VOL. XII. 
To the  Retail Shoe  Dealers—

GRAND  RAPIDS,  NOVEMBER  14,  1894. 

NO.  582

Our  line is  complete  in  Boots,  Shoes,  Rubbers,  Felt  Boots, 

Socks,  Etc.,  for  your  fall  and  winter  trade.  Place  your  orders  with  us 

now and  get  the  best  to  save  money.  Our  Celebrated  Black  Bottoms  | 

in  Men’s  Oil  Grain  and  Satin  Calf,  tap  sole  in  Congress  and  Balmorals, 

are  the  leaders  and unsurpassed.

Our  W ales’ Goodyear  Rubbers  are  great  trade  winners. 

Mail  orders  given  prompt attention.

H E R O L D -B E R T S C H   S H O E   C O ,

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Duck 

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Coatsan  Pants

We  manufacture  the  best  made  goods  in  these  lines  of 
any  factory  in  the  country,  guaranteeing  every  garment  to 
give  entire satisfaction,  both  in fit and  wearing qualities.  We 
are  also  headquarters  for  Pants,  Overalls  and  Jackets  and 
solicit  correspondence  with  dealers  in  towns  where goods of 
our manufacture are  not regularly  handled.
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SEE  QUOTATIONS.

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

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

DEALERS  IN

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GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH. 
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Slippers.  We  have  the best 

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Geese  Feathers.

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W e  invite  the  attention  of  the  trade  to  our  complete  and  weil 

assorted  stock  at  lowest  market  prices.

Spring &  Company.

IF NOT, WHY NOT?

These currants are cleaned by a new process (they  are  not 
washed like  other  so-called  cleaned  currants)  and  are  war­
ranted the year round;  ask your jobber for  them  and  take  no 
others claimed to be just as good.  Be sure and  get them.

Sold  by  Musselman Grocer Co., Olney  & Judson  Grocer 

Co.,  I. M.  Clark Grocery Co., Hawkins & Co.

1ST  For Quotations see Price Current.

VOL. X II

GRAND  RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER  14, 1894.

NO.  582

T our  B ank A ccount Solicited.

Kent  County Savings Ml,

J n o .  A.  C o v o d b   Pres.

GRAND  R A PID S  ,MICH.
H i n r y   I d e m a , Vlce-Pres.

J.  A.  S.  V k r d if . k ,  Cashier.

K.  V a n   Hof, Ass’tC V r. 

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

In te re st  A llow ed  on  T im e  and  Sayings 

D eposits.

DIRECTORS:

Jno. A. Covode, D. A  Blodgett,  B. Crofton Fox. 
T. J. O’Brien,  A. J. Bowne,  Henry Idema, 
Jno.W.Blodgett,.!. A. McKee 
J. A. S. Verdler.
D eposits  E x c eed   O n e  M illion  D ollars.

CRIPPLE!  DICK.

“ If  I  iver  ketch  yer  here  again,  be 
this an’  be that,  I’ll break  ¡very  bone  in 
yey  ugly  body!  Now  go,  an’  may  the 
curse of Crummel go widgye!’’
The  woman  who  shouted 

this  was 
stout,  middle-aged  and  had  a  double 
chin,  big red arms and a dirty plaid shawl 
crossed over her breast  and  tied  behind 
in  a knot that looked to be  as  hard  and 
stubborn as  herself.

that  was 

Mrs.  Ford, 

the  woman’s 
name,  stood  at the head of the  stairs  on 
the  top  floor  of  a  very  high  and  very 
dirty  tenement,  with  dark  balls  rising 
one above  the  other  in  tiers,  far  more 
forbidding in appearance than  the corri­
dors of the Tombs,  and  into  which,  on 
either  side,  were  long  rows  of  grimy 
doors,  like the ei trance  to  cells  in  the 
wails of a fetid prison.

Preceding the fierce threat  and  curse, 
an  old  boot,  in the last stage of  dilapida­
tion,  had  been  hurled  down  stairs  at  a 
lad of fourteen  who  stood  panting  and 
pale-faced on  the  lowest  step,  the  left 
hand  bolding  a  crutch  and 
the  right 
clinging for support to the rickety  banis­
ters.

The  boy  was  dirty  and  ragged,  and 
the pale,  pinched  face  and  the  look  of 
alarm in the big brown eyes gave  him  an 
aged appearance that was out of  keeping 
with  his smooih, thin cheeks and stunted 
growth;  yet there was a certain  pathetic 
something in the shape and expression  of 
his face that told of superior intelligence 
and  a heart-hunger for  sympathy  that is 
often  more cruel  and  burning  than  the 
hunger for  food,  with  which  this  poor 
lad  had long been  familiar.

At his  birth,  when  his  father  was  a 
fairly  well to  do mechanic and the drink 
habit had  not yet brutalized and impover­
ished  him,  the child was known as “Rich­
ard  Ford,”   but  his  memory  could  not 
run  back  to  a  time  when  he  was  not 
called “Cripple Dick”  by  his  associates.
Cripple Dick  was  less than  two  years 
of  age  when  one  night  his  drunken 
father hurled him  from  the  bed  to  the 
floor and  dislocated  his  hip—an  injury 
from  which  he  never 
recovered,  and 
which forced him to take to a crutch  and 
bear the name.

The  boy  was just six  when  his mother, 
a good  woman  who  had  vainly  tried  to 
win back  her  husband  to  right  living, 
and  worn out her sad  life  in  caring  for 
the child,  gave  up the struggle  and  was 
taken to the Potter’s Field.

Within 

less  than 

a  year  another 
mother,  the  woman  who  had  just  sent 
the poor lad  clattering  down  the  stairs 
with his crutch,  was  brought  home,  if 
home the  one  wretched  room  could  be 
called,  by the drunken father;  and from 
that day on  for nearly seven  years every 
torturing influence to kill  the  body  and 
every  debasing influence to  blacken  the 
soul had  been brought to bear on Cripple 
Dick.

If he had  had  Jess  of  the  dear  dead 
mother’s noble  nature  in  him  the  boy 
would  have  developed 
into  a  moral 
monster, end he would have  been seized

and taken  to some institution  where  the 
law,  with  its  machine  methods,  would 
have fed  and  clothed  him  and  tried  to 
educate him,  but,  being  gentle  and  un­
complaining,  be  was  allowed  to  suffer 
and grow up as best he could.

Three  months  before 

this  Cripple 
Dick’s father died  at  Bellevue  Hospital 
from  “alcoholism,”  the  doctors said,  but 
the neighbors in  the  Essex  street  tene­
ment,  who  had  known  his  habits  for 
years,  called 
the  disease  “jim-jams.” 
and wondered  why he had not died years 
before.

Cruel  and  selfish  though  the  father 
was,  the boy clung to  him  and  lavished 
all  his affection on  him,  for  he  was  the 
only living  being  with  whom  he  could 
claim  kinship;  and  so,  when  the  rough 
pine coffin  was  carried  down  the  dirty 
stairs  and  away  to  the  Potter’s  Field, 
Cripple Dick felt  as  if  the  last  ray  of 
light had gone out of his life.

Since his eighth year he  had  been sell­
ing papers and  making  enough  to  have 
supported himself  after  a  fashion,  had 
he been allowed  to spend  his  little  earn­
ings for his own  humble needs;  but  this 
had never been the case.

From  the  first  the  new  mother  had 
been  brutally  harsh  and  cruel,  but  the 
boy was used to  this.  Kindness  on  her 
part would have  so  surprised  him  that 
he would not have known  how to take it; 
but his  father’s coffin  was hardly  out  of 
sight before Mrs.  Ford’s  cruelty  was  re­
doubled,  and it ended in the scene I have 
just  described.  Another  man  of 
the 
same type was coming  to  take  the  dead 
father’s place,  and even  the neighbors— 
poor  as  himself—acknowledged  one 
to 
the  other  that  “Cripple  Dick  had  no 
natural claim on  Mrs.  Ford.”

Before the  woman  had  thrown  the boy 
out she had  cunningly  taken  from  him 
his last cent,  so  that,  as  he  stood  there 
leaning on  his crutch at  the  foot  of  the 
stairs,  he presented  as  complete  a  pic­
ture of abject poverty and helplessness as 
can  well be imagined.

Cripple Dick  was  homeless,  friendless 
and moneyless.  His  sole  property  was 
his crutch and the few rags  that clung to 
his attenuated frame.

Overcome  with the thought of his  con­
dition,  he limped down  to the  tbird  hall, 
midway  in  the  tenement,  intending  to 
make  his  way  to  the  street,  where  a 
cold March rain  was  beating  down  piti­
lessly,  when, overcome by his feelings,  he 
tottered  against a doorway  and  cried  as 
if his heart  were breaking.

A  busby  headed,  fierce-looking man on 
the floor of  the  ball  above  looked  over 
the  banister and shouted down:

“ Hello,  yon  poy  down  dere!  You 
shoost stop dem noises  pooty  tarn  guick 
or I come ride down  unt  make  a  bet  on 
you!  Say, you  hears  vot I say,  don’t it?”
The boy did  hear and  tried to smother 
his sobs in his ragged  hat,  but  this  did 
not sait the man looking over the rail.

“ Holt oop!”  he shouted  with  another 
oath.  “ I goom  down  ride avay; den  haf 
good reason for dat noises, now yon see.”

The  boy pulled on  his  hat and  grasped 
his crutch,  for the man  was coming down 
the stairs with anger and  an oath  in  each 
heavy step,  when the door  against which 
Cripple  Dick  had  been  leaning opened, 
and he heard a  voice  that  sounded  like 
music saying behind him:

“Poor boy,  he has  sore troobel.  Come 

in; I  vill spik vis you.”

These  sympathetic  words  were  ad­
dressed to Cripple  Dick.  But  suddenly 
the sweet  voice  changed  into  tones  of 
anger  and  defiance,  and  a  lithe  figure 
darted past him and  interposed  between 
him  and the  man  who  bad  come  down 
from the  hall above,  with  blood  in  his 
eye  and  the  odor  of  schnapps  on  his 
breath.

“ Wat!  you  ger—rait  beest!  You  sail 

not to dare hurt zees  poor boy!”

“Den,  he moos stop  dem  tarn  noises!” 
growled  the  man,  evidently  alarmed  by 
the bearing of  the  slender  little  black- 
eyed  French  woman  who  confronted 
him.

Cripple  Dick  could  never  explain  to 
himself just how it happened,  but he re­
tained an indistinct  recollection of hear­
ing  the  heavy  steps  retreating  up  the 
stairs,  and of  feeling  a  light,  firm  hand 
on  his left arm, and of being gently forced 
into a room,  the door of which was closed 
and locked  behind him.

It seemed as if he had been transferred 
on the instant into a  new  and  beautiful 
world.  The  room  from  which  be  had 
been driven  was filthy  and cheerless,  and 
its rusty  stove  and  few  bits  of  broken 
furniture made it more  desolate  than  if 
it  were  empty.  But  this  room  had  a 
carpet on  it,  so  light  and  fre>ta-looking 
that he crouched  back against  the  wail, 
as  if fearful of staining  it  with  his  one 
torn shoe.

The  furniture,  to  use  his  own 

lan­
guage,  “lookt ez ef it had jes come out of 
de  finest  store  on  de  Bowry.”  A  few 
geraniums  and  carnations  bloomed  in 
pots  on 
the  window,  above  which  a 
golden  canary  sang  for  dear  life  in  a 
golden cage.

There was yet  another room separated 
from  this by a  strip  of  yellow  silk,  by 
way of a portiere, that looked far grander 
to Cripple  Dick  than  the  drop  curtain 
which  he had once  seen  from  the gallery 
of  a  cheap  Bowery  theater.  Near  the 
door  was a little  table with  bits  of  color 
scattered  over  it,  half-formed  flowers 
which 
the  young  woman  had  been  at 
work  on;  but to the  boy  they  were gen­
uine  blooms,  and  if he had  ever heard of 
the goddess Flora,  he must have believed 
himself in her  presence.

When his senses returned  and he could 
look  through  his  swollen  eyes  at  his 
rescuer,  he saw a neat,  modestly  dressed 
young woman  of  six  and  twenty,  but the 
angels of  which  he  had  heard  the  street 
missionaries tell could not be more beau­
tiful to  Cripple  Dick. 
Indeed,  he  was 
quite willing to believe she was  one,  for 
both she  and  her  surroundings  seemed 
entirely  out  of  place  in  the  swarming 
Essex street hive.

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t h ib   MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

“ You veel plez to sit down,  poor  boy; 
I  veei  spik  to  you.  Ah,  zat  eez  mon 
ange,  my  leetle son.  You  vait.”

The guardian  angel darted  under  the 
golden curtain  and  into the  other  room, 
the  clapping  of 
attracted 
tiny 
and  a  child’s  musical 
laughter.

thereto  by 

palms 

Soon she emerged  bearing  in  her arms 
a  golden-haired  chubby  boy  of  some 
eighteen  months,  and  Cripple  Dick  re­
called  a picture he had  seen  in  a  Chat­
ham street window of  a  woman  with  a 
child  in her  arms,  and  halos  about  the 
head of each,  and  the  legend  below  in 
big letters,  “ Madonna.”

The child had evidently just waked  up, 
for he yawned and dug  his  dimpled  fists 
into his eyes,  and  then,  catching  sight 
of the stranger,  he  clung  closer  to  his 
mother.

Setting the  child  on  the  ground  and 
leading him by  the  hand  over  to  Dick, 
the  young  woman  smiled  sweetly  and 
said:

“ I sail  myself  introduce. 

I am  Mme. 
Bertrand,  and  zees  ees  my  leetle  son. 
mon cbere  Louis,  waz  I  call  Loo-loo,” 
and she stooped and  lovingly  kissed  the 
child. 
the 
angel than ever,  she asked:

looking  more 

Then, 

like 

“ And ze name of  my friend,  of  you— 

“Dey  calls  me  Cripple  Dick,”   replied 

wat eez zat?”

the boy.

forget.  You  do  not 

“Ah!  Greepel  Deek?  Greepel  Deek,  1 
look 
shall  not 
appee.  Now you tell  me all of  yourself, 
wile I mek ye dinaire,”   said  Mme.  Ber­
trand,  as she  daintily  pushed  back  her 
sleeves,  and  with  a magic  shake  set  the 
little  polished  stove  aroaring 
the 
most cheery  way.

in 

Cripple Dick  was not  ready  of  speech 
nor good at narrative,  and even if he had 
been he would have found  it  difficult  to 
give offhand  the  bald,  sad  story  of  bis 
life.

But  when  he  halted  the  good  angel 
would  stop in  her work  of  getting  din­
ner and,  kissing  little  Louis,  help  him 
through  with  a  sympathetic  question; 
so by the  time  the  little  table  was  set 
and  the boy’s mouth  was  watering  with 
the odor of tea,  omelette and  chops,  nut 
to mention  the rolls  she  had  dampened 
and set in the oven,  she  was  in  the  pos­
session of  his  biography.

to 

“ No,  ma’am,  1  ain’t  fit  for  it,”  said 
Dick,  with  a  glance  at  his  hands  and 
clothes  when  she  asked  him  to  take  a 
seat at the  table.

“ Ob,  1 sail  not  see  zat  poor  Greepel 
Dick,”  she  said,  and  with  another  an­
gelic  smile  she  led  him  over 
the 
dainty  white spread  board.

Hungry  the  boy  certainly  was,  but the 
splendor of  bis  surroundings  somewhat 
impaired his appetite.  When he had  fin­
ished  he ignored the  white napkin  beside 
his plate;  indeed,  he  did not  understand 
its use,  and  would  have  regarded it as  a 
sacrilege  to  touch it.  He  picked  up  his 
hat and  crutch  from  the  floor,  wiped  his 
lips  on  his  ragged  coat  sleeve,  said 
“ Thank you,  ma’am,”  with a  full  heart 
and  was  about  to  leave,  when she laid 
her hand on  his arm  and asked:

“ W’ere sail you  go,  Greepel Dick?”
“ I  don’t 

jes’  know,”  said 

the  boy 

vaguely.

“ You  have got no friends?”
“No’m,” with  a sad  shake  of the  head,  i 
“And no mo-nee?”
“ No’m.”  with  an  upward  glance.  “She 
went true me for de las’ cent 1  hed  ’bout 
me clothes. 

I’m dead  broke.”

“ It eez near  ze night.  You  wait and  1 
sail  t’ink,” said  Mme.  Bertrand,  and she 
tapped  her forehead  in a  pretty  way  and 
made  Dick resume bis seat.

And  that  was  the  beginning  of  Crip­
ple Dick’s brief history in  an earthly par­
adise.

Mme.  Bertrand  screened  off  a  corner 
and made him  a bed in  it,  and  there  he 
slept  that  night  after  romping  on  the 
floor with the child,  while  the  guardian 
angel’s deft  fingers  were  busy  with  the 
artificial  flowers.

The  next  morning  she  left  Dick  in 
charge of  the  child  and  the  apartment 
and  went  off  with  a  basket  of  flowers 
which the boy  believed to be the genuine 
thing,  even  to the odor.

When  she  came  back  she  carried  a 
bundle  of  boys’  clothing  of  all  kinds, 
evidently  worn  before,  but  they  fitted 
Dick  to  perfection.  And  when  be  had 
washed,  under her directions, and put on 
the  new  attire,  which  she  had  begged 
from  her  patrons,  he  felt  that  he  had 
never looked so  well  in  his  life,  and  if 
his  happiness  had  any drawback it  was 
that the  boys,  when  they met him on  the 
street,  would  “jolly”  him  and  call  him 
“de Essex street dude.”

husband, 

Mme.  Bertrand’s 

chief 
steward  of  a  French  steamer,  bad been 
sick in China  for nearly  a year,  and  this 
forced  her,  a  stranger  in  America,  to 
work  for  the  support  of  herself  and 
child.  But  of  late  she  had  had  good 
news,  and  he  was soon coming back  on 
another  steamer,  to  take  her  home  to 
France.

All  this she told  Dick, and in  order  to 
save  bis  feelings,  for  strangely enough 
the  boy  was sensitive,  she took  him  into 
her employ, and  he carried her completed 
work to  the  Fourteenth  street  store  for 
her,  and  brought  back the  raw  material 
for  flowers,  in  the  shape  of  scraps  of 
many colored  silk  and  coils  of  delicate 
wire.

After  a  week  of  this  heaven,  during 
which Dick bad  never  set  eyes  on  Mrs. 
Ford,  Mme.  Bertrand  said  to  him  one 
night:

“ 1 sail mak  all ze  monee  I  can  befo’ 
mon  Louis  he  come  back.  Eef you haf 
no fear 1 sail  tak ze  plaz in ze  chorus  at 
ze opera at night.  Wat you say,  eh?”

Cripple  Dick  understood  her. 

She 
wished  to  increase  her  revenue  by  ac­
cepting an offer to sing in  the  chorus  of 
an  opera  then  being  performed  at  the 
Academy of Music,  and  she  wanted  him 
to take charge of  Loo-loo in  her absence.
If 
he could help her or add to her happiness 
by  letting  her  dance  on his  body  while 
she sang he would  have been  more  than 
eager to have her do so.

Do it?  Of course  he  could  do  it. 

They soon came  to  an  understanding. 
Accustomed to privation  all his life,  the 
boy  gave no thought to the terrible drain 
the  guardian  angel  was  forcing  on  her 
energies by  making  flowers  all  day  and 
singing at night,  and  all  that she  might 
prove to the loved husband when  he came 
that she had not  wanted  in  his  absence. 
Even if she had  gone  without sleep Dick 
would have thought it another angelic at­
tribute and so  quite the thing for such  a 
superior  being  to do.

Mme.  Bertrand was the boy’s idol.  The 
first feeling of  worship  that ever entered 
his heart  was for her.  And  as  for  Loo- 
loo,  well,  Cripple Dick  loved  the child  as 
he had never loved anything before.  All 
the restrained sympathies  and  affections 
of his naturally kind heart were unloosed !

and poured out in  a  ceaseless  warm flood 
on that lovely child.

It was the  latter part of  May,  and  the 
concerts  that  had  followed 
the  opera 
were to  cease  this  night  When  Mme. 
Bertrand  went  out  that  evening  she 
looked  more  like  an  angel 
to  Cripple 
Dick,  for she had that day received  news 
that her husband’s  ship  might  be  in  at 
any  hour,  and  the  excitement  brought 
fresh color to her cheeks  and  a  happier 
light to her fine  black  eyes.

She  did  not  leave  until  Loo-loo  had 

been  kissed to sleep.

“I sail  be  home more  early  to-night,” 

she  said,  as she gave Dick her band.

“Early  or late,”  he  responded,  “ yous 

ken jes bet I’ll  keer for de  kid.”

And  Mme. Bertrand;  quite content  and 
happy in  ignorance  of  east  side  slang, 
C3
went  away. 
Cripple  Dick  lay  down  on  the  floor 
near the door of the  room  in  which  the 
child  slept.  The  lamp was turned  low, 
and the drowsiness  of spring  was  in  the 
air.

The boy  was  determined  to keep  wide 
awake,  but  more  resolute  people  have 
gone to sleep in  less conducive surround­
ings.

How  long  be  had  been  asleep he did 
not  know—never  knew,  but  he  was 
aroused  by  the  clanging  of  bells;  the 
shrill  tooting  of steam  whistles  and  the 
quick,  hoarse  shouts  of  men  and  the 
shrill,  piteous  screams  of  women  and 
children.

Cripple  Dick  sat  up  and  rubbed  his 
eyes.  The  lamp  bad  gone  out.  Yet  a 
fierce  glare  came  through  the  transom 
and the smoke and  heat stifled  him.

He sprang up,  seized  his  crutch,  and 
flew to the  window.  The  tenement  was 
on fire.  Tongues  of flame  were  leaping 
from every  window along the  wail.

The streets were crowded  with firemen 
and  police,  and on either side was a great 
sea of pale,  upturned  faces.

At  a  point  to  the  right  the  firemen 
were carrying down  women and children 
who were  drawn from  the  flaming  win­
dows.

Cripple Dick looked into the hall,  then, 
seeing  and  hearing  the  furnace  roar 
above and  below,  he  quickly  closed  the 
door and dashed  back to the window.

“ Help I  Help 1”  be shouted.  “ Dere’s 
a kid up  here  as  has  got  to  be  saved! 
Help 1  Help 1  For  Godamighty’s  sake, 
save Loo-loo,  or it’ll kill her.”

A roar from the crowd told that he was 
seen.  The firemen  taking down  the lad­
ders  shouted:  “ Hold up 1”  and  hurried 
to place  them  where  Cripple  Dick  had 
appeared.

He threw  away  his  crutch,  for  it  im­
peded him,  and  bounded  into  the  room 
where the child  still slept,  unmindful of 
the smoke and  cries and stifling  hot  air.
With a presence of mind wonderful  un­
der 
the  circumstances.  Cripple  Dick 
wrapped the child in  a blanket and quilt, 
taking care that not  an inch of  the  dear 
form  was exposed.

A smothered cry  came from  inside the 

roll  which Diek took  up  in  his arms.

“ Don’t  cry,  Loo-loo;  Dick’s  takin’  ye 
to mommer,”  said the boy,  soothingly, as 
with  the bundle in his arms he hopped  to 
the window.

By the time  be  had  reached  there,  the 
top of a ladder  came  to  view,  and  just 
below  stood  a  man.  with  his  whiskers 
burned  off  and  his  blistered  hands  up- 
I raised.

OAXDIK8.  FR U IT S  and  NUTS 
The Putnam Candy Co. quote« aa follows:

STICK CANDY.
Cases

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Standard,  per  lb .......... .
H .H ..................
Twist  .............
Boston  C ream ..............
Cut  Loaf.........................
Bxtra H  H ...............  

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614
614
614

Bbls. Pails.
7M
714
714
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MIXED CANDY.

Bbls.
Standard.........................................   514
Leader............................. .................5*
Royal............................... ................. 714
Nobby.............................
................714
English  Rock..................................7)4
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Conserves 
Broken Taffy.................. ... baskets
Peanut Squares.............
“ 8
French Creams...............
Valley  Creams.............
Midget, 30 lb. baskets...
Modern. 301b. 
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Chocolate Drops...................................
Chocolate Monumentals....................
Glum Drops............................................
Moss Drops............................................
Sour Drops............................................
Imperials......................  ......................
fancy—In S lb. boxes.
Lemon Drops.........................................
Sour D rops............................................
Peppermint Drops................................
Chocolate Drops...................................
H. M. Chocolate  Drops........................
Gum Drops............................................
Licorice Drops.......................................
A. B. Licorice  Drops...........................
Losenges, plain.....................................
printed................................
Imperials................................................
Mottoes...................................................
Cream Bar..............................................
Molasses  Bar.........................................
Hand  Made  Creams.............................
Plain Creams.........................................
1/oco rated Creams................................
String  Rock...........................................
Burnt Almonds.....................................
Wlntergreen  Berries...........................

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614
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814
814
814
814
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Fiorldsa Fancy Brighis,  150..........................2  to
Flor das. Fancy Brignts  176, 200,216 ............  3 00
Florid as, Golden Russets, .2 1 ......................  2 50
....................   2  65
Florida«, Golden Russets,  150 
Fioridas, Golden Russets, 176, 200, 216..........   2 75

Florida«,  250...........................................................4 00
Malagas,  tUOs.......................................................4 50

LEMONS.

Large bunches...................................................  1  75
Small bunches.........................................  1  00@1  50

BANANAS.

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141b...........................
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Ivaca  ...............................
California  ......................
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Filberts  .............................................
Walnuts, Grenoble...........................
French..............................
C alif...................................
Taoie  Nuts,  fancy...........................
choice..........................
Pecans. Texas, H.  P.f  .....................
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Hind quarters.......... .....................
Loins No. 3........................................
Ribs..................................................
H ounds.............................................
Chucks  ..............................................
Plates.................................................

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VIAL.

TECK  MTn rn flA W   THADESM a N.

t

“ Be sure and reach him !  It’s Loo-loo! 
For God’s sake, don’t  let  the  kid  fa ll!” 
shouted Cripple Dick as he reached down 
the bundle.

The fireman  took it  and  asked,  as  he 
started  back:  “Can  you reach the  ladder, 
boy?”

“ Yes,  y e s!  Go  o n !  For  Godamighty’s 
sake,  save him !  I’m only  Cripple  Dick 1 
Never mind  m e!”

By this time the flames roared into  the 
room  and  darted  towards  the  window, 
where the boy now stood irresolutely.

He  looked  back  for  an  instant,  then 
seized  the hat topmost rung of the ladder 
and swung out.

He saw the fireman safely  at  the  bot­
tom  with  the  bundle,  he  heard  the  pit­
eous cries of the  people,  as,  with his one 
helpless leg,  he  swung himself  down  by 
his hands.

Tongues  of flame  leaped  out  at  him. 
His hands were burned to the bone.  The 
water  splashing  about  him  was  turned 
into suffocating steam.

His sight was gone.  His hold relaxed, 
and in a mangled heap  Cripple  Dick fell 
at the foot of the ladder.

He was taken  to the  nearest  hospital, 
and  the  doctors  wondered  that he lived 
to  be  examined.  Yet  he  survived  till 
morning.

the  attendants 

The gray dawn  was  breaking over  the 
city  when 
led  Mme. 
Bertrand and  her  husband  to  a  cot  on 
which  Cripple  Dick  lay,  with  a  damp 
cloth over his  sightless eyes.  He  recog­
nized the dear  voice  and asked:

“ How’s  Loo-loo?”
“ Safe,” came the answer, with a sob.
“ Well,  ef  dem  firemen  hedn’t  asaved 
dat  kid,  dey  wouldn’t  a  been no good. 
I—I ken sleep better,  knowin’  dat.”

Cripple  Dick’s  eyes  being  already 

closed,  he sank into eternal rest.

Sale  of  the  W ierengo  Grocery  Stock.
F ro m  t h e   M u sk eg o n  N e w s,  N o r . 8.
The wholesale grocery stock of the late 
Andrew Wierengo was sold yesterday  to 
George Hume and Mrs.  Eugene W.  Gray, 
both of this city.  The deal  has  been  on 
for some  time,  but  not  until  yesterday 
was it consummated.  Hereafter the busi­
ness  will  be conducted  under the style of 
George Hume & Co.  The purchase price 
was nearly  $60,000.  The  stock  is  esti­
mated  at  $30,000  and  outstanding  ac­
counts at an equal amount.
Mr.  Hume  is  a  well-known  Muske- 
gonite,  having  resided  in  this  city  for 
upwards of  fourteen  years.  Of  late  he 
has devoted his attention  to  the  lumber 
business.  He has  had  considerable  ex­
perience in. the grocery business and  has 
a thorough  knowledge of  the needs  of  a 
grocery man.  Personally  Mr.  Hume  is a 
man  with  whom  all  will  like  to  deal. 
Mrs.  Gray  Is 
the  late 
Eugene W.  Gray ahd is  well known in the 
city.
Mr.  Hume will  give  the  business  his 
personal attention  and  will  be  assisted 
by  the old  working  force,  which  is  as 
follows:  Edward E.  Eraai,  bookkeeper; 
Grant Hamblin,  city  salesman;  William 
Averill, outside  salesman; A.  De  Haas, 
shipping clerk; E.  H.  Lange,  assistant 
shipping clerk;  William Eadie,  teamster. 
The business  will  be  carried  on  in  the 
present quarters for the remainder of the 
year set forth  in  the  lease,  about  Sep­
tember 1,  1895.  Other changes  will  then 
be considered.

the  widow  of 

Strictly  Correct.

“Got any kangaroo  shoes?”  inquired a 
customer  of  a  Columbia  avenue  shoe 
dealer.
“No,” he answered,  “ kangaroos  don't 
wear shoes,  but I’ve  got some  made  out 
of their hides.”

Now that elections are over let us  work 

for a good  business.

VIRTUES  OF  SKIM  MILK.

Peculiar  Cure  and  the  W onders  As­

F ro m  t h e  N ew   Y o r k   S un.

cribed to It.

Although the  so-called  milk  cure  has 
been practiced here and abroad for a good 
many  years,  and  one  meets  here  and 
there  a  man or a  woman  who has  taken 
it, few  persons really know the nature of 
the 
treatment.  A  famous  New  York 
physician,  now  dead, did  more than  any 
one else in this country to reveal  the vir­
tues of the cure to  American  physicians. 
The popular  notion  that  the  milk  cure 
consists  in  drinking  a great quantity  of 
milk  every  day  is  in part a misconcep­
tion.  The mere drinking of milk is only 
half the treatment.  The  milk  cure  con­
sists of  living  on  an  exclusively  skim- 
milk diet,  taken  at rigidly  regular inter­
vals throughout the day for at least three 
weeks.
The  patient  about  to  undertake  the 
milk  cure  arranges 
in  advance  for  a 
proper  supply  of  wholesome  milk,  pro­
vides  himself with several easily cleansed 
vessels for holding  the  milk,  and at least 
100 cakes of chewing  gum.  The milk  is 
kept over  night,  skimmed  scrupulously 
of  all  cream  that  rises,  and  taken 
in 
small  quantities  at  intervals of an hour 
and  a half  throughout  the  waking  day. 
Perhaps the first day’s ration  is less than 
a quart.  Each of  the  dozen  meals  con­
tains  as  nearly  as  possible  exactly  the 
same quantity,  and the  most  careful  di­
rectors of the  milk  treatm ent insist  that 
the patient shall  be exact  to  the  minute 
in  taking (he several  meals.  After  each 
meal  the  patient  must  chew gum for  a 
considerable time,  so  as to induce  a flow 
of  saliva  that  shall  aid  digestion.  So 
soon  as the quantity of milk shall  be suf­
ficient to give  the  patient  the  requisite 
strength,  he must take regular  daily  ex­
ercise.  He  may  begin  with  a  walk  of 
half a mile,  and this  must  be  gradually 
increased  until,  if  strength  permit,  be 
walks  ten  miles daily  without interrup­
tion.  The quantity  of milk  is measured 
carefully 
to  an  elaborate 
schedule prepared  by the  physician  and 
is  gradually  increased  until  the patient 
reaches the maximum  that  he  can  com­
pletely  and  comfortably  digest.  Some 
patients reach in  less  than three weeks a 
maximum  of  five  quarts  a  day.  Some 
go  higher  and  others  never  reach  this 
figure.  The maximum  is  determined  by 
the physician. 
It  is  continued,  accord­
ing to the needs of  the  patient,  and  then 
begins the  gradual  return to  solid  food.
The  first  solid  meal  may  be  nothing 
more than  the juice of half a small grape 
fruit and  a* small  piece  of  stale  bread, 
without butter.  Other things  are  grad­
ually added,  the patient’s power of diges­
tion  being  all 
the  while  carefully 
watched,  until the patient  has reached  a 
full and  varied diet of fruits,.vegetables, 
and  meats,  certain  indigestible  things 
and  all  stimulants  being  excluded,  and 
all  the while from  three to five quarts  of 
skim milk  being  taken.  At  the  end  of 
six  or  seven  weeks  the  patient is  per­
mitted to substitute two  or  three  quarts 
of  “ whole” milk for  the  larger  quantity 
of skim milk,  and  eventually  to take the 
milk at convenient  intervals,  and not ac­
cording to a rigid schedule.

according 

Weakness,  depression,  and  listlessness 
often accompany  the first few days of the 
milk  treatment,  and  the  patient,  what­
ever  his  condition,  usually  begins  at 
once to lose flesh.  The  amount  lost  de­
pends  upon  the  object  for  which 
the 
treatm ent is administered. 
If  the  even­
tual  design  is to  fatten the  patient,  the 
loss  may  be  only  two or  three  pounds. 
If the design be to reduce  excessive  fat, 
it  may  be  many  pounds each week.  A 
thin man of large frame  began  the treat­
ment at 159  pounds,  fell to  157,  and rose 
while still on the exclusive  milk  diet  to 
166. 
It is usually  difficult  to  attend  to 
business during  the  treatment,  but  busy 
men  sometimes  resume  work  after  the 
first week.  Careful  patients  carry  their 
milk  to  business  and drink it at rigidly 
regular intervals.  The  patient after the 
first week usually begins to gain strength, 
and  if  the  treatm ent  is  successful  he 
finds immense  relief  from  the  pains  of 
indigestion.  Some  patients  suffer  from 
headaches during  the  early  part  of  the 
treatment,  and  may in  the first ten days

finds 

acquire an extreme  distaste for the milk. 
The average patient  at  the  end  of  that 
time  is  ravenously  hungry  every  hour 
and  a half,  and  finds  the  skim  milk  de­
lightful.  The most delicious dainties are 
never  so  pleasing  to  the  palate  as  the 
half pint of skim  milk to  the  really  apt 
patient.
When  the  milk  cure  works  well  the 
patient  soon 
himself  sleeping 
soundly  and rising in  good health  and  in 
fine spirits.  Few  patients have full work­
ing strength  during  the  treatment,  and 
the inconvenience of a dozen meals  a day 
becomes extremely irksome and seriously 
interferes  with 
intellectual  work.  To 
the really incapacitated victim  of dyspep­
sia,  however,  the  milk  treatment  soon 
brings a relief like being translated from 
torment to bliss.
Physicians administer  the  milk  treat­
ment to persons who  do not  properly as­
similate  ordinary  food.  Such  persons 
may  be extremely thin or grossly  fat.  In 
either  case  their  ailment  is  a  form  of 
starvation.  Marvellous  stories  are  told 
of the  treatment.  Men  and  women  who 
seemed  dying  with  clouded  brains  and 
listless  bodies  have  been  restored  to 
health such as  they never  knew  save  in 
childhood. 
Ill-nourished  sallow  men 
and  women have been brought to  plump­
ness of body  and  clearness  of  complex­
ion.  Waddling masses of fat with  watery 
eyes and chalky faces have been  reduced 
to normal proportions.  Bright’s  disease 
in  its  earlier stages has  been  arrested  if 
not  eradicated  by  the 
treatment,  and 
chronic  rheumatism  has  been  banished 
from the blood.  The stories  told  by milk 
diet patients and their  physicians are al­
most beyond belief.  It is fair to add that 
the treatm ent sometimes fails, though  the 
believers say  that this  must  come  from 
the  neglect  or  disobedience  of  the  pa­
tient.
The philosophy of the milk diet lies  in 
furnishing  to  the  dyspeptic  patient  an 
easily  digestible  food  that  contains  all 
the elements  necessary  to  life  and  the 
cleansing  of  the  system  preparatory  to 
the  building  up  of  new  tissue.  Great 
stress is laid  upon  regularity of the milk 
meals,  cleanliness  of  all  vessels  used, 
and great slowness  in  taking  the  milk. 
Some  physicians  insist  that  the patient 
shall  eat  with  a  spoon  and  occupy  as 
much as ten  minutes in  taking  a  single 
glass  of  milk.  The  meal  at  its largest 
seldom exceeds a pint.
Persons  who  have  gone  through  the 
treatm ent and  found relief  often  return 
to  the  milk  diet at the  slightest sign of 
indigestion. 
In  such  cases  the  patient 
usually  begins  with  as  much  as  two 
quarts a day,  and in a  few  days  reaches 
the  maximum.  A  gradual  return 
to 
solid food follows,  provided  the  patient 
has found relief;  and the  whole duration 
of this secondary treatm ent  need not  ex­
ceed a  week.  Some  persons  have  kept 
up this  system  for  years  and  taken  no 
medicine 
indigestion.  Obstinate 
cases may  necessitate  as  much  as  three 
months of the exclusive milk  diet.  This 
in some  cases  is  followed  by  a  sort  of 
water-cure  treatm ent  that  is  even  more 
trying.

for 

How  to  Remember.

According to the laws of  mental  asso­
ciation,  we can recall  knowledge only by 
connecting the  unknown  by  the  known. 
Just here lies the  whole sécret of a  good 
memory  for figures,  words,  ideas or  any­
thing  else.  We  must  always  proceed 
from the known to the  unknown,  and  re­
cently  acquired  knowledge  should  be 
firmly associated  with  facts  we  already 
have a strong hold upon.  We should as­
sociate a figure with an  article that it be­
longs to, so that  when  we  think  of  the 
latter we will also recall the former.  To 
remember the price of a particular thing, 
we should always recall  its  price  when­
ever  we look at or  think of it.  This will 
stamp it  indelibly  upon  one s  memory. 
The reason we never forget the  price  of 
a three-dollar shoe  is  because  we always 
think of the price and  the shoe together.
A man may think he adores  a  woman. 
But  his  love  is  put  to a terrible strain 
when she asks  him  to  button  her  shoes 
with a hairpin.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.

Seeing W hat They Do Not See.

F rom  t h e  N ew  Y o r k  T rib u n e.

A  firm  whose place of business is in the 
Bowery  has devised a novel  scheme of at­
tracting  people to its show windows.  The 
window panes are  large and  costly.  On 
the inside of the glass a number  of  lines 
of green  paint have  been put  on, so that 
they represent  a  broken  window  plate. 
Every  detail  has  been  so  cleverly  per­
fected  that  the  deception  is  complete, 
and the curiosity  of the  wayfarers  is  so 
excited  that  they step  up  to the  window 
and  touch it,  only  to  find  that  it  is  a 
mockery.

WORLD’S  F I   SOUVENIR  TICKETS

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ONLY  A  F E W   LEFT .
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Original set of four 
Complete set of ten  - 

-  25c
50c
Order  quick or lose the opportunity  of 
a  lifetime  to  secure these souvenirs at a 
nominal figure.  They will  be worth  ten 
times present cost within  five years. 
T radesm an Company,

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— IF  YOU  WISH AN —

Engraving  of

Your  Store.  -  ,—   r

changes you  may  wish  in  the  view  ar­
rangement  of  signs,  etc.  (we  can  make 
any  changes),  and  it will surprise you  at 
how low  a price we  can  make  it  and  do 
the finest  work.

TR A D ESM A N   COM PANY, 

Grand  Rapids,  Hich.
W E   B U Y

Silndried  and  Evaporated

A P P L E S

H A STIN G S & REM IN G TO N ,

GRAND  R A PID S,  M:CH.

t—>  r r -  /-** r /   > o  
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Pay the best profit.  Order from your jobber

h e a d a c h e  
p o w d e r s

JZ j Vj

d i t to  

in s '.  S i t   Co.,

STATE  AGENTS  FOE

The  Lycom ing  Rubber  Com pany,
keep constantly  on hand a 
full  and  complete'line  of 
these goods made from the 
purest  rubber.  They  are 
good style, good fitters  and 
give  the  best  satisfaction 
of any  rubber  in  the  mar­
ket.  Our  line  of  Leather 
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 
will  give  our  line  a  careful  inspection 
when  our  representative  calls  on  yon, 
R E E D E R  BROS’. SH O E CO.
we are 

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4

AROUND  THE  STATE.

MOVEMENTS OF  MERCHANTS. 

Claytou—Bennett  &  Soper succeed  Ed­

ward  Bennett iu  the  meat  business.

Ann  Arbor—Zachar»  Roath,  of  the dry 

goods firm of Beck  &  Roath,  is head.

Mason—John  N.  Thorburn  succeeds 
Thorburu  & Densmore  in  the  meat  busi­
ness.

Sturgis—E.  A.  Bresee & Co.,  dealers  iu 
wood,  have sold  their business to Geo.  JS. 
Rich.

Allens—A.  Z.  Perry succeeds Mrs.  A. 
B.  Wetmore  iu  the  drug  and  grocery 
business.

Lansing—C.  C.  Lougstreet  succeeds 
the  grocery 

Everett  &  Longstreet  in 
business.

Big  Rapids—Granger  &  Co.  succeed 
Cannon & Granger  iu  the flour  and  feed 
business.

Lake Odessa—Fowler &  Hart  succeed 
E.  F.  Colwell  &  Son  iu  the  hardware 
business.

Traverse City—Ives &  Owen  have  re­
moved  their drug slock  from  Beldiug  to 
this place.

Brutus—Mrs.  J.  P.  Dialling 

is  suc­
ceeded  by Mrs.  J. P.  Dimliug & Co.  iu  the 
grocery  business.

Albion—Juo.  D.  Hunter &  Co.  succeed 
Cooper & Hunter in the clothing and  hat 
and cap  business.

Kalamazoo—J.  McLinden  has  opened 
a grocery store  at  the  corner  of  Sarah 
and  Rose streets.

Constantine—Raup  &  Hayman,  gro­
cers,  have dissolved,  A.  D.  Raup  contin­
uing the business.

Mt.  Clemens—Pringnitz  &  -Haller  are 
succeeded  by  Haller & Dahm  iu  the gro­
cery and  meat business.

Elkton—Horton  &  Schiele,  furniture 
dealers and  undertakers,  have dissolved,
E.  P,  Schiele succeeding.

Otsego—Frank  Warner  has  purchased 
P.  W.  Travis’  stock of men’s clothing and 
removed  it  to the  Union  block.

Sturgis—Schweeder Bros.’ grocery  and 
bakery stock  was taken  possession  of  by 
their  father  last  Saturday 
to  satisfy 
claims.

Holland—D.  E.  McLeod,  who  recently 
sold  his  grocery  stock  to  G.  Smeeuge, 
has opened  a restaurant  and news  staud 
iu the Beach store.

Midland—Reardon Bros.,  general deal­
ers,  have  merged  their  business  into  a 
corporation  under  the style of the  Rear­
don Bros.  Mercantile Co.

Hart—The  Michigan  Meat  Co.,  after 
less than one  week’s business experience, 
dissolved partnership,  Haniuer  &■  Sunlu 
succeeding to the business.

Central  Lake—Dr.  F.  C.  Warne  has 
sold  his  branch  drug store  at  this  place 
to  A.  A.  Miller,  formerly  with  G.  M. 
Harwood,  the Petoskey  druggist.

Otsego—James  Caruthers  and  J.  D. 
Woodbeck nave formed  a  copartnership 
and  embarked iu  toe grocery busines un­
der  the  style of Caruthers  &  Woodbeck, 
Eaton  Rapids—R.  U.  Reynolds  has 
purchased  the F.  J.  Feighuer  boot  and 
shoe stock,  at Nashville,  and  removed  it 
to this  city,  where  he  has  opened  tor 
business.

Ovid—W.  H.  Hart,  who  sold  his  con­
fectionery and  bakery stock about a year 
ago  to F.  E.  Burt,  has  re purchased  the 
stock and resumed  business  at  the  same 
location.

Big Rapids—N. N.  Nicholson, of Grand 
Rapids,  has purchased  the  stock  of  the 
Big Rapids Caudy Co.,  aud  will coutiuue

j the  business at the  same  location  under 
the same style.

Kalamazoo—C.  E.  Haughawout,  for- 
i meriy engaged  in  the grocery  busines  at 
! Lansing,  has purchased the grocery stock 
j of  Frauk  F.  Ward,  and  will  continue  the j 
business at  the same location.
Slights—Kelly  &  Coveil  are  building 
a new  store building to  replace  the  one i 
! destroyed  by  fire a  few  weeks ago  The 
new structure  will  be  24x50  feet  in  di­
mensions  aud  two stories high.

Ellsworth—Geo.  Bates  recently  pur­
chased  the general stock of the Pine Lake 
iron Co.  at  chattel  mortgage  sale.  He 
is  undecided as to whether  he  will  close 
the stock out iu  a  lump  or  coutiuue  the 
business at the  same location.

Midland—U.  P.  Whipple  has  removed 
his dry goods stock  from  Beldiug  to  this 
place aud  consolidated  it  with  the  gen­
eral  stock  of  L.  A.  Mack  aud  the two 
will  contiune  the  business  in  partner­
ship  with Win.  B.  Remington,  under  the 
style of  Whipple,  Mack  & Co.

Kalamazoo—Ephraim  T.  Mills has  pur­
chased  the Star Laundry,  located  at  116 
North  Rose street,  aud  chauged the name 
to 
Ed.  j 
Whalen,  who has  had eight  years’  expe­
rience  with  the Sager  aud  Miller  Laun­
dries,  will act as manager.

the  Banner  Steam  Laundry. 

Muskegon—J.  B.  Wallace aud  Thomas 
Moen  have  formed  a  copartnership  un­
der  the  style  of  Wallace  &  Moen  and 
opened  a flour and  feed store at  24  Piue 
street.  Mr.  Wallace  was  formerly  en­
gaged  in  the same  business  here,  but  for 
tlie past six years has resided  at  Seattle, 
Wash.

Manistee—C.  H.  Dimmer  and  H.  C. 
Dumincr  have  been  arrested  under  a 
civil  warrant  issued  uuder  the  fraudu­
lent debtor act.  The  complainant iu  the 
case is  the  iirs t  National  Bauk,  which 
holds 
two  notes,  amounting  to  $826, 
against the Dummers.  The arrests grow 
out of the failure of Duminer  & Sou  last 
summer,  just prior to which they  uttered 
both real estate and chattel  mortgages to 
brothers,  covering  all 
their  property 
aud  shutting  out  all  other  creditors. 
Bonds  were furnished in  the  penal  sum 
of $900 apiece.

were  sold  recently  to  Louis Sands.  He 
| has  about  300,000  of  choice  maple  on 
baud and  will  start the  factory  aud  run 
this  all  into  flooring as soon as  the saw­
mill shuts  down.

Farwell—E.  Hail  will  construct  a  log­
ging spur  road  from  this  place three  and 
three-fourths  miles,  into  Gilmore town­
ship,  where he  has  about  5,000,100  feet 
of  piue  aud  1,500.000  feet  of  hemlock 
timber.  The  pine  will  be cut  this  win­
ter aud camps are now being constructed. 
The  work on  the  railroad  will also  begin 
at once.  The timber,  it is expected,  will 
be railed  to Mr.  Hall’s  mill  at  Bay  City.
Saginaw—Present  indications are  that 
the output of hardwood  logs  in  the Sagi­
naw district  the  coming  winter  will  be 
small,  owing  to  the low  prices and  stag­
nant market.  The output  of stave  bolts 
is also  likely to be  small  E.  A.  Gyde, 
who operates a large  stave  factory  here, 
says  that of late slocks  have  been  work­
ing off,  hut  in the  main  trade  in  staves 
has been very  light.

Traverse City—The Traverse City Lum­
ber Co.  has  shut down  its  sawmill  here 
tor  the  season,  the  cut  being  finished. 
The  mill  here has cut  15 000,006 feet dur- ! 
iug the  season,  and  the  East Jordon  mill j 
has sawed 4.000.000.  The latter mill  has 
be ;n  shut  down  several  weeks,  but  is 
prepared  to  resume  operation  with  the 
advent of sleighing.  Alt  the  lumber  iu 
the city yards will  be shipped  to Chicago, 
after which the mill  will  be  overhauled 
and  repaired. 
It  will  be  started  again 
during January.

Marquette—From  present  indications 
winter lias set in  for this  locality,  it hav­
ing snowed  steadily  for several days. 
It 
is  safe  to  say  that  as  a  general  thing 
lumbermen  are  not as  well  prepared  as 
usual  for the snow.  The uncertainty  be­
cause of forest  fires made them unusually 
late  in  making  a  start,  and  after  the 
camps  were  in  it  proved  such  a bad  fall 
with  so  much  rainy  weather  that  the 
work has gone  forward  very  slowly. 
Iu 
the burned districts, of course, there is un­
usual  activity,  but  those  whose  timber 
escaped  scorching,  as a rule,  are  not op­
erating very  heavily  and  the.output  for 
this district  will  be  hardly  as  large  as 
last  season.

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Saginaw—The  Meteor  Cycle  Co.  will 
remove  from  Battle Creek  to this place, 
when the capacity of the  factory  will  be j 
enlarged  aud  the capital  increased  from i 
$6,000  to  $18,000,  the  new  stock  being 
taken  by Saginaw  gentlemen.

Ludington—Ed  Keats  has taken a con­
tract  to  furnish 
the  Chicago  &  West 
Michigan  Railway  150,000  cedar  and 
white  oak  ties.  The  timber  will  come I 
from  land  adjacent to  the  road  between 
White Cloud and  Thompsonville.

Eagle Mills—F.  W.  Read  &  Co.  have! 
purchased a tract of  timber near Verinil-1 
lac and  are  now  putting  in  camps  and 
preparing  for  the  winter's  work.  The 
logs  will  go  to  their  mills  by rail over 
the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Rail­
way.

Manistee—Buckley & Douglas  will  run 
this  winter,  as  usual, 
their  sawmill 
j largely  on  hardwoods  aud  hemlock, 
j  They are getting  ready  to  pile  8,000.000 
or  10.000.000  hemlock  at  the  mouth ot 
the  river and  will  assort  it  in  sizes  aud 
lengths as  much as possible as an experi­
ment this  winter.  All the sorting  will  be 
done at the mill  and  the  lumber  will  be 
hauled  by  rail to  the mouth  of the  river. 
From  there it  will  he  convenient to  ship 
either  by rail or water.  There  was  con­
siderable doubt at one time as to  whether 
they  would  run  this  winter,  as 
their 
docks  were  pretty  well  crowded,  but 
lately  there  has been  so  much  of  a  de­
mand  for lumber that  most of  it  has  been 
cleaned  off  aud  there  is  less  on  hand 
now  than has  been  the  case  for  a  long 
time.

Manistee—The  State  Lumber  Co.  is 
only running one side of  its sawmill and 
logs  and 
is  sawing  sunken  hardwood 
other  relics  which  accumulate 
in  the 
booms  from  year  to  year.  With  these 
they  will use  up  a lot of  cedar  as  floats 
and  to keep their  shingle  mill at  work.

Manistee—The maple  flooring  factory 
at  this  point  did  not prove to be a suc­
cess,  as  there were  no  practical  men  at 
the head of affairs.  The plant and stock

The Drug Market.

There are few  changes  of  importance 

to note.

Gum opium  is  still  advancing.  A  re­
action  may  come,  but  it is  believed  that 
pre.-ent prices will  rule for some time.

Morphia is unchanged.
Quinine is steady.
Gum assatoetida is  very scarce and it is 
believed  that  very  little can  pass the cus­
toms bouse under present inspection.

The Age of Steal.

Steal  a  chicken,  aud  you  are  a tta'ef. 
Steal  a  thousand  dollars  from  your  em­
ployer,  and  you  are  au  embezzler.  Steal 
five  thousand  dollars  from  the  govern­
ment,  and  you  are a defaulter.  Rot» your 
competitor on  the Stock  Exchange of ten 
thousand dollars,  and you aie a financier. 
Hob b  in of one  hundred  thousand  to five 
hundred  thousand  d  liars,  and  you  are  a 
wizard  or a  Napoleon of  finance.  Wreck 
a  railroad  and  ¡rather it in.  and  you  are a 
••magnate.”  Wreck  a great railroad  sys­
tem. and  you  are  a  “ railroad  king.”  Con­
duct  a  negotiation  by  which  a strong  na­
tion  plunders a  w- ak nation  of thousands 
upon  thousands of square  miles  of  terri­
tory  and  makes  the  weak  nation  pay  mil­
lions of  money  indemnity  tor  the  wrong 
it  has suffered,  and  you are  a diplomat.

eK oouoK   «i vtovsjt 

Apples-There is a con-idemble  Improvement 
in the demand  d ie largely  to the  fact  th  t  the 
poor stock  so common earlier in  the  season  has 
been about all work- d off.  Snows are  all  gone 
buttue ordinary winter  varieties command I ..To' 

i er bbl.

Beans—The ma-ket has su»ta:ned as ill  forth 
er advance, owing to the bad weather interfering 
with the harvesting and threshing  of  the  crop. 
Handler  have advanced  their  paying  price  for 
cleaned stock to (1. JU per bu  , holding at *l.t5 in 
Carlot-i.

Butler—Dairy is in  fair demand and  ade  nate 
supply. the advent  or cold we-dher nshe  iug  in 
a deluxe of buiterine which supplants the  genu­
ine article  in  many  directions.  B -stgra.es  of 
dairy  command about  2  c, while creamery is in 
mode.ale request at .3^210.

Beeis—Au demand lo speak of.
Cabbage—’th e  price ranges from S3 per 10J  for 
best stock down to  si  per  too lor  common.  The 
crop iu this vicinity turns  out  to  be  unusually 
la. ge.

Cauliflowers—75c per doz. for choice stock. 
Celery—Is held  by dealers at 12 ac per  doz.
Egg Plant—The market price is 11.50 per doz. 
Eggs— -trictly  fre-h  are  scarce  and  readily 
command 20e per doz. 
it is believed that stocks 
in pickle: s’ bands are  very  much  sma.ler  than 
u  us],  owing  to  the  disastrous  experience  of 
pickier» last season and th .ir  fear  of  Canadian 
competition this year

Grapes—X. Y. Concords command 2flc per 8 lb. 
basket.  All  Michigan  varieties  have  disap­
peared from the market.
Lettuce—1  ytc per lb.
Onions—Red  W eal he  fields  and  Yellow  Dan­
vers command  i- c  per bu.  For some  reason red 
stuck  is  most  sought  for  this  season,  whereas 
yellow  slock  has  always  taken  precedence  in 
this respect heretofore.

Parsnips -Grocers pay 35c per bu.
Parsley—25c per doz.
Potatoes - Coming in more  freely  to  meet  the 
Increased  demand  from  Indiana  and  other 
Southern  shipping  points  Handlers  pay  40c 
here and 30«3  c at outside buying points.
Pears—Caiifornias bring |2 per bu.  box.
Quinces—Dealers  hold them at $1  per bu. 
Radishes—Grocers pay 8®  0c per doz.
Sweet Potatoes—Jersey’s prime stock,  are  held 

by dealers at 75c per bu., or I2.25 per b  1. 
squash—'The market price is  leper lb.
Tomatoes—About out of market. •
Turnips—Washed are sold  on  the  market  for 

Vegetable  Oysters—Grocers  pay  20c  per 

30c per bu.

doz.

Henry  J.  Vinkemulder,
FrJits  and  Vegetables,

JO B B E R   OP

418,  420,  445  and  447  So.  Division 

S t  Grand  Rapids.

We have some very  nice  Red  and  Yel­
low  Onions. 
If  you  can  use  a carload 
can  make  you  a low  price.  Quote  you 
Fancy  Yellow  Onions  at  45c  per  bu. 
Fancy  Red  Onions  45c  per  bu.  No.  1 
Winter Apples $2  per bbl.  No. 2  Winter 
Apples  $1.75  per  bbl.  Fancy  Jersey 
Sweet  Potatoes $2.75  per  bbl.  Cabbage 
30 to  40c  per  doz.  Home-grown  celery 
15c per doz.
If  you  have  any  Fresh Eggs to offer, 
please quote  us  price.
Favor  us  with  your  orders,  they  will 
always  have our  prompt  and  careful  at­
tention  and  benefit  of  any  decline  in 
prices.

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5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

--------  

these  days  of  decency  and  margin  mak- 
ing in  trade.

John  Grabill  has opened  a  meat  mar- 

from  Brazil 
k e ta t  the  corner  of  Fifth  avenue  and , give the market a firmer tone  and  manu- 
facturers  of  package  brands  have  ad­
Union  street. 
vanced  their quotations %c.

Coffee—Recent  advices 

J.  P.  Visner  has sold  his  confectionery

reduced
stock  at  66  Canal  street  to Dr. Geo.  H. I thelV qUOt'alions aboUt  14  per  cent,  and
Bellamy,  t he  Monroe street  dentist. 

Jelly—Manufacturers  have 

Gripsack  Brigade.

J.  P.  Visner  (John  A.  Toltnan  Co.)  has 
the  Eagle 

taken  up  his  residence  at 
Hotel.

Sam T.  Goldberg  has resigned  his  po­
sition  with  Sam  Folz, 
the  Kalamazoo 
clothier,  and  will  travel  for  Lillienfeld 
Bros.  & Co.,  a  Chicago  cigar  firm.  His

j jolliers have reduced  their  prices accord- j territory  will be Michigan.

The  McBain Grocery  Co.  has embarked  j  ingly. 

Chairman  Bradford  has  issued  a  call
in  the grocery  business at  McBain.  The 
the  Executive  Com­
stock  was  furnished  by  the  Lemon  & j  instrumental  in  creating a  brisk  demand j m j t t e e   0 f   post E,  t0  be held  at  the  New
Livingston  Saturday 
afternoon  at  4 
Wheeler  Company.
o’clock;  also a call  for  a  meeting  of  all 
the convention  committees  at  the  same 
place Saturday evening.

for  this article  and  manufacturing  con 
fectioners are all  busy.

Candy—The approaching  holidays  are  for  a  meetiUg  of 

The  Commercial  Exchange  Bank  of 
Charming  Whitney  &  Co.  will  succeed 
Receipts  the past  two  weeks  have been 
the Commercial  Exchange  Bank of  Whit- 
—wheat, 60  cars;  corn,  9  cars;  oats,  2 
wheat  has  been, as  usual, I ney  &  Wilcox,  at  Adrian,  Jan  1.  The
cars. 
taken  by  the  mills.  The  usual  m on th ly  j institution  will  have  a  capital  stock  of 
crop report has not made  its  appearance,  875.000.

The

TAN t’ED- VERY  D R U G G I S T   J U S T  
. .   starting 1"  *>u-iness and every o  e already 
w
started to use onr system of poi-on  labels.  What 
'oiir-
l o   „  ¡w„n t  an d   t'h a a  ~ <4  W hitn ev   will  act  teeu  labels  do  the  work  oí  H3.  Tradesman 
I President and Chas.  o.  W nitney  win  act  Companyi (jrand Rapids.
! as Cashier.

Chauuing  Whitney  will  be  has co-t yo>i ftsyou can now get  (or  ti 

Change In  Management.

At  the  annual  meetiug  of  the  Grand 
Rapids Packing &  Provision  Co.,  the old 
directors  were  re-elected,  as  follows: 
Capt.  H.  N.  Moore,  Wm.  P.  Granger,  T. 
Stewart  White.  Thomas  Friant,  Chas.  S. 
Robinson,  F.  E.  Rice  and  A.  B.  Wykes. 
The  directors thereupon  elected  the  fol­
lowing officers:

Granger.

President 
and  Manager—W. 
Vice-President—Thomas  Friant.
Secretary and Treasurer—Chas. S. Rob­

P.

inson.

Mr.  Granger  has  been  identified  with 
the  company  since  its  organization  and 
is  thoroughly  familiar with every depart­
ment of the business.

It  is understood  that  Capt.  Moore’s re­
tirement  from  the  management  of  the 
business is due to  ill  health  and  to  his 
desire  to  enjoy  the  repose  to  which  an 
active business  career for  a quarter of  a 
century entities  him.

P la c in g   th e   R e sp o n sib ility .

Customer 
I  want  you  to  take  back 
these shoes,  they  are too small.
Cohenisky—Oh.  no.  mine  friendt;  it’s 
your feet dot’s  too  large,  de shoes  vos all 
righdt,  you  mnsdt lay de  blame on  nature 
for de misfit,  not on me.

In  the  meat  shops  of  towns  in  New 
Mexico and  Arizona the  visitor  from  the 
East  is  apt  to  notice  that  the  dressed 
carcasses of sheep  have  a  tnft  of  wool 
still  attached  to the  head  and  tail.  This 
is  left bv  the  butcher to  assure  the  cus­
tomer  that  it  is  mutton,  and  not  goat 
flesh, 
that  he  Is  buying,  for  in  these 
Territories  many  flocks  of  goats  are 
reared  and  pastured  by  the  small  Mex­
ican  ranchmen  to be  kilted  for  food  for 
the poorer natives.  Roast or stewed kid, 
with Chili  pepper sauce,  is  an  esteemed 
dinner  dish  at  the  tallies of  many  well 
to-do  American  and  Spanish-American 
citizens.

FOR  SALE,  WANTED,  ETC.

Advertisements  will  he  inserted  under  this 
head  for two cents a  word the first Insertion and 
one  cent a  word  for each  subsequent  insertion. 
Vn advertisements  taken for  less  than 25 cents. 
Advance nayment.

ie**s th-n ¥ 1 , 0 Address No. 629, care Michigan 

Drug  store  doi"g  good  business.  Value, 

Tradesman.___________________________ 629

F IOR  SALE  c r i E » P   TF  T A K E N   AT  ONCE— 
F )l? SALE— FIR 'T  C L A S S  i.ROCERY hTCCK 

and  fix  nres  nearly  new.  Good  location, 
goof) town.  Go  d -eason  for selling.  Great  oo- 
ro-tunitv for the rlirh'  man.  Address  No.  ' 27, 
car<* Mich'g ’n Tradesman.______________ 627 

popula'ioii.  Stock  and  fixtures,  fa  o  to  ¥1,(100, 

■   >R  SAi.E—F IR 'T  Cl  A-S  PAYING  JEW- 

el-y business in a  Michigan  own  of  l,-no 
including a first-class lire proof  safe  For  cash 
or  real  estate.  W.  G.,  ca  e  Michigan  Trad eg. 
man. 

__________________________ 6-S

i 'ASH  F or  ST'

t) RICK  STORE  TO  RENT:  LIVING  ROOMS 

)   ah -v»: good Carling pouit.  surrounded  by 
good  arm  ng  1  nds:  a  nndance  of  fruit: rea- 
'■o-'ahle terms.  Addiess  A. L.  Power, Kent City,
Mich. _________________________________ 626
IIOE  B U S IN E S S .  OR  HALF 
U I  4R  SV 
rest in ssme  on  one  of  the  principal 
inter
L  
streets in Grand  Rapids  New sto- k  gnot  trade, 
location  At.  Address  No  6:4  care  Michigan 
T radesman.___________________________ 624
W IL L   PAY
K  OF  CLOTH- 
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in g if e:
6  6
Cadillac  Mich.
M EN  TO  SELT.  BAKING  POWDER TO  THE 
steady  encloyment.  ex 
perience unnecessary. 
monthly  and  expen 
ses or com. 
If offer satisfactory  address at once 
with  particulars  c nice  ning  yourself.  U.  S. 
Chemical  Work«, Chicago._______________ 608
I )  LA NING  MILL—WE  OFFER  FOR  SALE 
1 
the  North  »ide Planing  Mill,  which is first- 
class in every  respect,  or  will  receive  proposl- 
tioi s to locate the business in some other  thriv­
ing town.  C o r r e s p o n d e n c e  a n d   inspection solic­
ited.  Sheridan.  Bovce .v  ■  o..  Manistee.  Mich. ulS

grocerv  trade 

N  e a r l y   n e w   b a r-lo ck  t y p e w r it e r

for  sale  at  a  great  reduction  from  cost- 
Rcason for selling, we desire another  P-rttern  of 
same make of machine, which  we  consider  the 
best  on the  market.  Tradesman  Company.  100 
Louis st . Grand  Rapids._________________5->4

John  A.  McAtee  has opened  a  grocery 
store  at  the  corner of  Lovett street  and 
Michigan 
Lemon  & 
Wheeler Company  furnished  the stock.

avenue. 

The 

The  Hake  Manufacturing  Co.  (incor­
porated)  succeeds  the  McGraw  Manufac­
turing Co.  in the manufacture of carvings 
and  mouldings  at  South  Grand  Rapids.

Clias.  Retting,  for  many years a travel­
ing representative for a Boston upholstery 
manufacturer,  has  formed  a  copartner­
ship  with  Frank  H.  Sweet and  the  two 
will embark  in  the  manufacture  of  up­
holstered  goods  here  under the sty le  of 
Retting & Sweet.  The  firm  succeeds  to 
the  business  established  by  Martin  L. 
Sweet,  and  managed  by  Frank  H.  Sweet, 
but will discontinue the  manufacture  of 
chamber furniture, abandoning the Wine- 
gar  plant,  on  Prescott street,  and  erect­
ing  factory  buildings  adapted  to  their 
use  near  the  McCord & Bradfield  Furni­
ture Co.’s plant.

The  Grocery  M arket.

Bananas—This market at  present  has 
plenty of stock  with  which  to fill orders, 
but  the cold  weather retards  the placing 
of orders  by  a great  many,  as the fruit is 
so  suceeptible  to  climatic  changes  and 
turns black  with  but  very  little exposure 
to the cold.

Florida Oranges—Are coming in  freely 
and the  fruit  has  now  the  fine  golden 
color  which  insures  ready  sale.  Prices 
are  very  low,  considering  the  fact  that 
the crop is estimated  at one million  boxes 
short of  last  year.

Figs—In  ample supply  and prices  have 

reached  a  very  low  point.

Foreign  Nuts—Are  picking  up  and 

prices show  a  much  firmer feeling.

Lemons—Florida  and  Malaga  lemons 
comprise  the  offerings  at  present.  The 
new  Messiuas  will  not  be  in  for  about 
two  weeks.  Prices  will  be  high  for  the 
first  cargo,  as  dealers  will  want  a  few 
boxes of  first  cutting;  but  after  one  or 
two vessels have  arrived  there  will  be  a 
decline.

The  Grain  M arket.

Wheat  has  been  more active and higher 
than the previous  week,  as  the  mills are 
paying 3c  per  bushel  advance.  North­
western  receipts,  although  less than  cor­
responding  time  of  last  year,  are  still 
above  what  was expected  and  our  “ vis­
ible”  to-day  is  about  9.000.000  bushels 
more than on  the  corresponding  date  of 
1893.  The strength  in  wheat  is  the  ex­
treme low  price and  the  amount  that  is 
being  fed  to stock,  as it  is  claimed  that 
already  some  40.000.000  bushels  have 
been  fed.  and  this  process  will  probably 
reach  75,000,000 
to  80.000.000  for  the 
crop  year. 
Exports  have  been  about 
250,000  bushels less  than  during the  pre­
ceding  week  and show  material  sinus  of 
increasing in  the  near  future,  but  this 
may  all  be  changed  when  our  foreign 
friends see that our  receipts  have  fallen 
off  in  the  Northwest, for they caunot  hold 
up  always,  as  it  is  claimed  that  more 
than  half the  crop  has  been  sold  from 
first  hands. 
In  this  section  wheat  cer­
tainly  is not  plenty.

Sugar—The active  demand or the elec­
tion, or both, or  something  else,  caused 
an  upward  movement 
last  Thursday, 
when Nos.  6,  7,  13 and  14  were advanced 
l-16c.  This advance was followed by  an­
other advance of 
0,1  hards  aud  3  16c 
on  the  remainder  of  the list.  The  mar­
ket is stroug and higher prices are  looked 
for  daily.  An  unpleasant  feature  last 
week  was  a  quotation  on  granulated  ot 
4c  flat  by  Chicago  bouses.  Some  mer­
chants  who ordered  ten  barrels  at  this 
price  received  one  barrel,  but very  few 
who  placed their  orders on  this  basis re­
ceived any  sugar at all.  This appears  to 
be  Chicago’s  idea  of  business  ethics— 
demoralize  the  market by  quoting  goods 
less than  cost and  then  refuse to sell  the 
goods at the  prices  quoted.  The  situa­
tion  reminds one of the  manner  in  which 
the  Wm.  M.  Hoyt  Co.  treated  the  Grand 
Haven  match  factory,  several years ago. 
The  buyer of  the house  offered  the  fac­
tory  a  certain  pi ice 
its  product, 
threatening to quote  the goods  less  than 
cost  in  its  price current  m  the  Crit riuu 
if  the  offer was not accepted.  The  fac­
tory  felt obliged  to  decline  the offer—or, 
rather,  comply  with  tliedemand—and tor 
several  months  the  Criterion  appeared 
with  a  quotation  on  Grand  Haven 
matches considerably  below  the  cost  ot 
mauuiacture. 
lloy t  did  not  pretend  to 
keep  the goods  in  stock  and  any  one  who 
ordered  the  goods  at  the  price  quoted 
were  informed  that  they  were not in  the 
market.  The quoo  ti  n   continued  to ap- 
pe  r,  but,  in  the  long run.  bluff and  blus­
ter and  bull-dozing  methods  failed  to ac­
complish  the result  aimed at  and  the mis 
quotation  was  withdrawn.  The  expe­
rience of  the  past  disclose» the  lact  that 
Hoyt  and  some  of  his  competitors have 
not  iorgotten  their former methods of co­
ercion  which  worked  so  successfully  in
the  days  of  Chicago’s  supremacy  as  a  as  was expected on the  10th. 
jobbing center,  but which  avail  little  in 

Corn  has  held  iis own  amt  prices  have 
not made any  marked  change,  although  a 
very  short  crop.  The  consumption  has 
beeu  less,  as  the  present  price  is  too 
¡ high  to manufacture  it  in  syrup,  as  in 
years goue  by,  and  also  too  iiigh  at  pres­
ent  for distilling.

Oats,  while  high,  are  not  moving  as 
freely.  The  lact is,  there  is  no  specula­
tion  in  any of  those  cereals  as  in  years 
gone  by. 
The  old-time  ‘'longs”  are 
waiting to see the receipts  grow  less and 
the “ shorts”  deem  it  rather  risky  to  put 
out  new  large  liues.

C.  G.  A.  Voigt.

tor 

The Champion Cash  Register  Co.  has 
engaged three  additional  salesmen  dar­
ing the  past  week—Geo.  S.  Sanford,  who 
has  traveled  the  past twelve years for the 
Bissell  Carpet  Sweeper  Co.;  Halsey 
Montgomery,  for several  years connected 
with  the National Cash  Register Co.  and 
Theo.  Schultze,  formerly  on  the road  for 
the  Paul  Bechner  Co.,  of  Milwaukee, 
VVis.

A young Chicago drummer  was  taking 
j a vacation  with his  uncle in  the  country 
and  was suddenly  called  upon  to ask  the 
blessing,  and  not  being  used  io  it  he 
promptly  faced  the difficulty  in  the  fol­
lowing  words:  “ We  acknowledge  the 
receipt of your tavor  of  this  date.  A1 
low  us  to express our  gratitude  for  this 
expression of good  will.  Trusting  that 
our  house  may  merit  your  confidence, 
and that  we shall  have many  good  orders 
from  you this fail,  we  are  yours  truly, 
amen.”  The  old  man  will  say  grace 
hereafter.

P u r e ly  P e rs o n a l.

Percy  T.  Storrs has  resigned  his  posi­
tion  as  book  keeper for  the  1.  M.  Clark 
Grocery  Co.,  and  taken  a position  in  the 
brokerage office of Geo.  R.  Perry.

Chas.  E.  Gluey  (Oiuey  &  Judson  Gro­
cer  Co.)  leaves  Thursday  for  Chicago, 
where  he spends  a  few  days  prior to  his 
departure  for Santa Barbara for  the  win­
ter.

Sidney  F.  Stevens  (Foster,  Stevens  & 
Co.)  was  called  to  Trenton.  N.  J.,  last 
week  to attend  the  funeral of  an  aunt  of 
Mrs.  Stevens.  He  is  expected  home  on 
Wednesday.

Chas.  N.  Remington  (Hastings  &  Rem­
ington)  is  in  the  market  for  all  publica- 
tiousof a  lullaby character and  would  es­
teem  contributions of  an  acceptable  na­
ture.  Cause—a nine pound  girl.

L.  Winternitz,  General  Manager of  the 
Feimentum  Compauy,  lias  beeu  ill  town 
for  several days,  renewing  old  acquaint­
ances  anil  making some new ones.  He  is 
in excellent  health and  spirits and  fondly 
looks  forward  to the  time  when  tie  can 
leave Chicago for a  permanent  residence 
in  this  city.

Geo.  11.  Knight  has  taken the  position 
of superintendent of  the  mechanical  de­
partment  of  the Champion Ca-h  Register 
Co.  Mr.  Knight  was  formerly  connected 
with 
institution  Ot 
Pratt  &  Whitney  and  is  in  every  way 
qualified  to discharge  the difficult duties 
devolving  upon  him  in  his  new  position.

the  world-famous 

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S IX   L E T T E R S  TO  A  C L E R K — V .

THE!  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN,
Dry Goods Price Current.

D E V IN S.

SEEDSt

Everything  in  seeds  is kept  by  us—  

Clover,  Timothy,

Hungarian,  Millet,

Red  Top,  Blue  Grass, 
Seed  Corn,  Rye, 
Barley,  Peas, 
Beans,  E ta

If yon  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  fillers.
W.  T  LIM8REIUX CO..£ •« % !£ :

G RA N D   R A P ID S ,  M IC H

Betsy  and  I  Are  Ont

Draw up the papers, lawyer.

And make ’em good and stout,

For things at home are crossways,

And Betsy aud I are out.
It’s only a very little thing 
That’s a-partin’ of us two;
I insist on usin’ Atlas Soap 
And she’s got to use it, too.

And if she don’t  I declare to you,

I'm a-goin’ to git up and git;

I’ve alius been boss of the roost at borne. 

And I'm going to be boss y lt

If Betsy don’t come to terms to-day,

And git Atlas  Soap at the store,
I’m goin’ to leave without delay,

And I’ll not  come back any more.

Msnnfactnred only by

HENRY  PASSOLT,

Saginaw ,  Mich

E M ,  LYON i  CO.

NEW  STYLES  OF

20 &  22  Monroe  St.,

GRAND  R A PID S.

HIRTH, 
KRAUSE 

&  CO.

Headquarters for

ont leans
$ 2.50  per  dozen 

and  Upwards.

ion  wool  son

in 3 grades.

Mall  ns  yonr  order 
and we will gnarantee 
in  both 
satisfaction 
price and quality.

UNBLEACHED  COTTONS.

Arrow Brand 4)4 
••  World Wide.  6
“  LL...................4)4
Pull Yard Wide.......6)4
Georgia  A.................6M
Honest Width........   6
Hartford A .............   5
Indian Head............  5)4
King A  A...................6)4
King EC .................. 6
Lawrence  L L ........   4)4
Madras cheese cloth 644
Newmarket  G........ 544
B .......5
N ........ 614
DD  ...  5)4 
X .......644

Adriatic  ...................7
Argyle  ...................... 534
Atlanta AA............. 6
Atlantic A ................. 6*
“  H.............6H
“ 
P ..............  5
D ............... 6
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“  LL................4 Vt
Amory......................63i
Archery  B unting...  4 
Beaver Dam  A A ..  4H
Blackstone 0 ,32__5
Black Crow............... 6
Black  Rock  ..............5%
Boot,  AL.................  7
Capital  A .................514
Cavanat V ...............5H
Chapman cheese cl.  33f
Clifton  C R ............... 514
Comet.......................514
Dwight Star...............634
Clifton CCC..............5)4

T ellin g  T a le s O u t o f S ch o o l.

A n  O ld M erch a n t in   H ard w are.

“ 

if 

One  of  my  friends  in  the  wholesale 
trade came to  me as  1  was about to start 
on  a trip selling goods, saying:  “ You can 
do me a favor,  if  you  will;  I  constantly 
hear  it  said  that  1  am  selling  a great 
many  ‘seconds,’  and  1  find it is damaging 
my trade. 
If it  was told  by  my  compet­
itors  I  could  fight against it,  but,  some­
how,  it sticks  too  well  for  a  mere  trade 
story.  When  you  get among any retail­
ers  who have  bought of me,  I  wish  you 
would  feel  around,  and 
they  have 
heard any such  tales,  try  and  learn  how 
they first came to them,  and you  will  do 
me a  favor.”
1  promised  to  oblige  him,  but  was  in 
danger  of  forgetting  it,  until one day  I 
overheard a merchant  talking to a drum­
mer.  The  merchant  answered  a  remark 
I bad  not heard,  observing:  “ Your price 
is high;  So and-so offered  the  goods  for 
less.”  “ Pooh,”  said  the salesman,  “ you 
know  the goods  that  he  sells;  we  don’t 
deal 
in  seconds.”  When  it  came  my 
turn to do a little  drumming,  1  finished 
my own  business,  and then  1  began to in­
quire on  my  friend’s  account. 
1  asked:
“ You  buy some goods of  ‘So-and-so?’ ”
“Oh.  yes;  but not  many.”
“ Isn’t he on the square?”
“To tell the  truth.  I  never  had  any­
thing  from  him  that  was  not  all right,  j m m  P
but 1  believe  he  haudles  a  good  many 
seconds,  and I don’t care to get any.”
I professed  surprise at this.  1 knew him 
to  be  a  shrewd  merchant,  much  too 
shrewd to sell seconds for firsts.
“ Well,”  said  my  customer,  “ I didn’t 
take  much  stock  in  it  at  first,  but his 
own traveling man  admitted it,  and I eon 
eluded it is  true.”
I dropped the matter,  but  when  1  had 
opportunity again  I examined others and 
found the same answer,  that  So-and so’s 
traveling man had admitted  it.
My friend  was much  surprised  when  1 
told  him  who  was  authority  for  the 
stories circulating among  the  trade,  but 
he satisfied himself of the truth of it  and 
promptly discharged  the man.  Now,  the 
truth  was,  he  had  no  more  seconds  in 
stock than other  houses  in  his  line  car­
ried,  and what  he bought  for seconds  he 
sold  as  such;  out  the  salesman,  having 
lost a customer by selliug him  seconds at 
the piice of firsts,  had  found  it  conven­
ient  to  tell of  the incident so often  that 
nearly all his  cronies  had  heard  of  the 
story about the  “seconds;”  and  when  he 
was through telling the tale,  all his hear­
ers remembered  was  that his house  sold 
seconds.  As  I  said,  he  lost  bis  place, 
and could not get another  in so responsi­
ble a position  in  the city.
Not long since  1 met the bookkeeper of 
a merchant who was in ratner deep water, 
and  whom a  very slight push might push 
beyond  any  power  to  save.  While  we 
were talking, auother man joined  us, and 
urning to the youug mau,  asked:
“ How is M----- getting  along in his af
“ Ain’t getting along  at  all,”  was  the 
“ Won’t he  puil  through?”
‘‘He thinks  he  will.”
“ What do you  think?”
“ I  think  it's six of one and half a dozen 
to fanother.”
Within  au  hour the questioner bad  put
his claim  against M -----in the bauds of a
It was  promptly  brought before 
lawyer. 
a justice,  aud  before night  it  was known
to   several 
th a t  M------ had  been  sued.
Now  notice  how 
things  had  worked.
M-----   had  made  arrangements  with  a
banker to help  him  over  the  crisis,  and 
the  matter  was  to  be  closed  the  next 
morning at  7 o'clock;  but,  in  the  mean­
time.  M----- 's  clerk  had  said  what  he
never  ought  to  have  said,  brought  his 
employer  before the court, and frightened 
the  banker from  helpiug him.  Tne  mer­
chant bad  to make au assignment.
Said  a merchant to  me  while  we  were 
talking on  this subject:  “ Buys  will  blab, 
1 remember one 
and you caunot  help it. 
of  my  clerks  destroyed  a  very  pretty 
1  had 
trade  1 once had  in  a patent saw. 
no  monopoly  of  it, except from the fact 
that  none of  my  competitors  kept  it. 
I 
went  to  work quietly  aud  built  up quite
a  trade  on  it,  a  trad«  that  paid  me a 
couple of thousand  dollars in the season.  1 Clifton, K 

fair»?”
answer.

“ 
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BLEACHED  OOTTONS.

Nolbe R ................... 5
Our Level  Best.......6
Oxford  R.................6
Pequot......................7
Solar.........................6
Top of the  H eap....  7
A B C ........................814
Geo. Washington...  8
Amazon....................8
Glen Mills...............  7
Amsburg.................. 6
Gold  Medal...............7)4
Art Cambric............10
Green  Ticket............8)4
Blackstone A A.......7)4
Great Falls..............   6)4
Beats All...................4
Hope...........................7)4
Boston......................12
Just  Out........  444®  5
Cabot.........................6*K
King  Phillip............. 744
Cabot,  \
...................444
OP.......7)4
Charter  Oak............5)4
Lonsdale Cambric. .10 
Conway W .................7)4
Lonsdale... ...  .  @8
Cleveland..............  6
Middlesex.........  @ 4)4
Dwight Anchor__   8
No Name..........  ...  7)4
shorts  8
Oak View...................6
Edwards....................6
Our Own..................  5)4
Empire.......................  7
Pride of the W est.. .12 
Farw ell-....................7
Rosalind...................7
Fruit of the  Loom.  7)4lSunllght...................  4)4
Fttchvllle  .............  7
'Utica  Mills............... 8)4
e 6
“  Nonpareil  ..10
Fruitof the Loom X. 7%
Vinyard...................   8)4
Falrm ount__  ...........1)4
White Horse..........  6
Fall Value.................544
“  Rock...............8)4
Cabot........................ 6441 Dwight Anchor
Farwell......................7**|

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CARPET  W ARP.
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colored ...19 White Star...............17
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Coraline...................69 50
Schilling’«.................9 00
Davis  Waists  ....  9 00
Grand  Rapids..........4 50
Armory...................... 644
Androscoggin..........7*4
Blddeford...............  6
Brunswick...............8)4
\llen  turkey  reds..  5)4
ro b e s.......... 5)4
pink a purple 5)4
........ 5h
Duffs 
pink  checks.  5)4 
staples 
.......5
shirtings 
American  fancy  ...  5 
American indigo  ..  4 
American shirtings.  3 
Argentine  G rays...  6 
Anchor Shirtings...  4 
“  —   6
Arnold 
...  6 
Arnold  Merino 
long cloth B.  9 
“  C  7
century cloth  7 

'* 
“ 
“ 
“  gold seal. 
..10* 
“  green seal TR 10)4 
“  yellow seal  . 10)4 
“ 
...11)4
“  Turkey red.. 10)4
11 

dallo" solid olack..
colors.
Bengal bine,  green, 
red and  orange  ..  6
terlln so lid s.......... 5)4
“  oil bine  . . . .   6
... 6
“  green 
“ 
“  Foulards 
...  5)4 
“ 
red 44 —  
7
“  * .......9)4
“ 
........10
“  4 4 
“ 
“  3-4XXXX 12
“ 
Cocheco fancy........ 5
madders...  5 
XX twills..  5 
solids  .........5

Wonderful 
•4 50 
Brighton.
4 75
B ortree's...............9 00
Abdominal............15 00
Nanmkeagsatteen..  7)4
Rockport....................644
Conestoga..................7)4
Walworth  ................644
Berwick fancies 
3)4
Clyde  Robes.... 
Charter Oak fancies 4 
Del Marine cashm’s  5)4 
mourn’g  5)4 
Bddystone  fancy..  5 
chocolat  5 
..  5 
rober 
sateens.  5 
Hamilton fancy.  ...  5 
s t e w ....  5 
Manchester  fancy.  5 
new era. 5 
Merrimack D fancy. 5 
Merrlm’ck shirtings.  4 
Reppfum .  3K
Pacific  fancy  ......... 5
robes  ........... 5)4
Portsmouth robes..  6 
Simpson mourning..  5 
.  5 
greys.. 
solid blaok.  5 
“  Turkey robes  7 
..  7 
“  India robes 
11  plain T*ky X 44  7 
“  X...10
“ 
“ 
Ottoman  Tur­
key red 
............  6)4
Martha Washington 
Turkeyred 44. 
.  7
Martha Washington
Turkeyred........... 9)4
Riverpolnt robes....  5
Windsor fancy  ___ 8)4
indigo  bine..........10 H
IHarmony.................  4)4
AC  A ...................... H )4
Pemberton AAA__ 16
York.......................... 10M
Swift River  ..............7«
Pearl  River..............12
Warren 
Conostoga  ..............16
OOTTOH  DRILL.
..............8
644|Mark  a 
--------P>
„ ----  
7  (Top o n H e a p . 9*

Washington indigo.  6)4 

.Amoskeag AC A ... .11)4
Hamilton N ............  7
D ............... 8
Awning.. 11
farm er  ......................8
First  P r is e ..............10)4
Lenox Mills 
...........18
Atlanta, 
Boot

gold  ticket

serge.... 

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

TICKINGS.

“ 
“ 

“  

“ 

r‘ 

12)4

" 
“ 

Amoskeag...............12
90S........14
brown .14
Andover..................11)4
BeaverCreek  AA...10 
B B ...9
cc
Boston Mfg Co.  br..  7 

“ 
1» 
“ 
bine  8)4 
“  d a  twist  10)4 
“ 

Columbian XXX  br.10 
XXX  bl.19

“ 
“ 

brown 

Columbian  brown.. 12
Everett, bine............11
11
Haymaker bine.........744
brow n...  744
Jeffrey...................... 11H
Lancaster  ................12H
Lawrence, 9 os.........12H

NO.220....12
No. 250.. „ If
No.280  ...  8

“ 
“ 
“ 
GINGHAMS.

Amoskeag  .........

Lancaster,  staple...  5)4 

“  

“  Persian dress 6)«
Canton ..  7
“ 
AFC........ PH
“ 
Teazle.. .10)4 
“ 
“ 
Angola.. 10H 
“ 
Persian..  7 
Arlington staple....  6)4 
Arasapha  fancy  ...  444 
Bates Warwick dres  7H 
staples.  6
Centennial............. lOH
C riterion................. 10H
Cumberland staple.  5H
Cumberland............5
Essex..........................4H
Elfin.........................   7H
Everett classics...... 8H
Exposition................ 714
Glenarle..................   6)4
Glenarven................. 644
Glenwood..................7H
Hampton....................5
Johnson Chalon cl  Hl 
indigo bine 9H York 
zephyrs__ 16  I
BRAIN  BASS.

fancies  ..  6 
“ 
“  Normandie  6
Lancashire...............  444
Manchester............. 444
Monogram...............  4*k
Normandie.............  SH
Persian__  .............«*
Renfrew Dress........7%
Rosemont.................6)4
SlatersvlUe............. 6
Somerset.................. 7
Tacoma  ...................7%
Toll  da Nord.......... 8)4
Wabash....................7H
seersucker..  7H
Warwick.................  6
Whittenden............. 8
heather dr.  7H 
indigo bine  9 
Wamsntta staples...  644
Westbrook............... 8
......... 10
Wlndermeer............ 5
............. 844

“ 
“ 

Amoskeag................. ]3  ¡Georgia
Stark......................   16) J ....................................
American.................12HI..................................

13

THREADS.

Clark’s Mile E nd....45  ¡Barbour's..................95
Coats’, J. A P .......... 45  Marshall’s  ...............90
Holyoke....................22)41

KNITTINS COTTON.

No.

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

White.  Colored.
White.  Colored
..33
38 No.  14... ....87
42
...34
39
“  16... ....38
43
...35
40
“   18... ....39
44
..36
41
“  20...
...40
45
CAMBRICS.
Slater................  
4
Edwards.................  4
White Star...............  4
Lockwood..................4
Kid Glove................   4
Wood’s ....................  4
Newmarket................4
B runswick............   4
TW...................... 22H
F T ...........................82)4
JR F .X X X .............85
Buckeye.................. 32 H

Fireman...................32 H
Creedmore...............27)4
Talbot XXX............ 80
Nameless.................27)4

B BD   FLANNEL.

MIXED  FLANNEL.

“
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CANVASS  AND  P A D D IE S.

Red A Bine,  plaid. .40
Union R ...................22)4
Windsor...................18H
601 W estern............20
Union  B ..................22H Manitoba
DO MET  FLANNEL.
Nameless.......8  @  9HI 
8H@10  I 

Grey SR  W..............17H
Western W  ..............18H
D B P   .......................18)4
Flushing XXX.........23)4
■23)4
@10)4
12H
Slate.  Brown.  Black  Slate  Brown.  Black 
10H
9H 
UH
10H 
11H 
12
12H 
20
Severen, 80s ........... 9H
Mayland, 8 os..........10)4
Greenwood,7H os..  9H 
Greenwood, 8 o s. ...U H  
Boston, 8 os............. 10)4

West  Point, 8 os..  . 10H 
lOos  ...12)4
“ 
Raven, lOos.............18)4
 
Stark 
1814
Boston, 10 os........... 12H

8*4  WH 
10H UH 
11H12 
12)4 20 
DUCKS.

10H 
11H 
12 
20 

9H 
10H 
11H 
12H 

“ 

W ADDINGS.

s i l b s i a s .

. 68 50
...........7 50

White, dos...............25  I Per bale, 40 dot 
Colored,  dos............20  [Colored  “ 
Slater, Iron Cross...  8
Red Cross....  9
Best  .............10H
Best  AA......12H
......................7H
....................... SHl

Pawtucket................ion
Dnndle....................... g
Bedford 
.. IOH
Valley  City  ............m u
M ............................10H

... 

. 

Coìticela, dos......... M  ICorticell!  knitting

SEWING  SILK.

No  1 Bl’k A White..10 INo  4 Bl’k A White  15

per Hos  ball 

twist,dos.  37 
50yd,dos..S7HI
HOOKS AND  «TES— PER  «BO SS
« 
»

„12  I  “  8 
„12  I ••  10 

“ 
’• 

PINS.

2 
8 

No 8-20, M C ..........60  INO 4-15  F 8H 

3—18, S C ........... 45  I

so

..'an

40

No  2 White A Bl’k.,12  INo  8 White A Bl’k  20 
a
..28

« 
“ 

«« 
“ 

COTTON  T AFB.
„15  »  10 
„18  I  “  12 
s a f e t y   ra n . 
...  28  IN08. .
NEEDLES— P N B   V .

4 
6 
NOS

- Jam es.................. 1  4<| Steamboat..............
Crowely’s................ 1  85 Gold  Eved...............1  go
Marshall’s ............... 1 on| American..................1  00
15—4..„1  66  6—4...2 80
5—4 „ „   1  75  6—4... 

TABLB  O U .  CLOTH.

COTTONT W INES.

Cotton Sail Tw ine.. 28
Crown.....................12
Domestic................18H
A nchor................... 16
Bristol.................... 13
Cherry  Valley....... 15
'X L ........................ 18H1
Alabama....................6%
Alamance................. 1)
A ugusta................... 7H
Ar  sapha...................e
Georgia..................... 6*
G ran ite.....................  534
Haw  River...............1
Haw  JT....................6

“ 

Nashua.....................14
Rising Star 4-ply__ 17
8-ply ..„17
North  Star................20
Wool Standard 4 plyl7H 
Pow hattan.............. 15

Mount  Pleasant....  sh
m elds......................  5
Prymont...............  534
Kandel man..............6
Riverside.................  ru
Sibley  A...................
Toledo 
Otis checks............  734 I

..........

PLAID  OSNABURGB

T H E   MICHIGLÄJNr  TRADESM AN

7

These  are  a  few 
talking 
to  merchants  by 

1  cautioned  my  traveling  men  to  talk 
about the saw ouly to our customers, and 
to do no  outside  bragging.  But  1 over­
looked  my  entry clerk;  1  didn’t  suppose 
he  was  going  to  go  up  and  down  the 
street telling of  the  saws  we  sold,  but 
that is just  what  be did.  He  fancied  it 
added to  his importance to show  that  the 
house was doing a  big  trade,  and  so  he 
kept up an  admiring  tale of our trade  in 
saws,  often  telling  this  when  among  the 
clerks  of  my  competitors. 
It  was  not 
loug till  1  found  the saw  with  the  other 
houses,  and  then  my sales and  profits  be­
gan  to  drop.  That  boy’s  boasting  cost 
me SI.500 a year.”
“ Anri  what did  you  do with  the  boy?”
“ At first  I  thought I’d ship  him,  but he 
was a  pretty good  boy,  and  I  concluded 
it  would  be  a  lesson  to  him.  so  1  kept 
him;  he’s been as dumb as an oyster ever 
since.”
instances  I  recall 
where  clerks  have  damaged  their  em­
too  much;  but 
ployers  by 
I  am  satisfied 
the  amount  of  harm 
done  yearly 
just 
such  work  as  tris  is  incredibly  large. 
What our competitors say of us does  very 
little good  or harm;  it is  taken  for  what 
it  is  worth,  ana  abundant  allowances 
made  for business  rivalry.  But  this  is 
not the case when our own  clerks  speak 
against us.  A  miserable  little  rat  often 
sinks a great  beautiful  ship,  and  a  mer­
chant’s  well-laid  plans  are  brought  to 
naught  because  a  babbling  clerk  men­
tions them  where they  are carried to  the 
ears of his competitors.
I doubt if merchants  realize the extent 
to which  their  business is talked over  by 
the  clerks  when  nut of  the store.  And 
there are two kinds of talking clerks—one 
hears a great  deal  and  tells  nothing  of 
importance,  the  other 
tells  everything 
and learns nothing;  he talks for the  love 
of talking,  because be does  not know any 
better.
tells  of  silence  being 
golden,  but it is  a great  deal  more  than 
that,  it  is gold—the  pure metal.  There 
can  never  come  any  good  from  telling 
about 
If 
other clerks are  interested  in  your story 
at all,  it is only  because they  are picking 
up items  about your  business  that  they 
carry  to their  employers.

the  business  or 

The  proverb 

the  plans. 

1 noticed one of  my  traveling  men  in 
very  close  conversation  with  a compet­
itor’s clerk,  one  day,  and  I  began to feel 
uneasy about it, not knowing what  might 
be said about our  affairs  before the  con­
ference  broke up.  But  my  man came  to 
me  with a smile of  satisfaction,  a  while 
afterwards,  saying, 
“ 1  was  pumpiug 
Charlie to find out where  their  tiavel  ng 
man  is.”  “ Did  you  learn?”  “ Yes;  aud 
I’m going out to-oight  to  bead  him  off.” 
I didn’t have much  respect  for the  clerk 
who had told.
1 confess  1  cannot  understand  how  a 
clerk can  go on  blindly talking about  his 
employer’s business  with  people  outside 
of  his  store, 
if  a sharp thiug  has  been 
done in the store they  tell of  it as if it in 
some  way  added  to  their  reputation  for 
smartness.  At a social call, one evening, 
it chanced that two clerks of rival  houses 
were together.  Oue  of them,  when  con­
versation flagged, told of an  incident that 
was  rather  laughable,  where  one of their 
men  had  got  an  order  from  a  retailer 
by  a very sharp  dodge,  and  so interested 
was he  in  his  own  story  that  be  gave 
names  and  locations.  The  other  clerk 
bad  a good  memory  and  told  the story  in 
his office the  next day  to,  among  others, 
the  traveling  man,  who,  in  turn,  made  a 
minute of it in  his  mind,  and,  when  next 
in  the store of the  man  upon  whom  the 
dodge had  been  played,  used  the story  to 
such advantage that  be got an order,  and 
the  other  man  got—the  door  the  next 
time he came there.
1  overheard  a  conversation  like  this 
once between  two clerks,  who met just a 
few feet ahead of m**:
“ How’s trade,  Jim?”
“Can’t complain.”
“ Pho!  That’s  what you always say.”
“ W elt!  Do you  suppose if it  was  dull 
I’d say  so?”
If  1  had  known  the boy  I  would  have 
patted  him on  the back.
The merchants often  let out secrets and 
damage their trade by boasting, I am well 
aware,  bat  that  is

lo  ex cu se 

clerk;  there is but one safe  rule for  him 
to follow,  and  that is to refuse to discuss 
matters  with anyone but  the  people  be­
longing  in  the  store  with  him,  for  he 
cannot  know what  advantage  a  compet­
itor  may  get  from  some  careless  word 
dropped  by  him.

Social  Factor  in  Business, 

f r o m  th e   C h ic a g o   D ry  C o o ls  R ep o rter.

this 

That 

In  a small  town  or  city,  the  retailer's 
personality  has  much to do  with  the  vol 
is 
ume  of  bis  business. 
true  requires  no  demonstration.  He 
comes  into  contact  with  his  customers 
the  proprietor  of  a  great 
directly  as 
metropolitan  store  can  not.  Acquaint­
ance  and 
friendship  are  constituent 
parts of the capital of a small dealer,  and 
it is perfectly  legitimate for him  to  seek 
to increase and strengthen them in every 
way.  Time  spent  at  social  entertain­
ments,  public gatherings, etc., is not time 
thrown  away  to  such  a merchant  if  he 
has the faculty of  making  acquaintances 
easily.  People like to  trade  with  those 
they  know,  whom they feel confidence in. 
They  feel  that  a  merchant  whom  they 
know in  a social  way  will somehow keep 
a special eye to  their interests  when they 
enter  his  store.  Of  course  a  man  can 
easily overdo this  and  sacrifice  the  real 
interest of his business to social  matters; 
be can also make the mistake  of  appear­
ing to seek for business through social re­
lations.  Both must be avoided.  A  mer­
chant  is necessarily  a  public  man,  how­
ever,  and  he  has the right to extend  his 
publicity  and  his 
in  every 
proper manner,  and  to  reap  the  benefit 
in  a  practical  business  way  of  any 
popularity  he  may  gain.

influence 

Value of Politeness.

One of the reasons  why  Japan  is  the 
most delightful  country  in  the  world  in 
which  to  dwell  is  because  of  the good 
manners  possessed  by the  people. 
It is a 
universal  testimony  that as  a  race  they 
are charming people  with  whom  to come 
in contact. 
It is  a disgrace  to  America 
that almost the reverse is true here.  Most 
of the  boys  and apprentices in the shops 
have about as much  politeness as a puppy 
three  months  old.  They  fairly  tumble 
over themselves in  order  to  do  a  thing 
awkwardly.  No  man or  woman  wishes 
to see one of them  in  the house.  The of 
fice boy is often  a terror in manners  and 
in  language—not  that  he is much  worse 
than  the  average  boy,  but  the  average 
boy  is no saint.
From  a business  man’s poipt of view it 
pays to have  every  boy  and  every  man 
about  the  place  polite and gentlemanly 
in  word  and  action.  People  like  to  be 
treated  well,  and  they  will  take  pains to 
go  where their treatment is perfectly sat 
isfactory.  When  a  merchant  is  known 
to have  polite, obliging  and  gentlemanly 
clerks  in  bis  employ,  when  bis  errand 
boys are always  known to be  neat,  care 
ful  and  quiet,  he will  have advantages in 
bolding  his trade which the man  who em 
ploys rough  help  will  never  understand 
although be  will  probably feel  it  to  bis 
sorrow.

Lite  Trtvlesnuvn.  Con/jon  Banks.

Hardware Price Current.

 

 

AXBS.

“ 
• 
• 

AUGURS AMD  BITS. 
 

Those  prices are  for cask buyers,  who 
pay  promptly  aud  buy in  full  packages.
d lS .
Snell’s  ........................  
61,410
Cook's  ....... 
40
Jennings’, g en u in e........................................   _ .26
Jennings’,  im itation.......................................60410
flrzt Quality, 8  B. Bronze............................I  6 50
D.  B. Bronze  .  .........................   it  oo
8. B. % Steel.............................  0  50
D. B. Steel.................................. 18 00
............................................. 112 00  14 00
Railroad 
Garden  .  .................................................  net  30 00
Stove.  ................................................................ 80410
...........................................76410
Carriage new list 
Plow 
...............................................................40410
Sleigh s h o e ...................................................... 
70
Well, plsln  ......................................................•  * 50
W ell,swivel...........................................................   4 00
Cast Loom Pin. fig u red ............................. ...70410
fo r  the , Wrought Narrow, bright Bast Joint  40  ....... 00410

BUTTS.  OAST. 

BARROW S. 

BUCKETS.

b o l t s . 

d l s .

d lS .

dlS.

rtn ..........................................   40
Wrought Loom 
Wrought Table...................................................  4 •
Wrought Inside Blind....... ................................  4>
Wrought Brass................................................. 
75
Blind,  Clark’s ...................................................7041«
Blind,  Parker’s...................  ........................... 70410
Blind, Shepard's 
70

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

Ordinary Tackle, list April  1890..................60410

Grain.................................................................. 40410

CRADLES.

CROW BARS.

66
9?
86
60

60
26

dlS.

dls.

Cast Steel................................................ per B  5
■ly’s 1-10................................................ perm  
Hick’s C. F 
Musket 

.........................................  
. D .........................................................  
......................................... 

CAPS.

“ 
“ 
“ 

Elm  F ire............................................... ..........  
Central  Fire...............................................dls. 

CARTRIDGES.

CHISELS. 

Socket Firm er.  ................................................75410
Socket Framing  ............................................... 7541«
Socket Corner.................................................... 75410
Socket Slicks.................................................... 75410
40
Butchers’ Tanged Firm er.................... 

 

40
Curry,  Lawrence’s ..........................................  
Hotchkiss.........................................................  
26
White Crayons, per  gross............... 12Q124 dls. 10

combs. 

CHALK.
o o r m .

Planished, 14 os cut to size.........per pound 
14x52,14x56,14x60 .........................  
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.......................... 
Cold Rolled, 14x48............................
Bottoms........................................... 
 
Morae’s  Bit  Stocks......................................... 
Taper and straight Shank............................... 
Mone’s Taper Shank....................................... 

DRILLS. 

 

28
26
23
22
50
50
50

dlS.

DRIPPING PAMS.

BLBOWS.

t v
Small sizes, ser p o u n d ...................................  
Large sizes, per  pound...................................  
06
Jun. 4  piece, 6 In .............................. 1 >».-iet 
76
50
^'irrugated  ..............................................1’s 
Adlostable.................................................11s.  <0410
Clark’s, small, Ii8;  large, 026.  ..................... 
30
Ives’, 1,118 :  2,824 ;  3,»30............................... 
25
Dlsston’s .......................................................60410-10
New American  ...........................................60410-10
Nicholson’s ................................................. 60410-10
Heller’s 
50
Heller’s H one R asp s.....................................   GO

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

piles—New List. 

EXPANSIVE BITS. 

dlS.

dls.

GALVANIZED IRON.

17

dls.
dls.

Nos.  16  to  20;  22  and  24;  25  and  26;  27
Llat 
10 

15

18 
Discount, 70

12 

14
GAUGBS.

 

dls.

MATTOCKS.

looks—doob. 

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

Stanley Rule and  Level Co.’a.......
knobs—New List. 
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .... 
Door,  porcelain,Jap. trimmings.
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings 
56
............ 
56
Door,  porcelain, trim m ings.........................  
70
Drawer  end  Shatter, porcelain..................... 
Russell 4  Irwin  Xfg. Co.’s new list  ..........  
56
Mallory, Wheeler  4   Co.’s ..............................  
56
55
Branford’s 
 
Sorwalk’s .........................................................  
55
Adse Bye  ...........................  .........116.00, dls. 60-10
Rant Bye  ...................................... 816.00, dls. 60-10
............«18.50, dls. 20410.
H unt's.........................  
dls.
ipeiry 4  Co.’s, Post,  handled........................ 
50
dlS.
40
Coffee, Parkera  Co.’s ....................................... 
P. 8. 4  W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleable«___  
40
Landers,  Ferry 4  Cla k’s ..................... 
40
.......................................  
30
stebbln's  Pattern..............................................6041«
Stebbln’s G en u in e...........................................6641«
EnterprlM, self measuring  ...  .................... 
30
Advance over  base,  on  both  Steel  and Wire.

MOLASSES SATIS. 

MAULS. 
MILLS. 

“  Enterprise 

N A ILS

dls.

 

 

 
 

Steel nalle, Dase........................................................ l 85
Wire nails, base........................................  
60......................................................... Base 
50...........................................................  
40.. 
.  .....................................  
30...........................................................  
20........... 
 
16..................................................... 
-. 
12...........................................................  
10........................................................... 
8 ...........................................................  
7 4 6 .......... 
4 .. . . ........................ 
8  ...............................  
........................ 
2............................................................  
Fine 3  ..........................................................  
CsM  10................................................. 
“  8.................................................  
••  6..............; .................................  
Finish 10..............................................  
«• 
4................................................ 
6...............................................  
«• 
Clinch  10.............................................. 
8...................  ........................ 
« 
** 
6.. 

 
Base
10
25
26
35
45
45
50
80
75
90
1  20
1 60
65
75
90
75
90
10
70
80
90
Barrel! 1 ......... 
175
Ohio Tool Co.’e, fan cy ...................................   ©4i>
Sclota  Bench.....  ........................................  
050 j
Sandusky Tool  Co.’s, fancy.............................  040 '
Bench, first quality..........................................  040
Stanley Rale and  Level Co.’a  wood............ 50410
Fry,  Aome.................................................dla.60—10
Common,  pollahed....................................dls. 
70
dlS.
Iron and  Tinned..............................................50—10
Copper Rivets and B o n ................................BO—10

 
rLANBB. 

Ml VETS. 

......... 

PAMS.

dls.

 
 

 

 

PATENT FLABISHBD IRON.

“ A”  Wood’s patent planished. Noe. 24 to 27  10 20 
I “ B”  Wood’s  pat, planished, Noe. 26 to 27...  920 

Broken packs 40 par pound extra.

■am mere.

 

HINGES.

Msydole  4  Co.’i ................................... 
dls. 
26
Kip’S............................................................dls. 
2*
Yerkes 4  Plumb’s ..................................... dls. 40410
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel.......... 
............30c list 60
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast  Steel  Hand__ 80c 40410
Gate, Clark’s, 1 ,2 ,3 .................................dls.60410
State...............................................per dos. net, 2 60
Screw Hook  and  Strap, to 12 ln. 44  14  and
34
4 ............ ............. net
10
%............ ----------net
84
* ............ ..............net
74
* ............ ............. net
74
............dla.

HANGERS. 

wire goods. 

HOUSE  FURNISHING  GOODS.

dlS.
Bara Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track.... 5041C
Champion,  antl-frlctlon...............  
 
60410
Kidder, wood tra c k ............................ 
<r
HOLLOW WARE.
Pots..................................................................... 6041t
Kettles................................................................ 8041f
Spiders  .............................................................. 6041-
Gray enam eled.................................................404K
Stamped  Tin W are..................................new list K
Japanned Tin Ware......................................... 
at
Granite Iron W are ....................... new 11s 
2t
Bilght........................................................  70410410
Screw  Byes.................................................70410410
70410410
Hook’s ................................... 
Gate Hooks and Byes........................ 
70410410
LEVELS. 
(H*.7n
Stanley Rale and Level  Co.’s ........................
ROPES.
Sisal, g  Inch aud la rg e r................................  7
Manilla..............................................................  10
dls.
Steel and Iron..................................................7? 410
Try and Bevels............................................ 
an
M itre......................................................... 
go
Com.  Smooth.  Com.
e> 50
8 69
2 70
2 80
2 90
8 00
All  sheets No. 18  and  lighter,  over 30  Inches 

Nos. 10 to  14..........................................«3 50 
Nos. 15 to 17...........................................8 50 
NOS.  18 to 21.......................................  4  06 
Nos. 22 to 24.......................................  3  55 
Nos. 25 to 26........................................ 3  65 
No. 27 ....................................................  3 75 
wide not less than 2-10 extra
List acct. 19, ’86  ........................................dls. 
Silver Lake, White A ..........................  

SAND PAPER.
SASH CORD.

SHEET IRON.

squares. 

dls.

 

 

 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

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

50
list 50
55
50
55
80

Discount, 10.

SASH WEIGHTS.

dls.

saws. 

TRAPS. 

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

Solid Byes.................................................per ton 820
“ 
20
Silver Steel  Dla. X Cuts, per foot,.... 
70
“  Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per fo o t.... 
so 
“  Special Steel Dla. X Cats, per foo t....  SO 
“  Champion  and  Blectrlc  Tooth  X 
Cuts,  per  foot................................................. 
go
dlS.
Steel, Game........................................................60410
Oneida Community, Newhouse’s ................ 
  40
Oneida Community, Hawley a  Norton’s.. 7T-10 10
Mouse,  choker....................................... 15c per dos
Moum, delusion..................................«1.25 per dos
dlS.
Bright Market.................................................  7C-10
Annealed Market............................................| 
75
Coppered M arket.............................................  
70
Tinned Market.................................................  gave
Coppered  Spring  Steel.................................... 
50
Barbed  Fence, galvanised..................................  2 50
painted.......................................   a jo

WIRE. 

“  

HORSE HAILS.

dlS.

WRENCHES. 

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

M ETALS, 
pie tin.

An  S a b le .............................................................dls. 40410
dls.  05
Putnam .............................................. 
Northwestern.............................. . 
«Us. 10410
dla.
Baxter’s  Adjustable, nickeled...................... 
80
Coe’s  Genuine 
sr
 
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,  ......... 
75
Coe’s  Patent, malleable...........................  .  7541«;
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Bird Cages 
..................................................  
51.!
Pumps, Cistern............................. 
75410
Screws.New l i s t .........................   7041«410
Casters. Bed  a  d  Piste  ............................50410410
Dampers.  American......................................... 
4c
Forks, hoes, rakes  and all steel goods.......... 55410
1 35
Pig  Large....................................................  
Pig Bars.........................................................  
Duty:  Sheet. 2Qc per pound.
wo pound  casks............................................ 
ts^
Per  pound.......................................................  
7
4 0 4 - ^ .......................................................  If
Extra Wiping  ...  .............................................  
1»
The  prices  of  the  many  other qualities  of
solder In the market Indicated by private brand«
vary according to composition.
ANTIMOKT.
1 60
Cookson.......................   .................per  ponnd
Hallett’s .......................................... 
TIN—MNLTN GRADE.
10x14 IC, Charcoal............. ..............................8 7  50
14x20 IC, 
............................................  7  50
10x14 IX, 
.......................................   9  2f
.......................................  9 2f
14x20 IX, 

BOLD SB.

see
g8f

“ 
“ 
“ 

ZINC.

Bach additional X on this grade, «1.75.

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is

TIN—ALLA WAT GRADS.

7b
10x14 IC,  Charcoal.......................................... 
14x20 IC, 
.......................................   6 75
8 2*
...................................... 
10x14 IX, 
14x20 IX, 
.......................................   9 2*

Bach ad«Utlonal X on this grade «1.60.

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BOO PING PLATES

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“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“  Worcester..............................  6  5
14x20 IC, 
.............................  8  50
“  
14x20 IX, 
...........................   18  50
“ 
20x28 IC, 
“  Allaway Grade................... 
14x20 IC, 
8  O'
7  50
“ 
’ 
14X20IX. 
“  
12  50
“ 
20x28  IC, 
20x28 H , 
“ 
“ 
15  50
BOILBB SUE TIM PLATE.
14x28 IX ............................................................. 114  06
14x31  IX .............................................................  15 00
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W EDNESDAY,  N O T«■ .TIBER  14.

to  he 

lowered 

the  roads 

the  cost  of 

RAILWAY  WAGES  AND  EARNINGS.
The railways of the country  have  long 
been  the subjects  of  harsh  criticism  by 
the agricultural  and  working  classes  of 
eople,  and,  although  they  have 
the 
enormously 
the 
transportation  of  necessaries,  the  rail­
way  corporations  continue 
the 
themes of  much  popular  condemnation, 
and  many  people claim that  the  farmers 
and  the  working  classes  will  never  be 
prosperous  until 
shall  be 
seized and operated by  the  Government.
The  records  of  the  receiverships and 
bankruptcies,  through  which  so  many 
of the  American  railroads  have  passed 
or  are  passing,  ought 
that 
many of  these corporations  are  far  from 
prosperous.  Nevertheless,  there is preva- 
lent a notion  that  much  of  the  trouble 
comes  from  the  fact  that  the  earnings 
of  the  roads  are  squandered  on  high- 
salaried  officials,  while 
the  men  are 
wronged  with starvation  wages.  As  re­
liable 
information  on  every  economic j 
subject  is  both instructive and  necessary , 
to the proper  understanding of  such  mat­
ters,  T he  i RADES.UAN  is  glad  to  present 
some statistics gathered  by  that  well-in­
formed  journal,  the  Chicago  Railway 
Aye.

to  prove 

The  Age  shows  that  fifteen 

leading 
Western  railway  companies,  which  op­
erate  more  than  one-fourth  the  eutire 
track  mileage  of 
the  country,  employ 
170.657  persons,  to  whom  are  pud  an 
agglegate of $107 8SS 694 in  wages.  Out 
of the wages account $1.205.151  is  paid  to 
officials  who  get  salaries  of  $ >,000 and 
If  all  these  high  officials  were 
over. 
discharged and their  wages  were  paid  to 
the  workingmen,  each  laborer’s  wages 
would  be 
increased  by  the  amount  of 
$7.06 a year or  13 cents a  week.

As  the Aye well  says,  this  is  what  the 
talk about  high  salaries comes  to  as  af­
fecting  the employes,  when  ihe  facts  are 
reached  that  if,  of  the  railway  compa­
nies of  the  West,  the eutire staff of  presi­
dents,  general managers,  vice-presidents, 
counsel,  superintendents,  engineers—or 
any  one  else  who  is  receiving $5,000  a 
year—were to  be absolutely  wiped  away 
and  their  offices  abolished, 
the  entire 
money so saved,  being distributed among 
all  employes,  would  raise  the  general

level  of  wages  by  just  about 2 cents a 
day.

The Age shows that of the fifteen com­
panies referred  to  above  twelve  earned 
some sort of a margin  for  dividends dur­
ing the last fiscal year.  Three  showed a 
deficit.  The aggregate net  earnings  ap­
plicable to dividend payments of  all  the 
companies  (treating  the  roads  as  one 
system  and deducting  the  three  deficit 
from 
the  twelve  balances  of  profit) 
amounted to $8,941,068.  The  total  capi 
tal  stock  of  all  the  companies  was al 
most  exactly  $1.000,000,000.  The  divi 
dend earned,  therefore, on  the total stock 
was a little over four-fifths of  1  per cent 
If half of all that stock  was watered,  the 
dividend earning amounted  to  less  than 
one  and  four-fifths  of  1  per  cent. 
If 
three-quarters of it was  water  and  only 
one-quarter 
represented  actual  invest­
ment,  the dividend  was less than  2%  per 
cent.

But,  suppose  that,  instead  of  paying 
any dividend  to the stockholders,  the net 
earnings of the railways in question  were 
to be divided among the  employes,  each 
I to receive an equal  share,  regardless  of 
the  value or importance  of  his  services.
■ There  are  107.657  employes,  each  one 
of  whom  wants  his  share  of  that  net 
earning—his  portion  of  the  $8.941,068. 
Let  us suppose  that he gets it; how  much 
I does he receive?  He receives just $52.39 
I a year, or $1 a week.

investment. 

From  these figures it will  be  seen  that 
the  people  who  have  put  up  the many 
millions  of  dollars  to  build  and  equip 
these  roads are by no means  getting  rich 
out  of  their 
The  simple 
fact is,  that many of the railways  in  the 
United  St  tes  were  built  ahead  of the 
needs of the country,  and they  will  hav 
to  suffer  and  struggle  until the country 
develops  up 
to  them.  Railroads  are 
among  the  corporations  which  prover 
bially  have no souls, and they often prov 
the fact,  but they  are at least  entitled  to 
justice,  and they ought to  have  it.  But 
it is necessary  that  the  people  shall  be 
better informed  about them.  The  infor 
mation given  above is worth attention.
j  FUTURE  ADDITIONS  TO  THE  NAVY 
|  Tlie main  details  of  the  forthcoming 
I report of the Secretary of  the  Navy  are 
already known,  and.  as the  future  policy 
of the  Government  with  regard  to  the 
new  navy  is a  matter of  importance,  the 
recommendations  made  are  attracting 
some attention.

The estimates for naval appropriations 
for the next j ear  show  considerable  in­
crease over past  years.  This  is  due  to 
the greater cost of maintaining the  large 
new  ships  aud  to  the 
large  payments 
which  wilt have  to  be  made  during  the 
coming year on  ships  now  nearing  com­
pletion.  The final  payments on  the four 
big  battle-ships  will be  due  during  1895, 
and  that  item  of  expense  alone  helps 
greatly  to swell  the  naval  appropriation 
estimates.

It  is  pointed  out 

It is announced  that the Sec.etary  will 
recommend  the  authorization  of a num­
ber  of  new  vessels  and  will  urge Con­
gress to continue the  policy of  construct­
ing  warships. 
that 
within another year all  the  vessels  now 
building  for the navy will  be  completed, 
and,  unless  new  ships  are  authorized, 
work  will  have  to  stop 
in  the  con­
struction  departments of  the  navy-yards 
aud  at 
the  private  shipyards  where 
special  facilities have  been  provided  for 
constructing  warships  for 
the  navy.

Should  the  Government  decide  to  stop 
building  ships, 
the  private  shipyards 
would  be  compelled  to  discharge their 
skilled workmen  and  divert  their  expen­
sive  plants to other purposes.  The  Gov­
ernment would  thus be  deprived  of  the 
advantages now possessed  in  the  way  of 
facilities for the prompt  construction 
warships.

It would, of course,  be  manifestly  im 

in  order  to  make  our 

proper  for  the  Government  to  keep 
building ships  merely  to  provide  work 
for private ship-building firms,  but there 
is  every  evidence  that  more  ships  are 
needed 
fleet 
thoroughly efficient.  The events  of  the 
past 
two  years  have  proven  that  the 
force of cruisers possessed  by  the  coun 
try  is entirely  inadequate  to  supply  the 
demand  for  vessels  on  the  foreign  sta 
tions,  and  American 
interests  abroad 
have  had  to go unprotected, owing to the 
absence of  available  ships  for the serv 
ice required.
As  long, 

therefore,  as  the  country 
needs  ships It is good  policy  to  authorize 
one or more every year,  so as  to keep  the 
building plants in  working order, and  at 
the same time to so distribute the cost a 
to prove as  light a burden  on  the  treas 
ury as possible.

In  addition  to more cruisers,  the  coun 
try  needs a considerable addition  to  the 
uumber  of  battle-ships.  While 
the 
cruisers suffice for  the  peace  service  of 
the navy,  the defense of our  harbors and 
coast  line  in  the  event  of  war  would 
necessitate  the  service of a considerable 
fleet  of  battle-ships  and  armored  coas 
defense  vessels.  When  all  the  vessel: 
which  have  beeu  authorized  are  com 
pleted  we will  possess but  a  small  fleet 
of armored  ships,  which  would  scarcely 
suffi  e to properly defend a single  one of 
the leading seaports.

It is,  therefore,  lo be  hoped  that  the 
approaching session of Congress  will  re 
sume the  policy  of annually  authoriziug 
the construction of one or more ships

THE  ERA  OF  ORGANIZATIONS.
The 

Interstate  Commerce  Commis 
sion  has  recently  published  the  results 
of an  investigation  into  the  number  and 
character  of  the  commercial  organiza­
tions  of 
to 
these  investigations,  which  extended  to 
every  city  and 
the  United 
States,  there are in  existence  thirty-ODe 
national, fourteen  State  and  2,021  local 
commercial organizations.

the  country.  According 

town 

in 

as  national 

associations, 

institutions  as 

local  associations.  The 

Of course,  in  this  compilation  are  in­
the  Na­
cluded  such 
tional  Board  of  Trade, 
the  Bankers’ 
Association,  the  Trans-Mississippi  Con­
gress 
and 
the  boards  of  trade,  chambers  of  com­
merce  and  regular  exchanges  among 
the 
local  or­
ganizations  must  be  subdivided 
into 
xchanges  devoted  to  certain  specified 
ndustries,  such  as  cotton  exchanges, 
stock  exchanges,  produce  exchanges; 
and  organizations  combining  all  trade 
nterests  as  chambers  of  commerce, 
boards of trade,  freight  and  transporta­
tion  bureaus.

The tendency  to  combine  the  various 
interests into a  single  organization  has 
not extended  beyond  the  smaller towns, 
the great centers of  trade  having  found 
it  more  profitable  to  have  separate  or­
the  special 
ganizations 
look  after 
interests  of  the  different 
leading 
in­
dustries,  common  needs  and  necessities 
being  looked  after  by  a  system  of  co-

to 

through 

operation 
committees.  This 
is  the  system  which  obtains  In  Grand 
Rapids,  and  that  it  ha3  been  eminent­
the  para­
ly  successful 
is  shown  by 
mount  influence  which  each 
local  ex­
change  wields  in 
its  special  branch, 
and the immense and  irresistible  power 
which the commercial  bodies exert  when 
acting together.

In  a  word, 

That  the  commercial  exchanges  and 
organizations  have  proven  of  vast  ben­
efit  to  trade  there  is  not  the  smallest 
doubt.  They  have  removed  obstacles 
and  corrected  abuses  which  no  amount 
of private effort  could  have successfully 
coped  with.  They  have  protected  the 
commerce  of 
their  respective  markets 
from  dangerous  competition  and  dis­
crimination on  the part of  common  car­
they  have  greatly 
riers. 
simplified  business  methods 
re­
moved  many  of 
the  uncertainties  and 
risks attached to trade.
PEACE  AND  QUIET  FOR  BU8INE88.
The  verdict  of  the  country,  as  ex­
pressed in  the  overwhelming  defeat  of 
the  Democrats,  is 
that  no  more  tariff 
tinkering  is  wanted.  Every  agitation 
which  unsettles  business  must  come  to 
an  end.  The  people  want  a  season  of 
peace in  which to address  themselves  to 
the  work of rebuilding  and restoring the 
prosperity of the country.

and 

This demand  is  too  imperative  to be 
disregarded  and  any  attempt  to  make 
any further changes in  the present tariff 
during  the  short  session  which  com­
mences  next  month  will  be  met  with 
¡turdy  opposition  on 
the  part  of  the 
business public.  The talk  of more tariff 
tinkering,  of enacting free  raw  material, 
and  more of that sort of thing,  is already 
heard,  and it fills  the  country  with  un­
easiness.  The defeat of Mr.  Wilson,  of 
West Virginia,  by  the coal  miners,  ought 
to be sufficient notice that the  people  do 
not want any  more  tariff  talk,  not  even 
free coal  and  free  iron  ore;  and,  there­
fore,  the tariff ought  to be  left  as  it  is. 
An  incomplete and  imperfect law is  pref­
erable  to an  unceasing  agitation  which 
unsettles  business.

pressed 

condemned  was 

Among the  vagaries  which  have  been 
overpoweringly 
the 
Hatch  bill  against  dealing  in  contracts 
of  produce  for  future  delivery.  Con­
gressman  Hatch,  of  Missouri,  has wasted 
many hours of the  precious time of Con­
gress and several years  of  his life trying 
to  put  a  stop  to  speculative  trading  in 
merchandise. 
If  he  had  addressed him­
self to co-operating  in  some  wise system 
of  finance  for 
the  country,  he  might 
have done some good; but his  impractica­
ble and wrong-beaded  theories took up all 
s time,  and so  his own  constituents ex­
their  appreciation  of  his  mis- 
rected  labors  by  turning  him  down, 
'hen  a Congressman  is so  blind  as  not 
be  able to see that he  has  gained  the 
isapproval  of  a  majority  of the  people 
the  country,  he  has 
to  be  rudely 
wakened  by  an  autboritive  kick  from 
is  own  constitueuts.  That settles  him, 
and  that  is  what  settled  Mr.  Hatch,  of 
that  he 
has 
that 
the 
country  is  tired  of  his  anti-option  bill.
But Mr.  Hatch  is  only  a  sample  of  a 
large  class  of  impracticables  who  have 
infested 
recent  sessions  of  Congress. 
Let them  learn  a little  reason  and  drop 
their  wild  schemes  which  have  done  so 
much  to  unsettle  business,  and 
if  they 
cannot do  anything  useful,  at  least  do 
nothing ha; mful  in  the  last  session  left 
to them of the Fifty-third Congress.

ouri. 
learned  enough 

to  be  hoped 
to  see 

It  is 

TH E  NI I CHIG^LlSr  TRAX>ESMAJN
OThe  Detection  of  Forgery.*

9

MUSSELMflN  GROCER  GO.,
MBllliM’SfilìlftMBllMB

WESTERN  MICniGAN  AGENTS  FOR

RAPID  RECOVERY  OP  THE  BANKS.
For some time  past it has  been evident 
that the  country  was  slowly  but  surely 
recovering  from  the  effects of the  panic 
of  1893.  The  recovery  would  probably 
have been more rapid  bad  it not  been  for 
tbe long  suspense  caused  by  the  tariff 
agitation  in  Congress.  Since  the  final 
disposition  of  that  question,  trade  has 
steadily  improved,  and  within  a  few 
more months  tbe country  will  be  practi­
cally where it  was prior to the commence­
ment of  the panic.

The Comptroller  of  the  Currency  has 
recently issued a  statement  showing  the 
condition  of  the 3,755 national  banks on 
Oct. 3.  as compared  with their  condition 
on Oct.  3,  1893.  According to the figures 
furnished,  it is  apparent that  the banks, 
although  they  have  not  fully  recovered 
all the ground  lost during tbe panic,  have 
made rapid strides within  the past  year, 
and  will,  before  another year passes,  re­
move all the  traces of  the  financial  dis­
turbance.

According to  the  Comptroller’s  state­
ment,  the  individual  deposits  on Oct.  3 
amounted  to  $1,738,418,819.  This  total 
represents an increase  of over  $277,000.- 
000 as compared with Oct.  3, 1893, almost 
exactly  a year  before,  though  it shows  a 
slight  falling  off,  amounting  to  about 
$37,000,000,  as  compared  with  Sept. 30, 
1892,  which was a few days  over  a  year 
before  the  date 
last  mentioned.  Tbe 
figures for loans and  discounts also show 
an  increase on Oct. 3,  1894,  as  compared 
with Oct.  3,  1893,  though  a  decrease  as 
compared  with  Sept.  30,  1893.  The ag­
gregate loans and  discounts amounted on 
Oct.  3 to $1,991,874,373,  which represents 
an  increase of over  $161,000,000  as  com­
pared  with  the  year  before,  but  a  de­
crease of almost exactly the sameamouut 
as compared  with  Sept.  30,  1893.  The 
total  amount  of  lawful  money  in  the 
banks amounted on Oct. 2 to$402,894.713. 
This  aggregate  represents  an 
increase 
not only as compared  with October,  1893, 
but  also  as  compared  with  September, 
1892,  the increase in the former  case  be­
ing  over  $56,400,000,  and  in  the  latter 
over $75,500,000.  Oue  fact  brought  out 
in  tbe report is that from  July  18  to Oct. 
2  the national banks  of the  country  lost 
but  little  more  than  $3,000,000  in gold. 
Tbe aggregate amount of  stocks  and  se­
curities  was put at  $193,300,072  on  Oct. 
2,  an  increase  of  nearly  $45,000,000  as 
compared  with October, 1893,  and of over 
$38,000,000 as compared  with September, 
1892.

When it  is  remembered  that  tbe  na­
tional banks  suffered  heavily  during  the 
panic,  aud many  were  forced to tbe  wall, 
while all bad  their resources  in  deposits 
and cash cut down  to the lowest notch, it 
is surprising that the  recovery  has  been 
so rapid.  While, in  some  respects,  the 
banks do not make as fine  a  showing  as 
they  did  prior to the  panic,  they  are ac­
tually in a sounder  condition  than  they 
ever  were.  Their  resources are  now  in 
a  more  available  shape,  and  they  are 
stronger  in  cash in  proportion  to  their 
liabilities.

The rapid  recovery of  the  banks  from 
so  rude  a  shaking  up 
testifies  to  the 
soundness of the  banking system in  this 
country.  This is  a most  important fact, 
as,  now that general  business is resuming 
a healthy  development,  the  banks are in 
a position to do their full share in  aiding 
the  improvement. 
Instead of proving an 
element of  weakness  in  the  work  of  re­
habilitation of confidence, the banks have 
been a tower of strength.

Tbe  first  enables  one 

I  wish  to  put  on  record 

three  new 
methods  which  1  have  applied  success­
fully  for the  purpose of detecting  frauds 
in  written  documents.
to  determine 
with comparative ease which of two cross­
ing  ink  lines  was  made  first,  and  con­
sists in observing the crossing  by  a  lens 
of low  power (four or five  diameters)  at 
a very oblique angle. 
If a light ink  iiue 
be made over a darker  one,  the  appear­
ance to the eye  wheu  viewing  the  cross­
ing  perpendicularly  to the  plaue  of  the 
paper  will  be  that  the  darker  liue 
is 
superposed.  The reasuu  of  this  is  that 
ink  lines are  quite  transparent  aud  the 
darker line is  seen  through  the  lighter 
one and seems  to  make  oue  continuous 
line with its two limbs  across  the  inter­
section.  When  tbe  paper  is  iucliiied. 
however,  but  few  of  the  rays  of  light 
which reach tbe  eye  by  reflection  from 
tbe intersection  traverse  aud  lose  rays 
by  absorption  from  both  ink  films;  but 
the  greater  number  penetrate  only  the 
upper ink  and  do  not  suffer  absorption 
by the lower.
The  second  is  a  method  of  Judging 
whether or not two lines have beeu  maue 
with  the same ink,  aud cousists  in  pass 
log over each  in succession prisms of red. 
yellow  or  blue  glass  (or two  of  these), 
and  noting  the  number  of  millimeters 
through  which  it  is  necessary  to  move 
each  prism from  the  positiou  where  its 
thin edge is  in contact  with  the  mark  to 
be judged to that  where the  color  is  ex­
tinguished  aud  the  line  is  black.  The 
prism  is pushed  horizontally over the ink 
mark, coutmually  adding  to  the  thick­
ness of the colored  glass over  tbe  latter. 
When the liue  appears  quite  black  the 
thickness in millimeters over  winch  the 
prism has been  pushed  is  read  off  aud 
compared  with  tbe number of millimeters 
which tbe other  liue  requires  to  attain 
If  the  iuks  have  tbe 
the same  result. 
same colors,  these results must agree.
Third  method. 
In  1886,  1  read  before 
the society  a paper  on  the  use  of  com­
posite photography  for  the  purpose  of 
establisbiug  the type  of  au  individual’s 
writiug,  aud  especially 
the  siguature. 
Since then  tbe  mechauical  difficulties  in 
the  way  have  been greatly  lessened,  aud 
the method  has given  most  valuable  re­
sults 
in  cases  before  various  courts. 
But there are  many  occasions  where  it 
cannot  be  employed  for  oue  reason  or 
another,  and  in  such  cases  1  have  de­
vised a system of measurement  aud  tab­
ulation,  which  accomplishes  by  figures 
what  composite  photography 
estao- 
lished automatically  by  form.  The older 
method may  be cailed tbe  graphic  aver­
age  of tbe handwriting aud  the tatter the 
numerical  average.  Tbe  advantage  of 
tbe former 
is that it takes  iuto  account 
at  once  all  tbe  elements  of  character, 
while the latter can deal  only  with  com­
paratively  few,  but  in  spite of  this  the 
results  attained  have  been  very  inter­
esting.
By  tbe system here alluded  to  a  given 
number of  heights,  breadths  and  angles 
of letters and  spaces  between  them  and 
between  words  are  selected  and  meas­
ured  in  a  large  number  of  undisputed 
signatures.  The same elements are then 
measured  in 
tbe  signature  iu  dispute. 
Tbe averages of all  the  elements  iu  tbe 
genuine  series  are  then  compared  with 
the  latter,  and  their  agreement  or  dis­
agreement  will  generally lead  to  a  cor­
rect 
judgment  as  to  the  genuineness 
of the disputed signature.

This method  has  given  successful  re­
sults in  a  direction  which  extends  the 
original 
idea  to  a  study  of  "guided 
hands,”  and  it has  beeu  possible  to  ex­
tract from  tbe  columns of  measurements 
proofs of the existence of  characteristics 
of each  of the separate  hand writing*.
•Paper re»d  »efort;  Hie American Fnnuaopiiic 
al Society by Dr. Persi fur Frazer.

Lelf-handed  people  as  a  rule  do  not 
know that left handed scissors  are  man­
ufactured  for their special benefit.  Also, 
for cooks who have  this  physical  pecul­
iarity,  there are left handed  frying  pans 
with  the “ lip”  on  the  side  opposite  to 
tbe one  where it  is  usually  found,  and 
sometimes these  utensils have both right 
and left lips.

SPR IN G D ALE  (dairy)  in  1  and  2  lb.  rolls  and  tubs.

SPR IN G D A LE  CR E A H E R Y   in  1  lb.  rolls,  2  lb.  prints  and  tubs.

GOLD  NUGGET  (fancy  creamery)  in  1  lb.  prints.

These  poods  took  the  lead  in  this  market  last  season  and  we  have 

reason  to  believe  they  will  maintain  their  supremacy  the  coming  season.

MUSSLEMAN  GROCER  CO.

Fall  ’Q4

Underwear,  Overshirts,  Hosiery,  Socks,  Kersey  and  Cotton 
ade Pants, Caps, Outing  Shirts,  Yarns,  Flannels,  Cotton 

Flannels,  Skirts,  Cotton  and  Woolen  Dress Goods, 

Ginghams, Seersuckers, Satines, in  black and fig­

ured,  Batts,  Comforts,  Blankets.

We have received over  100 cases  new  fall  prints  in  all  the 
newest  styles  and colorings,  prices from  3£  to  5^.  Give us a 
call.  Prices always the lowest.

P.  Steketee  & Sons,
Grand  Rapids, flich.

QUALITY - UNIFORMITY - PRICE

SEARS

CRACKERS

and

CAKES

Have you triad oilr new goods?

\

Currant Drop  Cakes. 
Imperials,
Cream Jumbles, 
Cream  Drops, 
Cornhills,
Nonpareil Jumbles.

A d d   a   b o x   o r   b a r r e l  
to  y o u r   n e x t  o r d e r. 
T h e y   a r e  
s p le n d id  
se lle rs  a n d  
to 
s u r e  
p lease.
N e w  Y o rk B iscuit Co.,

S.  A.  SBAKS,  M a n a g e r,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

TJtilü  MICHlGAJN

ÎO

T H E   CO TTER   CUT.

A   T ru e   S to ry .

One dry  goods  house  iu  this  country 
sold $ 10.000 worth  of  Sapoiio  annually. 
As the manufacturers of that  article,  we 
were  determined  to  protect 
the  retail 
trade against the cutting of the dry goods 
houses  and  refused  to  sell 
them  any 
longer.  The argument that  ensued  was 
spirited.  “ You are  making a mistake,” 
said  the head of the dry  goods  house  to 
our manager.  “ You  cannot  prevent  us 
from  obtaining  the  goods.  What  we 
want in  the market we obtain  for  cash.” 
The  answer  was  modest  enough—“ We 
can only do our best to  prevent  you—no 
more.”  And 
it  was  agreed  that  both 
sides should fight according to  their  best 
ability.

Then  that great  house  made  applica­
tion  to  the wholesale grocers.  They  re­
plied that  they  had  lately  signed  con­
tracts  with  the  Enoch  Morgan’s  Sons 
Co.  preventing them  from  supplying  dry 
goods  houses.

Then  a  retail  grocer  of  Providence. 
R.  I.,  was induced to  become a traitor to 
his fellow grocers and  he sent  an  order 
to Thurber,  Whyland  & Co.  for  one  hun­
dred  boxes.  The  order  was  filled, 
the 
goods  were shipped  back  to  New  Y ork, 
the transaction  was discovered  and claim 
was  made that  the  great  grocery  house 
had  violated its contract  with  the  manu­
facturers.  Explanations  followed,  guar­
antees  were given,  but  while  the  supuly 
lasted  the dry  goods  man  held  the dar.

1 he next  move  was  the  appointment 
Of a force of  watchers  whose  business  it 
was to report any delivery of  Sipolio  on 
the part of  the  trade—wholesale  or  re­
tail 
to the dry  goods house.  Hour after 
hour and day  after day  for  weeks  these 
faithful  watchers  fortified 
themselves 
with  hot  bouillon  and  other  mixtures,  as 
well  as  thoughts  of  their  many  friends 
in the  retail  trad-*.  Several  tnihug  de­
liveries  were  made by  New  York  whole­
salers,  who were  promptly  notified  that 
it  was a  violation of  the  m anufacturer’s 
contract and  that the  next case  would  he 
reported to the  Retail  Grocers’  Associa­
tion  of  New  York,  as  an 
instance  of 
treachery  to the retail  dealers. 
In  a tew 
days there  were  no sellers of  such  lines 
among  the  wholesale grocers.

At  this time our salesman,  Mr.  W.  L 
Baker,  who  makes  the  great  round  of 
the Uuited States aud  Canada,  complet 
ing one trip per annum,  reached  Savan 
nab.  His long  absence  from  the  office 
made him  unaware of the  situation.  He 
was surprised at the  liberal orders  which 
he received  at several  of  the  wholesale 
houses,  but he  observed  that  the  same 
mysterious 
individual  was  present  at 
each  time he closed  a  sale.  We  under­
stand  that this purchaser  was  the  pres 
ident of a prominent bank of that  city or 
represented  him,  and  that  the purchases 
were made  in  the  interest  of  the  New 
York dry  goods  house.  Promptly on  re­
ceipt of these orders  we telegraphed  that 
we could  not fill them,  as  their size  indi­
cated that there  was some  collusion  with 
the  dry  goods  trade.  The  buyers  de­
manded the  goods,  threatening  us  with 
lawsuits  and  claiming  that  they  were 
sold to  them  by  our  authorized  repre­
sentative in  the  presence  of  their  pur­
chaser,  who  was  a  responsible  party. 
Our reply  was that,  having equity on our 
side,  we  would  prefer  to  take  the  law­
suits  rather  that  make  the  deliveries. 
There were no suits.

Next a purchasing agent  of  the Central  | 

A  SERMON  TO  THE  TRADE. 

Railroad of  New  Jersey  appeared  upon  ;  An education  in  trade is  not always an 
the scene,  representing one of  its  minor  education  in  truthfulness,  yet  notwith- 
departments.  Having  led  a  jobber  iu | standing the croaking of some  frauds,  an 
the center of Nevv Jersey  to  believe that  « education in  truthfulness is the best  basis 
the  Central  Railroad  had  favored  him  j for  success iu  trade.  A liar  soon learns 
with  an  o rd e r  for one  hundred  boxes  of I not only to  deceive  others  but  himself. 
Sapoiio  to  be used  in  cleaning  the  cars, | Trying constantly to  build  his  business 
which  were  to  lie  repainted,  this  ingen-  on  false ground  in  his relations to others, 
iaus  buyer purchased  in  the name ot  the  be soon  loses  all  realization  of  correct 
Ceniral  Railroad  of  Nj w  Jersey  that  j principles in  relation  to his own actions, 
quantity  of  Sapoiio.  Every  employee,  This is a  sermon,  yon say?  Yes,  a trade 
great or  little,  of  the  bouse  of  Morgan I sernmu  with  money  in  it  to  those  who 
well  knows its de’ermination  to  protect  heed it.
if you  say your eggs  are fresh  you de- 
the  retail  trade,  and  the  drayman  who 
raade  the  delivery  reported  that  there I sire to  be  believed. 
If  you  assert  that 
was something wrong.  The  goods  were  your  butter is not  oleomargarine you ex- 
traced  to the dry  goods house,  aud  notice  pect  to  be  believed.  But  if  your  cus- 
was  served  upon  the  Central  Railroad  tomer asks  for  Sapoiio  and you  give out 
that  unless the matter  was satisfactorily  something else in its  place do  you  think 
settled its charter would  be  attacked  as  your  other  assertions  in  trade  will  be 
having  entered  into  commercial  trade,  given credit?
Tell the  truth  in  trade.  Teach  your 
especially  in  view of the  facr that  it  was 
a  detriment  to 
iis  own  patrons.  The  clerks  to  tell  the  truth.  Keep  up  your 
young  man  was  “called  down”  and  own  reputation  and  the  reputation  of 
the  repetition  of such a course  was made ! your  goods  will  be  improved.  Be  a
im p o ssib le
genuine man  and  sell  genuine  articles 
Look around you,  with  your  eyes  open
and you  will see that those men who havt 
established  great successes in the grocer] 
business did not build  on  lies and fraud, 
The public likes  Sapoiio,  but  it  does  do! 
like humbug.

Many  a  retail grocer  in  the  center  of 
N*-w  York  City  laughed  just  after  this 
the  delivery  wagons  of  the  dry 
w hen 
goods  house stopped  iu  front of the store 
and  purchased  at  retail  (and  we  hope  in 
all  cases at  a decent  profit)  all  the  Sa­
poiio  which  the  retailer  had  in  stock. 
These goods thus collected  were  carried 
to  the dry  go -ds  house aud  sold  at a loss 
of seldom

- ________ ________ ____  We have  countless  letters  praising Sa
,s  than  two  cents  a  cake—  polio,  too many  indeed to print.  One wil

ONE  TESTIMONIAL.

meiimes more.  The  work  was  labor­
It did  not  con­
ious and  the loss large. 
tinue  loug. 
It  proved  to  our  frieuds  in 
the retail  trade  how  hard driven  the dry 
goods house  was.

the 

toward 

retailer 

One  very  funny  phase  of  the  transac­
tion  is reported  to us.  We are  told  that 
at least iu  one  case  where  some  favor­
itism  among the employes  of  the  house 
existed 
that  a 
considerable  number  of  cakes  were 
sold  to  the  wagon  at  seven  cents  per 
cake and  taken  to  the  dry  goods  store, 
j there sold at  5  cents  per  cake,  carried 
back  again  the next  morning  to  the  re 
j tail grocer,  again  taken  by  the  wagon, 
and 
titty  cakes  of  Sapoiio  were 
made to pay  a profit of one  dollar  a  day 
and  were  sold  over  and  over  again.
1 his,  however,  was  soon  discovered  and 
the guilty  parties  were  prevented  from 
continuing  it.

thus 

But tl.e  last is  best of all!  We give  it 
as it was told to as.  A salesman iu whole­
sale liues,  known  for years as  an honest 
man,  was  lead  by  the  great  dry  goods 
bouse to  undertake the  purchase  of  »ay- 
ten  boxes  each  from  twenty  wholesale 
houses,  the purcheres  to be  made simul­
taneously in order  to  disarm  suspicion, 
the quantity  thus bought being  small ex­
cept  in  the  aggregate.  To  accomplish 
the  object  a  certified  eheck  for  about 
$1  0U0  was  given  him.  The  bank  de­
clined to cash  it,  but  be  explained  the 
case so earnestly  aud  so  well,  showiug 
the persoual  interest of  the  head  of  the 
house  in  the accomplishment of this feat, 
that  the cashier let him  have the  money. 
He has never  been  beard  from,  we  un­
derstand,  from  that day  to this.

We think that, this  shows how  much  it 
costs to cut Sapoiio.  Part,  of  necessity, 
we report as it  was given  us,  bat  we our­
selves  believe  the facts  to  be  as  stated 
and  trust  that  this  short  story  may  be 
some evidence to the  retail  trade  of  the 
friendship  felt  for them by the manufac­
turers of Sapoiio.

serve as a sample.

1  Gb e e n   L a k e, 

W o bc e  TEB,  Aug.  7,  ’94. 

E noch  Mo bo a k' s Sons Co.

G e n t l e m e n — 1  never  used  Sapolii 
without being moved  at the time to writi 
and express my  gratitude to you  for put 
ting on  the market so perfect  an  article 
one  that  does  not  deteriorate  in  a  few 
months,  as  so  many  do  that  are sold t< 
the  disgust  aud  disappoiutmeut  of  thi 
buyers. 

Very truly yours,

Mb s.  H a b k ie t  B.  S m it h.

[Retailers  should avoid  sales that  cre­
ate  “ disgust aud  disappointment for  th* 
buyers.”]

*  

*  

•

Never ask,  “ What  kind  of  Sapoiio?” 
There is  but one  Sapoiio—just give that. 
If your customer  asked  for  a  pound  of 
Java  coffee,  would  you  suggest  to  her 
some coffee essence?

*  #  *

Say to your  customers:  “ Don’t expect 
to get a cake of  Sapoiio  for  5c. 
if  you 
do,  you  will  be sure  to  get  a  worthless 
imitation.”

$10  PROFIT  ON  ONE CAKE.

Duvall aud  Brown  both  kept stores  ii 
the same  town.  Farmer  Ward  sold  hi 
corn  for $50  cash.  He  had  not  seen  a 
much  money  for a long  time,  so he  wen 
to to«u  with his wife  to  spend  it.  Sb 
asked  him  to  go to  Duvall’s store rathe: 
than  Brown’s  because  she  wauted  on< 
cake of Sapoiio  aud  Brown  was  sellini 
an  Inferior  article.  So 
that  $50  wa 
spent at Duvall’s,  and  he  made  a  profi 
of over $10 on the  transaction.

*  

*  

*

Some dealers do not  carefully considei 
the  margin  of  profit  on  Sapoiio,  anc 
therefore prefer to  sell  five  cent  soaps 
We know  that there  are  goods in  a  gro 
cer s  stock  which  pay  him a large profit, 
but  which  demand  considerable  efforl 
and  considerable  risk 
in  other  lines. 
Cheap  coal  oil,  coal  by  the  bucket and 
rusty mackerel  may  pay  a  profit  of  2C

per  cent.,  but  they  take  it  out  of the 
dealer in  other  directions.  Sapoiio pays 
an average of about  12  per  cent.,  often 
40 per cent.,  is  a  clean,  bright article,  so 
liberally  advertised  that  if  the  grocer 
puts  in  a stock  he has only to take off the 
lid—we do the rest.

*  *  #

They all say:  “It’s as good  as Sapoiio,” 
when they  try to  sell  you  their  experi­
ments.  Your own  good  sense  will  tell 
you  that they are only  trying to  get  you 
to aid their new article.
*  *  «

If  Out 
of
Stock

S en d   a t  o n c e   to  y o u r  
w h o le s a le r  for a  sm a ll 
b o x   o f S a p o iio .  D o  n ot 
let  y o u r   n e i g h b o r s  
h a v e  th e  lea d   on   su c h  
a  sta p le   a rticle.

You  will  never  be  a lead­
ing grocer until you sell lead­
ing articles.  You  cannot af­
ford to be without SAPOLIO.

s. c. w.

The  Leading  Nickle  Cigar 
Made in this Market.

The Only Brand in the State (outside of Detroit) 

Made by Improved  Machinery.

This  Cigar  is  made  with  Long  Mixed 

Filler,  Single  Connecticut  Binder 

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

By  tbe  Manufactnrer,

Telephone  1205.

G.  J.  Johnson,  “ ’S saK asr“ -
COUGH
DROPS

RED  S T A R   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  S t.v
Grand  Rapids,
M ich.

THINGS  I  HAVE  NOTICED.

W r it t e n  f o r   T h b  T r a d e s m a n .

How often a man  can  be mistaken as to 
articles 
the  measure  of  which  is  to  be 
determined  by  the  eye.  Scarcely  ever 
can  a customer calling for  carriage  bo  ts 
be  satisfied  with the size or length  until 
be  has taken  them  away and  tried  to  use 
them—sometimes he  makes two  or  three 
guessing trials  before  hitting  the  happy 
medium.  This  is  the  usual  way  with 
three out of five purchases in  that line of 
hardware.

*   #  

*

It  is  very  much  the  same  way  with 
boots.  A man  may  remember  his  name, 
age,  height,  weight,  and  place  of  birth. 
He  may  be  able  to  state  correctly  his 
wife’s age,  the  exact  number  of his chil­
dren,  and,  strange  to  say,  the  maiden 
name  of  his  molher-iu-law;  also  what 
“ the  wild  waves  are saying.”  But,  when 
asked to  designate  the  number  usually 
applied  to the  pedal  coverings  be  wears, 
memory  fails,  and  a  certain  part  of  his 
arithmetical education  has to  be  done all 
over again.  A  ter a customer calls  lor a 
“number  seven,”  after  vainly 
trying 
to make one  quart of leather hold half  a 
gallon of  loot,  he  will  w<tlg  out  ut  the
store inside of a  pa  r of  nines or tens.

*  

*  

*

Credit is a ladder by  means of which  it 
is  possible for a  business man to climb to 
the  summit  of  financial  independence. 
But many  fail  to  reach  the  koal  because 
they do not select  ladders of  proportion­
ate length.  One chooses  a ladder that is 
too short and  soon  finds  himself  at  the 
end of  hts  resources  and  tar  from  the 
consummation  of  his  wishes.  Another 
ambitiously chooses one  that is much  too 
long,  and,  climbing hastily  to  its extrem­
ity,  overturns the  center  of  gravity  and 
falls helpless into the  pit of  bankruptcy. 
The eye that can  best  measure  distances
can also easiest foresee results.

*  * 

•

How  few  people have a  proper  regard 
for the sanctity of mouey, especially coin, 
as a measure of value.  Though it should 
never be  worshipped or uselessly hoarded 
to satisfy a morbid  greed  for  possession, 
neither should it  be  recklessly  spent  or 
made the  freak of  every  momentary  ca­
price,  as  though  it  were only  a piece  of 
metal.

*  

•  

*

When  government  gives  our  metallic 
currency  its legitimate impress  which in­
dicates to everybody  its  worth  for  pur­
poses of exchange,  that fact should  make 
our  national  coin  as  sacred  from  the 
spoiler’s hand  as the  national  flag itself. 
A  little sentiment in  this matter ought to 
maintain  in  the  education  of  the  young.

TH E  MICHIO-AJN 

They are now  taught  to houor the  flag of 
their country,  which  is but a material  ob 
ject  of  varying intrinsic  value,  but still, 
as an emblem,  develops patriotism by  the 
memories  it 
invokes.  Should  not  the 
youth of this  land  be  also  taught  to  re­
spect  the  majesty  of  justice  and  honor 
that is  symbolized  by  corns  minted  by 
natioual authority with scrupulous regard 
to equality  in form, impress, weight, fine­
ness and inherent  value?
*  *  *

Yet the lack of this  respect  is,  to-day, 
so  common  as  to be  seldom  noted  until 
attention  is  called to it  by an attempt  to 
pass  a  coin  that  has  been  debased  in 
some degree  from  its  original  and  legit­
imate  purpose.  The  father  will drill  a 
hole  in a  perfect  half  dollar  and  string 
it,  with other jingling playthings,  around 
the  baby’s neck.  When  it has served  its 
purpose as a bauble,  it  is  plugged  with 
pewter or zinc  and  sent  out  again  into 
the  world  of  commerce  to do duty as  a 
representative or  vaiue.  He  forgets that 
the  coiu  thus  treated  is a counterfeit  to 
the extent of  the debasement  he  has  in­
tentionally  placed  upon  it,  and  he him­
self  is  just  as  much  a criminal  in pur­
pose as the  illegal  coiner or  the  skillful 
sweater of penitentiary fame.

#  

*  

*

All  classes of  society  are one in  refus­
ing to accept such  coin  as  a  commercial 
equivalent, and.  once taken  through  in­
advertence,  anxiously  endeavor  to  vic­
timize some third  party, regardless of the 
justice  or  morality  of  the  transaction. 
The public  mind  fails to  see  the  actual 
fraud on society  as  displayed  in daily at 
tempts to pass  defaced  or  mutilated cur­
rency  through  the channels of commerce, 
and  retail  dealers  are  compelled  to  be 
ever  on  guard  to  detect  the  ingenious 
subterfuges sprung  on  them  by  custom­
ers.

#  *  #

The boy  who  places a dime on  the rail­
road  track  to  observe  the  expanding  ef­
fect produced  by  the momentum of grav­
ity  in  motion  infringing  on  a  resisting 
body  chuckles  at  the success  of his  feat 
and deems his dime  as good as  it  was  be­
fore.  The idiot  who  gets  the jeweler  to 
fashion  him a scarf  pin  from some  bright 
quarter and,  afterwards, tired  of wearing 
the absurd  ornament,  cuts  it  loose  and 
puts  it again  into  circulation  as  mouey, 
shows little true sentiment and  less seuse 
of  the  eternal  fitness  of  things.  The 
same may  be said  of  the  immortal  noth­
ingness  in  human  form  that  is forever 
stamping the  initials of bis  insignificant 
name  upon coin or writing them on paper 
currency,  hoping 
they  will  be  borne

.

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B a k in g   P o w d e r
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But  Few  Equals

Has  No  Superior

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6 oz.  Can,  iocts. 

i  lb.  Can,  25  cts.

Manufactured  by

NORTHROP,  ROBERTSON  &  CARRIER,

L A N S IN G ,  M ICH . 

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QUALITY  A B SO LU TELY  GU AR A N TEED .

Prepared  by  Michigan Condensed  Milk Co.,  at its  factor­
ies  at  Lansiug  and  Howell,  drawing  their milk  supplies 
from  the  finest  dairy  region  in  the country.  Natural 
advantages,  long experience,  thorough  knowledge of the 
business and  the  latest and  most approved  methods  and 
machinery  combine  to  make  FIRST  PRIZE  the  most 
perfect milk  prepared  in Europe or America.

No  matter  what  price  you  pay,  you  cannot  buy  a 

better article.

O ur  o th er  brands  are,  DARLING,  STANDARD  and  LEADER.  S ee  quo­

tatio n s  in  Price  C urrent.

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

Diamond Crystal Salt

Being free from all chlorides  of calcium  and magnesia, will  not  get  damp  and 
soggy  on  your hands. 
Put  up  in  an  attractive and salable manner.  When 
your stock of salt is low, try a small supply of “the salt that's all salt."  Can be 
obtain  _ from jobbers and dealers.  For prices, see price current on other page. 
For other information, address

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Is  pure  milk  reduced  to  the  consistency  of  cream,  light  in color,  natural 

It  cannot  be  compared  with  any unsweetened  milk  or  evaporated  cream 

in  flavor.

heretofore  offered.

It  is  not  dark  in  color. 
It  is  not  disagreeable  in  flavor. 

It  does  not  thicken  with  age.
It  does  not  spoil.

‘Prepared  and guaranteed  by  the . . .   .

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down  thn  stream  of  circulation, just as 
sealed  bottles are sent to  settle  disputed 
questions  concerning ocean currents.

*  

*  

*

It would  seem  as though an  act of Con­
gress  were the best agent to protect those 
who are obliged  to  use  money  from  the 
follies of  fools as it  does  now  from  the 
designs  of  knaves. 
If  it were  once un­
derstood  that the  offering of a  mutilated 
coin  would  be treated  as prima facie  ev­
idence of  fraud, and  the act  punished  the 
same  as 
the  uttering  of  counterfeit 
money,  though  perhaps  in  a  minor  de­
gree,  the evil  would be nipped  in the bud. 

*  *  *

It 

is  a 

intent. 

The fact of the matter is that  the  mu­
tilation  or  defacing  of  coin  is  seldom 
done  for  the  purpose  of  gain,  or  with 
criminal 
thoughtless 
folly,  too long  tolerated  by  general  con­
sent,  in spite  of the  losses  it  entails  on 
the  classes  of  society  least able to  bear 
them. 
that  makes 
“cowards  of  us  all,”  if  re-enforced  by 
penal  statutes,  might  gradually create  a 
public sentiment  that would  control  the 
imbecile creatures  that tamper  with  the 
coin coming  into their hands,  to the grief 
of many innocent holders.  They deserve 
to be treated  with  severity.

conscience 

The 

*  

*  

*

In  the  light  of  these  observations  it 
can  easily  be seen  how  the  silver  craze 
has  taken  such  a  hold on  the minds  of 
certain  men.  Those  who  do  not  recog-
nize the sacredness  of money  as  a  meas­
ure  of  value,  and  who punch,  clip,  de­
form,  and  dishonor  it,  and  yet  expect 
everyone  but themselves to take it at par 
in exchange for  goods or in  the  liquida­
tion of  debts,  are  in  harmony  with  the 
class that demands  free coinage,  and who 
declare  it  to  be  an  equivalent 
to  the 
emancipation of  business from  arbitrary 
financial  thraldom.

*  

*  

*

The  Weary  Willies,  having  nothing 
but  promises  to  exchange  for  shining 
coin and,  consequently,  nothing  to  lose, 
join  in  the  demand  for  reform  because 
they  hope,  in  the  abundance  of  silver 
currency,  to secure some of the resulting 
overflow.  Another  class has  some prop­
erty and  plenty of debts.  They  hope the 
millennium of free coinage  will  raise  the 
value of their property  and  at  the  same 
time  afford 
them  cheap  money  with 
which  to pay off  creditors.

*   #  

*

All financial  heresies  have their origin 
in a condition of  mind that  does  not  re­
spect the sanctity of coin  based  on inher­
ent  value  as  a  medium  of  exchange. 
Men  of this  ilk  prefer to  treat money  as 
a creature of  law  brought  into  existence 
as a soap  bubble by  a  breath,  and  kept 
alive and in motion by the same power.
S.  P.  W h it m a b s h .

that 

the  Americans 

How Business Men Take Their Pleasure.
I have  heard  the  statement  so  often 
made 
take  their 
pleasures  sadly that it  has  ceased to ex­
cite interest in  my mind,  but  something 
new in this same line seems  to  have  oc­
curred  within thirty or forty years.  Not 
only does the  American  take  his  pleas­
ures sadly,  but he has lost  a  great  num­
ber  of  his  so-called  “sad”  pleasures. 
The  business  man  of  to-day  is  getting 
ashamed  of  some  things,  or else he has 
outgrown  them.  Fourth  of  Jnly  is  a 
thing of the  past.  The  general  muster 
is something that  no  longer  excites  his 
interest.  The  scrub  horse  race  he  is 
ashamed  of,  although  it  interests  him

more,  perhaps,  than  it  ever  did.  He 
might enjoy  the circus,  but the  circus  is 
out of fashion and  moreover there is now 
only one.  The turkey  shoot  at  Thanks­
giving Day has gone out of  fashion,  and 
now if he wants to use his  rifle  he  must 
I join the gun club and  make a business of 
sport.  To watch the  business  man  try­
ing to lay  down  his  counting-room  you 
see  one  of  the  saddest  sights likely to 
come to human eyes.  It has been so loug 
since he has done anything  except  busi­
ness that he no  longer  has  any  interest 
outside of his counting-room. 
If he goes 
to the seashore for an afternoon  be  goes 
precisely  as  though  he bad  taken a con­
tract to transport 180  pounds  of  human 
flesh  over  a  certain 
line  to  a  certain 
place,  feed  it with a certain  amount  of 
nutriment,  pour into it a certain  amount 
ice  cream, 
of 
lemonade,  soda  water, 
etc.,  and  carry  it  back  to 
the  place 
whence  it  was  shipped,  sound  and  in 
good order,  “acts of God and  the enemies 
of  the  United States excepted.” 
It is a 
business  contract  executed  in a business 
way.  He reads the  newspaper,  he  goes 
through  his  comic  journal  in  the  same 
dead-and-alive  way. 
In< a  word,  it is a 
matter of business pure and simple.!  His 
methods  of 
tastes,  his 
habits,  his  life are circumscribed  by  this 
one  word,  business,  and  when  he  has 
made his pile and is ready to retire  there 
is nothing on earth capable of giving him
genuine  pleasure.

thought,  bis 

At  a  country  resort  some  time  ago I 
had  the opportunity  to  see  how  utterly 
helpless  the  business  man  is  when  he 
lays down bis habits and attempts to rest 
and enjoy himself.  Men came with their 
wives  and  took  breakfast,  dinuer  and 
supper.  They  sat  on  the  veranda  and 
were  fanned  by 
the  cool  mountain 
breezes.  When  the daily papers arrived 
on  the  noon train  they  sadly marched to 
the office,  got their  copies  and  occupied 
themselves  in  methodically  going  over 
them. 
It is a fortunate  thing  that  men 
even in  this condition are not always  be­
yond  help and  hope.  When  the  intelli­
gent  clerk  made  suggestions  of  excur­
sions,  ordered 
the  carriages,  sent  upj 
lunch baskets and  actually  packed  them 
off to go here and  there to see different ob­
jects of interest, with directions and maps, 
got  up  young  people’s  excursions  and 
bundled  the old  people in  with them,  the 
old  childish  enjoyment seemed to return 
to many of  them.  When  grave  doctors 
of  divinity,  at 
the  suggestions  of  a 
younger  man,  brought  the  whole  com­
pany  in the parlor at night  and set  them 
to playing children’s games,  there would 
frequently  come  back  a  riotous  enjoy­
ment that seems to most people only pos­
sible for children.  This  was  only  done 
because  the  clerk  had  a deeper  insight 
into  the  possibilities  of  human  nature 
than  have  most  men.  He  was  bent on 
making  the  old  folks  as  well  as  the 
young  ones  have  a  good  time,  and  he 
succeeded  in  a  way  which  showed  that 
the average  business man,  although dead, 
is  not  beyond  resurrection  when  you 
blow the right kind of a trumpet.

F. s- c*
A Georgia man  whose bravery  is  of  a 
negative character got the worse of a dif­
ficulty  recently.  Some  men  were  twit­
ting  a  son  of  the  former  about  bis 
father’s exhibition of  the  white  feather 
on  the  occasion  referred  to.  The little 
fellow  shook  bis  head  fiercely  and  re­
plied:  “ That’s  all  right. 
I  know  pa 
won’t  fight,  but  if  you  want to get  the 
stuffin’ tore out of  you,  you  just  tackle 
ma.”

Established  1868

H.  M.  Reynolds  &  Son.
| Straw Board,

Headquarters for

Building Papers,

Carpet  Linings.

Asbestos  Sheathing,

Asphalt  Ready  Roofing.

Asnhait Roof Paints,

Resin, Coal Tar,

Roofing and Paving Pitch,

Tarred Felt,  Mineral  Wool.

Elastic  Rooting Cement, 

Car, Bridge and Roof Paints,  oils.

P r a c tic a l  R o o fers

and  Gravel.
In  Felt,  Com position 
Cor.  Louis  and  C am pau >ts., U raud  Kapida

I VOLUNTARY  TESTIMONIAL.

[From the Maticelona Herald, Nov. 9.1

The  half  tone  engravings  of  the  Re­
publican  candidates,  wbicb  appeared 
in this  paper  a  couple  of  weeks  ago, 
were considered exceptionally  tine  spec­
imens of  their  kind,  and  as we have since 
bad  some  inquiry  from  our  exchanges 
regarding  the  source  from  which  they 
were  obtained, we  will  say  they  were 
made  by  the  Tradesman  Company,  of 
Grand Rapids,  aud  considering  the  fact 
that oue of them  was made  from  au  old 
tin-type and two of the others were made 
from  very poor photographs,  it  must  be 
conceded that the  work  was excellent.

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(Taking effect  Sunday,  May 27,1894.) 

•Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday.

Arrive. 
Depart
10 20 d  m ............Detroit  E xpress............ 7 On a tn
5 30am   — »Atlantic ami  Pacific.......1  20 pm
I  10 p m .......New York  Express  ........   6 00 p m
Sleeping cars  run on Atlantic  and  Pacific  ex 
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  Detroit at  7:Ol a m ;  re­
turning, leave Detroit 4:35 pm, arriving at Grand 
Rapids t0:20 p m.
Direct  commiinicatiOH  made  at  Detroit  with 
ail through  trains epit  over  the  Michigan Cen­
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division, i 
A. ALMqctsT, Ticket  Agent, 
Union PaasengerStatlon.

CHICAGO 

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TO  AND  FROM  MtTsKEOON.

RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d  Rapids..............  7:25am  l:-5pm  *ll:?0pm
Ar. Chicago 
I :.5ptn  6:50pm  *6:45am
Lv.  Chicago 
..............  r :15am  5:00pm  *11:45pm
Ar. G’d  Rapids............. 3:05pm  to:25pm  *6:25am
Lv. Grand  Rapids 
7:25hiu  1:25pm  5:30pm 
Ar. Grand  K.  9:15am  3:U5pm
7:30iun  3:!5pm
Lv. Grand  Rapids.. 
Ar.  Manistee............  12:20pm  8:i5pin
1:0opm  8:  pm
Ar. Traverse City__  
|  Ar. Charlevoix........  
3  15pm  11:1  pm
j Ar.  Petoskey 
3:5pm  ll:,t pm

TRAVERSE C1TT.  CHARLEVOIX  AND  PBTOBKET.

PARLOR  AND  SLEEPING  CARS.

Trains arrive from  north at l:i 0 pm and *10:00 
pm.,
. 
Parlor  car*  leave  for  <  blcago  1:25pm.  For 
no  tb  3:15pm.  Arrives  from  Chicago  l":35pm. 
From  north  1 :pm.  81  epiiig cars leave  for  Chi- 
cag 

ll:3opm.  Arrive from Chicago 6.25.
•fivery day.  Others week days  only.

DETROIT, 

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LAMBING A  NORTHERN  K.  K.
GOING  TO  DKTRoIT.

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Ar. D etroit................... li:40am  5:3opm  10:4upm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv.  Detroit....................   7:4* am  1:1  pm  6:00pm
Ar. Grand  Rapids........12:4opm  5:15pm  10:45pm
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Parlor  Carson all trains  between  Grand  Rap­
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ing train.

Trains  week days only.

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Points  ............................................. *7:00 a. m.
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tDally except  Sunday 
Trains  arrive  from  the  east,  6:35 a m  12-60 
p.m  4:35 p. in .
Trains  arrive  from  the  west, 10:10 a.  m.  3-15 
p m  aud 9:10 p. m.
Eastward—No.  14  has  Wagner  Parltr  Buffet 
car.  No. 18 Parlor Car.  No. 62 Wagner  Sleeper 
Westward — No. 11  Parlor <  nr  No.  15 Wagner 
Parlor Buffet car.  No. 81  Wagner Sleeper.

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G rand  R apids  At In d ian a

TRAINS  S O U S   NORTH

Lesve going 
North
For Traverse City, Petoskey  and Saginaw.  7  40 a  m
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Buildings,  Portraits,  Cards  and  Stationery 

Headings, Maps, Plans  and  Patented 

Articles.
TRAHICKMAN  CO., 

Grand Raplda, Mich.

There  being  no  further  business  the 
meeting adjourned.
The Committee above  referred  to  met 
Mr.  Hawkins  by appointment the follow 
ing  afternoon  and  endeavored  to  dis 
suade  him  from  his  present  policy  of 
selling  24  pounds  of  granulated  sugar 
for SI,  whereas the present  card  rate  is 
only  22  pounds.  Mr.  Hawkins  stated 
that he was already a  loser in  that  busi­
ness to the extent of SI,700, having taken 
a SI.000 stock  from the Mcinnes  Tea Co, 
in  settlement of  a  S3,700  claim  against 
the firm.  He did not desire  to  continue 
the business and  would  dispose  of  it  to 
the first  purchaser  who  presented  him­
self. 
In  the  meantime  he  proposed  to 
hold  the trade naturally  tributary  to the 
store and  would  cut prices  to secure  this 
result,  if necessary.  This being Mr.  Haw­
kins’  ultimatum,  there  was,  of  course, 
nothing  for  the  Committee 
to  do  but 
to  formulate  a  report  to 
that  effect, 
which  will  be  presented  at 
the  next 
meeting of the Association.

G row th  o f C heese  In d u stry  in V ictoria, 

A u stralia.

in 

Me l b o u r n e,  Australia,  Oct.  9—En­
couraged  by  an  export  bonus  of  £6 
(829.20)  per  ton,  an  impetus  has  been 
given  to  the  cheesemaking  industry  of 
Victoria,  which  has  resulted  in  220  tons 
being shipped  to England during the sea­
son.  The  Department  of  Agriculture 
obtained  an  expert  from  New  Zealand, 
well  qualified 
the  manufacture  of 
cheese  by  the  Canadian  Cheddar  sys­
tem,  to impart information in  the  art  of 
making a cheese suitable for  the English 
market.  After remaining eight  years  in 
he  service  of  the  department,  this  ex 
pert  accepted  the  offer  of  a  permanent 
ituation  from  a large  cheese and butter­
making  company.  Before  leaving  the 
epartment, however, arrangements  were 
made by  which  students  could  visit  the 
factory  he  had  charge  of  and  obtain  in­
struction 
in  the  art  of  cheesemaking. 
With  the  stimulus  given  to the exporta- 
ion  of  cheese  by  the  bonus  of  £6 
($29.20)  per  ton,  numbers  of  factories 
are  now  fitting  up  cheese plants and in­
tend  giving  more 
this 
branch of  dairying  in  the  future.  Re­
garding the  quality  of  the  cheese  they 
are  turning out,  however,  there  is  great 
room  for  improvement 
If  they  hope 
to command  top rates  in  the  British  mar­
kets,  a  better  and  much  more  uniform 
quality  of  cheese  will  have  to  be  made 
than  any  of  last  season’s  manufacture. 
In  order 
the  class  of 
cheese 
the  colony  should  export,  a 
staff  of  the  very  best  practical  instruct­
ors  in  cheesemaking  will  have 
to  be 
obtained  from  New  Zealand  or Canada. 
they  expect  to 
By  no  other  means  can 
to 
up 
export 
the 
largely  cheese 
the  pas­
standard  quality.  They  have 
tures,  and  are  producing  milk  of  ex­
ceptional richness,  and  all  that  is  now 
required 
the  skill  necessary  to  con­
vert  that  milk  into  cheese  of  a  quality 
that  will  satisfy  the  taste  of  the  Brit­
ish consumer.  D a n ie l   W.  M a r a t t a , 
Consul-General  U.  S.

to  produce 

attention 

to 

is 

Ra d ix.

E v an s  E scapade.

in  which  case  both 

Cr t s t a l ,  Nov.  10—The  business  men 
in this  vicinity  have had  any  amount  of 
fun  this  week over a  practical joke  they 
played  on  Dr.  Josiah  B.  Evans on  the oc 
casion  of his last  visit  to  this  place  on 
Monday evening.  On  prior occasions he 
frequently  boasted  of  his  prowess  and 
told  how  brave  he would be in  the face of 
danger.  Desiring to ascertain  how  much 
reliance  we could  place  in  his statements 
in  this respect we  arranged  with  a small 
boy to stop  his  team  while  driving  from 
Bushnell  to  this  place  on  the  evening 
above referred  to,  and  the  outcome  is  a 
decided  disappointment,  so  far  as  the 
event  disclosing  any  great  amount  of 
bravery  is  concerned.  Mr.  Evans  was 
accompanied  by  R.  M.  Dively,  traveling 
representative for the  I’roctor  & Gamble 
Co.,  of  Cincinnati,  and  this  gentleman 
came  very  near  spoiling  the  fun  by 
promptly  producing  a  revolver.  Mr. 
Evans  was apparently as badly frightened 
by  the sight of the  revolver as  he was  by 
the appearance of the supposed highway­
men  and  earnestly  implored  Mr.  Dively 
to  desist from  sb  oting at the strangers, 
urging  that  he  might  hit  one  of  the 
horses, 
travelers 
would  beat  the  mercy of the  marauders. 
The young lad did  not  like  the  looks  of 
Mr.  Dively’s  revolver,  but  that did  not 
give him  so much  concern  as the fright­
ened expression  of Mr.  Evans,  and.  fear­
ful  that the latter  would die  from  fright 
on  the spot,  he speedily  decamped,  after 
bidding 
the  gentlemen  an  affectionate 
good  night.  Messrs.  Evans  and  Dively 
arrived  in  Crystal  a  few  minutes  after 
this escapade  with  their  horses  covered 
with  foam  and  their  eyes  as  large  as 
aucers,  while  they  thrilIingly described 
how several  men  had  intercepted  them. 
The humor of  the  situation  will  be  ap­
preciated  when  it is  understood  that the 
-everal  supposed  highwaymen  was a boy 
less than  five feet  in  height, and  the mer­
riment of our merchants could  hardly  be 
suppressed  while  the  intrepid  travelers 
were  depicting  their  experience. 
1  am 
sorry  to give away so good  a joke,  but we 
have come to  the conclusion  that it is too 
good  to  keep  and  that the readers of T h e 
T r a d e s m a n   ought  to be made acquainted 
with  the facts in  the case,  so  that  when 
Dr.  Evans  boasts of  his bravery,  anyone 
within  hearing  distance  can  take  the 
wind out of bis sails  by  enquiring  it  he 
exhibited  a  large  amount of bravery  on 
he occasion of his  meeting  with  a  horde 
i>f  bandits  on  a  certain  evening  while 
driving from  Bushnell  to Crystal.

Merch a nt.

O rganization  o f  E x p e rt  A ccountants.
In  view of the fact  that  this is  pre-em­
inently the age of commerce and  of  vast 
financial operations,  the  function  of  the 
accountant  comes 
im­
portance.

into  enormous 

It is often  the case  that the proprietors 
of  a  business  are  not  sufficiently  ac­
quainted  with  the  practice  of  bookkeep­
ing to  be able  to  gain  any  information 
from  their  books  by a  personal examina­
tion,  and  must trust  wholly to their  sub­
ordinates  in  such  matters.  The  great 
railway  and  other  corporations,  with 
their  complicated  operations,  need  to 
have such  systems  of  keeping  accounts 
as  will give,  with the  least amount of ex­
amination,  a sufficient  view of  the condi­
tion of their  business.  The  business  of 
some  of 
the  commercial  and  financial 
syndicates or trusts rivals in  volume that 
of national governments, and so  the  pro­
fession  of the accountant  grows into  im­
mense  importance.

In 

this  connection,  mention  of  the 
chartered  accountants  of  Great  Britain 
will  be  interesting.  According  to  the 
report to the  Government  of recent Con 
sul General  for the  United  States  Shaw, 
at  Manchester,  there  is  in  England and 
Scotland a  well organized  and  specially 
educated class of accountants whose  busi 
ness consists in  supervising the account! 
or private firms, public companies, banks 
etc.  By paying a  retaining fee to  a firm 
of  chartered  accountants,  any  one  can 
have  the  books  of  any  enterprise  with 
which  he is connected carefully examined 
by  an  expert,  without in  any  way casting 
suspicion on  bookkeepers,  cashiers,  sec 
rctaries, or others.  The  practical  effect 
of this system is this:  That  bookkeepers 
and those responsible  for  public  or  pri­
vate trusts know  that,  at any  time,  they 
may  expect  a  visit from  an  accountant, 
sent  by  the  firm  in  whose  charge,  in  a 
sense,  the  books are  placed.

According to that  report,  it  is  largely 
the  custom  in  England to  employ these 
chartered  accountants,  to  supervise  the 
books of individuals,  firms  and  corpora­
tions.  The  system  is  well  known  and 
highly esteemed,  and  when  an  account­
ant comes to  examine the  books,  no  one 
the  professional  examination 
regards 
with  the least  aversion  or  suspicion. 
It 
is  a  business  custom,  and  as  such  is 
looked  upon as a necessary and  desirable 
custom. 
In  England  the  public account­
ants  furnish  a  cheap,  efficient  and  re­
sponsible agency,  whereby  the  books  of 
any  concern,  either  public  or  private, 
can  be properly  and perfectly  examined.
A  writer  in  the  North  American  He- 
view for October mentions  that the insti­
tutes of  accountants  are  now  corporate 
bodies,  holding  royal  charters,  that  of 
t  e  Scotch  being dated  1854,  and  that  of 
the  English  1883.  Their  ranks  are  re­
cruited  from  the  best  classes,  a  fact 
which  will  be  readily  understood  when 
it  is  mentioned  that  a  premium  of  500 
guineas  (about S3.600)  has to be  paid  by 
the novitiate  to  the  Chartered  Account­
ants on  signing  "articles  of  indenture;” 
an  apprenticeship of  five years has  to  be 
served,  and  the  candidate  has  to  pass 
several searching examinations before he 
can  receive  his diploma and  practice as a 
chartered  accountant.  Such 
persons 
must  possess  high  moral  character  and 
an  unexceptionable discretion, since they 
necessarily come  into many  business  se­
crets of importance.

Such a profession,  properly organized, 
would find  a valuable  place in  this coun-

TUfS  MICHIGAN  TRADESM AN.
try,  particularly to investigate and  audit 
the accounts of  the  many  railways  that 
go through  the  courts  into  receivership 
or bankruptcy.  Of  course,  there are ex­
pert  and  able  accountants  in  this  and 
other cities,  and  they might  with benefit 
organize into chartered  institutions,  and 
thereby  establish  an  official  guarantee of 
efficiency  and confidential reliability.

1 3

T h e   H e a t -L,ight.

The  Mechanical  Marvel  of  the  Age.

Sold  only  by

W .  S.  &  J.  E.  GRAHAn, 

Grand  Rapids,  ÍTich.

Boston,  Hass.

Our  Mr.  M.  J.  Rogan  will  be  in 
Michigan  during  the  mouth  of  De­
cember  with  a  full  line  of  stiff  and 
soft  hats  and  caps  and  straw  goods 
for  the  spring and  summer  of  1895. 
Due  notice  will  be  given of  his  pres­
ence  at  the  various  cities 
the 
State  and  we  trust  the  trade  will  do 
him  the  honor  to  inspect  his  line, 
which  is full  and  complete  in  every 
particular.

in 

MOORE,  SMITH  &   CO.

G rand  R apids  R etail  G rocers’  A sso­

ciation.

At the regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids  Retail  Grocers  Association,  held 
at  Elk’s  Ilall,  Monday  evening,  Nov.  5, 
President White  presided.

Considerable time was  devoted  to  the 
discussion  ot  tlie further  curtailment  of 
the credit  system and  the  location  of  a 
city  market  cite,  both  of  which  were 
made the special order of business at the 
uext  meeting.

Complaiut  was filed  against  the  “ Lit­
tle  Corner  Grocery,”  now  owned  by 
Hawkins  &  Company,  for  violation  of 
the  sugar agreement,  and  E.  White,  B. 
S.  Harris  and  E.  A.  Stowe  were  ap­
pointed  a  committee  to  wait  on  Mr. 
Hawkins and  endeavor to induce  him  to 
restore the card  rate.

It  was reported  that  Scofield,  Shurmer 
& Teagle  were peddling  oil  front  house 
to  bouse  around  the  city  through  the 
medium of ten  tank  wagons.  The  mat­
ter was discussed at some length and was 
then  referred  to the Committee on Oil for 
investigation and report.

W hen tb   S top  A dvertising.

When  the  population  ceases  to multi­
ply,  and  the  generations  that  crowd  on 
after you  and  never  heard  of  you  stop 
coming on.
When  you  have  convinced everybody 
whose life will touch yours that you  have 
better goods and  lower  prices than  they 
can get anywhere else.
When  you  perceive  it  to  be  the  rule 
that  men  who  never  advertise  are out­
stripping  their  neighbors  in  the  same 
line of business.
When you  can  forget  the words of  the 
shrewdest  and  most  successful  business 
meu concerning the mam  ca.use  of  their 
prosperity.
When  every  man  has  become  so 
thoroughly a  creature  of  habit  that  he 
will  certainly  buy  this  year  where  he 
bought last year.
When younger  and  fresher  bouses  in 
your line cease starting up  and  using the
newspapers  in 
l e t t e r  
much  better they  cau do  for  them  than !  B u ,,a ,n gs >  P o rtra its,  Cards,  L etter
yo“  ®an- 
When  you  would rather have your own 
way  and  fail,  than  take advice  and  win. 

telling  the  people  how  B ui|d | nirs 

and  Note  H eadings,  Patented

A rticles, M aps and Plans.

P o rtr a its   C ard* 

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D r u g s  &  M e d ic in e s

S t a le   B o a r d   o f   P h a r m a c y   } 

O n e   T e a r—Ortraar Kberbach  _*an  a r b o r . 
T w o   Y earn—G e o rg e  G u id r u m ,  Io n ia .
T h r e e   T e a rs —C. A  Bug bee. C O eboygan. 
F o u r T e a r s —8. E . P & rk ill, Owosso.
Fire Tears—F  w . R. Perry  Pe'rolt. 
President— ■'red’k  W   R   Perry, Detroit. 
Secretary—Stanley E  Parklll. Owosso. 
Vreaenrer -Geo  Gundrum. Ionia.
C o m in g   M eetings—L an sin g , No t.  7 an d  8.

M ic h ig a n   .State  P h a r m a r e n tlc a l  A s s ’n . 
President— A. B. Stevens. Ann Arbor- 
Vice-President—A. F. Parker, Detroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont,  Detroit.
Secretay—S. A. Thompson. Detroit.

ß r s e i i   R a p id s   P h a r m a c e u tic a l S o c ie ty  

President, Walter K. Schmidt; Secretary, B. Schronder

Doctoring-  W ines  in  F ran ce.

Numberless evils,  from  the  beginning 
to the end of the life history of a bottle of 
French  wine, combine  to  ruin  its  char 
acter.

Suppose  that 

These  evils  begin  with  the  making 
Even  if the natural process be followed 
and the  wine  made honestly  by  ferment 
ing  fresh grapes,  there  are various dan 
gerous  stages which make manipulations 
necessary. 
the  grape 
have  been,  perforce,  gathered  before 
properly  ripe.  There  is  an  excess  of 
acid  in  the ferment which  must be coun 
teracted,  and 
in 
creased.  There  are  delicate  and  ap 
proved  methods  for  accomplishing  this 
but they  are  not  always  handled  skill 
fully  or  conscientiously,  and  some  of 
them giveopportunity for a sort ot official 
watering—that  is,  prescribe  a  formula 
which  saves 
the  wine  and  demands 
enough  water to double the  vintage

the  sugar  must  be 

the  remedy 

If the wine escapes adulteration in  the 
making,  it is  subject  to  a  multitude  of 
maladies  afterwards  which  must  be 
treated;  and  it  happens  sometimes, as in 
human  medicine,  that 
is 
worse  than  the  disease.  Litharge,  for 
example,  is added  to  counteract  acidity, 
and  is transformed  into  acetate  of  lead. 
Alum 
in  diseased 
wines to  give  then  a  certain  yontbfui 
ness;  salt and  plaster are  standard  rem­
edies.  But an excess of any one of these 
substances, or  their employment  in  con­
nection  with  certain  other  substances, 
may  result 
in  compounds  positively 
ruinous to the health.

is  frequently  used 

savor and  bouquet is,  unhappily,  a  dan 
gerons poison,  a small qu  ntity of which 
injected  into the veins of a dog kills  him 
in  less than  an  hour.

Deodorizing' Recovered  Alcohol.

Here  is  a  method  that,  with  slight 
modifications,  gives  splendid  results  in 
my  hands. 
I  have not  as  yet  found  an 
alcohol  so vile that  I  failed  to  purify 
so as to render  it fit  for  employment  in 
general manufacturing.

The alcohol is first treated  with caustic 
soda;  for  alcohol  recovered  from  drug 
like  arnica,  buchu,  cubebs,  etc.,  one 
ounce to each  gallon  is employed.  After 
standing from  two to five  days it  is  dis­
tilled by water  bath or  steam-jacket ket 
tie.  The alcohol  first passing  over must 
be  returned  to  the  still.  This  is  con 
tinued until the odor is either changed or 
lost.  Usually this  distillation  leaves an 
empyreumatic  and  sometimes  a  soapy 
odor  to  the  alcohol. 
It  is  then  redis 
tilled  with  potassium  permanganate;  the 
quantity to  be used can  be determined by 
experience alone,  alcohol recovered from 
the same  drug at  different  processes  re 
quiring  different  proportions;  usually 
one to four drachms  to  a  gallon  is  em 
ployed.  Thus 
is  generally 
clean enough for re-employment for man 
ufacturing  purposes,  seldom  producing 
any coloration  with  hydric  sulphate. 
If 
further purifying  is desired,  again distil 
with the  permanganate and filter through 
animal charcoal—but  unless the charcoal 
If
is  freshly  prepared  this  Is  useless. 
have not fresh charcoal,  I  add  a  small 
quantity  of  distilled  water  and  distil 
again  after  the  second  treatment  with 
the permanganate.

treated 

it 

From the  standpoint  of  economy  thii 
process  certainly  is  unobjectionable. 
] 
employ  a five-gallon  still of my own  con 
struction,  a fair average  of three gallons 
an  hour by  water  bath  being its working 
capacity.  Time,  gas,  and  material,  1 
find,  are  fnlly  compensated  for,  and  in 
laboratories  equipped  with  steam 
the 
cost  of  purifyiug  is  reduced  to a mini 
mum.  The process requires no attention 
after it is once  under  way;  1  seldom  go 
near it after complete automatic action of 
the still has been  secured.

With such  manipulation  it  is  only  in 
abuse,  willful or ignorant,  that the  harm 
lies.  There are others not in  themselves 
harmful,  and  the chief  of them  is  water­
ing.  Thirty years ago this  was  done  in 
a  bold  and gross  way,  simply  by  adding 
so much  water. 
It  was a fraud,  but  no­
body’s health  was injured  by it.  To-day 
science has come  to  the  aid  of  the  de­
frauder.  Wine  weakened  by  water  is 
strengthened  by  alcohols  of 
inferior 
qualities,  made  from  grains  and  beets, 
producing  drunkenness  much  more 
quickly  than the natural alcohol,  and en 
tailing  more  fatal  results.  To  restore 
the color lost in  watering,  various  color­
ing matters,  auimal  and  vegetable,  are 
used.  The very  bouquet is imitated.

But science does still  more for  the  de­
frauder than  this.  All  these  processes 
suppose a  basis of  grape juice.  Science 
has found  a  way  to make a  wine  without 
this supposed  essential,  and  so  perfectly 
that  couuoisseurs  and  chemists hesitate 
to  pronounce it  false.

By  mixing  alcohol,  water,  saline  and 
coloring matters,  and  a substance  known 
as  the oil of  French  wine,  a  composition 
is produced  which  many  an  expert  will 
pass as  a  natural  wine.  There  is  one 
serious  difficulty  about 
this  product, 
however.  The  oil  which  furnishes  its

E dwakd A.  Ka d e l.

P rescribe re a n d   M sp e n se rs*  

they 

than 

Notwithstanding  the  cordial  relations 
which  in  general exist between the  pro­
fessions  of  medicine  and  pharmacy,  it 
was admitted  that a good deal of friction 
occurred at times, because each  imagined 
that  ihe  other  was  trespassing  unduly 
■  pon  his province.  While  iu  a  general 
*ay  the  physician  is  the only  one  who 
bould  prescribe,  it  was  shown  that  the 
public prescribe  largely  for  themselves 
and  their friends.  This  was an evil  that 
neither doctors  nor druggists  could  pre­
It  was  admitted  by  the  writer, 
vent. 
who is a pharmacist,  that  druggists also 
prescribe  more 
ought 
Ou the other hand,  it was contended  that 
pharmacists,  in  a  general  way,  are  the 
only  ones  who  should  dispense,  but  it 
was shown  that  physicians do  more  dis­
pensing than is consistent with  harmoDy. 
It  was  contended  that  the  disposition 
manifested  in certain  quarters  by  physi­
cians  to  dispense  their  own  medicines 
was  a  retrograde  movement,  that  the 
science or  medicine  bad  become  so  vast 
that no one man felt  himself  capable  of 
attending to every  case  that came  before 
him,  that specialism  was the order of the 
day  and was becoming so more and  more. 
Under these conditions it  was manifestly 
inexpedient for  physicians to  attempt  to 
acquire  a  knowledge  of  pharmacy  suf­
ficient to enable them  to  correctly,  that 
is. scientifically, do their own dispensing. 
Nevertheless,  it  was  claimed  that  more 
latitude should be  allowed on both sides,

TH E  M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

so  that  the  views  entertained  by  both 
parties should be so moderate that neither 
should  be expected  to  conform  to  iron­
clad  rules,  the druggist being free to give 
such  information  concerning  the  medi­
cine  he  sells  as  is  customary  in  other 
lines of business where the dealer is usu­
ally  better informed  than  the purchaser. 
A  few doses of  medicine for  trifling  ail­
ments  which  the  patient  himself  diag­
noses  should  not  be  considered  a  viola­
tion of medico-pbarmaceutical ethics.  In 
like manner the  physician  who keeps  in 
his  office  a  few  favorite  remedies  for 
emergencies,  or for the  purpose  of  pre­
venting dangerous  repetitions,  as in  the 
case of narcotics,  or for  other  purposes 
not  being  intended as  a substitute for  l 
legitimate  pharmacy,  should  be  free  to 
dispense these occasionally without phar­
macists  feeling  that  he  is  violating  the 
code.  Thus common sense and  a mutual 
regard  for  the  other’s  interests  would 
regulate both professions and the friction 
now too common  would cease.

The  writer took  exception  to the prac 
tice  of  many  physician  of  allowing 
patent-medicine  proprietors  and  manu 
facturers  of  pharmaceutical  specialties 
to  do 
the  prescribing  for  them,  and 
showed  that the  medical  profession  are 
responsible  for  having aided the sale  of 
many  quack  medicines,  by  prescribing 
them  when  first  introduced.  The  pro 
prietors  of  these  preparations  having, 
through the aid of physicians, established 
a  sale  for  their  wares,  in  some  cases 
throw the profession  overboard and  pub­
licly advertise  their  goods  in  the  daily 
papers  and  by  other  means,  so that the 
public  is  led  to supply itself with  these 
goods and  use them  independent of med 
ical advise.
He urged  that  physicians and pharma 
cists.  Instead  of  quarreling  with  each 
other on  matters of minor moment, should 
unite 
for  mutual  protection  against 
abuses  which  are  greatly  damaging  to 
both.  Among  these  he  mentioned  the 
manufacturers of pharmaceutical special­
ties and many of the charities  that  exist 
all over the  land  which,  as  now  abased, 
monopolize a large  share of  the  business 
which  should  fall  to  legitimate  pharma 
cists  and  physicians,  to  the  special in 
jury of the yonnger members of the med 
ical  profession.

* Ab«tract of a  paper  read before  the  Ameri 
can Medical Assoc.ation by Prof. W. M  bear by
Result of the Lansing-  Examination Ses­

sion.

Owosso,  Nov.  10—At 

the  Lansing 
meeting of the Board of  Pharmacy sixty- 
five were present,  ten of whom  were can­
didates for certificates as  assistants.  The 
following passed  as  registered  pharma­
cists:

C. J.  Anderson.  Manistee.
J  C.  Belcher,  Windsor.
Jessie  H.  Bruce,  Evart.
W.  E.  Cooper, Jackson.
James E.  Davis, Detroit 
W.  H.  Fox,  Constantine.
F.  A.  Gleason,  Greenville.
W.  D.  Hammond,  Au Sable.
R.  C.  Henderson.  Millington.
I.  W.  Hicks,  Sherman.
C  O.  Hubbell,  Jackson.
W.  A  Jones, Jackson.
John Kremer, Graud  Rapids.
T.  E.  Murdock,  Ypsilanti.
H.  1).  Packard,  Flushing.
D.  J.  du Saar,  D etroit
J.  H.  Sanderson,  Edmore.
Lewis Stockley,  Iron  Mountain.
J.  W.  Yeomans, D etroit
The following assistants  passed:
E.  J. Sliter,  Grand  Kapids.
J.  J.  Van  Haaften.  Kalamazoo.
R.  Van  Haaften, Kalamazoo.
At  future meetings  all  persons will  be 
required  to  furnish  affidavits  showing 
the  required  practical  or  college  expe­
rience  before taking  the examinations.
Applications should  be  in  the  bauds of 
the Secretary a  week before the examina­
tions.
The Board  will  hold a special examina­
tion at D etroit Jan.  8.

•  Sta n ley  E.  P a k k ill,  Sec’y.

Saranac—H.  W.  Dodge &  Son  succeed 

H.  W.  Dodge in  the grocery  business.

list Tjuidesman Coupon Books,

A Q ueer  Check.

F ro m  t h e  S an   F r a n c isc o  P o st.

They  were talking about queer checks, 
drafts,  etc.,  in  one of the local banks and 
a gentleman  not long  from  Kansas  City 
finally told  the following:
“ I  was once  employed,”  he  said,  ‘‘to 
collect  a  balance of 8470  which  was  due 
a  well-known  building  firm  of  Kansas 
City  from  an  eccentric  old  millionaire. 
How  be made  bis  money  i  don’t  know, 
for  it  is  said  that  be could  neither read 
nor write,  but he had  it all  the same.
“Well.  I  found  the old boy down  in  his 
cellar and  was gratified  to hear  him  say 
that  he conld  pay  the  bill  at  once. 
‘I 
haven’t that  much cash  with  me,’ he said, 
‘but just wait a minute.’
“He  felt  around  as  if  looking  for  a 
piece of paper  and  I  was  just  about  to 
offer  him  some  when  bis  eyes  lit on  a 
piece  of  board  about  eighteen 
inches 
square.
“ ‘Just  the  thing,’  he  said,  and  with 
that he picked it  up and  made  a  lot  of 
queer-looking marks on it.
“ ‘There,’  he  said,  ‘take  that  to  my 
bankers,  and it  will  be all right.’
“I  protested,  but  he 
and 
finally 1  did  as  be  said.  1  banded  the 
piece of plank  dubiously  enough,  I  can 
tell  you,  to  the  paying teller,  but  what 
was  my  relief  when  he  merely  smiled, 
studied the heiroglyphics  a moment,  and 
handed me 8470.  Then he laid  the board 
upon a shelf and  that  was all  there  was 
to  i t  
It  transpired  that  the  old  man 
had  a system of signs,  all  his own,  which 
his  bankers had  agreed  to  respect.  All 
the same that bank check seemed curious 
even to them and  it is  hanging  up  in  the 
bank now.”

insisted, 

SUNDRY  SARCASMS.

*  

*  

*

Tramp  (looking  in  the  door);  Please 
mum.  give me something to eat.
Farmer’s  Wife:  See here;  if  yon  want 
work you can have it right now!  Our hired 
man  left yesterday.
Tramp:  Very  well,  mum; if you’ll send 
for a regiment  o’  soldiers  i’ll  begin. 
I 
ain’t  takin’  any other  man’s job  without 
protection,  these days,  mum!

*  

*  
Leading  Citizen: 

the 
rioters  are  getting  worse  every minute. 
You’ll  have to go out  and  read  the  riot 
act to them  ”

•
“Mr.  Mayor, 

Mayor:  “I can’t.”
Citizen:  “Can’t?  And  why not?”
Mayor:  “I can’t  read.”

*  

*  

*

“ How old is your mother,  Bobby?”
“ I don’t  know,  sir,  but  she  must  be 
pretty old.  Why, she was married  before 
’  was  born.”

*  

*  

*

She spoke both Grpek and Latin tongue,
But yet • dat ittle tiddie sing”

Site parley voud  with joy 
She called her three weens boy.

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

Seely’s Lemon.

(Wrapped)

(Wrapped)

Doz  Gro.
1 os.  $  00  lO  20
2 oz. 
1  20  12  60 
4 os.  2  OO  22  80 
6 os.  3  00  33  OO
Venilla
Doz.  Gro.
1 oz. f   1  AO  16  20
2 os.  2  OO  21  60
* os.  3  75  40  80
60s.  5  40  57  60
P la ta   N. S.  w ith  
corkscrew  a t nam e 
p rice if  p re fe rred .
C orrespondence

S olicited
SEELY  MFG.  CO.,  iDetroit,  flieh.

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESM AN

15

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

Advanced—Gum Opium, Gum Assafcetlda.

“ 

R 

8.  N. Y. Q.  A

Morphia, S.  P. A W.  3 0602 30 
C.  Co......................  1  95®2 20
Moschus  Canton........   @ 4 0
Myrlstlca, No  1 .........  65®  70
Nnx Vomica, (po 20)..  @ 10
Os.  Sepia......................  15®  18
Pepsin Saac, H. A P. D.
C o......................... .... 
02 00
P id s Llq, N>C., K gal
doz  ........................... 
02 00
P ids Llq., q u a rts.......  @1  00
p in ts..........   @  85
Pll Hydrarg,  (po. 80)..  @ 5 0
Piper  Nigra, (po. 22)..  @ 1
Piper Alba,  (pog5>__   @  3
Pllx Burgun.................  @ 
?
Plumbl A cet...............  12®  13
Pnlvis Ipecac et opil. .1  1001  20 
Pyrethrum,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz.......  @1 25
Pyrethrum,  pv............  20®  30
Quasslae......................  8®  10
Qulnla, 8. P. A W .......34 “ @3914
8.  German__   27®  37
Rnbla  Tlnctorum.......  12®  14
12®  14
Saccharum Lactls pv. 
Salacln........................ 2 io@2 25
Sanguis  Draconli.......  40®  50
Sapo,  W ........................  12®  14
M.........................   10®  12
“  G.........................   @  15

“ 

@ 20
Sddlltz  M ixture........
Slnapls.......................... @ 18
® SO
opt....................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
V oes.........................
@ 35
Snuff, Scotch,De. Voes ® 35
Soda Boras,  (po. 11).  . 10® 11
24® 25
Soda  et Potass T art...
Soda Carb..................
1V4® 2
Soda,  Bl-Carb.............
3® 5
Soda,  Ash.................... 3V4® 4
® 2
Soda, Sulphas.............
50® 55
Spts. Ether C o ............
“  M yrda  Dom.......  @2 no
“  M yrda Im p........   @2 50
....7 ...........................2 4902 59
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Strychnia  Crystal.......1  40®1  45
Sulphur, Snbl.............   2 V*®  3
Roll...............   2  @ 2V4
8® 10
Tam arinds............. ... 
Terebenth Venice.. ...  28® 30
Tbeobrom ae.......... ...45  @ 48
Vanilla.................... . .9 00® 16 00
Zlncl  Sulph..  ....... ... 
7® 8

v lnl  Reck  bbl.

“ 

OILS.

Whale, w inter...........   70 
Lard,  extra.................  SO 
Lard, No.  1.................  42 
Linseed, pore raw —   53 

Bbl.  Gal
70
85
45
59

“ 

paints. 

Linseed,  boiled.........   59 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained...................  
65 
Spirits Turpentine—   34 

62
70
40
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian............... IX  2@8
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ IX  2@4
“ 
Ber........ IX  2@8
Putty,  com m erdal....2X   2V403
“  strictly  pure......2V4  2X03
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13016
ican ............................. 
Vermilion,  English__  
66070
Green,  Peninsular....... 
13® 15
Lead,  red ........................6  @6V4
“  w h ite ...................6  @6(4
Whiting, white Span... 
@70
Whiting,  Gliders^........  
®9G
White, Paris American 
Whiting.  Paris  Bng.
Universal Prepared  ..1  C0@1  15 
Swiss  Villa  Prepared 
P ain ts...................... 1 00©1  20

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

cliff 

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VARNISHBS.

No. 1 Turp  Coach —  1  1001  20
Bxtra Turp................. 16001  70
Coach  Body................2 7503 00
No. 1 Turp  F n rn ........1  00®1  10
Eutra Turk Damar —  1  55@1  60 
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70®7 5
Turp............................. 

1 40

VALLEY  CITY

P O U L T R Y  POW DBR

Nothing  Like  It  to  Make  Hens  Lay  in  Winter.

A  valuable addition to the  feed  of  laying  Hens  and  growing 

chicks,  and a sure preventative for Cholera 

Roupe and  Gapes.

P r ic e   2 Ö  C e n t s •

H Ä IE L T P 

i  

PERKINS  DRUG  GO.,

M a n u fa c tu r in g   C h e m is t s ,

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

Aceti c u m ....................
Benzoicum  German..
Boraclc 
......................
Car boll c u m ...............
C ltrlcum ....................
Hydrochlor.................
Nitrocum 
...................
Oxalicum ....................
Phosphorlum d ll.........
Sallcylleum................ 1
Suiphurleum...............
Tanni cum ....................1
Tartarlcum.................

io
m  
65®  75 
15
20®  30 
42®  45 
3®  5
10®   12 
10®  12 
20
25®1  60 
IX®  5 
40®1  60 
30®  33

“ 

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

i n u n .

Black............................ 2 00®2 25
Brown........................... 
00
Red................................  45®  50
Yellow......................2 5003 00

BAOCAN.

Cubeae (po  25)......... 
20®  25
8®  10
Junlperus....................  
Xanthoxylum..............  25®  30

B ALB AHUM.

Copaiba........................  45®  50
P eru..............................  ®2 00
Terabln. Canada  —  
45®  aO
Tolutan........................  35®  50

COBTBX.

Abies,  Canadian................... 
ljj
Cassiae  ..................................  12
Cinchona P la v a ...................  1°
EuonymuB  atropurp............  30
Myrlca  Cerlfera. po..............  20
Prnnus Vlrglnl......................  1*
Quill ala,  grd.........................   10
Sassafras  ..............................
trimus Po (Ground  15).........  15

BXTRACTIJW.
Glycyrrhlza  G labra...
p o ..........
Haematox, 15 lb. box..
la ...............
..............
X«..............
m a n

“ 
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“ 
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Carbonate Preclp........
Citrate and Q ulnla....
Citrate  S o lu b le........
Perrocyanldum 8ol —
Solut  Chloride............
Sulphate,  com’l ..........
pure..............

” 

24®  25 
33®  35 
11®   12 
13®  14 
14®  15 
16®  17

®  15 
®3  50 
®  80 
®  50 
®  15 
.9®  2
®  1

FLORA.

Arnica  ........................ 
A nthem le....................
Matricaria 

I2®
.......  50®

t o j j a .

............. • ■  -  14®

Baroema 
Cassia  Acutltol,  Tin- 
nivelly  ......  •-•••••
Salvia  officinalis,  Mb
UraUral 

Alx.  35®
and  H s......................  15®
..........................8®

•• 

“ 

flCMMI.

“ 
“ 

Acacia, 1st  picked—   O
....  ®
ad 
•• 
“  3d 
6
.... 
sifted sorts... 
®
11 
p o ...................  ®0®
<• 
Aloe,  Barb, (po. 60)...  50® 
“  Cape, (po.  20)...  ®
Socotrl, (po.  60).  ®
Catechu, Is, 04s, 14 X*>
16)............................. 
©
Ammonlae  ...  ............  55®
50®
AssafcBtlda, (po 60) 
Bensomum...................  50®
Camphor® 
464
Buphorblum  po  .........  35®
Galbanum....................   _  @2
Gamboge,  po...............   <0®
Gualacum,  (po  35) 
@
Kino,  (po  1  75)......... 
®1
.................  ®
M astic.. 
.........  @
Myrrh, (po  45) 
Opil  (po  3 30®3  50». .2 6 @2
Shellac 
.................  £@
“ 
33®
T ragacanth.................   40@1
hrrba—In ounce packages.

bleached....... 

•  ■ 

.  . 

Absinthium  .........................
Kupatorium...........................
Lobelia....................................
M ajornm................................
Mentha  Piperita...................
«  V lr...........................
Rne..........................................
Tanacetum, V ........................
Thymus,  V .............................

HAONBSIA.

Calcined, P at...  .........  56®
Carbonate,  P at............  20®
Carbonate, K. A  M —   20® 
Carbonate, Jennings..  35® 

O L B U lf.

A bsinthium ................. 2 50®3
Amygdalae, Dulc  ..  ..  30® 
Amydalae, Amarae— 8 on®8
A ntal............................. 2 65©2
Aurantl  Cortex........   1  80®2
Bergamll  .................... 3 0003
C ajlputl...................... 
60®
Caryophylll.................  75®
Cedar 
.........................   35®
Chencpodll  .................  @i
Clnnam onll................. 1  60® 1
Cltronella  ...................  ®
Conlum  Mac.............  
35®
. . . .................  80®
opalba 

Declined—
Cube Dae........................ 
2 00
Bxechthltos...............   1  20® l  30
Brlgeron.......................1  2 <®l  30
G aultherla................... 1  50® 1  60
Geranium,  ounce.......  @  75
Gosslpll,  Sem. gal.......  70®  75
Hedeoma  ....................1  25®1  40
Jum per!........................  3002 00
Lavendula..................   90@2 00
Llm onls........................1  40®  60
Mentha Piper................2 10®3 CO
Mentha Verld..............1  80@2 00
Morrhuae, gal..............1 30®1  40
Myrda, ounce..............  ®   50
O live..............................   90®3 00
Pids Liquida, (gal. .35)  10®  12
R ld n l......................... 
96@1  04
Rosmarini.............  
1  00
Rosse, ounce.............   6 50®8 50
S ucdnl...........................  40® 45
S abina...........................   9n@l 00
Santal  ..........................2 50®? 00
Sassafras.  ...................  50®  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__   @  65
Tlglil..................... 
  @  to
Thym e.........................   40®  50
opt  .................  ®1  60
Theobromas................ 
IS®  20

*• 

POTASSTUH.
B1 Carb.......................  
is®  18
bichrom ate.................  13®  14
Bromide.............................40®  43
Carb................................  12®  15
Chlorate  (po.  7@lfl).. 
16®  18
Cyanide.........................   80®  55
Iodide........................... 2  98®3  00
23®  25
Potassa, Bitart,  pure.. 
Potassa, Bitart, com ...  @  15
Potass  Nitras, opt....... 
8®  10
Potass Nitras...............  
7®  9
Prusslate......................  28®  30
Sulphate  po.................  15®  IS

R ADIX.

A conitum ....................   20®  25
Althae...........................  22®  25
A nchusa......................  12®  15
Arum,  po......................  @  25
Calamus.......................   20®  40
Gentiana  (po. 12)....... 
8®  10
16®  18
Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)..................... 
®  30
15®  20
lebore,  Ala,  po.... 
Inula,  po......................  15®  20
Ipecac,  po.....................1  30® i  40
Ins  plox (po. 35®38).. 
35®  40
Jalapa,  p r....................   40®  45
Maranta,  Ms...............  ®  35
Podophyllum, po........   15®  18
Rhel................................  75®1 00
“  c u t ......................  ®1  75
“  p v . . . ...................  75@1  35
Splgelia.......................   35®  38
Sanguinarla, (po  25)..  @20
Serpentaria...................  30@  35
Senega.........................   55®  60
Slmilax, Officinalis.  H  @ 4 0
©  25
M 
Scillae,  (po. 35)............  10®  12
Symplocarpus,  Fosti-
dus,  po......................  @ 3 5
® 25
Valeriana, Bng.  (po.30) 
German...  15®  20
lnglbera..................  
18®  20
Zingiber  ] ................. 
18®  20

“ 

“ 

enxxx.

O 15
Anlsnm,  (po.  20) 
14® 13
Aplum  (graveleons).. 
4®  6
Bird, Is........................ 
Carni, (po. 18).............   10®  12
Cardamon.....................1  0001  25
Corlandrnm.................  12®  14
Cannabis Sativa-------   4® 
5
Cydonlum......................  7501 00
io® 12
Chenopodi um 
Dlptenx Odorate  ....  2 4002 60
Foenicnlum................  
O   15
Foenngreek,  po......  
6®  8
L in i................ 
SV»® *
 
Lini, grd.  (bbl.SV4'-. 
3 * 0  4
Lobelia.........................   36®  40
4®  5
Pharlarls Canarian  . 
R ap a...........................  4V4®  5
Slnapls  Altra 
......... 
? 0   8
r   N lg ra ........  
11®  12
BF1BITUS.
Frumenti, W.. D.  Co. .2 0002  50 
D. F. R  ..  1  75@2 00
...................1  2501  50
Jnnlperla  Co. O. T — 1  65®2 00
«• 
1  75®3  50
Saacharam  N.  B........ 1  7502 00
jfc  Vini  G alli............1  75®b 50
Spi
.m l Oporto................. 1  2602  00
Vii
Vini  Alba.....................1  2502 00

 

.. 

Florida  sheeps’  wool 
carriage 
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage 
................. 
Velvet  extra  sheeps’
wool  carriage..........  
Bxtra  yellow  sheeps’
carriage....................  
Grass sheeps’ wool car­
riage  .........................  
Hard for  slate  use—  
Yellow Reef, for  slate 
u s e ............................. 

.2  50Q2 75
8 00
1  10
85
66
75
1  40

SYRUPS.

A co ad a..................................  50
Z ingiber................................  50
Ipecac.....................................   60
Ferrl  Iod................................  50
Aurantl  Cortes......................  56
Rhel  Arom.............................  50
Slmilax  Offldnalls...............   60
....  50
Senega....................................  50
Sdllae.....................................   50
“  Co................................   50
T o tatan ..................................  50
Prnnns  vlrg...........................   80

« 

“ 

TIHCTUBBS.

“ 

“ 

“ 

*' 

“ 

11 

Aconitum  NapelUs R ..........   60
F ...........  50
Aloes........................................   60
and m yrrh....................   60
A rnica.....................................  so
Asafoetlda..............................  
fl
A trope Belladonna.................  60
Benzoin....................................  60
Co..............................   50
Sangulnarla............................   50
Barosm a..................................  50
Cantharides.............................  75
Capsicum................................   50
Ca damon................................   75
Co........................   75
Castor.....................................1 00
Catechu....................................  50
C inchona................................  so
Co........................   60
Colomba..................................  SO
Conlum ...................................   50
Cnbeba.....................................   50
D igitalis..................................  SO
Brgot........................................   50
G entian...................................   50
Co................................  60
G ualca.....................................   60
ammon....................  60
Z ingiber..................................  50
Hyoscyamns...........................   50
Iodine.......................................  75
Colorless..................   75
Ferrl  Chlorldnm..................   85
K in o ...................................   .  50
Lobelia.....................................   50
M yrrh.....................................  60
Nnx  Vomica...........................  50
O pil..........................................  85
“  Camphorated...................  50
or...........................2 00
Aurantl Cortex......................  50
Q uassia..................................  50
K hatany................................  so
Rhel........................................   50
Cassia  Acutlfol....................   50
C o..v. .........  50
Serpentaria...........................   50
Stromonlnm...........................  60
T olntan.................................   60
V alerian................................  50
VeratrumVerlde..................   50

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Ä ther, Spts  Nit, 8 F ..  28®  80 
*•  4 F ..  32®  34
A lnm en......................... 8)4® 3

»qn ib b i.. 

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cent 

(po.
3®  4
7)................................ 
Annatto........................  56®  60
Antimoni, po............... 
4®  5
et Potass T.  56®  60
A ntlpyiin....................   @1  40
Antlrebrln....................  ®  25
Argent!  Nitras, ounce  ®  50
Arsenicum..................  
5®  7
Balm Gilead  Bud__  
38®  40
Bismuth  S.  N .............1  6001  70
Caldnm Chlor, Is, (Vis
12;  X«.  14)...............  ©  11
Cantharldea  Russian,
p o ..............................   @1  00
Capsid  Frnctns, a f...  @  26
po—   @  28
@ 2 0
Bpo. 
Caryophyllns, (po.  15)  10®  12
Carmine,  No. 40..........   ®3  75
Cera  Alba, 8. A F .......  50®  56
Cera Flava..............  
  88®  40
O   40
Coccus 
...................... 
Cassia F rac ta l............  ®  25
Centrarla.................... 
Q   10
Cetaoeum....................   Q   40
Chloroform.................  600  63
Q l  25
Chloral HydCrat........ 1  S O I  50
C hondral....................  20®  26
Clnchonldlne, P.  A  W  15®  20 
German  8(4®  12 
Corks,  list,  dls.  per
75
...................... 
Creasotom ...............  
®  35
Creta,  (bbl. 75)....... 
®  2
“ 
5®  5
prep.............. 
preclp..........  
“ 
9 0   11
. 
“  Rubra.................  ®  8
35®  40
Croons........................ 
Cudbear........................  ®  24
Capri Sulph.................  5 ®  6
Dextrine  ....................  10®  12
Bther Sulph................   75®  03
Bmery,  all  numbers..  ®
po  ...................  @  6
Brgota,  (po.)  40 ..........   30®  35
Flake  W hite...............   12®  15
Galls
O   28
Gambler............
O   60
Gelatin.  Cooper
French  ..........  30®  50
Glassware  flint, by box 80.
Less than box  75.
90 16
Glue,  Brown...............
18® 25
••  W hite.................
14® 20
Glyoerlna....................
Grana Paradisi...........
@ 22
Humains...................... 25® 56
Hydraag  Chlor  Mite.. @ 75
“  Cor
65
0
Ox Rnbram @ 85
Ammontati..
® 95
Unguentum. 45® 55
Hydrargyrum.............
6«
@
2501
Ich thy obolla, A m ..  ■ .1
50
Indigo  .........................  75®1  00
Iodine,  Resubl............8 8003 90
Iodoform......................  ®4  70
Lnpnltn........................  ©2  25
Lycopodium...............  60®  65
M a d s ...........................  70®  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
drarg Iod..................   ®  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10®  12
Magnesia,  Sulph  (bbl
IK )...............................*V4®  4
Manota,  8. F ...............  60® 
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TH E  M Icm G A N   TRADESMAN.

G ROCERY  PR IC E   CURRENT.

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

AX LE  OKKASE 
doz
Aurora 
...............  55
............  
60
,'AKtor Oil 
Diamond  .................  50
Frazer’s 
............... 
75
Mien 
................. 
65
Paragon 
................   55

7  <0
5  50
9 00
7  '0
6  00

R A R IN G   P O W D E R .

Arctic.

4 doz 
“  1  do 

.......
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45
"5
.............. ..  1  *
10
..  55
.  1  10
.  2  no
9  no
.  2  70
3 2 '
.  4  80
4  no
.  9  00
40
?-
.  140
45
«
.  150
45
.  1  50

.  ...
.......
.
Queen  Flake.
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
.......
...  .
Teller’s.  4  lb. cans, dos

A«.me.
u  in.  ;&n». 3  doz....
“ 
4  -b 
1 lb.  1 
1  “ 
Bulk 
*4  1b nan«* 6 doz  case.
4 
1  6   “  2 doz  “ 
5 
“ 
3  0*  cans 6 doz  “ 
4 doz 
6  oz 
“ 
9  oz  “  4 doz 
“ 
1  m  “  2 doz 
“ 
ldoz  “ 
5  lb  “ 
Red  StaT, Q  &■  cans
4   lb  “ 
1  1b  “ 
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4 lb. 
1  lb. 
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Our  Leader  14  .beans...
4 lb  can,3__
...
lib  cans 
BATH  BRICK .
2 dozen In case.
English 
............. .............
Domestic.........................

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.  TO
Gross
3 60
6  75
.  9 00
.  2 75
4 no
.  8 O
4  *
.  3 61’
.  6  80

1  90
2 00
.  1
•-  50
.  2  :
85
:  0
2 85

BLUING.

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Arctic  4 oz  ovals  ..........
“ 
8oz 
..........
pints,  round  .......
“ 
“  No. 2, sifting box.
“  No. 3, 
“•  No. 5, 
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Mexican Liquid, 4  o z ....
8 oz.......

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BROOMS.
No. 2 H n r i....................
No  1  ■' 
.......................
No.  2 Carpet.................
No  1 
“ 
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Parlor Gem.......................
Common W hisk...
Fancy 
............
Warehouse..................
BRUSHES.

* 

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.  1  25
Stove, No.  l ......................
.  1  50
“  10......................
“  1 5 ...................
.  1  75
Klee Root Scrub. 2  row..
86
.  1  25
Rice  Root  Scrub. 3 row..
Palmetto,  goose................. .  1  50

CANDLES.

Hotel. 40 lb. boxes..............10
Star  40 
...............   9
Paraffine  .............................  10
Wlcking 
.............................94

“ 

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F ish .
Clama.
2  lb

“ 

2  lb
2 lb 

21b 
Lobsters.

Clam Chowder.
Standard, 3 lb 
.............
Cove Oysters.
Standard,  1 lb ...............
............

Little Neck,  l i b ..................l  20
.1  9U
.2 2r
T 
1  35
Star,  1  lb .............................. 2 45
.8 5)
Picnic, 1 lb  ...............
............
Vacherei.
Standard, 1 lb  .......
2  lb ..........
Mustard,  2 lb 
Tomato Sauce,  21b..
Soused, 2  lb 
............
SalmoL.
Colombia River, flat.
" 
tails.
Alaska, Red
pluk...............
Kinney’s,  flats  .................. .19:

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Pears.

Gages.

. 
Peaches.

1  25
1
1  50 
1  50 
100® i  7:

...........................
..........
Gooseberries.
.

Apricots.
Live oak.......................
1  40 
Santa  Crus..................
1  40 
1  50 
L ube' s ..............................
1  10
Overland 
__
Blackberries.
P. A  W.........................
85
Cherries.
Red..............................
@1  20
Pitted  Ham burgh.......
1  40 
White 
...  ..................
1  IS
Brie
Damsons. Bgg Plnms and Green 
Brie 
California. 
Common 
P ie ............
Maxwell  .. 
Shepard’s  . 
California. 
Monitor 
Oxford__
1 r  
Domestic.
Riverside....................
1  75
Pineapples.
Common.......................l  00@1  30
Johnson’s  siloed........  
2 50
errs ted........  
2 75
Booth’s sliced.............  @? g
grated  ..........   @2 75
Common...................... 
l  io
Raspberries.
Red  .............................. 
95
1  4
Black  Hambnrg..........  
Brie,  black 
l  ao
........  
Strawberries.
l  25
Law rence....................  
Ham burgh..................  
1  2f
i  20
Erie............................... 
Terrapin 
l  P5
...................... 
Whortleberries.
Blneberries................  
85
Corned  beef  Libby’s...........2 a,
Roast beef  Armour’s ...........2  Si-
Potted  ham, V4 lb ................. l  25
“  14 lb ..................   70
tongue. 4 lb ............ ..135
14 lb ..........  
7!
chicken, 14 lb ............ 
9f

quinces.

M eats.

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Beans.

“ 

“ 
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Peas.

“ 
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Corn.

Hamburgh  stringless...........l  1
French style.......2 00
Limas...................l  35
Lima,  green........................... i  g
soaked..........................  70
Lewis Boston  Baked............ 1  2*
Bay StatP  Baked 
.  ............ 1  25
World’s  Fair  Baked...........!l
Picnic Baked............... ..........  95
Hamburgh............................. 1 25
Livingston  E d en ..................1
Purity  ................................... 1  oo
Honey  Dew........................... j *
Morning Glory....................
Soaked............... ............. 
75
Hamburgh  marrofat............ 1  go
early June  .  -
Champion Eng.. 1  «o
petit  poll  ___ 1  4ti
fancy  sifted 
...1  91
Soaked...................................   8»
Harris standard 
.................   75
Van Camp’s  m arrofat...........1  10
early  June.......... l  80
Archer’s  Barly Blossom__ 1  25
French...................................... 2 
French...............  
19021
Brte................................... 
85
H ubbard...............................j  jj
Hamburg..................................j  41
Soaked . 
80
Honey  Dew............................  41
Brie  ........................  
Tomatoes.
Hancock.........................  
izeelsior 
Scllpse............................ 
Hamburg  _ .
Gallon..............................
CHOCOLATE.
German Sweet..................
Premium 
....................
Breakfast  Cocoa..............

Mushrooms.
 
Pumpkin.
Squash.
Succotash.

90
................  9
  9n
1  30 
8  00

Baker’s.

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CATSUP.

Bine Label  Brand.

•• 

Half  pint. 25 bottles  ..........2 75
Pint 
........  4 go
quart 1 do* bottles 
8 50
Half pint, per  doz  ............. 1  35
Pint, 25  bottles 
..................4 50
quart, per  doz  ....................3 75

Triumph  Brand.

CLOTHES  PINS.

5 gross boxes.................40®45

COCOA  SH ELIA .

85 lb  bags........................  @3
Less quantity 
..............  ®3k
Pound  packat—  
— “ *
6*@7

packages........
CO FFEE.
G reen.
Rio.

Santos.

Fair..........................................18
Good..................................! '19
Prim e.............................
Golden............................. . “ Jgj
Pea berry  ....................... " . . .23
Ralr-........................................is
Good....................................... 20
Prim e.......................IIIIIII las
Pea b e rry ........................H II23
Mexican and Gnaiamaia.
Ralr.....................................
Good.........................................
Fancy...............................II II»4
Maracaibo.
Prim e........................ 
23
M ined..............................:.;24
Java.
Interior................... 
25
Private Growth.....................27
M andehling..........................28
Im itation............................... 25
Arabian.............................!! !gg

Mocha.

 

R oasted.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add  4 c. per lb. for roast 
Ing and 15 per  cent,  for shrink 
age.

Package.
M cL aughlin’s  XXXX.  £1  3fi
Runola 
.........................   an  ¿n
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case__  21  30
E xtract.

Valley City 4  gross............  75
.. 
wellx 
i n
1  6
Hummel’s, foil, gross.! 
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CHICORY.

Bulk...........................................
Red.................................. 
7
CLOTHES  I.INKS

Cotton,  40ft..........per do*.  1  25
1  «
1 gr
1 75
1 90
86
1 a

5 0 ft............ 
60 f t ............ 
70 rt............ 
» f t ............ 
60 f t............ 
72ft-.......... 

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C R E D IT   CHECKS.

500, any one denom’n .......13 00
1000,  “ 
....... 5 00
2U00,  “ 
.......8 00
Steel  punch......................... 
75
15
CONDENSED  M ILK .

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4 dm   In case.

j 3«

Y.Cond’ns’d  Milk Co’s brands
Gail Borden Eagle............   7 441
Crown.................................¿ ¿ j
Daisy  ......................... . 11.1.  5 75
Champion.............................  4 gn
Magnolia 
........................... 4  25
........................3 35
Dime......... 

Sardines.
American  V*
A*
imported  %•
4*
M untarû
Boneless

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rant
F ru its.
A p p i o » .
3 lb. standard 
York state,gallons.. 
Hamburgh, 
"

CH EESE.
Amboy.........................
A cm e.........................
Lenawee  ....................
•riverside....... .  . . . . . .
void  Medal 
..........
S t l m ........................
Brick............................
dam  .........................
Leiden  .  ......................
LlmDurger  . . . __
Pineapple..................
R/vjuerort 
Sap  Sago
Schweitzer, imported 
domestic  ....

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6®7

90 
2 50

11%
l'HUii
8£9 
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20 
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Peerless e vapora ted.cream.  5 75

3 6   1  1 6   c a r t  s i n g  
. . .   6
8A  lb.  boxes, b u lk ..........   5
5 0   l b   b .  X  * ,  i» u ik . 
1  lb,  c arto o n s. 
 

sultana  Raisins.

.........n

4 %

First Prize,
Darling................................... 5  00
Standard................................ 4  50
Leader....................................3  60

CRACK ER 8.

Butter.

SeymonrXXX..........................5
Seymour XXX, cartoon.........54
Family  XXX.........
Family XXX,  cartoon........   54
Salted  XXX..........  ..............5
Salted XXX,  cartoon  ...........54
Kenosha 
.............................  74
Boston.....................................  7
Batter  biscuit........................6
Soda,  XXX..........................     54
Soda, City................................ 74
Soda.  Duchess........................84
Crystal W afer..............  
104
Long  Island Wafers 
.........11
S. Oyster  XXX......................  54
City Oyster. XXX.....................54
Farina  Oyster......................  6

Oyster.

Soda.

CREAM   TA RTA R.

Strictly  pure........................  311
Telfers  Absolute................  3r
Grocers’............................... 154^ 2*

D R IE D   FR U IT8. 

Dom estic.

Apples.

Apricots.

hundried........................... 
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 
California In  bags........  
Evaporated in boxes.  ..
Blackberries.
In  boxes.
Nectarines.
70 lb. bags.......................
251b. boxes................
Peaches.
Peeled, in  boxes............
Cal. evap.  “ 
............
“ 
In bags  .......
California In  bag*.......
Pitted  Cherries.
Barrels............................
60 lb. boxes....................
25« 
.....................
Prunelles.
801b.  boxen....................
Raspberries.
In  barrels........................
501b. boxes......................
.........  ............
251b.  “ 
Raisins.

Pears.

"  

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64
10

74

20
2oh
204

Loose Muscatels In Boxes

2 crow n............................... 
* 

?4
.............................. .  1%
.......................   5k
2  crown................... .............34
...........................   Ill  4}*
* 

Loose Muscatels In Bags.
“ 

Foreign.
Currants.

Patras,  bbls...........................  3
Vostizzas, 56 lb.  cases!!...".’  34

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

Bonders’.

Regular 
Grade 
Lemon.

doz
2 oz  __ •  75
4 oz  ....  1  50

Regular 
Vanilla.

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

Jen n in g s.
Lemon. Vanilla 
120
2 oz regular panel.  75 
2 00
4 oz 
“ 
...1  50 
3 on
•1 oz 
“ 
No. 3  taper............1  35 
2 00
.........1  50 
No. 4  taper 
2  50
N o rth ro p ’s
2 oz  oval taper  7s 
3 oz 
“  1 20 
85 
2 oz regular  “ 
4 oz 
“  1 CO 

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

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GUNPOW DER,
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Kegs.............................................s 25
Half  kegs 
........................ 1  90
u uarter  kegs............................. 1 10
  30
1  lb  cans....................... 
4  lb  cans..............................   18
K eg s........................................... 4 25
Half  kegs  .............................2  to
Quarter kegs.......... 
..13*,
1 lb c a n s................................... 34

Choke Bore—Dupont’s

 

Eagle Duck—Dupont’s.

H ERRS.

IN DIGO.

...............................11  no
..........................5  75
60

Kegs 
Half  kegs 
Quarter kegs...............................3 00
I  lb  cans__  
Sage......................................... 16
Hops........................................ 15
Madras,  5 lb. b o x e s......... 
55
50
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
■5  lb.  palls 
@  41
“ 
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II  “ 
30  “  “ 
.  @ 75
LICO RICE.
Pure........................................   30
Calabria........................... 
25
!.  12
*y................................ 
Root........................................   10
LYE.
Condensed,  2  dos  .............  1  20
4 doz  ...............2 25

J E L L Y .
............ 
 
 

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Citron, Leghorn. 25 lb. boxes  13
Lemon 
Orange 

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

Prunes.

California,  100-120.............
90x100 25  lb. bxs
80x90 
7< X80 
60x70 

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Turkey 
Sliver  ..

ENVELOPES. 
XX rag. white.
No. 1,64  .....................
Vo. 2. 64
No. 1, 6..........................
No. 2.6
Manilla, white.
64  ................................
6....

Coin.
Mill  No. 4............

FARINACEOU8  GOODS. 

Farina.
Grits.

115 lb. kegs..................... 

24

Walsh DeRoo &  Co.’s .......2 10

Hominy.

Barrels....................................300
G rits.....................................   34
Dried..............................   5®54

Lima  Beans.

Maccaronl and Vermicelli. 
.................I04®11

Domestic. 121b. box... 
Imported 

5

Pearl Barley.

Kegs.

“ 

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2K

Green,  bn.............. ......
Split  per l b .................
Rollpd  Oats.
Schumacher, bbl..........
4  bbl...
Monarch,  bbl 
........
Monarch, 4  bbl..........
Quaker,  cases.............
_ 
Germ an...............................  3
Bast India...........................!  34

Sago.

81  75 
.  2 SO 
.  4  D

Wheat.

F ISH —Salt. 

Bloaters.

nod.

Yarmouth.
George« cured..................   44
Georges e e n n 'n e ............ 6
Georges selected............. 64
•toneless  oncxs............  6%
Boneless,  strips..................6%@9

Halibut.

Herring.

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

11@12

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Holland, white hoops keg 
„   “ 
Round, 4 bbl 100 lbs 
4   “  40  “
Scaled.......................
Mackerel.

51 
bbl  8  25
3 90 
1  6 
16
No. 1,  100 lbs....................... to 50
No. 1, 40 lb s.........................   4  .0
No  1.  10 lbs..................   "'  1  20
No. 2. 100  lbs....................!!  g  5,
No  2, 40  lbs..
3 70 
No  2, lO  lbs  ..................
1  O'
Family, 90 lbs.........
10  lb s ............ !

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Minee meat, 3 doz. in case.  2 T 
Pie Prep. 3  doz.  in  case...  3 08 

MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.

Sardines.
Trout.

55
Russian,  kegs...................... 
Vo. 1,  4  bbls., lMilbs............ 4  0«
No.  1 4 bbl, 40  lbs.....................1 9c
Vo. 1, kits, lo lb s ............. 
*5
No  1,81b  kits................... 
47

Wbltefish

No.  1  family
4  bbls,  100 lbs........... it  00 2  li,
4   “  40  “  -------- 3  i(  1  ¡f,
10 lb.  kits...............   ..  RS  40
s lb. 
..........   71  3.

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MATCHES.

.... 

Globe Match Co.’s Brands

Columbia  t arlor.......................$1 2*
.".  1,0
XXX  Sulphur 
. 
Diamond  watch  Co.’s  Brands.
»0. »  suipnui............... 
.  o.
Anchor  parlor........................  70
No. 2 home......................  '. " l   lo
Export  parlor.....................” 4 00

gallon 

81  75 
Half  gallon....
1  40 
Quai t  ............
70 
P in t...........
45 
Half  pint
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
gallon............................ 
7 00
Half gallon 
.  .  4  75
Q u art......................... 
3 75
Pint 
2
MOLASSES.
B la cs strap.
.. 
sugar house 
Cuba Baking 
..
Ordinary 
Porto RIcj
 
Prtoe................. 
. 
Fancy.. 
N jw Orleans.
Fair 
........................ 
Good 
.................... ! ' " !  
Bxtr.  good...........""... 
Choice 
Half  barrels 3c.extra

*
39
jg
22
27
32
40

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

...... 

! 

4

 

TH B  m c m o A s r   t r a d b h s c a ít ,

17

P1CKLK8.
Medium.

Barrels, 1,2UU count...  @5 fO
Half Dbis, 600  count..  © 3,0
6  no
Barrels, 2.4UU  count. 
Halt bbls,  1,200 count 
3  30

Small.

P IP E S .

Clay, No.  216....................... 1  70
“  T. D. full count............  70
Cob, No.  8 ............................ 1 20

POTASH,

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s ..............................   4 00
Penna Salt  Co.’s .................   8 0u

KICK.
Domestic.

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

5)4
“  No. 2............................ 5
s
4)4

 

Whole Sifted.

Allspice..................................  9)4
Cassia, China In mats........   9>4

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Batavia In  band___13
Saigon In  rolls.........32
Cloves,  Amooyna..................22
Zanzibar.......  .........UK
Mace  Batavia.......................SO
Nutmegs, fancy....................re
“  No.  1..........................70
“  No.  2..........................60
Pepper, Singapore, black — 10 
“ 
white  ..  .20
s h o t..........................16
“ 
Pure Ground in Bulk.
Allspice................................. 15
Cassia,  Batavia.....................18
and  Saigon.25
Saigon...................... 35
Cloves,  Amboyna.................22
Zanzibar..................18
Ginger, African....................16
Cochin....................  20
Jam aica............. 
.22
Mace  Batavia....................... 65
Mustard,  Eng. and Trieste. .22
“  Trieste...................... 25
Nutmegs, No. 2 ....................75
Pepper, Singapore, black —  IS
w hite.......24
“  Cayenne..................  20
Sage........................................ 20
■‘Absolute” In Packages.

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

SALEKATHS. 

Packed 60 lbs. in box.

Churcli’s ............................... 3 30
DeLana’s .............................. 3  15
Dwight’s ................................ 3 3>
Taylor’s  ................. 
3  00

 

SEELY'S  KXTKACTS. 

Lemon.
1 oz. F.  M  $  mi doz.  $10 20 gro
2  “  N. -.  1  20  “ 
12 60  “
2  “  F. M.  1  40  “ 
14  40  •*
Vanilla.
1 oz. F.  M.  1  50 doz. 
2  •*  N  S  2 0o  “ 
2  *•  F.  M. 2 50  “ 
Lemon.
Vanilla.

Rococo—second  Grade. 
2oz............... 7j i 1oz....... 8  00  “

IS 20 gro
21  60  “
25 51  •*

2 doz........   1  00 doz.......10 50  **

SOAP.
L a u n d r y ,

Allen B.  Wrisley’s Brands.

Old Country,  80  1-lb  ..........3 20
Good Cheer, 601 lb ...............3  «0
White Borax, 100  £  lb ........ 3 65

Proctor & Gamble.

“ 

Concord  ............
ivory, 10  oz...  .
6  oz.........
Lenox 
..............
Mottled  German
Town Talk.........

3 45 
6  75
4 00 
3  u5 
3  15 
3 25

Dingman Brands.

“ 

“ 

Single  box............................. 3  95
5 box lots, delivered.......... 3 85
10 box lots, delivered........ 3  75
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrp d. .13  33 
plain...  3 27
N.  K.  Falrbank & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus 
......................  3  9)
Brjwn, 60  bars......................2  10
80  bars  .....................3  lJ

“ 
L&utz Bros. & Co.’s Brands.

A cm e......................................3 75
Cotton O il...................... 
..  6 00
Marseilles...............................4  no
Master  ................................... 4 00
Thompson A Chute Co.’s Brands

Allspice........................  84  155
C innam on...................  84  155
Cloves...........................  84  155
Ginger,  Jamaica  .......  84  1  55
“  A frican............  84  1  55
Mustard........................  84  1  55
Sage......... 

..............  84

. 

SAL  SODA.

“ 

Granulated,  bbls............. ...  1M
751b  cases__...  I*.
Lump, bbls 
..... ............... ...1  15
1451b k e g s .......... ...  i*
@15
4M
8
90
4
5@6
10
9
5
80

SEEDS.
A nise...........................
Canary, Smyrna..........
....................
Caraway 
Cardamon, M alabar...
Hemp,  Russian..........
Mixed  Bird  ...............
Mustard,  w hite..........
Poppy...........................
R ape............................
Cuttle  bone.................
STARCH.

Corn.
2u-lb  boxes........ ..................  53i
40-lb 
...................... ...  5)4
Gloss.
1-lb packages  .................... ..  5
3-lb 
..................... ...  5
6-lb 
.................... ...  5)4
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............  3%
B arrels.................................  3*

“ 
“ 

“ 

SNUFF.

Scotch, In  bladders.......... .37
Maccaboy, In ja rs............. ..35
French Rappee, In Jars...
.43
Boxes................................. ...5)»
Kegs, English.................... ...4M

SODA.

SALT.

“ 

8 lb  saiks...

Worcester.
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 
f “ 
Butter, 56 lb  bags.............
“  201 lib bags.............
“  280 lb  b b ls............
“  2.4 lb 
............

Diamond  Crystal.
Cases, 243  lb. boxes......... $  1  60
Barrels,  120  lbs.................
2  50
115 2)4 lb bags__ 4  00
..  . 3 75
10 5 
lb  “ 
.... 3  50
30 10  lb  “ 
6>
3 50
2  50
225
115 2V4-lb sacks................... .14 «0
60 51b 
................... .  3 75
3010 lb 
..............
.  3  50
.  3 30
.  32)4
. 
60
100 3-lb. bacJEJH..................... $2  10
60 5-lb. 
..................... .  1  91
28 10-lb. sacks.................. .  1  75
56 lb. dairy In drill  bags..
30
281b. 
.
16
56 lb. dairy In linen sacks.
75
56 lb. dairy in   linen  sacks
75
56  I d .  sacks........................
22
Saginaw 
...........................
90
Manistee 
..........................
90

Soiar Rock.
Common Fine.

linen a c k s ............
Common Grades.

Ashton.
Higgins.

Warsaw.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

, 

Silver................................... 3 66
M ono................................... 3 30
Savon Improved.................2 50
Sunflow er...........................2 80
Golden  ................................325
Economical  ................." ”   a 25
Single  b o x ..........................3 65
5 box  lots.............................  3  6o
10 box lots....................3 5o
25 box  lots del.................... 3 40

Passolt’s Atlas  Brand.

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

“ 

8UGAR.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars, to  which  the 
wholesale  dealer  adds  the  lo­
cal freight  from  New  York  to 
your  shipping  point,  giving 
you  credit  on  the  invoice  for 
the  amount  of  freight  buyer 
pays from the market  in which 
he  purchases  to  his  shipping 
point, Including 20  pounds  for 
the weight of the barrel.
Domino.................................j 5  y
Cut  Loaf..............................  5 12
Cubes  ............................... "   4  75
Powdered  ................. ..****  4 75
XXXX  Powdered....!.’"."’  5 00
G ranulated........................... 4 31
Flue Granulated__ .....! .  4 3j
Extra Fine G ranulated...  4  41
Mould  A  ...............................4  75
Diamond Confec.  A.......... 4  .7
Coulee. Standard  A ........ !  4 31
2°*  i ....................................   4 18
2°-  2 .................................... 4  18
2°-  ®..................................  is
No.  4.
No.  5..., 
...  4 16 4 (Ml
No.  6...,
No.  7....
3 Qi
No.  9.............................  V Ml
No.  10....
3  «5
No.  11...,
3 6?
No.  12....
a
No.  13.  ..
3 tfil
No.  14....
3 37

8YRUPS.

Corn.
Barrels...
Half bbls............ 
r a i r ..............................
Good...........................A?
Choice......................V.’.’.’.’.".".I  30

Pure Cane.

Oil
.»J

TA B L E   SAUCEs!  '

Lea A Perrin’s, la rg e ____ 4  75
_   ..  “ 
small.......  2 75
Halford, la rg e .................... 3 75
sm all..............!!.  2 25
Salad Dressing,  la rg e .......4  55
s m a ll........ 2  66
*' 

“ 

TBA8.
Japan—Regular.
F a ir....................... 
 
’
Good............................
Choice........................... 24
Choicest........................32
D u st..............................10

 

s u n   CUBED.
Good............................
Choice........................... 24
Choicest........................32
D ust...........  
10
BASKET  FIRED.
F a ir...............................18
Choice...........................
Choicest.......................
Extra choice, wire leaf
GUNPOWDER.
Common to  fall...........25
Extra fine to finest__ 50
Choicest fancy  ..........75
Common to  f a i r ........ 23
Common to  fair...........23
Superior to fine............30
Common to  fair...........18
Superior to  fine...........30
ENGLISH BREAKFAST.

YOUNG  HYSON.

IMPERIAL.

OOLONG.

©17
©20
©26
@34
©12
©17

©34
©12
@20
©25
©35
©40
©35
©65
©85
©26
©30
©26
©35
©26
@40

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

TOBACCOS.

F ine Cut.

P.  Lorillard & Co.’s Brands.
Sweet Russet................ 30  ©32
3J
Tiger............................. 
D. Scotten A Co’s Brands.
H iawatha....................  
60
C uba............................. 
31
50
Rocket........................ 
Spaulding & Merrick’s  Brands.
Sterling........................ 
30
Private Brands.
Bazoo...........................  ©30
Can  Can........................  ©27
Nellie  Bly.....................24  ©25
Uncle Ben......................24  ©25
McGinty......................  
27
25
Vi b b ls ......... 
Columbia........................ 
Columbia,  d ru m s ........  
Kang  Up 
...................... 
Bang up,  dr «ms............ 

24
21
2!
19

“ 

F la g .

Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead................... 
37
Joker 
27
.........................  
40
Nobby Twist..................  
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo.............................. 
25
38
Hiawatha..................... 
34
Valley C ity ................. 
Finzer’s Brands.
Old  Honesty...............  
4o
32
Jolly Tar 
39
Climax  (8 oz., 41c).... 
Gr  en Turtle............... 
30
27
Three  Black Crows... 
Something Good......... 
38
24
Out of  Sight...............  
Wilson a  McCaulay’s Brands.
43
Gold  Hope................... 
Happy Tnought..........  
37
32
Messmate..................... 
N oTax.........................  
31
Let  Go.........................  
27

J. U. Butler’s Brands.

Lorillard’s Brands. 

Sm oking.

Gatlin’s  Brands.

Kiln  dried  ........................ 1?@18
Golden  shower.............— 19
Huntress 
..............................26
Meerschaum 
................29©30
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
Myrtle  Navy..  .....................40
Stork  ...................................  30
Germ an..................................14
F ro g ....................................... 32
Java, 
foil......................... 32
Banner Tobacco Co.'s Brands.
Banner....................................16
Banner Cavendish............... 36
Gold Cut 
............................. 30

Scotteu’s Brands.

W arpath.................................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

Leidersdorfs Brands.

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

Spaulding & Merrick.

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

VINEGAR.

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

t l  for barrel.

W ET  MUSTARD.
Bulk, per g a l ....................  
30
Beer mug,2 doz in case...  175

YEAST.
Magic,..................................... 1 CO
Warner’s 
....  ................,..l  00
Yeast Foam  ......................... 1  00
Diamond................................  75
.................  90
R oyal....... 

■ 

W OODEN W A RE.

13  “ 
15  “ 
17  “ 
19  “  
21 
“  

Tubs, No. 1...........................  6  00
“  No. 2............................. 5  50
“  No. 3............................. 4  50
1 30
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
11  No. 1,  three-hoop__   1  50
Bowls, 11 Inch.....................
.......................  
“ 
90
“ 
........................ 1  25
“ 
......................  1  80
“ 
 
2 40
.................................
Baskets, market...........   35
“  shipping  bushel.. 
“ 
“ willow cl’ths, No.l 
“ 
“ 
* 
“ 

1  15
..  1 25
5  .5
No.3 7 25
No.l  3 75

“  No.2 
“ 
“ 
“  No.2 
“  No.3 

full  hoop  “ 

“ 
“  
‘ 
“ 

splint 

6 25

4 25
4 75

INDURATED  W ARE.

Butter Plates—Oval.

Palls......................................  8 15
Tubs,  No.  1.......................... 13 50
Tubs, No. 2............................12 00
Tubs, No. 3............................10 50
2 50 1  rc
60 2  10
No.  1........................
No  2........................
70 2 45
No.  3........................ .. 
so 2  80
........................ ..  1  00 3 50
No 
Washboards—single.
U niversal...............
2  25
No  y u e en ..............
2  50
2 40
Peerles» Protector..
Saginaw Globe.......
1  75
Double.
Water Witch..........
2 25
2  50
W ilson....................
Good  Luck..............
2  15
2 85
Peerless...................
H ID E S  PELTS  1and  FUKs
Perkins  &  Hess pay  as fol-

H IDES.

“ 

G reen........................  ...  2@3
m
Part Cured..................
© 4M © 6 
Full 
..................
Dry................................5
@ 4 
Kips, green  .................  3
©  5 @  6
Calfskins,  green.........5
cured.........5)4©  7v%
Deacon skins.................lb  ©¿5

flTl FO/1
cured.

“ 

** 

No. 2 hides H off.
FELTS.

1 

WOOL.

WHEAT.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Shearlings.....................  5  @  20
Lambs 
........................25  ©  50
W ashed...  ..................12  @’6
Unw ashed...................  P @12
Tallow ..........................   4  © 4>4
Grease  b u tte r..............  1  © 2
Switches.....................  
2
Ginseng  ....................3 0uf'r3 25
GRAINS and  FEEDSTUFF*
No. 1 White (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red (60 lb. test) 
B olted...  ...........................  1  40
Granulated......  
♦Patents..............................   1  95
♦ standards............................  1  45
Bxkers’................................  1  5
♦Graham.............................  1  3»
Rye......................................  1  40
♦Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
count.
Flour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

1  o5
FLOUR  IN  SACKS.

50
5 1

MEAL.

M iLLSTU FFs.

Less
Car lots  quantity
$1  00
13  00
17  10
24  (HI
23  00

Bran............... $14 5u 
Screenings__   12 00 
Middlings.......  16 00 
Mixed Feed...  23 00 
Coarse meal 
.  22 00 
Car  lots.................................45
Less than  car  lots...............48
Car  lo ts ............................... 33
Less than car lots................ 34
HAY.
No. 1 Timothy, car lots__ 10  no
ton lots.........1100
No. 1 

CORN.

OATS.

“ 

12)4

F ISH   AND  OYSTERS.
F.  J.  De tien thaler  quotes as

follows:
FKBBH  FISH.
Whlteflsb 
..................
€10
Trout  ...........................
©8
Black Bass........   —
Hall out......................... @15
Ciscoes or Herring__
@  5
@10
Bluefish.......................
20
Fresh lobster, per lb ..
Cod................................
10
No. 1 Pickerel.............
@10
Pike..............................
©
Smoked  W hite............
©  8
Red  snappers..............
15
Columbia  Hiver  bal-
m on...........................
18)4
Mackerel......................
18@25
oysters—Cans.
@32
Falrhaven  Counts__
F . J. D.  Selects..........
28
Selects  .........................
@25
F. J. U...........................
23
Anchors.......................
2)
Standards............. .
17
Favorite......................... .. 
IS
Counts  .......................
2 20
Extra Selects..per gal.
1  05
Selects.........................
1  50
Anchor Standare.......
1  10
Standards....................
1  (JO
Scallops............  ......
1  50
Shrimps  .....................
1  ¿5
Clams...........................
1  35
SHELL  GOODS.
Oysters, per  loo..........1  23@1  75
Clama, 
re@i  00

oysters—Bulk.

”

CROCKERY  AND  G LABS W A RE 
LAMP  B URNERS.
...........................................  
'0
..................................................   4*
..................................................   65
..........................................  SG
.................................................   60
..................................................   80
...........................................  *0
.......................................... 1 i.b

No. 0 Sun. 
No. 1  “  .. 
No.2  “  ..
V n  b ri l a r
Security  r. 
Security  2 
N utm eg... 
Arctic........

l a m p   c h i m n e y s .— 3  doz. I n  box.

-» .n o  
ffiM  : : ........................ 
First onfll*tv

Per box.
i

n o . 0 Snn, crimp to j, wrapped and labeled...2  10 
No' 2 ................... 

« 

“ 

«

(i 

u 

*• 

No  2  ** 
« 0.2 
, ,  
. „ 
No. 1 Sun, wrapped ana  lan d ed ...........  
“ 
No.2  *• 
No. 2 Hinge,  “ 

Pearl top.
<• 
.. 
« 

“ 

3 7n
............2 iX
" " r " ! ! " ! ; . ,  g

.  * * •  o '
“ 
...ig o

.  „ 

__ 
No. 1,Sun,  p»ain  bulb  .............  

Fire Proof—Plain Top.

.

,

“ 

“ 

, 
“ 

......................{  ~
......................... J  5?

„  
La Bastie.
. „ 
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per uOI 
44 
No. 2  “ 
No. 1 crimp, per doz........... 
No-9  “ 
. .  
No  1. line (65c doz) 
No. 2  ilme  (  < c doz)....................  .................. %in
No. 2  flint (rue doz)................   .!!!! !!! !" ’! "4 30
•vt  «  ,, 
.   „„
No.2. lime (70c doz> 
No.  2 flint vS'cdoz)  ....*.*.!7.*.’.’. . . " ’."V .’ ’.'.’.4  ¿0 

...............::} g
... 

Rochester.

Electric.

.  . 

,

Miscellaneous.

.......... ; .......................... 

Junior, flint........................... 
Do*r
Nutmeg. 
""
Illuminator Bases.......!!.................................... ,  iii
Barrel lots,5 doz 
— 1  ¿r
.......!!!!.*!.!! 
7 In. Porcelain shades....... 
.........  ...............  ,  n
Case lots, 12 doz....................... !.’’!. .’ 
—
Mammoth Chimneys for Store  Lamps.

No.  3  Rochester,  lime  . 
1  5", 
No.  3  Koch ester, flint. 
. 1 7 »  
No.  3  1earl top or Jewel gl’s ..  s5 
No.  Z  H  obe *  -caiides. 
lime...l 75 
No.  2 G.obe Infamies,  flint...2 00 
No.  2  Pearl glass.........................2 10 

? ° q
,
5
5  in
5  »a
jj

,  „  

!!!!!!*!!!" 10 u0

Pump Cans.
............ 

.....................  A
........................  < ' n
.................... i  JC;
k  5 »
m

OIL  CAN 8.
1  gal  tin cans with spout__
1  sa>  galv iron  wuh spout.. 
2  gal  galv iron with spout 
3 gal  g .lv i  on  w  ib spoilt.  . 
5 gat  Eureka or Rogers, with spout’. "  
5 gal  Eureka with faucet....... 
5 gal  galv iron  A  &  W 
..........................  ‘
5  gal  Tilting  Cans,  Monarch.’.!.....................Tk
5 gal  galv iron Nacefas__  
_ 
3  gal  H  me Rule. 
5  gal  Home Rule.  ...  __ ! .’.!!..” ’   
3  gal  uoodeiiough...............   ...............  
5  gal  Gooueuoiigh 
5 gal  Pirate  King 
„  
No  0,  Tubular, cases  I doz.  each.................   45
No.O, 
«
no  0, 
“
bull’s eye, cases 1 doz each.l  00
N°- °i 
lamp wicks.

10  »n
gnu
ig m
.........!!  ”!’  ................... 13  ».n
......................!!!!!!".!!!.  10 50

lantern  globes.
.. 
“ 

.   _   . 
“ 
*• 
“ 

No. 0,  per  gross...............  
No  2, 
N0. 3, 
Mammoth, per doz.......... !..."!!!!  !!!!!!!!!!!  7fi

......... 
............!!!!!!!!!'.;!" 

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

•«  2 .. 
bbis 5 “ 

“ 
“ 

on

, 

 

Ji Pints,  6 doz in box, per box  (box 00)... 
M 
£  
H 

64
•  doz (bbl  S>).........  23
“ b o x , “  box (box 00) ....  180
'  bbl,  “  doz (bbl 35) ........ 
26

jelly  tumblers—Tin Top.
24  “  “  bbl, 
6 
18  * 

„ 
„ 

STONEWARE— AKRON.
Butter Crocks,  1 to 6 gal................................  06
H gal. per  doz.............!!!!!!  60
,  “ 
Jugs, H gal., per doz.......................................  70
¿7
Milk Pans, is gat., per  doz....................  
60
..........................   72

■‘  1 to 4 g4il.| per gal.................................. 
“  

1  “ 
STONEWARE— BLACK  GLAZED.

6)4
Butter Crocxs,  1  and 2 gal  ............. ...........  
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T U B   MICHXGA-N  TRADESM AN,

Popular Ignorance of Public  Questions.
Tbe  obligation  of  the  State  to  make 
provision  for  the  education  of  all 
its 
children  is an old theme;  but  it  teems to 
be, even at this  late  day,  by  no  means 
thoroughly understood. 
It is  an  obliga­
tion that is due to society as a whole, and 
its  practical  recognition  is not  to  be  re­
garded as a mere  act  of  benevolence  to 
the poor.  A well-to-do man may  be  oc­
casionally  heard  to  say  that  the  State 
has no right  to  make  him  pay  for  the 
higher  education  of  other people’s chil­
dren,  and  there Is a degree of  justice  in 
complaints  of  that  sort.  We  doubt 
whether any man  should be made  to  pay 
for 
the  instruction  of  other  people’s 
children in Latin,  Greek and  the  higher 
mathematics;  but  what  is  commonly 
called  an  elementary  education  leaves 
the pupil inadequately prepared for an in­
telligent discharge of the  duties  of  citi­
zenship,  and tbe system of public  educa­
tion  whichj-'falls  short  in  that  regard 
neglects precisely  the end which  it ought 
to have most  in  view. i_ We  were  about 
to say that it neglects the only thing that 
j ustifies the tax.

It  is  a  great  thing,  of  conrse,  to 

able to read,  write and cipher.  The boy 
who  has  gone  that  far  has The keys 
knowledge in his hands,  and, if  he  will 
he can  become an  accomplished  scholar 
but he may become very erudite  without 
being at all prepared  to  cast  an  intelli 
gent  vote.  As  a  case  in  point  I  have 
only  to refer to a recent issue of the Chi 
cago News,  which  relates that  the  editor 
was asked,  in good  faith,  by a gentleman 
of fair intelligence in that  city,  whether 
the phrase “ sixteen to  one”  meant  that 
the silver dollar should  be  sixteen  times 
as  much  as  the  gold dollar,  or that the 
Government  should  coin  sixteen  silver 
dollars for every gold dollar that it coins 
from 
the  output  of  American  mines 
Touching this  ignorance,  a  correspond 
ent  of  the  same  paper  remarks 
that 
“yon  can  stand  on  the  corner  of  any 
street  in  the  city  and  ask  the first 100 
men  of  all  grades  of  intelligence  who 
pass to explain  what  free  silver  means, 
and  ninety  will  tell  you  honestly  that 
they  know nothing about it.”

this  statement, 

Commenting  on 

the 
New  York  Evening  Post  recently  re 
marked:  “This  is  perfectly  true,  and it 
is  as  true  of  New  York as it is of Chi 
cago.  An incident occurred at  the  Uni 
versity  Club,  in  this  city,  one  day  in 
August,  1893,  which  was  related  in  the 
Evening  Post  at  the  time,  which  is an 
easy match for the one mentioned  by  the 
Chicago  paper. 
It  was a very hot  day, 
and the conntry was blazing with excite 
ment over the repeal of the Sherman act.
A group of the  club  members  were  as­
sembled 
reading-room,  when 
another  member  approached  and  said: 
‘What  is  the  meaning  of  all  this 
talk 
about sixteen  to one ?’  When  this ques­
tion was proposed,  there  was  no  general 
outburst  of  explanation.  On  the  con­
trary,  the air and attitude  of  the  group 
were very  much  as  though  an  entirely 
new conundrum had  been  brought  out.
*  *  *  Yet they were all  graduates  of 
colleges,  and since they were able  to  en­
joy the luxuries of an expensive  club,  it 
is fair to presume that they were success­
ful in their several callings.”

the 

in 

There really seems to  be,  then,  some­
thing wanting in  the  collegiate  curricu­
lum,  as  well  as  in  the ordinary public 
school course.  The history of the United 
States  is  taught  in  the  public  schools,

and  political  economy  is  taught  in the 
colleges;  but"  if  they  were  properly 
taught it could hardly be that  merchants 
and gentlemen wearing titles of academic 
distinction would be going about in com­
plete  ignorance  of  the  terms  in  which 
one of the  most  important  questions  in 
contemporary  politics  and  business 
is 
stated.  But the history  taught  is  little 
more than a bare  record  of  facts  which 
might  be  forgotten,  and  generally  are 
forgotten,  without 
loss—the  dates  of 
colonial settlements,  the names  of  battle 
fields,  and a list of  Presidents  and  Vice 
Presidents of the United  States.  Politi 
cal  economy  is  taught  as  an  abstract 
science,  not  as  a  body  of  principles 
reached  by induction from  actual  finan 
cial,  commercial  statistics.  The  ordi­
nary schoolboy or girl would be  ashamed 
not to know the date of the  discovery  of 
the  New  World  by  Columbus; but how 
many school children,  or,  for  that  mat­
ter,  how  many  college  students,  have 
been  made to  comprehend  how  Europe 
was  commercially 
the 
lethargy of the middle ages by the expan­
sion  of its currency through  the  impor­
tation of American gold and silver which 
ensued  upon that discovery,  so  that  the 
volume  of  its  circulating  medium  was 
tripled,  and its trade quadrupled,  within 
a century ?  How many  of  them  under­
stand the far-reaching significance of the 
discoveries of gold in California and Aus­
tralia,  or of the great silver mines  of the 
West ?  History  should  be  something 
more than  a statement of facts;  political 
economy  should be something more  than 
a bare abstract of economic laws.

revived 

from 

tells  us 

Prof.  Harris,  who is  a  recognized  au­
thority, 
that  our  people  are 
mainly  educated  by 
the  newspapers 
How far that  limitation  should  be  con 
strued  as  a  misfortune  depends  a good 
deal  upon  the kind of  papers  the  people 
read,  and  how  they read them.  A good 
clean  newspaper  might  be  introduced 
with  advantage  in  our  public  schools, 
it  may  be  a  little difficult to find  many 
papers that are  quite  unbiased  and  en­
tirely frank;  but there are very  few,  we 
should  say,  which have not  at  one  time 
or another explained  what  is  meant  by 
sixteen  to one.”  
In  the recent popular 
election it is probable that a  majority  of 
the electors went to the polls in a deplor­
able state of mental  confusion  and  per­
plexity in regard to  the  great  questions 
which  they  were  called  to  pass  upon. 
What they  have  been  taught  at  school 
and  college is not to the point.

F ra nk Stow eli,.

Chilled  W ater  W anted. 

Prolonged railway  traveling is so tedi­
ous to most people than  any  little diver- 
ion is  welcomed  and  made tbe  most  of. 
An instance of such a sort was an absent- 
minded  performance on  the  part  of  an 
elderly  lady,  which must  have  beguiled 
at least half an  hour  for  the  other  pas­
sengers.  The day  was warm and dusty, 
and she was seized  with  thirst.  At  one 
end of the car was a water  cooler,  and to 
if the lady  went.
She took the cup in  her  hand,  turned 
the faucet  and  stood  waiting.  The  ice 
ater filled the catch pan  and  ran  over 
and  soon  was  cooling  the  crossties. 
Still tbe  woman  stood holding  the empty 
cup.  Finally a train  man stepped up  to 
her.
“ Lady,” said  he,  not  impolitely,  “do 
you know what you are doing?”
“ Me?  Certainly I do.”
“ Well,  why are you  running  all  that 
The passengers  evidently felt pity for 
“ Why,” said she,  “ I’m  letting  it  run 

water off?”
such  ignorance.
till it gets cool!”

W ill feel  better  now  that  election  is 
over.  Business  will  take  a  sudden

_______________________ start— a  scoot!  Are  you  ready  for

the  rush  ? 
If  not,  probably  you  had  better  send  for  descriptive  matter, 
setting  forth  the  merits  of  the  most  perfect  cash  register  ever  invented. 
Our  advertising  matter  is  not  based  on  fiction  or  theory,  but  states  facts 
in  a  matter-of-fact  manner  and  is  so  plain a  child  can  understand  it. 
It
will  convince  you  that  our  register is  the

Only  Register Which  Registers

and  that  we  are  the  only  institution  in  the  country catering  to the  needs 
and  demands  of  the  legitimate  trade  in the  cash  register  line.  W e  make 
all  the  registers  we  sell.  We  own  and  operate  our  own  factory  and,  from 
present  indica tions,  we  shall  soon  be  the  largest  manufacturers  of regis­
ters in  the  world— and  the world  is  a  large place.

Although our  register  has  been  on  the  market  only  two  years  it  is  al­

ready

Triumphant Over All Others,

as  it  is  universally  conceded  to  be  the  only  machine  which  enables  the 
merchant  to  keep  an  accurate account  of the  sales  of  each clerk  or  an  item­
ized  record  of  the transactions  of  each  department,  or  both.

Although  young  in  years,  our  register  has  met with  the  largest  meas­
ure  of  success  ever  attained  by  any  machine of  the  kind,  having  been 
adopted  and  recommended  by  a  larger  proportion  of  the  better  class  of
merchants  than any  other  register ever  introduced.  Let  it  be  understood_
once  for  all— that we  do  not cater  to  the  saloon  trade,  as  our  machine  is 
not adapted  to  the  uses  of  liquor  dealers,  being  invented  and  constructed 
solely  with  a  view  to  serving  the  regular  merchant  in  the  most  acceptable 
manner.

INDIANA  HEARD  FROM.

—DRUGS AND  STATIONERY—

GEO.  H.  ANDREWS,
Anthony Block.

Cham pion  Ca sh  Reg ister Co.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Mu n cie,  Ind., Oct.  24,  1894.

Gen tlem en:—The  “Champion”  is doing the  business successfully and does all 
you claimed  tor it.
I can tell at a glance every transaction that  has taken place,  the  amount  of  the 
sales of each clerk,  tbe number of  times they  went  to  the  drawer  and  what  they 
went there for.
The  pd.  in and  pd.  outs are a specially  good feature and  the  “ Champion”  takes 
care of them all.
The  “Champion”  has taken the place o  a $200 key  machine and 7  books,  which 
I  used  to get a detailed acct.  of my  business. 

Yours Resp.

Geo.  H.  An d rew s.

BSIP’  Merchants  desiring  to  inspect  our  register  are  requested  to  drop  a 
card,  so  that  one  of our  agents  can  call  when in  the  dealer’s  vicinity. 
It 
will  nothing  to  see  the machine  and  have  its  merits  explained.

Manufactured  only  by

T H E   M ICHIGAN  TRADESMAN

1 1 )

ESTABLISHED I8SS

DON’T  OVERSTOCK.

W ritten  for Th b  Tradesman.

The secret of success  in  business  lies, 
in  a  great  measure,  in  the  buying  of 
goods.  There  was never  a  truer  adage 
uttered  than  “Goods  well  bought  are 
half sold.”

Very few stocks throughout  the  coun­
try  but have varying  quantities of unsal­
able merchandise on  hand  which are eye­
sores to  their  owners,  and,  if  held  by 
men who are  “onto their job,” are placed 
in  conspicuous  places  in  their  stores, 
ticketed  with  attractive  prices,  and  of­
fered on any  and  every  occasion  to  all 
manner of  possible  and  impossible cus­
tomers.

The art of  buying  goods  successfully 
is one that  must  be  acquired,  and  can 
only be done satisfactorily  by  one  thor­
oughly  familiar  with  the  requirements 
of  his  particular  trade.  Thus,  a  good 
buyer for New Orleans  would  hardly  be 
“in it”  if suddenly  called  upon  to  pur­
chase goods for  Minneapolis.

But it is unnecessary to cite so extreme 
an  instance.  Not  infrequently  villages 
located in  the same county  require  very 
dissimilar  classes  of  goods. 
It  occurs 
to  the  writer  that  in some of our neigh­
boring  towns  a  great  many  felt  boots 
are sold,  while  here,  although  formerly 
much  worn,  they  have dropped  into  dis­
use,  until,  now,  nearly everyone  requir­
ing that  class  of  foot  gear  prefers  the 
heavy tufted German socks.

Many buyers fail through  the  error  of 
buying 
too  much.  Nowadays  most 
wholesale  houses  will  fill  orders  for 
fractions of dozens  of  even  low  priced 
goods at regular dozen  rates,  and it is to 
a knowledge of this  that  many  a  small 
retailer owes his success.

inquiry 

it  was  found 

It  will  be remembered that many years 
ago the  fashion of  wearing  that abomina­
tion called hoops  was  prevalent,  and the 
buyer for a large retail store in Northern 
Michigan,  not to  be  outdone  by  m etro­
politan  merchants,  bought an  invoice  of 
that  particular  article  of  feminine  ap­
parel.  They  went  off  so  well  that  he 
bought largely on  subsequent occasions, 
until,  first thing  he  knew,  the  store  was 
full of hoopskirts,  and  none  were  being 
sold.  On 
that, 
when a woman  once  had  one  of  them, 
she never  bought another unless the first 
one got tangled  up in  a railroad  collision 
or the fashion changed;  they  never  wore 
out.  To remedy  matters  and  force a de­
mand  where none existed,  there were im­
mediately  instituted  quarter off and then 
half  off  sales  of  hoopskirts,  and  these 
were  quickly  followed  by  closing  out 
sales,  but their only effect was the bring­
ing down  upon the  house  the anathemas 
of all the farmers’  wives  and  daughters 
who  had  unfortunately 
invested  when 
the price of  hoops  was on  the bulge.  At 
last accounts there was on  hand,  packed 
away  where moths could  not corrupt nor 
thieves break in and steal, a large assort­
ment of hoopskirts.

“ And many a time ye there might pass
Nor dream that ere a hoops tirt was.”

Some  buyers  would  have  purchased 
enough of the articles for  trial,  and  then 
contented  themselves  with  buying  gin­
gerly  from  time 
to  time  as  oecas ion 
seemed  to demand,  preferring  to  lose  a 
sale or two on  u nstaple goods rather than 
to  load  down  their  firm  with  a  lot  of 
relics of the dim  and  misty past.

The quantity to  be purch ased  for  any 
store should be carefully  gauged  by  the 
amount of sales.  Do not  allow  a  sales­

man to  dazzle  your  judgment  with  the 
offer of an  extra  five  per cent,  and  per­
suade you  to buy twice  the  amount  you 
can handily use.  Fight shy  of  him  who 
tempts  you  to  buy  heavily  by  show­
ing you the order of your competitor who 
bought  a  case  where  you  only  took  a 
dozen.  Perhaps  your  competitor  is  in 
need of  the  goods  ordered,  or  he  may 
have arranged  to  unload  a  part  of  his 
purchase on some other firm,  or  he  may 
be  selling  more  goods 
than  you—and 
then,  barely  possible,  he  is  a  blamed 
fool.  Never lose sight  of  the  fact  that 
you are buying for  your  own  store  and 
your own trade,  and that it will  be  your 
own money  which  will pay for the goods. 
The mere fact that some  other  firm  has 
purchased largely, or at all,  should,  or­
dinarily,  have no influence  with  you  in 
the matter.

One  way  in  which buyers  get  fooled 
into  overloading,  has,  I  think,  never 
been  alluded 
in  T ub  T r a d e s m a n . 
It works something like this:

to 

Your attention  is called to an article of 
apparent merit,  say a new  food  product 
of one of  the  staple  cereals.  You  buy 
enough to try—perhaps  a  barrel. 
It  is 
higher in  price than some  other goods of 
that  kind,  but  it  looks  good,  and  the 
sample  barrel is placed  right  where  all 
your customers can see  and  be  tempted 
to experiment upon it.  They  become  in­
terested and buy some  to try, just  as you 
did. 
First  thing  you  know,  it  is  all 
gone,  and  Mrs.  Jones  wants  “ some  of 
that  new  stuff  like  Mrs.  Smith  got.” 
Then you order another  lot,  and,  as your 
opinion of the article, at first  favorable,  is 
now  considerably  better,  you  buy  five 
barrels,  sure,  now,  that you  have enough 
to last a reasonable length of time. 
It is 
not until  the second  barrel,  or,  perhaps, 
the third,  has  been  opened that  you  dis­
cover that the goods  are  not  selling  as 
well  as you  had expected,  and  those who 
bought  first  are  beginning  to  tell  you 
that the new  breakfast  food  doesn’t  hit 
the spot  like oat  meal  porridge,  after all. 
It  usually  pays  to  go  slow  on  a  new 
thing.

Remember that  you  are not  buying for 
yourself alone.  Your goods are intended 
for the consumption of  a  large  number 
of people  with divergent  ideas and  appe­
tites,  and  it  is  well  to  divest  yourself 
early  in  your career  of  the  fallacy  that, 
because you  fancy  a  particular  pattern 
of dress goods,  your customers  must nec­
essarily follow suit.

in 

I  have bought prints so ugly as to give 
one the blues,  and found  that  they  out­
stripped in selling qualities  tho  elegant 
and artistic 
the  same  goods 
which could not  be produced in sufficient 
quantities to supply  the demand  of  the 
retail city trade.

ideas 

Buy only when you  need  goods.  Buy 
only  what you need and buy  in  amounts 
to suit your trade.

This  theory  may  not  suit  the  entire 
traveling fraternity,  and there  are  cases 
where  it will do to  branch  out  a  little, 
to anticipate your needs and  to  lay in  an 
extra quantity  in anticipation  of  a  rise 
in  values;  but in  all  cases  be  governed 
by  the  extent  of  the capital at your dis­
posal.
As business is nowadays,  and  has been 
for some time there  is  but  little  chance 
for a small dealer to s peculate  to advan­
tage 
in  goods  of  any  kind.  He  who 
specu lates unwisely  is apt  to cripple his 
purchasing power for some time,  and the 
interest on the  capital invested  in  such 
manner  soon  eats  up  the  profits  of  an 
ordinary deal. 

Geo. L.  T hurston.

Central Lake,  Mich.

ANYTHING  IN  THE  W AY  OF

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In  countless homes they find  a place, 
Bring smiles of joy to every face.
Put up with care—and  with  delight, 
The dealers say “they’re out of sight.”

Sold by all  wholesale dealers in 

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Get  our  prices  when  you 
want  the  Best  Fruit.

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MiOHJGAJV  TRAJDJESMAJN

for 

GOTHAM GOSSIP. 

know  what 
the  8ensation  of  pain  jg
I  Fhese are a few instances,  but  there  are 
News  from   the  M etropolis---Index  o f l naany  other  people  who  take  sea  voy- 
a£es  on  account  of  the  excitement  at-
think  nothing  Of
tendng  It,  and  who 

the  M arkets. 

Speeial Correspondence 

N kw  Y okk,  N ov.  10—To say that there  ma^*DS  a dozen  voyages a year, 

their 

bought  at  a  fraction  off, 
enough in all  conscience.

The most notable  thing in  the  market 
hs a better teeling in  this  city  since  last 
the  increased  demaud 
refined 
Tuesday  does not half  express it.  B usi-! is 
ness men take long breaths and feel  that
su g ars.  O rders  hav e  been com ing  in   so 
their hour of deliverance  has come;  that 
th ic k   and  fa st  th a t  ju s t  now   th ey   are 
they  may  do 
trading  without 
tak en   su b jec t  to delay, and  th e  p rice  has, 
“ whacking up”  with  the patrolman,  if a 
accordingly,  risen .  A t  th is  w ritin g   th e 
barrel happens to be  on the sidewalk,  or 
q u o tatio n   fo r  g ra n u la te d   is  4^ c .   M ore 
if  they  unload  a  wagonload  of  goods. 
in te re st  is  m an itested   in  raw   su g ars,  and 
The reign of blackmail has lasted so long
it  is  th e  p re v a ilin g   opinion  am ong 
th e
that the King was  thought to be  impreg-  trade  that  the  ¿owest  prices  have  been 
nable against all assaults.  And  to think  reached.  Some  combat  this  impression 
of the  board of aldermen  being anything 1 a&d  say  that  to-day  the  article  can  be
It  is  the  almost  unau 
but Tammany ! 
It  is  cheap
imous opinion that from now on  we shall 
see a turn  of  the tide.  £ven  Democrats 
who  “can’t  account  for  it”  agree  with 
Republicans  who  “ knew  it  was going  to 
happen” that  we  are  now  where  there 
will  be no tariff tinkering for some years, 
and that the  “policy” of the party  is per­
fectly  well  known  before  the time of  its 
entrance.
Prosperity does not come in  a day, how­
ever,  and retailers  are  not  yet  marking 
goods  up,  nor  is  the  increased demand 
very  striking. 
It is simply that we know 
where “ we are  at.”  That  is  the  thing. 
This  feeling  of  confidence  has not been 
so strongly  felt  for  eighteen  mouths  as 
to-day.  The revolution at large has been 
so tremendous  that for a day or so  it  was 
thought  it  could  hardly  be  true.  To 
think of a  Republican of any  sort  being 
elected  in  Texas  was,  indeed,  quite  a 
strain on one’s  credulity. 
It all  goes  to 
show that we are  going to  have a respite 
from political  unrest  which  will last  for 
some years.  Let us hope we are going to 
see a prosperous era 1

A fair trade in coffee  is  being done,  al­
though the demand  is hardly  up  to  last 
week’s 
remain 
firmly  held  and  holders  seem  to  tbiuk 
that,  for some time,  at least,  they are se­
cure in keeping up  the  lately  increased 
rates.  The supply  is not  very  large  at 
present.  Fair Rio,  15>£@i5%c.

The tea market  remains  about  in  the 
same condition  that has  characterized  it 
for  three  weeks—dull  and  entirely  de­
void of interest.  There  have been  some 
fairly  good  sales  of  better  sorts.  The 
finer grades of greens and choice Congous 
are  better held  than others.

requirements. 

Prices 

Open-kettle molasses  is  worth 30@38c. 
and a fair demand  prevails,  although  the 
market cannot  be called  active.  Syrups 
are  dull,  and  the  demand  is very light 
Prices  remain  unchanged.  Fine  trmriu. 
sell at about 20c.
Foreign rice seems  to  be  in  better  de 
mand  than  the domestic product,  but  for 
both  the  demaud  has  taken  a spurt  up 
ward  and trading is almost lively.  Prices 
are  firmly  held  and  are  so  reported at 
primary  points.  As  yet  no  changes 
have been  made in  quotations.
Spices  are  in  better  demand  and  the 
supply is now  pretty  well  in  hand  The 
holders express a good  deal  of  faith  in 
the  future,  and  are not  willing  to  shade 
quotations  unless the doing so will  bring 
a good sized order.
Canned  goods  are  dull.  There  is  no 
mistaking  the  fact  that  the  outlook  is 
not  encouraging.  Warehouses  are  full 
to overflowing and  distributers  seem  in­
clined  to  let  them  stay  there.  Prices 
have gone down  to a point  which  leaves 
absolutely  no  profit  for 
the  cauuer. 
Prices are  so low,  in  fact,  that  if  there 
comes a reasonably  quiek  demand  they 
will  show  an  immediate  appreciation; 
but,  as yet,  the consumption  seems to  be 
of an every-day character.

change, 

Dried  fruits,  both  foreign  and  domes­
tic,  are meeting  with  some  inquiry,  but 
orders are  small.  Prices  show  no  par­
ticular 
although  California 
raisins  are  firmer.  Figs  are  meeting 
with a good distribution at the low  rates. 
There is a little  better  market  for  fresh 
fruits and  fine oranges are  bringing  full 
rates.  Florida oranges  begin  to  appear 
in  abundance  and  this  causes  less  de­
mand for Jamaicas.  Bright  Florida  or­
anges are worth $2 a box.
Butter  is  firmer  for the  fanciest  sorts, 
but for anything else the  market  is  not 
improved to any appreciable extent.  For 
best Elgin  the rate  is  25j*@26c  and  un­
der grades down  to 21c.
Fggs are in not  very  ample  supply  of 
strictly  fresh stock,  and  prices  are  such 
to  show  a  good  profit  to  the hens. 
as 
Best Western.  24@25c.
Cheese is moving moderately,  and  only 
best  full-cream  is  in  ready  sale.  For 
such,  if of small size,  10>$@iic  may  be 
obtained.

T h e   w eek  closes  w ith   m ore  ch eer  all 
ro u n d ,  w ith   h ig h er  prices,  as  a  ru le,  a n ­
ticip ated   in  th e   n e a r  fu tu re ,  an d   re ta il 
tra d e   in   ex ce lle n t cond itio n . 

J a y .

L ow er P rices on G ran u lated .

The Committee  on  Trade  Interests  of 
the  Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’ Asso­
ciation has promulgated a  new  schedule 
of prices on granulated sugar, as follows:

5 cents per pound.
5 pounds for 25 cents.
11  pounds for 50 cents.
22 pounds for $1.

is  not  sensible. 
as 

Many of the  bakers of Gotham  who  do 
not  want to lower the  price  of  tLe  loat 
which is sold for 5 cents are in the  habit 
of selling it lor 4 cents the day after that 
upon  which it is baked,  and  for  3  cents 
or less the second or third day after.  The 
popular prejudice against bread that is a 
day  or two  old 
It  is 
spoken  of  opprobriously 
“ stale | 
bread.”  The truth is that bread  a day or 
two old is more  wholesome because more 
easily  digested,  than  bread  fresh  from 
the oven,  it is not less nourishing.  Many 
people prefer it to the  other  even  when 
it is rather crisp,  or,  say,  in  the  thir_ 
day  of  its  age,  especially  when 
taken 
with coffee  for  breakfast  or  with  sou 
for dinner. 
In many cases doctors order 
their patients to eat  bread a few days old 
for their stomach’s sake and  there  is  no 
doubt that it is oiten beneficial.  The best 
light French  bread is  undoubtedly  more 
palatable when new than  when  old;  but 
o»her kinds,  the heavier kinds  which  are 
largely sold,  are  better  for  most  peopl 
alter they  have been  kept  for  a  day  or 
two,  provided they  are  not  in  the  least 
mouldy.  The phrase  “stale bread,”  ha 
raised  a  senseless  prejudice 
in  mauy 
minds.
Steamship  agents  are  not  at  all  sur 
prised at the allegations that  have  been 
made againt au American woman of some 
property,  who  is  now  the  subject  of 
suit  to  restrain  her  from  spending  the 
rest of her fortune in traveling  back  and 
forth on the Atlantic.  She inherited $100, 
000,  and has already  spent  $85,000  ot  it 
in  traveling  between  this  country  and 
England.  Her  perspective  heirs  have 
made  an  attempt  to  restrain  her  from 
spending the other $15,000 on the  ocean 
and  a  great  deal  ot  comment  has  been 
aroused  yver  her  curious  taste 
tor  sea 
travel.  Steamship  men  insist  that  this 
is  by no means au  exceptional  instance 
and  that there are literally  hundreds  of 
people who spend  a considerable part  of 
their  lives  on  the  sea.  Some  of  them 
travel for their  health.  An  instance  is 
cited of a man  who has made  nearly  200 
voyages across the ocean,  who  is  always 
comfortable  when at sea,  and  can  hardly 
endure living ashore  on  account  of  the 
asthma.  Another is a consumptive,  who 
believes that the sea  air will  prolong  his 
life,  and there is a  well-known  instance 
of a man who suffered from  neuralgia  to 
such an  extent that he had the  bones  of 
bis jaw removed and  a  silver  plate  sub­
stituted,  in  the vain  hope  of  relief,  and 
who claims that when at sea he  does  not

TW ENTIETH  ANNIVERSARY. 

S he F ound a  F o rtu n e.

the  M. C. T. A. 

Good  luck do's  not often  fall as  aDDO- 
Arranerements  for  Annual  Meeting  of ! sitely  as it did  the  other  day  to  a  poor 
I old  Polish  woman,  who  has  long  been
The forthcoming annual  meeting of the  ^.OTd!DI( as a„ras sorter a* the paper mills
at  Plover,  Wis.  Among  the  rags  she 
found  a 
She  put  her 
hands into  the pocket  and  to  her  great 
surprise drew out  a roil  of bills,  amount- 
ing to $500.  The proprietor  of  the  mill 
told  her he had  no claim  on  the  money 
and  she  will  buy  a small  farm  with  it, 
trorn  which she can  make a much  better 
living for herself and  children  than  she 
now  gets.

Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Associa­
tion  marks  the  twentieth  anniversary  of 
the organization of  the  Association  and 
the event will  be rendered  memorable by 
an elaborate banquet and  ball,  to  be held 
on the evening  of Dee.  28.  The  follow­
ing  letter  from  the  Chairman of the En­
tertainment Committee embodies the nec 
essary particulars:

tattered  vest. 

D e t r o it ,  N ov.  10—In compliance  with 
the expressed  wish  of a large  number of 
our members  that the  twentieth anniver­
sary of this organization  be celebrated  in 
a  suitable  manner, 
the  Entertainment 
Committee have  arranged for  a  banquet 
and  ball,  following our  annual  meeting, 
which  will  be  held  Friday,  Dec.  28,  at 
the Hotel Cadillac,  in  this city.  Tickets 
can  be obtaiued  of the  Secretary  on  the 
following terms:

Admitting  lady  and  gentleman, $2.50. 
Admitting gentleman,  $1.50.
Admitting extra lady, $1.
The Hotel  Cadillac  will  make  special 
rates  to  the  commercial 
travelers  and 
ladies  attending  the  entertainment.  A 
large attendance  is  desired,  as  we  wish 
to make this the event in our  history.

Please  notify the  Secretary as soon  as 
possible of the number of tickets desired, 
so that the necessary arangements can be 
made by the  Committee.

Not full dress.  W.  H.  Baier, 

Chairman of Entertainment Com. 

The following  greeting  has  been  sent 
to the members  by  the  chairman  of  the 
Board of Trustees:

In  compliance  with 

D e t r o it ,  N ov.  10-T be year  1894  has 
been one of  unusual mortality  and  insur­
ance  organizations,  both  old  line  and 
mutual,  have  suffered  largely  increased 
losses in  consequence.  Such  conditions 
®r®’  ”   course,  beyond  humau  control.
e  Board  of  Trustees,  however,  con- 
gratulate its  members  that  up to dale  no 
uuusual  mortality  has  occurred  in  our 
ranks and,  although the assessments  may 
seem  numerous  to  you.  the  Board  has 
only  complied  with  the  expressed  wish 
of  its  members at the  last  annual  meet­
ing,  that  the reserve fund  should  be  in­
creased.
the 
Board  has made  an  assessment  for  each 
death occuring  this year,  which  will  en 
able  them  to  turn  the  full  amount  of 
semi annual  dues  and  other  accumula 
tion
amounting to  about  $6,000  to  the
reserve fund.
We  beg  to  call  your  attention  to  the 
fact,  that in  the past twenty-one years of 
our Association’s  existence,  the  present 
assessment  will make  the cost to the old 
est  member only  $440,  being  an  average 
of $21  per year,  for the  $2,500  insurance 
We have paid  to the widows and orphans 
of  deceased  commercial  men  $213 000 
leaving $25 to the credit  of each  member 
in  the reserve  fuud,  to  date.

that  wish, 

In order to  be morally certain  that 

Association  will  be  able  to  pay  your 
mortuary claim  to your beneficiary,  when 
called  upon  to do  so,  it  is  the  duty  of 
each  and  every  one  of  you  to  make a 
special  effort  to  secure  new  members, 
that  the Association  may  show  a  steady 
growth.  We  must  not decrease in num­
ber of membership,  but make a steady  in­
crease,  and  it  is  the  individual  duty  of 
each member to see that  we  do  so.  We 
have frequently  urged  this  upon you  be­
fore  and  we  hope  that this new  appeal 
may not pass unheeded.

When  times  are  hard,  money  scarce 
and  many  idle,  life  insurance  is  more 
than  ever  needed.  Members,  should 
therefore, 
think  well  before  allowing 
themselves to become  delinquent,  as  no 
one knows  when the Grim Destroyer will 
come to claim  him.
Go  to  work  earnestly—every  one  of 
you—and  let the  results  show  that  you 
have the proper interest in  your Associa- 
tion.

T .  J.  Ch a m b e r l a in , 

Chairman Board of Trustees.

Itse  Tradesman  Coupon  Books.

Dsfc Tuadesman Coupon Books.

PROVISIONS.

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SAUSAOE.

PoaK  “  BAKKII-S.

...............1<fTS®14 25

q u o r n s S m w ? “ 8  PaCJtInB an<* Provision Co
Me** 
snort c u t.]]]]..]]’]................................ 
Sxtra clear pig, short cut'.]]]]]]....... 
Extra clear,  heavy................. 
....... 
Clear, fat  back.....................................
Boston clear, short cut 
Clear back, sh o rtcu t...."]]]].]."..........14  r.oaii as
Standard clear, short cut. b e s t . . . . M  C°®M  25
_ 
Pork, links...................
T*s
Bologna.................] .] ............................
L iv er.....................]]]............................
6H
Tongue..................'.'.illl......................
8*
Blood...............................*......................
6
Head cheese...........................................
6
Summer....................................................
10
Kraukfurts............  '  "   ........................
Kettle  Rendered 
Granger
Family  ................III.'........................................5
Compound__ ...I I I ............................... .
Cottoleue..........  
................................
t'otosuet 
......................
.... 
iu jo.  Tins, 54c advance.
*1 lb.  pails, *4c 
“  V c 
10 lb. 
5 ib.  “  %c 
31b. 
'• 
1  c 
1 tk
Extra Mess, warranted auu  ibs. 
Extra Mess, Chicago p ackin g....]  ................. 7  7a
Boneless, rump butts................................... lllll.U t 50

bke?  in  barbels.

8J48

5*
6*
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6*

l a u d.

“
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“ 
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“ 
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smoked  meats—Canvassed or Plain.

dams, average 20 lbs......... 

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16 lbs..............]]].......................
lx to 14 lbs............  ]]............... a*
picnic............................. 
....................
best boneless...."]]]."].............................  ¿2
shoulders................................   ..........................jj*
Breakiast Bacon  boneiess..]]"."..]...........aviaic
oned beef, ham prices.............................10j[&ll

but  salt  meats.

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Long Clears, heavy.................
Briskets,  medium.  ...."]]]]].............................
, 
lig h t................. ]]]]]................... —
Butts.............................  
..........................
II.  S.  Bellies.........]]].]......................................
Fat B acks.............  .....................*..................
Half  barrels 
Quarter barrels 
K its...............
Kits, honeycomb.................  
Kits, prem ium ....... 

t r i p e .
.....................................  
............••••..  ........... . 

TICKLED  F l o s ’  FEET.

. 

.3  50 
■2 00 
..  90
_
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55

O Y S T E R S

Solid Brand, Extra Selects,  per can$  26 
Solid  Brand,  Selects,  per can.. . . . . .  
24
£>oiid  Hruudy  £.  F.,  por  c&u 
&olid  Brand,  Standards,  per can...
Daisy Brand, e le c ts,  per  can..........
Daisy  Brand,  standards,  per c a n ..
Daisy  Brand,  Favorites,  per can.. #. !
Standards,  per gal.................
Extra btandards,  per  gal............ 

Oysters line and cans  well  filled 
The Queen  Oyster Pails at  bottom prices. 
Mrs.  W itheys  Home  Made  Jelly 
made with green  apples,  very fine
30-lb  pail............................ 
20-lb.  pail........................... .................
17-ib  paii............................... ; ; ; .........  
f-lb.  pail...................................***** 
Mrs.  Withey’s  Condensed  Mince 
Meat,  the  best  made.  85  cents 
per  doz.  3  doz.  in  case.

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Mrs.  Withey’s bulk mince meat:
40-lb pails,  per  ib .......... 
.
25-lb pails,  per  lb................ 
..........   «is
10-lb pails,  per  lb ................!!!!*.*"" 
*
6 H
” ure Cider  Vinegar,  per  gallon!
10
Pure Sweet Cider,  per  gallon...
12
Fine Dairy Butter,  per pound...
20
Fresh  Eggs,  per  doz..................’ "
IT
New Pickles,  medium,  b a rre ls ...,.  5  00 
New I ickles, medium,  % b a rre l....  3  00
New  Sauer Kraut,  barrels..........  
4  00
New Sauer Kraut,  X   b a rre ls....!!!  2  50

ED W IN   F A L L A S ,

Oyster  Packer  and  rianufacturer. 

VALLEY  CITY  COLD  STORAOE, 

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Are  You  Selling A Majestic Exhibit

For  the  next  two  or  three 
weeks  there  will  he a Grami  D is­
play  of Majestic  Steel  Ranges  in 
our  Retail  Department,  and  we 
want  all  merchants  in  Western 
Michigan, if in  the  city,  to  drop 
in  and  see them.

Coffee and Hot Rolls will be 

served  daily.

IB NOT,  WHY  NOTV

TRADE MARK  registêrco

MUskepn  Bakery  Crackers

(U nited  S ta te s  B a k in g   Co.)

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 
A|*e 

M u s k e g o n   T o a s t,
R o\al  Fruit  Biscuit, 
M u sk egon   Frosted  Honey, 
let d  C ocoa  H o n ey   Ju m b les, 
Jelly  T urnovers, 
G inger  Snaps,
’ Hom e-M ade  Snaps,
M u sk egon   Branch,
Mlik  Lunch

ALW AYS
ASK
YOUR
GROCER
FOR
nUSKEGON 
BAKERY’S  
CAKES  and 
CRACKERS

United  S ta tes  Halting  C o .

LA W R EN C E   D E PE W ,  A cting  M anager,

Steel  Ranges are fast sup 
erseding the  Cast Range.  Dur­
ing  this  exhibit  expert  range 
salesmen  direct  from  the  fac 
tory  will  be  on  hand  to  show 
up their good  qualities.

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Oysters
ANCHOR  BRAND

OLD  RELIABLE

HI  orders receive  prom pt  attention  a t 

lowest  m arket  price.

See quotations in Price Current.

B.  J.  1) li T T lì  T il A K 11 H.

M u s k e g o n ,

iS

M ic h .

117  and  119  Monroe  St.,  Grand  Raüids

New Holiday Goods

The  foil •wing package Dolls shows »he latest style of best selling p-ttems 
portxtion*.  The retail price list at which all can be sold gives a  liberal  profit 
6o Per Cent, or ill.64 on investment of .$.•(>.  No charge for package.

all  of  our  new  im 
on  the  package  of

ASSORTED PACKAGE  DOLLS—NO.  20 

JNO. HADDOCK & SONS

Green  Rococo, Gold Edges.

JNO.  MADDOCK  &  SONS

English  W hite Semi Porcelain.

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ijgpgp;

F Positively finest ware made on the Globe.  The 
New Tariff price brings  it  as  low  as  the  most 
common ware was at old prices.
Assorted  Crate 

JOHN  MADDOCK & SONS 

NewAstor Shape 

WHITE SEHI PORCELAIN.

24 Vegetables.
10 Pitchers.
6 Sugars,  o
36 Sets Teas.
6  doz. Fruits.
36 Oyster Bowls
8 Cv'd Dishes.
6 Boats.
18 Bowls.
18 Bowls.
e Creams.

6 doz.  Pie  Plates. 
2 doz. Tea Plates. 
12 doz. Breakfast Plates. 
2 doz.  Dinner Plates.' 
2 doz. Soup Plates. 
U doz. Butters. 
18  Dishes, Assorted. 
18 Scollops. 
8 Bakers. 
6 Butters. 
8 Pickles. 
9 Sets Coffees.
Price List of above sent on request.  Don’t fail 
to get our prices on our  new  lines  before  plac- 
lng  Boliday  Orders.  Variety  of  Dinner  Sets’ 
Toilet  Sets and New China is equal to any  in the 
market.

Per Doz

_ 

_  

. 

1  Gro.  Penny, Jointed  Arms  and  Legs, China Babies, 2  in ..
1  Doz.  Decorated  China  Boys and  Girls,  Assorted................
“  Dressed China Babies,  black hair........... .................
1 
“  China Limb Dolls,  SX   in.,  fine m o d el........................
1 
1 
“  China Limb Dolls, 13 in.,  fine model.............................
X  
“   China Limb Dolls,  17  in.,  striped  body,  bisque head
gilt trimmed  bust...........................................................  2 oo
“  China Limb Dolls,  extra fine bead,  arms  and  legs,
X  
striped  body................. ....................................... 
.  3  25
X  
“  Washable Doll,  with  hair,  natural eyes,  with  fancy
shirt, 23 in........................................................................   2 00
1-6  “  Extra-sized  Baby  Doll  similar  in  style  to  last,  a
splendid 50c doll................................. .*.......................  4  00
1-6 
“  Large  Washable  Dolls, 36 in.  long,  8 in.  bust, beau­
tiful  baby face........................................................  
“  Kid  Body,  Bisque  Head  with  hair,  natural eyes,
1 
Dolls 11  in......................................................................
“   Kid  Body,  extra quality, extra fine model,  the  pret­
X  
tiest for a  quarter.......................................  
X  
“  Kid  Body,  extra  large,  fine  bisque  head,  natural
eyes, real shoes and  stockings....................................  3 90
“  New Felt Body,  bisque head,  natural eyes,  assorted
X  
colors body,  pleases  everyw here.............................  
l 50
“  Same, only larger size,  bodies red,  black,  blue felt.. 
X  
2  25
“   Same,  extra value for 50c doll, extra  large...................  4 00
X  
“   Baby  Dolls with hood,  natural eyes,  hair  and  fancy
X  
lace shirt,  fine dimpled limbs.......................................   2 00
X  
“   Baby Dolls like above only larger,  finer features...
4  00
“  Leader 10c,  full dressed,  washable  doll,  as  good as
1 
we formerly sold for 25c.............................................
1 
“  Leader. 5c dressed china limb dolls, apron, gilt  belt
“  Full  dressed  washable  dolls,  with  bonnet,  leather
X  
“   Dolls head,  china, 3X   In.........................................
1 
X  
“  Dolls head, china, 4  in.,  extra large  bust............ .

shoes,  assorted  style dresses.........................................   2 25
45
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H.  i/E O iV A R D   &  S O A S ,  Grand.  Rapids,  Mich,
T h e   D a y to n   Computing  Scale

Retai Price.
Each. Total.
1 4 4
60
60
60
1 20

1
5
5
5
10

85
40
38
38
75

25

40

25

50

SI

15
j 85
25

50

25
35
50

25
60

10
5

25
5
10

1 00

1 63

1 00

67
8 00
1 34

90

93

98

75
1 12
1 33

1 00
1 33

85
40

1 13
45
43
¡20.00

1 50

2 40

1 50

1 00
2 00

1 80

1 50

1 50

1 50
0 10
2 00

1 50
2 40

1 20
60

1 50
60
60
$31 64

Latest Style in  English  Decorations. 

Assorted Crate 

JOHN  MADDOCK & SONS 

Rococo Pattern.

6 Pickles.
4 Cake Plates.
6 Sugars.
36 Sets Teas.
6 Sets Coffees.
24 Vegetable Dishes 
6 Sauce Boats.
12 Cv’d Dishes.
6 Butters,
6 Creams.

4 doz. Pie Plates.
2 doz. Tea.
12 doz. Breakfast Plates. 
2 doz.  Dinner Plates.
6 doz. Fruit Saucers.
6 doz. Butters.
36 Oyrter Bowls.
18 Assorted Dishes.
8 Bakers.
18 Pitchers.
This small  assortment  Illustrates  one  of  our 
many beautiful new assorted packages  of  Deco­
rated Ware for the H  liday Trade.  We trust we 
may be able to show you these  patterns  In  per­
son.  Sold either by set alone  or  in  crates  and 
may  be  matched  for  years.  Price of above on 
request.

WHRNIN8--To  Users  of Scales,

The trade are  hereby  warned against  using any  infringements on  W eigh­
ing  and  Price  Scales  and  Com puting  and  Price  Scales,  as  we  will  pro­
tect our rights and the rights of our general  agents  under Letter sPatent of the 
United  States  issued  in  1881,  1885,1886,  1888,  1891,  1893 and  1894:  And  we 
will prosecute all infringers  to  the full extent  of the law.

The  simple  using  of  Scales  that  infriuge  upon  our  patents  makes the 
user  liable to prosecution,  and  the  importance of  buying and  using  any  other 
Com puting  and  Price  Scales  than  those  manufactured  by  us  and  bearing 
our name and date of  patents and  thereby  incurring  liability  to  prosecution 
is apparent. 

Respectfully,

TEE  COMPUTING!  SCALE  CO.

fit  SURE  YOU  BUY  IUE  DAYTON  COMPUTING  SCALES.

S e e   W h a t  U sers  S a y :

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“We are delighted with it.’’  The Jos.  K.  Peebles Son’s Co.. Cincinnati. O . 
“Would not  part with It for $1.01* 1.” 
Dan.  W. Charles, Hamilton  O.
Charles Young, Adraia,  Mich. 
“It saves  pennies ever time we weigh.” 
“They are worth to us each year Jive times their c ist ”
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Ranp&  dayman, Constantine, Mich.
“ We are  very much  pleased  with its work.”
Henry J.  Vinkemulder A Bro., Grand Rapids,  Mich. 
Since the adoption of your scales have made more money  than  ever  be- 
Frank  Daniels, Traverse City, Mich.
Itake pride in recommending them to every user of sea es ”
Chas.  Railsback, Indianapolis, Ind.
. . . .  
I heartily recommend them to all grocers who  wi.-h to save money.”
Geo. F. Kreltline, Indianapolis, Ind. 
“It is the best investment I ever made.” 
I. L.  stultz, Goshen, In d .
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HOYT  &  CO.,  General Selling;  A pts,

DAYTON,  OHIO.

