VOL. XII. 

GRAND  RAPIDS,  A PR IL  24,1895_______________________ NO.  6 0 5

A. C. McGraw & Co.’s 

,  , 
Rubber  Business  -Jsf-
v

Is Big,  because  ^ 

W e   sell  th e   Best  R u b b e r s ,  c a r r y   th e   L a r g e s t   S t o c k   of th e   F r e s h ­
est  G o o d s,  in  th e   G r e a t e s t   V a r i e t y   oi  S t y l e s   a n d   a t  th e  Best 
T e r m s   o f a n y   h o u s e  in  th e   c o u n t r y .   L i s t e n   to  o u r   r e p r e s e n t a ­
tiv e w h e n   h e   calls, a n d   h e   w ill  c o n v i n c e  y o u   tha>  a b o v e   is  tru e .

A.  C.  McGRA W  CO.

R U B B E R  

DEP’T. DETROIT,  MICH.

H eating  —   Plumbing

IN  THE  LINE  OF—

Steam,  Hot Water or Hot Air. 

S h e e t M e ta l  W ork

IN  ALL  ITS  PARTS.

NO  FIRM  IN  THE  STATE  HAS  BETTER  FACILITIES OR  REPUTATION.  OUR

WOOD  MANTEL  GRATE,  GAS  AND  ELECTRIC  FIXTURE  DEPARTMENT

Is  pronounced  the  FINEST  IN  THE  COUNTRY,  East  or  West.

Fo p the Boiler  and Engine.  Are  tub  Engineers*  Favorites.

85,000  P enbertht Automatic I njectors in use. tricing perfect satisfaction 
u n d er ail conditions.  O ur J e t Pumps, W ater Gages a n d  Oil Caps a re  Unequalled.
P E N B E R T H Y   IN JE C T O R   C O .  DETROIT.
s. ndror 
C a t a l o g u e . 

b r a n c h   f a c t o r y   a t  W I N D S O R ,  O N T .  

MICH.

WEATHERLY  &  PULTE, Absolute
SPECIFY DAISY BRAND 'J M

Tea!

GRAND  RAPIDS.

l

TIE AWOWLM LEADER !
TELFER  SPICE  CO.,

S O L I)  O N L Y   B Y

GRAND  RAPIDS,  Mich.

” 

ALDEN  &  LIBBY,

For  Sale  by  all  Jobbers of  Groceries,  Hardware and  Woodenware.

Our  Plan

Saves  disputes  and  enables 
you  to  discount  your bills. 
Saves  book  charges  and  bad 

debts

Saves worry and loss of sleep. 
Wins  cash  trade  and  new 

I F   N O T   S A T I S F A C T O R Y .   Y O U R   M O N E Y   B A C K .

customers.

C h o ic e ^ re a m e r^ a n d ^ D a io   B u tte r  W h o l e S a L   P r O d U C C
A  SPECIALTY 

" 
N orthern Trade supplied at  Lowest M arket  Pric  s. 

.... 

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shipm ent, or receive on  consignm ent  PltON h  1SW.

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.....

\Ve b.n  on  trm-k at  point of 
GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

73  S outh  D ivision  S tre e t, 

S W E E P S  HOTEL

MARTIN  L.  SWEET,  Proprietor.

HENRY D. and FRANK  H.  IRISH, ITgrs.

Steam heat  in every room.  Electric fire alarms  throughout  the^ house.  Other 

improvements and decorations will soon  make it the  best  hotel  in Michigan.

IT  COUNTS

When  you  sell  goods to  the  people  which  give 
ENTIRE  SATISFACTION.
No  line handled  calls for the  judgment and  dis­
crimination  necessary  to  the  successful  buying 
and selling of FRUIT.

'Spring* <£  Company,

IMPORTERS  AND  WHOLESALE  DEALERS  IN

Dress  Goods,  Shawls,  Cloaks,  Notions,
Ribbons,  Hosiery,  Gloves,  Underwear,
Woolens,  Flannels,  Blankets,  Ging­
hams,  Prints and Domestic Cottons.

We  invite  the  Attention  of  the  Trade  to  our  Complete  and  Well  Assorted 

Stock  at  Lowest  Market  Prices.

Spring & Company.

PASTE  THIS  IN  YOUR  HAT, 

Or. better still,

KEEP  IT  IN  YOUR  EYE.

Why? Because o a r  prices  arc as low  as 
Voigt,  Herpolsheimer  &  Co.

the lowest, sometimes lower. Join 
the procession,  look  ns over  and 
vonr order is ours.

Wholesale  Dry  Goods,

Grand  Rapids.

Are the embodiment of all the  requisites  of first- 
class  Oranges.

PUTNAM  CANDY  CO.
GHASAMORRILLJGo.

Importers and Jobbers of

TEAS

MONARCH  BICYCLES!

2i  LAKE  ST.,  CHICAGO,  ILL.

A b s o l u t e l y   th e  
B est  t h a t   M o n e y  
C a n   P r o d u c e
L I G H T
S T R O N G
S P E E D Y

H A N D S O M E

F I V E

M O D E L S
W  e ig h t

18  to  2 5   p o u n d s  

P r i c e s

$ 8 5   to  $ 1 0 0
S e n d   for  C a ta lo g u e

M O N A R C H   C Y C L E   C O M P A N Y

FACTORY  AND  F1AIN  OFFICE,  Lake  and  Halstead  Sts, 
RETAIL  SALESROOM,  280  Wabash  Avenue,

Grand  Rapids,  flieh.,  Agents,  ADAflS  &  HART,  12  W est  Bridge  St.

Detroit  Branch,  GEO.  HILSENDEGEN,  Proprietor,  310  Woodward  Avenue

VOL. XII._____________GRAND  RAPIDS.  W EDNESDAY,  A PR IL  2 4 ,  1 8 9 5 . 
COMMERCIAL  CREDIT  CO.

THE  KEY  TO  SD C C ESS.

S u m m arized  O pinions  o f  E ig h ty-th ree 

65  riONROE  ST.

Reports on individuals for the retail trade,bouse 
renters and professional men.  Also local agents 
for the Furniture Commercial Agency Co.’s“Red 
Book.”  Collections handled for members.

T elephones  166  and  1030

PLA TERS  IN

NICKEL,  SILVER,  GOLD,  COPPER, 

BRASS  and  BRONZE.

Refinishers  of  Lamps,  Gas  F ixtures,  Chande­

liers. etc.  A.  W.  ANDERSON, P roprietor.

Pearl and F ro n t Sts., G rand Rapids.

L ea d in g   B u sin ess  M en.

Written tor The Tradesman.

I wonder  if  most of the boys who read 
this article have not said  to  themselves, 
as they  have heard their teachers talk to 
them  about industry and energy and dili­
gence in study, and as  they  have  heard 
their  pastors  preach  about  parity  and 
truthfulness,  “ Yes,  that’s  all  very  good 
—we  expect  it from them.  That’s  what 
teachers and  ministers  are  for—to  talk 
about  such  things;  but,  after  all,  we 
never  hear  practical men  in real life say 
much  about 
these  things.  And  we 
rather  think  that  good  luck and sharp­
ness and brass have about as much to  do 
with success in  life as anything else.”

PROMPT, 

J.  W.  CHAMPLIN,  Pres.

CONSERVATIVE, 

SAPB. 
W.  FRED  McBAIN, Sec.

SMITH-HILL  ELEVATORS

Electric,  Steam  and  Hand  Power. 
PRICES  LOW.  nECHANISM  SIMPLE.
NOT  LIABLE  TO  GET  OUT  OF  REPAIR.
Call and  see  m e  or  telephone  1120  and  I will 
accom pany e nquirer  to dozens of local  users  of 
o u r elevators. 

J.  C.  J1ULBERRY,  Agent. 
K ortlander Building, G rand Rapids,  Mich.

FOR  RENT.

Three-story  and  basem ent  factory  building, 
size 50 x 150 feet.  W est end  Pearl street bridge.
W ater and Steam Power.
F ull line of Wood  W orking M achinery, Bench­
Also o th e r property  w ith  power for  m anufac­

es. Dry K ilns, etc.
tu rin g  purposes. 

WM.  T.  POWERS,

Opera House Block.

THE MICHIGAN TRUST CO.. Gl0l l ° Dills'
Makes a Specialty of acting as

Executor of  W ills, 
Administrator of  Estates, 
Guardian  of  üinors  and  In­

competent  Persons, 

Trustee or  Agent

In the management of any  business  which  may 
be entrusted to it.
Any  information  desired  will  be  cheerfully 
furnished.
Lewis  H.  W ithey,  Pres.

Anton  G.  Hodenpyl,  Sec’y.

I have no doubt  but that a  good  many 
boys—and girls,  too,  for  that  matter— 
have had  such  thoughts  as  these  come 
into  their  heads,  whether  they  have 
spoken  them  out  or  not;  and,  so,  the 
homely  moralizings  of  the  teacher  and 
the  minister,  and  of The  father and the 
mother,  about true success in  life,  have 
done them very little good.

Now,  with  just  such  young  folks  in 
mind,  and  hoping  to  help them, I have 
asked a hundred staunch,  practical  busi­
ness  men  of  Grand  Rapids—men  who 
stand  high  in 
the  community—what 
principles,  in their opinion,  would  make 
a boy successful in  life,  and  what  dan­
gers he must look out for in  these  days.
Ip Grand  Rapids,  as in  most  cities  of 
its size, there are a  good  many  success­
ful  business  men  who  have  made  their 
own  way  in  the  world,  and  who  had, 
when they began life, as  little  money  to 
jingle in their pockets  as  any  boy  who 
reads T h b  T r a d e sm a n.  These are men 
into  whose  places any of you would like 
to step; and if you  all  become  as  much 
respected and honored and as  truly  suc­
cessful as they, there will be  many more 
men  in  the  world for which it will  have 
abundant cause to be thankful.

This was the substance of  the  letter  1 
sent  to  each  of  these  men  in  your  be­
half;
D ear  Sib :

As I am desirous of finding  ont. from our bus­
iness men, the principles  of  action  which shall 
be of real value to our boys and young men, will 
you not assist  me  by  answering  the  following 
questions:

1.  What  has  experience  taught you to be the 
most  essential  conditions  of true business suc­
cess, at the present day?

2.  What  especial  dangers,  from  a  practical 
business man's point of view, threaten the young 
men of to-day?

I  shall  be  particularly  glad  of helpful items 

from your own  experience.

Of these 100 business  men  to whom  I 
sent  this  letter,  eighty-three 
replied, 
many  of  them  sending  me  answers  of 
eight,  ten or a dozen pages;  and you may 
safely believe that the  interest  taken by 
the business  men  of  Grand  Rapids,  in 
helping business  boys  on  in  life,  is felt 
by all sterling business men everywhere.
As these letters came,  I drew off,  on  a 
long  roll  of  paper,  the  suggestions  of 
each, setting down the different “ virtues” 
and “vices”  under  the  names  of  those

who mentioned them,  until 1 had  several 
yards of good  advice  for  you.  Did  you 
ever hear of  measuring  good  advice by 
the yard?  Weil, this advice  measures  a 
good deal,  and it weighs a  good  deal,  as 
well.

To prove that it does,  I  will  give  you 

one of the letters just as it came to me: 
Dear  Si r :

Replying,  I  may  say  with  pleasure, to  your 
inquiries, I should answer question  first,  “ What 
are the most essential  elements of true business 
success?” as follows:

per cent, -j  g ig .  a t jt eyery  minute.

on ™  rpnt  j Patient,  persistent dig, dig, 
( Reputation  ( founded  on
30 percent.-? 
fact)  for honest  dealing,
(  every time.
in mr „on*  j Luck and fortunate circum-
iu per cent.}  8tance  caUght on the  fly.
20 per cent. -{ Snap.
10 per cent, -j More persistent dig.
100 per cent. { SUCCESS.
To  the  second  Inquiry, “What  especial  dan­
gers  threaten  the  young  men  and  boys  of to­
day?” I  would reply:

1.  Theaters—those  not  first-class — whether 
nasty or  veneered,  and  glucose  literature,  un 
settle young men for character-building.

2.  Cigarettes.
3.  Slovenly morals of employers, and of many 
of our public men.  The spongy minds  of youth 
absorb the impurities of those in high places, re­
jecting the better part.
I  4.  Too  much  coddling  and  too  few  hard 
thumps make young men like dough—they show 
a dimple for each touch of sin.
. But we should not be very  wise  if  we 
did  not  stop  a moment to ask what true 
success is.  Many of  my  correspondents 
have something to say  about  this  at  the 
beginning  of  their  letters.  Every  rich 
man is not,  by any  means,  truly success­
ful;  every  poor  man  is  not,  by  any 
means,  unsuccessful.

“You may win  in one way  and lose  in 
another,”  says  Cunningham  Geikie, 
whose book for  young  men  1  wish  you 
would ail buy and read;  “and,  if the loss 
is greater,  the  balance,  after  all,  is  on 
tbe wrong  side. 
I take it  that  the  only 
success worth the name  is  when  a  man 
gains  a  living,  or  a  competence,  or 
wealth,  without paying too dear for it.

“You may  buy gold  too  dear. 

If  you 
give health for it,  you make  a  poor  bar­
gain; if you sell your faculties for it,  and 
think of nothing but gaining wealth, you 
give  pearls  for  a  bauble;  if  you  give 
your soul for it,  your  self-respect,  your 
character, your  conscience,  your  peace, 
your hope,  what  will  you  think  of  the 
exchange when you  come to feel what  it 
means?  True  success  is  when  a  fair 
share of this world does  not  cost  either 
moral, or intellectual, or physical  health 
or life.”

And,  in 

this  connection,  he  quotes 
from Izaac Walton.  The boys all have a 
fellow-feeling for Ike  Walton,  I  know, 
because  he  used to  like  to go a-fishing, 
just as they do,  and he has  written some 
delightful  things  about  this  sport.  So 
they will listen to  what  be  says  on  an­
other subject:

“I have a rich  neighbor who is always 
so busy that he has no  leisure  to  laugh; 
the whole business of  his  life  is  to  get 
money and more money.  We see bnt the 
outside  of  the  happiness  of  some  rich 
men;  few consider them  to  be  like  the

NO.  6 0 5

silkworm  who,  when she seems to play, 
is, at the  very  same  time,  spinning her 
own bowels and consuming herself.  And 
this  many  rich  men  do,  loading them­
selves with corroding cares to keep  what 
they have.  Let us,  therefore,  be thank­
ful for health and a competence.”

And  now  to  the  letters  again.  Says 
one business man of Grand Rapids,  who, 
we all think,  has  been  remarkably  suc­
cessful ail through  his  life:  “A  young 
man,  I believe,  should give a fair portion 
of  his  time  to  reading  and study.  He 
should never  devote  his  life  wholly  to 
money-gettiDg. 
I  have  devoted  certain 
hours  strictly  to  business;  bnt,  upon 
leaving my office,  I have dropped it from 
my mind,  and  I  have  discouraged  men 
with  whom  I  have  had  business  rela­
tions from obtruding it upon  me  outside 
of business hours. 
I  am sure that  I  am 
much better off,  in  every  way,  for  hav­
ing pursued this course.”

I shall  take  it  for  granted  that  you 
have some true idea of what real success 
means,  and go  on  to  tell  you  that  the 
business men of  Grand  Rapids  unite  in 
saying,  in the first  place:  “Try  to  find 
out that for which you are  best  adapted, 
and stick to that one thing.”  Almost all 
of them say this in some  form  or  other.
“Carefully  determine  what  business 
you are fitted for,  and then  never be sat­
isfied  except  by  advancing,”  says one.
“A young man should have a real love, 
amounting to a passion,  for bis calling,” 
says another.

“Business life means more to-day than 
it ever did  before,”  says  another,  “and 
business  integrity 
is  achieved  under 
greater temptation and is, therefore, sig­
nificant  of  greater  virtue.”  Then  he 
speaks of the ways of buying and selling 
goods  which were  in  vogue  fifty  years 
ago;  of the  constantly  fluctuating  mar­
kets;  of the keen-edged composition that 
cuts down  profits,  and  then adds, “Busi­
ness men,  to succeed,  must keep up  with 
the times.”

One of the ways  to keep  up  with  the 
times and  to  make  yourself  felt,  is  to 
take up one branch and  make yourself  a 
specialist in this sense—that you  can  do 
at least one thing better than  most other 
people can do it.  The field is  too  large, 
in  these  days,  and  competition  is  too 
sharp for a man to do  many  things well. 
The  good  poet  is  not  usually  a  good 
painter, 
too;  the  fine  musician  is  not 
generally a great  architect;  the  success­
ful merchant  cannot  carry  on  the  law 
business and do a little doctoring  at  the 
same time. 
In the old days,  the  country 
minister used to carry on a farm, and en­
tertain most of  the  strangers who  came 
to his village,  and make  his  own  boots 
sometimes,  and be his  own  butcher  and 
baker and  candle—if  not  candlestick— 
maker;  but,  now,  the pastor of the small­
est village church  usually  finds  enough 
to do without either farming  it  or  keep­
ing a  free  hotel.  So  yon  will  find  it, 
boys,  whatever business  you  engage  in; 
and,  if yon attempt  to  spread  out  over 
too much ground  you will  find  yourself 
in the  condition  of  sugar  coating  on  a

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'I ’HTV.  m i c h i g a k   t r a d e s m a n .

F O R   S A L E .

T h e   f o llo w in g   List  of 
M a c h in e r y   by  F o l d ­
ing  Chair  and  T a ­

ble  C o m p a n y :

One 36 inch Perry Sander, w ith  counter shaft;
1  30 in.  Surface Planer, w ith counter shaft:  1-4 
in. Fay Com bination, w ith co u n tersh aft;  1  No. 
4 Shaper  (P orter  m ake),  w ith  counter shaf t:  1 
24 in.  Buzz Planer, w ith  counter  shaft:  1  lb in. 
Buzz Planer,  w ith  counter  shaft:  1  2  Spindle 
Boring Machine,  with countershaft:  1 5 Spindle
B o r i n g   Machine, w ith co u n tersh aft;  1  1  Spin­
dle  Boring  Machine,  w ith  counter  shaft; 
l  4 
ch u ck   Dowel  Machine, w ith co u n te rsh a ft:  1  3 
Spindle  Boring  Machine,  w ith counter shaft:  1 
Com bination  Sander  (for  bracket  w ork):  1  V 
Jo in te r (P orter m ake):  1 3 Head  Dado  Machine: 
136 in. Sturtevant Blower:  4 16 in. Swg.  1 um ing 
L athe  (P orter  m ake),  and  counter  shafts;  1 
Swing  Cutoff  Saw:  2 4 in.  Vises;  1  10 in.  Band 
Saw, set vise:  4  Wood  Fram e  Rip  and  Cutoff 
Saws;  1 2 Head  Dovetailer,  for m aking slides:  1
2 Head  Emery  Wheel:  1  Hand  Spring Machine, 
for m aking leaf supports;  4 32 in.  Iron Presses; 
30Glue Backs:  1  Band Saw  (Jaekoboiee m ake): 
1  5x14x76  3  in.  fine  75 H. P.  Boiler:  1  18x30 m. 
Engine:  1  7x7 in.  Engine:  1  Hyatt  ,V  Sm ith  Hot 
Blast  Blower:  1  Dnst A rrester;  2 D raft  Horses;
3 Wagons;  1 p air Bob Sleighs:  Pulleys. Shafting 
and  Belting:  1  Mosler  Fire  Proof Office  Safe; 
Office F urniture and  Fixtures.
Inquire  at  office,  corner  of  W ealthy  avenue 
and Ionia street, or of
REMINGTON  it  HORTON,

Room  1, Old Houseman  Building.

PURE  LIME  ROCK

FOR  USE  ON*

IRON,  TIN  or  WOOD.

The  Best  Paints  made  for  Stacks, 

Boilers,  Fronts,  Roofs,  etc. 

Especially  adapted  to  painting  Iron 
Work of  Agricultural  Implements.

Contains  no  coal  tar,  b ut  is  made from Pure 
Asphalt Gums.  Will  not  crack,  blister or peel, 
and  is a w onderfully sm ooth, easy-flowing paint. 

We w arrant this paint a  superior article.
Sold  in  bbls..  1 j  bids., 5  and  10  gal.  pails  or 

cans.  Send for sam ple gallon and  prices. 

M anufactured and sold by

I I

G R A N D   R A P I D S ,   M IC H .

C Y C L E
STEF*
L A D D E R .

WRITE

HIRTH,  KRAUSE  X  GO.,

MICHIGAN  STATE  AGENTS, 

for Catalogue.

Rindge,
Kalmbach
&  Co.

12,  14 and  16 

PEARL  STREET.

m

RUBBERS

FALL  PRICES ON  RUBBERS,  20  per cent. 
ON  BOSTON,  20  and  12  per  cent,  on  BAY 
STATE.  FREIGHT  PREPAID.

The  above  discount  allowed  on  all  orders 

placed  and filled  before  October  1st.

PRICES FROn  OCT.  ist,*95.TO  MAR. 31st, 
•96,  both  inclusive;  BOSTON,  15  per  cent., 
BAY  STATE,  15  and  12  per cent.

We want your business  and  will  take  good 
care of you.  We  carry  as  large a stock as any­
one, and keep all  the  novelties, such as PICCA­
DILLY  and  NEEDLE  TOES 
in  Men’s  and 
Women's.

Our salesmen  will  call  on you in due time. 
Please reserve your orders for them.  Prices  and 
terms guaranteed as good as  offered by any firm 
selling Boston  Rubber Shoe Co.’s goods.

pill—very thin  and  very  inadequate  to  This  power  of  putting  the  thought on
one  particular  thing,  and  keeping  it 
hide the  bitter  dose  which  life  has  in 
there for hours at a time, takes  practice, 
store for you. ’  “This one thing  I do,” is 
and  it  takes  a  long time to get into the 
a good motto  for  any  boy,  and  all  the 
habit.
better because it is found  in  the  Bible.
When you  have  discovered  what  you 
are best fitted  for,  and  have  decided  to 
make  that  one  thing  your  life  work, 
“then,” all these  business men  of Grand 
Rapids say,  “ work  hard  at  it!”  Every 
one of them is  decided  upon  this  point 
—that  hard work  is  the  price  of  true 
success.

“I remember  that, a  long  time  ago, I 
could think only ten minutes on  a  given 
subject  before  something  else  would 
come into my mind;  but,  after long prac­
tice,  I can keep my  mind for hours upon 
one, topic,  without being  distracted  with 
thoughts of other matters.”

“There  is  a  very  wide  disposition 
throughout the country to obtain  a  live­
lihood or to get rich  without  work.  The 
young should  be taught that man,  to ful­
fill his calling,  must produce something,” 
says one.

Another says:  “Too many young men 
seek  soft  places, and they go behind the 
counter when they ought to  go  into  the 
field or machine shop.”

“Let  a young man go to work at some­
thing,  with  little  regard  to  immediate 
compensation,” says a third.

“Young men often say  that  the  world 
owes  them  a  living  and  that  they  are 
bound to have it.  Now, the  world  owes 
them nothing but what  they earn,  and it 
does  not  owe  them  fine  clothes, or fast 
horses,  or the thousand and one  luxuries 
they desire,” says a fourth.

“The wish for a  ‘genteel occupation’ is 

ruinous,” says a  fifth.

“We  want  fewer  lightening  calcula­
tors  and  more  thoroughgoing,  earnest, 
hard working men,” says a sixth.

Another quotes,  approvingly, Judson’s 
motto.  When  asked how  he had accom­
plished such vast results, the heroic mis­
sionary  replied:  “I  have  no  plan,  ex­
cept that,  when  I have anything to  do,  1 
go and do  it.”

If I could borrow the ear  of  each  one 
of  the  boys  who  has  just  gone  into  a 
store,  or  is just going into one,  1 should 
whisper to him,  “If you want to  succeed 
in  business,  make yourself indispensable 
to  your  employer,”  for  this  is one im­
portant secret 1 have learned from  these 
letters.  Over and over  again  this  same 
form  of  words occurs—“Let  him  make 
himself indispensable to  his employer”— 
and  yet  not  one  of  my  correspondents 
knew  what another  was  going  to  write 
me. 
thorough 
knowledge of detail,  by  fidelity  in  little 
things,  make such  a  place  for  yourself 
that  your  employer  cannot  get  along 
without you.”

“ By  hard  work,  by 

“The great thing for  the  business boy 
to do is to throw himself into something,’ 
says  a  wise  New  York  merchant.  “1 
should not be particular  what, so that  it 
gave him a chance to begin; and I should 
make him understand that  he must make 
his  way  from  that  point.  Go-at-it-ive- 
ness  is  the  first  condition  of  success; 
stick-to-it-ive-ness,  the second.”

I hardly think you will  find  “go-at-it- 
ive-ness”  and  “stick-to-it-ive-ness”  in 
Webster,  but they  are  easy  words to re­
member and contain  ideas  which,  if put 
into practice,  are  worth  a  great deal  to 
you and to everyone.

AgaiD,  these eighty-three business men 
all insist on one other quality which must 
go with  hard  work in  winning  true suc­
cess-honesty.  The letters vary in many 
ways,  but  they  all  agree  in  this.  Re­
member,  it isn’t  one  person  alone  who 
says  that  you  must  be  honest  if  you 
would be truly prosperous. 
If I said it, 
¡rou  might  suspect  that  I was in league 
with your fathers and  teachers and your 
ministers; but eighty-three business men, 
men like those for whom  you  work,  and 
like  those  whose  places  you  expect  to 
fill some day,  say to you,  “ The prime re­
quisite  of  true  success  in  business  is 
honesty.”  These  men  have  kept  their 
eyes wide open during long  and prosper­
ous business careers, and they  know  the 
difference  between 
true  success  and 
seeming  success,  which  latter  is a very 
false  and  hollow  affair.  They  are  not 
blinded by the temporary dnst and straws 
which blow about the commercial streets. 
They  have  watched  many  boys  from 
their  cradles;  they  have  seen  the  first 
slight temptations to  dishonesty  yielded 
to or resisted;  they  are speaking,  not of 
theories,  but of  what  they  know,  when 
they say to you,  “You  must  be  true,  if 
you would succeed.”

“All my success in forty-three years of 
business  life has depended  on this prin­
ciple,” says one wealthy man.

1  think,  if  1 had asked any successful 
man 
in  any  city,  instead  of  the  mer­
chants  of  Grand  Rapids  alone,  the  an­
swer would have been,  in each case, that 
hard work and  continuous  work  was  to 
be reckoned among the elements  of their 
success;  for  a  great  many  others  have 
said the same thing in the  past,  and  the 
advice is all the more weighty because  it 
is so old and has been so often  repeated
1  have  no  doubt  many  boys  have 
envied Thomas Edison,  who  spent  some 
of  his  boyhood  days  in  Port  Huron 
whose boyish  but  thoughtful  face  they 
have seen  looking out at  them  from  the 
magazines  and  illustrated  papers,  and 
have  wished  that  they,  too,  might  be 
great  inventors.  There  isn’t  much  use 
in yourjenvyiug Mr.  Edison,  but there is 
a deal of use  in  your  following  his  ad­
vice.  He says:

“If a man  would  succeed,  there  must 
be  continuity  of  work.  When  you  set 
out  to  do  anything,  never let anything 
disturb you from  doing  that  one  thing.

“ 1 care not what  respectable business, 
or occupation, or trade,  a young man  en­
gages in;  if  he  knows  his business,  has 
any brains  and  sticks  to it, he will suc­
ceed,  provided he is -honest.  The foun­
dation of the  structure  is  truth.  1 con 
sider this the most essential of all virtues, 
for it aids all the  others,” says  another
“ 1 have always been  just as careful to 
pay a debt of fifty cents as of  $50,”  say 
another prosperous man.
“I  have never known  dishonesty to be 
successful in  the  long  run,” says anoth 
er,  who has,  by strict integrity  and close 
application,  built up  an  enormous  bust 
ness.
“ I have  watched  the  career  of  many 
tricky  but  apparently  successful  men, 
who have  bad  wide  experience;  but the 
bottom  of  a  dishonest  fortune  always 
drops out,  sooner or later,” says still an­
other, of whom  you all  have  heard,  and 
who stands at the head  of  bis  specialty.
Many of those who  have written to me 
have  given  much  more  good  advice, 
which 1 would  like  to  reproduce, but it 
can all be condensed  into  the  following:
Find out what you are fitted for;  work 
hard at that one  thing,  and l eep an hon­
est heart. 

E. T. H.

Everything for the

Field and Garden
Clover,  Medium  or  Mammoth,  AI 
syke,  Ahalfa  and  Crimson,  Timo 
thy,  Hungarian  Millet,  Peas  and 
Spring  Rye.  Garden  Seeds 
in 
bulk  and  Garden  Tools. 

Headquarters 

for  E gg  Cases  and 

Fillers. on

128  to  132  W .  Bridge  St.,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich

8.  P.  Bennett  Filel&lce  Go
ALL  KINDS  OF  FUEL.

Mine Agents and Jobbers for

GRAND  RAPIDS,  MICH.

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

3

▲  H int  to  B m bryo  B u sin ess  M en.
La p s in g ,  April  20—It  is  an  nndis 
pa ted fact that there  is  more  than  one 
way of doing  business.  There  is,  how­
ever,  but one way to carry it on  success- 
folly.  The days when onr  grandfathers 
were making money  which  many  of  us 
are  spending  to-day  are  gone.  With 
them have also disappeared many of  the 
principles which brought  them  success. 
The  minds  of  the  modern  generation 
have  been  broadened  by 
the  newer 
methods of living  and  the  advancement 
and cultivation of  our  entire  surround­
ings.  While it is a fact that a dollar will 
buy more provisions to-day  than  before 
the  war  of  ’61-64,  it  is true that more 
dollars  are  expended  on  what  are now 
considered the necessaries of life than in. 
those ante beliurn days.
Not long ago, this state  of  affairs  was 
forcibly impressed upon the mind of  the 
writer  by  a  prominent  citizen  of  this 
State who was an early settler of Ingham 
county,  and has followed many  different 
pursuits in his long and eventful  career, 
from  driving  the  plow  to  assisting  in 
managing  the  political  affairs  of  the 
State.  He related to me an  anecdote  of 
his boyhood days which  might  both  in­
terest  and,  if  accepted as a guidepost to 
success,  benefit many  of  the  merchants 
of to-day.
“When about 15 years of age,” he said, 
“I was clerking in  the  grocery  store  of
Mr.--------,  earning  $12  a  month,  and
having,  too,  from  my  savings, money  to 
loan. 
It was my  duty to get to the store 
by 5:30 in the  morning,  build  the  fires, 
sweep  out  and  have everything in order 
when the proprietor  came  down,  which 
was at six usually.  One  morning  I  had 
gotten  everything  in  shape  and  was 
blacking  my  boots,  when  my employer 
came in and noticed with  his  eagle  eye, 
as he looked around  to  see if everything 
was properly tended  to,  the  occupation 
in  which I was engaged. 
‘What are you 
doin’?’  he  demanded. 
‘Blackin’  my 
boots,’ I replied,  in my subservient way. 
‘Whose blackin’ you usin’?’ 
‘Why,  it be­
longs to the store,’ said I. 
‘No,  it  don’t 
belong to the store,’  he  fairly  yelled  at 
me. 
‘Young  man,  this  store ^don’t own 
If  you  want  your  boots 
no  blackin’. 
blacked you’ll find plenty of  blackin’ on 
the  shelves. 
It  will  cost  you  just  10 
cents  a  box.  We’re  not  givin’  goods 
away here.  We got  ’um here  to  sell.’ ” 
Here the narrator’s  face  assumed  a  re­
flective  expression  and  he  doubtless 
thought that,  notwithstanding its harsh­
ness,  it was just such  discipline  and the 
tutorage  of  such  employers  that  had 
made him what he is to-day.  R. R. C.

It is said the lives lived by  the  Moors 
are—without, perhaps,  any  exception— 
the most precarious  and  miserable  that 
can  be  imagined.  The  poor  man  is 
thrown  into  prison  for  sums  he  never 
possessed  and  can never pay; the rich to 
4be  squeezed  of  all  he  possesses; while 
those  only  can  hope  to escape who are 
members of  families  sufficiently  power­
ful to arouse the fears  of  the  local  gov­
ernor, should he  attempt  extortion,  and 
not sufficiently powerful  to  stir  up  the 
jealousy and avarice of the Sultan.  Even 
the  governors  of  the  provinces  suffer 
themselves as  they  make  others  suffer, 
for, just as they squeeze  the  agricultur­
ist and  the peasant,  so they  are  in  turn 
squeezed  by  the  Sultan and his viziers, 
and,  should they fail  by  constant  pres­
ents  to  maintain a good  opinion  at  the 
court,  they  can  expect  only  imprison­
ment  and  often death.  There is no live 
and let live policy among those who rule 
and rob the Moors.

A movement is  projected  for  the  im­
provement  of  the  upper  course  of  the 
Mississippi, for the purpose of making it 
navigable,  especially  with  a  view  to 
transporting  Mesaba  iron  ores  to  St. 
Louis to be smelted  with the harder ores 
of that section. 

___________

Everyone smokes the Signal 5.

CANDIES,  FRUITS  and  MUTS

The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows:

Cases

“ 
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Standard,  per  lb;..........
¿ .H ..................
Twist  .............
Boston  Cream................. . 
814
Cut  Loaf.........................
Extra H  H...................... .  SM

M IX ED CANDY. Bbls.
Ö
514
6
7
7
614
7

Standard..........................
Leader.............................
Royal...............................
Nobby.............................
English  Rock.................
Conserves.......................
Broken Taffy...................
Peanut Squares............... .. 
French Creams...............
Valley  Creams...............
Midget, 30 lb. baskets...
“  __
Modern. 30 lb. 
FANCY--In bulk

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Bbls.  Palls.
7
7
7
8

Palls
614
614
7H
8
814
714
7
8
9
1214
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fancy—In 5 lb. boxes. 

Losenges, plain..............
printed..........
Chocolate Drops.............
Chocolate Monumentals
Gum Drops......................
Moss Drops......................
Sour Drops......................
Imperials.........................

Palls
....  814
....  914
....  11
....  12
....  5
...  7#
.... 
8
....  9
Per Box
Lemon Drops................. 
50
Sour Drops........................................................... 50
Peppermint Drops...............................................60
Chocolate Drops.................................................  65
H. M. Chocolate Drops....................................... 75
Gum Drops................................................... 35® 50
Licorice Drops...................................................1 00
A. B. Licorice  Drops...........................................75
Losenges, plain....................................................60
printed................................................65
imperials...............................................................60
Mottoes..............................................................   .70
Cream Bar............................................................. 56
Molasses Bar........................................................ 50
Hand Made  Creams......................................8C@90
Plain Creams................................................. 63©80
Decorated Creams................................................90
String  Rock..........................................................60
Burnt Almonds.........................................90®1  25
Win ter green  Berries.......................................... 80

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No. 1, wrapped, 2 lb.  boxes..........................   34
No. 1, 
51
No. 2, 
28

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California Seedlings—126.................................  2  25
150, 176, 2j0, 216............ 2  75
250................................   2 25
Fancy Navels—112..............................................3  25
126............................................  3 50
150,176, 200.............................  3 75
Messina  Oranges,  200 .....................................   2 SC

LIMONS.

Choice,  300..........................................................
Extra Choice,  300.........  
4  00
Extra Fancy, 300 ...............................................   4  50
Choice,  360  ........................................................  3 50
Extra Choice,  360  ............................................  3 75
Fancy, 360.......................................... 
4 00
Extra  Fancy, 360, gilt packing....................   4  26

 

 

 

 

BANANAS.

Large bunches.................... '....................1  ?5@2 00
Small bunches.........................................  1  25® 1  50

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O T H IB   FO R EIG N   F R U IT S .
Figs, fancy  layers  161b.......................
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14ft.........................
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Dates, Fard, 10-lb.  box........................
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Persian.  G. M .50-lb  box.......
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“  50-lb.  “ 

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NUTS.
Ivaca..................  
California, soft shelled

Almonds, Tarragona...........................
...
Braalls, new...........................................
Filberts..................................................
Walnuts, Grenoble.............................
French..................................
Calif  No.  1 
.......................
Soft Shelled  Calif............... .
Table  Nuts,  fancy...............................
choice.............................
Pecans. Texas, H.  P.,  ........................
Chestnuts..............................................
Hickory Nuts per  bu., Mich..............
Cocoanuts, full sacks..........................
Butternuts, per bu...............................
Black  WalnutB, per bu........................

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PB A N U TS.

Fancy, H.  P.,8uns...............................
“  Roasted..................
Fancy, H.  P., Flags.............................
“  Roasted................
Choice, H. P.,  Extras..........................
“  Roasted...........

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FRESH  MEATS.

Carcass........... .
Fore quarters.... 
Hind quarters....
Loins No. 3...........
Ribs.......................
Rounds...............
Chucks  . . . . . . . . . .
Plates ....................
Dressed................
Loins......................
Shoulders...........
Leaf Lard.............

Carcass  . , . , . __
Lambs....................

Carcass.................

B EET.

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Here’s a 4t13icnic”

10 Boxes “STAR” Soap,  100 bars each, at 
$3.70 and ONE BOX FREE.  Or 
5  Boxes  at®$3.85  and  ONE-HALF  BOX 
FREE,  Freight paid.
This offer is good  until  May  11th,  only. 
You all know  the  goods. 
Just  the  right 
time  to  buy  Soap,  too.  Chuck  in  your 
orders.

Here* s  A. n oth  o ri

Biggest Seller on record.  NICKEL BONE­
LESS  CODFISH,  wrapped  in  cloth  with 
handsome paper label.  Retails at 5 cents. 
Packed  2  doz.  in  a  hinge  top  box, at  45 
cents per doz.  Don’t order less than 4 or 
5 boxes.  If you do, you will be out before 
you can get another lot in.  Fact.

A n d   F ru it  J a rs.

(let your order In quick.  Ship later—say 
some time in June.  Prices are so low that 
we  are  ashamed  to  name  them,  but  the 
boys will whisper ’em to you and you  will 
save money by ordering NOW!

N e w  O rlea n s M o la sse s.

Order  NOW  and  get  your  stock  in before 
warm  weather  comes  on. 
Impossible  to 
handle ’em then without their leaking all 
over everything.  You  remember  what  a 
time  you had getting  ’em in last summor 
—some of you had  to do  without  entirely 
and  lost  lots  of  sales.  And  the  priees! 
Why,  they  are  simply  ridiculous.  We 
have’em  from  10  cents  up.  They  never 
were so cheap and  Dr.  Parkhurst  will  be 
running a saloon before they  are cheaper.

OIney & 

Judson 

Grocer 
Co.

“Ceresota

4

ABOUND THE  STATE.

MOVEMENTS OF  MERCHANTS.

Ellis—John Keifer has sold his general 

stock to J.  G.  Goodrich.

Ironwood—John  Eluck succeeds Kluck 

Bros,  in the meat business.

Evart—Bush  &  Garnet  succeed  O.  M. 

Bush in the grocery business.

Central  Lake—E.  Davis  is  removing 

bis dry goods stock to Washburn,  Wis.

Menominee—H.  J.  Neville  bas  pur­

chased the drug stock of G.  L.  Fostier.

Thompsonville—J.  P.  Winters  has 
to  William 

sold  his  hardware  stock 
Peck.

Lansing—John  Eichle  is  closing  out 
his stock of groceries  and  expects  to  go 
South.

Cadillac—The Newark & Drury  Go.  is 
succeeded  by  the  Drury  &  Kelly  Hard­
ware Go.

Greenwood—Richard  M.  Moore  suc­
ceeds Moore &  Edwards  in  the  grocery 
business.

Ann  Arbor—Muehlig  &  Schmid  suc­
ceed  Andrew  Muehlig in  the  hardware 
business.

Newberry—Frank  A.  Park  succeeds 
Amos  Jones  in  the  grocery  and  meat 
business.

Hancock—Olivier &  Jacques,  grocers, 
have dissolved,  O.  Olivier continuing the 
business.

Otter Lake—John  S.  Harris  succeeds 
John  S.  Harris  &  Go.  in the hardware 
business.

Ovid—G. D.  Briggs &  Son  succeed W. 
B. Parker in the  agricultural  implement 
business.

Sturgis—Z.  H.  Wallace,  of the  firm  of 
H. E.  Wallace & Go.,  boot and  shoe deal­
ers,  is dead.

Baldwin—Albert  F.  Goehrend  is  suc­
ceeded by L. S.  (Mrs.  R. J.)  Matthews in 
general trade.

Eaton  Rapids—Albert  Wilson  has  re­
moved his grocery  stock  from  Petoskey 
to this place.

Gaylord—Thos.  B.  McArthur  has  re­
moved his hardware stock from  Gladwin 
to this place.

Holland—The boot and  shoe  stock  of 
Peter DeKraker has been closed on  chat­
tel mortgage.

Mancelona—M.  F.  White  &  Son  suc­
ceed  M.  F.  White  &  Sons  in  the hard­
ware business.

Cadillac—J.  Leslie  has  opened  a  dry 
goods and fancy goods stock at 321 North 
Mitchell street.

Leonidas—J.  C. Arnold  is  closing  out 
his confectionery  stock  and will remove 
to Toledo, Ohio.

Saranac—Geo.  Allured  &  Son  have 
opened a furniture  store  and  undertak­
ing establishment.

Jackson—Lake  &  Lowery,  coal  and 
lime  dealers,  have  dissolved,  Robert 
Lake continuing the  business.

Belding—A.  H.  Weed  has  sold  his 
stock and  fixtures to Lamb Bros,  and re­
tired  from the bakery business.

Munith—Holmes,  Dancer  &  Go.  have 
removed  their  general  stock  to  North- 
ville  where 
they  will  continue  busi­
ness.

Benton Harbor—H.  G.  Graves  &  Bro. 
have  purchased  the  hardware  stock  of 
the  Benton  Harbor  Hardware  Co., 
Limited.

Harrisville—Morris Marks has sold  bis 
stock of dry goods,  clothing,  furnishing 
goods and  boots and  shoes  to  Dora  and 
Bertha  Stern.  This  is  the  same  stock 
formerly owned by  Stern & Son,  and bid

in at sheriff’s sale  by  Marks.  The  pur­
chasers  gave  a  chattel  mortgage 
to 
Marks for $2,100.  The  new firm will  be 
known  as D.  & B.  Stern.

Gaseville—Curran,  Floch  &  Conley, 
general  dealers  and  manufacturers  of 
salt and lumber, have dissolved,  Floch & 
Conley succeeding.

Big  Rapids—John  Arnold  has  pur­
chased the Goss interest in the meat mar­
ket firm of Rouch & Goss.  The new firm 
will be known as Rouch &  Arnold.

McBain—S.  A.  Howey  has  purchased 
the hardware stock heretofore conducted 
here by  the Drury & Kelly Hardware Go. 
and  will  consolidate  it  with  his  own 
stock.

Evart—S. Stephens has sold  the  stock 
and  fixtures  connected  with  the  City 
bakery to E. J.  Weaver, of Waldron, who 
will continue  the  business  at  the  same 
location.

Carson City—W. A. Gardner and Isaac 
Kipp have purchased  the N.  W. Daggett 
general stock and  will conduct  the  busi­
ness in the  future under  the  firm  name 
of Gardner & Kipp.

Lansing—John  Robson, the  wholesale 
grocer,  bas purchased the Broas clothing 
stock  of  J.  L.  Hudson,  trustee.  Mr. 
Broas has been  East  making  purchases 
for the spring trade.

Freeport—Geo.  Northrup  has  uttered 
three chattel mortgages on bis drug stock 
—one for $174 to  a  Hastings  bank,  one 
for $236 to the Hazeitine & Perkins Drug 
Co.  and a  third for $90 to D.  M.  Amberg 
& Bro.

Manistee—John  Crawford,  who  has 
been  in  the  employ  of J. E. Somerville 
for  the  past ten years, has purchased an 
interest in Somerville  &  Wood’s  branch 
book and stationery store  in  the  Engei- 
mann  block and the business will be con­
tinued  under  the  firm  name  of  John 
Crawford  &  Co.

Kalamazoo—The Roberts  &  Hillhouse 
drug  and  stationery  stock  was bid in at 
mortgage  sale  by  local  bank  creditors, 
leaving the merchandise creditors out  in 
the cold.  The business  will  be  contin­
ued for the present  by  David  Fisher  as 
agent for the banks.  It is generally con­
ceded that both Messrs. Roberts and Hill- 
house  are  in  the  same  position  as the 
merchandise  creditors,  having  saved 
nothing from the wreck.

MANUFACTURING  MATTERS.

Flint—C. G. Burroughs  &  Co. succeed 
J.  E.  Burroughs  &  Co.  in  the flouring 
mill business.

Pontiac—W. J. Beaudetthas purchased 
the  carriage  body  manufacturing  busi­
ness of W.  F.  Stewart &  Co.

Bay  City—The  Cousins  &  Groves 
shingle mill will be  overhauled  and  put 
into  commission  sometime  Ih  May.  F. 
P.  R. Groves  will  manage  the plant this 
season.

Au Gres—James Hamilton, a Canadian 
maker of  experience,  is  starting  a new 
factory here for the  purpose  of  making 
export cheese,  seeking an outlet through 
Montreal.

Marquette—The  Dead  River  Mill  Co. 
started  its  sawmill  last  week  and  will 
run two saws at night and  all four of its 
saws during the day,  making  an  output 
of about 240,000 feet a day.

Waterford—The prospects for a cheese 
factory here are said to be  excellent.  A 
responsible  party  has  agreed  to  build 
and operate it at his own  expense  for  2 
cents a pound on  all  cheese  sold,  on  a 
guarantee of 300 cows.

T U   Ih:  M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N .

B oon-The  charcoal  plant  formerly 
conducted by  E.  W.  Matevia  &  Co.  has 
been purchased  by  Henry  W.  Worden, 
who  will  continue  the  business  on  a 
larger scale than ever before.

Alma—Arrangements have  been  com­
pleted by which the necessary  apparatus 
for the manufacture of cheese will be put 
in  the  Alma  creamery.  The  material 
will be in position  in  about 30 days,  and 
the  manufacture  of  cheese  will  begin 
about May 13.

Plain well—The Plain well Church Fur­
niture Co. has assigned  to  Henry  Rich- 
ardi,  son of Robert Richardi,  the  princi­
pal  owner  of the  enterprise.  The com­
pany had a  good  many  orders,  but  has 
been hampered from the start by lack  of 
capital.

Evart—Davy & Co.  and  M.  McDougall 
have  purchased  the  Mark  Hooker saw­
mill and, as  soon  as  it  can  be  refitted, 
will  begin  the  manufacture of shingles. 
It is their purpose to purchase cedar tim­
ber of all kinds  and,  later  on,  add  ma­
chinery for the manufacture of ties.

Muskegon—The  Sanford  shingle  mill 
is  being  refitted  and  remodeled  for  the 
season’s run,  Mr.  Sanford  expecting  to 
have  it  in  readiness  by  May  1.  He 
has  nearly  logs  enough  on  hand  for 
the summer  and  more  coming.  He  ex­
pects to operate the  mill for several sea­
sons.

Muskegon—Hovey &  McCracken  have 
decided not to run  either  of  their  saw­
mills  this  season,  as they had formerly 
intended,  and  will  place  them  on  the 
market.  They have a quantity of stand­
ing timber in the  Upper  Peninsula,  but 
not  enough  to  pay  for  moving  one  of 
their mills up there.

Samaria—D.  A. Jenkins has rented the 
Raisinville  cheese  factory  and  has  al­
ready  begun operations.  He  has  taken 
Mr.  Dunbar  as  partner  at  the  Samaria 
factory,  and  will  buy  the  milk paying 
monthly.  The  veteran  cheesemaker, 
David Baker,  will  stir  curd  at Samaria. 
The factories are about  ten  miles  apart 
and it will make plenty  of  business  for 
all engaged.

Bay City—The  sawmills  here are now 
nearly all in operation,  but it is not like­
ly  that  much,  if  any,  lumber  will  be 
shipped  by  water  before  May  1.  Log 
rafting from  Canada will  depend consid­
erably upon  weather conditions.  Should 
May  come  on  warm  and  pleasant,  an 
early start will be made, as  mill  owners 
depending  upon  Canada  logs  will  be 
anxious to get them as soon  as  possible.
Muskegon—Mathew Wilson,  for  years 
one of the prominent lumbermen of Mus­
kegon,  has sold to H. J.  Dudley,  of  Fre­
mont,  the last lumber owned  by  him  in 
dividually.  There is,  altogether,  1,700,- 
000 feet in the deal.  The  lumber  is  all 
hemlock.  This closes  Mr.  Wilson’s  ca­
reer  as  a  lumberman  unless  he should 
see fit sometime to  embark  in  it  again, 
but  he  probably  will not do that.  The 
stock purchased by Mr.  Dudley is on the 
Tillotson docks and will  be  yarded from 
here by him.

The Strictly Pure Lime  Rock  Asphalt 
Paint made by H.  M.  Reynolds & Son, of 
Grand Rapids,  is an  article which  every 
user of paints  should  try.  Messrs.  Rey­
nolds  &  Son  are  experienced  asphalt 
men  and  positively  guarantee 
their 
goods.

Ask J.  P. Yisner for Edwin J. Gillies & 
Co.’s special inducements on early import 
teas.

The  Grain  Market.

As  usual,  the  unexpected  happens. 
While  the  general  opinion  was 
that 
wheat bad  advanced about what it would 
bear  at present, the market  got  excited 
and prices climbed and  did not  stop  un­
til  the  price  reached  about  7c  higher 
than on previous week,  and with no  one 
willing to sell  at  the  advance.  Farmers 
are pretty busy doing their  spring  work 
and  while prices  are  going  up  they  do 
not care*to stop to haul wheat, preferring 
to  wait and see if prices  will go up more, 
while elevator men  will  not sell,  as they 
see no wheat comiug in  to  replace  their 
holdings.  Taking  everything  into  con­
sideration the situation  is certainly very 
strong,  and we  should  not  be  surprised 
to see a further advance in  the  near  fu­
ture.

Corn followed  wheat and is  very  firm, 
while  oats  advanced some, although not 
in the same ratio as  wheat.  As  all com­
modities  are  on  the  gain  we  find  that 
business men  generally  begin  to  think 
prices  have  seen  the  lowest points and 
that a reaction  for  a  higher  level  is  in 
order.

Receipts during the  week  were  forty- 
three cars of wheat,  twelve cars of corn, 
and  three  cars  of  oats.

C. G.  A. Yoigt.

PRODUCE  M ARK ET.

Apples—T5@|l.3'>  per bu.,  according  to quali­
ty.  There is an entire  absence  of  shipping  de­
mand and the local demand Is almost altogether 
from fruit stands.

Asparagus—12 per doz. bunches.
Beans—Trade  Continues  quiet  with  a  slight 
decline all around  on realization sales.  The re­
ceipts  continue  moderate  and advices from in­
terior points still report a scarcity of stock, with 
a  feeling  that  is 
lelatively  stronger  than  is 
shown in this  market.

Butter—A little stronger  than a week ago, but 
the  strength  is  expected  to develop into weak­
ness before  many days elapse.  Dealers  get 13® 
16e  for  choice  dairy  and  20®22c  for  factory 
creamery.  All indications lead to the belief that 
butter will rule low all thiougb the summer.

Be.ts—Dry, 25c per bu.
Cabbage—Homegrown is about out of market 
California  stock  is  beginning  to  arrive,  com­
manding *5 per crate of 4 doz.

Cauliflower—$2 per doz.
Celery—There is a  little  improvement  in  the 
stock  now  on  the  market  and  the  price  has 
jogged up a notch,  present  quotations  being  25 
@3Cc.

Cranberries—The  market  is  dull, albeit  some 
dealers  have  full  stocks.  The main source of 
demand at present is  from bakers, and the price 
hovers around 83 per crate,  although considera­
ble concession in  price  would be  made a buyer 
who could use a number of crates.

Cucumbers—81.50 per doz.
Eggs—The market is about the same as a week 
ago,  although  the  demand  has  been  unprece­
dented—probably on account  of  the  high  price 
of meat.  Local  handlers pay 9c and hold at 10c 
per doz.

Lettuce—In  ample  supply  and  lower,  com­

manding 10® 12c per lb.

Onions—Home  grown  dry  stock  is  dull  and 
about played out, occasional salrs being made at 
60@65c per bu.  Bermuda  stock  is  in better de­
mand at 82.50 per bu.  Green stock is meeting a 
large demand, which is  amply supplied by local 
growers, at 10®12c per doz. bunches.

Parsnips—Dull and lower,  dealers  being glad 

to get rid of their stocks at 15®20c per bu.

Pieplant—8c per lb.
Potatoes—The  ground  lost has been about re­
gained and dealers  are  again  handling  carlots 
with  some  degree  of  confidence  in an upward 
tendency  of  the  market.  Local  handlers  are 
paying 60®65c per bu., both here and elsewhere, 
and from now a gradual upward movement  will 
probably prevail.

Spinach—60c per bn.
Strawberries—20®25c  per  qt. box.  Louisiana 
stock has been in the market so far, but Tennes­
see  stock  is  expected  to  tegin  to  arrive  this 
week.

Sweet Potatoes—Plenty of choice stock in mar­
ket, but  few  sales, even  at  the very  favorable 
price  of 81® 1.10 per bu.

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

5

GRAND  RAPIDS  GOSSIP.

H.  D.  Clark  has  opened  a  grocery 
store at Cheshire.  The  Musselman Gro­
cer Co.  furnished the stock.

Powers & Abell  have opened a grocery 
store at Lake Odessa.  The Worden Gro­
cer Co.  furnished the stock.

F.  A.  Mann has opened a grocery store 
at Lima,  Ind.  The  stock was  furnished 
by the Musselman  Grocer Co.

Utter & Clover have opened  a  grocery 
store at  South  Boardman.  The  Lemon 
& Wheeler Company furnished the stock.
Homer  Klap,  grocer  at 300 West Ful­
ton street,  has leased  the store  adjoining 
him on the east and put in a line of flour 
and  feed.

John Moll,  baker at  42 West  Leonard 
street,  has  added  a  line  of  groceries. 
The  Musselman  Grocer  Co.  furnished 
the stock.

Henry  Schiebel,  meat  dealer  at  Lud- 
ington,  has  added  a  line  of  groceries. 
The  Olney  &  Judson  Grocer  Co.  fur­
nished the stock.

Wm.  Bixby, meat  dealer at  802  South 
Division street, has added a line  of  gro­
ceries.  The Musselman  Grocer Co.  fur­
nished the stock.

S.  D.  Upham  has  opened  a  general 
store  at  Saugatuck.  Voigt,  Herpol- 
sheimer & Co.  furnished  the  dry  goods 
and the Musselman Grocer  Co.  supplied 
the groceries.

Bender & Kagan, grocers at  the corner 
of  Spring  and  Oaks  streets,  have  a 
branch store  at  265  South  Ionia  street. 
The stock was furnished by  the  Mussel­
man Grocer Co.

Rindge,  Kalmbach  &  Co.  bid  in  the 
boot and shoe stock  of  P.  DeKraker,  at 
Holland,  at  the  chattel  mortgage  sale 
last week,  their  bid  being $2,025.  The 
purchasers  will  conduct 
the  business 
through the  medium  of  an  agent  until 
the stock can  be sold in a lump.

The  Grand  Rapids  Retail Grocers’ As­
sociation yearns for a return to the  good 
old times  when  a  bushel  basket  held  a 
bushel of fruit or  vegetables,  instead  of 
three-quarters  or  seven-eighths  of  a 
bushel,  as is the case  with  the  packages 
of  many  manufacturers.  Based on  the 
theory of deception,  the “St. Joe basket” 
has  come  to  be  recognized  as the com­
mercial  standard  by  fruit  growers  and 
produce  dealers,  although everyone who 
handles it or uses it knows  he  is  violat­
ing the law of the land, which prescribes 
the  number  of  cubic inches each meas­
ure shall contain.  Stimulated by the suc­
cess  of  the  St. Joseph manufacturers in 
turning  out  bastard  measures,  other 
manufacturers have eagerly  followed  in 
their  footsteps,  so  that  at  the  present 
time  the  basket  maker  who  refuses  to 
listen  to  the  siren  voice  of  duplicity 
stands small show of success, for the rea­
son  that  bis  products  are  sidetracked 
for  those  of  manufacturers  who  do  not 
permit  their  consciences  or  their  fear 
of  the  moral  or  statutory  law  to  in­
terfere  with  the  dictates  of avarice.

The  Grocery  Market.

Sugar—The  refineries  which  recently 
closed down are  working again,  with the 
exception of the Franklin of Philadelphia 
and the Jersey  City  refinery,  which  are 
closed for a short time for  repairs.  The 
impression prevails  that, in the event  of 
a  continuation  of  the  strong  demand

which characterized last week’s  trading, 
prices  will  advance all along theline.

Currants — Another  decline  has  oc­
curred, but  the  demand is  next to noth­
ing,  buyers  taking  only  the  smallest 
quantities  and  duplicating  orders if ne­
cessity compels them to.

Prunes—California  prunes  are  quiet 
and the market shows weaker tendencies. 
The stock is larger  than it was supposed 
to be,  and  with  a  good  supply  on  the 
Coast, and  the  crop  prospects  fair,  the 
reason  for  the  weaker  feeling  is  ex­
plained. 
rather 
scarce and  values  are  well  maintained. 
French are firm and in small demand.

Sultana  prunes  are 

Raisins—The demand  for  raisins  con­
tinues of moderate proportions. 
In  Cal­
ifornia goods the market  is  firm  on  de­
sirable  varieties,  but  the  existence  of 
considerable stock known to be not up to 
the standard has  a  tendency  to  depress 
the  market.  Valencia  and  Sultana  are 
quiet,  and on Valencia layers  values  are 
lower.

Bananas—The  demand 

is  unprece­
dented  for  this  time  of the year and im­
porters  are  very  stiff  in  their  prices. 
Straight  sales  from  the  dock  are  the 
! rule  and 
the  cases  are  exceptional 
where  the  fruit  is  sent on consignment. 
AU  of  the  brokers  have  a  handful  of 
orders  for  fruit  from  each  vessel  long 
before she reaches the wharf,  and, know­
ing  that  every  bunch is  sure  of  being 
taken,  the receiving agents will not even 
name  a  price  until  the  cargo  has  been 
inspected.  Every  condition  at  present 
goes  to  show  that  prices  will  be  still 
higher,  as  apples  are  very  high  and 
the  cry  for  bananas  continues  to  grow 
in  volume.  For  the  past  two  or  three 
years  everything  has  been  in  favor  of 
the  consumer  and  the  fruit  has  been 
sold  at  prices  which, on  an  average  for 
the  season’s  business,  have  not  enabled 
the  importer  and  wholesaler  to  real­
ize  enough  on  their  profits  to  pay  the 
actual  expense  of  handling  the  fruit. 
This  has  been  caused,  in  part,  by  the 
fierce rush and scramble to  do  business. 
A great  many  commission  men  jumped 
that  there  must  be 
at  the  conclusion 
the  business  because  a  few 
money 
pioneers 
them  had  suc­
ceeded in pulling through.  They, there­
fore, ordered carloads  right and left  and 
local  markets were glutted three-fourths 
of  the  time—to  the  delight of  peddlers 
and to the dismay of the men who owned 
the fruit and sent it  forward  in  the  ex­
pectation  of  getting  fair  prices.  This 
policy,  however,  died out  with the  close 
of last season,  and now  only  about  half 
as many  houses are  ordering  in  carlots, 
and  those  who  do  have  an  eye  on the 
profits and do not order recklessly.  This 
method will insure steady and more  uni­
form prices.  The  prospect for the pres­
ent week is that the supply will be equal 
to the demand,  as the cars will  be  taken 
in by local wholesalers.  Prices are firm 
and  the  retailer  may  be  obliged  to ad­
vance the selling price.

in  handling 

in 

Lemons—The wholesalers  who bought 
large stocks a month  ago are,  for policy, 
talking high  prices  and  endeavoring  to 
create  the  impression 
that  the  retail 
trade  must  buy  now  to  save the profit 
they will be forced  to  pay  if  buying  is 
deferred.  Other distributing agents who 
did not load  heavily  are  keeping  quiet 
and  express  a  belief  that present prices 
will not be advanced  for  some  time  yet 
and that there are grounds  for  believing 
there  are  fresher  cuttings  of  the  same

goods  which  can  be  secured  for  less 
money between the  1st  and  the  15th  of 
May.  Local  dealers  are  well  supplied 
and will  be  pleased to name rock bottom 
prices to liberal  buyers.

Oranges—The crop of California Seed­
lings is nearing the finish.  What still re­
mains  is  getting  very  ripe,  and,  while 
the quality and flavor are nearly perfect, 
the  keeping quality is  not  so  good  and 
all of the boxes show quite a  percentage 
of decay.  There will  be but little of the 
crop left in the  groves by  May 1,  as  the 
low prices  made  by  all  exchanges  last 
week will cause liberal orders to  be sent 
in.  The Navels are  nearly  cleaned  up, 
also, 
the  best  sizes  being  practically 
gone.  The  extreme  large  sizes  which 
are left sell slowly and,  as the season ad­
vances, will grow more  spongy  and  un­
desirable.  The  Mediterranean  Sweets 
will be in the  market  by  another week, 
and,  as  they  are  fairly  good  keepers, 
will bring better  prices  than  the  Seed­
lings.  They will probably last until the 
first of June and there  will then be quite 
a period in which the Messinas will have 
a clear field.

Dates—The  recent  advance  has  not 
materially  increased  the  demand.  The 
quality of the stock is considerably “off” 
this year and,  for  that  reason,  specula­
tive buying has not been brisk.

Figs—Sell steadily,  as the wants of the 
trade  require,  which  is  equivalent  to 
saying that there is no  boom  or  unusual 
demand.

P u rely   P erson al.

Dr.  W.  A.  Burdick, 

the  Galesburg 
druggist,  was in town over Sunday, visit­
ing his daughter,  who is a teacher  in the 
Fountain street school.

Amos S.  Musselman  (Musselman  Gro­
cer Go.)  made a flying trip to  New York, 
Philadelphia and Baltimore  last week.

Edwin Fallas has  returned  from  Cali­
fornia,  where  he  spent  a  couple  of 
months in search  of  health  and  recrea­
tion.  Mr.  Fallas  spent  a  week  at  Salt 
Lake City and nearly as long at  Manitou 
Springs on bis way home.

A.  W. Newark, Manager  of  the  Wex­
ford  Lumber  Co.,  at  Cadillac,  was  in 
town  a  couple  of  days  last week.  He 
was accompanied  by  his  wife,  who  im­
proved the opportunity  to purchase new 
furniture,  carpets  and  curtains  for  the 
family residence.

Frank  Hamilton, 

the  Traverse  City 
clothier, came  to  the  city  Saturday  to 
spend  Sunday  with  his  wife,  who will 
remain  here until  the  weather  is  warm 
enough for  them  to  take  possession  of 
their 
summer  cottage  on  Hamilton 
Heights, across, the  bay  from  Traverse 
City.

The Milano 11 Sole thus  refers  to  the 
retirement  of  Dr.  Chas.  S.  Hazeltine 
from the consulate of Milan, Italy:  “We 
are truly sorry to learn that the estimable 
Dr. Hazeltine, United States Consul in our 
city, will leave  Milan  permanently, and 
will  return  to  private  life.  The  great 
intelligence, wide culture,gentle and ener­
getic character  and,  withal,  the  friendly 
regard be entertains for Italy, cause us to 
receive this  decision  with  sadness.  We 
are joined in  this  sentiment  by  all  our 
citizens.  The consulate  will  be  left  in 
capable hands  in  charge  of  our  fellow 
citizen,  Guiseppe Dassi.”

A  poorly  written signature on a check 
looks  much  better  than  an  elaborately 
flourished autograph on  an  apology  for 
non-payment,  or  on a note that is classi­
fied as n.  g.

Grand  Rapids  Retail  Grocers’ Ass’n. 
President—E . White.
Secretary—K. A.  Stow e.
T reasurer—J.  G eo.  L ehman.

SUGAR  CA RD —GRAN U LA TED .

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

Save  One-Half Man  Per  Day 

by using Shaw’s Name  File  Book.  One 
order  slip  given  to  customer  and 
the 
other  deposited  in  Shaw’s  Name  File 
Book,  and the  dealer’s  accounts  are  al­
ways  ready.  Ten  hours’  work  done  in 
five hours.  Can you afford to do without 
this  wonderful  File  Book?  Price  only 
$5.  J. C. Shaw, 29  Canal  street,  Grand 
Rapids, Mich.

If you cannot make as much money  as 
you would like,  make  the  best  possible 
use of what you have.

W an ts  C o lu m n •

A dvertisem ents  w ill  be  Inserted  under  this 
head for tw o cents a w ord th e first Insertion and 
one  cen t a word  for each subsequent  insertion. 
No advertisem ents  taken for  less  than 85 cents. 
A dvance paym ent.

BUSINESS CHANCES.

F OR  SALE—SMALL  DRUG  STOCK  IN  L o ­

cal option county and only stock In tow n  A 
snap for  the  right  party.  Reasons  for  selling, 
other business.  A ddress Ipecac, care M ichigan 
Tradesm an.__________________________  

75a

751

755

752

749

dress J. C. 'Tracy, Custer, Mich. 

M ichigan Tradesm an.________________  

erty  Good  location.  F or  particulars  ad 

stock  of  groceries.  A ddress  No. 754. care 

F o r   s a l e   o r   e x c h a n g e —h o t e l   p r o p
■ OR  SALE  OR  EXCHANGE—GOOD  CLEAN 
F o r   s a l e —o l d  e s t a b l i s h e d   g r o c e r y

business on  best  business  street  in  G rand 
Rapids. 
Stock and  fixtures  w ill Invoice about 
13,000.  Exceptional opportunity.  Long lease of 
store, If desired.  Stock clean and w ell »elected. 
A ddress No. ‘.52, care Mich.  Tradesm an. 

F OR  SALE—a   FIRST-CLASS,  OLD  ESTAB 

lished m eat m arket  in  county  seat of 4,000. 
Central M ichigan.  Cash  trade.  Will  sell half- 
interest or w hole.  A ddress G.B.C., care M ichi­
gan Tradesm an. 

grocery property;  best  location  in  Lexing­
ton.  Apply  to  Pabst  &  W ixson,  Lexington, 
Mich. 

■ OR  SALE—TH E  MONROE SALOON  AND
F OR  SALK-CLEA N   GENERAL  STOCK,  IN- 

voicing  about  $4,000.  Only  store  in  tow n, 
w ith mill regularly em ploying fifty  men. Will
rent building so low  th a t  purchaser  cannot  a f ­
ford  to  buy.  A ddress  No.  747,  care M ichigan 
Tradesm an. 

■ ANTED—PARTNER TO  TAKE  HALF IN- 

terest in my 75 bbl.  steam   roller mill  and 
elevator, situated on railro ad ;  m iller p referre d ; 
good  w heat  country.  F ull  description,  price, 
term s and inquiries given  promptly  by address­
ing  H. C.  H erkim er,  Maybee,  Monroe  county, 
Mich. 
T F  YOU  WANT  TO  BUY  OR  SELL  REAL 
J.  estate, w rite me.  I  can  satisfy  you.  Chas. 
E.  M ercer, Rooms 1 and 2, W iddlcom b  building. 
_____________________________ __________ _653

bargain.  W inans  &  Moore, 
G rand Rapids, Mich. 

taurant.  Nice  locality.  F ine  trade.  A 
1  Tow er B’lk,

F OR SALE  ONLY—A GOOD  PAYING  RES
E i g h t y   c e n t s   w i l l   b u y   $1  w o r t h   o f

inventorying 
ab o u t$5,000.  T erm s,cash;  sales,$30,000an n u a lly ; 
strictly  cash store;  good  tow n  of  7,fH0inhabi 
tants  Addres« 738. care Mich. Tradesm an.  738

a  clean  stock  of  groceries 

745

747

75i

711

m i s c b i.u a  n e o u s .

673

ANTED—BUTTER,  EGGS,  POULTRY, 
potatoes,  onions,  apples,  cabbages,  etc. 
Correspondence  solicited.  W atkins  &  Smith, 
81- 86South  Division St., G rand  Rapids. 

■ N  ADVISABLE  SUBSTITUTE  FOR  THE 

carving steel is offered  to  dealers  and ca n ­
vassers and big profits are assured  by J.  M. H ay­
den & Co., Pearl street, G rand  Rapids, Mich.742 
ANTED—MEN  TO  ORDER  ON  APPROV- 
al  one of the  best  “ready  to  w ear”  suits 
m ade a t $13.50. any  style cut.  Strahan  &  Greu- 
lich, 24 Monroe street. G rand Rapids. 

BOOKING  FOR  REAL  ESTATE 
INVEST- 
m ents, or have  business  chances  for  sale? 
See  W inans  &  Moore,  Room  1,  Tow er  Block, 
G rand Rapids. 
"TTYANTED—EVERY  D R U G G IS T   J U S T  
vV  starting in business and every one already 
started to use our system of poison labels.  W hat 
has cost you $15 you can now  get  fo r  $4.  F our 
teen  labels  do  the  w ork  of  113.  Tradesm an 
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SITUATIONS  WANTED.

ried m an in grocery or general store, small 
tow n preferred.  Eight yea-s’ experience in  gro­
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doing the buying.  V ery best of references.  A d­
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Commercial  Aspect of tbe Bicycle. 

W r itte n  f o r  T h e  T r a d e s m a n .

The shortage in  bicycles  which  retail 
dealers  feared  would  severely  hamper 
the  trade  this  season  has  arrived, and 
good wheels of every kind  are  scarce  in 
the  market. 
Several  manufacturers 
have called  in  their  traveling  men  for 
the season.  Cheap wheels  are  also  be­
coming  scarce  and  prices  on 
low 
grades  are  rapidly  stiffening.  Jobbers 
having  their  orders  only  partly  filled 
from the factories  cannot  get  goods  for 
their customers, and every maker of high- 
grade wheels in the country  is  from  100 
to 2,500 wheels  behind  orders.  An  im­
mense  quantity  of  European  tubing  is 
being imported,  for  which  a  good  price 
is being paid.  The Ameriban  mills  are 
running day  and  night  in  order  to  fill 
manufacturers’  orders.  They  are  suc­
ceeding  fairly  well,  which  enables  the 
cycle factories to also run both  day  and 
night in  order  to  fill  their  own  orders 
from agents and jobbers.

A peculiar feature of the  bicycle trade 
makes  itself  manifest  here. 
If  a  man 
orders a wheel and has to  wait  for it,  he 
makes life a burden to the  agent  by  en­
quiring after it every  day.  Men  having 
good  wheels,  and  with  which  they  are 
satisfied and are riding daily, immediately 
become  monomaniacs  upon  the  subject 
of  new  wheels  when 
have 
ordered one,  continually  telephoning  or 
calling to  see  if  it  has  arrived.  As  a 
usual thing,  it  takes  but  three  or  four 
days to get a wheel  here  from  the  fac­
tory, but the  present  distress  makes  it 
nearer four weeks before one arrives.

they 

It  is  expected  that  the  worst  of the 
rush will be over by the middle  of  May, 
though  dealprs  will  probably  be  very 
busy  all summer.  The  trade this spring 
presents the  unprecedented  spectacle  of 
the public seeking the  bicycle agent,  in­
stead of the agent seeking the public.  It 
is  this  totally  unexpected  phase which 
makes it so hard to fill  orders.  The  old 
manufacturers  last  year,  almost  to  a 
unit, made preparations to  double  their 
output for  1895,  but  tbe  additions  made 
to their capacity  were,  in every case,  en­
tirely  inadequate  to  meet  the  require­
ments of the present season.  The Grand 
Rapids  dealers  say  they  have  already 
sold more than  half as  many  wheels  as 
they sold during the entire year  of  1894; 
yet  the  season  has  but  fairly  opened. 
The low prices which  prevailed a month 
ago have been  abandoned,  as  have  also, 
to some extent, the extremely easy terms 
upon  which  wheels  had  hitherto  been 
sold in this city.

Several unforeseen circumstances have 
combined to produce  the  present  condi­
tion of affairs:  First,  the price  of  high- 
grades was cut from  $125  to  $100  by  an 
Eastern firm,  for the  purpose of freezing 
out  a  Western  manufacturer  who  was 
invading the East  with  a  better  wheel, 
and  also for the purpose of deterring the 
entrance  of  new  men  into  the  field  of 
cycle manufacturing.  But  the  Western 
maker immediately  met  the  $100  price, 
and,  with  characteristic  Western enter­
prise,  made a still better  wheel  for  that 
money.  All  other  firms 
immediately 
dropped into line and  $100 was made the 
standard  price of a  bicycle  for the year. 
Then commenced  a  scramble  for  trade. 
At  the  Chicago  and  New  York  cycle! 
shows,  in the mad desire  to  do  business | 
whether  any  money  was  made  or  not, 
wheels were sold  at  figures hitherto  un­
dreamed  of.  Following  this  were  tbe

immense  orders  for  tubing  which  the 
larger factories placed with the tube mills. 
This material was  used as fast as it  was 
delivered,  and, consequently, the smaller 
makers could  get  nothing  for  the  con­
struction of their  frames,  though  other 
parts  were  plenty.  Some  of  the latter 
factories  actually  laid  off  men  in  the 
busiest part of the  season  through  lack 
of  material  for  them to work upon. 
In 
addition to  this,  one  large  factory  was 
completely burned up  at  the  beginning 
of the season,  hundreds of wheels and an 
immense  amount  of  tubing  being  de­
stroyed,  making  the  available  material 
just so much the less.  Again, one of the 
largest makers delayed the  beginning  of 
the  season’s  work  unnecessarily, 
thus 
making  a  shortage  of several  thousand 
wheels,  which was felt heavily when the 
rush began.  Tbe large  number  of  spe­
cial wheels ordered  also  contributed  its 
mite to the  general  confusion,  the  con­
struction of such  wheels  being  necessa­
rily slow; and last,  but not least, the gen­
eral public has  decided  that  the  bicycle 
is  the  swiftest,  the  safest,  the easiest, 
the cheapest, the  most  serviceable,  and, 
withal, 
the  most  enjoyable,  mode  of 
locomotion extant,  which,  taken  in  con­
junction  with  the  very  low  prices and 
easy terms prevailing at  the  commence­
ment of the season, capped the climax of 
tbe combination  of  circumstances  men­
tioned.

Some makers  lament  the  lowering  of 
prices,  saying that they could  sell  more 
than  they  could  make  at  the  former 
price;  others claim that  the  lowering  of 
the price is  almost  entirely  responsible 
for the immense  demand.  Certain  it  is 
that prices will not be again cut for 1896; 
it is equally true  that  they  will  not  re­
turn to the higher  standard of 1894,  and 
it  is  also  almost  certain  that  such im­
mense preparations for the  trade  of  ’96 
will  be  made  next  winter that an over­
production  will  be  tbe  result,  as  next 
year the present  causes of great stimula­
tion will be nearly reversed.

Mobbis J.  Wh it e.

Tbe latest mint report gives  tbe  value 
of  coined  gold in France as $825,000,000 
and silver as $492,200,000.  The ratio be­
tween the two metals is 1 to 15j^.  From 
1865 until  1874 the coinage  of  silver was 
restricted to a certain  amount,  and since 
the latter date has been  discontinued en­
tirely.  The result of this restriction and 
suspension has been to  keep  coined  sil­
ver above market value in  that  country.

Be wise and buy the Signal Five.

The rierchant’s statistical 
riemorandum and
Cash  Book...........

Revised,  Im proved  and  Copyrighted  by 

C.  D.  STEVENS.

A  Practical and  Systematic  Form  fo r  keep­
ing a  correct  account  of  daily  business,  com ­
bined  w ith  cash  and  m erchandise  accounts, 
show ing at a glance the  business  for  each day. 
It  is  a  com plete  cash,  m er­
m onth and  year. 
chandise,  expense,  discount,  freight and  sales 
account,  and  you  need  no  other. 
It does not 
m ake an e x tra book in your set,  but  does  away 
w ith  m any sm all books. 
It will go w ith e ith e ra  
double or single entry set of books—m aking sin­
gle entry as com plete to ascertain th e results  of 
business by the  m onth  and  year  as  any  other 
system, and m uch  easier  understood by anyone 
not fam iliar w ith com plicated  rules.
Price,  i i x 9,  good for  3  years, $3.  Send for 
sam ple pages.

C.  D.  STEVENS,

WOODBINE,  IOWA.

0 M  Ifl His,

WITH  BOOTS,  RUBBER  OR  CORK  SOLES.

Now  is the tim e to place your orders and be  ready  for  May  1st.  We 

have a large stock now en route from  factory.

Also a line line  of  Im ported  W ading  Boots  which  will  reach  us 

about  April 25.

5TUDLEY  l  BARCLAY,

Wholesale  Bicycles, Sundries &  Sport= 

ing  Goods,

A

If you can  get
A New  Clipper

One  of  o u r  Bicycles,  any  p attern,  from   our 
custom ers, o r can find

In stock anyw here fo r sale,  you w on't be sorry 
th a t you  bought It. 
If  any  dealer  offers  yon 
one at  a cu t price

You’d  better take  it!

We can’t  m ake enough o f 'em ;  w e’ve delivered 
a  lot, and  they  are  NOT  com ing back.  They 
bring b etter  prices  in  trad e than others.  An­
other  year  we  may  be  able to m ake all the bi 
cycles o u r friends  w ant.

B icycles i

In Strictly  HIGH  GRADE  Wheels  we  have  the 

Famous Monarch

Line at $85  and  $100.  And  the

Outings

At $85.  Our SPECIAL

“ Planet Jr.”

W heel  at  $75  beats  them   all—at  th at  price. 
Then we have the

Featherstones

At from $40 to $65.  Call and see  us. 
attention given to mail orders.

Special

ADAMS  &  HART

12  West Bridge St.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

Of  well-known  reputation. 
You,  as  a  dealer,  cannot  af­
ford  to .a s sis t  the  manufac­
tu rer  to  experiment.

The offer of a large  discount 
means a corresponding  reduc­
tion  in  the  quality.

W e handle only  wheels that 
the  quality  has  been  proven 
by  long  and  continued  use.

Agents  wanted  in  unoccu­

pied  territory  for  the
RAMBLER
FALCON

RICHMOND

and

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Wheels

Mttiid

99-101  Ottawa  Street, 

Grand  Rapids.

T H E   M I C H I G A N   T E A lE E S M A J S T ,

and can buy where be pleases.  No man 
owns his trade.  Cash is  powerful.  Try 
it and you  will see  that  such is the case. 
Sell fer cash  and you  will  have the mon­
ey to buy  for  cash;  but  if  you  buy  on 
credit and sell  on  credit  you  run a  risk 
which a cash buyer and  cash  seller does 
not, need not and will not.

Saginaw,  W. S., Mich.

G e o r g e   S e x l i n g e b .

G rand  R apids  R etail  G rocers’  A sso ­

ciation .

The  regular  meeting  of  the  Grand 
Rapids Retail  Grocers’  Association  was 
held  at  the  office  of  T h e   M i c h i g a n  
T r a d e s m a n   on Tuesday  evening,  April 
16,  President  White presiding.
In view of the rapid  advance  in  kero­
sene,  it was decided  to request  the  Com­
mittee on Trade  Interests  to  include  on 
the next  sugar  card  a  recommendation 
as  to  the  proper  prices  at  which  oil 
should be retailed.
J.  Geo.  Lehman introduced the subject 
of short market  baskets,  asserting  that 
Grand Rapids probably  had  the  largest 
assortment of  job  lot  measures  of  any 
city in the country,  the little box factory 
here being the only  one in  the  country, 
so  far  as  his'  knowledge  goes,  which 
manufactures full  bushels.  The St. Joe 
basket,  which  is  the  favorite  package 
here,  is never put up full  measure.  Such 
a method  of  cheating  is  an  imposition 
on  both grocer and  consumer  and  some 
plan of action should  be adopted looking 
toward the abolition of the nuisance.
H. J.  Yinkemulder stated that growers 
were sharp enough to  take  nothing  but 
St. Joe baskets when buying  new  pack­
ages.
Julius  J.  Wagner  called  attention  to 
one basket where  the  bottom  comes  up 
so close to the top that it holds but three- 
quarters of a bushei.
Mr.  Lehman moved that the  Secretary 
write the other associations  in  the State, 
soliciting their assistance in securing the 
adoption  of  honest  bushel  packages. 
Adopted.
Mr.  Yinkemulder  stated  that  Chicago 
commission  merchants  were  kicking  on 
the new style of package from Pennville, 
containing one-fifth of  a  bushel  instead 
of one-half of a bushel,  as heretofore.
John II.  Goss  said he  always  discrim­
inated  against  the  bogus  measures  by 
paying more for vegetables purchased in 
full measure packages.  When  a  grower 
brings  potatoes,  for  instance,  in  short 
baskets  he  pays  60  cents  a  bushel  by 
weight or 55 cents by the basket.
On  motion  of  Mr.  Yinkemulder,  the 
special  subject for discussion at the next 
meeting will  be  “Cash  vs.  Credit,”  in­
cluding  the  reading  of the various arti­
cles entered  for  prizes  in the  meantime.
There being  no  further  business,  the 
meeting adjourned.

The Signal  Five  leads,  all  others fol­

low.

Use Tradesman Coupon Books.
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A d v a n ta g es  o f th e   C ash  S y stem .
[Entered in  competition  for  prizes  offered by 

Grand Rapids Retail Grocers' Association.]

There  are  really  but  few  mercantile 
houses in this country which do business 
on the  cash  system,  yet  it  is one of the 
commonest things to hear  all  merchants 
denouncing the credit system,  and in the 
plainest language  speaking  in  favor  of 
selling for cash.  There is not a merchant 
in this country who  is not in favor of the 
cash system,  and  who  would not,  on  the 
morrow, be much better off if such a sys­
tem were in vogue.  Any  man  can  do  a 
cash business if he  sells  at  cash  prices, 
but  no  man  can  sell  for  cash on credit 
prices.  The man who sells for cash  has 
no bad bills;  he does not have to wait for 
his money;  he can afford to give bargains 
which will pay customers to come to him.
The increased expense of doing a credit 
business, on account of book-keeping and 
collectors,  the amount of  inevitable loss­
es  every  year, on  account  of  bad  debts 
(which  will  occur,  notwithstanding  the 
most careful discrimination) and the loss 
of interest in having  a  large  amount  of 
capital tied up in book accounts  all  ren­
der necessary a larger  margin  of  profit, 
which has to  be  considered  as  business 
expenses,  and  to be paid for by the cash 
buyers.  Besides  this,  the  bad feelings 
constantly  occurring  because  credit  is 
given  to  one  customer  and  refused  an­
other  and  the  disagreeable  necessity  of 
being obliged to dun  customers  for  past 
due accounts are good reasons for selling 
for cash. 
In these times of close compe­
tition, cash buyers  expect,  and are enti­
tled to,  the very lowest prices, and should 
not be required to pay the losses incident 
to a credit business.  Groceries  in  hand 
are better for the retail  grocer  than gro­
ceries  in  possession  of  customers  who 
will never  pay  for  them.  There  never 
was a credit  grocer  who  changed  to the 
cash  plan who ever  regretted  it or  went 
back to credit.  The better  prices which 
a cash grocer is enabled to offer  the pub­
lic bring customers  to  him  and  he  does 
not  have  to  sit  up  nights  over  a lot of 
credit  accounts, 
trying  to  make  out 
whether or not such and  such  customers 
will pay up in time for him to meet some 
promissory note  maturing in a few days, 
the money for which he  has not in hand. 
The cash grocer has the money and knows 
it.  No  midnight  musings  for  him. 
There is only  one  way  to  run a strictly 
cash business and  the  principles of  that 
system  are  embodied  in  a  short,  plain 
sentence:  ‘‘No  credit  to anybody under 
any circumstances.”  Just so long as you 
f  stick to  this  you  can  run  a cash  store. 
tfTbe minute you deviate the breadth of  a 
L hair you have gone back to credit.  There 
Fare many pleasant things connected with 
conducting a  store  upon  this  principle. 
There is no hesitation in making any sale, 
for you know that the cash  is  forthcom­
ing when  the  package  is  tied  up.  You 
have no accounts to collect of and none to 
keep with customers.  At  night the cash 
is in the till  for all  the  goods which have 
left your shelves. 
If  you  are  moderate 
in  expenditures,  and  do  not  overbuy, 
you  will always be able to pay  your bills 
before  maturity.  The  cash  customer 
has many  advantages  and  when  he goes 
Into market he is  offered  the  best  goods 
and  the  lo w e s t  prices. 
lie buys for cash 
and bis  tr a d e   is  u«»t  only  worth  having, 
but  worth 
the  mer 
chant  who has  such  a  trade  uses  every 
means in  his  power to keep it.  The cash 
« c u s to m e r  is  in d e p e n d e n t,  asks  no favors,

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WEDNESDAY, A PRIL *4.

CUBA  AN D   HER  DEBT.

It is impossible for any free people not 
to sympathize with the oppressed Cubans 
now desperately  battling  for  independ­
ence;  but the  certainty,  if  defeated,  of 
being  delivered  up  to  the  bloody  ven­
geance of the Spaniards wili  deter  most 
Americans  from  all active participation 
in the revolution.

From the slaughter of  Colonel Critten­
den,  of  Kentucky,  and  his  Americans, 
who were taking part  in  the  revolution 
under Lopez,  in  1851,  down  to  that  of 
fifty-three  of  the  American  passengers 
and crew of the  American  steamer  Yir 
ginius,  in  1871,  in  the revolution  under 
Cisneros, when  Captain  Fry,  command­
ing  the  steamer,  and  General Ryan,  of 
New York,  were  massacred,  the  record 
has  always  been  one  of  murderous 
cruelty visited on citizens of  the  United 
States.

In joining any enterprise  with  the ob­
ject of  securing  independence  and  self- 
government  for  Cuba,  citizens  of  the 
United States have the certainty of being 
abandoned  by their  country and Govern­
ment,  and,  if  they  are  not  victorious, 
must expect certain death  if they should 
fall into the hands of the  Spaniards.

It is not strange,  under  these  circum­
stances,  that  Americans  are  extremely 
cautious  either  of  joining  the  Cuban 
cause  or  of  assisting  to  land  arms  or 
men there.  The lack  of  arms  and  war 
stores has always been  the  greatest  dif­
ficulty in the way of Cuban independence, 
and  in  all  probability  will  continue to 
operate against the  revolutionists.

But  it  would  seem  that  now  the 
Cubans are  driven to desperation  by  the 
enormous debt with which they  are  sad­
dled.  According to  an  editorial  article 
published in the  Havana  newspaper, El 
Diario  de la  Marina,  of  Feb.  15,  1895, 
and incorporated in a report  made to the 
State Department  at W ishington, by the 
Consul general  at  Havana,  Ramon  O. 
Williams,  the debt now loaded  upon  the 
Island is quite .§200,000,000.

The Cubans are literally  taxed  to  the 
point of  wholesale  confiscation of prop­
erty.  They are required to  raise a year­
ly 
tribute  of  between  §25,000,000  and 
$30,000,000 of revenue, one-half of which 
goes to Spain  outright,  while,  in  addi­
tion  to  the  expenses  of  their  Govern­

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

ment,  they  are  forced  to  pay  for  the 
maintenance of a  Spanish  army  to  op­
press them.

The  article  referred  to  shows  that, 
with the enormous and terrible taxes im­
posed upon  the  people,  the  revenue  is 
always less than the demand  made upon 
it,  and in the  past  nine  years—that  is, 
from  1884 85  to  1893 94—the  deficiency 
amounts to  $42,700,000,  while  the  debt 
for which  the  people  have  to  provide, 
and upon  which they pay interest, is  not 
less than $200,000,000.

Cuba has,  perhaps,  1,500,000  popula­
tion,  and,  with  a  debt  of  $200,000,000, 
each  head of the population  is  burdened 
with a government debt of  $133, in addi­
tion  to  taxes  and  private  debts.  How 
the people are  to  endure  such  burdens, 
burdens  which are constantly increasing, 
is one of the tremendous problems which 
confronts  them. 
If  Spain  should  suc­
ceed in  bringing the Island  again  under 
subjection, the  financial  situation  must 
continue to  grow more  serious, until  its 
ultimate fate may be  determined  by  its 
passing into the hands of its creditors.

ENGLAND  AND  NICARAGUA.

The  time  is  now  near  at  hand  when 
the  limit  allowed  Nicaragua  by  Great 
Britain  for  the  payment  of  the  indem­
nity  demanded,  because  of  the  forcible 
expulsion  of  Consular  Agent  Hatch 
from  the  Mosquito  reservation,  will  be 
reached.  So  far  Nicaragua  has  shown 
no  evidence  of  an  intention  to  comply 
with  the  British  ultimatum,  hence  the 
question  naturally  arises,  What  would 
happen  should  Nicaragua  neglect  or re­
fuse  to  pay  the  indemnity  by  the  time 
specified?

The  amount  demanded  for  the  expul­
sion  of  Consul  Hatch  in  itself  is  net 
large;  but,  should  an  equal  sum  be  de­
manded  for  all  those  expelled,  Nicara­
gua  would  be  seriously  embarrassed  to 
meet  the  claims.  As  to  whether or  not 
Great  Britain  will  force  payment  there 
need  be  little  doubt.  Already  the  flag­
ship  of  the  Pacific  station,  the  Royal 
Arthur,  and  a  cruiser  are  at  Panama, 
and  will  proceed  to  Corinto, Nicaragua, 
in  a  few  days. 
It  is  possible  that  a 
seizure  of  the  customhouse  may  be 
contemplated,  the  idea  being  to  collect 
the  taxes  until  the  claim  is  met.

If  the  United  States  proposes  to  in­
terfere  in  any  way, preparations  should 
be  made  at  once. 
If  a  protest  is  to  be 
filed  to  any  high-banded  act,  American 
warships  should  be  on  the  scene  to  see 
that  the protest is respected.  The Mon­
terey,  on  the  Pacific  coast,  has  been 
started  south,  with  instructions  to  stop 
at  Corinto.  The  Olympia,  of  the  Pa­
cific  squadron,  has  also  been  ordered to 
the scene.

On  the  Gulf  side  of  Nicaragua there 
are no American vessels  at  present;  but 
Admiral  Meade’s  squadron  is  near  at 
hand,  and  one  or  more  ships  could be 
readily detached and dispatched to Blue- 
fields  or  Greytown  at  short  notice. 
Great Britain has disclaimed  any  inten­
tion of appropriating territory in Nicara­
gua;  but  there  is  no  question  that  the 
attempt to forcibly collect  the  revenues 
at  one  or  more ports would come under 
the scope of the Monroe  doctrine as held 
and defined in this country.

In considering these subjects  it  seems 
to be taken for granted that  the  Monroe 
doctrine  has  an  acceptance  in  Europe. 
As a matter of fact, it is established only 
on the persistent assertion  of  the  coun­

tries claiming its benefits.  Commentiag 
on this the S t James Gazette says:  “The 
Monroe doctrine has  been  a  doctrine  for 
sixty-two years and  has  not  been  acted 
upon  yet.  When  Great  Britain  has 
serious differences  to  settle  with  South 
American republics, it  will  not  be  pre­
vented  from  doing  so  by  anything but 
settled international law.”

AN  INTERESTING  FIGHT.

The  sensations  in  the  affairs  of  the 
Whisky  Trust  reached  a  climax  at the 
stockholders’ meeting  held  Wednesday. 
It was expected that the result of the ex­
amination  of  the  books  of  the  Trust, 
showing misappropriations of  vast  sums 
and general crookedness in  the  manage­
ment of its affairs,  would be sufficient to 
prevent any active demonstrations on the 
part of ex-President  Greenhut, and  that 
he would be ready  to  quietly  surrender 
his  position  as  director.  On  the  con­
trary,  he not only  refused  to  resign,  but 
stoutly asserted that the books were  cor­
rect, and not  only accused the re-organi­
zation  committee  of 
falsification  and 
slander,  but  instituted  eleven  suits  for 
$50,000 each for libel  against  the  mem­
bers of the committee  and  the  receiver, 
John  McMulta,  and  the  three  experts 
who examined  the books.
the  ex-President’s 

report.  Mr. 
Greenhut  accuses  the  receivership  of 
gross mismanagement,  which  is  proving 
disasterous  to  the company.  He makes 
the assertion that the receiver maintained 
prices  and  held  the  goods  of the com­
pany,  while its  competitors  unloaded  at 
a profit, so that now  the  company  must 
sell at the lower  prices,  while  the  com­
petitors  will  probably  store their prod­
uct.  He  accuses 
re-organization 
committee of trumping up the charges of 
mismanagement  for the sake of carrying 
out their scheme of ousting the old  man­
agement.

the 

In 

Mr.  Greenhut’s report was received by 
a motion requesting him to resign  as  di­
rector,  which  was  carried  by  all  the 
votes of the thirty directors  present  ex­
cept  the  ex-President  and his son.  On 
his refusal to comply with the request,  a 
resolution  was promptly  passed  remov­
ing him,  peremptorily,  as  director  and 
reiterating the charges against him.  This 
action he declares illegal and asserts  his 
intention to fight the directors to the last 
minute.

The defendants in the libel  suits  pro­
fess to be much amused and consider the 
action childish.  The  Greenhuts  appear 
to depend on the $1,000,000  of  bonds  is­
sued  to  redeem  rebate  vouchers,  but 
when  these  were  authorized  provision 
was made for the issue  of  $8,000,000  in 
all; and, although they claim  to  control 
the  $1,000,000  issued,  the new manage­
ment  proposes  to  issue  enough  of  the 
others to keep the control.

THE  ADVANCE  IN  PRICES.

During the past week there  has been a 
general and sharp advance  in  the  value 
of the leading  products  of  the  country. 
Cotton gained $6 per bale  from  the  low­
est  point 
reached.  Wheat  advanced 
several cents per bushel during  the  past 
few  days.  Petroleum  went  up  with 
lightning rapidity,  creating  a  profound 
sensation  throughout  the  oil  district. 
The  value  of  pork  and  beef  advanced 
materially,  and  there  has  also  been  a 
general improvement in  ail  textile  fab­
rics,  as well as in iron.

It may be alleged that  speculation has 
been in a  great measure  responsible  for

this state of things,  but even speculation 
is a sign  of  revived  confidence  and  re­
turning  prosperity,  as  the  absence  of 
speculation is always the  concomitant of 
poor  trade  and  distrust.  The  advance 
is, however,  based upon something much 
more 
speculation. 
Whether cotton,  wheat, oil or  meats  are 
considered,  there has been  an  enormous 
expansion of consumption, and it is this, 
more than speculation  or  any  other  in­
fluence, that has  produced  the  improve­
ment.

substantial 

than 

The advance in staple  products  is  but 
the culmination of the  gradual  improve­
ment  which  has  been  taking  plaee  for 
some time back in general  trade. 
In  all 
jobbing lines involving  the  distribution 
of supplies,  such as dry goods, hardware, 
foodstuffs,  and  manufactures  generally, 
there  has  been  a  gradual  expansion of 
demand.  This improvement  in  jobbing 
trade  is  indicative of returning prosper­
ity among the masses,  and  active  specu­
lation  and  the  sharp advance in staples 
have followed as a natural  consequence.
As  liquidation  following  the  depres­
sion  of  the  past  two  years  has  been 
thorough,  there  is  every  prospect  that 
the improvement now  becoming  general 
will  be permanent and substantial.  The 
next  meeting  of  Congress  is  still more 
than six months off,  so that business will 
have  an  opportunity  of  thoroughly  re­
covering  its  vitality  before  it  is  again 
harassed by  the  doubts  and  uncertain­
ties of threatened legislation. 

,

THE  CUBAN  INSURRECTION.

When  it  is  remembered  that  all  the 
news, except  rumors  through  irregular 
channels,  from the Cuban insurrection is 
subject to Spanish censorship,  the  prob­
ability becomes apparant that the  actual 
condition of affairs is  not  entirely  what 
the dispatches indicate.  When the Span­
ish General, Campos,  landed  on  the  Is­
land  and was hailed as  the  peacemaker, 
it is probable that he  had  little  idea  of 
the magnitude of the task he had  under­
taken.  The  first  military  movements 
were announced as likely to  be  decisive, 
and  at  the first  skirmish,  when a few of 
the insurgents were killed or captured, a 
great  victory  was  announced  and  the 
claim  made  that  among  those captured 
were many of the  most  prominent  lead­
ers.  Later information shows this report 
to  be  exaggerated,  if  not  actually  un­
founded.  Passengers  on  steamers from 
Cuban  ports  bring  information indicat­
ing that all is not so serene as  the  Span­
ish  dispatches  would  imply.  They  re­
port a recent battle in  which  a  force  of 
750 Cubans repulsed,  by means of an am­
bush.  4,500 Spainards and  attempted the 
capture of the town of  Guantanamo; and 
the Spanish authorities ask that the force 
of 6,000 now in that city be  increased  to 
10,000 for its defense against the Cubans. 
It is reported  that  the  insurgents  have 
entire  control  of  Santiago,  except  the 
largest cities.  Of course, it is impossible 
to  form  any  idea  of  the  real  situation 
and  it  is  probable  that  little  will  be 
known  of  it  for  a  considerable time to 
come. 
It  is  evident,  however,  that the 
rebellion  is  of  considerable  magnitude 
and that those engaged in it  are  desper­
ately in earnest.

Annual  Meeting  of T.  P.  A.

Grand Ra pids,  April  20—The annual 
meeting of Michigan Division, T.  P.  A., 
will be held at the  office  of  the  Trades­
man Company,  New  Blodgett  building, 
at 12 o’clock noon,  May 5.  A full attend­
ance is desired.  J.  B.  McInnbs,  Sec’y.

lish  market  of  a  uniform,  excellent 
quality.

It is said by experts  that  the  pasture 
lands of Central and Southern Ireland are 
equal to any in  the  world.  The  soil  is 
of uniform fertility,  and  summer  rains 
can be  relied  upon  to  keep  a  constant 
supply  of  the  most  wholesome  butter­
making grasses.

The agricultural  depression  attending 
the  more  serious  phases  of  the  Irish 
problem and the unsettled  conditions re­
sulting from the  agitation  against  land­
lordism have brought the lands into mar­
ket, either for  lease or sale,  at  compara­
tively low prices.  Great numbers of the 
more enterprising and thrifty have taken 
advantage of  the  provisions  of  the  act 
enabling  them  to  acquire  holdings  by 
purchase,  and  the  steady  income  from 
the creameries enables  them to meet  the 
payments,  while  supporting  their  fam­
ilies  in  comparative  luxury  and giving 
their children the  advantages of schools. 
While thus occupied they  have  no  time 
or  inclination  to affiliate with the agita­
tors,  as they were doing during the more 
unsettled  conditions  a  few  years  ago. 
Thus, 
improved 
methods of dairying are doing  much  to­
ward the settlement  of this  vexed  ques­
tion. 

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indirect  way, 

in  an 

The  proposition 

to  pension  public 
school  teachers  has  been  made in New 
York. 
It rests on the  ground  that  they 
are public servants,  but it  seems  to  im­
ply  something  more  than  this,  for,  if 
there is any good reason for  the  step,  it 
must  be  that  they  are  public servants 
who  are  inadequately  paid.  Possibly 
this  is  the  case  in  some 
instances. 
Teachers  are  like  clergymen in this re­
spect. 
If they are  fortunate  enough  to 
have  employment  in  cities  they  obtain 
good salaries,  but in poorer  places  their 
compensation is  small.  There  ought  to 
be good salaries for  them  in  the  cities, 
and in our  own  city  we  have  beard  no 
complaint  of  inadequate  compensation. 
Here is the place to bring reform, if  any 
is needed, rather than  in  the  providing 
of  pensions.  The  school  teacher’s  life 
is one of the more desirable  in  the  pro­
fessions for some reasons that should not 
be forgotten. 
It employs  less  hours  in 
the  day  than  almost  any others, and in 
the matter of vacation it  gives  two  long 
months in the summer,  which journalists 
at least may well envy.  It seldom  breaks 
a man down mentally, and it does not al­
together  preclude  the  opportunity  to 
make money outside  of  the  salaries  re­
ceived.

EXTERM INATING  GAME  ANIM ALS.
The  recklessness  with  which  wild 
game  animals  have  been  slaughtered  in 
America,  having been  pushed to  the  ex­
tremes  of extermination,  astonishes  all 
foreigners who learn  the fact.

The buffalo, one of  the  most  magnifi­
cent  animals  of  the  bos  or ox species, 
once covered the vast plains of this coun­
t y  to the number of millions,  but within 
a very recent period has been so entirely 
killed  off  that  the  few  which  survive 
are only found in menageries and private 
collections. 
In this  way  game  animals 
which  would  have  afforded  important 
supplies of food have been exterminated, 
and,  doubtless,  all  the  others  will  be. 
The  time  will  not  be  long  before  the 
American  elk  or,  wapiti,  which  once 
abounded throughout the entire country, 
will  cease  to  exist  in  this land,  and  be 
found only in Europe,  where it  has been 
propagated in parks and preserves.  This 
magnificent animal,  which  often  attains 
the  weight  of  800  to  900 pounds,  is al­
ready well known among  the  game  ani­
mals in foreign parks and as  venison  on 
the tables of the Europeans.

The prospect is that the day is  not  far 
distant when venison will  no  longer  be 
known in the United States,  and,  in this 
connection,  the  following  statement  by 
Charles de Kay, United States  Consul  at 
Berlin,  is striking.  He declares that the 
abundance and excellence of venison can­
not  fail  to  strike the attention of those 
who live in German cities. 
It  is  a  com­
mon dish practically all the  year  round; 
its  price  is  so  moderate  that  only  the 
poorest  classes  fail  to  taste it now and 
then.  The  reason  for  this  is  the  high 
cultivation of forestry and the  care  with 
which deer are  bred,  fed  and  protected 
from  poachers.  Considering  the  excel­
lence of venison as  food,  and  the  small 
cost  of  rearing  herds  of  deer  under 
proper  protection,  it  is  in  America es­
pecially that steps to form practical deer 
parks might be easy  and of profit.

Nothing would be easier than the  pre­
serving of such  fine  game  animals;  but 
so  few  people  take  any  interest in the 
matter  while  there  are  any  wild  ani­
mals  to  destroy,  that  the  likelihood  is 
that  venison  will  have  to  be  imported 
for 
from  Europe 
the  tables  of  the 
wealthy,  and 
the  poorer  classes  will 
have  no  notion  of  what  it  is.  But  this 
is the necessary  result  of  the  reckless 
slaughter of game in this country.

THE  DAIRY  IN  IRELAND.

The  adoption  of  modern  methods  in 
Irish dairy farming has  greatly  changed 
the condition of the agriculturists of  the 
Emerald  Isle,  and,  in  connection  with 
the land  purchase  clause  of  the  Glad 
stone home rule  bill,  is  doing  no  small 
part in the settlement of the “Irish ques­
tion.”  Before this recent  movement the 
dairy products of Ireland,  while yielding 
a  large  proportion  of  the  meager  cash 
iucome, cut no great figure  in  the  Eng­
lish  market  in  competition  with  those 
from  Holland and Denmark.

The  introduction  of  modern  dairy 
methods  has  changed,  or  is  changing, 
this condition of affairs.  Great numbers 
of  factory  dairies  have  been  estab 
lished  with  the  most  approved  ap­
pliances, and,  although it  took  the  con­
servative peasant a long  time  to  accept 
them kindly,  his prejudice seems to have 
been  finally  overcome.  The  result  is 
that the  output  of  butter  is  vastly  in­
creased and that  it  goes  into  the  Eng-

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

9

The Older 
We Grow

The Less 
We Know!

Is it not  a  mistake  in  thinking  you  can  make the money you 

should,  without a perfect system ?

Thousands  of  Merchants  testify  that you  cannot.
Then  why  not join  the majority?
It is  not too late  Write  us.

The  last  report  of  the  Treasury De­
partment shows that immigration for the 
nine  months  ending  March,  1895,  was 
153,177,  against  218,724  for  the  like 
period ending March,  1894.  This  would 
indicate  an  improved  condition in com­
petition,  were it not for the vast increase 
of  imports  over  exports,  which  shows 
that we are suffering from the same com­
petition in other countries.

Pennsylvania  capitalists  have  pur­
chased the  Cole  furnaces,  at  Sheffield, 
Ala., and extensive coal and  coke works 
at  Jasper,  Tenn.,  with  70,000  acres  of 
mineral  lands  in  various  southern  lo­
calities,  and will put the works  into  im­
mediate operation.

Andrew Carnegie has  donated $100,000 
to build a monument at  the  entrance  to 
the park of  460  acres  presented  to  the 
city  of  Pittsburg  by  Mrs.  Mary  E. 
Schenley in honor of that lady.

Every essential  feature of the  CHAMPION  is  fully  protected 
bv patents owned and controlled by the Cham pion Cash  Reg­
iste r Company.  Users will  be  protected  and  infringem ents 
will  not be allowed.

MERCHANTS  DESIRING  TO  INSPECT  our  Registers  are 
requested to drop us a card, so th a t one of our agents can call 
when  in the dealer's  vicinity. 
It  will cost nothing to see the 
ipachine and have its m erits explained J

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

THE  TRADIN'  BOAT.

Uncle Marcellus Brandon sat in his big 
armchair on one side  of  the  lofty  door­
way  that  led  into  the  hall  from  the 
veranda,  and Tante swung  herself softly 
to and fro in  her low rocker on the other.
Uncle Marcellus  was a  Virginia Bran­
don. 
In the dashing and gallant days of 
his early manhood he  had  adventured— 
with a gigantic black body servant at his 
elbow and the proceeds of  an  unusually 
fine tobacco crop in his pocket—down  to 
New Orleans,  for the avowed purpose  of 
dancing at one of the then famous cordon 
bleu balls.  He had it in mind to  scatter 
broadcast  seeds  of  a  certain  unfenced 
crop  which  fashion  at  that  time  per­
mitted the youth of his class to sow open­
ly and aboveboard.

Passing down Bue Bourbon on his way 
to  his  first  revel,  however,  be encoun­
tered the dark and lustrous eyes of Mile. 
Elise Joubert.  Her  pretty head was en­
veloped in fleecy laces,  her  white  gown 
was  garlanded  with  roses,  her  softly 
rounded cheeks  had  the  velvety  white­
ness of a magnolia  leaf.  She  was  trip­
ping  demurely  along  behind  her  short 
fat mamma and  her  shorter  lean  papa, 
near  the  entrance  to  the  old  Theatre 
d’Orleans.

The  cordon  bleu,  with  its  dreams  of 
voluptuous  octoroon  sirens, 
instantly 
vanished  from  his  mental  vision.  He 
abandoned, like  one  under  a  spell,  his 
mocking companions and elbowed  a pas­
sage, with a fierceness quite unnecessary, 
through  the  good-natured,  chattering 
crowd lounging about the controle.

The curtain was  already  up  when  he 
entered the fine old salle,  and a soft hiss 
pursued him, as he  marched  with an un­
consciously  eager  and  determined  step 
along down  the  narrow  aisles.  But  he 
heeded this no more than  he  heeded  the 
faint  ripple  of  amusement  that stirred 
across  the  high-bred  assembly wbeu  he 
stood stock still  before  the  loge  grillee 
where she sat,  and stared at her with  all 
his heart in his eyes.

The wooing was hasty and  impetuous, 
though the wooer knew not  one  word  of 
French,  and la belle  Louisianaise  had at 
her  command  but  the  merest  scrap  of 
English—and that fragment  but convent 
English,  withal.

When duly informed of his demand for 
her hand by her mother,  to  whom,  much 
to his disgust,  Marcellus  Brandon found 
himself obliged first to  submit  it,  Made­
moiselle Elise consented meekly,and with 
down-dropped eyelids, to be  transported 
to Wheatfield, the Brandon estate,  Albe­
marle county,  Virginia;  and  then,  with 
eyes  uprolled,  vowed  sweetly  that  she 
would  at  the  instant  make  to  herself 
cette belle langue Anglaise.

But  that  was  when  she  was  Made­
moiselle  Joubert.  When  she  became 
Madame Marcellus Brandon, she placidly 
but firmly refused to do either,  and  Un­
cle  Marcellus  was  fain to transfer him­
self  and  his  100  odd  “hands” 
from 
Wheatfield,  Albemarle  county,  Virginia, 
to St.  Denys,  Rapides parish,  Louisiana, 
which ample plantation  was a part of his 
wife’s  dot,  and  to  begin  his  lifelong 
struggle with French verbs.

His forehead,  knotted by  years  of this 
combat,  gradually smoothed as Marcellus 
and  Joseph-Marie,  his  twin  sons,  grew 
to manhood.  French  came to them with 
their  mother’s  milk,  as  Pere  Joubert 
proudly observed,  but,  by the  time  they 
were fairly in trousers,  they had learned 
to  twist  their  soft  tongues  to  English

whenever  they  addressed  their  father. 
In the meantime,  Uncle  Marcellus  used 
often to be seen hanging over the garden 
gate,  his face aglow with  pleasure as  he 
listened to the familiar  Jeems River ver­
nacular  of Unk’  Billy,  an  old  Brandon 
retainer.  And then there  was  Bedford, 
his own solemn old body servant.

But all that was  in  the  halcyon  days 
“ befo’ de  wah.”  Unk’  Billy  and  Bed­
ford had been  gathered to the dust these 
many  years;  the  twins  were  long  ago 
gone out into the world,  and Uncle Mar­
cellus,  who  was  growing  old,  and  had 
been “Uncle”  Marcellus to half the  par­
ish for two  generations at least,  had  re­
signed himself to an unbroken tete-a-tete 
with Madame Marcellus, who had become 
“Tante”  alike to relatives and friends.

Therefore, it was  worth  something  to 
see the smile on  his  round  face,  nowa­
days,  when  Cecile 
Joubert,  Tante’s 
orphaned niece,  who  had come to live  at 
St.  Denys,  entered  the  breakfast-room 
with  a kiss and  “Bon  jour”  for  Tante, 
and—oh,  the dear  old  English  with  the 
quaint little  flavor  of  accent  upon  it— 
“Good morning”  and  a  kiss  for  Uncle 
Marcellus.

It was Cecile who came  along the  hall 
now  and  stood  in the doorway between 
them.  She had,  it  appeared,  brought  a 
shawl  for  Tante,  for  the  evening  was 
drawing on, and she  had  fetched  Uncle 
Marcellus  his  pipe.  When  she  had 
wrapped  the  shawl  about  the  one and 
had  lighted  a  taper  for  the  other,  she 
came down the steps and paced back and 
forth along the shelled walks of her rose- 
garden,  humming  a  gay  little  chanson- 
ette,  and glancing now and again toward 
the gate and up the lane  that  led  to  La 
Ferme  aux  Ifs,  whose distant chimneys 
showed  slender  and  dark  against  the 
face of a great yellow  moon  slowly  ris­
ing into view.

Uncle Marcellus remarked to Tante  in 
his  painfully  acquired  and 
laborious 
French that Cecile  seemed to grow  pret­
tier every day.  Tante  nodded a pleased 
assent.

Now, truly,  Uncle Marcellus had never 
in  all  his  life  loved  any  woman  but 
Tante.  Her  eyes,  which  remained  the 
same  large,  soft  and  shining  wells  of 
light  that had lured him into the Theatre 
d’Orleans  fifty  years  ago—her  form, 
alack,  had long since broadened to shape­
lessness—had been the only  eyes  in  the 
whole world for him.  Yet,  somehow, as 
he sat looking at Cecile,  with  her  tender 
blue eyes and her rose-tinted  cheeks and 
her  fair  wavy  hair,  his  heart  stirred 
strangely within him, and he was minded 
of the slim little  fourth  or  fifth  cousin 
who  came  down  to  tiie gate to bid  him 
good-by the day  he  went  away  on  that 
first roystering journey to  New  Orleans, 
and who,  when he looked back,  was gaz­
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same  name,  too,  though  at  Wheatfield 
they called her Cis’ly and sometimes Cis. 
But she had been dead  these  forty years 
and more—dear, dear!

The old  man  coughed  and  Tante  got 
up and  went  over and stood beside him, 
patting him on the  back  with  affection­
ate solicitude.  Just  then  the  clatter  of 
horses’  hoofs  sounded  in  the  lane  and 
presently the gate opened and shut.

“ ’Tis but Octave,” said  Tante, reseat­
ing herself,  and she smiled  significantly. 
She spoke,  as  always,- in  her  own  soft- 
syllabled  native  tongue. 
“It  is  thy 
wish,” she went on, after a  short  pause, 
“that the children shall  settle  this  mar-

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riage for  themselves, and it  is,  perhaps, 
best  for  them.  Thou  and  I  were  not 
permitted this curious American custom. 
But then,  we had no need  of it, eh,  Mar- 
czay-lous!”  No  combination  of  letters 
could  hope  to  convey  an  idea  of  the 
music of Tante’s  rare  utterance  of  her 
husband’s name.

Uncle  Marcellus  smiled  back  at  her 
through the gathering  dusk—he  had  al­
ready  forgotten  the  slim  little  cousin, 
Cicely Brandon.

Meantime,  Tante’s 

favorite  scheme 
was not prospering out  in  the  rose-gar­
den,  although  aided  and  abetted  by 
Uncle Marcellus’s odd  American notions 
of liberty.  “The children”  had taken a 
turn  or  two  about  the  violet-bordered 
walks and had now come  to a seat under 
the old magnolia tree,  whose great white 
bells were  filling  all  the  dewy  air with 
their  rich  and  pungent  perfume.  “Ce- 
cile,” he had said,  laying his  haud  upon 
hers where it rested on  the  back  of  the 
rustic  bench,  “I  have  come—again— 
for my answer.”

“I am sorry,  Octave,”  Cecile  had  re­
it  is  always  the 

plied  gently,  “ but 
same.”

“And  always  for  the  same  reason?” 
Octave had demanded,  in  a  slightly  ban­
tering tone.

“ Yes,” she exclaimed,  with some heat, 
at the very moment when kindly, shrewd 
old  Tante  was  congratulating  herself 
that La Ferme aux  Ifs (for  was  not  Oc­
tave Oaston the sole and only  heir of the 
good bachelor  uncle,  Joseph-Marie  Gas­
ton?) and Bord  du  Bois, Cecile’s  almost 
princely inheritance,  were  at  last  about 
to be reunited.  “ Yes,  always  the  same 
reason! 
I will not marry  any  man  who 
does  nothing  with  himself  all  the  day 
long,  and  every  day,  but  lounge  about 
rose-gardens—”

“Garden—the St.  Denys rose-garden,” 
corrected  Octave.  “Be  at  least  just, 
Cecile.”

“And sing—though you sing  well,  Oc­

tave,  I admit that—”

“I  only  warble  accompaniments  to 
Mademoiselle Cecile Joubert’s chansons,” 
murmured Octave, humbly.

“And  fish  and  smoke  cigarettes, and 
ride  about  the  country with  a  pack  of 
hounds  at  his  horse’s  heels!  The  old 
times have passed,  Octave,” she went on 
earnestly,  and  a 
trifle  dramatically; 
“a man has no right to be  idle  like  that 
—no  right!  Ue  should  be  standing 
shoulder  to  shoulder  with  the  world’s 
workers.  He should—”

“I’d 

“But,  Cecile,”  remonstrated  Octave, 
lightly, and  apparently  unimpressed  by 
this very magnificent flow of words, with 
which,  it is  true,  he  was  already  toler­
ably familiar,  “the  good  uncle, Joseph- 
Marie—”

“Oh, the good uncle!”  she  interrupted 
scornfully. 
rather  be—Michel 
Bares on  the Tradin’  Boat,  if  I  were  a 
man,  than to be dependent  on  an  uncle, 
or a father—or a wife!”

A flush rose to  the  young  man’s  dark 
cheek and he sprang hastily  to  his  feet.
“Oh,  Octave!”  she  cried  in  dismay. 
She  had,  for the moment,  forgotten  the 
personal  nature  of  the  discussion,  and, 
as for  her own  vast  fortune,  she  had  a 
habit  of  not  remembering  that  at  all 
“Please forgive me, I  did  not  intend  to 
be  so—so  rude.  But,  at  the  American 
school  where  I  have  been,  you  know, 
they have such different ideas from—”

“Oh, yes,  I  know.”  And  he  growled 
a savage imprecation, under  his  breath,

addressed to  American  school»  in  gen­
eral,  and  to  this  pension  in  particularj 
where  Cecile  had  imbibed  her  demo­
cratic, not to say,  communistic,  notions.
“Never mind,  Cecile,” he  added, with 
a sudden  return of his ordinary light and 
airy  tone.  “I  have  my  answer,  true; 
but we are still friends?”

“ Why, of course,”  she  assented,  sur­
prised,  and,  it  must  be  admitted,  se­
cretly wounded by his ready acquiescence 
in  her  decision.  Hitherto,  he  had 
pleaded  his  suit  with  such  passionate 
warmth,  and,  after  each  final  and  em­
phatic  “No,”  bad  gone  off  declaring 
gayly that  he  would  return  again—and 
again—and again,  until he should at last 
have conquered.  Ah,  well,  he had come 
—and gone—a good many times  already, 
and,  if  he  had  at  last  learned wisdom, 
so much the better for him,  she  thought, 
as she sat on the steps in  the  moonlight 
and listened  to  his  light  chat,  now  in 
one tongue,  now in the other, with Uncle 
Marcellus  and  Tante.  Tante,  rocking 
softly too and fro in her  low  chair, was 
as yet,  happily unaware  that Ferme aux 
Ifs and Bord du Bois, divided  more than 
half a century ago  by  the  perverseness 
of a  foolish young woman,  were  likely, 
by the  perverseness  of  another,  to  re­
main asunder.

The next morning,  M.  Paul  Joubert’s 
huge old  family  carriage  came  lumber­
ing up the lane and stopped with a  great 
flourish at the front steps.  Out bundled 
Cousins Laure and  Jeanne,  bag,  baggage 
and  bonne.  “For  a  whole  week,  Ce­
cile!”  they  cried,  in  the  midst  of  the 
joyous  clatter 
them. 
“And, oh,  do  hurry  uu  with  the  rose 
leaves for Tante’s spice jars,  and  go  get 
dressed.  The  Tradin’  Boat 
is  at  the 
landing.”

that  welcomed 

An hour or  so  later,  the  three  girls, 
followed by Valentine, Cecile’s high-tur- 
baned  mahogany-colored  bonne,  came 
fluttering  into  Tante’s  morning-room. 
Their  cool-looking  white  gowns  were 
belted with  dainty  ribbons  about  their 
slim  young waists  and wide straw  hats 
shaded their fresh young faces.

What did Tante want from the Tradin’ 
Boat, and what  could  they  bring  Uncle 
Marcellus?  they  demanded,  with  many 
airy  gestures  and  pretty  birdlike  ca­
resses.

Uncle  Marcellus  would 

like  some 
perique tobacco.  Tante’s list  was  not  a 
long  one;  it  included  some  spices  and 
pepper, cotton thread, a paper  of  tacks, 
some  jeans for Angelique’s  twin  picka­
ninnies,  a  garden  hoe  and  a  watering 
pot.

It was a good mile  and  more  down  to 
the river,  but a soft breeze  came in from 
the moss-hung swamp at the back of  the 
plantation,  and  the  way  lay  along  the 
wide pleasant lane that  ran  between  St. 
Denys and Ferme aux Ifs.  The Cherokee 
rose-hedges on either side were all  white 
with  long  slim  buds  and  big-petaled 
blossoms, and  the  dewy  grass  fringing 
the road was odorous with  the  tiny  pur­
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plant.

“Already  we’re  here!”  exclaimed 
Jeanne, when they  came  to  the first low 
vine-hung  cabin of the  straggling  little 
village under the high  levee.  Here  they 
encountered an  acquaintance.  He  took 
off his slouch hat  at  sight  of  them  and 
stopped, grinning foolishly.

Michel Bares,  a slight, dark and rather 
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having  had  a  frisson,  and  his  nanaan 
was going to make him a tisane  of  gera­
nium leaves.

“I  do  not  believe  a  word  you  say, 
Michel,”  interrupted  Ceeile;  “that  is 
just what  you  said  the  last  time when 
you stopped off and got  drunk  and  beat 
your wife so  awfully,  and  Captain  Tar­
ver had to come  himself  and  fetch  you 
back to the boat.”

Michel explained that  Captain  Tarver 
had  a  new  clerk  on  board,  “h’an,  for 
myse’f,” said he,  “h’l’m tiahd  h’an wan’ 
to res’  a while.”

“You are not telling me the  truth,  Mi­
chel,”  said  his  monitress, 
inexorably; 
“and, mind,  1 shall certainly  tell  Father 
Kenyon  if  you  behave  as  you  did  the 
last time.”

Michel took his scolding  in  very  good 
part and looked  after  them  with  a  cun­
ning smile as they walked on  toward  the 
landing.

The river was low and they had to pick 
their way carefully down  the  steep  side 
of the levee.  A noisy  crowd,  mostly  of 
negroes,  stood aside to let  them pass,  re­
turning  their  greetings  with  loud  but 
respectful salutations.

A wide  gang  plank  led  from the slip­
pery  bluff  to  the  Tradin’  Boat.  The 
Tradin’  Boat  was  a  small  sidewheel 
steamboat  with  a  single  deck,  at  the 
front end  of  which  was  a  cabin  with  a 
low flat roof,  surmounted  by a tiny pilot 
house.  Such  was the floating store.  The 
snug  space  behind  the  cabin was occu­
pied by a  rusty  engiue  and  a  couple of 
dilapidated pumps.  The  rear deck con­
tained  a  smoke-stained 
tent,  behind 
whose  scanty  flaps  a  bed, a  cook stove 
and a deal table,  piled  with  dishes,  were 
more or less visible.

Above the  wide  doorway  which  gave 
entrance into the store,  a freshly-painted 
sign  bore  on  its  expansive  surface,  in 
large letters, the legend:

JACKSON  TARVER.

DEA LER  IN   D R T   GOODS,  HARDW ARE  AND 

GENERAL  M ERCHANDISE.

Within,  a counter  ran  along  one side. 
The wall  behind it was lined with shelves 
containing  Captain  Tarver’s  stock  in 
trade—a  miscellaneous  assortment  of 
calicoes,  cheap  woolens,  candles,  can­
dies,  spices,  medicines,  stationery,  etc. 
On the other side  were ranged boxes  and 
barrels,  jars,  buckets,  washboards,  a 
plow or two,  a  secondhand  sewing  ma­
chine and various other nondescript arti­
cles.  Overhead,  from  the  squatty  ceil 
ing, depended hams and  pieces of bacon, 
bunches of trace  chains,  whips,  cowbells 
and ox yokes,  while here and there  hung 
a ready-made dress and a ruffled gingham 
sun bon net.

The  dingy  little  place  was  thronged 
with buyers,  all waiting their  turn to  be 
served,  for  Captain  Tarver’s  new  clerk 
was  busily  engaged,  attending  to  the 
wants  of  old  Betty-Rose,  one of the St. 
Denys negroes.

When Ceeile and her  cousins  entered, 
he was reachiug up  to one of the highest 
shelves for a piece of flamboyant red cal­
ico,  so they could not see his face.  When 
he  turned,  however,  a  torrent  of  sur­
prised  exclamations  burst  from  Jeanne 
and Laure.  Michel Bares’s successor was 
no other than Octave Gaston!  He was in 
his shirt sleeves, and his dark curls were 
tossed in  unwonted  eonfusion  about  his 
white forehead;  but he  looked undenia­
bly dignified  and  handsome  in  his  new 
role.  He composedly shook hands across 
the counter with them all.

“Yes,” he said,  with easy  grace,  in an­
swer to  Laure’s  amazed  questioning,  “1 
have taken  Michel  Bares’s place.  How 
many  yards  did  you  say,  Aunt  Betty- 
Rose?”

“Lawd-a-muhsy,  neb’  min’ me, Marse 
Octave!” said Aunt  Betty-Rose,  hurried­
ly  backing  away 
from  the  counter. 
“ Jes’  wait on Miss Ceeile.  Well,  den, if 
yer don’  wan’ nuttin’, Miss Ceeile, honey, 
do’  1 is pow’ful  ’shame’  ter  hav’  Marse 
Octave waitin’ on er ole nigger  lak ez  ef 
he wuz po’  white trash, den 1 takes eight 
yahds er dat tu’ky-red, Marse Octave.”

“Michel Bares’s  place,”  continued Oc­
tave,  placidly,  measuring  off  the gaudy 
stuff  with  deft  and  graceful  fingers; 
“true,  it is not a very  lucrative  position 
—what else,  Aunt  Betty-Rose?  Oh, ap­
ples—” (Here be dived under the counter 
and reappeared with a scoopful  of  dried 
apples,  which  he  placed  upon  the  fly- 
specked  scales).  “You  see,  Laure,  1 
have grown tired  of  being  idle.  1 have 
made up my mind  to  stand alone,” (this 
with  a  furtive  glance  at  Cecile's  com­
pressed lips  and  angry  eyes, and  stum­
bling a bit in his speech).  “ 1 mean I am 
going to try and make my own living.”

“But, Octave,”  began Laure.
“ 1 took the first thing that offered,” he 
went  on,  gravely;  “really  a  fortunate 
thing for me—Michel’s  frisson.  Bacon, 
Aunt Betty-Rose?  How much?”

He came around  the  counter  and dex­
terously unhooked a piece of  bacon from 
the  ceiling.  “ Five  pounds,  eh?  That 
was  better  than  being  idle.”  He  was 
weighing  the  greasy  stuff,  now,  and 
wrapping it in a piece of brown paper.

Ceeile,  up  to  this  moment,  bad  not 
spoken.  She had  been  standing  apart, 
now pale with scorn,  now red with  some 
feeling she dared not define,  her  blazing 
eyes 
following  Octave’s  movements. 
Suddenly,  her  face  softened and a half 
pleading, half imperious light  came  into 
her eyes.  She took a  step  forward  and 
her  lips  opened  as  if  to  speak.  Just 
then,  a  little  door  in  the  rear  of  the 
cabin  opened  and  a  girl  came in.  She 
was  about  Cecile’s  own age.  She had  a 
pretty  round 
face,  dusted  with  brown 
freckles  and  lighted by  a  pair  of wide- 
open gray eyes.  A mass of  yellow  curls 
nestled  against  her  neck  and  crowned 
her forehead.  The sleeves  of  her  blue 
cotton gown were rolled up to the elbow, 
displaying a pair  of  white  well-rounded 
arms.  She  came  forward,  smiling  and 
smoothing her check  apron  with  plump 
floury hands.

“ Mr. Gaston,” she said in a soft drawl­
ing  voice,  “Captain  Tarver, he says fer 
yer  to  come  in  ter  the tent ter dinner, 
I’ll ’ten’ the sto’ tell you’re done  eatin’.”
“Dinner?” said Octave,  staring  at  her 
a  moment  in  bewilderment,  while  a vi­
sion rose before him of the round table at 
Ferme aux Ifs,  with its array  of  crystal 
and  silver;  Uncle  Joseph-Marie  at  one 
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at the other, and the open windows,  with ] 
the sunset streaming in,  and  away  over ! 
the tops of the trees  the  steep  roofs  of 
St.  Denys,  where Ceeile—

“ Dinner!  Oh,  certainly,”  he  cried, 
coming suddenly to himself  and  smiling 
down into the pretty  face  lifted  to  his, 
“as  soon  as  1  shall  have  served  these 
ladies—”

But the ladies were  gone.  Ceeile  w as; 
flying  across  the  gangway  and  up  the 
steep levee,  with an angry spot on either

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cheek and a dangerous tire  in  her  pretty 
bine eyes.

Michel Bares,  standing in  the  narrow 
pathway at the top  of  the  levee,  beat  a 
hasty retreat at sight of her,  dodging  in­
to his little cabin,  where he  betook  him­
self to bed and shook with a real  frisson 
until  she  was  well  along  the  rose-bor­
dered lane.

But Cecile had not even seen  him.  She 
sped on,  blind  and  speechless,  followed 
by her protesting,  wondering cousins and 
the grumbling old bonne.

“What  in  the world does it  mean, Ce­
cile?”  cried  Laure,  at  last  catching up 
with her and laying a hand  on  her  arm. 
“And isn’t it too funny!”

“I  don’t know what it means,” replied 
Cecile,  hotly,  “and I think it is perfectly 
disgusting.”

It was hard enough to bear the persist­
ent questions and the  amazed  comments 
of  Tante and  Uncle  Marcell us  and  the 
knowing  silence  of  Laure  and Jeanne. 
But, in  the evening,  when  Joseph  Marie 
Gaston,  the small, dark, shrivelled, chol- 
ericold  Frenchman,  the  lifelong  friend 
and  neighbor,  came  over  to  scold  and 
gesticulate  and  groan,  and  to  launch 
scarcely-veiled 
reproaches  at  herself, 
poor Cecile was  angry  indeed  and  very 
wretched.

“The Tradin’ Boat has gone  on  to  the 
next landing,  six  or  seven  miles  down 
the river,  and Octave has  gone  with  it, 
sir!  1 commanded, I  even  begged  him, 
to  come  home,  but  he  swore  be would 
not!  And  who is going  to  keep  my  ac­
counts and look a ft^ th e   place  for  me?” 
wailed  the  good  uncle.  “There  never 
was such a head as Octave’s for business. 
These three years he has managed every­
thing.  And, now that these  newfangled 
boilers—”

But nothing of this last plaint  reached 
Cecile’s  ears.  She  had  tempestuously 
rushed  up to her own room  at  the  men­
tion  of  the  departure  of  the  Tradin’ 
Boat.  She did not  care—of  course,  she 
did not care—where he went or  what  he 
did!  she said to  herself,  fiercely.  Why, 
indeed,  should she  be  held  responsible 
for 
the  foolish  escapades  of  Octave 
Gaston?  Perhaps, after all—here a little 
chilly  sensation  crept over her,  as  a  vi­
sion of a pretty plump girl in a blue calico 
gown  arose  unbidden  to  her  mind and 
she remembered,  with a start,  the  smile 
in  Octave’s  eyes  when  he looked down 
into  that  fair  freckled  face!  At  this 
point,  like many another  heroine  before 
her, she sat down on the edge of  her bed 
and cried,  and then stood up,  wrathfully 
brushing the tears from her eyes.

She tossed feverishly  from side to side 
in her little  white  bed  for  a  long  time 
and thought she would never get to sleep. 
But sleep is very  friendly  to  all  young 
creatures, and long  before  midnight  the 
soft fringed  lids had closed over  the red­
dened eyes,  and  she  was  dreaming  that 
Octave  was  wrapping  a  bit of bacon in 
that 
long-coveted  white  China-crape 
shawl in Tante’s big armoir,  when-----

Did anything happen?  She found her­
self standing in the  middle  of the room, 
shaking  from  head  to foot.  The white 
moonlight streamed in through  the  win­
dow  across  her  little bare feet,  and  the 
wind  fluttered  the  folds  of  her  snowy 
nightdress.  What  was  it?  Her  heart 
was  beating  violently  and  she  could 
hardly restrain an outcry.  But the house 
was  perfectly  still  and  in  the  honey­
suckle  vines outside the window a mock­
ing bird  was trilling softly.

After  a  time,  she  crept  back to bed, 
with her  rosary  on  her  wrist,  and  lay 
there,  still trembling,  and  counting  her 
beads.  A  long  time  after—she  never 
could tell how long—there  was a sudden 
tumult out in  the  lane,  a  rush  up  the 
avenue,  a banging of doors, hurried steps 
about the halls,  voices in excited interro­
gations  and  exclamations.  She  sprang 
up again,  as Laure burst  into  the  room, 
followed by Jeanne,  who shrieked,  “Ce­
cile, Cecile, the Tradin’  Boat  has  blown 
up and Octave is killed!”

“Oh, Jeanne, how thoughtless of you!” 
cried Laure,  reproachfully,  as they bent 
together  to  lift  a  little white senseless 
heap  from  the  floor;  for  Cecile  had 
fainted.  But it was only  for  a  moment 
and she presently begged  them  to  leave 
her;  she would rather be alone, she said.
She  listened  quietly  when  another 
messenger  came  in  to  tell  how Octave 
had been seen  perfectly  safe,  or,  at  all 
events,  alive,  after  the  explosion,  and 
how he bad  afterward  lost  his  life  en­
deavoring to rescue a  young woman  who 
was  employed  on  the  boat.  From  her 
window she saw  Uncle Marcellus,  in the 
soft  mellow  moonlight,  swing  himself 
into  the  saddle,  with  many  puffs  and 
groans,  for  it  had  been  twenty  years 
since he had mounted a  horse,  and  ride 
away.  A  little  later,  she  felt,  rather 
than  heard,  Mr.  Joseph-Marie  gallop 
down the lane from Ferme aux lfs.  And 
then the hours wore slowly  and  silently 
away,  the  yellow  moonlight  faded,  the 
gray dawn  came  creeping on.  Will  she 
ever forget,  i  wonder,  how  she  felt  as 
she stood before her mirror  in  the  wan, 
uncertain  morning, 
fastening  one  of 
Laure’s black dresses  about  her  throat, 
for  she  hated  the  sight  of  black,  poor 
child,  and  had none in her own wardrobe, 
and  smoothing  straight  the  rebellious 
little curls that wanted to frolic as usual 
on her forehead?  It  was a  white drawn 
face which looked  back at her out of the 
mirror,  a face from  which all the beauty 
and  brightness had suddenly fled.

And  then  she  went  slowly  down the 
wide stairway,  and  across  the  veranda, 
and down to the rose-garden  gate,  where 
all  the household  was  anxiously  await­
ing Uncle Marcellus’s return.  They took 
her  silently  among  them  as  she  ap­
proached.  Even Tante,  who  yearned  so 
over her, found no words to  offer  to  her 
strange, dry eyed sorrow.

All at once,  there  was  a  noise  and  a 
dust and a scurry in the lane,  and  there 
was Uncle  Marcellus  dismounting  from 
his horse  with  wonderful  spryness  and 
turning  his  cheerful  red  face  toward 
them and shouting:

“It’s  all  a  d—n  lie!  He’s  no  more 
dead than I am!  The boat was blown  up, 
my love.”  he added in  French  to  Tante, 
who  could  not  help  showing,  however, 
that she perfectly understood  his  initial 
remark:  “the  boat  was  blown  up,  but 
Octave  was not hurt by the  explosion, or 
by his dive in the river after the  girl.”

There was no time for further explana­
tion,  for here was Octave himself gallop­
ing up to the  gate  and  flinging  himself 
from his horse.  He wore Michel Bares’s 
Sunday suit of blue flannel and his  wide 
Gajan hat and looked  remarkably  bright 
and handsome as he came smiling toward 
the  excited  group.  And  then—then—a 
little  limp black-clad figure lay  helpless 
and sobbing in his arms!

Tante’s fine  tact  was  proverbial,  but 
on this occasion no  tact  was  needed  to 
spectators,  black  and
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RETURNING  FROM  CHICAGO.

Lv. G’d R apids...............7:15am  1:25pm *11:30pm
At. C hicago.........  —   1:25pm  6:50pm  *7:20am
Lv.  Chicago....................8:25am  5:00pm  *11:45pm
Ar. G’d R apids.............. 3:05pm  10:25pm  *6:25am
Lv. Grand Rapids........  7:25am  1:25pm  5:30pm
Ar. G rand R apids........ 11:45am  3:05pm 10:25pm
T R A V ER SE C IT Y .  CH A R LEV O IX   AND  PE T O SK E Y .

TO AND FROM   M U SKEGON.

7:30am  3:15pm
Lv. G rand  R ap id s.. 
Ar.  M anistee.............  12:20pm  8:15pm
1:00pm  8:45pm
Ar. Traverse C ity.... 
Ar. C harlevoix......... 
3:15pm  11:10pm
Ar.  P etoskey.......  
3:45pm  11:40pm

T rains arrive from  north a t  l:oO  pm and  10:00 

GOING  TO  CHICAGO.

ISO 
7 5  
4 0  

‘AXA  b a s s   In   a   b a r r e l,  @  $ 3 .0 0  
4  
(a  2.75 
7 
(a  2 .5 0  

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F or other sizes in proportion  see price current  on  another page.

D iam ond C rystal is m u c h  lig h ter  th a n   com m o n   sa lt,  a n d  th e 2'.L„ 4,  a n d  7 lb. bags 
a re  about,  th e   sam e  size  as  3.  5,  a n d   10  lb.  bags  o f  th e  o rd in a ry   product.  D iam ond 
' C rystal  is  p u rer, stro n g er, a n d   goes  farth er.  T he  bags  a re   h andsom e, a n d   m a d e  o f 
1 th e   very  best  m a te ria l—sav in g   w aste  from   broken  bags.
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CHICAGO

Nov.  18,1894
A N D   W EST  M IC H IG A N   R ’Y.

PA R L O R   AND  S L E E PIK O   CARS.

Parlor  car 

leaves  for  Chicago  1:25pm.  A r­
rives 
from   Chicago  10:25pm.  Sleeping  cars 
leave  for  Chicago  11:30pm.  A rrive  from   C hi­
cago 6.25am.

♦Every day.  O thers week days  only.

DETKOIT,

Oct.  28,  1894
LANSING  &  NORTHERN  R ,  R ,
GOING  TO  DETROIT.

Lv. G rand  R apids.........7:00am  1:20pm  5:25pm
Ar.  D etro it..................... li :40am  5:30pm  10:10pm

RETURNING  FROM  DETROIT.

Lv.  D etroit......................  7:4iiam 
l:10pm;c6:00pm
Ar. G rand  Rapids  .......12:40pm  5:20pm  10:45pm

T O  AND  FROM   8A H IN A W ,  ALMA  AND  ST.  LO U IS.

Lv. G R  7:40am  5:00pm  Ar. G R .ll :35am 10:45pm

TO AND  FROM   LO W ELL.

Lv. G rand R apids............ 7:00am  1:30pm  5:25pm
Ar. from  Low ell................12:40pm  5:20pm  ............

THROUGH  CAR  SERVICE.

Parlor  Cars on all trains  between  G rand  R ap­
ids and Detroit.  Parlor ca r to Saginaw on m orn­
ing train.

T rains  week days only.

GEO. De HAVEN, Gen.  Pass’r  Ag’t

Michigan(Tentral

“  T ie Niagara Falls Route.’*

(T aking effect  Sunday,  May 27,1894.) 

♦Daily.  All others daily, except Sunday. 

A rrive. 
D epart.
io 20 d  m ............ D etroit R e p re s s ..............7 0 0 a m
5  30 a m ....... »A tlantic and  Pacific....... 11  20 p m
1  ¿Op m  ....... New York Express..........  6 0 0 p m
Sleeping cars  run on A tlantic  and  Pacific  ex 
press trains to a n d  from  Detroit.
Parlor  cars  leave  for  D etroit a t 7:00 a  m ;  re 
turning, leave D etroit 4:35 p m , arriving at G rand 
Rapids 10:20 p m.
D irect  com m unication  m ade  at  D etroit  w ith 
all through  trains eeat  over  the  M ichigan Cen­
tral R ailroad (Canada S outhern Division.)
A.  ALMquisT, T icket Agent, 
Union PassengerS tation.

D ETROIT,  GRAND  HAVEN  &  MIL­

W AUKEE  Railway.
EA STW A RD .

tN o.  14 tN o.  16 tN o.  18 *No.

Trains La  ve
G’d  Rapids Lv 6 45am lb 20am 325pm 1100pm
Ionia  ......... Ar 7 40am 1125am 4 27pm 1235am
St.  Johns  . • Ar 8 35am 12 17pm 5 20pm 125 am
O w osso__ . Ar 900am 1 20pm 6 05pm 3 10am
E.  Saginaw . Ar 10 50am 3 45pm 8 00pm 6 40am
. Ar 11 3( am 4 35pm 6 37pm 715am
Bay City  ..
F l i n t ......... Ar 10 05am 3 45pm 7 05pm 5 40am
Pt.  H uron.
.Ar 1205pm 5 50pm 850pm 7 30am
P o n tia c __ ..A r 10 53am 305pm 8 25pm 5 37am
D etroit.......
. A r 1150am 4 05pm 925pm 7 00am

W ESTW A RD .

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For  G rand  H aven  and Interm ediate
Points  ..................................................*7:00 a.m .
For G rand  Haven  and  M uskegon....... tl:G0 p. m.
“  Mil. and Chi. .  t5 .35p. m.

“ 
tD aily except  Sunday. 
T rains  arrive  from   the  east,  6:35  a.m .,  12:60 
p.m.. 5:30 p. m .,  10: jU  p.m.
T rains  arrive  from   the  west, 10:10 a.  m.  3:15 
p m   and 9:15 p .m .
Eastw ard—No.  14  has  W agner  Parlor  B uffet 
car.  No. 18 P arlor  Car.  No. 82 W agner  Sleeper.
W estw ard— No. 11  P arlor Car.  No. 15 W agner 
Parlor Buffet car.  No. 81 W agner Sleeper.

»Daily.

J as. Cam pbell, City T’cket A gent.

G rand  R ap id s  d> Indian a

TRAINS  a o m   SOUTH.

Lea-re going 
North
For Traverse City, Petoskey  and Saginaw. ...7:46a. ir
For Saginaw..................................................... 6:00 p  •
For  Petoskey  and  Mackinaw........................6:*6u  m.
Leave going
_ 
For  Cincinnati.................................................7:25a.m.
For Kalamazoo and  Chicago...  .................... 2:16 p. m.
For  Fort Wayne and  the  East.......................2:16 p.m.
For Cincinnati  .............................................. *6:40  p.m.
For  Kalamazoo and Chicago....................... *11:40 p. m

TEA IN 8  GOING  SOUTH.

South.

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C h icago v ia  G.  R.  Si I. R.  R.

Lv Grand Rapids........... 7:26 am   2:16 p m  *11:40 pm
Arr  Chicago...................2:40 pm  2:06 pm 
7:10 am
2:16 p  m  train has through  Wagner  Buffet  Parlor 
Oar and coach.
11:40 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car 
and Coach.
11:80 pm
Lv  Chicago 
Arr Grand Rapids 
'7:20am
8:80  p  m  has through  Wagner  Buffet  Parlor  Car 
1180 pm train dally.thro ugh  Wagner  Sleeping  Oar 
For Muskegon—Leave. 
From Muskegon—Arrive.

M uskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
7:26 a m 
9;60 am
1:00pm 
1:16pm
6:40 pm 
6:20pm
O X. LOCKWOOD •
General  Passenger and Tioket Agent.

S:S0pm 
0:15 pm 

0:50am 
2:60pm 

siiently  after 

white,  into the house or behind it.  Even 
the wide-eyed copper-colored pickaninny 
twins,  Joseph-Marie  and  Marcellos,  so 
named  in  honor  of the twin sons of  the 
house,  scuttled 
their 
mother and disappeared  without even  so 
much  as  a  backward glance,  so that,  by 
the time  Octave  had  half-led,  half-car­
ried Gecile to the  bench  under the  mag­
nolia and thrown  himself  on  his  knees 
before her,  holding her hands in  his,  the 
rose-garden,  over  which  the  first  long 
level rays of the  morning  sun  were  be­
ginning to stretch,  was  as  still  and  de­
serted as a lover’s tryst.

“For me!  This for me!  Oh,  my dear! 
my  dear!”  he  cried,  with  a  sob  in  his 
voice,  lifting a fold  of  her  black  dress 
and kissing it reverently.

“Oh,  I  thought-----” she  began  and

stopped, choked with tears.

“But imagine, my love,” he said,  pres­
ently,  when 
they  had  grown  a  little 
calmer and he sat beside her with his arm 
about  her  trembling  form,  “there  was 
really no danger. 
I  went up in the air a 
little way,  it is true, and  came  down  in 
the water; and then I saw  her  close  by, 
struggling,  poor child  ----”

She drew away ever so slightly,  but he 

went on.

“Old  Jackson  Tarver’s  young  wife, 
you know—you saw her yesterday on the 
Tradin’  Boat,  didn’t  you?  And  so  I 
brought  her  ashore  with me, neither  of 
us the worse  for  a  littie  wetting.  How 
those  blundering 
idiots  could  have 
brought  up  such a piece of news I can’t 
conceive.  But  then,  he  added,  with  a 
smile,  “I,  at  least,  ought  not  to  com­
plain.”

“Do  you  know,  Cecile,”  he  went  on 
more gravely,  “that I  am horribly afraid 
that it is I who  am  responsible  for  the 
explosion? 
I was very tired after meas­
uring  calico  and  weighing  sugar  and 
bacon all day-----”

“Poor  boy,”  she  murmured,  sympa­

thetically.

“And  when  I  sat  down to smoke and 
dream  of  somebody’s  rose-garden  and 
somebody,  perhaps  even  then  walking 
there, 1 lighted  my cigarette  and  tossed 
the match over among the kegs and boxes, 
and the next thing that I knew  the  roof 
was open,  and I was going skyward.”

“O,  Octave, Octave!”  And she nestled 
against him,  shivering again at the  mere 
thought of his past danger.

“Uncle Joseph-Marie  is  down  at  the 
landing now,  settling  up  with  Jackson 
Tarver,  who  will,  no  doubt, in the end 
gain by the damage done  to  the  Tradin’ 
Boat;  and,  by  Jove,  I  had quite forgot 
the $30 I owe  Michel  Bares  for  lending 
me his place for a month!  But  I am go­
ing to  be more careful next time, Cecile. 
1 mean to go away and find something  to 
do—now that  1  know that you love me— 
something in real earnest.”

to 

She 

clung 

him  hysterically. 
“Never!”  she  cried.  “You are never to 
leave  me  again.  Octave.  Oh, how can 
you talk so cruelly?  Is  not  my  fortune 
enough  for  us?  And,  even 
if  that 
should fail, is there not always  the  good 
uncle, Joseph-Marie?”  M. E . M. D a v i s .

W RITE  FOIi  PRICES 
ON  ANY  SHOWCASI 
NEEDED.

55.  57.  59,  6| 

Canal St. 

GRAND  RAPIDS

NEW   CIGAR  SHOWCASE.

H U T   U H   IN   T IN .

I X L GOLDEN.........

AXLE  GREASE

KEEPS  AXLES  BRIGHT.  KEEPS  AXLES  COOL. 

NEVER  GUMS.

Guaranteed  to  Give  Satisfaction.  Has  No  Equal.  Put  up  in  1*2-3  lb. 

Tin  Boxes, 

rianufactured  by

L L > 

MICH.
Show  Cases, 
Store  Fixtures, 

Etc.

BUY.

PHILLIPS’  SHOW  CASES.
J-  P H IL L IP S   &  CO.,  D etroit,  M ich.

It is reported  that  300,000  pounds  of 
rice raised in Japan and  milled  in  Ger­
many  has  been  imported  through  the 
Savannah,  Ga., custom house and sold at 
2 cents per pound, exclusive of duty. 
It 
gives a discouraging outlook  for the rice 
fields of  that locality.

Signal I, 2, 3, 4,  Five.

Established  1864.

P E R K IN S   &  H E S S ,

Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow,

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

DEALERS  IN

WE  CARRY A  STOCK  OF  CAKE  TALLOW FOR  MlT.f.  USE.

The  Advantages  of  the  Cash  System.
[Bntered In com petition  for  prizes  offered  by 

G rand Rapids R etail G rocers’ Association.]

cers called green  grocers?
grocers, darling.

Mrs.  McBrides—Jo h n , dear,  why are some gro­
Mr.  M cBrides—To distinguish them  from  cash 
Probably  the  man  who  penned  the 
above  did  not  stop  to  realize  what  a 
thrust he was giving the man  who  buys 
and sells,  who makes his  living from  his 
shrewdness and good  judgment  in  buy­
ing  large  quantities of goods and resell­
ing in smaller lots, and,  from  the  modi­
cum of profit  on  each  transaction,  pro­
vides the comforts of  life and the means 
of educating his children.

That the advantages  of  the  cash  sys­
tem  are  many  admits  of  no argument. 
There are hosts of them that  can  be  put 
forth, although a very few of them ought 
to suffice, ought to  convince  any  think­
ing man that such a system  is  the  great 
desideratum. 
Its adoption  would  bring 
sunshine  to  the  home  of  the  average 
business man and would add to the num­
ber of his years on earth.

Those of us who  have  been,  and  now 
are,  engaged in trade of any  kind  know 
from hard experience  that  three-fourths 
of our worry and trouble comes from the 
fact of having a goodly  share of the cap­
ital  invested  in  our  business  carried 
around in the pockets of those whom  we 
have trusted;  and the  majority  of  these 
people  whom  we  have  accommodated 
will,  in  a  great  many  cases,  take  the 
very  money  that  should be paid for  the 
necessities  and  luxuries  they  have  en­
joyed—our money,  in fact—and use it  in 
procuring the gratification resulting from 
excursion trips, operas, balls and kindred 
amusements,  while the  grocer—the  man 
who  has  hustled  to  serve  them  and  to

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furnish them the best in the market, and 
that, too, at but a small advance over ac­
tual cost—is asked to wait  until  it  suits 
their convenience  to  pay. 
If  that  time 
does not roll  around  until  the  patience 
of the grocer becomes  exhausted,  or  the 
importuning of jobbers makes it impera­
tive,  they are politely requested to settle; 
and the chances  are  that  they"  will  be­
come  indignant  at  being  “dunned,”  as 
they  express  it,  no  matter how courte­
ously the request may be  made,  and will 
use it as an excuse to  still  longer  defer 
the time of settlement.

Every grocer  who  reads  this  will  re­
call just such episodes in his  career,  and 
his ledger will show many  an account in 
arrears,  the  aggregate  of  whieh  repre­
sents, in many cases,  a sum sufficient  to 
clear up all  outstanding  indebtedness to 
the wholesaler.

But a recital of the annoyance incident 
to  the  credit  system  was  not  what  we 
started out to portray.  When  goods  are 
bought of any wholesale  house, there  is 
a certain discount  allowed for cash,  and, 
if  the  retailer  has  ready  funds  with 
which to take  advantage  of  the  allow­
ance,  the amount thus  saved  will,  to  the 
average  grocer,  represent  a  sum  suffi­
cient to pay,  or equal  the  amount  paid, 
for his store  building.  The  fact  of  his 
being able to  discount  bills  and  having 
the reputation of doing so will make him 
stand high in  the  esteem  of  the  entire 
wholesale trade. 
It will  enable  him  to 
be,  in a measure,  master of the situation, 
for,  if the price asked seems too high, he 
may decline  to  buy  and  try  elsewhere. 
When he turns to go, if the  price  named 
can possibly be  shaded,  it  will  be  done, 
even to a point very close to  cost,  rather

than to lose a sale.  His  competitor who 
follows after  and  always  takes  all  the 
time allowed,  and who  usually pays “on 
account” and is  proverbially  slow,  does 
not  get 
the  concession  or  discount, 
which two items  may  represent  a  snug 
sum  and weigh  down  quite  heavily  on 
the profit side of a year’s business.

The dealer who buys for  cash  may  be 
cranky,  he may  kick,  he  may  insist  on 
the observance of all the technical points 
which  incline  to  his  advantage;  but, 
withal,  the  wholesale  houses who want 
to supply him will  not  forsake  him. 
It 
is the cash  dealer whom  they  will  first 
inform of new goods  to  come in;  of any 
“snaps”  they  may  have  to offer;  whom 
they  will  accord  the  most  liberal  dis­
counts,  and  in  whose  good  graces they 
will take every pains to  keep,  so  long as 
his conduct is along the lines  of fairness 
and observance of business ethics.

All  of these favors  are  to  the  dealer 
who buys for cash or is noted for prompt 
pay;  but, to successfully carry out  these 
things, the grocer must sell  for  cash,  he 
must keep constantly  turning  his  goods 
into the coin  that  lubricates  the wheels 
of  commerce,  rather  than  into  “prom­
ises  to  pay.”  One  says:  “A  customer 
trading  on  a  book  gives  me  all  of  his 
business,  and  buys  more  during  the 
month  than  he  would  if  forced  to  go 
down into his pocket  every  time  a  pur­
chase is made.”  Admitted, but $10 paid 
for goods affords a profit which  you  get, 
besides relieving you of worry as to what 
may  happen  to  prevent  that  customer 
paying  for  the  goods.  Another  says: 
“When  a  customer  pays  cash,  I  am 
likely to get only a portion of his trade.” 
That,  my dear sir, depends  largely  upon

yourself.  The average buyer of supplies 
—man,  woman  or  child—is  not  insen­
sible to bargains and  will  go  out  of  the 
way  to  take  up 
such  when  offered. 
Realizing this,  the successful  pusher for 
trade will be alert, progressive and up to 
the times.  His  store  will  be  noted  for 
its neatness, its cleanliness and his clerks 
for their courtesy  and  desire  to  please. 
To  keep 
trade  with  him,  the  grocer 
will always  be  studying  different  ways 
to  keep  in  the  public  eye;  new  goods 
will be found at  his  place  first,  and  he 
will have reaped a good profit from their 
sale by the time  his  slow-going  compet­
itor  who  sells to book  trade,  and  who 
knows he will get just  so much  business 
without  extra  effort,  has  concluded  to 
keep  them  in  stock.  By  keeping  just 
what the people want,  and  by  selling  it 
for cash,  be  can  name  prices which  his 
competitor  cannot  meet,  and,  by  con­
stantly turning goods  over,  they will  al­
ways be possessed of  that  newness  that 
is so dear to the hearts of all housewives. 
Some  narrow-minded  person  may  now 
and then refuse to patronize you because 
you insist on having cash at the  time  of 
delivering  the  goods;  but  all  they may 
say  will not keep people away from your 
store,  if your goods are right  and  prices 
below your rival, even  if  you  do  insist 
on  spot  pay  for  what  goes  over  the 
counter.

One  of  the  peculiar  features  of  the 
people who  run  an  account  with  their 
grocer  or  baker  from  week to week, or 
month to month,  as  their  custom of pay­
ing may be,  is that,  after paying prompt­
ly long enough  to  get  the  confidence  of 
the dealer,  they begin  to  leave a balance 
in  the  majority  of
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T H E   ^OCHIGUYUST  T R A D E S M A N .

cases,  grows  larger  instead  of  smaller, 
until the time comes when,  as  a  matter 
of self-protection,  further credit must be 
denied.  What  is  the  result? 
In  nine 
cases out of ten,  the customer puts on an 
air of injured diguity,  assuming an utter 
disregard  of  the  fact  that  he has been 
favored  by  being  allowed  to  have  his 
goods charged, and carrying himself in a 
manner  that  would  indicate  that  the 
dealer should consider it an  honor  to  be 
privileged  to  sell  him.  The  next day, 
and  many  following,  he  will  pay  cash 
elsewhere, if he cannot secure credit,  in­
stead of giving the benefit  of  such  trade 
to the one who,  according to fairness and 
equity,  is most entitled to it.

Every  merchant who reads  this  knows 
that these statements are not overdrawn, 
and it should strengthen  him  in  the  re­
solve  to  endeavor  to  unite  all  his  co­
workers  under  the  cash  standard, and, 
by harmonious  unity  of  action,  rid  the 
community of these  blighting  parasites.
There is any amount  of  evidence  that 
may be easily procured  and submitted in 
confirmation  of  the  statement  that  the 
cash  system  is  the  true  one—of benefit 
alike to dealer and customer.  This  life- 
giving system will enable all parties con­
cerned in any transaction  to take advan­
tage of countless  opportunities  for  sav­
ing  and  for  self-betterment;  and 
the 
sooner the grocers,  as a  whole,  adopt it, 
just so much the quicker  will  the  force 
of example become the  means of spread­
ing to other lines of trade  the  benefit  to 
be derived.

The writer of this  article  is one of the 
many  whose commercial  bark  has  foun­
dered in the sea of injudicious credit.  He 
has since been able to locate  the  hidden 
rocks, amt he would now erect lighthouses 
thereou for the  guidance  of  others  still 
tossing in its tempestuous  aud  treacher­
ous  waters.
In conclusion,  the man  who  buys  and 
sells for cash is  happy,  free  from  worry 
and  successful.  All  hail  the  dawn  of 
the incoming era of cash.

F r a n k  T.  L a w r e n c e .
Jumping  Beans in His  Stomach.
A case of true  inwardness recently de­
veloped  in  the  National  capital,  where 
bugs  known  as  Mexican  beans  figured 
largely.  . It seems  that a good  citizen  in 
the  northwestern  section of the city has 
been  through  an  exciting  experience. 
Being a dyspeptic,  the gentleman, visited 
his  physician.  A  prescription  was 
written  tor turn, w hich the druggist filled. 
The result  was  a small  box  of  capsules, 
which  he took home and  placed upon the 
sideboard,  with  the remembrance  of  the 
instructions  to  take  two  every  hour in 
the evening after  eating  until  bedtime. 
These  were  obeyed  implicitly. 
It  was 
dark iu  the diuiug room,  and the gentle­
man  went  tor his medicine the first even­
ing  without  the  precauti  n  of  a light, 
aud administered  to himself  three  doses 
of two capsules each before retiring.  He 
was awakened  some hours  afterward  by 
a strange seusa ion.  For  aught the man 
could  tell,  he  seemed  within  to  be  a 
mammoth  penuchie  board  on  which  a 
million little objects  were  dancing.  He 
could  distinguish  kicks  aud  jumps  so 
vividly that it was in  vain for his wife to 
try to convince him that  he  was  dream­
ing.  She suggested the  doctor,  and  the 
servant  was dispatched in hot haste.  Be­
fore he arrived,  the  sick man  asked  for 
more  of 
the  capsules,  which  were 
brought to his bedside.  When the cover 
was removed there  were  Mexican  beans 
instead  of  capsules,  the kernels  bound­
ing as merrily as spring lambs.  The box 
of capsules had been misplaced accident­
ally by the young son  and  heir  and  the 
beans put in its place.  The  doctor  does 
not  say  what  kind of medicine he  finds 
useful  in  such  cases,  but  it  is certain 
that a  man  who  does  not  know  beans 
should  never  take  his  medicine  in  the 
dark.

THE  DAVIS,  Nos. 8 and 9.

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THE  BATUS,  No.  13.

Hercules Powder is carried in stock  by all of the following jobbers:

Foster, Stevens & Co., Grand Rapids, 
A.  Austin, 93 Jefferson Ave.,  Detroit, 
J. J.  Post & Co., Cheboygan,
Popp & Wolf, Saginaw,

Potter Bros.,  Alpena,
Buechner &Co.,  Kalamazoo,
Seavey  Hardware  Co.,  Ft.  Wayne, 
Camper & Steadman, South Bend.

The above  cuts  are  new shapes and are fast 

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MICH.

18 and  19 Widdicomb  Bid.

N.  B. Clark,  Pres.
W.  I).  W a d e ,  Vice-Pres.
C.  U.  C l a r k ,  Sec’y  and  Treas.

We  are  now  ready  to make 
contracts for bark  for  the  sea­
son of 1895.

Correspondence Solicited.

Chocolates It is not  necessary  to  go 

to  New  York,  Boston, 
Chicago,  or any other re- 
mote  place, for a fine line
of Chocolates or Candy.  We  have as  Fine  Goods  as any  house 
in  tlie country and  at popular prices.  Don’t forget us 
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EATON, LION 4

20 &  22  Monroe  St.,

GRAND  RAPIDS.

st a t e  a g e n t s  for 

The  Lycoming  Rubber Company, 
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  iu  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 
wiil  give  our  line  a  careful  inspection 
when  our  representative  calls  on  von, 
we are  REEDER BROS’. SHOE CO,

T E C K   M I C H I G A N   T R A D E S M A N ,
J.  W.  Simmons,  formerly  city  sales­
man for the Champion Cash Register Co., 
has  engaged  to  travel  for  the  Worden 
Grocer  Co.  His  territory  has  not  yet 
been definitely  assigned.

Canning: D elica cies  a t  S ea.

NOTES  ON  THE  INCOME  TAX. 
The effect of the decision in the income 
tax law continues to be a  matter  engag­
ing much attention.  Those  in  favor  of 
the law and who have charge  of  its  col­
lection make as favorable  conjectures  of 
the  amount  of  the  receipts as possible. 
Commissioner  Miller,  of  the  Internal 
Revenue Bureau,  informs  Secretary Car­
lisle that  the  receipts  from  the  source 
will be about  $14,000,000,  whereas  they 
would  have  been  fully  $30,000,000  but 
for the adverse decision of  the  Supreme 
Court.  The number making returns sub­
ject to taxation is much less than was ex­
pected—110,000. 
It was  anticipated the 
number would be  from  200,000  to  300,- 
000. 
It  is  supposed  that  many  have 
withheld their  reports on account of  the 
attitude of the Supreme  Court  and  their 
consequent lack of respect for the law.

*  *  *

There is much speculation as to the at­
titude the collectors will take  in  regard 
to the inquisition features of the law.  In 
defining their powers and duties the  reg­
ulations  are  very  arbitrary. 
In  their 
late instructions,  however,  they  are cau­
tioned  to  be  extremely  careful.  The 
sudden and tremendous  boom which has 
been given to real  estate  wherever rents 
enter as a factor in profits tends to great­
ly complicate the collectors’  duties.

*  *  *

The more the law is studied, especially 
in its mutilated condition,  the  more  ap­
parent  become  its gross  unfairness  and 
discrimination in taxation.  For instance, 
the  same  spirit  of  populism—another 
name for communism—which  is  respon­
sible for the enactment made it  especial­
ly severe on corporations.  This severity 
was  based  on 
the  popular  prejudice 
against corporations, that  is  so  rapidly 
giving  way  before  education.  By  its 
provisions there is no exemption in their 
profits of $4,000,  as in the  case  of an  in­
dividual. 
In recent movements  for  the 
amelioration of labor  by  profit  sharing, 
co-operative corporations, and for various 
reasons,  many  thousands  of  workmen 
have acquired small holdings of  stock  in 
the  concerns  employing  them.  Such  a 
workman,  earning,  perhaps, $800 a year, 
may  receive,  say, $500  as  his  share  of 
profits.  His tax on his income of $1,300 
is  the  same  as  the  business  or profes­
sional  man  who has an income of  $4,500.

*  *  *

It is a peculiar situation that the high­
est tribunal in  the land should be evenly 
divided on such a  question  by  personal 
or political  characteristics  and  that  in 
case of a  rehearing  the  power  of  final 
decision will probably rest with  a  single 
individual.

#  #  *

Attorney-general  Olney has submitted 
to  the  Supreme  Court  a  memorandum 
urging  a  rehearing  on  the  question  of 
the  power  of  the  Government  to  tax 
rents,  dividends  and  interest  from  all 
kinds of investments, claiming that there 
has never been a hearing on  this  part of 
the  question.  He  urges 
impor­
tance of a rehearing on  the  ground  that 
if that part of the act is unconstitutional 
the Government is in possession of many 
millions collected on incomes  during the 
war which must be refunded  and  that it 
will be impossible to impose a tax which 
shall not  be “grossly and flagrantly”  un­
equal. 

the 

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G ripsack  B rigade.

B.  Frank  Parmenter  has  removed  to 
his fruit farm at  Saugatuck for tiie sum­
mer.

J. H. McKelvey has returned from  De­
troit  to  take  the  position  of  Secretary 
and Treasurer of the  Michigan  Commer­
cial  Travelers’  Association,  which  now 
has  its  office  in  the  Michigan Trust Co. 
building.

Another  death  has  occurred 

in  the 
ranks  of  the  Michigan  Knights  of  the 
Grip—Mrs.  E.  M.  Raleith,  of  Lansing, 
who passed into the Hereafter on  Friday 
of last week.  Deceased had been a mem­
ber since 1891 and was in  good  standing 
at  the  time  of  her  death.  The benefi­
ciaries are her husband and daughter.

Geo.  W. Cofren,  traveling  representa­
tive  for  B.  J.  Kendall  <&  Co., of Enos- 
burgh Falls, Vt.,  who was taken ill  with 
pneumonia at the Livingston  Hotel  two 
weeks  ago  Tuesday,  and has since been 
in  a  critical  condition  at  the  U.  B. A. 
Home, is convalescent.  H.  B.  Fairchild 
(Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.) has been 
unremitting in his  attentions  to the suf­
ferer  and  is  greatly  rejoiced  over  the 
prospective recovery of the patient.  Al­
though unable to speak above a whisper, 
the patient is saying all manner of pretty 
things to his nurse in the  hope  that  she 
will give him more things to eat than are 
prescribed by his physician.
B ank  N otes.

The failure of  the  Northern  National 
Bank and  the  consolidation  of  the  Big 
Rapids  National  and  Mecosta  County 
Savings  Banks  leave  Big  Rapids  with 
but one banking house.  The Herald,  of 
that place, asserts that, in all probability, 
a second  banking  establishment  will  be 
launched there before snow flies.

The  Freeport  Banking  Co.  has  pur­
chased the fixtures of B.  E.  Quick & Co., 
at Freeport,  and will continue  the  busi­
ness at the same location.  The  new  in­
stitution is a copartnership, composed of 
Job  Cheesebrough,  Abram  Steckle, 
Henry  Ekert,  Jas.  Cool,  C.  A.  Curtiss, 
Wm.  Moore,  Alb.  Gosch and R.  Wolcott, 
of  Freeport;  Geo.  Coppens  and  Geo. 
Simpson,  of  Bowne,  and  Hale  Kenyon, 
of  Hastings.  The  officers  of  the  bank 
are  as  follows:  President—Wm. Moore; 
Vice-President—R.  Wolcott;  Cashier— 
Hale Kenyon; Directors—Chas.  Coppens, 
Job  Cheesebrough,  Wm.  Moore,  Jas.  D. 
Cool,  Henry  Ekert,  Hale  Kenyon,  R. 
Wolcott.

It is amusing  to  note  the  conjectures 
of the daily press since the signing of the 
peace articles between Japan  and  China 
as to the political plans  and  schemes  of 
those  countries.  One  authority  asserts 
that  a  “dreibund”  is  to be formed, in­
cluding Siam, which  shall be to the East 
what  the  Holy  Alliance  is  to  Europe. 
Another sagely discusses  the duty of the 
United States in case  Japan  should con­
clude  to  annex  the  Hawaiian  Islands. 
The absurdity of such  reports  as  to  the 
intentions of these Governments becomes 
apparent  when  we  consider  that  their 
political ambitions are  fully  occupied— 
both of them—in  the  recovery  from  an 
exhausting  war.  The  idea  of  a  trip­
artite  alliance  with  Siam  as  a  member 
is rediculous,  as there is no possibility of 
Siam’s  advancing  in  political  prestige 
sufficiently to figure in  such  a  combina­
tion for  many  years.  Sueh  conjectures 
make  interesting  reading,  which proba­
bly accounts for their  existence.

1 7
The Governor of  Bolivia  has  reduced 
his  own  salary,  to  save  money for the 
State.  He  is  a  wonder,  and should be 
worshiped.  The  reduction  of  his  own 
pay  reduces  the  pay  of  nineteen other 
State  officers,  and  enables  him  to  dis­
charge  as  superfluous  thirteen  officers 
who have been drawing pay and  making 
him  weary.  The  Governor  of Bolivia is 
a trump; but he is  the  only  one  of  his 
kind.  A preacher once reduced his own 
salary  to  a  figure  that  a  business  man 
pronounced  absurdly  small.  “Perhaps 
it is,” said the good  preacher,  “ but  it  is 
more  than I  can  collect!  Let  it  go  at 
that.”

The rails of  the  street  car  tracks  on 
State street,  Chicago,  are  being welded 
into  one  continuous  piece  by  a  blast 
furnace on wheels,  which passes over the 
line and stops for its  work at the  end  of 
each rail.  The difference in the smooth­
ness of running  and  consequent  lessen­
ing of wear  and  tear  to  running  gears 
furnish sufficient motive for  the  innova­
tion.

Anent the talk of photo processes  kill­
ing  the  art  of  wood engraving, a Paris 
art journal says that the  world  has  now 
more  high-class  wood  engravers  than 
ever before,  and more than can find regu­
lar and  profitable employment.

C has. A . C oye

MANUFACTURER OF

ii  PEARL  STREET,

GRAND  RAPIDS, 

MICHIGAN.

KENT CO. 
SAVINGS  BANK

GRAND  RAPIDS.  MICH.

J no.  A.  Covode,  Pres.  Henry Idema,  Vice-Pres. 
J.A.S.V erdier, Cash'r. K. V an H of, Ass t Cash’r
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Interest Allowed on Time Deposits.
Solicits  the  Accounts  of  Ilerchants  and  Indi­

viduals.
Directors—J no. A. Covode,  D.  A.  Blodgett, 
E.  C rofton  Fox,  T.  J.  O 'Brien,  A.  J.  Bowne, 
H enry Idem a, Jno.  VV.  Blodgett, A. G.  Hodenpyl, 
J. A. S.  V erdier.
DEPOSITS  EXCEED  ONE MILLION  DOLLARS

Notice  of  Receiver’s  Sale.

In  accordance  w ith  an  order  of  the  Circuit 
Court for the C ounty of Kent, State of M ichigan, 
m ade on the !6th  day of  M arch,  1895,1 shall sell 
at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, 
all of the real estate of'the  late  firm  of  Bentley 
Bros. & W ilkins, consisting of  planing mill, saw 
m ill and  foundry,  together  w ith  all  of  the  m a­
chinery used in  operating  the  plant of said late 
firm.
The real estate consists of about  five  acres  of 
land used in connection w ith said business, al  o 
a  house  and  lot  and  office  and  several  vacant 
lots.
In  case  I do  not  receive  a  cash  bid  of  nine 
thousand dollars or more  for said property,  I am 
directed by said Court to continue said sale u ntil 
fu rth e r order of the Court.
The sale w ill take place at th e office of the late 
firm of B entley Bros.  & W ilkins, April 27th, 1895, 
at 10 o’clock in the forenoon of  said day.

Dated, Hastings, M ich.,  M arch 19th,  1895.

W. D.  IIAYES, Receiver.

A new departure in the canning indus­
try has been  inaugurated  by  the  fitting 
out of a schooner  at  New  York  for  the 
Southern fish and fruit trade,with appara­
tus and provisions for  canning  and  pre­
serving all kinds of perishable delicacies, 
thus enabling her to carry on  her  cruise 
at  her  leisure and to the best advantage 
until she is ready  to  return  with  a  full 
cargo.
It has always been  a  serious  problem 
how to preserve these most perishable of 
all products  until  they  could  be  trans­
ported  to  some  point on shore,  prefera­
bly  in  this  country  on  account  of  the 
duty,  where they could be preserved and 
prepared  for  market.  The  most  ap­
proved schemes of refrigeration are cost­
ly  and  at  the  best  the  “catch”  would 
have greatly deteriorated  before it could 
be  “processed.” 
It  is  strange  that  so 
simple a solution of the  difficulty should 
not have been  in  use  long  ago  for  the 
preservation  of  other  marine  products 
than whales.
The vessel is provided with a complete 
outfit,  including  a  large  steam  boiler, 
copper cauldrons, cast-iron  “process ket­
tle”  and  all  apparatus  necessary.  She 
carries six  canners  and  a  chef,  besides 
her skipper,  and a  crew of  several men. 
She  has  aboard  150,000  empty  cans, 
which will,  it is expected,  be  filled  with 
turtle,  pompano,  guava  jelly,  and  fish 
and game and fruit of many kinds before 
she returns to this port in the fall.  The 
turtles  will  be caught in  the West Indies 
and off the Florida coast.  Some  may  be 
acquired  by  exchanging for them cheap 
manufactured articles  which  form  part 
of the schooner’s cargo.
The chef will superintend  the prepara­
tion of the meats  and the  fish,  and  will 
make guavas into jelly after the most ap­
proved recipe.  There  is a duty on jelly, 
but not on  guavas,  but  by  manufactur­
ing the jelly  aboard an American  vessel 
the  projectors  of  the  seagoing cannery 
expect to be able to  escape the duty  and 
to sell the jelly  cheaper  than  it  is  sold 
now in  America.  Much  of  the  canned 
goods  will  be  brought  back  on 
the 
schooner;  some  will be landed,  and  sent 
by  steamship  or  railroad  to  the North 
from  the  Southern  ports  at  which the 
schooner will touch.
The outcome of this  enterprise will be 
watched  with  much 
interest,  though 
the practicability of  the  idea  is  so  ev­
ident,  there  is no doubt a large fleet will 
be fitted out without  waiting for  the  re­
sult of this as an experiment.

T he D ry G oods  M arket.

Cotton  goods  of  all  kinds  have  ad­
vanced 
per  yard.  Jobbers  are
holding all goods firm,  but  the  advance 
is not yet felt by retailers.

Kid cambrics are up %c,  jobbers  now 

asking 3%c, and are firm at that  price.

Prints  remain  unchanged,  although 

the mills talk higher prices.

Cashmeres  are  scarce;  also  serges. 
Certain  colors  are  in good demand,  but 
cannot be procured at old prices.

Atlantic F’s are held firm at 15c.
Demins  are  slow  in  delivery,  more 
money being asked on  all  grades  except 
Everett blue and browns,  which are held 
at 10% c.

Harmony  prints  in  good  dark  styles 

are now being quoted at  3%c net.

American  shirting  prints  are  held  at 
3%c and American  indigo prints at 4%c.

The best  pine  now  being  cut  in  the 
Upper Peninsula is  for  export  to  Eng­
land, to be used for interior  finish.  The 
logs  are  taken  on  barges  to  Quebec, 
where they are counter  hewed  and  then 
shipped. 
It is said that in  two years all 
the  timber  available  for  this  purpose 
will be exhausted.

The University of Chicago  is  wonder­
ing  how  many  hundred  thousand  Mr. 
Rockefeller is going to be able to  give  it 
from tbe recent spurt in  oil.  He  is  said 
to have his hand on the spigot.

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haps the agent—if  be  lived  there.  The 
paper did not say  how  many  gross  the 
said druggist had to buy in order to have 
his honesty publicly  certified  to  by  the 
firm this agent represented.

Porous  glass  is  a  late  novelty in the 
Paris  market.  The  holes  are  so  small 
that  neither  dust  nor  draft  follow  its 
use and yet the ventilation is  said  to  be 
excellent.

The shah of Persia smokes a pipe worth 

$320,000.

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D r u g   D e p a r t m e n t

State  Board  o f Pharm acy.

O ne Y e a r—G eorge Gundrura,  Ionia.
Two Years—C. A. Bugbee, Charlevoix.
ThreeYears—8. E. Parkhill, Owosso.
Four Years—F. W. R  Perry.  Detroit 
Five Years—A. C. Schumacher, Ann Arbor. 
President— Fred’k W   ,R . Perry, Detroit.
«eoretary—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
I'reasnrer—Geo. Gandrum, Ionia.
Coming  Meetings—Detroit  (Star  Island),  June  ! 
Lansing, Nov 5.

M ichigan  State  Pharm aceutical  Aas’n. 
President—A. 8. Parker, Detroit.
Vice-President—John E. Peck, Detroit.
Treasurer—W. Dupont, Detroit.
Sec re tar—F. C- Thompson ■ Detroit._______
Grand  Rapids  Pharm aceutical Society. 

President, John E. Peck; Secretary, B. Schronder.
The  Pharmacist’s  Side  of Substitution.
From  certain  quarters  a  fearful  hue 
and cry are being raised about the terrible 
evil  of  substitution  on  the  part  of  the 
pharmacist.  This plan of  advertising is 
new in this branch  of  the  business;  but 
if treated by the profession  in  the  man­
ner it should be,  it cannot fail to have an 
effect the very  opposite  of  the  one  de­
sired. 
It is an old  trick  for  an  actress, 
when she  finds  her  popularity  waning, 
to be robbed of her  diamonds;  and  this 
sudden outburst seems to be on the same 
plan.  That there  is  substituting  going 
on  cannot be denied;  but  that  the  evil 
is  any  greater  now  than  formerly  can 
be seriously questioned.  The writer has 
no wish  to  defend  substitution  and  no 
patience with the substitute^  but it does 
seem  ridiculous  for  the  proprietors  of 
special  preparations  to  resort  to  this 
method of “catch  thief” advertising.

Only yesterday  the  writer’s  attention 
was called to a new synthetical  prepara­
tion,  or  rather  compound.  The  first 
claim made was that the active principle 
of a plant growing  in  the  mountains  of 
British India had  been  combined with  a 
certain coal tar product  with  an  unpro­
nounceable name,  and that  the resulting 
compound was an antiseptic, antiferment, 
and  antirheumatic  par  excellence.  As 
the writer  had  never  beard  of  this  re­
markable plant before,  he  looked  it  up 
carefully—and found no mention of it in 
any  standard  work  of  reference.  And 
this is only one instance.

Is the  pharmacist  substituting—is  he 
doing any wrong—when  he  goes  to  the 
physician,  shows him preparations of his 
own make, and  succeeds  in  getting  the 
consent  of  the  physician  to  have them 
used  in  his  prescriptions?  This  whole 
special remedy  business  is getting to be 
a  nuisance,  and,  more than that, a very 
expensive  one  to  the  pharmacist.  He 
must in self-preservation  combat it with 
every  honorable  weapon  in  hi» posses­
sion.  Every true pharmacist is the friend 
of progress  and  scientific  investigation, 
but these fake discoveries are  calculated 
to give him  that “tired feeling.”

The interests of  pharmacy  and  medi­
cine  are  common.  Working  together 
they can accomplish  much  that  neither 
alone  could  accomplish.  And  this  at­
tempt  on  the  part  of  certain people to 
create the impression  that  the  pharma­
cist is not acting honestly by  the  physi­
cian,  is simply done to  curry  favor with 
the latter.  Some  time  ago  the  writer’s 
attention  was  directed  to  an  advertise­
ment in  which  it  was  stated  in  flaring 
headlines  that  the  agent  of  a  certain 
preparation  had  gone  to  eight  drug 
stores with a prescription for his  special 
preparation, and in  each  case  substitu­
tion was  practiced—the  ninth  druggist 
(the one whose name was very prominent 
in the  article)supplied  the  preparation.
In  other  words,  this  druggist  was  the 
“only honest man in  town,” except  per-

How 

long  will 

the  pharmaceutical 
profession  stand  this  before  they  com­
mence a war which can  have, if properly 
conducted,  but  one  result?  How  long 
are members of the learned and  honored 
profession of  medicine,  a  profession  al' 
ways famous for  its  conservatism,  going 
to  allow  themselves 
to  be  made  the 
avenue by  which these goods  are sold?

It  is  amusing  to  note  the  ingenuity 
these  “specials”  show  in  selecting  a 
name.  Artemus Ward advised Abraham 
Lincoln  to  fill  his  cabinet  with  show­
men, saying that  “showmen had no prin­
ciples,  but  if  you  doubt  their  literary 
ability  just  consult  their  small  bills.” 
And  the last part of this statement could 
be made safely of some of  the  firms who 
are  to-day  seeking  to  advertise  their 
wares by impugning the  honesty  of  the 
pharmacist.

Both  medicine and  pharmacy  are  ad­
vancing rapidly,  and none who  seek  the 
good of these professions can  fail  to  be 
proud of  such  advancement.  Every  in­
vestigation,  every  scientific  experiment, 
every  advance  made,  is  being watched 
with  deep  interest  by  the  pharmacist 
and its success hailed  with delight.  But 
is it unfair  to  expect  the  physician  to 
look into the claims made,  and  examine 
for himself,  before he asks the patient to 
buy these  “specials” and the pharmacis 
to keep them in stock?

We  are  all  familiar  with  the  notices 
sent  out,  warning  pharmacists  against 
using  a  certain  preparation  of bismuth 
unless  sold  under  a  certain  fanciful 
name and made by a certain firm.  There 
must be something radically  wrong with 
our  patent  laws  when  a  process  for  a 
simple chemical compound  (known  long 
before  the  patent  was  granted  or even 
asked for)  can  be  monopolized.  Most of 
the leading  bouses  have  quit  manufac 
turing the bismuth preparation under its 
proper name,  and  are  to-day  furnishing 
the  patented  article.  They  claim  that 
while they have a perfect  right to manu 
facture the product,  there is  not enough 
profit in the amount that  would  be  sold 
to justify  defending  a  lawsuit.  One  of 
the manufacturers,  however,  did not see 
it  in  that  light,  and  will  fight  it  out, 
profit or no profit.

This is but an illustration.  Goods that 
are sold in Germany  (some synthetical»} 
for 20 cents an ounce, when brought here, 
are sold  by the agents  for  $1  an  ounce. 
And still the pharmacist must  not  retal­
iate,  but must sit  quietly by  while  some 
agent comes along and unfolds to suscep­
tible physicians a story of wonderful en­
terprise and  discovery—how  a  member 
of his  firm,  becoming  thoroughly  satis­
fied of the curative virtues of moonlight, 
has, after years of experiment, succeeded 
in condensing said  moonlight  by  means 
of a peculiar kind  of  glass  known  only 
to  his  firm,  and  extracting  the  active 
principle  by  means  of  anhydrous  gly­
cerin,  and is now offering it in permanent 
solution  under  the  name  of  Moonene. 
This,  you say,  is absurd?  So it is, but is 
it any more so than  the  claims put forth 
in  behalf  of  certain  animal  extracts? 
The agent claimed  that  his  preparation 
was  pure  concentrated  moonshine;  and 
It would be difficult  to  find  a  more  ap­
propriate  name  for  many  preparations 
now being thrust upon the market.

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Erlgeron....................... 1 
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Gaultherla....................1 
Geranium,  ounce....... 
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Gosslpll,  Sem. gal.......  60©  70
Hedeoma  ..................  1 
25@1 40
Jumper!.......................   50®2 00
Layendula..................   90©2 00
Limonls............................. 1  3001 50
Mentha Piper.....................1  £5@3 GO
Mentha Verld...................l  80@2 00
Morrhuae, gal...................1  25@1 30
Myrcla, ounce.............   ©  50
O live...;......................  90@3 00
Plcls Liquids, (gal..35)  10©  12
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Rosmarlni............ 
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Rosae, ounce.............   6 50@8 so
Succlnl.........................   40©  45
Sabina.........................   90©1  00
Santal  ........ 
2 5007 00
Sassafras......................  SO©  55
Slnapls, ess, ounce__   ©  65
Ttglil............................   ®l  00
Thyme.........................   40©  50
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Theobromas.................  15©  20

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Bichromate.................  11©  13
Bromide...................... 
40®  43
Garb..............................   12©  15
Chlorate  (po. 17@19)..  16©  18
Cyanide........................  50©  55
Iodide................................ 2 96©3 00
Potassa, Bltart,  pure..  23©  25 
Potassa, Bltart, com...  ©  15
Potass Nltras, opt....... 
8©  10
Potass Nltras............... 
7©  9
Prusslate......................  28©  30
Sulphate  po.................  15©  18

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Aconltum....................   20©  25
Althae...........................  22©  25
Anchusa......................  12©  15
Arum,  po......................  ©  25
Calamus........................  20©  40
Gentlana  (po. 12)....... 
8©  10
Glychrrhlsa, (pv. 15)..  16©  18 
Hydrastis  Canaden,
(po. 35)....................  
©  30
Hellebore,  Ala,  po__   15©  20
Inula,  po......................  15©  20
Ipecac,  po..........................1  30@1 40
Iris plox (po. 35©38)..  35©  40
Jalapa,  pr....................  40©  45
Maranta,  Mb............... 
©  35
Podophyllum, po........   15©  18
Rhel..............................   75@1  00
“  cut.......................   ©1  75
«  pv.........................   75@1  35
Splgella.......................   35©  38
Sangulnarla,  (po  25)..  ©  20
Serpentarla..................   50©  55
Senega.........................  55©  60
Slmllax, Officinalis.  H  ©  40 
M 
©  25
SclUae, (po. 35)............  10©  12
Symplocarpus,  Fcetl-
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Valeriana, Eng.  (po.30)  ©  25
German...  15©  20
inglbera..................  
18©  20
18©  20
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Aplum  (gray el eon s)..  14©  16
Bud, la.........................  
4©  6
Carol, (po. 18)..............  10©  12
Cardamon..........................1 00©1 25
Corlandrum.................  12©  14
Cannabis Sativa..........  4© 
5
Cydonlum....................   75©l  00
Chenopodlun  ............  10©  12
Dlptenx Odorate.........1  8002 00
Foenlculum................. 
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Foenugreek,  po.......... 
6©  8
L ln l.............................  3V,©  4
Llnl, grd.  (bbl. 3Vi)..  3Vi®  4
Lobelia.........................   >5©  40
4©  5
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Rapa.............................  4 Vi©  5
Slnapls  Albu.............  
7©  8
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carriage......................... 2 50©2 75
Nassau  sheeps’  wool
carriage  ..................  
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carriage....................  
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Zingiber  ................................  50
Ipecac.....................................  60
Ferri Iod................................  50
Aurantl  Cortes......................  56
Rhel Arom.............................  50
Slmllax  Officinalis...............  60
....  50
Senega...................................   50
SclUae.....................................  50
“  Co................................  50
Toiatan..................................  50
Pranas  rirg...........................  50

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Arnica...................................   50
Asafcetlda..............................   0
Atrope BeUadonna...............  60
Benzoin..................................  60
“  Co.............................  50
Sangulnarla...........................  50
Barosma................................  50
Cantharides...........................  75
Capsicum..............................   50
Ca  damon..............................   75
Castor.......................................... 1 00
Catechu..................................  50
Cinchona..............................   50
Columba................................  50
Conlum..................................  50
Cubeba...................................   50
Digitalis................................  50
Ergot.......................................  50
GenUan..................................  50
“  Co..............................   60
Gualca...................................   50
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Zingiber................................  50
Hyoscyamus.........................   50
Iodine.....................................   75
Ferri 
K ino......................................   50
Lobelia...................................  50
Myrrh.....................................  50
Nux  Vomica.........................  50
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Camphorated.................  50
“  Deodor................................2 00
Anrantl Cortex......................  50
Quassia.................................   50
Rhatany................................  50
Rhel........................................  50
Cassia  Acutlfol....................   50
Co...............   50
Serpentarla...........................  50
Stramonium...........................  60
Tolutan..................................  60
Valerian................................  50
VeratrumVerlde...................  50

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Chlorldum......   35

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

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Antlfebrin...................   ©  25
Argentl  Nltras, ounce  ©  53
Arsenicum..................  
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38©  40
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Calcium Chlor, Is,  (Vis
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p o ..............................   ©1  00
Capslcl  Fructus, a f...  ©  16
©  15
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Caryophyllus, (po.  15)  10©  12
Carmine,  No. 40..........   ©8 75
Cera  Alba, S. A F .......  50©  56
Cera Flava..................   40©  42
Coccus  .......................   ©   40
Cassia Fructus............  ©   %
Centrarla......................  ©  10
Cetaceum....................  ©  40
Chloroform.................  60©  68
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Chondrus....................  20©  25
dnchonldlne, F.  A  W  15©  20
German 3Vi©  12 
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65
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Creta, (bbl. 75)....... 
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“  preclp............... 
9©  11
“  Rubra.................  ©  8
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50©  55
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Cudbear.......................  
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Cnprl S n lph........ ......   5 ©   6
Dextrine......................  10©  12
Ether Sulph.................  75©  90
Emery,  all  numbers.. 
©  8
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Ergota, (po.)  40..........   80©  35
Flake  White...............   12©  15
Galla............................   ©  28
Gambler.......................   7  © 8
Gelatin,  Cooper..........   ©   60
French............  30©  50
Glassware  flint, by box 60.
Less than box  50.
Glne,  Brown............... 
9©  15
“  White.................  13©  25
Glycerin»....................   18©  20
Grana Paradlsl............  ©   22
Humnlus......................  25©  55
Hydraag Chlor  Mite.. 
©   75
“  C ar....  ©   65
Ox Rubrum  ©  85
Ammonlatl..  ©  95
Unguentum. 45©  55
Hydrargyrum..............  ©   60
Icbthyobolla, Am..  ..1  25©1  50
Indigo...........................  75©1 00
Iodine,  Resubl...........3 80@3 90
Iodoform......................  @4 70
Lnpulln........................  ©2 25
Lycopodium...............  60©  65
M acis...........................  70©  75
Liquor  Arsen  et  Hy-
ararglod..................   ©  27
Liquor Potass Arslnltls  10©  19
Magnesia,  Snlph  (bbl
Manilla,  S .F ...............  60©  68

lVi)...............................2Vi© 4

“ 
11 
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11 

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M orphia, S. P. A  W . 

85®2  10
8.  N. Y. Q.  A
C.  Co.......................   1 75©2 GO
© 40
M oschus C anton.........
M yrlstlca,  No  1 .........
65© 70
N ux Vomica, (po 20)..
© 10
Os.  Sepia.......................
15© 18
Pepsin Saac, H. A  P. D.
©2 00
P lcls Llq, N.»C., Vi gal
©2  00 
doz  .............................
Plcls Llq., q u a r ts .......
@1  00
p in ts ...........
© 85
P il H ydrarg,  (po. 80)..
© 50
Piper  N igra,  (po. 22)..
© 1
Piper Alba,  (po g5)__
© 3
P llx B urgun..................
© 7
Plum bl A c e t................
10© 12
Pulvls Ipecac et o p ll.. 1 local  20
Pyrethrum ,  boxes  H
A P. D.  Co., doz.......
©1 25
Pyrethrum ,  p v ............
20© 30
Q u asslae.......................
8© 10
Q uinta, S. P. A W .......34 H®39 Vi
S.  G erman — 27© 37
R ubla  T lnctorum .......
12© 14
16© 18
Saccharum  Lactls p v .
S alacln............ ..............2 30@2  50
SangulB  D raconls.......
40© 50
Sapo,  W.................... .
14
12©
12
10©
© 15
“  G .........................

“  

©  20 
Seldllts  Mixture. 
©  18 
Slnapls
©  80
opt....................
Snuff,  Maccaboy,  De
©  35
V oes.........................  
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes  @  35 
8©  10
Soda Boras, (po. 9-10). 
Soda  et Potass Tart...  24©  25
SodaCarb................... 
lVi©  2
Soda,  Bl-Carb.............. 
3©  5
Soda,  Ash......................3Vi@  4
Soda, Sulphas.............   @  2
Spts. Ether C o............  50©  55

Vlnl  Rect.  bbl.

11  Myrcla  Dom............  ©2 00
“  Myrcla Imp............. 
©2 50
....7 ........................... 2  45®2  55
Less 5c gal., cash ten days.
Stivchnla  Crystal........1 40@1  45
Sulphur, Subl............... 2M@ 3
Roll...............  2  © 2V4
lUUttTlUUB..............
Terebenth Venice.....  28© 30
Theobromae.......... ...45  @ 48
Vanilla....................
.9 00@16 00
Zincl  Sulph............ ... 
7© 8

OILS.

Whale, winter........ ..  70
Lard,  extra............. ..  60
Lard, No.  1............. ..  40
..  59
Linseed, pure raw.

Bbl.  Gal
70
65
45
62

“ 

taihts. 

Linseed,  boiled..........  62 
Neat’s  Foot,  winter
strained................. 
65 
SplrltaTurpentlne__   36 

65
70
40
bbl.  lb.
Red  Venetian...............1M  2©8
Ochre, yellow  Mars__ IX  2©4
“ 
Ber.........lx   2@8
Putty,  commercial__2M  2V4Q8
“  strictly  pure...... 2Vi  2X©8
Vermilion Prime Amer­
13©15
ican ............................. 
Vermilion,  English__  
68®72
Green,  Peninsular....... 
13©16
Lead,  red......................  5M©6
“  w hite.................5M®6
©70
Whiting, white Span... 
©90
Whiting,  Gilders’........  
1 
White, Paris  American 
Whiting.  Paris  Eng.
1  40
c liff............................. 
Universal Prepared  .. 1  C0@1  15
N o.l Turp  Coach___1  10@1  20
Extra Turp..................160©1  70
Coach  Body.................2 75©3 00
No. 1 Turp Furn........ 1  00@1  10
Eutra Turk Damar__ 1 55©1  60
Japan  Dryer,  No.  1 
70®75
Turp...........................  

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T H E :   M I C H I G A N   T U A   l ) K S M   A   N *.

GROCERY  PR IC E  CU RREN T.

The  prices  quoted  in  this  list  are  for  the  trade  only,  in  such  quantities  as  are  usually  purchased  by  retail  dealers.  They  are  prepared  just  before 
going  to  press  and  are  an  accurate  index  of  the  local  market. 
It  is  impossible  to  give  quotations  suitable  for  all  conditions  of  purohase,  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.

CREAM  TARTAR.
so
Strictly  pore........................ 
30
Telfers  Absolute...............  
Grocers’...............................15@25
CLOTHES  PINS. 

D aisy  Brand.

COCOA  SHELLS.

5gros8boxes...............40@45
351b  bags............. * 
.  @3
Less  quantity.................  @3X
Pound  packages............ 6X@7

COFFEE.

Green.
Rl«.

Santos.

Fair.................... „ .............. 18
Good........................................19
Prime..................................... ¿I
Golden....................................21
Peaberry................................23
Fair.........................................19
Good....................................... 20
Prime...............................!” .22
Peaberry  ............................ [.23
Mexican and Guatemala.
Fair.........................................21
Good.....................................[.22
Fancy...................................” 24
Prime..................  
23
M illed....................................24
Java.
Interior.................................. 25
Private Growth.....................27
Mandehllng..........................28
Imitation............................... 25
Arabian..............................” [28

Maracaibo.

Mocha.

 

Roasted.

Package.

To  ascertain  cost  of  roasted 
coffee, add Xc. per ib. for roast­
ing and 16 per cent,  for shrink­
age.
M cLaughlin's  XXXX.  £1  80
Bunola................................  21  so
Lion, 60 or 100 lb.  case....  21  80 
Valley City X gross.......... 
75
1  15
Felix 
Hummel’s, foil, gross  .......  1  65
“ 
...  V 85

Extract.

... 

“ 

tin 
CHICORV.

“ 

CLOTHES  LINKS.

Balk.................................  ...  5
iied..................................  
7
Cotton,  40 ft..........per do*.  1  25
1  40
leu
1  75
1  SO
85
100

" 
‘ 
„  “ 
Jate 
‘ 
CONDENSED .MILK.

60ft...........  
80ft........... 
70 ft..........  
80 ft...........  
so it 
.... 
72 f t ......... 

*' 
•• 
“ 
•• 
“ 
" 

4 dos. In case.

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

AXLE ORE ASK.
doz
.......  55
60
.... 
.......  50
.... 
75
.......  65
.......  55

Aurora..........
Jastor Oil.......
Diamond........
Frazer’s ..........
Mica  .............
Paragon 
..  ..

gross
6 00
7  00
5  5C
9 00
7  EC
6 00

“ 
“ 
“ 

BAKING  POW DER. 

A 
“ 
1  lb  “ 
Sun Light.

Acme.
>4 id.  jails. 3  do*---- 
14 Zb. 
“  —  
i lb.  « 
bulk......................................  
J4 lb cans 8 doz  case.......... 
V4  lb 
i  lb 
5  1b 
Red Star, M lb cans...........  
“ 
..........
.......
“ 
3, lb. cans, 6 doz. case.  .
14 lb.  “  4  doz. 
‘  —
i* lb.  “  2  doz.  “  —
Van  Anrooy’s Pure.
54 lb. cans, 6 doz. case—
^ lb.  “  4  doz.  “  ----
1  lb. 
reifer’s,  % lb. cans, doz 
“ 
“ •
•* 
Our Leader, >4 .b cans....... 
•* 
lb  cans......... 
«* 

45
„
l  “ ...................l eo
10
Arctic.
55
4 doz  “  ..........  1 10
2 doz  “  .......... 2  00
1 doz  “  ..........   9 00
40
1  4C
45 
Si 
i  6Í
90 
1  75 
3 30 
45 
35 
1 50
45
75
...  .  1  50

“  2  doz.  “
A lb-  “ 
1 lb. 
'

1 lb cans 

BATH  BRICK.
2 dozen In case.

8 oz 

BLUING. 

English.................................   »
Bristol.....................................  JO
Domestic................................  60
Gross
Arctic, 4 o*  ovals...............3 60
“ 
............... 6 75
“  pints,  round........... 9 00
«  No. 2, sifting box...  2 75 
“  No. 8, 
...  4 00
**  No. 5, 
• • ■  8 00
i oi ball  ..................   ♦ ®
“ 
Mexican Liquid, 4  oz........   3 60
“ 
8 oz..........   6 80

“ 
“ 

“ 

“ 
BROOMS,

* 

NO. 2 Hurl............................1 90
HO. 1  " 
.............................2 00
No. 2 Carpet.........................* 1»
Ho. 1 
“ 
......................... 2 50
Parlor Gem...........................2 50
Common Whisk................... 
85
...................  * **
Fancy 
2 85
Warehouse..................
BRUSHES
Stove, No.  1.........................1  28
10.......................1  50
15.......................1 75
85
Sloe Root scrub, 2  row.... 
Rice  Root  Scrub, 8 row —   1  25
Palmetto,  goose...................  1  50
Hotel, 40 lb. boxes.............   10
.............. 
Star  40 
9
Paraffine  .......  ...................
W'Ckine 
— ......... 2*
O A A N SI)  GOOD8.

CANDLES.

“ 
“ 

“ 
• 

“ 

Pish
Clams

“ 

“ 

Lobsters.

“ 
Clam Chowder.
Cove Oysters.

Little N«*c»,  l i b ................. 1  10
2 lb......... 1  90
Standard, 8 lb...................... 2 25
Standard,  1 lb......................   80
21b......... 145
Star,  1  lb..............................;  45
“  2  lb..............................1 50
P icn ic,lib .............................  00
21b.............................. >90
« 
Mackerel.
Standard, 1 lb....................... 1  10
2  lb.....................*  ic
Mustard,  2 lb  .............  
2 25
Tomato Sauce,  2 l b ..........2 2f
Soused, 2  lb..........................2 25
Columbia River, Bat 
1  80
t  ‘ 5
Alaska, Red..........................1  30
p in k .........................1  20
Kinney's,  flat*  ... 
... ....1 9
Sardines.
American  las 
a   4
...............  
.  ® 6
......... 
As 
Imported  4 1 .............  
a  9
As 
a  3
......... 
Mustard  4£s......................  a   7
2i
Boneless  .........................  
Brook  8, lb 
....................... 2 50

Salmon

-ail* 

“ 

-. 

“ 

'* 

Trout.
Pruits.
Apples.

3 lo. standard 
.. 
fork State,gallons  ... 
Hamburgh.  “
Apricots.
Live oak................... 
Santa Crus..................  
Lusk’s ...........................  
Overland....................  
Blackberries.
F. A  W......................... 

90
3 00

l 40
1  40
1  50
l  10
85

a i   i

Cherries.
Red............................
Pitted Hamburgh  ...
W hite.......................
Brie...........................
Damsons, Egg Plums and Green 
Gages
Erie............................
1  00 
California....................
1  05
Gooseberries.
Common......................
1  25
Peaches.
P ie...............................
1  10 
M axwell......................
1  50 
1  50
Shepard’s
California....................  160ai  75
Monitor..................
Oxford...................
Pears.
l  15
Domestic...................... 
Riverside...................... 
i  40
Pineapples.
Common.......................1  oo@l  30
Johnson’s  sliced........  
2 50
2 75
grated........  
Booth’s sliced.............  @2 5)
a 2  75
grated............ 
Quinces.
Common...................... 
1  10
Raspberries.
Red................................ 
95
Black  Hamburg..........  
1  40
1  10
Erie,  black..................  
Strawberries,
Lawrence....................  
1  25
1  26
Hamburgh................... 
Erie............................... 
85
Terrapin.........................  
80
Whortleberries.
Blueberries................. 
85
Meats.
Corned  beef  ........................2  15
........................... 2 25
Roast beef 
Potted  ham, % lb.......................1 25
“  X lb...................  70
tongue, ft lb.............135
X lb.............  75
chicken, X lb........... 
95

“ 
Vegetables,

“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
“ 

Beans.

“ 

75

“ 
“ 

Peas.

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

Corn.

Hambnrgh  stringless..........1  15
French style....... 2 00
Limas  ................. 1  25
Lima, green..........................1  15
soaked.......................   70
Lewis Boston Baked............ 1  25
Bay State  Baked........................1 25
World’s Fair  Baked............ l  a
Picnic Baked.........................   95
Hambnrgh  ...........................1  15
Livingston  Eden................ 1 00
Purity.....................................  so
Honey  Dew................................ 1 25
Morning Glory
Soaked.................................. 
Hambnrgh  marrofat............1

early Jnne  . 
..1  50
Champion Eng.. 1  40
petit  pols...........i  40
fancy  sifted ....l  ®
Soaked..................................   g5
Harris standard....................   75
VanCamp’s  marrofat  .........1  io
“ 
early Jnne....... 1  30
Archer’s  Early Blossom 
1  26
French 
............ 2 15
Xnshraome.
“■renoh........................  
19@21
Pumpkin.
Erie................................... 
  85
Squash.
Hubbard............................... 1  15
Succotash.
Hamburg................. —............1 3)
Soaked...................... 
go
Honey  Dew................................. 1 80
Brie.............................................. 1 85
Tomatoes.
Hancock.....................
.....................  PO
—............   80
Xxcelsior
Suilpae 
............... 
^5
Hamburg_________  
1  ;o
Gallon 
.....................       .2 25
Baker’s.

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CHOCOLATE 
German Sweet................
P r e m iu m .................................
Breakfast  Cocoa............
CHEESE.
Amboy 
..... 
............
A cm e...........................
Lenawee....................
Riverside__
Gold  Medal.................
Skim............................. 
Brick............................. 
Edam  ..........................
Leiden.........................
itmbnrger.......... ...
Pineapple 
.................
Roquefort
Sap Sago  ....................
Schweitzer, Imported, 

domestic 

CATSUP.

Pint 
Quart 1 doz bottles 

Bine Label Brand.
.......
..  . 
Triumph Brand.

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12
12
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200 books or over..  5 per cent 
500 
“ 
1000  “ 
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CREDIT CHECKS.

500, any one denom’n .......S3 00
....... 5 00
1000,  “  “ 
2000,  “  “ 
........ 8 00
Steel  punch......................... 
75

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CRACKERS.
___Butter.

Seymour XXX........................
Seymour XXX, cartoon.......
Family XXX.......................
Family XXX,  cartoon........
Salted XXX...........................
Salted XXX,  cartoon  .........
Kenosha................................
Boston.......... ..........................
Butter  blscnlt......................
Soda, XXX...........................  5x
Soda, City................................ 7x
Soda,  Duchess........................$u
Crystal Wafer.......................iox
Long  Island Wafers........... 11
S. Oyster XXX........................ 5X
City Oyster. XXX.....................5X
Farina  Oyster...................... 6

Oyster.

Soda.

D R IED  FRUIT8. 

D om estic.

Apples.

Peaches.

Apricots.

8X
Snndried,.......................... 
8 
Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes 
California In  bags.........7X@8X
Evaporated In boxes__  
9
Blackberries.
In  boxes.........................
Nectarines.
TO lb. bags  .......................
251b. boxes....................... 
Peeled, In  boxes............ 
Cal. evap.  “ 
............ 
“ 
In bags........  
California In bags....... 
California boxes...........  
Pitted Cherries.
Barrels............................
50 lb. boxes..................
25  “ 
.....................
Prnnelles.
80 lb.  boxes 
Raspberries.
In  barrels........................ 
50 Ib. b oxes....................  
25 lb.  “

9
14
9
8
6X
7x

9 t
22
£2X
22 vs

Pears.

“ 

“ 

Raisins.

Loose  Muscatels In Boxes.
2 crown................................  3x
8 
................................  4

Loose MnBCatels in Bags.
“ 

2  crow n....................................  3 x
-•-•......................   3M
8 
Foreign.
Currants.

Scbuit’s Cleaned

Patras, bbls................  @4U
Vostizzas, 50 lb.  cases.........4ji
55 lb., boxes....................  ..  5X
1  lb.  packages 
.................  6A£
Citron, Leghorn, 251b. boxes  12 
Lemon 
8
Orange 
10

Peel.
“  25 “ 
“  25 “ 
Raisins.

“ 
“ 

Ondnra, 29 lb. boxes..  @ 6
“ 
Sultana, 20 
6X@ 8
Valencia, 30  “

Prunes.
California,  100-120...............   3v
90x100 25 lb. bxs.  5J*
.. 6
80x90 
6X
70x80 
60x70 
. 7
7@10

“ 
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Turkey...........................
S ilv e r............................. 

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ENVELOPES.
XX rag, white.

No. 1, 6X...........................  >1  35
No. 2, 6X  .........................  
1  10
No. 1, 6..............................  
1  25
No. 2, 6................................  1  00

Manilla, white.

654  ....................................... 
*•— 
................................  

75
TO

Coin.

Mill  No. 4......................!.. 
go
FARINACEOUS GOODS.

115 lb. kegs.

Farina.
Grits.

2X

 

Hominy.
 

Walsh  DeRoo'A  Co.’s .......  1  85
2*
Barrels  ........... 
Grits......................................  3X
Dried............................... 
5*
Maccaronf and Vermicelli. 
Domestic, 12 lb. box.... 
Imported......................10*011

Lima  Beans.

55

Pearl Barley.

Empire........................................
10 00
Chester................................ 
254
Green,  bu...........................  1  10
Split  per lb ................... 
2*

Peas.

Rolled  Oats.

“ 

Schumacher, bbl.......................*4 65
Vt bbl.....................2 50
Monarch,  bbl  .....................  4  00
Monarch,-*  bbl........................ 2 13
Quaker,  cases............................3 20
Oven Baked.................................8 25
_ 
German................................  3
Bast India.............................  3*
Cracked.................................  8

Wheat

8ago.

FISH—Salt- 

Bloaters.

Cod.

Yarmouth..................................   1 65
Georges cured..................  4
Georges genuine..............6
Georges selected..............7
Boneless,  bricks..............
Boneless, strips..................6M@9

 

Halibut
Smoked................  
11@12
Herring.
80
Holland, white hoops keg 
bbl  10 ro
“ 
“ 
Norwegian.........................  11  00
Round, *  bbl 100 lbs........   2 55
t  30
Scaled..................................  13)4

......... 

“ 

“  K  “  40  “ 
Mackerel.
No. 1,  100 lbs............
No. 1,40 lb s.............
No. 1,  10 lbs..............
No. 2,100 lbs............
No. 2,40 lbs..............
No. 2,10  lbs  ............
Family, 90 lbs..........
Sardines.

“ 

10  lb s..........

12 00 
.  5 50 
1  35 
10 no 
4  SO 
1  15

Russian,  kegs......................  

55

Trout

No. 1, *  bbls., lOOlbs............4 25
No.  1 V bbl, 40  lbs...............1  95
No. 1, kits, 10 lbs................ 
56
No  1, 8 lb  kits................... 
48

Whlteflsh.

No. 1  family
*  bbls, 100 lbs............16  25  3  15
li  “  40  “  ............  2 80  1  61
101b.  kits....................  
48
................... 
8 lb.  “ 
41
FLY  PA PER .

78 
65 

Regular Size.

Per box__ 38c.  Percsse.  $3 40
In  5 case lots, per case____3 30
In 10 case lo s, per case____3 20

“Little Tanglefoot”
Retails, per box.................. 
25
Costs, per case......................  l 75

MATCHES.

Globe Match Co.’s Brands.

Columbia Parlor...................ft 25
XXX Sulphur.......................   1 00
Diamond  Matcb  Co.’s  Brands.
No. 9  snlphnr......................... 1 66
Anchor parlor.........................1 70
No. 2 home............................  1 10
Export  parlor.........................4 00

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

S o u d e r s '.

XX Grade 
Vanilla.
12 oz.......li  75
>4 oz.......3 50

« 
“ 

Jennings.
Lemon. Vanilla
2 oz regular panel.  75 
1  »  
4o* 
...150
2  00 
60s 
...2  00
8 00 
No. 3 taper...........1 36
2 00 
No. 4  taper...........1  50
2  50
N o rth ro p ’s
Lemon.' Vanilla.
1  10
1  75 
1  20
2 25

2 oz  oval taper  75
1  20
3 oz 
2 oz regular  “ 
85
4 oz 
1  60
“ 

“ 
“ 
GUNPOWDER.
Rifle—Dupont’s.

Kegs...............................................
.3 25
Half  kegs................................1 90
Quarter  kegs.........................1 10
1 lb cans................................   30
A  lb  cans..............................   18
Kegs.........................................4 25
Half  kegs............................... 2 40
Quarter kegs...........................1 35
1 lb cans................................   34

Choke Bore—Dupont’s

Eagle Dnck—Dupont’s.

HERBS.

Kegs....................................... 11 00
Half  kegs............................... 5 75
Quarter kegs...........................3 00
1  lb  cans............................... 
60
gage........................................ is
Hops........................................is
Madras,  5 lb. boxes......... 
55
S. F., 2, 8 and 5 lb. boxes.. 
50
15  lb. palls..................   @  37
£   V. 
...............   ©   45

INDIGO.

JELLY.

LICORICE.

Pure.........................................  so
Calabria............................... 
25
Sicily.......................................  12
Root.........................................  10
LYE.
Condensed, 2 dos..................1  ao
4 dos..................2 %

“ 

MINCE  MEAT.

Mince meat, 3 doz. in case.  2  75
Pie Prep. 3  doz.  in case___2  15

MEASURES.
Tin, per dosen.

1  gallon.........................   ..  91  75
l 40
Half  gallon.......................... 
Q uait.................................. 
70
Pint.....................................  
45
Half  p in t......., ................. 
40
Wooden, for vinegar, per dos.
1 gallon....................  ........  7  00
Half gallon..........................  4 75
Quart....................................  3 75
PtDt 

...................................  2

MOLASSES.
Blackstrap.
Cuba Baking
Porto Hit j.

Sngar bouse....................  
Ordinary..........  
... 
Prime.................................. 
Fancy..........  
.  —  
Fair.....................................  
Good  ..................................  
Extra good.......................... 
Choice 
.............................  
Fancy... 
.......................... 
Half -barrels Sc.extrs

N«w Orleans.

u
it
20
30
is
22
27
32
40

THE  M ICHIGAN  TMRADEISM-AJSr,

2 1

©4 00

PIOKLE8.
Medium.
Barrel*, 1,200 count... 
Half bbli, 600  connt..  @e  60
Barrels. 2,400 count. 
waif bbls, 1,200 connt 
PIPES.
Clay, No.  216............................... 1 70
Cob, No. 8 ....................................1 20

»  T. D. full connt............  70

Small.

3 40

5 75

POTASH.

48 cans In case.

Babbitt’s ........................... 
Penna Salt  Co.’s ....................   8 00

4 00

BICE.
Domestic.

Carolina head........................  5)4
“  No. 1..........................5
“  No. 2..........................4)4
Broken..................................   3)6
Japan, No. 1.............................6)4
"  No. 2............................. 5
Java...................... ... 
5 _
Patna....................................   4)4
SP ICE S.

Imported.

Whole Sifted.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 
“ 
“ 

Allspice.................................... 9*
Cassia, China In mats.........  9)4
Batavia in bnnd— 1&
Saigon In rolls........ 32
Cloves,  Amboyna...............22
Zanzibar.................11)4
Mace  Batavia......................70
Nutmegs, fancy.................. 85
“  No.  1......................60
»  No.  2......................55
Pepper, Singapore, black — 10 
w hite...  .20
» 
shot..  ......................16
11 
Pure Ground In Bulk.
Allspice..................................
Cassia,  B a ta v ia .............-8
and  Saigon.25
Saigon..................... 35
Cloves,  Amboyna..................22
Zanzibar..................18
Ginger, African...................16
cochin...................20
Jamaica................. 22
Mace  Batavia......................65
Mustard,  Bng. and Trieste..22
Trieste.....................25
Nutmegs, No. 2 — . . . . . — 75 
Pepper, Singapore, black — 18
“  white.......24
Cayenne..................20
Sage........................................20

*• 
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“Absolute” In Packages.

*• 
“ 
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••••  84

SAL  SODA.

%•  Hs
Allspice........................  84  156
Cinnamon....................   84  1  55
Cloves...........................  84  1  55
Ginger,  Jamaica........   84  1  55
“  African............  84  1  55
Mustard........................  84  1  55
Pepper..........................  84  155
Sage.....................  
Granulated,  bbls..................  IX
751b  cases.........  154
Lump, bbls 
.........................   1)4
.I X
A nise...........................   @13
Canary, Smyrna..........  
4
Caraway...................... 
•
Cardamon, Malabar... 
80
Hemp,  Russian..........  
4
Mixed  Bird................. 
4)4
Mustard,  white..........
8
Poppy...........................  
Rape............................. 
<X
Cuttle  bone................. 
30
8TARCH. 

1451b kegs............ 

SEEDS.

“ 

“ 

Klngsford'8 Corn.

 

“ 

Common Corn
«   
Common Gloss
“ 
“ 

20 1-lb packages....................   6)4
401-lb 
...................6)4
Klngsford’s Silver Gloss, i
401-lb.  packages...................  6%
6-lb. boxes............................   7)4
20-lb  boxes.............................  544
40-lb 
5)4
1-lb packages.........................   45£
8-lb 
 
434
634
6-lb 
 
40 and 50 lb. boxes...............   3)4
Barrels....................... 
3)4
SNUFF.
Scotch, In  bladders.............37
Maccaboy. In jars................%
French Rappee, In Jars......48
Boxes....................................... 6X
Kegs, English..........................4«

SODA,

 
 

 

SALT.

Diamond Crystal.

 

 

“ 

65

Cases, 243  lb. boxes.........*  1  60
Barrels, 320  lbs.................   2,50
115 2)4 lb bags....  4 00
....  3 75
60 5 
lb  “ 
....  3 50
3010  lb  “ 

“ 
« 
“ 
“  20141b bags...................  3 50
“  280 lb  bb ls............   2  50
“  2241b 
............ C  2 25

Butter,' 56 lb .bags........ 

Worcester.
1152X-lb sacks..........................(4 (0
“ 
60 5-lb 
...................  3 If.
 
3 50
3010-lb  “ 
22  14 lb.  “ 
3  30
3201b. bbl..................................  2 PO
8 lb  sack s..........................32)4
60

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

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

30
16
75
75
22

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

1  90

90

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8ALEBATUS. 

Packed 60 lbs. In box.

Church’s ..................... .........3  30
DeL&nd’a .................... ...........3  15
Dwight’s................ ............3 30
Taylor’s ................................... 3  00

S E E L Y ’S  E X T R .ACTS.

Lemon.
1 oz. F. M. 8  90 doz.
2  “  N . 8.  1  20  “
2 j“  F.  M.  1  40  “

V anilla.
1 oz. F .M .  1  50 doz.
2  “  N .  S.  2 00  “
2  «  F. M. 2  50  “

110  20 gro
12  60  “
14  40  •*

16  20 gro
21  60  “
25  50  “

Rococo—Second  Grade,

2 oz................ 75 doz___ .  8 00  “

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

Lemon.
V anilla.
SOAP.
L a u n d ry .

G.  R. Soap  Works Brands.

“ 
“  
“ 
Best G erman Family.

Concordia,  100 M lb. bars. ..3  50
5 box  lots........... 3  35
10 box lots. ......... 3  30
20 box lots. ....... 3  20
601-lb. b ars.................. .........2 25
5 box  lo ts.................... .........2  15
25 boxllots..................... ......... 200
A llen B.  W rlsley’s Brands.
Old Country,  80  1-lb.. .........3 20
Good Cheer", 691 lb __ .........3 90
White Borax, 100  54-lb1.........3 65

Proctor A Gamble.

" 

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

Dingman Brands.

Single box.................................. 3 95
5 box lots, delivered............ 3 85
10 box lots, delivered........ 3 75
Jas. S. Kirk A Co.’s  Brands. 
American  Family, wrpd..t3 33 
plain...  3 27
N.  K.  Falrbank A Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus.........................   3 99
Br jwn, 60 bars........................... 2 10
80  bars..........................3 10

“ 
Lautz Bros. AlCo.’s Brands.

“ 

“ 

Acme......................................3 65
Cotton Oil...............................6 00
Marseilles.......... ....................4 00
Master  ................................... 4 00
Thompson A Chute Co.’s Brands

BASKET  F IB E D .

JAPAN—Regular.

TEAS.
F a ir ..............................
@17
G o o d ...........................
@20
Choice.......................... .  24 @26
C h o ic e st..................... 32 @34
D u s t............................. .10 @12
S U »  CU BED .
F a ir ..............................
@17
G ood............................
@20
Choice........................... .24 @26
Choicest....................... .32 @34
D u st.............................. .10 @12
F a ir .............................. .18 @20
Choice...........................
@25
Choicest.......................
@35
E xtra choice, w ire leaf
@40
G U NPOW DER.
Common to  fa ll......... .25 @35
E xtra fine to finest.  . .50 @65
Choicest fan cy ........... .75 @85
@26
Common to  fa ir......... .23 @30
Common to  fa ir......... 23 @26
Superior to fine........... .30 @35
Common to  fa ir......... 18 @26
Superior to  fine......... .30 ®40
F a ir .............................. .18 @22
24 @28
Choice.......................
B e st.............................. .40 @50

ENGLISH  B REA K FA ST.

fO U N G   H T 8 0 N .

IM PE R IA L .

OOLONG.

TOBACCOS.
Congress Brand.

Cigars.
Invincibies 
......................880 00
Imperials.............................  70 00
' Perfectos..............................6i 00
Boquets.............................   55 00

Fine Cut.

 

P. Lorlllard A Co.’s Brands.
Sweet R usset................   @25
30
T iger............................... 
D. Scotten A  Co’s Brands.
60
H iaw ath a...................... 
C u b a............................ 
32
R o ck et........................... 
30
Spaulding A M errick’s  Brands.
S terlin g .........................  
30
Private Brands.
B azoo.............................  @30
Can  Can.........................   @27
N ellie  B ly....................24  @25
Uncle Ben.................... 24  @25
M cG inty........................ 
27
)4 bbls........... 
25
C olum bia......................... 
Columbia,  drum s  ......... 
Bang  U p........................... 
Bang up,  drum s 
......... 
Plug.
Sorg'a Brands.

24
23
20
19

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I  S p earh ea d .........................  
J o k e r .................................. 
f  Nobby T w ist....................... 
Scotten’s Brands.
Kylo...................................... 
H iaw atha.......................... 
Valley C ity ........................ 
F lnzer’s Brands.
Old  H onesty......................  
Jolly T a r.............................  
Lorillard’s B rands.
Climax (8  oz., 41c)_____  
Green T u rtle ...................... 
27
Three  Black C row s... 
J . G.  B utler’s.Brands.
Something G ood......... 
38
Out of  S ight...................... 
W ilson.«  M cCaulay’s Brands.
Gold  Rope.........................  
Happy T hought........... 
37 
M essm ate...........................  
No T a x ................................  
Let  Go................................. 

39
27
40
25
38
34
4t<
32
39
30

24
43
.
32
31
27

Savon Improved...................2  50
Sunflower.............................2 80
Golden....................................3  25
Economical  ........................  2  25

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

“ 

SUGAR.

Below  are  given  New  York 
prices on sugars, to  which  the 
wholesale  dealer  adds  the  lo­
cal freight  from  New  York  to 
your  shipping  point,  giving 
you  credit  on  the  Invoice  for 
the  amount  of  freight  buyer 
pays from the market  in which 
he  purchases  to  his  shipping 
point,.including 20  pounds  for 
the weight of the barrel.
D om ino................................... $4  81
Cut  L oaf.....................................   4 81
C u b es.........   ........................... 4  44
P o w d ered ......................................4 44
XXXX  P ow dered.....................   4 69
G ranulated  .  ..........................4 06
F ine G ranulated.......................   4 06
E x tra Fine G ranulated...  4  18
M ould A ........................................4 44
D iam ond Confec.  A ............. 4  06
Confec.  S tandard  A .............4  00
No.  1.......................................  3 87
No.  2 ...................................... 3  87
No.  3.......................................  3 »7
No.  4........................................ 3  87
No.  5........................................3  85
No.  6........................................3  75
No.  7........................................3 69
No.  8.......................................  3 62
No.  9............................ 
No.  10.......................................  8 tO
No.  11........................................3  44
No.  12......................................  3 87
No.  13.  ....................................  3 25
No.  14..................................... 
3 12

8YRUPS.

Corn.

B arrels............................ 
H alf bbls...................................22
P ure Cane.

 

F a ir ...........................................   15
G ood.........................................   20
C hoice.......................................  25

TABLE  SAUCES.
“ 

Lea A Perrin’s, large.........4  75
small.......  2 75
Halford, large.................... 3 7%
small....................  2 25
Salad Dressing, large.......4  56
sm all.......2  66
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20

I 

3 56

S m o k in g .

Gatlin’s  Brands.

Scotten’s Brands.

Kiln  d rie d ............................17@18
Golden  Shower  .....................19
H untress 
................................26
M eerschaum  ......................29@30
American Eagle Co.’s Brands.
M yrtle  N avy........................... 40
Stork  ..............................  
30
G erm an ................................  -15
F ro g ..........................................32
Jav a,  %s fo il...........................32
Banner Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
B anner...................................... 16
Banner C avendish.................36
Gold Cut 
...............................30
W a rp a th ...................................14
Honey  D ew ............................. 26
Gold  Block............................. 30
F. F. Adams Tobacco Co.’s 
Peerless.................................... 26
Old  Tom ...................................18
S tandard.................................. 22
Globe Tobacco Co.’s Brands.
H andm ade............................... 40
Rob  Roy...................................26
U ncle  Sam.......................28@32
Red Clover............................... 32
Tom and Je rry ........................ 25
Traveler  C avendish.............38
Buck H orn...............................3u
Plow  Boy..........................30@32
Com   Cake  ............................. 16
40 gr................................  @8
50 gr..............................   @9

Leidersdorf’s Brands.

Spaulding A M errick.

VINEGAR.

Brands.

II for barrel.

WET  MUSTARD.
Bulk, per gal  .................... 
30
Beer mug, 2 doz in case...  1  75 
WOODEN WARE.
Tubs, No. 1...........................  5 75
“  No. 2.............................4  75
“  No. 3.............................4  oO
1 25
Palls, No. 1, two-hoop.. 
“  No. 1,  three-hoop__   1  35
Bowls, 11 Inch.....................
“ 
90
......................  
“ 
......................1  25
......................  1  80
“ 

18  “ 
15  “ 
17  “ 

 

 

 

 

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•• 
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LA M P  B U B N E B S.

LAMP  OHIMNETB.— 6  dOS. i n  bOX.

First qualltv.
“ 
“ 
“___   ‘ 
XXX Flint.
“ 
“ 

CROCKERY  AND  GLASSWARE
No. 0 Sun............................................................. 
40
No. 1  “  ........................... .................................   4 .
No. 2  “  ............................................................. 
65
Tubular..............................................................  
50
Security.  No. 1....................................................   60
Security,  No. 2.......................... 
80
Nutmeg..................................  
50
Arctic.................................................................... 1  25
Per box.
No. 0 Sun........................................ ...............  ..  1  75
No. 1  “  ..............................................................l  88
No. 2  “  ..............................................................g  70
No. 0 Sun, crimp top, wrapped and labeled. ..210 
No. 1  “ 
...2  25
No. 2  “ 
.  .3  26
No. 0 Sun, crimp  top, wrapped and labeled.  2 to 
...2 80
No. 1 
No. 2  “ 
...3  80
No. 1 Sun, wrapped and  labeled....................  3 70
“ 
No. 2  “ 
....................  4  70
No. 2 Hinge,  11 
.............   ...  4  8i
Fire Proof—Plain Top.
No. 1, Sun,  plain  bulb..................................... .3  40
“ 
No. 2,  “ 
.....................................4 40
No. 1 Sun, plain bulb,  per doz........................  l  25
No. 2  “ 
......................... 1  50
No. 1 crimp, per doz........................................... l  35
No. 2  “ 
........................................... 1  bo
Rochester.
No. 1, lime  (65c doz)................................................3 50
No. 2, lime  (70c doz)................................................4 00
No. 2, flint (80c doz)..........................................  4  70
No.2, lime (70c d oz).......................................... 4  10
No.  2 flint (80c doz)..........................................4  40
Doz.
Junior, Rochester..............................................  50
Nutmeg....... 
15
Illuminator Bases......................... .....................1  00
Barrel lots, 5 doz  ................................................  90
7 In. Porcelain Shades........................................ 1 *00
Case lots, 12 doz...................................................  90

Pearl top.
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 

“ 
La Bastle.

Miscellaneous.

Electric.

“ 

“ 

“ 

“ 

 

 

Mammoth Chimneys for Store  Lamps.

Doz. 

No.  3 Rochester,  li m e ...........1 
50 
No.  3  Rochester, flint...............1  75 
No.  3  Pearl top or Jew el gl’s .l 
85 
No.  2  Globe lncandes. lim e...l  75 
No.  2  Globe lncandes. flin t...2  00 
No.  2  Pearl glass........................2  10 

O IL   CAMS.

Box

4 20
4 80
5 25
5 10
5 85
6 00

Doz
1  gal  tin cans w ith spout............................... 
1  60
1  gal  galv iron, w ith spout...................................... 2 00
2  gal  galv iron w ith spout  ................................3  25
3  gal  galv iron w ith spout......................................  4 50
5 gal  M cNutt, w ith s pout..........................................6 00
5  gal  E ureka, w ith spout........................................  6 50
5  gal  E ureka w ith faucet........................................  7 00
5  gal  galv Iron  A  A W  
.............................  750
5  gal  Tilting  Cans,  M onarch...........................10  00
5  gal  galv Iron N acefas.....  
....................  9 5j

Pum p Cans.

3 gal  Home R u le ....................................................... 10 50
5 gal  Home R ule................................................   12 00
3  gal  G oodenough.....................................................12 00
5  gal  Goodenough  ............... 
13  50
5 gal  P irate  K ing  .............................................  10  50

 

LAM TEBN  GLOBES.

 

 
 
 

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“ 
“ 
“ 

No. 0, Tubular, cases 1  doz.  each.....................  45
“ 
No. 0, 
2  “ 
..................... 
45
......................  40
No. 0, 
bbls 5  “ 
bull’s eye, cases 1 doz ea ch . 1  25
No. 0, 
LAM P  W ICK S.

No. 0,  per  gross......................................................  xo
No. 1, 
26
No  2, 
36
No. 3, 
65
M ammoth,  per doz................................................   75

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“ 
“ 

JE L L Y   TÜ M BLEB8— Tin Top.
24 “ 
6  “ 
18 “ 

1  60
M  Pints,  6 doz in  box, per box  (box 00)... 
•*  doz  (bbl  35)____   20
“  bbl, 
% 
“  box,  “  box  (box 00)___ 
)4 
I  80
)4 
“  bbl, 
“  doz  (bbl  35).......  
22
STONEW ARE— AKRON.
B utter Crocks,  1 to 6 g a l..................................  06
)4 gal.  per  doz.........................   60
“ 
Jugs, )4 gal., per doz.........................................  70
•r   1 to 4 gal., per g a l.................................... 
07
Milk Paus, *  gal., per  d oz.•........................... 
60
.............................  72
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“

1 

STONEW ARE— BLACK  G LAZED.

6)4
65
73

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

The Standard Oil Co  quotes as follows :

" * * .
OILS.
BA BB ELS.
Eocene.........................
XXX W. W.  Mich.  Headlight,
Naptha.......................................
Stove Gasoline.........................
Cylinder....................................
Engine.......................................
Black,  winter...........................
Black, summer.........................
Eocene...................... 
...................... 
XXX W. W.  Mich. Headlight................. 
Scofield, Shurmer  A  Teagle  quote  as  follows :
Palacine............................................................
.13.12
Daisy White....................................................
Red Cross, W W  Headlight.................. ........
.11
11*
Naptha..............................................................
Stove Gasoline................................................
-11)4
.11 
Pnlfiplnp
- 8)4
Red Cross W W H e a d l i g h t .......!

12*
11@UK 
@11)« @39 
13  @24 12 
8)4
IP
8

PROM  TA N K  WAGON,

7B 0 M  TA N K   WAGON.

B A R R E L S .

YEAST.

Magic......................................l  oo
Warner’s  ...............................1  00
Yeast Foam  ..........................1  00
...........   75
Diamond  . . .  
Royal 
...........  90
HIDES  PELTS  and  FURS 
Perkins  A  Hess  pay  as  fol-

lows:

FURS.

40 @  1  25
M ink..................
75
30 @ 
Coon  ................ .
60 @  1  15
Skunk..................
R at  Spring.........
15 @ 
18
Rat,  w in te r.......
08 @ 
11
03 @  C8
Rat, fall..............
Red  F o x ______ 1  CO @  1  60
40 @ 
Gray F o x .,.........
6)
Cross F o x ........... 3 00 @ 5   0*)
50 @  1  00
B adger...............
75
fO @ 
Cat, w ild .............
10 @ 
25
Cat,  h o u se.........
F is h e r ................ 5  00 @  6  00
1  00 @  2  50
L y n x ....................
42  00 @  3  00
M artin, d r r k __
M artin, paie, yel  1  00 @  1  50
O tter.................... 5  00 @  8 0J
W olf..................... 1  00 @  2 00
B eaver................ 3  00 @  7  00
Bear..................... 15  00 @25  00
25
Opossum.............
25
Deer Skin, d ry ..
Deer Skin, green
12)4

10 @ 
10 @ 
05 @ 

HIDES

4 *@5)4
G re e n ..................
@  5
Part  Cured........
6)4@ 7)4
Full  “ 
........
Dry.................................  5 @ 7
Kips, green  .................  4  @ 5
“  cured......................6 @  7
Calfskins,  green........   8X@ 8
cured.........8XQ10
Deacon skins...............lo  @25

“ 

No. 2 hides H off.
PK LTS.

Shearlings.....................  5 @  20
Lambs 
........................25  @  75
.12  @15 
Washed__ _
Unwashed  ...
.  8  @12
T a llo w ...........................3)4®  4)4
Grease  b atter  .............  1  @ 2
S w itch es.......................   1X@  2
G inseng......................... 2  00@2  25
G R A IN S  a n d   F E E D 8 T U F F 8

M ISCELLANEOUS.

W H EA T.

No. 1 W hite (58 lb. test) 
No. 2 Red  (60 lb. test) 

58 
58 

FL O U R   IN   SACKS.

♦Patents................................   3 75
Second P a te n t....................  3  25
S traig h t................................   3  05
C lear......................................   2  85
♦G raham ...............................  3  15
B u ck w h eat.........................   4 30
Rye.........................................   3 35
•Subject  to  usual  cash  dis­
co u n t
F lour in bbls., 25c per bbl. ad­
ditional.

M EAL.

B olted....................................   2  35
G ranulated.................... 
2  to

F E E D   AND  M ILLSTU FFS.

St.  Car  Feed,  screened. ..121  00 
St. Car Feed, unscreened.  *0 50
No.  1 Corn and  Oats  .......  20  00
No. 2 S p e c ia l....................  19  50
U nbolted Corn M eal.........  19  50
W inter W heat  Bran  .......  16 00
W inter W heat M iddlihgs.  17  00 
Screenings  ............. 
14  oo
OOBN.

 

 

Car  lo ts..................................   51
Less than  car  lo ts................53

OATS.

Car  lots  ...................................35
Less than car lots  ..............   37

No. 1 Timothy, car lots. 
No. 1 
ton lots  ..

“ 

.11  Ou 
.12  00

FISH  AND  OYSTERS

PK B SH   F IS H .

W hlteflsh 
....................  @ 8
T r o u t.............................  @  8
Black B ass......... 
15
H a lib u t,.........................  @12)4
Ciscoes or H erring —   @ 6
B luefish.........................   @12)4
Fresh lobster,  per lb .. 
20
Cod 
.........................  
10
H addock.............-r.___  @ 8
No. 1 P ickerel............  
@ 8
P i k e . ................ 
  @ 7
 
Smoked  W hite............   @ 8
Red  Snappers......... 
Colum bia  River  Sal­
mon ............................. 
M ackerel........................  18@25
Scallops.........................
Shrimps  .......................  
C lam s.............................
S H E L L   OOODS.

1  25

12)4

14

Oysters, per  100...........1  2S@1  50
Clams. 
.  75@l  00

O T8TB ES— IN  CANS.

F. J . D ettenthaler’s Brands.
35
30
25

F airhaven  C ounts___  
F . J. D.  Selects............. 
S e le c ts.....................  
. 
F. J . D., S tandards,. 
O TSTEB S— IN   B U L K .
O scar AUyn’s B rands.

28

New  York  C ounts.....................40
E xtra  Selects...........................   65
S e le c ts ..........................................30
IX  L S tandards...........................25
S tandards.....................................18
M edium s......... ............................. 20

Q O

P O S T E R   TO  PA R T N E R S H IP.

P ro g ress  o f  a   C lerk  W h o  W a s  N ot 

A fraid  o f W ork.

An Old Merchant in Hardware.

I  arrived  home  in  the  evening  and 
found our store draped in black.  To my 
mind it was the funeral of all, my  hopes 
as well as of the head of  the  firm.  Mrs. 
Ely met me as if I  were  her  son.  Usu­
ally,  she  was  a woman  of reserved dig­
nity,  who kept all but her  cwn  relatives 
at  a  quiet  distance,  but  sorrow  is  a 
leveler of pride and  pierces through any 
thin covering to the real person below.
I sat  with Mrs. Ely all that night.  My 
own  troubles  were  nothing  compared 
with hers. 
I  had  been  mouruing  over 
the loss of business  prospects,  but  when 
I saw her in the presence  of  her  dead  1 
was ashamed of myself.  The  refrain of 
a great many songs and  prayers is mere­
ly  “money,”  but when the  hand  of  God 
falls on a loved one, all the wealth of the 
world would be gladly given to bring him 
back.
After  the  funeral  Fisher  and  I  met 
Mrs.  Ely’s  brother.  There  was  a  will 
and the affairs were left  in  good  shape, 
but the questien was,  What would we do?
I  had  no  money,  consequently,  I  had 
nothing to say.  Fisher spoke first.

ministrator.
up?”

“Must de shtore shut up?”
“What do you  propose?” asked the ad­
“Nodings.  But  must  de  shtore  shut 
“That is for us to decide.”
“Vhat you say, Marks?”
“If I had any  money in it I  would say 
a good deal,  but the money  is  all  yours 
and Mr. Ely’s.”
“But ist de pusiness not  yours yust  so 
much as ours?”
“The business  is all over;  there  must 
be a new start.”
“Yell,  ve vill shtart him.”
“ What do you propose to do  in  behalf 
of Mrs.  Ely?” I asked the  administrator.
“My wish would be to go  on  with  the 
business  just  as  it  is  and  make  no 
change.”
I  began  to  brighten  up. 
“ Will  you 
feel safe to do that?”
“ Yes; Mr.  Ely suggested it  among  the 
last  directions  he  gave.  Do  you  feel 
able to take his place?”
No,  1  did  not,  but  I  said I would do 
my best.
“ Marks ist all right,”  said  Fisher,  en­
thusiastically;  “any  Yankee  dot  can 
shpeak de Yarman ist all right.  No fool 
can  learn dot langwitch.”
We  all  laughed  at  Fisher’s  standard 
for a smart man,  but  went  to  work  ar­
ranging matters and soon had everything 
satisfactorily  shaped.  The  old  signs 
were to swing over the door  and  the  old 
name would still be ours.
It seemed to me as if I had never  done 
any work before, I was so eager to be do­
ing something now.

“It  all  depends  on  you,”  said  Mrs. 
Ely,  when  I  told  her  what  we had de­
cided to do; and I felt that she was right. 
But  1  knew  1  could pull through.  My 
own  opinion  is  that  it  is never well to 
flourish  a  “new  broom”  too  much,  no 
matter if it does sweep clean.  We are  a 
people  of  to-days  and  to-morrows; yet, 
after all,  we pride ourselves  on  our  yes­
terdays. 
I  like  to  see  on billheads and 
letterheads,  “Founded 1850,” or “Organ­
ized 1840,” because I think it but  proper 
pride  to show the world, that  the  house 
has stood a storm or two,  and is  still  go­
ing.
1  had  changes  to  make  but  I  made 
them without any flourish  perceptible to 
I  organized  our  two  stores 
outsiders. 
into good working trim.  They were just 
far enough apart so that the trade of one 
did  not  interfere  with 
I 
flooded the country  with handbills and I 
represented  our  goods  exactly  as  they 
were.  The  ordinary  handbill  is  not  a 
very elaborate affair, nor  is  there  much 
thought  wasted  on  it.  As  I pick them 
up  in  country  stores,  I  am astonished 
that  so  little  care  is  taken  with  the 
printed matter sent out by retail dealers. 
Like almost everything else,  if worth do-  j 
ing at all it is worth  doing well. 
I gave 
as much thought to a handbill that I was 
going to throw  around  the  streets  as  1 
would if there were to be but one printed,

the  other. 

The Bradstreet Mercantile Apncy.

The Bradatreet  Company, Props.

Executive dees, 279,281,283 Broadway, N.T

CHARLES  F.  CLARK,  Pres.

Offices  n the principal cities of the United 
St&teB,  Canada,  the  European  continent, 
Australia, and In London, England.

Grand  Rapids  Office,  Rood  4,  Widdicomb  Bldg.

HENRY  ROYCE. Sept.

will be at Sweet’s Hotel,  Grand  Rapids, 
Thursday  and  Friday,  April  25  and 26, 
with  a  full  line  of  samples  in  ready­
made  clothing  in  Men’s,  Youths’, Boys’ 
and  Childrens’.  Fourteen years with
Michael  Kolb  &  Son,

Clothing  M anufacturers, 

Rochester, N. Y.

45  s - D ivision St. 
T h o s   F   W v k p ç  
I   l i u a .   c .   Y T y iV C A ,  GRAND RAPIDS
Telephone 371.

W holesale and Retail. 

W A N TED ];-:
Everybody in­
terested  in  pat­
ents  or  patent 
law  to  send  his 
name;  in  return 
a  book  contain­
ing valuable  in­
formation  wi l l  
be  sent  free  by 
mail.
: L.  V.  Moulton, 
Patent Att’y, 
Grand  Rapids, 

Mich.

-Se-THE ACTIVE POWERS# 

“®-INVENTIVE -6ENIVS-

WALTER BAKER & GO.
PURE,  HIGH  GRADE
CO CO AS AND 

The Largest Manufacturers  of

CHOCOLATES
on  this  continent, 
HIGHEST  AWARDS

have received

from  the  great

EX PO SITIO N S

IN

Europe and America.

U nlike th e D utch  Process 

no  Alkalies  or  other  Chemicals or Dyes 
are  used  in  any  of their  preparations. 
Their delicious
B R E A K FA ST  CO CO A

is absolutely pure and soluble, and 

costs less than one cent a  cup.

SOLD BY GROCERS  EVEBYWHEBL

«ALTER BAKER &  GO. DORCHESTER MASS.

Office Sldtidneru

t E T T Ì R M 0 t É   • “ ‘’b Ì T l   H E A D S
STATEMENTS, 
ENVELOPES. 
COUNTER  BILLS.

GRAND  RAPIDS.

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

N E W

D e p a rtu re  in BROOMS
T H E   N E WSocket
Broom

N eatly packed in  cases.  Do not get spoiled in shipping. 
Take  very  little room in store.  H andles easily attached. 
Every one guaranteed.  Send fo r prices.

92  Lamed  St.,  W.,

DETROIT

Duck
Coats an d Kersey
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.
L a n s i n g   P a n t s   &  O v e r a ll  Co.,

LANSING,  n iC h .

HEADQUARTERS  FOR

POULTRY SßROOKTROU

-IN   SEASON-

F. J.  Dettenthaler, Monroe St., Grand  Rapids
Spring
Fishing

IS  NOW  IN   FULL 
BLAST  AND

c MAIL  ALL  ORDERS TO  106 CANAL ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS,

and they w ill receive prom pt attention.

Barn Telephone  1059.

Office  Telephone  1055. 

SECURITY Ä
Moving,  Packing,  Dry  Storage.

warehouse, 257-259  Ottawa  St.  Main OPce, 75 Pearl St.

A .   B . 
K N O W E
Cement,  Lime, Coal, Sewer Pipe, Etc.

Wholesale Shipper

L   6.  DUNTON  i  GO.

W ill  buy  all  kinds  of  Lumbar—  

Green  or Dry.

CARLOTS  AND LESS 

G R A N D   R A P I D S ,  M IO H ,

Office  and  Yards,  7th  St. and  C. & W. M. R. R. 

G rand  R a p id s,  M inh.

THE  MICHIGAN  TRADESMAN.

2 3

DID  YOU  NOTICE

S

Following 

and that one going to the  nicest  lady  in 
the  land.
It is nnnecessary,  perhaps, to say that 
we prospered;  no one  working as we did 
could help but  prosper.  We  made  new 
friends  daily.  Our  goods  were  always 
just what we said  they  were;  our  prices 
were reasonable and the  same  to  every­
one  alike,  and  we took special pains to 
be  accommodating.  The  times  were 
good;  new  railroads  sprang  up  every- 
year,  and  our  town  was  a  center  for 
shops  and  workmen. 
the 
railroads  came  manufacturing  enter­
prises,  and  almost  in a night  our coun­
try  town  turned  into  a  sprightly  city, 
with  smaller  towns  tributary  to  it  all 
around us.  We scarcely  noticed  the be­
ginning of it,  but we had a  good  whole­
sale  trade  under  way  before  we  ever 
thought  of  wholesaling.  By  little  and 
little we worked into a steady trade with 
the small towns around  us,  and began to 
buy goods in large  quantities.  One  rul­
ing  principle  had  guided  us  from  the 
start, and that was that our profits should 
lay  in  the  business  year  by year.  We 
built no  palatial  residences,  we  owned 
no fast horses,  we devoted our  time  and 
our  money,  as  we  made it, to our busi­
ness.
I  began  to  feel  the  effects  of  close 
work,  and so one day put up a  little  va­
lise of samples and started on the road as 
a drummer.  My  success was fully up to 
my  expectations. 
I  had  a  younger 
brother whom 1 saw I could  work  into  a 
salesman for the road,  so I  began  to  lay 
my plans that way.  We  had  to  divide 
our retail and  wholesale  trade  the  fol­
lowing  year,  and  we  thought it about 
time to divide  up  the  business.  Fisher 
took the  Germantown  store,  Mrs.  Ely’s 
brother and myself our  retail  store,  and 
my brother and I the wholesale  trade.  1 
continued to buy the goods for the  three 
stores,  and  my  brother  did  the  travel­
ing.
“Did  we  succeed?”  do you ask?  Did 
you ever know a man who  worked  hard, 
sold  goods  at  a  profit  and  lived  within 
his.income, to  fail?  Not  many  such,  1 
venture to say.  Yes,  we succeeded.  The 
rules that are good at retail  are  just  as 
sure to win at wholesale.  We built up a 
substantial trade and increased it yearly. 
When the war came,  we were in the field 
with a good stock of goods,  and we made 
money as everyone else made it.  We are 
still pegging away, and,  when  you  come 
our way, whether you are buying or sell­
ing,  give  us  a  call,  and  we promise to 
give you a hearty  welcome. 
If  you  are 
a clerk striving for a foothold, take cour­
age,  and be sure that  no  man  who  ever 
deserved it failed to succeed.

A French  technical  paper,  the  Jour­
nal  de  VHorlofjerie,  declares that a new 
amalgam has been  discovered which is  a 
wonderful  substitute  tor  gold. 
It con­
sists  of  94  parts of copper to 0 parts of 
antimony.  The copper is melted and  the 
antimony  is  then  added.  Once the two 
metals are sufficiently  fused  together,  a 
little  magnesium  and  carbonate of lime 
are added to increase the density  of  the 
material.  The  product  can  be  drawn, 
wrought  and  soldered  just  like  gold, 
which it almost exactly resembles  on be­
ing polished.  Even when exposed to the 
action of ammoniacal salts of nitrous va­
pors  it  preserves  its color.  The cost of 
making  it  is  about  a  shilling  a  pound 
avoirdupois.  China should get onto  this 
when she pays Japan $250,000,000 in gold 
for licking her.

Eight of the leaders of the Great North­
ern  Railway  strike  last  summer  have 
pleaded  guilty  in  the  United 
¡States 
Court of obstructing  the  mails  and  are 
fined  $100  each.  The  judge  gave  as  a 
reason for imposing so  light  a  sentence 
that the offense was  committed during  a 
time of great excitement—as though that 
were any palliation.
mt  m 

Springtime finds the Signal Five at the 

---------- *

front.

r?5onqress
Bioars

"V  -

.  O N   Y O U R   C R A C K E R S ?sEARS’

UPERIOR
EYMOUR
T h a t   is  w h a t   it  m e a n s — 

‘THE  ACKNOWLEDGED  LEADER 
OF  CRACKERS! ”

T H E Y

O r ig in a te d   in  M I C H I G A N  
A r e   M a d e   in  M I C H I G A N  
A r e   So Id  in  M I C H I G A N

And  all  over  the  World.

Manufactured  by

The New York  Biscuit Co.,

Successors  to  WH1.  SEARS  &  CO.,

Grand  Rapids,  iTich.

We  ask  all  our trade  and  allQhandlers 
of  Fine Cigars to try  a few  of the

Our  F ounder, lOc

and  the Alni  F e st, 5 c

Both  are  Special  Brands,  made for us. 
We will guarantee the quality.

Ci ira is .

G R A N D   R A P I D S

_EM0N  l  W HEEEER  CO.
WHOLESALE  GROCERS

Grand  Rapids

MANUFACTURER  OF

Crackers
Sweet  Goods
252  and  254  CANAL  ST.,  GRAND  RAPIDS

AND  FU LL  LIN E  OF

T h is  Cigar  is  m a d e  
by  th e  best  C U B A N  
W O R K M E N   from   the 
F in e st  an d   H i g h e s t  
Grade  H A V A N A   TO 
BACCO,  a l w a y s   u n i­
form  an d   reliable  in 
quality.

CONGRESS

Is  the  F in e st  H a v a n a  
Cigar  in  th e  w o r ld

following 

Send  a sample order  to  any 
tvholesale 

of 
the 
houses:
HAZELTINE  &  PERKINS  DRUG  CO. 
BALL-BARNHART-PUTMAN  CO. 
OLNEY  &  JUDSON  GROCER  CO. 
LEHON  &  WHELER  CO. 
MUSSELMAN  GROCER  CO. 
WORDEN  GROCER  CO.
I.  1*1.  CLARK  GROCERY  CO. 
PUTNAM  CANDY  CO.
A.  E  BROOKS  &  CO.

Ask their salesmen  to  show 
you  samples.  See  quotations 
in  Grocery  Price  Current.

ffatcl for Neit Week’s  Ad.

THE  MTCHXGAJST  TRADESMAN

8 4

G OTHAM  G O SSIP.

News  from  the  Metropolis— Index  of 

the  Markets.

Special  Correspondence

N e w   Y o r k ,  April 20—The coffee  mar- 
ket during the week has been practically 
at a standstill.  Both buyers  and  sellers 
are at a standstill,  and  neither  seems  at 
all anxious to  make  any  advances.  No 
large  transactions  have 
taken  place. 
The amount of Brazilian coffee  afloat  is 
considerably less than  at  the  same  time 
last year.  Mild coffees are dull  in  sym­
pathy, and it looks as though there would 
have to be some  substantial  concessions 
made before intending purchasers negoti­
ate for more than  everyday  wants.  Ma­
lang Java,  21@22c; Padang Interior, 26% 
@27c; Mexican,  18%@21c.
A  little  more  activity  prevails  for 
black and green teas of  first-class  sorts, 
but,  in a general way,  the  market  lacks 
animation;  in  fact,  it  is  never a lively 
market, nor do the  complications  in  the 
East seem to make  any  appreciable  dif­
ference, one way or the other.
Refined  sugar  is  firmly  held  at  the 
same prices  prevailing  last  week.  The 
market is not particularly active,  but the 
legitimate  everyday  wants  are  keeping 
up well.
Holders of rice are  full  of  confidence 
and  are  holding  out  for “all the traffic 
will bear.”  While  trading is not partic­
ularly active,  there is  a  normal demand, 
which  prevents  any  accumulation,  and 
both  foreign  and  domestic  are  well 
cleaned  up.
Spices remain well held  at  full  rates. 
The demand is very  satisfactory  for  the 
time of year.
Molasses of really fine grade is hard to 
find  and  those  who  are  seeking  such 
goods must pay full  rates.  Plenty of in­
ferior stock is to be found.  Syrups, too, 
are selling quite freely and the market is 
well held.
The  canned  goods  market  is  not  es­
pecially  active  and  the  prevailing  de­
mand,  as  has  been  the  case  for  some 
time past,  is for  something  cheap.  Bal­
timore  brokers  report  quite  an  active 
market,  but some of  their statements are 
to be taken with a grain of salt.

character and the general market has de­
veloped no new feature.

Alcohol—There is  no  improvement  to 
note  in  the  condition  of the market for 
grain;  competition between Western dis­
tillers continues very  keen,  and the out­
look is not very encouraging to  an  early 
settlement of existing difficulties.

Balsams—The recent direct arrivals of 
Peru  are  held  firm,  but  the  Hamburg 
quality is not quite so  steady and sellers 
are  disposed  to  shade  quoted  figures. 
Copaiba  is  selling  freely  in  a  jobbing 
way  at  unchanged  prices.  Tolu  is  in 
better demand for  consumption  and  the 
tone of the market is  firmer.  Canada fir 
is again dull and  featureless.

Bichromate of Potash—Continued keen 
competition  between  domestic  and  for­
eign manufacturers  keeps the market  in 
an unsettled condition.

Blue  Vitriol—There  is  a  continued 
strong market,  with  a  good  export  de 
mand and a fair inquiry from consumers, 
but former prices are still current.

Caffeine—Continues  in  light  supply 
single pounds may be had at  $8  but  for 
lots of 5 lbs. $10 is the lowest  quotation 
There  is  none  offering  from 
second 
hands  in  London  for  delivery  before 
August.  The  second  largest manufac 
turer is said to have disposed of  the  en 
tire output for the current year on a con­
tract.

Cassia Buds—Are in good demand.  Re­
cent arrivals of “sweated” goods  are  of­
fering at less than the inside figure.

Cocaine—Has  ruled  quiet  at  the  de­
cline noted in our last issue and the  tone 
of  the  market  is  easier,  with  a further 
reduction  anticipated  in  view  of  the 
more settled condition  of  affairs  at  pri­
mary sources of supply.

The  market  for  lemons  is  good,  and 
at the auction houses the  bidding  is  ac­
tive  and  the  fruit  taken  at  once  and 
placed “ where it will do the most good.” 
Oranges are more active,  as  are  pineap­
ples, which are in limited supply.Bananas 
are selling at good prices and the outlook 
is  for  still  higher  rates.  Upon  the 
whole, 
the  foreign  fruit  trade  is  in  a 
more  satisfactory  condition  than  has 
been the case for a long time.

Butter  is  steady.  Receipts  of  first- 
class stock are  not large and the demand 
prevents any  accumulation.  At  20c  the 
top  seems  to  be  reached—this  for  the I 
very best Western or State  and  Pennsyl­
vania  extras;  for  inferior  grades—and 
there are plenty—the market  is  not  ac­
tive.
Receipts of new cheese  are  not  large, 
arrivals bringing from  7@8c  for  fair  to 
choice full cream.  Old cheese are quiet, 
within the range of 9%@ll%c.
Eggs are decidedly firmer.  Lighter re­
ceipts and better demand  have tended to 
keep the market well sustained  and  the 
outlook is good—for the present at least. 
Michigan,  Ohio  and  Indiana  are  worth 
12%@13c.
Dried fruits  are  rather  dull, although 
dealers seem to be more hopeful  and an­
ticipate no further reductions at least.

A.  E .  Whyland,  formerly  of the Thur- 
ber,  Whyland Co.,  with W.  Fletcher and 
J. C. Bouton,  have  established  a  retail 
grocery  on  42d  street.  Whyland  is  a 
pusher and Bouton a  good  “figurer”  and 
Fletcher an  “old hand at  the  business,” 
and,  with  the  reputation  they  possess, 
they will probably soon  rank with  Park 
& Tilford and  Acker,  Merrall  &  Condit.
The National Convention  of  Retailers, 
to be  held  on  Wednesday,  promises  to 
be an interesting gathering.

The  Drug'  Market.

Acids—Citric  continues seasonably ac­
tive at steady  prices  and  other  descrip­
tions are finding a fair consuming outlet, 
but transactions  are  chiefly of a jobbing

Cod Liver Oil—The  active  consuming 
season  is  practically  over  and  a  some­
what  quieter  feeling  has  pervaded  the 
market, but quotations are  unchanged.

Cuttle  Fish Bone—Is in active demand 
for  consumption.  Recent arrivals from 
China  and  Japan  are  unsalable  owing 
to  quality,  being  coarse  and  unsightly.
Essential Oils—Strictly prime cassia is 
very scarce  and  holders  are  indifferent 
ellers.  Camphor is moving moderately. 
Advices  recently  received 
indicate  a 
falling  off  in  the  export  from  Japan, 
which is attributed to a largely increased 
home consumption by the Japanese,  who 
are said to have  discovered  several  new 
methods for utilizing the article.

Guaraña—Is easier in  price,  but  there 

is no demand of consequence.

supplied  with 

Gums—Tnere  have  been  further  ar­
rivals  of  asafetida,  and  the  market  is 
abundantly 
very 
fine  assortment;  the  tone  is  easy  and 
prices  favor  buyers.  Guiac  is  very 
scarce,  particularly  the  better  grades, 
which are almost  out  of  market.  Cam­
phor continues firm.

a 

Leaves—Short buchu continue in good 
demand at steady prices.  Coca are easier 
in tone, under the influence  of  a  better 
outlook  for  fresh  supplies  from  Peru. 
Tinnevelly Senna are  active  and  prices 
are firmer for medium grades,  which  are 
becoming scarce.
Manna—Large 

is  quiet  but 

flake 

steady;  small flake has declined.

Opium—The  market  continues  weak 
and depressed,  with values  still  tending 
in buyers’ favor,  but there  is no activity 
and transactions  are  wholly  in  accord­
ance  with  the  light  current  wants  of 
consumers.

Menthol—Is higher  in  sympathy with 
primary  and  European  markets.  The 
outlook  is  favorable 
to  still  higher 
prices.

Quinine—Has met  with  an  unusually 
active demand and  fully  170,000  ounces 
have been  taken from second hands, with 
values  firmly  maintained.  Manufactur­
ers and agents of foreign  makers  report 
moderate  sales  at  full  prices.  London 
statistics  show  a  material  decrease  in 
stocks.

Roots—There is very  little that is new 
or  interesting  in  this  department,  and 
aside from a lower range for serpentaria, 
there is no important  change  in  prices, 
and the sales reported are  almost wholly 
of the retail  order.

Seeds—Canary is without new features 
of  interest.  The  current  movement  is 
founded wholly upon very  light  jobbing 
requirements.  Of the recent  arrivals  of 
South American seed no sales are yet re­
ported.  Several hundred bags of Russian 
hemp were landed last  week,  which  has 
relieved the market and brought about  a 
somewhat easier tone.  Prices, however, 
are unchanged.  A slightly stronger feel­
ing  has  developed  in  the mustard seed 
situation  and  quotations  on  California 
yellow  and  brown  have  been  restored. 
This is due  to  an  advance  in  overland 
freight rates.  Yellow is said to be scarce 
on the Coast.  The inquiry for California 
brown has been  active  during  the  past 
few  days  and  business  aggregating 400 
bags is reported, of which  300  bags  was 
second grade.  German  rape is  firm  but 
quiet.  Celery has  developed  considera­
ble  interest;  quite  a  buying  movement 
set in early in  the  week,  stimulated  by 
cable advices from France  of  damage  to 
the growing crop,  first by frost and more 
recently by prolonged wet weather.  The 
principal  holder  has  withdrawn,  but 
others are offering sparingly.  The stock 
carried over from  last year is the largest 
ever known, being estimated at 800 bags,! 
and there is an additional 200 bags afloat 
for this port,  but if  the crop  reports are 
true a continued firm market  may be  ex- 
pected.

The Hardware Market.

General trade continues very  good and 
with the warm  weather  everybody is  be­
ginning to be busy.  That makes buying, 
which gives encouragement  to  the  local 
dealer,  who  immediately  commences  to 
fill up  his  stock.  These  conditions  are 
now  prevailing  in  the  hardware  line. 
Manufacturers  report  in  most  lines  a 
good demand for goods, ahd  in  many  in­
stances are behind their orders.  Several 
changes have taken  place in two leading 
lines—tacks  of  all  kinds  and  wrought 
butts.  New lists have  been  adopted  by 
the  manufacturers,  which  means  new 
discounts.  The new lists are now in the 
hands of the jobbers,  who  will  be  glad 
to supply them to any regular dealer and 
name him discounts.

Barbed Wire—The demand is good and 
in some cases manufacturers  find it diffi­
cult  to  keep  up  with  orders.  They 
claim,  however,  that  the  demand  this 
pring is falling behind last year,  which, 
undoubtedly,  will  prevent  any  advance 
in the  price  and  may  result  in  a slight 
weakness.  We  quote  painted  barbed 
at $1.55 from mill  and  $1.80  from stock, 
and galvanized barbed at $1.90 from mill 
and $2.20  from  stock.  For good orders, 
these prices  could,  no doubt,  be shaded.
Wire Nails—Demand is brisk,  as much 
building is going  on.  Stocks  are  light.

The mills  all  report a good lot of orders 
on hand,  but,  notwithstanding  this  fact, 
prices  are  not  firm  and  the  recent  ad­
vance will be hard to hold.  The  market 
is  95@90c  from  mill  and  $1.20@1.15 
from  stock.

Bar Iron—At a recent  meeting  of  the 
manufacturers,  the  price  was  advanced 
$3 per ton and a  new  card  is soon to  be 
issued.

Fishing  Tackle—There  is  no  limit  to 
the demand for this line of  goods  and of 
many of the articles it  seems  impossible 
to get a sufficient supply.  One large im­
porter of hooks says that  his  order  was 
placed  in  England  last  September  and 
that his invoice is not yet received.  The 
greatest  scarcity  seems  to  be  in  hooks 
and flies.

PR O VISIO N S.

LARD.

SAUSAOE.

The Grand RapldB  Packing  and Provlalnn Co 

PORK  IN  BARRELS.

12 50
t2 50
1450
18  50
13 50
13 75
I4i0

quotes as follows:
Ness............................................................. 
Short c u t.................................................... 
Extra clear pig, short out........................ 
Extra clear,  heavy...................................
Clear, fat back..........................................  
Boston clear, short cut............................. 
Clear back, shortcut................................  
Standard clear, short cut. best...............  
Pork, links.................................................  
7
5k
Bologna....................................................... 
e
Liver............ ............................................... 
8k
Tongue....................................................... 
e
Blood.......................................................... 
Head cheese..............................................  
6
10
Summer......................................................  
Prankfurts.................................................. 
7k
Kettle  Rendered...  ..........................................   8
Granger.................................................................. 7^
 
Family......................................................... 
5^
Compound...........................................................   5k
Cottolene..............................................................
Cotosuet.................................................................. 6%
50 lb. Tins, k c advance.
201b.  palls, V4c 
10 lb.  “  k c 
51b.  “  Xc 
3 lb.  " 
l c  
Extra Mess, warranted 200 lbs............................... 6 50
Extra Mess, Chicago packing..............................   6 75
Boneless, rump butts.............................................. 10 00
Hams, average 20 lbs...........................................10
16 lbs......................................... ...10 k
12 to 14 lbs...................................10k
picnic..........................................................7
best boneless............................................  9
Shoulders............................................................  7
Breakfast Bacon  boneless................................  9
Dried beef, ham prices....................................... 11
Long Clears, heavy.............................................   6k
Briskets,  medium...............................................  6k
Half  barrels.........................................................3 00
Quarter barrels.....................................................1  65
K its...........................................................................go
75
Kits, honeycomb................................................ 
Kits, premium................................................... 
S5
Creamery,  rolls.................................................   17
tubs....................................................15
Dairy,  rolls...........................................................12
ilk

snored  neats—Canvassed or Plain.

tubs...  ..................................... 

PICKLED Pies’  FEET.

BBS*  IN BARRELS.

DRY  SALT  NEATS.

BUTTERINE.

TBIPE.

“
“
“
“

“ 
“ 

“ 

E g g s

" W a n te d   !

Prices  quoted  on application.

N O T E   L O W   P R I C E S

On following goods:

 

 

Mrs. Wlthey’s Home Made Jelly, made  with 
boiled cider,  very  fine.  Assortment con­
sists  of  Apple,  Blackberry,  Strawberry, 
Raspberry and Currant:
to
30-lb.  pall............................................................ 
20-lb. pail..................  
45
17-lb.  pail............................................................ 
40
15-lb. pall.............................................................  
37
1  quart Mason  Jars, per  doz.......................  1  40
1  pints  Mason  Jars, per  doz........................  1  03
Per case, 3 doz.  in  case....................................  2 85
Mrs. Witbey’s Condensed Mince Meat,  the
best made.  Price per  case  ........................  2 40
Mrs.  Withey’s bulk mince meat:
40-lb. pall, per  lb................................................  6
25-lb. palls, per lb ..............................................   6k
12-lb. pails, per lb..............................................  6k
2-lb. cans, per doz.............................................   l  40
5 lb. cans, per  doz............................................350
Pint Mason Jars, per  doz................................   1  25
Quart Mason Jars, per doz.............................  2 00
Pure Sweet Cider, in bbls., per gal...............   12k
Pure Sweet Cider, in less qnantltles, per gal  14 
Maple Syrup, pint Mason Jars, per  doz. 
1  40
Maple Syrup, quart Mason Jars, per doz__ 2 25
Maple Syrup, tin, gallon cans, per doz.........9 00
Peach Marmalade, 20-lb p a lls........................  1  00
Peach Marmalade in pt. Mason jars, pr dz..  1  20 
No  1 Egg Crate Fillers, best  in market,  10
sets incase, No. 1 Case  included...............  1  25
No. 1 Egg Crates with fillers  complete........  
33
Special prices made on 100 Crate lots.
EDWIN  FALLA5,

Grand  Rapids,  Mich.

Muskegon  Bakery  Bracken

(United  S ta tes  B a k in g   Co.)

Are  Perfect  Health  Food.

There are a great many  Butter Crackres  «*11  the  Market—only 

one can  be  best—that is  the original

o

iTuskegon
Bakery
Butter
Cracker.

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

Nine
Other
Great
Specialties
Are

Muskeg on„T oast,
R o\al  F ruit  Biscuit, 
Muskegon  Frosted  Honey, 
Iced  Cocoa  Honey  Jum bles, 
Jelly  Turnovers,
Ginger  Snaps,
Hom e-M ade  Snaps, 
Muskegon  Branch,
Mlik  L'. neh.

ALWAYS
ASK
YOUR
GROCER
FOR
HUSKEGON 
BAKERY’S 
CAKES  and 
CRACKERS

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

LAWRENCE  DEPEW ,  Acting  Manager,

M u s k e g o n , 

- 

M ic h •

THE  REYNOLDS  IflPROVED  TRUCK.

This truck will be found especially adapted  to  the  wants  of  Merchants.  We 
make them to  fit elevators or scales,  and thus do away  with transferiug from truck 
to elevator or scales, and vice versa.
CD The front wheels being casters, the truck will turn in its  own  length  and  can 
be run on elevator or scales from any angle.  The wheels are so large  in  diameter, 
and so much of the weight of the load comes directly over them,  that one  man  can 
carry twice as much on it as upon any other truck made; and  instead  of  the  ordi­
nary rigid rest in front, there are  two caster wheels,  the operator can  turn truck in 
any direction withgreat ease.  22  sizes in stock.
LOSING  WHEELBARROW  GO., Lansing.  Mich.

HEROLD=BERTSCH  SHOE  CO,,

5 and 7 Pearl S t.,

Our  Line  for  1895  is

Greater  in  variety  and 

finer  than 
ever attempted before.  Everyone of the 
old Favorites have been retained.

Your  inspection  s  kindly  solicited 

when in the city.

Our representatives will  call  on  you 
early and will gladly show  you  through.
Keep your eye on our Oil  Grain  line 

in “Black Bottoms.”
Rubbers.

Headquarters 

for  Wales-Goodyear 

U s e  T r a d e s m a n  W a n t s  C o l u m n

IT  REACHES  THE  PEOPLE.

We  Pay  HIGHEST  MARKET  PRICES  in  SPOT  CASH  and  fleasure  Bark 

When  Loaded.  Correspondence  Solicited.

W.  C.  HOPSON

ROLL  CAP

Made of Soft Steel  Sheets. 
(  heap as Shingles.  LAST 
FOUR  TIMES  AS  LONG.

fl.C. HOPSON & CO.

Sutton  &  M u rp h y   Co.,

'  

Send  for Catalogue.

M ANUFACTURER  OF

i

M i,  99N. lift ll M  Ropids

Telephone  738.

Office  Fixtures, 
Store  Fixtures,  etc.

GRAND  RAPIDS 

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

Our  Goods  are sold  by  all  Michigan  Jobbing  Houses.

WANTED.

sample of beans you have to offer,  car lots  or less.

If  you  have  any  to  offer write us stating quantity and lowest price.  Send us 

B e a n s,  P o ta to e s,  Onions.
M O SELEY   BROS.

26  28.  30 and  32  Ottawa  St.,  GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

SEE  QUOTATIONS.

To anyone  placing order for 
P lans w ith me,  I  will  furnish

S K E T C H E S   F R E E
J. BR EC H TIN G Wonderly

Building
GRAND
RAPIDS

The  D ayton   C om puting  S ca le!

It Sells 
Because  of 
Its Money 
M a k i n g  
Features !

For  further  information

drop  a  postal  card  t o ..........

Warning!

The  trade  are  hereby  warned against using 
any infringements on W eighing and Price Scales 
and  Computing  and  Price  Scales,  as  we  will 
protect  our rights and  the  rights of  our general 
agents  under  Letters  Patent  of  the  United 
States Issued in  1881, 1885,1-86.1888,1191,1893 and 
1894.  And  we  will  prosecute  all  infringers  to 
the full  extent  of  the  law.  The simple  using 
of Scales that infringe  upon  our  patents makes 
the  user  liable  to  prosecution,  and the  impor­
tance  of  buying  and using  any other  Comput* 
ing  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,

The  Computing  Scale  Co.

See W hat  Users S a y :

Office of  CHICAGO  LUMBERING  CO.

Manistique,  Mich.,  Apr.  2,  1805. 

.Messrs.  Hoyt  &  Co.,  Dayton.  O.

Gentlemen:  We bought three  Standard  riar- 
ket Scales and two Tea Scales of you,  Feb.  n th , 
for our tw o stores,  and  have  thrown out ail our 
other scales, and  had these in constant  use ever 
since.

We are  very  much  pleased  with  them and 
think  THEY  HAVE  SAVED  l!S  ABOUT  $5.00 
PER  DAY,  or  nearly the cost  of  them,  by  th is 
time. 

Yours  truly,
THE  CHICAGO  LUMBERING  CO. 

Per C.  S.  Hill,  Manager.

HOYT & Company j   Sales Agents,  Dayton,  Ohio.
THE  BEST 
REDUCED
ON  EARTH
PRICES

NEW  IDEAL  SHAPE.  Original  Assorted  Crates.

“ SUMMERTIME,”  English  Dec.  Semi-Porcelain

PENCIL  OR  BROWN  COLOR.
NO.  13116,  "SU nnE R TIM E”

Assorted  Crate.

NO.  141910,  IDEAL  SHAPE 

12  20 
1  40

Orig.  Asstd.  Cte.,  Alfred  fleakins’  W hite  Granite.
6 doz 5 inch  l’la tes__
20 doz 7 inch  P lates__
2 doz 8 inch  P la te s....
6 only 6 inch  B akers..
6 only 8 inch  B ak e rs..
6 only -4s  Bowls...........
12 only 30s Bowls...........
12 only 30s Bowls...........
12 only Us Open  Chaml.»
6 only 9> Covered Cham bet
12 only 0 inch Scollops.......
12 only 7 inch Scollops.
12 only 8 inch Scollops..........
6 doz 4- inch F ru it Saucers.. 
4 doz Individual B utters.  . 
15 set handled St.  Denis Tea- 
15 set handled  llenshall Tea.-
21  set  mihaiidled  SI.  Denis T  
24 only  (tester Bowls,  » Is ....
it pairs its Ewers and  Bastns
6 only  9 inch D ishes............
0 only 10 inch D ishes............
6 only  11  inch D ishes............
Crate and C artage.......

1  t3 
1  69

1  13
2  50

NO.  15168,  IDEAL  SHAPE

-2 10 
1  04

Original  Assorted  Crate,  Alfred  Meakins’  W hite  Granite  Ware.

2 only Teapots, 24s 
4 only sugars,  24s.
3 only  6s Jugs__
6 only 12s  .Tugs*...
3 only 24s  Jugs__
6 only 30s  Jugs__
6 only 36s  Jugs__
6 only 24s Bowls...
18 only 30s Bowls...
12 only 36s Bowls...
6 only prs. its Ewers A  Basins 
6 only Covered Chambers 9s
13 only Uncov'd Chambers 9s 
10*„ set hdld.  St.  Denis Teas. 
IOC. set hdld.  Daisy  T eas.... 
set unhdld. st.D enis Teas
31 
Crate and Cartage.......
Total......................

5 doz 5 inch  Plates 
2 doz 6 inch  Plates
12 doz 7 inch  Plates 
2 doz 8 inch  Plates 
2 doz 7 inch Plates.
np
6 doz 4 inch Fruit  S 
2 doz Individual  Betters
! only 
h  D isht 
3 only  Hint 
h  D ishes 
6 only 10 inc 
h   D ishes 
6 only 11 iin 
h  D ishes 
3 only 12 inc 
h  D ish es 
3 only 14 i in 
h  D ishes 
12 only 3 
1 Scollops 
6 only 5
1 Se.ilU 
1 Scolhblhl 
12 o n ly  6
13 only 7 
>]]< 
13 only 8
ilh
6 onlv 9 
3 only 7 
3 only 8
2 only S
3 only  P
2 only 7
3 only
A l l   t h e s e   g o o d s   in  O p e n   S t o c k   a t   s l i g h t

lies  3  94 
hes  4  50 
.. ..  1  50 
....  1  13 
__   4  50

inly 5 inch < 'overed Butters 3

Covered  Di 
( ’ove.red Di 
Boats.........

I  13 
1  69 
1  13

Tota!

. 

.$  51 $3  04
4 doz 5 in P lates...
2 doz 6 in P la te s...
62 1  24
12 doz 7 in P lates...
73 8  76
2 doz 8 in P lates...
84 1  68
6 doz 4 in F ru its ...
34 2  04
. 
6 doz Ind. B u tters.
23 1  38
. 
.  1  35
14 doz  9 in D ishes.
68
.  2 03 1  01
'4 doz 10 in Dishes.
14 doz 12 in Dishes.
.  3 38 1  13
l-6doz  14 in D ishes.
.  4  73
79
2 doz 3 in B ak ers..
79 1  58
. 
45
14  doz 7 in B akers..
.  1  25
14 doz 8 In B ak ers..
.  2 03
68
'/i doz 6 in  Scallops .  1  13
57
14 doz 7 in  Scallops .  1  35
67
14 doz 8 in  Scallops .  2 01 1  02
.  2  70 1  35
14 doz 12 J u g s .........
14 doz 24  Ju g s.........
79
.  1  38
.  1  35
14 doz 30  Ju g s.........
67
a d v a n c e .

90
14 doz Sauce B oats... 1  80
14 doz P ickles............ 1  35
68
1 doz Cov'd D ishes.. 5  49  5 50
Cj doz B. A  B. P lates. 1  80
60
4  05  2 03
14 doz Cov'd  B utters
14 doz 24 S ugars......... 3 04  1 52
63
14 doz Cream ers 
18 doz T eas................
90  10  20
2 doz Coffees............. 1  05  2 10
90  2 70
3 doz 30 Oyst' r Bowls
2 50
Crate  and  Cartage.
$63 79

. . . . 1  26

100 PIECE DINNER SET. 
Open siock. $6.25

