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NO.  551

COL  PEDDLEVIEW’S  MISTAKE.
Just after  Col. Peddleview  was  mus­
tered out of the  service,  at  the  close  of 
the  “late  unpleasantness,”  he  made  a 
visit to an old schoolmate, in one  of  the 
small villages of  Western Pennsylvania. 
For some  inexplicable  reason  or  othes, 
the place suited him,  and  he  thereupon 
determined to settle down near his friend 
and go Into business.  The Colonel came 
back from the war  with  a  snug  sum  of 
money.  There  were  some,  I  know,  so 
mean as  to hint that Peddleview  won his 
title as a cotton factor rather  than at the 
cannon’s mouth,  from  his  knowledge  of 
tactics;  or from  influence, or  otherwise. 
But this  is  immaterial  to  you.  We  do 
know,  however—we who were  with  him 
in the field—that he was  brave  and  dar­
ing,  loved by  his  men,  respected  by  all 
of them,  and never  commanded  us to go 
where  he  would  not  go  himself.  No, 
you  are  not  to  hear  a  war  anecdote 
this time. 
I  am merely  standing  up  for 
the Colonel. 
I  do  so  whenever  I  get  a 
chance.  He  is  not  to  blame  for  his 
present circumstances.  True, I’ll  allow 
that he made a great mistake, yes, a very 
great  mistake. 
Did  you  ever  hear 
about it?

to 

Well,  Peddleview opened a  real  estate 
and loan  office in Flatrock.  1 believe he 
associated his  friend  with  him  as  part­
ner,  but this didn’t show, neither  does it 
matter.  The  letterheads  and  cards  of 
the firm claimed a paid-up capital  of one 
hundred  thousand dollars.  This  was  a 
fabulous amount in the eyes of  the Flat- 
rockians.  Peddleview  <Sfc  Co.  were  con­
sidered  the  local  Rothschilds.  When 
the house first swung open  its  doors  for 
business,  people  began 
for j 
look 
some  mammoth  undertaking  on 
the 
firm’s  part. 
In  fact,  something  huge 
was not  only surmised  but  actually  ex­
pected. 
It was said that a large  shovel- 
handle manufactory would  be  built  and 
operated,  for the town’s benefit,  if  noth­
ing  more. 
investment 
would assume  the character of a wooden 
pump  establishment  or  a—the  people 
didn’t know what.  To  have  a  real  live 
Colonel in Flatrock  was  no  common  af­
fair.  That  he  wonld  do  some  feat  to 
correspond  with  the  magnitude  of  his 
honors  as  a  military  commander,  was 
never doubted for a moment.  And would 
the  Colonel  disappoint 
these  ardent 
hopes of the community?  It was claimed 
not.

Perhaps 

the 

Just bow far the influence of  these ex­
pectations worked toward the  fulfilment 
of the common desire, must  ever remain 
an unknown quantity.  Whether Peddle­
view,  to  begin  with,  had  any  idea  of 
building up  Flatrock,  or  simply  one  of 
finding  a  suitable  locality  to  loan  his 
money, I have  never  ascertained.  This 
is  also  a  mystery. 
For  months  and 
months,  however,  no  evidence  of  any 
startling change in  the  growth  of  Flat­
rock  was  apparent.  Peddleview  was 
known to be at his office  early  and  late. 
Business, no doubt,  was all  that  he  had 
anticipated. 
It was  noised  around  that 
he  was  making  money  rapidly.  Why

then 

should he embark  in  a  more  hazardous 
enterprise?  Public  spirit!  Ah,  a  noble 
quality indeed;  yet  it  not  infrequently 
covers  a  multitude  of  selfish  motives. 
No,  Peddleview  didn’t  exhibit  any  of 
the  aforesaid  spirit,  at  least  he  hadn’t 
up to  this  time.  To all intents and pur­
poses,  business  was—business  to  him. 
True,  once  or  twice,  he  had  been  seen 
leaning  over  the  widow  Griffin’s  fence, 
in an animated conversation with no less 
a  personage  than 
the  widow  herself. 
But 
these  were  accidental  meet­
ings—purely business  interviews.  Even 
if  the  Colonel  were  to  marry  her,  it 
could not be termed—or rather,  perhaps, 
would not be termed—other  than a strict 
business transaction,  by the  mob in par­
ticular.  The  relict  of  the  late  Tobias 
Griffin,  you must know,  was  left  in very 
comfortable pastures,  not  to  say  clover. 
And  it  was  said  that  she  was  the  one 
who had done the most of the accumulat­
ing.  The widow  was  a  keen  one,  she 
was;  sharp  as  tacks.  From the moment 
Col.  Rufus Peddleview  first adorned  the 
register  of 
the  village  hotel  with  his 
striking  autograph,  she  had  shadowed 
him,  so to speak.  And  now  the  portly 
officer seemed  to  be  succumbing  to  the 
perpetual,  well-regulated  importunities 
of  the enchantress.  All Flatrock talked, 
but  what  if  it  did?  Whose  affair  was 
it?  Of course  Peddleview  knew nothing 
of  the  history of  the wily creature,  and 
now  that he paid her some  attention,  no 
one  was  so  foolish  as  to  volunteer  in­
formation. 
If  a  Colonel  couldn’t  take 
care  of  himself, who  could?  Yet rumor 
pitied  Peddleview,  and  said,  “Happy, 
happy  Tobias,  dead.  She’ll  make  the 
Colonel  toe  the  mark.  His  bifureated- 
garment  days  will soon be o’er.”

And thus the spring wore away.  Sum­
mer  came;  and  the  man  who  had  so 
often  faced  death  and  conquered  had 
seemingly  been  inveigled  into  a  trap. 
His  flame  for  the  relict  had  broadened 
with the  leaf,  and  deepened  with  each 
new  moon.  He  had  met  the widow and 
he was hers—almost.  The  town  cursed 
the situation.

The  great  improvements  were  not 
forthcoming. 
Impatience was rampant. 
It was already  held  to  be a fact that the 
widow had  advised  adversely  to  the  in­
terest of  the public welfare.

for 

thought 

’em  yet,” 

“I’ll  show 

the 
enamored  Rufus,  as  he  quietly  bought 
up  a  large 
trees, 
through  his  silent  member  of  the  firm, 
preparatory  to  erecting  a  lumber  and 
shingle mill.

tract  of  hemlock 

Unfortunately 

this 
scheme  was  never matured.  The widow 
held the reins.

Flatrock 

I  was  sitting  in  the  Colonel’s  office, 
one  morning,  when  a  boy  entered  and 
banded him a  note.  He  read  it  aloud. 
It was an invitation  to  attend  an  after­
noon  party  at  the  Griffin  homestead. 
Peddleview  was  pleased. 
1  could  see 
that.  He  ran  his  fingers  through  his 
hair,  slapped  his  knee  twice,  and  re­
read the delicate sheet of  paper,  smiling 
all the while  with  evident  satisfaction.

I  gave him  up  as  lost  from  that  hour. 
In love he surely was.

When petroleum  was  first  discovered 
in the  Keystone  State,  derricks  sprang 
up like mushrooms in a thousand places. 
Wells were  bored  wherever  the  capital 
could  be  raised  for  the  purpose;  and 
only,  if  unsuccessful  in  an  early  stage 
of operations,  measured  their  depth  by 
the rule that meted out the funds  of  the 
stockholders.  But  then—geology  is  a 
fine  study,  anyway,  whether  one  get 
immediate returns from his original  out­
lay or not. 
In  those days,  and  perhaps 
now,  men  lost  their  all  of  this  world’s 
goods.  The gold fever of the  coast  was 
tame beside the hectic flush  that  sought 
for oil.  Alas,  for poor repiner!  Fortune 
moves  in  subterranean  channels.  Not 
all may gain its tide. 
Its flood is full  of 
freaks.  1«  other  words,  many  derricks 
rotted  down,  or,  like  spectral  towers, 
weatherworn  and 
ivyciad,  stood  up 
against the sky the  very  embodiment  of 
folly and  disappointment;  to  the  rising 
generation  not  infrequently  revealing 
the cause for small returns  from  admin­
istrators and the like.

Far down  in  the  orchard  of  the  wid­
ow’s little suburban farm  there was  one 
of  these  same  money-sinks. 
this 
case,  however,  the  derrick  had  been re­
moved.  But the well—it was there still. 
■Some loving hand had endeavored to pre­
serve  this  from  the  encroachments  of 
nature. 
It  was  boxed  around  and 
locked from  idle eyes as if it  were  some 
precious thing.

When the  charming widow,  arrayed in 
her best,  took  the  Colonel’s  arm 
that 
afternoon for a stroll amid the trees,  she 
selected a path that led past the deserted 
spot.  “What  is  that?” 
the  innocent 
Peddleview  asked,  noticing  the  myste­
rious-looking box.

In 

“That,  my  dear  Colonel,”  responded 
his companion,  “is an  oil  well! 
It  was 
here  when  Griffin  bought  the  farm. 
it  went  bankrupt 
The firm  that  sunk 
just  as  they were  about 
to  meet with 
success,  and so  everything  came  to  a 
standstill.  Do  you  know” —and 
the 
widow  grew  confidential  and  nestled 
closer to  the  manly  breast  of  Rufus— 
¡‘there is a vast fortune for the one  who 
develops  this?  There  are,  without  a 
doubt,  acres of petroleum within a dozen 
or fifty feet lower  than  the  shaft  goes. 
Why,  it really presses itself  through the 
intervening  strata  now.  But  this  Is  a 
secret.  You  are  the  only  one  I  have 
dared to tell  since  1  found  it  out.”  At 
this juncture  the  widow  had  produced 
a key and proceeded  to unlock  the lid of 
the box. 
Inside was a big-necked  bottle 
to  which  a  long  cord  was  attached. 
This  was  soon  lowered  into  the  inky 
darkness and raised with  a  quantity  of 
oily  water.

The  Colonel  smelled  of  it—smelled 
once,  twice,  three  times.  “Petroleum!” 
was his exclamation.

“Yes,”  said  the  voice  at  his  side, 
“petroleum. 
If I only  had the necessary 
funds,  1 should begin  to-morrow and dig 
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This was precisely the  idea  revolving 
furiously  under  that  gentleman’s  hat. 
His answer to the  question was  decided: 
“Yes, it shall be done—providing.”

“Providing,”  said  the  widow.  And 
to  the 

then  the  two  wandered  back 
house.

It was with great  rejoicing  that  Flat- 
rock beard  of  the  proposed  operations. 
And  when  the  books  were  opened  for 
subscriptions,  to stock,  it  was  soon all 
taken.  All were anxious  to  invest with 
the rich  head  of  the  concern.  Peddle* 
view,  of course,  put in the  last penny of 
his  means,  both  visible  and  invisible, 
lands,  cash,  mortgages—everything.  A 
week later and  the  rose  began  to  blos­
som.  Machinery  arrived; 
the  derrick 
soon climbed above the tallest  tree-tops; 
and the “ boom,”  so  long  desired,  took 
giant strides.  When  the first  scream  of 
the whistle at  the  well  awoke  the  idle 
echoes of the surrounding hills,  the  peo­
ple were jubilant indeed.  The  old  bell 
in the solitary church  set  up  an  awful 
clamor;  men  rushed  about  here  and 
there,  expecting at any  moment  to  hear 
the  cry  of  Oil!  Oil!  Oil!  Yes,  some 
even thought  there  wa's  danger  of  the 
streets  being 
the  new 
“gusher.”  A  real  estate  boom?  Yes, 
and  no.  There wasn’t  a  person  within 
five miles  that would  sell  his  holdings 
for love or  money.  The widow was  the 
only exception to  the  general  rule;  she 
was the only sane one in  the whole crazy 
region.  Her contract was to  dispose  of 
her  few  acres  at  an  enormous  sum. 
The  papers  were  all  made  out  and 
signed,  she  to  receive  the  money  the 
the 
moment  oil  was  struck—when 
Colonel  so  instructed  the 
local  bank. 
Beside this  large  sum,  she  was  to  re­
ceive a royalty on each and every  gallon 
of the  crude  production.  A  good  con­
tract?  I  should 
think  so.  But  what 
difference did it  make  to  the  principal 
contracting parties so long as  it  was  all 
in the  family?  This  was  Peddleview’s 
view of the  case;  the  widow  saw  it  in 
the same light.

flooded  bjP 

the 

the 

streets, 

Day  after  day  the  drills  were  kept 
busy.  Day  after  day  the  “boom”  ex­
panded.  Folks scarcely slept for weeks. 
And  when,  at last,  the cry of  oil  did  fly 
through 
inhabitants 
grew fairly wild and frantic with joy.

the  noise  was  loudest  Mrs. 
Dorothy Griffin nee  Smith,  widow of the 
late  Tobias  Griffin,  Esq.,  of  Flatrock, 
went very calmly to the bank  and  drew 
her round thousands,  put the  same  into 
her satchel, and sought the  seclusion  of 
a little chamber at the hotel.

While 

A  vast  change  soon  spread  over  the 
community.  The  oil  did  not  flow. 
It 
would  have to be pumped.  So the drills 
were lifted and the pumps put  in  readi­
ness.  By the time  this was done,  it was 
late at night.  Work was then abandoned 
until  morning. 
Another  morning 
dawned.  But—great horrors!—pump all 
they might,  a few pailfuls were  all  that 
could be raised.  This news  brought  de­
spair and chagrin.  Real estate  fell off a 
few  points,  with  sales  not  mentioned.
Just here the Colonel  went  around  to 
see his beloved,  and suggest—not  on his 
own  part so much as  for  that  of  a  few 
incredulous stockholders—that she delay 
the withdrawal of her  funds  until  such 
time as the well’s wealth should be fully 
demonstrated.  Of course,  this  was to be 
merely a cautionary  measure;  it  should

T H E   M IC H IG A N   TRA QJffiB&lAINl

not take—it could not  take—the form of 
a demand. 
It was all in the  family,  you 
know;  and,  besides,  it was too late.

The Colonel rapped softly  on  the wid­
ow’s door,  then  he  rapped  louder,  and 
then he rapped  very  determinedly.  No 
response.  He  opened  the  door  and 
walked  in.  The  house  was  deserted. 
The keys were all in the  locks.  Posses­
sion  was  handed  over. 
Peddleview 
went out in the garden,  and  called  out.
“She must be at  the  hotel,”  thought 
he,  and thither  he went,  but  found  her 
not.

The widow was  gone!  Yes,  g-o-n-e ! ! 
She had left the  day  before,  just  after 
securing her cash—left for Erie  en route 
for Buffalo and  Suspension  Bridge;  and 
there was no  telling  where  she was  by 
this time.  Furthermore,  it  was  discov­
ered  that  a  former  lover  of  hers  was 
missing.  The news spread like a prairie 
fire in  September.  The  well  had  been 
“loaded”  by the  widow and  her  accom­
plice.  Come to think of it,  it could have 
been  done  very  easily  when  the work­
men left  for  dinner.  Poor  Peddleview, 
indeed.  His was  the  greatest  loss—his 
money,  heart,  friends—hundreds of them 
—had deserted him at  one  stroke.  The 
trouble threw  him into a fit  of  sickness, 
in which his mind  was also despaired of. 
But,  thanks  to  his  strong constitution, 
he recovered this at last.

The paper of  the  Flatrock  Petroleum 
Company went to protest  the very after­
noon of the discovery.

The town’s “ boom”  was  dead  beyond 
all hopes  of resuscitation;  and  what  is 
more,  buried  beneath 
the  double  re­
proaches of a twice-deluded populace.

But  here  comes  Peddleview  himself. 
Let me introduce you.  He  is setting up 
the pins for Justice of the  Peace.  1 feel 
sorry for him;  he’s been  through a heap 
of  hard  luck. 

C. G.  Bl a n p e n .

Dishonesty  in  Places  of  Trust.
Fortunately  for  the  existence  of  the 
social fabric and for  the  carrying  on  of 
its complicated activities, the occurrence 
of  dishonesty  in  trusted  employes  and 
officers,  though 
too  sadly  frequent,  is 
nevertheless rare in comparison with the 
entire  number  of  cases  in  which  it  is 
possible.  Were it not so,  and were even 
one-half of those in  whom  confidence  is 
necessarily  reposed  unfaithful,  barbar­
ism would reign  instead  of  civilization. 
Every  man  would  suspect  his  neighbor 
and his neighbor would suspect him,  and 
the  transactions  of  daily life  would  be 
confined  to the simple  exchange  of  nec- 
esssaries one for another or to  their  sale 
for cash down.  As it is,  millions  of dol­
lars’  worth of property passes daily from 
hand  to hand upon confidence and  often 
upon  agreements  by  mere  word  of 
mouth,  and millions of dollars in money, 
negotiable securities,  and  valuable  mer­
chandise  are  placed  in  the  keeping  of 
persons  whose  character  is  the  only 
guarantee of fidelity.

The  most  surprising  as  well  as  the 
most convincing  proof  of  the  predomi­
nance  of  honesty  over  dishonesty  in  a 
civilized community like ours is the gen­
eral 
trustworthiness  of  domestic  ser­
vants.  Among them are  found,  indeed, 
as among people in other stations of  life, 
a  few who are  dishonest,  but  when  we 
consider what an enormous mass of small 
articles,  such  as  clothing,  jewels  and 
trinkets,  to  say  nothing  of  food  and 
drink,  are continually  under  their  eyes, 
it is wonderful  that they do  not  oftener

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iSod  or  New Ground.  Plants  at  any and 

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Makes  Holes,  Drops  and 
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A  DEMONSTRATED  SUCCESS

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DETROIT,  MICH.,

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.,

PRICE  $12  PER  DOZEN.

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give occasion  for  complaints  that  they 
appropriate to  their own  use  some  por­
tion of what it is  within  their  power  to 
take.  Add to  them  the  great  numbers 
of shopmen and  shopwomen,  mechanics 
using the materials  of  their  employers, 
factory  hands,  cashiers,  collectors  and 
clerks of various kinds,  and we  have  an 
immense  multitude  of  persons  of  no 
more than ordinary  intellectual  cultiva­
tion,  among whom,  notwithstanding  the 
temptations to which  they  are  exposed, 
unfaithfulness is  the exception  and  not 
the rule.

On  the  other  hand,  the  frequent  be­
trayals of trust by  persons  of  education 
and  refinement is  painful  evidence  that 
these qualities are no guarantee  of  hon­
esty  in their possessors.  Even  religion, 
which,  it must be said  in justice to those 
who  profess  devotion  to  it,  is  usually 
associated in  our  minds  with  integrity, 
is  not  always  a  hindrance  to  the  per­
petration  of  fraud  and  embezzlement. 
Indeed,  some  of  the  most  conspicuous 
crimes of this kind have been  committed 
by men of high  standing  in  church  or­
ganizations as  well  as  in  social  circles. 
They are often on  this  account  charged 
with  hypocrisy,  but  not  by  those  con­
versant  with 
the  frailties  of  human 
character.  By  such  they  are  regarded 
imperfect  moral  ed­
as  victims  of  an 
ucation  or  of  an 
inherited  predis­
position  which  they  lack  power  to  con­
trol.

The  old-fashioned  dogma  of  original 
sin and  total  depravity  was  not  so  far 
from  the  truth  as  the  modern  reaction 
against  the  horrible  deductions'drawn 
from  it have made  many  of  us  believe. 
In rebelling against  the  conclusion  that 
millions  of  human  beings  must  suffer 
eternal 
torments  merely  because  their 
common ancestor was guilty of  a  breach 
of the divine  law,  the  incontesraole fact 
is  overlooked  that the  disposition to  sin 
is universal  in  mankind  and  cannot  be 
accounted for except upon the hypothesis 
of transmission from  our  ancestors. 
If 
dogs  delight  to  bark  and  bite,  cats  to 
catch mice, foxes to  prey  upon  poultry, 
and  wolves  to  devour  lambs  because 
such is  their  nature  derived  from  their 
progenitors,  so  human  beings  in  their 
way  have  predatory  tendencies  which 
are  indeed  usually  kept  in  check  by 
transmitted  and  acquired  habits,  but 
which none the  less  are  always  present 
as  tendencies  and  liable  under  prov­
ocation to  be  stimnlated into  active  ex­
ercise.
To be convinced-of  this,  we  have  but 
to consider man in  the  primitive  savage 
state,  from  which,  it  is  now  generally 
conceded,  he  has  advanced  by  gradual 
progression  to  the  civilized  being  that 
he  is  at  present.  The  modern  savage, 
if he belongs to a tribe,  respects,  indeed, 
the property rights of  its  members,  but 
beyond his  tribe,  and  even  beyond  his 
own family,  where  the  tribal  organiza­
tion  does not exist,  he recognizes no law 
which  prevents  him  from  taking  pos­
session of anything he can lay his  hands 
on.  The early  explorers  of  the  Pacific 
Ocean narrate many  amusing  stories  of 
the  ingenuity  displayed  by  the  natives 
of the islands  they  discovered  in  steal­
ing from their ships coveted  articles,  es­
pecially those made of  iron.  When  the 
primitive'man roamed the wilderness  in 
search  of  game  or  cast  his  net  in  the 
sea for  fish,  he  never  considered  whose 
rights  he  might  be  invading.  When, 
too,  his  family  or  his  tribe  made  war

upon another family or tribe, plunder no 
less than victory  was  the  object  aimed 
at,  and  to this day the spoils  of  war are 
a familiar figure of speech.  The Spartan 
youth was taught to steal from  the  ene­
mies  of  his  country  with  no  less  assi­
duity than  were the  pupils  of  Fagin  in 
“Oliver  Twist,”  and  privateering  has 
not yet been formally renounced  by this 
country as a legitimate exercise of  naval 
power.

The  propensity  to  forcible  robbery, 
like that to murder and  other  crimes  of 
violence,  has  not  been  eradicated,  but 
only repressed in the individual  member 
of  society,  while surviving in  society  as 
a whole.  We  no  longer  rely  upon  our 
own right arms to protect our bodies and 
our  lives  against  attack,  but  turn  the 
task over to the police,  trusting  to  that 
agency and to a still  more  potent  public 
opinion  for our personal  safety. 
In  the 
same  way  we  have  substituted  courts 
and prisons for the  armed  guards which 
in ancient times had to be kept over per­
sonal  possessions.  But,  while  highway 
robbery and cattle lifting have  gone  out 
of fashion,  the use of artifice  in  depriv­
ing  others  of  their  lawful  property  re­
mains 
for  our  entire 
comfort.  What  cannot  be  done  openly 
and  by  main  strength  is  accomplished 
by  trick  and  device,  and  by  the  be­
trayal  of  confidence  undeservedly  ob­
tained.

too  prevalent 

The  progress  of  the  human  race  in 
that respect is  like its progress  in  phys­
ical health.  Medical and sanitary science 
and a  more  intelligent  compliance with 
the laws governing  the  functions of the 
body have nearly obliterated the  violent 
plagues  which  devastated  in  ancient 
times even civilized lands,  but they have 
not  eradicated  sickness  not  prevented 
untimely death.  More subtle and  elusive 
diseases try  the skill  of  the  best  phys­
icians  and  frequently  baffle  it. 
It  is  a 
question,  indeed,  whether on  the whole 
the average length of  life, among  adults 
at least,  is greater  than it was before, or 
whether even the total  amount of  suffer­
ing from ill  health is  any less.  Still the 
general  result is that  the  population of 
the  world  is  increasing,  which  shows 
that the  forces of life have  gained  upon 
those of death, and it  is  the  same  with 
the general mass of  wealth. 
If,  on  the 
whole,  honesty were  not  becoming  con­
tinually more prevalent than dishonesty, 
if men were not  able  to  give  more  and 
more attention  to  increasing  their  pos­
sessions and  less  to  defending  them,  so 
many people would not  be  getting  rich. 
That losses  by  theft,  embezzlement,  de­
falcation and  breaches  of  trust  are  fre­
quent  and  great  is  true,  and  no  effort 
should be spared to  diminish  them,  but 
they are not proofs of moral  decay.  On 
the contrary,  they are only remains  of  a 
primitive  low  form  of  human  nature, 
from which the race is  slowly advancing 
to one higher and  better.  They  should, 
therefore,  be borne with patience  in  the 
hope  of  their  gradual  removal,  and  of 
our further  upward progress.

Ma tt h ew   Ma r sh a ll.

AuSable—It  has  been  rumored  that 
negotiations are pending for the transfer 
by Penoyar Bros,  to the Loud company of 
the  former’s  timber  lands.  At last ad­
vices  the  deal  had  not  been  closed. 
Should it take place the mill  of  Penoyar 
Bros,  will  be  removed  to  White  Fish 
bay,  Lake Superior.

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

weekly in the Elk Rapids Progress:

JOHN  MORRISON

At the

Sells the

BEST  GROCERIES
LOWEST  PRICES,  FOR  CASH

BALL,  BARNHART. 

Of any retail dealer in Michigan.  He buys exclusively of

PUTMAN  CO.,

f

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.  E.  GRAND GIRARD

Grand-Girard <&  Co.

BELDEN REAGAN,  M.  D.

M a n u fa c tu r in g  

P h a r m a c is ts ,

DRUG  STOCKS  BOUGHT  AND  SOLD. 

DRUG  CLERK’S  EMPLOYMENT BUREAU*

DRUG  BROKERS  AND  MANUFACTURERS’  AGENTS.

PORTER  BLOCK,  GRAND  RAPIDS.

Correspondence  Solicited. 

Promptness Assured.

To Clothing  Merchants.— - ^   ^

The  wholesale  clothing  manufacturers  have  made 
up  light stocks this season,  but  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  up.  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.

13. 

and 

Customer’s 

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, M« e
Are You  D oing  It?

ROCHESTER.  N.  7 .

expenses 

Selling Candy that we  manufacture  is 
what  we refer to.  IS you  do you are 
pleasing  custom ers  and  making 
money If you do not, hadn9t you bet­
ter  fall  into  line  and  send  in  your 
orders?  We w ant your business.

PUTNAM  CANDY  CO

TELE  M IC H IG A N   T R A D ESM A N .
Battle  Creek—The  style  of  Austin, 
Godsmark &  Durand,  wholesale  dealers 
in groceries, fruit and produce,  has  been 
changed to Godsmark,  Durand & Co.

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

MOVEMENTS OF  MERCHANTS.

Calumet—M.  Borgo has purchased  the 

meat business of M.  Sterk.

Clio—Sanford  Hunt  succeeds  W.  S. 

Rice in the grocery  business.

Klkton—Simon  Motter,  of  Motter  & 

Kellermau Bros, millers,  is dead.

Sanlt Ste.  Marie—YVm.  Darcy succeeds 

P. Cameron  in the meat business.

Kalamazoo—W.  Krymer  has  opened a
Detroit—L. J.  Hudson  has  purchased 

the stock of the J. S.  Visger Shoe Co. 
grocery  store on South  Burdick street.

Nashville—Wm.  Thompson  succeeds 

S. S.  Ingerson  in  the  lumber  business.

Detroit—Robbins & Mitchell  have pur­

chased  the grocery  stock of notts Bros.

Mapleton—R.  M.  Edgecomb has  added 
a line of dry goods to his  grocery  stock.
Central  Lake—C.  E.  Henry  succeeds 
Henry  &  McAfee  in  the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Lakeview—Dr.  C.  W.  Kirtland  has 
sold  his drug stock  to  his  son,  Addwin 
Kirtland.

Petersburg—Gertie  Logue 

succeeds 
S.  D.  (Mrs.  W.)  Arnold in  the  millinery 
business.

Pontiac—England  &  Taylor,  harness 
dealers,  have  dissolved,  A.  E.  Taylor 
succeeding.

Otter  Lake—L.  Bathrick,  undertaker 
and druggist,  has sold his drug  stock  to 
J.  Y.  Frasier.

Ovid—Hoyt  &  Cavender,  clothiers, 
h ave dissolved,  G.  M.  Hoyt  continuing 
the business.

Sparta—The  grocery  stock  of  R.  E. 
Misner & Co. has been closed  under chat­
tel mortgage.

Thompsonville—Mrs.  J.  Wait  has  re­
moved her millinery stock  from  Baldwin 
to this place.

Howard  City-Simon  Thone 

is  suc­
ceeded  by  L.  L.  Meeker  in  the black- 
smithing  business.

Detroit—A.  M.  Frankstein  has  pur­
chased the notion  and  shoe stock of Jane 
(Mrs. J.  M.) Hobart.

Concord—J.  H.  Magel has removed his 
from 

stock  of  general  merchandise 
Pulaski to this place.

Detroit—Eisman & May,  boot and shoe 
dealers,  have dissolved, August May con­
tinuing the business.

Ith aca—Hasse & Co.  have  moved their 
st jek into the store building recently va­
cated by Hankins  Bros.

Ashley—Wm.  Duffy has  purchased the 
Campbell meat  market  and  will  remove 
from  Ithaca to this place.

Detroit—F.  B. Holmes  &  Co.  are  suc­
ceeded by  Holmes, Strachan & Co.  in the 
brick and cement business.

Sturgis—The  Wait  &  Barnes  Furni­
ture Co.  has merged its  business  into  a 
corporation  under the same style.

Mt.  Pleasant—G.  C.  and  F.  M.  Lamb 
have formed a  firm  under  the  name  of 
Lamb Bros,  and  started  a  lumber  yard 
here.
Marcelius—Elias  Mohney, of  the  firm 
of Moon & Mohney, dealers in  hardware, 
buggies,  etc.,  has  sold  his  interest  to 
Daniel  Russell.

Big  Rapids—Edson  A.  and  Edgar  J. 
Darling  have  formed  a  copartnership 
under  the  style  of  Darling  Bros,  and 
will open a new boot and  shoe store here 
about April  15.

Howard  City—Mrs.  M.  Shay  has  re. 
tired  from  the  millinery  firm  of  Mrs. 
Wm.  Fritz  & Co.  and opened  a millinery 
store of her own.

Kalamazoo—P.  Maul  and  D.  Bogard 
have  formed a  copartnership  under  the 
style of Maul  & Bogard  and embarked  in 
the meat business at 730  North  Burdick 
street.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Royce  &  Reynolds 
will embark in  the  grocery  business  at 
this place  May  1.  Both  partners  were 
formerly clerks for Prenzlauer Bros,  and 
have a wide acquaintance  with the  trad­
ing public.

Delta—Arthur Moses has sold  his one- 
half  interest 
the  grocery  firm  of 
Nichols & Moses to  a  gentleman  named 
Robbins.  The new  firm will  be  known 
as Nichols &  Robbins,  who  will  remove 
their stock  to Clarksville  and  add  lines 
of dry goods and boots and shoes.

in 

Saginaw—King  Bros.,  grocers  and 
meat  dealers  on  McCoskey  street,  will 
open  a fancy  grocery  store  and  market 
on  Washington  street  about  April  15. 
The store building is a new one  and  the 
fittings are in  keeping with the surround­
ings.

Detroit—Paige & Strachan have merged 
the wholesale paper business into a stock 
company under the style of  the  Paige & 
Strachan Co.  The  capital  stock  is  $50, 
000,  of  which  $35,000  is  paid  in,  the 
3,500 shares being held as  follows:  Fred 
0.  Paige,  2,000; Robert L.  Chope,  1,000; 
Osmond  W.  Booth, 500.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Detroit—The  Michigan  Capsule  Co. 
has been merged into  the  United  States 
Capsule Co.

Sault Ste.  Marie—Salby,  Hines  &  Co. 
succeed Jas.  W.  McTavish iu cigar  man­
ufacturing business.

Muskegon—Hovey  &  McCracken  will 
run only one of their  sawmills  this  sea­
son—the upper  one. 
It will  be  started 
up as soon  as the weather will permit.

Cadillac—G.  A.  Bergland  cut  3,000-
000 feet of logs on his land  in  Kalkaska 
county  the  past  winter,  which  will be 
manufactured  here  by  F.  A. Diggins & 
Co.

Leroy—Homer  J.  Blackmore  has  re­
tired  from  the  sawmill  firm  of  D.  B. 
Bathrick  &  Co.  The  business  will  be 
continued  by Daniel  P.  and  John  Bath­
rick under the same firm  name.

Traverse City—Kelly &  Coveil,  whose 
shingle crew went out  on a fool-  strike a 
couple  of  weeks  ago,  have  secured  an 
entire  new  force  of  knot  sawyers  and 
both mills are now runnifig full blast.

Cheboygan—Ex-Senator T. W.  Palmer, 
of Detioit, has sold  15,000 acres  of  hem­
lock lands located  in  Missaukee  county 
to  the  Cheboygan  Leather  Co.,  which 
wants  the  bark  for  tanning  purposes. 
The timber will be  converted  into  lum­
ber.

L’Anse—Repairs on the sawmill of the 
L’Anse Lumber Co.  were completed  last 
week,  and it started up for  the  season’s 
run Monday.  For the  first  month  it  is 
the intention to run only a day shift, but 
the balance of  the  season  the  mill  will 
be run to its full capacity.

Cheboygan—The  Cheboygan  Lumber 
Co.  has had  men at work  the most of  the 
| winter making improvements  in its saw­
mill here.  A new  foundation  has  been 
| put under  the  mill  and  the  machinery 
| overhauled. 
It does not  expect to begin
1 

sawing much before May 1.

Detroit—The Torrent Washer  Co.,  or­
ganized for the  purpose  of  manufactur­
ing washboilers and similar articles,  has 
a capital stock of  $5,000,  of  which  $500 
is paid in.  The stock is divided into 500 
shares,  held as follows:  W.  Howie, Muir, 
200;  Charles  C.  Jenks,  290;  Albert R. 
Strachan, ten shares.

Fennville—The  plant  of  the  Peach 
Creamery Co., which cost $3,750 less than 
a year ago,  has been  sold  by  the  sheriff 
for a pittance of several hundred dollars. 
This  enterprise  was  one  of  the large 
series of  “scheme creameries” put  in  by 
festive creamery supply men and  should 
serve  as  a  warning  to  business  men 
everywhere to beware  of stock  company 
creamery enterprises,  as they  invariably 
end in disaster.

Dodge—The Lansing Lumber  Co.  has 
contracted  with Stahl & Robinson  to cut 
the logs on  hand  here.  The  boilers  of 
the burned mill will  be  utilized  by  the 
latter firm and other machinery has been 
purchased and will be shipped to Dodge. 
They  expect  to  begin  cutting  in  six 
weeks  and have 4,000,000 feet to convert 
into  lumber.  This 
that  the 
Lansing Lumber Co.  does  not  intend  to 
rebuild.

indicates 

A M istaken Policy.

W ritten  fo r Thb Tradesman.
At a recent  meeting  of  the Presidents 
and Managers of the Trunk  Lines  Asso­
ciation, Chauncey  M.  Depew,  President 
of the New York Central  Railroad,  made 
the following  remark:
“It is one of  the  peculiarities  of  our 
business,  and seems to apply to no other, 
that when  we have more traffic  than  we 
can  carry  we  charge  full  rates and get 
returns  which  enable  us  to  meet  our 
charges and dividends.  But  when there 
is a dearth of business,  and 20 to  25  per 
cent,  of the freight cars  and  locomotives 
are,  as now,  side- tracked,  then  we  pro­
ceed to cut rates  and do the business that 
is left at or below  cost,  instead of  taking 
every  possible means  to  secure  full  re­
turns.”

This condition of things is by no means 
peculiar to the railway  business,  but  is 
found in all lines of trade.  When times 
are good and trade is  brisk  prices are,  as 
a rule,  maintained  at  good  figures;  but 
the advent of bard  times is the signal for 
a general reduction  in  prices.  Why this 
should  be so it is hard to understand, al­
though the object is,  undoubtedly, to en­
courage buying.  But  what is gained by 
the  merchant  who  reduces  prices,  al­
though  he  actually  does 
increase  his 
trade?  He must sell more  goods  in  or­
der to make up the loss he has  sustained 
by cutting prices,  and  it  is  doubtful  if 
he will increase his  sales  sufficiently  to 
make up his loss. 
It may be said that  it 
is better for a dealer  to  “turn  over  his 
stock,” even at  reduced  prices,  than  to 
keep  it  in  the  hope  of  obtaining  full 
rates.  But there are other ways  of  get­
ting rid of stock,  and ways which do  not 
make  it  necessary to advertise  a “ hard 
times  sale,”  “sacrifice  sale,”  “half-off 
sale,” and other sales equally as false and 
misleading.  Then, too,  reduced prices act 
as a boomerang on the man who indulges 
in them.  He may  sell his goods  so long 
as he  advertises  low  prices;  but  when 
times improve and  he attempts to put his 
prices  back  to  a  paying  level,  he  will 
have the satisfaction  of  seeing  his  cus­
tomers leave him  and take their trade to 
a competitor who has  had the good sense 
to keep up bis prices.  To reduce prices 
because times are hard is as senseless  as 
it is  unnecessary.  People  are  not  dis­
posed to bny as mnch as  when  times are

good,  but staples are always  salable  and 
fancy lines may be safely  left  for  better 
times.  Keep  up  your  stock  of  staple 
goods,  advertise  thoroughly  and  judi­
ciously,  display your  stock  attractively, 
take  what  trade  comes,  and,  under no 
circumstances, be led into  the  mistaken 
policy of cutting  prices.

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

H ow   to   D etect  th e   C o u n terfeits.

Several of the new counterfeits  of  the 
$1  silver certificates that first made  their 
appearance in Pennsylvania have reached 
here.  The  notes  bear 
the  portrait 
of Martha Washington,  are  of the  series 
of  1891,  of  check  letter  “A,”  and  are 
signed J.  Fount Tillman as Registrar and
D.  N.  Morgan as Treasurer of the United 
States.  They  have  the  actual 
silk 
threads in  the paper,  but the  general ap­
pearance of the  note  is  not  good.  The 
work is dark, and on  both face  and back 
suggests bad press work,  with  sticky  or 
thick 
ink.  The  center  lathe  work  on 
the face of the bill is good,  but the other 
fine work above  the  portrait,  the  small 
lettering above it  and  the whole  border 
is all  bad work.  The parallel  ruling for 
the  number  panel 
lower  left 
corner and  the  blue  numbers  are  also 
very  bad.

the 

in 

Prom  O ut o f Tow n.

Calls  have  been 

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

W.  C.  Loomis,  Henrietta.
N.  O.  W ard,  Stanwood.
Sullivan  Lumber  Co.,  Sullivan. 
Pomeroy  Implement Co.,  Southllaven. 
W.  H.  Watts,  Bowne.
J.  R.  Harrison  &  Co.,  Gooding.
Sevey  &  Herrington,  Herrington.
A.  C.  Brink,  Afhland  Center.
J.  Cohen,  White  Cloud.
A.  L.  Power,  Kent  City.
Carrington & North,  Trent.
A.  W.  Fenton  &  Son,  Bailey.

Typewriter Supply  Office.

H .  B.  R O SE ,  M a n a g e r.

STATE  AGENCY  FOR THE

The Edison Mimeograph—The Simplex 
Duplicator—Typewriter and Mimeograph 
Supplies  of  ail  kinds.  Mail  orders  re­
ceive prompt attention.

Y.  M.  C.  A.  Building,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

NO  CURE, 
NO  PAY. 

NO  M U S T A C H E
NO  P AY .

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

I  will  take  C o n tracts to grow   h a ir o n  th e  head 
oi  face  w ith  th o se  w ho  can   call  at  my office or 
%t  th e office  of  my a g en ts,  p ro v id ed   th e  head   is 
not  glossy,  or th e   p o res of  th e   scalp  n o t closed. 
W here  th e  head   is  shiny  o r  the  p o res  closed, 
th ere  is no cure.  Call  and  b e exam ined  fie e   of 
If  you can n o t  call  w rite  to  m e.  S tate 
ch arg e. 
tho  exact  c o n d itio n   of  th e   scalp   and  your occu­
pation 
. 

P R O F .  G .  B I K K H o L Z , 
siiii Ad atonic  f  emote

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A  4*  *

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V i y

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71  -<

A  «  A

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

R.  C.  Cragin  has  opened  a  grocery 
store  at  Niles.  The  stock  was  pur­
chased at this  market.

Thomas  Price,  of  the  former  firm of 
McKay & Price,  has opened a meat  mar­
ket at 694 Cherry street.

David De Hoop,  of the  former  firm  of 
De Hoop Bros.,  has opened a  meat  mar­
ket at 842 Wealthy avenue.

Libby  &  Triel,  grocers  at  95  South 
Division  street,  have  dissolved,  C.  H. 
Libby continuing the business.

As  an 

indication  of 

T.  M.  Lander  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at Howard City.  The Oluey & Jud* 
son Grocer Co.  furnished  the  stock.
industrial 

im­
provement, 
the  Alexander  Dodge 
Machine Works are crowded with orders. 
Among recent ones is  an  order  for  two 
18-inch dovetail machines for  SI,200  for 
San Francisco parties.

Klaas Guet has sold  his  meat  market 
at  351  Soutli  East  street 
to  Joseph 
Meeusen,  who will continue the business 
at the same  location.  Mr.  Guet has pur­
chased  a  farm  near  McCords  and  em­
barked  in agricultural pursuits.

in 
to  see 

Two young men entered a certain  job­
this  city  recently  and 
bing  house 
asked 
the  manager.  He  was 
pointed  out  to  them,  and  to  him  they 
said  they  were  in  search  of work,  and 
asked  what  the  chances  were.  They 
were told that no help  of  any  sort  was 
wanted.  “I suppose,”  said  one.  of  the 
applicants,  “that the present inclemency 
of  business  is  rather depressing.”  “In­
clemency  of business” is good,  although 
a trifle misleading.

A government  detective who  recently 
made  a  visit  to  this  city,  said  that  all 
the $2 bills with the  portrait  of  General 
Hancock  on  them  are  being  called  in. 
They have been so  successfully counter, 
feited 
that  even  government  experts 
have been deceived.  A  Western  banker 
discovered  that  the  General’s  eyes  on 
the  counterfeit  are  looking  directly  at 
the observer,  instead  of  slightly  to  one 
side.  The expert had  with  him a $1  bill 
that had been  most cleverly split,  and an 
old bank issue  bill  had  been pasted  on 
the  back.

Two  men  were  walki ng  along 

th 
street  one  day.  The  thaw  of the pre­
vious day had been followed  by a freeze, 
with the  usual  result.  One of  the  men, 
stepping unawares  ou a slippery spot on 
the pavement, sat down  hurriedly to con­
sider what it would  be best  to  do  next. 
His companion,  who remained  standing, 
less  blandly,  “ My 
remarked,  more  or 
friend, 
in  slippery 
places.”  “I  see  they  do,”  replied  the 
other,  as he carefully  helped  himself  to 
his feet,  “but I don’t appear to come un­
der the same category that you do.”

the  wicked  walk 

*» 

*

V i y

There appears to have  been  a  notice­
able improvement all  along  the  line  in 
the local  market  during  the  past  week. 
Buying has been  fairly  brisk  and an  up­
ward tendency has marked a  number  of 
staple  articles.  The  continued  cold 
weather  was  against  the  movement  of 
country  produce,  still  the  market  has 
been fairly  well  supplied  and  shippers 
have not been  altogether left out  in  the 
cold.  Retail dealers report fair business 
for  the  week,  although  somewhat  be­
hind the same period  last  year.  No one

THIS  MICHIGAN  TRAJDESMAlNT.

at all acquainted with  the  situation  be­
lieves that  the  low  prices  of  the  past 
few  months  can  continue  very  much 
longer.  On  the  contrary,  there  seems 
to be every reason  to  look  forward  to  a 
return  of  fair  prices,  and  the  revival 
cannot be long delayed.  There is plenty 
of money  in  the  country  which  can  be 
had at fair rates, and,  with  business  re­
viving  and  prices  advancing,  the  out­
look  is by  no  means  as  gloomy  as  the 
croakers would have it appear.

The  T u rk ish   B ath   a   Sw indle.

A solemn-looking  man  went  into  La 
Bourslier’s Turkish  bath  house the other 
day  and said he wanted  to  take  a  bath. 
He registered,  gave  up his  valuables and 
undressed.  An  attendant  took  him  in 
hand  and  he  disappeared 
the 
hot-room.

Two hours  later  he  stalked  into  the 
reception  room  clad 
in  a  sheet.  He 
asked the man at  the  desk  for  the  pro­
prietor.

into 

“ I’m the proprietor,” said LaBourslier. 
“ Well,  how  much is  this  thing  going 

to cost me?”

“One dollar,  if you don’t want  to  give 

the rubber anything.”

“One dollar?”
“Yes,  sir.”
The  solemn-looking  man  grew  agi­
tated.  He danced  around a bit.  “Say!” 
be shouted,  “you don’t intend  to  charge 
me a dollar for that dod-blamed  swindle, 
do you?”

“Certainly,  and  it’s  not  a  swindle, 
either.  That bath  was  worth  a dollar  of 
any man’s rnouey.”

The 

solemn-looking  man 

danced 
around some more.  “ Not  on your life,” 
he said.  “I was swindled.”

“I don’t see how.  You  went  into  the 
hot-room,  didn’t you,  and look a sweat?” 

“Yes.”
“And  had a rub and scrub?”
“Yes.”
“And got a shower?”
“Yes.”
“And took the pluuge  and  had  a  dry 

rub?”

“Yes.”
“And had  a  place  shown  you  where 

you could lie down?”

“Yes.”
“Well,  what  in  blazes  more  do  you 

want?”

“Now,  see here,”  and the solemn-look­
ing  man  spoke  very  earnestly;  “this 
here is the first Turkish bath I ever took. 
All my life  1  bin  reading  of  Turkish 
baths and the luxury  and  delicious  lan- 
gor that followed them. 
I bin  told  that 
when  a man gets through with  them  op­
erations  you’ve  been  talkin’  about  he 
can  laydown  and  have  the  pleasantest 
sort of thoughts. 
I done  all  there  was 
I  had reasons  for wantin’  pleas­
to do. 
ant thoughts.  Did  I  git  .’em?  Nix. 
I 
couldn’t think of  a  bamed  thing  but  a 
note I got to meet  to-morrow  without no 
money 
Pleasant 
I  could  have  thought 
thoughts—rats! 
of that sittin’ on any old  horse-block  in 
town.  The hull thing is  a  fraud  and  I 
won’t pay but fifty cents.”

to  meet 

it  with. 

And he didn’t.

First  Cost  a  Trifle  More,  But  T h e n - 
Composition  roofing  is  our  specialty. 
Has been  for nearly twenty-seven  years. 
We have roofed over  fifty  buildings  for 
hardware  dealers  who  have  handled 
metal  roofing.  Queer,  isn’t  it?  Com­
position  roofing  pays  because  it  lasts.

the 

Freeman  Godfrey’s  block,  corner  of 
Monroe  and  Ionia  streets,  was  roofed 
twenty-three years  ago;  Sweet’s  Hotel, 
twenty years ago;  Berkey & Gay’s block, 
corner  of  Canal  and  Hastings  streets, 
eighteen  years ago;  Porter block, sixteen 
years ago;  and so on  until you  are tired. 
Every  roof  guaranteed  for  five  years. 
Of course,  the first cost is  a  trifle  more, 
but then—  H.  M.  Reynolds & Sox.
T rib u te to  th e  M em ory o f th e   L ate R.  J .
The  business men of  Manceiona  favor 
following 

T h e  T ka.d es.man  with 
memorial  to the late Mr.  Coppes:

C oppes.

Whkkeas, Our esteemed friend,  Rufus 
J.  Coppes,  who  for  more  than  a  half 
score of years  has  traveled  over a terri­
tory embracing the village of Manceiona, 
has left the  road  and  been  called  home 
by the Great  Manager  of  the  Universe; 
and,
Whkkeas,  We,  the  undersigned  mer­
chants of Manceiona,  who have had  busi­
ness relations with Mr.  Coppes, feel that 
in his death  we have  lost a  true  friend, 
who,  by  his  pleasant,  affable  ways, 
marked  ability,  strict 
integrity  and 
thorough business methods, had endeared 
himself to each of  us;  and  appreciating 
how  much  more  keenly  the  great  loss 
must  be felt by his family and employers; 
therefore be  it
Resolved,  That  we  tender  to  the  be­
reaved mother and late  employers of  Mr. 
Coppes our  sincere  sympathy  and  con­
dolence in their great loss, and  our  deep 
regrets that he  will no more visit us.  At 
the same  time  we  would  remind  them 
that they should find some consolation  in 
the  fact,  that,  though  he  has gone,  he 
has left behind  him  a  record  of  which 
his friends may well feel  proud.
Wisler  &  Co.,  C.  E.  Blakely,  J.  L. 
Farnham,  Rodenbaugh  Bros.,  Roscoe  & 
Spieher,  A.  C.  Teer & Co.,  M.  F.  White 
&  Sous,  Clark  &.  Matthewson,  Hawks 
Bros. &  Goff,  L.  E.  Slusser,  P.  Medalie 
&Co.,Chas.  Beaver,  M. D.,  Antrim  Iron 
Co.,  Wetzell  Mercantile Co.,  W.  J.  Call, 
S.  K.  McCullon,  Cbas.  Davis,  D.  S. 
Thomas,  J.  A. 
Jackson,  Barnhart  & 
Dietz,  J.  M.  Mesick,  W.  C.  Abbott,  J . 
M.  Flanngan,  J. McCauley, C.  B.  Holmes, 
Geo.  L.  White & Son,  Price  &  Hoffman.

The  Drug; M ark et.

Gum opium is dull  and  lower,  due  to 

absence of speculative  demand.

Morphia is  unchanged.
Quinine  is  a  little  less  firm,  but un­

changed in price.

Balsam Peru has advanced.
Oil Wintergreen has  declined,  due  to 

competition with artificial.

Serpentaria is scarce and higher.
Celeryjseed stocks are concentrated and 
much higher prices are  looked  for  later 
on.

American Saffron  has advanced.
Turpentine is  lower.

H ides,  P elts  a n d   F u rs.

Hides—Demand  for  fresh 

is  brisk. 
Tanners are  stubbornly  fighting  an  ad­
vance,  on  account  of 
in 
leather.  Prices are unchanged.

low  values 

Pelts—The price  is  very low  and  no 

advance is expected.

Furs—Almost out of the market.  Rat 

are bringing  15c  and are slow at that.

Tallow—Steady.  Supply  good,  fully 

equal to the demand.

Wool—In  spite  of  improved  sales, 
prices  are  steadily  declining,  and  the 
local market may soon take a drop.
The  F re sh   M eat  M ark et.

Fresh Beef—Prices  have  ruled  higher 
and  the  week  closed  strong  at  an  ad­
vance of Kc all  round.  The trend of the 
market is upward.

Mutton—Appears  to  be  going  out  of 
sight.  The  advance  for  the  week  ag­
gregates  fully  $1.50  per  cwt.  Unless

class paying drug  business.  This  chance  only 

sheep  move  faster  than  they  have  for 
some  time,  still  higher  prices  will  be 
reached.

Fresh  Pork—Steady  at  last  week’s 

quotations.

FOR  SALE,  W ANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements  will  be  inserted  under  this 
head for two cents a word the first insertion and 
one  cent a word  for each subsequent  insertion. 
No advertisements  taken for  less  than 35 cents. 
Advance payment.

KljfjJJN Etifc*  CHANCEN.

598

including 

b u il d in g  

sa l e- sto re 

furnishing  business, 

lock box 331. Sturgis,  Mich. 

■  P AKT NEU  WANTED — EXPERIENCED 
druggist with  $3,0 0  to  engage  in  a  first- 
holds good fora few days.  For  particulars  ad- 
dress Lock box No. ifi *. Grand Rapids, Mich.  600
F or  sa l e—good  pa y in g  d rug  sto re
in Grand  Rapids  Address  No.  601,  care 
601
Michigan Tradesman. 
IilOR  SALE—STOCK  OF  GENERAL  MER* 
chandise  invoicing  *1,500.  Rare  chance: 
only store in piar e ; reason for  selling,  death of 
proprietor.  Address Box  114, Bravo,  Mich.  599
I IOR  SALE  CHEAP—STORE  AND  DVVELL- 
ing in first class  locatiou  in  town  of  1,000 
inhabitants.  Address E  L.. box 158, Thompson - 
vilie,  Benzie Co., Mich. 
EjlOR SALE—COMPLETE STORE AND HOUSE 
factory, 
paiut shop and ofiice. with lucrative contracting 
and building business.  Will sell for  *3,000  less 
than inventory value, or sell half  interest to de 
sirable party for  *5,000.  Address  No.  597  care 
Michigan Tradesman. 
597
F or 
and
Levering.  Mich.
dwelling  combined  at 
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 r d- 
ware, drugs, clothing or dry goods, address 
594
I lOR SALE—THE  ONLY  MEAT MARKET IN 
town of 500 inhabitants.  Good opening for 
right man.  Good reasons for selling.  Address 
587
No. 587. care Michigan Tradesman. 
■ ANTED—A LIVE ACTIVE MAN AS PART- 
ner in general store.  *30,000  cash  trade 
per  year.  Address  No.  593,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
OR SALE—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  SALE—a  c lea n  STOCK  o f  HARD 
ware and agricultural implements  in  good 
paying  territory.  Stock  will  invoice *3,500 to 
*3.0'to.  Would sell one-half interest.  Good rea­
sons for selling.  Address  No.  589, care Michi­
gan Tradesman. 
YTT-ANTED  FOR  CASH—STOCK  OF  GBN- 
era! merchandise.  Give  particulars  and 
v t 
price.  W  H. Pardee. Freeport, Mich. 
OR  SALE—CHOICE  MILLINERY  STOCK. 
Reason  for  selling,  ill  health.  Mary  A. 
Rosenberg, Lisbon.  Mich. 
TTIOR  SALE—SIX  FOOT  OAK  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,  10n Louis st., Grand Rapids.  586 
YX7ANTED—TO  BUY  FOR  SPOT  CASH,  OR 
v T 
unincumbered  real  estate,  all  kinds of 
merchandise.  Address the Manistee Meicantile 
C'o., Manistee, Mich. 
58i
■   CLEAN  STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  FOR 
Sale ;  good  trade,  cheap  for  spot  cash ; 
the only delivery wagon In  town.  Stock  about 
Investigate.  Address  box  15,  Centre- 
*3,500. 
820
ville,  Mich. 
SITUATIONS  WANTED.

590

589

592

591

595

ances rendered.  Partnerships adjusted and any 

T*TANTED—SITUATION  BY  REGISTERED 
TV 
pharmacist  three  years’  practical  expe­
rience.  Temperate,  single,  best  of  references. 
Address box 46, Fennville, Mich. 

■T ANTED—POSITION  BY  EXPERT  Ac­

countant.  Books opened or closed.  Bal­
other work of similar eha-acter  promptly  done. 
578
Address No. 578, care The Tradesman. 
TYr ANTED---THOROUGHLY  COMPETENT
TV 
and  experienced  young man would  like 
position as book-keeper, cashier  or  other  office 
work  with  jobbing  or  manufacturing house. 
Address “H” cart The Tradesman 

TO  PKE  MONEY

**r

In  the  Clothing  Business 
you  must  have  PERFECT 
FITTERS,  WELL  MADE, 
STYLISH  Goods,  and  at 
prices—well 
they  were  at 
Rock Bottom before  but  we 
have 
just  made  another 
BIG  CUT  to  clean  up our 
Spring Stock. 
If  you  need 
clothing  it  will  pay  you to 
see this line.

H .  H .  C O O P E R   &  CO.,

M A N U F A C T U R E R S , 

UTICA,  N.  Y.

Write 

to  J.  H.  WEBSTER,  Agent, 

OWOSSO,  MICH.

THE  ÎÆICJHïGAJSr  TRADESMAN
Dry Goods Price Current.

DEM IN S.

6

W ARRANTING  GOODS.

Sensible  Suggestions  on  an  Annoying 

Subject.

W ritten fo r T he Tradesman.

It is  a  source  of  amazement  to  the 
new-fledged  storekeeper,  as  well  as  of 
constant wonder to  the  older  merchant, 
that so large a  percentage  of  his wares 
should prove unsatisfactory  in  the  cus­
tomers’  hands.  The  best  made  tools, 
the finest cutlery  and  the  costliest  im­
plements alike prove  valueless  to  those 
who misunderstand,  or who,  understand­
ing,  do  not  put 
to  their  proper 
uses;

them 

It is commonly supposed that the hard­
ware merchant  is the most  frequent  suf­
ferer from the  inroads  of  a  dissatisfied 
constituency.  The writer  has  virtually 
been  brought  up  in  a  general  store, 
where all classes of goods are  sold,  from 
groceries and  patent  medicines  to  dry 
goods, boots and  “harrer  teeth,”  and  it j 
is his opinion  that  when  the  hardware 
trade allows itself  to  be  regularly 
im -' 
posed  upon  by customers,  it is in a great 
measure its own  fault.

As some customers  are  utterly  sense 
less in the use of tools,  so are some sales­
men inexcusably reckless in  their  guar 
antees.  Over  anxious  to  make  sales, I 
they recommend cutlery  beyond  what  it 
may reasonably  be  expected 
to  stand, 
and,  when  it  is  returned,  one  of  two 
things  happens—the  merchant  recedes 
from his guaranty and loses  a  customer, 
or he makes good his warrant  and spoils 
a customer. 
In the latter  case,  suppos­
ing the manufacturer refunds the whole­
sale price,  the merchant has  sold two ar­
ticles,  but  has  received 
therefor  the 
profit on  but one.

To cite an extreme instance,  Mr.  E.  P.

in  a  recent 

Mitchell, 
T b a i.esm an,  tells of a man  who,  buying 
a  warranted axe in  the fall,  boasted that 
he had made use of the  guaranty  at  in­
tervals all winter,  and  quit work  with a 
new axe in the soring. 
In  that case the 
merchant must  have  furnished  no  less 
than half a dozen axes. 
If he  figured to 
make 60 cents on an axe,  which  is  more 
profit than is usually charged  by  the  re­
tail trade,  his average profit on  the  deal 
was 10 cents an axe,  and  this  would  not 
pay him for his time in  making  the  ex­
changes,  to say  nothing  of  the  trouble 
the manufacturers would put  him  to  in 
the matter of explanations  when he tried 
to  return  the  damaged  axes.  Should 
there then  be one axe  of  the  lot  which 
the factory should not see  fit  to  receive 
back,  where,  O! where is  the merchant’s 
profit then?  Half  a  box  of  axes  sold 
and nothing made!

And yet there  is  nothing  improbable 

in this case.

The writer has heard  a woodsman  say 
that he could break any axe  (and  that he 
had thus used  many  which  he  did  not 
like) by striking it  into  the  end  of  a 
green maple log with a peculiar  twisting 
blow.

Writers on this subject usually  deal in 
generalities.  Here 
is  a  simple  fact:
During the winter of ’92 and  ’93,  Thurs­
ton &  Co.  sold  a  six-foot  Atkins  thin 
back Tuttle  tooth  cross  cut  saw  to  H.
Stocking.  The saw was  returned.  Too 
hard. 
I took it  to  John  Mathers,  sup­
posed to be a good  saw  filer.  He  could 
do nothing with it.  He said  that  it was 
not only too hard,  but that it was  brittle 
and the teeth,  in consequence,  could not 
be properly set.  He tried  twice  to  put 
it in running order.  Failed.

issue  of  T h e  Peerless, white.. 

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UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Adriatic
A rgyle...................
Atlanta  AA...........6
Atlantic A..............  63£
H............  6*
P ...........  5
D............  6

“  Arrow Brand  4% 
“  World Wide.  8
“  LL...............   4*4
Pull Yard Wide......  6*
“ 
Georgia  A..............  ek
“ 
Honest Width........  6
“ 
Hartford A  ............   5
“  LU..............  4*4 Indian Head...........  SVi
Amory.....................  63i King A  A................  6*4
Archery  Bunting...  4  King E C ..................5
Beaver Dam  A A ..  4*4 Lawrence  L L.........  4%
Blackstone O, 32—   5  ¡Madras cheese cloth 6V
Black Crow............  6  Newmarket  G...sv
b 
Black  Rock  ...........53£ 
....  5
6ÎA
N 
Boot, AL................  7 
Capital  A................5* 
DD.'."  5*4
Cavanat V..............  5*i| 
x  
...  6 Î
Chapman cheese cl.  3M|Nolbe R...................   5
Clifton  C R ............   5*4 \ Our Level  Best....... 6
Comet.....................   6*4 ¡Oxford  R .................  6
Dwight Star............  G^IPequot......................  7
Clifton CCC...........  5 k  Solar.........................  6

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BLEACHED  COTTONS.

¡Top of the  Heap__7
A B C ......................8*4|Geo. Washington...  8
Amazon.................. 8  Glen Mills...............   7
Amsburg.................6  Gold Medal................  7*4
Art  Cambric............. 10  Green  Ticket........8k
Blackstone A A...... 7% Great Palls.................  6*4
Beats All................   4  Hope.......................7V
1 Boston....................12  Just  Out.......  4M®  5
Cabot,  X .................  8* 
OP...... 7$
(Charter  Oak...........  5% I Lonsdale Cambric. .10
I Conway W..............  7k|Lonsdale...........  @  8
I Cleveland.............  6  Middlesex........   @ 5
j Dwight Anchor—   8  No Name...............   7«
|  “ 
shorts  8  Oak View............... 6
Edwards.................6  Our Own.....................5*4
Empire...................  7  ! Pride of the West.. .12
Farwell.......................7% ¡Rosalind..................7%
I Fruit of the  Loom.  8  ¡Sunlight.............  
4%
Fltchvllle  ............  7  Utica  Mills............ 8*4
¡First Prize---------- 6 
“  Nonpareil 
.10
i  Fruit of the L o o m 7*4 Vinyard..................  814
Falrmount.................   4k White Horse......  6
I Pull Value................63ÏI 
8*4
Cabot.......................   634 I Dwight Anchor
Farwell.....................7 s I

“  Rock
HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 

Unbleached. 

Housewife  A...........5*4

CANTON  FLANNEL.

Bleached.
Housewife  Q__
— "----   R.......

--«54
..7
••734
• •8*4 954
.10
-103Ü
.11*4
12*4
• 13*4

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T . 
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X. 
Y . .. 
Z  ...

B.
C.
D. 
E 
P. 
G 
H 
I. 
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K 
L. 
M  .
N . 
O . 
P . 

......7*»
......7*4
......7*
....8*
...  8*
...10 
...10*4 
.
...11 
.
...21 
....14*4
.
CARPET  WARP 
17

“ 

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

DRESS  SOODS.
“ 
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Integrity  colored... 18
White Star............. 17
“  colored  .19
Nameless............... 20
................. 25
.................27*4
.................30
.................32*4
......... 35

CORSETS.

Corallne................. 89 50
Wonderful............84 50
Schilling’s ...............9 00
Brighton......................4 75
Davis  Waists......  9 00
Bortree’s ...................  9 00
Grand  Rapids.........4 50
Abdominal............15 00
Armory..................   6 3£ | N aumkeag satteen..  7*4
Androscoggin......... 7*4 ¡Rock port.................... 6*4
Blddefora..............  6  Conestoga.................7*4
Brunswick..............6*4) Walworth  .................614
Allen turkey  reds..  5*41 Berwick fancies...  5*4

CORSET  JEANS.

PRINTS.

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robes...........  5*4 Clyde  Robes...........
pink & purple  5*4 Charter Oak fancies  4
buffs...........  5H DelMarlne cashm’s.  5*4
mourn’g  5*4
pink  checks.  5*4 
staples........  5  Eddystone fancy...  5*4
chocolat  5*4
shirtings ...  3*41 
American fancy—   5**1 
rober  ...  5*4
sateens.  5*4
American Indigo...  4*4 
American shirtings.  3 341 Hamilton fancy.  ...  5*4
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple__  5*4
Anchor Shirtings...  4  (Manchester  fancy..  5*4 
new era.  5*4
“  —   6 
Arnold 
Arnold  Merino......6  ¡Merrimack D fancy.  5*4
long cloth B.  9 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  4 
“ 
“ 
“  C.  7*4
Repp f urn .  8*4
“ 
century cloth  7
Pacific fancy..........5*4
“  gold seal...... 10*4
robes............  6
“  green seal TR 10*4 
Portsmouth robes...  6*4 
“  yellow seal  . 10*4
Simpson mourning..  534
“  serge.............11*4
greys....... 534
“  Turkey red.. 10*4 
solid black.  534
Washington Indigo.  6*4 
“ 
“  Turkey robes.  7X
“  India robes__7*4
“  plain Tky X 34  8*4 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red................6*4
Martha Washington
Turkey red 34......7*4
Martha Washington
Turkey red..........  9*4
Rlverpomtrobes ...  5*4
Windsor fancy.......   6*4
Indigo blue.........10*4
Harmony.................   4*4
AC A...................... 11*4
Pemberton AAA.... 16
York....................... 10*4
Swift River............ 7*4
Pearl  River............ 12
Warren....................12*4
Conostoga..............16
8

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Amoskeag AC A ....¡1*4
Hamilton N  ..........  7
D.............. 8
Awning.. 11
Farmer......................8
First Prise.............. 10*4
Lenox M ills........... 18
Atlanta,  D..............  634 ¡Stark  A
Boot........................   634 No  Name..
Clifton, K  ................7  ITop of Heap

Ballon solid olack..
“  colon.
Bengal bine,  green, 
red and  orange...  6
Berlin solids...........5*4
“  oil bine........6
“  “  green —   6
“  Foulards  ...  5*4
red 34.......... 7
“ 
“  “  X ...........  9*4
“  4 4...........10
“ 
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12
Cocheco fancy........5
“  madders...  5 
“  XXtwills..  5
“ 
solids......... 5 

gold  ticket

COTTON  DRILL.

TIC K IN G S.

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“ 
“  brown .14

Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........12*4
brown....... 12*4
Haymaker bine......   7 \
brown...  734
Jaffrey.....................11*4
Lancaster  .............. 12*4
Lawrence, 9 oz........ 13*4
NO.220....13
No. 250----11*4
No. 280 —  10*4

Amoskeag.............. 12
9 0S...... 14
Andover................. lift
Beaver Creek  A A... 10 
“ 
BB...  9
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Boston MfgCo.  hi..  7 
“ 
blue  8*4
“ 
“ d a  twist  1014
“ 
Columbian XXX br.10 
“ 
XXX  bl.19
“ 
OINOHAVS.
Amoskeag..............   5
Lancaster,  staple...  5
“  Persian dress  6 s 
fancies__  7
“ 
Canton ..  7
“ 
“  Normandie  7
AFC........f-H
“ 
Lancashire.............   6
Teazle... 10*4 
“ 
Manchester__  ......   534
Angola.. 10*4 
Monogram...... .......  6*4
“ 
Persian..  7
Normandie............  7
Arlington staple__  6*4
Persian...................   7
Arasapha  fancy....  434
Renfrew Dress........7%
Bates Warwick dres  7*4lRot3mont............... 6*4
staples.  6  Slatersvllle .  ......... 6
Centennial............  10*4
Somerset.................  7
Criterion..............  10*4
Tacoma  .................  7*4
Cumberland  staple.  5*4
Toll  dn Nord.........   8*4
Cumberland..........  5
Wabash..................   7*4
Essex........................4*4
seersucker..  7*4
Elfin..................  
  7*4
Warwick...............  6
Everett classics......8*4
Whittenden............   8
Exposition............... 7k
heather dr.  7*4 
Glenarle.................    6*4
Indigo blue 9 
Glenarven..............   634
Wamsutta staples...  634
Glenwood.................7*4
Westbrook..............8
Hampton................5
10
Johnson Chalon Cl 
Wlndermeer...........  5
*4 
Indigo blue 9*4 
York  ......................634
zephyrs__16
Amoskeag...............13 
Stark....................... 18 
American...............13 

¡Georgia
...........
............

ORA IN  BASS.

-13*4

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Clark’s Mile End..
Coats’, J. 4 P ......
Holyoke...............

THREADS.
45 
45
...... 22*4
KNITTING  COTTON.

Barbour's...............95
Marshall’s ..............90

White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
39
...38
40
...39
41
...40

White. Colored
42
43
44
45

“  16...
e*  18...
“  20...

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

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

Slater......................   4
White Star............   4
Kid Glove  .............   4
Newmarket............   4

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

RED  FLANNEL.

Fireman.................32*4
Creedmore............. 27*4
Talbot XXX...........30
Nameless............... 27*4

T W........................ 22*4
F T ............. 
J R F , XXX............35
Buckeye.................32*4

82*4  I

MIXED  FLANNEL.

DOXET  FLANNEL.

Red 4  Bine,  plaid..40
Union R................. 22*4
Windsor................. 18*4
6 oz Western.......... 20
Union  B .................22*4
Nameless......   8  ® 9*41 
...... 8*4®10  I 

Grey S R W.............17*4
Western W  .............18*4
D R P .............  
18*4
Flushing XXX........ 23*4
Manitoba................ 23*4
@10*4
12*4
Brown. Black.
10*4
11*4
12
20
West  Point, 8 oz
10*4
10 ox  ...12*4
Raven, lOos.............13*4
Stark 
.............18*4
Boston, 10 os........... 12*4

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  PADDING
9*4
10*4
11*4
12*4

“ 
Slate.
9*4 
10*4 
11*4 
12*4
Severen, 8 oz...........  9*4
Mayland, 8 oz..........10*4
Greenwood, 7*4 os..  9*4
Greenwood, 8 os__ 11*4
Boston, 8 os.............10*4

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WADDINGS.

SILESIAS.

.88 50 
.  7 50
Pawtucket...............10*4
Dandle....................  9
Bedford...................10*4
Valley  City.............10*4
K K ......................... 10*4

White, dos..............25  IPct bale, 40 dos.
Colored,  dos...........20  [Colored  “  __
Slater, Iron Cross...  8 
Red Cross....  9
Best.............10*4
Best A A......12*4
L ............................. 7*4
G..............................8*41
Cortlcelll, dos......... 85
twist, dos.. 4P 
50 yd, dos..40
HOOKS AND  EYES
No 1 Bl’k A White..10
..12
..12
No 2—20, M C.........50 

-PER GROSS.
No  4 Bl’k A Whlte..l5
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..20
. .25
« 
10 
8*4
40

Cortlcelll  knitting, 
per *4os  ball........30

SKWING  SILK.

|No 4—15

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8 

PINS.

3—18, S C ...........45  I

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6 
No 2.

OOTTOH  T A P I.
No  2 White A Bl’k..l2 
[No  8 White A Bl’k.,20 
..15
.28
"  10 
..18
..26
12 
SAFETY  PINS.
.36
....28  IN0 8...
NEEDLES—PER  M.

▲.James.................1  401 Steamboat...............   30
Crowely’s................1 35 Gold  Eyed............... 1  50
Marshall’s ..............1 00| American...............1  00
15—4....1  65  6—4. ..2 30
5—4 

  1  75  6—4... 

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.

COTTONTWINES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown.................... 12
Domestic................18*4
Anchor...................16
Bristol....................13
Cherry  Valley........15
I XL.... .................. 18*4
Alabama..................634
Alamance................6*4
Augusta................. 7*4
Ar< sapha................ 6
Georgia................... 6*4
G ranite..................  53£
Haw  River.............  *
Haw  J ....................   6

Nashua................... 14
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
8-ply— 17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 plyl7*4 
Powhattan.............16

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Mount  Pleasant__ 6*4
Oneida....................  5
Prymont................  5*4
Randelman............ 6
Riverside................  5*4
Sibley  A ...............   6M
Toledo..................
Otis checks............ 734

PLAID  OSHABUBGS

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 81.50.  Patent leather 
tip,  $1.55.  Try them,  they are  beauties.  Stock 
soft and fine, flexible and elegant  fitters.  Send 
for sample dozen.

REEDER  BROS.  SHOE  CO ,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Manufacturers  and  Jobbers  of

NEW  STYLES  OF

260  SOUTH  IONIA  ST., 

PIECED  1KD  STAMPED  TINWARE,
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH
Telephone 640. 

EATON, LION & CO.,
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20  &  22  Monroe  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Boot C a lks--

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$1  25
1  60

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Ball  per thousand 
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Order  Now.

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H IR T H , K R A U SE & CO.,

12  A  14  Lyon  St.,

GRAND  RAPID8,  MICH.

.THE!  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
Wrought Loose Pin....................................... 60*10
Wrought Table............................................. 60*10
Wrought Inside Blind...................................60410
Wrought Brass............................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s..............................................70*10
Blind,  Parker’s............................................ 70*10
Blind, Shepard’s 
70

“Cocoa.”
“ What makes the blade so peak-ed?”
“That is the style of  the  blade. 

what is called a clip  point.”

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We gave  our  customer  another  saw 
and  returned  the  defective  one  to  the 
Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co.,  of  Trav­
erse  City,  where  we  had  originally 
bought it.  Mr.  Fowle,  manager  of  the 
hardware department,  said that  as  there 
was no warrant  on  the  saw,  he  should 
not be able to  make  an  allowance.  He 
would,  however,  if  we  wished,  put  it 
on sale in  the retail department,  aud dis­
pose of it if possible. 
It  hung  in  their 
salesrooms all summer,  and  last  fall  we 
ordered  it  returned. 
this 
winter to O.  P.  Barber  at  a  price  less 
than the original cost.  He  tiled  it,  and, 
after several  weeks’ use,  said  it was  as 
good a saw as he had ever  had,  and  he is 
a judge of tools,  too.  This  historic  saw 
is now spoiled.  A large  tree  fell  upon 
it and disfigured the blade.

It  was  sold 

I know  a  man  who  once  bought  a 
Champion saw of  a  firm  at  Mancelona 
The  saw  had  what  lumbermen  call  a 
“hump” on the blade,  and did not run to 
suit  him. 
It  was  made  of  excellent 
steel,  however,  and the teeth  refused  to 
bend,  even  when used  with  pressure  on 
a dry ironwood log.  He and his  partner 
then  sawed  through  a  small  hillock  of 
sand,  hoping to strike some  gravel,  and 
thus injure the teeth,  but this  most  per­
verse  and  “ornery” 
saw  came  out 
sharper and brighter than  when  it  went 
in.  Still they did not  like  it,  and,  de­
termined that it should  show  some  evi 
dence of inferior quality,  they  took  it to 
the  railroad  and  sawed  mi  a  steel  rail. 
Strange  as  it  may  seem,  the  saw  suc­
cumbed to such  an extent that  the hard­
ware man  “took it  back,”  and  lost  the 
profit on the tool.

One of the best things  which  has  been 
said in this line of  argument, and  which 
has come to my ears,  was the  remark  of 
a  Charlevoix  hardware  man,  and  I  am 
sorry that I do not  know  his  name.  A 
year or so ago,  a  large  number  of  steel 
ranges were  peddled  through  Northern 
Michigan,  and sold  to farmers and others 
on long time,  and  at very  robust  prices. 
Our  Charlevoix  friend  was  showing  a 
stove  to  a  prospective  customer,  and 
pointing out its merits.

“O,  that’s a pretty  fair sort of a stove,” 
said the man,  “but there was a  feller  to 
our house with one of them  steel  ranges 
the other day,  and it’s the best thing yet. 
Why,  he let down the shelf to  the  oven, 
got  onto  it,  and  just  jumped  up  and 
down.  He couldn’t break it no way.”

“ Yes.”  answered  the  hardware  man, 
dreamily,  as he allowed his gaze to  wan­
der slowly over the  dimpling  waters  of 
Round Lake,  “I’ve  heard so,  and  I  was 
asking my wife  about  it  just  the  other 
day.  But she said that it  wasn’t  neces­
sary to do that.  A maple floor  makes  a 
good deal better  place to dance on.”

Not long ago  I  had  occasion  to  show 
some  pocket  knives  to  a  bright  youth 
who  knew  it  all.  He 
inspected  alto­
gether some  two  dozen  varieties;  but  I 
will pass over  the  harrowing  details  of 
the  operation.  Any  hardware  man 
knows  what 
He  finally 
found one that he liked the looks of.

they  were. 

“There!”  he  exclaimed  triumphantly, 
as if I had tried to prevent the  discovery 
of  this  particular  gem,  while  he,  wise 
youth,  had  found  it,  and,  seizing  it  by 
its heels,  had  hauled  it  from  its  hiding 
place  in  spite  of  me,  “that  is  a  good 
knife!”

“Yes,”  I replied,  “it is.”
“ What  kind  of  wood 

is  the  handle 

made of?”

“Will it cut tin?”
“Yes;  but I  don’t  think  it  would  do 

the knife any particular good.”

“If it’s a good knife it’ll cut tin.”
“Of course it will  cut  tin;  but  as  I 
It will 

said before,  it won’t help it any. 
spoil the edge.”

“Pa’s got a knife that’s a good one,  and 

it’ll cut tin.”

I  will  warrant  it 

“Well,  young man,  this  knife will cut 
tin. 
to.  So will  a 
razor shave kindling,  but  the  razor will 
not be improved  thereby.  We  can  sell 
you a can opener for ten  cents  that will 
do the work better,  and  leave  your knife 
in good shape for  its  own  proper  uses.’»
It  was  an  impolitic  speech,  and  he 
did not buy the knife then,  but  about  a 
month later he  did,  and  he  said  not  a 
word as to its capabilities  in  the  manu­
facture of tinware.

Thus  it will  be seen that while I lost a 
customer  once,  I  educated  him  into  a 
creditable  citizen,  who  will,  perhaps, 
after this,  buy pocket knives  in  a  civil­
ized manner.

It might not  be  out  of  place  to  close 
this article with a  few  words  as  to  the 
mauner in  which  we  have  managed  the 
business of warranting  edged  tools  and 
which we regard as the proper method.

There  was  never  a  time,  1 

think, 
when  we  have  given  an  unconditional 
guaranty  with  any  edged  tool,  and  we 
did  business  when 
this  practice  was 
much  more common  than it is now.

“Do you  warrant  this  saw?”  was  the 
usual  question,  and  our  invariable  re­
ply has been:  “ We do  not.  There  are 
so many  ways of misusing tools that it is 
impossible. 
this  article 
should  prove  to  be  valuelesss—should 
it be very  soft  or  break  in  a  flaw—we 
will  make  it  right.  But  we  must  be 
sure that it is so.”

If,  however, 

Once in a great while  we  have  lost  a 
sale by this method, but the instances are 
so far apart  as  to  have  no  particular 
bearing on this article.

We have been  imposed  upon  occasion­
ally,  of  course,  but  we  think  that  we 
have  been  oetter  able  to  protect  our­
selves and honest manufacturers  in  this 
way than would  have  been  possible  by 
any  other  method  of  whieh we  have 
heard. 

G e o .  L.  T h u r s t o n .

L ack   o f  Confidence.

Clerk—Are  you  the  young  man  who 
came  in  here  yesterday  and  gave  onr 
buyer  a cigar?

Drummer—Yes.  How did he like it. 
Clerk  (savagely)—He gave it to me.

Hardware Price Current.

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AXBS.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

These  prices are  for cash,  buyers,  who 
pay prom ptly  and  buy  in  fu ll  packages.
so
Snell’s........................................................... 
Cook’s ........................................................... 
40
Jennings’, genuine....................................... 
25
Jennings’,  Imitation....................................50*10
First Quality, 8. B. Bronze..  ......................j  700
D.  B. Bronze..........................  
00
S. B. S. Steel...........................  8 00
D. B. Steel..............................   13 50
Railroad  .................................................... * 14 00
Garden 
............................................   net  30 00
stove......... .....................................................50*10
........................................75*10
Carriage new list 
Plow...............................................................40*10
Sleigh shoe................................................... 
70
Well,  plain  ..................................................1 s 50
Well, swivel..................................................  400
dlB.
Cast Loose Pin, figured................................ 70*
Wo ught Narrow, bright Sast joint.............. 60*.0

BUTTS, CAST. 

BABSOVB. 

bolts. 

BUCKETS.

dlS.

dls.

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

Grain................................................................ die. 50*02

CRA DLES.

CROW  BARS.

Cast Steel.............................................per» 
Sly's 1-10 
..............................perm 
Hick’s C. P
G. D 
Musket 

.....................................   “ 
..................................... 
“ 

CA PS.

5
65
35
go

CARTRIDGES.

Rim  Fire...................................................... 
Central  Fire.......................... ................ dls. 
Socket Firm er..............................................75*10
Socket Framing............................................75*16
Socket Corner............................................... 75*10
Socket Slicks............................................... 75*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer............................ 
40

chisels. 

50
25

dls.

COMBS. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

4c
Curry,  Lawrence’s....................................... 
Hotchkiss..................................................... 
25
White Crayons, per  gross.............. 12©12ft dls. 10

“ 

Planished, 14 os cut 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.................................... 

drills. 

 

dls.

DRIPPING PANS.

Small sizes, sor pound................................. 
Large sizes, per pound................................  

28
26
23
23
25
50
50
50

07
6ft

dlS.

ELBOWS.

75

dls.

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

Com. 4  piece, 6 in............................do*, net 
Corrugated........................................................dls 40
Adjustable........................................................dls. 40*10
Clark’s, small, $18;  large, 126...................... 
30
Ives’, 1, *18:  2, *24;  3,*30............................  
25
Disston’s .......................................................60*10
New American  ............................................60*10
Nicholson’s ..................................................60*10
Heller’s 
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps
50
‘ 
28
17

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

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

GALVANIZED IRON.

piles—New List. 

dls.

15 

 

 

13 
Discount, 60

12 

14 
gauges. 

dls.
dls.

dls.

MATTOCKS.

LOCKS—DOOR. 

knobs—New List. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 
50
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings....................  
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................  
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings........................  
55
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain................... 
70
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l is t.........  
55
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s ............................ 
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ....................................................  
55
Adze Bye......................................... *16.00, dls. 60
Hunt Bye.........................................*15.00, dls. 60
Hunt’s...................................... »18.50, dls. 20*10.
dls.
50
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled...................... 
dlS.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
40
40
“  P. 8. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleables.... 
“  Landers,  Ferry *  Cla rk’s................. 
40
“  Enterprise 
.....................................  
30
Stebbln’s Pattern.......................................... 60*10
Stebbln’s Genuine.........................................60*10
Bnterprlse, self-measuring..........................  
25
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.

MOLASSES GATES. 

MAULS. 
MILLS. 

NAILS

dls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steel nails, base....................................................1 so
Wire nails, base....................................................1 50
60.....................................................Base 
50......................................................  
40......................................................  
30......................................................  
20.........  
16......................................................  
IS......................................................  
10....... 
8........................................................ 
7 * 6 .................................................. 
4............................. 
8.......................................................  
2.......................................................  
Fine 3..
Case  10

Base
10
25
25
35
45
45
50
60
75
90
1  20
1  60
1  60 
65 
75 
90 
75 
90 
1  10 
Clinch; 10..........................................
70 
8.....................................
80 
6..............  ....................
90 
Barren %.....................................
1  75 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   ©40
Sdota Bench..............................................   ©50
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first quality......................................   ©40
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s  wood........... 50*10
Fry,  Acme.............................................dls.60—10
70
Common,  polished.................................dls. 
Iron and  Tinned.......................................... 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs.............................   50—10

“  6... 
Finish 10. 
“  8..

rivets. 

PLANES.

PANS.

dls.

dls.

“ 
“ 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

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

Broken packs ft 0 per pound extra.

HAMMERS.

“ 
“ 

dls.

HINGES.

HANGERS. 

HOLLOW WARE.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

May dole  *  Co.’s...............................................dls. 2*
KlP’S................................................................. dls. 25
Yerkes & Plumb’s................................  dls. 40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel........................ 80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__30c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ...............................dis.60&10
State........................................... per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and  Strap, to 12 In. 4ft  14  and
3*
longer........................................................ 
Screw Hook and  Eye, ft.................. 
10
net 
96.......................... net  8ft
9i.......................... net  7ft
X.................................. net 7ft
Strap and T ..............................................dls. 
50
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track__50*10
Champion,  antl-frlctlon.............................   60*10
Kidder, wood track.....................................  
40
Pow-.............................................................. 60*16
  60*10
Kettles................................................... 
Spiders  ......................................................... 60&lf
Gray enameled.......................................  
40*10
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware.....................................  
25
Granite Iron W are......................new list 33ft*10
Blight..................................................  70*10*10
Screw  Byes............................................. 70*10*10
...................................70*10*10
Hook’s . . . . . . . . .  
Gate Hooks and Byes...................... 
70*10*10
dls.7n
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ......................
Sisal, ft inch aud larger.............................  
Manilla.......................................................  
Steel and  Iron.............................................
Try and Bevels..........................
 
M itre................................ 
!]!!!!” !!
SHEET IRON.
Com.  Smooth.
_  
Nos. 10 to  14.....................................64 05
Nos. 15 to 17....................................  
4 05
Nos.  18 to 21.................................."   4 05
Nos. 22 to 24......................................  4 05
Nos. 25 to 26.......................................4  25
NO. 27...............................................   4  45 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19,’86  .....................................dls. 
Silver Lake, White A......................... 

Com. 
(2 95 
3 05 
3 05 
3 15 
3 25 
_ „
3 35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

8AND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

levels. 
r o p e s .

714
n
.  11 dls.

WIRE GOODS. 

SQUARES.

dls.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Drab A.................................  “ 
White  B..............................  * 
DrabB.................................   •« 
White C......................... 

 

50
list 50
55
50
55
“ 35

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

’ dls.

Hand 

saws. 

wire. 

TRAPS. 

Silver Steel  Dla. X Cu ts, per foot,.... 

Solid Eyes............................................ per ton 125
__
“ 
70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cute, per foot....  50
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cute, per foot....  SO
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot............................................. 
30
_ 
, 
Steel, Game................................................... 60*10
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s .........  . 
35
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s .. . 
70
Mouse,  choker.................................... IScperdos
Mouse, delusion.............................. n .50 per dos
dls.
Bright Market......................................  
<¡5
Annealed Market.......................................  70—10
Coppered Market...................................... 80
Tinned Market.................................           
62ft
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................   
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized.................. 
"   2 60

painted............................. 2 20
An  Sable.........................................dls.  40*10
dls.  05
..........................................  
dls. 10*10
Northwestern................................  
dls.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 
80
Coe’s  Genuine............................................. 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,.........  
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable............................... 75*10
Bird Cages........................  
50
Pumps, Cistern..........................................." 75*10
Screws, New List.......................................... 70*10
Casters, Bed  a  d Plate...........................50*10*10
Dampers, American.....................................  
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........65*10

MISCELLANEOUS. 

HORSE NAILS.

wrenches. 

dls.

“ 

 

 

METALS,
PIG TIN.

•• 

26c

ZINC.

SOLDER.

rices  of  “

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.......................................................
Duty:  Sheet, 2ftc per pound.
680 pound  casks........................................  
6M
Per pound....................................................  
7
ftAft...........................................................
Bxtra W iping.......................................... 
75
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
■older f
' In the market Indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookson........................................per  ponnd
Hallett’s....................................... 
13
TIN—MBLTN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal.........................................*750
14x20 IC, 
7 50 
10x14 IX, 
9 25 
14x20 IX, 
9 25

....................................
....................................
....................................
Bach additional X on this grade, H.75.
10x14 IC,  Charcoal..................................
....................................
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
....................................
14x20 IX, 
....................................
Bach additional X on this grade <1.50.

“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

75 
6 75
8 25
9 25

Allaway  Grade...............  

ROOFING PLATES
14X20 IC, 
Worcester..........................  6  5o
14x20 IX, 
..........................   8  60
20x28 IC, 
18  50
 
14x20 IC, 
6 00
14x20 IX, 
7 50 
20x28 IC, 
12 50 
20x28 IX,
15 50
14x28 IX....................................................... *14  00
14x31  IX...................................... .................  15 00
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers, » —„
’ fPeT ponnd....  10 00
14x00 IX 

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

'*  11  9 

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WEDNESDAY,  A PRIL  II,  1894.

A  PRODUCT  OF  PATERNALISM.
The Coxey army of the  unemployed  is 
marching on  Washington. 
It is the rule 
to  ridicule  everything,  no  matter  how 
serious;  but ridicule does not remove the 
sinister appearance  of  mobs  of  tramps 
swarming  from  every  quarter  of  the 
country and directing their course to the 
N ational  Capital.

It is  given  out  that  another  army  to 
invade  the  Capital,  in  the  interests  of 
silver,  is  being  organized  in  the West, 
with headquarters  at  Denver.  What  is 
the meaning of this?  The  answer is not 
difficult to find. 
It  is  ail  the  result  of 
the  paternalism  and  centralism  which 
has been  proclaimed  for  years  by dema­
gogic trade unionists and red-handed  an­
archists.  Having  been  taught  that  it 
was the business of  the  Government  to 
respond to individual demands  for  favor 
and relief,  now that times  are  hard  and 
business of every  sort is bad,  the  people 
are flocking to Washington  to  get  their 
share  of  the  benefits.  Thus  it  is  that 
all sorts and  classes of people are crowd­
ing  to Washington to demand  relief from 
Congress.

the  unemployed,  of 

But there is  something  new  and  pro­
foundly  dramatic  in  the  march  of  the 
tramps,  of 
the 
wretched  and  miserable,  to  demand  of 
the National  Legislature  their  share  of 
the benefits  that  are  to  be  distributed. 
For what are the mobs of the  ragged and 
the  hungry  asking?  For  nothing  less 
than  the enacting  of  legislation  that  is 
expected to secure the  distribution  of  a 
thousand  million dollars of  bonds  or  so 
among 
there 
never  before  was  such  a  remarkable 
scheme seriously organized  in a  country 
where the Government was made  by the 
people  and  for  the  people. 
It  shows 
either that the people themselves do  not 
understand for what  purpose  they have 
created  a  government,  or  else 
their 
creature has violated its trust  and  come 
to  consider  itself  the  master,  and  not 
the servant, of the people.

the  masses. 

Probably 

It is easy to laugh at  these  people  be­
cause  they  are  ragged  and  unwashed,  i 
but  there  may  be  enough  of  them  to 
work  serious trouble.  Grasshoppers are 
feeble creatures,  but when they come  in |

their  way 

inhabitants.  Recruits 

clouds that darken the sky they  are able 
to overrun the country and  to  drive  out 
the  human 
to 
Coxey’s  army  of  miserables  are  to  be 
heard  from  in  all  parts  of the country 
working 
to  Washington. 
Cold,  storms,  poverty,  the  hostility  of 
railways and  transportation  companies, 
may delay their  progress;  but,  like  the 
grasshopper  or  potato  bug,  the  ragged 
regiments  will  get  there.  The  people 
who have homes, comforts and  property 
j are  seldom  drawn  into  such  an  enter­
prise; but those who have neither homes, 
subsistence,  nor  the  means  of  earning 
them,  are attracted to it. 
It is  better  to 
do something than nothing.  And so they 
go on  a  hopeless,  fruitless  errand;  but 
they are going all the same.

It is  the  gathering  of  people  of  that 
sort that is  formidable.  Mobs  are  dan­
gerous  enough,  because  they  are,  like 
j blind  beasts,  ready when excited  to dash 
their  heads  against  a  stone  wail  or  to 
leap  over  a  precipice;  but  when  they 
happen  to  have  a  leader,  bold,  astute, 
reckless, and  without  scruples,  the pos­
sibilities then  become  truly  formidable. 
It is  well enough to laugh  at  Coxey,  but 
the people  who  are  following  him  on  a 
desperate  and  hopeless  mission  are 
enough to set the  thoughtful  to thinking.
FINANCIAL 

RECOVERY 

FROM 
PANICS.

Those  people  who  expected 

that  all 
the  evils  which  had  contributed 
to 
cause the terrible  financial  panic of  1898 
would be promptly cured  by  the  repeal 
of the Sherman  silver  law  have  by  this 
time realized  how  futile  was  any  hope 
based on that act.

Such an expectation  would  be  as  un­
reasonable as to suppose  that  an  attack 
of bodily  illness which  had  undermined 
the health and  prostrated the strength of 
a human patient could be  cured  at  once 
by a single dose of  medicine.  Every in­
telligent person  knows  that  a  constitu­
tion  which has suffered  the ravages  of  a 
virulent disease cannot be  restored  to  a 
proper state of health save  by a  restora­
tive treatment and  careful  nursing,  car­
ried  on 
through  a  prolonged  period. 
Convalescence  means  a  gradual  return 
to  normal  strength  and  vitality.  Con­
valescence, or a restoration of prosperity, 
after  a  most  severe  attack  of  financial 
depression  and 
industrial  stagnation, 
must  be  a slow and  gradual  proceeding. 
It is particularly so when  no wise  finan­
cial  measures  are  being  considered  or 
even  proposed.  When  the  patient,  as 
is  the  case  with  the  prostrated 
indus­
tries  of 
the  country,  is  left  without 
any tonic treatment or  nursing, the  pro­
cess of  recovery  will  be more  than  ever 
slow.
The  question  is  often  asked:  “How 
long will the effects of the panic  of  1893 
be felt?”  It has been said  by  some  ob­
servers that a  period of  four years is re­
quired  for recovery. 
In this  connection, 
a speech  of  the  veteran  Senator  Thur­
man,  made  in  1876, is  cited.  Speaking 
from his own observation,  the  statement 
is  attributed  to  him  that  the  business 
collapse of 1819  was  recovered  from  by 
1823.  That of 1837 lasted for five  years, 
or tiil 1842.  The panic of  1857  was  not 
fully recovered from when the  civil  war 
began  and  changed  the  whole  face  of 
affairs.  The  panic  of  1873  was  par­
tially recovered  from  in  1877,  and  fully 
in 1879.

The  Baltimore  Sun,  commenting  on 
the  alleged  apportioning  of  four  years

for the period of recovery, says:  “If  the 
rule here suggested  continues  in  force, 
the  panic  produced  by  the  Barings’ 
failure in  1890 ought to be passing  away 
in  England  now,  and  this  seems  to  be 
the case.  The panic in Australia, which 
came later,  should  show  some  sign  of 
abatement,  and this,  too,  seems to be the 
fact.  The South had its  panic  in  1391. 
Its comparatively strong position  daring 
the panic in  the  North and  West  during 
1893  was much commented upon  in  that 
year. 
Its  partial  recovery,  in  advance 
of 
the  other  sections,  has  also  been 
noted.  Under  the  rule  we  have  un­
der  consideration  a  greatly  increased 
business  activity  is  to  be  expected  in 
the  South  in  1895. 
In  1896  and  1897 
the  North  and  West  would  have  their 
innings.”

While  it  is  highly  gratifying  to  the 
South to be told that  it  will  be  exceed­
ingly  prosperous  next  year,  while  the 
North and West must wait  several  years 
longer,  it must not be forgotten that  the 
financial  interests of  the  entire  country 
are so intimately associated  that  a  busi­
ness depression in one part  of  it  affects 
all the rest. 
It  is  unfortunate  that  no 
remedial  financial  policy  has  been  pro­
posed  beyond  the  borrowing  of  money 
and  the  cutting  off  of  further  silver 
money issues. 
It seems to  be  a  case  in 
which  the patient is expected to get well 
of himself,  without attention or  nursing 
of any  sort.  Perhaps that  is  as  good  a 
way as  any.

AN  ORNAMENTAL  OFFICIAL.

'  It is a  m atter  of  common  knowledge 
that  Michigan  has  a  State  Food  and 
Dairy  Commissioner.  The  office  was 
created  by  the last Legislature, evidently 
acting on the  assumption  that  such  an 
officer would be a good thing for the peo­
ple.  As a matter of fact,  it  has  proved 
to be a good thing for  only  one  individ­
ual—the gentleman  who wears  the  man­
tle of  Commissioner,  draws  his  salary 
with commendable  regularity  and  man­
ages to pass away the long hours devoted 
to the service of  the  State  by  frequent 
lapses into  sleep. 
In  fact,  a  Lansing 
gentleman who was  requested  to  inter­
view the Commissioner in the  interest of 
The  Tradesman  abandoned  the  idea 
after paying repeated  visits  to  the  offi­
cer’s  headquarters  only 
find  him 
wrapped in the arms of Morpheus.

to 

While  it  is  probably  true  that  the 
Food and Dairy Commissioner  is  taking 
life easy,  it is  quite  likely  that  his  in­
activity is  meeting  the  hearty  approval 
of Governor Rich, as His Excellency had 
plenty of active material  from which  to 
select a Commissioner  and  turned  them 
all down for  the  present  incumbent—a 
gentleman  whose character  is  above  re­
proach but whose  ambition  is  consider­
ably below par.  Governor  Rich  had  as 
good an opportunity to  distinguish  him­
self in  making  this  appointment  as  he 
has since had to  show  his  metal  in  re­
moving rascally  State  officials,  and,  if 
he is loyal to his  oath  of  office, he  will 
do at least one more decapitation  act be­
fore his axe is cold.

The deplorable condition  of  the  Food 
Commissioner’s office is  due  entirely  to 
the exacting demands of so-called  “ prac­
tical polotics” and  plainly  discloses  the 
deplorable  results  of  a  public  official 
being guided solely  by  political  expedi­
ency.  As before  stated,  Governor  Rich 
was acquainted with  a  dozen  men  who 
had assisted  in creating the  public senti-1

ment which resulted in  inaugurating the 
| office, any one of whom would  have hon­
ored  the office and reflected credit  on his 
administration  and  the  State. 
Instead 
of pursuing such a  course  his  fealty  to 
partisan  politics lead him  into  pledging 
the appointment to a certain locality  be­
fore the office was actually  created,  cul­
minating in  an  appointment  which  re­
flects  no  credit  on  the  Executive  and 
will bring  no  adequate  returns  to  the 
people  of  the  State.  A  Governor  who 
would drag suc(i an office  into  the  mire 
of party politics in unfit to fill  the  posi­
tion he disgraces with his presence.

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MILITARY  ACTIVITY  IN  CANADA.
While  the  United  States  is  allowing 
the great  questions  of  national  defense 
to  take  care  of  themselves,  nothing  is 
being left  undone  by  our  neighbors  in 
Canada to thoroughly fortify every point 
of attack.  Some time ago The  Trades­
man referred  to  the  immense  fortifica­
tions being constructed at  Esquimau,  on 
the  Pacific  coast  of  British  America, 
where the Canadian  Pacific Railway ter­
minates,  and which,  because of  its prox­
imity to our border, and the  fact  that  it 
is the principal trading point for  British 
America in the Pacific,  is  an  important 
strategic  position.  These  fortifications 
are being rapidly  pushed  to  completion, 
and it is claimed that when they are  fin­
ished  they  will  be  practically  impreg­
nable.

Not content with fortifying Esquimau, 
the  British  Government  has  placed  on 
the Great  Lakes  revenue vessels  which, 
in  an  emergency,  could  be  converted 
into  formidable  gunboats,  and  recently 
the British War Office  has  been  experi­
menting  in moving troops  and  supplies 
over the Canadian Pacific  Railway  from 
Halifax  to  Esquimau  on 
the  Pacific 
coast.

It  is  stated  that  the  main  object  in 
thus rapidly  transporting  troops  across 
the continent is to prepare against an at­
tack  upon  the  Pacific  coast  of  British 
America by Russia,  in the event  of  hos­
tilities  with  that  power.  But,  at  the 
same  time,  the  experiments  might  as 
readily  prove  useful 
in  the  event  of 
trouble  between  this country and  Great 
Britain,  as the same  railway line would 
serve to concentrate troops at  any point 
along our northern  frontier.

The warlike  preparations  in  progress 
in Canada should prove a warning to the 
Government at Washington that our own 
defenses should  be  carefully  looked  to, 
as  we would certainly  make but  a  poor 
showing  against a well-prepared  adver­
sary in  our present  state  of unreadiness 
for  sadden emergencies.

Americans of the male  persuasion  are 
universally addicted to the habit of carry­
ing their hands in their trousers pockets. 
With this fact in  mind  Kate  Field  offers 
the following suggestion:

“Suppose some  malicious  person,  bent 
on destroying the comfort  and dignity of 
the Senate,  should contrive  to  have  the 
trousers  pockets  of  all  the  Senators 
sewed op over night, what would become 
of American oratory and  legislation  the 
next day ?”

If  Kate  can  accomplish  this she will 
deserve  the  undying  gratitude  of  the 
whole American  people.  Stop the  “flow 
of  oratory,”  either  in 
the  Senate  or 
House ?  As  well try to dam the Missis­
sippi,  or  persuade  Pfeffer  to  cut  his 
whiskers,  or  Jerry  Simpson 
to  wear 
socks. 

It is worth a trial,  however.

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A bill has been introduced in  the Sen­
ate providing for the establishment  of  a 
tariff  commission.  The  purpose  is  to 
take the business  of  tariff  revision  en­
tirely out of the hands of  Congress,  with 
a view to preventing the  disturbance  of 
business inseparable from  frequent tariff 
changes.  This  is  eminently  wise  and 
statesmanlike,  but  it  is  not  likely 
to 
find much  favor,  either in the  Senate  or 
House.  The tariff is the chief  source of 
supply from which party capital has been 
drawn for years,  and  is to-day  the  main 
prop upon which the  platforms  of  both 
parties rest.  But if,  for a  short  tim e - 
long enough for the passage of  the tariff 
commission  bill—politics  could  give 
place  to  statesmanship  and  party  ex 
igency to sound business policy,  it would 
be 
the 
an 
country.

inestimable  blessing 

to 

From all that  can  be  learned  it  now 
seems probable that the  report  that  the 
Washington postal authorities had issued 
an order to railway mail clerks  prohibit­
ing them from receiving mail  matter ex­
cept through  the  regular  channels,  was 
without foundation.  It is  to  be  hoped 
that this is  true.  The  great  inconven­
ience  to  which  busines  men 
the 
smaller towns all over the country would 
be subjected if such  an  order  were  en­
forced ought certainly to be a  considera­
tion with  the  authorities. 
It  is  likely 
that the rumor that  such  an  order  bad 
been issued  grew  out  of  the  fact  that 
the business men in certain  localities re­
fused,  whether reasonably  or  unreason­
ably,  to patronize the local postoffices.

in 

President Cleveland says  he  does  not 
believe it possible to  “coin  a  vacuum,” 
so he vetoed the Bland  seigniorage  bill 
Now,  if 
the  President  is  desirous  of 
making himself  immortal,  or  of writing 
his  name  away  up  at  the  top  of  the 
scroll of honor,  or of  sending  his  name 
whirling and  resounding down  the aisles 
of time,  let  him  devise  some  means  of 
retiring  the  present  Congress  to  the 
innocuous desuetude  which it  is so  well 
fitted to adorn.

T raveling Ball  T ossers.

The traveling men’s  base ball club has 
been re-organized and the list of  players 
revised,  the following being the .last cast 
of character:

Pitcher—Will Pipp.
Catcher—George Bloss.
First base—John Orr.
Second base—B.  G.  Van  Leuven.
Third base—Will  Richmond.
Right field—Will VanLeuven.
Left field—Peter Fox.
Center field—B.  S.  Davenport.
Short stop—John Fell.
Extras—Harry Gregory, R.  D.  McGann, 

Frank Hadden.

If  the  weather  is  pleasant,  the  club 
will  meet  for  practice  at  Recreation 
Park Saturday afternoon, April 31.

B ank  N otes.

Some of the Detroit banks are  making 
strenuous  efforts  to  get  for deposit the 
balances of the interior banks in the State. 
As  high  as  3K  per  cent,  is  offered  on 
daily  balances  under  $3,000  and 4 per 
cent,  for  $3,000  and  over.  New York 
and  Chicago  pay but  IK  per  cent, for 
similar deposits.

The  First  National  Bank of Hancock 
has  been  granted  an  extension  of  its 
charter  for  twenty  years from April 6. 
During the past twenty  years  this  bank 
has  paid 
its  stockholders  $349,000  in 
dividends.

G ripsack B rig ad e. 

I 

The  W h e a t  M ark et.

and,

from 

| market up  8c  per  bushel 

Geo.  B. Caulfield visited  the  trade  of 
B.  F.  Parmenter  last  week  during  the 
latter’s absence in  Ohio.  He  made  ap­
plication in  the  meantime  for  member­
ship in the L.  P.  A.,  but  was rejected on 
account of his physical condition.  How­
ever  his  disappointment  was  partially 
compensated  by  his  admission 
to  the 
ranks of the P.  H.  C.

J.  N.  Bradford  was  re-elected  Secre-;  During the past week  the wheat  mar­
tary at the re-union of the 26th Michigan | ket  has  gone  through  violent  fluctua- 
Infantry,  which  was  held  in  this  city j tions.  Owing  to  the  late  blizzard  the 
last Friday.  The next  annual  re-union  shorts  run  to  cover,  which  forced  the 
will  be held  in this city April 9,  1895. 
low
Horace A.  Brown,  a  traveling  sales-  points.  However,  as soon  as  the  short 
man from  New York,  has  commenced  a  interest was  covered,  and  the  weather 
suit against Strong,  Lee  &  Co.,  of  De-1 again  became  favorable  for  the  plant 
troit,  for $10,00 as damages  for  injuries  and damage  to  it  was reported less,  the 
received from falling through  a  grating  | market  sagged  off  3c; 
re
in front of their  Jefferson  avenue  store 
ports are  very  moderate  and  deliveries 
into the cellar.
at initial points do  not  show  much  de­
crease, it  looks  as  though  during  this 
week  the  market  would  be  as  low  as 
ever,  especially  as  the  visible  supply 
probably will not  show  much  of  a  de­
crease.  Exports have been  only 36,721,- 
000 bushels  since  January 1,  while  for 
the  same  period  last  year  they  were 
45,110,000  bushels,  and  in  1892  52,000,- 
000  bushels.  This  difference  explains 
the low price of the  cereal,  and,  unless 
our  exports  show  a  marked 
increase 
from now on,  with the  large  amount  in 
sight,  the prospect for a higher  price  is 
certainly very dubious.  The  local  mar­
ket is well supplied.  Farmers  are  sell­
ing more freely than for some  time past, 
owing  to 
the  fact  that  the  roads  are 
getting better and they want to  haul  off 
their wheat  before  spring  work  begins 
and also to make room for the  new crop. 
Farmers report growing wheat  as  some­
what irregular and heavy and  that  it  is 
badly  winter  killed,  while  on  sandy 
lands it looks only  fair.  However,  it  is 
too early yet to form  a  correct  estimate 
of how much  damage  the  freezing  and 
thawing has done.  A little  later  on we 
can  give a better estimate of that.

There were thirty  applications for the 
position made vacant by  the death of the 
late R. J.  Coppes  and  Manager  Bonnell 
found it  a  difficult  matter  to  make  a 
selection  from  so  large  a number.  He 
finally decided upon  W.  C.  Burns,  who 
was 
the 
specialty  department  of  the  Standard 
Oil Co., and possesses all the requirements 
of a successful salesman.  He will cover 
the  territory  every 
the 
same as his predecessor did.

formerly  connected  with 

three  weeks, 

Burt Beedon  (Williams,  Davis,  Brooks 
&  Co.)  and  Dwight  Harrison  (Farrand, 
Williams  &  Clark)  have  commissioned 
Cornelius  Crawford  and  A.  W.  Peck  to 
organize lodges of the  L. P.  A. through­
out W estern  Michigan.  Max  Mills  was 
anxious to  secure  a  commission  to  op­
erate in  Muskegon,  but the other gentle­
men  were so much  more eligible  that his 
application  was  denied.  Mr.  Peck  has 
fitted  up a lodge room in Petoskey,where 
he organized a lodge with a large, charter 
membership.  So  far  only  three  appli­
cants  have  been  found  eligible  to  the 
third  degree—Chas.  S.  Robinson,  Geo. 
F.  Owen  and  Manley Jones.

A Medina  (Ohio)  newspaper  thus  re­
fers to the death and  burial  of  the  late 
R.  J Coppes:  Romeo J.  Coppes,  son  of 
Mrs.  P.  C.  Alcott, died  unexpectedly  on 
Sunday  at  Petoskey,  Mich.  A  few 
weeks  ago  he  was  taken  sick  with  la 
grippe but at  latest  reports  he was  im­
proving  and  had  been  considered  en­
tirely  out  of  danger.  A  turn  for  the 
worse took  place last  Friday and,  before 
news of his sickness could reach  here by 
mail,  the telegraph  brought the  news  of 
his death.  Deceased was the son of S. D. 
Coppes,  formerly  a well-known  resident 
of this town,  and  was about  44  years  of 
age.  During  the  last  twenty  years  or 
more he  has  been  a  resident  of  Grand 
Rapids,  where he was employed  as  trav­
eling salesman  for the Standard  Oil  Co. 
The remains were brought to Medina for 
burial,  reaching here  on  Tuesday  fore­
noon.  Funeral  services  were  held  on 
Tuesday  afternoon,  Rev.  W.  J.  Haw­
thorne,  of St.  Paul’s  church,  officiating. 
The body  was  placed  in  the  receiving 
vault at  Spring  Grove  cemetery.  The 
remains were accompanied  by  the  uncle 
of the decoased,  Frank  Parmenter,  and 
son,  Roy, of  Grand  Rapids,  anu  also  a 
delegation  of  traveling  men  from  the j 
same town, consisting of 3.  S.  Chase, J. | 
Keavey,  C.  E.  Fink,  C.  E.  Watson. | 
George F.  Owen and E.  H.  Poole.

C.  G.  A.  V oigt.

P u re ly   P ersonal.

W.  E.  Briggs,  junior  member  of  the 
firm  of  W.  M.  Briggs  &  Son,  general 
dealers at Shelbyville,  was in town Mon­
day.

Frank W. Curtis,  formerly engaged  in 
the drug business here, is  now  clerking 
for W.  H. Tibbs at his new  location, 618 
South Division  street.

Edwin J.  Finehout,  formerly  prescrip­
tion  clerk  for  Geo.  L. Charles,  the  St. 
Louis druggist,  has purchased  the  drug 
stock of Dr. Snapp,  at Millersburg,  lnd., 
and will continue the business.

E.  B.  Seymour succeeds A.  G. McIntyre 
as book-keeper for the Alfred  J.  Brown 
Co.  Mr.  Seymour  was  formerly  head 
book-keeper for the I.  M.  Clark  Grocery 
Co.  and has recently  occupied  the  same 
position with the Clark Cigar  Co.

Austin K.  Wheeler has decided to  ride 
a bicycle and is in  the market for  a good 
second-hand wheel.  Any one having for 
sale a wheel in good condition  would  do 
well to  communicate with  him  immedi­
ately  at  the  office  of 
the  Lemon  & 
Wheeler Company.

A. L.  Power, general dealer and cheese 
manufacturer at  Kent City,  was in  town 
last  week.  He  looks  for  an  increased 
demand  for  his  cheese,  in view  of  the 
first prize won by his factory in  the Sep­
tember  cheese  contest  at  the  World’s 
Fair.  The  premium  cheese  scored  95 
points out of  a possible 100.

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The New York Sun  contends  that  all 
papers printed and intended for  circula­
tion  in  this  country  should  be  in  the 
American language.  It says that foreign­
ers  in  the  United  States  are  seriously
j hampered every way by  their  ignorance
Some men are so  intently  looking  for  of  the  vernacular  of  the  country,  and 
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Drugs fH Medicines•

State  Board  of Pharmacy«)

One Tear—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Two Team—George Gundrum, Ionia.
Three Tears—C. A. Bujjbee, Cheboygan.
Four Tears—8. E. Parkiil, Owosso.
Five Tears—F. W. R. Perry, Detroit.
President—Ottmar Eberbach. Ann Arbor.
Secretary—Stanley E. Par kill, Owosso.
Treasurer—Geo. G an dram, Ionia.
Coming  Meetings—Star  Island,  June  25  and  26, 

Houghton, Sept. 1; L an sing, Nov. 6 and 7.

Michigan  State  P harm aceutical  Ass’n. 
President—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor.
V(ce-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit.
»¿rotary—8. A. Thompson, Detroit.
Grand  Rapids Pharm aceutical Society« 
President, Walter K. Schmidt;  Sec’y, Ben. Schrouder.

A dvice o f  a   S uccessfu l M an.

I thins the habit of generosity  may be 
cultivated like other habits.  And I have 
felt that it is a great  mistake  to  put  off 
being generous  until  you  are  dead. 
In 
the  first place,  you lose  the  pleasure  of 
witnessing the  good  that  you  may  do; 
and  again,  no  one can administer  your 
gifts for you  as  well  as  you  can  do  it 
for yourself. 
It is a great pleasure to be 
brought into  personal  relations  of  that 
kind,  and to make  people  feel  that  you 
are not a philanthropist in  the  abstract, 
but that you are interested in  them  per­
sonally,  and care  for  their welfare. 
In 
that way you benefit them not  merely in 
a natural way,  but  you  make  them  feel 
that  men  are  really  brothers,  and  that 
they were made to help one another.  Not 
only is that  feeling  agreeable  in  itself, 
but it will be apt to prompt them to carry 
out the principle themselves.  Put your­
self into all you  do,  and  let  others  feel 
that you are  there.  Do not  only  contri­
bute to a charitable object,  but  go  your- 
seif  and help, 
it  may  seem  an  incon­
venience at first,  but soon you  will  come 
to consider it  worth any inconvenience.

Perhaps I ought to  say  a  word  about 
the  companions  a  young  man  should 
choose  for himself  in  life.  You  should 
try to make companions of the  best  peo­
ple  you  become  acquainted  with. 
In 
order to do this you must have something 
in yourself that may be a  return to them 
for what they give you. 
It is not  neces­
sary for this purpose to  be  a  genius, or 
to have a remarkable  intellect,  or  extra­
ordinary erudition.  But be yourself and 
be a man,  and  learn  to  think  of  others 
before  yourself,  and  you  will  have 
friends enough,  and of the  best.  To  be 
intimate  with  the magnanimous  and the 
noble  aids  to  form  those  qualities 
in 
one’s self.  A man is known by the  com­
pany he keeps, and those who know what 
friends you have will  be  able  to  form  a 
very  correct idea of  what  you  yourself 
are.  You should  see to it that this  esti­
mate be as high as your opportunity may 
secure.

I cannot  better  sum  up  my  advice  to 
young  people than  to say th a t I  have  de­
rived,  and  still  find  the  greatest  pleasure 
in my  life  from   doing  good  to  others. 
Do  good 
and 
wisely,  and  yon  will  never  have  cause 
to say  th a t  your life  was  not  w orth  liv­
ing. 

constantly,  patiently 

Geo.  W.  Ch ild s.

PoiDterB for S alesm en.

Some  purchasers are as  fond  of  talk­
ing as the  man  who  talked  to  himself 
when there  was  no  one  else  to  listen, 
and gave  as a  reason  that  he  “liked  to 
talk to a good man and  liked  to  hear  a 
good  man 
It  is  obvious  with 
such it is better to be a listener.  On the 
other hand, some want  prices  and a few 
facts given and then to be let alone.  To 
be pleased is as much an art as to  please.

talk.” 

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

It is also  a  way  of  pleasing.  He  who 
puts another in  the  attitude  of  being  a 
teacher to him pays a dejicate compliment. 
Good listeners are usually good observers 
and, consequently,  they grow intelligent. 
If a point can be made clear at  all,  it  is 
all the clearer  by  brevity,  and  sensible 
people prefer evidence to  eloquence.

A  western  paper  says:  “Push  is  as 
much a talent as skill  in  any  art.  Yon 
can begin by imagining yourself a pusher, 
and such a frame of mind will,  at length, 
make you  push.”  There  is  probably  a 
power in  the  continual 
imagination  of 
one’s self in any certain character, which 
will,  in time, make him  more  like  such 
character.

We are told  to  “know everything  of  a 
little and a little  of everything,”  but the 
most of us must  consent  to  be  ignorant 
of many things, that  we  may  know one 
thing well; and it is  perhaps of  the  first 
importance to an  agent  that  he  should 
acquire  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
modes of manufacture and the character­
istics  of  the  goods  he  deals  in.  He 
should,  also,  cultivate  his  memory  for 
faces and names.

There are cold,  billious,  and  disgrun­
tled people who ean no  more  be  opened 
out  by  politeness  than  oysters.  Such 
can only be reached  through 
their  self 
interest,  while  warmer temperaments be­
come favorably disposed  under  pleasant 
influences. 
It is claimed that there is an 
approachable side to every  man;  if so, by 
the principle  of  the  surveyor;  who  is 
guided by two angles  to  find  another,  a 
bright salesman should soon  be  able  to 
locate it,  and  know where to concentrate 
his force. 
It  is safe  to  reason  with the 
rigid,  excite the emotions  of  the  warm 
hearted and  praise 
the  weak  minded. 
Flattery,  being the opposite to  medicine, 
is  given in  the  strongest  doses  to  the 
weakest patients.
W indow   A ttractio n s in C o u n try  StoreB. 
Correspondence Canadian Qrocer.
I fully agree with Mr.  Wilton  that the 
idea of a well-dressed window being use­
less in a small country  town  or  village, 
is absurd. 
I am  doing  a  grocery  busi­
ness in a village  of  about  eleven  hun­
dred of a population. 
I always  try  and 
have something  in  my  windows  which 
may  cause  people  to stop and see what I 
have in them.
I just wish to tell your  readers  that  I 
have  adopted  a  plan 
similar  to  Mr. 
I 
Wilton’s  to  complete  a  window. 
adopted this on  January  8,  1894.  This 
is how I did:  All readers  will  know  of 
Adams  Tutti Frutti gum  advertisement, 
representing  a  girl  chewing  gum,  of 
which 1 have one.  One  morning  I  saw 
it lying in  a  corner  of  the  store,  worn 
out;  in fact,  it was useless  at  the  time. 
So I picked it  up with  the  intention  of 
putting it in  the  ware  house  in  some 
back corner out of the  way, but I stopped 
and thought a moment.  Could I  not use 
In  a  few  min­
this in some other way? 
utes I struck  a  plan. 
the 
I  took  all 
wires connected  with  the  works  out  of 
it,  loosened the works and  fastened them 
to the center of the box.  Then  I  cut  a 
hole in the box 1%  inches  in  diameter, 
which  corresponded  exactly  with  the 
shaft on which the crank was  (which  be­
fore was there to move the eyes  and arm 
of the girl). 
I cut off  the  crank.  Then 
I fastened a block to that shaft  about an 
inch thich,  which  reached  through  the 
IK  inch  hole  to  the  other  side  of  the 
box.  Next I cut a piece  of  white  card­
board  into  a  round  shape  about  ten 
inches in diameter,  on which  I wrote my 
advertisement (around the  card).  Then 
I fastened the  cardboard  to  the  block 
with a small screw.  To  close  the wheel 
I took a dark piece  of  cardboard,  large 
enough to cover  the  whole  box, out  of 
which 1 cut a half  moon,  which  corres­
ponded  with 
the  advertisement  on  the 
wheel,  90  that  when  the  wheel  moved

round  the advertisement could  easily be 
read from the outside.  Next I  wound it 
up with the same  key. 
It  worked  like 
a charm and was the  talk  of  the  town. 
I  can  change  the  advertisement  every 
day in about  three  minutes. 
I  have  a 
word or  two  spelled  wrong,  and 
this 
brings people in  to  tell  me  that I  can’t 
spell right.  When  1  have  them  in  I 
nearly  always  sell  them  something.  1 
say the  man  who  says  a  well-dressed 
window does not pay in  a small town  or 
village does not know what he  is talking 
about.  The  above  plan  cost  me  ten 
cents.

P in n ed   to   His  U n d ersh irt.

A  man  came  into  a  cigar  store  in 
Washington, and after  ordering  a  cigar 
felt in his pocket  for change,  and  found 
that  he  had  none.  “Wait  a  minute,”  
he said,  and, hurrying  off  to  a  private 
place,  soon  returned  with  a  $20  bill, 
which he handed to the  dealer,  took  his 
change  and  departed.  Mr.  Tappan,  of 
the Homer  Lee  Bank  Note  Company, 
was standing by and requested the dealer 
to let him look at the  bill.  After  hold­
ing it up to the light and  looking  at  it, 
he returned it,  saying:  “1  thought  so. 
That fellow carries his money  pinned  to 
his clothes somewhere.  How do I know? 
Why,  there are a  dozen pinholes in that 
bill.  Hundreds of men carry them in the 
same  way. 
I  saw  an  item  in  a  news­
paper  the  other  day, which  shows  how 
the practice is followed.  A  town  bond, 
of  the town of Delhi,  N.  Y.,  was  turned 
in  to the  town treasurer for redemption. 
It  was  punctured so full of pinholes as to 
be  almost  unreadable.  As  soon  as  it 
was  determined  to  be  genuine,  how­
ever,  the  money  was  paid  and  an  in­
vestigation begun.  Then the late owner 
of  the bond finally admitted  that he had 
carried 
time 
pinned  to  his  undershirt,  and  as  he 
had  changed 
that  garment  quite  fre­
quently the  bond  had  become  full  of 
holes.”

the  bond 

for  a 

long 

In d u stry  th e  C hief S o u rce o f C redit.
Industry  is  a  very  important  factor 
in  a  man’s  success  or  failure.  This 
means the inculcating into every part  of 
his business the care  and  devotion  that 
will  watch out against the many crevices 
and corners  where leaks  may come,  and 
enable him to keep his  business  well  in 
hand,  and thus know where and  how  he 
stands at all times. 
It  is  his  ability  to 
do this which makes him industrious.

As to a party’s resources,  we  consider 
that,  to a certain extent only; this should 
be  a  valuable factor in  his  success,  for 
with  honesty and  industry  applied  the 
resources  cannot  fail  to  be  present  in 
due time.  We believe  that  if  a  whole­
sale dealer in extending  credit will  look 
well into the character and habits  of  his 
prospective customer he  will  have  little 
cause to fear  from  fraudulent  failures, 
as history proves that a man does not be­
come dishonest all  at  once,  and  it  also 
shows that a  man  who  is  indolent  and 
careless cannot succeed if he has much, if 
any, competition.

L ooks A fter  th e  P ence.

A  very  characteristic  incident  is  re­
ported  about  the  business  of  Phil.  D. 
Armour,  the millionaire  packer  of  Chi­
cago.  He is reported to  be  worth  some 
$60,000,000,  but he went  to  a  good  deal 
of trouble to  secure  60  cents,  that  was 
rightfully  his. 
It happened over an  ex­
portation  of  canned  meat.  When  tin, 
which has  been imported, is re-exported, 
the  government  allows  a  drawback  on 
the duty.  A small  shipment  of  canned 
meat  was  made  not  long  ago,  and  the 
drawback  on  the  tin  amounted  to  60 
cents.  The customs authorities said that 
it was so little that it  should  not  be  al­
lowed,  but Mr.  Armour said  that  it  was 
his and he would have  it,  and he carried 
the matter  to  headquarters  and  got  it. 
Mr.  Armour is very rich, and withal very 
generous with his money,  but  he is most 
scrupulous  in  his  business  relations  to 
have  everything  correct to the last cent.

S E E D S !

Everything  in seeds is kept  by  us— 

Clover, Timothy,

Hungarian,  Millet,

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

If you'have Beans to  sell,  send  us 
samples,  stating  quantity,  and  we 
will  try to trade with  you.  We  are 
headquarters  for egg cases  and  egg 
case tillers.
W. T. LfiMBREIUX CO, i W. Bridge  8t„

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MiCH  ^

GREEN SEAL B

ALWAYS
STANDARD.

AT WHOLESALE  BY

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

FINEST QUALITY. 
POPULAR  PRICES.
Before  You  Buy

SEE THEdSPRING  LINE  OF  FINE 
GOODS iMANUFACTUREDMiY

sin s inn,

DETROIT,  MICH.

A  FEW  OF  OUR  NEWSPECIAL 
TIES  IN  OXFORDS  ARE:

The  Juliet  Bootee,  Three  Large 

Button  Newport,  Southern 

Tie and  Prince Alberts.

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

YOU  CAN'T  DO  BUSINESS  WITHOUT  SOAP.

Why not handle the 

b est•

There is no soap superior to

A T L A S

Manufactured only by

HENEY  PASS0LT,

Saginaw,  Mich.

Wholesale  Price  Current•

Advanced—Balsam Pern, Serpentaria, Celery and American Saffron. 

Declined—Gum Opium

Oil.Wintergreen.

THE  MICHia^LlSr  TRADESMAN.

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S.  N. Y. Q.  A

Morphia, S.  P. A W.  2 35@2 60 
CL  Co....................  2 25@2 50
Moschus Canton........  @ 40
70
Myrlstlca, No  1 .....  65® 
Nnx Vomica, (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia..................   15® 
18
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Picis Liq, N.»C., M gal
doz  .........................  @2 00
Picis Liq., quarts......   ®1  00
pints.........   @  85
Pll Hvdrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba, (pog5) ....  @  3
Plx  Burgun...............   @  7
Plumbl A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opil. .1  10@1  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  20®  30
8®  10
Quasslae.................... 
Quinla, S. P. A  W....34*@39M
S.  German__  27®  37
Rubla  Tlnctorum......   12®  14
SaccharumLactlspv. 
12®  14
Salacln...................... 2  00@2 10
Sangnls  Draconls......   40®  50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
.  M.......................  10®  12
“  G.......................   @  15

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Seldlltz  Mixture........  @ 20
Slnapis........................  @  is
opt..................   @  30
Snnif,  Maccaboy,  De
Voes.......................   @  36
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  27®  30
Soda Carb.................  1M@  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............   @  5
Soda,  Ash..................   3M@  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrcia  Dom......   @2 25
“  Myrcia Imp........  @3 00
*'  vtni  Rect.  bbl.
••••7..............................2 25@2 85
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal...... 1  40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl.............. 2M@ 3
„   “  Roll..................  2 @ 2M
Tamarinds................. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......  28®  30
Theobromae.................. 45 @  48
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Snlph...............  
7®  8

OILS.

Bbl.
Whale, winter...........  70
Lard,  extra...............   so
Lard, No.  1...............   42
Linseed, pure raw__  52

Gal
70
85

1 1

Linseed,  boUed.........  55
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............  
65
Spirits Turpentine__  36

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b b l. 

f a in t s . 

lb .
Red Venetian..............jm  2@3
Ochre, yellow  Mars__1M  8@4
‘‘ 
Ber........1M  2@3
Putty, commercial....2M  2M@3
"  strictly  pure......22  2M®3
Vermilion Prune Amer­
ican ..........................  
13@16
Vermilion,  English__ 
65@70
Green,  Peninsular......  
70@75
Lead,  red....................   6  @6M
.  w hite................6  @6M
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  GUders\7T...  @90
White, Paris  American 
1  0
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff......................* . 
140
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared
...................1 00@1  20
v a r n is h e s.

Paints 

No. 1 Turp  Coach.... l  io@l  20
Extra Turn................160@1  70
Coach Body...............2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp  Fum .......1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar.... 1 55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1
70@75

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ACIDUM.

8®  10
Aceticum................... 
Benzolcnm  German..  65®  75
Boraclc 
....................  
80
Carbollcum.............. 
20®  30
Cl tri cum ..................   52®  55
Hvdrochlor................ 
3®  5
NItrocum 
.................  10®  12
Oxallcnm...................  10®  12
Phosphorinm dll........ 
20
Salley Ileum............... 1  3o@l  70
Suiphurlcum..............  1 Hi®
Tannleum.................. 1  40@1  60
30®  33

4 Tartarlcum..............
AMMONIA.
4®  6
Aqua, 16  deg............
f
6® 
20  deg............
Carbonas  ................. .  12®  14
.  12®  14
Chloridum...............
ANILINS.
Black......................... .2 00@2 25
80®1  0C
Brown........  ............
Red............................ .  45®  50
Yellow...................... .2 50@3 no

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A  t* Cubeae (po 
Juniperus —  
Xantnoxylum

BACCAS.
36)___

28®  30 
8®   10 
25®  30

BALSAMUM.

Copaiba......................  45®  50
Peru...........................   @2 00
Terabln, Canada  ....  60®  65
Tolutan......................  35®  50

CORTEX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  18
Cassiae  ...............................  11
Cinchona P la v a .................   18
Buonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrlca  Cerifera, po............   20
Primus Vlrglnl....................  12
Qnillaia,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  ............................  12
Ulmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

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BXTRACTUM.

Glycyrrhiza  Glabra...  24®
po...........  33®  35
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12 
Is..............  13®  14

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“ 
"  Ms.......
** 
FERRU
k  Carbonate Preoip...
Citrate and Quinta.
Citrate  Soluble......
Ferrocyanidnm Sol.
Solut  Chloride......
Sulphate,  com’l —
.
pare... 
FLORA.

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14®
16®
®  15 
®3 50 
@  80 
®  50 
®  15 
.9®  2
®  7

 

A  I  .  Arnica......................   18®  20
* k '  Anthemis..................  30®  35
50®  65
s, |  Matricaria 

* 
■   Ji  Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin
*  * 

 
FOJ.IA.
Barosma 
..................  18®  50
nivelly......................   25®  88
Alx.  35®  50
Salvia  officinalis,  Ms
*  and  Ms....................   15®  25
UraUrsi 
8® 10

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

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* Catechu, Is, (Ms, 14 Ms,

Acacia,  1st  picked—   @  60
2d 
....  @ 40
3d 
....  @  30
sifted sorts...  ®  20
po..............  .  60®  80
Aloe,  Barb, (po.60)...  50®  60 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  @  12
Socotrl, (po.  60).  @ 50
16)............................  @  1
Ammoniac  .  ..............  55®  60
Assafostida, (po. 85) ..  40®  45
Benzolnnm.................  50®  55
Campborse..................   48®  50
Euphorblum po  ........  35®  10
Galbannm...................  @2 50
Gamboge,  po..............  70®  7b
Guaiacum, (po  35) —   @  30
Kino,  (po  1  10).........   @115
M astic.......................  @  80
4 Myrrh, (po. 45)...........  @ 40
Opil  (po  4 0Q@4 20) . .2 80®2 90
Shellac  ..  .................  45®  42
33®  35
Tragacanth................  40@l 00

bleached......  

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HERBA-

In ounce packages.

Absinthium..............
Bupatorlum..............
Lobelia......................
Ma]orum...................
Mentha  Piperita......
f 
“  Vlr............
Bue............................
Tanacetum, V ...........
Thymus,  V...............
MAGNESIA.

25 
20 
25 
28 
23 
25 
30 
22 
25

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Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M__  20®  25
Carbonate, JennlngS..  35®  36

OLEUM.

Absinthium................ 2  50@3 00
(Amygdalae, Dole........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae___8  00@8 25
Anlsi............................1  70@1 80
J   Aurantl  Cortex...........2  30@2 40
Bergamll  ...................3  00®3 20
Cajlputl.................. 
60®  65
i  Caryophylll................  75®  80
Cedar.........................  85®  65
Chenopodi!  ................  @1  60
/   Clnnamonli............... 1  ic@i  15
Citronella...................  @  45
Conlum  M ac...............  35®  65
Oopalba......................  80®  90

Cubebae........................   @ 
Bxechthltos..............  1  50®1  60
Brigeron..................... 1  50@l 60
Gaultherla.................. 1  70@t 80
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gossipii,  Sem. gal......   70®  75
Hedeoma  ...................l 25@l  40
Jumperl.......................   50@2 00
Lavendula...................  90®2 no
Llmonls....................... 1  65@1 7i
Mentha Piper...............2 85@3 60
Mentha Yerld............. 2 20®2 30
Morrhuae, gal..............1  30@1 40
Myrcia, ounce............   @  50
Olive...........................   90@3 oo
Picis Liquida, (gal. 35)  10®  12
Ricini.......................  1  22@1  28
Rosmarini............  
75@l  00
Rosae, ounce............  6 50@8 50
Succini.......................  40®  45
Sabina.........................  90@1 00
San tal  ....................... 2 50@7 00
Sassafras.........  ........  50®  55
Slnapis, ess, ounce__  @  65
Tiglll.............................   @1 00
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...................  @1 60
Iheobromas......  ......   15®  20
Bi Carb............

15® 18
13® 14
40© 43
■  12® 15
Chlorate  (po  23@25).
.  24® 26
Cyanide....................
.  50® 55
Iodide.......................
.2 an®; 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure. 
.  27® 30
Potassa, Bitart, com..
.  © 15
Potass Nltras, opt__
8® 10
• 
Potass Nltras............
7® 9
• 
.  28® 30
.  15® 18

POTASSIUM.

Althae__
Auchusa  . 
Arum,  po.

Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15). 
Hydrastis  Canaden, 
(po. 35)...................

.  20® 25
.  22® 25
.  12® 15
@ 25
•  20® 40
8® 10
.  16® 18
@ 30
■  15® 20
15® 20
.1 60@J 75
Iris plox (po. 35@38)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr...................  40®  45
Maranta,  Ms..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po........  15®  18
Rhe!............................  75@1  00
“  cut......................  @1  75
“  pv.......................   75@1  35
Splgella......................  35®  38
Sangulnaria, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentarla.................  45®  50
Senega.......................  55®  60
Slmilax, Officinalis,  H  @ 40
M  @ 25
Scillae, (po. 35)........... 
io@  12
Symplocarpus,  Fceti-
  @  35
Valeriana, Bug. (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
inglber a ................. 
18®  20
Zingiber  j ...............  
18®  20

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

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Anisum,  (po. 20).. 
Aplum  (graveleons)..  22®  25
Bird, la...................... 
4®  6
Carni, (po. 18)............   10®  12
Cardamon...................l  00@l  25
Corlandrum...............   11®  13
Cannabis Sativa.........   4® 
5
Cydonlum..................   75@l  00
?nenopodium  ...........  10®  12
Dipterix Odorate....... 2 25®2 50
Foeniculum...............   @  15
Foenugreek,  po.........  
6®  8
L in i................. 
...  4  ®  4M
Lini, grd.  (bbl. 3M)...  SM® 4
Lobelia.......................  35®  40
PhariarlB Canarian 
  3  @ 4
Rapa..........................   6®  7
Slnapis  Albe............   7  @8
Nigra...........  11®  12

SPIRITUS.
Frumenti,  W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R ....... 1  75@2 00
................. 1  25@1 50
Jnnlperls  Co. O. T __1 65@2 00
1  75@3 50
Saacharum  N.  B....... 1  75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli. 
.1  75@6 50 
.1  25@2 00 
Vini Oporto 
.1  25@2 00
Vini  Alba..

SPONGES.

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

SYRUPS.

A ccada...............................  50
Zingiber  ..............................  50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri Iod.............................   50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  58
Rhel  Arom..........................   50
Slmilax  Officinalis..............  60
Co........  50
Senega................................   50
Scillse..................................  50
“  Co.............................   50
Toiatan...............................  60
Pranas  rirg.....................   .  50

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TINCTURES.

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Aconltum  Napellis R .........  60
..  “ 
P .........   50
Aloes....................................  60
and myrrh.................   60
A rnica................................   50
Asafcstlda............................  o
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................   60
„  “  ,  Co...........................  50
Sanguinaria.........................  50
Barosma..............................  50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................   75
CO.........................  75
Castor....................  ........... 1 00
Catechu...............................   50
Cinchona............................  50
Co.........................  60
Columba.............................   50
Conlum...............................  so
Cubeba.................................  50
Digitalis.............................   so
Ergot...................................   50
Gentian............................ 
50
„   “  Co............................  60
Gualca................................   so
Zingiber.............................   50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
Colorless...................    75
Ferri  Chloridum................ 
35
K ino...................................  so
Lobelia................................  50
Myrrh..................................  50
Nux  Vomica...................... 
50
Opil.......................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
Deodor.........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................   50
Quassia.......................... . 
50
Rhatany  .............................   50
Rhel.....................................  50
Cassia  Acutifol...................  50
Co..............  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stromoulum.........................  60
Tolutan...............................  60
Valerian.............................   50
VeratrumVerlde.................  so

ammon...................       go

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Ether, Spts  Nit, 3 F..  28®  30 
“  4 F .  32®  34
Alumen....................... 2M@ 3

11 
ground,  (po.
7)............................. 
3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antimoni, po.............. 
4®  5
et Potass T.  55®  60
Antipyrin..................   @1  40
Antlfebrln..................  @  25
Argenti  Nltras, ounce  @  48
Arsenicum................. 
5® 
7
Balm Gilead  Bud__ 
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N............ 2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Mb
@  11
12;  Ma,  14)..............
Cantharides  Russian,
@1 00 
PO............................
lapslcl  Fructus, af...
@  26 
@  28 @  20 
i y . -
Caryophyllns, (po.  15)
10®   12 
Carmine,  No. 40.........
@3 75 
Cera  Alba, S. A F ......
50®  55
Cera Flava.................  38®  40
Coccus  .....................   @  40
Cassia Fructus...........  @  25
Centrarla....................  @  10
Cetacenm..................   @  40
Chloroform...............   60®  63
sqnibbs ..  @1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst........1  50®1  80
Chondru*..................   20®  25
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20
German 3MO  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  per
75 
Creasotnm___
@  35 @  2 
Creta, (bbl. 75).
prep......
5®  5
precip__
9®  11 @  8 
Rubra__
Crocus  ...........
60®  65 
Cudbear...........
@  24 
Cuprt Sulph__
5 @  6
Dextrine
10®   12
Bther Sulph...............   70®  75
Emery,  all  numbers.
§@  6 
po............
Ergota,  (po.)  75__
70®  75 
Flake  White.........
12®  15 
Galla.....................
@  23 
Gambler.................
7  @ 8 
Gelatin,  Cooper__
Q  70 
40®  60
Glassware  flint, by  box 80.
Less than box 75.
Glne,  Brown.............. 
9®  15
“  White...............   18®  25
Glycerins...................  14®  20
Grana Paradlsl...........  @  22
Hnmnlns....................  25®  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite..  @  85
“  Cor ....  @ 80
Ox Rubrnm  @  90
Ammonlatl..  @1  00
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  64
Ichthyobolla, A n ..  ..1 2S@l 50
Indigo.........................  75@1 00
Iodine,  Resnbl...........3 80@3 90
Iodoform....................   @4  70
Lupulin......................  @2 25
Lycopodium..............  70®  vs
Macls.........................  70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod.................  @  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Snlph  (bbl
Mannla,  8 .F ..............  60®  «8

1M)............................ 2M@  4

French.

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CARAMEL

WILD CHERRY PHOSPHATE 

etc.

Rock Candy Syrup

(W arranted  Pure)

In  barrels,  half  barrel, ten  and  five  gallon  kegs.

THE NEW WAY.

Perfection Holder “ Nickel  Bar.

Island  Twine 

Why  buy  Sea 

in 
small balls when you can  order  it  on  a 
paper tube bolding about IX lbs.  Twine? 
The simplicity, economy and convenience 
of  using  Twine  put  up  in  this way  re­
quire no demonstration.

Price  25 cents.

HAZEUP 

i  PERKINS  DRUE  GO..

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

G RO CERY   PR IC E   CU RREN T.

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

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

gross
6 00
7 00
5 50
9 00
7 60
6 00

BAKING  PO W D ER 

 

1
9

Acme.
u lb. cans, 3 do*................
34 lb.  "  
2  “  ................
1  “  .................  t
lib .  “ 
Bulk............... - - ...............
Arctic.
14 B> cans 6 doz case..........
 
 
“  4 doz  “ 
Vi lb 
“  2 doz “ 
1  fi> 
.......  2
 
5  lb 
“  1 do*  “ 
 
Cream* Flake.
3  os  “  6 doz  “ 
...........
...........
4  oz  “  4 doz  “ 
............
6  oz  “  4 doz  “ 
8  o*  “  4 doz  •* 
...........   1
“  2 doz  “ 
1  11> 
............. 2
 
“ 
“  ldoz 
5  lb 
9
Red Star, 
cans
34 *  
“ 
“ 
............  .
IB
45
85
34 lb.  “
..  1 50
1 lb.  “
45
34 lb  cans__ ..  75
.  1  50
1 lb cans 

Our Leader,  V lb cans..
...
f BATH  BRICK.
2 dozen In case.

Tellers.  4  lb. cans, doz

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BLUING.

English.......................... . ..  90
Bristol............................. ...  90
...  TO
Domestic.......................
Gross
..  3 60
Arctic. 4 oz  ovals.........
..  6 75
“ 
.........
..  9 00
“  pints,  round......
“  No. 2, sifting box ..  2 75
..  4 00
“  No. 3, 
.  8 00
“  No. 5, 
“  1 oz ball  .............. ..  4  50
..  3 60
8 oz...... ..  6 80
“ 

Mexican Liquid. 4  oz..

8 oz 

“ 

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BROOMS.

‘ 

..  1  75
..  2 00
..  2 25
..  2 50
. _  2 75
80
..  1 00
..  8 00

No. 2 Hurl.....................
......................
No. 1  “ 
No. 2 Carpet..................
No. 1 
“ 
..................
Common WMsk  ...........
Fancy 
.............
Warehouse....................
BRUSHES.
..  1 25
Stove, No.  1...................
..  1  50
“  10..................
Î  75
..  85
Rloe Foot Scrub, 2  row.
Rice Root  Scrub. 3 row .  1  25
..  !  50
Palmetto, goose  ...........
CANDLES.
. . .
.........
.....................

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes 
Star,  40 
Paraffine  ..........   .
Wicklng 

..  10
..  9
..  10
..  24

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CANNED  GOODS.

Fish.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

“ 

Standard. 8 lb 
Standard,  1 lb......
21b 
Lobsters.

Little Neck,  1 lb  .  — ...1  20
.1  90
“  2  lb...........
Clam Chowder.
...2 25
........
Cove Oysters.
75
...1  35
...........
.. .2 45
Star  1  lb......................
...3 50
“  2  lb......................
. 0 0
Picnic. 1 lb....................
21b....................
" 
...2 90
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb...............
...1  10
. . . 2   10
2  lb..............
Mustard,  21b  ............
.. .2 25
.2 25
Tomato Sauce.  2 lb  ..  .
Soused, 2  lb...................
,2 25
Columbia River, flat — ...1  80
falls__ .1  65
Alaska. Red..................
...1  25
pink..................
...1  10
...1  96
Klnney’B.  flats.............
American  Ms............... 4340  5
0340 7
@10
Imported  34*...............
15@16
607
Mustard  £ s ....................
Boneless................. 
21
..
Brook 3. lb...................... .  2 50

Sardines.
As
34s

Salmon.
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

Trout.
Fruits.
Applet.

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

1  10
3 50

ApricotB.

Gages.

Peaches.

Live oak..................... 
1  40
1  40
Santa  Cm*................  
1  50
Lusk’s ......................... 
1  10
Overland................... 
Blackberries.
F.  &  W...................  
90
Cherries.
Red............................. 1  10@1 25
Pitted Hamburgh...... 
1  75
W hite......................... 
1 50
Brie............................ 
1 80
DamsonB, Egg Plnms and Green 
E rie............................ 
1  20
1  40
California................... 
Gooseberries.
Common.................... 
1 25
Pie............................  
90
Maxwell.................... 
i  25
Shepard’s ..................
California..................   16001  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 51
grated........  .  @2 75
Quinces.
Common.................... 
1  10
Raspberries.
1  10
Red  ............................ 
1  50
Black  Hamburg.........  
Erie,  b lack ...............  
1  20
Strawberries.
1  25
Lawrence...... ............ 
1  25
Hamburgh................. 
Erie............................  
1  20
1  05
Terrapin....................... 
Whortleberries.
Blueberries............... 
85
Corned  beef  Libby’s.........1  95
Roast beef  Armour’s.........180
Potted  ham, 34 lb...............1  40
“  M lb.................  85
tongue, 54 lb ...............135
54 lb............  85
chicken, m lb.......... 
95

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Vegetables.

Meats.

“ 
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“ 
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Beans.

“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Peas.

Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless........... 1 25
French style...... 2 25
Limas................. 1  35
Lima, green........................1  25
soaked.......................  65
Lewis Boston Baked..........1  85
Bay State  Baked................l  35
World’s Fair  Baked..........1  85
Picnic Baked...................... l  00
Hamburgh......................... 1 40
Livingston  Eden...............1  30
Purity..................................
Honey  Dew.......................... 1 40
Morning Glory...................
Soaked............................... 
75
Hamburgh  marrofat..........1 35
early June.........
Champion Eng.. 1  50
petit  poll............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..............................19@21
Erie......................................  85
Hubbard............................ 1  15
Hamburg............................ 1 40
Soaked*............ 
85
Honey  Dew........................1 50
E rie....................................1  35
Hancock............................ 1  10
Excelsior ...........................
Eclipse.......................... .
Hamburg............................
Gallon  ...  ...........................8 50

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

Tomatoes.

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CHOCOLATE.
German Sweet................  
Preminm..........................  
Breakfast  Cocoa.............. 

Baker’s.

23
37
43

CHEESE.
Amboy........................
Acme..........................  1254013
Lenawee.................... 
012 54
Riverside................... 
1354
Gold  Medal  .............. 
01154
Skim..........................   6010
Brick.......................... 
15
Edam  .......................  
1 00
Leiden....................... 
33
Llmburger................. 
015
025
Pineapple................... 
Roqnefort..................   ©85
Sap Sago.................... 
021
Schweitzer, Imported.  @24 
014
domestic  .... 

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CATSUP.

COUPON  BOOKS.

Blue Label Brand.

“ 

Half  pint, 25 bottles.......... 2 75
Pint 
...........4 60
Quart 1 doz bottles 
. .3 50
Half pint, per  doz................... 1 35
Pint, 25 bottles.........................4 50
Quart, per  doz  ...................3 75

Triumph Brand.

CLOTHES  PINS.

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

COCOA  SHELLS.

35 lb  bags........................   ©3
Less quantity...............
Pound  packages........... 65i@7

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

Santos.

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

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add 54c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
Me Laugh n il’s  XXXX..  23 95
Bnnola  .......................  
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case__  23 96

Package.

 

23 45

Extract.

Valley City 54 gross........... 
75
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross........1 65
“ 
........2 85

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1 15

“ 

tin 
CHICORV.

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

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton,  40 ft......... per do*.  1 25
1  40
1  80
175
1  90
85
100

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Jute 
•• 
CONDENSED  MILK.

50ft.......... 
60 f t.......... 
70 ft.......... 
80ft.......... 
60 ft.......... 
72 ft-____  

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4 do*. In case.

N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brande
Gail Borden Eagle............   7 40
Crown................................ 6 85
Daisy..................................5 75
Champion..........................  4 50
Magnolia 
...........................1 2
Dime....................................3’35

EVAFOiff I 
KtiA?* ' J

Peerless Evaporated Cream. 

CREDIT  CHECKS.

500, any one denom’n ......63 00
1000,  “ 
...... 5 00
2000,  “ 
.......8 00
75
Steel  punch....................... 

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“Tradesman.- 
1 books, per hundred 
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6 2 
6 3 
6 5 
610 
820 
$  1 books, per hundred 
8 2 

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“Superior.”

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2  00 2 50 
8 00 
8 004 005 00
2 50
3 003 504 00
5 Ú0
6 00

Universal.”

 
 
 
 
 

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.20 

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8  1  books, per hundred...  83 00 
.... 3 50
8 2 
.... 4 00
6 3 
.... 5 00
8 5 
810 
.  6 00
820 
..  7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200books ot over..  5 per  cent 
600 
1000 
COUPON  PASS  BOOKS. 
[Can  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 810  down. |
20 books.........................8  1  00
2 00
50 
3 00
100 
6 25
250 
500 
10 00
1000 
17 50

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CRACKERS.

 
 
 
 
 
Butter.

Seymour XXX....................... 554
Seymour XXX, cartoon......6
Family  XXX......................  654
Family XXX,  cartoon........  6
Salted XXX...........................554
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ........6
Kenosha 
..........................  754
Boston..................................7
Butter  biscuit....................  6
Soda, XXX......................  .  554
Soda, City............................  754
Soda,  Duchess...................   854
Crystal Wafer.....................1054
Long  Island Wafers...........11
OvRtAf
S. Oyster  X xJL 
........   554
City Oyster. XXX.................  554
Farina  Oyster.................... 6

Soda.

CREAM  TARTAR.

30
Strictly  pure. 
..  30
Telfer’s Absolute.
Grocers’............................15@25

DRIED  FRUITS. 

Domestic.

 

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Peach eg.

14
1454
8

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

Apples.
quartered 
Apricots.

Snndrled, sliced in bbls. 
7
754
“ 
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes  10  11 
California In  bags.......  
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes...................... 
Nectarines.
70 lb. bags.......................10
251b. boxes 
Peeled, In  boxes...........
Cal. evap.  “ 
“ 
In bags.......10
Pears.
California In bags......   10
Pitted Cherries.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes.........   ......
10
25 “ 
801b.  boxes...................15
In barrels......................
50 lb. boxes.....................'
......................
25 lb.  “ 
Raisins.

 
Frunelles.
Raspberries.

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

Loose Muscatels In Boxes.

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2 crown.............................   J  18
“ 
3 
1  20
4  “ 
1  45
Loose Muscatels In Bags.
2  crown.................................34£
454
3 
Fair  ................................. 
18
j Good.................................
j  Extra good.......................  
27
Choice.............................. 
32
Fancy................................ 
40
I  One-half barrels, 3c extra,

 
New Orleans.

Foreign.
Currants.

Patras,  In barrels............  
In  54-bbls.............. 
In less quantity  ... 
cleaned,  bulk........ 
cleaned,  package.. 

2
254
254
5
554

Peel.

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25  “ 
25 “ 

@ 8 
.  754  @8

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

“ 
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Raisins.
Ondura, 29 lb. boxes 
“ 
Sultana, 20 
Valencia, 30  “
Prunes.
California,  100-120..............  6
90x100 25 lb. bxs.  654
80x90 
.7
754
70x80 
.  8  j
60x70 
10

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

No. 1,654.........................  81  75
1  «0
No. 2, 654 
 
No. 1, 6.............................  1  65
No. 2, 6.........  
1  50

 
XX  wood, white.

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Coin.

Lima  Beans.

Manilla, white.

Farina.
Hominy.

No. 1,654..........................   1  35
No. 2,654 
.......................  1  25
654  ..........................   .......  1 00
6........................................  
95
Mill  No. 4.........................  100
FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 
100 lb. kegs................... 
344
Barrels.................................275
Grits.....................................3 00
Dried............................  3540394
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
55
Imported....................10540-1
Barrels 200........................  4 25
Half barrels 100......... 
2  25
Pearl Barley.
Kegs..................................   244
Green,  bu.........................   1 25
Spilt  per l b .................  
Barrels  180.................  @4  25
Half  bbls 90..............  @2  25
German.............................   454
Bast India..........................   5

Rolled  Oats.

Oatmeal.

Sago.

Peas.

3

 

Cracked..............................  344

Wheat.

FISH—Salt.

Bloaters.

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

Cod.

Pollock..........................
Whole, Grand  Bank......50654
Boneless,  bricks.............. 6@8
Boneless, strips................608
Smoked..................    95401254
70 
Holland, white hoops keg 
bbl  9 50

Halibut.
Herring.
“ 
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" 

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Mackerel.

Norwegian  .....................
Round, 54 bbl 100 lbs.......   2 1
54  “  40  “  ......   1 ;
Scaled..............................  
!
No. 1,  100 lbs.......................10 1
No. 1, 40 lbs........................  4 1
No. 1,  10 lbs........................  1 :
No. 2,100 lbs........................7 !
No. 2, 40 lbs........................  3 ;
!
No. 2,10 lbs....................... 
Family, 90 lbs.......................5 1
10 lb s.................  
1
Russian,  kegs....................  
!
No. 1,54 bbls., lOOlbs............5 1
No. 1 V bbl, 40  lbs...............2 I
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs.................   1
No  1, 8 lb  kits....................  (

Sardines.
Trout.

“ 

White Ash.

No. 1

Family 
54 bbls, 100 lbs...........87 GO 83 GO
34  “  40  “  -------- 3 C5  150
101b.  kits..................  
85  45
8 lb.  “ 
71  39
................. 
MATCHES.
No. 9 sulphur.......................1 61
Anchor parlor...................... 1 70
No. 2 home........................... 1 10
Export  parlor......................4 00

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

8ouders*.

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz
2 os  ... .8  75 
4 oz  ....  1  50

Regular
Vanilla.

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

2 00
2 50

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Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla 
1  20
2 oz regular panel .7 5  
4 oz 
...1  50 
2 00
6 oz 
...2 00 
3 00
No. 3 taper............1  35 
No. 4  taper............150 
N ortlirop’s
2 oz  oval taper  75 
1 20 
“ 
3 oz 
2 oz regular“ 
85 
4 oz 
“ 
1 60 

Lemon.  Vanilla.
1 10
1  75
1  20
2 25

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FLY  PA PER. 

T hum ’s Tanglefoot.

Single  case.......................... 3 60
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
54 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
Quarterkegs.......................  3 00
1  lb  cans............................  60
Sage.....................................15
Hops.................................... 15

 
Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

HERBS.

 

INDIGO.

Madras,  5 lb. boxes.........  
55
50
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
JELLY .
17  lb. pails.................  @  40
30  “ 
................  @  70
Pure.....................................   30
Calabria...............................   26
Sicily....................................  12

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LICORICE.

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

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MINCE  MEAT.

Mince meat, 3 doz. in case.  2 75 
Pie  preparation,  3 doz.  in
case................................... 3 00

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon  ..........................   81  75
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.
Cuba Baking.
Porto HI ou.

Sugar house..............—... 
Ordinary..........................  
Prim e............................... 
Fancy...............................  

14
16
20
80

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PICKLES.
Medium.
Barrels, 1,200 count... 
Half bbls, 600  count..  @2  75
Barrels, 2,400 count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 count 

Small.

3 25

@4 50

5 50

PIPES.

Clay, No.  216.............................1 TO
“  T. D. full count...........  TO
Cob, No. 3............................120

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

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

RICE.
Domestic.

Carolina head................. ....6
“  No. 1................. ...,5M
“  No.2.................. ...  5
Broken...............................  4

Imported.

Japan, No. 1....................
...5M....5
“  No.2....................
Java............................ .
..  6
Patna............................... •-  5M

SPICES. 
Whole Sifted.

“ 

Allspice............................
Cassia, China In mats.........  9M..  8
“  Batavia in bund___15
“  Saigon in rolls.........32
Cloves,  Amboy na............... 22
“  Zanzibar..................11M
Mace  Batavia...................... 80
Nutmegs, fancy................... 75
“  No.  1.......................70
“  No. 2.......................60
Pepper, Singapore, black__ 10
“ 
“  white...  .20
shot.........................16
“ 
Pure Ground In Bulk.
Allspice............................... 15
Cassia,  Batavia...................18
and  Saigon .25
“ 
“ 
Saigon....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
“  Zanzibar.................18
Ginger, African................... 16
Cochin.................  20
Jam aica..... ...........22
Mace  Batavia...................... 65
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste..22
“  Trieste....................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 ................... 75
Pepper, Singapore, black__16
“ 
**  white...... 24
“  Cayenne................. 20
Sage......................................20
“Absolute” In Packages.
Ms  Ms
Allspice......................  84  155
Cinnamon.:................  84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  1  55
Ginger,  Jam aica......  84  1  55
“  African...........  84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  155
Pepper.......................   84  155
Sage...........................   84

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SAL  SODA.

KegB...................................   1M
Granulated,  boxes...............   1M

SEEDS.

Anise.........................  @15
4
Canary, Smyrna.........  
8
Caraway...... ............. 
Cardamon, Malabar... 
90
Hemp,  Russian............ 
45£
Mixed  Bird...............  
5@6
Mustard,  white.........  
10
9
Poppy......................... 
30
Cuttle  bone...............
STARCH.

Corn.
20-lb  boxes......................... 5*
40-lb 
....................... •  5M
Gloss.
1-lb packages......................
3-lb 
......................
6-lb 
...................... .  6M
40 and 50 lb. boxes............ .  «M
Barrels............................... •  3M

.  5
.  5

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SNUFF.

Scotch, In  bladders........... .37
Maccabov, In jars.............. .35
French Ráppée, In Jars — .43

SODA,

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

SALT.
100 3-lb. sacks.................... 12  15
60 5-lb.  “ 
.................... 2 00
28 10-lb. sacks................... 1  85
2014-lb.  “ 
.................... 1  80
24 3-lb  cases...................... 1  50
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags.. 
32
28 lb.  “ 
drill  “  16
18
30
16
75

56 lb. dairy In drill  bags... 
28 lb.  “ 
..
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..

Warsaw.

Ashton.

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Higgins.

56 lb. dairy In linen  sacks 

Soiar Rock.

56 In.  sacks.........  

........

Common Fine.

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

75

22

86
85

Packed 60 lbs. in box.
Church’s ...........................
5M
DeLand’s .......................... •
Dwight’s ............................ .  5M
Taylor’s ............ .-...............

5

“ 

Ftne Cut.

TOBACCOS.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.
Fox, cross.................. 3  G0@5 00
Fox,  grey..................   50@  70
Lvnx--- :.................... 1 
00@2 50
Martin, dark.............. 1 
00@3 00
pale & yellow  75@1 00
Mink, dark.................  2501  00
Muskrat......................  3@  15
Oppossum...................  5@  15
Otter, dark............... 5 00@10 00
Raccoon....................  30®  75
Skunk  .......................1 
W olf...........................1 
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.......  
WOODENWARE.

P. Lorillard A Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet............. 30  @32
Tiger.................... :... 
30
D. Scotten A Co’s Brands.
60
Hiawatha................... 
32
,  Cuba........................... 
I  Rocket.......................  
30
Spaulding A Merrick's  Brands.
Sterling...................... 
30
Private Brands.
Bazoo.........................  @30
Can  Can......................  @27
Nellie  Bly..................24  @25
Uncle Ben.................. 24  @25
27
McGlnty....................  
25
“  M bbls.......... 
Dandy Jim.................  
29
Torpedo..................... 
24
In  drums__ 
23
28
Yum  Yum  ...............  
1892 ............................  
23
“  drums................. 
22

deerskins—per pound.

00@1 25
00@2 00

10
10
15
25

SOAP.
Laundry.

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb...........3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb...................3 90
White Borax, 100  5£-lb.............3 65

Proctor & Gamble.

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

Dingman Brands.

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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.  Falrbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................  4  00
Brjwn, 60 bars.................... 2 40
80  b a rs...................3  25
Acme.................................  3 75
Cotton Oil............................ 6 00
Marseilles— .-..................   4 00
Master 
.  4 00
Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands

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Lautz Bros. A Co.’s Brands.

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The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co 

quotes as follows :
PO R K   IN   B A R R ELS.
Mess,
Short c u t...................................... 
13 no
Extra clear pig, short cut............................. ’5 • 0
Extra clear, heavy...........................
Clear, fat  back.............................  
14
Boston clear, short cut.................................. 14
Clear back, short cut..................... . ...........   j.
Standard clear, short cut, best. . . . . . . . .  
14
Pork, links...
Bologna.......
Liver...........
Tongue ........
Blood ...........
Head cheese.
Summer........
Frankfurts...
„  
L A R D .
Kettle  Rendered..............
Family.................................................  
Compound....................................... 
Cottolene 
50 lb. Tins, Me advance.
20 lb. palls, Me 
101b.  “  Me
5 lb.  “  xc 
31b. 
l c
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................8 CO
Extra Mess, Chicago packing.............. 
7 75
Boneless, rump butts.................10 00
Hams, average 20 lbs........ 

7M
8M
’  '  e i
......   gjr
....................... !!!!!!!..!....]  7 *

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain

os/
16 lbs.....................................   10
i2 to i4 ibs............... :..:::::::io ji
....................  9
"  *y
9J
............   16
...................  7

Shoulders................................  
Breakfast Bacon  boneless...............  
Dried beef, ham prices....... 
Long Clears, heavy.........................
Briskets,  medium.........  

best boneless......... 

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

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n*iit......................6«

D RY  SALT  MEATS.

T R IP E .

PIC K E B D   FIG S’  F E E T .

Butts.
D. S. Bellies...................................................,2ii
Fat Backs..........................................jg
Barrels..........................  
po
Ke«»...................................... YYYYYYYYYY. 
90
Kits, honeycomb................................ 
75
Kits, premium....................................................55
Barrels....................  
00 m
Half barrels....................YY.Y.Y.YYY.YY.YYYYll  00
Per pound........... 
jj
_  
Dairy, sold packed.................................. 
13
Dairy, rolls...................................................  13M
Creamery, solid packed...................................17J
Creamery, rolls...............  
..............  j3

....................................... 
B U TTERIN K .

B E E F   TONGUES.

FR E S H   B E E F .

Carcass...................................................  5  @  7
Fore quarters........................................4M® 5
Hind quarters........................................ g
@ 6 
Loins No. 3....................... 
........  o
@10 
Ribs..........................................?
@ 9
Rounds........................................... '  " ’  5
6
Chucks..................................... j 
@ 4M
Plates.....................................**'*'  3
FR E SH   PO R K .
P a sse d .................................................   6*@6M
7M
Loins...................................................... 
Shoulders  ........................... 
gs*
Leaf Lard................................  
oa
Carcass 
Lambs..
Carcass..................................................  5@ 6

MUTTON.

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CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE.

LAMP BURNERS.

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

LAMP CHIMNBYB.  Per bOX.

6 doz. In box.

2 6

 
 

 
 

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“ 
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Pearl top.

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  “ 
No. 2  “ 
No. 0 Sun, crimp top....................................  
No. 1  “ 
No.2  “ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled....................3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
.................... 4 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................4 8?
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz....................... 1  25
No.2  “ 
....................... 150
No. 1 crimp, per doz........................................1  35
No. 3  “ 
No. 0, per  gross..............................................   2
 
No. 1, 
No  2, 
 
No. 3, 
 
Mammoth, per doz.........................................   75

LAMP WICKS.

La B as tie.

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STONEWARE—AKRON.

“  M gal. per doz 

Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal.............................   06
“ 
.................  60
Jugs, M gal., per doz...................................
“  1 to 4 gal., per gal...............................
Milk Pans, M gal., per doz..........................   60
“ 
.........................  72

1  “ 
STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED.

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

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

1  “ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

2 2
3

2 8
3 8

1 60

28
38
75

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

Tubs,No. 1.........................  600
“  No. 2.........................  5 50
“  No. 3.........................4 50
1  30
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  50
“ 
13  “  ....................   90
“  15  “ 
.....................   1  25
“  17  “ 
.....................   1  80
“ 
19  “ 
 
240
21  “ 
...................
Baskets, market.................   35
shipping  bushel..  1  15 
..  1  25
full  hoop  “ 
5 25
“  No.2 6 25
“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l  3 75
“  No.2 4 25
“  No.3 4 75

“ 
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IN D U R A TED   W A RE.

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

Butter Plates—Oval.

Washboards—single.

250  10C0
No.  1...........................  
60 2  10
No  2...........................   70 2 45
No. 3...........................   SO 2 80
No.  5.........................  1 00  3 50
Universal.................................2 25
No. Queen................................2 50
Peerless Protector.................... 2 40
Saginaw Globe.......................   l 75
Water Witch............................ 2 25
Wilson......................................2 50
Good Luck.............................   2 75
peerless..................................   2 85
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF8 

Double.

W H EA T.

N E A L .

F L O U R   IN   SACKS.

53
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 
53
Bolted...............................  1 40
Granulated.......................  1  65
♦Patents............................  205
♦Standards.......................  1  60
♦Straight..........................   1  55
Bakers’.............................   1  35
♦Graham..........................   150
Rye.........   .......................   1  60
♦Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

M IL L 8T U FF8.

Less
Car lots quantity
$16 00
16 50
17 00

Bran.............. 615 00 
Screenings —   12 50 
Middlings......  15 50 
Mixed Feed...  16 50 
Coarse meal 
16 CO 
Car  lots...............................40
Less than  car  lots.............43
Car  lots...............................35M
Less than car lots............... 37

CORN.

O ATS.

13 00
17 no

H A Y .
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__11  no-
No.l 
ton lots........ 12 50

“ 

13M

FISH  AND  OY8TER8.
F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as

follows:
PK ESH   P IS H .
Whlteflsb 
................. @  9
Tront  ......................... @ 9
Black Bass.................
Halibut....................... @15
Ciscoes or Herring— @ 4
Blueflsh...................... @15
20
Fresh lobster, per lb ..
Cod.............................
8
No. 1 Pickerel............
@ 8
Pike...........................
@ 7
Smoked  White........... @ 6
Red  Snappers............
15
Columbia  River  Sal-
mon.........................
12M
Mackerel....................
18@20
o y s t e r s —Cans.
Falrhaven  Connts — @40
F. J. D.  Selects.........
@33
Selects....................... @25
F. J. D......................... @25
Anchors.................  .. @22
Standards................... @20
o y s t e r s —Bulk.
Extra Selects..per gal.
1  75
1  50
Selects.......................
1  on
Standards..................
Connts.......................
2 20
Scallops............   ......
1  50
1  25
Shrimps  ....................
Clams.........................
1  25
SH E L L   GOODS.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  50
.........
Clams, 
7501  00

“ 

Ping.

Sorg’s Brands.

34

Spearhead...................... 
Joker.............................. 
Nobby Twist....................  
Scotten’s Brands.
Kvlo................................. 
Hiawatha........................  
Valley City............... 
Flnzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty................... 
Jolly Tar......................... 
Lorillard’s Brands.
Climax  (8 oz., 41c)_____ 
Gr'en Turtle................... 
27
Three  Black Crows... 
J. G. Butler’s Brands.
Something Good........ 
38
Out of  Sight................... 
Wilson & McCaulay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope.................  
43
37
Happy Thought.........  
Messmate................... 
32
NoTax.......................  
31
27
Let  Go........................ 

39
27
40
26
38

4A
32
39
30

24

Smoking.

Catlin’s  Brands.

Kiln  dried  ...................... 17@18
Golden  Shower  ..................19
Huntress  ........................... 26
Meerschaum  ...................29@30
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle  Navy........................40
Stork  ............................ 30@82
German............................... 15
F rog.................................... 33
Java, Ms foil.......................32
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Banner.................................16
Banner Cavendish.............. 38
Gold Cut 
...........................28

Scotten’s Brands.

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

Brands.

Leldersdorfs Brands.

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

Spaulding A Merrick.

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

VINEGAR.
40gr....................... . 
7  @8
50 gr............................8  @9
II for barrel.

YEAST.

WET  MUSTARD.
Bulk, per g a l................... 
30
Beer mag, 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:
H ID E S .
Green....................
2@2 M
Part  Cured............
@  3
Full 
............
©  3M
Dry......................... . ..  4 @ 5
Kips, green  ...........
...  2 @ 3
“  cured............
@ 4
Calfskins,  green... ...  4 @ 5
cured... ...4  M@  6
Deacon skins......... ...10 @25

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No. 2 hides % off.
PELTS.

WOOL.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

Shearlings.............. ...  5 @  20
Lambs 
................. ...25 @  60
Washed................. .. .12 @16
Unwashed............ ...  8 @12
Tallow.......................  4 @ 4M
Grease  butter  ...... ...  1 @ 2
Switches.....................  1M@ 2
Ginseng.......................... 2 0n@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

runs.

Silver.......................... .....   3 ,.5
Mono.................................3  SO
Savon Improved............... 2  50
Sunflower.........................a  80
Golden............................. ’  3 25
Economical  ......................2  25

SUGAR.

Sconring.
Sapolio,kitchen, 3  doz...  2 50
hand, 3 doz......... 2  50
“ 
l
t’s Atlas Brand.
Sing 
.................  ...  3  65
5 box J  
...............   3 60
10 bog- 
................  3 50
25 bo  Xlo,'
“is del...................  3 40
The  following  prices  repre­
sent the actual selling prices in 
Grand Rapids, 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 to quote New York  prices 
exclusively.
Cut  Loaf. 
......................$5 44
Powdered..........................  4 82
Granulated 
....................  4 63
Extra Fine Granulated...  4 75
Cubes................................ 4 82
XXXX  Powdered..............  5  17
Confec. Standard  A......... 4 56
No. 1  Columbia A............   4 44
No. 5 Empire  A ............... 4 32
No.  6..................................4 25
No.  7.................................. 4  19
No. 8..................................4  13
No.  9..................................4 07
No.  10................................3 94
No.  11................................  3 88
No.  12..........., ..................  3 75
No.  13................................   3 56
No 14.............................  
3 38

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels................................15M
Half bbls.............................17M
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, large  ......  4 55
*' 
small...... 2 65

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TEAS.

jafan—Regular.

@17
@20
@26
@34
@12
@17
@2li
@26
@34

F air............................
Good..........................
Choice......................... 24
Choicest......................32
D ust........................... 10
SU N  C U B ED .
F air............................
Good ...........................
Choice......................... 24
Choicest......................32
Dust............................10
BA SK ET  P IK E D .
F air............................ 18
@20@25
Choice.........................
@35
Choicest....................
Extra choice, wire leaf
@40
GU N PO W D ER.
@35
Common to fall..........25
@65
Extra fine to finest__ 50
@85
Choicest fancy........... 75
@26
@30
Common to fair..........23
@26
Common to  fair..........23
@35
Superior to fine........... 30
@26
Common to fair..........18
@40
Superior to  fine..........30
EN G LISH   B R EA K FA ST.
F air............................. 18  @22
Choice.......................... 24  @28
Best............................. 40  @50

YOUNG HYSON.

IM PE R IA L .

OOLONG.

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THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

Ch o w   t o
i

IT  HAS  NO  EQUAL. 

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

CONDENSED  MILK  at the head, and

Gail  Borden  Eagle  Brand
Borden’s  Peerless  Brand

EVAPORATED  CREAM  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  niLK  CO. 

ABSOLUTELY  PURE.

Don’t fail to order a supply now. 

F o r   Q u o t a t i o n s   S ee  P r i c e   C o l u m n s .

\

j 

R everie o f a  L ead  Pencil.

I go to church occasionally.  If 1 could 
go alone 1 would go oftener.  As a  rule, 
the sermons are good,  but it  is  amusing 
to watch the various worshippers (?) while 
the  preacher  is  preaching.  One  man 
will sit and smile and give a sly  look  at 
his neighbor as the  preacher  describes a 
certain  kind  of  sinner.  Another  man 
sits  there  with  a  brow  as  black as  a 
thunder-cloud. 
That  man  knows  the 
preacher is referring to him,  and is won­
dering how the man in the pulpit learned 
so much about him.  and he  is  sure  that 
everybody in the congregation  is saying, 
“Thou art  the  man.”  That  is  exactly 
the way with  a  great  many  grocers  in 
this  city.  They  are  sure  that  what 1 
said last week about certain  grocers was 
intended for  them.  They  are  welcome 
to the coat,  if it fits  them,  but  they  are 
not compelled to wear  it.  They  are  at 
liberty to choose their own clothes;  but I 
shall  go  on  talking  just  the same. 
I 
think 1 have  found  my  mission  at  last, 
at least I have found my tongue,  which is 
more to the  purpose.

Did you ever run  across  the  political 
grocer?  Politics,  politics,  nothing  but 
politics;  from  morning  until  night  he 
talks politics.  With every one  who  en­
ters his store—man, woman and child—he 
talks politics.  He has even  been  known, 
when going home at night, to  attempt to 
get up an  argument with a tobacconists’s 
dummy.  He  knows  more  about  the 
science  of  government  and  political 
economy than John  Stuart Mill;  he  un­
derstands the McKinley law  better  than 
McKinley  himself;  Cobden’s  free  trade 
theories  are  crude  and  childish  beside 
his learned dissutations  on  the  subject. 
It is  a  wonder  that  his  party  did  not 
long ago choose him as its  leader—he  is 
so well fitted for the post.  This man ought 
never to engage in the  grocery  business. 
He  is  out  of  his  element.  He should 
have been  a  spouter for a sideshow.

Here  is  another  specimen:  He  goes 
about as if he had not the  first  spark  of 
ambition,  and 
the  appearance  of  his 
store proves that he has none. 
It makes 
one tired  to  watch him.  Listlessly  and 
lazily he moves around,  bis  only  object 
beiDg,  apparently,  to  give  the  grass  a 
chance  to  grow  under  his  feet.  “The 
world was  not  made  in  a  day,”  is  his 
motto, which shows all  be  knows  about 
it. 
I don’t think he will  live long, as he 
will soon be to lazy to draw his breath.

I met another kind of grocer  the  other 
day.  He is a worker from  “ way  back,” 
the  very  opposite  of  the  other  fellow. 
But he lacks judgment.  His business is

a small one,  but  he  works  harder  than 
the 
largest  dealer  in  the  city.  From 
early morning until late  at night he is at 
it,  barely  taking  time  to  eat.  He de­
serves success, if any man  does,  although 
he is not likely to get  much  of  it.  His 
nose is always on the  grindstone,  which 
may account for his business  shortsight­
edness.  You  can’t  call  him  a  pusher, 
because he does not get  ahead,  and  yet, 
If he  had  judg­
he is always on the go. 
ment  equal 
industry,  there  is 
hardly anything he could not accomplish; 
but tor lack of  this  one  essential  busi­
ness quality he will all his life  be  noth­
ing but a grubber.

to  his 

There may  be other  stores  as  bad  as 
one  I  was  in  a  little  while  ago,  but 1 
reigned  supreme. 
doubt  it.  Disorder 
Dust and dirt  presided  everywhere. 
It 
was  a  general  store  and  groceries, dry 
goods and boots and shoes were  there  in 
chaotic conglomeration.  There  was one 
place for everything  and  everything  in 
its place. 
I  never  discovered  the  pro­
prietor.  He was probably  in  the  store, 
but was indistinguishable in  the prevail­
ing confusion.  Strange as it may  seem, 
this store has a  good  trade  and  is,  ap­
parently making money;  but you will ob­
serve that there seems  to  be  an  affinity 
between the “shop” and  the  customers. 
They  seem  to  be  suited  to  each other. 
“As the shop is. so  are  the  customers,” 
is a new proverb,  but it expresses what I 
mean. 
It is probable that  if  everything 
were  kept  neat  and  tidy  these  people 
would be like a bull in a china shop, or a 
cat in a strange garret, or  anything  else 
that  expresses  absolute  incongruity  or 
inbarmouiousness  with 
environment.
In this connection  an  incident  occurs 
to  me  which  happened  the  other  day 
when my owner permitted  me  to  go  to 
school with his eldest son.  The teacher 
asked  a  class  the  definition  of grocer, 
and a young lad replied:

“A grocer is a man  who  sells  tea  and 

coffee and sugar and—things.”

The teacher pronounced  the reply cor­
rect and told him to take  bis  seat.  Bat 
was the answer correct ?  Is a man a car­
penter  because  he  can  use  a saw  and 
hammer ?  Is a man a printer because he 
“knows the case”  and can pick up type ? 
or is a  man  anything  in  particular  be­
cause  he  can  make  certain  motions ? 
No, he is not; and the reason  is  obvious. 
same  reasoning, 
Well, 
then,  by 
neither is a man a grocer just because he 
sells  groceries. 
that  perfectly 
plain ?  A man may make  what  motions 
he pleases,  but^there must be both brains
in  his  work  or------b u t my
and  heart 
ow ner m ust  use me to note  down  an  or­
der. 

Only a  L e a d  P e n c il.

the 
Isn’t 

Nothing in This World

Is  so  cheap  as  a  newspaper,  whether  it  be 
measured  by  the  cost  of  its  production  or by  its 
value  to  the  consumer.  We  are  talking  about 
an  American,  metropolitan,  daily  paper of  the 
first  class  like  THE  CHICAGO RECORD.  It’s so 
cheap  and so good you  can’t  afford  in  this  day 
I here are other 
of  progress  to  be  without  it. 
papers  possibly  as  good,  but  none  better,  and 
none ju st like  it. 
the world—the news  you  care  for—every  day, 
and prints  it  in  the shortest possible space.  You 
can read THE CHICAGO RECORD ancl do a day’s 
it  is an  independent paper and  gives 
work  too. 
all  political  news free  from  the  taint  of pariy 
in  a  word—it’s  a  complete,  condensed, 
bias 
clean,  honest  family  newspaper,  and  it has  the 
largest  morning  circulation  in  Chicago  or  the 
west— 12 5 ,0 0 0 -to  140,000  a  day.

j 
It  prints  all  the real  news of  J 
J 

Prof.  J.  T.  Hatfield  o f  the  Northwestern 
University says:  “ THE CHICAGO RECORD 
comes a s  near b ein g  the ideal  daily jo u r =  
n al as  w e are  fo r some  tim e lik e ly  to find 
on  these m o rtal  shores. ”

Sold  by  newsdealers  everywhere,  and  sub­
script ions received  by  all postmasters.  Address 
THE CHICAGO RECORD,  181  Madison-st. 
(a > 

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SOCIETIES,
CLUBS,
CONVENTIONS,
DELEGATES,
COMMITTEES.

The Largest Assortment of  Ribbons 
and Trimmings in the State.

TRADESMAN  COMPANY.

WALTER BAKER & GO.

T he  Largest 
COCOA and 

M anu factu rers o f

CHOCOLATE
IN   T H IS  C O U N T R Y ,
have  received  from  the 
Judges  of the

W orld’s 
Colum bian 
Exposition
The Highest Awards
(Medals and Diplomas) 
on  each  of  the  following  articles, 
n a m e ly :
BREAKFAST  COCOA,
PREMIUM  NO.  I  CHOCOLATE, 
GERMAN  SWEET  CHOCOLATE, 
VANILLA  CHOCOLATE,
COCOA  BUTTER,

F o r “ p urity of m aterial,” “ excellent 
flavor,”  and  “ uniform   even  com posi­
tion.”
S O L D   B Y   C R O C E R S   E V E R Y W H E R E .
W alter  Baker  &  Co.f

DORCHESTER,  MAS8.

M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N

T h c - S a ff
1fiatSq£g $a£t~

is fast being recognized, by everybody as the best  salt for  every pur­
pose. 
It s  made from  the  best  brine by  the  best  process  with  the 
best  grain.  You  keep  the  best  of other  things,  why not  keep the 
best  of  Salt.  Your customers will  appreciate  it  as  they appreciate 
pure sugar,  pure coffee,  and  tea.

Diamond Crystal Salt

Being free from all chlorides  of  calcium   and magnesia,  will  not  get  dam p  and 
soggy  on  your hands. 
P u t  up  in  an  attractive and salable m anner.  W hen 
your stock o f salt is low, try a sm all supply o f "th e salt th a t’s a tl sa lt.”  Can be 
obtained from  jobbers and dealers.  For prices,  see price current on  o ther page. 
F or other inform ation,  address

D IA M O N D   C R YSTA L  S A LT  CO.,  S T.  CLAIR,  M IC H .

P E R K I N S   &  H E S S ,

* 

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,
J______________ WE CARRY A  STOCK OP  CAKE  TALLOW  FOR  MILL USB.

Nos.  122  and  124  Louis  Street,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan.

DEALERS  IN

To

H E N R Y   K O C H ,   your  O l e r k s ,   attorneys,  a g e r.j, 
S O  l c ' S l l i e i l   and  workmen,  and  all  claim ing  or 
holding  through  or  under  you,

U le re a s , it  has  been  represented  to  us  in our  Circuit Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of

Ne..  Jersey,  in  the  Third  Circuit,  on  the  part  of  the  ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,  Com plainant,  that 
the  District 
it  has  lately  exhibited  its  said  Bill  of  Complaint  in  our  said  Circuit  Court  of  the  U nited  States  for 
of  New  Jersey,  against  you,  the  said  HENRY  KOCH,  D efendant, 
therein 
complained  of,  and  that  the  said

to  be  relieved 

the  m atters 

touching 

ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,

Com plainant,  is  entitled  to  the  exclusive  use  of 

the  designation  “ SA PO LIO ”  as  a  trade-m ark  for  scouring  soap.

lïoui,  therefore,

do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY
KOCH,  your  clerks,  attorneys,  agents,  salesm en  and  workm en,  and  all  claim ing  or  holding  through  or  under  you, 
o a d e rth ^ i> a in s ^ ^ n ( ^ j) e n a ltie s ^ ^ iic l^ ^ T ia ^ ^ a l^ u £ o n ^ ^ m ^ » i(^ e a c l^ o f jo u  
that  you  do 
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  m anner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “ SA PO LIO ,”  or  any  word  or  words
substantially  sim ilar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with 
the  m anufacture  or  sale  of  any  scouring 
soap  not  m ade  or  produced  by  or  for  the  Com plainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly,

in  case  of  disobedience, 

By  word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

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

that  which 
false  or  m isleading  m anner.

is  not  Com plainant’s  said  m anufacture,  and 

from 

in  any  way  using 

the  word  “ SA PO LIO ”  in  any 

W itU flS lS ,

[ s e a l]

The  honorable  M e l v il l e   W.  F u l l e r ,  Chief  Justice  of 
United  Sta'es  of  America,  at 
the  City  of  Trenton, 
Jersey, 
the  year  of 
eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

i6th  day  of  December, 

this 

in 

[ s i g n e d ]

ROW LAND  COX.

Complainant's  Solicitor.

the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
in  said  District  of  New 
thousand,
our  Lord,  one 

S.  D.  O LIPH A N T,

Clerk

1 C
Michigan (Tektral

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’*

(Taking effect  Sunday,  Feb. 11,1894.) 

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20n m ..........Detroit  Express............7 00am
5 30 a m ......«Atlantic and  Pacific.......li  20 pm
1  30p m ........New York Express.........   5 20 pm
d 3*Dally.  All others daily, except Sunday.
_ Sleeping cars  run on Atlantic  and  Pacific  ex­
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  7:00am;  re­
turning, leave Detroit 4:55 p m, arriving at Grand 
Baplds 10:20 p m.
Direct  communication  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains erst  over  the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
A. Alm^uist, Ticket Agent,

Union Passenger Station.

CHICAGO 

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

 

7:30am   

TO  AND FROM   M USKEGON.

TR A V ER SE  CITY ,  C H A R LEV O IX   AND  PE T O S K E T .

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d Rapids............ 7:25am  1:25pm *11:30pm
Ar. Chicago.................  1:25pm  0:50pm  *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
Lv. Grand  Rapids .. 
3:15pm
Ar.  Manistee...........  12:20pm 
..........  8:15pm
Ar. Traverse C ity... 12:40pm 
............   8:45pm
 
Ar. Charlevoix........  3:15pm 
11:10pm
Ar.  Petoskey 
11:40pm
3:45pm   
Arrive  from  Petoskey,  etc.,  1:00  p.  m.  and 
10:00p. m.
P A R L O R   A N D   S L E E PIN G   CARS.
To Chicago, lv. G. R..  7:25am  1:25pm *11:30pm
To Petoskey ,lv.G. R..  7:30am  3:15pm 
...........
To G. R. .lv. Chicago.  7:35am  4:55pm *11:30pm
To G. R. .lv. Petoskey  5:00am  1:30pm 
...........
♦Every day.  Other trains week days only.
rEB- “■ ■”<
DETROIT, 
_________ LANSING7St,  NORTHERN  K.  R .

 
 

GOING TO  DETROIT.

TO  AND  FRO M   SA GINAW ,  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..................   7:40am *1:10pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids....... 12:40pm *5:15pm  10:45pm
Lv. G R 7:40am 5:00pm  Ar. G R. 11:40am 10:55pm
Lv. Grand Rapids...........7:00am  1:30pm  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  &  HA STIN G S  R .  R.

W ACKEE  Railway.___________

•Every day.  Other trains  week days only.
•  GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t
■ ETROIT,  GRAND  HAVEN  A  MIL- 
EA STW A R D .
Tral ns Leave
tNo.  14 tNo.  16 tNo.  18 •No.  82
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
6 45am
10 45pm 
Ionia...........Ar
7 40am
12 27am
St.  Johns  ...Ar
8 25am
1 45am
Ow o ssd........Ar
9 00am
2 40am
E. Saginaw..Ar
10 50am
6 40am 
11 32am
Bay City......Ar
7 15am 
F lin t...........Ar
10 05am
5 4ram 
Pt.  Huron...Ar
12 05pm 
730am 
Pontiac....... Ar
1053am
537am
11 50am
Detroit......... Ar
7 00am
W ESTW A RD .

325pm
4 27pm
5 20pm 
• S 05pm
800pm
837pm
7 05pm
8 50pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

10 20am
11 25am 
1217pm
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm
3 45pm
5 50pm 
305pm
4 05pm

1 fJOpm
2  10pm

Trains Leave

♦No. 81 tNo. 11 tNo. 13.
7 00am
4 55pm 
8 20am
6 00pm

G’d Rapids............   Lv
G’d  Haven............   Ar
tDaily except Sunday. 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35 a.m.,  12:60 
Trains  arrive from  the  west, 10:10 a. m., 3:15 
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  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.

»Daily.

J ab. Campbell, City T*cket Agent-

G ran d   R apids  & In d ian a

TRAINS  GOINS  NORTH.

Leave going 
North.
For Traverse City,  Mackinaw City  and Sate. • •  7:40am
For Traverse City and Mackinaw City.............4:10 p m
 
5:00 pm
For  Saginaw.......................................... 
Leave going 

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH

For  Cincinnati...........................................................6:60 am
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago............................12:05 p m
For Fort Wayne and  the  Bast...........................2:16 p m
For  Kalamazoo  and  Chicago.................................11:20 pm

South.

C hicago v ia G.  R.  & I. R. R.

11 .-20 p  m
7:40 am

6:60 am  
2:15 pm  

4:00 pm 
9:15 pm 

4:00  p m  has  through  Wagner  Buffet  Parlor  Car. 

12:06 p  m  train  has through Wagner  Buffet  Parlor 
11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Oar. 

L v  G r a n d  R a p id s ..............12:05 p  m 
2:15 p m  
Arr  Chicago..................5:30 pm  9:00 pm  
Car.
9:35 pm
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
7:26 am
9:35 pm train daily, through Wagner  Sleeping  Car.
For Mnskegon—Leave. 
From Muskegon—Arrive

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
9:40 a m
7:35 a m 
5:40 p m 
5:20p m
O. L. LOCKWOOD.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
T D I 7* r ' 1 T Z  > G   HEADACHE
POWDERS
A 
Pal the bestjprofit.  Order from your jobber.

I L V I Y   O  

16

GOTHAM GOSSIP.

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

th e   M ark ets.

Special Correspondence.
New Yoke, April 7—The first week  in 
April shows some  improvement  in  cer­
tain  lines, and  among  certain  firms;  but 
there is a great  diversity  of  opinion  as 
to  the  present  One  week  will  seem 
lo be prosperous  beyond  dispute  in  all 
lines, and then something will happen to 
mar the happiness,  and all  will  be  blue 
again.  This week the failure of  one  of 
the largest and oldest houses in the fruit 
trade is the damper.  Paddock &  Fowler 
have  been  in  trade  for  36  years,  and 
were supposed to  be as  “sound as  a dol­
lar,” as they were said to be worth -S125,- 
000 two years ago.  The  firm  were  car­
rying a lot of mining  stock,  and  it  was 
too heavy a load for them;  besides,  there 
was a steady depreciation in dried  fruits, 
of which  the firm made a specialty, doing 
a  large  business  for  Eastern fruit con­
cerns.
The  coffee  market  presents the  same 
listless  appearance  that  has  character­
If  any 
ized  it  for  these  many  weeks. 
change  at  all  is  noticed  it is toward  a 
shade lower prices. 
It  is  thought  that 
17%e.  while still the quotation,  is  just  a 
trifle high,  yet the  dealers  say  “Well,  if 
we should  get  only  a  few  decent-sized 
orders, you  would see an advance.”  For 
other than  Rio—that  is,  for  the  milder 
and  East  Indian  sorts—the  demand  is 
moderate,  and of only  an  everyday char­
acter.  Total  stock  in  United  States— 
that  is,  N.  Y  .  Baltimore  and  New  Or­
leans—216,600  bags.
Sugars  are  selling  in  only  a  limited 
way.  so  far  as  refined  are  concerned. 
Price  remains  unchanged  at  4J£e,  at 
which  figure  it  has  remained for  some 
time.  The Trust is doing a good deal of 
advertising  just  now,  evidently  having 
great faith in  printers’  ink.  The  Jour­
nal  of  Commerce  gets  a  share, too,  al­
though it has given  the Trust some  hard 
knocks.
Canned goods seem  to  be  showing  up 
better. 
It is intimated that Baltimore is 
working at a great rate  upon  the  recent 
frost scare, and the probabilities(are that 
that  enterprising  canned  goods  center 
has worked off a great lot  of  goods  that 
would  have  bung  over  another  season 
except for the late coldness.  Gallon  ap­
ples  are  very  materially  enhanced  in 
value,  and  are  worth  83.25  for  N.  Y. 
California stock is being worked  off  and 
some large sales of  goods  taken place.
Dried fruits seem  to  be  sympathizing 
with the  canned  article,  and  the  whole 
range has a firmer tone,  although  quota­
tions  have  not  perceptibly  advanced. 
Some good orders have been received  by 
mail  from  the interior and  stocks  in  re­
tailers’ hands  certainly  must  be  rather 
light.
Fresh fruits are in  slow  demand,  and 
apples are all  gone or nearly  so.  Cran- 
beries  are  also  scarce,  and  demand  is 
almost nil.  Oranges are firm.
Nine-tenths  of  the  supply  of  rice  at 
this point is said to be foreign rice.  The 
demand  is  good,  but  it  is  claimed  that 
the supply  is so great  that  prices  must 
reach  a  lower point thaD  they have  yet 
touched, some even  predicting  an  “ava­
lanche.”  While forcible arguments  are 
advanced to prove this,  the  fact  is,  -that 
at  the  moment  an  advance  has  taken 
place,  and good to  prime is worth  4%@ 
4% c.
Spices  show  no  great  change.  Spot 
price of black pepper, 5*£c for Singapore. 
Some speculation is taking place in  nut­
megs,  and 37%@40c may be quoted.
As  mentioned  last  week,  butter  re­
mains  fairly  firm  for  best  grades,  and 
since  then an advance  has  taken  place, 
22%@23e  being  now  asked.  Lower 
grades are dull  and  low.  Eggs  continue 
in  free  receipt  and  the  range  is  from 
10@ll%c.  Cheese is steady and the  de­
mand for full cream  small  size  State  is 
fairly active at ll%@13c.
Molasses  is  in  very  limited  request, 
and  without change in price.  Choice  to 
fancy N.  O.,  34@37c.
Imports of merchandise  for  the  eight 
months ending Feb. 28 were 8420,181,310, 
against 8555,073,919.  Exports to Feb.  28 
—eight months—8623,906,021;  last  year, 
Sugar  during  this  time
$578*175,455. 

The  G rocery  M arket.

Sugar—The receipts of raw  sugar  las} 
week were  48,927  tons  and  the  receipts 
the  week  before were 70,486 tons—a total j 
of 119,413  tons,  against  meltings for the 
same time of 50,000 tons.  The  stocks of 
raw  have  now  reached  232,090  tons 
which  is  more  than  has  been  on  band 
since  1887.  The  cause  of  this  remark­
able accumulation of raw is undoubtedly j 
the  expectation  that  Congress  will  ulti­
mately  place  a  duty  on  sugar.  Those 
refineries  which  had  closed  reopened 
last week,  not  because of  any  increased 
demand  for  refined,  but  evidently  for 
the  purpose  of  turning  as  much  of  the 
raw  on  hand 
into  refined  as  possible, 
in  order  to  take  advantage  of  the  re­
newal  of  demand  which  must come with 
the  opening  of  spring  and  the  appear­
ance  of  small  fruits.  No’s.  6,  7,  8  and 
9  were  advanced l-16c and  No.  14  was 
declined  l-16e.  Otherwise 
the  market 
is  in  about  the  same  condition  as  it 
was  a  week ago.

Canned Goods—Baltimore holders have 
advanced  standard  tomatoes  7%c,  as a 
result of the recent speculative -demand. 
Gallon  apples  have  advanced  35c from 
first hands  and  jobbers  have  increased 
their quotations 10@25c.
Fruits—California  prunes  have  ad­
vanced  %c. 
Sultana  raisins  are  %e 
higher.

Pork—Receipts of hogs at  Chicago fell 
off 23,000 for the week,  the figures being 
142,124, as  against  165,526  for  the  pre­
vious week,  and  60,941  for  the  corres­
ponding  week  last  year.  The  market 
was  strong  and  a  shade higher.  Local 
packers  advanced 
their  prices  50c  on 
mess,  25c  on  short  cut, 25c on clear and 
! 50c  on  standard  clear.

Beef—Receipts  of  cattle  were  57,050 
for the  week,  being  an  increase of 6,300 
over  tne previous week,  and  a  decrease 
of  1,000 from the receipts for  the  corres­
ponding  week  of  1893.  The  local  mar­
ket  shows  an  advance  in  all  kinds.

Oranges—The attention of  all  dealers 
in  decidious  fruits  has  been  centered 
mainly  on oranges during  the  past  few 
days.  Florida  fruit  being  practically 
gone,  it was  assumed  that  other  varie­
ties  would  be  advanced,  and  Southern 
exchanges have not been  slow  to  act,  as 
it  was  expected  they  would.  Conse­
quently orders for hundreds of cars have 
been  wired and mailed  to  California,  all 
anxious to get in  before  extreme  prices 
were reached.  Fancy  seedlings are now 
held firm at  81.75 f. o.  b. California,  and 
numerous orders are being  turned  down 
every day,  as  the supply  of  really  good 
fruit  that  escaped  the  frost  is  getting 
scarce.  Adding  87%c 
to 
f.  o.  b.  prices shows  that,  at present, all 
stocks to Michigan  markets cost  the car­
load  buyer $1.62% per box,  and  the  re­
tail trade can see  that  they  are  getting 
fruit  close 
to  cost.  Mediterranean 
oranges are  bringing  from  $2.50@$3  at

per  box 

TUIfi  MICHIGAN  l^KADESMAJN
figures  as  an. import  this  year  to  the 
value of  868,032,829;  last  year, $64,873,- 
149.
The recent reports of  injury to  fruits 
and other  .T o p s   along the  Atlantic  coast j 
seem to have  been  greatly exaggerated, 
no serious harm having been done over a 
large extent of territory.
The  week  closes  in  a  sort of  waiting 
attitud».  Jobbers are  hoping  for  some­
thing  to  turn  up.  in  some 
instances, 
while  others  are  turning  something  up | 
Factories  are  starting  in 
themselves. 
liberal  numbers,  and  all  are  waiting  to 
hear  the  “ Tramp, 
tramp,  the 
boys  are  marching,” with  an  emphasis 
on  the first three words. 

j 
j 
stated  last  week,  the cleaners are  hatch-1 
ing  out  a  scheme  which  means  that I 
prices  will  be higher in  the  near  future.
Those in  a  position  to  know  say  that 
goods  bought  now  will  be a  good invest­
ment.

the Eastern auction  sales and  even  then
show  signs  of  weakness,  and  for  that
reason,  mainly,  are  not  being  bought  gtand 
b
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freely. 
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P eanuts—The  m arket  is  firm,  and,  as |  Boston Cream  ..
.......

tramp, 

Twlet

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

Bbls.  Palls.

8*4

to 

“  7*4

receive 

is  now 

“ 
fancy—In balk

Bananas—The  season 

Cocoanuts—This  market is  getting  to

8*
.............  8*4
M IX ED   CANDY. Bbls.
Palls. 
6*4 
Standard.......................................5*4
Leader.......................................... 5*4
6*4 
Royal............................................6*4
7*4 8 
Nobby...........................................7
8 
English  Rock.............................. 7
8 
Conserves.....................................7
8
Broken Taffy....................baskets
Peanut Squares................. 
8*4 9 
be  quite  a  distributing  point  for  these I French Creams..............................
13
valley  Creams
goods aDd  prices  at present are favorable  —
Midget, 30 lb. baskets.....................................   8*4
Modern, 30 lb. 
....................................... 8
to the  retailer.
Pails.
Lozenges, plain.............................................   8*4
Srinted..........................................  9ft
rope.............................................  12
Chocolate Monumental«...............................   12*4
Gum Drops.....................................................  5
Moss Drops.....................................................  7*4
Soar Drops.....................................................  8*4
Imperials.................-.....................................  10
fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 
Per Box
Lemon Drops.................................. 
Sour Drops.......................................................50
Peppermint Drops............................................60
Chocolate Drops...............................................75
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................................80
Gum Drops.......................................................40
Licorice Drops....................................................1 00
A. B. Licorice Drops....................................... 80
Lozenges, plain..................................... 
 
 
printed................................ 
Imperials..........................................................60
Mottoes.............................................................70
Cream Bar........................................................ 55
Molasses Bar....................................................55
Hand Made  Creams...................................85@95
Plain Creams................................................ 
Locorated Creams............................................90
String  Rock..................................................... 60
Burnt Almonds.................................................. 1 00
Wlntergreen  Berries....................................... 60
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes...........................  34
No. 1, 
.....................  51
No. 2, 
.........................   28
Navels, 96-1128................................................  2 50

well
opened,  as at  least  three  representative 
fruit  dealers  are 
regular 
weekly  shipments,  each one taking  from 
one to two cars from  each  steamer  con­
trolled  by 
importers. 
The  scarcity  of  apples  and  the  high 
price  of  oranges  will  cause  people  to 
buy bananas,  and a decidedly  lively  de­
mand is  reported.  The  weather,  too— 
j always an important factor with the bus­
iness—is getting favorable  to  safety  in 
handling.  The general  trade  would  be 
gainers  if  they  would  anticipate  their 
wants for a few days and have  the  fruit 
shipped while  yet  a  little  green,  as  it 
reaches the buyer  in  much  better  con­
dition.  When fully ripe  the extra large 
j  and  heavy  bunches  are  apt  to  bruise 
considerably.

“ 
“ 
OBANGES.

respective 

CARAM EDS.

the 

3 
2 

“ 

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  80

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50
< Y ,

60
65

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Three sixties  are  a 

Lemons—No particular change  in  the 
market. 
trifle 
cheaper and not so  much  in  demand  as 
300s,  but  the  position  will  be  reversed 
when  warm  weather  sets 
the 
price has advancod,  as it  will  be  sure  to 
do if  extremely  low  prices  are  quoted 
and  parties are over anxious  to  sell  be­
cause  full,  as  there  is  more  or 
less 
frosted  stock  held  at  various  points. 
Good,  sound,  firm stock  will  not  be  of­
fered for a song.

in  and 

PRODUCE  MARKET.

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

$1.50.

Butter—Supply is only  medium.  Choice dairy 

is firm at  18@2Qc and creamery at  23@2ic.

Cabbages—Floridas command $2.25  per  crate.
Cranberries—Have  advanced,  Jerseys  bring­
ing $2.75 per bu. crate.

Celery—Practically  out  the  market.  Price 

firm at 25c per doz.

Cucumbers—Easily bring $2.25 per doz.
Eggs—Handlers  pay  9c,  holding  at  10@llc. 
The  supply  is  ample, as  the demand  is  purely 
consumptive.

Field  seeds—Medium  and  mammoth  clover 
$5.75@6; Alsyke, 37@9;  Alfalfa,  $6.50;  Timothy 
| $¿@2.15: Red Top, 60@70c; Orchard Grass, $1 60® 
1.70.

Honey—Unchanged and scarce.  White clover, 

1  c;  buckwheat  12c.

forcing at 10c per lb.

Lettuce—Wommisslon men hold Grand  Rapids 

Maple Sugar—Good domestic brings 10c per lb.
OnionB—The supply is  good.  Dealers are pay­
ing 4  @45c, holding at 50@55.  Cubans  and Ber 
mudas sell readily at $3 per bu. the  latter  being 
the favorite.

Potatoes—“The country is full of potatoes and 
prices will be lower:” “there are not many pota. 
toes in the country, and  prices  must  advance.” 
These are  samples of the remarks one  hears  on 
the market these days.  In the  meantime, prices 
have advanced, dealers paying 50c  and  holding 
at 55c.  Reports  from  outside  shipping  points 
are also conflicting, but it would surprise no one 
if  prices  advanced  sharply  within  the week. 
Perhaps when the  pits  are  opened  prices  may 
fall,  but the  continued  cold  weather  makes  it 
unsafe to open the pits.  At present  the  market 
is very  uncertain and dealers  are  moving  cau­
tiously.

Radishes— Are in good demand at 35c  per  doz. 
bunches.  Home  grown  are  just  beginning  to 
make their appearance, but do not  as  yet  affect 
the market.

Spinach—Advanced to 90c per bn. crate.
Strawberries—25@30c per quart.
Tomatoes—Southern  stock is  in  good  supply 
and  the market steady at $3.50 per 6-basket crate.

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“ 

126..........................................................  3 00
150-176-200-2¿6s  ......................... 
Fancy  Seedlings,  126s.......................................   2 50
150-176-200-2268....................   2 75
250s...................................  2 50

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3 25

DEM ONS.

 
 

BANANAS.

“  50-lb.  “ 

Choice,  360........................................................  3 00
Choice300 .......................................................  3 25
Extra choice 360 ............................................   3 25
Extra fancy 300..............................................   4 00
 
Extra fancy 860................................ 
Large bunches..................................  
 
Small bunches...................................................   1 25
O T H E B   FO R EIG N   F B U IT 8 .
Figs, fancy  layers, 81b.......................
@12*4 @14 
77  “ 
“  201k.......................
141b.......................
“  extra 
“ 
@15 
Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box......................
@ 7 
“ 
......................
@  5*4 
“ 
Persian. 50-lb.  box.................
@ 5
Almonds, Tarragona.........................
@16
Ivaca..................................
California.........................
Brazils, new.......................................
Filberts.............................................
Walnnts, Grenoble............................
French................................
Calif...................................
Table  Nuts,  fancy............................
choice...........................
Pecans. Texas, H.  P.,  ......................
Chestnuts..........................................
Hickory Nuts per bu.........................
cocoanuts, full sacks.......................
Fancy. H.  P., Suns............................
“  Roasted................
Fancy, H.  P., Flags..........................

@11 
@13 
@10 
@12 
@ 12 
@ 11 
@  7*4
1  25 
3 50

@15a@ 8*4 

PEANUTS.

NUTS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

ffi  5
@ 6*4
@ 5
@ 6*4
@ 4
a  5*4

“ 

“ 

“  Roasted.............

onus.
B A B B B L8.

The  Standard Oil  Co.  quotes  as  follows:

Eocene...................................................  
8*4
7
XXX  W.  W. Mich.  Headlight..............  
Naptha...................................................  @ 6*4
Stove Gasoline......................................   @ 7M
Cylinder................................................27  @36
E ngine..............  ..............   ................13  @21
Black. 15 cold  test.................................  @8*4
7
Eocene  . 
XXX  W. W.  Mich.  Headlight..............  
5

PROM  TANK  WAGON.

 

 

POULTRY,
Local dealers pay as follows:

DIVE.

 

Turkeys.................................................... 8 @8*4
Chickens.................................................   7 ®  8
Fowls........................................................ 6 @6*4
Ducks................................  
8  @9
Geese......................................................  8 @9
DRA W N .
Turkeys................................................... 11 @12
Chickens..................................................12 @13
Fowl..................................................... 
11
Ducks.......................................................10 @11
Geese...................................................... 10 @12
Turkeys..................................................  9  @ 9*4
Chickens................................................  7*4@ 8
Fowls.....................................................6*4@  7
Ducks........................................................8 @ 9
Geese..................................................    8  @9

U N D B A W N .

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12,  14  and  16 PearlSt.

R I V E R   S H O E S
WE KNOW  HOW  TO 
MAKE THEM,
If you w a n t the best for  Style, 
F it a n d   W e a r,  buy o u r 
m ake.  You  can   build 
u p  a  good tra d e  on o u r 
lines, a s  they  w ill  give 
satisfaction.

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

BOSTON  RUBBER  SHOE  CO

AGENTS FOR  THE

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SPECIALTIES
CONTROLLED
BY
US
FOR
WESTERN
MICHIGAN

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WICKWIRE  BROS.

AGRICULTURAL  TOOLS,

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

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Patented.

NO.  1

NO  2.

NO.  3.

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The above cuts show  a few of the many purposes this device  will serve.
Cut No. 1 meagerly shows its adaptation as a Screw Driver—anyone readily understands that it 
will drive a s' rew in.as several other devices on the spiral plan  drive a  screw  the same way, but 
there is no other one that will  do this:  Take  a screw out with exactly the same  push  movement 
as it was put in  and just  as quickly ; this is done by simply grasping the brass shell  with  the  left 
hand,  and  having  hold  of  the  wood  handle  with  the right; simply give the right hand a  twist 
toward you; this reverses it to take out a screw; in like manner give  it a turn  from  you,  and it is 
ready to drive the  screw.

In either case, when it is closed as shown in Cut No. 3, if desired, it will act  as a ratchet, turn­
ing the screw half round each ratchet movement made 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 half way; at this point it will be as rigid as if it was one solid piece of iron.

Cut No. 2.  Here  we show the spiral clear extended, another use made of it other than driving 
screws,  here  we  show  its  usefulness  in a carriage,  wagon or  machine shop where many  small 
burrs are to be taken off and put on ; the screw driver bit is  removed  and a socket  wrench  put in 
with which burrs can be run on or off, twenty  times quicker than by the old way.

Cut No. 3.  This shows not only its usefulness in the  carriage,  wagon  or  machine shop,  but 
carpenter, plumber or undertaker’s establishment as well, in fact it is indispensable to any worker 
in wood or iron where screws  or burrs are used, or boring, drilling,  etc., is*done, and  in finishing 
up work with hard wood  where a small hole must be bored or  drilled to receive the nail or screw, 
it is a wonderful convenience.  Thus it will be seen it well merits the name it bears.  The Univer­
sal Screw Driver and Brace.  The chuck and shell are highly polished brass while  the  handle  is 
finished in natural wood; it is substantial, durable and the most powerful tool of its kind  made.

WRITE  FOR CIRCULAR.

FORT  W A Y N E ,  IN D .

S .   F .   I Ì O W S B K  &  

Manf9s,

New York Biscuit Co.,

W7ivf.

Crackers

MANUFACTURERS  OF

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and  Fine  Sweet  Goods,

W E  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.

TERMINATOR.

Also* as Com plete a Line  of  Fishing

Tackle as anybody  carries•

The  Continued  Patronage  of  the  Oldest  Established  Grocery 

Houses  in  the  State  is  our  BEST  TESTIMONIAL.

OUR  GOODS  ARE  ALW AYS  IN   DEMAND,  AND  NO  W ELL  A PPO IN TED  

GROCERY  STOCK  IS  COMPLETE  W ITH O U T  A  FU LL  LINE.

SEND  IN  A  TRIA L  ORDER  AND  BE  CONVINCED.

We  also  take  Orders  for  the  Celebrated  KENNEDY  BISCUIT, 

made  at  our  Chicago  Factory.

S.  A .  SE A R S,  Manager,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

ioell,  writ  &  Go's
FINE

COFFEES.
Royal Java,
Royal Java and Mocha, 
Aden  Mocha 
Mocha and  Jaya Blend. 
White  House  Mocha  and 

Java,

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

W e  have  trebled  our  coffee  business  since  we  have  been 

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

OLNEY  i   JUD80N  GROGER  GO.

Agents  Western  Michigan,  Grand  Rapids.

oysters:

We have the bestlin eof roasted coffees 
in  the  West,  carefully  selected 
from the leading roasting  estab­
lishments in the country•

If  you  want  to  w ear diamonds handle 
our coffees.  A.11  packed in  SO lb. 
tin cans, with la test improved lid 
of our own  invention.

J e w e ll’s  A ra b ia n   M och a,
J e w e ll’s Old  G o v e r n m e n t J a va, 
J e w e ll’sO ld   G o v e r n m e n t J a v a   a n d   M och a, 
W e l l s ’  P erfectio n   Java,
W a l l s ’ J a v a   an d   M och a,
W e a v e r ’s  B lend,
Ideal  G old en   R io,
C rush ed J a v a   an d   M och a.

ANCHOR  BRAND

Are the  best.  All  orders will  receive  prompt  attention  at  lowest  market  prt.
F.  J.  DFFTFNTNA.FFJR.

IT  18 

INCOMPLETE

We  mean  your Stock  is if you  d o n 't  handle  INDURATED WOOD  FIBRE  WARE.
Moulded  seam less  under  hydraulic  pressure. 

It  will  not  W ARP,  SHRINK,  SW ELL,  AB­
Im pervious  to liquids,  hot  and  cold,  and  all  ordinary  acids. 

SORB.  T A IN T.  RUST or  LEAK. 

It  is  light,  strong,  durable  and  economical.

KEELERS.

Per doz.
No.  1.  17*4 inch Keeler..............  3 * 75
........... 
No.  2.  15!4  ■* 
«30
................  5 40
No.  3.  13S  “ 

“ 
“ 

PAILS.

Pe' doz.
Star Pails, standard size............................  #3  15
Ladies or weaver  t > ils. 6  quarts......—  
2 70
Fire Pail  round  bottom.............................   4 05
It is light, strong, durable,  economical and no 
stock is  complete without it.

WA8H  BASINS.

Per  doz.
13>4 Wash  Basin......................................... 3 2  10

No.  0 
No.  1 
No.  2 
No. 3

TUBS.

Tub  13 inches. 
“   21 
“
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“  18H  “ 
.

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

NESTED TUBS.

„  
Per doz.
No.  2  12 quart Slop Ja r............................. 3 7  85

SLOP  JARS.

MEA8URES.

4  piece set, 1 pint, 1 quart, 1 two quart  and
funnel.  Per  nest..................................  
90
1  gallon  measures.......................................  4  so

3  15  75 
13 50 
12 00 
10 50

12 00

SPITTOONS.

Beet Spittoon  for  Hotel use ever  made.
Top lifts off for cleaning.
N». 2 12 Inch  spittoon.................................  4 5«)

Per doz.

II.  LEONARD  &  SO N S,  Grand. Rapids,  Mich.

Send  all  your  orders  for  WOOD  FIBRE  WARE  to

