VOL.  XI 

GE A N D   BAPIDS,  MAY  9,  1894. 

NO.  555

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

GRAND  RAPIDS 

BRUSH  GOMP'Y,
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MICH.

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MISS  QUAIL.

The  new  circuit  rider  for  the  Blue 
Knob district,  Arkansas,  had  just  taken 
his text  when  old  man  Zeb  Mason,  his 
wife,  and daughter entered  the  aged  log 
church.  Zeb  was a  large  man,  with  a 
retreating forehead and a mouth  so  pro­
truding that the  boys  of  the  neighbor­
hood  said that he could  bite  a  pumpkin 
through a crack in  the  fence.  The  old 
fellow  was  quite  prominent,  and,  al­
though  he had  but one daughter,  yet  he 
fed  more  horses  on  Sunday  when  the 
youngsters  stopped  with  him  after 
preaching,  than  any  other  man  in  the 
neighborhood—even  more than  old  Lige 
Barker,  who had five strapping daughters 
and  a widowed  niece  who  dipped  snutf 
and giggled. 
It w’as shrewdly  suspected 
by some  of  the  sages  that  the  Sunday 
rush  to old Zeb’s  was caused  by  the  fact 
that  he  had  biscuit twice on that day,  in­
cluding  “ aig  bread”  and  the  best  fried 
ham,  generously peppered,  to  be  found 
in  all  the  Knob  district.  Mrs.  Mason 
was a quiet,  sighing  old  lady.  Whether 
this  habit  of  sighing  came  from  con­
tinued indigestion or from actual sorrow, 
no one  knew,  but  it  was  noticed  that 
when  any  one took  a  fresh  biscuit,  after 
there came from  the kitchen a whispered 
warning that the  pan  was  getting  low, 
that she  sighed  with  peculiar  emphasis 
of distress.  Miss  Zelda  Mason  was  so 
plump that the  nickname  of  Quail  had 
been  given  her.  She  was,  in  the  lan­
guage  of  Job  Goosetree,  “ puttier’n  er 
peach.”
When  Willis,  the  new  circuit  rider, 
lifted his eyes  from  the Bible,  he  started 
suddenly,  gazed  confusedly  at  Miss  ] 
Quail,  and 
then  gave  out  a  hymn. 
Willis  went  through  the  circuit  rider’s 
severe  test—first  appearance—and  then 
stepped down  to receive  the  congratula­
tions of his  flock.  Old  Zeb  pressed  for­
ward,  grasped  the  preacher’s  hand  and 
said:
"H it the  nail  on  the head ever’ clatter, 
parson,  and  they  wan’t boss  shoe nails, 
nuther—twenty-pennies,  ever’  one  uv 
them.  This is my  wife an’ gal.  Quail—  
name  ain’t  Quail,  but  that’s  whut  we 
calls  her—shake  hands  with  Brother 
Willis.  W’y  yer  ack  like  yer  never 
shuck ban’s  with  a  man  afore.  That’s 
hit,  gin  him  er  good  shake.  Brother 
Willis,  yer’ve got ter go  home  with  me, 
fur  if yer don’t,  yer never will  feel  like 
yer’ve been nish’ated  in  the  curmunity. 
Never min’,  Brother Fulgum,  he’s  goin’ 
home  with  me.”  Brother  Fulgum  had 
come 
forward  and  was  pressing  his 
claims. 
"Ken go  with  you  next  time. 
Well,  come  on,  all  ban’s.  Look  here, 
whar’s Quail.”
“Over thar,  talkin’  to Job  Goosetree,” 
Mrs.  Mason  replied.

Come 

home. 

"W all,  I  reckon  he’s  goin’  ter  fetch 
ahead,  Brother 
her 
Willis.”
As  they rode  along, Willis  from  time 
to time turned and  looked  back.  Quail, 
riding beside Goosetree  and  followed  by 
several other  young  men,  was  laughing 
and  nodding  her  beautiful  head.  A 
cloud passed over the circuit rider’s face. 
When Willis dismounted at the gate,  and 
while he was taking a small  Bible  and  a 
hymn  book  from  his  saddlebags,  the 
other party  rode up.

“Yer (fidn't beat us  much  airter  all,” 
Quail cried.
“ We were not trying to ride very  fast,” 
Willis replied.
“Nuther wuz we,”  Goosetree broke  in. 
“ We coulder rid  all  erouu*  yer  el  we’d 
er wanted ter,  eonldn’  we,  Quail?”
“ 0,  whut er putty book!”  Quail  cried, 
glancing at the  bible  which  the  minister 
held in  his hand.

“ Do you think  so?”  he asked.
“O,  yes;  it’s  the puttiest  book  ever  1 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

1 seen.”

GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1894. 

NO. 555

“ Then  you  shall  have  it,”  said  Willis, 

advancing and handing her the book.

Mebbe yer mother gin  it ter yer.”
edged  with a  blush.

“No,  no;  I  won’t  take  it  from  yer. 
“She did,” the  circuit  rider  acknowl­
“Then yer musn’t gin  it erway.”
“An’  ’specially, ter  a  gal  yer  never 
seed befo,”  Goosetree  broke  in,  giving 
the  preacher a contemptuous look.
“ Whut yer all doin’  out  thar?”  yelled 
old Zeb.  “ W’y,  Brother  Willis,  how’n 
the worl’  did yer gin me the  slip  that’er 
way?  Boys,  put  yer  hosses  up.  Find 
plenty uv co’n in  the crib.”

At  the  dinner  table  Willis  sat  near 
Quail,  but Goosetree,  who  was  opposite 
him,  demanded  the girl’s attention.

into 

“ You  should  come  back 

“Miss Quail,”  Willis managed  to  ask, 
“are  you  a member of the church?”
“ Not this year,”  Goosetree  spoke  up. 
“ Wuz 
last  year,  but  danced  out—er, 
haw,  haw!  Went over  ter Miller’s  whar 
they  had a Chris’mus shindig, an’ eonldn’ 
stau’  the  racket.  When  ole  Mose  Goy- 
ner’s fiddle ’gunter make  up  ter bi/.ness 
Quail  she ’gunter prance,  an’  just erbout 
that time  I  nailed  holt  uv  her  caliker an’ 
’waywe went ter the tune uv  the  nigger 
in the feather bed—er  haw,  haw!  Pass 
the biscuit.”
the 
church,”  said  Willis,  paying no attention 
to Goosetree.
Mrs.  Mason  sighed  and said:  “ It’s the 
wish uv  my  life.  Brother Willis,  but  it 
do peer like her min’  never  wuz  sot  on 
serious  things.”  Here  a*  negro  woman 
glided  in  and  whispered  to  Mrs.  Mason, 
who,  glancing  at 
the  biscuit  plate, 
sighed deeply.
That evening, just  before church  time, 
Willis,  while Goosetree  was  saddling  his 
horse,  approached Quail  and said:
“ Will  you  allow me to  accompany you 
to church?”
“Mr.  Goosetree’s  goin’ with  me,”  she 
replied.
She  stood  in  the  doorway,  arranging 
her  riding  skirt.  The  preacher  had 
never  before  seen  a  picture  so  beau­
tiful.
“May  1 come  to  see  you  sometime?” 
he  asked.
“Certainly,” 
innocently  at 
him,  “ I’m sho  we’ll  alius  be glad  ter see 
yer.”

looking 

to be so worldly  minded.”

“ ITe?”  he replied.
“ Yes.”
“ Llow about yourself?”
“I’m alius with the  rest,  I reckon.” 
“ Miss Quail,  I don’t  think  you  ought 
“ W’y,  don’t I  live in the  worl’?”
“Yes,  but you  owe  your  existence  to 
God.”
“O, don’t preach  here.  Wait  till  we 
git ter the  church. 
I  haint  hearn  noth­
in'  but  preach,  preach,  preach  all  my 
life.  The reason I  like  Job Goosetree is 
’cause  he  never  preaches  none.  Peers 
ter me like all  some folks  live  fur is jist 
.ter git  ready  ter die.  Ef  that’s all  there 
is in life,  we m outez  well  die  at fust  an’ 
be done  with  it.  Ready,  Job?”  catch­
ing sight of Goosetree at the  gate.

let  Brother  Willis 

“Yep.”
“Wail,  I’m er cornin’.”
“Brother  Willis,” said old  Zeb,  as they 
rode along,  “yer don’t peer  to  be  well.” 
erlone,” 
“Jis 
snapped  Mrs.  Mason. 
“Kaint  yer  see 
that he’s  thinkin’  erbout his sermon?” 
“ That’s er fack.  Yer  rans’  skuze  me, 
fur  I’m  er  sort  uv  rough  an’  tumble 
man.”
“ Had er fine conflab  with  Mr.  saddle 
pockets,  didn’t yer?”  Goosetree  asked of 
Quail.

“ Not much.”
“ Bet yer  did.”
“Bet I didn’t.”
“ What did he  say?”
“ Nothin’ much.”

“ Bet he did.”
“ Bet he didn’t.
“ Wanted  ter ride with yer,  didn’t he?” 
“ Yes.”  •
“ Whut yer tell  him?”
“ Tole  him I  had.comp’ny?”
“ That all?”
“’Bout all.”
“ Bet it ain’t.”
“ Bet  it is.”
“ Told him yer’d  like  to  go  with  him 
ef yer didn’t  have comp’ny,  didn’t yer?” 
“ No.”
“ What  did  he  say?  How  did  he  ax 
yer—way up in  the  higbfurlutin,  didn’t 
he?”

“ No,  not zackly.”
“ Now,  lernuie  tell  yer  snthin.  Ef  he 
keeps on  foolin’  ’roun’  yer  somebody’s 
goin’  ter git hurt.”

“Job, don’t be er fool.”
“ I’m talkin’,  lemme  tell  yer; 

talkin’ 
frurn erway  back. 
’Bout  all  the  other 
boys  have  pulled  off,  an’  dam’f  I’m 
goin’  ter be  bullragged  by  him.”
“Job,  ain’t yer ershamed  uv  yerse’f?” 
“Talkiu’  from erway  back,  I  tell  yer. 
No man ever  fooled  with  me an’  relished 
his co’n  bread airterwards.”
“Job,  yer know  toar  ain’t  er  man  in 
the worl’  what  ken cut you out.”
“ Yes,  but 
that  feller’s  good-lookin’ 
damn  him!”
“Job,  ef  yer  make  use  uv  ernuther 
sich  er word  1  won’t  go  ernuther  step 
with yer.”

“ Go with  him,  I reckon?”
“ Makes no difference  who 1  go  with,  it 
won’t be you.”
“Bet you want  him  to  boa’d  at  your 
house.”
“ Now,  you  know,  I  don’t, an’  ef I did, 
it  wouldn’t  make  no  diffunce,  fur  pap 
take  no  boa’ders.  Any­
never  would 
body ken come  an’ stay  vs  long  as  they 
want 
ter,  but  pap  ’lows  they  kain’t 
boa’d.”
Two days  later  Willis called  on  Quail 
and asked her to go  to  church  with  him 
girl 
the 
trembled.
“ You have no other  engagement,  have 
you?”  he asked.
“ I don’t hardly know,  sir.  Mr.  Goose­
tree—here he is now.”
Job came up on  the  porch  where  the 
preacher  and  Quail  were  sitting,  and, 
with much  bluster  and  noise,  stamped 
the  mud off his feet.
“ Keep yer cheer,”  he said,  when Quail 
arose. 
“Jes thought I’d drap  in  ter  see 
how  all  han’s is.  Whar’s the  ale man?” 

following 

Sunday. 

“ Gone ter mill.”
“ The ole  lady?”
“ Gone  over  ter  see  ole  Miz  Miller. 

The 

She’s sick.”  '
“ Ah  hah!”  Seating  himself  on  the 
steps and fanning himself  with  his broad 
brim  hat.
The girl brought  him  a  turkey  wing 
and  said:
“ Look  like yer wuz fit  ter melt.”
“ Yes;  come ercross the  ole  fiel’  with 
the sun er-hittin’  at  me  ever’  jump  an’ 
not  missin’  er lick.”

“ Well,  I  must,  go,”  said  the  preacher 
“ Don’t  be  snatched,”  Goosetree  re­
“Wall, 

arising.
plied,  and  then  quickly  added: 
ef  yer must go,  good-by.”

While  Wiliis,  with  thoughts  gloomy 
and  dejected,  was  walking  in  the woods, 
some one called  him.  Looking  around, 
lie saw Goosetree  approaching.

“ I  wanter tell  yer  somethin’,”  Goose­
tree said,  when  he had joined the preach­
er.  * I wanter tell yer that  yer air on er 
mighty cold  trail  over  yander.  Me  an’ 
Quail  is goin’  ter be married  now  putty 
soon.  Oh,  yer neenter turn red,  fur  it’s 
er fack.  Ever’body  in  the neighborhood 
knows  it an’  none of the  boys don’t hang 
’roun’ thar no mu’,  an’ my advice  ter yer 
is, don’t be er blamed  fool.

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S H E A R IN G   OB

It may be possible for a grocer  to  handle  poor  goods  in 
some  lines  without  suffering  material  loss  in  trade,  but  any 
attempt to  palm off on  a  customer  poor  butter  or  cheese  al­
most invariably  results in a permanent loss  of trade. 
It is not 
always  possible  for  the  dealer  to  get  good butter,  but it is 
comparatively  easy to  procure uniform  cheese of  good  quality, 
providing the dealer insists on  handling  the  standard  brand 
which  has been  longest identified with this market.

«  *

She seized his hands,  kissed  them and 
pressed 
them  to  her  face.  Her  tears 
gushed between his  fingers.  “Oh,”  she 
said,  “ won’t  you  let  me  love  you? 
I 
love you so—love you so.”
He put  his  arms  about  her  and wept 
like a child.
When  old  man  Mason  returned,  he 
glanced  at  Willis  and  said:  “W’y,  I 
never seed er man  look  so  peart.  W’y, 
bless my  stars, ef  the  fool  gal  aint  er 
buggin’uv him.”
“Thank the Lawd,” cried the old lady. 
“Hug  him  agiu,  Quail. 
the 
Lawd.”
Goosetree came to the wedding.  After 
shaking  hands  with  the  preacher,  he 
said:  “ Podner, er angel tells  me  er  lie 
to keep down  trouble,  but  er  devil  tells 
er truth ter stir it up.  1 know yer won’t 
low no  dancin’  here,  but  I  lowed  yer 
mout  let  me  play  er  few  tunes,  so  1 
fotch my fiddle.”
He  sat  down  on  a  trunk  and  after 
playing a few dismal tunes,  he  drew the 
preacher aside and said,  “She is too good 
fur me,  I reckon.”  Then, with a swell of 
emotion,  he sought the trunk and played 
another dismal tune. 

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They  were  walking  along  together. 
The  preacher’s  eyes  were  cast  down­
ward.
“I say that my advice ter yer  is,  don’t 
be er blamed fool.”
“Mr. Goosetree, you are certainly very 
generous,  to volunteer such  valuable ad­
I wonder that you  do  not  gather 
vice. 
up wisdom,  bind it in  sheaves,  and  haul 
it  to  market. 
In  this  way  you  might 
make  enough  money  to  pay  for  your 
license.”
“Oh, don’t fret,  1 ain’t  er  hurtin’ fur 
money. 
I’ve got as good a piece  uv  lan’ 
as thar is in  this  country;  but  I’ll  bet 
you haint got ernuff money  ter bury yer. 
May not be tryin’ ter cut me  out, ole fel­
ler,  but my advice is, don’t  be  er  fool.’j 
It was not the preacher’s  intention  to 
“cut him out.’’ but  a  sight  of  the  girl 
was  so  refreshing—such  enchantment 
danced in her eyes,  that  he  felt  power­
less  to  resist  the  temptation  of  being 
near her;  but he  fought  bravely,  most 
desperately,  for  two  weeks,  and  then, 
one  afternoon,  found  himself 
the 
woods, slowly  and  meditatively  walking 
toward Mason’s house.

rying a long rifle,  approaching.

“ Helloa,  there!”  some one called.
He looked up and saw  Goosetree,  car­
“ Whicber way?”
“1 am going to see Mr.  Mason.”
“Any  particular  bizness  with  him?” 
Goosetree  asked,  stopping  and  resting 
the butt o f  his  g u n   o n   the g ro u n d .

iu 

terrified  girl, 

“No.”
“Then I  reckon yer better not go.” 
“More generous advice.”
“That’s all right, podner, yer  ain’t  er 
goin.”
“Goosetree,  you can’t  frighten  me.  1 
was once a soldier.”
“The biggest coward  1  ever  seed  was 
er soldier.”
“I was  not  the  man.”  Willis  strode 
onward.
“Stop!”  exclaimed  Goosetree,  catch­
ing  up  his  gun.  “Stop,  1 
tell  you! 
Dam’f 1  don’t  shoot  if  yer  don’t  stop! 
Won’t, eh.  AH right.”
The  rifle  cracked,  and  Willis  fell. 
Goosetree  threw  down  his  gun,  and, 
frightened,  ran  to  Mason’s  house, 
lie 
heard Quail singing is  the  kitchen, 
lie 
rushed into the room.
“ My gooddess!  Job,  yer sheerer body 
ueayly  ter  death.  Whut’s  the  matter, 
man?  VV’y, jes look how the briars have 
tore yer coat.”
“Quail,”  he cried,  seizing  her  hand? 
“come on an’ let’s run  away  from  heie. 
Come  on,  for  God’s  sake. 
I’ve  killed 
the  preacher,  an’ 
they’ll  hang  me— 
killed him  ’cause 1  love you  Come on. 
fur  the  Lawd’s  sake.  My  God! 
look! 
yauder’s yer pap  got  the  dead  man  on 
er  hoss!  No  use  ter  run  now. 
I’m 
gone.  Say,”  grasping  the  speechless 
and 
“nobody  but  you 
knows  that  1  done  it.  Don’t  tell,  for 
God’s sake,  don’t tell.”
They  went  out  to  the  gate.  Quail 
fainted.
“Somebody’s done an  awful  piece  uv 
work,”  said the  old  mau  as  he  placed 
the  preacher  on  the  ground  and  then 
leaned a gun against the fence.
for  this  here. 
“Somebody’ll  suffer 
Help me take him in the house.”
Mrs.  Mason,  frightened  as  she  was, I 
looking  at  the j 
prepared  a  bed,  and, 
preacher long and earnestly,  said,  “Pap, 
he ain’t dead.  Send fur the doctor.”
The doctor came.  The  bullet had en­
tered behind  the  right  shoulder  blade, 
ranging upward and  going  through  the 
body.  Goosetree  stood  gazing  at  the 
wounded man.  The preacher  was  soon 
able to speak.  “An accident,”  he  said, 
“ i borrowed a gun  from  Mr.  Goosetree 
to kill some squirrels, 1  leaned  the  gun 
against a tree,  but it fell and  shot  me.” 
Goosetree,  bursting  into  tears,  rushed 
from the room.
Willis  recovered  slowly.  Goosetree 
did not come near the  place.  Quail  was 
a  faithful  nurse.  One  Sunday,  while 
her father and  mother  were  at  church, 
the girl and the preacher,  who was  now 
able to sit  up,  were  alone  in  the  “ big 
room.”
“Quail,”  he said,  “I never  can  forget 
you.”
“I hope yer won’t try.”
“I could not if I were to try.  Promise 
me that when you  marry,  1  may perform 
the ceremony.”

Coxey’s army has  been  called  loafers 
and tramps,  and beggars,  and other high- 
sounding names,  and  were  refused  the 
privilege  of  speaking  on  the  Capitol 
steps.  They went about it in tbe wrong 
way.  They  should have waited till next 
fall, and got themselves  elected  to  Con­
gress.  Then  they could have gone right 
into  the  Capitol  and  spouted  to  their 
hearts’ content,  and,  as a mere  incident, 
drawn $5,000 a year.  They are no worse 
than the loafers  who now  infest the Cap­
itol except that the  fellows  in  Congress 
are not hungry and dirty and ragged.

A  grocer in  Newark  was fined  $50  for 
selling  coffee  which  was  one-third 
dough. 
If  that  coffee  was  roasted  he 
should  have  charg^ty  extra  for  it.  He 
was supplying his customers with  coffee 
and  toast.

Rubbers

CONNECTICUT
“ GOODWIN.”

Net
f Men’s ...................................51
I  W omen’s.............................34
')  Misses’................................27
I Child’s ................................24

This on orders tilled  before Septem ber  30. 
T E R M S —D ecem ber 1st, on th e above.

Tennis

Black,  Brown, Check and W hite.
N et. 
88  “ 
81 
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68

N et
Men’s ...............................Tennis  Bals  $  90 and $  03
Boy’s and Women’s 
61
Y outh’s a n d   Misses’. . 
58
C hildren’s  ......................  

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Boy’s and  W omen's 
Y outh’s and Misses’ 
C hildren's 

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N et.  N et.  Net.
..T en n is  Oxf.  $  68  $ 45  $ 30
34
31

03 
59 
51 

43 
40
37

BALS.  in TWO GRADES. 
OXFORDS  in THREE  GRADES.
I t J U b —Ju ly   1st, ou Tenuis.

Send  your  orders  for  all  kinds  Blacking, 

D ressings,  etc.

A gent for  W oonsocket  R ubber  Co.,  W ales 

Goodyear R ubber Co., Im perial R ubber Co

A  W om an's P lain C roquet....................22c n et
W rite for Price List and D iscounts.

G.  R.  M a y h e w ,

CRAND  RAPIDS,  Mich.

ITELE  M IO EŒ G AJSÎ  T H A D E B M a JN

money with which to dicker at home,  but 
it wouldn’t go in Canada;  so most  of our 
people  stayed  at  home  determined  to 
build up the city.

But what  of  “ the  governor ?”  When 
there came  a decline  in  shipbuilding  he 
i made wagons for  the farmers and once a 
week  made  collection  tours  about  the 
country for material  with which  to meet 
the pay roll and stock bills.  One Satur­
day  night  he  returned,  after  having 
traveled  all  day  with  a  team,  calling 
upon customers.  The  wagon  contained 
one  sack  of  rye  flour, two  sheep pelts, 
three coon skins,  one jug  of  buttermilk. 
“The governor,”  being a member  of  the 
Methodist church, did  not  swear  much, 
but  just  about  that  time  the war came 
along,  and,  being  anxious  to  see  some­
thing that looked like money,  he enlisted 
for $13 per month and  rations.

Speaking of the war,  always  an  inter­
esting subject,  the first response  for  the 
call for troops caused heavy drafts  upon 
the volunteer fire  companies of the  city. 
Almost anew  force  of  firemen  manned 
the brakes.  The  demand  for men to be 
used  as targets in the Sunny South made 
men valuable, and the  Common  Council 
voted the volunteer firemen $5 per  year, 
to  be  paid  at  the  end of the year’s ser­
vice.  The year  passed,  the  City  Clerk 
issued  the  orders,  but  there  was  no 
money  in  the  treasury  to  pay  them. 
Then a patriotic miller cashed the orders 
in flour, each fireman receiving one  bar­
rel of flour for his year’s service.

The war revolutionized the  customs of 
the  State.  Men  enlisted  in  the army, 
other  men  produced  supplies  for  their 
use.  Men no longer peddled  their labor 
aboht in  “dicker and truck,”  but sold  it

W ritten fo r  The  Tradksmaw.

GRAND RAPIDS  IN  THB  FIFTIES.
There  once  was a  time,  and  the  old 
songs prove  ?t,  when  the earth  was not 
round,  but an endless plain.  The sea was 
as wide as the heavens above it—just mil­
lions of miles and begin  again.  And that 
was the time,  and  more’s the pity it ever 
should end,  when  singers told  tales of a 
rich Valley City in a  wonderful  country 
far  westward  away,  where  all  nature 
blossomed for a year and a day,  a beauti­
ful  west  land  with  wooded  hills,  with 
autumn foliage of yellow  gold and fresh­
ly  painted  dowers of  many  hues;  a land 
made by God,  wondrous  to  the  eye  and 
hungering to be kissed.

In those glad old days,  “ the governor,” 
with  his  wagonload  of  children—boys 
and girls—left  “York State,”  and  after 
many days the  aDvils rang  their  chorus 
on  the  banks  of  Grand  River,  about 
where Sweet’s Hotel now stands.

This was in the fifties,  and  a shipyard 
occupied  the  ground  now  used  by  the 
Nelson-Matter  Furniture  Co.  Many 
steamboats,  schooners  and  other  river 
and lake craft  were  made  in  this yard, 
and  “the  governor”  engaged in  supply­
ing the iron work other  than the engines 
and  boilers.  The  iron  and  coal  were 
bought in  Chicago  and  freighted  across 
the lake,  then up the river.

There was some  silver money  then  in 
circulation—said  to be  a nailkegful. 
It 
was the State Bank  reserve,  making  an 
annual tour of  the  State  by  stage,  one 
day ahead of the  State  Bank  Examiner. 
The sole  duty  of this  silver  was  to  be 
counted,  and  it  lost  nothing  except  by 
abrasion.  Common  everyday  business 
men  contented 
themselves  with  paper 
money,  and the label  on a  present  time 
tomato can  is a work of fine art compared 
with  the carpet sack of  Michigan  money 
that “the  governor”  carried  to  Chicago 
in the summer of  ’56  to  pay  for  stock. 
The  Chicago  bankers  said  the  money 
wouldn’t go in  Illinois  at  more  than 25 
per cent,  of  its  face;  so  “the governor” 
traded  only  enough  for  a  return  ticket 
on a lumber  scow  and  against  a  head­
wind  hurried  back  to  Grand  Rapids, 
where he bought a New  York draft.  The 
next  day  the  Grand  Rapids  banker  re­
ceived a fresh  “Thompson’s  Bank  Note 
Detecter” by  stage from Kalamazoo,  and 
discovered  what  the  Chicago  bankers 
knew a week before—that  the  Michigan 
wild-cat  money  “had  yowled.”  After 
that,  when  “the governor” wanted stock, 
he made up a carload of lumber,  shingles 
and wheat and swapped it in the Chicago 
market.  So it was  with  nearly  all  the 
industries  of  the  city.  The  farmer  re­
ceived store pay for  bis produce; in turn 
the merchant shipped the products of the 
shop and farm across  the lake, swapping 
them for both dry and  wet goods.  Then 
a well selected stock of goods  in a Canal 
street store was about in this proportion: 
1  bolt hickory  shirting,  1  piece  turkey 
red dress goods, one box smoked herring, 
1 cheese,  1 barrel crackers, 1 barrel pork, 
5  barrels  corn  whisky.  Sometimes  the 
latter was traded  to  the  Indians  in  ex­
change for  skunk  skins;  then  the  town 
took  a  fresh  start,  mostly  toward  the 
hill district.

When the proprietors of  the  shipyard 
left for Utah,  and the  best bank  disap­
peared between  two  days,  the  business 
of the city became  “congested,” to use a 
modern turn,  and  patriotic citizens came 
to the rescue by  an issue of shinplasters 
and brass pennies.  This was  very  good

3

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ALWAYS

STANDARD

AT WHOLESALE BY

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

FINEST QUALITY. 
POPULAR  PRICES.
S E E D S !

Everything  in  seeds  is kept  by  us—

Clover,  Timothy,

Hungarian,  M illet,

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.  W e  are 
headquarters  for  egg  cases  and  egg 
case  tillers.
W.  T.  LSMBRHJUX GO • I W.KtmV ^ !
!’  BENCH  BARREL  TRUCK

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

In those good old days “befoh de wah” 
the Indians of Western Michigan came to 
the  Rapids  every  spring  for  their pay­
ments for  lands  from  the  Government. 
Uncle  Sam  paid  cash.  To  add  to the 
prosperity this money  brought,  the  an­
nual run of suckers came  up  the River. 
Suckers  and  Red  Men  both  were  wel­
come.  The  Indians  brought  pelts and 
furs,  the products of their winter’s  trap­
ping,  which they had no difficulty in  ex­
changing for fire  water.  Two  muskrat 
skins usually brought one jug of whisky, 
and the frying pan of prosperity was full 
for the day.  The Indians and  their  pay­
ments are a  memory  of  the  past.  The 
suckers  and  the  sturgeon, and  the  fra­
grant  fish carts  have  been  displaced  by 
the Italian count with a  “ nice a banan.” 
There  is  nothing  on  the market now 
that takes the place  of sturgeon, smoked 
or raw.  The  perfume that  fills  the  air 
of  early  spring  days  along  the  River 
banks is but lingering  agony  to  the  old 
settlers.  Those  were  good  old  days 
when  every  man,  under 
the  all-wise 
providence  of  God,  put  down  a  few 
barrels  of  red  fin  mullet  for  winter 
use.

for  cash.  The  brains  of  the  nation 
aroused from their long sleep,  drove the 
wildcat  money  out  of  existence.  The 
American  people  never  had  genuine 
prosperity until the close  of  the  Rebel­
lion.  Since then all  America  has  pros- 
perd,  until within the last  year. 
It may 
be  that  Michigan  will  go  back  to  the 
good old days in the fifties, with its wild­
cat  currency.  The  disease  may  be 
headed  off,  as  most  people  have  been 
vaccinated for it during the past  year.
C.  E .  B e l k n a p .

Gathers  His  Own Mushrooms.

The Czar is said to  be  extremely  fond 
of mushrooms,  but he does not like them 
canned,  and he  cannot  bear  them  stale; 
so whenever he leaves the cares  of  state 
behind him and goes for his  annual  rus­
tication to Denmark,  there  is  scarcely  a 
morning that he does  not  go  out  mush­
rooming himself. 
It is said to be a com­
mon  thing to  see  him  in  a  straw  hat, 
with a  basket  slung  over  his  shoulder 
on a stick, tramping  through  the  mead­
ows in the early morning iu quest of  the 
delicious  comestible.  When  enough 
have been secured,  he carries them home 
and  turns  them  over  to  one  of  the 
twenty cooks,  that always form a part of 
his retinue, to  be  prepared  at  once  for 
his breakfast.

Patented.

The S im p liest,  M ost  Substantial 
and  H ost  Satisfactory  Barrel 

Truck ever invented.

F op  Prices, Term s and  Illustra­

ted  Circular,  call  or 

Address,

A .  B U Y S   EAST FULTON  ST.

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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ABOUND  THE  STATE.

MOVEMENTS OF  MERCHANTS.

Greenville—H. Christiansen has opened 

a boot  and  shoe  store.

Monroe—W.  E.  Sioane  has 

retired 

from  the Monroe Cigar Co.

Ypsilanti—Kief  A  Mean well  have  j 

opened  a new  stock of groceries.

Ovid—A.  B.  Way & Co.  succeed  S.  C.  j 

King in  the grocery  business.

Blissfield—C.  L.  Amberson  has  sold  j 

his grocery  stock  to Hayward  A Son.

Three  Rivers—Avery  A  Son  succeed J 

Oliver T.  Avery in  the  meat  business.

Michigamme—Jas.  Langley  has  sold  | 

h?s hardware stock to  Evan  Sleusrud.

Waldron—Geo.  F.  Avis  has  removed  ] 
his  feed mill  from  Hudson  to this  place,  j
Saginaw—Jos.  Gossel!  is  succeeded  by  j 

Kull  A Narten  in  the  grocery  business.

Coldwater—Collins  &  Lockwood  sue-1 
ceed Collin  & Moore in  the  grocery  busi- j 
ness.

Hillsdale—E.  A.  Allbaugh  A Son sue- J 
in  the  jewelry  busi- I 

ceed  Ira T.  Bryan 
ness.

West  Bay City—.1.  II.  Ferguson, of  the  | 
grocery  firm  of  Ferguson &  McArthur,  is 
dead.

Flint—A.  S.  Litle & Son  have  opened 
a new  stock  of  groceries  in  the  Fierce ' 
block.

Homer—J.  H.  Harrow  has  sold  a  half , 
interest in  his  grocery stock  to  Ed.  Doo- j 
little.

Holland—Bert Uok  has  opened  a  meat 
market at  the former  location  of  Frank ! 
Kuite.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Wood  A  Thoenen | 
succeed  C.  W.  Given  in  the  hardware j 
business.

Alpena—McKim  A  Polzin 

succeed  j 
the  grocery  j 

McKim,  Bardin  &  Co.  in 
business.

Kalamazoo—Thos.  McCullough 

sue- j 
ceeds  McCullough  A  Co.  in  the  meat  \ 
business.

Saginaw—Barrows A Gregory  succeed 
J.  F.  Barrows  in  the  musical  instrument 
business.

Sault  Ste.  Marie—Wood  A  T hoe man 
succeed  Chas.  W.  Given  in  the  hard­
ware  business.

Montague—Win.  II.  Dennis,  dealer  in 
pumps  and  windmills,  is  succeeded  by 
Wm.  R.  Dennis.

Hillsdale—Phillips  &  Baldwin  have 
to  the  grocery  business  of 

succeeded 
Cole & Cortright.

Shelby—Van  Wiekle.  Munson  A  Co. 
succeed  Van  Wickie  A  Munson  in  the 
produce business.

Flint—George Post has  opened  a stock 
of groceries at  the corner  of West  Court 
and  Ann  Arbor streets.

Traverse City—The  Piltz  &  Mohueke 
Co.  succeeds G.  Piltz in  the  marble  and 
undertaking  business.

Pontiac—C.  W.  Horton  &  Co.,  dry 
goods dealers, have dissolved,  C.  W.  Hor­
ton  aontiriuing the  business.

Monroe—Henry  Heck  &  Sons,  meat 
Ed­

dealers,  have dissolved,  Jno.  M. 
ward  Heck  continuing the  business.

Menominee—The  Day-Leisen  Co. 

is 
succeeded  by  Edward  Lewis  in  the  un­
dertaking and  picture frame  business.

Coral—Shook  A  Son  have  sold  their 
stock of drugs  to  S.  C. Scott  and  II.  M. 
Gibbs,  of  Howard  City,  who  will  con­
tinue the business.

Cadillac—John  Vosberg  has  sold  his 
meat market to  C.  Hanson  (formerly  of 
Hausen &  Will)  and  will  devote  his  at­
tention  to m arket gardening hereafter.

■TELE  AÜCHIGAJSr  TRADE8 M AN1
Ithaca—C.  W.  Althouse has  re b u ilt his 
Beiding—Moore  A  Travis, commission 
large  stave  and  heading  mill  recently 
merchants,  have sold  out  their  business 
burned.  The citizens subscribed  §2.500.
to  David  E.  Wilson,  and  it  will  be con­
Ludington—James  Foley  has  started 
ducted  hereafter  under  the firm  name  of 
camp to log  9.000 000  feet  for  the  Mar-
Wilson  &  Co.
Hart—Van Alisburg A  Fuller  succeed j quette Lumber Co.  The logs will be taken 
W.  H.  Fuller  in the meat  business.  They j from  lands  in  Lake  county,  and  come  to 
have  purchased  the  meat  business  of j Ludington  over  the  Flint  &  Pere  Mar- 
Johu  Billings  and  will  consolidate  the  I quette Railway.
market  with their own. 

|  Traverse  City—Salter  &  Munn  are
the  preparing several cargoes  of square  rock 
Tucker,  Hoops  A  Co.  general  stock  to I elm  for  European  shipment.  The  tim- 
Eugene Crandall and  W.  B.  Gregg,  who j ber  will  be shipped from  here by  boat  to 
will  continue  the  business  under 
the  Quebec,  thence to the English shipyards, 
Sault  Ste.  Marie—Penoyar  Brothers
style of Crandall  A  Gregg. 
Holland—The  general  firm  of  G.  Van  have  been  negotiating  for  the  purchase 
Putten  & Sous  has  been  dissolved,  J.  G.  of  the Ainsworth  &  Alexander  sawmill 
and  B.  Van  Putten  retiring.  The  busi-  here. 
the  purchase  shall  not  be 
ness will  hereafter  be  conducted  under  made,  Penoyar  Brothers  may  build  a 
mill  at  Shelldrake,  down  the  Superior
the name of G.  Van  Putten. 

Luther—A.  B.  Sehied  has 

sold 

If 

Traverse City—T.  G.  Shilson  and John j shore where their  logs  will  be  collected I

and  sawed.

Breziua  have  formed  a  copartnership 
under the  firm  nameot  Shilson & Brezina i 
and  will  open  a  grocery  store  in  Mr.  | 
Shilson’s  building on  Union street  about 
May  20.

Traverse  City—C.  A.  Barker  has i 
lately purchased  1.500.000  feet of  timber 
from the  Holland Timber Co.  and  1,000,-j 
000 feet near  Bendon.  Mr.  Barker states
Fremont—The  interest of the estate of  ! that  the Traverse City  Lumber  Co.  will
cut  between  15.000,000  and  20,000,000 
feet  this season if be can  get the  logs.

Daniel Gerber  in  the  tannery  and  gro­
cery  business  of  D.  Gerber  A  Sons  lias 
been withdrawn.  The  business  will  be 
continued  by  the four Gerber  brothers— 
Joseph.  Andrew,  Cornelius  and  Frauk— 
under the style of  D.  Gerber’s Sons.

Muskegon—The  lumber trade  has  be­
gun to pick  up. 
It  is  mainly  orders  for 
broken  lots,  indicating  that outside deal­
ers are stocking up a  little  and  that  they
Charlevoix—The old  firm of Carpenter, j must  have  some  orders  on  their  own 
Bartholomew  &  Co.  is  no  more.  The I books.  Some of  the yard  men  here  re­
partnership  has  been wound  up.  Messrs,  j port that they  are ahead  of this time  last 
Bartholomew  and  Bedford  retiring,  and  j year.  The water  shipments  last  month 
the  general  merchandise  business  will j were  between  6,000,000  and  7,000,000 
be continued  by  Mr.  Carpenter  and  Will  feet,  mainly  to Chicago.
Miller,  under  the firm  name of Carpenter I  Sparta—L.  W.  Welch  has  submitted  a 
A  Miller. 
new  proposition  to the people of  Sparta.
Saginaw—W m .  C.  Dahlke,  lor  many  For  a  cash  consideration  of  -35,000  he 
years engaged  in  the retail  grocery trade,  others to  build a  new  tactory,  connecting 
and  also  owner  of  upholstery  works,  with  the  present  one  on  the.  south,  for
the  manufacture  of  a  general  line  of 
made an  assignment  May  1  to  George  B. 
furniture,  binding  himself  to  operate  it 
Brooks.  The  liabilities  are estimated  at 
§12,000  and  assets  are 
to  be
for  eight  years  aud  to  employ  contin­
uously  from 75 to 100 hands.  A  petition 
fully  SI8,000.  Neglect  of  business  is 
is  being  circulated  asking 
the  village 
given  as  the cause of the embarrassment.
council  to call a  special  election  to  vote 
I  Detroit—John  P.  Fiske,  crockery  and
upon  the  proposition.
I  glassware  dealer  at  265  Woodward  av­
enue,  has  uttered  two chattel  mortgages 
! to  secure  an  indebtedness  of  §22.000. 
i  Both  were  given  to  Silas  A.  Fuller  as 
trustee.  One  was for  §16,000,  in  favor 
I of  the  Union  National  Bank  and  the 
o th e r   fo r  §5,365 
fa v o r  o f  six   ere d - 
I itors.

thought 

in  

. 

Belding—Mrs.  Martha  Harroun  has 
donated  five acres  of  land  on  the  Har­
roun  addition  to  the  proposed  new  boot 
and  shoe  factory,  the  contract  running 
to  H.  J.  Leonard  as trustee. 
It  has been 
s u r v e y e d   a n d   the site  fo r  the  fa c to ry   lo ­
cated.  The conditions are  that  the  fac­
tory  shall  be  of  brick  45x100  feet,  two 
stories  high,  built  and  running  in  one 
y e a r.  Owners of  property  near  the  site 
have donated  100  lots  to  the  enterprise 
which  are  being  sold  for  §100  each. 
Chas.  Brown  has  the  handling  of  the 
lots  and  has already  sold  eighty  on  the 
installment  plan  of  85  per  month  and 
says  the other twenty will  be taken  soon. 
This scheme  will  throw §10,000  into  the 
hands of the organization,  aud,  with  the 
amount  already  subscribed,  makes  the 
boot  and  shoe  factory  project  a  sure 
thing.

Bank  Notes.

A  bank  with  a  capital  of  §50,000  is 
soon  to be opened  at  Ubley.  Sleeper  A 
Merrill,  who recently established  one  at 
Marlette,  are the  incorporators.

John C.  Munson,  of  the  firm  of  Van- 
Wickle,  Munson  A  Co.,  at  Shebly,  has 
taken the position of assistant cashier  in 
the Citizen’s Exchange  Bank of  Hart.

C.  3 .  Ensign,  formerly of Chicago,  has 
purchased a  controlling  interest  in  the 
capital  stock of  the  Lowell  State  Bank 
and  taken  the  position  of Vice-President

Man ton—W.  Klevier  has  purchased 
j the store  building and  stock  of  groceries 
1 of J.  II.  Williams  A Co.,  one door east of 
I his present  location.  He  has  torn down 
j  the warehouse  portion  and  will  build  an 
I addition  to  the  main  building  on 
the 
| north end.  transferring his  stock of  gen­
eral  merchandise  into  the  new  premises 
in  about thirty days.

Lansing—The  Lansing  Co-operative 
Association,  better  known  as  the  Grange 
i Store  Company,  which  has  conducted  a 
general  merchandise business here  since 
the  organization  of 
the  Grange,  has 
asked  for  the  appointment of  a  receiver 
to  wind  up  its  affairs,  its  bus  ness  for 
the  last few  years having  been  unprofit- 
I able.  This  is believed  to be  the  last  of 
♦ be  1,200 grange  stores started  in  Miclii- 
! gan  from  1871  to  1874  for  the  avowed 
purpose  of  crowding  the  “middlemen” 
I out of the  field.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Cheboygan—When 

Swift  Brothers 
started up  their  sawmill  the  other  day, 
there were four applicants for every posi­
tion  in  and  about the mill.

It  i 
formerly  held  by  Daniel  Striker. 
reported 
that  Cashier  Griswold  will 
shortly  seek  an  alliance with  some other 
bank  or  organize  a  new  bank  in  some 
other locality,  but  he  declines  to  make 
known  his  intentions in  this  respect  a} 
this time.

W.  L.  Hammond,  formerly  Cashier  of 
the First National Bank of Traverse City, 
and  later of the Commercial  and  Savings 
Bank of  Ludington,  has  taken  the  cash- 
iership  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Ludington.  A  determined  effort  is  be- 
made  by  the enemies of  the  Commercial 
and  Savings Bank to force  it  into  liqui­
dation,  but an equally  determined  effort 
is  being  made  by  its  friends  to  make 
good  the impairment of  the capital  stock 
and  continue 
is 
thought  to be ample for  two banking in­
stitutions.

field,  which 

the 

in 

MANUFACTURERS OF

HATCHES  and

HATCH  HACHINERY.

WE  CAN  1)0  y o u   GOOD.

SEND  FOR  SAMPLES and PRICES

GRAND  HAVEN,  MICH.

See quotations in  Price Current.

J A V A   OIL  1

RAW AND BOILED 

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

adapted  to all  work  where  a  more  eco­
nomical  oil  than  Linseed is desired.

Purely  Vegetable,
Free  From  Sediment,

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

Try a sample can of five or  ten  gallons. 

This  Oil  is  a Winner!
H. I .  REYNOLDS  &  SON.
(SAKE  MONEY
TO 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH

Write for prices.

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 
another 
BIG  CUT  to  clean  up our 
Spring Stock. 
If  you  need 
clothing  it  will  pay  you  to 
see  this line.

just  made 

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

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

UTICA,  N.  Y.

Write 

to  J.  H.  WEBSTER,  Agent, 

OWOSSO,  MICH.

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H.  E.  Grand-Girard,  druggist  at  128 
Monroe street,  has put  in  a  line  of  con­
fectionery.

Chas.  L.  Miller has  opened  a  grocery- 
store at  Wolcottville, Ind.  The  Mussel 
man  Grocer Co.  furnished  the stock.

Gidley  & Boltze have embarked  in  the 
drug business at  Ellsworth.  The  Hazel- 
tin e *  Perkins  Drug  Co.  furnished  the 
stock.

D.  A.  Blodgett  has  purchased  10,000 
acres of Arkansas timber  land  of  Neff & 
Prestel,  of  McBride,  the  consideration 
being $36,000.

Fred Roman  has  purchased  the  store 
building of  E.  A.  Bowen,  at  Kent  City, 
and  will  put  up  in a grocery  stock.  The 
Ball-Barnhart-Putman  Co. 
furnished 
the goods.

The  second  meeting  of 

the  Grand 
Rapids  Wholesale  Grocers’  Association 
will be held in this city  next Tuesday  for 
the election  of officers  and  the  transac­
tion of such other  business  as  properly 
comes before the meeting.  Sessions  will 
be held at  10 o’clock in  the morning  and 
at 2  o’clock  in  the  afternoon  at  Elk’s 
Hall,  open only  to  members  of  the  or­
ganization.  At  8:30  in  the  evening  a 
banquet will  be tendered  the  visitors  at 
the Morton  House  by  the  Graud  Rapids 
Wholesale Grocers’ Association.

interview 

last  week.  “ You 

•‘You made but one mistake in your re­
port of my  talk  on  ‘old-time business,’ ” 
remarked  Hon.  T.  D.  Gilbert  to  T h e  
report 
T r a d e s m a n  
me  as saying that  the only  silver money- 
in the country during  the  time of  which 
the 
treated  was  Spanish 
money.  W hat I said  was  that  the  only 
silver money  in  the country at  that time 
was Spanish silver recoined in  this coun­
try.  We had  no silver  of  our own  until 
after  the  Mexican  war.  With  the  ex­
ception of that  mistake,  which  was  im 
material,  your report was correct.”

A pure food exposition  will  be held  at 
Lockerby Hall  in this  city  from  May  28 
to June,  inclusive.  Mrs. Rorer has been 
engaged  to  give  a  series  of  practical 
demonstrations  in  high  art  cookery  and 
other features of an in te r e s tin g  character 
have  been  secured.  W urzburg’s  baud 
will  furnish  music  each  afternoon  and 
evening.  Many  of  the  spaces  have  al 
ready been spoken  for  by  leading  manu­
facturers of  food products and every indi­
cation  points  to  a  very  successful  ex 
position.  The  exposition  will  be  con 
ducted  by  W.  Andrew  Boyd,  who  is  now 
conducting  a  similar 
Detroit,  under  an  arrangement  with  the 
Retail Grocers’  Association  of  this  city 
by  which  the  latter receives a percentage 
of  the net  proceeds.

exposition 

intimated 

,s  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  

The  recent  action  of 

the  Michigan 
Wholesale  Grocers’  Association, 
in 
joining  with  five other similar  State  or­
ganizations  in  promulgating a  new  rule 
relative  to  charging  cartage  on  goods, 
naturally  meets  with  a  little  opposition 
on  the part of  the  retail  trade,  although 
last 
week—cartage  has  evidently  come  to 
stay and the dealer who thinks  he can re­
move the  rule  or  secure  any  variation 
therein  by  protesting  against  the  meas­
ure  reckons  without  his  host.  Now  that 
the  price of  sugar  is  to  be  stationery  and 
the sate  of  sugar  to cutters  is  to be dis­
couraged,  it  behoves the  retail  trade  to 
Improve 
their  opportunity  by  getting 
their heads together,  locally,  and  follow 
the example set  by  the  wholesale  tarde.
is  strong  and 
active,  the  refiners  having  cleaned  out 
their  large  surplus  of  granulated  and 
overso  d themselves from  a  week  to  10 
days on  most  other grades.  The  lower­
ing of  quotations 
last  Monday stimu­
lated  buying  to  that  extent that  the  re 
liners advanced some soft grades  l-16cou 
Thursday  and  the  general  list  1-I0c  on 
Friday.  Further advances are  confident­
ly  looked  for.

Sugar—The  market 

Fish—White fish 

Scaled  herring 

are  50c  per  bbl 
are  down  3< 

lower. 
per  ft.

Pork—Receipts of  hogs  for  the  week 
show an  increase of  14.000 over  the  pre 
vious  week,  the  figures  being  130,912 
This  is  17,000  more  than  for  the  corre 
spending  week  last  year. 
Prices  for 
hogs  ruled  strong and were  5c  higher  at 
the close  than  the  previous  week.  The 
local  market  for  hog  products  was  slow 
all 
feature, 
Prices are steady  and  unchanged.

the  week,  and  without 

there 

is  more  or 

Oranges—The California crop  is  near 
ing  the finish,  there being  less  than  400 
cars  left in  the  Stale,  according  to  the 
report  issued  by  the  fruit  exchanges 
The  fruit  now  coming  forward  is  not 
very  firm  and 
les 
shrinkage,  and,  in  consequence,  price 
are a  little  higher.  Messina  and  Sicily 
oranges  will  be about all the  dealers ca 
get  hold  of  after  a  few  weeks,  but  the 
demand  will  be  limited  and  few  sale 
made  unless  prices  are  lower,  as  small 
fruit  will  soon  be  with  us,  which  will 
take  the preference.

A deputation  of coal dealers  waited on 
Mayor Fisher  recently  to  protest  agains 
the  abolition  of  the  office  of  Sealer  of 
Weights  and  Measures.  They  pointe 
out to His  Honor that  one  of  the  prime 
objects of the ordinance  was  the  protec 
tion of the  public  against  short  weight 
in coal,  and stated that  they,  as  dealers 
Lemons—The  weather  has  been  too
in coal,  were equally  interested  with  the
public in  the  continuauce  of  the  ordì-  cool  to stimulate  any  demand  for  more
than  actual  wants,  hence  there has  beei 
nance.  They  stated  their  belief  that  the 
no material  advance  from  the  low  price 
abolition of  the office  would  throw  sus­
which  have  ruled  for  a  month  past. 
picion  upon  every  user  of  weights  and 
Speculators fear a  repetition  of  the  sea­
measures in the city.  A  proper  enforce­
son of two years  ago,  when  so many of
ment  of the ordinance  would  result in  a
saving  of  many  dollars  to  the  public,  i  them got  “ stuck”  by  buying  largely  at

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and,  at  the  same  time,  protect  honest 
dealers  against  fraudulent  weight  on 
the  part  of  some  who  were  dishonest. 
At the same time they  deprecated,  in  the 
strongest  terms,  the  manner  in  which 
Mr.  Bush  had  performed  the  duties  of 
the  office,  neglecting,  in  fact,  the  fea­
ture of the ordinance  which  gave  great­
est promise of protection  to  the  public. 
If  the  ordinance  were  enforced,  as  it 
should  be,  not  only  would 
they  (the 
coal dealers)  favor  it,  but they  would  do 
all  in  their  power to  assist  the  Sealer  in 
the proper performance of the duties of his 
office.  The deputation  urged the  neces­
sity  and  importance of such  a  law  upon 
Mayor  Fisher 
in  other  directions,  and 
hoped  it  would  be  allowed  to  continue 
and  be  properly enforced.

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

this season of the  year,  expecting warm 
weather—which failed  to come—to  swell 
the  price, 
them  heavy 
losses.  With  a  decrease  in  volume  of 
arrivals,  firmer prices are sure to  rule.

thus  causing 

Bananas—Are in good  supply  and  the 
demand continues to  increase  from  week* 
to  week.  The  weather  has  been  just 
warm enough  to get them  through  with­
out  using heater cars.  So  far,  the  fruit 
has been nearly  all  green on  arrival,  and 
little or  no loss  has  resulted  from  over­
ripe  bunches.  There  can  be  no  set 
quotations,  as  the  price  has  to  be  gov­
erned  by  the size of bunch and quality Oi 
fruit.

Peanuts—No  change  from  last  week, 
although  there  is  a  disturbance  beneath 
the  surface  among  the  cleaners  which 
will  culminate in annoyance very shortly, 
if appearances are not  misleading.

in  1893—not  very  encouraging  for  hold­
ers.  The  local  markets  are  the  same, 
52c  for  wheat,  while  corn  remains  the 
same  and  oats  went  up  a  few  points. 
Local  receipts for  this  city  were,  wheat, 
59 cars;  corn, 33  cars;  and  oats,  14  cars. 
On  the  10th  lust,  the  Government  crop 
report  will  make  its  appearance,  which 
probably  will  determine  prices  for  the 
future. 

C.  G.  A.  V o i g t .

' 

616

618

619

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

cupied  by  E.  J.

irtoK  REN r —THE 

TORE  FORMERLY  OO- 
W are,  druggist,  corner 
Cherry and  E ast streets  Also meat m arket, east 
cud same building, w ith good ice box. 
Jo h n  C. 
D untou, old  Countv  building. 

1710R  SALE—CHEESE  F A '’TORY  AT  BAD 

-  Axe,  Mich., surrounded  by splendid  farm  
ing country : w ill sell  at a  bargain;  also a h ard ­
w are stock"  inventorying  about  11,600,  at  Sagi­
naw.  W rite to Saginaw  H ardw are Co., Saginaw, 
Mich 

for cash.  N.  M  Wilson. Sand  Lake. 

rotary m eat chopper in  good  order.  Cheap 

I ilOli  SALE—LARGE-SIZED  TH REE  K N IFE 
f ilOR  SALE OR  EXCHANGE—A $5.000  DRUG 

stock,  also  the store  building  and  a good 
house and lot  Here is a rh an ce to step  into  an 
old establish* d  business  Good  reasons for sell­
ing.  Chas.  E.  Mercer,  1  and 2 W iddtcoinb build­
ing.  Phone 8  3. 
SI  l lON  B»  A  FIRST CLASS 
W f  ANTE!)—1'< 
f  T 
book-kee;h
ra n d  telegraph  operator.  Also 
two  or  three  stenographers  and  book-keepers 
w ant  positions.  All  w illing to begin  on  triai. 
\V.  N  Ferris,  Big Rapids.  Mich.___________ 621
I ) LAN ING  MILL—WE  O FFER  FOR  SALE 
1 
th e  North  Side  Planing  Mill,  w hich is first- 
class in every  respect,  or  w ill  receive  proposi­
tions to locate the  business  in some other  th riv ­
ing town.  Correspondence and inspection solic­
ited.  Sheridan,  Boyce A  Co.,  M anistee,  Mich.  t>13 
INVOICING 
1 ) ’
about  $2,  0 .   Good  business,  low  rent, 
small expenses.  A ddress  book keeper  4  and  6 
Pearl  St., G rand Rapids,  Mich. 
I  TOR  SALE—WELL  ESTABLISHED  M ILLÎ 

uery business in th e finest location  in G rand 
Rapids.  A rare opportunity.  Real  Estate taken 
for part paym ent.  A ddress J.  W., care M ichigan 
T r a d e s m a n . ___________________611

R IG   STORE  FOR  "s a l e  

615

6  7

593

w ith  a  sm all  line  of

ElU It  SALE—A  CLEAN 

TOOK  OF  DRUGS 
groceries,  Invoi  ing 
¥3,5  0,  of good c,ean goods,  sales last year, $12,- 
000  Good tow n of .,' 0 inhabitants  No com pe­
tition, and iu  the finest section  of country in th e 
State  A ddress Pierce  & Lee, Climax,  Mich. 614 
5LK  « i Ï IE A P—STORE  AND  DWELL 
t f l o I t SAI 
X? 
ing it
in first-class location  in  tow n  of  1,000 
inhabitants.  Address  E. L., box  lfS, Thompsou- 
ville, Benzie Co., Mich. 
m m
BEST  PLACE 
:t
only two.
f ilOlt  KENT—EXCELLENT  LOCATION  FOR 

grocery  store.  No  other  grocery  w ithin 
four  blocks!  High  and  dry  basem ent  tinder 
,J.  W. 
store.  Come  and  see 
Spooner, 6 A rcade, G rand  Rapids. 
609

IN  THE  STATE  TO 
Ha 
608

for  yourself. 

F OR  SALE—THE  THEO.  KEM INK  DRUG 

stock,  corner  W est  Leonard  street  and 
P urchaser  gets  great  bargain. 
savings  Bank, 

Broadway. 
H enry  Idem a,  Kent  County 
G rand  Rapids. 
T X T  AN TE D—MAN  FAM ILIAR  W ITH  THE 
v V 
cheese  trade to  em bark  in  the w holesale 
cheese and dairy supply business at this m arket. 
A dvertiser stands ready to put in ¥10,GOO  special 
capital.  A ddress No. 602 care  M ichigan Trades
man.__________________________________ 602
T X T  A N T E D —A J E W E L E R   TO   LO CA TE  IN  A 
T V 
tow n of 1,200: good business place; splen 
did opening now.  A ddress  “Jew eler,”  care  of 
M ichigan Tradesm an. 
601
F cIOR  SALE—GOOD  PAYING  DRUG  STOKE 
G rand  Rapids  A ddress  No.  601.  care 
601
M ichigan Tradesm an. 
■ OR GOOD LOCATION  TO  RETA IL  HARD- 
lock box 221. Sturgis,  Mich. 
YXTANTED—A LIVE ACTIVE MANAS  PAKT- 
V V 
130,000  cash  trade
care  M ichigan 

w are, drugs, clothing or dry goods, address 

ner In general store. 

A ddress  No.  593

610

594

592

TTIOR  SALE—A  CLEAN  STOCK  OF  IIARD- 
J j   w are and agricultural im plem ents  in   good 
paying  territory. 
Stock  w ill  invoice $2,500 to 
$3.060.  W ould sell one-half interest.  Good rea­
sons fo r selling.  A ddress  No.  589, care M ichi­
gan Tradesm an. 
TXT ANTED—1TO  BUY  FOR  SPOT  CASH,  OR 
V T 
unincum bered  real  estate,  all  kinds of 
m erchandise.  A ddress the M anistee M eicautlle 
Co., M anistee, Mich._____________________ 581

■   CLEAN  STOCK  OF  GROCERIES  FOR 

Sale:  good  trade,  cheap  for  spot  cash; 
the only delivery wagon In  town.  Stock  about 
Investigate.  A ddress  box  15,  Centre- 
$2,500. 
ville,  M ich. 

820

589

SITUATIONS  W ANTED.

■ J ANTED—POSITION

BY EX PERT  AC
countant.  Books opened or closed.  Bal­
ances rendered.  Partnerships adjusted and any 
other work o f sim ilar cha-acter  promptly  done. 
A ddress No. 578, care The  Tradesm an. 
W A N T E D — THOROUGHLY  COMPETENT 
VV 
and  experienced  young  m an w ould  like 
position as  book-keeper, cashier  or  other  office 
work  w ith  jobbing  or  m anufacturing house. 
A ddress “ H” care The Tradesm an.________

P E C K ’S

HEADACHE
POWDERS
P a i the best profit.  O rder from  your jobber.

578

Purely Personal.

Austin  K.  Wheeler  (Lemon  &  Wheeler 
Company)  left  Monday for  a  fortnight’s 
absence in  Buffalo and Cleveland.

W.  B.  Gregg,  who has  long  been  iden­
tified  with  the  Tucker,  Hoops  *   Co. 
general  stock,  at  Luther,  w as  in  town 
last  week  for the  first time.

A.  J.  Elliott  is  at  home  most of  the 
time  these days.  He is  not  sick,  neither 
has he fallen down  cellar again.  He  has 
the Spring fever,  and,  to  prevent himself 
from joining Coxey’s army,  he  is  work­
ing it off on  his  lawn  and  (lower  garden.
the 
Ceylon  Tea  Co., 
is  in  town  for  a  few 
days, operating In conjunction  with  the 
Letuou *  Wheeler Company, which  holds 
the  agency  for  the  Ceylon  Tea  Co.’s 
goods  in  this  territory.  The  gentleman 
a native of Ceylon and  his descriptions 

M.  Singho  Appu, 

representing 

of Ceylonese life are  very  interesting.

Frank Jewell  (1.  M. Clark  Grocery Co.) 
has a grievance—a  real,  live  grievance. 
Like  the  law-abiding  American  citizen 
that  he  is,  Frank  refrained  from  “ troub­
ling the  waters” for the  finny  beauties  he 
loves so  well  to  angle  for,  but,  all 
the 
same,  he  had  marked  one  big  trout  for 
the  frying  pan.  He  knew  exactly  where 
it  was  and  had  all  arrangements  made 
for capturing  that  particular  trout,  and 
Sumner says  he even  had the  story of its 
capture typewritten  for  the  press.  But 
he  waited  until the  law permitted  him to 
do  so  before  attempting  to  “ hook  it.” 
Here  is  where  he  made  the  mistake  of 
his  life.  Being 
in  the  vicinity  of  the 
stream  in  which  he  had  located  his  vic­
tim  ou  the  morning  of  May  1,  he  saw 
that  identical  trout—on  ice  and  in  the 
possession  of an  individual  who  did  not 
know  a  “ fly” from  a  tish-pole,  and  who 
had probably caught  it with  a  bent  pin. 
It  was enough.  He  returned  home,  and 
will  “ whip” no more  the  limpid  streams 
for trout.  At  least not  this  season.

The W heat  M arket.

During the past  week  the  wheat  mar­
ket showed  no material  change,  although 
the visible showed  a  big decrease.  This 
was offset  by  the  large increase  of wheat 
for  the  United  Kingdom.  The  “ longs” 
used all  unfavorable  news  to  get  better 
prices,  but  the  fine  weather  and  other 
bear  influences  were  too  much 
to  ad­
vance  prices on,  so wheat  remains at low 
ebb.  The  visible  is expected  to decrease 
quite 
to-day,  which  may  effect 
prices,  but  the  fact  remains  that  this 
large visible still  exists,  with  not  much 
It now has the  ap­
show of decreasing. 
pearance  that 
there  will  be  as  much 
wheat in  the  world’s supply  on July 1  as

largely 

TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

a 

firm 

The  L iabilities  o f P artn ers.

name 

certain 

The  difficulties  which  business  men 
labor  under in  finding  out  who  are the 
partners of  a firm are sometimes  matters 
of importance when the question of cred­
it or responsibility comes to the front.  As a 
remedy,  it is suggested that we adopt the 
policy  of  some  of  the  Canadian  prov­
inces, which require that partnerships be 
registered;  that  is,  that  convenient  bu­
reaus  be established  for  which all  con­
cerns that are,  or purport by name to be, 
copartnerships  shall  provide  for  regis­
tration  the  names  of  the  partners  and 
sufficient other  facts to  indentify  them, 
such  as  residence,  business,  etc.,  and 
that this record,  duly made  and certified 
to,  shall be conclusive  as  to the  persons 
included  in  the  partnerships,  until,  a 
change is  made  in  the  record  properly 
attested.
Another question  has  also come up in 
relation to the  general  subject  which is 
It  is  the  question 
no  less  important. 
whether or  not a partner  who  uses  the 
funds or credit  of a firm  for  other  pur­
poses than those specified in  the contract 
between  the  partners  shall  be  deemed 
guilty of a crime or misdemeanor.
There is a great  deal  of  ignorance  in 
the  mercantile  community  ou  the  sub­
ject of  liability  of  partners  as to  third 
persous.  Few  people  know  that  one 
partuer can  bind  his  copartner to almost 
any kind of contract  or  obligation.  For 
instance, A and  B may  have a contract of 
copartnership, either  written or oral,  by 
which they  agree  to  become  copartners 
under 
for
any  particular purpose, say,  manufactur­
ing boots  and  shoes.  Suppose  also  the 
articles  of  copartnership  provide  that 
neither shall use the  firm  name  for any 
other  purpose than the  business  of  the 
concern;  nevertheless,  if A should issue 
the firm notes  without the  knowledge of 
B,  and  get  them  discounted  at  a  bank 
and  use  the  proceeds  for  his  person­
al benefit,  without the knowledge  of  the 
bank  or  the  knowledge  of  his  partner, 
the firm will  be liable, and  consequently 
B  will  be liable as a member of  the firm.
Often gross  injustice is thus  done  by 
one partuer  to  another,  and ruin  is the 
result of  such deception. 
Instances  are 
frequent where persons engaged  in legit­
imate  and  successful  mercantile  enter­
prises have been ruined by a  member  of 
the firm entering into other speculations, 
and using the  firm  name  on  notes  and 
obligations,  without  the  knowledge  of 
his partners,  who  are nevertheless liable 
for their payment. 
In  such  a  case  the 
injured  partner  has  no  redress  except 
that  he has a claim  against the offending 
partner  for  whatever  loss  he  sustains; 
but,  as  discovery of wrongful  use of the 
firm  name  is  seldom  made  unless  the 
speculation  or enterprise  is  ruinous,  the 
claim against  the  offending  party  is  of 
very  little commercial  value.
A partner in a firm  is a  trustee in  the 
use  of  the  firm  name. 
lie  is  charged 
with the trust  of  using  it  only  for  the 
legitimate purposes for  which a  partner­
ship  was  formed,  and  the  courts  have 
always construed  a  misuse  of  the  firm 
name  as  a  fraud,  for  which  they  will 
decree a dissolution of the firm.
At  present  there  is  no  punishment 
provided  by law  for  the  misuse  of  the 
firm name by any partner;  but  there can 
be no question but that,  where one  part­
ner  uses  the  firm  name  (which  means 
using the credit and  pledging  the assets 
of the firm)  for his own  ends, he is using 
something which does not belong to him, 
and he  should  be visited  by some severe 
In  fact,  we think  such a mis­
penalty. 
use  of  the  firm's  name  and  credit  is 
nothing less  than a  crime. 
It is  taking 
something which  does not  belong to him 
who takes it.
If  such  wrongful  acts  were  made 
punishable by law,  it  would undoubtedly 
result in greater  protection  to  innocent J 
partners.

R efused  on  Principle.

“No,” said  the  young  woman  haugh­
tily,  in response to his request as they sat 
on the porch in  the  twilight,  “ 1 will  not | 
let you hold my hand.  1 don’t believe in i 
such conduct for a young lady.
“And  besides,”  she  added  after  a 
pause,  “it isn’t dark enough yet.”
Use Tradesman Coupon  Books.

ÜNBLKACHKD  COTTONS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 
“ 
“  
“  LL..................4*6

Adriatic
“  Arrow Brand  4V 
Argyle  ....................   5*
“  W orldw ide.  6
Atlanta AA..........   6
11  LL...................414
Atlantic  A ..............   6M
Pull Tard Wide.......6*6
Georgia  A ...............   6*4
H ..............   6*6
P .............  5
Honest Width.........  6
Hartford A  ..............S
D ..............   6
Indian H ead............  3*6
Amory...................654
King A  A ................. 6*6
Archery  Bunting... 4
K lngB C ...................5
Beaver Dam  A A ..  4*6
Lawrence  L L ........   4*6
Blackstone O,  32_  5
Madras cheese cloth 6£
Black Crow............6
Newmarket  G.........5¥
Black  Rock  ............  554
B ..........  5
Boot, AL...............  7
N ......... 6*4
Capital  A  ............... 5*4
D D ...  6*4
Cavanat  V ...........  5*6
X .......6*
Chapman cheese c l. 354 Nolbe  R.......................5
Clifton  C R .5*4 Our Level  Best.......................6
Comet.............6*4 Oxford 
B ...................  6
Pequot......................   7
Dwight Star.........  6M 
Clifton C C C ..  554 Solar...................................   6
¡Top of the  Heap__   7
A B C ........................8*4
Geo.  W ashington...  8
Amazon.................... 8
Glen Mills...............  7
Amsburg.................. 6
Gold  Medal.............   7*6
Art  Cambric...........10
Green  Ticket...........8*4
Blackstone A A.......7*6
Great F alls...............  6*4
Beats A ll..................4
Hope..........................7*4
Boston.....................12
Just  Out........   454@  5
Cabot........................   654
King  Phillip............  754
Cabot,  %...................654
OP.......7*6
Charter  Oak............  5*6
Lonsdale Cambric.. 10
Conway W ...............   7*4
Lonsdale............  @  8
Cleveland..............   6
Middlesex.........  @  5
Dwight Anchor__   8
.No Name..................  7*4
shorts  8
Oak View.......  .......6
Edwards................... 6
Our Own..................  5*4
Empire
Pride of the W est... 12
Farwell......................7*6 Rosalind.......................7*4
Fruit of the  Loom.  8  [Sunlight...................  4*6
Fitchvllle  .............  7  Utica  M ills..............8*6
First Prize...............   6  I 
“  Nonpareil  ..10
Frultof the Loom %.  7*6 Vlnyard....................  8*6
Falrm ount............... 4*4 White Horse..............6
Full V alue...............  6541 
“  Rock______ 
Cabot........................   6541 Dwight Anchor.......8
Farw ell.................... 7HI

HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

Unbleached.

CANTON  FLANNEL.

Bleached.
A .... ....5*6 Housewife  Q ...
B  ... ...5*4
R ...
“ 
c __ __ 6
.
“ 
s 
D ... ....6*6
•* 
T ...
E  ... __ 7
“ 
U ...
F . . .
....7*,
V .. .
“ 
G  ... ....7*4
“  W ...
H
X ...
“ 
I .... ,...8<4
“ 
Y ...
.1 
.. ...  8*%
“  
z ...
K .. .
9*6

.21
o .
P ........... 14*4

CARPET  WARP.

“ 

Peerless,  white......... 17  ¡Integrity colored... 18
colored___19  ¡White Star................17
Integrity...................18*41 
“  colored  .19
Hamilton 
.................8  |Nameless.................. 20

DRESS  OOODS.

“ 

“ 
“ 

...................  9
...................10*4
G G  Cashmere.........30
Nameless  .................16
.................18

** 

CORSETS.

“ 

PRINTS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

CORSET  JEANS.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Coraline................... 89 50 ¡W onderful..............84 50
Schilling’s ...............   9 
00 Brighton..............4 75
Davis  W aists.......  9 00 Bortree’s ..................9 00
Grand  Rapids........  4  50| Abdominal.......... 15  00
Armory....................  6541Naumkeagsatteen..  7*6
Androscoggin..........  754¡Rockport..................   6*6
Blddeford...............   6  Conestoga.................7*6
Brunswick...............6*4l W alworth..................634
Allen turkey  reds..  5*4[Berwlck fancies__   5*6

Ballon solid clack..
colors.
Bengal bine,  g^een, 
Berlin solids............  5*6

robes............5*6 Clyde  Robes..............
pink a purple  5*6 Charter Oak fancies  4
b u ffs............  5*6 DelMarine cashm's.  5*6
mourn'g  5*6
pink  checks.  5*61 
stap les........   5  ! Eddy stone fancy...  5*6
chocolat  5*6
shirtings  ...  3*i| 
American  fancy—   5<6 
rober  ...  5*6
sateens..  5*6
American Indigo  ..  4*4 
American shirtings.  354jHamilton fancy.  ...  5*6
Argentine  G rays...  6 
staple__ 5*6
Anchor Shirtings...  4  ¡Manchester  fancy..  5*6 
“  —   6
Arnold 
new era.  5*6 
Arnold  Merino.......6
Merrimack D fancy.  5*6 
long cloth B.  9 
“ 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  4 
“  C.  7*6
“ 
Repp furn .  8*6
“ 
century cloth  7
Pacific  fancy.............5*6
gold seal.......10*6
“ 
“  green seal TR 10*6 
Portsmouth robes...  6*6 
“ 
yellow  seal.. 10*6
Simpson mourning..  554
greys.........  554
“ 
serge..............11*6
“  Turkey  red .. 10*4 
solid black.  554 
Washington Indigo.  6*6 
“ 
“  Turkey robes..  7*(
“  India robes___ 7*4
“  plain T ky X \   8*4 
red and  orange...  6
“ 
“ 
oil bine........6
"  Ottoman  Tur­
“ 
“  green  —   6
key red..................   6*4
“  Foulards 
5*6|Martha Washington
Turkeyred 54.........7*6
7 
“ 
red 34 —
9*6 Martha  Washington
“  X  ...
“ 
“ 
“  4 4 ^ .___
10  1  T urkeyred...........   9*6
“  3-4XXXX 12
“ 
Rlverpoint robes__  5*6
Cocheco fancy........   5
Windsor fancy........   6*6
“ 
madders...  5 
“  XX tw ills..  5
Indigo blu e...........10*6
“ 
solids.......... 5
Harmony.................  4*4
Amoskeag AC A....il*41AC  A ........................11*4
Hamilton N  .............  7  ¡Pemberton AAA___16
D .............. 8  York............................10*6
Awning..11  Swift R iver.............   7*6
Farm er.......................8  ¡Pearl R iver..............12
First  Prise...............10*6 W arren...................... 12*6
Lenox M ills............18  IConostoga................16
Atlanta,  D ...............  654 ¡Stark  A 
............ 8
Boot..........................6 *  No  Name................... 7*4
Clifton, K .................7  Top of  Heap..............c9

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

COTTON  DRILL.

gold  ticket

“  X...10

TICKINGS.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

D E M IN S .

“ 

Amoskeag. ........ 

...1 2
9 oz.......14
brown .14
Andover...................11*6
BeaverCreek  A A... 10 
“ 
B B...  9
“ 
CC__
Boston MfgCo.  br..  7 
“ 
blue  8*4
“  d a  twist  10*6
Columbian XXX br.10 
“ 
XXX  bl.19

“ 
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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue............12*6
brown........12*4
Haymaker bine.......  754
brow n...  754
Jeffrey.......................11*6
Lancaster  ................12*6
Lawrence, 9 oz.........13*6
No.220  ...13
No. 250.... 11*4
No. 280.... 10)4

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“ 
GINGHAM S.

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Amoskeag................  5
“  Persian dress  6*«
Canton ..  7
** 
AFC.........5*6
“ 
Teazle... 10*6 
“ 
11 
Angola.. 10*6 
11 
Persian..  7
Arlington staple__ 6*6
Arasapha  fancy__ 454
Bates Warwick dres  7*6 
staples.  6
Centennial..............  10*6
C riterion................ 10*6
Cumberland  staple.  5*4
Cumberland............ 5
Essex........................ 4*6
Elfin.........................   7*6
Everett classics...... 8*6
Exposition...............7*4
Glen a rte .................. .  6*6
Glenarven................634
Glen wood.................. 7*6
Hampton.................. 5
Johnson Chalon cl 
*6 
Indigo blue  9*6 
zephyrs__16  I

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“ 

Lancaster,  staple...  5 
“ 
fan cies....  7 
“  Normandie  7
Lancashire...............  6
Manchester..............  5*6
Monogram............... 6*6
Normandie.............  7
Persian.....................7
Renfrew Dress.........7*6
Rosemont.................6*6
Slatersvllle............. 6
Somerset.................. 7
Tacoma  ...................7*6
Toll  duN ord.......... 8*6
W abash....................  7*6
seersucker..  7*4
W arwick.................  6
W hlttenden.............   8
heather dr.  7*6 
Indigo bine  9 
Wamsutta staples...  646
Westbrook............... 8
Wlndermeer............ 5
York  ........................634

...........................10

•• 

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag................ 13  ¡Georgia  ....................13*6
Stark.........................17 
American.................13 

.................................
| ................  ...............

THREADS.

Clark’s MUe E nd....45  ¡Barbour s .................95
Coats’. J. & P ..........45  Marshall’s .................90
Holyoke................... 22*61

. 8*4

KNITTING  COTTON.

No.

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

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

White.  Colored
White.  Colored.
42
38 No.  14... ....37
43
39
16... ....38
“ 
44
18... ....39
40
■’ 
“  20... ....40
41
45
CAMBRICS.
Slater........................   4
Edwards.................   4
Lockwood..................4
White Star..............  4
Kid Glove  ...............  4
Wood’s ................ 
  4
Brunswick............   4
Newmarket..............  4

6*4

RED  FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

DOMBT  FLANNEL.

IT W ...........................S*6
F T ............................ 32*4
J R F , XXX............. 35
Buckeye...................32*4

Firem an...................32*6
Creedmore...............27*4
Talbot XXX............30
Nameless.................27*4
Red & Bine,  plaid  . 40
Union R .................. 22*4
W indsor.................. 18*6
6 oz W estern...........30
Union  B.
Nameless.......  8  @  9*6| 
.......8*4@10  I 

Grey S R  W..............17*4
Western W .........  -.18*4
D R  P ........................ 18*6
Flushing XXX.........23*4
.22*6|M aR ltoba.....................23*6
.......9  @10*6
.......  
12*4
Brown. Black.
10*4
11*4
12
30

“ 
“ 
Brown. Black. Slate
9*6 10*6
10*6 1164
11*4 12
12*6 30
DUCKS.

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
9*6
10*6
11*4
12*4

“ 
Slate.
9*6
10*6
11*4
12*6
Severer», 8 oz...........   9*6¡West  Point, 8 oz — 10*6
Mayland, 80s ..........10*4 
“ 
10oz  ...12*6
Greenwood, 7*4 oz..  9*6 Raven, lOoz..............13*6
 
Greenwood, 8 os — 11*4 Stark 
13*6
Boston, 8 oz..............10*6 [Boston, 10 oz.............12*6

10*4
11*4
12
30

“ 

WADDINGS.

SEWING  SILK.

SILSSIAS.

White, doz...............25  ¡Perbale,40doz....88 50
Colored,  doz............30  ¡Colored  “ 
...........7 50
Slater, Iron Cross...  8
Pawtucket................10*4
Red Cross....  9
Dundle.....................   9
Best..............10*6
Bedford.................... 10*4
Best  A A .......12*6
Valley  City..............10*4
K K ............................10*6
*4 
8*6

“ 
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Cortlcelll, doz..........85  [Cortlcelll  knitting,

per *6oz  ball........ 30

..12  “ 8 
-.12  I “  10 

tw ist,doz..40 
50yd,doz..40  I
HOOKS AND ETES—PER GROSS.
“ 
“ 

No  1 Bl’k A White..10  INo  4 Bl’k & White.,15 
“  2 
..20
“ 
..25
8 
No 2—20, M  C.......... 50  ¡No 4—15  J   8*6.........40
•  3—18, S C ............45  I
No  2 White & Bl’k.,12  ¡No  8 White 4  Bl’k..20 
“ 
.28
4 
..26
“  6 
No 2.
.38

COTTON  TAPE.
..15 
“ 10 
-.18  I “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.
|No8. ..
....28 
NEEDLES—PER  M.

PINS.

“ 
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“ 
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A. Jam es.................. 1  40| Steamboat.................  40
Crowely’a.................1  85 Gold  Eyed............... 1  50
Marshall’s ................1 00| American..................1  00
j5—4. ...1  65  6—4...2 80
5—4 ....  1  75  6—4... 

T A B U   OIL  CLOTH.

COTTONT WIRES.

Wool Standard 4 ply 17*6 
P ow hattan.............16

N ashua....................14
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply....17

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
C row n.......................12
D om estic..................18*6
A nchor.....................16
B ristol...................... 13
Cherry  VaUey.........15
I X L .......................... 18*6
Alabama.....................6S£[
Mount  Pleasant__ 6*6
\  Alamance...................6*6
Oneida......................5
j  A ugusta.................... 7*6
Prym ont.................   534
A r sapha................... 6
Randelm&n..............6
Georgia...................... 6*4
Riverside.................   534
A................6*6
G ran ite......................5*6
Haw  R iver..............&  ¡Toledo
Haw  J ......................  5  I Otis checks...  .....  7516

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D and E and E E widths, at 61.50.  Patent leather 
tip,  61.55.  Try them,  they are  beauties.  Stock 
soft and fine, flexible and elegant  fitters.  Send 
for sample dozen.

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A  A

TH E  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

the 

time  where 

E le m e n ts  o f  S u c c e s s  a s  a  S a le sm a n . 
Tnere  are  three  very  essential  ele­
ments for  a  salesman’s  success.  They 
are ambition,  pluck and  common  sense. 
Ambition first,  for without it  one  might 
as well sit  quietly  down,  aud,  Micawber 
like,  wait  patiently  for  something  to 
turn up;  this will,  in  all  likelihood,  oc­
cur  if  he  waits 
long  enough—even 
though a headstone be required  to  locate 
the  position  of  his  toes  when  “turned 
up”  for the last  time.  Pluck  next,  for 
the  reason  that  this  article  is  never 
found  without  some  ambition,  and  one 
is absolutely necessary for the success of 
the other,  while progress is the result  of 
the two  combined,  requiring  force,  per­
severance and  push,  as  well  as  theory 
and aim.  And last comes common sense, 
an article that cannot be bought  or  sold, 
but may be cultivated  where  fertile  soil 
abounds, and  the  sunuy  rays  of  judg­
ment are not shut out;  every  salesman is 
supposed to  own a  little  of  it,  but  no­
body is  ever  credited  with  being  over­
stocked,  and  a  lack of 
this  necessity 
will always carry  with  it a  guarantee  of 
failure.
A man need not be a  college  graduate 
to become a successful  salesman;  at  the 
same  time  a  good  education  certainly 
ought to greatly  enhance  his  prospects 
of success.  We  know a  salesman,  how­
ever,  who  could  neither  write  legibly 
nor spell  the  simplest  words  correctly, 
but had good common sense  and. carried 
down  weight  with  every  argument  he 
used;  he  talked  intelligently,  and  got 
there  every 
fluent 
speaker and polished  representative  fro 
quently  failed to even make  an  impres­
sion.
We  have  seen  a  salesman  enter  a 
man’s store for the  first  time  and  state 
that he wanted to see the proprietor, and 
on being  told  that  he was  back  in  the 
office,  but would  be  disengaged  shortly, 
deliberately  push  bis  way  through  a 
crowd  of  half a  dozen  who  were  wait­
ing  their  turn,  and  stepping  up  to  the 
proprietor, who was perhaps in consulta­
tion with  other  gentlemen  over  impor­
tant matters, thrust his card  in  between 
them, with the remark, “ Will you kindly 
look at my line of goods, sir? 1 only  have 
a little time, as  1  am  anxious  to  catch 
the next train.”  He  was  not  detained, 
but dismissed in a  very  few  words.  We 
have known another salesman  to enter  a 
man’s store with two  or  three  satchels, 
carefully  place  them  on  one  side  and 
stand  idly  by  for  two  or  three  hours 
without  having  made  known  his  busi­
ness,  and  finally  when  his  presence  had 
become irksome to the dealer,  was  given 
an  opportunity  to  state  his  business, 
only to be told that the dealer bad  given 
his order to the salesman who  just  went 
out.
On  the  other  hand,  there  are  many 
ways in  which the salesman  can  employ 
his time while  waiting for  an  interview 
with the buyer.  We  know  of  one  suc­
cessful  salesman  who  claims  that  be 
makes his best points by  cultivating  the 
clerks’  friendship  and  confidence.  He 
would select the one whom he thought to 
be the head clerk,  get him  into conversa­
tion,  learn  the  peculiarity  of  the  em­
ployer’s trade and find out what  kind  of 
goods the dealer  made  a specialty  of  or 
had a strong competition on, and thus be 
able  to  talk  intelligently  to  the  buyer 
when the time  came.  He  would  start 
in with  the  clerk  by  inferring  that  he 
was one of  the firm, or  seemed  to  have 
the responsibility of  the whole  business 
on his shoulders;  a little  flattery  goes  a 
long way sometimes,  and even  though  a 
man  knows  you  are  flattering  him,  it 
pleases him just the same:  be invites  an 
expression  of  opinion  in  regard  to  the 
quality of the cigar,  for example,  aud  to 
give him the benefit of  his  judgment  as 
to  what  its  value  is.  A  clerk  who 
smokes, as  a  rule,  thinks  he  knows  it 
all,  and  does  not  hesitate  to  do  as  re­
quested.  He gives his  opinion,  and  the 
salesman is astonished at  the  soundness 
of his judgment, stating  that  he  “hit  it 
square on the head the first time,” adding 
that he was the only man among  a  great 
many experts who  knew  precisely what 
the article was worth;  he  then gets  him 
to smoke a  cigar  that  he  is  anxious  to 
introduce,  gets him to agree with  him as 
to the quality and merits  of  the  article,

convinces him that it is better than  any­
thing he has in  stock at  the  same  price, 
and through  the clerk’s  assistance  suc­
ceeds in  inducing the dealer to give  him 
a sample  order.
One would  say  that  the  man  who  is 
capable of  building  up and  retaining  a 
certain  line of  trade  should  be  equally 
able  to  manage  an  equal  business  for 
himself;  this  does  not  necessarily  fol­
low. 
It is  an  axiom  in  commerce  that 
Goods well bought  are half  sold,”  but 
the  converse  of  its  proposition  is  not 
true.  “Goods well sold  are  not  always 
well  bought.”  We believe it  is  the  ex­
perience of most great mercantile houses 
that  there  are  more  successful  sellers 
than buyers.

True  a s   Gospel.

From the M erchants’ Review.
The  best way to lay  the  price-cutting 
spectre is to make every  grocer  a  mem­
ber of his  local  association,  Rules  and 
penalties are not necessary.  The  frater­
nal  feeling,  which it is  the  province  of 
the  associations  to  implant  in  every 
member’s breast,  is a  much  better  pre­
ventive of the competition  that takes the 
form of  “cutting”  than  all the  rules and 
penalties that could  be prescribed.  The 
atmosphere of  the  meeting  rooms is un­
favorable to the spread  of the  price-cut­
ting heresy.  A new  member soon  learns 
that the raoid  “cutter” is  more generally 
esteemed  for  his  audacity  than  his  sa­
gacity,  and becomes  hostile to  the  prac­
tice;  and  all  this  occurs  without  the 
slightest attempt  to limit  his freedom of 
action.  Thus,  without  oppresive  rules 
and  penalties that are difficult to enforce, 
the  associations  that  do  not  favor  the 
arbitrary  regulation  of  prices  are  en 
abled to  check  the  spread  of  the “cut­
ting”  fever  and  gradually 
the 
standard of profit to a living level, when­
ever  it  sinks  below  that  point.  Each 
member  sells  at  whatever  price  he 
pleases,  but the effects of  the association 
training are all  the  time  apparent,  and 
while acting independently he takes care 
not to violate  the  unwritten  law of  the 
organization  by  sacrificing  .profits  en­
tirely.

raise 

J a c k so n,  May  4,—At 

M ee tin g   o f  th e  J a c k s o n   R e ta il G ro c e rs
the  meeting 
of  the  Jackson  Retail Grocers’ Associa 
tion,  held last evening, the matters relat 
ing to the enforcement  of  the  peddlers 
ordinance were discussed and  a  commit 
tee of one from each ward  was appointed 
to  look  after  those  peddling  without 
licenses.
The subject of handling vegetables  by 
weight,  instead of by the  present  unsat 
isfactory  methods,  was  discussed  and 
the  matter  referred  to  a  committee  to 
formulate  a  list  of  articles and  weights 
for same.
the  Michigan 
Wholesale Grocers’ Association of charg 
ing  cartage  for  the  delivery  of  their 
goods,  was discussed,  and,  on  motion, 
notice was sent  the wholesalers,  stating 
that 
the 
charge unfair  and  unjust  and  emphat 
ically protesting against it.
Officers  for  the  ensuing  year  were 
nominated and  will  be  elected  the  first 
Thursday in June.

the  Association  considered 

The  new 

rule  of 

W.  H.  P o s t e r ,  Sec’y.

d ls .

AXES.

,T 
‘ 
• 

AUStTBB AND BITS. 

These  prices are  for cash  buyer»,  who 
pay promptly  and  bay in  full  packages.
Snell’s ................................................................  
60
Cook’s  ............................................................... 
40
............ 
25
Jennings1, genuine.............................
............50*10
Jennings’,  Im itation.........................
............S 7 00
First Quality, 8. B. Bronze...............
............  k*  00
D.  B. Bronze...............
S.B .S. Steel............... ............  8 00
D. B. Steel................... ............  13 50
Railroad............................................... ..........* 14 00
Garden......................................................  net  30 00
Stove................................................................... 50*10
Carriage new list  .............................................75*10
Plow..................................................40*10
Sleigh shoe          .............................................. 
70
Well,  plain  ...................................................... » 8  50
Well, swivel  .................  ............. ................. 
4 00
d l* .
Cast Loose Pin, figured.................... ...............704
Wongbt Narrow, bright 5ast jo in t................ 60*  10

BUTTS,  CAST. 

btjck bts.

BARROW S.

b o l t s. 

dls.

dls.

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

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

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1893..................60*10

Grain...........................................................die. 80*02

CBASLKt.

CROW  BARS.

Cast Steel................................................p e r»  
................................ per m 

CAPS.

Ely’s l-io 
Hick’s  C.  F 
G.  D 
Musket 

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

“ 
“ 

CARTRIDGES.

Rim  Eire.................................................!........  
Central  F ire..................................................dis. 

C H ISELS. 

dlS.

Socket Firm er.................................................. .75*10
Socket Fram ing................................................. 75*10
Socket Corner........................................................ 75*10
75*10
Socket S lick s.............................................. 
Butchers’ Tanged  Firmer................................. 
40
dis.

40
Curry,  Lawrence’s .....................................
25
H otch k iss........................................................
White Crayons, per  gross...............13©12V4 dis. 10

combs. 
.......................................... 
.......................................... 
CHALK.

 

5
66
35
60

50
25

COPPER.

" 

Planished, 14 oe cut to size.........per pound 
14x52,14x56, 14x60 ........................... 
Old Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48............................................... 
B ottom s................................................................. 

drills. 

Morse’s  Bit  Stocks......................................... .. 
Taper and straight Shank................................. 
Morse’s Taper Shank.......................................... 

28
26
23
23
95

50
50
50

dls.

DRIPPINS PANS.

Small Rises, ser p o u n d ...................................... 
Large 8lses, per  pound...................................... 

07
6V4

BLROWS.

om. 4  piece, 6 in ................................ do*, net 
75
40
¡arrogated.....................................................dls 
Adlnstable.....................................................dls.  40*10

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

dls.

piles—N ew List. 

Clark’s, small, *18;  large, 826.......................... 
30
Ives’, 1, *18:  2, *24;  3,*30................................. 
25
Disston’s ................................................................60*10
N ew American 
.  .................................60*10
Nicholson’s .......................................................... 60*10
H eller's...................................................................
Heller’s Horse R asps.......................................... 
60

dls.

GALVANIZED IRON.

dls.

dls.

50

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

12 

13 

15 

28
17

Discount, 60

14 
GAUGES. 

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

knobs—New List. 

 

dls.

MATTOCKS.

locks—door. 

Door, mineral, jap. trim m ings.......................  
56
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings.................... 
56
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings................  
55
55
Door,  porcelvin, trimmings............................. 
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain...................... 
70
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l i s t ........... 
56
55
Mallory, Wheeler  *   Co.’s ................................  
56
Branford’s ....................................  
 
Norwalk’s .............................................................  
56
Adae B y e.................................................*16.00, dls. 60
Hunt B ye................................................. *15.00, dls. 60
H u n t's........................................... *18.60, dls. 20410.
dls.
Sperry *  Co.’s, Post,  handled.........................  
50
dls.
40
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .......................................... 
40
*•  P .S .& W . Mfg. Co.’s  M alleable«.... 
•*  Landers,  Ferry *  Cls rk’a.................... 
40
11  Enterprise 
............................................ 
30
dll.
Stobbln’s  Pattern..............................................60*10
Stebbin’s Genuine...............................................60*10
Enterprise, self-measuring............................... 
25

mauls. 
mills. 

MOLABSBB GATES. 

N A IL S

 

 

 

Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
Steel nails, Dase.......................................................1  50
Wire nails, base.........................................  
........1  50
go...................................................  ........Base 
Base
50...............................................................  
10
40...............................................................  
2»
26
30...............................................................  
20........... 
35
 
1«...............................................................  
«
«$
12............................................................... 
SO
10............................................................... 
60
8................................................................. 
7 * 6 .......................................................... 
75
4 
90
................................................................... 
1  20
1  60
...................................................................  
160
Fine 8 ....................................................... 
Case  10....................................................  
65
76
8..................................................... 
90
6..................................................... 
75
Finish 10.................................................. 
90
s ................................................... 
8................................................... 
1  10
Clinch; 10................................................. 
70
80
8 ................................................. 
Barreux'.!!!!!*.*.*.*.!.!!"!.'*.*.*'.*!*.'"  
1 75
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fa n c y ......................................  040
Sc! ota  B ench...................................................... 
050
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy.............................  040
Bench,first quality.............................................   040
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s  w ood............. 50*10
Fry,  A cm e.................................................... dl».60—10
70
Common,  polished......................................dls. 
Iron and  Tinned................................................. 
40
Copper Rivets and Burs..................................   50—10

'« 
•• 
«« 
» 

PLANES. 

rivets. 

PANS.

dlB.

dls.

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

“A” Wood’s patent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10  20 
“B” Wood’s  p at planished, Nos. 26 to 27...  9  20 

Broken packs Jfo per pound extra.

H A M M E R S .

HANGERS.

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

longer 
II 
II 
II 
II 
II 
II 

Maydole  4  Co.’s .......................................... 41«. 
2‘
Sip’s .................................................... 
dts. 
3*-
Yerkes *  Plumb’s ................................ 
dls  40*11'
30c list 60
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel......... 
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  H and. 
30c 40*10
H IN G ES.
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ................................dls.fiOAlO
2 50
.. .per do*, net, 
State..................
Screw Hook  and Strap, to 12
In  4Vi  14  and
SV4
............
10
screw Hook and Eve,  ft  ...  ..................net
1‘ 
%  ....
8V4
.................net
** 
\ ........ .................. net
7ft
I‘ 
%  ...... .................. net
7Vi
5<•
................. dla 
.  .
dla.
50*10 
60*10 
.  . 
40
...  60*1 
60*10
........60*10
. . .  40*10
new list 70
new list 331**10 
........   70*10*10
..........70*10*10
70*10*10
70*10410
dls.7c

Strap and T 
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track
Champion,  anti friction...............
Kidder, wood track 
..............................
HOLLOW  WARE.
Pots  .............................................................
Kettles......................................................
S p id ers.............. ........................................
Gray enameled  ..............................
HOUSE  PURNISHING  GOODS.
Stamped  Tin Ware 
Japanned Tin Ware. . . i ..........
Granite Iron W are.................
WIRE GOODS.
Bright........................................
Screw  Eyes.........................
Hook’s .....................................
Gate Hooks and  Eyes 
..........
LEVELS.
Stanley Rule aud Level  Co.’s
BO PBS.
Sisal,  vi Inch aud larger
M anllla............................................................. 
Steel and  Iron  ................................................. 
Try and Bevels................................................. 
M itre...................................................  .. 

7
6
. 
Com. 
(2  95 
3  05 
8  05 
8  15 
8  25 
8  35
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  inches 

Com.  Smoolh.
Nos. 10 to  14......................................... *4 05
N ob. 15 to 1 7 ..............................................4 05
Nos.  18 to 21.......................................  4 05
Nos. 22 to 24  ........................................   4  05
Nos. 25 to 26 ........................................   4  35
No. 27 ....................................................  4  45
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’8 6 ........................................... dls. 
811ver Lake, White  A ..........................  

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

SHBBT IRON.

s q u a r e s . 

Il
dis.

dts.

 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Drab A .......................................   “ 
White  B .....................................   ‘ 
Drab B ........................................  “ 
W hite C....................................... “ 

50
list 60
55
50
55
85

Discount, 10.

2

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

dls.

wire. 

traps. 

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

8olid Eyes..............................  
SAWS. 

“ 
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cats, per foot,_______  70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot__  
“ 
Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot__  
“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot.................................................... 

................ per ton *25
20
50
30
30
Steel, Game............................................................60*10
Oneida Community, Newhonse’s .................. 
35
Oneida  Community, Hawley * Norton’s ________ 70
Mouse,  choker..........................................18c per do*
Mouse, delusion.................................... 11.50 per do*
dls.
Bright Market......................................................  65
Annealed Market.................................................70—10
Coppered Market................................................   60
Tinned Market..................... 
62ft
Coppered  Spring  Steel...................................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanised...............................  2  60
painted....................................   2  20
40*10
Au  Sable...................................................dls. 
Putnam.................................................  
dli.  05
dls. 10*10
N orth western...................................... 
dlS.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled.......................  
80
Coe’s  G enuine.................................................... 
50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........................ 75
Coe’s  Patent, m alleable.................................... 75*10
dls.
Bird Cages 
50
Pumps, Cistern............................................... 
75*10
Screws, New L ist................................................. 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. 

“ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M ETALS,

PIG TIN.

ZINC.

6M
7

26c
28c

SOLDER.

Pig  Large.............................................................  
Pig Bars................................................................. 
Duty:  Sheet, 2ftc per pound.
680 pound  casks............................................... 
Per  pound............................................................. 
.........................................................................16
ft© ft 
Extra W ip in g........................................................ 
1*
The  prices  of  the  many  other  qualities  of 
solder m  the market Indicated by private brand» 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY
Cookaon.............................................. per  ponnd
Hallett’a............................................. 
10x14 IC, Charcoal...............................................I  7 50
7 50 
14x20 IC,
9  26 
10x14 IX, 
9  25
14x20 IX, 

.........................................
........................................
Each additional X on thla grade, *1.75.

TIN—MKI.YN GRADE.

“ 
“ 
TIN—ALLA WAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
” 

10x14 IC,  Charcoal...........................  ............ 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 EX , 
14x20 EX, 

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

Bach additional X on thla grade *1.50.

18

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ROOMING PLATES

 
 

 
 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Worceater.........................  
“ 
” 
“  Allaway  Grade................ 
“  
“ 
“ 
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

14x20 IC, 
14x20 IX, 
20x28 IC, 
14x20IC, 
 
14x20 IX, 
 
20x28 IC, 
20x28 IX, 
 
14x28 IX .........................................  
 
14X81  IX .......................................................  
i£w  IX. 
[ p »  pound 

“ 
“ 
“ 

9 

 
 

 

 

6  6<.
8  50
18  50
6  00
7  50
12  50
15  50
*14  00
IB  00
10 00

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it,  1 8 9 4 .

CLARION  NOTE  OF  WARNING. 
Scarcely a day  passes,  nowadays,  that 
the newspapers  are  not  called  upon  to 
chronicle occurrences similar  to  that  set 
forth  in  the following  paragraph:

if  he  wants 

I believe the  time has come when those 
i 
■ of  us  who  are  in  public  life  ought  to 
I begin  to  cultivate  more  regard  for  the 
perpetuity  of republican institutions and 
to  pander  less  to  that  miscalled  portion 
of the labor  vote,  whose  labor  is  with 
their throats and never  with  their hands. 
It  is  time  that  we  stood  for  American 
manhood,  for the right of  every  man  to 
work 
to,  if  it  takes  the 
whole army of the United  States  to  en­
able him  to do  so.  The  right  of  every 
men is to enjoy  equal  liberty  with every 
other man.  ami  that  means that he shall 
have  such 
if  not  inconsistent 
with  equal  rights  of  his  neighbor—the 
right  to  hold  and  enjoy 
the  property 
which the  laws of  the  country  have en­
abled  him  to secure.
It  is  time that  we  had  the  courage  to 
stand  together  against 
this  socialism, 
and  unionism 
populism,  paternalism 
which  is  running  riot  in  this  country 
and  which  mustend 
(if  not  crushed) 
in  the  destruction of the liberties which 
the laws  give  us,  liberties  which  should 
be  dearer  to  us  than  life  itself.

liberty 

to 
the 

Senator  Wolcott’s  utterance is a rebuke 
to  the  pusillanimity of  Congressmen  and 
Senators alike,  as  well  as  to the  authori­
ties of the  States  in  which  the  outbreaks 
have occurred,  who  have,  w ith  a  mean­
ness  of  spirit  beyo'  il  comprehension, 
pandered 
the  lawlessness  which  is 
abroad 
land.  Thank  Heaven, 
in 
these hordes  are  not  Americans.  They 
are the scum  and  offscourings of Europe, 
who.  taking  advantage  of  the  freedom 
conferred  upon  them  by  American  polit­
ical  institutions,  have given  the  rein  to 
the  worst and  most  savage'instincts  of 
their natures.  But  they  have  votes,  and 
so,  no  matter  how  heinous  the  crime 
they  may  commit—pillage, 
rapine  and 
murder—they are to be patted on  the back 
and encouraged.  And because their ignor 
anee and  brutality  make them dangerous

, 

, 

.  . 

irt. . ,\   , 

...........when  aroused,  labor agitators and union-

L a Sa l l e ,  111.,  April  27—Three  thou­
sand  union  miners  from  Peru.  Seaton- 
ville,  LaSalle  and  Lidle,  left  Peru 
last 
evening for Toluca,  a  new  mining  town 
28 miles south of  here.  They  will  reach 
Toluea to-day.  Trouble is  feared, as  the 
Toluca  miners  are  satisfied  with  their
pay  and do not  want  to  quit  work.  One 
Y  3  . 
hundred  deputy sheritls have  been  sworn
i*t demagogues  find  them  good  material 
in  by  the  coal  company  officials  and 
blood  is sure to flow.  Both sides are de- I in  their tight  against  capita!  and  estab- 
termiued.  The  mob consists of  700  men 
from  LaSaile.  200  tnun  Oglesby,  1,700 
1  TOO
from Spring  Valley.  They  have  wagons 
containing  provisions tor  three days  and 
the  men  are  armed  with  clubs,  knives 
and  pistols.  The  men  say they  will  use 
persuasion  tirst.  but  if that fails to bring 
out  the  Toluca  miners,  they  will  use 
force.  They are  prepared  for trouble, as 
they  know  that  a force of deputy  sheriffs 
armed with Winchesters are guarding the 
mines at Toluca.

The Coxey  movement  is  the  first  open 
the  United 

outbreak  of  socialism  in 
States.

C0XEY  AND  COXETISM.

ilsjjed  institution«.

,  ,

I> i' 

. 

Socialism  begins  with  a  mob and  ends 
with  a  despotism.  Socialism  proposes 
to take ail  property  and  divide  it  amon 
It  essays  to  seize  on  all 
the  people. 
factories,  mills,  mines, 
transportation
facilities,  and  all  industries  and  com­
merce,  and operate  them  for the  public 
use. 
this  vas 
busiuess,  and  to  conduct  such  colossal 
undertakings,  it  becomes  necessary  to 
set  up  a 
absolute  and 
central  power.

In  order  to  administer 

tremendous, 

Mooting of the Owosso  B. M. A.

Such  was  the  movement  that  started 
in  France  with 
the  Reign  of  Terror 
and ended  with  a  Caesar on  the  throne. 
Such,  also,  vvas 
the  movement  which 
started  with  the  blood  and  lire  of  the
with  a  Ger- 
Pari
if  a  couquer- 
man
prostrate  in
ing
the dust. 
Nothing

If such attempts at  intimidation and-
as  is  more often  the  case—actual  intim­
idation,  frequently  resulting  in  incen­
diarism  and  murder,  were occasional oc­
currences.  they might  be overlooked;  but 
such  manifestations  of  unionism  are 
dashed  over  the  country  every  day  by 
the telegraph,  and  the  people  have  come 
to  regard  them  with  a  degree  of  com­
placency  truly astonishing  when  all  the 
facts  are  taken  into  account.  But  the 
worst  feature  of  the case  is  not the  out­
breaks 
themselves,  lamentable  as  are 
usually 
the  results.  The  worst  and 
most exasperating  feature  is  the  truck­
ling  and  servile attitude of  the  authori­
ties  and of  Congress  itself  towards  the 
as  a  mob  in 
terrible
murderous  mobs  which  infest  the  great 
burst  of 
its 
tirst  overpowering 
labor  centers. 
This  spent, 
with a strong hand  these  lawless  bauds  blind  and  senseless  fury 
ends  by  de­
and
of  marauders  and  thugs,  the  State  and I it  turns  upon  itse 
starts  out  to 
mob
National  authorities  fall over each  other  stroyiug 
itself.  A
satisfaction  and  to 
voice  a  popular  dis 
in  their  haste  to  show their  sympathy 
grievance. 
Incited 
redress  a  popular 
with  the  law  breakers.  The  exhibition 
mines  a  ferocious 
to  violence, 
it  be 
is a pitiful  and disgusting one.  For this 
monster,  desiring | 
beast,  a  maddened 
reason the  manly  and  courageous  words 
only  to de>troy.  Exhausted  by 
of Senator  Wolcott,  of  Colorado,  are  the 
wild  fury,  it  becomes  the  ready
more  refreshing,  and  ring out  in  clarion
tones a  warning  which should  be  heeded j ment of  tyranny  and despotism 
by every true American citizen.  Senator 
Wolcott recently said  from  his  place  in 
the Senate:

O avosso,  May 3—At  a  meeting  of  the 
Osvosst) Business  Men’s Association, held 
last evening,  the question of  the hour  of 
store  closing  was  taken  up.  Remarks 
were  made  by  Messrs.  Jas.  Osburu,  Geo. 
R.  Black,  Jay  Terbush,  F.  II.  Banister, 
Fred  Storrer,  F.  C.  Smith,  1.  G. Curry, 
F.  B.  llolmau,  W.  E.  Hall  and others,  all 
agreeing  that it  was  best to  have  a  cer­
tain  hour 
to  close  and  then  all  close 
promptly  at that  time.  After  consider­
able discussion the  following  resolution 
was unanimously  adopted.
Resolved,  That all persons doing  busi­
ness in  the city  of  Owosso  are  respect­
fully  requested to  close  their  places  of 
doing business each evening of  the  week 
except Saturday  and Monday  at 8 o’clock 
standard  time from  this  date  until  Oc­
tober 1.
A motion  also  carried  asking  that  all 
business places  be  closed  on  Memorial 
Day  from  12 o’clock to 4:30 p.  m.
James  Osburu  offered  the  following 
resolution,  which  was  at  once  adopted 
by  a  rising  vote,  every  person  present 
voting therefor:
the  Owosso  Business 
Resolved,  By 
own I Men’s Association,  that we do hereby  in- 
stru-  vite all  societies,  ali churches and clergy, 
all  unions and  all  persons  who favor  law 
and order to  join  in  asking  the  Mayor
As  to  Coxey  and  his  ragamulhns,  his  Rn(j (;omaion Council  to enforce the laws 
Percheron  stallions  and  bulldog,  they  regulating the closing  of  all  stores  and 
are  utterly  harmless  to  change  the  po-1 places of busiuess, except drug stores and

Commune  and  ended 
satrap,  at  the  head  < 
army,  ruling  France

Instead of  putting down  the 

. . .  

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it

rFTR  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

iitieal  conditions  of  the  country;  but j 
he  lias  set  in  motion  social  and  politi- j 
cal  forces  that  have  manifested  them-  i 
selves  in  the  forcible  use  of  the  rail­
ways,  in  levying  contributions  on  the 
large j 
public 
bodies  of  men,  and  in  proposing  to in- j 
im- j 
timidate  Congress 
enacting 
practicable  and  unconstitutional 
laws 
for  the  benefit  of  the  would-be  intimi- 
dators.

the  subsistence  of 

into 

for 

It 

is  not 

Ail this T h e  T r a d e s m a n   has long  ago 
recognized and  has heretofore  set  forth.
It  contended  for  the  right  of  these,  or 
any  American  citizens,  peaceably 
to 
to  correct  abuses  or 
petition  Congress 
to  relieve  popular  distress, 
free  from 
lias  sounded  an 
interference;  but 
it 
early  warning  of 
the  formidable  and 
m ister  conditions  which  threaten  the 
country.  The  Coxey  display  at  Wash­
ington  last  Tuesday  was  too  ridiculous 
to be  made  the  subject  of  judicial  ter­
rors,  hut  it  is  itself  a  warning. 
It  is 
the  froth  and  foam  upon  the  surface 
of  deep-seated  fermentation  or  serious 
internal  disturbance. 
that 
which  is  external  and  visible  that  is 
dangerous,  but  the  forces  wich  are  in 
operation  beneath  that are to be  feared.
The  fact  that  there  are  many  thou­
sands  of  men  in 
the  country  who  are 
ready  to  join  in  an  active  outbreak  of 
socialism  suggests  that  many  more  who 
have  not  engaged  in  the  violent  dem­
least  sympathize  with 
onstrations  at 
treat  such  a 
them. 
situation  with  contempt  and 
indiffer­
ence.  The existence of  such a  situatiqn 
demands the  intervention  of  the  wisest | 
s ta te s m a n s h ip   of  which 
the  public 
representatives of  the  American  people | 
are  capable,  and 
trades  unionists 
who are stimulating and  aggravating  the 
populace to such disorders for the purpose j 
of  embarrassing  the  country  will  soon j 
learn 
that  they  are  sowing  the  wind,  | 
and  that their  harvest  will  he  the  whirl­
wind.  They  may  find  some eujoyment in 
fomenting Coxevism,  but  they  are  play­
ing with a  fire  that  will finally consume 
them.  Coxey is to-day  the  most  ridicu­
lous figure in  the  republic, but  the revo­
lutionary  spirit  which  he  crystallized 
remains,  grim,  gloomy  and  menacing. 
None can say  what  will come of it.

is  no  time  to 

the 

It 

the  sentiment  of  the  meeting 

eating  houses, every  Sunday during  the 
entire  year and  that the  Secretary issue 
notices  of  the  adoption  of  this  resolu­
tion.
is 
If 
taken  as an  indication  of  public  opinion 
the law  will  be enforced.
The question  of the  establishment of a 
local  collection  and  reporting  agency 
was presented  by  C.  A.  Sharp,  who  out­
lined  his plan  of work which  seemed  to 
meet the approval of  those present.  The 
matter  was  referred  to  a  special  com­
mittee,  and the meeting  adjourned.

The  Cheese  Business  of  Scotland.
G l a sg o w ,  Scotland,  April  25—Large 
quantities of cheese are manufactured  in 
Scotlaud,  but not enough by  any  means 
to  supply  the demand.  The  people here 
eat twice or thrice the  amount of cheese 
per  capita 
that  we  do  in  the  United 
States.  The  cheese  is  nearly  all  pro­
duced  in  the  South  of  Scotland.  The 
standard  clieese  is  “ Dunlop,”  a  white 
cheese  made 
at  Dunlop,  Ayrshire. 
Some of the Scottish  cheese  goes to Eng­
land,  but  none  is  exported  out  of  the 
United Kingdom. 
It does  not come into 
competition  really  with  American cheese 
because its  wholesale price there is from 
2 to 3 cents  of  our  money  higher  than 
American cheese.  From  100,000 to 200,- 
000  boxes come from  the  United  States 
to  Scotland  weekly.  Cheese  from  the 
United States  finds  its sharpest  competi­
tors in  New  Zealand  and  Canada.  The 
New Zealand  cheese  is  the  finest  of  the 
three.  1 am  also sorry  to  say  that  our 
cheese  is  below  that  of Canada.  Cheese 
is  also imported here from  Germany and 
other places on  the  continent,  but  these 
are generally  strong cheeses.
I  walked  through  the  warehouse  of 
Archibald  Houston,  American  Produce 
Importer,  30  Cochrane street,  GUsglow, 
to-day,  and 
I 
the 
found,  as 
cheeses  ranked  as  follows:  First,  New 
Zealand; 
Third, 
United States.  Yours  truly

tested  all  the  cheeses. 
is  claimed  here, 
second, 
Canada; 

that 

"Well, 

there  are  various 

“ Yes,  why?”  queried 

A l l e n  B.  M o r s e , 
United States Consul.
W hy He Preferred an  U pper Berth.
“ Why  do 1  prefer au  upper berth  to  a 
lower  in  a  sleeping  car?”  repeated  the 
drummer as  he  counted  out  and  swal­
lowed  six  pellets  without  explaining 
whether they were for his liver or lungs.
the  man,  who 
was  felicitating  himself  on  having  se­
cured  lower No.  7.
reasons. 
When  1  first  began  to  travel,  fifteen 
years ago,  the  wheel of a car  on  a  train 
passing us flew off  and  killed  a  man  in 
lower No.  5.  The chap over  him  never 
got a scratch.  Later on  a  fellow threw 
a  rock  at  the  car,  and  it  entered  the 
window  of  lower  No.  4  and  broke  the 
sleeper’s 
thigh.  Man  over  him  never 
woke  up.  Again,  a  car  I  was  on  ran 
over a lot  of  dynamite.  Man  in  lower 
No.  7  was  blown  up  with  the  floor  and 
killed,  but the one over  him  didu’t  even 
know  that  anything  happened.  Once 
more, a man  in  a lower berth can  be eas­
ily  robbed,  while one in  an  upper  is  sel­
dom  troubled.  Last,  but not  least—
“ What?”  was asked  as he  passed.
“ 1 always undress same as  at  a  hotel. 
There’s no telling when  an  accident may 
the  car  goes  off,  the 
come. 
upper  berth  is apt to  close  up  and  you 
are  tnus  secure  from  the  gaze  of  the 
vulgar public  until  the  porter  can  put 
up a  tent  alongside of  the  track  to  get 
your clothes there and help you  to dress. 
Modesty is  my  chief  reason,  but,  as  all 
you  fellows  broke  your  necks  to  get 
lower  berths,  of  course  I  can’t  expect 
you to understand or appreciate it.”

In  case 

From Out of Town.

Calls  have  been 

received  at  The 
1’kadksman office during  the  past week 
I from the following  gentlemen  in  trade: 

Frank Smith,  Leroy.
S. S.  Beatty & Son,  Morenci.
A.  W. Fenton & Son,  Bailey.
Gidiey & Boltze, Ellsworth.
Nelson F.  Miller,  Lisbon.
Thos.  H. Atkins,  Carlisle.
Crandall & Gregg, Luther.

I  Sisson & Watson,  Ada.

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W ritten fo r T h b  T k a d i s m  a n .

There are schemes and  schemes.  But 
of all the foolish schemes  in  which  peo­
ple invest  their  money  scheme  baking 
powder and scheme  tea  are  the  schem- 
iest.  A  dealer  advertises  that  he  will 
give a set of glassware with  a  pound can 
of baking  powder  and,  lo! 
the  people 
throng  his  store  from  early  morning 
until  late  at  night.  Then  they  carry 
home their bargains  (?)  and  gaze  upon 
them  with  admiring  eyes,  and  show 
them to their friends,  and  give  them  a 
prominent place  upon  their  sideboards. 
Good glassware costs money,  and a  good 
deal of it, and if you have  ever  handled 
any and then  got  hold  of  some  of  the 
stuff offered as presents  by certain  deal­
ers,  you will readily  discern  the  differ­
ence.  The  “ prizes”  are  rough,  with 
jagged edges,  distorted in shape and  un­
sightly in  other ways,  and  are  usually 
made of the cheapest glass.  Good glass­
ware is smooth and clear  as crystal,  and 
in shape is as  perfect  as  though  hand- 
turned.  But  the  thing  which  appeals 
so strongly to those who buy the  scheme 
baking powder is,  they  think  they  are 
getting  something  for  nothing.  They 
will pay twice as much as the  powder is 
worth  for  the  sake  of  the  glassware 
which is  “thrown in.”  But  they do not 
get the glassware for  nothing.  The  ex­
orbitant  price  charged  for  the  baking 
powder fully makes up  the  cost  of  the 
glassware,  and leaves a  good  margin  of 
profit on the powder.  Generally, though 
not always, the baking powder is of poor 
quality,  which,  of  course,  adds  to  the 
profit. 
(Speaking  of  baking  powder, 
here is  a  simple  way  to  determine  its 
purity or otherwise.  Put  about  half  a 
teaspoonful of  the  powder  into  a  cup, 
and  pour  about  two  tablespoonfuls  of 
boiling hot water upon  it. 
If  there  be 
ammonia  or  alum  in  it  your  sense  of 
smell will immediately detect  it. 
If the 
cream of tartar used in the  baking  pow­
der be of poor quality,  the  sediment will 
be of  a  brownish  color.) 
It  is  never 
safe for a dealer to handle scheme goods. 
If the people once get on to the  fact that 
they are of poor quality,  as  they  are  al­
most sure to do sooner or later, they  will 
lose  confidence  in  the  grocer who  sold 
them,  and  will  take  their  trade  else­
where.  No  honest  dealer  will  handle 
such goods, as he must know they  are  a 
swindle.  There  are  enough  baking 
powders on the market  of good  quality, 
which can be sold  “straight”  at  a  fair 
profit,  to make it  unnecessary  to  resort 
to methods which,  to say the least, throw 
suspicion on the goods  offered  for  sale. 
There is little difference between scheme 
baking  powder  and  scheme  tea  except 
that the latter is  much  worse  than  the 
former. 
It is next to impossible  for the 
average  citizen  to  distinguish  between 
good and poor tea until it is in  the  cup, 
and a good many people  cannot  tell  the 
difference even  after  the  tea  is  drawn. 
There is  so  much  cheap  tea  used  that 
the  quality  of  good  tea  is  unknown. 
Scheme tea  is always poor tea.  At least 
that assertion is so nearly correct  that it 
does not need to be  qualified,  and  being 
poor it is  unfit  for  use.  No  reputable 
dealer should handle it. 
It ought  to  be 
an easy matter for a dealer  to work up a 
trade in good tea. 
If he keeps  a line  of 
good teas, and takes  pains  to  show  his 
customers  the  difference  between  good 
and bad tea,  he will,  in nine cases  out of 
ten,  sell the good tea. 
If he does this he

Business * * * *

is what we are angling for,

Your Business.

W e are in  a position  to serve  you  to  the “Queen’s 
taste”  We  set  the  pace  for  competitors  and 
want  you to travel  in  the  first carriage.

Will you do it?

Goods  bought from  first  hands—that  means  us— 
are the  most  profitable.

W e Manufacture

Superior Confectionery•
You  ought  to  sell  it  because  there  is  pleasure, 
profit  and  satisfaction  in  handling  The  Best.
Write  or  wire  us  for  prices  or  information  any 
time.  When  in  the city  make yourself  at home 
with  us,  our latch  string is always  out.

Yours for  business.

T h e  rU T M A .N  

CO.

D J AM I,

Lansing, Mich•

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Having re-organized our business  and  acquired  the  fac­
tory  building  and  machinery  formeily occupied  by the Hud­
son  Pants 
Overall  Co.,  we  are  prepared  to  furnish  the 
trade a  line of goods in pants, overalls, shirts and jackets which 
will  prove  to  be  trade  winners  wherever  introduced. 
If 
you  are  not  already  handling  our  goods,  and  wish to secure 
the  agency  for  your  town,  communicate  with  us  immedi 
ately.  An  inspection  of our  line solicited.

J.  M.  E a r l e ,  President  and  Gen’l  Manager.
E .  D.  V o o r h e e s ,  Superintendent.

in 

will  have  the  satisfaction  of  knowing 
that he has done some good in  the world, 
and  won’t need to feel like a sneak thief. 
But if he sells  poor  tea  he  vitiates  the 
taste  of  the  people  who  buy  it,  and 
creates  a  demand  for  cheap  tea,  and 
good  tea is to that extent  driven  out  of 
the market. 
It is not good  business,  to 
say  the least,  for a dealer to  offer  cheap 
goods to his customers.  His  percentage 
of profit may be greater, but  he will lose 
in the aggregate.  And sometime  the re­
action will set  in  and he will be  beached 
high and dry.  Every grocer ought  to be 
an expert tea taster, at  least  to  the  ex­
tent  of  the  requirements  of  his  trade. 
He is as likely  to  be  imposed  upon  as 
the  humblest  customer  who  enters  his 
store.  Tea fakirs are not confined  to re­
tailers  by  a  large  majority,  and  if  a 
dealer  cannot  himself  distinguish  the 
quality  of  tea,  his  customers  will  not 
stand much of a show.  1  can’t  tell  you 
how to test tea—it is largely a  matter of 
practice  which, 
this,  as  in  other 
things,  makes  perfect.  Both  the  sense 
of smell and the sense of  taste are.  I be­
lieve,  brought into requisition in  testing 
tea.  The eyes  also  have  something  to 
do with it. 
If I  were buying tea l would 
buy  from  the  dealer  who  had  a  good 
reputation  in  other  lines,  because,  of 
course,  I cannot tell anything  about  the 
quality of tea,  and  if  I  drank  it  would 
want it  good.  Just  think  of  a  person 
drinking tea which costs  15 or 20  cents a 
pound,  when good tea costs  50  cents  or 
more.  What must be the quality  of  the 
cheap  article?  But,  says  the  grocer, 
some of  my  customers  want  cheap  tea 
anp 1 must keep it for them. 
It does not 
follow,  by any  means.  Keep  good  tea, 
tell your customers plainly  that  you  do 
not carry low priced teas,  and if you  can 
explain the difference between  good  tea 
and  poor  tea  you  won’t  have  much 
difficulty  in  persuading  them 
to  buy 
good  tea.  But,  whatever  you  do,  sell 
your goods on their merits.  Let prize tea 
and  prize  baking powder  and  ail  other 
scheme  goods  severely  alone.  Leave 
schemes to the fakirs whose  business  it 
is  to  humbug  the  people.  You  are  a 
merchant, not  a  fakir; you  want  to  be 
known as an honest man,  not as  a  thief; 
you want  to  give  value  for  value,  you 
don’t  want  to  take  the  peoples’  hard- 
earned money and give them  trash in re­
turn;  at least so much may be  taken  for 
granted.  Between cutters,  and depart­
ment  stores,  and  schemers, 
legitimate 
trade has a hard row to hoe;  there  is  no 
sense in straight dealers making  it hard­
er  for  themselves  by 
running  after 
schemes and  nickel-in the-slot  fakes. 
I 
know some of them  are  very  attractive 
and sing their siren song of  large  profits 
most  entrancingly,  but  he  who follows 
their music will surely  meet  the  fate of 
the mariners of old who  listened  to  the 
fatal music of the sirens.

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

Poor  Consolation.
Girl  (weeping)—“I’m  so  sorry  you 
It  almost 
have to go on the road again. 
breaks my heart.”
I’ll 
manage to  pick  up  another  girl  some­
where.”

Drummer—“Don’t  cry,  Fanny; 

A Chicago firm the otner  day  received 
a postal card ordering a supply of black­
berries.  They were mystified over it for 
i awhile,  until  they  discovered  that  the 
card was  dated  Aug.  15,  1882. 
It  had 
been  nearly  twelve  years  getting  some 
forty miles.

W e  pay  Highest  M arket  Prices  in  Spot  Cash  and  measure  bark 

when  Loaded.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

Correspondence  Solicited.

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Tfcüfcü  MICHIGAN  T R ADESM AN

Waltlnir  for a Job.

In  hnrd  I linen or  k ih hI  Urnen  there  are
Home young men  who are always  waiting 
for  H o m eth in g   to  turn  up.  They  never 
really  get right down  to the  him  In e s s   of 
going out and  turning It  up. 
liny  after 
day  there are men In all  the  la rg e   cities 
who hang around  the  Mtreets.  Ask them 
what they  are doing and  they  will  reply 
that they  are  looking  for  work;  hut they 
never appear to  look  very  hnrd.  Then 
there  la at w a y s an Idle gang about  a  boss 
politician  waiting for him to tlnd a  place 
for them  to draw a salary  In.  "A  public 
ofllce  is  a  public trust,”  held  In  trust for 
a  ward  bummer  to  feed  on.  When 
Hamlet  was asked how he fared,  he  said: 
‘’Kxcellent,  I’  faith,  of  the chameleon's 
dish;  1  eat  the  air,  promised-cramrnod.” 
That Is  what  the young man  eats who  Is 
waiting for  the  place  that  the  politician j 
has promised him. 
It  kills the  man  who 
waits.  Kvery day  he  becomes  shabbier 
and  more  heart-broken,  and  much  less a 
man than  he would  be  If  he  went  out 
and  took hold of anything  he  could  see 
In the shape of  work. 
It  Is  a  mistake 
tor a young  man  to think  that  the  world 
owes him a  living.  The world owes him 
nothing  that  he does not  hustle  for.  He 
may  be able to beat  his mother  out  of  a 
living,  and  have lots of time to  loaf,  but 
no good  situation  Is  out  looking  for  a 
young man of that class.  Apt  and  will* 
lng  hands always  ready  are  sure  to  find 
something to do that  will  lead  to  some­
thing better. 

Fkaxk  Stowki i..

The  Credit  System.

From  ihr Ht.  Louts Hbo« Qaxotto.

In all probability it  is  quite  unneces­
sary to tell  the retail  merchant  that  the 
credit  system  Is  his  worst  enemy. 
It 
keeps capital tied  up  without  renumera­
tion,  vastly  Increases  the  risks  of  the 
business,  causes  failure,  raises  prices, 
aud  makes  a 
loss  In  profits.  Every 
cent’s  worth of stock  sold on  credit  rep­
resents  that  amount  of  money  loaned 
without  interest.  Credit  should  uot  be 
granted  where  money  would  not  be 
loaned.  Every  item  of  credit  on 
the 
books is In greater danger of loss than is 
the merchant’s stock; yet  the  former are 
unguarded,  while  the latter Is  protected 
by  Insurance.  Outstanding  accounts  on 
which no money could  be  realized when 
needed  have  caused  more  failures  this 
year than lack of capital or ability.  Un­
collectible accounts  render  it  necessary 
that cash buyers  or  those  who  pay  for 
their  goods  make  up 
the  loss,  conse­
quently causing higher prices and  smal­
ler profits.  Those  are  the  reasons  in  a 
nutshell  why  retail dealers  in  merchan­
dise should give credit the cold shoulder. 
They  will  sell just as  many goods  on  a 
cash basis and get  more out of them.  It is 
far better and safer to sell  $10,000 worth 
of goods and get  the  cash for  them than 
to dispose of  $15,000  worth  and  lose  a 
third of  the credit  given.  As  1  said  be­
fore.  however,  absolute  cash  with  every 
purchaser Is Impossible,  but  by  making 
the basis of the  business  cash,  and  giv- 
iug credit  to  only  those  who  are  abso­
lutely sure  pay,  the  business  man  will 
find his trade much  more  reliable,  satis­
factory  and  profitable.

I  sc  'Pratlcsvum  Coupon  Hooks.

'HE  DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN  THE

Halftone
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the  Tradesman  Company  and  those  from  other 
From 
houses in  Western  Michigan  is in  the fact that  they  give  the 
best possible  results from the photograph  or other copy every 
tim e,  instead  of  once  in  two  or three times.  We can con­
vince  inquirers of  this.
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Sealed

Each  Box  Contains;

2 5

DOUBLE  SHEETS

AND  ONE  HOLDER.

Each  Case  Contains

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Case  Lots.

Tlio  Dealer  who  soils  Tanglefoot  will  be sure to  please his customers, and will avoid all loss 

and annoyance usually  cornice u-u  with  the sale of imperfect or interior goods.

Tanglefoot  in  its present shape has been  on  the  market  for  ten  years.  Tanglefoot  always 
leads,  ami  is  accepted  by  both  the best trade and the  best consumers as  the highest  standard for 
Sticky  Fly  Paper.

Its distinctive features, the Sealing  Border,  Divided  Sheet,  and  the  Holder  are.  as  is  well 
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ity  of  handling infringements,  and reminded of the  injustice of so doing.

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TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.
j paper that has  found  its  way  into  the 
j wilderness; 
that  you  hear  them  spin- 
j ning out  yarns  and  cracking  jokes,  or 
j talking politics  or  religion—getting  ex- 
j cited  at  times,  sometimes  angry,  then 
slapping  each  others’  backs  and  ex­
ploding a  hearty  guffaw:  the  scene  oc­
casionally shifted,  the  subject  suddenly 
changed, or  all  voices hushed by the  ap­
pearance of a woman—and  you  have  in 
mind  a  fairly  accurate  picture  of  a 
pioneer  store.  On  the  frontier,  school 
houses were almost unknown.  Churches 
were  scarce.  There  were  no  public 
balls.  The store was a sort  of  commer­
cial,  intellectual and  social center.  The 
storekeeper  was  the  most  prominent 
man  in the  village,  sharing  his  impor­
tance and  popularity  with  no  one  but 
the keeper of the tavern.
It is no wonder that Lincoln  liked  the 
atmosphere  of  the  store,  and  that  the 
first  employment  he  now  sought  was 
that of a clerk.  There were  then  three 
stores in New Salem.  To  each  of  them 
in turn Lincoln  applied  for  a  job.  but 
without success.  The  situation was  be­
coming desperate,  and,  as  a  last  resort, 
he made  up  his  mind  to  buy  a  store. 
He fell in  with  one  William  F.  Berry. 
Their joint possessions were  little  more 
than those  of  a  latter-day  pauper,  but 
they performed the miraculous  financial 
feat of buying  out  every  store  in  New 
Salem.  They  began  with 
little 
grocery  owned  by  Rowan  and  James 
Herndon.  Another  storekeeper—Ren- 
ber  Radford—was  unpopular  with  the 
"Clary’s boys,”  and one night they broke 
in the  doors  and windows  of  the  store 
and left it  a wreck.  Radford  was  glad 
enough  to  sell  the  remnant  to  Wm. 
Greene  for  $400.  But  Greene  did  not 
care to keep store,  and he sold to Lincoln 
for $650.  The only store now remaining 
was  that  of  James  Rutledge.  This 
Lincoln and Berry got at  a  bargain,  and 
they now had  a  complete  monopoly  of 
the business of retailing  merchandise in 
New Salem.  The aggregate cost  of  the 
three stores was  something  like  $1,200. 
Not a cent of  money  changed  hands  in 
any of these transactions.  The  notes of 
Lincoln and Berry were accepted  for the 
whole amount.
Bill  Berry  was  a  hard  drinker.  He 
spent  much  of  his 
time  gambling. 
little  aptitude  for 
Lincoln  displayed 
making  money.  The  partnership  was 
uncongenial.  The  notes  were  coming 
due.  So  when  two  brothers  named 
Trent  came  along  and  offered  a  good 
price for the  store,  Lincoln  and  Berry 
were  glad  enough  to  sell  out.  The 
Trents had no  money  either,  but  their 
notes  were  accepted,  and  the  transfer 
was  made.  But  about  the  time 
their 
notes fell due,  the Trent Brothers  disap­
peared.  Misfortune 
crowded  upon 
Lincoln.  His  old  partner,  Bill Berry, 
following the shameful  example  of  the 
Trents, one  dark  night  sneaked  away. 
New Salem never  saw him  again.  Rum 
had got the better of him,  and  soon  the 
news  came  back  that  Bill  Berry  was 
dead.  The  appalling  debt  that had ac­
cumulated  was  now 
thrown  upon 
Lincoln’s  shoulders. 
the 
fashion with men  who  became  deluged 
in debt to “clear out,” as Berry  and  the 
Trents had done;  but Lincoln,  in  this as 
in most  things,  was  unfashionable.  He 
settled down among  the  men  he  owed, 
and promised to pay  them.  For  fifteen 
years he carried this  burden,  which  he 
habitually  alluded  to  as  the  “national 
debt.”  As late as 1848, so Mr.  Herndon, 
his law partner,  tells  us,  Lincoln,  while 
in Congress sent some money saved from 
his salary to be applied on  the  "national 
debt.  All the notes,  with interest at the 
high rates then  prevailing,  were  finally 
paid  off.  Lincoln  was  still  "Honest 
Abe.”

O ur  N e w   U n e   of

Is C o m p lete.

come and  see us.

It  was  then 

LINCOLN  A S  A  STO REKEEPER.

e st  A be.”

them  on 

to  make 

H ow   He  A cquired  the  Title  o f  “ Hon­
The  history  of  Lincoln’s  mercantile 
It  was  Denton 
career  is  interesting. 
Offutt who got him first in the  notion  of 
becoming a grocery clerk; 
In the spring 
of 1831 Offutt hired  Lincoln  to  build  a 
fiatboat, 
load  it  with  pork  and  provi­
sions and take it to New Orleans.  Offutt 
liked the way he did the  job.  The  boat 
was  well  built  and  the  trip  paid.  So 
when Lincoln  got  back  to  New  Salem 
Offutt decided to  open  a  store  and  put 
Lincoln in  charge  of  it.  “I  can  trust 
Abe  Lincoln,”  he  used  to  tell  every­
body,  "for there  ain’t  a  dishonest  hair 
in that head of his.”  After  a  vexatious 
delay,  which  gave  Lincoln  plenty  of 
to  “loof  around,”  we  are  told, 
time 
Offutt’s  goods  arrived.  Lincoln  un­
packed  them  and  put 
the 
shelves, and the store was  opened.  The 
county  records  here  tell  us  something 
of  the  magnitude  of  Denton  Offutt’s 
store.  On  July  8,  1831, 
the  County 
Commissioners’ Court granted  a  license 
to Denton Offutt to retail merchandise at 
New Salem. 
It was  the  custom  of  the 
Commissioners’  Court 
the 
license fee $5 for every  $1,000  worth  of 
goods  on  hand.  Denton  Offutt  paid  a 
fee of $5.  A thousand  dollar  store  was 
an emporium  at  New  Salem.  Offutt,  a 
man of many  and  widely  scattered  en­
terprises,  went  back  to  Kentucky  and 
left Lincoln in  charge.  For  a while all 
went well,  but one  luckless  day  a  con­
stable swooped down upon the  store and 
It  was  short  lived.  The 
closed it out. 
most Lincoln got out of it was  an  abun­
dance  of  experience  and 
the  title  of 
"Honest Abe,” which clung to  him  ever 
afterward.
after  Offutt’s  store  was 
Lincoln, 
closed,  tried  his  hand  at  politics.  He 
had chopped  wood  and  split  rails,  but 
the truth is that,  while he  did  both well 
when necessity forced  them  upon  him, 
he was not  devotedly in  love with either 
as a regular vocation.  Some people who 
knew  Lincoln  about 
this  time  have 
called his shiftless and lazy.  This, how 
ever, is not strictly the  fact.  But clerk 
ing in a store for a few months  had  put 
into  his  head  several  new  ideas.  He 
had acquired an ambition  to  get  out  of 
the backwoods.  The spring  of 1832 was 
now at hand,  and  about  the  only  easy 
job in sight  was a  seat  in  the  Legisla 
ture.  This  Lincoln  resolved  to  get. 
But just then he bad a  chance  to  go  to 
war,  and he went in delight.  The Black 
Hawk War,  however,  lasted  only  a  few 
months. 
it  closed  before  the 
August  election  and  Lincoln  returned 
home just in time to get  beaten  for  the 
Legislature.  He was now near  bis wits 
end.  He  was  without  employment  of 
any sort.  He had no  money.  His  ven­
ture in  politics  had  lifted  him  a  little 
above 
But 
New Salem offered  little  other  employ 
ment than  drudgery  of  the  commonest 
hind. 
It occurred  to  a  friend  that  i 
strapping fellow  6  feet  4  inches  high 
and as stout as an ox,  was  cut out  for  i_ 
blacksmith,  and  Lincoln  was  urged  to 
buy an  anvil  and  bellows  and  open  a 
shop,  but he did not take  kindly  to  this 
advice.
In early days  the  greatest  institution 
of a frontier community  was  the  village 
It filled a unique  place. 
Its like 
store. 
we shall never see again,  for the  days ‘ot 
pioneering  are  gone  forever. 
Imagine 
a  village  of  scattered  cabins,  a  crude 
structure  of  logs  and  clapboards;  nar­
row windows letting in the  light  at  the 
sides;  at one end a door,  at  the  other  a 
fireplace,  with its mammoth back log, and 
its  cheerful  blaze;  rough  counters  of 
hewn slabs extending down the  sides  of 
the room;  shelves along the  walls  laden 
with groceries and  calico, hardware  and 
crockery, tobacco  and whisky;  an  oblig­
ing clerk behind a counter waiting on an 
occasional  customer;  men  sitting  and 
standing  around,  some  in  lazy  comfort 
on the counters,  others  in  hickory  bot­
tomed chairs in  front of the fire drowsily 
absorbing its warmth;  a cat on  a  barrel 
in  the  corner,  a  dog  stretched  out  in 
blissful  dreams  upon  the  hearth;  im­
agine the loungers listening  to the store­
keeper as he reads a piece from  the only

drudgery. 

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No  C redit  W ith  H is  G rocer.

Mr.  Workhard—"My dear,  I  have lost 
my situation,  and it just happens  that  I 
haven’t a dollar.’
Mrs.  W.—“Surely some of  the grocers 
with whom we  have  dealt  for  so  many 
years will trust us?”
Mr.  W.  (sadly)—"No,  I have no  credit 
anywhere. 

I always paid cash.”

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

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.  Y ou  keep  the  best  o f other  things,  why  not  keep  the 
best  of  Salt.  Your  customers  w ill  appreciate  it  as  they appreciate 
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Being free from all chlorides  of calcium  and magnesia, will  not  get  damp  and 
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Put  up  in  an  attractive and salable manner.  When 
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G e t  O u t  o f  th e   O ld   R u t

by  discarding  antiquated  business  methods  and  adopting  those  in  keeping  with  the  progressive  spirit  of  the 

age. 

If  you  are  still  using  the  pass  book,  you  should  lose  no  time  in  abandoning that  system,  supplying  its 

place  with  a  system  which  enables  the  merchant  to  avoid  all  the  losses  and  annoyances  incident  to  moss  grown 

methods.  W e  refer,  of  course,  to  the  coupon  book system,  of  which we  were  the  originators  and  have  always 

been  the  largest  manufacturers,  our  output  being  larger  than  that  of  all  other  coupon  book  makers  combined. 

W e  make  four  different  grades  of coupon  hooks,  carrying  six  denominations  ($1,  $2,  $3,  $5,  810  and  $20  books) 

of  each  in  stock  at  all  times,  and,  when  required, furnish  specially  printed  books  or  books  made  from  specially 

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METROPOLITAN  LIFE.

L ig h ts   and  Sh ad ow s  o f  G ay  G otham .  ;
New  York.  April  28—Theodore  A.  j 
Havemeyer, of the Sugar  Trust,  of New-  j 
port, of New York,  and  of  the  banking 
world in general,  will  probably go  down  | 
to  posterity  as  the  father  of  golf  in  | 
America.  He considers that golf  is  not I 
so much like shinny  as  it  is  like  pool,  | 
only the pockets are in the earth  instead  i 
of  a  table,  and  the  exercise  is  in  the | 
open air  instead  of  in  a  room.  He  is 
President of the Golf  Club  in  Newport, j 
which proposes to extend  its  operations 
by means of similar  societies  elsewhere,  | 
and already grounds  have  been  secured  j 
and plans decided npon  for a club  house  ! 
and casino combined.  There is  a  regu-  j 
lar organization in the golf club,  and the  I 
sport  will  be carried on with a good deal  | 
the same attention to  details  which  has  I 
characterized the tennis and pony racing  I 
associations.  This  year,  aside 
from 
golf,  tennis,  pony  racing,  and  polo  at 
Newport,  there will be a series of cricket 
matches,  and  a  little  more  than 
the 
usual  quota  of  yachting,  so  that  alto­
gether  the  millionaires  down  Rhode 
Island way should be  able  to  kill  time 
healthfully until  the  season  arrives  to j 
move to Lenox.
The scheme which the dry goods houses 
have adopted, giving away theatre tickets 
to purchasers, is one  that involves  early j 
rising on the  part  of  women  who  con- 
sider shopping  a  thing  of  vital  impor-  | 
tance in this  world.  There  are  many  i 
theatres  in  cities  which  give perform-  I 
ances every day from about 10  o’clock in  j 
the morning  until  10  or  11  o’clock  at | 
night.  The  entertainment  is  what  is j 
known  as  a  variety  performance,  and | 
goes  on  without 
intermission  during j 
twelve or thirteen hours.  Going  to  the j 
theatre at.10 or 11 o’clock in the morning 
is not what might be  called  a  universal 
custom as yet, and these theatres, though j 
crowded 
in  the  afternoon,  are  prac-  i 
tically empty  before luncheon  time. 
In 
a similar way the  big  dry goods  houses 
have armies of idle clerks and shop  girls 
between  9 and 12,  while  they  are  often 
crowded  beyond  the possibilities  of suc­
cessful trade in the afternoon.  The dry 
goods and theatrical  managers  have  put 
their heads together,  and  now any  shop­
per  who  will  go  to  certain  dry  goods 
stores and  buy  anything,  from  a  paper 
of pins upward,  can get a  free  ticket  to 
one of  the  theatres  connected  with  the 
deal.  But the woman must do her shop­
ping  before  11  o’clock  and  go  to  the 
theatre  before  12, or  the whole  scheme 
goes amiss.  The tickets  are  good  only 
on the morning they are issued.
The suit of Michael H.  Curley, of Bos­
ton,  against B.  T.  Babbitt,  the  wealthy 
soap  manufacturer  of  this  city,  which 
was begun several years  ago  to  recover 
for breach  of  contract,  and  which  has 
been pending against  Mr.  Babbitt’s  ex­
ecutrix,  has  been  compromised  by  the 
payment by the defendants  to  Mr.  Cur­
ley of the sum of $35,000.  Mr. Curley was 
employed under contract by  Mr.  Babbitt 
as  manager  of  his  establishment,  and 
was discharged, it is alleged,  at  the  re­
quest  of  Mrs.  Babbitt,  who  for  some 
time  before  her  husband’s  death  con­
ducted most of bis  affairs.

Filled  Cheese  in  Minnesota.

From  the Minneapolis Commercial Bulletin.
Ad effort has been made to place  filled 
cheese on this market.  The  story  of  it 
is  told  by  a  Minneapolis  commission 
man,  who,  receiving a circular  in  which 
a house eastward offered pure full cream 
cheese at 9  cents  per  pound,  sent  for 
a trial box,  and npon receipt  and  exam­
ination found that the article was a com­
position filled rind of  the  cheapest  and 
nastiest  description.  He  shipped 
the 
goods back with a demand for the return 
of money he  had  paid  for  freight,  and 
received in return a saucy  letter  declar­
ing in  effect  that,  when  the  consumers 
could not tell the  difference,  a  man  was 
a champ who would  not  sell  cheese  he 
could get at  9  cents  per  pound  for  14 
cents.  Such cases ought to  be  reported 
to the  state  food  commission  and  they 
be  prompted  to deal with the matter de-1 
cisively. 

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Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

designed  and  engraved  plates.

Briefly  stated, the  coupon  system  is  preferable  to the  pass  book method  because  it  (1)  saves  the  tim e  con 
ledger;  (2)  prevents 
sumed  in  recording the  sales on the pass book and  copying  same  on blotter,  day book  and 
( 3 )   puts the obligation  in  the  form of a note,  which  is p r i m a   f a c i e  evidence  of in ­
the  disputing  of  accounts; 
(4)  enables  the m erchant to collect interest  on  overdue  notes,  which  he  is  unable  to do w ith  ledger 
debtedness; 
accounts;  (5)  holds  the  customer down  to  the  lim it of credit  established  by  the merchant,  as  it  is  alm ost im ­
possible to do  with  the pass hook.

If  you  are  not  using  the  coupon  hook  system, or are  dissatisfied  with  the  inferior hooks  put out  by  our 

im itators,  you  are  invited to  write  for samples  of our several  styles  of  books and  illustrated price  list.

TRADESMAN  COMPART,  Grand Rapids,  Rlicli,

rp H E Y   AL,L,  S A l r

“ It's  a s   g o o d   a s   S a p o l i o ”  w h e n   t h e y   t r y  
to  sell  y o u  
t h e ir   e x p e r i m e n t s .  Y o u r  
o w n   g o o d   s e n se   w ill  tell  y o u   t h a t   t h e y  
a r e   o n l y   t r y i n g   to  get  y o u   to  a id   t h e i r  
n e w   artic le .

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

Is 
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b y   c o n s ta n t   a n d  
ju d ic io u s   a d v e r t i s i n g  
b r i n g   c u s t o m e r s   to  y o u r   s to re s   w h o s e  
v e r y   p r e s e n c e   c r e a te s   a  d e m a n d  
for 
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A F eatu re o f  the L aw  Entirely Ignored
There  is  one  phase  of  the  Sealer  of 
Weights  and  Measures  question  which 
has  not  yet  been 
touched  upon.  The 
ordinance under  which the  Sealer is ap 
pointed confers  authority upon  him,  and 
makes it a fuction  of  his  office  to stop a 
load of hay or  coal  or  anything  that  is 
being  sold  by  weight  and  the  driver 
must,  at  the  Sealer’s request,  take  it  to 
the  nearest  weigh  scales  and  have  it 
weighed.*  He  has  authority,  likewise,  to 
order 
load  of 
wood.  The following is  the  law  on  the 
subject:

the  measurement  of  a 

Sec.  7.  No  person  in  charge  of  the 
wagon or conveyance  used  in delivering 
coal,  hay or straw,  to  whom  the  certifi­
cate  mentioned  in  Sec.  6  has  been  de­
livered,  shall  neglect  or  refuse  upon 
demand to exhibit such  certificate to the 
sealer of weights  and  measures  of  said 
city, or to his assistant,  or  to any  person 
designated  by  him,  or to the purchaser.of 
the coal,  hay or  straw  being  delivered; 
and  when said officer,  or  the  persons  so 
designated  or  such  purchaser  shall  de­
mand  that  the  weight  shown  by  such 
certificate be verified,  it shall  be the duty 
of the person  delivering  such  coal,  hay 
or straw to convey  the same  forthwith  to 
some public scale of  the city,  or  to  any 
private scale in  the city  where the owner 
thereof shall  consent to such  use,  and  to 
permit 
the  weight 
shown,  and shall,  after  the  delivery  of 
such  coal,  hay or straw,  return forthwith 
with the  wagon  or  conveyance  used  to 
the same scale  and  verify  the  weight  of 
such  wagon or conveyance.

the  verifying  of 

to 

Sec.  8. 

thoroughly 

It shall  be  the  duty  of  said 
sealer of weights and measures  to  inspect 
or  cause 
inspected  and 
tested,  the  weight of  coal,  hay or  straw 
delivered as  aforesaid  within  the  limits 
of the city of Grand  Rapids,  and  to  take 
the necessary  proceedings  and  make the 
necessary complaints to  enforce  the  pro­
visions of this ordinance.

This was one  of  the main  objects had 
in  view in  the passage of  the  ordinance, 
and  it  was  advocated  and  its  passage 
urged  by  coal  dealers  and  others*  who 
were interested  in  sustaining  prices, 
it 
was  more  than  suspected  that  certain 
dealers,  who  advertised  a  cut 
in  the 
prices  of  coal  and  wood,  were  giving 
short  weight and  measure,  and  by  this 
means more  than  making  up  the  amount 
of  their  “cut.”  This  was  not  only  a 
fraud on the  public—it  was  an  injury  to 
every  honest dealer in  the city,  and it was 
determined to put a stop to it, if possible. 
An ordinance  providing  for  the  inspec­
tion of weights and  measures  seemed  to 
promise the  best results and  one was  in­
troduced 
the 
Council.

through 

pushed 

and 

to  have 

After investigation  it does  not  appear 
that the present  Sealer  has  paid  any  at­
tention  whatever to  this  feature  of  the 
ordinance.  He  has  given  what 
little 
time  he  has  devoted  to  the  work  to  a 
superficial 
inspection  of  scales  and 
the  most 
weights,  entirely  neglecting 
important  part of  the  work. 
It  is  im­
possible for a  merchant,  or  any  user of 
scales, 
them  always  exactly 
right,  but,  if a dealer intends  to defraud, 
he  will most  frequently  do it  by  giving 
short weight. 
It  is,  therefore,  essential 
that the Sealer pay  attention  to the arti­
cles  weighed.  This,  so  far  as  can  be 
learned,  has  never  been  done.  Each 
user of weights  and  measures  (or  some 
of them)  has  been  visited  once  a  year, 
the sales  have been  balanced  and  sealed, 
and that has  been  the  extent of  the  in­
spection.  The  intention  of  the  framers 
of the ordinance was, of course,  the pro­
tection of the public  against  fraudulent 
weights  and  measurements;  but 
the

Sealer  has  so enforced  the  ordinance  as 
to  almost  entirely  eliminate  even  the 
shadow of protection against  fraud.

No matter  who  may  be  appointed  to 
succeed  Mr.  Bush,  he  will  have 
the 
cordial  co-operation  of  all  users  of 
weights  and measures  in  the  city if  he 
endeavors  honestly  to  enforce  all  the 
provisions of  the  ordinance;  but  if  the 
present emasculated  enforcement is con­
tinued the  only  thing  to be done  will  be 
to abolish the office.

Rights of Working  Men.

Met  L.  Saley  in (Chicago)  Northwestern  Lumberman.
The husband of a  stenographer in  this 
office  is  a  paper  hanger  and  for 
ten 
months  was  unable  to  get  work.  The 
first of March  he got something to do and 
for  the  following  six  weeks  worked  a 
part of the  time  as  he  was  able  to  find 
jobs.  Last  week  while hanging  paper  in 
a flat on  the  South  Side a  man  came  in 
and struck  him on the head  from  behind, 
knocking  him  senseless. 
It was at first 
thought that his skull  was fractured,  but 
fortunately  such  was  not  the case.  One 
not conversant  with  the  labor  situation 
would  say  that  in  this  great  and  free 
country  a man  has a right  to  work  when 
he can get work  to do  and  thus  earn  a 
iving  without  being slugged;  but such a 
conclusion  would  be  erroneous.  This 
man  is  a sinner  beyond  pardon  for  the 
reason that he  has never seen  fit  to  join 
a union,  and,  as  a consequence, thugs be­
longing  to  the  union  are  dogging  his 
fops and the steps of thousands of others 
as  well.  These thugs are practically  pro­
tected  by  the  police in  this  city.  At  a 
strike  on  the  Stock  Exchange  a  few 
weeks ago the  police  saw  the  non-union 
men  in  the slight attempt  they  were able 
to  make to keep out of the hands  of  the 
thugs,  but  they  did  not  see  the  thugs 
when  they attacked  with  fists  and  clubs 
the non-uniqn men.  They  were  blind to 
the efforts  of  “organized labor”  to  sus- 
ain 
there  are  pandering, 
prostitute newspapers  iu  the city  which 
are as  blind as  the police.
What is to  be  done  about  it?  Are the 
thugs  who are  doing  this  work  for  the 
alleged good of the union to  be permitted 
in  defiance of law  and  order to  continue 
it? 
It seems so.  How  long  they  will  be 
so  permitted  cannot  be 
told.  There 
may come a  time  when  these  thugs  will 
not  menace  and  cripple  private  and 
public interests; if so it  will  be  when  the 
feeling shall become general  among non­
union men  that if the officers  of  the law 
will  not protect  them  they  will  protect 
themselves.  A  pocket  full  of  “guns” 
with nerve to use them  quick  is the rem­
edy. 
If  a  man  must  be driven  tostarva- 
ion  by  thugs he  may  as  well  die  if  he 
must,  before  he starves.
It would  be a  milestone in  the advance 
of civilization  if the  labor  unions of the 
country  would  divorce  their  organiza­
tions from thuggery.

itself,  and 

D.,  G.  H.  &  M.  R’y Sum m er  Time  C ard.
The summer time card on  the I)., G. II. 
&  M.  Railway  went  into  effect  Sunday, 
May  G,  when the following changes  were 
made:  The morning train going  East  at 
0:45 starts  from  Grand  Haven,  instead of 
Grand  Rapids,  and  the  night  train  arriv­
ing  from 
the  East  at  10  p.  m.  runs 
through  to Graud  Haven,  making  direct 
connections  with  the  steamer  for  Mil­
waukee.  The  morning train going  West 
will  leave  at  7:35  a.  m.,  instead  of  7 1 
a.  in.,  and on  Sundays a train  will  leave 
at 8 a.  m.  A new  Chicago  train  leaves 
Grand  Rapids  at 7:30 p.  m.  daily,  mak­
ing  direct  connections  with  Chicago 
steamers;  also connects  with  Milwaukee 
steamers.  All  other trains  leave  at  the 
usual time.

F irst C ost a   Trifle M ore  B ut—

The  Grandville  Ave.  hose  house  in 
this city  roofed 20 years ago.  Not a dol­
lar  for repairs  in  that  time.  Just  now 
being re-roofed.  Want  anything  better 
than that?  H.  M.  Reynolds & Son.

G ripsack  B rigade.

The sympathy of the fraternity  will go 
out  to  John Cummins  and  family  in  the 
death of the eldest son,  a bright lad of  11 
years,  who  died  from 
the  effects  of 
peritonitis.  The  funeral  was  held  from 
the family residence Saturday  afternoon 
and  was  well  attended  by  representa­
tives of the traveling fraternity.

At a meeting of the Michigan Division 
T. P.  A.,  held at  T h e   T r a d e s m a n   office 
very  early  in  the  week,  the  following 
officers  were  elected  for 
the  ensuing 
year:  President,  Geo.  F.  Owen;  Fir 
Vice-President,  Guy  P.  Smith;  Second 
Vice-President,  F.  B.  Bond  (Pontiac) 
Third  Vice-President,  A.  W.  Peck 
(Petoskey); Secretary and Treasurer, Jas. 
B.  Mclnnes.

travelers 

in  some  Western 

An  important  decision  was  rendered 
Monday by Justice Brewer,  of the United 
States Supreme Court,  against  the  inter­
state commerce tax imposed on  commer­
cial 
and 
Southern  States.  A  Chicago  salesman 
visiting Titusville,  Pa.,  was  fined 3525 for 
not  taking  out  a  license,  and,  strange 
enough,  the  judgment #was  affirmed  by 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Pennsylvania. 
Justice  Brewer now  reverses  this  judg­
ment,  and says:  “No state can levy a tax 
on  interstate  commerce  in  any 
form, 
whether  by  way  of  duties  laid on  the 
transportation  of  the  subjects  of 
that 
commerce or on  the receipts derived  from 
that  transportation,  or on  the occupation 
or business of  carrying  it  on.”  Such a 
decision will  settle the disputed question 
iu several States,  and commercial  travel­
ers  will  not  be  embarrassed  by  license 
laws hereafter.

The  W estern  Hotel  in  N ew   H ands.
From  the  Big-  Rapids  Herald.
This  is the  most  reasonable  aud  best 
kept  hotel  in  the  city,  and  is centrally 
located at the corner of  North  Michigan 
avenue and Spruce street.  The building 
occupied  is substantially  built of  brick, 
(three stories)  and is provided with every 
convenience for the accommodation of the 
local and commercial  trade,  the first floor 
containing  office,  sample,  waiting  and 
dining rooms.  The bill of fare provided 
is  fully  equal  to  that  of  many  of  the 
larger  hotels.  On  the  upper  floors  may 
be  found  twenty-three  guest  chambers, 
besides  attractive  parlors  for ladies  and 
gentlemen on second floor.  Electric lights 
and other improvements are provided.
The new  proprietors, Messrs.  Arnold & 
Manon,  assumed control only  a fortnight 
ago,  succeeding Isaac Schiedel,  and  have 
since  renovated  and  re-furnished  the 
house throughout.  These gentlemen are 
well  known  to the people  of  Big  Rapids 
and the traveling public, Mr. Manon hav­
ing  been connected  for  the  past  eleven 
years  with  the  Northern  Hotel,  where 
Mr.  Arnold  was  also  engaged  for  two 
years,  and  was  formerly  iu  business  in 
Big Rapids.  They  are already  receiving 
a  liberal patronage  from  business  men, 
residents,  aud all classes  throughout the 
city  and  county,  besides  an  excellent 
travelers’  and transient  trade.  Rates $1 
and $1.50 per day.

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The Dry G oods M arket.

Wash silks are coming  into  favor  this 
spring.  Buyers  are  looking  for  such 
;rades as  will retail at 50 and 75c and  $1 
in stripes and polka dots.

Dress goods in  fancy weaves from  10>£ 

to 20c have  found ready sales.

A  new  fabric  called  crepe  moire,  30 
inches wide,  on  the  satine order,  is  just 
out and  bids fair to be a large seller.

Prints are cheap  and  selling  largely. 
Wide reds aud  blues  are  now  quoted  at 
8)^c; former price,  10c.

‘Shantung  pongee,”  in  black  and 
colored  grounds,  are  now 
jobbers’ 
stocks.  They are quick sellers in  retail 
stores at 123*5 c.

in 

M i c h i g a n  (T e n t p a l

“  The Niagara Falls Route.’1 

(T aking effect  Sunday,  Feb. 11,1894.) 

A rrive. 
D epart
10 20 d m .............D etroit  E x p re ss........... 7 0 0 a m
5  3 0 a m .......»A tlanticand  Pacific........11  3 0 p m
1  30 p m .........New York E x p ress...........  5  30 p m
1 -'»Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday. 
Sleeping cars  ru n  on A tlantic  and  Pacific  ex­
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  D etroit at  7:00 a m ;  re ­
turning, leave D etroit 4:55 p m, arriving at G rand 
Rapids 10:30 p m.
D irect  com m unication  m ade  at  D etroit  w ith 
all through  trains e rst  over  the  M ichigan Cen 
tral Railroad  (Canada Southern Division.)
A.  A lm^ u is t, T icket Agent,

Union Passenger Station.

C H IC A G O

M arch  18,  1894
AND. W E S T   MICHIGAN  R’Y.

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d R apids...............7:35am  1:25pm  *11:30pm
Ar. C hicago ...........  —   1 :25pm  6:50pm  *6:30am
Lv.  C h ic a g o ..................7:35am  4:55pm  *11:30pm
Ar. G’d R apids.............. 2:30pm  10:30pm  *6:10am

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

TO  AND FROM   M USKEGON.

Lv. G rand R apids.........  7:35am  1:25pm  5:45pm
Ar. G rand R apids.........9:15am  2:30pm  10:20pm
TR A V ER SE  C ITY ,  CH A RLEV O IX   AND  P E T O SK E Y .
Lv. G rand  Rapids .. 
3:15pm
7:30am   
Ar.  M anistee.............  12:20pm 
8:15pm
 
Ar. Traverse C ity ....  12:40pm 
.............  
8:45pm
Ar. C harlevoix......... 
3:15pm 
11:10pm
 
Ar.  Petoskey 
3:45pm 
.. 
...........  11:40pm
A rrive  from   Petoskey,  etc.,  1:00  p.  m.  and 
10:00 p. m.
PA R L O R   AND  SL E E PIN G   CARS.
To Chicago, iv.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.  O ther trains w eek days only.
D E T R O IT ,

FEB .  11,  1894

L A N S IN G   &  N O R T H E R N   R .  R .
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv.  G rand R apids.........7:00am  *1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar. D e tro it..  ................11:40am  *5:30pm  10:10pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv.  D etroit......................  7:40am  *1:10pm  6:00pm
Ar. G rand  R apids.........12:40pm  *5:15pm  10:45pm

TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS.

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R.

Lv. G R  7:40am  5:00pm  Ar. G R .ll :40am 10:55pm
Lv. G rand R apids.............  7:00am  1:20pm 5:25pm
A.r. from  Low ell................ 12:40pm  5:15pm  ............

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Parlor  Cars on all trains  betw een  G rand Rap 
ids and Detroit.  Parlor car to Saginaw on m orn­
ing train.

•E very day.  O ther trains  week days only.

GEO. D eHAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t.

T A E T U O IT ,  GRAND  HAVEN  & 
U   W A U K E E   R ailw ay.
EASTWARD.

M IL -

T ra in s Leave
tN o.  14 tN o.  16 tN o.  18 *No.  82
G’d  Rapids, Lv 6 45am 10 20am 3 25pm 11 00pm
I o n ia ........... . Ar 7 40am 11 25am 4 27pm 1235am
St.  Johns  .. • Ar 8 25am 12 17pm 5 20pm 1 25am
O w osso....... .A r 9 00am 1 20pm o 05pin 3 10am
E.  Saginaw. .A r 10 50am 3 45pm 8 00pm 6 40am
Bay C ity __ .A r 11 32am 4 35pm 8 37pm 7 15am
F l i n t ........... Ar 10 05am 3 45pm 7 05pm 5 40am
Pt.  n u ro u .. . Ar 12 05pm 5 50pm 8 50pm 7 30am
P o n tia c ....... .Ar 10 53am 3 05pm 8 25pm 5 37am
D etroit......... .A r 11 50am 4 05pm 9 25pm 7 00am

WESTWARD.

 

“ 

“ 

“  Chicago and M ilwau­

For  G rand H aven  and Interm ediate
Points  ...................................................t7:35 a.  m.
F or G rand H aven and  M uskegon....... t l  :00 p.  m.
t4:55 p.  m.
kee,  W is..  ..........................................*7:30 p.  in.
?or  G rand  H aven  and  M ilwaukee.tlO :05 p. m. 
?or G rand U aven  (Sunday o n ly ).........8:00 a. m.
tD aily except  Sunday. 
T rains  arrive  from   the  east,  6:35  a.m .,  12:60 
.m., 4:35 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
T rains  arrive  from   the  west, 6:40  a.  m., 10:10 
. m., 3:15 p. m. and  10:50  p.  m.  Sunday,  only, 
8:00 a. m.
E astw ard—No. 14  has  W agner  P arlcr  B uffet 
car.  No. 18 Parlor  Car.  No. 82 W agner  Sleeper.
W estw ard— No. 11  Parlor Car.  No. 15 W agner 
Parlor Buffet car.  No. 81  W agner Sleeper.

»Daily.

J a s. Ca m p b e l l , City T icket Agent.

G rand  iiapide  & Indian a.

TRAINS  GOING  NORTH.

Leave going 
North.
For Traverse City.  Mackinaw City  and Sag...  7:40 a m
For Traverse City and Mackinaw  City............ 4:10 p m
For  Saginaw............................................................6:00 p m

TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

Leave going 

South.

For  C incinnati..................................................................6:80 a m
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago...............................12:05 p m
For F o rt W ayne and  th e  E ast......................................2:16 p m
For  Kalamazoo  and  Chicago............................ 11:20 p m

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

Lv Grand Rapids............12:05 p m  2:15 p m   11:20 p m
A rr  Chicago....................5:30 p m   9:00 p m  
7:40 a m
12:06 p  m  train   has through W agner  Buffet  P arlor 
Oar.
11:20 p m  tra in  daily, through W agner Sleeping Car. 
Lv  Chicago 
9:35 p m
A rr Grand Rapids 
7:25 a m
4:00  p  m  has  through  W agner  Buffet  P arlor  Oar. 
9:35 p m  tra in  daily, through W agner  Sleeping  Car.

4:00 p m  
9:15 p m  

8:50 a m  
2:15 p m  

For Muskegon—Leave. 

M u sk e g o n , Grand Rapids & Indiana.
7:35 a m  
9:40am
5:40 p m 
5:20 p m
O. L. LOCKWOOD,

From  Muskegon—Arrive

General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

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Drugs  Medicines*

S tate  B o ard   o f P h a rm a c y .

One  T ear—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann  Arbor.
Two  Years—George Oundrum . Ionia.
Three  Tears—C. A. Bug1 bee. Cheboygan.
Four Tears—8. E. P arklll, Owosso.
Five Tears—F. W. R. P erry. Detroit.
President—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Secretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
T reasurer—Geo. Gundrnm. Ionia.
Coming  Meetings—Star  Island,  June  35  and  26; 

Houghton, Sept. 1; Lansing, Nov. 6 and 7.

M ichigan  S tate  P h a rm a c e u tica l  Asa’ii, 
President—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arber.
Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont,  Detroit.
Becretay—S. A. Thompson, Detroit.
G rand  R ap id s  P h a rm a c e u tica l Society. 
President, W alter K. Schmidt;  Sec*y, Ben. Schrouder.

Men  and  Women in the World’s Work.
The  present  has  been  designated  as 
the  women’s  century  and  in  many  re­
spects it merits the title.

Women have  come  into  great  promi­
nence in  learning,  literature  and  politi­
cal influence,  and  they  have  made  re­
markable progress in  occupying,  in  the 
commercial,  industrial,  and  professional 
departments  of  business,  places  that 
were formerly exclusively  possessed  by 
men.  The movement in this  direction  is 
rapidly growing in  extent  and  activity, 
and,  at  the  present  rate  of  progress, 
women will  at  no  distant  day  reach  a 
state of independence in business  and of 
enfranchisement 
in  politics  and  social 
relations at present assumed  only  by  the 
rougher sex.

It is not proposed to attempt any  fore­
cast  of  the  social  and  political  condi. 
tions that will  exist  when  women  shall 
be wholly enfranchised.  Such a state of 
affairs  can  only  come  by  gradual  and 
successive stages,  and every social  revo­
lution must necessarily work out its own 
progression to a condition of equilibrium, 
for no matter how  much  disturbance  of 
social conditions there may  be,  the  per­
turbed elements will  soon  settle  into  a 
basis for social  life  under  the  new  re­
quirements.

But,  after all, there is  nothing new in 
the present remarkable  advancement  of 
women  into  the  arena  of  the  business 
and  political  world. 
It  has  happened 
many times before in the  history  of  so­
ciety. 
It has occurred  whenever  condi­
tions were suited  to  such  a  consumma­
tion,  and  these  conditions  are  present 
whenever, in any age or race,  the  males 
cease to be the stronger sex  and  become 
the  weaker.  The  advance  of  women 
means the  retirement  of  men;  the  en­
franchisement of the female  is  the  sur­
render by the male of bis claim  to  supe­
riority;  the social  and political upgrowth 
of women means the decay of men.

This statement is not made  to  detract 
from  the  merits  and  the  triumphs  of 
women in their competition with  men in 
the world’s work,  but  it  is  a  necessary 
prelude  to  the  presentation  of  certain 
social  and  political  forces  and  o f  th e 
law s  a cco rd in g   to   w hich  th e y   operate.
The inhabitants upon the  earth  have  a
I t  is  to   perpetuate 
c e rta in   w ork  to   do. 
the race and to  provide  for  its  subsist­
ence.  welfare  and  happiness.  The  en­
tire  science  of  sociology  embraces  no 
more than this.  The  highest  duties  of 
statesmen are directed to such a consum­
mation,  and  to  nothing  more.  True, 
there are  many  degrees  and  conditions 
of  subsistence,  welfare  and  happiness. 
Savage  tribes  do  not  require  much  to 
satisfy those  conditions,  while  the high­
est  civilization  seems 
Its 
development  seems  unlimited,  and  its 
demands  can  never  be  completely  ful- I

insatiable. 

TETE  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN,

lied.  In all this work the two sexes bav 
their  respective  and  distinctive  duties.
Among savage and barbarous  peoples, 
the women have always been  kept  in  a 
state  either  of  slavery  or  of  tutelage. 
As the  social  state  advances  to  higher 
planes the  condition  of  the women  has 
constantly improved, but the women were 
still considered to be the weaker  beings. 
They were still subordinate to  the  men, 
who were able to maintain their  claim to 
be the stronger.  But a high state of civ­
ilization is always a state  of  luxury, ex­
travagance and display,  and excess of in­
dulgence.  The  accumulation  of  vast 
wealth induces  an  ever multiplying  de­
mand for pleasures,  for  personal  indul­
gences and inordinate gratification.

It is the man  who is first and  most  in­
juriously affected  by  excess  of  luxury. 
He  alone  possesses  the  liberty,  while 
the women are still  under  powerful  so­
cial  restraints.  The  men,  claiming  a 
superior  physical  strength  and  mental 
power,  become debauched and  enfeebled 
to a degree  that  makes  their  claims  to 
superiority  absurd  and  contemptible. 
The other sex,  naturally  resenting  sub­
jection to such pitiful  weakness,  have in 
every other age demanded  and  obtained 
emancipation,  and  why  not  in  this? 
From the time of  Semiramis, through all 
the ages,  women have  not  been  wanting 
who rose to the head of  affairs when  the 
men failed.

indulgence. 

The  present  is  peculiarly  an  age  of 
luxurious 
Spirituous 
liquors,  which  stand  as  the  head  and 
front of the causes of moral and physical 
debauchery, are essentially  products  of 
the modern  age.  Fermented  beverages, 
such as wines  and  beers,  are,  perhaps, 
as old as man’s sojourn upon the  planet; 
but distilled liquors  have  been  in  com­
mon use for only a few  centuries,  while 
the  various  narcotic  drugs,  whose  ex­
cessive use is a feature  of  luxurious  in­
dulgence,  are of the present day.

the  means  of 

A few centuries of alcohol  and  opium 
are sufficient to destroy any race,  and  it 
is not astonishing that  the  women  have 
felt  themselves  compelled  to  seek  for 
themselves 
livelihood 
when, only  a  few  score  of  years  ago, 
they  were  maintained  at  home  by  the 
labors of the men,  and  had  no  occasion 
to seek the independence to  which  they 
have since been  forced. 
It  is  but  nat­
ural that  wcmen,  resenting  their  state 
of subservience  to  husbands  who  were 
utterly drunken  and  thoroughly  worth­
less,  should  demand  independence  and 
the right to seek self-support.

True,  not  all  the  women  who  have 
been forced to maintain  themselves  and 
others  dependent  on  them  have  been 
victims of the worthlessness  of men  who 
should have  been  their  supporters  and 
protectors,  because a  long  and  destruc­
tive war deprived many of them  of  hus­
bands,  fa th e rs  an d   o th e r  male  re la tiv e s;
but in too  many  cases  they  are  driven
out  into  the  wide  world  through  the 
worthlessness  of  their  men,  and,  as  a 
consequence, they  have  been  forced  to 
invade departments of the  world’s work 
heretofore devoted  to  and  monopolized 
by men.

There is  no  doubt  that  women  as  a 
class  are  growing  physically  stronger 
and  more  vigorous.  Not  only  is  their 
strength responding to their  necessities, 
but  their  better  understanding  of  the 
laws of health  and  the  practice  of  hy­
gienic  methods  have  combined  to  im­
prove their health  and  strengthen  their

constitutions.  A continuous progress of 
mental and physical health and  vigor  in 
women and  a  continued  failure  of  the 
men, if carried  on  long  enough,  would 
seem naturally to result in the  complete 
superiority  and  supremacy  of  women. 
But such a state of things is  impossible. 
A continuous decay of  the  manhood  of 
the country would react upon  the  wom­
en,  so that it is  only  in  limits  that  fe­
male supremacy is  possible.  But  until 
those  limits  are  reached  women  will 
make progress, and that progress is  now 
in process of growth and development.

The two  sexes  are  so  closely  related 
that the decline of  the one means  in  the 
end the decline of the other;  but  to-day, 
when the inauguration  of  the  woman’s 
century is announced, it only  means the 
failure of the  men  and  the  advance  of 
the  women  to  take  their  place  in  the 
world’s work which must be  done.

F r a n k   S t o w e l l .

The W ar on  Combinations.

From the N. T. Shipping: List.

The determination of Attorney General 
Moloney  of  Illinois  to  proceed  against 
the American  Tobacco  Company, is  an­
other evidence that he has  commenced a 
general crusade against  combinations  of 
that character.  His entering wedge was 
the Distilling  and  Cattle  Feeding  Com­
pany,  followed by the Chicago Gas  Com­
pany;  and it was  supposed  that  he  in­
tended to make one  or  the  other  a  test 
case before  instituting  other  suits,  but 
he seems to have chauged  his  mind. 
If 
the law is lo be  enforced without  preju­
dice,  it is reasonable to  expect  this  line 
of prosecution to be  continued  until  all 
the leading industrial  companies  are  in­
cluded.  The  victims  of  the  Attorney 
General  are  selected  according  to  the 
evidence obtained,  but  a  noticeable  pe­
culiarity about his first cases  is  the  fact 
that  they represent  leading  speculative 
stocks.  The prosecution  has  furnished 
profitable ammunition to the  bear  inter­
ests on Wall Street, and the public would 
like to know if the litigation  is  sincere, 
or  is  merely  a  scare  for  stock-jobbing 
purposes.  There  are  combinations out­
side  of  the  speculative  market  which 
are  not  molested,  but  they  are  not  so 
aggressive,  probably,  in restricting com­
petition.
These suits  are  a  serious  obstacle  to 
the business of the  concerns  interested, 
and it devolves  upon  the Attorney Gen­
eral to remove the uncertainty by hasten­
ing the trials. 
If the Illinois  State  law 
is  being  violated,  and  its  constitution­
ality is beyond question the  sooner  it  is 
known the better.

Multiplying  Special  Brands.

From   the  New  England  Grocer.
How  will  the  grocery  store  of  the 
future  differ  from  that  of  the  present 
day?  As much,  probably,  as the present 
stores differ from  those of  a  generation 
ago; but in  regard to  one  point we  can 
speak confidently. 
If the increase of the 
number of  special  brands  continues  in 
the same ratio  during  the  next two  de­
cades,  the grocery of  twenty years hence 
will cover a much greater superficial area 
than the average  store of  to-day covers. 
Already  the  congestion  of  many  city 
grocery stores has become an  evil  w hich 
loudly  calls  fo r  a  rem edy,  y e t  it  is pro­
posed that the sidewalk displays of vege­
tables and  fruit  be dispensed  with  and 
the goods be  sto red   in side  th e   e sta b lish ­
ments.  There  is  much  to  be  said  in 
behalf  of  the  proposal,  but  where find 
room for the green stuff?  To  add to the 
storage  capacity  of  grocers’  establish­
ments  in 
the  cities  would  require  a 
heavier expense than the dealers perhaps 
could afford,  owing to the high rentals of 
eligible property; still,  extra  room  may 
be essential to  give  customers  space  to 
move about in and protect ladies’ dresses 
from injury.  The reduction  in prices of 
many  articles,  if  purchased  in  certain 
specified  quantities,  has  a  tendency  to 
produce  store  congestion,  yet  dealers 
cannot  afford 
to  sacrifice  the  saving 
through ordering in  large lots.

Seely’s Flavoring Extracts
Every  dealer  should  sell  them.
Extra Fine  quality.
Lemon,  Vanilla,  Assorted  Flavors. 
Yearly  sales  increased  by  their  use. 
Send  trial  order.

Seely's Lemon,

(W rapped)

Doz.  Gro.
lO  20
1 oz.  $  90 
2 oz. 
t   20  12  60 
4 oz.  2  OO  22  80 
6 oz.  3  00  33  OO

Seely’s  Vanilla

^w rapped)

Doz.  Gro.
1 oz. $ 1  SO  16  20
2 oz.  2  00  21  60
4 oz.  3  76  40  80
6 oz.  6  40  57  60
P la in   N. 8.  w ith  
corkscrew  a t sam e 
p ric e  if  p re fe rred .
C orrespondence

S o lic ite d .
SEELY  MFG.  CO.,  Detroit,  nich.

Tour  Bank Account Solicited.

Kent  County Savings Bail,

GRAND  R A PID S  ,MICH.

J no.  A.  Covodb  Pres.

Hkkbt  I d k m a,  Vice Pres.

J .  A.  S.  V e b d ie b ,  Cashier.

K. Van H o f, Ass’t C’s’r. 

T ransacts a  G eneral B an k in g   B usiness. 

In te re st  A llow ed  on  T im e  an d   Savings 

D eposits.

DIRECTORS:

Jno. A. Covode, D. A.  Blodgett,  E. Crofton Fox, 
H enry Idem a,
T. J. O’Brien,  A. J . Bowne, 
J . A. S. V erdier.
Jno.W . Blodgett, J. A. McKee 
D eposits  Exceed  One  M illion  D ollars.
Typewriter Supply  Office.

H.  B.  R O S E ,  M a n a ger.

STATE  AGENCY  FO R   T H E

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

Y.  M.  C.  A.  B uilding,

Grand  Rapids, Mich.

Lumbermen’s  Aprons

EXTRA  HEAVY  LEATHER.

Size, 30x28;  Full  Trim m ed  a s   show n  in  Cut.
1  D o z ..........................................................................$15
1  Doz.  untrim m ed...................................................   12

HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO.,

12  A  14  L y o n   8t.,

GRAND R A P ID 8,  M ICH.

W h o le s a le   P r i c e   C u r r e n t •

Advanced—Gum Opium, Oil A

TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.

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TINCTURES.

Co..............  60

CO..............  75

Cubebae........................  @  2 50
Exechthltos...............   1  50@1  60
Aconitum  Napellls R ..........   60
E rlgeron.......................1  50@1  60
p ..........   5Q
G aultherla................... 1  70@1  80
Aloes.......................................  60
Geranium,  ounce.......  ®  75
and  m yrrh..................   60
Gosslpll,  Sem. gal.......  70®  75
A rn ica....................................  50
Hedeoma  ....................1  25@l  40
Asafostlda..............................   0
Juniperl........................  50®2 00
Atrope Belladonna...............   60
L avendula..................   90@2 00
Benzoin..................................  60
Lim onls..............................1  50@1 70
„ 
Co.............................  50
Mentha Piper................2 85®3 60
Sangulnarla...........................   so
Mentha  Verld..............2 20@2 30
BaroBma................................   50
Morrhuae, gal....................1  30@1 40
Cantharldes...........................   75
Myrcia, ounce..............  @  50
Capsicum ...............................  50
O live.............................  90@3  00
Ca  damon...............................  75
Plcls Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
_  “ 
R iclnl..........................  1  22® 1  28
C astor.................................... 1 00
Rosmarlnl.............. 
75@1  00
Catechu..................................   50
Rosae,  ounce..............  6 50@8 50
C inchona.............., ...............  50
Succlnl.........................   40®  45
„  
S abina...................  ...  90@1  00
Colum ba................................   50
Santal  ......................... 2 50@7 00
C onlum .................. 
50
Sassafras.  ...................  50®  55
Cubeba....................................  50
SlnaplB, ess, ounce__   @  65
D igitalis................................   50
Tlglfi.............................  @1  00
Ergot.......................................  50
T hym e.........................   40®  50
G entian..................................  50
opt  .................  ®1  60
Co...............................  60
Theobromas.......  .......  15®   20
G ualca....................................  50
Z ingiber................................   50
Hyoscyamus.........................   50
Iodine.....................................   75
Colorless........  75
Ferrl  Chlorldum..............  35
K in o .......................................  50
Lobelia...................................   50
M yrrh.....................................   50
Nux  Yomlca.........................   50
O p ll........................................   85
“  Camphorated.......... ......  50
“  Deoaor...........................2 00
Auranti Cortex......................  50
Q uassia..................................  50
R h atan y ................................  50
Rhei.........................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol.....................  50
Co................  50
Serpentarla...........................   50
Stromonlum...........................   60
T olutan..................................   60
V alerian................................   50
VeratrumVerlde...................  50

POTASSIUM.
B iC arb........................ 
is®  18
bichrom ate.................  13®  14
Bromide...................... 
40®  43
Carb............................... 
ia@  15
Chlorate  (po  23®25)..  24®  26
Cyanide........................  50®  55
Iodide............................2  90@3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  27®  30 
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  ®  15
Potass  Nltras, opt....... 
8®  10
Potass N ltras...............  
9
7® 
Prusslate......................  28®  30
Sulphate  po.................   15®  18

ammon..........  60

RADIX.

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S.  N. Y. Q.  A

Morphia, S.  P.  A W.  2 25@2  50 
C.  Co......................  2  15@2  40
Moschus  Canton........   @ 4 0
Myrlstlca, No  1 ........   65®  70
N ux Yomlca, (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia......................  15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
C o..............................   @2 00
Plcls  Llq, N.»C., % gal
doz  ...........................   @2 00
Plcls Llq., q u a rts .......  @1  00
p in ts..........  @  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra,  (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__   @  3
Pllx B u r g u n ....................   @  
7
Plumbl A c et...............   14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opll.. 1  lo@l  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1  25
Pyrethrum,  pv............  20®  30
8®  10
Q uasslae...................... 
Quinla, S. P. A W .......34 *@39)4
S.  German__   27®  37
Rubla  Tlnctorum.......  12®  14
12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv. 
Salacin............  .......... 2 00@2  10
Sanguis  Draconls.......  40®  50
Sapo,  W ........................  12®  14
11  M.........................   10®  12
“  G ....... 
..........   @ 1 5

“ 

Seidlltz  M ixture........   @  20
Slnapls..........................  @  18
opt....................   ®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes.........................   @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras,  (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass T art...  27®  30
Soda Carb...................  1)4®  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb.............   @ 
5
Soda,  A sh....................  3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas.............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o ............  50®  56
“  Myrcia  Dom.......  @2 25
“  Myrcia Im p........   @3 00
*' 
.  ..7 ...........................2  17@2  27
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......1  40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl............. 2)4®  3
Roll...............   2  @  2)4
Tam arinds................... 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice.......  28®  30
Theobrom ae...............45  @  48
Vanilla....................... 9 00@16 00
Zlncl  Sulph................. 
7®  8

vlnl  Rect.  bbl.

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OILS.

Whale, w inter............  70 
Lard,  extra.................  SO 
Lard, No.  1.................  42 
Linseed, pure raw —   52 

Bbl.  Gal
70
85
45
55

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faints. 

Linseed,  boiled.........   55 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
65 
strained................. 
SplrltsTurpentlne__   34 

58
70
3e
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian...............i y   2@s
Ochre,yellow  M ars... ly   2@4
“ 
B er......... 134  2@3
Putty,  commercial...  2)4  2)4@3
“  strictly  pure.......2)4  2Y@3
Vermilion Prime Amer-
le a n ........................... 
13@16
Vermilion,  English  ... 
65@70
Green,  Peninsular  .. 
70®75
Lead,  red .......................   6  @6)4
“  w h ite ..................  6  @6)4
@70
Whiting, white Span... 
Whiting,  Gilders’ ........  
@90
White, Paris  American 
1  0 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
c liff.......................   . 
1  40
Pioneer Prepared Paintl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
P ain ts..........  .......... 1  00@1  20

VARNISHES.

No. 1 Turp  Coach.... 1  10@1  20
Extra T urp...................1C0@1  70
Coach  B ody..................2  75@3  00
No. 1 Turp  F u rn ........ 1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Darner  ... 1  55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer.  No.  1 
T urp.........................  
70@76

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ACIDUM.
A cetlcum ....................
8®  10
Benzolcum  German. .  65®  75
20
Boraclc 
......................
C arbollcum ................
20®  30
52®  55
C ltrlcum ......................
H ydrochlor................
. 
3® 
5
.  10®  12
Nltrocum 
..................
O xalicum .................... .  10®  12
Phosphorium  d ll.......
20
Sallcylicum ................ .1  30@1  70
Sulphurlcum............... .  1*@  5
Tannicum .................... .1  40@1  60
Tartarlcum..................
30®  33
AMMONIA.
6
Aqua, 16  d eg...............
20  deg...............
8
Carbonas  .................... .  12®  14
C hlorldum .................. .  12®  14

4® 
6® 

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ANILINE.

Black............................. .2 00@2 25
80@1  00
Brown...........................
Red................................. .  45®  50
Y ellow .......................... .2  50@3 00

BACCAE.
Cubeae (po  36).........
Junlperus....................
X antnoxylum .............
BALBAMUM.
Copaiba........................
Peru...............................
Terabln, Canada  ....
T olutan........................

25®  30
8®  10
.  25®  30

45®  50
@2  10
60®  65
35®  50

Abies,  Canadian...................  18
Cassiae  ..................................  11
Cinchona F la v a ...................   18
Euonymus  atropurp............  80
Myrlca  Cerifera, po..............  20
Prunus V lrglnl......................  12
QuHlala,  grd..........................  10
Sassafras  ...............................  12
Ulmus Po (Ground  15).........  15

EXTRACTOR.

Glycyrrhlza  G labra...  24®  25
po............  33®  35
Haematoz, 151b. box..  11®  12
Is...............  13®  14
H s..............  14®  15
%...............  16®  17
TERRU

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Carbonate Preclp........  
®  15
Citrate and Quinla —   ®3 50
Citrate  Soluble............  ®  80
Ferrocyanldum Sol —   ®  50
Solut  Chloride............  ®  15
Sulphate,  com’l ................9®  2
pure............  ®  7

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FLORA.

A rn ica...........................
A nth em ls......................
Matricaria 
........

FOLIA.

Barosma 
......................
Cassia  A cutlfol,  Tin-
n lv e lly ........................
A lx.
Salvia  officinalis,  )4s
and  )4s........................
Ura Ural 
......................

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G XT MM I.

18® 20
30® 35
50® 65

18® 50
25® 28
35® 50
15® 25
8® 10

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ffi 60
Acacia,  1st  ploked —  
@ 40
2d 
....
@ 30
3d 
....
slfted so r ts... @ 20
60® 80
p o ...........................
50® 60
Aloe,  Barb,  (po. 60)...
@ 12
“  Cape,  (po.  20)...
@ 50
Socotrl,  (po.  60).
Catechu, Is, ()4s, 14 fcs,
@ 1
16)...............................
55®
60
A m m oniac....................
40® 45
Assafcetlda,  (po. 85)..
Bensolnnm .................... VJ® 55
46® 50
Camphor»......................
35®
Euphorblam  po  .........
1050
®2
Galbanum......................
70® 7b
Gamboge,  po................
@ 30
Guaiacum,  (po  35) —
@1  15
Kino,  (po  1  10)...........
@ 80
M astic...........................
@ 40
Myrrh,  (po. 45).............
50®2 60
Opll  (po  3  80@4  00)  .2
35® 42
Shellac  .........................
33® 35
bleached.......
40® 1  00
Tragacantb  ..................

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hebba—In ounce packages.

Absinthium ...................... 
..  25
Bupatorlum ...........................  20
Lobelia....................................  25
M ajorum................................   28
Mentha  Piperita...................  23
"   Y lr...........................   »
E oe......................................... ».  80
Tanaeetum, V ........................  22
Thymus,  V .............................  25

MAGNESIA.

C alolned,Pat.............   55®  60
Carbonate,  P at............  20®  22
Carbonate, K. &  M —   20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36

OLI UK.

A conitum ....................   20®  2b
Althae...........................   22®  25
A nchusa......................  12®  15
Arum,  po......................  ®   25
Calamus........................  20®  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)....... 
8®  10
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16®  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
@ 3 0
(po. 35)..................... 
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__   15®  20
Inula,  po......................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po.......................... 1  60®l 75
Iris  plox (po. 35@3S)..  35®  40
Jalapa,  p r....................   40®  45
Maranta,  ü s ...............   @ 3 5
Podophyllum, po........   15®  18
Rhei..............................   75®1  00
“  out........................  @1  75
“  pv..........................  75@1  35
Splgella........................  35®  38
Sangulnarla,  (po  25)..  @ 2 0
Serpentarla...................  45®  50
Senega.........................   55®  60
Slmllax, Officinalis,  H  @ 4 0  
M  @  25
Scillae, (po. 85)............  10®  12
Sytnplocarpus,  Fostl-
  @ 3 5
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
lnglber a ...................... 
18® 20
Zingiber  ] ..................... 
18® 20

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

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SIM M .
..  @ 1 5
Anlsum,  (po.  20). 
Aplnm  (gravel eons)..  22®  25
Bird, Is...........................  
4® 6
Carul, (po. 18)................  10® 12
Cardamon.....................1  00@1  25
Cnrlandrum...................  11®  13
Cannabis Satlva..........  4® 
5
Cvdonlum......................   75®1 00
Chenopodlum  ..............  10® 12
Diptenx Odorate.......  2 25®2 50
Foenlcnlum.................  @  15
Foenugreek,  po.......... 
6®  8
L in l.............................  4  ®  4M
Lin!, grd.  (bbl. 8%)...  3*@  4
Lobelia...........................   35® 40
Pharlarls Canarian__   3  @  4
R ap a ...............................  
6®  7
Slnapls  Albu.............   7  @  8
N igra............  11®  12

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SPIRITUS.
Frumentl, W., D.  Co. .2 00@2  50
D. F. R ........1  75@2 00
 
1  25@1 50
Junlperls  Co. O. T ....1   65@2 00
“ 
.............. 1  75@3 50
Saaoharum  N.  E ........ 1  75@2 00
Spt.  Ylnl  G alll.............1  75@6 50
Vlnl Oporto.................. 1  25@2 00
Ylnl  Alba..................... 1  25®2 00

SPONGES.

Florida  sheeps’  wool
carriage..................... 2  50@2 75
Nassau  sheeps*  wool
2 00
otrriage................ 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage..........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage....................  
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .........................  
65
75
Hard for  slate  use__  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u s e ............................. 
1  40

MISCELLANEOU S.

“ 

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“ 

u 
ground, 

.Ether, Spts  Nit, 3  F ..  28®  30 
“  4 F ..  32®  34
A lum en........................2*4®  3

(po.
7)................................ 
3®  4
Annatto........................  55®  60
Antlmonl, po.............. 
4®  5
55® 60
et Potass T. 
A ntlpyrln........................  @1 40
Antlfebrln.......................   ®  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  @  48
Arsenicum ..................  
5® 
7
Balm Gilead  Bud  ... 
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ............. 2 20@2 25
Calcium Chlor, Is,  (fes
12;  54».  14)...................  @ 11
Cantharldes  Russian,
p o ..................................  @1 00
Capsid  F ru ctu s,af...  ®  26

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Caryophyllus, (po.  15)  10®  12
Carmine,  No. 40..............  @3 75
Cera  Alba, S. A F .......  50®  55
Cera Flava...................  38®  40
Coccus  ........................  @  40
Cassia Fruotus............  @  25
Centrarla......................  @  10
Cetaceum ....................   @  40
Chloroform.................   60®  63
sqnlbbs..  @1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst....... 1  50@1  80
Chondrus....................   20®  25
Clnchonldlne, F.  A  W  15®  20 
German  8H@  12 
Corks,  Hit,  die.  per
cent  ........................ 
75
@  35
Creasotum ...............  
Creta,  (bbl. 75)....... 
@  2
“  prep.............. 
5®  5
“  preclp..........  
9®  11
“  R ubra.................  ®  8
Croons........................ 
60®  65
Cudbear........................  @  24
Cuprl Sulph.................  5 ®   6
D extrine......................  10®  12
Ether Sulph.................  70®  75
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po....................   @  6
Brgota,  (po.)  75..........   70®  75
Flake  W hite...............   12®  15
G alla.............................  @  28
Gambler........................  7  @ 8
Gelatin,  Cooper..........   @  60
French............  30®  50
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box  75.
Glue,  Brown.............  0®  15
“  W hite.................  18®  25
Glycerin»....................   14®  20
Grana Paradis]............  @  22
Humulus......................  25®  55
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @  75 
“  C o r....  @  65
Ox Rubrum  @  85
@  95
Ammnniatl 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum ..............  @  65
Ichthyobolla, Am..  ..1  25@1  50
Indigo...........................  75® 1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 80@3 90
Iodoform...................... 
L upulin...........................   @2 25
Lycopodium...............   70®  75
M a d s ...........................  70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod...................  @  27
Liquor Potass ArslnltlB  10®  19 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
Mannla,  S .F ...............   60®  M

1H)...............................2fe@ 4

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W e   offer  th e  fo llo w in g   v e r y   d e sira b le  

s p o n g e s   in  eases:

No.

Slate................ 1,000  Pieces.

100
100
100
100
50
60
50
25
30
18
12
12

8  5  00
1  50
2  50
3  50
5  00
4  50 
07X  
14 
20 
30 
40 
50 
65 
90

• @ 
• @ 
• @ 
.@

.@  
• @

each

p o .... ®  28
Bpo. @ 2 0

A ssorted  Cases

50  Pieces

X -l........... .... 
X-2........... __   40 
X  3........... __   30 
X-4...........-----  18 

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PRICE  $8 50 per  c a se .

Grass
Slate
Surgeons

strings

retail  5c
“  10c
44  15c
44  20c

$14  60

.$  1 25 to  3 25 per  pound

64 
50 to  1 00
75 to  1 50 44 
.  2 00 to  2 50 44 

1 00 to  2 50 each

44
4«
44

Chamois Skins

From $  1  00  to $  20  00  per kip. 
8  50  I  **  doz.

60  to 

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* 

PERKlfiS  DRUG

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

GO.,

A bsinthium ...................... 2 50®3 00
Amygdalae, DulC.........  45®  75
Amydalae, Am&rae— 8 00®8  25
A n isi............................. 1  81® 1  90
Auranti  Cortex...........2 30®2  40
Bergamll  .....................3 00®3  20
C ajlputl...................... 
60®  65
Caryophylll.................  75®  80
C ed a r...........................   35®  65
C henopodli.................   @1  60
Clnnam onll..............1   1C®115
C ltronella....................   ®  45
Conlnm  Mao...............   85®  65
Copaiba........................  80®  90

SYRUPS.

A ccacla..................................  50
Zingiber  ................................   50
Ipecac......................................  60
Ferrl  Iod........................... 
  50
Auranti  Cortes......................  50
Khel  Atom.............................  50
Slmllax  Officinalis.... t .......  60
Co.........  50
Senega....................................  50
Scillae.....................................   50
«  Co................................   50
T o iatan ..................................  60
Prunas  virg...........................   50

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TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

G RO CERY   PR IC E   CU RREN T.

The  prices  quoted  in  this  list  are  for  the  trade  only,  in  snch  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.

CATSUP.

CO UPON  BO O K S.

Apricots.

G&ges.

Live oak........................
1  40 
Santa  Cruz...................
1  40 
Lusk’s ...........................
1  50 1  10
Overland....................
Blackberries.
90
F.  A  W ......................
Cherries.
Red................................1  10@1 %
PittedHamburgh  ...
W hite............................ 
1 50
B rie............................... 
1  30
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
B rie..............................
1  20 
California....................
1  40
Gooseberries.
Common......................
1  25
Peaches.
1  10 
P ie ...............................
M axw ell......................
1  60 
Shepard’s ....................
1  60
California....................   160@1  75
Monitor 
...............
Oxford...................... .
Pears,
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
1  10
1  10
1  40
125
1  25
1  25
1  20
1  05

Quinces.
Common...................... 
Raspberries
R ed................................ 
Black  Hamburg..........  
Brie,  black  .. 
......... 
Strawberries.
Lawrence....................  
H am burgh................... 
Brie............................... 
T errapin.........................  
Whortleberries. 
Blueberries.................
6 75
Corned  beef  Libby's...........2  10
Roast beef  Armour’s ...........180
Potted  ham,  ft lb ................ j  40
*4 lb ...................  85
tongue, *4 lb .............. 1  36
*4 lb ............  85
chicken, K lb ........... 
95

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V egetables.

“ 
“ 
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“ 
“ 

“ 

Beaus.

Peas.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Com.

“ 
“ 
2 50
“ 

Hamburgh  stringless...........1  15
French style.........2 00
Limas..........................1 35
Lima, green.......................... 1  25
soaked........................  70
Lewis Boston Baked.............1  85
Bay State  Baked........................ 1 85
World’s  Fair  Baked............ 1  35
Picnic Baked............................... 1 00
Ham burgh.................................. 1 25
Livingston  B den.......................1 20
P u rity .....................................
Honey  Dew...........................l  40
Morning Glory....................
Soaked.................................. 
75
Hamburgh  marrof&t  ____  1  30
early June  .  ...1  to
Champion B ng..l  40
petit  pois 
1  40
fancy  sifte d ....l  90
Soaked....................................  65
Harris standard.....................  75
VanCamp’s  m arrofat...........1  10
1  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom__ 1  25
French.........................................2 15
French.................................19Q21
B rie..................................  
go
H ubbard...................................... 1 15
Hamburg  ............................... 1  40
Soaked.......— .......................   go
Honey  Dew............................1  50
E rie......................................... 1  35
Hancock......................................1 10
Excelsior . ........ ....................
Eclipse..............................
Ham burg...............................
G allon...................................8 50

Mushrooms.
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

early June 

Tomatoes.

“ 

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

Baker’s.

 

 

23
37
43

Blue Label Brand.

“ 

Half  pint, 25 bottles  ..........2  75
Pint 
..........  4 5«
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  PIN S.

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

COCOA  S H E L IA

35 lb  bags........................  @3
Less quantity.................  OSH
Pound  packages...........6%@7

C O FFEE.

G reen.
Rio.

Santos.

F air.........................................18
Good.......................................19
Prim e..................................... 21
Golden................................... 21
Peaberry............................... 23
F a ir.........................................19
Good.......................................20
P rim e.....................................22
Peaberry  ...............................23
Mexican and Gnaiamala.
F a ir.........................................21
Good....................................... 22
Fancy..................................... 24
Prim e..................................... 23
M illed....................................24
Interior.....................  ...........25
Private Growth.................... 27
M andehling......................... 28
Im itation...............................25
Arabian..................................28

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

Java.

R oasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add *4c. per lb. for roast­
ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink­
age.
M cL aughlin’s  XXXX 
23 95
Bnnola  .........  
27  45
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case__   23  95

P ackage.

 

E x tract.

Valley City Vi  gross............ 
75
.... 
Felix 
1  15
Hummel’s, foil, gross............1 65
“ 
.........2 85

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tin 
CHICORY.

B u lk .......................................5
Red..........................................7

CLOTHES  LIN ES.

“  
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Cotton,  40 f t...........perdos.  1  25
“  1  40
1  60
1  75
1  SO

50«t...............  
60 f t ............ 
TOft............ 
80ft............ 
60 f t ........................ 
7 2 f f ......................  
CONDENSED  M IL K .

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4 dos. In case.

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

C H EESE.
Amboy.........................  
n u
Acme............................. 
12
Lenawee......................   @12
R iverside....................  
12
Gold  Medal.................  @iiV4
Skim ............................. 
6@10
Brick............................. 
15
Bdam............................ 
1  00
Leiden.......................... 
23
Llmbnrger...................  @15
Pineapple.....................  mat
R o q u efo rt..™ ..........  M
Sap  Sago......................  @21
Schweitzer, Imported.  @24
domestic  ....  @14

Peerless Evaporated Cream. 

C R E D IT   CHECKS.

600, any one denom’n .......13 00
1000,  “  “ 
....... 5 00
2000,  “  “ 
......8 00
Steel  punch.................... . 
75

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A X LE OREASE.
doz
.......  55
Aurora............
60
.... 
Castor Oil.......
.......  50
Diamond........
75
Frazer’s .......... __  
.......  65
Mica  .............
.......  55
Paragon 
..  ..

gross
6 00
7 00
5 5C
9 00
7 50
6 00

B A K IN G   PO W D ER .

Acme.

■A lb. cans, 3  doz...............
*61b-  ■ 
«  “  ................
1  “  .................
lib .  “ 

45
75
.  1  80 
10
55
u   k> cans 6 doz  case.........
......... 1  10
*4 ft  “
......... 2  00
1 f t “
......... 9  00
5 f t "
45
.........
3  oz  “
60
.........
4  oz  “
80
.........
6  oz  “
1  10
........
8  oz  “
2 00
.......
1  ft  “
......... 9 00
5  lb  “
40
Red Star, 5* ft  cans..........
75
........
1  40
..........
45
Telfer’s >4 lb. cans,  doz.
85
1  50
45
75
1  50

Arctic.
4 doz  “ 
2 doz  “ 
1 doz  “ 
Cream  Flake.
6 doz  “ 
“ 
4 doz 
4 doz  “ 
4 doz 
•* 
2 doz 
“ 
1 doz  “ 
*4 ft 
" 
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*4 lb. 
lib . 
“
Our Leader, *4 lb cans
*4 lb  cans.......
1 lb cans 
...
BATH  BRICK.
2 dozen in case.

M
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66

B L U IN G . 

E nglish.................................
Bristol........................................  80
Domestic.........................   70
Gross
Arctic, 4 os  ovals.................   3 60
80S 
pints,  round............ 9 00
No. 2, sifting b ox...  2  75 
No. 3, 
...  4 00
No. 5, 
...  8 00
1 os ball  ..................4 50
Mexican Liquid, 4  oz.........  3  60
8 oz...........  6  80

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NO. 2 H url..............................  1 75
No. 1  “ 
..............................  2 00
No. 2 Carpet..........................  2 26
No. 1 
“ 
Parlor Gem.............................2 75
Common W hisk..................  
80
Fancy 
....................  100
Warehouse.............................3 00

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BRUSHES.

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Stove, No.  1......................
“  10......................
“  15......................
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row..
Rloe Root  Scrub. 3 row ..
Palmetto,  goose...............

CANDLES.

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

“ 

.  1  25
.  1  50
.  1  75
. 
85
.  1  25
.  1  50

.  10
.  9
.  10
.  24

CANNED  GOODS. 

F ish.
Clams.

“ 

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2 lb 
Lobsters.

Little Neck,  1  lb.................l  20
“  2  lb ..................1  90
Clam  Chowder.
Standard, 8 lb ........................2 25
Cove Oysters.
.
Standard.  1 lb.. 
.........  75
............  1  35
Star.  1  lb -------   ----------   2 45
“  2  lb ..............................3 so
Picnic, 1 lb 
2 00
21b............................2 90
“ 
Standard. 1 lb .......................1  10
.2  10
.................  2  25
Mnstard,  2 lb 
Tomato Sauce,  21b.............2 25
Soused, 2 lb .......................... 2 25
Salmon.
Columbia River, flat...........1  80
“  »alls..........  1  65
Alaska, R ed.......................... i  25
pink...........................1  10
Kinney’s,  flats..................... l  95

Mackerel.
2  lb -............  . 

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American  las.................  4 ¡4®  5
w 
....................6*4®  7
Imported  Ms......................   aJO
Vis  ...................  15@16
Mustard  Ms....................  
6@7
Boneless........................... 
21
Brook  I, lb ............................ 2 50

Trout.
F ru its.
Apples.
3*lb. standard.............  
York State, gallons 
Hamburgh,  *■ 
....

1  0
3 65

Foreign.
Currants.

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Peel.

@  8 
. .7*4  @ 8

s,  In barrels.............
in  *4 -bbls...............
in less quantity__
cleaned,  bulk........
cleaned,  package..

2
2*4
2*4
5
5*4
Citron, Leghorn. 25 lb.  boxes  12 
25  “ 
Lemon 
8
25  “ 
Orange 
10
Raisins.
Ondura. 29 lb. boxes 
“ 
Sultana, 20 
Valencia, 80  “
California,  100-120 ...............7
90x100 25 lb. Oxs.  7
80x90 
70x80 
60x70 

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S liver................................... 
S ultana..................................
French,  60-70.......................
70-80........................
80-90.... 
.......
90-10  ......................
ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

.. 7M
8*4
. 8M

Prunes.

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No. 1, 6*4  .........................  81  75
No. 2. 6*4  ...........................  1  60
No. 1, 6................................  1  65
No. 2, 6 ................................  1  50

XX  wood, white.

Coin.

Lima  Beans.

No. 1, 6*4  ...........................  1  36
No. 2, 6*4 
..................   1  25
Manilla, white.
1  Où 
6*4..................................
6.......................................
95
Mill  No. 4 . . .................

Farina.
Hominy.

1  00
FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 
3M

100 lb. kegs..................... 
B arre ls..................................... 2 75
G rits............................................ 3 00
Dried.............................. 4  @4*4
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box 
55
Imported...............   ... 10*4@. 1
Oatmeal.
Barrels  200..............................   4 25
Half barrels 100......................  2 25
Kegs.....................................   2M
Green,  bu................................ 
Split  per l b ................... 
3
Barrels  180..................   @4  25
Half  bbls 90...............   @2  25
G erm an................................  4*4
Bast India.............................  5
Cracked...................... 
  3v
F IS H —Salt.
Bloaters.

Pearl Barley.

Rolled  Oats.

Wheat.

Sago.

l 20

 

 

Cod.

Yarmouth.............................
Pollock.............................
Whole, Grand  Bank.......4%@6
Boneless,  bricks............. 7@9
Boneless,  strips............... 6@8

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Halibut.
Herring.
“ 
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1P@13
70 
9  50

*4  “  40  “ 
Mackerel.

Smoked........ ...............  
Holland, white hoops keg 
bbl 
Norwegian  ........................
Round, *4 bbl 100 lbs  .......  2 50
........  1  30
Scaled.................................. 
17
No. 1,  100 lbs....................... 10 75
No. 1, 40 lb s............................    60
No. 1,  10 lbs......................... 1  23
No. 2,100  lbs..........  ...........7  50
No. 2,40 lbs.........................   3 30
9«
No. 2,10  lbs  ........................ 
Family, 90 lbs...................... 5  75
65
10  lb s ...................  
Russian,  k e g s ....................  
55
No. 1,  *4 bbls., lOOlbs............ 5 74
No.  1 *4 bbl, 40  lbs.................... 2 55
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs...................  73
No  1, 8 lb  kits  ....................  61
Family 
*4 bbls, 100 lbs............86 50  83 ro
*4  “  40 
" . . . .......2  9 )  1 50
101b.  kits....................   85  45
8 lb. 
39

Sardines.
Trout.

67 
Globe Match Co.’s Brands.

.................... 
MATCHES.

Whlteflsh.

Columbia Parlor.......................$1 25
XXX Sulphur...........................   1 00
Diamond  Match  Co.’s  Brands.
No. 9  sulphur............................. 1 65
Anchor parlor.............................1 70
No. 2 home.................................. 1 io
Export  parlor.............................4 00

No.  1

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“Tradesman.

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12 
18 
3 5 
810 
820 
8  1 books, per hundred 
3 2 
8 3 
8 5 
810 
820

"Superior.”

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4 00
5 00

Universal.”

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83 00 
8  1  books, per hundred 
...  3 50
8 2 
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* 3 
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8 5 
...  6 00
810 
820 
. 
7 00
Above prices on coupon bookB 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 books or over..  5  per  cent 
500 
1000 

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Butter. 

COUPON  PASS  BOOKS. 
IC'an  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 810  down. |
20 books...........................8  1  00
“ 
2 00
50 
“ 
100 
3  00
6  25
250 
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500 
10 00
17  50
1000  » 
»
Seymour XXX.............................5 ft
Seymour XXX, cartoon.......6
Family  XXX........................  5*4
Family XXX,  cartoon........   6
Salted XXX............................. 5*
Salted XXX,  cartoon  .........6
Kenosha 
.............................  7*4
Boston.....................................  7
Batter  biscuit......................  6
Soda,  XXX...........................   5*4
Soda, City..............................   7*4
Soda,  Dnchess......................  8*4
Crystal W afer........................ 1054
Long  Island W afers...........11
8. Oyster  XX X .....................  5*4
City Oyster. XXX...................  554
Farina  Oyster......................  6

Oyster.

Soda.

“ 85
“ 100

CREAM   TA RTA R.
Strictly  pare........................ 
30
T elfers  Absolute................ 
30
Grocers’............................... 15@25
D R IE D   FRUITS. 

D om estic.

Apples.

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Peaches.

14
14*4
8

quartered  “ 

Sundried, sliced In  bbls. 
7
7*4
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 12  12*4 
Apricots.
California In  bags........  
Evaporated In boxes. 
.. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes..... 
............  
Nectarines.
701b. bags......................... 10
25 lb. boxes....................... I1154
Peeled, In  boxes............
Cal. evap.  “ 
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In bags........ 10
California In bags.......1C
Pitted  Cmerries
Barrels.............................
501b. b oxes....................
.................   10
2 6 " 
Prunelles.
15
301b.  boxes.......... ... 
Raspberries.
In barrels........................
50 lb. boxes......................
........................
25 lb.  “ 
Raisins.

 
Pears.

10*4

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Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.

2 crow n................................   1  10
“ 
3 
1  20
4  “ 
1  45
Loose Muscatels In Bags.
2  crown....................................3M
4*4
3 
18
F a ir...................................... 
Good........................................ 
Extra good.......................... 
27
Choice.................................... 
Fancy......................................  
One-half barrels, 8c extra.

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22
32
40

Souders’.

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

Regular
Grade
Lemon.

doz
2 OZ 
. . .   8  75 
4 OZ  ___ 1  50
Regular
Vanilla.

doz
I 2 oz___ 81  20
I 4 oz.......2 40

10

XX Grade 
Lemon.
| 2 o z....... 81  50
] 4 oz.......  3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
I 2 oz.......81  75
__¡4 oz.........350

2 00
3 00

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Jen n in g s.
Lemon. Vanilla 
2 oz regular panel . 7 5  
1  20
4 os 
. ..1  50 
6oz 
...2  00 
No. 3  taper_____ 1  35 
N o.4  taper............150 
N o rth ro p ’s
oval taper  75 
1  20 
“ 
85 
“ 
1  60 
FLY  P A P E R . 

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

2 oz 
“ 
3 oz 
2 oz regular  “
4 oz 
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2 00
2  50

T h n m ’a  Tanglefoot.

Single  case.......................... 3 60
Five case lots....................... 3 50
Ten case  lots....................... 3 40
Less than one case, 40c  per box 

G UNPOW DER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Kegs.......................................3 25
Half  kegs..............................1  90
Quarter  kegs.......................1  10
1  lb  cans................................   30
*4 lb  cans...............................  18
Kegs....................................... 4 25
Half  kegs..............................2 40
Quarter kegs........................  1  35
1 lb c a n s..........  
34

Choke Bore—Dupont’s.

 
Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

K e g s....................................11  00
Half  kegs  ...........................   5 75
Quarter kegs........................3 00
1  lb  cans...............  
60
Sage  ........................................15
Hops....................................... 15

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IN D IG O .

Madras,  5 lb. boxes  ......... 
55
50
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
JE L L Y .
17  lb. palls  ...............  
@  ro
.................   @  80
30  “ 

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LICO R IC E.

Pure.........................................  80
Calabria..................................  25
Sicily...  ................................   12

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

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M INCE  M EAT.

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

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

1  gallon  .............................  81  75
Half  gallon..........................  1 40
Q u a it.................................. 
to
P in t.....................................  
45
Half  p i n t ................. 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon................................   7 00
Half gallon 
.......................  4 75
Q u art....................................  3 75
Pint 
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MOLASSES.
Blackstrap
Sugar house................. . 
Cuba Baking.
Ordinary............................. 
Porto Rico.
P rim e.................................. 
F ancy.................................. 

1
16
20
80

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Medium.

Barrels, 1,200  count... @4  50
75
Half bbls, 600  connt..
Small.
5  50
Barrels, 2,400  connt.
Half bbls, 1,200 count
3  25
PUPES.

Clay, No.  216....................
...1  70
...  70
“  T. D. fall connt.......
Cob, No.  8......................... ...1  20

PO TA SH .

48 cans ln case.

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

R IC E .
Domestic.

Carolina head 

............... ....6
No. 1................... ,...5K
“ 
“  N o.2................... ...  5
Broken............................... ..  4
Japan, No. 1.....................
...,5K
....5
No.2......................
Jav a................................ . ..  6
P atna................................. ..  4K

Imported.

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SPICES. 
Whole Sifted

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Allspice.............................
Cassia, China in m ats__

...  SK
..  8
Batavia In bund. ...15
Saigon In rolls... ...32
Cloves,  Am boyna.......... .. .22
Zanzibar.............. ...!1K
Mace  Batavia................... ...80
...75
Nutmegs, fancy...............
...70
“  No.  1...................
“  No.  2................... ...60
..  10
Pepper, Singapore, black. 
“ 
.  .20
w hite..
shot....................
“ 
.16
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspice............................. ...15
Cassia,  Batavia............... ...18
and  Saigon.25
Saigon............... .. .35
Cloves,  Amboyna............ .. .22
Zanzibar............ ...18
Ginger, A frican............... ...16
Cochin............... ..  20
Jamaica .  .........
.22
Mace  Batavia.................. ...65
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste.. 22
Trieste............... .. .25
Nutmegs, No. 2 ............... ...75
...16
Pepper, Singapore, black.
...24
w hite..
Cayenne............ ...20
Sage........................................ 20

11 
••Absolute” Id Packages.

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Xs  Kb
Allspice........................  84  155
Cinnamon....................  84  155
Cloves...........................   84  1  55
O lnger,  J a m a ic a .......   84  1  55
A frican............  84  1  55
M ustard........................  84  1  55
Pepper..........................  84  155
Sage.....................  

84

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SAI.  SODA.

Kegs..................................... 
IK
Granulated,  boxes...............  lit
SEEDS.
@15
A n ise...........................
4
Canary, Smyrna.  .......
C araw ay......................
8
90
Cardamon, M alabar...
Hemp,  R ussian...__
434
5@6
Mixed  B ird.................
Mustard,  w hite..........
10
Poppy ...........................
9
R ape.............................
5
30
Cuttle  bone.................
STARCH.

Corn.
201D  boxes............................  5*
401b 
....................... ...  5K
Gloss.
1-lb packages......................
..  5
......................
3-lb 
..  5
6-lb 
.........................  6K
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............  3K
Barrels................................ • •  3K

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SNUFF.

Scotch, In  bladders.............37
Maccaboy, In ja rs............. ..35
French Rappee, in Ja rs...
.48
B oxes................................. ■ -&K
Kegs, English  .................. ...4M

SODA.

SALT.

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Worcester.
“ 
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Diamond Crystal.
Cases, 24 3  lb.  boxes........ $  1  60
Barrels, 320  lbs.................
2 50
“ 
115 2K lb bags.... 
4  00
“ 
lb  “ 
....
CO5 
3 75
“ 
3010  lb  “ 
....
3  50
Butter, 56 lb  bags.............
61
“  224 lb 
............
.  2 25
“  280 lb  b b ls ............
2  50
115 2K-lb sacks.................. .$4 (0
60 5-lb 
...................
3 75
30101b 
................... .  3  50
561b linen bags...............
60
38 lb  bags......................... ■  3234
Common Grades.
100 3-lb. sacks.................... ..12  15
.................... ..  2 00
60 5-lb. 
“ 
28 10-lb. sacks.................. ..  1  85
................... ..  1  80
2014-lb.  “ 
24 3-lb  cases.................... ..  1  50
32
56 lb. dairy In linen  bags 
16  18
]
28 lb. 
56 lb. dairy in drill  bags. 
.. 
30
16
28 lb. 
75
56 lb. dairy in linen sacks .. 
75
56 lb. dairy in linen  sacks. 
22
56  lt>.  sacks......................
Common Fine.
85
Saginaw ...........................
85
M anistee..........................

Ashton.
Higgins.
Soiar Rock.

drill 
Warsaw.

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TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

SALKRATUS.

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

Church’s ..............................  5K
DeLand’s ..............................   5&
Dwight’s ................................ 5K
Taylor’s  ............. ..................  5
SEELY’S  EXTRACTS. 

Lemon.
1 oz. F. M. $  90 doz.  $10 20 gro
2  “  N. 8.  1  20  “ 
12 60  “
2  “  F. M.  1  40  “ 
14 40  ••
Vanilla.
1 oz. F. M.  1  50 doz. 
2  “  N.  S.  2 00  “ 
2  “  F. M. 2 50  “ 
Lemon.

Rococo—Second  Grade. 

16 20 gro
21 60  “
25 50  •*

2oz............... 75 doz.......  8 00  “

Vanilla.

2 doz........   100 doz......10 50  “

SOAP.
Laundry.

Allen B.'Wrislev’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb..............3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb ................3 SO
White Borax, 100  X-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 T alk............................. 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 
p la in ...  2 94
N.  K.  Falrbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.........................   4  00
Br jwn, 60 bars...................... 2 40
80  b a r s .....................3 25

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Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.

A cm e...................................... 3 75
Cotton Oil...............................6  00
Marseilles...............................4  00
Master 
...............................4 00
Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands

Silver...................................   3 o5
M ono....................................3 30
Savon Improved.................  2 50
Sunflow er............................. 2780
Golden....................................3*25
Economical..........................2 25

Sapollo, kitchen, 3  doz...  2 50 

Scouring.
hand, 3 doz.......... 2 50

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Passolt’s Atlas  Brand.

Single  box  ............................3  65
5 box  lots.............................  3  60
10 box lots.............................. 3  50
25 box  lots del.......................3 40

SUGAR.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars, to  which  the 
wholesale  dealer  adds  the  lo­
cal freight  from  New  York  to 
your  shipping  point,  giving 
you  credit  on  the  invoice  for 
the  amount  of  freight  buyer 
pays from the market  in which 
he  purchases  to  his  shipping 
point, including 20  pounds  for 
the weight of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf........................... ..$4 94
Powdered......................... ..  Ì  44
G ranulated...................... ..  4  18
Extra Flue Granulated.. .  4  31
................... ..  4 44
C ubes....... 
XXXX  Powdered............ ..  4 69
Confec.  Standard  A ..  .. ..  4 06
No. 1  Columbia A ............ .  3 94
No. 5 Empire  A ............... ..  3 87
No.  6.................................. ..  3 81
No.  7.................................. ..  3 69
No.  8.................................. ..  3 82
No.  9.................................. ..  3 56
No.  10................................ ..  3 50
No.  11................................ ..  3 37
No.  12................................ .  3 31
No.  13................................ ..  3 06
No 14................................
2 87

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels................................... 16
Half bbls................................18
F a ir.........................................  19
Good.......................................  25
Choice.....................................  30

Pure Cane.

TA B L E   SAUCES.
“ 

Lea & Perrin’s, large  — ..  4 75
sm all.........  2 75
Halford, la rg e ...................... 3 75
sm all...................... 2 25
Salad Dressing,  la rg e .......4 55
sm all...... 2 65
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BASKET  FIRED.

japan—Regular.

TEAS.
F a ir.......................
@ 17
Good...........................
@ 20
Choice......................... .24 @26
Choicest...................... .32 @34
D u st............................ .10 @ 12
SUN CURED.
F a ir.............................
@17
Good...........................
@20
Choice............................24 @26
Choicest...................... .32 @34
D ust.............................. 10 @ 12
F a ir............................. .18 @20
Choice.........................
@25
Choicest......................
@35
Extra choice, wire leaf @40
GUNPOWDER.
Common to  fa il......... 25 @35
Extra fine to finest... .50 @ 65
Choicest fancy.......... .75 @85
@26
Common to fair........ .23 @30
Common to  fair........ .23 @26
Superior to fine.......... .30 @35
Common to  fair........
18 @26
Superior to  fine.......... 30 @40

OOLONG.
IMPERIAL.

YOUNG HYSON.

ENGLISH  BREAKFAST.

F a ir................................ 18  @22
Choice.............................24  @28
B est................................40  @50

TO BA CCO S.

F in e  C a t.

P rivate Brands.

P. L orillard & Co.’s Brands.
Sweet R usset................ 30 @32
T iger...............................
30
D.  Scotten &  Co’s Brands.
H iaw ath a......................
60
C u b a ...............................
32
R o ck e t...........................
30
Spaulding & M errick's  Brands.
S terlin g .........................
30
@30
B azoo.............................
Can  Can.........................
@27
@25
N ellie  B ly .....................24
@25
U ncle Ben......................24
M cG lnty........................
27
25
K b b ls...........
D andy J im ....................
29
24
T o rp e d o ........................
23
In  d ru m s__
Yum  Yum  ..................
28
1892.................................
23
22
“  d ru m s....................

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F la g .

Sorg’s Brands.

F inzer’s  Brands.

Lorillard’s Brands.

Spearhead  ....................
39
J o k e r .............................
27
40
Nobby T w ist....................
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo................................
26
H iaw atha......................
38
34
V alley C ity ..................
40
Old  H o n est;................
32
Jolly T a r........................
CllmAx  (8  oz., 41c)___
39
G r'e n  T u rtle ................
30
27
Three  Black C row s...
Som ething G ood.........
38
Out of  S ight................
24
W ilson «  M cCaulay’s Brands.
Gold  R ope....................
43
Happy T h o u g h t...........
37
M essm ate......................
32
N o T a x ...........................
31
L et  G o...........................
27
S m o k in g . 

J . G.  B utler’s Brands.

Cafclln’s  Brands.

K iln  d rie d ......................... . 17@18
G olden  Show er................ ...19
.................   .. . . .  .26
H untress 
M eerschaum   .................... .29@30
A m erican Eagle Co.’s Brands.
M yrtle  N avy...................... ...40
Stork  ................................ 30@32
G erm an ............................... .. .15
F r o g ...................................... .  33
Jav a, %b fo il....................
..  32
B anner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
B anner.....................................16
B anner C avendish...............38
.......................... ...28
Gold C ut 
W a rp a th ..................................15
Honey  D ew ............................26
Gold  Block...................  ......30
F. F. A dams Tobacco Co.’s
P eerless................................ ...26
Old  T om .................................18

Scotten’s Brands.

Brands.

Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.

H andm ade...........................
LeidersdorCs Brands.

Spaulding & Merrick.

Rob  Roy.................................26
Uncle  S am ....................28@32
Red Clover............................. 32
Tom and Jerry.......................25
Traveler  Cavendish............ 38
Buck Horn............................. 30
Plow  Boy.........  ............ 30@32
Corn  Cake............................. 16

VINEGAR.

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

>1 for barrel.

W E T   MUSTARD.
Bulk, per g a l ..................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  -1  75

YEAST.

Magic,..........................................1 00
Warner’s  ...............................1  00
Yeast Foam  ..........................1  00
Rlamond................................   75
90
D oyal.............................. 

 

W O OD EN W A RE.

Tubs, No. 1...........................  6 00
“  No. 2...........................5  50
“  No. 3........................... 4  50
1  30
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__   1 50
Bowls, 11 inch.....................
13  “ 
......................  
“ 
90
15  “ 
......................1  25
“ 
17  “ 
“ 
......................  1 80
.....................2  40
19  “ 
“ 
21 
“  
.................................
Baskets, market................... 
35
“ 
1 15
shipping  bushel.. 
full  hoop  “ 
“ 
..  1 25
“  willow cl’ths, No.l  5 25
“  
•* 
N n 2  K  25
“  No.3 
“  No.l 3 75
“  No.2 
“  No.3 

splint 

“  
“ 
“ 
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7 25
4 25
4 75

INDURATED WARE.

1000

2 10
2 45
2 80

Double.

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

Butter Plates—Oval.
250 
No.  1...........................  
60 
No.  2...........................   70 
No.  3...........................  
80 
No.  5...........................  1  00  3 50
W ashboards—single.
U niversal....................................2 25
No. Q ueen.................................. 2 50
Peerless Protector......................2 40
Saginaw Globe..........................  1 75
Water W itch........................  2250
W ilson.........................................2 55
Good Luck............................. 2 7
Peerless.................................   2 85
H ID E S   PELTS  and  FURS
Perkins  &  Hess  pay  as  fol-
lows:
G reen..............................   2@2K
Part Cured................. 
@ 3
Full 
...................  @  3K
Dry.................................  4 @ 5
Kips,green  .................  2  @ 3
"  cured...................  @ 4
Calfskins,  green..........  4 @ 5
cured........ 4  w@  6
Deacon skins............... 10  @25

HIDES.

“ 

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No. 2 hides K off.
PELTS.

WOOL.

Shearlings....................... 5 @  20
Lambs 
........................25  @  60
W ashed......................... 12 @17
U nw ashed........   .......  8  @13
Tallow ...........................  4 @  4K
Grease  butter  ............  1  @ 2
Sw itches....................  1 K@ 2
Ginseng........................2 00@2 50
GRAINS and FEED STU FF»

MISCELLANEOUS.

WHEAT.

MEAL.

FLOUR  IN  SACKS.

52 
No.  1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red  (60 lb. test) 
52
Bolted..................................  1  40
Granulated.........................  1  65
»Patents...............................  2  05
»Standards..........................  1  60
»Straight.............................  1  55
Bakers’................................   1  35
•Graham .............................  1  50
Rye.......................................  1  40
•Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

Less
quantity 
$15  50
13  00
16 00
17  50
16 30

MILLSTUFFS.
Car lots 
BTan............
.. »14 50
Screenings. ...  12 50
Middlings.. ...  15 fO
Mixed Feed. ..  17  50
.  16 30
Coarse meal
OORN.
.......  43
Car  lots.......
Less than  car  lots__ .......  46
Car  lots..................................39
Less than cariota.................43
HAT.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__ 11  oo
N o.l 
ton lots........ 12 50

OATS.

“ 

12K

FISH   AND  OYSTERS.
F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as

follows:
FRESH  FISH.
Whlteflsh 
................... @  8
Trout  ...........................
@  8
Black Bass........   .......
Halibut......................... @15
Ciscoes or Herring....
@  4
Blueflsb........................ @15
20
Fresh lobster, per lb ..
10
Cod................................
@10
No. 1 Pickerel.............
Pike..............................
@ 7
Smoked  W hite............ @  8
Red  Snappers..............
15
Columbia  River  Sal­
mon ...........................
12K
Mackerel......................
Falrhaven  Counts —
F .J . D.  Selects..........
Selects  .........................
F. J. D...........................
Anchors.......................
Standards....................
Extra Selects..per gal.
Selects.........................
Standards....................
C ounts.........................
Scallops..............  .......
Shrimps  ......................
Clam s...........................
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100.......... 1  25®1  75
75@1  00
d u n s , 
..........

18@20
@40
@25

o y st e rs—Cans. 

OYSTERS—Bulk. 

1  25

“ 

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PROVISIONS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co 

quotes as follows:

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

Mess.............................................................• ..   13 50
Short c u t ....................................................... 
13 75
Extra clear pig, short c u t..............................   15 no
E x tra clear,  h ea v y .............................................
Clear, fat  back............................................ ..  14  5o
Boston clear, short cu t...................................  14 75
Clear back, short c u t.......................................  14  75
Standard clear, short cut. best..................  
15  00
Pork, links...
Bologna........
Liver............
T ongue.........
Blood ............
Head cheese ,
Summer.........
Frankfurts...
Kettle  Rendered.........................................  
9
G ranger................................................................s*
F am ily..................................................................  6K
Compound...........................................................  g
Cottolene... 
................................................. ”   7K
50 lb. Tins, 
advance.
20 lb. pails, Kc 
101b. 
“ 
J£C 
“  Xc 
51b. 
3 lb. 
" 
l c  

7K
5K6
8K
6
10

LARD.

“
“
“
“

BEEP  IN  BARRELS.

Extra Mess, warranted 200  lbs........................8 CO
Extra Mess, Chicago packing........................  7 75
Boneless, romp butts........................................ io 00

“ 
“ 

“ 
,l 
“ 
“ 

sm o k ed  m ea ts—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average 20 lbs.......................................
16 lbs.......................................
12 to 14 lbs..............................
picnic....................................................
best boneless........................................
Shoulders..........................................................
Breakfast Bacon  boneless.............................
Dried beef, ham prices...................................
Long Clears, heavy..........................................
Briskets,  m edium ..............................................
lig h t................................................

„ 

10
10J4
10K
8K
8
1010
7K

8
7K
.3  00

65
.22 00 
.11  00 
11

13
13K
17K
18

DRT  SALT  MEATS.
Batts...................................................
D. S. Bellies.......................................
Fat B acks..........................................
PICKEED  PIGS’  FEET.
Half  barrels.....................................
Quarter barrels.................................
K its....................................................
Kits, honeycomb..............................
Kits, prem ium ..................................
Barrels................................................
Half barrels.......................................
Per pound..........................................
Dairy, sold packed...........................
Dairy, rolls.........................................
Creamery, solid packed..................
Creamery, ro lls................................

BEEF  TONGUES.

BUTTKRINE.

TRIPE.

FRESH  BEEF.

FRESH  PORK.

MUTTON.

Carcass.......... .
Fore  quarters 
Hind quarters.
Loins No. 3__
Ribs...............
R ounds..........
Chucks............
Plates .............
Dressed..........
Loins...............
Shoulders  __
Leaf Lard.......
C arcass..........
Lambs............
Carcass ..........

.  5 @  7
.  4 @  4K
@  8
.  8 @10
Q @  10
.  6 @ 6K
© 4K
.  4 @  5
■  6&@6K8
ex
9K

6  @
@ 7
6  @  7

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSW ARE.

LAMP  BURNERS.

6 doz. In box.

No. 0 Sun......................................................
N o .l   “  
........................................-.................
N o.2  “ 
......................................................
Tubular........................................................
lamp  chimnets.  Per box. 
N o.O Snn......................................................
......................................................
N o .l  “ 
N o.2  “ 
......................................................
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.................................
N o .l  “ 
“  ................................
N o.2  “ 
“ .................................
No. 0 San, crimp  top................................
No. 1  “ 
“  .................................
N o.2  “ 
“  .................................
No. 1 San, wrapped and  labeled...........
“ 
N o.2  “ 
...........
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
...........
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.  ...........
N o.2  “ 
...............
, No. 1 crimp, per do*.................................
N o.2 
“ 
..................................

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

La Bastle.

Pearl top.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

LAMP WICKS.
No. 0,  per  gross...........................
.............................
No. 1, 
No  2, 
.............................
No.3, 
........................... .
Mammoth, per doz......................

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 

STONKWARB—AKRON.
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal...................
K gal. per  doz..........
Jugs, K gal., per doz.........................
1 to 4 gal., per gal......................
Milk Pans, K gal., per  doz..............
“ 
.............

1  “ 

“ 

“ 

STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED.

Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gai
Milk Pans, K gal.................
..............

1  “ 

“ 

“ 

45
50
75
V

1  75 
1  88
2 70
2  1 
.2 2 
3
2  6 
3
3 70
4  70 
4  88
1  25 
.1  50 
.1  35 
.1  60

28
38
75
75

06
60

60
72

07
66
78

T H E  M ICHIGAN  TR AD ESM A N.

18

A  PIONEER  C LERK.

Rem iniscences  o f  an  E arly  Em ploye  o f 

F oster,  Stev en s & Co.

Another old  settler  in  the  person  of 
Elias  Young  was  interviewed  by  T he 
last  week.  Mr.  Young 
T r a d e s m a n  
came  to  Grand  Rapids -from  New York 
State in  1837  when but  15  years  of  age. 
The  family,  who  were  in  comfortable 
circumstances,  being  farmers  and  stock 
raisers in  their native  State,  voluntarily 
surrendered the  comforts  and  conveni­
ences  of life in the old Empire  State  for 
the  discomforts  and  hardships  of  “life 
in  the  wilderness”  of  Michigan.  Mr. 
Young,  senior,  brought with him a  num­
ber of pure  bred  Durham  cattle, all  his 
farming  implements,  several  teams  of 
horses and yokes of  oxen,  together  with 
provisions  enough 
to  last,  at  least,  a 
year.  As it turned out the latter proved 
a  wise move,  as  shortly after  coming  to 
this State,  provisions  ran  short  and  the 
people experienced something very  much 
like starvation.  Elias Young endured the 
hardships and privations of  pioneer  life 
in  a  manner which  proved  the  stuff  of 
which he was made.  He had received  in 
his  native  State  the  advantages  of  a 
good common school  education,  included 
in which  was a  fair  knowledge  of  busi­
ness  forms.  Quite  early  in 
life  Mr. 
Young turned  his  attention  to  business 
and  held various  positions  of  trust with 
different lumbering concerns.  He  early 
secured and maintained the  entire  confi­
dence of his  employers,  which, consider­
ing the character of the  times,  is  saying 
much. 
In  1853  he  took  charge  of  the 
books in  W.  I).  Foster’s  hardware  store, 
which  position  he  retained  until 
the 
breaking  out  of  the  war,  when  he  en­
listed and went to the front.  His ability 
as  a  book-keeper  was  soon  recognized 
and  he was given charge of  the books  in 
the commissary department of his corps. 
He  did  not  return  to  Michigan  at  the 
close of the war,  but remained  South for 
several  years,  engaged in the  pursuit  of 
his favorite calling.  He finally returned 
to Grand Rapids and  secured  a  position 
as book-keeper in this city, where he has 
ever  since  resided.  He  is  now,  at  73 
years of age, enjoying life in  a  comfort­
able home on  Burton avenue.  With  his 
fancy  poultry  and  a  large  garden,  his 
time is fully occupied.

“ When 

Mr.  Young,  like  all  old  timers,  loves 
to  recall  early  scenes  and  associations 
and is never so  happy as when  recount 
ing  his  early  hardships  and  struggles. 
His  talk  proved  very  interesting.  He 
said  among  other  things: 
I 
came to Grand Rapids in  1837 there were 
not  more  than  a  dozen  houses  in  the 
place and  only three  of  these were  fin­
ished,  most of them  being  mere  shells. 
The people who lived in  them  had  been 
accustomed to  all  the  comforts  of  civ­
ilized  life in  old-settled  sections  of  the 
country and  the  change  to  them  must 
have been  very great indeed. 
I know it 
was  so with  our  family.  Added  to  the 
other  discomforts  of  pioneer  life  was 
fever and ague.  We had  been  here  but 
a short time  when the whole  family,  in­
cluding  the  hired  man,  became victims 
to  it.  My  father was  so  sick  that  for 
weeks we thought he could  not  recover. 
I  was  the  strongest  of  the  family,  the 
fever and ague being  intermittent  in my 
case,  giving  me  the  shakes  only  every 
other day.  On  my  good  days  I  would 
chop wood  and  do whatever was  neces­
sary to be done  about  the  place. 
I  did 
nothing  but  shake  the  other  days.  1

well  remember when  things were about 
at their worst  that  we  ran  out  of  pro­
visions,  having only very little flour  and 
a little butter in the  house,  and  a  small 
amount of pork.  One  morning  on  one 
of my good days,  I told my father  that  1 
thought  1  had  better  clean  up  some 
wheat and  take  it  to  the  mill  and  get 
some flour.  He  said  he  thought  1  had 
better do so if 1 felt able.  1  managed to 
thresh out six  bushels,  which  1  cleaned 
with the aid of  a  younger  brother,  put 
into bags and took to mill.  When  I  got 
to the mill 1 asked the miller if he  could 
grind  the  grist  for  me.  He  said  he 
could not start the mill,  as he was dress­
ing the stones and  it  would  take  him  a 
week. 
I asked him  if  he  could  not  let 
me have some flour, and he  said  that  he 
did  not have a pound of flour in the mill. 
There was a young  man  standing  there 
who  asked  me  if  my  wheat  was  good 
enough for seed.  1 told him that  it was, 
and  when he saw  it  he  said  it  was  the 
best wheat  he  had  ever  seen  raised  in 
Michigan.  He asked me what  I  wanted 
for it and  1 told him 1  wanted  the  mar­
ket price.  As he wanted it  for  seed  he 
offered me 30 cents per bushel  for  it. 
I 
told him 1 had no authority to  sell  it for 
30 cents a bushel  and  started  for  home 
with  my  wheat. 
I  was  feeling  pretty 
blue.  We had not provisions  enough  in 
the house to last a day and 1  bad  failed 
to sell my  wheat and did not  know  what 
we were going to do.  On  my way  home 
I stopped  at  the  postoffice.  The  post­
master  showed  me  a  letter which  bore 
the post mark of our  old  home  in  York 
State.  1 was certain that the letter  con­
tained a draft that we were  expecting  to 
receive from the  party to whom  we  had 
sold our  farm.  1  turned  around, drove 
back to  the  mill  and  asked  the  young 
man  who  offered  me  30  cents  for  my 
wheat if  he would  give  me  enough  for 
one  bushel to pay the  postage  on  a  let­
ter.  He  said  he  would,  gave  me  25 
cents,  and took his  bushel  of  wheat.  1 
went  to  the  office,  paid  25  cents  for 
postage  and  went  home.  When  the 
family saw me coming with my  wheat  in 
the wagon and nothing else,  some  of the 
children,  who  were  hungry,  began 
to 
cry.  My father was very ill and the dis­
appointment  was  almost  too  much  for 
him;  but when 1 showed  him  the  letter 
and  be saw the  post  mark,  the  reaction 
was  almost  as  bad  as  the  disappoint­
ment.  He  opened  the  letter  and  in  it 
was  a  New  York  draft  for  something 
over  $2,000.  My father  asked  me  if  1 
was  well  enough  to  go  back  and  get 
some  provisions.  1  told  him  I  would 
have to go,  whether 1  was  well  enough 
or  not;  but the mere thought  of  getting 
something  to  eat,  different  from  what 
we  had  had  for  some 
time,  put  new 
strength  into  me.  1  was  told  to  get  a 
barrel  of  flour,  which would  be  $13.25, 
while 1 was offered but 30  cents a bushel 
for  my  wheat  the  same  day,  and  $1 
worth  of  Muscovado  sugar, which  was 
four  pounds,  and  one  pound  of  Old 
ftyson tea, which  was  $1.50  per  pound. 
The balance of the  draft  1  was  to  have 
placed to our credit  in  the  store,  which 
occupied the present site  of  the Barnard 
House,  corner of Waterloo and East Ful­
ton streets.

I 

chopped 

“For the first thirteen  years  1  was  in 
Michigan 
every  winter 
and logged every summer.  1  raised  the 
first lambs and cut the first  clip  of wool 
in Kent county.  There was an old  Can­
adian woman in this locality at that time

who  had  an  old-fashioned  spinning 
wheel.  She spun  our  wool  for  half  of 
the product and knit  our  share  for  half 
of  the  remainder,  so  that  she  secured 
three-quarters of  the  wool.  We  had  to 
make  a  good  many  sacrifices  in  these 
days in  order  to  get  along.  My  father 
had  pre-empted  640  acres  over  on  the 
Thornapple  River,  in  addition  to  the 
homestead near  Reed’s  Lake.  He  was 
unable to  pay  the  taxes  on  the  640  on 
account of sickness, and when the Sheriff 
came to the  house  to  collect  the  taxes, 
father  told  him  he  was  unable  to  pay 
them and  wished  the  land  returned  to 
the State.  The Sheriff said  he could not 
do that and said he would  be  compelled 
to levy on our cattle and  other  stock  in 
order to raise  the  amount;  but  be  told 
us that we might have a  certain  time  in 
which to raise the money.  1  told  father 
that if he would  let  me  chop  the  wood 
and give me the use of the team  to draw 
it to  market 1 would pay the  taxes.  He 
agreed  and I went  to  work.  1  chopped 
two cords one day,  drew it to  the village 
the next day,  and  kept  up  that way un­
til I had raised the $60 for  the  taxes,  so 
that I was  something  over  two  mouths 
completing the work.

“Everybody in this vicinity  has  heard 
of old Louis Campau.  He  was  the  first 
white man,  or  supposed  to  be,  in  this 
section  of  Michigan.  He  had  come  to 
this  State  heavily 
loaded  with  debt. 
His liabilities ran  up  to  over  $100,000, 
but so profitable was  the business of  fur 
trading  with  the  Indians,  that  it  was 
not long before  be  had  paid  off  all  his 
debts.  We always  found  honesty  to  be 
the  prevailing  characteristic  of 
the 
French.  They  were  very  trustworthy, 
always paying their  debts  and  meeting 
their  obligations  promptly.  1  want  to 
tell  you  a  story  of  old  man  Campau. 
After  he  had  cleared  himself,  like  a 
Frenchman,  he wished to make a spread, 
and  so  invited  a  number  of  his  East­
ern friends who  had  been  his  creditors 
and who  were  French,  like  himself,  to 
come  out  to  Michigan  and  pay  him  a 
visit,  see  the  country  and  partake  of 
frontier  hospitality.  They  came  and 
were much  amused  at  the  uncouth  ap­
pearance of  some  of  our  early settlers. 
One of the  visitors enquired of  Mr.  Cam­
pau who they were.  His reply  was  that 
they  were  Yankees. 
‘What!  Yankees,’ 
‘Do  you  do  business 
said  the  visitor. 
with Yankees?’ 
‘Yes,’ said Mr. Campau, 
‘I do business with any man  who will  do 
business with  me.  1  want  their  money 
and a  Yankee’s money is as good  as  the 
money of  any man.’ 
‘Well,’  replied  the
objector,  ‘I would go to  h-----1  before  1
‘Don’t 
would  live  with  the  Yankees.’ 
go  there,’ said  Mr.  Campau. 
‘You  will 
find more of them  there  than  there  are 
here.’  This was  somewhat  hard  on  the 
Yankees,  but  the  repartee was  charac­
teristic of Louis Campau. 
If he had had 
the faculty of keeping money,  as  he  had 
of making  it,  he  would  have  been  one 
of the  wealthiest men in Michigan.  He 
made  money  fast,  but,  somehow,  man­
aged  to get  rid  of  it.  At  one  time  he 
owned a great many acres of land on  the 
East Side of the River,  from  what is now 
Pearl  Street  to  the  southward.  This 
has proved to be  the most valuable prop­
erty in the city.  The  way  he  came  to 
get the land was like this:  Lucius Lyon 
and Colonel Carroll, land surveyors,  who 
were  sent out here to  look  up  land  for 
certain Eastern  parties,  saw at  once  the 
immense advantage  of  owning  land  on

the 

the  river front.  They saw  how  easy  it 
would  be  to  utilize  the  water  power 
which the river afforded  from  the  head 
of the rapids to the foot.  They spoke to 
Mr. Campau  about it and  proposed  that 
he go in  with them and  secure  as  much 
of 
land  as  they  could  handle. 
Louis Campau, who was not as farsighted 
as  he  might  have  been,  allowed  the 
other two men to secure the water front, 
while he was satisfied  with  land  further 
back  from the  river.  However,  all  this 
property passed out of his  hands  and  is 
now 
in  possession  of  strangers,  and 
Louis  Campau,  in  his  later  days,  was 
cared for by his friends.

“Mr.  Luce told  you  something  about 
the hardships of  the  early  settlers,  and 
when he said that  the  people  of  to-day 
knew nothing about hard  times,  he  told 
you the simple truth. 
In 1837, when the 
panic  struck  us,  it  caught  us  entirely 
unprepared.  This was not  entirely  our 
fault.  The  country  was  new,  people 
had  hardly  begun to  raise  wheat  and 
very few of the necessaries  of  life  were 
the product  of  Michigan  soil.  We  im­
ported everything into  the  State—flour, 
meat and provisions of all kinds,  and,  of 
course,  groceries 
from  outside—and 
when I tell you that  the  flour  used  was 
ground  in  Ohio,  no  further  away  than 
Akron,  and that it took from one  to  two 
weeks  to  get  it  here,  where  now,  if  it 
were necessary to bring  it  from  that vi­
cinity,  it would only take a day, you will 
understand something  of  the  situation. 
But when the crash came our money was 
gone,  we had  no credit and  no  means  to 
secure ev 
the barest necessaries of life 
and were *  -iged to live  on the little  we 
raised  ^ourselves. 
I  remember  on  one 
occasion,  just  after  the  commencement 
of the panic,  we had all our  pork  stolen 
from our cellar.  We had a  little  money 
at that time,  the remains of the proceeds 
of the sale of  our  farm  in  York  State, 
and so father went  up  to  the village  to 
buy some pork and brought home a ham. 
It weighed a little over  ten  pounds,  for 
which  he  paid  the  somewhat  extrava­
gant sum  of  $5,  which  was  at  the  rate 
of 50 cents per pound.  When we cut the 
it 
ham  we  were  compelled  to  throw 
away,  as it was not fit to eat. 
In a little 
time the stocks  in the  stores were  gone, 
or were only to be  had  at  the  most  ex­
orbitant  prices,  and  for  many  weary 
months starvation  literally  stared  us  in 
the face.  Added to the difficulty of  pro­
curing  food  was  the  fever  and  ague, 
which 
already  mentioned. 
Nearly  everybody  was  sick  and ithere 
was only  one  physician  in  the  place— 
Dr.  Chas.  Shepard—wfio  was  as  kind 
hearted as  he  was  skillful.  Well,  the 
hard times came to  an  end  at  last,  but 
the experience of those dark  and  dreary 
days  will  never  be  forgotten  by  those 
who passed through them.

1  have 

“Our greatest obstacle was the  matter 
of  transportation.  We  were  compelled 
to bring everything around by the  lakes. 
When we moved to Michigan we shipped 
our  horses  and  cattle  via  the  lakes  to 
Detroit and sent them overland to Grand 
Rapids,  while  we  ourselves  made 
the 
whole  trip  by  water,  going  up  Lake 
Huron,  through the Straits  and  through 
Lake Michigan to Grand Haven.’’

Warned in  Time.

wife.”

“I’ve caught you  making  love  to  my 
“Well?”
“I’ll give you fair warning—I did that 

once, and I’ve been sorry ever since.”

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in  the  old 

Walter J.  Gould,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  was born  in  Glastonbury,  Eng­
land  (famous for its  Abbey),  on  Christ­
mas Day,  1830.  Shortly after this  event 
his  parents  bade  farewell  to  England 
and sailed for the United States,  settling 
in  Detroit  in  1836.  Mr.  Gould’s  early 
education  was  begun 
log 
school house,  then located on  the  corner 
of Lamed  and Bates  streets,  under  the 
guidance of Mr.  O’Brien,  and  was  com­
pleted  under the tutorship  of  Mr.  Rob­
bins,  in  the academy  building  on  Con­
gress street,  east,  opposite  the  present 
site of  Hotel  Normandie.  After  school 
hours,  and during vacations,  he was em­
ployed  in  his  grandfather’s  grocery 
store,  situated on  the  corner  of  Wood- 
bridge and  Griswold  streets,  where  he 
acquired  his  first  knowledge  of 
the 
grocery business.

At the age of 19 he obtained a position 
on the steamer  Mayflower,  running  be­
tween Buffalo and Detroit,  where  he  re­
mained for a period of six years.  About 
this time he entered  the  employ  of  the 
Ward  line of  steamers,  sailing  first  on 
the Sam Ward,  then  on  the  Cleveland, 
later  on the Forrester,  as  steward,  and 
finally on  the  Planet,  at  that  time  the 
largest  steamer  on  the  lakes.  There 
were many hardships for  the  sailors  to 
endure in  those days and  about the only 
recreation  they  enjoyed  was  au  occa­
sional  free  fight  in  which  there  was 
more  “sand”  than  science  exhibited. 
Whenever necessary,  Mr.  Gould was  in 
it,  and, the fact is, he was  regarded as a 
man  of  remarkable  nerve,  a  quality 
that still clings to him.

During the season of 1862-3 he brought 
into play his knowledge  of  the  grocery 
business by establishing a trade with the 
large mines on the shores  of Lake Supe­
rior  and  accumulated  the  capital  that 
started him on  his  career  as  a  leading 
representative of  the wholesale  grocery 
trade.

In  1864 a partnership was formed  with 
Morgan  S.  Fellers  under  the  style  of 
Gould  & Fellers at 22 Woodward avenue, 
with a capital  of  $7,000,  of  which  Mr. 
Gould  contributed  $3,500.  He  became 
at  once  buyer  and  salesman,  going  to 
New York to  purchase  the  stock,  and, 
on  his  return, 
through  the 
Eastern  and  Northern  portion  of  the 
State,  selling it.  His trips  were  mostly 
made  by  team. 
It  took  him  longer to
cover  the  territory than it does the pres­
ent traveling  man,  but  he  “got  there” 
just  the  same  and  kept  adding  to  his 
capital, as well as to his business.

traveling 

His strong personality made him many 
friends  and  did  more  to  build  up  his 
trade  than  anything  else. 
In  1873  he 
bought Mr.  Fellers’  interest  and  put  up 
his sign at 84 Jefferson avenue.  Here, as 
before,  be bent every energy  toward  the 
goal of success.  His trade grew rapidly. 
Year after year the books showed a grat­
ifying increase and,  although  the profits 
were small,  his  strict  economy  enabled 
him to keep the business growing.

In the years  1873,  ’74 and  ’75  his  re­
markable nerve and  ability  carried  the 
business  through  a  critical  period  and 
won the day where men with less of those 
qualities would  have  gone  down.  The 
business had grown  to  such  proportions 
that  in  1879  he  took  into  partnership 
three of  his  employes—Edward  Telfer,

the  numbers  being 

David D. Cady and Lewis  F.  Thompson 
—and increased his room  by  adding two 
stores, 
then  80, 
82 and 84 Jefferson avenue.  Under his fos­
tering  care 
the  business  had  attained 
such proportions  that in 1882  new quar­
ters were  required.  These  were  found 
at 61 and 63 Jefferson avenue.  In 1890 the 
business  necessitated  additional  room, 
which  was  secured  by  adding  the  ad­
joining store, No. 59.

Mr. Gould is an  acknowledged  leader. 
He believes in being  in  the  front  rank 
of the  procession;  and,  recognizing  the 
advantages to be gained by  owning  and 
operating a coffee  plant,  he  established 
a coffee roasting and  grinding  establish­
ment in  1893 at 111 West  Lamed  street.
Mr.  Gould  is  eminently  a  self-made 
man—broad guage in his  ideas  and  far- 
reaching in his methods,  while his  liber­

ality is proverbial.  He is  an influential 
and exemplary business man  and  is  in­
timately identified  with  all  movements 
looking toward the commercial  advance­
ment of Detroit.

Mr. Gould has  an  only  son,  Clarence 
H.,  who is now associated with  the  firm.

An  O bserving  G rocer’s  Boy.

A Michigan  school  teacher,  notorious 
for paying only such of  his  indebtedness 
as he was compelled to and getting credit 
wherever  possible,  had  the  arithmetic 
class before him.  “Now,”  he said,  hold­
ing up a silver dollar,  “how much money 
is  this?”  “One  dollar,”  answered  the 
class as easy as  rolling  off a log.  “And 
how many  bushels  of  potatoes  could  1 
buy with it,  potatoes  being  worth  fifty 
cents a bushel?”  Nobody answered,  and 
the grocer’s  boy  held up  his  hand.  “1 
know,” he  said.  “Well, my lad,  tell the 
class how many.”  “Enough  to last  you 
all winter,  countin’  what you  would  git 
charged.”  And the school teacher knew 
I better than to lick the grocer’s boy.

A   Born  L aw y er.

A lawyer advertised for  a  clerk.  The 
next  morning  the  office  was  crowded 
with  applicants,  all  bright,  and  many 
suitable.  He bade  them wait  until they 
all  should  arrive,  and  then  arranged 
them all in a row and said  he would tell 
them a story,  note  their comments,  and 
judge from that whom he would choose.
“A certain farmer,” began  the lawyer, 
“ was troubled with a red squirrel that got 
in through a hole in his barn and stole his 
seed corn.  He resolved to kill the squir­
rel at the first opportunity.  Seeing  him 
go in at the hole one  noon,  he  took  his 
shotgun  and  fired  away;  the  first  shot 
set the barn on fire.”
“Did the barn burn?”  said  one  of  the 
boys.
The 
lawyer,  without  answer,  con­
tinued:
“And  seeing  the  barn  on  fire,  the 
farmer seized a pail of  water and  ran  to 
put it  out.”

“Did he put it out?”  said  another.

“As he passed inside,  the door shut to 
and the  barn  was soon  in flames,  when 
the  hired  girl  rushed  out  with  more 
water—”
“Did they all  burn  up?”  said  another 

boy.

The  lawer  went  on  without  answer: 
“Then the  old  lady  came  out,  and  all 
was noise and confusion,  and  everybody 
was trying to put out the fire.”

“Did anyone  burn up?”  said  another.
The  lawyer  said:  “There,  that  will 
do;  you have  all  shown  great interest in 
the story.”
But  observing  one  little  bright-eyed 
fellow in deep  silence,  he  said:  “Now, 
my little man,  what have you to  say?”

The little  lad  blushed,  grew  uneasy, 
and stammered  out:  “I  want  to  know 
what became of that squirrel; that’s what 
I want to know.”

“You’ll do,” said the lawyer;  “you are 
my man;  you have  not been switched off 
by a confusion and barn burning and the 
hired girls  and water  pails.  You  have 
kept your eye on the squirrel.”

19
The  Poorest  Man

On  Earth

Can afford  the BEST  salt.

The  Richest  Man

On  Earth

CANNOT  afford any  other.

I.  M-  CLÄRK  GROCERY  CO.,

GENERAL  AGENTS, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  - 

- 

-  MICH.

WALTER BAKER & GO.

T h e   L a rg e s t 
M a n u fa c tu re rs  of
COCOA and 

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

W orld’s 
Colum bian 
Exposition

The
(Medals and Diplomas) 

on  each  of  the  following  articles, 
namely:
BREAKFAST  COCOA,
P R E M IU M   NO.  I  CHOCOLATE, 
CER M AN  SW EET  CHO CO LATE, 
V A N IL L A   CHO CO LATE,
COCOA  BUTTER,

For “ purity of material,” “ excellent 
flavor,”  and  “ uniform  even  composi­
tion.”
S O L D   B Y   C R O C ER S  E V E R Y W H E R E .
W alter  Baker  &  Co.,

DORCHESTER,  M ASS.

N O   CURE. 
N O   P A Y . 

N O   M U S T A C H E .
N O   P A Y .

DAN D R U FF  CURED.

1 will take Contracts to grow hair on the head 
or face with  those  who  can  call  at  my office or 
it  the office of  my agents, provided  the head is 
not  glossy, or the pores of  the scalp not closed. 
Where  the  head  is  shiny  or  the  pores  closed, 
there is no cure.  Call and  be examined  free oi 
charge.  If  you cannot  call, write to me.  State 
tho exact  condition of  the scalp and your occu- 
7*»inn 
Koam  liili  Masonic T ftnoie  Chic*<»3

P R O F .  G-.  B IK K H O I.Z .

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TH E  MICiriQAJSr  TRADESM AN

GOTHAM GOSSIP.

N e w s   from   the  M etropolis--- Index  o f j

th e  M arkets.

Special Correspoc denee.

N e w   Y o k e,  May  6— A 

tremendous | 
mass meeting  was held at Cooper  Union . 
last Thursday night which was addressed i 
by some of the  best  known  men  in  the 
city.  The object of the  meeting  was  to I 
give  utterance  to  the sentiment held by 
thousands upon thousands that  the  Sen­
ate has dawdled  long enough at the tariff 
question,  and that  the  leading  business j 
men 
in  the  nation  purpose  to  see  if 
something cannot  be  done  to  overcome 
the  inertia  of  the  Upper  House. 
It is 
likely that the  effect  will  be  more  far- 
reaching  than  will  the  movement  of 
Coxey’s army.  Everything  that  can  be 
done will now be urged to hasten legisla­
tion,  and it is sincerely to be hoped  that 
the long suspense will  be ended.
Business is not flourishing.  The  faint 
gleam of light that sprang up some  time 
ago,  seems  to  be  dim  again  and  trade 
languishes.  Go where one will,  whether 
in  the  fruit  district, 
the  commission 
neighborhood,  or 
the  general  grocery 
vicinity,  there  is  the  same  “tired”  ex­
pression that we have  become  so  accus­
tomed  to.  One  good  feature 
is  that 
prices quite generally  are no  lower,  save 
in one or two instances.
Coffee is  oue  article whereon  the  top 
price  seems  to  have  been  reached  and 
the downward  tendency  continues.  No 
greater demand  seems to exist  in  conse­
quence of the fall of lc a pound,  and  the 
prevailing opinion  is  that  we  shall  see 
lower  rates  for  some  time.  For  No.  7 
Bio,  16%c is the top price and  sales  are 
rather infrequent.
Raw  sugars  have  improved  slightly, 
but they still  remain at a  low ebb.  Re­
fined are selling fairly well as  the season 
advances,  and  granulated  is  quite  well 
held  at 4.1«c,  which  price is lower  than 
a week  ago.
the  recent  hot 
Mollasses 
weather  not  having  a  tendency  to  im­
prove  shipments.  Syrups  are  meeting 
with fair sale within the range of 17@22c 
for good to choice brands.
Teas excite no interest,  but it  may  be 
remarked in passing that they are  slight­
ly lower  all  around.  This  is  probably 
owing  to  recent  large  auction  sales  at 
which low prices  prevailed,  where great 
quantities  were  worked  off  at  nominal 
rates.
Foreign rice is selling  freely,  and,  in 
fact,  is about  the only  kind that is sell­
ing at all.  Domestic  is  sold  only  upon 
special  orders and  is too high to compete 
with the foreign article.  Choice domestic, 
5J^@5%c;  Japan, 4%fa42i'c.

is  dull, 

Canned goods excite rather more inter­
est and prices  generally  are  well  held. 
Not  many  goods  are  changing  hands, 
however,  as  the  supply  of  fresh  fruits 
and  vegetables  is growing  plentiful  and 
the  demand  will  probably  beligbt  for 
some  time.
It  is  reported  that  a  lot  of  canned 
salmon  is  floating  around  in  this  city 
which  ought  to  be  condemned  by  the 
Board of Health. 
It  is  held  at  around 
80c and is some  that  was  impossible  to 
dispose  of  in 
the  West.  Strange  that 
reputable firms will lend themselves to the 
miserable business of disposing  of  such 
stuff;  but they seem to think that as long 
as people want  “cheap” stuff they ought 
to have it,  even  if it  is  rotten.  Gallon 
apples  are  worth  83.50  for  N.  Y.  State. 
Baltimore, 83.25@3.50.
Foreign green  fruits  are  doing  quite 
well,  and the warm weather  has  created 
considerable improvement in the price of 
lemons.  Oranges,  too,  are doing better, 
and bananas are much firmer.
In the  line  of  dairy  products,  butter 
continues dull and  prices  are  most  un­
precedentedly low.  It is hard to see where 
the profit  to  the  butlermaker  comes  in 
when the  best  Elgin  product  is  selling 
here for less than  18c;  but this is the top 
price.  Cheese is in good demand and the 
supply is not over abundant.  Full cream 
State,  l l ^ @ l l J i e .  

J a y .

We have made  H.  Schneider  Co.  dis­
tributing agent for the old  reliable S.  K. 
B. cigar.  American Cigar Co.

Faith  an  E ssen tial Principle in  B u sin ess j 

and  Civilization.

Written for T e e  Tradesman.

I hear a great many people talk.  Some 
1  am  glad  to  hear  and  some  I  would 
rather not  hear. 
I  heard  oue  man  talk 
last  week,  and  it  made  me  weary.  He 
began  by asserting that  he would believe 
nothing he could  not either see or under­
stand.  A careful  observer of his cranial 
development  would  have  noticed  that 
his hair grew low down on  his forehead; 
that the top of  his  head  sloped  upward 
from  his forehead,  after  the  manner of 
the heads of the  Flathead  Indians;  that 
his  ears  were  abnormally 
large,  and 
stuck  out  almost  at  right  angles  with 
the sides of his head.  High cheek bones, 
deep-sunken, 
lusterless  eyes,  a  large 
mouth, a prominent  nose,  and  receding 
chiu  completed  the  equipment  of  the 
head in  which  had  been  conceived  the 
brilliant  expression  that  he  would  not 
believe what he  could not  see  or under­
stand.  The reason I  have been  so  care-1 
ful to describe  the head of  the man  who 
made  the 
that  be  may  be 
recognized,  and  also  that  any  one  who 
reads the description,  and  imagines that 
it fits him,  may keep his mouth shut, and 
so.  in one way  at least,  simulate wisdom. 
You can  most  always  tell  what a  man 
will say on a given  subject if  you notice 
the “points”  of  his  bead. 
I  am  not  a 
phrenologist,  and  have no  intention  of 
giving  you a lecture  on craniology,  but I 
observe for  yourself,  and  you  will  see 
that the shape of the head  depends upon 
the mental  development  of  the individ­
ual.

remark  is 

from 

transformation 

What  remarkable  mental  equipment 
mast that  man  have  had  who  declared 
that  nothing  but  ocular  demonstration 
would  convince  him! 
If  “Ignorance  is 
bliss,”  what a  happy  man  he  ought  to 
be!  I  wonder how  many of us ever stop 
to  think  how  few  things  there  are  of 
which we have any positive,  determinate 
knowledge.  We look at a  tiny  blade  of 
grass.  All  winter  long  the  earth  has 
been bound in winter’s  icy chains; in ail 
Nature there is no life, only death, death 
everywhere.  Death  absolute?  No,  for 
with  almost  the  first  warm  breath  of 
spring that little blade  of  grass  pushes 
its head  up  through the  moist  soil  and 
soon  the earth is  covered  with a beauti­
ful carpet  of  green.  What  has  caused 
the 
the  dreary 
desolation  of  winter  to  the  glory  and 
beauty of summer? 
I do not  know.  Do 
you?  In  the  autumn  the  farmer  sows 
his wheat; the storms of  winter  cover it 
with a robe of  white  as  with  a  winding 
sheet,  and  the  frosts  chill 
it;  but  the 
warm rains and genial sunshine of spring 
chase  bleak  winter  from  the  land,  the 
farmer’s fields  are  robed in  green,  and 
his faith in the bounty  of  Nature  is  re­
warded  by a rich  harvest.  But  who  is 
wise enough to peer into the mysteries of 
Nature’s alembic and  unfold  the process 
by  which  these  wonderful  changes  are 
wrought?  Does  the  farmer  who  sows 
his seed  in the full confidence that,  after 
mouths of waiting,  he  “shall reap  if  he 
faint not?”  He is  not  in the least  con­
cerned  about how Nature does her work, 
and least of all  does he say,  “I will  not 
believe in a future  harvest  because 1  am 
ignorant of Nature’s  methods of produc­
ing it.”  Nature  rewards  the  man  who 
has faith in her, but gives nothing to the 
man  who  waits  to  know  how  she  does 
her work.  “Knowledge  is power,”  it  is 
I true,  but  faith  harnesses  knowledge to

Nature,  and Nature yields her increase to j 
faith,  not to  knowledge.  Knowledge is 
relative and partial,  faith is  positive and I 
absolute.  Without faith  there could  be j 
no  knowledge,  for  there  would  be  no i 
sufficient reason for  knowing,  and  even | 
If  we  might  know  without  faith,  yet, i 
without faith,  our  knowledge  would  be 
worthless  and  meaningless.  Eliminate 
faith as a faculty  from  the human  mind 
and  at  a  stroke  you  have  swept  com- j 
merce from sea and  land, closed  factory 
and store,  and  put an end  to  all  enter­
prise.  Worse still,  you  have  put  upon 
man 
the  brand  of  Esau—“his  hand 
against  every  man,  and  every  man’s 
hand  against  him”—for  you  have  de­
stroyed confidence between man and man 
and hurled the  race  back to a  condition 
of barbarism and  savagery,  from  which 
faith  has hardly rescued  it  and given it, 
instead,  a high order  of  civilization and 
fraternity.
The burglar and robber have no faith— 
they do not need  it;  but  we  are not  all 
thieves,  and so  long as  we intend to live 
honest lives and  make  an honest living, 
we shall  need ail  the faith of  which  we 
are capable. 

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

The  Drug- M arket.

Gum opium  has  advanced,  on  account 

of a firmer market in Smyrna.

Morphia is unchanged.
Oil anise has advanced and  is  tending 

higher.

Quicksilver is higher  and  all  mercur­

ials are tending upward.

Linseed  oil,  from  competition,  was 
sold as low as  44c,  but  has  reacted  and 
is now firm  at 52c  for  raw  and  55c  for 
j boiled.__________________

P R O D U C E   M A R K E T .

I  Apples—So scarce as to be  unquotable.

A sparagus—Has com edow n w ith a rush, being 
sold last week for SI per doz., w hile th is  week it 
brings only 25c.

Beans—Slow.  Dealers  pay S1.30@1.40 for coun­

try picked,  holding hand picked a t $1.75. 
i  B utter—Beat dairy is  bringing 15@l6e and fair 
dairy ll@13c.  Creamery brings 18@2  c.

Cabbages—Supply 

is  good.  Floridas  are  un­

changed at $2 per crate.

Celery—Entirely out of the m arket.
Cucum bers —Are sold at $1  per dozen.
Eggs—Are slow sale  for  the  commission  men 
at present, farm ers m onopolizing the trade  w ith | 
the  grocers.  D ealers  pay  9*@10c,  selling for 
lie .

Field  Seeds—M edium  and  mammoth  clover, 
$6.25@6.40:  Alsyke, 88@9.50;  A lfalfa,  $G.i5@7.50; 
Tim othy,  $1.15;  Red  Top,  75c;  O rchard  Grass, 
$1.60.

H oney—W hite clover, 14c; buckw heat,  lie.
Lettuce—Supply is increasing.  D ealers pay Gc 

and sell for 6c per  lb.

Maple Sugar—So scarce as to be practically out 

of th e m arket.

M aple Syrup—Is unchanged. 

for 65c an d  held a t $1 per gal.

It is still bought 

Onions—Home-grown  old  are about out of the 
m arket.  Berm udas  are  In  good  supply  and 
easily bring  $2.50 per bu. crate.  G reen  are  im 
j  proving in quantity an d q n a lity ; they  bring  10c 
j  per doz. bunches.
j  Radishes—Are plentiful.  Outside stock brings 
I  25@23c, and home-grown.  15@20c.
I  Spinach—Taken a tum ble from  -75c  to  40c  per 
bu.

Tom atoes—Supply  is  only  fair.  D ealers  are 

asking $3.75 per 6-basket  crate.

Pie P lant—Is a d ru g  on  the m arket.  It is w orth 
I a t w holesale but lc per lb. and dealers w ill soon 
I  be  com pelled  to  offer  a  prem ium   to  get  it off 
j  tb eir bands.

Straw berries—Tennessees  are ju s t now   begin- 
|  ning to affect th e m arket.  The  present price is 
15c per qt. box.

Potatoes—T he T radesman has stated all along 
th a t potatoes had  reached high  w ater m ark, and 
th a t a reaction m ight  be expected  at  any  time, 
j  The reasons for th a t position w ere plainly given.
!  Last week the m arket fell  off  5c  from  th e  pre- 
j vious w eek’s figures, and the probability is  -that 
they  w ill  continue  to  recede.  The m arket has 
S no features w orth  noting.  New  potatoes  (Ber­
m udas)  are in  fair supply and are  held  by  deal 
ers a t $2.50 per bu.

GAJMDIES,  FR U ITS  an d   N UTS. 
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

STICK  CANDY.
Cases

Standard,  per  lb ............
•*  H .H ...................
Tw ist  ..............
“ 
Boston  Cream  .................. 
Cut  L oaf...........................
E xtra  H.  H ..................... . .  

3*
8*
MIXED CANDY.

6
6
6

Bbls. Pails.
7
7
7
8 *

“

7 *

Bbls.
..5 *
..5 *
-.6 *
..7

S tandard ...........................
L eader...............................
R oyal.................................
N obby...............................
English  R ock................ .
C onserves.......................
Broken Taffy..................
P eanut Squares.............. . .. 
F rench C ream s..............
Valley  Cream s..............
Midget, 30 lb.  b ask ets..
“  —
M odern, 30 lb. 
fan cy—in  b u lk

Pails.
6 *
6 *
7 *
8
8
8
8
8 *
9
13
...  8 *
...  8
Palls.
......  8*
Lozenges,  p la in ......................................
p rin ted ..................................
.......  9 *
Chocolate D rops......................................
....... 12
Chocolate M onum entals......................
.....   12*
.......   5
Gum D rops...............................................
......  7*
Moss D rops...............................................
......  8*
Sour D rops...............................................
......  10
Im perials....................  ...........................
Per Box
fan cy—In 5 lb. boxes.
......... 50
Lemon  D rops................  .......................
......... 50
Sour D ro p s....... .....................................
Pepperm int D rops..................................
..75 
Chocolate D rops.................................... .
..60 
H. M. Chocolate  D rops.........................
..40 
Gum  D rops..............................................
Licorice Drops.......................................
.1  00 
..80 
A.  B.  Licorice  D rops...........................
..60 
Lozenges, plain.......................................
..65
p rin te d .................................
Im perials................................................................... 60
M ottoes.......................................................................70
Cream B ar................. 
55
Molasses  B a r............................................................ 55
Hand  Made  C ream s........................................ S5@95
Plain Cream s............................................................ 80
Decorated Cream s.............................................  
.90
String  R ock..............................................................60
B urnt Alm onds...................................................1  00
W lntergreen  B erries..............................................60

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No. 1, 
51
No. 2, 
28

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ORANGES.

N avels, 96-112s........................................
126...............................................
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150-176- 200-226s 
•Fancy  Seedlings,  126s.........................
150-176-200-2268...
250s..........................

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Choice,  380.............................................
Choice 300.................................................
E xtra choice 360....................................
E x tra fancy 300.......................................
E xtra fancy 360......................................

BANANAS.

Large bu n ch es........................................
Small b u n ch e s........................................
OTHER  FOREIGN  FRUITS.
Figs, fancy  layers, Sib..........................
201b..........................
141b..........................
Dates, Pard, 10-lb.  bo x .........................
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Persian, 50-lb.  b o x ....................

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Iv a c a .......................................
C alifornia..............................
Brazils, new ............................................
F ilb e rts.....................................................
W alnuts, G renoble.  ........................... .
F ren ch .....................................
C alif........................................
Table  Nuts,  fa n c y .................................
ch o ic e ...............................
Pecans. Texas, H.  P.,  .........................
C hestnuts...........•....................................
H ickory N uts per b u .............................
Cocoanuta, fu ll sacks...........................

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Fancy, H.  P .,S u n s................................
“  R oasted..................
Fancy, H.  P., F la g s..............................
“  R oasted.................
Choice, H.  P.,  E x tra s...........................
“  R oasted..............

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O IL S .
BARBELS.
E ocene..........................................
XXX  W.  W.  Mich.  H eadlight
N ap th a............................................................
Stove G asoline.............................................
C y lin d er.............................................. .....2 7
Engine......................................... 13
Black, 15 cold  te st......................................

FROM  TANK  WAGON.

E o c e n e ..........................................................  
XXX  W. W.  Mich.  H eadlight................. 

LIVE.

P O U L T R Y . 
Local dealers pay as follow s:
T u rk e y s...........................................
C hickens.........................................
F ow ls......... 
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D ucks...............................................
G eese...............................................
T urkeys...........................................
C hickens.........................................
F o w l.................................................
D ucks...............................................
G eese...............................................
UNDRAWN.
T urkeys...........................................
C hickens..........................................
Fowls  .............  .............................
D ucks...............................................
G eese...............................................

DRAWN.

.  8 @  8 *
7 @  8
6 @  6 *
8 @  9
8 @  9
11 @12
@13
11
10 @11
.10 @12
9 @  9 *
7*@   8
G*@  7
.  8 @  9
.  8 @  9

2  75
3  50
4  00
3  00 
2  65

3  00
3  25
4  00 
4 00

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@ 12* 
@14 
@15 
@  7 
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@  5

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@15
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@11
@13
@ 10
@12
@12
@11 
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1  25 
3 50

@ 5* 
@  7 
@ 5* 
@  7 
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@ 6
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RIVER  SHOES

12,  14 and  16 PearlSt.

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

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

BOSTON

AGENTS  FOR  THE

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SPECIALTIES
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WITHINGTON  &  COOLEY  H nf.  Co.

AGRICULTURAL  TOOLS,

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Patented.

NO.  1

N O  2

NO. 3.

The above cuts show  a few of th e m any purposes this device  w ill serve.
Cut No.  1  m eagerly shows its adaptation as a Screw  D river—anyone readily  understands th a t it 
will drive a s< rew  in .a s several other devices on th e spiral plan  drive a  screw  the same w ay, b ut 
there is  no other one th a t w ill  do th is:  Take  a screw  out w ith exactly th e same  push  m ovem ent 
as it w as put in  and ju st  as quickly; this is done by simply grasping the  brass shell  w ith  th e  left 
hand,  and  having  hold  of  the  wood  handle  w ith  the rig h t; simply give the right hand a  tw ist 
tow ard yon; this reverses it to take out a screw ; in like m anner give  it a turn  from   you,  and it is 
ready to drive the  screw.

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

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

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

S .  F .  BOWSBFt &   C o.,  M a n f» s,

WRITE  FOR  CIRCULAR.

FORT  WAYNE,  IND.

WICKWIRE  BROS.

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

TERMINATOR.

A l s o  a s   Com plete a  Tine  o f  Fishing 

Tackle a s  anybody  carries.

R
r & @

st e rX tevens

WlONROfc 

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CHEAPEST.
Iced  Coffee  Cakes, 
Michigan  Frosted Honey, 
S* ymour Butters,
Graham  Crackers,

Sears

are

the

BEST.

ROYAL  TOAST 

TO
YOUR
NEXT
ORDER

SOMETHING  NEW 

AND  A

GOOD  SELLER.

Watch  out  for  our  new  spring  novelties. 

sellers.

They  are 

N ew  York B iscuit Co.,

S .  A .  S JB A R S ,  Manager,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Do  They Due  Poultry i

Buy all the first-class Poultry you can get and ship to me.  1 want  it  and  will 

pay highest market price.

F. J. DETTENTHALER,  117 and  119 Monroe St.

Your Noch of le  M s  ?
Dwinell,  Wrigtt  &  Co’s

FINE

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

OLNEY  b JUD80N  GROGER  GO

ll ave  trebled  our  business  since  we  have  been 

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

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

Java,

We 

Äßme Hand Potato Planter

SIMPLE, DURABLE, PRACTICAL.

Works perfectly in Clay,  Gravel or  Sandy Soil, 

Sod or  New Ground.  Plants  at  any and 

uniform depth in moist soil. 

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Makes  Holes,  Drops  and 
Covers  at  One  Operation.

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A  DEMONSTRATED  SUCCESS.

As necessary to F arm ers as a Corn  P lanter.

PLACE  ORDERS  EARLY  WITH—

FLETCHER  HARDWARE  CO,  5«:  FOSTER,  STEVENS  &  C0„

DETROIT,  MICH., 

GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.,

PRICE  $12  PER  DOZEN.

  GLASSW ARE.

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Agents  Western  Michigan,  Grand  Rapids.

C R O C K E R Y  
IF
YOU
H A V E
A N Y
IJOU1VI

About What  to Buy in

TO ILET  SE T S 

D in n e r  Sets

or anything in

C rock ery  or  G la ssw a re

come  and  see our assortm ent or w rite  
for special prices and list of n ew  g o o d s .

15021  P a t t e r n

THE  BEAUTY

Of  buying  this  assorted Package is,  we carry  the oest selling 
pieces in open stock so you can  keep your assortment  up  at  a  very  slight 
outlay.  The package contains:
1-2  dozen  4 piece Sets
1-2
Tumblers
3
1-6
1-6
1-4
1-4
3
1-6

1-4  dozen Celeries
1-6 
Pickles
1-4
5 in.  Bell Jellies
1-6 
1-6 
7 in.Oblong Dishes
1-6
8 in. 
1-6
Oils
1 

1-2 Gallon Jug s 
7 in.  Covered Bowls 
S in. 
7 in.  Nappies
8 in. 
4 in. 
10 in.  Salvers

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“ Molasses Cans
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And only cost you.. ....................... $13.53
Less 10 per  cent. .........................   1.35
Net. ....................... $12.18

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This gives  you a Nice,  New  Stock at very little money.

Gallos Pitcher.. 
321  PRISM   ASSORTED  PACKAGE.

Tumbler.

U.  LEONARD  &  SO NS,  G ran d  R a p id s ,  M ich.

