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NO.  529

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T H E   P A IN   O F   C O N C E A L M E N T .
Myra,  Mrs.  Hunt’s  ‘’hired  girl,” was 
kept busy all the afternoon  vibrating be­
tween  the kitchen and  the front door,  to 
admit the members of  the  sewing circle 
who could  not  be prevailed  upon  to  ar­
rive  punctually,  it  appeared,  for they 
strayed in  singly or  by twos  and  threes 
in  the most casual  manner possible,  and 
not at all as though  they had  heard  the 
minister announce  from  the  pulpit  the 
preceding Sunday  that:

“The  Ladies’  Sewing  Circle  of  this 
church will  hold its regular weekly meet­
ing  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Thomas 
Hunt on Tuesday afternoon  at  half-past 
3 o’clock.  On Tuesday afternoon!  at the 
residence  of  Mrs.  Thomas  Hunt!  At 
half-past 3 o’clock!  The  ladies  are  es­
pecially desired to arrive promptly at the 
hour  named,  and  a  full  attendance  is 
earnestly  solicited.  The Ladies’  Sewing 
Circle—at the  residence of Mrs,  Thomas 
Hunt—at half-past  three—on  Tuesday.”
Mrs. Hunt herself grew a trifle irritable 
at  last,  for  it  annoyed  her  to  see  the 
daylight fading and  so  little work being 
accomplished.  But she was  one  of  the 
energetic sort who 
is  not  easily  to  be 
daunted.  She would  light the lamps,  if 
it came to that.  Myra could bring in the 
Argand burner,  and  that,  with  the  stu­
the  center  hanging-lamp 
dent’s  and 
would  give 
light  enough,  she  guessed, 
even for their fine sewing.  They needn’t 
think,  if  they did  straggle  in  late,  that 
they’d get out  of  doing  what there  was 
to be done.

“Oh,  Mrs.  Downs,  I’m glad to see you. 
Won’t you  lay off your  bonnet?  It’s  too 
bad it’s so late.  The days  are  consider­
able short,  and  it  comes on dark dretful 
early now.  Seems  to  me  1  never  did 
know the days so short.  Set right down, 
do,  an’  I’ll give you—”

“Mercy,  not for a minute,  please,  Mrs. 
Hunt;  not till my fingers get limbered  up 
some,  1 can’t sew. 
It’s  nippin’ cold out­
doors,  and  havin’  to  hold  the  lines  ’s 
made  my fingers’s  stiff’s  dry  twigs.  1 
guess we’re  goin’  to  have  a  tolerable 
hard winter;  it’s  set 
in  cold  so  early. 
Mrs.  Lawton,  are you goin’ to make room 
for me there by the stove so’s 1  can  thaw 
my bands and  begin sewin’?”

“ Why,  yes.  Come right along.  Here’s 
a nice little rocker, just the size for you. 
Grace, just  you  shove  along  some,  so’s 
Mrs.  Downs can  draw  up  her chair ’long 
side of me.”

At last it seemed  that  all  the 

ladies 
were assembled,  for the bell ceased ring­
ing,  and Myra was permitted to rest from 
her labors  for  the  time  being,  and give 
her entire attention  to  what  of  the  la­
dies’ conversation  she  could distinguish 
by  leaving  the  pantry-door  on  the  jar 
and  herself sitting close to the crack.  It 
seemed  to her too  bad  that just Miss El­
len  Fuller  and  Mrs.  Deacon  Brian  Kent 
should  be  the  nearest  stationed to that 
convenient door.  They were proverbial­
ly close-mouthed,  and  perhaps  wouldn’t 
say  two  words  the  afternoon  through. 
Now  if it had only  been  little  Mrs.  Sam­
my Frost or young Inez Hayes—

Mrs.  Hunt,  seeing  that  all  the  ladies 
had  been provided  with  work  and  were 
stitching away at it  with more or less as­
siduity as the case  might  be,  herself sat 
down  with  a  substantial  canton-flannel 
garment in  her lap  and  commenced  set­
ting a gusset, while she added to the gen­
eral buzz of conversation  by entering into 
it with her nearest neighbor, Mrs. George 
Cole, on the subject of winter squash.

She  was  a  notable  housekeeper.  A 
large,  portly  woman,  who moved ponder­
ously  and was always moving.  Her hair 
was  parted 
in  the  middle  and  drawn 
back smoothly over her  head  to  a  com­
pact little wad  at  the  back.  Her  neck 
was too fleshy to  permit  of  her wearing 
a collar,  so  she  pinned about her throat 
a spotless white  kerchief  and secured it 
at her  bosom  with a coral  brooch,  upon 
which her stout chin  rested comfortably 
when it rested  at  all.  Generally  it  was 
moving.  Mrs.  Hunt  was  a  “famous 
talker.”  She was a famous  listener, too, 
if  her  information on  the subject of  her 
neighbors’  affairs  be  taken  as evidence. 
She often knew as much of these as they 
did  themselves,  and 
sometimes  even 
more.

For instance,  she knew why Nellie Up­
ton,  the pretty  girl  there  by  the  what­
not,  looked  so  pale  and  large-eyed. 
It 
was  because  her  “beau”  had  suddenly 
stopped  “keeping  company”  with her, 
and she did not  know the  reason.  Mrs. 
Sammy Frost,  the annt of the young man 
in  question,  had 
told  Mrs.  Hunt  all 
about it  on  Sunday coming  home  from 
meeting. 
It seemed  that Nellie Upton’s 
brother  had gone  into Royal  Hayes’  (the 
young man’s) store one morning a couple 
of months ago  to get the mail,  and  while 
there he had  bought of  Royal  something 
or  other  for  which  he  paid  the  full 
amount lacking one cent.  This he prom­
ised  to  make  good  the  next  time be 
should come  to  the  store,  and  this  he 
failed to do in  spite of  Royal’s daily  re 
pealed references to  the subject,  until  a 
few days  since,  when  he  had  “squared 
up”  fairly enough,  to  Hayes’s entire sat­
isfaction.  But it was  scarcely so  grati­
fying to Royal  to 
later  that  the 
whole thing  had  been  carried  on  in  a 
spirit of  fun  by  Upton,  who  “wanted  to 
see  how  long  he’d  dun  for that cent,” 
and  to know that  he  had earned for him­
self the title of Pennyroyal, which would 
cling to him always,  for such an  apt sou­
briquet  is not easily  shaken off.

learn 

“Of  course,  1  must  give  in,  Rol  is  
close,”  said  Mrs.  Sammy  in  conclusion, 
“but you can’t expect him  to  keep com­
pany  with  Nellie  any  more  when  her 
brother’s  treated  him  so dretful mean— 
boldin’  him  up to ridicule an’  all.  Nat­
urally he couldn’t  explain it to Nellie  (it 
would  be  too  mortifyin’),  an’ naturally 
Bennie wouldn’t want  to  make mention 
of it,  it bavin’  turned out as it has.  But 
wouldn’t you  o’  thought  he’d  o’  known 
an’ not spoilt  his  sister’s  prospects like 
that?  Rol’s got money, an’he's reel good 
an’  steady,  if  he  is a mite  near. 
I  like 
Nellie,  an’I mean to try to patch matters 
up,  but  I  guess it’ll  take a sight o’  cod-

nivin’  before Roll ’ll come round.  When 
a fellow ’s made  the  laughin’-stock  like 
that,  he don’t get over  it  for  one  while, 
’less he’s some  of  a  softy.  But  I  am 
sorry  for Nellie.  She’s a reel  pretty-ap­
pearin’  girl,  an’  I  just  hate  she should 
look so hagworn.”

Mrs.  Hunt  knew  also  precisely how 
many jars of  fruit  Mrs.  Kent  had  “done 
up” that fall  and  exactly  how  few  Mrs. 
Hoyt had,  and  why.  She  knew  where­
fore the Lawton  girls  had  not  gone  to 
school  that year. 
It was either  a  ques­
tion  of  their  going  to school  and relin­
quishing a visit  to  Boston  and  a  new 
gown apiece,  or  having  Boston  and  the 
uew  gowns  and  doing  without  school. 
They bad just returned from Boston, aud 
Grace had worn  her  city-made  frock  at 
meeting on  Sunday.

Now,  as Mrs.  Hunt  glanced  up  from 
her work,  it gave her  a  sense  of  subtle 
satisfaction  to feel  that there was scarce­
ly one  in  that  room  with  whose  most 
particular affairs she  was  not personally 
acquainted. 
It warmed her heart  with  a 
feeling of  general intimacy  and  immedi­
ate  concern.  She  always 
insisted  she 
wasn’t “a  mite  curious,  only dreadfully 
interested.”

“An’  1 do think when  a body  pretends 
to have friends  she’d ought to be proper 
concerned ’bout  their  affairs.  Now,  for 
the life o’ me, I can’t feel reel kinder easy 
with those  sorter  folks who  hold  their 
tongues between  their  teeth  like they’d 
nip  the ends off,  an’ act’s if they’s mortal 
afeared  you’d  come  nearer’n  a  mile of 
’em.  Now  Mrs.  Fosdick—!  she’s  just 
like that.  She never’s  much’s opens her 
head about her own  affairs,  an’ it always 
makes me feel  like I was a mite provoked 
with  her.  When  she first came to Avonia 
to live an’  hadn’t  no  husband  nor  no 
inen-folks  o’  her  own,  nor  nothin’  but 
just  them  two  children,  1 did  feel con­
siderable  concerned 
to  know  how  she 
meant to get along,  an’ I went to see her, 
as one naturally  would.  But  law sakes! 
I never seemed  to feel called  to go since. 
She ain’t  the kind  1  feel  free with a mite. 
She acts  stiff’s  can  be  the  minute you 
put the  least  little question,  an’,  for my 
part,  I ain’t no  notion  o’  goin’  to  any­
body’s house to be froze  out like  I was a 
woodchuck.”

Mrs.  Fosdick sat  somewhat apart from 
the rest.  She had drawn  her chair close 
up to the  window  and  was  holding  her 
work  very near  her  eyes,  never  raising 
her head once,  nor pausing to take a rest 
as the others occasionally did, bnt stitch­
ing on  with  a sort of stern determination 
and in  resolute silence.  Her figure stood 
out in sharp relief upon the  dingy  gray 
of  the  November  afternoon  that  was 
pressing close against the  window panes. 
A tall,  spare figure,  high of shoulder and 
lank of  limb,  clad  in a somber gown that, 
though  obviously  old,  was scrupulously 
nice.  Her hair was gathered back tightly 
from her forehead,  leaving it so bare that 
it almost seemed nude and impressed one 
unpleasantly.

Her  eyes  might  once  have  been  fine 
(deep  blue  beneath  black  lashes),  but

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

they  were  faded  now  and  her  temples 
were sunken.  Her complexion  was thick 
and  coarse,  her  cheek  bones  high  and 
her jaws  wide and  firm  set.  Physically, 
she  was  not prepossessing,  and she  had 
the air of deliberately wishing to discour­
age  any  advance  of  a  familar  nature. 
If she were addressed she made acknowl­
edgment in a  word or a nod that  was un­
accompanied  by smile or any  change  of 
expression  whatever from  her  usual  one 
of stern immobility. 
It  had always been 
so ever since she  came  to  Avonia  first, 
with  her  two  daughters,  to live.  They 
had  been  small  children  then;  they  were 
“great  girls”  now.  They  were  well- 
drilled in their mother’s  art  of  reserve. 
They  attended  the  district  school,  but 
were  not  popular,  though  their  mates 
had no other cause for complaint against 
them  than  that  they  stood  aloof  and 
seemed  to “carry  their beads  so  dretful 
high.”

Ida Frost  told  her mother one day  that 
she thought  Mrs.  Fosdick  must  be  “ hor­
rid  mean.”

“ Why,  do  you  know,  mother,”  she 
said,  “Louise and  Helen only carry lunch 
to school every other  day. 
I  mean  one 
day  Louise  carries  it  an’  then  Helen 
ain’t  got  none,  ’less  Louise  choose  she 
shall  have a mite o’  her’n.  an’  the  next 
Helen  carries it  an’  Louise’s  got  to  go 
without.  They  don’t  know  we  know, 
but  we found out.  An’  one day  I asked 
Helen if she didn’t  wish  for a slice o’ my 
pie,  an’  she  shoved  it away  an’  looked 
the other  way just  like  she  didn’t  want 
to see it,  an’ said  *uo’ short’s  pie crust.”
Mrs.  Fosdick  attended  church  regu­
larly  but she  certainly  must  have  been 
“some  mean,”  for  she  rented  no  pew 
and  never  contributed  a  cent  to  the 
church’s support or to any  of  its  chari­
ties,  and  when  called  upon  for  assist­
ance 
invariably  responded  by  saying 
she’d  “just  as  lives  work  some’s  not, 
if that’d answer.”

As the light faded  Mrs.  Hunt  went out 
to  get  Myra  to  help  her  carry  in  the 
lamps.  For  the moment of  her absence 
from  the room  the  ladies  let their  work 
drop and gave themselves up to chatting.
“Well,  Mis’  Hayes,  how  you.  gettin’ 
inquired  Mrs.  Sammy  Frost 

along?” 
with  an  impulse of  re-invigoration.

“Nicely,  thank  you.  Most  finished 
this skirt.  You  got any  fifty cotton over 
there?”

“Loads.  By  the  way,  where's  this 
next box  goin’?  Seem’»  as  if  we  must 
have almost enough  things done  by  now, 
haven’t  we?”

“Sakes,  yes.  Enough  an’ over.  Stacks. 
An’  if any  of  you  ladies  know  of  any 
one’s in need of ’em I  wish  you’d  have 
the gooduess  to  speak  up.  You  know 
just about  what  we  got.  Those  canton 
flannens  we made up. along in the spring, 
an’ all  the things  we’ve done  so  far  this 
fall.  Good  warm  winter stuff,  all of it,  ’s 
nobody  need  feel ’shamed  to  wear. 
It’s 
reely  a  cryin’  pity it should  go  beggin’. 
An’ for the  savin’  of  me  I  can’t  think 
where to send  it.”

“I don’t seem  to feel  called,” said Mrs. 
Hunt,  as  she  placed  a  lamp  at  Mrs. 
Sammy’s elbow.  “I  don’t  seem  to  feel 
called to s’ggestthose Anderson’s.  We’ve 
pervided them  with  clothes  long ’nough, 
to my  way  o’  thinkin’.  As  long’s  we’ll 
pervide they’ll  be satisfied to let us.  An’ 
that ain’t ’xactly  what this s’ciety’s  for, 
accordin’ to my  idea. 
If  they  wasn’t so 
pesky proud  I  wouldn’t  « av  a  word,  but 
land  sakes,  he  won’t  do  this  an’  she

won’t do  that,  an’ between ’em  both the 
children  run cold.  An’  lazy!  It’s  just 
about  all  they’ll  do  to  take  the  things 
when  we give ’em to ’em.  An’ he!  Laws 
o’ man!  D’you ever see him,  Mis’ Frost? 
He’s got red hair an’  he’s  too  pesterin’ 
lazy  to shave,  an’ so  his chin  looks  like 
it  was  rubbed  over  with  damp  ginger­
bread  most o’  the  time. 
I declare  it’s  a 
caution  to  thieves  how  shif’less  those 
girls  be.  They  just  ’bout  the  size  o’ 
your  Ida,  Mis’  Frost,  an’  not  a  day’s 
schoolin’  have  they  had.  Too  lazy  to 
go,  an’ their mother’s  too  slack to  make 
’em.  No,  I,  for  one,  motion  we  let the 
Andersons shift  for themselves a  season 
an’  see how  it strikes ’em.”

“P’raps ’twould be  as  well,”  assented 
Mrs.  Hayes.  “I’m mighty glad  Us  only 
the folks’s  lacking and  not  the  clothes. 
Last  year  we  used  to  lag  ’way  behind 
sometimes.”

Yes,  we  do  seem  to  be  uncommon 
prosperin’ an’ forehanded this year.  But 
p’raps it’s  a mite early  to crow yet.  New 
brooms,  you  kuow,”  joked Mrs.  Sammy.
Everyone  joined  in  the  laugh  except 
Mrs.  Fosdick.  She  sat  with  the  lamp­
light falling full  on  her  rigid  face  and 
gaunt figure,  aud sewed on indefatigabiy.
“L’ke’s not there’s  plenty  right  here 
in  Avonia’d  be  glad  of  these  things,” 
said  Nellie  Upton  gently.  “Don’t you 
s’pose  there’s  plenty’d  be  glad  to  get 
them  if they only  knew  just  how  to  go 
about it?”

“ Yes,  I  do,” acquiesced Mrs.  Sammy, 
“an’  I  only  wisht 1  knew how  we could 
upon  a way  for ’em.”

Then  with  a sudden  resolution  and  a 
note of solemnity  in  her  voice  she  said;
“Ladies,  let’s join in  prayer  that  the 
Lord  will  lead  us in  the  right  way  to do 
good  with  these things.  Let’s  pray  for 
light to see  where they’re most needed.” 
laid  aside  their  work. 
There  was  a  moment  of  murmurous 
movement,  and  then  they  knelt  upon the 
floor  before their  chairs,  bo wing  their 
beads upen their seats.

The  women 

“O  Lord,”  began  Mrs.  Sammy,  in a 
frightened  voice, 
trembling,  faltering, 
“O Lord,  we have  beard Thy words about 
clothiu’ them  that hunger.  O  Lord,  we 
pray  Thee  to  guide  us  to  some of  Thy 
needy onet.  O  Lord,  we  waut  to  warm 
them  with  the  love  of  our  hearts  an’ 
clothe them  with  the  work of  onr hands,  j 
O,  Lord,  we  want  to  know  where  they  I 
are,  an’,  O  Lord,  we  pray  Thee  to  teach  j 
us how  to act right  towards  them,  s o ’s 
they won’t shut us away from them, feelin’ 
like  we’re  strangers,  but’ll  let  us draw 
close to them,  sam e’s  we  was  sisters  in 
the sight o’ the  world as  we  are  sisters 
in  Thy sight, O Lord, no matter how we’re I 
placed.  O  Lord,  make  them  to  under- 
stau’  how blessed  it  is  to  receive,  an’ let | 
them  make  us to  know  the joy o’  minis­
terin’to them.  O Lord,  despise not what  I 
Thy servants have done,  but accept of  it 
an’ show  us to them of Thy own  who will 
accept of  it,  for Christ’s sake.  Amen.” 

Mrs.  Sammy’s voice  had  sunk  to  the 
softest cadence  of  devout  supplication.  | 
For an  instant after it ceased there was i 
silence  in  the  room.  Then,  before  any 
one could  rise from  her kneeling posture 
another voice was  raised.  A  voice  that 
seemed  to  be  struggling  to  make  itself 
audible  through  shuddering  breaths of J 
anguish drawn  from suffocating lungs.

“O Lord,”  it moaned hoarsely,  “I  will,
I’ll  stand  it  that  my  children 
I  will. 
who  are  naked  should  be  clothed. 
I 
won’t  hold out against  it no longer.  Let

I 
them give me the things,  if they will. 
It 
can't feel  like it’s  blessed  to receive. 
hurts  dretful  hard,  but I’ll  bear it. 
I’ll 
do it.  For my  children’s sake I’ll do it, 
an’  for Christ’s who  told  us to be  meek. 
O Lord,  give me strength to tell ’em what 
I’ve  tried  to  keep  hid  all  these  years. 
I’m poor—poor—poor!”  The  voice  rose 
to almost a shriek.

When  the astonished  women regained 
their  feet  they  found  kind  little  Mrs. 
Sammy,  her face flooded  with tears, fold­
ing her arms about  Mrs.  Fosdick’s  con­
vulsed,  still  kneeling  figure.  Her  wet 
cheek  was pressed  against Mrs. Fosdick’s 
dry burning one.

Noiselessly they  withdrew and  left the 

two together alone.

J u l i e   M.  L ip p m a n n .

H e   D is t r u s t e d   B a n k s .

Benjamin Deitz,  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  be­
came distrustful of the banks  during the 
panic,  and  withdrawing his money to the 
amount of $3,800,  bid  it in  a stove In  his 
cellar.  Not long ago he went to Chicago 
for a few days’ visit to the World’s Fair, 
and during his absence his  partner,  who 
forgot the money,  sent one  of  the  em­
ployes of  the establishment to polish up 
the stoves in  the  cellar.  The  man  was 
not 
in  the  cellar  very  long,  when  he 
came up.  and,  putting on  his  hat,  went 
out,  and  has not  been  beard  of  since. 
Mr.  Deitz came home the  other  day  and 
the first thing he did  was  to  inspect his 
hoard  in the stove.  He could  not find  it, 
and now regrets  very much  that  he  did 
not leave it in the bank.

From  the Halifax Critic.

I t i n e r a n t   F a k i r s   in   N o v a   S c o tia .
The traveling tea  merchant  is the lat­
est annoyance  to  our  country farmers. 
The agent is by no means  always a fake, 
but it  so  happens that a number of dis­
honest men  are at  the present time  mak­
ing  the  rounds  of  the  country.  The

scheme,  as worked  by  the  sharpers,  is to 
induce farmers to test sample  tea and to 
order a chest  like the sample  to  be  de­
livered.  The tea is  then  paid  for in  ad­
vance at what appears  to be an extremely 
low  rate.  When  the  chest  arrives  the 
agent 
is  far away,  and the farmer,  who 
finds that  the chest is  short weight  and 
almost  worthless 
in  quality,  is helpless 
to obtain  redress.  We  advise  our  read­
ers  to  beware of the  traveling tea  man, 
unless he comes  well  accredited.

H ie  A r ith m e tic .

arithmetic.
minutes 
asked  the teacher.
matician.
that make?”

The hoy  was taking his first  lessons in 
“If you eat one apple now, and one ten 
later,  what  will  that  make?” 
“Two,”  responded  the  young  mathe­
“Then  if you eat  two  more  what  will 
“Four.”
“Then  three  more,  what  will  that 
The  boy  hesitated  a moment.
“Green  or ripe?”  he  inquired.
“What difference is  that?”  asked  the 
teacher in  some surprise.
“A good deal,” responded  the  boy;  “if 
they’re  green  three  more’ll  make  me 
have a pain.”

make?”

S h o e  S u p e r s tit io n .

When  a new  pair of  shoes  is  brought 
home,  never  place  them  higher  than 
your head  if you  would  have  good  luck 
while  wearing  them,  and  never blacken 
them  before you  have  had  on  both  shoes, 
or else you  may  meet  with  an  accident 
and perhaps sudden  death.
It  is  said  that  the  old  maids  believe 
that when  their shoes become  untied and 
keep coming untied,  it  Is true that their 
sweethearts  are  talking  and  thinkiug 
about them.
The sweetheart,  when  on  his  way  to 
see  his 
lady  love,  should  he  stub  bis 
right toe,  will  surely  be  welcome,  but  if 
he stubs his  left  toe,  he may  know  he is

F A I R   C O M P E T I T I O N

f FAIR COMPETITION?^

B U I L D S   U P   T R A D E .
It  confines a  seller to  honest  statement 
of the  merits of  his  goods  without untrue 
and  damaging  remarks  concerning  his 
competitors. 
It  is  a  poor  business  man 
who  attempts  success  by  running  down 
his  neighbor’s  goods.  The  public  will 
not 
long  be  deceived.  The  merit  will 
come  to  the  front.  A  large  and success­
ful  business  usually  indicates  that  good

methods  have  been  employed.

The  Gail  Borden 
“E A G L E   B R A N D ”

c o n o e n s e o m T;

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Condensed  Milk  occupies  an  enviable  posi­

tion.  Why?  Because it has gained  it strict­

ly  upon  its  merits  as  pure  wholesome,  un­

equaled and, therefore  reliable.

Your customers call for it.

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OIL

RAW  AND  BOILED.

From the St. Paul Trade Journal.

P R O B L E M   O F   T H E  U N E M P L O Y E D .
T h e   M i c h i g a n   T r a d e s m a n   is  one  of 
the  best of our many  exchanges,  and  un­
der the above  head  in  its  latest  issue, 
takes a rather pessimistic view of the so­
cial  conditions now  existing,  seeming to 
think  that we have  already  more human 
beings in the world than  ought  to exi-t. 
Its editor we know  to  be  able,  and  be­
lieve him  to be  amiable  and  desirous ot 
all  that can  benefit and ennoble mankind, 
but we must take issue  with  him  when 
he seems to adopt  the  opinions  of  Mal- 
thus,  who,  from  very  imperfect  data, 
several  generations  ago, 
thought  that 
battle,  pestilence  and  lamine  were nec 
essary  restraints on the  fecundity  of the 
human  race,  and that the earth  could  not 
contain her children  should  the terrible 
carnage of great  wars,  the horrible mis­
eries of epidemic diseases,  and  the awful 
suffering and destruction  of  famine and 
its attendant fatalities cease  from  among 
men.
It would seem, if these  things  are  in­
deed true,  that  the  teachings  of  Christ 
and  the  millenium of which  He prophe­
sied,  must  simply  prepare  the  way for 
greater  sufferings  and  a  more  general 
and  fearful  period of  death  and  sorrow 
than  the world  has ever known, and  that 
our only  hope as citizens of the world,  is 
in  a prompt return,  every  generation or 
two,  to  those  benign  hostilities  which 
have hitherto kept the greater part of our 
planet unpeopled,  uncultivated  and  un­
productive.  We do not  believe that this 
is  true;  that  our  contemporary  really 
means  what be has  written,  or  that  he, 
in  truth,  believes  that  “peace  and  good 
will toward  men”  means  a  few  genera­
tions of prosperity and  happiness,  to  be 
followed by  a general  massacre,  univer­
sal anarchy or world-wide pestilence.
No one  who has  studied  the economic 
conditions  of  mankind  can  doubt  that, 
on  the  whole,  it  is  better  fed,  clothed, 
sheltered  and  educated  to-day  than  in 
any  preceding  generation.  Want exists, 
great suffering is still  the lot or  many in­
dividuals,  and there is still  an  infinitude 
of  work to be done for the practical ame­
lioration  of  the evils  inseparable  from 
human existence.

But we contend  that in the very nature 
of things humanity,  unchecked  by great 
calamities, can  and  will  always be able 
to provide for its real needs,  and  be able 
to find  a  home  and  a  grave  upon  this 
planet.  Certainly it is not wise for us of 
the new  world  to  borrow  trouble in  this 
line  while grain,  hides,  wool,  iron  and 
many other great staples are so plentiful 
that we do not dare to add  to the surplus 
already created,  Nay,  more.  While  we 
know  that  irrigation,  better  methods of 
farming,  improved  processes  in  almost 
every line of  industry  will  give  better 
results,  we do not  feel the spur of an  ac­
tive  demand,  nor  any 
incentive  from 
premonitory  symptoms  of  that  actual 
want which  our  contemporary  seems to 
think threatens an  inconvenient surplus 
of our population.  We  have not begun, 
even in the most thickly settled  portions 
of  the  old  world,  to  develop  anything 
like  the  enormous  results  which  the 
splendid laboratory of  nature,  aided  and 
directed by human  wisdom,  can  accom­
plish.  Nor have we as yet fairly divided 
the fruits of the labors of mankind.

We do not  wish  to  be  misunderstood 
on the latter  point,  and  would  further 
say that as the basis of  all life is vegeta­
tion,  as  produced  and  cared for by  the 
agriculturist,  so the real  prosperity of  a 
nation depends upon the progress of this 
most important  class.  They  must  feed 
the  world, with its non-producing armies, 
navies,  artisans, merchants,  professional 
men,  idlers,  criminals  and sharpers,  as 
well as themselves.  They  and their fel­
low  producers  of  the  mine,  forest  and 
fisheries  earn  all  they  get,  and  should 
get all they earn,  but from  various  well 
known causes do not get their just dues. 
Thus they too often  remain  poor,  ignor­
ant  and  unenterprising,  impoverishing 
nature over vast areas,  wasting valuable 
material from  want  ot  knowledge,  capi­
tal  and  enterprise,  when  under  fairer 
conditions and  treatment  their  sections 
would  increase  in  fertility  and  value. 
From  these  conditions 
largely  results 
that  tendency  to  herd  in  cities  and  to 
seek callings which afford  under present

conditions greater social, intellectual and  i 
political  advantages.  The  progress  of 
the future  we  apprehend  will do much  to 
lesson  this  disparity,  to  increase  the 
earnings  and  profits  of  the  producing 
class and  to reduce the numbers of  those 
who now exchange the independence and 
generally sure rewards  of  producing in­
dustries,  for  the  semi-servitude  of  the 
factory,  or the uncertain and  trying com­
petition of  mercantile,  professional and  ! 
political  life.
The  ocean,  which  covers  nearly  two- 
thirds of the  habitable  globe,  has  long 
given  food  and  many  luxuries  to  the 
human  race  and a livelihood to millions, 
in  its depths  lies untold treasures,  and a 
wealth  of  animal  life incalculable,  with 
vegetable resources  which as yet are  but 
littl# known  to  mankind.  All  the  mil­
lions which now  swarm  upon the planet 
could  find  homes upon  the islands of  the 
seas and support from their products  and 
the tribute of  the ocean.  But this isola­
tion  is  not necessary,  although the exten­
sion  of commerce, the development of the 
fisheries,  the  immense  economical 
im­
provement  which  will  ultimately  be 
made  in  this  scarcely  touched  field  of 
natural  production,  will  in  the near fu­
ture  add  wonderfully  to  the  comfort, 
prosperity  and  concord  of  the  human 
race.
In years to come the same intelligence, 
enterprise,  sagacity  and  ambition  which 
has  built up  kingdoms,  established  hier­
archies,  founded colleges, evolved repub­
lics, created  manufactures,,  and done so 
much to  utilize the vast forces of  nature 
in  certain  lines,  will  find new  fields of 
effort and  success in  the development of 
primary production by both  land and sea. 
Human  needs  will,  to an  extent not yet 
even dreamed of,  lay  under contribution 
every section  of  the globe,  and lines of 
transportation,  swifter and more econom­
ical  than  anything  yet  organized,  will 
further annul  the  limitations of time and 
distance,  and  bind  in  the bonds of com­
mon  interest  all  races  and  realms.  As 
the  pirate  and contending navies of the 
past  have  disappeared  in  our age from 
the seas, so will  the  barriers  of  hostile 
tariffs  go  down  before  the extension of 
mutually  beneficent  commerce,  common 
necessities  and  a  wider  recognition  of 
the folly of ancient  feuds and  unworthy 
race  prejudices,  and  with  this  change 
will 
the  general  comfort  of 
humanity in the mass.
And  as the terrible strife for existence 
grows  less  bitter,  the bodies of  men,  no 
longer  turned to  war.  will possess  less of 
that 
virile  strength  which 
“spawns  warriors,  by  the  score,”  and 
has  relegated  woman  in  past  ages  to a 
condition  which  sacrificed  all to the lust 
of man and  the  grim necessities of  con­
stant warfare.  Fewer  buds  will  bloom 
upon  the  rose  trees  of  the future,  but 
they  will  be  highest  types  of  beauty i f  
mind and  body,  the  perfected excellence 
of ages of  development  toward  that un­
attainable excellence  in  whose  likeness 
and  image the parents of humanity  came 
from the hands of God.

increase 

savage 

D a v is   &   R a n k i n   A g a in   D e f e a t e d .

From the Pentwater News.

A case which has  been of  especial  in­
terest  to  a  number of o ur farmers and 
citizens,  in  which the  Davis  &  Rankin 
Building  and  Manufacturing C?.,  after 
collecting about $‘2.400 in  cash  from  sub­
scriptions  to the North Weare  creamery, 
filed a lien on  the building for the collec­
tion of the  balance of  the  subscriptions 
—about $1,000—has  been  finally decided 
in favor of the farmers  and  against the 
company.  The lien  was filed  in January 
last,  and suit was  brought 
in  chancery 
for the enforcement of the lien, and tried 
at  the  August  term,  the  court holding 
the  case  under  advisement  until  the 
present term of court,  and  finally enter­
ing  decree  dismissing  the  bill of com­
plaint and taxing the whole  costs  in  the 
case against the sureties for  said  cos's. 
The defendants and  their  attorneys  are 
to  be  congratulated  on  the result,  and 
the decision is of especial  interest  from 
the fact that a number of  other  cases of 
the same nature have  been  brought  by 
this concern against creamery companies 
throughout the State.

A  substitute  for  linseed,  and  sold  for 
I much less money.

:  Purely  Vegetable,
The  Ghippewa adapted  to all  work  where  a  more  eco­
!  Free From Sediment

nomical  oil than  Linseed  is desired.

has better  body,  dries  nearly  as  quick 
and  with better gloss  than  Linseed  Oil. 
Especially  adapted  to  priming and min­
eral painting.

This  Oil  is  a  Winner!

Try  a sample can of  five  or  ten  gallons. 
Write for prices.

■o-

H.M. REYNOLDS  &  SON

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH,

Unlike me Dutch  Process 

—  OR —

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

are  used  in   the 
preparation  o f

tvhich is  absolutely pu re 

and soluble.

A   d e s c r i p t i o n   o f   t h e   c h o c o l a t e  
p l a n t ,   a n d   o f   t h e   v a r i o u s   c o c o p  
a n d  c h o c o l a t e  p r e p r  ’■ a tio n s  m a n  
u f a c t u r e d   b y   W a l t e r  B a k e r   &  C c  
w i l l   b e  s e n t f r e e  t o  a n y   d e a l e r  o r  
a p p l i c a t i o n .

W. BAKER &  GO., Dorchester. Mass.

WE  ARE  AGENTS  FOR  THE

New  Haven,  Conn.,

L.  “CANDEE”  &  CO.,
“MEYER”  RUBBER  CO.,
Celehrated  Rather  Foot  fear.

New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,

Order  while  our  stock  is 
complete,  and  save  annoy­
ance which  will  come when 
the season opens  and stocks 
are  broken.  Socks,  Felt 
Boots, and all kinds of water­
proof clothing.

Grand Rapid Rnhher Store,
StitdleyS Barclay

4   M o n r o e   St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

BUY  THE  PENINSULAR
Pants,  S its,  aafl  Overalls

Once and You aie our Customer 

for life.

S ta n to n   <£  M orey,

D E T R O IT ,  M IC H .

Geo. F. Ow en, Salesm an  for W estern  M ichigan, 

Residence  59 N.  U nion St.. G rand  Rapids.

A tlbs  S oap

Is Manufactured 

only  by

HENRY 

|*ASS0LT,

Saginaw,  Mich.

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

washing  purposes.

soap manufactured in the 

Saginaw  Yalley.

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

Lemon  & Wheeler Company,

Agents,  Grand  Rapids.

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

AMONG  THE  TRADE.

ABOUND  TH E  STATE.

Wayland—Chas.  Pallett,  of  Yeakey  & 

Pallett,  meat dealers,  is dead.

Alien—Hamblin  Bros,  succeed  Bishop 

&  Rising in  the hardware business.

Grand  Juuctiou—W.  H.  Smith  suc­
ceeds Halladay & Smith  in the drug busi­
ness.

Reading—F.  L.  Potter succeeds  Potter 
& Taylor in the tinware and notion  busi­
ness.

Gobleville—Speicher  &  Moir succeed 
Daniel C.  Uigley  in  the  dry  goods  busi­
ness.

Manistique—A.  S.  Patuam  succeeds 
Thompson  &  Putnam  in  the drug  busi­
ness.

Brown City—A.  E.  Weed  is  succeeded 
by  Vaunest  &  Blake  in  the drug busi­
ness.

Saginaw—John  W.  Button,  treasurer 
of the dry  goods firm of Button  &  Co,,  is 
dead.

Chippewa Lake—J.  T.  Moore  has  pur­
chased  the  shingle  mill of  A.  R.  More­
house.

Tecumseh—Boyd & Root, millers,  have 
dissolved,  Jas.  A.  Boyd  continuing  the 
business.

Lausiug—G.  W.  Bliss  &  Co.  are  suc­
ceeded by Sehrock &  Hall  iu  the  grocery 
business.

Lulu—Jas.  Murphy  &  Son  have  re­
moved  their grocery  stock  from  Samaria 
to this  place.

Lake Liudeti—I os.  G.  B isch  is  suc­
ceeded  by  the  Poult  Mercantile Co.  in 
general trade.

Wayne—Clarence  Carpenter  succeeds 
J.  E.  Phillips in  the uotiou  and  confec­
tionery  business.

Iron  River—J.  F.  Bronoel  has  pur­
chased  the grocery and  crockery business 
of W.  W.  Hunter.

Fennville—R.  G.  Beckwith  is  moving 
his drug stock  from  this  place to  Mears, 
where  he  will  tesuuie business.

Brooklyn—The  Brooklyn  Ex change 
Bank  was  opeued 
It is 
managed  by  W.  S.  Culver, a  leading mer­
chant of the village.

last  Thursday. 

Belding—J.  W.  Lowman  and  W.  L. 
Kester have removed  to  this  place  from 
Warsaw,  lud.,  an 1  embirked  in  the  boot 
and  shoe  business  uuder  the  style  of 
Lowman  & Kester.

Gilbert—John G.  Carlsou  has  formed  a 
copartnership  with  Mrs.  Olaf  Carlson, 
widow of  bis  late  partner,  and  the two 
will continue the  lumber  anil  merchan­
dising  business  established  by  Carlson 
Bros,  under the style of  John  G. Carlson 
& Co.

Detroit — Williams,  Davis  &  Brooks 
shipped a consignment of  sulphuric acid 
on the steamer  Badger  State  and  failed 
to label  it as the  law requires.  The case 
was reported  to  United  States  Commis­
sioner Graves and  he  held  the  firm  for 
trial on  a charge of  violating the naviga­
tion  laws.

Prairieville—J.  E.  Cairns,  who  was  a 
member of the firm of  Cairns,  Temple  & 
Co.,  until  last  February,  when  the  firm 
name  was changed  to Temple &  Nelson, 
has erected a two-story frame store build­
ing,  26x100  feet  in  dimensions,  and the 
new  firm of Cairns &  Brown  will shortly 
open  up  a  new  and  complete  general 
stock.

Union  City—Several  Union  City  mer­
chants have  been  figuring  for a  few' days 
upon  the  probable  amount  of  money 
spent  by people of  this town  at  Chicago

this year,  They  place it  at  $90,000,  and 
say that a large portion  of  this  amount 
was  expended  by people  who  now have 
to get trusted at the stores for the  actual 
necessaries of life.

Baldwin—Goehrend  Bros,  have  dis­
solved  partnership.  Will  and  A.  Goeh­
rend removing to  Reed  Ciiy  to  embark 
in  the meat business.  The grocery stock 
has  been  sold  to  Thos.  Hetfernan,  who 
will  hereafter conduct  the  grocery busi­
ness,  iu connection  with  his  drug  busi­
ness.  The  clothing,  dry  goods,  notion 
ank confectiouery  business  will  be con­
tinued  at the old staud  by  A.  F.  Goeh­
rend.

Flint—Forrest  Bros,  recently  sued the 
Western  Union  Telegraph Co.  for  $64.85 
in satisfaction  of  a 
loss  incurred  by  a 
mistake on the  part  of  the  octopus in 
trausmitting a message. 
It appears  that 
the plaintiffs shipped a  quantity  of  hay 
to  Fredrick  Braasted.  at  lsbpemiug,  at a 
price  supposed  by  them  to be $16.50 a 
ton,  but  which  Braasted  claimed  was 
$16.15.  Braasted  paid  at that  rate  and 
refused  to  pay  the difference,  claiming 
the telegram  received quoted  $16.15.  A 
jury 
the  Genessee  Circuit  Court 
promptly  gave them  a  verdict  for  the 
amount named,  with costs.

in 

Detroit—On  July  7,  1891.  Ezra Crofi 
purchased  two  pounds  of  spiced  bacon 
from  Parker,  Webb & Co.,  and, after eat­
ing some of  it,  he was taken  violently ill. 
He was confined  to his bed for two weeks, 
and  his  body  became  covered  with  ugly 
blotches.  He claimed that the  meat  was 
responsible for bis condition, and brought 
suit  against  Parker,  Webb  &  Co.,  for 
$10,000  damages.  The  case  was  tried 
and a  verdict  rendered  for  the  defend­
ants. 
It  was  appealed  to  the  Supreme 
Court and the action of  the  lower tribu­
nal  reversed  and  set  aside.  Now a  sec­
ond  trial  is in progress before Judge Hos- 
m e r.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Saginaw—Briggs  &  Cooper,  of  this 
city,  will  lumber  pine  and  hemlock  in 
Roscommon  county  tuis winter  and  se­
cure a stock  for  their  mill. 
It  is  said 
that they  will  build  a shingle mill  there 
to cut the shingle timber on lands owned 
by  them.

Muskegon—There uever  was a time in 
the  history  of  Muskegon  lumber  yards 
when  they  were  as  well  supplied  with 
variety as they  are  now.  Most any  kind 
of an order can  be filled  here.  Good  lum­
ber holds its  own  well  but  common  is 
subject to shading,  a half dollar or so.

Manistee—Nearly all  the  sawmills are 
still at work  and  it looks now as  though 
they  would continue sawing through No­
vember,  as those that were most crowded 
tor dock  room  have  recently  been  ship­
ping quite  heavily  and  made  all  the pil­
ing space they are  liable to need for some 
time to  come.

Muskegon—W.  G.  Watson  &  Co.  do 
not intend  to do any  lumbering this fall. 
They are well stocked now  and  will  wait 
to see how things look  in  the spring.  Of 
the 11,000,000 feet cut at  Ludington  for 
them  this  season  they  have  on  their 
docks here all  but  4,800,000  feet.  Their 
yards contain  about  12,000,000 or 15,000,- 
000  feet,  a  large  percentage of  which  is 
select.

Manistee—G.  W.  Hill,  State  Salt 

in­
spector, came iu last week on his monthly 
round-up  among the salt  blocks  at  this 
point.  He  reports  the  salt 
industry, 
like a good  many others this  year,  some­

what  depressed,  but  says that Manistee 
producers do not  seem  to  be  suffering 
much 
in  that  respect,  and are turning 
out nearly  as much daily as  they  used  to 
do in  the flush times.

Manistee—A  lumber  buyer  who was 
here last week said that  at  most  other 
points he went to the docks were crowded 
with 
lumber,  but  that  at  Manistee  we 
only had  a  comfortable  stock  on  hand 
and  evidently bad  Deen shipping out as 
fast as we made 
lumber.  One  thing is 
certain,  if we keep on  shipping 
lumber 
for the first  two weeks  in  November as 
we  did  for  the  last two in October  we 
will  make the  piles on  docks 
lookfery 
small and  will  not  go  into winter quar­
ters with even  our  ordinary amount  of 
stock on  hand.

Menominee—Lumber  shipments 

last 
week  were  largely  in excess  of  any  pre­
vious week since the opening of  naviga­
tion.  Three large  Buffalo  fleets  cleared 
during  the  week,  carrying  away over 
8.000.000 feet  Present  indications  are 
favorable  to  a much  longer sawing sea­
son than  was  anticipated  a  week  ago. 
Two more of the river mills  started saw­
ing  nights 
last week,  and  all  of  the 
twenty-one mills  now  iu  operation  will 
run  as 
late  as  possible.  Several  new 
camps  have  been  started  and  a large 
number of men  sent  to  the  woods.  Ad­
vantage is being taken of  the  prevailing 
low  wages and  the probabilities  are that 
the  usual  heavy cut of logs  will  be made 
this winter.

the  man, 

Oscoda—The  sawmills  of  the  H.  M. 
Loud & Sons Co. and  Penoyar Bros,  have 
shut down,  never to resume business un­
til  their employes  renounce  all  claim  to 
unions  and  union  methods.  The  Loud 
in 
Co.  had one non-union  man 
its  em­
ploy.  The  unemployed 
union  men 
kicked on this,  and,  when  the  company 
refused  to  discharge 
they 
marched  in  a body to the  mill  and  per­
suaded  all the union  men  to  stop  work. 
Then they  went to  Penoyar’s  mill,  with 
similar success.  The  mill  owners  were 
waiting  for  them and  presented a solid 
front, refusing to listen to their demands. 
The  union  claims that it  was  contending 
for  a  principle,  but it  is a contention  in 
this instance that is  likely to  work  hard­
ship  to a  large number  of  men  who can 
n&  afford  to  remain  long idle  in  such 
times as these.

T h e   G r o c e r y   M a r k e t.

Sugar—The  market  has  declined 7-16 
during the past week,  a  slump of  J^c oc­
curring  on  Monday  morning  of  this 
week.  The market  is  still  weak, and the 
probability  is that still  lower  prices  will 
prevail,  as  it  is  evidently  the  intention 
of  the  Trust  to  forestall  unfavorable 
tariff legislation  by  holding  the  price of 
refined  goods  close  to  the cost  of  raw 
sugars.

Oranges—The  new  crop  Floridas  are 
now well on the  market and  are fully  up 
to  the  standard.  The  price 
is  reason­
able,  all things considered.

Lemons—Sales  slow and  small  orders 
the  rule.  The  new  Messinas  will  reach 
this market about  Dec.  1.  Prices  are  un­
changed.

Bananas—Local  stocks  are  light,  and 
business is slow.  Price according to size 
of bunch and quality of  fruit.

last  year,  when 

Peanuts—The Virginia crop is slightly 
less  than 
it  covered 
about  100,000 acres,  the  largest  acreage 
ever  planted  to  that crop in  the State. 
ie  estimated  that
The present year 

it 

there  are  90,000  acres  planted  to the 
crop.  The average yield 
last  year was 
30  bushels  per  acre,  equal  to 3,000,000 
bushels.

M e e tin g 1  o f   t h e   J a c k s o n   A s s o c ia tio n .
At the regular meeting of the  Jackson 
Retail Grocers’  Associaticn,  held  on  the 
evening  of  Nov.  2,  the  Committee  on 
Printing By-laws reported  that  they had 
procured 200 copies.  The report  of  the 
committee  was accepted, and, on  motion, 
a  warrant was  ordered  drawn  for  the 
amount of the bill.
The matter  of  giving holiday  presents 
to customers was discussed.  On motion, 
the matter was referred  to  a  committee 
to canvass the stores  and  ask  them  to 
stop  the  practice.
The  resolutions  in  regard  to  whole­
sale bakers peddling  bread to the retail­
ers’ customers,  which  was  laid  on  the 
table at the previous  meeting,  was  dis­
cussed  and  referred  to a committee for 
investigation.
On  motion  it  was  decided  to hold  an 
adjourned  meeting  Nov.  16, to consider 
the holiday  present and  bread  question.

W.  H.  P o r t e r ,  Sec’y.

A  wise  man  will  make  more  oppor­

tunities than  he finds.

F O R   S A L E ,  W A N T E D ,  E T C .

A dvertisem ents  will  be  inserted  un d er  this 
bead  for tw o cents a word  the first insertion  and 
one  cent a  word  for each  subsequent  insertion. 
No advertisem ents  taken  for  less  than 25 cents. 
Advance payment.____________________________

B U SIN ESS  C H A N C K S.

tionery stock in  one  of  the  best tow ns  in 
M ichigan of 3,5  u ñihabiiants.  Good  reasons for 
selling.  A ddiess No. 802, care M ichigan T rades­
man. 

P u r   s a l e —u r s t c l a s s   *o <*k   a n d   vta
FTOR 

'A L E -C IT Y   DRUG  STORE.  GOOD 
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liciten.  Address Castoria, care of carrier  Wells, 
G rand  Rapids,  Mich. 

location on  prom ii ent business sireet. 

voice il.  isi.  Good  business. 

I I   >R  SALK—1->,5 ii  STUCK  <»F  GENERAL 

m erchandise and  two-story  building.  R ail­
road  501 population,  Established.  strictly cash 
usines-.  Center  of  town.  Best  furm ing  sec­
tion  of  M ichigan.  Ba  gain.  W.  H.  Lardee, 
r reeport.  Mi* h. 

Investigation  so­

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sonal  property.  The  farm   is 

Hf ANTED—IO  EXCHANGE  A  VALUABLE 

farm  of  !6i  acres  foi  m erchandise or per­
ihri> ing town, 45 acres  im proved, balance heav­
ily  tim bered.  A ddress  No.  80),  care  M ichigan 
Trade  m an. 
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Vv  Kalamazoo real  estate  for  m erchandise. 
■  a ’vin  Forbes, Kalamazoo,  Mich 
TM7A.\T£rD^LAKGE  SECOND-HAND  c o a l  
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F OR  >a L E -F IK S 1’  CLASS  HARDWARE 

business  clean  stock,  iu  one  of  the  best 
cities in  southw estern  Michigan.  O ther  in ter­
ests to look  after.  A ddress  808,  care  M ichigan 
Tradesm an. 

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teen years, stock  and  fixtures  invento-y $3 5  0, 
but $-t,iioO  cash  will  buy 
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for sale cheap.  Located  in  best  m anufac- 
m ring city in Central  Michigan.  T he purchaser 
will step right into a  good  paying business.  Ad­
dress No  80‘. c   re M ichigan Tradesm an. 

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J   Store for one w ishing to change location  or 
start n e w ;  splendid  store  nicely  fitted for rent. 
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CNOOD  OPENING  FOR  A  DRY  GOODS 
i lOR  SALE  THE  THEODORE  KB wlNK 

drug stock  and  fixtures  on  West  Leonard 
real value.  For  particulars,  enquire  of  Henry 
Idem a,  K ent C ounty Savings  Bank,  G rand  Rap­
ids.______________________________ 

street.  Paying  inves  m ent.  Will  sell  at  h alf 

FOR  sA LE—Drug stock  in  business  tow n of 

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utary 
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freights;  only  two  drug  stores  in  tow n;  rent. 
$200 per year;  stock  will  inventory $2,500;  sales 
$20 a day.  Reason  for  selling, ow ner w ishes to 
retire  from   business.  A ddress  No.  752,  care
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store.  A ddress  C.  L.  B rundage,  opera  house 
block, M uskegon,  Mich. 

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G R A N D   R A P ID S   G O S S IP .

E F F E C T   O F   R E P E A L .

N.  V.  Henderson  & Co.  succeed  Peter 
in  the flour and feed  business 

VerHage 
at 20 Ellsworth  avenue.

Geo.  H. Cobb & Co.  have removed  their 
grocery stock  from  780  South  Division 
street across  the street to No.  825,  corner 
of  Home avenue.  The change in location 
affords the firm  larger  and  better quar­
ters.

J.  C.  Coade,  of  the  former  firm  of 
Tucker,  Coade  &  Parker,  has opened  a 
grocery  store  on  the  corner  of  South 
Lafayette  street  and  Highland  avenue. 
The I.  M.  Clark  Grocery  Co.  furnished 
the stock.

J.  E.  Cairns  and  H.  G.  Brown  have 
formed a copartnership  under  the  style 
of Cairns & Brown  and  will shortly open 
a general store at Prairieville.  The  Mus- 
selman Grocer Co.  furnishessthe grocer­
ies and  Rindge,  Kalmbach  & Co. supplies 
the boots and shoes.

Jas.  W.  Randall,  who  has been  identi­
fied  with the  general  merchandise busi­
ness at Wa.;ousta for the past twenty-five 
years,  twelve of which  he  has conducted 
a store of  his own,  has  purchased a one- 
third interest in  the  Eagan  Shoe  Co.,  at 
54 Canal street, and will  hereafter devote 
his entire attention  to that business.  The 
firm  name  will  hereafter be known as the 
Eagan & Randall  Shoe Co.

J. P. Visner has come out on top  in  his 
legal tussel  with  his  would-be  partner, 
L.  N.  Lakin.  The  motion  to  dissolve 
the 
injunction  obtained  by  Lakin  was 
argued  by ex-Judge  Hatch  before Judge 
Adsit Thursday,  and  Saturday  the latter 
issued  an order dissolving the injunction 
and placing Yisner in  possession  of  the 
stock,  with 
instructions  to close up the 
business as  quickly as  possible and turn 
the  proceeds 
into  court.  This  order 
meets the hearty approval of  Mr. Yisner, 
as 
it  enables  him  to  wind the present 
business up in  short  order,  when  he will 
resume business at the same location, the 
lease of the store running  to  him 
indi­
vidually.

H id e s ,  P e lt s   a n d   F u r s .

Hides—How  it is possible  for hides to 
go  lower  than  they  are at present does 
not readily appear,  yet  such  is  the  ex­
pectation.  There is not  likely to be any 
improvement  for  some  months.  The 
local  market  is  slow,  with  little or no 
demand.

Pelts—“Extremely dull and not wanted 

at any  price.”

Furs—The market has  opened from  10 
to  40  per  cent,  lower  than last  March. 
Little  business  is  being  done as yet as 
the season is not far enough  advanced.

Tallow—Steady,  without change
Wool—Holds its own,  which is saying 
considerable for it,  considering  the con­
dition  of  the market for  several months 
past.  The prospects for  the  future  are 
not  very  bright,  however.  The  most 
that is  hoped  for  it  is that  it  may  con­
tinue  to  hold  its own for a few  months 
longer,  when there may  be a rise.

J a c k s o n   J o t t i n g s .

C.  E.  Bartlett  has  built  a  new store 
and  filled it  with  a  clean  stock  of grocer­
ies from  the  Jackson Grocery Co.  Mr. 
Bartlett 
is  starting  out on  the C.  O.  D. 
plan.

An  attachment  has been  placed on  the 
stock of groceries owned  by  L.  I.  Blash- 
field by Johnson  & Wheeler,  of  Detroit.

H o w   L o c a l  B u s in e s s   M e n   R e g a r d   t h e   ] 

M a tt e r .

“What  will be the effect of  the repeal 
of  the  Sherman  act  an  the  business of 
the  country?”  This  question  is  asked 
oftener  and  by  more  people  than  any 
other to-day.  There is no class  of  peo­
ple  who are not interested  in the answer, 
but who shall answer  it?  Extreme  par­
tisans and  those  who  are specially inter­
ested  by reason  of  their connection  with 
a particular industry  know  all  about it, 
of course,  but their prejudices are against 
them  and the people place little reliance 
in  their  statements.  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
has  interviewed  a  number  of  business 
and professional  men  who  are supposed 
to  have  a  knowledge  of  the  business 
affairs of  the country,  and  who,  without 
doubt,  have given  honest  expression  to 
their views on the subject.  Their stand­
ing  In  the  business  world  will  ensure 
them  a respectful hearing:

Capt.  Chas.  E.  Belknap:  “One effect 
of the repeal of  the Sherman  act will  be 
to stop,  in  a large  measure,  the  outflow 
of  gold  from  this  country  to  Europe. 
European  bondholders  will  now  be  as­
sured of  the payment  of  the  bonds  in 
stable money,  which they can  have  any 
time they ask  for it. 
It may also result 
in  the  return  of  gold  to  this  country. 
Heavy  borrowers,  such as  the great roll­
ing mills and others,  will  have  less diffi­
culty  in securing what money  they  want, 
but  it  won’t  help  the  small  borrowers 
very  much,  if any,  because  it is a ques­
tion  of  security with the banks. 
In my 
opinion the repeal  will have  little  effect 
upon  the general business of the country. 
Particular 
localities  may  be  affected. 
Take  the  Silver  States—there  can  be 
little doubt but that they  will  be injured 
by  it,  as  the  Government  was  a  heavy 
buyer  of  silver,  and Washington was a 
good market for the product of the silver 
mines.  As  to  the  country  at  large,  it 
can only  be affected  by a revival in trade. 
Repeal  may  restore the confidence of the 
people,  but  what  the  people  want  is 
work,  and  they  cannot  get  work  until 
the factories start up.  The factories will 
not  start until  manufacturers  know what 
are to be the conditions under which they 
must put their goods  upon  the  market. 
If they  must compete with foreign  goods 
made at the prices of foreign labor,  they 
want to know it,  and be prepared to meet 
foreign competition on even terms.  Our 
manufacturers would be  foolish  to  buy 
stock and  make up goods  under  protec­
tion  for a free  trade market.  They will 
wait  until  they  can  buy their raw mater­
ial  free  of  duty,  for  which no one can 
blame them.  No,  the repeal of the Sher­
man  act,  in  my  opinion,  will not help 
the people any.  Let present  trade  con­
ditions alone; this will ensure the manu­
facturer a market for  his  products,  give 
his workmen  work  at  good  wages,  and 
‘the  revival  in  trade’  will  take care of 
itself.”

C.  G.  A.  Voigt:  “The  country will  be 
indirectly  benefitted  by the repeal of  the 
Sherman  act,  because  it  will  show the 
world  that  the  United  States  are  not 
committed to a dual  standard  of  money, 
that gold  is  the standard  here as it  is  in 
other  civilized  countries.  Then  repeal 
hss stopped the  purchase of silver by the 
Government,  which  demanded  an  enor­
mous  outlay  of  money  every  month. 
This money  will  now stay in  the  treas­
ury.  The  coining  of  the  seignorage, 
which 1  see the Secretary of the Treasury

has authorized,  will  be another big help,  zan  politics  and  placed  upon  a  sound 
as  it will,  in a large measure, provide for j  business basis,  the  constantly  recurring 
the currency needs of  the  country  until | periods  of  business  depression  would 
Congress  provides the necessary financial j soon  become  mere reminiscences, 
legislation;  but  the repeal  of  the Sher- \  Henry 
Idema  (Vice-President  Kent 
man  act can,  of itself,  cause  no  revival j County  Savings  Bank):  “The  beneficial 
of business.  There are  many causes for  effects of repeal  have  already  been  felt, 
the present  depression.  The  Sherman  to some extent, especially  in  New  York,
the  great  money center  of  the United 
act was  only one of  many causes.  The 
States.  The fearjvas  that  silver  would 
country  must  work 
itself  out  of  the j 
supplant gold as the standard  of  money 
trouble.  No government  on  earth  can 
value.  The repeal  of  the  Sherman  act 
It  may 
bring good  times by  legislation. 
destroys the possibility of this,  and  con­
help  matters  some,  but  that 
is  all  it 
fidence in  the stability of  our  money is 
can do.”
restored.  There is no objection  to silver 
circulating as money  with  gold,  so  long 
as gold  is the standard.  Repeal came too 
late to help  us  much  this  winter,  how­
ever,  though  it will  help to some  extent. 
The results of a change in financial legis­
lation  are  felt  much  sooner  in  a great 
city  like New  York  than  in  a  place  as 
small, comparatively,  as  Grand  Raidsp,

repeal 

If 

slow. 

C.  W.  Black  (Manager  Oriel  Cabinet 
Co.):  “Unquestionably the repeal  of the 
Sherman  act  will  improve  business  con­
ditions. 
It will  restore the confidence of 
the people,  make money easier and  help 
business  generally.  But  progress  to­
ward  full  recovery  will  necessarily be 
exceedingly 
had 
been  accomplished  sixty  days  ago,  as 
ought to  have  been  the  case,  recovery 
would  have been much  more  rapid.  As 
for money,  you  will  see it going  begging 
for takers before spring.  There 
is  not 
much  at present to create a  demand  for 
it,  and  holders will  let it go  at  the  bor­
rower’s  own  price.  We have seen  the 
worst  of the  depression,  and  the  action 
of  Congress 
in  repealing the Sherman 
act is the first step,  and  a  long  one,  to­
ward  better times.”

S u d d e n   D e a t h   o f   a   D e t r o i t   T r a v e le r .
S a g in a w ,  N ov.  2—F.  A.  Brinkerhoff, 
traveling  salesman  for  J e n n e s s   &  Mc­
Curdy,  Detroit  crockery  merchants,  ar­
rived  at  the  Hotel  Vincent  Tuesday 
morning  and  was  given  room  No.  14. 
Mr.  Brinkerhoff  was observed  about  the 
hotel  Tuesday  night,  but 
last  evening 
the chambermaid  told  the clerk  that  she 
could  not get into  No.  14.  it being  locked 
and the  key on the inside.  As the  porter 
could  get  no  response to  his  loud  raps 
upon  the door a boy  was  helped  into the 
room  by  way  of  the  transom,  and  when 
the door was opened  Mr. Brinkerhoff was 
found  in  bed  in the calm repose of death. 
A  coroner’s  jury  was 
immediately  im- 
pannelled,  and a post  mortem  examina­
tion  revealed  the fact that death was due 
to fatty degeneration  of the heart.  Will­
iam  Staggs and  C.  F.  Moore,  of  Detroit, 
brothers-in-law of  the  deceased,  stated 
that his  father and  sister  both  died  in  a 
somewhat similar  manner.

DRESSED.

LIV E.

The  Standard  Oil  Co.  quotes  as  follow s:

P O U L T R Y .
Local dealers  pay  as  follow s:

doz 
per doz 

Live broilers 13£ lbs. to 2  lbs.  each, per
...........................   ......................
Live broilers  less than  1-1V4 lbs.  each,
....................................................
spring  C hickens..........................................  6  @ 7
F o w ls ............................................................M i©   6%
spring turkeys..............................................  8  @10
Spring  D ucks................................................  8  @ 9

F o w l............................................................... 8
T urkeys......................................................... 12»4'7ai3
Ducks  ..........................................................tO   @12
C hickens.........................................................  o  ©   9

Sidney  F.  Stevens  (Foster.  Stevens  &
Co.):  “We can’t help but  be  benefited 
by  the  repeal  of 
the  Sherman  act.
Whether the evil effects ascribed  to  that 
act be real  or imaginary does not matter, 
it  was one of the operating causes  which 
produced  the  depression . by destroying 
confidence,  and 
its  removal  from  the 
statute book  will go a  long way towards 
restoring confidence.  We  won’t  feel the 
good  effects  of repeal  for some time  to 
come,  however. 
It came too late to help 
us  with  our  November  and  December 
trade,  but I think  spring  trade will  be 
stimulated.  The  policy  of the Govern­
in  buying  silver  and  storing it 
ment 
away  in Washington  was  a  bad  one; 
it 
was a good  thing for the silver  men,  but 
it gave silver a value which  did  not  be­
long to it.  which,  sooner or  later,  would 
have worked disaster to the country.  In 
addition to this,  it shook  the  confidence 
of  other  nations 
in  our money,  which 
caused the withdrawal of  so  much gold.
This country must have  money which  is 
equal in value with that  of  every other 
nation,  and this could never be  the  case 
with silver.  We are bound  to  be  bene­
fited by the repeal of  the  Sherman  act.”
If 
it were not for the  fact  that  the  Treas­
ury is  coining  the  seignorage on the sil­
ver purchases,  the repeal of the Sherman 
act would  be  detrimental,  rather  than 
otherwise,  to  the  business  interests  of 
the country.  The Sherman  act  provided 
the  best  means for meeting the require­
ments of  an expanding commerce.  The 
coinage of  the seignorage will do  this so 
long  as  there  is  any  silver  left  in  the 
Treasury to coin. 
I  have yet to find any­
one to point out  just  how  the  Sherman 
act injured us,  and, so  far,  no one seems 
to know just how  we are to  be  benefitted 
by its repeal. 
In  my  judgment,  what is 
required  to  revive  business  and  restore 
prosperity is permanency in  tariff  legis­
lation,  and,  preferably  to let present fis­
cal  conditions  alone.  As  it  is,  no  one
knows what is  coming  but  is  afraid  of  i  Dealers wishing to see the line address 
the  worst. 
Cadwell,  41  Lawn  Court,  Grand 
policies could be  separated  from  parti- j Rapids, Mich.

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Stove G asoline.............................................
c y lin d e r........................................................ 27
E n g in e ...........................................................13
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Black, 15 cold  test 
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D E T R O IT ,  M IC H ,

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R E P R E S E N T A T IV E   R E T A IL E R S .

J a m e s   A .  S t r a t t o n , 

t b e   G o ld   S t r e e t  

G r o c e r .

Jas.  A.  Stratton  was  born 

in  1838 in 
St.  Lawrence county,  N.  Y.  His father, 
Samuel  Stratton,  a  native  of Vermont 
and of Scotch  descent, was a farmer, and, 
until  he  was  17  years  of  age,  James 
lived on  the farm,  working  in  the  sum­
mer  and  attending  school  during the 
winter months.  At  17  he  engaged  with 
Judge  Wm.  C.  Brown,  of Ogdensburg,  as 
coachman  and  gardener,  remaining  with 
him  six years. 
In  1861  he  went  to  De­
catur,  111.,  and  found  work  as a machine 
hand  in an  agricultural 
implement fac­
tory,  remaining only three  months.  He 
then  went to Des Moines,  Iowa,  and  took 
a contract for grading on  the  Des  Moines 
Valley  Railroad.  Finishing bis contract 
in  six  months,  he  returned  to  his old 
place in  the 
implement  factory at De­
catur.  III.,  until  July,  1866,  when  he 
came to Grand  Rapids and  engaged  with 
the  Grand  Rapids  Manufacturing  Co., 
serving as superintendent  of  tbe  shop 
for about eight  years,  when be  left  and 
engaged  with  Luther & Sumner,  agricul­
tural  implement  makers,  with  which firm 
he remained  but six  months,  when  fail­
ing health compelled  him  to  relinquish 
his  position. 
“Keeping  a  grocery” 
seemed  to Mr.  Stratton to  be an easy way 
to make a living and  especially suited  to 
the capabilities of a man  in  poor  health. 
He has changed  his  mind  somewhat  on 
this last point,  although he certainly has 
no reason  to find fault with  the  measure 
of success which has  come  to  him.  He 
began  business  in  a room  14x17  feet  in 
his  dwelling  bouse on  Gold street.  On 
tbe day  he  began  business he sold  goods 
to the  amount  of  SI.50.  Seven  years 
ago he erected the building he at present 
occupies.  Mr.  Stratton 
literally  built 
his  dwelling  house  “in 
the  woods” 
twenty-one years ago.  having  consider­
able  difficulty  in 
locating his  lot,  there 
being nothing  but  a  “profile”  to  guide 
him.

He is a member of the Masonic  order, 
being “made”  in  1863,  and  also of  the I. 
O.  O.  F.  While  not  a  member,  he  is a 
liberal supporter  of  tbe  Mission  Wood 
Presbyteriau  Church,  of which  he 
is  a 
trustee.  By  virtue of his ¡Scotch descent 
he was some years ago made an honorary 
member  of  the  Caledonia  Club.  Mr. 
Stratton  was  married  in November.  1872. 
to Miss  Edith  A.  Chilvers,  who  died  fif­
teen  months ago,  leaving  him  with  two 
children, a boy of 9 and  a girl of 7 years.
On Oct.  30.  of  this  year,  Mr.  Stratton 
put his  business down  to  a  cash  basis. 
The results so far  have  been  eminently 
satisfactory,  although  some  of  his cus­
tomers were  at first  inclined to  grumble, 
but  Mr. Stratton  has no doubt of the suc­
cess of the new system and  believes that 
in  a few  weeks all  his customers will see 
the benefit of “paying as they go.”

From his  Scottish  ancestry Mr. Strat­
ton inherits  a  rugged  honesty and  dog­
ged  perseverance,  which,  coupled  with 
the quality known  as  Yankee  shrewd­
ness,  has made him successful in a neigh­
borhood  where many other men, wanting 
these  qualifications,  would  almost  cer­
tainly have failed.

B u s in e s s   in   H a n d .

"Yes,  sir,  this young  man  can  take 
your business right in hand and—” 
Merchant—Well, that’s  enough.  The 
last young man of that  kind 1  had  took 
my business in hand  and went  over  to 
Canada.

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

Price  I  urreul.

UNBLEACHED  COTTON».

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B O O T S, 
S H O E S ,  A N D  
R U B B E R S .

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Eaton,  Lyon  &  Co,
noliday  Goods

20  &  22  Monroe  St.,

OUR  FLLL  LIN E  OF

Now ready, including  a larg e  assortm ent of

45*
45*
43*
43*

A L B U M S ,

TOILET SETS and NOVELTIES.

\

TH E  LARGEST  LIN E  OF

B O L L S

SHOWN  IN   TH E  STATE.

RATE  REDUCED

FROM  83  TO  $ 1   2 5   PER 

DAY  AT  THE

K e n t  

H,

Directly  opposite  Union Depot, 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

S tea m   H e a t  a n d   E le c tric   H ells.  E v e ry ­

th i n g   N ew   a n d   C le an .

BEACH  &  BOOTH,  Prop’rs.

F0ÜHÏH NATIONAL BANK

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D. A. Blodgett, President.

'G eo.  W.  Ga t . Vice-President.

Wm.  H.  Anderson.  Cashier. 
J no  A.  Seymour,  Ass’t C ashier

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

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

S.  M. Lemon.

Jo h n   W iddlcomb. 

N. A.  F letcher.

is 

P R  H T T P   p e c k h a m -s  c r o u p   r e m e d y
the  C h it  rv n ’a  M ed icin e  for 
U  n-VJ U   r  
C o 'd s.  C ough*.  W h o o p in g -C o u g h .  C ro u p , 
P n e u m o n ia ,  H o a rse n e ss, 
th e   C o n g h   o f 
W eas'es. and kindred com plaints of Childhood. 
Try Peckham ’s Croui> Remedy  for  the  children 
and  be convlnred of Its  m erits.  Get a bottle to­
day,  you  m»v  need  it  tonight!  Once  used  a l­
w ays used.  Pleasant.
Sa fe,  C e r t a i n  !

WHOOPING  COUGH
‘•My customers are well  pleased with  that In­
valuable  medicine—Peckham’s  Croup Remedy. 
I recommend it  above all  others for children.” 
H. Z. CaBp e n t ir ,  Druggist, Parksvllle, Mo.

“ Peckham ’s Croup  Remedy gives the best sat­
isfaction  W henever  a  person  buys  a  bottle  I 
w ill  guarantee  th at  custom er will  come  again 
for more, and  recom mend  it  to  others.”  O  H. 
P h il l ips, Druggist, Girard, Kansas.

4

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“  Arrow  B rand  4 *  
“  W orld W ide,  o
“   LL 
..............   454
Full  Yard W ide........654
Georgia  A  ...............614
H onest W idth.........  6
H artford A  ...............  5
Indian  H ead............   SV4
King  A  A ...................654
King B C ....................  5
Lawrence  L L .........  454
M adras cheese cloth 6X
N ew m arket  G ..........   5X

“ 
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“ 
“ 

B  .........5
N   .........61*
D D ...  51*
X ...........6X

“ 
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“ 

A driatic
A rgyle 
....................  6
A tlanta A A ...............6
A tlantic  A ................   6%
H ................   654
P ................  5
D ................   6
L L ................   5
Amory  ......................   6?*
Archery  B u n tin g ...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  43*
Blackstone O, 32__   5
Black C row ...............6
Black  Hock  .............  6
Boot,  AL..................   7
Capital  A  ................ 5>4
C avanat  V ................   554
Chapm an cheese cl.  3%
C lifton  C R ...............  51a
Com et.........................   6V.
Dwight S ta r..............  6X
Clifton C C C .............5X

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

Noibe  R ..................... 5
O ur Level  B est....... 6
O xford  R  ................   6
P equot........................7
S o la r ......................... 6
Top of the  H eap__ 7
Geo.  W ashington...  8
Glen Mills  ..............   7
Gold  M edal...............7%
Green  T ick et............81*
G reat F alla..................61*
H ope...........................   71*
J u st  O u t.......   4X@  5
Ring  P hillip  ...........  71*
O P.....  714
Lonsdale  Cam bric.  10
Lonsdale.............  @  834
M iddlesex..........  @  5
No N am e...................   734
Oak  V iew .......   . . . .   6
O ur  O w n......................514
Pride of th e W e st.. .12
R osalind....................  7*4
S unlight  ...................  434
U tica  M ills...............814
N onpareil  ..10
V ln y ard ....................   8*4
W hite  H orse...........  6

A B C ......................... 85*
A m azon....................  8
A m sburg................... 654
Art  C am bric............ 10
Blackstone  A A.......   754
Beats A ll...................   454
B oston.....................   12
C abot..........................   75*
Cabot.  X ....................  64*
C harter  O ak ............ 554
Conway W ................  754
Cleveland 
.............   65«
Dwight A nchor___  8 a
“ 
shorts  8
Edw ards.....................6
E 
.......................7
F  
1...................... 7*4
F ruit of th e  Loom .  85«
F itchville  ..............  7
First  P rize................ 7
F ruit of th e Loom X.  7-a
F alrm ount................ 454
F ull V alue................  63* 
C abot..........................  75*1 D w ight A nchor
F arw ell......................  8 

“  Rock.
HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS

“  

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CANTON  FLANNEL.

U nbleached. 

H ousew ife  A .............55*

Bleached. 
H ousew ife  U  ...R  ....

5*

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P .............1454
Peerless,  w hite..  ...18 
In te g rity .................... 18*4] 
H am ilton...................   8
....................9
G G  C ashm ere.........2»
Nameless  .................16
......... ........ 18

¡Integrity  co lo red ...20
colored— 2 '  W hite S t a r .............18
“  colored..20
N am eless...................20
...........25
...........2754
...........30
...........3254
.......   35

.................1054

D BESB  OOODB.

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“

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PRINTS.

.......   5

C  7 s | 

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CORSET  JEANS.

Bddystone  fancy 

..  6 54 ¡W alworth 

C orallne.................... 89 5o| W o n d e rfu l. . .  
84  50
S chilling's................  9 00  B righton..................... 4 75
Davis  W aists  .Y..  9 On Bortree’s .................  9 00
G rand  R ap id s.......   4  50|A bdom inal.............. 15  00
A rm ory.....................   6 X |N aum keagsatteen..  754
A ndroscoggin.......... 75*  Rockport........................654
B lddeford...............  6  Conestoga....................754
B runsw ick........... 
............... 64*
A llen turkey  reds..  554¡Berwick fan cies__   554
robes  .. 
.  5* Clyde  Robes
pink & purple 554 charter Oak fancies 454 
...  Ss  DelMarlnecashm’s  5s 
buffs 
pink  checks.  t.54|_  “ 
mourn'g  5s
staples 
5 s  
shirtings 
chocolat  I S
“ 
American  fancy 
. 
rober 
5 s
“ 
American Indigo  .. 
sateens.  5 s  
American shirtings 
Hamilton fane;
5S 
A rgentine  G rays.. 
st
?54
A nchor S h irtin g s.. 
I M anchester  fancy 
5 s
fa
A rnold 
new  era.  5S  
A rnold  Merino
M errimack  D fancy.  554 
long cloth  B.  RslM errlm ’ck shirtings.  4 
R eppfurn  854
century cloth
Pacific  fancy 
........   5 s
robes  __  
6
Portsm outh  robes. 
6S  
Simpson m ourning.  54* 
5 s  
greys  .. 
solid black.  55* 
t s  
W ashington indigo 
“  Turkey robes 
7« 
“ 
754 
“  plain T ’kv X \   8 s  
“ 
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“  O ttom an  T ur
key red 
M artha  W ashington 
Turkey red X 
M artha  W ashington
Turkey re d ............9 s
Riverpoint robes  ...  554
W indsor fancy  ___6 s
Indigo  Dine...........10s
H arm ony..................   4S
Amoskeag A C A
A C   A  ... 
.............  13
H am ilton N ...............7|
Pem berton A A A __ 16
D .................8!
Y ork ........................... 1054
Awning. .11
Swift River............  754
Farmer.....................8
Pearl River........... 12
First Prize............1054
................. 1854
Warren 
Lenox M ills ............. 18
C jtin .o g a ................ 16
COTTON
A tlanta,  D ................   6X |Sta  *  A 
............. 8
B oot............................ 6X  No  N a m e ...................7S
C lifton, K .................... 7 
9

red and  orange  .  6 
554
6 
oil blue.. 
6
“ 
“  green 
5S
“  F oulards 
7
red X 
•* 
**  X  ... 
“ 
9S
10
“ 
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“  3 4XXXX 12
“ 
Cocheco  fancy.........5
“ 
m adders...  5 
“  XX tw ills..  5
“  
so lid s...........5

“ 
“  gold seal. 
10s
“  green seal TR 10H 
“  yellow  seal  10H
“ 
11S
“  T u rk .  ’  red  1054
“ 

Ballou solid black 
colors
Bengal  blue,  green.
Berlin solids 

“  X.  10
____    6 S
754 

|T o p o f  H eap 

gold  ticket 

India robes 

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TICKINGS.

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b ro w n .......
A ndover 
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Beaver Creek  A A ... 10 
B B ... 9
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Boston M fgCo.  h r..  7
blue 8H
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Colum bian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.lP
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Colum bian  b ro w n ..12
Everett, blue..  ........12S
brown.......1*54
H aym aker  blue......  7x
brow n...  7X
Jaffrey ........................ 11S
Lancaster  .................1254
Lawrence, 9 o z..........1354
NO.220....18
No. 250  ...11H
No. 280. ...1044

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“ 
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Amoskeag 

staples
........ 

Lancaster,  s ta p le ..  6 
...............   655
fancies 
7 
“  Persian dress  7 
N orm andie  8
C anton  ..  7 
“  
....1054 
AFC 
“ 
L ancashire...............   6
T e azle ... 1054 
“ 
M anchester...............  5X
A ngola.. IO54 
“ 
Monogram  .............  654
“ 
P ersian..  7
N orm andie..............  754
A rlington sta p le __   65*
P ersian ...................... 7
Renfrew   Dress.........  754
A rasapha  fanev 
.  44*
Bates W arw ick  dres  7541 Rosemont
654
Slate rs v llle .................6
C entennial...............  1054
................ 7
Somerset 
i'rlterlon 
1054
..................   754
Tacom a 
Cum berland  staple.  554
Toll  du N ord...........1054
Wabash 
..............754
C um berland............. 5
seersucker..  754 
Essex  .......................... 454
Warwick ..  .....  7
Elfin  .........................   754
W hlttenden..............   8
Everett classics.......854
heather  dr.  754 
E xposition..................75*
Indigo blue  9 
G lenarie 
...............  65*
W am sutta staples..  6X
G lenarven.................  6X
W estbrook  ...............8
Glenw ood  ..................754
...........10
H am pton......................654
W inderm eer............. 5
Johnson  »'halon  cl 
54 
Indigo bine  954 
York  ............................6X
zephyrs 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

16

GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag...............  14 
S tark .........................   1» 
A m erican...................1441   

¡Georgia
. 

................................
 
..................
THREADS.

Clark’s Mile E n d ....45 
¡Barbour s ...............16
Coats',  J .  <6 P ...........45  M arshall’s .................. 81
H olyoke.....................22541

.1454

KNITTING  COTTON.

W hite.  Colored. 

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

No.  14...........87 
16...........38 
•* 
*• 
18...........39 
20...........40 
“ 

W hite.  Colored
42
43
44
4f

38
39
40
41
CAMBRICS.

S later........................   «X
W hite S tar.........  ..  4 x
Rid  Glove  ................  45*
N ew m arket.............  4!*

Edw ards 
............. 
Lockw ood.............  
Wood’s 
Brunswick 
.......... 

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

RBD  FLANNEL.

F irem an....................3254
C reedm ore.................2754
Talbot XXX  ............30
Nameless 
............... 2754

...........
T  W 
F T  
..............
J   R  F,  XXX.  .. 
Buckeye  .........

Nameless

Slate.
954
1054
1154
1254

Red A  Blue,  plaid  40
.................2254
Union  R 
W in d s o r............ 
1854
6 oz  W estern 
Union  B — ............225*

.........20

MIXED  FLANNEL.

1054
l 154
12
20

DOM ET  FLANNEL.

"
Brown. Black Mate
9X 1'  54
lnx 1154
1154 12
12X 20
DUCKS.

...  8  &   95*|
..  854@10 
I 
CANVASS  a n d   p a d d in g .
954
H154
1154
1254
80Z..

Grey  8 R W 
W estern W 
D  R  P
F lushing XXX 
M anitoba........

.1754
1854
.1 8 5 4
...2354
2354
@1054
1254
Brown. Black
1054
l'X
12
20
1054
.1054 
1254
“ 
.  954  Raven,  lOoz............... 1354
1154  Stark 
..  1354
. 1054  Boston, 10 oz..............1254
WADDINGS.
25 
20 
SILlHlAb#
8  Pawtucket.......  
........ 
... 

1054
Dundle 
9
IO34
Bedford 
Valley  City  ............. U>54
RR  ...........................  1044

....  954 West Point, 8 oz
10 oz 
. 

| Per hale.
¡Colored

do»

“ 

G reenwood. 754 oz 
Greenwood. 8 oz 
Boston, 8 o z...........

W hite,  doz 
Colored,  doz
Slater, Iron Cross 
“  Red Cross..
“ 
11 

Best 
Best  AA

L .............................
G  : ...........................
CortlcellL doz. 

SEWING  s il k .

per 54oz  ball 

[i orticelil  knitting,

85 
tw ist, doz  45 
5 0 y d ,d o z..40  I
HOOKS AND  EYES— PER GROSS.
“ 
“ 

No  1 Bl’k A W hite..10  ¡No  4 Bl’k a   W hite..15
“  2 
..20
“ 
.25
“ 
“ 
3 
No 2—20,  M  C 
40

I No 4—15  J   854 

8 
10 

.. 

30 

8—18, S C . .  

.12 j  “ 
.12 I  “ 
PINS.
50 
45 
No  2 W hite A Bl’k..12 
“ 
4 
“  6 
NO 2.

“  
“  

|

COTTON  TAPE.
.1 5   “ 10 
..18 1  “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.
....28  |No3
NEEDLES—PER  M.

|No  8 W hite A  Bl’k.,20 
28
..26
.86

“  
“  

A. Jam es  ..................1  4n| Steam boat................  
«*,
Crowely’s...................1  35 Gold  Bved................. 1  so
M arshall’s ...................1  0n¡Am erican......................1  00
|5—4 ....1 6 5   6—4...2   30
5—4 ....  1  75  6—4 ... 

TABLE  OIL  V.LUTJ1.

COTTON TWINES.

Cotton Sail T w in e ..28
C ro w n ........................12
D o m estic..................1854
A n c h o r......... ........... 16
B ris to l...........  ......... 13
Cherry  V alley.........15
I X L ........................... 1854
Alabama................   6X
Alamance................ 654
Augusta.....................7 54
A r  sap h a.....................6
G eorgia........................ 63*
G ranite 
..................  5 \
Haw  R iv e r...............  5
Haw  J ........................  5

N ash u a...................... 18
Rising Star 4 p ly ___17
3 p ly .... 17
N orth  Star 
.........20
Wool Standard 4 ply 1754 
P o w h a tta n ...............18

“ 

Mount  Pleasant....  654
one! d a ......................   5
Prymont  ...............  5X
Rau del m an...............  6
Riverside  ................   ’ X
Sibley  A ....................  6X
Toledo...................

PLAID  OSNABUBGB

-

j n H f i  M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N

T H E   C U R S E   O F   IN S T A B IL IT Y . 

Written f o r  T h k  T r A dksm a s .

“Unstable as water,  thou  shalt not ex­
cel,”  was the prophecy of Jacob concern­
ing Lis son  Reuben,  uttered  nearly 3,600 
years ago.

it 

Human nature  is  the same in  all  ages. 
The  characteristics  which  made  men 
successful 
in  that  far-off  age are what 
will  make them  successful  to-day.  Sim­
ilarly,  what  made  success 
impossible 
then  will  make 
impossible  now. 
Among  the  causes  of  failure,  and  the 
most  prolific,  is  instability.  The  unsta­
ble man  never  “sticks.”  He  is  at  one 
thing to-day  and  another  to-morrow,  so 
that what knowledge he acquires is never 
of any  benefit  to him,  for  he  follows  no 
business long  enough  to  put  into prac­
tice any  knowledge  he  may  have gained 
connected  with 
it.  What  he  knows 
about one  business  is  of  little value  to 
him  in any other. 
If he manages to save 
a little money, which  will  he very doubt­
ful,  it all goes  when  he  strikes his next 
“bonanza,”  for  it  costs him  much more 
to  start  a  new  business  than it  would 
have cost him  to remain  in  the old.  He 
knows of  more  “sure  things”  than  any 
other man  living,  except  some  other un­
fortunate  as  unstable  as  himself.  He 
tries them  all,  too.  Somehow  he  man­
ages  to get a start,  but  he never gets be­
yond the  starting  point;  for  he fails, of 
course,  as he  has always  failed,  aud  al­
ways  will fail,  no  matter  what  he  at­
tempts.  Why?  Because he  lacks moral 
stamina,  business  sagacity,  foresight— 
every qualification  that  is  a  part of  the 
“makeup”  of  the  successful  business 
man.  He 
is  dishonest,  for  no  honest 
man  will  borrow  money  unless  he  sees 
his  way  clear  through  to  a  settlement, 
and  the unstable man  borrows right  and 
left  from  anybody  who will  lend  him  a 
dollar.  He  borrows  while  still  in  debt 
for previous  loans,  which  he says he in­
tends to pay,  but  which  he  was  never 
known to do.  Then, everything  he does 
is  done in  a slovenly manner.  There  is 
nothing neat or tidy about him;  his char­
acter is  stamped  upon  his  personal  ap­
pearance.  Neatness is  a prominent char­
acteristic of  nearly  all  successful  men. 
A striking trait of  the  unstable  man  is 
unpunctuality.  Did  you ever know such 
a man to keep  an  appointment?  Never, 
lie  is  all  the  way  from  half  an  hour  to 
half  a  day  behind  time,  utterly regard­
less of the annoyance and loss it may oc­
casion  the  man  be  has  disappointed. 
This is just as much  stealing as  if he had 
taken  money  that did  not belong to  him. 
Time has a  specific value  to  the man of 
business, just  as much as a dollar,  or an 
article of merchandise,  has,  and  no  man 
has  any  more  right  to  take  your  time 
without  giving value  for  it than  he has 
to take youi  dollars  or  your  goods.  A 
little thing  like  keeping  someone  wait­
ing,  or  disappointing  someone  with 
whom  he has made an  appointment  is  a 
matter of no consequence to the unstable 
man. 
If you  venture to  utter  a  remon­
strance,  he either airily informs you that 
he forgot all  about it,  or was busy at the 
time appointed, or  else  regards you  with 
an  injured expression of  countenance as 
though he  were the  aggrieved  party and 
not you.  He  grows  more  and more un­
reliable and  more  shiftless  as the years 
go by.  Even  his  best  friends lose confi­
dence in  him after  awhile,  and acknowl­
edge that he is  a  hopeless case.  He has 
tried everything under the sun and failed 
always.  He has disappointed everybody I

that ever trusted  him  and,  when  old  age 
comes,  he reaps the natural  result of  his 
instability.  The  county  house, or  some 
other charitable  institution,  is  his  only 
refuge.  From first to  last  he  is a dismal 
failure without one redeeming feature.

There is one thing, however,  he can  do 
better than  any other man  on  earth—he 
can give advice.  He  knows  better than 
you  do  how  you  ought to conduct your 
business;  he can  give  the  lawyer points 
on  law,  and  teach  finance  to the banker; 
he can  tell the merchant  how to draw cus­
tom,  and  knows  more  about  agriculture 
than  the  farmer;  the  financial  problem 
is no  problem  to  him  and,  as  for  the 
bard  times,  be  knows  their  cause  and 
has an  infallible  remedy.  Science,  reli­
gion,  politics,  he  is  at home in them ail; 
in  fact, he knows something about every­
thing and  is always ready  to tell  what he 
knows.  The  trouble  is  he  knows  too 
much. 
If he knew nothing  at  all about 
a  good  many things,  and  more  about 
some one  particular  thing,  he  would  be 
much better off.

Hear him  when old age has put an end 
to  his puttering  attempts  “to  do  some­
thing!”  How  he  rails  at  the world and 
at  fortuue,  bemoaning  his hard luck and 
want  of  success!  If  he  had  only  had 
So-and-So’s chance  he would  have done 
much  better  than  So-and-So  did,  albeit 
So-and-So was  regarded as a conspicuous 
success, 
if it  had not been  for such and 
such  a  circumstance,  on  such  an occa­
sion,  he  would  have  been  all  right. 
Things took  a  very  unexpected turn,  on 
another occasion, and evidently got away 
from him  before he could  get around the 
corner  after  them. 
It  never occurs to 
him  that he is in  the  slightest degree to 
blame for the failure he has made of life, 
or that the direct cause  of  his  failure is 
in himself.  He goes  down  to  his grave 
in  the  potter’s  field  at 
last,  fully  per­
suaded that he was the most ill-used man 
who ever  lived.  All  his  life  he  was  a 
coustant cause of annoyance and discom­
fort  to everyone  with  whom  he had any 
dealings,  and an  object  of  pity and dis­
gust to all  who  knew  him.  Now that he 
is dead,  write as  his  epitaph,  and  put  it 
upon  the  wooden  slab  at  tbe head of his 
pauper grave,  to  be  read  and pondered 
over  by  every  passerby,  “Unstable  as 
water,  thou  shalt not excel.”

Daniel  Abbott.

Retail  grocers 

in  England  complain 
that  the  Government  is  lending  assist­
ance to  their  most  dangerous  enemies, 
the  co-operative  stores. 
The  school 
books  used  in  the  “evening continuation 
schools,”  that  are  under tho control of 
the Government,  contain  complimentary 
allusions to the co-operative system,  and 
the grocers are trying to bring  the  mat­
ter before Parliament.

Hardware Price Current.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

These  prices are  for cash,  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dig.
60
Snell’s ..................................................................... 
Cook’s ..................................................................... 
40
J  ennlngs’, gen u in e.............................................  
25
Jen n in g s’,  Im itatio n .......................................... 50&10
AXIS.
F irst Q uality, S. B. B ronze...............................$  7 00
D.  B. B ronze.. 
.........................   i* 00
S .B .S . S teel................................   8 00
D. B. s te e l.........................................   13 50

“ 
1 
• 

BARROWS. 

dls.

dls.

BOLTS. 

R ailroad  ............................................................. *  14 00
G arden  ........................................................  n et  30 00
8tove.  ..................................................................... 50410
C arriage new  lis t..................................................75410
P low .........................................................................40410
Sleigh shoe............................................................ 
70
W ell,  plain  ..........................................................S 3  50
W ell, sw iv el..........................................................  4 00
dig.
Cast Loose Pin, figured.......................................704
W rought N arrow , bright 5ast jo in t.................604,0

BUTTS, OAST. 

BUCKETS.

W rought Loose P in ............................................... 60410 |
W rought  T ab le.....................................................60410
W rought Inside B lin d ..........................................60410 |
W rought  B rass..................................................... 
75
B lind,  Clark’s .......................................................70410
Blind,  Parker’s .................... 
70410 I
70 i
B lind, Shepard’s 

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

O rdinary Tackle, list A pril  1892...................60410

 

G rain ...............................................................dls. 50402

CRADLES.

CROW  BARS.

Cast S teel....................................................per #> 
Bly’s 1-10 
.. 
Hick’s  C. F.
G. D .............
M u sk e t.......

.per m

CAPS.

5

Rim  F ire ......................... ..
Central  F ire. 

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

CARTRIDSBS.

chisels. 

die.

die.

Socket F irm e r....................................................   70410
Socket F ram ing ................................................... 70410
Socket C orner...................  ..................................70410
Socket S lic k s....................................................... 70410
B utchers’ Tanged  F irm er................................. 
40

Curry,  Law rence’s ............................................. 
H o tch k iss.............................................................  

combs. 

dls.

40
25
.12®12H dls. 10

per pound

CHALK.
W hite Crayons, per  gross__
copper.
Planished, 14 oz cu t to s iz e ..
14x52, 14x56, 14x60
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60
Cold Rolled, 14x48..................
B ottom s....................................
DRILLS.

“ 

dls.

50
50
50

07
8H

Morse’s  Bit  Stocks...........................................  
Taper and straight S hank................................. 
Morse’s Taper S h an k ................  
 

 

DREPPINS PANS.

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

ELBOWS.

Com. 4  piece, 6 I n ......... 
75
....................a os. n et 
40
C o rrugated ................................................... dls 
A djustable.................................................... dls.  40410

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

dls.

piles—New List. 

Clark’s, sm all, $18;  large, $26.......................... 
30
Ives’, 1, $18:  2, $24;  3.S3U................................. 
25
Diss ton’s ................................................................60410
New  American  ................................................... 60410
N icholson’s .......................................................... 60410
................................................................ 
H eller’s 
so
H eller’s H orse Rasps  ........................................ 
50

dis.

OALVANIZED IRON

dls.
dls.

50

Nos.
List 

16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27
16

15

13
D iscount, 60

12 

14
GAUGES.

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s ............

knobs—New List.

dls.

locks—DOOR.

Door, m ineral, jap. trim m in g s.........
Door,  porcelain, jap. trim m ings__
Door, porcelain, plated  trim m ings..
Door,  porcelBin, trim m ings  .............
Draw er  and  S hutter, porcelain .......
Russell 4  Irw in  Mfg.  Co.’s new list
M allory, W heeler  4   Co.’s ...............................  
55
B ranford’B ...........................................................  
55
N orw alk’s ...........................................................  
55
Adze E y e .................................... ’. ......... $16.00, dls. 60
H unt Eye.  ............................................. $15.00, dls. 60
H unt’s .............................................$18.50, dls. 20410.
dls.
Sperry 4  Co.’s, Post,  h a n d led .........................  
50
dls.
Coffee, P arkers  Co.’s .........................................  
40
40
P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  M alleable*__  
“ 
“   Landers,  F erry 4  Cls rk’s .................... 
40
“  E nterprise 
...........................................  
30

MAULS. 
mills. 

If A TTOr K >4

M0LA8SBS GATES. 

dig.

..60410
Stebbln’s  P attern .........................................  
Stebbln’s G enuine................................................66410
Enterprise, self-m easuring............................... 
25

N A IL S

 

 

A dvance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
Steel nails, Dase............................................................ l 50
W ire nails, b ase...........................................1  75® 1  80
60...................................................  ........Base 
Base
50...............................................................  
10
40...............................................................  
25
30...............................................................  
25
35
20...............................................................  
16...............................................................  
45
45
12...............................................................  
50
10...............................................................  
60
8................................................................. 
7 * 6 .......................................................... 
75
4 ................................... 
90
3..........................................................................  
1  60
2................................................................. 
F ln e S ................................................................ 
Case  10....................................................  
65
75
8..................................................... 
90
6..................................................... 
75
F inish 10.................................................. 
3................................................... 
90
6................................................ 
1  10
Clinch; 10................................................. 
70
8................................................  
80
6.................................................  
90

“ 
“  
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

dlS.

PLANES. 

B arren  %......................................................... 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y ......................................  ©40
Sc! ota  B ench..................................................... 
©50
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fa n c y .............................  ©40
B ench, first qu ality .............................................   ©40
Stanley R nle and  Level Co.’s  w ood............. 50410
Fry,  A cm e....................................................dls.60—10
70
Common,  polished......................................dls. 
Iro n  and  T in n e d ................................................. 
40
Copper Rivets a nd B u rs..................................   50—10

rivets. 

dls.

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

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

Broken packs 14c per ponnd extra.

HAMMKKB.

dlS.

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE  PURNIBHIN8  GOODS.

2t
May dole  4  Co.’s .......................................... dls. 
dis. 25
Kip’s ...................................................... 
Y erkes 4  Plum b’s ........................................dls.  40410
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel............................ 80c  list 60
Blacksm ith’s Solid Cast  Steel  H an d __ 80c 40410
Gate, C lark’s, 1, 2, 3 .........  ........................dls.60410
S tate...................................................per doz. net, 2  50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 4%  14  and
3 *
t t ............. ...............net
10
% ............. .............. net
8H
S£............. ...............net
7H
%............. .............. net
7V4
50
.............dls.
Barn Door K idder Mfg. Co., Wood tra c k __ 50*10
Champion,  anti-friction ..................................   60410
40
K idder, wood tr a c k ...........................................  
P ots........................................................................   60410
K ettles...................................................................  60410
Spiders  ...................................................................60410
Gray enam eled...................................................  40410
Stam ped  Tin W are....................................new list 70
Japanned Tin W are.................................... 
26
G ranite Iron W a re .........................new  llBt33Q410
B ilg h t............................................................  70410410
Screw  E yes.....................................................70410410
Hook’s ...................................................... 
70410410
Gate Hooks and E yes.........................  
70*10410
Stanley R ule and Level  Co.’s .......................
Sisal,  yt Inch aud la r g e r ................................  
M anilla................  
7»
Steel and  Iro n ...................................................... 
Try and B evels.................................  
 
g.
2f
M itre ................................................................. 
Com.  Smooth.
Com. 
Nos.  10 to  14...........................................$4  05
62  95 
Nos.  15 to 17...........................................   4  05
3  05 
Nos.  18 to 21.........................................   4  05
3  05 
Nos. 22 to 2 4 ...........................................   4  05
3  15 
..  4  25
Nos. 25 to 2 6 ..............................  
3  25 
No. 27........................................................  4  4 5 ___
3  35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 
w ide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86  ........................................... dls. 
Silver Lake, W hite  A ...................................list 
D rab A ......................................   “ 
W hite  B ....................................   1 
D rab B .......................................  ** 
W hite C ...................................... “ 

..................................  
SQUARES. 

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

LEVELS.
ROPES.

w ire goods. 

SHEET IRON.

5G
50
55
50
55
35

9
13
dlS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

dls.

. 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

w ir e. 

saws. 

traps. 

H a n d ............................................... 

Solid E yes....................................................per ton $25
20
70
50
30

“ 
Silver Steel Dla.  X Cuts, per fo o t,.... 
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per fo o t.... 
“ 
“ 
Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per fo o t__  
“  Cham pion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  fo o t............................................... 

30
dis.
Steel, G am e.......................................................60410
35
O neiaa Community, N ew honse’s .................. 
Oneida  Comm unity, H awley a  N orton’s __  
70
Mouse,  cho k er.......................................... 18c per doz
Mouse, d elusion.....................................H .50 per doz
dls.
B right M arket......................................................   65
A nnealed M arket.................................................70—10
Coppered M arket................................................   60
Tinned M arket....................................................  62J4
50
Coppered  Spring  S teel.................................  
Barbed  Fence, g alvanised...............................  2  80
p a in te d ....................................   340
Au  Sable  ................................................. dls. 
40410
P utnam .................................................  
dis.  05
dls. 10410
N orthw estern....................... .............. 
dls.
30
B axter’s  A djustable, n ickeled .......................  
50
Coe’s  G enuine 
................................................. 
75
Coe’s Patent A gricultural, w rought,__ ___  
Coe’s  Patent, m alleable.......   .......................... 75410
dls.
50
B ird c ag es 
Pumps, C istern.............................................  
75410
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70410
Casters, Bed  a  d  P late..................  
5041041C
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SÇHlGANllADESMAN

A  « C U L I  JOURNAL  DEVOTED  TO  THE

Best  Interests  of  Business  Men.

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E.  A.  STOWE.  Editor.

W K D N E 8 D A T .  M IY K M B K R   8 ,  1893.

CHEAP  SILVER  DOLLARS.

The  news conies that the Mexican Cen­
tral  Railroad Company  is  having  all  its 
locomotives altered so as to  burn  wood, 
the  change  being  necessitated  by  the 
heavy discount on  silver.

Here is  an  interesting fact for the peo­
ple  who are affected with the silver craze. 
Mexico is one of the great silver produc­
ing countries.  Us annual  output of  sil­
ver is a.iout $48,000.000,  while the yearly 
product of gold  is not  much over $1.000,- 
000.  Mexico, with all its mineral wealth, 
has no coal,  and  the coal which  has here­
tofore been  used on the Mexican railways 
had to  be brought from  Texas  and  Cali­
fornia.  This coal  has to  be  paid  for  in 
silver, and,  although  Mexican  silver dol­
lars are in every  respect equal  to ours  in 
weight and  fineness,  they  are only  worth 
from  55 to 57  cents  each.  The  loss  on 
their money  is so great  that the Mexican 
railways  are forced  to  abandon  the  use 
of imported coal.

This  is  only  one  fact  out  of  many 
ethers  which show  that a country  whose 
money  is  on  a  silver  basis  cannot  do 
business  with the  outside  world  without 
an enormous  loss of  values.  A  Mexican | 
dollar,  which  will  pass for 100 cents in 
Mexico,  will  only  go for  about 55 cents 
in  the  United  States.  The  only  relief 
for  a silver country  is  to do its business 
exclusively  at  home. 
If  it  can  cut  off 
all  communication  with  other  countries 
and  live  upon  its own  resources it makes 
no difference what  sort of  money it  has, 
only  provided  the money  will  circulate, 
but  let its depreciated  notes or coin once 
get into some other  country,  and  at once 
it 
is  brought  down  to  its  real  value. 
Our own 57 cent  silver  dollars  are  good 
enough  at  home,  so long  as the Govern­
ment guarantees that they are as good  as 
gold,  but once try to pay debts with them 
in  Europe,  and  even  the  Government 
guarantee  will  not help them.  They are 
only so much  silver bullion,  worth  about! 
half of what  their coin  stamp  calls  for.  | 
We  may  shout  out  American  contempt 
for  European  money  standards as much 
as  we  like,  hut all  the same  if  the  Uni­
ted States has  any  trade  with  Europe, 
European standards of  money  will rule,  j 
That is all there is of it.

T H K   A t I CTHTO  A  TM  T H A I  )  K H M A N .

THE  BANKRUPTCY  BILL.

While the Senate  wasted  valuable time I 

discussing the repeal  bill,  the  House  en­
gaged  in considering several  measures of 
more or less importance to  the  country. 
Among these  measures  was  the  bank­
ruptcy  hill,  which  is  practically  a resur­
rection  of  the  Torrey  hill,  which  has 
been  kept  so  persistently before  Con­
gress for a number of  years  past.  Un­
fortunately,  the bill  made little progress 
during the special  session, the House ad­
journing  before  taking a final  vote  on 
the  measure.  A disposition  developed 
in  the  House to load  the  hill  down  with 
objectionable amendments, some of them 
of a character to  destroy  the  entire  use­
fulness of  the measure. 
It  is  said  that 
the promoters of  the bill  are  willing to 
accept almost  any amendment,  so  as  to 
bring the measure  to  a vote,  trusting to 
the Senate to afterwards restore  the  bill 
to its original  shape.  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
trusts that no  such  policy  will  he  at­
tempted,  and  that  the  hill  will  he per­
mitted to go to a vote on its merits.  The 
business interests of the country indorsed 
the Torrey  bill,  and  urged 
its  passage 
before the  last Congress,  because  it  was 
believed  that it offered the means  of  se­
curing better protection  to  trade  inter­
ests by  making credits  more secure. 
It 
also promised  to do away  with  the  con­
fusion  and 
loss  arising  from  the wide 
differences existing  in  the  bankruptcy 
laws of the  various States.

While the  business 

interests  of  the 
country continue willing to  accept  such 
a hill,  they are  not  prepared  to indorse 
the acceptance by  its promoters of  every 
senseless amendment that the  opponents 
of  the  measure  seek  to saddle  upon  it. 
Either it must afford  the advantages out­
lined 
in  the  original  Torrey  bill,  or it 
must forfeit  the  support  of  the  mer­
chants. 

_________________

There has  been no response,  as  yet on 
the part of the  business  of  the  country 
to the action  of  Congress 
in  repealing 
the purchasing clause  of  the  Sherman 
act.  The opponents of  that  measure It­
erated  and  reiterated  the  assertion  that, 
once the  Sherman  act was  wiped  from 
the statutes, business would  immediately 
revive.  That  measure,  it was  asserted, 
was the cause of all  the  trouble,  and de­
nounced  in  unmeasured  terms  those who 
opposed  repeal.  The  administration, 
from  the  President  down,  exerted  all 
their influence to ‘'persuade” both  Repre­
sentatives and  Senators  to vote  “in  the 
interest of the  country and  for  the  re­
vival  of trade.”  Now  the Sherman  act is 
a thing of the  past, and.  so far as can  he 
ascertained,  its  repeal  has not given an 
ounce of impetus to  business;  not a fac­
tory has been started, not a workman has 
been given  work.  The  depression  is as 
widespread and  the outlook  as  uucertaiu 
as  when  the Sherman  act  was  in  full op­
eration.  The  fact  is,  the  Sherman  act 
bad  little to do with causing  the  panic, 
it may have alarmed  the  laboring classes 
and  the  smaller  traders,  hut  these are 
not the people  most  affected  by  legisla­
tion.  The miners  and  great  manufac­
turers,  who  employ thousands  of  work­
men,  and who have all  but suspended op­
erations,  thus  throwing  their workmen 
out of employment, are the ones who, the 
public  was told,  would,  by  repeal,  be en­
abled  to resume  operations;  their  work­
men  would  again  have  plenty of  work  at 
good  wages,  and  business would  boom 
again;  but they  are no nearer  resuming 
operations  than they  were  before  repeal

was accomplished.  Even  so  able  a  man 
and so good  an  authority  as  Henry Clews 
confesses  that  he was mistaken  in  saying 
the Shermanact  was the  prime cause of 
the trouble; 
that  the  prevailing  uncer- 
ta nty  as to  what  Congress will  do with 
the tariff is  the  chief,  almost  the  only, 
cause of the  depression.  Let  manufac­
turers  know, once for all, what shape the 
tariff is  to take,  so that  they can  adjust 
their  business to the changed conditions, 
and  resumption  of  operations would  be­
gin  at once.  At  present,  the  only thing 
that is known  is that the  present  House 
and administration  are  pledged  to  tariff 
reform;  but,  as  no one  knows just what 
tariff reform  means, that knowledge is of 
little  avail. 
It  won’t  help  business.
The Supreme Court of  Minnesota  has 
decided that the city of  Minneapolis “has 
no right to exact a license from  a  street 
peddler and then refuse to  allow  him  to 
sell  his  wares at  the  best  advantage  to 
himself as to  location.” 
It  seems that ^ 
peddler  named  S.  D.  Rayantis  was  ar­
rested  for  violating  a  city  ordinance 
which  made it  unlawful  for a peddler to 
remain  half  an  hour  in one place for the 
sale of his goods.  The decision appears, 
at  this  distance,  to be in  the interest of 
justice  and  equity.  A  municipality 
ought to have  some sort  of  control  over 
this  irresponsible  class  of  trades,  and 
have some method of  regulating a traffic 
that in  many cities has become a decided 
nuisance,  and  licenses with a good round 
fee attached  seem  to  be  the best way  to 
reach  the  end  desired.  But  it  is  little 
short  of  persecution  to  grant  a  man  a 
license to  peddle and  then  refuse to per­
mit him  “to sell  to the  best  advantage.” 
So 
long  as  peddlers  are  licensed  they 
should  not  be  interfered  with,  further 
than  to  see  that  the  provisions  of  the 
ordinance are complied  with.

N e w   E n t e r p r is e   f o r   G r a n d   R a p i d s .
T h e   T r a d e s m a n   paid  a visit  to  the 
Grand  Rapids  Glass  Co.’s  factory,  on 
North  Front  street,  recently,  and  was 
shown  through the works  and  had  the 
process  of  making  plate glass mirrors 
fully described  to him.  The  clear plate 
is taken,  and.  after the operation  is  fin­
ished,  is that article considered so essen­
tial  and  so  useful  by  the ladies,  a plate 
glass mirror of the finest description.  The 
plate is first applied  to the  “rougher,”  a 
solid  iron  wheel  revolving  horizontally 
at  a  speed  of 370 revolutions a minute. 
A  hopper  above  allows a fine stream of 
wet sand  to run  upon  the  face  of  the 
wheel.  The glass to be beveled  is  held 
upon  the  face of the wheel  by  the oper­
ator,  and  the  beret  gradually  ground 
It is next  applied  to  the  "em 
upon  it. 
ery  wheel,”  also of 
iron  aud  revolving 
horizon'ally,  upon  which the finest  qual­
ity of Turkish  powdered emery is  placed. 
This wheel  grinds off  much of the  rough­
ness left by the  “rougher.”  Next  in or­
der is the  “smoothing  stone.”  America 
does not supply a stone of proper “grain” 
for  the  work. 
It  mu-t  be  of very  fine 
grain,  and  at  the same time soft  enough 
to do the  work,  so  glass  manufacturers 
are  compelled  to go to Newcastle,  Eng­
land,  for  what they  want.  The  glass  is 
not  finished  when  it leaves  the “smooth­
er,” hut 
is  next applied  to the  “pumice 
wheel,”  which is  of  wood  aud  revolves 
laterally.  Pumice is the smoothing sub­
stance  used on  this  wheel.  Next  comes 
the  “buffer,” or polishing wheel, another 
lateral  wheel,  covered  with  English  felt 
the  purpose.
specially  prepared 

for 

is  used 

Polishing  rouge 
is  nsed on  this wheel. 
It is an oxide of iron of the same quality 
as is  used  for polishing  gold and silver. 
When  the  glass 
leaves this wheel  it is 
ready  for  the  polishing  block.  Both 
sides of the plate must  be  “blocked,” as 
the slightest imperfection  in  the glass fs 
readily seen  and mars  the  beauty of the 
finished  article.  The  “ block”  is  an  ob­
long  piece  of  wood  about eight inches 
long  by two 
inches  wide,  covered  with 
felt  and  “pushed” by  band.  Oxide  of 
iron 
in  connection  with  the 
“block.”  A second  block,  larger  than 
the first,  covered  with  a softer quality of 
felt,  is applied to the glass.  Putty  pow­
der,  composed  of  oxide  of  zinc, is the 
polishing substance used with  this block, 
and the  last suspicion of an  imperfection 
rubbed  out.  The  glass is then  taken to 
the  silvering  room, thoroughly cleaned 
with distilled water, and  placed upon the 
silvering table.  The top of this table is of 
heavy sheet iron, covered with two thick­
nesses of woolen  blankets,  over which  is 
drawn  a covering of  unbleached muslin. 
The table is, in  reality, a water reservoir, 
the  water in  which  is  heated  by steam. 
The glass is  heated  by  the  heat  pene­
trating through the covering.  The glass 
is  placed  face downwards  upon  the table 
and  a solution  of nitrate of silver poured 
upon  it.  The heat assists the  precipita­
tion of the silver upon the  glass.  From 
half  an  hour  to an  hour  is  required  for 
the silvering process,  atmospheric condi­
tions and  the  amount  of  heat  applied 
making the difference in  the  time.  The 
glass is then  shellaced  and  painted,  and 
the orocess is finished.

The factory  is  equipped  with  a  full 
complement  of  machinery,  and,  while 
possibly not so large  as  some others,  its 
product  will  compare favorably with that 
of any concern  in  the country. 
Its  busi­
ness is constantly on the increase, and the 
prospects  for  the  future are exceedingly 
bright.

found 

Joseph  Hosey,  who has charge  of  the 
mechanical  part of the  business,  was  for 
six  years superintendent of  B  L.  Ander­
son’s plate glass  works  in Ch'cago.  His 
extended  experience 
in  that  and other 
factories peculiarly  fits  him  for  the posi­
tion  he occupies  in 
the  Grand  Rapids 
Glass factory.
Possibility  of  Canadian  Competition.
In  the Central  and  Western  States  no 
such shortage in the potato crop has been 
known  since  the  disastrous  failure  of 
1890.  The notable exception  to the gen­
eral  shortage 
in  N< rthern 
Maine,  where  the  great  potato  country 
of the  Aroostook  has  a  tremendous crop, 
shipments  of  which  from  Moulton  and 
ether  points  have  been  rushed  down  to 
Boston  and  temporarily  depiessed  the 
market there.  The same  favorable crop 
conditions  prevailed  over  a  large  part of 
the  maritime provinces.  Prince  Edward 
island  and  Nova  Scotia  having  quite  a 
surplus for export. 
If  the  present  tariff 
of  25c  pur bushel  should  be  removed or 
reduced  by  the coming Congress, it would 
cause  heavy  receipts from  the  Canadian 
Provinces  with  consequent  falling off in 
prices.  The conclusion is justified that the 
United  States crop  is  under  the outturn 
of  150 0(10,000  bushels  last  year,  against
240.000. 
127.000. 
crop on  record.

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SOME  FACTS  ABOUT  COFFEE.
One of  the most  important articles  of 
daily consumption and  of  commerce  is 
coffee,  and  as Brazil  is  the  largest  pro­
ducer,  furnishing  more  tnan  half  the 
total  supply  of  the  western  nations,  it 
follows that the production of this indis­
pensable article is  likely  to  be  much in­
terfered  with  by the war in that couutry.
Coffee has been  in  use  from  the  earli­
est times  in  Abyssinia  and Arabia,  but 
it  was not brought  into  Europe,  at Con­
stantinople,  until  the sixteenth  century, 
and  not 
into  England  until  the seven­
teenth.  The year 1652  is  given  as  the 
date when  this  beverage was  introduced 
in  Loudon,  but to-dav  Europe  consumes 
more than 6,000,000  bags  a  year,  and the 
consumption constantly grows.

It is an  interesting fact  that,  although 
coffee is  a native  of  the Old  World,  the 
New  has  become 
its  chief habitat,  the 
South  and  Central American  countries 
producing ten-twelfths of all  that is con­
sumed  in  America and Europe.  The pro­
duction of this  important bean  has,  for a 
number  of  years,  been  constantly  in­
creasing to meet the rapidly growing de­
mand.  and so much  has coffee  become  a 
necessary of 
in  the  United  States 
that the Government, some years ago,  re­
moved  the import duty  and  allowed  it to 
come  in  free.  Being  a  product  of  the 
tropics,  no coffee of account is  grown  in 
the United  States,  although  it  flourishes 
in Mexico.

life 

There is much  in the situation in which 
coffee is  grown.  The plant  is  a  native 
of the  tropics and can  be cultivated  only 
in  regions free from frost,  though  exces­
sive heat is  inimical to a  healthy growth 
or good  product.  Thus,  in  the  low,  hot 
lands of the entire coast  of  the  Gulf  of 
Mexico,  Caribbean Sea and  South  Atlan­
tic,  its cultivation  is  not attempted;  and 
it is ouly back on  the high lands and  hill 
ranges  that  successful  plantations  are 
found.  Mexico is the most northern and 
Paraguay  the most southern  of the coun­
tries of this continent  where its  cultiva­
tion  has  been  profitably pursued, and the 
area of territory  in each of the countries 
where it is grown that  can  be  success­
fully devoted  to the production  of coffee 
is much  less than  is  genet ally supposed.
Coffee depends for the  favor  in which 
it is  held as a  beverage  upon  its  stimu­
lating and refreshing  power. 
It  braces 
up  the nervous system  and induces wake­
fulness. 
It  is a  stimulant without  any 
injurious reaction,  although, when  taken 
in excess, so potent an  agent  must  pro­
duce damaging  effects. 
Its  stimulating 
and exciting  properties are due  to an  al­
kaloid  active principle  belonging  to  the 
general class with  quinine,  and  known 
as  “caffeine.”  The  corresponding alka­
loid of tea is  “theine.”

A pamphlet on  the production of coffee 
issued  by  the  Bureau  of 
in  America, 
American Republics,  gives  some 
inter­
esting information concerning the  quan­
tities and  varieties grown  in  the various
countries of  this hemisphere.  Statistic 
of the world’s coffee crop for 1888-89 are 
there  given  from authentic commercial 
sources.  They  are:
Pounds.
Countries. 
B razil..........................................................  812.00 000
J a v a ............................................................ 
96,82i,00u
Padang, S um atra.................................... 
I2,32o,i 00
Celebes, Ceylon. India and M anila... 
62.720.000
A frica «nd  Mocha.  ............................... 
13 320,0>o
M exico and  C cutral A m erica..................................... 80/40,000
78,iOO,OuO
V enezuela................................................. 
W est Indies............................................... 
94,30t,000
T o t a l ....................................................1,249,528,000
These figures  show that  the  American 
product vastly overshadows  the  Asiatic

There have also  been  recent  develop­
ments pointing  to  the  probability  that 
Admiral  Mello  has  also agents at work 
in  this  country  and  in  Europe.  The 
Brazilian warship Riachuelo, which is be­
lieved to have declared for the insurgents, 
is  reported  to  be  in  European  waters 
presumably on  some  mission  connected 
with  the rebellion.  Agents  are  also  at 
work  at  the  various  South  American 
capitals endeavoring  to  secure  recogni­
tion  of  the  insurgents  as  belligerents. 
Such  recognition,  if  accorded,  would 
greatly  benefit the cause  of  the  revolu­
tion,  as it would debar  the  Government 
of Brazil from purchasing  war  material 
from the neighboring  States,  and  would 
afford  the  rebel  ships the protection of 
international laws and usage.

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Pearl  Wheat  Flakes,

T H E   F IN E S T   B R E A K F A S T   D ISH .

and African crop.  A  statement  of  the 
consumption of coffee to the head of pop­
ulation,  made in  1873,  places  Holland at 
the front,  the  people  of  that  country 
using  21  pounds  each a year. 
In  Den­
mark it is  14  pounds,  and  Belgium  13. 
No  other  couutry  reaches  those figures. 
But the importation of coffee free of duty 
into  the  United  States  has greatly in­
creased the consumption of  the  bean,  a 
consumption  which  will  continue 
to 
grow.  The  production  of  coffee is not 
likely  to outstrip the demand for it.

T H E   W A R   IN   B R A Z IL .

Events  are  now  moving more rapidly  I 
in  Brazil,  if the latest reports  are  to  be 
believed.  Both the Government and the 
rebels  are  becoming active,  and stirring  I 
events  may  be  looked  for  shortly. 
It j 
was announced  in  recent dispatches that  j 
Fort  Santa  Cruz,  the  fortress guarding 
the entrance to the harbor of  Rio,  which 
has given  the  insurgent  squadron  more 
trouble than  all of  the other defenses of 
President  Peixoto  put 
together,  had 
ceased  firing and had declared neutrality.
While this does not  mean that the  fort 
has  gone  over to the insurgents,  it  does 
mean  that,  as  far as President Peixoto is 
concerned,  it has ceased to be  of  value, 
and,  unless  he  can  replace  its  present 
garrison  with  another  more  faithful,  it 
can  be safely  assumed  that,  before  many 
days  go  by,  the  fort  will  be in the pos­
session  of  the  rebels.  For the present, 
at  any  rate,  its neutrality  affords them 
free ingress and egress as far  as  the  har­
bor of Rio  is concerned, and nothing now 
stands  in  the  way  of  their  securing  all 
the supplies they need.

The loss of Fort Santa Cruz  will  prove 
a  serious  blow to the Brazilian Govern­
ment,  and,  should  the  fortification fall 
into the  hands of  the rebels,, they  would 
be able to prevent  the  vessels President 
Peixoto is said to be  gathering  together 
from coming to the  relief of  Rio de Jan­
eiro,  as,  with  the  fort and  fleet  at  their 
disposal,  and  with  the  ability  to  guard 
the  channel  with  torpedoes,  the  rebels 
would  be able to  destroy any  vessel  that 
might attempt to force a passage into the 
harbor. 
In their hands,  the  fort  would 
prove of  greater importance  than  it has 
in  the bauds of  the Government,  as, with 
full command on  the  water,  they  are  in 
a position  to plant  torpedoes  aud other­
wise obstruct the entrance  to the  bay.

Another  development  of  significance 
has  been  the  purchase  of  the  Morgan 
ships El  Rio and  El Cid,  aud the accumu­
lations  of  a  large amount of munitions 
of  war  in  New  York.  These purchases 
have  unquestionably  been for use in Bra­
zil,  but whether  they  are to go to the in­
surgents or to the  Government it is diffi­
cult to say,  although  the general  impres­
sion 
is  that  the  purchases  have  been 
made for the Government.

C E E A . N ,   W H O L E S O M E ,

Free  from  Dust  and  Broken  Particles,

Put up in neat Cartons of  2 pounds each,  36 Cartons  per  Case.  Price  $3.50  per 

Case.  Sells at 15 cents per package,  two packages for  25 cents.

T r y   It!  B u y   It!  U se  It!

Sold by all jobbers in Ohio,  Indiana and Michigan.

MANUFACTURED  BY

DAWSON  BROTHERS,  Pontiac,  Mich.

To  Dealers  in 
Illuminating  O ils:

When the new law took effect July 1  last, chang­
ing the test of  Illuminating  Oils, notice was given 
that  we  would  market  from  Tank  Wagons  our 
XXX  W.  W.  Michigan  Headlight  only, knowing 
full  well this grade  of  oil  to  be  equal  to  any  oil 
our  competitors  could  furnish  under  any  brand. 
At  the  request  of  many  dealers  in  this  city  we 
have  decided  to  make  deliveries  from  our  Tank 
Wagons our trade  mark  brand  of  EOCENE  Oil 
at 7  cents, in addition  to our regular XXX W.  W. 
Michigan Headlight at 

cents per gallon.

We  have  no  hesitation  in  stating  that  our 
EOCENE  Oil is  superior  to  any  oil  marketed in 
this city or  State,  notwithstanding  a  higher price 
is obtained  for an  oil  inferior  in quality.

Hereafter when any change in the price of Tank 
in  this  city  we  will  notify 

Wagon  oil  occurs 
dealers  through  the  M i c h i g a n   T r a d e s m a n .

Standard  Oil  Co,,

J.  C.  BONNELL,  Manager,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  Oct.  30,  1893.

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THE  TRADESMAN  COUPON  BOOK.

consequently  the  most  popular.

ISSUED TO

Each  book  contains  a  blank 
note.  The coupons being  ten  to 
a page,  and  in  denominations  of 
1,  5,  10  and  25  cents,  change 
can  be  made  as  readily as  with 
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any  denomination  of  books,  at 
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This  Coupon  Book  is  the  result  of  many  requests  for  larger  coupons  than  are  used  in  the  Tradesman  grade,

making  them  more  convenient  to  handle.

There  are  hut half  the number 
of  coupons  to  a  page,  and  the 
books  contain 
twice  as  many 
leaves  as  the  Tradesman  Book, 
necessitating a  slight  advance  in 
the  price;  otherwise the denomi­
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THE  UNIVERSAL  COUPON  BOOK.

all  coupons  of small  denominations,

As each  leaf of  1  cent  coupons 
contains 25  cts.,  it will  he seen  at 
a glance how  readily  change  can 
be made. 
In  the  larger  denomi­
nations  we  bind  in  some  5  cent 
coupons, unless otherwise ordered, 
making the book less bulky.  The 
price  is a  shade  higher  than  our 
other  styles,  hut  the  hooks  are 
fast  coming  into  general  favor, 
on  account of their convenience.

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used,  and according  20 per cent,  discount.

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time  we accord specially designed 
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rapidity of execution, as  we do our own  engraving,  printing  and  bind­
ing—giving every  order careful scrutiny  from  the  time  it  is  received 
until  the  package  is  delivered to  the  transportation  company.  Since 
engaging in  the  business,  ten  years  ago,  we  have  spent  thousands  of 
dollars in  perfecting the system  and  bringing  it  to  its  present  high 
standard  of  excellence,  having  put  in  special  machinery for  nearly 
every department  of  the  work,  and  keeping  constantly employed  a 
force of skilled  workmen  who have had  many  years’  experience  in  the 
coupon  book  business.

TERMS  OF  SALE.

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street will be  accorded  30  days’ time.  Those  who  have  not  an  ap­
proved  rating  are  expected  to  accompany  their orders  with  a  remit­
tance sufficient to  cover same.

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warded  by  mail,  express  or  freight,  whichever  would  be  cheaper, 
time  and  distance  considered.  Where  cash  or  draft  accompanies 
order transportation  charges are invariably  prepaid.

WARNING  TO  THE  TRADE.

The  trade  are  warned  against  using  any  infringements  of  our 
coupon  systems, as  the  manufacturers  will  protect  their rights  and 
the rights of their customers,  and will  prosecute any  infringers to  the 
full extent of the  law.

In   conclusion, we trust the reader  will  bear in  mind  that we  are 
the oldest and largest manufacturers of Coupon Books  in  the country, 
and  send his orders for anything he  may  need  in  our line  to

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

Grand  Rapids.  Mich.,  U.  S.  ft.

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T H E   MICHIGAN  TK^DESM^AJS.

V A L U E   O F   A N   ID E A L   IN   B U S IN E S S .
W r itte n  f o r  T h e  T b a d h u ia n .
in whatever occupation one may be en­
gaged,  whether as  proprietor  in  charge 
or employe,  a half-hearted man  has  little j 
chance of ultimate  success.  If one drifts  j 
into a business, or accepts  it  as  a   mere j 
temporary expedient for making a livi ng 
until  something  else  shall  turn  up.  It I 
will  hardly bring out  the latent energies j 
of the individual. 
In  such  case he  will 
not be likely to pursue the calling  with a  j 
force and  a  purpose  that can command  | 
prosperous  conditions.  His  plans  will  i 
be carelessly laid—no effort  will be made j 
to  anticipate  accidents  or  unforseen 
emergencies;  and  unless  unusual  good 
luck attends,  he  will  soon  figure  in  the 
list of failures.

This,  in fact, is  one  of  the most com­
mon  causes  that  prevents success in so 
many  enterprises.  The  majority  take J 
up new occupations at all periods of  life  | 
with  no  design  or  expectation of  per­
manence; and  90 do not study the nature 
and requirements of the one thus chosen. 
They  think  it  something  any  one may 
learn;  but  find  out  their  mistake  by 
sharp  experience 
long  after  the  time 
when such experience  would  be  of  the 
greatest value.  Comparatively  very  few 
lay  early  plans  to  prepare  themselves 
theoretically and practically for a contin­
uous life employment.

It is,  therefore,  no uncommon  thing to 
hear  men complaining  that the business 
they follow is  unprofitable,  speak  of  it 
with  disparaging  comment,  and  wish 
they  had chosen another.  Of course,  they 
can  have no  pride  in  it—no  thought of 
how  to  dignify  it  before  the  world by 
showing how  effective it  may be made  in 
supplying the wants of a community. 
In 
fact, they have no proper ideal  to  incite 
them to efforts to make it worthy of pub­
lic  appreciation.  A  man  who does not 
love his occupation,  and  maintain  its in­
terests against all others,  might  as  well 
be a slave without hope or purpose,  and is 
only  fit to execute  the  will  of  another. 
In  this  free  land  where all  may decide 
how they shall  use their powers and cap­
ital 
life’s  various  enterprises,  one 
should gladly make  a  choice;  and  ever 
after prove its wisdom  by doing his best 
to make his chosen calling a success finan­
cially,  and loyaliy  support  every  effort 
to  make  it  respected  by  the  public  at 
large.

in 

In  commercial  operations, especially, 
in addition to a fair knowledge of details, 
some  well  defined  governing  purpose 
should regulate  one’s  conduct  in  order 
to secure  even  a  moderate  measure  of 
success. 
In the absence of  such  a  pur­
pose can be traced  most of the uncertain­
ties and  perils of  ordinary  business life. 
And  when  we consider the  kind  of  mo­
tives that control  certain  dealers,  it  is 
easy to  account  for  many  results  that 
otherwise appear mysterious.

Some fail  from  lack  of  perseverance, 
others for  want of  capital  at the time it 
is most needed;  while not  a few lose the 
opportunity of  a lifetime  by  hesitation 
in not taking  at  the flood “the  tide  that 
leads on to fortune.”  Many  are not sat­
isfied with  moderate gains  at  first;  and 
so launch deeper into lines of  trade they 
do not understand  in  hope that increased 
sales will carry them through to  a  pros­
perous  future.  Some leave  a location  if 
fortune does not at once  smile  on  them, 
and seek for a  more  favorable  point  to 
make a new  venture—repeating this ex­
perience  at  last  from  sheer inability to

stay  long in one  place. 
It will be fortu­
nate for them  if they do not wholly dissi­
pate  their  capital,  leaving  no  fire-side 
comforts for old age.

An ideal that governs the conduct of any 
business may  be of an  elevating  nature, 
or unworthy  and  debasing.  The  world 
is  full of both  kinds,  and will be,  so long 
as the right and  wrong  struggle  for su­
premacy 
in  the  hearts  of  mankind. 
Some hustlers appear to think  that “Get 
there, Eli”  is a terse and ambitious motto 
for business men.  With a  certain  class 
it has a ring  that  appeals  to  their dash 
and  energy;  and  under  its  inspiration 
they  enter  the  race  for  wealth.  Their 
ideal is  to  make  money  at  all  events, 
without regard to the how  or why. 
It is 
not a very lofty  nor  worthy  one,  taken 
by itself.  The majority of  hustlers who 
use  it  have  no  modifying  principle  to 
qualify their ideal, or to give  it  a  wider 
range and higher aim.

Consequently  they  are  often  found 
over-stepping the  rules  honorable  men 
consider  binding.  The  fierce  competi­
tions of trade drive them to schemes that 
are mean and cowardly;  and in time per­
haps to others that are clearly dishonest. 
In following their ideal,  they  take little 
thought of what may be called  the  equi­
ties.  Others’ rights  coucern  them  not. 
They  take no pains to disguise the deter­
mination  that  whoever  stands  between 
them and their  personal interests will  be 
pushed aside or  run  over.  “No  friend­
ship in business” is a common expression 
among men  of their class; and in putting 
friendly feeling for  all  competitors  out 
of the way,  they put  themselves  outside 
and beyond every  genial  and  honorable 
ambition that makes a business life worth 
living.

For acts that  are  false  or  mean  they 
feel  no sense of shame.  They gloat over 
a successful trick  played  on  some com­
petitor,  who,  trusting to their honor,  left 
a weak  spot unguarded.  They  not  only 
outreach  and  undermine  honest  men  in 
their own  line of business,  but  trespass 
on  the lines of dealers whose  goods have 
no reasonable connection  with their own; 
and, while cutting prices on this stock at 
a reckless rate,  pose as enterprising mer­
chants  trying  to  serve  a  public  which 
they assert,  has  been  heretofore  robbed 
by extortion.  They  are  not  above  the 
vile  practice  of  sending  spies  to  the 
stores of competitors,  in  quest  of  infor­
mation on  which to base  plans  that  are 
not compatible with square  dealing.  As 
guerillas  in  trade,  they  carry  out  the 
character to the letter  by  never  making 
an  open  fight  in  daylight,  nor  at  any 
time  when  chances  are 
likely  to  be 
equal.

One such dealer in a town will do more 
to  corrupt the  morals  of  a  community 
than  any dozen  men  who are not in  busi­
ness.  He  breeds distrust of every honest 
merchant in the minds of  bis customers, 
and  by means of that  distrust  rides  into 
popular favor.  By  lowering  the  stand- 
ard of trade to his own  ideal,  he  makes 
it  harder  for  other  business men to ac­
quire or  maintain  a  reputation  for fair 
dealing.  Even  their  own  commercial 
life does not last long,  nor  end prosper­
ously.  But the fact that  as  one of  this 
class disappears  from  the stage of action 
another takes his  place,  renders the con­
dition  of the dealer who  adopts a  differ­
ent ideal  one long  struggle  against  un- 
propitious circumstances.

Notwithstanding,  in the light of all re- 
'  corded  experience  we  may  safely  con-

clude that it  pays every business man to 
have a worthy  ideal,  as  a  guiding  star, 
always before him. 
If  he  is  faithful to 
it the world  will  know,  and  be the better 
for it.  False  lights  may  deceive  for a 
time;  but to the  true  light  ever  upheld 
men  will turn  at last.  Whatever  virtue 
that ideal may represent—whether honor, 
excellence, justice,  liberality,  courtesy, 
truthfulness, 
industry,  or  any  other 
quality that is an object of  worthy ambi­
tion.  its reflex  action  will  stimulate  to 
methods that never fail  to  secure  in  the 
long run  enduring sue' ess.

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No  matter how small is  the  sphere of 
one’s operations,  so long as  the  business 
is carried on  in the  glow  of  an  honest 
purpose to  maintain  at  all  hazards the 
jewel of integrity,  the man  and his  work 
are both  ennobled  thereDy.  Every use­
ful employment, however  humbly rated, 
is  dignified  or  disgraced  according 
the 
to 
ideal 
methods  used 
resolve, 
to  make 
the  standard, 
to give always value  for value,  to  punc­
tually fulfill every business obligation, to 
treat  competitors  within  the  strictest 
lines of courtesy;  in  short,  to make hon­
orable dealing the  end  and  aim  in  all 
business methods,  lifts  one with a  small 
capital,  in all that constitutes true merit, 
to  a  level  with  the  merchant  of  large 
means and wide renown who deals in car­
goes and signs checks for  tens  of  thou­
sands.

excellence 

Every day’s  record,  showing as it does 
additional lapses from true  business  in­
tegrity  among men  who  have  risen  by 
merit to positions  of  large  financial  re­
sponsibility,  proves  how  useless are  all 
the-qualifications  that make  a  business 
man successful,  without the guiding star 
principle, that keeps him  true to the only 
conditions  leading  to  ultimate  success. 
With a worthy ideal,  and  a  plan of con­
duct arranged  to  meet  its  requirements, 
one may be armed against  all the tempt­
ing allurements that  bring so many  well 
meaning men  to  the  brink  of  disaster, 
and some even to  crime  and lasting dis­
honor. 
Inspired by such a purpose he is 
secure from the  frequent solicitations to 
dabble in  “puts and calls,” or launch out 
into speculative enterprises  of  doubtful 
morality that  are  set before the country 
dealer who tires  of  plodding  (though  it 
may  be  never  so  safely)  in  a  beaten 
track.

Sentiment is not  business,  it  is  true, 
but business is none the worse  for a per­
centage  of  sentiment paid  as  premium 
on  a policy of insurance against commer­
cial disaster. 
It may not wholly prevent 
calamities  to  which  the  best  business 
men are subject,  but  it will  lessen their 
frequency,  furnish a buffer for the shock 
of adversities  that  may come,  and prove 
a reserve force to retrieve the losses  one 
may not entirely avoid.

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Nenralfia,  Colds  Sore  Threat.

The first  Inhalations  stop  sneezing,  snuffing 
coughing  and  headache.  This  relief  is  worth 
the  price  of  an  Inhaler.  Continued  use  will 
com plete the cure.

Prevents and cures

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On cars or boat.

The  cool 

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follow 
ing its use is a  luxury  to  travelers.  Convenient 
to carry in the pocket;  no liquid to  drop or spill; 
lasts a year, and costs  50c  at  druggists.  Hegis 
tered m ail 60c, from

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I n f o r m a t io n   f r o m  t h e   S lo t.

“A year or so ago,”  said  a  young  man 
to a Pittsburgher.  “I spent a few  weeks 
in  New  Orleans.  One  day  I saw a  ma­
chine which  bore the inscription: 
‘Drop 
a  nickel  in  the  slot and  learn  how to 
make your  pants  last.’  As  1  hadn’t  a 
great deal of money, I thought an invest­
ment of  5 cents to show  me how to save 
the purchase of  a pair of trousers would 
be small  capital  put  to  good  use,  so  1 
dropped a nickel in and a card appeared. 
What do you suppose it  recommended  as 
the way to make your pants last?”

“Don’t wear ’em,  I suppose.”
“No.”
“What did it say?”
“Make your coat and vest first.”

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hand to be sold at  cost  for  cash. 
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O ur fall line of P ants from  19 to 142 per  dozen 
are  now  ready.  An  im mense  line  of  Kersey 
Pants, every pair w arranted not  to  rip.  Bound 
sw atches of  entire Hue sent  on  approval to the 
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P e r k in s   &   R ic h m o n d .

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Thomas B.  Perkins was  bom  in Wiil- 
lamstown.  Mass., 
the  year  1848. 
Shortly  after this most  important  event 
in  his  life his parents removed  to  Dun­
kirk,  N.  Y.,  where  he  attended  school 
until  his  9th  year,  when the family re­
moved to a farm  in  Allegany county,  N. 
Y.,  where  he remained  until  he was 16 
years of age.  From  this time on  he made 
his own  way in  the world,  never  having 
received  a  dollar  for  which  he did not 
give a  full  equivalent.  He went first to 
Pithole,  Penn.,  where oil  had  just  been 
struck,  and  “struck  a  job”  as  engineer 
at $6 a day.  At  the  time  Mr.  Perkins 
first  saw Pithole  there  were  not  more 
In  less  than  two 
than 500 people there. 
It 
years it bad a population  of  10,000. 
was  a  veritable  “mushroom 
town,” 
springing up  in  an incredibly short time, 
and  disappearing  almost  as  quickly. 
Mr.  Perkins remained  in  the oil  country 
but  two  years  and  then  came to  Ionia, 
Mich.,  and  began  the  manufacture  of 
drag  saws.  This  business he  followed 
for a year,  when  he returned  to  his  old 
home 
in  Dunkirk,  N.  Y.,  to  visit  his 
parents and  renew old  friendships.  He 
then came to Grand  Rapids  and  worked 
at carpentering for  about two years,  and 
then  spent a year  learning  photograph­
ing with  Warren  Wykes.  He  next went 
to  Bloomington.  111.,  bought  a  gallery 
and started  business  for  himself.  He 
sold  out  after  two years,  however,  and 
went to  Fort Wayne,  Ind.,  and organized 
the  Perkins  Engine Co., engaging  in  the 
manufacture of steam engines.  Two years 
later the  business was removed to Toledo, 
Ohio,  and  shortly afterwards  Mr.  Per­
kins sold  his  interest  and  returned  to 
Fort Wayne.  His  next  venture  was  the 
manufacture of  tobaccp pails, but  he dis­
posed of this  business  in  a short time and 
returned  to  Grand  Rapids,  engaging in 
the  photographing  business  with  Mr. 
Wy kes.  He  remained  with  Mr.  Wykes 
four years and  then  bought  the  old  Hor­
ton gallery.  The  tearing  down  of  the 
building in which  his  gallery was  located 
led  to the  f o rm a tio n   of the  firm of Avery 
&  Perkins,  wholesale dealers  in  photog­
raphers’ supplies.  They were  located on

Fountain  street 
in  the  Hartman  block. 
Two years  later  Mr.  Richmond  entered 
the firm,  the  style  being changed  to Per­
kins,  Richmond  & Co.  Later  Mr.  Avery 
sold  his 
interest  in  the business to his 
partners and  the firm  became,  as at pres­
ent,  Perkins  &  Richmond. 
In  January 
of this year the business  was  moved  to 
its present location at 101 Ottawa  street. 
The business has been  very considerably 
enlarged since Avery &  Perkins  started 
on  Fountain  street,  and,  though  photog­
raphers’  supplies  still  constitute  the 
chief feature,  the firm  are  large  dealers 
in  bicycles and picture frame mouldings. 
An extensive  and  constantly  increasing 
trade  bespeaks  the  favor in which the 
firm is held  by the public.

Mr. Perkins is  a  member  of  Eureka 
Lodge,  K. of P., and is  financially inter­
ested in the erection of the  new Pythian 
Temple.

P u r e l y   P e r s o n a l.

A. Shook, junior member  of  the  firm 
of Shook & Son, general dealers at Coral, 
was in  town over Sunday,  the  guest  of 
Byron Stockbridge Davenport.

R. T. Scott,  who  has  traveled  in  this 
State  many  years  for  the  Cappon  & 
Bertsch Leather Co., died  at his home in 
Fenton  last  Thursday  as  the  result  of 
pneumonia.

J.  E. Cairns,  senior member of the new 
firm of  Cairns &  Brown,  general dealers 
at  Prairieville,  was  a welcome  visitor  to 
the Grand  Rapids  market  last  week.

C.  F.  Walker,  the Glen  Arbor  general 
dealer,  was in town  last week on  his way 
to Milwaukee,  where he proposes  to  lay 
in 
a  winter’s  supply  of  the  amber 
foaming  fluid  for  which  that  city  is 
famous.

Dr. Chas. S. Hazeltine and  family leave 
the city  Saturday  for  New  York,  whence 
they  sail  for  Milan  next  Thursday. 
Chas.  E.  Olney  and  family  leave  Thurs­
day  for  Hartford,  Conn.,  meeting  the 
same  vessel at  New  York.

F.  S.  Cashion,  senior  member  of  the 
firm of Cashion  &Son, general merchants 
at  Baldwiu,  has  returned  from  a thirteen 
mouths’  stay  in  Oklahoma,  during  which 
time he  secured  a  patent  on  a  quarter 
section of  fertile land  near  Hennessey. 
His son  also  homesteaded  160  acres  on 
the Cherokee reservation.

OUR  1/fiLLEY  CITY  NULL

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W E   H A V E   F O U N D   IT.
W H AT?

That which  we and the  trade  have been looking for.

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A  F A N C Y   B U T C H E R ’S

L. IR D .

80-pound  Tubs....................................................................   11 £
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WESTERN  MICHIGAN  AGENTS  FOR

G.  H.  HAMMOND  CO’S  SUPERIOR  BUTTERINE.
Why Not Use the Best?
“ S u n lig h t ”  

FANCY  PATENT  FLOUR

for  w hiteness,  purity  and 
Is  unsurpassed 
Increase your tr»de  and  place  your 
strength. 
self beyond  the  com petition of  your neighbors 
by selling th !s  unrivaled  brand.  Write  us  fo r 
price delivered  at your  railroad station-

Tte Walsh-M oo  Milling;  Co.,

H O L L A N l> ,  M IC H .

H as been  com pletely reconstructed this sum m er w ith  a full  line of  the latest and best flour m ill  m achinery know n, and it w ill afford  us  great  pleasure  to  have  you call, at  your 
own  convenience, and  see  • hat can  be do  e in  a  modern  flour mill.
O ur pl-ii has  > ecu, and ever will  b  . to give the people In  -L IL Y   W HITE” and “SVOW  FLAKE”  flnnr  the  very  best  possible  p-odnenons  th a t  a  careful  com bination  of  the 
bes1  grades of w heat,  m illed  by the m ost approv ed m ethods,  w ill  produte.  How  w ell we  have  succeeded  the  w ide  reputation  and  steadily  increasing  dem and  for  these  brands 
attest.

T H E   F A M O U S

D IL Y
W H IT E
F L O U R

"Vyill  n o w   b e  F in e r   t h a n  

e v e r .

O U R

R o l l e r

C h a m p i o n

F o r   a   F a n c y   P a te n t  h a s  

n o   E q u a l.

To those w ho desire a P t b m o b t   grade  of  flour w e guarantee our “ GOLD  MEDAL” or “ HARVEST  QUEEN”  to give perfect satisfaction.  W ith  three w ell  equipped fu ll roller m ills we are  in   a 
position  to offer the very  be.-t grades of  spring and  w inter w heal floor.
O ur “ street car feed" has a w ide r« pots lien  and  is absolutely  pure corn and oats scoured  and  cracked.  W hen yon  need flour  feed or m illstuffs get onr prices before buying elsew here.  Give n s  
a trial  order, to  com pare  utility as well as price, and we  a ie  confident  you w ill  be pleased to have  your nam e added  to a  long list of  regular custom ers to whom w e hereby extend thanks for m any 
past favors. 

\ ery truly yours,

V A L L E Y   C I T Y   M I L L I N G   C O .,

G R A N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H IG A N .

T H E   ZVnCHTG^JNT  TEADESM A3S

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D ru g rs #  M e d ic in e s * ]

S ta le   B o a rd   o f  P h a rm a c y .
One  Year—James  Yernor, Detroit.
Two  Team—Gttmar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor 
Three Tears  Qeorge Gundrom. Ionia.
Four Tears—C. A  Bnfbee. Cheboygan.
Fire Years—8. E. Parkill. Owosso.
President—Ottmar Eberbaeh, Ann Arbor.
Secretary—Stanley E  Parkill, Owosso. 
treasurer—Greo. Gandrum, Ionia.

V ic h i& m   S ta te   P tia r m a c e a tlc a l  A m ’ d . 
President—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor 
Viee-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretary—8. A. Thompson. Detroit.
G ra n d   R a p id s   P h a r m a c e u tic a l  Society« 
President, John D. Muir;  8ec*y, Prank H. Escott.

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T H E   C O S T   O F   L IV IN G .

While the debate# upon the Repeal bill 
were prolix and  exhaustive  beyond pre­
cedent,  particularly  in  the  Senate,  no 
new  facts  were  elicited  by  them in re­
gard  to  silver,  and  no  new  arguments 
adduced. 
It  was a  repetition  over  and 
over again of  the  story with  which  we 
have been  made familsr in the intermin­
able  discussion  of  the subject  by  writers 
and speakers both in  this country and in 
Europe.  The  point upon  which the ad­
vocates of  silver at this  session of  Con­
gress  have  most  insisted  has  been the 
alleged increase of the purchasing power 
of gold and the resulting  fall  in the gold 
prices of staple commodities, which, they 
charge,  works injustice  to debtors by re­
quiring a larger amount of  the fruits  of 
their labor for the payment of their debts. 
In addition, it is contended  that the fear 
of  a  further fall in prices from the con­
tinued rise in the value of  gold  discour­
ages  the expansion of  trade  and the in­
vestment of capital  in  new  enterprises.
As to the fact that,  measured by gold, 
the  prices  of  many  important  staples 
have fallen and  are  still  falling,  there 
can be no controversy. 
It is a matter of 
undisputed record that the gold prices of 
wheat, cotton,  beef, tallow, leather, iron, 
sugar, and similar articles  are from one- 
half  to  two-thirds  of  what  they  were 
twenty years ago. whereas, if their prices 
were  measured  by  silver, 
they  would 
remain  substantially  unchanged.  At 
it 
is  also  a  fact 
the  same 
considerably 
which 
the 
force  of 
the  argument  drawn  from 
these  lower  prices,  that,  while  they 
have  been  falling,  wages,  salaries  and 
the emoluments of professional men have 
steadily risen, and,  what is more import­
ant, the cost of living has  increased,  in 
spite of  the greater  cheapness  of  food, 
clothing,  and  other  necessaries  of  life. 
Although  more  beef,  bread, sugar, tea, 
cotton and woolen cloth, leather, oil, gas, 
and things of  that kind can be had for a 
gold dollar now than could be had twenty 
years ago, it takes a good many more dol­
lars than it did then  to  pay  housekeep­
ing and living expenses,  and, of  course, 
the dollars must be  earned or they could 
not be paid. 
If the appreciation of gold 
has caused the fall of prices in  the  case 
of some articles it  should cause it in the 
case of  all, and it  should affect labor as 
well as the things  which labor produces.
In the matter  of  honse rents, to begin 
with,  a  notable  rise  has  taken  place 
within twenty years. 
In  fact, the  occu­
pation  of  a  whole  house has become in 
the large cities a  luxury  which  numbers 
of refined and well educated people have 
to forego, contenting  themselves instead 
with  parts  of  houses, or with what are 
called  fiats,  or  sets  of  rooms  in  huge 
buildings inhabited  by a number of fam­
ilies.  The rents of  the tenements of the 
poorer people have  likewise risen,  while 
those paid  by the rich  have  soared into

impairs 

time, 

the thousands of  dollars  annually.  The 
rise is due partly to competition for resi­
dences  in  localities  eligible from their 
nearness to centers either of  business or 
of fashion, and also to  the  superior ele­
gance and luxury of the accommodations 
furnished.  Even  tenement  houses,  un­
der our new health laws,  are more costly 
both to build and to maintain, and there­
fore bring higher rents.

While the raw  materials  of  food  are 
confessedly much cheaper than they were 
formerly, the process of  preparing them 
for consumption has become far more ex­
pensive.  The wages of plain cooks have 
reached figures which would  be  thought 
fabulous by our grandfathers and grand­
mothers, if  they could  be  told of  them, 
while the  more  pretentious  artists who 
have come to  us  lately from France and 
from  Sweden  demand  compensations 
equal to those of  many competent school 
teachers.  Apart, too, from cooks’ wages, 
the bill of  fare no  longer in any but the 
poorest families consists  of  plain  beef, 
bread and potatoes.  Fruits, fish and veg­
etables, of all kinds and  at  all  seasons, 
are freely consumed,  while  in  the depth 
of winter cauned  goods  supply the tem­
porary  lack of the fresh  articles, 
in the 
matter  of  drinking  and  smoking,  the 
number  of  liquor  saloons,  beer  shops, 
cigar shops  and  soda  water  fountains, 
and the millions paid  for taxes on liquor 
and  tobacco,  demonstrate  the  immense 
expenditure of  our people  for  this kind 
of  refreshment.

The tendency toward  employing great 
numbers  of  servants  in  housework, al­
though  it  is most marked among people 
with the great fortunes which have come 
into existence since the war. has not been 
without its  effect  upon  families  of  less 
means.  Our homes  are  so  much  hand­
somer.  are  so  much  more  nicely  fur­
nished. and  are  adorned with  so  many 
more objects of art and beauty, that more 
care has to be taken to  keep them in the 
condition of neatness and  order  so  dear 
to every woman than was required in the 
days of painted walls, horsehair  covered 
sofas and chairs,  Brussels  carpets,  and 
muslin-curtained  windows.  The  wages 
of  house  servants,  too,  like  those  of 
cooks,  have  advanced  at  least  one-half 
within twenty years,  and, added to their 
increased numbers and the cost  of  their 
board, constitute  a  serious  item  of  the 
household budget.
Clothing,  like  food,  has  become  more 
expensive,  notwithstanding  the  fall  in 
the materials cut of which it is manufac­
tured.  When  the  sewing  machine  was 
first introduced  great  apprehension was 
felt  that  it  would  deprive  of  employ­
ment a vast number  of  men and women 
who made their livings  by the use of the 
needle.  The work  that they were doing 
conld be done by the aid of machines op­
erated  by  a  comparatively  few  hands, 
and  the  rest,  it  was  supposed,  would 
have  to  starve.  The  result,  however, 
has been to  make work,  not  only for all 
who had work then, but  for  many more. 
Garments,  as  a  rule,  are  cheaper,  but 
people wear more of them, and many de- 
I mand finer goods, costlier trimmings, and 
| more artistic  shapes.  Fashionable  tail­
ors and dressmakers, in  spite  of  foreign 
| competition, charge  enormous  prices for 
j their wares, and  their  example  is  imi- 
I tated as  far  as  possible by the less emi- 
; oent members of the trade.

The amount of  money paid for amuse- 
i  ments of  all  kinds is immensely greater 
j than it used to be.  The prices of theater

tickets,  which were advanced during the 
suspension  of  specie  payments  to  meet j 
the depreciation of our greenbacks,  were j 
not  reduced  when  gold  came  down  to I 
par, but remain at paper  money  figures. 
Notwithstanding,  theaters  have  multi- j 
plied throughout the country, all of them 
well patronized,  and we hear  every  few 
days of the opening of a new one.  Vocal | 
and instrumental concerts find patronage, 
not always, to be sure,  enough  to  make j 
them remunerative,  but  enough to draw j 
large  sums  from  the  pockets  of  those 
who  love  music  and,  sometimes,  when 
the  performer  is  a  favorite,  like  the 
pianist Paderewski,  to reward him hand­
somely.

The same scale  of  increased  expendi­
ture is found in doctors’ and dentists’ bills, 
in lawyers’ fees,  in clergymen’s salaries, 
and in those of  teachers both in  private 
schools and in homes, in the purchases of 
newspapers, magazines,  and  books, and 
in  pleasure  travel. 
It  is  a great  mistake 
to  suppose  that  the  100,000  passengers 
who annually cross  the  ocean for a tour 
in Europe comprise  exclusively the very 
wealthiest of  our  citizens.  On the con­
trary, nine-tenths of  them  are people to 
whom  the  cost  of  the  trip  is  a  serious 
matter  and  who  deprive  themselves  of 
many other pleasures in order to provide 
for  it.  How  ready,  too,  vast  numbers 
are to  spend  their  money  for  travel  in 
their  own  country  the  statistics  of  our 
railroads show, and  the multitudes who, 
at great expense,  visited the Chicago Ex­
position  are  evidence  to the same effect.
It may be objected that what is true of 
the  population  of  a  great  and  wealthy 
city is not necessarily true of other parts 
of the United States,  and that the luxury 
of  a metropolis  is.  perhaps, confined to 
its  own  limits.  The  testimony  of  all 
who  are  familar  with  the  facts goes to 
prove,  however, that the mode  of  living 
in  large  cities  is  not  exceptional,  but 
substantially  the  same  as  that  in most 
cities and  towns of  importance,  and  that 
the rural districts  have adopted it as far 
as they can.  On the prairies of the West 
and the  plantations  of  the  South  there 
is,  indeed, not the same  opportunity nor 
the  same  means for  lavishness,  but  ail 
agree that the condition of  Western far­
mers and Southern  planters  has  become 
much more comfortable, to say the least, 
since  the  days  of  log  huts  and  board 
shanties.

Without  going  further  into details, I 
think I have shown enough to prove that 
the shrinkage of  prices attributed to the 
influence of  the gold standard, though it 
has affected commodities for  the produc­
tion of which only the  rudest  and  most 
primitive kind of  labor is  required,  has 
not extended  to products  which  are  the 
result of  great mechanical and intellect­
ual  skill.  While  the  recent  extensive 
building of  railroads in this country and 
abroad has immensely increased the area 
of  cultivated  land  within  reach  of  the 
world’s markets, and consequently has in­
creased  proportionately  the  supply  of 
there 
staple 
has  not  been  a  corresponding 
in­
supply  of  human 
crease 
beings 
luxu­
ries  demanded  by  our  ever  advancing 
civilization.  The  so-called  “iron law,” 
according to which the tendency of wages 
is  always  to  the  lowest  limit  at  which 
labor  can  be  supported  applies  only  to I 
countries  like  India,  the  population  of 
which is content with a mere subsistence, 
and has none of  the expensive  habits of I

agricultural  products, 

to  create 

in 
able 

the 

the 

a  people  like  onrs.  Here  the  bottom 
limit of  wages is that  at which men and 
women earn what they think is sufficient 
to enable them to live in  the  manner  in 
which they are living.  When wages fall 
below that limit the supply of  labor will 
gradually decrease, through the decrease 
of  marriages and the births of  children, 
until  the demand for it brings wages up 
again. 
In the same manner those among 
the growers of wheat and cotton who are 
least able to endnre  the  prevailing  low 
prices of  their products will give up the 
business  and  go  to  work  at  something 
else, leaving the  field  to  those  who  are 
better situated. 
In  any  case the lower­
ing of  the money standard sought  to  be 
obtained  by  the  free  coinage  of  silver 
would  benefit  only  those  of  them  who 
happen  to  be  in  debt,  and  when  their 
debts were paid they would be in no bet­
ter condition under  the  silver  standard 
than they are now under that of gold.
M a t t h e w   M a r s h a l l .

U s e  o f   A r s e n ic   in   P r i n t s .

a 

in  a  borax 

The  very  considerable  uneasiness 
which  not  long  since  prevailed  in  the 
public mind from  the  supposed free use 
of  arsenic  by  manufacturers 
in  the 
preparation of cotton prints has, it would 
seem, been generally quieted, and, though 
it is true that a large proportion of  such 
goods contain arsenic,  the quantity is so 
small  as  to  be  practically  harmless. 
Many of the anilines,  it is asserted, such 
as  ceruleine  blue,  aniline  greens,  etc., 
and  many  of  the  vegetable  colors,  are 
fixed  on  calico  with  a  salt  of  alumina 
and 
solution  of  white  arsenic 
in  glycerine  or 
solu­
tion.  The reaction that  takes  place  on 
steaming the goods is a double compound 
of  arsenic,  alumina,  and  coloring mat­
ter, or, briefly, double arseniate of alum­
ina  and  dye.  This  compound  consti­
tutes the insoluble  “lake”  which  colors 
the fibres of the cloth with a more or less 
insoluble and fast color;  this at  once re­
moves any danger in the  wearing of  the 
material.  Indeed, it is asserted as a mat­
ter of fact that  aniline  colors  contain  a 
considerable excess of  alumina, and this 
is a preventive against the possible pres­
ence of  uncombined arsenic. 
In extract 
alizarine colors the  soluble  arseniate  of 
alumina is in  some  instances  added  by 
manufacturers for the purpose of  giving 
to the colors a greater  degree of  bright­
ness, but, on steaming, the insoluble com­
pound is obtained,  as before described.

W a n t   T h e ir   I n h e r i ta n c e .

Thirty-five years ago a farmer, reputed 
to  be wealthy,  died  at  Ridgeway,  Pa., 
and on his deathbed told his  heirs  that 
they  would find 835,000 concealed  in the 
attic  of  his  house.  They  looked  dili­
gently for it,  and failed to find any of it. 
Not long ago the house was  sold  to An­
drew  Benner,  aud,  looking  through  the 
attic,  he found 87,000 of the money.  He 
took  it to  Buffalo  and  deposited it in a 
bank,  being  indiscreet  enough  to  tell 
where  he got it.  The old farmer’s daugh­
ter,  a Mrs.  Steffens, residing at  St.  Paul, 
Minn.,  heard of 
it,  and  demanded  the 
money.  Benner  refused  to  give it up, 
and she had him  arrested on  the  charge 
of stealing.  Benner says that he bought 
the farm as it was,  and  that  the  money 
belongs to him.

F o r   S t r a n g e r s   O n ly .
“I stopped in  a  small  town 

in  West 
long  ago,”  remarked  a 
Virginia,  not 
drummer,  “and as 1 stood  on  the  plat­
form  at  the  station,  looking for some­
body  to  tell  me  something  about  the 
place,  a native passed along.” 
“Is there a hotel  in  this  town?” I  in­
quired.
“Thar aiu’t,” he replied,  quite  to  the 
point.
“Isn’t there any  place for  strangers to 
stop at?”
“Well,  yes;”  he  said  hesitatingly. 
“Thar’s a  boardin’ house where  nobody 
that 
but  strangers 
knowed anything about  it  wouldn't stop 
thar.”

stops.  Anybody 

«

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

A dvanced—G erm an  Q uinine. 
D eclined—Cnbebs.  Cnbebs Powdered. 

Turpentine.

Oil  Pennyroyal. 

N itrate Silver.

ACIDUM .

A cetieu m .........................  
8© 10
Benzoicum  G erm an..  65©  75
30
Boracic 
........................ 
C arb o licam ...................  
35© 35
Ci tri c u m ......................... 
53© 55
H y d ro cn io r..................  
5
3© 
......................   10©  12
N ltrocum  
O x allcu m ........................  10©  12
Phosphorlum   d ll......... 
20
S alicylicnm ........................ 1  3o@l 70
S ulphuricum ...................  14©  5
T annicum ............................ 1  40@1 60
T artaricum ................... 
30©  33
AMMONIA.

” 

Aqua, 16  d e g ................   314© 
5
20  d eg ................   5 4 ©  
7
Car bon as  ......................  13©  14
C h lo rld u m ....................  12©  14

ANILINE.

B lack.....................................2 00@2 25
B row n.............................  
80@1 00
Red  .................................  46©  50
Y ellow .................................2  50@3 00

C ubebae............................   ©  
B xecbthitos................  2  50@2  75
E rig e ro n ........................2 0"@2  10
G a u lth e ria .................... 2 00©2  10
G eranium ,  o unce.......   @  75
Gossipi!,  Sem. g a l.......   70©   75
..................... 1  25@l  «0
Hedeoma 
J u m p e ri...........................   50@2 00
L a v e n d u la ......................  90®2 00
L im onis..........................2  i"@2  60
M entha P iper.................2  75©3  50
M entha  V erid...............2 20@2  30
M orrhuae,  g al............... l  00© l  10
Myrcia, o u n ce..............  
©   50
............................   8'@2  75
Olive 
Picis Liquida,  (gal. 35)  10©   12
........................  1  22©  1  28
Ricini 
R osm arini.................... 
Rosae,  o u n ce.................6 50@8 50
B uccini...........................  40©   45
S a b in a ...........................   gn@i  no
...........................3  5<@7 00
Santa! 
S assafras.......................   50©  55
Sinapls, ess, o u nce__  
©   65
©   00
Tigli!  ............................. 
T h y m e ...........................  40©  50
opt  .................. 
©   60
Theobrom as..................  15©  30

“ 

75@i 00

“ 

M orphia, S.  P.  & W. 

2 20@2  45 
S.  N.  Y. Q.  A
C.  C o.......................   2  10@2 35
M oschus  C anton......... 
©   40
M yrlstica,  No  1 .........  65©  TO
N nx Vomica,  (po 20).. 
©   10
Os.  S epia.......................   20©  22
Pepsin Saac, H.  A  P. D.
C o ................................   @2 00
Picis  Llq, N.»C., 4  gal
doz  .............................  @2  00
Picis Llq., q u a r ts .......  
©1  00
p in ts ........... 
©   85
Pll H ydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  N igra,  (po. 22).. 
©  
i
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__  
©   3
7
Pix  B u rg u n ..................  @ 
Plum bl A c e t................   14©  15
P ulvis Ipecac et o p li.. 1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum ,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., d oz.......   @1  25
Pyrethrum ,  p v ............   20©   30
Q u asslae.......................  
8©  10
Q ulnla, S. P.  A W .......  29©  34
S.  G erm an__   21©  30
R ubla  T inctorum .......   12©  14
20©   22
S accharum L actispv. 
S alacln...........................1  75@l  80
Sanguis  D raconls.......   40©  50
Sapo,  W .........................   12©   14
M ...........................  10©  12
©   15

“  G ........................... 

“ 

©   20
Seidlltz  M ixture......... 
®   18
S inapls............................ 
“   o p t......................  @  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V o e s ........................... 
©   35
Snuff.Scotch,D e. Voes  ©   35 
Soda Boras,  (po. 11).  .  10©   11 
Soda  et Potass T a rt...  27©  30
S odaC arb....................  14©   2
Soda,  Bl-Carb..............   @ 
5
Soda,  A sh .....................   3 4 ©  
4
Soda, S ulphas..............  
©  
2
Spts. E ther C o .............  50©  55
“  M yrcia  D om .......   @2  25
“  M yrda Im p .........  @3 00
•• 
...7 ...................................2  25®2 35
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  C rystal.......1  40@1  45
Sulphur, S u b l..............   24©   3
8©   10
T a m arin d s.................... 
T erebenth V enice.......   28©  30
T heo b ro m ae........................45  ©  48
V an illa......................... 9 00@16 00
7©  8
Zlncl  S ulph.................. 

R oll.......................   2  ©  2 4

v in l  Rect.  bbl.

“ 

Bbl. Gal
Whale, winter..
TO
TO
Lard,  e x tra ..................  75
75
80
Lard, No.  1..................  4:
42
45
Linseed, pure raw
39
42

“ 

taints. 

Linseed,  boiled..........   42 
N eat’s  Foot,  w inter
75 
s tra in e d .................. 
Spirits T u rp en tin e__   36 
bbl. 

1 5
45
80
40
lb .
Red  V enetian ................ 14  2@8
Ochre, yellow   M ars___14  2@4
B er......... 14  2@3
“ 
Putty,  com m ercial__24  24©3
“  strictly  p u re ......24  24©8
V erm ilion Prim e A m er­
13@16
ican ............................... 
VermUlon, E n g lis h .... 
65©TO
Green,  P en in su lar.......  
70©75
Lead,  re d ........................  e4@ 7
w h ite .................. 64Q 7
W hiting, w hite S pan...  @70
W hiting,  G ilders’ ......... 
©90
W hite, Paris  A m erican 
l  0
W hiting,  Paris  Eng.
1  40
c l if f ............................... 
Pioneer Prepared F aln tl  20@1  4 
Swiss  V illa  Prepared 
P a in ts ............ ............ 1  00©1  20

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VARNISHES.

No.  1  T u rp   C oach__ 1  10@1  20
E x tra T u rp .................. 160@1  TO
Coach  B ody.................2  75@8  00
No.  1 T urp  F u rn ____1  00@1  10
E utra T urk D am ar__1  55@1  60
Jap an   D ryer,  No.  1 
70® 7 6
T u rp .............................  

Importers  and  Jobbers  of

CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils % Varnishes.

D E A L E R S   IN

S ole A g e n ts   fo r  t h e   C e le b ra te a

SWISS  VILLI  PREPARED  P M T S.
Line  of  M e   M oists’  Sundries
Weatherly's  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedí).

W e a r e  S ole P r o p r ie to r s  o f

W e  H a v e  in  S to ck  a n d  O ffer a  F u ll L in e  o f

W H IS K IE S ,  B R A N D IE S ,

GINS,  W INES,  R U M S,

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

G R A N D   R A PID S,  MICH.

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TINCTURES.

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A conltum   N apellls R ...........  60
. 
Tf...........  50
A loes.........................................   60
and  m y rrh ....................  60
A r n ic a ......................................  50
A safoetlda...................................... 0
A trope B elladonna................   60
B enzoin....................................   60
Co...............................   50
„ 
S angninaria............ ................  50
B aro sm a..................................   50
C antharldes.............................   75
C ap sicu m .................................  50
Ch  dam on.................................  75
„  
Co..............................  75
C asto r........................................1  00
C atechu....................................   50
C in c h o n a ................................   50
Co..............................  60
„   “  
C olu m b a..................................   50
  50
C o n lu m .................. ........ ,
C ubeba......................................  50
D ig ita lis..................................   50
Ergot  ........................................  50
G e n tia n ....................................   50
Co.................................  60
50
G u& lca.............................. 
 
...
am m on........................ 
Z in g ib e r..................................   50
H yoscyam us...........................   50
Iodine........................................  75
Colorless......................  75
Ferrl  C hlorldum ....................  35
K in o .........................................   50
Lobelia......................................  50
M yrrh........................................  50
N ux  V om ica...........................   50
O p li...........................................  85
“  C am phorated..................  50
“  D eodor.............................2 00
A urantl C ortex........................  50
Q u a s sia ....................................  50
R hatany  ..................................  50
R hel...........................................   50
Cassia  A cutlfol......................  50
C o................   50
S e rp e n ta rla .............................  50
Stram onium .............................  60
T olutan 
..................................   so
V a le ria n ..................................  50
V eratrum  V erlde....................  50

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MISCELLANEOUS.

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“ 
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‘ 
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cent 

11 
ground, 

.¿Ether, Spts  N it, 3  F . .  28©  30 
“  4 F ..  32©  34
A lu m e n .........................   2)4®   3
3© 
4®  

(po.
7)  ................................  
4
A nnatto.........................   55®  60
5
A ntlm onl, p o ................ 
et Potass T   55©   60
A n tip y rin ......................  @1  40
A n tlfe b rln ...................   @  25
Argent!  N itras, ounce  ®   54
5©  
7
A rsenicum ...................  
Balm Gilead  B u d .... 
38©  40
Bism uth  S.  N .............. 2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is,  (4 s
©   11
12;  *as,  14)................  
C antharldes  Russian,
.............................   @1  00
PO 
Capslci  F ructus, a f ...  ©   26
PO ....  ©   28
B po.  @  20
Caryophyllus,  (po.  15)  10©   12
©3 75
Carm ine,  No. 40........... 
Cera  Alba, 8. & F .......   50©  55
Cera  F la v a ....................  38©  40
©   40
Coccus 
........................ 
©   25
Cassia  F ru c tu s............  
C en trarla.......................   @  10
©   40
C etaceum ...................... 
C h lo ro fo rm ..................  60©  63
squlbbs  .. 
©1  25
Chloral Hyd C rst........1  35©1  60
....................  20©   25
Chondrus 
C lnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15©  20 
G erman  8  ©   12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
60
........................ 
C reaso tu m ................  
©   35
2
Creta,  (bbl. 75).......  
©  
5©  
5
“ 
p rep ..............  
preelp ................  
“ 
9©  11
8
“  R u b ra .................. 
©  
C ro c u s.........................  
40©  50
C udbear.........................  
©   24
6
Cuprl  Sulph 
......................  10©   12
D extrine 
E ther S u lp h ..................  70©  75
Emery,  all  num bers.. 
po  .................... 
6
B rgota,  (po.)  75...........  70©  75
Flake  W hite................   12©  15
G alla 
©   28
............................. 
G am bler......................... 7  © 8
G elatin,  Cooper........... 
©   70
F re n c h ............   40©  60
G lassw are  flint,  by box 70 A  10. 
Less than box  664
Glue,  B row n................  
9©  15
“  W h ite..................  13©  25
G lycerlna 
.................... 144©  20
©   22
G rana P arad lsl............. 
H um ulus.......................   25©  55
H ydraag  Chlor  M ite.. 
©   85 
“  Cor 
©   80
... 
Ox R ubrum   ©   90 
A m m onlati..  @ 100
U nguentum .  45©  55
©   64
H ydrargyrum ............... 
.1  25©l  50
lonthyobolla,  Am. 
In d ig o .............................  75@1  00
Iodine,  R esubl............3  80@3  90
Iodoform .......................  
©4  70
L u p u lin .........................   @2 25
L ycopodium ................   70©  TO
M a d s .............................  70©  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararg  Io d ....................  @  27
Liquor Potass A rslnltls  10©  12 
M agnesia,  Sniph  (bbl
M annla,  8. F ..............  

H i) ...............................24®c4

..  ___   5 ©  

60@d68

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©  

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BACO A S.

Cubeae  <po  36).  —  
2  ©   30
8©  10
Juninerus 
................  
X anthoxylum ...............  25©  30

BAL8AMUM.

C opaiba.........................   42©  45
P eru ................................   @ 1 9 '
Terabin, Canada  ___ 
60®  65
T o lu ta n .........................   35©  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  C anadian .....   ...........   18
Cassiae 
..................................   11
Cinchona  F lava  ....................   18
Buonymus  atropurp.............  30
Myrica  Cerifera, po...............  20
Prunus V irgin!.......................   12
Q ulllala,  g rd ...........................   10
Sassafras 
...............................  12
UlmuB Po (G round  151.........  15

BXTRACTTTM.
G lycyrrhiza  G labra  . 
...
po 
Haem atox, 15 lb.  b o x ..
i s ................
* 8  
...........
4 « .............
FERRU

“ 
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C arbonate P reelp.........
C itrate and  Q u ln la__
C itrate  Soluble  ...........
Ferrocyanidum  S ol__
Solut  Chloride  ...........
Sulphate,  com’l ...........
p u re ..............

“ 

FLO R A .

A rn ic a ...........................
A n tb e m ls......................
M aM carla 
.......

FOJ.JLA.

......................
Barosma 
Cassia  A cutlfol,  Tin-
n lv e lly .........*............
A lx.
Salvia  officinalis,  4 s
and  4 s ........................
U ra Ursi 
......................

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6TTHMI.

24© 25
33© 35
11© 12
13© 14
14© 15
16© 17

© 15
©3 50
@ 80
© 50
© 15
.9© 2
© 7

18© 20
» © 35
50® 65

18© 50
28
25©
50
35©
15© 25
8© 10

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© 60
Acacia,  1st  picked —  
© 40
2d 
....
© a»
3d 
...
@ 20
sifted so rts...
60© SO
p o ....................
50© 60
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...
© 12
“  Cape.  (po.  20)...
@ 50
Socotrl.  (po.  80)
Catechn, Is, (4 s, 14 4 s,
© 1
..................
55© 60
A m m o n iae....................
AsMafcetlda,  (po. 35)..
3 3 ©
36
B enzolnum .................... Vi© 55
50© 55
C am phor».....................
35©
Buphorbium   po  .........
10
50
@2
70© 7b
Gamboge,  p o ................
© 3>
G ualacum ,  (po  35)  ...
5
Kino,  (po  1  10)...........
©1
© 80
.........................
M astic 
© 40
M yrrh,  (po  45)............
(po  3  75).............2 71 © r 7>
Opli 
42
t m
Shellac 
.......................
“ 
b leached.......
33® 35
40@1  00
T ragacanth 
................

HEBBA—In ounce packages

A b sin th iu m ....................
B u patorium ....................
L obelia.............................
M a jo ru m .........................
M entha  P ip e rita .........
V l r ....................
“ 
Rue 
...............................
Tanacetum , V ........... 
..
Thym us,  V .....................
MAGNESIA

Calcined,  Pat  ..............
Carbonate,  P a t............
Carbonate, K.  A  h i ....
Carbonate,  Jen n in g s..

OLEUM.

25
20
25
28
23
25
30
22
25

55© 00
20© 22
20® 25
35© 36

POTASSIUM.’
B iC arb ...........  ............  
is©   18
is©  14
b io b ro m a te .................. 
Brom ide.......................  
40fi  43
Curb  ..............................   12©  15
Chlorate  (po  23@25)..  24©  26
C y an id e.........................   50©  55
......................... 2  90@3 00
Iodide 
Potassa,  Bitart,  pure..  27©  30
Potassa,  Bltart, com ...  @  15
8©   10
Potass  Nitras, o p t....... 
9
Potass  N itras................ 
7© 
P ru ssla te .......................   28©  30
Sulphate  po..................   15© 
IS

RADIX.

A c o n itu m ......................  20©   25
A lth ae.............................  22©   25
A n c h u s a .......................   12©  15
Arum,  po.......................  
©   25
C alam us.........................   20®  40
8©   10
G entiana  (po. 12) .......  
G lychrrhiza, (pv.  15) . 
16©  18
H ydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 3 5 ) ....................  
©   30
Hellebore,  Ala,  p o __   15©  20
Inula,  po.......................   15©  20
Ipecac,  po.....................  1 60© i  75
Iris  pi ox  (po. 35@38). 
35©  40
J&lapa,  p r .....................   40®   45
M aranta,  4 s ................  @  35
Podophyllum , p o .........  15©  18
Rhel  ...............................  75@1  00
“  Cut.........................   @1  75
“  PV...........................  75©1  35
S p lg ella.........................  35©  38
Sanguinarla,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpen ta rla ....................  30©  32
.......................   55©  60
Senega 
Stm ilax, Officinalis,  H 
©   40
©   25
M 
Scillae,  (po. 85)............   10©  12
Symplocarpus,  FcBtl-
dns,  po....................... 
©   35
©   25
V aleriana.  Eng.  (po.30) 
15©  20
G erm an... 
lngiber a .................... 
is©   20
Zingiber  j .................. 
is©   20

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SEMEN.

 

@ 1 5
Anlsnm,  (po.  20) 
15©  18
Aplum  (graveleons).. 
4©  
Bird,  Is  ........... 
6
 
Carni, (po. 18)-----------  10©  12
C ardam on...................... 1  uu@l  25
C orlaudrum ..................  10©  12
C annabis Sativ a ...........  4@ 
5
C vdonlnm ......................... 75@1  00
Chenopodi!;si 
10©  12
D lpterix Odorate 
2 25©2  50
F o e u lc n lo m ................  @  15
Foenngreek,  p o ........... 
8
4  @ 4%
L i n i................... 
Lint, grd,  (bbl. 8) 
..  3 4 ©   4
Lobelia 
.......................   35®  40
Pharlaris C anarian __   3  ©   4
t;apa 
7
6© 
Sinapls  A lb u ..............   7  @  8
N ig ra............   11©  12
' 

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6© 

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From entl, W ..D .  Co. .2  00@2  50
D. F. R ........ 1  75@2 00
Junlperls  Co. O. T ___ 1 65@2 00
...........1  75@3  50
Saacharum   N.  E .......... 1 75@2 00
Spt.  V ini  G alli.............. 1 75@ö  50
Vini O p o rto ....................1 
V ini  A lba....................... 1 

“ 

1 

25@2 00
25@2 00

25@1 50

......... 

F lorida  sheeps’  wool
carriage 
N assau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  .............. .. 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  ca rriag e........... 
E xtra  yellow  sheeps’
c a rria g e .....................  
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage 
......................... 
Hard for  slate  u s e __  
Yellow  Reef, for  slate 
u s e ..............................  

...2   50@2 75
2 00
1  10
85
65
75
1  40

50@4 00

A b sin th iu m ................... 3 
..  45©  75
A m ygdalae, D ale  .. 
A mydalae, A m arae___ 8 00©8 25
A nlsl 
............................. 1 
7b@l 8“
Aur&nti  C ortex............ 2 3o@2  40
Bergam li  ...................... 3 
25@3 50
...................... 
C ajlputl 
60©  65
C ary o p h y lli..................  75©
' 8 0
' l
l
.. . .   ................   35©
Cedar 
65 
C h en o p o d ii.................. 
© l
60 
Cinnam oni! 
.............  1  10© i
15 
Citroueila 
..................  
©
45
Contain  M ac................  35©
.. 
.. 
Copaiba 
8"@

 

STRUTS.

A c c a c la ..................................  
50
Zingiber  ..................................  50
Ip ecac........................................  60
F errl  Io d ..................................  50
A urantl  C ortes........................  50
Rhel  A rom ...............................  50
Sim ilax  Officinalis................   60
C o.........   50
S en eg a......................................  50
sc llla e ........................................  50
“  C o..................................   50
T o lu ta n ....................................   50
P ran as  r ir g .............................  50

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16

THE  MICHIGAN  TTLAJDESMLA-N<

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 ot  purchase, ana 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 teature  ol  the 
greatest possible  use to dealers.

1  75

Gages.

1  00 
2  90

F r u its .
Apples.
3  lb. sta n d a rd ...........
York State  gallons  ..
H am burgh
Apricots.
1  75 
L ire o a k ........................
1  75 
Santa  C ruz...................
1  75 
L u sk 's.............................
1  75
O verland..........
Blackberries.
B. A  W  .....................
90
Cherries.
1  10@1 20 
B ed ................................
1  75 
Pitted H am burgh 
.
.. 
1  50
W hite 
...........................
1  2:
Brie .................................
Damsons, Egg P lum s and Green 
1  10 
E r ie ................................
1  60
C alifornia......................
Gooseberries.
1  25 
C om m on.......................
Peaches.
1  CO
P ie .................................
M a x w e ll...........  .......
S h e p a rd 's .....................
C alifornia.....................
M onitor 
..................
O xford 
........................
D om estic.......................  
R iverside............................. 
Pineapples.
Comm on.........................1  00@1  30
Johnson’s  sliced  ............ 
g rated ......  
2 75
“ 
B ooth’s sliced ..............
@2 75
g ra te d ............
Q uinces.
1  10
C om m on.......................
Raspberries.
1  30 
R ed ..................................
1  50 
Black  H am burg...........
1  25
Erie,  black
Strawberries,
1  25 
L a w ren c e.....................
1  25 
..................
H am burgh 
E rie.................................
1  20
1 10
T e rra p in ............................... 
B lu e b erries........................ 
1 00
6 75
Corned  beef  Libby’s ........... 1  95
Roast beef  A rm our’s ........... 1  80
Potted  ham ,  A lb .......  
1 10
14 lb ....................  85
tongue.  H lb ...............1  35
14 lb ............ 
85
chicken, 14 lb ............ 
95

W hortleberries.

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M eats.

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V e g etab les.

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2 10

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Beans.

Peas.

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2 50
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H am burgh  stringless........... 1  25
F rench sty le........2  25
Limas  ...................1  35
Lima, g reen .............................1  40
soaked.........................  65
Lewis Boston  B aked............. 1  85
Bay State  B aked ..........................1 35
W orld’s  F air  B aked...................1 85
Picnic B aked................................. 1 00
H am b u rg h .....................................1 40
Livingston  E d e n ........................ 1 20
Purity 
....................................
H oney  D ew ...................................1 40
M orning G lory......................
S oaked....................................  
75
H am burgh  m arro fat.............1  35
early J u n e ..........
Cham pion E n g .. 1  50
petit  pols.............1  75
fancy  sifte d ___ 1  90
•Soaked......................................  75
H arris stan d a rd ......................  75
VanCamp’s  m arrofat............1  10
early J u n e ....... 1  30
A rcher’s  Early Blossom __ 1  35
F re n c h ............................................2 15
F re n c h ...................................16©21
E rie ..................................... 
85
H u b b a rd .........................................1 15
H am burg.........................................1 40
S oaked......................................   85
Honey  D ew ................................... 1 50
Erie 
.......................................... 1  36
H an co ck ......................................   1 10
Excelsior  .  ......................
E clipse........................... .
H am b u rg ..........................
G a llo n ................................
C H O C O L A T E . 

M ushrooms.
Pum pkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Tomatoes.

3  50

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G erm an Sw eet.............. 
P rem ium .....  ....................... 
B reakfast  C ocoa............  

23
37
43

A X L E   G R E A S E .
doz 
A u ro ra........................  55
Castor O il................. 
60
D iam ond....................  50
F ra z e r's.................... 
*5
.........................   65
M ica 
Paragon 
..................   55

gross
6 00
7  CO
5  50
8 00 
7  *o
6  00

B A K IN G   P O W D E R . 

Acme.

A lb. cans, 3  doz................
* l b .   “ 
2  “ 
...............
1  “  ................
1 lb. 
“ 
B u lk -.................................
A rctic.
14 lb cans 6 doz  c a se.......
....... .
it  lb  “  4 doz  “ 
lb  “  2 doz  “ 
1 
.........
5  1b  “  1  doT 
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Fosfon.
5 oz. cans, 4 doz.  in case 
16  “ 
Bed Star, 14  lb  cans  .......
“ 
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......
“ 
T eller’s,  !4 lb. cans,  doz 
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1 lb. 
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i t   lb  ca n s 
l  lb cans 
...
Dr. P rice’s.

45 
85 
1  60 
10

1  10 
2  00 
9  U0
.  80 
.2 00 
40 
75 
1  40 
45 
85 
1  50

1  50
per doz 
Dime can s..  95
..1 4 0  
4- oz 
“ 
6-oz 
.  2 00
“ 
5- 
oz 
.3 90 
12-oz
5 00
16-oz
12 00 
2)4-lb
18  25
41b
5-lb
41  80
10-lb

paPRICE'S
CREAM
Baking
powder

B A T H   B R IC K .
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l  oz ball  ...............

“  No. 3. 
"  No. 5, 
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90
E n g lis h .........................
Bristol........................................  80
D om estic..................................   70
Gross
A rctic, 4 oz  ovals................ 3 69
8oz 
pints,  r o u n d ...........9 00
No. 2, sifting b o x ...  2  75 
4  00 
8 00 
4  50
M exican Liquid, 4  o z.........  3  60
3 oz...........  6  80
“ 
B R O O M S,
■40. 2 H n rl...............................  1  75
No. 1  “ 
...............................2 00
No. 2 C arpet...................................2 25
No. 1 
“ 
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Common W h isk .................... 
Fancy 
W arehouse....................
B R U S H E S  

80
....................  100
3  00

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Stove, No.  1...........................   1  25
1 50 
1  75 
85 
1  25 1 50

Rice Root Scrub, 2  row —
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 ro w ....
Palm etto,  goose..................
B U T T E R   P L A T E S  
Oval—250 In crate.
No.  1......................................
No.  2 
..................................
No.  3 ....................................
No.  5 ......................................

.  60 
.  70 
.  80 
.1   00

C A N D L E S.
Hotel, 40 lb. b o x es.......
Star.  40 
Paraffine 
W icking 

109
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10
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F is h .
Clams.
L ittle Neck,  l i b .............
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2  lb .............
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 31b..................
Cove Oysters.
S tandard,  l i b ................
21b..................
Lobster*.
.2  45 
Star,  1  lb .......................
.8
2  lb ........................
Picnic, 1  lb .......................
.2  00 
21b......................
. 2   90
M ackerel.
S tandard, l i b ................
..1  25 
..2 10 
2  lb ...............
M ustard.  2 l b ................
.2  25 
.2  25 
Tom ato Sauce,  2 lb __
Soused, 2  lb ................
.2 25
Salmon.
Colum bia River, fia t.............. 1 80
“ 
tall*.........  1  66
Alaska. R e d ...............................1 25
p in k ...............................1 10
K inney’s,  flats..........................1 95
sardine*.
A m erican  it*  .................   ©   5
A s..................6)4®  7
Im ported  14s .......................   © !0
A *........................ 15©.6
M ustard  A* 
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21
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A cm e..............................   12)4©13
L enaw ee........................ 
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R iv e rsid e .....................  
Gold  M edal..................  @12)4
S k im ............................... 
B rick............................... 
Edam  ........................... 
Leiden 
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Lim burger 
P in ea p p le...................... 
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500 
1000 
CO U PO N   P A S S   B O O K S . 

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500
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5 00
1000,
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8 00
2000
75
Steel  punch  .......................

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C R A C K E R S .

B utter.

Seymour XXX......................... 6
Seymour XXX, ca rto o n .......  6)4
Fam ily  X XX.........................   6
Fam ily XXX,  ca rto o n .........  6)4
Salted XXX.............................6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ............6)4
K enosha 
...............................  1%
Boston........................................  8
B utter  b is c u it..........................6)4

Soda.

Soda,  XXX.............................  6
Soda, C ity.................................   7A
Soda,  D uchess 
.....................  8)4
Crystal W afer..........................10
Long  Island W afers 
..........11
S. Oyster  X X X .......................   6
City Oyster. X XX....................  6
F arin a  O yster........................6

Oyster.

C R E A M   T A R T A R .
Strictly  p u re .........................  
30
T e lle rs   A bsolute...................  
3
Grocers’ .................................15@25

D R IE D   F R U IT S . 

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D o m estic.

Apples.

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Apricots.

quartered  “ 

Sundrled. sliced In  b b ls.
Evaporated, 50 lb.  boxes 
C alifornia In  bag s.........
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
Blackberries.
In   boxes.........................
N ectarines.
701b. bag s...........................
25 lb. boxes.........................10
Peeled, In  boxes............
Cal. evap.  “ 
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Pears.
C alifornia In bags 
P itted  (m erries.
B arrels..............................
50 lb. b o x e s ......................
......................
25  “ 
Prunelles.

Peaches.

In bags.......   10)4

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

Loose  M uscatels In  Boxes.

2 c ro w n ..................................
3 
.................................. 1  50
2  cro w n .........................   —   fA
3 
.......................................6)4

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F o re ig n .
C urrants.

Peel.

P atras,  in b arrels..............  
in   A-bbl*...............  
in  less quantity  ... 

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Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb.  boxes  20 
25  l'
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25 .
■ 
Orange
Raisins.
O ndura, 29 lb. boxes 
Sultana, 20 
V alencia, 30 
C alifornia,  100-120..............
90x100 25 lb. bxs
80x90 
71 x80 
60x70 

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S ilv e r...............................
S u lta n a ....................  ...........
F rench,  60-70........................
70-80.......................
80-91..............  
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90-10  ......................
E N V E L O P E S .
XX rag, w hite.

No.  1, 6A ...............................  $1  75
No. 2, 6 A ..............................   160

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No. 2, ....................................  1  50

XX  wood, white.

No.  1,6)4..............................   135
No. 2, 6)4  ............................   1  ®
.......................  1 00
95
.........................................  

M anilla, w hite.

Coin.

M ill  No. 4 ....................... 

F A R IN A C E O U S   GOODS. 

Farina.
100 lb. kegs...................... 
3%
Hominy.
B arrels.......................................800
G rits ............................. 
 
 
 
Lima  Beans.
354®»
D ried...................................  
M accaronl and Vermicelli. 
Domestic, 12 lb. box —  
55
Im ported........................10A@U

Oatmeal.

B arrels  200 .............................  4 60
H alf barrels  100.......................   2 40

Kegs.

P earl Barley. 

Peas.

G reen,  b u ._ ............................   1 45
Split  per l b ....................2Ji@3

Rolled  Oats.

Barrels  180....................  @4  60
H alf  bbls 90................  @2  40
G erm an ..................................  4A
E ast In d ia .............................  5
Tracked...................................  

Wheat.

Sago.

5

F IS H —S alt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Y a rm o u th .............................

P o llo c k ...............................
W hole, G rand  B an k .5@5A
Boneless,  brick s.................6@8
Boneless,  strips...................6@8

H alibut.

H erring.

S m oked..............................11@12A

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9  75

H olland, w hite hoops keg 
“  bbl 
N orw egian  .........................
Round, A bbl 100 lbs  .........   2 65
........ 
1  25
S caled.................................... 
17

A  “  40  “ 

M ackerel.

No. 1,  100 lb s ............................... 11 00
No. 1, 40 lb s ............................. 4  70
No. 1,  10 lb s .........................  1  30
No. 2,100 lb s ........................... 8  .'0
No. 2, 40 lb s...........................   3  70
No. 2,  10  lb s ...........................  1  05
Fam ily, 90 lb s........................  6  00
70

10  l b s ....................  

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R ussian,  kegs.......................  

65

Sardines.

Trout.

No. 1,  A bbls., 1001 bs............6  00
No.  1  A b b l,40  lb s ..............2  75
No. 1, kits. 10 lbs....................   80
N o.  1,81b  k its .......................   68

Wbltefisb.

Family 
No.  1
A  bbls,  100 lbs. 
..$7 00 $2 75
.  3 10  1 30
“ 
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lit lb.  k its.........
45
90 
8 lb. 
. . .
40
..  75 
F L A V O R IN G   E X T R A C T S . 

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S o u d e rs’.

Oval Bottle, w ith corkscrew. 
B estin th e w orld for the money.

R egular
G rade
Lemon.

doz
2oz  ... .8  75 
4 o z........   1 50

Regular
V anilla.

doz
2 oz  ___$1  2 1
4 o z ........  2 40

XX G rade 
Lemon.
2 oz........$1  50
4 OZ.......   3 00

XX G rade 
V anilla.
2 oz........$1  75
4 oz.......   3  50

J e n n in g s .

Lemon. V anilla 
2 oz regular panel.  75 
120
4 oz 
... 1  50 
2 00
6 oz 
...2  00 
3 or
No. 3  ta p e r............1  36 
2 00
No. 4  ta p er............1  50 
2  50

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Rifle—D upont’s.

 

Choke Bore—D upont’s.

K egs—  
3  25
H alf  kegs  ................................1  90
q u a rte r  k eg s............................... 1 10
1  lb  ca n s— ...........................   30
A  lb  c a n s .................................  18
K egs.................................................4 £5
H alf  kegs...................................... 2 40
1 00
Q uarter kegs...............................  1 35
1 lb c a n s ...................................  34
11  00
Kegs 
H alf  kegs 
...........................   5  75
Q uarter k e g s ................................. 3 00
3 50
60
1  lb  cans.

Eagle D uck—D upont’s.

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H E R B S .

Sage.
Hops.

M adras,  5 lb. b oxes.........
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.

17  lb. p alls.

*14

L IC O R IC E .

P u re............................................  80
C alabria....................................   25
Sicily..........................................  12

L Y E .

Condensed,  2  d o z....................1 25
4  d o z................... 2 25

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No. 9  su lp h u r...........................1 65
Anchor  parlor..........................1 70
No. 2 hom e  ..............................1  10
Export  p arlo r..........................4 00

M IN C E   M E A T .

GLANÔ

c r

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.11  00

3 doz. c a s e .......................
6 doz. c a se ......................
12 doz. c a s e ......................
M E A S U R E S .
Tin, per,<dozen.
$1  75 
1  gallon  .........................
1  40 
H alf  g allo n ......................
TO 
Q u a it................................
45 
P in t....................................
40
H alf  pint
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 g a llo n ............................... .  7  00
...................... .  4  75
H alf gallon 
P in t....................................... .  2 25

M O LA SSES.
Blackstrap.

Sugar bouse.................. —

Cuba B aking.

O rdinary.............................

Porto Rico.

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F a n c y ..............................
New Orleans.

F a ir ....................................
G ood....................................
E xtra good........................
C h o ic e...............................
F ancy................................... . 
O ne-half barrels, 3c extra.

14

16

20
30

18
27
32
40

P IC K L E S .
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200  c o u n t...
H alf bbls, 600  co u n t..

Small.
Barrels, 2,400  count.
H alf bbls, 1,200 count
P IP E S .

@5 00
@3 00

6 00
3  50

Clay, No.  216....................
“  T.  D. fu ll co u n t__
Cob.  No.  8........................

...1  75
...  75
...1   25

P O T A S H .

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s .......................
Penna Salt  Co.’s  ...........

R IC E
Domestic.

Carolina b e a d ..................
No. 1..................
No. 2..................
Broken  .............................

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3  25

...6
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...  5
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Im ported.

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...5A
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No. 2 ......................
J a v a ..........................................  6
P a tn a ........................................  5 A

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Blue Label Brand 
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Trium ph Brand.

Sap  Sago..... .................
Schw eitzer, im ported.
C A T S U P .
2  75 
H alf  pint, 25 bottles
4 60 
Pint 
8  50
Q uart 1  doz bottles
H alf pint, per  doz  .............. 1  35
P in t,25  bottles  .....................4  50
Q uart, per  doz  ....................3 75
5 gross boxes  ..................40@45
35 lb  bags.........................   @3
. 
Less quantity 
Pound  packages. 
.  65i@"

C L O T H E S   P IN S .
COCOA  S H E L L S .

.........  @3)4

C O F F E E .

G reen .

Rio.

Santos.

M exican and Guai&mala.

F a ir.............................................17
G ood...........................................18
P rim e ........................................ 20
G olden.......................................20
Peaberry 
.................................22
F a ir ............................................ 18
G ood.......................................... 20
P rim e ........................................ 21
Peaberry  ..................................22
1 20
F a ir ............................................21
G ood.......................................... 22
F an cy .........................................24
P rim e ........................................ 23
M ille d .......................................21
Interior ..  ............................... 25
P rivate G row th...................... 27
M a n d eh lin g ............................28
Im ita tio n ................................. 25
A rabian.....................................28

M aracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

R o aste d .

P a c k a g e .

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add  Ac. per lb. for roast 
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.
M c L a u g h lin ’s  X X X X
24  95 
24  45 
B unola  .............................
21  95
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case  . 
75
Valley City  A  gross.......
15
Pellx 
H um m el’s, foil,  gross.........  1  50
...  2  50

E x tra c t.

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C H IC O R Y .

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R e d ............................................ 7

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C L O T H E S   L IN E S .

Cotton.  40 f t ...........per doz.  1  25
140
1  80
175
1  90
85
1  00

5 0 ft......... 
60 f t ..........  
70 f t ........... 
80 f t ........... 
60 f t ........... 
72 ft 

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4 doz. In  case.

N. Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands
Gall  Borden E agle...............  7  40
C row n......................................6
D aisy........................................5 75
C ham pion...............................4  50
M agnolia 
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S m o k in g .

P R O V IS IO N S .

M IX ED   CANDY.

R o o t  B o o r  E x tra c t.
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3  d oz...................  5 00
H ires’, 1  doz...........................  1 75
“  3 doz.............................  5 00

S P IC E S .

W hole Sifted.

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P ure G round In B ulk.

A llspice................................... 10
Cassia, C hina in m a ts.........  7
B atavia in  b u n d ___15
Saigon in   ro lls..........32
Cloves,  A m boyna...................22
Z anzibar.....................12
Mace  B atav ia........................80
N utmegs, fa n c y .....................75
No.  1....................70
No.  2....................60
Pepper, Singapore, bla ck ___10
w h ite ...  .20
“ 
sh o t.............................16
A llsp ice...................................15
Cassia,  B atavia.....................18
and  Saigon.25
S aig o n ....................... 35
Cloves,  A m boyna................. 22
Z anzibar.................. 18
G inger, A frican .....................16
C ochin......................  20
J a m a ic a .................. 22
Mace  B atavia........................ 65
M ustard,  Eng. and Trieste. .22
T rieste....................... 25
N utm egs, No. 2 .....................75
Pepper, Singapore, b la c k ___16
w h ite........24
C ayenne...................20
S a g e ......................................... 20

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‘‘A bsolute” in Packages.

“• 
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Ks  %s
A llsp ice..........................  84  1  55
C innam on......................  84  1  55
C loves.............................  84  155
G inger,  J a m a ic a .......   84  1  55
A fric a n ............   84  1  55
M ustard.........................   84  1  55
P e p p e r...........................   84  155
Sage.........  

84

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S A L   SO D A .

 

S E E D S .

K egs.......................................  
1%
G ranulated,  boxes................  l i t
A n is e .................................  @12%
6
Canary, S m yrna.......... 
10
C ara w ay .............................  
90
Cardamon, M alabar... 
Hemp,  R ussian ........... 
4%
M ixed  Bird 
............... 
5%
M ustard,  w h ite ........... 
10
P oppy............................. 
9
6
Rape 
............................. 
Cuttle  b o n e........................ 

30

S T A R C H .

Corn

 

 

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20-lb  boxes.............................  5*
40-lb 
5%
Gloss.
1-lb packages...........................  5%
3-lb 
 
5%
6-lb 
...........................   5it
40 and 50 lb. boxes.........  ..  3%
B arrels...............................—   314

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S N U F F .

Scotch, In  bladders...............37
M accaboy, In ja rs .................. 35
F rench Rappee, in  J a r s .......43

B o x es..........................................5%
Kegs, E n g lish ........................... 4K

SO D A .

S A L T .

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. .12  25

100 3-lb.  sacks............... 
 
60 5-lb 
28 10-lb.  sacks...........................   1 85
2014-lb. 
 
24 3-lb  cases...............................  1 50
56 lb. dairy in  linen  b a g s.. 
28 lb. 
16 

32
18

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drill 
W arsaw.

Ashton.

Higgins.

56 lb. dairy In drill  bags.. 
281b. 
.. 

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56 lb. dairy In linen sacks.. 

56 )b. dairy In linen  sacks 

Soiar Rock.

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

Common Fine.

Saginaw   . 
M anistee

32
18

75

75

27

S A L E R A T U S .

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

C hurch’s ................................  5%
D eL a n d 's................................   5%
D w ight’s ...................................5%
Taylor’s ........................  .......   5

S O A P .

L a u n d ry .

A llen  B.  W risley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  l-lb .................. 3 2 '
Good Cheer, 601 lb ......................3 90
W hite Borax, 100  K lb ..........3  65

Proctor & Gamble.

“ 

Concord  ...................................3  45
Ivory, 10  o z............................. 6  75
6  oz.............................  4  00
Lenox 
.................................  3  65
M ottled  G erm an.................... 3  15
Tow n T a lk ............................... 3  25

D ingm an Brands.
 

Jas.  S. Kirk & Co.’s  Brands. 

Single b o x .................  
3  95
5 box lots, delivered ...........3  85
10 box lots, d elivered.........  3  75
A m erican  Fam ily, w rp d ..$4  00 
.  3  94
N.  K.  F airbank & Co.’s Brands.
S anta C lau s...........................  4  00
Brown. 60 b a rs........................2 40
80  b a r s ...................... 3  25

“ 
Lautz Bros.  & Co.’s Brands.

p la in . 

A cm e.........................................4  Oq
Cotton O il.................................6  00
M arseilles...............................  3  95
.....................................4 15
M atter 

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Thom pson  & Chute Brands.

S ilv e r........................................3  65
M o n o ........................................3  35
Savon Im proved  .................   2 50
S u n flo w er............................... 3 05
Oiolden  .............................. 
Econom ical  .......  
.  ....... 2 25

 

3 25

S c o u rin g .

S ap o lio , kitchen, 3  d o z ...  2  50
hand, 3 doz...........2 50

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SU G A R.

The  follow ing  prices  repre­
sent the actual selling prices in 
G rand  Rapids,  based on the act­
ual cost in New  York,  w ith  36 
cents per 100 pounds added  for 
fre ght.  The  sam e  quotations 
will not apply to any tow nw here 
the freight rate from  New York 
is  not  36  cents,  b ut  the  local 
quotations w ill, perhaps, afford 
a better criterion of the  m arket 
than to quote New York  prices 
exclusively.
Cut  L oaf................................. $5  67
P ow d ered ...................................... 5 48
G ra n u la te d .................................  5 05
E xtra Fine G ran u lated ...  5  17
Cubes 
.....................................5 48
XXXX  P ow dered......................  5 8"
Confec.  Standard  A ............. 4  98
No.  1  Colum bia A .................  4 86
No. 5 Em pire  A .................... 4  73
No.  6  ........................................ 4  67
No.  7.......................................... 4  61
No.  8 ..........................................4  54
No.  9..........................................4  48
No.  10.......................................  4 42
No.  11.......................................  4 38
No.  12......................................  4 21
No.  13.  ....................................  4 11
No 14...................................... 
3 80

C atlin’s  Brands.
Kiln  d rie d ....................... 
17
G olden  Shower  .....................19
................................26
H untress 
M eerschaum .....................   . .29
A m erican Eagle Co.’s Brands.
M yrtle  N avy............................40
Stork  ................................. 30@32
G erm an ................................ 
.15
Frog 
.....................................33
Ja v a , %s fo il....................  ..  32
Banner Tobacco Co.'s Brands.
B an n e r...................................... 16
Banner C avendish................38
Gold  Cut  ................................. 28

Scotten’s Brands.

W a rp a th ................................... 15
Honey  D ew ..............................26
Gold  Block..............................30
F.  F.  Adams Tobacco Co.’s 

Brands.

Peerless......... ........................... 26
Old  T om ...................................18
S tandard...................................22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
H andm ade................................41

Leidersdorf’s Brands.
 

Rob  R oy........................ 
26
Uncle  Sam........................ 28@32
Red Clover................................32

Spaulding & M errick.

Tom and J e rry ........................ 25
T raveler  C avendish............. 38
Buck H o rn ...............................30
Plow  Boy..........................30@32
Corn  C ake............................... 16

SY R U PS.

Corn.

B arrels....................................   21
H alf bbls................................... 23
F a ir ...........................................   19
G o o d .........................................   25
Choice  ......................................  30

P ure Cane.

S W E E T   GOO D S

G inger Snaps................  
Sugar Cream s..............  
Frosted  C ream s........... 
G raham   C rackers.......  
Oatmeal  C rackers....... 
V IN E G A R .

8
8
9
8%
8%

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

81 for barrel.

W E T   M U S T A R D .
Bulk, per gal  ...................... 
30
Beer m ug, 2 doz in  case...  1  75 

Y EA ST .

H ID E S   P E L T S   a n d   FU R S
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­

low s:

HIDES.

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G re e n ................................   2@2%
Part  C u red .................. 
@ 3
F u ll 
....................  @ 3%
D ry....................................  4 @ 5
Kips, green  ...................   2 @ 3
“  cu re d ....................  @ 4
C alfskins,  g reen ..........   3 @  4
Deacon sk in s................ 10  @25

c u re d ..........   5 @ 6%

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No. 2 hides %  off.
PRLT8.

Shearlings......................... 5 @  20
Lambs 
..........................15  @  40

WOOL.

W a sh ed ........................ 12  @18
U n w a sh e d ............ —   8  @14

M agic,............................................. 1 00
W arner’s .......................................1 00
Yeast Foam  ............................1  00
D iam ond..................................   75
Royal  ........................................  90

MISCELLANEOUS.

T a llo w ............................   3 @ 4%
G rease  b u tter  ..............  1  @ 2
S w itch es................—   1%@  2
G inseng........................ 1  75@2 60

TE A S.

Japan—Regular.

F a ir ....................................   @17
G ood ..................................   @20
Choice...............................24  @26
Choicest........................... 32  @34
D u s t..................................10  @12

SU N  C U R ED .
F a ir .................................
2 00
G o o d ...............................
Choice............................. 24
2 25
Choicest..........................32
D u st.................................10
BA SK ET  F IR E D .
F a ir ................................. 18
Choice.............................
Choicest........................
E xtra choice, w ire leaf
G U N PO W D ER.

Common to  fa il............25
E xtra fine to Quest___50
Choicest fan cy ............. 75

OOLONG.

IM PE R IA L .

YOUNG HYSON.

Common to  fa ir............23
Common to  fa ir........... 23
Superior to fine............. 30
Common to  fa ir............18
Superior to  fin e .......... 80
EN G LISH   B R EA K FA ST
F a ir ................................. 18
Choice............................. 24
B e s t.................................40
TO BA CCO S. 

@17
@ 20
@26
@34
@12
@20
@25
@35
@40

@35
@65
@85
@26
@30
@26
@35
@26
@40
@22
@28
@50

F in e  C u t.

Pails unless otherw ise
B azoo.............................
Can  Can.........................
Nellie  B ly..................... 27
U ncle b e n ......................21
H iaw atha 
..................
Sweet  C uba..................
M cG inty........................
% bbls...........
Dandy J im ....................
T o rp e d o ........................
in   drum s —
Yum  Yum 
..................
1892.................................
“  drum s  ..................

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P l u g .

Sorg’s Brands.
S p earh ea d .................... 
J o k e r ...........................  
Nobby T w ist...................  
Scotteu’s Brands.

Kylo................... ............ 
H iaw atha...................... 
Valley C ity ..................  

F inzer’s  Brands.

O ld   H onesty................. 
Jolly T a r........................ 

noted
@30
@27
@24
@22
BO
34
27 
25 
29 
24 
23
28 
23

39
27
39

26
38
34

4c
32

G R A IN S  a n d  F E E D S T U F F 8

No. 1  W hite (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red  (60 lb. test)

B o lte d ..................................  1  40
G ranulated.................... 
1  65

Straight, In  sacks
Patent
G raham
Rye

barrels............   3 75
sacks..............   4 £>0
barrels............   4  75
sack s............   17"
.............  1  70

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M ILLBTU FFS.
Car lots 
.. 613  50
B ra n .............
S creenings.....  13  00
M iddlings......  14  50
M ixed F eed. ..  1-  "0
.  18 0J
Coarse meal
CORK.

quantity 
$14 00
13 00
15 00
18  50
19 00

......... 43
Car  lo ts.......
Less th an   car  lo ts__ .........45

OATS.

Car  lots  ....
.........32
Less than car lo ts....... .........36

HA Y .

No.  1 Tim othy, car lots 
No. 1 

ton lots

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.10  «0 
13 00

W O O D E N W A R E .

Tubs, No. 1.............................  6  00
“  No. 2...............................5  50
“  No. 3.............................  4  50
1 30
Pails, No.  1, tw o-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop —   1  50
,  il m u a ....
Bowls, 11 Inch
.... ................  
90
13  “ 
.... ................  1  25
15  “ 
.... ................   1  80
17  “ 
...............  2  40
...
19  “ 
21  “ 
...
Ss, m a rk e t.. ................  
35
shipping b u shel..  1  15
..  1  25
full  boot
willow cl ’ths, N o.l  5  25
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3  7 25
“  N o.l  3  25
”  No.2  4  00
“  No.3 4  75
IN D U R A TED   W ARE.
..............   3  15
No.  1......... ................ 13  50
No. 2 ........... ................12 00
No. 3 .......... ................10  50

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T he G rand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co. 

quotes as follow s:

PO R K   IN   B A R R ELS.

M ess,............................................  
....................
19 00
Short c u t ........................................................... 
E xtra clear pig, short c u t................................   20  no
E x tra clear,  h ea v y ...........................................
Clear, fa t  b ack ...................................................  19  00
Boston clear, short c u t......................................  19 On
Clear back, short c u t..........................................  19 00
20  oo
Standard clear, short cut. b est.................... 
8%

Pork Sausage........................................................ 
Ham Sausage...........................................................   9
Tongue Sausage......................................................  9
F rankfort  Sausage 
.............................................  S
Blood Sausage........................................................  6
Bologna, straig h t...................................................   6
Bologna,  th ic k ........................................................  6
H eadcheese............................................................. 7

sausage—Fresh and Smoked.

LA R D .

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Kettle  R en d ered .....................................................li
G ra n g e r............................................................  
F a m ily ......................................................................8*
C om pound...............................................................  8 
50 lb.  Tins, %c advance.
20 lb.  pails,  %C 
10 lb. 
“  Me 
“  %c 
5 lb. 
1 c 
31b. 
"
E xtra Mess, w arranted 200  lb s..........................   8 00
E xtra Mess, Chicago packing ...........................   7 5u
Boneless, rum p butts.........................................   15  50
Hams, average 20 lb s ..............................................It
16 lb s .............................................11K
12 to 14 lb s.................................... I1-*
p ic n ic ...........................................................   8K
best boneless..............................................  11% |

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

B E E F   IN  B A RRELS.

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D RY  SALT  M EATS.

S h o u ld e rs.............................................................
B reakfast Bacon  boneless................................   15
D ried beef, ham  prices..........................................10%
Long Clears, h ea v y .................................................
Briskets,  m edium ..................................................

P1C K EED   P IG S ’  F E E T .

lig h t......................................................  11%
B u tts...........................................................................  9
D.  S.  Bellies............................................................  12%
F at B acks.........   ....................................................  10
B arrels..........................................................................   8 00
K e g s ..............................................................................  1 90
Kits, honeycom b  ................................................  
Kits, prem ium  
B arrels...........................................................................22 00
H alf b arrels..................................................................11 00
Per po u n d ............. 

..........................  
b e ef  tongues.

T R IP E .

65
55

11

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12

FR E S H   B E E F .

F R E S H   PO R K .

C arcass........................... ...............................4 %@  6
Fore  q u arters...............................................  @ 4%
H ind quarters...............................................6  @ 7
Loins No. 3 .................................................. 8%@U
R ibs.................................................................   6  "A  8
R o u n d s ..........................................................5%@  6
C hucks............................................................  4  @  4%
P la te s .............................................................   @ 4%
8
D resse d ......................................- .................. 
Loins 
............................................................ 
9J£
Shoulders  .................................................... 
7 *
Leaf L a rd ............................................................ 
C a rc a ss..........................................................  5  @ 5%
Lam bs..............................................................5%@ 6
C a rc a ss..........................................................  5%@  7
Pork, lin k s...................................................
B ologna................................................ —
L iver....................................   ......................
Tongue  ........................................................
Blood ............................................................
H ead c h e e se ...............................................
Sum m er........................................................
F ran k fu rts........................................... .—
F IS H   A N D   O Y STE R 8.

SAUSAGE.

m u t t o n .

VEA L.

8M

8%

F.  J .  D ettenthaler  quotes as  follow s:

F R E S H   FIS H .

W hiteflsh 
................... ................................
..........................................................
T rout 
Black B ass......... 
...............................
.........................................
Ciscoes or H erring......................................
B luefish.........................................................
F resh lobster, per lb ...................................
cod 
.......................................................
No. 1 P ickerel............................................
P ik e .................................................................
Smoked  W h ite.............................................
Red  Snappers  .............................................
Colum bia River  Salm on.........................
M ackerel......................................................
F alrhaven  C ounts....................................
F .  J . D.  Selects..........................................
Selects  .........................................................
F. J.  D...........................................................
A n ch o rs............................’■.......................
S tan d ard s....................................................
F av o rite............................  .......................
E x tra Selects................................per gal
S ele cts..........................................................
» ta n d ard s....................................................
C o u n ts..........................................................
Scallops..................... ..................................
Shrimps  ......................................................
C la m s.................................................  —

o y s t e r s—Cans.

o y s t e r s —Bulk.

SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100  ......................................... 1
Clams. 
..........................................

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@  9 
@  9 
12% 
@15 
@  5 
@12% 
2"
10 
@  9 @ 8 
@  8 
12 
* 
12% 
20@25
@35
@30
@25
@23
@20
@18
@16

1  75
1  50 
1  01
2 20 
2 60 
1  25 
1  25

25@1  59 
@1  00

C A N D IE S ,  F R U IT S   a n d   N UTS. 
T he P ntnam  Candy Co. quotes as follow s:

STICK  CANDY.
Cases

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Standard,  per  lb. 
H .H .....
T w ist  .. 
Boston  Cream  ...
Cut  Loaf.  ...........
E x tra H.  H ..........

8%
8%

• ■ 

Bbls. Pails.
7%
6%
7%
6%
6%
7%
8%

1 7

Palls.

71
8
8
8
9
10
13
...  8

Palls.

............. ...6
..................6
.................. 6%

S tandard ..........................
L eader...............................
R oyal.................................
English  R ock................
C onserves.......................
Broken T affy.................. .. .baskets
P eanut S quares.............. ... 
...
F rench C ream s.......  
Valley  C ream s..............
Midget, 30 lb.  b askets..
M odern, SO lb. 

7
7
8

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FANCY—-In bulk

“ 

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fancy—I n 5 lb.  boxes. 

Lozenges,  p la in ................................................. 
io
p rin ted .................................................  n
Chocolate D rops....................................................   n %
Chocolate M onum entals....................................   13
Gum D rops.............................................................   5%
Moss D rops.............................................................   8
Sour D rops.............................................................   8%
Im perials.................................................................  10
Per Box
103£ I
Lemon D rops............................................................55
Sour D ro p s................................................................55
I
Pepperm int D rops...................................................60
Chocolate D rops.......................................................65
H. M. Chocolate  D rops..........................................90
Gum D rops........................................................ 40©50
Licorice Drops............................................................ 1 00
A. B. Licorice  D rops..............................................80
Lozenges, plain........................................................ 60
p rin te d ...................................................65
Im perials............................................. 
60
M ottoes...................................................................  .70
Cream B ar................................................................. 55
Molasses  B a r............................................................55
H and Made  Creams 
................................... 85@95
P lain Cream s.....................................................80@90
Decorated Cream s..................................................... 1 00
String  R ock..............................................................65
B urnt Almonds...........................................................1 00
W intergreen  B erries................................ 
60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes.............................  34
No. 1, 
51
No. 2, 
28
 
OBANGES.
128, 138.................................................
2  75
1  0................................................ ..
3  0) 
176,200,216...........................  
.. . .
3  25
Small  ....................................... .....................J  50® 1  75
L a rg e .............................................................2 0t @2  50
M essina, ex tra fancy  M aiorias, 360
6  00 
fancy ¿60  ............................
4  60
fancy 3M)...........................
3  50
. 
choice  360...........................  
choice  300 ..................................  
4  00

CARAM ELS.
 

BANANAS.

LEM ONS.

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O T H E R   FO R E IG N   F R U IT S .

“ 

Figs, fancy  layers, 6tt>....................
101b  ...................
141b....................
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  bo x ..................
..................
Persian. 50-lb.  b o x ............

ex tra 
“ 

50-lb.  “ 

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NU TS

“ 
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Almonds, T arragona.  ..................
Iv aca.................................
C alifornia......................
Brazils,  new .......................................
.............................................
Filberts 
W alnuts, G renoble.........................
“  M arbot...............................
C alif..................................
“ 
Table  N uts,  fa n c y .........................
ch o ice.........................
Pecans. Texas,  H.  P . , ....................
C hestnuts...........................................
H ickory N u ts ....................................
Cocoanuts, fu ll sack s.....................

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PE A N U T S.

Fancy, H.  P., S u n s...........................
“  Roasted.............
Fancy, H.  P., F lag s.........................
“  R oasted............
Choice, H.  P.,  E x tras......................
“  R oasted.......

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@ 12% 
@ 12% 
@14 
@  7% 
@  6 st 
4%@  5%

@16%
@15%
@17
@ 11%
@11%
@
@
@13 
@13 
@12 
@  3 
@4  00 
41 
@4  00

@   6 
@  7% 
@ 6 
@  7% 
@  5 
@  6%

C R O C K E R Y   A N D   G L A S S W A R E .

LAMP  BUHNERS.

6 doz. in  box.

No. 0 S u n ...................................................................  45
No. 1  “ 
...................................................................  50
No. 2  “ 
...................................................................  75
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No  2, 
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No. 3, 
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Jugs, % gal., per d o z.........................................   70
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18

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

because it is a lesser evil, the loss of  his j 
life being the greater.  So with the “cut­
ting  off”  of  the  unsound  concerns  con­
nected with the  business of the country. 
They are an evil,though perhaps for years j 
their true nature  may  have been unsus­
pected  and  their amputation, though an 
absolute  necessity  to  the  trade  of  the 
country,  is  an  evil,  and results in evil, 
though the purpose of  it  is  good.  The 
origin of  the trouble was evil in the first 
place, and so,  all the  results  which  fol­
low are evil.

There  is  no  union,  indissoluble  or 
otherwise, of  good and  evil.  They  are 
as  distinct  one 
the  other  as 
light  and  darkness  and  as  widely 
s e p a r a te d   a s   h e a v e n   a n d   h a d e s . 
T h e y  
are  at 
each 
continual  war  with 
other,  and 
the  conflict  will  never 
cease  until  one  or  the  other  triumphs. 
Furthermore,  though  good  can  never 
| come out of  evil  (“can a good tree bring 
forth  evil  fruit,  or  an  evil  tree  good 
I fruit?”) nor in any real sense result from 
| it,  the  fact  that  we  can  see  the  good 
when  the  evil  has  passed  away,  is  an 
| earnest of the time  when  the  good  will

from 

finally  and  completely  triumph.  This 
should be our “beacon star of hope when 
evil is upon us,” and  not such a will-’o- 
the-wisp  as  believing that “good comes 
out  of  evil.”  That  good  and  evil  are 
found together in the  same thing proves 
no more than that  good  and  evil  are  to 
be found in the  same  person (in all per­
sons if you  please)  since  good  and  evil 
are  acts, or  their  results,  of  a  person; 
but that  is  to  be  deplored,  and  not  re­
garded as a consolation.

Mr. Owen’s fling at the  United  States 
Senate is in poor taste, to say the least of 
it.  United States Senators are, as a rule, 
men who have  made  a  success  of  busi­
ness and have been chosen to their pres­
ent  position  because  of  their  success. 
It is their misfortune,  perhaps,  that they 
differ from Mr. Owen as to what  is  best 
for the business interests of the country 
but some people  may be  foolish  enough 
to regard that difference as  distinctly  in 
favor  of  the  Senators. 
It  is to be pre­
sumed  that  the  memoers  of  the  Senate 
have  studied  the  situation  as  closely, 
and have as good  facilities for obtaining 
pertiuent information,  as has Mr. Owen;

and thaf^ they are as competent  to  reach 
an  intelligent  and  logical  conclusion 
may  also  be  presumed.  Even  if  it  be 
true that a great  majority  of  the people 
wanted repeal, that was  not  of  itself  a 
sufficient reason for  the  passage  of  the 
measure by Congress, because  the  great 
majority of  the people are not in a  posi­
tion to know what would  be an effectual 
remedy for the great  evil  of  depression 
which  afflicts  the  country.  Now  that 
Congress has passed  the repeal measure, 
it may be asked why this conclusion was 
not  sooner  reached,  and  the  answer 
would be that such a measure should not 
be passed without the  fullest  and freest 
discussion.  A mistake in  legislation  at 
this time might easily  cause  even  more 
widespread disaster than has already be­
fallen  the  country.  Mr.  Owen’s  at­
tempted witticism at the expense  of  the 
Senate may please some people, who, like 
himself, have studied only surface indica­
tions,  but will not affect  the situation to 
any remarkable extent.

D a n ie l   A b b o t t.

Use Tradesman Coupon  Books.

ABBOTT  V S .  OW EN.

o f th e  L atter.

T he  F orm er  C riticises  th e  C on clu sion s 
There are some things  in  Mr.  Owen’s | 
article in last week’s T ra desm a n, under | 
the heading,  “Evil  Results  in Good,” to [ 
which I must take exception.  While the j 
general idea  sought  to be conveyed may | 
be  (t  do  not  say  is)  correct,  yet  the j 
method of statement is open to grave ob- j 
jection,  since  it  states an untruth.  But j 
the language is so vague  as to be suscep- 
tible  of  several 
interpretations.  The j 
fact is, as stated by Mr. Owen, that good j 
and evil are coexistent.  But coexistence j 
and inseparability are by no means neces- j 
sary qualities of  the same thing.  Water ; 
and oil may coexist,  but they  are  by  no j 
means  inseparable.  So  good  and  evil, 
while  certainly  coexistent,  are  not j 
necessarily inseparable; indeed, we would 
not know them as good and  evil  if  they 
were  not  separable.  They are opposite 
effects,  produced  by  opposing  causes. 
They  are  entirely  dissimilar,  both  in 
their origin and in  their results.  A bad 
man may do a good act,  but it cannot be 
said that  the  good  was  a  result  of  the 
bad,  but,  rather,  it  would  be  said,  he 
did good notwithstanding he  was  a  bad 
man.  Evil comes from evil  and  results 
in evil.  Take the many terrible railroad 
wrecks which have occurred  recently as 
an example.  That they are evil  no  one 
will deny.  They  were accidents,  in the 
ordinary acceptation of the term, at least; 
but  as  every  effect  must  have  an  ade­
quate  cause,  so  there  was  a  cause  for 
these so-called accidents,  if we could but 
find it; but, whether it is found or not, it 
exists just the same, and unless it can be 
shown  that  the  teriible loss of life, the 
mangling and maiming of  so  many per­
sons in so horrible a  manner  and all the 
suffering and sorrow  are  good  and  not 
evil, then it must be  admitted  that they 
are evil, as they must be one or the other; 
and, if  the cause  is  ever  discovered,  it 
will be found to be of the same character. 
Carelessness, or disobedience  of  orders, 
or a blunder on the part of  someone, are 
among the causes of  railroad  and  other 
accidents;  they  are evils and the  result 
that  follows  is  certainly  only  evil.  It 
may  be  said  that  one  result  may  be 
to  make  railroad  officials  more  careful 
and exercise greater vigilance,  which, of 
course,  is  good;  but there should be no 
room for increased care or vigilance—the 
evil is in the  lack  of  these  and  the  re­
sults  are  known.  So  with  the  present 
business depression. 
It is  evil in its re­
sults, that is certain,  and, as the cause is 
very generally known by  this  time,  we 
know that it had its  origin in evil. 
If a 
single individual goes hungry  this  win­
ter as a result of  the  depression,  it is an 
evil, and proves its  origin  to  have  been 
evil. 
If the business  community, learn­
ing their lesson by bitter experience, are 
more  careful  and  businesslike  in 
the 
future, it will be a good  thing for them­
selves and the community, but it is what 
they should have been all the  time. 
If, 
by  my  carelessness,  I  burn  my  finger, 
the result of  my carelessness is evil, and 
the application of proper remedies to the 
injured member, while it  may  alleviate 
my  suffering (which  is  good)  does  not 
change  the nature of  the  injury,  which 
is evil and only evil.  Because of  an in­
jury  to  his  limb,  a  man  is  under  the 
necessity  of  having it amputated.  The 
amputation is a  good  thing,  because  it 
may save the man’s life, but it is an evil, 
none the less; indeed,  it  is  called  good

®he iJrmctent

ijf tl)c Uniteti States of America,

GREETING :

To

H E N R Y   K O C I I ,   your  c l e r k s ,   attorneys,  ager

s a l e s m e n   and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or 
holding  through  or  under  you,

l i g e r e a s .

it  has  been  represented  to  us  in  our  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  ot
Ne./  Jersey,  in  the  Third  Circuit,  on  the  part  of  the  ENOCH  MORGAN'S  SONS  COMPANY,  Complainant,  that 
it  has  lately  exhibited  its  said  Bill  of  Complaint  in  our  said  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District 
of  New  Jersey,  against  you,  the  said  HENRY  KOCH,  Defendant,  to  be  relieved  touching  the  matters  therein 
complained  of,  and  that  the  said

ENOCH  M ORGAN’S  SONS  COM PANY,

Complainant,  is  entitled  to  the  exclusive  use  of  the  designation  “ SAPOLIO”  as  a  irade-mark  for  scouring  soap.

Item), &l)crcfore, we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY

KOCH,  your  clerks,  attorneys,  agents,  salesmen  and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or  holding  through  or  under  you, 
t ader  the  pains  and  penaItiys__whj£h__maA^__fall__u£on__you__aTid__cach_of__y^  in  case  of  disobedience,  that  you  do 
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  manner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO,”  or  any  word  or  words 
substantially  similar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  any  scouring 
soap  not  made  or  produced  b v   or  for  the  Complainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly,
By  word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

“ SAPOLIO,”  or  when  “ SAPOLIO”  is  asked  for,

that  which  is  not  Complainant's  said  manufacture,  and  from  in  any  way  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO”  in  any 
false  or  misleading  manner.

W i t n e s s  f  The  honorable  Melville  W.  F uller,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  at  the  City  of  Trenton, 
in  said  District  of  New 
Jersey,  this  16th  day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand, 
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

S.  D.  OLIPHANT,

(Jerk,

[ seal] 

[signed]

ROWLAND  COX,

Complot M in i 

Solicitor.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMANS

1 9

UNCLE  SA M ’S  ILLN ESS.

Written for The Tradesman.

Our Uncle Sam is  sick.  The flutter of 
his pigeon-tail coat  is  not  heard  in  the 
passing  breeze.  His  dear, 
familiar 
trousers of  many stripes  are  not seen  in 
our public thoroughfares—they are hang­
ing,  limp  and  motionless,  on  a peg  in  the 
closet.  That  dear  old  hairy  hat,  so tall 
and  angular,  stands  on 
its  own  broad- 
brimmed  foundation  in a dark  corner  un­
der the bed,  for  there  is  no  one able to 
wear  it—our Uncle Sam  is sick.  For six 
long  months  bis  agile,  manly  form has 
lain prostrate  upon  a  bed  of  sickness. 
During all  this  time  bis  family  physi­
cians  have  been  diagnosing  the  case. 
They have  convened,  consorted and con­
voked.  They  have consulted, conferred, 
connived,  considered  aud  confabulated. 
They  have  contended,  contradicted,  con­
troverted,  conjectured  aud  coufounded. 
They  have  conjured,  consoled  and  con­
doled,  beside a long list of  other  “cons,” 
but they don’t  know  what  ails  the  pa­
tient.

Our Uncle Sam is awful sick—and that 
is all the doctors  know  about  it.  Some 
say  he  is  debilitated  through  a  lack  of 
silver in  his system, while others  find too 
much  silver  iu  his  circulation,  caused, 
they claim,  by overindulgence and  dissi­
pation,  and they say that the only remedy 
is  an  injection  of  chloride  of  gold.  A 
good  many assert  that  it  is a clear case 
of  indigestion,  brought  on  by  a sudden 
change  of  diet,  which  occurred about  a 
year ago;  and still others—and they com­
prise the larger  portion  of  the  medical 
staff  at  present  entrusted  with the care 
of the patient—admit the fact of indiges­
tion,  but  deny that  it  was caused by  the 
late change of diet.  They  say our  ven­
erable Uncle has  been leading a fast life 
for the last score of  years;  that  he  is  a 
gay old  sport and a high  kicker, and  that 
his  growth  has  been  pitched  into him 
faster than  he could mow  it away.  They 
would  have  us  believe  that  our Uncle 
Samuel  hasn’t gone to  bed sober for more 
than  tweuty years  and  that  the  refusal 
of his vital  organs  to perform their duty 
at  present  is  simply  the  result  of  a 
breakdown of bis over-stimulated system. 
Some of  them  are mean  enough  to insin­
uate that our  poor,  languishing Uncle is 
not as sick  as  he pretends to  be;  that  he 
is mulish and  vindictive,  and  that,  when 
a change was  made  a  year  ago  in  the 
management of  his household affairs,  he 
became  morbidly  despondent  through 
fear  that  his 
toddy—without  which, 
owing to long  continued  and  excessive 
indulgence,  life  would  be  intolerable— 
might be  reduced  in quantity,  or cut off 
entirely.  To  advance  this  theory  is  a 
mean  thing to do for two reasons:  First, 
it is  mean to insinuate that  Uncle Sam is 
not as sick as  he pretends to  be  when  1 
know,  you  know,  and  everybody  knows 
that he is  almighty sick,  helplessly sick, 
and sick all over from  the  crown of  his 
bald  pate to the soles  of  his  broad feet; 
and,  second,  it  is  a  vile  defamation of 
the intellectual character of  Uncle  Sam 
to insinuate  that he mistrusted the inten­
tions of his  new domestic  servants  (not­
withstanding their  previous  threats)  to 
such an extent that it  caused  him to  lose 
confidence  in  himself  and  turn  up  his 
toes,  when  every numbscull  knows that 
his new help  were  only talking through 
their hats  and  had  not  the least idea of 
scaring  our  Uncle 
into  petrifaction. 
These  quack  doctors  don’t  know  what 
they  are  talking  about.  Uncle  Sam  is I

not the  kind  of  fellow to  shut up shop 
and go to bed  while  the  sun  shines,  un­
less something is  really the  matter with 
him.  When he feels all right  he  cuts  a 
wider swath  and dips in farther than  any 
other fellow  in  the  universe, and  it takes 
something more than  the  dumb  ague  to 
hang him  on  the  fence.  He’s  a  corker 
when  he gets a move on,  but he’s  having 
an  awful  sick spell  at  present.  He  has 
been  under the  weather  for  some  time, 
and  the family is getting  into  a  bad fix. 
When the head  of  the  house is  laid  up, 
everything stops, and when he is knocked 
out  for  a  whole  season  like Uncle Sam 
has been,  winter is apt  to  set  in  with  a 
scanty supply of fodder and a big accum­
ulation of  doctor  bills. 
In  Uncle Sam’s 
case it begins to look as though he would 
either kick the bucket or get well  before 
the doctors find  out what  ails him.  His 
only chance  for recovery  is that the  fam­
ily doctors will  keep  on  wrangling over 
the proper  remedy  to  be  used,  until  he 
begins to mend,  for be is too  low  at pres­
ent to stand  any  kind  of  treatment  with 
any  degree of safety.  There  is  nothing 
serious about the  case,  if  they  will only 
leave him alone and give nature a chance. 
The  vitality  of  our  Uncle  Samuel 
is 
something  wonderful,  and  he  will  be 
around in due time  to  start thiugs going 
again 
if  the  quack  doctors  will  only 
keep  their  hands  off  him.  There  is  no 
cause for alarm  only  in  the  difficulties 
which  we will  have  to  encounter in  get­
ting through the winter.

The  fact is,  Uncle  Sam’s  physical en­
durance,  great  as  it  is,  is inadequate to 
support  his  prodigious  ambition.  His 
eyes are several sizes larger than his stor­
age capacity,  which  will  account  for his 
great proneness to bite off  more  than  he 
can chew,  chew  more  than  he can swal­
low,  swallow  more  than  he  can  digest, 
aud digest more than  he  knows  what  to 
do with.  About a quarter  of  a  century 
ago Uncle Sam  had a fuss in  his  family. 
Several of his hot-headed  boys  left home 
aud  set  up  for  themselves.  Uncle  Sam 
went after them  and flogged them all the 
way  back  home again.  This family  rum­
pus  cost  him  considerable 
time  and 
money  beside  a  lot  of  blood,  and  when 
peace  was  restored  he  rolled  up  his 
sleeves and  pitched  into  work  to  make 
up  his losses;  but  his  ambition  was  too 
much  for  his  natural  strength  and  he 
commenced  to  take  stimulants.  This 
made him  see double, and straightway he 
set up a tariff distillery of  his own. 
Im­
pulsive,  nervous,  ambitious  and  exceed­
ingly  “smart,”  this  stimulant  produced 
an effect  on  him  which  was  perfectly 
amazing. 
It  limbered  his  joints,  har­
dened  his muscles and  sent  the  current 
of life coursing  through  his  veins  at  a 
high rate of speed. 
It  gave  him  super­
natural  strength,  and a voracious, abnor­
mal  appetite.  Everything  he  touched 
turned into money.  To start  up and de­
velop any  new undertaking,  it  was  only 
necessary to take a  vigorous  pull  at  his 
favorite  beverage  when,  presto!  it  was 
accomplished.  For  twenty  years  our 
Uncle Samuel  led a fast and furious life. 
The growth of his business  was  phenom­
enal. 
It  assumed  gigantic  proportions 
and the demand for hired  men  became so 
great  that  every  human  and 
inhuman 
abode in  the  earth,  above  the earth and 
beneath  the  earth  was  drawn  upon  to 
meet it.  The old  settlers were astound­
ed at his  marvelous  success.  The  idea 
of  an upstart like Uncle Sam,  after one- 
half of his family  had  tried  for four long

years to tear  him and the other  half into 
pieces,  suddenly  springing  into  promi­
nence  and  for  25  years  develop  more 
business  and  accumulate  more  wealth 
than  they  and  their  forefathers  ever 
dreamed  of,  seemed  more like the recital 
of a fairy  tale  than  the accomplishing of 
a veritable fact. 
It was a giddy whirl of 
It was  a mighty overreach­
excitement. 
ing—a  violent  overstretching. 
It was a 
wild  plunge  of  business 
intoxication. 
Our Uncle’s  appetite  knew  no  bounds. 
As the  stimulant  spurred  his  digestive 
organs on to  greater and  still greater ef­
forts,  it only  caused  his  capacious jaws 
to wag the faster, increasing the physical 
strain and hastening  the  inevitable  day 
of  collapse.

No w o n d er our Uncle Sam is sick.  No 
wonder that his  feverish  brain  has  lost 
its cunning and  his jaws  refuse  to  wag. 
It is no  wonder  that his  digestive organs 
have no present  use  for raw material.  It 
is only  the  legitimate result  of  a  career 
of dissipation;  a  calling  to  account  by 
outraged  nature;  a  snapping  of 
the 
chords  long  kept keyed  up  at  high  ten­
sion;  a bursting of  the flues  from  a pres­
sure unreasonable, unnatural  aud  unpar­
alleled  in  intensity.  The  doctors  have 
at last decided  upon  a gold  cure,  and  let 
us all  hope that  our  dear old  Uncle will 
speedily  recover,  sign  the  pledge  and 
lead  a  more  natural,  temperate  life  in 
the future—but the  mighty horde of for­
eign  help  that  will  be  left  to  shift  for 
themselves and encroach  upon  the rights 
of  his  own  legitimate children  will  re­
main  as one of  the unavoidable  evil  re­
sults of his past intemperate  life.

Moral—Nations are not  unlike individ­

uals in many respects. 

E.  A.  Owen.

C o u ld n ’t   F o o l  H e r.

Precise Maiden  Aunt  (trying to  amuse 
Kate,  who has come  to spend the  day)— 
Oh,  see pussy  washing  her  face.
Infant  (with  scorn)—She’s  not wash­
ing her face;  she’s washing  her feet and 
wiping them on her face.

Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons.

In  connection  w ith  th e  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
N orthern or D etroit, G rand H aven & M ilwaukee 
R’ys  offers  a  route  m aking  the  best  tim e  be­
tw een G rand R apids and Toledo.
VIA O ., L. A  N.  K’Y.

Tim e Table in effect May  14,  1893.

Lv. G rand Rapids a t ....... 7:10 a. m. and 1:25 p.  m.
Ar. Toledo a t ..............   1:15 p. m. and 10:45 p. m.
Lv. G rand Rapids a t ....... 6 :50 a. m. and 3 :25 p. m.
Ar. Toledo a t ................   1:15 p. m. and 10:45 p. m.

VIA D., 8.  H. A M.  B'Y.

R eturn connections equally as good.

W.  H.  Bennett, G eneral Pass. Agent, 

Toledo, Ohio.

G rand  R apid s  <S* In d ian a.
Schedule  In  effect Aug. 27, 1893.

TRA INS  GOING  N ORTH.

Arrive from  Leave going 
North.
7.20 a ra
4:15 p m
10:50  p m

South. 
For M’kinaw.Trav. City and Sag. 6.50 a m 
For Cadillac and Saginaw.........  2  15 p ra 
For  Petoskey A  Mackinaw.........8:10 p m 
From Kalamazoo...........................9:10 a m
From Chicago and Kalamazoo..  9 40 p m 
daily.  Others trains daily except Sunday.
does not run to Traverse City on Sundays.

Trains arriving  from south at  6:50 a m  aud  9:10 a m 
Train  leaving  north  at  7:20 a. m  daily.  This  train 

TRA INS  GOING  SOU TH .

Arrive from  Leave going 

North. 
For  Cincinnati..............................  6:30 am  
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago... 
|  For Fort Wayne and the  Bast..  11:50 a m 
For  Cincinnati..............................  6:15 p m 
For Kalamazoo  A   Chicago.......10:40 p m 
From Saginaw.....................  
11:50 am
From Saginaw................................. 10:40 pm
daily;  all  other trains  daily except Sunday.
C h icago v ia  G.  R.  & I. R.  R.

 

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

7:00 am

South.
10:05 a m
2:00  pm
6:00 p m
11:20 p m

Lv Grand  Rapids 
Arr Chicago 

11:20 p m
7:06 am
10:05  a m train  through  coach  and  Wagner  Pario

10:05 a ra 
4:10 pm  

2 00 pm  
9:10 pm  

I  11:20 p m  train  daily,  through  coach  and  Wagner j 
i  Sleeping Car.

4:00 p ni 
9  tOpm 

7.05am  
2:15 p m 

10 00 p m
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
6:50  a m
4:00  p  m  through Wagner  Parlor  Car and  coaches. 
Dining  car  to  Kalamazoo.  10:00  p  m  train  daily, 
through  Coach  and  Wagner  Sleeping  Car.
For Muskegon—Leave. 

M u sk e g o n , G ra n d   R ap id »  &  In d ia n a ,
9:40 a m
7:00  am  
11:26  a m 
4  40  pm
5:40  p ra 
5:26 p m

From Muskegon—Arrive

Sunday train  leaves  for  Muskegon  at  7:45 a  m, ar­
riving at  9:15  a  m.  Returning,  train  leaves  Muske 
gon at  4:80 p m, arriving at Grand  Rapids at  5:50 p ra.

General  Passenger and Ticket Agent.

0  L. LOCKWOOD,

CHICAGO 

1893

A N D   W E ST   M IC H IG A N   R ’V, 

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.
Lv. G’d R ap id s...  .......  7:30am  1:25pm  *11 :--0pm
...............  1:55pm  6 :50pm  *6:30am
Ar. Chicago 
Lv.  C hicago................... 7:45am  4:55pm  *11:35pm
Ar. G’d R apids.............. 2  30pm  10:20pm  *6:10am
VIA   ST.  JO S E P H   AND  STEA M ER.
Lv. G rand  Rapids  ............. 
1:25pm  +6:30pm
Ar. C h ic a g o .................................. 8:3npm 
2:00am
Lv. Chicago  9:30am ... Ar.  G rand  Rapids 5:25 pm 
Lv.  G rand Rapids  .......  7:30am  1:25pm  5:45pm
Ar. G rand R apids.........  9:20am  2:30pm  5:25pm

TO  AND  FROM   M USKEGON.

 

 
 
 

T R A V ER SE  CITY  CH A RLEV O IX   AND  PETO SK EY .

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

2:45pm
7:30am 
Lv.  G rand  R ap id s.. 
Ar.  M anistee.............  12:10pm 
7 :55pm
8'05pm
Ar. Traverse C ity 
 
12:40pm 
10:45pm
Ar. Charlevoix  ....... 
3:15pm 
11:15pm
Ar.  Petoskey 
3:45pm 
11:25pm
Ar.  Bay View  ......... 
3:55pm 
A rrive  from   Bay  View,  e tc ,  1:00  p.  m.  and 
10:00p.  tn.
Local train  to W hite Cloud  leaves G rand R ap­
ids 5:45 p. m., connects  for  Big  Rapids and  Kre 
m oot  R eturning  arrives  G rand  Rapids  11:20 
a.  m.
PA R L O R   AND  SL E E P IN G   CARS.
To Chicago, lv. G. R ..  7:3  am   1:25pm  *11:30pm
To Petoskey,lv.G. R ..  7:30am  2:45pm 
.............
T oG . R ..lv.C hicago.  7:45am  4:5  pm  *11:35pm
To G. R .. lv. Petoskey  5:0c lam  1:30pm 
.............
tE xcept Saturday.  O ther trains 
week days only.

♦Every day. 

DETROIT, 

JCLY-30:-1^

LA N SIN G 7 &  N O R T H E R N   R .  R .

GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv.  G rand R apids.........  7:00am  *1:45pm  5:40pm
Ar.  D e tro it......................II :40am  *5:50pm  10:25pm

RETURNING  PROM  DETROIT.

Lv.  D etroit......................  7:45am  *1:45pm  6:00pm
Ar. G rand Rapids  .......12:45pm  *5:40pm  10:45pm

TO  AND  FROM  SAGINAW,  ALMA  AND ST.  LOUIS.

Lv. G R   7:20am  4:15pm  Ar. G R .ll:50am  10:40pm

TO  LOWELL VIA  LOWELL A HASTINGS  R.  R.

Lv. G rand R apids............   7:00am  1:45pm  5:40pm
Ar. from  Low ell................ 12:45pm  5:40pm  ............

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Parlor  Cars on all trains  between  G rand  Rap 
ids and  Detroit.  Parlor car to Saginaw on morn - 
ing train.

♦Every day.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO.  DeIIAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t.

Mich ig an ì Tentral

“  The Niagara Falls Roitie.”

(Taking effect  Sunday,  May 28, 1893.) 

»Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.

A rrive. 
D epart
10  20 d m ............ Detroit  E x p re ss..............6  5 5 p m
6 00 a  m  ..  .«A tlantic and  P acific...... lo  45 p m
1  00 p m  .......New York E xpress  .........  5  40 p m
Sleeping cars  run on A tlantic  and  Pacific  ex ­
press trains to and from  Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  6:55 a m ;  re ­
turning,  leave  D etroit  5 p m, arriving  at G rand 
Rapids 10:20 p m.
Direct  com m unication  m ade  at  D etroit  w ith 
all through  trains east  over  the  M ichigan Cen 
tral Railroad  (Canada Southern Division.)
A.  A lm quist, Ticket A gent,

Union Passenger station.

De t r o i t ,  g r a n d   h a v e n   & 

w a u k e e   R ailw ay.

Depot corner Leonard  St.  and Plainfield Av j

.Mi l ­

e a s t w a r d .

T rain s  Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
I o n ia .............Ar
St.  Jo h n s  ...A r
O w osss.......  Ar
E.  S aginaw .. Ar 
Bay City 
.. .A r
F l i n t ...........Ar
Pt.  H u ro n ...A r
P o n tia c .........Ar
D etroit...........Ar

tN o.  14 tN o.  16|tNo.  18|*No.  82
10 45pm 
6 45am
12 27am
7 40am
1 45am
8 25am
2 40am
9 00am
6 40am
10 50am
11 32am
7 15am 
5 4  am 
10 05am
7 30am 
12 05pm
537am 
10 53am
11 50am
7 00am
WESTWARD

10 20am  3 25pm
11 25am  4 27pm
12 17pm  5 20pm 
1 20pm  5 05pn>
3 45pm  8 00pm
4 35pm  8 37pm
3 45pm  7 (5pm
5 f 0pm  8.50pm 
305pm  8 25pm
4 05pm 1  9 25pm

T rains Leave 
G’d Rapids,  Lv  7 00am  1  00pm 
G’d H aven,  Ar  8 20am  2  10pm
M ilw’kee Str  “ 1............—
Chicago Str.  “  |  4 00pm | ............

l*No. 81 l+N o. 11 tN o.  13.|tN o.  15
4 55pm 10 20pm 
6 00pm111 2Gpm 
6 20am  6 30am 
6 00am |  ...........

»Daily.

tD aily except  Sunday. 
T rains  arrive  from   the  east,  6:35  a.m .,  12:50 
T rains  arrive  from   the  west, 6:40 a. m .,  10:10 
E astw ard—No. 14  has  W agner  Parle r  B uffet 
W estw ard— No. 11  Parlor Car.  No. 15 W agner 

p.m.. 4:45 p. m. apd 10:00 p. m.
a. m ., 3:15 p.m.  and 9:15 a. m.
car.  No. 18 Parlor  Car.
Parlor Buffet car.

J ab. Cam pbell, City T 'ck el A gent.

23  Monroe Strep*

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THE  M1 CH1GAJS  THADKSMAJN,

It will pay mer- h ant 

to  ►ee our ‘am p'es  and 
learn our reduced prices  of  the  balance of  our 

stock ofREADY  MADE  CLOTHING.

H aving been  established  for  thirty-six  years 
is.  w e  tru st  suflb lent  pr >• f  of  our  stability. 
MAIL  OHDER8  PROMPTLY  ATTENDED  TO, 
or you  can  w rite  our  Mlchl  an  representative, 
MR  WILLIAM  CONNOR,  Box  348,  M arshall, 
M ich., to • all upon you. and  buy or not buy, we 
w ill thank you for the com plim ent.

MICHAEL  MLB  i   SOS,

Jll

ROCHESTER,  N.  Y.

WILLIAM  CONNOR  w ill  he  a t  Sweet’s  Hotel, 
Custom ers' expenses allow ed wno m eet him  there.

G rand  Rapids,  Mich.,  on  FRIDAY,  NOV.  10.

V eg etab le  S coop  F o rk s .

ing seventy carloads  of  dried  fruits and 
5.000 cases salmon.  This big  cargo  has 
been  duplicated  in  three other instances, 
and  they  show  that  coastwise  freight 
business is  picking up  “right smart.” 
The  big  candy  exposition,  which  be­
gins Nov.  6 and continues  until  Nov.  19, 
gives  promise of  being well attended,  as 
it is  something out of the usual run.

J a y .

F rom  O ut o f T ow n.

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

L.  Henderson,  Holland.
Wm.  Hirst,  Byron Center.
D.  Gardner,  Luther.
N.  Harris. Conklin.
Frank  Hamilton,  Traverse City.
Arthur Deuel,  Bradley.
C.  F.  Walker,  Glen  Arbor.
M.  M.  Robson,  Berlin.
J.  M.  Flanagan, Mancelona.
Thurston  & Co., Central  Lake.
G.  W. Stevens,  Austerlitz
Cameron  Lumber Co.,  Torch  Lake.
John G.  Carlson  & Co.,  Gilbert.
Cairns &  Brown,  Prairieville.
Jacob Faist & Son,  Hersey.

G rains  and  F ood stu ffs.

Wheat—Only  moderate  business  for 
the week and the feeling weak.  Liberal 
receipts from the Northwest,  smaller ex­
port clearances and dull  and  weaker ca­
bles  are the  causes  of  the  depression. 
Another 2.000,000  bushels was  added  to 
stocks.  Wheat is  moving  freely in  the 
local  market,  but  the depression at the 
centers caused a fall of 4c.

Flour—U nchanged.

As It  Should  Be.

A l m a ,  Oct.  31—I  bave  received  a 
marked  copy  of  T h e   T r a d e s m a n ,  in 
which  1  see that  Hayt & Vliet succeed L. 
H.  Hayt  in  the  book and notion business. 
This is a mistake,  as 1 still  carry on  the 
book  and  bazaar  business,  but  1 have 
formed  a  partnership  with  W.  C.  Vliet 
and  opened  up  a  grocery in  the  next 
store west of my  book  store,  and the gro­
cery  business is under the name of  Hayt 
& Vliet. 

Yours truly,

L.  H.  Hayt.

PRODUCE  M A R K E T .

A pples—C arefully  selected  G reenings,  Spys 
and  Baldw ins com m and $2.7533  per  bbl.  No. 2 
stock  is  held  at  $2.50 per bbl.

Beans  — Dry  stock 

freely 
H andlers  pay $1.40 for country cleaned and $1.50 
for country  picked.

com ing  In 

B utter—Hardly so s 'ro n g  as a week ago  owing 
to the large am ount  of  butterine throw n on  the 
m arket.  Jobbers pay about 23c for choice dairy, 
bolding a t 25c.  Creamery com m ands  30@32c. 

is 

Cabbage—Home grow n, $2&3 per  100.
Carrots—¡Sc per bushel.
C ranberries—Early Blacks from Cape Cod have 
put  in  an  appearance,  com m anding $2  per bn 
crate  or  i6 per bbl.  The quality is fine, th e col 
oring being superb.

Celery—Home  grow n  com m ands  15c  per  doz. 
E  gs—The  m arket  is  about  th e  sam e  as 

week ago.  H andlers  pay  18c, holding at 20c per 
doz.

G rapes—New Y ork Concords com m and 20c pe 
8-lb. basket.  Cat aw has bring 25c, w hile M alagas 
in 55-ib. kegs  bring $5.

Honey—W hite  clover  com m ands  16c  per  lb 

dark  buckw heat brings  14c.

GOTHAM GOSSIP.

N e w s  from   th e   M etrop olis— In d ex   o f 

Special Correspondence.

th e   M arkets.

S kw Yokk, N ov.  4.—Since last writing 
trade has  been  very  fair  m  grocery job­
bing circles.  Not many  single  large or­
ders have been  received,  bin  the  aggre­
gate of small ones has  been  large and the 
prospects  are  growiug  brighter  every 
day.  Prices have not  advanced  percept­
ibly,  but,  as a rule,  are  held  with a good 
degree of firmness,  and this 
is  particu­
larly true  of  nearly  all  sorts of  dried 
fruits aud certaiu  varieties of nuts.

The  coffee  market 

is,  as  yet,  undis­
turbed  by  the prospects of  a war in  Bra­
zil,  and prices coutmue nearly as  quoted 
for a mouth  past.  The  article  was  al­
ready  high  enough,  aud  any  further ad­
vance, or,  at 
least,  one  of  any  import­
ance,  would  result in  a  ch eck   to  con­
sumption greater  thau  exists  now,  aud 
“substitutes’’ will  be 
in  order.  Brazil 
No.  7 
In  mild 
grades  the  demand  keeps up  well and 
prices are  firm  but  unchanged.  Good 
Javas  are  worth  from  28e  to 25c,  and 
fancies 25@27c;  Mocha, 22@23c.

is  worth  18}£@l8%c. 

Sugar has  taken  a  tumble.  The  big 
stocks  of  raw do  not  give any  hope  of 
high prices duriug the coming year.  This 
downward  tendency  has very  materially 
checked  buying of refined,  as  purchasers 
are investing  only in  a  baud-to-mouth 
manner.  Some  of  our 
large  retailers 
have,  it 
is  said,  large  stocks  of  high- 
priced sugar,  and they are  feeling  sore. 
Granulated is now selling at  5c,  this be­
ing the card price of  the  Wholesale Gro­
cers’  Association of this city;  powdered, 
53f c;  cut loaf,  5.44c.  Some sugar  is  be­
ing imported,  aud  the  “pauper”  product 
must be very  closely  watched to  prevent 
its gaining a foothold.

In dairy  products,  butter is quite firm. 
is  good,  and very  little or 
The  demand 
It  all depends 
nothing is heard of oleo. 
on whether butter is high  or 
low.  For 
best Western  and State 28c is  paid.  From 
this  the  range  is  down to 22c by every 
fraction.
Cheese  is  unchanged  and  prices  are 
well held.  Full  cream, 
for
large and  12j^c for small  fancy;  skims, 
7Ja@ 10c.
Eggs are in moderate  supply and  firm 
at  25c  for  fresh-gathered  Western.  A 
good  many ice-house eggs are  about and 
they fetch 22c.
in  the line of canned  goods  not  much 
activity is  displayed,  but  tomatoes  are 
still  “above par,”  the best  brands bring­
ing $1.10  for  No.  3.  Corn 
is  dull  at 
prices  ranging from 90c for New York  to 
$1.10@1 20 for  Maine.
Foieign dried  fruits  are  selling very 
well  aud  for aimo>t everything  there  is 
increased  inquiry.  Spot  layer Valencia 
raisins are selling at 6j^@<>%c;  off stalk, 
5Ji@5Mc;  3-crown California  fetch  the 
same  price.  French  prunes  are  selling 
at 6%c.  Figs, dates,  citron, orange  and 
lemon peel,  as well as nuts  of  all sorts, 
are  beginning  tu  feel  the  holiday de­
mand.  1'rices are low,  and  bargains can 
be met  with everywhere.
Molasses has  been  very  dull  and  still 
remains  without  much  iuquiry.  Fair 
New Orleans is worth  abont 38c and from 
this  the  price  ranges  up  to  45c  for  a 
strictly choice article. 
Syrups,  too,  are 
moving but slowly and  at  prices  ranging 
from  12c  for  ordinary  to  20@25e  for 
choice.
¡spices are firmly  held,  but  prices  are 
very  low,  and  it  is  hard  to  see  where 
anybody  is  making much  profit.  Black 
pepper can be bought  for almost 5c
tainly 5J£e; cloves, 6@12c: mace, 5@6%c; 
cassia,  23@25c; ginger,  11(315c,  and nut­
megs,  40@50c.
The  conservative  old  firm  of  Acker, 
Merralt & Condit have never taken  much 
advantage of  their  big  show  windows, 
and seem to have  acted  on the principle 
that  such  things  were  too common,  ye 
know;  but  a  change  has  been  made  in 
the interior of the store  and  the display 
of  fancy  groceries  in  the  windows 
is 
worthy  of  this  great  city.  Only  in  a 
metropolis can such goods  be freely sold. 
The store is a blaze of magnifience.
Last Wednesday,  the  steamer El Rio, 
which arrived from New Orleans, brought 
240 car loads of California goods,  ioclud-

In shoveling potatoes or other vegetables from  wagon  box  or  floor with 
the forks as  they have been made,  eitbei  the  load  on  the  fork  must  be 
forced  up  hill  sharply, or  the  head  of  the  fork lowered as the push con­
tinues. 
If the bead of the fork  is  lowered  the  points  will  be  raised  and 
run into the potatoes.  The sharp edge of oval-tined forks  will bruise pota­
toes  aud  beets,  and the ordinary  points  will  stick  into them.

These difficulties are entirely  overcome  by  our  SCOOP  FORK. 

It  has 
IT WILL  LOAD TO THE HEAD WITH­
It also  holds  its  load  and  hangs  easy  to 

round tines and  flattened  points. 
OUT RAISING THE POINTS. 
work.

The superiority of  our SCOOP FORK over  the wire  scoop is  in  its  much 
It is  all made  from one piece of steel 

greater  durability  aud  haudiness. 
and will last for years.

Tbe  utility  of  this  fork  is not limited to vegetables. 

It will  be found 
excellent for handling coal,  lime,  sawdust,  fine manure and a great  variety 

of  uses.FfiSTER^TEVENS
r & @

M O N R O *

Onions—Home  grow n  are  w eak  and  slow  of 
sale  ow ing to the large am ount of  stock  throw n 
c e r-  |  on the m arket.  H andlers pay 4cc, holding at 50c
per bu.  Spanish  are  in  sm all  dem and  at $1.40 
per crate.
j  Potatoes—The  m arket  Is 
still  w eaker  and 
low er than  a   week  ago, dealers paying 45c here 
and 40c at th e principal  outside  buying  points 
W ith the Boston m arket glutted  w ith  th e  M aine 
crop,  and  w estern  m arkets  glutted  w ith  the 
M innesota crop, M ichigan  grow ers m ust take40c 
or w ait for a more favorable tu rn  of the m arket, 
Should th e new  tariff reduce the  duty  on Cana, 
dian potatoes, th e  price w ould  not  only  be  like­
ly  to go low er,  but w ould, in  all  probability,  de­
cline to the level  of th e C anadian  basis.

Squash - H ubbard  154c per lb.
Sweet  Potatoes—Jerseys  com m and  $3.75  and 
Baltlm ores $2.5i> per bbl.
Turnip*—26c per bu.

Cracler Chests. 

Ctass Covers for

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

A..B.  B R O O K S   &   C O .,

Manufacturing Confectioners,  have  a  specially  tine  line  for  the  fall  trade—now

RED-:-STAR-:-GOUGH-:-DROPS

ready

They are the  cleanest,  purest and  best goods in the market.

W H O L E S A L E

Dry  Goods, Carpets and Cloaks

We  Make a Specialty of  Blankets, Quilts and  live 

Geese  Feathers.

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

OVERALLS  OF  OUK  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

Voigt,  Horoolsiifiifir & Co.,48> G0ran !  S S 3 T st-

L A M B ’S  WOOL,  SO L E S .

. 1^1 mg l i .  JggLag

|j|i||l|III!^Ilfi||®!|||||

N othing is more com fortable for tired and sore W orld’s Fair feet then acro< het slipper.  Holiday 
trade is near.  Be prepared.  We  now have  a com plete  assortm ent  in  colors and sizes  at  bottom

M IRTH,  K R A U S E   &  CO.

M U S K E G O N   B A K E R Y

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

CRACKERS,  BISCUITS,  CAKES.

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

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

MUSKEGON,  MICH

soon
nPH ESE  chests  will 
"*■  pay for themselves  in  the 
I breakage they avoid.  Price $4.

UR new glass covers  are by  far the 
handsomest  ever  offered  to  the 
trade.  They  are  made  to  fit  any 
of  our  boxes  and can  be  changed  from 
one box  to  another in a moment  They 
will  save  enough  good0  from  flies,  dirt  and  prying  fingers in a short  time to pay 
for themselves.  Try them and  be  convinced.  Price, 50 cents each.

o

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.

the best selling cakes we ever made.

CREAM  CRISP. 

MOSS  HONEY  JUMBLES.
NEWTON,  a rich  finger with  fig  filling.  This  is  bound  to  be  one  of 
THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

S. A. Sears, Mgr. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Your  Bank Account Solicited.

KBiTM atTsavingsTaRK,

G R A N D   R A P ID S   ,M IC H .

J ho.  A.  Covode,  Pres.

H sm b t  Id em a, Vice-Pres.

J .  A.  S.  Y erdiek,  Cashier.

K. V an  Ho p, Ass’tC ’s’r. 

T ra n sa c ts  a  G e n e ra l B u n k in g   H u .in e ss. 

In te re st.  A llo w ed   o n   T im e   a n d   S av in g s 

D e p o sits.

DIRECTORS:

.Jno.  A.  Covode, D.  A  Blodgett,  E. Crofton Fox, 
Henry  Idem a, 
T. J. O’Brien.  A. J   Bowne, 
J.  A. S. V erdier.
Jno.W .B lodgett.J. A.  McKee 

D e p o sits  E x c eed   O n e  M illio n   D o lla rs .

ARE  THE  TIMES  HARD?

THEN  MAKE  THEM  EASY 
BY  ADOPTING  TH E  COU­
PON  BOOK  SYSTEM  FUR 
NISHED  BY  THE

TRADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

GENUINE  :  VICI  :  SHOE,

Plain toe in opera and  opera  toe and  C. S.  heel. 
D and  E and  E  E w idths, at  $1.50.  Patent leather 
tip.  $1 55.  Try them ,  they are  beauties.  Stock 
soft and fine, flexible and elegant  fitters.  Send 
for sam ple dozen.

R E E D E R   B R O S.  S H O E   CO  .

G rand  Rapids, Mich.

P .   & .  B .  

O Y S T E R S .

E q u a lle d   b y   F e w ,

E x c e lle d   b y   N one,

PUTNAM

CANDY 

PACKED  BY  THE

COMPANY.

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Model  Oak  Stoves,

The best air tight Oak Stove on  the market,  at the  lowest  price.

SQUARE  BASE  WITH 

ASH  PAN.

List, each.
13  i n ........ .......................$9  00
15  i n ........ ......................   11  00
17  i n ........ .......................  12  70
19 i n ........ ......................   15  00

ROUND  AIR  TIGHT  OAK, 

Screw Dampers,

Will  bold  fire  48  hours.

List, each.
13 in ............
................810 10
15 in ............ ..................   12 35
17 in ............ ..................   14 50
19 i n ............ ..................   17 20

WRITE  US

FOR  DISCOUNT.

This oak is as well made  as  any of  the  highest  priced  goods.  The  doors  and 
dampers have ground edges. 
It  has  a  nickel  ring  on  top,  nickel  foot rail, door 
plates and latches,  and is a very good  looker.  The screw air tight damper on  round 
base is a great selling point,  and most valuable feature.  The  base is  one  casting, 
and the body heavy boiler iron. 
If  you  want  to  make  money on oak  stoves,  order 
before our stock is broken.

H.  L E O N A R D   &  S O N S ,

Q U A L IT Y   W INS!

A n d   you   can  d e p e n d   on  th e   b e s t  qual 

i t y   w h en   you   b u y   th is  B ra n d •

GRAND RAPIDS, 
BRUSH GOMP’Y,

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Is the best line of Coffees in  the State.  All roasted by CHASE 
A  SANBORN.

IF  YOU  WANT  THE  BEST

THESE  ARE  THE  COFFEES  FOR  YOU  TO  BUY.

J e w e ll’s  A r a b ia n   M och a,
J e w e ll’s  O ld  G o v e rn m e n t  J a v a , 
J e w e ll’s  O ld  G o v e rn m e n t  J a v a   an d  

M och a,

W e lls ’  P erfectio n   Java,
W e lls ’  J a v a   an d   M och a,
W e a v e r ’s  B len d ,
S a n to r a ,
Ideal  G olden  R io,
C om p ou n d   C ru sh ed   Java.

Above are all in 50-pou'nd cans.
Ideal Java and  Mocha in one and two pound cans.

-USE-

If Tod  Want  Good,  Light,  Sweet  Bread  and  Biscuits,
FERMENTUM
COMPRESSED  YEAST

T H E   O N L Y   R E L IA B L E

Bold  by  a l l  f ir st-class  grocers.

MANUFACTURED  BY

iThß Formentoni Company

MAIN  OFFICE:

CHICAGO,  270  KINZIE  STREET.

MICHIGAN  AGENCY:

GRAND  RAPIDS,  106  KENT  STREET.

O ur  Goods  are  sold  by  all  M ichigan  «fobbing  Houses.

I Address  all  communications  to  THE  FERMENTUM  CO.

