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W ILD  CAM ELS  IN  ARIZONA.

U se a s   P a ck   A nim als.

D e sc e n d a n ts  o f  a  H erd  Im ported  for 
The camels  now running wild  in Ari­
zona are descendants of a small herd  or­
iginally imported  for use in the  State  of 
Nevada. 
In  the early days of mining on 
the  Comstock,  long  before  there  were 
any railroads in the Great  Basin  region, 
it was thought that camels might be pro­
fitably used about the mines, particularly 
in packing across  the  surrounding  des­
erts, and  twelve “ships  of  the  desert” 
were accordingly purchased and brought 
to Virginia City.  They  were wanted for 
use in packing salt from the Salt Springs 
salt  marsh  to  the  Comstock  reduction 
works.  This  salt deposit lies far  out in 
a desert  region,  and  to  reach  it  many 
waterless  stretches  of  sand  and  alkali 
had to be traversed.
The camels were able to  cross  all  the 
deserts  in  perfect  comfort,  carrying 
heavy loads of salt and finding  means of 
subsistence  in  the  prickly  and  bitter 
plants  and  shrubs  everywhere  to  be 
found in abundance. 
In  short, the  ani­
mals did as good work here  in  onr  des­
erts as they are able to  do  in  any coun­
try in the world,  but they were too slow. 
The camel  may  be  fast  enough  for  an 
Arab,but he is too slow for an American.
When the occupation of the  camels  as 
packers of salt was  gone  they were  sold 
to some Mexicans,  who used  them  for  a 
time in packing  wood  down  out  of  the 
mountains.  The Mexicans took them up 
rocky  trails  into  the  rugged  hills  and 
used them the same as they use a mule— 
unmercifully.  They soon killed three of 
the  wretched  beasts  and  would  have 
killed the remainder had  not  a  French­
man,  who owned a big  ranch on the Car- 
son River,  below  Dayton,  taken  pity  on 
the poor,  abused  creatures  and  bought 
the  whole  of  them.  This  Frenchman 
had been in Algeria with the French col­
ony,  where he  had  developed  an  affec­
tion for  the  camel—probably  owed  the 
animal  a  debt  of  gratitude  for  having 
saved his life on some occasion.  He had 
no use  for  the  beasts, therefore  turned 
them out  to  roam  the  desert  plains  at 
will.
The  animals,  left  to  shift  for  them­
selves,  soon  waxed  fat,  and  increased 
In  a  few  years  from 
and  multiplied. 
nine the herd had increased to thirty-six, 
old  and  young.  The  Frenchman  then 
sold tbe whole lot to  be  taken  down  to 
Arizona to be used in  packing  ore  down 
off a  big  mountain  range. 
It  was  said 
there was a  good  smooth  trail,  but  the 
animals found all the rocks and  soon be­
came footsore and useless, when all were 
turned  adrift  to  shift  for  themselves. 
They have regained the  instincts  of  the 
original wild state of  their  species,  and 
are very wary and  swift.  They fly into 
waterless  wastes  impenetrable  to  man 
when approached.  Some  of the old ani­
mals,  however,  occasionally  appear  in 
the vicinity of  the  settlements.  Of  late 
it is  reported  that  the  cattlemen  have 
been shooting them for some reason, per­
haps because they frighten and stampede 
their horses.  No one  knows  how  many 
camels are now running  at  large  in  the 
wilds of the Gila country, but there must 
be a great number.  One  is  occasionally 
caught.  Four  years  ago  one  was  cap­
tured near to  Gila  Bend  that  measured 
over  nine feet  in  height. 
It  appeared 
to be a stray one from the  herds  in  that 
region.
With the herd of  camels  when  it  was 
owned by the Frenchman on  the  Carson 
River was a huge old bull  camel  known 
as “Old Heenan,” because of his fighting 
proclivities.  He  was  a  giant,  and  the 
patriarch of the  herd.  He  had  hair  on 
parts  of  his  body  that  was  a  foot  or 
eighteen inches in  length.  The  animals 
ranged down  the  valley  of  the  Carson

nearly to  old  Fort  Churchill.  At  Sam 
Buckland’s ranch,  a mile above the  fort, 
several  Mexican  vaqueros  were  em­
ployed.  These  men  had  seen  the  big 
camel,  and had looked with envious eyes 
upon  the 
long  silken  hair  that  hung 
from the huge frame.  They thought his 
hair might be spun into beautiful riatas, 
bridle reins,  and ornaments for  bridles.
One  fine  Sunday  morning  in  spring 
two  of  the  Mexicans—Antonio 
and 
Gedonio—equipped  themselves  with  a 
lasso and a pair of sheep shears  and  sat 
out  to  catch  and  shear  old  Heenan. 
Gedonio found  the  big  animal  easy  of 
approach.  The  old  fellow  stood  stock 
still.  He was dreamily chewing his  cud 
with half-closed eyes.  The lasso swished 
through the  air,  and  in  a  moment  was 
about the big  animal’s  neck.  Then,  as 
the patriarch felt the rope tighten  about 
his throat, the fun began.

Alongside the giant beast the  Mexican 
looked a mere pigmy.  When old Heenan 
realized that the small  two-legged creat­
ure was actually trying to gather him  in 
his little  eyes  turned  green  with  rage. 
Hissing  like  a  red-hot 
locomotive  he 
charged  Gedonio.  The  little  Mexican 
held to  the  rope  for  a  time,  hoping  to 
choke the  animal  down,  but  found  the 
animal apparently able to subsist as long 
without “wind” as  without  water.  Be­
sides Heenan made  for  him  so  rapidly 
that he could get no pull on  the  old  fel­
low.  At  last  Gedonio  was  so  hard 
pressed that he was obliged to  drop  the 
lasso and take to his heels.
By  this  time  Old  Heenan  was  wild 
with rage.  The Mexican tried  to  dodge 
the  irate  beast  among  the  bunches  of 
greasewood,  but these being only  two  or 
three feet high,  afforded poor cover.  He 
then  struck  for  the  river, intending  to 
climb  one  of  the  cottonwoods  on  its 
banks,  but  Heenan was  too  close  upon 
his heels.  There was no time for  climb­
ing,  and he was  obliged  to  plunge  into 
the  river.  Not  being  able  to  swim, 
Gedonio was  constrained  to  halt  when 
the water came up to  his  chin.  Heenan 
charged down  to  the  water’s  edge  and 
there  stood  on  guard.  Though  the  old 
fellow would not fenter the water  yet  he 
made  Gedonio very  unhappy by spitting 
showers of acrid saliva into his face  and 
eyes. 
Meanwhile  Antonio,  who  had  wit­
nessed  his  partner’s  inglorious  retreat 
and  almost 
in 
laughing  thereat,  became  uneasy.  He 
began 
that  Gedonio  was 
either  drowned  or  killed,  as  he  could 
see  neither  man  nor  camel  after  they 
plunged down over the bank of the river. 
Leading the mustangs he  ventured  near 
the bank  of  the  stream  and  shouted, 
“Gedonio!  Gedonio! mio amigo!”
Gedonio heard  and shouted  lustily for 
Antonio to come  to  his  relief.  He  in­
structed Antonio to tie the two mustangs 
fast  together and leave  them,  then  slip 
quietly  down the bank,  get  hold  of  the 
trailing end of the lasso,  and  tie  it  to  a 
tree.
All went well until Antonio was  aboat 
to pass the end  of  the  lasso  round  the 
It would not  reach  by  a  foot  or 
tree. 
two,  and  he  hauled  upon  it. 
Instantly 
Heenan wheeled about and went for  An­
tonio open-mouthed.  Up the bank  went 
Antonio with the big camel  close  to  his 
heels.  He tried to  reach  the  horses  to 
mount and ride off,  but  at  sight  of  the 
camel the mustangs gave a snort of terror 
and dashed away up the river.  Heenan’s 
attention being  attracted  to  the  horses, 
he gave chase to  them,  much  to  tbe  re­
lief of Antonio,  who  had  plunged  head 
first into a  big  bunch  of  sagebrush 
to 
conceal himself from the  enemy,  though 
his hiding was merely that of the ostrich.
Presently  the  two  men  got  together 
their  horses.
and  went  in  search  of 

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Half a mile up the river they found  both 
animals drowned in a deep hole,  with old 
Heenan upon the  bank looking  down  at 
them. 
It was only after infinite  trouble 
that the two Mexicans  were  able  to  re­
cover their saddles and bridles.  As they 
sneaked home to  Buckland’s  that  even­
ing they  were  sadder  and  wiser  men. 
They  “went  for  wool  and  came  back 
shorn”—even their shears were  lost.

the 

The pair told all  manner of lies  to  ac­
count for the drowning of  their  horses, 
but,  as  it happened,  the Frenchman who 
owned the camels had  climbed  a  tree  to 
watch the Mexicans,  not  knowing  what 
they  were  after,  and  had  been  an 
amused  witness  of  the  whole  affair. 
When the true  story  reached  the  ranch 
there were a thousand  jokes  among  the 
men about the fun to be  had  in  “shear­
ing'  the  bull  camel 
rutting 
season. ”
W hen the camels were first taken  back 
to Arizona to be used in packing ore  one 
of  them was shot and kilted by a German 
miner.  The man who did the  deed  suf­
fered about as much distress of  mind  as 
did the  sailor who killed  the  albatross. 
The German  was  working  for  a  mining 
company at  a  place  about  three  miles 
from where  were  located  the men  who 
were trying  to  use  the  “ships  of  the 
desert”  as  “prairie schooners”  in  carry­
ing ore down out of the mountains.  The 
man did not know  there  was such an ani­
mal on the  American  continent—proba­
bly in all his life  he  had  never  seen  a 
camel.
One Sunday  Hans  came  tearing  into 
camp  about  ten  times  as  wild-eyed  as 
usual.  “Poys,”  cried  he,  “I  shoot  a 
helick.”

“A what?”  asked one of the men.
“A  hel-ach—helik,” 

Hans insisted upon  all  hands 

cried  Hans.
“Mine Gott,  the biggest helak in all  Ari­
zona.”
“He means that he has shot  a  monster 
elk,” said some one.
“ Yaw, a helk,” said  Hans.  “So  wohr 
mir Gott helfe, es  ist  de  biggest  in  de 
mountains.”
“Big horns like  this?  queried  an  old 
miser, drawing his  neck  down  into  his 
chest and  spreading  his  arms  abroad.
“No  horn  at  all,”  said  Hans.  “She 
was a frau  helak; she was  de grandmud- 
der  of all de helick.”
As Hans was able to show blood on his 
knife, gun,  and hands,  the men  conclud­
ed he had at last really killed a  beast  of 
some kind.  Horses  were caught up  and 
two men sent with Hans to bring  in  the 
meat, of which he  said  there was  “more 
as a vagon load.”
taking 
guns,  as he said he saw  a  large  herd  of 
the elk  j ust across a  little  valley  from 
where he had  drowned  his  victim.  As 
the party rode along with  him to find his 
game,  Hans honestly owned  that he  had 
never before seen an  elk.  He had heard 
so much about the elk,  however,  that  he 
thought he knew the  animal.
Presently  Hans  put  spurs to  his  mus­
tang and proudly dashed to the spot where 
lay  ths  dead  camel.  Dismounting,  he 
threw  his  beloved  “jager”  across  his 
game, then as the  others came  up laid a 
finger on his lips.  He pointed in the  di­
rection of some low hills.  He wanted no 
noise made.  He  was  just  in  the  right 
humor 
to  creep  over  the  hills  and 
slaughter the whole herd. 
In his anxiety 
to  make  sure  of  his victim,  Hans  had 
nearly sawed the head off  the poor camel 
with his knife.
When  his  companions  came  up  they 
were for some moments  at  a loss  as 
to 
just what kind of a huge  creature  Hans 
had slain.  Presently one  of  them,  Tom 
Alcborn,  the well-known Comstock  mill­
wright  (now dead)  cried  out:  “By  the 
holy poker,  it’s a  camel.  He  has  killed 
one of the camels that belong over at the

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other camp.  Here is a  nice  mess. 
I’ve 
no  doubt  the  animal  is  worth  all  of 
81,000.”
“ Wort a tousand dollar?”  cried  Hans. 
“Gott  in  Himmel! 
If  we  could  only 
kill dem  all it is more as twenty  tousand 
dollar in our  pocket.”
It was long before Hans could  be made 
to  understand that the “ boot was on  the 
other foot:”  that the owners of the camel 
would demand $1,000 for it.
“Ach,  der  teufel!”  cried  Hans,  with 
rueful face.  “Potz wetter.  Das kameel, 
is it den one kameel  I  haf 
das kameel. 
killed?”
“ Yes, a  camel,”  said  Alchorn,  “and 
the  men  who  own  the  camel  will  be 
after you.”

“Donuer wetter!” groaned  Hans.
As the  men  did  not  wish to  be  caught 
near the  dead  camel,  all  hands  beat  a 
hasty retreat  for home.
When they got back  to  the  mine  and 
told of Han’s  latest exploit with  his  old 
“jager” the whole camp was  in  a  roar. 
Every man  who  looked  at  Hans  burst 
into a  horse  laugh,  and  wherever  he 
went he heard the cry:  “ Hi!  here  comes 
the man  that killed the camel.”
For  about  a  week  Hans  endured  the 
gibes  and  jeers  of  the  camp, 
then  be 
came up missing and the old “jager” with 
him.  The men  had  made  the  camp  a 
hell for him.

T ax E v ad ers v s.  T ax  Title Sh ark s. 
W ritten for T h e  Tradesman.
“A  certain  class  of  tax  title  sharks 
who have been  waxing  fat  under  a  re­
cent tax  law in this State,  which  appar­
ently permitted the  purchaser  of  a  tax 
title  for  the  years  1887  and  1888 to re­
ceive  a  deed  of  the  property  from the 
Auditor General,  received  a  severe  set­
back  from the  Supreme  Court.  Thous­
ands  of  dollars  have  been  invested by 
speculators.  Valuable  properties have 
been  sold  for  their taxes and  there has 
been no end  to  speculation.  Of  course, 
the  delinquent  taxes  will  have  to be 
paid,  but  the  tax  title  speculators are, 
prohibited  from exacting fabulous profits 
upon their investments,  and  owners  of 
property who  have allowed  their taxes to 
lapse may redeem  their belongings  from 
the clutches of the tax title sharks.”
The  above  appeared  recently  on the 
boiler-plate side of  a  local  paper.  The 
tactics employed  by  the  Supreme  Court 
to  secure  the  payment  of  delinquent 
taxes  were  very  shrewd,  if  not,  in  a 
moral sense, exactly  right.  Two  decis­
ions have been recently  handed  down— 
the  first  practically  setting  forth  the 
principle that “ the man  who  refuses  to 
pay his proportion of taxes for  the  sup­
port of the law has no rights  which  the 
law should respect.”  Upon this decision 
people desiring to pay the  taxes  for  the 
property became as  numerous  as  “fleas 
in a  dog’s  nest,”  and  tax  titles  to  all 
properties  which  promised good  returns 
were eagerly  purchased.  Speedily  fol­
lowing the first decision came the second 
which  knocked the  first  into  a  “cocked 
hat’,  and  because the  dollar sign,  or dol­
lars and  cents,  had  been  omitted  from 
certain tax rolls,  tax returns  or  tax  ad­
vertisements,  the sale  or  assessment  or 
both were declared illegal.  The first de­
cision  seemed to be founded  upon justice 
and equity;  the second on fly  specks aud 
technicalities.

In Northern  Michigan  the  larger  num­
ber of evaders of taxes seem  to  be  lum­
bermen.  So  long  as  there  is  valuable 
timber  upon 
their  lands  the  taxes are 
paid before the 3 per cent,  is  added.  As 
soon  as the timber is removed  the  tax  is 
returned as delinquent.  Should  the laud 
rise in  value,  however,  the owner appar­
ently holds council with  himself and de­
cides upon  the cheapest  way of removing 
the cloud upon the property,  and  usually 
decides  to  employ  a  lawyer  expert  in 
tax law quibbles to nullify the tax  which 
he refuses to pay,  and  to  appeal  to  the

courts to reinstate him  in  his ownership, 
thus  getting  something 
for  nothing, 
which  is contrary to the  decisions of the 
Supreme Court.  These tax evaders often 
assert that their property  is assessed too 
| high,  compared  with  surrounding prop­
erty.  The law furnishes ample means to 
guard  against this. 
If an owner of prop­
erty  believes  his  assessment  to  be  too 
high,  he may appeal to the  board  of  re­
view  to  lower  his valuation.  He may 
pay his tax under protest or  appear  at a 
court of chancery  and  show  cause  why 
his  property should not be sold for taxes. 
It is again  urged that minor children may 
own  property,  and  if  the  guardian or 
executor  neglects to  pay  the  taxes  the 
law unjustly deprives  them of  their  be­
longings. 
It  should  be  the  duty  of 
judges of probate to see that the taxes on 
the property of minors are paid.  Failing 
to do this, the minor,  upon  reaching  his 
majority,  may institute suit  against  the 
guardian  and  his  bondsmen  for reim­
bursement  of his loss,  and,  if necessary, 
include  the  judge  of  probate  with  his 
bondsmen, if he has any,  among  the  de­
fendants. 
It  is  conceded  that  In  all 
nations  there  should  be  some  form  of 
government. 
It is  conceded  that  some 
person or persons  should  be  elected  or 
appointed to do the executive,  legislative 
and judicial  work  of  such  government. 
It is conceded that  such  persons  should 
receive  compensation  commensurate  to 
their  services;  and-it  is  conceded that 
such compensation  should be raised by a 
tax  upon each individual,  in  proportion 
to the amount he is protected  by the gov­
ernment.  Conceding all  this,  it  follows 
that the person  who  refuses  to  pay  for 
the protection of the government  should 
not have such  protection.  “ It is  uncon­
stitutional to receive something for noth­
ing.” 
It might possibly be  an  improve­
ment in the  method  of  laying  taxes  to 
pattern  after  the  insurance  companies, 
that  is,  pay  in  advance  or  receive no 
protection.  Few  people care to  pay  for 
a “dead  house.”  Under the present law 
the only hope of obtaining a considerable 
part of the taxes levied,  or  any  part  of 
them,  is because of these tax title sharks. 
1  confess  that  if I did not fear someone 
had a desire for my property I  would  be 
in no hurry to pay my taxes. 
I hope if I 
ever have more property  than I can  pay 
taxes upon,  the courts  will decide that  I 
have too much  for my own  and the  pub­
lic welfare. 
I  think  we need more com­
mon sense and justice and  less  law;  more 
decisions according to the spirit,  and less 
according to the letter of the  law;  and  I 
think when  farmers  and  business  men 
send  more  representatives  from  among 
their own  numbers  and  less  lawyers  to 
Congress and  the  Legislature,  the sooner 
we will have a better state of affairs.

Epsilon,  Mich.,  March 30.

H.  D.  T a i.la.d a y .

F o u r o f a  K ind.

Why is the ordinary lady  shopper like 
a mustard  plaster ?  Because  she  is  a 
counter irritant.

Why  is  a  groceryman  generally  dis­

liked?  Because of his short weigh.

Why is a fish dealer  an  object  of  sus­
picion ?  Because he is in  a  scaly  busi­
ness.

Would you call an  unmarried  baker a 

crusty old  bachelor ?

The State  Pharmaceutical Association 
of Iowa has adopted a resolution  declar­
ing that  “alcohol is  a  greater  necessity 
than tea and coffee.

THE  MIGBIOAN  TBÄDBHMAN.

PERKINS  &  HESS,

DEALERS  IN

Hides, Furs, Wool  & Tallow,

Nos.  iaa  and  134  Louis  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

WE CARRY A  STOCK OF  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL USE.

SOCIETIES,
CLUBS,
CONVENTIONS,
DELEGATES,
COMMITTEES.

The Largest Assortment of  Ribbons 
and Trimmings in the State.

T R A D B S M A N   C O M P A N Y .

Why Not Use the Best?
“ S u n lig h t”

.  OUR 

. 

. 

.

FANCY  PATENT  FLOUR
Is  unsurpassed 
for  whiteness,  purity  and 
strength. 
Increase your trade  and  place  your 
self beyond  the  competition of  your neighbors 
by selling this  unrivaled  brand.  Write  us  fot 
price delivered st your  railroad station

Tie  Walsh-Moo  M in i  Co.,

HOLLAND,  MICH.

You only  Chew  the  String when  you  read  this  advertisement.  To 
Prove  the  Pudding,  you  must  send  for a sample  order of Tradesman, 
Superior or Universal  Coupon  Books. 
If you have  never used the Coupon 
Book  System, and  wish  to investigate  it, sample books  and  price lists will 
be mailed free on  application,
T R A D E S M A N   C O M P A N Y ,

G ran d   R ap id s,  M ich

The PRESIDENT  of the United States t»f America,

TO

or holding through or under you, 

au  HKi BT K 0£H*  y ° u r c l e r k s, attorneys  agents,  s a l e s m e n ,  workmen,and all claiming 
6

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.  " “**«*“• 

h as,bee“  represented  to  us  in our Circuit Court of  the United States for the 
District of New Jersey, In the  Third i ircult, on the  part of the  ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COM­
PANY,  Complainant,  that  it  has lately exhibited its said  Bill  of Complaint in our  said Circuit 
Oourtof  the United States for the District of New Jersey, against you  the  said  Henry  Koch  De­
fendant, to be relieved touching the matters tberein complained or, and that the said 

’

ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,

Complainant, is entitled to the exclusive use of the  designation “SAPOLIO”  as  a  trademark  for 
sconring soap,
Now,  T h e r e f o r e ,  we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said Henry 
Koch, your clerks, attorneys, agents, salesmen and workmen, and all claiming or holding through 
or under you, under the pains and penalties which may fall upon you and  each  of you In  case of 
disobedience, that you do absolutely desist and  refrain from in any mariner  unlawfully  using the 
word “SAPOLIO,’  or any word or words substantially  similar thereto in sound  or  appearance  In 
connection with the manufacture or sale of any scouring  soap not made or  produced by or for the 
Complainant, and from directly, or indirectly.
By w o rd  o f m o u th   o r o th erw ise,  selling o r  deliv erin g   a s   "SA PO LIO ,”  o r  w hen 
that  which  is  not  Complainant's  said  manufacture,  and  from  In  any  way  usingthe word 
SAPOLIO” In any false or  misleading manner.
WITNESS,  The  honorable  Melville  W.  Fuller,  Chief Justice of 
the Supreme Court of the United  States  of  America, 
at the City  of Trenton, in said District of New Jersey, 
this 16th day of  December,  in  the  year of  our Lord, 
one thousand, eight hundred and ninety-two.

“ SAPOLIO” Is a sk e d  for,

[s io n e d ]

S. D. OL1PHANT,  Clerk.

r 
, 
[s e a l ]

ROWLAND  COX, Complainant's  Solicitor.

The above is the actual text of an Injunction served In the  second  ease  which  we  have  won  In 
T urn Your D eaf Ear.  They all say "It's just as good as  Sapolio,”  when  they  try  to  sell  you 
their experiments.  Your own good sense will tell you that they are trying to  get 
yon to aid  their new article at your own risk  and expense.

the Supreme Court of the U  S  for the State of New Jersey.

These Three Things We Do—Protect the Jobber, Protect the  Retailer,  Protect  Ourselves.
“We are sick 
•Sick  and Tired.”  Our salesmen  report that hundreds of retailers say  to  them: 
and tired of these dozens of cheap scouring soaps.  They lay forever  on  our  shelves.  We  won’t 
handle anything but Sapolio after this.”

THE  M3GHXÖAJSI  TRADESMAN

a

The  B usiness M an’s C reed.

W ritten  fo r Tub Tradesman.

An article under the above heading has 
been going the  rounds of the trade  press 
for several  months. 
It professes to give 
the creed  by  which  business  men  live, 
and says,  in effect, that the creeds  of the 
churches find little  place in the  religion 
of business men.  While it is undoubted­
ly true that many  business men are skep­
tics, so far as  revealed  religion  is  con­
cerned,  it must be borne in  mind  that the 
best and  greatest  men  of  our  country 
have been devoted disciples  of  the  Mas­
ter referred  to  in 
the  article  quoted. 
The business meu of all countries and all 
ages since the  founding  of  Christainity 
have been believers in the  truths  of  the 
Bible and have generally  been  connected 
with some  religious sect.  To assert that 
business and  religion  are  not  on  good 
terms with each other is to say,  in effect, 
that business men do  not  conduct  their 
business on the  rules  laid  down  in  the 
Bible,  an assertion  which  it  would  be 
difficult  to  prove.  Business  men  have 
always  been the most liberal  supporters 
of the churches,  not as a mere  matter  of 
policy,  but  because  they  are 
firm  be­
lievers in the  doctrines  of  the  church. 
The business  man  who  cannot  succeed 
in business upon the  principles of  truth 
and righteousness as found in  the  Bible 
is hardly  to be  trusted.  He may succeed 
from  a mere  money  point  of  view  but 
his life  will  come  far  short  of  being 
what it ought to  be.  There  is  no  con­
flict between business  and religion.  Re­
ligion simply asks that business shall  be 
conducted so as to abide the  scrutiny  of 
Truth.  The  writer in question says that 
“There is not an honest man in  hell,  nor 
a sneak-thief in heaven.’’  This is  really 
basing an argument  upon  the  assertion 
of a religion  with  which it  is  said  busi­
ness is in conflict. 
It is true that the re­
ligion of the  churches  asserts  there  is 
both a heaven  and  a  hell—the  one  the 
future abode  of the  righteous,  and  the 
other the future abode of the unrighteous; 
but to a man  who denies  the truths of re­
vealed religion  and  makes  a  creed  for 
himself by  which he  is  content  to  live, 
the  mere  assertion  of the  existence  of 
such places  is no  proof  of  their  exist­
ence. 
I  do not say  that  there  are  not 
such plases as those named,  for  1  firmly 
believe there are,  but to say that  “There 
is not an honest man in hell,  nor a sneak- 
thief in  heaven” (while in all probability 
it is a fact)  is the creed  of  any  man,  is 
to  base  his  hope  of  getting  to  heaven 
and avoiding hell upon a  mere  negative 
proposition. 
It is certain that if  a  man 
is strictly honest with himself  and  with 
the truth,  he is not likely to find  himself 
at last in the latter place,  and  if he does 
not live  a true life he certainly will never 
find himself in the former.  At the  same 
time, a man may  be  strictly  honest  and 
yet come  very  far  short  of  being  the 
kind  of  man  who  will  eventually  be 
found in heaven.  We are told  that  it  is 
the abode of the good,  and goodness  is  a 
positive quality. 
It is not  only  what  a 
man does not do,  but also  what  he does. 
He may avoid everything  interdicted  by 
the decalogue  and live  according  to  its 
positive commands; he may appear to  be 
an honest man,  and may actually  be  up­
right in business,  but he has little reason 
to hope that he will eventually be an  in­
habitant  of heaven. 
If the writer of the 
article referred  to  means  that  business 
men do not  accept  the  dogmas  of  the 
church, or  some  of  them,  it is a  matter

of little  consequence.  A  church  which 
is composed of human beings is  as likely 
to be wrong  as right. 
Indeed,  it is more 
apt to  be  wrong  in  its  conception  of 
truth as declared in its creed than  an  in­
dividual investigator.  No one will  ever 
“go to heaven’’  because  he  believes  the 
teachings of any church. 
If  the  church 
teaches the truth and he  believes  it  and 
practices  it  merely  because  the  church 
teaches it,  he may  be  a  better  man  for 
it,  so far  as  earthly  relations  are  con­
cerned,  but it has nothing whatever to do 
with his  going  to  heaven. 
If  he  does 
right for right’s sake,  because it is right, 
and  his desire to do  right  leads  him  to 
become a  member of  a  church, 
that  is 
another thing.  At the  same  time  I  do 
not believe that the churches  are  as  far 
wrong  as  many  people  seem 
to  think 
they are. 
I may not be  willing to accept 
all that any church teaches.  But neither 
am 1 willing to reject all that the churches 
teach.  They  are  founded  in 
the  truth 
and  so  far  as  they  teach  the  truth  so 
far should they receive the  cordial  sup­
port  of every honest man. 
It is not true 
that business men  cannot  accept  of  the 
teachings of  the  churches.  They  have 
accepted of  such  teachings,  and  until 
they are  compelled  to  reject  all  truth, 
business men  will continue  to  be  mem­
bers of the  churches.  What  individual 
business men may do is  a matter  of  no 
consequence. 

D a n i e l   A b b o t t .

Im p o rta n ce  o f  G iving  R eceip ts.
A business man  who  carries  open  ac­
counts with his  customers  should  never 
receive money to apply on  them  without 
giving a receipt.  We often hear empha­
sized  the importance  of  taking  receipts 
for money paid,  and,  of course,  this  is  a 
most important thing to do,  but in  many 
respects the giving of a receipt is equally 
as important. 
If  a  merchant  gives  re­
ceipts when they are asked  for,  and does 
not give them unless requested, he leaves 
himself open to trouble later on,  because 
there are sure to be disputes  and  claims 
made  of  money  having  been  paid  of 
which  his  books  show  no  record, 
if 
John Jones owes an  account  and  makes 
occasional  payments  thereon,  one  time 
getting a  receipt  and  another  time  not 
getting any,  he may some day claim  that 
he has  paid  more  than  he 
is  credited 
with. 
If asked to produce a  receipt,  he 
may say that none  was given  him,  and  if 
it has not been the rule of  the  merchant 
to give receipts at all times, it is only one 
man’s word against another’s. 
If the in­
variable rule of  the  establishment  is  to 
give  receipts,  he  can  call  attention  to 
this  fact,  and stand on  it with  the  con­
sciousness that he is right.
The best plan is to have a receipt book 
with stnbs,  and  each  stub  and  receipt 
numbered;  then,  while always  following 
the rule himself,  see  that  his  employes 
who receive  money  on  accounts  do  ex­
actly  the  same  thing,  and  never  allow 
any customer to pay a  bill  or  a  portion 
of a bill without receiving  a  receipt  for 
the  amount. 
If  the  customer  is  in  a 
hurry  and  will  not  wait, 
the  receipt 
should be sent  to  him.  A  man’s  custo­
mers  would  soon learn  under  such  cir­
cumstances  that  it  is  useless  to  claim 
having  paid  money,  unless  they  could 
produce 
their  receipts.  Dealers  who 
have had  trouble  in  this  matter in  the 
past will  find  it  to  their  advantage  to 
adopt some such rule and never  allow  it 
to  be violated in the least.

J.  W.  Ellsworth, of  Chicago,  has  paid 
$1,500 for a dollar of  1804, of which only 
six were heretofore known to be in exist­
ence.  The dollar  was  in  the  possession 
of a  negro  of  Alexandria, Ya.,  and  was 
an heirloom  of  his  father, who had kept 
it  all  his  life,  as  its  date  told  him  the 
year when  he acquired  his  freedom. 
It 
was  carefully  examined  by  the  officials 
of the Philadelphia mint and pronounced 
genuine.  Mr.  Ellsworth has a  collection 
of coins which cost him $50,000.

The following is a fac simile reproduction of an advertisement  now  appearing 

weekly in the Elk Rapids Progress:

J O H N   M O R R ISO N

Sells the

At the

LOWEST  PRICES,  FOR  GASH 

I

Of any retail dealer iu Michigan.  He buys exclusively of

BALL,  BARNHART, 
PUTMAN  CO.,

o best  Wholesalers in  Michigan.  That’s Why  !

For over a quarter of a century the name of our house has been a synonym  for 
good goods and right prices.  To be able to say that you  buy  goods  of  Ball-Barn- 
hart—Putman Co.  is positive assurance to your trade that your stock is first-class  in 
every  respect. 
Is  it any  wonder,  then,  that  our customers should seek  to avail 
themselves of the advertising advantage which  such a connection affords?

H.  B.  GRAND GIRARD 

Gran.d-Gira.rd  <fe  C o. 

BELDEN  REAGAN,  M.  D.

M a n u f a c t u r i n g  

P h a r m a c i s t s ,

DRUG  STOCKS  BOUGHT  AND  SOLD. 
Correspondence  Solicited. 

DRUG  BROKERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS’  AGENTS.

DRUG  CLERK’S  EMPLOYMENT  BUREAU:

PORTER  BLOCK,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Promptness  Assured.

To Clothing  Merchants. —

The  wholesale  clothing  manufacturers  have  made 
up  light stocks this season,  blit  we  made  up  about our 
usual  Spring  line,  in  the  Newest  Styles and  Patterns, 
Long  and  Medium  Frock  Skirts  regular,  cutaway  and 
Double-breasted  Sack suits.  Elegant  Spring  Overcoats, 
cut  long. 
See  our  splendid  line  of  imported  Clay 
Worsteds  Frock and  Sack Coats,  Vests and  in Suits,  from 
$7.00 tip.  Our Staple  line,  so  well  adapted  for Farmers’ 
trade, is fully up to the standard.  No  better goods made 
and prices in  reach  of all.

and 

13. 

Customer’s 

expenses 

and  Friday,  April  12 

Write our Michigan agent,  WM.  CONNOR,  box 346,  Marshall,  Mich.,  to  call 
upon  you  at  any  time,  or  meet  him  at  Sweet’s Hotel,  Grand Rapids,  Mich., on 
al­
Thursday 
lowed.  Mail orders promptly attended to.  E s ta b lis h e d   37  y e a rs .

Michael  Kolb  &  Son, J 3S L
O R A N G E S .
F loridan,  C alifornian  a n d  

R O C H E S T E R ,  N .  Y.

C atanian.

Sound  fruit at bottom  prices.

T he P U T N A M   C A N D Y  CO,

4:

THB  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,

iu 

higher prices may prevail; some  holders, j 
that is.  Certainly it is  only  a  question ' 
of time when the supply of  coffee  will be 
so  greatly  increased  that 
the  present 
range  of  prices  will  seem  incredible. 
The  stock 
the  United  States is re­
ported  as  rather  low  by the Coffee Ex­
change—183,000  bags.  The  Coffee  Ex­
change report  is  rather  puzzling,  how­
ever.  They give  the  quantity  in  store 
and afloat at New Orleans, Baltimore and 
New  York,  and  call  it  “ total  stock  in 
United States.”
Raw sugars,  which  have  been  selling 
at  very low rates,  are still in that  condi­
tion,  while  refined  also  remain  at  the 
point last quoted, 4}^«.  The demand for 
the  latter  shows  no  speculative  move­
ment.
Molasses does not show any visible im­
provement.  The  stock  now  here  is  of 
better quality than it has been,  and deal­
ers think  they could sell  plenty of it if— 
somebody  would  buy.  Prime  N.  O.  is 
worth 17@20c.
Rice remains dull,  and,  though dealers 
profess quite  a  hopeful  feeling  for  the 
future, it is difficult to see on  what  they 
base  their  hopes.  Prime  to  choice  is 
quotable at 4%@5%c.
Spices  are  dull  and  neglected.  Per­
haps there is a little firmer basis for  gin­
ger,  and, maybe,  pepper,  but  the  whole 
market lacks animation.
Unusually low prices for canned goods 
seem  to  have  stimulated  more  inquiry, 
and the market may  be  termed  a  steady 
one,  although no  large  transactions  are 
reported.  Corn  is  moving quite  freely, 
but prices are at a point which shows  no 
profit; Harford County  (Md.)  are  retail­
ing here at 6c a can  and Maine  brands of 
good quality at  “two for a quarter.”
Fresh  fruits,  both foreign  and  domes­
tic,  are moving iu a fairly  free  manner, 
although no improvement is  to  be  noted 
in  prices.  The  demand  for  lemons  is 
better and the supply of apples  is  about 
nil.
Dried fruits are in  moderate  demand. 
California 
raisins  are  selling  at  ex­
tremely  low  rates.  Evaporated  apples 
are  iu smaller supply and firmer.  Dried 
peaches are worth 9@15c,  as  to  quality.
Cheese  is  steady  and  firm,  although 
hardly up to the  mark  of  the  past  two 
weeks.  There is not much movement  in 
butter.  The very  best Elgin  brings  21c, 
but above  this  it  is  not  safe  to  quote. 
Western  imitation  creamery,  firsts,  14@ 
15c;  State dairy, 16@20c.
Eggs are falling off  in supply,  as  com­
pared with  last  week,  although  the  re­
ceipts are still far in excess  of  demand. 
Near-by,  12@13c;  Western, 
including 
Michigan,  ll@ll}£c.
The week  closes  in  a  manner  not  at 
all discouraging,  although there  is  still 
much  room  for  improvement.  All  are 
hoping  for “something better further on.”

J a y.

Since 

Constantinople is a paradise for women 
doctors. 
the  irade  permitting 
women to practice  medicine  in  Turkey, 
a  number  of  Americau  and  English 
women  have  built  up  large  businesses 
there.  Turks do not like  to  admit  mas­
culine  physicians  to  their  harems  and 
never  do except in most serious  cases.

The largest  storage  warehouse  in  the 
world has just been opened in  Brooklyn. 
It  stands  on  Schermerhorn  street,  and 
occupies the site of Dr. Talmage’s former 
tabernacle,  destroyed by fire.  The build­
ing is ten stories  high,  with  a  frontage 
of  125  feet and a depth of 100 feet.  The 
cost of the structure was  $1,000,000,  and 
its capacity is said  to be  5,000 van  loads 
of goods.

PRODUCE  MARKET.

Apples—Too scarce to Quote.
Beans—Dull.  Handlers pay $1.25,  holding at 

$1.50.

is firm at  18@20c and creamery at  23@2tc.

Butter—Supply Is only medium.  Choice dairy 
Cabbages—Floridas command $2.25  per  crate.
Cranberries—Have  advanced,  Jerseys  bring­

ing $i.50@2.75 per bu. crate.

Celery—Practically  out  the  market.  Price 

firm at 25c per doz.

Cucumbers—Easily bring $1.50 per doz.
Eggs—Handlers  pay  9c,  holding  at  10@llc. 
The market is confined altogether to a consump­
tive demand,  as  the  picklers  and  cold storage 
men are afraid  to put in stocks until the  result 
of the Wilson bill is foreseen.

Field  Seeds—Medium  or  mammoth  clover, 
top,  60@70c; 

$5.75@6;  Timothy,  $2@2.10;  Red 
Orchard grass, $i.60@1.70; Alsyke $7@i.50.

Honey—Supply is good  and  pi ices  are  some­
what off,  the  best  only  bringing  12ftc.  Buck­
wheat  10c.

Lettuce—Commission men hold Orand  Rapids 

forcing at 10c per  lb.

Maple  Sugar—Good  domestic  brings  9@10c 

per lb.

Onions—Are  in  good  supply  and  prices un­
changed,  40c  per  bu.  and  held  at  50c,  with 
Cubans at $1 per bu. being the figures.

Potatoes—The market is a  little  stronger  and 
higher,  carload  buyers  having  advanced  their 
paying prices about 5c per bu.  There is no pres­
ent prospect of a slump  in the market,  but  it  i 
about the time  of year when such  events occur 
and it will be well for  dealers  to  proceed  very 
cautiously.

Radishes—Clncinnatis  are  in  good  demand 

and supply at Tfc per doz. bunches.

Spinach—75c per bu. crate.
Strawberries—Floridas, 35c per qt.
Tomatoes—The  supply  of  Southern  stock  is 
ample and the price has declined to $3.50 per bu.

YOU  CAN’T  DO  BUSINESS  WITHOUT  SOAP.

Why not handle the 

b e s t .

There is no soap superior to

A T L A S

Manufactured only by

HENRY  PASS0LT,

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

MOVEMENTS OF  MERCHANTS.

Byron Center—Wm.  Hirst has  sold his 

general stock to P.  B.  Sharp.

Caro—F.  A.  Turner  succeeds  M.  R. 

Truesdell in the hardware business.

Allegan—Fred  Bither  has  opened  a 

fruit and confectionery store.

Fremont—Gibson  &  Wilcox  succeed 

Wm.  Boone in the furniture business.

Kalamazoo—Batch  &  Harris  succeed 

E.  A.  Batch in the grocery  business.

Wayland—Peter Ross has embarked in 

the bazar business at this place.

Dundee—A.  W.  Hardy is succeeded by 
Chas. D.  Dodge in  the  grocery business.
J.  H. 

Dundee—C.  Feiudt  succeeds 

Jaeger in the grocery  business.

Reading—Crane & Co. succeed  Geo.  E. 

Crane in the clothing business.

Bradley—B. H. Ocker, of Grand Rapids, 
succeeds Dr. J.  H.  Reed in the drug busi­
ness.

Owosso—Geo.  H.  Graham  has  pur­
chased  the  wholesale  cigar  business  of 
M. C.  Dawes.

Bessemer—Wencel  Fox  has  removed 
his grocery,  dry goods  and  notion  stock 
to Iron  River,  Wis.

West  Bay  City—Mohr  &  Staudacher 
succeed Staudacher & McGuinnes  in  the 
hardware business.

Clarksville—Edward  A.  Rising,  for­
merly of Saranac, succeeds N. H. Caverly 
in the harness  business.

Onondaga—Godding  &  Wilcox,  drug­
gists and  grocers,  have  dissolved,  W.  E. 
Wilcox & Co.  continuing the business.

Portland—Newman  &  Kennedy, deal­
ers in hardware  and  agricultural  imple­
ments, have dissolved, Kennedy <& Hixson 
succeeding.

Saranac—E. T.  White  has  purchased 
an interest in the clothing firm  of  Allen 
& Gamble.  The new firm  will be known 
as Allen, Gamble & White.

Marion—J. D. Yannier  has  purchased 
the interest of Jake McElroy  in  the  firm 
of Slaight &  McElroy,  harness  dealers. 
The firm name will  be known  as  Slaight 
& Yannier.

Shelby—Morris Haas and D. J. McLeod 
have formed a  copartnership  under  the 
style of Haas & McLeod for  the  purpose 
of embarking in the meat business about 
June 1.

Adrian—Jay Hoag has sold his interest 
in the boot and  shoe  firm  of  Whaley  & 
Hoag  to his partner,  who  will  continue 
the business under the style  of  Chas.  E. 
Whaley.

Morley—Frank A.  Hunter &  Co.,  who 
have been engaged in  the  grocery  busi­
ness at this place for the past  two  years 
have  purchased  the  grocery  stock  and 
store building of  Peter  Hanson  and  re­
moved to that location.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Saginaw—Melchers  &  Nerreter  suc­
ceed  Yates,  Addis  & Co.  in  the  lumber 
business.

West  Branch—The  sawmill  of 

the 
French  Lumber Co.  will  start the sawing 
season  April  10,  with  logs  enough  for  a 
four  months’  run.

Standish—J.  E.  Austin & Co. will  start 
their  band  sawmill  this  week  and  the 
shingle  mill  will  start  later  on.  The 
firm  is  putting  in  planing  machinery. 
J.  Price started  bis  sawmill  last  week.
North Muskegon—D. A.  Miner is  mov­
ing his shingle  mill  from  this  place  to 
Muskegon,  where it  will  be  placed  upon 
the  site  of  the  M.  Wilson  mill,  which

was burned several years ago.  The mill | 
will probably be in operation by April 10. |
Traverse City—The stock of lumber in i 
this region  is  very  light  in  comparison ' 
with 
last  year.  Dealers  and  manu- 
factuieis are iu no hurry to sell  and  are 
holding  for  last  year’s  prices,  and 
in 
most cases getting the rates.  Dry birch 
and  basswood are scarce and are  rapidly 
being picked up.  General  sales  are  not 
what they should be,  but there is a  good 
deal of inquiry for  hardwood  for  future 
delivery.

Holland—The  Walsh-DeRoo  Milling 
Co.’s Standard Roller  Mills  will  under­
go important improvements  and  an  in­
crease of  capacity  during  the  coming 
summer,  in  order  that  its  owners  may 
be  enabled  to  keep  pace  with  the  in­
creased  demand  for its products. 
It  is 
intended  to add  an  additional  story  to 
the building,  so  that the  first floor  may 
be  entirely  used  for  packing  purposes. 
The  company has  contracted for a large 
amount  of  additional  mill  machinery, 
which will increase  the  capacity  of the 
mill  about  150  barrels 
twenty four 
hours,  including a 250-horse  power com­
pound condensing engine.

in 

GOTHAM GOSSIP.

N ew s  from   th e   M etropolis- - -Index  of 

th e   M ark ets.

Special  Correspondence.

New  York,  March  31—“Now  is  the 
winter of  our  discontent  made  glorious 
summer  by this son of  (New)  York,”  ex­
claimed the Tragic Muse,  when  he  read 
that Cleveland had  vetoed  the  seignior­
age bill,  and  so saved  us still  further de­
pression.  A  better  feeling  at  once set 
in,  not only  iu  Wall  street,  but go where 
one  would  in  the  jobbing  districts  the 
same feeling was  observable.  With this 
veto,  and  with the month of March gone, 
and  a  new  spring  setting  in,  there  is 
every reasou  to  look  for  a  resumption 
of trade as it was a  year  ago.  A  dollar 
will  buy  more of the  necessaries  of  life 
than it ever would  and  here  the laborer 
has a decided  advantage.
The  severe  cold  spell  knocked  some 
calculations in  the head  as  regards  the 
packing of many articles this year.  Our 
brokers report that frosts iu  the  interior 
of this State have caused any  amount  of 
damage,  while  in  Delaware  and  Mary­
land  the  loss  is  almost  total  so  far as 
fruit  which was in  blossom is concerned, 
and  a  large  proportion  of  peach  trees 
were in this  condition.  Of course, some 
dealers take all these statements  with  a 
grain of salt,  and  say  that  even  if  the 
loss  has  been  so  large,  the  stocks  of 
most sorts carried over  are  amply  suffi­
cient,  and in no case  will  there  be  any 
hardship. 
In  fact,  if  a  stiffening  in 
prices  occurs,  the  ill  wind 'will  have 
blown somebody good,  and so they are in 
no manner disturbed.
Jobbers generally  report a fair volume 
of  business  during  the  past  week,  yet 
the out-of-town retail trade show  a  won­
derful amount  of  conservatism  in  their 
purchases,  and seem  determined  to  buy 
only from hand to mouth,  if it “takes all 
summer.”  Probably,  however,  retailers 
are  buying  all  they  can,  and  it is cer­
tainly to their credit that they  are  mak­
ing no large bills at this period.  In  fact, 
the  lesson  of  small  and  frequent  pur­
chases for spot cash has  been  so  firmly 
implanted  among  retailers  that  it  may 
last for years.
Collections  among  the  grocery  trade 
are  said  to  have  picked  up  somewhat 
within the past ten days, but no one parts 
with his dollars as  long  as  he  can  help 
it.
Prices on all descriptions  of  merchan­
dise remain  pretty much  unchanged,  al­
though there is a little firmer  feeling for 
many  things.  Doubtless  this  will  con­
tinue until we are fully in the rush of re­
turning prosperity.
Brazil coffee remains at 17>£c,  where it 
has  hung  for  some  time.  The stock  in 
the  country  is  not  large,  and  holders 
• seem to have a  confidential  feeling  that

B A N  BARK A l  LDHBEB  CO ,

Saginaw,  Mich.

18 and  19
Widdicomb  Building.

N. B.  Cla r k ,  Pres.
C.  U.  Cl a r k ,  Sec’y  and Treas.

We are  now  ready  to  make 
contracts for the season of 1894.

Correspondence
Solicited.

TH ü  MICHIGAN  ITÍAPEBM A TNT

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GRAND  RA PID S  GOSSIP.

S. G.  Barker  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Big  Rapids.  The  Lemon  & 
Wheeler Company furnished the stock.

N. O.  Ward,  hardware dealer  at  Stan- 
wood,  has  added  a  line  of  groceries. 
The  Lemon  &  Wheeler  Company  fur­
nished the stock.

Chas. A. Granger will  shortly  open  a 
grocery store at  the  corner  of  Wealthy 
and  Grandville  avenues.  The  Mussel- 
man Grocer Co.  has  the  order  for  the 
stock.

Bunting & Davis have sublet the south 
half of their storeroom to the  Anheuser- 
Busch  Brewing  Association,  which  will 
occupy the premises with  an  office  and 
cold storage  warehouse.

£. Weaver has  sold  his  meat  market 
on South Division street,  south  of  Hall 
street, to S. C.  Eggleston,  and  opened  a 
market  on  his  own  account  further 
south on the same street,  near  the cross­
ing of the D.,  L. N. Railway.

is  reorganizing 

The Widdicomb Mantel Co.,  under the 
new  management, 
its 
business and changing  the  character  of 
its output. 
In addition  to wood mantels, 
it will have ready for  the  July  sales  a 
fine line of mahogany  and  birch  suites, 
sideboards  and  chiffoniers, 
the  suites 
ranging in price from $75  to  $350.  The 
stockholders  are  also  considering  the 
idea of changing the name of  the  corpo­
ration and will  probably decide upon  the 
Widdicomb  Cabinet  Co.  for 
the  new 
style.

P u rely   P erson al.

Thos.  S.  Freeman  has  gone  to  Mt. 
Clemens  for  a  fortnight’s  acquaintance 
with the  saline  waters  of  that  famous 
resort.  His  trade  is  being  covered  in 
the meantime by Jas.  E.  Ireland.

H.  F.  Morse,  who,  as  manager  of  the 
Busy Big Store in Ludington,  made  that 
establishment almost  a  household  word 
throughout Mason  county,  has  been  re­
tired.  Mr.  J.  McKnight,  of  Chicago, 
succeeds him.

Chas. A.  Phelps is on a tour  of  South­
ern and Eastern  tanneries in the  interest 
of the  Grand Rapids Bark & Lumber Co. 
W. A. Phelps  and  C.  F.  Toung,  of  the 
same company,  went to  Chicago  Monday 
for the purpose of securing contracts from 
the tanners  there.

Geo. R.  Mayhew is  home  again,  after 
a tour  of  the  various  mineral  springs, 
including Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  in  pursuit 
of health and strength.  He is  gradually 
improving  under  the 
treatment  of  a 
New York physician and  expects soon to 
be himself again.

David  Anson,  who  covered  the  Mich­
igan  trade  several  years  for  the  Royal 
Baking Powder  Co.,  and  who  recently 
called  upon  a  number  of  Michigan 
merchants  in 
the  interest  of  a  new 
coupon  book  scheme,  negotiated  with 
A.  Buys  a  month  ago  to  handle  his 
barrel truck and  bench in  the  large cities 
of the West.  He was furnished  expense 
money aud sent  to  the  Chicago  market, 
where he is reported to have  squandered 
the money  by  gambling.  Mr.  Buys  is, 
naturally,  very  much  inceused  over  the 
manner in  which he was  treated  by  Mr. 
Anson, and  proposes  to  make 
it  very 
warm for the gentleman if he ever shows 
his face in this territory again.

Don’t go to sleep with  the  knowledge 
hat you  haven’t  honestly  earned  your 
night’s rest.

THE  B U S IN IS S   SITUATION.

Business is improving.  Reports  from 
jobbers  and  retailers  in  this  city  and 
from outside points clearly show  this  to 
be a fact. 
It  is  true  the  improvement 
is slight aud  hardly to  be noticed  in  any 
particular  locality,  but, judging  by  the 
trade  done  by  wholesale  houses  and 
from  reports  made  by  railway  officials, 
there is  a  decided  improvement.  The 
bard times are not  over,  by  any  means. 
Consumers have not only to  live  during 
the coming year but  many of  them  have 
debts to liquidate which  were  contracted 
during the  past winter.  This  will,  nat­
urally, curtail  purchases  to  a  consider­
able extent;  but with the  increased  pur­
chasing  power,  due  to  improvement  in 
manufactures,  there is  little  doubt  that 
buying will  be  done  with  greater  free­
dom during the coming  summer  months 
than for  some  considerable  time  in  the 
past.  As some of the  business  men  who 
were 
interviewed  remarked,  calamity 
howlers are responsible for much  of  the 
hard  times.  These  people seem  never 
to be so happy  as  when they are  predict­
ing calamity  and  chronicling  what  has 
already  come. 
If  it  were  not  for  the 
croaking  of  these  ravens  of  trade  aud 
commerce,  times would not  have been as 
bad as  they  have,  but  one man  feeling 
blue and talking as he feels  will do  very 
much  towards  convincing  people 
that 
they are hard up.

that 

Now 

times  are  improving, 

let 
everyone talk improvement. 
It  will  do 
no good  to  croak,  but  it  will  do  very 
much good to  talk in  a  cheerful  strain. 
Certainly no  wholesale  merchant  ought 
to talk  hard  times,  especially to  his  cus­
tomer. 
If  he cau convince his customer 
that he believes that improved  times are 
coming  and  that  business  is  regaining 
strength aud  increasing  in  activity,  he 
will do very  much towards selling him  a 
good  bill of goods.  As an  index  to  the 
feeling of the  trade  in this  city,  the re­
sults of a few interviews are given below:
Heman  G.  Barlow  (Olney  &  Judson 
Grocer Co.):  The  first  quarter  of  1894 
has  been  satisfactory;  in  fact,  it  was 
fully  10  per  cent,  better  than  for  the 
same  period  last  year.  Outside  cus­
tomers report business quiet  but improv­
ing. 
I believe  that  in  the  near  future 
the  improvement  in  business  will  be 
much more  marked than  it is now.  One 
fact greatly in  the  jobbers’  favor  is  the 
low  stocks  carried  by  dealers,  which, 
coupled with an  improving business, will 
help  jobbers 
immensely.  Collections 
never  were better.

S.  M.  Lemon  (Lemon  & Wheeler  Com­
pany):  The  grocery  jobbing  trade  of 
Grand  Rapids  has  every  reason  to  be 
satisfied  with  the  business  of  the  last 
quarter. 
It  has  been  equal  in  dollars 
and cents to that of the same  period  last 
year, and this means  a  volume  of  trade 
fully  15 per  cent,  better  than  last  year, 
as prices have  been cut to that extent.

B.  W.  Putnam  (Putnam  Candy  Co.): 
Business  has fallen off  slightly  with  us, 
but, on the whole,  we are satisfied.  Col­
lections have been good.

Fred  H.  Ball  (Bali-Barnhart-Putman 
Co.):  Business so far this year has been 
better than  we had  any reason to believe 
it would  be.  The  volume  of  trade  was 
fully as large as for the same  period last 
year.  All  thiugs  considered,  we  have 
every  reason to be satisfied.  Collections 
are fair.

Moseley  Bro9.  (wholesale  produce): 
January and February of  this  year were

a trifle below the same months  last year, 
but March  was  good,  fully  making  up 
| the deficit of  the  previous  two  months’
| trade.  Collections have  been good.  Our 
j seed  business so far is ahead of last  year 
i aud a month earlier,  and a  month’s start 
is a big thing in our business.

E.  B. Stevens  (L. F.  Swift & Co.):  Our 
sales  for the  past  quarter  of  this  year 
were fully up to  last  year’s  business  in 
the same period,  but the hard times have 
cut the heart out of prices.  We  are  not 
croaking,  however,  and  are  taking  our 
medicine  with the rest.

in 

W.  P.  Granger (Grand Rapids  Packing 
&  Provision Co.):  We are ahead  of last 
year,  although the terrific slump  in pork 
cut  into  our  profits  very  considerably. 
1 am a  bull  in  politics,  however,  and  1 
believe  that prices are going to  advauce 
and times improve.  Dealers’  stocks  are 
small and exports are good, and our  own 
people  generally 
are  buying  more 
liberally.  This  is  how  I  figure  out 
higher  prices  and  better  times  for  the 
provision market.  Prices are very  good, 
from which 1 infer that  business  in  the 
country is in a good condition.

C.  B.  Metzger  (wholesale  fruits  and 
produce):  Business  is  better  this  year 
than  last  for  the  period  named.  Our 
cash  sales  are  fully  double  what  they 
were for the last quarter of  1893,  but  we 
have shortened our credits  considerably, 
which may account for some of the extra 
cash.  Collections  are  good.  There  is 
one thing 1  believe,  and  that  is  it  the 
calamity howlers had all  been  killed  off 
before  they  began to  howl,  times  would 
not have been as bad as  they are.

Paul  Steketee 

(Steketee  &  Sons): 
March business shows a big improvement 
over the  first months of the year and the 
outlook  is brightening.

improved 

James  Grady  (Spring  &  Company): 
We have stocked up in  anticipation  of  a 
fair spring trade.  Orders are coming  in 
fairly well and I think  the  situation has 
sensibly 
the  past  four 
weeks.  The  recovery from  the  depres­
sion is like a small  boy’s  snow  bail—the 
longer it is roiled the faster  it  increases 
in volume.  Our retail  trade,  all  things 
considered,  has  been  good,  but  it  must 
be remembered that  in  a manufacturing 
town like Grand Rapids, where hard times 
have  thrown 
thousands  of  working­
men out of work, it  will take  some  time 
for them  to  catch  up.  Many  of  them 
have  been  compelled  to  ask  for  credit 
during  the  past winter, and  until  their 
debts are  paid  they  will  do  no  buying 
except for actual  wants,  but  the  nearer 
they approach  the  time  when  their  in­
debtedness will  be  cleared  up,  the  more 
they will purchase outside of their neces­
sities.  1  am very  hopeful  and  believe 
that  it  will  not  be  many  months  be­
fore business  resumes  its  usual  volume.
(Herold-Bertsch 
Shoe Co.):  We  are doing  fully  as  well 
as last year.  There  has  been  a  slight 
depression  in  values,  however,  in  sym­
pathy with  other  lines,  but,  aside  from 
this,  business  is in  a  fairly good  condi­
tion.  We carry fully as  large a  stock as 
we did  a year  ago,  although, perhaps, if 
it had not  been  for  the  hard  times  we 
might have carried a much  larger  stock. 
Our  customers  are  meeting  their  bills 
promptly,  which goes to show that  there 
is money in the country.

Christain  Bertsch 

Other  business  men  who were  inter­
viewed,  but who  did  not  care  to  have 
their  names  used 
in  this  connection, 
spoke in a like hopeful  strain, and  from

all that  has  been  said  the  inference  is 
fair that  business  is  slowly  but  surely 
improving. 
If  the  present  favorable 
conditions for this year’s crops continue, 
next  fall  should  see  the  country  in  a 
much  better condition  commercially  and 
industrially  than  it is at present.

D a n i e l   A b b o t t .

Financial  Notes.

The  charter  of  the  Second  National 
Bank of Bay City will expire May  5,  and 
a new  institution  to  be  known  as  the 
Gld Second National  Bank  has  been  or­
ganized  as  its  successor.  The  capital 
stock  has been  increased  from  $250,000 
to  $400,000,  and  Orrin  Bump,  who  has 
been cashier for  eighteen  years,  will  be 
made  President,  succeeding  William 
Westover,  who retires.  The stock of the 
present Bank has a market  value  of  160 
and  is closely held at that.

The creditors  of  the  defunct  Milford 
State  Bank  are  rejoicing  over  the  an­
nouncement that Receiver Bissell has de­
clared a dividend of 5 per cent,  to  credi­
tors in general,  and an additional  10  per 
cent,  to depositors.

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES^

592

589

590

OR 

furnishing  business, 

■ OR SALE-COMPLETE STORE AND HOUSE 
including  factory, 
paint shop and office, with lucrative contracting 
and building business.  Will sell for  $2,0(0  less 
than inventory value, or sell half  interest to de 
sirable party for  $5,000.  Address  No.  597  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
597
SALE-STORE  BUILDING  ANB
dwelling  combined  at  Levering.  Mich. 
First-class place for a general dealer.  A.  M. Le 
Baron  Grand Rapids, Mich. 
596

F or good location  to  r e t a il  h a rd-
ware, drugs, clothing or dry goods, address 
lock box 221. Sturgis,  Mich. 
594
F or sa le—t h e  only m ea t m a r k et in
town of fOO inhabitants.  Good opening for 
right man.  Good reasons for selling.  Address 
No. 587, care Michigan Tradesman. 
587
■
ANTED—A LIVE ACTIVE MAN AS PART- 
ner in general store.  $30,000  cash  trade 
per  year.  Address  No.  592,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
OR >ALE—A CLEAN STOCK OF GENERAL 
merchandise with no old  goods.  Will sell 
for cash. 
Stock  invoices  $1,200.  Will sell or 
rent store building.  It will pay  you  to  investi­
gate.  Address Box 107, Kalamo, Mich. 
588
F or  sa le—a  c lea n  stock  o f  h a rd-
ware and agricultural implements  in  good 
paying  territory.  Stock  will  invoice $2,500 to 
$3.0‘i0.  Would sell one-half interest.  Good rea­
sons for selling.  Address  No.  589, care Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
TTTANTED  FOR  CASH—STOCK  OF  GEN- 
vv 
eral merchandise.  Give  particulars  and 
price.  W  H. Pardee, Freeport, Mich. 
OR  SALE—CHOICE  MILLINERY  STOCK. 
Reason  for  selling,  ill  health.  Mary  A. 
Rosenberg, Lisbon.  Mich. 
591
For  sa l e—six  fo o t  o a k  show  case
and iron standard,  used  but  a  short  time 
and  practically  as  good as  new.  Wish to sell 
to city dealer to save trouble of packing. Trades 
man  Company,  100 Louis St., Grand Rapids.  586 
ANTED—TO  BUY  FOR  SPOT  CASH,  OR 
unincumbered  real  estate,  all  kinds of 
merchandise.  Address the Manistee Meicantile 
Co., Manistee, Mich. 
581
■ UR BUSINESS IS TO BRING  BUYER  AND 
seller together.  Your  business  is to write 
ns if you want to buy, sell or exchange.  Mutual 
Business Exchange, Bay City.  Mich. 
■
  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. 
■
ANTED—SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED 
pharmacist  three  years’  practical  expe­
rience.  Temperate.  single,  be-t  of  references. 
Address box 46, Fennvilie, Mich. 
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factory  making  chamber 
suits,  beds,
tables, and desks.  Must be competent to handle 
eighty men to advantage and  have some knowl­
edge of designing  and  drafting.  Apply  lmme 
diately to E. A. Stowe, ICO Louis St. 
\ \ 7ANTED—POSITION  BY  EXPERT  AC- 
VV 
countant.  Books opened or closed.  Bal­
ances rendered.  Partnerships adjusted and any 
other work of similar cha-acter  promptly  done. 
Address No. 578, care The  Tradesman. 
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and  experienced  young  man would  like 
position as hook keeper, cashier  or  other  office 
work  with  jobbing  or  manufacturing house. 
Address “H” care The Tradesman. 

SITUATIONS  WANTED.

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582

567

578

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Dry Goods Price Current.

6

W as th e  P ro secu tin g  A tto rn ey  D erelict?
The  letter  of  Prosecuting  Attorney 
Visscher, of Ottawa  County,  concerning 
his failure to prosecute the peddler, Van- 
der  Leest,  which  appeared 
in  T h e 
T radesm an of March 21,  is curious read­
ing.  According to  that letter,  Mr.  Viss­
cher,  although  presumably  a lawyer, is 
unacquainted with  the  law  in  even  as 
simple a case as the one referred to.  He 
says,  “I questioned the sufficiency of the 
complaints a< to the manner of  charging 
the offense.”  Now,  what  was the offense 
charged in  the complaiut? 
It  was  sim­
ply peddling without  a  license.  As the 
offense was committed against  the  State 
peddling law,  the  complaint  was  made 
under that law.  Here  is  the  State  law 
as  to  peddling 
(Howell’s  Annotated 
Statutes, Vol. 2, Sec.  1257):
No person shall be authorized to travel 
from place to place  within this State for 
the purpose of carrying  to sell,  or expos­
ing to sale, any goods, wares or merchan­
dise, or to take  orders  for  the  purchase 
of goods,  wares or merchandise,  by sam­
ple  lists or catalogues,  unless  he  shall 
have obtained a license  as  a  hawker  or 
peddler  in  the  manner  hereinafter  di­
rected.

There is the law,  and  all the law there
is,  so  far  as  the  complaint, which Mr. 
Visscher  says  was 
insufficient,  is  con­
cerned. 
If Van de Leest sold goods as  a 
peddler,  or  took  orders  for  goods  and 
neglected to take out a license,  then  his 
act was a violation of the above ciause of 
law,  and  the  com­
the  State  peddling 
plaint  which  charged 
the  offense  was 
good and sufficient and  be  should  have 
been held to trial upon it.  The prosecu­
tion had nothing to  do  with  the  excep­
tions  to  the  law;  these  are  found in a 
subsequent clause, and were purely mat­
ters of  defense. 
If  Van  der Leest was 
either  a  farmer,  a  manufacturer,  or  a 
nurseryman,  it belonged to  him  to show
it.  He was charged with peddling with­
out a license and as  the  enacting  clause 
(the one quoted) of the statute said noth­
ing about the exceptions, the prosecution 
had simply to establish the fact  that  he 
did so peddle.  That is the case in a nut 
shell, and if Mr.  Visscher made a careful 
examination  of  authorities  bearing  on 
the case,  it is difficult to understand how 
be  arrived  at  the  conclusion  that  the 
complaint  was  defective.

Da n ie l  Abbott.

Keep  Up  Your  Stock.

During the course of a  recent  conver­
sation  with the representative  of  Stoves 
and Hardware Reporter,  E. Lan gen bach, 
Vice-President of  the  Berger  Manufac­
turing Co., Canton, Ohio,  expressed  the 
opinion that  it  is  a  mistake  for  the 
merchant  to  refrain  from  purchasing 
goods on the dim uncertainty  that prices 
will  be lower after the Wilson  bill  shall 
become a law.  On  the  other  hand,  he 
argues,  the. merchant will  be obliged to 
pay  as high  prices  as he does  now, for 
the reason that factories are not very ac­
tive at present and are desirous of selling 
their output, even at concessions in value. 
But when  the  bill  has  been  passed,  the 
manufacturers  will  adjust  their  affairs 
to its new conditions,  and  will determine 
and  probably  increase  their  output  and 
hold out for their own prices.

Salad sellers now go  about  New  York 
carrying “greens”  in tiny  baskets  or  in 
small  bunches.  The  keen  commercial 
instinct  of the Italians has  put  a  value 
upon said herbs gathered  in  vacant  lots 
and upon unused suburban land,  so  that 
old  residents of the suburbs find all  such 
herbs  scarce and difficult to find.

U N B LEA C H ED   COTTONS.

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B LEA CH ED   COTTONS.

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“  LL................414

Arrow Brand 444 
•*  World Wide.  6
“  LL............... 414
Pull Yard Wide...... 614
Georgia  A..............  614
Honest Width........  6
Hartford A ............ 5
Indian Head...........  614
King A  A................614
King EC.................  5
Lawrence  L L ........  414
Madras cheese cloth 644
Newmarket  6 ..........544
B........ 5
N........ 614
DD....  514
X ........644

Adriatic...............7
Argyle................  5î£
Atlanta AA...........6
Atlantic  A..............  6*
H..............  6)4
P ............   5
D..............6
Amory................. 63£
Archery  Bunting... 4
Beaver Dam  A A..  414
Blackstone O, 32_5
Black Crow.........   6
Black  Rock  ...........SJt
Boot, AL..............  7
Capital  A ............ 514
Cavanat V ...........514
Nolbe R..................5
Chapman cheese  cl. 
344
Our Level  Best...... 6
Clifton  C R......... 514
Comet........   614 Oxford  K.............................  6
Dwight Star.  844 Pequot...............................   7
Clifton CCC.  544 Solar.................................  6
(Top of the  Heap__7
A B C ......................  814 [Geo. Washington...  8
Glen Mills.............   7
Amazon...................8
Gold  Medal............   714
Amsburg.................6
Green  Ticket..........814
Art Cambric..........10
Great Falls.............   614
Blackstone A A...... 714
Hope....................... 714
Beats All................   4
Just  Out........  4440 5
Boston................... 12
King  Phillip...........  744
Cabot......................   644
OP......714
Cabot,  %.................644
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Charter  Oak...........514
Lonsdale...........  @  8
Conway W..............  714
Middlesex........   @5
Cleveland.............   6
Dwight Anchor—   8
No Name................   714
Oak View....... ....... 6
shorts  8
Edwards................. 6
Our Own................ 514
Pride of the West.. .12
Empire...................  7
Rosalind.................714
Farweil....................714
Fruit of the  Loom.  8
Sunlight..................  414
Fltchvllle  ............  7
Utica  Mills............ 814
“  Nonpareil  ..10
First Prize..............6
Fruit of the Loom %.  714
Vlnyard..................  814
White Horse...........  6
Falrmount..............  414
“  Rock............ 814
Full Value..............644
Cabot......................  6441 Dwight Anchor...... 8
Farweil...................7t4|

H A L F  B LEA CH ED   COTTONS.

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CANTON  F L A N N E L .

Bleached.

j 

! Housewife  A ... --5 )4 Housewife  Q—— 6)4
R .... ....7
S  ... ....7X
T .... ...8)4
.  9)4
U...
V ....
...10
W ....
• 105£
X .... -.11)4
Y .... ...12)4
z  .... ...13)4

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....6
...6)4

Unbleached.
B...
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G  ..
....7)4
« 
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H ...
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K...
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L.  -
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N ........... 11
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“ 
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CARPET  WARP.

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1014

PRINTS.

CORSETS.

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DRESS  eOODB.

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CORSET  JEANS.

Peerless, white......17  I Integrity  colored... 18
colored. ...19  White Star..............17
Integrity................. 18141 
“  colored  .19
Nameless................ 20
............. 8
Hamilton 
.................9
......... 25
 
......... 2714
......... 30
I G G  Cashmere........20
Nameless  ...............16
......... 3214
......... 35
I 
................18
I Coralina..................19 501Wonderful 
..  84 50
.. 
Schilling’s .............   9 00 Brighton..................4 75
1 Davis  Waists___  9  00 Bortree’s ................ 9 00
Grand  Rapids.......  4 50|Abdominal............15 00
Armory...................  644|Naumkeagsatteen..  714
Androscoggin......... 714 Rockport....................614
Biddeford..............   6  Conestoga.................714
Brunswick..............614i Walworth.................. 644
Berwick fancies 
Allen turkey  reds..  514
514
Clyde Robes....
robes............ 514
Charter Oak fancies 4 
pink a pnrple 514
Del Marl ne cas tun's.  514 
buffs...........   514
mourn’g  514 
pink checks.  514
Eddystone fancy...  514 
staples........ 5
chocolat  514 
shirtings...  344
rober  ...  514 
American  fancy—   5* 
sateens..  514 
American Indigo...  414 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  514 
American shirtings.  844 
staple....  514 
Argentine  Grays...  6 
Manchester fancy..  514 
Anchor Shirtings...  4 
new era. 514 
“  —   6
Arnold 
Merrimack D fancy. 514 
Arnold  Merino-----6
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  4 
“ 
long cloth B.  9 
Repp fora .  814
“ 
“  C.  714
“  century cloth 7
Pacific fancy.......... 514
“  gold seal.......1014
Portsmouth robes...  614 
“  green seal TR1014 
Simpson mourning.. 544
"  yellow seal. .1014
greys........544
“  se rg e ......... 1144
solid black.  544 
»  Turk«,/ red. .1014
Washington Indigo.  614 
“  Turkey robes..  7K 
“ 
“  India robes—   714 
“  plain Tky X 44 814 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red.................. 614
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 44........ 714
Martha  Washington
Turkeyred..........   914
Rlverpolntrobes....  514
Windsor fancy........  6)4
Indigo  Dine......... 1014
Harmony.................   414
AC A....................1114
Pemberton AAA....16
York....................... 1014
Swift River............ 714
Pearl  River............12
Warren................... 1214
Conostoga..............16
........... 8
[Top of Heap...........  9

Amoskeag AC A. ...1114
Hamilton N  .........   7
D............8
Awning.. 11
Farmer  ....................8
I First Prize............. 1014
Lenox M ills.......... 18
I Atlanta,  D..............  6441Stark  A 
Boot........................  644 No  Name............  ..  744
Clifton, K 

Ballon solid black..
“  colors.
Bengal bine,  green, 
red and  orange...  6
Berlin solids...........  514
“  oil bine..........6
«  *•  green  ...  6
“  Foulards  ...  514
“ 
red 44  • • - 
7
“ 
“ X ......... 914
“  “  4 4..........10
“  “  3-4XXXX 12
Cocheco fancy........5
“  madders...  5
«  XX twUls..  5
“ 
solids.........5

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

gold  ticket

COTTON  DRILL.

TIC KINOS.

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7 

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DEVINS. 
Amoskeag........
.12 
9 os
.14
brown .14
Andover................. 1114
Beaver Creek AA... 10 
BB...  9
CC....
Boston MfgCo.  br..  7 

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blue  814 
“  d a twist 1014 

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Colombian brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........1214
brown....... 1214
Haymaker blue......   744
brown...  744
Jeffrey.....................1114
Lancaster  .............. 12)4
Lawrence, 9 oz........1814
No. 220.... 18
No. 250 — 1114
No. 280.... 1014

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OINOHAVS.
Lancaster,  staple...  5 
fancies —   7 
“ 
“  Normandie  7
Lancashire............. 6
Manchester............   544
Monogram..............  614
Normandie............  7
Persian................... 7
Renfrew Dress........714
Rosemont............... 614
Slatersvllle............ 6
Somerset.................7
Tacoma  .................714
Toll  duNord.........   814
Wabash..................   714
seersucker..  714
Warwick...............   6
Whlttenden............   8
heather dr.  714 
indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  644
Westbrook..............8
..............10
Wlndermeer........... 6
.............   644
York  .... 

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Columbian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.19
Amoskeag..............   5

staples.  6

“  Persian dress 6s 
Canton
“ 
AFC........814
“ 
Teazle... 1014
“ 
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Angola.. 1014
“ 
Persian..  7
Arlington staple —   614
Arasapha  fancy__  444
Bates Warwick dres  714 
Centennial.............  1014
Criterion................ 10H
Cumberland staple.. 514
Cumberland........... 5
Essex........................414
Elfin.......................   714
Everett classics......814
Exposition............... 714
Glenarie................   6)4
Glenarven................ 644
Glenwood.................714
Hampton..................5
Johnson Chalon cl 
14 
Indigo bine 914 
zephyrs__ 16

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BRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag................ 13  IGeorgla................... 1314
Stark........................18 
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American................ 13  | ...............................

THREADS.

No.

KNITTING  COTTON.

Clark’s Mile End....45  IBarbonr's.................95
Coats’, J. & P .......... 45  Marshall’s .................90
Holyoke.................. 22141
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
“  16... ....38
38
...39
40
*•  18...
“  20... ....40
41
CAMBRICS,
..  4
Slater. . . . . .
White Star............   4
Kid Glove...............  4
Newmarket............   4

White.  Colored
42
43
44
45

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

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

Edwards................  4
Lockwood................ 4
Wood’s ..................   4
Brunswick...........   4
TW..................... 28H
F T ............ ............. 8214
JR F .X X X ............85
Buckeye.................8214

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

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

“ 

10)4
11)4
12
20

DOUBT  FLANNEL.

Red & Bine,  plaid..40
Union R ..................2214
Windsor.................. 1814
6 oz Western........... 20
UnloP  B ................. 2214
Nameless...... 8  @9141 
...... 814@10  I 

Grey SR W.............1714
Western W .............1814
DR P ............ ......... 1814
Flushing XXX.......2314
Manitoba................ 2314
@1014
1214
Brown. Black.
10)4
11)4
12
20

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Brown. Black. Slate
9)4 10)4
10)4 11)4
11)4 12
12)4 20
DUCKS.

CANVASS  AND  FADDINS.
9)4
10)4
11)4
12)4

“ 
Slate.
914 
10<4 
1114 
1214
West  Point, 8 oz— 1014 
Severen, 8 oz...........  914
10 oz  ...12)4
“ 
May land, 8 oz.........1014
Raven, lOoz.............1314
Greenwood, 714 oz..  914 
 
1314
Stark 
Greenwood, 8 os — 1114 
Boston, 10 oz........... 1214
Boston, 8 oz............1014
WADDINGS.
White, do*............. 25  I Per bale, 40 doz__ 88 50
Colored,  doz.......... 20  IColored  “ 
...........7 50
Pawtucket...............1014
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Dundle....................  9
Red Cross....  9
Bedford...................1014
Best..............1014
Valley  City............1014
Best AA...... 1214
K K ....................... 1014
L............................... 714
G...............................814
Corticelll, doz.......... 85  [Coiticeli!  knitting,

SEWINS  SILK.

per 14oz  ball  ......30

..12  “ 8 
..12  I “  10 

twist,doz..4P 
50yd,doz..40  I 
HOOKS AND STBS—FEB CROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k A Whlte..l0  No  4 Bl’k A White..15
“  2 
..20
..25
8 
No 2—20, M C...........50  |No 4—15  /  814.........40
’  8-18,8 0 .............46  I
No  2 White A Bl’k..l2 
. 1 6  
«• 
10 
4 
-18  I "   12 
«  6 
SAFETY  FINS.

|No  8 White A Bl’k..20 
“  
. 2 8
-26

No 2............................28  |N o8............................ 86

COTTON  T A PE .

siLEsiAS.

FINS.

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NEEDLES—FEB  V .

A. James.................1 401 Steamboat..............   10
Crowely’s............... 1 85 Gold Eyed...............1 50
Marshall's.............. 1 00| American.................1 00
5—*....  1 75  6—4... 
15—4....1  65  6—4..  2 30

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.

COTTONTW INES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown....................12
Domestic...............1814
Anchor..................16
Bristol...................13
Cherry  Valley........15
I X L.......................1814
Alabama...................6)4
Alamance.................614
Augusta...................714
A r sapha................6
Georgia.................... 6)4
Granite..................  5)4
Haw  River............ 5
Haw  J ....................  5

Nashua................... 14
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
8-ply....17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 ply 1714 
Powhattan.............16

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Mount  Pleasant__ 614
Oneida....................  5
Prymont  ...............   5li
Randelman.............6
Riverside................  5)4
Sibley  A...........  ...  6)4
Otis cheeks............ 7)4

PLAID  O8NABURO8

A  LADY’S

GENUINE  :  VICI  :  SHOE,
Plain toe In opera and  opera  toe and C. S. heel. 
D and E and E E widths, at S1.50.  Patent leather 
tip,  81.55.  Try them,  they are  beauties.  Stock 
soft and fine, flexible and elegant  fitters.  Send 
for sample dozen.

REEDER  BROS. SHOE CO ,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Paper  Packed 

Screw.

M E  EOI) PRICES.

Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  of

260  SOUTH  IONIA  ST., 

PIECED  m   STUMPED  TINWARE,
Telephone 640. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICHBJ   M oot!  Maler

X 
a  Catarrh,
#

Neuralgia,  Colds,  Sore  Threat.
 Hay jF e v e r ,  
The first inhalations  stop  sneezing,  snuffing 
coughing  and  headache.  This  relief  is  worth 
the  price  of  an  Inhaler.  Continued  use  will 
Headache,
complete the cure.

CURES

_

Prevents and cures

On cars or boat.

S e a   Sickness
The  cool  exhllerating  sensation 

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

H.  D.  CUSH MAN,  M anufacturer, 

Three  Rivers,  Mich, 

ty o u aran teed   satisfactory.

EATON,  LYON & CO.,

NEW  STYLES  OF

20  &  22  Monroe  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

XTHOS  MICHIGAN  TTtADESMAJST.

7

Wrought Loose Pin__
Wrought  Table.........
Wrought Inside Blind
Wrought Brass...........
Blind,  Clark’s............
Blind,  Parker’s.........
Blind, Shepard’s 
....

purchaser,  and recover the difference be­
tween the contract  price  and  the  price 
obtained  on  such  resale;  or, third,  he 
may keep the property  as  his  own,  and 
recover the difference between  the  mar-
ket price at the time and place  of  deliv- Ordlnary Tackle, list April
ery and the  c  ntract  price.  But  before 
the  seller proceeds to a resale he  should 
manifest his  intention to do so by a pre-
liminary notice to the purchaser  that he 
intends to resell, and will  hold him liable 
by the price obtaii.ed.

Graln......

Cast Steel
Ely’s MO 
Hick’s C.  F 
G. D 
Musket

CAPS.

CRADLES.

CBOW SAKS.

1892.

The  Returning  of  Goods  Considered 

from a Legal  Standpoint.

the  moral. 

There is not so  very  much  difference 
between  the  legal  aspect  of  returning 
goods  and 
If  the  former 
were better understood,  there  would  be 
less violation of the latter.  The evil  is a 
It 
great,  and apparently a growing one. 
affects not  only  the manufacturer, 
the 
wbolesaler.and the jobber, but the retailer 
and agent as  well,  because what the pur­
chaser from the former does,  he finds his 
customers doing with him.  Caprice,  and 
not reason,  seems to rule  the  mercantile 
world.

A contract is  a  compact,  solemn  and 
binding.  And  a  contract  of  purchase 
and  sale  cannot,  any  more  than  any 
other,  be broken  with impunity. 
It is a 
breach of contract and good faith  to  re­
turn,  without 
justification, 
goods  ordered.  Any one can see that  a 
change of mind on  the  part  of  the  pur­
chaser  is  no  ground  for  doing  such  a 
thing.  Nor will  raising  unreasonable or 
captious objections authorize it.

sufficient 

The  returning  of  goods  once  pur­
chased, or ordered,  which  is  practically 
the same thing if the order  be accepted, 
is only  proper,  and can  be done  without 
incurring  legal 
liability  for  damages, 
when the contract  made  provides for it,
as  in  the  case  of  a  “sale  or  return” 
or of a “sale upon trial;” when the seller 
has subsequently agreed to their  return; 
when 
the  seller  has  failed  to  furnish 
what  he  agreed  to,  or  when,  or  as he 
agreed to; and  when  the  purchaser  has 
become insolvent and it  is  necessary  in 
order  to  protect  the  seller  from much 
greater loss.

A  distinction 

is  ever  to  be kept in 
mind  between  absolute  and  conditional 
sales. 
If it is a “sale on trial,”  the title 
does not pass until trial and  acceptance, 
actual  or  implied,  although the posses­
sion is delivered; being  rather a delivery 
of possession with an option to buy  than 
a sale. 
If  it  is  a  “sale or return,”  the 
title passes with the  possession,  but  to 
be divested if the  condition  is  not  per­
formed and the property is returned. 
If 
the  condition  of  the  sale  be  that  the 
goods  may  be  returned  if  they  do not 
prove “satisfactory” to the purchaser, or 
if the latter is not satisfied with  them af­
ter trial, the condition must be f uliy per­
formed; that is, the  purchaser  must,  in 
fact,  be  satisfied,  or he  can  return  the 
goods.

Moreover,  the  courts  hold  that  when 
goods are manufactured or sold  and  de­
livered  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
purchaser,  it is incumbent upon him,  un­
less he approves,  to express  disapproval 
within a reasonable time,  or  within  the 
time  limited  by  the  contract;  and  the 
absence of such  expression  is  sufficient 
evidence  of  approval,  or  at  least  of  a 
waiver  of  the  right  to  insist  upon ap­
proval as a condition  precedent to  a  re­
covery by the  seller.  The  time  within 
which goods must be  returned,  if at  all, 
may, however,  be lengthened by the con­
duct of the seller or his agent.  He can­
not shorten it,  as  by  shipping  ahead  of 
the date  fixed.

When a purchaser  returns, or declines 
to  receive  property  sold  him,  without 
any legal right to  do  so,  the  seller  has 
his choice of either one of  three methods 
to idemnify himself: first,  he  may  store 
or retain the property  for  the purchaser, 
and  sue  him  for  the  entire  purchase 
price; second,  he may sell the goods,  act­
ing as an agent  for that  purpose  of  the

Not as  Bad  as  It Might  Be.

The world of business is not so godless 
or  selfish as  some  suppose. 
It  has  its 
cardinal virtues and  its  orthodox  creed 
of success,  without which it  would sure­
ly come to the dogs,  the  sheriff  and  the 
black  list. 
Integrity is  as  necessary  in 
building up a trade  as  iu  the  construc­
tion of  personal  character.  Dishonesty 
is as reactionary in business  as  it  is  in 
picking  pockets  or  stealing  a  horse. 
Telling lies  in selling a pocket  knife  or 
a saw-mill outfit comes in for a spanking 
as sure as it does  in  a  school  house  or 
over  a  family  chair. 
Idleness  has  the 
same results in commercial life as it  has 
in a corn field.  Extravagance and  waste 
tell  the same old story  of  having  a  dry 
tongue wheu  the  keg  runs  dry,  while 
every other vice that iu private  life  and 
personal  character  is disastrous to body, 
soul  and  spirit  eventually  makes  the 
same scrap  pile  of  a  business.  These 
facts are self-evident,  and  are  as  well
understood in  the  world of trade as  else­
where.  Character  counts  everywhere. 
Thieves  are  not  in  demand  as  book­
keepers or salesmen,  nor  are  advertise­
ments  for reliable  men  posted  in  gam­
bling dens or in institutions for inebriates, 
in  fact,  the need of sterling  character  is 
more  recognized  than  ever,  and  in  all 
commercial  affiliations,  however,  much 
smartness and shrewdness is appreciated, 
they are practically  boycotted  when  not 
in  association  with  reputable  personal 
character.  There may  be  much  of  the 
devil  both with and without a fig  leaf  in 
modern business,  but as  a  rule  he  gets 
into the hotel  without stopping  to  regis­
ter.

A   F a lse  M axim .

Fom  th e Y outh’s C om panion.
The  loungers around the  only  store in 
a little New England village were greatly 
amused  at something that  happened one 
warm  afternoon  last  August.  A 
tall, 
lank,  barefooted  man came into the store 
with a gallon pail  filled  with  blackber­
ries which he exchanged  for three quarts 
of molasses.
He  carried  a  stout  hickory  walking- 
stick in one band,  and  when be departed 
he put the pail on one  end  of  the  stick 
and  threw the stick across  his  shoulder. 
He reached the platform in  front  of  the 
score  when a shining new pin at  his fe 
caught his eye.

“¡See a pin and pick it up.
All  the day you’ll have good luck,” 

he drawled out,  aud stooped  over to pick 
up the pin,  when  the  molasses  crawled 
out all over his back and  neck.  Straight­
ening himself up hurriedly, the man said: 
“ Wal, I never thought much of  that 
proverb,  an’ I tbink less  on it neow t 
l ever did.”

Hardware Price Current.

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AXES.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

These  prices are  for cash,  buyers,  who 
pay promptly  and  buy in  full  packages.
dls.
60
Snell’s ........................................................... 
Cook’s ........................................................... 
40
Jennings’, genuine....................................... 
25
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................50*10
First Quality, S. B. Bronze...........................8700
D.  B. Bronze............................   ia 00
S. B. S. Steel.......................  
D. B. Steel...............................  13 50
Railroad  ....................................................8 14 00
Garden  ................................................  net  80 00
Stove.............................................................. 50*10
Carriage new list.  ....................................... 75*10
Plow.............................................................. 40*10
Sleigh shoe................................................... 
70
Well, plain  ..................................................8350
Well, swivel......................................................  4 00
dls.
Cast Loose Pin, figured........................ ....... 704
W onght Narrow, bright Cast Joint.............. 604.0

BUTTS, CAST. 

BARROWS. 

BUCKETS.

 
dls.

bolts. 

dls.

  8 00

per 1b  5

T ier TT. 
,p  i( 
ii 

Plumb’s..........................dis. 40*10

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d l s .

70 ! 

HAM M ERS.

HANGER!*. 

HINGES.

75  Terkes * 

Strap and T ..............................................dls 

.60*10 I 
.60*10  Maydole A Co.’s......................................dis. 
25
.80*10  Hip’s.......................................................dis. 
25
.70*10  Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................80c list 60
.70*10 I  Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__80c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ...............................dls.60*10
State........................................... per do*, net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 in. 4V4  14  and
longer.......................................................   3£
Screw Hook and  Bye, Mi  ........................net 
10
“ 
94..........................not  814
“  M.........................net  7>4
“  %..........................net  714
50
65  ! 
¡¡o i  Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track..  .50*10
ijs  Champion,  anti-friction..............................  G0*1G
¡¡a  Kidder, wood ¡rack..................................... 
4c
Pots...................................................... 
  60*16
Kettles.....................................................       60*10
Spiders  .........................................................60A1C
Gray enameled..............  .............. 
. . .  40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are.....................new list 3314*10
dls.
Blight...................................................  70*10410
Screw  Byes.............................................70410410
Hook’s .....................................................70&10&1G
Gate Hooks and Byes...................... 
70* 10*10
dls.70
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s .....................
Sisal, % Inch and larger.............................   7t4
Manilla.........................................................  n
dig.
Steel and  Iron.............................................. 
75
Try and Bevels.............................................  &
M itre............................................................ 
sc
Com.  Smooth.  Com.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

LEVELS. 
ROPES.

HOLLOW WARS.

wire goods. 

SHEET IRON.

SQUARES. 

dis.

CARTRIDGES.

CHISELS.

50
Kim  Fire..................................... ...............  
Central  Fire.......................................... dis. 
25
dis.
Socket Firmer............................................ 75*10
Socket Framing.......................... .................75*10
Socket Corner............................. .................75*10
Socket Slicks.............................. .................75*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40
Curry,  Lawrence’s.....................
40
Hotchkiss...................................
25
White Crayons, per  gross........... ..12©12H dis. 10

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

CHALK.

COMBS.

dis.

COPPER.

“ 

DRILLS.

DRIPPING  PANS.

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

Planished, 14 oz cat to size........ per pound 
14x52, 14x56,14x60 ......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60__ ................ 
Cold Rolled, 14x48....................... ................ 
Bottoms...................................... .................  
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks....................................  
Taper and straight Shank.......... ................. 
Morse’s Taper Shank................................... 
Small sizes, ser pound.............. ................. 
Large sizes, per pound................................ 
Com. 4  piece, 6 in............................do*, net 
Corrugated.............................................dls 
Adlnstable....................................................... dls. 40410
Clark’s, small, 818;  large, 826...................... 
30
Ives’, 1, 818 :  2, 824 ;  3,830  ............................ 
25
Disston’s ......................................................60*10
New American  ........................................... 60*10
Nicholson’s .................. ..............................60*10
Heller’s  ..,...................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  ..................................  
50

files—New List. 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

07
6*
75
40

ELBOWS.

dls.

dls.

GALVANIZED IRON.

15 

12 

28
17

dls.

locks—door. 

knobs—New List. 

14 
GAUGES. 

13 
Discount, 60

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

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 
50
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings.................... 
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings......................... 
Drawer  and  Shatter, porcelain................... 
70
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l is t.........  
55
55
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s............................ 
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
Norwalk’s ....................................................  
55
Adze Bye...............................’. ........816.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye.......................................... 815.00, dls. 60
Hant’s ...................................... 818.50, dls. 20*10.
dlB.
Sperry A Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
50
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
40
P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable«.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Cls rk’s................. 
40
“  Enterprise 
.....................................  
80
Stobbln’s Pattern.......................................... 6G410
Stebbln’s Genuine.........................................68410
Bnterprlse, self-measuring..........................  
25
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.

MOLABSBS GATES. 

HAULS. 
mills. 

Iff A TTflCITH

NAILS

diS.

Steel nails, Dase................................................... 1 50
Wire nails, base....................................................1 50
60.....................................................Base 
50......................................................  
40......................................................  
80...................................................... 
20......................................................  
16......................................................  
12......................................................  
10...................................................... 
8.......................................................  
7 4 6 .................................................  
4.......................................................  
8.......................................................  
2.......................................................  
FlneS....................................................... 
Case  10............................................. 
8............................................. 
6............................................. 
Finish 10..........................................  
8...........................................  
6...........................................  
Clinch! 10.............., .......................... 
8.......................................... 
6.......................................... 

Base
10
25
25
35
45
45
50
60
75
90
1  20
1  60
65
75
90
75
90
1  10
70
80
90

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PLANES. 

Barrel! %.................................................. 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy............'....................  ©40
Sclota Bench.............................................  ©50
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first quality......................................   ©40
Stanley Rnle and Level Co.’s  wood........... 50410
Fry,  Acme.............................................dls.60—10
Common,  polished................................ dls. 
70
dll.
Iron and  Tinned.......................................... 
40
Copper Rivets and Bnra.............................   50—10
"A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
”B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

RIVETS. 

Broken peeks no per pound extra.

diS.

SASH WEIGHTS.

82 95
3 05
3 05
3 15
3 35

3 3f
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to  14.......................................$4 05 
Nos. 15 to 17 .....................................  4 05 
Nos.  18 to 21...................................   4 05 
Nos. 22 to 24......................................   4 05 
Nos. 25 to 26........................................4 25 
No.27....'.........................................   4 45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19,’8 6 .....................................dls. 
Silver Lake, White  A.......................  ... list 
Drab A.................................   “ 
“ 
“  White  B...............................  1 
“ 
Drab B..................................   “ 
“ 
White C ................................•* 

SAND PAPER.
BASH CORD.

50
50
55
SO
55
85

Discount, 10.

dls.

dls.

wire. 

saws. 

traps. 

Solid Byes............................................ per ton 828
“ 
Hand........................................  
20
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, per foot..............  70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot 
  50
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot....  30
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot............................................   30
Steel, Game................................................... 60410
Oneida Community, Newhonse’s ...............  
85
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s _______ 70
Mouse,  choker....................................18c per doz
Mouse, delusion............................... 81.50 per doz
dls.
Bright Market..............................................   65
Annealed Market.........................................70_10
Coppered Market.........................................   60
Tinned Market............................................   62H
Coppered Spring Steel................................  
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized...........................  2 60
painted..........................   2 20
HORSE NAILS.
An  Sable  ..........................................dls.  40*10
Putnam.......................................... 
dls.  05
dig. 10*10
Northwestern................................ 
dls.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.................... 
30
Coe’s  Genuine............................................  
60
Coe’s Patent Agricnltnral, wrought,....................  75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75410
dig.
Bird Cages........................  
50
Pumps, Cistern........................................  
75*10
Screws, New List.......................................... 70A1C
Casters, Bed a  d Plate...........................60410410
Dampers, American.................. 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods........ 65410

MISCELLANEOUS. 

WRENCHES. 

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METALS,
PIG TIN.

 

6%

ZINC.

26c
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large.................................  
 
Pig Bars......   ...........................................   . 
Duty:  Sheet, 294c per pone d.
680 pound  casks........................................  
Per ponnd....................................................   7
K @ H --........................  
16
Bxtra W iping.................................................  15
The  prices  of  the  many  other qualities  of
solder In the market indicated by nrlvate brand* 
vary according to composition.
1 60
Cookson........................................per  ponnd
Hallett’s......................................  
TIN—MNLYN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal........................................8 7 50
14x20 IC, 
........................................   7 50
10x14 IX, 
9®
 
........................................  9 28
14x20 EX, 

“ 
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“ 
TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
10x14 IC,  Charcoal.......................... 
1 75
“ 
44x20 IC, 
10x14 IX , 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 

Bach additional X on this grade, 81.75.
 

75
........................................  6 75
........................................   8 25
........................................  9 25

Bach additional X an this grade 81.50.

ANTIMONY

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ROOTING PLATES

 

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“  Worcester..................   ... 
14x20 IC, 
65«
8  50
 
“ 
14x20 IX, 
...........................   18  50
20x28 IC,  « 
6 00
“  Allaway Grade................. 
14x20 IC, 
7  50
“ 
14x20 IX, 
“ 
12 50
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
15  SC;
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14x28 IX........................................................814  00
14x31  LX......................................................... 15 00
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, t  ___ 
f per pound....  10 00
14x60EX, 

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

[(HIGA#ADÏSMAN

A  WKKKLT  JOURNAL  DKTOTKD  TO  THB

Best  Interests  of  Business  Men.

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—  BY   T H E  —

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E.  A. STOWE. Editor.

WEDNESDAY,  A PRIL  4,  1894.

SILVER  COUNTERFEIT  DOLLARS.
Months  ago,  when silver  took  on  its 
remarkable tumble in tbe markets of  the 
world,  T h e T radesm an stated  that  the 
time would soon come when it  would  be 
possible  to  coin  counterfeit  dollars,  of 
the same  weight and fineness of the  gen­
uine dollars,  with  a  large  profit  to  the 
counterfeiters. 
It appears that this  fact 
has already  come  to  pass,  since  it  has 
been given out  that  large  quantities  of 
unlawful silver money, chiefly  half  dol­
lars,  have  been  put  into  circulation  at 
and from Omaha.

The right to coin money is by the  Fed­
eral coustitution reserved exclusively  to 
the Governm ent  of  the  United  States. 
It is,  then,  unlawful for auy other person 
or power in this country  to  coin  money 
bearing the stamp of  the  United  States 
coin.  Anything  made  by  unauthorized 
parties  in 
the  form  and  bearing  the 
marks and stamps of  the  United  States, 
and circulated,  or attempted to be  circu­
lated,  as money of  the  United  States,  is 
counterfeit,  and  the  parties  so  making 
and circulating such articles are liable to 
fine and confinement in  the  penitentiary.
Ordinarily,  tbe makers  of  counterfeit 
coins  have  been  accustomed 
to  make 
them of  inferior  or  base  metal,  and  to 
palm them off for  the 
lawful  coins  of 
gold and silver,  and  this  was  done,  be­
cause that was tbe only  way  in  which  a 
profit could be made iu  such  a  criminal 
traffic.  But it now comes out that silver 
bars can  be bought  so  much  below  the 
face value of American  silver  dollars  as 
that there is a large  profit  in  the  illicit 
coining of silver.

The matters stands thus:  A silver  dol­
lar of the  United  States  contains  371% 
grains of pure silver.  This silver dollar, 
by  virtue of the national stamp,  is worth 
100 cents.  But an ounce  of  pure  silver 
in  bars can be bought  for  55  cents. 
It 
has  been  quoted  in  London  at  27% 
pence,  which  is  54%  cents.  An  ouuce 
of  silver  contains  480  grains,  while  a 
dollar contains only  371%  grains.  But 
while the 480 grains  are  only  worth  55 
371%  grains  coined  are 
cents, 
worth  100  cents. 
the  same  way, 
the  371%  grains  uncoined  are  worth 
only 44.83 cents, or, say, 45 cents.

the 

In 

it is plain, then, that if  371%  grains of 
silver can be bought for 45 cents, and, af­
ter  being  alloyed  and  stamped,  can  be 
passed for 100 cents, the  operator is mak­
ing a large profit.  It thus becomes obvious 
that there is big money in  such  counter­
feiting,  and  if these coins  are  carefully 
made as to  weight  and  style,  they  may 
deceive even the  elect  themselves—that 
is, the mint and treasury  officials—since 
chemical assay  will  be  able  to  reveal 
nothing of their  illegal  quality. 
It has, 
indeed,  been  said  that  the  difficulty  of 
determining the unlawful from  the  law­
ful coins  is  extremely  great,  and  has 
proved a  puzzle to the experts.  Thus  it 
has come about that silver is  so  little  of 
a precious metal that more than  half  its 
value is communicated to it by  the  Gov­
ernment stamp,  so silver counterfeit dol­
lars  as  good  as  the  genuine  yield  the 
counterfeiters  a big profit.

NO  MORE  SILVER  MONEY.

It has  been  well  understood  for  some 
time  by  all  who  were  directly  inter­
ested  in  the  finances  of  the  country 
that the President would veto  the  silver 
seigniorage bill,  and when  tbe  veto was 
formally announced  it was  accepted as a 
matter of course,  and did not  produce  a 
ripple in tbe money market.

The President’s veto measure is chiefly 
taken  up  with  verbal  criticisms  of  the 
seigniorage bill.  He does not  find in its 
composition  that accuracy of  expression 
and exact  limitation of terms that would 
exclude  the  possibility of misconstruing 
its meaning.  There is scarcely a law which 
emanates from any legislative  body that 
is not open  to some  such  objection,  and 
lawmakers would do  well  to  study  the 
President’s discourse on the necessity for 
verbal  accuracy in the stating  of legisla­
tive propositions.

But while  the  President  fills  several 
columns of the newspapers with his crit­
icisms of the verbal  expressions  of  the 
the  bill,  the real  point of his  message  is 
like the sting of the bee,  in  its tail.  He 
fears the effect upon the  national  credit 
of injecting §55,000,000  more  of  silver 
coin,  or  of  silver  certificates,  into  the 
public  finances.  There  are  now  coin 
treasury notes,  issued  for  the  purchase 
of bar silver,  which 
the  Government  is 
bound to  maintain  at  par  with  gold. 
The seigniorage on  this would amount to 
$55,156,681. 
If  this  much  additional 
silver,  in  dollars  or  silver  certificates, 
were  added  to  the  above  obligation,  it 
might seriously affect  the  public  credit, 
if not swamp  it  altogether.  The  Presi­
dent dreads the consequences  that might 
follow such a coinage;  he interposes  his 
veto to avert it.  He is  opposed  to  run­
ning any further risk with  silver, unless 
the Government should be allowed  to is­
sue bonds  to  borrow  money (gold)  with 
which  to  maintain 
the  parity  of  the 
seigniorage  silver  which  is  already  in 
the treasury and which helps  to back up 
the coin treasury notes.

Mr.  Cleveland  thus  puts  himself  un­
equivocally on record as the champion of 
gold and a  currency  based  on  a  gold 
standard.

The Postmaster  geueral  has  promul­
gated an order  that  hereafter  no  mail 
matter will  be  taken  by  railway  mail 
clerks which  has  not  passed  through  a 
postoffice.  The reason  for this action is 
said to be that the business  men  of  cer­
tain towns refuse to patronize the  offices 
in their respective  localities  because  of 
disagreement  with  or  dislike  for  the

postmasters.  This reason may be sound 
from  the standpoint  of  the  postmasters 
interested,  but it seems  very  much  like 
legislating in  the  interest  of  the  few 
against the  many.  Merchants  in  coun­
try towns frequently find,  after  the mail 
bags are closed,  that some  important let­
ter has been overlooked,  or  an  order  for 
certain goods forgotten,  and to  take this 
belated  correspondence 
to  the  station 
and give  it to the railway  mail  clerk  is 
a great convenience. 
If  the  order  goes 
into  force 
to 
country  merchants all  over  the  United 
States, and it is hard to believe  that,  for 
the sake of a  few postmasters,  a  consid­
erable  number of  the  business  men  of 
the country are  to  be  put  to  such  great 
inconvenience.

it  will  work  hardship 

T he  W h ea t  M arket.

The wheat market  has  got  down  into 
its  old  rut,  after  one  bull  day,  when 
wheat jumped  up  2%@3c per bushel,  on 
account of  hard  freezing  in  the  North­
west.

Detroit prices remain about  the  same, 
58c,  Grand Rapids at 52c.  We have never 
seen such a steady  market  at  so  low  a 
price as  it  has  been  for  the  last  three 
months.  There  is  little  speculation  in 
wheat,  owing to the extremely low price. 
The shorts are afraid of putting out  new 
lines,  as  it  might  be  disastrous,  while 
the longs,  having had so  many setbacks, 
are in a waiting  mood,  to  see what  will 
turn up in the near future;  also  because 
the Hatch  anti-option bill  is  bobbing  up 
serenely again,  which is another disturb­
ing element in the wheat pit.

The great question to be  solved  is,  Is 
wheat going to remain at the present low 
level?  The writer is inclined to  think it 
will not go  much  higher,  unless  a  dire 
calamity should occur that would destroy 
the crop,  as the world is  making  mighty 
strides  in  the  wheat  raising  indnstry. 
For  instance,  the  United  States  raised 
in 1871, 230,000,000 bushels,while in  1891 
the United States raised,  as  per  Govern­
ment  crop  report,  611,000,000  bushels, 
and the general opinion  is  that  this  was 
50,000,000  to  75,000,000 under  estimate. 
How came  it  that  we  were  enabled  to 
raise this immense amount?  Simply  by 
the help of  labor-saving  machines,  such 
as  self-binding  reapers,  treshers,  etc. 
Thereon  hangs tbe tale,  and  that is  that 
our labor-saving machines have  been ex­
ported to other wheat  growing countries 
and  are  used  the  same  as  here  in  the 
United States.  The consequence is  that 
the production of wheat  is  greater  than 
the consumption,  and low prices  follow. 
We are placed in an unfortunate dilemma 
and it will require wise heads to extricate 
the country. 
It is all well enough to say 
to the farmer, “Stop raising wheat.”  The 
question is,  What shall he  substitute for 
wheat  when  the  climate  and  soil  are 
adapted  to  wheat  better  than 
to  any 
other product?  With all  these  facts  be­
fore us we are  of  the  opinion  that  the 
inevitable will be  low  prices  for  wheat 
for some time to come.

C. G.  A.  V oigt.

The  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar—The  market  is  in  statu  quo, 
awaiting the  action  of  Congress  on  the 
tariff question.  No change has  occurred 
in either  raw  or  refined  and  no  sales 
of  raws  of  any  consequence  have  oc­
curred.  Refiners have  made  no  change 
in  their prices  and  all  the  combination 
refineries,  except  one  at  Philadelphia 
and one at Boston,  have  been  closed,  to

Provisions—Pork, 

prevent an accnmulation of refined stock
lard  and  smoked 
meats sustained  an  advance  last week 
and most all grades are  stronger,  higher 
and more firmly held.

Oranges—No particular changes  to  be 
noted from  last  week’s  dissertation  on 
the subject.  Floridas,  as was  intimated 
they would,  have kept gradually advanc­
ing and there is reported to be  less  than 
300 cars left in  the  entire  State.  Cali- 
fornias  are  coming  in  in  much  larger 
quantities and will  soon  reign  supreme. 
Washington Navels  are  plenty  and  sell 
freely, owing  to  the  low  prices  which 
they  are  offered  for.  Fancy  seedlings 
are fully 75c per  box  less  than  a  year 
ago and  purchases made  now will  prove 
profitable,  as  the  Exchange  is  crowded 
with orders and they  are  making  slight 
advances weekly.

Lemons—Are held  at  about  the  same 
figures as  last  week.  Arrivals  are  reg­
ular  and  of  usual  volume.  No  one 
seems to  be buying much  stock  to  hold, 
but,  as soon as the weather settles  down 
to  a  uniform  basis,  speculation 
in 
futures will probably begin  and  a  much 
firmer feeling will  be apparent.

Bananas—The  local  market  is  well 
supplied and there is  every prospect  for 
a large traffic  in  this  recognized  staple 
during 
the  season  now  opening  so 
auspiciously.

Cocoanuts—Are beginning to find their 
way to the market  in  liberal  quantities 
and are  selling  freely  at  figures  which 
leave a handsome  profit to the retailer.

Peanuts—Have not  varied  much  dur­
ing the  past  thirty  days,  although  the 
cleaners are quietly getting together  and 
will,  undoubtedly,  push  prices  up  a 
notch very soon.

B o y co tt o n   G.  J.  Joh n son .

For  several  years  G.  J.  Johnson  has 
manufactured  cigars,  including  the  cel­
ebrated  S.  C.  W.  brand,  at  347  South 
Division  street.  He  employed  union 
cigarmakers exclusively.  Finding that he 
could not keep his favorite  brand  up  to 
the high standard maintained for several 
years and pay the high wages  demanded 
by 
tbe  Grand  Rapids  cigarmakers' 
union,  he  arranged  to  have  this  brand 
made  outside,  whereupon 
'the  union 
placed a boycott on  the  brand,  notwith­
standing  the  fact  that  such  houses  as 
the H.  Schneider & Co., John E.  Kenning 
&  Co.,  A. S.  Davis,  etc.,  have  always 
been conceded the privilege  of  handling 
both  union and non-union  cigars.  As  a 
result of the boycott,  the  S.  C.  W. brand 
has been knocked  out  of  the  doggeries 
and  cheap  barber  shops  patronized  by 
union  men,  but  the  sale  with  grocers, 
druggists  and  regular  dealers  who  re­
fuse  to  bow  their  heads  to  the  union 
tyranny  is  on  the  increase.  The  new 
arrangement  enables  Mr.  Johnson  to 
make a better brand for the  money  than 
ever before.

T he  D rug M arket.

Gum opium is dull but unchanged.
Morphia is unchanged.
Quinine is in  good  demand  at  steady 

prices.

Carbolic  acid is higher abroad  and an 

advance is looked  for here.

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Mrs. Cawker—Oh,  I  am  so  sorry  that 
I  bought  a new headache 
you have not! 
cure to-day  at  a  bargain,  and  I  wanted 
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Futility  of  Selling  Sugar  Below  Cost.
Gra nd  Ra pid s,  March 28—I note  that 
several  Grand  Rapids grocers  have  fol­
lowed in the wake of the department store 
and are selling sugar at 
cents—19 cents 
per  hundred 
than  the  wholesale 
price.  Add  to this  “cut” the waste  per 
cwt.,  which is fully 6 cents,  and  add  10 
per  cent,  for  expense  account,  and  the 
loss of  these  cutters  on  100  pounds  of 
If  they 
sugar is not far from  70  cents. 
can stand it,  I suppose it is all right, but 
it appears to me to be poor  business. 
If 
it is intended to advertise their business, 
it is  money  thrown  away,  in  my  opin­
ion,  for,  as a  general  thing,  the  people 
who  buy  the sugar seldom  buy anything 
else,  and the more  sugar  carried  out  of 
the store  the  greater  the  loss. 
If  the 
intention is to  “get back  at” the  depart­
ment  store,  that  makes  it  even  more 
foolish.  The department store has other 
sources of  revenue  and  profit,  and  the 
loss  is  more  than  made  up  on  other 
lines.  The margin on groceries is so close 
that a loss  of 70 cents on 100  pounds is a 
pretty serious  matter,  and  it  will  keep 
any grocer hustling to make  it  up.  Let 
any grocer  who  is  cutting  the  price  of 
sugar figure up how many pounds  of  tea 
or coffee he must sell to make up his loss 
on even a single 100 pounds of  sugar,  or 
how  many  bushels  of  potatoes  he  must 
sell,  or how  much  of  any  article  in  his 
stock.  Probably it may give him  a  new 
idea  on the subject.  Then  there  is  an­
other side to the question.  There is  not 
a grocer who is now cutting, or  has  ever 
cut, the price of  sugar  but  is  bound  to 
make up his  loss  on  sugar  from  raised 
prices  on  other  articles,  and  no  cutter 
can deny it. 
It is not  exactly  honest  to 
tell the public that they can  save  money 
by  buying  sugar  of  Cutter  &  Co.,  and 
then charge  them  enough  on  other  ar­
ticles to make up  the “saving” on  sugar 
—if they  buy  anything  but  sugar. 
If 
Cutter  &  Co.  are  honest  and  actually 
give the public  the  benefit  of  their  cut 
on sugar,  the question  is,  How  long  can 
they do business  at  a  loss  without  the 
aid of the sheriff?  If grocers would only 
look at this matter in the  right  light—if 
they would only let the  professional cut­
ters  do  all  the  cutting—it  would  be  a 
big help  to  business. 
If  a  grocer  does 
not  do  business  on  strictly  business 
principles,  he cannot expect  to  succeed; 
and there is certainly no business in sell­
ing any  staple  at  a  loss. 
If  it  were  a 
new  article, or one that needed  pushing, 
the case would  be different,  but  sugar  is 
something  which  “sells  itself”  and  no 
cutting is  necessary.  The  grocer  who 
cuts prices will  find,  if  he  should  ever 
want to raise  them  to  a  money-making 
basis,  that the  people who  have  bought 
his cut-rate goods will not stand  a  raise 
—they will  go somewhere else to do their 
trading.  This  is  human  nature,  and 
may be relied upon.  1 hope  the  grocers 
who are  cutting sugar may experience  a 
change of heart,  and return  to  the  only 
right way of doing business—good  goods 
at a fair profit over and above the cost of 
doing business. 

Grocer.

T he  P roper  A m ou n t  o f  S elf-V an ity.
In the makeup of  every  human  crea­
ture there is  a  certain  amount  of  self­
vanity that  is  founded  on  nature  and 
reason  and is essential  to him in  the car­
rying out of his  business and in his deal­
ings with  his  fellowmen.  A  superfluity • 
of  this  element  in  the  character  of  an 
individual renders him an object  of sus­
picion  and  aversion  while  an  entire  ab­
sence of it denotes a man  of no  strength 
of purpose and  unfit  to  cope  with  the 
extremes of  life.  By  the  rule  of  self­
vanity it is possible to measure  a  man’s 
caliber to a nicety,  if  you  only  stop  to 
think of it. 
It is  an  infallible  rule  by 
which  you  may  determine  most  accur­
ately  with  what  consideration  a  man 
treats his neighbors,  and on this  basis  it 
is not difficult  to  figure  whether  or  no 
he is a success in the world 
in  the  true 
sense of its meaning.

The man of too much self-vanity is the j 

one who  is  always  too  busy  when  you

I  have 

call to extend the courtesy  that  belongs 
to you.  His vanity has  overstepped  his 
judgment  and  he  treats  you  as  if  you 
were  a  beggar  seeking  alms.  He  will 
likely forget the fact  that  he  ever  saw 
you  were he to meet you on  the street or 
in  a car, and  his  mind  becomes  event­
ually diseased so that in old age  he  is  a 
crusty,  choleric old man, who is shunned 
by all.  This is a  kind  of  self-love  that 
destroys men’s  souls. 
It  is  the  enemy 
of their peace for it results in  suspicions 
and jealousies of others as regards them­
selves,  mistrusting  always  the  motives 
and designs of others,  thus  creating  an 
ill-will in  men’s  hearts that  forever ani- 
hilates all peace. 
In  my  experience  as 
a newspaper  worker I  have  had  oppor­
tunity  to study  these  characteristics  of 
invariably 
men  closely,  and 
learned  that  the  men  who  attain 
the 
greatest and best success in  this  life  are 
those  who  possess 
instinctive 
gentlemanly  qualities 
in 
every action and  suffuse  the very  circle 
of  atmosphere  wherein they  dwell.  A 
man of this stamp has sufficient self-love 
and esteem to be consistent with  the  de­
mands that society makes  upon  a  useful 
member,  and not too much  to  make  him 
forget  his  duty  to  his  neighbor.  The 
first  man  whom  I  ever  sought  to  inter­
view in daily  newspaper  work  slammed 
the door in  my  face. 
It  is  needless  to 
ask if that man  was a success  in  life,  or 
if his  neighbors  respected  and  courted 
him.  The  most  successful  lumbermen 
in  the northwest  are  those  whose  lives 
have been open  books and whose  busiest 
moments were none to busy to reach  out 
a hand of good  fellowship to the  passing 
stranger.

that  reflect 

those 

A  S tory  w ith   a   M oral.

Two  Irishmen,  who  had  been  in  this 
Country  but  a  Short  Time, set  out  one 
Sunday  morning  to  visit  a  Sister  who 
lived  about  twelve  miles  out  in 
the 
Country.  Walking  being  cheap  and 
fairly  good,  and,  being 
they 
walked.  On the way they  took  a  Short 
Cut through a Wood,  and in  a  clump  of 
bushes one of  them  espied  a  Wild  Cat. 
Noting  the  many  Fine  Points  of  the 
Felis  Catus,  one of them remarked:

Irish, 

“Be the powers  o’  Mount  Kelly,  what 
a cat!  What a mouser he’d make!  Let’s 
Ketch ’im,  Billy and  take  ’im  beyant  to 
Mary. 
Its the  proud  girl she’ll  be  this 
day if we can  take  her  that  cat.  Now, 
Billy,  do  you  shtand  here  forninst  ’im 
aud  kape his attention,  an’ I’ll  go  round 
behind an’  grab ’im.”

This  program  was  carried out  to  the 
letter.  Billy kept  the  attention  of  the 
cat,  and  Mike got  behind  him  (the  cat) 
aud seized him.  The way the leaves and 
dirt and  other  things  flew,  there  could 
be  little  doubt  about.  Billy,  who  had 
never seen  a  Wild Cat captured before, 
and  wishing a better Post from which  to 
view the  Operation,  betook  himself  to 
the Fence.  But  time  passed  and  Mike 
did not emerge with the Cat.

“ Mike,”  shouted  Billy;  “Mike,  shall 

I come aud help ye howld ’im?”

“Howld  ’im,  is  it?”  answered  Mike. 
“Howly  Moses,  no!  Come  and  help  me 
let him go!”

Moral—Never  bite  off  more  than  you 

can chew.

It is a law of our  humanity  that  man 
must know good through evil.  No great 
principle  ever  triumphed  but  through 
much evil.  No man  ever  progressed  to 
| greatness and goodness but through great 
mistakes and blunders.

FHCE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

9

T he  T ravelin g  M en’s   B a se   B all  Club.
The first assignment of  players  in  the 
proposed base ball club,  to  be  composed 
of Grand  Rapids  traveling  men,  is  as 
follows:

Pitcher—Wm.  H.  Pipp.
Catcher—Ben.  G.  VanLeuven.
First base—Byron S.  Davenport.
Second  base—John Fell.
Third base—W. E. Richmond.
Right field—Frank Haddon.
Left field— Harry Gregory.
Center field—Jas. N. Bradford.
Short stop—Valda Johnston.
Ball chaser—Chas.  S.  Brooks.
Water boy—Joe Reed.
Mascot—Geo.  F.  Owen.
Physician—Dr. Josiah B. Evans.
Orator—H.  S.  Robertson.
Kicker—M.  H.  N.  Raymond.
Reserves—All the other boys.
The club will formally organize in  the 
course  of a  couple  of weeks  and  begin 
practicing as soon as the weather  is fav­
orable for outdoor exercise.

T he S e c re t o f Su cceB s.

“How do some  drummers  sell  lots  of 
goods and others  very  little?”  repeated 
George  Washington  White,  one  of  the 
brightest  drummers,  in  answer 
to  a 
query from an outsider.  “Well,  I’ll  tell 
you  a little  story. 
I  heard  two  drum­
mers 
talking  once.  One  was  selling 
stacks of goods,  while the other  was  be­
ing  left  all  around.  The  unsuccessful 
man had put  your  query  to  the  other. 
‘How do you sell so  many  goods,  while 
it seems I  can’t  make  a sale?’ 
‘Well,’ 
answered the elder, ‘there’s a secret about 
it.  Tou are  just  starting  out,  and  to 
help you along,  I’ll give you this pointer, 
but you must keep  it  a  secret.’ 
‘Sure,’ 
replied the younger,  beaming with pleas­
ant anticipation,  ‘how do  you manage  to 
be  successful?’ 
‘I  always  make  it  a 
point,’ replied the elder,  ‘to wear out the 
soles of my  shoes instead of  the  seat  of 
my trousers.’ ”

M ore  th a n   H e W an ted  To K n ow  
From the P ittsburgh Chronicle.
She was very pretty and  she  was styl­
ishly  clad,  and  she  occupied  a  whole 
seat by  herself.

He  was  a  drummer,  and  he  thought 
himself  irresistible.  He  was  fond  of  a 
little  flirtation.
His discriminating  eye  soon  detected 
the presence  of  the handsome and  styl­
ish girl, and his feet soon  carried  him to 
her proximity.
He indicated with a slight wave of  his 
hand the vacant seat  by  her  side, as  he 
remarked in his blandest tones:
“I beg your  pardon,  but  is  this  seat 
engaged?”
The maiden surveyed him from head to 
foot,  and  then  said,  with  dignity,  to 
which her snapping  eyes  added  empha­
sis:
“No, the seat isn’t engaged, but I am!”
He sat  elsewhere.
impair  your  best  capital  when 
You 
you make money at the expense of  char­
acter.

NO  C U R E . 
NO  PA Y . 

N O   M U S T A C H E
N O   PAY.

D A N D R U F F   C U R E D .

I  will take Contracts to grow hair on the head 
zx face with  those  who can  call  at  my office or 
<t  the office of  my agents, provided  the head is 
not  glossy, or the pores of the scalp not closed. 
vVhere  the  head  is  shiny or  the  pores  closed, 
there is no cure.  Call and  be examined  free of 
charge.  If you cannot  call, write to me.  State 
tho exact  condition of the scalp and your occu­
P R O F .  O .  B 1 R K H O L Z ,
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A  FEW  OF  OUR  NEW  SPECIAL­
TIES IN  OXFORDS  ARE:

The  Juliet  Bootee,  Three  Large 

Button  Newport,  Southern 

Tie  and  Prince  Alberts.

Dealers  w ishing to see  the  line address 
F.  A.  CADWELL,  67  Terrace  Ave., 
Grand Rapids,  Mich.

Lemon  & Wheeler Company,

Agents,  Grand  Rapids.

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Drugs 0  Medicines*

Stale  Board  of Pharm acy.

One Year—O ttm ar E berbach, Ann Arbor.
T wo  Y ears—G eorge Gnndram , Ionia.
Three  Y ears—C. A. Bojrbee.  Cheboygan.
Four Y ears—S. E. P ark ill, Owosso.
F iv e Y ears—F. W. R. Perry, D etroit.
P resident—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
S ecretary—S tanley E. P ark ill, Owosso.
T reasurer—G eo. Gnndram, Ionia.
N ext M eeting—Grand Rapids. March 6  and 7. 
Subsequent  M eetings—Star  Island,  June  45  and  2»; 

H oughton, Sept. 1: L ansing,.N ov. 6 and 7.
M ichigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ass’n. 
P resident—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor.
V ice-President—A. F. Parker, D etroit.
T reasurer—W . Dupont,  D etroit.
Secretary—S. A. Thom pson, D etroit.
Grand  Rapid« Pharm aceutical Society. 
P resident,W alter K .Schm idt;  Sec’y , Ben. Schrouder.

S u c c e ss in   th e   R etail  Drug-  B u sin ess.

BY  AN OLD  DRUGGIST.

It  is  universally  conceded  that  the 
profits  of  the  retail  drug  business  are 
greater,  perhaps,  than  those  of  almost 
any other retail  business,  yet  few  ever 
get  rich,  or even  make  much  headway. 
Is  it  because  there  are  too  many,  too 
much competition,  or  because  they lack 
business ability? 
It  is  neither  the  one 
thing nor  the other, but the want  of am­
bition,  the want of enterprise.

Did you ever notice  how  enterprising 
and pushing most  grocerymen  are?  Go 
into a grocery store at any time  and  you 
will find the  clerks  and  proprietor  soon 
bustling to wait upon you.  After  learn­
ing  your  wants  and  taking  your  order 
they call your attention  to and show  you 
a dozen other  articles, and  the  result  is 
that  you  often  buy many  goods  besides 
those  you 
intended  to  purchase  when 
you  entered  the store.

How  is  it  with  the  druggist?  When 
you go into  his  store, nine  times  out  of 
ten he will come  forward  as  though  he 
was doing you a  great  favor  by waiting 
upon you.  After getting  what  you  ask 
for,  does he show you any other goods or 
explain  the  superiority  of  his 
toilet 
soaps,  or tell you how  fragrant  and  de­
licious  his  perfumes  are?  Or  does  he 
show you some of the many articles  that 
make up the retail druggist’s  stock? 
In 
fact, does  he  do  anything  to  make  an­
other sale?  No!  he generally  goes  back 
of the prescription  counter  and  takes  a 
seat  to  kill  time and  wait  for  another 
customer,or else he complains about dull 
business.  His windows,  which have not 
been  cleaned  for  weeks,  show  his  lack 
of enterprise.  The retail  drug  business 
could be  made  to  pay,  and  pay  hand­
somely,  if  the  proprietors  were  more 
wide-awake.  But  they  must  hustle. 
They must be  on  the  look-out  to  seize 
every opportunity to attract and increase 
their trade.  They  must  be  polite  and 
tireless.  Many a man  has  given  up  for 
the want  of  a  little  more  nerve  and  a 
little more hard work.

they 

I once read a story  of  two  frogs  that 
fell into a pail  of  cream  and  could  not 
get out.  One froggie  said  to  bis  mate, 
“I  shall  drown:  I  shall  drown!”  The 
other croaker said, “Dont give up; jump! 
keep  jumping,  soon  you  will  be  all 
right!”  So they kept jumping  and  in  a 
little while the cream turned into butter, 
and 
floating 
around  on  cakes  of  butter,  and  were 
soon able to jump out upon solid ground. 
So it is with many  a  man;  if  he  would 
only keep  hustling, he  would  soon  find 
himself in a business that  would  enable 
him to have others hustling  for him.

themselves 

found 

When,  in  1869,  I opened a  retail  drug 
store  in  Philadelphia,  trade  was  very 
slow in coming,  and  I was impatient and 
I  wanted  more  business  and
restless. 

THE  MICHIGAN  TR^JDESMAIST.

the question was how to get i t   I wanted 
to  be  busy. 
I  changed  my  windows 
every three or four days. 
I went  out  to 
the wholesale druggists to  look  for  bar­
gains in toilet articles. 
I visited several 
perfumers and soap  manufacturers,  and 
induced one  of  them,  of  whom  1  pur­
chased a  bill of goods, to  consign  to  me 
some of his most attractive  articles,  and 
with these 1 made a fine window display. 
On these goods 1 made a special  drive by 
selling  them  somewhat  below  the  cur­
rent price.  The low prices soon attracted 
attention, and my  sales  increased  every 
day.  Each week  I  changed  to  another 
article, using only one  article  as  a  spe­
cialty at a time.

One  day,  in  ordering  goods  from  my 
wholesale house,  I found  on  my  list  of 
wants  Potter’s  clay.  The  house  with 
which 1 dealt was out of  it,  as were  sev­
eral  others  that  I  called  upon.  They 
said they had to get it  from  New  York, 
and would have it in a  day  or  two.  On 
returning  to  my  store,  1  passed  some 
workmen who were digging a cellar,  and 
noticed in the excavations, a sort of clay. 
On inspecting it closely  I  found  that  it 
looked very much like  the  Potter’s  clay 
we were  selling. 
I  took  a  piece  home 
with  me,  and  on  examining  it  more 
critically 1 found it  to  be  Potter’s  clay 
of  a very superior  quality. 
I  returned 
at once  to  the  cellar-digger,  and  asked 
him if he would sell me some of the clay. 
When he learned where 1 wished it taken 
he said 1 could  have  all  1 wanted with­
out cost, as it would save  him  time  and 
expense  in  cartage.  X  ordered  two  or 
three loads of it,  and dumped it  into  the 
cellar,  and at once set about putting this 
clay iuto saleable condition.

clay,  but a few  feet from the  surface. 
I 
did not think it necessary  to  go  around 
and tell the source of my supply.  While 
I soon stocked up the trade  in  Philadel­
phia, I found sale in other  cities  for  all 
we could  put  up in our  spare  moments. 
My income  from  this  alone  in  a  little 
while was sufficient to  pay  all  my  drug 
bills,  so that  I  had a business  beside my 
retail drug business.

Of course, not  every  one  can  strike  a 
Potter’s clay  bed,  but there are hundreds 
of other things,  that, if  a  man  be  wide­
awake, he can utilize to  just as  good ad­
vantage.

I relate this incident of my life merely 
to  illustrate  that  when  one  is  on  the 
look-out for something to do and hustles to 
get it, he is sure to find it.  Improve every 
opportunity,  but 
remember,  anything 
that  is worth doing at all is worth  doing 
well.

Study the wants of your people and try 
to supply them.  Don’t try  to  sell  what 
people don’t want.  Keep what  is  asked 
for;  don’t try to substitute.

I have seen two  of  the  worst  panics 
that this country has  ever experienced— 
1873  and  1893—and  I  have  never  yet 
seen the time that I had not more than  I 
could do. 
I have  never seen an idle mo­
ment that I could not have utilized.

We  have  some  wide-awake  druggists 
in Philadelphia,  and there  are  a  few  in 
the rest of  the world;  but  these  are  the 
exception. 
Some  are  constitutionally 
tired,  some from physical defect lack the 
power to do  all  that  ambition  prompts. 
Others are too aesthetic,  too  much  afraid 
of soiling their hands.  Nothing  but  in­
domitable pluck and tireless  energy will 
win success in these days.

Up to that time  Potter’s  clay,  or  Ful­
ler’s  earth,  was  sold  only  in  lumps. 
After reducing the clay down to the con­
sistency of putty 1 found it  very  pliable 
and easy to work, and at once  conceived 
the idea of making it into cakes  for  con­
venience in handling.

For this purpose I secured some  rings, 
about two and a half inches in  diameter, 
made  out  of  inch  hoop-iron,  and  with 
these, I cut or  moulded  the  cakes,  as  a 
brick-maker moulds his  bricks. 
I  made 
a round block out  of  white  pine,  whit­
tling it to the size  of the  cakes. 
I  then 
called  on  a  stamp  dealer  and  bought 
some raised letters, made  of  lead,  which 
I glued  to  the  block  of  wood,  forming 
the words “Potter’s  Clay, Philadelphia.” 
I  stamped  the  cakes  with  the  letters 
“ Potter’s Clay,”  with my name  and  ad­
dress thereon.

I took pains to  see  that  the  clay  was 
clean,  and  free from grit and all foreign 
substances;  and  after I had a  few  hun­
dred cakes made and dried,  I started  out 
to  see  whether  I  could  sell  it  to  the 
wholesale  trade. 
1  went  first  to  the 
wholesale house where I purchased most 
of  my  supplies,  and  on  showing  my 
samples  aad  telling  my  price—$2.50  a 
gross—1 received  an  order for ten gross. 
I  visited  all 
the  wholesale  drug  and 
sundry  houses,  and  each  one  of  them 
gave me an  order  for  ten  gross,  saying 
it was  much  more  convenient for  hand­
ling in cakes,  and not liable to loss.

One house gave me an order for twenty- 
five gross. 
I returned  very  much  elated 
that at last 1 had found something  to  do 
to keep us busy.  1 had no  difficultly  in 
getting  all  the  clay  1  wanted,  because 
almost  the  entire  city  of  Philadelphia 
| was  underlaid  with  this  fine  Potter’s

R everie  o f  a  L ead   P en cil.

1 am only a lead  pencil,  it  is  true,  but 
nevertheless,  which 
I  have  feelings, 
some people seem to take delight  in  lac­
erating.  What  am  I  kicking  about? 
Why,  the beastly  jokes  which  are  being 
perpetrated about  me continually—such, 
for  instance,  as  “the  longer  1  am  used 
the shorter 1 grow,”  and  “ 1  must be bad 
because  1  have  a  black  heart,”  and 
“cut  off  the  head  of  the  substance  I 
am  composed  of  and  it  leaves  a  back­
ache,”  and that “the reason  I do  not  get 
on  better  in  life  is  because  I  must  be 
pushed,”  and that I ought to  stand aside 
and give some one else a chance  “since 1 
have made my mark.” 
Isn’t that enough 
to  wear  out  the  patience  of  a  saint? 
Well,  my  patience  is  about  gone,  and 
1  don’t  propose  to  stand  it  any  longer. 
I  am  going  to  tell  what  I  know  about 
some  of  the  people  I  meet  every  day, 
and  I  shall  be  just  as  pointed  as  I 
know  how  to  be.  1  shall  not  mention 
names,  of  course,  for,  although  I  often 
take  evidence  in  court,  I - have  never 
yet  had  to  appear  on  my  own behalf.

just 

As a starter, do you know-----?  He’s a
grocer.  Go  into  his  place  of  business 
and  ask  for  something. 
If  he  has  it, 
all  right,  but  if  he  hasn’t  he  will  say, 
“No,  I  haven’t 
that  particular 
brand,  but  here  is  something  equally 
as  good,  and  much  cheaper,  too;  in 
fact,  those  who  have  tried  it  like  it 
better  than  the  other.  Shall  1  send 
you  up  some  of  this?”  He  says  much 
more  to  the  same  effect,  and  the  only 
time  he  tells  the  truth  is  when he  tells 
you  he  hasn’t  what  you  called 
for. 
He  knows  the  article  he  proposes  as  a 
substitute  is  much  inferior  in  quality, 
and  is  dear  at  any  price.  But,  bless

your  heart,  a  small  discrepancy  like 
fair 
that  cuts  no  figure.  “All’s 
in 
trade”  is  his  motto,  and  he  follows 
it 
to  the  letter.  He  has  no  use  for  the 
inspector  of  weights  and  measures, 
and  I  don’t  wonder  at  it.  He  hasn’t 
an  honest  pair  of  scales  in  his  store, 
and,  as  for  his  measures,  it  looks  as  if 
-the  bottoms  were  doing  their  best  to 
meet  the  quality  half-way,  so  that  the 
customer  will  be  skinned  at  both  ends 
of the  deal.  How  do  I  know  all  this? 
Easy  enough. 
I  am  in  his  store  every 
week,  and  when  my  master  takes  me 
out  of  his  pocket,  I  use  my  eyes  and 
ears  to  good  advantage,  I  can  tell  you. 
Many  times  I  have  been  on the “point” 
of  warning  a  customer  who  was  being 
taken 
land  pirate,  but, 
somehow,  1  never  could  quite  bring 
myself  to  do  it. 
It  makes  my  heart 
heavy,  quite  leaden,  in  fact,  when  I 
think  of  the  deceitfulness  of  human 
nature,  as  exemplified  (and  amplified) 
by  “my friend” -----.

in  by 

this 

Then there is -----.  When  you  enter
his  place  of  business,  he  approaches 
you  “with a  smile  that  is  childlike  and 
bland,”  rubbing  his  hands  and  bowing 
at  every  step.  “Ah,  how  do  you  do? 
So  glad  to  see  you;  are  you  well  to­
day?  Something  you  were  wanting?” 
And  when  he  has  taken  down  your 
order,  he  bows  you  out  in  the  most 
obsequious  manner  possible,  and  you 
if  he  were  not 
go  away  wondering 
sometime  apprenticed 
Italian 
I  can’t  help  thinking 
organ  grinder. 
of  Pecksniff, 
in  Dickens’  “Martin 
Chuzzlewit”  when  I  see  -----  approach­
ing  a  customer.  He  may  mean  all 
right,  but  that’s 
it  seems 
to  me.

the  way 

to  an 

There  is  another  grocer  I  meet  fre­
quently.  His  name  is  -----,  and  he
does  business o n -----street.  He scowls
the  moment  you  enter  his  store.  No, 
that is not just right—he is  scowling  all 
the time;  but the scowl seems  to deepen 
and blacken when he catches  sight  of  a 
customer,  and,  while  you  are  in  his 
store,  you  are  afraid  for  your  life,  and 
you  leave  with  the  feeling 
that  you 
have,  somehow,  done  him  a  deadly 
injury. 
If  you  have  he  has  probably 
revenged  himself  in  the  deal  you  made 
with  him. 

Only  a   L ea d  P e n c il.

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Tobacco grows something like cabbage, 
but I  never  saw  none  cooked. 
I  have 
heard men say that cigars that was given 
them election day for nothing was mostly 
cabbage 
leaves.  Tobacco  stores  are 
mostly  kept by wooden Injuns who stand 
at the door and fool little  boys  by offer­
ing  them  a  bunch  of  cigars  which  is 
glued  into  the  Injun’s  hands,  and  is 
made of  wood also. 
I tried  to  smoke  a 
cigar once, and  I  feit  like  epsom  salts. 
Tobacco was invented by  a  man  named 
Walter Raleigh.  When  the  people  first 
saw  him smoking they  thought  he  was a 
steamboat  and  were 
frightened.  My 
sister  Nancy  is  a  girl. 
I  don’t  know 
whether she likes tobacco or not.  There 
is a young man  named  Leroy  who  comes 
to  see  her.  He  was  standing  on  the 
steps one night, and he had a cigar in  his 
mouth,  and he  said  he  didn’t  know  as 
she would like it,  and  she  said,  “Leroy, 
the  perfume  is  agreeable.”  But  when 
my  big  brother  Tom  lighted  his  pipe 
Nancy said,  “Get out  of  the  house,  you 
horrid  creature;  the  smell  of 
tobacco 
makes me  sick.”  Snuff  is  Injun  meal 
made  out  of  tobaccos. 
I  took  a  little 
snuff once and then I  sneezed.

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Morphia, S. P. A W.  2 35®2 60 
C.  Co....................  2 25@2 50
Moschus Canton........  © 4 0
Myrlstlca, No  1 ........  65©  TO
Nnx Vomica, (po 20)..  ©  10
Os.  Sepia....................  16®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Plds  Llq, N.‘C., X gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Plds Llq., quarts......   @1 00
pints.........   @  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (po g5)__  @  3
Plx  Burgun................  @  7
Plumbl A cet..............  14®  15
Pnlvis Ipecac et opll.. 1  10® 1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz......   @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  20®  30
Quassiae....................  8©  10
Qnlnla, S. P. A W.......34M@39X
S.  German....  27©  37
Ruble  Tlnctorum......   19®  14
SaccharumLactispv. 
12®  14
Salacln........................2 00®2 10
Sanguis  Draconls......   40®  50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
"  M.......................   10®  12
“  G.......................   ®  15

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Seldlltz  Mixture........  ®  20
Slnapls.......................   ®  18
“  opt..................   ®  30
Snnlf,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  27®  30
Soda Carb................. 
IX®  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb............   ®  5
Soda, Ash.................... 3X@  4
Soda, Sulphas............   ®  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrda  Dom......  ®2 25
“  Myrda Imp........  @3 00
‘  Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.
.  ..7........................2 25@2 35
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Stiychnla Crystal......1  40@1 45
Sulphur, Snbl............   2X@ 3
“  Roll..............  2  @  2X
Tamarinds................. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   28®  30
Theobromae.............45  @  48
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Snlph...............   7®  8

OILS.

Whale, winter...........  TO 
Lard,  extra...............   80 
Lard, No.  1...............   42 
Linseed, pure raw__  52 

Bbl.  Gal
TO
85
45
55

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paints. 

Linseed,  boUed.........  55
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............  
65 
Spirits Turpentine__  37 

TO
40
bbl.  lb.
Red Venetian..............iv   2®g
Ochre, yellow  Mars__lx   2®4
“ 
Ber........ix   2@3
Putty,  commerdal__2X  2X®3
“  strictly  pure...... 2X  2X®3
Vermilion Prime Amer-
13@16
v........... 
lean  ..... 
Vermilion,  English.... 
65@TO
70@75
Green,  Peninsular......  
Lead,  red....................   6  @6X
w hite................6  @6X
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  GUders’.......   @go
White, Paris  American 
1  0 
Whiting.  Paris  Eng.
cliff..................... ... 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20®l  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints..................... 1  00©1  20
No. 1 Turp  Coach.... 1  10@1  20
Extra Turp.................160@1  TO
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 
Turp......................... 
70® 7 5

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Aconltum Napellls R.........   60
p .........   5Q
Aloes....................................  60
and myrrh.................  60
A rn ica....;.........................  so
Asafoetlda............................  o
A trope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................   60
“  Co..........................   50
Sangulnarla.........................  50
Barosma.... .........................  50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum............................   50
Ca damon............................  75
_  “ 
Co.........................  75
Castor..................................1 00
Catechu...............................   so
Cinchona............................  50
Co.........................  60
Columba.............  
so
Conium...............................  so
Cubeha................................   50
D igitalis............................   50
Ergot....................................  50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................  80
Guaica................................   so
“ 
ammon....................   60
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................   50
Iodine..................................   75
“  Colorless...................  75
Ferrl  Chlorldum.................  35
K ino....................................  50
Lobelia................................   so
Myrrh..................................   so
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
O pll.....................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
“  Deoaor..................200
Aurantl Cortex....................   50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany.......................   ...  50
Rhel.....................................  60
Cassia  Acntlfol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stramonium.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian.............................   50
Veratrum Verlde.................  50

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A5ther, Spts  Nit, 3 F ..  28©  30 
“  4 F ..  32®  34
Alumen......................?x® 3

T‘ 
ground,  (po.
7).............................  
3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antlmonl, po.............. 
4©  5
et Potass T.  55©  60
Antlpyrin...................  ®1 40
Antlrebrln..................  ©  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  ©  48
Arsenicum................. 
5©  7
Balm Gilead  Bad__ 
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N........... 2 20®2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Xs
12;  Ms,  14)..............  ©  11
Cantharides  Russian,
po............................  @1  00
Capsid  Fructus, af...  ©  26
po....  ©  28
Bpo.  @ 20
Caryophyllns, (po.  15)  10®  12
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @3 76
Cera  Alba, 8. A F ......  50®  55
Cera Flava.................  88©  40
Coccus  .....................   ©  40
Cassia Fructus...........  ©  25
Centrarla....................  ©  10
Cetaceum...................  ©  40
Chloroform...............   60©  68
squlbbs ..  ©1  25
Chloral HydCrst.......1  50©1 80
Chondrus...................  20©  25
Clnohonldlue, P.  A  W  15©  20 
German  8X®  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
75
cent  ...................... 
Creasotum.............. 
©  35
Creta, (bbl. 75)......  
©  2
prep............  
5©  5
9©  11
precip.............. 
Rubra...............   ©  8
Crocus......................  50©  55
Cudbear......................  ©  24
Cupri Snlph...............   5 ©   6
Dextrine....................  10®  12
Ether Snlph...............   70®  75
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po..................   ©  6
' 
.)  75 .........   70©  75
Flake  White..............  12©  15
Galla..........................  ©  28
Gambler......................  7  © 8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   ©  TO
French...........  40©  60
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box 75.
Glne,  Brown..............  9©  15
“  White...............   13©  25
Glycerine...................  14©  20
Grana Faradlsl...........  ©  22
Hnmnlns....................  25©  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  ©  85
“  C or___   ®  80
Ox Rnbrum  ©  90
Ammonlatl. 
©100
Unguentum.  45©  55
Hydrargyrum............   ©  64
,.12S©1 50
Ijhthyobolla, Am. 
Iudlgo........................   75® 100
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 80@3 90
Iodoform....................  ©4 TO
Lupulln......................  ©2 25
Lycopodium..............  70©  TO
M ads.........................  70©  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarglod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Mannla,  8. F ..............  60©  68

IX)............................ 2X@ 4

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ACIDUK.

AMMONIA.

Aqua,16  deg.............. 
4®  6
6®  8
20  deg.............. 
Carbcnas  ...................  12®  14
Chlorldum.................  12®  14

Acetlcum.....................  
8® 10
Benzoicum  German..  65®
Boracic 
....................  
20
Carbollcum................   20® 30
Cltrlcum.....................   52® 55
Hydrochlor.................. 
...................  10® 12
Nitrocum 
Oxallcnm....................   10®  12
Phosphor!urn dll........ 
20
Salicylicum.....................1  30@1 TO
Sulphuricum................  IX© 5
Tannlcum........................1 40®1 60
Tartarlcum................  30®  33

Cubebae......................  ®  2 50
Exechthltos..............  2 50®2 75
Erigeron................... 2 00®?  10
Gaultheria................2 00@2  10
Geranium,  ounce......  @  75
Gossipll, Sem. gal......  70®  75
Hedeoma  .................. 1  25@1  40
Jumper!......................  50©2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Llmonis......................2 40®2 60
Mentha PI per.............. 2 85®3 60
Mentha Verità.............2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal.............1  30@1  40
Mvrcla, ounce............   @  50
Olive..........................  90@3 00
Plcis Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
Ricini.......................   1  22@1  28
Rosmarini............  
75@l  00
Rosae, ounce.  ...........6 50©8 50
Succlnl........  ............   40®  45
Sabina.......................   90@1  00
San tal  .......................8 50@7 00
Sassafras.  .................   50©  55
Black...............................2 00@2 25
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  ®  65
Brown...........................  80@1 00
Tigli!..........................   ®  90
Red.............................   45®  50
Thyme.......................   40®  60
Yellow............................ 2 50@3 00
r‘ 
o p t................   ©  60
heobromas...........  15©  20
1 
POTASSIUM.
B icarb...  ..'.............. 
is©  18
bichromate................ 
is®  14
Bromide....................  40®  43
Carb............................  12©  15
Chlorate  (po  23®25)..  24©  26
Cyanide......................  50©  55
Iodide......................... 2 90@3 00
Potassa, BItart,  pure..  27®  30
Potassa, Bltart, com...  @ 15
Potass  Nltras, opt......   8®  10
Potass Nltras..............  7®  9
Prusslate....................   28®  30
Sulphate  po................  15©  18

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

Cnbeae (po  36)........  25®  30
Junlperus..................   8®  10
Xantnoxylum............   25®  30

B A LSA M tJH .

ANCUNN.

BACCAB.

C O RTEX .

RADIX.

Abies,  Canadian__...
Casslae  .......................
Cinchona F lav a.........
Enonymus  atropurp... 
Myrlca  Cerifera, po —
Prunus Vlrglnl............
Quill ala,  grd................
Sassafras  ....................
TTlmus Po (Ground  15).
KXTRACTUM. 
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...
po...........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
Is..............
Xs............
X*..........
FBBBU
Carbonate Precip........
Citrate and Qulnla —
Citrate  Soluble...........
Ferrocyanldum Sol —
Solut  Chloride...........
Sulphate,  com’l .........
pure..........

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“ 

24®  25 
33®  35 
11®   12 
13®  14 
14®  15 
16®  17
®  15 
® 3   50 
®  80 
®  50 
®  15 
.9®  2
®  7

FLORA.

Arnica.........................  18® 20
Anthemls....................   30® 35
Matricaria 
50® 65

 

 

FO),LA.

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tln-

...................  18®  50
nlyelly....................  25®  28
Alx.  35®  50
and  Xs....................  15®  25
8®  10

Salvia  officinalis,  Xs
UraTJrsi 
................... 

“ 

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SUMMI.

“ 
“ 

Acacia, 1st  picked.... 

“  2d 
“  3d 
sifted sort«... 
“ 
**  po.........  60® 

©  60
....  ®  40
....  @  30
©  20
80
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®  12
Socotrl. (po. 60).  ©  50
Catechu, Is, (Mis, 14 Mis,
16)............................  ©  1
Ammonlae.................  55®  SO
Assafcetlda, (po. 85)..  40®  45
Bensolnum.................  50®  55
Camphorse..................   48®  50
Euphorblum  po  ........  35©  lo
Galbanum..................   @2 50
Gamboge,  po..............  70®  7b
Gualacum, (po  35)  .. 
© 3 0
Kino,  (po  1  10).........   @1  15
M astic............ ..........  @  80
Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  ®  40
Opll  (po  4 20@4 30)  .2 90®8 00
Shellac  ......................  35®  42
33®  35
Tragacanth................  40@1  00

“ 
hbbba—In ounce packages.

bleached...... 

Absinthium....................  ■ •  25
Bupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia................................   25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
«  V ir.........................  25
Rue................... 
80
Tanaoetum, V ..................  ■  22
Thymus,  V..........................   25
Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20©  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20©  25 
Carbonate, Jennings..  35©  36

MASNBSIA.

 

 

OLEUM .

Absinthium................ 3 50®4 00
Amygdalae, Bulc.......   45©  75
Amyaalae, Amarae— 8 00@8 25
Anlsi............................1  70@1 80
Aurantl  Cortex.......... 2 30®2 40
Bergamll  ...................3 25@3 50
Cajlputl.................... 
60©  65
Caryophylll................  75®  80
C edar.........................  35©  65
Chenopodll  ...............   ©1  60
Cinnamon)!.................1  10®1 15
Cltronella  .................  ®  45
Conium  Mac..............  35©  65
Copaiba  ....................   80©  90

Aconitnm...................  20®  25
Althae.........................  22©  25
Anchusa....................   12®  15
Arum,  po....................  ©  25
Calamus......................  20©  40
Gentlana  (po. 12)......  
8©  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)..................  
©  30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po....  15®  20
Inula,  po.................... 
is©  20
Ipecac, po...................1  60® 1  75
Iris plox (po. 35@38) ..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   40®  45
Maranta,  Ms..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhel............................  75@1  00
'  OUt.....................  ®1  75
pv.......................   75®1  35
Splgella.....................   35®  38
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  © 2 0
Serpentario.................  30®  32
Senega.......................  55®  60
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  ©  40 
M  ©  25
Sclllae, (po. 85)...........  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fcetl-
  ©  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ©  25
German...  15©  20
Ingiber a .................... 
18® 20
Zingiber  ] ................... 
18® 20

dus,  po............. 

“ 

1 

SBMBN.
Anlsum,  (po.  20).. 
..  ©  15
Aplum  (graveleons)..  15®  18
Bird, Is...................... 
4©  6
Carul, (po. 18)..............   10© 12
Cardamon  ..................l  00@1 25
Cor) andrtun.................   11® 13
Cannabis Satlva.........   4© 
5
Cvdonlum....................   78@1 00
Cnenopodlum  .............  10© 12
Dlpterlx Odorate........ 2 2S®2 50
Foenlculum...............   ©  15
Foenugreek,  po.........   8©  8
U n i...........................   4  ® 4M
Uni, grd.  (bbl. 8X)...  3ft®  4
Lobelia.........................  36© 40
Pharl&rls Canarian__  3  @  4
Rapa.............................  6®  7
Slnapls  Albu............ 7  © 8
r  Nigra...........  11©  12
srauTUs.
Frumenti, W..D.  Co. .2 00@2 50
B. F. R .......1  75@2 00
 
1  25@1 50
JnnlperlB  Co. O. 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

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SFONOBS.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
'  carriage................... 2 50©2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ................. 
2 00
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
1  10
wool  carriage.........  
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage................... 
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage .......  
65
75
Hard for  slate  use—  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
n se.......................... 
1  40

 

 

STBUFS.

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri  Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  56
Rhel  Aram..........................   50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega........................ 
  50
Sclllae..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Toidtan...............................  50
Prunus  rirg.........................  50

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1 9

THE  MICHIGAN  TRAJDESMjAIi.

G ROCERY  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 
coins 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  ol  the 
greatest possible  use to dealers.

1 75

CATSUP.

Bine Label Brand.

“ 

Half  pint, 25 bottles  ... — 2 75
Pint 
...........  4 50
Quart 1 doz bottles 
.  8 50 
Half pint, per  doz..............1 35
Pint, 25 bottles................... 4 SO |
Quart, per  doz  .................3 75

Triumph Brand.

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes.................44@45

COCOA  SHELLS.

351b  bags......................  @3
Less quantity...............   @3H
Pound  packages...........6H@7

COFFEE.
G r e e n .
Rio.

 

Fair...................................... !8
Good.................................... 19
Prime.................................. 2!
Golden.................................21
Pea berry............................. 23
Santos.
Fair......................... 
19
Good....................................20
Prime.................................. 22
Peaberry  .............................23
Mexican and Guaiamala.
Fair......................................21
Good.................................... 22
Fancy...................................24
Prime.................................. 23
M illed.................................24
Interior.................   ■..........25
Private Growth...................27
Mandehling........................28
Imitation.............................25
Arabian............................... 28

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

•To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add He. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
Package.
McLaughlin’s  XXXX..  23 95
Bunola 
.......................... 21  45
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case —   23 95 

Extract.

Valley City H gross...........  75
... 
Felix 
1  IS
Hummel’s, foil, gross....... 1 65
“ 
........2 85

“ 

“ 

On 
CHICORV.

Bulk 
Red  .

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton,  40ft...
50ft...
80ft ...
70 ft...
80ft 
.
60 ft.
72 ft-..

“ 
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“ 
“ 
Jute 
“ 
CONDENSED  MILK. 

... per doz. 1  25
140
... 
160
1  75
190
85
1 90

“ 
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“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

4 doz. in case.

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

Apricots.

1

Gages.

Peaches.

Cherries.

Live oak.....................  
1  40
1  40
Santa Crus................. 
150
jusk’s ......................... 
1  10
Overland................... 
Blackberries.
P. A  W.......................  
90
Red.............................1 10@l 25
Pitted Hamburgh  —  . 
W hite......................... 
1 50
Brie............................ 
1  30
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
Brie............................ 
1  20
1  40
California................... 
Gooseberries.
1  25
Common.................... 
P ie............................  
90
Maxwell.................... 
1  25
Shepard’s ..................
California..................   160®1 75
...............
Monitor 
Oxford........................
Domestic.................... 
1  25
Riverside.................... 
1  75
Pineapples.
Common..................... 1  00@1  30
Johnson’s  sliced........ 
2 50
2 75
grated........ 
Booth's sliced............  @2 5)
grated........  .  @2 75
Quinces.
Common.................... 
1  10
Raspberries.
Red  ...........................  
1  10
Black  Hamburg.........  
1  50
1  20
Brie, b lack ...............  
Strawberries.
Lawrence..................  
1  25
1  25
Hamburgh................. 
Erie............................ 
1  20
1  05
Terrapin....................... 
Whortleberries.
Blueberries...............  
8>
6 75
Corned  beef  Libby’s..........1  95
Roast beef  Armour’s ..........180
Potted  ham, % lb......   .......1  40
“  H lb.................  85
H lb _____   85

M e a ts .

“ 
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“ 
“ 

tongue, H lb..................1 35
chicken, H lb.................  96

“ 
Vegetables.

Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Peas.

Com.

Hamburgh  stringless.......... 1 25
French style......2 25
Limas  ............... 1  35
Lima, green..............................1 25
soaked......................  66
Lewis Boston Baked..........1 85
Bay State Baked................ 1 35
World’s Fair  Baked..........1  35
Picnic Baked...................... 1 00
Hamburgh............................... 1 40
Livingston  Bden.....................1 20
Purity..............................
Honey  Dew..............................1 40
Morning Glory...................
Soaked...............................  75
Hamburgh  marrofat...........1  85
early June........
Champion Eng..1 50
petit  pois..........1  75
fancy  sifted.... 1  90
Soaked................................   65
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat........ 1  10
early -June..... 1 30
Archer’s  Early Blossom__1 25
French.......................   ......2 15
French..............................19321
Brie.....................................  85
Hubbard...................................1 15
Hamburg.................................. 1 40
Soaked................................  85
Honey  Dew........................1 50
Erie....................................1  36
Hancock...................................l lo
Excelsior  ............................
Eclipse.......................... .
Hamburg............................
Gallon............................... 8 50

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Sqnash.
Succotash.

Tomatoes.

“ 

CHOCOLATE. 

Baker’s.

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

23
37
43

2 25

AXLE GREASE.
doz
Aurora........... ........  55
Oastor Oil...... ...... 
60
Diamond........ ........  50
Frazer’s ......... ........  65
Mica  ............
..  .  55
Paragon 
..  --

gross
6 00
7 00
5 50
9 00
7 £0
6 00

BAKING  POWDER. 

Acme.

u  lb. cans. 3 do*...............  

'

 

“  
............ 2
.......   9

Cream  Flake.

Bnlk...........Arctic.............
u  S> cans 6 doz  case.........
V41b  “ 
i 
ib  “ 
5  B>  “ 
3  o*  “ 
4  oz  “ 
6  oz “ 
8  oz “ 4 doz 
1 
lb  “ 
5  lb  “ ldoz 
Red Star, M 

4 doz 
a doz  ;; 
1 doz  “
6 doz 
4 doz 
4 doz 
2 doz  ‘ 

cans...........

“ 
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..............   9

 

Teller’s,  H lb. cans, do*.
"  ••
Hlb.  “ 
lib .  “  “
1
Our Leader, \  lb cans......
% lb  cans........
1 lb cans-----  •  1

“ 
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•• 
“ 
G  BATH  BRICK.
2 dozen In case.

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

 

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SOZ 

BLUING. 

Arctic, 4 oz  ovals 

Gross
............3 60
•• 
«  pints, round  ..........  9 00
“  No. 2. sifting box...  2 75
»•  No. 3, 
•  •  4 00
No. 5, 
-   3 00
lo t ball  ..................  4 50
“ 
Mexican Liquid, 4  oz........  3 60
** 
8 oz.........   6 80

”  
“ 

“ 
BROOMS.

No. 2 Burl..............••.......... I
1 
So. 2 Carpet  ...........
SO.1 
Parlor Gem.........................2
Common Whisk  ...............
S S L — I....“ ::“ ::::» «

..........   2 50

“ 

 

BRUSHES.

»■ 
“ 

Stove, No.  1........................ J 25
“  10  ......................  1  50
“  16........................  1 75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row—   85
Rice Root Scrub, 3row  ...  1  25 
Palmetto, goose.................  1  60

CANDLES.

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............   10
Star,  40 
..............  9
Paraffine  .................  .......10
Wlcking 
..........................24

“ 

CANNED  GOODS. 

Flab.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

•• 

Little Neck.  1 lb  ............... IS
“  2 lb.................1  «
Clam Chowder,
Standard. 8 lb .....................2 25
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb....................   7!
21b....................13:
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb........................... 2 45
“  2  lb............................3 50
Picnic,lib..........................2 oo
21b.......................... 2 90
“ 
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb........  ...........1  10
2  lb...................2 10
Mustard,  2 ib  ...................2 25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb............2 25
Soused, 2  lb....................  
.2 25
Salmon.
Columbia River, flat.......... 1  80
“  «alls..............1  65
Alaska, Red........................1 25
pink........................ 1  10
Kinney’s, flats....................1  95
Sardines.
American  Vi*.................4V4@ 5
As..................6H@.7
Imported  H i....................   @N>
H*.....................I5@16
Mustard Ms......................  03~
Boneless..........................  
21
Brook 8, Ib..........................2 50

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Trout.
Fruits.
Apples.

3 lb. standard............  
York State, gallons —  
Hamburgh,  “  __

1  10
3 40

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500 
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CRACKERS.

Butter.

Seymour XXX....................... 5H
Seymour XXX, cartoon......6
Family  XXX.....................   5H
Family XXX,  cartoon........  6
Salted  XXX...........................5H
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ..........6
..........................   7H
Kenosha 
Boston....................................7
Butter  biscuit —   ............   6
Soda, XXX.........................  5H
Soda, City............................  7H
Soda,  Duchess......................8H
Crystal Wafer......................10H
Long  Island W afers..........11
S. Oyster XXX......................5H
City Oyster. XXX...................5H
Farina  Oyster...................... 6

Oyster.

Soda.

CREAM TARTAR.

Strictly  pure......................  30
Teller's Absolute..............  80
Grocers’............................ 15©2f>

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

Apples.

“ 

Peaches.

Apricots.

quartered  “ 

Sundrled. sliced In  bbls. 
7
7
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes  10 
California in  bags........ 
14
14
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes...................... 
8
Nectarines.
70 lb. bags.......................10
251b. boxes.....................10H
Peeled, in  boxes...........
Cal. evap.  “ 
“ 
In  bags.....10
California In  bags.... 10
Pitted Cherries
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes...................
25 “ 
.................  10
Prunelles.
80 lb.  boxes.........   —   15
Raspberries
In barrels...1. ................
501b. boxes....................
......................
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

Loose  Muscatels in Boxes.

...... 10V4

Pears.

“ 

“ 

Foreign.
Currants.

“ 

Patras,  in barrels............  

2
In  H-bbls..............  2H
In less quantity —   2H
cleaned,  bulk........ 
5
cleaned,  package..  5H

Citron, Leghorn. 25 lb. boxes  12 
Lemon 
8
Orange 
10

Peel.
25 
“ 
25 “ 
“ 
Raisins.
Ondura, 29 lb. boxes 
“ 
Sultana, 20 
Valencia, 30  “

© 8 
■  7H  @ 8

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Prunes.

** 
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'aiifornla,  100-120 ..............  5

90x100 25 lb. bxs.  5H
. ■  6H
80x90 
70x80 
6H
.  7M
60x70 
10

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

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Coin.

Farina.
Hominy.

No. 1, 6H.................  ......  *1  75
1  60 
*  “
No. 2, 6H  ....................... 
1  65 
No. 1, 6...........................
1  50
No. 2, 6...........................
XX  wood, white.
No. 1,6H..........................   1  3f
1  25
No. 2,6H  .................... 
■
Manilla, white.
1 00 
6H  ...............................
6.......................
95
1 00
Mill  No. 4....................
FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 
100 lb. kegs................... 
3H
Barrels  .............................. 2 75
G rits....................................3 00
Dried............................. 3H@SH
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
55
Imported.................... 10H@-1
Barrels 200 .......................  4  25
Half barrels  100 ...............   2 25
Kegs..................................  2H
Green,  bu........................  1  25
Split  per l b .................  
Rolled  Oats.
DurroiH  iou.................
Half  bbls 90.............. @ 4 25
German...................... ......  4H
East India................... ......   5

Pearl Barley.

Lima  Beans.

Oatmeal.

Sago.

Peas.

3

Cracked..............—   . ......   3*

Wheat.

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

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

Cod.

Pollock..........................
Whole, Grand  Bank......  5@5H
Boneless,  bricks.............. 6@8
Boneless, strips................6©8
Smoked.................   ..  9H@12H
70
Holland, white hoops keg 
bbl  9 50

Halibut.
Herring.
“ 
“ 

“ 

Mackerel.

Norwegian
Round, H bbl 100 lbs  ......  2
1*  “  40  “  ........  1 ;
Scaled.......................... .
No. 1,  100 lbs....................... 10 75
No. 1,40 lbs........................   4 60
No. 1,  10 lbs........................   1 23
No. 2,100  lbs........................ 7 50
No. 2, 40 lbs........................   3 30
No. 2,10 lbs  .....................  
90
Family, 90 lbs.......................5 15
10  lb s..................  65
Russian, kegs....................   55
No. 1, H bbls., lOOlbs............ 5 7i
No. 1 H bbl, 40  lbs............... 2 55
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   73
No  1,8 lb  kits  ...................  61

Sardines.
Tront.

“ 

Whltefish.

No. 1

Family 
% bbls, 100 lbs..........87 00 83 00
H  “  40  “  ..........3 (5  150
10 lb.  kits................... 
45
8 lb.  “ 
39
MATCHES.
No. 9  sulphur.......................1 65
Anchor parlor...................... 1 70
Nc. 2 home  .........................1  10
Export  parlor...................... 4 00

85 
.................  71 

FLAVORING  EXTRACTS. 
Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. 
Best In the world for the money.

Sonders’.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz
2  oz  — 8  75 
4 oz......  1  50

Regular
Vanilla.

doz
2 oz..... 81  20
4 oz..... 2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 oz.......81  50
4  oz..  3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz.......81  75
4 oz........ 3 50

“ 
“ 

Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla 
120
2 oz regular panel.  75 
4 oz 
.. .1 50 
2 00
...2 00 
601 
3 00
No. 3 taper..........135 
No. 4  taper..........1  50 
Nortlirop’s
Lemon.  Vanilla.
1  10
2 oz  oval taper  75 
“  1 20 
3 oz 
2 oz regular  “
85 
1  20
4 oz 
“  1 60 

“ 
“ 
FLY  PAPER. 

Tim m ’s  Tanglefoot.

2 00
2 50

1 75
2 25

Single  case......................... 3 69
Five case  lots.........................3 50
Ten case 
lots.........................3 40
Less than one case, 40c  per box 

GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

Kegs......................................... 3 25
Half  kegs................................. 1 90
Quarter  kegs...........................1 10
1 lb cans.............................   30
H lb  cans............................  18
Kegs......................................... 4 25
Half  kegs.................................2 40
Quarter kegs..........................   1 35
1 lb cans.........  
34
Kegs 
................................11  00
Half  kegs  ..........................  5 75
Quarter kegs............................ 3 00
1  lb cans............................  60
Sage.....................................16
Hops.....................................16

 
Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

HERBS.

 

INDIGO.

Madras,  5 lb. boxes  ........ 
55
50
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
JELLY.
17  lb. palls  ...............   @  49
30  “ 
................  ©  70
Pure.....................................   80
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily...  ..............................  12

“ 
LICORICE.

LYE.
Condensed, 2 doz.....................1 25
4 doz.................... 2 25

“ 
LMINCEaMEAT.

Mince meat, 3 doz. in case.  2 75 
Pie  preparation,  3 doz.  In
case.................................300

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

.........................  81  75
1  gallon 
Half  gallon......................  1  40
Q uart........  ..................... 
70
P int.................................. 
45
Half  pint  .......................  
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon............................  7 00
Half gallon  .....................  4 75
Q uart...............................  3 75
Pint 
....... .*.....................  2 25

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Sugar house.............." . . .  
Cuba Baking.
Ordinary..........................  
Porto Rloo.
Prim e...............................  
Fancy....................... 
 

14
16
20
80

CHEESE.
Amboy.......................
Acme..........................  12K@13
Lenawee....................  ©12 H
Riverside................... 
ish
Gold  Medal  ..............  Q11H
Skim..........................   6010
Brick............................... 
15
E dam ........................  
l 00
Leiden....................... 
23
Limburger.................  ©15
Pineapple...................  ©25
Roquefort..................   ©sc
Sap  Sago....................  ©21
Schweitzer, imported.  ©21 
domestic  ....  ©14

“ 

Wm

Peerless Evaporated Cream. 

CREDIT  CHECKS.

500, any one denom’n ......S3 00
1000,  “ 
...... 5 00
“ 
......8 00
2000,  “  “ 
Steel  punch....................... 
75

“ 
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2 crown.............................   1  10
3 
1  20
“ 
1  45
4  “ 
Loose Muscatels In Bags.
2  crown.................................3H
3 
4H
Fair  .................................
Good.................................
Extra good.......................
Choice................. ............
Fancy................................... 
One-half barrels. 3c extra,

 
New Orleans.

40

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Medium.
Barrel*, 1,200 connt... 
Half bbls, 600  count.. 
Barrels, 2.400 count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 connt 

Small.

©4 50
©2 75
5 50

3 25

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216.............................1 70
Cob, No. 3.................................1 20

“  T. D. full connt...........  70

Babbitt’s ..............................   4 00
Penna Salt  Co.’b...................  3 00

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

RICE.
Domestic.

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

Imported.

Japan, No. 1....................
...5)4
...5
"  No.2....................
Java................................ ..  6
Patna............................  . -.  5)4

SPICKS.

Whole Sifted.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
" 
“ 

Allspice.......................... ...  9)4
Cassia, China in mats— ..  8
Batavia in bund. ...15
Saigon in rolls... ...32
Cloves,  Amboyna........... ...22
Zanzibar............ ...11)4
Mace  Batavia................. ..80
.. .75
Nutmegs, fancy..............
...70
“  No.  1.................
“  No. 2................. ...60
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
...10 
“ 
.  .20
white..
shot........  ........
“ 
.16
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspice.......................... ...15
Cassia,  Batavia.............. ...18
and  Saigon.25
Saigon.............. ...35
Cloves,  Amboyna........... ...22
Zanzibar........... ...18
...16
Ginger, African..............
..  20
Cochin..............
.22
Jam aica..........
Mace  Batavia................. ..  65
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..22
Nutmegs, No. 2 .............. ...75
Pepper, Singapore, black....16
...24
Cayenne........... ...20
...20
:es.
Msi  Hs
Allspice......................  84  155
Cinnamon...................  84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  1  55
Ginger,  Jamaica  ___  84  1 55
“  African...........  84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  1  55.
Pepper.......................   84  155
Sage...................  

“ 
Sage.  .............................
■‘Absolute” in Packag

Trieste..............

”• 
“ 

84

“ 

. 
SAL  SODA.

Kegs................................
1)4
Granulated,  boxes......... ...  m
SEEDS.
Anise......................... @15
4
Canary, Smyrna.........
8
Caraway....................
90
Cardamon, Malabar...
4%
Hemp,  Russian.........
5@6
Mixed  Bird  ..............
10
Mustard,  white  ........
9
Poppy .........................
Rape..........................
5
80
Cuttle  bone...............
STARCH.

Corn.
20-lb  boxes.....................
5ÎÎ
.................... ...  5)4
40-lb 
Gloss.
............. ..  5
1-lb packages.............
...  5
8-lb 
............. ... 5*4
6-lb 
40 and 50 lb. boxes......... ... 3)4
Barrels.......................... ■ ■  3)4
Scotch, in  bladders..... ...  37
Maccaboy, in jars....... . . .35
French Rappee, in Jars.. ...43
Boxes...................................5V»
Kegs, English.......................44£

SNUFF.

SODA.

** 
“ 

“ 

SALT.
 
 

100 3-lb. sacks......................32 15
2 00
60 5-lb.  “ 
28 10-lb. sacks...................  1  85
2014-lb.  “ 
1  80
24 3-lb  cases.......................  1 50
56 lb. dairy in linen  bags..  32
281b.  “ 
drill  “  16  18

 
 

Warsaw.

“ 

“ 

56 lb. dairy In drill  bags...  30
281b.  “ 
16
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..  75
75

56 )*>. dairy in linen  sacks

Higgins.

Ashton.

.. 

22
86
85

56 1l.  sacks.......................

Soiar Rock.
Common Fine.

Saginaw..........................
Manistee.........................
SALERATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. in box.
Church’s ...........................
5)4
DeLand’s ............................ 5*
Dwight’s ............................. 6)4
b
Taylor’s............ ...........

SOAP.
Laundry.

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb........... 3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb...................3 SO
White Borax, 100  l£-lb........ 3 65

Proctor «& Gamble.

“ 

Concord...............................3 45
Ivory, 10  oz.........................6 75
6  oz...........................4 00
Lenox 
............................  3 65
Mottled  German.............   3  15
Town Talk.......................... 3 25

“ 

Fine Cut.

TOBACCOS.

THE  MICHIG^JST  TRADESMAN.
Fox, cross...................3  G0@5 00
Fox,  grey....................  50@ 70
Lynx  ..........................1 
00@2 50
Martin, dark.......... ...1 00@3 00
pale & yellow.  75@1  00
Mink, dark...................  25@1 00
Muskrat......................  3@  15
Oppossum...................  5@  15
Otter  dark  ..............5 00@10 00
30@ 75
 
Raccoon..................  
Skunk  .......................1 
00@1 25
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  ......  
WOODEN WARE.

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

de hrhrins—per pound.

Private Brands.

10
10
15
25

“ 

Dingman Brands.

“ 

“ 

Single box.........................  3  95
5 box lots, delivered......... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered........  3 75
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp d ..<4  00 
plain...  3 94
N.  K.  Fairbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................  4  00
Br jwn, 60 bars.................... 2 40
80  b a rs................... 3 25
Acme.................................  3 75
Cotton Oil......  
........—   6 00
Marseilles..........................  4  00
Master 
Thompson & Chnte Co.’s Brands

“ 
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.

4 00

1 3

FRO VISIONS.

SAUSAGE.
 

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co 

quotes as follows:
FORK  IN  BARRELS.
Mess, .  .........  
12 25
......................  ...............  
Short c u t.................................... . . . .  . . . 
12 75
.  »5 <m
Extra clear pig, short cut............... . . . 
Extra clear,  heavy.................................."
............................... . . . ’!  13 75
Clear, fat hack 
Boston clear, short cut..................  
14 00
0q
Clear back, short cut............................. . 
Standard clear, short cut. best............... . ’"  14 JJo
Pork, links............................................. 
~ze
Bologna.......................  
«3
Liver.............................................. g
Tongue..................................... 
nu
’ 
Blood................................................;;; 
*
Headcheese............................g
Summer.................  .............................  
jq
7^
Frankfurts.................................. ..'.' 
g
Kettle  Rendered........................................ 
Granger........................................... ..............   a«
Family  
6 *
Compound........................................................5)4
50 lb. Tins, >40 advance.
201b.  pails, He 
101b. 
“  ^ c 
51b. 
“  %e 
31b.  11  1  c 

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

LARD.

“
“
“
“

 

 

 

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

„ 

" 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs......................7  50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing......................  7 50
Boneless, rump butts.....................................  9 75
Hams, average 20 lbs......................................   954
16 lbs................................   9K@iO
12 to 14 lbs.................... 
10
picnic......................................................
best boneless.....................................9
Shoulders..................................................... " 
fu
Breakfast Bacon  boneless.........  
'  9^
Dried beef, ham prices.............................  
... 914
Long Clears, heavy.............................
Briskets,  medium................................. 7
light........... ..................... 

6?i
Butts....................................... 
9
d. s.Bellies..................................................... 1 2%
Fat Backs.....................................................   jp
PICKEED  PIGS’  FEET.
Barrels........................................  
po
Regs................................................... ....... 
90
Kits, honeycomb  ........................................  
;s
Kits, premium................................... il."."."!.  55
Barrels...........................................................     oo
Half barrels.................................................!ll  00
Per pound......................................................  
n
Dairy, sold packed.......................   ..............   13
Dairy, rolls....................................................   1314
Creamery, solid packed................................  17,4
Creamery, rolls.............................................  18

DRY  SALT  MEATS.

BEEF  TONGUES.

BUTTERINB.

TRIPE.

.... 

FRESH  BEEF.

Carcass..................................................   5  @7
Fore quarters........................................  4)4@ 5
Hind quarters........................................ 6  @6
Loins No. 3............ ...............................8  @10
Ribs........................................................7  @ 9
Rounds................................................. 5  @6
Chucks...................................................  @ 4)4
Plates.................................................... 3)4@ 4
Dressed.................................................  6M@6)4
Loins......   ..............»..................  ........ 
714
Shoulders..............".............................
Leaf Lard..............................................  
9
Carcass................................................   6  @7
Lambs....................................................   @ 6
Carcass..................................................  5@ 6

FRESH  PORK.

MUTTON.

VEAL.

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE.

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 Bun.........................................................  45
No.l  “  .........................................................  50
No.2  “  .........................................................   75
Tubular...........................................................  75

lamp chimneys.  Per box.

6 doz. in box.

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

No. 0 Sun....................................................... 1  75
No. 1  “  .........................................................1  88
No.2  “  .........................................................2 70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top......................................2  1
No. 1  “ 
“  ...................................... 2 2
No. 2  “ 
“  .......................................3
No. 0 Sun, crimp top......................................2 60
No. 1  “ 
“  ...................................... 2 80
No.2  “ 
“  ...................................... 3 80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................3 70
“ 
No.2  “ 
....................4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................4  8?
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  pqr doz.......................1  25
No.2  “ 
....................... 150
No. 1 crimp, per doz.......................................1  35
160
“ 
No.2 

La Bastie.

Pearl top.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

 

LAMP WICKS.

 

 

 
 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 

No. 0, per  gross..............................................  23
 
28
No.l, 
 
No  2, 
38
 
No. 3, 
75
Mammoth, per doz.........................................   76
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal.............................  06
“ 
)4 gal. per  doz......................  60
Jugs, )4 gal., per doz...................................
“  1 to 4 gal., per gal...............................
Milk Pans, 54 gal., per doz..........................   60
“ 
.........................  72

1  “ 
STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED.

Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal..........................  07
Milk Pans, )4 gal..........................................  65
.......................   78

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

1  “ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

>• 

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

Tubs, No. 1.........................6 00
“  No. 2.........................5 50
“  No. 3.........................  4 50
1  30
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  50
“ 
13  “ 
....................   90
“ 
.................... 1  25
15  “ 
“ 
17  “ 
....................  1  80
“ 
...................2 40
19  “ 
21  “ 
...................
Baskets, market.................   35
shipping  bushel..  1  15 
full  noop  “  ..  1  25
5 25
“  No.2 
“  No.3 7 25
“ 
No.l 3 75
“  No.2 
“  No.3 

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

“ 
“ 
* 
“ 

splint 

6 25

4 25
4 75

250  10 0

INDURATED WARE.

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

Butter Plates—Oval.

W ashboards—single.

No.  1...........................  
60  2 10
No  2............................  70  2 45
No. 3 ...........................  
90  2 80
No.  5.........................  1  00  3 50
Universal.................................2 25
No. Queen............................... 2 50
Peerless Protector....................2 40
Saginaw Globe.......................   1 75
Water Witch............................ 2 25
Wilson.................................250
Good Luck............................... 2 75
peerless..................................  2 85
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF» 

Double.

WHEAT.

M EAL.

FLOUR  IN  SACKS.

52
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 
52
Bolted.............................   140
Granulated.......................  1 65
»Patents.................................  2 05
»Standards.......................   1  60
»Straight..........................   1  55
Bakers’.............................   1  55
»Graham..  ......................  1  50
Rye.........................................  1 60
»Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

MILLSTUFFS. Less

Car lots  quantity
<16 00
13 00
16 50
lo so
16 50

Bran...............<15 00 
Screenings__  12 50 
Middlings......  15 50 
Mixed Feed...  16 oo 
Coarse meal  ..  15 50 
Car  lots.............................. 40
Less than  car  lots.............43
Car  lots......   ......................35)4
Less than car lots...............37

CORN.

OATS.

HAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__11  co
N o.l 
ton lots....... 12 50

“ 

FISH  AND  OYSTERS.
F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
FRESH  FISH.
Whlteflsh 
.................  ©  9
T ro u t.........................  @9
12)4
Black Bass........  ......  
Halibut.......................   @15
Ciscoes or Herring__  @5
Bluefish......................  @15
Fresh lobster, per lb.. 
20
Cod.............................  
8
No. 1 Pickerel............   @8
Pike...........................  @7
Smoked White...........  @6
Red  Snappers............. 
15
Columbia  River  Sal­
mon ......................... 
12)4
Mackerel....................   18@20
oysters—Cans. 
Falrhaven  Counts—   @40
F .J. D.  Selects.........   @33
Selects.......................  @25
F. J. D.........................  @25
 
Anchors.................  
  @22
Standards...................  @20
oysters—Bulk.
1 75
Extra Selects..per gal. 
Selects....................... 
l  50
1  00
Standards................... 
Counts....................... 
2 20
150
Scallops............ 
 
Shrimps  .................... 
1  z5
Clams......................... 
125
SHELL  HOODS.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  50
75@l  00
Clams, 

" 

 

 

 

Plug.

Finzer’s Brands.

Lorillard’s Brands.

Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead  .................
39
Joker.........................
27
Nobby Twist.................
40
Scotten’s Brands.
26
Kylo............................
Hiawatha...................
38
Valley City...............
34
4*>
Old  Honesty..............
Jolly Tar....................
82
Climax (8  oz., 41c)__
39
30
Gr  fn Turtle..............
27
Three  Black Crows...
Something Good........
38
24
Out of  Sight..............
Wilson <s McCaulay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope.................
43
Happy Thought.........
37
Messmate...................
32
NoTax.......................
31
Let  Go.......................
27
Smoking. 

J. G. Butler’s Brands.

Catliu’s  Brands.

Kiln  dried...................... . 17@18
Golden  Shower  ............ ...19
Huntress  ...... ........  ..... .  .26
Meerschaum  ................. 2S>@30
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy........................40
Stork  ............................ 30@32
German...............................   .15 *
Frog....................................33
Java, Hs foil.................. 
32
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................16
Banner Cavendish.............. 38
...........................28
Gold Cut 

4 82

Scotten’s Brands.

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

 

Leldersdorf’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  Bov...................... 30@32
Corn  Cake...........................16

YINEGAR.

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

<1 for barrel.

YEAST.

WET  MUSTARD.
Bulk, per gal  ................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 
Magic........................................1 00
Warner’s  ............................ 1 00
Yeast Foam  ........................1 00
Diamond.............................   75
Royal..................................   90
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green............................  2@2)4
Part Cured....................   @3
Full 
.................  @  sy.
Dry...............................4  © 5
Kips,green  ...............   2  © 3
"  cured.................  © 4
Calfskins,  green........  4  @ 5
cured........4  y*@  6
Deacon skins........... ..10 @25

HIDES.

“ 

No. 2 hides 

off.
PBLTS.

WOOL.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

Shearlings............... ..  5 @  20
.................. ..25 @  60
Lambs 
Washed................... .12 @16
Unwashed........— ..  8 @12
Tallow.................... ..  4 @   4*4
Grease  butter  ........ .  1 @ 2
Switches.....................  1)4@ 2
Ginseng.......................... 2 0o@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

FURS.

Silver  ...............................  3 ¿.5
Mono.................................. 3 30
Savon Improved......................2 50
Sunflower............................... 2 80
Golden  ............................... 3 25
Economical  .......................  2 25

. 
“ 
Passolt’s Atla s Brand.

Scouring.
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz...  2 50
hand, 3 doz........... 2 50
Single  box......................     3 65
5 box  lots...............................  3 60
10 box lots..............................  3 50
25 box lots del.......................   3 40

SUGAR.

The  following  prices  repre­
sent the actual selling prices in 
Grand Iiapkls, based on the act­
ual cost in New  York,  with  38 
cents per 100 pounds added  for 
freight.  The  same  quotations 
will not apply to any townwhere 
the freight rate from New York 
Is  not  38 cents,  but  the  local 
quotations will, perhaps, afford 
a better criterion of the  market 
than toquote New York  prices 
exclusively.
Cut  Loaf.  .........................$5  44
Powdered...........................  4 82
Granulated..........................4 63
Extra Fine Granulated...  4  75
Cubes...... 
XXXX  Powdered.................5 17
Confec. Standard  A............4 56
No. 1  Columbia A..............   4 44
No. 5 Empire  A ................. 4 32
No.  6....................................4  19
No.  7.................................... 4  13
No.  8....................................4  06
No.  9....................................4  P0
No.  10................................3 91
No.  11  ................................  3 88
No.  12.................................  3 75
No.  13.................................   3 66
No 14................................  
3 44

 

 

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels................................. 15)4
Half bbls.............................. 1714
F air.....................................   19
Good...................................   25
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.

japan—Regular.

SU N  CU BED .

B A SK ET  PIK ED .

Fair...............................  @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  fall........... 25 @35
Extra fine to finest__50  @65
Choicest fancy.............75 @85
@26
Common co 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

E N SL ISH   B R E A K FA ST .

YOUNG HYSON.

GUN PO W D ER.

IM PE R IA L .

OOLONG. 

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npHH  DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN  THE  - 

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Halftone
Engravings

PURCHASE  BY  INSTALLM ENT.
In 

the  majority  of  mercantile  ex­
changes  from  time  immemorial,  each 
transaction  has  been  complete,  leaving 
both parties concerned to  reflect  on  the 
gain and loss sustained and to accept the 
lesson of experience  as  a  guide  for  the 
future.  From the barter system  of  sav­
age tribes to the usages of  higher  civili­
zation, the transfer of personal  property 
has  been  by  mutual  consent,  consum­
mated either by payment and delivery or 
delivery on a credit accompanied by good 
security. 
In this way human wants have 
been supplied  by  human  agencies,  gen­
erally at the minimum of cost;  while the 
questions of  value  and  economy  of  ex­
penditure remained,  to be settled  by  the 
means or tastes of the buyer.

in 

The intrinsic value of each investment, 
whether large or small, if an  actual need 
led up to the purchase,  can  be  easily as­
certained, and mistakes of judgment need 
not  cause  lasting  regret. 
(It  may  be 
proper  to add  that a horse  trade  is  dis­
tinctly  excepted 
these  statements; 
since few instances are on  record  where 
both parties enjoyed the luxury of a good 
bargain.) 
In the exigencies  of  personal 
needs a departure from the safe  rules  of 
mercantile ethics has  been taken that  in 
course of time became a  practice  injuri­
ous  to  the  interests  of  both  buyer  and 
seller.  Thus originated a general  credit 
system  that had no regard  to  the  needs 
of  the customer;  but  only  pandered  to 
his wishes,  that  were  never  denied  so 
long as he  was  supposed  able to  pay  at 
some time not  very  remote.  The  desire 
to  sell  goods  at  every  hazard,  and  the 
tempting  inducements  held  forth,  have 
tended to subvert  habits  of  economy  so 
necessary to all who are in the possession 
of moderate incomes.  The temptation to 
buy in advance of ability  to  pay  lies  at 
the  root  of  many evils,  though  this  be 
ascribed  to other causes.  The  desire  to 
keep up appearances with people of larg­
er means only needs the opportunity that 
a  careless  system  of  credit  affords  to 
place the citizen with a small  income,  if 
he  be  an  honest  man,  on  the  rack  of 
anxiety concerning how he is  to  pay  for 
goods bought under such alluring  condi­
tions.

And now comes in the installment plan 
of selling goods to add more discouraging 
features  to  a  credit  system  already 
stretched  beyond  a  safe  limit  for  the 
seller,  and demoralizing in its  effects  on 
the consumer.  This system is more com­
mon in  cities  and  towns,  wherever  cus­
tomers are to  be  found  with  steady  in­
comes  from  weekly  or monthly salaries.

Those  who practice  selling  in  this way 
defend  it  on  the  ground  that  it  is  the 
cheapest and often the only way for peo­
ple of  small  means  to  purchase  articles 
of  household  use,  the  price  of  which 
would  cover  the  earnings  of  several 
weeks.  They forget that it is as  easy to 
save  in  advance  of  purchase  as  it  is 
afterwards.  Besides,  as  the  price  is 
usually made  higher  to  compensate  for 
interest and the chances of loss  by wait­
ing,  there is a  better way for  the  buyer 
to attain his end in which be need not be 
compelled  to  such  painful  economies. 
The sum so often spent by the installment 
plan  on  a  stove,  chamber  set,  sewing 
machine, or  musical  instrument, if  put 
by tittles into a savings bank would save 
the prudent buyer at least  25  per  cent., 
as compared with  the  wasteful  methods 
now  60  common,  besides  many  a  heart­
ache or forced sale.

But such  financiering is too heroic and 
slow to suit the present  age.  To a large 
j  class  of  well-meaning  people  the  per­
suasive tongue of him who asks  them  to 
buy on a different plan makes music that 
charms the  mind  away from  the  warn­
ings  of  common  prudence,  and  lays  a 
foundation  for  many  useless  regrets. 
They are tempted by the smallness of pay­
ments to add many  comforts  that  might 
v ell  be  spared  for  a  while,  and  even 
some luxuries,  without a realizing  sense 
of  the  aggregate  obligations  assumed. 
The sum total that seems far distant and 
the trifling weekly  or  monthly  payment 
obscure  one’s  vision  until  the  invest­
ment has gone to far to  be  recalled. 
In 
many  cases  all  future  earnings 
for 
months are mortgaged  to  an  inexorable 
fate,  leaving nothing  to  meet  emergen­
cies  such  as  sickness  or  death.  Often 
the  physician  who  generously  attends 
them in utmost need  is  kept  out  of  bis 
well-earned moderate fees  because  some 
installment contract,  made in  haste  and 
repented of  at  leisure,  has  drained  the 
household  purse  that  would  with  ordi­
nary  prudence  never  have  been  found 
empty.
It is very  common  for  writers  on  po­
litical  economy  to  attribute  the  evils 
under which  so  large  a  portion  of  our 
population  are  kept  poor  to  vicious  or 
criminal habits.  But  one  who  observes 
will find that  the most  frequent  produc­
ing  cause is  improvidence;  and  a  large 
part of that improvidence may be charged 
up to the practice of buying goods on the 
installment plan of payment.

Outside of those who purchase for per­
sonal or household use no class furnishes 
such object lessons in improvidence,  and

th o s e  

th e   Tradesman  Company 
F r o m  
a n d  
f r o m   o t h e r   h o u s e s  
in  W e s t e r n   M i c h i g a n   is  in  t h e  
fact  t h a t   t h e y   g iv e   th e   b est  p o s ­
sible  r e s u l t s   f r o m  
th e   p h o t o ­
g r a p h   o r   o t h e r   c o p y   every  time, 
i n s t e a d   of  o n c e   in  t w o   o r   t h r e e
i n -  
tim e s .  W e   c a n  
q u i r e r s   of  this.

c o n v i n c e  

T r a d e s m a n

C o m p a n y,

G R A N D   R A P I D S ,   MICH.

-JOBBERS OF

Groceries and Provisions.

¡ ¡ H O W   TO   S E C U R E   A N D   H O L D

the best trade is a perplexing problem  to  some people, but  its  solu­
tion  is simple.
First.  Make  the  best  goods  possible;  not once  in  a while, but
always.
Second.  Let the people know of  it,  early and  often.
T h ir d .  Don’t neglect details.
Attention to these principles has placed the

CO NDENSED  M IL K   at the head, and

Gail  Borden  Eagle  Brand
Borden’s  Peerless  Brand
EV A PO R A TED   CR EAM   is sure  to  obtain an equally high place in 
the consumer's favor, because it has  INTRINSIC  MERIT.
Prepared and guaranteed by the  NEW  YORK  CONDENSED  illLK  CO.

IT  HAS  NO  EQUAL.

__________________________ ,___________ ,__________

Don't f a il to o r d e r  a s u p p ly  n o w . 

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f o r   Q u o t a t io n s  S e e   P r ic e   C o l u m n s .

ABSOLUTELY  PURE.

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pose more alive  to  their  own  interests, 
and seeing this, the  reform  must  come, 
if at all, from the buyer.

S.  P.  W h i t m a r s h .
REPRESENTATIVE  R ETAILERS.

G rocer.

Benjamin  Van  Anrooy  was  born 

B.  V an   A nrooy, th e  W e st B ridge S treet 
in 
Filmore  township,  Allegan  county,  in 
the year 1863.  His early life  was  spent 
on his father’s farm,  bis educational  ad­
vantages  being  those  of  the  ordinary
country boy.  When about  18  years  old 
he went to Holland,  Mich.,  and  appren­
ticed himself to the tanning  trade,  serv- 
in about four  years.  Then followed two 
years as clerk  in  the  hardware  store  of 
J.  Van der Veen,  in  this  city;  one  year 
in the same business with  J.  M.  Cloud, 
Cadillac;  eight  months 
in  his  former 
position  with Mr.  Van der Veen,  and  an­
other two years in a tannery  at  Holland. 
He then  returned to  Grand  Kapids  and 
opened a grocery  store  at  666  Wealthy 
avenue,  but 18 months later sold  out and 
began  afresh  at  his  preseut  location, 
corner  of  West  Bridge  and  Fremont 
streets.  Ben is attending strictly to busi­
ness,  is dealing on the  square  with  his 
customers and is receiving his reward  in 
a constantly increasing business,  and his 
friends say it serves him  right.  During 
his connection with  the  “leather  indus­
try” in Holland he  was a  member  of the 
Tanners’  Union.  He is a member of the 
Grand Kapids Retail Grocers’ Association, 
and has only missed four meetings  since 
becoming a  member.  He  is  a  firm  be­
liever in the principles of the Association 
and 
triumph.  He  was 
married about six years ago to Miss Mary 
A.,  daughter  of  A.  Steketee,  general 
dealer at Holland.

their  ultimate 

Your  Bank Account Solicited.

1  Gouty Sail

GRAND  RAPIDS. ,MICH.

J no.  A.  Covodb  Pres.

Henry  Idema, VIcePres.

J.  A.  S.  Verdier,  Cashier.

K. Van Hoe, Ass’tC’s’r. 

Transacts a General Banking  Business. 

Interest  A llow ed  on  Tima  and  Savings 

D eposits.

DIRECTORS:

Jno. A. Covode, D. A  Blodgett,  E. Crofton Fox, 
T. J. O’Brien,  A. J. Bowne,  Henry Idema, 
jno.W.Blodgett,J. A. McKee, 
J. A. 8. Verdier.
Deposits  Exceed  One  M illion  Dollars.

Established  1868.

H.  I.  REYNOLDS  k  SON,

Building  Papers,

Carpet  Linings,

Asbestos  Sheathing 

Asphalt  Ready  Roofing,

Asphalt Roof Paints,

Resin,  Coal  Tar, 

Roofing and Paving Pitch,

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

and Oils.

so  many  inexcusable victims to .this  per 
nieious scheme of trade as the druggists. 
The motive of the buyer is  the  same  as 
in cases  above  noted,  and  his  hopeful, 
buoyant  spirit  sees  visions  of  future 
prosperity  and 
complete  possession, 
through a  silver  stream  of  nickels  and 
dimes that seems sure to flow bountifully 
into  his  purse  in  the “Sweet  Bye  and 
Bye.” 
In this elastic frame  of  mind  he 
receives the  fascinating  tale  a  solicitor 
for his  trade  unfolds  to  his  astonished 
senses.  And listening,  he becomes hyp­
notized  till  he  is ready to  sign anything 
that  will  give  him  an  opportunity  to 
realize  the  results  so  eloquently  set 
forth.

With him  “to  hesitate  is  to  be  lost.” 
He forgets for a time  that  he  is  a  busi­
ness man  and  believes  the  other  fellow 
is talking business.  So he  is—for  him­
self—and  the  house  he  represents;  and 
not for  the  one  on  whom  he  has  been 
spending exaggerations with such power­
ful effect.  Before  there  has  been  time 
for sober second  thought to  make  out  a 
search  warrant for common seuse to pro­
duce  disenchantment  the  fatal  contract 
is signed with all its dips and  angles,  by 
which he binds himself to pay by  install­
ment a sum total  for an  article  equal  to 
from  four to six times  the actual cost of 
the manufacture,  the  said  article  to  be 
and  remain  the  property  of  the  seller 
and  insured  by  the  purchaser  till  the 
uttermost farthing of  principal  and  in­
terest has been paid.

It is,  perhaps,  safe  to say  that once  in 
a hundred times men  have signed  such a 
one-sided document and escaped  without 
loss.  But the discount in value from the 
purchase  price  after  a  sale  has  been 
made reminds one of the fall of  the mer­
cury in a Nebraska blizzard. 
In  ninety- 
nine cases the article stands a monument 
to the deceased  judgment  of  the  buyer 
without regard to  whether  he ever  com­
pletes  payment  and  acquires possession 
or not.

The  installment  plan  of  purchasing 
may be a nice thing for  a  millionaire  to 
try within  his  hours  of  leisure,  as  he 
would with a picture, statue or any other 
work of  art;  since he does  not  separate 
the real from  the ¿esthetic  value  in  ar­
ticles which please  his  taste or imagina­
tion.  But a struggling  druggist  who  is 
threatened by the cut-rate, green-grocer’s 
competition  and  whose business stand  is 
outside the fire limits of any  large  city, 
has enough to risk in the  ordinary  vicis­
situdes of business without  investing  in 
an article which,  while it may  for a time 
be a  “thing of  beauty,”  can never  be  to 
him “a joy forever.”

The taxes  levied  on  purchasers  over 
and above the actual  value of goods sold, 
represent  the last  straw  that  has  over­
loaded  many  worthy men  and  firms  and 
sent them into  bankruptcy.  No  article 
that  is  loaded  with  400  per  cent,  and 
more of profit can  be a  safe  venture  for 
any business  man. 
If  it  were  not  for 
the installment plan of selling  goods  no 
such profit could be realized  and the loss 
now sustained  by  purchasers  would  be 
reduced so as not to exceed  what  may  be 
looked for in other lines of business.

The evil of  methods  above  described 
does not lie  in the fact that  they  are  in 
any respect dishonest or illegal,  but that 
they  tempt  to  extravagance  in  outlay 
which should ever  be  avoided  by  those 
who wish to thrive.  They are like many 
others of the present time,  thoughtlessly 
accepted by those whom  one would  sup-

ALWAYS
STANDARD.

AT WHOLESALE BY 

Hazeltine &  Perkins  Drug Co. 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. 
Olney & Judson  Grocer Co.
B. J.  Reynolds.

FINEST QUALITY. 
POPULAR  PRICES.
M id h im  I .

Owing to the  general  desire  of  merchants  to 
buy late this spring, we  will  continue to manu­
facture all staple lines up till  May 1. thus insur­
ing  you  a  complete  line  to  select  from.

Our 'Goods 

Are

Perfect  Fitters,

THOROUGHLY  MADE,  LOW  IN  PRICE.

H .  H .  C O O PER  &  CO.,

Manufacturers  of

n  HOIS' H  Klin

UTICA,  N.  Y.

Write J.  H.  WEBSTER,  State  Agent, 

OWOSSO,  MICH.

B oot Calks^

Ball  per thousand 
Heel  “ 

“ 
Order  Now.

- 

- 

$1  25
1  50

- 

H IR T H , K R A U S E  & CO.,

IS  &   14  Lyon  St.,

GRAND  R A PID S,  MICH.

S E E D S !

Everything  in  seeds is kept by  us— 

Clover, Timothy,

Hungarian,  Millet,

Red Top,  Blue  Grass, 
Seed  Corn,  Rye, 
Barley,  Peas, 
Beans,  Etc.

M ig h ic a j ? ( Te n t r a l

“ The Niagara Falls Route.’1

(Taking effect Sunday,  Feb.il, 1894.) 

»Daily.  Ail others daily, except Sunday. 

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20d m...........Detroit  Express.........7 00am
5 30a m  ....»Atlantic and  Pacific..... it  20 p m
1  30 p m ......New York Express  ........  5 20 p m
Sleeping cars  run on Atlantic  and  Pacific ex­
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  7:00 am ;  re­
turning, leave Detroit 4:55 pm, 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. ALMquisT, Ticket Agent, 

Union Passenger Station.

CHICAGO

March  18,  1894
AND  WEST  MICHIGAN  R’Y.
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

7:30am 

TO AND FROM   M USKEGON.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d Rapids............ 7:25am  1:25pm *11:30pm
Ar. Chicago.........  .....  1:25pm  6:50pm  *6:30am
Lv.  Chicago...................7:35am 4:55pm  *11:30pm
Ar. G’d Rapids..............2:30pm 10:20pm  »6:10am
Lv. Grand Rapids.......   7:25am  1:25pm  5:45pm
Ar. Grand Rapids....... 9: 15am  2:30pm  10:20pm
T R A V E R S» CITY,  CHARLEVOIX  AND  PE T O SK ET .
v. Grand  Kapids.. 
....   3:15pm
Ar.  Manistee.  12:20pm 
.....  8:15pm
Ar. Traverse City_  12:40pm 
.....  8:45pm
Ar. Charlevoix...... 
.....  11:10pm
Ar.  Petoskey 
.....  11:40pm
Arrive  from  Petoskey,  etc.,  1:00  p.  m.  and 
10:00p. m.
PA R L O R   AND  S L E E PIN G   CARS.
roChicago.lv. G.R..  7:25am  1:25pm  »11:30pm
’o Petoskey, lv.G. R ..  7:30am  3:15pm 
...........
To G. R..lv. Chicago.  7:35am  4:55pm *11:30pm
ToG. R..lv.Petoskey  5:00am  1:30pm 
...........
»Every day.  Other trains week days only.
DETROIT,

FEB.  11,  1894
LANSING  &   NORTHERN  R.  R .
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

3:15pm 
3:45pm 

TO  AND  PROM   SAGINAW ,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LO U IS.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. Grand Rapids........  7:00am *1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit...................11:40am »5:30pm  10:10pm
Lv.  Detroit...................  7:4uam »l:l<~*pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids........12:40pm  *5:15pm  10:45pm
Lv. GR 7:40am 5:00pm  Ar. GR  11:40am 10:55pm
Lv. Grand Rapids  .........  7:00am  1:20pm 5:25pm
Ar. from Lowell..............12:40pm 5:15pm  ..........
Parlor  Cars on all trains  between  Grand Rap 
ids and Detroit.  Parlor car to Saginaw on morn­
ing train.

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

TO  LO W ELL VIA   LO W ELL  A  H A STINGS  R .  K

ETROIT,  GRAND  HAVEN  &   M IL­

W AUKEE  Railway.
EASTW ARD.

»Everyday.  Other trains  week days only.
GEO. DbHAVEN. Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t
D
Tral ns Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Ionia...........Ar
St. Johns  ...Ar
Owossd....... Ar
E. Saginaw..Ar
Bay City......Ar
F lin t.......... Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac....... Ar
Detroit.........Ar

tNo.  14
6 45am
7 40am
8 25am
9 00am
10 50am
11 32am
10 05am
12 05pm
10 53am
11 50am
W ESTW A RD .

Trains Leave

»No. 81 tNo. 11
1 00pm
7 00am
2  10pm
8 20am

»Daily.

G’d Rapids............   Lv
G’d  Haven............   Ar
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  Parltr  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.
car.  No. 18 Parlor Car.
Parlor Buffet car.

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

G rand  R aplde  & Indian a

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

L eave g o in g  
For Traverse City,  Mackinaw City  and Saif...  7 -.40 a m
For  Traverse  City and Mackinaw  C i t y ..............4-10 p  m
For  S ag in aw ................................................... 
6:00 p m
Leave  g oin g 

TRA INS  GOING  SOUTH

North.

South.

For  C in cinn ati.......................................................................6:60 a m
For K alam azoo and  C h icago................................. 12:06 p m
For F ort W ayne and  th e  B ast................................ 2:16 p m
For  K alam azoo  and  C hicago........... ..................11:20 p m

Lv Grand Rapids............. 12:05pm  
Arr  C hicago...................... 5:30p m  

C hicago v ia  G.  R.  St I. R.  R.
2:15 p m   11:20 p m
7 :40am
9 :0 0 p m  
12:05 p  m  train   has through W agner  B uffet  P arlor
C U:20  p m  train   daily, through W agner Sleeping Car. 
9:35 p m
Lv  Chicago 
An-G rand Kapids 
7 :25am
9:35 p m   train dally, through W agner  S leeping  Car.

4:00  p  m  h as  through  W agner  Buffet  Parlor  Car. 

4:00 p m  
9:15 p m  

6:50 a m  
2:15 p m 

For M uskegon—L eave. 

M uskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
7:35  a m  
9 :4 0 a m
5:20 p m
5:40  p m  

From Muskegon—A rrive

O. L. LOCKWOOD,

G eneral P assenger and T icket A gent.
n   T~T C * T /   > C   HEADACHE
JT  J C L O I V   O  
POWDERS
Paf the be*t.profit.  Order from your jobber.

Cor.  LOUIS  and  CAMPAC  Sts..

In Felt, Composition and travel,
Grand  Rapids, 
Mich
H.M. REYNOLDS & SON

If you  have  Beans to  fell, send  us 
samples,  stating  quantity,  and  we 
will  try  to trade with  you.  We  are 
headquarters  for egg cases  and  egg 
case fillers.
W.  T.  LRM0RERUX C (U  f. Bridge  at.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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Resolved—That 

B.  F.  Emery  writes  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
from  Colorado  Springs  that  he  took  a 
severe  cold  on  the  journey  westward, 
from the results  of  which  he  was  con­
fined to his bed  five weeks.  He  is  now 
on the mend and  expects  to  be  able  to 
resume 
the  road,  selling  fruit,  about 
April 15.  He sends cordial  greetings  to 
Michigan travelers.

If there’s a happier man in  the United 
States than C.  F.  Hartmyer,  he  ought  to 
show  himself.  His  field  is  the  United 
States  “and  the  Swedish  suburb  of 
Milwaukee,  sir.  Ha  ban coom to sa you 
’bout  da  codfish.”  Frank  hustles  for 
L.  Pickert & Co.,  of  Boston,  and  neither 
rain nor  shine,  good  weather  nor  bad 
makes the  least  difference  to  him.  An 
axe would not phase him.

TELE  MICHTGATST  TRADESMAN.
Dea r  Sir—The  Michigan  Knights  of 
the  Grip  (an  association  having  over 
1,600  members),  at  the  annual meeting 
held  at  Saginaw,  Dec. 26  and  27,  1893, 
adopted the following resolutions:
Resolved—That we heartily approve of 
the bill now  before  Congress  which  re­
moves any restrictions on the issuance of 
5,000 mileage books interchangeable over 
any and all railroads,  with  special  priv­
ileges as to the amount  of  free  baggage 
that may be carried under mileage  books 
of 1,000 miles or more;  and
this  Association  re­
spectfully  ask  the  members  of  both 
houses  of  Congress  from  this  State  to 
give  their  support  to  said  measure,  if 
not inconsistent with their views.
We beg to  call  your  attention  to  the 
fact that a  bill  has  been  introduced  in 
the House by Representative Raynor  for 
the purposes  mentioned  in  said  resolu­
tion.  We hope  that  the  bill  will  meet 
with your approval,  and  we  respectfully 
ask  that you do us the  favor  of  putting 
forth all  reasonable  endeavors  in  your 
power 
further  its  passage.  Any 
efforts  in  that  direction  on  your  part 
will  be greatly  appreciated  by  our Asso­
ciation.
Under  date  of  March  20  I  mailed  a 
second and last notice  to  every  member 
who was delinquent for death assessment 
No. 5 of  1893,  for  annual  dues  of  1894 
and  death  assessment  No.  1  of  1894. 
As a large number have so far responded, 
1 think but a small  number  will  be  de­
linquent finally.
I  would request  members  to  see  that 
all  applications are endorsed on the back 
by  two members,  as none can be received 
without.
W.  V. Gawley,  Chairman  of  the  Em­
ployment Committee,  reports the  follow­
ing members out of employment,  and  we 
would call the attention of  employers  in 
need  of  experienced  and  capable  trav­
elers to the  following  lines  represented 
on the list:  wholesale  grocers,  5;  jew­
elry, 2;  clothing,  1;  men’s  furnishings 
and notions,  2;  hardware,  1;  cigars  and 
tobacco, 4;  marble  and  granite,  1;  dry 
goods, 2;  confectionery,  1.  As  the  im­
provement  in  business  will  doubtless 
cieate  a  demand  for  salesmen,  I  trust 
each member will aid this  Committee  in 
securing  employment  for  our  less  for­
tunate brothers,  by at once notifying the 
Chairman  of  any  openings  coming  to 
his notice.

Salem  (Mass.) News:  A drummer who 
stopped at the Essex  House  a  few  days 
ago  told  a  story  with  a  pretty  good 
point.  He said that he felt dry after  he 
had been in town a few hours, and asked 
where he could obtain some  liquor.  He 
was told that the nearest place was  Pea­
body,  bis informant advising him to take 
an electric  car and  to  stop  at  the  first 
drug  store  he  came  to.  He  took  the 
stranger’s advice,  and became  a  passen 
ger on the next car for Peabody.  By the 
time the car had  passed  the  line,  there 
were but  eight  passengers  aboard.  As 
they were all men,  the drummer  did  not 
feel at  all  abashed  when  he  called  the 
conductor and  asked  the  latter  to  stop 
when he came to  a  drug  store.  Only 
few minutes passed before the  signal  to 
stop  was  sounded.  The  traveling  man 
left  the  car  and  started  for  the  drug 
store.  He chanced to look back,  and the 
sight that met  his  gaze  nearly  took  his 
breath away.  Following in his footsteps 
were  the  seven  other  passengers,  all 
bound  for 
the  drug  store,  evidently 
upon the same errand.
R.  Jerome  Coppes, 

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MICHIGAN  KNIGHTS  OF  THE  GRIP.

O F F IC E R S :

P resident—E. P. W aldron, St. Johns.
Secretary—L. M.  Mills, G rand  Rapids. 
T reasurer—Geo.  A.  Reynolds, Saginaw.

M onthly  R eport  o f  S ecreta ry   M ills.
Grand Ra pid s, April 2—The following 
members have been  admitted  since  my 
last report:

Rapids.

3489  Wm.  Tegge,  Detroit.
3497  W.  H. Brown,  Detroit.
3506  M. N.  Ryder,  Marshall.
3507  Elmer  Humphrey,  Battle  Creek.
3509  E.  F.  Marsh,  Hillsdale.
3510  C. A.  Ashman,  Traverse City. 
3512  JessU. Kingsbury, Columbiaville.
3515  Hiram Marks,  Detroit.
3516  Thomas Coffey,  Detroit.
3520  O.  Morseman,  Vogel Center.
3521  Glenn W. Mills,  Jackson.
3522  H. Bernstein,  Toledo.
3524  Byron Bartlett,  Harbor  Springs.
3525  Geo.  H. Bodette,  Bellevue,  Ohio.
3526  H. P.  Winchester, Grand  Rapids.
3527  Geo.  Simpson, Grand  Haven.
3529  C.  N.  Wynne,  Detroit.
3530  Wm.  A.  M'Kay, Chicago.
3531  Geo.  McLain, Chelsea.
3532  Marion  L.  Ferris, Grand Rapids.
3533  Edwin O.  Krentler, Detroit.
3534  Edwin N.  Howe, Coldwater.
3535  J.  W.  Hobeu,  Springfield,  Mass.
3537  A.  P.  Leonard,  Hastings.
3538  Wm.  Frank,  Muskegon.
3539  James Martin,  Elkhart, Ind.
3540  Edward  J.  Huyge, Grand Rapids.
3541  L.  Frank Clark,  Mason.
3542  W. S.  Pealy,  Cleveland.
3543  H.  W. Greenwood, Chicago.
3544  A.  C.  Metiver,  Grand Rapids.
3545  C. L.  Clark,  Jackson.
3546  Chas.  A.  Wood, Grand  Rapids.
3547  G. F. Corbiere,  New York.
3548  Will  H. Roush,  Lima, Ohio.
3549  J.  K.  Littleton, Chicago.
3550  Geo.  H.  Lathrop,  Jr., Jackson.
3551  Chas.  P.  Bissell, Milford.
3552  A. O. Freeman,  Ionia.
3553  Geo. B.  Stacy, Chicago.
3554  Wm.  A.  McWilliams,  Grand 
3555  Peter G.  Fox, Addison,  N.  Y.
3556  Elmer T.  Taylor,  Grand  Rapids.
3557  H.  T. Stevens,  Detroit.
3558  T.  M. Tomlinson, Chicago.
3559  R. J. Coppes, Grand  Rapids.
3560  F.  H.  Moore, Syracuse,  N.  Y.
3561  John Sparks, Grand Rapids.
3562  D. M. Hoogerhyde, Grand Rapids.
3563  Wm.  Bradford,  Monroe.
3564  Chas. A.  Cad well,  Burr Oak.
3565  L.  L.  Henion,  Ann Arbor.
3566  F.  G.  Rowland, Chicago.
3567  Frank  Rhead,  Lapeer.
3568  R.  M.  Swigart, St. Johns.
3569  A. A.  Ward,  Marshall.
3571  E. C.  H. Ohland, Saginaw.
3572  R.  H.  Williams, Sagi naw.
3573  Wm.  A.  Beneke, Grand Rapids.
3574  R. S. Sutherland,  Grand  Rapids.
3575  H.  H.  Hackenberg,  White  Pig­
3576  Roland H.  Hawks, Saginaw.
3577  Jas. T.  Flaherty,  Grand  Rapids.
3578  J.  H. Wittloufer,  Sebewaing.
3579  Otto Zeigler,  Lansing.
3580  John  R.  Wood, Detroit.
3581  W. C.  Burns,  Grand Rapids.
3582  C.  W.  Pelham, Chicago.
3583  B.  C. Bastedo,  Detroit.
3584  S.  H.  Sweet, Grand Rapids.
3586  Clarence U. Clark, Grand Rapids.
3589  J. H.  Livsey, Chicago.
3590  W. C.  Horneffer,  Milwaukee.
3592  Walter Saxby,  Detroit.
3594  Willis Peak, Mt.  Pleasant.
3596  Chas.  E.  Fink, Grand Rapids.
3597  T. J.  Sutherland, Buffalo.
3598  H.  W.  Meredith.  Detroit.
3599  F.  W.  Gilbert, Cleveland.
3602  James Cowan, Morgan  Park,  111.
3604  W.  D.  Brainard,  Manistee.
3605  Wm.  E.  Fay, Minden City.
During  the  past  month  H.  K.  Buck,
Chairman of the Legislative  Committee, 
has prepared and forwarded  the  follow­
ing petition to each  Senator  and  Repre­
sentative from this State:

eon.

• 

Fraternally yours,

L. M.  Mil l s ,  Sec’y.

Gripsack Brigade.

L.  M.  Mills is accompanied  by his son, 
j  Wayne, on his tour among the lake shore 
j  trade this week.

R.  B.  Hannah  (American  Cigar  Co.) 
left Monday for a six weeks’ trip through 
Wisconsin and  Minnesota.

Grand Rapids 

traveling  men  should 
bear in mind that the  last  dance  of  the 
season given  by  Post  E  will  occur  at 
Elk’s Hall,  Saturday evening,  April  14.

Cornelius Crawford  has  sold  his  coal 
black  trotter to Berne  llazeltine,  Secre­
tary of  the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug 
Co.  The purchaser is  speeding  the  an­
imal,  with a view to  his  making  a  sur­
prising record later in the season..

F.  H.  Sessions,  formerly  engaged 

in 
the grocery business here under the style 
of  Sessions  &  Hanna,  now  resides  at 
Pittsburg and travels  through  Pynnsyl- 
vania  for  the  E.  T.  Burrows  Co.,  of 
Portland, Maine.

Samuel Simmons,  who has been identi­
fied with the Herold-Bertsch Shoe  Co.  in 
the  capacity  of  packer,  has  taken  the 
territory in Northern Michigan  formerly 
covered  by Russell Bertsch,  who will  re­
main in the house hereafter.

The death of R. J.  Coppes will  neces­
sitate the Michigan  Knights of  the  Grip 
making  another  mortuary  assessment, 
and  Secretary  Mills  will 
immediately 
communicate with  the  members  of  the 
Board of Directors,  securing  the  proper 
authority to promulgate the notice.

traveling  repre­
sentative  for the  Standard Oil  Co.,  died 
at T’etoskey  Sunday  morning  as  the  re­
sult of  pneumonia.  The  deceased was 
born  at  Medina,  Ohio,  in  1851,  having 
been an only child.  He  lived  at  home 
until he  was  15  years  of  age,  when  he 
went  to Akron,  Ohio,  and  clerked  three 
years in a clothing store.  He then  came 
to Allegan,  where  he  worked  five  years 
for  the  grocery  firm  of  Parmenter  & 
Sutphin,  when  Mr.  Parmenter  removed 
to  Grand  Rapids. 
The  deceased  fol­
the  fortunes  of  his  uncle,  Mr. 
lowed 
Parmenter,  through 
the  firms  of  Par­
menter & Furman,  Parmenter  &  Coppes 
and Parmenter & Withey.  About fifteen 
years ago he went on the road  for  Curtis 
& Dunton,  with whom he remained  until 
he went with the Standard Oil Co., which 
he has  represented  with  signal  success 
in  Northern  Michigan. 
The  remains 
were met  at the train Monday noon  by a 
large delegation  of  Grand  Rapids  trav­
eling men,  who escorted  the  remains  to 
Durfee’s undertaking  establishment,  ac­
companying  them 
the  Lake  Shore 
depot at 3 o’clock p.  m.,  on  their way  to 
Medina, Ohio,  where the  funeral  will  be 
held  to-day.  B.  F.  Parmenter  and  son, 
Roy,  accompanied 
the  remains,  which 
were  escorted  to  their  destination  by 
Geo.  F.  Owen,  Chas.  E. Watson,  E.  H. 
Poole,  C.  F.  Chase,  Jos.  Keaney  and 
Chas.  E.  Fink.  Deceased was  a member 
of no secret  order,  so far as known,  and 
was  affiliated  with  but  one  traveling 
men’s 
organization — the  Michigan 
Knights of the Grip—with which he  bad 
been identified only about a month.

to 

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

STICK  CANDY.

 

 

“ 

 

 

Standard,  per lb........................  
“  H.H..............................  
Twist  .......................... 
“ 

Boston Cream.................  8)4
Cut  Loaf......................... 
Extra H.  H...........  . 
...  8*

Cases  Bbls.  Palls.
6 7
6 7
6 7
8K

“  7)4 

fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

“ 
fancy—In bulk

printed..........................................  9  >

MIXED  CANDY. Bbls. 
Standard...................................... 5)4 
Leader.......................................... 5)4 
.............................................6)4 

Palls.
e)4
6)4
7)4
English  Rock.............................. 7 
8
Conserves.................................... 7 
8
Broken Taffy....................baskets 
8
Peanut Squares................. 
8)4
French Creams.............................. 
9
Valley  Creams..  ....................  
. 
13
Midget, 30 lb. baskets.....................................   8)4
Modern, 30 lb. 
8
Pal’
Lozenges,  plain.............................................  8
Chocolate Drops.............................................  12'
Chocolate Mon umentals...............................  *2
Gum Drops.....................................................  «
Moss Drops..............................................
Sour Drops................................................ . 
ii
Imperials...................  
it,
Per B - -
Lemon Drops................................................... 5,
Sour Drops.......................................................5
Peppermint Drops............................................60
Chocolate Drops...............................................75
H. M. Chocolate Drops................................
Gum Drops...................................................... ..
" j ’oc
Licorice Drops........................ 
A. B. Licorice Drops.......................................80
Lozenges, plain......................... 
ec
•  “ 
printed..........................................  et
Imperials......................................................... ...
Mottoes....................................................
Cream Bar............................................. .'....I!56
Molasses Bar.................................................” 55
Hand Made  Creams...... 
.....................    854595
Plain Creams........................................ 
80
Decorated Creams....................... .. .....,!..!',90
String Rock.................................................."” 60
Burnt Almonds...................................’........ i'oo
Wlntergreen  Berries.......................................60
caramels.
No. 1, wrapped, 21b.  boxes.........................  34
No. 1, 
“ 
 
51
No. 2, 
“  * 
.........................   28
LEMONS.
Choice,  360..................................................  3 c
choice300.............................................. ;;  ;;  3 5;
Extra choice 360............................................. 3 51
Extra fancy 300.........................................’..  45
Extra fancy 360.................  ......... .1.1.....!  4 O'
Figs, fancy  layers, 8tt>..........................   @12K
“  20ft...........................  @14
“  141b...........................  @15
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box..........................   @7
_ “  .  50-lb.  “ 
..........................   © 5)4
Persian, 50-lb.  box......................  @  5
Almonds, Tarragona.............................   @16
Ivaca........................................  ©15
California.............................
© gu
Brazils, new..................................... 
Filberts.................................................   © n
Walnuts, Grenoble.  ......................... 
@13
Sr?fteh....................................  @10
Calif.......................................   @12
Table Nuts,  fancy................................  @12
choice.............................
Pecans. Texas, H.  P.,  ..........................   ©  714
Chestnuts........................................... .
Hickory Nuts per bu....................  ....
1  25 
Cocoanuts, full sacks...................
3  50
Fancy, H.  P.,Suns................................   @5
Fancy, H.  P., Flags...............................  @ 5^
“  Roasted.......... ........   © avt
Choice, H. P.,  Extras............................  ©  4™
“  Roasted.................  © 5)4

I  
“  extra 
“ 
“ 

OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.

PEANUTS.

NUTS.

“ 
“ 

11 
“ 

3 
2 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

« 

“ 

“ 

 

 

OILS.
BARRELS.

The  Standard OH  Co.  quotes  as  follows:

Eocene............................................. 
XXX  W.  W. Mich.  Headlight........I! I! 
Naptha...... . 
Stove Gasoline.............................  
Cylinder..........................................@36
Black, 15 cold  test............................. . 
Eocene  .................................................. 
XXX  W. W.  Mich.  Headlight.............. 

FROM  TANK  WAGON.

01/
7
@ 8)4
© 74?

© ¿nr
7
5

LIYS.

POULTRY,
Local dealers pay as follows :
S f e ..... ................;.......... ?  11«
.......................... :::  :::::: J  I “*
D ucks...............................................................  g  ©   9
G eese..................................................................  @ 9
T urkeys............................................................n   @12
C hickens.......................................................... 12  @13
Fowl.....................................  
jj
D ucks.................................; ; ............10  @ n
G e e s e ............................................................................  @12
_ _   ^  

U N D R A W N .

DRAWN,

T ow is.....................................................; ; ; ; ;   ¡ g f   ?
Dn ck s..................................................................  @  9
G e s s e ......................................................................... 
8 @ 9

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SPECIALTIES
CONTROLLED
BY
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WESTERN
MICHIGAN

V'lTHINGTON  &  COOLEY  rinf.  Co.

AGRICULTURAL  TOOLS,

VICK W IR E  BROS.

WIRE  CLOTH,
The  FAVORITE  CHURN,
The ACME  POTATO  PLANTER, 
BABCOCK’S HONITORCORN PLANTER, 
The TRIUMPH  CORN  PLANTER, 
BARTHOLOMEW’S  POTATO  BUG  EX= 

TERMINATOR.

uV ew  Y o r k  B is c u it C o .,

M A NU FA C TU R ER S  OF

I  W M .   S B A R S   &   Ç O .'S

! Brackers  and  Fine  Sweet  Goode.

UfE constantly have the  interests of the 
■* 
trade  in  view  by  introducing  new 
novelties and using the  best  of  material 
in  the manufacture of a  superior  line of 
goods.

— --------- 0---------------

The  Continued  Patronage  of  the  Oldest  Established  Grocery 

Houses  in  the  State  is  our  BEST  TESTIMONIAL.

--------------- O---------------

OUR  GOODS  ARE  ALWAYS  IN  DEMAND,  AND  NO  WELL  APPOINTED 

GROCERY  STOCK  IS  COMPLETE  WITHOUT  A  FULL  LINE.

SEND  IN  A  TRIAL  ORDER  AND  BE  CONVINCED.

—o

We  also  take  Orders  for  the  Celebrated  KENNEDY  BISCUIT, 

made  at  our  Chicago  Factory.

S .   A .   SEARS,  Manager,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Also as Complete a Line  ot  Pishing 

Tackle as anybody  carries.

ÜSTER&TtVENS

ONRo^ 
S  TH)

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NO.  3.

RINDGEmjWBRGHMO.
RIVER  SHOES

12, 14 and  16 PearlSt.

W E   KNOW   HOW  TO 
M AK E  THEM,
If you   w a n t  the  best for  Style, 
F it an d   W e a r ,  b u y ou r 
m a k e.  Y o u   can   build 
u p   a  g o o d  trad e on  o u r 
lines,  as  th ey  w ill  g iv e  
satisfaction.

The above cuts show  a few  of the m any purposes this device  w ill serve.
Cut No.  1  ineagerly shows its adaptation as a Screw  Driver—anyone readily  understands th at it 
w ill drive a screw  in, as several other devices on  the spiral  plan  drive a  screw   the same wav  but 
there is  no other one th at will  do th is:  Take  a screw out w ith exactly  the same  push  m ovement 
as it was put in  and ju s t  as q u ic k ly ; this is done by simplv grasping the  brass shell  w ith  the  left 
hand,  and  having  hold  of  the  wood  handle  w ith  th e rig h t; simply give the right hand a  tw ist 
tow ard y o n ; this reverses it to take out a screw :  in  like m anner give  it a tu rn   from  von  and  it is 
ready to drive th e  screw. 

•

In either case, w hen it is closed as shown  in Cut No. 3, if desired, it w ill act  as a ratchet,  tu rn ­
ing th e screw h alf round each  ratch et m ovem ent m ade by the operator, and still  another valuable 
position is obtained by simply turning It as before stated,  but instead  of clear from one side to the 
other, stop at h alf w ay; at this point it w ill  be  as rigid as  if it w as one solid  piece of iron

Cut No. 2.  H ere  we show  the spiral clear extended, another use made of it other than driving 
screw s,  here  we  show  its  usefulness  in a carriage,  w agon or  m achine shop w here m any  sm all 
burrs are to be taken off and p ut o n ;  the screw  driver bit is  rem oved  and a socket  w rench  put in 
w ith w hich burrs can be ru n  on or off, tw enty  times quicker than by the old way

C ut No. 3.  This shows not only  its usefulness in  th e  carriage,  wagon  or  m achine  shoo  but 
carpenter, plum ber or undertaker’s establishm ent as well, in  fact it is Indispensable to any w orker 
In w ood or iron w here screw s  or burrs are used, or boring, drilling,  etc., is done, and  in  finishing 
up w ork w ith hard wood, w here a  small hole m ust be bored or  drilled to receive the nail or screw  
it is a w onderful convenience.  Thus it w ill  be seen it well m erits the nam e it bears.  The U niver­
sal Screw  D river and B race.  T he chuck and shell are highly polished brass w hile  the  handle  is 
finished m  natu ral wood ; it is substantial, durable and the most pow erful  tool  of its kind  made.

W e   M a n u factu re  an d   H a n d le  o n ly  R eliable  Goods.

B O S T O N   R U B B E R   S H O E   C O

AGENTS  FOR  THE

S . 

W RITE  FOR  CIRCULAR.

F. B O W SE R  &  Co., M a n f s ,

FORT  WAYNE,  IND.

IT  18  INCOMPLETE We  mean  your  Stoclc  is if  you  don’t  handle  INDURATED WOOD  FIBRE  WARE.

It  will  not  W ARP.  SHRINK.  .'»WELL.  AB­
Im pervious  to liquids,  hot  and  cold,  and  all  ordinary  acids. 

Moulded  seam less  uuder  hydraulic  pressure. 

It  is  light,  strong,  durable  and  economical.

SORB.  TA IN T.  RUST or  LEAK. 

KEELEBS.

Per doz.
No.  1.  1TV- inch Keeler.................$  •  75
‘ 
................  6 30
No.  2  15* 
No.  3.  13Vt  “ 
................  5 4 »

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PAILS.

Pe- doz.
Star  Pails, standard size............................  i 3  IS
2 70
Ladies or weaver rails, 6  quarts............  
Fire Pail  round  bottom..........................  
4 05
It is light, strong, durable,  economical and no 
stock is  complete without it.

TUBS.

No.  0  T ub  13  in c h es..........................................................  Ï   15  75
13 50
No.  I 
No.  2 
12  00
No.  3 
10 50

“  21 
‘ 
•  1  (4 
“  13K  " 

 
 

 

 
 
 
NKsTED  TUBS.

 

No.  1  Nest No. 1. 2 and 3 in a  nest.................. .......  

12 00

SLOP  JARS

Per doz.
No.  2  12 quart Slop Ja r............................. f 7 65
4 piece set, 1 pint, 1 quart. 1 two qusrt  and
funnel.  Per  nest..................................  
20
1  gallon  measures......................................   4  50

MEA8URES.

f t

SPITTOONS.

Best Spittoon  for  Hotel use ever  made. 
Tod lifts off for cleaning.
No. 2  12 inch  spittoon............................

Per doz.

4  50

Send  all  your  orders  for  WOOD  FIBRE  WARE  to

H .  L E O N A R D   &  S O A S ,  G ran d  R a p id s ,  M ich.
We have the hestlineof roasted coffees 
in  the  West,  carefully  selected 
from the leading roasting  estab­
lishments in the country•

OYSTERS.

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A N C H O R   B R A N D

Are the  best.  All  orders  will  receive  prom pt  attention  at  lowest  m arket  price
F.  J.  d f t t b n t h a j .f r .

If  you  want  to  wear diamonds handle 
our coffee s.  All packed in  SO lb•
tin cans, with latest improved lid 
of our own invention•

Je w e ll’s  A ra b ia n   M ocha,
Je w e ll’s Old  G o v e rn m e n t Ja v a ,
Je w e ll’s Old  G o v e rn m e n t Ja v a   a n d  M ocha, 
W e lls ’ P erfectio n   Ja v a ,
W e lls ’ J a v a  a n d   M ocha,
W e a v e r ’s  B lend,
Ideal  G olden  Rio,
C rushed Ja v a  an d   M ocha.

Dwell,  Wright  k  Go’s

FINE

CO F F B BS.

Royal Java,
Royal Java and  Mocha, 
Aden  Mocha 
Mocha and Java Blend 
White  House  Mocha  and 

Java,

Golden Santos,
Ex.  Golden  Rio,
No.  37  Blend.

We  have  trebled  our  coffee  business  since we  have  been 

handling these brands,  and  any dealer can do the same.

OLNEY i  JUDSON  GROGER GO,

Agents  Western  Michigan,  Grand  Rapids.

