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GßAX_D  ßAPIDS,  OCTOBEß  10,  1894.

XO.  577

EDWARD A  MOSELBY,
tim o t h y p. m oseley!

8B E D8,  B E JM8,  P E IS ,  P0T I T0E8,  O R A N G ES  and  LEM O N S.
M O SELEY   BROS.

Established  1876

Jobbers of

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*6,  88.  30 and  38  Ottawa  St., GRAND  RAPIDS, MICH.

To the  Retail Shoe  Dealers===

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GRAND RAPIDS,  WEDNESDAY,  OCTOBER  10, 1894.

THE  COUNTRY  EDITOR.

S om e  P ecu lia rities 

o f  th e   B u sin ess 

G raphically  S e t  Forth.

It was in that callow age of  life  when 
the day dream makes the  youth  a  great 
man  in his own  imagination—a  journal­
ist  on a high pinnacle  of  fame,  a  great 
soldier,  an accomplished scholar,  a  wise 
statesman—that  I  first  bloomed  into  a 
country  editor. 
In  that  adolescent  pe­
riod the boy in the small  town  finds  his 
greatest amusement either in  hunting  or 
fishing or in lounging under  a birch  tree 
with a volume of Irving—turning regret­
fully  a  page  of  “Alhambra,”  or  half 
sobbing  to  himself  over “The  Broken 
Heart.”  One  evening  in  the  week  he 
meets the other  boys  in  the  town,  who 
are the coming lawyers and  professional 
men,  in the debating hall of the local lit­
erary society,  where  “Pursuit  and  Pos­
session,” and  “Country and Town Life,” 
or  “ Who  was  the  Greatest  Statesman, 
Hamilton or Jefferson?”  are debated, the 
oratory being generally  extempore.^  En­
vironments like  these  seldom  fail to de­
velop a country editor.  Before  the time 
comes when he takes  up  the  Faber,  he 
wanders alone by a brook in  the  woods, 
and while listening  to the wild  melodies 
in nature falls into the  day  dream,  and 
pictures a great building, noisy with  the 
hum  of  presses,  seeing  in 
the  castle 
which  his  imagination  molds  from  a 
cloud a great  editor instructing  the peo­
ple and inspiring citizens  to  patriotism. 
1 barely  mention  these  surroundings  to 
show how the country editor  is  led  into 
the  sanctum  sanctorum  of  the  village 
printing office.  When I first made np my 
mind to become an editor I sat  down and 
wrote a ghost story,  probably  a  column 
long.  A Detroit paper published  it  and 
sent me $5.  My fortune was  made then, 
1 was sure,  for with that capital I stepped 
into the shoes  of  a  country  editor  who 
had  just  soaked  his  watch  for  money 
enough to leave town.  He had been con­
ducting  a  paper  which  belonged  to  a 
stock company,  and which cost to  estab­
lish  it  8300.  The  county  was  over­
whelmingly  Republican,  but  the  few 
Democrats 
and 
launched  this  paper,.  hoping 
to  cut 
down, in a measure, the  Republican ma­
jority.  But it  was  run  principally  for 
the sake, as they said,  of  the  party  or­
ganization.  Five men preceding  me, in­
cluding the  one who pawned  his  watch, 
bad almost starved to  death while at the 
editorial  helm. 
I succeeded  the  unfor­
tunate editor without  calling  a  meeting 
of  the  stockholdrs,  and  with  my  85 
bought enough paper for  two  issues. 
I 
employed two  printers  and  a  foreman, 
paying him,  or agreeing to  pay  him,  86 
per week.  The two printers worked  for 
82 a week each,  boarded themselves,  and 
slept in  the  office. 
I  collected  enough 
money with the publication of each num­
ber  to  pay  running  expenses  tolerably 
well.  The circulation of  the  paper was 
150, bnt I had the  good  luck,  or  ill,  to 
get into a serious  scrape  after  the  first 
issue and boom the  subscription  list  to 
500 within a short time.  The  office  was

always 

stood 

firm 

a  one-room  building,  about  20  feet 
square,  and  the  only  thing  in  it  that 
could  very  well  stand  alone  was  the 
office towel. 
I  wrote  my  first  editorial 
in reply to a squib which  appeared  in  a 
neighboring sheet,  criticising  my  gram­
mar  and  making  fun  of  my  rhetoric. 
I  didn’t 
Well,  1  gave  him  a  column. 
mince  matters,  either. 
I  called  him  a 
“bandy-shanked, 
lop-jawed,  pusillani­
mous scoundrel,  with a head  like  a  tea­
cup,  and  a voice like a cat  fight.” 
It  is 
needless to say that  he  appeared  at  my 
sanctum door with his  “dandruff up,”  as 
they say in the  country.  He  demanded 
an explanation,  and,  as  I  had  none  to 
make,  we repaired  to  an  adjoining  lot, 
where the dispute was settled in  the  old 
fashion.  The  fight  spread  over  nearly 
#ten  acres  of  ground.  This  fistic  en­
counter boomed business  and  the  silver 
eagles began to drop  into  my empty cof­
fer at a very satisfactory  rate. 
In  three 
months I had two more fights and  a  fair 
circulation.  The  bane  of  the  country 
editor’s  life  is  politics.  He  imagines 
that the  town and  county  can’t  be  run 
without him.  He  is  convinced  at  once 
that the public should  do  what  he  tells 
them,  and if they don’t  he  deems  it  ex­
pedient  to  give  them  a  good  roast. 
I 
fell out with a church member  who  dif­
fered  with  me  in  politics.  He  was  a 
deacon,  and a  good  subject  for  discus­
sion.  However,  he  was  controlling  the 
opposition  paper,  and  had  an  equal 
chance.  He had been in the  village  ten 
years,  and it was said that  he was  never 
done  up  by  an  opponent.  He  threw 
down the gauntlet,  and  the  fight  began 
in earnest.  There was no real  issue  be­
tween us,  but it was  a  question  of  who 
could say the meanest  things  about  the 
other.  As 1 was too young  to  possess  a 
record  he  was  at  a  disadvantage,  but, 
fortunately for me,  his record  was  very 
much like an open  book.  What  the peo­
ple of that rural community  didn’t know 
about this praying deacon I  proceeded to 
tell  them.  After  applying  all  the  in­
vective I could find in books  or dig from 
my imagination to him,  I pryed  into  his 
manner of living when  away from home. 
I  proved that on a  number  of  occasions 
he  got  drunk,  and  told  his  bacchanal 
companions  that  he  was  deacon  in  the 
church,  but had  to  have  his  fun  when 
away  from  home.  That  was  a  sockdol­
ager  which he  has not  to  this  day  sur­
vived.  The  church  took  the  fight  up. 
Half  of  the  members  wanted  to  expel 
him,  and the  other  half  would  not  be­
lieve the  publication.  The church  went 
to  pieces  and the  division  lasts  to  this 
day,  although,  as  I  said,  there  was  no 
issue  at  stake.  He  talked  of  fight  on 
the street,  but never  became  personally 
aggressive,  alleging  youthfulness  on  my j 
part.  He  stopped  replying  to  my  de­
nunciatory  articles,  and  so  I  wrote  a 
column and  a  haif  by  way  of  a  finale, 
winding  up  with 
this  paragraph: 
“Deacon-----reminds me  of a dog bark­
ing at the moon.  The dog barks himself 
hoarse, but the  moon  keeps  on  shining. 
He is an irresponsible idiot, a eur,  a rep­

atrocious 

NO.  577
robate and  a  jackleg  who  worships  at 
the altar and prays in  public in  order  to 
hide his iniquity.  He is a  hypocrite and 
a  carpetbagger,  a scalawag  and  an  im­
postor, and  if  he  ever  wanders  by  the 
lockup some fool constable will take him 
up for soap grease.  He is  an  infamous, 
vermin-swarming, 
rascal 
whose  career  has  been  one  of  public 
plunder;  a man  gangrened  in  hate  and 
malignity, and steeped in  filth  and  cor­
ruption;  a  bounty  jumper,  a  deserter 
and a  consummate villain.  God forgive 
the  good  people  of  this  commanity  if 
they ever again  soil their  hands  by pat­
ting him in public office.  He  is  so  vile 
and corrupt that when he  dies  and  goes 
down into the  soot-stained  chambers  of 
Hades his satanic majesty will drink  his 
blood  with a long-handled  spoon.”  Be­
sides wading in blood to  his  bridle  bits 
the country editor’s life  is  made  miser­
able by the delinquent  subscriber.  One 
of the most cheerful things  in  his  exist­
ence is to  take  a  white  card  from  the 
post office  which  states  that  Mr.  Skid­
more no longer takes  the  paper  sent  to 
his address out of  the  post  office.  The 
reason assigned for this  is  “gone west.” 
The man generally owes for  three  years 
when he treats  the  country  editor  that 
way. 
If  the  merchant gives  the  editor 
a 50 cent advertisement  he wants a half­
column puff gratis. 
If  he  booms up the 
town the people say  he  is  overdoing  it, 
and if he does not  push  things  forward 
they  declare that he is not  interested  in 
his  own  community. 
If  Farmer  Jones 
raises  turnips  weighing five pounds  he 
will  be sure  to  send one to  the country 
editor and expect in return  a write-up of 
that  turnip. 
It  is  the  same  way  with 
the largest ear of corn,  the biggest onion 
and so on through all the vegetable king­
dom. 
If  Farmer  Smith  drives  a  new 
yoke of oxen into  the  village  the  coun­
try  editor  is  expected  to  indite  a  few 
bovine  verses  in  celebration  of the  oc­
casion. 
If the country  circus  comes  to 
town he  must  have  a  ticket  for  every 
subscriber, his children unto  the  second 
generation,  his  maid  servant  and  his 
man  servant,  his  ass  and  his  ox,  and 
must not  forget  his  hound  dog. 
If  a 
candidate  for  representative  is  nomi­
nated on the opposition ticket, the readers 
of  the  War  Whoop  and  Battle  Cry  of 
Freedom wait for the edition to come out 
denouncing the nominee as a “fly-specked 
reminiscence  of  barroom  humification.” 
The candidate  takes  it  good-humoredly 
and is  grateful  for  a  less  pleasing  epi­
thet than skunk.  Oftentimes  when it is 
expected  that  something  good is  to  be 
said, the subscribers,  bat  in  most cases 
those  who  borrow 
their  neighbor’s 
paper, drop  into  the  office  to  read  the 
editorial  before the printer sets it  up  in 
type.  But despite his ups and downs the 
country  journalist  is  a  grateful  being. 
Cord wood, potatoes  and  vegetables  are 
taken in  payment of  subscriptions  with 
thanks.  1 remember once to  have  pub­
lished  a  paragraph  stating  that  young 
pigs would be received in lieu  of  money 
¿or  the  paper  for  two  years.  Several

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

MEN  OF  MARK.

Wm.  H. Brace, of the  House  of Phelps, 

Brace  &  Co.

The wholesale grocery house of Phelps, 
Brace & Co., of which the subject of this 
sketch is the energetic bead, was founded 
in 1836 by the  late Col.  Wm.  Phelps. 
It 
has  had  a  prosperous  career  from-the 
start and is one of the  best  known  mer­
cantile  institutions  in 
the  State.  Mr. 
Brace  was  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in 
1834.  From  Cleveland  the  family  re­
moved  to  the  State  of  New York,  and 
thence to  Janesville,  Wis.,  where  Wm. 
H.  received his  education,  attending  the 
celebrated  Janesville  Academy  for sev­
eral years. 
In  1855,  when  21  years  of 
age, Mr.  Brace  came to  Detroit  ai.d  en­
tered the employ of Phelps  & Co.  as por­
ter.  A porter’s work in a wholesale gro­
cery was not very desirable in those days. 
He  was  expected  to  be  on  hand  by  5 
o’clock in  the morning,  roll  the  bulk  of 
the stock out on the  sidewalk and sweep 
the store from  “stem  to  stern.”  Then,

City  Savings  Bank  of  Detroit,  has  for 
| fifteen years been a Director of the Y.  M. 
j C. A.,  is a director of the St.  Clair  Fish­
ing  club,  and  holds  membership in the 
| Masonic order and in the  Detroit Club.

As a business man Mr. Brace is univer­
sally honored and admired  in the city  of 
! bis  adoption  and  throughout  the State, 
and bis name  is a  synonym  for  honesty 
and integrity  wherever he is known.  As 
a conversationalist he is peculiarly gifted, 
and  this,  coupled  with  great  geniality 
and  heartiness  of  manner,  makes  Wm. 
U.  Brace one of the  pleasantest  of  com­
panions  and  a visit  with  him a pleasant 
memory.

COUGH
DROPS

■ farmers 
from  out-of-the-way  places' 
brought in  a  number  of  shoats.  They j 
were receipted in the usual  manner,  and 
the  value  of  the  pig  placed  to  their j 
credit.  The country editor is  a  sort  of 
oracle. 
If words of  wondrous  length go 
thundering  through  his  editorials  his 
readers pass over them,  and  take  it  for 
granted that he has said  something  that 
will redound to the  interest  of  his  peo­
ple. 
lie must never stay  on  the  fence. 
If he does not come out  for  one  .side  or i 
the other  in  a  controversy,  although  i t ! 
may  be  a  quarrel  between  neighbors, 
they lose regard for him  and  refer  him to 
the scriptural  passage  which  says  that 
“If ye  are  neither  hot  nor  cold  1  will 
spew  ye  out  of  my  mouth.” 
If  he 
favors  an  appropriation  for  a  bridge, 
and  receives  a  communication  from  a 
subscriber  or  citizen  owning  a  ferry  at 
the point where it is proposed the bridge 
shall  be  constructed,  he  must  lose  no 
time  in  denouncing  the  anti-bridgeite 
as a “warty-nosed  old fogy  with  fossil- 
iferous  ideas,  and  a  mossback.”  The 
rural journalist manages to get  along  in 
some manner or other,  and  ekes  out  in 
the end a rather happy existence.  Those 
who  swear  at  him  one  month  are  his 
friends the next,  and  all take  his  paper 
because he is generally  a  go-easy  sort of 
fellow,  who  travels  a  rocky  road  for  a 
while,  but who finally gets  a certain run 
of business that maintains  him for years 
to come.  Few men  give  up  positions as 
country editors for the mad  rush  and ex­
citement of city  journalism  without  oc­
casionally feeling a regret that they ever 
left the  soporific  atmosphere  surround­
ing the country sanctum,  and  the honest 
simple folk who considered them marvels  j 
of genius and shining lights  in the intel- j 
lectual world. 

P od.

A  P retty W in d ow   E xperim ent.

From th e New England Druggist.

Prepare  a  small  beaker  or jar full  of 
cold saturated solution of Glauber’s  salt, 
and into the solution  suspend  by  means 
of  threads  a kidney  beau and a noil-por­
ous  body such as a  marble,  stone,  piece 
of glass or other suitable material.  Now 
cover the jar, and  in a  short  time  there 
will  be  seen  radiating  from  the  beau 
small crystals of sulphate of soda,  which 
will  increase  and  give  the  bean  the 
aspect of a sea urchin, while the non-por- 
ous body remains uutoucbed.  The  beau 
appears to have  a  special  partiality  tor 
the  crystals,  which is due in  fact to  the 
absorption of water by the bean,  but  not 
of  the  salt. 
In  this  way  a  super-sat­
urated solution is  formed  in  the  imme­
diate neighborhood  of the bean,  and  the 
crystals,  in forming, attach themselves to 
its surface.

A n E xp ert  on  G rindstones.

A grindstone should  be true on its face; 
if it is not so,  broad,  Hat tools  are  liable 
to  be  spoiled.  The  remedy for a grind­
stone  that  has  lost  its  evenness  is  to 
place a flat iron  bar with a sharp edge on 
the supporting beam,  in  such  a  manner 
that it will strike  the uneven part of  the 
stone  at  every  revolution  until  the de­
sired form is  again regained. 
It  is  nec­
essary  that a  stone  should  be  kept  wet 
when  in  use,  or  it  will  draw  the  tem­
per  of  the tools after  a few revolutions, 
but it is  not  a  good  plan  to  allow  the 
lower  portion  to  rest  in  water when  at 
1 he water  soaks that  portion  and 
rest. 
softens  it,  and it soon gets “out of true,” 
and thus commences a course of troubles 
which is pretty  hard to  either remedy or 
stay.

Mrs.  Sullivan,  of  Hoboken,  has  re­
covered SI50  from the  Postal  Telegraph 
Company,  because  a  telegram  received 
by her was altered  in  transmission,  and 
caused  her  some  trouble  and  expense. 
The  court  held  that  the  company  was 
liable for the blunders of its servants.

when  the  store  closed  at  night,  which 
was seldom  before 10  o’clock,  the  goods 
must be rolled back into  the store again. 
Through  the  day  there  was  the  usual 
heavy work of a  wholesale grocery.  For 
this he received the  munificent salary  of 
812 a month.  Not expecting  to  get  rich 
at  such  wages and  work,- he  “quit” and 
went back to New York,  but, on  the  so­
licitation of his uncle,  who was a partner 
in the house,  he returned and  was  given 
a  position  as "house salesman”  at  8600 
per year.  Two  years later  he  was  sent 
out on the road  and his  salary  increased 
to 81,200 per year.  On  the breaking  out 
of the war,  Mr.  Phelps,  the then head  of 
the house,  “ went to the front,”  where he 
attained the rank of Major, with the nom­
inal rank of  Colonel,  by  which  rank  he 
became widely known through the State. 
Like many another brave defender of his 
country, Col. Phelps returned to his home 
j with  his  health  irreparably  shattered, 
and entirely  incapacitated  for  the  oner­
ous duties of head of a  great  mercantile 
institution. 
In  1861 Mr.  Brace had been 
j given an interest in the business and  the 
j management of it during Mr.  Phelps’ ab­
sence,  the firm  name being  Phelps & Co. 
On  the  latter’s  return.  Mr.  Brace  was 
! continued as manager of the house,  which 
i position he  has  since  retained.  On  the 
! retirement of  Mr.  Staples,  another  part- 
I ner,  the  firm  name  was again changed,
| becoming Phelps & Brace.  On  the death 
j of Col.  Phelps,  in 1880, it^was changed to 
Phelps,  Brace  &  Co.,  by  which  name  it 
I has since been known.

Mr.  Brace is a Director of the Michigan 
| Mutual  Life Insurance  Co., of the Mich- 
I igan Wire & Iron  Works, of the German- 
American Bank and of the State Bank of 
Carson City.  He is  aLo President of the I

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

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

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9
9

6)4
6)4
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Bbls. Palls.
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9

M IXED  CANDY.

Palls
Standard......................................5 yt 
6)4
Leader......................................... 5)4 
6 >4
Koval........................................... 7H 
8
Nobby.......................................... 7)4 
8*
English  Rock..............................7,4 
8)4
Conserves....................................7*4 
8)4
Broken Taffy....................baskets 
8)4
Peanut Squares................. 
8 
9
French Creams.............................. 
9)4
Valley  Creams.............................  
13%
Midget, 30 lb. baskets......................................9
Modern, 30 lb. 
.......................................8)4

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Palls
printed..........................................  9)4

Lozenges, plain.............................................  9
Chocolate Drops.......................... :................   13
Chocolate Monumentals...............................  13
Gum Drops.....................................................  5)4
Moss Drops....................................................   8
Sour Drops....................................................   8 >4
Imperials.......................................................  
io
Per Box
Lemon Drops.............. 
55
Sour Drops...................................................... f5
Peppermint Drops............................................60
Chocolate Drops...............................................75
H. M. Chocolate Drops...........................  
to
Gum Drops...............................................4C@50
Licorice Drops.............................................. 1  00
A. B. Licorice Drops....................................... 80
Lozenges, plain................................................ f5
printed............................................65
Imperials......................................................... 60
Mottoes............................................................ 70
Cream Bar......... ...............................  
55
Molasses  Bar................................*..... .......... 55
Hand Made  Creams................  
 
8r<@95
Plain Creams................................................... flo
Decorated Creams............................................90
String  Rock.....................................................>5
burnt Almonds............................................1  no
Wintergreen  Berries.................. 
60
CARAMELS.
No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes... 
No. 1, 
No. 2, 

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ORANGES.
Fancy  Seedlings,  96s............
Rodis, 
160s  ....................
Rodis,  200s............................
l e m o n s .
Choice.360...................... \ ....... 
..............3 00
Choice 300......................................................  3 50
Extra choice360 ....  ........... ........................   410
Extra fancy 300.............. 
4 ,%
Extra fancy 360.....................  
 
4 10
Extra Fancy  300 Maioras............... 
5 00
Large bunches..............................................   t  75
Small bunches...................................  1  co@l  50
Figs, fancy  layers, 8k>..........................
“  208s  .. 
“ 
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“  extra 
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50-lb. “ 
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Persian. 50-lb.  box.....................  
lib  Royals....................... 
 

Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box  ...................  

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Ivaca.......................................   @14
California............................  ©
Brazils, new...........................................  @8
Filberts............ 
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Walnuts, Grenoble 
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TaDie Nuts,  fancy................................  @11 v
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Pecans. Texas, H.  P.,  .........
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Chestnuts............   ............
Hickory Nuts per bu............
Cocoanuts, full sacks............
PEA N U TS.
Fancy, H.  P„ Suns...............
Roasted__
Fancy, H.  P., Flags..............
Roasted  ..
Choice, H  P.,  Extras...........
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B E E P.

Fore quarters... 
Hind quarters...
Loins No. 3  ___
Itibs..................
Chucks...............
Plates ........................
Dressed............
Loins.....................
Shoulders 
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Leaf Lard.........

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Carcass...........
Lambs...............
Carcass...........

MUTTON.

VEAL.

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6  @  7 
8  @10 
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QUANTITY

DUpLlCATES  c r
SINGLY or IN
,— Cravings>;.type
Tradesman Co.

GRANO  RAPIDS.MICH.

RED STAR  Cough  Drops 
are  the  cleanest,  purest  and 
most  effective  drop 
in  the 
market.  Try  Them.  Made
by A.  E.

BROOKS
&
CO.,
5  and  7  Ionia  St., 
Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.

HIRTH, 
KRAUSE 

&  CO.
Headquarters for
r

$2.50  per  dozen 

and Upwards.

in 3 grades.

Mail  us  your  order 
and we will guarantee 
in  both 
satisfaction 
price and quality.

WALTER BAKER & GO.

T h e   L a rg e s t 
M a n u fa c tu re rs  o f

COCOA and 

CHOCOLATE

IN  T H IS  C O U N TR Y ,

have  received  from   tb t 
Judges  of  th e

World’s 
Columbian 
Exposition
The Highest Awards
(Medals and Diplomas)
on  each  of  the  following  articles, 
namely:
BREAKFAST  COCOA,
PREM IUM   NO.  I  CHOCOLATE, 
GERM AN  SW EET  CH O COLATE, 
VAN ILLA  CH O COLATE,
COCOA  BUTTER,

For “ purity of material,” “ excellent 
flavor," and  “ uniform  even composi­
tion.” 
•O L D   BY  C R O CER8  EVEBY W H « » ! ,
W a l t e r   B a k e r   &  Co.,

________

DORCHESTER,  MASS.

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Ju&LJLGH1 GA_N  '¡’K A T ì K R M a N

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MAKING  M O N EY .

Every  business  man  more  often  asks 
himself  the single question,  “How can I 
make money ?” than  all  other  questions 
combined.  He is in  business not for his 
health,  but  for  revenue.  ^Tlie  question 
ever before him then is  “How can I make 
money in my business ?”

All business men may  be  divided  into 
two classes.  Those  who adhere to staple 
lines of trade,  tried methods and  regular 
lines  of  goods,  either  manufacturing  or 
selling,  constitute  one,  while  those  who 
are willing to  take  some  risks  and  are 
ever ready to consider the  advantages  of 
improvements, or the desirability of new 
goods,  and  the  chances  of  profits  from 
creating new wants, constitute the other. 
It would  be very  hard  for  the  business 
world  to  get  along  without  either  of 
these  classes.  The  men  who  adhere  to 
the staples and hold  themselves  strictly 
to regular lines  are  exceedingly  useful. 
In fact they are indispensable.  Without 
the other  class, however,  there  would be 
no advancement.  The men of the second 
class as described above are the pioneers, 
the  advance  settlers  as  it  were,  while 
those of the first class  fill up the country 
and occupy it after it has  been  explored 
and surveyed.

Many of the largest fortunes on  record 
have  been  made  by  the aggressive men 
of the second class.  There are some ex­
ceptions to the rule,  but where  these  ex­
ceptions  are  noted  it  is  also  true  that 
there  has  been  a  management  in  the 
staple  lines  very  similar  to  that  which 
makes money rapidly  in  the  new  lines. 
A moment’s survey of the field will make 
this point clear.

With  reference  to  those  who  have 
made  money  by  aggressive  action  in 
new fields, consider what has  been  done 
recently in the electric light,  in the  tele­
phone,  and  in  systems  of  electric  pro­
pulsion.  Going  a  little  further  back, 
consider the fortunes that were made out 
of railroads at  the  time  when  railroads 
were  superseding  stage  coaches.  Re­
member the money that was made out  of 
sewing machines when  sewing  machines 
were new.  Do not overlook money made 
on  the  typewriter.  Remember  also  the 
various  machines  in  different  lines  of 
manufacture  which  have 
superseded 
slow and tedious  hand  processes  to  the 
advantage of their inventors  and  manu­
facturers.  When  viewing the field from 
this standpoint one has  the  feeling  that 
practically nothing has been done except 
upon the part of these pioneers.

To make  the  second  point,  however, 
consider the rise  and  progress  of  great 
commercial  houses  dealing  in  staples, 
and which  from  very  small  beginnings 
have  made  steady  progress  until  they 
have passed everything  in  the  direction 
of competition and at  present  stand  un­
rivaled in the field.

When one rides  over  the  country  and 
nspects it critically,  putting himself  for
moment  in  the  position  of  a pioneer 
ooking for some  exceedingly  attractive 
spot on which to build  a home,  he  is im­
pressed with the opportunities which the 
early settlers had in  taking  up  portions 
of  this  broad  land.  Going  through  a 
valley  which  is  exceedingly  fertile,  he 
cannot help thinking how lucky the  pio­
neer must have  considered  himself  who 
first entered that garden spot and secured 
the  land  to  himself.  When he passes a 
water power similar ideas obtrude  them­
selves  concerning 
the  man  who  pre­
empted the  adjacent  land.  Mineral  re-

sources awaken like thoughts, and so on.
But  the  pioneers  who  settle  a  new 
country are  only  men  similar  to  those 
who supply  new  industries.  There  are 
no new continents left for  navigators  to 
discover, nor for pioneers to survey.  All 
the  more  desirable  land  has  been  sur­
veyed and  occupied.  Advancement can- 
not be made for the future  on  old  lines, 
but advancement is ever possible on new 
lines.

What  the future has for us, or for men 
of the second class,  it is difficult  to  pre­
dict.  But,  reasoning  by  analogy,  it  is 
safe  to  say  that  there  is  yet  much  to 
come.  Once gas was new and superseded 
candles later.  We had reached the limit 
of lighting by gas and gas works had  be­
come  staple.  Gas  distribution  had  be­
come  an  everyday  trade,  respectable, 
profitable  and  useful,  and  widely  dis­
tributed.  But  men  were  not  content 
with gas light as soon as a  better  illumi­
nation was offered, and at once a  new in­
dustry sprang up.  To-day electric  light­
ing is almost universally  employed,  and 
is  fast  becoming  as  staple as gas was a 
short  time  since.  What  will  supersede 
electric light ?  I  do  not pretend  to pre­
dict,  but progress is not yet ended.

Street  cars,  slowly drawn by horses or 
mules,  was once a new business.  It  was 
a profitable enterprise  and  a  great  con­
venience in cities. 
It  became  an  indus­
try attractive to  conservative  investors. 
Based  upon its requirements horses were 
greatly in demand and horse raising  was 
a  profitable  industry.  All  at  once  the 
cable line suggests itself, and  in  various 
directions the horse car was  superseded, 
and a new method of  street  car  propul­
sion  was  inaugurated.  A  little  later 
electric propulsion  comes  on  the  field, 
and at present the whole horse market is 
depressed  on  this  account.  As  a  fact, 
horse  flesh  is  cheaper  now  than  the 
world has ever known before,  simply  be­
cause so many horses have  been  thrown 
out of  use  by  the  introduction  of  the 
trolley.

Makers of electric  motors  have  made 
fabulous  sums  of  money,  and  are  still 
prosperous.  What  will follow electrical 
propulsion ?  This  I  do  not  attempt  to 
answer, but I say again the limit  of  pro­
gress has not yet been reached.

Many other  similar  lessons  with  this 
train  of  thought  in  mind  might  be 
brought  to  the  reader’s  attention. 
In 
choosing  a  business  one  must  be  gov­
erned  by  a  number  of  considerations. 
Whether  to  bang  to  a  staple or to seek 
after  a  novelty  depends  very  largely 
upon the temper and talent  of  the  indi­
vidual.  Those who would  succeed  best 
in handling staples,  by which 1 mean ad­
hering to lines  of  trade  long  developed 
and  thoroughly  understood,  are 
fre­
quently those  less  able  to  take  advan­
tage of the situation in the  other  field.

C au gh t in  H is  O w n Trap.

S. Swanson, a  prominent  merchant  of 
Chesterton,  Ind.,  has  been  very  much 
troubled  with  burglars  of  late,  and  to 
catch them set a spring gun  in his  store, 
connected  with a fine wire stretched close 
to the floor near  the door.  A  few weeks 
ago  the  trap  worked  successfully  on  a 
burglar,  filling  his  legs  with  buckshot 
and leading to his capture.  Mr.  Swanson 
was very much  elated  with  the  success 
of his device,  and  kept it set every night. 
He is sorry for it now.  A  few  mornings 
ago he was opening  up his  place,  and  as 
be  opened  the front door  a sudden flash 
of lightning startled him  and he recoiled 
a step or two.  He was far enough to reach 
the wire, and,  before he  knew  it,  he  re­
ceived  the  charge of the gun in  his  own 
legs. 
It is thought that  he  will  lose one 
of  them.

HI IT ITS II IMPLIES !
Champion

In  Reality  as  Well  as  in  Name!

All  other cash  registers take a back  seat when  entered  in 
competition with the CHAMPION , the Latest and  Best Regis - 
ter ever put on the  market.

One  of  Many  Voluntary  Testimonials.

Gra nd  Ra pid s,  Mich.,  Aug.  1,  1894.

Ch am pion  Ca sh  Reg iste r  Co.
Gen tlem en—We  have  been  using  for  some  time  past your Champion No. 9, 
and are pleased to say it fills the  bill.  We  are  enabled  to  keep  absolutely  correct 
account of each one of our clerks,  and a detailed account of all our sales.
Also,  we are especially pleased with your method of keeping the “Paid in” and 
“Paid outs.” 

It supplants everything else that has been brought to our notice.

T hum Bros.  & Schm idt.

|W ° Merchants  desiring  to  inspect  our  Register are re­
quested to drop us a card, so that one  of  our  agents  can  call 
when in the dealer’s vicinity. 
It will  cost  nothing  to  see  the 
machine and  have its merits explained.

Manufactured  only by

Bhampion  Bash  Register  Bo,

Grand Rapids, flich.

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AROUND  THE  STATE.

m o v e m e n t ?   o f   m e r c h a n t s .

Greenville—A.  O.  Legg  has  sold  hi 

flour and feed business.

Greenville—Moon  &  Ludlow  hav 

opened a flour and feed store.

Pontiac—Dawson  Bros.,  miilers,  ar 

succeeded by Alex.  Buchanan.

Corunna—Harry  C.  Kinne has sold hi: 

drug business to Jas. Johnson.

Alpena—D.  McDonald  has  sold 

drug stock to King &  Vaughan.

Albion—Frank  Young  succeeds 
Monfort & Co.  in the  tneat  business.

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Bay  City—J.  K.  Mann  <Sc Co.  succeed 

H.  Kinney  in the hardware business.

Leslie—Carl  Newkirk  has  purchased 

the jewelry  business of Henry  Wood.

Reading—Gardner  &  Wilbur,  harness 

dealers,  succeed Gardner  & Shaanon.

Holland—H.  Lanning  has  purchased 

the grocery business of G.  G.  Smenge.

Mayvilie—C. Campbell succeeds Camp­
bell & Weston iu the flouring  mill  busi­
ness.

Burr  Oak—H.  S.  Vau  Etta  succeeds 
\  an  Etta & Crandall  in  the  drug  busi­
ness.

Calumet—John K.  Finlayson  succeeds 
Finlaysou & Farish in the  grocery  busi­
ness.

Saginaw—Carl  Deutsh  succeeds  Bau­
man  &  Deutsh  in  the  wholesale  notion 
business.

Hubbardston—J.  A.  Damon  has  re­
moved his drug stock  from  this place  to 
Weidman.

Petoskey—C.  C.  Hamer  has  removed 
his tailoring  business  from  Kalkaska  to 
this place.

Traverse  City—Chas.  Baldwin  has 
opened  a  flour,  feed  and  commission 
house here.

Port Sanilac—Wm.  H.  Riley,  harness 
is  removing  to 

dealer  at  this  place, 
Bryan,  Ohio.

Manistee—Szczeszynski & Ohmanowicz 
have  opened  a  new  shoe  store  at  301 
River  street.

Standish—W.  N.  Honey 

succeeds 
Honey & Co.  iu the grocery  and  boot and 
shoe business.

Saugatuck—Waltz Bros.,  meat dealers, 
have dissolved,  Chris.  Waltz  continuing 
the business.

Detroit—E.  F.  Jenks  &  Son  succeed 
Jas.  Beavis  & Co.  in  the  grocery  and 
meat business.

Blissfield—Doan & Lasser,  grocers and 
meat  dealers,  have  dissolved,  Doan  &
Giles succeeding.
L Adrian—Wagner  & 
gists,  have  dissolved,
Cracken succeeding.

Shepherd,  drug- 
Shepherd  &  Mc-

Fowlerville—A.  R.  Miner  succeeds 
Kuhn & Miner in general  trade  and  the 
hardware business.

Saginaw—Meader & Shaver, meat deal­
ers,  have dissolved, Juo.  F.  Meader  con­
tinuing the  business.

Big Rapids—Peter  Wait  has  sold  his 
shoe stock to W. J.  Saunders,  who  will 
continue the business.

Cheboygan—F.  A.  Kramer &  Co.  have 
purchased  the  clothing  business  of  W.
E.  Rosengarten &Co.

Wheel Co.  has

tb'e *?,°" 
the Hillsdale Grocery Co. 

Detroit—The  Schellenberg  Safety  Car 
Hiilsdale-The styie of the  Cole,  Dib-j Wheel Co.  has  filed  articles  of  associa 
C°-  has  beea  chan^ d   to i tion  with the county  clerk.  The capital
stock is «500,000, of which amount «350 -
Detroit—Thos.  Thompson  succeeds  D.  000 is represented to  have  been  paid  in 
JL McDonald & Co., Limited,  in  the pro-  and  which  is  the  amount  at which the 
Schellenberg  patent  is  valued.  Henry
duce commission business. 
Saginaw—Brown & Ryan, lumber deal-  L.  Schellenberg has 35,000  shares,  Sam- 
ers,  have  dissolved.  The  business  will j uel R. Bateson,  Sr.,  10,  James  Rigby  10 
be continued by A.  T.  Brown. 

| and Alexander Monro, 50 share*.

PRODUCE  MARKET 

The market still presents  a  scene  of busy  ac 
tivity—although It lacks much of the  animation 
which  characterized  it  earlier  in  the  season. 
I’eaches and grapes are nearly  done,  and apples 
are now the chief feature of the fruit end of the 
market.  Commission houses are already making 
enquiries at outside points for fruits  of  various 
kinds and dealers will soon  settle  down  to  the 
regular winter routine.

Apples-Snows  are  still  coming in.  They do 
not present a very good  appearance  but  are  of 
good qnality.  All of the best varieties of winter 
apples are to be had in  almost  unlimited  quan­
tities.  They are  good,  bad  and  indifferent  as 
they are called for.  The  price  is 50366c per bu. 
Some fancy lots bring more than this.

Beans—The  supply still holds  up,  and  handl­
ers are kept busy taking care of them.  Country 
picked  bring  $1.35,  handlers  holding  hand 
picked at $ .50.

Beets—The market price is 30c per bu.
Butter—The recent  rains  have  improved  the 
pasturage  and  the  supply  of  dairy  is on  the 
mend.  The best is  held by dealers at  18320c—a 
drop of 2c since one week ago.  Creamery brings 
"!4@25c.

Crabapples—Are scarce, but the few that reach 
the  market  are  of  good  quality.  Dealers hold 
them at 6 j@70c per bu.

Cabbage—Supply and demand  are  good.  The 
price is unchanged from last week—40c per  doz. 
Carrots—Bring 35240c on the market. 
Cauliflowers—The supply is  somewhat  in  ex­
cess of the demand and the price ha* dropped to 
$121.25 per doz.

Celery—Supply fair, steady at 15c per doz. 
Cucumbers—Are  bought  on  the  market  for 

2 c per bu.  Pickling, 15c per 100.

Egg Plant—In  good  supply  and  of  excellent 

quality.  The price is down to .5c per doz.

Eggs—The  supply  is only medium.  The mar­

ket is  firm and steadyjat 16V4C per doz.
Grapes - The supply is unequal to the demands 
of the home market and of shippers and  dealers 
are  shipping in from York  ¡state.  Niagaras  and 
Brightons are still to be,had  in  limited  quanti­
ties at ttc per 8 lb basket.  Outside  fruit  brings 
the same prices.

Green Corn—The market price is Sc per doz. 
Lettuce—Growers get 10c per lb.
Mushrooms—Grocers pay 50c per lb. 
Muskmelons—The  supply  is  small.  Growers 

ask 50371c per bu. basket.

Onions—Are  a  drug  on  the  maket.  There 
seems to be no end to the  supply.  Yellow  Den­
vers  and  reds  bring 35250c  per  bu.  Medium 
sized and small whites, $1 per bu.;  silver  skins,
- Per bu.; Spanish $1.25 per crate.
Peaches—Are getting  scarce.  The  quality  is 
not up to what it has been.  Dealers ask  $1.25®

Parsley-Growers ask 20c per doz.
Peppers—Red  and  green  are  In  fair  supply 
with good demand.  The market price is  $1  per 
bu.

Pumpkins—Grocers  pay  75c@$l  per  doz.  for 

prime.

Potatoes—‘ It is the unexpected that happens.'1 
If reports from Rockford  and  the  whole  north 
era potato section are to be relied upon,  the. po­
tato crop will be a good one.  The  long  drouth, 
it was said, had so  retarded  the  growth  of  the 
tubers that there would not be more  than  half a 
crop.  Now we are told that the late  rains  have 
stimulated  growth  and  that  the  potatoes  are 
still growing.  One grower from the vicinity  of 
Rockford says he will  have  200  bushels  to  the 
acre, and  added  that  his  whole  neighborhood 
would do nearly, if not quite, as well.  Ohio and 
Wisconsin  reports  are  of  similar  import  Pre­
dictions on a growing  crop  are  always  hazard 
ous, but if these reports are to be  relied  on  the 
people  will  be  eating  cheap  potatoes  before 
many days.  The  price has already fallen to 55c 
per bu  with indications pointing downward 
Plums—Californias are held at $2  per  4 basket 
crate.

Pears—Bells  are  an  excellent  fruit,  but  the 
supply is poor.  Dealers hold  them  at  $1.25  per 
bu.  One or two other varieties  of  home-grown 
can be had from  $¡@1.25.  Californias  are  held 
at *.\2532.50 per box of about a bushel.
$1.  5 per bu.

Quinces—The  supply  is  good.  Dealers  ask 
Radishes—Growers ask 10c per doz 
lweetCp o ta f S £ ay 4°®5^ per bu- basket-
*2?5 rarhi?/  nai7Jerseys.’  pnn,e  stock,  bring 
$2:25 P  bbl'  Ba!tim°res, indifferent in quality,
 "
b^ c p e r  K th e m a r k e t“   la*e  VErleties 
for 30c per dozf 
8  Are  sold  on  the  market
prlce.termel0n8—About done; 12* Is the current 
U^£iMkstnS_HaV8 advanced »0 80c par bn.  on

Vege tabli'oS£?I™pa? 25®3o? i‘>r washed, 

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±  J=GE  JSO C JrLLG kA JV   T R A  T lTARIVI A   IV

etroit  The H.  B.  Claflin Co.,  of New  Marquette—Menominee parties are said
• ^ or^’ bas °t*tained  judgment against W. j to be negotiating for the  black  birch  on 
^ inans & Co.  for «2,464.50. 
! 
| Isle  Royale,  Lake  Superior.  They  say
Kalamazoo  F.  S. Persing will hereaft- j that it is of excellent  quality  and  much 
j er carry  on  the  hardware  business  for-  0f it of the curly  variety.  They estimate 
merlj  conducted  by  Persing Bros. 
j that there is  birch  on  the  island  worth
Oakley  L.  Y.  Howell  &  Co.,  dealers i «500,000.  A  mill on  the island is in con 

in  dry  goods,  groceries  and  millinery,  ' temptation.
have  dissolved.  The  business  will  be  Muskegon—Hackley  & Hume will  end
: their  lumber  business  at this point  thi
contiuued by  L.  Y.  Howell. 
| fall,  so  far  as  manufacturing  is  con 
cerued,  when their  mill  stops,  probably 
early  in  November.  Their timber hold 
| ings are exhausted.  Their docks are now 
piled  with lumber,  but the stock is going 
at a good rate.

Otsego—P.  W.  Travis  has  closed  out 
his grocery stock to the  other  dealers  of 
the town and  will confine  his business to 
dry goods and clothing  hereafter.

Frankfort—Killer  &  Wickert,  harness 
and  boot  and  shoe  dealers,  have  dis 
solved.  The stock  has  been  purchased 
by C.  A.  Kiffer,  who  will  continue  the 
business.

Hastings—Joseph  Rogers  has  pur­
chased  the stock of groceries  and  crock­
ery  belonging  to the former  firm of Jos 
Rogers & Co.  and  will  continue the busi 
ness at the same location.

Battle  Creek—Herbert  A.  Fisljpr 
formerly engaged  iu  the  drug  business 
Lake City,  has purchased the  drug stock 
of  J.  Howard  Green.  The  latter  has 
gone to Ann  Arbor  for  the  purpose  of 
taking a three years’  course  in  the  law 
department.

Horton’s Bay—W. S.  Atwood and A. J 
Stroud have  sold  their general stocks  to 
E. R.  Sly &  Co.,  who  have  consolidated 
the stocks and  will continue the business 
under the  personal  supervision  of  Mr. 
Atwood.  E.  R.  Sly & Co. also  conduct a 
general  store at Bay Shore.

Allegan  O.  R.  Johnson  is  in  receipt 
of  a  statement from F.  A.  Smith, credit 
man  for Reid,  Murdoch  &  Co.,  of  Chi­
cago,  assuring him  that a  careful  inves­
tigation of the circumstances leads him to 
the  belief  that  Mr.  Johnson  purchased 
the grocery stock of  R.  Richards in  good 
faith  and  without  iutention to defraud 
Reid,  Murdoch  &  Co.  repleviued 
the 
goods on  the  ground  that  the  purchase 
was  fraudulent,  but  the  suit  has since 
been  settled  satisfactorily  to  both  par 
ties.  The  statement  of  Mr.  Smith  re­
lieves Mr.  Johnson  of  any  suspicion  of 
wrong doing.

Charlevoix—Mrs.  E.  A.  Beaman  ha, 
sold a half interest in her  drug  stock  to 
Chas.  A.  Bugbee  and  the business  will 
hereafter be conducted  under the style of 
Bugbee  &  Beaman.  Mr.  Bugbee  was 
identified  with I.  S.  Cooper,  the  Cheboy­
gan  druggist,  for  nearly  eleven  years, 
has held the position  of Secretary of  the 
Michigan  State  Pharmaceutical Associa­
tion and is at  present  a  member  of  the 
State  Board  of Pharmacy.  His removal 
from Cheboygan is sincerely deplored  by 
the  newspapers  of  that  city,  who  pro­
nounce  him  a good  citizen and a compe­
tent pharmacist.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Menominee—Henry  and C.  J.  Harding 
are  building  a  shingle  mill,  situated 
north of the  Blodgett  &  Davis  sawmill, 
on  the  Bay  shore. 
It  will have a daily 
capacity of 75,000, and  will  cost  «6,000. 
Next spring a band  mill will  be added.

Au Sable—D.  McKenzie  & Son, of Bay 
City,  have closed a contract with Peuoyar 
Bros,  for taking  down their  mill and  re­
moving and  rebuilding  the  same  at  the 
mouth  of  Shelldrake River,  Upper Pen­
insula,  where they own a body of timber. 
The new mill  will  be  put  in  operation 
next  spring,  and a stock  of logs will  be 
put in this  winter.

Bay  City—S.  O.  Fisher  and  the con­
cerns with  which  he  is  associated  will 
put  in  about  50,000,000  feet  of logs  in 
Georgian  Bay  waters.  Mr.  Fisher  has 
about 30,000,000 feet of timber in Presque 
Isle and  20,000,000 feet  in  Upper  Michi­
gan,  besides a large  quantity of standing 
timber,  mostly hardwood,  iu  Charlevoix 
county.  Just  now  Mr.  Fisher  is letting 
his subordinates handle the boards, whili 
he is stumping the State in  his  own  be 
half for Governor.

Ewen—The Nester estate  will  employ 
about 400 men in  Ontonagon county  thi 
winter,  and  will put iu  15,000,000 feet of 
logs, mostly from burned over timber.  A 
crew of men  is  at  work  constructing 
logging  railroad. 
It  will  be  five  miles 
long and  will  be  used  for  transporting 
the  logs  to  the Ontonagon River at  this 
point.  Two engines and  log  trains  will 
be employed.  The  Nester  estate has es­
tablished a  warehouse and  office  at  this 
place and will pay its men here.

Gladstone—The  Gladstone  Washboard 
Co.  has  filed  articles  of  incorporation 
with the county clerk,  the  object  of  the 
organization  being  the manufacture and 
sale of washboards under  patents  issued 
to  J.  A.  W. Sears  and F. J.  Merriam, of 
this  city.  The  capital  stock  is  «5,000, 
fully paid up.  The  incorporators  are J.
A.  W. Sears,  Fred J. Merriam,  F.  H.  Van 
Cleve  and  Lawrence  Williams.  The 
plant  for  the  manufacture  of  the  uew 
boards  has  been  iu  operation  for  two 
weeks, and  the demand  for  the  product 
such  that  it will  probably have to be 

increased before  spring.

Muskegon—Hovey  &  McCracken  will 
keep their sawmills going this  fall  until 
all of the logs on hand are cut.  Whether 
they will operate their  mills  next season 
or not is thus  explained  by  Mr.  Hovey: 
“ We do not intend to  operate any camps 
on Muskegon  River  the  comiug  season, 
but  will  depend  for  our  stock  upon 
others.  What we do will depend entirely 
upon the price,  as  we  will  not pay  la>t 
year’s prices.  Mr.  McCracken is looking 
after our  holdings in  the  Upper  Penin­
sula and if it looks all  right  up there we 
may let some logging contracts.  We cer­
tainly will not  pay last year’s  prices  for 
timber.  Our mills  will shut  down early 
in November  and  by  that  time  all  our 
logs on hand will be  made into lumber.”
Men who have a reputation of knowing 
their business have not  wasted  all  their 
time  In  meddling  with  the  business  of 
other people.

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Figs—Are arriving in  moderate  quan­
tities  and  prices  will  decline  as  the 
season advances.

Cocoanuts—Are  coming 

liberally 
and selling at fair  prices.  The  stock  is 
excellent,  being large and  meaty.

the meantime, if the  demand  should  in­
crease largely, our  prices  may  advance. 
In the event  of  the  rulings  being  con­
firmed,  we must  expect  to  see  a  higher 
range of values.

in  our 
market,  although they have  appeared  in 
Chicago  and  New  York.  The  stock  is 
yet  very  pale  and  more  or  less  sour. 
Jamaicas sell in  New  York at from  &4.50 
@6 per  barrel.  They  have  not  yet  ap­
peared in our market.

Bananas—There  is  plenty  of  good 
shipping  stock  now  in  the  market  and 
wholesalers  report  a  better  demand, 
which,  undoubtedly,  will  grow  from 
week to week as domestic  fruits  beeome 
scarcer.  Prices are reasonable.
Oranges—No  Floridas  yet 

-XHE  M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N
Reed’s Lake  “flyer.”  He  stood  on  the 
platform  smoking  one  of  H.  &.  r . ’s 
Quintettes.  When  the  car  rounded the 
corner at Fulton street  it  was  probably 
rushing along at  a speed of  half  a  mile 
j an hour;  this tremendous speed  was  too 
much for Mr. Peck—he  lost  his  equilib­
rium and  went  flying  off  the  car  at  a 
tangent.  He hit it,  too,  and hit  it  hard. 
He turned a back somersault,  struck the 
ground,  doubled  up 
like  a  jackknife, 
straightened  out  and—lay  still.  The 
frightened  passengers  gathered  around 
him  with numerous  suggestions  for  his 
comfort.  “Get a doctor;”  “Go  for some 
water;”  “Loosen his collar;” “Stand back 
and give him  air;”  “Poor  fellow,”  said 
another,  “ I  wonder  if  he  has a wife?” 
‘Or a mother;”  “Or a—or a sweetheart,” 
said a  blushing young thing of twenty or 
such a matter,  “Or  a landlady.” said an­
other.  The conductor  of  the  car,  with 
great presence of mind,  had  run  into the 
tea store  on  the  corner  and  called  for 
the ambulance. 
It came on a  galop in  a 
few minutes,  the  stretcher  was  brought 
and  Mr.  i eck  was carefully  placed  upon 
it.  Four strong men  lifted the  stretcher 
and its precious load and placed  it in the 
ambulance, and the  horses  were  turned 
towards the  U.  B.  A.  Home  On  arriv­
ing  there,  he  was  taken  to  the  emer­
gency  ward  and  the  house  surgeon  and 
his  assistants  began  their  examination. 
The application of  restoratives  brought 
Mr.  Peck  back  to  consciousness,  when 
the  carpenter  and  joiner  who  bad  the 
case  in  charge  asked  him  where  he  was 
hurt.  They  had  been  unable  to  locate 
the  damage.  “I  am  afraid,”  was  the 
reply,  “I  have  broken  my  coutract  with 
the  chill  wind 
the  house.”  Outside 
sobbed 
for 
the  unfortunate 
urgeon  and  his  assistants  whoso  prom­
ising 
ruthlessly 
brought  to  a  close;  while  Peck,  calmly 
viewing  the  ruin  he  had  wrought  and 
picking  some  mud 
from  his  romin’ 
nose,  took  his  departure.  There can  be 
no  question  but  that  his  fall  from  the 
car  was  a  pure  inadvertence,-  but  he 
was  not  hurt;  when  he  struck 
the 
ground  he  was  so  badly  frightened  he 
could  not  speak.  His  unconsciousness 
was  a  bluff.

Lemons—Seem to  be scarce  and  high, 
that is,  the really  good  stock.  The  ex­
tremely small  ones—420s  and  500s—are 
plenty but dear  at  any  price.  Arrivals j 
will be heavier  in  a  short  time  and  it 
will  be  possible  to  secure  some  fancy 
fruit.
Pork—There has  been  a  tremendou 
slump  in  pork  during  the  past  week 
wiping out almost the  entire  recent  ad 
vance.  There is nothing  in  the  market 
anyway  but  odds  and  ends.  Lard  ha 
fallen  in  sympathy  with  pork,  as  are 
also  smoked  meats.  See  price  current 
for quotations.

Salt—Common has advanced to 90c per 

Jelly—The  price  has  been  reduced 

Fish—Holland  herring,  in  bbl.,  keg 

and scaled,  have declined.

The  Grain  Market.

about 10 per cent.

careers  wer* 

thus 

its  pity 

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Saginaw Druggists  United. 

Sa g in a w ,  E.  S.,  Oct.  6—The  retail 
druggists of  this city are  now  organized 
under  the  style of the Saginaw Pharma­
ceutical Association.  A constitution and 
by-laws have been  adopted  and  the  fol- 
lowing  officers  elected  for  the  ensuing

President—Henrv  Melchers 
Vice-President—Fletcher  Smith. 
Secretary—Lou G.  Moore.
Treasurer—W.  H.  Foot.
There is but one  druggist  in  the  city 
not  included  m  the  Association.  The 
objects  are  mutual  improvement,  socia-
¡nlL«  ?Dd 
?dvancf*®ent  of common 
interests  Meetings will  be held the last 
Friday  of each  month,  when subjects  of 
interest  to  the  profession  will  be  dis-
Oct 26  The DeXt  meeting wiH  be  held

The Duty on  Store  Teeth. 

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reasury Department has  decided
fiH»i  f  T£me duty shal!  bft Paid  on  arti­
ficial teeth as on other manufactures con- 
t f r t ^ e l i a r  materials.  For  instance, 
if made of porcelain,  then  teeth  are  du­
tiable at the same rates as  cups,  cancers 
and plates made of  that  material. 
If  of 
i™ry’ fhe duty  is  the  same  as  that  im­
posed on ivory billiard balls.

^ The»P^tri0t believes it is better for him
els5“oteoC°IlgreSS than  t0 allow some one

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GRAND  R APIDS  GOSSIP.

The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co.  has the 
order for a new grocery  stock from  Wm. 
Haybarker, of Orono.

H.  K. Gleason has opened  a  drug store 
at Wayland.  The  Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug Co.  furnished the stock.

Bisbee  Bros,  have  moved  into  their 
new store building  at  Paris and put in a 
new grocery  stock.  The  Ball-Barnhart- 
Putman Co.  furnished the stock.

Ferdinand  Riechel  has  purchased  a 
half interest  in  the  upper  factory  and 
shoe finding business of  Wilhelm &  Co., 
60 Pearl street.  No change  will be made 
in location or firm name.

The  Star  Clothing  House  is  so  well 
pleased  with its experiment of a  fur  de­
partment for the past two  or three year 
that it is putting in  a  greatly  increased 
line for this season’s trade.

Geo.  and Malcolm.Mclnnes, proprietor 
of the Mclnnes tea Co , have sold their gro 
eery stock, on the corner Lagrave and East 
Fulton streets,  to Jas.  C.  Shaw,  who will 
continue the business  at the  same  loca 
tion.

Gripsack  Brigade.

Geo.  W.  Jenks, the elephantine  travel­
ing representative for the  Seeley  Manu­
facturing Co.,  was in  town  several  days 
last week.

Thos.  J.  Haynes has taken  the  agency 
of 
the  L.  C.  Porter  Milling  Co.,  of 
Winona,  Minn.,  in  connection  with  his 
representation of the Sparta  Milling  Co.
M. J.  Rogan,  of  Kalamazoo,  who  has 
traveled in  several  Western  States  the 
past year  for  Bill  &  Caldwell,  of  New 
York,  has engaged to cover  the  trade  of 
Michigan.  Illinois,  Indiana  and Ohio  for 
Moore, Smith & Co., of  Boston.  Mr.  Ro 
gan is a salesman of tact and  experience 
and is to  be  congratulated  on  his  new 
connection.

The regular monthly  meeting  of  Post 
E  occurs  on  Saturday  evening  of  this 
week.  A business  session  will  be  held 
at  7:30  o’clock  sharp,  at the conclusion 
of which dancing  will  be indulged in  un­
til nearly midnight,  with  a  brief  inter­
mission  for lunch. 
It is the desire of the 
Committee  on  Arrangements  that  every 
Grand  Rapids  traveling man  attend  the 
party,  whether he receives a special invi­
tation or not. 
It has  been impossible  to 
reach  every  traveling  man directly, ow­
ing to the difficulty of procuring the pro­
per  addresses.

A.  W.  Peck is a hustler from Petoskey. 
He is also a hustler  from  wayback.  He 
hustles for the  Hazeltine & Perkins Drug 
Co.  Somewhere  along  the  dusty  high­
way of life  he  picked  up  the  habit  of 
speechmaking.  His  friends  have  tried 
to break him of it,  but all  to no  purpose; 
he is a confirmed speechmaker  and  there 
is no hope for him.  He  made  a  speech 
in Petoskey last spring on  the  “ base ball 
question.”  That  settled  it.  When  the 
time for  the  next  base  ball  match  ar 
rived  there  wasn’t  a  corporal’s  guard, 
left in town to  do  business.  Since then 
even Peck’s best  friends  admit  that  he 
is  an  orator  “as  Brutus  was.”  As  a 
drug salesman  he is away  up in  G,  as  a 
speechmaker he is—that is,  he  isn’t  ex­
actly,  but he is getting  there;  but  there 
s one thing he can’t do—he can’t ride on 
a Grand Rapids electric  street  car  with­
out  falling  off.  He  was  coming  down 
Wealthy  avenue ahe  other  day  .on  a

than 

Contrary to expectation,  the  price  re 
mained at low ebb during the  week unti 
the last  day,  when  it  showed  a  stron 
undercurrent,  so  prices  advanced  and 
closed  strong,  owing to the fact  that  re 
ceipts were smaller and exports  about 2 
per  cent,  more 
the  previou 
week.  The  visible  will  show  a  large 
increase  this  week  but,  if  the  normal 
exports continue,  it  will  soon  make  in 
roads  upon the large amount of wheat in 
sight and  prices  will  tend  upward. 
It 
may not be for a few weeks  to come,  but 
the  drift  is  in  that direction.  Farmers 
deliveries are still  very  trifling  to  what 
they were  in  previous  years  at this sea­
son. 
It  is  not  many  years  ago  when 
tnere  was  more  wheat  delivered  at  the 
mills than they could  grind  and  millers 
were obliged to ship  out  to  make  room 
for  farmers’  deliveries.  This 
is  all 
changed as millers  now  have  to  import 
wheat to a large extent,  as  may  be  seen 
by  the  amount  of  car  wheat  received 
weekly.  The feeding of  wheat  to  stock 
seems  to  go  on  all  through  this State, 
and this is one of the  causes  why  so  lit­
tle wheat is moving from  farmers’  grain 
bins.

Corn has declined  in price  during  the 
week  from l^ @ 2c  per bushel and  there 
seems to  be  more  moving at the decline 
than  when  prices  were  considerably 
higher.

Oats remain about the same.  Although 
there are more offered prices remain firm.
Receipts  during  the  past  week  were 
wheat 53  cars,  corn  5  cars,  and  oats  4 
cars.  The wheat  received  is all  used up 
in milling  here. 

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

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living water, in Dickinson county  Iowa  to
exchange for stock of goods  or  other  property 
Give  full  description—quality-,  quantity  ami 
value  in first letter.  O.  P. Conklin  2fi  AfarHc.-»« 
Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich 
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■ ANTED—A DEALER IN EVER v COUNT v 
to handle the Peerless typewriter.  Send 
t?r c!iC,ul£r-  Baffeer  * Saunders, State" Agents 
19 and 21 Fountain St., Grand Rapids. 
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-tREAT  OFFER—FINE  STOCK  OF  WAIL 
- *  Paper,  paints,  varnishes,  picture  frames 
and room mouldings for  sale.  Reason  for  sell 
ing,  death of proprietor.  Good paving business 
in a very desirable location.  All  hew  stock  in 
voicing  from  $2,5f0  to  *3,non.  Address  Mrs' 
Theresa Schwind, Grand Rapids. 
«61rs
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nbange for farm or city property in or near 
Grand Rapids, the Harris mill pronerty  situated 
in Paris, Mecosta, Co., Michigan, on  the O R *  
Railroad, consisting^ saw ana planing miils 
acres of land  a  good  waterpower! 
22 foot fall, side track into mill, plenty of  hard- 
wood timber.  This is a good chance for anyone 
£ i  hr niLt0 engaJ e ‘n any kind of  mill  business 
For further particulars address B.  W.  Barnard" 
35 Allen street. Grand Rapids. Mich. 
’
PLANING  MILL—WE  OFFER  FOR  SArir
nin«,4-116 N°rth Side planinS Mill,  which is first? 
rta®8 jn every  respect,  or  will  receive  proposi­
tions to locate the business in some other  thrlv- 
?ns*°wn.  Correspondence and Inspection solic- 
ted.  Sheridan, Boyce <te Co., Manistee. Mich. 613
1^17ANTED—EVERY  DRU G G IST  JU ST 
» v  starting in business and every one already 
started to use our system of poison labels.  What 
has cost you *15 you can now  get  for  *4  Four­
teen  labels  do  the  work  of  113.  Tradesman 
Company,  Grand Rapids.

Ne a r l y   n e w   b a r -lock  t y p e w r it e r

for  sale  at  a  great  reduction  from  cost. 
Reason for selling, we desire another  pattern  of 
same make of machine, which  we  consider  the 
best  on the  market.  Tradesman  Company,  100 
Louis St.. Grand  Rapids. 

'’534

SITUATIONS WANTED.

SITUATION  WANTED  BY  A  PRACTICAL 
commercial  book-keeper.  Speass  German 
iiue.jtly and understands dry goods  and  grocer­
ies.  References.  Address No, 609,  care  Michi-
gan Tradesman.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar  (Edgar)—Refined  sugars  were 
unchanged  until  Thursday,  when, 
to 
everybody’s  surprise,  and  with  no  tan 
gible  reason,  prices  were  lowered  1-I6c 
for all grades except No.  14.  The  week 
closed firm  on  this  basis.  The  demand 
has  continued  to  improve  and  refiners 
have  claimed  oversales  on  some  grades 
of softs.  This is unquestionably  an  era 
of depression and prices  may  be  shaded 
below the present basis,  with or  without 
reason,  but the fact exists and is  worthy 
of  note,  that  the  working  margin  of 
3-5c per pound between  centrifugals  and 
granulated does not admit of much  profit 
to  refiners.  The  Treasury  rulings  on 
the basis for taxation of  beet  raws  com­
plicates the situation  to  such  an  extent 
that our  refiners are reported as reselling 
their  purchases  iu  Europe.  Under  the 
rulings referred to it is  proposed  to  add 
40 per cent, foreign  consumption  tax  to 
the cost of beet  sugars  before  assessing 
duty  at  40  per  cent.,  which  would  in­
crease  the  laid  down  cost  over 
per 
pound  and,  consequently,  exclnde  all 
sugars  from  Germany, Austria,  Belgium j 
and France.  A month  will  be  required I 
to adjust  this  matter  definitely  and,  in '

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Dry Goods Price Current.

D E M IN S .

through  which  wound  a 

6
The  Helplessness of the Civilized  Man.
There is a very suggestive  little  story 
in the St.  Nicholas,  for  September,  en­
titled  “ Anthony  and 
the  Ancients.’ 
Anthony  is  a  boy  who  suddenly  find 
himself  one  day  in  the  ancient  world 
and  in  the  midst  of  his  remote  ances' 
tors.  When  he  first  became  aware  of 
his altered  surroundings  he  saw  that he 
was  out  in  the  open  air,  standing  upon 
high ground overlooking  a  wooded  val­
ley, 
river. 
Presently a gigantic  elk  rushed  toward 
him*  “brandishing a  pair  of  horns  that 
seemed  ten feet  wide  from  tip  to  tip.” 
Then Anthony, who had  read  about  the 
ancient  Irish  elk,  knew  that  he  was 
somewhere  in  the  British  Isles,  years 
before historic times.  Anthony observed 
that he was  himself dressed in  the  fash­
ion of that time and  place.  He  wore  a 
short  tunic  and  loose  trousers  bound 
with small  twisted bands  of  cloth.  He 
wore no hat,  but his hair was  very  long, 
and he carried a club that had a  head  of 
sharp stone.  Escaping  the elk,  he made 
his  way  into a settlement,  which  he  de­
scribes as  a collection  of  huts  made  of 
willow rods,  covered  with mud  and turf. 
Here  he  meets  a  man,  dressed like him- j 
self.  With this  man he  visits  the  chief 
of  the  village,  and  finds  him  in  the 
midst of  his  family,  fitting  a  spearhead 
of stone to a long pole. 
"‘The  wife  was 
making  a cord  out  of  some  soft  bark, j 
The children  were  playing  with  sticks 
and stones,  and one  of  the  girls  had  a 
rude  doll.”  A  hunting  party  was  as­
sembled,  and they at once  set out to find 
the  elk.  “ To  my  surprise,”  says  An­
thony,  “they had no  other weapons than 
rude clubs with stone  heads,  and  sharp 
sticks,  the ends of which  had  been  hard­
ened  by charring in  the  fire.  They sur­
rounded the elk  and  killed  it,  but  not 
without  a  fierce  struggle.  Several  of 
them were  severely  hurt  by  the  sharp 
horns.”

Anthony  had  oeen  thinking  only  a 
few  moments  before  he  made  this  de­
scent into  the  past  that  it  would  be  a 
fine thing to lecture the ancients on mod­
ern improvements,  and  now  the  oppor­
tunity  presented  itself.  He  began  by 
saying to the chief that if he  had  had  a 
rifle he could have shot  the  elk  without 
going near him.  The chief had  heard of 
a queer weapon,  made of  a  stick  and  a 
cord,  with which one could kill at  a  dis­
tance;  but he had never heard of  a  rifle. 
Anthony assured him that a bow  and ar­
row was a poor contrivance  in  compari­
son  with  a modern  gun.  The  chief  in­
vited  him to his hut for further conversa­
tion.  There was a fire in  the  middle  of 
the floor, and the smoke,  which  was very 
thick,  slowly drifted out of a. hole  in the 
center of  the  roof.  Anthony  suggested 
that it would be better  to  have  a  chim­
ney, and,  after he had explained  as best 
he could  what a chimney  was,  the  chief 
replied that,  though it  would  be  good to 
have less smoke, his people had no chance 
to construct anything of the sort,  for  as 
soon as game became scarce they  had  to 
remove  to  a  new  place.  Moreover,  if 
there was no hole  in  the  roof,  the  hut 
would be dark.  Then  Anthony tried  to 
tell him what  a  window  was,  and  how 
glass admitted the light while it kept out 
the cold air.  But when  the  chief  asked 
him  how  glass  was  made,  he  could 
only say that he thought it was  made  of 
sand and soda.  Then the chief,  who was 
willing to learn even from  a  boy.  asked 
what  soda  was,  and  Anthony  replied

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U N BLEA CH ED   COTTONS.

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BLEA C H ED   COTTONS.

Adriatic
“  Arrow Brand 454 
Argyle....................5*
“  World Wide.  6
Atlanta A A............ 6
11  LL............... 414
Atlantic A..............  6 V
Pull Yard Wide...... 6ft
Georgia  A..............6>4
H ..............654
P ............   5
Honest Width........  6
D ..............  6
Hartford A  ............ S
Indian Head...........654
.  “  LL..............454
Amory.................... 654
King A A............... 654
Archery Bunting...  4 
King EC.................  5
Beaver Dam  A A..  454 
Lawrence  L L........454
Blackstone 0 ,32...
Madras cheese cloth 6M
Black Crow............ 6  Newmarket  G........Sv
Black Rock  ...........5Ji 
B........5
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Boot, AL................  7 
6M
Capital  A............... 5J4 
D D 5M
Cavanat V..............554 
X .......6\
Chapman cheese cl. 354 Nolbe R..................   5
Clifton C R .............554  Our Level Best........ 6
Comet......................5M  Oxford  R................  6
Dwight Star............654  Pequot.....................7
Clifton CCC...........554  Solar.......................   6
[Top of the  Heap__7
A B C ..................... 854
Geo. Washington...  8
Amazon..................8
Glen Mills.............   7
Amsburg................ 6
Gold Medal..............754
Art Cambric...........10
Green  Ticket...........854
Blackstone A A......754
Great Falls.............   6*4
Beats All................ 4
Hope.........................754
Boston....................12
Just  Out.......   444® 5
Cabot......................   6-k
King Phillip...........7*
Cabot,  X .................6J4
OP......754
Charter  Oak...........  5 541 Lonsdale Cambric  . 10
Conway W..............  754|Lonsdale...........  @8
Cleveland.............  6  Middlesex........   ® 454
Dwight Anchor—  8  No Name..................   754
shorts 8  Oak View........  ...... 6
Edwards................. 6  Our Own..................  554
Empire....................  7  Pride of the West... 1
Harwell....................7  ] Rosalind....................754
Fruit of the  Loom. 
754iSuniight..........   454
Fitchvllle  ............  7  “
 
Utica  Mills..............854
First Prize.........6
“  Nonpareil ..10
Fruit of the Loom X. 754
Vlnyard..................  854
Falrmount....... 454
White Horse..........   6
Full Value....... 644
“  Rock............854
Cabot...6441 Dwight Anchor
Farwell............7H|
Unbleached.
Bleached.
Housewife  A......
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C......
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..654 
...7 
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..854 
•  954 
.10 
.1044 
.1154 
•1254 
-1354

H A L F   B LEA CH ED   COTTONS.

CANTON  FL A N N E L .

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C A R PET  W A R F. 
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CORSET  JE A N S .

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554 Berwick fancies

1054
GG  Cashmere.......1654
Nameless  .............. 16
............... 18

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Peerless, white..
colored 
Integrity................. 1854
Hamilton 
 

19 Integrity  colored... 18
White Star..............17
“  colored  .19
Nameless................20
................. 25
.................2754
................ 30
.................3254
.. 
...........35
Corallne................ 99 60 Wonderful
Schilling’s ............ 9 00
Davis  Waists  ....  9 00 
Grand  Rapids......4 50
Armory..................   644
Androscoggin......... 754
Blddefora..............   6
Brunswick............. 654
Allen turkey  reds.

Brighton......................4 75
Bortree’s ..................   9 00
Abdominal............15 00
Naumkeag satteen..  754
Rockport.................. 654
Conestoga.................754
Walworth................¿44
554
robes............554
Clyde Robes...........
pink a purple 554
Charter Oak fancies 4 
buffs...........  554
DelMarine cashm's.  554 
pink  checks.  554
mourn’g  554 
staples........  5
Eddy stone fancy...  5 
shirtings ...  344 
chocolat  5 
American fancy....  5 
rober....  5 
American indigo...  454 
sateens.. 5 
American shirtings.  344 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  5
Argentine  Grays...  6 
staple__  5
I 
Anchor Shirtings...  4 
Manchester fancy..  5 
Arnold 
....  6
new era. 5 
Arnold  Merino......6
Merrimack D fancy.  5 
long cloth B.  9
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Merrlm’ck shirtings.  4 
“ 
“  C.  7
“  Repp furn .  854
century cloth 7
“ 
Pacific fancy..........5
“  gold seal......1054
robes............554
“ 
“  green seal TR1054 
Portsmouth robes...  6 
“  yellow seal.. 1054
Simpson mourning..  5
" 
serge............ 1144
greys........5
"  Turk«,/ red.. 1054 
solid black.  5 
“ 
“  Turkey robes..  7
“  India robes__7
“  plain Tky X 44  7 
“ 
“  X...10
“  Ottoman  Tur­
key red  .................654
Martha Washington
Turkeyred 44...... 7
Martha  Washington
Turkeyred.......... 954
Rlverpolntrobes....  5
Windsor fancy........654
Indigo blue......... 1054
Harmony...............   454
Amoskeag A C A.... 1154
AC A ............ . 
1154
Hamilton N  ...........  7
Pemberton AAA.... 16
D.............. 6
York...................... 1054
Awning. .11
Swift River............754
'Farmer......................8
Pearl River........... 12
First Prize..............1054
Warren...................1254
Lenox M ills........... 18
Conostoga.............16
COTTON  D R IL L .
Atlanta,  D..............654|Stark  A 
.............8
Boot........................ 654 No  Name................. 754
Clifton, K 
.............. 7  [Top of Heap...........   9

Ballon solid clack..
“  colors.
Bengal blue,  green, 
red and  orange  ..  6
Berlin solids...........554
“ oil blue..............6
...  6
“ 
“  green 
11  Foulards  ...  554 
“ 
7
red 44-... 
“  I   ... 
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954
“  4 4  ......... 10
“ 
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Cocheco fancy........  5
“  madders...  5 
“  XXtwills..  5 
“ 
solids  .....  5

Washington Indigo.  654 

gold  ticket

TIC K IN G S.

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H O N E Y
M A K E R

for both merchant and  con­
sumer.  Quick  seller  for 
merchant and wears slowly 
for  housewife.  To  what 
can  we  refer  except  Atlas 
.Soap ?

Manufactured  only by

H ENRY  PASSOLT,

SAGINAW,  MICH.

EATON.  LYON l CO.

NEW  STYLES  OF

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Amoskeag............. 12
9os...... 14
brown .14
Andover................ 1154
BeaverCreek  AA...10 
“ 
BB...  9
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CC....
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 
blue  854 
“ 
“  d a  twist 1054 
Columbian XXX br.10 
XXX  bl.19
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[Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, blue...........11
brown....... 11
Haymaker blue......  744
brown...  744
Jeffrey....................115*
Lancaster..............1254
Lawrence, 9 oz........1254
No. 220.... 12
No. 250....10
No. 280 —   8

Amoskeag

Lancaster, staple...  554

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staples.  6

fancies__  6
Normandie  6

“  Persian dress 65* 
Canton
“ 
AFC....... 854
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Teazle.. .1054 
“ 
Angola.. 1054 
“ 
Persian..  7 
Arlington staple....  654
Arasapha  fancy__  4514
Bates Warwick dres  754 
Centennial............   1054
Criterion.............   1054
Cumberland staple.  554
Cumberland...........5
Essex..................... 454
Elfin.......................  754
Everett classics......854
Exposition............. 754
Glen arte................   654
Qlenarven..............6^
Glen wood................ 754
Hampton................ 5
Johnson Chalon cl 

Lancashire.............  444
Manchester..............444
Monogram............... 454
Normandie...........   654
Persian.................... 644
Renfrew Dress........754
Rosemont.................654
Slatersville............6
Somerset................   7
Tacoma.................. 754
Toil  du Nord.........854
Wabash..................  754
seersucker..  754
Warwick...............  6
Whittenden............8
heather dr.  754 
indigo blue  9 
Wamsutta staples...  644
Westbrook..............8
10
54 Wlndermeer...........  5
indigo blue 954 York  ..................... 644
zephyrs___16 I

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Amoskeag............  .13  [Georgia....................13
Stark.....................  1654  ...............................
American............ 12 54 j.................................

TH REA D S.

Clark’s Mile End....45  ¡Barbour's.................95
Coats’, J. & P...........45 Marshall’s  ...............90
Holyoke.................22541

KNITTIN G   COTTON.

No.

White.  Colored. 

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

38
38
40
41
CAMBRICS.
Slater........................4
White Star............   4
Kid Glove................ 4
Newmarket............  4

White. Colored
No.  14.........37 
42
43
“  16......... 38 
44
“   18......... 39 
“  20......... 40 
45
Edwards...............  4
Lockwood................4
Wood’s..................  4
Brunswick...........  4

R ED   FLA N N EL.

Fireman.................3254
Creedmore..............2754
Talbot XXX........... 30
Nameless................2754

TW ........................2254
F T .........................3254
JR F , XXX............35
Buckeye.................3254

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W ADDINGS.

1054
1154
12
20

CANVASS  AND  PADDING.
954
1054
1154
1254

Red <& Blue,  plaid..40
Union R.................2254
Windsor.................1854
6 oz Western..........20
Union  B......i ........2254iManltoba
DOMET  FLA N N EL.
Nameless...... 8  ® 9541 
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954 IO54
954
1054
1054 1154
1154 12
1154
1254 20
1254
DUCKS.
Severen, 8 oz..........   954
May land, 8 oz..........1054
Greenwood,754 os..  954
Greenwood, 8 oz__ 1154
Boston, 8 oz.............IO54

Grey SR W............ 1754
Western W  ............ 1854
DR P ..................... 1854
Flushing XXX........2354
2354
9  ®1054 
1254
Brown. Black.
1054
1154
12
20
West  Point, 8 os
• 1054 
10 oz  ___ _
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Raven, lOoz.............1354
.............1354
Stark 
Boston, 10 oz........... 1254
White, doz............. 25  I Per bale, 40 do«  .  83 50
Colored, doz.......... 20  IColored  “ 
..........7 50
Slater, Iron Cross...  8  (Pawtucket.............. 1054
Red Cross....  9  Dundie__I..........9
Best..............1054 Bedford.................. 1054
Best AA......1254 Valley  City............*1054
1^1“ ................10*
twist,doz..3754  per V4oz  ball.......30
50 yd, do«.. 3754I
HOOKS  AND EY ES— P E R  GROSS
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No  1 Bl’k & White..10  INo  4 Bl’k & White  15
2 
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No 2—20, M C......... 50 
40
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No  2 White 4 Bl’k..12  ¡No  8W hite4Bl’k  20 
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CortlcelU, doz.........55  [CorUcelll  knitting,

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COTTON  TAPE.
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SA FETY   PIN S.
— .28  INoS..
N N SD L SS— PN B   M.

A. James.................1 401 Steamboat  ........... 
40
Crowely’s...............1  85 Gold  Eyed..............1 so
Marshall’s ..............1 00|American.................1  00
: 30

TA B LE  O IL   CLOTH.
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SEW ING  SILK .

6-4.

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COTTONT W IN ES.

Cotton Sail Twine. .28
Crown.................... 12
Domestic............... 1854
Anchor...................16
Bristol....................13
Cherry  Valley........15
I X L....................... 1854
Alabama..................6<g
Alamance................15
Augusta..................754
Ar sapha.................6
Georgia................... 65*
G ranite...................544
Haw  River..............5
Haw  J ..................  6

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Nashua...................14
Rising Star 4-ply.... 17
3-ply__ 17
North Star..............20
Wool Standard 4 plyl754 
Powhattan  ..  ........ 16

Mount  Pleasant__654
Oneida....................  5^
Prymont..............54^
Randelman............ s
Riverside...............  5U
Sibley  A.................654
Otis checks.............744

P L A ID   OSNABUBGS

20 &  22  Monroe  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS
the

Svoid  
Cilrse  of  C red it 

#

BY  USING

C O U P O N

B O O K S .

r ii B EE  GRAD ES :

Tradesm an,
Superior,
U n iversal.

Manufactured only by 

TRADESMAN  COflPANY,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

S E E D S t

Everything  in seeds is kept by  us— 

Clover, Timothy,

Hungarian,  Millet,

Red Top, Bine 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 .  L1M8R E1UX  C0„ £8a X . !12:

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH

“Maybe 

vaguely, 
it’s  potash.”  Un 
fortunately,  the chief was as  ignorant of 
potash  as  of  soda,  so  Anthony  made 
haste to change the subject.  He  said 
would be a  fine  thing  for  the  chief  to 
have a gun, a rifle.  These  weapons  are 
made of steel,  which  is  hardened  iron 
They are loaded with  powder  and  lead 
The  powder  explodes  and  drives  the 
lead—that is to say, the  bullet—ever  so 
far—thousand paces!  Then,  of  course, 
the chief wanted to know all  about  iron 
and steel,  and lead  and  powder,  and 
came out that  poor  Anthony’s  informa­
tion in regard  to  these  things  was  en 
tirely too dim and uncertain  to be of the 
slightest use.  “I don’t see how  we  can 
do anything with the  little  you  know, 
said  the  chief  kindly.  “You  tell  me 
strange  stories,  but  there  seems  to  be 
nothing  practical  about  your  know! 
edge.”  Anthony  was  compelled  to  ad 
mit to himself  the  justice  of  this  crit 
icism,  but he  made  desperate  efforts  to 
save the day.  He  had  learned  how  to 
make a candle  by dipping  a  string  into 
melted tallow,  and he actually  succeeded 
in making a  tolerable  one  out  of  some 
animal fat.  We are told  that  the  chief 
was delighted,  and Anthony would  have 
done well,  perhaps,  to rest his case there 
but he went on  to talk  of  gas,  kerosene 
lamps and electric lights,  though  it  was 
soon  made to appear that he did not know 
where to find coal or oil, or  how to make 
electricity, or an electric light.  The talk 
drifted  from  one  wonder  to  another- 
steam engines, clocks and  watches,  tide 
and eclipses of the sun—but  always  with 
the same result.

Anthony made up his  mind  that when 
he got back  to his own time he would try 
to be  a  little  more  thorough.  He  had 
not taught  the chief  much,  but  he  had 
discovered his own ignorance.

The author of this pithy  narrative say 
to his young readers:  “If you  don’t  see 
any lesson in it,  then  the  story  doesn’l 
apply to you.”  It seems to  us,  however 
that it applies to  much  older  and  more 
learned  people 
than  poor  Anthony 
Knowledge and ability are relative terms 
It is true  that  most  of  us  ought  to  be 
more accurately  informed than  we  are, 
but no one  can  know  thoroughly  many 
things outside  of  his  own  business,  or 
outside  of  the  special  studies  to which 
he  has  devoted  his  life.  The  further 
we go back,  the more nearly we approach 
the most primitive condition  of  society, 
the more independent of  his  fellows  do 
we find the individual man.  The savage 
builds his own  hut,  he  makes  his  own 
bow and  arrows,  he  procures  and  pre 
pares his own 'food.  Civilization  is  de­
veloped by a division  of  labor,  and  the 
higher  the  civilization  the  greater  the 
complexity  of  its  organization.  Con­
sider  the  helplessness  of  the  average 
man  of  the  present  time.  He  is, 
let 
us  say,  a  merchant,  a  lawyer,  or  a 
professor  occupying a chair in  some col­
lege or university.  He  lives  in  a  beau­
tiful  and  well-appointed  house.  He  is 
comfortably and  elegantly  dressed.  He 
subsists upon cereals,  fruits  and  meats 
that  are  brought  to  him  in  ships  and 
cars  from  every  quarter  of  the  globe. 
But he cannot build a house—he is not  a 
carpenter.  He  cannot  make  a  coat—he 
is  not  a  tailor.  He  cannot  prepare  a 
meal—he  is  not  a  cook. 
If  he  were 
compelled  to  return  to  first  principles, 
as  we  say,  by  being  shipwrecked  and 
cast  upon  the  shore  of  an  uninhabited 
island,  he  would  be  far  more  helpless

savage 

untutored 

the  most 

than 
in  a  similar  condition.  His  knowl
edge  of  accounts,  of  law,  of  history,  of 
Greek,  would  avail  him  nothing.  And 
yet  we  talk  about  able  men!  What 
the extent of the able  man’s  ability?  He 
is  able  to  earn>  a« living  now  because 
his  lot  has  been  cast  in  the  midst  of 
complex  civilization,  and  a multitude of 
specialists  and  experts  are  at  his  ser­
vice,  though they,  too,  are  quitfi  help 
less  beyond 
the  several  spheres’  in 
which  they have acquired  a high  degree 
of  skill. 

F ra nk Stow kll.

Aftermath  of the  Commonweal  Move 

ment.

Populist leaders at Columbus, Ohio, de 
clare that “General”  Frye,  of  industrial 
army notoriety,  who has been addressing 
populist meetings at  that place,  is a rev­
olutionist,  and is  engaged  in  organizing 
a  revolutionary  movement  throughout 
the  country.  They  say  that  Frye  took 
into his confidence  some  of  them  whom 
he thought he could  trust,  and told them 
that he was not a  populist,  but was si_ 
ply  using the  cloak of the party to cover 
his real  work,  which  was  the  organiza 
tion  of  branches  of  a  revolutionary  so­
ciety  which  should one day overturn the 
political fabric of the  country  and  seize 
the  reins  of  government.  He  affirmed 
that the society  was  growing with  great 
rapidity,  and had already  attained a for 
midable strength. 
It is organized on  the 
group  system,  like  the  anarchists.  The 
society  expects  to  act  when  the  next 
strike  comes  on  and  the  millitary  and 
police forces are  busy  with  the strikers 
Then a manifesto  will  be  issued  by  the 
and leaders,  the society  will rise  in  force 
a provisional  government  will  be  estab 
lished,  with Chicago as its  headquarters, 
Frye is 45 years  old,  and is  said  to  be  t 
man  of  some  education and ability. 
If 
reports be true,  he is guilty of high trea 
sou and should be dealt with accordingly 
and  that without  delay.

Business  Aphorism 

Carlyle wasn’t a man of  business,  but 
he would have made a  success o f.it  had 
he  tried  it. 
In  his  writings  one  find 
these lines of solid business  truth:
any market.
for everybody.

A laugh is worth a hundred  groans  in 

Have a smile for  all,  a  pleasant  word 

incessantly.

To succeed,  work hard,  earnestly, and 
All  honest men  will bear watching.
the rascals who cannot stand it.
Better  have  the  window  empty  than 
tilled  with unseasonable and unattractive 
goods.

Wondrous is the strength  of  cheerful­
ness;  altogether  past  calculation 
its 
power  of  endurance.  Efforts  to  be 
permanently  useful  must  be  uniformly 
joyous,  a  spirit  of  sunshine,  graceful 
from  very  gladness,  beautiful  because 
bright.

Lse  Tradesman  Coupon  Books.

Hardware Price Current.

T h e se   p r ic e s  are  fo r  cash,  buyers,  w ho 
p a y   p ro m p tly   and  b u y   in   f u ll  p a ck a g es.

_ 

AXES.

AUGURS AND BITS. 

' dill
Snell’s ...................................................................ts&io
Cook’s ....................................................................
Jennings’, genuine.............................. 7 7 ” "
Jennings’,  Im itation................................7 . . 50*10
_  
First Quality, 8. B. Bronze..............................$ 5  50
D.  B. B ro n ze.............................  ,1  00
8. B. 3. Steel..............................   650
D. B. Steel..................................   13(0
Railroad  ..................................................*12 00  14 00
Garden  ..................  ..................................   net  30 00
dlS.
Stove..................................  
 
50*10
....................................■.‘..■.'.'75*10
C vrlage new list 
40 «jin
“lOW............ .................................... 
Sleigh shoe..................................... .. . . . . . . .. . 
70
•w  „  
We i,  plain  ......................................................... *  8 50
W ell,sw ivel.........................................................   400
„  
Cast Loose Pin, figured..................................  70410
...60*10
W ringhtNarrow,bright5aatJoint  40 

BUTTS, OAST. 

BUCKETS.

BOLTS. 

B A R R O W S . 

dlS

d i g .

 

 

r

a

s

  M i c m a ^ L i s r   t r a x œ s j s t a j n t .

7

Wrought Loose  F in .............................................   40
Wrought  Table.  ................................................ 
40
Wrought Inside B lind.......   ............................."  40
Wrought  Brass.................................................. ."   75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................".'.70*10
Blind,  Parker’s ................................................   70*10
Blind, Shepard’s 
70

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

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1898................. 60*10

CKADLK6.

CROW BABB.

®raIn......................................................................40*10

Cast Steel................................. ................ per |> 
__ 
SSI'S f 
Musket  " 

7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 ; 

CAPS.

« 

CARTRIDGES.
Rim  Fire.........................................
Central  F ire....................................«Us. 

85

5

»
®

OBISBLS. 

dig.
75*10
Socket Firm er............................................... 
Socket Framing....................................!75*16
” 75*10
Socket Corner.................................. 
Socket S lick s.............................. . ” .'" " 75*10
Butchers’ Tanged Firmer........................................40

Curry,  Lawrence’s ........................................ 
40
H otchkiss.....................................................................25

_  

White Crayons, per  gross................ 12©12H dls. 10

dls.

combs. 

CHALK.
COPPER.

“ 

Planished, 14 oz cut to size......... per pound 
„  
14x52,14x56.14x60 ........................... 
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60...................... 
Cold Rolled, 14x48.......................................  
Bottom s................ ....................................7 7 *  
Morse’s  Bit  Stocks...................... 
Taper and straight Shank..................7 7 "  
Morse’s Taper Shank.......................................  . 

drills. 

........... dls.

28
86
23
23
22
50
50
50

DRIPPING PAMS.

ELBOWS.

git
Small sizes, ser p o u n d ...................................... 
Large sizes, per  pound......................... . 
06
Cam. 4  piece, 6 In................................a os  net 
75
Corrugated....................................................... dig 
50
Adjustable.....................................................d ls. 40*10
_  
dls
Clark’s, small, *18;  large, *26. 
30
Ives’, 1, *18:  2, *24;  3,* 3 0 ....................g-
piles—N ew List. 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

.................dls.

. . 

, 

. 

New American  ..............................................60*10-10
Nicholson’s .....................................................60*10-10
Heller’s  .......................................................... 
gn
Heller’s Horse R a sp s................ . . . 7 7 7 7 7  
50

HAMMEBS.

Maydole  *  Co.’s ............................................dls. 
25
25
Kip’*.................................................................dls. 
Yerkes *  Plumb’s .....................................   dls  40*10
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.....................  
80c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  H an d .... 80c 40*10
Gate, Clark’s, 1, 2, 3 ....................................dls.60*10
state ...................................................per doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12  In. 4M  14  and
Screw Hook and  Bye,  K ........................... net 

lo n g er..................................................

HINGES.

10
* • • • ........................net  8H

“ 

“ 

“ 

_  

Strap and T  .*..................".'".".'.'.'.".".'.".'.'.'.".dls!  ^
dig*
„  
*>0*1C
Hsrn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track 
Champion,  antl-frlctlon.......................  
« 1* 1.1
Kidder, wood tra ck ..................................  
4q

HANGERS. 

_  

HOLLOW WARE.

Gray enam eled.........................................  
HOUSE  BURNISHING  GOODS.
Stamped  Tin W are...................... 
Japanned Tin Ware.............  7 7 7 7 . 7  
Granite Iron W are.........................new 11s 
R 

WmS S00DB‘ 

.'."."40*10
new list n
25
2t
<HS.

. 

S S i
7n
0

’

. 

. 

S Q U A R E S .

SH E E T  IRO N .

• 
...................... 

LEVELS. 
Stanley Rule and Level  Co.’s ..............   ........ 
ROPES. 
Sisal, % Inch and larger__  
M anilla.......................  
Steel and Iron.. 
Try and Bevels. 
Mitre...............

r
‘
.  10 
d ls. 
.71*10 
60 
20
Com 
*9 50 
2 60 
2 70 
2 80 
2 90 
8 00
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  lnnhns 

Com.  Smooth.
Nos. 10 to  14................. 
Nos. 15 to 17................. 
..............  *2:
Nos.  18 to 21.....................................4 nr
Nos. 22 to 24................... 
......   9 »
Nos. 25 to 26........................"3  65
No. 2 7 ........................... 
wide not less than 2-10 extra 
S A N D P A P E R .
List acct. 19, ’86...................................... dls. 
a . i  
Silver Lake, White A............................... 
Drab A ............... 
g 
W hi to  B ...................... 
 
Drab B......................... 
White C ..............; .............  ..

50
50
..
1 Kn
.. ~

T  V.  ™   . 

SASH  CORD.

3

“ 
„   “ 
Discount, 10.

. 

■ 

" ’ 

“ 

15 

12 

dig

T R A PS. 

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

SASH  W EIG H TS

LOCKS—DOOR. 

|6 
dlS
dls

GALVANIZED IRON.

14 
GAUGES. 

13 
Discount, 70 

„  
SAW S. 
Hand..................  

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

„  
SolId “ y08............................................ per ton *0
d ig
Q1,’o0
27 28
to 
Silver Steel  Dia. X Cuts, in io Ö L . ... 
17
Special Steel Dex X Cuts. per foot  ... 
50
1
11  Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot 
30 
Champion  and  Electric  Tooth  X 
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s .......  
'50
Cuts,  per  foot...............................
30 
knobs—N ew List. 
d ig
_  
Steel, Game.....................................
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings  .... 
‘55
60*10
in
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s................. 
Door,  porcelain, jap. tr im m in g s...." ...................  55
.. 
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings 
55
Oneida Community, Hawley a Norton’s." :r-lo  10
Door,  porcelain, trimmings.................. 
55
Mouse,  choker.......................... 
’5c nur do.
Mouse, delusion........................ [ S d 2
Drawer  and  Shutter, porcelain..................” 7   70
Bright Market......... wmB................  
dls.
********** ' ' ‘ * *  ' G“ J.U
A nnnalnii Hf ovVnt- 
Russell *  Irwin  Mfg. Co.’s new list 
’55
Annealed Market.
Mallory, Wheeler  &  Co.’s .........................  
«
75
Coppered Market.........................................  
iS
Branford’s ..................................  
«
70
Tinned Market 
‘u
Norwalk’s .............................................. 7 7 7 7 7   55
62*
Coppered  Spring Steel........... 
S
.................  
M ATTDPKH
Barbed  Fence, galvanised..........................  2 50
painted............ ..................  2 in
An  Sable..................
40*10 
Putnam..........................7 7 " ........... tU8*
dlS.  05 
Northwestern..................... "*"
d is. 10*10 
dis.
_  
W REN CH ES.
Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled...
30
Coe’s  Genuine..............................
7s
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........... 
Coe’s  Patent, malleable.............................. 75*10
Bird Cages............................. 
v f.
Pumps, Cistern....................  
vr&m
Screws, New List...................7 7 7 7 7  70*ir*io
Casters, Bed a  .d  Plate  ......................  50*10*10
Dampers, American.....  ...................  wi« io* io
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods . 7.77 65*10

A d * e |y e ...........................................*16.00, dls. 60-10
Hunt R ye...........................................*16.00, dls. 60-10
Hon‘ *...................................... *18.50, dls. 20*10.
Sperry *  Co.**, Post, handled...................... 
50
Coffee, Parkers  Co.’s .................................. 
*40
“  P. 8. *  W. Mfg. Co.’s  Malleabies!"! 
40
“  Enterprise 
..................................7  
30
MOLASSES GATES. 
Stebbln’s Pattern................................  
60*in
....'.."60410
Stebbln’s Genuine.......................  
Enterprise, self-measuring.....................  
30
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire 

Landers,  Ferry *  Cls rk’s........................... 40

........... dls
 

miscellaneous. 

mauls. 
mills. 

HO RSE  N A ILS.

NAILS

dls
"dls

' ' dig

" "  

“ 

_ 

* 6.

Steel nails, base............................................. 
j 05
Wire nails, base..........................................*I77l 35
66.................................................... Base 

FIneS.... 
Case  10... 
8  .. 
. 
6 
Finish 10
6

Base
10
25 
25 
35 
45 
45 
50 
60 
75 
90 
1  20 
1  60 
1  60 
65 
75 
90 
75 
90 
10 
70 
80 
90 
Harrell %  .......................................;
1 75 
d ls.
„ „
PL A N E S. 
Ohio Tool Co.’s, fancy.................... 
« 4,1
¡Sm
Sc! ota  Bench....................... 
Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy......  
X Z
X40
Bench, first quality...........  ................ 
Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’s  wood.  ".”.'." 50*10
_  
Fry,  Acme.............................................. dls.60-10
Common,  polished................................ d ls. 
70
dig.
_ 
Iron and  Tinned........................................  50—10
CoppeT Rivets and Burs.................... 
50—10
PATENT PLANISHED IRON.

8.....................

Clinch 10............................

6 .............................................

RIVETS. 

PANS.

_  

. 

 

 

A” S 00?’" P*tent planished. Nos. 24 to 27  10 20 
B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27...  9 20 
Broken packs go per pound extra.

METALS,
P IS  T IN .

ZINC.

__ 
Pig  Large.........................................  
¿fir
Pig Bars................................... 7 7 7 7 7 '." '  28c
Duty:  Sheet, 214c per pound.
660 pound  casks.......................
Per pound............................. 77777....... 
7
H © # ...................................................... 
,«
Extra W iping................................... 7 7 7 .......If
The  prices  of  the  many  other  Qualities  of 
solder In the market Indicated by nrlvatebrand! 
vary according to composition.
ANTIMONY.

SO LD ER.

HauSfa. 7 7 7 7 .7 7 7 7 7 * 7 7 7 7   per  V nn<1,8
T IN — M E L T »  GRA D E.
10x14 IC, Charcoal......................... 
14x20 IC, 
10x14 IX, 
14x20ix, 

 
 
Each additional X on this grade, *1.75.

 
 
....................7 7 7 " .......

“ 
“ 
“ 

B7 «in
7 kn
Q  OR

 
 

 
 

 

10x14 IC, Charcoal...............  
14X20 IC, 
10x14IX, 
14x20IX, 

TIN — A LLAW AY G RA D E.
» 
“ 
“ 

y.
 
6  7?
............. 
a oi
...  ........" 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 ;   9 2«

 
........... 

Bach additional X on this grade *1.50.

Alla way Grade. .7 7.7 ... 

BOOTING PLA TES
14x20 IC, 
Worcester..........................  6  5t
14x20 IX, 
...........................  8  50
20x28 IC, 
14x20 IC, 
6  On
14x20 IX 
....... .........  7 50
20x28 IC , 
..................  12 50
30x28 IX,
15 50
14x28 IX. 
114  06 
14x31  IX.
15 00
14x56 IX, for No. 8 Boilers. I 
14x60 IX,  “  »  9  “Vi“ *’ J. per pound —   10 00

BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE.

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One  Dollar  a  Tear, Payable  in Advance

A D V ER TISIN G   RA TES  ON  A PPLIC A TIO N .

market was not  overstocked, if it were  a 
refuse  and  filth.  The  condition  of  the 
difficult  matter  to  secure laborers to  do 
present  “market”  is  the  strongest  sani­
the work  of  keeping  the  streets  clean,
tary  argument  against a land site. 
It is
and  ordinary  wages  were  being  paid,  said that a bridge market  will  cost  more 
there might be some  force  in  the  argu-  to build than a land  market.  Grant  this 
ment;  but  to  pay  cripples  and  paupers  for  a  moment, and it may be urged in re- 
81.75 a day for work  which  hundreds  of  ply,  that a river  market  has  advantages 
able-bodied men are willing  and anxious | over a  land  market  which  would  more
to do for 81 a day  is  very  poor  charity. 
than  offset  the  additional  cost. 
It  has 
If it be true that the city must either give 
not  yet  been  proved that a land market 
these men  work or  feed  them,  then  let 
would  be the cheapest, as a statement of 
them be fed and  the work  given  to  men 
some of the facts  will  show.  Two  land 
of families who are just as deserving and 
sites are under  consideration.  The  first 
who will  do  it  for  a  reasonable  price. 
of these is the Comstock site,  which  Mr.
Such  a
condition  of  things as exists  at  Comstock has offered to the city for  860,-
present is not charity—it is an imposition 
000.  That  would  be  the  price  of  the 
upon  the city.
I land with paving and buildings yet to be 
accounted  for.  However, 
its  extreme 
northern location puts it out of  the race. 
The  other  is  known  as  the  McConnell 
site. 
Its  boundaries  are  Ionia,  Island 
and Bartlett streets and Wealthy avenue. 
Mr.  McConnell has offered the portion  of 
this site owned by  him  to  the  city  for 
820,000.  The parties  owning  the  other 
portions ask 8100 per foot front for  their 
holdings.  The cost of  the site would be 
between 830,000 and  840,000. 
It  is  said 
that  no  effort  will  be  made  for  some 
time to come to erect a  market building; 
the ground  will be paved and  the  horses 
stand  in  the  open  air,  as  at  present. 
Why make a change at all, if so  slight  a 
change in conditions is to be made?  The 
object sought in  the  erection  of  a mar­
ket is the protection of the  farmers  and 
their  horses  from  the  elements.  The 
present system  affords just as much pro 
tection as  an  open  market  would,  and 
the city owns the  streets  on  which  the 
stand is located. 
It  is  nonsense  and 
waste of money  to  purchase  land  for 
market site,  when nothing is to be gained 
over the present system.  Better  let  the 
subject of a market drop entirely,  if  the 
city is not in a position  to  give  farmer 
the accommodation they  are  entitled to 
until the work can be  done  as  it  ought 
to be.

The word has gone  out over  ail  West­
ern Michigan that the city of Grand  Rap­
ids is paying its common  laborers 81.75 a 
day—higher wages  than  is  paid  in  any 
other  city  in  the  State  at  the  present 
time.  The result is that  men  who  can­
not  obtain  work  elsewhere  are flocking 
to this city,  brought here by the prospect 
of work at high wages.  Surely there are 
enough idle men in the city  without  any 
addition  from  other places;  but  in spite 
of the large number  of idle men  who re- 
id® here (and this  number is  being con­
stantly added  to from  outside),  the  city 
continues to pay 75c a day more than any 
other employer of  laborers.

The reason  for this  state  of  things  is 
that certain aldermen are afraid of incur­
ring  the  displeasure  of  the  trades  un 
ions. 
It  was  at  their  behest  that  the 
wages of city  laborers  was  fixed  at  the 
present  rate,  and,  notwithstanding  the 
congested condition of the  labor  market 
and the hard  times,  these  aldermen dare 
not make any change.  Their sycophancy 
and fawning  subserviency  to  the  union 
is an exhibition of  hypocrisy and  servil 
ity worthy of a Pecksniff.  The thinking 
independent,  business men  in  the  Coun­
cil have their hands  tied by these  brain­
less toadys,  whose one  thought  and  one 
desire is to  stand  well  with  the  trades 
union  demagogues  and schemers.  They 
are  ready  to  waste  820,000  on  a pump 
and 8150,000 on  an  electric  light  plant, 
pay 81.75 a  day for  work—which can  be 
done for 81 a  day—and economize on the 
alary of one of the most useful employes 
of the city.  This much we  pay  because 
of  the  baleful  and  venal  influence  of 
trades  unionism.

Great is Economy,  and  the Grand Rap­
ids Common Council is its  most  brilliant 
exponent!  Some of the aldermen in that 
body started out with a  great flourish  of 
trumpets  to  reduce  expenditures  and 
save  the  people’s  hard-earned  money. 
They voted to purchase a pump for about 
820,000  more  than  it  was  worth;  and 
later,  decided to bond  the city for  8150 
000 for the  erection of  an  electric  light 
plant.  'They did other  things equally as 
economical,  and then dismissed Mr.  Ken 
non,  the park  superintendent,  thus  sav 
ing  the  city  8750  a  year!  That  officer 
was a  necessity,  and  he  was  not  over 
paid,  but  his dismissal  was in the inter 
est of “economy,”  and no more  need  be 
It  is,  therefore,  to  be  supposed 
said. 
that  the  wages  paid 
the  city  street 
cleaners—81.75 a day,  when  laborers can 
be secured,  and  are  working  every  day 
for 81 to  81.25—is also in the  interest  of 
economy;  at least,  it is  in  perfect  keep 
ing with the record of  the Council in the 
matter of economy. 
It is  hard to under­
stand  why  the  people  of Grand  Rapids 
should pay 75c a  day  more  for  common 
laborers  than  any  private individual in 
the city would pay.  The work  is  worth 
no more to the city than  to an individual, 
and,  if the Council  were as solicitous for 
the  public  interest  as it  pretends to be, 
these  men  would  receive  at  most  not 
more than 81.25  a day.  There  are  hun­
dreds  of  idle  men  about  the  city  who 
would  be glad of an  opportunity to work 
for even 81  a  day.  They  are  men,  too. 
who  are  able-bodied  and  in  a physical 
condition  to do a  fair  day’s  work  for  a 
fair  day’s  pay.  No  fault  is found  with 
the  present  street  cleaners  because  so 
many of them are  decrepit and old;  they 
are not to blame for that;  but the utmost 
stretch of charity cannot  make it appear 
otherwise than a flagrant  waste of money 
to  pay 
these  men  even  as  much  as 
younger  and  able-bodied  men  can  be 
hired  for—much  less  to  pay  them  75 
cents a day more than current  wages.  It 
may be said that the  present cleaners  do 
the work as well  as it needs to  be  done.
If this be  true,  it  only  proves  that  th e . 
work  is  not  worth  as much  as is being 1 
paid for it;  it is not even  worth  ordinary 
laborers’  wages. 
If the work  is given  to 
these men from charity,  it gives the mat
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THE  RIVER  SITE.

ago  the  Michigan  Inspec 
tion Bureau notified the  agents  and  un 
derwriters within its jurisdiction that no 
rates would be  named  henceforward  on 
prinkied  risks,  or  risks  protected  by 
automatic  sprinklers.  Veiy  naturally 
and properly  the  agents  protested,  and 
with considerable vigor. 
It may  be true 
that sprinkled  risks  are  not  absolutely 
fireproof—no building  can  be  that—but 
when some of the alleged  good risks  are 
placed alongside the  sprinkled risks,  the 
veriest  tyro  in  the  ranks  of  insurance 
agents  would  write  the  sprinkled  risk 
in preference to the  other.  The  reason 
for the  refusal  to  name  rates  was  not 
that sprinkled risks were extra hazardous, 
but that  the  mutuals  and  Lloyds  were 
getting the bulk of  the  protected  risks. 
In other words, it looked very  much like 
a childish attempt  to  “get  even.”  The 
mutuals  and  Lloyds  named  rates  that 
seemed to bear some relation to  the risk, 
sprinkled or otherwise;  the  board  com­
panies  professed  to  regard  sprinkled 
risks as extra hazardous and  made  rates 
accordingly.  The  result  was  the  busi­
ness went  to  the  “other  people.”  The 
Inspection Bureau has,  however,  recon­
sidered its action  of  a  few  months  ago 
and  henceforth  will  name 
rates  on 
sprinkled  risks.  This  action  is,  prob­
ably, due to the vigorous  protest  of  the 
agents.  The question now is:  Will  the 
board companies  name  reasonable  rates
r —*~w 
loaauuttuie  rates
fooIto„ p„llciV f t e   p” , T d

That this city needs a permanent  mar­
ket is generally conceded.  The  farmers 
and  fruit  growers  who  bring 
their 
products to the city are  entitled  to  that 
much consideration,  and the dealers who 
are compelled to be  out  in  all  kinds  of 
weather in order to  give the hungry  peo­
ple  of  Western  Michigan  the  best  and 
freshest vegetables and fruits  surely  de­
serve  such  accommodation.  The  ques­
tion is:  Where shall  the  market  be  loca­
ted—over  the  river  or  on  land?  T h e 
T radesm an has,  in  the  past,  advocated 
a river market,  and,  until  the  promoters 
of a  land  site  advance  some  arguments 
worthy of the name it will hold to its po­
sition.  A  bridge, equal in every  way  to 
the  Pearl  street  structure,  and  three 
times its width,  roofed  and  having  the 
necessary  stalls,  can  be  built  for  from 
8100,000 to 8150,000.  The  site  will  cost 
nothing.  Erom  a  sanitary point of view 
there  can  be  no  comparison between a 
bridge market  and a land  mafket.  Two
hours’  work  by two men  would  suffice to
keep a bridge clean every day,  while  the  on this class of  riots 

- »-A 

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, 

Not  long

drive  insurers  of  protected  property, 
who have not already gone  over,  to  the 
mutuals and Lloyds? 
It  is  the  opinion 
of some insurance men that the action of 
the  Bureau  comes  too  late.  Manufac­
turers and mill owners  are  tired  of  the 
vaccilating policy of the board companies 
and will go to almost any length  to  ren­
der themselves independent. 
If  this  be 
true,  and there can be little doubt  of  it, 
the bureau might have  saved themselves 
the  trouble  of  rescinding  their former 
action.

In the death of  Andrew  Wierengo,  the 
Muskegon  wholesale  grocer,  the  whole­
sale  grocery  trade of Michigan loses one 
of its brightest and most enterprising ex­
ponents.  Beginning at the bottom of the 
ladder,  Mr.  Wierengo’s  ascent to  a  com­
petence and a position  in the commercial 
world  was 
steady  and  continuous, 
unmarked by unmanly  acts  or  any  sus­
picion  of  wrong  doing.  Mr.  Wierengo 
leaves as a legacy  to his  friends and  the 
trade  a  record of integrity and right liv­
ing which always  commands respect and 
should be  emulated  by  all  who  aim  to 
achieve  success  in  the  best meaning  of 
the term.

The Common Council  of Rockford, 111., 
wanted to pass  an  ordinance  putting  a 
8500 license on the sale of cigarettes, but 
the  city  attorney  rendered  an  opinion 
that  the  ordinance  would  be  illegal, as 
the Council had  no  right  to  license  the 
sale  of  “cigarettes,  or  anything  else 
known to contain poisonous compounds.”

W herein  M en  and  W om en   D iffer.
“I had an exasperating experience  one 
day  last  summer,”  said  a  well-known 
business man,  “ which  plainly  illustrates 
where men and women  differ  in  one  im­
portant  particular. 
I  invariably  sleep 
until  the  very  last  moment,  and  then 
make a rush for the breakfast  table  and 
the car.  The morning in question  I  had 
but five  minutes  to  get  through  eating 
and catch the  car  that  passed  my  door.
I  fairly choked  things  down  my  throat, 
and, hearing the clang of themotorman’s 
bell,  I made a rush for  the  street.  As  I 
pssed  through  the  hall I snatched up a 
broad-brimmed straw hat,  that was hang­
ing  on  the  rack,  and  just- reached  the 
corner in time.  Then  1  dropped  into  a 
seat and  took  the  morning  paper  from 
my pocket.

turned  fiercely 

It was not long until I heard a  gentle 
tittering from some  dry  goods  clerks  in 
the seat behind  me.  They kept it up and 
somehow I got an idea into my head  that 
they were laughing at me.  After a while 
to  one  of  them  and 
asked  what it was that seemed  to  amuse 
them so.  He  trembled  and  managed  to 
gasp out that I had on my  wife’s hat. 
It 
was even so,  and there was  one  of  those  ' 
long gaudy,  yellow  pins that women  use 
to keep their headgear in  position  stick­
ing in it. 
I  was so mad that  I  jerked  it 
off and threw  it  into  the  street.  Then 
everybody in  the  car  roared,  and I  felt 
truly  furious.  When  I  reached  a  hat 
store I stepped in  and  bought  me  a  hat 
of the masculine variety.

“Several  hours  afterward  my  wife 
dropped in the store, and she  was  wear­
ing  my hat.  There was a pin in the back 
of it and a little face veil  swinging  from 
the front,  but  it  was  my  hat. 
I  didn’t 
say a  word, and  that  women  wore  that 
hat  all  summer.  What  bothers  me  is 
that everybody found out  the joke on me 
and nobody noticed it on  her.”

„¡n  ...

TH IS  M IC H IG A N   T R A D E S M A N .

If China were  open  to  the  civilizing  in­
fluences  which  have  made  the  Western 
Hemisphere what it is,  it  would  not  be 
long  before  wages  and  the  amount  of 
money 
tbat  country 
would  show a marked  increase.  But  to 
say tbat the rate of  wages  is  contingent 
upon the amount of money in  circulation 
is to dispiay ignorance that  is  incompre­
hensible and inexcusable.

in  circulation 

in 

PINAL  D EFEAT  OP  THE  SCHEM ERS.
The failure of the  electric  light  plant 
schemers to  pass  the  bonding ordinance 
over the Mayor’s veto is a matter for con­
gratulation to  every  right-thinking  per­
son  in  the city, and those aldermen  who 
opposed 
the  scheme  and  who  placed 
themselves on record against  it,  deserve 
the  thanks  of the entire community. 
It 
was the determined  stand  of  these  true 
friends  of  economy  that  defeated  the 
steal  (for such it would have been if car­
ried through)  and saved  many thousands 
of  dollars  to  the 
taxpayers.  The  cry 
tbat  the  will  of  the  people  has  been 
thwarted is demagogisni,  pure  and  sim­
ple.  Five thousand votes out of thirteen 
thousand  cast  at  last  spring’s  election 
were  recorded  in  favor of the city own­
ing  its  own  electric  light  plant.  The 
law says that  when  the  bonding  of  the 
city is involved there must  be a majority 
of all the  votes  cast  at  the  election  in 
favor  of the  resolution or it fails of pas­
sage.  The number of  votes necessary to 
the passage of the  resolution  was,  there­
fore, over 6.500,  which number  it  failed 
to  receive.  How,  then,  can  it  be  said 
I that  the  will  of  the  people  has  been 
thwarted?  A very  decided  minority  of 
the voters of the  city  voted  in  favor  of 
the  resolution. 
It  will  be  found,  also,
I upon investigation,  that  the  bulk  of  the 
favorable  vote  came  from  the suburban 
wards,  and especially from those portions 
but  recently  added  to  the  city.  They 
knew that the heavy end of  the  burdens 
must be borne by  the  central part of  the 
city,  while the chief benefit would accrue 
to the suburbs, as  they  would  get  what 
lights they wanted  for the  asking.  The 
fact  that  the  irresponsible  majority  in 
the Council  was  willing  to proceed  upon 
such  a  vote,  and especially  to go ahead 
without  obtaining  information as to  the 
cost of erecting such a  plant or  of  oper­
ating it  after its  erection,  is sufficient  to 
cast  suspicion  upon  their  motives. 
If 
they were entirely  honest in  their inten­
tions such haste  as  they  displayed  was 
unnecessary.  Like  the  warhorse  that 
scents the battle from afar,  they  scented 
the letting of innumerable  contracts  and 
the prospect of unlimited  boodle.  After 
the erection of the plant,  there would be 
many places  to  be  given  to  “ friends,”
and possibly more  boodle;  so they would 
railroad  the  resolution  through  before 
the matter could be sufficiently ventilated 
to expose its rottenness.  Honesty is  not 
the  only  thing  the  promoters  of  the 
scheme lack.  They  lack the shrewdness 
and ability necessary to make  them  suc­
cessful boodlers.  They know  when they 
see a good thing but  there  their  knowl­
edge  ends.

INEX C U SA BLE  IGNORANCE.

An evening paper in this  city,  in  dis­
cussing the  “currency  question”  in  its 
relation  to  wages, stated that the rate of 
wages  depended  upon  the  amount  of 
money in circulation.  At least such is a 
fair inference  from  its  argument.  The 
paper  referred  to  is  probably  not  to 
blame for what it does not  know,  but  it 
should m&ke some attempt to disguise its 
ignorance.  The amount of money in cir- 
•ulation  is  governed  directly  and  posi­
tively by the commercial  and  industrial 
needs of  the  country.  When  times  are 
good and labor fully employed money cir­
culates  freely;  when  commerce 
lan­
guishes and labor is unemployed, the cir- 
culation  is  curtailed  accordingly. 
In a 
country like the United  States,  with  its 
diversified manufactures  and  constantly 
increasing commerce  (both  the  product 
of an ever  broadening  civilization),  the 
amount of money  in  circulation  will,  of 
necessity,  be  large  and  constantly  in­
creasing; but it will be no  larger  than  is 
demanded by the  needs  of  the  country. 
Any arbitrary increase of per  capita  cir­
culation would derange  the  entire  busi­
ness  interests  of  the  country;  cheapen 
labor and raise  the  price  of  everything 
manufactured and produced in this coun­
try.  At least tt  would have this effect if 
it were possible  to  put  more  money  in 
circulation than the demands of  business 
required; but such a thing  is  impossible 
unless the Government  gave  the  money 
direct to the people,  which it is not likely 
to  do.  An  increased demand,  resulting 
in  an  enhanced  labor  market, enlarged I 
purchasing power,  reacting in turn upon 
manufactures  and  commerce—thus  and 
thus  only  can  the  amount  of money in 
circulation be  increased.  To the man in 
enforcod  idleness,  as  well  as  to  the j 
tramp, the “per  capita  circulation”  is  a 
meaningless 
there  were  a 
thousand dollars per head  in  circulation 
the idle man would not get a dollar  of  it 
—he must work or go with empty pockets. 
Suppose  the  Government  were  to  give 
every  idle man in  the  country  fifty  dol­
lars;  bow  long  would  the  amount  thus 
given  out  remain  in  circulation ?  No 
longer than it would  take it to reach  the 
banks when it would be withdrawn  from 
circulation,  and  so  on  as  long  as  the 
Government continued its  donations. 
It 
would  not  be  arbitrarily  withdrawn— 
there  would  be  absolutely  nothing  for 
the money thus injected into the  circula­
tion to do.

term. 

If 

The low wages  paid  Chinese  soldiers 
and the small amount of  per  capita  cir­
culation  in China are hitched together in 
the  article  referred  to  and  a  point  is 
scored.  The conclusion reached  is  that, 
because wages are low and the amount of
money in  circulation  is  small,  therefore 
the  rate  of  wages  depends  upon  the 
amount  of  money  in  circulation.  Ap­
parently  the  facts  that  China  has  no 
manufactures to speak  of,  and-produces 
little beyond what will  supply  the  bare 
necessaries of life,  and  that  civilization 
has  made  little  or  no  impression  upon 
the people of that country,  are not  taken 
into  account.  Another  fact  has  been 
overlooked: 
If the expenses  of  the  Im­
perial household and the so-called  nobil­
ity were reduced  to the level of  those  of 
the common people, it would  reduce  the 
amount  of  money  in  circulation  fully 
one-half,  but  the  reduction  would  not 
affect wages in  the  least.  There  would 
be a vast  amount  of  unnecessary  mouey 
withdrawn from circulation,  that  is  all.

QUALITY - UNIFORMITY - PRIBK

SEARS

CRACKERS

and

CAKES

Have yoif triedJoiJr new goods?

/ Currant Drop  Cakes. 

Imperials,
Cream Jumhl« s, 
Cream  Drops, 
Cornhills,
.Nonpareil Jumbles.

b a r r e l  
o rd e r, 
s p le n d id  
to
s u r e  

a r e  
a n d  

A d d   a  b o x   o r  
to  y o u r   n e x t 
T h e y  
se lle rs 
p lease.
New 

York Biscuit Co.,

S .  A .  S E A R S ,  Manager,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

A n  Im probable  D ram a.

The  Retailer’s  Wife—There  is  one 
character in your play that is  simply ab­
surd.

The Author—Which one?
The Retailer’s Wife—The  old  servant 
who has  been  with  the  family  twenty 
years.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

‘•CRESCENT,” 

“WHITE ROSE," 

“ROYAL,.”

These  brands  are Standard  and^have a National reputation. 

Correspondence solicited.

VOIGT  MILLING  GO.,  Grand  Rapids,  Misti.

IO

l'JnUEU  AÍ1C H IG A Tsl  T R A D E SM A N

it was set forth  to  the  men  of  Shechem 
by a parable in  which the  olive,  the  fig 
tree and the  vine  successively  declined 
to  reign  over  the  trees  because  they 
would not abandon their business of  pro­
ducing oil,  figs and wine, but allowed the 
bramble to  become  king,  out  of  whom 
fire proceeded  and  devoured  the  cedars 
of Lebanon.  The parable  has  lost  none 
of  its  instructiveness  by  the  lapse  of 
time.  Our  modern  human  olive  trees, 
fig trees and grapevines are  as  reluctant 
as  those  of  antiquity  to  give  up  their 
business of money-getting for the less re­
munerative service of  the public; and  if, 
as they say  it  has,  the  government  has 
fallen into the hands of men of the bram­
ble  character, 
themselves  are  to 
blame for it.

they 

It is a truism so  threadbare  as  nearly 
to have lost  its force,  that no radical  im­
provement  in  the rulers of a community 
is possible except so  far  as  the  commu­
nity itself improves, or,  as it is sometimes 
expressed,  people  always  get  as good 
government as they deserve to have.  So 
long,  as at present,  as the great majority 
of our citizens  persist  in  regarding  the 
accumulation of wealth as  the  most  de 
sirable  object  of  their  exertions,  and 
abandon public office to the small  minor 
ity  whom 
they  stigmatize  as  “poli 
ticians,”  so  long  must they  expect  that 
these men,  too,  will  seek  to  make  their 
fortunes  in  the  line  of  business which 
they  have  adopted. 
If  our  bankers 
manufacturers,  railroad  managers,  mer 
chants and professional men are so  much 
more honest and capable  than  the  poli­
ticians are,  they can  easily  demonstrate 
the fact by taking the task  of  governing 
into  their  own  hands  and  exhibiting 
their superiority in  a  practical  manner.
To be sure,  it  may  be  said  in  excuse 
for this condition of  things  that  the  de­
sire  of  greater  material  prosperity and 
not  political  ambition  brought  to  this 
country  its  first  settlers  and  has  since 
added to them millions of later emigrants 
yearly,  all animated by the same  motive. 
From the very  beginning,  therefore,  the 
pursuit of wealth assumed the chief place 
in our esteem,  and still  retains  it.  The 
hundreds of thousands,  if  not  millions, 
of our population who have come hither, 
year  after  year,  as  to  a  mining camp, '• 
merely to accumulate  fortunes  more  o r!

POLITICS  A ND  MONEY  GETTING.
The course  of  the  markets  continues 
to demonstrate what I have several times 
pointed out,  that  unemployed  capital  is 
both limited in amount and held  by  peo­
ple too cautious to  invest  it  in  any  but 
the  safest  kind  of  securities.  The de­
posits piled up in our banks  are,  indeed, 
large in comparison  with those of  two or 
three years ago,  but  they  are  not  large 
enough to drive their  owners  into  gam­
bling  with  them.  Otherwise  it  would 
have been impossible  to  depress  Sugar, 
Whisky,  Cordage,  Chicago  Gas  and 
stocks of that class  so fast and so  far as 
they  have  been  depressed  during  the 
past  three  weeks. 
Somebody  with 
money  would  have  come  forward  long 
ago to buy them and  hold  them  for  the 
sake of the dividends they  are  now  pay­
ing or are likely to pay in the future.

A  trait of human nature which it is un­
safe to  disregard  is  that  men  buy  and 
sell  and  do  business  for  the  sake  of 
profit  and  not  for  glory. 
If  a venture 
does  not  promise  them a  pecuniary  re­
ward they will not embark in it,  and still 
less easily will they be enticed  into  it  if 
It threatens a loss.  That  is  what causes 
the present  stagnation.  With  so  many 
unsuccessful and even  disastrous  enter­
prises in  sight  in  every  direction  it  is 
not  possible  to  get  up  enthusiasm  for 
new ones which  are  liable  to  the  same 
fate.  While the necessities of  daily  life 
compel enough activity to give every one 
reasonable employment,  if he will accept 
it,  there  is  none  of  that wild,  feverish 
effort to win great  fortunes  which  char­
acterize  what  are called good  times. 
If 
we  were  wise  we  should  be  contented 
with  earning  a  modest  living  and  no 
more,  but,  as we see continually,  we can­
not let well enough  alone.

The extent to  which  this  craving  for 
wealth beyond actual  daily  needs  domi­
nates  the  human  heart  has  been  made 
very conspicuous by recent  events in the 
political  world. 
In  all  the  large  cities, 
for instance, every man of property com­
plains of  municipal  waste  and  misgov- 
ernment,  and  at  frequent  intervals  an 
uprising  takes  place  which  apparently 
promises reform.  Now,  reform,  without 
suitable  instruments  to  effect  it,  is,  as 
every  one  can  see, 
impossible.  The 
officials  denounced  as  corrupt  and  in­
efficient must be replaced  by others more 
honest and more capable, or nothing will 
be  gained.  Mere  exposure,  however 
startling,  and  mere  denunciation,  how­
ever  strongly  worded,  avail  nothing. 
They are only talk, and, like talk, evapo­
rate  into  thin  air, leaving  no  trace  be­
hind them.  They  must  be supported by 
practical measures,  and  measures cannot 
be enforced  without  men.  Yet when  we 
look  around  for  the  requisite  men  we 
find,  to  our  dismay,  that  citizen  after 
citizen  who we have  reason to  believe  is 
competent for  the  task  which  we  wish 
him to undertake  declines  to  undertake 
it.  He pleads the pressure of his private
business,  his  unfamiliarity  with 
the 
duties he is asked  to  assume,  ill  health, 
and similar excuses,  all of  which,  when 
sifted out,  result in  this,  that  he  prefers 
the pursuit of  money  to  the  service  of 
his fellow citizens.  Not  that  he  is  any 
worse in this respect than those  who  ap­
ply to him, or,  indeed,  than thousands of 
others  like  him,  in  all  ages  and in all 
countries.  So  far  back  as  the  days  of 
the  Hebrew  judges  this  propensity  of | 
eminent  citizens  to  shirk  public  office I 
and cast H upon  those who are  unfit  for j

Patronize 
Home 
Industry

We  Sell  the 

Celebrated 
Cleaned 
Greek 
Currants

and

Genuine 
Imported 
Sultana 
Raisins.
Try  item  and  you  mil  w e   No oilier.

|S r  For Quotations See Price Current.

GRAND  RAPIDS  FRUIT  CLEANING  CO.

PREPARED  ONLY  BY

For  sale  by-Hawkins  &  Co.,  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer 

Co., I.  M.  Clark  Grocery  Co.  and  Musselman  Grocer  Co.

We  Can  Recommend  Them  as  the  Best  and  Cleanest  in  the

Market

For

SOCIETIES,
CLUBS,
CONVENTIONS
DELEGATES,
COMMITTEES.

The Larg.st  Assortment of  Ribbons 
and Trimmings in the State.

t r a d e s m a n   c o m p a n y .

r p H K Y  

Û È  S J i Y

It s  as  good  a s   Sapolio*’  w h e n   t h e y   t r y  
to  sell  y o u  
th e ir   e x p e r im e n ts .  Y o u r  
o w n   g o o d   se n se   w ill  tell  y o u   t h a t   th e y
a r e   o n l y   t r y i n g   to  get  y o u   to  a id  
t h e ir  
n e w   article.

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

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

less  great,  and  then  to  go  back where 
they came from  and  enjoy  them,  are  of 
the same disposition. 
In  relieving  our­
selves  of  the  traditions  of  monarchies 
and  aristocracies  we  also  lost  the  re­
straint  upon  an  exclusive  devotion 
to 
trade which those traditions  would  have 
exercised,  and  which,  though  unreason­
able when carried to excess,  would  have 
been 
service 
to ns.

in  moderation  of  great 

it  may 

Then,  too, 

rightly  be  said 
that  unwillingness  to  undertake  legis­
lative and  executive  functions  is  quite 
as fairly attributable to  modest  self-dis­
trust as to a  less  worthy  sentiment.  A 
belief  in  his  own  competence  for  the 
task is as needful  for  a  man  in  public 
office as it is for  a  general  in  command 
of an  army,  and  the  absence  of  it  is  a 
serious disqualification. 
It does  not fol­
low, either,  that because a man  has  suc­
cessfully managed a bank,  a  railroad,  or 
a great financial or manufacturing enter­
prise he will  have  equal  success  in  di­
recting municipal,  state and  national  af­
fairs. 
therefore, 
that after all we are served by men really 
more fit for the work  than those we wish 
to substitute for them,  and  that we shall 
not be able to get better ones  until  they 
are brought into  existence  by  the  slow 
process  of  national  evolution.  This, 
however,  is a humiliating  confession  to 
make,  and  substantially admits our pres­
ent national  inferiority.

It  is  quite  possible, 

On 

the  other  hand,  notwithstanding 
the almost universal complaint of the in- 
competency and dishonesty of our politi­
cal rulers,  and of  our  inability to secure 
a better service in this respect,  a  consid­
erable number of our citizens would fain 
the
commit 

to  Government  coi trol 

Conceding even that  it  were  possible 
for the nation to secure for  the  manage­
ment of these  masses  of  invested  prop­
erty men as able and as upright as  those j 
who now have  charge  of  them,  the  re­
sults could not be better  than  they  now 
are, and,  if the common estimate  of  our 
public servants be anything like  correct, 
they  would  be  worse.  Nothing  would 
be saved in expense and,  in  the  absence 
of competition, improvements in methods 
would  be slow.  The struggle for  higher 
wages would not cease,  nor would strikes 
be certainly averted.  That some  day  in 
the future human  nature  will  have  ad­
vanced to a point in  which  men  enough 
of probity and ability  will  be  found  to 
conduct as Government officials the great 
industrial  enterprises  now 
in  private 
hauds, and 
to  conduct  them  more  effi­
ciently,  is possible,  but  that  day  is still 
far off.

Before  it  comes,  however,  public 
opinion as to the relative  merits  of  pol­
itics  and  of  money  getting  as  occupa­
tions in  life will have to  undergo  a  rad­
ical  change,  and  politics, 
instead  of 
money getting, must take the  first  place 
It is too  much  to ex­
in general esteem. 

T H E   JMlCJbilCar^iN 1 H A   i > ± L . t e » A i .
further task of managing our telegraphs, 
railroads,  mines  and  other  great 
in­
dustries.  Seeing  and  hearing  daily  of 
the corruption  both of Congress,  of  state 
legislatures,  and  of  municipal  common 
councils,  they  would entrust these bodies 
with the legislative  regulation  of  busi­
ness enterprises,  and,  while  accusing all 
sorts of executive and  judicial function­
aries  of  venal  partiality, 
they  would 
create an army of just such functionaries 
to  direct  the  employment  of  the  vast 
masses of  wealth embodied  in  works  of 
general utility.

same 

the 

pect that a disinterested  desire  to  serve 
one’s fellow citizens  will  be  the  means 
of overcoming the  present  eagerness  to 
accumulate  riches,  but  the  rewards  of 
successful  political  ambition  may  gain 
greater value in the eyes of our ablest men 
than they  now  possess,  and  thus  prac­
tically  accomplish 
result. 
Seeking  personal  distinction  in  public 
office may involve as  much selfishness as 
acquiring a great fortune,  but if  the  de­
sire for such  distinction  secures  to  the 
community services of  which  it  is  now 
deprived,  the source of  the  benefit  need 
not  be  too  closely  scrutinized.  Eager­
ness for great riches inspires  men to un­
dertake enterprises by  which  the  whole 
world profits,  and  whether  it  is  purely 
benevolent in its aims or  proceeds  from 
sordid avarice is of no  moment except  to 
the  individual  whom  it  actuates.  But 
unless we become  willing  to  honor  the 
politician  as  we  now  honor 
the  mil­
lionaire,  and cease to  regard  his  calling 
as odious as  well  as  onerous,  we  must 
expect that it will be monopolized by men 
who seek their compensation  from other 
than legitimate  sources.

Ma tth ew   Ma k sh a li„

Slang of the  Telegragh  Office.

A  well-known  business  man  of  this 
city  “rung  up”  a  telegraph  office  the 
other  day.  The  messenger  boy  came 
after time,  as  messenger boys  do  some­
times,  and the  gentleman  asked  him  if 
he was the only boy in the office.

11
“Oh,  1  see;  they  get  extra  for  going 
out into  the  suburbs.  Why  didn’t  you 
go out,  too?”

“ I’ve been  moved  up  one;  I’m  a  sofa 
j now.  I don’t do  no deliverin’  no  more.”
"You’re a sofa!  What  in  Gehenna’s  a 

sofa?”

“ Well,  you see,  I  have  to sit  and  wait 

for calls. 

It’s a soft snap,  I  tell you.”

Thus is  our  glorious  mother  tongue 
being constantly  enriched  by  the  addi­
tion of new  words and phrases.

H e B u y s  “ B rotherly” C igars.

1 he  Chicago  Herald  publishes a good 
story on a prominent  ecclesiastic  of that 
city,  and prints  with  it a picture that  all 
Chicago Episcopalians will  recognize at a 
glance.  A  man in clerical  garb,  it  says, 
dropped into a cigar  store,  where  a  re­
porter happened to be,  and  bought,  after 
inspecting  the  stock, 
three  boxes  of 
cigars.  Two of them were of  very excel­
lent quality,  indeed,  one  mild  and  one 
strong,  and  the third was  very cheap and 
inferior.  After he  was gone,  the  dealer
said  to the reporter,  "That’s bishop-----,
o f -----church.  He thinks  that  1  don’t
know  what  he is  up  to,  but  I happen  to 
have  a  friend  who  knows  a  good  deal 
about the affairs of his home life, and has 
told me about  him  and his  cigars.  Now 
he  bought  three  brands here.  One was 
very light,  the  second  very  heavy,  and 
the third is a cigar that you or I wouldn’t 
buy  unless we had to. 
I am told that the 
bishop calls them his  ‘before,’  ‘after’ and 
‘brotherly.’  The first he smokes just be­
fore he goes  at  his  ecclesiastical  work, 
whatever it  may be;  the  second he  puffs 
leisurely after his  work is  over,  and  the 
third  he gives to  the visiting  clergy who 
like to smoke.

“Naw; but  th’  other  fellers are scalers 

to-day.”

“Are scalers!  What’s a scaler?”
“ Why,  they gone out into the sooburbs 

with messages  where they get scale.”

Some Defect in the Dog.

Hayes—-I  wonder why  Brown  sold  the 
watchdog  he  used  to  blow  about  so 
much.
Jackson—A tramp stole  the  chain  the 
dog  was tied  to.

KING

o f

THEM
ALL

Be  Sure  and  Get  Them.

Sold  by  all

liolesalo  Giocers  and
T H E   P U T N A M   C A N D Y   CO.

Grand  Kayids 

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

th e   b est  tra d e   is  a  p e rp le x in g   p ro b le m   to   so m e   p eo p le,  b u t  its  so lu ­
tio n   is  sim ple.

F irst.  Make  the  best  goods'  possible;  not  once  in  a  while,  but 

always.

S e c o n d .  L e t  th e   p eo p le  know   o f  it,  e a rly   a n d   o fte n .
T hird.  D on’t  neglect  details.
A tte n tio n   to   th e s e   p rin c ip le s  h a s  p la c e d   th e

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ITEMIZED
LEDGERS

CHICA GO

Sept. 23,1894.
AND  WKSf  MICHIGAN  R'Y.
GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d Rapids............ 7:25am  1:25pm *11:30pm
Size  8  1-2x14—T h ree  C o lu m n s.
Ar. Chicago.................1:25pm  6:50pm  *6:45am
2 Quires,  160  pages  .................................... 82 00
....................................™  Lv.  Chicago.................... t>:15am  5:00pm  *11:45pm
3 
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......... ... ^   Ar. G’d Rap i d s 3:05pm  10:25pm  *6:25am
............... 
4 
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5 
Lv. Grand  Rapids.......   7:25am  1:25pm  5:30pm
6 
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| Ar. Grand R.  9:15am  3 :05pm

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RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

TO  AND  FROM   M USKEGON.

INVOICE  RECORD  OR  B IL L  BOOK.

80 Doable Pages, Registers 2,880  Invoices.
TRADESMAN  COMPANY, 

TR A V ER SE C IT Y .  C H A R LEV O IX   AND  FE T O S K E T .

7:30am  3:15pm
82 00  Lv. Grand  Rapids .. 
Ar.  Manistee...........  12:20pm  8:15pm
Ar. Traverse City__ 
1:00pm  8:Vipm
Ar. Charlevoix.......  
3:15pm  11:10pm
I Ar.  Petoskey 
3:,5pm 11:40pm

Grand  Rapids, 

.

  Mich.

Trains arrive from  north at l:f0 pm and *10:00 

Agents,
.

.

IQ

THE  ABT  OF  B U SIN ESS.

M odern  M ethods  a n   E ssen tial  R equi­

The  situation 

site.
to  me  appears  to  be 
about  as  follows:  Boys  bave  been  ap­
prenticed  to  learn  trades.  They  have 
become carpenters,  blacksmiths,  machin­
ists,  weavers,  and so on,  because  it  was 
necessary for a boy to learn a trade.  The 
art or  trade  of  business,  however,  has 
had  but  secondary  recognition.  The 
brightest boys have been selected  for the 
professions,  and  certain  other  portions 
of selection among the boys of the period 
have  been  made  for  the  trades.  What 
were left were  considered  good  enough 
for  business.  Of  late  years  business 
schools have come  into  existence.  Boys 
are given the opportunity to  acquire  the 
art  of  book-keeping;  they  are  taught 
stenography, they pretend to  be  trained 
as correspondents,  but, after all,  the  art 
of business,  independent of the tools and 
methods of business, does not  receive at­
tention.

To my notion,  the art of business man­
agement  is  progressive.  Nothing  short 
of constant study  will serve to  keep  one 
abreast of it.  A man  may  have  natural 
ability as a business  manager,  but  it  is 
of no more use  to  him,  relatively,  than 
natural mechanical ability is to  the  boy 
or man  who becomes a carpenter.  What­
ever the natural ability,  the  training  is 
essential  to  make  it  serviceable  in the 
highest  degree.  Business  management 
is an art which may be acquired,  in part, 
in fact, 
by the study of good examples, 
that  is  about  the  only  way 
in  which 
the  art  of  business  management  may 
be 
time. 
A  boy may  be put into  an  office  to  per­
form  some  class  of  work,  and  in  due 
course of promotion he becomes the head 
of  the  department. 
If  he  has  natural 
ability as a manager he succeeds in  hold­
ing his place.  He may  be advanced to  a 
more important position, and, ultimately, 
be may  be at the  bead  of  the  establish­
ment.  Without  natural ability,  without 
the  training  of  practice,  he  would,  of 
course,  be  compelled  to  stay  in a lower 
position.

acquired  at 

the  present 

successfully with out-of-date desks,  with 
old fogy  book-keepers,  with  played  out 
systems of office routine,  without  all  the 
improvements which  inventive ingenuity 
has brought forward in office work.

Old fogy methods in the counting  room 
and antiquated  office  equipment  are  as 
unsuited to modern  business  as  obsolete 
machinery  in  the  factory.  There  is 
progress everywhere,  and it seems to  me 
more progress almost everywhere than in 
the office.  There are notable exceptions, 
of course,  but according to  my  observa­
tion many offices  are  held  back  on  the 
plane  of  the  past,  forgetting  that they 
should be up even  with the plane  of  the 
present.  Compare  the  stage  coach  of 
100 years ago with the  lightning  express 
of to-day.  Contrast a  tallow dip with the 
electric  light.  Consider  for  a  moment 
the spinning wheel of  our  grandmothers 
alongside of the machinery of the modern 
mill.  Compare the  slow  handicrafts  of 
the Colonial Period and  the  manufactur­
ing industries of the present day.  All of 
these examples show how  much  advance 
over  old  methods  has  been  made,  and 
how  much  is  necessary  to  improve  in 
office work and  office  facilities  to  keep J 
up with  progress.

The principles of accounting  are  eter­
nal,  but the variations  in  their  applica­
tion  are innumerable.  There is possibly 
as much  improvement  in  accounting  as 
in  mechanical appliances.  There is need 
for adaptation to ends in  view as much as 
there is need of appliances  in  the  office 
in  keeping with the progress of  the  day. 
lose 
Old  systems  in  modern  business 
money. 
to  adapt  the 
system to the requirements of  the  hour. 
Successful  business  concerns  employ 
methods in  keeping with the  times,  and 
those  who  are  unsuccessful  are  very 
frequently  found  adhering  to  old  worn- 
out  and  superceded  methods.  As  well 
manufacture  by  hand 
in  competition 
with  modern machinery as to run an office 
in the old  way  in  competition  with  ac­
counting plans up to date.  J.  M.  Fox.

It  is  necessary 

Established  1868

H  M.  Reynolds  &  Son.
Building Papers,

Carpet  Linings,

Asbestos Sheathing.

Asphalt  Ready  Roofing,

Asphalt Roof Paints,

Resin, Coal Tar.

Roofing and Paving Pitch,

Tarred Felt, Mineral Wool.

Elastic  Roofing Cement. 

Car, Bridge and Roof Paints.  Oils.

P r a c tic a l  R o o fe rs

and 

G ravel.
In  F ell,  Com positioH  
Cor. Louis and Campan Sts., Grand  Rapids

S.  C.  W.
T h e   L e a d in g   N iekle  C ig a r 

M a d e  in th is M ark e t.

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 $38  per  1,000

By|tbe  Manufacturer.

6.  J.  Johnson, 347 South Division St. 

Qrand  Rapids, 

nich.

Telephone  1205.

pm.

PA R L O R   AND  S L E E PIN G   CARS.

Parlor  cars  leave  for  Chicago  1:25pm.  For 
north  3:15pm.  Arrives  from  Chicago  10:35pm. 
From north 1 :pm.  Sleeping cars leave  for  Chi­
cago 11:30pm.  Arrive from Chicago 6:25.
•Every day.  Others week days  only.
DETROIT,

Sept.  23,  1894
LANSING  St  NORTHERN R. R.
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv. Grand Rapids.......   7:00am  1:20pm  5:55pm
Ar. Detroit..................11:40am  5:30pm  10:40pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv.  Detroit..................  7:40am  1:10pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand Rapids....... 12:40pm  5:15pm  10:45pm
Lv. GR 7:40am 4:45pm  Ar. GR.12:35pm 10:55pm

TO AND  FROM   SA GINAW ,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LO U IS.

TO  AND  FfiO M   LO W ELL.

Lv. Grand Rapids.......... 7:00am  1:20pm 5:55pm
Ar.from Lowell..............12:40pm 5:15pm  ..........

THROUGH CAR  SERVICE.

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

Trains  week days only.

w a u k e e  Railway.
EA STW ARD.

GEO. DeHAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r Ag’t.
D etroit,  g r a n d  h a v e n  st  Mi l ­
Trains Leave
G’d  Rapids,  Lv
Ionia...........Ar
St. Johns  ...Ar
Owoss3....... Ar
E. Saginaw  Ar
Bay City......Ar
F lin t...........Ar
Pt.  Huron...Ar
Pontiac....... Ar
Detroit.........Ar S

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For  Grand Haven  and Intermediate
Points....................................  ...... *7:00 a. m.
For Grand Haven and  Muskegon...... tl :C0 p. m.
“ 
Chicago...... +4:55 p." m
For  Grand  Haven  and  Milwaukee,+10:05 p. m. 
tDaily except  Snnday. 
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 .,3:16p.m. and  10:50  p.  m.
Eastward—No. 14  has  Wagner  Paricr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Parlor Car.  No. 82 Wagner Sleeper.
Westward — No. 11 Parlor Car.  No. 15 Wagner 
Parlor Bnffet car.  No. 81 Wagner Sleeper.

*Daily.

•Ia s .  C a m p b e l l . City T'cket Agent.

Q rand  R apid s  A Indian a.

"CHAINS  GOING  NORTH,

Leave going- 
North
For Traverse City, Petoskey  and Saginaw...  7  «0a  m
For Traverse City and  Mackinaw..... ..........1 -is n" m '
For Cadillac and Saginaw................... 
4-46 n  m*
For  Mackinaw.................................................i'iolsB p  m.
TRAINS  GOING  SOUTH.
Leave going

For  Cincinnati.......................................................
2-iiin 'm
For  Kalamazoo and  Chicago.............. 
For  Fort Wayne and  the  Kast............... ..........°  i5n   m*
For Cincinnati.............................................. !! ’. 
»  m
For  Kalamazoo and Chicago...................  * .*11:40  p. m

Chicago via G.  R. & I.  R. R.

" Vu*  2:09 p ™  9:00P*« 

Lv Grand Rapids............6:50 am   8:15 pm   *1140 d m
7:10 am
8.15 p  m  train  has through  Wagner  Buffet  Parlor 

uar and coach.
andCoach  trBl“ dally-  throu&h w »freer Sleeping Car
Lv  Chicago 
3:30pm   U-SOnm
Arr Grand Rapids 
9:15 p m  
7:30am
ii3™0„ P  nL i‘.a8Jti.ron?h  ’Vagner  Bnffet  Parlor  Car. 
11:30 pm   train daily, thro ngh  Wagner  Sleeping  Oar.

For Muskegon -Leave. 

Muskegon, Grand Rapids * Indiana.
a ,ae —
7 tlO a m 
8:26 am
1:00pm 
15 p I 
pm
10 p m
O.L. LOCKWOOD*

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General  Passenger and  Ticket  Agent.

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TRADESMAN  CO., 

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Profit  In  B ee t  S u gar.

Prom the San Francisco Examiner*
Bichard  Gird,  the  owner  of the Chino 
rancho,  San  Bernardino  county,  and 
principal  owner  of  the  enormous  beet- 
sugar  factory  at  Chico,  is  at  the  Occi­
dental.  He  says  beet  sugar  making  is 
a  great  success.  About  $300.000  worth 
of  improved  machinery,  including  the 
Steffens  process  of  extracting  sugar 
from 
the  beet  molasses,  has  recently 
been  put  in,  making  the  plant  cost 
fully  $1,000,000.
There  are.  Mr.  Gird  says,  4,000  acres 
of  beets  on  the  Chino  ranch,  and  2,000 
in  the  vicinity.  The  crop, will 
n iQ re  
amount  to  about  55,000  or  60,000  tons.
It  would  have  reached  100.000  but  for 
the  dry  weather.  He  says 
is 
j money 
in  beet  growing.  The  gross 
I value  per  acre  of  the  beet  land  is  from 
j $80  to  $90,  and  the  net  profit  from  $30,
| to  $40  an  acre.  Last  year  he  got  174,- 
j 000  pounds  of  beet  seed  from  abroad,
| mostly  from  France.  This  cost  $20,000.
“There  is  enough  good  beet  land  in 
I 
California,  from  San  Francisco  south, 
to  supply  sugar  for  the  whole  world,” 
said  Mr.  Gird. 
“The  consumption  is 
increasing 
fast.  Two  years  ago  we 
used  on  this  coast  90,000  tons  of  sugar. 
We  are  now  using  seventy  pounds  to 
each  person  oa  the  Pacific  coast.”

So much about  business  management, 
which,  if I mistake,  not,  coincides  with 
tiie general  policy of our  favorite  paper. 
Let  me  say  something  now about  busi­
ness facilities.  According to my  way of 
thinking, good business facilities  are  re­
quired in modern offices quite  as much as 
improved  machinery  in  factories.  The 
day  has gone by  when business men stop 
long  to debate the expediency of  putting 
in  the  very  best  mechanical  facilities 
which  money can  buy  in  their  factories 
and  workshops.  The  latest 
improved 
machinery,  labor  saving  methods,  and 
the highest  grade  of  mechanical  talent 
are absolute necessities in order  to  keep 
abreast of competition.  All  that  is nec­
essary  to-day  for an inventor or machine 
builder  to  sell  a  manufacturer  a  new 
equipment is to show him  that it  is  bet­
ter than anything that  has  preceded  it. 
The order follows as a matter  of  course. 
Now,  I  think the same principle ought to 
prevail  in  offices.  There  are  improved 
ways of doing office work as  well  as  im­
Chicago,  it  is  said,  has  twenty-nine 
proved  operations 
in  manufacturing 
men  worth  over  $3,000,000,  forty-one 
goods.  There are superior  facilities  for 
worth  about  $2,000,000,  and  137  plain 
use  in  offices  as  well  as  improved 
millionaires. 
It  has  some  30,000  resi­
dents who  will bave  to  pay  the  income
machinery for use in  factories.  As well
attempt to do business  successfully  with  fax: 
C°1
lected,  will  amount to some  $2,000,000  a
 
worn-oat  machinery,  with  out-of-date1
I year.
mechanical  appliances,  with  old  fogy j 
workmen,  as to attempt to  run  an  office !

Use Tradesman Coupon Boohs.

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STATE  AGENTS  FOR

The  Lycoming  Rubber Company, 
keep constantly on  hand  a 
full  and  complete  line  of 
these goods made from the 
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of any  rubber  iu  the  mar­
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Boots  and  Shoes  is  com­
plete  in  every  particular, 
also Felt Boots,  Sox,  etc.
Thanking you for past favors  we  now 
await your further  orders.  Hoping  you 
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when  our  representative  calls  on  you, 
we are  REEDER BROS’. SHOE CO.
M ic h ig a n  C e n t r a l

“ The N iagara F a lls R oute.”

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(Taking effect  Sunday,  May 27,1894.) 

•Dally.  All others daily, except Sunday.

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20 p m..........Detroit  Express............700am!
5 30am ......«Atlanticand Pacific.......11  20pm I
1  50 p m........ New York Express.........  6 00 p m 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  I 
turning, leave Detroit 4:35 pm, arriving at Grand 
Rapids 10:20 p m.
Direct  communication  made  at  Detroit  with 
all through  trains erst  over  the  Michigan Cen 
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
A. A l m <{u i s t , Ticket Agent,
Union PasRengerStation.

CARTAGE  ABANDONED.

A b rogation   o f  th e   C hicago  R ules 

P ractice.

The following article  was put  in  ty_ 
for last week’s  paper, but its publication 
was postponed at the  earnest solicitation 
of local wholesale  grocers,  in hopes  that 
the  situation  would render such  an  an 
nouncement necessary:

in 

result 

This  will 

It is by no means improbable  that  the 
present agreements  between  the  Michi­
gan Wholesale Grocers’  Association  and 
a  dozen  or  more  similar  organization: 
will  be abrogated Oct. 8.  due  to  the  ac 
tion  of  a  number  of  Chicago houses in 
seceding  from  the State  organization  of 
Illinois. 
the 
abandonment of  the  so-called  Rules  of 
Practice,  providing  for  the  charging  of 
cartage and the payment  of  bills  direct 
to the house,  after which time the  whole­
sale  grocery  trade  of  this State will go 
back  to  the  modified  equality  plan  in 
force in Michigan prior  to  the  adoption 
of full equality and the Rules of  Practice. 
Extraordinary  effort  is  being  made  to 
prevent any change in existing conditions 
but it appears to be conceded on all sides 
that the case is a hopeless  one  and  that 
an upheaval is imminent.

So  far  as  the  price  of  sugar  is con 
cerned, Michigan jobbers will  undertake 
to  observe 
equality,  while  Chicago 
abandons  equality altogether and reverts 
to the cut-throat policy in vogue  prior to 
last  May.  Retailers  now  have  another 
opportunity 
is  most 
to  judge  which 
friendly 
to 
them—Chicago,  with  her 
treacherous methods and  varying  prices 
(dependent  altogether  on  the  informa­
tion and credit of the buyer) or Michigan 
jobbers,  with  uniform  prices,  which 
enable the smallest dealer in the  land  to 
buy sugar to  as  good  advantage  as  his 
largest competitor,  who could  crowd  the 
small dealers to the wall if given the  ad­
vantage  of  Chicago  methods. 
T h e  
T r a d e s m a n   is confident that the  verdict 
will be a  knock-out  for  Chicago, as  the 
retail  trade,  as  a  class, is  decidedly  in 
favor of  equality  and  will  be  strongly 
inclined  to  resent  the  machinations  of 
Chicago in  forcing cartage  on  the  coun 
try and,  failing to make  a  success  of  it, 
in resorting to unrestricted competition in 
the  great  staple, culminating  in  under 
handed and  knifing  methods  along  the 
entire line.

the 

retail 

T h e   T r a d e s m a n   is  confident  that  it 
voices the nearly unanimous sentiment of 
the retail  grocery  trade  when  it  states 
that anything which  jeopardizes the per 
petuity .of  the  equality  plan  will  be  a 
source of genuine regret,  as the adoption 
of equality methods in the sale  of  sugar 
has  worked  advantageously to the retail 
trade by placing  all dealers  on the  same 
basis,  as buyers,  and enabling them, with 
little effort, to  maintain  uniform  prices 
and secure a reasonable profit at all times 
and  under  all  circumstances.  While 
somewhat strenuous objections have been 
raised to the  cartage  and  collection  fea 
tures of the agreement in some  localities, 
a  large  majority  of  the  trade have evi­
dently acted on the  assumption  that  the 
advantages  of  equality  largely  overbal 
anced  any  apparent  disadvantages  ac- 
Ci ULDg,t0 the dealer through  the position 
ot  the jobbing trade on these points.
A peculiarity of  the  situation  is  that 
the  cartage  and  collection  features  so 
trade,  were 
obnoxious  to 
foisted  on  the  country  by  the  Chicago 
jobbers,  who  refused  to  adopt  equality 
unless  their  Rules  of  Practice  were 
adopted by the jobbers at  other  markets 
at the  same  time;  yet  the  Chicago  job- 
bers now show  their lack of  sincerity  to
the agreement they compelled  the  coun­
try  to  swallow by treachery of the  most 
reprehensible  sort;  in  fact,  it  is  now 
thought that the equivocal position taken 
by some of the Chicago  jobbers  in  com- 
pelling their competitors to adopt cartage 
while  they  played  false  to  their  own 
agreement is due to concert  of action  on 
the  part  of  Hoyt and  others to advance 
their own interests at the expense of job­
bers  elsewhere.  Treachery  has  never 
been considered  an  admirable  attribute 
for  business  men  to  cultivate,  and Chi­
cago wholesale grocers  will  find,  in  the 
long  run,  that  duplicity  in  this matter 
will  not  result  in  their  achieving  any 
substantial advantage.
It naturally  affords  T h e   T r a d e s m a n  
much pleasure  to be the  first  journal  in 
the country to  announce the abolition  of 
cartage.  The charge was  never  a  pop­
ular one with Michigan merchants—either 
wholesale or retail—but,having been  in­
veigled  into  the trap by Chicago,  Michi­
gan jobbers,  with  few  exceptions,  lived 
up  to  the terms of the agreement in man 
fashion,  thus establishing for themselves 
enviable reputations  as  men  of  fidelity 
and honor.

There is little to be  said in  addition to 
what  was  written  a  week  ago.  The 
Rules  of  Practice  foisted  on  the Michi­
gan  trade  by  the  wholesale  grocers  of 
Chicago have been  buried so  deeply that 
no gravedigger will  ever be  able  to  un­
earth  them,  and,  in all  probability, the 
wholesale grocers of Michigan will never 
again listen to the siren  voice of Chicago 
and agree to charge cartage  or other  un­
necessary items.

B ew a re o f th e  Tram p.

G o o d in g ,  Oct.  3—A  man  with a  dirty, 
tringy  necktie,  shoddy  clothes  and an 
unshaven face,  put  up  at  the  Gooding 
saloon  for  dinner a short time ago.  His 
horse ate its  lunch from  a  soap  box  in 
the street.  He  claimed  to represent  the 
Detroit  Wholesale  Grocery  Co.  He 
quoted  a  few  things  very  low—for  in 
stance Jackson  soap  at  $3.18.  He  said 
his house paid ail  freights,  then  charged 
the customer only  5 per cent, extra.  He 
told  of  big  sales  in  all  the  adjoining 
towns and  claimed to  have  sold  several 
hundred dollars’  worth at Sparta.  When 
asked to whom he sold  he  could  not  re 
call  their  names,  as  he  “had  sent the 
orders to the  house,  so  had  no  way  of 
telling their names.”  My opinion  is that 
the consumers of the  country  better  not 
listen to him and that they will  be monev 
ahead to let him  and his  “great  induce­
ments”  alone. 

R a d i x .

T H E  SAME  B R EED   OF  V A M PIR ES.

From  the  Marshall Statesman.

A concern  which  styles itself the  Far­
mers’  Wholesale  Grocery  Co.,  and  does 
business  from  Toledo,  Ohio,  sent  can­
vassers  into  this  locality  a  week  or so 
ago and they secured quite  a  number  of 
orders  from  the  country trade tributary 
to Marshall.  Yesterday  the  goods  were 
delivered,  the buyers  calling for them at 
theC., J.  & M.  freight house, where three 
men  dealt  them  out.  The  Statesman 
representative was  permitted  by  one  of 
the  purchasers  of  goods,  who,  by-the- 
way,  is a prosperous  farmer, to  examine 
the  bill  of  the  purchases.  He  had or­
dered some coffee,  which was billed at 33 
cents per pound,  some tea at 87 cents and 
other commodities at prices equally high. 
As  it  was  apparent  that  cheapness did 
not recommend the  goods  the  purchaser 
was asked wherein lay the benefit of buy­
ing from  unknown  peddlers  and  paying 
a  greater  price  than  home  merchants 
charged.  The reply was that purity and 
trength,  which made the  goods  go  fur­
ther,  were  the  points  of  advantage. 
Home merchants sell  an  excellent  qual- 
of  coffee  at  25 cents  per pound and 
good tea at 40 cents.

H id es,  P elts  an d   F u rs.

Hides—The  dissatisfaction  of 

the 
tanners with the price  of  hides  has  in­
creased.  They  will  not  take  them  at 
present figures. 
It is safe  to  say,  there­
fore,  that dealers will be forced to “come 
down.”  The market is dull and  feature­
less at present.

Pelts—The  market  is  lifeless, and  no 

change is reported.

The man who takes  advice is  asked  to 
stick things in his hat,  and soon he has a 
hat-ful of stuck things.

| tion.  He  was  unassuming  and  of  the 
most  pleasant  address.  As  a  husband 
and father he was part  of a  most  happy 
home  life.  Kind,  loving  and  ever con­
siderate of those  nearest to  him,  he  en­
deared  himself  to  them  in  a  way  that 
makes his departure  almost  unbearable.
Mr.  Wierengo  leaves  a  wife  and two 
sons,  Andrew,  Jr.,  aged  12  and  John, 
aged  10.  His  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W . 
J.  Wierengo, also survive him and reside 
in  this  city  on  First  street.  He  also 
leaves four sisters,  all  residents  of Mus­
kegon,  Mrs.  H.  B.  Smith,  Mrs.  Maggie 
Peterson,  Mrs.  W.  S.  Horn and Miss Josie 
Wierengo.
He was a member of the B.  P.  O. Elks, 
which 
take 
charge of the funeral,  to be held Monday 
afternoon at 2:30  from  the  residence  on 
Terrace street.

lodge  will,  undoubtedly, 

H obb ies  for  B u sin ess  M en.

Some one has said that  every  business 
man  ought  to  have  a  hobby,  and  also 
that  the  hobby  ought  to  be  something 
that  is  not  his  daily  business.  There 
is  a  good  deal  of  sound  common  sense 
in  this.  Every  man  needs  something 
for  a  recreation  which  will  give  his 
thoughts  as  well  as  his  body  an  entire 
change.  When  such  recreations  take 
the  form  of  a  hobby  it  implies 
that 
they  are  taken  up  from  love  of  them, 
and  when  this  is  the  case  there  is  a 
sufficient  amount  of 
enjoyment  or 
pleasure in them to make  them  really  a 
recreation.  The  man  who  takes  up  a 
hobby  as  he  would  a  kind  of  business, 
pushes  it with a conscientious thorough­
ness,  and  makes  work  of  his  pleasure, 
s  missing the  essential  feature.

When  a  business  man  finds  himself 
ready  to  retire  and  discovers  that  the 
only  pleasure  he  has  in  life  is  in  mak­
ing  money,  he  usually  closes  his  office 
in­
door  to  find  that  the  grave  opens 
conveniently  near  his  feet. 
It  is  said 
over  and  over  again,  when  a  man  of 
sixty  or  over  drops  his  active  business 
life,  that  he  cannot  be  expected  to  live 
very  long,  and  common  report  is  usu­
ally  correct.  Whether  old  man  or 
young,  the  rapidity  with  which  his 
bodily  vigor  departs  and  he  finds  him­
self  a  candidate  for  the  other  world  is 
more  a  surprise  to  himself than to care­
ful  observers. 
Instead  of  having  many 
years  to  enjoy  the  wealth  which he has 
obtained  he  finds  himself  with  wealth 
but  no  enjoyment,  because  he  has  only 
had  in  his  lifetime  one  means  of  ob­
taining  pleasure,  and 
that  means  he 
| has  given  up.

in 

regard 

The  ordinary  business  man’s  petition 
is  very 
in  regard  to  his  amusements 
much  like  that  of  a  certain  class  of 
people 
to  eating.  When 
speaking  of  the  things  which  they  like 
and  the  meats  which  they  enjoy,  and  a 
variety  is  mentioned, 
they  will  fre­
quently  remark,  “Roast  beef 
is  good 
enough  for  me,” or,  “Beefsteak  is good 
enough  for  me,”  and  when  a  sugges­
tion of any addition to that is  made  they 
disclaim  any  desire  for  any  other  kind 
of  meat,  provided 
they  can  have  a 
supply  of  the  one  kind 
like. 
When  a man finds  that  the  beefsteak  of 
business is good enough for him  and that 
he  wants  nothing  else,  he does not real­
ize that  some day  he  may  not  be  able 
to get  just  what  he  wants,  and  having 
no taste  for  anything  else,  will  involve 
him  in  a  difficulty  not  easily  sur­
mounted.

they 

A.  T.  Ross, senior  member of  the  firm 
of Ross & Cooper, grocers  at Charlevoix, 
was in town over Sunday.

GONE  TO  HIS  REW ARD.

D eath   o f  A n d rew   W ieren go,  th e   M us­

k e g o n  W h o lesa le G rocer.

From the Muskegon  News, Oct. 7.

Andrew  Wierengo  is  dead!  At  12:30 
Saturday afternoon  he  gave up  the  long 
struggle which  he had maintained against 
such odds,  and at  that  hour,  surrounded 
I by his family,  peacefully and apparently 
I without pain,  he passed away.  The news 
of his death  spread  as if  by  magic,  and 
in  an  hour’s  time  it was the subject  of 
conversation  in the  most remote parts  of 
the  city.
Though  his  condition,  critical  as  it 
was,  was  fully  realized  by  all,  they 
seemed to hope against hope.  Unwilling 
to believe that  death could  come  at  this 
time,  the awful truth  brought  with  it  a 
perceptible  shock. 
It  drew from every­
one who  had known the man  at  all,  ex­
pressions of the  deepest  sorrow  and  re­
gret.
Nearly every  one is  familiar  with  his 
illness.  How,  at the breakfast table, one 
week ago Wednesday,  he  complained  of 
not  feeling  well,  but  went to his  store. 
He returned home at  10  o’clock  and  the 
next morning Dr.  John  VauderLaan  was 
summoned.  His  condition  was  pro­
claimed  critical  and  a  co  sultation  of 
doctors resulted  in an  operation  for  ap­
pendicitis  by  Prof.  C.  B.  Nancrede,  of 
Ann Arbor, assisted by Drs. VanderLaan, 
Garber and Denslow.

3*  H i

Since that time he has not improved as 
was  expected  he  would  though  every 
moment he  has  been  under  the  care  of 
one  of  the  attending  physicians  both 
night and day.  Friday night the doctors 
saw him failing  and  knew  that  the  end 
was  near.  Drs.  VanderLaan  and  Dens­
low  were  with  him  at  the  time  of  his 
passing.  He  was  conscious  to  the  last 
and realized that he must go.
Mr.  Wierengo was 39 years old,  having 
been born in  Holland and came  with  his 
parents to  this  country  in  early  youth. 
He  came  to  Muskegon  in  1869,  and 
worked  at  various  occupations,  but 
chiefly as a  clerk  in  groceries.  Such  a 
position he held  with the late J. W. Kent, 
and later with Martin Kochling.  In  1874 
he engaged in the retail grocery  business 
for himself  and  in  1880  started  in  the 
wholesale  business,  in  which  he  con­
tinued until his death. 
In 1883 he erect­
ed the block on Pine street, 66 by 70  feet 
in size, occupied  by his grocery until  the 
past  few  days,  when  the  stock  was 
moved  to  the  Odd  Fellows’  block  on 
Terrace street.
He was a Director  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce and of the  National  Lumber­
man’s bank and  also  a  Director  of  the 
Michigan  Wholesale Grocers’ Association 
and last year its Vice-President.
As a business man  he  was held  in  the 
highest regard  by  all  who knew him and 
was considered as  bright,  upright,  hon­
est, 
trustworthy  and  as  persevering  a 
man  as  could  be  found  here.  What  is 
more, he was a good  citizen  and  a  man 
the city can ill afford to lose.
Scarcely  ever  during  business  hours! 
was  he  found  away  from  his  business, 
which  flourished  under  his  close atten-

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U ru gs ^  Medicin os

State Board of Pharmacy,| 

Yearn—George Guidrum, Ionia.

One  Year—ottm ar Eberbach, Ann Arbor.
Three  Years—O. A. Bug bee. Cheboygan.
FV tr Y e a rs-8. E. P arkill, O w o S so /* ^  
n   I f . I ears^ f  • W  R- P erry, Detroit. 
P re sid e n t-F re d ’k W. R. Perry, Detroit, 
eso retary —Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. 
T reasurer—Geo. Gnndrum, Ionia.
Coming  Meetings—Lansing, Nov.  7 and 8.

Michigan  State Pharmaceutical  Ass’n 
v
Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit.
Beeretay—8. A. Thompson. Detroit.

B- 8teTens, Ann Arbor., 
p- Parker, Detroit 

Grand  Rapids Pharmaceutical Society 
President, Walter K. Schmidt; Secretary, B. Schroude

S h ou ld   G rad u ates  In  P h arm acy b e   E x ­

am in ed  for  R egistration  ?

Much may be said on both sides of this 
question. 
I have given it much thought, 
and have come to the conclusion that the 
true interests  of  pharmaceutical  educa­
tion will be best promoted by  making no 
exceptions to the rule that all  who apply 
to be registered as pharmacists  or assist­
ant pharmacists should  be  examined  by 
the state boards.

It  is  undoubtedly  right  and  wise  to 
give every candidate for  registration due 
credit for whatever qualifications he may 
possess, and evidence  of  good  education 
should most assuredly have great  weight 
with the board;  but  the evils that  might 
result from compelling the  state  to  reg 
ister all graduates  in  pharmacy  without 
examination are likely to  be  far  greater 
than 
the  advantages.  The  direct  en­
couragement  of  pharmaceutical  college 
training  which  attends  the 
right  of 
graduates  in  pharmacy  to  exemption 
from  the  state  board  examination is un 
real.

experience  in  a  small  store  where  one 
prescription  a  day 
is  dispensed  and 
scarcely any  preparations  are  made,  as 
equal to  a year  in  a  large  and  busy  es­
tablishment conducted  in  the  most  sys­
tematic manner and  in  which  fifty  pre­
scriptions are dispensed daily  and  phar­
maceutical  preparations  made  at  all 
times ?

Of  two  candidates  having  equal  ex­
perience  and  standing  equally  well  in 
the examinations, the only difference  be­
tween them being that one has a medical 
as well  as  a  pharmeceutical  education, 
while  the  other  has  no  knowledge  of 
medicine, it is self-evident that  the  can­
didate educated  in  medicine  as  well  as 
pharmacy is  the better pharmacist of the 
two.

A state board of pharmacy  should  not 
in  any  case  be  reduced  to  a  mere per­
functory  recording  bureau,  registering 
the decisions of medical and* pharmaceu­
tical colleges; but that is, of course,  just 
what  it  is  when  compelled  to  register 
graduates  of  medicine  or  of  pharmacy 
without examination.  A state board is a 
mere  perfunctory recording office also in 
case it is obliged to  register  without  ex­
amination every candidate who can prove 
that  he  has  been  employed  a  certain 
number  of  years  in any kind of a place 
which  by  common usage is called a drug 
store,  without  reference  to  what  he 
knows or does not know.

The powers of the state  board  to  tes. 
the  qualifications  of  every  candidate 
should  not  be  curtailed.  Lately  there 
have been several attempts to amend phar 
macy laws in such a manner  as  to  com­
pel  boards  of  pharmacy  to  register  as 
pharmacists,  without  examination,  all 
candidates who may have  been  engaged 
in  the drug business a certain number of 
years,  or who may be graduates of  medi­
cine,  and  some  of  our  pharmacy  laws 
now  in  force  do  exempt  graduates  in 
medicine or pharmacy,  or  non-graduates 
who may have had several  years’  “ prac­
tical  experience.”  Such  exceptions  or 
exemptions weaken the law  and  tend  to 
defeat its objects, and are liable to  work 
injustice and lead to abuses.

In determining the fitness of  any  can­
didate to be  a  registered  pharmacist,  it 
should be the duty as well as the right of 
the state board to take cognizance  of  all 
germane evidence  presented  in  support 
of the application  for  registration,  and 
also to make  independent  investigations 
and tests of its own.

Good  general  education  should  count 
for much,  and general  ignorance  should 
be fatal,  without  any  regard to  “practi 
cal experience” or any  other circumstan­
ces.

Special college education  in  pharmacy 
should be counted for all that it is worth, 
and  it  is  worth much if good.  Thus,  if 
four  years’  practical  experience'  be  re­
quired  of  nongraduates, 
the  graduate 
should be allowed to  count  the  time  he 
devoted to his college course (not exceed­
ing two years)  as part of that four years.
Experience known to be  especially  in­
structive  and  valuable  should  be  rated 
correspondingly  higher  than  the  same 
number of years of drug-store experience I 
known  to  be  of  doubtful  value. 
Is  it | 
right or unavoidable to count  one  year's I

in 

examination 

The fact that the graduates of the  col­
leges of  pharmacy  have  already  passed 
searching examinations in botany,  chem­
istry,  pharmacology,  and  the  principles 
of pharmacy,  at the colleges  from  which 
they  graduated,  does  not  constitute  a 
sufficient reason for exemption  from  the 
state  board 
these 
branches.  Still  less  should  it  render 
them exempt  from  a  practical  examina­
tion  into  their  ability  to  interpret cor­
rectly and dispense physicians’ prescrip­
tions and make extemporaneous prepara­
tions  in a workmanlike  manner—an  ex­
amination designed  to  ascertain,  so  far 
as may be practicable,  the value  and  re­
sults  of  their  shop  training.  Such  a 
practical  examination  is  the  most  im­
portant test to which the  candidates  for 
registration  can  be  subjected,  and  no 
candidate should be exempt  from  it,  no 
matter how many years  of  practical  ex­
perience  he  may  have  had,  whether  a 
graduate or not.

that  an 

Neither  this  nor  any  other  kind  of 
state board examination  is  alone  an  in­
fallible or sufficient test in all  cases. 
In 
fact,  all examinations are liable in  many 
cases  to  lead  to  erroneous  conclusions 
when  their results are  considered  alone.
Any  experienced  examiner  will  readily 
admit 
intelligent  employer 
knows more certainly  from  daily  obser­
vation about the knowledge  and  skill  of 
an assistant who has been in  his  employ 
for some months, than he could ever find 
out by an examination continuing two or 
three  days. 
It  is  further  evident  that 
competent and  faithful  teachers  in  col­
leges of pharmacy,  having  frequent  op­
portunities to  test  the  aptitude,  general 
mental development, diligence, and prog­
ress  of  their  students  all  through  the 
courses  of  study,  and  to  observe  their 
relative success and habits of  order, sys­
tem and neatness in the college  laborato­
ries, know more about their real maturity, 
knowledge,  and skill  at  the  end  of  the 
college course than any examining  board 
can possibly discover by examination.

this 

substitute 

That  most  external  part  of  man’s 
mind,  the memory, is always in use, and, 
if  well  cultivated, 
invaluable 
faculty  may  go  far toward serving as a 
partial 
for  understanding. 
Mere  matters  of  memory  are  too  fre 
quently  mistaken  for  real  knowledge, 
and  in  poorly  conducted  examinations 
the  nets  used  may  catch  no  other fish 
Inexperienced examiners  may,  however, 
be entirely satisfied  if  the  candidate  is 
able to answer a certain number of  ques­
tions, such as  can  be  readily  answered 
from memory alone.  But  such examina­
tions are very incomplete.  Practical  in­
dividual examinations into the  ability of 
the candidates to make  prompt  and  cor­
rect use of their  knowledge  and  skill  in 
actual pharmaceutical operations are  the 
most effective.

The best  fruits  of  systematic  college 
training are the  discipline  and  develop­
ment of the mental  faculties  and  the  re­
sultant power  to  use  them  rightly  and 
effectively. 
In  the college courses,  with 
the aid  of  competent  teachers,  the  stu­
dents take into the memory  in an orderly 
manner the facts upon which  their  pow­
ers  of  observation,  comparison,  classifi­
cation,  and  reasoning are exercised, and 
they  also  learn  to  use  their  senses  in­
telligently through systematic laboratory 
work, and are taught order and neatness.
If they make use of  their  opportunities, 
they are developed in  a  direction  where 
they  certainly  need  it  if they are to be 
professional  or  even  only  quasi-profes­
sional  men,  and 
this  development  is 
scarcely  to  be  discovered  by  examina­
tions nor afforded  by  shop  training. 
In 
ftuiny cases the results of a  practical  ex­
amination are doubtless conclusive  as  to 
a candidate’s  unfitness  for  registration, 
even if considered alone;  but  the  board 
can  arrive  at a just  conclusion  in  every 
case,  whether the candidate  be fit  or  un­
fit, only by taking into  consideration  all 
the  important  factors  together—educa­
tion in the schools, shop-training, and the 
results  of  the  examinations.  Let  the 
maxim be fully recognized,  “A  place for 
everything, and everything in its  place,” 
and  let  the  whole  case  go  before  the 
board.  No state  board  examination  can 
take  the  place of a college  course  or  of 
sufficient  shop-trainiDg;  no  amount  of 
shop-training can take the place of either 
the college course or  the  state  examina­
tion,  and no college course  can  take  the 
place of either the  state  examination  or 
the shop-training.  All of these three re­
quirements should  be enforced,  and  the 
boards of pharmacy, of course, should en­
force them.

Wben 

The  colleges  and 

their  graduates 
should be the very last  to  claim  exemp- 
**®n .J™111  state  examinations, and they 
should  be  the  very  first  to  uphold the 
authority of the  pharmacy  laws  and  the 
state boards of pharmacy.  On the  other 
hand,  the state boards should  be the very 
„Ist 
encourage  good  pharmaceutical 
education,  and the last to withhold  from 
any  graduate  in  pharmacy  the  fullest 
recognition of the value of college-train-
the  graduates  of  colleges  of 
pharmacy are exempt from  the  state  ex­
aminations on the ground that they  have 
all  the  requirements—special  education 
and  practical  experience,  and  (in some 
cases) have undergone  “a  practical  ex­
amination” in pharmaceutical operations 
—the 
function  of  the  State’s  officers 
charged  with the duty  of  executing  the 
laws  to  regulate  the  practice  of  phar-1 
macy  is  not performed by them,  but  bv ! 
private  citizens  and corporations,  a con-1 
dition of things which must  be  regarded ' 
as anomalous and inconsistent.

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Wholesale Price Current.

S.  N .Y .Q .A

Morphia, S. P. A W.  2 Q5@2 30 
O-  Co....................  1  90@2 20
Moschus Canton____  @  40
Myristica, No  1 ........  65®  70
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..  @  10
Os.  Sepia;..................   15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
Co............................  @2 00
Picis LIq, N.*C., M gal
.......................  @2 00
PIcls Llq., quarts......  @1  00
pints......
85 
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)
50 
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)
©
1 
Piper Alba, (pog5)....  @
3
PllxBurgun...............   ®
Plumb! X cet..........  12®  13
Pulvis Ipecac et opll. .1  io@l  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
& P. D.  Co., dos......  @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv...........  20®  30
Quasslae.................... 
8®  10
Qulnla, S. P. A W......34UQ39M
8.  German__  27®  37
Rubla  Tlnctorum......  12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv. 
12®  14
Salacln.......................2  10@2 25
Sanguis  Draconi8......   40®  50
Sapo,  W......................  12®  14

Seldllts  M ixture......  @  20
Slnapls.......................   @  18
Snuff,  hfaccaboy,  De 
®  *
V o e s...........................  @  35
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
Soda Boras, (po. 11).  .  10®  11 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  24®  25
SodaCarb.................  1M®  2
Soda,  Bi-Carb............   @  5
Soda, Ash.................. 3M@ 
4
Soda, Sulphas............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o...........  50®  55
“  Myrcla  Dom......  @2 00
“  Myrcla Imp........  ®3 50
*'  vlni  Rect.  bbl.
j.---7.......................... 25302 £3
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal......1 40@1 45
Sulphur, Subl............   2M® 3
Roll.............2  ® 2M
Tamarinds................. 
8®  10
Terebenth Venice......  28®  30
Theobromae............ 45  a   48
Vanilla..................... 9 00@16 00
Zlnci  Sulph................ 
7®  8

, 

, 

Whale, winter............   70 
Lard,  extra.................  SO 
Lard, No.  1.................   42 
Linseed, pure raw  ...  52 

Bbl.  Gal
70
85
45
55

G.

10®
©

16

“ 

PA IN TS.

Linseed,  boiled.........  55
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...............   65
SplritsTurpentlne....  31

70 
40
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian............iw 
2@8
Ochre,yellow  Mars...  1M  2@4
‘‘ 
Ber......1M  2@3
Putty,  commercial__2M  2M®3
“  strictly  pure......2M  2M@3
Vermilion Prime Amer­
ican .......................... 
13®16
Vermilion,  English....  65@70
Green,  Peninsular...... 
70@75
Lead,  red..................   6  @6M
“  w hite..............6  ©6M
Whiting, white Span... 
@70
Whiting,  Glldersv!  . .. 
©90
White, Paris  American 
1 
Whiting,  Paris  Bng.
cliff......................... 
1  46
Universal Prepared  ..X  C0@1  15 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
Paints..................... 1 00®1  20
No. 1  Turp  Coach.... 1  io@i  20
Extra Turp................. 160®1  70
Coach  Body................2 75@3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn........1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar  ... 1 55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
Turp........................ 
700175

V A R N ISH ES.

I

Advanced—  Declined-

ACIDUM .

Acetlcum..................
Benz oleum  German..
66®
Boraclc 
...................
20®
Carbollcum.............. 
Cltrieum...................  42®
Hydrochtor...............  
a®
Nitrocum  ..................   10®
Ozallcum...................  10®
Phosphorlum dll........
Sällcylicum.............. 1 25®1 60
Sulpnurlcum..............  13£@  5
Tannlcum..................1 40®1  60
Tartarlcum...............   30®  33

AMMONIA.

“ 

Aqua, 16  deg..............  4®
6®
Carbonas  ....................   12®
Chloridum...................  12®

20  deg.............. 

A N IL IN E .

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

BACCAB.
25)
ubeae (po 
Juniperus  .... 
Xantnoxylum

20®
8®
25®

b a l b a m u m .

Copaiba......................  45®  50
Peru............................  ®2 00
Terabln. Canada  ....  55©  60
Tolutan......................  35®  50

COBTBX.

Cubebae...................... 
2 00
Exechthltos  ............   1  20@1  30
Brlgeron................... l  20®1  30
Gaultherla................ 1  50@1  60
Geranium, ounce........  @  75
Gossipll,  Sem. gal......  70®  75
Hedeoma  .................. 1  25@l  40
Jumper!......................  50@2 00
Lavendula.................  90@2 00
Llmonls.................... 1 40®  60
Mentha Piper.............2 10®3 CO
Mentha Yerld........... 1 ?o©2 00
Morrhuae, gal........... 1  30@1  40
Myrcla, ounce............   ®  50
Olive..........................  90®3 00
Plcla Liquida, (gal..35)  10®  12
Rlclnl....................... 
96®1 04
Rosmarin]............. 
1  00
Rosae, ounce.............6 50®8 50
Succlnl.......................  40®  45
Sabina.......................  90@1  00
Santal  .......................2 50®7 00
Sassafras....................  50®  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__  ®  65
TlgUI--................  
  @  50
Thyme................ 
40®  50
...........   ©1  60
I Iheobromas...............   15®
20
PO TASSIUM .
BlCarb.....................  
15®  18
Bichromate...............   19@  14
Bromide.................... 
40®  43
Garb............................  12®  15
Chlorate  (po.  7019)..  16®  18
Cyanide......................  50®  55
Iodide.........................2 90@3 00
Potassa, Bltart,  pure..  23®  25 
Potassa, Bltart, com...  @  15
Potass Nltras, opt...... 
â@  10
Potass Nltras.............. 
7®  9
Prusslate....................  28®  30
Sulphate  po...............   15®  18

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P E B B U

24®
33®
11®
13®
14®
16®

®  15 
@3 50 
@  80 
50 
15 
2 
7

Barosma 
Cassia  Acutlfol,  Tin

Arnica.......................  12®
Anthemls..................   30®  35
Matricaria 
50®  65

BXTBACTUM .
Glycyrrhlza  Glabra...
“ 
po...........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
“ 
Is...............
“  M»............
“  M*............

Carbonate Preclp... 
Citrate and Qulnla.
Citrate  Soluble......
Ferrocy anldum Sol. 
Solut  Chloride.
Sulphate,  com’l ..............9®
pure. 
®

Abies,  Canadian.................   18
Cas8lae  ...............................  12
Cinchona F lav a...............      18
Buonymus  atropurp...........  30
Myrlca  Cerifera, po.............  20
Prunus yirglnl....................  12 I Aconitum....................  20®
Qulllala,  grd.......................   10
Althae.........................  22®
Sassafras  ............................  12
Anchusa....................   12®
Ulmus Po (Ground  15)........  15
Arum,  po....................  @
Calamus......................  20®
Gentiana  (po. 12)......  
8®
Glychrrhlza, (pv. 15)..  16® 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35). 
teilet
Hellebore,  Ala,  po  ...  15®  20
Inula,  po....................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po.................  1  30® ]  40
Iris plox (po. 35®38).  35®  40
Jalapa,  pr..................   40©  45
Maranta,  Mb..............  @  35
Podophyllum, po.......   15®  18
Hhei............................  75®1  00
"  cut..................... *  @1 75
pv.......................  75©1  35
Splgella.....................   35®  38
Sangulnarla, (po  25)..  @ 20
Serpentarla.................  30®  35
Senega.......................  55®  60
Similar, Officinalis.  H  @  40 
M  @ 25
Sdllae, (po. 85)...........  10®  12
Syujplocarpus,  Fostl-
dus,  po....................  @  35
Valeriana, Eng. (po.30)  @  25
German...  15®  20
lnglbera................. 
18®  20
Zingiber  j .............. 
18®  20
SEM EN.
Anlsum,  (po.  20). 
..  ©  is
Aplum  (graveleons)..  14®  16
Bird, Is.....................  
4®  6
Carol, (po. 18)...........  10®  12
Cardamon..................1  00® 1  25
Corlandrum...............   12®  14
Cannabis Sativa........ 
Cvdonltun..................   75® 1  00
Chenopodi urn  ...........  10®  12
Dlpterlx Odorate  ......2 40®2 60
Foenlculum. 
Foenugreek,  po.
SM®  4 
L ini...................
Lini, grd.  (bbl. 8M).
3m®  4
Lobelia....................  
  35®
 
4®
Pharlaiis Canarian__ 
Rapa..........................   6®
Slnapls  Albu........... 
7®
Nigra  ...........  11®

...................  14®
nlvelly....................   25®
“  Alx.  35®
and  Ms....................   15®
8®

Acacia, 1st  picked....
2d 
....
a©60®
3d 
....
sifted sorts...
po ..................
50®®
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...
“  Cape, (po.  20)...
Socotrl, (po. 60).
Catechu, Is, (Ms, 14 M*>
©
16)............................
Ammonlae.................  56®
Assafostlda, (po. 3G).. 
28©
Bensolnum.................  50®
Camphors...................  48®
Buphorblum  p o ........  35©
Galbanum...................  @2 50
Gamboge,  po..............  70®  75
Gualacum, (po  85)  .. 
©  30
Kino,  (po  1  75).........   @1  75
Mastic............... 
  @  80
Myrrh, (po. 45) 
........  @ 40
Opll  (po  3  10@3 40). .2  15®2 20
Shellac  ......................  45®  42
bleached......   33®  35
Tragacanth................  40® 1 00

“ 
hxbba—In ounce packages.

Frumenti, W., D.  Co..2 00@2 50
D. F. R....... 1 75@2 00
................. 1 
Junlperls  Co. O. T ___1 65®2 00
“ 
1 
Saacharum  N.  E .........1 75@2 00
Spt.  Vini  Galli............1 75©6 50
Vini Oporto.................1 
Vini  Alba....................1 

Salvia  officinalis,  Mb
.....................  
Ur a Ural 

euMMi.

“ 
“ 
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“ 

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25®2 00
25@2 00

25@1 50
75@3 50

Absinthium.........................  25
Bupatorlum.........................  20
Lobelia................................   25
Majorum.............................   28
Mentha  Piperita.................   23
»  Y lr.........................  25
Rue.......................................  30
Tanacetnm, V......................  22
Thymus,  V...........................t 25

M A OXS8IA.

Calcined, Pat..............  55®  60
Carbonate,  Pat...........  20®  22
Carbonate, K. A  M__  20®  25
Carbonate, Jennings..  35®  36

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

1  40

OLEUM .

Absinthium.................... 2 50@3 00
Amygdalae, Dole........  30®  50
Amydalae, Amarae__ 8 00®8 25
Anlsl............................... 2 3U©2 40
Aurantl  Cortex..........1  80@2 00
Bergamll  ...................3 00®3 20
Cajlputl.................... 
60®  65
Caryophylll...............   75®  80
Cedar........................   35®  65
Chencpodll...............   ®1  60
Cinnamon 11.....................1 25©1 fO
Cltronella..................   ®  45
Conlum  Mac..............  35®  65
Copaiba  ....................  80®  90

STRUTS.

A ccada..............................   50
Zingiber.............................   50
Ipecac..................................  60
Ferri  Iod.............................  50
Aurantl  Cortes....................  50
 
Rhel  Arom...............  
  50
Slmllax  Officinalis..............  60
....  50
Senega................................   50
Sdllae..................................  50
‘  Co.............................  50
TOidtan...............................  50
Pranas  vlrg........................   50

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Aconitum Napellls R.........   60
..  “ 
F .........   50
Aloes.....................................   go
and myrrh..................   60
Arnica..................................   50
Asafcetida................................4)
A trope Belladonna................  60
Benxoln...............................  60
Q  “  ,  Ço..........................   so
Barosma.............................   50
Cantharides............................75
Capsicum............................  50
Ca damon............................  75
_ 
Co.........................  75
Castor..................................1 00
Catechu..............................  50
Cinchona........................ " ,   50
_ 
_  Co....................’.!.  60
Columba.............................   50
Conlum............ .................   50
Cubeba....................................50
Digitalis.............................   50
Bigot...................................   50
Gentian...............................  50
“  Co............................’  60
Gualca................................   50
ammon................. !”  60
“ 
Zingiber.................................50
Hyoscyamus.......................  50
Iodine..................................  75
“  Colorless.............     !  75
Ferrl  Chloridum.................  35
Kino  ...........................  
  50
Lobelia........................ 
50
Myrrh................................. ”  50
Nux  Vomica.......................  50
Opll.....................................  85
Camphorated...............   50
“  Deodor........................ 2 00
Aurantl Cortex....................  50
Quassia...............................  50
Khatany............................ 
50
R bel...................................  so
Cassia  Acutlfol...................  50
Co..............  50
_  “ 
“ 
Serpentarla.................... 
50
Stromonlum
Tolutan............
ValerlaD...........
Veratrum Verlde

 

 

M ISCELLANEOUS.

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

“ 
ground,  (po.

‘ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

squibbs 

7).............................  3®  4
Annatto.....................   55®  60
Antimoni, po.............  
4®  5
55®  60
et Potass T 
Andpyrln..................   @1  40
Antlfebrln.................   @  25
Argenti  Nltras, ounce  ©  59
Arsenicum................. 
5® 
7
Balm Gilead  Bud  ... 
38® 40
Bismuth  8.  N ............ 1  60@1  ;o
Calcium Chlor, Is, (Ms
12;  Ms,  14)..............  @  11
Cantharides  Russian,
PO..............................
@1  00 
Capsid  Fructus, af...
®  26 
@  28 
o po.
®  20 
Caryophyllus, (po.  15)
10®   12 
Carmine,  No. 40.........  
...
@3 75 
Cera  Alba, 8. A F ......  50©
55
Cera Flava.................  38©
Coccus  ..................... 
~©  __
Cassia Fructus...........  ©  §5
Centrarla....................  ©  10
Cetaceum..................   ©  40
Chloroform...............   60®  63
©1  25
Chloral Hyd Crst....... 1  25©1  50
so®  25
Chondrus 
Clnchonidlne, P.  A  W  15®  20
German 8M©  12 
Corks,  11st,  dis.  per
cent  .....................  
75
Creasotum.............. 
©  35
Creta,  (bbl. 75) 
5©
9®
©
35®
o5 @ 
10® 
75®
o
o
»0®
Flake
12®
Galla..........................  @  23
Gambler......................7  @ 8
Gelatin,  Cooper.........   ©  60
50
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box 75.
Glue,  Brown.............. 
9®  15
“  White...............   13®  25
Glycerins...................  14®  20
Grana Paradlsl...........  ©  22
Humulus....................  25®  55
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite..  @  75
“  C a t.... 
® 65
Ox Rubrum 
® 85
Ammoniatl..  ®  95 
Unguentum.  45®  55
Hydrargyrum............   @  60
Ichthyobolla, Am..  ..1 25®1 50
Indigo........................   75@1 00
Iodine,  Resubl.......... 3 8003 90
Iodoform....................  @4 70
Lupulin......................  @2 25
Lycopodium..............  60®  6
65 
Macls.........................  70®  7:
5
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod.................
@  27 
Liquor Potass Arslnltls 
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
1M).......................... 2M® 4
Mann!a,  8. F ............  60©  68

prep
Ubra..............
Crocus ......................
Cudbear....................
Cuprl Sulph..............
Dextrine...................
Ether Sulph..............
Emery,  all  numbers.
P O ...........................
'  1.)  40........
ite............

“ French.......  30© 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

M ills  Pill  Case.

EVERY  DRUGGIST  knows  how  inconvenient 
it is to keep his pills in  drawers  or  cigar  boxes, 
necessitating the handling of the entire lot to  find 
the  kind  wanted  at  each  sale,  and  also  when ordering new stock.  Being out of 
sight of customers they never suggest a sale of themselves.

The Mills^Pill Case does away with all the above objections,  and  offers  many 
new attractive features to the trade.  Has 24 and 40 separate  compartments,  hold­
ing from % to 1 dozen boxes each.  Easily filled.  Protected from dust  and  pilfer­
ers.  Always  in  sight.  Glass  front and rear. 
Increases sales.  Can be placed on 
showcase,  counter  or  shelf.  You  can  see  at  a  glance  how stock is.  Costs no 
more than ordinary drawers.  Yon draw a box out of opening at rear bottom, when 
sold, and the next drops into the same place. 
It’s  a  very  useful  and  ornamental 
addition to every drug store.  Finely finished,  complete  and  securely  packed  for 
shipment,  and made regularly at following prices:

No.  1,  40  compartments, Natural  or  Antique Oak......................... $6 50
No.  3,  24  compartments,  Natural or  Antique Oak.........................  5 00
No.  2,  40  compartments,  Imitation  Cherry,  Walnut,  Mahogany
or Ebony......................................................................... 
5  50
No.  4,  24  compartments,  Imitation  Cherry,  Walnut,  Mahogany 
or Ebony.............................................................................................4  00

Made  Spedai  on  Orders,  io  all  Popular  Woods, 

aodlSiies  to  Match  Store  Interiors.

Finishes

For Sale By

10®   12 t f M L Y P  

It 

P E R K IN S 

DRUG 

GO.,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

G ROCERY  PR IC E  CURRENT.

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

CATSUP.

“ 

Blue Label Brand.
 
Triumph Brand.

Half  pint, 25 bottles...... ...2
Pint 
4
Quart 1 dos bottles 
8
Half pint, per  doz  .............1
Pint, 25 bottles.................... 4
Quart, per  doz  ............... .  3

 

CLOTHES  PINS.

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

COCOA  SHELLS.
351b  bags...................... 
03
Less quantity  ..............  @31*
Pound  packages..........6M©7

COFFEE.
Green.
Rio.

FaB-.................................... 18
Good.......................  
i0
Prime...........................HI I21
Golden............................ 11.21
Peaberry  ....................... ...¡8

Santos.

Good.................  
«1
Prime......................
Peaberry  ............................ 23
Mexican and Guatemala.

Maracaibo.

Good......................
Fancy......................... l.l'.llS
Prime................... 
23
Milled...........................111.24
Java.
Interior............................... 25
Private Growth.........  
11127
Mandehllng........................23
Imitation............................ 25
Arabian.........................  11128

Mocha.

Roasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast 
Ing and 15 per cent,  for shrink’ 
age.
McLaughlin’s  XXXX  *1  80
Bnnola  ...........................   21  sc
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case__  21  60

Package.

Extract.

Valley City «  gross........... 
Felix
Hommel’s, foil, gross 

75
1  15
1 65
2 85

“

tin 
CHICORY.

Bulk.
Red..

CLOTHES  LINES.

Cotton,  40 ft........  per dos.  1  25
140
1  60
1  75
1  go
85
1  00

60ft.........  
60 ft.........  
70ft.........  
_  „  80ft........... 
60 f t..........  
Jute 
72 ft-........ 

“ 
“ 
•• 
“ 
•• 

CREDIT CHECKS.

600, any one denom’n ...... 83 00
.......5 00
“ 
a»0,  “ 
---- 8 00
Steel  punch....................... 
75
CONDENSED  MILK.

“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

4 doz. In case.

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

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

BAKING  POWDER.

“ 

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

j*  i d .  xuu. 3  doz__
« lb .
‘
lib . 
B ulk...
«  a> cans 6 doz  case......... . 
«#>  “
1 
lb  «
5  lb  “
3  oz  “
4  oz  “
OZ  “
oz  “
1b  “
lb  “
“
“

45
75
1  “  .................. .  1  00
10
Arctic.
55
4 doz  “ 
......... .  1  10
......... .  2  00
2 doz  “ 
.........
1 doz  “ 
9  f 0
Cream  Flake.
6 doz  *• 
.........
.........
4 doz  “ 
.........
4 doz  “ 
t  20
.........
4 doz  “ 
2 00
2 doz 
“ 
.......
......... 9  00
1 doz  “ 
Red Star. «  ft cans...........
75
«  ft  “ 
...........
1  40
...........
1  1b  “ 
Telfer’s <4 lb. cana,  dos.
45
85
“   .
“ 
« Ib . 
•.
1  90
1 lb. 
' 
45
Our Leader,  «  .b cans..
«  lb  cans.... ..  75
.  1  50
1 lb cans......
RATH  BRICK. 
2 dozen In case.

“
“

* 

BLUING.

English.......................... ...  90
Bristol............................. ...  80
...  70
Dom»«tlc.......................
Gross
Arctic, 4 oz  ovals........... ..  3 60
........... ..  6 75
..  9 00
..  2 75
..  4 00
..  8 00
.  4  50
.  3 60
.  6  80

8oz 
“ 
“  pints,  round........
“ 
rio. 2, sifting box. 
“  No. 3, 
“  No. 5, 
“ 
“ 

1 oz ball  ..............
Mexican Liquid, 4  oz__
8 oz......

“
“

“ 

“ 
BROOMS,

Pears.

Gages.

Peaches.

Apricots.
Live oak.................. 
140
Santa eras................. 
1  40
Lusk’s......................... 
1  50
Overland..................  
1  10
Blackberries.
P. A W ....................... 
go
Cherries.
Bed.............................1  103,1 25
Pitted Hamburgh......
W hite........................  
1  50
Brie............................ 
1  35
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
1  10
E rie............................ 
California................... 
1
Gooseberries.
Common.................... 
1
Pie............................  
1
Maxwell.................... 
1
Shepard’s ................... 
1
California...................  160@1
Monitor  ....................
Oxford.......................
Domestic....................  
1
Riverside.................... 
\  75
Pineapples.
Common..................... 1  00@1  30
Johnson’s  sliced
2 50 
grated........
2 75 
Booth’s sliced............
@2 5) 
grated...........
©2 75
Quinces.
Common....................
1  10
Raspberries.
Red  ...........................
1  10 
Black  Hamburg.........
1 4G 
Erie,  black  ..........
1  25
Strawberries.
Lawrence....: ...........
1  25 
Hamburgh........
1  25 
.  ^
Erie.........................;; 
1  20
Terrapin....................... 
Jo®
_ 
Whortleberries.
Blueberries...............
Corned  beef  Libby’s......... 2 20
Roast beef  Armour’s...... 1.2  10
Potted  ham, £  lb......  
1  25
tongue, « l b ............1  35
«  lb...........  75
chicken. M lb.........  
95

“ 
Vegetables.

“  «  lb

“ 
“ 

“ 

Beans.

Jo. 2 Hurl.......................
No. 1  “ 
.......................
No. 2 Carpet....................
No. 1 
“ 
....................
Parlor Gem...... ...............
Common Whisk..............
..............
Fancy 
Warehouse.....................

* 

.  1  90
.  2 00
.  2 15
.  2 50
.  2 50
85
.  1 00
.  2 85

BRUSHES.

“ 
“ 

Stove, No.  1..................... .  1  25
“  10..................... .  1  50
“  15..................... .  1  75
Rice Root Scrub, 2  row... .  85
Rice Root  Scrub, 8 row... .  1  25
Palmetto, goose............... .  1  50

CANDLES.

Hotel, 40 lb. boxes............   10
Star,  40 
..............  g
Paraffine  ..........................   io
Wlcklng  ..........................  24

“ 

CANNED  GOODS. 

Fish.
Clams.

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 

Little Neck,  l lb................ i  20
“  2 lb................ j  go
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 8 lb ........................2 25
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb....................  75
21b....................135
Lobsters.
Star,  1  lb...........................2 45
2  lb ............................... 8 50
Picnic,! lb.........................2 00
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
Salmon.
Columbia River, flat 
-.1  80 
“ 
tails
..1 65 
Alaska, Red.............
..1  25 
1  10
Kinney’s,  flats....................j  ¿5
American  M s.............4«© s
"  ^  .AS................ 6«@ 7
Imported  «■....................  jam
« 8 .................... 15@16
** 
Mustard £ s .....................   607
Boneless.............
21
Trout
Brook 8, lb............
2 50
Fruits,
Apples.
3  lb. standard........
York State, gallons 
Hamburgh,  “

pink............ ]______

Sardines.

“ 
** 

1  20 
4 00

, 

“ 

Peas.

Com.

Hamburgh  stringless......... 1  15
French style......2 00
Limas................ 135
Lima, green.  ......................1  25
soaked.................  "  70
Lewis Boston Baked..........1 35
Bay State  Baked.........  
1  35
World’s Fair  Baked.......Ill  35
PicnlcBaked....................... 1  oq
_  
Hamburgh..................  
125
Livingston  Eden__ 1111.1  20
Purity................................
Honey  Dew...............".".*.’.*.'*1 40
Morning Glory..............
Soaked........................... 11 
75
_  
Hamburgh  marrofat...........1  30
early June 
...1  eo 
Champion Eng. .1  40
petit  pois......... l  40
fancy  sifted....l  go
Soaked.
  65
Harris standard...................  75
VanCamp’s  marrofat.........1  10
.  **.  _   early June...... 1  80
. 
Archer s  Early Blossom  .  1  25
French.......................  
 
2  15
Mushrooms,
_  
French......................
.19021
Pumpkin.
Brie..........................
Squash.
„  
Hubbard..............................  45
„  
Succotash.
Hamburg.........................  
tin
Soaked___ _________ I " ,  so
Honey  Dew..............lllllli  50
Erie.
.1  35
Hancock . 
Excelsior 
Eclipse  . 
Hamburg. 
Gallon ...

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

Tomatoes.

 

CHOCOLATE. 
German Sweet.................. 
Premium..........................
Breakfast Cocoa...........*"

Baker’s.

CHEESE.
Amboy......................
UM
Acme....................... ’.
11«
Lenawee....................’
H «11
Riverside...............
10« 
Gold Medal..............
Skim.....................
8©9 
Brick.........................;
12 
Edam..........................
1  ou 
L äden....................."
21 
Limburger
015
Pineapple..................  ©i 4
k-winfort____
085
Sap Sago....................
020
Schweitzer  ’mported. 
023
013

domestic

" 

28

N.Y.Cond’ns’d Milk Co’s brands
Gail Borden Eagle............   7 40
Crown................................  6 25
Daisy--.................................5 75
Champion.........  
4  so
Magnolia 
425
Dime....................................3 35

......... I.. 

00
75

Peerless evaporated cream.  5 75

1-lb cartoons 

..........

2S  lb. boxes, bulk..............4%
50 .1.. boxes, bulk.......".."43j

First Prize................  
Darling........................ 
Standard.................................. 4 50
Leader..................................... 3 60

$6 50
 

No. 1,6«........................   1135
No. 2. 6«   ......................  
1  10
5 00
No. 1, 6...........................  
1  25
No. 2, 6.............................  1  09

 

ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

CRACKER8.

Butter.

Seymour XXX..................... 5
Seymour XXX, cartoon........5«
Family  XXX.....................   5
Family XXX,  cartoon......... 5«
Salted XXX.......................... 5
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ..........5«
Kenosha...............................7«
Boston................................... 7
Butter  biscuit....................  6

Soda.

Oyster.

Soda, XXX........................   5V&
Soda, City...........................   7>j
Soda,  Duchess......................8«
Crystal Wafer......................10«
Long  Island Wafers 
........ 11
S. Oyster  XXX....................  5«
City Oyster. XXX...................5«
Farina  Oyster......................6
CREAM  TARTAR.
Strictly  pure.....................   go
Telfers Absolute.............. 
so
Grocers’...............
.15@2fi
DRIED  FRUIT8. 

Domestic. 

Apples. 

Peaches.

Apricots.

quartered  “ 

Sundried, sliced In  bbls.
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 
California In  bags........
Evaporated In boxes.  .. 
Blackberries.
In  boxes.......................
Nectarines.
701b. bags.......................
251b. boxes.....................
Peeled, In  boxes...........
Cal. evap.  “ 
...........
In bags  ......
California In bags......
Pitted Cherries.
Barrels..........................
50 lb. boxes.................’
25
Prnnelles.
801b.  boxes..................
Raspberries.
In barrels.....................
501b. boxes...............
.....................
~  lb.  “ 
Raisins.
Loose Muscatels In Boxes 
crown.................

Pea«.

Loose Muscatels in Bags
crow n........................

.............................  4«

Foreign.
Currants.

Patras,  bbls................. 
Vostlzzas, 56 lb.  cases  !....  354

3

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

Bonders’.

Peel.

Citron, Leghorn, 25 lb. boxes  13 
Lemon 
8
10
Orange 

“ 
“ 

“ 
25  “ 
25 “ 
“ 
Raisins.
Ondura, 29 lb. boxes.
8ultaua, 20 
"
Valencia. 30  “

Prunes.
California,  100-120............
90x100 25 lb. bxs
80x90
7Ux80
60x70

Turkey 
Silver ..

75
70
go

3*

Manilla, white.
............................... 
6K 
6............................  
 
 
Coin.
Mill No. 4........................  

FARINACEOU8 GOODS.

1001b. kegs.

Farina.

Hominy.

Lima  Beans.

Barrels.....................................3 00
Grits..................................  3j4
Dried........................... 4  @4^
Maccaronl and Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box__  
Imported.................... 10«@ll
Pearl Barley.

55

Peas.

Begs.......................- .......   2«
Green,  bu........................  1  15
Split  per l b .........................3
Schumacher, bbl...
85 85 
2 80 
Monarch,  bbl 
4  75
Monarch,«  bbl........25Ö
Quaker,  cases.................. 3 20

« b b l...
.........

Rolled  Oats. 

“ 

Sago.
German.
East ìndia......... 5
Wheat.

Cracked..

4«

3«

FISH—Salt. 
Bloaters.

Cod.

Yarmouth.
Georges cured................   4U
Georges genuine.............. 6
Georges selected............ 6«
Boneless,  bricks............ 6M
Boneless, strips................6M@9

Halibut.

©

Smoked...................... 

. 

“ 

“ 

Herring.
Holland, white hoops keg 
6-1
“ 
“ 
bbl  8 25
Norwegian  ............
Round,«  bbl 100 lbs . . . 3  20
.. 
14  “  40 “ 
1  60
scaled...:................... 1 
j j
„  
Mackerel.
11  °0
Wn 
No. 1, 40 lbs............  
4  »n
No. 1,  10lbs............ 
1 
65
No. 2,100 lbs........... 
"   ssc
No. 2,40 lbs........ 
......... 3 2»
No. 2,10 lbs  ..................... \  An
Family, 90 lbs__

 

10 ib s...;::;:::;;

1“ 

Sardines.
Trout.

Russian, kegs.................... 
55
„  
No. 1, «  bbls., lOOlbs...........4 bo
No. 1 «  bbl, 40  Ibs..............2 1C
No. 1. kits, 10 lbs.............. 
60
>  1,8 lb  kits................. 
51

Whltefish.

„  

No. 1  family
bbls, lOOlbs...........»7 25 2 so
“  40 “  . . . _____3 2 )  1  35
88 
40
75  35

lO.tt-  Wt*..................  
81b- 
 
MATCHES.

 

Globe Match Co.’s Brands.

Columbia Parlor.  .........   «1  0«
XXX Sulphur................  "  i np
Diamond  Match  Co.’s  Brands.
No. 9 sulphur.......................j g*
Anchor parlor.....................   70
No. 2 home..................... „ " 1   jq j
Export  parlor....................".4 qq

“ 
“ 

Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla
2 os regular panel.  75 
1  20 
4 os 
...1 50
2  00 
6 ox 
...2  00
3 00 
No. 3  taper...........1 35
2 00 
No. 4  taper...........1  50
2 50
N orthrop’s
Lemon.fVanilla. 
2 oz  oval taper  75 
1  10
“ 
3oz 
1  20 
1  75
2 oz regular  “
85 
1  20
2 25
“  1  60 
4 oz 

“ 
“ 
GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

HERBS.

Choke Bore—Dupont’s

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

Kegs.................................. 3 25
Half  kegs........................... 1  go
Quarter  kegs....................1  10
1 lb cans.......................-__   30
«  lb  cans............................  18
Kegs...................................4 25
Half kegs.......................... 2 40
Quarter kegs......................1  35
1 lb cans.............................   34
Kegs...................................11  00
Half  kegs.......................... 5  75
Quarter kegs......................3  00
X  lb  cans............................  60
8age.....................................IB
Hops.................................... 15
Madras,  51b. boxes.........  
55
S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
50
JELLY.
15  lb. palls................. 
<&  f2
17  *  “ 
................  ©  68
30  “  “  ,   ■  .............  @  88
Pure.....................................   ao
Calabria...............................  25
Sicily....................................  12
Root.....................................  10
LYE.
Condensed, 2 dos...............1  20
4 doz...............2  25

LICORICE.

INDIGO.

“ 
MINCE  MEAT.

è s i l i

Mince meat, 3 doz. in case .2  75
Pie Prep. 3 doz.  In  case_3 09

MEASURES.
Tin, per dosen.

3 

1  gallon  ...........................   gi 75
Half  gallon......................  1  40
Q uart........  ....................  
70
Pint....................  ...........  
45
Half  pint  .......................  
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
1 gallon..............................  7 
Half gallon........................  4 
Q uart......................  
7p
................................  2
Pint 
MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Sugar house......... 14
Cuba Baking.
Ordinary.......................... 
Porto Bit j.
Prime  .............................. 
Fancy  . 
N«w Orleans.
£ •£ . 
............................  
Good  .............................. 
Extra good.......................  
Choice 
..........................  
Fancy... 
...................
Half  barrels Sc.extra

k
20
30
is
22
27
j»
40

. 

P IC K U S .
M em  mu

Barrel*, 1,200 count...  ©ft oo 
Half bbls, 600  count..  ©3 10
Small.
6 00
Barrels, 2.400 count 
Half bbls, 1,200 count 
3 50

P IP E 8.

Clay, No.  216.......................1  70
“  T. D. full count...........  70
Cob, No. 3 ..........................1 20

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

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

RICH.
Domestic.

Imported.

Carolina head....................... 6
“  No. 1........................5)4
“  No. 2.........•............5
Broken..............................  4
Japan, No. 1.......................... 5*
R  No. 2...........................5
Java.......................... 5
Patna...........................  
4)4
Whole Sifted.

SPICES.

 

“ 
“ 
“ 

“  and  Saigon.25

“  white... 
“ 
Pure Ground In Bulk.

Allspice...............................
Cassia, China in mats........  9)4
Batflvla in bund___ 15
Saigon  In rolls......32
Cloves,  Amboyna................22
Zanzibar..................11)4
Mace  Batavia.....................80
Nutmegs, fancy..................75
“ 
« 0. 1...................... 70
“  No. 2...................... 60
Pepper, Singapore, black__10
.20
shot....................... 16
Allspice.................................15
Cassia,  Batavia.....................18
“ 
“  Saigon....................35
Cloves,  Amboyna..................22
Zanzibar................18
Ginger, African.....................16
“  Cochin................... 20
Jam aica.................22
“ 
Mace  Batavia........................65
Mustard,  Bng. and Trieste..22
Trieste....................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 .....................75
Pepper, Singapore, black___ 16
“  white...... 24
“ 
“  Cayenne.................20
Sage.......................................20
‘‘Absolute” In Packages.
**■
. . . .  
Cinnamon............. 
84
Cloves.........................  84
Ginger,  Jamaica.......   84
“  African...........  84
MuBtard......................  84
Pepper.......................   84
Sage........ 
.............  84

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SAI< SODA.

“ 

Granulated,  bbls.......   ......   14
751b  cases........  lv%
Lump,’bbls 
.......................1  15
1451b kegs...............   154

“ 

SEED8.

Anise.........................  ©15
4%
Canary, Smyrna......... 
s
Caraway....................  
Cardamon, Malabar..
90
Hemp,  Russian........
4
Mixed  Bird...............
5@6
Mustard,  white.........
10
Poppy .......................
9
Rape..........................
5 SO
Cuttle  bone  .............
STARCH.
20-lb  boxes.......................... 5*
40-lb 
.......................... 5H
Gloss.
1-lb packages.......................  5
3-lb 
....................... 5
6-lb 
....................... 5)4
40 and 50 lb. boxes..............  3%
Barrels............................... 3*4

Corn.

11 
“ 

“ 

SNUFF.

Scotch, In  bladders............ 37
Maccabov, In jars............... 35
French Rappee, In Jars......43
Boxes................................... 6),
Kegs, English....................... 44

SODA,

SALT.

Diamond Crystal.

 

 

“ 

 
 

Cases, 243  lb. boxes........$j1  60
Barrels,¿820  lbs................  2 50
1152)4 lb .bags....  4 00
“ 
lb  “ 
....  3 75
€05 
“ 
3010  lb  “J
“ 
3  50 
6) 
Butter, 56 lb  bags__
“  20141b bags__
3 50 
“  280 lb  bbls  ...
2 50 
“  2241b 
...
2 25
Worcester.
115 2)4-lb sacks........................{4 CO
3 75
“ 
605-lb 
3010-lb  *!  .  .....................3  50
22  14 lb.  “ 
3  30
320 lb. bbl...............................  2 50
8 lb  sacks...  ...................32)4
60

linen acks.......... 
Common Grades.

100 3-lb. sacks......................... 12 10
60 5-lb.  “ 
2810-lb. sacks..........................1 75
56 lb. dairy in drill  bags...  30
281b.  “ 
16
Ashton.
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks..  75 
Higgins.
75 
681b. dairy In linen  sacks. 
Soiar Rock.
56 1n.  sacks..........
22
Common Fine.
Saginaw..........................  
90
Manistee.................... 
93

1  93

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T H E   M ÏO m O A JSr  TRADEISACAIT.

1 7

SALERATUS.

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.  *10 20 gro
2  “  N. S.  1  20 “ 
12 60  “
2  “  F. M.  1  40 “ 
14  40  “
Vanilla.
1 oz. F. M.  1  50 doz.  16 20 gro
2  “  N. S.  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  •*

8OAP.
Laundry.

Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb........... 3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb...................3 go
White Borax, 100  X-lh........ 3 65

Proctor A Gamble.

“ 

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

6  oz............................... 4 00

Dingman Brands.

“ 

Single box...........................3 95
5 box lots, delivered......... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered..........3 75
Jas. S. Kirk A Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp d. .13 33 
plain...  3 27
N. K.  Falrbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.........................    00
Brjwn,60 bars.................... 2 40
80  b a rs...............  3 25

“ 
Lautz Bros. A Co.’s Brands.
Acme.................................3 75
Cotton Oil.......................... 6 00
Marseilles.......................... 4 00
M aster.................................4 00
Thompson A Chute Co. ’s Bra nds

TEAS.

SU N  C U B ED .

japan—Regular.
..........................  

BA SK ET  V IS E D .

017
Good..........................   ©an
Choice.....................  ..24  ©26
Choicest...................... 32  @34
D ust............................10  ©12
............................  @17
Good..........................   @30
Choice..........................24  @26
Choicest.......................32  @34
Dust.............................10  @12
P air............................. 18  @20
Choice............................  @25
Choicest........................ 
@35
Extra choice, wire leaf  ©40
Common to fait...........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. 
IM PE R IA L .

YOUNG H TSO N .

GUN PO W D ER.

KNOLI8H   BBEAKVAST.

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

TOBACCO8.

Fine Cut.

P. Lorillard A Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet................30 @32
30
Tiger...............................  
D. Scotten & Co’s Brands.
Hiawatha.......................  
60
Cuba..................... 
32
Rocket............................ 
30
Spaulding & Merrick’s  Brands.
Sterling..........................  
30
Bazoo............................  @30
Can Can.........................  @27
Nellie  Bly.....................24 @25
Uncle Ben............ — 24  @25
McGinty......................... 
25
Columbia...................... 
Columbia,  drums  ........ 
Bang  Up....................... 
Bang up,  drums  ......... 

Private Brands.

¡17
24
23
2d
19

¡4 bbls.......... 

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WOODENWARE.

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

Tubs, No. 1.........................  6 00
“  No. 2..........................5 50
“  No. 3...........................4 50
.  1  30
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__  1  50
18  “  .....................  go
“ 
15  “  ....................  1  25
17  “  ....................  1  80
“ 
19  “ 
2 40
“ 
21  “ 

 
...................
Baskets, market..........  35
“  shipping  bushel.. 
“ 
** willow cl’ths, No.l  5 25
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“  Nor.3 7 25
splint  “  No.l  3 75
“ 
*» 

1 15
..  1 25
No.2 6 %

No.2 4 25
No.3 4 75

full  hoop 

“ 
“ 
* 
“ 

“ 

IN D U R A TED   W AKE.

Doable.

Butter Plates—Oval.

Palls..................................  3 15
Tubs,  No.  1........................13 50
Tubs, No. 2.........................12 00
Tubs, No. 3.........................10 50
2 50  1  CC
No.  1...........................   60 2  10
No.  2...........................   70 2 45
No. 3...........................   go 2 80
No 
.........................  1 00  3 50
W ashboards—single.
Universal.................................2 25
No. Queen.......................... 2 50
Peerless Protector....................2 40
Saginaw Globe........................  1 75
Water Witch........................2 25
Wilson...............................250
Good Luck...........................2 75
Peerless..............................   2 85
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol­
lows:
Green............................  2@3
Part Cured...............   @  3%
Full  “ 
Dry...............................5  © 6
Kips, green  ................. 3  @ 4
“  cared.................  © 6
Calfskins,  green.........  5 @ 6
cured.......... 6 ©  7)4
Deacon skins..............10  ©25

.................   ©

H ID B S.

" 

No. 2 hides X off.
PE L T S .

39
27
40
25

Plug.

Sorg’s Brands.

 

38
34
40
32
39

Finzer’s Brands.

Spearhead...................... 
Joker.............................. 
Nobby Twist.................... 
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo...............................  
Hiawatha.............. 
Valley City........... 
Old  Honesty.........  
Jolly Tar...............  
Lorillard’s Brands.
Climax (8 oz., 41c)_ 
Gr-en Turtle...............: 
30
Three Black Crows... 
27
Something Good.......... 
%
Ontof  Sight.........  
Wilson <s McCaulay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope............  
37
Happy Thought........... 
Messmate.............. 
NoTax....................... 
31
Let  Go................... 
Smoking.

J. G. Butler’s Brands.
24
43
32
27

Catllh’s  Brands.

Kiln  dried....................... 17@18
Golden  Shower................... 19
Huntress  ................ 
26
Meerschaum 
.............. 29@30
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle Navy....................... 40
Stork............................. 30@32
German............................... 15
Frog..................................  33
Java, 
foil.......................32
Banner Tobacco Co.'s Brands.
Banner.................................15
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..............................22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
Handmade...........................40

Scotten’s Brands.

 

Leldersdorfs Brands.

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

Spaulding A Merrick.

Tom and Jerry.....................25
Traveler  Cavendish...........38
Buck Horn.......................... 3u
Plow  Boy......................30032
Corn  Cake...........................16

VINEGAR.

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

II for barrel.

WET  HUSTARD.
Balk, per gal  ................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz In case...  1  75

YEAST.

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

 

 

WOOL.

W H EA T.

M ISCELLANEOUS.

Shearlings..................... 5 ©  20
Lambs 
......................25  @  60
Washed..  ..................12  @17
Unwashed.................  8  @13
Tallow...........................4 @  4%,
Grease batter  ...........  1  © 2
Switches....................  l)(@ 2
Ginseng..................... 3 00@3 25
GRAINS and FEEDSTUFF'S 
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red  (60 lb. test) 
Bolted...  .........................  1  40
Granulated.......................  1  65
•Patents............................  2 05
•Standards.......................  1  55
Bakers’.............................   1  35
•Graham..........................   1  40
Rye...................................   1  40
•Subject  to nsual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

VLOUB  IN   BACKS.

MEAL.

47
47

M IL L S T U W S .

Less

*15 00
13 00
17 00
24 50
23. 00

Car lots  quantity

COBN.

Bran...............*14 50 
Screenings__  12 00 
Middlings.........  16 00 
Mixed Feed...  23 00 
Coarse meal  . 
22 00 
Car  lots.............................. 53)4
Less than  car lots..............55)4
Car  lots.............................. 33
Less than  car lots.............36
H A T .
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__11  no
No. 1 
ton lots........12 50

OATS.

“ 

FISH  AND  OYSTERS.
F.  J.  Dettenthaler  quotes as 

follows:
FR ESH   P IS H .
Whltefish 
.................  @10
T rout.........................  ©8
Black Bass................. 
12)4
Halibut.......................   @1?
Ciscoes or Herring__  ©  4
Blueflsh......................  @10
Fresh lobster, per lb.. 
20
C od....:...................... 
10
No. 1 Pickerel............   @ 9
Pike............................  © 8
Smoked White...........  @8
Red  Snappers............  
15
Columbia  River  Sal­
mon ......................... 
15
Mackerel....................   18@25
otstebs—Cans.
Falrhaven  Counts....  @37
F. J. D.  Selects.........  
32
Selects...... ................   ©as
25
F. J. D......................... 
Anchors.....................  
22
Standards..................  
21
Favorite.............................is
oysters—Bulk.
Counts.......................  
Extra Selects..per gal. 
Selects....................... 
Standards..................  
Scallops...................... 
Shrimps  ...................  
Clams.........................
SH E L L   GOODS. 
Oysters, per  100......... 1  25@l  75
.  75©l 00
Clams, 

2 20
1  85
1  65
1  15
1  so
1  ¿5

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................................ 8 65

Savon Improved....   ........a
........o so
Sunflower.........  
Golden................." ..........5 S
Economical  ...........2 25
Single  b o x ..................  
. . .
5 box  lots............  
3  ¿X
10 box lots............ V..........   3 m
25 box  lots del.................'  3 40

Passolt’s Atlas  Brand.

“ 

8UGAR.

Scouring.
Sapollo, kitchen, 3  doz...  2 40
hand, 3 doz..........2 40
Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars, to  which  the 
wholesale  dealer  adds  the  lo­
cal freight  from  New  York  to 
your  shipping  point,  giving 
you  credit  on  the  Invoice  for 
the  amount  of  freight  buyer 
pays from the market  in which 
he  purchases  to  his  shipping 
point,including 20  pounds  for 
the weight of the barrel.
Cut  Loaf................... 7.7.:: 5 Jg
Cubes............................‘
' 4 §7
XXXX  Pow dered...;;.'""  5  Í
Granulated......... .......... "   45«
Fine Granulated...... 7 7 ;;  4 jg
Extra Fine Granulated...  4 69
Mould A .................... 
4  31
Diamond Confec.  Á ...7 7   4 62 
Confec. Standard  A..  7 7   4 50
no.  2 ......................Ill
No.  3................................   4 31
No.  4...............................  4 25
No.  5....................7  7 .7   J  w
5®‘  6.................................. ... co
3 94
N a  I:::::;:::  ::::::..........i? ¿
No.  a .................7 7 7 7 7   l e i
No.  12....................... 
3 5 ,
no.  13.......................:::::.  3 So
No.  14.................  .........  
3 44

l ......................... 

SYRUPS.

Corn.

Barrels..................................
Half bbls............................:'2i
_ 
S¡¡5,.....................................  19
Choice.............................„ 7   a,

Pure Cane.

TABLE  SAUCES.

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

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PROVISIONS.

15  00
15  75
16 00

The Grand Rapids  Packing and Provision Co 

7JÍ
5)46
3)4

9)4
9)4
6*

, 

_  

PO R K   IN  B A R R ELS.

quotes as follows :
Mess,.  .
sh o rtcu t.................. 15 50 @
Extra clear pig, short cut
Extra clear, heavy...........
Clear, fat  back...............................  15 76 a
Boston clear, short cut..................
Clear back, shortcut............... 
15  75 <a
Standard clear, short cut, best......
Pork, links.............................
Bologna...................................................
Liver.......................... ...........................
Tongue.....................; ; ; .......................
Blood..............................:::::..............
Head cheese............ :III11111...............
Summer.................................................
Frankfurts....   ....... I.:!::..................
_  
L A B D .
Kettle  Rendered...............
Granger...............................................
Family.......................  .V.'.'.""............
Compound............ ... .111II"  11" 1" ’ * *
Cottolene.... 
..  .........." . 1 " " l"   ""*
50 lb. Tins, *4C advance.
20 lb. palls, He 
“ vc 
101b. 
xc  
5}b. 
31b. 
‘ 1  c 
_  
B E E P   IN   B A B B E L 8.
Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibe.........  
7 75
..............775
Extra Mess, Chicago packing..... 
Boneless, ramp butts............................. .  . . . U> 75
Hams, average 20 lbs........... 
» u
*6 »>8................... :::::::::::ii)4
12 to 14 lbs.
..................ii*
picnic....................
oral uuueiess...........
best boneless.
Shoulders................. 
AS
Breakfast Bacon  boneless. 
in*
Dried beef, ham prices...........................  
. ..11)4
Long Clears, heavy__
Briskets,  medium..........  .............................
light...............................................
Butts............  
...........
' .*.'.*.*.**.'.....................
D. S. Bellies......i:“ .
Fat Backs............................."  " " " ............
Half  barrels............  
«  =n
Quarter barrels............ . . ..............................»2;
K it s  
.................................... .. 90

smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

P IC K L E D   P IG S ’  F E E T .

D R Y   SALT  MEATS.

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“

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Kits, honeycomb. 
Kits, premium  ...

CROCKERY  a n d   glassw are

LAM P  B U R N ER S.

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

„  . 
6 doz. In box.

l a m p   c h i m n e y s .  Per box.

No. 0 Sun.........................
..  1  75
No.l  “  .................... 
...............
......1  88
No.2   “  .............................................
....... 2  70
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top__
.......2  10
. 
...............
No. 1  “ 
...... 2 25
No.2  “ 
......................
....... 3  25
.........................
No. 0 Sun, crimp top...................................   g g0

First quality.
“ 
“ 
XXX Flint. 

“ 
“  . 

Pearl top.

“ 

“ 

„ 

■>  „

“ 
...................
l a n t e r n   g l o b e s .

....................
Fire Proof—Plain Top:..............
“ 

No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................3 70
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 
“ 
No. 1, Sun.  plain  bulb........... 
N0. 2,  “ 
“ 
............ 1«
_  
La Bastie.
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz.  ... 
19»
......................1  50
..............................  
No. 1 crimp, per doz...................................... í
35
N0.2  “ 
__ 60
„  
No. 0,  Tubular, cases 1 doz.  each........ 
45
**  2  “ 
No. 0, 
45
bbis 5  “ 
N0. 0, 
.......  ¿jj
No. 0, 
bull’s eye, cases 1 doz each: 1  00
No. 10, Brass, 40u candle power....................2 75
No. 9, Globe, automatic  extinguisher.........3 25
l a m p   w i c k s .
No. 0, per gross....................... 
9n
2:
 
No. 1, 
No.2, 
 
S
N0. 3, 
 
s
Mammoth, per doz......................................   '  7S

RO CH ESTER  STORE  LAM PS 

ST R E E T   LAM PS.

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5 =0

Supplies.

Mason—old style.

Dandy—glass  cover.

F R U IT   JA R S .
Pints......................................  
Quarts.................................... .................. 
Half  gallons..................................;;;;;;;;;;  7
Pints
Quarts..........................................................
9 00 
Half  gallons..........................." " ..I ." !
2 00
Boyd’s extra caps...................................... 
o 2=
Rubber  rings......................................................... 
35
Sealing wax, red or white, 51b  packages. .. .  2>4
)4  Pints,  6 doz in  box, per box  (box 00).......   1  64
24  “  “  bbl, 
M 
doz  (bbl  35) ..........  23
6  “  “  box,  “  box  (box 00) ___  1  80
H  “ 
18  “  ”  bbl,  “  doz  (bbl 35)...........  26
)4 
STONEW ARE— AK RO N .
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 g al..................................  Qg
)4 gal. per  doz__   ....... Y.\  60
“ 
Jugs, )4 gal., per d oz.........................................   70
*r  1 to 4 gal., per ga l....................................  07
Milk Pans, )4 gal., per  doz...............................  60
................................  72

JELLY  TUMBLERS—Tin Top.

1  “ 

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STONEW ARE— BLACK  G LAZED.

Butter Crocks, 1  and 2 gal......................... 
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Milk Pans, )4 gal. per  doz.........................[  65
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THE  STORY  OF  JOE.

rien ces.

to  his  beat. 

A n oth er  C hapter  o f   Thrilling:  E x p e­
Fling  the  bauner  to the breeze!  Toot 
the horu and beat  the tom-toms!  Elliott 
has met the enemy and  they are his;  the 
dog ordinance has gone to  the demnition 
bow-wows,  as it  were,  and  JOE  STILL 
LIVES. 
Judge  Haggerty  has  decided 
that  the  ordinance  is  ultra  vires,  and 
every dog in this great and good city will 
rise up and call  him  blessed.  The  best 
legal talent in the city  had been engaged 
on the side of Joe,  for it was felt that his 
cause was  the  cause  of  every  canine  in 
the land.  Defeat meant not only the pos­
sible extinction of Joe’s young but event­
ful  life—it  threatened  danger  to  every 
freeborn  American  dog,  while  victory 
meant  that  the  poorest  dog of them all 
had the constitutional right  to  life,  lib­
erty  and  the  pursuit  of  happiuess, ac­
cording to the best of his own sweet will. 
But  about  Joe.  The  neighbors  missed 
him after his last  essay,  which  resulted 
in his master being  haled  before  the bar 
of  justice.  First  of  all  it  was noticed 
that  what  few  cats  remained  in  the 
neighborhood (the  few that  Joe failed to 
get  acquainted  with)  were 
regaining 
some of their old-time bonhommie.  They 
ceased to act as if  Nemesis  had  camped 
on  their  trail  and  they  were  sure  she 
would catch them.  They came and  went, 
held their nightly concertos  in  D  major 
with  full  chorus,  as in the days prior  to 
Joe’s  advent,  and  ranged  at  will  over 
their  old  stamping  ground.  Children 
ceased to go around the  block  to  get  to 
the  house  next  door  to  the  one which 
contained Joe,  and  even  the  policeman 
had  returned 
It  looked 
curious.  What had become of Joe?  Was 
he dead,  or had he been spirited away  in 
doubt  as  to  the outcome of the lawsuit? 
Or  (but  this  was  never  said  above  a 
whisper)  was  he  secreted  somewhere 
about  the  premises?  Joe  would  never 
betray  his  presence. 
It  might  be  true 
that  canes  timidi  vehementius  latrant, 
but Joe was not that kind  of  a  pup—he 
never  barked.  He  was  never known  to 
bark, no  matter  wbat  the  occasion. 
If 
he was pleased,  he  wagged his tail;  if he 
was displeased,  he  never  showed it.  So 
the  neighbors  were  at  a  loss  what  to 
think about it;  they hoped  he was  dead, 
but feared he was not.  That he had died 
a natural death  was  not  supposable;  he 
was  the  kind of a  dog to live to a  green 
old age in full possession of all his facul­
ties.  Gradually,  however,  the neighbor­
hood had settled down to its old condition 
of careless security,  and Joe and his san­
guinary record  faded  into  a  mere  rem­
iniscence. 
If visions  of the terrible pup 
and his terrible deeds  hauuted the sleep­
ing hours of some in the vicinity it would 
not be surprising but  it  was  not  talked 
about.  But  what  had  become  of  Joe? 
When  asked  this  question  Mr.  Elliott 
winked  his  other  eye  and  casually  re­
marked that he feared the extreme drouth 
which had prevailed for  so  long  a  time 
would  have  a damaging  effect upon  the 
crops.  “Speaking  of  the  drouth,”  said 
Will,  “can’t  we—”  there  could  be  no 
doubt  on  that  point—“we”  could  and 
“ we” did.  After the  drouth  had  disap­
peared and precautionary measures taken 
against its return, the story of  Joe’s  dis­
appearance was  told.  That  Joe had  got 
himself  disliked  in  the  vicinity  of  his 
home  there  was  no  denying,  and  that 
sooner or later he would be given  an  as­
sisted  passage  over the  dark and turbid

Styx was equally certain.  So his master 
determined to  remove him  far  from  the 
scene  of  his  many  trials  and triumphs 
where carking care,  the policeman’s billy 
or the  poisoned  venom  of  his  enemies’ 
hate could not reach  him.

’Twas a dark  and  stormy night.  The 
lurid  lightning  shot  athwart  the  sky, 
which  was  shrouded  in inky  blackness. 
The rumbling thunder reverberated  from 
hill  to hill  like the cannonading of oppos­
ing  armies.  The  wind  blew  in  fitful 
gusts—increasing in  violence  with every 
passing moment. 
It was  old  Boreas  on 
a  tear  or Fat! er Time with a jag,  it was 
not quite certain  which.  Not many peo­
ple were abroad  that night;  even  the po­
licemen  had  taken  refuge  in  the stair- 
! ways and were sleeping the  sleep  of  the 
innocent, oblivious  to; the"warring  ele­
ments.  But,  who  is this skulking down 
the street as if his record were after him? 
And  what is that which follows so closely 
at his heels?  Is it—can it be—it must be, 
therefore,  it  is—Joe;  Joe  whose  very 
name was a terror;  Joe who  had all  but 
rendered  the  neighborhood  catless;  Joe 
who had  whipped  every  dog  in  eleven 
blocks without turning  a hair or missing 
a  meal;  the  same  easy,  nonchalant  air, 
the same carelessness  and indifference to 
his own  comfort  which were his prevail­
ing  characteristics.  What  cared  he  for 
the  storm?  The  jarring  thunder, 
the 
wild wailing of the wind,  and  the  vivid 
lightning  suited  his  peculiar  tempera­
ment  and  seemed  to  sooth  the  restless 
energy  of  his  turbulent spirit.  Yes,  it 
was Joe and his faithful  master. 
It was 
strange how attached these  two  were  to 
each  other.  Mr.  Elliott  says  that  if  it 
had  not been for  the  strong  attachment 
which existed between him  and  the  dog 
he  could  never  have  done  what he  did 
that  night;  but  he  could  do  anything 
with Joe,  take him anywhere  so  long  as 
the attachment held.  Viewed  in the un­
certain light of the street lamp it seemed 
to be strong enough to hold a horse.  The 
two  kept  on  their  way  without pause, 
headed  due  south.  West  Bridge  street 
was reached,  where the procession turned 
west,  still  keeping  well  within 
the 
shadow  of  the  buildings.  Just  before 
reaching the railroad tracks,  a cat darted 
out of a doorway and  started  across  the 
street.  With a bound  Joe  started  after 
it.  The  sudden  jerk  which  occurred 
when he reached the  end  of  his  attach­
ment was too much  for Mr. Elliott, whose 
mind was in a  perturbed  state  anyway. 
He  sat  down on the sidewalk regardless 
of the wet,  which  was  at  least  an  inch 
thick,  and gave  vent to his feelings in  a 
low hoarse whisper and in  words  which 
were strong enough to  pull the breath of 
a  professional  rounder.  Joe  remained 
with his master;  he saw,  dog  though  he 
was,  that something had occurred to  mar 
the sunny serenity  of  his  master’s  tem­
per,  and  he  was  not  the  dog to desert 
him in the hour of  trouble.  The cat  es­
caped.  Having said all that the occasion 
seemed  to  demand,  Will  rose  and  re­
sumed  his  way.  After  crossing 
the 
tracks they turned  south  and  proceeded 
a  considerable  distance,  and  then again 
turned west.  Coming  to a  livery stable, 
Mr. Elliott entered and  gruffly ordered  a 
hack.  When it  was  ready  Joe  and  his 
master entered  and  the  driver  was  or­
dered  to  drive  to  Grandville.  The liv­
eryman had no concern about the matter.
He was sore  that the  man  who  had  en­
tered  the  hack  was  either  a burglar,  a 
murderer or an  escaped  lunatic,  but  he

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had paid in advance  and that  settled  it. 
But,  the  curious  reader  may  ask,  why 
this midnight drive  to  Grandville?  Joe 
is  the  answer;  Joe,  who  was  receiving 
more attention than was at  all  good  for 
one  of  his  tender  years,  and  who,  his 
master had determined,should be removed 
far from temptation and other things.  It 
was  not  Mr.  Elliott’s  intention  to leave 
him in Grandville,  but to  send  him from 
there to some sequestered spot,  “far from 
the  madding  crowd,”  where  he  could 
rest up and forget his past.  Why did he 
take the doR to Grandville?  Joe’s record 
was against him in this city.  The police 
were  on  the  watch  for him,  that is the 
police on the East Side;  most of those on 
the West Side  were  sufficiently  well  ac­
quainted with him and did not pine for a 
closer  acquaintance.  One  of  them  had 
attempted to make friends  with Joe;  but 
the  dog  had  all  the  friends he needed, 
and proceeded to demonstrate to the blue 
coat that he  was  not  wasting  away  for 
want  of  friendship.  Joe  missed the of­
ficer’s nose by a hair and caught  his coat 
collar.  The  policeman  struck  at  Joe 
with his billy,  and  hit  himself  over  the 
right eye so hard  that when  he got  back 
to  headquarters  one  of the boys wanted 
to know if he  always wore  crape  on  his 
eye when  any  of  his  friends died.  Joe 
broke away from him  with about a quar­
ter  of a yard of  coat  in  his  mouth  and 
was preparing to take  something a  little 
more satisfying than blue cloth when tfie 
policeman concluded  that it  was not  his 
day  for  getting  acquainted  with  dogs, 
and, taking the hole in  his  coat  and  his 
sore eye with him,  departed.  The expe­
dition reached  Grandville  without  inci­
dent.  The  rain  was  still  falling when 
Mr. Elliott emerged  from  the  hack  and 
helped  Joe  to  the  ground.  “Say,  old 
man,” said  he  to  the  driver,  “are  you 
dry?”   Was he dry!  He wasn’t anything 
else;  he was so dry he could drink  water. 
Was  a  hack  driver  dry?  Well!  “All 
right, old fellow,” said Elliott cheerfully, 
“ won’t  you  go  before  you  have  some­
thing?  This 
is  just  your  kind  of 
weather.”  The  driver  dropped  to  the 
ground  with  the  same  old  thud,  while 
Elliott  took  his  dog  and himself under 
shelter. 
In  extenuation  of  Elliott’s 
heartless treatment  of the  hack driver it 
may be said that he had  had much to try

for  his 

him in the last few days,  and  it was  the 
uncertainty that surrounded the outcome 
of one  of  these  trials  that  was  princi­
pally  responsible 
jocoseness. 
Then,  was he not going to be parted from 
Joe, 
to  whom  he  was  so  strongly  at­
tached?  Perhaps they  would  never  see 
one another again,  or  perhaps  (dreadful 
thought!)  when  he once  more beheld the 
pup of his affections he  (the pup)  would 
be  a  cold  and  lifeless  corse;  or,  more 
dreadful still,  perhaps his  (Joe’s) tender 
thoroughbred flesh would,  together  with 
the  flesh  of  some  plebeian  yellow dog, 
have  been  fed  to  the  lowborn  boarders 
of  some  third-rate  hashery  as  bologna 
sausage.  No wonder he joked.  Anyone 
would  have  joked  under  the  circum­
stances.

Here,  for  the  present,  these  truthful 
chronicles  must  end.  How  he  was 
shipped  to  his  future  home in far away 
Iowa,  how on the trip and since arriving 
there he fully maintained  the prestige of 
his name and added fresh  laurels  to  his 
already imperishable renown, will be told 
later.  But all the  returns  are not in yet 
and Joe may  demand a  recount  in  some 
of the precincts, and the writer must tell 
a straight story or none.

S a y  G ood-B ye to  th e  M ountains.

M. de Lapperent,  the  eminent  profes­
sor  of  geology of  the Institute of Paris, 
in a paper read before the Scientific Cath­
olic Congress, expressed the opinion that 
all mountains will  vanish off the  face  of 
the earth in course of time.  He declared 
that,  if the actual natural  forces at work 
upon our globe  retain  their  present  in­
tensity, in four  and a half  million  years 
all inequalities of surface will  be leveled. 
He instanced  as a  striking  example  the 
reduction of  the  Ardennes,  which  were 
once a chain of the  Alps,  but which  had 
already  shrunk  to  their  present dimen­
sions at the outset of the Tertiary epoch. 
The Alps, he said, exemplified the youth, 
the  Pyrenees, 
the 
mountains  of  Provence,  the  declining 
years of mountain  ranges,  while the cen­
tral plateau of France was typical of their 
death and dissolution.  He adduced other 
arguments 
in  support  of  his  thesis— 
namely,  the levelling  of the  earth’s  sur­
face  in a given  number ,of  cycles—and 
paid an eloquent tribute! to the labors  of 
the  geologists  who  read  the  records of 
life upon the earth  before the  advent  of 
man.

the  maturity,  and 

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MICHAEL  KOLB  &  SON,

1894-5, it affords us much  pleasure  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  many  letters 
from leading merchants expressing their pleasure on  finding that  we  have in­
troduced so many Impoved Styles in Overcoats  and  Ulsters.  The  Paddock  Over- 
coat is a surprise and leading feature, is dressy and shows the figure  to  perfection.
Our Clay and Fancy Worsted suits are in great demand,  and  our  large  line  of 
Double and Single-Breasted Suits  in  Unfinished  Worsteds,  Chevoits,  Cassimeres, 
Etc.,  sold  at  popular  prices, have afforded our customers the pleasure to meet ali 
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will see and learn something to your advantage.

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GOTHAM GOSSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  of 

Special Correspondence

the  Markets.

N e w   Y o b k ,  Oct.  6—The  grocery  job­
bers of this city speak  “respectfully”  of 
the volume of trade passing and  seem  to 
think it is  ail  that  could  be  hoped  for. 
The delivery wagons are  certainly  busy, 
and  the  aspect  generally  in  the  trade 
centers is  one  of  considerable  life  and 
activity.  Prices  are  pretty  much  un­
changed and  whether the bottom  has  ac­
tually been reached- and  we are  about  to 
go  on  an  upward  term  remains  to  be 
seen.
Coffee  is  the  great  exception  to  the 
general rule of high prices.  It has  “seen 
its best days” and almost every week  de­
velops  some  inherent  weakness  which 
may not yet  be  reduced  to  dollars  and 
cents,  but the general feeling is  that  be 
fore long there has got to be  a  big  drop 
While the invoice value  of  Rio  No.  7  is 
still  1 5 c,  the  demand  hardly  warrants 
it.  The  total  stock  in  the  country 
about  250,000  bags.  Mild  sorts  are  in 
not quite as good demand as  of  late  and 
the  quotations  of  17@20c  for  Central 
American  or  lS@20c  for  Maricaibo  are 
top prices.  Mocha, 24@25c.

Sugar  has  taken  a  turn  downward, 
granulated  selling  to-day  at  4%e;  cut 
loaf, 5c; cubes,  4,%'c.  The  demand  has 
not  been  very  active  and  reports  from 
nearby points are  to  the  effect  that  re­
tailers’ stocks are ample to last for  some 
time, so that purchases are light.
The tea market is fairly steady but the 
demand 
is  not  perceptibly  increased. 
Holders  anticipate  better  prices  before 
long and are not  overanxious  to  dispose 
of holdings.
Canned goods are  attracting  little  at­
tention.  Gallon apples are  worth $3  for 
New York  State.  Tomatoes  are  at  all 
sorts of prices,  but it  is  difficult  to  find 
anything  of  worth  for  less  than  85c. 
Corn, 75@85c for New  York  State;  81® 
1.20 for Maine.
Lemons, oranges,  pineapples  and  the 
whole  line  of  foreign  green  fruits  are 
dull,  but it is anticipated  that  a  change 
will soon come,  as  the  holiday  demand 
will begin presently.
Butter improves  in  quality  and  sup­
plies are a little larger for  the  past  few 
days.  For the best  Western,  State  and 
Pennsylvania  25@25}£c  are  quoted, 
with 26c given in some instances.
Cheese  is  in  very  moderate  demand. 
The supply,  while not exceedingly large, 
is  sufficient.  State,  full  cream  large, 
colored,  fancy,  10%e;  small,  do,  10K 
@10%c.
Eggs are selling  at  good  figures,  but 
the demand  is  not  over  active.  Fancy 
Michigan,  19c and from that  the range is 
up to 22c for nearby,  and  down to 16%@ 
17c for icehouse stock.
The  market  for  rice  is  quiet  and  the 
demand  is  easy.  Holders have  been do­
ing  a  good  business,  however, 
in  for­
thereof  is  very 
eign.  and  the  supply 
much curtailed.
In  spice,  the  demand  is  slightly  im­
proved,  but  no  perceptible  advance 
has  taken  place.  Small  stocks  are  re­
ported from interior  points,  and  holders 
feel  somewhat  encouraged  at  the  pros­
pect.
Molasses is nominal,  so  far  as  foreign 
sorts are concerned,  and the  demand for 
domestic is not extremely  active.  Open- 
kettle, 25@35c.
Dried  fruits  are  selling  fairly  well, 
with no  changes of  importance  to  note. 
Nuts  are  firm and  growing firmer as  we 
approach the holiday season.
Provisions  are  dull  and  the  general 
tendency is toward  lower  prices  at  this 
writing.
Beans and peas are  meeting  with  fair 
demand and choice  pea beans, crop 1894, 
are well held  at  81.80@1.90;  choice 1894 
marrow, 82.50.  Green  peas,  8l.05@l.l0. '
Andrew Kirkpatrick and Thomas Reid, 
who  were  appointed  receivers  of  the 
Thurber,  Whyland  Company  nearly  a 
year  ago,  have  procured  from  Justice 
Lawrence, of the  Supreme Court,  an  or­
der  to  show  cause  why they should not 
be discharged  as receivers,  after making 
a distribution to the creditors of the com­
pany.  Under an order of the Court made 
in  June last the receivers transferred  all

the property of the company in their pos­
session to John  I.  Waterbury,  represent­
ing the  Committee  of  Reorganization of 
the company,  for 8600,000,  partly in cash. 
The indebtedness  of the  Thurber,  Why­
land Company aggregates about 8800,000, 
so that the money in  the hands of the  re­
ceivers will  be  insufficient to pay all  the 
claims of the creditors in full.  Creditors 
have  assigned  about  8700,000  of  their 
claims to  the  Reorganization  Committee 
of the company.
The  weather  is  very  propitious  for 
shopping  and  the  stores  are  crowded 
from end to  end.  Many buyers  are here 
from  nearby  sections,  and  upon 
the 
whole  traders  have  no  reason  to  com- 
Plain- 

Ja y .

T he  H ard w are  M arket.

General  Trade—Continues  very  good 

feeling  prevai 

and  a  much  better 
among the trade.  Changes in prices are 
few,  as manufactures and  jobbers do not 
see any way to  make  them  lower,  as 
does  seem in most lines as though  “rock 
bottom” had been reached.

Wire Nails—While no  change  of  any 
moment has been made  by  the  jobber., 
the manufacturers have  gotten  together 
and agreed to  hold  prices firm. 
If they 
are  successful—as  jobbers  think  they 
will  be—the  present  price  of  81.10  at 
mill and 81.30@1.35 from  stock  will  be 
firmly held.

Sheet Iron—It good demand.  Many of 
the mills find  it  impossible  to  keep  up 
with  their  contracts,  which,  naturally, 
causes more or less  dissatisfaction  with 
the trade. 
If there is  any  time  of  the 
year a dealer wants his sheet iron it is in 
the fall.  We quote:
No. 25 and 26........... 

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Bar Iron—Many large contracts are be 
ing  placed  and  the  price  is  firm.  W 
quote 81.50@1.75 rate from stock.

Barbed Wire—The demand is  slacking 
up,  but the price is  firm  at  last  quota 
tion.

Chains—A  new  list  on  German  coil 
and  halter  chains  has  been  issued  to 
conform to recent changes  in  the  tariff 
The discount from same is 60@70.

Knives—A new list on  Wilson butcher 
knives  has  also  been  found  necessary 
which brings them lower.  The discount 
remains the same—20 per cent.

The Dry Goods Market.
There are no changes in  prices.
Dress flannels  in  26,  36  and  50  inch 
widths are selling freely  and are hard to 
get in certain shades.

Calicos  remain  firm in price and,  with 
raw cloths up ><@lc, there is  no  danger 
of a decline for some time.

Best cambrics are now  quoted at Z%@ 
4c,  according  to  make  and  finish.  Ar­
nold 32 inch wide indigos are now jobbed 
at 7%c net,  while % goods are very cheap 
at 4%c.  Shirtings  are 3%c.

There is a large  demand for  boys’  and 
men’s  blue  flannel  caps  at  82.25@4.50. 
Local jobbers cannot fill orders promptly, 
one jobber being now  50 doz.  behind and 
receiving fresh  orders  every day.

F rom   a   B u c k e y e   Stan d p oin t.

From  th e Tri-State (Toledo) Grocer.

T h e Mich ig a n T radesm an  is  eleven 
years  old.  A  hale  and  hearty  eleven- 
year  youngster  he  is, 
too.  Here’s  to 
him,  and may the future be  as  vigorous 
as the eleven completed years have been

H.  B.  Fairchild  (Hazeltine  &  Perkins 
Drug Co.)  has  returned  from New York, 
whither  he  went  to  attend  the  annual 
convention  of  the  National  Wholesale 
Druggists’ Association.

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

REPRESENTATIVE  RETAILERS.

Julius  Steinberg,  the  Traverse  City 

Merchant.

Julius Steinberg was born in Sumalky, 
Russian  Poland,  48  years  ago.  His 
father  was  engaged  in  mercantile  pur­
suits  in  Poland,  being  a  produce  and 
commission  dealer.  Julius  left  his  na­
tive land when 19 years  of age to  escape 
service in the Russian army, to which all 
males in  Russia,  20  years  old  and  up­
wards,  were  subject.  This  was .pecul­
iarly odious to  the  Hebrews for two rea­
sons:  They  were  opposed  to  war  and 
were not in any  sense a  warlike  people; 
and then,  as they would  be compelled  to 
serve ten years,  it  spoiled  their  chances 
for advancement in life in any other pur­
suit.  Coming out of the army at 30 with 
the bad name which  attaches to  the  sol­
diery  generally  of  European  countries, 
their chances for obtaining  a  settlement 
in  life  were  very slim.  Then,  again,  a 
Hebrew can  never  rise  in  the  military 
service  of  Russia;  not an  office, civil  or 
military, 
is  open  to  him  unless  he 
changes  his  religion;  so that  it is not  to 
be  wondered  at  that  Julius  Steinberg, 
and thousands of  his  coreligionists have 
forsaken  a  country which imposed  such 
degrading  conditions  upon  them.  Mr. 
Steinberg came almost  directly  to Michi­
gan on his  arrival  in  this  country,  and 
after  spending  some  months in Detroit, 
started  out  to  find  a  suitable  location. 
Going by  boat  from  Detroit,  he  landed 
first  on  Mackinac  Island.  A  short  stay 
of two months satisfied him  that  he  had 
not yet found the most desirable place on 
which to  pitch bis  tent.  His  next  stop 
was  at  Traverse  City,  and  he  was not 
long in determining that  he  had  at  last 
found  the  promised  land.  Procuring  a 
horse and suitable  vehicle  and  stocking 
it  with  an  assortment of  dry goods and 
notions,  he set out on the road to fortune. 
For four years he came  and went  among 
the people of Traverse  City and vicinity, 
making friends  and  laying  the  founda­
tion of a prosperous  business for the  fu­
ture,  and,  incidentally,  gathering  in  a 
goodly number of American  dollars.  At 
the  end  of  four years he abandoned the 
road,  stocked a small  building  with  dry 
goods  and  settled  down to  the life of  a 
legitimate  merchant.  His  entire  stock 
could have been bought for 81,000.  When 
he  started  on  the  road  his  outfit  was 
worth,  probably,  8150.  To-day, 
those 
who are in a position  to  know  say  that 
he  carries  a  stock  worth  not less  than 
825,000.  Mr.  Steinberg  has  recently 
erected a building  which  he  has  called 
Steinberg’s Grand  Opera House. 
It is  a 
magnificent  structure,  worthy  of  the 
hustling  town  in  which  it  is  situated.
he  ground  floor  is  occupied  by  Mr. 
Steinberg with  his  stock  of  dry  goods, 
clothing  and  carpets.  The  auditorium 
has a capacity of 1,000.  The Grand Rap­
ids School Furniture Co. secured the con­
tract  for  furnishing  800  of  the  latest 
style of  opera  chairs.  When  fully  fur­
nished the opera house  will be second  to 
none in the  State.

Mr.  Steinberg is certainly deserving  of 
great  credit  for  the  success  he  has 
achieved in the short time he has been in 
this country.  Beginning  as an itinerant 
peddler,  he has,  by  energy, industry and 
frugality,  placed  himself  in  the  fore­
front  of  the  ranks of mercantile men in 
the State.  Moreover, he  deserves  all  of 
his success,  which is  more  than  can  be I 
said of some successful men.  His career i 
furnishes  a  marked  example  of 
the j

j achievements which come to a  man  who 
i  practices  industry  and  economy,  com­
bined with the necessary  push and  fore­
sight.

R ight  Y ou  A re.

From the St. Louis Grocer.

An article signed “Radical”  in the last 
number of the  T h e  Mic h ig a n  T r a d es­
man advocates a reduction of the exemp­
tion  laws  of  that  State from  81,500  to 
81,000.  We will go “Radical” one better 
and be more radical than he and advocate 
the wiping out entirely of  all  exemption 
laws in every State.  Then we will know 
where we are “at.”

The number of men advertising for the 
position of  bar-tender  looks  as  if  even 
the  saloon  business  had  felt  the  hard 
times.

Tradesman Co., 
grano rapids; mich.
Henry  J.  Vinkemulder,

JO B B E R   OF

Fnfits  and  Vegetables,

420,  445  and  447  So.  Division 

St  Grand  Rapids.

VEGETABLES.

We  quote  tou  No. 1  Apples  In  3  bu.  bbls.  at 
7o per bbl.  No. 2 Apples  in  4S4  bu.  bbls.  at 
Sl.,operbbl. Concord  and  Niagara  grapes  18c 
Fancy  Quinces  81.50  per  bu.
Rer 
Pears 81.00 to 81.50 per  bu.
Fancy cauliflowers 81.25 to $  50 per doz.  Home­
grown celery, fine  15c per  doz.  Green  peppers 
*1  per  bu.  Choice  onions  roc  per  bu.  Choice 
cabbage 3J to40c per doz.  Tomatoes 60c per bu. 
Fancy Jersey sweet potatoes $2.75 per bbl.
Send  in  your  orders  by  mail  or wire.  They 
will have our prompt and careful  attention  and 
benefit or any decline  in  prices.  State  how  to 
ship, freight or express  and  what  line.  Before 
you buy your winter apples and onions  get  our 
prices.

EVAPORATED  APPLES
We  want  them.  Send  sample  and 

quote price.

HASTINGS & REMINGTON,

GRAND  R A PID S,  M ICH.

O Y S T E R S

QUALITY  FINE.
PRICES  LOW.
Solid Brand, Extra Selects, per can $  28 
Solid Brand,  Selects,  per can....
Solid Brand,  E.  F.,  per  can.......
Solid Brand,  Standards,  per can.
Daisy Brand, Selects,  per  can...
Daisy Brand, Standards, per can 
Daisy Brand,  Favorites, per can.... 
16
Best Baltimore  Standards,  per  gal  1  10 
The Queen Oyster Pails at bottom prices. 
Mrs.  Withey’s  Home  Made  Jelly, 
made with green apples,  very fine
30-lb pail.................... . 
17-lb  pail................................
Mrs.  Withey’s  Condensed  Mince 
Meat,  the  best  made.  85  cents 
per  doz.  3  doz.  in  case.

1  00 
65

.

6

Mrs.  Withey’s bulk mince meat:
40-lb pails,  per  lb......................... 
25-lb pails, per  lb....................
10-lb pails, per  l b ..................................'
lo
Pure Cider Vinegar,  per  gallon. . . .  
Pure Sweet Cider,  per  gallon.........  
12
Fine Dairy Butter, per pound.........  
20
Fresh Eggs, per  doz......................... 
17
Fancy 300 Lemons, per  box.............4  50
Extra Choice, 300 lemons per  box..  4  00 
Extra Choice, 360 lemons per  box..  3  50
Choice 300 Lemons,  per  box........... 3  50
Choice 360 Lemons,  per  box___3  50

EDWIN  FALLAS,

Oyster  Packer  and  manufacturer. 

VALLEY  CITY  COLD  STORAGE. 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Muskegon  Bakery  Grackers

(U n ite d   S ta te s   B a k in g   C o.)

Are  Perfect  Health  Food.

There area great many  Butter Crackres  >n  the  Market—only

one can  be  best—that is  the original

Muskegon 
Bakery 
Butter 
Cracker.

,

Pure,  Crisp,  Tender,  Nothing  Like  it  for  Flavor.  Daintiest 
Most Beneficial  Cracker you  can  get for  constant  table use.

Nine
Other
Great
Specialties
Are

M u sk e g o n   T o a st, 
R o \ a l  F r u it  B iscu it, 
M u sk e go n   F ro ste d   H o n e y , 
Iced   C o co a   H o n e y   Ju m b le s , 
Je lly   T u r n o v e rs, 
G in g e r   S n a p s , 
H o m e -M a d e   S n a p s , 
M u sk e g o n   B r a n c h , 
M lik   L u n ch  

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ASK
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FOR
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B AK ER Y’S
CA K ES  and
CRA CK ERS

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Oysters
ANCHOR  BRAND

OLD  RELIABLE

All  orders  receive  prompt  attention  at 

lowest  market  price.

See^quotations in  Price Current.

F .  J.  J J E T 1 E \ T H A E E R .

117  and  119  Monroe  St.,  Grand  RaDids

H Hunting Season

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Me  are  agents  for  all  the  hading  lines  of  Guns and 

Ammunition.

Winchester,  Marlin,  Remington  and  Colt’s Guns 

I always  in  stock.

We shall  try and  keep our assortment complete,  and  hope 
to  secure  the trade of  Western  Michigan on  this  line  of  goods

THE  ONLY  SCALE  ON  EARTH  for  the  Retail

Dealer.

T h e y   A r e   T h e  

E IG H T H   W O N D E R  

o f  t h e   W o r ld .

An  Investment 
Paying from 

100 to 1000  Per Cent. 

Per Annum.

T h o u s a n d s   o f t h e  

B E S T   M E R C H A N T S  

a r e   U s in g  T h e m .

If. Your  Competitor  Says  They  are  a  Good  Thing 

for  Him,. WHY  NOT  EQUALLY 

SO  FOR  YOU ?

See W h a t U sers Say:

W est Bat Cit y,  Mich., Aur.  7,  1894.

Me ssr s.  Hoyt  &  Go.,

Dayton, Ohio.

Gen tlem en:  We  have  had  one  of 
your  Standard  Market  scales  for  three 
months.  The  scale  is  all you claim for 
it.  We  consider  it an indispensable fix­
ture .in  our  store,  and  we  cheerfully 
recommend  them 
to  all  dealers  as  a 
money saver. 

Yonrs truly,
J ay T hompson & Co.

For further particulars drop a  Postal Card to

HOYT  <6  C O ., tieneral  Selling Agents,
Dayton,  O liio .
H.  L E O N A R D   &  S O N S ,  G ra n d   R a p id s ,  M ic h .

Reduced  Prices  on  Mammoth  Store  Lamps.

Mammoth  Banner.

Brass..................................................   2 50 
Nickle................................, ............  2  75 

14 inch
20 inch 
Tin Shade  White Dome
Shade
2 75

3  00

Globe  Incandescent.

Brass.........   ......................................   2 75 
Nickle.......................................  

 

 

3 00 

Mammoth  Rochester.

Brass...................................................  2 75 
Nickle  ...............................................   3 00 

Brass..................................................   3 00 
Nickle........................................  

Ham moth  Pittsburgh.
3 25 

 

 

3 00
3 25

3 00
3 25

3 25
3 50

No.  06229  Mammoth  Rochester.
4  50
4  75

Complete with spring extension and 14 inch white dome shade (like; cut)
Brass............................ : ............. 
Nickle............................................ 

Mammoth  Chimneys.

By Box
Rochester  Lime..............................   1  20 doz.
Rc Chester  Flint...............................  1  40  “
Incandescent Lime...  ..................   1  50  “
Incandescent Flint.........................   1  75  “

Open Stock 
1  50 doz. 
1  75  “
1  75  “
2  00  “

Globe Incandescent.

No. 08229 Mammoth Rochetter

