doors—In  sympathy  with the 
scarcity  of  cloth,  the  prices  are  very 
firm;  $7.50@8  per  doz.,  for  all  regular 
stock  sizes are firmly held.

Bar  Iron—The  demand  is  good  and 
prices are  fairly  maintained, $1.80@1.90 
rates being the usual quotation.

Powder and  Shot—Stationary in  price 
—$3.50 for rifle powder and $1.50 for drop 
shot—firmly held.

Galvanized  Iron—Is  being  sold  at 65 
and 10 to 70 per cent, discount, according 
to quantity  wanted.

If you have any overdue  accounts you 
wish collected,  write  to  Fernald’s  Mer­
cantile Agency, Detroit.  Michigan work 
a specialty.  Special  reports  and collec­
tions made everywhere.  Prompt and re­
liable service.

PRODUCE  M ARKET,

Apples—Weaker and  lower.  Spys  are  about 
out of the market, but Baldwins and Bussetsare 
In small demand at $2.50 perbbl.

Beans—Handlers pay $1.75  for country-picked 
and hold at $2.  City hand-picked are quoted  at 
10@25c above these figures.

Butter—Considerably lower  than  a week ago. 
Handlers pay 22c for choice dairy, holding at 24c. 
Factory creamery is firmly held at 28 @ 29c.

Cabbage—Old stock  is  practically  out  of  the 
market.  New Mobile stock commands $1 per doz.

Carrots—25c per doz.
Cider—13@15c per gallon.
Cucumbers—$1.35 per doz.
Eggs—Weaker, but not  quotably  lower.  The 
weakness is  due to  the  fact  that  packers  and 
cold storage operators  have  now  about  all  the 
stock they want, so that the demand  from  now 
on will be principally of a consumptive  charac­
ter.  Dealers pay 14c and hold at 15c,  bnt  a  de­
cline of at least lc  per  doz.  is  expected  before 
the end of the week.

Green Beans—$1.75 per bu.  Wax  $2.50 per  bu.
Green Peas—$1.75 per bu.
Honey—White  clover  commands  15c  per  lb. 

dark buckwheat brings 12*4c.

Lettuce—Handlers pay 9c for  first-class  stock, 

holding at  12c.

10c per lb.

Maple Sugar—Jobbers pay 8@8i4c and hold  at 

Onions—Old  are  scarce at $1.25  per bu.  Cuba 
stock  is  in  ample  supply  at  $2  per  bu.  cate 
and Bermuda stock  is  in  fair  demand  at  $2.25 
per bu. crate.

Parsnips—25c per bu.
Pieplant—2c per lb.
Pineapples—Common, $1 @  $2  per  doz.  The 
price is held down by the large amount of green 
stock on the market this season.

Potatoes—The market, has  sustained  a  sharp 
advance,  buyers  having  raised  their  buying 
price to 60c and  their  selling  price  to  65c.  A 
strong demand appears to have sprung up in  all 
parts of the country  stimulated by the fact  that 
the Southern crop will be from one to two weeks 
late this summer,  due  to  the  cold,  wet spring. 
Some dealers are sanguine the price will go to $1 
per bu. before the end of the present month.

Badishes—25c per doz. bunches.
Spinach—50c per bu.
Squash—4@5c per lb.
Strawberries—$3 @ $3.25 per case of 24  qts.
Tomatoes—$3 per 6 basket crate.
Turnips—Mississippi  stock,  25c  per  dozen 

bunches.

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THE  MICHIGAJST  TTLAlDESMAISr.
that  putting  a  seal  on  his  scales  will 
never protect his customers from getting 
the worse of every  bargain,  in  case  he 
can tarn it to his own advantage without 
being found out.

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Drugs &t Medicines.

State  Board  of Pharmacy*
One  Year—Jam es Vernor, Detroit.
Two  Years—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor 
Three  Years—George Gundrnm, Ionia.
F our Years—C. A. Bngbee, Cheboygan.
Five Years—8. E. P arkill, Owosso.
President—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Secretary—Jas.  Vernor, Detroit..
T reasurer—Geo. Gundrnm, Ionia.

M ichigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ase’n. 
President—Stanley E. P arkill, Owosso. 
Vice-Presidents—I.  H.  L.  Dodd,  Buchanan;  F.  W.  R.
P erry, Detroit ;  W. H. Hicks, Morley.
Treasurer—Wm. H. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretary—0. W. Parsons, D etroit.
Executive  Com mittee— 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 
R iver;  tim e to be designated by Executive Committee.
Grand  Rapids Pharm aceutical Society. 
President, John D. M uir;  Sec’y, F rank H. Escott.

Concerning' S ealing T h at Is N ot P elagic.
W r itte n  f o r   Th s  Tradesman.
It is  strange how  eager  many people 
are, on every  occasion  when  brought in 
contact  with  some  temporary  evil that 
affects  the  pocket,  comfort,  temper  or 
time of  individuals,  to  think  of  an ap­
peal to  law  as  the  first,  last  and  only 
recourse.  On street, In hotel  or theater, 
at home  annoyed  by corporate  misman­
agement  of  household  necessities,  or 
while  traveling by  rail  or  boat,  life is 
constantly exhibiting unpleasant aspects 
caused  by  the  thoughtlessness,  caprice 
or  greed  of  others,  which  upsets  the 
serenity  of  the  evenest  tempered  men, 
and tempts them  at the time  to wish for 
almost  any  kind  of  relief.  Men  with 
means often,  while  full  of  resentment 
for some grievance, will at once resort to 
legal action for  redress.  The multitude 
only utter complaints and say that a law 
ought  to be passed for  their  protection. 
Their desires  occasionally  bear  fruit in 
statutes that are  supposed  to  afford re­
lief, while  they  actually  have no  influ­
ence,  or  but  little  on  the  evils  com­
plained of.

One  law in  particular, that  requiring 
the  sealing  of  weights  and  measures, 
seems to  be an  abortive  attempt at  pa­
ternalism  on  a  small  scale  that,  after 
continued  failures,  is  ever brought for­
ward and re-enacted,  for no other appar­
ent reason than  to  enable a new genera­
tion to acquire  wisdom  from  the experi­
ence  of  the past by  themselves  repeat­
ing it.

In  a land  like  ours,  where  everyone 
whose interest is  likely to be affected by 
such  law is  intelligent  enough to read, 
write  and  cipher,  there  seems to be  no 
need of such  altruistic aids  to equitable 
commercial  exchanges.  It  is  possible 
that, in densely populated districts with­
in cities, police regulations may be needed 
to  prevent  injustice,  imposed  by  the 
hand of  greed, on  a  class  ignorant and 
unprotected  in  their  extreme  poverty 
that  compels  them  to  buy  supplies for 
daily sustenance in  the  smallest install­
ments.  Under  these  conditions  they 
can, no  doubt, be  made  effectual for the 
purpose intended.

But a general law that  employs agents 
everywhere  to  inspect  and  seal  every 
scale, measure and  yardstick used in de­
termining  quantity,  weight or  length of 
every product  dealt  in  throughout  the 
State  becomes too  inquisitorial  and an­
noying  if  rigidly  enforced;  besides,  it 
would require  an  army  of  spies if  it is 
expected that every  instrument  covered 
by the statute shall be  inspected and ad­
justed to official approval.  If not rigidly 
enforced, it  soon  becomes  like  some of 
the  blue  laws  of  the  last  centnry  that 
stand nnrepealed  as  instruments in  the 
hands of anyone disposed to use them  in 
gratifying personal revenge.

The object  intended  is  to  make  snre 
that no  one  buying  goods  of  any  kind 
shall receive short  weight or  scant mea­
sure—if  there  is  any  other  reason, I 
have never  heard it  mentioned.  To ac­
knowledge the need of an indiscriminate 
official sealing  presupposes  that a  large 
proportion of  those who snpply the pub­
lic wants are  dishonest, or at  least care­
less, in  the matter  of  adjusting  the  in­
struments they use to weigh and measure. 
Id practice  such sealing  usually  affects 
only those who  keep an open market for 
products,  and  the  probable  loss to  any 
buyer at retail, even  were  short weights 
more common  than they now are, would 
be infinitesimal.  But, since those whose 
scales  are  thus  sealed  are  honorable 
business men  who both  buy and sell  by 
them, it is reasonable to suppose that no 
perceptible  damage  can  accrue  to  the 
public,  should  they  not  be  protected 
from some  possible  deceit  by  a statute 
with penalties attached.

It is as easy  for  a  dishonest  dealer  to 
cheat  customers  in  weight  when 
the 
scales are correct as  when  they  are  out 
of  balance.  Many  a  time  have  I  lost 
both  money  and  confidence  in  human 
nature by the dextrous finger of a butch­
er who weighed meat on a scale that was 
a solemn, impartial dispenser  of  pounds 
and ounces  and  would  always  tell  the 
exact truth if not interfered with. 
It is 
just as easy for a dishonest man to cheat 
a customer,  in  making  change,  if  he  is 
not on his guard; or still easier  by  over­
charging  where an account is kept, since 
it is less  liable to be detected.

If the  public  must  be  protected  from 
all the  little losses  that  are  nnfreqnent 
and  small  at  most,  and  only  possible 
when one is unusually  careless,  it  will 
be found  difficult  to  fix  a  limit  where 
that protection may  cease;  for,  so  long 
as men are human and  selfishness  domi­
nates, such  protection  will  be  needed. 
For my part, I would most  willingly run 
the risk of false scales if I  could  be  se­
cure from the lying tongue of the smooth 
and plausible deceiver who  knows  more 
about bis goods  than  I  could  possibly 
learn,  and makes me pay  more  for  them 
than I would if I  were  an  expert  mind 
reader.  Still, this danger does not  seem 
to be one that calls for the  assistance  of 
law. 
I  would  rather  be  insured  from 
the slick traveling agent  who  takes  me 
unawares and plays a bran new game  on 
me, than to have every scale in the land, 
chromatic and otherwise,  sealed  for  all 
time.  And I would gladly give my  eye­
teeth to be protected by law  or  military 
force from the solemn  and overpowering 
pomposity of the book agent, who knows 
his piece thoroughly and, transfixing  me 
with his basilisk gaze, pours the contents 
of his program from  title  page  to  finis 
into my quivering consciousness.

The fact is that the best protector cus­
tomers can  have  to  insure  good  treat­
ment from the retail dealer i9  first,  cash 
in hand, and, second, to put him on  pro­
bation, so that he can see that his  inter­
est lies primarily in dealing  fairly  with 
his customers in  the  matters  of  prices, 
quality and  quantity.  After  you  have 
shown confidence  in  him  for  sometime 
and found that  it  is  not  abused,  when 
yon ask for credit he may be disposed  to 
reciprocate and give you equal  proof  of 
his confidence.  Thus you may both  find 
that fair dealing is  mutually  profitable. 
But, if yon happen to know that a dealer 
has  been  in  the  practice  of  wilfully 
giving short weights,  you  may  be  sure

Mutual confidence is the only basis for 
commercial dealing wherever the highest 
civilization prevails.  Where it  is  want­
ing there can be no  prosperity  in  trade. 
Distrnst of the  dealer  is  altogether  too 
common.  People do not so much  doubt 
his  personal  honesty  in  weighing  and 
measuring as they do the price of staples, 
which they underrate  as  much  as  they 
overrate the profits made on them.  They 
forget that men who sell goods are  quite 
as liable to be  honest from  principle  as 
those who buy, and that the former have 
no more temptation than the latter  to be 
otherwise.  Were  there  no  moral  law 
nor  legal  restraint,  self-interest  alone 
would more perfectly  protect  the  buyer 
from imposition of every  kind  than  the 
seller now is from the wiles and dishonest 
schemes of his customers.  There is too 
much of harsh comment and unnecessary 
legal restriction now on those who are  so 
unfortunate as to be rated as middlemen. 
Let us have peace. 
S. P.  W h i t m a b s h .

Books for a Business  Man.

Industrialism came  last. 

Why not  books  for  a  business  man? 
We have  a  science  and  an  art  of  war. 
It  chanced,  men’s  positions  being  what 
they  were,  that  these  came  first  among 
the arts and sciences.  As  war  was  the 
chiefest  of  men’s  activities,  so  it  was 
most largely in his thoughts.  Around war 
and  warriors, in poem, story, play, biog­
raphy,  history, gathered  the  best  things 
men could say, said in the happiest way. 
And to this day,  it’s  a  pity it is so.  The 
best of the old literature and much of the 
best that is new  has  war  for  its  subject 
matter,  aud  homicide  for  its  startling 
incident,  politicians,  and  politics  past 
and politicians dead,  statesmanship  and 
statesmen.  About these, also, literature 
has  grown,  and  what  we  now  get  in 
the morning papers, in  all  baldness  and 
meanness of its truth, the historians and 
poets have sewed up for us in books  that 
are classics, to know which is the part of 
then  religion,  not  after  war 
culture: 
and  politics,  but  in,  and  of  them;  the 
motive,  full  of  fire, 
the  excuse  for 
power.  And  this  also  made  matter  for 
poets to work upon,  essayists  to  quarrel 
over, philosophers to obscure with clouds 
of dust.
In  this  its 
age, just born, not  yet  glorified  by  the 
mist things past take on,  seeming  cheap 
and common chiefly because it  Is  shared 
by all men and has not about it the pomp 
of war, the sham  of  thrones,  the  pitiful 
reverence cathedral,  church  and  priest 
beget.  In the beginning of this the bus­
iness  age,  it  is  not  strange  that  men 
smile at the suggestion of a  literature  of 
business.  Knowledge  of  the  best  that 
has been thought and said  in  the  world, 
this,  says  some  one,  is culture.  Good. 
And, as war, politics  and  religion  have 
been the things  first  and  most  in  men’s 
thoughts,  concerning  these  things  the 
best things have been  thought  and  said, 
in school, college, in the world of letters, 
the great books, the good books, the wise 
books, the books that acquaint  one  best 
with human life and human character, as 
it were, the  books  the  young  man  and 
the young woman are pointed to to study 
for delight, for elevation of soul, are the 
books telling of men in war, in politics, in 
religion.
Bat we shall  change  all  this.  Busi­
ness runs  the  world.  The  world  gets 
civilized just as fast as men learn to  run 
things  on  plain  business  principles. 
“The greatest civilizer after all is  selfish 
huckstering trade.’’  We shall  have  the 
masterly biography of the man of affairs. 
We shall have  (and that  will be  a pity) 
a little too much glorification of a found­
er  and  manager  of  a  great  business 
enterprise.  But  that will  pass.  Good 
history, history well  told, classic history 
shall tell of a great railway, and it  shall 
be of more worth to boy or girl, or  man,

or woman, than all your tales of the con­
quest of Carthage, or the Jesuits of North 
America, or  the siege  of  Vicksburg,  or 
of Paris.
No  business  literature?  Then  it’s 
time we had some.  Will men write always 
of 
the  Crusades  and  Round  Table 
Knights, when every  day  there  are  Ar­
gentines and Panamas and Siberian  rail­
ways?  Mast we always send our children 
back into the past to learn  how  bad  and 
how good  men  were  in  times  not  like 
oars?  It is useless for classic dodos  and 
we cultured  folks to  protest.  Business 
is here, and here to  stay.  And  selfish, 
sordid, grasping, gross,  material  though 
it be, it has,  thauk Heaven,  no such tales 
of woe to put  in  verse,  drama,  history, 
and essay as one finds  on  every  page  of 
the chronicles  of  war,  politics  and  re­
ligion. 
The  knight  was  well  in  his 
time, at this distance picturesque, though, 
on  closer  view,  not  overnice,  quarrel­
some, ignorant, superstitious, cruel.  The 
statesman was well, also, though he, too, 
bears examination poorly, as his  Kansas 
successor makes  manifest.  The  priest 
had  his  excellencies,  though  when  we 
see him without his veil of our own  rev­
erence he smacks too largely of Brigham 
Young.  But with all his  meanness,  his 
sordidness,  his  devotion  to  the  futile 
side of gain, the man of affairs is beyond 
and above  them  all  immeasurably.  His 
literature will come.
Men were never so generous, so honest, 
so agreeable, so well worth acquaintance 
as they are to-day.  We need more Whit­
mans  and  Henleys  to  sing  the  modern 
man.  Knightly was once a good word to 
conjure with. To-day the qualities it once 
implied are but part of the native unnoted 
moral furniture of the  commonest of fel­
lows.  We point  the  young too often  to 
the king who stooped to simple courtesy, 
to the  politician  who  outwitted  others 
for his country’s good,  as  if  we  thought 
such  deeds  peculiarly  notable.  The 
hungry  knight  who  took  his  lance  in 
hand and rode forth  to  fill  his  stomach 
and his purse was an  excellent  figure  in 
years agone.  To-day a  figure  far  more 
worth the seeing, the writing of, and the 
reading of,  is  that  of  the  gentlemanly 
young  man  who  goes  forth,  with  his 
brains and a ten dollar bill, to seek a good 
bargain, and finds  it. 

J. G.  Da n a.

The  Doctor.

Ohl a very big gun was Doctor Man, 
For a specialist rare was he 
On the nails and the hair,
And the eye and ear,
And the throat especially.
Oh 1 the lungs and the heart 
Were a very small part 
In his dispensary,
And fever and chills,
Of the breed that kills,
Were his idiosyncrasy.
Rheumatics and gout 
Were put to rout,
And insomnia went to bed.
While this specialist rare
Could grow long hair
On the crown of a wooden head.
Catarrh he could cure 
In an hour or more,
And his lexicon knew not "fail.” 
Was your vision oblique,
He could make it all right 
With only a line through the mall.
Blood poison or taint.
Every form of complaint 
Of humanity  under the sun,
He could cure while you waited,
Appalled and prostrated
By the learning of specialist Mnn.
Oh, a very big gun was Doctor Mun, 
For a specialist rare was he,
And he took in the money 
In a way that was fanny 
To a poverty-stricken “M. D.”

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Declined—Po. Ipecac rt.

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Morphia,  9° P. & W.  2 20@2 45 
C.  Co....................  2  10@2 35
Moschus Canton........  ®  40
Myrlstlca, No  1 ........  66®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia....................  20®  22
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Picis  Llq, N>C„ H gal
doz  .........................  @3 00
Plds Llq., quarts......   ®1 00
pints.........   ®  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)....  @  3
Plx  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumb! A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvls Ipecac et opll.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......   @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  15®  25
Quassiae.................... 
8®  10
Qulnia, S. P. & W......  29®  34
S.  German__  21®  30
Rnbla  Tlnctorum......   12®  14
Saecharum Lactls pv. 
20® 22
Saladn....................... 1  75@l  80
Sanguis  Draconls......  40®  50
9apo,  W......................  12® f  14
M.......................  10®  12
“  G.......................  ®515

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Seldlltz  Mixture........  @  20
Slnapis...........................  @ 18
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,r  opt......................  @ 30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  27®  30
Soda Carb.................  1(4®  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb............   ®  5
Soda,  Ash..................   3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrcla  Dom......  @2 25
“  Myrcla Imp........  @3 00
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• ■ • •7........................2 21@2 31
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......1 4001 45
Sulphur, Subl............ 2t4@  3)4
„   “  Roll..............  2 M@ 3
Tamarinds...................  
8® 10
Terebenth Venice......  28®  30
Theobromae............. 45  @  48
Vanilla.....................9 00©16 00
Zlncl  Sulph..................  7®  8

vinl  Rect.  bbl.

OILS.

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

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Llndseed,  boUed__   54 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............   80 
Spirits Turpentine__  36 

15
67
85
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bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian.............144  2@8
Ochre, yellow  Mars__1)4  2@4
Ber....... 1)4  2@8
Putty,  commercial__234  2)4@3
“  strlctlypure..... 2)4  2*@3
VermUIon Prime Amer­
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13016
Vermilion,  English.... 
66@70
Green,  Peninsular......   70@76
Lead,  red.................... 6)4@7
“  w hite................6)407
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  GUders  ........   @90
1  0 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff..........................  
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Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
Paints.....................1 0001  20
No. 1 Turp  Coach__ 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................166@1  70
Coach  Body...............2 75@3 00
aso. 1 Turp Furn....... 1  00@1  10
EutraTurkDam ar....l  55® 1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
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Acetlcum................... 
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Boradc 
30
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Carbollcum................  
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Cltrlcum................... 
50®  53
Hydrochlor................  3®
Nitrocum 
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Oxallcum....................   10® 12
Phosphorlum dll........ 
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Salicylicum...............1  30®1  70
Sulphurlcum.........   ..  1)£@
Tannlcum..................1  40@1  60
Tartarlcum..................  30® 33

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20  deg..............  5)4®
Carbonas  ....................   12®
Chlorldum...................  12®

ANILINE.

Black......................... 2 00®2 25
Brown.......................   80@1  00
Red.............................   46®  50
Yellow...................... 2 50@3 00

BACOAS.
40)..

Cubeae (po
Juníperas......
X a n th o x y lu m .

40®  45 
8®   10 
29®  30

BAL8AMUX.

Copaiba......................  45®  50
Peru............................  ®1  95
Terabin, Canada......   60®  65
Tolutan......................  35®  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Casslae  ...............................  11
Cinchona Flava  .................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po.............  20
Pranas Virgin!....................  12
Qulllaia,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  ............................  12
Dlmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

BXTBACTUX.

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25 
po  .......  33®  35
“ 
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
" 
Is...............  13®  14
“  Us..............  14®  15
)4S..............  16®  17
•• 

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

" 

Arnica.......................   18®
Anthemls...................  30®
Matricaria

40®  50

“ 

“ 

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutltol,  Tin

...................  18®  50
nlvelly....................  25®  28
Alx.  35®  50
and  its....................  15®  25
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  its
................... 
UraUrsl 
euKMi.
“ 
“ 

®  75
Acacia, 1st picked.... 
®  45
“ 
2d 
.... 
“  3d 
....  @  30
sifted sorts... 
“ 
®  25
po.................  60®  80
“ 
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
Socotrl. (po.  60).  ®  50
Catechu, Is, (54®, 14 its,
16)............................  ®  1
Ammoniac.................  55®  60
AssafceUda, (po. 85)..  30®  35
Bensoinum.................  50®  56
Camphors..................   55®  58
Bupnorblum  po  ........  35®  10
Gafbanum...................  ®2 50
Gamboge,  po..............  70®  75
Gualacum, (po  35) —   ®  3':
Kino,  (po  1  10).........   @J  15
M astic.......................   @  80
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  ®  40
Opll  (po  4  50)...........3 30@3  40
Shellac  ......................  33®  40
bleached......   33®  35
Tragacanth................  40@1  00
Absinthium..................... 
  25
Bupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................  28
V ir.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetum, Y......................  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25

“ 
herb a—In ounce packages.

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M__  20®  %
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36

OLBUM.

Absinthium...............3 50®4  00
Amygdalae, Dole........  45®  75
Amyaalae, Amarae__8 00@8  25
Anlsl..........................1 70@1  80
Aurantl  Cortex......... 2 30@2  40
Bergamll  ...................3 25@3  50
Cajlputl.................... 
60®  65
CaryophylH................  85®  90
C edar.........................  35®  66
Chenopodll...............   ®1  60
Clnnamonli...............   90®1 00
Cltronella...................  ®  45
Conlnm  Mao..............  85®  66
Copaiba  ....................  8 ®   90

Cubebae......................  @360
Execht hi tos..............  2  50®2 75
Erlgeron.....................2 25@2 50
Gaultherla..................2 00®2 10
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
.Gossipll,  Sem. gal......  70®  75
Hedeoma  ...................2  10@2 20
Juniper!......................  50®2 00
Lavendula.................  90®2 00
Limonls....................2  40®2 60
Mentha Piper............2 75@3 50
Mentha Verid...........2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal...........l 00@1  10
Myrda, ounce............   @  50
Olive..........................  90@2 75
Plds Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
R ld n l............. 
 
 
  i 22@1  28
Rosmarini............  
75®i 00
Rosae, ounce............ 6 50®8 50
Sucdnl........  ............   40®  45
Sabina.......................   90@1  00
San tal  .......................3 50@7 00
Sassafras.....................  50®  55
Slnapis, ess, ounce__  ®  65
Tiglll..........................   @  go
Thyme.......................   40®  50
opt  ................  @  60
Theobromas...............   15®  20

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POTASSIUM.

B icarb.......................  
is®
Bichromate...............   13®
Bromide....................  86®
Carb............................  12®
Chlorate 
(po 23@25)..  24®
Cyanide......................  50®  __
Iodide........................2  98@3 00
27®  30
Potassa, Bitart,  pure.. 
Potassa, Bitart, com... 
®
Potass Nltras, opt...... 
8®
Potass Ultras..............  7®
Frusciate....................   28®
Sulphate  po................  15®

BADIX.

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Aconitum......... .........  20®
Althae.........................  22®
Anchusa....................   12®
Aram,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)...... 
8®  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15).. 
16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)...................  @  30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po.  .. 
15®  20
Inula,  po.................... 
is®  20
Ipecac,  po..................2  20@2 30
Iris plox (po. 35®38).. 
35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   40®  45
Maranta,  Xs..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po.......   15®  18
Rhei................   75®1 
00
75
“  Cut..........   @1 
PV............  75@1 
85
Splgella.....................   35®  38
Sanguinarla, (po  25).. 
®  20
Serpentarla.................  30®  32
Senega.......................  65®  70
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  @
M  @
Scillae, (po. 35)...........  10®
Symplocarpus,  Foetl-
dus,  po....................
®  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  ®
German...  15®  20
lnglber a ................. 
18®  20
18®  20
Zingiber  j ...............  
Anlsum,  (po. 20).. 
..  ®  15
Apiura  (graveleons)..  IF®  18
Bird, Is.....................   4®  6
Carol, (po. 18)...............  8® 12
Cardamon..................1  00®1  25
Corlandrnm.................   10® 12
Cannabis Satlva.........   3H®4
Crdonium....................   75®1 00
Chenopodinm  .............  10® 12
Dlptenx Odorate....... 2 2S®2 50
Foenicnlnm  ...
15 
Foenngreek,  po 
6® 
8 
4  O 4)4
lin i  -------------
Lini, grd,  (bbl. S54). 
4  ®  4)4 
'   '  illa.
Lobei
35®  40
PharlarlB Canarian
5  ® 5)4 
Rapa..........................
6®  
-
Slnapls  Alba...........  11  ®13
I l®   12
M ig ra .............. 
SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W..D.  Co..2 00®2 50
D. F. R......1  75®2 00
25®1 50
 
JnnlperlB  Co. O. T... .1 65@2 00
“ 
75®3 SO
Saacharum N. B...... 1  75®2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1 75©6 50
25@2 00
Vini Oporto.................1 
Vini  Alba....................1 
25@2 00

1 
......... 1 

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,r 

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage.................. 2 50®2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ....... 
2 00
 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps'
85
carriage................... 
Grass sheeps’ wool car
rlage....................... 
65
75
Hardfor  slate  use__ 
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se.......................... 
l  40

SYRUPS.

Accacla...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferrl  Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes............... 
  50
  50
Rhel  Arom...............  
 
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
ScIUae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...........................   .  50
Prnnus  vlrg  .......................    so I

“ 

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TINCTURES.

.“ 

Co..................... 

Aconitum Napellls R.........   60
., 
F .........   50
and myrrh.................  60
A rnica................................   50
Asafcetida....................... 
q
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
“  Co..........................   50
Sangulnaria.........................  50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharldes........................    75
Capsicum.........................  .  50
Ca damon............................  75
„  
75
Catechu...............................   50
Cinchona........................ ""  50
.  Co.........................  60
_ 
Columba.............................   50
Conlnm.......................  
50
Cubeba......................... ....!.  50
Digitalis  ............................  
50
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................  60
Gualca................................   50
“ 
amnion....................... 60
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus...........................50
Iodine..................................  75
Colorless...................... 75
Ferrl  Chlorldum.................  35
K ino................................  
50
Lobelia............................  "   50
Myrrh..................................... 50
Nux  Vomica.....................  
50
ORU  .....................................   85
Deodor........................ 2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Khatany........................  ...  50
Rhel.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol................     so
Co..............  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stramonium.........................!  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian.............................   50
Veratrum Verlde.............. '  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

squlbbs.. 

60® 35® 2

.¿Ether, Spts  Mit, 3  F..  28®  80
“  4 F ..  32®  34
Alumen....................... 2)4® 3

11 
* 
“ 
ground,  (po.
>.............................  
3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
4®  5
Antlmonl, po.............. 
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antlpyrln..................   @1 40
Antlfebrln..................  ®  25
Argent!  Nltras, ounce  @  60
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud. 
..  38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 20®2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, ()4s
12;  Ms,  14)..............  @  11
Cantharldes  Russian, 
po............................
@1  00 
Caps! cl  Fractus, af.
@  26
-  
-ipo.
®  20 
Caryophyllus, (po.  18)
14®  15
Carmine,  No. 40.........   ®3 75
Cera Alba, 8. & F.....  50®  55
Cera Flava..............  38®  40
Coccus  ..................  ®  40
Cassia Fractus...........  ®  25
Centrarla....................  ®  10
Cetaceum......
®  40 68
Chloroform...............   go®
„  
®1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  35®1 80
3601 60
Chondras..................   20®  *
20® 26
dnchonldlne, P.  A  W  ~
150 20
German  8 
8  © 12
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
cent  .....................
Creasotum.................
Crete, (bbl. 75)...........
prep..................
5® 5
preelp..............
9® n
Rubra...............
© 8
Croons  .......................
75® 80
Cudbear......................
O 24
Cuprl Sulph...............   5 ©
5 © 6
Dextrine....................  10®
10® 12
Ether Sulph...............   70®
70® 75
Emery,  all  numbers 
@
po...............
@ 6
70® 75
Fiake  ^ t e 75:::::
12® 15
GaUa..........................   &
23
$
Gambler......................  7  @ 8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  70
French...........  40®  60
Glassware  flint, by box 70 & 10. 
Less than box 66M
Glue,  Brown..............  9®
lift
Glycerine...................14)4®
Grana Paradlsl....................  @
Hamulus....................   25®
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @
“ 
“  Cor__   @
“ 
Ox Rubram  @ 90
“  Ammonlatl..  @1 00
"  Unguentum.  45®  56
Hydrargyrum............  @ 64
lenthyobolla, Am.. 
.1250150
Indigo........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 8003 90
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulln......................  @2 25
Lycopodium................  60® 65
M ads...........................  70® 75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy­
drarg Iod...................  @ 27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Mannla,  S. F ................  60® 63

ISt)...........................2)4® 4

“  White................ 

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Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils ^  Varnishes.

DEALERS  IN

Sole Agents for the Celebrated

SWISS  VILLA  PREPARED  PAINTS.

M   lie   of  Staple  Dragaste’  Sundries.

We are Sole Proprietors of

Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

We Have in Stock and Offer a Fnll Line of

WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES,  BUMS,

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*

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

T H E   MICHIG-AJST  TRA O D E SMELISI.

'OCERY  p r i c e   c u r r e i

this list  are for the  trade only,  in  such  quantities as are  usually  purchased by  retail  dealers.  They 
a  accurate  index  of  the local  market. 
It is impossible to give  quotations  suitable  for all condition! 
senting  average  prices  for average  conditions of  purchase.  Cash  buyers or those of  strong credit 
dit.  Subscribers  are  earnestly requested  to  point  out  any  errors  or omissions,  as  it is our  aim to  u 
ealers.

Gold  Medal
@1814
Skim..........................  9  @11
Brick.
111  00 
Edam  ......
Leiden 
23 
Limburger 
@10 @25
Pineapple.
Roquefort............  
©35
Sap Sago....................  ©22
Schweitzer, imported.  ©24
domestic  __  @14

CATSUP.

Blue Label Brand.

“ 

Triumph Brand.

Half  pint, 25 bottles.......... 2 75
Pint 
........... 4 50
Quart 1 doz bottles 
..  8 50 
Half pint, per  doz.............. 1  35
Pint, 25 bottles.........................4 50
Quart, per  doz  .................. 3 75
5 gross boxes................. 40@45
351b  bags............... 
.  @3
Less quantity....... .......   @314
Pound  packages........... 6%@7

CLOTHES PINS.
COCOA  SHELLS.

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

18

Santos.

Fair......................................17
Good.................................... !8
Prime.................................. 20
Golden.................................20
Peaberry............................ 22
Fair.................................  
Good.................................... 20
Prime.................................. 21
Peaberry  ............................ 22
Mexican and Guatamala.
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 He. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 pier  cent,  for shrink­
age.
M cLaughlin’»  XXXX.  21.80
Bnnola.............................
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case__

Package. 

Extract.

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

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tin 
CHICORV.

Balk. 
Red  .

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton,  40 ft......... per das.  1 25
1 40
160
1  75
1  90
90
"  100

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* 
CONDENSED  MILK.

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

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4 doz. In case.

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

COUPON  BOOKS.

2 0C
2 50 
8  00
3 004 00
5 00
2 50
3 00
3 50
4 00
5 00
6 00

“Tradesman.' 
hundred........

“Superior.” 
hundred........

“Universal.”

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45
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1  90
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11  40
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31  60
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10 50
2 75
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8 004 50
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6  80
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90
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.2 25
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.1  75
.1 45
.1  25
.1  95
© 5
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Fruits.
Apples.

1  05
3 00

Cherries.

Apricots.

3 lb. standard............ 
York State, gallons__ 
Hamburgh,  *■
Live oak.....................  
1  75
1  75
Santa Crus................. 
Lusk’s......................... 
1  75
1  75
Overland..................  
Blackberries.
B. A W ....................... 
95
Red............................  l  io@i 20
1  75
Pitted Hamburgh...... 
W hite......................... 
1  50
Brie............................ 
1  20
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
1  10
E rie............................ 
California................... 
1  70
Gooseberries.
Common.................... 
1  25
Pie............................  
1  25
Maxwell....................
1  65
Shepard’s ..................  
California..................  
2 20
Monitor 
..................  
1  65
Oxford.......................

Peaches.

Gages.

Pears.

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l  20
2 10

Domestic.................... 
Riverside.................... 
Pineapples.
Common.....................1  00@1  30
Johnson’s  sliced........ 
2 50
2 75
grated.......  
Booth’s sliced............  @2 50
grated...........  @2 75
1  10

Quinces.
Common.................... 
Raspberries.
Red............................. 
l  30
Black  Hamburg.........  
i  50
Erie, black  ___  
1  30
 
Strawberries.
Lawrence..................  
l  25
l  25
Hamburgh................. 
l  25
Erie............................  
Terrapin....................... 
1  10
Whortleberries.
Blueberries...............  
l  00
Corned  beef,  Libby's.......... 2 10
Roast beef,  Armour’s .......... 2 10
Potted  ham, % lb.................1 30
lb.................  80
tongue,  % lb........... 135
“  % lb--------  85
chicken, 54 lb........... 
95
Vegetables.

Meats.

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Beans.

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Peas.

Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless........... 1 25
French style...... 2 25
Limas.................1  35
Lima, green..........................l 40
soaked.......................   75
Lewis Boston Baked............ 1 35
Bay State Baked.................. 1 35
World’s  Fair  Baked............ 1 85
Picnic Baked.........................l 00
Hamburgh............................l 40
Livingston  Eden................. 1 20
Purity..................................
Honey  Dew......................... .1 50
Morning Glory...................
Soaked............................... 
75
Hamburgh  marrofat...........1  35
early June........
Champion Eng.. 1  50
petit  pole..........1  75
fancy  sifted....1  90
Soaked................................   75
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat..........1  10
early June.......1 30
Archer’s  Early Blossom__ 1  35
French..................................... 2 15
French..............................17©22
Brie................................ 
  95
Hubbard...................................1 25
Hamburg.................................. 1 40
Soaked.................................  85
Honey  Dew.............................. 1 50
E rie.......................................... 1 35
Hancock.............................
Excelsior .............................1  25
Eclipse......................................1 25
Hamburg.................................. 1 40
Gallon..................................... 3 50

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Tomatoes.

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CHOCOLATE.

Baker's.

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

23
37
43

CHEESE.

Amboy.......................   @12^
Acme..........................  @12%
Leuawee...........  ......   ©12K
Riverside..................   @12%

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$  1, per hundred..............  S3 00
8 2, 
............... 3 50
8 3, 
...............   4 00
8 5, 
...............   5 00
810, 
........ ....... 6 00
830. 
..............7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 or over.............   5 per  cent.
500  “ 
1000  “ 
COUPON  PASS  BOOKS. 
Can  be  made to represent any 
lenomlnatlon  from 810  down. |
20 books.........................8 1  00
2 00
50  “ 
3 00
100  “ 
6 25
250  “ 
500  “ 
10 00
1000  “ 
17 50

 
10 
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CREDIT  CHECKS.

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

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CRACKERS.

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Butter.

Soda.

Seymour XXX............ ...  6
Seymour XXX, cartoon...... 6%
Family  XXX.................. ..  6
Family XXX,  cartoon__...  6%
Salted XXX..................... ...  6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  __...  6%
...................... ..  7%
Kenosha 
Boston............................. ...  8
Butter  biscuit.......... ■  6%
Soda, XXX............... .  6
Soda, City..............
...  7%
Soda,  Duchess.......... ... 8%
Crystal Wafer........... ...10
Long  Island Wafers  _ .11
8. Oyster  XXX........... ...  6
City Oyster. XXX......... ...  6
Farina  Oyster........... ...  6
Strictly  pure.....................   30
Teller’s Absolute..............  39
Grocers’..........................   15©25

CREAM  TARTAR.

Oyster.

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

“ 

“ 

Pears.

Peaches.

Apples.
quartered 
Apricots.

Blackberries.
Nectarines.

Sundried, sliced In bbls. 
7%
7%
“ 
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes  ©11 
California In  bags........ 
16%
17
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
In boxes..................  8  @9
70 lb. bags....................... 
15
25 lb. boxes..................... 
15%
16
Peeled, in  boxes........... 
Cal. evap.  “ 
........... 
14
“ 
In bags........ 
13%
California In bags  ....
Pitted Cherries.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes..................
...................
25  “ 
Prunelles.
30 lb.  boxes — ......... .
Raspberries.
In barrels...................... 
501b. boxes.................... 
251b.  “ 
...................... 
Raisins.

22
23
24
Loose  Muscatels in Boxes.

2 crown.............................   150
.............................   1 65
3 
2 crown......................  
5%
3 
6%

“ 
Loose Muscatels In Bags.
“ 

“ 

 

Foreign.
Currants.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Peel.

Prunes.

“ 
25  “ 
25 “ 
“ 
Raisins.

Patras,  In barrels............   4
In  %-bbls..............  4M
In less quantity....  4%
Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb. boxes  20 
Lemon 
10
Orange 
11
Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes..  © 8
..  8%© 9
Sultana, 20 
“ 
Valencia, 30  “ 
© 7
California,  100-120.............. 10%
90x100 25 lb. bxs . 11%
..12%
80x90 
“ 
70x80 
13%
“ 
60x70 
.14
“ 
Turkey........................  
8
Silver..........................  14©15
Sultana.......................... ...9%
French,  60-70................. .1 3
70-80................. ...12
80-90................. ...11
90-10  ............... ...10
ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

No. 1,6%........................ .  81  75
No. 2, 6%........................ .  1  60

“ 
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“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
" 

No. 1, 6............................
No. 2,6............................
XX  wood, white.
No. 1,6%.........................
No. 2,6%  .......................
Manilla, white.
6%   ..............................
6.........................
Mill  No. 4.......................
FARINACEOUS GOODS.

1  65 
1  50
1  35 
1  25
1  00 
95
1  00

Coin.

Farina.
Hominy.

3%

1001b. kegs........................ 
Barrels.................................800
Grits.........................................3 50
Dried................................. 
4%

Lima  Beans.

Maccaronl and Vermicelli.

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

Oatmeal.

Barrels 200 .......................  4 75
Half barrels 100 ...............   2 50

Pearl Barley.

Kegs.............................   ..  2%

Peas.

Rolled  Oats.

Green,  bn.............................  2 00
Split  per l b ................2£@3
Barrels  180.................  @4  50
Half  bbls 90..............  @2 38
German.............................   4%
East India..........................  5
Wheat.
Cracked..............  

Sago.

5

 

FISH—Salt.

Cod.

Bloaters.
Yarmouth.................
Pollock....................
Whole, Grand  Bank.
Boneless,  bricks..  ..
Boneless, strips........
Halibut.

.  1  40
3%
5%
@8
7

Smoked .................... ■10%@U
Holland, white hoops keg

Herring.
“ 
“
“
“ 

“ 
“ 

75
bbl 11  50
9 00
12 00
2 85
1  45
18
.12 CO
.  5 06
.  1  85
.  8 25
95
. 
65

..6 75
..3 00
..  85
..  70

.

Norwegian...............
Round, % bbl 100 lbs
“  %  “  40  “ 
Scaled.....................
Mackerel.
No. 1,  100 lbs............
No. 1, 40 lbs..............
No. 1,  10 lbs..............
Family, 90 lbs...........
10  lb s........
Sardines.
Russian, kegs...........
Trout.

No. 1, % bbls., lOOlbs.
No. 1 M bbl, 40  lbs...
No. 1, kits, io lbs......
No. 1, 8 lb  kits.........
Whitefish.

“ 

No. 1

Family 
% bbls, 100 lbs.......... 88 00 84 50
M  “  40  “  ..........   3 45  2 05
101b.  kits...................  95  60
8 lb.  “ 
80  50
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

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

Souders’.

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

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz
2oz  __8  75
4 oz___1  50

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz......81  2u
4 oz......  2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 oz..... 81  50
4oz.....   3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz......81  75
4 oz......3 50

Jennings’ D  C.
Lemon. Vanilla
2 os folding box ...7 5  
1  20
3 os 
...1 00 
1  50
4 os 
...1  50 
2 00
6 os 
.. .2*00 
3 00
8 os 
4 00
...3.00 

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“
“

Root Beer  Extract.
“ 

Williams', 1 doz.................  1  75
3 doz.................   5 00
Hires’, 1  doz.................... «  1  75

“  3 doz............................   5 00

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

“ 

“ 

" 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
Pure Ground In Bulk.

Allspice...............................io
Cassia, China in mats........  7
“  Batavia in band__ 15
Saigon in rolls........ 32
“ 
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar..................12
“ 
Mace  Batavia......................80
Nutmegs, fancy................... 75
No.  1.................. 70
No. 2.................. 60
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 10
“  white...  .20
shot........................16
Allspice................................15
Cassia,  Batavia...................18
and  Saigon.25
Saigon...................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar................18
Ginger, African................... 16
Cochin.................  20
Jam aica................22
Mace  Batavia...................... 7o
Mustard.  Eng. and Trieste..22
Trieste...................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 ...................75
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 16
“  white.......24
Cayenne................20
Sage......................................20
Ms  Ms
Allspice......................  84  1  55
Cinnamon...................  84  1  55
V1UVCB.........................
84 1  55
Ginger,  Jamaica.......
84 155
“  African...........
Mustard...................... 84 155
84 155
Pepper .......................
Sage............................. 84
SAL  SODA.
KegB...........................
1%
Granulated,  boxes__
■  1M
SEEDS.
A nise......................... @12%
Canary, Smyrna.........
Caraway....................
Cardamon, Malabar...
Hemp,  Russian.........
Mixed  Bird  ..............
Mustard,  white  ........
Poppy .........................
Rape..........................
Cuttle  bone...............
STARCH.

“ 
“ 
‘‘Absolute” In Packages.

6
10
90
4%
5%
10
9
6
30

“ 

Corn.
20-lb  boxes...................
40-lb 
.................
Gloss.
1-lb packages...............
3-lb 
...............
6-lb 
................
40 and 50 lb. boxes......
Barrels.........................

“ 
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SNUFF.

6
5%
5%
5%
6
4M
5%

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

SODA.

Boxes...................................5M
Kegs, English.......................4*

SALT.
 
 

 
 

100 3-lb. sacks..................... <2 25
2 00
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks...................  1  85
2 25
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases.......................  1 50
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
32
drill  “  16  18
281b.  “ 
56 lb. dairy In drill  bags... 
32
281b.  “ 
18
.. 
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..  75
56 )*>. dairy In linen  sacks. 
75

Warsaw.

Higgins.

Ashton.

“ 

“ 

Solar Rock.

56 lk..  sacks.......................   27

Common Fine.

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

85
85

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Church’s ...........................  5M
DeLand’s ............................  5M
Dwight's..............................5%
Tailor’s ...............................  5

SOAP.
Laundry.

“ 

Allen B. Wrisley's Brands.

Proctor & Gamble.

6  oz................................4 00

Old Country,  80  1-lb................3 40
Good Cheer, 601 lb...................3 90
White Borax, 100  M-lb........3 95
Concord............................... 3 45
Ivory, 10  oz.........................6 75
Lenox...............................  3 90
Mottled  German................. 3 60
Town Talk............................... 3 25
Jas. S. Kirk <& Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp'd. .$1 00 
plain...  3 94
N. K. Fairbanks & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................  4  75
Brown, 60 bars.........................2 85
80  b a rs........................3 50

“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.

Acme........................................4 00
Cotton OH.................................6 00
Marseilles.............................  3 95
Matter  ...............................  4  35

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“ 

“ 

SUGAR.

Scouring.
Sapollo,kitchen, 3  doz...  2 50
hand, 3 doz......... 2 50
The  following  prices  repre­
sent the actual selling prices in 
Grand Rapids, based on the act­
ual cost in New  York,  with  36 
cents per 100 pounds added  for 
freight.  The  same  quotations 
will not apply to any town where 
the freight rate from New York 
is  not  36  cents,  but  the  local 
quotations will, perhaps, afford 
a better criterion of the  market 
than-to quote New York  prices 
exclusively.
Cut  Loaf............................ 8j 30
Powdered..............................   6 17
Granulated..............................5 37
Extra Fine Granulated__5 80
Cubes.......................................6 05
XXXX  Powdered..................   6 48
Confec. Standard  A........... 5 61
No. 1  Columbia A..............  5 54
No. 5 Empire  A................542
No.  6..................................5 36
No.  7.................................. 5  47
No.  8..................................5  11
No.  9..................................5 05
No.  10..............................4 98
No.  11................................ 4 98
No.  12...............................  4  92
No.  13..............  ................  4 61
No 14................................  4 48

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Pure Cane.

Barrels.................................2i
Half bbls..............................23
F air.....................................   19
Good.....................................   25
Choice  ..................................  30
SWEET  GOODS
Ginger Snaps.................... 
8
Sugar Creams.................. 
8
Frosted Creams.........  
Graham Crackers...... 
Oatmeal Crackers......  
VINEGAR.
40 gr............................. 7  @8
50 gr............................8  @9

9
8M
8M

81 for barrel.

30

WET  MUSTARD.

YEAST.

Bulk, per gal  ...................... 
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1 75
Magic,.................................. 1 00
Warner’s  ............................ 1  00
Yeast Foam  ........................1  00
Diamond...............................  75
Royal....................................  90

TEAS.

japax—Regular.

SUN CURED.

BASKET  FIRED.

F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest...................... 32  @34
D ust............................ 10  @12
F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
Dust.............................10  @12
F air.............................18  @20
Choice.........................  @25
Choicest....................   @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to fait...........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
Common to fair...........18  @26
Superior to  fine...........30  @40
F air.............................18  @22
Choice..........................24  @28
Best.............................40  @50

oolong. 
IMPERIAL.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

TOUNG HYSON.

GUNPOWDER.

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

Palls unless otherwise noted
Bazoo.........................  @30
Can Can......................  @27
Nellie  Bly................... 27  @24
Uncle ben....................21  @22
60
Hiawatha................... 
34
Sweet Cuba................ 
27
McGlnty....................  
“  M bbls.........  
25
Dandy Jim .................  
29
Torpedo..................... 
24
In  drums.... 
23
Yum  Yum  ................ 
28
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.

Catlln’s  Brands.

41
29
41
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 ro e....................................33
Java, Ms foil.......................32

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

Brands.

Scotten’s Brands.

Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................16
Banner Cavendish..............38
Gold Cut  ............................ 28
Warpath.............................. 15
Honey  Dew......................... 30
Gold  Block......................... 26
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s 
Peerless............................... 26
Old  Tom..............................18
Standard............................  22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade.......................... 41
Rob  Roy..............................26
Uncle Sam.....................28@32
Red Clover...........................32
Tom and Jerry.....................25
Traveler  Cavendish........... 38
Buck Horn...........................30
Plow  Bov......................30@32
Corn  Cake...........................16

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

Spaulding & Merrick.

OILS.

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

HIDES.

HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

lows:
Green........................... 2M@3M
Part Cured.................  @ 4
.................  @ 4M
Full 
Dry..............................   5 @ 5
Kips, green  ...............   3  @4
“  cured.................  @5
Calfskins,  green.........  4 @ 6
cured...........7 @  8
Deacon skins................10 @30

“ 

“ 

No. 2 hides M off.

Shearlings.................... 10 @  25
Lambs 
......................25  @1  50
Washed..  ..................10  @22
Unwashed...................10 @18

WOOL.

MISCELLANEOUS.

PURS.

Tallow.......................... 3 @  4M
Grease  butter  ...........  1  @2
Switches.....................  1M@ 2
Ginseng.......................... 2 00@2 75
Outside prices for No. 1 only.
Badger.........................  50@1 00
B ear.......................15 00@25 00
Beaver............................3 00@7 00
Cat, wild......................  40@ 50
Cat, house...................  10@ 25
Fisher..............................4 00@6 00
Fox,  red......................... 1 00@1 60
Fox, cross....................... 3 00@5 00
Fox,  grey....................   50@1 00
Lynx............................... 2 00@3 00
Martin, dark...................1 00@3 00
pale & yellow.  50@1  00
Mink, dark...................  40@2 00
Muskrat......................  03® 17
Oppossum....................   15® 30
Otter, dark......................5 00@8 00
Raccoon......................  25® 90
Skunk  .......................1 00@1  25
W olf............................... 1 00@3 00
Beaver  castors,*lb__2 00@5  00
Thin and green............  
10
Long gray, dry.............. 
20
Gray, dry 
25
................... 
Red and Blue, dry........ 
35
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

deerskins—per pound.

‘ 

WHEAT.

HEAL.

68 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
68
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 
Bolted..............................   1  40
Granulated.......................  1 65
FLOUR.
Straight, in  sacks............   3 60
barrels...........  3 85
sacks............   4 60
Patent
barrels...........  4 80
sacks...........  1  70
Graham
1  90
Rye

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MILLSTUFFS.

Bran........... .. 115 00
Screenings. ..  14 00
Middlings.. ..  17 00
Mixed Feed ..  21  50
Coarse meal ..  20 50

Less
Car lots quantity
815 00
14 00
17 00
21  00
20 00

CORN.

OATS.

...... 50
Less than  car  lots— ...... 52
......38
Car  lots  ...
...... 40
Less than car lots......
No. 1 Timothy, car lots ....13  «0
....14  00
No. 1 

HAT.
ton lots

“

FRESH  MEATS.
“ hindquarters...  7  @9
“ 
*• 
“ 
*♦ 

Beef, carcass..............6%@ 8
fore 
...5M@6
loins,  No.  3... 10  @11
ribs...........8  @9
rounds...........6M@ 7
Bologna.....................   @6
Pork loins.................  @12%

“ 

“ 
“  
“ 

shoulders.  ........  @10%

Sausage, blood or head  @ 7
liv er............   @7
Frankfort__  @9
Mutton  ...................... 8  @9
Veal............................ 7  @8
FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
FRESH  FISH.
Whlteflsh 
.................
T rout........................8
Halibut.......................
Ciscoes or Herring__
Bluefish......................
Fresh lobster, per lb__
Cod............................ 10
No. 1 Pickerel............
Pike............................
Smoked White...........
Red  Snappers...............
Columbia River  Salmon 
Mackerel.......................
o y st e rs—Cans.

@ 9 
@ 9 
@15 
@  6 @16 
20 
@12 
@ 9 
@  8 
@10 
12 
20 
15

Falrhaven  Counts__  @40
F. J. D.  Selects.........   @33
Selects.......................  @28

SHELL  GOODS.

Oysters, per  100........1  5C@1  75
Clams. 
......... 1 00@1  »

“ 

BULK.

PAPER.

2 20
Counts, per gal................. 
Extra  Selects................... 
1 75
2 CO
Scallops........................  
Shrimps  ........................... 
1 25
PAPER A WOODEN WARE
..............7................im
Straw 
Rockford............................. 2
Rag su g a r............................2M
......................... 2%
Hardware. 
Bakers.................................. 2%
Dry  Goods.................. 5  @6
Jute Manilla...............   @6M
Red  Express  No. 1.............. 5M
No. 2..............4M

“ 

TWINES.

“ 

48 Cotton..............................so
Cotton, No. 1........................17
“  2........................13
Sea  Island, assorted.........  30
No. 5 Hemp......................... 15
No. 6  “ .................................15

WOODENWABE.

Tubs,No. 1.........................  700
“  No. 2.......................... 6  00
“  No. 3.........................   5 00
.  135
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  60
40
80
13 “  .......................  1 00

PaUs, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes__ 
Bowls, 11 Inch.................... 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

17
...................... 1  60
15  “ 
......................2 25
17  “ 
 
2 75
19  “ 
21  “ 
...................3 00
Baskets, market.................   35
shipping  bushel..  1  25 
..  1  35
full hoop  “ 
No.2 7 50
No.3 8 50
No.2 4 25
.No.3 5 nr

“ 
“ 
“ willow cf’ths, No.l  6 25
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“  No.l  3 50
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
1 
“ 

splint 

INDURATED WARE.

Pails..................................  3  15
Tubs,  No.  1............................ 13 50
Tubs, No. 2.............................12 00
Tubs, No. 3............................. 10 50

POULTRY.

Local dealers pay as  follows:

DRESSED.

LIVE,

Fowl............................12 @H
Turkeys.......................16 @18
Ducks  ........................16  @18
Chicken.......................13 @15
Live broilers lMlbs. to 2 lbs'
each, per  doz......... 6 C0@7 00
Live broilers less than
lib each, per doz__2 50@3 50
Chickens,....................12 @12%
Fowls...........................11 @12
Turkeys.......................10 @14
Duck............................11 @13

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

Mess,....................................... 
Short c u t......................................................   21 50
Extra clear pig, short cut............................
Extra clear, heavy......................................
Clear, fat back..............................................  22 50
Boston clear, short cut.................................   22 50
Clear back, short cut........................................  22 50
22 50
Standard clear, short cut. best...................  

 

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage....................................................10M
Ham Sausage...................................................  9
Tongue Sausage..............................................   9
Frankfort Sausage  ........................................  9H
Blood Sausage.................................................   7
Bologna, straight............................................   6
Bologna,  thick................................................  6
Headcheese...................................................... 7
Kettle  Rendered.............................................11M
Granger...........................................................11%
Family..............................................................9
Compound......................................................  SM
50 lb. Tins, Mo advance.
201b. pails, %c 
10 lb.  “  Me 
51b.  “  »c 
31b.  ”  1  c 

LARD.

“
“
“
“

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs.......................  9 00
Extra Mess, Chicago packing........................  9 00
Boneless, rump butts..........................................15 00

smoked meats—Canvassed or Plain.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
" 

Hams, average 20 lbs.......................................... 14 yj
16 lbs...................................... 14M
12 to 14 lbs...............................15
picnic....................................................MM
best boneless......................................   13%
Shoulders........................................................ 11M
Breakfast Bacon, boneless............................. 13%
Dried beef, ham prices....................................10%
Long dears, heavy.........................................
Briskets,  medium...........................................

light................................................11

„ 

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%
7%
6%
6%
7%
8%

Bbls.

Palls.

Standard...................................... 6 
7
7
Leader..........................................6 
7%
Royal............................................6% 
Nobby.......................................... 7 
8
8
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, 301b. 

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fanoy—In 5 lb. boxes. 
 

Palls.
Lozenges, plain.............................................  10
printed.........................................   11
Chocolate Drops.............................................. 11%
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  13
Gum Drops....................................................   5%
Moss Drops....................................................   8
Sour Drops....................................................   8%
Imperials........................................................  10
Per Box
Lemon Drops...................................................55
Sour Drops...................... 
55
Peppermint Drops............................................60
Chocolate Drops...............................................65
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................................90
Gum Drops................................................ 40@50
Licorice Drops..  ..........................................1  00
A. B. Licorice Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain.......................... 
60
printed............................................65
Imperials..........................................................60
Mottoes............................................................ 70
Cream Bar........................................................55
Molasses Bar................................................... 56
Hand Made  Creams.................................. 85@95

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Plain Creams............................................. 80@90
Decorated Creams....................................... i  00
String Rock.....................................................65
Burnt Almonds............................................l 00
Wintergreen  Berries.......................................60
CARAMELS.
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb. boxes..........................  34
 
No. 1, 
51
No. 2, 
 
28
No.3. 
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Stand up, 5 lb. boxes...................................
Small........................................................... j  50@1 75
Medium..................................................... 2 oo®2 50
Large....................................................
Florldas, fancy....................................
Messinas, 200s.............................................3 25@3 50
300s.........................................

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BANANAS.

ORANGES.

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LEMONS.

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OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

Messina, choice, 360.............................  @3 50
fancy, 360................  ...........   @4 00
choice 300..............................  3 50@3 75
fancy 390  .............................. 
4  50
Figs, fancy layers, 61b............................  @12%
“  101b..........................  @12%
“ 
extra  “  141b..........................   @14
“  20f t..........................   @15
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Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................  @7%
“  50-lb.  “ 
..........................   @6%
Persian, 50-lb.  box...................4%@  5%
NUTS.

Almonds, Tarragona.............................  @19
Ivaca.......................................   @18
California.............................  @18%
Brazils, new...........................................   @9%
Filberts.................................................   @11%
Walnuts, Grenoble................................   @13%

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

“  Marbot....................................   @
Calif........................................1*  @13
“ 
Table  Nuts,  fancy................................   @13%
@12
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  .......................... 12  @14
Cocoanuts, full sacks............................  @4 00
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns................................   @  8
“  Roasted................   @  9%
Fancy, H.  P„ Flags...............................  @ 8
“  Roasted................   @  9%
Choice, H. P., Extras............................  @  6%
“  Roasted.................  @8

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CROCKERY AND  GLASSWARE.

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PEANUTS.

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FRUIT  JARS.

6 doz. in box.

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

LAMP  BURNERS.

lamp chimneys.  Per box.

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Pearl top.

La Bastle.

FlrBt quality.
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XXX Flint.
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No. 0 Sun....................................................... 1  80
No. 1  “  .........................................................1  90
No.2  “  .........................................................2 90
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top......................................2 25
No. 1  “ 
“  ...................................... 2 40
No.2  “ 
“  ...................................... 3 40
No. 0 Sun, crimp top......................................2 60
“  ...................................... 2 80
No. 1  “ 
No. 2  “ 
“  ...................................... 3 80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled....................3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
....................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................4 88
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.......................1  25
No. 2  “ 
....................... 1 50
No. 1 crimp, perldoz.......................................1 35
No.2 
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160
No. 0, per  gross..............................................   23
................................................  28
No.l, 
No.2, 
................................................  38
................................................  75
No. 3, 
Mammoth, per doz..........................................  75
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal.............................   06
11 
“  % gal. per doz......................  60
Jugs, % gal., per doz....................................  70
“  1 to 4 gal., per gal................................   07
Milk Pans, % gal., per doz..........................   60
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STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED.

LAMP WICKS.

Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal..........................   07
Milk Pans, % gal..........................................  65
.............................   ........  7b

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

MICHIGAN

Organized  1881. 

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN.

REEDEB  BROS.  SHOE  CO.,

JOBBERS  OF

Boots  and  Shoes,

Felt Boots and Alaska  Socks.

State Agents for

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 all objectionable clauses and 
conditions.  In  1892 it paid losses to policy hold­
ers and  their  beneficiaries  amounting to 81,103,- 
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  81,t00  In 
surance  with $5 per week  indemnity during dis 
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.  It.  FREEMAN,  Agent, 373  Crescen 
avenue, Grand Rapids, Mieh.

A  ^

158 St  160 Fulton St.f Grand  Rapids.

V 

A

THE  HATED  CAPITALIST.

and the comforts which  this  money pro- i 
One would think that,  considering the 
cures for  them  greater  still.  Certainly 1 
alacrity with which men  of all  sections 
the worst tenement house of  the present I 
of the country hasten to financial centers 
day is  roomier,  cleaner,  better  lighted  | 
for  assistance  when  they  need  it  for 
and ventilated,  and better provided with 
their local enterprises,  and the liberality 
conveniences  than  the  worst  was  half 
with which their applications are usually 
a century ago,  and,  making  due  allow­
treated by  capitalists, 
they  would  re­
ance for the  increased  density  of  our 
gard them as friends and not as enemies,
population,  it is better than the best was.
but ingratitude has always  been  a  trait  The absolute necessaries  of life, too, are
of human nature,  and  will  probably be 
cheaper,  and,  while  rents  are  dearer, 
the  case  as  long  as  the  world  stands. 
wages  are more  than enough  higher  to 
Those  whose  aid  we  invoke,  because 
compensate  for  the  increase. 
In  addi 
they have  the  power  to do  for us what 
tion, luxuries like fresh  fish and vegeta­
we cannot do for ourselves,  are disliked 
bles are more  abundant  and are obtain­
for that  very  reason,  and  when  this 
able at low prices for a  longer  period of 
power  results  from  the  possession  of 
the year than they  used to  be, while the 
greater wealth than  ours it is  especially 
number of beer  saloons,  liquor  saloons, 
hateful.  From  the  earliest  times  the 
concert rooms,  and  theaters  which  are 
lender has been  regarded  as the  enemy 
maintained entirely by the  patronage of 
of the borrower, the creditor  as  the  op­
the poor demonstrate  the existence  of  a 
pressor of the debtor, and  religion,  poe­
surplus  of earnings available for amuse­
try, romance, and  legislation  have  vied 
ment.  The  education  provided  in  our 
with  one  another  in  championing  the 
public  schools  is  far  more  costly  and 
cause  of  the  poor  and  needy  against 
elaborate,  free  hospitals  and  dispensa- 
their more  fortunate  fellow  men.  The 
I ries are more numerous,  and the circula­
strength of the free silver coinage move­
tion of our daily newspapers  shows how 
ment consists  in  the  relief  it  promises 
the means of intellectual  recreation at a 
to debtors by diminishing  the  burden of 
nominal price have been multiplied.
their debts, and although,  as a matter of 
fact, the debtors who would  most  profit 
by it are the rich men who  have  bought 
great  amounts  of  property  with  bor­
rowed money, they  are  included  in  the 
general effort to help the poor.

Of course, no improvement in the phy­
sical and  mental  condition  of  the  poor 
avails to justify the  ownership  of  great 
masses of wealth  by  a  few individuals, 
if this wealth  rightfully  belongs  to the 
poor  and has been  wrongfully  withheld 
from  them. 
If  a  workman  gets  only 
three,  four, or five dollars a day when he 
has earned  ten,  it is no answer to his de­
mand  for the ten to  tell him that  half  a 
century  ago  those  who  did  the  same 
work  got  only  one  dollar.  This,  it  is 
plain, is the turning point of  the contro­
versy.  If  it is  true that  no man can  be 
richer than  other men  except  by cheat­
ing or robbing  them, the  reformers who 
would correct  the inequality  by legisla­
tion deserve  to  succeed; if it is not true, 
the  legislation  they  propose  is  itself 
founded upon  injustice.

This  disproportionate  division  of 
riches  among  men  undoubtedly  favors 
the idea that this division  is not  accord­
ing to the Divine will, but results from a 
perversion  of  human  ingenuity.  The 
accepted axiom, that all  men  are  born 
equal,  seems  monstrously  contradicted 
by the  immense  fortunes  enjoyed  by a 
few and the  comparative poverty  of the 
many.  Take,  for  example,  the way in 
which the useless articles composing  the 
Spitzer collection, now  selling at  Paris, 
find purchasers at thousands  and tens of 
thousands of dollars  each,  while  multi­
tudes have barely  enough  to  buy  their 
daily bread.  Take, too, the  possessions 
of the European aristocracy,  the  wealth 
of  American  millionaires,  and the im­
mense masses of capital  invested in rail­
road, mining, and  manufacturing enter­
prises.  wielded  by  single  men  and  yet 
controlling the means of  subsistance  for 
hundreds of  thousands. 
It  is  not  sur­
prising that out of  this  privation,  help­
lessness,  and  dependence  on  the  side, 
and  of  the  abundance  on  the  other,  a 
feeling of  dissatisfaction  should  arise 
which is easily  exasperated  into resent­
ment, and, finally, when provocation for 
it is given, into active  hostility.

We shall have  little difficulty  in com­
ing to the conclusion  that,  so far  as it is 
put upon the ground  of  justice,  the op­
position to the unequal division  of riches 
cannot be  defended.  All  wealth  is  the 
product of  labor  directed  by skill,  and 
since no two men are alike in their capac­
ity.  either  to  labor  or  to  direct  labor, 
the product of  their exertions  must nec­
essarily vary.  Moreover, some  men are 
more thrifty and saving than others,  and 
while their  labor  may  be  no  more pro­
ductive,  they  may  consume  less  of  its 
fruits, and thus,  in  time, they may grow 
richer. 
In some  cases, too,  that inscru­
table  conjuncture  of  favoring  circum­
A condition of things,  however,  which 
stances which, for want of a better name, 
has confessedly existed  from  time  im­
we call luck, comes in to help skill, indus­
memorial,  and  which  prevails  every-
try,  and economy to an extraordinary de-
where,  must, it is  evident, have  its or- j gree, and the result is the great fortunes
igin in a  cause of  like  permanence and 
which  excite  so  much  admiration  and 
universality.  The  progress  of  the  hu­
envy. 
It is,  therefore, not  necessary to 
man race  from  a condition of  savagery 
assume that a man  who  is very rich has 
to one of steadily improving  civilization 
become so by dishonest means.  The pos­
has been accompanied,  as  we see, by an 
session of  great wealth may be perfectly 
increase in wealth, and,  if this wealth is 
consistent with  uprightness, and  in fact 
also held In great amounts  by  compara­
it is frequently conceded to be so by gen­
tively  few persons, it is because such  is 
eral  consent  in 
instances  with  which 
the 
It  is 
every one of  us is familiar.  To prevent 
frequently said that as  the rich have be­
it, either by  depriving  its  owners of  it 
come richer the poor have become poorer, 
after they have  gained it or  by prohibit­
but  this  assertion  is  contradicted  by 
ing  them  to  exercise  their  skill  in  ac­
facts.  The poor may possibly  be poorer 
quiring  it,  would  destroy  civilized  so­
now, relatively to the rich, than they were 
ciety.
formerly, but relatively  to  the  poor  of 
any former period they  are much  richer. 
Their  earnings  in  money  are  greater,

More  than this,  the  great  masses  of 
wealth wielded by  individuals are  more 
useful  to  the  world,  and,  as  a  conse-

law  of  its  accumulation. 

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You only  Chew  the  String when  you  read'  this  advertisement.  To 
Prove the  Pudding,  you must send  for  a  sample  order  of  Tradesman, 
Superior or Universal Coupon Books.  If you have never used the Coupon 
Book  System,  and  wish to  investigate  it, sample  books  and  price  lists  will 
be  mailed  free on application.
T R A D E S M A N   C O M P A N Y ,

G r a n d   R a p i d s ,  M ich .

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IIG01EL  KOLB 

SOI,

Whoiesoie Clothing inufociurers,

ROCHESTER, N.  Y. 
The oldest firm in the  city  of Rochester.

E sta blish ed 36  T ea r s.

Mail  orders  promptly attended to.  or 
write our  Michigan  representative,  Wil­
liam  Connor,  Box  346,  Marshall,  Mich., 
who  will  show  you  our  line,  and  if  we 
don’t happen to have what you  want  we 
will thank  you  for  the  opportunity  you 
gave us in sending for him.

We always guarantee excellent fits and 

well made garments.

WILLIAM  CONNOR.

R I N D G E ,  K A L M B A C H   &  CO.,

M unufaeturers  and  Wholesale 

Dealers In

Bools, Sloes sol

12, t4  and 16 P earl  Street.

Our Styles, Qualities and Prices 
are Right.  Give us a trial.
We carry the best Tennis Shoes 

Agents for the  Boston  Rubber 

made.

Shoe Co.

1*HE  MICBCXQ^JN  TRAKEBMA»

laws  for 

quence,  to the  poor,  who  compose  the 
greater  part of  the world’s  population, 
than  if  they  were  split  up  into  many 
fragments.  All  our 
the 
formation  of  manufacturing,  mining, 
and railroad corporations are based upon 
the  experience  that  small  amounts  of 
capital  can  be  made  more  profitable 
when combined  under  one  management 
than when  they  are left  in the hands of 
their  individual  owners;  and the result 
is the same  when the  ownership  of  the 
capital,  as  well  as  its  control,  is thus 
concentrated.  Wealth,  too, consists  not 
only in  the multiplication of  the  neces­
saries of life,  but in the creation of  lux­
uries.  The Spitzer collection is as really 
wealth,  although it  can  neither  clothe, 
feed, nor  shelter  the  bodies  of  human 
beings, as if it were composed of bales of 
cloth, barrels of  flour, and tons  of  coal 
The creators of  the various articles in it 
earned their  pay as  honestly  as if  they 
had  woven  cloth, tilled the earth, or  la­
bored in  mines,  and  like  those  who do 
similar work to-day they earned  more by 
it than if  they had  been  weavers, farm­
ers, or miners.  Yet they could  not have 
devoted  themselves  to  their  special in­
dustries had  there  been  no rich  men to 
employ them  and  pay them.  Not  only, 
therefore, do great fortunes  increase the 
productiveness of labor  applied  to mere 
necessaries, but they  render possible the 
addition to the world’s wealth of articles 
of beauty,  the  existence  of  which  pro­
motes the general  welfare.

The  much  hated  and  much  vilified 
capitalist  is,  therefore,  not  the public 
enemy which so  many  represent  him to 
be.  He has become what he is  by enter­
prises  which  have  contributed  to  the 
welfare of the  community  as  well as  to 
his own; and  his efforts  to keep  and  to 
increase his possessions are no less bene­
ficial.  Unless  we  are  prepared  to  see 
the world peopled by beings all upon one 
dead  level  of  uniformity,  and  none of 
them  having  the  tastes  and the capaci­
ties  for  enjoyment  which  great  wealth 
develops, and  unless  we  wish to forego 
the increase in the productiveness of  in­
dustry which skillfully  managed capital 
makes possible, we must  endure  him as 
a necessary  evil  or  as  an  indispensable 
good, according to  the  view  we  take of 
wealth itself.  Ma tth ew  Ma r sh a ll.

A d u lte ra te d   Coffee.

The attention of the  Agricultural  De­
partment has recently been turned to the 
subject  of  the  adulterations  of  coffee, 
and experts have been  investigating  the 
matter,  with  some  astonishing  results. 
Thirty samples  were  obtained  from  as 
many different stores, many  of them of a 
high reputation  for fair dealing, of what 
the dealers declared  was pure coffee.  Of 
these samples twenty-seven  were  found 
to be more or  less  adulterated,  and one 
of them  had no  coffee at  all in  it. 
In 
fifteen of the  samples  the  adulteration 
amounted to one-half the whole quantity 
or more.  A sample that was  bought for 
pure Rio, at 25 cents  a  pound,  had  not 
a particle of coffee in it.  Another sample 
that  was  bought  for  Mocha  and  Java, 
at 25  cents  a  pound,  contained  75  per 
cent, 
adulteration.  The  worst  adul­
teration  was  found  in  ground  coffee, 
but  three  samples  of  roasted  whole 
coffee were badly adulterated.  A special 
agent of the  Department  says  that  the 
artificial  coffee  bean  is identical  in ap­
pearance  with  the  genuine  green  or 
roasted coffee, and can  only  be  distin­
guished by the  eye of  an  expert. 
It  is 
made by machinery  and  has little  taste 
or smell,  its only  use  being  to increase 
the bulk and weight of the  genuine arti­
cle.  Until  lately  this  imitation  could 
only be had from Germany,  but  now  it 
is  made  in  large  quantities  in  several 
places in this country, and has  an  enor­
mous sale.  Coffee inspectors  are  now in 
order.

Grand  Rapids R etail Grocers’ Association. 
President, A.  J. Elliott;  Secretary, E. A. Stowe. 

Official  Organ—Mic h ig a n  T r a d esm 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.

GINSENG*  ROOT.
DPD1T "D'D AQ  W holesale  Druggists, 
£  L \JJX   D H U O if  GRAND  RA PID !.

We pay the highest price for it.  Address 

Grand Rapids Retail  Grocers’  Associa­

tion.

At the regular  meeting  of the  Retail Grocers’ 
Association, held at Protective Brotherhood Hall 
on  Monday evening,  May  1,  the  addiess  of  F. 
H. Barnes was postponed until the next meeting.
Mr. Brink, of the special Committee on Oil, re­
ported progress  and  asked  for  further  time  to 
report, which was granted.

Peter  Schult,  of  the  special  Committee  on 
Flour,  reported  that  the  Star  Mills  Informed 
him  that they retailed flour to persons who lived 
in localities where their breads are  not  sold,  at 
from 10 to 15 cents per hundred higher than  the 
regular grocers’ prices.  The report was accepted 
and the Committee requested to continue its  in­
vestigations.
COn motion of Mr. Herrick, the present arrange­
ment with the Commercial Credit Co. was  termi­
nated, and the Secretary was requested to notify 
the company to that effect.

The  same  gentleman  moved  that  a  special 
meeting of the Association be held at Grandville 
avenue some  evening  next  week,  and  that  the 
fourteen  grocers  in  that  vicinity  who  are  not 
members of the Association be invited to attend 
the meeting, which  was  accepted.  Mr.  Brink 
was requested to secure a hall  for that  purpose.
There being no further business,  the  meeting 
adjourned.

A Slight  Misunderstanding.

Written for The Tradisman.

One  day,  not  long  ago,  during  the 
strike on the T., A. A.  & N. M. R.  R.,  I 
took my life and my grip in my hands and 
boarded  a train  of  that  road  at Alma, 
bound  for  Owosso,  with  the  hope  of 
reaching there  in time  to make  connec­
tions East  and  get  heme  to my  family, 
for it was Friday night; but such or  any 
calculations where that road is concerned 
are generally doomed to disappointment, 
as my brother  travelers  who  are unfor­
tunate enough to travel on it can testify, 
and so it proved in this case.

On this  occasion  the  silver  cloud of 
our discontent  was  furnished  by an el­
derly  lady  who  boarded  the  train  at 
North Star.  She was well supplied with 
hand  baggage  and  the  inevitable  bird 
cage was there.

It had grown  dark and  we were bowl­
ing along at a pace that  would do credit 
to the  M.  G.  main  line, which  on  this 
roadbed caused  each  passenger  to hang 
onto  his  seat  and  wonder  what  would 
happen  next,  when  our  scab  engineer 
discovered a  light  ahead  on  the  track, 
which afterwards  proved to  be a farmer 
walking along with a lantern, but which 
he took for  danger  and  applied  the air 
brake  so suddenly,  that  the  old  lady, 
who was  standing up  at the  time fixing 
something  in the  hat rack,  was thrown 
over  and stood  on her  head  in the next 
seat  forward,  which  chanced  to  be va­
cant.  As  she  stood in this position, her 
feet waving a signal of distress, it  was a 
sight never to be  forgotten and  good for 
the blues.  The conductor extricated her 
and the  aforementioned  feathered  ani­
mal, and, after getting her right side up, 
kindly  inquired if  she  was  hurt.  The 
look  of  scorn  she  gave  him  would  be 
worth  a fortune to  some railroad  ticket 
agents,  as  she answered.

“ No t  Why f”
“Because I thought,  from your  recent 

inverted position that you might be.”

“No, young man, I  am not hurt.  It Is 
true I never  traveled on  any other road 
but this, but I supposed this was the way 
you always stopped.” 

T ourist.

Tie Lansing
Co.

Are now ready for business with 
a full line of Wooden ware and 
would  ask for a small share  of 
trade,  and  will  endeavor,  by 
fair dealing, to merit more.

Lansing Wooden«  Co.,

Lansing, Mich.

M i c h i g a n (T e n t r a l

“  The Niagara Falls Route/*

(Taking effectaSnnday, Nov. 20,1892.) 

♦Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.

Arrive. 
Depart
10 00p m ..........Detroit Express...........6 55pm
4 30 p m...................Mixed...................  7 00am
10 00a m ..............Day Express  ...........   120pm
6 00 a m ......♦Atlantic ana  Pacific.......10 45 p m
1  00 p m ........New York Express.........  5  40 p m
Sleeping cars run on Atlantic  and  Pacific ex­
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  6:55 a m ;  re­
turning, leave Detroit 4:40 p m, arriving at Grand 
Rapids i0:00 p m.
Direct  commnnlcatlos  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains east  over the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
Tickets on sale at Union  Ticket Office, 67 Mon­
roe street and Union  Depot.

in  connection  with  the  Detroit,  LanBing  & 
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. B’T.

Time Table in effect January 29, 1893.

Lv. Grand Rapids at......7:10 a. m. and 1:25 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 a t..............  1:10 p.m. and 10:30 p. m.

VIA D., S. H.  A M. R’Y.

Return connections equally as good.

D E T R O I T , 

W.  H.  B e n n e t t , General Pass. Agent, 
Toledo. Ohio.
JAN-2211893
LANSING &  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.

Lv.DETR.....................   7:45am »1:30pm 6:05pm
Ar. G  R.........................12:55pm *5:25pm 10:30pm

TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS.

Lv. GR 7:20am 4:15pm  Ar. GR. 11:50am 10:40pm

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL A HASTINGS  R.  R.

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

THROUGH  CAR SERVICE.

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

♦Every da/.  Other trains  week days only.
GEO. DsHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t

19

Grand Rapids 4* Indiana. 
Schedule  in effect  January  St, 1893.

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.
South. 
For Traverse City  and Saginaw  6:45 a m  
For Traverse City A Mackinaw  6:00am  
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 dally except Sunday.

Arrive from Leave going 
North.
7  20 a m 
1:10pm
4 ;16 p m
10:10 p m
Train arriving from   south a t  6:46 a m   and  9:00 a m  

TRAINS (JOINS SOUTH.

North. 

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

For  C incinnati...............................  6:30a m  
For Kalamazoo and  C hicago... 
F or F o rt W ayne and the  E ast..  11:50am 
For  Cincinnati.............................   6:15pm  
For Kalamazoo  A  Chicago.......10:40pm 
From  Saginaw...............................11:50 a m
From  Saginaw...............................10:40 p m
dally;  all o ther train s dally except Sunday.

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

6:00 p m
11:20 p m

SLEEPING  A  PARLOR  CAR SERVICE. 

NORTH 1:20am train  has  Parlor Car  toiTravers 
City.
1:10  p   m  train   has  parlor oar  Grand 
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
10:10 p m  train .—Sleeping  ca  Grand 
Rapids  to  Petoskey and Mackinaw.
80UTH—7:00 am  train .—Parlor ohalr ear Grand 
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:05 a m   train .—Wagner  Parlor Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.
6:00  p m  train .—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Cincinnati.
11:20 p m train .—Wagner Sleeping Car 
Grand Rapids to Chicago.
Chicago via G. R. As I. R. R.

Lv Grand  Rapids 
A rr Chicago 

11:20 p m
6:50 a m
10:05 a m tra in  through W agner P arlor Car.
11:20 p m tra in  dally, through W agner  Sleeping Car. 
6:45  a m
11:45 p  m 

8:10 p m  
Lv  Chicago 
8:35 p m  
A rr Grand Rapids 
3:10  p  m  through  W agner  P arlo r  Car. 
tra in  daily, through W agner Sleeping Car.

10:05 a m  
3:55pm  

2:00 p m  
0:00 p m  

7:06 am  
2:20 pm 

11:45 p m

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids A Indiana.
10:00 a m
6:56  a  m 
11:25  a m  
4:40 p m
5:30  p m 
9:05 p m

From  Muskegon—Arrive

Sunday tra in   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 Grand  Rapids a t 5:45 p m .
Tnrough tickets and fall  information  can  be 
had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at 
Union  Station,  Telephone  606,  Grand  Rapids,

C H IC A G O  

?ov-  ^ 1892
AND  WEST  MICHIGAN  R’Y.

GOING TO  CHICAGO.

RETURNING FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv.GR’D RAPIDS....... 8:50am  1:25pm *11:35pm
Ar. CHICAGO............. 3:55pm  6:45pm  *7:05am
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  3:55pm  5:25pm
Lv.  G R................ 
7:30am  5:35pm
Ar.  Manistee  .................... 
12:15pm  10:29pm
Ar.  Traverse  City.....................12:35pm  10:59pm
Ar.  Charlevoix......................................  2:55pm..
Ar. Petoskey  .............................   3:30pm  ...........
Ar.  from  Petoskey,  etc.,  10:00  p  m.;  from 
Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10:00 p m.

TRAVERSE CITY  MANISTEE A PETOSKEY.

TO AND FROM MUSKEGON.

 

 

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.

■ETROIT,  GRAND  HAVEN  Sc  MIL­

Depot corner Leonard  St. and Plainfield Ava.

WAUKEE  Railway.

EASTWARD.

Trains Leave  >tNo.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 •No.  82
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
1100  m 
Ionia...........Ar
12 42  m 
St. Johns  ...Ar
2 00am 
Owosso........Ar
3 10am
E. Saginaw..Ar
6 40am
Bay City......Ar
7 15am 
F lin t...........Ar
5 40am 
P t  Huron...Ar
7 30am 
Pontiac....... Ar
537am 
Detroit......... Ar
700am

10 20am
11 25am 
1217pm
120pm
3 45pm
4 35pm 
345pm
5 50pm 
305pm 
4 05pm

6 50am
7 45am 
830am 
905am
10 50am
11 30am 
10 06am
12 05pm
10 53am
11 50am
WESTWARD.

325pm
4 27pm
5 20pm
6 05pm 
800pm 
8 37pm
7 05pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

Trains Leave

Lv. Detroit................... 10 45pm
7 00am
G’d Rapids,  L v__....
8 25am
G’d Haven,  A r.........
Milw’kee Sir  “ ...........
Chicago Star.  “ ...........

*Daily.  tDally except Sunday 

*No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 15
ft  fiOain 405pm
1 OOprn
10 20pm
2 10pm
11 20pm 
630am
600am

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., 3:15 
p.m. and 9:45  p. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlor  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Chair  Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward—No.  81  Wagner  Sleeper.  No.  11 
Chair Car.  No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car.

J as. Ca m p b e l l, City Ticket Agent 
23 Monroe Street

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

to 

World’s  Fair  Tear  a  Bad  Blow 
Written tor Ths T um our.

Business.

“Hang  the  World’s  Fair,  anyway!” 
exclaimed a real estate  speculator to the 
writer,  the  other  morning. 
“It  has 
knocked  me out of a sale of  a house  al­
ready.  1 had bargained it on contract to 
a  good  party  who  is  receiving  good 
wages in a city office, but  the wife says, 
‘It’s buy and  stay at  home, or  defer the 
matter  until  next  year,  and  go  to  the 
World’s  Fair,’ and  she  has  decided  in 
favor of the latter.”

The  thought  occurred to  me that this 
was a true Index of  the probable evil ef­
fects  which  will be  felt In  all branches 
of  business on  account  of  the  World’s 
Fair. 
If a woman will  forego the pleas­
ure  of  securing  a  desirable  little  home 
of her own, and  incur  the risk of  losing 
it or of  being  compelled  to  pay  an  en­
hanced  price later on,  just for  the sake 
of  being  able  to  attend  the  Big  Fair, 
what pleasure  would  she  not  willingly 
forego  for 
the  same  purpose?  The 
monthly  wages  which  ordinarily  are 
spent as  soon  as  earned  in  rent, fuel, 
necessaries,  luxuries,  recreation,  all at 
home,  will,  this  summer,  have  a check 
put upon  them.  There is  a mighty  at 
traction in  the  land.  The  whole world 
is at our  door.  Such  a grand  spectacle 
was never before presented to the Amer 
lean  people.  This  generation never be­
fore,  nor never will  again,  have  the op­
portunity  of  witnessing  it  Everybody 
realizes this great fact, and  everybody is 
looking forward to it with keen anticipa­
tion.  “What  time  do  you  go  to  Chi­
cago?” is what  everybody asks of every­
body,  and  everybody  expects  to  go, 
whether  the  particular  time  has  been

fixed or not.  The  papers  are full of  it 
so full,  in  fact,  that murders,  suicides 
and cyclones are  nearly all  crowded out 
already,  and  thev  have  only  Just  com 
menced to get full.

Talk  about  business!  A  man  can’ 
concentrate his  mind on  every-day, old 
fashioned  business  while  Chicago  has 
the  whole  world  tucked  away  in  her 
capacious  maw.  The  public  mind  is 
preoccupied  with  something  extraordi 
nary, diverting it from its normal status 
and it would be nonsense to Imagine that 
this extraordinary  condition will not af 
feet business injuriously.

The  business  world  may  be  likened 
unto a great market place where the ven 
dors vie with each other in attracting the 
attention of the people.  Attractions and 
counter  attractions  are  normal  condi 
tions,  each  vendor  assuming  risks  and 
taking chances  which  are ordinary, and 
the  aggregation  of  business  done  one 
day does not  materially  differ from that 
of  the  next.  But,  suppose  some new, 
overpowering  and  all-absorbing  attrac­
tion were to appear in that market, com­
manding and  holding the people’s atten­
tion for an  entire  day; does anyone sup­
pose  that  the  regular  business  equilib­
rium  of  the  market  would  not  be  dis­
turbed?  It  would  certainly  be  a  dull 
day for the vendors of that market.  The 
people  would  spend  as  much  money, 
probably  more;  but  It  would  not  be 
spent in the ordinary  channels of  trade. 
The  great  center  of  attraction  would, 
unquestionably,  absorb  a large  share of 
the people’s earnings.

The  great  mass  of  the  people  have 
only about so much money to spend any­
way,  and,  if  they  spend  it,  or  any

cannot spend it  at home  as they usually 
do.  The people are going to the World’s 
Fair.  This year  is  dedicated  to  Chris- 
toforo  Colombo, and all  the powers ever 
wielded by  the  old  Spanish  Inquisition 
could  not  preserve  the  even  tenor  of 
business in this year of our Lord, 1893.
But,  really,  will  everybody  go 

to 
Chicago?  No.  Why?  Because  there 
are very many who  cannot, even  by the 
most rigid  self-denial  and  closest econ­
omy,  get enough  money  ahead  to  take 
them  there,  let  alone  keep  them  after 
they  get  there.  These  people  think 
they  are  going—oh,  yes—and  will  put 
forth a heroic effort to starve themselves 
into a goable condition;  but the ghost of 
this same Colombo will  have returned to 
the nether  world  before they  find them­
selves  provided  with  a  plethora of  Al­
mighty Dollars.

The painful efforts of these people will 
tell on trade  as forcibly  as though  they 
succeeded.  Why are retailers complain­
ing so  bitterly, even at  this  early stage, 
of the general  quietness of  trade?  I do 
not believe that the weather is  wholly to 
blame for it,  although that  is the popu­
lar way of explaining it.  A little  inves­
tigation  among  the  people  would  shed 
new light on the subject and remove some 
of  the  odium  which has, of  late,  been 
showered  upon the  head  of the weather 
department.  It will be found that the peo­
ple are, and haye been for sometime past, 
cutting  their  corners  for  a  visit  to the 
World’s Fair.  The  new  carpet  for  the 
parlors has  been indefinitely  laid on the 
table by a unanimous vote,  and the  new 
bedroom  suite has  been  vetoed  by  the 
executive  head—female,  of  course—of 
the household.  Tommy  and his  bicyclef

portion of it, in  Chicago, of course  they 
claims are simply “not in it” this spring, 
and  the  appropriation  for  a  new  gas 
stove  was  lost  in  committee.  The  old 
nicked up dinner set will be retained for 
one more summer, to keep company with 
the faded old  window  curtains,  and the 
fine  new  bookcase  is  “out  o’  sight.” 
Other springs’ strawberries  were palata 
ble  at  25  cents  per  quart;  this spring 
there’s  a  Columbian  flavor  about them, 
somehow, that  isn’t very well liked,  and 
pie-plant  is  eaten  instead.  Vegetable 
soup and  fried  liver are  supposed  to be 
more  wholesome 
than  ever  before. 
Strange to say, the city theaters and other 
places of  amusement have  lost  much of 
their erstwhile attractive power.

Now, there Is  nothing startling in this 
retrenchment  among  the  people—they 
are simply preparing to embrace the  op­
portunity of  a lifetime.  And it  is right 
that they should.  The trade  should rec­
ognize  that 
the  situation 
boldly and  cautiously and  govern them­
selves  accordingly.  Blind  indifference 
to  true  conditions  is  not  evidence  of 
wisdom on their part. 

E. A.  Owen.

fact,  face 

Financial  Notes.

Julius Berkey  has  purchased of  Geo. 
E. Parker, of  Boston,  the stock  he held 
in the Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.
At an auction  sale of  the effects of C. 
S.  Hartman, last week, forty-three shares 
in  the  Grand  Rapids  Cycle  Co.  were 
struck off  to  S.  A. Morman at  145—par 
value 100.
It is believed  that the  proposed  Bank 
of  Commerce,  at  Detroit,  is  now an as­
sured  fact, $140,000 of  the $250,000 cap­
ital stock having been already subscribed.
G.  M.  Sprout  has  retired  from  the 
banking  firm  of  Turrell  &  Sprout,  at 
Bellaire.  The  business  will  be contin-

DEALERS  WILL  FIND  TANGLEFOOT  THE  MOST PROFITABLE 

AND  SATISFACTORY  FLY  PAPER.

SELL  WHAT  WILL  PLEASE  YOUR  TRADE  BEST.

The price for Tanglefoot In the United States east  of  the  Rocky  Moun­
1  I^UX . .......
1  Case (10 boxes)............................................................................   3  75
5  Cases at one  purchase............................. 7 .. .7.7.7.'.7.per cue,  3  65
10  Cases at one  purchase...................................................  
3  55

tains:

*• 

T A N G L E F O O T
S tic k y  F ly  Paper.

S E A L E D

NEW  STYLE.

IN  NEW  PACKING.

NEW  PRICE. 

WITH  NEW  HOLDERS.

¥

Each double sheet  of  Tangle­
foot 
is  separately  sealed  with 
our Wax Border, which, while it 
permits  the  easy  and  ready 
separation  of  the  sheets, abso­
lutely prevents  the  sticky  com­
position from running  out  over 
the  edges.  This  Border  pre­
serves each  sheet independently 
and indefinitely  until  used  and 
prevents all loss and  annoyance 
to the dealer.

Each box  of  Tanglefoot  will 
contain  25  double  sheets  of 
Tanglefoot  and  two  Tanglefoot 
Holders—15 loose double sheets 
and two  packages  each  consist­
ing of a Holder  containing  five 
double sheets.

Push 

the  new  package with 
your family trade,  they will  all 
buy it if it is  brought  to  their 
notile. 
It  will  increase  your 
sales  of  Tanglefoot  by  encour­
aging a more liberal  use  among 
your  trade.  Your  customers 
will  appreciate  the  new  pack­
age and will  soon ask for it.

Spring &  Company%

Cm hr  Clests. 

Glass  Covers  far  Biscuits

IMPORTERS  AND  B UOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

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

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

assorted  stock  at lowest  market  prices.

Spring &  Company.

New Prices

RBD  STAR

see quotations. 
Bakins Powder.
ARCTIC  MANUFACTURING  CO.,  Grand  Ramds,  Mich.

T o   P l e a s e   Y o u r   C u s t o m e r s

Order of Your Jobber a  Case  of

-M i"   LONG  GUT  8PKIJ1G

F u ll  S et o f T ic k e ts  fo r  a   w a t c h  
w it h   e v e r y   F o r t y - E ig h t   P o u n d s .

MANUFACTURED  BY

AMERICAN  EAGLE  TOBACCO  GO..

D etroit.  M ich.

M u sk eg o n   B ra n ch

U n i t e d   S t a t e s   B a k i n g   C o .,

M u sk eg o n ,  M ich

O r ig in a to r s   o f  th e   C e le b ra te d   C a k e ,  “ M U S K E G O N   B R A N C H .” 

Write for samples of New and Original Crackers and  Cakes, before 
purchasing for your Spring trade.

H A R R Y   F O X ,  M a n a g er

Mail orders a specialty. 

VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER k CO.,
Dry  Goods. Barpets and  Gloaks

W H O L E S A L E

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

G eese  Feath ers.

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

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Voigt, iemolsHier & Co.,48> !Sa® ! 

st-

will  save  enough  good"  from  Hies,  dir 
for themselves.  Try them and be eonv

/^ \U K  new glass covers  are by far the 
V: J  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 
and  prying  fingers in a short  time to pay 
ced.  Price, 50 cents each.

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

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CREAM  CRISP. 

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

the best selling cakes we ever made.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

S. A. Pears,  Mgr. 

G R A N D   R A P ID S.

F.  J.  DETTENTHA.LER,

WHOLESALE  OYSTERS.  FISH  anil  CAME.

LIVE  AND  DRESSED  POULTRY.

Consignments solicited.  Chicago and Detroit market prices guaranteed.

117  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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.

THE  YOST  MFG.  CO.,

TOLEDO.  OHIO.

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If you are not  coming  to  the  market  at  once, 
mark your order on the dotted lines, tear  off  sheet 
and send to us; we will return a  printed  copy  by 
first mail,  and ship the goods ordered immediately. 
Don’t delay, and don’t fail to keep  up  your  stock, 
as it is the little things your customers ask for that 
are the easiest to sell.

We have them, and these  prices  are  below  any­
thing we have ever offered.  Constant reduction is 
the order of the day.  No charge  for  packages  or 
cartage on anything  except  Crockery.  Glassware 
or Lamp Goods.  Terms, 30 days on  Bargain  line 
or 3 per cent, discount  for  cash  in  ten  days. 
If 
you  haven’t  our Complete  Catalogues,  showing 
nearlv everything we offer, ask for them.

If you are strangers to us,  please give  reference 

to a house with wdoiu you have credit.
Sign your name here.
Town...................................................  Ship via.................
H.  LEONARD It 88N8,  Brand  Rapids,  Mich.

Tear off page and  mail  to

 

 

 

 

Base  Balls. 

Boys  Wood  Wagons.

 
 
 
 
 
Ball  Bats.

Boy’s  Reins.
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per doz
O K ......................................*0 42
Boys’  League.................... 
85
Champion.......................... 
85
Star............................  
1  25
Ataianta.............................  2 no
Balls—Rubber.
4 
Sponge....................  
35
BO
“ 
6 
15 Fluted.......................... 
48
 
% 
“ 
87
.............................  1  35
45  “ 
«7
115  Inflated........................ 
75
“ 
131 
175 
2 v5
“ 
4  50
805 
“ 
14 Basswood......................  
70
12 Ash................................. 
72
10  PI Ash.........................  1 25
Pol Basswood..................  1 50
Men’s Willow.................   2 00
45
A’S21n.  Long....................  
 
85
B 40 
H 40 
Fancy..............2 00
XX Daisy Wood Axle..........3 30
X Wood Axle...................... 3 90
 
0 
6 30
1 Iron Axle.........................   7 50
2 
........... .7....... 8 70
12 00
 
3 
10 20
 
4 
12 00
 
5 
6 
 
15 00
7 
 
18 00
8 Baggage............................12 00
04’Boly  9x11.......................8 90
03'  “ 10x20........................ 10 on
“ 11x22.........................12 50
02 
0  “  12x24........................ 15 00
1 
‘  13x28.......................  17 00
2  “  14x31................... 
.19 00
3  “  15x33.........................21 00
Boys Toy Cart*.
30 5x9..................................  90
20 Tin Tire..........................  1 20
0 5x10..........................  
1  57
1-i 7x12............... 
2 00
 
2 7x14..................................  2 75
Fov’s Vcloeepedes.  Each
No. 1 Japan.......................  1 40
1  65
No. 2 
 
No. 3 
1  90
 
No. 4 
......................  2 15
No  5 
.......................   2 40
Boys’ W heelbarrows.  Per dz
No. 0 Varnished.................. 2 00
No. 2..................................   4 00
No. 3.................................. 6 00
No. 1  Garden....................   7  50
No. 2 Garden....................   8  '0
Boys Exp Wagons  at  Reduced 

Boys Iron Wagons.

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Prices.

Basttner Spoons.

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Brashes.
 
 
 
 

2"-13 in. Iron  lid................  28
012 Flat  Hd.......................   32
1-11 in. Wood  Hd.............. 
34
1-13 
4
.............. 
014......................................   38
14 in.  Iron.......................  
5*
- 
16 
.........................   68
75
.........................  
“ 
18 
Kin. Wood....................  
30
“ 
50
.........................  
Biscuit Cutters.
2;<  in.  Peed....................  
12
3 in.  Peed..........................  
15
3 
in. Stamped................  
20
in.  French......................  23
4J4 in.  Scolloped............... 
3»
85
Rotary.............................. 
3-0  Shoe............................ 
80
 
10  “ 
1  25
1  40
 
166  “ 
100  “ 
..........................   2 00
06 *  “ 
 
2 50
331 
“ 
 
4  25
220 
..........................   6 00
No. 55  Daubers.................  
75
T.  M.  C..............................  2 00
34 Nail...............................   38
.................................  2 25
1  “ 
35
17-3 Tooth..........................  
........................... 
5143-3  “ 
55
117-5  “ 
........................... 
80
25 
“ 
...........................  1 20
3939-4  “ 
...........................  1  75
...........................  2 75
* 
555 
40
128 Shaving........................ 
........................ 
“ 
260 
75
.....  1  35
“ 
155 
.. 
........................  1  75
“ 
305 
310 
“ 
2 25
“ 
628 
. . . . . . ..............   3 60
0 Stove... 
90
81  “ 
................................   1  50
No. 7 Dust.........................  1  00
1  Counter 
2 00
2 
................ 
2 50
7 
...........................3 75
o 
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12in. Floor........................  900
D D Window.....................   5 00
XX 
....................  6 00
Pope’s eye..........................5 00
Tampico.............................  4 00

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Bath  Brushes.

Cake Turners.

Scrub Brushes.

Horse Brushes.

Carpet T acts.

Carpet Beaters.

Clothes  Brushes.

“ 
Cage Hooks.

“ 
Chamber Pails.

Tampico............................
A A 8 in............................... 2
X X ....................................  4
411 Corn.............................
Rice Root...........................  1
Leather Back....................  1
Palmetto.’..........................   2
109 Leather  Back..............  3
445 Leather  Back..............  4
Holland.............................
X X Corn............................
Tampico............................
30 Block.............................   1
No.  11................................   2
X X  Straight......................  4
Bent......................................4
Bent..................................... 6
112......................................  
85
164 5...................................   1 25
298......................................   2 00
605......................................   3 00
201..................
....  3 50
405..........................
__ 4 00
165 
.......... .
....  4 75 
Per doz 
Can Openers
No. 3 Cast Steel......
26
Sensible Jap’d ......
__   60
Sprague..............................  72
No. 30 Perfection..............  1 35
No.  200............................... 
29
......................  34
..............  
No.  *0
68
18......................................  
72
8  oz. Polished.......per gr  96
10 oz. Turned...........per gr  96
Honest  count  ...  per box  1  00 
Steel Wire..........................  1  50
25 in. Wicker......................  1  25
30 in. 
.....................   1  75
25
Screw................................  
25
887 Swing..........................  
15
866  “ 
llx  0 Swing....................... 
72
11x8 
72
No.  1..................................  65
10 qt.  Painted....................  3 00
12 
......................3 60
12 qt.  Galv.........................4 S
0  qt Slop  .....................  3 30
10 qt.  Anti  Slop.................  5 63
Cherry Fitters.
Goodell.............................   4  75
5 75
Enterprise Jap'd............
Tinned.........
Clothes  Lines.
41 
30 foot Jute....................
80 
60 
.......................
1  28
50 foot Cotton.
120 Jute........................  1  60
100  “  Hemp......................  3 25
75 
‘  Wire.......................  1  88
100 ’ 
.......................   2 SO
Wood....................per  box  40
U S......................per gross  60
3-0 6 Bar.............................  
35
65
2-8  “ 
314-#  Bars..........................  
75
80
856 6  ” 
............................ 
407- 
......................  ...  1  25
“ 
Cattle Cards....................... 
67
C urling  Iron  Heaters.
No. 2 Iron..........................  
70
Common Sense..................  
88
Princess.............................  1  25
Alcohol.............................   1  60
19
-4 pt.  Pieced  .................
1  pt.  Stamped.................
21
22
1 pt.  Pieced....................
Hammered......................
27
O Gem.............................
30
Crown.............................
Cover  Lifter.
24
302 Copoered...................
Black handled...............
38
60
No. 1 Nickled................. .. 
Cork Screws.
Garden City....................
40
40
No.  4050 23......................
44
No. SOO on  card..............
77
512 Pocket.......................
82 Newark.......................
90
...................... ..  1  35
618 
...................... ..  1  60
636 
050 Asst.......................... .  1  75
34 Williams.................... ..  5 00
135 Wall  Jap’d ............... . .  2 67
................ ..  3 85
3 0  Wall  cop 
118 Lap...........................
..  2 67
..  3 35
.......................... ..  4 67
430  “ 
797 Colored.....................
75
White  School....................   1 00

Curry  Combs.
 

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Coffee MPI*.

Crayon.

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No.  5..................................  56
No.  10................................  
10
x 5 .....................................  80
A........  ..............................  80
X A.....................................  1  10
6.........................................   1  20
I 
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...................................... 2 00
3 
8........................................... 2 25
4 
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Crumb Tray and  Brush.

D ripping  Pans.

Dog  Cellars.
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3  Asst................................   1  85
4 Shell................................  3 50
No. 50  Brass......................  3 90
No. 5 Shell........................   4 50
10 Fancy.............................  6 00
II  “ 
............................  9 00
7  Nickel..........................10 67
nippers.  per doz
1 qt.  Stamped.................... 
3-t
2 
47
.................... 
2  qt.  Retinned...............  60
qt.  Pieced...................  
2 
59
90
2  qt. lx ........................... 
qt. xxx........................   1  80
2 
2 qt.  Suds..........................  
58
51 Cup................................  
55
60
8x10.................................... 
8x12.................................... 
80
9x14...................................  
85
10x15..................................  96
12x17..................................  1  18
23x19..................................  l  80
5'Ix9‘4x2‘i .........................  70
9 ouglinut Cutters,
3 Pieced.............................  
20
3  French........................  
33
No. 29 Asst......................... 
79
.........................2 00
No. 1 
.........................4 2o!
2 
Surprise............................ 
44
No.  2.................................. 
60
80
Dover Spoon...................... 
O........................................ 
84 j
Genuine  Dover.................  1  20
Cup....................................  1  50
Silvers...............................  6 60
No. 1 Keystone...................  9 6" j
No. 20 Keystone..................10 80
F ire Shovels,  per  doz
80......................................  
32
42
180......................................  
56................... 
56
 
40 Gem............................... 
85
300  Monitor.......................   1  38
No.  1 l?ix3................... Gro  22
2 2-4x4.........................  “  25
3 3-/1 x6  .......................   “  45
5*4  7xlU4....................  “  1 35
7 I l‘4xi8.....................   “  3 00
8 17-2x17-4...................  “  6 50
10 28-4x43......................  “ 15 00
11  31x50.........................  “ 21 00
11-4  35x58......................  “ 24 00
1-3 pcs.....................................  1 to
55-3 pee.....................................2 00
60-3 pee  .............................  4 00
5-4  pee......................................7 20
70 4 pee...................................   8 50
No. 19  Coppered...............   28
6 Ebony.............................  
60
15
No. 10 Iron......................... 
No. 12  Wood...................... 
20

• -aiden Trowels.

Floral Tools.

Gimlets.

Flags.

 

 

 
 
 

 
 
 

Graters.

40
45
50
60
Guns.
.......................   8 (0

Gum Labels.
243 per thousand...............  
“ 
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“ 
213 
205 
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Markham 
Daisy......................................  9 00
King.......................................   9 00
Columbia............................... 10 50
Nutmeg.............................  
14
O  K................................. 
ao
36
Wood Handles..................  
No.  2..................................  75
Victor................................. 
75
Rajah................................  
90
H ardw are  Sundries.
Pinking Irons....................   64
Cabinet Clamps.................   56
Glass  Cutters....................  42
Iron  Soaps.........................  36
23
Cage  Springs....................  
Solder kit......................    2 25
GsS  Cleaners................ 
75
5 In Pincers...................... 
vi
Veg.  Parers.......................   34
Paste Jaggers...........  ......   34
Door BoltB..........................  28
Door Chucks..........................   2 <5
Weeding books................. 
63
Flesh  Hooks......................
Forks......................
Button  Hooks....................  45
DoorStops.........................  20
Gas Burners............................4 20
Hitching  Kings................. 
60

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Pokers.

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Hammers.

H at Racks.

H at Hooks.

Match  Boxes.

Machine Oils.

Harness Snaps.

Police  Whistles.

Hatchets.
 

 
 
 
 
M arbles. 

 
Harmonicas.

 
 
Magnets.

Picture  Hangers.
x  Brass.....................
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Pntato Mashers.

Police Whistles. 
2 Jack  Stones...
Dust  Pans.....................
P icture  Wires. 
No. 1 Tinned.................

20 
1  00

431 Carpenters..............  “  20
Shutter  Knobs............ Gro  1  51
128 Asst  box......................  150
14 Screw  Hooks...........  “  40
113 Screw  Eyes...........  “ 
20
“  Hook  straight  “  3
113 
28
Twin Tin............................ 
10 
40
 
No. 30 Iron......................... 
30
54 Cup  Hooks.............. 
“  90
Daisy Tin......................... 
40
Gas Hooks............. per doz  60
302 Fancy..........................  
40
Nail  Pullers...........................12 00
Luminous..........................   1  00
Pie Crimpers......................  3 -
261  Fancv..........................   1  35
Apple Corers.....................  31
‘* ‘ ...........................  1  75
271 
Insect  Guns......................  42
101‘i 
1  75
“   
H air Curlers.  Per doz
i66 
“   
2 00
lxL Single......................... 
37
2 00
3056 
“   
3  Single..........................   37
06  Double....................... 
68
328  A................................. 
08
A  double............................ 
73
328 D..................................  
40
010 Mustache....................  
62
328  F ..................................   90
No. 1 Electric....................   83
in................................. 2 00
5 
Little Gem..............................  1 15
9 
1  35
1 oz. Sperm....................... 
79
03 Crimpers.......................   1  6 i
2  “ 
46
Globe  Pincers........................  1 78
3  “ 
54
French Lever.........................  1 80
Chicago  Wager......................  1 80
per box
Ideal.........................................3 10
Gray 1000 Box....................  50
Polished............................  60
Fins.................... 
70
8  Coppered...................  
20
No. 1 Glass 100  box........... 
19
25 Tack..............................  
42
“ 
“  2 
..............  30
70
16 Ladies'........................... 
“ 
“ 3 
.............  
40
No. 1  Bronze......................  87
23
"  4 Glass 50  box............  
201 X  L..................................   1 5u
12  “ 
10
 
“  5  “ 
Solid  Steel............................... 3 50
“ 
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15
 
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“  7 
4  0 Tov...............................  35
....................   28
“ 8 “ 
450  “ 
75
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45
.............  
50
“  1 Flint 25 box.............. 
2 Bronzed..........................   1  50
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“  2 
85
“  1 Imitation  Agate  100. 
27
No. 22 & eye...............per gr  1 40
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36
“ 23 1 in.  eye.........per gr  1 50
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45
“ 3 
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*•  25 1-4  In.  eye_per gr  2 65
“  1 China 100  box..........  
09
“  26 1‘4 in.  eye_per gr  3 50
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“ I 
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21
Hammock Howks.
“ 50  box............  
“  4 
18
98  Screw............................ 
70
70
98  Plate.............................  
“ 25  box............ 
“ 6 
20
156......................................   45
“  7 Figured 12 box.........  
40
“  8 
“ 
45
260 314 in.  Iron...........per gr  1 00
  55
 
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115 254 Wire...................   " 1 00
White Ballots 100  box......  
15
Black 
“ 
20
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4  Hook............................  43
0 Glazed 300  box...............  
60
63
“  200 box................  
1 
60
Gem................................... 
65
60
“  100 box.................. 
2 
84
1 
•  Pins.......................... 
“  50 box.................. 
3 
60
Nickel Daisy......................  1  78
4 
“  36  box.................. 
601
4  Hook Udell.................   2 70
Mincing Knives.
3 80
6  “ 
No. 3 single.......................  
34
“  4 Double...................... 
65
139-12.................................  
40
“  8 Single.........................2 50
55
704-76.................................  
Double  Gem....................   2 50
716..................................... 
75
990......................................  1  50
323-10.................................. 
90
444 1 10..............................  1ft
2 Hole.................................  20
300 10..................................  1  50
4 Hole  ............................... 
40
508-10..................................  1  75
No.  3..................................  1  20
444-21-10............................   2 00
Delusion............................1  25
1001-10...................  
2 25
36-574 Celluloid...................2  75
5 Qt Tin............................  80
............................  1  10
6 
“ 
7432-5..................................  25
10  “ 
............................  1  45
7432-6.................................. 
30
............................  1  85
14  “ 
7432-7  .................................  35
10 “ 1 x D airy....................2 75
414......................................   40
12 
“ 
3 50
56.
65
“  Strainer................. 3 75
12 
75
508...................................... 
8 Qt. Galv Iron.................... 2 25
10 
“ 
...................2 40
02  Tin............................  
31
12 
“ 
...................  2 75
14 in.  Colored................... 
35
2 Qt. Round  Dinner  Pails  1  75
18 in. Pi.............................  
60
2 00
“ 
4 
25 in. Colored....................   1  30
3 25
3  “ Square 
“ 
4 30
“ 
6 
3 Tray  Nestable 
3 75
4x5 Shelf............................  36
4 
“ 
4 38
5x6  “ 
60
 
6x8  “ 
 
79
...........................  1  00
7x9  “ 
1309 7 in.............................  
15
7x9 Fancy..........................  1  00
20
2110....................................  
Pot Wall............................ 
40
2511 Black......................... 
24
Rival  Swing...................... 
79
3  11 Red.......................... 
24
0303  Fancy.........................  38
2 Crown.............................   50
4 ........................................ 
75
Asst  box............................  1  45
1250 Arrow......................... 
75
No 420................................  
12
86.1 Automatic....................  
79
53...................................  
25
1450 Fountain....................  
75
O K .....................................  30
Pens.
1  Wallace............ per gro  28
10s6.....................................  40
28
444 
 
1092  Asst............................  80
Superior Falcon__  
28
Copyist............... 
28
680...................................... 
22
Bank...................... 
28
100 Brass............................  75
333..........................  
49
048 Esterbrook.......  
60
Wood.................................  
75
Embossed........................... 
90
Red Wood...............per gro 1  00
Wire...................................2 00
Cherry.....................per doz  35
Kd Covered.......................   4  00
Lock.......................  
45
Gro
139 Retinned...................... 
39
  90
.....................  63
29 
73
....................  
2l 
yj
Gro 
90
PI  Cedar............................ 
29
90
140 Perfection.................... 
85
341  Progress.......................  1 90
547 Herald..........................   2 25
321 Mercantile....................  2 90
337 Pilot  ............................2 90
339  “ 
..............................3 25
Red and Blue..............Doz  20

5 
3 
9  Copper.........................   28
30
11 
 
17 Nickel...............  
  30
12
3 in Nails............................ 
No. 11  W ire...................... 
21
68
Wood................................  
33
Hotel wood........................   3 34
Toy wood...........................  37
18 Retinned.......................   36
20 In.  Nickel.....................  
82
5001 222...............................   35
5001-182............................... 
35
3402 Cuckoo.......................   30
5001-204....................
£001 206....................
1  95
Flyers.
5 in Steel Flat  Plyers........ 
90
6 
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1  75
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Combination steel  “ 
2 ft) 
Cast Pincers.................
24
8 hoe  Blacking.
Crown.......................
40
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3  B.....................................  
Continental.......................   ho
go
Bixby’s .............................. 
per doz
6 x 9  plain..........................  
28
6)4 x 10  “  ......................... 
30
“ 
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8x 12 
40
5x7 Single Cov’d .............. 
63
................ 
“ 
88
“ 
1  55
9x13 
 
6x9 Double Cov’d ..............  1  50
“ 
7x 11 
1  85
 
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2 50
8 x 12 
Slate Pencils.
5- 
4 Painted.......per box 
15
is
4  Union...........  “ 
6- 
6-4 Gi t ....................  “ 
20
Wood  Cov’d ...........per gro
83
Soap Stone.............per box
8 in. Retinned....................  67
in. Cast........................ 
37
6 
6 in.  Steel................................65
A & B.................................  
88
84
Little Giant.......................  
5  Foot Tailor.................. 
20
0127  Tailor.........................  
35
1 Foot  Coll....
46 
2  001  75
3 Foot  Spring........
2  00 
25 Foot Coil................
2 80
Tea  Pot  Stands.
No. 17 Coppered..............
29
3 Wire...........................
34
1  “  .........
Tea Steepers.
Hi Pt..................   ....  .
2 Pt................................
Towel  Holders
Seeds............................. .
Ge n  ..  .........................
1  10
3 Arm  Ash......................... 
75
3 Arm Walnut...........1 
’ 
75
6  Udell................................ 68
Tracing Wheels,  per doz
Single................................. 
go
Double.............................. 
go
Tea and Coffee................... 
17
0  Bowl............................. ’ 
21
 
1  “ 
34
3-0 Hdi.......................... ;;; 
40
76  *" 
................................ 
40
2 Sherwood.......................   1  10
1 Coffee..............................  1  50
3 00
3  “ 
2  Gravy.............................. 
30
70
30  “ 
Soap Savers...................... 
79
Plate Handles.................... 
75
6x8 Broilers.......................  
30
“ 
8x9 
45
No. 1  “ 
1  go
“ 
9x14 
1  60
0 Sponge Racks.................   1  65
................. 2  10
1 
“ 
40
Bread  Toasters...... .......... 
6 in. Veg.  Boilers....
89 
4l/t Trumpet............ 
1  10 
Brg. Beads..............................  1 00
1  25 
8 
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shell Whistles................... 
9 
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1 50
Cigar 
................... 
1V4 in.  Magnets................ 
4 in.  Pocket...................
3 in.  Trumpets.......................   1 00
5 in. Polishe 1................
4-4 Wood Whistle...................  1 00
■ in. Agricultural.........
Monkey on stick................ 
75
Zinc Oilers.
  90
Wood  Rattles............. 
2-0 Machine oilers.........
0 
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China Pitchers..................  
90
Return Ball.......................  
75
Toy  Rings.........................  80
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Penny  Goods. 
 

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Ju m p in g   Ropes.

Tape Measures.

Wir«» Strainers.

Iron  Brackets.

Pencil  Boxes.

Tack Pullers.

Mouse Traps.

Harps—Irish.

K nife Roxes.

W atch Keys.

W ire  Goods.

Key Chains.

Key Rings.

W renches.

Ladlas.

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2  15
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