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GRAND  RAPIDS 

BRUSH  GOMP’Y,
ERS OF B R U S H E S GRAND RAPIDS, 

MICH.

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  W EDNESDAY,  JULY  11,  1894. 

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NO.  564

THEORY VS.  PRACTICE.

I.

Some people are full  of  theories,  and 
that  is  all  it ever amounts to,  and some 
read all about others’ theories,  and  then 
forget the whole matter in the  rush  and 
pnsh of practical business.  But Detroit 
claims a  merchant  who  can  appreciate 
theories and give them the full test,  and 
when, one  morning  he  read,  in  an  ex­
change,  the scheme called “The Business 
Lover,” he immediately  felt  a  thrill  of 
sympathy with the idea,  and  determined 
at  once  to  put  it  into execution.  The 
following is what he  read:

Mrs.  Frank Leslie will attempt a  busi­
ness  revolution.  Business  is  now  too 
matter of  fact.  There  should  be  more 
heart in  it.  The  customers  of  a  house 
should  be a sort of club,  obliging it to be 
more lenient and agreeable.  Then there 
should  be  receptions  during  business 
hours.  The  families  of  business  men 
should be more a part of  the  trade  than 
they  are.  The  Orientals,  Mrs.  Leslie 
thinks,  manage snch  things  better  than 
we do. 
In the “Arabian Nights,”  for in­
stance,  the  merchants  made 
love  and 
danced and did other things in the course 
of their work.  The  trouble in our coun­
try is that the  people  do  not  get  much 
fun in business hours.  We are all of us 
too busy.
According  to Mrs.  Leslie there is to be 
a change.  There  must  be  no  cast-iron 
rules.  The employes should hold levees 
and  teas  and  all  the rest of it.  That a 
change must come she has no  douot.

Having studied up his subject,  he  set 
himself to laying out his plans of  action. 
In the first place, “There should be more 
heart in it.”  He  believed he bad  been a 
little cold toward his  employes—except­
ing,  perhaps  a  few  of his prettiest girl 
clerks—but  he  would  remedy  this  at 
once by showing  more  kindness  to  all, 
and  an  extra  allowance  to  the  pretty 
ones

“The customers  of  the  house  should 
be a sort of club," etc.  Mr.  Theorist de­
cided that he  would  have  to  skip  over 
this clause,  until  results  were  obtained 
regarding other portions.

“There  should  be  receptions  during 
business hours.”  T.iat  would  be  easy 
enough.  “The  families of business men 
should be more a part of the  trade  than 
they arf.”  Mr.  Theorist did not exactly 
“catch  on”  to  this,  but  would  give  it 
more thought later on.  Jnst  at  present 
perhaps it would be as well not  to  men­
tion  his new ideas to his family,  until he 
should see how  the  thing  worked,  you 
know.

“The  Orientals  manage  such  things 
better than  we  do,”  making  love,  dan­
cing, etc., in the midst  of  their  various 
occupations.  Teas  and 
levees  should 
also be held,  and all go merry as  a  wed­
ding bell.  Now if this great  innovation 
was  to  strike  America—reasoned  Mr. 
Theorist—why should not Detroit set the 
ball rolling ?  No doubt  it  would  boom 
the City of  the Straits in  an  astonishing 
manner,  and  outsiders,  hearing  of  the 
great and charming change,  would  come 
flocking  here  to 
trade,  and  business 
would take such a leap that old fogy mer­
chants who had been  plodding  along  in 
the old fashioned way  would  feel  their

heads swim.  Money would  pour  in  by 
the barrel, and the  great  financial  ques­
tion  would be  settled  at  once  and  for­
ever.

ii.

The next day the  clerks  at  Mr.  The­
orist’s store  were  somewhat  startled  at 
his behavior.  The  girl  clerks  received 
shakes  of the hand all  around,  and  the 
pretty  ones  extra squeezes.  The young 
men  were hailed with  a  warmth  before 
unheard of,  and  a  general  “Do  as  you 
please,  I am your loving brother”  air per­
vaded all of Mr.  Theorist’s  actions.  To 
such an extent did he carry his affection­
ate demonstrations that the girls giggled, 
blushed, or felt indignant,  according  to 
their  different  temperaments,  and  the 
young men entertained a divided opinion 
as to whether Mr. Theorist was going in­
sane  or  had  not  yet  recovered  from a 
Saturday night jag.

But gradually  and  cautiously  he  un­
folded his  plans to one after another and 
made arrangements to realize  his  hopes. 
As to the clerks, they  received his  prop­
ositions—he  was  happy  to  see—in  a 
proper and appreciative manner.

Rest  assured  that  among  themselves 
they agreed that it was too good a  “ lark” 
to be missed.

Wednesday morning  the  ball  opened, 
and those clerks entered  into  the  spirit 
of the thing  with  a  dash  of  enterprise 
that surprised even  the ardent and hope­
ful Mr. Theorist.

The  floor  walker  gave  a  song  and 
dance in the center aisle,  as  aa  opening 
number  on  the  program,  and  was  fol­
lowed  by  No.  3, of the silk counter, in a 
short speech on the beneficial  results  of 
combinations,  not  only  as  applied  to 
newspapers  or  changeable  silks,  but to 
employers  and  employes  in  general. 
While  he  talked  he  hauled  over  279 
pieces of silk dress goods for the  benefit 
of two lady customers,  who  finally  took 
eight samples  apiece  and  went  silently 
away, leaving  a  deep  impression  as  to 
the  recklessness  of  their  expenditures.
No. 7, of the linen  counter,  folded and 
unfolded the finest pieces of damask  for 
a  lady  in  deep  mourning  who  finally 
bought two yards  of  brown  toweling  at 
8 cents per yard.  As he slipped a 50-cent 
piece into the cash carrier and sent it scoot­
ing along the tramway, he opened  up  an 
argument  on 
the  silver  question,  and 
with  a  devotion  worthy  of an Allen of 
Nebraska,  he  might  have  been  talking 
yet, had not  Mr.  Theorist  himself  hap­
pened  along  and  asked  the  woman  in 
mourning  to  take  the  elevator  to  the 
second floor where she would  find  cakes 
and coffee.  Wondering  if  Mr.  Theorist 
had added a restaurant to his  store,  she 
hastened  away  to  investigate.  But  as 
there  were  no  charges,  she  concluded 
that it must be “opening day.”

No. 4, of the  wool  goods  department, 
produced  a  violin  and  began  drawing 
therefrom sweet strains—or  otherwise— 
to  the  great  delight  of  his  listeners.
“May  I  have  the  honor  of  the  next 
waltz,  or is your program already full ?” 
asked No. 9 of a robust Irish woman with

a  market  basket  on  her  arm,  who had 
just entered the store to buy  a  paper  of 
pins and a darning needle.

“Faix,  young  man,”  she  answered, 
“me  program’s  all  right, 
though  the 
docther do say it may  be affected in toime 
be me liver, which same  is a little aff jist 
noo.  But  Oi’m  thinkin’ 
it’s  yerself 
that’s full and ye’d bether  be  takin’  the 
goold  cure  before  it’s  too  late foriver. 
Take me advoice noo and  be  takin’  yer- 
silf out of me way before Oi  report ye to 
the  propriether  of  this  institooshun.” 
No. 9 turned to the girl  behind  the  rib­
bon counter.

“Miss M— he avowed,  “I  love  you 
to distraction.  Leave those interminabiet 
rainbow hued rolls of  silk—with  cotton 
warp—and let us stray  together  through 
bowers  of—of—of—roses  in  the  millin­
ery department.”

reciprocation  of  his 

But Miss M.  refused to  leave  her  post 
of duty,  although she  acknowledged to a 
full 
affection. 
“Miss R—.’’called out No.  10, of the um­
brella counter,  to the clerk of stationary, 
etc., if I  buy this elegant  blue  silk  um­
brella  with  solid  gold  handle  will you 
walk through all the storms of  life  with 
me ?  And  Miss  R.  said  she  would  if 
he’d let her walk with some other fellow 
when the sun shone.

HI.

A tall gentleman entered the store,  and 
stopping at the hosiery counter,  asked to 
see  some  children’s  stockings.  “Child­
ren’s hose ?  Ah, yes,” said the girl clerk 
with a  ravishing  smile.  “I  do  so  love 
children. 
Is it for your  own  child  you 
are buying, and are you a widower?” And 
the customer returned the smile, and said 
the  child  was  his  own  and that he was 
sorry to add that  its  mother  still  lived 
and there had been no divorce.

Then  the  girl  sighed  and  murmured 
something  about  still beiug able to be a 
sister  to  him,  and  pressed  some  very 
long stockings into his hands at 15  cents 
a pair,  marked down from 35.  She  sold 
two pair,  and then,  seeing  Mr.  Theorist 
coming down the aisle,  she left her coun­
ter  and  taking  him  by  the  arm,  com­
plained that the  floor  walker  had  been 
chucking  the  jewelry  clerk  under  the 
chin  and  neglected  to  bring  her  some 
chocolate  drops.  Such  partiality  was 
not to be endured within  the  bounds  of 
such  a  brother  and  sisterhood  as  this 
firm proposed to become.

But Mr. Theorist seemed in an  excited 

state of  mind and only cried:

“ On with the dance.  All hearts shall 
beat as  one.”  And  so  things  went  on 
and  on,  and  as  the  day  advanced  the 
store  became  thronged  with  customers 
who listened to declarations of  love,  in­
vitations  to  dance,  offers  of  ice  cream 
and candy or tea and cake,  and  all  were 
met with warm hand shakes  and  finally 
escorted to the door and  invited,  in  the 
most gushing terms,  to come again.

“How’s trade?”  asked Mr.  Theorist of 
the  cashier,  and  the  cashier  answered 
that  it  had  never  been  better  except 
once,  and  then  added  in  an undertone 
that that  “once”  Included  all  preceding

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THS  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

years that he had handled money  for  the 
firm.

But  when  evening  came  and  the ac­
counts for the day were figured up  there 
seemed  to  be  a  remarkable  shortage. 
And Mrs. Theorist, too,  dropped  in just 
before  6  o’clock,  having  heard  some 
rumor of the goings on at the  store,  and 
caught Mr. Theroist in the  act  of  hang­
ing over  the  glove  counter,  letting  the 
young lady clerk measure one  hand  with 
a  tape  line,  while  with  the  other  he 
stroked the long yellow braid  which  fell 
over her shoulder.

“Did you need a new pair of  gloves ?” 
asked Mrs.  T.  And not  being previously 
aware  of  her  proximity,  the  icy  tones 
chilled him  to the  heart  and  resounded 
through the galleries of his brain,  for all 
the world as though  bis  head  had  been 
empty.  And  he  gasped  faintly  and 
jerked both  hands away,  and  forgetting 
to  let  go  the  yellow  braid,  the  glove 
clerk  shrieked,  “Ouch!”  in  a  tone  of 
mingled alarm and agony.

Mrs. Theroist now sat  down  and  pro­
posed  to  stay  as  long  as  anybody did. 
AS nobody  attended to  business  because 
it would have been  “too matter of  fact,’’ 
everything was in  the  direst  confusiou, 
and it took  until  8 o’clock  to  bring  any 
sort  of  order  out  of  chaos.  Then  the 
clerks were ordered to go home and come 
again in the morning,  expecting  to  take 
up work on the old plan.

“They’ve  had  a  little  recreation,  my 
dear,”  said  Mr.  Theorist to bis wife,  “a 
sort of a ‘day off’  from the usual  routine. 
But times are not ripe yet for  this  inno­
vation  1  hoped to present to the world of 
trade.  But it’s sure to  come,  my  dear, 
all in good time—all  in  good  time.  All 
great inventors and agitators are laughed 
at at first.  Aud when it does  come,  the 
people of Detroit  will  remember  that  1 
was  the  first  to  comprehend its unique 
originality.”

P r u ell a  J a n et  Sherm an.

R evised   F orm   o f  th e  R ules o f  P ractice.
The Michigan Wholesale  Grocers’  As­
revised 
sociation  has 
its  Rules  of 
Practice in  several  respects,  the  present 
form reading as follows:
RULE  i.

A  charge  for  cartage  shall  be  made 
upon all goods, shipped by  rail or water, 
of not less than  two  cents  per  hundred 
weight,  by  all members  of  the  Associa­
tion,  which shall include  cartage  on  all 
goods  delivered  by  jobbers 
in  cities 
where they reside  (no charge  to  be  less 
than five cents), excepting  sugar,  green 
fruits,  vegetables  and  perishable goods, 
oil,  flour,  meats  (fresh  and  salt),  lard, 
common  salt.  No  charge  for  cartage 
shall be made on shipments of  one  hun­
dred pounds or less.

A charge shall be made for all packing 
boxes  and  packing  bags  used 
in  the 
delivery  of  goods  sold,  which  charge 
shall equal the  cost  thereof.  This  rule 
need not apply in case of cigar sales.

Sugars shall not be sold on longer time 
than thirty  days,  nor  at  a  greater  dis­
count than  1 per cent,  for cash  within 10 
days  sharp;  or  after  10  days,  interest 
allowed only at  the rate  of  6  per  cent, 
per annum for the unexpired time.

RULE  III.

RULE  II.

RULE  IV.

RULE  V.

Alt  payments for goods must  be  made 
in funds that are at par at the point  from 
which the sale of said goods  was  made.

No collections  shall  be  made 

from 
customers by traveling  salesmen  except­
ing in cases of insolvency of  the  debtor, 
or  in 
towns  where  there  is  neither  a 
bank,  money  order  office  nor  express 
office.

No  goods  shall  be  sold  cartage  and 
railroad

RULE  VL
excepting  at 

freight  paid, 

from 

stations  where  there  is  no  agent,  in 
which case both freight and cartage shall 
be c. arged to buyer.  No  goods shall  be 
sold  at  a  delivered  price,  excepting 
cigars where a shipment is  made  of  this 
item  alone,  by 
itself;  canned  goods 
factory;  all 
shipped  direct  from 
the 
goods sold to United States  government, 
or  to  State  and  county 
institutions, 
where their rules of purchase comoel the 
jobber  to  name  a  delivered  price;  aud 
also  excepting  goods  on  which  manu­
facturers  name  a  delivered  price,  and 
which  are  shipped  direct 
the 
factory,  such  as  Proctor  &  Gamble’s 
soaps,  and  other  goods  sold  on  a  like 
basis.
R etailer’s P u rch asin g C om bination s.
At 

From tne American Grocer.
intervals  of  a  few  years  there 
comes over the retail  trade a  craze  for a 
buying combination  or  purchasing  syn­
dicate,  based upon the  idea  that  money 
can  be saved by getting  goods  from first 
hands aud then distributing  them among 
its  members.  The  strongest  objections 
to  this  plan  come  from  the  retailers 
themselves, 
including  many  who  are 
advocates of aud  belong to retail  grocers’ 
associations.  These  men  object  to  the 
leveling power of the plan,  as it discrim­
inates  against  the  most  enterprising, 
thrifty and largest retailers. 
It  gives to 
the man ignorant of  business  principles 
and  methods,  with  small  and  limited 
capital,  the  same  advantages  possessed 
by his more progressive neighbor in high 
credit.
It is  destructive  of  individuality  and 
puts a premium  upon  ignorant,  iudiffer- 
ent,  incompetent  and possibly  insolvent 
retailers. 
It is a  violation  of  the  prin­
ciple involved in  the  demand of  the  re­
tailers 
that the jobbers  should  not  sell 
the  consumer.  This  purchasing  syndi­
cate seeks to overthrow  or do away  with 
the services of the jobbers,  who in equity 
have as much  right  to demand of the im­
porters,  manufacturers and the first hand 
dealers that they  shall  not  sell  the  re­
tailers, as the latter have to demand  that 
jobbers  shall  not  sell  consumers  or 
hotels.
The best retailers desire  perfect  free­
dom as to the style, character  and  qual­
ify' of their stock.  The  purchasing syn­
dicate places, as it  were,  all of  its  mem­
bers in  a  mold.  They  ail  keep  “Mer­
chant’s  Oats,”  or  whatever  the  article 
may be; and  unless they all agree to  sell 
at the same price,  there  will  soon  be  a 
war of prices among  themselves.
They  will  run  against  iunnumerable 
snags,  among  the  foremost  being  the 
liability to irregularity  in the  quality of 
their  proprietary  brands 
through  not 
always buying  from the same  party  in­
stead of the lowest bidder.  Part  of  the 
policy of  the most representave retailers 
in this country  is  never  to  change  the 
source of supply so long  as  high quality 
is  maintained.  And 
thus  it  happens 
that for thirty or forty  years  they  have 
bought their spices aud other goods from 
the same firms, no  inducement  of  price 
or terms being  strong  enough  to  cause 
them to  assume the  risks  involved  in a 
change.
It is doubtful  if  a  purchasing  syndi­
cate can buy,  deliver  and settle for mer­
chandise at as low or lower cost than the 
jobbers,  who are now  distributing goods 
at a net profit of 1 to 2  per  cent, on their 
sales.  No syndicate  can possibly render 
as varied  or complete  a  service  as  the 
jobber.  Why, then, try  the  experiment 
of  co-operative  buying? 
It  has  been 
tried over and  over  again  without  suc­
cess, and yet no sooner is the past  record 
forgotten than a new set of  men,  gener­
ally  young  and 
inexperienced,  again 
make the attempt.
A iraual  Picn ic  o f  th a  J a c k so n   R etail 
J ackson  June  29—Our Committee  on 
Excursion  are  hard  at  work.  We  will 
probably  go  to  Devil’s  Lake on the  C., 
J.  &  M.  Railway  this  year,  as  it  is  a 
much  better  place 
than  Baw  Beese 
Lake and about  the  same  distance  and 
same fare.  Our date  will  be the same as 
yours. 
If  nothing  happens,  we  expect 
another association to  join  us  with  600 
to 800 people,  which,  if we  have as good 
a crowd as  we  anticipate,  will  make  us 
a good-sized  time.

G rocers’  A ssociation .

W.  H.  P o rter,  Sec’y.

W E   DO  N O T   C H A R G E

$9-5°  per  box  for  LEMONS

if they do sell for that in Chicago.  We bought at  fair  pricts 
and give customers the benefit.  Get our prices  before buying.
THEOPUTNAM  CANDY  CO.

/# E A M   F U i c r
•'baking POWDer1

SOLD  AT  THIS  PRICE

HAS  NO  SUPERIOR  -   BUT  FEW  EQUALS
T H E   ONLY  HIGH  G R A D E   BAKING POWDER
oOZ.CAN  10^* 

I LB. CAN  2 5^
NORTHROP.  ROBERTSON.&  C A R R I E R
LOUISVILLE  KY.

MANUFACTURED  BY

BANANAS We handle  the best fruit only, 

and  solicit  orders  from  dealers 

who  desire  to handle  that grade.

LANS/NG MICH. 

T h e   D U T X A M   C A N D Y  C O .

R Panacea  for  Dill! Times.

The safest,  speediest and  most effective cure for dull  times 
is  the  liberal  use  of  printers’  ink.  The  business  man who 
keeps  himself  before  the  public controls the magnet that at­
tracts trade.  Reward follows those possessing the  courage  to 
buffet the tide of adverse circumstances.

Let the line of trade with which you are  identified  know 
that you are still  at the old stand and ready for patronage.  If 
you  have  anything  new  let  the  printer  help  you  make  it 
known.

We are experts in  all  branches of typography and engrav­
ing.  Long established, excellent facilities,  perfect  eepiipment, 
and  bottom prices for the best class of work.  You can rely on 
our  promptness.

The  TR A D ESM A N   COITPANY,  Grand  Rapids.

the odds and ends left from last month’s  business and

C L E A N   U P
S T O C K   U P

with  new goods.

will  pick  lip  some  and  those  who  have plenty of goods on 

hand will  reap the benefit.

T H B   P U T N A M   C A N D Y   C O .

THE  NOBLE  RED  MAN.

Further  Tribute  to  Their  Character 

and Customs.

last  week.  He  said: 

Mr.  A.  W.  Pike  continued  his  inter­
esting talk on the aboriginal  inhabitants 
of this State to  a T radesm an represent­
ative 
“You 
omitted to  say,  in  speaking  of  the  re­
ligious  belief of  the  Indians,  that  they 
believe in both a good and  a  bad  spirit. 
The former they call  Kitche-Manitou, or 
the Good Spirit,  and the  latter  Manitou, 
or  the  devil.  Most  of  their  religious 
ceremonies were  designed  to  propitiate 
the  evil  spirit—Kitche-Manitou,  being 
good, did  not need propitiating,  but they 
besought his good offices  as  against  the 
evil designs  of  Manitou.  Storms,  acci­
dents and sickness—in  fact,  disaster  of 
any  kind—were  the  outcome  of  pure 
malevolence on the part of  Manitou, and 
they  were  kept  busy  endeavoring  to 
ward off  the  effects  of  his  cussedness. 
Manitou 
in  Lake  Michigan, 
were so named  by  the  Indians  because 
of their belief that  they were  the  abode 
of Manitou.  There  is  a  legend  to  the 
effect that, some hundreds of  years  ago, 
a  large  boatload  of  Indians  were  de­
stroyed by him  when  near  the  shore  of 
one of the Islands.  Two  gigantic  arms, 
so the legend  goes,  were  seen  to  come 
up out of the water  and  draw  the  boat 
and  its  occupants  beneath  the  waves. 
None of the party were ever  seen  after­
wards, and from that day to  this  no  In­
dian has ever set  foot  on  either  Island. 
I started for the Manitous once  and  the 
Indians tried to dissuade me from going. 
1  went and  returned  safely,  of  course. 
It would have been  interesting  to  have 
heard to what the Indians  attributed my 
safe return, but 1 never heard.

Islands, 

tales, 

like  nearly  all  Indian 

“The Indians believe that at  one time, 
far  back  in  the  prehistoric  past, 
the 
whole  State  of  Michigan  was  under 
water;  that, in fact,  there  was  no  land 
anywhere—just  water,  water  every­
where.  The  Indians  account  for  the 
land, as we see it, in this way:  A musk­
rat dove down under the water  in an en­
deavor to  find  land,  but  failed  to  find 
any.  Then a beaver tried  his  luck  and 
returned with a small quantity  of  earth. 
This  earth  Kitche-Manitou  took  and 
blew upon,  and it  grew  and  grew until 
it assumed the shape in which  we see it. 
There can be  little  doubt  that this leg­
end, 
is 
founded on  fact.  That  Michigan,  and, 
perhaps, the whole American  continent, 
was at one time  under  water  is  beyond 
question.  Some  mighty  convulsion  of 
nature, which  turned  the  sea  into  dry 
the 
land,  could  alone  have  produced 
physical  phenomena  with  which 
the 
State abounds.  Look  at  Sleeping  Bear 
hill,  of  which  1  told  you  last  week. 
Here is  an  immense  sand  hill,  several 
miles in length,  over  half  a  mile  wide 
and nearly three hundred  feet  high,  dif­
fering entirely  in  its  composition  from 
the soil  of  the  adjacent  country,  which 
is of a clayey nature.  On its top  are  to 
be found great boulders weighing several 
tons which certainly were not  put  there 
by the  hand  of  man.  Where  did  that 
great heap of sand come from,  and  how 
did those rocks  reach  their  position  on 
top of  the  hill?  Perhaps  they  are  de­
posits from the glacial  period,  to which, 
perhaps,  is  attributable  many  of  the 
curious physical  features  of  the  State. 
On top of some  of  the  highest  hills  of 
Michigan have been found shells such as

THK  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

| one may pick up any day  on  the  shores 
of Lake Erie,  but which are distinctively 
water shells.  How did they  reach  such 
a  high  altitude?  On  these  same  hills, 
too, are  found  stones  which  have,  ap­
parently at least,  been melted  and  scar­
ified by  heat.  They  would  not  be  af­
fected by the  highest  possible  artificial 
temperature.  These  phenomena  mean 
something.  They  undoubtedly  indicate 
that at some period,  far back in  the  un­
known  past,  ages  before  man  appeared 
upon the  scene,  nature,  awaking  from 
her  long  sleep,  threw  off  the  aqueous 
robe which had for so long been her only 
covering,  and,  when  the  struggle  be­
tween land and  water was  ended,  moun­
tains and hills,  valleys and prairies were 
left as monuments to mark the  scene  of 
battle.

“The  Indians  were  quick  to  notice 
anything unusual on the face of  a  land­
scape,  and most of the names which they 
gave to rivers,  lakes and mountains were 
based  upon  something  of  the  sort. 
It 
was so with their  own  names.  When  I 
was  a  boy  I  had  a  sweetheart  whose 
name  was  Pa-shob- in-no- qua,  which 
means daylight,  or  the  breaking  of  the 
day.  She was born just at the  dawn  of 
day,  and  she  was  named  accordingly. 
The last syllable of the name,  qua,  sim­
ply means woman and was affixed  to the 
names of  all  females.  Simple  as  were 
their lives and  undemonstrative  as  they 
were,  they were yet  very  romantic,  and 
everything in nature affected  them  even 
more than it does white people.

“Did I tell you about the first dinner l 
ever ate at Ottawa  Beach?  Well,  it  was 
long before it was ever  thought  of  as  a 
summer  resort,  of  course. 
I  had  sent 
word  to  a  man  who  lived  at  Prairie 
Ronde  that  1  would  meet  him  at  the 
mouth  of 
the  Muck-i-ta-wa-go-me— 
Black  River—on a certain  day. 
It  was 
late in  the  fall,  and  there  was  fully  a 
foot of snow on the ground,  although the 
rivers were  not yet  frozen  over. 
I  left 
home with just enough provisions to last 
me to the end  of my trip;  but  I  was  de­
layed  on  the  way  and  arrived  at  the 
place of meeting two  days  behind  time. 
For those two days 1 had had  nothing to 
eat,  and,  so  far  as  I  knew,  could  get 
nothing  until  I  reached  Port  Shelden, 
twelve miles farther up.  When  1 got to 
the River I could not get  across,  as  the 
water was high and 1 had  no canoe;  but, 
as luck  would  have  it,  an  Indian  had 
camped  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
stream,  and built  himself  a wigwam. 
I 
called for some time before I got  an  an­
swer and then the flap of the wigwam was 
pushed aside and a  squaw crawled  from 
the hut on her hands  and  knees  with  a 
shawl over her  head. 
In  this  way  she 
made her way to the  River  side,  where 
there was a canoe turned  bottom side up 
on  the  bank,  launched  the  canoe  and 
paddled across. 
I was soon  under  shel­
ter  in  the wigwam,  and  was  surprised 
to  discover  that  the  squaw  was  sick, 
which accounted for the  delay  and  also 
for her strange  actions.  But  about  the 
dinner:  Over the fire hung a  kettle  and 
in  it  were  some  muskrats  which  her 
husband,  who  bad  gone  hunting,  had 
dressed and put over the  fire  before  go­
ing out. 
I was used to  Indian  cooking, 
but  1. confess  the  appearance  of  thq$e 
rats made me feel a  little  bit squeamish. 
He  had  skinned  and  dressed  them,  of 
course, but had left the  heads  and  tails 
on, and there  they  were,  turning  sum­
mersaults one over the other as the water

boiled.  But hunger is good  sauce,  and I 
made a hearty meal  of  boiled  muskrat, 
even if they had been  cooked with  their 
tails  on.  Muskrat  meat  is  good  when 
properly cooked,  and the  squaws  gener­
ally know how  to  cook  it,  but,  in  this 
instamce,  the  squaw  was  sick  and  her 
husband,  manlike,  had not  been  as care­
ful as  he  might  have  been.  However, 
they had  not  been  expecting  company, 
although it would have  made  little  dif­
ference if they  had.

“Indian  hospitality  was  proverbial. 
Many a  time  I  have  struck  an  Indian 
camp,  cold and hungry, and, though they 
had not much for themselves, they would 
share what they  had with  me  and  give 
me the warmest place in the  wigwam  to 
sleep  in.  This  latter  generally  meant 
sleeping with the  dogs,  which would  lie 
all  around  one  during  the  night  and 
never disturb  him.  The days  when  we 
depended  on  dogs  for  our  warmth  at 
night  have  long  since  passed  away. 
Now we have coal  stoves  and  furnaces, 
and steam heaters  and  a  thousand  and 
one conveniences  which  were  not  even 
dreamed of in those early days.  Many a 
time 1 have been overtaken  by  night  in 
the depths of winter far from any human 
habitation,  but,  wrapped in my  blanket, 
with  hemlock  boughs  for  a  couch,  I 
would  sleep comfortably and soundly all 
night.  How  the  times  have  changed! 
With the passage of time have gone,  too, 
my friends the Indians (for they were all 
my friends),  and what  in those days was 
an  unbroken  wilderness,  peopled  with 
the simple red men  and  wild  beasts,  is 
now a country  of  cultivated  farms  and 
populous  towns.  The  silence  of  ages, 
unbroken save by  the  howling  of  wild 
animals and the war cry  of  Indians,  has 
given place to the busy hum  of  industry 
and the sound of our  many-voiced civili­
zation. 
I rejoice in  this,  of  course,  as 
does every man who has  given  the  sub­
ject any serious thought,  but  it  saddens 
me to  think  that  the  happy  homes  of 
Michigan  are  built  upon  the  graves  of 
my tried and true friends of earlier days, 
the Indians.  Never,  during  all  my long 
life of over fourscore years,  have  I  met 
with sincerer friendship,  more  unselfish 
kindness than I found among  these sim­
ple denizens of  the  forest;  but,  pagans 
as they were, and inimical  to the  genius 
of progress,  they have been  swept  from 
the face of the  earth  by  the  advancing 
tide of civilization.”
Grand Rapids Retail  Grocers’  Associa­
At the regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids Retail Grocers’  Association,  held 
at Elk’s Hall,  Monday  evening,  July  2, 
President Viergever presided.
A  communication  was  received  from 
the Secretary of the Retail Clerks’ Union, 
asking the Association  to  rescind  its ac­
tion regarding partial closing the Fourth 
of July,  as the  clerks  had  decided  that 
they  would  not report for duty at all on 
that day. 
It  was  decided  to  leave  the 
matter as it was.
The Secretary called  attention  to  the 
establishment of a packet  line on  Grand 
River,  when  Henry  Yinkemulder  set 
forth  the  advantages  of  the  route  to 
Grand  Rapids  shippers,  stating  why  it 
would be  desirable  for  local  dealers  to 
give the line a portion,  at  least, of  their 
patronage.
The  Committee  on  Flour  was  given 
further time to  report,  as  was  also  the 
case  with  the  Executive  Committee  on 
the picnic matter.
The  beneficent  effects  of  the  bond 
feature of the new peddling ordinance as 
evidenced by the curtailment of the num­
ber of fruit  peddlers  from  ten  to  four, 
was dwelt upon at some  length.  This is 
a manifest victory for legitimate trade.
There  being  no  further  business,  the 
meeting adjourned.

tion.

8
Examination  Session  of  the  Board  of 
Owosso,  June 29—At  the last meeting 
of the Board,  at Star Island,  the  follow­
ing persons were granted  certificates: 

Pharmacy.

RE G ISTER ED   PH ARM A CISTS.

L.  D.  Bates, Burnside.
M.  Benjamin,  Detroit.
E.  S.  Bridges,  Rochester.
W.  B.  Lunn,  Pontiac.
J. L. Tegarten, Cambellsburg,  Iud.
A.  B.  Thompson,  Hudson.
D. L.  Treat,  Adrian.
S. Zeller,  Sault Ste. Marie.
H.  B.  Ward,  Detroit.
D.  L.  Livingston,  Detroit.
E.  E.  Sherrard,  Detroit.
The next meeting  of the Board  will  be 

A SSISTA N T  PH ARM A CISTS.

held at Houghton,  Aug.  29 and 30.

S.  E.  P a r k ii.i.,  Sec’y.

Two heads are not better  than one if a 
fellow must keep up  to  date  by  always 
wearing the latest style of hats.
It is the bad thing  a man  wants  to do 
that tells him how  wicked he is when he 
is passing himself off for good.

J A V A .
BOILED AND RAW 

for  ordinary  painting  is  as  good as lin­
seed.

Purely  1/eyetalle,

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

Has  Good  Body

dries  nearly  as  quickly and  with  better 
gloss  than  Linseed  Oil.
Try a sample can of five or  ten  gallons. 

Price is about half cost of linseed.

H. M.  REYNOLDS  &  SON.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH

HEADS

OANDRUFF  CURED.

NO  MUSTACHE
NO  PAY.

NO  CURE. 
NO  RAY. 
I will take Contracts to crow hair on the bead 
or face with those who can  call  at  my office ot 
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  fiee ol 
charge.  If you cannot  call  write to me.  State 
i!io exact  condition of the scalp and  your oecu 
t<>. D. 

PROF.  <}.  Ill It K II < > l.'/.
*•***" (flit  lilt'. Jt'.  (-IT!-—.  > », .,

Shoes ? 

Have you seen  our  “ Sunbeam”   line
of  Machine  Sewed  Children’s  and 
Misses’ 
Dongola  Patent 
Tip,  Heel or Spring.  6  to  8 @ 65c— 
to  1Y%  @ 75c—12 to 2 @ 90c.
HIRTH,  KRAUSE  &  CO.

N e w s  from   th e  M etrop olis— Index "of 

S pecial C o rresp o n d en ce

th e   M ark ets.

GOTHAM GOSSIP.

.THTC  M IC H IG A N   T R A D E SM A  N
Sagiuaw—The volume of  the  lumber­
ing business  in  this  section  during  the 
first six months of  the present  year  has 
been disappointing in  the extreme  in all 
branches,  and  has  no  parrallel.  The 
panic  of  1873  was  a  picnic  compared 
with  the paralysis  of  1893-94.  Trading 
has been  practically little  better  than in 
wheelbarrow lots,  and  the man  who has 
been so fortunate as to sell an occasional 
car  lot  has  had  to  put  about  a  dozen 
different grades into  each car.  The  big 
blocks  of  lumber  that  were  formerly 
picked up by buyers every  week  now go 
out in bandsfullsor not at all.
V ale,  Mr.  B u sh .

ABOUND  THE  STATE.

M OVEM ENTS  O F  M ERCHA NTS.

Leonidas—Damon  &  Dunlap  succeed 

Damon & Damon in the meat  business.

Dryden—Geo.  R.  Lamb succeeds Lamb 
& White in the  grain  elevator  business.
Marshall—French &  Ricketts  succeed 
Mary E.  Peters  in  the  hardware  busi­
ness.

Mulliken—Elmer Anderson  will  open 
a  jewelry  store  here.  He  hails  from 
Saranac.

Three  Rivers—Craig  &  Hack,  meat 
dealers,  have  dissolved,  Michael  Hack 
continuing the business.

South  Boardman—H.  Stone  succeeds 
R.  N. Thompson & Co.  in  general  trade 
and  in  the  manufacture  of  wooden 
bowls.

Detroit—Sanderson &  Peckham,  deal­
ers  in  hardware  specialties,  have  dis­
solved,  Philip  G.  Sanderson continuing 
the business.

Midland—Mack  &  Davidson,  dealers 
in dry  goods  and  boots  and  shoes,  re­
cently  uttered  two  mortgages  on  their 
stock—one for $1,471 to  Jas L.  Edson as 
trustee for Edson,  Moore &  Co.  and  the 
C. E.  Smith Shoe  Co.  and  one  to  Max. 
Anderson, the local  banker,  for  $4,000, 
for alleged borrowed  money.  They sub­
sequently made  an  assignment  to  Geo. 
B. Stratford,  who estimates the liabilities 
of the firm at $7,000.  The  partners  did 
not agree and it is thought that  the  dis­
agreement has precipited  the  failure  of 
the firm.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Saginaw—Sibley & Beariuger  recently 
purchased a tract cf timber in Minnesota 
for $100,000 cash and  have  since  sold it 
for $180,000.

Gaylord—The sawmill,  hoop and stave 
mill of Jackson,  Wylie-& Co.  is  running 
full force, cutting  35,000 feet of lumber, 
40,000 hoops and 30,000 staves  daily.

Buchanan—The  Hatch  Cutlery Co., of 
South Milwaukee,  Wis.,  has  purchased a 
portion  of  Rough’s brick  block and  will 
immediately  remove  its  factory  to  this 
place.

took  out  of 

Saginaw—Last  week  Wells,  Stone  & 
Co. 
the  Houghton  Lake 
region  thirty-six car loads of square oak 
timber.  Thirteen carloads  went  to  To­
ledo and the remainder to Bay City.

Stanwood—H.  W.  Reid  has  purchased 
the half interest  of  Geo.  C.  Bunnell  in 
the  sawmill  and  general  store  of  the 
Grand  Rapids  Lumber Co.  and will con­
tinue the business under  the  same style.
Detroit—The Detroit Range Boiler Co. 
has been organized with a  capital  stock 
of $25,000, of which  $10,000  is  paid  in. 
The incorporators are Thomas A. Parker, 
Edward  W.  Stoddard  and  Arthur  M. 
Parker.

Detroit—The Telescope  Umbrella  Co. 
has filed articles of association  with  the 
county  clerk.  The 
incorporators  are 
John C.  Goodrich,  John  S.  MacDonald 
and Win.  R.  A.  Woodruff.  The  capital 
stock is $50,000, of which amount $10,000 
has been paid in.

Cadillac—The  Blodgett,  Cummer  & 
Biggins’  logging  crew  has  removed  its 
camp  to  Section  12,  Clam  Lake  town­
ship,  which will  be  occupied  this  sum­
mer.  The logging railway which reaches 
into this  section  of  pine  timber  nearly 
encircles Cadillac, and  will require to  be 
extended across the  Toledo,  Ann  Arbor 
& Northern Michigan tracks  in  order  to 
reach  all  the pine logs which will be cut 
in that locality.

The  Common  Council  of  the  city has 
reduced 
the  salary  of  the  Sealer  of 
Weights  and  Measures  from  $900  to  $1 
per  year.  This  action  will  effectually 
stop  the  farce  which  Sealer  Bush  has 
been  playing  for  several  years,  as  it 
takes from him the heaviest  part  of  his 
duties—the monthly drawingof his salary. 
It  was  a  foregone  conclusion  that  the 
Council  would do something  of  the sort, 
as  the  people  had  become  completely 
disgusted with the manner in  which  the 
provisions of  the  ordinance  were  being 
enforced, 
the  Sealer  apparently  con­
sidering that he had performed his whole 
duty when  he  had  inspected  the  scales 
and  measures  of  a  few  grocers  and 
others.  The ordinance  provides for  the 
inspection  of  loads  of  coal,  hay  and 
straw,  but  Mr.  Bush  does  not  seem  to 
have been aware of the fact,  for  he  has 
never,  so far as can  be  learned,  so much 
as asked to see the weight  of  a  load  of 
the  commodities  mentioned, 
it  can 
hardly be that he lacked the “nerve,” for 
he  certainly  showed  enough  in  other 
directions, 
it  was  probably  because 
there were no fees  attached  to this  part 
of his duties.

Just why  the  ordinance  confined  the 
Sealer to the inspection and  ascertaining 
of the weight of  coal,  hay and straw,  or 
why dealers  in  these  things  should  be 
considered  more  unreliable,  or  more 
prone to make mistakes in their weights, 
it  is  somewhat  hard  to  understand, 
it 
maj  be true that the coal  dealers are not 
always as  particular  as  they  should  be 
in giving  their  customers  2,000  pounds 
for a ton of coal,  but  coal  cuts  a  small 
figure, comparatively,  in  the  sum  total 
of the  year’s  purchases  of  the  average 
housekeeper.  There  are  other  articles 
in  which short  weight  is  systematically 
given by certain dealers,  and  it is in this 
connection that the heaviest losses of the 
public are incurred.  Then,  too,  in  the 
matter of the measurement of  wood  the 
public is a heavy loser.  By  "judicious” 
piling a dealer can make  considerable on 
every cord of wood  he  sells  in  addition 
to his regular profit.  Why,  then, should 
not the  ordinance  include  wood  in  the 
articles  to  be  inspected  by  the  Sealer? 
If,  as  is  generally  supposed,  the  ordi­
nance was  intended to protect the public 
against fraudulent, or short  weights and 
measures, it fell far short of  its purpose, 
because  the  general  public  buys  very 
little  hay  or  straw  and  comparatively 
little  coal;  and  the  cheating, 
if  there 
is  any, 
seldom  done  by  short 
weights,  but 
short  weighing. 
The  ordinance  was  good  as  far  as  it 
went,  and,  properly  enforced,  would 
'have been  of  great  practical  benefit  to 
the public,  but it did not go  far enough. 
If the  ordinance  is  ever  amended  and 
again put in operation,  It should be made 
much more comprehensive.

by 

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New York,  July  7—The  great  strike 
has  so  engrossed  public  attention  that 
nothing else is  talked  of.  The  Fourth, 
to be sure,  occupied some local attention, 
but at the same time  the dailies  were in 
great demand and  picnic  parties  talked 
more about the strike than  the festivities 
in  hand.  A  meat  famine  seems  immi­
nent  and  prices  have  gone  up  at  an 
alarming rate. 
It is  natural for  human 
nature to make the most of the situation, 
and  even  the  lone  clam  has  been  ad­
vanced; not that the clam ever saw  Pull­
man or is even interested in  Chicago,  or 
Governor Altgeld,  but  all the  same  up 
goes he.
Rio coffee  No.  7  is  worth  16>£c  and 
seems  to  sell  freely.  Stocks  are  small 
and operators are  showing  no  great  in­
terest.
Sugar is not doing much.  The demand 
is  of  an  everyday  character,  and  pur­
chases  are  small.  Quotations  show  no 
change.
Molasses and  syrups  are  two  articles 
in  which dealers  seem  to  profess  more 
confidence than almost any other.  Stocks 
are  not  over-abundant  and  are  being 
reduced in a fairly satisfatory manner.
A good trade is being done in  rice and 
quotations  remain 
firm.  Offerings  at 
primary points are reported rather  small 
and holders are feeling quite encouraged.
Spices remain as usual—dull  and slow 
of  movement.  Prices  are  exceedingly 
low  but there  is no  speculation  in  any­
thing.
Canned goods are dull,  with the  excep 
tion of peas and salmon,  and  even  these 
are not especially active.  A  large  pack 
of  small  fruits  is  being  put  up,  and, 
the  corn  and 
from  all  appearances, 
tomato output  will  be abundant  and  of 
good quality. 
In  New  Jersey  the  vege­
table  and  fruit  crops  are  particularly 
large.
Fresh fruits of foreign origin,  lemons, 
oranges,  bananas and  pineapples  are all 
selling freely,  owing  to  the  non-arrival 
of  any  California  products. 
is  a 
melancholy part of the  strike to think of 
all the cars of delicious fruit waiting  for 
shipment or  in transit which will inevit­
ably  spoil.
Butter shows  decreased  arrivals,  but, 
as yet,  there  is  no  appreciable  advance 
in price,  the best Elgin remaining  at 18c 
and the range being down to 14c.
Cheese shows  up  poorly  in  many  in­
stances and the  market  drags  at  a  low

It 

and  depressed  rate.  For  the  best  full 
cream State 8Kc is about top.
Eggs are in much  better request.  The 
scarcity  of  really  good  stock  and  the 
delay in Western  shipments  combine  to 
make  the  situation . firmer  all  around. 
Western  are  worth  about  13c  and  are 
rapidly tending higher.
New  Southern  potatoes,  $1.50  per  bbl. 
for early  rose,  the  supply  being  seem­
ingly  abundant. 

J a y.

D ictator  D ebs.

take 

Debs and Destruction; Debs and Death; 
and finally,  for thousands  of  his  dupes. 
Debs and Despair.

If the strike had succeeded Debs would 
It  is  fore­
have  claimed  the  glory. 
doomed  to  failure—will  he 
the 
blame for that and  for  all  the  dreadful 
accompaniments?  He  must,  whether he 
will or no.
It is noticeable that  Debs keeps out of 
range of the rifles of  the  regulars.  The 
poor fools  who  have  followed  his  lead 
are good enough  billets for the bullets of 
the soldiers.

to  prevent 

Debs  is  quartered  at 

the  Sherman 
two  score  of  his  poor 
House.  Over 
the 
dupes  were  given  quarters  at 
morgue;  huudreds  are  quartered 
in 
prison cells,  while thousands  must  steal 
or  starve.
An  accessory  before  the  fact  is  one 
who instigates  crime,  or one who, having 
a knowledge that  crime  is  being,  or  is 
about  to  be,  committed,  makes  no  at­
tempt 
it.  Debs  not  only 
knew that the law would be violated,  but 
he  has,  by  every  means  in  bis  power, 
incited men to violation  of  the  law. 
In 
no single instance  has  he  made any  at­
tempt to prevent crime.  He is an  acces­
sory  before the fact to every murder that 
has  been  committed  since  the  present 
troubles began; to the incendiarism,  and 
to all the pillage and  robbery which have 
forever disgraced and  discredited  orgau- 
ized labor.  Will he go unpunished?

Debs’  most  useful  and  trusted  allies 
are the  anarchists.  Unionism  logically 
carried out is anarchy  rampant.

When we bear of some people  going to 
the dogs we  feel  a  great  sympathy  for 
the dogs.

Big Drive in  C igars.

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The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The market is without feature, 
owing to the uncertainty  over  the  tariff 
outcome and the  demoralization incident 
to the strike.

Cheese—The  uncertainty  of  getting 
shipments  to  the  point  of  destination, 
on  account  of  the  railroad  strike,  has 
checked  the  advancing  tendency  and 
caused a big  reduction  in  the  shipping 
trade,  as only  a short delay in the trans­
mission of the goods is  liable  to  impair 
their quality during  hot  weather.  Sup­
plies  have not been  large,  as dry weather 
has tended to curtail the make.

Lemons—Continue  to  sell  fairly well 
and at prices  which  are  really  low  for 
this  season  of  the  year.  The  cool 
weather  is  mainly  responsible  for  the 
condition,  as  adequate  stocks  were  in 
the hands of the majority of the  dealers, 
and the  strike  and  consequent  curtail­
ment  of  receipts  affected  our  market 
very little.  The vessels bound  for  New 
York arrive regularly and there  isj some­
thing like  100,000  boxes  to  be  sold  at 
that port  this week.  Under  usual  con­
ditions we might look for  firm,  if not ad­
vancing prices,  and  an  active  demand, 
but  with  so  many  of  the  railroads  in 
statu <fuo and the uncertainty  of  getting 
hold of goods ordered and the possibility 
of Eastern roads  becoming  involved,  we 
believe  that  prices—especially  at 
the 
auctions—will  decline.  There  are  five 
cargoes scheduled to be  sold  this  week, 
but we understand that a meeting  of the 
importers directly concerned  was  to  be 
held Monday to consider  the advisability 
of  postponing  the  sales  another  week, 
or until  the silver lining of  the  existing 
labor  trouble  that  blights  commercial 
interests 
It  can 
last but a few days more, although its ef­
fects will"be felt for a  long time, and by 
none more forcibly  than  by  those  who 
instigated and participated in it.

turned  outward. 

Foreign  Nuts—Sell  slowly  and 

the 
market is easy.  The quotations conform 
to the conditions and will  be  shaded  in 
most cases.

is 

Gocoanuts—Have declined  a  little,  as 
demaud  fell  off  and  importers  realized 
that in order to move them  it  would  be 
necessary to offer an  inducement.  They 
are selling at present  at  $3.50  in  sacks 
of 100.

Bananas—Our  market  at  present  is 
almost  entirely  bare  of  bananas.  The 
few  that  are  to  be  had  sell  for  round 
figures and  are  snapped  up  eagerly  by 
local  dealers.  Outside  orders  for  the 
Fourth were nearly all filled,  but  it  was 
necessary  to  cut  down  a  lew  of  the 
larger ones in order to make the stock go 
round.  Our  wholesalers,  in  anticipation 
of  a  big  demand,  provided  themselves 
with what was  considered  ample  stock, 
but the last three days of  June  were  so 
hot that the  fruit  ripened  so  fast as  to 
render a great portion of  it too  soft  for 
reshipment.  All  Michigan  and  Illinois 
markets  were in much  the  same  condi­
tion,  and just at present all the railroads 
are so badly  blocked that  it  is  hard  to 
say just when  the  regular  arrivals  will 
begin  and  business  resume  its  normal 
condition.  There  are  several  cars  con­
signed to our market that are  tied  up  at 
different  points  along  the 
lines,  and, 
although indications  point  to  a  speedy 
resumption  of  regular 
transportation, 
the chances are that first  arrivals will be 
in bad order and unfit for reshipment.

Oranges—Our  merchants 

themselves  with 

sufficient  stock 

provided
to

execute all orders up to  July  2,  knowing 
there would be a fair  demand  up to that 
date even if the quality of  the fruit  was 
poor.  A few  boxes  yet  remain  unsold 
and a few  straggling  orders will come in 
to clean  up  the holdings.  A  few  Kodis 
will be secured  from  the  sales  to  take 
place in New York  this week,  but  light 
stocks  will  be  the  rule.  Prices 
for 
sound  stock  will  run  from  $4.50  to  $5 
per  box.

Pork—No business was done last week 
on the Chicago live stock market  and re­
ceipts  were  nil.  Dealers  in  barreled 
pork report a  good  week’s  business,  on 
account  of  the  scarcity  of  beef.  Mess 
pork advanced 50c;  short cut, 25c;  clear, 
75c;  Boston  clear,  25c;  and  standard 
clear, 50c per bbl.  Hams have advanced 
from Ji@lc per lb.

Beef—Advanced  }£c  per  lb.,  as  did 
fresh  pork  and  mutton.  There  have 
been no receipts  from  Chicago  for  sev­
eral days,  and “string” butchers  are  do­
ing all the business.

T he  W h ea t  M arket.

these 

Owing  to  various  causes,  but  princi­
pally  to  the  labor  disturbances  in Chi­
cago  and  elsewhere,  wheat  has  again 
reached  the  low  water  mark  of  April, 
when it went down to 50 cents perT)ushel. 
The Government crop  report  for  July— 
which  will  make  its  appearance  about 
the 11th of the  month—will,  in  all  prob­
ability,  show  a  few  points  better  than 
the June report.  While  wheat has  been 
thus  depressed,  the  same  causes  have 
had a contrary  effect  on  corn  and  oats. 
Both 
latter  grains  are  getting 
scarce and  are now  selling  for  50  cents 
per bushel.  The  spectacle of  wheat be­
ing  on  a  parity  with  corn  and  oats  is 
something  unprecedented, and how long 
this state of affairs will last no one knows. 
The  mills  here  have  been  running  to 
their full capacity and are fully a month 
behind their orders.  So  far,  they  have 
not  been  incommoded, either  in getting 
wheat  from  cars  or  in  shipping  flour, 
but  withiu a day or two past the railroad 
companies note on  their bills  of  lading, 
“Subject to delays on  account of strike.” 
Several  roads  refuse  to  take  flour  that 
sbould go  by a particular line. 
If things 
get much  worse Grand  Rapids mills may 
be iu  the same position as  those  of  Chi­
cago,  St.  Louis  and  Minneapolis.  We 
sincerely hope this will not  be  the  case. 
Harvesting  has  begun in  earnest in this 
secton,  and,  unless  something  unusual 
transpires,  the  new  crop  will  be  fine  in 
quality  and  a  fair  average  yield to the 
acre.  Whether  farmers  will  sell  their 
wheat at  present low prices remains to be 
seen.  Receipts for  the  week  were forty 
cars of  wheat,  twenty-one  of  corn,  and 
three of oats. 

C. G.  A.  Voigt.

T he  W ool  M arket.

Local  buyers  have  dropped  wool  lc, 
on account of  , oor  business  in  Eastern 
markets.  There is not  much  coming in, 
but there is  enough considering the con­
dition of the woolen  trade.  Wool  is  no 
longer  a  staple—it  is  a  drug  on  the 
market. 

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Huizinga &  Son,  whose  general  stock 
at Eastmanville  was  recently  destroyed 
by fire, have re-engaged  in trade  at  that 
place.  The  Olney  & Judson Grocer Co. 
furnished the groceries and  H.  Leonard 
& Sons the crockery.

Stein & Arnold, funeral directors,  have 
moved from  13 West  Bridge  street  to 44 
East Bridge street.

G ripsack  B rigad e.

C. A. Cumings,  late of  the Commercial 
Credit Co.,  is  now  traveling  representa­
tive for the Sparta Milling Co.

Byron S.  Davenport has closed his city 
apartments  and  gone  to  Big  Rapids, 
where his family  will spend  the  summer.
L.  M.  Mills  is  taking  a  fortnight’s 
vacation this  week and next.  His  trade 
is being covered  in the  meantime  by  M. 
L. Campbell.

M.  S.  Brown,  Eastern  Michigan  repre­
sentative  for  the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug Co.,  leaves  next  week  for  a  trip 
down  the  St.  Lawrence  to  the  White 
Mountains.

D.  S.  Haugh  (Oluey  &  Judson  Grocer 
Co.)  was compelled to pull  off  the  road 
last week by reason of an  attack  of  the 
mumps.  He was  so  much  better  Mon­
day that he resumed his route again.

P.  M. Van  Drezer,  the Saranac  grocer, 
has  engaged  to  travel  for  the Olney & 
Judson Grocer Co., covering the  trade of 
Northern  Indiana  and  Southern  Michi­
gan.  His  grocery  business  has  been 
placed in charge of his clerks.

“Hub”  Baker,  formerly  on  the  road 
for the Lemon & Wheeler  Company, has 
engaged  to travel  for  Daniel  Scotten  & 
Co., of  Detroit,  covering  Central  Mich­
igan and the trade along the  line  of  the 
D.,  L.  &  N.  Railway,  except  Lansing. 
Mr.  Baker is a jolly good  fellow  and will 
resume the work of a traveling salesman 
with  much gusto,  as a  year’s  retirement 
from  active work  on  the  road  has  re­
stored his health and  sharpened  his  ca­
pacity to capture desirable  orders.  The 
boys  will  heartily  welcome  “Hub”  to 
the ranks again.

S.  Me  M.  Toal,  who  traveled  for 
Gowans & Stover (Buffalo)  for  the  past 
twenty-three  years,  having  made  his 
headquarters  at  Grand  Rapids  for  the 
past eight years  and  worked  in  connec- 
with  the  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co., 
died  at  his  home  in  Buffalo  July  5, 
whither  he  had  been 
taken  by  John 
Cummins and Dr.  Edwards  about  three 
weeks ago.  Deceased had not  been  well 
since  he  had  an  attack  of  la  grippe, 
two years ago,  his death  being caused by 
quick consumption and  general  debility 
resulting  from  that  disease.  Deceased 
left a wife and two children.  He carried 
a  $500  membership 
in  the  Michigan 
Knights of the Grip.

Frank Jewell is on the road again—not 
as a highwayman  but  merely as a  guar­
antee of  good faith.  He  puts in most of 
his time extroliing the  merits of  his  tea 
line  and  endeavoring  to  convince 
the 
public that it is  the  only  tea  on  earth. 
Incidentally,  he  is  trying  to  keep  up 
with Jim Massey.  Frank  says  Jim  can 
cover more territory in a given time than 
any other salesman  of  his acquaintance, 
that he is getting tired of Jim  as  a  run­
ning mate,  and says if he stays  with  him 
much  longer  he  will  have  to  take  a 
month off and rest up.  Jim makes on an 
average five towns a  day, goes to  bed  at 
night  at 11:30 and gets np at 12 to catch a 
train.  Frank is worn to a  shadow in  his 
desperate efforts  to  keep time with  him. 
He  says  he  believes  in  hustling,  but 
Jim  suits  him  too  well.  He  doesn’t 
take time to eat his meals,  and if there is 
one  thing  that  Frank  loves  more  than 
another, it is three square meals a day.

The yeast of industry, applicat ion and 

energy will raise the  mortgage.

Troubles  are  cowards. 

them, they will fly from you.

If  you  face

O bservation  o f  a  T ireless  T raveler.
B.  S.  Davenport, 

traveling  salesman 
for the Olney & Judson Grocer  Co.,  says: 
‘I always feel that I am  doing  my  cus­
tomers and my house  a  good  service  in 
recommending the adoption of the coupon 
book system,  because I  note that  dealers 
who use coupon  books  collect  their  ac­
counts closer  and  pay  their  bills  more 
promptly  than 
those  merchants  who 
worry  along  with  the  pass-book  and 
other antiquated charging  systems.”

M erchants  U phold  L aw   and  O rder.
Ann  Arbor,  July 7—A well-attended 
meeting  of  the  Ann  Arbor  Business 
Men’s Association  was  held  this  morn­
ing and a free  expression was  given  by 
those present on the strike.  Resolutions 
were  unanimously  adopted  urging  the 
railroad  companies  to  carry  out  their 
contracts  with 
the  Pullman  Company 
and the public in  spite  of  the  strikers, 
commending the President and Governor 
for their  prompt'action  in  calling  out 
troops to suppress disorder and anarchy, 
and  condemning  the  trades  unions  for 
precipitating the country  into  civil  war.

FOR  3 A LE,  W A N TED .  ETC.

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

BUSINESS  CHANCES

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553

r'J.REAT  OFFER-FINE  STOCK  OF  WALL 
V*  paper,  paints,  varnishes,  picture  frames 
and room mouldings for  sale.  Reason  for  sell­
ing.  death of proprietor.  Good paying business 
in a very desirable location.  All  new  stock, in 
voicing  from  $2,500  to  $3,non.  Address  Mrs. 
Theresa Schwind, Grand Rapids,_____  

For  sa l e—o n  account  o p t h e d e a t h

of my husband I offer for sale  clean  stock 
general merchandise  Inventorying  $6,000.  Will 
sell cheap for part cash and good security.  Will 
rent building.  Address No. 562,  care  Michigan 
Tradesman. 
ANTED—TO BUY A SHINGLE MILL FOR 
cash.  Must be In good order  and  cheap. 
Address Morse & Schneider, Seney,  Mich.  557 
A  BUSINESS CHANCE—FOR  SALE  OR EX- 
.rl.  change for farm or city property in or near 
Grand  Rapids, the Harris mill property  situated 
in Paris, Mecosta, Co., Michigan, on  the G. R. & 
I.  Railroad, consisting of saw and planing mills, 
sto-e and 39 acres of land, a  good  water  power, 
22 foot fall, side track into mill, plenty of  hard­
wood timber.  This is a good chance for anyone 
wishing to engage In any kind of mill  business. 
For further particulars address B.  W.  Barnard, 
35 Allen street, Grand Rapids. Mich. 
A  GOOD  LARGE  GENERAL  STOCK  OR 
A   boot and shoe stock can be sold for cash, if 
552 
cheap.  Address box 327, Stanton, Mich. 
ANNING  FACTORY  WANTED—A  PARTY 
with some capital and who understands the 
business, to build and operate a canning factory 
at Grant, Newaygo Co.,  Mich.  For  particulars 
write to H. C. Hemingsen,  Village Clerk,  Grant, 
Mich. 
ANTED—WELL-SEASONED  RED  OAK 
and black ash.  Address “Manufacturer,” 

IIOR  SALE—A WELL EQUIPPED MACHINE 

shop  in  Detroit,  Michigan.  Good  tools, 
machinery.  Good  business  location  and  low 
rent.  Suitable terms to responsible parties.  Par 
ticulars from Charles Steel,  Administrator,  box 
46, Wyandotte. Michigan. 
647
TXT ANTED  TO  EXCHANGE—TWO-HORSE 
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engine, upright boiler,  good  as  new,  for 
electric  motor.  Redner  Bros.,  Battle  Creek, 
Mich. 
SALE—STORE  BUILDING  AND 
OR 
dwelling  combined  at  Levering,  Mich. 
First-class  place  for  a  general dealer.  A.  M. 
LeBaron, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
OR  SALE—CLEAN  DRUG  STOCK  IN  A 
thriving town in Northern Michigan  on  C. 
& W. M. Railway.  Address No. 639, care  Michi 
639
gan Tradesman. 

IIOR  RENT—THE  STORK  FORMERLY  ¿C- 
■LANING  MILL-WE  OFFER  FOR  SALE 

cupied  by  E.  J.  Ware,  druggist,  corner 
John C. 

end same building, with good ice box. 
Dunton, old County  building. 

the North Side Planing Mill,  which Is first- 
class in every  respect,  or  will  receive  proposi­
tions to locate the business in some other  thriv­
ing town.  Correspondence and inspection solic­
ited.  Sheridan, Boyce & Co., Manistee, Mich. 613

care Michigan Tradesman. 

SITUATIONS  W ANTED.

tion of general manager.  Address 1 
Michigan Tradesman.

■   RELIABLE  DRY  GOODS  AND  SHOE 
■ ANTED—POSITION  BY YOUNG MAN OF 

salesman  desires  position.  Is  capable  of 
care
553

six years’  experience  in  shoes  and  dry 
ences furnished.  Address No.  551,  care  Michi 1 
lgan Tradesman,______________________551
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suitable for building or repairing heavy or light 

Cherry and East streets.  AIbo meat market, east 

taklng_ full  charge of stocks or  occupying  posi-

goods.  Speaks  English  and  German.  Refer­

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SUBSTITUTE  FOB  COFFEE.

th e B ea l T h in g.

T he S o y  B ean  D eclared   to  B e  E qual  to  
F ro m  th e  New Y ork Sun.
The agricultural experiment station of 
the Purdue University of Indiana has is­
sued  a  circular  setting  forth  the  quali­
ties of the soy, or soja bean and advocat­
ing its use as a substitute for coffee.  The 
soy  beau  (soja  hispida)  is  a  Japanese 
plant which can  be grown  in  this  coun­
try.  Thus  far  its  cultivation  has been 
confined to  the  West,  and  it  is,  appar­
ently,  not  known  in the East, 
it is de­
scribed as a stiff,  bushy plant,  which  un­
der  favorable  circumstances  attains  a 
height  of  three  feet.  There  are  three 
large leaves on  a  leaf  stem.  From  the 
axils  of  the  leaves  flower shoots grow, 
which,  with  maturity, produce  pods  in 
clusters  of  two  and  three.  Each  pod 
contains from two  to  four  seeds,  about 
three-quarters of an inch in  breadth,  and 
a  little  longer  than  broad.  One  plant 
often produces a large  number  of  pods. 
A  farmer  in  Tippecanoe  county,  Ind., 
has raised 782 beans on  one  stalk from a 
single  planted  bean,  and  had  sixteen 
bushels of beans from  one acre.  He has 
used the soy bean for  coffee for  seven or 
eight  years,  and  considers  it  the  best 
possible substitute.
The  seed  is  planted  in  rows  about 
thirty  inches  apart  with  a  bean  every 
eight or nine inches  in  the  row.  While 
May is the time for planting,  a good crop 
has been gathered at  the Purdue  station 
from seed planted in the middle of June. 
When  the  beans  are  ripe  enough  the 
plants  are pulled up and dried in stacks, 
after which they  are  threshed,  generally 
with a  flail.
The cost of the soy bean is  said  to  be 
very much less than the low-grade coffees 
and  those  of  which  chicory  and  other 
adulterants form  a part.
Inquiry among coffee merchants in this 
city  discovered  that  the  soy  bean  as a 
substitute  for  coffee  was  not  commer­
cially or otherwise known here.  Accord­
ing to an expert who  has  been  a  coffee 
taster  for  nearly a quarter of a century, 
chicory is the only  thing  which  can  be 
considered  a  substitute  for  coffee.  By 
substitute  he  means  adulterant,  using 
the word in a good sense.  Chicory alone, 
as prepared  by the improved process now 
in use,  is not half  a  bad  drink,  but  no 
one would dream of  considering it coffee 
who  had  ever  tasted  the  real  article. 
Chicory,  however,  mixed  with  a  good 
grade  of  coffee  is  a  better  and  more 
wholesome drink  than some  of  the  low 
grade coffees.  The expert said that while 
he and his partners  sold  pure  coffee  to 
their customers unless ordered otherwise, 
they  used  coffee  mixed  with  chicory 
themselves.
Chicory, although considered  the  best 
adulterant,  is not the  only one.  Several 
of the cereals play a part in the prepara­
tion of cheap coffee, if they do not pretend 
to be substitutes. 
It is  said that the en­
tire  Canadian  pea  crop and a large part 
of the Michigan crop are devoted  to  the 
adulteration  of  coffee.  Rye  and barley 
are also used as  adulterants.  The  Mas­
sachusetts  adulterant  known  as  the P. 
P.  is  said  to  contain  as  an  ingredient 
Boston brown bread.
There is  a  general  impression  preva­
lent  that  chicory  and  the  other  coffee 
adulterants  are  detrimental  to  health. 
The authority already cited says that,  on 
the contrary, pure coffee is more harmful 
than the adulterants.  They, indeed, are 
harmless,  while the evil effects  of  coffee 
taken in large quantities are well known. 
He spoke particularly  of  chicory as now 
prepared.  The  improvement  in its pre­
paration, he said,  was due to the McKin­
ley bill,  which,  by  cutting off the poorly 
prepared  German  chicory  with its high 
duty,  had  set  American  ingenuity  at 
work to bettering chicory as a coffee adul­
terant.  The cereals used  as adulterants 
of coffee, he thought, were also harmless, 
but he was apparently doubtful as to the 
healthfulness  of  Boston  brown  bread 
used as a potation.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

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Adriatic................. 7
Arrow Brand  414 
Argyle  ...................  5*
••  World Wide.  6
11  LL....... .......4%
Atlanta A A............ 6
Atlantic  A............... 654
Full Yard Wide...... 6k
H ...........    6*
“ 
Georgia  A..............  614
“ 
P ............  5
Honest Width........  6
D.............   6
“ 
Hartford A ............ 5
“  LL................ 4k
Indian Head...........  $k
Amory.......................654
King A  A................. 6k
Archery  Bunting... 4
King E C .................  5
Beaver Dam  A A..  4%
Lawrence  L L........  414
Blackstone O, 32__5
Madras cheese cloth 614
Black Crow............ 6
Newmarket  G........514
Black  Rock  ...........  5k
B.........5
Boot, AL................  7
N ..........614
Capital  A...... .........5 >4
DD....  514
Cavanat V................5k
X ........614
Chapman cheese cl. 3k
Nolbe R..................  5
Clifton  C R .............514
Our Level  Best...... 6
Comet..................... 614 Oxford  R ................... 6
Dwight Star............  654 Peqnot...................... 7
Clifton CCC...........544 Solar.........................   6
|Top of the  Heap__7
Geo. Washington...  8
Glen Mills.............   7
Gold Medal............ 714
Green  Ticket......... 814
Great Falls.............   614
Hope....................... 714
Just  Out........  4!£@  5
King  Phillip...........7*
OP......714
Lonsdale Cambric. .10
Lonsdale...........  @ 8
Middlesex........   @5
No Name................   714
Oak View............... 6
Our Own................   514
Pride of the West.. .12
Rosalind.................714
Sunlight.................   414
Utica  Mills...... . 
814
Nonpareil  ..10 
Vlnyard..................  814
vinyar 
White Horse. 
Rock.
814
HALF  BLEACHED  COTTONS.

A B C ......................814
Amazon.................. 8
Amsburg.................6
Art Cambric...........10
Blackstone A A......714
Beats All................   4
Boston — ............. 12
Cabot......................   614
Cabot,  %.................614
Charter  Oak...........514
Conway W..............714
Cleveland.............  6
Dwight Anchor__   8
shorts  8
Edwards................. 6
Empire....................  7
Farwell..................... 714
Fruit of the  Loom.  8
Fitchvllle  ............  ?
First Prize............6
Fruit of the Loom X. 714
Falrmount............ 414
Full Value............614
Cabot.....................  6541 Dwight Anchor
Farwell................. 7k |

BLEACHED  COTTONS.

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CANTON  FLANNEL.

Bleached. 
Housewife  Q ....

Unbleached.
Housewife  A........... 514
B  ...........514
“ 
C...........6
“ 
D...........614
“ 
E
» 
F
“ 
...... 7V*
G
“ 
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H
“ 
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I
“ 
......814
J
** 
....  814 
«lt 
K
L.
“ 
...1 0  
“  M 
...1014 
N.
“ 
...11 
....21 
“ 
O.
“ 
P.
...1414
CARPET  WART.

R.
S
T.
U. 
V..w.
X. 
Y 
Z  .

654
•754
814
»54
10
1054
1114
1*141314

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1014

PRINTS.

Peerless, white.......17  ¡Integrity  colored... 18
colored — 19  White Star..............17
Integrity..................18141 
“  colored  .19
Hamilton 
............. 8 Nameless................20
...........25
 
...........27H
...........30
...........3214
....35

GG  Cashmere........20
Nameless  ...............16
............... 18

DBBSS  GOODS.

CORSET  JEANS.

COBS
Corailne  ............... 89 50
Wonderful 
84 50 
Schilling's.............. 9 00
Brighton.
4 75
Davis  Waists......  9 00
Bortree’s ..............  9 00
Grand  Rapids........4 50
Abdominal...........15 00
Armory..................   654{Naumkeag satteen..  714
Androscoggin.........7J4 Rockport.................... 614
Blddeford..............   6  Conestoga.................714
Brunswick.........  ..  6141 Walworth.............. 654
Allen turkey  reds..  5l4|Berwick fancies__  514
robes...........514 Clyde Robes.............
pink * purple 514 Charter Oak fancies 4 
Duffs...........  5H DelMarlne cashm's.  514
plnk  checks.  514 
monrn’g  514 
Staples
Eddystone fancy...  514 
shirtings ...  354 
chocolat  514
American  fancy—   514 
rober___514
American Indigo  ..  414 
sateens..  514 
American shirtings.  854 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  514
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple__  514
Anchor Shirtings...  4 
Manchester fancy..  514 
Arnold 
....  6
new era.  514 
Arnold  Merino. . . .   6 
Merrimack D fancy. 5J4 
longcloth B.  9 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  4 
“  C.  714
Repp furn .  814
œntury cloth 7
Pacific fancy..........514
gold seal......1014
green seal TB 1014 
Portsmouth robes...  614 
yellow seal. .1014
Simpson mourning..  554
serge.............1114
greys..........554
Turkt./ red..1014 
solid black.  554 
Washington Indigo.  614 
“  Turkey robes..  7H
“  India robes___ 714
“  plain T*ky X 54  814 
“ 
“  Ottoman  Tur
key red  .................614
Martha Washington
Turkeyred k ........ 714
Martha Washington
Turkeyred..........   914
Rlverpolntrobes....  514
Windsor fancy..........614
Indigo bine..........1014
Harmony.................  414
AC  A......................1114
Pemberton AAA__16
York.......................1014
Swift River............ 714
Pearl  River............12
Warren...................1214
Conostoga  ............16

Ballon «olld Dl&ck..
colori. 
Bengal blue,  green, 
land  orange...  6
Berlin so lid i......... 514
oli blue....... 6
"  green  ...  6 
Foulards  ...  6' 
red 54  • • • 
7
“  
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“  4 4  ........ 10
“  8-4XXXX 12
Cocheco fancy........  5
madders...  5 
XX twills..  5 
solids........5

Amoskeag A C A.... ¡114
Hamilton N  ...........  7
D..............8
Awning.. 11
Farmer  ....................8
First Prise  .............1014
Lenox M ills........... 18
Atlanta,  D..............  e* I Stark  a .
Boot........................   65i No  Name...
Clifton, K 
.............. 7  ¡Top of Heap

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

COTTON  DRILL.

gold  tieket

“  X...10

TICKINGS.

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

DEMINS.

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Amoskeag...............12
9oz........14
brown .14

Andover..................1114
Beaver Creek AA... 10 
“ 
BB...  9
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c c __
Boston MfgCo.  tor..  7 
“ 
bine  814
“ d a  twist 1014
Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19
“ 
Amoskeag..............   5
“  Persian dress 6s  
Canton ..  7
“ 
AFC........814
“ 
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Teazle...1014 
" 
Angola..1014 
Persian..  7 
“ 
Arlington staple—   6*4
Arasapha  fancy__454
Bates Warwick dres 714 
staples.  6
Centennial............   1014
Criterion...............1014
Cumberland staple.  514
Cumberland........... 5
Essex......................414
Elfin.......................  714
Everett classics......814
Exposition..............714
Glenarie.................  6I4
Glenarven.............. 654
Glenwood.................714
Hampton.................5
Johnson Chalon cl 
14 
Indigo blue 914 
zephyrs__16

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Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........1214
brown....... 1214
Haymaker blue........ 754
brown...  754
Jeffrey.................... 1114
Lancaster  .............. 1214
Lawrence, 9 os........ 1314
“  NO.220....13
“  No. 250— 1114
“  No. 280.... 1014

GINGHAMS.
Lancaster,  staple...  5
“ 
fancies__  7
“  Normandie  7
Lancashire.............   6
Manchester............   554
Monogram..............614
Normandie...........   7
Persian...................7
Renfrew Dress........714
Rosemont............... 614
Slatersville............ 6
Somerset.................7
Tacoma  .................714
Toll  duNord.........  814
Wabash.................. 714
seersucker..  714
Warwick...............  6
Whlttenden............  8
heather dr.  714 
Indigo blue 9 
Wamsutta staples...  654
Westbrook..............  8
.................10
Wlndermeer........... 6
York  ......................654

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GRAIN  BAGS.

Amoskeag...............13  ¡Georgia  .................. 1314
Stark.......................17 
American...............13 

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THREADS.

KNITTING  COTTON.

| Barbour's  .
Clark's Mile End... .45 
Coats', J. & P .........45  Marshall’s.
Holyoke..................22141
White.  Colored.
38 No.  14... ....37
39
..38
40
...39
...40
41
CAMBRICS.
Slater......................  4
White Star............   4
Kid Glove  .............   4
Newmarket............   4

“  16...
“  18...
“  20...
Edwards
Lockwood.............. 4
Wood’s .............   ..  4
Brunswick...........  4

White.  Colored
42
43
44
45

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

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

BED  FLANNEL.

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

T W ........................2214
F T ..........................3214
JR F .X X X ............35
Buckeye.................3214

MIXED  FLANNEL.

“

iok
Hk
12
20

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
9k
10k
H k
12k

Red & Blue,  plaid. .40
Union R ................. 2214
Windsor................. 1814
6 oz Western.......... 20
Union  B.................2214
DOMET  FLANNEL.
Nameless...... 8  <3>  9141 
8k@10  I 

Grey SR W.............1714
Western W  .............1814
D R P ............ ......... 1814
Flashing XXX........2314
Manitoba................ 2314
@1014
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1214
Brown. Black.
Slate.  Brown.  Black. Slate
9k 10k
10k
9k 
10k Hk
Ilk
10k 
Ilk 12
12
Ilk  
12k 20
20
12k 
DUCKS.
Severen, 8oz.........
•  9k West  Point, 8 oz ...10k
10 oz ...12k
May land, 8oz........
• 10k
Greenwood, 7k 01. •  »k Raven,lOoz......
...13k
Greenwood, 8 os... Ilk Stark
...13k
Boston, 8 oz........... ■ 10k Boston, 10 oz__ -12k
WADDINGS.
White, dos.............25  I Per bale, 40 dos___83 50
Colored, doz..........20  ¡Colored  “ 
...........7 50
SILESIAS.
8 
Slater, Iron Cross.
Pawtucket.............. 1014
Red Cross..
9
Dundle...................   9
Bedford...................1014
Best...........
1014
Valley  City.............1014
Best A A..... 1214
K K ........................   1014
L............................. 714
G............................. 814
Corticelll, doz........ 85  [Corticelll  knitting,

SEWING  SILK.

per koz  ball  ....... 30

twist,doz..40 
50yd,doz..40  I
HOOKS AND EYES—FEB GROSS.
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No  1 Bl’k & White..10  INo  4 Bl’k & Whlte..l5 
.20
.  25
FINS.
|No4—15  J  814......... 40

No 2—20, M C.........50 

..12  “  8 
..12 |  “  10 

2 
3 

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3—18.SC..........45  I

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6 
No 2.

No  2 White A Bl’k..12  ¡No  8 White A Bl’k..20
.23
..26
.36

COTTON  TAPE.
..15  “  10 
..18 I  “  12 
SAFETY  PINS.
.  ..28  IN08
NEEDLES—PER  M.

A. James.................1 40| Steamboat..............  <0
Growely’s................1  85 Gold Eyed..............1 50
Marshall’s ..............1 00| American................1  00
5—4....  1 75  6—4... 
15—4. ...1  65  6—4...2 SO

TABLE  OIL  CLOTH.

OOTTONT WINKS.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown.....................12
Domestic................1814
Anchor...................16
Bristol....................13
Cherry  Valley........15
I XL........................1814
Alabama...................654
Alamance.................614
Angusta...................714
Ar  sapha................6
Georgia.....................614
Granite....................554
Haw  River  ...........a
Haw  J ..................  6

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Nashua................... 14
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
3-ply----17
North Star.............. 20
Wool Standard 4 plyl714 
Powhattan........... 16

Mount  Pleasant__ 614
Oneida....................  5
Prym ont...............   5k
Randelman.........   .  6
Riverside 
............   sii
Sibley  A.................6k
Toledo
Otis checks............ 754

PLAID  OSNABUBGS

WE  HAVE  MADE

H.  SCHNEIDER  GO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.,

Distributing Agents for the Old  Reliable

K

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C I G A R S .

AMERICAN  CIGAR  CO.

EATON,  LION & CO.

NEW  STYLES  OF

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GRAND  RAPIDS.

A  LADY’S

GENUINE  :  VICI  :  SHOE,
Plain toe in opera and  opera  toe and C. S. heel! 
D and E and E E widths, at 81.50.  Patent leather 
tip,  81.55.  Try them,  they are  beauties.  Stock 
soft and fine, flexible and elegant  fitters.  Send 
for sample dozen.

REEDER  BROS. SHOE  CO ,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

A. N E W  I D E A .
You  will  remember  that  Goliab  was 
very much surprised  when David hit him 
with a stone.  He  said  that such a thing 
had  never  entered  his  head  before.  A 
good many retail grocers are in  the same 
predicament  as  Goliah  was  before  he 
rubbed  up  against  David—they  have 
never gotten acquainted with the  merits 
of the best selling brand of  soap  on  the 
market. 
It  is  called  ATLAS  and  is 
manufactured only  by
HENRY  PASSOLT,

SAGINAW,  MICH.

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

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Is th e  M ayor Exceeding:  H is  A uthority?
While it is true,  as  stated in this jour­
nal several  weeks ago,  that there are not 
as  many  licensed  peddlers  in  this  city 
this year as there were last,  it is  equally 
true that the number of  unlicensed  ven­
dors  of  fruits  and  vegetables  is  in  no 
wise diminished,  and the police  force  is 
experiencing the  same  difficulty  that  it 
met with last year in its efforts to enforce 
the  ordinance.  Doubtless 
the  hard 
times has something to  do  with this,  al­
though it is  no  worse  than  it  was  last 
year  when  times  were  good.  There  is 
another feature of the  case—not  a  new 
one,  by  any  means,  as it  has added its 
quota to the sum total  of the work of the 
police force ever since  the  first  passage 
of the license ordinance—and  that is the 
granting of permits by the  Mayor.  The 
present  incumbent  of  the office has fol­
lowed in the footsteps of his  predecessor 
in  that  respect,  although,  in  justice to 
Mayor Fisher,  it should be stated that  he 
has  not  used  his  “ privilege”  as  indis­
criminately,  nor has he granted  as many 
permits,  as did Mayor Stuart.  So far the 
number  of  permits  issued  to  fruit an<J 
vegetable peddlers  is  twelve.  Of  these 
one has been  revoked  and  one  has  ex­
pired by limitation,  leaving ten men who 
are  doing  business  contrary 
to  law. 
These  ten  men  give 
the  police  more 
trouble than ail the licensed  peddlers  in 
the  city,  as  there  is  nothing  on  their 
wagons to indicate  that they have a per­
mit, so that it is necessary  for the police 
to follow up and  interrogate  every  man 
who is seen on the  street  with a  load  of 
fruits or vegetables.  The  granting  of a 
permit,  therefore,  means the  suspension 
of  the  ordinance  in  all  its  provisions. 
The Mayor holds that,  where a  permit is 
issued,  the clause requiring a bond  from 
every  peddler  becomes  inoperative,  as 
that  provision of  the  ordinance applies 
only to licensed peddlers.  This  may  be 
law,  but it is hardly  to  be  termed  com­
mon  sense.  The  bond  clause  was  in­
serted in  the  ordinance  to  protect  the 
public  against  fraud  and  imposition  by 
the peddlers of fruits and vegetables,  and 
a bond should  be exacted  from  all  who 
engage  in  that  business  Since  Mayor 
Fisher sees fit in his wisdom  to  suspend 
the operation of  the  ordinance,  perhaps 
he will engage to protect the people from 
loss by reason  of the rascality  (or other­
wise) of the men to whom  he has  issued 
permits.  As he  appears  to  have  confi­
dence In the peddlers he should  be  will­
ing to “show his faith  by his works.”  It 
is not likely that he  will  do  anything of 
the sort,  however;  any  loss  that  ensues 
from  the  suspension  of  the  ordinance 
must  be  borne  by the  people who have 
no recourse.  The ordinance imposes cer­
tain conditions upon every  one  who  de­
sires  to  engage  in  the  business of ped­
dling,  which are intended  to regulate the 
business and place it under police super­
vision and control.  That  it  needs regu­
lation  is  generally  conceded;  but  the 
granting of permits,  for  which no provi­
sion is made in the ordinance,  does away 
with  the  possibility  of  regulation  and 
says,  in effect,  that the business does not 
require it,  and the only limit to the num­
ber of peddlers is the  good  judgment  of 
the Mayor.

The ground taken  by  the Mayor is that 
it is good public policy to give these peo­
ple permits.  Otherwise they  would  be­
come a charge upon  the city, as it is next 
to impossible for a  laboring  man  to  se­
cure  employment,  and  if  they  are  not

the 

permitted  to  peddle  they  must  6ither 
starve  or  be  supported  by  charity. 
If 
they  are  granted  permits  they  can  at 
least sell enough  to  support  their  fam­
ilies,  and save so much to the  taxpayers. 
The Mayor  conteuds,  also,  that it is bet­
ter that they should  be  granted  permits 
and so be enabled to earn  a  living, than 
that  they  should  be  supported  by  the 
city,  as they  soon  become  chronic  pau­
pers and expect  to be supported  by  the 
city.  The children grow  up  as  paupers 
and finally roam  the country  as  tramps 
or  become  inmates of poor bouses.  His 
honor admits that  as  a  mere  matter  of 
law  he  has no more  right to suspend the 
operation  of 
license  ordinance 
than  he  has  to  suspend  the  operation 
of  any  other 
law,  but  he  claims 
that the circumstauces of  the  case  war­
rant  him  in  regarding the matter in the 
light of the demands of public policy and 
humanity and  not  alone  in  its  strictly 
legal  aspect.  But  the  Council  has  de­
clared emphatically that the Mayor  must 
not issue permits,  rightly  reserving  that 
right to the legislative branch of the city 
gpvernment.  The  hard  times,  which 
render it all but impossible  for  laboring 
men  to  secure  employment  at  present, 
gives point and  force  to  the  arguments 
by  which  the  Mayor  attempts  to fortify 
his position,  but  T h e  T radesm an  still 
adheres  to its contention  that  the Chief 
Executive,  nor  no  other  officer,  of  the 
city has a right  to abrogate an ordinance 
passed by the Common Council; that such 
action belongs properly to the legislature 
of  the  city;  that  it  is a purely  legisla­
tive,  and not an executive, function, and, 
considered  apart from  the  merely  senti­
mental phase  of the  subject,  is  opposed 
to sound  public policy.  The matter will 
be referred to again in the near future.

Substituting:  Oil  for  C oal.

The partial famine in  bituminous coal, 
caused by the big strike of  miners,  may 
not be an unmixed evil.  The  American 
inventive  faculty  has  been  stimulated, 
and Yankee ingenuity  is  devising  ways 
of generating steam  without  the  use  of 
soft coal.  Already  Western river steam­
boat men  have begun alterations  to their 
boats  which  will  enable  them  to  burn 
crude  oil  under  their  boilers,  and  the 
successful and economical  use  of  oil  as 
fuel will take away much of the  sting of 
a coal  famine. 
It is interesting to  note, 
also,  that petroleum-burning  steamships 
are already in  use,  and  the  first  “ tank” 
steamer  on  the  Pacific  coast 
recently 
lauded at San Francisco a cargo  of  800,- 
000 gallons of oil from Tarala Bay,  Peru. 
The  Peruvian  railroads  are  large  con­
sumers of native oil, and when American 
roads and factories determine  to  substi­
tute  oil  for  coal  it  will  be beyond the 
power of a mob of Hungarians  and Poles 
to  paralyze 
the  industries  of  a  great 
nation.

Hardware Price Current.

“ 
1 
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A m

AUGURS AND BITS. 

T hese  prices are  for cash,  buyers,  who 
pay prom ptly  and  buy  in  fu ll  packages.
dig.
Snell’s .........................................................   60410
Cook’s ........................................................... 
40
Jennings’, genuine....................................... 
25
Jennings’, imitation....................................50*10
First Quality, 8. B. Bronze.......................... I 6 50
D.  B. Bronze............................  m 00
S. B. 9. Steel..............................  7 50
D. B. Steel................................  i8 60
Railroad............................................ *18 00  14 00
Garden......................................., .........  net  80 00
Stove..............................................................50*10
Carriage new list 
....................................... 75410
Plow.............................................................. 40410
Sleigh shoe................................................... 
70
Well, plain  ..................................................1350
Well, swivel......................................................  4 00
Cast Loose Pin, flgnred.................................70410
Wonght Narrow, brlgat 5a*i joint  40........80410

BUTTS, CAST. 

BUCKETS.

bolts. 

B A R R O W S . 

dig.

dls.

d i g .

 

 

’ 

ii 

50

dls.

O APB.

“ 
“ 
1 

HINGES.

chisels. 

HAMMERS.

HANGERS. 

CROW BARS.

CARTRIDGES.

HOLLOW WARS.

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

........................................perm 

Grain............................................ ...............41*10

Rim  Fire................................................... 
Central  Fire................................. dls. 
25

....................................... 
BLOCKS.
CRADLES.

Socket Firmer...............................................75410
Socket Framing......................................  ’ .75*10
Socket Corner.............................  
” 75*10
Socket Slicks................................................ 75*10
Botchers’ Tanged  Firmer............................ 
40

Cast Steel  ...........  ............................. per»»  5
SJy!®,1’!? 
65
g. d ..........................................::: 
35
Musket 
..................................... 
go

Wrought Loose  Pin................  
40
Wrought Table............................................ 
40
Wrought Inside Blind...................................  40
Wrought Brass.............................................  '  75
Blind,  Clark’s...............................................70410
Blind,  Parker’s............................................70410
Blind, Shepard’s 
70
Ordinary Tackle, list April  169-2............   .60410

Maydole  4  Co.’s............................... 
dls 
2S
Hip’s .......................................................dls.’ 
25
Yerkes 4  Plumb’s...............................  dls. 40410
Mason's Solid Cast Steel.......................  30c list 80
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand .  ..30c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ............................  dls.60410
State 
........................................ per do*, net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 In. 4*4  14  and
longer.......................................................   3*
Screw Hook and  Eye, £ ........................ uet 
10
96........................ net  854
7*
M........................ net 
%........................ net 
7v&
Strap and T .........................................  dls. 
f
dig
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track  .  5041C
Champion,  ant! friction......................   60410
Kidder, wood track..................................... 
49
g.0*®-.............................................................. 80410
Kettle*.........................................................  60&10
Spiders  ........................................................ 6041C
Gray enameled............................................ 40410
Stamped  Tin Ware...............................new list 70
Japanned Tin Ware..................................... 
25
Granite Iron W are..................... new lis 
2i
Bright...................................................  704104  0
Screw  Eyes.............................................. 704104 0
Hook's ........... ......................................... 70410410
Gate Hooks and Eyes...................... 
70410410
dls 7n
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ......................
Sisal, 54 Inch and larger....................... 
7
Manilla.......................................................'  qj
sqUARBs.......................dls.
Steel and I ro n ............................... 
 
Try and Bevels.............................  
M itre................................................... ;;;;;;; 
„  
gos. 10 to 14...................................... 13 50 
Nos.  18 to 21.....................................  4 05 
Nos. 22 to 24................................. 
Small sizes, ser pound................................   qv4
H0S-25t°2S................................. "3  65 
Large sizes, per 'pound...............................  
  06
NO. 27................................................   3 75 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
Com. 4  piece, 6 m ............................ dot. net 
75
_ 
Corrugated....................................................... dla 40
List acct. 19, ’88  ..................................... dls. 
59
Adjustable........................................................dls. 40410
Sliver Lake, White A.............................  i«st  50
Clark’s, small, #18;  large, 826..............................». 
30
5*
Ives’, 1, *18:  2, #24;  3,*30............................ 
25
50
«
Disston’s .................................................. 60410-10
t0
New American  ....................................... 60410-10
Nicholson’s .............................................60410-10
Heller’s  .......................................................  
50
Heller’s Horse Rasps  .................................. 
50

Curry,  Lawrence’s ................................ 
40
Hotchkiss................................................. ” 
25
White Crayons, per  gross..............12©12i4 dls. 10
Planished. 14 oz cut to size........per pound 
28
14x52, 14x56, 14x60 .......................  
26
23
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................  
Cold Rolled, 14x48........................................  
23
Bottoms..............  ................................ .. ‘ ’ 
22
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks.....................................  
so
Taper and straight Shank............... 50
Morse’s Taper Shank................................  ’ 
50

?r *1 n
¿5
go
Com.  Smooth.  Com
12 50
2 7q
  ? «   2 An
2 90
3 00
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Drab A........................•• 
White  B...........................  < 
DrabB......................... 
'  •• 
White C ....................' 

Solid Eyes...........................................per ton 125

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

CHALK.
COPPER.

files—New List. 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

levels. 
ROPES.

dripping pans.

SASH WEIGHTS.

wire goods. 

Discount, 10.

SHEET IRON.

ELBOWS.

drills. 

COMES. 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

dlS.

dls.

diS.

dls.

.  .  

dls

“ 

. 

, 

 

 

SAWS. 

dll

GALVANIZED IRON.

dls
dls.

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

12 

13 

15 

28
16 17

Discount, 60 -10

14 
GAUGES. 

dls.

iff ATTnrira

LOCKS—DOOR. 

MAULS. 
mills. 

MOLASSBS GATES. 

knobs—New List. 

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s...................... 
50
Door, mineral, Jap. trimmings....................  
55
Door,  porcelain, jap. trimmings................. 
55
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.............. 
55
Door,  porcelain, trimmings......................... 
55
Drawer and  8hutter, porcelain................... 
70
Russell 4  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new l is t........ 
56
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s ............................ 
55
Branford’s ................................................... 
55
Norwalk’s ....................................................  
55
Adze Bye..................................... *16.00, dls. 60-10
Hunt Bye..................................... »15.00. dls. 60-10
Hunt’s...................................... *18.50, dls. 20410.
diS.
Speiry 4  Co.’», Post,  handled...................... 
dls.
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s ...................................  
“  P. S. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleable!__ 
•*  Landers,  Ferry 4  Cls rk’s................. 
“  Enterprise 
.....................................  

50
40
40
40
30
Stebbln’s  Pattern.....................................  . .60410
Stebhln's Genuine.........................................66410
Enterprise, selfmeasuring..........................  
26
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.
Steel nails, Dase...............................................  40
Wire nails, base...............................................  49
60.................................................................... Base Base
SO...................................................... 
10
25
40........................... 
30......................................................  
25
80...................................................... 
85
16......................................................  
45
12- - .................................................................... 45
50
10...................................................... 
8--....................................................  
60
7 4 6 .................................................  
75
90
*.......................................................  
8.......................................................  
1  20
160
g . . - r ............................................... 
Fine 8  .............................................  
150
Case 10............................................. 
65
“  8............................................. 
75
“  6............................................. 
90
 
75
“  8................  
90
“  6.................................................... 
70
" 
80
go
" 

Clinch; 10.......................................... 
8.......................................... 
6.......................................... 

FlnishlO.................................. 

NAILS

diS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

dls.

Barren %................................  
planes. 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy................................   ©40
Sdota Bench..............................................  «50
Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy.........................  ©40
Bench, first quality......   ..............................  ©40
Stanley Rule and  Level Oo.’s  wood........... 50410
Fry,  Acme....................... .*................... dls.60—10
Common, polished................................ dls. 
70
dls.
Iron and  Tinned........................................  50—10
Copper Rivets and Bars.............................   50—10

rivets. 

PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

’A” Wood’s patent planished, Noe. 24 to 27  10 20 
“B” Wood’s pat. planished, No*. 25 to 27...  9 80 
Broken packs *0 per pound extra.

“ 

TRAPS. 

Hand........................................
Silver Steel  DIa. X Cuts, per foot,__ 
Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot 
Special Steel Dla. X Cuts, per foot 

“  Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X
Cuts,  per  foot............................................. 
, 
............ dls

70
50
30
go
_ 
60410
Steel, Game............................................. 
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s................. 
35
7»
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s .... 
Mouse,  choker................................. 18c per dos
Mouse, delusion...............................*1.50 per dos
WIRE.
UiH.
Bright Market.................. !.
70
Annealed Market...........
.........  TIè_1ft
er,  in
Coppered Market.................... 
Tinned Market...................... 
«¡>1/
Coppered  Spring Steel............
.............. 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanized........
...............   2 70
painted...............
........  ...  2 30
HOUSE NAILS.

An  Sable  .......................
Putnam...............................
Northwestern......................
dla. 10410
'so
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled............. 
go
Coe’s  Genuine............................. 
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought.  .......... 
76
Coe’s  Patent, malleable..'...............  
7541b
dls
Bird Cages  ...................... 
'50
Pumps, Cistern...................................  
' '' 75*10
Screws, New List................................   70*1  *10
Casters, Bed a  .d Plate.........................  50410410
Dampers, American..................................... 
40
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods........65410

MISCELLANEOUS. 
 

WRENCHES. 

dls

“ 

 

METALS,
PIG TIN.

* e
28c

«14

I«

Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.......................................................  
Duty:  Sheet, 2Kc per pouDd.
600 pound  casks..................................... 
Per pound.............................................7

ZINC.

SOLDER.

 

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

Extra W iping.................................................  '
The  prices  of  the  many other  a nail ties  of
solder in the market Indicated by private brand* 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.
Gookson........................................per  pound
Hallett’g....................................... 
TIN—MELTS GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............................ 
14X20IC, 
“ 
10x14ix, 
•• 
1 10
“ 
14x20 IX, 
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
“ 
“ 
“ 

.................................... 
Each additional X on this grade, *1.75.
10x14 IC, Charcoal................................  
14x20 IC, 
10x14ix, 
14x20 IX, 

 
.................................. g®
..................................... 

Each additional X on this grade 11.50.

I 7 50

1 75

9 a

9 a

75

ig

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ROOFING PLATES

■> 
“ 
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“ 

14x20 IC, “  Worcester................................  6 so
“ 
14x20 IX, 
..........................   gw
is 50
’* 
20x28 IC, 
“  All »way  Grade...............   6 00
14X20IC, 
MfaOEt. 
:: 
7  50
“ 
20x28 IC, 
12 50
2 0 x 2 8 1 1 ,.................................................  15 50
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.
14X28IX  ..................................................... *14  06
14**6 IX, fer No. 8 Boiler«,) ^  
14x80 IX,  11  »•  9  m 

.....................  
“ 
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W E D N E S D A Y ,  J U L Y   1 1 ,1 8 9 4 .

THE  SPIRIT  OF  SEVENTY-SIX.
When the fathers of  the  republic  put 
forth to the world on the Fourth of July, 
1776, the announcement that  a  new  na­
tion  was  born  among  the powers of the 
earth, they declared in definite terms the 
great human  rights  upon  which  it  was 
founded.  Among these was the princple 
that all  men ought  to be equal  before the 
law,  and that they are entitled  to the en­
joyment of life,  liberty  and  the  pursuit 
of happiness.

This is the foundation  of  all  true  re­
publicanism.  Without it there can be no 
real  liberty,  no  truly  free  institutions. 
The meaning,  as it is the object and  mis­
sion of a true democracy  or  government 
of the people by tbe  people,  is  that  all 
men  under its beneficent  rule shall  have, 
as  far  as  human  institutions  can  give 
them,  a fair start in  life,  with  the  right 
to  each  to  do  the  best and to reach  the 
highest place which  his talents and  facil­
ities will permit

All men  are not  equal  as  to  physical 
strength,  stature  or  beauty.  Nor  are 
they equal as to intelligence  and  mental 
qualities.  On  the  contrary,  nature has 
produced  the widest  possible  variety  of 
inequality.  But  true  freedom  and  real 
democratic liberty  intervene  to  demand 
for each an  opportunity to  bring out the 
best that is  in  him,  to  secure  the  best 
that is possible  for  him.  Some will rise 
higher than others,  but  every  individual 
who  will  exercise  his faculties in a pro­
per way  will attain some position  of  re­
spectability  and  usefulness  in tbe body 
politic and enjoy corresponding  benefits, 
whatever  they  may  be. 
In  such a sys­
tem every man  is put  on  his  metal  and 
on his honor,  and,  if he shall  utterly fall 
in life,  the failure will  be  bis  own fault. 
In  a  democratic  system  every  man  is 
offered  the  encouragement  of noble and 
laudable ambitions and the  hopes  of  an 
honorable success.

It  is  well  to  keep  these  conditions 
carefully in mind,  in  view of tbe remark­
able advance of  socialistic  doctrines  of 
life into  our  democracy.  Socialism  op­
poses tbe principle that  each  individual 
shall  be allowed to do  his  best  and  get 
the most for  his  work,  and  substitutes 
for it the notion that one man is  no  bet­

ter  than  another, and  that he  must  not 
be permitted to do any better,  or  to  get 
any  more  than  any  other.  All  must 
share  alike,  and  all  must  be  brought 
down to the same dead level.

The result of democracy is to raise up, 
that of socialism is to pull  down;  the ef­
fect of democracy is to  draw  as many as 
possible from  the lower to higher grades, 
that of socialism is to  drag  down  all  to 
the  level  of  the lowest.  Democracy re­
quires every individual,  according  to his 
ability, to contribute to the world’s stock 
of wealth and happiness,  and  that  those 
who cannot work  must  be supported, and 
that those who will not work  must suffer 
for it.  Socialism  gives none  any  oppor­
tunity  to improve  his condition,  but  re­
quires  that  the  workers  must  feed the 
drones.

It is  not  to  be  denied  that  socialism 
has  beeu  advocated  by  some  good  and 
pure men  who have been  appalled at the 
vast amount of misery in the  world  and 
desire to remedy it;  but all  their philan­
thropic  efforts  and  all  their benevolent 
dreams have utterly  failed,  because  it is 
uot  in  the  nature  of  a  dragging-down 
process to make men  better  or  happier. 
Tbe weak point in the democratic system 
is that the accumulation  of  wealth occu­
pies too much of the  time and  talents of 
the contestants for  success.  The money 
power is coming  to be the controlling in­
fluence in politics and  social  life. 
It  is 
getting to be so that the only success that 
is at all esteemed or  desired  is in  the ac­
cumulation of  money.  This  is  not  the 
fault of democratic doctrines,  but  of  the 
low grade of  moral  sentiment  that  per­
vades  the  American  people.  They find 
it  easier  to  acquire  social  distinction 
with money than  by a  display  of  moral 
and intellectual ability.

Even with this drawback, the vast prog­
ress  which  has  been  made  in  human 
civilization is  the  immediate  outgrowth 
of the  democratic  principle  that  a'lows 
each  person  to  do  his  best and to gain 
the rewards of bis  exertions.  What will 
be the condition of society  under  a  uni­
versal dragging-down  process?

PATRIOT OR  TRAITOR—WHICH ?
Thirty three years ago Jefferson  Davis 
inaugurated civil war in this country  by 
firing on  Fort Sumpter.  Two weeks ago 
Dictator  Debs  declared  war  on  estab­
lished  government  by 
inaugurating  a 
general strike and inciting his  followers 
to  murder, 
incendiarism,  anarchy  and 
contempt  of  courts  and  government 
edicts.  As between the intentions of the 
two  men,  there  is  no  difference—both 
aimed at the  destruction  of  government 
and the elevation of themselves  to  posi­
tions of responsibility at the head  of  the 
new  order  of 
things  they  hoped  to 
create.  One failed  in  the  attempt  and 
has  gone  down  to  history  as  the  arch 
traitor of the age.  The other is destined 
to  meet  with  ignominious  defeat  and 
should  promptly meet  the  common  fate 
of traitors.  As the outbreak of  tbe  war 
disclosed  who were loyal  and  who  were 
disloyal  to the Government, so  the  pres­
ent  crisis  has  shown  the  people  who 
would stand by the country  and  uphold 
it iu an emergency and  who would  assist 
in its overthrow.  Under  the  banner  of 
disunion and disloyalty  is  found,  in  al­
most unbroken array,  the organized body 
of  trades  unionism,  encouraging 
the 
strike, hampering tbe officers in  the  en­
forcement of law,  condemning the  Presi­
dent, disregarding  the  edicts  of  courts

and the warnings  of  court  officers,  ap­
plying the torch of  the  incendiary,  em­
ploying the dagger  of  the  assassin  and 
gloating over the destruction of life  and 
property.  The conduct of trades  union­
ism generally in this emergency has been 
such as to convince patriotic people  that 
unionism is in league  with  anarchy  and 
that both iniquities must be stamped out, 
root and  branch,  if the peace,  prosperity 
and perpetuity of the Republic  is  to  be 
assured.

As President Cleveland  wisely  states, 
this is not a time for  discussion  but  for 
action;  and  he  is  the  strongest  patriot 
and noblest citizen who is first  and  fore­
most in joining a crusade  to  exterminate 
from this country every  vestige  of  trea­
son,  whether found  under the red  flag of 
anarchy  or  the  perfidious  banner  of 
trades unionism.

For many years Cato thundered  in  the 
Roman  Senate,  “Carthage  must  be  de 
stroyed,”  realizing that if the barbarians 
were  not  subjugated  tbey  would  some 
day  subjugate  Rome.  His  timely  and 
oft-repeated  cautions  went  unheeded 
and Rome eventually  fell  an  easy  prey 
to  the  Carthagenians. 
In  like  manner 
patriotic  Americans  are  now  sounding 
the clarion note of alarm,  “Anarchy  and 
trades unionisms  must  be  stamped  out 
or liberty  must  cease  and  the  country 
perish.”  The  reign  of  Dictator  Debs 
and bis anarchistic  (or trades  unionist— 
one and  tbe  same)  followers  furnishes 
the country with ample proof of  the  in­
tentions of unionist demagogues  to  sub­
vert the  law,  overthrow  the  goverment 
and precipitate a condition of chaos.

The Grand  Rapids Evening Press takes 
occasion,  iu  a  recent  issue,  to sneer at 
the “correctness of  grocers’  and  butch­
ers’ scales.”  The  scales  and  measures 
of merchants generally  are  as  accurate 
as tbe rules of printers or the circulation 
claims  of  daily  newspapers  and 
tbe 
captions  critics  of  the  press  do  them­
selves  and  the  retail  trade  no  good in 
seeking to create suspicion  and  dissatis­
faction among the  public  by  covert  in­
sinuations and false statements.

Trades  unionism  has  kill  the  goose 
which laid the golden  egg. 
It  has  suc­
ceeded in doing just  tbe  thing  it  ought 
not to do for its own  good—made capital 
timid  and  disgusted  and  disheartened 
business men to that extent that millions 
of dollars  which would naturally  be  ex­
pended  in  the  construction  and  exten- 
tion of railways,  factories and  other  en­
terprises will  be kept secinded  in  banks, 
trust companies and  vaults instead..

Unionism  and  anarchy—one  and  the 

same—forever  inseparable.

A  D rum m er  O rator.
Cr y sta l,  July  4—E.  A.  Reynolds, of 
traveling  salesman  for  E.  G. 
Detroit, 
Shaw & Co., of Toledo,  and  a member of 
the Michigan  Knights  of  the  Grip,  de­
livered the oration here July 4.  Such an 
interesting  and  eloquent  address  was 
never before heard in Crystal.  Mr.  Reyn­
olds  possesses  a fine  voice  and  a  very 
pleasing  delivery.  The  congratulations 
showered upon him by  the G. A.  R.  and 
others were numerous.

F red  Kim b a ll.

Knew  Her  Ability.

A little fellow had been  seriously  lec­
tured by his mother and finally  sent into 
the garden to find  a  switch  with  which 
he  was  to  be  punished.  He  retuned 
soon  and  said:  “I  could  not  find  a 
switch,  mamma,  but here’s  a  stone  you 
can throw at me.”

It  ie  L ib erty  or  S la v ery .

Ma n ist e e,  July  7—I  have  read  your 
stirring  articles  on  the  evils  of trades 
unionism, especially during the past two 
years,  noting with  alarm the strong  and 
manly pleas you have made  for  the  lib­
erty of the  individual  and  the  enforce­
ment of  the law. 
I have sometimes  felt 
that you were  too severe on unionism  in 
condemning it so  strongly  and  classing 
all unionists  as  murderers  and  anarch­
ists, but  recent  events  have  convinced 
me that you are everlastingly  right  and 
that no  man  with  clean  hands,  honest 
heart and patriotic motives  can  affiliate 
with a trades  union. 
I  am  aware  that 
many  well-meaning men may have joined 
unions in the belief that they might gain 
some legitimate advantage through  such 
connection,  but  surely  no  man  with  a 
particle of self respect can longer remain 
in touch  with organizations which preach 
and practice anarchy,  which is  now  the 
case with  every  union  in  the  country. 
The time has surely come when  the peo­
ple of this country  must choose  between 
government and  chaos—between  liberty 
and unionism—and  1 have  no  hesitation 
in stating that  a  large  majority  of  the 
people will  be found ready  to  lift  their 
voices and  votes  and  bayonets  against 
white slavery, just as a  majority  of  the 
people united to crush out  negro slavery 
and  perpetuate  the  union 
thirty-five 
years ago.  The extermination  of union­
ism and anarchy  (there  is  no  difference 
between the two)  is  the  great  question 
before the American  people  to-day and 1 
hope T h e  T radesm an  will  continue to 
be a leader in the crusade.

Merch a nt

From   tb e   S ta n d p oin t  o f  th e   R etailer.
Z e e l a n d ,  July 6—1 have noted several 
articles in recent issues of T h e  T ra des­
man  in  regard  to  abolishing  the  three 
days of grace on  notes  and  drafts.  As 
we have  only  heard  the  question  from 
one side, let the  retailers  explain  what 
inconvenience  it  will  be  to  them.  So 
far as notes are concerned,  I do not care, 
as 1 do not deal in them;  but  1  think  it 
would be a great mistake  to  abolish  the 
system of three days of grace  on  drafts, 
made 
for  collection. 
Five  out of ten  times  a  draft  is  made 
without  giving  notice  in  advance  and 
the dealer is not always  ready to pay on 
qpmand. 
If the three days of  grace  are 
given,  there is a chance to get it  and the 
draft  will  be  paid  more  promptly. 
More  drafts  will  be  returned  unpaid 
when  made  payable  on  demand,  which 
will be a great bother, both to the  maker 
and  the  bank. 
I  say,  leave  the  three 
days of grace  on  drafts  for  the  benefit 
of the  retail  trade.  Do  as  you  please 
with the grace on notes.

through  banks 

J.  Va n Den Bosch.

T h e  T radesm an  would  be  glad  to 
hear from  other  retailers  on  the  point 
raised by Mr.  Van  Den  Bosch. 
It  may 
be  possible  that  one 
feature  of  the 
subject was overlooked in  the investiga­
tion,  and it would  be  well  for  them  to 
give their side of the question.

B an k   N o tes.

Two State  banks  were  chartered  last 
week—the  Union  Savings Bank of Man­
chester and the  Commercial  State  Bank 
of Constantine.  Both  institutions  have 
a capital stock of $25,000.

AH the stock of the Lowell  State Bank 
has  been  purchased  by 
local  parties. 
The new stockholders have  not  met  yet 
to  elect  the  new  officers.  Among  the 
purchasers are Francis  King,  Chas.  Mc­
Carty,  F.  T.  King,  G.  H.  Force,  L.  J. 
Post,  Robt.  Hardy,  M.  Ruben  and  M.  C. 
Griswold.

A.  L.  Beard & Co.  is the name of a new 
bank  at  Morrice.  Lyon  &  Hadsall,  of 
Owosso,  are the  “Co.” of  the institution.
Wm. A.  Rosenkrans  has  been  elected 
Cashier of the Corunna National Bank, to 
succeed the late A. T.  Nichols.

An ounce of put off will cause a ton  of 

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The  unprecedented  success  with  which  the  W.  J.  G.  TEA  has  met  during  the  past  J1  years clearly demonstrates the 
SUPERIORITY of this Tea over all others.  Various concerns have at different times attempted to place a Tea on  the  market  that 
would  win  against  the  W.  J. G.  What was the result ?  A complete failure.  Having defeated all, the  YY.  J.  G. stands as before, 
and as it will in time to come, highest in every respect.

The  enyiable  reputation  this  Tea  possesses is wholly due to GENUINE MERIT.  Both experts and consumers are forced to 

admit that there is none comparable.

It is universally known that our Tea is superior to all others.  But why ?  Our answer is:

It is strictly  pure, containing no adulteration whatever,  and is carefully cured by a new method which causes it to retain  its 
natural flavor and  strength.  Being picked before the First of June renders it strictly “first pickings.”  The location  of  the  land 
in the Uji and Tenno districts Is such as makes it particularly adapted to the growing of this grade of Tea. 
In strength  and  rich­
ness it excels any Tea ever brought into the United States.

In selecting a Tea for your trade see that what you purchase is strictly first-class iu quality.  You  get  it  when  you  buy  the 

W. J. G.  We guarantee this Tea to give perfect satisfaction.

Owing to the superior quality of this season’s pickings  (1894) we are able to give you a Tea the value of which  will  be  fully 
If you want a Tea to  sell for 50c>r 60e,  buy the W. J.  G.  and you will have one 

*2c  per  pound  better  than  last  year’s purchase. 
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THE  DISTRIBUTION  OP  W EALTH. 

Written for Te i  T tittn u ir .

If 1 were asked to state wherein people 
most  commonly  differ.  I  should  say 
that it is in the matter  of  definition. 
In 
the  silent  processes  of  human  thought 
there  is  naturally a want of  uniformity 
in  conclusions,  because  each  object  or 
theory  is  observed  from  an  individual 
point of view.  Hence there are likely to 
be as  many  differing  opinions  as  there 
are  individuals.  The  question,  “What 
amount  of 
represents 
wealth?”  will be answered in a thousand 
different  ways  by  as  many  persons, 
because  each  is  influenced,  in  forming 
conclusions,  by  his  own  environment. 
The sum named will  usually  correspond 
to the condition in  life and  expectations 
of respondents.

accumulation 

of 

the 

units 

To the public  a man  of  large  means, 
powerful influence,  and world-wide repu­
in  turn,  hero,  hypo­
tation  will  be, 
crite, 
coward, 
despot, 
conspirator, 
or 
traitor, 
patriot, 
philanthropist, 
the 
a  political  knave,  according  as 
separate 
aggregate 
shall  view him  through  each  individual 
lens.  Yet each  judgment may  be given 
with apparent  honest intent in  the  light 
of evidence considered conclusive.  Such 
judgment often falls short of  the  eternal 
principles of right,  because that evidence 
is  partial  or  untrue;  and  so  each  one 
defines human action by a  standard  con­
formable to his own weakness, prejudice, 
or want of knowledge.

But'there  is  something  in  the  moral 
sense  of  every  individual  citizen  that 
cries out against  and condemns palpable 
acts  of  injustice  committed  by  public 
servants who have been trusted  to  make 
and enforce contracts with private enter­
prises. 
It is true the air  is  often full of 
rumors of defalcations made by dishonest 
officials, which  are magnified  far beyond 
the truth by party  rancor.  Yet  nothing 
in the shape of official  peculation  seems 
to touch'the sensibilities of the  majority 
of citizens until some  culminating  noto 
rious series of crimes  concentrate  public 
sentiment into a cyclonic tempest of rage 
that overleaps all barriers of  reason  and 
blindly punishes  alike the  innocent  and 
the  guilty with  swift and terrible venge­
ance.

Of late there  is  growing  a  dangerous 
feeling of discontent  in laboringmen and 
thousands  in  the  middle  walks  of  life 
against  what they  please  to  call  “The 
nnjust  distribution  of  wealth.”  The 
object  lessons  which 
they  have  been 
studying are  found  in  all  parts  of  the 
union where our  natural  resources have 
encouraged  men  of  enterprise  to  join 
capital and experience for  their develop 
ment. 
In doing this  they have benefited 
themselves,  but  labor,  also, has  had 
proportionate share of the  good  results,
Other capitalists  associate  themselve 
Into  corporations  that  secure  valuable 
franchises 
state 
governments and grow wealthy on profits 
that were not considered possible  except 
by  a  few  of  the  projectors.  These, 
through  persistence, 
have  obtained 
personal  management  of  large  incomes 
and by questionable methods  have  piled 
up  for  themselves  colossal  fortunes  at 
the  expense  of  trusting  stock  or  bond 
holders.  As a large part of  the business 
of this country is  necessarily  carried on 
by combinations of capital  which  absorb 
the small savings of  thousands who have 
no time  to  closely  watch  their  invest­
ments, it  is  easy  for  scheming  men  to

from  municipal  or 

divide  the  profits  unequally,  and  the 
result is millionaires in  ascending  ratio.
This  is  called  in  usual  parlance  the 
distribution of wealth;  but  it  resembles 
honest distribution  as  much  as  it  does 
the monkey’s division  of cheese,  so  well 
described in ancient fable. 
If to distrib­
ute  means  simply  to  take  and  hold, 
then  wealth 
is  distributed  by  these 
shrewd managers  of a  capital  owned in 
partnership,  whose just  recompense and 
share should  cover only their proportion 
of  actually  earned  dividends,  plus  an 
honest  salary  for  conducting  the  busi­
ness.  But  the inequality  of such  profit 
sharing  sinks  into  insignificance  when 
compared with  the deep-laid  schemes of 
few  men who,  thirty  years  ago,  suc­
ceeded  in  playing  a  mammoth  bunco 
game on Uncle Sam and have  been  ever 
since enjoying  the  swag,  which,  actual 
and prospective,  will aggregate hundreds 
of millions.  The very  largeness  of  the 
transaction  has  concealed  its  enormity 
from the just resentment of the American 
people.  For the average  citizen is more 
easily confused by the  juggling  through 
which millions of dollars  are taken from 
the National treasury  than  by the petty, 
thimble rig manipulations of smaller dis­
tributors of wealth.

in 

fact, 

Fully a generation ago  the building of 
a  railroad  to  connect  the  Pacific  Coast 
with  the  rest  of  the  country  was first 
advocated. 
It was a  grand  and  worthy 
business  project; 
it  was  a 
National  necessity,  as  experience  had 
well  proved,  for,  without  it  we  were a 
divided  people,  separate in interests and 
weak  in 
the  event  of  foreign  hostile 
complications. 
It was an enterprise  far 
beyond the reach of  private  capital  and 
the difficulties  were  formidable  to  con­
template.  A 
large  preponderance  of 
public sentiment was  in favor of its con­
struction,  but it  was not  until  the  civil 
war  was  ended  that  actual  work  was 
begun.

In view of the immensity of the  under­
taking the  general  Government  became 
financially responsible for a large part of 
the estimated  cost,  besides  donating  to 
the few  men  comprising  the  companies 
incorporated for  its  control  millions  of 
acres of land,  the value of which  it  was 
computed,  would  ultimately  repay  the 
total expense of construction.  To  secure 
the  sum  advanced 
interest  bearing 
bonds  the  parties  contracting  the  debt 
gave mortgage on the  finished  road  and 
lands  unsold. 
It  is  not  necessary  to 
state the particulars of  the loan made to 
the incorporated bodies  now  owning the 
completed line. 
It  was  assuredly  built 
with funds not  entirely  their  own,  and 
for which  they  are  still  responsible  to 
the  general  Government  with 
little 
prospect of the  debt  being  paid  within 
the next generation.

in 

the  opportunities  afforded  in 

If a  complete  history  of  Pacific  rail­
road  management  were  made  public 
to-day it would  surprise  all  but a  com­
paratively few  of the  American  people. 
Among that few  are  the  men  who,  out 
of 
the 
expenditures  necessary  to  so  large  an 
enterprise,  have  accumulated  wealth 
almost beyond  computation.  They have 
kept this to  the  present  time,  although 
they might have used a portion to satisfy 
all just claims of creditors and  each still 
be in possession  of  more  than  a  king’s 
ransom. 
Is it  any  wonder,  in  view  of 
these  and  hundreds  of  other  similar 
object lessons,  that so many  complain of 
the unequal  distribution of wealth?

Having re-organized our business  and  acquired  the  fac­
tory  building  ana  machinery  formerly 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.

W e  pay  Highest  Market  Prices  in  Spot  Cash'and  measure  bark 

when  Loaded.

Correspondence  Solicited.

RINDGR,  KRLMBKGH  1  GO..  12,  14  and  16  Pearl  St.

Have you heard of our River Shoes ?  Of course,  you have.

Ever  heard  of  our  Hard  Pan  line ?  Why cert.  Everybody  -i 
knows we nlake them right.  What we  want  to  call  your  at  ^  
tention  to  now  is our Cordivan line,  the line that is coming to 
the front with glorious results.  We have met  with  such  un 
limited  success  in  the  manufacture  of them in Men’s,  Boys’ 
and Youths’ that we have decided to add Women’s,  Misses’ and 
Children's.  Misses’  and  Children’s  in  both  heel  and spring 
heel with prices that cannot  help  but  please  you. 
(Another 
question.)  Are  we  in it on jobbing goods ?  Well we should 
smile a smole longer than a wagon track.  Of course we are in  it 
and  our  line  of 
fall goods  will convince you that  we are in  it more than  ever.  A 
little  advice  on
the  side  without  charge,  it is to place your rubber order early as it will  save you 
money.

The following testimonial  was received from a brilliant  member  of Congress  a 

few days ago:
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R i n d g e ,  K a l m b a c h   a Co., Grand Rapids,  Mich.

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Washington,  D.  C.,  May 3, 1894.

Dear  Sirs:—Too  years  ago  today I put on a pare of youre Cordovan Shoos and havent had 

thim off my feet since, they are strong yit. 

Tours trooly,

SPECIAL  HIGH  GRADE.

J ir b y  Simpson

A  Strictly  High  Grade  28  lb.  Bi­
cycle, the  Latest  and  Best  English 
Design, 
Tool Steel, 
Ball  Bearing  throughout,  Tangent 
Spokes, Either Wood  or Steel  Rims, 
Pneumatic  Tires,  Hardened  Tool 
Steel  Rear  Sprockets,  Re-enforced  Frame, Hickory or  Steel  Forks.  War- 
ented  throughout.

’94  Model. 

We sell direct from our  factory, as the  time  has  come  when  riders 
must have a strictly High  Grade  Wheel  with  Strength and Lightness com­
bined, at  actual  value.  Price $75.

CYCLOID  WHEEL  WORKS,  Grand  Rapids,  Jlich.

T H E   M IO H IG A li  T R A D E SM A N
law  makers, I 
The  men  of  intelligence, 
and leading capitalists who represent the 
best elements of  our  republican  system j 
of  government  bear  a  fearful  respon-1 
sibility  when  the  most  ignorant among 
the mass are equally  sovereign  and  can 
dictate what shall be national policy.

MICHAEL  KOLB  &  SON, 

Wholesale  Clothing  Manufacturers,

ROCHESTER,  N.  T.

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ESTABLISHED  37  YEARS. 

All  Mail  Orders  Promptly  Attended to.

Our representative, William  Connor, who resides at  Mar­
shall, Mich., will be pleased to wait upon you if you will favor 
him with  a line to do so, and should he not have what you  re­
quire  will  thank  you  for  looking through our line.  Perfect 
fit and excellent garments.  Low Prices  Guaranteed.

Flags —

for schools, buildings, halls and pri­
vate use.  All wool, standard bunt­
ings.  Sizes from 2x3 to  20x36. 

FlUSLIN  flags  on sticks, sizes from Nos. 
1 to  12.  These pay the retailer from  75 to 100  per cent, profit.
Red, white and blue bunting by  the  yard  for  trimming 
store  fronts,  halls  and  schools;  also  tri-colors in  each piece. 
Prices range from 3 to  10c per yard.

Red, white and blue ribbons, solid or  tri-colors.  Nos.  5, 

7, 9 and  12.  Write for prices.

P.  Steketee  &  Sons,
Grand  Rapids,  flich.

New

Japan

1 am aware that a  plausible  answer is 
ready to explain why these few men have 
come  into  possession  of  such  colossal 
means and still  should not be  compelled 
to make good their  business  obligations. 
That  answer,  assumes,  in  effect,  that 
their valuable  business  talents  enabled 
them to confer an  equivalent in  service; 
but  deep  down  in  the  heart  of  every 
honest man is a  feeling that abhors such 
subterfuge.  There  is no  service a  man 
can  render his country or  the  world in  a 
single 
that  cannot  be  fully 
recompensed  (if money be  in  any  sense 
an equivalent)  with a  twentieth  part of 
the sum shared by each of  the promotors 
of  that  one  enterprise.  How  much  of 
the common profits has been used  to  de- 
bauch the legislative  conscience  to  pre­
vent  official  inquiry  into  methods  that 
would not bear  investigation, as well  as 
to avoid the  collection of  the  large sum 
due the Government, eternity alone shall 
reveal.

lifetime 

One who was  subsequently honored by 
his  fellow  citizens  with  a  high  office 
shortened his life by the cares and  over­
exertion  made  necessary  by  the  heavy 
burden of his  immense  fortune.  Begin­
ning his career as  a  merchant,  and  ex­
tending  business as the needs  of a grow­
ing state justified,  he,  no doubt,  thought 
his subsequent  accumulations  were  the 
result  of a  like  legitimate  speculation, 
only  on  a  larger  scale.  But  one  may 
believe that he must have  felt some com­
punction for his share  in  a  distribution 
of profits that  left  one  party  concerned 
out in the cold, for he afterward donated a 
large  amount  to  an  educational  enter­
prise,  perhaps  partly in  atonement  and 
partly to establish for himself what most 
honorable men desire,  posthumous fame. 
There is reason to believe, 
too,  that his 
advocacy  of  a  system  of  government 
loans to everybody at  a nominal  rate  of 
interest  indicated  a  failure  of  mental 
power,  since  such  a  scheme  has  ever 
been 
the  pet  project  of  cranks  and 
dreamers,  hoping  it  will  herald  the 
coming  of  a financial millennium.  The 
Attorney-General  of  the  United  States 
has lately put in a claim on behalf of  the 
Government  to  the  estate  of  the  late 
Senator and wealth distributor for a part 
of the  sum  so  long  overdue.  The  ap­
praisal of the property  shows  enough to I 
pay this indebtedness  and  still  leave  a 
large fortune to the  childless  widow,  his 
only heir.  But at once  an effort is made 
in Congress to cancel  this  claim  at  the 
expense  of  the national  treasury.  Per­
haps a bill  will  succeed  in  passing  by 
senatorial 
body  where 
“fellow  feeling  makes  them  wondrous 
kind.” 
lobbied 
through  the  other  house  with  many 
sentimental  reasons  to  attack  members 
on their  weak  side;  and  a  presidential 
fiat  may  complete  the  original  act  of 
malfeasance.

courtesy—a 

it  may  be 

Perhaps 

Who can object if  the people  to whom 
those $15,000,000 belong  refuse  to  sanc­
tion the gift and apply to the transaction 
a  name  it  justly  deserves?  Who  can 
wonder if socialist agitators  and extrem­
ists make  it  a  text  for  discourses  that 
shall inflame the  passions of men  whose 
powers of reason cannot separate the  few 
offenders  in  high  life  from  the  main 
body of  thrifty  citizens  who  are  doing 
the business of  the  country  with honor 
untarnished?  Within  the  army  of  the 
discontented there is  a  powerful  voting 
strength,  and  in their  wrath  they never 
foe.
discriminate  between  friend  and 

Every deviation  from  the  perfect law I 
of  right  discourages  a  large  and  loyal 
class of citizens upon  whom depend  the 
peace and prosperity  of  the  nation. 
If 
those in high station  outrage  the  moral 
sense of  the  community  by  one  unjust 
financial transaction, the effect on society 
is worse than a hundred  crimes  commit­
ted  by  men  in  humbler  walks  of  life. 
The clamor for an  equal  distribution  of 
wealth  finds 
palliation  only  in  the 
object lessons presented  during  the last 
generation,  when combinations of private 
greed have plundered  by many  specious 
pretexts  and  under  color  of  law  the 
accumulated  savings  of 
the  common 
people.  To assert that  they  are simply 
the reward of  unusual  enterprise  is  no 
valid excuse for individual  fortunes that 
reach into the tens of millions.  We can­
not safely use  more  than  one  standard 
of 
right  and  wrong  That  standard 
which governs nine-tenths of the mercan­
tile and  manufacturing  business  of  the 
country  must  become 
the  prevailing 
ethics  and  should  be  applied  alike  to 
the peddler of peanuts and  the promotor 
of enterprises  that  consume  millions of 
capital.  Wealth  cannot be  equally  dis­
tributed  in  dollars  per  capita—that  is 
only  an  absurd  dream  and  hobby  of 
cranks and socialists—but it  can  be and 
ought to be distributed  according  to the 
eternal principles of  justice,  which  pre­
vents infringments  on the natural rights 
of others.  That end  once  secured,  one 
man  may  be a  millionaire  if he  will but 
honestly acquire,  and another  may  be  a 
millionaire hater  if  his  perverse  tastes 
prefer; but each will  have what is in  law 
and  fact clearly his own.

S.  P.  W h it m a b s h .

A  P lea  for  B etter G oode.

As  there  are  at  the  present 

time 
several  large plants in the United States, 
where tons of  tin-plate have  been manu­
factured  every  month for  several  years 
past,  is it not about  time  that  a  better 
quality of tinware is placed on  the  mar­
ket? 
It is quite possible that  the  sheet- 
iron plates which form  the  body  of  all 
our tin-plates have really improved  from 
year to year,  as new processes  for  treat­
ing iron and  steel  have  been  discovered: 
but  alas! 
the  precious  tin  coating  re­
mains as gauzy and  thin as  ever.  There 
was a time  in  our  memory  when  a  tin 
pan could be,  and was scoured  with  the 
marsh rushes, or with soap and sand  and 
then presented a surface that might have 
been  used as a mirror,  but to-day,  scour­
ing vessels of tin is a thing of  the  past, 
and even  cleaning  them  with  soap  and 
hot water must  be  carefully  done,  else 
in a brief time,  if not  found  in  a  leaky 
condition,  they present  a surface  equal­
ing a turkey’s  egg  in  spots  where  the 
tin  amalgam  has  worn  off.  We  admit 
that the  cause  of  hundreds  of  inferior 
articles on the market—tin  not excepted 
—is, that for some years past the  public 
demand was generally  for  something  at 
a less price;  and wretchedly poor articles 
in every respect  are  the  result.  And— 
we regret to  say—that  however  low  in 
price an  article  is  offered,  there  is  al­
ways some  one  whose  money  is  worth 
more than the other individual  and  who

T eas.

We  a re now   receiving  daily  choice 
lines of Japan teas of our own  selection 
and  importation,  which  we  are  offer­
ing to the trade at from 2 to 3 cents per 
pound  lower  than  the  same  grades 
have  ever  been  sold  in  this  market• 
Our tea   department  has  always  been 
one of our  strongest  features  and  no 
dealer should place his  order  without 
first inspecting our samples and prices»

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H K N R Y   K O C H ,   your  d e f i e s ,   attorneys,  ager.j, 
S O l e s m e r x   and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or 
holding  through  or  under  you,

U t y e r e a s ,
it  has  been  represented  to  us  in  our  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District  of
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Jersey,  in  the  Third  Circuit,  on  the  part  of  the  ENOCH  MORGAN’S  SONS  COMPANY,  Complainant,  that 
it  has  lately  exhibited  its  said  Bill  of  Complaint  in  our  said  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States  for  the  District 
of  New  Jersey,  against  you,  the  said  HENRY  KOCH,  Defendant, 
to  be  relieved  touching  the  matters  therein 
complained  of,  and  that  the  said

ENOCH  MORGAN'S  SONS  COMPANY,

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

we  do  strictly  command  and  perpetually  enjoin  you,  the  said  HENRY 
KOCH,  your  clerks,  attorneys,  agents,  salesmen  and  workmen,  and  all  claiming  or  holding  through  or  under  you,
in  case  of  disobedience,  that  you  do
absolutely  desist  and  refrain  from  in  any  manner  unlawfully  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO,”  or  any  word  or  words 
substantially  similar  thereto  in  sound  or  appearance,  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  any  scouring 
soap  not  made  or  produced  by  or  for  the  Complainant,  and  from  directly,  or  indirectly,
By  word  of  mouth  or  otherwise,  selling  or  delivering  as 

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

that  which  is  not  Complainant’s  said  manufacture,  and  from 
false  or  misleading  manner. 

in  any  way  using  the  word  “ SAPOLIO”  in  any 
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The  honorable  Melville  W.  F uller,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
United  Stages  of  America,  at  the  City  of  Trenton, 
in  said  District  of  New 
Jersey, 
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eight  hundred  and  ninety-two.

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wishes  to  purchase  more  goods  for  a 
stated sum.  But now that  we  are  min­
ing our  own  tin  and  making  our  own 
tin-plate,  we  ask  for  better  ware  than 
we have heretofore  imported,  and  at  a 
fair living price,  also.  The  ladies  tell 
us that nothing in  the  world  (except  a 
bad husband)  is more difficult to  get  rid 
of than worn  out  tin  vessels,  and  that 
fact,  in connection  with  poor  quality, 
has caused  them  to  purchase  anything 
else  which  would  take 
their  places. 
Manufacturers of tin should make a note 
of this latter fact, if they  desire  a  more 
extensive sale of their wares.  While we 
insist that it is to  the  interest  of  every 
manufacturer to produce  the  best  wares 
he can,  regardless of the first cost,  it  is 
doubly incumbent  on  the  producers  of 
those articles which would—if price will 
admit—come into daily  and  hourly  use 
with the masses.  As  in  education  and 
skill we are told “there  is  always  room 
at the top,”  so it is  with  the  vast  num­
ber of utensils in  daily  use—price  is  a 
secondary consideration,  and  sooner  or 
later all will have them.  From  time  to 
time the press  congratulates  the  nation 
upon the glorious results from the estab­
lishment  of  tin  making  plants  in  our 
own country and the duty  which will ex­
clude  any  successful  competition,  but 
not a syllable about the quality  or  price 
of the new product.  Will  not some  one 
who is competent enlarge  upon  the  im­
portant subject of American tinware?
F ra nk.  A.  H ow ig.

Antidote for Cyanide of Potash.
One of the  deadliest  and  most  subtle 
poisons  known to  the  pharmacopoeia  is 
It  is  now  reported 
cyanide of  potash. 
that  a  Hungarian  chemist,  Dr.  Johann 
Antal,  has discovered a  sure antidote for 
it, the efficacy  of  which  he  has  -proved 
in  numerous  cases, 
first  on  animals 
and afterwards on more than forty living 
persons,  who  had  been  accidentally 
poisoned  with  prussic  acid.  The  anti­
dote did  not fail  in a single instance 
It 
is  a  newly-discovered  chemical  com­
pound, nitrate of cobalt.

K new  the  Feminine  Falling-.

New  Clerk—I  have  a  customer  who 
wants a certain glove,  but  we’re  out  of 
her size;  what shall I do?
Old Clerk—Tell her she’s been  wearing 
one size too large.

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ANARCHY-BREEDING  UNIONS.
F ro m  th e  N o rth w e ste rn  L u m b erm a n .
There is a cog missing in the  running 
gear of  a  people  that  sends  a  hungry 
man to  the  penitentiary  for  stealing 
ham  and  suffers  the  Debses  and 
the 
Howards of these  times to run  at  large 
The law and the times are a misfit.  The 
devotees  of  labor  unions  are  under  a 
spell,  wrought by  verbal  “oaths”  on the 
one hand and popular sufferance  on  the 
other,  more  poteutial 
reason, 
deeper  than  paternal  affection,  higher 
than  patriotism and more  abject,  withal 
thau  willing  slavery.  What  magic  h 
there iu the incantations  and  the  mum 
mery of these secret cabals to  thus  stifle 
and  subvert  every  instinct  of  reason 
self-interest and the  respect  every  man 
is supposed according to the ethics  of all 
civilization  to  owe  to  his  own  ideutity 
and volition?
Proof  against  the  pitiable  appeals of 
hungry  children;  destructive  of  any 
sense of the rights of  others;  subverting 
the laws of nature;  above the laws of the 
land and instilling  a  depth  of  servility 
more  degraded  than  serfdom,  because 
self-imposed, the tie that binds the  labor 
unions of  to-day  has  in  it  a  subtle  po­
tency  that  is  not  alone  marvelous  but 
alarming.
Considered  individually,  the  typical 
mechanic and railway  operative is a rea­
sonable  and  a  well-meaning,  peaceably 
disposed man  of  good  impulses;  in  the 
toils of the  autocratic  mandate  of  some 
aspiring  but  shallow  dictator,  to  whom 
he  has  blindly  sworn  obedience,  he  is 
straightway transformed  into  a  servile, 
insensate  and  possibly  dangerous  tool. 
That he is  thus rendered  unreasoning  is 
obvious from the unquestioning readiness 
with which he arrays  himself  in  a spirit 
of aggressive hostility  against capital  at 
a time when  it is  already  largely iu  hid­
ing for want of the courage  to stay in  its 
natural channels.  Knowing, if he knows 
anything,  that  capital  is  already  thus 
alarmed and that  existing  depression  is 
due to that fact,  he  yet  adopts  and  per­
sists in a course,  an  inevitable  sequence 
of which will  be  added  personal discom­
fiture.
It would  be  a  defenseless  slander  to 
say of the striking mechanics at Pullman 
and the members of  the  American  Rail­
way Union  that they  would  severally  be 
guilty under any probable  circumstauces 
of an act of such  ineffable  stupidity,  or 
that  an  honest  and  wise  leader  would 
counsel so indefensible  a policy.
In  the  matter  of  the  prevailing  war 
upon the  railroads,  misguided  servitors 
of a conscienceless and  brainless pack of 
official beggars on horseback are proceed­
ing  with  frantic  strides  precisely  as 
though they were a separate and  distinct 
part  of  the  state  with  the  right  and 
power to set up  a despotic  oligarchy  of 
their  own to  forcibly  dictate  wbat  the 
remainder of the community  shall  do or 
not do to serve  them.  With  apparently 
no sense  of the  fact,  they  thus  blindly 
strike at the hand  that  feeds  them,  not 
feeds  undeservedly  or  in  charity,  of 
course but still the hand from  which  all 
lawful means of subsistance  must  be  in 
the  nature  of  things  voluntarily  flow. 
Unmindful  that  their  own  pffrt  in  the 
game of life is contingent upon  the weal 
or woe of capital,  they  also  forget  that 
it  naturally  always  shrinks  from  the 
presence of  attempted  coercion  and  all 
uncertainty of safety.

If  wages,  by  reason  of  a  shrunken 
demand  for  the  products  of  labor,  are 
low and  men are  perforce  denied  work, 
by  what  manner of reasoning  can  it  be 
concluded  that war  upon  manufacturers 
and  railroads  could  do  otherwise  than 
make a bad  matter  worse? 
Iiow  many 
railway employes  today  in  self-imposed 
idleness,  and possibly doomed tocontiuue 
so indefinitely, would of their own motion 
have ever thought of declaring  war upon 
the combined  power  of  the  railroad  in­
terests  of  this  great  country, expecting 
to  thereby  benefit 
themselves?  And 
knowing the country  tobe thronged  with 
idle  men,  how  can  employes  expect  to 
gain anything by striking at such a time? 
Not only,  in all  probability,  is tbe strike 
foredoomed to be a failure  as  an  organ­
ized demonstration,  but  many of its par­
ticipants  will  have  parted  with  their 
places not soon to regain them.

t h e :  m t c k i g ^ l j v   t r a d e s m a n
Conceding, 

then, 

that  the  right  to 
peaceably  strike  is  inalienable and,  un 
der  provocation,  its  exercise  to  be  en 
tirely  justifiable,  what  spark  of  either 
sense or possible  advantage was there in 
the late action of the  American  Railway 
Union?  The struggle so indefensibly be 
gun  is more than  likely  to end in the de 
struction of the  organization  precipitat 
ing  it  and  the  alienation  of  all  public 
sympathy.
Apart from the criminally  inexcusable 
counsels and edicts  of  professional  agi 
tators and dictators by  whom  the masses 
are  infected  with  poisonous  socialism 
and incited to acts of violent lawlessness 
the  growth  of  discontent  and  the  pre 
posterous demands of  “organized  labor’1 
are a logical outgrowth  of the  teachings 
and utterances of  political  demagogues 
Public men  in high places  have acquired 
a pernicious habitof appealing to and in 
flaming the passions of “the poor” by ex­
travagantly  contrasting  their  lot  with 
the  iron-hearted,  soulless  and  luxurious 
rich,  until the natural fruits  of frugality 
and thrift have  come to  be  regarded  by 
the  idle,  tbe improvident,  the incapable 
and the vicious elements  of society as so 
much  piratical  plunder,  and its  posses­
sion some sort of a crime against human- 
ty.  The  professional  demagague  and 
the professional autocrat of labor unions, 
then,  are  coadjutors  in  and  responsible 
for making possible such acts of lawless­
ness as the country has  lately witnessed.
The  question  of  whether  or  not  the 
tandard  of  American  statesmanship  is 
ever to be raised above  its prevailing de­
graded estate, carries  with it  the  future 
of  the  so-called  labor  question  in  this 
country.
There is a  seemingly feasible  plan  by 
which congress could formulate remedial 
amendments to national statutes relating 
to commerce and  the postal  service,  and 
pass  them,  and  neither  political  party 
incur  more  of  the  dreaded 
hereby 
‘odium”  attaching to  such acts than the 
It  is,  perhaps,  too  much  to  ex­
other. 
pect,  but if some  statesmau  would  have 
the courage and  the  wisdom  to  propose 
the  raising  of  a special  joint committee 
by the two houses  to be  composed  of an 
equal  number  from each  party, charged 
with  the duty of  reporting  such  legisla­
tion  as  is  obviously  needed to regulate 
the strike mania of the present  era,  and 
both  houses  under  suspension  of  rules 
would promptly pass  them,  such  a  pro­
ceeding  would  be  in  line  with  the  dic­
tates of the plainest of common sense and 
an  act  of  patriotic  and  rational  states­
manship such as the  country  has had no 
recent occasion  to  approve  and applaud. 
Every congressman is  equally  interested 
iu and,  if not infected with  rank  social- 
sm,  admits  the existence  of a necessity 
for some  such  legislation,  but who is he 
who  will  earn  undying  fame  and  the 
gratitute of his  countrymen  by  doing it?

RIGHTS  OF  THE  LABORER.

o n   Strik e.

E x cellen t A d vice to   M en W ho  A re  O ut 
In  March,  1893,  the  employes  of the 
Studebaker Bros.  Manufacturing  Co.,  at 
South  Bend,  asked  for  a  reduction  in 
their  hours  of  work  and  in  some  in- 
tances  an  increase  of  pay.  Their  re­
quests being refused the  men quit work.
few days later  Vice  President  Stude­
baker  addressed  them  through  the me- 
ium of a printed  circular.  He  said  in 
this circular that tbe  men  had a right to 
speculate  with  their  labor,  which  was 
the only thing they  had to  sell,  but,  on 
behalf  of  the  employer,  he  offered the 
following:
A  man,  to  be a successful  merchant, 
must be a good buyer;  and to be  a  good 
buyer,  he  must  first  be a good j udge of 
wbat he is buying and,  second,  be  must 
be as cold as  an  iceberg.  He  must  buy 
at  the  very  lowest  possible  price.  He 
must be fully posted aud go from factory 
to factory to  get  posted.  When he does 
this what is  the  result?  He  is  bearing 
down the price of labor.
Then come  his customers, the consum­
ers, embracing all  classes,  even  the  la­
borers  themselves.  They  start  out,  for 
instance, to buy a  pair  of  boots.  They 
go  from  store to store to see where they 
can  get  the  best  article  for  the  least 
money.  The wife starts out to buy a cal­

ico dress.  She shops from place to place 
to see how cheaply she can  buy  it.  All 
are trying to break the  price of  the arti­
cle,  perhaps  of  their  own  production. 
You  can  see  by  this  the  manufacturer 
cannot have his own  way. 
If the manu­
facturer could  make  his  own  price  and 
get it, it would matter  little to him what 
he paid for his labor.
Now suppose that nine hours  or  eight 
hours for a day’s labor should be adopted 
all over the country and  there  should be 
an advance of 25 per cent,  on  all  wages. 
It would simply advance  the  price of all 
commodities and no  one  would be better 
off  excepting  the  shrewd  and close cal­
culator.  The  more  prices  are  inflated 
the better opportunity he  has  of  taking 
advantage  of  the  market. 
It is the un­
thinking that lose by inflation,  and  it  is 
in the nature of things that what goes up 
must come down.  This  has  been  illus­
trated  in  times  of  wild  inflation of the 
currency. 
It was illustrated in the South 
during the war,  when prices got  so  high 
aud money so poor that it took a thousand 
dollar bill to buy a pair of boots.

A Word as to strikes:  It is  my opinion 
that  the  experience  of  the  past  shows 
that  few  men  have  been  benefited  by 
strikes.  The  engineers’  strike  in  Chi­
cago,  three or four years ago, is a case  in 
point.  You  all  remember  seeing  state­
ments made in connection with it.  First 
there was the interference with the trade 
of the public.  Next the loss of  the  Chi­
cago,  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad,  I 
believe about  $4,000,000.  Next  an  esti­
mate of the loss to the  strikers and their 
families.  Have  you  ever  seen  a  state­
ment  of  the  profit  to  anybody  of  that 
strike?
Take  also  the  strike  at  Homestead. 
You remember reading  about  the  fight­
ing  and  the  bloodshed  there,  and about 
the widows  and  the  orphans  and of the 
great loss to  the  Carnegie  Company and 
the suffering of the men and  their  fami­
lies and the breaking up  of  their homes, 
but have you seen  a  statement  of  profit 
made by any  one  out of  that  affair?  It 
seems  to  me  that  when  the  leaders  of 
these organizations ask you to join  them 
and engage in the business of speculating 
in labor,  which these  strikes  practically 
amount  to,  that  you should ask them to 
exhibit to you the balance sheet showing 
ou  the profits.  This  at  least is  what a 
business  man  would  require  under like 
circumstances.
Perhaps it might not be out of place to 
give you a little chapter from our family 
history.  My father was  a  carriage  and 
wagon  builder.  He  served  an  appren­
ticeship of six years at the business.  He 
could  make the  woodwork  of  a  vehicle 
and iron  and  paint  it  throughout.  He 
failed  in  the  panic  of  1837.  He  lost 
everything he had,  and was badly in debt 
besides.  He had a wife and ten children 
to support.  He  had  to  go  back  to  the 
forge,  and  I  have  often  known  him  to 
work from 4  o’clock  in  the morning un­
til 9 o’clock at night. 
I  well  remember 
sitting by him at the forge at night when
small  lad,  and  having  my  bare  feet 
scorched from the  sparks from his  forge 
and anvil.  Yet with all  his  application 
to severe toil  he  found time  to  read  his 
Bible  daily,  and  lived  to  the age  of 77 
ears. 
In  talking  over  this  disastrous 
period of his life,  he said to  us:  “I  had 
just  one  thing  that the sheriff could not 
take,  and that was my  trade.  Boys, you 
must all learn trades.”
All that time the country  was new and 
work scarce,  and the  problem was to get 
work  at  all  for  wages.  We  worked 
around on  farms  for  our  board,  or  for 
board  and  schooling.  Even  when  we 
could work out for wages  we  commonly 
had  to  take  trade,  such  as  wheat  and 
corn,  or orders on stores,  in  those  days 
called “store pay.”  On one rare occasion 
my  brother,  Clement,  and  J.  M.  and I 
rode sixty miles to a friend of our father 
to  work for him in harvest,  as  he  prom­
ised  us  cash  for our work.  We worked 
six weeks,  receiving  the  best  pay  that 
was  going,  and had for our united labor 
the sum of $70,  and we felt ourselves pe­
culiarly favored and well nigh rich.  The 
thought of striking or  giving  up one job 
until we got a  better one  never  entered 
our minds.
Now,  I have this advice to give all men 
who depend on their daily work for them­

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selves  and  families:  Remember  that 
time is money  and  that  a  day  lost  can 
never  be  made  up. 
In this respect the 
case of the laboier is unlike  that  of  the 
tradesman.  The latter  may lose in poor 
trade  this  week,  but  make  it  up  next 
week,  but not so  with one  dependent on 
wages.  He  should 
therefore  be  very 
cautious  about  throwing up one job un­
til he  knows  he  has  a  better  one  else­
where.
Let me say  in  conclusion,  you  can, of 
course, annoy us and make us lose money, 
but will you  not  likewise  suffer  by  re­
maining  out? 
If  so,  it would seem that 
it would be to our mutual  interests  that 
you recommence work,  and  we hope you 
will do so at once.

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State Board of Pharm acy 

One  Year—Ottm&r Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Two  Years—George Gandrnm, Ionia.
Three  Year»—C. A. Bag: bee. Cheboygan.
Fonr Years—S. E. Par kill, Owosso.
Five Years—F. W. R. P erry, Detroit.
President—O ttm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
F eoretary—Stanley E. Par kill, Owosso.
Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum , Ionia.
Coming  Meetings— Houghton, Aug.  t9  and  30;  Lans­
ing, Nov.  6  and 7.

M ichigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Ais’n. 
President—A. B. Stevens, Ann Arbor. 
Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretay—8. A. Thompson, Detroit.

Grand  Rapids P harm aceutical Society 
President, Walter K. Schmidt;  See'y, Ben. Schrooder

The Relation of Pharmacists to Society •
One  of  the  most  striking  phases  of 
Western  civilization,  as  distinguished 
from  the  Eastern,  speaking hemispher- 
icaily,  is the relative status  of  medicine 
in the new world and  in the  old.

In  ancient  times  the  practitioners  of 
medicine were  the  elect  of  the  people, 
the confidauts,  and often the  advisers, of 
crowned  heads.  Before 
the  general 
separation of  medicine  into  its  various 
branches the practice of  pharmacy  was, 
in many particulars, the  most  important 
of  arts,  as  were  its  votaries  the  most 
honored of the members  of  all  the  pro­
fessions.  Grecian,  Roman,  and mediaeval 
history alike are replete with the import­
ance attached  to medical  science.  Many 
of  the  ancient  philosophers,  such  as 
Asclepiades,  Hippocrates,  and  Plinius, 
were medical  men;  many  of  the  myth­
ological  personages  and  patron  saints, 
such  as  -Esculapius  and  Hygeia,  and 
Cosmos and Damianus,  were  symbolic of 
the  healing  art. 
In  the  middle  ages, 
when fanaticism  and  superstition  alike 
retarded  the progress of civilization,  the 
crude and  imperfect  notions  concerning 
the properties of  matter,  first  disclosed 
through medical  uses,  were  seized upon 
by  amateurs,  who  exploited  them  for 
their  own  aggrandizement.  These  so- 
called  alchemists  often  played  an  im­
portant role in  history.  As late  as  just 
preceding the  French  revolution,  a  hun­
dred years ago,  we find one of  these pre­
tending  to  rehabilitate  the  rapidly  ex­
hausting treasury of the king  of  France 
by transmuting base metals  into gold,  in 
order to save the king,  whose  profligacy 
had ruined the  country.

With the discovery in  1774  of  oxygen, 
of chlorine in 1776,  of  ammonia in  1776, 
of glycerine in  1779, of hydrogen in 1784, 
and  soda  manufacture  by  Leblanc  in 
1791, sulphuric acid  having already been 
manufactured 
in  1746,  began  the  real 
progress of the industries  and  the  arts. 
While  the  lightning  rod  had  been  in­
vented by that greatest of all  Americans, 
Benjamin  Franklin,  in  1752.  and  Watt 
had constructed a steam  engine  in 1769, 
not until the elements  had been resolved 
was there any substantial  progress.  For 
then  followed  in  rapid  succession  gas 
illumination,  by Murdock,  in  1798;  the 
electro-motor of  Volta,  in  1800;  electro­
magnetism,  by  Oersted, 
in  1820;  steel 
conversion,  by  Bessemer,  in  1856,  and 
spectral  analysis,  by  Kierchhoff  and 
Bunsen,  in  1859,  a  discovery  by  which 
the celestial  bodies  themselves were laid 
bare to the gaze of man.  To these epoch- 
making  discoveries  need 
be 
mentioned,  in  order to  bring the  record 
up to date, the dynamo-electric engine, by 
Siemens,  in  1867; the  electric  telephone, 
by  Bell  and  others,  in  1877,  and  the 
telautogragh of Elisha  Gray  of  our own 
city in the Word’s Fair year.

only 

T H E   MICHIG^JSr  T R A D E SM A N ,
spoils of the  office  with  his  henchman. 
Who is  the  incumbent  of  the  office  of 
weights  and  measures?  Is  there  any 
citizen so competent  to  discharge  these 
duties as the pharmacist  who thoroughly 
understands the principles of the balance 
and all kinds  of  weights and  measures? 
Ask the present  incumbent  in  any  city 
what he  knows  about the metric system.
So we may go on and show that the phar­
macist by education and training is quali­
fied to fill many county and city positions. 
If  a  pharmacist  were  assistant superin­
tendent,  with a medical man in charge at 
the  county  hospital,  contractors  would 
not swindle  the  taxpayers annually  out 
of  thousands  of  dollars  by  unloading 
skimmed  milk,  oleo 
for  butter,  and 
cottolene for lard.

From the resolving of the  first element 
in 1774 to the present  elaborate status of 
science seems to be a long step,  and  yet 
it is but  a  brief  period  compared  with 
the  countless  centuries  that  had  gone 
before.  The  progress  has  been  really 
marvelous,  and  if continued  in the same 
ratio  will  obliterate  all  comparison  in 
the  future;  will  indeed  pale  both  the 
philosopher’s  stone  and  the  elixir  ad 
longam vitam.  It may in'truth be said that 
the transmutation of the base metals into 
gold has more than been effected through 
the discovery of aniline  and other  valu­
able products  from  what  was  formerly 
considered waste  and  refuse.  Through 
the labors of Pasteur  and  others  in  the 
micro-organic  world  it  is  possible  that 
human life may be so  preserved and pro­
longed as yet fairly to realize the dreams 
of  the  ancient  philosophers  about  the 
elixir.  Brown-Sequard  may 
then  not 
have lived in  vain.

should 

But  there is a chain  of  destiny  in  ail 
this  progress  in  which  each  new  dis­
covery is bnt a lin'r.  As the  links make 
up the chain,  so  are these individual dis­
coveries  and  inventions  dependent  on 
and  produced  from  each  other.  One 
fundamental,  physical,  or  chemical  fact 
established  is  certain  to  infuse  new 
ideas,  stimulate  latent  energies, 
and 
produce  the  most  beneficent  results  to 
humanity.

When it is remembered that  of all  the 
primary elements  more were  discovered 
by  one  man  during  his  lifetime  than 
were discovered by all  other  workers  in 
the same period;  that  oxygen,  chlorine, 
and cyanogen,  not to  mention glycerine, 
citric acid,  and  many  other  substances 
were produced by a pharmacist in a little 
town  in Sweden,  at the  close of  the past 
century,  it will  be  conceded  that  phar­
macy  can  claim  no  little  share  in  the 
world’s 
Karl  Wilhelm 
Scheele’s  labors  in  his little  apothecary 
shop created an epoch. 
In many  partic­
ulars,  if not in the essential,  this humble 
pharmacist was the  greatest  man of  the 
age.  W hile not alone  credited with  the 
discovery  of  oxygen,  his  other  labors 
placed him away  beyond  his  contempo­
raries 
in  fame,  and  made  the  entire 
world his debtor.

progress. 

Since then  the  art  of  pharmacy  has 
kept full pace and often  led the progress 
of  civilization. 
In  European  countries 
the pharmacist is  the trusted  servant of 
his community,  and often of his country. 
His  education  peculiarly  fits  him  for 
many  duties  in 
the  community.  But 
where  do  we  find  him 
in  the  United 
States?  Do  we  find  him  filling  impor­
tant  positions,  such  as require pharma­
ceutical  knowledge?  No.  These  are 
filled by the ignorami  and  the  illiterati, 
by the ward-heeler  and  bum  politician, 
and often,  worse yet,  by the “prominent 
business man,”  whose sole  qualification 
is  to  “save  money”  by  “reducing  ex­
penses.”  We bad  an illustration of this 
in Chicago some  five  years  ago  when a 
cigar dealer was  appointed  oil inspector 
by his father-in-law, then mayor of Chica­
go.  Half a  dozen  men  perished  as  the 
result  of  an  explosion  on  the  steamer 
“Tioga”  which,  contrary 
to  customs 
laden  with  naptha. 
regulations,  was 
This alleged oil inspector testified  before 
the coroner’s  jury that he did  not  know 
that  naphtha  was  explosive;  did  not 
know it was  petroleum  or benzine.  But 
was he removed and  a  competent  phar­
macist placed  in  charge?  No.  He  con­
tinued  to  fill  the  job  and  divide  the

be 

But there  are ‘still  greater  and  more 
important places  of trust  in  which  the 
pharmacist 
represented 
About one-half  of  the  members  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  are  lawyers, 
most of them in the  employ  of  corpora­
tions.  Are such  men  qualified  to  pass 
upon  a  measure  like  the  present  tariff 
bill,  in  which  one-half  the  number  of 
items are  purely  technical,  and  belong 
to  drugs,  chemicals  and  medicine?  A 
thoroughly  qualified  pharmacist  is  the 
only person  who  understands the status 
of these substances, yet  among  360  odd 
members 
pharmacist or who has  the remotest idea 
of the character of over  one-half  of  the 
items,  and in  total  value one-sixth of  all 
the articles affected by  the Wilson  tariff 
bill.

there  is  not  one  who  is 

If the United States Senate had a phar­
macist  member, 
the  venerable  John 
Frisbie Hoar,  after  wrestling  two hours 
and a  half  with  a  chemical  dictionary, 
provided  by  the  United  States  for  the 
erudite senators at a cost  of  $50,  would 
not have  announced  with  all  solemnity 
that santonin was  the active principle of 
a  vermifuge  like  Jayne’s.  This  was 
mild,  however, compared with the honor­
able  Senator  from  Michigan, 
always 
jealous  of  the  industries  of  his  own 
State,  who,  when the  question  was pre­
sented of how  much  duty  there  should 
be on copperas,  enthusiastically declared 
himself for  protecting  any  “product  of 
copper,”  so large an element in the trade 
of the Upper Peninsula!  This  farce  by 
the ignorami  at  the  national  capitol  is 
repeated  daily  in  every  state 
the 
union.

this  country  is 
What  is  wanted  in 
scientific  government 
instead  of 
the 
miserable substitute made up of  the pro­
fessional politician,  the  prominent labor 
leader and the corporation agents.

in 

Let educated and  scientific  men  inter­
est  themselves  in  politics.  Let  them 
demand that the duties of the  public  be 
performed  only  by  qualified  persons. 
Let them hold the authorities responsible 
for their failure in protecting  the public 
against the  moral  and  mental  degrada­
tion,  the loss of life  and  happiness  that 
follow  in  the  wake  of  the  aggregated 
combinations constituted solely for spoil, 
into whose hands the alleged government 
has  been 
those, 
especially, engaged  in  medical  art  and 
science  unite 
in  a  demand  that  this 
wholesale pillage of  mental  faculties by 
the indiscriminate sale of narcotics, such 
as  morphine  and  cocaine,  the  soothing 
syrups  and the catarrh cures,  must stop. 
Let them  insist  that  the  public  health 
must be protected;  that  the  adulterator 
and sophisticator  of  not only drugs  and

turned  over.  Let 

medicines,  but  also  of  food,  must  be 
punished  like  the  worst  of  criminals. 
Let  them  be  charged  with  all  matters 
pertaining to the public health,  and then 
In 
hold  them  to  strict  accountability. 
this  movement  pharmacists 
should 
assume a  large  share,  and  you,  young 
men, should indeavor to fit  yourselves to 
fulfill  your  duties,  even  broader  than 
those of  the  dispensing  of  medicines— 
the  duty  of  citizenship  on  a  free,  en­
lightened basis  in the service of  human­
ity.  Remembering  that 
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass,
The mere materials  with  which  wisdom  builds 
Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, 
Does but encumber whom it seems  t’ enrich.
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ACIDUM.
Acetlcum...............
8®  10
Benzolcum  German .  65®  15 
20
.................
Boradc 
Carbollcum............
20®  30
Citrlcum.................
52®  55
Hvdrochlor..............
3®  5
Nltrocum 
..............
.  10®  12
Oxalicum................. .  10®  12
Phosphorium dll__
Sallcyllcum.............. .1  25©1  60
Snlphurlcum............
Ili®  5
Tannicum................. .1  40©1  60
Tartarici] m...............
30®  33
AMMONIA.
Aqua, 16  deg............
.  4®  6
20  deg............
. 
6®  8
Carbonas  ................. .  12®  14
Chloridum............... .  12®  14

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ANILINS.
Black......................... .2 00@2 25
80@1  00
Brown.......................
Red............................ .  45®  50
Yellow...................... .2 50®3 00

BACCAS.
Cnbeae (po  36)........
Juníperas.................
Xantnoxylum...........
balsam u v .

25®  30
8®  10
25®  30

Copaiba......................  45®  5
Peru............................  @2 21
Terabln, Canada  ....  60®  6!
Tolutan......................  35®  50

CORTBX.

Abies,  Canadian.................  IS
Casslae  ...............................  11
Cinchona F la v a .................   18
Enonymns  atropurp...........  30
Myrlca Cerifera, po............   20
Pranas Virglnl....................  1
Quillaia,  grd.......................   10
Sassafras  ............................  1'
Ulmus Po (Ground  15)........  15

KXTRACTUM. 

Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...  24®  25
po...........  33®  35
“ 
Haematox, 15 lb. box..  11®  12
Is...............  13®  14
“ 
“  Ks..............  14®  15
>48..............  16®  17
« 
@ 15
Carbonate Predp.......
Citrate and Quinia — @3 50
Citrate  Soluble  ......... @ 80
Ferrocyanldum Sol.... @ 50
© 15
Solnt  Chloride...........
.9® 2
Snlphate,  com’l.........
@ 7
pure............

18® 20
Arnica.......................
Anthemls................... 3C@ 35
50® 65
Matricaria 
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FLORA.

FOLIA.

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OUMMI.

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Cassia  Acutifol,  Tin-
nlvelly....................
Alx. 
Salvia  offlclnaliB,  Mb
and  )4s........  .........
Ura UrsI 
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18® 50
25® 28
35® 50
15® 25
8® 10
@ 60
Acacia,  1st  picked  ... 
@ 40
2d 
. . .
.... @ 30
3d 
sifted sorts.  . @ 20
60® 80
po ...............
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)... 50® 60
“  Cape, (po.  20)... @ 12
@ 50
Socotri, (po.  60). 
Catechu. Is, ()4s, 14 &s,
@ 1
16)..........................
Ammoniac.................  55®  60
Assafcetida, (po. 3D). 
40®  45
Benzolnum.................  50®  55
Camphorte.................  46®  50
Buphorbium  po  ........  35®  10
Gafbanum..................   @2 50
Gamboge,  po.......... 
70®  7b
Guaiacum, (po  35) 
®  3d
. 
Kino,  (po  1  75).........   @1  75
M astic.......................  ®  80
Myrrh, (pc. 45)..........   ®  40
Opli  (po  3 60®3 80)..2 25@2 35
Shellac  .....................   45®  42
bleached......  33®  35
Tragacanth................  40®1  00

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Absinthium.........................  25
Sanatorium.........................  20
Lobelia.................................  25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................  23
“  V ir.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetnm, V......................  22
Thymus,  V ..........................  25
Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. A  M__  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36

MAOKBSIA.

OLMUM.

Absinthium.................2 50®3 00
Amygdalae, Dulc........  45®  75
Amydalae, Amarae__8 00®8  25
Anlsl............................1  St!@l 90
Auranti  Cortex...........1  80@2 00
Bergamil  ...................3 00®3 20
Cajiputl....................   60®  65
Caryophylli................  75®  80
Cedar.........................  35®  65
Chencpodll................  @1  60
Clnnamonll.................1  1C®1 15
CItronella...................  ®  45
Conium  Mao..............  35®  65
Copaiba......................  80®  90

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RADIX.

Cubebae...................... 
2 PO
Exechthitos...................  1  50@l 60
Erlgeron..........................1  50@1 60
Gaultherla...................... 1  70@1 80
Geranium,  ounce......   @  75
Gossipll, Sem. gal......  70®  75
Hedeoma  ................... l  25@l  40
Juniperi......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  9o@2 00
Limonis...................... l  40©1  60
Mentha Piper.............. 2 85@3 60
Mentha Verid.............2 20@2 30
Morrhuae, gal.............l  30@1  40
Myrcla, ounce............   @  50
Olive..........................  90@3 oo
Picis Llqulda, (gal..35)  10®  12
Rlclni.......................  1  22@1  28
Rosmarinl............  
i  oo
Rosae, ounce............   6 50@8 50
Sucdnl.......................   40®  45
Sabina.......................   90@1  00
Santal  ....................... 2 50@7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Sinapis, ess, ounce__  ®  65
TCglfl..........................  @100
Thyme.......................  40®  50
opt  ...............   @1  60
Iheobromas...............   15®  20
POTASSIUM.
BICarb.....................  
is®  18
bichromate...............   13®  14
Bromide....................  40®  43
Carb............................  12®  15
Chlorate  (po  23@25)..  24®  26
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide..............................2 90@3 00
Potassa, Bitart,  pure..  23®  25
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  @  15
Potass Nitras, opt...... 
8®  10
Potass Nitras.............. 
7®  9
Prussiate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po................  15®  18
Aconitum..................   20®
Althae.........................  22®
Anchusa....................  12®  15
Arum,  po....................  @  25
Calamus......................  20®  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)......   8®  10
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 
16®  18
Hydrastis  Canaden,
30
(PO. 35)............... 
Hellebore,  Ala,  po. 
..  15® 20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po.................. 1  S0@]
Iris  plox (po. 35@38). 
35® 40
Jaiapa,  pr..................   40®  45
Maranta,  >48...  .......   @35
Podophyllum, po...  15® 
18
Rhei............................  75@1  00
“  Cut.....................   @1  75
PV.  ....................   75@1 35
Spigelia.......................   35® 38
Sanguinaria, (po  25)..  @20
Serpentari...................  45® 50
Senega.........................  55® 60
Slmilax, Officinalis.  H  @ 40 
M  @  25
Scillae, (po. 85).............  10® 12
Symplocarpus,  Poeti -
...  @  35
Valeriana, Eng.  (po.SO)  @  25
German...  15®  20
ingiber a .................... 
18® 20
Zingiber  j ............  
18®  20
BBMXM.
Anlsnm,  (po.  20).. 
.  @ 15
Apium  (graveleons)..  20®  25
Bird, la...................... 
4®  6
Carol, (po. 18)..............  10® 12
Cardamon  ................. 1  C0®1 25
Coriandrnm.................   11® 13
4® 
Cannabis Satira........ 
5
Cydonium................... 
75®: oo
henopodluH!  ............ 
10® 12
Dipteri* Odorate__  2  4032 60
Poeniouium  ................   @ is
Poenngreek,  po......  
6®  8
L in t....... .........  ......  4  ® 434
Lini, grd.  (bbl. 8)4)..  3 A©  4
Lobelia.........................  35® 40
PharlarisCanarian  ..  3)4® 4)4
R apa............................   6®  7
Sinapis  Alba..........   7  @8
11®  12

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

® 

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Nigra.........  
SF1BITUS.
Frumenti, W., D.  Co.  2 00®i 50
D. P. R ....... 1 75®2 00
 
1  25©1 50
Juniperls  Co. O. T ___1 65@2 00
...........1  75@3 50
“ 
Saacharum  N.  E ......... 1 75®2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1  75@6 50
Vini Oporto.................1 25@2 00
Vini  Alba....................1 25@2 00

1 
,c 

Plorlda  sheeps’  wool
carriage............... . .2 50®2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  .................  
200
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage.........  
1  10
Extra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage  .................  
85
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  ....................... 
65
75
Hard for  slate  nse__ 
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
n se.......................... 
1  40

SYRUPS.

Accacia...............................  50
Zingiber  .............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Perri Iod.............................   50
Auranti  Cortes....................   50
50
Rhei Arom...................  
Slmilax  Officinalis..............  60
0» 
....  50
Senega................................   50
Sclllae.............................«...  50
“  Co.............................   50
Toiatan...............................  60
Pranasjvlrg........................   50

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1  OK

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S.  N. Y. Q.  &

Morphia, S. P. A]W.  2 06@2 30 
C.  Co....................  1  90@2 20
Moschus Canton.......   @ 40
Myristica, No  1 ........  65®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia.................... 
is®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Picis Liq, N>C., )4 gal
doz  .........................  @300
Picis Liq., quarts......   @1 00
pints.........  @  85
PI1 Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 50
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22).  @  1
Piper Alba, (po85)....  @  3
PiixBurgun...............   @  7
Plumbi A cet..............  14®  15
Pulvis Ipecac et opli. .1  io@l 20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., doz......  @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  20®  30
Quasslae.................... 
8®  10
Quinta, S. P. & W......34«.@39)4
S.  German....  27®  37
Rubia  TInctorum......   12®  14
12®  14
SaccharumLactlspv. 
Salacln.......................2 10@2 25
Sanguis  Draconls......  40®  50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14
11  M....................... 
io@  12
“  G ......................  @  15

“ 

Voes...................   @ 

Sddlitz  Mixture........  @20
Sinapis.......................   @  18
opt..................   ®  30
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35
Soda Boras, (po. ll) .  .  10®  11 
Soda et Potass Tart...  24®  25
Soda Carb.................  1)4®  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb............   @  5
Soda, Ash..................   3)4®  4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o.......... •  50®  55
“  MyTCia  Dom......  ®2 25
“  Mvrda Imp........  @3 00
**  Vini  Rect.  bbl.
••••7......-................ 2 27®2  37
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......1 40©1  45
Sulphur, Subl.............. 2Ji@ 3
“  Roll................   2 © 2)4
Tamarinds.................  8®  10
Terebenth Venice......   28®  30
Theobromae..............45  @  48
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
Zincl  Sulph...............   7®  8

oms.

_  
Bbl. Gal
Whale, winter  ...........  70 
70
Lard,  extra..................  so  85
Lard, No.  1.................  42  45
Linseed, pure raw —   55 
59

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paints. 

Linseed,  boiled.........  59 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............   65 
SpiritsTurpentlne....  37 

15
62
70
40
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian............. 1%  2@8
Ochre, yellow  Mars__144  2@4
Ber........l*   2@8
“ 
Putty,  commercial__2 \  2)4®3
“  strictly  pure......2)4  2*@3
Vermilion Prime Amer-
13@16
lean......................... 
Vermilion,  English.... 
65@70
Green,  Peninsular......  70@75
Lead,  red....................  6  @6)4
“  w hite............... 6  @6)4
Whiting, white Span...  @70
Whiting,  Gilders’........  @90
1 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting,  Paris  Eng.
cliff.....................  ... 
140
Pioneer Prepared Palntl  20@1  4 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints.................... 1 oo@l  20
No. 1 Turp  Coach....i  10@1  20
Extra Turp................160@1  70
Coach  Body...............2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Purn.......1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar.... 1  55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70® 7 5
Turp......................... 

VARNISHES.

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Grand  Rapids,  flieh.

TINCTURES.

 

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Aeon! turn Napellls R .........  60
, ,   “ 
P .........   50
and myrrh.................  60
A rnica................................   50
Asafcetida................................ 0
Atrope Belladonna..............  60
Benzoin...............................   60
„  “  ,  Co..........................   50
Sangulnaria.........................  50
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharides.........................  75
Capsicum...........................  50
Ca d amort............
_ 
Co.........................  75
Castor..................................1 00
Catechu.................................. 50
Cinchona....................... ' ’,  50
Co.........................  60
Columba.............................   50
Conium................ 
 
50
Cubeba......................... 
50
Digitalis....................  . I ’ "   50
Brgot...................................   50
Gentian...................... 
50
co ............................:  60
_ 
Guaica................................   50
“  ammon..................  "   60
Zingiber...........................    50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................   75
Colorless...................... 75
Perri  Chloridum........... 
35
K ino....................................;  50
Lobelia......................... 
50
Myrrh.................................. ;  50
Nux  Vomica......................  50
Opli.....................................  85
“  Camphorated...............   50
“  Deoaor.........................2 00
Auranti Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Rhatany....................... 
50
  50
Rhei...............................  
CaBSla  Acutifol...................  50
„  ” 
Co..............  50
Serpentarla.........................  50
Stramonium.........................  60
Tolutan..............................     60
ValerlaD.............................   50
VeratramVerlde.................  50

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Æther, Spts  »It, 3 P..  28®  30 
“  4 P ..  32®  34
Alumen....................... 2^@ 3

MI8CBLL ANBOTJ s.
11 
ground,  (po.

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squlbbs 

7).............................  3®  4
Annatto......................  55®  60
Antimoni, po..............  4®  5
et Potass T.  56®  60
Antipyrin..................   @1  40
Antifebrln..................  @  25
Argentl  Nitras, ounce  @  48
Arsenicum................. 
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud.... 
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N ............ 1  65@1  75
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Rs
12;  Ms,  14)..............  @  n
Cantharides  Russian,
@1 00 
po............................
Capsid  Practus, af...
@  26 
©  28 
“  Bpo.
@  20 
Caryophyllus, (po.  15) 
_
10®   12
Carmine,  No. 40.........   @3 75
Cera Alba, S. & P ......  50®  55
Cera Piava.................  38®  40
Cocons  .....................   @  4G
Cassia Practus...........  @  25
Centrarla....................  ®  10
Cetacenm..................   @  40
Chloroform...............   60®  63
@1  25
Chloral HydCrst........1  25®  50
Chandras 
20®  25
Clnchonidlne, P. A  W  IS®  20
German  3)4®  12 
Corks,  list,  dis.  pe:
cent  ...................
75 
Creasotum..............
©  35 @  2 
Creta, (bbl. 75)......
"  prep............
5®  5 
9®  11 
p red p ..........
Rubra...............
@  s
Crocus  ...
35®  40 
Cudbear.........
®  24 
Cuprt Sulph...
5 ©  6
Dextrine........ 
.....
10®  12
Ether Sulph...............   70®
Emery,  all  numbers..  @
po..................   @  6
gfKOlaJpo.)  75.........   70®  75
Flake  White..............  12®  15
Galla........................   @  23
Gambler.....................   7  @8
Gelatin.  Cooper  ........  @  60
French...........  30®  50
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box 75.
Glne,  Brown..............  9®  15
“  White...............   18®  25
Glyoerlna...................  14®
Grana Paradisi.
O   22 
Humains....................
25®  56 
Hydraag Chlor  Mite.. 
®  75 
“ 
“  Cor  —
®  65 
Ox Rubrum
“ 
®  85 
“  Ammonlatl..
®  95 
45®  55 
“ 
Unguentum.
Hydrargyrum. 
®  66
JcnthyoboUa, i
.1 25®1 50
Indigo........................   75@1 00
lodlne,  Resubl...........3 80@3 90
Iodoform....................  ®4 70
Lupulin......................  @2 25
Lycopodlum..............  70®  ’5
M ads.........................  70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararglod.................  ®  27
Liquor Potass Arsinitis  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1)4)............................ 2)4® 4
Mannla,  8. P ............  60®  68

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PERFUME  DEPART.'!ENT.

We carry in stock a complete line of

Eastman’s  Extracts

Including these specialties,

HER  MAJESTY,

QUEEN  MAB,

FLEUR  DE  LYS, 

TUSCAN  VIOLET,

SWEET  HEATHER, 

PEAU  DE  ESPAGNE,

and all the leading  odors of the following:
O

0  

manufacturers:

Lazelle,  Dally & Co., 
Swinton,

Ladd  &  Coffin, 

Foote  &  Jenks.

We have a complete  line of

We also manufacture 

LA V EN D ER   W A T E R ,  V IO LET  W ATER ,

FLORIDA  W A T E R ,4  ounces,  FLORIDA  W A TER ,  8  ounces.

HÍXELTINE  Ì  PERKINS  DRU6  CO..

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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T H E   MXCHTGAJSr  T R A D E SM A N ,

G R O C E R Y   P R IC E   C U R R E N 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.

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

gross
6 0C
7 OC
5 5C
9 0(
7  EC
6 00

BAKING  POWDER.

Cream  Flake.

45
■a ID.  ;ans. 3  doz —
2  “  ............. ..  75
M lb. 
1  “  .............. ..  1 00
lib .  “ 
Bulk................................. .. 
10
Arctic.
55
K tt> cans 6 doz  case......
.  1  10
. . . .
M lb  “  4 doz  “ 
.  2 00
1  lb  “  2 doz  “ 
......
.  9 00
5  t>  “  1 do*  “ 
......
45
3  ot  “  6 doz  “ 
......
6ft
......
4  oz  “  4 doz  “ 
80
......
6  oz  “  4 doz  “ 
.  1  20
......
9  oz  “  4doz  “ 
.  2 00
......
fc  “  2 doz  “ 
.  9 00
lb  “  1 doz  “ 
......
40
Red Star, % 1b cans.......
75
........
" 
“ 
1  40
........
“ 
45
Telfer’s.  M lb. cans, dot
85
“ 
.  1  50
“ 
45
75
.  1  50

l  lb 
tt lb.  “
1 lb. 
’
Our Leader,  % .b cans...
M lb rang__
...
1 lb cans 
BATH  BRICK.
2 dozen In rase.
English...................... 
Bristol.............................
Domestic.......................

. ..  90
..  so
..  70
Gross
Arctic, 4 oi  ovals................3 60
80s 
6 75
pints,  round..........   9 00
No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
No. 3, 
...  4 00
No. 5, 
...  8 00
i os ball  .................  4  50
Mexican Liquid, 4  oz........  3 60
S oz.........   6 80

BLUING.

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BROOMS,

410. 2 Hurl..........................  1  75
............................2 00
NO. 1  " 
No. 2 Carpet.........................2 25
No. 1 
“ 
2 50
Parlor Gem.......................... 2 75
Common Whisk...............  80
..............
Fancy 
..  1 00 
Warehouse.....................
..  2 75

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BRUSHES.

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

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

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CANNED  GOODS.

run.
Clams.

“ 

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Little Neck,  1 lb.................i  20
“  2 lb..................i  go
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 8 lb..................... 225
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb....................  7*
21b....................135
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb............................2 45
“  2  lb............................3 50
Picnic, 1 lb.......................... 2 on
21b...........................2 90
“ 
Mackerel
Standard, lib ..................... 1  10
2  lb.................... 2 10
Mustard,  2 lb ......................2 25
Tomato Sauce,  2 lb.............2 25
Soused, 2 lb......................... 2 25
Columbia Blver, flat........... 1  80
tails........... 1 65
Alaska, Red......................... 1 25
Pink......................... 1  10
Kinney’s,  flats.....................1  95
Sardines.
American  Ms................ 4 >4©  5
.  
As..............  .6KO 7
Imported  Ms....................   ©10
„   “  „  * ■ ...................« e ie
Mustard M*  ....................   6®7
Boneless.......................... 
21
Brook I, lb 
2 SO

Salmon.
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Trout.
F ro tta .
Apples.
S lb. standard  .........
York State, gallons...
Hamburgh,

CHEESE.
g
Amboy.......................  
Acme........... . 
g
...... 
g
Lenawee....................  
gv
Riverside................... 
g
Gold Medal................ 
Skim..........................  
b®7
Brick..........................  
15
Edam.......................... 
1  00
Leiden.......................  
je
Llmbnrger.................   ©15
Pineapple 
 
©g$
Roquefort 
........   ©g
1 20  8aP Sago..........  ©20
4 go I Schweitzer, impoited.  ©24
....  ©14

domestic 

...... 
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Gages.

1  40
1 40
1  50
1

Apricots.
Live oak.................. 
Santa Crus................. 
Lusk’s......................... 
Overland................... 
Blackberries.
F. A  W.......................
Cherries.
Red.............................1  io®i 25
Pitted Hamburgh
1  50
W hite......................... 
Erie............................ 
1  7
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
Brie............................
1  20 
California...................
1  40
Gooseberries.
Common....................
1  25
Peaches.
Pie............................
1
Maxwell....................
1  50 
Shepard’s ...................
1  50
California..................   160@1  75
...........
Monitor 
Oxford..................
Pears.
Domestic....................  
1  25
Riverside.................... 
1 75
Pineapples.
Common.....................1  00@1  30
Johnson's  sliced.......
2 50 
grated........
2 75 
Booth's sliced............
m  5) 
grated...........
@2 75
Quinces.
Common....................
1  10
Raspberries.
Red..............: . ...........
1  10 1 40 
Black  Hamburg.........
Erie, b lack ...............
1 25
Strawberries.
Lawrence...................
1  25 
Hamburgh..............
1  25 
Erie............................
1  21 
Terrapin.......................
1  05
Whortleberries. 
Blueberries...............
85
Corned  beef  Libby’s..........2 10
Roast beef  Armour’s..........180
Potted  ham, % lb.................1 25
li lb.................   70
tongue, M lb............ 1  35
chicken, M lb.........   95

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Vegetables.

K lb ____  „

“ 
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“ 
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Beans.

** 

Corn.

soaked... 

Hamburgh  stringless...........1 15
French style......... 2 00
“ 
Limas  ................. 1  35
__  “ 
Lima, green..........................1 25
to
Lewis Boston Baked.. " ’.".’1 g&
Bay State  Baked.................1  35
World’s  Pair  Baked...........1  35
Picnic Baked.......................1  00
Hamburgh................  
1  25
Livingston  Eden................1  90
P arity..................................
Honey  Dew...........................1 40
Morning Glory......
Soaked...............................  75
Peas.
Hamburgh  marrofat  ........  1  jo
early Jnne 
...1  so 
Champion Eng  . 1  40
petit  pols......... 1  40
fancy  sifted....1  go
Soaked.................................  65
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat......... 1  10
early June...... l 30
Archer’s  Early Blossom...  1  25
French.................................2  15
Mushrooms.
French.............................. 19®21
Pumpkin.
Brie.................. 
re
 
Squash.
Hubbard......... ...................1  15
Succotash.
Hamburg.............................. 1  40
go
Soaked...... .............. 
Honey  Dew..........................  50
Brie
.1  36
Tomatoes.
Hancock...................
Excelsior  ■,. -.........
Eclipse......................
Hamburg...............
Gallon......................
Baker’s.

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

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C O U PO N   B O O K » .

CATSUP.

Blue Label Brand.

" 

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

. 
Triumph Brand.

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes..................40@45

COCOA  SHELLS.

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

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

  25

Santos.

Maracaibo.

Fair...................................... 18
Good.....................................ip
Prime...................................21
Golden.................................21
Peaberry............................. 23
Fair......................................19
Good.................................... 20
Prime.................................. 22
Peaberry  .............................23
Mexican and Guatemala.
Fair......................................21
Good.................................... 22
Fancy...................................24
Prime...................................23
M illed.................................24
Interior......................... 
Private Growth................... 27
Mandehiing........................28
Imitation.............................25
Arabian..............................  .28
To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add Me. per lb. for roast 
lng and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.
M cLaughlin’s  XXXX..  22 30
Bnnola.............................  21  80
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case__  22 30

Package.

Roasted.

Mocha.

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Extract.

Valley City H gross...........  75
1  16
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross........1 65
“ 
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On 
CHICORY.

CLOTHES LINES.

Cotton,  40 f t......
50 f t......
60 ft......
70 ft......
80 ft......
60 ft......
72ft  ....

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Jute 
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CONDENSED  MILK.

.per dos.  1  25
1 40
1  60
1  75
1  90
86
1  00

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4 dos. In case.

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

EVAPORA#5 I

CREDIT CHECKS.

Peerless evaporated cream.  5 75 
500, any one denom’n ..
1000,  “ 
2000,  “ 
Steel  puneb..................

.  83 00
..  5 00
.  8 00
75

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I  1 books, per hundred__ 2 00
....  2 50
• 2 
....  8 00
18 
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810 
....4 0 0
820 
....5  00
8  1 books, per hundred  ...  2 50 
8 2 
...  8 00 
....  850 
....  400 
....  5 00 
. . . .   6  00

“8nperlor.”
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8  1  books, per hundred...  83 00 
.... 3  50
8 2 
.... 4  00
8 8 
.... 5 00
8 5 
810 
... 6 00
820 
. .  7 00
Above prices on coupon books 
are  subject  to  the  following 
quantity discounts:
200 books or over..  5  per cent 
500  « 
1000 
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COUPON  PAS8  BOOKS. 
ICan  be  made to represent any 
denomination  from 810  down. 
20 books........................ 8 1  00
50
2  00 
100
3 00 
250
6 25 
500
10 00 
17 50
1000

..10 
..20 

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CRACKERS.

Butter.

Seymour XXX....................
Seymour XXX, cartoon...... 5K
Family  XXX......................  5
Family XXX,  cartoon..........5M
Salted XXX...........................5
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ........6M
Kenosha 
..........................   m
Boston..................................  7
Butter  biscuit....................  6
Soda, XXX.......................    5M
Soda, City..............................7M
Soda,  Duchess....................  8H
Crystal Wafer...................... 10H
Long  Island Wafers........... 11
S. Oyster  XXX....................   5M
City Oyster. XXX...................5ft
Farina  Oyster....................   ‘

Oyster.

Soda.

CREAM  TARTAR.

Strictly  pure......................  80
Teller’s Absolute..............   30
Grocers’.............................15@25

FLY  PA PER. 

Thum ’s  Tanglefoot.

Single  case......................... 8 60
Five case lots...................... 3 5«)
Ten case  lots...................... 3 40
Less than one case, 40c  per box 

DRIED  FRUIT8. 

Domestic.

Apples.

“ 

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Peaches.

Apricots.

quartered  “ 

Sundrled. sliced in  bbls.
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 12  12M 
California In  bags........
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes.......................
Nectarines.
70 lb. bags.......................
25 lb. boxes.....................
Peeled, In  boxes...........
Cal. evap.  “ 
...........
In bags........
California In bags......
Pitted Cherries.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes...................
26 “ 
...................
Prnnelles.
801b.  boxes...................
Raspberries.
In barrels......................
501b. boxes....................
......................
25 lb.  “ 
Raisins.

Pears.

Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.

2 crown..............................
.............................
8 
4 
2  crown...............................4ft

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Loose Muscatels In Bags.

......................  454

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Foreign,
Currants.

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“ 
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Peel.

Patras,  In barrels............   2

25  “ 
“ 
25  “ 
“ 
Raisins.

In  K-bbls...............  
2H
In less quantity___  214
cleaned,  bulk........  4
cleaned,  package.. 
414 
Citron, Leghorn. 25 lb. boxes  13 
8
Lemon 
10
Orange 
Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes.  5 ©  7
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Sultana, 20 
.  7%  © 8
Valencia, 30  “
Prunes.
California,  100-120 ..............6
90x100 % lb. bxs.  6tt
80x90 
.. 7
7#
70x80 
60x70 
. 8
5

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Silver.........................

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ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

No. 1, 6M  ................  
81  75
No. 2. 6M ........................   1  60
No. 1, 6.............................  1  65
No. 2, 6................. 
1  50

 

 

 

XX  wood, white.

Manilla, white.

No. 1, 6V4..........................  1  35
No. 2,6M 
.......................  1  25
6M  ..........................   ......   1 06
6........................................  
95
Mill  No. 4.........................  100
FARINACEOUS  GOODS. 

Coin.

344

Farina.
Hominy.

Oatmeal.

Lima  Beans.

100 lb. kegs........................ 
Barrels  ..............................3 00
Grits....................................  3M
Dried............................4  @4m
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
55
Imported....................10«4@11
Barrels 200............................  5 75
Half barrels 100....................  3 00
Kegs....................... ..........  8
Green,  bu.............................   1 J5
Split  per l b ................. 
Barrels  180.................  @5  50
Half  bbl8 90..............  @2 88
„ 
German.............................   4 ¡4
Bast India..........................   5
Cracked..............................   314

Pearl Barley.

Rolled  Oats.

Wheat.

Sago.

Peas.

3

FISH—Salt. 

Bloaters, 
" c o d .......

Yarmouth
Pollock
Whole, Grand  Bank...... 4M534
Boneless,  bricks............ 654
Boneless, strips..............6M
Smoked...................... 
Holland, white hoops keg 
bbf

1C@12
60 
9 50

FLA V O R IN G   EXTRACTS. 
Oval Bottle, with corkscrew. 
Best in the world for the money.

Bonders’.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

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

Regular 
Vanilla.

doz
2oz  — 81  20 
4 oz.......  2 40
XX Grade 
Lemon.
2 oz........II 50
4 oz.......  3 00
XX Grade 
Vanilla.
2 oz........81 75
___ 4 oz............3 50
J en n in g s.
Lemon. Vanilla 
2 oz regular panel.  75 
1  20 
4 os 
...1 50
2  00 
601 
...2 00
3 00 
No. 3 taper............ 1 35
2  00 
2 50
No. 4  taper............ 1 50
N o r t h r o p ’»
Lem on.  V an illa.
1  10
oval taper  75 
1  75
“  1  20 
“ 
1  20
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2 25

2 oz 
3 oz 
2 oz regular  “
4 oz 

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GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s,  s

Choke Bore—Dupont’F

Kegs..........................................3 25
Half  kegs................................. 1 90
Quarter  kegs...........................1 10
1 lb cans.............................   30
M lb  canB............................  18
Kegs......................................... 4 25
Half  kegs.................................2 40
Quarter kegs.........  
..1 3 5
1 lb cans..............................  34
Kegs........................  
.....1100
Half k eg s............................... 5 75
Quarter kegs............................ 3 00
1  lb cans............................  60
8«ge......................................is
Hops.....................................15

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

HERBS.

INDIGO.

Madras,  5 lb. boxes  ........ 
55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes. 
50 
JELLY.
17  lb. palls.................  @  54
................  @  81
30  “ 
“ 
LICORICE.
Pure............................. 
  so
Calabria...............................   25
Sicily....................................  12
Root.....................................   13
LTE.
Condensed, 2 doz..............  l 20
4 doz............... 2 25

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Halibut.
Herring.
“ 
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Norwegian...............
Round, M bbl 100 lbs. 
“  K  “  40  “ 
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Scaled......................
Mackerel.
No. 1,  100 lbs............
No. 1,40 lbs.............. .
No. 1,  10 lbs...............
No. 2,100 lbs..............
No. 2,40 lbs...............
No. 2,10 lbs...............
Family, 90 lbs............
10  lbs .........
Sardines.
Russian,  kegs............
Trout 
No. 1, K bbls., 1001 bs.. 
No. 1 M bbl,40  lbs....
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs........
No  1, 8 lb  kits...........
Whltefish.

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1  30 
17
.10 00 
.  4 4 
.  1  0(1 
.  5 50 
.  2 50 
70

56
.4 76 
.2 2G 
63 
53
a  illy
25
12040
35

No. 1
«  bbls, 100 lbs.......... 86 25
......  2 80
K  “  40  “ 
10 lb.  kits...................  78
lb.  “ 
...................  65
MATCHES.

 

Globe Match Co.’s Brands.

Columbia Parlor.....................*1 25
XXX Sulphur.........................   1 00
Diamond  Match  Co.’s  Brands.
No. 9  sulphur...........................1 65
Anchor parlor.......................... j 70
No. 2 borne............................... 1 10
Export parlor.......................... 4 00

MOLASSES. 
Blackstrap.
Sugar house.................
Cuba Baking.
Ordinary......................
Porto Rico.
Prim e..........................
Fancy..........................
New Orleans.
Fair..............................
Good  ......................
Extra  ood...................
Choice 
..  ..................
Fancy
half -barrels 3c.extra

Mince meat, 3 doz. In case. 
Pie  preparation  3 doz.  In 
case.................................

00

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

gallon  ..........................   11  75
Half  gallon......................  1  40
Q uait...............................  
70
P int.................... 
 
45
Half  p in t...... ................. 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
gallon..............................  7 00
Half gallon.......................   4 75
Quart...........   ..................  3 75
Pint....................................  2

 

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I'ICKLKS.
Medium.
Barrela, 1,300 count... 
Half bbla, 600  count..
Barrels, 2.400 count. 
Half bbls, 1,200 count
PIPES.

Small.

Clay, No.  216.................
“  T. D. full count__
Cob, No. 8....................
48 cans in case.

P O T A SH .

@4 00
©XÍ 50
5 00
3 00

...1 70
70
...1 20

4 00
3 00

Penna Salt  Co.’s ....
R IC E .
Domestic.

Carolina bead......................6
“  No. 1......................5)4
“  No. 2......................  5
Broken...............................   4
Japan, No. 1.........................5)6
“  No. 2...........................5
Java............................ . 
6
Patna..................................   4)6

Imported.

SPICES.

Whole Sifted.

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Allspice...............................  9)6
Cassia, China In mats........  8
Batavia In bund —  i&
Saigon In rolls........32
Cloves,  Amboyna..............22
Zanzibar...............11)6
Mace  Batavia....................80
Nutmegs, fancy.................75
“  NO.  1....................70
“  No. 2....................60
Pepper, Singapore, black — 10 
“ 
“  white...  .20
shot.........................16
“ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspice............................. 15
Cassia,  Batavia.................18
and  Saigon.25
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Saigon................... 35
Cloves,  Amboyna..............22
•*  Zanzibar.................18
Ginger, African................. 16
*•  Cochin.................   20
Jam aica.................22
“ 
Mace  Batavia.................... 65
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste..22
“  Trieste....................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 .................75
Pepper, Singapore, black — 16
“   white.....24
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Cayenne........  ...  20
Sage................................... 20
“Absolute” In Packages.

)6s
Allspice......................  84  155
Cinnamon...................  84  1  55
Cloves.........................  84  155
Ginger,  Jamaica  ......  84  1  55
“  African...........  84  1  55
Mustard......................  84  155
Pepper.......................   84  155
Sage.............................  84

V*R 

SAIj  80DA.

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Granulated,  bbls................   la
751b  cases........  1M
Lump, bbls 
.......................1  15
1451b kegs...............   1M

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SEEDS.

Corn.

A nise.........................  @15
Canary, Smyrna.........  
4
Caraway.................... 
8
Cardamon, Malabar... 
90
Hemp,  Russian.........  
4%
Mixed  Bird................ 
5@6
Mustard,  white.........  
10
9
Poppy......................... 
Rape..........................  
5
Cuttle  bone...............  
80
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20-lb  boxes..........................  5M
40-lb 
5)6
G Iobb.
1-lb packages......................  5
8-lb 
....................... 5
6-lb 
6)6
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes................3)6
Barrels.................................. 3)6
Scotch, In  bladders............37
Maccaboy, In Jars...............35
French Rappee, In Jars......43
Boxes....................................5h
Kegs, English........................4K

SNUFF.

SODA.

SALT.

Diamond Crystal.

 

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Cases, 243  lb. boxes........3  1  60
Barrels, 320  lbs................  2 50
115 2)6 lb bags....  4 00
....  8 75
60 5 
lb  “ 
....  3 50
3010  lb  “ 
Butter, 56 lb  bags................ 
□   “  24141b bags  ...........  3 50
“  280 lb  bb ls............  2 50
“  224 lb 
...........   2 25
Worcester.
1152)6-lbsacks..............  ..64 (0
“ 
60 5-lb 
3 75
 
3010-lb  ** 
3 50
 
24  14 lb.  “ 
......................3 30
320 lb. bbl.............................2 PO
*8 lb  sacks....................... 82)6
5  lb linen sacks...............   60
100 3-lb. sacks......................62 10
60 5-lb.  “ 
2 00
2810-lb. sacks....................  1 85
56 lb. dairy In drill  bags...  30
28 lb.  “ 
16
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..  75
56 lb. dairy in linen  sacks. 
75
56 lb.  sacks.......................   22
80
Saginaw......................... 
Manistee.........................  
80

Ashton.
Higgins.
Soiar Rock.
Common Fine.

Common Grades.

WftTSftW

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SALERATCS.

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

Church’s .............................3 30
DeLand’s .................................3 15
Dwight’s .......................   ..  3 30
Taylor’s 
............................ 3 00

SEELY’S  EXTRACTS. 

Lemon.
1 oz. F. M. $  90 doz.  310 20 gro
2  “  N. 8. 1  20  “ 
12 60  “
2  “  F. M. 1  40  “ 
14  40  ‘
Vanilla.
1 oz.  F. M. 1  50 doz. 16 20 gro
2  “  N  8. 2 00  “ 
2  “  F. M. 2 50  “ 
Lemon.
Vanilla.

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

Rococo—Second  Grade. 

21  60  “
25 50  “

2 doz........  100 doz...... 10 50  *'

SOAP.
Laundry.

Allen B. Wrlsley’s Brands.

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

Proctor & Gamble.

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

Dingman Brands.

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Single box...........................3 95
5 box lots, delivered........... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered........  3 75
Jas. 8. Kirk <& Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp’d..$4 00 
plain...  3 94
N.  K.  Fairbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.......................  4  00
Brjwn, 60 bars...................2 40
“ 
80  b a rs................. 3 25
Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.
Acme.................................3 75
Cotton Oil.......................... 6 00
Marseilles..........................  4 00
M aster.................................400
Thompson & Chute Co.’s Brands

Silver................................3 65
Mono................................ 3 30
Savon Improved............... 2 50
Sunflower.........................2 80
Golden...............................3 25
Economical  ......................  2 25
8ingle  box  ....................... 3 65
5 box  lots...........................  3  60
10 box lots..........................  3 50
25 box lots del...................3 40

Passolt’s Atlas  Brand.

Scouring.
Sapolio, kitchen, 3  doz...  2 40
hand, 3 doz..........2 40

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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.
Domino.............................. $5 06
Cut  Loaf............................  5 f 6
Cubes............................... 4 50
Powdered..........................   4 50
XXXX  Powdered..............   4 75
Granulated........................4 25
Fine Granulated................  4 25
Extra Fine Granulated...  4 37
Mould  A ...........................450
Diamond Confec.  A..........   4  z5
Confec. Standard  A..........4  12
No.  1...............................   4 00
No.  2  ...............................  4 00
No.  3.................................   3 94
No.  4..................................  3 87
No.  5................................. 3 81
No.  6............................. .  3 75
No.  7..................................3 69
No.  8.................................   3 62
No.  9................................. 3 56
No.  10................................. 3 50
No.  11................................. 3 37
No.  12...............................  3 31
No.  13.................................   2 94
No.  14.............................   2 87

8YRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels................................ 18
Half bbls............................. 20
F air.....................................   19
Good....................................  25
Choice..................................  30

Pure Cane.

TABLE  SAUCES.
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Lea <St Perrin’s, large____  4 75
small......   2 75
Halford, large....................3 75
small....................2 25
Salad Dressing, larg e........4 56
sm all...... 2 65
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TEAS.

japan—Regular.

sxnt CURZI).

BASKXT  FIRED.

F air............................  @17
Good..........................   @20
Choice.......................24  @26
Choicest................... 32  @34
D ust..........................10  @12
F air............................  @17
Good..........................  @20
Choice...................... 24  @26
Choicest....................32  @34
Dust..........................10  @12
F a ir...........................18  @20
Choice.........................  @25
Choicest....................   @35
Extra choice, wire leaf  @40
Common to  fair........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.

TOUNG HYSON.

GUNPOWDER.

ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

F air...........................18  @22
Choice........................24  @28
Best  ..........................40  @50

TOBACCOS.

Fine Cut.

P. Lorillard & Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet..............30  @32
30
Tiger........................... 
D. Scotten & Co’s Brands.
60
Hiawatha................... 
Cuba........................... 
32
Rocket.......................  
30
Spaulding & Merrick’s  Brauds.
Sterling...................... 
30
Private Brands.
Bazoo.........................  @30
Can Can......................  @27
Nellie  Bly..................24  @25
Uncle Ben.  ............... 24  @25
McGlnty....................  
27
25
)i bbls.........  
Dandy Jim .................  
29
Torpedo .
in  drums
Yum Yum  .........
1892.......................
“  drum s.........
Plug.

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Sorg’s Brands.

Spearhead...................... 
Joker......... ...................  
Nobby Twist...................  
Scotten’8 Brands.
Kvlo................................. 
Hiawatha........................  
Valley City..................... 
Flnzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty...................  
Jolly Tar.........................  
Lorillard’s Brands.
Climax (8 oz., 41c)_____ 
Gr'en Turtle................... 
27
Three Black Crows... 
J. G. Butler’s Brands.
Something Good........ 
38
Out of  Sight................... 
Wilson A McCaulay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope...................... 
Happy Thought.........  
37
Messmate.......................  
No Tax............................ 
Let  Go............................  
Catlln’s  Brands.

Smoking.

39
27
40
26
38
34
40
32
39
30

24
43
32
31
27

Kiln  dried........................1?@18
Golden  Shower..................19
Huntress  ........................... 26
Meerschaum  ................... 29@30
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy........................40
Stork............................. 30@32
German............................... 15
F rog....................................33
Java, H sfoil...................... .32
Banner Tobacco Co.'s Brands.
Banner................................16
Banner Cavendish.............. 38
Gold Cut 
...........................28
Warpath.............................. 14
Honey Dew......................... 26
Gold  Block......................... 30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s 
Brands.
Peerless.................. 
26
Old  Tom..............................18
Standard..............................£2
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade..............................41 >

Scotten’s Brands.

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

 

Spaulding & Merrick.

Rob  Roy..............................26
Uncle Sam.....................2S@32
Red Clover.............. 
32
Tom and Jerry.....................25
Traveler  Cavendish........... 38
Buck Horn...........................30
Plow  Boy......................30@32
Corn  Cake...........................16

VINEGAR.

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

61 for barrel.

WET  MUSTARD.
Bulk, per gal  ................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75

YEAST.

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

 

WOODENWARE.
Tubs,No. 1.................  600

“  No. 2........................  5  50
“  No. 3........................  4  50
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
1  30
“  No. 1,  three-hoop_  1  50
Bowls, 11 Inch....................
“  13  “  ....................  
90
“  15  “ 
....................  1  25
....................   1  90
“  17  “ 
“ 
19  “ 
...................  2 40
21  “ 
...................
Baskets, market..........  35
shipping  bushel..  1  15
.. 1  25
full  noop  “ 
No.2 6 25

“ 
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“ willow cl’ths, No.l  5 25
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“  No.3 7 25
“  No.l  3 75
“ 
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No.2 4 25
No.3 4 75

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splint 

INDURATED WARE.

Butter Plates—Oval.

•  Washboards—single.

Pails.....................................  3 
Tubs,  No.  1..........................13 
Tubs, No. 2...........................12 
Tubs, No. 3...........................10 
250  1000
No.  1......................... 
60  2  10
No.  2.........................  70  2 45
No.  3......................... 
80  2 80
No. 5.........................  1  00  3 50
Universal.............................. 2 25
No. Queen.............................2 50
Peerless Protector................. 2 40
Saginaw Globe.....................   1 75
Water Witch......................225
Wilson...................................2 50
Good Luck.............................2 75
Peerless.................................  2 85
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green............................  2@2)4
Part Cured...............   @3
Full 
Dry..............................  4 @ 5
Kips,green  ................   2 @3
“  cured.................  @  4
Calfskins,  green......  4  @ 5
cured........4  )»@  6
Deacon skins.............10  @25

Double.

HIDES.

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No. 2 hides X off.
FELTS

WOOL.

Shearlings...................  5 @  20
Lambs 
......................25  @  60
Washed.......................12 @15
Unwashed ................... 8  @11
Tallow.......................  3)4@  4
Grease  butter  ............  1 @2
Switches....................  l)4@ 2
Ginseng 
..................2 00@2 50
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS 

MISCELLANEOUS.

@3)(

WHEAT.

MEAL.

No. 1 White (58 lb. test)
50
No. 2 Red (6Ó lb. test)
50
Bolted..............................
1  40
Granulated.......................
1  85
FLOUR  IN  SACKS.
«Patents............................ 2 05
«Standards.......................
1  55
Bakers’.............................
135
«Graham..........................
1  40
Rye...................................
1  40
«Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

MILLSTUFFS. Less

18 00 

Car lots  quantity
615 00
12 00
15 50
20 00
18 50.

Bran.............. 614 00 
Screenings__  12 00 
Middlings......  14 50 
Mixed Feed...  19 50 
Coarse meal  . 
Car  lots...............................45
Less than  car  lots..............48
Car  lots...............................46
Less than car lots............... 49
HAT.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__11  no
ton lots........12 50
No.l 

CORN.

OATS.

“ 

FISH  AND  OYSTERS.
F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
FRESH  FISH.
Whltefish 
.................  @8
T ro u t.........................  @8
Black Bass......... ....... 
12)4
Halibut.......................  @15
Clicoes or Herring__  @4
Blueflsh......................  @10
Fresh lobster, per lb.. 
15
Cod.............................  
10
No. 1 Pickerel............   @8
Pike............................  @ 7
Smoked White...........  @8
Red Snappers............. 
15
Columbia  River  Sal­
mon........................ 
15
Mackerel....................   18@25
oysters—Cans.
Falrhaven  Counts__  @45
F .J . D.  Selects.........
Selects .......................
F. J. D.........................
Anchors......................
Standards...................
oysters—Bulk.
Extra Selects..per gal.
Selects .......................
Standards...................
Counts.......................
Scallops......................
Shrimps  .................... 
Clams.........................
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@1  75
Clams, 
.  75@100

1  25

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8

 

S
S
S
S

PROVISIONS.

 

SAUSAGE.

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

The Grand Rapids  Packing  and Provision Co 

qnotes as follows:
Mess........................................   .............. 
13
Short c u t................................................. 
10
Extra clear pig, short out.................... 
14
Extra clear, heavy..................................
Clear, fat back...................................... * ”   14
Boston clear, short cut............................. ..  14
Clear back, short cut..................................
Standard clear, short cut. best................. 
14
Pork, links.....................................  
714
6*
Bologna............................................777 
g
Liver........... ......................................... 
*
Blood..................................................... 
Head cheese.................................  
7 
6
Summer....................................77......... 
10
ju
Frankfurts.............................. 
 
’’’ 
LARD.
8)4
Kettle  Rendered.................................. 
15
Granger.............................  
50
Family........................................7 .'7 7 7 7 7   6V
00
Compound...................................................  51?
50
Cottolene.... 
..................................... 7 7 7 .  7
50 lb. Tins, )4C advance.
201b. palls, )4c 
10 lb.  “  Me 
Tic 
51b.  “ 
3 lb. 
'■  1c
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs......................  7 5«
Extra Mess, Chicago packing......................  7 75
Boneless, rump butts................................... ’  9 50
Hams, average 20 lbs....................... 
10«
16 lbs...............................7 .7 m /
“ 
12 to 14 lbs............ .................  11 u
“  Picnic.............................................   8)4
lo
“ 
Shoulders......................................................   7.4
Breakfast Bacon  boneless..............7 .7 7 7   10
Dried beef, ham prices.............................  ..  n it
Long Clears,heavy...................................  
 
Briskets,  medium...........................  
 
714
Bght............................. 7 7 .7 7 7 7   7)4

best boneless..................................... 

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

BEEF  IN  BARRELS.

........g

“ 
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“
“
“

» 

DRY  salt  meats.

Butts....................... ..................................
D. S. Bellies.............................77.7__ 7 
Fat Backs........................................... . . . . . . .  7)4
Half  barrels.........................................  
3 00
Quarter barrels..........................7 .7 7 .......... 2 nn
K its....................................................... 7 .7 7   90
Kits, honeycomb........................................  
Kits, premium..........................7. ..7 7 .7 7  

PICKLED  PIGS’  FEET.

TRIPE.

S5

s

FRESH  BEEF.

Carcass...........................................  6  @7
Fore quarters........................................  4)4@ g
Hind quarters........................................ 7)4®  gu
Loins No. 3..............................................io @12
gibs--.................................................8 @10
..................................................   6 @6)4
Plates....................................................... 3 @ 3)4
Dressed.................................................   6)4@7
§
Loins...................................................... 
Shoulders  ..........................................evt
Leaf Lard.............................................’ 
9^
Carcass.................................................  6)4©
Lambs............................................... 7  <a 714
Carcass.................................................   5)4@6

FRESH  PORK.

m u t t o n .

VEAL.

75

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE.

LAMP  BURNERS.

No. 0 Sun....................................................
No. 1  “  ....................................................... '
No.2  “  .........................................................
Tubular..........................................................

lamp chimneys.  Per box.

6 doz. In box.

First quality.

XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

No. 0 Sun........................................................  1
No.l  “  ..........................................................1
No.2  “  ......................................................... 2
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top.......................................2
10
N o . l ........................ 
2 25
No. ........................... 
3 25
No. 0 Sun, crimp top................................   ...2 60
No. 1  “ 
“  .......................................2 80
No. 2  “ 
“  .............. ....................... 3 80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................8 70
No.2  “ 
....................470
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
....................4 8?
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.........................1 25
....................... 150
No.2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per dos......................................... 1 35
No. 3  “ 
....................................... 1  60

La Bastle.

Pearl top.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
Mason—old  style.

FRUIT  JARS.

 

Supplies.

Dandy—glass  cover.

Mason—one doz  in case.

Pints..................................................................   5 CO
Quarts  ...........................................................  5 50
Half  gallons...................................... 
Pints..............................................................  5  0
Quarts...............................................................   6 00
Half  gallons.....................................  
P in ts..............................................................10 50
Quarts...............................   .........................11  00
Half  gallons..................................................14 00
Boyd’s extra caps............................................2 25
Rubber rings.................................................  
35
No. 0, per  gross..............................................  2
28
N o.l, 
 
No  2, 
38
 
No. 3, 
75
 
Mammoth, per doz..........................................  75
STONEWARE—AKRON.
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal.............................   06
“ 
)4 gal. per doz......................  60
Jugs, )4 gal., per doz...................................
“  1 to 4 gal., per gal...............................
Milk Pans, H gal., per dos............................  60
“ 
.........................  78
6)4

Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal.......................... 
Milk Pans, )4 gal. per  aoz..........................  65

1  “ 
STONEWARE—BLACK GLAZED.

LAMP WICKS.

“ 
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“ 

“ 

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79

75

7 50

8 10

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T H E   M IC H IG A N   T R A D E SM A N .

AM ERICAN  ANARCHISM .

to  all  restrictions  upon 

That the spirit which incites European 
Anarchists to assassination  and  dynami­
ting  is  also  widespread  among  us  is 
alarmingly evident from  incidents in the 
recent coal miners’ strike  and also  in  the 
strike against the Pullman Car Company. 
is  a  blind 
The  essence  of  anarchism 
hostility 
the 
freedom  of  the  individual  to  do  what 
pleases him without regard  to the rights 
of  other  individuals,  and  it  manifests 
itself 
in  savage  attacks  upon  every 
agency  which seeks  to  restrain  him  by 
force  and  by  punishment.  As  Booth 
killed President Lincoln because Lincoln 
had thwarted his desire to see the South­
ern Confederacy  established,  as Guiteau 
killed President Garfield because  he  did 
not  conform  his  administration  to  the 
pattern he had set  up;  as  the assassin of 
Mr.  Frick  attempted  to  murder  him 
because he had  thwarted  the Homestead 
strike,  and  as  Prendergast  shot  Mayor 
Harrison because he refused him  an  ap­
pointment  he  asked  for,  so  the  coal 
miners,  in order to  assist them  in carry­
ing  their  point,  assassinated  railroad 
engineers  and  firemen,  destroyed  coal­
mining  machinery,  blew  up  railroad 
bridges,  and  committed  other  outrages 
upon  persons  and  property. 
the 
same way the Pullman  strikers and their 
allies assaulted the men  whose continued 
services tended to defeat  the  strike,  and 
to injure if not to destioy the property of 
the railroad companies which declined to 
side with them. 
In this, as  in  all other 
cases,  the  motto  of  the  lawbreakers  is 
rule or ruin, 
if the American Anarchist 
cannot have his own  way he is as prompt 
as his European  brethrea  are to vent his 
rage upon everything  that  obstructs the 
accomplishment of his desires.

In 

That the Pullman strike  is  an  ebulli­
tion  of  pure  anarchism  all 
the  facts 
prove  beyond  question.  The  Pullman 
Company offered  to  its  workmen  wages 
which the workmen  thought insufficient. 
Thereupon the company discharged them 
from its service, paid them  what it owed 
them,  and closed its shops.  It restrained 
no man  of his liberty and  defrauded  no 
man  of  bis  dues. 
It  acted  within  its 
strict legal rights and  was  entitled from 
the constituted  authorities  to  the  same 
protection  that  can  be  claimed  by  all 
citizens and bodies of  citizens. 
Its  em­
ployees,  however,  would  not  submit  to 
this action on the  part  of the  company. 
They demanded that it sliould go on with 
its business and that it should consent to 
have the rate of  wages  to  be paid  them 
fixed by arbitration.  No  law  exists  re­
quiring  the  company 
to  do  this,  but 
because it  refuses  to  do  it  a  gigantic 
conspiracy  has  been  set  in  motion  to 
destroy the value of its  property all over 
the country  by  preventing  the  railroad 
companies  which  have  been  using  its 
cars  from  continuing  that  use  under 
penalty of  having all  its other  business 
stopped.  The strikers,  by  not resorting 
to the courts  of  law,  acknowledge  that 
they have  no  reason  for  expecting  suc­
cess through the agency of the law; they, 
therefore,  adopt unlawful  measures and 
seek  to carry their point  by brute  force, 
by  intimidation,  and  by  attacks  upon 
everybody  and  everything  that  opposes 
them.  That this  is  anarchism  is  plain 
enough,  and  that  it  leads  to  assassina­
tion, arson,  and  pillage will also  become 
plain as the strike  proceeds.

It is noticeable  that  the  intimidation 
and the  violence  which  accompany this

Pullman  strike  are  aimed  not  only 
against  the  Pullman  Company  and the 
railroad companies  which  use  Pullman 
cars but also against the railroad  switch­
men,  brakemen,  and  engineers  who  are 
unwilling to join in the  conspiracy.  As 
in  the  coal  miners’  strike, so in this, a 
minority of lawless  but physically  pow­
erful strikers control the  peaceable  ma­
jority  and  prevent  them from  going on 
with their work.  Out of the 200,000 coal 
miners  who  recently  remained  idle  for 
two months, more  than  half,  it  is  con­
ceded,  were  compelled  to  stop working 
through  fear  of  personal  injury,  illus­
trated by  telling examples,  and  already 
we  read  of  Pullman  strikers  deterring 
switchmen and engineers  from  running 
trains  by  threatening  their  lives.  No 
European anarchists could do more.

Another  and  equally  anarchistic  fea­
ture  of the  Pullman  strike is  that, like 
the  striking  coal  miners,  the  Pullman 
strikers take no heed  of the  injury  they 
cause to thousands of  their fellow work­
men in other industries and  to  the  com­
munity in general.  The  coal miners not 
only refused to mine coal,  but would not 
allow that which had already been mined 
or  was mined by others to be transported 
by the railroads.  Consequently,  all  the 
manufactories which were thus prevented 
from  obtaining  fuel  for  their  boilers 
were deprived of  steam  power  and  had 
to  close.  How mauy thousands  of  men, 
women,  and  children  thereby  lost  for 
weeks the  wages  they  otherwise  would 
have  earned,  and  how many  more thou­
sands of  citizens  have  failed  to  obtain 
the  goods  aud  the  materials  they  re­
quired for their business, it  is  not  easy 
to compute,  but the number  is  certainly 
quite  large  enough  to make it a serious 
item in the sum total  of  damage  caused 
by the coal strike.  The Pullman strikers 
aud their confederates  likewise  seek  to 
deprive,  in the the first  place,  all travel­
ers  over  railroads  using  Pullman  cars 
from enjoying the comforts of those cars, 
and,  next,  by  tying up  the  railroads  of 
which  the  officers refuse to join in  their 
conspiracy,  to interrupt  the  transporta­
tion of freight and cripple  the commerce 
of the nation.  Like  the  European  An­
archists  they  destroy where they fail to 
govern,  and wreak their vengeance  upon 
those who  do not  actively  oppose  them 
as  well  as upon those who do.

It  is  true that the  present strike, like 
dozens of others of the  same kind which 
have preceded it,  will ultimately come to 
an end without accomplishing  its object. 
Some sort of a compromise  may possibly 
be arrived at which  will  mask  the  real 
character of the result,  but  none the less 
that result will  be  failure.  The men en­
gaged in the  lawless  effort  to  coerce  a 
few of their fellow citizens  into  submis­
sion  to  their anarchistical demands will 
lose hundreds of  thousands of dollars in 
wages, the railroad  companies  will  lose 
more hundreds of thousands from the in­
terruption  of  their  regular  operations, 
and  the  public  will  lose  millions  from 
the  obstruction 
to  its  daily  business 
transactions, besides suffering untold an­
noyance and  inconvenience which cannot 
be estimated in  money.  All  this will be 
the consequence of substituting  anarchy 
for law and violence for reason.

The question  which outbreaks like this 
and the recent coal miners’  strike  bring 
home to the great body  of peaceable and 
orderly citizens is,  whether they  will  go 
on suffering in this way  from the acts of 
a few reckless  agitators,  who possess no

elaims to respect  but  physical  strength 
and  a  complete  disregard  of the rights 
which the laws of the  country profess to 
guarautee to all of us without distinction 
of  age,  sex,  or  bodily  condition,  or 
whether they will  arouse  themselves  to 
deal  with them as they do with other en­
emies of social  order.  Unless  some  ef­
ficient measures of repression are adopted 
these attacks upon the industries  of  the 
country  will  become more and more fre­
quent,  until the couutry  will be in a tur­
moil from one year’s end to another,  and 
we shall welcome a military despotism to 
enable  us  to  earn  our  livings 
the 
peaceable  manner  to  which  we  have 
hitherto been accustomed.

in 

Ma tth ew   Ma r sh a ll.

M onthly  R eport  o f  S ecreta ry   M ills.
Grand R a pid s,  June 30—The  follow­
ing members  have  been  admitted  since 
my  last report:

3504  Henry T.  Deguin, Clyde.
3585  M.  St. John Yates N.  Y.
3595  J.  C.  Frame,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
3603  John McHugh, Chicago,  111.
3610  W.  B.  Northrup, Chicago.
3625  Geo.  J.  Phillpot,  Detroit.
3631  R.  T.  Phillips.  Petoskey.
3632  Jos.  M. Lenkoff, Saginaw.
3633 E. A. Zundel,  Sheboygan,  Wis.
3634  C. C.  Moore,  Shelby.
3635  J. B.  Ennis, Republic,  Ohio.
3636  C. W. Buck,  Grand Rapids.
3637  W. Brown,  Detroit.
3638  R.  H. Holmes,  Detroit.
3639  Fred Taylor,  Detroit.
3640  Geo.  McManus, Port Huron.
3641  W.  H. Schrader, Flint.
3642  Peter A Clausin, Cadillac.
3645  Simon Wbitestoue,  Lancaster, O.
3646  C. Y. D’ Ossoue, Philadelphia,Pa.
3647  L. J. Cole,  Fenton.
3648  J.  R. Stivers,  Middletown,  N.  Y.
3649  T. U. Tucker, Jonesville.
3650  Frank Newman,  Grand  Rapids,
3651  J.  R.  Holrau, Cleveland.
3652  W.  R.  Mayo, Grand Rapids.
3653  W.  G. Peterhaus, Plymouth.
3654  G.  H. Grahame, Owosso.
3655  G.  W. Graham,  Auburndale,Ohio.
3657  Harry S.  Dunbar,  Bedford,  Ohio.
3658  F.  H. Woodward,  Owosso.
3659  Alonzo Herold,  Grand Rapids.
3660  J.  Y.  Pearce,  Detroit.
3661  M.  Koenigsberg, Chicago.
3662  C. R. Rooney,  Detroit.
3663  E.  H. Salisbury,  Traverse  City.
3664  Wm. Charles,  Detroit.
3665  C.  L. Campbell, Cleveland.
3666  F.  O.  Phelps,  Beaver  Dam,  Wis.
3667  W. W.  Wilson, Grand Rapids.
3668  H.  W. Green,  Grand Rapids.
3669  F.  E.  Westervelt,  Grand  Rapids.

HONORARY  M EM BERS.
H48  H. C. Crosby. Hartford.
H50  Otis A. Elliott, Shelby.
H52  J. A. Pocklington,  Dundee.
H54  G. B. Dikeman,  Hart.
H56  T. O.  Wolvertou, Clio.
H58  Mrs. Quay,  Hesperia.
H60  J.  H.  Messier, East  Jordan.
H62  C. E.  Humphrey,  Battle Creek. 
H64  G.  R.  M.  Lichty, Mayville.
H49  W.  H.  Bailey,  Hart.
H51  Aaron T.  Bliss,  Saginaw.
H53  John DeHaas,  Fremont.
H55  E.  R.  Jackson,  Cadillac.
H57  John Wilson,  Carsonville.
H59 L. E. Swan,  Bellaire.
U61  D.  Smith,  Mackinaw City.
H63  Wm.  Stoddard,  Battle  Creek.
It  is  with  much  pleasure 

to  issue 

the  so-called 

that  we 
notice that the  House  has  unanimously 
‘’Raynor  Bill,” 
passed 
which  permits  railloads 
to 
members of recognized  organizations  of 
commercial travelers  5,000 mile  mileage 
books and carry 300 pounds  of  baggage. 
As  no opposition  is  anticipated  in  the 
Senate,  we hope our  members  will  soon 
be  enjoying 
the 
attitude of  railroad  officials toward  our 
fraternity is most friendly.
I  am pleased to  state  that  no  deaths 
have occurred to our  membership during 
the past month. 

these  privileges,  as 

L.  M.  Mil l s,  Sec’y.

A man noted for his  dignity never for­
gets himself, even wheu  he  fails  to  re­
member other  people.

MANUFACTUKEIIS OP

H ATCH ES  and

HATCH  H ACH IN ERY.

WE  CAN  DO  YOU  GOOD.

SEND  FOR  SAMPLES aud PRICES

GRAND  HAVEN,  MICH. 

See quotations in Price Current.

WHAT

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TWO
CENTS

TO  AN  OLD  CUSTOM ER

or

TO  A  N EW   CUSTOM ER

or

Try giving  away a few  of  our  adver­
tising  fans  this  hot  weather.  Samples 
sent to responsible parties.

T R A D E S M A N   C O M P A N Y ,

G r a n d   R a p id s ,  M ic h ig a n .

The  Poorest  Man

On  Earth

Can afford the  BEST  salt.

¡The  Richest  Man

On  Earth

CANNOT  afford any other.

See Quotations in Price Current.

I.  M.  CLARK  GROCERY  CO.,

GENERAL  AGENTS, 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  - 

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in   th a t  C ountry.

Written for T h k  T r a d e s m a n .

In view of the fact that there has been 
considerable  discussion  of  late  on  the 
question of the examination  of  students 
in pharmacy,  1 thought that,  perhaps,  a 
statement of the differences in the  quali­
fication of  pharmacists  in  this  country 
and in Ireland might be of interest to the 
readers of T h e  T radesm an.  There has 
been  considerable  complaint  as  to  the 
examinations of students in pharmacy in 
this country,  it being held by  some  that 
the curriculum of studies is not extended 
enough  and  that  it  does  not  go  deep 
enough  into  the  practical  business  of 
pharmacy.  No  such  complaint  can  be 
made of the examinations of students  in 
pharmacy  in  my  native  land,  The  fol­
lowing is about the modus  operandi  for 
“ turning  out”  pharmacists  there:  The 
embryo pharmacist commences his career 
at about 15 years  of  age,  beginning  an 
apprenticeship of five or six years;  or,  if 
he  be  fortunate  enough  to  possess  the 
means,  he  can,  by  paying  a  premium, 
have  his  term  reduced  to  four  years. 
Between the ages of 14 to 20,  he may  en­
ter for  the  preliminary  pharmaceutical 
examination,  which  does  not  give  any 
qualification,  but must be  passed  before 
taking  the  second,  or  examination  for 
pharmaceutical chemistry.  The  prelim­
inary work consists of a  general  exami­
nation,  such as  one  having  an  average 
English education could pass.  By  writ­
ing  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Society,  a 
prospectus can  be procured and the  can­
didate get some idea as to  how  to  direct 
his studies.  Some  of  the  subjects  are: 
Latin,  to translate one or  more  passages 
from  the  first  book  of  Ctesar’s  Gallic 
War,  or Yirgil,  and also to  parse  a  few 
of the Latin sentences;  botany, questions 
from  Browne’s  Botany,  an  elementary 
work; chemistry,  Reynold’s  Experimen­
tal Chemistry'; algebra and physiography. 
The  candidate  is  expected  to  write  an 
essay on any subject selected by  the  ex­
aminers; he is also expected to  translate 
a few sentences  from  the  French.  The 
standard  of  the  examinations  is  being 
raised yearly,  algebra and  French  being 
two subjects added about two years  ago. 
The  second  examination  is  much  the 
same as that  required of  pharmaceutical 
chemists  in  this  State,  and  cannot  be 
taken before the age of 20,  the candidate 
having had at least four years’  practical 
work under the supervision of a pharma­
cist, from  whom he must procure a certifi­
cate to that effect.  An outline of the ex 
amiuation  of  pharmaceutical  chemistry 
is  as  follows:  He  must  be  thoroughly 
versed in  the British  Pharmacopoeia;  he 
must  be  able  to  apply  practically  the 
official  tests;  to  identify  specimens  of 
drugs snd be able to estimate the quality 
of the specimens; to detect  incompatibil­
ity and  overdoses;  to  compound,  label, 
wrap in paper  and  make  ready  to  dis­
pense  to  patients  in  a  specified  time a 
sample lot of mixtures,  pills,  ointments 
and lotions,  and also  to  make  a  plaster 
spread on leather.  The  materia medica, 
pharmacy and  such  subjects  are  taken 
from  the  pharmacopoeal  descriptions 
which are given  in  full,  with  dose  and 
list of preparations.  The percentage re­
quired is 80.  Having passed this exami­
nation  successfully, 
the  candidate  is 
legally qualified  to  compound  prescrip­
tions  and  sell  poisons and to conduct a 
drug  store.  The  proprietor  of  a  drug

store  must  in  all  cases  be  qualified as 
above.  The 
title  of  Pharmaceutical 
Chemist,  or R.  P.  S. I.,  (Licentiate of the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Ireland)  is 
given the successful candidate.

The stores where compounding is done 
are  called  “medical  halls”  or  pharma­
cies,  and the title  “drug store” is applied 
to stores which are more general in char­
acter and carry on a trade in paints, oils, 
window glass,  household soaps  and  vet­
erinary specialties.  For this class of deal­
ers there was an entirely  distinct exami­
nation provided three years  ago to  qual­
ify them to sell poisons but not compound 
prescriptions,  the  medical  halls  having 
exclusive control of  this part of the  bus­
iness.  The law requiring  certain  quali­
fications before  dealers  are permitted to 
sell poisons  is  strictly  enforced  by  the 
Government through the Pharmaceutical 
Societies,  thereby preventing department 
stores  and  grocers  from  handling  even 
such poisons as are used  for  agricultural 
purposes aud  patent  medicines  contain­
ing poisons.  Paints  are,  of  course,  ex­
cepted  from  the  rule.  The  amount  of 
patent medicines put upon the market in 
that  country is  about as  one to eight as 
compared  with  the  amount  sold  here; 
but  what  is  sold  is  at  cut-rate  prices, 
there being  no  “combination”  controll­
ing the product in  the old country.  Un­
der  these  circumstances, 
the  sale  of 
patents  is  not  pushed  to any  great ex­
tent,  but,  instead,  each  druggist puts up 
his own  “ proprietary”  medicines.

It  is  almost  impossible  for  a  young 
man to get a situation if  has  not  served 
the full  term of  apprenticeship.  Assist­
ants  (clerks having served  their appren­
ticeship)  are allowed to compound under 
the supervision of the  proprietor,  but as 
wages at this  stage of  the  business  are 
not very high,  they must  get their quali­
fications if they intend  to earn a sufficient 
income upon which  to live  comfortably. 
Tinctures, etc., are manufactured accord­
ing to the  British  Pharmacopoeia  in  the 
stores,  making  additional  profit  for the 
dealer and a  more  presentable  prepara­
tion than that made  from  fluid  extracts, 
or  concentrations  obtained  from manu­
facturers.  No  liquors  of  any  kind  are 
allowed to be sold in  a drug store except 
beef wine  (for which  a special license is 
issued)  and  methylated  spirit  used for 
burning purposes.  Prescriptions  are  in 
every case returned to  the customer,  the 
druggist taking a copy  which  he  writes 
in  his  prescription  book.  The  English 
qualifications  are  not  recognized in Ire­
land,  nor the Irish in‘England,  the  for­
mer  examinations  being even more diffi­
cult. 

R o b t.  J ohnson.

T he  E x p en se  Bill.

Once upon a time a certain house  sent 
out its traveling men at the  beginning of 
the season  with many injunctions to keep 
sales  up  and  expenses  down;  to  sell 
wherever they could,  but that no expense 
for treating would  be  allowed.  By  and 
by the travelers  came in  and  turned  in 
their orders to the manager,  who  looked 
them over and complimented the travelers 
more  than  he  ever  had  before.  The 
morsel of honey only covered  the  pill in 
his next request:  Would they  show him 
their expense accounts?
The first man  handed his up and it was 
critically scanned.
“You  have  down  here  50  cents  for 
dinner at Smalltown.”
“Yes, sir.”
“They only  charge  you  25  cents  for 
dinner there!”
“Yes, but it’s worth a  quarter extra to 
eat such a  meal.”

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADEBM A1

s.  c.  w.

T h e   L e a d in g   N ie k le   C ig a r  
M a d e in  th is  M a rk et.

The Only Brand in the State (outside of Detroit) 

Made by Improved  Machinery.

This  Cigar  is  made  with  Long  Mixed 

Filler,  Single  Connecticut  Binder 

and  Sumatra  Wrapper.
Sold at $33 per  1,000

By  the  Manufacturer,

G,  J.  Johnson.  " ’« g a s : 5*-

Telephone  1205.

Bailey’s
Patent
Foot
Holds

ARE  WATER  TIGHT.

Are made with a  flexible  rubber  tubing  vul 
canlzed on the inside of the rubber, which hugs 
close to the shank of the boot, preventing water, 
snow or mud from passing it.

MANUFACTURED  BY

American  Rubber Company.

Men’s
Ladies’

-  49c  Net 
34c  Net

Agents for American Rubber Co.,  Woonsocket 
Rubber Co., Wales-Qoodyear Rubber Co., Imper­
ial  Rubber  Co.  Write  for  price  lists  and  dis­
counts.

A Woman’s  Plain  Croquet 
Men's  Plaid  Tennis  Oxfords 
“  
Boys’ 
“  
Youths’ 
Men's  Black 
“  
Boys’ 
Youths’ 
“  

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"  
“  
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Bals.  -

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22c Net
-  36c  Net 
34c  Net
-  31c  Net 
63c  Net
-  61c  Net 
58c  Net

G  R   M A Y H E W ,

86  M onroe  S t.

G R A N D   R A P ID S , 

-   M IC H .

S E E D S !

Everything  in seeds is kept by  us— 

Clover, Timothy,

Hungarian,  Millet,

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

If you have  Beans to  sell,  send  us 
samples,  stating  quantity,  and  we 
will try to trade with  you.  We are 
headquarters  for egg cases  and  egg 
case tillers.
W.  T.  LJMBREJUX  CO., £ 8A
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

13£

19

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

“ The Niagara Falls Route.’*

(Taking effect  Sunday,  May 27,1894.) 

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20 p m...........Detroit  Express......... 7 00 a m
0 30a m ......»Atlanticand  Pacific.......U  20pm
1  50 p m........New York Express.........  6 00 p m
•Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday. C—I
Sleeping cars run on Atlantic  and  Pacific ex 
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  7:00 am ;  re 
turning, leave Detroit 4:35 pm,arriving at Grand 
Rapids 10:20 p m.
Direct  communication  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  traius erst  over  the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
A.  A lmouist, Ticket Agent,

CHICAGO

Union Passenger Station.
May  27,  1894
AMD; W K8T  M IC H IG A N   B ’Y.
GOING  TO CHICAGO.

TO AND FROM MUSKEGON.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d Rapids............ 7:25am  1:50pm *11:30pm
Ar. Chicago.................  1:25pm 7:15pm  *6:45am
Lv.  Chicago.................. 7:35am  4:55pm *11:45pm
Ar. G’d Rapids..............2:25pm  10:20pm  *6:25am
Lv. Grand Rapids.......   7:25am  1:50pm  5:45pm
Ar. Grand Rapids........9:15am  2:25pm  10:20pm
TRAVERSE CITY, CHARLEVOIX  AND  PETOSKEY.
Lv. Grand  Rapids..  7:30am 
.........   3:15pm'
Ar.  Manistee...........  12:20pm  
8:15pm
 
Ar. Traverse City....  12:40pm 
.........   8:45pm
11:10pm
Ar. Charlevoix........  3:15pm  
 
Ar.  Petoskey..........  
3:45pm  
 
11:40pm
10:00p. m.
PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CARS.
ToChicago,lv.G. R ..  7:25am  1:50pm  *11:30pm
To Petoskey .lv.G.R..  7:30am  3; 15pm 
...........
To G. R. .lv. Chicago.  7:35am  4:55pm *11:45pm
To G. R.. lv. Petoskey  5:00am  1:30pm 
...........

Arrive  from  Petoskey,  etc.,  1:00  p.  m.  and 

•Every day.  Other trains week days only.

DETROIT.

FEB.  11,  1894
LA N SIN G   A  N O R T H E R N   R .  R . 
GOING TO  DETROIT.

TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL  &  HASTINGS R.  K.

TO AND  FROM SAGINAW,  ALMA  AND ST.  LOUIS.

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv. Grand Rapids........  7:00am  *1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar. Detroit  .  .  ...........11:40am  *5:30pm  10:10pm
Lv.  Detroit..................   7:4i'am *l:l.pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids........12:40pm *5:15pm  10:45pm
Lv. G R 7:40am 5:00pm  Ar. G R  11:40am 10:55pm
Lv. Grand Rapids...........7:00am  1:20pm 5:25pm
Ar. from Lowell..............12:40pm 5:15pm  ..........
Parlor  Cars on all trains  between  Grand Rap 
Ids and Detroit.  Parlor car to Saginaw on morn - 
Ing train.
•Every day.  Other trains  week days only. 
_________GEO. DeHAVEN. Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t.
D ETRO IT,  G R A N O   H A V E N   &  M IL­

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

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12 35am 
1 25am 
3 10am 
640am 
7 15am 
5 4' am 
730am 
537am 
700am

10 20am
11 25am 
1217pm
1 20pm
3 45pm
4 35pm 
345pm
5 50pm 
305pm 
4 05pm

+No.  14 +No.  16 +No.  18
325pm
4 27pm
5 20pm
6 05pm 
800pm 
8 37pm
7 05pm 
850pm
8 25pm
9 25pm

Trains Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Ionia...........Ar
St.  Johns__Ar
Owosso........Ar
E. Saginaw.. Ar
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Bay City......Ar
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F lin t...........Ar
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Pt.  Huron...Ar
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Pontiac....... Ar
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Detroit.........Ar ÇÛ 
For  Grand Haven  and Intermediate
Points............................................t7:35 a. m.
For Grand Ilaven and  Muskegon...... +1:00 p. m.
“ 
...... +4:55 p. m.
“ 
  *7:30 p.  m.
For  Grand  Haven  and  Milwaukee,+10:05 p. m. 
For Grand Haven  (Sunday only)........8 :C0 a. m.

“ 
“  Chicago and Milwau­

kee,  Wis 

WESTWARD.

“ 
“ 

“ 

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*Daily.

tDaily except Sunday. 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35  a.m.,  12:60 
p.m.. 4:35 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains  arrive from  the  west, 6:40  a.  m., 10:10 
a. m., 3:16 p.m. and  10450  p.  m.  Sunday,  only, 
8:00 a. m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Parlcr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Parlor Car.  No. 82 Wagner  Sleeper.
Westward — No. 11 Parlor Car.  No. 15 Wagner 
Parlor Buffet car.  No. 81 Wagner Slaapar.

J ab. Ca m pbell, City Ticket Agent.

G rand  R apid s  A  In d ian a.

T RA INS  GOING  N O RTH .

Leave goln 
North
For  Mackinaw........................................................7:4€ a.  in
For Traverse City and Saginaw..........................4:50 p. m.
For  Mackinaw..................................................................10:25 p.m .
Leave going
. 
South.
For  Cincinnati.....................   ...............................7:00a.m.
For  Kalamazoo and Chicago..............................2:30 p.m .
For  Fort Wayne and  the East...........................2:30 p.m .
For Cincinnati......................................................*5:40 p.  ,m
For  Kalamazoo and Chicago.................................... *11:40 p.m

TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.

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

Lv Grand Rapids............7:00 a m  2:80 p m  *11:40 p m
Arr  Chicago.....................2:00 pm   9:00 p m  
7:10 am
2:80 p  m  train  has through  Wagner  Buffet  Parlor 
Oar and coach.
11:40 pm  train daily,  through Wagner Sleeping Car 
and Coach.
11:80 p m
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
6:55 a m
3:30  p  m  has  through  Wagner  Buffet  Parlor  Car. 
11:30 pm   train daily, through  Wagner  Sleeping  Car.

6:50  a m 
2:00 pm  

3:30 pm  
9:15 p m  

For Muskegon—Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand  Rapids & Indiana.
7:35 am  
9:40 am
5:20p m
*:40 pm  
O. L. LOCKWOOD. 
General Passenger and Ticket Agent

From Muskegon—Arrive

20

GOODS  IN  TRANSIT.

R a ilw a y s N ot R esp on sib le  for L oss  Oc­

c a sio n ed  b y  R iot an d   M obs.

The  law 

in  relation 

Are the railroads  liable  for  the  prop­
erty destroyed during the present strike? 
is a question frequently heard, 
it  would 
appear,  from  the  authorities  quoted  by 
Hon.  T.  J. O'Brien in the subjoined opin­
ion,  that they are not.  The Court of Ap­
peals of the State  of  New  fork,  the Su­
preme Court of Indiana and the Supreme 
Court of  Texas have so  decided  and  the 
matter  seems  to  be  settled  beyond  a 
reasonable doubt.  Mr. O’Brien says:
it is the  settled  law  of  this  country, 
pronounced  by  the courts,  both  Federal 
and ¡state, that common carriers of goods 
and  persons  (railroad,  steamboat  and 
other companies)  are not  liable  for  de­
lays  and  injuries  indicted  directly  by 
mobs and strikers.
to  strikers  is 
clearly and forcibly  expressed in the de­
cision  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  of  the 
State of New York  in the  case  of  Geis- 
mer against The Lake  Shore & Michigan 
Southern  Railway  Company. 
In  that 
case  Geismer  delivered  to  the  railway 
company  at  Toledo,  for  shipment  to 
Buffalo,  a  large  number  of  cattle  and 
hogs  on  the  21st  day  of  July.  The 
stock was immediately  forwarded  by  the 
railway  and  arrived  at  Collingwood, 
Ohio,  July  22nd.  The  train  was  pre­
vented from proceeding farther in conse­
quence of employes of  the railway strik­
ing and refusing to run  the  train,  or  to 
permit  others  to  run it.  The train  was 
detained  at  Collingwood  eleven  days. 
The detention, of course, caused a serious 
loss.
Geismer,  the shipper, sued  the railway 
company to recover damages, on account 
of the delay.  The  Court of  Appeals de­
cided that the railway company  was  not 
liable. 
In  the  decision is found the fol­
lowing language:
“A  railroad  carrier  stands  upon  the 
same  footing  as  other  carriers and may 
excuse delay in the delivery  of  goods by 
accident or misfortune not  inevitable  or 
produced  by  the  act  of  God.  All that 
can  be required  of it,  in  any emergency, 
is that it shall exercise  due care and dil­
igence to guard against  delay  and to for­
ward the goods to  their destination;  and 
so it has been uniformly decided.
“There  is  no  absolute  duty  resting 
upon  a railroad carrier  to  deliver  goods 
entrusted  to  it,  within  what  under ordi­
nary circumstances would be  a  reasona­
ble  time.  Not  only  storms,  floods  and 
other natural causes  may  excuse  delay, 
but  the  conduct of  men may also do so. 
An incendiary may  burn  down  bridges, 
a  mob  may  tear  up  tracks,  or  disable 
rolling stock,  or interpose  an  irresistible 
force or  overpowering  intimidation  and 
the only duty resting  upon the carrier is 
to  use  reasonable  efforts  and  due  dili­
gence to overcome these  obstacles.

“It is true that these  men had  been in 
the  employment  of  the  defendants  but 
they  had  left  and  abandoned  that  em­
ployment.  They  not  only  refused  to 
obey its orders, or to  render  it  any  ser­
vice,  but  they  willfully  arrayed  them­
selves in positive hostility  against it and 
intimidated  and  defeated  the  efforts  of 
men who were willing to serve it.  They 
became a mob of vicious  law-breakers to 
be dealt with by  the  government  whose 
duty it  was by the  use of adequate force 
to restore order,  enforce  proper  respect 
for  private  property  and  private  rights 
and obedience to  law.
“In this case there was no default on the. 
part  of  the  railway  company;  it  was 
ready  and  willing  to  perform  its  duty 
and  forward  the  stock,  but  was  pre­
vented  by  mob  violence  which  it could 
not,  by reasonable efforts, overcome.”

The same rule has  been  applied in the 
case of delays and injuries resulting from 
the action of mobs and rioters, composed 
in whole or  part  of  persons  who  never 
bad  been  in  the  employ of the railroad 
company.  Notably  by 
the  Supreme 
Court of Indiana in the case of Holloweli 
vs.  Pittsburg,  Fort  Wayne  &  Chicago 
Railway Company, and  by  the  Supreme 
Court of  Texas, in  the  case  of  Levi  vs. 
Gulf Railway  Company.

M ASON  FRUIT  JARS.

i’ackud 1 Duz.  in  liux.

Saves Time,  Labor,  Litter and  Breakage, 
at  a  small  advance  over  old-style  pack­
age.  Caps with each  Jar.  One  wrench 
in each Box.

Packed in Patent Partition Case.

“  “ 
“  “ 

1  dozen In  box  ........................$5 50
Pints, 
 
6 00
1 
Quarts 
“ 
Half gallon 1  “ 
..........................   8 00
Rubbers, extra, 1 gro. in bundle...................  35
No  charge  for  package  or  cartage  on  Fruit 
Jars.  No delay in freights from Grand Rapids.
H.  LEONARD  &  SONS.

 

 

Drug  Stock  for  Sale,

The Right  Place for

The Right Goods for

The Right Man.

The Right Place. 

The Right Price if taken at

The  Right Time. 
That means now.  Call  or write and see 

if this is not right.

OKANO  KAt  l l ) 1,  MICH.

Will  Z.  Bangs,
F O R  SAX,B.
Store  Building  and  Interest 

in  General  Store

Mrs.  Alice  Hughston  owns  a  large 
two-story building and  an  undivided  in­
terest in a stock of  general  merchandise 
in  the village of McBain.

Being desirous of  retiring  from  active 
management  of  the  business,  she  has 
placed  the  property  in  my  hands  for 
sale.  The upper story is finished off into 
comfortable  living  rooms.  There  is  a 
large wareroom,  barn, etc.

Will sell the  buildings  separate  if  de­

sired.  For terms, etc.,  address

GILLIS  McBAlN,  McBain,  Mich.
Henry  J.  Vinkemulder,
Fruits  and Vegetables,

J O B B E R   O F

418,  420,  446  and  447  So.  Division 

St  Grand  Rapids.

I  handle  all  kinds  of  Fruits  and 
Produce,  being  present  on 
the  Grand 
Rapids  market  every  morning  to  select 
the freshest and choicest stock. 
I solicit 
correspondence  and  mail  orders,  agree­
ing to give same  my  personal  attention. 
I employ no  traveling  salesmen  and  am 
thus  enabled  to  bill  goods  at  lower 
prices, besides  guaranteeing quality.

T H E   M T C H I G A J S r  
Now,  the question  arises,  who  is  lia­
ble?  and  on  this  point  opinions  are di­
vided.  The Pittsburg riots of 1877 occa­
sioned  a loss of  several  millions  of  dol­
lars,  the  principal  part  of  which  fell 
upon  the  county  of  Allegheny. 
In the 
State of Pennsylvania  there is a compre­
hensive  statute  covering  the  question, 
which  accounts  for  the  liability  of  the 
county. 
In the  absence  of a  statute the 
courts have generally  held  that  the mu­
nicipalities were  not  liable.  The  State 
of Illinois has a limited  statute, the pro­
visions of which  do not  seem  to be very 
clearly  understood,  but  it  seems  to  be 
plain  that  the  railroads  cannot recover 
for property destroyed.  How  it  will be 
with other property is  a  question.  Per­
haps,  when  the  losses occasioned by the 
present strike  are  computed,  the matter 
may be taken  into court and the question 
of  liability  settled.  There  can  be  no 
doubt  that,  if  municipalities  were  gen­
erally  held  to  be  liable  for  losses  sus­
tained  by  reason  of  strikes  and  labor 
disturbances, 
there  would  be  more 
promptness  and  readiness  displayed  to 
protect  property  during  such  disturb­
ances.  Much of the loss is occasioned by 
the  dilatoriness  of  the  authorities  in 
dealing with  the  lawless  who  comprise 
the chief part of strikers always.

P u rely P erson al.

Richard Bean, book-keeper for  the  01- 
ney &  Judson  Grocer  Co.,  has  gone  to 
Port  Huron to spend a week or ten  days 
with friends.

Ueman  G.  Barlow and wife  leave  to­
day for  Petoskey,  whence  they  take the 
inland route for  Cheboygan  and  Macki­
nac  Island,  returning  via  Grand  Trav­
erse  Bay,  where they will spend a week 
or ten days at Ne-ah-ta-wanta.

Bert Remington,  formerly  on the road 
for the Musselman  Grocer  Co.,  but  for 
the  past  three  years connected  with the 
credit department of E.  B. Preston &Co., 
of Chicago,  has gone to  St.  Joseph,  Mo., 
to take charge  of  the  branch  house  re­
cently established at that place.  He was 
in  the city last week  visiting his parents 
prior to his departure for his new field of 
usefulness.

The late Frank  C.  L’Hommedieu,  the 
Detroit druggist,  left  a will  disposing of 
property  valued  at  $5,000.  The  testa­
tor’s  widow, Carrie  B.  L’Hemmedieu,  is 
appointed executrix and  guardian of the 
property,  which is  bequeathed  in  equal 
portions to the son and two daughters, to 
be divided when the  youngest  son  shall 
have attained his majority.  Arthur Bas­
set,  the deceased man’s  partner,  is made 
general advisor of the widow  in  the  dis­
position of the  estate.

Frank  Hamilton, 

the  Traverse  City 
clothier,  has  turned  farmer;  that is,  he 
farms it for  recreation  just  as  he  sells 
clothing  for  a  livelihood.  His  latest 
venture is the purchase of a  dozen  acres 
of land on the famous Peninsula,  a  cou­
ple  of miles from  Traverse  City, for the 
purpose of enjoying the  privileges  of  a 
summer  home  and  the  profits of a fruit 
farm.  The former has been provided by 
the erection of a  handsome cottage occu­
pying a commanding position on  a  high 
hill,  giving  the occupants a magnificent 
bird’s-eye view of the  surrounding coun­
try and Bay for miles  roundabout.  The 
second part of the undertaking will have 
j to await the clearing  of the  land,  but  in 
the meantime a portion of  the  land  has 
j  been  planted  to  potatoes.  The tract is 
1 fearfully hilly—in  fact,  would  make  a

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forty  acre  farm  if  smoothed  out—and, 
after the rear portion  had  been  planted 
to  murphies,  it  occurred  to  the  farm 
hands that  there was no possible  way  to 
get the product out of the ravine in which 
it is being raised and over the  high  hills 
on all sides except by the construction of 
an inclined plane railway or the employ­
ment of  balloon  service.  This  predica­
ment  suggests  the  disappointment  of a 
Grand Traverse farmer, a few years ago, 
who built a fanning mill  in  his  kitchen 
one winter, only to find, when completed, 
that it was too large to be moved through 
any door in his house,  necessitating  the 
removal of one side of his kitchen.

T b e   D r u g   M a r k e t .

Gum  opium is easier,  but  unchanged.
Morphine is steady.
Quinine is dull and in light  demand.
The Distilling  and  Cattle  Feeding Co. 
is taking advantage of the prospective in­
crease  of tbe  tax on spirits  and  has  ad­
vanced the price  of  alcohol  4  cents  per 
gallon  during  the  past week,  making 10 
cents  per  gallon  advance  in  as  many 
days.  The  advance  in  spirits  also  ad­
vances all compound whisky.

I'K O in jlb   iS A K M .1.

The  commission  houses  present  a  very  de­
serted appearance, there being nothing received 
from  outside  points.  Dealers  are  gloomy,  as, 
even if business should resume at once, the  loss 
already  sustained  is  Irreparable.  Resumption 
depends upon  the course of  events  in  Chicago, 
and the end of the trouble may be far  or  near— 
no one knows.

Apricots—Have advanced  to $1.40 per  6 basket 

crate, and the stocks are about cleaned up.

Beans—Dealers  pay  $1.60,  holding  strictly 

hand picked at $1.85.
Beets—Have drooped  to  10c  per  doz.  In  the 
open market, dealers holding at 15c.
Butter—Is  firm  and  higher,  best dairy  now 
bringing 14@15c.  Creamery is stationary at  16@ 
17c.

Cabbage—The  supply  is  ample  and  of  fair 
quality.  Dealers  pay  30c,  holding  at  40c  per 
doz.

Carrots—Are plentiful at 6c  per  doz.  bunches 

In open market.  Dealers hold them at 10c.

Cucumbers—Are unchanged at 35®40c per doz.
Cherries—Are  in  fair  supply  and are  worth 

$1.90@2 per bu.

bound to go up.

Eggs—Are easier at 12J4c  per  doz.  They  are 

them 

farmer  who planted 

Onions—The strike  has  stopped  the  imports 
tion  of  onions,  but  ripe  home-grown  have 
reached the market.  By the way, the  few  that 
have made their  appearance  were  grown  by  a 
wide-awake 
last 
August.  A  covering of manure protected  them 
from frost during  the  winter,  and  the  grower 
has the  satisfaction,  not  only of  bringing  the 
first  ripe onions  to  market,  but  of  getting the 
handsome price of $1 per bu.  for  them.  He has 
sold 63 bushels at that  price  inside  of  a  week. 
Dealers pay 1214c for green,  holding  at  15c  per 
doz. bunches.
Potatoes—Not a potato to  be  had  for  love  or 
money, but farmers say they will have plenty on 
the market inside of  a  week.  One  dealer  had 
five bushels, which he Bold early Monday  morn 
ing for $1 35 per bu.

Peas—Dealers pay 40c, holding at 6'c per bu.
Peaches—Cannot get through  because  of  the 

strike.

Pineapples—Out of the market.  .
Squash—None to be had.
Tomatoes—A  fair  supply  is  reported  which 

readily bring $1 per 4-basket crate.

Watermelons—The market  is  full.  They  sell 

readily at $20 per hundred or 20c per melon.

String Beans—A few were to  be  had  at  $2.50 

per bu.—an extreme price.

Currants—Red, found fair sale at  $1.25  per  16 

qt. crate.

per doz.

per  bu.

Celery—Home-grown was in fair supply at  25c 

Turnips—Good supply and sold readily  at  40c 

Radishes—Large  home-grown  brought 8®10c 

per doz. bunches.

Raspberries—Red  advanced  to  12c  per  qt. 

black were held at 6c per qt.

Two lene quarts of blackberries  were  discov 
ered on the market  Monday  morning—the  first 
of the season.  They were bought as  curiosities 
for 20c per qt.

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It is the only Single Generator stove made at this price.
There are 72 jets of gas on the step burner,  which makes it the quickest oven heater made.
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HEIGHT  25  INCHES.

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No. 61 Michigan Stove, only....................... *14  00
No. 61 Stove and Tin  Oven.........................  1675
No. 61!Stove and R. Iron Oven............. —   17 50
No.  61  Michigan  Stoves  have  an  Individual 
Burner on the right which is independent of the 
generator.
A  liberal  discount  to

easiest selling stove in the country.

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No. 62 Michigan Stove, o n ly ...................  .18
No. 60 Michigan Stove, only..  ...........*12 00
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No. 62 Stove and Tin  Oven 
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14 75
No. 60 Stove and Tin  Oven  ................... 
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No. 62 Stove and R. Iron  ............................  11
No. 60 Stove and R. Iron  Oven...... ...........   15 50
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No. 62 Michigan Stove is the  only  two-burner 
No. CO Michigan Stove ia the only atep atove in 
high stove in the market with a single generator 
the  market  having  a  single  generator  at  this 
at less than *14 Hat.
price.
the  trade and exclusive agency given to any dealer who will place an  order with us for the

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No.  63 Michigan Stove,  only..................... 910 00
No. 63 Stove and Tin  Oven..........................12 25
No. 63 Stove and R.  Iron Oven..................   13 00
No. (3 Michigan la the only three-burner  high 
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The Most Powerful Generator Made.

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