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GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  DECEMBER  13,  1893.

NO.  534

Confession of a  Materializing-  Medium.
We laugh at the unfounded fears which 
laborers once had at  the  introduction of 
machinery; but there is at least one class 
fcwhose credit and occupation  suffer more 
and more with the advance  of  science— 
the ghosts.  “Real” ghost stories are left 
now to  the  “penny-dreadful” or  to  the 
very  juvenile  reader.  Among  the  un­
profitable  rubbish  unread  by  busy and 
intelligent people are newspaper articles 
headed “Reported Ghost.”

This is,  no donbt,  why certain  reports 
attracted so  little  attention,  a few years 
ago, outside of  a  certain town in South­
ern Michigan.  Very few  would  now re­
call 
the  circumstances  or  identify  the 
parties.  The  latter  have  long  since 
moved away,  and are now not opposed to 
the publication of  a  correct  account  of 
the whole affair. 
It is  morally instruct­
ive  and  involves  some  psychological 
questions. 
It is to be  hoped  it will put 
an  end  to^worse  reports  or  suspicions 
that may linger in the  minds  of  a  few, 
and  if  there  are  any  very  sensitive 
friends and connections they will be con­
tent, since this publication  is the will  of 
those  most  concerned—Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Emoren.

They  were  commonplace  people  and 
their early history is  immaterial  to  the 
present  narrative.  He was  first  drawn 
to  her  because she was a very talkative 
young lady and he was fond of conversa­
tion;  and she loved him because he loved 
her.  That is about as near as the  cause 
of  their  marriage  can  be  stated.  Nor 
shall I take the responsibility of judging 
between them in the  disagreements  that 
followed;  upon  the whole they are now 
satisfied to assume equal  blame. 
I shall 
not  try  to  apportion  particular  faults, 
but shall say  “they,” “each,” or “ both,” 
as often  as  possible  instead  of “ he” or 
“she.”

They had never been  taught that skill 
and virtue should be  exercised in listen­
ing as well as in  talking,  that “ brilliant 
flashes of  silence” are  often  highly ap­
preciated  by the  other  party to  a  con­
versation.  After  marriage  his  society 
would have satisfied  her,  perhaps,  if  he 
had only continued an attentive  listener 
to  her  daily and  nightly discourses  on 
dress, neighbors,  aches and servants;  his 
love of conversation would  have  lasted, 
no  donbt,  if  she  had  only continued  to 
hang upon his words as he “talked shop.” 
Unfortunately, at  that  time  they knew 
too little  to  get  interested  in  anything 
but  their  respective  daily  doings.  At 
first their replies to each other  generally 
began  with,  “Yes,  indeed,”  or  “ Yes;” 
later it was more frequently a hesitating 
“Y-e-e-s,” or “ W-e-11, y-e-s;”  by and  by 
it was  more  likely to  be,  “Yes,  but—;” 
finally,  “No”  became  more  and  more 
commonly the preface  to  the  rejoinder. 
In other words,  their replies at first were 
mainly assentive,  acquiescent  and  sup­
plementary; then they became more qual­
ifying,  and,  finally,  contradictory.

This grew upon them unconsciously, in 
a measure, and  almost automatically they 
got  to  antagonizing  on  every  subject

the  servants  were 

broached.  Neither  had 
the  stronger 
will, else there would  have  been the re­
sult usual among people  of their class of 
mind—a henpecked husband  or a  brow­
beaten wife.  He would  argue with  her 
a week about the temper  of  one  of  the 
servants, whom he would not have known 
if  he  had  met  her  in  the street (to be 
sure, 
frequently 
changed);  and  Mrs.  E.  would  wrangle 
with  him  by  the  hour  about  his  ma­
chinery,  although  she  “confessed”  to 
temperance friends that she could  never 
recall  which  name,  “corkscrew”  or 
“screw-driver,”  belonged  to which tool, 
without remembering that one was  used 
to open a bottle and the other  to  fasten 
coffin-lids. 
Instead  of  listening  when 
the other spoke, each was thinking what 
to say next;  when  they  listened  it was 
only  to  pick 
the  first  apparent  flaw, 
whether it was germane to the subject or 
not;  and thus  the lines of argument went 
from tangent to  tangent,  beginning any­
where,  going everywhere, and ending no­
where.  Their nearest  approach to good 
humor was a kind of verbal game of  tag 
with each other.

He had  made  money by inventions in 
a trade he had formerly followed and was 
prosperous in  his present manufacturing. 
They entertained  considerable  company 
at first,  but that ceased  through another 
mistaken course toward each other.  For 
instance,  she  would  say,  “Mr.  Blauk, 
don’t you think so and  so?” or,  “I think 
thus;  don’t  you  agree  with  me?”  In 
most cases the  unwary Mr. Blank would 
more or less  agree with  her,  whereupon 
she would use that as a solid  backing to 
her  arguments  against  Mr.  E.  Mr. E. 
learned the trick,  and  made  reprisals in 
the  same  way.  From 
that,  unseemly 
wrangling ensued,  which ended their so­
cial gatherings.

What  brought  things  to  a  crisis was 
their  dinner  hour.  Theirs  was  not  a 
symposium to be  desired.  One was dys­
peptic and the  other  bilions.  The  fate 
of how many empires and families might 
have  been  different with a little physic! 
And how it would strain  the  poetry and 
romance  of  most  lovers’  quarrels  and 
estrangements if the real  cause,  and not 
simply  the occasion,  were given!

Of the laws of health  Mr.  and Mrs.  E. 
were more ignorant even than  most peo­
ple.  He often neglected lunch and came 
to late dinner tired out and went to table 
without a moment’s rest.  The  servants 
being  generally  new,  Mrs.  E.  usually 
came from the kitchen  “hot and  huffy,” 
as he remarked.  They would  begin eat­
ing,  and,  too often,  bile  and  acid would 
begin to work on their inmost sonls.  The 
sky would  become  overcast,  the  clonds 
would  gather,  by and  by  the  thunders 
muttered,  then rolled,  and the  lightning 
flashed,  so to speak.  At last,  after  they 
got to pitching food at each  other  every 
few days, they decided to keep away from 
each other as much as  convenient.  The 
loss  of  his  company added  little to her 
loneliness,  for she was  always gossiping 
with the servants; but she knew he could 
not be long without somebody to talk to.

The house was a large “three-story and 
basement” building.  He had a  room  on 
the top floor refurnished, and there spent 
most of his time when at home.  After a 
few  weeks it seemed that he felt his lone­
liness too much,  for she heard of his vis­
iting  acquaintances.  Then  he  would 
take  a  valise  and  be  gone  for a day or 
two.  He  never  had  anybody  to  visit 
him.  Curiosity  was  strongly  aroused 
when he had his  room  door  doubled by 
adding an outer  shutter.  After that the 
doors were always  double-locked except 
when  the  servant “did  the  room,”  and 
that was always in his presence.

It was a corner room.  On  one  of  the 
inner sides was the narrow passage from 
which it was entered.  On the remaining 
side was a servant’s  room, entered  from 
the  same  passage.  Between 
the  two 
rooms was the  chimney,  and  on  either 
side of the chimney a closet, one for each 
room.  The  servant’s  closet  was  not 
ceiled,  and  only one  thickness  of  lath 
and  plaster  separated  it  from Mr.  E.’s 
room.

Mrs.  E.  and the servants now often re­
tired to this closet;  and  they did not go 
there to pray.  The present set  of  serv­
ants stayed with them  longer  than  any 
they had ever had before.  The listeners 
were rewarded;  they heard  conversation 
in Mr.  E.’s  room;  but  who  the  visitor 
was,  and how and when he came or went, 
was a mystery, for none of the household 
ever saw him.  They kept so  strict  and 
unsuccessful a watch that  they began to 
suspect it was  only Mr.  E.  reading plays 
by himself,  for pictures of  actresses had 
been  seen by the  maid  who  attended  to 
the room.

in 

Afterwards,  from  time  to  time,  her 
sharp  eyes  saw  slight  evidences  that 
somebody besides Mr.  E.  had  been in  the 
room;  but there was  nothing  to indicate 
the  character  of  the  visitor.  They  re­
doubled  their  vigilance  in  vain.  “He 
must  hide 
the  closet,”  thought the 
maid;  and once,  when it  happened to be 
unlocked,  she  boldly  looked  in  on some 
pretext,  but saw nobody.  Then,  thought 
they,  he  comes  and  goes  through  an 
opening  made  above  the  closet,  and  so 
by the roof.  They got  the coachman  to 
lay on the roof for several  nights.  How­
ever,  he  perceived  nothing  the  whole 
time but that he was catching  a  terrible 
cold.

About that time  Mrs.  E.  happened  to 
read in a  newspaper  the  description  of 
an escaped criminal.

“Jane,” said  she,  with suppressed ex­
citement,  “did you say the color  of  that 
lock of hair Mr.  E.  threw  into  the  fire 
was light?”

“Yes,  mum,”  was the reply.
Then Mrs.  E.  set  to thinking,  and ex­
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fully the reason  for  every detail of  Mr. 
E.’s past  temper  and  conduct.  He was 
implicated in some crime!

“Mr.  E.,”  said  she,  next  day,  with  a 
tragic  air,  as  he  was  going  out,  “you 
can’t deceive  me. 
I  know you  are har­
boring that criminal.”

Mr.  E.  looked startled for  an  instant;

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and  then,  with  something  between  a 
snort and a sneer,  he passed on. 

She was now fo*  the first time solemn­
ly troubled.  All  that  day  she  thought 
more and talked  less  than  she had ever 
done before in all  her life.  Pity and ap­
prehension took the place  of  animosity. 
Before  night  she  went  to  the servant’s 
closet, selected  a  spot  where  two laths 
were wide apart,  and  scratched the plas­
ter thin with 
the  point  of  her scissors. 
Mr.  E. came home  in  the evening,  dined 
alone, and went  up 
to  his  room.  She 
followed to the  closet,  placed  her ear to 
the thin  spot,  and  soon  heard  Mr.  E.’s 
loud  voice  with  considerable  distinct­
ness,  and to the following effect:

(He 

(Delivered quite  a 

“You think I  look tired, do you?  Well,
(A  pause:  other voice 
1 must say I am. 
factory? 
the 
too  low.)  What  about 
to-day?  Well, 
What’s  been  going  on 
let’s  see. 
talked  for  some  time 
about that.)  Think  I’ve been a success, 
eh? 
lecture  on  his 
past labors and achievements.)  And the 
great satisfaction of  it  all  is  to  talk  it 
over this way  with somebody that agrees 
with me—at least, that  doesn’t  disagree 
with me. 
(Mrs.  E.’s  conscience,  in  her 
then state of mind,  smote  her.) 
In fact, 
it’s the same 
if  1  go  to  the theater or 
travel or see or  hear  anything  nice  and 
great:  it’s spoiled if there ain’t somebody 
to talk it up  with. 
(Another little smite 
for Mrs.  E.)  Yes,  I’m  modest;  but  I’m 
honest,  and must  confess  I’ve  a  pretty 
good face;  features good,—anyhow,  suit 
me.  And  my figure, too: 
it  used  to  be 
called  tine. 
(Conscience  stops  smiting 
Mrs.  E.)  As for you,” he resumed, “you 
are the  only one  of  your  kind  in  the 
world. 
I’ve  seen  all  sorts  and tried  a 
good many.  Been  trying them lately, on 
purpose.  You  are  the  only soul  1  can 
talk to  and  be  perfectly free  and easy. 
You never quarrel, and you are confiden­
tial to perfection. 
I talk  as 1  like to you 
and  just  as  long;  and  when  I  want  to 
hush and think.  I’m  just  as  easy  as  if 
you were a thousand miles away.  What’s 
more,  you cost  me next  to nothing.  Yes, 
the doctor says  it’s good  for health;  but 
talking to some folks makes me fret.” 

to  borrow  the 

Two  of  the  servants  had joined  Mrs. 
E.  Tney  wanted 
thin 
place.  Mrs.  E.  could  not  spare it,  but 
kept them on the rack  by  her  whispered 
ejaculations.  At last she gave a convul­
sive start.
“ What 

they  shivered  out. 

is  it?” 

“Who is it? 

Is it the counterfeiter?” 

“ Worse than  that!”
“ Is it somebody deranged?”
“No.”
“A  burglar?”
“ Worse!”
“A murderer!”  they exclaimed,  almost 

“No,  no!  Worse!  Worse!!” she gasped. 

“It’s a woman!!!  1 shall shriek!”

"Oh!  don’t!  Be  sure,  mum—be  sure 

“Oh!  I  shall  faint!”  They  supported 

“ Let  me  listen  for you,  mum.”  But 
Mrs.  E.  braced  up,  flattened  her ear to 
the thin  place,  and  heard her husband’s 
voice:

“I never thought 1 should  find  you. 

I 
waited  and  worked  until 1 got you at last. 
Just the temper, just  the figure,  just the 
complexion, just the hair,  the  eyes,  the 
nose,  the mouth,  that are nowhere else in 
the  world 
together.  Oh,  you  needn’t 
protest,  you needn’t  blush.”

Mrs. E.  snatched her  scissors,  stabbed

aloud.

first.”

her.

a hole in the plastering,  and put her eye 
to it just in time  to  see  Mr.  E.  put  his 
arm about a woman’s  neck and draw her 
to the fireside and—just out of sight.

Mrs.  E.  upset one of the maids, rushed 
out into the passage,  crying  “Help! Mur­
der!  Fire! Thieves! Women!!”  and  began 
beating at Mr.  E.’s door  and  demanding 
admittance.  Mr.  E. opened the doors.

“Who  is  it?  Where  is  she?”  she  de­

manded.

“ Who’s  who?”
“The woman.”
“ What  woman?”
“There’s a  woman in here.”
“There isn’t.”
“There is!”
“There  isn’t.”
"I tell you there is!”
“ 1 tell you there isn’t.”
“I say I saw  her!”
“I say you didn’t.  How could you?” 
With  the  accompaniment  of  this  ex­
cited antiphon  they  set  to  work  without 
delay,  she searchin g ti e  room,  and  he, 
rather inconsistently with his denial,  ex­
amining the inner and  outer  doors,  the 
cracks,  locks,  keyholes,  etc.,  to see  if  it 
were  by  any  means  possible  she  could 
have  seen  into the room.  She searched 
half a dozen  times every hole and corner 
by  which  a  human  being could hide or 
escape; and he a dozen times  scrutinized 
every  crack  in 
the  doors.  They  both 
stood baffled,  but they could still  talk.

“ 1 tell you again, 1 say there’s a woman 

in this room!”

“ I tell you again,  I say there isn’t!”
“I saw her!”
“Prove  it.  What  sort  of  a  looking 

woman was she?  Where is she?” 

I  said she was here.” 

“You’ve let her out the roof.”
“ You said she’s here.”
“ I did not. 
“ How could  she get away?”
“ Up the chimney.”
“ You said  by the roof.,’
“The chimney’s on  the roof, ain't it?” 
“ No!  It’s here!"
“ It isn’t.  It’s here/—I mean it’s on the 

roof.”

“Then if it ain’t here,  how  could  she 

get out of here by it?”

“Good  land!”  she  yelled,  frantically, 
“you  talk  like  a  raviug  jackass!”  and 
flounced out of  the room.

She talked  the matter  over downstairs 
with the maids.  Then  the  latter  recol­
lected  that  when  listening  on  previous 
occasions they  thought  they  had  heard  a 
female voice.  The conclusion they final­
ly agreed  upon  was that it  was  either  a 
spirit,  or  a real  woman  who entered and 
left  by  the  window,  by a rope ladder— 
either a ghost or a trapeze  woman.

Mr.  E.  kept  searching,  and  next  day 
discovered the hole in the wall.  He  had 
the servant’s closet cleaned out,  the door 
securely  locked,  and kept the key.  After 
listening many days,  they  heard  conver­
sation once or twice when his own closet 
door  happened  to  be  open.  The more 
they watched the house,  inside  and  out, 
the more they felt it  was  not  a  trapeze 
woman,  but a ghost.

It was reported in the  papers  that  the 
house was haunted,  and for some nights 
a crowd collected in front of it.  Various 
visions  were  announced,  most  of  them 
seen  by hysterical people and  liars.  The 
skeptical  believed  that Mr.  E.  had  sim­
ply fallen into the infatuating  power  of 
some bad  woman, and they  could  easily 
see  her  influence  in  some  things  that 
went wrong at the factory.  She  became 
the object of many maledictions.  No one

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Grand  Rapids  Fruit  Gleaning  Go.,

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IMPORTED  AND  CLEANED  BY

to  successful sale of  goods.  Consum­
ers  have  a  habit  of  determining 
whether  an  article  of  food  is  pure, 
wholesome,  reliable,  convenient  and 
economical.

BO RD EN ’S  

Evaporated 

P e e r le s s  B ra n d
Cream

possesses  intrinsic  merit  with  all  of  the  above  qualifica­
tions.  We  recommend  it,  and  you  are  safe  in  doing  the 
same. 
It  is  rich  and  wholesome  milk,  condensed,  with 
its  entire  proportion  of  Cream  and  without  sweetening. 
Its  keeping  quality  is  assured  by  perfect  processing. 
People  who  like  to  use  an  unsweetened  preserved  milk 
are  learning  of its  merits  and  will  want  it.

■Jobbers fire  now Prepared  to  Fill Yodr  Order.

THE  MIOEtiaAJSr  TRADESMAN

3
V eg etab le  S co o p   F o rk s.

could elicit a word from  Mr.  E.  on  the 
subject;  few  that  knew  him would try. 
Years before he had lost valuable patents 
by  being  too  communicative. 
It  had 
preyed on his mind  at the time,  and  re­
sulted in his becoming a  little  eccentric 
in general,  and very reticent  on  special 
subjects.

in 

It now became difficult to keep servants 
in  “the  haunted  house.”  It  was,  no 
doubt,  owing to this  and the general ex­
citement in  the  neighborhood  that  Mr. 
E. now left his private room  and  every­
thing in it unlocked; and no more ghostly 
conversations  were  heard  there.  But, 
as he left home now  more  frequently, it 
was  suspected  that  he  met the strange 
woman  by  appointment  elsewhere.  A 
nephew of Mrs.  E., by careful watching, 
found  that  Mr.  E.  often  resorted  to  a 
country  hotel.  The  nephew  consulted 
the  proprietor,  and  he, 
turn,  by 
much inquiry among the waiters, learned 
that  one  of  them  had  once  caught  a 
glimpse of a lady in  Mr.  E.’s room.

The  same  nephew,  by  industry,  col­
lected in various places a number of wild­
sounding  stories 
such  as  no  person 
would  credit or any newspaper publish. 
For example, a certain  hack-driver,  who 
had a  name  for  honesty,  solemnly  de­
clared that once he was taking Mr.  E.  on 
a considerable  journey at night.  Going 
up a hill a harness-buckle broke.  He got 
down to  mend  it,  looked  in  to  explain 
the delay,  and saw some one hide behind 
Mr.  E.  Nothing  was  said,  but a little 
later the driver took  another  peep,  and 
the other passenger was  gone.

One  of  the best authenticated reports 
was  that  of  a  man  who  was  not  ac­
quainted with Mr.  E.  but  knew  him  by 
sight,  and  had  heard  the rumors about 
him.  He  happened  to  put  up  at  the 
same house once,  at an obscure town  on 
the shore of  Lake Michigan.  He natur­
ally kept an eye on Mr.  E.  He saw him 
go out alone in a  sailboat,  and kept the 
run  of  him through a telescope.  When 
Mr. E.  was far out,  the gentleman called 
other guests of  the house  to corroborate 
him; they looked,  and  all  declared  that 
there was a woman with Mr.  E.  and they 
watched him return  and  land alone.

to 

looking 

together  as  young 

Within six months from  the  time  Mr. 
E.  began  his  curious course, and  while 
all was still a public mystery,  he and his 
wife  became  reconciled,  and  were  as 
constantly 
lovers. 
They  seemed  devoted 
to  each  other 
and 
after 
health— 
walking,  driving,  and,  as  the  cook 
said, “ taking their medicine together like 
turtle-doves.”  They  looked  improved 
and happy;  but  other  people  were not, 
for nothing was  explained  to  anybody. 
The  nephew  who  had  taken  so  much 
trouble  on  bis  aunt’s  behalf  felt  ag­
grieved, and  swore  in  slang terms that 
he would  “find  the  nigger  in the wood- 
pile or bust!”

Late in the following  fall Mr.  E. jour­
neyed  alone  to  a  town  not a hundred 
miles from Grand Rapids.  At  the hotel 
where he  put  up  there  arose a contro­
versy among  the  servants as to who had 
blundered in putting two  guests,  a  man 
and wife,  in No.  19,  a  room that accom­
modated  only one.  The  clerk  was  ap­
pealed to.

“No,” said  the  clerk, “Mr. Emoren  is 

alone,  so registered, at least.”

But 

time  and  again 

they  caught 
glimpses of  a  woman as they passed the 
door when  it  happened  to  be  open—a 
blonde  lady,  dressed  in white.  But  no

such lady came to  meals  or  was seen by 
the chambermaids.  The  clerk  told  the 
proprietor.  There was  a  convention  of 
spiritualists  just  gathering  in the town 
at that time, and a  number of  them put 
up at  this  hotel.  The  proprietor,  in  a 
joking way,  said  to  one of them that he 
was just about  to  turn  out a guest who 
was harboring a too familiar spirit.  The 
spiritualist inquired the  particulars,  and 
accompanied the host  to Mr.  E.’s door.

“Mr.  E.,”  said  the  host,  as the door 
was  opened,  “you  ought  to  know  that 
this is a respectable  house. 
If  the lady 
that comes to your room is your wife you 
should have  registered  her  name at the 
office. 
If  she  is  not,  you  must  both 
leave.”

Mr. E.  showed  him  that there was no­
body with  him,  and  denied  that  there 
had  been.  The  host  retired, muttering 
and  undecided.  The  spiritualist  lin­
gered a  moment;  then,  taking  Mr.  E.’s 
right hand between both of  his, he said, 
in sepulchral  tones:

“Brother,  I congratulate you!  I yearn 
to you-ward!  You are one  of  the highly 
favored! 
I saw that you knew  it  would 
be useless to explain to the earthly skep­
tic.”

The spiritualists felt strengthened, and 
held their  heads  higher  among the Phi 
listines  of  the  hotel. 
It  rolled  the re­
proach from them to be able  to  point to 
one of their number who was a powerful 
materializing medium.

That evening his room was full of  the 
brethren,  who  hungered  for  manifesta­
tions,  and  some  others  who  were not 
brethren,  but  just  as  hungry.  He was 
rather reticent and  made no pretensions, 
but said he hoped to  be able to material­
ize for them the next evening.

Next day the skeptical nephew arrived 

and had an interview with the host.

“Spirits  be hanged!”  said  he.  “He’s 
It’s  that  same vile 

up-to his old game. 
woman!”

The nephew  kept out of sight,  and the 
servants  were  quietly  told  that the first 
one  who saw any sign of  the  woman was 
to come at once to the host.  Sure enough, 
after  tea,  one  of 
the  waiters came in 
haste to say  that be  had  just  caught  a 
glimpse of 
the woman  as  he  handed in 
some envelopes to Mr.  E.  The host noti­
fied the nephew.  The  waiters  did  not 
require notification.

“Bear in  mind,”  said  the  nephew,  as 
they  proceeded  in  a  crowd  to  No.  19, 
“you all will  be  called  as witnesses  in a 
divorce case.”

They knocked at the door.
“One  moment,”  called  out  Mr.  E. 

within.

“Not a minute!”  said the nephew,  and 
turned  the  knob.  But  the  door  was 
locked.  They heard  Mr. E. climb  upon 
something,  and saw him look out through 
the transom  over  the  door.  The  fore­
most put their shoulders to the door.

all 

together!  One — two— 

“Now, 

three!”

The crowd shoved,  the door flew open. 
There was a heavy fall heard within and 
the report as  of  a pistol,  and Mr. E.  and 
the woman lay upon the floor.  He jumped 
up excitedly,  and  the  whole crowd fled. 
Some forced themselves  into  the  rooms 
of guests who were  peeping out of  their 
doors,  and  the  rest  made  a  stampede 
along the corridors and tumbled over one 
another down the stairs.

“Great heavens! 

I didn’t  bargain  for 

(Continued on page 7.)

In shoveling potatoes or other vegetables from wagon  box  or  floor with, 
the forks as  they have been made,  either  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 head 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 and 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  and  handiness. 
and will last for years.

The  utility  of  this  fork  is not limited to vegetables. 

It will  be found 
excellent for handling coal,  lime,  sawdust,  tine manure and  a great  variety 
of  uses.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

AMONO  THE  TRADE.
AROUND THE  STATE.

Mapleton—R. M. Edgecomb  has opened 

a hardware store.

Giadwin—Geo.  Keidan,  general dealer 

at this place,  is dead.

Grant—L.  E.  Mills  succeeds  Mills  & 

Mills in general trade.

Gulliver—Beeson & Kindy  succeed  H. 

O. Rindy in general trade.

Grant—B. J.  Hill is succeeded by Leon 

Reddy in the meat business.

Muskegon—Mrs.  T.  Richar  has  sold 

her grocery stock to Mr.  Nelson.

Stock bridge—Ed.  Mann succeeds J.  K. 

Stanley in the hardware business.

Freeland—Munger  «&  Lewis  succeed 

Elsie A.  Munger in general  trade.

Bay City—James Melon has purchased 
the book business of  Mrs.  Lucy Canfield.
West  Branch—Chas.  S.  Abbott & Co. 
succeed  Abbott,  Son  &  Co.  in  general 
trade.

Charlevoix — Carpenter,  Bartholomew 
& Co.  have  sold  their  general  stock  to 
Romeyu Emery.

Grand Ledge—Van Ator,  Kiser & Co., 
hardware  dealers,  have  dissolved.  Van 
Ator & Brown continuing  the  business.
Mattawan—It  is  W.  C.  Moshier—not 
Moshier  Bros.,  as  previously  stated— 
who  succeeds  J.  M.  Frost  in  general 
trade.

Manton—C.  O.  Blake  has  purchased 
the grocery  stock of Earnest Hartley and 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  old 
stand.

Beiding—Thos.  U.  Balkwill,  formerly 
engaged in the jewelry  business at Lake 
City,  has opened a jewelry store  at  this 
place.

Lowell—Patrick  Kelly  has  given  a 
trust  mortgage  on  bis  agricultural  im­
plement  stock 
to  1.  D.  Markham  for 
$8,000.

Ontonagon—Van  Scliaick  &  Vincent, 
general  store  dealers,  have  dissolved 
partnership, J. G.  Vincent  retiring from 
the business.

Shelby—F. A.  Pitts  and  W.  H.  Griffin 
have put in a  stock  of  groceries  and  a 
meat market in the Hedges  building,  un­
der the style of Pitts & Griffin.

Beiding — Frank  Holmes  and  Harry 
Ward have formed a copartnership under 
the  style  of  Holmes  &  Ward  and  em­
barked in the hardware business.

Burr Oak—H.  Hagenbaugh,  formerly 
engaged in  the meat  business  at  Union 
City,  has removed to this place  and  em­
barked in the same business here.

Stanwood—E.  S.  Wiseman  has soid his 
to  J.  Boy n ’on  and  J.  Fitz­
drug  stock 
gerald,  who  will  continue the  business 
under the style of J.  Boynton & Co.

Allegan—Willis  Harvey has purchased 
a half interest in the flour and  feed busi­
ness  of  A.  E.  Calkins.  The  new  firm 
will be known as  Calkins & Harvey.

Manton—Dan.  Keyser has sold  his  in­
terest in the Beyers & Keyser meat  mar­
ket  to  Wm.  Middaugh.  Hereafter  the 
firm  will  be  known  as  Beyers  &  Mid­
daugh.

Cheboygan — N.  Howard  and  D.  C. 
Horton have  purchased the grocery stock 
of Wheeler & Son and  will  continue  the 
business at the same  location  under  the 
style of Howard & Horton.

Scotts—W.  F.  Schroder has  purchased 
the interest of  the Wm.  Schroder  estate 
in the  firm  of  Schroder  &  Co., general 
dealers,  and will  continue  the  business 
under his own name hereafter.

Bloomingdaie—Milan  Wiggins  &  Co., 
who recently sold their  general  stock to

an  Illinois gentleman,  have  arranged  to 
put in a new stock  under  the  same  firm 
name.  The stock  will  be  purchased  in 
Grand Rapids,  Detroit and Chicago.

Detroit—Thomas G.  Young,  who some 
time  ago  conducted  the  boot  and  shoe 
department  at  The  Fair  on  Michigan 
avenue,  has obtained a  verdict  for  $600 
in the Wayne Circuit Court  against Pin 
gree  &  Smith.  The  defendants  had  i 
second  mortgage  for  $700  on  Young’s 
stock  and,  feeling  insecure,  pounced 
down on the stock under a  provision  of 
the mortgage while he was away to lunch 
and  broke up his business.  Young sued 
for the injury to  his  business,  claiming 
that the seizure of the stock  was unjusti­
fiable.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Atkinson—The  Metropolitan  Lumber 
Co.’s sawmill  has this season cut 28.000,- 
000 feet of lumber with  four band  saws. 
The  shingle  mill  connected  with  the 
plant has cut 80,000 a day.

Alpena—The  Pine  River  Lumber Co. 
is  putting  up  a  small  sawmill  at  Old 
Black  River  Junction,  on  the  Alpena 
road,  to cut 5,000,000 feet of  pine,  hem­
lock and  hardwood.

Au Sable—Penoyar Bros, are consider­
ing  the  question  of  building a sawmill 
at the mouth of Shelidrake  River  and a 
site  for  the  plant  has  been 
located. 
They own a large body of timber on  that 
stream.

Bay City—Jonathan Boyce’s band saw­
mill and planing mill are in operation at 
Essexville,  and it is the  intention to  run 
them  all  winter.  Steam  pipes  will  be 
laid  in  the  booms  to  keep  them  from 
freezing.

Charlevoix—The  Williams  Bowl  Co., 
a copartnership consisting of Geo. G.,  D. 
G.  and G.  S.  Williams,  is  erecting build­
ings  suitable  for 
the  manufacture  of 
wooden  bowls.  The  gentlemen  com­
posing the firm hail from Griffin,  111.

Traverse  City—The  Traverse  City 
Lumber  Co.  has  let jobs for  12,000,000 
feet of hemlock,  and if the market holds 
firm  will get out 20,000,000  feet.  This 
company  is  putting  two  new  mills  in 
operation at East Jordan,  and intends  to 
get  out  about 6,000,000 feet of  hemlock 
and hardwood.

Josiah E. Jessup,  who recently severed 
his relations as book-keeper for the West 
Michigan Lumber Co.  to accept a similar 
position  with  the  Uazeltine  & Perkins 
Drug  Co.,  was  called  to  the  office  of 
General  Manager  Wright  last Saturday 
and presented with a check  for  $250  in 
token of the appreciation of the company 
for his eight years’  faithful service.

Rose City—The French Land  &  Lum­
ber Co.  has been negotiating for the pur­
chase of  the  Burrel  stave  and  heading 
plant.  The  latter  company shut  down 
completely three  months  ago when  the 
plant was about  ready  for  business. 
If 
the deal  goes  through,  the French com­
pany  proposes  to  manufacture  lumber 
and shingles and  run  a  planing  mill  in 
connection with the plant.

Traverse City—Cobbs  &  Mitchell,  of 
Cadillac,  have two camps in operation at 
Acme, on  East  Bay,  and  expect  to  get 
out  6,000,000  feet  of  pine.  They have 
constructed  side  tracks  adjoining  the 
Chicago & West Michigan  Railway,  but 
are  using  their  own  rolling  stock  and 
locomotives,  which enables them to haul 
their logs to this place,  where  they  are 
transferred to the Grand Rapids  &  Indi­
ana for Cadillac.

Manistee—The  Manistee  Lumber  Co. 
is  springing a new scheme on an  unsus­
pecting public.  Realizing that it  is  im­
possible to keep on hand a supply of bill 
logs  of  all  the  different lengths  called 
for,  and  not  having a  logging  railroad 
running  direct  to  its  mills  from 
the 
woods  so  that it  can get the  lengths  as 
needed,  it  has  hit  upon the  scheme  of 
putting all its logs in as long as the trees 
will  make  them,  and  sawing 
them  to 
needed  lengths  at  the  foot  of  the  log 
slide.  For this purpose it is  putting  up 
a small engine with drag saw attachment 
to  be  ready  for  use  next  spring,  and 
after this does not propose  to  be  caught 
not  able  to bid on anything  that  offers. 
Of course, this could not be  done  ou  all 
the  rivers  of the country,  as they  could 
not drive logs 60,70 and 80 feet  long read­
ily,  but the Manistee is an  exception.

Saginaw—The Cook Shingle Co.  is  the 
name of a new Saginaw firm,  whose field 
of  operations will  be  in  Midland  and 
Gladwin  counties,  with  headquarters in 
this city. 
It is  composed  of  Col.  A.  T. 
Bliss,  A.  F.  Cook  and  L.  A.  Bliss,  all 
well-known  business men,  the  latter two 
having been  in the employ of  Col.  A.  T. 
Bliss for a number of years, and who will 
have direct charge of the business.  They 
already  have a shingle mill  in  operation 
at the  terminus  of  the  Bliss  Railroad, 
about  six  miles  from  Coleman,  which 
they will  run  until the product of  about 
21,000  acres  of  timber  is  disposed of. 
They also have a large gang of  men  en­
gaged  in  the  hoop business at the same 
point.  This  firm  is  the  sponsor  for a 
new village which has been platted about 
five  miles  northeast  of  Coleman,  and 
named Blissville,  where they will  estab­
lish a general  store  and  large  boarding 
house.  As  fast  as  the timber is  taken 
off the lands they will  be opened  to  set­
tlers.

Standish—J.  E.  Austin  has  just  fin­
ished  a  shingle  mill  that  is a decided 
novelty in that line. 
Instead of  using a 
saw the  shingles  are  sliced  off  with  a 
large knife after the blocks are  steamed, 
leaving  the  shingles  perfectly  smooth 
and wasting none of the  timber  in  saw­
dust.  The cutting of  shingles  in 
this 
manner has been  thought to be a failure, 
but Mr.  Austin claims to  have  made  an 
improvement over all other inventions in 
this line and has applied for a patent for 
his machine.  The designs for all of  the 
castings  for  this  machine  were  either 
made or dictated by Mr.  Austin. 
If  this 
machine  is  all  that  it appears to be,  it 
will  be a very  profitable patent, as it will 
make about 20 per cent,  more  strokes  to 
the minute than  the  best  saw machines 
can  make,  saves  timber  and  makes  a 
moother  shingle.  Mr.  Austin  expects 
to start his new mill as soon  as  he  can 
secure  sufficient  stock. 
Its  operations 
will be watched with interest  by shingle 
manufacturers.

that  less  than one-half the usual cut of 
logs would  be banked during the coming 
winter.  From  present  indications  this 
theory  was based on  the  natural  conse­
quences incident upon a  dull  season  of 
trade and not on facts,  for it is  apparent 
on every  hand that not ouly a  large  cut, 
but in some localities  an  increase  over 
last season’s bankings,  will be  the result 
of the winter’s  work in the pineries.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—The market Is almost  entirely bare of 
stock, ordinary Russets  commanding $1 per bu., 
while  selected  Greenings,  Spys  and  Baldwins 
bring $4 per-bbl.

Beans—Lower  and  dull.  Handlers pay $1.10 
for country cleaned and $ .25 for country picked.
Butter—About the same as  a week ago.  Deal­
ers  pay  18&20C for choice  dairy, holding at 20® 
22c.  Creamery is slow sale at 28c.

Cabbage—Home grown, $5 per 100.
Carrots—20c per bushel.
Cranberries—Cape  Cod  are  a  little  weaker, 
commanding $2.25  per  bu.  and  $6  per  bbl.  Jer­
seys are in moderate demaud at $5.75.

Celery—Home  grown  commands  15@18c  per 

doz.

Eggs—The  market  is  about  the  same  as  a 
week  ago.  Handlers  hold  fresh  at  21c  and 
pickled at 20c per doz.

Grapes—New York Concords command 15c per 
8-lb. basket.  Catawbas bring 25c, while Malagas 
in 55-lb. kegs  bring $4@5.  California Tokays are 
higher, commanding $4 per 8-basket crate.

Honey—White  clover  commands  16c  per  lb., 

dark buckwheat brings 13@14c.

Lettuce—Grand Rapids  forcing, 1214c per lb.
Nuts—Walnuts  and  butternuts,  75c  per  bu. 

Hickory nuts, $1.10 per bu.

Onions—Handlers  pay  40c,  holding  at  50c 
per bu.  Spanish  are  in  small  demand  at $1.25 
per crate.
Potatoes—The  market  is lower  than  a  week 
ago,  handlers  paying  40c  here  and  35@38c  at 
outside buying points.

Squash—Hubbard,  lJ4c per lb.
Sweet Potatoes—Kiln dried  Jerseys  command 
Turnips—25e per bu.

$4.50  per bbl.

HARRY  HARMAN’S

SCHOOL  OF  WINDOtf  DRESSING
A  monthly  publication.  Displays  for  every 
line of business.
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AND  DECORATING.

(No stamps.)

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Menominee—The  mills  have  all  shut 
down,  and  the manufacture of  lum ber is 
consequently closed  for  the  season  of 
1893.  Notwithstanding  the  general de­
pression in all  branches of business,  this 
particular industry,  at least  on  the  Me­
nominee,  has been  highly satisfactory to 
all concerned.  A  larger amount of  lum­
ber and other  mill  products  has  been 
turned out than in  former  jears,  though 
it  will  be  seen  by a comparison of the 
figures that something like 60,000,000 feet 
less of lumber was  shipped  this  season 
than last. 
It was said early in  the  sea­
son,  and even as late  as  six  weeks  ago, i

01

wishing a  small  stock  of  holiday goods 
will find it  to  their  interest  to  call  at 
once  at

May’s Bazaar,

41  and  43  Monroe  St.

Our  stock  is  complete,  and  the  largest 

and finest  in  the city.

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

GRAND  R A PID S  GOSSIP.

F.  E. Richards  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Clarksville.  The  I.  M.  Clark 
Grocery Co. furnished the stock.

Clarence N.  Menold has opened a drug 
store  at  Fennville.  The  Hazeltine  & 
Perkins Drug Co.  furnished the stock.

H. Keenan  has opened  a  grocery store 
at 796 South Division  street.  The Lemon 
& Wheeler Company furnished the stock.
Smith & Rathvon  have  opened  a gro­
cery  store  at  Mecosta.  The  stock  was 
furnished by the Lemon & Wheeler Com­
pany. 

________________

Wm. Neilan,  formerly engaged in gen­
eral  trade  at  Weldon  Creek,  has  em­
barked in the grocery business at Custer. 
The  stock  was  furnished  by the  I.  M. 
Clark Grocery Co.

A.  L. Campbell,  whose  grocery  stock 
at Schoolcraft was recently  destroyed by 
fire,  has  resumed  business  at  another 
location  in  that place.  The I.  M.  Clark 
Grocery Co. furnished the stock.

Wm. Joyce has purchased  the  interest 
of bis partner in the tea, coffee and  spice 
stock  of  Joyce  &  Yisner.  and removed 
the  stock  from  the  corner  of Crescent 
avenue  and  Kent street to 404 Jefferson 
avenue.

Ed.  Farnham has traded his  drug  and 
grocery stock for a farm,  E.  A.  Webb be­
ing  the  new  owner  of  the  store  and 
stock.  Local creditors  of  Mr.  Farnham 
are somewhat  uneasy over  the  transac­
tion,  as no assurances of a positive char­
acter have been received from  their for­
mer customer.

J.  P.  Yisner has closed out  the bakery 
and  restaurant  business  formerly  con­
ducted by Visner & Cusick, at 129  Canal 
street, and deposited the  proceeds  with 
the  Kent  Circuit  Court,  in  accordance 
with the order of Judge Adsit.  Mr.  Vis­
ner  has since  released the premises and 
resumed  the  same business at the  same 
location under his own name.

Leonard  Kipp, 

the  West  Broadway 
grocer,  died last Wednesday from a com­
plication of pulmonary troubles  induced 
by a severe attack of the grip.  Deceased 
was born in  Zeeland,  Holland,  in  1840, 
coming  to  this  country  when  only  14 
years  of  age  and  locating  in this  city. 
The first two years he worked  for  C.  C. 
Comstock,  when  he entered the  employ 
of  Nelson,  Matter  &  Co.  as  a  machine 
hand, remaining in that capacity eighteen 
years.  He then  opened a grocery  store 
at  the  corner  of  West  Broadway  and 
Shawmut  avenue,  at which  location  he 
conducted business  uninterruptedly  for 
nineteen years.  Deceased  was  married 
in 1860 to Miss  Henrietta  Dogman,  who 
bore  him  four  children,  two  of  whom 
survive—Nellie,  now  Mrs.  S.  U.  Clark, 
and Jennie,  who will  be  associated  with 
her  mother  in  the  management  of  the 
store.  Deceased was a man of  generous 
impulses,  excellent  habits  and  sterling 
integrity  and  was respected by  all  who 
knew  him.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Odd  Fellows’  fraternity  and  a  charter 
member  of the  Retail Grocers’  Associa­
tion,  by  whom  he  was  held  in  high 
esteem.  As soon  as it was known  that 
death had taken  place,  President  Srnits 
called a special  meeting  of  the  Associa­
tion,  which convened  Wednesday  after­
noon  at 
the  Morton  House.  Messrs, 
Rasch,  Viergiver  and  Herrick  were  ap­
pointed  a  committee  to procure  an  ap-

propriate  floral  offering,  and  prepare 
resolutions  expressing  the  grief  of  the 
Association  and  its  sympathy with  the 
friends  of  the  deceased.  The  funeral 
was held at the family  residence  Friday 
afternoon,  the  interment  being  made in 
Fulton street cemetery.

P u rely  P erson al.

John Vaupell,  Secretary of  the  Grand 
Haven Leather Co., at Grand Haven, was 
in  town one day last week.

J.  W.  Pollard, of  the  firm  of  Pollard 
Bros., general dealers at Ashland Center, 
was in town  a couple  of  days last week.
Clarence M.  Menold,  who has  just em­
barked in the drug business at Fennville, 
was in town last week for the purpose of 
selecting  his  stock.  Mr.  Menold  has 
been in  the  employ of  Geo. J.  Stephen­
son, the Bangor druggist, over five years, 
and is well qualified  to  enter  upon  the 
exacting duties  of  an  established phar­
macist.

Frank Jewell  (I. M. Clark Grocery  Co.) 
is happy over  the  receipt  of  a  pair  of 
handsome elk horns from a former  busi­
ness  associate  at  Tacoma.  This  gives 
him a trio of  trophies  of  this  sort,  he 
having recently received a  pair  of  Buf­
falo horns from a friend at Bismarck and 
a pair of Texas steer horns from  Brother 
Armour, of Chicago.

Thomas  Graham,  general  dealer  at 
Kosedale,  Chippewa  county,  recently 
killed a spike deer in the woods near his 
store.  Tbe deer is a freak  and  difficult 
if not impossible  to  classify. 
It  is  the 
size  of  au  average  three-year-old  buck 
and  has  the  mysterious “spike” or two 
straight horns like  the  antelope,  which 
give to the hunter or naturalist  no  idea 
of the animal.

Frank A.  Stone has handed in  his  re­
signation  as  buyer  for  H.  Leonard  & 
Sons, to take effect Jan.  1,  when  he will 
assume the management of the Michigan 
Vapor Stove Co.  Mr. Stone has been as 
sociated with Leonard & Sons in  various 
capacities for  seventeen  years  and  has 
come  to  be  looked  upon  as a fixture of 
the business.  His retirement will be the 
cause of general regret on  the part of the 
trade,  all of whom  will  bespeak  for him 
in his new connection the success his en­
ergy and shrewdness deserve.

MILLER  V S.  GROCER.

C ards from  D an iel V ierg iv er  an d   P eter 

S ch u it.

G r a n d   R a p id s ,  Dec.  8—I  note  the 
card of  the Valley  City  Milling  Co.  in 
your issue of Dec.  6 aud beg leave to say, 
in reply,  that the Valley City  Milling Co. 
does retail  “ Lily  White” flour, as I have 
customers  who  assure  me  they  have 
bought Hour at the mill. 
I  can  furnish 
their names,  if  necessary.
So far as the wholesale price of flour is 
concerned,  1  beg leave to say that when 
reputable grocers state in  open  meeting 
that  they  have  bought  “ Lily  White” 
flour for $1.50, I  believe  them to be  tell­
ing  the  truth.  When  the  Valley  City 
Milling Co.  says it has only one  price,  I 
know better; for its  own  city  salesman 
has made me two prices.
I do not pretend to possess any knowl­
edge  of  tbe  inside  management  of  the 
Valley City Milling Co.—probably would 
not know anything about it  if  I  bought 
my  flour  from  that  mill, 
instead  of 
patronizing other mills,  as has  been  my 
custom  heretofore.  Ail I care to  see  in 
the matter is honest dealing with all  and 
one price to all.

Yours for the right, 
D a n ie l   V ie r g iv e r .

MR.  SCHUIT’S  CARD.

G r a n d   Ra p id s ,  Dec.  7—In  regard to 
the card from  the Valley City MilliugCo., | 
referring to the proceedings of the meet-1

ing of  the  Retail  Grocers’  Association, 
there seems to be a misunderstanding all 
around. 
In the first  place,  the proceed­
ings of  said  meeting were not published 
just  as  they  occurred.  When the flour 
question  was  taken  up, 
the  price  of 
“ Lily  White”  flour was  asked  for,  upon 
which two prominent grocers  arose  aud 
each stated in an open meeting of  about 
100  grocers  that they paid 551.50 per 100 
pounds.  Then  I  immediately  stood up 
and stated,  “It seems  that  ‘Lily  White’ 
appears to be sold at all kinds of prices,” 
knowing that I had paid more than SI.50. 
I thought then that  the information  was 
reliable and am still of the same opinion. 
Hence I see no reason  why  1  should  re­
call or in any way qualify my statement.

Yours truly,

Grocer and Mgr. G.  R.  Fruit Cleaning Co.

P e t e r Sc h u it,

C annot  B u y  for  C ash  or  C redit.

The  cheapness  of  credits  for  some 
years  past has furnished  material  for  a 
great  deal  of  thought  and  speech  this 
year,  and it is, consequently,  rather  un- 
usual to learn of a firm  that  cannot  buy 
goods  for  cash;  yet  such  a  firm exists 
and is endeavoring to do business in this 
State.

Several  years ago the firm  referred  to 
made  a  bad  failure,  all its assets  being 
gobbled  up by relatives.  Business  was 
resumed  after  a  while  and  everything 
apparently  moved  along  smoothly,  al­
though,  of  course, 
they  had  to  pay 
practically  cash for their  goods.  About 
two  months  ago they  sent an order  to  a 
certain jobbing house in  this city, asking 
sixty  days’  time  on  a  $400 order.  The 
house,  knowing the firm’s  bad  record,  at 
once  wrote  them 
that  they  must  pay 
cash or the goods would not be  shipped. 
Of  course,  the letter conveying  this  in­
formation  was  clothed 
in  the  most 
courteous manner,  but the sum and  sub­
stance of it was as stated.  The  firm  in 
answering  wrote a scurrilous  communi­
cation,  which  went 
the 
bounds of common business decency.  £  
was such a letter as no  honest  or  honor­
able  firm  would  ever  think of writing, 
even to their worst enemy.  The whole­
sale  house  wrote  the  following  brief 
reply:  “You  cannot  buy for cash from 
us.” 
It did more than this.  A circular 
letter  was  prepared  aud  sent  to  other 
leading wholesale houses throughout  the 
country informing them  of the details of 
the affair and  asking co-operation  in  not 
selling  the  firm  referred to.  So far  as 
heard from,  four houses have already re­
fused to fill cash orders for the firm,  and
there  have  probably  been  others  who 
It is not improb­
have  done  the same. 
able, 
this  firm  will 
ultimately  be  actually  driven  out  of 
business because they cannot  buy  goods, 
even for cash.

far  beyond 

therefore, 

that 

5
F or  sa l e- r e t a il  m illin g  b u sin ess

in Stanton,  Mich.  Good  location.  Estab­
lished business.  For terms  and  particulars ap- 
ply to Marauley &  Company. Detroit. Mich. 
.37 
"POSITION  WANTED—BY  REGISTERED 
JL 
assistant pharmacist of  five  years’  experi­
ence.  Best of references.  Address No. 520, care 
Michigan Trade-man. 

IF  YOU  HAVE  A  GROCERY  OK  GENERAL 

stock of merchandise, doing a good business 
in a country town, which  you wish to exchange 
for one of  the finest residences  containing nine 
acres of choice land with  all  kinds of  fruit,  in 
the  flourishing  village  of  Middleville,  address 
W. Watson. Middleville  Mich. 
OR  SALE  OR  EXCIIANGE-STOCK  OF 
general  merchandise.  Address  222  Wash­

ington^ ave., North.  Lansing.  Mich. 

S26

827

830

Substantial  aid will  be  given  the  right  party. 

821

833

823

case, containingone hundred and fifty nine 
call boxes, twenty four lock boxes, and six  large 
drawers.  Will  sell  for  one half  its  cost.  H. 
Bird, Jr., postmaster, Douglas,  Mich. 

F OR  SALE-ONE  YALE  POsT OFFICE 
■ ANTED—A  CASH  BUYER  FOR  THE 

best  drug  chance  in  Michigan;  invoice 
S3,000.  Address701  Main  st..  Venominee.  831 
CLEAN  STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  FOR 
Sale;  good  trade,  cheap  for  spot  cash; 
the only delivery wagon In  town.  Stock  about 
$2,500. 
Investigate.  Address  box  15,  Centre- 
ville,  Mich. 
820
rp O   EXCHANGE—FOR  STOCK  OF  CLOTH 
A  
ing or boots and shoes, two  good bard  tim­
ber farms of eighty acres  each.  Thirty-five and 
seventy acres  Improved.  Title  clear.  Address 
Thos. Skelton, Big  Rapids. 
IMPROVED 
farms  and  Lansing  citv  propertv  to  ex­
change  for  merchandise.  Address  F.  "C.  Bris- 
bin.  Landing,  Mich. 

HAVE  SEVERAL  GOOD 

■ ANTED-WOODEN WARE  FACTORY  OR 
Saw Mill, with good power, to locate here. 
Address S.  S. Burnett. Lake  Ann  Mich. 
819
S HANCE  OF  A  LIFETIME  TO  SECURE~A 
business at  a  great bargain—millinery and 
fancy goods.  Write for particulars.  H. T  Cole, 
818
Administrator. Monroe, Mich. 
FOR  SAlE—NEARLY  NEW  7*4  HORSE 
power Otto gas engine  Discarded because 
we must have more  power.  W.  T.  Lamoreaux 
Co.  122 West Bridge St., Grand Rapids. 
816
F OR  EXCHANGE—FOR  GRAND  RAPIDS 
real estate, a new stock of clothing and fur 
nishing  go* ds,  invoicing  from $5 100  to  $6 000. 
Address No. 81*. care  Michigan Tradesman.  815
IlOR  SALE—SHINGLE  MILL,  NEARBY 
new, capable of  cutting 50 000  feet  to-mor­
buyer.  For  particulars  address.  Holmes & De- 
Goit  Tustin.  Mich. 
FOR  SALE—*3,500  STOCK  OF  GENERAL 

merchandise and two-story building.  Rail­
business.  Center  of  town.  Best  farming  sec­
tion  of  Michigan.  Bat gain.  W.  H.  Pardee, 
Freeport. Mich. 
\   GOOD  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  DRY  GOODS. 
x3l  bo  ts, shoes and groceries to exchange for 
Lansing  city property  or  improved farms.  Ad­
dress F. C  Brisbin, Lansing,  Mich. 

row.  Must be sold  soon.  Big  bargain for cash 

road,  500 population.  Established  strictly cash 

WANTED—TO  EXCHANGE  A  VALUABLE 

farm of 160 acres  for merchandise or per­
sonal  property.  The  farm  is  located  near  a 
thriving town, 45 acres  improved, balance heav­
ily timbered.  Address  No.  805,  care  Michigan 
Trade  man. 

WANTED—TO  EXCHANGE.  DESIRABLE 

Kalamazoo real  estate  for  merchandise. 

Ca*vin Forbes, Kalamazoo, Mich________ 806

814

805

824

804

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

W A N T E D —SITUATION  IN A FIRST-CLASS 
TV 
drug  store,  with  view  of  purchasing  a 
half or whole  of  business  after  six • or  eight 
months.  Address No  828, care Michigan Trades­
man. 
VVTANTED—POSITION  AS  WINDOW  TRIM 
i t   mer,  book-keeper or  salesman,  by young 
man of five years’  experience  In  general  store. 
References  if  desired. Address  No.  829,  care
Michigan Tradesman. 
829
\ \ T ANTED—A  practical  druggist, with  some 
v V 
capital, to take charge of a first-class drug 
Btore.  Address  C.  L.  Brundage,  opera  house 
block, Muskegon, Mich. 

828

756

A   B ig  D riv e

FOB  SA L E .  W A N TED .  ETC.

IN  ALL  SILK  (SA I.  LOGS)  RIBBONS.

\ l /

BUSINESS  CHANCES.

834

OR  EXCHANGE—FOR CITY OR COUNTRY 
real estate, a new stock of clothing and fur­
nishing  goods,  invoicing  from  $5,90 ) to $6.000. 
Address No. 832, care Michigan Tradesman.  832 
OR  SALE—HARDWARE  BUSINESS  IN  A 
town  of  3,000  inhabitants.  Stock  about 
$6,000.  Business  established 34  years, with the 
trade.  R.  B.  Oglesbee,  Plymouth, 
leading 
Ind. 

For  sa le—la n d  s u it a b l e  fo r  sum-

mer  resort,  comprising  50  acres, with  210 
rods of water front, on one of the  inland  lakes 
near Petoskey.  Excellent brook trout ;  bass and 
pickerel fishing;  flue  shore  for bathing or boat­
ing.  A  better  investment  for  capital  than  a 
campaign fund.  Address Resort, care Michigan 
Tradesman. 

■  WIDOW WHO  HAS BEEN LEFT A STOCK 

of general  merchandise  by  the  death  of 
perience to conduct  the  business  successfully, 
wishes to correspond with a widower  or  gentle­
man  of  middle age, with  a  view to matrimony. 
Correspondent must be experienced  in  mercan­
tile business and able to conduct a general store 
in a country town.  Address  stating  age,  busi­
ness experience and financial condition, No. 836, 
care Michigan  Tradesman. 

835

836

her husband, and who has not the necessary ex 

Having purchased  a  large  lot of 
All  Silk  Ribbons  at  the  great per­
emptory sale in  New York for cash, 
we are enabled  to offer you the fol­
lowing bargains:
5..............................40c
No. 
N o. 
7 ......................................5 2 c
No. 
9 ......................................6 8 c
12.............................. 84c
No. 
Or we will  assort  you a box each 
of Nos. 5, 7, 9 and  12, at  5254c  aver­
age, and  you  can  select  your own 
colors.
We make  a  specialty of  Ribbons, 
and yon will  find  that we  have the 
largest and  most complete  stock of 
these goods in the State.
We  solicit  your  inspection  or 
mall orders.

Cori,  Knott &  Co.,
j  GRAND  RAPIDS,  HICH.

20-22  No.  Division  St.,

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impracticable. 

C o-O p erative  D eliv ery   S y ste m .

H ow   A b le  A u th orities  L ook  U p on   th e 
American Grocer (New York):  Out in 
a Michigan city a trial has  been made of 
a co-operative  delivery system.  Failure 
was the result.  We cannot conceive how 
such a plan could  be  successful  in  the 
grocery  business,  because  the  character 
of  the  service  and the people served by 
various  stores  differ  so  widely.  The 
class of goods,  the manner  of wrapping, 
the  personel  of  delivery clerks,  besides 
liability to  errors  of  all  sorts,  tend to 
make  such  a  plan 
In 
Hastings,  where a  trial  was  made,  the 
disadvantages  weie  found  to  be many. 
Tardiness in making  deliveries was  the 
chief  obstacle. 
It  removed  customers 
from the supervision of  the  storekeeper 
—a fatal  objection.  Some  thought  the 
plan  would succeed  were every  dealer in 
the place to  give 
it  support.  That  is 
scarcely  to be expected.  Like  many an­
other ideal plan, the co-operative delivery 
proved a failure  when tested.
Merchants'  Review  (New  York):  An 
ounce of practice is  said  to  be  worth  a 
ton of theory,  and the collapse of the ex­
periment  of 
the  Hastings  grocers  will 
effectually settle the question  as  to  the 
merits of  the co-operative  delivery  sys­
tem,  so far as many people are concerned. 
And yet  we would  like  to  see  the  plan 
receive  another  test,  for  in  the  small 
towns  of  the country it appears to offer 
an easy solution of  the problem of  how 
to  distribute  goods  over  a  relatively 
large territory at a  comparatively  small 
cost to the consumers.  Many small mer­
chants  cannot  afford  the  expense  of  a 
horse and wagon,  but admitting  that  all 
can  do  so,  and  that in a  town  of,  say, 
5,000 inhabitants,  there  are  a  dozen  re­
tail grocers each  running  his own deliv­
ery  wagons,  the  chances are that these 
wagons  will  not  be  employed  all  day 
long;  yet  the  expense  goes  on  all  the 
time,  the cost of the horses’ keep and the 
salaries  of  the  drivers  amounting  to  a 
respectable  sum  in  the  aggregate.  By 
introducing  the  co-operative  system  it 
may be possible to cut  down  the number 
of wagous one-half and  at the same time 
give satisfaction to the customers of  the 
merchants.  The saving would naturally 
be divided between the  dealers  and  the 
consumers,  and the grocer’s share should 
be sufficiently  large to make him a warm 
friend of the system.  Business jealousies 
would  be fatal to the plan, it would seem, 
yet  we find that they  disappear  entirely 
or are forced out of  sight  below the sur­
face by the harmonious relations of the re­
tail  grocers in the meeting rooms of their 
organizations;  we also  find that they are 
no bar to the  formation  of  co-operative 
purchasing agencies among  the  grocers. 
Therefore  we  believe  the  co-operative 
delivery  system  is  still  deserving  of  a 
trial  in  localities  where  the  conditions 
are favorable,  and that there is  no  good 
reason  why  it cannot  be made a success. 

^  

^

To  S ell  D ry  Q oods.

Miss Ada Behan did not  count  on  be­
ing converted  into a shop girl  when  she 
became a model  for the famous  Moutana 
silver statue of Justice,  but  that  is  just 
what she has come  to.  She  is  now en­
gaged in selling  dry goods.  The  silver 
statue is the  leading  attraction in a  big 
It is  mounted  on  a 
store in  Brooklyn. 
the  middle  of  the 
raised  platform 
is  covered  with 
store.  The  platform 
black  cloth,  and  over 
is 
stretched a canopy of green  silk. 
It  is 
said 
that  it  shows to better advantage 
there than it did at the  fair,  and  as  the 
statue is gradually  becoming  oxidized it 
gains in  beauty daily. 
It is  not  yet an­
nounced,  if determined,  what  will be the 
final disposition made of it.

the  statue 

in 

C an’t  B low   It  Out.

A  Baltimore  genius  has  invented  a 
philanthropic  gas  burner,  designed  to 
save the lives of  the  inexperienced  rus­
tics  who stop  at  hotels  and  extinguish 
the gas with their  breaths.  He  calls  it 
the “Hayseed Gas Burner,” and  says that 
the harder one blows at it, the more stub­
bornly the light refuses to go out. 
If by 
any chance  an  exceptionally strong pair 
ot  lungs succeeds  in  extinguishing it,  it 
is automatically relighted at once.  This 
burner will  probably prove  the  despair 
of  many  an  unlucky  farmer,  who  will 
try to blow it out in vain.

A ... -—Mi
B...
...554
C...
...6
D...
...  654
E  ..
....7
F ...
...75»
G  ..
....754
H... — 734
I....
...854
...  854
J   ..
K  ..
9!*
L.  ..
...10
M  ... ■  1054
...11 
....21 
....1454
CABFET  WARF.

CORSETS.

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Peerless, white....... 18  ¡Integrity  colored...20
colored— 20  ¡White Star...............18
Integrity.................18541 
“  colored..20
Hamilton 
Nameless................20
......... 25
......... 2754
.........30
.........3254
.........35

............. 8
.................9
 
G G  Cashmere........20
Nameless  ...............16
............. 18

DBESB  GOODS.

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CORSET  JEANS.

Corallne  ............... 69 50
Schilling’s ...............9 00
Davis  Waists  ....  9 00 
Grand  Rapids......4 50
Armory..................   654|Naumkeagsatteen
Androscoggin
Blddeford.............   6
Brunswick.
Allen turkey  reds..  554
robes...........554
pink * purple 554
buffs...........  6)4
pink  checks.  554
staples 
......  5
shirtings  -.  4 
American  fancy—   5 
American indigo  ..  5 
American shirtings.  4 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  4 
Arnold 
....  6
...  6 
Arnold  Merino 
long cloth B.  9)4 
“  C.  754
century cloth  7
gold seal......1054
green seal TR1054 
yellow seal.. 10)4
serge............ 1154
Turk«./  red.  10)4 

Wonderful 
64 50
Brighton..................4 75
Bortree’s ..............   9 00
Abdominal............ 15 00
754
V¡ Rock port.................  654
Conestoga.................754
6)4lWalworth  ...............614
PRINTS.
Berwick fancies —   5)4
Clyde RobeB...........
Charter Oak fancies 4)4 
DelMarine cashm’s  554 
mourn'g  5)4 
Eddystone fancy...  5)4 
chocolat  5)4 
rober  ..  554 
sateens.  554 
Hamilton fancy.  ..  554 
staple ...  f 54 
Manchester  fancy.  554 
new era.  6*4 
Merrimack D fancy.  5)4 
Merrim’ck shirtings.  4 
Repp furn .  854
Pacific fancy  .......... 554
Portsmouth robes...  654 
Simpson mourning..  544
greys........  544
solid black.  5M 
Washington Indigo.  654 
“  Turkey robes..  75t
“  India robes__ 7)4
“  plain T’ky X 44  8)4 
“  X...10
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key red 
..............654
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 44......  754
Martha  Washington
Turkeyred..........   954
Rlverpoint robes....  554
Windsor fancy.......   654
I  Indigo  nine......... 1054
¡Harmony...............   454
a s s .
AC A .................... 13
Pemberton AAA— 16
York........................ 1054
Swift River............   754
Pearl  River.............12
Warren....................13)4
C Riu.oga  .............16

Ballou solid Dlack..
colors.
Bengal bine,  green, 
red and  orange  ..  6
Berlin solids...........5)4
11  oil blue  .  .  6
..  6
“ 
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“ Foulards 
.  554
“ 
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red 44 
“  X  ... 
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“ 
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“ 44 
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Cocheco fancy........5
“  madders...  5 
“  XXtwills..  5
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TICL
Amoskeag AC A. ...1254
Hamilton N  ...........  754
D.......... 854
Awning.. 11
Fanner................... 8
First Prise.............. 10)4
Lenox M ills...........18
Atlanta,  D..............exista „   A
Boot........................  644 No  ” ame
Clifton, K ...............   7  I Top of  Heap

robes..............6

COTTON  D  ra

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Dry Goods Price Carrent.

DEVINS.

Adriatic
Argyle  ..................   6
Atlanta A A............   6
Atlantic A..............  6%
H..............  654
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P ............   5
D........  ...  6
“ 
“  LL..............  5
Amory....................   634
Archery  Bunting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  4 \
Blackstone O, 32__  5
Black Crow............ 6
Black  Rock  ...........  6
Boot, AL................  7
Capital  A ............... 5)4
Cavanat  V..............  5)4
Chapman cheese cl.  3X
Clifton  C R ............   554
Comet..................... 65*
Dwight Star............  644
Clifton CCC...........  5*

CTNBLEACHBD  COTTONS.Arrow Brand  4k 
••  World Wide.  6
11  LL.............   454
Pull Yard Wide...... 654
Georgia  A..............  654
Honest Width........  6
Hartford A  ............   5
Indian Head...........354
King A  A................654
King E C .................  5
Lawrence  L L ........  454
Madras cheese cloth 644 
Newmarket  G........554
B___..  5 ~
N .... ..  6)4
DD.. ..  6)4
X  ... ..  6*
..  5
Best... ..  6
Oxford  R
..  6
Pequot.................   7
S olar.....................6
Top of the  Heap_  7
BLEACHED  COTTONS.
........  854{Geo.  Washington...  8
~  Glen Mills..........   7

A BC .
Amazon.
Amsbnrg................ 654
Gold  Medal............   754
Art  Cambric..........10
Green  Ticket........... 8)4
Blackstone A A....... 754
Great Falls.............   654
Beats All..................  454
Hope......................... 754
Boston.................. 12
Just  Out......   4X@ 5
Cabot........................  754
King Phillip...........  754
Cabot,  %..................   654
OP......754
Charter  Oak______  554
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Conway W..............  7)4
Lonsdale...........  @854
Cleveland.............  654
Middlesex.  @ 5
Dwight Anchor__   8H
No Name................   754
shorts  8
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Oak View................. 6
Edwards................. 6
Our Own.................. 554
................... 7
E 
Pride of the West.. .12
1...................  754  Rosalind.................754
F 
Fruit of the  Loom.  854¡Sunlight.................   454
Fitchvllle
litica  Mills.............. 854
First Prize..............7
“  Nonpareil  ..10
Fruit of the Loom %.  7*
Vlnvard..................  854
Falrmount..............  4)4
White Horse.........   6
Full Value..............654
“  Rock............ 854
Cabot...................... 7)41 Dwight Anchor
Farwell...................8  I

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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CANTON  FLANNEL.

Bleached. 
Housewife  Q ....
H......

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Amoskeag..................
9oz...............
brown.....
Andover  ................1154
Beaver Creek  A A... 10 
BB... 9
CC....
Boston MfgCo.  br..  7 
blue 854
d a  twist 1054
Columbian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.19

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Everett, blue.......... 1254
brown.......1254
Haymaker blue... 
brown. •  7*
•  vx
Jaffrey.................
.1154
Lancaster  ........... -1254
Lawrence, 9 oz__ .18)4
.13
No. 220..
No. 250..
.1154
No. 280.. • 1054

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“  Persian dress 7 
Canton ..  7
“ 
AFC........10)4
“ 
Teazle.. .1054 
“ 
Angola.. 1054 
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Persian..  7
Arlington staple__  6)4
Arasapha  fancy 
..  4%
Bates Warwick dres  7)4 
Centennial.............  1054
Criterion 
10)4
Cumberland staple.  5)4
Cumberland...........   5
Essex......................  454
Elfin.......................   754
Everett classics......854
Exposition............... 7)4
Glenarie...............   6)4
Glenarven................ 654
Glenwood.................754
Hampton.................. 654
Johnson Chalon cl 
54 
Indigo blue 954 
zephyrs__16

GINGHAMS
Lancaster,  staple...  6
fancies__  7
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Lancashire.............   6
Manchester............   554
Monogram................654
Normandie  ..........  754
Persian..................... 7
Renfrew Dress........  754
....  654
Rosemont  ... 
Slatersville 
..  6
Somerset 
..............  7
Tacoma 
................. 754
Toll  duNord......... 1054
Wabash..................   754
seersucker..  754
Warwick  ..............  7
Whlttenden............   8
heather dr.  7)4 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  6X
Westbrook..............  8
.......................10
Wlndermeer........... 6
York  ........................6X

staples.  6
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Amoskeag.............. 14  ¡Georgia  ...................14)4
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Stark......................  19 
American...............14541  ...............................
Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour's............... 66
Coats’, J. & P ........ 45  Marshall’s ................ 81
Holyoke.................22541
White.  Colored. 

KNITTING  COTTON.

THREADS.

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

No.  14.........37 
16.........38 
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18.........39 
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White.  Colored
42
43
44
45

38
38
40
41
CAXBRICS.

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

20  &  22  Monroe  St.,

Eaton,  L p  1  Co.,
Goods
liday 
A L B U M S ,

Now ready, including  a large  assortment of

OUR FULL  LINE  OF

TOILET SETS and NOVELTIES.

THE  LARGEST  LINE  OF

D O L L S

SHOWN  IN  THE  STATE.

RATE  REDUCED

FROM  $2  TO  $1.25  PER 

DAY  AT  THE

K e n t  H otel,

Directly opposite Union Depot, 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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Steam  H eat  and  Electric  Bells.  Every­

th ing New  and Clean.

BEACH  &  BOOTH,  Prop’rs.

FOURTH NATIONAL BAM

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

D. A. B l o d g e t t, President.

Geo.  W.  Gay. Vice-President.

Wm. H. A n d e r s o n ,  Cashier. 
J no  A. Seymour, Ass’t Cashier

Capital,  $ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 .

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

John Widdicomb. 

N. A. Fletcher.

Send us 65 for an outfit guaranteed  to bring In 
at least its cost, and  results  prove  it  to  be  the 
best system  in  existence.  Try  it.  The  outlay 
is small.  No  other  charge  for fees or commis­
sions. and money will  be paid direct to you, not 
through us.  We will refund  the  65  it  not  col­
lected to that you will be out nothing for the ex­
periment
As to our responsibility,  etc.,  refer  to follow­
ing Detroit Banks:  John  L. Harper & Co., Mer­
chants and Manufacturers’ National  Bank, City 
Savings Bank.  Enclose stamp  to  insure reply.

DETROIT,  MICH.

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

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

RED  FLANNEL.

Fireman................. 32)4
Creedmore..............2754
Talbot XXX............30
Nameless................2754

T W........................2254
F T ............ ............. 82)4
J R F , XXX............35
Buckeye.................32)4

MIXED  FLANNEL.

DO NET  FLANNEL.

Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R.................2254
Windsor.................1854
6 oz Western..........20
Union  B................ 2254
Nameless...... 8  @ 9)41 
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Western W  .............1854
DR P ......................1854
Flushing XXX........2354
Manitoba................ 23)4
@1054
1254
Brown. Black.
1054
1154
12
20
West  Point, 8 oz__1054
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10 oz  ...1254
Raven, lOoz.............1354
Stark 
1354
 
Boston, 10 oz........... 1254

1054
1154
12
20

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
954
1054
1154
1254

Brown. Black. Slate
»* I054
1054 1154
1154 12
1254 20
DUCKS.

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954 
1054 
1154 
1254
Severen. 8oz..........   954
May land, 8 oz..........10)4
Greenwood, 754 oz..  9)4
Greenwood, 8 oz__ 1154
Boston, 8 oz.............1054

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s i l e s ia s.

White, doz.............25  ¡Per bale, 40 doz__ $3 50
Colored, doz..........20  ¡Colored  “ 
..........7 50
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Pawtncket...............10)4
“  Red Cross....  9 
Dundle...................   9
Bedford...................1054
Best.............1054
Valley  City.............1054
Best AA..... 1254
....................754
K K ......................... 1054
854

SEWING  SILK.

per 540s  ball  ......30

[Cortlcelll  knitting,

Corticelll, doz........ 85 
twist, doz. .4T 
50yd,doz..40  I
HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS.
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..20
..25
¡No 4-15 J* 854...........40
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No 2—20, M C.........50 
8-18,8 0 ..........45 

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No  2 White A Bl’k..l2  ¡No  8 White A Bl’k..20
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..15 
“ 10 
..18  “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.
....28 
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NEEDLES—PER  M.

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A. James  ............... 1  40¡ Steamboat...............   40
Crowely’s................1  35 Gold  Eyed..............1 50
Marshall's..............1 00| American................1  00
|5—4 —  1  65  6—4.  .2 30

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TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.

COTTON TWINES.

Cotton Sail Twine..28
Crown.....................12
Domestic................1854
Anchor................... 16
Bristol.................... 13
Cherry  Valley........ 15
I XL........................1854
Alabama...................634
Alamance................. 654
Augusta...................754
Ar  sapha.. 
Georgia.....................6>*
Granite..................  5%
Haw  River............   5
Haw  J ....................  5

 

N ash u a.......................14
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply....17
North Star..............20
Wool Standard 4 ply 1754 
Powhattan  ............. 16

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Mount  Pleasant__ 654
O neida.......................  5
Prymont  ...............   5%
6
Randelman............ 6
Riverside...............   554
Sibley  A................   6X
Toledo.......................

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(Concluded from 3d page.) 

this kind of  thing,”  said  the  breathless 
host to the pallid nephew.

Several waiters ran for police and doc­
tors.  The  police  came,  entered No.  19 
without opposition,  and  found  Mr.  E. 
smoking,  but no sign  of  a woman,  dead 
or alive.  An hour was spent  in  search­
ing the room and premises, but no woman 
or pistol was found.  Even the spiritual­
ists were  astounded  at  such  an  openly 
public,  visible and  audible  materializa­
tion.  The  clerk  and  the  nepbew,  who 
had helped to search,  at last  gave  it  up 
and went downstairs.

“Well,  sir,”  said  the  host  to  Mr.  K., 
“ whatever you’ve done  or  haven’t  done 
to  anybody  else,  you  are  ruining  this 
hotel.  Nobody’ll stay here if  this  thing 
goes on.”

“Oh, I  see  that,” said  Mr.  E.  “That 
must be righted.  Now,  if  these  officers 
will  send  everybody  else  about  their 
business,  1 think I can satisfy  them,  and 
you, too.  First, have some refreshments 
brought.  You may tell the  young man, 
my wife’s  nephew,  to  come,  too,  if  he 
likes.”  But the  nephew  had  just  left 
for home,  remarking to the clerk  that he 
had  “got  enough.”

“Now,  I’ll  be  short  as  I  can,  gentle­
men,”  began  Mr.  E.,  as  they closed  the 
door  and  drew  up  round  a  table.  “I 
wasn’t born to keep secrets.  Fact is. I’m 
naturally a talker—too  much  so  for my 
own good,  sometimes.  But  after  I  was 
married some time I got  a notion into my 
bead,  somehow,  that  what we human be­
ings enjoyed was not talking  with some­
body,  but to somebody,  because I  got  to 
noticing how long some  of  us  talkative 
talkers would talk  without  anybody else 
saying much of anything.  Thinks I,  it’s 
just to hear ourselves talk,  as the saying 
is. 
It’s  good  for  the  health,  they say; 
but why not talk to ourselves  some, said 
I. 
to  nothing 
didn’t  seem  natural,  somehow—force of 
habit,  maybe.  Then  thinks  I,  how’ll  it 
do to talk to some thinq instead  of  some 
bodyt  Poets  talk  a  lot  to  things—all 
kinds of things;  very nice talk  it  is,  too 
—some of it.

I  tried  it;  but  talking 

“Now,  I never  studied mental philoso­
phy—my education  was picked  up;  but 
I’m a natural inventor.  The  only way I 
could  ever  keep  quiet  comfortably  was 
inventing  something—no  matter  what. 
Well,  you see while I  was  thinking over 
this matter I concluded it was  according 
to 
laws  of  human  nature  to  talk  to 
things.  Just see what piles  of  satisfac­
tion children everywhere get out of talk­
ing to dolls;  and  what  heaps of  comfort 
all sorts of people  get  out  of  talking— 
that is, praying—to or at  or  in  front  of 
images. 
Imagination does the work, and 
I’ve got lots of that.  Then,  next to peo­
ple, what’s the most natural  thing to talk 
to?  A doll—an  image.  That  was  just 
to my hand.  1 enjoyed  thinking  it out. 
My old trade was  India  rubber. 
I made 
some journeys and got my stuff together.
I planned it,  and  worked  it  out,  improv­
ing and improving,  until  at  last  I  suc­
ceeded in  building the biggest,  the pret­
tiest, and the neatest dressed  rubber doll 
in  the world!  She  is  thin-skinned,  but 
tough.  There’s a valve on her arm—she 
materializes  in  a  few seconds  and col­
lapses still quicker. 
I  can  blow her up 
or squelch  her,  and she only  smiles,  tier 
dress is tine,  aud  without  plaits,  folds or 
flounces.  She collapses,  clothes and all, 
just as she is.  You can  roll her  up  and 
stick  her  anywhere.  Hanging  on  my j

arm,  folded  up,  you’d  take  her  for  a 
shawl  or water-proof  or whatever  hap­
pened to be the outer dress.

“Well,  I tried  her  some  months, just 
to talk to.  As  a  companion,  I consider 
her a great improvement on some people; 
and in some points she can’t  be  equaled 
by  anybody.  But  still,  even  just  for 
there’s  something 
talking  to,  I 
wanting.  However,  1  wanted 
to  test 
that  mental  philosophy question—about 
poets talking to things,  and  about  dolls 
and images.  And  I’m not satisfied about 
that yet.

think 

“This ghost I  hadn’t  trotted  out  for 
some time, until the other day I happened 
to see a notice of this spiritual gathering, 
and took it  into my head to come on and 
have a little amusement.  I  let the waiter 
see the figure on purpose to get it spread 
around among  the  faithful.  They  were 
coming in to-night. 
I had just blown up 
the ghost and was going to put her under 
the bed,  when you came in.”

S.  C.  T hompson.

T he G rocery B u sin ess D o e s P a y .
A  retail  grocer  of  Columbus,  Ohio, 
writes the American (¡tracer  as  follows:
Have just fiuished looking over Grocer 
of last week,  and it  struck  me  I  might 
say something  (with your assistance)  of 
benefit to some of  the boys.  My  educa­
tion  has been  limited.  At the age  of  12 
I  was  a  newsboy.  At  the  age  of 13 I 
accepted a position in  a crockey store as 
sweeper,  errand  boy and general hustler. 
I  worked  for this firm seven years,  dur­
ing which time they  had  a  great  mauy 
clerks,  and  when  1  left  them  in  18S1  I 
was  head  clerk. 
It  now  struck  me  I 
would like to work for myself;  but 1 had 
no capital,  as I had given  all my earnings 
to  my  mother. 
I  went  to a triend and 
told him I could buy  one-half interest in 
a grocery if 1 had $800.  And this is  what 
he  asked  me:  “My  young  man,  what 
have you done  with your money?”  1 got 
the money,  and  at  the  age  of  20  began 
the life of a grocer.  After invoicing the 
first year 1  found  I  had  made  $120  less 
than  the  salary  I  had  been  receiving. 
Did 1 get get discouraged and quit?  No, 
sir! 
I  was  learning  the  business,  and 
after seven  years of  partnership (which 
is  not  always  pleasant)  I began to sail 
alone,  and  my  success  has  been  better 
than  1 expected.  Having just closed my 
twelfth  year,  I  will  give  the  boys  my 
earnings for my  first  year  as  a  grocer, 
and  also  for  the  twelfth year.  My in­
voice  book  tells  me  October,  1882,  my 
profits  for  first  year  were  $474,  from 
which sum I saved $250 to be paid on the 
$800 borrowed; and  October,  1893,  tells 
me my profits have  been  $3,674,  with  a 
capital of  $15,000.  Now,  I  know  there 
are a great many  who  have  done  much 
better.  But,  boys,  see  if  you  can’t do 
just as well.  Always  keep smiling,  and 
look  ahead.  Do not  think you are doing 
too much,  for there is  always  some  oue 
watching you.  Do not make any promises 
it you are not certain you can keep them. 
1 know 1  have clerks who will  never  be 
worth  a dollar,  because they  have  never 
learned  to save.

Hardware Price Current.

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These  prices are  for cash  buyere,  who 
pay  prom ptly  and  buy  in  full  packages.
dis.
60
Snell’s........................................................... 
Cook’s ........................................................... 
40
Jennings', genuine......................................  
25
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................50*10
AXES.
First Quality, 8. B. Bronze.......................... $ 7 00
D.  B. Bronze.. 
....................  i* 00
8. B. S. Steel...........................  8 00
D. B. Steel..............................   13 50
Railroad......................................................Ï 14 00
Garden  ..............  ...............................  net  30 00
dis.
Stove....................................................... 
50*10
Carriage new list.......................................... 75*10
Plow.............................................................. 40*10
Sleigh shoe  ................  
70
Well,  plain  ..................................................1350
Well, swivel............................................ 
Oast House Pin, figured..................  
Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.............. 60&*0

 
(11s
........70*

BUTTS. CABl. 

BABROW8. 

bolts. 

BUCKETS.

dlS.

 

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

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

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1892..............60*10

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

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

Cast Steel............................................per tt> 
Sly’s 1-10............................................ per m 
Hick’s C. F ........................................  
“ 
G .D .................................................... 
“ 
Musket................................................  ** 

CAPS.

Rim  Fire...................................................... 
Central  Fire...........................................dis. 

CARTRIDGES.

5
65
go
35
60

50
25

dls.

dis.

chisels. 

combs. 

Socket Firmer.............................................  70*10
Socket Framing............................................ 70*1S
Socket Corner................................................70*10
Socket Slicks................................................70*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40

“ 

dls.

CHALK.

COPPER.

Cnrrv,  Lawrence’s....................................... 
40
Hotchkiss....................................................  
25
White Crayons, per  gross..............12©12*4 dls. 10
Planished, 14 oz cut to alze........per pound 
28
14x52,14x56, 14x60 ....................... 
26
Cold Rolled, 14x56 ana 14x60.......................  
23
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
23
Bottoms
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks....................... ............. 
Taper and straight Shank............ .............. 
Morse’s Taper Shank.................... .............. 
Small sizes, ser pound.................
07
Large sizes, per pound................. .............. 
«*4
.............. 
Com. 4  piece, 6 in .........................
.doz. net 
75
Corrugated................................... ........dls 
40
Adjustable...................................
......dls. 40*10
EXPANSIVE  BITS.
Clark’s, small, *18;  large, *26....... .............. 
30
Ives’, 1,118:  2, *24;  3,*30  ............ .............. 
26
Disston’s ....................................... ..............tio&m
New American  ............................ ..............60*10
Nicholson's..................................................60*10
Heller’s 
......................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  ..................................  
50

f il e s—New List.

DRIPPING PANS.

ELBOWS.

50
50
50

dls.

dls.

GALVANIZED  IRON.

dls.
dls.

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

12 

15 

13 
Discount, 60

28
17

14 
GAUGES. 

dls.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

knobs—New List. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 
50
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....................  
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
Door,  porcelein, trimmings  .......................  
55
Drawer and  Shutter, porcelain................... 
70
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list  .........  
56
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s............................ 
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s .................................................... 
  55
Adze Bye......................................... *16.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye......................................... 115.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s ...................................... *18.50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled...............
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .............................
“  P. S. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable#
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Cls rk’s...........
“  Enterprise 
...............................

MAULS.

MILLS.

dls.

MOLASSES SATES.

.Base

NAILS

Stebbln’s Pattern..........................................60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine........................................ 66*10
Enterprise, self-measuring..........................  
25
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
Steel nails, nase..............................................1  50
Wire nails, base............................  ...... 1  75@1  80
60.
Base 
50............
10 
40............
25 
30............
25 
20............
36 
16............
45 
12............
45 
10............
50 
8...............
60 
7 * 6 ........
75 
90 
4................
8..............
1  20 
2.........
1  60 
Fine 3----
1  60 
Case  10... 
66 
“ 
8... 
75 
6... 
» 
90 
Finish 10.. 
75 
“ 
6.. 
90 
6.. 
“ 
1  10 
Clinch; io.
70 
e.
“ 
80 
90 
6 .
“  
Barrell X.
1  75 
dls.
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   ©40
rfclota  Bench.............................................  ©50
Sandusky Tool Co.’*, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first quality......................................   ©40
Stanley Rale and  Level Co.’s  wood........... 50*10
Fry,  Acme.............................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................ dls. 
70
dls.
Iron and  Tinned.......................................... 
40
Copper Rivets and Bars.............................   GO—10
4 no
“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 2U 
“B” Wood’s pat.planished, Nos. 26 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

Broken pack* *40 per pound extra.

r iv e t s. 

PLANE.!.

HAMMERS.

 

 

25

__ 

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARS.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

Maydole  *  Co.’s...................................   .dls. 
Kip’s ................................................................. dls. 25
I Yerkes * Plumb’s.............................................dls. 40*10
| Mason’s Solid Cast  Steel....................... aoc list 60
j  Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand___80c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ...............................dls.60*10
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4*4  14  and
longer.......................................................  
3«
Screw Hook and  Eye, *4......................... net 
10
“  %...........................net  8*4
„  M.......................... net
7*
_ 
Si..........................net
7*450
Strap and T  ........................................... ai*.
"dlS.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  anti-friction.......................... 
60*10
Kidder, wood track............................................40
Pots.............................................................   60410
................................................  60*10
Kettles 
Spiders............ 
60*10
Gray enameled.............. 
40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware............................  .new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware................................. 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new list 38*4*10
Blight.................................................   70*10*10
Screw  Eyes............................................ 70*10*10
Hook’s . . . . . . .  
.................................. 70*10*10
Gate Hooks and Eyes.....................  
70*10*10
„ 
<Hs.7fl
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s .....................
Sisal, *4 inch and larger.............................  
Manilla..................................................... 
Steel and Iron........................................ 
75
Try and Bevels................................................... 6f
gf:
Mitre...................................................... " "  
„  
Com.  Smooth
Com. 
Nos. 10 to  14.....................................94 05
*2 95 
Nos. 15 to 17.....................................4 05
3 05 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................   4 05
3 05 
Nos. 22 to 24.....................................  4 05
3 15 
Nos. 25 to 26...........................  
..  4  25
3 25 
„ m
No.27............................  ...............!  4 45 
3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
_ 
List acct. 19, ’86  .....................................dls. 
Sliver Lake, White A..............................list 
Drab A .................................. « 
White  B...............................  > 
Drab B.................................   11 
White C.................................“ 

9
  13
.................dls.

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

LEVELS. 
ROPES.

wire goods. 

SHEET IRON.

50
5c
55
50
55
35

squares. 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

dis.

.  _ 

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

TRAPS. 

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

“ 
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot’. ... 
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot.... 
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot........................................... 
,  „ 

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton *26
20
70
50
80
30
„ 
Steel, Game................................................... 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’B...... 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s 
70
Mouse,  choker................................... 18cperdoz
Mouse, delusion...............................*1.50 per doz
dls
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market................................. ..*.*".’70—10
Coppered Market.............................................60
Tinned Market................................................ 62*4
Coppered Spring  Steel........................ 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanised.........................     2 80

.............dig.

wire. 

.. 

 

“ 

painted....................................   2 40

HORSE NAILS.

wrenches. 

An  8able..........................................dls.  40*10
Putnam.......................................... 
dls. 05
N orthwestern................................ 
dls. 10*10
dis
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,.........  
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable...............................75*in
Bird Cages  ..............................................  
gy
Pumps, Cistern........................................’  75*10
Screws, New List.......................................... 70*1G
Casters, Bed a  d Plate..........................50*10*10
Dampers, American.....................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 65*10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

d ls

METALS,
PIG TIN.

“ 

ZINC.

26c-
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig B ars...................................................... 
Duty:  Sheet, 2*4c per pound.
680 pound  casks...........................................  
6Si
Per pound....................................................  
7
*4®*4...................................................................
Extra W iping.................................................   15
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder fn the market Indicated by private brand» 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson............ ...........................per  pound
Hallett’s......................................  
is
TIN—MELYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal....................................... g 7
14x20 IC,
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 

“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“

......   ................. ” ” ”
..................................
Each additional X on this grade, *1.75. 
10x14 IC,  Charcoal..................................
14x20 IC, 
...................................
10x14 IX, 
....................................
14x20 IX, 
Bach additional X on this grade (1.50.
“  Worcester......................
•• 
......................

▲Uaway  Grade.

14x20 IC, 
6 5 
14x20 IX, 
8  SO
20x28 IC,
18 50 
14x20 IC,
6  00
14x20 IX,
7 50 
20x28 IC,
12  B0 
20x28 IX,
15 50
14x28 IX.......................................................(14  00
14x31  IX.....................................  ................  15 00
14x5« IX, for No. 8 Boilers, I 
„
( per pound....  10 00
14x60 IX  "  11  g 

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

75 
6 75
8 25
9 25

ROOFING PLATES

7  0 
9 25 
9 25

__ . 

11 

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It  is  absolutely 
peninsula of Yucatan. 
necessary 
from 
southern and  eastern  sources.  All this 
is obvious enough to  the  authorities  of 
the Weather Bureau,  for  it  admits  that 
there seems to be a necessity for a closer 
co-operation with the weather  service in 
Mexico,  and to that end the chief  of  the 
Weather  Bureau  reports  arrangements 
with the director of the  central  meteor­
ological  observatory,  Sr.  Mariano  de  la 
Barcena,  for  an  international  exchange 
of telegrams on terms  similar to those in 
operation  between the United States and 
Canada.  The Mexican  service is willing 
to deliver,  without expense,  to our agent 
at the nearest point,  certain  information 
and receive certain data in exchange.  The 
need of full telegraphic reports from the 
Bahamas  was  clearly  shown  recently 
by the disastrous hurricane of August 28. 
It is believed that if the matter were offi­
cially presented  to  the  Government  of 
that colony, the importance  of  an  inter­
change  of  meteorological 
information 
woald  meet with favorable response.

E.  A.  STOWE,  Editor.

WEDNESDAY.  DECEMBER  13,  1893,

EXTENSIO N  OF  THE  W EATHER 

SERVICE.

in 

The Government  weather  service costs 
the people of the United States less than 
one million dollars a  year,  the estimates 
for the ensuing twelve  months being lit­
tle more than  §854,000.  The  river  and 
flood  reports  and  storm  warnings  are 
worth to vast  commercial  and  agricul­
tural  interests  a  great  deal  more than 
that.  But the weather  service,  which is 
an evolution  still 
the  development 
stage,  and not  having reached the condi­
tions of  a perfected  system,  needs  yet  a 
great  deal  of  improvement.  The time 
has not yet  arrived when  forecasts of the 
weather can  be absolutely declared.  All 
that is possible is to discover the advance 
movement of  a  weather  wave,  and then 
to foretell the direction  it  will  be most 
likely to pursue and  the section of terri­
tory it will cover.  What  is necessary is 
to he able to detect the  appearance  of  a 
storm or polar wave before it reaches the 
limits of  the  United States and as far off 
as possible.

Something has been done in this direc­
tion by securing telegraphic reports from 
several  points in  British America, on the 
Canadian  Pacific  Railroad,  in  the route 
by  which the polar  blizzards  come  into 
the United  States.  That  is  very  good, 
and the  day will  come  when  from  sta­
tions still  nearer  the  pole 
telegraphic 
warnings will  be sent.

But there is also much to be desired in 
reaching out into  the Caribbean Sea and 
the Mexican Gulf  for  cyclone warnings. 
The recent terrible storm  which  precipi­
tated itself upon  the coast  of  Louisiana 
at the  cost of  thousands of  human lives 
and millions of dollars' worth of property 
came in  from the sea without a moment’s 
warning.  Ships  traversing the Gulf ex­
perienced  this  cyclone  many hours  be­
fore 
it  hurled  its  fury upon the coast, 
and if there had  been floating stations at 
sea with cable  conuection to the shore it 
might have been  possible  to  have  sent 
warnings which  would  have saved many 
lives at  least.

There should be arrangements  for  se- 
curing  warnings  from  Cuba  and  other 
West Indian islands, and there should be j 
a signal station on the projection  of  the j

W A T ER W A Y S  A N D   RAILROADS.
Canals, except ship canals, have largely 
gone  out  of  fashion  for  transportation 
purposes.  While some of the best of the 
canals in existence are  still  iu  use, oth­
ers have  been abandoned,  and none have 
been  built for a long period.

The  reason  of  this  is  plain enongh. 
The cost of  building  a  canal  through a 
broken  and often  mountainous  region  is 
very great,  as is also that of maintaining 
it.  A railroad over the same  line can  be 
constructed  and  maintained  far  more 
cheaply,  and  it  has  the  advantage  of 
speed  in  transportation.  Moreover, ca­
nals are  commonly the  property of  cor­
porations which exact fees  for their use, 
and this fact increases the cost of  trans­
portation  over 
Nevertheless, 
there are some  advantages  in the use of 
canals  for  carrying  heavy  and  bulky 
freights  which  will  not  bear  heavy 
charges,  such  as  iron  ores  and  metals, 
coal,  building and  paving  stone  and the 
like,  but there is no considerable induce­
ment  to  build  or  maintain canals even 
for that purpose.

them. 

Of course,  these  considerations do not 
apply  to ship canals,  which permit ships 
to shorten  ocean  routes,  or  to  sail  di­
rectly up to  cities which were  formerly 
unapproachable.  Such canals  save  the 
cost and delay of long circuitous voyages 
and  the  detention  and  trouble,  besides 
the expense  caused  by the  breaking  of 
bulk and trans-shipment of cargoes.  The 
tendency  of  effort  in  all  modern  com­
merce is in the  direction  of  cheapening 
ail costs of transportation and in  reduc­
ing the time of transit.  Ship  canals are 
directly in  line with  such  a  policy.  A 
canal through  the American  isthmus or 
one across  Florida,  capable  of  carrying 
ships of a large class,  would  be very de­
sirable  and will,  in  all  probability,  be, 
sooner  or  later, consummated.  But for 
interior transportation, so far  as  canals 
are concerned, their time has passed, and 
that of railways is in its heyday.

But  the value  of  natural  free water­
ways  will  constantly  increase.  They 
may require,  in some  details,  improving 
by art;  but where they  are  in  a state of 
nature largely serviceable,  their use will 
constantly increase,  because  it  is in the 
direction  of  a  superior  economy.  The 
Mississippi  River,  with its extraordinary 
system  of  navigable  tributaries,  makes 
one  of the most important interior water­

ways in the world, finding a rival only in 
the great system of lakes of which Mich­
igan is the focusing point.  The day will 
come  when 
the  Great  Lakes  and  the 
Mississippi  will  be connected  by naviga­
ble  channels  and  form  practically  a 
single system  of  interior waterways for 
the commerce of this vast  and  powerful 
republic.

GUN  BUILDING  BY  UNCLE  SAM .
While  immense  progress  has  been 
made of late years  in  navy  building  in 
this  country  in  all  its  branches,  it  is 
probably  in  the  manufacture  of  great 
guns  needed  for  the  armament  of  the 
new ships that the greatest  progress has 
been  made.  When  the  work  of  con­
structing  a  new  navy  was  commenced 
the  United  States  had no plant capable 
of  making  modern  high  power  guns. 
To  supply  this  deficiency  Secretary of 
the Navy Whitney established  the  great 
gun  factory  at  the  Washington' Navy 
Yard.

This factory has been a  most  wonder­
ful success,  as nearly all  the ships afloat 
having  modern  high  power  guns  had 
their  armaments  made  at  this  factory. 
The tests to  which the works of this fac­
tory have been subjected prove  that  the 
guns turned  out  by  it  are  equal  if  not 
superior  to  the  guns  made  in  the best 
factories of Europe.

Up to the present time this factory has 
completed  for  service 237 guns,  ranging 
in size from 4-iuch caliber to  13  inches. 
The 13-inch guns are to  be  mounted  on 
the new battle-ships, as well  as on a few 
monitors and coast  defense  vessels.  So 
far  none  of  the 13-inch guns are afloat, 
but  two  of  the  12-inch  guns are doiug 
service in  the coast  defense vessel  Mon­
terey.  As many  as  ten  of  the  10-inch 
guns  are  afloat,  with  correspondingly 
large numbers of the smaller calibers, all 
of  which have so  far  rendered  efficient 
service.

receive 

The  possession  of  the  gun factory at 
Washington  has  enabled  the  Navy De­
partment to provide guns  needed  by the 
new vessels as fast as the  vessels  them­
selves  were  ready  to 
them. 
None  of  the  new  ships  have,  of  late 
years,  had  to  wait  for  their guns, and 
as  work  on  the  guns  for  all the ships 
now under contract is far advanced,  it is 
certain that all the vessels will  find their 
guns  waiting for  them when they finally 
leave the builders’  hands.  This is a sig­
nal  triumph  for  American  energy  and 
pluck,  and should demonstrate that there 
is no naval  problem so  difficult  that our 
naval constructors and  officials  are  not 
capable of solving.

MORE  ANTI-OPTION  LEGISLATION.
Representative  Hatch,  the  father  of 
the  anti-option  bill  which  attracted  so 
much  attention  during  the  term of  the 
last  Congress,  has  announced  that  he 
proposes to again introduce  his  measure 
so modified and improved as to  meet  the 
views of the advocates of the  same  class 
of legislation in the  Senate.  Everybody 
expected  this  of  Mr.  Hatch,  as  they 
look  for  the  usual  batch  of  radical 
measures  which  have  been  introduced 
biennially  for  a  decade past.  There  is 
pretty  certain 
to  be  a  pure  lard bill, 
some  sort  of  sub-treasury  scheme,  as 
well  as an anti-option bill,  and  all  this 
class of legislation  is equally prejudicial 
to  the  real  business 
interests  of  the 
country.

Should Mr.  Hatch carry out his  threat 
an  anti-option  bill  will  have appeared

before three  successive  Congresses. 
It 
will  be  necessary  this  time  for  Mr. 
Hatch  to  look  up some other argument 
than that mainly alleged against  trading 
in  options  during  the 
last  Congress, 
namely,  that such trading  depressed  the 
price of farm  products.  This theory has 
been pretty thoroughly  exploded by  the 
experience of the past  season.

From  present  indications 

It  Is  one  thing  to introduce an  anti­
option bill and another to pass it,  as  Mr. 
Hatch  has  doubtless  discovered before 
this. 
the 
debate on the tariff bill is  likely  to take 
up  ail  the  spare  time of the  House  of 
Representatives  until  late 
in  the  ses­
sion,  so that with the appropriation bills 
to be disposed of there will  be  little  op­
portunity  to  devote  much 
time  to  a 
measure  likely  to  create so  extended  a 
discussion as an  anti-option  bill.  With 
such  serious  matters  before  it  as  the 
tariff  and  currency,  it  is  not probable 
that  Congress  will  find  much  time  to 
devote  to  Mr.  Hatch’s  fad,  however 
anxious he may be to pass it.

AROUND  THE  W ORLD.

In the  days  before  there were  trans­
continental  railways  and 
inter-oceanic 
ship  canals  a  voyage  around the world 
had to be  made  entirely  by sea,  and the 
tortuous course around the continents of 
Africa  and  America,  necessarily  in  a 
sailing vessel,  for  then  there  were  no 
coaling  stations  on  many coasts,  made 
ttffc  distance,  perhaps, 35,000  miles  and 
more.  Now the  ability  to  cross  conti­
nents by rail and to sail through isthmian 
regions which once formed impenetrable 
walls between seas, has greatly shortened 
the route.

What is said to be one of  the  shortest 
practicable routes around the globe is by 
way of the Cauadian Pacific Railway and 
the Suez Canal. 
It is thus given:  From 
Liverpool to Montreal, 2,799 miles;  from 
Montreal to Vancouver, or Puget’s Sound, 
2,535;  from  Vancouver  to  Yokahama, 
Japan,  4,283;  from  Yokahama to  Shang­
hai, China,  1,047; from Shanghai to Hong 
Kong, 810;  from Hong Kong to Colombo, 
Ceylon,  3,096;  from  Colombo  to  Port 
Said,  Egypt, at the Mediterranean end of 
the Suez Canal,  3,488;  from Port Said  by 
sea to  London, 3,215,  and  from  London 
to  Liverpool,  180  miles,  making  up  a 
total  of  21,453 miles.  Of  this  the  dis­
tances from Montreal to Vancouver, 2,535, 
and London  to  Liverpool,  180  miles,  an 
aggregate of 2,715 miles,  are on land, the 
remaining 18,738 being on the  sea.  The 
earth is nearly 25,000 miles around at the 
equator,  and thus it will be seen that the 
circumnavigation  above  mentioned 
is 
much less than that  by reason  of  lying 
nearly everywhere north of  the equator. 
Of course, the nearer the pole the shorter 
the  route,  just  at  the  pole the distance 
being nothing. 
It is said this trip can be 
made in sixty-five days if all connections 
are effected.

All  sorts  of  bank  meetings, 

lodge 
meetings  and  committee  meetings,  of 
interest  to  bald-headed  citizens,  have 
been  arranged to take  place  this  week. 
But  wives  who  read 
the  papers  will 
know  that the “Black Crook”  is  coming 
to town.

Fires  are  dangerous at this sea son  of 
the  year:  the  fire  at  the  end  of  a 
cigarette,  for  instance.

The wages of sin is death, and it is the 
only  wages  a  person  is willing to  have 
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Painted iron toys  are  much improved. 
Complete “firemen” sets are shown, com­
prising the chief  in his wagon,  hook and 
ladder,  the water tower with rubber tube 
and hilt which throws water,  and  all  the 
numerous  wagons  and  engines.  The 
horses are all in harness  and  the men on 
the wagons.  The wagons are on wheels, 
and the horses are  suspended  to make  a 
galloping  motion  and  are  drawn  by 
strings.  Each piece costs  from  $2.50 to 
$7.50, and is well decorated.

There are stables filled with horses and 
stablemen which  delight  a  boy’s heart, 
and warehouses with  tackle  to  hoist  to 
the second  story,  police  patrol wagons, 
loaded drays, carriages  and phaetons  of 
i most fashionable style with  coachmen in

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Free  from  DM  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.

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Sold by all jobbers in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan.

MANUFACTURED  BY

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with chains and cogwheels, are all nickel l 
plated,  and  ?n  the 
little  carriages  are i 
seated  tiny men  and  women,  gaily  deco- | 
rated.  The wheel is  of American  manu- ! 
facture  and  runs  twenty-five  minutes 1 
with a  most  businesslike  whirling  and j 
rattling  of  chains,  and  costs  $2.50.  A [ 
similar Ferris wheel  turned  with a crank j 
is sold for  very much  less,  but is  not  so 
entertaining.

A. single track  elevated  railway,  with 
an iron  locomotive, tender and passenger I 
car,  with a track eight feet  in circumfer-1 
ence,  and  elevated  seven  and  a  half 
inches from  the  floor,  may  be bought for I 
i $7 complete,  and  a  trolley  car  for  the 
j same  price.

The mechanical toys  are  very  interest­
ing this season,  and  many  of  them  ex­
tremely beautiful.  How  these  tiny  fig­
ures are made 
to  go  through  so  many 
movements and execute  so accurately to 
music all their little tricks,  is a mystery. 
The  perfection  of  watch finish must  be 
required  on  each  minute  wheel  and 
spring which vibrates them.

There is a lovely little maiden eighteen 
inches high,  in  an Austrian national cos­
tume,  with a short  green  satin petticoat 
and jeweled  bodice  and  headdress,  who 
holds  in  one  hand  a  tea tray of  china 
dishes.  She  holds  the  little  tea pot in 
the other hand,  and  when  the  musical 
box on which  she  stands  merrily  plays 
“Girofle,  Giroila,”  she  coyly turns  her 
head and looks  inquiringly  at one,  then 
moves her  arm,  passes  a  cup  of 
imag­
then  cordially holds  the 
inary tea  and 
tray and  cup  to  you,  all 
to  very good 
time.

One of  the  prettiest of  the less costly 
toys,  such  as  are  bought  readily  for 
children,  is  a  little  feathered  peacock 
which  struts around the  floor and preens 
and  spreads  its  beautiful 
tail, for  $9. 
Another is a green  cabbage  with  a  long 
eared white rabbit which  peers  out  and 
moves  his ears  and  hides  again,  rabbit 
fashion.  This bit of green  groceries  and 
its  musical  accompaniment  costs  88. 
Without music they cost much  less.

There is little suggestion  of  old  fash­
ioned Christmas  in  these elaborate toys, 
but the walking and barking dog, the cat 
in a real pussy skin  which  runs around 
and mews until you stop  her by  pulling 
her tail,  and white  lambs which trot and 
bleat,  and hopping frogs and  spiders,  ail 
have a real Santa Claus  look.  They cost 
from $9 down.

Christmas tree ornaments are elaborate 
this  year,  new tinsels  and  glass  balls 
being shown  and  a  new fixture for hold­
ing candles firmly to  avoid  the  too  fre­
quent  conflagration.  There  are  some 
pretty new angels for the top of the tree, 
and sprays of tinsel to throw all over the 
branches.

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Dealers who handle toys are preparing \ 
for  what 
the  “Christmas or-1 
deal,” and the children are already hang- ! 
ing about the windows,  scenting out new ! 
playthings which are still  in  the  boxes. 
The mechanical inventions in playthings 
fairly  puzzle  and  bewilder  the  clerks 
who  handle  them. 
In fact,  a clerk in a 
toy shop  needs  a  course in engineering 
to  fit  him  properly  to  display and ex­
plain the  scientific  toys with which  the j 
modern youth is  expected  to amuse him­
self.

One  gazes with  curiosity  upon  these 
“advanced  toys,”  wondering  what 
the 
next generation of  children will  use  for 
playthings!  Dynamite has not yet  been 
employed in this line, and a harmless dy­
namite gun or a  rock  blasting  machine 
would make a new and exciting toy.

The electric motor is the most elaborate 
toy. 
It  has  batteries  of  different sizes 
and  belt  connections  with  many  ma­
chines.  A  small  ventilating  fan 
like 
those  used  in  restaurants  and  school 
rooms goes around  at a lively pace when 
connected with the  motor,  and  on 
the 
stand are poles with  incandescent lights 
in  pear  shaped  globes  which  twinkle 
brightly when  the connection is made.

The “electric automatic  instructor”  is 
the  stupendous  name  of  another  toy, 
which  consists  of  a  set  of large cards 
with  questions  and  answers 
laid  on a 
board over a  small  battery.  These  are 
such questions as  “distances  from  New 
York to all points  in  Europe and Amer­
ica,  names of Presidents,  nick  names  of 
States,  conundrums.  Biblical  questions, 
games of authors.”  A steel  pin is stuck 
through the question on one side  of  the 
card.  Another  pin,  fastened to a string 
connecting with a  concealed  battery,  is 
run rapidly up  and  down  the steel  pins 
through  the  answers  on the other side 
A  bell  rings  when  the  right  pin 
is 
touched. 
It is  very mysterious  and  de­
lightful  to  a  young  mind,  of  course 
This  “toy” costs $5.  There  is  also  an 
electric  launch  which  runs  for an hou 
for $22.50.

The steam toys are  more  numerous as 
yet than the electric ones.  Among them 
are the  upright  and  horizontal  engine 
and  the  improved  brass steam engines, 
which vary in price from  $1 
to  $5.  and 
have belt connection for driving all sorts 
of toy  machines.  The more complicated 
are  steam  pile  drivers  and  the steam 
hoisting  crane  and  dredging  machine, 
the  steam  boat  and  launches  and the 
steam train,  with locomotive, tender, car 
and 
track  three  and  one-half  feet  in 
diameter,  with  steel  rails  and  wooden 
sleepers,  and  in  some  cases  chimneys 
that  smoke  in  real 
railway  fashion. 
These  steam  trains  are  joys, and  are 
easily managed by a careful  child.  The 
price  begins  at  $4.50,  but  if  two  cars 
are  used,  nickel  plated,  on  a  curved 
track, the  outfit  easily amounts  to  $75, 
and  they  have been  made to cost as high 
as $250.  A steam  ferryboat  is  marked 
$8,  and a  steam  launch, two  feet  long, 
with double engine, $12.

Clockwork  machinery  is  adapted  to 
every conceivable sort of plaything.  The 
novelty for this Christmas  is  the  Ferris 
or Columbian wheel,  a miniature  of  the 
monster wheel on the Midway Plaisance. 
The  diameter  of  the wheel is fourteen 
inches;  the  entire  height  is  seventeen 
inches.  The framework and  clockwork,

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Tour  Bank Account Solicited.

GRAND  RAPIDS  ,MICH.

I J no.  A. Covodb,  Pres.

Henrt  Idema, Vice-Pres.

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

K. Van Hop, Ass’t CVr. 

Transacts a General Banking  Business. 

Interest  Allowed  on  Time  and  Savings 

Deposits.

DIRECTORS:
Jno. A. Covode, D. A  Blodgett,
T. J. O’Brien,  A. J.  Bowne,
J  no. W.Blodgett, J. A. McKee

E. Crofton Pox, 
Henry Idema,
J. A. S. Verdier.

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Tact,  Talent  and  Trade.

livery,  aud  vestibule  trains  and  street 
cars and  freight trains.

these 

Superb tool  chests are bought for boys 
and are as complete and of  as good qual­
ity as a carpenter’s set.  The prices range 
from a very  low price to $10 or more.

Not every  man  can  he  a  successful 
trader.  For one  mau  that wins,  a hun­
dred  fail.  One  cause  of  nonsuccess,  a 
very common one,  too,  is  the  fact 
that 
the  man  who  tries  to do business relies 
too much on talent,  too  little  on 
tact. 
The lead  soldiers,  always popular with 
Buying cheaply,  buying  seasonably,  not 
boys,  have reached a high degree  of  fin­
understocking,  not  overstocking,  selling 
ish.  The  latest  addition  to  the  leaden 
at  fair  prices,  collecting quickly,  judi­
ranks is Columbus and his  sailors,  with 
ciously  advertising—all 
require 
Spanish  tents  and  Hags,  and  American 
business talent and are essential  to busi­
Indians  in  war  paint  aud  feathers,  all 
ness success.  Every dealer studies these 
points to the  best  of  his  ability.  The 
for $1.  What boy would not love to  find 
successful trader must  master  them  all. 
encamped around  his Christmas stocking 
This is patent.
the  gorgeous  set  (costing  $8)  of  three 
But there is another element  in  doing 
pieces of  artillery,  with men and  horses, 
business  too  often  overlooked.  The 
dealer  must  study  his  customer  as he 
thirteen mounted  cavalry  (the  men  de­
does the  market  conditions.  He  must 
tachable  from  the  horses),  a  full  band 
have tact  as  well  as 
talent.  Business 
and a small  regiment of privates and the 
courtesies,  an inviting store,  little  kind­
captain,  with  five  large  folding  cloth 
nesses.  prompt attention to  customers,  a 
frieudly,  but never  familiar  interest  in 
tents.  Hying  American  flags?  Lead  sol­
his patrons—these  are  as  essential  to 
diers are not  costly,  for  a  dozen  and  a
business success as judicious buying,  ju­
half may  be bought  for  $1.75,  but  they 
dicious  advertising, judicious collecting.
afford  great  delight  to  the  young  field j  From personal experience  we  remember 
® hardware man  who  had long held  a re-
marshals who own  them. 
sponsible position in  a  wholesale  house 
The handsomest  undressed  French  or  and  knew  more  about  buying,  selling 
German dolls cost about $25; lovely ones, ] and advertising than  the  average  hard- 
with  teeth,  long curls and winsome smile i ware dealer,  and who opened a hardware 
store on a corner in  a  suburban  section I 
and  winking eyes,  come in smaller sizes
of Chicago.  This dealer was annoyed by 
from $10 to $15 and downward  to  $1.50.
having people coming into his store  and 
waiting for a car that ran  past his  place  I 
Rid  bodied  dolls,  with  bisque  heads, 
every fifteen minutes, so  he  hung  out a 
are preferred  by  some  little  mothers  as 
sign, “This Store Is Not a Waiting Room 
being  more  supple  and  durable,  and  a 
for  the  Dummy.”  That  man  failed 
shortly.  Of course,  he failed.
beautiful  imported doll  in  her stockings 
The public are as quick  to  appreciate 
and shoes Is sold  for $1.50 and less.  The 
attention as they are  to  deprecate  inat­
dolls are  jointed in  every  possible  way. 
tention.  Tact  costs  but 
little  but  it 
There  are  walking  dolls  which  move 
It  would  have  cost  this 
“pays  big.” 
dealer very  little  space  aud  very little I 
their feet and  walk  briskly  along,  while 
the j 
trouble to have placed  a  settee  in 
the little owner holds  them  by the hand, 
front part of his store for the  benefit  of j 
baby fashion.  The mechanical creeping
his neighbors.  The mere banging out of 
doll  is a novelty,  as is the  iron  creeping 
a sign.  “ Please Step  In and Wait  for the I
to  be  drawn  by  a  string.  The j Dummy,’’ would have gained him  friends, 
baby, 
in  these  dolls  to  suit  the Iand friends  are  what  a  business  man 
and friend
prices  vary 
I needs. 
the  class  of  people  who j 
If 
costumes.
I dropped  in were of the order of the typic­
al  bolder-down  of  country grocery store 
barrels, then the dealer would be justified 
iu  letting them know that their room was 
more valuable than their company.  But 
patrons of  the  dummy line  in  question 
were certainly  a different class  from the 
one  above  described.  This  is  only  a | 
specific 
instance  showing  the value of 
tact in  business  and  the  advantage de­
rived from accommodating the public.
Taxt is inexpensive,  as we  have  said, 
and  its  influence  is  mighty.  A  bit  of 
green 
the  window  on  St. Patrick’s I 
day.  sending  to  your wholesaler  for  a 
small order for an  occasional  customer, 
taking trouble to explain some matter of 
stove construction  to  a  person  merely 
seeking to  gratify  curiosity,  keeping  a 
store open an extra  fifteen  minutes as a 
personal  favor  to  a  single  customer— 
these are a few of the infinite  number of 
little ways in  which tact can  be  shown.
T h e  T radesm an  is  not  underrating 
the  force of talen t in trade.  A man  who 
The new doll  houses are  wonders,  and 
has  not  a business  head  cannot  do  busi- ! 
have miniature sets of  real  carved  wood 
ness.  But  you cannot  run  a  store  as you  ' 
would  an  engine.  A custom er  is  an  in- i
furniture with  tiny drawers  which  open
dividual with  whims  and  feelings,  not
and  shut,  and  upholstered  chairs,  with  merely a  buyer.  Talent  is  too  apt  to ! 
pin  glasses  and  cabinets;  and  the  bed-  recognize only the buyer, tact recognizes \ 
rooms  have  canopied  brass  beds  aud  the man.  Talent without tact  may  sue- j 
bent  grass  (Vienna)  furniture  and  real  ceed’ and maY tail.  Tact without talent j 
mattresses and pillows. 

The  laughing  and crying and sleeping
and  waking doll  in one  is  ingenious,  as 
she  has  revolving 
faces  which  slip 
around  under  a  curly  wig  and  a  cap 
when  a spring is  touched.  She  is  very 
diverting,  and  is only $1.50.  Everything 
imaginable is  included in a doll’s outfit 
Tea gowns are  a  matter  of  course,  and 
gossamers  (price 50 cents)  and overshoes 
(10 cents), to say nothing of umbrellas and 
opera cloaks.  There are boys and girls in 
tenuis costume,  white  yachting  suits,  a 
perfect base  ball  nine,  with each jointed 
and  ready  to  take  position,  even  to  the 
catcher with his  wire  mask.  Widows  in 
deep weeds are great favorites  with  the 
children,  who always  beg  for  them.  A 
beautifully  dressed  young  widow  goes 
for 00 cents and $1.50 in  the toy styles.

must  quickly  tumble  down.  Tact  and
talent,  hand  in hand,  must succeed.

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dresses. 

loved  rag doll,  which  is sold  in  a  glori- j  Make  Letter  Writers  Give  Their  Ad- 
fied state in every price,  form  and  dress
The abuse of the mails  by crank letter j 
which endears it to a child’s heart.  The 
writers,  green-goods men,  swindlers  and 
English doll is new. also a  “Kate Greena­
inditers of  scurrilous  epistles  suggests 
way” doll,  in a quaint frock,  with a face 
that some restrictions should be put upon 
the anonymity of the authors of  comma-; 
beautifully  painted  on  linen  stretched 
ideations intrusted to Uncle  Sam for de- j 
over a molded face of indestructible com­
livery. 
that  no  letter i 
position;  a  close  cap  fits  around  to  do 
should be received  for  delivery that has 
away with the need  of  hair.  Rag  dolls 
not the name  and  address of the writer | 
written  or printed on the envelope.  Such I 
are not cheap,  and a “four-year-old doll,” 
a provision would  work no injury to any  ! 
as  they  call  the largest size,  which is as 
one,  and would greatly facilitate the dis­
large as a  four-year-old  child,  costs  $8; 
covery of the authors of  threatening and 
but bow the children cry  for them!
improper communications.

It is  suggested 

Deposits  Exceed  One  Million  Dollars.

W H Y

THE  NORTHWESTERN.

B U Y TUB

“C a n d e e ”
“M e y e r”

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goods lead in quality.  We are agents for 

them.

WE  HAVE  A  PINE  LINE  OF

Ms,  Felts,  Knit  Boots,

AND  ALL  KINDS  OP

WATERPROOF  CLOTHING.
Grand  Rapids  Rubber  Store,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

8YUDLEY  Í  BARCLAY,
4  M on roe  S treet,
ÄTLA8  80AP

Is Manufactured 

only  by

HENRY  PASSOLT, 

Saginaw,  Mich.

j For general laundry and  family

washing  purposes.
brand of first-class laundry

soap manufactured in the 

Saginaw  Talley.

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

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Lemon  &  Wheeler Company,

Agents,  Grand  Rapids.

ARE  THE  TIMES  HARD?

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

TKADESMAN  COMPANY,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Established  186R.

o. i. m u  t son,

WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Building  Papers,

Carpet  Linings,

Asbestos  Sheathing 

Asphalt  Ready  Roofing,

Asphalt Roof Paints,

Resin,  Coal  Tar, 

Roofing and  Paying Pitch,

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

and Oils.

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In Felt, Composition and travel,
M ich. 
G ra n d   R a p id s, 

Cor.  LOUIS and  CAMPAD  St«..

Shoe  D r e s s i n g f s .

Gilt  Edge,
Raven  Gloss, 
Glycerole,
White’s Egg  Finish, 
Loomer’s Best,
The  400,
Ideal,
Brown’s  Fr.  A Satin, 
Topsey,
Bixby’s  Royal,
0  C,
Keystone,
Loomer’s  Pride, 
Imperial,
Bagle,
Boston,
Nubian.

We  carry all the above kinds  In  stock, which 
are the  best  and  leading makes in  the  market. 
Get your winter stock before freezing.
HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Rosy  Future  for  Butterlne  and  Oleo­
Written for Tan Tradesman.

margarine.

“Omne tulit punctum, qul mlscuit utile 
dulci,” said, of old, the great  Horace, and 
the Legislature  of  Minnesota,  following 
in the footsteps of so illustrious a prede­
cessor,  has  decided  that  the 
imitation 
batter sold  within  its  jurisdiction  shall 
be  colored pink!  Rose tiuted butterine! 
Red oleomargarine!  What’s  the  matter 
with sage green, or terra  cotta?  Give it 
an aesthetic shade  by  all  means.  Why 
do  things by halves?  Now that the pub­
lic’s  appetite  has  begun to cloy of gilt- 
edged butter and perfumed  lard,  it  is  to 
be treated to bogus  butter  decorated af­
ter the spectacular plan.

This is an age  of  push,  progress  and 
pertinacity.  Dairy butter  is  too  slow. 
The milk maid and the hired  man, drift­
ing into the shades of  antiquity,  are fast 
becoming legendary  beings  for  fools to 
flout at,  and  will soon  be known  only as 
a part of the unwept past.

The American farmer has not the busi­
ness sagacity of his city brother.  There 
is  still  a  chance  to  bring  butter  to a 
measure of its  former  popularity,  but it 
will take time to accomplish  this  and it 
will take advertising. 
It  may seem  un­
kind to say so,  but  it  might  even aid  in 
the work of immortalizing  this  oleagen- 
ous  product  of 
the 
farmers’ wives use  a  little—just a little 
—more care  in  its  preparation;  and  I 
might add that,  in this part of Michigan, 
in the springtime,  the addition  of  leeks 
might be omitted without disastrous con­
sequences.

lactation,  should 

When popular prejudice in the  matter 
of  butterine  has  once  been  fairly over­
come,  it will be a hard  matter to sell the 
old-fashioned product  at  any  price. 
It 
will  then  be  necessary to force it upon 
customers. 
It will be the regular  thing 
to furnish  a  silver  plated  butter  dish 
with each gallon jar, and three large bis­
cuits with a single pound.

I do  not wish to  place  myself  in  the 
position  of  seeming  to  advocate every 
new  thing that the scalp hunters  of  the 
city markets see fit to bring to  my atten­
tion;  yet,  as  a  man who prides himself 
on keeping abreast of  the 
times,  1  take 
the liberty of adopting such of the latest 
innovations  as  seem  to  me  right  and 
good.

Who is not heartily tired of the yellow 
glare of the ordinary  butter of the farm? 
Yellow, as a color for third-rate epicures, 
may never lose its  charm;  but who will 
buy butter  of  that  shade when  he can, 
for the same  money, procure a beautiful 
Tuscan  red,  or  a  Prussian  blue,  or  a 
Paris green?  And,  as the  spirit  of  the 
dream  grows  upon me,  methinks I hear 
one saying to the grocer,  “Mr.  Ferguson, 
give me two pounds of  royal  purple but­
terine to match  this  sample  of  silk  in 
shade,  and be sure to give me  the  exact 
tint. 
It is to match the dining room cur­
tains.’’

We shall have butterine of all the hues 
of  the  dying  dolphin.  We  shall  have 
polka dot  butterine,  and  broken  plaid 
butterine,  and oleomargarine in  stripes. 
Then will be added butterine fringe, and 
trimming braid, and bias ruffles, and pas­
sementerie,  while  fluted  and  crimped 
oleomargarine will  be as common as the 
plain beef tallow of to-day.

And when  the butterine  question onee 
begins to monopolize the columns of  the 
fashion  magazines,  and  the  New  York 
Herald’s  “Daily  Butterine  Hints  from

U^HÜËj  MICHIGAJSr  TRADESMAN

Paris”  become a necessity to the thought­
ful  housewife,  then will the manufactur­
ers of patent  butter  wage  fierce and  hor­
rid  war.  Then will  the weakness of  the 
homemade article  manifest  itself  in  its 
utter inability to  cope  with  the  brains, 
the energy and  the capital of  the  manu­
facturers of  fraudulent grease.  Armies 
of  skilled and  high  salaried  artists  will 
be maintained to devise  tints,  make  new 
styles of  high art decorations  and  origi­
nate  novel  and  unique  designs  for  the 
embellishment  of 
the  manufactured 
article.  And  there  will  be  advertising 
schemes to catch the youth of  the  land, 
such as rapid winding Waterbury watches 
with  butterine  attachments,  and  pyro­
technic oleomargarine for the small  boy. 
And  there  will  be  prize  package  oleo­
margarine. 
In the center of  these  rolls 
may be embedded articles of use or virtu, 
the  kind  of 
depending  entirely  upon 
trade  which 
it  is  intended  to  catc h - 
fourteen karat rings for the  hired  girls, 
jockey caps  for  the  stable  boys,  cigars 
and Sevres  vases for my  lord  and  lady 
and rubber teething rings for the coming 
generation. 
It  is  safe  to  predict  that 
the butter of the past will not be “in it’ 
with the butter of the time to come.

Geo.  L.  T hurston.

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321  E. Main  St., Kalamazoo, Mich.

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write for samples.
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The  cool  exhilerating  sensation 

follow­
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to carry in the pocket;  no liquid to drop or spill; 
lasts a year, ana costs  50c  at  druggists.  Regis­
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H. D.  CUSHMAN.  M anufacturer, 

Three  Rivera, Mleh. 

A  Dry  Goods  Clerk  Who  is  a  Gem  in 

Hie  Way.

"Talking  about  hypnotism,”  said  a 
Detroit lady to a friend,  “let me tell you 
an experience of  mine. 
I  went  into  a 
dry  goods  store  in  this  city to make a 
purchase  of  three  yards  of  green silk. 
There was a nice,  pleasant-looking  man 
behind  the  silk  counter,  who  fixed  a 
pair  of  large  black  eyes  upon  me and 
said:
“ ‘We have no green silk to match your 
sample,  but here is a beautiful  shade  of 
blue,’  and  he  rippled  off the folds over 
his fingers after the manner of dry goods 
clerks.
“ ‘I don’t want  blue,’  I  said,  but  so 
faintly my voice did not  sound  like  my 
own. 
I felt that the  salesman  expected 
me to buy that  silk—I  could  not  resist 
his will,  and told  him  to  cut  off  three 
yards.  When the dressmaker saw it she 
was surprised.
“ ‘I thought you were to  buy  a  green 
silk for your trimming,’ she said.
** ‘I  changed  my  mind,’  I  answered, 
although 1 detested the blue.
“A few months afterwards I went into 
that same store and  saw  the same sales­
man  looking  at  me,  and felt drawn to­
ward that counter.  His  look  was grave 
and respectful, but compelling.
‘Something  I  can  show  you?’  he 
asked.  My  eyes  fell  upon  a  piece  of 
gray silk,  a  hideous  mottled  gray  that 
resembled  a  sulky  sky  and  made  me 
homesick to look at it.
“ ‘Nice thing,  isn’t  it?’  he  said,  ‘and 
quite new.  That is the only  pattern  of 
the kind that we have.’
“ ‘I’ll take three  yards,’ I said desper­
ately,  and  when  it  was  done  up  he 
handed it to me with a polite bow.
“As soon as I was outside  of the store 
I  wondered  what  on  earth  I would do 
with  that  miserable  purchase,  and  I 
don’t know yet.  Now,  isn’t that a clear 
case of hypnotism?”
Her friend said that it  was,  and  that 
the  man  must  be  very  valuable  to his 
employers on that account.

Delicious  Medicine, 

it is now contended  that  flowers  and 
the perfumes distilled  from  them have a 
most salutary effect  on  pulmonary com­
plaints,  and  constitute  a  therapeutic 
agency of  the  greatest value. 
It is said 
that a residence  in  a  perfumed  atmos­
phere  constitutes  a  protection  against 
pulmonary diseases and arrests consump­
tion. 
In  the town of La Grasse,  France,
| which is largely devoted to the manufac- 
I tare  of  floral  perfumes,  consumption is 
' unknown.

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19  So.  Ionia  St., 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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are invited to call  and  inspect  my lines, which 
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13

From’the Lumber World.

THE  TRADE -UNION  FAILURE.
Probably the chief feature of  the clos­
ing  year in  the  industrial  world,  aside 
from the business  stagnation  caused  by 
the prospect of a sweeping change in the 
tariff system of  the  Republic,  has  been 
’he practical collapse of  trade-unionism, 
or, as more commonly  named,  labor  or­
ganization.  During two decades of quite 
general  prosperity it  has  been  possible 
tor the organizations of  labor to wield  a 
power out of all proportion to their num­
bers, and during all these years they have 
•yielded  their  power,  not  justly,  not 
wisely,  not  for  the good of  either their 
members  or  their  employers,  but  un­
justly,  unwisely,  and to the detriment of 
»oth labor and capital.  Starting in with 
tair membership and supported by public 
-mntiment,  on  the  whole,  the  organiza­
tions have run a mad career.  They have 
from the  start  shown  themselves  to  be 
more destructive than constructive, more 
unjust and tyrannical to their own  mem­
bers  than  even 
the  most  unjust  and 
tyrannic employers ever were accused of 
being,  and  more  unsafe  than  all  other 
adverse elements in the  industrial  world 
combined.  Their course has  been  such 
as to call for severe laws to meet the new 
forms  of  crime  and  disorder  they have 
introduced,  and  in  more  than  half  the 
States it has been necessary to curb their 
arrogance by plain and explicit penalties 
for the practice  of  some  of  their  “car­
dinal principles,”  which  have seemed to 
include about every crime in  the  calen­
dar,  as well as many not  yet included.
Now comes a sudden  visible  check  to 
the  growth,  to  the  membership,  to  the 
influence,  to the positive powers of these 
organizations. 
Prosperity  has  given 
place  to  general  business  stagnation. 
Capital  has  been  forced  out  of  invest­
ment.  Labor has suddenly  found  itself 
face to face with the necessity  either  of 
accepting  less  wages  and  doing  less 
work  than  usual,  or  of  going  idle  and ¡ 
hungry.  Two,  three,  five  or  ten years j 
ago  the  mere  threat  of  reduced  wages 
was sufficient to set all the organizations 
of  labor  in  a  ferment.  Strikes  would 
follow,  with  all 
their  usual  crimes, 
;osses  and  excesses,  any  and  every  at­
tempt  of  capital to cut down the rate of 
wages  or  lengthen  the  hours  of  labor. 
Then  labor  insisted  that  it  had  just  as 
much  right to dictate the management of 
great plants as the owners themselves had. 
Just  now  all  this is changed.  Then no 
owner was allowed to  have his own sons 
learn  his  business  in  his  own  plant. 
The organized  laborers,  generally  from 
Europe,  attended  to  the  owners  busi­
ness affairs quite  as much as the owners 
did.  To-day the situation reveals a rad­
ical  change  in  all  these  things.  The 
most compact and exclusive  associations 
have  no  longer  the  power  to  enforce 
their demands upon  capital.  The  own- j 
era  of  establishments  now  shut  down, j 
reduce  forces,  cut wages, shorten hours j 
or  lengthen 
them,  employ  non-union 
laborers,  permit  apprentices  to  learn 
their trade,  and do a score of other things 
that were simply impossible in  the  days 
when trade-unionism  was  at  its  climax 
of power and arrogance.
Perhaps the loss of power  by organiza­
tions  is  more plainly seen in the case of 
those related  to  the  iron  trade  than  in 
any other.  The unions in this field have 
been simply  supreme.  Their  word  has j 
been  law to  their  employers.  The  iron 
and steel workers of  the land  have been ' 
a  drilled  army,  with  strict  discipline, 
with  guarded  membership,  with  iron-! 
clad rules,  and with the power  to  incite I 
and  sustain  labor  disorders  that  have! 
paralyzed business and  called  for  State 
authority  to  quell.  The  crimes  com­
mitted  under  its  banners are  known  to 
all.  The  great  salaries  earned  by 
its 
members have excited the wonder of the 
industrial world.  The arrogance  of  its 
officers  was  monumental. 
It abolished ' 
It  prepared to keep up 
apprenticeship. 
the supply  of  high-priced  labor  by  im­
It asserted 
porting  men  from  Europe. 
an  equal  power  over  the  conduct  of  a 
plant with that of  the owners. 
It made 
scales of wages to  be  paid  by  the  capi­
talists  who  employed 
It  fixed  the 
it. 
length  of  the  labor  day. 
In  short,  it 
arrogated  to  itself  far  more  than  any 
official of the State or  nation could arro­
gate  to  himself.  Often 
it  turned  its

fangs  on  itself  and punished to the bit­
ter extreme  its  own  members  who  dif­
fered with the “leaders”  concerning  the 
policy to be pursued on certain occasions, 
and in such cases its brutality was incon­
ceivable.
To-day  the great industrial  plants for­
merly dominated  by this  peculiar  order 
are one by one freeing  themselves  abso­
lutely from its thrall.  At last,  so  many 
of these plants  have  succeeded  in  op­
erating  independently  of  the  once om­
nipotent Amalgamated  Association  that 
the members  of  that  organization  are 
forced  to  acknowledge  that  their long 
sway is at an end,  and  that  the doors of 
American iron and steel works  are  now 
virtually free  to  swing  without  orders 
from the organized  foreigners who  have 
so  long  lorded 
it  over the property of 
other men.  The narrowest of the  “lead­
ers” of this and  other  powerful  orders 
can no longer fail to see what  the  situa- 
I tion means to “organized labor,”  as they 
understand that term.  As one  after an­
other of the principal iron and  steel  es- 
I tablishments throws off the union stamp,
| these  hitherto  unreasonable  “leaders” 
j are  forced 
to  believe  that new powers 
j are coming iuto operation  in 
industrial 
circles.  Those  powers  are  surely  far 
greater than any that  can  be  exercised 
by  labor, as they are the powers  of  cap­
ital, of administration, of  experience, of 
knowledge of the needs of  the nation, of 
combined  wealth and intelligence, and of 
aroused  sentiment  that  will  no longer 
endure quietly the  usurpations of organ­
ized labor.
Other  lines  of  work,  glass,  mining, 
railroad and  textile  lines,  for  example, 
are following the lead  of  the  iron  and 
steel  lines.  On  every  hand  are  signs 
that the  awakening  of  employers  and 
capitalists is complete.  On  all sides are 
signs that  the  tyranny of  the  “ leaders”
I of labor is at an  end.  So  soon  as  the 
members  of  the  union  cannot  pay in 
enough fees to  make  the  unions  profit­
able  to  the “leaders,” the  disbandment 
will follow.  So far  has  the  disintegra- 
! tion gone,  in  many of the more important 
j orders, that the format act of dissolution 
is  wholly  useless. 
is  now  only the 
] shell of the union that  is  left.  Thè  in- 
I  habitant has moved out, or  been  driven 
out,  either  by poverty,  that  made  his 
payment  of  dues  impossible, or by  the 
tyranny  of  the “leaders,”  that  has  at 
last disgusted him.  There is not  an  im- 
j port ant 
industry  once  dominated  by 
unionism  that has  not  practically freed 
itself  from  unionism  by showing itself 
capable of moving right along with  non­
union labor.
What next?  Trade unionism  is a fail­
ure.  Co-operation is an  impossibility in 
the 
the United States.  Capital  is  still 
only  element  that  can  or will institute 
| new enterprises.  Labor is still the  only 
i element on which capital  can  depend  to
r p U B Y  

It 

carry  out 
is 
bread  and  butter  to  labor.  Labor  is 
hands and  feet, eyes and ears to  capital. 
Both  are  legitimate  entities.  Each  is 
necessary to  the  other.  Laborers  have 
seen the folly,  and worse  than  folly,  of 
organizations 
that  go  beyond  certain 
bounds  and  infringe  the  privileges  of 
capital,  and,  having  seen  it,  they will 
not soon again be  drawn  into  other  al­
liances.  Each  side will  henceforth  de­
sire 
independence.  Certainly  laboring 
men  themselves  have chafed  more under 
the regulations they have  inflicted  upon 
themselves than under  any ever inflicted 
upon  them by their  employers.  That is 
the  common  admission  of  members of 
the collapsed  unions. 
In looking to  the 
future  it  is  by no means necessary for 
either side to  contemplate  new ironclad 
associations,  for association  has  proved 
very futile.  When every laborer has de­
cided to keep his thoughts and conscience 
in  his own  keeping, the  day  has  come 
when  trade unions,  at least  such  as this 
time  knows,  will  be  unknown. 
It  is 
probable that  to-day the  men  who  are 
most glad that trade unionism  has virtu­
ally failed  are  the  men who  have been 
the rank and file  of  the  disintegrating 
associations.  They have  borne the bur­
dens,  and they are  not  displeased  to be 
able or compelled to drop those burdens. 
The failure of  the  unions will  work  no 
damage to labor. 
It will  rather  tend to 
the good of labor, for,  with  bad associa­
tions wiped out,  the laborers of  the land 
will  be forever free from  bad leadership, 
a consummation to be  desired  by all  in­
telligent,  self-respecting laborers.

C aution  S till  N eed ed .

From  th e M erchants’ Review.

The retail grocery trade appear to have 
emerged  from 
the  panic in a compara­
tively good condition and to have suffered 
less  than some  other  trades,  judging by 
the weekly  lists of business failures; but 
the grocers are not yet out of  the  woods, 
and  although  business  has  gradually 
grown more active since the repeal of the 
silver  purchase  clause  of the Sherman 
act,  there is still  considerable  room  for 
improvement,  the  number  of working­
men now idle being much  larger  than a 
year ago, or at corresponding  periods  in 
previous years since  1874. 
It  therefore 
behooves the retail trade to  continue  to 
exercise great care iu the matter of cred­
its, and not relinquish goods unless there 
is practically a  certainty  that  they will 
be paid  for  within  a  reasonable  time. 
The dead beat is  always with  us,  but in 
periods of business depression the injury 
inflicted  upon merchants by the depreda­
tions  of  this  pest  are often less serious 
and more easily borne than  the  burdens 
that the honest but  slow-paying  debtors 
impose upon their grocers.  With whole­
salers carefully scrutinizing retailers’ac­
counts and pressing for  remittances,  the

slow-paying customer of the retail grocer 
becomes a very important  factor  in  the 
situation.  He  may intend  to  settle  as 
soon as times  grow  better,  but  in 
the 
meantime the grocer may fail,  the jobber 
not being  willing to  wait  an 
indefinite 
period for his dues.  Practically it  mat­
ters  nothing  to  the  average  grocer  of 
moderate capital and  fair credit, in times 
like these,  whether he  has  suffered  his 
goods to go into the hands of a “ beat” or 
credited them to an  honest  customer,  if 
the money is not forthcoming at the date 
agreed upon,  because the leniency which 
is  shown by the retailer is seldom shown 
to him, and he cannot afford to take such 
risks.  But with many wage-earners idle, 
and others employed on reduced  time or 
at lower wages than formerly, the  appli­
cations for an extension of credit are apt 
to be many and the temptation to accede 
to such requests very strong,  because the 
grocer either fears to lose  a  steady cus­
tomer or hopes to add a  new one  to  his 
list.  Let those whose capital  and credit 
can easily  bear  the  strain  assume  the 
risks of loss, but to the grocer of average 
resources we say, be careful,  for  the ex­
pected revival of trade is slow in making 
an  appearance,  and,  even  though  busi­
ness were brisk,  the injury that has been 
inflicted upon the  purchasing  power  of 
the masses will  for some time  yet  show 
itself in slowness of collections and more 
frequent applications for credit  than  in 
ordinary  seasons.  The 
resolution  to 
shorten credits to safe limits may appear 
harsh,  but,  unless  the  jobber is  willing 
to carry  the  retailer  indefinitely,  from 
sentimental  considerations, 
latter 
ought to refuse to extend a  similar priv­
ilege  to  the  temporarily  embarrassed 
consumer.  Whether it is  that  the  gro­
cers as a class are distinguished  for  be­
nevolence,  or are  simply  weak  and  im­
prudent,  we cannot say,  but  the  fact re­
mains  that  the  main support of the un­
employed  workman  in this country is the 
grocer,  and the worst of  it  is,  the  latter 
often goes unrewarded for  his  leniency 
in  extending  credit.  During  the  past 
two months the number of idle workmen 
has been very  large—thousands of  them 
have been  thrown out of employment,  as 
is well known—yet we do not  hear  that 
any one has starved,  and it is  too  much 
lo  hope  that  all of them were prepared 
for a long  period  of  idleness.  No,  the 
grocers have carried them over  the  crit­
ical  period,  or  are  still carrying them, 
and,  while this sort of thing may  be very 
pleasant  to  contemplate,  it  is not busi­
ness.

the 

Peppermint oil is firm.  Large  quanti­
ties  have  recently  been  brought  to  the 
New  York market from the West.  Opera­
tors are holding off,  hoping for a decline.
The love that is numb until  it  speaks 

on a tombstone doesn’t say much.

ALSAY

It s  a s   g o o d   a s   S a p o l i o ”  w h e n   t h e y   t r y  
to  sell  y o u  
th e ir   e x p e r i m e n t s .  Y o u r  
o w n   good  s e n s e   w ill  tell  y o u   t h a t   t h e y
a r e   o n l y   t r y i n g   to  get  y o u   to  a id   t h e i r  
n e w   a rticle.

W h o   u r g e s   y o u   to  k e e p   S a p o l i o ?  

Is 
it  n o t  th e   p u b l i c ?   T h e   m a n u f a c t u r e r s  
b y   c o n s t a n t   a n d  
ju d i c i o u s   a d v e r t i s i n g  
b r in g   c u s t o m e r s   to  y o u r   s to re s   w h o s e  
v e r y   p r e s e n c e   c r e a te s   a  d e m a n d  
fo r 
o t h e r   a rtic le s.

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MICHIGAN  KNIGHTS  OF  THE  GRIP,

THE  MICHIQAJSr  TRADESMAN.

rebate  of  45  cents  per  ticket from  the 
Committee;  and  in  case 200 go a  rebate 
of  $1.05  will  be  paid.  This  is  in  ac­
cordance with an arrangement made with 
the  General  Passenger Agent of the  D., 
L.  & N.  Railway,  who  makes  a  rate  of 
$3.90  for  a  party  of  100  and  a rate of 
$2.30 for a party of 200. 
It is hoped that 
those  who  intend  to  go  will  purchase 
their  tickets of the Committee  early,  to 
the  end  that  the  exact  number  going 
may  be  ascertained as soon as possible
W h y th e  J e w e le r  Is R eg a rd ed  w ith  S u s 

picion.

the 

There is no class of  tradesmen  whose 
charges  are  looked  upon  with  greater 
suspicion 
than  those  of  the  watch  re 
pairer.  Every man  seems to expect that 
he will  be overcharged or  cheated  when 
purchasing  a  new 
timepiece,  and  he 
views  with 
illy-concealed  distrust  the 
diagnosis  of  the  man to  whom he take, 
his  watch  when  its movements become 
erratic  or  it  ceases  to  go  altogether. 
Much  of  this  lack of  confidence in  the 
honesty of  the jeweler can be attributed 
to  the  eagerness  which this artisan ex 
hibits  to  doctor  up watches whose use 
fulness  as  timekeepers  has  long  since 
ended.  There never was  a watch so old 
or unreliable as  a  timekeeper  that  the 
average  watch  repairer would not gladly 
J undertake 
task  of  starting  off 
| again  on  its  capricious career,  with the 
certainty  that  within  a  few  months  it 
| would  come  back  to him  for further at 
tention.  A gentleman  relates  an  expe­
rience with a watch repairer that is a re­
markable exception to the  general  rule. 
He  had  recently  purchased  a  costly 
watch,  which  suddenly  stopped  going. 
He  took  it  to  a  watch  repairer,  who 
promptly put it in order.  After running 
for a few  weeks  it  again  stopped,  and 
was taken back to the man who  had  re­
paired it.  He  took  the  watch  apart  in 
the  presence  of  the owner,  examined it 
j  closely,  announced that one of the jewels 
| had  fallen  out  of  position,  and  that  it 
would  be  necessary  to  leave  the  time- 
piece for repairs.  The  owner,  in a tone 
that clearly  indicated  a  belief  that  the 
former  repairs  had  not  been  properly 
I Performed,  asked  what  the  cost  would 
j  be,  and  was almost  dumbfounded  when 
the  man  said,  “Nothing.”  The  same 
I experience  with  almost  any other class 
of  artisans  would  have been considered 
natural enough,  but that a watch repairer 
should exhibit such a lack  of  eagerness 
to  assess  the  owner of a  watch  for  the 
luxury of having it put in running order 
is  so  remarkable  that  it  should  not  be 
allowed to pass  without  being  recorded.
B ound  To  O bserve  th e   C losing  M ove 

m en t.

An English  exchange  thus  describes 
the summary measures taken to  enforce 
the closing of stores in  a  country village 
in that country:
A few weeks ago the merchants of  St. 
Asaph  decided  to close their respective 
places of business every Thursday after­
noon.  On  a  recent Thursday,  however, 
one of the principal dealers  in  the  city 
refused to comply with  the majority, and 
kept his shop open all day,  to  the  great 
annoyance of  his  fellow tradesmen. 
In 
the  evening  an  angry  crowd gathered 
round the establishment and  pelted  the 
dealer with rotten  eggs,  lemons  and  all 
manner of filth,  the goods displayed out­
side  the  shop  being  greatly damaged. 
Not content with this,  the  crowd  burned 
an effigy of the proprietor in front-of his 
shop.  The  police  interfered  and  pre­
vented further damage.

Snarling at those who are smarter than 
i we are is like a dog barking at the moon.

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oppicbbs:

President—N. B. Jones, Lansing 
Secretary—L. M. Mills, Grand  Rapids 
Treasurer—Geo. A. Reynolds, Saginaw
A n n u al  M eeting  o f  P o st  E.

The annual meeting of Post E was held 
at Elk’s  Hall  Saturday evening, the  at­
tendance  being  very much  larger  than 
usual.
Henry Dawley, of  the special Commit­
tee  on  Entertainment, reported  the  re­
ceipts  of  the  entertainment  to be $52 
and the  expenses  $51,  leaving a balance 
of $1.  The  entertainment  added  $5  in 
dues to the  general  fund,  leaving a bal­
ance  in  the  treasury of  S3.28, after  the 
payment of  all  outstanding  obligations.
Secretary Blake  presented a communi­
cation from the Legislative Committee of 
the  Travelers’  Protective  Association, 
soliciting the co-operation of  the  organ­
ization  in  influencing  the Congressmen 
of  Michigan  to work  and  vote  for  the 
measure.
J. A. Gonzalez moved that a committee 
of  three  be  appointed  to  communicate 
with  the  Congressmen  from  this  State, 
which  was  adopted,  and  the  Chairman 
appointed  P.  H.  Carroll,  Geo.  F.  Owen 
and E.  A.  Stowe such committee.
On  motion  of  W.  F.  Blake,  the  posi­
tions  of  Secretary  and  Treasurer were 
united in one person  hereafter.
Election of offi.-ers  was then  in  order 
and  resulted as follows;
Chairman—J.  N.  Bradford. 
Vice-Chairman—E.  A.  Stowe.
Secretary  and  Treasurer—George  F 
Owen.
Executive  Committee—Henry Dawley 
Peter Lankester and W.  R.  Foster. 
Sergeant at Arms—C.  L.  Lawton.
On motion of  Leo A.  Caro,  L.  M.  Mills 
was unanimously endorsed for re-election 
as Secretary of the State organization.
that  he  was 
heartily in  favor of Mr.  M ills’ re-election, 
but that it could not be accomplished un­
less Grand  Rapids was well  represented | 
at  the  Saginaw convention.  L.  A.  Caro ! 
and J.  B.  Joscelyn spoke  to the same ef­
fect,  when Mr.  Caro moved that  advance 
tickets  be  printed  and  placed  in  the 
hands  of  a  special  committee  of  five, 
with a view to  securing  additional  con­
cessions  from  the  railway  companies. 
The motion  was adopted,  and  the Chair­
man appointed as such committee Messrs. 
Richmond,  Blake,  Owen,  Dawley  and 
Van  Leuven, Chairman  Bradford  being 
chairman of the committee ex-officio.
W.  R.  Foster  moved  that  Secretary 
Owen  obtain  100 badges from Baltimore, 
which  was adopted.
Albert Fecht moved  that  another  en­
tertainment session  be held in two weeks, 
but,  as the date was very  near  to Christ­
mas,  it was decided  inexpedient to have 
an entertainment  at  that  time. 
It  was 
decided,  however,  to hold a special meet­
ing  of  the  organization  at  the  Morton 
House  next  Saturday  evening  at  7:30 
o’clock  sharp,  to  listen  to  the report of 
the Transportation Committee.
Secretary Mills stated that four amend­
ments  had  been  proposed  to  the  State 
constitution,  as  follows:
To  make  hotel-keepers who  sign  the 
hotel agreement honorary members.
To restrict  the  age  of  applicants for 
membership to 50 years.
Not 
to  confine  the  membership  to 
Michigan.
The addition of an accident  and  insur­
ance feature.
There being  no  further  business,  the 
meeting adjourned.

J.  A.  Gonzalez  stated 

The Transportation  Committee  met at 
T h e  T radesm an  office  Sunday  and 
decided to adopt the expedient of selling 
advance 
regular 
round trip tickets on presentation  at the 
Union Depot.  The tickets will  be  sold 
at  $3.35,  which is exactly half  fare;  but 
if 100  go  each  purchaser will receive  a

tickets,  calling  for 

13
To  have  a  general  knowledge  of 
Materia Medica,  with reference to doses 
source of drugs,  parts used in  medicinal 
preparations,  antidotes,  and  treatment 
in case of poisoning.
To  be  ably  to  identify  specimens  of 
crude  drugs  and  give  their  names  in 
Latin and English.
Every  applicant  should  have at  least 
such preliminary training in the common 
required  for 
English  branches  as  is 
entrance into a high school.
for 
examination 
should be  in  the hands of  the  Secretary 
at  least  one  week  before  the examina­
tion. 

S t a n l e y   E.  P a b k i l l ,  Sec’y.

All  applications 

C om m odore  V an d erb ilt’s  Id ea o f B ook ­

k eep in g.

the  Vanderbilt 

A  nephew  of  the  late  Commodore 
Vanderbilt  was  once  summoned  before 
his  uncle  and  found the old  gentleman 
in  a  high  state of indignation over  the 
faithlessness of a trusted cashier.
“Sam,  I’ve sent for you because I want 
you  to  be  my  cashier,”  exclaimed  the 
riches 
founder  of 
vehemently.
“But,  uncle,  I  don’t  know  anything 
about  book-keeping,”  protested  young 
Barton.
“Book-keeping  be  blowed!”  shouted 
the old Commodore.  “You know enough 
to be  honest,  don’t you?”
“ Yes,  sir,”  promptly  responded  the 
nephew.
“ Well,  you  know how to take  money 
when it is paid in to you,  don’t you?” 
“ Yes, sir.”
“And you know how to pay bills when 
“Certainly.”
“Then you  would know enough to give 
nie  the  balance of the money,  wouldn’t 
you?”

I tell you to pay ’em, don’t you?” 

“ Why, of course,” said Barton.
“ Well,  that’s  book-keeping.”
And Sam  Barton  filled the  position  to 
for 
several 

his  uncle’s  satisfaction 
years.

THE  SA G IN A W   MEETING.

S u m m ary  o f  R u les  A d o p ted   b y   th e 

B oard  o f P h arm acy.

all 

Resolved—That,  hereafter, 

Owosso,  Dec.  7—A  meeting  of  the 
Michigan  Board  of  Pharmacy,  for  the 
purpose  of  examinating  candidates  for 
registration,  will  be  held  in  Saginaw, 
East  Side,  Tuesday  and  Wednesday 
January 9 and 10,  1894.
The  examination  of  both  registered 
pharmacists and assistants will  begin on 
Tuesday at 9 o’clock a.  m.,  at which  hour 
all  candidates  will  please 
report  at 
McCormick’s  Hall. 
The  examination 
will occupy two days.
Persons intending to take the examina­
tion  will  please  note  the  following 
resolutions  adopted  at Lansing Nov.  7. 
1893:
ap­
plicants  for  examination  as  registered 
pharmacists must have had at least three 
years’  actual  experience  compounding 
drugs  in  a  retail  drug store under  the 
supervision  of  a registered  pharmacist; 
and  all applications  for  examination  as 
registered  assistant  pharmacists  must 
have  had  at least  two  years’ actual  ex­
perience  compounding  drugs in a  retail 
drug  store  under  the  supervision  of  a 
registered  pharmacist;  but  one month’s 
study  in  a  college of pharmacy  will  be 
accepted  as a substitute for two  months’ 
experience  as  above.  Provided,  That 
every applicant  must  have  had  at  least 
four months' actual experience com pound­
ing  drugs  in  a  retail  store  under  the 
'upervision of a registered pharmacist.
No certificates  of  registration  will  be 
ssued by the Board until  the  applicant 
has  furnished  affidavits  from the  party 
or  parties  with  whom  he  served  or 
studied,  showing explicitly, by dates, the 
length  of  time  the  applicant  has been 
under the instruction of  the  employer or 
teacher.
The  above  resolution  does  not apply 
to persons having applications on  file  at 
the  time  of  the  adoption of the resolu­
tion,  upon  which  they are still entitled 
to an examination.

PLEASE  NOTICE ALSO  THAT 

applicants 

All  applicants  for 
registered  phar- 
acists  m ust  be  18  years of  age  and  of 
good  moral character.
All 
for  assistant  p h a r­
m acists  m ust  be  16  years of age  and  of 
good  moral  character.
Applicants for examination will  be ex­
pected  to  have  at  least  a  rudimentary 
'inowledge of chemistry  as taught by the 
impler manuals of that science.
To  be  able  to  read  and  translate 
physicians’  prescriptions,  to  point  out 
incompatibilities,  correct errors in doses, 
and  describe  methods  of  procedure  in 
dispensing.
To  be well versed in the  preparations 
of the United States Pharmacopoeia.

Alfred 

T he  D ru g  M arket.

Opium is dull and lower.
Morphia is as yet unchanged.
Quinine is firm and  higher  prices  are 

probable.

Linseed  oil  is  steadily advancing,  on 

account of higher prices  for seed.

A combination has  been formed  by the 
manufacturers  of  capsules  and  prices 
have been advanced about 25 per cent.

The C.  A.  Vogeler Co.  has  notified the 
trade  of  an  advance  in their prices,  to 
take  effect  Dec.  15,  as  follows:  St.  Ja­
cob’s  Oil,  $4;  Hamburg  Drops,  $3.75; 
Hamburg Tea,  $1.90.

J. Brown  Co.,

SOLE  AGENTS  FOR  THE  CELEBRATED 

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Ha t B ran d  Or a n g e s

O R A N G E S

W e   g u a r a n te e   th is  b ra n d   to  be 
as  fin e  a s  a n y   p a ck   in  th e  m a rk et. 
P r ic e s  G u a ra n teed .  T ry   th e m .

Alfred  J.  Brown  Co.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

Drugs & Medicines*

State Board  of Pharm acy.
One  Year—Jam es Yernor, D etroit.
Two  Years—Ottm ar Eherbach, Ann  Arbor 
Three  Y ears—G eorge Gnndrnm, Ionia.
Four  Years—C. A. B ngbee,  Cheboygan.
F ive Years—S. E. P arkill, Owosso.
President—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Secretary—Stanley E. P arkill, Owosso.
Treasurer—Geo. Gnndrnm, Ionia.

m chijran State  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n. 
President—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor. 
Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretary—8. A. Thom pson, D etroit.

Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical Society, 
President, John  D. Muir;  Sec'y, Frank H. Escott.

MB.  VERNOR’S  REPLY  TO  MR.  JES- 

SON.

W ritte n  f o r  Thb Tradesman.

In your issue of Nov. 29 you  publish a 
communication  from  Mr.  Jesson, criti­
cising the recent  action of  the  Board of 
Pharmacy in  deciding  to  require actual 
experience from candidates for examina­
tion;  and,  editorially,  I  note  you call at­
tention to the fact  that  “Mr. Jesson  has 
apparently made out a prima  facie  case 
of usurpation  against  the  members  of 
the Board.”

Mr. Jesson claims that  the  Board  ex­
ceeded its powers in  requiring such prac­
tical  experience,  and  at  the same time 
quotes  the  law  as saying,  “Licentiates 
shall  be  such  persons  who  shall  have 
passed  a satisfactory examination  touch­
ing their competency before  the Board of 
Pharmacy.”  Now,  if  the Board  can  ar­
rive at  the  competency  of an applicant 
more  surely through  the  proposed  re­
quirement, it seems to me that such a re­
quirement is not only  proper,  but  imper­
ative,  and  fully within the powers of the 
Board.

The simple facts in  the  case  are,  that 
Board examinations have been conducted 
on  about  the  same  lines  all  over the 
country for the past four or five years, and 
there  have  sprung  into  existence  teach­
ers and so-called  pharmacy schools who, 
for a slight compensation,  and  in  a very 
short space of time,  prepare  young  men 
to "pass the examinations  of  Boards  of 
Pharmacy.”  They do not fit him for the 
duties of a pharmacist,  but  simply teach 
him,  parrot  like,  to  answer  such  ques­
tions as are likely to be asked,  the result 
being that the Board  is  deceived  and an 
incompetent person  is given  a certificate.
As to the great big bugaboo that called 
forth 
the  quotation  from  the  German 
Emperor,  “ My will is  your will,  my law 
is your law,”  I desire  to  say that I have 
been on  the  Board  from  the  beginning 
and believe that I  have the interest of its 
work fully at heart,  and  I  assure  your 
readers that the resolution  requiring ac­
tual experience had my most hearty sup­
port, just as 1 believe it would  have had 
that of Mr. Jesson,  had  he  been  on  the 
Board at the time.

If  you  will  read  the  resolution,  you 
will  observe  that  college  students  are 
not at all discommoded by  the  proposed 
requirement, as eighteen months’ college 
experience equals and takes  the place of 
the required  thirty-six months of  actual 
experience,  in  all  but the  four  months 
required of every one.  Certainly, no one 
will contend that four m onths' experience 
in a drug store is too much to ask of  any 
clerk. 
In  this  connection  I  will  state 
that the  proposed  requirement  met  the 
hearty  approval  of  the  faculty  of  the 
Pharmacy Department of  the University 
of Michigan.

The construction that  Mr.  Jesson  says 
“ would  be  naturally  placed  upon  the 
resolution”  may seem so  to  him,  but  to

me, they seem like men of  straw,  set up 
for the purpose of  being  knocked  down 
again:

1.  1  am  sure that it is entirely imma­
terial to the Board what; the~size  of  the 
classes may become.

2.  Intelligent physicians will have had 
either the necessary college or  store  ex­
perience.

3.  How  can  a  young  man  obtain 
knowledge  sufficient  to  fit  him  for  the 
practice of pharmacy, except in a college 
or in a  store;  and  how  long  is  it  since 
unregistered assistants have been obliged 
to work without any compensation?

I  am 

thoroughly  surprised  at  Mr. 
Jesson’s  statement  that  “any  bright 
young man ought to  be able to secure an 
assistant’s  certificate  after  one  year’s 
work.” as no one knows  better than him­
self  that  the  line  of  the  power  to  do 
harm,  between an  assistant and  a  regis­
tered  pharmacist,  is  almost  undiscern- 
ible;  the  absolute  necessity  of  nearly 
complete knowledge on  the  part  of  the 
registered assistant,  has often  been  dis­
cussed  and  was  fully recognized by  the 
Board  while  Mr.  Jesson  was  still  one 
of its  members.

As to the required Affidavits  not  being 
obtainable in certain  cases  by reason  of 
death or  removal,  Mr. Jesson need have 
no fear on that account.  The Board will 
undoubtedly  retain  brains  sufficient  to 
cope  with  such  tremendously  weighty 
points as that, even  after all of the orig­
inal members have retired.

I do not  agree  with  Mr.  Jesson  that 
“the Board will  find a large  majority  of 
the druggists of the State arrayed against 
its action,” much as he would apparently 
like to see it  so.  The  intelligent  drug­
gist does not care to engage a clerk hold­
ing  a  certificate  of  registration  issued 
after examination by the Board of  Phar­
macy, only to find  that  he has employed 
an incompetent person whom he is imme­
diately  obliged 
to  discharge.  The 
Michigan Board of Pharmacy will,  in my 
opinion,  continue to  be  considered  “one 
of the  fairest  boards  in  the  country.” 
(This  step  is  certainly in  the  interest 
of fairness to the competent pharmacist.)
I  believe  that  druggists  desire good 
competent  clerks,  and  that  is  exactly 
what the Board is endeavoring to furnish 
them,  but,  beyond  the druggist, and over 
and  above  everything  else,  stand  the 
health and  lives  of  the  people  of  the 
State of Michigan  that  demand such  ac­
tion on the part of  the Board, no matter 
how arbitrary  it  may  seem,  as will pre­
vent the remedies  upon which  so  much 
depends being  handled  by  incompetent 
persons.

In conclusion,  I desire to  say that any 
modification  that  may become necessary 
in the  resolution  can  and  undoubtedly 
will be made  as  soon  as  that  necessity 
becomes apparent.  Mr. Jesson need lose 
no sleep on  account  of  the  Board,  any 
more than myself.  1  have met with the 
Board as a member for the last time,  but 
my many years of acquaintance and con­
nection  with  the  gentlemen  comprising 
the  Board  entitle  them  to  my  fullest 
confidence and I feel  that the  work is  in 
the very best of hands.

Detroit,  Dec.  1,  1893.

J ambs  Veknor.

The  ginseng  market  may  be  given  a 
turn  to favor the growers,  as a vessel re­
cently wrecked in the  Pacific  had  about 
10,000 pounds aboard  valued  at  $30,000.
One of the best helpers the  devil  has 

on earth is the hypocrite in church.

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

tion .

At  the  regular  meeting of  the Retail 
Grocers’ Association,  held  at  Protective 
Brotherhood  Hall  on  Monday  evening, 
Dec.  4, President Smits was  absent  and 
Vice-President  Viergiver  occupied  the 
chair.
H. D.  Plumb,  of  Mill  Creek,  applied 
for  membership  in  the Association and 
was unanimously accepted.
The Committee on Trade Interests  re­
ported  the  new  schedule  of  prices  on 
sugar,  and reported a  meeting  with  the 
city millers for the purpose of ascertain­
ing if it would  be  practicable  to  estab­
lish a uniform price on flour at this time, 
and  if  the millers would agree to refuse 
to sell flour  to  anyone  who  would  not 
maintain the established price.
A letter was read from  the Valley City 
Mills, denying that the  mill sold flour at 
retail  or  that  it  made  any variation in 
the  price  of  flour  to  different  dealers. 
The  communication  was  published  in 
full in T h e  T radesm an of last week.
J. Geo.  Lehman—I  feel  that an injus­
tice has been done the  Valley  City Mill­
ing Co.,  as 1 am satisfied that the charges 
made  at  the  last  meeting  cannot  be 
proven.
Henry Vinkemulder—1  feel exactly as 
Mr.  Lehman does in the matter.
A.  Buys—Mr.  Warren, the  city  sales­
man for the company,  told me he  wonld 
forfeit $100 to any man  who would show 
an invoice from the Valley  City  Milling 
Co. on the basis of $1.50 per hundred for 
“ Lily White” flour.
Daniel Viergiver—I can prove that the 
Valley City people retail  and  that  they 
have sold flour for $1.50 per  hundred.  1 
cannot furnish an invoice.  They are too 
sharp for that.
J.  F.  Ferris—The  millers  inferred  if 
they entered into an agreement  with  us 
to  establish  a  uniform  price  that  they 
would  give  up  retailing,  providing  we 
would agree to sell city flour  to  the  ex­
clusion of  outside brands.
Mr.  Lehman—No retailer can get along 
without some city flour.  1 find  that  the 
low grades of  city flour are well adapted 
to  knock  out the brands of  the country 
mills.
E.  White—I do not think we  ought  to 
put things in print unless we are sure of 
their truth.
Mr.  Vinkemulder—We  ought  to  pa­
tronize the  home  millers,  using  second 
grade to knock out country brands, owing 
to the benefit we receive by  the  employ­
ment of labor here at home.
E.  A. Stowe—I move that the report of 
the Committee be accepted,  and that the 
Committee be instructed  to continue the 
investigation  of  the  subject and report 
the result at the next meeting.  Adopted.
then  announced  the 
cash system as the  subject  open  to  dis­
cussion,  and Albert Stryker  said that he 
proposed  to  adopt the cash plan Jan.  1.
J.  F.  Ferris—I received  a  call  to-day 
from  R.  J.  Shank,  of  Lansing,  who 
adopted the cash system some  time  ago, 
and  is now the largest grocer in the Capi­
tol City.
Mr. White—1  would like to do  a  cash 
business,  but not as some do—put prices 
below 
I  have  been 
gradually  choking  off  undesirable  cus­
tomers,  thus getting  my  business  down 
as close as possible to a cash basis.

The  Chairman 

limits. 

living 

B. Van Anroy—A merchant from Mason 
tells  me  that  all  the  business  done  in 
that town is on a spot cash basis.
Mr.  Lehman—If five-sixths of  the gro­
cers of the West Side were  to  adopt  the 
cash system,  all the others would  follow 
suit.  1 hardly  think it could be done all 
over the city at  once. 
I  would  like  to 
get the best grocers together and  try the 
experiment.
Cornelius Seven—1 think the cash sys­
tem  would result in increasing  the num­
ber of retailers.
J. J. Wagner—I am as much  in  favor 
of the cash system as any one,  but it is a 
hard matter to start the cash system in a 
locality where all the merchants cater to 
the same class of customers  and  do  not 
all join in the movement. 
In such a case 
the man  who  adopts  the innovation cuts 
off his own nose. 
If  a  majority  of  the 
grocers  of  the  city  would  join  in  the 
movement it could be done, but not with- 
I out.  Agitating the cash system is a good

thing,  for the public gets the  impression 
that  the  grocers  are  all  arranging  to 
adopt the cash  system.  Every few days 
some one comes into  my  store  and  says, 
"I see you are going  to  quit  credit.” 
I 
invariably permit  him  to  remain under 
that impression.
Mr. Viergiver—It  is very,  very  wrong 
to deceive your  customers  in  that  man­
ner.
Mr.  White—I  think  I  have  a  better 
plan. 
I  am  slowly  but  surely  wean­
ing my customers from credit over to the 
side  of  cash.  By  and  by  they will  all 
come to  the conclusion  that  they ought 
to pay cash.
Chas.  H.  Libby—Our  trade  is  mostly 
cash.  We  are  not  taking  any  new 
credit customers.
Mr. Ferris—That is a  good  rule.  We 
are doing the same.
Messrs.  Viergiver  and  Wagner  ex­
pressed the same  opinion.
J.  Tournell—I am  pretty close  to  the 
cash basis and am taking  no  new credit 
customers.  Last  month  I  took  in $13 
more  money  than 
the  goods  1  sold 
amounted to,  showing that I  am  on  the 
right track.
John  Ley—I  am  quitting  the  credit 
business and would like to adopt cash.  I 
welcome any idea which will  help me in 
that direction.
Cornelius Quint—All  Grandville  ave­
nue grocers are alive on this subject. 
If 
some one would start a  paper 1 think all 
would  promptly sign it.
Mr.  White—I  move  that  three  mem­
bers be appointed to  prepare five minute 
papers on this  subject  for  presentation 
at the next meeting.
On motion of Mr.  Lehman the  number 
was increased to seven, and, on the adop­
tion  of  the  resolution,  the  Chairman 
designated B. S.  Harris, E. J.  Herrick, J. 
Geo.  Lehman,  A. Vidro,  J.  J.  Wagner, 
John  Ley and  C.  Seven  to  prepare the 
papers above referred to.
Peter Schuit—The cash  business  is  a 
success  if  you  start right. 
I have not 
fully decided,  but  think  I  shall  begin 
Jan. 1 by painting my store front red and 
calling it the  “Red Cash Store.”
Mr.  Wagner—I suppose no  grocer will 
be foolish enough this year to  give pres­
ents,  but I move  the Association  put it­
self on record as opposed to this custom. 
Adopted.
E.  J.  Herrick  introduced  the  subject 
of Christmas closing, and moved that the 
grocery stores  be  closed  all  day Christ­
mas  and  one-half  day  on  New  Years. 
Adopted.
the 
subject of a food exhibition and  cooking 
school,  to be held  one week  during  the 
coming  season.  The  matter  was  dis­
cussed  at  some  length,  when  A.  J.  El­
liott,  E. J. Herrick and B.  S.  Harris were 
appointed a committee to investigate the 
matter and report at the next meeting.
There being  no  further  business,  the 
meeting adjourned.

The  same  gentleman  introduced 

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

NOW  IS  THE  TIME

TO  ORDER  A  SUPPLY  OF

PECKHAM’S  CROUP  REMEDY,

25c  a  Bottle, $2  a  Dozen,  5  e ft'  with 

3  Dozen,  lO off w ith  6  Dozen.

VJA  v 

'\X7"C'  rjTV TT'  One Ream 9x12 White Wrap- 
”  
ping Paper in  Tablet  form, 
cut from 40 lb. book, for each dozen ordered, also 
a supply of Leaflets containing  Choice Prescrip­
tions, which the  druggist can  compound with a 
good  margin  of  profit.  All  advertising  bears 
dealer's imprint on front side  Advertising mat­
ter sent free on receipt of  label,  send  order to 
your jobber, who will notify us.  We will do the 
rest.  PECKHAM’S  CROUP  REMEDY  CO., 
Freeport, Mich.

The following appeared in the local column of 
the Salina, Bans., Herald, Oct. 20, t893:
‘‘Our sales of Peckham’s Croup Remedy, “The 
children’s cough  cure,” have  increased rapidly 
ever since we began handling it in the year 1888. 
Without an  exception  it  is  the  best  and  m ost 
r e l ia b l e   remedy  of  its  kind  we  ever  sold. 
Parents once knowing  its  merits will  never  be 
without it in the house.  We recommend it above 
all others for children.  We notice  that  in each 
instance where we have  sold it, that same party 
calls for it again.  This  notice  is  not  one paid 
for by the manufacturers  of  this  medicine, but 
is our own,  prompted  by past  experience with, 
and ever present faith in Peckham’s Croup Rem 
edy.  Get  a  bottle of  it,  you may need  it  any 
night.”—O.  C.  Tobey  &  Co., the 3d Ward Drug 
tore, Salina, Kans.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Wholesale P rice  Current.

Advanced—Linseed Oil.

Declined—Opjum.

TINCTURES.

“ 

“ 

“ 

^  

Aconltum Napellls R .........   60
F .........   50
and myrrh...............!  60
Arnica................................   50
AsafceHda.................................q
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................  60
“  Co..........................   50
Sanguinarla............ ............  50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum........................ 
  50
Ca damon..............................  75
Co.........................  75
Castor.............................  
1 on
Catechu............................   ‘  50
Cinchona............................... 50
Co.........................  60
Columba...............................  50
Conlum............................   *  50
Cubebe............................... 
 
Digitalis....................” 
50
 
.............................. 
GenUan.................................  50
“  Co.............................."  60
Gualca..................................   50
“ 
amnion....................... 60
Zingiber...............................  50
Hyoscyamns....................’  50
Iodine....................................  75
11  Colorless...........75
Ferri  Chlorldum........... 
35
K ino..................................  
  55
Lobelia.............................. '  50
Myrrh..................................... 50
Nux  Vomica.......................   50
OpM.....................................  85
Camphorated................  50
“  Deodor........................ 2 00
AnranU Cortex....................   50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany  .................... 
50
Rhel................................ 
  So
Cassia  Acutlfol...................  50
0  “ 
Co..............  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stromonlum.........................  60
Tolutan............................  .  60
ValerlaD...................*........   50
Veratrum Verlde..............."   50

“ 

 

Acetlcum................... 
8@
Benzolcum  German..  65®
Boracic 
....................
Carbolicum .  ...........   35®
Cltricum............ . 
53®
H ydrocüior...............  
3®
Nltrocum 
.................   10®
Oxallcum...................  10®
Phospborium  dll........
Salley Ileum...............1  30® 1  70
Sulphurlcum..............  IV®
Tannlcum..................1  40@1  60
Tartarlcum................  30®  33

AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  3*4®
30  deg..............  5)4®
Corbonas  ....................   13®
Cblorldum...................  13®

Black......................... 8 00@3 35
Brown.........................  80@1  00
Red.............................   45®  50
Yellow.......................2 50@3 00

Cnbeae (po  36)........  3:®  30
Junlperus..................  
8®  10
Xanthoxylum.............  35®  30

BALBAMUM.

Copaiba......................  45®  50
Peru............................  @1  90
Terabln, Canada  ....  60®  65
Tolutan......................  35®  50

COBTBX.

 

Abies,  Canadian.................   18
Casslae  ......................  
  11
Cinchona Flava  .................   18
Euonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrlca Cerlfera, po.............  20
Primus Vlrglnl....................  12
Quillata,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  ............................  12
tllmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

EXTRA CTUM.

“ 
“ 

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  34®  25
po...........  33®  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
Is..............  13®  14
Vis............   14®  15
16®  17
54*.........
VKRP.U

Carbonate Preclp........  ®  15
Citrate and Quinla__  @3  50
Citrate  Soluble...........  @  80
Perrocyanldum Sol__  @ 50
Solut  Chloride...........  @  15
Sulphate,  com’l ............... 9®  2

pure............   ®

“ 

A m ica.......................   18®  30
Anthémis...................  3f®  35
Matricaria 
50®  65

 

 
FOLIA.

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin-

...................  18®  50
38
35®  50

“  Alx. 

nlvelly.............   35® 

“ 

Salvia  officinalis,  !%s
and  )4s.............   15®
Ura Ural

8®

euxxi.

“ 
“ 

16) 

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

Acacia,  1st  picked__  ®  60
....  @ 40
2d 
“ 
“  3d 
@ 30
... 
sifted sorts... 
®  30
“ 
po ..................  60®  80
“ 
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 00)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
Socotri. (po.  60).  @ 50
Catechu, Is, (Hs, 14
@  1
Ammoniac.................  55®  60
Assafcetlda, (po. 85)..  33®  36
Bemolnum................. - 50®  55
Camphor»..................   50®  55
Buphorblum  po  ........  35® 
lo
Galbanum...................  @2 50
Gamboge,  po..............  70®  7b
Gualacum, (po  35) —   @  3u
Kino,  (po  1  10)......... •  @115
M astic................  
  @  80
Myrrh, (po  45)...........  @  40
Opll  (po  3  60)...........2 25@2 30
Shellac  ........  
35®  43
bleached......   33®  35
Tragacanth................  40® 1  00

" 
hxhba—In ounce packages.

Abslnthlnm.........................  25
Kupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................  33
“  V lr.........................  25
Rne.......................................  30
Tanacetnm, Y ......................  33
Thymus,  V..........................   25

 

KAUHBSIA.

Calcined, P at............   55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  30®  22
Carbonate, K. A  M__  30®  35
Carbonate, Jennlng5..  35®  36

OLEUM.

Cubebae......................  @ 3 00
Exechthltos..............  2 50@3 75
Erlgeron...................2  on@3  10
Gaultherla................2  00@2 10
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gossip»,  Sem. gal......  70®  75
Hedeoma  ...................1 25@1  40
Jumperl......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  go@2 00
Llmonls......................2 4n@2 60
Mentha Piper.............. 2 75@3 50
Mentha Verid.............2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal.............1  oo@l  10
Myrcla, ounce............   @  50
OUve..........................   85 @3 75
Plcls Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
RiClni.......................  1  23@1  38
Rosmarlnl............ 
75@l 00
Rosae, ounce............  6 50@8 50
Succinl.......................  4o®  45
Sabina.......................   90@1 00
Santa]  ....................... 3 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  @  65
..........................  @  90
Thyme.......................  40®  50
.  o p t.................  @  60
_  
Theobromas...............   15®  20
p o t a s s iu m .
is®  18
B1 Carb....................... 
Bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide.................... 
40®  43
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate  (po  23@25)..  24®  26
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide......................... 2 96@3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  37®  30 
Potassa, Bitart, com...  @  15
Potass  Nitras, opt......   8®  10
Potass Nitras.............. 
Prusslate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po................  15®  18

7®

RADIX.

Aconitum..................   20®  25
Althae.........................  23®  25
Anchu8a....................   12®  15
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)......  8®  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)...................  @  30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po....  15®  30
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac, po.................. 1  60®)  75
Iris  plox (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   40®  45
Maranta,  Jfs... 
@  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhel............................  75@i  00
“  c u t . . . ...............  @175
P V.......................  75®1  35
Splgelia.....................   35®  38
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentaria.................  30®  32
Senega.......................  55®  60
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H @ 40
M  @  25
Scillae, (po. 85)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fcetí-
dus,  po....................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
inglber a ................. 
18®  20
Zingiber  j ...............  
18®  30

“ 

“ 

..  @ 15
Anlsnm,  (po.  20).. 
if®  18
Aplum  (graveleons).. 
Bird, Is...................... 
4®  6
Carni, (po. 18)..............   10® 12
Cardamon...................1  00@1  35
Corlandram.................   10® 12
Cannabis Sa»va.........   4® 
5
f'ydonlnm....................   75®1 00
Chenopodinm  ............   10® 12
Dlpterix Odorate........2 25®2 50
Foenlculnm...............   @  15
Foenngreek,  po.........  
6®  8
L ini..........................   4  ® 4S£
Lini, grd,  (bbl. 3) 
..  3)f@ 4
Lobelia.........................  35® 40
Pharlarls Canarian__  3  @ 4
Rapa............................. 
6®  7
Slnapls  Albu............ 7  @ 8
r  Nigra...........  11®  12

SFIBITUS.
.2 00®2 60 
Frumenü, W., D.  Co.
D. F. R  ...
.1  75@2 00 
.1  25@1  50 
Jnnlperls  Co. 6 . T ...
.1  65@2 00 
.1  75®3 50
Saacharum  N.  E ........ 1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli........... 1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto................1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba...................1 25@2 00

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage..................2 50@2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  .... ...........
2 00 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........
1 10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage..................
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .......................
Hard for  slate  nse__
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u se..........................

1  40

Absinthium.................... 3 50@4 00
Amygdalae, Dulc.......   45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae. ...8  00®8 35
Anlsi................................l  70@1 80
Aurantl  Cortex..........2 30@2 40
Bergamli  ...................3 25®3  50
Cajlputl.................... 
60®  65
Caryophylll...............   75®  80
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chenopodll...............   @1  60
Clnnamonll.....................l  io@i 15
Cltronella..................   @  45
Conlnm  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba  ....................   80®  90

STRUTS.

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri  Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
Rhel Arom..........................   50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Scillae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Tolutan...............................  50
Pranas  vlrg.........................   60

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“ 

" 

S.  N. Y. Q.  &

Morphia, S.  P. A W.  2 10@2 35 
C.  Co....................  2 00@2 25
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
Myrisöca, No  1 ........  65®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia....................  30®  22
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Plcls Llq, N.»C., H gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Plcls Llq., quarts......   @1 00
pints.........   @  85
P1I Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)....  @  3
Pix  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbl A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opll. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......   @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  20®  30
Quasslae.................... 
8®  10
Quinla, S. P. & W......  29®  34
S.  German__  21®  30
Rubla  TInctorum......   12®  14
20® 22
SaccharumLacUspv. 
Salacin.......................2 00@2 10
Sanguis  Draconls......   40®  50
50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
‘  M.......................  10®  12
50
G.......................   @  15

“ 

Seidlltz  Mixture........  @  20
Slnapls...........................  @ 18
,r  opt......................  @ 30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  27®  30
Soda Carb.................  1)4®  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............   @  5
Soda, Ash.................... 3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas............   ®  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrcla  Dom......  @2 26
“  Myrcla Imp........  @3 00
*'  Vlni  Beet.  bbl.
■ .  .7........................2 25@2 35
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal..... 1  40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl.............. 234® 3
“  Roll................  2 @2)4
Tamarinds................. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   28®  30
Theobromae............. 45  @  48
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
Zincl  Sulph...............  
7®  8

OILS.

__ 
Whale, winter............   70 
Lard,  extra.................   SO 
Lard, No.  1.................   42 
Linseed, pure raw__  45 

Bbl.  Gal
70
85
45
48

1 5

Linseed,  boiled.........  48
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............   65
Spirits Turpentine__  37

“ 

b b l. 

p a i n t s . 

l b .
Red Veneüan.............. iv   2@8
Ochre, yellow Mars...  154  2@4
“ 
Ber........154  2@8
Putty,  commercial__234  2H@3
“  strictly  pure...... 2)4  2V@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13@16
ican ..........................  
Vermilion,  English.... 
65@70
Green,  Peninsular......   70@75
Lead,  red.....................  6JS£@7
w hite................ 6V@7
WhlUng, white Span...  @70
Whlttng,  Gliders’
..  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  0
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
Cliff..........................  
j  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints..................... 1  oo@l  20
No. 1 Turp  Coach.... 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp................ 160@1  70
Coach  Body............... 2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  Furn........1  00@1  10
Sutra Turk Damar.... 1 55@1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70®76
Turp......................... 

VARNISHES.

Importers and  Jobbers  of

MISCELE ANE OT) 8.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

ASther, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  28®  30 
u 
“  4 F ..  32®  34
Alumen......................2K® 3
ground,  (po.
. I)  • ......................... 
3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antimoni, po.............. 
4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
AnUpyrln......... .......  @140
AnUfebrin..................  @  25
Argenti  Nitras, ounce  ©  52
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud....  38®  40
Bismuth  8.  N............2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, 04s
12;  fcs,  14)...... .
@  11
Cantharides  Russian, 
po............................
@1  00 
Capslci  Fructus, af...
@  28 
@  28 
o . . . .
I po.
@ 2 0
Caryophyllns, (po.  15)  10®  12
Carmine,  No. 40.........   ®3 75
Cera Alba, 8. A F ......   50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus  .....................   @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  25
Centraria....................  @  10
Cetaoenm...................  ©  40
Chloroform................  60®  68
_  
sqnlbbs..  @1  25
Chloral Hyd (Äst........1 35@l  60
Chondras..................   20®  25
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  w   15®  20 
German 8  @  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
60
cent  ...................... 
Creasotnm.............. 
@  35
@  2
Creta, (bbl. 75)......  
prep.............. 
5®  5
s®  11
Ptedp.........  
Rubra................  @  g
Crocus.............. 
40®  50
Cudbear......................  @  24
Cnprl Sulph................  5 ®  6
Dextrine....................   10®  12
Ether Sulph................  70®  75
Emery,  au  numbers..  @
po...................  @  6
_  _ 
Jpo.) 75..........   90®  75
Flake White...............  12®  15
Galla..........................   @  23
Gambler......................7  @ 8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   @  70
“  French............   40®  60
Glassware  dint, by box 70 & 10. 
Less than box 66)4
Glue,  Brown.............. 
9®  is
“  White................ 
is®  25
Glycerlna...................  14®  20
Grana Paradlsl...........  @  22
Humulus....................  25®  56
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  85
“  Cor ....  @  80
Ox Rubrum  @  90
Ammonia»..  @1 00 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  64
.1  26@1 50
Icnthyobolla, Am.. 
Indigo.........................  75@1 00
Iodine, Resubl...........3 80@3 90
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin......................  @2 25
Lycopodium..............  70®  ■’B
Macls  .......................   70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy­
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass ArslnlHs  10®  12
Magnesia,  Snlph  (bbl
Mannia,  S. F ..............  60®  68

1M)............................ 2)4® 4

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CHEMICALS  AND

PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils  Varnishes.

DEALERS  IN

Sole Agents for the Celebrated

SWISS  "ILLS  PREPARED  PAINTS.

M   Line of  Staple  Druggists’  S ito

We are Sole Proprietors of

Weatherly’s  Michigan  Catarrh  Remedy.

W e Bave in Stock and Offer a  F u ll Line of

WHISKIES, 

BRA.NDIE
GINS,  WINES,  RUMS,

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

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TEADESMAN<

G RO CERY   PR IC E   CU RREN T.

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

AXLE OREASE.
doz
......   55
Aurora...........
Castor Oil......
60
.... 
......   50
Diamond........
Frazer’s......... ___  
75
......   65
Mica  ............
..  .. ........  55
Paragon 

BAKING  POWDER. 

“  2  “ 

Acme.
45
*4 lb. cans, 3 dos...............
75
2  “  ...............
*4 lb.  “ 
1  “  ................. 1 60
lib.  “ 
Bulk...................................
10
Arctic.
55
*4 1b cans 6 doz  case  .......
......... 1  10
*4 lb  “  4 doz  “ 
.........,  2 00
1  lb  “  2 doz  “ 
......... 9 00
5  1b  “  1 doi  “ 
Fosfon.
.  80
5 oz. cans, 4 doz. in case.
.2 00
16  “ 
“
40
Red Star, *4 lb cans.........
75
..........
“  M B>  “ 
1  40
.........
I t)   “ 
“ 
45
Teller’s,  *4 lb. cans, dos
85
“  . . 
*4 lb.  » 
“ 
“  . .  1  50
lib .  “ 
•* 
45
Our Leader, *4 lb cans......
“ 
*4 lb  cans.......
75
1 lb cans  —   . 1  50
“ 
Dr. Price’s.
per doz 
Dime cans..  95
..1  40
“ 
4-oz
“ 
.  2 CO
ô-oz
..2 60
“ 
voz
“ 
..8 90
12 oz
16-oz
“ 
..5 00
2«  lb “  12 00
“  18 25
(lb
“  22 75
vlb
10-lb
“  41  80

ipÇPRICE’s 
I CREAM
Ba k in g

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80s 

“ 
BROOMS,

1 os ball  ............
Mexican Liquid, 4 oz . ..

English ..........................
Bristol............................
Domestic.......................

.40. 2 Hurl....................

.  90
80
.. .  TO
Gross
BLUING.
..  3 69
Arctic, 4 os  ovals-------
.  6 75
“ 
.........
..  9 00
“  pints,  round  . . . .
“  No. 2, sifting box ..  2 75
4 00
“  No. 3, 
..  8 00
“  No. 5, 
..  4 50
“ 
..  3 60
8 oz — ..  6  80
“ 
...  1  75
.  2 00
No. 1  “ 
..........................
2 25
No. 2 Carpet......................
..  2 SO
No. 1 
“ 
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Parlor Gem........................
.  2 75
80
Common Whisk............
..  1  00
Fancy 
* 
...............
.  3 00
Warehouse........................
BRUSHES.
Stove, No.  1................... .. .  1  25
..  1  50
“  10......................
..  1  75
“  15...................
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row.
85
..  1  25
Rice Root  Scrub, 3 row.
Palmetto, goose...........
..  1  50
Oval—250 In crate
No.  1.............................
No.  2.............................
No.  3.............................
No.  5.............................
CANDLES.
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes........
Star,  40 
............
Paraffine  ..........................
Wlcklng  ..........................

BUTTER  PLATES

.. .  60
...  TO
...  80
...1  00

..   10
..  9
..   10
..   34

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CANNED  GOODS.

Fish.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

“ 

...2 00

Little Neck,  l i b .............
...1   20
“  2  lb .............
. 1   90
Clam Chowder.
Standard. 31b...................
. . .2 25
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb .................
. . .   80
21b.................
.1  50
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb ..........................
.2 45
**  2  lb ..........................
.  3 50
Picnic, 1 lb ........................
“ 
21b........................
...2 90
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb ...................
1  10
2  lb .................
..  2  10
Mustard,  21b..............
...2 25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb __ ...2 95
Soused. 2 lb..............
.2 25
Salmon.
Columbia River, flat
...1  80
tails__ ....1 65
“ 
Alaska. Red..................
...1  25
pink..................
...1  10
Kinney's,  fiats.............
...1  96
Sardines.
American  Ms............... 4*4© 5
Ml.............. 6*4© 7
Imported  *41.................
.  @10
*is.............
15©’.6
Mustard  *£«
7@S
Boneless
21
Brook, 3  lb  ...........  ...... ...2 50

Trout.

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Gages.

1  10
3  10

Peaches.

Fruits.
gross
Apples.
6 00 3 lb. standard.........
7 CO York State, gallons
5 50 Hamburgh
8 00
Apricots.
1  60
7  fO Live oak.....................
6 00 Santa Crus.................
1  60
Lusk's
1  60 
1  60
Overland..................
Blackberries.
B. A  W.......................
90
Cherries.
R e d .........................   1  10® 1 30
Pitted Hamburgh . . . .  
1 76
W hite.............................  
1 50
Brie................................  
1 20
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
E rie............................
1  30 
California..................
1  60
Gooseberries.
Common....................
1  25
P ie...........
1  CO
Maxwell.. 
Shepard’s  . 
California. 
Monitor 
Oxford__
Domestic.. 
1  30 
Riverside.
1  80
Common.....................1  00@1  30
Johnson’s  sliced
2 SO 
grated........
2 75 
Booth’s sliced.__....
¡>2  51
grated..........
Quinces.
Common  .................
1  10
Raspberries.
Red  ...........................
1  10 
Black  Hamburg.........
1  50 
Brie, blackStrawberries.
1  20
Lawrence..................
1  25 
Hamburgh.................
1  26 
Erie............................
1  20 
Terrapin.......................
1  10
Whortleberries.
Blueberries...............
1  00
Corned  beef  Libby’s ..........1  95
Roast beef  Armour's..........1 80
Potted  ham, H lb.....................1 10
“  14 lb.................  ®
tongue, H lb..................1 35
14 lb..........  85
chicken, 14 lb.......... 
95

Pineapples.

Meats.

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1  75

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“ 

Vegetables.

Beans.

“ 

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Peas.

Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless..........1  25
French style.......2 25
Limas..................1  35
Lima, green............................  l 25
soaked...................   65
Lewis Boston Baked........... 1 35
Bay State  Baked...................... 1 35
World’s  Fair  Baked........... 1 35
Picnic Baked............................ 1 00
Hamburgh............................... 1 40
Livingston  Eden.....................1 30
Parity..................................
Honey  Dew..............................1 40
Morning Glory...................
Soaked...............................  75
Hambnrgh  marrofat...........1  35
early Jan e........
Champion Eng. .1 50
petit  pols.......... 1  75
fancy  sifted__ 1  90
Soaked.................................  75
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat..........1  10
early June.......1 30
Archer’s  Early Blossom__ 1  25
French........................ 
Mushrooms.
French..............................19921
Pumpkin.
Brie............................... 
85
Squash.
Hnbbard...................................1 15
Succotash.
Hamburg..................
Soaked....................
Honey  Dew.............................. 1 50
E rie...............................
.1  35 
Tomatoes.
Hancock.......................
.1  15
Excelsior 
..................
Eclipse..........................
Hamburg.......................
Gallon  ...  ....................
CHOCOLATE 

.3 50

.1 40

“ 

Baker’s.

German Sweet............
23 
Premium.......................
»7 
Breakfast  Cocoa...........
43
CHEESE.
Amboy.......................
©1314
Acme..........................  13*4©13
Lenawee.........  ..........  ©12*4
Riverside..................  
13*4
Gold  Medal  ..............  ©12&
Skim......................  .. 
11
Brick...............................  
Edam  ........................ 
Leiden............................ 
23
Limburger 
Pineapple.. 
Roquefort..

© 1 0Ü

6©10
1  00

Sap Sago....................  ®2l
Schwei tier. Imported.  ©24
domestic  __  ©14

“ 

Blue Label Brand.

Triumph Brand.

Half  pint, 25 bottles........ ..2 75
......   . 4 50
Pint 
Quart 1 doz bottles
.  3 50
Half pint, per  doz........... .1  35
Pint, 25 bottles................. .  4 50
Quart, per  d o z ..............
.  3 75
CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes................ 4i®45

COCOA  SHELLS.

35 lb  bags.....................  ©3
Less  quantity...............   @3*4
Pound  packages..........614 @7

Green.
Rio.

Santos.

Mexican and Guatemala.

Fair......................................18
Good.................................... 19
Prime...................................21
Golden................................. 21
Peaberry............................. 23
Fair......................................19
Good....................................20
Prime.................................. 22
Peaberry  ............................ 23
Fair......................................21
Good.................................... 22
Fancy...................................24
Prime................................................23
M illed....................................24
Interior............................... 26
Private Growth...................27
Mandehling........................28
Imitation............................ 25
Arabian............................... 28

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 14c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per cent,  for shrink­
age.
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  24 45
Bunola  ...........................   23 95
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case—   24  45 

Package.

Extract.
75 
Valley City *4 gross 
1  15
Felix
Hummel’s, foil, gross........  1  50
2 50

tin
CHICORT.

Bulk...................................  5
Red  .................................... 7

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton.  40 ft-------per dos.  1  25
140
“ 
50ft........... 
60 f t...........  ■** 
160
70ft........... 
1  75
“ 
soft.......... 
“  190
“ 
soft.........  
85
7 2 f f ............. 
1  UU
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CONDENSED  MILK.

4 doz. in case.

2 15

N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands
Gail Borden Eagle............   7 40
Crown................................   6 25
Daisy....................................5 75
Champion..........................  4  50
Magnolia 
...........................4 25
Dime....................................3 35

Peerless Evaporated Cream.

COUPON  BOOKS.

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“Superior.”
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$ 2
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* 3 
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* 5 
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...  3 50
*2 
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*3 
....  5 00
* 5 
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*10 
7 00
*20
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 books or over..  5  per  cent 
600 
1000 

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COUPON  PASS BOOKS.

I Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 310  down. |
20 books......................... *100
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250 
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CREDIT  CHECKS

500, anv one denom’n — *3 00
5 00
1000,  “ 
2000,  “ 
8 00
75
Steel  punch.....................

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CRACKERS.

Butter.

Soda.

Seymour XXX..................
6
Seymour XXX, cartoon...
.  6*4
Family  XXX....................
6
Family XXX,  cartoon — -  6*4
Salted XXX.....................
.  6
Salted XXX,  cartoon  — ■  6*4
Kenosha 
.......................
7H
8
Boston..............................
Butter  biscuit.................
6*4
Soda, XXX.....................
6
Soda. City......................... ■  7M
Soda,  Duchess.................
.  HM
.10
Crystal Wafer..................
.11
Long  Island Wafers  ......
S. Oyster  XXX.................
.  6
.  6
City Oyster. XXX..............
Farina  Oyster.................
.  6
CREAM  TARTAR
30
Strictly  pure....................
31
Telfer’s Absolute............
Grocers’........................... 15©2*
DRIED  FRUITS. 

Oyster.

6m
11 
14

MM8

10 
10 M
.10*4
10

Domestic. 

Apples.

quartered  “ 

Sundrled. sliced In  bbls.
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 
Apricots.
California In  bags......
Evaporated In boxes 
Blackberries.
In  boxes....................
Nectarines.
70 lb. bags..................
251b. boxes................
Peaches.
Peeled, in boxes.......
Cal. evap.  “ 
.........
“ 
In bags......
Pears.
California in bags
Pitted Cherries
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes...................
25 “ 

.................   10
Prunelles.
301b.  boxes.................  15
Raspberries.
In  barrels......................
501b. boxes....................
......................
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

“ 

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10

Loose  Muscatels in Boxes.
2 crown.............................   J  26
“ 
3 
........................... 1  60
Loose Muscatels in Bags.
2  crown...............................4
“ 
3 
............................... 5

Foreign.
Currants.

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Peel.

“ 
25  “ 
25 “ 
“ 
Raisins.

Patras,  In barrels............ 
3
in  M-bbls...............  314
3*4
in less quantity —  
cleaned,  bulk........  6
cleaned,  package.. 
6*4
Citron, Leghorn, 26 lb. boxes  20 
Lemon 
10
Orange 
11
Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes..  ©  7*4
Sultana, 20 
11 
Valencia, 30  “
Prunes.
California,  100-120..............  7
90x100 25 lb.  bxs. 7*4
.. 8
80x90 
70x80 
8*4
60x70 
. 9

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Turkey.........................
Silver..........................
Sultana.................  ...........
French,  60-70.....................
70-80......................
80-90...................
90-10  ....................
ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

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Coin.

Manilla, white.

Farina.
Hominy.

XX  wood, white.

 
Lima  Beans.

No. 1,6*4..........................  <1  75
No. 2, 6*4..........................  1  60
No. 1,6.............................  165
No. 2,6...-.....................  .  150
No. 1, 6*4..........................  1  35
No. 2,6*4 
.......................  1  25
6*4  ...................................   1  00
6........................................ 
96
Mill No. 4».......................  1  00
FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 
100 lb. kegs................... 
3%
Barrels  ................................300
2 00
Grits................. 
3 50
3 00
Dried...........  
3*i@t
6 25
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
55
Imported.....................10*4®. 1
Barrels 200 .......................  4 59
Half barrels 100....................  2 3;
Kegs..................................  214
Green,  bu.............................  1 25
Split  per l b ...............   2@ 3
Barrels  180.................  @4 50
Half  bbls90..............  @2 38
German.............................  4*4
Bast India..........................   5
Cracked.............................. 

Pearl Barley.

Rolled  Oats.

Oatmeal.

Wheat.

Sago.

Peas.

5

Yarmouth..........................

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

Cod.

Pollock..........................
Whole, Grand  Bank........ 5@5M
Boneless,  bricks.............. 6®3
Boneless, strips................6@8
Smoked......................... 11@12*4
70 
Holland, white hoops keg 
bbl  9 50

Halibut.
Herring.
“ 
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Norwegian  .....................
Round, M bbl 100 lbs.......   2 25
*4  “  40  “  ......   1  20
Scaled............................... 
1

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Mackerel.

“ 

Sardines.
Trout.

No. 1,  100 lbs.......................11 00
No. 1,40 lbs..........................4 70
No. 1,  10 lbs........................  1 30
No. 2,100 lbs........................8 50
No. 2, 40 lbs..........................3 TO
No. 2,10 lbs  .....................   1  05
Family, 90 lbs.......................6 00
10  lb s.................   TO
Russian,  kegs....................  55
No. 1, *4 bbls., lOOlbs............6 00
No. 1 *4 bbl, 40  lbs...............2 75
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   80
No. 1,81b  kits....................  68
Family 
M bbls, 100 lbs..........*7 00 *2 75
*4  “  40  “  ..........3  10  130
101b.  kits..................   90  45
8 lb.  “ 
.................  75  40
FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 

Whlteflsh.

Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla 
120
2 os regular panel.  75 
4 OS 
...1  50 
2 00
60s 
...2 00 
3 00
No. 3 taper.......... 136 
200
No. 4  taper...........1  50 
2 SO

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Rifle—Dupont’s.

Kegs......................................... 3 25
Half  kegs................................. 1 90
Quarter  kegs...........................1 10
1 lb cans.............................   30
*4 lb  cans............................  18

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

Kegs................ .................. 4 95
Half  kegs........ ...................2  40
Quarter kegs..
................. 135
1 lb cans.........
................  34

Eagle Duck —Dupont’s.

Kegs  ............... ................. 11  00
Half  kegs  —
Quarter kegs... ................. 3 00
1  lb  cans......... .................   60

HERBS.

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

.................. 15
.................. 15

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

@  50
@

JELLY.
17  lb. pails.................
................
30  “ 
“ 
LICORICE.
30
Pure............................
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily....................................  12
LYE.
Condensed, 2 doz.................1 25
4 doz.................2 25

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MATCHES.

No. 9  sulphur......................... 1 65
Anchor parlor.........................1 70
..........................1  10
No. 2 home 
Export  parlor........................ 4 00

MINCE  MEAT.

3 doz. case.......................
6 doz. case......................
2 doz. case......................

MEASURES. 
Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon..........................
Half  gallon......................
Quait...........................
P int..................................
Half  pint  .......................
Wooden, for vinegar, per
1 gallon............................
Half gallon......................
Q uart...............................
Pint..................................

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking.
Porto Rico.

Sugar house...................... 
Ordinary.'....................... 
Prim e............................... 
Fancy...............................  
F air..................................  
Good................................. 
Extra good........................ 
Choice.............................. 
Fancy................................ 

New Orleans.

5  50 
11  00

II  75
1  40 
70 
45 
40
doz.
7 00 
4 75 
3 75
2 25

14
16
20
30
18
22
27
32
40

One-half barrels. 3c extra. 

PICKLES.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,200 count...  ©4  50
Half bbls, 600  count..  ©2 75

Small.

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

6 00
3 50

Clay, No.  216.......................1 75
I  “  T. D. full count...........  75
Cob, No. 3............................1  25

POTASH.
48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s ........................  
4 00
j Penna Salt  Co.’s..............  3 25

RICE.
Domestic.

Carolina head....................... 6
“  No. 1.......................5*4
“  No. 2......................5
Broken...............................   4

Imported.

“ 

I Japan. No. 1.........................5*4
No. 2.......................5
i 
| Java....................................  6
Patua..................................   5*4

SPICES.
Whole Sifted

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Allspice..............................   9%
Cassia, China In mats........  8
Batavia in bund__15
Saigon In rolls.........32
Cloves,  Amboyna............... 22
Zanzibar.................1114
Mace  Batavia...................... SO
Nutmegs, fancy................... 75
“  No.  1...................... 70
“  No. 2...................... 80
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 10
“ 
"  white...  .20
shot.......................16
“ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspice................................15
Cassia,  Batavia................... 18
“  and Saigon.25
Saigon....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar................18
Ginger, African..................i<s
”•  Cochin................... 20
Jam aica................ 22
“ 
Mace  Batavia..................... 65
Mustard,  Bng. and Trieste..22
Trieste................... 25
Nutmegs, No. 2 .................. 75
Pepper, Singapore, black__16
“   white...... 24
“ 
“  Cayenne.................20
Sage.  ..................................20
‘‘Absolute” In Packages.

14b  %s
Allspice........................  84 155
Cinnamon....................   84 1  55
Cloves...........................  84 155
Ginger,  Jam aica......   84  1 55
“  African............   84 1  55
Mustard.....................   84 1  55
Pepper.........................   84 1  55
Sage..............................  84

“ 

SAL  SODA.

Kegs...................................  1%
Granulated,  boxes..............  134

SEEDS.

Anise.........................  @15
Canary, Smyrna......... 
4
Caraway....................  
8
90
Cardamon, Malabar... 
Hemp,  Russian.........  
4J£
5@6
Mixed  Bird  .............. 
Mustard,  white.........  
10
Poppy......................... 
9
Rape..........................  
5
Cuttle  bone...............  
30
STARCH.

 

 

20-lb  boxes.........................  5v
40-lb 
554
Gloss.
1-lb packages.......................  5%
8-lb 
....................... 5%
6-lb 
5*
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes..............  35S
Barrels................................   33$

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Corn.

SNUFF.

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

SODA,

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

SALT.
100 3-lb. sacks......................... 18 25
....................   2 00
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks...................  1  85
....................  2 25
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases...........................  l 50
32
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags.. 
drill  “  16  18
28 lb.  “ 

Warsaw.

“ 

» 

32
56 lb. dairy In drill  bags... 
281b.  “ 
18
.. 
56 lb. dairy in linen sacks..  75 
75
56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks. 

Higgins.

Ashton.

Soiar Rock.

56 lb.  sacks.......................   27
Saginaw..........................  
Manistee.......................... 

Common Fine.

75
75

SALKRATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Church’s ...........................   554
DeLand’s ............................  55*
Dwight’s ................................554
Taylor’s.............................. 5

SOAP.
Laundry.

 

“ 

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.

6  oz.............  

Dingman Brands.

Proctor & Gamble.

Old Country,  80  1-lb........... 3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb...................3 90
White Borax, 100  J£-lb........ 3 65
Concord...............................3 45
Ivory, 10  oz.........................6 75
4 00
Lenox 
............................   3 65
Mottled  German................. 3  15
Town Talk...........................3 25
Single box...........................3  95
5 box lots, delivered......... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered........3 75
Jas. S. Kirk A Co.’s Brands. 
American  Family, wrp d.  $4 00 
plain...  3 94 
N.  K.  Falrbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................  4  00
Brown, 60 bars.................... 2 40
80  b a rs...............   3 25
Acme...................................3  75
Cotton Oil............................ 6 00
Marseilles..........................   4 00
Mafter  ................................. 4 00

“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.

“ 

T H E   M I C H i a ^ N “  T R A  T)THR1Vr A 1ST.

47

Thompson & Chute Brands.

SILVER 
SOAP  I

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

Sil v e r..................................3 65
Mono .... 
g gg
Savon Improved 
2 50
Sunflower__ 
> ik
G olden.................;;;....... 3
Economical  ..............''  2 25
Sconring.
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz...  2 50
hand, 3 doz......... 2  50

SUGAR.

The  following  prices  repre­
sent the actual selling prices in 
Grand Rapids, based on the act­
ual cost in New  York,  with  36 
cents per 100 pounds added  for 
fre ght.  The  same  quotations 
will not apply to any townwhere 
the freight rate from New York 
is  not  36  cents,  but  the  local 
quotations will, perhaps, afford 
a better criterion of the market 
than to quote New York  prices 
exclusively.
Cut  Loaf 
.........................85 61
Powdered................................ 5 17
Granulated..........................  4 39
Extra Fine Granulated...  4 92
Cubes...................................... 5 17
XXXX  Powdered........ "...  5 43
Confec. Standard  A.......... 4 67
No. 1  Columbia A............   4 55
No. 5 Empire  A ................. 4  42
No.  6................................... 4 36
No.  7....................................4 39
No.  8 ................................  4 04
No.  9.............  
4  17
No.  10...... 
4  11
No.  11....................................!  4 05
No.  12...............................  3 92
No.  13............ 
3  86
No 14................................  3 74

 

 

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels.................................20
Half bbls............................ 22
F air.....................................  19
Good ....................................  85
Choice..................................  30

Pure Cane.

TABLE  SAUCES.
“ 

Lea & Perrin’s, large........4 75
small........  2 75
Halford, large.......................  3 75
small  ...................2  25
Salad Dressing, larg e...... 4 55
‘ 
small...... 2 65

“ 
“ 

TEAS.

j a p a n —Regular.

SUN CURED.

BASKET  FIRED.

F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice........................24  @26
Choicest.....................32  @34
Dust.......................... 10  @12
F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice........................24  @26
Choicest.....................32  @34
Dust...........................10  @12
F air........................... 18  @20
Choice........................  @25
Choicest....................   @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fail........ 25  @35
Extra fine to finest__50  @65
Choicest fancy..........75  @85
@26
Common 10 fair........ 23  @30
Common to  fair........ 23  @26
Superior to fine..........30  @35
Common to fair........ 18  @26
Superior to  fine........ 30  @40
F air...........................18  @22
Choice........................24  @28
Best...........................40  @50

ENGLISH BREAKPAST.

y o u n g   h y s o n .

GUNPOWDER.

IMPERIAL.

o o l o n g . 

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

Private Brands.

P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet.............30  @32
Tiger........................... 
31
D. Scotten & Co’s Brands.
Hiawatha.......................  
60
Cuba...............................  
34
Rocket............................ 
29
Spaulding & Merrick’s  Brands.
Sterling..........................  
30
Bazoo.........................  @30
Can Can......................  @27
Nellie  Bly................. 24  @27
Uncle Ben............ ......21  @22
27
McGinty....................  
25
“  % bbls.......... 
29
Dandy Jim.................  
Torpedo..................... 
24
In  drums__ 
23
28
Yum  Yum  ................ 
1892.................................  
“  drums................. 
22

23

Plug.

Sorg’s Brands.

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

39
27
39

26
34

38

40
32

I.orillard’s Brands.

J. G. Butler’s Brands.

Climax (8 oz., 41c)__  
39
Green Turtle.............. 
30
27
Three  Black Crows... 
Something Good........ 
38
Out of  Sight.............. 
26
Wilson <s McCanlay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope................. 
43
Happy Thought.. ....... 
37
Messmate.... .............. 
32
NoTax...................  
31
27
Let  Go.......................  

 

Smoking.

Catlin’s  Brands.

Kiln  dried...........................17
Golden  Shower................ ili9
Huntress  ........................  .26
Meerschaum....................... 29
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy....................... 40
Stork  ............................3o@32
German............................... 15
Frog....................................as
Java, %sfoil..................    32
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner......................  
16
Banner Cavendish..............38
Gold Cut 
...........................28

Scotten’s Brands.

Warpath.............................. 15
Honey  Dew......................... 26
Gold  Block......................... 30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s 
Brands.
Peerless................ 
26
Old  Tom..............................18
Standard..............................22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade...........................41

 

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

Rob  Roy..............................26
Uncle Sam.....................28@32
Red Clover...........................32

Spaulding & Merrick.

Tom and Jerry.....................25
Traveler  Cavendish...........38
Buck Horn.......................... 30
Plow  Boy......................30@32
Corn  Cake...........................16

VINEGAR.

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

Cl for barrel.

WET  MUSTARD.'

Bnlk, per g a l................... 
30
Beer mng, 2 doz In case...  1  75

YEAST.

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

HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS

pay as  fol-

Perkins  &  Hess 
lows:
HIDES.
Green....................
2@2% 
Part Cured............
@  3 
Full  “ 
............
@ 3* 
Dry......................... ...  4
@ 5
Kips, green  ...........
...  2 @ 3
“  cured............
@ 4
Calfskins,  green... ...  3 @  4
cured... ...  5 @ 6
Deacon skins......... ...10

“ 

No. 2 hides % off.
PELTS.

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

WOOL.
Washed .. 
........... ...12 @18
Unwashed............ ...  e @14

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tallow.................. ...  3 © 4%
Grease butter  ...... ...  1 @ 2
Switches............... ...  i%@ 2
Ginseng................. ...2 0l)@2 50

“ 

Badger.......................  80@1  00
B ear.......................15 00@25 00
Beaver............................3 00@7 00
Cat, wild......................  50@ 75
Cat, house...................  10® 25
Fisher.......................  3 00@6 00
Fox,  red.........................1 00@1 40
Fox, cross....................... 3 00@5 00
Fox,  grey....................   50® 70
Lynx............................... 1 00@2 50
Martin, dark...................1 00@3 00
pale A yellow.  75@1  00
Mink, dark..................   60@1 80
Muskrat........................  3@ 15
Oppossum.....................  5@ 15
Otter, d a rk ............ 5 00@10 00
Raccoon......................  30® 90
Skunk.............................1 0U@1 40
W olf............................... 1 00@2 00
Beaver  castors, lb —   @5 00
Above  prices  are  for  No.  1 
furs only.  Other grades at cor­
responding prices.
Thin and  green............  
Long gray, dry.............. 
Gray, dry 
................... 
Red and Blue, dry........ 

BEBRsKiNs—per pound.

10
10
15
25

WOODEN WARE.

13  “  .............

Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
Bowls, 11 Inch....................

Tubs, No. 1.........................600
“  No. 2.........................5 50
“  No. 3.........................4 50
1  30
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  50
“ 
90
1  25 1 80
2 40
Baskets, market...............  35
“ 
l 15
“ 
..  1 25
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 25
“  No.2 6 25
“ 
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l  3 75
“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3 4 75

shipping  bushel., 
full  hoop  “ 

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

INDURATED WARE.

“ 
“ 
* 
“ 

splint 

3  15

Butter Plates—Oval.

250  10 0
No.  1......................... 
60  2 10
No  2......................... 
70  2 45
No.  3.........................  80  2 80
No.  5.........................  1  00  3 50

W ashboards—single.

Universal................. 
9 95
No. Queen................
--- 2 50
Peerless Protector........ ....  2 40
Saginaw Globe.........
....  1  TO
Double.
9 O*
Water Witch..............
Wilson..............................  2 50
Good Luck.................... ...  2 75
Peerless..................
...  2 85

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test)

FLOUR  IN  SACKS.

•Patents............................  2 15
•Standards.......................   1  65
•Straight..........................   1  55
Bakers’.............................  
l  35
•Graham..  ......................  1  60
Rye.......... ........................   1  60
•Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count
Flour In bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

MiLLSTUFFS.

Bran..............115 00
Screenings__  13 00
Middlings......15 00
Mixed Feed...  17 00
Coarse meal  .  16 10

Car lots quantity
$16 00
13 00
16 00
17 50
18 00

OOBN.

Car  lots....................... ...... 40
Less than  car  lots...... ...... 44

OATS.

Car  lots....................... ...... 33
Less than car lots........ ......36

HAT.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots 
ton lots  .
No. 1 

“ 

...11  no
...1 2  50

FISH  AND  OYSTERS.
F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

12%

follows:
FRESH  FISH.
Whltefisb 
.................  @9
T rout.........................  @9
Black Bass................. 
Halibut.......................  @15
Ciscoes or Herring__  @ 5
Blueflsh......................  @12%
Fresh lobster, per lb. 
20
Cod.............................  
10
No. 1 Pickerel............   @10
Pike...........................  @8
Smoked White...........  @10
12
Red  Snappers............. 
Columbia  River  Sal­
mon ......................... 
12%
Mackerel....................  2G@25
oysters—Cans.
Falrhaven  Counts__  @35
F .J . D.  Selects.........   @30
Selects.......................  @25
F. J. D.........................  @23
Anchors......................  @20
Standards...................  @18
Favorite......................  @16
oysters—Bulk.
175
Extra Selects..per gal. 
Selects.......................  
1  50
1  00
Standards................... 
Counts....................... 
2 20
1  50
Scallops...................... 
Shrimps  .................... 
1  26
Clams......................... 
1  25
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  50
 
Clams, 
@1  00

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PROVISIONS

SAUSAGE.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co 

quotes as follows:
PORK  IN  BARRELS.
14  00
Mess,.  .........   ..................................... 
Short c u t....................................  
.........   15 00
50
Extra clear pig, short cut...........16 
Extra clear,  heavy......................................
Clear, fat back........................ 15 
50
16 00
Boston clear, short cut................. 
Clear back, short cut............................."" ‘  jg 00
Standard clear, short cut, best............... ”  *  ie 50
01/
Pork, links....................................... 
Liver................................ .....................  
”
Tongue...........................................  
uu
g
Blood..................................................... 
Head cheese......................................*”
Summer.................................. ” ............ 
jq
Frankfurts.............................................
Liver..................................................;;;; 
y*
Kettle  Rendered.......................... 
914
Granger........................................... 9
"  7
Family...................................................... 
Compound.................................***'“ ".......... b v
Cottoline............................... 
’   
ir2
50 lb. Tins, %c advance.
20 lb. pails, %c 
¿ c  
10 lb.  “ 
51b.  “  Xc 
31b. 
" 
l c  

LARD.

“
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BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

“ 
“ 

Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs.....................   7  50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.................. 
  7 95
Boneless, rump butts........................... " . ”  10 25
smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs.................... 
914
i6 ibs.......................... ;;;;;; ;;io
12 to 14 lbs...................... 
xo
picnic................................................j '  g
best boneless..........................................9
Shoulders................................................. . . ”  g
Breakfast Bacon boneless....................... ” ”   13
Dried beef, ham prices....................................10
Long Clears, heavy................................
Briskets,  medium........................................ ”  9

“ 
11 
“ 
“ 

light..................................9%

>• 

DRY  SALT  MEATS.

TRIPE.

PICKEED  PIGS’  FEET.

Butts............................................................... 
9
D. S. Bellies................................................. ” 1214
Fat Backs...................................................... ‘ iq
Barrels............................................... 
g po
Kegs.........................................................;;;; j  90
Kits, honeycomb...........................................   65
Kits, premium.................................... 
55
Barrels.......................................................... 22 00
Half barrels.........................................  
”   11 no
Per pound...................................................... 
n
Dairy, sold packed.......................   ..............   15
Dairy, rolls.................................................    151,4
Creamery, solid packed............................... .'. 13
Creamery, rolls......................................  
  1314

BEEP  TONGUES.

BUTTERINE.

 

 

FRESH  BEEF.
Carcass....................................  
5  @ 7
Fore quarters........................................4%@ 5
Hind quarters........................................   @ g
Loins No. 3............................................   8  ®in
Ribs......................................................... 7  @9
Rounds.................................................   5  @6
Chucks...................................................  @4%
Plates....................................................   @ 4%
Dressed............   .................................. 
Loins...................................................... 
Shoulders........  ..................................  
Leaf Lard..............................................  
Carcass...................................................4  @ 5
Lambs...................................................... 5  @ 6
Carcass................................................... 5  @g

g
8
gu
J0%

FRESH  FORK.

MUTTON.

VEAL.

CROCKERY AND  GLASSWARE. 

LAMP  BURNERS.

6 doz. in box.

No. 0 Sun.........................................................  45
No. 1  “  ................................................. 
  50
No.2  “  .........................................................   75
Tubular...........................................................  75

 

LAMP  CHIMNEYS.  Per bOX.

“ 
“ 

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

No. 0 Sun...................................................  ..  1 75
No. 1  “  ........................................................ 1  88
No.2  “  ........................................................ 2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp top...................................... 2  10
No. 1 
“  ...................................... 2 25
No.2 
“  ...................................... 3 25
No. 0 Snn, crimp top...................................... 2 60
“  ...................................... 2 80
No. 1 
No. 2 
“  ...................................... 3 80
No. 1 Snn, wrapped and labeled.......... .........3 70
,c 
No. 2  “ 
...................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................4  88
No. 1 Sun, plain bnlb, per doz.......................1  25
No.2  “ 
....................... 1  50
No. 1 crimp, per doz...................................... 1  35
No. 2  “ 
........................................1  60

“ 
“ 
Pearl top.

La Bastle.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

LAMP WICKS.

No. 0, per gross..............................................   23
28
No. 1, 
No. 2, 
38
No. 3, 
75
Mammoth, per doz..........................................  TO

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STONEWARE— AKRON.

Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal.............................   06
“ 
“  % gal. per doz......................  60
Jugs, % gal., per doz...................................   70
,r  1 to 4 gal., per gal................................   07
Milk Pans, % gal., per dos..........................   60
“ 
.........................  72
Butter Crocks, X  and 2 gal..........................   07
Milk Pans, % gal..........................................  66
........................................   78

1  “ 
STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED.

1  “ 

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18

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

THE  GLUT  OF  CURRENCY.

The accumulation of idle money is hav­
ing its legitimate effect in lowering rates 
of interest and in stimulating speculative 
buying,  not only  of  stocks  and  bonds, 
but, as the market reports show, of  mer­
chandise and real  estate.  As  might  be 
expected,  too,  the  supply  of  first-class 
bonds  and  stocks  for  sale  has become 
nearly exhausted,  and  purchasers  have 
turned their attention to those of the sec­
ond  and  lower  grades,  many  of  which 
have advanced in price very considerably 
during the  week.  The unfortunate debt­
ors who,  in the  agony of  last  summer’s 
crisis, could  not  borrow  money on  any 
terms whatever,  and who were,  in conse­
quence, compelled to sell their  property 
at whatever  they could  get  for  it,  must 
witness  with  indescribable  pangs  the 
present  condition  of  things.  As  the 
event  has  proved,  they were  made vic­
tims,  not of any real  scarcity of  money, 
but of the terror-stricken imaginations of 
their creditors.

Many people  attribute  the  prevailing 
superabundance  of  currency to  a  dull­
ness  in  trade.  Transactions  involving 
the  actual  payment  of  cash  being re­
stricted  in  amount,  less  currency, they 
say,  is needed  for  actual  use,  and  the 
surplus,  therefore, congests at  monetary 
centers like  New  York  and  Chicago, as 
the blood congests in  the  central organs 
of the human body  when  its  circulation 
is impeded.  This is true,  but  it  is  not 
the  whole  truth.  Certainly,  as  much 
business  is  done  now as  was  done  last 
summer, so that the demaud for currency, 
everything else being equal, ought  to be 
as great now as it was then.  The differ­
ence is caused by the  different condition 
of  men’s  minds.  Then,  thousands  of 
people were gathering up  and  hoarding 
currency  in anticipation of general bank­
ruptcy.  Now  that  their  craze  is  over 
and  general  confidence  restored,  these 
hoards have  come  out  of  their  hiding 
places and have found their way into the 
banks.

Whatever may be the explanation of it, 
the fact remains that currency is  now in 
superabundant  supply  in  all  the large 
cities of the country, and that an immense 
amount of it is lying  idle. 
It  is  also  a 
fact that during the  intensest  period  of 
our last summer’s panic  the  quantity of 
currency  in existence was very nearly as 
great  as  it  is  now.  These  facts  com­
pletely  dispose  of  the  theory that  the 
supply of  circulating  medium  required 
in a country should  be fixed  by its  pop­
ulation or  by any other  arbitrary stand­
ard.  What  may  be  amply  sufficient in 
one state of the public mind,  may,  as we 
have  lately seen,  prove  entirely  inade­
quate in another.  They also  refute  the 
popular doctrine that prosperity is caused 
by an  abundance  of  currency,  and  de­
stroyed  by  its  scarcity.  The  country 
never before in its history had  so  much 
currency as it had during the three years 
which preceded last summer’s crisis, and 
yet the crisis came and proved  most dis­
astrous.

Still,  in spite of  the  teachings  of  his­
tory and of our own experience,  the pre­
vailing  sentiment  in  this  country  un­
doubtedly is,  and  has  been  for the last 
century, if not longer, in favor of making 
currency as plentiful as possible. 
It is a 
sentiment,  too,  which  many  things,  it 
must be conceded, go to support.  Money, 
if not wealth  itself,  is at least the means 
of procuring wealth,  and  gold and silver 
money,  being made out  of  metals which

i have a value as  materials  for  purposes 
both ornamental and useful, are  to  that 
extent real wealth in themselves.  Then, 
too,  it  having  been  found  that  paper 
money  can  be  made  to serve in the ex­
change of commodities the same purpose 
that  is  served  by gold  and  silver coin, 
the inference is naturally though illogic- 
| ally drawn that an addition to the supply 
of paper currency is an addition  to  real 
wealth.  Moreover,  prices  being  regu­
lated by the total volume of  currency in 
use, and an increase of that volume tend­
ing  to  raise  prices,  every one  who  has 
goods or labor  to  sell  gets, apparently, 
more for  them when  currency  is  abun­
dant,  and is proportionately happy.

Indeed, long before the introduction of 
paper money, the conviction was so  well 
established  and  so  prevalent  with the 
most enlightened nations of  the depend­
ence of a  country’s  prosperity upon  its 
supply of gold and silver coin, that in all 
commercial countries laws were  made to 
prevent as  much  as  possible  such  coin 
from being exported.  A survival of this 
sentiment, by the way, was revealed only 
a year or  two  ago  in  this  country by a 
director of our own Mint, who took great 
credit to himself  for  hindering  the  ex­
port of gold by refusing  to  furnish gold 
bars for the purpose, and  by offering in­
stead  only gold  coins,  which  were  less 
desirable.  As  a  consequence,  the Gov­
ernment is now going to great expense in 
manufacturing  the  bars,  which  were 
thus kept in  the  country,  into  coins  to 
take the place of those which  were  fool­
ishly sent abroad to be melted up.  When 
the utility of  paper  money was  demon­
strated the same  prejudice  in  favor  of 
an abundant currency led, both in Europe 
and in this country, to its excessive fabri­
cation.  The people of Great Britain, un­
der the guidance  of  sagacious  men like 
Adam  Smith,  John  Locke,  Sir  Isaac 
Newton,  and their successors,  have  suf­
fered less than others  from  this  cause, 
but France had John Law’s Bank and the 
assignats  of  the  Revolution,  while  the 
history both of  the thirteen colonies and 
of the United States records a long series 
of  financial  disasters  caused  by overis­
sues of paper.

The campaign in behalf  of  free silver 
coinage,  which began  in  1877 and  ended 
at the  beginning  of  last  month  in the 
passage  of  the  Silver  Purchase Repeal 
bill, also proceeded upon the assumption 
that the more currency a country has, no 
matter what  its  quality, the  more  pros­
perous it will  be,  and that  a  scarcity of 
currency is a  potent  cause  of  financial 
depression.  Fortunately,  the  effort  to 
establish the silver  standard  has  failed 
for the present,  and is not  likely to suc­
ceed  for  many  years  to  come,  but  the 
fallacy which inspired  and  supported it 
has  survived.  During  the  last  fifteen 
years we  have  added  to  the  volume  of 
our  circulating  medium  $419,332,550 in 
silver dollars and  silver certificates,  and 
$152,750,000  in  Treasury  notes  issued 
under  the  Sherman  act,  making,  with 
the increase from other  sources, the total 
amount  of  money  in use  $1,726,994,000, 
against $729,132,634 July 1,  1878, and yet 
the craze for more of  it  still  exists  and 
will  inevitably  make  itself  felt  in  an­
other form.

That form,  according to all Indications, 
will first be advocacy of the repeal of the 
present prohibitory tax  upon State bank 
notes, thus opening the way for each State 
to create them as  largely  as  it  pleases. 
The New England and  the Middle States

Let Your Name 
Be W ritten 
T here!
W here?
On a C alendar!

Everybody  Wants  One! 
Everybody  Expects  One! 
They  Are  Always  in  Sight!

YOU  CAN  GET  A

OK  A  BIGGER ONE  FOR 5  CENTS.

riany  Styles  to  Select  From. 
Don’t  Wait  Until  Jan.  ist. 
Samples  on  Application.

TRADESJTAN  COJTPANY.

P a . July 5 4  Oct. 4,  '92 

KITTENS, 

Pat. Ju ly  H A   Oct. 4, 'f!2.
Iteg'd, Eng., Aug. 23, ’¡13. 

PIGKRN1NNIE8, 

Patented July 5  and  Oct. 4 ,1 8 9 2 .

BOW-WOWS,

DOLLS  AND  MONKEYS,

Two to the yard,  12%c per yard.  A fast retailer  at  10c.  Any  child  can  put them 
together. 

(Twenty yards to the piece.)  ORDER  AT  ONCE.

T .  Stekecee  &  S o n s ,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

■ 

SOCIETIES, 
CLUBS,

CONVENTIONS,
DELEGATES,
COMMITTEES.

The Largest Assortment of Ribbons 
and Trimmings in the State.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

1 9

will  not  probably  avail 
themselves  of 
this liberty if it is given to them,  but the 
utterances  during  the recent debates on 
the  Silver  Purchase  Repeal  bill,  made 
by  the  Senators  and  Representatives 
from  the West and the South, leave little 
doubt that the States of those sections will 
repeat  the  financial  legislation  of 
the 
period  preceding  secession.  Their  citi­
zens have always suffered from a scarcity 
of  money,  and,  mistakenly  supposing 
that if more  money  were  brought  into 
existence they  would get more of it, they 
will  heartily  support  all  measures  for 
increasing it.

Some Eastern financiers also  advocate 
the re-establishment of State bank circu­
lation,  not so much  upon  the ground tnat 
the  country  needs  more  currency,  but 
for the reason that,  as they  say,  the cur­
rency should be more elastic than  it pos­
sibly  can  be  under  the  national  bank 
system.  Because every year  during the 
harvest  season  the  Eastern  portion  of 
the  country  is  inconvenienced  by  the 
withdrawal of coin and  notes  and  their 
shipment to the West and  the  South  for 
the purpose of  moving the crops to mar­
ket,  they  fancy  that  an  issue  of  State 
bank notes can be contrived  which  will 
bring  them  into  being  when  they  are 
wanted  and  withdraw  them from exist­
ence  when 
they  cease  to  be  wanted. 
The idea is plausible and attractive  and 
has  numerous  supporters,  but  it  is  as 
unattainable 
in  practice  as  perpetual 
motion is, or the  transmutation  of  base 
metals into gold. 
If the proposed “elas­
tic”  currency is  to  be  money  at  all,  it 
must be money to the full significance of 
the  word,  and when once created it will 
continue to exist just as all  other  forms 
of money exist.  At this  moment  the ex­
cess of money over the country’s require­
ments is stored up in  bank vaults,  but it 
is ready to  come  out  again  whenever  a 
demand for it  springs  up. 
If,  now,  to 
this stock of  unused money an  indefinite 
amount of State bank notes is to be added, 
they,  too,  will await  a demand,  and will 
supply 
it  as  soon  as  it  shows  itself. 
They may  be  laid  away  as  our  present 
specie and notes are laid away,  but they 
will not be annihilated.

One possible remedy  there  is  for  the 
evils  of 
the  superabundant  currency 
with  which  we are threatened,  and that 
is an enlarged use of it in everyday busi­
ness transactions.  Making payments by 
bank checks  is  undeniably  convenient, 
but  the  practice  has  its drawbacks. 
It 
fosters the expausion of credits to which 
we owe our periodical  revulsions in busi­
ness, and promotes excessive speculation. 
If men had  to  pay  more  cash  for  what 
they buy,  they would buy more carefully, 
and,  if  instead of a mere credit to a  bor­
rower  on  its  books  a bank had to hand 
him over  the  amount  of  his  borrowing 
in currency,  it  would not be so lavish as 
it is at  present  in  accommodating him. 
Should the experiences  of  last  summer 
lead to a reform  in this respect,  they will 
not have been altogether worthless.

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

S tan d in g  in  T heir  O w n  L ight.

F ro m  th e  New Y o rk  S h ip p in g  L ist.

That is a peculiar  case  of  “bossism” 
on the part  of  the  hatters’  trade union, 
reported  from  Danbury,  Conn.  As  far 
back as  1885,  the  workmen  forced 
the 
hat manufacturers to enter into an  agree­
ment which  was then  considered  benefi­
cial to both sides.  The general plan con­
templated the restriction of  the  number 
of factories engaged in  the  manufacture 
of hats in this country; or, in other words, 
giving a monopoly of the work  into  the

hands of the trade unions,  and,  by so do­
ing,  restricting the factories and  growth 
of the  business, guarding  against  over­
production,  so that the consumers would 
be forced to  pay  more  for  their  hats, 
which excess could be shared  by the em­
ployers and workmen.
Independent concerns started  up  with 
non-union help,  and the  increasing com­
petition indicated that the industry could 
not be monopolized  by  a  few  manufac­
turers.  Employers  of  union  workmen 
wished to alter the agreements  recently, 
but the trade union would not consent to 
the changes.  As a  result,  every man or 
woman  belonging  to  a  union has been 
discharged, and 5,000  persons  are  now 
idle.  The  manufacturers  could  not do 
otherwise.  They must control their own 
business  enterprises.  The  dictatorial 
and impudent  spirit  manifested  by the 
trade union in this case has  no  parallel.

U n w illin g  S h op p in g.

It is in  vain.

A  gentleman who  visited  Tunis  says 
that  he  found  it  dangerous to venture 
into  the  shopping  district  unless  he 
wanted to buy.  His  guide  did  not  try 
to protect him,  and  he was  immediately 
surrounded  by 
lads  who  exclaimed: 
“Look this way,  this way!” and  tried  to 
drag him to the shop  by which they  were 
employed.  The only  way to  get  rid  of 
the shouting,  gesticulating crowd was  to 
allow one of them to take  possession  of 
him.
He  drags  you  away  to  a shop from 
which he  will  receive  twenty-five  per 
cent,  of  whatever  price  you  pay  for 
goods.  But  do  not  fear  for  the mer­
chant;  he  will 
lose  nothing;  he  will 
charge you three times  the  regular price 
if you are a stranger.  Do  not  struggle. 
You  are  caught  like  a  fly in a spider’s 
web.  His  associates  regard  him  envi­
ously,  but they do not try to  rob  him of 
his prey.
Perhaps you say,  “To-morrow,  to-mor­
row 1 shall  be  passing,”  and  try to  get 
away. 
“Will you have coffee?” asks  the  mer­
chant politely.
“No, no, thank you,” you  reply.
“Here, coffee seller, two cups of coffee! 
Quickly!”  cries  the  merchant  to  the 
neighboring cafe keeper,  who  is  his  ac­
complice.
You find yourself  seated  in  the  shop 
and served  with delicious hot coffee,  and 
helping yourself to a cigarette.
“Here,  boy,  a  light!” cries  the  shop­
keeper,  and you thank him involuntarily 
for his gracious courtesy.
Then before your bewildered  eyes are 
displayed  rugs, silks, embroideries,  pot­
tery, sabres, guns, daggers,  tables, cabi­
nets,  coffers, wooden boxes trimmed with 
mother-of-pearl,  and bric-a-brac from all 
parts of Islam.
Confused  by the  flattering  attentions 
you  have  received  and  by the dazzling 
display of colors and merchandise which 
has  been  made  for  your benefit,  at last 
you make your escape.
Alas! your guide follows you  carrying 
a  carpet  and  q  drum  which you have 
bought, you know not how or  why.

A   P oin t  for  M rs.  M aybrick.

A fact has recently been  discovered in 
London  which  tends to throw more doubt 
than ever on the justice  of  the  punish­
ment  now being  suffered  by  Mrs.  May- 
brick,  in Woking prison,  for  having poi­
soned her husband with arsenic.  One of 
the strong points  of  the  circumstantial 
evidence  against  Mrs. Maybrick was the 
fact,  shown  by  chemical  analysis,  that 
the glycerine  which  she administered to 
her husband contained  arsenic.  Messrs. 
Byrd & Son,  of  Birmingham,  have  in­
formed  a trade paper that  shortly before 
the death of Mr.  Maybrick  they analyzed 
a quantity  of  German  glycerine  which 
was offered them for sale,  and refused to 
buy because they found that it contained 
arsenic in considerable quantities.  Later 
they learned that  a  good  deal  of  this 
glycerine was sold in the  midland  coun­
ties. 
It is more than probable  that  this 
was the  glycerine which  Mrs. Maybrick 
bought,  knowing nothing  of  the  poison 
in it.

A   N e w   F ood  Grain.

A recent exploration in  the  Himalaya 
Mountain region has  discovered  there a

grain  cultivated  by  the  natives which 
has hitherto been  unknown  to  civilized 
agriculture. 
Its native name is kownee. 
In appearance  it  is  similar  to  wheat, 
though the ears are much  longer,  with a 
peculiar  inward  curve,  and the grains, 
which are brown  and  shiny,  are  much 
smaller  than  grains  of wheat,  and dis­
similar  in  shape.  This  cereal  yields 
very heavy  crops  with  very  primitive 
cultivation,  and flourishes at a high alti­
tude,  where the seasons  are  necessarily 
short and  cold.  What  sort  of  food  it 
makes is not stated, but if it is at all pal­
atable  and  nourishing,  kownee  would 
make a  valuable  addition 
to  the  food 
crops of our higher latitudes.

W h at  a   W om an   Can D o.

From the Allegan Gazette.

Miss  Minnie  Cook,  the  milliner,  has 
been 
the  means  of  doing  considerable 
work upon the North  Watson  road  this 
fall.  The farmers living along and near 
the  road  have  been  spreading  gravel 
upon  the  grade  and  have  completed  it 
nearly or quite to  the eastern town line. 
Miss Cook offered a $5 hat to  the woman 
or girl  who would draw the  most  gravel 
in one day.  There were five competitors, 
the  winner  being  Miss  Ida  Sprague, 
who  drew  ten  loads  comprising  twelve 
cubic  yards  and  six  feet,  driving  her 
team  at all  times.

The American Cranberry Growers’  As­
sociation  has  been  successful  in  intro­
ducing  this  American  fruit  in  foreign 
markets.  Large shipments of  New Jer­
sey berries  have  been  sent  from  Phila­
delphia  to  Liverpool  and  London  mar­
kets,  and they have been  sold at  a  good 
profit,  notwithstanding 
the  fact  that 
many of the dealers had never seen them 
before.  A.  J.  Rider,  Secretary  of  the 
Association,  was chosen  as its represen­
tative,  and he personally attended  to the 
preparing  of  the  cranberries  in 
the 
American style,  and  had all  the  princi­
pal restaurants bountifully supplied with 
the sauce,  hoping to bring  this delicious 
fruit before  the  public  in  time  for  the 
holiday  season.  The  sauce  was  thor­
oughly tested and it was  thought  advis­
able to place the berries in the Liverpool 
fruit markets.  Notice  was given to pro­
vision  dealers  and  the  stewards  of  all 
the  large  hotels  in  England.  This  re­
sulted in a  large  sale  of  the  berries  at 
§2.25 per crate of  thirty-two quarts,  net­
ting a profit of  about  20 cents per crate. 
Berries were selling  in the Philadelphia 
markets at the same  time  for  §1.60  per
crate.

In  connection  with  the  Detroit,  Lansing  & 
Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee 
R’ys  offers  a  route  making  the  best  time  be­
tween Grand Rapids and Toledo.

Time Table in effect May 14,1893.

V IA   D . ,   l .  a   n .  b ’ t .

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

v i a   d . ,   e .   H .  a   m .  b ’t .

Return connections equally as good.

W.  H.  Bennett, General Pass. Agent, 
___________________________Toledo. Ohio.

G rand  R apids  & In d ian a.
S chedule  In  effec t Not. 19,1893.

TRA INS  GOING  N O RTH .

A rriv e fro m   L eave g o in g  

S o u th . 
F o r M’k in aw .T rav . C ity  a n d  Sag. 7:20 a m  
F o r C ad illac a n d  S a g in a w ..........  2:16 p m  
F o r  P eto sk ey  <fc M ac k in a w ..........8:10 p  m  
F rom  K ala m azo o ............................. 9:10 a  m
F rom  C hicago a n d  K a la m a s o o ..  9  50 p  m 
d aily .  O thers tra in s  d a ily  ex c ep t Sunday.

T RA IN S  GO IN G   8 0 U T H .

T ra in s a r riv in g   fro m  s o u th  a t   7:20 a  m   a n d   9:10 a  m 

N o rth .
7 :4 0 a m
4:50 p m
10 :25  p m

A rriv e fro m   L eave g o in g  

N o rth . 
F o r  C in c in n a ti...................................................  
F o r K a la m azo o  a n d   C h ic ag o ........................ 
F o r F o rt W a y n e a n d  th e   B a s t..  11:40 a  m  
F o r  C in c in n a ti................................   6 :1 6 p m  
F o r K alam azo o   A   C h ic a g o ........10:56 p m  
F ro m  S ag in aw ..................................10:55p m

I  F ro m  S ag in aw ................. ............... 11:40 a m

d a ily ;  a ll  o th e r  tra in s   d a ily  ex c e p t S unday.

T ra in s le a v in g  s o u th   a t   6:06  p m  a n d   11:20 p.  m. ru n  

S outh.
7:06  a m
10:40  a m
2:00  p m
6:00  p m
11:20  p m

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

2  00 p m  
9:00 p m  

10:40 a  m  
4:00 p m  

11:20 p  m
L v G ran d   R apids 
7:05 a m
A rr C hicago 
10:40  a   m   tr a in   solid  w ith   W a g n e r  B uffet  P a rlo r 
C ar.
11:20  p m   tr a in   d a ily ,  th ro u g h   co a ch   a n d   W a g n er 
S leeping C ar.
11:40 p m
L v  C hicago 
A rr G ran d  R apids 
7:20  a m
4:15  p  m   th ro u g h   W a g n e r  B uffet  P a rlo r  C ar  an d  
co ach es.  11:40  p  m   tr a in   d a ily ,  th ro u g h   C oach  a n d  
W a g n e r S leeping  C ar.

6:50 a m  
2:15 p m  

4:15 p m  
9 :5 0 p m  

F o r M uskegon—L eave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
9:40 a  m
7:35  a  m  
5:40  p  m  
5:20 p  m

F rom  M uskegon—A rrive

S unday tr a in   leaves  fo r  M uskegon  a t   7 :45 a   m , a r ­
riv in g  a t   9:15  a   m .  R e tu rn in g ,  tr a in   leaves  M uske 
go n  a t   4:30 p  m , a r riv in g  a t  G ran d   R apids a t   5:50 p m .

G eneral  P assen g e r an d  T ick e t A gent.

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

CHICAGO 

_N-°-Xi-19’. 1893

AND  WEST  MICHIGAN  R’Y.
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

TO  AND 7  BOM MUSKE SON.

TBAVERSE CITY,  CHARLEVOIX  AND  PETOSKEY.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d Rapids............ 7:30am  1:25pm *ll:?0pm
Ar. Chicago.................1:45pm  6:50pm  *6:30am
Lv.  Chicago.................7:45am  4:55pm  *11:30pm
Ar. G’d Rapids............ 2:30pm  10:20pm  *6:10am
Lv. Grand Rapids.......   7:30am  1:25pm  5:45pm
Ar. Grand Rapids........10:55am  2:30pm  10:20pm
7:30am 
Lv. Grand  Rapids .. 
3:15pm
... 
Ar.  Manistee...........  12:10pm 
...  8:15pm
....  8*45pm
Ar. Traverse City__  12:40pm 
Ar. Charlevoix........  3:15pm 
...  11:10pm
Ar.  Petoskey 
3:45pm 
...  11:40pm
Arrive  from  Petoskey,  etc.,  1:00  p.  m.  and 
10:00p. m.
Local train to White Cloud  leaves Grand Rap­
ids 5:45 p. m., connects  for  Big Rapids »nd Fre­
mont.  Returning,  arrives  Grand  Rapids  11:20 
a. m.
PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CARS.
ToChicago.lv. G. R..  7:30am  1:25pm *11:30pm
To Petoskey ,lv.G. R..  7:30am  3:15pm 
...........
To G. R.. lv. Chicago.  7:45am  4:55pm *11:30pm
To G. R. .lv. Petoskey  5:00am  1:30pm 
...........

»Every day.  Other trains week days only.

DETROIT, 

N O Y19- 1888
LANSING7&  NORTHERN  R.  R.
GOING TO  DETROIT.

Lv. Grand Rapids........  7:00am  *1:20pm  5:40pm
Ar. Detroit.................. 11:40am  *5:25pm  10:25pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv.  Detroit..................   7:45am  *1:45pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids........12:45pm *5:40pm  10:45pm

TO  AND  FROM  SAGINAW,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LOUIS.

Lv. G R 7:40am 4:50pm  Ar. G R. 11:40am 10:55pm

TO  LOWELL VIA LOWELL  & HASTINGS  R.  B.

Lv. Grand RapidB...........  7:00am  1:20pm 5:40pm
Ar. from Lowell..............12:45pm 5:40pm  ..........

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Parlor  Cars on all trains  between  Grand Rap­
ids and Detroit.  Parlor car to Saginaw on morn - 
lng train.

•Every day.  Other trains  week days only.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t.
Michigan (Tentral

“ The Niagara Falls Route.,t

(Taking effect Sunday, Nov. 19,1893.) 

•Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20d m ...........Detroit  Express........... 7 00am
5 30 am   __»Atlantic and  Pacific.......1:  20 pm
1  30 p m ....... New York Express.........   5 40 p m
Sleeping cars  run on Atlantic  and  Pacific  ex 
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  7:00 a m ;  re­
turning, leave Detroit 4:55 p m, arriving at Grand 
Rapids 10:20 p m.
Direct  communication  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains east  over the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
A .  A l j i q u i s t , Ticket Agent,

Union Passenger Station.
D e t r o i t ,  g r a n d   h a v e n   &  Mi l ­
Depot corner Leonard  St. and Plainfield Av3.

w a u k e e   Railway.

Trains Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Ionia...........Ar
St. Johns  ... Ar
Owosso........Ar
E. Saginaw..Ar
Bay City......Ar
F lin t...........Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac....... Ar
Detroit......Ar

EASTWARD.

tNo.  14 tNo.  16|fNo.  18 •No.  82
6 45am
10 45pm 
7 40am 
12 27am
825am 
1 45am
900am
2 40am
10 50am
6 40am
11 32am 
7 15am 
10 05am
5 4 am 
12 05pm
7 30am 
10 53am
5 37am 
11 50am
7 00am
WESTWARD.

10 20am I  3 25pm 
1125am  4 27pm 
12 17pm  5 20pm 
1 20pm  605pm
3 45pm  800pm
4 35pm  8 37pm
3 45pm  7 C'5pm
5 50pm  8 50pm 
305pm  8 25pm
4 05pm I  9 25pm

1 00pm
2  10pm

Trains Leave

G’d Rapids........
G’d  Haven........

•No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13.
...  L v 
7 00am
4 55pm 
...  Ar
8 20am
6 00pm
tDaily except Sunday. 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35 a.m.,  12:50 
Trains  arrive from  the  west, 10:10  a.m., 3:15 
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlor  Buffet 
Westward— No. 11 Parlor Car.  No. 15 Wagner 

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

»Daily.

J a b. C a m p b e l l , City T’cket Agent.

23 Monroe Street.

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GOTHAM GOSSIP.

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

th e   M ark ets.

Special Correspondence.

New   Yokk,  Dec.  9—Market conditions 
in the grocery business present few  fea­
tures of interest and during  the week the 
floors of the leading jobbing houses have 
presented  only 
the  usual  animation. 
With the retailers trade  is good,  but not 
very  profitable,  as the  people are buying 
necessities,  not  luxuries,  and  the  red 
raspberries in quart  cans  at a dollar are 
being  looked  at  for  beauty,  while  the 
ever-interesting  tomato  is  being  con­
sumed.  So  it  is  all  along  the  line. 
Staple goods are selling—fancy products 
are not.
The political outlook is  still  so  over­
cast that large dealers are  moving  in  a 
very  conservative  manner  as  regards 
purchases.  They  do  not  know what to 
depend on and are,  consequently, confin­
ing  themselves  to  routine transactions. 
Trade with the big  bazars  is  unmistak­
ably dull.  Go into any of  them and you 
would not believe  by  what  you  see  that 
Christmas  is  at  h a n d .  Salesmen  there 
all report dull tra d e  and  it  is  sa id   th a t 
many  of  the  stores,  contrary  to 
their 
usual custom at the holidays,  will not  be 
open evenings.  At the great candy store 
of  Huyler’s  there  are  usually  so  many 
orders  taken  that  none are received for 
three  weeks  before Christmas; this year 
every order will be filled  and  they  will 
be  thankfully  received  up 
to  the  last 
moment before  the  festive  day.  These 
are but straws,  but they  prove the strin­
gency of  the money situation. 
If  trade 
right here in the metropolis  is so dull,  it 
shows that it is very  likely  the  same  all 
over  the  country.  Naturally,  a  man 
ought  to  advertise when times are dull, 
but,  if  he  can’t pay the priuter,  where­
with shall the printer buy  his toys?
The sugar trust stocks  suffered  a  de­
cline as soon  as a dividend bad  been de­
clared last Wednesday,  but  this fact has 
no  special  significance,  although  the 
sugar men are admittedly not over happy. 
Prices  of  sugar  remain  about  as  last 
quoted—perhaps practically lower.
Coffee is waiting for something to turn 
up,  but,  so  far,  nothing  has  happened. 
The tone of the market  is  toward lower 
prices,  but it is not easy to see  just how 
any  lower figures cau  be  made while  so 
much uncertainty exists regarding Brazil 
—the great source of supply.
A  big  extra  tea  sale  on  Friday  at­
tracted a good deal of  attention—for tea 
prices were fairly  well  sustained.  Con­
sumption  of tea in this country does  not 
expand  per  capita,  and  no  interest  at­
taches  to the future of  the article,  as  is 
the case with coffee.
Canned goods are  dull  and  nothing in 
the  eutire  line  is  anxiously sought for. 
Dried fruits  are,  perhaps,  holding  their 
own  by force of circumstances.
Butter  and  cheese, in  sympathy with 
everything else, are in light request, and 
prices  are  low  and  unsatisfactory, for 
best Elgin will  bring scarcely 27c.
Oranges and  lemons are moving slowly 
and  at  prices  ranging  from  $1.25@2.00 
per box for Floridas. 

J ay.

N o t  S o  Dead,  a s  He  M ight  B e.

Detb o it,  Dec. 7—It  has been reported 
by a  traveling  man 
that  1  was  dead. 
Some of my customers in Isabella county 
asked him  where  Windy  Williams  was 
and he said  1  was  dead. 
I  cannot  see 
why he told any such  thing,  and  I  wish 
you to put something  like  this  in  your 
next  issue:  Windy  Williams,  who  has 
charge  of  the  Saginaw  Valley  for  P. 
Lorillard & Co.,  is not  dead,  as reported 
by a tiaveiing man  to  further his inter­
ests,  but  is  alive  and  wiii  call  on  his 
trade in a short time  to sell them all the 
goods they need  in his line.
I  have  taken  your T radesm an  for two 
years.  Please  help  me out of  the grave.

Yours with respect,

L.  W illia m s.

Annual Meeting' of  the Old M.  O.  T.  A.
Detr oit,  Dec.  7—The  Michigan  Com­
mercial  Travelers’  Association  is  in  a 
condition,  with  a 
very 
noted  increase  in  membership  for  the 
year.  The Board of  Trustees held their 
regular monthly  meeting  Dec. 2 and de- j

flourishing 

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

cided to hold the annual  meeting,  which 
occurs on Friday, Dec. 29,  at  the  Cadil­
lac  Hotel.  We  hope  to  see  a  goodly 
number  of  the Grand  Rapids hoys pres­
ent,  including the editor of T h e T ra d es­
man. 

D.  Morris,  Sec’y.

The  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar—With a strong  demand  for  re­
fined  and  a  higher  market  on 
raws 
abroad,  it  looks  as  though  the antici­
pated  decline  would not be  realized,  at 
least until the conditions  are  materially 
chauged.  Willett  &  Gray,  whose 
authority on the  sugar market is seldom 
questioned,  assert that  the enactment of 
the Wilson bill  will not make  sugar  any 
cheaper;  that  holders of raw sugar out­
side  of  the United States will  raise  the 
price of their stocks to meet the changed 
conditions. 
they  are 
oversold  from 
five  days  on 
almost every  grade except  granulated.

Refiners  claim 

three  to 

CANDLES,  FRUITS sa d   NUTS.
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

ST IC K   CANDY.
Cases

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

Bbls. Palls.
6*
7*
6*
7*
6*
7*
8*

.7
8

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

“ 
FANCY— In bulk

M IXED CANDY. Bbls.
.6
.6
.7

Standard........................
Leader..........................
Royal.............................
Nobby..........................
English  Rock...............
Conserves  ....................
Broken Taffy.................
Peanut Squares..............
French Creams..............
Valley  Creams..............
Midget, 30 lb. baskets...
Modern, ¿0 lb. 
....

Palls.
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
9
9*
13
...  8*
...  8
Palls.
Lozenges, plain............
..  9
printed.........
..  10
Chocolate Drops............
..  12
Chocolate Monumentals
..  13
Gum Drops....................
• •  5*
Mobs Drops....................
..  8
Sour Drops....................
■ •  8*
Imperials.......................
..  10
Per Box
Lemon Drops............... 
65
Sour Drops...................................................... 56
Peppermln t Drops............................................60
Chocolate Drops.............................................  75
H. M. Chocolate Drops................................to®90
Gum Drops................................................ 40@5U
Licorice Drops............................................. 1  00
A. B. Licorice  Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain................................................60
65
Imperials..........................................................60
Mottoes.............................................................70
Cream Bar........................................................55
Molasses  Bar................................................... 55
Hand Made  Creams.................................. 85®95
Plain Creams............................................. so@90
Decorated Creams........................................i 00
String  Rock.....................................................65
Burnt Almonds............................................ 1 00
Wlntergreen Berries......................................60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes.........................  34
No. 1, 
51
No. 2, 
28
128,138....................................................2 25@2  50
150.......................................................... 2 ?5@S 00
176, 200, 216............................. ...............  
3 00
Small..................................................... l  oo@l  25
Large....................................................l  6U@2 00
Messina, extra  fancy.

CARAMELS.
 
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ORANGES.

printed................... 

BANANAS.

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LEMONS.
fancy ¿60  ..............  
fancy 3m0 ..............................  
choice 360.
choice 300.

 

 

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4 50
4 to

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

“ 

Figs, fancy layers, 61b..........................
“  10t>..  ....................
“  14B>..........................
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................
..........................
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................

“ 
“  extra 
“ 
“ 

“  50-lb.  “ 

NUTS.

“ 
“ 

Almonds, Tarragona.............................
Ivaca...........................................
California.............................
Brazils, new...........................................
Filberts.................................................
Walnuts, Grenoble.  .............................
French....................................
Calif.......................................
Table Nuts,  fancy................................
choice.............................
Pecan*. Texas, H.  P.,  ..........................
Chestnuts............ .................................
Hiekory Nuts per bu.............................
L ocoanuts, full sacxs............................

“ 
“ 

“ 

PEANUTS.

Fancy, H.  P., Suns..................... ..........
“  Roasted....................
Fancy, H.  P., Flags 
..........................
“  Roasted...................
Choice, H. P.,  Extras............................
“  Roasted.................

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@15 
@ 8 @ 7
4*@  5*

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11@13
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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 ck in a w   S h irts  an d   L u m b e r m e n 's  S o ck s.

OVERALLS  OF  OUR  OWN  MANUFACTURE.

fit, HerpolsheiiBr & Co.,48, l°’anf  rS

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

Manilfaetiirers  of  Show  Gases  of  Every  Description.

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

WRITE  FOR  PRICES.

JOBBERS OF

Groceries and Provisions.

Our  BUTCH ER’S  LARD   is  a Pure  Leaf  Kettle Rendered 
Lard. 
If  you  want  something  cheaper  try  our  CHOICE 
PURE,  in  tubs  or  tins,  and  guaranteed  to  give  satisfaction.

Note  these  prices:

Butcher’s,  80-pound  Tubs.....................................................  10J
Butcher’s,  Tierces..........................  .......................................  10
Choice  P u re ...........................................................................   9

WESTERN  MICHIGAN  AGENTS  FOR

G.  H.  HAMMOND

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Y O U   W A N T j l f  M Want Good, Lilt,  Sweet  Bread  aid  Biscuits, 
T O   M A K E  

FERMENTUM

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

COMPRESSED YEAST

SOLD  BY  ALL  FIRST-CLASS  GROCERS.

MANUFACTURED  BY

MAIN  OFFICE:

CHICAGO,  270  KINZIE  STREET.

MICHIGAN  AGENCY:

GRAND  RAPIDS,  106  KENT  STREET.

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A.  VOIGT  &  CO.

Cracker Clests. 

Glass Covers for Bisciits.

Address  all  communications  to  THE  FERMENTUM  CO.

B ur  patENT
CAUA  LILY

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pay for themselves  in  the 
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breakage they avoid.  Price 84. H 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  he  changed  from 
one box  to  another in a moment  They 
will  save  enough  goods  from  flies,  dirt  and  prying  fingers in a short  time to pay 
for themselves.  Try them and be  convinced.  Price,  50 cents each.

N E W   N O V E L T IE S

S T A R   R O L L E R   M IL L S
Olir Patent, Gilt Edge, Star, Calla Lily and Golden Sbeaf.

C. G. A. VOIGT & CO.,

WE  GUARANTEE  EVERY  SACK.

OUR  LEADING  BRANDS  ARE

W rite  for  Quotation*

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

CINNAMON  BAR. 

ORANGE  BAR.

CRKAM  CRISP. 

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

the best selling cakes we ever made.

THE  NEW  YORK  BISCUIT  CO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

S. A. Sears, Mgr. 

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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T E L F E R   S P IC E   CO.,

SOLD ONLY  BY

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

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

MUSKEGON  B A K E R Y

CRACKERS, BISCUITS, CAKES. 

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Originators  of  the  Celebrated  Cake,  “ MUSKEGON  BRANCH.’’

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

M U S K E G O N ,  M IC H .

NO. 2223-

German  China 56  pieea 

“ “ Tea bet

Write  for  discount  or  lo o k   o n   page 20 in  

List price............................-  ..............
our No. Ill  catalogue.

NO. 1178—Kish'"Voice1

lain  100-piece  Dinner  Set.  Pencil 
color
............................  $  7  GO
List price 
We also keep  this  pattern  in open 
stock  or 
in  assorted  crates  For 
prices and  discount  see  page  10  in 
our  No.  Ill  Catalogue

A QAA  Haviland  French  China  98-piece  Dinner
v r r | 
IN Vs.  4:oUU-----Set.  For  composition  of  pieces  and dis­
count see page 23. Catalogue 111.
List p r ic e ......................... ...............................................................  $66  *H>

BXTBND TO  A L L D E A L E R S

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visit  our  salesroom
A  most CO •ilia1  invitation 
where  vif 6 are showing  the largest  aud  most  com-
píete  liiie of H O LID AY  (tO< >DS  ever  offered
by  any house in  the  West, and  we  know  it  will
p a y   y o u to give  us  a  call  no matter  how  much  or
how  little you may  want.

If  you  have not  already  oi•dered  don't  delay  any
longer, >n t come  and  see  us or  send  a  mail  order
at  once.

NO. F 124—

L ist................................................  $10 00
For composition and discount see page 
20 in No.  ill Catalogue.

XT A  0*7*70 
English  Porcelain,
IN U.  O i l  ^ “ “ “ 7-piece 6 DtnnerSet, 
in Gray.  Blue, Pink or  Brown.  For com 
IMjsitlon and discount  see  page 22 in our 
No. Ill Catalogue.
List price........................................   $24  00

FLORENCE PATTERN  ¡W S.'S

gold stippled decoration,  jars are pail shape 
List price...................................................... .

XT A   O a r \n  
Chrysanthemum Pattern,  Carlsbad
1NU.  flD U /“"   China.  100  niece  Dinner  Set.
J.M Vs.  t i u u  / "   China,  100  piece  Dinner  Set 
Write us for composition and discount, or  look on page 
23 in our No. ill Catalogue.
Listnrice.................................................... ............$42 00

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lias  stippled 
l i U i   L I A O“ “ “  gold  decoration.  All  pieces  are 
extra large with handled slop jar.
List price................................................................  $15 50

12  Piece Toilet  Sets, 

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

GRA.JSD  RA.R1D S,  M ICH

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