Michigan Tradesman

THE  TRADESMAN  COMPANY,  PUBLISHERS.

GRAND  R A PID S,  M AY  24,  1893.

$1  Per  Year.
NO.  505

MOSELEY  BROS.,

-   S E E D S   -

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 .2 5 .

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

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

BRUSHES 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Our goods are  so Id "by all  M ichigan  Jobbing  Houses.

H a v e   y o u   U se  for  a  High. 

G rade  L a u n d ry   S o a p ?

^  a d e  E x p r e ssly   for

Washing,
Cleansing and 
Purifying

It is SILVER  SOAP,
THE  THOMPSON  Jt  CHUTE  SOUP  CO.,  Toledo,  Ohio.

MANUFACTURED BY

CHA.S.  A.  COYE,

A W N IN G S   and  T E N T S

M a n u f a c tu r e r   o f

HORSE  AND  WAGON  COVERS

Jobbers of  Oiled  Clothing  and  Cotton  Ducks.

Send for  Price  List.

11  Pearl  St.,  Grand  Lipids,  Mich.

P E R K I N S   &   H E S S
Hides, Furs, W ool &  Tallow,

DEALERS IN

NOS.  122  and  .2 4   LOUIS  STREET, GRAND  R A PID S.  MICHIGAN.

WE CAKB?  A  STOCK  OF  CAKE TALLOW  FOR  MILL  CSE.

Published Weekly.

YOL.  10.
Grain Bags. 

All Grades in Sacks 
From  1  to 20 lbs. 

Burlap in 

and 8 oz.
Wadding.

#  %

Twines.

Eeathers,

Peerless  Warps  in  All Colors.

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

Satines, and a new,  complete line of

Toile  du  Nords and  A. F. C. W ash Ginghams.

P.  STEKETEE iSONS

S E E D S !

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 

No.  1  Fillers,  10 sets in a No.  1 Case, $1.35. 

trade with you.
We will sell Egg Cases and Egg Case Fillers.  No.  1 Egg Case,  complete(in lots 
of 10), 85c each. 
No. 3 Fillers, 15 
sets in a No 1 Case, $1.50.
W.  T.  LflMOREfiUX CO., 128,130 and 132 W. Bridge 81., Grand Rapids, Mich.
¡PLANTS, 
TOOLS, 
¡ETC.
For  1 8 9 8
NEW  CHOP  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,

2 ,   »rd  20  NORTH  DIVISION  ST.. GRAND  RA PID S.  MICH.

RL  A G S ,

I R E W O R K S ,

I R E C R A C K E R S ,

All  the  best makes at lowest  prices.  Send for catalogue and price list.

COMPLETE  LINE 

L em ons

0 F ~ 4 T H   OF 

JULY  GOODS,

A.  E.  BROOKS  &  CO.,

46  Ottawa  St.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

AND-

Oranges.

B u y   th em  o f

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

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COMPRESSED  YEASTiuf

Only Reliable

The 

Far  superior  to  any  other• 
Endorsed  wherever  used.

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

nolBsale  Grocers

Grand  Rapids.

MANUFACTURED  BY

RIUERDHLE  DISTILLERY,  GHIGH60, 
Main  Office, 270  Kinzie  St.,  Chicago, 111

ILL,

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

Manufacturers  of  Show  Gases  of  Every  Description.

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 Hanna 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 E.  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,  Kans., 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 ebm entum  

Com pressed  Y e a s t.”

STANDARD  OIL  CO,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHIGAN.

DEALERS  IE

Illuminating and Lubricating

NAPTHA  AND  GASOLINES.

Office, Hawkins Block. 

Works, Bntterworth Ay*

GRAND RAPIDS, 
m o  RAPIDS, 
A L L E G A N .

B U L K   W O R K 3  A T

MUSKEGON, 
GRAND HAVEN,
HOWARD CITY,

MAN

PETO SK EY ,

HIGHEST  PRICE  PAID  FOR

CADILLAC,
LUDINGTON.

EMPTY  CARBON  i   CASOLO"7  BARRELS.

FIRST-CLASS  WORK  ONLY.

6 3   a n d   6B  C an al  St.,  G rand  R a p id s,  M ich .

WRITE  FOR  PRICES.

A.GENTS

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

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

PERKINS  &  RICHMOND.  I d

VOORHEES

Pants  and  Overall  Go.,

Lansing,  Mich.

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 onr  goods on time  and  fill  all  orders  promptly.  A continuance of 
the patronage of the trade is solicited.

E.  D.  VOORHEES,  Manager,

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FOR  YOUR  TRACK.

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ESTABLISHED  1841.

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attended to throughout United States 

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Executive Offices, 279,281,283 Broadway, NT

CHARLES  F.  CLARK,  Pres.

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

Brand  Rapids Office, Room 4, Widdicomb Bldg.

. HENRY  ROYCE, Snpt.

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W. F r e d   M c B a in , Sec’y.____________________

CONSERVATIVE, 

Hoot  Calks*

D. Â.  B l o d g e t t, President.

Geo.  W.  Gat, Vice-President.

W m. H. A n d e r so n ,  Cashier. 
J no  A. Seymour, Ass’t Cashier.

C ap ital,  $ 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. Rathbone 

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

Union Credit Co.

Successor  to  Cooper  Commercial  Agency  and 
Commercial  reports  and  current  collections 
receive  prompt  and  careful  attention.  Tonr 
patronage respectfully solicited.
Telephones 166 and 1030. 
Office, 65 Monroe St. 
L.  J.  STEVENSON, 
C.  A.  CUMING8,

C.  E.  BLOCK.

T.  H.  NEVIN  CO.’S
Swiss  Villa  Milan Paints

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

and beauty of finish.

We carry a full stock of  this well known 

brand mixed paints.

Send for sample card and prices.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drei Co.,

STATE  AGENTS 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Harvey & Heystek,

THE  LARGEST  JOBBERS  OF

W a ll  P a p e r
AND

W in d o w   S h a d e s
We Handle Goods Made  by  the  National 
Our  Prices  are  the  Same  as  Manu­

Wall Paper  Co.

IN  THE  STATE.

facturers.

Send  for  Samples.

75  Monroe  St—W holesale,  32,  34  and 36 

Louis St., Grand Rapfdst Mich«

HEROLD-BERTSCH  SHOE  CO.,

WHOLESALE

Shoulder Calk. 

Pressed Calk.

HIRTH,  KRAUSE  &  OO ,

GRAND  R APIDS  AGENTS.

“  Heel  “  9-8  “  M .............................4 00
“  Heel  “  9-8  “  M .............................4 00
Shoulder Ball,  per M.......................................2 00
Shoulder Ball,  per M.......................................2 00
“  Heel 
“  M .......................................  2 50
“  Heel 
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A. J. SHELLMAN,Scientific optician, 65 Monroe si.

5  and  7  Pearl  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Eyes  tested  for  spectacles  free of  cost  wl 
latest Improved methods.  Glasses in every sty 
at  moderate  prices.  Artificial  human  eyes  < 
every color.  Slgn'of big spectacles.

All the  leading styles in  fine and medi­
um  goods,  made  from  the  most  select 
stock.

Orders by mail given prompt attention.

GRAND  RA PID S,  W EDNESDAY;  M AY  24,  1893.
FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

HOW   SH E  SA V E D   THE  MONEY.
I’ve  often  read  and  heard  about  how 
persons  feel  when  death  “stares  them 
in the face,”  as  they  say  in  stories. 
I 
used to wonder what kind of a  sensation 
it was.  Now I  know.

You see,  John—John’s  my  husband— 
was foreman  of  the  night  bands  in  the 
factory for a long time.  He went to his 
work at six at  night,  and  came  home  at 
five o’clock in the morning.  So I had to 
stay alone all night, or the same as alone, 
anyway, 
there  was 
company for me, but for all the help she’d 
be in any  trouble  that  might  happen,  I 
might as well  have  been  entirely  alone, 
you see.

the  child 

though 

1 never was afraid of burglars, because 
we hadn’t anything they’d think it worth 
their while to come after.  And  then— 
we didn’t hear much about them in those 
days—though  they’ve  got  to  be  plenty 
enough  since. 
If  I’d  heard  as  much 
about them then as I do  now,  I  presume 
I would have felt timid.  But,  as it was, 
I felt  as  safe  as  you  please,  and  when 
John used  to  coax  me  to  let  him  get  a 
boy, or a big dog  to  stay  with  me,  I  al­
ways  told  him  I  didn’t  want  to  be 
bothered with ’em.

One day,  a  friend  of  John’s,  who  had 
been working in the factory a long  time, 
and saved up quite a little sum  from  his 
wages, got tired of that kind  of life,  and 
said he was going to quit it,  and find him 
a little farm  somewhere and settle down. 
I knew what that meant.  He’d taken a 
fancy to a girl that worked in the factory, 
and he  wanted  to  make  a  home  some­
where for himself and a wife.

He and John had always  been the best 
of friends,  so it was quite natural that he 
should bring  his  money  here,  and  ask 
John to keep it for him  until  he  wanted 
to use it.  He didn’t want to carry it with 
him,  he said, while he was looking up the 
little farm he had set his mind on buying. 
John told him he had better put it in the 
bank,  where it would be safer  and grow­
ing a little, but he  said he’d  feel  just  as 
safe about it  if  he  left  it  witb  us  as  he 
would if  he  put  it  in  the  bank,  and  he 
didn’t tbink  it  would  have  a  chance  to 
increase  much  before  he  got  around  to 
use it,  because he  calculated  to  buy  his 
farm as  soon  as  he  found  the  one  that 
suited him.

So he left it.  There  was a trifle over 
a thousand dollars,  he  told  John,  and  I 
thought by the way he looked at it  when 
he gave it to my husband, that be felt all 
his chance for the future was wrapped up 
in the bills.  They represented the home 
he had set his heart on  having,  yon  see, 
and I couldn’t  help thinking—what if he 
should lose it?

John took the money,  and put it in the 
till of  an  old  blue  chest  in  the  corner 
there.  That  was  on  Sunday  morning, 
when John didn’t have to  be  at  the  fac­
tory. 
I always shall think the  man  was 
looking in through the window,  and  saw 
John put it there.  He  had been  prowl­
ing about the bouse, I suppose,  and  hap­
pened to look  in  at  just  the  right  time. 
Anyway,  that’s what  I  always  shall  be­
lieve  about  it,  for  how  else,  I’d  like  to |

NO.  505

know,  should  he  have  known  anything 
about  it?  But  there,  I’m  telling  you 
my opinion,  and what you want to  hear, 
I suppose,  is what happened.

One stormy night,  about  a  week  after 
that, John went off to his work as  usual. 
I felt kind of nervous some way,  though 
1 couldn’t tell why I felt  so. 
I’ve  won­
dered,  a good many times since then, if  1 
didn’t  have  a  sort  of presentiment  of 
what was going to happen.  But  I  made 
up my  mind  that  it  was  the  storm  and 
the  wind  that  kept  howling  round  the 
house that made me feel so,  and  1  didn’t 
say a word to John  about it.

The child,  there,  was  about  two  years 
old then. 
I told her stories for an hour 
or two,  and then,  when she began  to feel 
sleepy,  I sung to her,  and  it  wasn’t  long 
before  she  was  tucked  up  in  bed,  fast 
asleep.  Then I got my  knitting and sat 
down  by  the  fire,  and  worked 
till  the 
clock struck nine.  By that  time  I  was 
sleepy and concluded I’d go  to  bed,  too.
I must  have  slept  about  three  hours, 
for when 1 woke up the big clock  on the 
city hall was striking midnight.

As I lay there,  listening  to  the  clock, 
I  heard  a  step  in  the  hall.  The  first 
thought that came to me  was  that  some­
thing had  happened  at  the  factory,  and 
that John had come  home.  But  as  the 
steps came  near  the  door  I  knew  they 
were not John’s. 
I was wide awake in a 
minute, and the wonder  is  that  I  didn’t 
get up  at  once.  At  first  I  thought  I 
would,  and  then  I  thought  perhaps  it 
would  be better to keep still and see what 
was going to  happen.  Getting  up  and 
rushing out into the other room wouldn’t 
help  matters  any,  and  it  might  make 
them a good deal worse.

The  steps  came  to  the  kitchen  door 
and  then  paused. 
Then  I  heard  the 
door  open  softly,  and  some  one  came 
into the kitchen.  The door between  the 
kitchen  and bedroom was  open  a  trifle, 
and as  1 looked out I saw a  man  with  a 
lantern  in  bis  hand. 
He  stood  there 
listening.

You can well believe I was frightened. 
I didn’t  dare to stir  or  scream. 
I  just 
lay still and looked out of the least  little 
bit of a crack  in  my  eyelids. 
1  knew 
the man as soon as I  got  a  good  look  at 
his face.  He  was  a  great burly fellow 
who had been a hand in the factory some 
time back. 
I  had  heaad John say that 
he had been discharged because  the pro­
prietors thought he stole.

He stood  there  less  than  a  minute,  I 
suppose,  but it seemed to  me that it was 
more than  an  hour.  Then  he  came to­
ward the bedroom.  He  pushed the door 
open softly and looked in,  holding up his 
lantern  that he  might  see  through  the 
opening. 
I  shut  my  eyes  tight  then. 
He  stood  there  and  watched  me  for  a 
time,  with  the light  shining  full in  my 
face. 
It was  terrible, terrible.  1 didn’t 
dare to move  a muscle. 
I  was in agony 
for fear the baby would  wake up.  1 felt 
sure then,  as I  do  now,  that  he would 
have killed  me if  he had  thought I was 
awake.  You can’t have  any idea what I 
suffered as I lay  there. 
It seemed to me 
that life  just  depended  on  my  keeping

THE  MICHIGAN  TBADBSMAN.

Clark  Cigar  Co.,

still, and to keep still under such circum­
stances was a pretty hard thing to do. 
I 
don’t pretend to say  that I’m more  cour­
ageous than  lots of  other  women,  but  I 
don’t  believe you  can  find  many  who 
would brave it out in that kind of danger 
better than I did.

By and  by he  seemed  satisfied  that 1 
was  asleep,  and  turned  away  from the 
bedroom  door,  leaving it  wide open.  1 
saw  him go  over  to the  old  blue chest, 
and I knew then what he was after.

I breathed  easier  when  his  back was 
turned. 
I  didn’t  dare  to  stir,  though, 
but just lay there with my eyes open and 
watched  him. 
I  saw  him  take  a  big 
bunch of keys out  of  his pocket and try 
several before  he found  one  that  fitted 
the  lock of  the  chest.  Pretty  soon  he 
found one that would open it.  He turned 
the cover back against the wall, and went 
to rummaging  about  in the  till for  the 
money that  was  covered  up  with some 
old cloth and papers. 
It wasn’t long be­
fore he found it,  and after  making  sure 
it was what he was after,  he put it in his 
pocket and shut up the chest.

You can’t  imagine  how  I felt when I 
knew that poor Ben  Green was likely to 
lose his money.  He had  worked so hard 
for  it,  and  depended  so  much  on  it to 
help him get a home, that losing it would 
be like  death to  him.  1 wouldn’t  have 
felt so  bad if it had  been  our  own,  I’m 
sure.

When he had  closed the  chest he took 
up his lantern and came back to the bed­
room  door  and  looked  at  me  again,  to 
make sure,  I  suppose,  that  I was asleep. 
1 shut my eyes  again  and  deceived him 
as I had before.  Then  he went into the 
hall,  but  instead  of  going  toward  the 
front door,  he went the other way,  and  1 
heard him  open the  door into the cellar- 
way.  Like  a  flash it  came to  me that 1 
could trap him if 1 was quick enough.  1 
never stopped to think about what might 
happen—all  1 thought  about was saving 
poor  Ben’s  money. 
I  got  out  of  bed, 
slipped into the hall, and was close behind 
him,  as he  stood looking  down  into the 
darkness.  In less time than it takes to tell 
it  I sprang against  him with every bit of 
the strength there was in me, and he went 
tumbling  headlong  down 
the  stairs. 
Then I swung the door  shut, slipped the 
bolt  into its  place,  and he  was  my pris­
oner. 
I knew  he couldn’t get out of the 
cellar unless  he came  through the door, 
for it  was  walled  up with  stone,  and 1 
felt pretty sure of that door,  for if you’ll 
look  at,  you’ll  see  that  it’s  thick  and 
heavy.

Dear me!  How  the man  did rave and 
swear. 
It  made  my  blood  run  cold  to 
hear  him.  But  I  didn’t  stop  to  listen 
long. 
I  slipped on  my  dress,  took the 
baby and  wrapped her up in a shawl, and 
started  for  the  nearest  neighbor’s  for 
help.  1  got  a  boy  to go  to the  factory 
for John,  and the  neighbor  and  I  went 
back to the house.  The man was  trying 
to beat the door down with something he 
had  found  in  the  cellar,  when  we  got 
there.  The  neighbor  had  a  pistol,  and 
he was  all  ready  to  fire  at  the  man the 
minute  he made a hole through the door. 
But  before  he succeeded  in  doing that, 
John came,  with two or three others,  and 
they captured him without much trouble, 
for they told  him they’d shoot him like a 
dog if he didn’t  give up  peaceably,  and 
they would have done it,  and he knew it.
So, you see,  I saved Ben’s money,  after 
all,  and  the  first  thing  John  did  next 
morning  was  to  take  it  to  the  bank—

wouldn’t  have  kept  it  in  the  house  an­
other night for anything.  And that very 
day John  gave up  his  night  job,  and  1 
haven’t been alone a night since.

I didn’t know  how frightened  I really 
was  until  it  was  all  over.  But  after 
they had the man,  and I knew the money 
was  safe,  I  seemed  to  give  out,  some 
way, all at  once,  and I had  to go to bed; 
and it was two or three days before I be­
gan to  feel like myself. 
I tell you what 
it is,  1 don’t  want  another  such adven­
ture.  One’s enough  for me.

E b en E.  Rex fok d.

B u sin ess  Is  a   S tu d y .

From the Retail Grocers’ Journal.

Those tradesmen who imagine that the 
patronage which others have gained came 
of  itself, unsolicited  and  without  effort 
on their part,  are  far  from  the  correct 
solution.  There are yet localities where 
men accumulate  a  competency  without 
devoting any study to their business, but 
such chances are few and no competition 
is there to be found.  Such places,  how­
ever, do not remain undiscovered for any 
length of  time,  because  the  very  arro­
gance  and  seemingly  independent  man­
ner of the local dealer will  cause  one  or 
more  of  his  patrons  to  commence  a 
search for some person who will come to 
their  rescue  and  open an  “opposition” 
store,  as the already  established  trades­
man will call it.  He  will  even  set  the 
length of  time  that  the  opponent  will 
remain in business, so confident is he that 
there  is  room  only  for  himself  in  that 
particular locality.
What  is  his  astonishment,  however, 
when he finds his trade gradually  disap­
pearing; and, what is worse, witnesses the 
opposition becoming the  recognized cen­
ter of trade. 
It is a mystery to him why 
he is no longer  patronized;  he  is  an  old 
resident  and  tries  to  do  what  is  right. 
But just here is where the rub comes  in. 
What he thinks is right and what is right 
are two different things altogether.  While 
he had  the  field  to  himself  his  dictate 
was law in  so  far  as  his  business  was 
concerned. 
It  was  either  to  purchase 
from him or go without.  The  purchaser 
had no  choice,  and  therefore  the  mer­
chant became all the  more  imperious  in 
his dealings with his patrons.
The true business  man  recognizes  the 
fact that one of the principal precepts  of 
a successful  business career  is  to  avoid 
as much as possible complaints from  his 
customers, and if unavoidably it ever oc­
curs that  cause  for  dissatisfaction  has 
been given,  his first  duty  is  to  effect  a 
satisfactory arrangement, even though it 
entails a temporary loss.  The  handling 
of good goods at reasonable prices as well 
as prompt attention to customers are also 
contributing sources to the success of the 
storekeeper.  All  these  points  readily 
occur  to 
the  thoughtful  and  vigilant 
merchant.  By  making  his  business  a 
study he finds it a  pleasant  task  to  deal 
with his customers.
A  merchant  is  but  the  purchasing 
agent for his neighbors, and they look to 
him to perform his duty properly.  When 
he fails to do so his goods remain  on  his 
bands,  and he becomes a back number in 
the  mercantile  world. 
In  transacting 
business,  it  should  always  be  remem­
bered that the merchant is there to please 
the purchaser.  This  is  true  no  matter 
how high you look into mercantile trans­
actions.  When the merchant can please 
himself is after his store is closed up and 
for the time being he  becomes  the  pur­
chaser of  others  who  occupy  the  same 
position he did  prior  to  closing  up  his 
place  of  business.  The  time  for hap­
hazard success has passed  and  the  man 
who  wants  to  succeed  must  make  his 
business a study.

N o  C au se  for  A larm .

“What’s the  matter  with  you?  You 
look gloomy enough to give one the blues. 
Are you in trouble?”
“Not yet,  but I expect to be. 
I have a 
note coming due next week?”
“Next week!  Why are you  worrying 
over that?  Cheer up.  You may  be dead 
by next week.”

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FRED  B.  CLARK,  Manager,

S u c c e s s o r   to  th e   C ig a r   D e p a r t ­

m e n t   of  th e   I.  M.  C L A R K  

G R O C E R Y   CO.

Under the  auspices  of  the  Grocery Company this  depart­
ment attained  the reputation  of  being  the largest handlers of 
cigars in  Michigan.  We expect  to  maintain that reputation, 
and shall endeavor to enhance it.

O U R   S T O C K

Comprises goods ranging

From  $12  to  $200  Per Thousand

Embodying  leading  and  standard  brands  in  all  classes  of 
goods.

ODB  LOW  RATIO  OF  I B

Enables us to  sell  our  goods  closer  to  cash  than  any other 
house in the  field.

O U R   S A L E S M E N

WILL  SOON

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TRADE

With a full line of  our goods. 
If  you  need  anything in the 
cigar line in the meantime,  we should  be pleased to  communi­
cate with you.

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1*  attending  our  Tea  packing,  cables  us 
that he  has  shipped us per S.  S  “City  of 
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D E T R O IT ,  M IC H IG A N .

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•THE  MICHIGAN  THADESMAJSÍ.

AMONO  THE  TRADE.

ABOUND THE  STATE.

Homer—Sloan Bros, succeed Win.  Dor-1 

sey in the meat business.

Morenci—Wilson &  Lee succeed E.  W. 

Lee in  the grocery business.

Crystal  Falls—J.  C.  Webb  succeeds 

the K. B.  Webb Hardware Co.

St. Ignace—J.  B. Clark succeeds Clark 

& Murray in the meat business.

Jonesville—W.  E.  Lang & Son succeed 

W.  E.  Lang in the grocery  business.

Northville—R.  A. Purdy has purchased 

the grocery stock of B.  A.  Wheeler.

Detroit—A. G.  Holland succeeds White 

& Holland in the wail paper business.

Kalamazoo—Miller  &  Wight  succeed 

Cornelius Miller in the meat business.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Royce  & Bacon suc­

ceed W.  S.  Royce in the drug business.

Scotts—John  Q.  Adams  is  succeeded 
by Taylor & Myers in the meat business.
Ishpeming—P.  W.  Stuhr  has  retired 
from the jewelry firm of Gust.  Anderson 
& Co.

Blissfield—The Phillips  Hardware Co. 
has sold  its grocery  stock to  B.  W.  Bar- 
row.

Red  Jacket—Jos.  Gaberson  succeds 
Gaberson &  Hilden in the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Shelby—D.  V.  Jackway succeeds Mrs. 
Jennie  McConnell  in  the  fancy  goods 
business.

Escanaba — Stack  &  Cleary  succeed 
John  K.  Stack  in  the  wholesale  liquor 
business.

East  Jordan—Palmiter  &  Perry  suc­
ceed Poustie  &  Palmiter  in  the harness 
business.

Shelby—Loomis  &  Babcock  succeed 
Loomis & Gunn  in the handling of farm 
produce.

Marquette—J.  A. Yannier,  of  the jew­
elry and  news  firm of  Vannier  & Bige­
low,  is dead.

Lake  Odessa—B.  Cohn  has  removed 
his clothing business from Grand  Rapids 
to  this place.

Manton—Frank Weaver has purchased 
a store building and  will shortly put in  a 
grocery stock.

Ishpeming—Lage  &  Moll,  druggists, 
have dissolved,  G.  L.  Lage  continuing 
the business.

Negaunee—Lage  &  Moll,  druggists, 
have  dissolved,  C.  F.  Moll continuing 
the business.

Otsego—Rose & Barton, dealers in gro­
ceries  and  provisions  have  dissolved, 
Mathew Barton continuing  the business.
Ludington—The Pierce Manufacturing 
Co. has begun the manufacture of brooms 
and will also handle woodenware, brushes 
and axle grease in a jobbing way.

Shelby—Clark  Loomis  and  Clarence 
Hopkins  have  formed  a  copartnership 
under the  style  of  Loomis,  Hopkins  & 
Co.  and will shortly embark in the furni­
ture business.

Manton—Ernest Hartley packed up his 
grocery  stock  with the  intention of  re­
moving  to  Kingsley.  He  subsequently 
changed his  mind and  concluded  to un­
pack his goods and re-engage in business 
here.

Traverse  City—J.  Courville,  who  re­
cently removed  his  grocery  stock  from 
Interlochen to this place,  has sold a  half 
interest in  the business to  T.  Courville. 
The new firm  will  be  known  as  Cour- 
ville Bros.

Hart—W.  E. Thorpe has  sold  his  dry 
goods and boot and shoe  stock  to  A.  R. 
Williams,  who will  remove the  stock  to'

North Muskegon  and consolidate it with 
| his stock of groceries and men’s furnish- 
I ing goods.

Big Rapids—M.  P.  Gale and  Chas.  D. 
Crandall  have  formed  a  copartnership 
under the style of M.  P.  Gale  & Co.,  and 
will open a  general  store  at  Bundy  in 
coneection with the saw and shingle mills 
of the Gale  Lumber  Co.  The  Detroit, 
Lansing & Northern Railway is now run­
ning a broad gauge track  from Remus to 
Bundy,  a distance of  nine  miles,  which 
it expects to have in operation by June 1
Kalamazoo—A  stock  company  com­
posed of Mrs. Sarah  A.  Conger,  Aaron 
L. Conger, F. E.  Lemert  and  Mrs.  Della 
Lemert have  purchased the  interests of 
the firm of Conger  & Baumann  and will 
continue  the  crockery,  glassware  and 
notion business  in  the  same  location. 
Mr.  Lemert,  who  has  been  connected 
with  the Spring and  Axle Co.  as  book­
keeper,  has  been  a  resident  of Kalama- I 
zoo for the past  seven  years.  The  firm 
has purchased the  stock  subject to  the 
chattel mortgages.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Mancelona—The Conant  Plow  Co.  has 
been  organized,  with  a  capital  stock of 
$5,000,  to embark  in the  manufacture  of 
a plow with oscillating coulter and point, 
the  invention  of  L.  B.  Conant.  C.  S. 
Rodenbaugh has  been  elected  President 
of the corporation and J.  R.  Jenkins will 
act as Secretary and  Treasurer.

Detroit—The All  Right Manufacturing 
Co.  has given notice of a sale of its prop­
erty and a discontinuance of its business. 
Out  of  the  company  has  sprung  a  new 
corporation  under  the  title  of  the  All 
Right Dress Stay Co., which has a capital 
stock of $20.000,  fully paid in, the shares 
being held as follows: Enoch C. Bowling, 
1,500; Stephen  J.  Bowling,  250; Craig S1 
Bowling, 250.

Manistee—One  of  our  local  dealers, 
who buys  largely  at  some  of  the  mills 
here, allowed about  1,000,000 feet  of  the 
cut of one of the mills to  get  away  from 
him,  as he asserted he could not  pay  the 
price asked; but when  he saw  that  there 
was a prospect of  losing  the  balance  of 
the  cut  for  the  season,  he  was  glad 
enough to swing into  liue and pay the $3 
raise that outsiders were giving.

Butman—C.  S.  Hyman & Co.,  who put 
in a sawmill here last season to cut  their 
tract  of  timber  tributary  to this  place, 
will  be compelled to  suspend  operations 
by reason of  a  notice  from  the  A.  W. 
Wright  Lumber  Co.  that  it  intends  to 
take up its track,  on  which  the  Hyman 
people depend on getting their stock out. 
They have several  million  feet  of  hard­
wood and hemlock logs on  the  road  and 
a large quantity of logs in  the  mill  yard 
and timber not yet cut.

Manistee—The situation in the  lumber 
business is a rather  peculiar  one.  The 
yard men have made up their minds that 
piece stuff is altogether too high, and will 
not buy at present figures,  while the mill 
men are convinced that it is at just about 
the right notch and aim to hold  it  there­
about.  Common  inch  is  in  extra  good 
demand and  for  that  reason  the  supply 
of piece  stuff can be materially shortened 
without lessening the cut.  The demand 
for bill  timber of all  kinds  is very good, 
and that, of course,  utilizes a  great  deal 
of the stuff that would otherwise have to 
go into piece stuff. 

Muskegon—The celebrated Petrie-Tor­
rent case is to have another inning in  the 
courts in the trial of  the  branch  case  of

,

D.  M.  Stever  vs.  John  Torrent  and  A. 
H.  Petrie.  Mr. Stever, who  is  Mr.  Tor­
rent’s  son-in-law,  claims  a  contract  by 
which he was to have  all  the  profits  de­
rived from  working  what  is  known  as 
the Kalkaska tract,  operated  now  under 
what  is  known  as  the  Smith  Lumber 
Company’s  contract,  over  and  above 
$200,000,  the  price  he  claims  the  tract 
was sold  to him for. 
If Mr. Stever wins 
the  suit  it  cuts  down  decidedly  the 
amount  that  Mr.  Petrie  would  receive 
under  his 
legal  victory  over  Mr. 
Torrent in connection with  the  Hannah, 
Lay & Co.  transaction.  The trial  of  the 
Stever case has been fixed by Judge Dik- 
erman for July 10.
A ttem p ted   S u icid e  o f a   M ecosta  M er­

ch an t.

Mecosta,May 20—Porter Eighmy tried 
to commit  sucide  on  Monday  morning 
by taking a  dose  of  Paris  green.  The 
quantity  was  too  large  to  do  effective 
work and by prompt  action  on  the  part 
of Dr. Snyder and a few citizens  his  life 
was spared, at  least  up  to  the  present. 
His case  is  still  critical,  he  being  very 
weak  and  scarcely  able  to  talk.  The 
doctor thinks he will come  out  all  right 
if  inflamation  does  not  set  in.  Mr. 
Eighmy was a  prominent  business  man 
here.  He kept a general  store and  from 
appearances was doing  a  good  business. 
He was also the agent for  the  Americau 
Express Co.  at this  place. 
It  has  been 
noticed by some  that  he  has  acted  very 
despondent for some  time  and  has  been 
neglecting his  business  of  late,  and  on 
Saturday last he made a sale of  his stock 
of goods  to  Arthur  Bendetson,  of  Mill- 
brook,  at a very great sacrifice.  On Sun­
day he was noticed  to  be  very  restless 
and uneasy.  He would not talk  to  any­
one  when  spoken  to,  and  on  Monday 
morning committed the rash act.

It takes a man of  some  sense  to  know 

that  he doesn’t know everything.

S k u n k   B reed in g  as  a   B u sin ess.
There  is  a  man  who  lives  near  St. 
Clairsville,  Ohio,  who  makes  a  regular 
business of breeding polecats  and  makes 
some money out of it.  This year he will 
raise  more than  100.  The  animals  are 
fed on bread,  milk, mush and meat; they 
are very tame and docile, and enjoy being 
petted by  their  owner. 
It  is  said  that 
they  emit  no  disagreeable  odor.  The 
breeder raises them for their  fur,  which 
brings $1.25 a skin, and for an oil,  which 
be renders from the carcasses, and which 
brings a high price.  He has sold a great 
many of the animals for  household  pets. 
They are intelligent and  easily  trained, 
and make good ratters and mousers.  The 
animal is larger and more beautiful  than 
a cat, its hair being long  and  silky,  and 
its curling tail gives it a  jaunty and rich 
appearance.

F rom  O ut o f T ow n.

Calls  have  been 

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

J. C. Rings,  Hesperia.
J. J.  Williams, Fields.
J. H. Baker & Co., Cannonsburg.
W. J. Gould & Co., Detroit.
Robt.  F. Armstrong,  Reed City.
A.  L.  Power,  Kent City.
J. M. Cadzow,  Reed City.
H. C. Peckham,  Freeport.
T. A. Jamison, South Boardman.
Scott & Jamison, Kalkaska.
Courville Bros., Traverse City.
E.  E. Hewitt,  Rockford.
M.  M.  Robson, Berlin.
A. D.  Martin, Interlochen.
T.  H. Atkins, West Carlisle.

S a lt  L ow er  T han  E ver  B efore.

Sa g in a w ,  May 18—After several meet­
ings of  the  directors  of  the  Michigan 
Salt Company,  the price of  salt has been 
reduced by  that  organ ization  10 cents a 
barrel, fixing the  price of  fine  salt at 45 
cents per barrel of  280  pounds with a 20 
cent  package  thrown  in,  55  cents for 
packers and $2.50  per ton  for  fine bulk. 
One of  the  causes  for  this  is  the light 
meat packing operations during the win­

ter, caused  by the  shortage  in hogs and 
the backward weather, together with the 
comparatively large stocks of  salt in the 
bands of  the Salt  Company  and  manu­
facturers.  The  quotations  given  above 
are  the  lowest on  salt ever  recorded in 
the history of the manufacture of  salt in 
Michigan.

N o v e l S ign .

The French merchant at Northport has 

the following novel  sign over his door:

:  FINE.  DRY  GOOD  AND  GRO-  ;
;  CERS  AND  P R O V K IS H IO N S   ;
;  AND  SHOES  AND  CROCKER.  ;

D ru g g ist  W an ted .

Bu ttern u t,  May  22—This  town is in 
need  of  a  first-class  drug  store.  The 
general merchants here  who carry small 
lines of  staple drugs  would gladly  turn 
over all  that trade to  a regular  druggist 
and assist him in other ways.  No slouch 
or light-weight need apply.

Cross & I sham.

FOB  SA L E ,  W A N TED ,  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. 
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BUSINESS  CHANCES.

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FOR  SALE—h e r e is y o u r o p p o r t u n it y  

—One of the best  paying  mercantile  busi­
nesses  In  Michigan  for  amount  of  capital  re 
quired.  Store  buildings  with  stock.  Ask  the 
Grand Rapids traveling  men about my business, 
then write me for particulars.  Reason  for  sell­
ing, an invalid wife makes  a  change necessary. 
Address H. W. King, East Jordan, Mich. 
dress H. W. Partlow, Eagle, Mich. 
at  Sparta.  Tip-top  place  for  hardware. 
Address No. 726, care Michigan  Tradesman.  726 
OR SAuE—CLEAN STOCK OF GROCERIES. 
Doing a good business in  the  booming  city 
of Owosso.  Will  invoice  t i  200.  Will  sell  for 
SI 600.  Address 221  N. Washington S t,  Owosso, 
Mich. 

F OR  SALE—Drug  and  grocery  stock.  Ad­
F or  sa l e  o r  r e n t —st o r e  b u il d in g

Fo r  s a l e—a  good  p a y in g   r e t a il

lumber, coal, lime  and  agricultural  imple­
ment business; situation good; reasons  for  sell­
ing on application.  Address box 108,  Richland, 
Mich. 

F o r  sa l e—o n l y  h a r d w a r e  stock  in

town of 6,00  inhabitants  in  Central  Michi­
gan.  Four factories in place.  Good schools and 
churches.  Sales, 1892,  $7,0c0.  Best  of  reasons 
for selling.  A rare chance for person with small 
capital.  Address No.721, care Michigan Trades­
man________________________________ 721

FOR  SALE—85,000  STOCK  OF  BOOTS  AND 

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

F or  s a l e —tw o-sto r y  f r a m e  sto r e

Fo r  s a l e - stock  o f  g r o c e r ie s  f o r

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. 
OR  SALE—CLEAN  GROCERY  STOCK and 
fixtures.  Will sell together or separately, as 
desired.  Cheap for  cash  Chas. E. Williams, 60 
Carrier street, Grand Rapids. 
m o   EXCHANGE—FOR  STOCK  OF  CLOTH- 
-1-  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
2  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

E7 LEG ANT OFFER—IT’S  NO  TROUBLE  TO 

712

693

691

MISCKIXANEOVS.

728

dow Dressing Supplies will  tell  you how to 
trim  your  show  windows.  Harry  Harman, 
Room 1204, WOman’s Temple, Chicago. 

SENT  FREE—My  44 page  catalogue  of  Win­
WANTED—I  WANT  A  BOOT  AND  SHOE 

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

F or s a l e—w ish in g  to d e v o t e a l l 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.  7.7 
POT CASH  FOR  WOOD-SENU FULL  PAR 
ticulars as to price and  kind  of  wood.  Ad­
dress M  E. Lapham, 481 Bast Bridge  St,  Grand 
Rapids, Mich 

F or sa l e—c l e a n stock o f d r y  g o ods,

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

725

704

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

Fuess  &  Weeden,  dealers  In  musical 
instruments,  is succeeded  by Mrs. M.  D. 
Weeden.

P.  Salm succeeds  DeHoop  &  Salm  in 
the meat business at  the  corner  of  East 
street and Fifth avenue.

D.  Blanchard  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Ula,  The  Ball-Barnhart-Put- 
man Co.  furnished the stock.

Courville Bros,  have opened  a grocery 
store at Traverse City.  The  Musselman 
Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

John  Shelton  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at Petoskey.  The Olney &  Judson 
Grocer Co.  furnished the stock.

Morris Levy  has  removed  his  notion 
and  furnishing  goods  stock 
from  8 
South Ionia street to 29 Crescent avenue.
C.  Quint is erecting a  two-story  frame 
store building at 460 Grandville  avenue, 
which he expects to occupy  with his gro­
cery stock about June 1.

Gerrit DeBoer  & Son  will open a gro­
cery store  at the  corner  of  Central  and 
Fifth avenues about June 1.  The  Lemon 
&  Wheeler  Company  will  furnish  the 
stock.

T. A.  Jamison,  the  South  Boardman 
druggist,  has 
formed  a  copartnership 
with H.  Scott under the style of Scott  & 
Jamison and the  new  firm  will  open  a 
drug store at Kalkaska in  about a  week. 
The Hazeltine &  Perkins  Drug  Co.  has 
the order for the stock.

Fred B. Clark has purchased  the cigar 
stock of  the 1.  M. Clark  Grocery Co. and 
will  continue  the  business  at the  same 
location  under  the  style  of 
the  Clark 
Cigar  Co.  He  retains  his  interest  in, 
and  official  position  with,  the Grocery 
Co.,  and  will  continue to give  the  gro­
cery  business  the  benefit  of  his advice 
and experience.

G ripsack  B rigade.

Geo.  F. Owen  is in Detroit  this  week, 
getting  out his  line  of  fall  and winter 
goods.

W.  E.  Hardy,  traveling  representative 
for A. A.  Putnam,  the  Chicago shoe job 
ber, spent  Sunday in Grahd  Rapids,  the 
guest of Frank E. Chase.

L. M. Mills was 40 years old  last Satur 
day and improved the opportunity to cele 
brate the event  by going trout fishing  at 
Luther.  He managed to secure forty-six 
fish in diverse  ways,  namely—hook, net 
contributions  by  friends,  and—last  but 
by no  means  least—cash.  The  friends 
who assisted in devouring  the  collection 
unite in pronouncing  the  quality  of  the 
fish superb,  albeit the means of procuring 
the  collection  may  have  been  a  trifle 
questionable.

the 

ties. 

The majority of  traveling  men  sleep 
head  foremost on a  well-ballasted  road 
and feet  foremost  on a road  where the 
cars sometimes run  on 
the  track  and 
sometimes  on 
It  is  much 
pleasanter to sleep head  first,  as it were 
because 
it  prevents  that  swelled-head 
feeling which results from too much blood 
being  forced in  the direction  of where 
charitable humanity assumes the brain to 
be.  But in case  of an  accident it  is very 
much pleasanter to sleep  the other way 
Nature did  not provide the  human  neck 
with as  many joints  as that  of the  gi 
raffe or ostrich,  and  when the train sud­
denly  comes  to  a  standstill  and 
the

whole force of the collision comes on the 
top of  the skull,  the feeling is decidedly 
unpleasant,  if  not worse.  On  the other 
hand, the knees have a  kindly  tendency 
to “give” on the occasion of the collision, 
and hence if a man  is sleeping feet  first 
he has less occasion to use bad  language 
when a train stops a little more suddenly 
than usual.

T w o  D rum m ers  Go  W rong.
An  amusing  mistake  occurred 

last 
week,  growing  out  of  the  exchange  of 
railway  tickets  by  two  traveling  men. 
Carroll C.  Carter,  of  Omaha,  and  R.  S. 
Barnett, of Buffalo,  arrived at  the Great 
Northern,  Chicago, on  their way to their 
respective homes.  They were old friends 
and in  the evening  went out  together to 
buy  their  railway  tickets  and  sleeper 
berths.  The ticket  agent  handed  each 
an envelope  containing their  purchases, 
but — as  was  afterwards  discovered — 
handed the Omaha tickets to  the Buffalo 
traveling  man,  and  vice  versa  On 
taking their trains,  the travelers  handed 
their  tickets to  the  colored  man  at the 
gate:

‘There’s  youah 

train, 

sah!  And 

there’s youah’s, sah,” said the porter.

Each man  was  soon asleep in his berth 
dreaming of the home he was soon to en 
joy.

The next  morning Carroll  was  awak­
ened by the  startling  cry  of  “Detroit! 
from the porter.

‘What’s that?” screamed Carroll, as he 
stuck his head out between  the curtains 
“Ain’t I in Nebraska?”

“No, sah;  dis am  de Buffalo sleeper.” 
And at  about  the  same  time  Barnett 

was  having  a  similar  experience  on 
train  bound  for Omaha.

T he  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar—The  market  is  the  same  as  a 
week ago.  The  demand  is  sluggish,  as 
there is  a lack of confidence  on  the  part 
of  buyers.  Stock  is  accumulating  on 
the hands of the refiners.

Coffees—Brazilian  advices  are  firm. 
The manufacturers have advanced  pack­
age brands %c.
good and prices are steady and firm.

Bananas—The  supply  is  reasonably 

Lemons—Higher  and  advancing.  A 
spell of warm  weather would force prices 
higher very  rapidly, as  the stock is rot­
ting badly this season.

Oranges—It is  unsafe  to  handle any­
thing but  California  stock,  as  Messinas 
—although better in quality—are rotting 
very rapidly.

P u rely  P erson al.

Dr.  H.  E.  Peckham,  proprietor  of  the 
Peckham Medicine Co., at  Freeport,  was 
in town one day last week.

Residents  on  Wealthy  avenue  assert 
that  Henry B.  Fairchild  is  endeavoring 
to learn to ride a bicycle,  in consequence 
of which  flower  beds,  ash  barrels  and 
garden hose  are  in  a  condition  of  com­
plete dilapidation.  All the dogs and cats 
in the  neighborhood  have  taken  to  the 
woods until the agony is over.

B lack sm ith   W a n ted .

W est Ca r l is l e,  May  20—This  place 
is  an  exceptionally  good  location  for a 
blacksmith,  and  1 should  be  pleased  to 
correspond with any  good workman who 
is looking for a new location.

T.  H.  A t k in s.

Gilmore & Co. have merged their bank­
ing  business  into  an  incorporated  insti­
tution  and  will  be  succeeded  by  the 
the  Blissfield State Bank on June 1.

Making-  T oo  M uch  B oth er  for  a  F ive 

C ent  P u rch ase.

“ 1 have nothing but a $50 bill,”  said  a 
lady  who had bought a spool of cotton at 
little  notion  store  on  a  side  street. 
Can you change it?”
The proprietor took the bill,  examined 
it critically, fumbled in his money drawer 
awhile,  and,  calling  his  boy  from  the 
back of the store, said:  “Here, Ben,  take 
this  $50  bill  and  get  it  changed;  and 
be  quick  about  it,  for  the  lady in wait- 
ng.”
And the lady did  wait,  until  she  be­
came  nervous  and  uneasy  at  his  pro­
Finally  she  ventured 
longed absence. 
to say,  timidly: 
“That  boy’s  all right, 
isn’t he?  Seems to me he’s gone a  good 
while.”
“So it seems to me,”  replied  the  pro- 
propietor,  looking  up  from  the  news­
“Guess  he’s  all 
paper he was reading. 
right, though.  He’s a  new boy, you see; 
only had him a few days,  and  you  can’t 
tell how a boy  will turn out until you’ve 
tried him.”
“But  he  came  well  recommended, 
didn’t he?” asked the lady, growing faint 
at  the  thought  that  he  might  abscond 
with her money.
“Oh, yes; he was well  enough  recom­
mended.  His  father  and mother  both 
came and gave him the best kind of  rec- 
omendations,  though I forgot  just where 
they said they lived.”
“Have you ever—ever trusted him  be­
fore to  get  a  $50  bill  changed?”  she 
asked hesitatingly.
“Not this boy,” he replied,  “ but I had 
a boy last summer—looked  a  good  deal 
like this one, come  to think, same  age, 
same size,  same  squint—that  1  sent  to 
get a $50 bill changed,  and do you know, 
madam,  1 never saw that boy  again, nor 
the money either.”
The lady  who  had  been  standing  by 
the counter felt very weak  all of  a  sud­
den,  and  sank  into a  chair.  The  pro 
prietor, absorbed in this  bitter  reminis­
cence,  did not notice her  agitation,  and 
continued:  *
“But I heard of him though, up in Can­
ada,  where  some of our  aldermen  may 
stumble on him,  perhaps,”  smiling  at 
his little joke.
“Living in luxury on his stolen  gains, 
1 suppose,” said the lady bitterly.
“No; he had spent his money,  and was 
worn to a shadow by remorse.”
“Hadn’t you better  send  somebody  to 
look for the boy who  took  my  money?” 
thoroughly 
suggested  the  lady,  now 
alarmed.
“Not a bit of use,  madam,”  said  the 
notion  dealer, 
“If  he’s 
skipped,  he’s clean out of  reach  by  this 
time.  1 had six policemen  hunting  the 
other boy  within  ten  minutes  after he 
left  the store,  for somehow  I had  mis­
givings  about  him,  but  they  couldn’t 
find hide nor  hair  of the  young  rascal. 
’Twould  be  just  the same in  this case. 
The  only 
thing  that  can  overtake  a 
boy like that is remorse,  and I  wouldn’t 
want to bet  much on  remorse  unless I 
could get big odds.”
Fortunately,  at this  moment,  the  boy 
returned  with the desired  change,  and 
remorse was knocked out of a job.
After the lady went out, the proprietor 
smiled,  and remarked that  next time she 
would probably  have something smaller 
than a $50 bill  when she made a five-cent 
purchase.

tranquilly. 

A   M atter  o f C hoice.

In a certain small New England  town, 
where  everything  is  conducted  in  the 
most primitive style,  the man who unites 
the callings of grocer,  provision  dealer, 
ice man and plumber in  one  person  has 
a  somewhat  unique  method  of  keeping 
accounts.  He disdains  a  ledger,  which 
he characterizes as  “a muddlin’, onneces- 
sitous  contrivance,”  and  keeps  all  his 
accounts with his customers  in  his  vari­
ous lines  of business  on  a  pine  board. 
This  board  is  planed  off  once 
in  six 
months,  and a fresh account is started.
Bills are never supposed  to  run  over, 
and as everybody  in  town  knows  when 
“planing  day”  comes  around,  and  the 
people  are  all  honest  and  well-to-do, 
this remarkable system seldom results in 
complications.
One day,  however,  a  citizen  who  had 
been away for a few  weeks  walked  into

t b q c  

j M i c H i G ^ i s r  

t :r a j d j ï ï s :m ^

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5

the  little  country  store  and  offered  to 
settle his account.
“I reckon ’twas about  a  dollar,  but  I 
ain’t  plumb  sure,”  remarked  the  man, 
fingering a  bill.
The  storekeeper  took  out  his  pine 
board and consulted its surface carefully 
through his spectacles.
“ 1 cal’late you don’t owe me anythin’,” 
he said  at  last,  putting  the  board  back 
under the counter.
“Why,  yes, 1 do,”  persisted  the  man. 
“I  bought  a  whole  mess  o’  sugar  an’ 
m’lassess,  an’  a  pair  o’  rubbers  fer  m’ 
wife,  too,  if I rec’llect rightly.”
“Oh,  three  months  back,”  said  the 
storekeeper, thoughtfully.  “Well, naow, 
I can’t  say  as  t’  that,  fer  you  see  I’ve 
planed her off sence then an’ started aout 
agin,  an’  your reckonin’  was shaved ofPn 
the board along with the rest.  You ain’t 
obliged to pay me nothin’, ’s  fer’s  I  ken 
see; but you ken make  it  a  leetle  some­
thin’ if you’re so minded,  or you ken pay 
what you rec’llect, or  let  the  hull  thing 
go—jest as you feel.”
There  was  a  little  hesitation  on  the 
part of the former  customer;  but  to  his 
credit,  be it said,  he at last  handed  over 
the  dollar,  said  he  wanted  no  change, 
and departed with a proud consciousness 
of virtue.

cash—

dition.

coupling.

Shingle  Mill  For  Sale!
To  exchange  for  stock  of  merchandise  or 
One complete shingle mill.
One  12x20 engine, complete, and  In  good con­
One smokestack with bretchen.
Two 2-flue boilers, 14  feet  by  38  inches, with 
dome,  and  all  steam  and  water  connections, 
whistle, steam  gauge,  inspirator,  steam  pump, 
fire front, etc.
One main shaft with five pulleys and coupling.
One counter shaft with five pulleys.
One counter  shaft  with  three  pulleys  and 
One Boter arbor table and standards.
One Perkins drag sun irons.
One bullworks with patent chain.
One Perkins shingle machine, good as new.
One Perkins jointer.
One double knot saw rig.
Five tighteners with all boxing  for mill.
Three packing frames.
One gammer.
One  elevator  rig, with  patent  chain  buckets 
A belt for every machine in the mill.
One bellows, one  anvil, one vise, one set com 
mon dies with small tongs, etc.
This mill is worth $2,500, if needed.
Here is a chance for mlil men.
For particulars write—

and fire pan.

C.  E.  MORSE,  Seney,  Mich.

“The  Proof of the Pudding  is  Ask­

ing  for  More.”

SMOKERS  OXCE  SMOKERS  A L ­

WAYS  OF  THE  CELEBRATED

B e n   -  H u r ,

The great  10c Cigar,  and

J ^ e c o r d  

f ô r e a l c e r ,

The  Great  5c  Cigar.

Made on  Honor. 

Sold on  Merit

First-Class Dealers  Everywhere.

&

MANUFACTURERS,

D E T R O I T .

Amoskeag............... 1214
9 01...... 1314
brown .13
Andover.................. 1114
Beaver Creek AA... 10
BB...  9
cc.
Boston Xfg Co.  br..  7 
blue  814 
d * twist 1014 
Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19

“ 

, Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, bine............1214
brown........1214
Haymaker bine.........7)4
brown...  7%
Jeffrey.......................1114
Lancaster................. 1214
Lawrence, 9 os......... 1814
No. 220.. ..13 
No. 250....1114 
No. 280.... 1014

eiN SH A H S.
“ 

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Amoskeag..................614
“  Persian dreBS 8 
Canton ..  8
“ 
AFC........ 1014
“ 
Teazle.. .1014 
“ 
Angola.. 1014 
“ 
“ 
Persian..  8 
Arlington staple....  614 
A r a s a p h a   f a n c y —   4)4 
Bates Warwick drea  714 
staples.  614
Centennial..............  1014
Criterion.................1014
Cumberland  staple.  514
Cumberland............ 5
Essex.......................... 414
Elfin.........................   714
Everett classics...... 814
Exposition.................714
Glenarie...................  614
Glenarven..................6)4
Glenwood...................714
Hampton.................... 614
Johnson Chalon cl 
14 
Indigo blue 914 
zephyrs— 16

“ 
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Lancaster,  Btaple...  614 

fan cies....  7 
Normandie  8
Lancashire...............  6
Manchester..............  5)4
Monogram................. 614
Normandie.................714
Persian....................... 8
Renfrew Dress.........714
Rosemont................... 614
Slatersville................6
Somerset.....................7
Tacoma  .....................714
Toll  du Nord..........1014
Wabash...................... 714
seersucker..  714
Warwick.................  7
Whlttenden.............   8
heather dr.  714 
indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  6)4
Westbrook............... 8
..............10
Wlndermeer............ 5
York  ..........................6)4

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GRAIN  BASS.

Amoskeag................1614|Valley City.................1614
Stark........................  19)4! Georgia.....................19)4
American................15)41 Pacific.......................

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile End....45  IBarboor's.................81
Coats’, J. & P ......... 45  Marshall’s ..................81
Holyoke...................22141

No.

6  ..
8 ...
1 0 ...
12...

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

White.  Colored.

KNITTING COTTON.
...37
38 N o.  1 4 ...
1 6 ...
39
...38
1 8 ... ....39
40
2 0 ... ....40
41
CAXBRICS.

White.  Colored
42
43
44
45

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Slater.............
4)4
White Star..............  4)4
Kid Glove................  4*4
Newmarket..............  454

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

RED  FLANNEL.

Fireman....................3214
Creedmore................2714
Talbot XXX............. 30
Nameless..................2714

T W ...........................2214
F T ............................ 8214
JR F .X X X ............. 35
Buckeye...................8214

M IX ED   FL A N N E L .

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Adriatic.....................?
Arrow Brand  S 
Argyle......................  6
Worldwide.  6
LL...................4*
Atlanta A A ................6
Pull Yard Wide.......6H
Atlantic A
Georgia  A ................. 6)4
H ...............  6*
Honest Width..........654
P ..............  5*
Hartford A ..............5
D ............... 6
Indian Head............7
LL............... 6
King A  A.................6*
Amory......................   6 X
King EC...................  5
Archery  Bunting... 4
Beaver Dam  A A ..  55*
Lawrence  L L ........   5
Madras cheese cloth 6)4
Blackstone O, 32__   5
Newmarket  G........
Black Crow..............6
B  ........5
Black Bock  ............6K
N ......... 6M
Boot, AL.................  7
DD  ...  6K
Capital  A .................5%
X .......6*
Cavanat V ............... 554
Chapman cheese c l.  3)4NoibeR....................5
Clifton  C K ..............5)4 Our Level  Best.........6K
Comet..........................6k
Oxford  R .................6
Dwight Star.............  644
Pequot......................  7
Solar.........................   6
Clifton CCC............  6*
Top of the  Heap....  7
Geo. Washington...  8
A B C ..........................814
Amazon.................... 8
Glen Mills...............  7
Amsburg.................. 7
Gold Medal............. 714
Art  Cambric............10
Green  Ticket.......... 814
Blackstone A A.......  744
Great Falla..............   614
Beats A ll.................... 414
Hope............................714
Boston 
Just  Out.....  444® 5
Cabot........................   714
King Phillip............744
O P.....  714
Cabot,  %.....................644
Charter  Oak............514
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Lonsdale............  @  844
Conway W................. 714
Cleveland..................644
Middlesex.........   @5
Dwight Anchor.......814
No Name..................714
shorts.  8
Oak View.................6
Edwards...................  6
Our Own..................514
Pride of the West... 12
Empire.....................   7
Rosalind...................714
Farwell.......................714
Fruit of the  Loom.  844
Sunlight...................  414
Fitchvllle  .............. 7
Utica  Mills..............814
First Prize............... 7
“  Nonpareil  ..10
Fruit of the L o o m 714
Vlnyard....................  814
Fairmount................. 4)4
White Horse............6
Full Value................. 644
“  Rock............. 814
Cabot.........................7141 Dwight Anchor.........814
Farwell.....................8  I

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

.................12

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CANTON  FLANNEL.

Bleached. 
Housewife  Q .... 

Unbleached 

Housewife  A............514
—  ora 
....6
c ...
D ...
...  654
....7
E ...
F ... — 7),
G  ..
....7K
H ...
....754
I ...
....854
J ...
...  854
. 
K...
95a
...10
L.  ..
M  ...
... 1054
...11
N ....
...21
O ....
P . ..
...1454
CARPET  WABF.

R.
S
T.
U. 

V ..w.X.

Y.
Z . 

...614 
...7 
...7* 
...814 
-   »J4 
.10 
.1044 
..1114 
.1214 
.
.1314

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D R K 8 8   G O O D S .

Peerless, white........18  I Integrity  colored... 20
colored— 20  White Star................18
Integrity...................18141 
“  colored..20
Nameless..................20
Hamilton.................. 8
...................0
.......... 25
 
.......... 2714
.......... 30
G G  Cashmere........ 20
Nam eless................16
.......... 3214
.................18
.......... 36

10H

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6

M illionaires  an d   M edical  M en.

Tbe  physicians  who,  some  time  ago, 
cut out  of  Millionaire Mackay’s  back  a 
bullet which an assassin had lodged there, 
and restored him  to  life  and  health  and 
the enjoyment of his multiplied  millions 
of wealth,  appear to have completely  ef­
faced the effect of their valuable services 
by charging their  healed patient  a  good 
steep bill.  Mr. Mackay cannot see  why 
it costs any more to doctor  a  millionaire 
than  a  mechanic,  and  he  is  indignant 
that any discrimination should have been 
made against him.

Now,  it may  be entirely true that there 
is  no  difference  in  dissecting  the  mus­
cles  of  a rich  man  and  of  a  poor  man. 
It is certain that Mr. Mackay’s  life  is  of 
no more value to the human race than  if 
he had  been  the  most  obscure  and  pov­
erty-stricken  wretch  in  all  this  broad 
land.  Mr.  Mackay  has  distinguished 
himself by amassing a  great  fortune  for 
his own benefit. 
It does not appear  that 
he is in any  sense  a  public  benefactor. 
He is,  therefore,  no  more  than  a  single 
individual so  far  as  any  claim  he  can 
make on the public is concerned,  and,  in 
this sense,  his life is the life of one man, 
no more and no less,  and  it  is  worth  no 
more to save it than if he were any other 
person and not, by virtue  of  his  riches, 
a personage.

Such is the  public’s  side  of  the  ques­
tion,  but it is not Mr.  Mackay’s side;  nor 
is it  the  doctors.’  Tbe  California  mil­
lionaire is not  willing  to  be  lodged,  fed 
and  clothed like a common  person.  He 
does not wish to be esteemed as an  ordi­
nary  mechanic,  nor would he be  willing 
to be doctored as  such.  He  must  have 
the most luxurious accommodations  and 
the  highest-priced  physicians,  and  he 
must pay for them  in  proportion.  But 
the  medical men’s  side  of  the  question 
has yet to  be  considered,  and  it  is  one 
peculiar and unique.

Nobody gives as  much charity,  in pro­
portion, as  does  the  average  physician. 
When he  is  sent  for  he  goes  to relieve 
human  suffering.  Does  he  demand his 
fee in  advance?  Does  he  ascertain  be­
fore he quits his  friends  and his family, 
or leaves his comfortable bed, whether or 
not his bill  will be  paid?  If  there  is  a 
medical  man  who  does this,  he is a most 
rare  exception.  On 
the  contrary,  he 
goes without a question  and  renders  his 
professional  service  to  the  best  of  his 
science and  skill.  A very large number 
of his patients  cannot pay.  Others can­
not pay full  rates.  The doctor  charges 
all  this to charity; but when a patient is 
rich and  prosperous,  he  is  tbe  one who 
must  pay.  He  must  help  to  bear  the 
vast burden of charity that is carried un­
complainingly  by  the  medical  men  of 
this great  country,  and  he  ought  to  be 
willing to  do it.  The  great  controllers 
of the wealth of  this richest of  all lands 
ought  not to  complain  if  the  physician 
rates their lives and their  health at their 
own valuation.  A man is apt to rate his 
importance according to his wealth.  The 
people  of  the  community  in  which  he 
lives commonly give  him  prominence  in 
a  like  degree.  Then  he  ought  not 
to 
complain if his physician should adopt a 
similar valuation. 

F r a n k  Sto w ell.

“No honest  dealer,”  said  the  grocer, 
picking some dark gray objects out of the 
scoop and  pouring the  rest  of  the  con­
tents carefully into his swiftly revolving 
coffee  mill,  “ will  put  stones 
into  his 
coffee. 
It’s  a  fraud  on  the  customer. 
And, besides,”  he continued,  dropping a 
handful of  burnt peanuts  into the  hop­
per,  “it injures the mill.”

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Cnrrent.

BBKINS.

CORSET  JEANS.

COBS
Corallne...................69 50
Schilling’s ................9 00
Davis  Waists.......  9 00
Grand  Rapids.........4 50
Armory...................... 6)4
Androscoggln..........7)4
Blddeford..............  6
Brunswick.................614
PHD
Allen turkey  reds..  6
robes..............6
plnk a purple  6
buffe.............  6
pink  checks.  6
S t a p l e s ............6
shirtings...  6

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American  fancy—   514 
Amerlcanlndlgo...  614 
American shirtings.  I14 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  4 
Arnold 
....  614
Arnold  Merino.  ...  6 
" 
longcloth B.1014 
“ 
“  C.  814
“  centurydoth  7
“  goldseal.......1014
“  green seal TR 1014
“  yellow seal  .1054
“ 
serge............. 1114
"  Tnrkey red..l014 
•* 

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Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R...................2214
Windsor...................1814
6 oz Western........... 20
Union  B.
N a m e le s s ........ 8  @   9141 
......8H©10  I 

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Grey SR  W..............1714
Western W  .............. 1814
D R  P ............. .......... 1814
Flushing XXX.........2314
22141 M a n ito b a ..................... 2314
@10141214
Black.
1014
11K
12
20

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D O E R   FLA N N EL.

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BILKBIAS.

W ADDINGS.

914
1014
1114
1254

CANVASS  AND  FADDINO.

West'Point, 8 oz__ 1014
“ 
10os  ...ISM
Raven, lOoz..............ISM
Stark 
.............. 1354
Boston, 10 os.............1254
83 50
.......... 7 50
Pawtucket................10K
Dnndle.....................   9
Bedford.................... 1054
Valley  City..............1014
K K .................................1054

........ i
......
Slate.  Brown.  Black. | Slate  Brown.
914 
1014
1014
914
1014 
1114
U14
1014
12
1114 
1114
12
20
1214
1254
D U CK S.
Severen, 8oz...........   954
May land, 8 oz...........1054
Greenwood, 7K o*..  954 
Greenwood, 8 os.... 1114 
Boston, 8 oz.............. 1054
While, do*...............25  I Per bale, 40 d o i 
Colored,  dos........... 20  IColored  “ 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Red Cross....  9
Best..............IO54
Best AA...... ISM
L................................ 7K
G................................ 8M
Cortlcelll, dos......... 85  (Cortlcelll  knitting,

Wonderful............. 84 50
Brighton................... 4 75
Bortree’s ..................9 00
Abdominal............15  00
Naumkeagsatteen..  714
Rockport.................... 614
Conestoga.................. 714
Walworth..................614
ITS.
Berwick fancies —   514
Clyde  Robes............
Charter Oak fancies 414 
DelMarine cashm’s.  6 
mourn’g  6 
Eddy stone  fancy...  6 
chocolat  6 
rober....  6 
sateens..  6 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  6 
staple —   6 
Manchester  fancy..  6 
new era.  6 
Merrimack D fancy.  6 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  444 
Repp furn .  814
Pacific fancy........... 6
robes.............614
Portsmouth robes...  614 
Simpson mourning..  6
greys.........6
solid black.  6 
Washington Indigo.  614 
“  Turkey robes..  714
"  India robes__ 714
“  plain T ky X 44  814
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
A. Jam es... ............1  40|Steamboat..............
654 Crowely’s...
key red..................
...........1  85 Gold  Eyed............
Martha Washington
Marshall’s ..
........... 1  00| American..............
7K
Turkeyred 44.......
TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.
Martha Washington
5-4. ...2 25
6—4. ..8 2515—4....1  95  6—4.
“ 
“  ....2  10
954
Rlverpolntrobes....  514
Windsor fancy.........  614
Indigo bine...........1014

No  1 Bl’k A Whlte..l0  [No  4 Bl’k A White.. 15 
..20
«  
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..25
No 2—20, X C..........50 
|No 4—15  F  8M......... 40
••  8-18,8 0 ...........45  I
COTTON  TAPE.
No  2 White A Bl’k..12 
..16 
“ 
“ 10 
“ 
..18  1“  12 
SAFNTT  FINS.
No 2..........................28 
|No 3..

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

|No  8 White A Bl’k.,20 
.23
..26

...8  10]
COTTON TWINES.

per Kos  ball.........30

..12 
8 
-12  J  “  10 

NEBDI.EB—FEB  M.

SBWINS  SILK.

FINS.

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4 
6 

2 
8 

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“  
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.86

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.  40
.1  50
.1  00
.2 96

Cotton Sail Twine.. 28  Nashua.................... 18
Crown.......................12
Rising Star4-ply.
■ P   17 
Domestic..................1854
3-ply....17
Anchor.....................16
North Star.............. 20
Bristol......................13
Wool Standard 4 ply 1754 
Cherry  Valley........ 15
Powhattan.............18
IX  L..........................1854
Alabama.....................6)4
Alamance................... 654
Angusta.................... 754
Ar< sapha................... 6
G eorgia........................65*
Granite....................  554
Haw  River................5
H aw   J ........................  5

Mount  Pleasant__ 654
Oneida......................  5
Prymont.................  5)4
Randelman..............  è
Riverside.................  6)4
Sibley  A ............  ...  6m
Toledo......................

PLAID  OSNABURS8

“ 

“ 

Ballon solld blaok..
colore.
Bengalblue,  green, 
rea and  orange  . .  6
Berlin solide............  554
“ 
oilblue........614
" 
“  green
614
"  Foulards 
514
7
“  red 14  ...
“  %  ...
» 
•  914
“  44...
“ 
.10
» 
« 3-4XXXX 12
Cocheco fancy........   6
“  madders...  6
“  X X twills..  614
solids..........514
“ 
Amoskeag A C A .... 1214
13
Pemberton AAA— 16
Hamilton N ............. 754
York.......................... 1014
D ............. 854
Awning.. 11
Swift River............... 714
Farmer......................8
Pearl  River..............12
Warren......................1314
First Prize...............10K
o g a ............... 16
C 
Lenox M ills........... 18
Atlanta,  D ...............  6)4|rttark  A 
............ 8
Boot..........................   6)4 No Name....................7K
Clifton, K................. 7  [Top of Heap...............  9

Harmony.....
T IC K IN G S .AC A .......... .

gold  ticket

COTTON  D U L L .

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

washing  purposes.

soap manufactured in the 

Saginaw  Talley.

Having  new  and  largely  in­
creased  facilities  for  manu­
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at most reasonable prices.

We are state agents for the

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

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

J. W. H a n n e n ,  Supt.

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.THE  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

G rand R apid s  R etail  G rocers’  A sso c ia ­

tion .

At the regular  meeting  of  the  Grand  Rapids 
Retail  Grocers’ Association,  held  at  Protective 
Brotherhood Hall on  Monday  evening,  May  15, 
J. F. Ferris presided in the absence of President 
Elliott.

Eight  applications  foi  membership  were  re­
ceived, and  the  applicants  elected  to  member­
ship as follows:  Cornelius  Stryker, 350  Grand - 
ville  avenue;  Geo.  Goosman,  391  Grandville 
avenue;  Gust,  Koopman  &  Co., 433 Grandville 
avenue;  M.  J.  Telder,  161  Hilton  street;  Wm. 
Kievit,  425  Grandville  avenue;  B.  Zevalkink, 
255 Grandville  avenue;  Floyd  J. Everhart, cor­
ner  Eleventh  and  Turner  streets;  Wm.  Van 
Hemmen, corner West Leonard and McReynolds 
streets.  Three  additional  applications  were 
also received  and  accepted,  conditional  on the 
Association's  securing  the  application  of  an­
other grocer in the  same vicinity.

The Committee  on  Licenses  reported  the  re­
sult of a hearing with the  License Committee of 
the Common Council, which  was  accepted  and 
adopted.

The special  Committees on  Oil  and  Flour re­
ported progress, and were given further time for 
investigation and report.

E. J. Herrick  called  attention  to the good re­
sults  of  the special  meeting held  the week be­
fore on Grandville  avenue, and  suggested  that 
other missionary meetings  be  held in other por­
tions of the city.

C. J.  Seven moved that the  next special meet­
ing  be  held at West  Leonard  street.  The  mo­
tion was adopted, and  Mr. Seven was instructed 
to secure a hall and select the date for the meet­
ing, reporting same to  the  Secretary,  who  will 
issue cards of notification to  the members.

Secretary Herrick  stated  that, in  his opinion, 
it would be advisable to hold  an  open  meeting 
in  the  near  future,  and  to  regale  all  who at­
tend  with  light  refreshments.  He,  therefore, 
moved that a social session be  held on the even 
Ing of June 5.  Julius  J. Wagner  moved  as  an 
amendment that  the  social  session  be  held  on 
the evening of June 19, which  was adopted, and 
the chairman  appointed  u b  a  committee on  ar­
rangements, E. J. Herrick, Peter Schult, A. Brink, 
E. J. Carrel and B. S. Harris.

D. Viergiver moved that all grocers in the city 
be invited  to  attend the social session, whether 
members  of  the Association  or  not, which was 
adopted.

A member  called attention  to  short weight in 
flour.  He said he recently bought a ton of flour 
of  one of  the  city  millers,  and  that  each  25 
pound sack was from one  to  two  pounds short. 
He notified the mill, which  took  the flour away 
and brought  him full weight sacks instead.  He 
purchased another  ton  from  the  same mill the 
other day and  the  same  percentage of shortage 
was discovered, with the same result.

W. S.  Kenyon  called  attention  to  a  matter 
which he thought merited  the  attention  of  the 
Association, and  E. A. Stowe, Henry Vinkemul 
der and E  J. Herrick were appointed  a commit 
tee to investigate and report  thereon.

There being no  further  business, the meeting 
adjourned, proceeding  to  the  Common Council 
chamber in a body  to watch  the  action  of  the 
Council in the license matter.

SPE C IA L   M EETING.

In consequence of  the death  of John  Cordes 
Sr., a  special  meeting  of  the  Association  was 
called  to  meet  in  the  rotunda  of  the  Morton 
House Wednesday afternoon.  May  17,  to  make 
arrangements for the funeral  President Elliott 
appointed A. Rasch, J. Geo. Lehman  and Juliu 
J. Wagner a Committee on Resolutions, who sub 
sequently  reported  the  following  draft, which 
was unanimously adopted:
W b b r e a s, Death has removed  from our midst 
our friend  and fellow  merchant,  John  Cordes 
whose  honesty,  generosity  and  many  manly 
traits endeared him to all who knew him;  there­
fore, be it
Resolved, That we, the members  of  the Grand 
Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association, being deeply 
sensible of  the  great  loss  sustained  by his de­
cease, do  unanimously  pay  this  tribute  to  his 
memory.
Resolved,  That  he  was  a  man  of  untiring 
energy and indomitable perseverance, who over­
came every obstacle  by ceaseless  industry wor­
thy of  admiration.
Resolved, That  his  honor and business  integ­
rity were unsullied and  unshaken, and  that his 
word was ever as good as his bond.
Resolved, That he will  always  be remembered 
as a courteous  gentleman  ana  staunch  friend; 
that he was  generous  whenever  appealed to in 
the cause  of  charity, and  very many will have 
reason to regret the loss  of  his  generous assist­
ance and sound advice.
Resolved,  That  we  tender  to  his  family  our 
sincere sympathy in  this  their hour of bereave­
ment.
Resolved,  That  we  attend  the  funeral  in  a 
body.

On motion of Mr. Rasch, it was decided to pur­
chase a floral offering  in  the  name of the Asso-

ciation, bearing the initials of  the organization, 
and E  A. Stowe, D. Viergiver and H. Vinkemul- 
der were appointed  a  committee  to arrange for 
same.

It was decided to meet at the store of A. Rasch 
a half hour  before  the  funeral  and march in a 
body to the house, and from there to the church.

The  E nd  o f th e   W ick ed   D rum m er.

From the Clothier and Furnisher.
When on the road  you travel,
As in the train you sit,
Some fellow will unravel 
Your history bit by bit 
And while you are  admiring 
A nerve that is sublime,
This question will be firing 
At you:  “Say, what’s your line?”

In some quiet corner, smoking.
You’re in no mood for joking;
When this fiend will come stalking 
And then insist on talking 

You sit in  your hotel;
You're resting for  a spell;
Near by where you recline.
And asking, “What’s your line?"

He is so blamed persistent,
You cannot make him run;
You try a manner distant,
He only thinks it’s fun.
He’s fresh beyond reclaiming.
And, though you make no sign,
He draws a chair, exclaiming:
“Excuse me, what’s your line?”

Oh!  let us hope some  day this friend 
(God save the  markl  say we)
May find a line, the other end 
Of which is up a tree.
Then, as we see him swinging 
To some  tall, graceful pine,
Our ears will cease their ringing 
With, “Say, what is your line?”

Drawing:  th e   L ine.

‘I  suppose,  doctor,”  said  Cumso  to 
Doctor Paresis, “that a  large  proportion 
of  the  ills  of  your  patients are imagi­
nary?”

‘Yes,  sir, quite  a large proportion.” 
‘And your treatment of such  cases,  1 
suppose, is by imaginary pills?”
“ Well,  I  suppose  you  might  call  it 
that.”
“Then, of course,  for  treating  imagi­
nary ills with imaginary pills,  you  send 
in imaginary bills?”
“Oh, my dear sir, nothing of the kind. 
There’s nothing imaginary about the bills. 
I have to draw the line somewhere.”
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Hardware Price Current.

T h ese  price3  a re   fo r casti  buyers,  w ho 
p ay   p ro m p tly   an d   b u y   in   fu ll  p ackages.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

dls.

 

Snell’s ................................................................  
60
Cook’s .......................... 
40
25
Jennings’, genuine.......................................... 
Jennings',  im itation....................................... 50*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze............................$ 7 GO
D.  B. Bronze.............................  m 00
S.  B.  S. Steel..................................  8 f»
D. B. Steel.....................................  13 50

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RARROWB. 

dlS.

dls.

bolts. 

Railroad.........................................................  *  14 00
Garden..  .................................................   net  30 00
Stove....................................................................50410
Carriage new list.............................................. 75*10
Plow.................................................................... 40*10
Sleigh shoe........................................................ 
70
Well,  plain  ......................................................$ 3  50
Well, swivel......................................................   4 00
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................... ...............70*
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast jo in t................60* .0

butts, cast. 

BUCKETS.

5

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B IN G ES.

OAFS.

B A M M IR S.

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

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

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

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1892..................C0&10

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

Wrought Loose Pin..........................................60*10
Wrought  Table................................................60 A10  May dole  *  Co.’s ..........................................die.
Kip’s .........................................................  .dls. 
25
Wrought Inside Blind.................................... 60*10
Yerkes *  Plumb’s .................................................dls. 40*10
Wrought Brass................................................. 
75
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............................89c list 60
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................70*10
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__30c 40*10
Blind,  Parker’s.................................................70*10
Blind, Shepard’s 
70
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2 ,8 ............... ...............  018.60*10
State.......................................... .. .per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 
in. 4)4  14  and
longer...................................
3)4
10
Screw Hook and  Eye, )4.......
.................net
.................net
“ 
%.......
8)4
.................net
* .......
7)4
“ 
.................net
7)4
* .......
“ 
Strap and T .............................. ................ dis.
50
HAMUSR8.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__ 50*10
Champion,  anti friction................................  60*10
Kidder, wood tra c k ......................................... 
40
Pots..................................................................... 60*10
Kettles..............................................................   60*10
Spiders  .............................................................. 60*10
Gray enameled..................................................40*10
Stamped  Tin W are................................. new Hit 70
Japanned Tin W are........................................  
25
Granite Iron W are....................... new list 38)4*10
Blight........................................................... 70*10*10
Screw  Eyes................................................. 70*10*10
Hook’s ..........................................................70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes........................ 
70*10*10
<Us.7o
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .......................
Sisal, )4 inch and larg er................................ 
9
Manilla..............................................................  13
dls.
S teelan d lro n ..................................................  
Try and Bevels................................................. 
M itre.................................................................. 

Socket F irm er...................................................70*10
Socket Fram ing................................................. 70*16
Socket Corner.....................................................70*10
Socket Slicks.....................................................70*10
Butchers’ Tanged  Firm er............................... 
40

Curry,  Lawrence’s ..........................................  
40
H otchkiss.......................................................... 
25
White Crayons, per  gross............... 12©12)4 dls. 10

Rim  F ire........................................................... 
Central  F ire.......... -...................................dls. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

CHALK.
OOPPHR.

levels. 
ROPES.

HOLLOW WARE.

WIRE goods. 

CARTRIDGES.

squares. 

chisels. 

combs. 

65
60
35
60

50
25

dls.

dls.

dls.

dls.

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

 
DRILLS. 

 

dls.

DRIPPING PANS.

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

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

07
6)4

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 In .............................. do«, net 
Corrugated..................................................dls 
Adjustable.............................................................dls. 40*10

75
40

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

dls.

piles—New List. 

Clark’s, small, $i8;  large, $26........................ 
30
25
Ives’, 1, $18:  2, $24;  3,$30............................... 
Disston’s ............................................................60*10
.................................60*10
New American 
Nicholson’s .......................................................60*10
Heller’s ............................................................... 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  .....................................  
50

dis.

GALVANIZED IRON.

Discount, 60

14 
GAUGES. 

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

12 

13 

15 

28
17

55

55

locks—door. 

knobs—New List. 

dis.
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...........................  
dis.
Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings.......................... 
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings......................  
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings...............  
Door,  porcelain, trimmings..............................  
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain........................ 
dls.
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t ..........  
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s .................................. 
Branford’s ...........................................................  
Norwalk’s .........................................................  
55
Adze Bye..............................................$16.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye.............................................. $15.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s ..........................................$18.50, dls. 20*10.
diS.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled...........................  
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ..........................................  
“  P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable*.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Cls rk’s ......................  
“  Enterprise 
........................................ 
dls.

40
30
Stebbln’s Pattern..............................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine............................................ 66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring................................  

MOLASBBS GATES. 

MAULS. 
kills. 

mattocks.

50
55
55
55
70

55
55

50
40
40

25

H A I L S

 

Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
1 50
.......1  75@1  80
Base
25

j Steel nails, oase................................................ 
Wire nails, base............................. 
60..........................................................Base 
50...............................................  
10
40...........................................................  
30...............................................  
25
20............................................... 
35
16...............................................  
45
12..  ................................................................. 
10............................................... 
50
8................................................. 
60
7 * 6 ......................................................  
4................................  
8............................................................. 
2............................................................. 
Fine 3  .................................................. 
Case  10.................................................  
8.................................................  
6.................................................  
Finish 10..............................................  
8...............................................  
6 ............................................... 
Clinch: 10.............................................. 
8 .............................................. 

75
90
1  20
1  60
160
65
75
90
75
90
1  10
70
80
Barrell x
1  75 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fan cy ...................................   ©40
Soiota  Bench.................................................  ©50
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fa n c y .......................   ©40
 
Bench,first quality................... 
©40
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s  wood 
. . .   50*10
Fry,  Acme.................................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished...................................dls. 
70
dlS.
Iron and  Tinned.............................................  
40
Copper Rivets and B ars................................  50—10

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planks. 

RIVETS. 

PANS.

dls.

!

 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s  pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 80 

Broken packs )40 per pound extra

SHEET IRON.

Com.  Smooth.

75
60
30
Com. 
$2 95 
3 05 
8 05 
3  15 
3 25 
3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Nos. 10 to  14........................................$4  05
Nos. 15 to 17........................................ 4 05
Nos.  18 to 21.......................................  4 06
Nos. 22 to 24  ........................................   4  05
Nos. 25 to 26 ........................................   425
No. 27 ....................................................  4  45
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86  ........................................dls. 
Silver Lake, White  A .................................list 
Drab A ....................................  “ 
White  B ..................................  • 
Drab B .....................................  “ 
White C....................................“ 

SAND PAPER.
BASH CORD.

50
50
55
50
55
35

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Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

dis.

saws. 

wire. 

TRAPS. 

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

Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,_______ 70

“ 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__  
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot__  
“ 
champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  root................................................. 

Solid Byes................................................ per ton $25
20
50
30
30
Steel, Game........................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................. 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s _______  70
Mouse,  choker....................................... 18c per doz
Mouse, delusion..................................$1.50 per doz.
dls.
Bright Market...................................................  65
Annealed Market..............................................70—10
Coppered M arket.............................................   60
Tinned M arket.................................................  6214
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.............................  2 80
painted..................................  2 40
An  Sable  .............................................. dis. 
40*10
Pntnam .............................................. 
dls.  05
Northwestern...................................  
dla. 10*10
diS.
80
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
Coe’s  G enuine................................................. 
50
Coe's Patent Agricultural, wrought,............  
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.................................. 75*10
dls.
Bird C ages.......................................................  
50
Pumps, Cistern......................................—  
75*10
Screws, New 1 1st.............................................. 70*10
Casters, Bed a  d  Plate............................. 50*10*10
Dampers,  American......................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods......   6f *10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

WRENCHES. 

“ 

M ETALS,

PIG TIN.

. 

45

83»
7

ZINC.

26c
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large......................................................... 
Pig Bars..................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2)4c per pound,
660 pound  casks............................................... 
Per  pound.......................................................  
)4©V4.........................................................................M
Extra W iping......................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by private brand» 
vary according to composition.
ANT1MONT
Cookson...........................................per  pound
Hallett’s .......................................... 
TIN—MZLTN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............  ...........................$  7
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

Each additional X on this grade, $1.75.

7  0
8 25
9  25

18

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TIN—ALLA WAT GRADE.
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ROOFING PLATES

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

Each additional X on this grade $1.50.

 
 
 

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“  Worcester........................... 
“ 
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“ Allaway  Grade...................... 
“ 
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“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

3  5>,
14x20 IC, 
.............................  8  50
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
18  50
....................... 
14x20 IC, 
6 00
7  50
 
14x20 EX, 
12  50
 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
 
15  50
14X28 EX.............................................................$14  00
14x81  IX............................................................  15 00
I S w 5 ;  f "r 
10 00

9 B°V.8" ’ } Per pound 

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8

Michigan Tradesman

A  WKKKLT  JOURNAL  CKTOTKD  TO  TBB

Best  Interests  of  Business  Men.

Published at

lOO Louis St., Grand Rapids,

—  BY  THE —

TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

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j y  When  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 s m a n .

E.  A.  STOWTE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  MAT 24,  1893.

IMPENDING  REFORMS  IN  JOURNAL­

ISM.

the 

Recently  the  New  York  World,  in 
commemoration  of 
tenth  year  of 
its progress under Mr. Pulitzer,its present 
proprietor,  issued  a  Sunday  edition  of 
100 pages to  each  copy.  The  World  is 
an eight-column paper,  and  for  5  cents 
it furnished to its  patrons  800  columns 
of  reading matter,  including  advertise­
ments and cuts.  If folded in the most ob­
vious form it would make a book of 1,200 
pages of the ordinary octavo  size. 
It  is 
difficult to wonder too much at the enter­
prise that would  undertake and complete 
the production of such an issue of a daily 
paper and  praise  sufficiently  the  liber­
ality that furnishes such  a  vast  amount 
of reading matter for  the  small  sum  of 
5 cents. 
It is certain that such  a feat in 
daily  journalism  was  never  before  per­
formed.  Possibly it never will be again.
In  view  of  the  recent  extraordinary 
disposition to increase the  size  of  news­
papers, it may be well to  inquire  if  this 
is not a serious overdoing of  journalism. 
With the vast voluminous issues of  from 
40 to 100 pages each,  the  Suuday  papers 
are  rapidly becoming  a  burden  and  an 
embarrassment to the reader.  The aver­
age  citizen  does  not  have  the  time  to 
spend in  reading through these mammoth 
medleys that  pass  on  Sundays  as  news­
papers.  Such occupation would consume 
an entire day.  A  portion of the season 
of rest may  be  properly  spent  in  good 
reading,  but it  can  as  easily  be  gotten 
from magazines and books.  Of  course, 
the first requisite  of  a  newspaper  is  to 
give  all  the  news,  local,  domestic  and 
foreign.  Having  armed  himself  with 
this indispensable  information,  the  citi­
zen is ready to spend the  day  of  rest  in 
religious exercises  or in  such  diversions 
as may be  proper,  edifying  and  appro­
priate;  but  every* intelligent  person  in 
this wonderful age of the  world  wishes 
to know and needs to know the news.

When  the daily newspaper  seeks to be 
also a repository  of  fiction,  and a maga­
zine of matters  wholly unconnected  with 
the  daily  annals  of  human  society,  it 
leaves  its  proper  sphere  and  wanders 
into  the  domain  of  hookmaking  and 
periodical  publications.  Even 
if  the

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vast folios be not  lacking in  the  requi­
sites of newspapers,  the matter  most  in 
request is  smothered  and  entangled  in 
such  a  mass  of  other  letterpress  that 
the labor of sorting out what  is  wanted 
is  greater  than  the  expected  results 
wouid  warrant.

The  Tradesman  believes  that  the 
tendency to excessive voluminousness in 
newspapers has reached its  climax,  and 
that the next reform will  be  in  the  di­
rection  of  such abridgment  of size  and 
letterpress as will  be consistent with the 
presentation,  in the completest form and 
the  clearest  and  most  comprehensive 
manner, of every  current  transaction of 
interest in every part of  this  terrestrial 
globe,  giving to  each event  such atten­
tion as its comparative  importance  and 
influence upon  human  affairs  may de­
mand. 
the  peo­
ples of our globe are  brought  into  such 
immediate communication, and when the 
spheres of human  sympathy and interest 
are so rapidly enlarging,  the daily  press 
will have such demands upon  it  for  the 
publishing of news that  its  pages  must 
be  engrossed  by 
the 
world’s events, and desultory discursions 
into  the  region  of  fiction  and  fantasy 
will be out of order,  as the journalist  on 
the daily press  will  have  no  time  and 
the paper no place for them.

In this age,  when  all 

the  record  of 

THE  MONETARY  CONFERENCE.
The 

international  monetary  confer­
ence,  which  held 
its  first  meeting  at 
Brussels  during  the  past  winter,  will 
not reassemble  this  month,  as  had been 
expected.  The  Government  at  Wash­
ington has decided to  postpone the reas­
sembling of the conference to November. 
This  action,  it is  understood,  was  de­
cided upon  as  a  result  of  suggestions 
from  some of the leading European pow­
ers, the  general  verdict being  that May 
would  be an inconvenient season for call­
ing the  conference together.  Besides it 
has  also  been  plainly  intimated  that 
some  definite  proposition  on  the silver 
question should originate with the United 
States.

It is  reported  from  Washington  that 
the President was all the more willing to 
postpone the reassembling of  the confer­
ence until November so  as to  allow Con­
gress,  at its  extra  session,  beginning in 
September,  to  take  some  action  on the 
silver problem,  or at least to develop the 
sentiments of the  members  with respect 
to silver legislation.

Should  Congress take  the  bull by the 
horns and  attempt  to  definitely  decide 
the silver problem  without  regard to the 
possibility  of  an  international  agree­
ment, it is probable enough that the con­
ference would  never be  called together, 
for the obvious  reason  that any proposi­
tion  emanating  from  the  United States 
Government  which  Congress  had  pre­
viously rejected  could  scarcely be  seri­
ously entertained.

Although, judging from the utterances 
of 
the  present  British  Government, 
there is small  desire in that country  for 
the  reassembling of  the  Brussels  con­
ference,  there have  been no frequent re­
quests  from  other  European  powers 
that  the  conference  should  resume  its 
labors.  There  is  evidently  a  growing 
sentiment in  Europe  that some  solution 
of  the  silver  problem  must  eventually 
be reached,  hence there is a desire to ex­
amine the problem in  all its phases with 
a view of  preparing the way for a wider 
recognition of silver later on.

THE  GOLD  PROBLEM.

One  of  the  causes  of  the  late  heavy 
shipments  of  gold was  the  demand for 
the yellow  metal  from  Austria,  a  large 
amount being needed to  enable  the Aus­
trian Government to  reconstruct its cur­
rency  system. 
In  order  to  obtain  the 
necessary gold,  a contract  was  entered 
into  with the  Rothschilds to  furnish the 
needed amount  of  coin  in  exchange for 
bonds.

The  efforts of  the foreign  bankers to 
fill the contract  with the  Austrian Gov­
ernment caused a liberal demand  for the 
yellow  metal,  and as  the  United States 
placed the fewest  difficulties in  the way 
of exporting gold, the bulk of the supply 
needed  was  drawn  from  this  country. 
The  Austrian demand,  therefore,  cut an 
important figure  in  the gold  movement, 
although  it would  not be  correct  to say 
that it was the principal cause of the out­
flow of the yellow metal.

It is now announced  from Europe that 
the demand  from Austria has  been fully 
supplied, and that, consequently,  no  fur­
ther drain from that  quarter is  to be ap­
prehended.  This will,  of  course, afford 
some relief,  and to  that extent  there  is 
room  for  rejoicing  that a  cause which 
has taken many  millions of our gold has 
been  removed  permanently.  There yet 
remains, however,  the menace of  the ad­
verse  trade  balance  held  against  us by 
Europe.  Our  excess  of  imports  over 
exports this season  has  not yet  been en­
tirely paid for, nor has the outflow of our 
products  shown  an  improvement  suffi­
cient to afford a reasonable hope that the 
outflow of gold will soon be checked.

THE  MONEY  MARKET.

Unless the newspapers are magnifying 
the matter,  there  seems  to be  a  steady 
hardening of  money  at  all  the  leading 
financial centers.  This, of course, is the 
natural result of the  recent disturbances 
in  securities in  New York,  the  gold ex­
ports  and 
the  natural  conservatism 
created by the shrinkage in  the value  of 
so many  corporation shares  traded in in 
all parts of the country.

Although  Grand Rapids  has  been less 
affected by  these  causes  than  any other 
portion of  the  country,  there  have not 
been  wanting  even  here  some  signs of 
gradually hardening  money rates.  This 
is, of  course,  not  due  to  shrinkage  in 
local  securities,  for  no  such  shrinkage 
has  occurred,  nor  to  bad trade,  but is 
merely a  sympathetic  stiffening  of  the 
money market in  accord  with the firmer 
rates  prevailing  in  the  great  financial 
centers.

While,  therefore,  money  rates  may 
rule  a  trifle  higher  than  usual  at  this 
time of the season,  and speculative ven­
tures be  forced  to do  without  the usual 
liberal  money  supply,  there  is  not the 
slightest  cause  to  apprehend  any  real 
trouble or  to fear  that  legitimate  busi­
ness interests  will not readily be accom­
modated with all the  financial assistance 
required.  _______________

recorded 

In  view  of  the  multiplicity of  com­
plaints 
in  the  newspapers 
against  the World’s Fair management,  it 
is decidedly  refreshing  to read  a volun­
tary defense of  the management’s meth­
ods  from the  pen  of  a  Michigan  mer­
chant.  Mr.  Thurston  wields  a  facile 
pen and his contribution on  the opposite 
page  of  this  week’s  paper  will  be pe­
rused with interest by thousands of Mich­
igan people who have  not yet visited the 
White City.

The  Hardware  Market.

General Trade—There  seems to be  no 
special change  to note  in  the volume of 
business, as  it does  not vary much from 
last week. 
In  certain lines the  demand 
seems  to be good,  but it is not  quite up 
to what might  be expected  for  this time 
of the year.

Wire Nails—We regret  to  say that the 
manufacturers  found 
it  impossible  to 
hold  prices up  to a point  which  would 
afford  them a  profit  and  prices  quoted 
for mill  shipment are  off  a little,  $1.50 
base  from  mill  and  $1.75@1.80  from 
stock being about  the regular  quotation.
Cut Nails—Demand is  light and prices 

same as quoted  last week.

Barbed Wire—Tne demand  still keeps 
up  and  the  mills  are  not  yet  giving 
prompt  shipment.  The  price,  however, 
has  not been firmly held  and the market 
seems to  have  settled  back  to  where it 
was  in  January.  Painted,  $2.35@2.30, 
and  galvanized  40c  extra  are  being 
freely named from stock.

Bar  Iron—As 

the  time  approaches 
for the warm  weather  shut down,  prices 
seem to be much firmer  with most of the 
mills, $1.90@1.85 rates being  the present 
quotations.

Sheet Iron—Anticipating labor troubles 
during the summer months,  manufactur­
ers are refusing to  quote prices for ship­
ment later than June.

Wire  Cloth—The  scarcity  still exists 
and the mills give  very little encourage­
ment in being able  to fill orders prompt­
ly.  One dollar and  seventy-five cents to 
$2 per 100 square foot is  easily obtained, 
if anybody has the wire in stock.

Screen Doors—In  sympathy  with wire 
cloth,  an  advance  has been made  on all 
sizes of screen doors.  We quote K-thick 
$8 per dozen and t% $10.

the  demand 

Lawn Mowers—As this  is the time for 
catting  grass, 
for  lawn 
mowers has  been very brisk.  We quote 
the  “Bay State”  at  65@70 per cent, dis­
count  from list  and  the  “Valley  City” 
70 and 10@75 per cent.

Ice  Cream  Freezers—Warm  weather 
has stimulated the  demand  for freezers, 
and we  quote the  “White Mountain” at 
50 and 10@60 per cent,  and the  “Arctic” 
at 60 and 10@60,  10 and 5 per  cent,  dis-^ 
count.

Corn Planters—Everybody wants them 
now, if at all.  We quote the  “Babcock” 
at $8 per  dozen,  and  the  “Triumph” at 
$7.50.
S ocial  S e s sio n   o f  th e   T ravelin g  M en.
The  first  social  session  of  Post  E, 
which  will be  held at  Elks’  hall Satur­
day evening,  promises  to  be  largely at­
tended and  generally  enjoyed.  Unique 
invitations have been mailed to members 
of  the Post  and  every  member  is  ex­
pected to bring a  non-member with him. 
Among the  special  features of the even­
ing will be the following:

Quartette—W.  J.  Mclunes,  M.  Mcln- 
nes,  H. Schuil,  W. Stewart.
Soloist—J.  A.  Morrison.
Recitation—Miss Cora Phillips.
Piano—Fred and Dick Warner,  Jr.
Last,  but  not  least—“Doug,  with his 

fiddle.”

Albert N.  Avery,  who  recently estab­
lished himself  at  this market  as  manu­
facturers’  ageut  for  carpets,  draperies, 
mattings,  oil  cloths,  etc., 
is  meeting 
with flattering  success.  He  proposes to 
visit the  outside trace  regularly as soon 
as  his  lines  are  complete,  and  in  the 
meantime  he  will  visit  any  dealer who 
needs  anything  in  his  line.  His office 
and salesroom is at 19 South Ionia street.

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9

Experience  of  a  Michigan  Merchant 

a t  the  World’s  Fair.

W r i t t e n  t o r   T h k  T r a d e s m a n .

It is doubtless a  matter  of  interest to 
many Michigan  merchants  to  know  ap­
proximately  the  cost  of  a  visit  to  the 
World’s Fair.

It is not the  intention of  the  writer to 
give  points  to  that  class  of  men  who 
board at $10  a day  hotels,  so  should any 
such  chance to read  thus  far  in this ar­
ticle, let him pass it by.  This is written 
only for  those who,  having  no money to 
throw  away,  wish to see the Exposition, 
live respectlaby but modestly,  and  leave 
at last  with  the  consoling  thought that 
they  have  had  value received for  what 
has been paid out.

The expense of this trip lies in  a great 
measure within the control of the person 
making  the  journey.  Few  Chicagoans 
are  philanthropists  in  a  business  way; 
but at the same time there is not as much 
extortion practiced as  the New York  pa­
pers are trying to make us believe.

Strangers 

Chicago  is  a  great  city.  Rents  are 
very high,  the wages  of  servants,  wait­
ers,  aBd, in  fact, any  class of  employes 
are apt to be much  more than is paid for 
the same class of  work in the country or 
the smaller  towns.  The price of food is 
often  higher than  for  the  same class of 
goods  in  the  country,  and,  as  a  conse­
quence,  those  who  temporarily  require 
the  services  of  the  hotels,  restaurants 
and boarding houses  must  expect to pay 
rather  more  for  the  same  accommoda­
tions than they would be  asked at home.
The  idea  seems  to  have  gained  cur­
rency that  there  is  a  thug  lurking  be­
hind  every  street  corner  in  the  Windy 
City,  and  that it  is  as  much  as a  man’s 
life is  worth to walk  around town  with­
out  a  cordon  of  police  to  protect  him. 
This impression is  really  without  foun­
dation.  The  fellows  who  frequent  the 
saloons,  the  dives,  the gambling dens or 
other  resorts  of  questionable  repute  in 
any town whatsoever,  are usually of  the 
class  which  runs  up  against  the bunco 
steerers.  the  confidence  men  and  the 
sandbaggers. 
in  Chicago 
should  attend  strictly  to their  own af­
fairs,  avoid  unfrequented  streets,  and 
obtain  whatever  information 
they  re­
quire as to locations  and the respectabil­
ity  of  any  given  place  from  the  blue- 
coated  city  police.  Much  as  has  been 
said  against  this  class  of  public  ser­
vants,  1 have nothing for them but words 
of praise. 
I  have  never  yet  asked one 
of these  men  for  information  that  has 
not been  cheerfully  granted.  Put  your 
faith in the Chicago  police,  and  you are 
not apt  to be  “let  down”  to  any  great 
extent.
The  management  of  the  Exposition 
has granted  a  number  of  franchises  to 
restaurant  folks  who  have  establish­
ments on the grounds, and these caterers 
to the public appetite  have taken advan­
tage  of  their  “dead  cinch”  to  charge 
rather high prices  for their  goods.  The 
charges for meals have been regulated to 
a certain extent  of  late by  the  commis­
sioners,  so  1 understand; but  even  now 
they are  not inclined  to  lose  money on 
what  they  give  you  to  eat.  At  the 
Vienna restaurant,  so I  am told,  you are 
charged 10 cents for an empty plate,  and 
proportionate  prices  for  whatever  you 
are hardy  enough  to have  placed there­
upon.
The mother of a friend  of  the  writer 
got a sandwich,  a  cup  of  coffee  and  a 
piece of pie at one of the  lunch counters 
on the  grounds the  opening  day of  the

Fair,  and  was charged  45  cents  for  her 
meal; while  another  person,  who  shall 
be nameless in this article,  paid 90 cents 
for four “beers” and a ham  sandwich.

If you are  a man  of  moderate  means 
and wish to see the  Fair  without  being 
robbed,  it would be a good  idea for  you 
to spend your  first half  day or  more, if 
in  looking  up  a  congenial 
necessary, 
If  nothing of this kind 
boarding place. 
can  conveniently  be  found, 
it will  be 
quite easy  to  get a room  and take  your 
meals wherever  it  is  most  convenient. 
Should you arrange for  board it  will  be 
well to include  but  one  or two  meals a 
day—breakfast if only one, or  breakfast 
and  supper  if  two.  Your  dinner  you 
can get at one  of  the  many  restaurants 
in Chicago,  and it will cost  you as much 
or as little as  you  wish.  You  can get a 
light lunch,  consisting of  tea  or  coffee 
and rolls with  butter,  for  from  10  to 
20 cents, according to the character of the 
restaurant;  but  right  here  let  me  say 
that it does not follow that  the  cheapest 
is always  the  worst. 
If  that  does  not 
suit your idea  of  something to  eat  and 
you are still economically  disposed,  you 
can get a  good-sized  dish  of  pork  and 
beans for 10 cents more.  Steak  will cost 
you all the way from 10 cents  to $1;  but 
I am no friend  of 10 cent steak.  For 30 
or 40 cents you can get a  good piece and 
it  is  usually  very  nicely  cooked. 
In 
short,  you can get any earthly  thing you 
can think of,  and  while  the  effect  of a 
good dinner is universally acknowledged 
to be rather pleasant and soothing to the 
system,  a 10 cent  meal  is not necessarily 
fatal. 
I  tried  the  experiment  of  an  8 
cent breakfast about a year  ago,  and am 
willing to  admit  that, while  I  did  not 
feel  like  following  up  that  course  of 
living, I considered  that I had  my mon­
ey’s worth at the time.

If you  would  avoid  the  high  prices 
current at the  World’s Fair  restaurants, 
and do not wish to eat your  dinner down 
town,  a good way  is to  buy  a lunch and 
take it to the grounds  with you.  There 
are plenty of  places  where  you  can sit 
down  to eat  it,  and if  you have time,  or 
happen to  be  near  enough,  go to  the 
Michigan building, where there are seats 
in  abundance,  two fireplaces with cheer­
ful wood fires in chilly  weather,  a regis­
ter of the  arrivals  of  Michigan  people 
and  their 
friends,  and  a  check  room 
where your packages can be left.  Mich­
igan has  “done  herself  proud”  in  the 
conception of this  asylum for her  weary 
children,  and she will feel  duly honored ' 
if you  accept the  kindly-tendered  invi­
tation to share her hospitality.

Unless you are  the  favored  few  who 
have the signature  of  Mr.  Higginbotham 
at the lower end of  a  pass,  it  will  cost 
you 50 cents  every  time  you  enter  the 
grounds.  This admits you to  all  the cu­
riosities in  the  Exposition.  There  are 
many attractions in what is known as the 
Midway Plaisance, the  nature  of  which 
is not the purpose of this  article  to  dis­
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ducements  of  which  you  will  perhaps 
wish to  avail  yourself.  None  of  these 
“side shows”  can be visited for less than 
a quarter of a dollar, and  many  of  them 
cost twice that.  You may visit them or 
not,  just as  you  choose. 
Some  of  the 
attractions referred to  are  nothing  more 
nor  less  than  duplicates  of  what  may 
be seen  in  the  Exposition  proper,  and 
the visitor can  use  his  discretion  as  to 
whether or not it will pay.

Recurring  to  the  item  of  lodgings,

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there  are  placards  on  thousands  of 
houses  and  hotels  in  the  city  offering 
rooms at 25, 50, 75  cents  and  $1  a  day. 
As a matter of fact, it is not  always  best 
to take  a  room  in  the  business  part  of 
Chicago, even  at  ordinary  times,  where 
the charges are less than $1  per day. 
In 
the long run, you had  better  take  rooms 
at an  establishment  of  reputed  respect­
ability,  even if  you  have  to  pay  more 
than you think the  accommodations  are 
worth.  The best way to get cheap apart­
ments  is  to  go  on  the  West  or  North 
¡Sides  of  the  city.  These  portions  of 
Chicago are less affected by  the  World’s 
Fair crowds than the South Side, and,  in 
consequence,  the  boarding  houses  have 
not as yet seen  the  necessity  of  raising 
their prices.  A fifteen  minutes’  or  half 
hour’s ride out on one of the North  Side 
cable cars will take you into a respectable 
part of the city,  where  diligent  inquiry 
cannot  fail  to  find  you  a  satisfactory 
location.  As to the prices you will  have 
to pay in  this  quarter  much  elasticity 
should be expected; but a  room  and  two 
meals per day can  probably  be  obtained 
in  a  good  ordinary  boarding  house  or 
with a private  family  for  from  $5  to  $8 
per week—$5 would be very cheap for  a 
good place.  However, I kuow one where 
this rate is obtainable,  and  the  house  is 
“ all right.”

The street car  fares  will  be  a  matter 
for consideration if you are trying to cut 
your corners.  From the  North  Side  the i 
cable will  land  you  within  easy  walking | 
distance of one of the depots for a 5 cent 
fare.  Then you  have the choice  of  sev­
eral  lines  whereby  to  reach  the  Fair 
grounds.  You  may  take  the  Illinois 
Central suburban train for Jackson Park 
at  the  Lake  street  depot,  the  fare  out 
will be 22 cents and it takes about twenty 
minutes to make the trip. 
If  you  take 
it from the Twelfth street depot the fare 
is 10 cents each way.  There  are special 
World’s Fair trains which  run  from  the 
Van Buren street  depot,  go  through  in 
thirteen minutes without a  stop,  and the 
fare is 10 cents. 
The elevated  railroad 
also runs out there,  and  you  must  take 
it at Congress street,  which  is  usually a 
good  distance  to  walk,  but  the  fare  is 
only a  nickel. 
For  the  matter  of that, 
you can go on the  Cottage Grove avenue 
cable for the same fare; but this is rather 
a slow mode of travel.  There is a steam­
boat  landing  at  the  foot  of  Van Buren 
street and steamers  run  out  every  few 
minutes.  This is a  pleasant  trip;  but  I 
did  not  go  that  way,  and  cannot  say 
what the fare is.

Most of  us have  received  large  quan­
tities of  letters and  circulars  from Chi­
cago landlords who  wished us to  engage 
rooms  and  pay  for  them  in  advance. 
Unless you  have  some  good  reason  for 
doing 
this  and  know  exactly  what 
you  are  about,  it is apt  to prove  an un­
satisfactory speculation.

The  writer  had  some  correspondence 
with  the  hotel  that  has  furnished  him 
shelter  in  times  past,  and  the manager 
wrote that  it would  be  necessary to en­
gage a  room in  advance and at the same 
time to  make  a  remittance  of  $10  as  a 
guarantee  of  good faith.  As  this  hotel 
had  considerably  raised  its  rates, 
the 
proposition  was  not  accepted.  How­
ever, from  curiosity, when  in the city,  I 
went there and asked  about  a room. 
It 
was  obtainable,  and,  strange  as  it  may 
seem,  at the old price—the price of other 
years!
The stranger In the city should always

ask the  price of  the  thing  he  thinks of 
buying.  Then, if  too high,  he  need not 
invest.  The  practice of  getting  the ar­
ticle  first and  the cost  afterward  is un­
businesslike,  and apt  to  lead  a  man of 
small  means  into  unpleasant  complica­
tions.

You can figure something like this:

Board and room (for one  week) say.......... $ 8  00
Dinners....................................1.......................  3 00
Car fares......................... .................................   4  50
Admission to Fair..........................................   3 50
819 00
Your incidentals will be  whatever you 
care to make them.  You will notice that 
this estimate  is made  on  a  more liberal 
basis than I have allowed in the preface, 
but you will probably spend more money 
than you  are actually  obliged to.  Most 
folk do.

It is unnecessary  to add that  you will 
have to  pay  transportation  to  Chicago. 
You can  walk back.

Geo.  L.  T hursto n.

IN  DEFENSE  OF  THE  GUARDS.

Ce n t r a l  L a k e,  May  18—Since  writ­
ing  and  mailing  the  foregoing,  I  have 
read an article  from  a  correspondent  of 
the Detroit Evening News,  as copied by a 
Grand Rapids  morning  paper,  in  which 
the  correspondent  takes  opportunity to 
characterize the  Columbian  guards  as a 
lot of  toughs, sandbaggers and foot pads. 
The letter  goes  on to  say  that it  is only 
in rare instances that visitors  can obtain 
information from these  officials as to the 
position  of  buildings  or  exhibits,  and 
that they  take  every  opportunity to  in­
sult and  intimidate  strangers.  The  ar­
ticle also states  that  the peopie  who run 
the wheel chairs on the grounds are mere 
machines,  without  knowledge  of the ex­
hibits, and good for  nothing but pushing 
the chairs.
My  experience  with  the  Columbian 
guards  extends  over  the  period  of  a 
week.  While it is manifestly impossible 
to  hire  several  thousand  men  for  any 
purpose whatever  without  getting a few 
incompetent  hands,  I  wish to say that I 
made  frequent use of  the guards,  asked 
them  numerous  questions on  many sub­
jects  pertaining  to  the  Exposition,  and [ 
in no instance  did I  receive  an  uncivil 
reply. 
If my  memory is  not  at fault,  1 
did not ask more than two questions that 
were not readily answered,  and I always 
found the information thus obtained per­
fectly  accurate.
My  observations  lead  me  to  believe 
that the  red tape at  the World’s  Fair is 
not particularly  troublesome  to visitors. 
Many of the exhibits are labelled “Hands 
Off,”  and you  are  expected  to  observe 
the  injunction.  Some  of  the  smaller 
buildings were  not  finished  when I was 
there, and to  these admission  was some­
times refused.  The guards who watched 
the entrances  were,  without  exception, 
courteous, as far as I had opportunity to 
notice,  and never said or did anything in 
my  presence that  should  give  offense to 
any fair minded person.
It is  quite  possible  that  some  of  the 
chair  pushers  do  not  perfectly  under­
stand their business; but it is certainly a 
rare  occurrence  to  see  their  customers 
“pushed into  a lagoon, or under the feet 
of a team of  horses,” as this correspond­
ent brazenly asserts.
I sincerely trust that no reader of T he 
T r a d e sm a n  will  allow  such  rubbish as 
the  above mentioned  letter to  deter him 
from  visiting  the  greatest  Exposition 
that the world has ever seen.

Geo.  L.  T h u rsto n.

Too  Particular.

“This  dollar  doesn’t  sound  right,” 
said the smart clerk, ringing the  coin on 
his counter.
“Humph!” said his  customer,  “ what 
do you want for a  dollar,  anyway?  An 
operatic solo with orchestral  accompani­
ment?”

It may be that the rich man in torment 
had a great many nice things  said  about 
him on his tombstone.

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T h e   T r u e   T r a i n i n g   S c h o o l   o f   N a t u r e .
Written for T h i   T r a d e s m a n .
There is an  internal  principle operat­
ing in the  life of  every man  which gov­
erns,  not  only  his petty  thoughts  and 
minor  activities,  but  the  manner 
in 
which he performs the regular  and more 
important  duties of  life  as  well.^This 
principle is not inherent. 
It is  a second 
nature—something that is acquired—and 
we call it habit.  Our lesser  activities— 
the  little acts between  the scenes on the 
stage of  life,  so to  speak—are prompted 
and regulated by this  acquired, internal 
principle.  Our  manner  of  conducting 
the  details  of  business—and  upon this 
depends, to  a very great  extent, success 
or failure—is  attributable to this second 
nature principle. 
Indeed,  our  very de­
portment, our  social  conduct,  the influ­
ence for good or evil which the reflection 
of our lives casts upon others—aye, even 
the way  we  walk,  look and  speak—are 
the legitimate  results of  this law of our 
being.  We  often speak of  a man as fol­
lows:  “Jones means to do all right and, 
if  it  were  not  for  his  bad  habits,  he 
would be a pretty good sort of a fellow.” 
Sometimes we  hear somethiug  like this: 
“Now,  there’s old  Slopson,  one  of  the 
best  hearted  old fellows that ever lived, i 
Why,  he’s got  a  heart inside of  his hon­
est old  jacket  bigger than all  out doors. 
Everybody  likes  him;  but,  my! what a 
pigsty  of  a  grocery he  does keep!  He 
is so  careless and  slovenly  in  his  busi­
ness habits that  it offsets all of  his good 
qualities.”  Who has not heard the famil­
iar  saying, times  without  number:  “I 
declare I  don’t know what  prompted me 
to do it: I  am not  in the  habit of  doing 
such a  thing, and I can’t account for it.” 
Second nature?  Why, I was once placed 
on  a  committee  whose  duty  it  was  to 
canvass the  business men of the town iu 
furtherance  of  an  early  closing  move­
ment.  The  only  obstruction  we  met 
with  was  a  grocer.  Obstinate?  ^No, 
quite the reverse. 
It was  his second na­
ture which governed his action.  He had 
always been in the habit of sitting in his 
store  until  bedtime, 
and,  although 
heartily in sympathy with the movement 
and cheerfully  agreeing to  turn the key 
in his door and refrain from selling after 
the prescribed  hour, he  would  not (and 
who would?)  agree  to put out  his lights 
and sit in the  darkness.  This was not a 
case of obstinacy—it was a  case of habit 
or second nature, while  obstinacy is first 
nature, or something bred in the bone.

cannot 

free  ourselves, 

This  internal  principle,  which  leads 
us on to  victory and  success  by propel­
ling our  footsteps  into  ways  of  virtue, 
frugality and thriftiness, or  which drags 
us down to defeat  and failure  by the al­
lurements of an evil divinity from  which 
we 
is  ac­
quired  through  the  operation  of  a  law 
of  nature.  Every  principle  which 
enters into the  government  of  our lives 
is either  acquired  or  inherited,  and one 
is  just as much a result of  the operation 
of natural law as the other.  A  close ob­
servation of  the laws  of  life  would in­
cline us  to believe  that  the  first nature, 
or inherited principle—although primary 
in the development of  the individual— 
really  secondary  in  importance  to  the 
second nature, or  acquired principle,  in 
nature’s  great  process  of  training and 
preparing us for  the duties of life.  The 
boy walks, talks, moves and acts like his 
father, not  so  much  because  he has in­
herited these peculiarities, as that he has 
acquired  them by  close  companionship

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tation, during  the period of  transforma­
tion,  when  the tender human shoot is in 
a condition of plasticity.

We enter  this true  training  school  of 
nature when  the tin  rattle  first attracts 
our  infantile  attention,  and  are remain 
there,  without  recess  or  vacation,  until 
we  arrive  at  maturity. 
It  was  during 
this  training  period  that  we  who  are 
men were molded and  fashioned,  just as 
our children  are now  being  molded and 
fashioned. 
It was during  this period of 
transformation that we  grew,  developed 
and  crystallized  into what  we  are. 
It 
was not at a business college that we  re­
ceived  our real  business training.  The 
business college forms a very small part, 
indeed, in nature’s great training school. 
Two boys may have equal college advan­
tages when they enter the business world 
as matured men,  and they  may each en­
gage  in  the  same  branch  of  business 
under similar  conditions,  but,  while one 
succeeds,  the other makes a failure of it. 
Why is this?  They have  been similarly 
educated—as  the term  is popularly  un­
derstood;  they  are  equally  ambitious to 
succeed; they have in common a  natural 
inclination  for  the  same  kind of  busi­
ness; they  follow their  inclinations,  and 
are equally conditioned as to all material 
chances for success;  yet one goes up and 
the other  goes  down.  To  say  that one 
inherited  qualities  which  the  other  did 
not,  will  not  solve the question,  for we 
quite frequently observe  that the failure 
is an  offshoot of  a long  line of  brilliant 
successes,  and  that  the  success  is  the 
heir apparent to nothing visible but shift- 
lessness and thriftlessness.

The “divinity which shapes our  ends” 
is the  acquired  second  nature which  is 
instilled  into  us  by  our  environments 
during the  plastic  period  while passing 
from  the  cradle  to  maturity. 
If  you, 
gentle reader, had been  taken from your 
environments shortly  after making your 
debut into this  wicked world and placed 
in an oriental  cradle,  you would, to-day, 
be wearing a turban with as much grace, 
and  you  would  curse  a  Christian  dog 
with as  much  vigor  as  any other Turk, 
although you were  the son  (unknown by 
you,  however) of  a  Christian  dog your­
self.  When  we  think  of  the  power of 
this  divinity  in  shaping  our  ends,  re­
gardless of  our  rough  hewing; that it is 
acquired in the  pliability  of  youth; that 
success or failure in life  depends on  the 
kind of  divinity acquired,  and  that par­
ents are  largely  responsible  therefor—I 
say, when we think of  these things, it is 
enough  to  make  us  stagger  under  the 
weight of  our responsibility.  Nature is 
a  just  master.  She  places  the  means 
within  our  reach,  and, 
if  we  make 
proper  use of  them,  she will  make the 
results  satisfactory.  She  prepares  the 
soil,  furnishes the  seed and  decrees the 
harvest according to our manner of  sow­
ing. 
If we  entirely  neglect the sowing, 
the  harvest  will  consist  of  weeds  and 
briars, and if  we sow the wrong kind of 
seed the result may be  still worse.

Is  Slopson  to  blame  because  every­
thing  is  topsy-turvy  in  his  grocery? 
Why does he  allow  Kirk’s  soap and De- 
Land’s  saleratus  to  bunk  together, re­
gardless  of  the  proprieties,  and  why 
does he permit his  canned goods to keep 
such  low  company  as  Frazer’s  axle 
grease?  Why are his molasses measures 
stuck to the floor,  and why  is the paddle 
which  belongs  to  the  ringed,  streaked 
and speckled butter  crock stuck into the

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pshaw,  it’s  his  acquired 'second  nature 
and he can’t  help  it,  any  more  than  he 
can’t wear a new suit of clothes two days 
without  smearing  them  all  over  with 
grease,  molasses,  tobacco  juice,  tar, or 
anything  else  he  can  find  to  rub  up 
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training during the  plastic period of  his 
existence as  we all  did. q In  his  case an 
indulgent  mother  and a careless  father 
shirked their share of  the  responsibility 
in  this  important  part  of  his  training, 
and nature  could  not withhold  the pen­
alty—unless  she  suspended  her 
laws, 
and that  is  impossible.  Slopson’s  cus­
tomers say that he  might be as  neat and 
tidy  as  anybody,  if  he  wished  to, but 
they forget  that it  is his nature to be as 
he is,  and  that  it  is  simply  impossible 
for  a man  to  change his  nature by sim­
ply  wishing  that  it  might  be  changed. 
When Slopson  was like  “clay in the pot­
ter’s  hands,”  when  his  habits  for  life 
was  being molded  and fashioned  by his 
environments, according to nature’s laws, 
then was  the time  Slopson should  have 
been trained for  a neat and  tidy grocer.
Want of space  prevents me  from pur­
suing  the  subject  further.  Volumes 
might be  written on  nature’s great  and 
only  true  training  school,  without  ex­
hausting  the  subject.  Show  me a mer­
chant who  is untidy and slovenly in  his 
habits,  and I will point you to a boy who 
never put  anything in  its place,  for the 
simple  reason that there was no place in 
which to put it.  His  school books  were 
deposited  upon  the  nearest  chair;  the 
brush and  comb were searched for when 
needed  and,  after  being  used,  were

thrown aside,  without  the least  thought 
of any  further  use; when he  retired, he 
flung  his muddy  boots on  the  carpet in 
the  middle  of  the  room  for  others  to 
stumble over,  threw  his  stable  coat on 
the dining  table  and  crawled  into  bed, 
forgetting to  remove his  collar,  necktie 
and socks.  This  boy was  being trained 
in nature’s  great training  school for the 
duties of life.  When he  matured he en­
tered  the  mercantile business.  Do  you 
expect him  to be neat,  tidy,  prompt and 
methodical? 
Impossible.  Show  me  a 
business man who  neglects his business, 
spending his leisure hours and spare mo­
ments  in  neighboring  billiard  and  pool 
rooms,  and  leaving  his  business  to  at­
tend every horse race and match game of 
any  kind, and  1  will  cite  you  to  a boy 
who played  truant in his  school days;  a 
boy  who  was  permitted  to  idle  away a 
large poition  of  his time, playing  mar­
bles in the back alleys  and commingling 
with  vicious  companions  on  the  street 
corners  and  public  commons.  The 
ruits  of  this  false training  congealed, 
gradually,  into a  second  nature,  and the 
man’s “ends”  are  all  “shaped”  by  his 
divinity,  “ rough  hew”  them as  he may.
Let us  see to it that the little men and 
women  who are  assigned  to our protect­
ing  care  shall  have  the 
full  benefit 
of  the means which nature has provided 
for developing them  into useful  citizens 
and 
successful  business  managers— 
namely,  constant  and  useful  employ­
ment;  clean  and  virtuous  companion­
ship; cleanlinessof person and surround­
ings;  systematic  and  artistic  arrange­
ment,  and prudent economy.  Let us  do 
this,  and  by  the  time  they  are  called 
upon to  take  our  places  in  fighting the 
battles of life,  nature will  have crystal­
lized them into instruments of usefulness.

E.  A.  Ow e n.

Hotels  From  the  Standpoint  of  the 

Traveling Man.

A  traveling  man  thus  sets  forth his 
ideas  on the  subject  of  the  so-called 
first-class hotel:  I am one who is doomed 
to pass many days  in hotels. 
I  am in a 
hotel  now.  There  is  a  great  deal  of 
marble flooring  and glazed  tiling  about 
this hotel. 
In  the dining  room there is 
a wainscoting of  oak,  and the walls and 
ceiling  are  decorated  with  soft-tinted 
landscapes and pictures of  startled deer, 
and  quail and  fishes. 
In  my  chamber 
there is a soft  carpet of a vivid  red pat­
tern on a ground  of  white;  and  the wall 
paper is  a delicate  sky-blue;  the china- 
ware is  brightly blue, with  gilt tracery; 
and there is  a  complete  “set” of  pitch­
ers,  big  and little,  and  mugs  and soap 
dishes, as  though it had  just been taken 
out  of  a  crockery  store  show-window. 
The cherry furniture  shines with  a pol­
ish  that makes  you  afraid  lest  you get 
varnish  on  your  trousers.  For  supper 
to-night there were  seven  kinds of meat 
under the  heading  “Fried,”  besides the 
fish and pig’s feet.  There were nine dif­
ferent  things  headed  “Broiled,”  four 
kinds of meat, and beans, headed  “Cold,” 
“Relishes,”  five  kinds,  including  olive 
oil.  “Eggs,”  eight styles; “Bread,”  all 
the kinds  you  can  think  of.  Tea,  cof­
fee, 
I 
should say,  was  printed by  an  'amateur 
printer,  and  the  cards  bore  the  finger 
marks and grease spots  and coffee stains 
of a month of  feasts.  The waiters were 
bright  colored  men,  who  delighted  to 
race with one another down the length of 
the dining-room,  carrying heavily loaded 
trays.  This  had  something to  do  with 
the way  the  dishes  were  served;  fried 
raspberries;
tripe, 

buttermilk.  The  bill-of-fare, 

garnished  with 

I rang for one three times. 

poached eggs, coffee sauce; buttered toast 
smothered  in mashed  potato;  tea,  half- 
and-half (half in the cup and  half in the 
saucer)—but  it made the waiters  cheer­
ful,  and cheerful  company  is sauce  for 
any  dish.  There  wasn’t  any  towel  in 
my room. 
I 
told the second boy that the first boy had 
not  attended to  my order;  but that was 
satisfactorily  explained—the  first  boy 
didn’t  know  nothing.  This  is  a  good 
hotel  to  stop  at,  for  the  bar  is well 
stocked and  under proper  management. 
But when you have  stopped you want to 
go right on; it is not a good hotel to  stay 
at.  People who “kick”  at this hotel  (I do 
not do it) are considered  chronic kickers 
by  the  management,  and  are  treated 
with  silent contempt.  Last  week  I was 
at a little hotel in a country  town—what 
is called a one-horse  hotel.  They didn’t 
have a printed  bill-of-fare  even.  There 
was just one waiter,  and  that one only a 
girl in a white dress; and all she did was 
to bring  a clean  white plate  (the plates 
are  all  colored  at  this  hotel),  and  a 
clean,  white  bowl,  full of  yellow hasty 
pudding,  and 
a  clean,  white  quart 
pitcher,  full of  creamy milk,  and a plate 
of  white  biscuit  and  a cup  of  tea; and 
she  set  the  cold  chicken  and  the  cold 
ham  within  reach,  and  then  she  just 
stood by the open  window in  the breeze 
and  looked cool  and contented,  and—it 
was a  pretty slim  bill-of-fare,  perhaps, 
but  I’ll  be  switched  if  I  wasn’t con­
tented. 
I visit other hotels.  Some, like 
the one  1 am  in  now,  are  “first-class.” 
Others,  like  the  mush-and-milk  place, 
are not  classed  at all. 
In  seven out  of 
ten “first-class”  houses  there is a  screw 
loose  somewhere. 
In  four  out  of  five 
hotels  not  classed  you  wonder  why 
things  don’t run  more  smoothly  where 
everything is covered  with grease.  The 
other one out of  five is a little  oasis. 
It 
is a good  place to  stay  at over  Sunday, 
too;  because everybody  else  “Sundays” 
at the first-class hotels.

DEALERS  WILL  FIND  TANGLEFOOT  THE  MOST PROFITABLE 

AND  SATISFACTORY  FLY  PAPER.

SELL  WHAT  WILL  PLEASE  YOUR  TRADE  BEST.

MADE  BY

O .& W .T H U M C O
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MICH. 

The price for Tanglefoot in the United States east  of  the  Rocky  Moun­

I  Box................................................................ ...................................$0  45
1  Case (10 boxes).................................................................................   3  75
5  Cases at one  purchase......................................................per case,  3  65
10  Cases at one  purchase...................................................... 
3  55

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tains:

T A N G L E F O O T
S t i c k y   F l y   P a p e r ,

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 
notice. 
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.

. 

r t l E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

13

JOSEPH  Ii.  H U D SO N .

Succinct  Statement  of  His Wonderful 

Business  Career.

J.  L. Hudson was born 46  years ago in 
Newcastle-on-Tyne,  England,  his father 
being a  tea,  coffee  and  spice  merchant. 
At the age of  10  years,  be  accompanied 
his mother,  with  five other  children,  to 
Hamilton,  Ont.,  whither  his  father  had 
preceded 
them.  After  a  four  years’ 
course  at  the  Central  School  there,  he

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was employed as  a telegraph  messenger 
boy  for  the  Great  Western  Railroad, 
since  absorbed  into  the  Grand  Trunk 
system.  Subsequently,  he became a gro­
cery clerk at $5 a month.
In June,  1860,  the  family removed  to 
Grand Rapids.  The  elder  Hudson  was 
employed  by  the  D.  &  M.  Railroad  at 
Milwaukee,  and he returned once a week 
to his family.  They  lived  for one  year 
here,  and during half of that  time young 
Hudson attended school,  while the other 
half he  worked on a  fruit  farm  not far 
from  the  city. 
the  family 
moved  to  Pontiac,  where  Joseph,  as  he 
was called,  acquired  his first  experience 
in the dry goods business,  in the store of 
C.  R.  Mabley,  the founder of the Mabley 
mercantile house of  Detroit.  His salary 
for  the  first  month  was  $4,  but  in the 
second  month  it  was  increased  to  $8. 
He  remained  there  for  five  years,  his 
salary having in the  meantime increased 
to $300 a  year,  with  board  in Mr.  Mab­
ley’s house.

In  1861, 

In the interval  Mabley  and  the  elder 
Hudson had  started  a  clothing  store  at 
Ionia, in partnership.  Joseph  was  now 
in his twentieth year, and had developed 
remarkable business ability.  Then Mab- 
ley’s interest was purchased by the  Hud­
sons,  and father and son continued  busi­
ness.  Though  possessing  little  capital, 
they realized $4,000 the  first  year.  The 
business  went  on  prospering  and  they 
next entered the stave  trade,  purchased 
a flouring mill and bought pine lands.  In 
1873 the elder Hudson died, and the  bus­
iness, after all debts were paid, amounted 
to $40,000,  half of which  was  owned  by 
the son.  The  latter  continued the  busi­
ness in  the firm  name.  But  during  the 
panic of ’73,  when  so many leading busi­
ness men failed,  Mr.  Hudson was  among 
those who succumbed on account of  ina­
bility of customers to pay him.  After  a 
hard struggle he came  out  at  the  right 
end,  having paid 100 cents on  the dollar, 
with  interest.
One day in  1877,  while in Detroit,  Mr. 
Hudson  called  to see  his old  employer, 
Mr.  Mabley,  who had  moved from  Pon
tiac to that city.  Mr. Mabley  was about
to visit Europe,  and he  asked Mr.  Hud-
son to  manage  his  business in bis  ab­
sence.  When Mr. Mabley returned he was
so well satisfied with the coudition of the
business that it was decided that  he and
his assistant  should enter  into  partner­
ship.  This  continued  until  1881,  when
the firm was dissolved,  Mr. Hudson leav­
ing with $60,000 as his share of  the prof­
its. 
In  April  of  the  same  year  he 
opened a  clothing  store  in  the  Detroit 
Opera House block,  and his business had 
so  increased  in  five  years  that  he was 
obliged to  move  into  more  commodious 
premises.  This was made to  a six-story 
establishment at  141-145 Woodward ave­
nue; but  about a year and  a half  ago he 
took possession of  his  eight-story build-

ing,  at the corner  of  Gratiot avenue and 
Farmer street,  which  is  admittedly one 
of  the  finest  clothing  establishments in 
the  world.  Mr.  Hudson’s  career  has 
been  a remarkable  one, but  pluck,  per­
severance and  true worth  are at the bot­
tom of it.

PRODUCE  M ARKET,

Apples—Nearly out of market.  Kussets being 
the only variety on  hand  at  present.  This  va­
riety commands $2.75 per bbl.

Asparagus—50c per  doz.
Beans—Handlers pay $1.75  for country-picked 
and hold at $2.  City hand-picked are quoted  at 
10@25c above these figures.

Butter—The  paying  price  for  choice  dairy 
has  dropped  to  16c,  since  which  time  dealers 
have held the market at 18c.  Factory  creamerv 
has declined to 22@23c.

Cabbage—Cairo  stock  commands  $1.75  per 
crate, while Louisiana is in fair demand at $3.25.

Carrots—25c per doz.
Cider—13@l5c per gallon.
Cucumbers—75c per doz.
Eggs—About 

lower  than  a  week  ago.

Dealers now pay 13c and hold at 14c.

Qreen Beans—$1.75 per bu.  Wax  $2.75 per bu.
Green Onions—10c per doz. bunches.
Green Peas—$1.50 per bu.
Honey—'White  clover  commands  15c  per  lb. 

dark buckwheat brings 12%c.

Lettuce—10@llc per lb., according  to  quality.
Maple Sugar—Out of market.
New Potatoes—Louisiana stock is  in small de­

mand at $3 per 1*4 bu. bag.

Onions—Old  are  out  of  market.  Cuba  stock 
is  in  ample  supply  at  $2.15  per  bu.  crate, 
and Bermuda stock  is  in  fair  demand  at  $2.40 
per bu. crate.

Pieplant—lc per lb.
Pineapples—$1.5002  per  doz.,  according  to 

size and quality.

Potatoes—The  price  continues  to  advance, 
dealers now paying 70c and  holding at 80c.  Un 
less new potatoes come in more freely than they 
now give promise of  doing  the  price will go to 
$1 before the end of  another fortnight.

Radishes—25c per doz. bunches.
Spinach—30c per bu.
Squash—4c per lb.
Strawberries—The market Is not well supplied, 
and  the  price  is  high.  All  the  stock  is  now 
coming  from  Illinois,  and  the  enormous  con­
sumptive demand of Chicago prevents this mar­
ket getting  full  supplies.  The  price  today  is 
$5.75 per 24 qt. crate,which is nearly prohibitive.

Tomatoes—$4 per 6 basket crate.
Turnips—Mississippi  stock,  25c  per  dozen 

bunches.

MICHIGAN

Fire & Marine lo n e  Go.

Organized  1881.

DETROIT,  MICHIGAN

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Pumps.

NET  PRICE  LIST.
First floor  Tanks  and 
1 bbl.....................$13 00
2 bbl..
15 00
3 bbl..
.......  18 00
4 bbl..
. . .   22 00 
. 
5 bbl..
.......  27 00
Cellar Tanks & Pumps. 
1 bbl.................... $14 00
2 bbl...
17 00 
3 bbl........
21  00 
4 bbl........
25 00 
5 bbl........
30 00
Pump  wi
Tank.............  9 00

First Floor Tank and Pump.
Manufactured only by the

WAYNE  OIL  TANK  CO., 

Fort  Wayne, Ind.

S im p le ,  D u ra b le,  P r a c tic a l.

U se d   b y   H u n d r e d s   o f  F a r m e r s ,

A s  N e c e s s a r y   to  F a r m e r s  a s  a  C o r n  

P l a n t e r .

Sure to  Sell.

Works  Perfectly  in  Clay,  Gravel  or  Sandy  Soil,  Sod  or  New  Ground. 

Plants  at any  and Uniform  Depth  in Moist Soil.

(P A T .  M A T,  1888.)

F o r  S a l e  b y

FLETCHER, JENKS & CO., 
Price,  $24 per  Dozen.

DETROIT, MICH. 

FOSTER, STEVENS & 00.,
Liberal  Discount  to  Dealers.

GRAND  R A PID S,  MICH.

“ALL  WORK  AND  NO  PLAY”— 

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1 4
Drugs & Medicines*

State  Board  o f Pharm acy. 

One  Tear—Jam es Vernor, D etroit.
Two  Team —O ttm ar Kberbach, Ann  Arbor 
Three  Team —George G undrutn, Ionia.
F our Tears—O. A. Buarbee, Cheboygan.
Five T ears—8. E. Parkill, Owosso. 
President—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. 
Secretary—Jas.  V ernor, D etroit., 
T reasu rer—Geo. Oundrum, Ionia.

M ichigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n. 

President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Vice-Presidents—1.  H.  L.  Dodd,  Buchanan;  F.  W.  R.
Perry, D etroit;  W. H. Hicks, Morley.
Treasurer—Wm. H. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretary—C. W. Parsons, D etroit.
Executive  Committee—H.  O.  Coleman,  Kalamazoo; 
Jacob Jesson, M uskegon:  F.  J.  W urzburg  and  John 
E. Peck. G rand Rapids;  A rthur Bassett,  Detroit. 
Local Secretary—Jam es Vernor.
Next  place  of  m eeting—Some  resort  on  St.  CJair 
River;  tim e to be designated by Executive Committee.
Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical Society. 
President, John D. Muir;  Sec'y, Frank H. Escott.

HOW   TO  CHARGE  A   GENERATOR.
In charging a generator,  it  is advisable 
to  thoroughly  understand  the  chemical 
changes that are  taking  place,  but  it  is 
even more necessary  to  know  the  insig­
nificant details as to the  best  method  of 
working off a charge,  for without this the 
best  chemist  will  obtain  poorer  results 
than an ignorant workman familiar  with 
the processes.  There  are  three  great 
dangers to be avoided  in  charging a gen­
erator.  The first is the danger of getting 
too high  a pressure; the  second,  the  col­
lapse of the generator or fountain linings; 
and third, the caking of the  marble  dust 
or spent material either in the agitator or 
on the walls of the generator.
As to the first  trouble,  as  the  rise  of 
pressure in the generator  can  only  take 
place when  the  sulphuric  acid  and  the 
marble  dust  are  mixed,  it  follows  that 
everything  depends  on  letting  the  one 
down  to  the  other  with  sufficient  slow­
ness.  When marble dust is used,  there 
is less danger from this source than when 
either whiting or bicarbonate  of  soda  is 
employed.  Both of these are acted upon 
more quickly by the  acid,  and  with  the 
bicarbouate  of  soda 
the  production  is 
particularly rapid, since  this  compound 
liberates  about  twice  as  much  gas  as 
the  same  weight of marble dust.
Even  with  marble  dust,  the  rapidity 
with which  the  gas  is  evolved  depends 
in  great  measure  upon  the  degree  of 
fineness to which  the  marble  is  ground; 
and it has  been  found  that,  all  things 
considered,  a somewhat coarser  grade  is 
to be preferred to a fine one.
In all forms of the generators on the mar­
ket the acid and carbonate are  placed  in 
two chambers, one above the  other,  and 
the  upper  ingredient  is  then  gradually 
let down into the lower one. 
It is right 
here that the principal trouble arises, in 
the first place,  there is great  danger  of a 
leak;  and  this  is  especially  the  case 
when it is the  acid  which  is  placed  in 
the upper  chamber. 
Sulphuric  acid  is 
such a  corrosive  fluid  that  lead  is  the 
only cheap metal that will  stand  its  ac­
tion,  and  hence  the  joint  between  the 
acid chamber and the  generator  body  is 
made  by  means  of  a  lead-colored  plug 
fitting into a lead-lined recess.  By  pull­
ing out  this  plug  the  sulphuric  acid  is 
allowed  to  flow  down  upon  the  marble, 
while by closing it again the flow of acid 
is stopped. 
It  must  be confessed  that 
this acid plunger is a most crude contriv­
ance,  but,  although  many attempts have 
been  made  to  devise  something  better, 
it still holds its own,  and bids  fair  to  do 
so for many years  to  come. 
It  will  be 
readily understood that the  soft  lead  in 
course  of 
time  becomes  considerably 
battered and that the acid  will then  leak 
through into the generator  body.  The 
consequence will be, if the leak  is of  ap­
preciable size,  that  the  pressure  in  the 
generator  will  rise faster than is desired, 
and this will produce trouble  in two dis­
tinct ways.
In the first place, it  will  increase  the 
strain on the generator,  and,  if  it  rises 
too high,  may produce an  explosion  un­
less the generator  be  in  good  condition 
and  provided  with  reliable  safety  at­
tachments;  but  even  if  so  provided 
the entire charge will be wasted,  and the 
floor will  be littered  up with  the refuse 
materials  shot  out  from  the  generator. 
This  is  what  will  happen  in  extreme 
cases; but when the pressure is not great 
enough to pass the  safety limit  it never­
theless  causes  another  very  annoying

Sometimes, 

around  briskly. 
if  the 
marble has not caked hard,  it can  be  re­
moved by playing upon  it  with  a  hose. 
If  these  mild  measures  fail,  however, 
the  bottler  will  be  obliged,  as  before 
stated,  to  take  the  generator  apart  and 
scrape it clean,  using a mallet and chisel 
for  this  purpose  if  nothing  else  will 
answer. 
Great  care  must  be  taken, 
however,  not to injure the soft  lead  lin­
ing.  On the whole,  I  would  say  that  it 
is not a difficult matter to charge a gene­
rator properly. 
It is,  in fact,  almost  as 
easy as discovering  America.  All that 
is required is to know how  to  do  it,  and 
then to do it that way.

T hom as  W a rw ick.

Canada’s big cheese—claimed to be the 
largest cheese  ever  made—attracts  con­
siderable  attention  at the  World’s Fair. 
It is stated  that 207,200  pounds of  milk 
were used in its manufacture,  represent­
ing the entire product of  10,000 cows for 
one day. 
Its  present  weight  is  about 
22,000  pounds  and  it  measures  about 
twenty-eight  feet  in  circumference  by 
six feet  in  height. 
In  connection  with 
other dairy  products  it was  transported 
to Chicago  by special  train  from Perth, 
Ontario,  stopping  at  every  station  to 
give people an opportunity to  see it, aDd 
creating only less enthusiasm in its jour­
ney than  did the  mammoth  Krupp gun. 
Several hundred ordinary sized and small 
cheese—some  but  little  larger  than  an 
ordinary  thread  spool—contributed  by 
over  100  different  factories  and  repre­
senting different  provinces,  make up the 
sum  total  of  Canada’s  cheese  contribu­
tion.

The drummer  from  Chicago  was  rat­
tling off the merits of  his goods in a way 
which at  last caused  the good  old  mer­
chant to  look at  him  doubtfully.  “Oh, 
I’m telling you the  straight  truth,” said 
the drummer,  catching  on  to  the  mild 
insinuation in the  old  gentleman’s face. 
“It would hurt me to tell a lie.”  “Yes,” 
responded  the old  merchant  quietly,  “I 
know  it  would.  There  was  a  Chicago 
man in to see  me  yesterday,  and  he said 
the  same  thing,  but  I  noticed  that he 
went  right  on  suffering  as  long  as  he 
stayed here.”

T he  D ru g  M arket.

Opium is weak and lower.
Morphia is unchanged.
Quinine is steady.
Insect  powder  has  advanced,  on  ac­
count of  small stocks of flowers  abroad.
Canary seed has declined.
Sulphur and brimstone are lower.
Gum shellacs are higher.
Alcohol has declined 2 cents.

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freckles and pimples.

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Jobbers for Western Michigan.

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snuffing, 
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coughing 
sud  headache. 
’ This  relief 
is  worth  the 
price of Inhaler.  Continued 
use will  complete the  cure.
Prevents K is s ’ ™
cool, exhilarating sensation  following its  use is 
a luxury to travelers by rail or boat.
The  Best  Kemedy iS S E S ?"* ’«
dainty pocket  piece.  It  cannot  get  out  of  or­
der;  does  not  require  renewing;  there  is  no 
liquid to drop or spill;  lasts a year, and costs 50c 
at druggists.  Registered mail 60c, from

H.  D.  CUSHMAN, M anufacturer, 
Three  Rivers,  Mich.

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T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

trouble,  technically  known  as  “prim­
ing.”  This  priming  consists of  a kind 
of boiling-up of the materials in the gen­
erator  through  the too  sudden  genera­
tion of  carbonic  acid  gas,  and  in  this 
boiling-up a portion of the acid and mar­
ble  dust  is  carried  over  into  the  gas 
washers, choking  up the pipes  and con­
taminating the water in the fountains.  1 
have heard it  gravely  contended by per­
sons in the soda-water business that,  un­
less  some sulphuric acid  spray found its 
way  over  into  the  water, the  beverage 
would  be  deficient  in  pungency,  but  I 
must  confess 
that  personally  I  prefer 
my drinks plain.  Fortunately a  serious 
leak  in the acid  chamber  does  not often 
occur,  and when  it does  it  manifests it­
self so rapidly  that the  druggist can  be 
on his guard against it while  running off 
the charge,  and can then have it attended 
to before next charging time.
Where the  principal  trouble  arises  is 
in  the  carelessness  of 
the  operator. 
Wishing  to abridge  as  much  as  he pos­
sibly can  the  work  of  charging,  he lets 
down a great deal of  acid at  a time, and 
in his eagerness is apt to allow too much 
to  pass,  forgetting  that  the  pressure 
which the  gauge  shows  at  the  moment 
will  rapidly rise  as  the acid  and marble 
combine,  even  after  he  has  closed  the 
valve  again.  Hence  the  importance of 
letting  down  the  acid  by  very  small 
amounts at a time cannot be too strongly 
insisted upon.

fall 

into 

the  acid, 

With  what  are  known  as  carbonate­
feeding generators,  in  which  the marble 
dust  is placed  in an  upper chamber and 
allowed  to  fall 
leak­
age is not so  liable to occur,  but there  is 
in this case another closely allied danger 
to  be  apprehended. 
It  is  that,  as  the 
handle of  the agitator  at the same  time 
serves to close the partition  between the 
marble dust  and the  acid,  if  the  handle 
should by  any accident  become  twisted 
the partition  will  not  completely  close 
and  too  much  marble  will 
into 
the body of the generator, causing a sud 
den  rise of  pressure.  The  only  way to 
avoid this  danger is to look  carefully at 
the  diaphragm  before  putting  in  the 
charge of marble.  By fastening a lighted 
candle to  any  convenient wire, and low 
ering it  through the upper bung,  the in 
terior of  the generator  can  be easily ex 
amined,  and the  operator  can make sure 
that the  diaphragm  is completely closed 
before he  attempts to  put  his  materials 
into the generator.
As regards the second danger of which 
1 have spoken, namely,  the  collapsing of 
the  linings of  the generator  and  of the 
fountains,  this is  perhaps the  most  im 
portant of all,  and it is  the one to which 
the bottler should  pay the greatest heed 
for the reason  that it  is  somewhat  diffi 
cult  to  realize  just  where  the  trouble 
arises, as the effects are seldom apparent 
to the operator in any way until the dam 
age is irretrievably  done.  This  collaps 
ing is impossible so long as the  pressure 
inside remains  as great  or  greater  than 
the pressure outside.
We now  come to the  third  point, that 
is to say, the danger of the materials cak 
ing in the generator.  To the uninitiated 
it would seem as though a substance like 
ground marble could not give any trouble 
by caking,  either  before  or  after  it has 
been deprived of its gas, but as a matter of 
fact this  caking  occurs  continually. 
It 
is the exception rather than the rule,  for 
a generator when opened to  be perfectly 
free from  caked materials,  and in  most 
of the cases the marble  is caked  so hard 
that  it can  only be  removed by  the use 
of a mallet and  chisel. 
It may be asked 
what objections there can  be to the mar­
ble  caking  in  the  generator;  but  this 
questiou  almost  answers  itself. 
In the 
first  place,  it  becomes  very  difficult  to 
discharge  the  spent  materials;  second 
there is  danger of  the agitator  being in 
jured  by  striking  against  these  caked 
materials; and,  third,  the capacity of the 
generator  is  considerably  reduced,  ne­
cessitating more  than  frequent  changes 
and increasing the danger of boiling over 
already spoken of.
Now,  it is a  common  mistake to imag­
ine that this caking occurs  only with the 
spent materials in  the  generator.  Ordi­
nary marble dust that has not been acted 
upon at all by acid  will  cake readily and 
form a hard mass; and there is, curiously

enough,  more trouble to be  apprehended ' 
from this source than from the spent ma- 1 
terials.  Consequently,  simple  as  seems | 
the operation of putting  the marble dust I 
into the generator, it requires to be done 
just so,  in  order to  prevent  the  marble 
from  caking  upon  the  agitator  or upon 
the generator lining.
The first principle to be borne in mind 
is that the  water must  be put  in before 
the marble  dust,  for if  the  marble were 
put  in  first  and  the  water  were  after­
wards  poured  upon it the|marble would 
cake  fast  to  the  lining.  The  second 
point  to remember  is  that  the  marble 
should be  let  into  the generator  a little 
at  a  time,  and  the  agitator  should  be 
slowly turned  while it is falling  in,  so as 
to mix it well in with  the water and dis­
tribute  it  throughout  the  body  of  the 
generator.  This, moreover, prevents the 
marble dust from settling, or from form­
ing  into  lumps—a  contingency 
that, 
while  not  so  vexatious  as  the  caking 
proper,  is still disagreeable in more ways 
than one.
It is  safe to  say  that  the  majority  of 
bottlers  pay  no  heed  whatever to these 
simple  precautions;  instead  of  seeing 
that the  agitators-blades are  vertical be­
fore commencing to let  down the marble 
dust, and then  taking  pains to keep  the 
blades revolving  during  the  fall of  the 
carbonate, the majority leave the agitator 
in whatever  position it  finds  itself,  usu­
ally with the blades horizontal,  and then 
pour in the entire charge of  marble dust 
at once.  They are afterwards  surprised 
to find  that  their  agitator,  without  any 
apparent cause,  becomes encrusted with 
a coating of marble that gradually forms 
a  veritable  snow  ball.  Moreover,  a 
thick layer of  marble  adheres to the lin­
ing—a layer  which  all  their  efforts fail 
to remove—and they are obliged as a last 
resort,  to take  their  generator apart and 
treat it  to a dose of  hammer,  chisel and 
elbow  grease for  two or  three hours,  at 
the end of which time  either the genera­
tor will be clean,  the  operator  tired out, 
or  the  lining  so  badly  damaged  it can 
never be used  again.  The  latter  case is 
the most frequent.
The  fact  that  marble  dust  will  cake 
more  rapidly  than  the  spent  materials 
in  the  generator  requires  attention for 
another reason,  namely, that if  too great 
an  excess of  marble  is  used  in  making 
the charge the  trouble  from  this  source 
will be considerably increased;  hence  it 
is  well to  conform  as  much  as  possible 
to the right proportions.  With  a  poor 
marble dust, of course  the  quantity  can 
be increased somewhat.  Whether or not 
the charge of  marble  can  be  increased, 
will readily  be  seen  by  examining  the 
spent materials. 
If the  residue gives a 
strong  acid  reaction,  this  will  indicate 
that the sulphuric acid has  not  all  been 
neutralized, and  hence  a  large  quantity 
of  marble  can  be  safely  used  at  each 
charge.

One last point remains  to  be  consided 
in  regard  to  increasing  the  charge  of 
marble  dust  in  horizontal  generators, 
namely,  that the gas should be generated 
as soon  as possible after  the  marble  has 
been put in.  The reason for this is that 
the gas generated seems to  penetrate the 
mass like yeast,  and so prevents the  par­
ticles from caking together so easily. 
It 
is for this reason  that  a  generator  left 
under  pressure  will  sometimes  remain 
for a considerable  time  without  caking, 
whereas if  the  marble  dust  and  water 
alone were left in the generator the oper­
ator would find matters in a  pretty  state 
upon his return.  Although, as  we  have 
seen,  the marble  is  more  liable  to  cake 
than  the spent materials, yet the troubles 
from the latter source  are  not  to  be  un­
derestimated.  The  danger  of  caking 
from  the  soluble  sulphate  of  magnesia 
formed can be  almost  entirely  obviated 
by using a  sufficient  quantity  of  water 
in making  the charge.
Having now considered  the  pathology 
of “caking,”  perhaps  it  may  be  well  to 
say a few words in  regard to the  cure  of 
the disease.  If takeu in  its earlier stages, 
the remedy is not very difficult.  Whether 
the marble or speut materials  are  caked 
to the generator  lining,  to  the  agitator, 
or  have  caked  together  in  lumps,  the 
remedy Is  to  pour  a  couple  of  pints  of 
acid and the same amount of  water  into 
the generator body and  stir  the  agitator

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

Advanced—Green Shellac.

Wholesale Price Current.
Brimstone.  Alcohol.

Declined—Canary seed.  Gam opium.  Sulphur. 

TINCTURES.

“ 

“ 

Aconitum  Napellls R..........   60
..   “ 
? ..........   50
Aloes.......................................  60
“ 
and myrrh...................  60
Arnica....................................  so
Asafoetlda..............................  
o
Atrope Belladonna...............   60
Benzoin..................................   go
„  “  Co.............................   50
Sanguinarla...........................  so
Barosma................................   so
Cantharide8...........................   75
Capsicum...............................  50
Ca damon...............................  75
„   “ 
Co........................   75
Castor...........................................1 00
Catechu..................................  so
Cinchona..............................   50
Co........................   60
Columba................................  50
Conlum..................................  50
Cubeba....................................  50
D igitalis................................  50
Ergot.......................................   50
Gentian..................................  50
“  Co...............................  60
Gualca....................................  50
“ 
ammon....................  60
Zingiber................................  SO
Hyoscyamns.........................   50
Iodine.....................................   75
Colorless..................   75
Ferri  Chlorldnm................   35
K ino.......................................  SO
Lobelia...................................   50
Myrrh....................................   50
Nux  Vomica.........................   50
Opll.........................................  85
11  Camphorated.................  50
“  Deodor................................ 2 00
Aorantl Cortex......................  50
Quassia..................................  50
Rhatany  ........... 
50
Rhel.........................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol....................   50
Co...............   50
Serpentaria...........................   50
Stramonium...........................   60
Tolutan..................................  60
Valerian................................   so
VeratrumVerlde...................  50

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ACXDtTM.

Acetlcum.......................  
8® 10
75
Benzoicum German..  65© 
Boracic 
SO
......................  
27© 36
Carbollcum  .  .............. 
50© 52
Cltricum....................... 
Hydroehlor................. 
3©  5
.....................  10© IS
Nltroeum 
Oxalicum.......................  10©  IS
SO
Phosphorium dll......... 
Sallcylicum................1  30@1 70
Sulpnurlcum........ 
.. 
lli©   5
Tannlcum....................1  40@1  60
Tartarlcum.................   30©  33

AMMONIA.

a 

Aqua, 16  deg...............  
5
SO  deg................. 5Vi@  7
Carbonas  ..................... 
la©  14
Chlorldum...................  IS©  14

ANILINE.

Black............................S 00@2 85
Brown.............................  80@1 00
Red................................  45©  50
Yellow.........................s 50@3 00

BACCAB.

Cubeae (po  45)......... 
40©  45
Junlperus....................  
8©  10
Xantnoxylum..............  25©  30

BAL8AMUM.

Copaiba........................  45©  50
Peru..............................   @1  95
Terabln, Canada  .......  60©  65
Tolutan........................  35©  50

COBTEX.

Abies,  Canadian...................  18
Casslae  ..................................  11
Cinchona Plava  ...................  18
Buonymus  atropurp............  30
Myrlca  Cerlfera, po..............  SO
Prunus Virglnl......................  12
Quillala,  grd.........................   10
Sassafras  ...............................  IS
Ulmus Po (Ground  15).........  15

EXTRACTUM.

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  34©  25
po............  33©  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box.. 
11©  IS
Is.....  13© 
14
15
Vis....   14© 
14s....   16© 
17
FERKU

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

©   15
Carbonate Preclp........  
Citrate and Quinta —   ©3  50
Citrate  Soluble............ 
©  80
Perrocyanldum Sol —   @  50
Solut  Chloride............  ©   15
Sulphate,  com’l ................9©  S
pure..............  ©  7

“ 

FLORA.

 
FOLIA.

Arnica.........................   18©  SO
Anthemls....................   30©  35
Matricaria 
40©  50

 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin

.....................  18©  50
nivelly......................  25©  28
Alx.  35©  50
15©  25
8©  10

Salvia  officinalis,  !*s
 
Ura Ural 
..................... 

and  Kb..............  
etraun.

« 
“ 
“ 

.... 
.... 

Acacia,  1st  picked—   @  75
©  45
2d 
3d 
©  30
sifted sorts...  ©   25
p o ...................  60©  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50©  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
Socotrl, (po.  60).  ©  60
Catechu, Is, (Vis, 14 Ms,
16)..............................  
©  1
Ammoniac...................  55©  60
Assafoetida,  (po. 85).. 
30©  35
Bensolnum...................  50©  55
Camphors....................  55©  58
Euphorblum  p o .........  35© 
lo
Gafbanum....................   @2 50
Gamboge,  po...............   70©  7b
Gualacum,  (po  35) —   @  30
Kino,  (po  1  10)..........   @1  15
M astic.........................  
©   80
Myrrh, (po. 45)............ 
©  40
Opll  (po  4  50)............. 3  15@S 25
Shellac  ........................  45©  42
33©  35
Tragac&nth.................  40© 1 00

“ 
hbbba—In ounce packages.

bleached....... 

Absinthium...........................   25
Bupatorlum...........................   20
Lobelia....................................  25
Majorum................................  28
Mentha  Piperita...................  23
>*  V lr...........................  25
Rue..........................................   30
Tanacetam, V ........................  22
Thymus, V .............................  25

MAGNESIA.

Calcined, Pat..... ..........  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat............  20©  22
Carbonate, K. A  M__   20©  25
Carbonate, Jenning5..  35©  36

OLEUM.

Absinthium..................3 50©4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc------   45©  75
Amydalae, Amarae— 8 00®8 25
A nlsi..............................1  7G@1 80
Auranti  Cortex........... 2 30@2 40
Bergamll  .....................3 25©3 50
Cajiputl...................... 
60©  65
Caiyophylll.................  85©  90
Cedar...........................   35®  65
Chenopodli.................  @1  60
Cinnamon i l .................  90©1  CO
Cltronella....................   ©   45
Conlum  Mac...............  35©  65
....................  80©  90
Copaiba 

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Cubebae....................   .  @ 3 60
Bxechthltos...............   2 50@2 75
Erlgeron.....................2 25@2 50
Gaultherla..................2 00@2  10
Geranium,  ounce.......  ©   75
GosBlpli,  Sem. gal.......  70©  75
Hedeoma  ....................2 10@2 20
Junlperl........................  50@2 00
Lavendula...................  90@2 00
Llmonls........................2 40©2 60
Mentha Piper................2 75@3 50
Meutha Verld..............2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal.............. 1  00©1  10
Myrcla, ounce.................  © 50
O live..............................   90@2 75
Plcls Liquida,  (gal..35)  10©  12
R icinl..........................   1 28@1  28
Rosmarlni.............. 
75©1  00
Rosae,  ounce...............  6 50@8 50
Succlnl........   ..............  40©  45
Sabina............................  90@1 00
Santal  .......... 
3 50@7 00
Sassafras......................  50©  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  
©  65
Tlglfl.............................  ©  go
Thym e.........................   40©  50
op t...................  ©   60
Theobromas.................  15©  20

“ 

POTASSIUM.

BICarb.........................   15©  18
Bichromate.................  13©  14
Bromide...................... 
36©  40
Carb...............................  19©  15
Chlorate  (po  23@25)..  24©  26
Cyanide........................  50©  55
Iodide...........................2 90@3 00
Potassa, Bitart, pure..  27©  30
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  ©  15
Potass  Nitras, opt....... 
8©  10
Potass Ultras............... 
9
7© 
Prussiate......................  28©  30
Sulphate  po.................  15©  18

RADIX.

Aconitum....................   20©  25
Althae...........................   22©  25
Anchusa......................  12©  15
Arum,  po......................  ©   25
Calamus........................  20©  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)....... 
8©  10
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15)..  16©  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)..................... 
©  30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__   15®  20
Inula,  po......................  15©  20
Ipecac,  po..........................2 20@2 30
Iris  piox (po. 35®38)..  35©  40
Jalapa,  pr....................   40©  45
Maranta,  K«...............  ©   35
Podophyllum, po........   15©  18
Khel................................   75@1 00
“  cut........................  ©1  75
“  PV.........................   75@1  35
Splgella........................  35©  38
Sangulnarla,  (po  25)..  © 2 0
Serpentaria...................  30®  32
Senega.........................   65©  70
Slmilax, Officinalis,  H @ 4 0
©  25
M 
Scillae, (po. 85)..............  10© 12
Symplocarpus,  Fostl-
dus,  po......................  @  35
Valeriana, Bng.  (po.30)  ®  25
German...  15©  20
Ingiber a .....................  
18© 20
Zingiber  j ..................... 
IS© 20

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SEMEN.

Anlsum,  (po.  20)........   ©  15
Aplum  (graveleons)  .  15©  18
Bird, 1b............................ 
4©  6
Carul, (po. 18)................  
8© 12
Cardamon.......................... 1  00® 1 25
Corlandrum...................  10© 12
Cannabis Satlva..........   3Vi©4
Cvdonlum......................   75©1 00
Cnenopodlum  ..............  10© 12
Dlpterix Odorate......... 2 25@2 50
Foenicdnm .................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po....... 
8
L ln l..............................  4  © 4Vi
Llnl, grd,  (bbl. 8Vi)...  4  ©  4Vi
Lobelia...........................   35© 40
PharlarlsCanarian....  4K@  5
Rapa................................ 
6®  7
Slnapls  Albu............. 11  ®13
Nigra............  11©  12

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SPIRITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R ........Î  75@2 00
....1   25©1 50
 
Junlperls  Co. Ö. T ___ 1 65@2 00
“ 
..........1 75@3 50
Saacharnm  N.  B ..........1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vlnl  Galll.............1  75@6 50
Vlnl Oporto..................1  25©2 00
Vlnl  Alba......................1 25@2 00

 

8PONOE8.

Florida  sheep«’  wool
carriage.....................2 50©2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................... 
200
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage..........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage....................  
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage .........................  
65
Hard for  slate  use__  
75
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se ............................. 
1  40

SYRUPS.

Accacla..................................  50
Zingiber  ................................  50
Ipecac.....................................   60
FerrI Iod................................  50
Auranti  Cortes......................  50
Rhei  Arom.............................  50
Slmilax  Officinalis...............  60
Co.........  60
Senega...................................   50
Scillae.....................................   50
“  Co................................  50
Tolntan..................................  50
Pranas  vlrg...........................  60

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©  10

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S.  N. Y. Q.  A

Morphia,  ® P .4 W .  2 20@2 45
C.  Co......................  2 10@2 35
Moschus  Canton........   ©   40
Myrlstlca, No  1 .........  65©  70
Nnx Vomica, (po 20).. 
Os.  Sepia......................  20©  22
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
Co...............................  ©2 00
Fids Llq, N.-C., Vi gal
doz  ...........................  @2 00
Plcls Llq., quarts.......  @1  00
pints..........   ©  85
Pil Hydrarg,' (po. 80).. 
©  'i 50
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  ©'  1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__   @> 3
Plx  Bnrgun.................  @ “  7
Plumbl A cet...............   14©  15
Palvls Ipecac et opll.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv............  15©  25
Qnasslae...................... 
8©  10
Qdnla, S. P. A W .......  29©  34
S.  German__   21©  30
Rubia  Tinctorum.......  12©  14
SaccharumLactlspv. 
20©  22
Salacln......................... 1  75®1  80
Sanguis  Dracods.......  40@S50
Sapo,  W........................  12© j 14
,T  M.........................   10©  12
“  G..........................  @115

“ 

Seidlitz  Mixture.........  ©  20
Slnapls..........................  ©   18
“  opt....................   ©  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  Do
©  35
V oes.........................  
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  ©  35
Soda Boras,  (po. 11).  .  10©  11 
Soda et Potass Tart...  27©  30
Soda Carb..................  
lVi©  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb.............   ©  5
Soda,  Ash......................3Vi@  4
Soda, Sulphas.............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o............  50©  55
“  Myrcla  Dom.......  @2 25
“  Myrcla Imp........   @3 00
*"  V id   Rect.  bbl.
....7 ........................... 2 19@2 29
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal....... 1  40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl............. 2t4@  3
Roll...............  2  © 2Vi
Tamarinds..................... 
8® 10
Terebenth V edce.......  28©  30
Theobromae............... 45  ©  48
Vanilla....................... 9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph..  ...............  7©  8

OILS.

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

“ 

paints. 

Llndseed,  b oiled __   54 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
80 
strained.................... 
Spirits Turpentine....  36 

1 5
57
85
40
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian................Hi  2@8
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ 1£   2@4
„ “ 
Ber......... Hi  2@3
Putty,  commercial....2M  2Vi@3
“  strictly  pure.......2%  2£©3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican ............................. 
13@16
Vermilion,  English.... 
66030
Green,  Peninsular....... 
70@75
Lead,  red......................  6&@7
“  w hite...................6 &@7
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  GUdersvTT...  @90
1  0
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
c liff............................. 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints....................... 1  00© 1  20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach___1  10@1  20
Extra T urp..................160@1  70
Coach  Body................ 2 75@3  00
No. 1 Turp  Furn........ 1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__ 1 55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp........................... 
70® 7 5

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

MISCELLANEOUS.

“ 

“ 

* 
“ 

ground, 

jEther, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  28®  30 
“  4 F ..  32©  34
Alumen......................... 2>4® 3

“ et Potass T.  55©  60

(po.
7)................................ 
3©  4
Annatto........................  55©  60
4©  5
Antimoni, po............... 
Antipyrin....................   ©1  40
Antuebrin....................  @  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ©  60
Arsenicum................... 
5©  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__  
38©  40
Bismuth  S.  N ............. 2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Vis
©  11
12;  Ks,  H )...............
Cantharides  Russian,
p o ..............................
@1  00 
Capsid  Fructus, af...
©   26 
©   28 
©  20
I po.
Caryophyllns,  (po.  18)  14©  15
Carmine,  No. 40..........   ©3 75
Cera  Alba, 8. A F .......  50©  55
Cera Flava...................  38©  40
Coccus 
........................  ©  40
Cassia Frnctns............ 
©  25
Centrarla......................  ©   10
Cetacenm....................   @  40
Chloroform.................  60©  68
sqnlbbs..  ©1  25
Chloral Hyd erst........ 1  35©l  60
Chondrus....................
20© 25
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W 
IS© 20
3  © 12
German 
Corks,  list,  dl«,  per
cent  ........................
60
Creasotnm..................
® 35
Creta, (bbl. 75)............
@ 2
“  prep....................
5®
5
"  preclp...............
9© 11© 8
“  Rubra.................
Crocus  .........................
75© 80
Cudbear........................
® 24
Cuprl Sulph  ...............
5 ©
6
Dextrine......................
10© 12
Ether Snlph.................
70© 75©
Emery,  all  numbers..
po....................
© 6
Brgota,  (po.)  75.........
70© 75
Flake  w hite...............
12© 15
_
Galla........................ 
O 23
Gambler........................7  © 8
7  © S
Gelatin,  Cooper...........  ©   70
60
Glassware  flint, by box 70 A 10.
Less than box  66 K
Glne,  Brown..........  
15
9© 
“  White............  13© 
25
20
Glycerlna............... I4)i© 
Grana Paradlsl............  ©   22
Homnlns.................  25© 
55
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  ®   85
“  C or....  ©   80
Ox Rnbrom  ©   90
Ammoniatl..  ©1  00
Unguentum.  45©  55
Hydrargyrum.........  ©  
64
Ijnthyobolla, Am..  ..1 25@1  50
Indigo...........................  75©1 00
Iodine, Resnbl............3 80@3 90
Iodoform......................  ©4 70
Lupulin........................  @2 25
Lycopodium..........  60© 
65
M ad s......................  70© 
75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy- 
drirarglod...................  ©   27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10©  12
Magnesia,  Snlph  (bbl
Manda,  S .F .............  

H i).............................2Vi© 4

French.......  40© 

60®  68

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CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils ^  Varnishes.

DEALERS  IN

Sole A gents for the  Celebrated

SWISS  VILLA  PREPARED  PAINTS.

M   Line  of  Staple  D m ists’  Sm Éte

We are Sole Proprietors of

Weatherly’s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

W e H ave tn Stock and Offer a F u ll Line o f

WHISKIES,  BRANDIES,

GINS,  WINES,  RUMS.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

GROCERY  PRICE  CURRENT.

The prices quoted in  this list  are  for the  trade only,  in such  quantities as are  usually  purchased  by  retail  dealers.  They  are prepared just before 
going to  press  and  are  an  accurate  index of  the local  market. 
It is impossible  to give  quotations  suitable for  all  conditions of  purchase,  and  those 
below are given  as  representing  average  prices  for average  conditions of  purchase.  Cash  buyers or those of  strong credit  usually  buy closer  than 
those  who  have poor  credit.  Subscribers  are  earnestly requested  to  point  out  any  errors or omissions,  as  it is  our  aim to  make  this feature of  the 
greatest possible  use to dealers.

Fruits.
Apples.

1  05
3  00

Cherries.

Apricots.

3 lb. standard.............  
York State, gallons__  
Hambnrgh,  *•
Live oak..................   .. 
1  75
1  75
Santa Crus................... 
Lusk’s ........................... 
1  75
Overland....................  
1  75
Blackberries.
B. &  W......................... 
95
Red..............................   1  10@l 20
Pitted Hamburgh . . . .  
W hite........................... 
1  50
Erie..............................  
1  20
Damsons. Egg Plums and Green 
Erie..............................  
1  10
1  70
California....................  
Gooseberries.
Common...................... 
f  25
1  25
P ie............................... 
M axwell......................
1  65
Shepard’s .................... 
California....................  
2 20
................... 
Monitor 
1  65
Oxford..........................
Pears.

Peaches.

Gages.

1 75

“ 
“ 

1  20
2  10

Quinces.

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

Common...................... 
Raspberries.
1  30
Red................................ 
Black  Hamburg.......... 
1  50
1  30
Erie,  black  ........... 
Strawberries.
Lawrence....................  
1  25
1  25
Hamburgh..................  
1  25
Erie............................... 
Terrapin.........................  
1  10
7 00
Whortleberries.
Blueberries................. 
1  00
Corned  beef,  Libby’s ...........2 10
Roast beef,  Armour’s ...........2  10
Potted  ham, M lb.......................1 30
“  M lb...................  80
tongue,  H lb............135
“ 
541b..........  85
95
Vegetables.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ chicken, 54 lb................  

Meats.

 

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

Peas.

Corn.

Hamburgh  stringiess...........1  25
French style....... 2 25
Limas...................1  35
Lima, green.................................1 40
soaked........................   75
Lewis Boston Baked............ 1 35
Bay State  Baked........................1 35
World’s  Fair  Baked..................1 35
Picnic Baked............................... 1 00
Hamburgh  ............................1  40
Livingston  E den.......................1 20
Purity.....................................
Honey  Dew.................................1 50
Morning Glory....................
Soaked.................................. 
75
Hamburgh  marrofat.............1 35
early June.........
Champion Eng. .1  50
9
petit  pols............1 75
fancy  sifted___ 1 90
Soaked....................................  75
Harris standard....................   75
VanCamp'B  marrofat...........1  io
early Jane........ 1  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom___1  35
French.........................................2 15
French................:..............17922
Erie.........................................   95
Hubbard......................................1 25
Hamburg......................................1 40
Soaked...................................   85
Honey  Dew.................................1 50
Erie.............................................. 1 35

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

“ 
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Tomatoes.

Hancock................................
Excelsior..............................
Eclipse...................................
Hamburg................................
Gallon.................................   3  75

CHOCOLATE.

Baker’s.

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

23
37
  43

AXLE GREASE.
doz
Aurora.......... ..........   55
Castor Oil — ..........   75
Diamond....... ..........   50
Frazer’s ........ ..........   81
Mica  ............ ..........   75
..  . ..........   55
Paragon 

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

BAKING  POWDER. 

Acme.
14 lb. cans, 3  doz...............
H lb.  “ 
2  “  ...............
lib .  “ 
1  “  .................
Balk.....................................
Arctic.
14 #> cans.............................
H ®>  “ 
...........................
_______ _____
1  1h  44 
•*
Fosfon.
2  “ 

45
85
.  1  60 
10
60 
1  20 
.  2 00
.  9 60
»  
5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in case ..  80
«..2 00
“ 
16  “
40
Red Star, H fl> cans........
“
75
H «>  “ 
..........
!  40
1  ft  “ 
..........
45
Teller’s, 14 lb. cans, doz
35
H lb. 
“
.  1  50
1 lb. 
“
“ 
45
O u t  Leader, y  lb cans...
M lb  cans__
1 lb cans. — .  1  50
Dr. Price’s.
per doz 
Dime cans..  90 
.. 1 33
“ 
4-oz 
.  1 90
“ 
6-oz 
.. 2 47
“ 
8-oz 
. .3 75
12-oz 
“ 
.. 4 75
16-oz 
“ 
2^-lb  “ 
11 40
4- 
lb “ 18 25
5- 
lb “ 21 60
10-lb 

D? PRICE'S
CREAM
b a k in g
pd w d e p

“  41 80

“
8*
“

BATH  BRICK. 
2 dozen in case.

English........................  —   90
Bristol.....................................  80
Dozn<'«tic................................  70
Gross

BLUING. 

 

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“ 
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8 oz 

Arctic, 4 oz  ovals....................  3 60

“ 
“  pints,  round  ..........  9 00
“  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 3, 
..  4 00
“  No. 5, 
...  8 00
1 oz ball  ....................  4 50
“ 
Mexican Liquid, 4  oz........   3 00
“ 
8 oz.......... 6  80
“ 
BROOMS.
•40.2 Hurl.............................  1  75
.............................  2 00
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet.........................2 25
.........................   2 50
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem...........................2 75
Common Whisk..................  
90
Fancy 
.................. 1  15
Warehouse..................................3 25
Stove, No.  1.........................  125
“  10.........................   1  50
“  15.........................   1 75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row—  
85
Rlc-e Root  Scrub, 3 row  ...  1  25
Palmetto, goose  .................  1  50

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BRUSHES.

“ 
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BUTTER  PLATES. 

Oval—250 in crate.

No.  1.......................................  60
No.  2 .....................................  70
No.  3.......................................  80
No.  5.............................................1 00

CANDLES.

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

 

CANNED  GOODS. 

Fish.
Clams.

“ 

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“ 

Little Neck,  1  lb................  .1  20
l  90
“  2  lb................ 
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb.......................2 25
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb............. ......   1  00
21b.......................  1 85
Lobsters
Star,  1  lb...............................2  50
“  2  lb...............................3  50
Picnic,1 lb..........   ................2 00
21b............................. 2  90
“ 
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb........................1  25
2  lb ......................2  10
Mustard,  2 lb ........................2 25
Tomato Sauce,  21b..............2  25
Soused, 2 lb...........................2 25
Columbia River, fiat............ 1  90
»alls..............1 75
Alaska, Red........................... 1  45
pink........................... 1  25
Kinney’s,  fiats...................... 1  95
Sardines.
American  >48..................   @ 5
A s.................. 6M@ 7
Imported 
...................... 10@11
He...................... 15@16
Mustard  Ms.......................   @8
Boneless............................ 
21
Brook, 3 lb.............................2  50

Salmon.
“ 

Trout

“ 
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“ 

CHEESE.
Amboy.........................
Acme............................
Lenawee.................... .
Riverside..................

912<4
@12
@12
@1254

“Universal.”

11
23

Gold  Medal  ...............   @12
Skim............................   9  @11
B rick.................................  
Edam  .......................... 
1  00
Leiden 
.  ........................ 
Limburger  ............... 
@10
Pineapple....................   @25
Roquefort...................  @35
Sap Sago......................  @22
Schweitzer, Imported.  @24
domestic  —   @14

“ 

CATSUP.

•• 

2  75
 

Bine Label Brand.
Baif  pint, 25 bottles  ... 
Pint 
 
Quart 1 doz bottles 
Triumph Brand.
Half pint, per  doz  ..............1  35
Pint, 25 bottles  .....................4 50
Quart, per  doz  .....................3 75
5 gross boxes.................  40@45
35 lb  bags..........................   @3
Less  quantity  ...............  @354
Pound  packages..........  6M@7

CLOTHES  PINS.
COCOA  SHELLS.

4 50
3 50

COFFEE.

Green.
Rio.

Santos.

Fair......................................... 17
Good........................................18
Prime................... 
 
20
Golden..........................  
20
Peaberry........... ....................22
Fair......................................... 18
Good....................................... 20
Prime......................................21
Peaberry  ............................... 22
Mexican and Guatemala.
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 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX 
Bunola  ..............................
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case —  

Package.

22.80

Extract.

Volley City H gross............ 
75
Felix 
.......... 1  15
Hummel’s, foil, gross.........1  50
“ 
.........2 50

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CHICORY.

B ulk................................ 
Red  ....................................... 7

5

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton,  40 f t ..........per dos.  1  25
1 40
1  ec
175
1  9C
9C
1  00

50 ft..........
60 ft..........
70 ft..........
80 ft..........
60 ft..........
72 it  ........

«•
41
41
“
Jnte
44

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4 doz. In case.

CONDENSED  MILK.
Eagle.....................................
Crown...................................
Genuine  Swiss....................
American Swiss...................
COUPON  BOOKS.

7 40
6 25
7 70 
6 70

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$  1, per hundred............... S3 00
.................3  50
8 2, 
S3, 
.................4  00
S 5, 
.................  6 00
810, 
.................. 6  00
820. 
...............  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 
denomination  from 810  down. |
20 books.......................... 8  1  00
2 00
50 
3 00
100 
6 25
250 
500 
10 00
1000 
17 50

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

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CREDIT CHECKS.

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

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CRACKERS.

Butter.

Seymour XXX....................... 6
Seymour XXX, cartoon.......  6H
Family  XXX.......................   6
Family XXX,  cartoon........   6H
Salted XXX...........................6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ........   6M
Kenosha 
...........................  7H
Boston.....................................  8
Batter  biscuit...  ...............  6H

Soda.

Soda,  XXX.................
Soda, City.................
Soda,  Duchess..........
Crystal Wafer...........
Long  Island Wafers 
Oyster.
S. Oyster  XXX.____
City Oyster. XXX__
Farina  Oyster..........

6
7H
8H
10
11
6
6
6

CREAM  TARTAR.
Strictly  pure........................ 
30
Tellers  Absolute...............  
31
Grocers’...............................15@25
DRIED  FRUITS. 

Dom estic.

“ 

“ 

Pears.

Peaches.

Apples.
quartered 
Apricots.

Blackberries.
Nectarines.

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

22
23
24
Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.

2 crown........................
3 
......................
2  crown  ......................
3 

“ 
Loose Muscatels in Bags.
“ 

....  1  60
....  1  80
....  5H
........................ .........6H

“ 

“  
“ 

Peel.

4
4H
boxes  20
10
11

F o r e ig n .
Currants.
Patras,  In barrels.......
... 
In  H-bbla........ •  •
In less quantity 
Citron, Leghorn, 251b.
“ 
Lemon 
25  “
Orange 
25  “
“ 
Raisins.
Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes.
Sultana, 20 
“
Valencia, 30  “
California,  100-120...
“
“
Turkey.........................
Silver...........................
Saltana .  ....................
French,  60-70............
70-80.............
80-90.............
90-10............
ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

“ 
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@  8
8H@ 9
@  7
Prunes.
.......10H
90x100 25 lb bxs.llH
80x90 
..12H
70x80 
13M
60x70
.14
8
14@15
.......9M
...... 13
.......13
.......11
.......10

No. 1,6H............................   81  75
No. 2, 6H............................   160

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No. 1,6................................
No. 2, 6................................
XX  wood, white.
No. 1, 6M.............................
No. 2, 6H  .........................
Manilla, white.
6..........................................
Mill  No. 4.........................

Coin.

1  65
1  50
1  35
1  25
1  00
95
100

FAR1NACEOU8 GOODS.

Farina.
Hominy.

100 lb. kegs.....................
3*
Barrel! -........................... ..  3 00
Grits.................................. ..  3 50
Lima  Beans. 
Dried...............................
4H
56
Domestic, 12 lb. box.
Imported.................... • 10H@*  H
Oatmeal.
4 85@5  00
Barrels 200...............
.......  2 60
Half barrels 100.......

Maccaronl and Vermicelli.

Pearl Barley.

.......  200

Rolled  Oats.

K egs.........................
Peas.
Green,  bu................
Split  per l b .............. -•  234©3
Barrels  180...............
Half  bbls 90............
Sago.
German....................
East India.................
Wheat.
Cracked......................

@4  85
©2 60
........   4M
.........  5

FISH—Salt.

Cod.

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

.... 
....  @8

3M
5H

•1 
S< 

“  M  “  40  “ ....... 
....... 

Smoked .................... ■ 10H@11
Holland, white hoops keg 

Herring.
75
(8
“ 
bbl  10 00
88 
it
7 50
“ 
Norwegian  ..............
.......  12 00
Round, H bbljlOO lbs .......  2 85
1  45
Scaled.......................
19
Mackerel.
No. 1,  100 lbs............
No. 1, 40 lbs..............
No. 1,  10 lbs.............
Family, 90 lbs..........
10  lbs  .......
Sardines.
Russian,  kegs..........
Trout.
No. 1, H bbls., 1001 bs .......... 6 75
No. 1  M bbl, 40  lbs..
........ 3  00
No. 1, kits, io lbs__ ..........   85
No.  1, 8 lb kits........
..........  70
Whlteflsh.

........ 12 CO
.........5 05
........ 1  35
.........8 25
........  
95

“ 

Family 
No. 1
M bbls, 100 lbs..........
.87 50 84 50
M  “  40  “  -------- .  3  25  2 05
101b.  kits...............
60
8 lb.  “ 
50
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

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

90 
75 

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  2>t
4 oz..........2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 oz.........81 50
4 oz.......   3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz........ 81 75
4 oz........  3 50

Jennings’ D  C.
Lemon. Vanilla 
1  20
..  75 
..1  00
1  50
...1  50
2 00
..2 00
3 00
...3 00
4  00

2 oz folding box
3 oz 
4 oz 
6 oz 
8 oz 

“
“
“
“

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

GUNPOWDER. 
Rifle—Dupont’s.
3 50 
Kegs...................  .................
2 001 15 30 
Half  kegs............................
Quarter  kegs......................
1  lb  cans..............................
18
M  lb  cans...........................
Choke Bore—Dupont’s.
4 50
Kegs......................................
2 50
Half  bptrs...............  ..........
Quarter kegs...............
1  40
34
1 lb cans......................
Kegs 
.......................
5 75
Half  kegs 
...................
a 00
Quarter kegs...............
60
1  lb  cans.............
HERBS.
.15
Sage...............................
.15
Hops..............................
INDIGO.
55
Madras,  5 lb. boxes . ..
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes..
50
17  lb. palls  ................. 65@  *y0
30  “ 
90©  95

JELLY.
“ 
.................
LICORICE.
Pure..............................
Calabria........................
Sldly.............................

“ 

LYE.
Condensed, 2 doz.......
4 doz.......
MATCHES.
No. 9  sulphur..............
Anchor parlor.............
No. 2 home..................
Export  parlor.......—

.  80
.  25
.  12

.1 25
.2 25

.1  65
.1  70
1  10
.4  00

MINCE  MEAT.

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

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon  ........................  .. 81  75
1  40
Half  gallon.......................
70
Q nait..................................
45
ft n t.................... ................
40
Half  p in t..........................
Wooden, for vinegar, per1 doz.
1 gallon..............................
7 00
Half gallon........................ 4  75
3 75
Quart..................................
2 25
Pint......................................

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.

Sugar house........................

Ordinary.............................

Cnba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Prime 
................................
Fancy..................................
New Orleans.

Fair......................................
Good....................................
Extra good..........................
Choice'................................
Fancy...................................

One-half barrels, 3c extra.

14

16

20
30

18
22
27
32
40

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count... @5 75
Half bbls, 600  coant.. @3 38

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

6 75
3 88

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

POTASH.

48 cans in case.
Babbitt’s ...........................
PennaSalt  Co.’s ...............

4  00
3 25

RICE.
Domestic.

Carolina head..................

...5
“ 
“  No. 2.................... ..  4
Broken................  .............. .  3

No. 1.......................  4M

Imported.

,...5M
Japan, No. 1.......................
r>  No. 2.......................
...5M
Java.................................... ..  5
Patna.................................. ..  5

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TE-AHESlVLAJSr.

Root Beer  Extract.
“ 

Williams’, 1 doz........................  1 75
3  doz.......................   5 00
Hires’, 1  doz.............................   1 75
“  3 doz...............................  5 00

8PICRS.

Whole Sifted.

“ 
11 
“ 

Allspice...................................10
Cassia, China In mats........   7
Batavia In bund___15
Saigon 
In rolls......32
Cloves,  Amboyua..................22
Zanzibar................... 12
Mace  Batavia........................ 80
Nutmegs, fancy.....................75
“  No.  1.........................70
No.  2........................ 60
er, Singapore, black — 10 
Pepper
“  w hite... 
.20
“ 
shot..........................16
Pure Ground In Bulk.
Allspice...................................15
Cassia,  Batavia.....................18
“ 
“ 
Saigon......................35
Cloves,  Amboyna..................22
“  Zanzibar...................18
Ginger, African.....................16
'•  Cochin......................20
Jamaica...................22
“ 
Mace  Batavia........................7<
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste. .22
“  Trieste......................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................75
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16
s  
white.......24
11  Cayenne................... 20
Sage......................................... 20
‘‘Absolute” In Packages.

“  and  Saigon.25

“ 

84

SAL  SODA.

Xs  Hs
Allspice........................  84  156
Cinnamon............  ....  84  1  55
Cloves...........................  84  155
Ginger,  Jam aica.......  84  1 55
African............  84  1  55
Mustard.......................  84  155
Pepper.........................   84  155
Sage......... 
Kegs.......................................  IK
Granulated,  boxes...............   lit
A nise...............................  @12)4
6
Canary, Smyrna.........  
10
Caraway............................ 
90
Cardamon, Malabar... 
Hemp,  Russian..........  
4)4
5)4
Mixed  Bird  ...............  
Mustard,  white..........  
10
Poppy...........................  
9
Rape............................. 
6
Cuttle  bone......................  

SEEDS.

30

STARCH.

Corn

 

“ 
“ 

“   

SNUFF.

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

20-lb  boxes.............................  6
40 lb 
5li
1-lb packages.........................   5)4
3-lb 
5)4
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes................   4%
Barrels....................................  5)4
Scotch, In  bladders..............37
Maccaboy, In jars................. 35
French Rappee, In Jars.......43
Boxes.......................................
Kegs, English.........................4tt
100 3-lb. sacks............................82 25
60 5-lb 
28 10-lb. sacks..........................  1 85
2 25
2014-lb.
24 3-lb  cases........................  1  50
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags 
drill  “  16  18
28 lb.  “ 

SODA,

SALT.

“ 

 

Warsaw.

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

Ashton.

“ 

“ 

31
18
75 

Higgins.

56 )h. dairy In linen  sacks.

Solar Rock.

56  It.,  sacks..........................

Common Fine.

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

SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In box.
Church's..............................
DeLand’s ........................... .
Dwight’s .......... 
...........   - • •
Taylor’s .................................

SOAP.
Laandry.

“ 

Hingman Brands.

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brand 
Old Country,  80  1-lb...........
Good Cheer, 601 lb...............
White Borax, 100  M-lb........
Proctor & Gamble.
Concord................................
Ivory, 10  oz.........................
6  oz...........................
Lenox 
...............................
Mottled  German.................
Town Talk...........................
Single box.......... . ...............  3 95
5 box lots, delivered.......... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered........ 3 75
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp d..*l  00 
plain...  S 94
N. K. Fairbanks & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus......................... 4 75
Brown, 60 bars................... 2 85
“ 
80  b a rs.....................350
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.
Acm e.................................... 4  00
Cotton Oil.............................6 00
Marseilles.............................  3 95
Mafter  ..................................4 36

“ 

« 

“ 

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 townwhere 
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.  ...........................$>  17
Powdered.............................   6 05
Granulated........................... 5  54
Extra Fine Granulated —   5  6?
Cubes..................................... 6  92
XXXX  Powdered.................6  35
Confec.  Standard  A ..........5 48
No. 1  Columbia A ...............   5 42
No. 5 Empire  A .................530
No.  6  ................................... 5 23
No.  7..................................... 5  05
No.  8 .....................................  4 98
No.  9..................................... 4 92
No.  10................................... 4 86
No.  11................................... 4  80
No.  12..................................  4  13
No.  13...................................  4  42
No 14.....................................   4 30

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Pure Cane.

SWEET  GOODS

Barrels.................................... 2t
Half bbls.................................23
Fair.........................................  19
Good.......................................  25
Choice  ...................................   30
Ginger Snaps.............. 
Sugar Creams.............. 
Frosted  Creams..........  
Graham Crackers....... 
Oatmeal Crackers....... 
VINEGAR
40 gr................................7  @8
50 gr.............................. 8  @9

8
8
9
8)4
8)4

*1 for barrel.

YEAST.

WET  MUSTARD.
Bulk, per g a l..................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 
Magic,..........................................1 00
Warner’s  ...............................1  00
Yeast Foam  ..........................1  00
Diamond................................   75
Royal..............................  
90
jafam—Regular.

TEAS.

 

SU N  C U BED .

B A SK ET  F IR E D .

Fair..................................  @17
Good................................   @20
Choice..........................--24  @26
Choicest......................... 32  @34
D ust............................... 10  @12
Fair..................................  @17
Good................................   @20
Choice.............................24  @2e
Choicest......................... 32  @34
Dust................................10  @12
Fair................................ 18  @20
Choice...............................  @25
Choicest..........................  
@35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40 
Common to  fa ll............25  @35
2 00
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
Fair................................18  @22
Choice.............................24  @28
B est................................40  @50

oolong. 
IM P E R IA L .

ENG LISH   B R E A K FA ST.

YOUNG  HYSON.

G U N PO W D ER.

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cat.

Palls unless otherwise noted
Bazoo...............................  @30
Can  Can...........................   @27
Nellie  Bly.....................27  @24
Uncle ben......................21  @22
Hiawatha....................  
60
34
Sweet  Cuba................. 
27
McGlnty......................  
25
Vi bbls....... 
Dandy Jim................... 
29
Torpedo...  ................  
24
23
in  drums—  
Yum  Yum  ................. 
28
1892............................... 
23
“  drum s................. 
22

“ 

“ 

Plug.

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

Smoking.

Catlin’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  N avy.........................40
Stork  ...............................30@32
German................................. 15
Frog....................................... 33
Java, Kb foil......................... 32

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  Boy........................ 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........................... 
814
Water White, old test.  @  714
W.  W.  Headlight, 150° 
7
Water  White  Mich..  @  6K
Naptha.........................   @ 614
Stove Gasoline............  @  71*
Cylinder......................27  @36
E ngine............... ........13  @21
Black. 15cold  test....  @  814

H ID E S  PELTS  and  FURS
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

“ 

H ID E S .

lows:
G reen.............................. 1
Part  Cured.................
Full 
...................
Dry................................  5
‘  >s, green  ...................3
Calfskins,  green........   4
cured.......... 7
Deacon skins................10

cured..................

“  

No. 2 hides 14 off.
PE L T S .

14 @3 K 
@ 4 
@ 414 
@ 5 
@ 4 
@  5 
@  6 
@  8 
@30

Shearlings.....................10
Lambs 
........................25
W ashed......................... 1C @22
U nw ashed....................10 @18

W OOL.

@  25 
@1  50

M ISCELLANEOUS.

F U R 8 .

Tallow ..........................  3 @414
Grease  butter  ............  1  @ 2
Switches......................114@ 2
Ginseng  ...................... 2 00@2 75
Outside prices for No. 1 only.
Badger.........................   50@1  00
B e a r......................... 15 00@25 00
Beaver...............................3 00@7 00
Cat, w ild......................  40@  50
Cat, b o u se..................   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, d ark...... .........1  00@3 00
pale & yellow.  50@1  00
Mink, d ark..................   40@2 00
Muskrat........................  03@  17
Oppossum......................   15® 30
Otter, dark  ................. 5 00©S 00
Raccoon......................  25®  90
Skunk  .........................1  00@1  25
W olf.................................. 1 00@3 00
Beaver  castors, lb — 2 00@5 00
10
Thin and  green.............. 
Long gray, dry...............  
20
Gray, dry 
..................... 
25
Red and Blue, d ry ........  
35
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS 

deerskins—per pound.

‘ 

W H EA T.

m e a l .

68 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 
68
Bolted...  ...........................   140
Granulated.........................   1  65
F L O U R .
in sacks  ..........  3 60
Straight, 
“ barrels.........   3 85
“ 
“ sacks...........  4  60
Patent 
“ barrels..........  4  80
“ 
Graham 
“ sacks...........  1  70
Rye 
............  1  90

“ 

M IL L ST U FFS. Less

Car lots  quantity
*15 00
14 00
17 00
21 oo
20 00

Bran................ *15 00 
Screenings —   14  00 
Middlings.......  17 00 
Mixed Feed.. .20 00 
Coarse meal  ..  19 50 
Car  lots.................................. 50
Less than  car  lots...............52
Car  lots  .................................38
Less than car lots................. 40
No. 1 Timothy, car lots — 13  <X) 
No. 1 
14  00

H A Y .
ton lots 

CORN.

OATS.

“ 

 

FRESH  MEATS.

Beef, carcass..  614@ 8

“ hindquarters... 
“ 
“ 
“ 
** 

7  @ 9
fore 
... 514® 6
loins,  No.  3... 10  @11,
ribs....8  @  9
rounds.6)4@ 7

“ 

Bologna........................  @ 6
Pork lo in s...................  @11%

“ 

shoulders.  .........  @  9%

“ 
“ 

Sausage, blood or head  @  7
liv e r ..............  @ 7
Frankfort  —   @ 9
Mutton  ..........................8  @ 9
Veal..................................7  @ 8

FISH  and  OYSTERS.

F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

F R E S H   F IS H .

follows:
Whlteflsh 
...................  @ 9
T rout............  ..............8  @ 9
Halibut.........................   @15
Ciscoes or Herring—   @ 5
Bluefish........................  @18
Fresh lobster, per lb —  
20
Cod................................ 
10
No. 1 Pickerel.............   @ 9
Pike..............................   @ 8
Smoked  W h ite..........  @10
Red  Snappers  ...............  
12
Columbia River  Salmon 
an
Mackerel.........................  
25
oysters—Cans. 

Falrhaven  Counts—   @40
F. J. D,  Selects..........   @34
Selects.........................   @28

SH E L L   B O O B S.

Oysters, per  100  .........1  50@1  75
Clams. 
..........1 G0@1  25

“ 

P A P E R .

B U LK .
2 20
Counts, per gal..  ..
1  75
Extra  Selects.........
2 CO 
Scallops..................
1  25
Shrimps  ................
PA PER  A WOODEN W ARE 
Straw 
.................................... 134
Rockford................................2
Rag sugar  ...............................2)4
Hardware................................ 2%
Bakers......................................2?4
Dry  Goods.................... 5  @6
Jute Manilla.................  @614
Red  Express  No. 1..............514
No. 2..............414

“ 

TW IN ES.

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

W OODBNW ARE
Tubs, No. 1...................
“  No. 2...................
“  No. 3...................
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.
“  No. 1,  three-hoop 
Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes
Bowls, 11 inch...............
...............

13  “ 

“ 

7  00 
6  00 
5 00 
1  35 
1 60 
40 
80 
1 00

 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 

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

“ 
“ 
“ willow cl’ths, No.l  6 
“ 
' 
“ 
“ 
“ 

........................  1  60
15  “ 
........................  2 25
17  “ 
2 75
19  “ 
3  00
21  “ 
35
shipping  bushel..  1  25 
..  1 35
full hoop  “ 
25
“  No.2 7 60
“  No.3 8 £0
“  No.l  3 50
“  No.2 4 25
“ 
.No.3 5 Of
Pails.....................................  3  15
Tubs,  No.  1...........................13 50
Tubs, No. 2............................12 00
Tubs, No. 3............................10 50
Local dealers pay as  follows:

POULTRY.

IN D U R A TED   W A RE.

splint 

“ 
“ 
1 
“ 

D R E SSE D .

L IV E .

Fow l............................. 12  @li
Turkeys........................16  @18
Ducks  ..........................16  @18
Chicken........................ 13  @15
Live broilers 13!£lbs. to 2 lbs.
Live broilers less than  1-1)4 
Chickens,.....................It  @12
Fowls............................ 11  @12
Turkeys........................ 10  @14
Duck............................. 11  @13

each, per  doz..........5 50@6 00
lbs.  each, per doz..  3  50® 450

PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follows:

 

PO R K   IN   B A R R E L S.
 

Mess................................ 
21  56
Shortcut..............................................................21 50
Extra clear pig, short cut...............................   23 00
Extra clear, heavy..........................................
Clear, fat back..................................................  22 50
Boston clear, short cut....................................  22 50
Clear back, short cut........................................  22 50
Standard clear, short cut, best..................  
23 00

 

s a u s a g e — Fresh and Smoked.

Pork Sausage........................................................
Ham Sausage.......................................................   9
Tongue Sausage...................................................  9
Frankfort  Sausage  ............................................  814
Blood Sausage......................................................  7
Bologna, straight................................................   6
Bologna,  thick.................. 
6
Headcheese........................................................... 7
Kettle  Rendered.................................................12
Granger]................................................................ UJ4
Fam ily..................................................................  9
Compound.............................................................8)4
50 lb. Tins, )4C advance.
20 lb. pails,  14c  “
3£C  “
10 lb.  “ 
51b.  “ 
%c  “
31b.  " 
l c   “

LA R D .

 

 

B E E F   IN   B A R B E L S.

Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs........................  8  50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.........................  8 50
Boneless, rump butts........................................15 00

s m o k e d   m e a t s — Canvassed or Plain.

“ 
“ 

“ 
** 
“ 
“ 

Hams, average 20 lbs............................ 

14)4
16 lbs..........................................1434
12 to 14 lbs...................................15
picnic........................................................ 12
best boneless..........................................  13)4
Shoulders..............................................................USi
Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................................13)4
Dried beef, ham prices......................................1014
Long dears, heavy.............................................
Briskets,  medium.

ligh t.

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

STIC K   CANDY.
Cases

Standard,  per  lb............
“  H.H...................
Twist  .............
“ 
Boston Cream................
814
Cut  Loaf.........................
Extra H.  H.................... ..  814
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6)4
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6)4
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Palls.

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Leader.............................................. 6
Royal................................................614
Nobby...............................................7
English  Rock................................. 7
Conserves........................................7
Broken Taffy..................... baskets
Peanut Squares..................  
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French Creams................................
Valley  Creams................................
Midget, 30 lb. baskets...........................
Modern, 30 lb. 
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13
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Palls.
Lozenges,  plain.................................................  10
printed.............................................   11
Chocolate Drops.................................................  11)4
Chocolate Monumentals..................................  13
Gum Drops.........................................................   5)4
Moss Drops.........................................................   8
Sour Drops.........................................................   8)4
Imperials.............................................................  10
Per Box
Lemon Drops v ............  ......................................55
Sour Drops.......  ..................................................55
Peppermint Drops................................................60
Chocolate Drops...................................................65
H. M. Chocolate  Drops................... 
90
Gum Drops.....................................................40@50
Licorice Drops..................................................1 00
A. B. Licorice Drops...........................................80
Lozenges, plain.....................................................60
printed................................................65
Imperials...............................................................60
Mottoes..................................................................70
Cream Bar............................................................. 55
Molasses  Bar..................................................... --55
Hand Made  Creams......................................85@95

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Decorated Creams...........................................1  00
String  Rock..........................................................65
Burnt Almonds................................................1 00
Wlntergreen  Berries...........................................60
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No.2, 
 
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Medium.....................................................2 ut@2 50
Large  .........................................................
Floridas, fancy..................................
Messinas, 200s.....................................
300s.....................................
Messina, choice, 360...........................
fancy, 360............................
choice 300............................
fancy 360  ........................... .
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Ivaca..........................................
California.................................
Brazils, new...............................................
Filberts......................................................
Walnuts, Grenoble...................................
“  Marbot.......................................
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choice................................
Pecans, Texas, H.  P.,  .......... ..................12
Cocoanuts, full sacks..............................
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns...................................   @  8
“  Roasted......................  @  9)4
Fancy, H.  P., Flags.................................   @ 8
“  Roasted.....................  @  914
Choice, H. P.,  Extras..............................   @  6)4
“  Roasted...................  @ 8

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Suarts................................................................

Pints.................................................................*
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Caps...................................................................
Rubbers............................................................
No. 0 Sun..............................................................   45
No. 1  “  ..............................................................   50
No.2  “  ..............................................................   75
Tubular  ....................................  
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No. 0 Sun, crimp  top......................................... 2  25
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No. 2  “ 
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No. 0 Sun, crimp top.........................................2  60
No. 1  “ 
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No. 2  “ 
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1 8

DRY  GOODS  THIEVES.

Business Firms  Have  Found  it  Good 

Policy to Send Them to Prison.

F r o m  t h e  N ew  Y o r k   S u n .

Within the past year the proprietors of 
the big dry  goods  stores  of  New  York 
and Brooklyn have changed their attitude 
toward  dishonest  employees  and  sneak 
thieves.  Up to within a comparatively re­
cent  date  it  was  the settled policy of the 
dry  goods  men not to prosecute thieves, 
whether from within or  without. 
If  a 
clerk or other employee was  caught  pil­
fering, the employer would  endeavor  to 
recover any articles that might have been 
stolen,  and would discharge the offender. 
The main reason for not causing  the  ar­
rest of a thieving employee seems to have 
been the fear  that  the  notoriety  which 
would  result  might  have  a  bad  effect 
upon the  public,  or  possibly  upon  the 
other employees.  The latter might think 
that the firm was over harsh, or  not  jus­
tified in its charges,  and the  resentment 
kindled in this way might have a  demor­
alizing effect  upon  them.  The  sudden 
and  unexplained  discharge, 
it  was 
thought, would tell the story,  and at  the 
same  time  be  a  warning  to  any  other 
weak minds.
The policy  toward  the  sneak  thieves 
and pickpockets who haunt the big stores 
was  based  solely upon  the  fear  that  if 
the prosecution  followed  their  detection 
the notoriety would injure  the  business. 
The  knowledge  that  sneak  thieves  in­
fested  the  store of  Jones,  Smith  &  Co., 
for instance,  would be likely to  frighten 
the public away  from  it.  As  a  result 
of  this  theory,  the  stores  never  prose­
cuted thieves if they  could  avoid  doing 
so.  When detected the thieves  were  es-! 
corted to a “searching  room,” compelled 
to disgorge their ill-gotten gain, and were 
then  incontinently  thrown  out  of  the 
store by some side or rear entrance where 
the force and haste  of  their  exit  would 
not attract public  attention.
That the policy described  has  recently 
been  abandoned  to a considerable extent 
has been proved by the frequent  appear- 
ancein the police courts of store detectives 
with prisoners charged with pocket pick­
ing or larceny from the  counters.  For­
merly the store detectives were as secret­
ive as Inspector McLaughlin’s  pets,  and 
any inquiries as to the meaning  of  their 
sudden  assaults upon the individuals  at 
the  bargain  counters  were  met  with 
evasions or refusals to talk.  Now,  how­
ever, they are  usually  as  ready  to  give 
information as any policeman  who  likes 
to see his name mentioned  in  the  news­
paper.  One  of  them  was  asked  by  a 
Sun 
reporter  recently  to  explain  the 
cause of the change.
“The reason  is  very  simple,”  he  re­
plied. 
“Formerly  onr  orders  were  to 
keep our mouths shut, because the bosses 
thought it would  keep  customers  away 
if they knew they might be rubbing shoul­
ders with crooks any minute. But it was on 
go,  for you reporters got onto  the  facts, 
anyhow,  and showed them up. 
I  think 
The Sun was  the  first  paper  to  tell  all 
about the operations of the store thieves, 
and it explained them so fully that every­
body who read the articles  could  under­
stand the whole thing.  The bosses were 
kind of angry about the facts being made 
public like that,  at first, but after a while 
they saw  that  the  people  kept  coming 
just the  same,  so  they  concluded  that 
they had been mistaken about their being 
frightened away. 
They began to  real­
ize, too, that no  one  store  would  suffer 
more than another, seeing that the thieves 
don’t  confine 
to 
any one, but kindly favor all.  Then the 
bosses  came  to  the  conclusion  that  if 
publicity  didn’t  work  any  injury, 
it 
might be wise to take  advantage  of  that 
fact by  putting  as  many  of  the thieves 
as possible where they wouldn’t  do  any 
more injury, and at the  same  time  show 
the  public  that  all  possible  means  to 
suppress the crooks were being taken.
“You must  understand that under the 
old conditions  considerable  loss was en­
tailed  upon  the  stores.  The  thieves 
were  rendered  bold  by  the  knowledge 
that they  would not  be  prosecuted,  and 
therefore took  chances  that  they  avoid 
now.  Realizing  that  the  worst  that 
could happen to  them if  detected would 
be the loss of their booty,  and perhaps  a

attentions 

their 

few kicks, they  stole right and left with 
the coolest nerve you ever saw.  Thieves 
don’t care much about scoldings, or even 
a few knocks,  and,  as their lives are full 
of hazard, anyhow, they will take chances 
that seem  very  risky  to  anybody  else. 
Every store in New  York lost thousands 
of dollars annually in things stolen from 
their counters, and the Dry Goods Chron­
icle recently computed  the annual losses 
of  the big stores of  the country through 
the  crooks  at  over  a  million  dollars. 
Now,  however,  the  losses  are  not  so 
great, because the thieves,  realizing that 
they  can  no  longer  expect  immunity 
from arrest and punishment, don’t  steal 
as boldly and promiscuously as they did. 
They still  work  at  their  profession, as 
they call it,  but they  devote  less  atten­
tion to  the  counters,  where  the  clerks 
are constantly on  the lookout, and  steer 
for  the  careless  customers  more.  The 
latter  suffer by  reason  of  the  change, 
perhaps,  and  yet, I  don’t know as they 
do, because they always  were the easiest 
workers  and  the  ones  the  crooks liked 
best  to  work.  Besides, 
they  usually 
give  up  cash,  while  only  merchandise 
can  be  recovered  from  the  counters. 
Then, too,  the  ranks  of  the  crooks are 
being thinned considerably by our prose­
cutions  of  all who  are  caught,  so that 
there are less to get away with the ‘farm­
ers.’  We  find  it  easier  to  keep  track 
ot  them,  too,  because there  are less of 
them.  There  was  a  time  when  they 
were so thick that  while we  were trying 
to get rid of a few a whole crowd of them 
would be  busy  in  another  part  of  the 
store. 
It was one of  their  tricks to  get 
into a store where there was only one de­
tective,  and  have  one  of  the  gang en­
gage his attention  while  the rest worked 
wiih immunity in a  different part of  the 
store.”
“ Do all the stores prosecute the crooks 
now?”  asked the reporter.
“Practically all the big ones do.  Some 
give a thief who is new  to the  detective 
a second chance.  That  is,  they let  him 
go with a  warning that  if he is  caught 
in  the store  again  they  will  prosecute 
him  without let up.  There  is  one  firm 
that has  an  original  system. 
It  has  a 
printed form  of  affidavit,  which  every 
crook is asked to sign when  first caught. 
If he signs  he is let  go; otherwise  he is 
immediately  prosecuted.  In  this  affi­
davit  he  admits  that  he 
is  a  profes­
sional  thief  and  has  been  caught  red- 
handed,  and agrees  to keep  out  of the 
thereafter.  He 
store 
also  waives 
all defense if Tie should break this agree­
ment. 
If he is caught in  the store after 
that, even if he  is  not  detected  in  any 
crooked work,  he is at  once  arrested  on 
the original charge,  and his  own  affida­
vit produced  to  prove  his  guilt.  This 
plan is said to  work  well,  although my 
experience leads me to doubt it.  A thief 
will  steal,  no  matter  what  the  result, 
and nothing but  confinement  will  keep 
him from  it.”
“I should think,” suggested the report­
er,  “ that  while the  detective  is  prose­
cuting one crook  in  the  court  the  rest 
could work merry havoc in the store.”
“That would be true if the  store  were 
left unprotected,  but  it  isn’t.  All  the 
big stores  and  some of  the  lesser  ones 
employ from two to  four  detectives and 
more than  one is  very rarely  absent at 
one time.  Then, besides,  all the clerks, 
floorwalkers,  and  other  employees  are 
detectives in their way,  and many of the 
crooks are caught  through  their  watch­
fulness.  The new  system  is  more  ex 
pensive than the old,  only  in the  sense 
that the stores have had to  double  their 
detective forces so  as  to  allow  for  the 
absence  of  those  who  are  prosecuting 
the  crooks,  but  the  saving  otherwise 
more than compensates,  and  I am  sure 
the firms are well pleased at the change.”

A  Useful  Spouse.-

In a drug store.
Stranger—Can you let me have a  little 
spirit of contradiction?
Druggist—Yes,  sir (turning to  his  as­
sistant).  Please ask  my  wife  to  come 
downstairs a moment.

The devil’s  way  of  trying  to  whiten 
his wan face is  to  try  to  blacken  every­
body else.

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M anufacturers  and  W holesale 

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Our Styles, Qualities and Prices 
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Wholesale doming Monutaciurers.

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

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We always guarantee excellent fits and 

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JO B B E R S   OF

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T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

19

GETTING  EVEN.

How  a  Cigar  Salesman  Paid  Off  a 

Mean Merchant.

“I got even with a mean chap  down at 
Cincinnati the other  day,  and have been 
hugging myself with  joy ever since,”  re­
marked  a cigar  salesman  the other day. 
“The  name of  the  fellow is not  Meyer, 
but I will call him  Meyer for short.  He 
is a wholesale cigar  dealer and does con­
siderable business; but he is the meanest 
man  to sell  to I ever  came  across.  He 
handles  cigars  of  the  same  character 
that I sell,  but I never  was able to make 
a customer of  him. 
If  he had come out 
fairly and  squarely at any time, and had 
said he didn’t want  to buy of  me, why 1 
would have  found no fault.  Every man 
has a right to buy  where he pleases, and 
his reasons  for refusing  to  buy  of  one 
man or another are nobody’s concern  but 
his own.  The  meanness  of  this  man, 
though, consisted in his accepting favors 
from me  and  wasting my time, when  he 
always  knew in advance  that he  would 
not buy anything of me.
“I  make  several  trips  to  Cincinnati 
every year, and for  the  past five years 1 
have always made it  a rule to call  upon 
this  man,  being  misled  by his apparent 
cordiality and  willingness to talk  about 
my  cigars into the  belief that  he would 
sooner or later  become a purchaser.  He 
always received  me with  manifestations 
of  great  pleasure,  asked  insinuatingly 
whether  I  had  brought  along  any  new 
stories,  for he was a wicked old cuss,  and 
smoked  my  cigars  with  great  gusto. 
Every time  when  I  began  to  talk busi­
ness to him,  however,  it was:
“ ‘I’m awfully sorry,  Mr.  Klien,  but  1 
really can’t see  my  way  clear  to  using 
your goods just now.  Business has been 
very bad,  and I am overstocked  as  it  is. 
But I’ll let you know as soon as I can find 
a chance to try your  line,  and  you  may 
depend on it you’ll get there yet.’
“Well,  I  put  up  with  that  for  two 
years. 
I  wrote  to  him  and got  some 
very pretty replies, but  never  did  I  get 
an order.  After that 1 put him down for 
a  liar,  and  wasn’t  quite  as  free  about 
inviting him out  to  dinner  and  loading 
him up with  my  best  cigars;  but  still  I 
pretended to be  friendly  and  to  believe 
his  stories,  because  his  trade  is  really 
worth having,  and  1  thought  he  might 
possibly change his  mind.  Business  is 
business,  you know,  and we can’t always 
say what we think. 
1 guess  you’ve  all 
been there.  There  is  a limit to  endur­
ance,  though,  and  when  a  man  tries  to 
play me for a fool the old Adam  will  get 
up and get the better of my principles of 
policy.
“So  it  happened  on  my  last  trip  to 
I called  on  Meyer  and  was 
Cincinnati. 
greeted  in  the  usual  effusive  fashion. 
‘How are you, Mr. Klein? 
I’m  awfully 
glad to see you.  What’s the latest from 
the metropolis?’  and all  the  rest  of  the 
lingo was as pat  as  usual.  He  coolly 
picked  a  cigar  out  of  my  vest  pocket, 
hinted that it was about lunch time,  and 
was as gay  and  fresh  as  though  he  had 
been buying fifty  cases  a  year  from  me. 
But when I asked him what chance there 
was of my booking an order from him, he 
had an apology all ready for his inability 
to patronize my goods just then. 
I  felt 
rather sore,  and I told  him  with  consid­
erable heat that 1  thought  he  was  treat­
ing me rather shabbily.
“ ‘My dear Klien,’  he  said,  in  a  very 
consoling kind  of  voice,  ’it  does  look 
kind of tough,  but  I  assure  you  1  can’t 
help it. 
If you had come two weeks ago 
1 would gladly have given you  an  order, 
but j ust as my stock ran out I got a chance 
to buy up a big lot of bankrupt goods at a 
great bargain, and  now  I’ve  got  enough 
to last me six months at least.  The next 
time you come I’ll be right in shape.’
“I was  convinced  that  he  was lying, 
but I smothered  my  anger,  and  after a 
little talk 1 went  away.  About  an hour 
later I ran  across  a competitor  of  mine 
with whom  I  am  on  very  good  terms. 
He told  me he  had  been in  town  some 
days.
“ ‘Whom have you seen here?’  I asked 
him.  He mentioned a number of names, 
and among  them was  that of  this  man. 
‘Did you do anything with him?’ I asked.
‘I  sold him  a round 
order this  morning,  and I  expect  to sell

“ ‘Yes,’ he said. 

him some  more  this afternoon.  By  the 
way, old man,  you are wasting your time 
on him.  He’s just playing you. 
I heard 
him say he wouldn’t  buy your  goods  at 
any  price,  but  he  enjoys  holding  you 
on.’
“Well, gentlemen,  my  temper doesn’t 
often get  on a  tear,  but  it  did  just rear 
I was so 
right up to the top notch then. 
angry I  couldn’t  talk,  and it  took  sev­
eral drinks and  a  big cigar to  make me 
composed  enough  to  think  straight. 
I 
made up my  mind  then  that I’d  call in 
and  see  Mr.  Meyer  and  let  him  know 
what I  thought of  him before I left Cin­
cinnati.
“The opportunity  came the  next day. 
I was in the neighborhood of his shop and 
I went  in.  He was  talking  to  a  typical 
Ohio jay in his private office—the sort of 
fellow that runs a combination grog shop 
and  grocery  in  a  coal-mining  town. 
Evidently there  was some  difference be­
tween them,  for as I came  in 1 heard the 
jay say:
“ ‘You’r  a-chargin’  me  too  much. 
That brand ain’t wuth no such price.’
“ ‘Oh, Mr.  Klein,’ the  dealer called to 
me; ‘step in here.  You’ve  come  just in 
time.  Mr. Jones here and 1 have a little 
dispute  about  the  value  of  an  article, 
and 1 think you can settle it.  Mr. Jones, 
shake hands with Mr.  Klein.  Mr.  Klein 
is an  expert  in  cigars  from  New York, 
and he handles  more in a  week than you 
and I do  in a  year.  Now,  you’ll admit, 
Mr. Jones,  that he  knows nothing of our 
argument,  and doesn’t know  what  price 
I’ve named. 
It’ll be fair to both of us to 
leave it to him to  name the  value,  won’t 
it?’
“ ‘Yes,’  said the  jay,  *1 dunno  but  it 
would. 
I’m willin’  ter leave  it ter him.’
“  ‘All  right,’  said  Meyer,  ‘so  am  I. 
Mr. Klein,  will  you  tell  us  what is the 
lowest  selling  price  of  that  brand  of 
cigars?’
“I tumbled at once.  I knew the brand 
well, as it was  the  leading  brand  of  a 
competing  house.  The  manufacturer 
got $50 for the goods and the jobber  sel­
dom sold them for less than $60.  Quick 
as a flash the  idea  struck  me  that  here 
was a chance to get square.

“ ‘Well,’  said  I,  T  know  the  brand 
well.  To be frank with you, gentlemen, 
that  brand  is  ordinarily  sold  at $20 per 
thousand or $17.50 in five thousand  lots.’
“Well, it  was  worth  all  I  had  spent 
on Meyer to see the way he fell to pieces. 
He had been following me with  a  know­
ing smile and confident air up to the very 
end,  and the  climax  was  too  much  for 
him.  He almost  fell  out  of  his  chair, 
and  I  could  see  that  he  had  suddenly 
become as  weak  as  a  kitten.  As  for 
Jones,  he  wanted  to  jump  on  Meyer’s 
neck.
“ ‘There! didn’t I  say  your  price  was 
too  almighty  high?’  he  demanded. 
‘I 
knew ye wasn’t playin’  a fair game.  I’ve 
got a  durned  good  mind  not  to  buy  a 
cent’s  wuth of ye. 
If I was sure ye done 
it a-purpose I’d have ye  boycotted,  so  I 
would.’
“Meyer was panic stricken, but I didn’t 
wait to learn how he got out of his scrape. 
I shook hands with Jones, and just before 
leaving I  turned to  Meyer,  looked  him 
square in the eyes,  and said:
“ ‘Mr.  Meyer, I’m going to  leave  town 
If I can be of service to you 
to-morrow. 
in fixing  any  more  prices  just  let  me 
know. 
I’ll always be ready to show  my 
appreciation of your kindness during the 
past five years.’
“He  was  too  flabbergasted  to  say  a 
word, and I went out and ate  the  hearti­
est  and most enjoyable meal  I’d  had  in 
a month.”

He  Sampled It.

Wife—Well, dear,  where’s  the  coffee?
He—What  coffee?
Wife—Why, that which I  told  you  to 
bring home from the grocery.
He—Umph! 
I  forgot  all  about  the
coffee.
Wife—Why,  no,  dear,  you  didn’t.  1 
smell  it  on  your  breath.  You  surely 
must have been sampling it.
He—Well,  yes;  1  did  sample it some; 
but—but  I  wouldn’t  take  It.  There’s 
nothing I so detest as mean  coffee.

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

WM.  H.  THOMPSON  i   GO.,

Commission  Merchants,

166 South Water S t ., 

CHICA.

(Refer to Bank of  Commerce, Chicago.)

W e  can  use a few cars of good, sound  potatoes.  Parties having stock 
to offer please write us,  naming variety and condition of stock  offered, also 
price,  and  when  they  can  load  and  ship.

TELFER  SPICE  COMPANY,

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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

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

)  and 3 Pearl  Street, 

GRAND  RAPIDS

Sugar  is  Advancing!

--------THAT  MEANS--------

HIGHER  PRIGE8 

FOR  GONFEGTIONERY.

Order in Round  Lots  Nomv.

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

Your  Bank Account Solicited.

Kent  Goity Savings

GRAND  RAFIDS  ,MICH.

Jno.  A. Covodk,  Pres.

Henry  Idema, Vice-Pres.

J.  A.  S.  V e r d i e b ,  Cashier.

K. Van Hoe, AsB’tC’B’r. 

Transacts a General Banking  Business. 

Interest  A llow ed  on  Tim e  and  Savings 

D eposits.

DIRECTORS:

Jno. A. Covode, D. A. Blodgett,  E. Crofton Fox, 
T. J. O’Brien.  A. J. Bowne,  Henry Idema, 
J. A. S. Verdier.
Jno.W.Blodg’ett,J. A. McKee, 

D eposits  Exceed  One  M illion  D ollars.

Established  1 8 6 8 .

H.  M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Building  Papers,

Carpet  Linings,

Asbestos  Sheathing 

Asphalt  Ready  Roofing,

Asphalt Roof Paints,

Resin,  Coal  Tar, 

Roofing and Paving Pitch,

Tarred Felt,  Mineral Wool 
Elastic Roofing Cement, 
Car,  Bridge  and Roof Paints, 

and Oils.

In Felt, Composition and Gravel,

Cor.  LOUIS and  CAMPAV  Sts..

Grand  Rapids,  *  Mich.

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.

Lansinc Woofleware  Co.,

Lansing, Mich.

Wayne county savings Bonk, Detroit. Mien.
$500 OOO  TO  INVEST  IN  BONDS
Issued by cities,  counties,  towns  and  school districts 
of Michigan.  Officers  of  these  m unicipalities  about 
to issue bonds will find  it  to th eir advantage to apply 
to this bank.  Blank bonds and blanks for proceedings 
supplied  w ithout  charge.  All  comm unications  and 
enquiries will have prom pt attention.  This bank pays 
8. D.BLWOOD. Treasurer.
4 per cent, on deposits, compounded semi-annually.
GINSENG  ROOT.
D D n Q   W holesale  D ruggists, 

We pay the highest price for it.  Address
r i l U A   D h i U o .j   GRAND  RAFIDS.

T H E   M ICHIGAH  TRADESM AN

18  and  19
Widdicomb  Building.

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

Correspondence
Solicited.

T H E   W O R L D ’S  B E S T .

-O

THB  TRIRLB  MOTION

“WHITE  MOUNTAIN"

20

MUST  BE  A   GENTLEM AN.

The Most  Essential  Qualification of the 

Successful Traveler.
E . A .  O w e n  in  S h o e  a n d  L e a th e r  G a z e tte .

in 

personal 

To be a successful  drummer one must 
be a superior  being.  He  must  be  able 
to voice the  sentiments  of Paul and  ex­
claim  with  that 
illustrious  apostle: 
“Though  I  be  free  from  all  men,  yet 
have  1  made  myself  servant  unto  all, 
that I might gain the more.  Unto the Jews 
1  became as a Jew, that I might gain the 
Jews; and to them that are  without law. 
that 1  might gain them that are without 
law.  To the weak  became  I  as  weak, 
that 1 might gain the weak:  I  am  made 
all things to all men, that 1  might by all 
means save  (gain)  some.”  But the suc­
cessful drummer  must  go  beyond  this: 
he must  do  that  which  he  would  and 
leave undone that  which  he  would not. 
This  implies knowledge  on the  drum­
mer’s part and a  will  power to  apply it 
in doiug or not  doing  at  the  opportune 
moment,  and in the proper manner.
The successful drummer  is  a  gentle­
man at all times,  and in all  places.  He 
is not only  a  gentleman  by  profession, 
but he is one by nature.  No man,  I care 
not how well dressed he may be  or  how 
prepossesing 
appear­
ance,  will ever win  the  laurels  of  suc­
cess as a drummer by merely apeing gen­
teel  manners, or playing  the  role  of a 
gentleman  for policy’s sake.  I have been 
pained as  well  as  amused  many  times 
with  such exhibitions  of masquerading. 
The genuine article never  leaves  a  bad 
impression behind him. 
If  he  finds me 
busily engaged  when he calls on  me,  he 
does not forget  that my  time may be as 
valuable to me as bis time is to him, and 
that I,  being  approached  by  him,  pos­
sess rights  which he,  as a  gentleman,  is 
bound  to respect.  1  may  not  like  the 
line  he  represents,  or  1  may  have  no 
place  for an  order  at  the  time,  but  in 
either case the gentleman drummer  will 
not fail to leave  the  impression  behind 
him that he is such.  He  may fail to get 
an order,  but he succeeds in winning  my 
respect  and  admiration—a  something 
which  only  the  successful  drummer 
places any value upon.  The  next  time 
he calls I am pleased to  meet him  and I 
cordially shake hands  with him.  There 
is such an air of naturalness  about  him, 
and  be  is  so  unassuming,  candid  and 
artless, that a feeling  akin to friendship 
is  engendered  at  once.  Henceforth he 
is a regular visitor and is always cordial­
ly  received.  For  local 
reasons  best 
known to myself,  I may  not like his line 
and may never give him an order,  but he 
never shows any pique  or speaks  of me 
to the boys as a self-conceited old “skin­
flint” because I do not buy his goods.  He 
is a  gentleman  and,  as  such,  he  has 
forced me up to  his  own  level,  and  he 
knows,  and every one of his less-favored- 
by-nature rivals ought  to  know that,  as 
long  as he commands my  respect,  there 
is a chance,  sooner or later,  of  securing 
an order from  me. 
Indeed,  I  recall  to 
mind at  this  moment  a  case  parallel 
to the  above.  A  certain drummer  trav­
eled for a certain Detroit jobbing  house. 
The  first  time  he  called  upon  me  he 
won  my  everlasting  good  will  by  his 
gentlemanly  deportment.  His  line was 
not suited to my trade, and for two years 
he never  failed to  call  upon  me  when 
visiting my town,  although  I had  never 
given him an order  for a  dollar’s  worth 
of  goods.  During 
time  I  often 
wished that  the  line  was  satisfactory, 
for the pleasure it  might  afford  me  in 
giving him  an  order.  Finally,  I  gave 
him a small order  in  opposition to  my 
better  judgment—something  which  I 
very  seldom  did.  This man 
is a  suc­
cessful drummer.  He represents a large 
manufacturing concern  to-day and trav­
els over an extensive western territory.
In a manufacturing and jobbing  house 
in a Michigan town may be found a young 
man  who has bad  a  brilliant  career  as a 
successful drummer.He was adopted into 
the business,  so to speak,  when he was a 
poor,  homeless  orphan  boy.  After  he 
grew  to  man’s estate,  his  benefactors 
saw evidences  of  those  sterling,  manly 
qualities which go to  make  up  the  suc­
cessful drummer,  and they  put  him  on 
the road. 
I was in his territory and dur­
ing all the  years  he  was  on  the  road,  I |

that 

did  business  with  him,  buying  many 
thousands  of  dollars’  worth  of  goods 
from the house he represented.  His an­
nual sales have  run  as  high  as  $140,000 
and his percentage of losses was remark­
ably low.  Billy,  as we familiarly called 
him, was always a welcome visitor at the 
store.  He always came in with a ruddy 
glow and a pleasant  smile  on  his  frank, 
open,  manly  face,  and  the  firm  grip  of 
his hand was the  outward  expression  of 
a warm heart and a sunny, genial nature 
that wore no mask.  It mattered not how 
busy  we  might  be,  Billy  never  side­
tracked us; in fact,  he would often  turn 
in and attend to the  wants  of  a  waiting 
customer and show the clerks (or myself, 
for  that  matter)  how  to  fit  a  shoe  and 
make a sale.  He never bored us,  but he 
had a faculty of  ascertaining  just  what 
we were out of and just the  very  things 
we  needed—and  he  never  insisted  on 
putting in  anything  which  we  did  not 
need.  He seemed to know just what  we 
wanted and never omitted anything, even 
down to a few missing sizes of innersoles. 
He never  dictated  or  assumed to  know 
more of our  business  than  we  did  our­
selves, and yet he seemed to have it pretty 
much  all  his  own  way.  His  sterling 
honesty and  gentlemanly  manners made 
this possible.  He was bound  to  please 
and make everything satisfactory—which 
is the whole secret,  in  a  nutshell, of his 
grand success as  a  drummer.  Billy  is 
the junior partner to-day in the business 
he so faithfully and so  successfully  rep­
resented while on the road,  and  my  ex-1 
cuse for giving him  so  much  space  is  a 
desire  to  give  a  practical  illustration 
from actual experience,  of  some  of  the 
leading qualities which  every  successful' 
drummer possesses.

As stated before,  the  successful drum­
mer is a gentleman at all times and in all 
times,  even  when  his 
places;  at  all 
would-be  customer  will  not  graciously 
condescend to step down to the hotel  and 
look him over,  after  he has spent  a full 
hour in  opening  out.  Of  course,  it  is 
understood  that  the  grand  display  was 
made especially for the customer’s delec­
tation;  still,  when  the  customer  is not 
sufficiently  cultured  to  appreciate  such 
an  artistic  exhibition, 
the  successful 
drummer will  bestow the  usual  parting 
blessing and a promise to return in sixty 
days.  Sometimes the customer is  found 
out of  all  harmony  with  everything in 
general and drummers in particular,  and 
then  is  when  the  successful  drummer 
shows his true metal.  With the spirit of 
a martyr  he  preserves  his  serenity and 
governs himself  accordingly.  When  he 
goes away,  the crestfallen  customer goes 
out the back door and  kicks  himself  for 
making  an  egregious  ass  of  himself. 
The chances are he will give that  drum­
mer  an  order  the  next  time  he  comes 
around. 
If  the  drummer,  at  such  a 
time,  happens to  belong  to  the  unsuc­
cessful variety, he  will make  an  asinine 
show of  himself  likewise,  and  then all 
chances of future successes at  that point 
are lost forever.

A  gentleman  “in  all  places”  means 
that the  successful  drummer  will never 
fail to  recognize his customer  wherever 
he meets  him.  He  will never dodge his 
country customer in the  corridors of the 
city hotel,  or  in  the throng  of  pleasure 
seekers at  a  fashionable  summer resort. 
Superciliousness  on the  part of a drum­
mer  is  most  contemptible.  A drummer 
who  cannot  wring the last drop  of  this 
despicable ingredient out of his anatomy 
can  never  become  a  success. 
I  know 
what it is to have a  dudish fop  enter my 
store for  the first  time,  and,  after  get­
ting a pointer from a clerk, approach the 
office  where 
engaged, 
thrust his card into my  face, and extend 
his hand for a shake in a why-how-de-do- 
old-man-by-jove-I’ m-glad-to-see-you  sort 
of  way, while a forced  smile spreads  it­
self all over his masked  face. 
If  one of 
these fellows were to meet me on a  fash­
ionable street  in  the  city, he  would say 
to  his  companion:  “By  Jove,  Cholly, 
there comes  that  old  duffer  from  Mud 
Hollow;  let’s  turn  off  and  avoid  him.” 
These  fellows  seldom  hold  their  posi­
tions long enough to get  around  the sec­
ond  time.

I  am  busily 

Use Tradesman Coupon  Books.

Ice  Cream 

Freeier,

THE  WORTH'S  BEST.

-o-

The White Mountain Freezer is so  universally popular with  the  trade  and con­
sumer alike,  its reputation so thoroughly established and merits so well known the 
a  «view  of  the  many  features  of  superiority  peculiar  to  the 
“White Mountain” seems unnecessary.

over’ 

“F R O Z E N   D A IN T IE S  ”

A book  of  choice  receipts for  Ice  Creams, Sherbets, Water Ices, etc.,  packed in 
These receipts were prepared expressly for  us  by Mrs. D. A.  Lincoln, author  of 

every  Freezer.
the Boston Cook Book, and are copyrighted.

PR IC E   L I S T :

2 quart, ea c h ...........................» ...  $3  75110 quart, each
3 quart, each..................................  4 
4 quart, each..................................   5 
6 quart, each..................................   7 
8 quart, each..... ............................   9  00 125 quart,  each

50  12 quart, each
50  15 quart, each
00 120 quart, each

$12  00 
14  00 
17  00 
23  00 
28  00

Discount  on application.

bsTEHjSÌnEVEHS
“"„T"«
&  

Chests. 

Glass Covers for Biscuits.

m

11111b

'T 'H ESE  chests  will 

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

handsomest  ever  offered 
to  the 
trade.  They  are  made  to  fit  any 
of our  boxes  and can  be  changed  from 
one box  to  another in a moment.  They 
will  save  enough  good1'  from  flies,  dirt  and  prying  fingers in a short  time to pay 
for themselves.  Try them and be  convinced.  Price, 50 cents each.

o UR new glass covers  are by far the 

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

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CREAM  CRISP. 

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

the best selling cakes we ever made.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

S. A. Sears, Mgr. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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

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

THE  YOST  MFG.  CO.,

TOLEDO,  OHIO.

JF.  J.  DBTTBNTHA.JLBR,

WHOLESALE  OYSTERS,  FISH  and  GAME,

LIVE  AND  DRESSED  POULTRY.

Voigt,  HemolstiBiier &  Co

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4 8 , 8 0 ,  8 2   O tta w a   St. 

G rand  R a p id s.

Consignments solicited.  Chicago and Detroit market prices guaranteed.

117  Monroe  St., Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

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

S E E   Q U O T A T I O N S .

M u sk eg o n   B ra n ch

M u sk eg o n ,  M ich.

O rigin ators  o f  the  C elebrated  C ake,  “M U SK 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.

Mail orders a specialty. 

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

Spring & Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

R ib b o n s, 

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

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

assorted stock at lowest  market  prices.

Spring & Com pany.

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DONT  PROVE  DE 

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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  list  will 
be mailed  free on application.
T R A D E S M A N   C O M P A N Y ,

G rand  R a p id s,  M ich.

W H O L E S A L E

Dry  Doods, Carpets and Cloaks

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  Live 

Geese  Feathers.

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.

New  Assorted  Packages  of  Glassware  for  the  Season  of 

'93.

NO.  1B016

Assorted  Package,  Ruby  Engraved

G L A S S W A R E .

1-6  Doz.  4  Pc.  Sets. 
1-6  “ 
£ Gal.  Jugs.
1 
1-6  “  Tall Celeries.
1-6  “  Oils.

“  Tumblers.

“  Salts.
“  Peppers.

1-6  Doz.  Mo.  Cans.
4- 
4 
1-12  “  8  in.  Berries.
1 
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Be  sure and  order  a  NO.  15016  RUBY  ENGRAVED  package  if  you 

want your stock to look attractive.

Gbrysaotheroam

A 406 Berry ;  Scallope  Edge.

R A V EN .

Half Gallon Puchar.

ASSORTED  PACKAGES  OF  10c  GLASSWARE.

44

44

4-4 Doz. 39  D,  4  Pc. Sets.
49  D,  6  in.  Jellies.
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47  D,  1  Qt.  Jug.
1
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1 U 37  D, 5  in.  Bowls.

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47  D.  7  in.  Nappie.
4 7  D.  6  in.  H’ld  Olive.
23  D,  8   in.  Dish.
37  I),  S  in.  Fruit  Dish,

CHRYSANTHEMUM  ( A s s o r t e d   P a c k a g e s).

C r y s t a l .

4  Gal.  Jugs.
Tumblers.
Celeries.
Ft.  Jellies.
6  in  open  Bowls.

44

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6  in.  Cord  Bowls.
*7 
Mo.  Cans.
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9  in.  Salvers.
Both Chrysanthemum assortments  are new and  attractive.

44 Mo.  Cans.

Ru b y .
4  Doz. 4  Pc.  Sets.
1
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Tumblers.
Celeries.
4  in.  Berries.
84 
Cracker Jars.
6  in.  Open  Bowls.
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8 
7  in.  Cord  Bowls.
8   in.  Cord  Bowls.
Pickles.

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The  RAVEN  is the best cheap package on  the market.

47  »  Quart Pitctier. 

47 D 4.oz_  rinryar. 

O 7-inch  jr«m . 

OUR  PLUME

47  D 6-mu*   Bandied Nappy.

Assorted package of 4-piece sets contains

PLUME

GIPSY

Three only Cottage 4-piece  Sets.

Three only Gypsy 4-piece Sets.

Two only Plume 4-piece Sets.

Two only  Saxon  4-piece Sets.

Two only Excelsior 4-piece  Sets.

For prices on the above assorted  packages  write to

H,  Leonard  X  Sons,

GRAND  RxYPIDS,  MICH.

SAXON

COTTAGE

All the sets in the PLUME  ASSORTMENT  are sellers.

