| he Michigan Tradesman. _ GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1888, NO. 266. OUR FALL LINE OF Sehool Supplies Fine Stationery IS NOW COMPLETE.—— OUR TRAVELERS J. L. KYMER (of our firm), GEO. H. RAYNOR and GILBERT J. HAAN Will soon call upon the trade with a complete line of samples. BATON, LYON & C0, 20 and 22 Monroe St,, Grand Rapids. WALES - GOODYKAR —AND— CONNECTICUT Rubbers. Write for Fall Prices and Discounts. G. R. MAYHEW, 86 Monroe Street, GRAND RAPIDS. POORTE NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. BowNE, President. GEO. C. PIERCE, Vice President. Ti. P. BAKER, Cashier. CAPITAL, - - Transacts a general banking business. | Make a Specialty of Collections. Accounts ef Country Merchants Solicited. PPLES We make a specialty of handling AP- PLES in car lots and less and would be pleased to open correspondence with a view to receiving your shipments. Will at all times make liberal advances. “Prompt returns at top market price,” is our maxim. 8. T. 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Shops on Front St., Grand Rapids Voigt, Herpolsheimer & G0, Importers and Jobbers of Dry Goods, STAPLE and FANCY. to Repairing, Overalls, Pants, Etc., OUR OWN MAKE. A COMPLETE LINE OF Fancy Grockerg and Fancy Woodenware. OUR OWN IMPORTATION. Inspection solicited. Chicago and De- troit prices guaranteed. “— 21 oS Full line. Cash prices this month. GRAHAM ROYS, - Grand Rapids, Mich. JOHN NICHOLSON’S TROUBLES. CHAPTER Ill. IN WHICH JOHN ENJOYS THE HARVEST HOME. Shortly after breakfast, at which he assisted with a highly tragical counte- nance, John sought his father where he sat, presumably in religious meditation, on the Sabbath morning. The old man looked up with that sour, inquisitive ex- pression that came so near to smiling and was so different in effect. “This is atime when I do not like to be disturbed.’’ he said. “I know that.’’ returned John; ‘“‘but I have—I want—lI’ ve made a dreadful mess of it? he broke out; and turned to the window. Mr. Nicholson sat silent for an ap- preciable time, while his unhappy son surveyed the back garden and a certain yellow cat that was perched upon the wall. Despair sat upon John as he gazed; and he raged to think of the dreadful series of his misdeeds, and the essential innocence that lay behind them. “Well.” said the father with an ob- vious effort, but in very quiet tones, ‘what is ric” “Maclean gave me $2,000 to put in the bank, sir.’? began John: ‘‘and ’m sorry to say that I’ve been robbed of ach? “Robbed of it??? cried Mr. Nicholson, with astrong risinginflection. * Robbed? Be careful what you say, John?’ “I can’t say anything else, sir; I was robbed of it.’ said John, in desperation, suddenly. “And where and when did this extra- ordinary event take place?’’ inquired the father. “On Calton Hill about twelve last night.”’ **Calton Bal repeated Mr. Nicholson, ‘“‘And what were you doing there at such a time of the night?” “Nothing, sir.’’ says John. Mr. Nicholson drew his breath. “And how came the money in your hands at twelve last night?’ he asked sharply. ; ‘+ | neglected that ‘piece of business,’”’ said John. anticipating comment; and then. in his own dialeet: ‘I clean for- got all about it.”’ “Well,’’ said father, “it’s a2 most extraordinary story. Have you commu- nicated with the police?” hi } is “—T have.’ answered “poor John, the blood leaping to his face. ‘They think they know the men that did it. I dare say the money will be recovered, if that was all.?? said he, with a desperate in- difference, which his father set down to levity; but which sprung from the consciousness of worse behind. “Your -mother’s watch, too?’ Mr. Nicholson. asked “Oh. the watch is all right!’ cried John. ‘At least, | mean I was coming to the watch—the fact is, lam ashamed to say: L—-I had pawned the watch be- fore. Here is the ticket: they didn’t find that: the watch ean be redeemed; they don’t sell pledges.”’ The lad panted out these phrases, one after another, like minute guns: but at the last word, which rang in that stately chamber like an oath, his heart failed him utterly; and the dreaded silence settled on father and son. Ii was broken by Mr. Nicholson pick- ing up the pawn ticket: ‘John Froggs,”’ he read: and then turning upon John, with a brief flash of passion and disgust, ‘Who is John Froggs?’’ he cried. “Nobody.’”’ said John. ‘It was just a name.”’ “An alias.” his father commented. “Qh! 1 think scarcely quite that,”’ said the culprit: ‘it’s a form, they all do it. the man seemed to understand, we had a great deal of fun over the name—’’ He paused at that, for he saw his father wince at the picture like a man physically struck: and again there was silence. “T do not think,’”? said Mr. Nicholson, at last. “‘that 1 am an ungenerous father. I have never grudged you money within reason, for any avowable purpose; you had just to come to me and speak. And now I find that you have forgotten all decency and all natural feeling, and actually pawned—pawned-—your mother’s watch. You must have had some temp- tation: I will do you the justice to sup- pose it was a strong one. What did you want with this money?’ “J would rather not tell you, sir,’? said John. “It will only make you angry.” ‘J will not be fenced with,’’ cried his father. ‘There must be an end of disin- genuous answers. What did you want with this money?” “To lend it to Houston, sir,’ says John. “J thought I had forbidden you to speak to that young man?’’? asked the father. “Yes, sir.’ said John; ‘but I only met him.’ *-Where2”? came the deadly question. And “Ina billiard room,’? was the damning answer. Thus. had John’s single departure from the truth brought instant punishment. For no other purpose but to see Alan would he have entered a billard room; but he had desired to palliate the fact of his disobedience, and now it appeared that he frequented these disreputable haunts upon his own account. Once more Mr. Nicholson digested the vile tidings in silence; and when John stole a glance at his father’s countenance he was abashed to see the marks of suf- fering. “Well”? said the old gentleman, at last. “I cannot pretend not to be simply bowed down. 1 arose this morning what the world calls a happy man—happy at least, in a son of whom I thought I could be reasonably proud—.”’ But it was beyond human nature to en- dure this longer; and John interrupted almost with a scream. ‘‘Oh,’’ he cried, ‘that’s not all, that’s not the worst of it —it’s nothing! How could I tell you were proud of me: Oh! I wish, I wish that Ll had known: but you always said I was such a disgrace! And the dreadful thing is this: We were all taken up last night, and we have to pay Colette’s fine among the six, or well be had up for evidence. They made me swear to tell you; but, for my part,’’ he eried, burst- ing into tears, “I just wish that I was dead!’ And he fell on his knees before a chair and hid his face. Whether his father spoke, and whether he remained long in the room or at once departed, are points lost to history. A horrid turmoil of mind and body; burst- ing sobs; broken, vanishing thoughts, now of indignation, now of remorse; broken elementary whiffs of conscious- ness, of the smell of the horse-hairon the chair bottom, of the jangling of church bells that now began to make day _ horri- ble throughout the confines of the city, of the hard floor that bruised his knees, of the taste of tears that found their way into his mouth; for a period of time, the duration of which I cannot guess, while I refuse to dwell longer, on its agony, these were the whole of God’s world for John Nicholson. Vhen at last, as by the touching of a spring, he returned again to clearness of consciousness and even a measure of composure, the bells had but just done ringing, and the Sabbath silence was still marred by the patter of belated feet. By the clock above the fire, as well as by these more speaking signs, the service had not long begun; and the unhappy sinner, if his father had really gone to chureh, might count on near two hours of only comparative unhappiness. With his father, the superlative degree. re- turned infallibly. He knew it by every shrinking fiber in his body, he knew it by the sudden dizzy whirling of his brain, at the mere thought of that calamity. ‘An hour and a half, perhaps an hour and three-quarters, if the doctor was long- winded, and then would begin again that active agony from which, even in the dull ache of the present, he shrunk as from the bite of fire. He saw, in a vision, the family pew, the somnolent cushions, the Bibles, the psalm-books, Maria with her smelling-salts, his father sitting spectacled and critical; and at once.he was struck with indignation, not unjustly. It was inhuman to go off to church, and leave a sinner in suspense, unpunished, unforgiven. And at the very touch of criticism, the paternal sanctity was lessened; yet the paternal terror only grew, and the two strands of feeling pushed him in the same direction. And suddenly there came upon him a mad fear lest his father should have locked himin. The notion had no ground in sense; it was probably no more than a reminiscence of similar calamities in childhood, for his father’s room had always been the chamber of inquisition and the scene of punishment; but it stuck so rigorously in his mind that he must instantly approach the door and proveits untruth. As he went, he struck upon a drawer left open in the business table. It was the money-drawer, a measure of his father’s disarry: The money-drawer—perhaps a pointing pro- vidence! Whois to decide, when even divines differ between a providence and a temptation? or who, sitting calmly under his own vine. is to pass a judg- ment on the doings of a poor, hunted dog, slavishly afraid, slavishly rebellious, like John Nicholson on that particular Sunday? His hand was in the drawer, almost before his mind had conceived the hope: and rising to his new situation, he wrote, sitting in his father’s chair and using his father’s | lotting-pa l, his pitiful apology and farewell: “My Dear Fatrner—tl have taken the money, but I will pay it back as soon as Tam able. You will never hear of me again. I did not mean any harm by any- thing, so 1 hope you will try and forgive me. I wish you would say good-bye to @\lexander and Maria. but not if you don’t want to. I could not wait to see you, really. Please try to forgive me. Your affectionate son, ‘“‘JoHNn NICHOLSON.” The money abstracted and the missive written, he could not be gone too soon from the scene of these transgressions; and remembering how his father had once returned from church, on some slight illness, in the middle of the second psalm, he durst not even make a packet of achange of clothes. Attired as he was, he slipped from the paternal doors, and found himself in the cool spring air, the thin spring sunshine, and the great Sabbath quiet of the city, which was now only pointed by the cawing of the rooks. There was not a soul in Randolph Cres- cent, nor a soul in Queensferry street; in this out-door privacy and the sense of escape, John took heart again: and with a pathetic sense of leave taking, he even ventured up the lane and stood awhile, a strange peri at the gates of a quaint par- adise. It was thus, with no rising sense of the adventurous, but in mere desolation and despair, that he turned his back on his native city, and set out on foot for Cali- fornia, with a more immediate eye to Glasgow. CHAPTER IV. THE SECOND SOWING, It is no part of mine to narrate the ad- ventures of John Nicholson, which were many, but simply his more momentous misadventures, which were more than he desired, and, by human standards, more than he deserved; how he reached Cali- fornia, how he was robbed, and beaten and starved: how he was at last taken up by charitable folk, restored to some de- gree of self-complacency, and installed as aclerk ina bank in San Francisco, it would take too long to tell: nor in these episodes were there any mark of the pecul- iar Nicholsonie destiny, for they were just such matters as befell some thousands of other young adventurers in the same days and places. But once posted in the bank, he fell foratime intoahigh degree of good fortune, which, as it was only a longer way about to fresh disaster, it be- hooves me to explain. It was his luck to meet a young man in what is technically called a ‘‘dive,”’ and, thanks io his monthly wages, to ex- tricate this new acquaintance from a po- sition of present disgrace and possible danger in the future. This young man was the nephew of one of the Nob Hill magnates, who run the San Francisco Stock Exchange, much as more humble adventurers, in the corner of some pub- lic park at home, may be seen to perform the simple artifice of pea and thimble for their own profit, that is to say, and the discouragement of public gambling. It was thus in his power—and, as he was of grateful temper, it was among the things that he desired—to put John in the way of growing rich; and thus, with- out thought or industry, or so much as even understanding the game at which he played, but -by simply buying and sell- ing what he was told to buy and sell, that plaything of fortune was presently at the head of upward of $60,000. How he had come to deserve this wealth, any more than how he had formerly earned disgrace at home, was a problem beyond the reach of his philosophy. It was true that he had been industrious at the bank, but no more so than the eash- ier, who had seven small children and was visibly sinking in decline. Nor was the step which had determined his ad- vance—a visit to adive with a month’s wages in his pocket—an act of such transcendant virtue, or even wisdom, as to seem to merit the favor of the gods. From some sense of this, and of the dizzy see-saw—heaven-high, hell-deep— on which men sit clutching; or perhaps fearing that the sources of his fortune might be insidiously traced to some root in the field of petty cash; he stuck to his work, said not a word of his new eircum- stances, and kept his account with a bank in a different quarter of the town. The concealment, innocent as it seems, was the first step in the second tragi-comedy of John’s existence. Meanwhile, he had never written home. Whether from diffidence or shame, or a touch of anger, or mere procrastination, or because (as we have seen) he had no skill in literary arts, or because (as Iam sometimes tempted to suppose) there is a law in human nature that prevents young men—not otherwise beasts—from the performance of this simple act of piety— months and years had gone by, and John had never written. The habit of not writing. indeed, was already fixed before he had begun to come into his fortune; and it was only the difficulty of break- ing this long silence that withheld him from an instant restitution of the money he had stolen or (as he preferred to call it) borrowed. In vain he sat before pa- per, attending on inspiration; that heay- enly nymph, beyond suggesting the words “my dear father,’’ remained ob- stinately silent; and presently John would crumple up the sheet and decide, as soon as he had ‘‘a good chance,’’ to carry the money home in person. And this delay. which is indefensible, was his second step into the snares of fortune. Ten years had passed, and John was drawing near to thirty. He had kept the promise of his boyhood, and was now of a lusty frame, verging toward corpulence; good features, good eyes, a genial man- ner, a ready laugh, a long pair of sandy whiskers, an American accent, make up the man’s externals as he could be viewed in society. Inwardly, in spite of his gross body and highly masculine whis- kers, he was more like a maiden lady than aman of twenty-nine. It chanced one day, as he was strolling down Market street on the eve of his fortnight’s holiday, that his eye was caught by certain railway bills, and in very idleness of mind he caleulated that he might be home for Christmas if he started on the morrow. The fancy thrilled him with desire, and in one mo- ment he decided that he would go. There was much to be done—his port- manteau to be packed, a credit to be got from the bank, where he was a wealthy customer, and certain offices to be trans- acted for that other bank in which he was an humble clerk; and it chanced, in conformity with human nature, that out of all this business it was the last that came to be neglected. Night found him, not only equipped with money of his own, but once more (as on that former occasion) saddled with a considerable stum of other people’s. Now. it chanced there lived in the same boarding-house a fellow-clerk of his. an honest fellow, with what is called a weakness for drink—though it might, in this ease, have been called a strength, for the victim had been drunk for weeks together without the briefest intermis- sion. ‘To this unfortunate John intrusted a letter with an inelosure of bonds, ad- dressed to the bank manager. Even as he did so he thought he perceived a cer- tain haziness of eye and speech in his trustee; but he was too hopeful to be stayed, silenced the voice of warning in his bosom, and with one and the same gesture committed the money to the clerk, and himself into the hands of des- tiny. 1 dwell, even at the risk of tedium, on John’s minutest errors, his case being so perplexing to the moralist; but we have done with them now, the roll is closed, the reader has the worst of our poor hero, and I leave him to judge for him- self whether he or John has been the less deserving. Henceforth we have to follow the spectacle of a man who was a mere whip-top for calamity: on whose unmerited misadventures not even the humorist can look without pity, and not even the philosopher without alarm. That same night the clerk entered upon a bout of drunkenness so consistent as to surprise even his intimate acquaint- ance. He was speedily ejected from the boarding-house; deposited his portman- teau with a perfect stranger, who did not even catch his name; wandered he knew not where, and was at last hove-to, all standing, in a hospital at Sacramento. There, under the impenetrable alias of the number of his bed, the crapulous being lay for some more days unconscious of all things, and of one thing in partic- ular—that the police were after him. Two months had come and gone before the convalescent in the Sacramento hos- pital was idemtified with Kirkman, the abseonding San Francisco clerk; even then there must elapse nearly a fortnight more till the perfect stranger could be hunted up, the portmanteau recovered, and John’s letter carried at length to its destination, the seal still unbroken, and the inclosure still intact. Meanwhile, John had gone upon his holidays without a word, which was ir- regular; and there had disappeared with him a certain sum of money, which was out of all bounds of palliation. But he was known to be careless, and believed to be honest; the manager, besides, hada regard for him; and little was said, al- though something was no doubt thought, until the fortnight was finally at an end, and the time had come for John to reap- pear. Then, indeed, the affair began to look black; and when inquiries were made, and the penniless clerk was found to have amassed thousands of dollars, and kept them secretly in a rival estab- lishment, the stoutest of his friends abandoned him, the books were over- hauled for traces of ancient and artful fraud, and though none were found, there still prevailed a general impression of loss. The telegraph was set in motion; and the correspondent of the bank in Edinburgh, for which place it is under- stood that John had armed himself with extensive credits, was warned to commu- nicate with the police. Now this correspondent was a friend of Mr. Nicholson’s; he was well acquainted with the tale of John’s calamitous dis- appearance from Edinburgh; and putting one thing with another, hastened with the first word of this scandal, not to the police, but to his friend. The old gen- tleman had long regarded his son as one dead; John’s place had been taken, the memory of his faults had already fallen to be one of those old aches, which awaken again indeed upon occasion, but which we can always vanquish by an effort of the will: and to have the long- lost resuscitated in a fresh disgrace was doubly bitter. i ‘““Macewen,’’ said the old man, ‘‘this must be hushed up, if possible. If 1 give you a check for the sum, about which they are certain, could you take it on yourself to let the matter rest ?’’ ‘J will,?? said Macewen. ‘‘I will take the risk of It.”’ “You will understand,’* resumed Mr. Nicholson, speaking precisely, but with ashen lips, ‘‘I do this for my family, not for that unhappy young man. If it should turn out that these suspicions are correct. and he has embezzled large sums, he must lie on his bed as he has made it.’ And then, looking up at Macewen with a nod, and one of his strange smiles: ‘““Good-bye,’’ said he; and Macewen, per- ceiving the case to be too grave for con- solation. took himself off, and blessed God on his way home that he was child- less. [CONTINUED NEXT WEEK, }j ————__—~. + > ___— Tho Origin of Tea. E. H. Libby in St. Nicholas for October. The tea-plant grew for endless centur- fes in Central Asia, and the guileless Ce- lestials blandly assert that the drink was invented by Chin Nong some five thous- and years ago. A poetic version makes it sixteen hundred years ago, and gives the following account of its earliest ap- pearance: ‘‘In the reign of Yuen Ty, in the dynasty of Tsin, an old woman was accustomed to proceed every morning at day-break to the market-place, carrying acup of tea in her hand. The _ people bought it eagerly, and yet from the break of day to the close of evening the cup was never exhausted among orphans and beggars. The people seized and confined her in prison. At night, she flew through the prison windows with her little vase in her hand.’’? If you eare to do so, you can read this story and enjoy it in the original Chinese of the ‘‘Cha Pu,’’ or “Ancient History of Tea,’? and will, no doubt, find the translation exact. Tea was not heard of in China again for three centuries and a half, when a “Fo hi’’ priest is said to have advised its use asa medicine. In the ninth century, an old beggar from Japan took some of the seeds and plants back with him to his native land. The Japanese relished the new drink, and built at Osaka, a temple to the memory of those who introduced it. The temple is still standing, though now almost seven hundred years old. Gradually the people of Tartary and Persia also learned to love the drink, and serve it all hours of the day. The honor of introducing the herb into Europe may be considered due equally to the Duteh and Portuguese. Early in the seventeenth century tea became known among ‘‘persons of quality’? in Europe, and in 1602 some Dutch traders carried a quantity of sage (which was then used to make a drink popular in Europe) to Chi- na, and by some ingenious device suc- ceeded in making the almond-eyed tea- drinkers think it a fair exchange for an equal quantity of very good tea, which was brought home in safety and without the loss of a single Dutchman. Haw East Send For Sale by Geo. C. Wetherbee & Co., Detroit; kins & Perry, Grand Rapids; MeCausland & Co., Saginaw. and by Wholesale Grocers generally. for Illustrated Catalogue. The Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, EK. A. STOWE & BRO., Proprietors. Subscription Price, One Dollar peryear. _ Advertising Rates made known on application. Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Office. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1888. MUTUAL INSURANCE—THEN AND : NOW. in his disquisition on mutual insur- ance, this week, ‘“‘Country Merchant?’ evidently speaks from the bitterness of an unprofitable experience. Under such eireumstances, it is not to be wondéred at that he thinks harshly and writes se- verely. Like thousands of other men, he probably snapped at the bait thrown out by the wily insurance solicitor, with- out discovering the hook until it was too late to extricate himself from the results of his own haste and lack of investiga- tion. The offer of cheap insurance was so tempting that it obscured the two ac- companying essentials—reliability and security. As the experience of “Country Mer- chant’? is but a repetition of the exper- ience of others, it is plainly evident to even the most stupid that the days of wildeat mutual insurance are about at an end. If the element of mutuality enters future mutual insurance under- takings, it must be combined with those into primal requisites—security and reliabil- ity. Such is the conclusion reached by business men generally, and it was partly because of such conclusion that the In- surance Committee of the Michigan Bus- iness Men’s Association, in plans for anew insurance organization, wholly discarded the and premium note plans of insurance, substi- tuting therefor the more substantial form of astock company. The mutual feature of the plan will be appreciated when it is remembered that it is intended to re- turn to the policy holders one-half of the net earnings of the policy, thus giving every patron of the company the same security as the strongest stock company and his insurance at a fraction above actual cost. It is barely possible. too, that the plan may be made still more mutual in character by compelling every policy holder to be a stockholder as well. {tis impossible for Tor TrADESMAN to devising assessment conceive of a more purely mutual plan than this, as under its ministrations the entire profits of the insurance business would come back to the insured. CANADIAN ANNEXATION. written a letter Senator Sherman has tn Which he speaks of any plan of closer relations with Canada except through the consolidation of the two We all recognize political coun- tries as impracticable. that there are difficulties in the way of commercial union alone which would not be in the way of the more vigorous solu- At the same time former tion of the question. it seems to us that the arrange- ment is well worth discussing, to ascer- tain whether those difticulties are insu- perable. The farming population along Northern the plan on the ground that it throws our But both our border will be opposed to market open to Canadian produce. the remoyal of all restrictions on sides is very different from a partial re- moval on our side without any equivalent of would bring the Can- from Canada. Absolute freedom trade with Canada adian conditions of production up to the American level. because they are a small and = one. it would farmers in the position of the southern country country we a biz leave our eccupants of a more trading with the people of a more north- climate. It would put inequality in the cost of ern and severer an end to that production which now exists in favor of the Canadian farmer through his com- mand of cheaper labor, while it would enable the Dominion to ‘grow up with” the continent. It remains whether this view of the matter is likely to impress the American farmer. A common misunderstanding of the plans of those who regard the political union of the two countries as the true solution is illustrated by the humorous proposal of one Canadian newspaper to *‘annex’’? the United States to Canada. Political union, if it come at all, will be ne@ more the annexation of Canada to the United States than of the United States to Canada. It will be the free and wil- ling compact of both countries to merge their fertunes in one nationality, with- out either constraint or cajolery on either side of the line. And so long as Canada does not want that, nobody in the United States whose opinion is worth taking will wantit. There is to be no ‘‘annexation?’ in the historical sense of the word. to be seen THE STATUS OF THE SURPLUS. Mr. Thompson, Acting Secretary of the United States Treasury, has made a state- ment as to the present amount of the sur- plus, and what it would have been but for the accumulations of deficiencies un- der previous appropriation bills. He re- ports that the actual excess for the present year of revenues above appropri- ations is only $19,000,000. But of the appropriations of this year, he finds that at least $37,000,000 will not be expended this year. This brings the surplus up to 356,000,000. Mr. Thompson estimates that it would have been not less than $74,000,000 if there had not been a long series of deficiencies to make up, and $122,000,000 if it were not for the outlay of $48,000,000 on behalf of the sinking fund. This shows that the reduction proposed by the Senate’s revenue Dill goes about as far asis safe. It wipes out all the surplus except the amount ex- pended on behalf of the sinking fund, and if that be expended in the redemp- tion of bonds at market prices or by-an- ticipation of interest, the two sides of the national account will be found to meet. This is assuming (1) that there will be no great bulk of deficiencies to meet next year and the coming years—an assump- tion not warranted by anything in our recent experience: and (2) that Congress is not going to take up the problem of extinguishing illiteracy by national aid to education, or to do anything worth while for the fortification of our coasts or any other of the neglected objects which are overlooked by our penny-wise and pound-foolish legislators. In either ease, the amount available for buying in the market will much di- minished. bonds be THE IRISH AHEAD. The London Times has submitted its specification to the special Commission of Judges. and it certainly is a remark- able document. It indicts nearly the whole body of the Home Rule members as associating with and sharing the coun- sels of criminals, and it specifies almost the whole body of Irish nationalists from O’ Donovan Rossa up to John O’ Leary and Father Sheehy as the criminals in ques- tion. Indeed, the indictment is so ample in its specifications that we only wonder its authors did not take a hint from Burke and ‘‘draw an indictment against the whole nation.’’ Certainly it must be mortifying for an Irishman of patriotic instinets to find himself left out of this ‘black list,’ and some of them might fairly sue the Times for libel by omis- sion. That Mr. Parnell friends are pretty certain to come off best in the legal struggle thus proyoked, is the general conviction in England, and it is said that the government wish they were well out of the business. It is believed that the famous letters which form the backbone of the case for the prosecution will be found to be forgeries. and that their for- ger will be produced in court. It also is said that the Attorney-General has with drawn or will withdraw from the case. in the fear that break-down will promise the ministry if they remain in it. and his its com- A reader of THE TRADESMAN writes to inquire ‘*what has become of the Pure Food movement, which promised to swiftly sweep all the unclean things out of existence ?’? The ‘‘movement’’ still exists in the shape of the National Pure Food Association, comprising seventy- five members—thirty-one manufacturers who have paid $10 apiece for the privilege of sitting in the of the holy chamber and forty-four common fellows who have paid $1 apiece for the privilege of communing with the high priests of pure food and pure liquors. Not to with- hold any information on the subject com- pels Tir TrapEsSMAN to noite that no name appears from Michigan, proving conclusively that the State is given over completely to sophistication and pretense. Unless one takes pity on the common- wealth and contributes $1 to the great vestibule on the membership list some and glorious cause, THE TRADESMAN will be strongly tempted to move to Alaska. It is matter for congratulation that Hayti has got rid of Gen. Thelemaque, the candidates for the presidency, by a violent death, and that the other candidate will be installed peacefully. By virtue of the Monroe doctrine we have a considerable respon- sibility for these Latin republies to the south of us, and as we are not disposed to do anything actively in behalf of order and civilization, it is just as well that they do not altogether discredit us before the world. And certainly thus far within the present year Hayti has done well. It has sent one bad President about his business, has managed to create a provis- ional government capable of preserving order, has disposed of a candidate who was not content with peaceful means of securing an election, and is likely to get a strong and competent ruler in Gen. Legitime. more violent of her Wholesalers ‘‘Fixing”’ Prices. The Wholesale Grocers’ Association of New York and vicinity announces that the members have “fixed reasonable prices and terms on sugar, Royal baking powder, and Baker's chocolate and cocoa.”’ The price fixed on sugar is 14 cent per pound above refiners’ price; on baking powder, chocolate and cocoa the prices are such as to leave the wholesale grocer a net profit of about 5 per cent. ——@2 0a Buy flour manufactured by the Cres- cent Roller Mills. Every sack warranted. Voigt Milling Co. AMONG THE TRADE. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. The Telfer Spice Co. has nearly com- pleted the work of removal to its new lo- cation on Pearl street. The Benona Lumber Co. has put ina supply store at Benona. Lemon, Hoops & Peters furuished the stock. J. V. Pickering has engaged in the grocery business at Bay Springs. Amos S. Musselman & Co. furnished the stock. R. Schergan has opened agrocery store on Wealthy avenue, east of East street. Ball, Barnhart & Putman and the Telfer Spice Co. furnished the stock. Peter Boyer, formerly engaged in the restaurant business at Petoskey. who recently purchased the Cole boot and shoe stock, has opened up at 89 Canal street. There is a movement on foot to change the name of the D. & M. junction—Walk- er postoffice—to Grand Crossing. It is stated that sixty trains pass the junction every week day. S. Soderberg, whose boot and shoe stock at Ryerson was recently destroyed by fire, has re-engaged in the same busi- ness there. Rindge, Bertsch & Co. fur- nished the stock. the in Sam K. Beecher has retired from firm of Beecher & Johnston, dealers groceries and meats at the corner of Jefferson and Wealthy avenues. The business will be continued by E. W. Johnston. C. F. Nason is putting up an extensive plant on the land above the D. & M. junction. It comprises a sawmill, plan- ing mill, with distributing and retail yards in connection. About forty men will be employed. “Business is decidedly quiet in our line,”’ said a leading commission mer- chant, the other day. ‘There is scarcely any outlet for apples. potatoes and onions and there is not half the activity in these staples there was a year ago.”’ W. H. Taft, the Riverdale grocer, languishes in Kent county jail in default of $300 bail. He bought $100 worth of goods of Olney, Shields & Co., paying for them with acheck onan Alma banking house, in which he had no balance. He must settle or ‘*go over the road.’’ AROUND THE STATE. Sherwood—Frank Ensign has sold his meat business. Woodland—Schantz & gaged in general trade. Fowler—Riley Rice has sold his bazaar business to Wm. Martin. Sault Ste. Marie—Walker & Campbell have opened a meat market. Sparta—J. O. Norton has bought the bakery business of Mrs. J. B. Taylor. Hopkins Station—S. A. Buck has pur- chased an interest in the meat market. Muskegon—W. A. Zimmer succeeds R. J. Zimmer & Son in the drug business. Hoytville—John F. Earthman has added a line of groceries to his meat business. Hoytville—E. L. Halliday has moved his grocery and drug business to Mulli- Co. have en- ken. Mareellus—Hovey & Rattenbury have opened a confectionery store and restau- rant. Whitehall—W. H. Baker has gone to Kansas City, where he will re-engage in the drug business. Good Harbor—W. 8S. Johnson & Co. have sold their general store and dock to Schumberg Bros. and B. Minsker. Wayland—L. D. Chapple is closing out his drug stock and will spend the winter in Colorado in search of renewed health. Vermontville—W. H. Baker has sold his meat market to A. G. Hawkins and Jas. Maher. Whe new firm will be Haw- kins & Maher. Clarksville—Geo. E. Marvin is closing out his hardware stock to accept a posi- tion in the hardware store of Frank W. Foster at Newaygo. Vermontville—Dennis Hager has sold his interest in the grocery firm of Bale & Hager to Geo. Downs. The new firm will be Bale & Downs. Howard City—M. B. Divine has retired from the general firm of Divine & Van Denbergh. The business will be contin- ued by Chas. A. Van Denbergh. Hubbardston—Mr. Gill has retired from the agricultural implement firm of Camp- bell & Gill. The business will be con- tinued by the remaining partner. Sunfield—E. H. Deatsman has moved his general stock from Sebewa and opened up on one side of the new brick block just completed by Mr. Cheetam. Wayland—J. C. Branch has sold a half- interest in his grocery, crockery and boot and shoe stock to E. C. Albright, of Sag- inaw City. The new firm name is Branch & Albright. Owosso—Geo. W. Watrous has traded his crockery stock for Lansing real estate and will take up his residence at Lansing. W. L. Rice is the new owner of the crockery stock. Maple Rapids—E. M. Richardson has purchased the interest of C. L. Reed in the hardware firm of E. M. Richardson & Co. and will continue the business under the style of E. M. Richardson. Sullivan—C. C. Tuxbury has merged his lumber and merchandising business into a stock company under the style of the Sullivan lumber Co. The eapital stock of the corporation is $25,000, of which $15,000 is paid in. The stock is held by three persons, as follows: F. B. Wallin, Grand Rapids. 320 shares; Geo. R. Ross, Muskegon, 120 shares: C. C. Tuxbury, Sullivan, 160 shares. STRAY FACTS. Bay City—John Rose, the jeweler is dead. Detroit—The Michigan Phonograph Co. has increased its capital stock to $500,000. Battle Creek—T. B. Stebbins, of the dry goods firm of T. B. Stebbins & Son, is dead. Sunfield—E. O. Wyman has begun the erection of anew building for his meat market. Good Harbor—Schumberg & Bro. are erecting a store building, 30x60 feet in dimensions. East Tawas—The East Tawas Lumber & Salt Co. lost $40,000 by fire one day last week. Detroit—H. L. Dean & Co.. the paint- ers, offered to compromise on the basis of 15 per cent. Detroit — The Detroit White Lead Works has inereased its capital stock from $150,000 to $300,000. Dimondale—Dr. A. H. Cameron’s drug store and three adjoining buildings were destroyed by fire about ten days ago. Lisbon—It is reported that H. M. Free- man will close out his general stock to take a position in the furniture factory at Sparta. Sunfield—The double brick store being constructed by Ed. Stinchcomband L. H. Wood is nearly completed. The owners expect to occupy it about December 1. Sunfield—Berra Bros. are building a frame store and will occupy it with a gen- eral stock, carrying on business both here and at Shaytown, their present location. Galesburg—The Strait Windmill Co. has been closed by aninjunction, granted on complaint of the Eclipse Windmill Co., of Beloit, Wis., for infringement of patent. Ryerson—Spring & Company have be- gun suit against Ada L. Johnson ona claim for $1,100. The Concordia Insur- ance Co., of Milwaukee. gar- nisheed. Greenville—Gus and Chas. Renker and Chas. Golchert, the cigar manufacturers, are the lucky fellows who invested, in partnership, in one-twentieth of a$100,000 Lottery and has been Louisiana ticket. drew $5,000. Jackson—The Bloomfield Co... Jackson, and the Ingalls Oil Co.. of De- troit, has been sold to the Standard Oil €o. C:.C. Bloomfield A. B. Robin- son, large owners in both concerns, retire Oil of and very wealthy. Alma—if A. W. Wright and his part- ners succeed in building the Duluth & Winnipeg Railroad, it will tap a tract of 50,000 acres of fine pine land owned by Wright, Davis & Co.. The contract for the construction of the first fifty miles of the road has been let. Detroit—The the organized Hammond Meat Packing and Refrigerator Co. have elected directors and officers, follows: Andrew Comstock, Providence; James C. Melvin, Boston; G. W. Simpson, Boston; T. H. Wheeler, stockholders of re- a¢ ( as New York: Henry . Miller, Boston: George Hotchkiss, New York; 4 Edwin Chapman, Boston. President, Andrew Comstock: Vice-President, James C. Mel- vin; General Manager, G. W. Simpson; Secretary and Treasurer, James D. Standish. MANUFACTURING MATTERS, Good Harbor—A. Purtner will shortly start a shingle mill. Alma—M. B. Faughner & Co.’s new excelsior works have started up. Charlotte—Geo. Ward has sold his in- terest in the carriage manufacturing firm of Ward & Dolson to Capt. John B. May. Howard City—The large building put up by the business men has been leased to Skinner & Steenman, who will use it for a furniture factory. Foster City—The A. M. Harman Lum- ber Co. will put in about 10,000,000 feet of logs the coming winter on the east branch of the Sturgeon. Bay City—R. J. Briscoe has removed his planing mill and box factory from Otsego Lake to this city and has hada force of men at work for some time put- ting the plant in shape. Detroit—The New England Copper Co. has filed articles of association with the county clerk. It has a capital of $250,000, and is organized for thepurpose of smelting, refining and manufacturing metals of all descriptions. The stock- holkers are H. G. Parker, C. L. Harding and Edgar Harding, of Cambridge, Mass.; C. R. Fletcher, of Boston: Hoyt Post, of Detroit. | Ware, care Michigan Tradesman. 300 : all right and mean business. | Liga ive ndigiiepmnieinp TO SELL OUR CHOICE VA- Kewanee—L. J. Conway & Sons, who lately bought a large quantity of pine and cedar lands in Mackinaw county, from the Detroit, Mackinaw & Marquette Railroad, will immediately put in three camps. Charlotte—G. T. Ames, of Chicago, and Peter McNaughton and W. B. Buchanan, of Racine, Wis., are endeavoring to or- ganize a stock company here for the pur pose of engaging in the manufacture of asplit pully invented by Mr. McNaugh- ton. a i ee C. C. Williams has purchased the inter- est of his partner, Eugene Hicks, in the cheese manufacturing firm of C. C. Wil- liams & Co., near Wayland. and will con- tinue the business under the style of C. C. Williams. ft 8 His Memory Failed Him. Bobby—Where are you going, ma? Mother—I’m going toa wedding break- fast, and must be a little boy while ’m away. Bobby—Did you have a wedding break- fast when you were married, ma? Mother—Yes, dear. Bobby—lIs that so? Why, I member anything about it. Bobby, you good don’t re- ' the lof ¢. ! north of the Ed. i never had | type | MICHIGAN MAN fills Gnpsack Brigade. J. M. Fell, traveling representative for Reeder, Palmer & Ce., is putting in the week in Northern Indiana. H. R. Knapp, general sales agent for Mystie Starch Co., of Minneapolis, has returned to the factory, after a fort- night’s stay here. Frank Parsons, local representative for the Banner Tobaceo Co.; has purchased F. Nason sixteen acres of land sit- the D. & M. junetion, just Wright-Geo. P. Gifford, Jr..-Greg. Luce purchase. G. H. Nelson, formerly with D. H. MecAlpin & Co., but now on the road for D: F. of New York, was in town a couple of days last week. Heis as handsome in his old age as he was in his callow youth—and that is saying a good deal. Jas. B. MelInnes, ative for N. K. Fairbanks & Co., taking’ a ‘lay-off’? for a few weeks. He made a flying visit to New York last week and sold the remaining manufactured stock of the defunct Sher- wood Manufacturing Co. Cc. C. Crawford is a dandy. Not content with past achievements, he eclipsed him- self a week or so ago by ‘‘doubling up’’ with the young lady drummer for a Chi- cago yeast house during the drive around the Maple Rapids country. Perhaps it is just as well, after all, that Crawford is baldheaded. uated near tose & Co., traveling represent- of Chi- cago, is W. F. Blake is no longer a sorrowing grass widower, his wife and daughter having returned from Maine, where they spent the summer. They were accom- panied by Mr. Blake’s mother, who will spend the winter with her children. The family has leased Geo. Seymour's house, on Paris avenue, for the winter. >_< Purely Personal. Guy A. Johnston started for Eau Clair, Wis., Monday noon, to close out an apple deal, Andrew cery jobber, week. Geo. the Muskegon gro- town day last Wierengo, was in one Wil- will H. Reeder left liamsport, Pennsylvania, interview the Lycoming Rubber Co. tT. M. Siean, was in town a couple of days last in attendance on the United States Court juror. Monday for where he the Dimondale merchant, week as a Fred. Kern, the vet- eran Frankfort merchant, is spending the winter business colleges. A. MeLaren, clothing business here. Jas. Kern, son of here in attendance on one of the the but more recently formerly engaged in a grocer at Pasadena, is conducting a furniture business at Los An ©. A. Ball and 3. BR. Nickum turned from Cincinnati, where they spent several days in pursuit of business and pleasure. They returned by way of Indianapolis, where they met Gen. Har- rison. C. S. Kahn, of the Cincinnati commis- sion firm of Kahn Bros., and J. H. Lostro, representing the commission house of C. Crote & Son, at the same market, are in town for the purpose of buying apples, potatoes and onions. soth gentlemen were formerly engaged in the commission now geles. have re- business here under the style of Kahn, Lostro & Co. ——$<$—__<_ a Must ‘Git Up and Git.” From the Elk Rapids Progress. THE MicuicAN TRADESMAN of this week contains a statement that Traverse City and Elk Rapids should stir them- selves over. Itis tothe effect that the D., L. & N. or the ©. & W. M. 1S to take hold of the D., C. & E. proposed road and has purchased ore docks at St. Ignace. This fact, if true, will leave both places out in the cold unless they combine and whack up, as the article stated that the abandonment of the proposed line to Traverse City was contemplated. Now, if Traverse City and Elk Rapids will leave off their jealousies long enough to consult with the management of the C. & W. M.—and you will not get it with- out—something may be done which will be advantageous to both places and may establish a shore line. Elk Rapids and Traverse City may be big places, but we have known of bigger ones than both to get left out in the cold for lack of a little “ort Up and 2it.7’ a A Reliable Insurance Agency. H. F. Burtch, the reliable agent, now represents fourteen of the strongest companies in the country, as follows: tna of Hartford; Commercial of California; Franklin of Philadelphia; German American of New York; Hart- ford; of New York; Insurance Company of North America; National of Hartford; Niagara of New York; Penn- sylvania; Queen of England; Springfield; Underwriters of New York and Anglo- Nevada. These companies are as strong as the rock of Gibraltar, having nearly $58,000,000 assets. Mr. Burtch has had twenty-two years’ experience in the in- surance business, ranging from solicitor to secretary and general manager of an insurance company. He says he has a loss which has not been paid insurance Home {promptly and. satisfactorily. Coming ; here only a little over a year ago, he ;}now has the leading insurance business | in the city. ee ee eee Plainwell Enterprise: A new inproves the appearance of THE TRADESMAN. THE TRADES- its niche in the newspaper world excellently well and is a prime ne- cessity to every business man in the State. dress of Desperate Attempt to Get Employment on Faise Pretenses. From the Detroit Journal. Jacob Brown & Co., the Jefferson av- enue wholesale notion dealers, recently advertised for a commercial traveler. The advertisment required the answer to be directed to the firm’s postoffice box, and a big grist of them were received. Mr. Brown winnowed the file down to four, and then finally decided to answer one, which was signed W. T. Wilson. Mr. Wilson ealled at the office of the firm nextday. He was a man of medium height, rather slim, dark complexioned, with a small mustache, smooth shaven face, and the air of a school master. His talk was business like and _ straight- forward, and he had some knowledge of several western cities where the firm was desirous of establishing its trade. Mr. Brown said that he would engage him, but added, with the usual precaution ofa business man: ‘““You can give me some Mr. Wilson?”’’ “Certainly. I was formerly employed by Kallmeyer Bros., wholesale jewelers, round the corner on Woodward avenue. ‘Very well, sir; call in to-morrow forenoon.’’ Later in the day Mr. Brown called at Kallmeyers, and was told by the young clerks in the office that they did not know any person named Wilson. The mem- bers of the firm and C. H. Collins, the manager, were out. “Next forenoon the applicant called and was told by Mr. Brown what had been said at Kallmeyers. “You saw only some boys who were not there when I worked for the firm. Mr. Collins, the manager, knewme. But I can prove itto you here. Have you got a directory?’’ The directory was brought and showed that Mr. Wilson was as he had represent- ed. There it ‘was. **Wison, Wm. F:, trav. agt.. Kallmeyer Bros., bds. the Griswold.’’ Mr. Brown was partly satisfied and en- tered into some further conversation with him, and turned him over to his son for further instructions. Mr. Brown then walked over to Kallmeyer Bros. store and talked to Manager Collins. ‘Why, there is no such man living,’’ said the latter. ‘‘The Wm. T. Wilson who traveled for us died of consumption two years ago, shortly after being mar- ried.”” The two went over to Mr. ‘‘Mr. Wilson, this is Mr. Mr. Brown. “T don’t know Mr. Collins. ‘*Wilson’? was a little but did not give much outward the fact. ‘Mr.Collins,’? he said, in an indignant tone, ‘‘what object have you in lying about me? You know I worked for you.” “You never did,’ said Collins hotly, ‘‘vou’re an imposter.”’ ‘*How can you say such a thing? know—"’ “1 don’t know. if i was Mr. would fire you into the street.’’ “Oh, well,’? said the man, with a care- less air, ‘‘I suppose Mr. Brown will be- lieve you in preference tome, as I’m a stranger to him.”’ And with that he coolly went out of the door and walked down street. Mr. Brown and Mr. Collins exchanged opinions and came to the conclusion that the man was under a cloud, and had tak- en this curious way to obtain employ- ment. references, Brown’s store. Collins,’ said this gentleman,”’ said disconcerted, show of You Brown, I a eae The Essence Line. From the Commercial Enquirer. And now the essence fellows have laid their hands on tea, and propose to sell everybody tea ready drawn and only re- quiring dilution in hot water. We have not sampled the liquid, but we think there is reason for drawing the essence line in front of tea. Everybody knows that the great difficulty in tea drawing is to avoid too strong a decoction, or rather a too protracted steeping. The best qualities of tea are very quickly drawn, while long steeping evolves the more harmful essence. It is too much to hope that human nature would resist the temp- tation to make as strong an extract as possible from a given weight of leaves. Should the bitterness of the tannin thus produced be too evident, it would be softened or hidden by some chemist’s trick and the public stomach would be assulted anew with an element of danger. It may be somewhat difficult for the aver- age man to select the best of teas, but, aided by his grocer, this task is easy compared with that of protecting him- self from doctored up chemical prepara- tions. ———-_—.>4 Sunfield Organizes Branch No. 77. The business men of Sunfield met last Wednes- day evening and organized B. M. A. No. 77, in- cluding the business menof Sunfield and Shay- town. Geo. Richards acted as chairman of the meeting and P. J. Welch was selected to act as secretary. The editor of THe TRADESMAN ex- plained the aims and objects of organized effort among business men, after which the organiza- tion was completed by the adoption of a consti- tution, by-laws and blanks, and the election of the following officers: President—W. E. VanAnde. Vice-President—P. J. Welch. Secretary—E. H. Deatsman. Treasurer—Geo, Richards. Executive Committee—H. Knapp, 5. CG. Wilson. The Association starts out under flattering auspices and will undoubtedly prove a success, ee 2 =< - VISITING BUYERS. N Harris, Big Rapids N Bouma, Fisher Station John Gunstra, Lamont S H Ballard, Sparta JC Benbow, Cannonsburg J P Ekstrom, Advance Woodward & Polland, Jehn Damstra, Gitchell Ashland C C Tuxbury, Sullivan DW C Shattuck, Wayland § Stark, Allendale LM Wolf, Hudsonville EJ Harrington, Holland WE Hinman, Sparta M Heyboer & Bro, Drenthe John Kamps, Zutphen H Van Noord, Jamestown P DeKraker, Holland S MeNitt & Co, Byron Centr CH Deming, Dutton B Volmari, Overisel J Homrich,. No Dorr C K Hoyt & Co, Hudsonvlle Mrs J Debri, Byron Center Benson & Co., Woodland J Raymond, Berlin DrHC Peckham, Freeport M Gezon, Jamestown RT Parrish, Grandville H Ade, Conklin Guy M Har wood, Petoskey John Kinney, Kinney Chas Sickles, So ‘Cass S Soderberg, Rrerson Seamed & Granger, B A Fish, Cedar Springs ‘Plainwell ww Peirce, Moline R B Gooding & Son, Lisbon GP Stark, Cascade J C Scott, Lowell G TenHoor, Forest Grove CH Loomis,Sparta & L Jenison, Jenisonville A R McKinnan, Shelby J C Branch, Wayland Wise & Varnes, Wm Karsten, Beaver Dam Middlebur y, Ind Henry Strope, Morley Cole & Chapel, Ada Geo A Sage, Rockford Eli Runnels, Corning A Wiernega, Muskegon Kelsey Lumber Co., EE Hewitt, Rockford Petoskey J E Bennett,Ferris Gus Begman, Bauer C R Bunker, Bailey L Creighton, Nirvana W H Hanks, Otisco S T Colson, Alaska W MeWilliams, Conklin W S Young, Rockford P Kinney, Altona JL Thomas, Cannonsburg Mrs H D Plum, Mill Creek AdamWagner,Eastmanvile i, Wood, The Copper Corner—Advance in Price. Following close upon the order of the sugar trust to decrease the production of sugar, there comes a similar order from the big French copper syndicate fora decrease in the output of copper. This means an inerease of 1g cent a pound, and thousands of miners will not find as much work to do in the future as they have in the past. In the ease of the Cal- umet and Hecla Company areduction has been ordered of one-sixth of the total annual production, which means a re- duction of from 60,000,000 pounds to 50,000,000 pounds. It is probable that the same rate will apply to other com- panies, and as there are about twenty- five or thirty of them, the decrease in production of copper from now on will be something enormous. The American companies were finally appeased with the promise that the French syndicate would take their copper at 1g cent advance, or at the rate of 13! centsa pound. By this arrangement the whole loss will fall upon the consumers. THE ACME oF UTILITY ano 1S REACHED E SAME !S N KOC ‘well dis- u Liberal } count to the trade. Special Inducements to parties intro- ducing this system of store- fitting in any locality. Manufactur- 00 00 © © no)” 00 ed by neal KOCH A. B. CoO., 354 Main St., PEORIA, ILL. BORDEN, SELLECK & CO., Agts., 48-50 Lake St., Chicago; 114 Water St., Cleveland BEANS offer Parties having any Beans to will please send sample and we will try and inake you satisfactory prices. Alfred J. Brown Seed Store, GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. Ditcctal \: Industrial School of Business Is noted for THOROUGHNESS, Its graduates succeed. Write W. N. FERRIS, Big Rapids, Mich. LETTER COPYING BOOK. A new SELF-MOISTENING leaf book, requir- ing no brush or blotters. Forty leaves can be kept moist for days, ready for instant copy. ae Rapips, Mich., Oct. 5, 1888. It is a great success, being the finest copying book we ever used. VALLEY City TABL® Co. For circulars and prices address THE LYMAN AGENCY, Kalamazoo, Mich. Mill, Store and Dwelling for Sale. IT own and desire to sell, or exchange for prop- erty in the city, a mill 30x 50 feet, four stories high, painted white, two run of stone, two bolts, good cleaning apparatus, power corn sheller, and all machinery necessary for doing a good custom business. Ample power, the whole of Flat river. Several acres of ground: store and dwelling com- bined, also on same premises. No incumbrance on property. H. B. FALLASS. Fallass & Swarthout’s Law Office, National City Bank Block. CASH SALE CHECKS. Encourage your trade to pay cash instead of running book accounts by using Cash Sale €hecks. For saleat50 cents per 100 by E. A. STOWE & BRO., Grand Rapids. LUCIUS C, WEST, peg visias at Patent Law and Solicitor f American and Foreign patents. 105 E. Main St., alee! Mich., U.S. A. Branch of- —— London, Eng. Practice in U.S. Courts. Circulars ee. FLARDWARE. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. eves) O1¢ styie 60 SOC 6 60 as... 40 Jennings’, genuine. SS 25 Jennings’, Tenens D0&10 AXES, Burst Quality, S. 8: Bronze..........2< 2... $ 7 00 es be B Brome.) 11 00 S BS. seeel. 8 8 50 De Bo Stee 13 00 ' BALANCES, dis, SUPE 49 BARROWS. dis. TRON ee $ 14 00 Garter ea net 33 00 BELLS, dis. a... 60&10&10 OOM ee 70 Cee 30&15 CO ae: 25 Dost, Sareea ee 60&10 BOLTS. dis, I $ 0 Comings new Tse sc 70&10 BOW ee eS 50 PCIO El RINGS ee TO Nicene Barrel Bolts. el ec. 60 ASasG BUPPeL ONS 40 Cast Barrell lrass knobs...) .0...... 2.25 .- 40 Cast Square Sprites. 60 Cast Canim oe ee 40 Wrought Barrel, brass knob..:... 2.0.5... 60 Mi reuehs Sauere 69 Wronent sank (Winwh 0.000. 60 Wrought Bronze and Plated Knob Flush... .60&10 VOCS DOOr oe ce et >... -OOL10 BRACES, dis. Barper cocks. ee ee ee a ae 40 Beechas so. ee ee ee 50&10 pO i eae 50 Am Bae re ee net BUCKETS. Well, plain. |... eo. eee $ 3 50 WELL SWIVGL oe ee ee oe. 4 00 BUTTS, CAST. dis. Cast loese Pim, figured. 2.0221. otc os S. WO& Cast Loose Pin, Bern promzed . 35>. 4... 70k Cast Loose Joint, genuine bronzed.......... 6O& Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 60&10 Wrought Eoose Pin...) te 60&10 Wrought Loose Fin, xeord tip... .. 1.5)... 3: 60&05 Wrought Loose Pin, JapenHedt 20606. 60&05 Wrought — Pin, japanned, silvertipped .60&05 Wereeuent Palle 6010 Wrought Iuside Blind. 3-6... ess . 60&10 Wirouent BIAS vis sea) Cis FO&10 Blind, Peper. 2 a oe F0&10 Blind, ROMORRECN SS a 70 OcKs. Ordinary Tackle, list p April i; so. 40 CARPET SWEEPERS, Bissell No. 5 cee en cs per doz. $17 00 Bissell No. 7, new drop pan -......: 19 00 Iisseit Grane .2... 6: ie 36 00 Grand Rapids. 900i: . 24 00 i ee a 15 00 CRADLES. Greta ee dis, O&02 CROW BARS. Cast Steg ae per Tb 04 iron, Stee! Potts. 002 3% CAPS, Bo SEO ee perm 65 Bick’ OC EE 60 oe: o 35 MERGE ° 60 CARTRIDGES. Rim Fire, U. M. C. & Winchester new list. 50 Rim Fire, United States................. dis. 50 Centre: Wise. 0. dis, 25 CHISELS, dis, MOcket Hirer. ee 7O&10 BOeGken eames 7O0&10 NOCKCE@OrneCE 7O0&10 MOCHCE SIGNS oe 70&10 Butchers Tanped Mirmer.-:.. 8... ss. 40 Barton s socket Wirmers. ........:.....-°.- 20 Cole net COMBS, dis. Curry, Edyoences os 40&10 Hoten iss 25 CHALK. White Crayons, per gross..........- 12@12%4 dis. 10 cocks, tees. Haekine Ss. 60 ee 5 DCCr ss es Sa ar 40&10 Penns COPPER. Planished, 14 0z cut to size...... per pound 33 $4259) $4556 14x60. 00000005 31 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60.... ........-.. 29 Cold Rolled: B25 2 aes ABE Ae leap ee se sl Nc 3 HSOUOOTNS ee 30 DRILLS, dis. Merse's Bi Stocks 40 Paper and straight Shank........-.......... 40 Morse’s Taper Sean 40 DRIPPING PANS Small sizes, ser pound ..... ee el 1s Marge sizes, per pound 3. sc 614 ELBOWS. Com. 4 pieee Gin... doz. net 75 Corrugited (2000.0 dis. 20&10&10 AGVGSADIG. dis. 144&10 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, #18; lar, e. 6 30 ives” 1 316-2 w4-S te .. rs | ew List. dis. American File Association Hist......-...._- 60 DISStO Se. 60 New American. ooo Se 60 Nichoison’s oe 60 ee ee 50 melier's Horse Rasps.....--.05.0 2.0... 50 GALVANIZED IRON. Nos, 16 to 20; 2 and 24: 2 and 25: 27 28 List 12 13 14 15 18 Discount, 60. GAUGES. dis. Staniey Rule and LeyelCo7’s......-.... .- : 30 HAMMERS, NWaydole S&Oe7s 0 8. dis. 25 MAS dis. 25 Werkes @ Piumis. 0000000 dis. 40&10 Mason's Soledad Casi Steel oo. ce 30¢ list 50 BlacKsmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand....30¢ 40&10 HINGES. Gate. Clarks £23... 8. dis, 60 Meise per doz. net, 2 50 Serew Hook and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and TONG OE es 7% Screw Hook and | Eye, 1 Leo -net 10 ee met os Se net 734 Ss Moe net 7% jn wad ee. dis, 70 HANGERS. dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10 Champion, amtifriction, ............._._.. 60&10 Bodder. wood track ...... .................. 40 HOLLOW WARE Por ee 60£10 CC 60&10 Spiders . .60&10 Gray enameled). 50 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, Stamped Tia Ware... new list _ gapanned Tin Ware.) icranice fron WAre oo oe 5 HOES. Grab it ee #11, dis. 60 “2........ ee #11.50, dis. 60 Grubs. #12, dis. 60 HORSE NAILS, AuSable... .-. oc. dis. 25&10@2: 2510410 Pusneie dis. 5&10&21442'4 INGER WESICFA-- 2... dis. 10&10&: 5&5 KNOBsS—New List. dis, Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 55 Door, porcelain, plated ne oe 55 Door, porcelvin, trimmings.. os ns Drawer and Shutter, porcelain. Le aed 70 Fieuure, Hy i. Judd & Co’s.(............. 40810 Hemacte 2 45 LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... oo Mallory. Wheeler & Covs:.. 000)... =D ramieras «20 te. 55 Norwates .. 0 55 LEVELS. dis. Stanley Hulte and Eevel Co's. .........:.... 70 MATTOCKS, Wdze Wye. 2 ie $16.00, dis. 60 ee yes. $15.00, dis. 60 ee $18.50, dis. 20410. MAULS, dis. Sperry & Co.'s, Post, handied........:..__.. 50 MILLS dis. Coffee, Porkers Cos. 2). 4 P. S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.... 40 - Landers, Berry & Clarks........ 2. 4) Enterprise ee eco ck. 2 MOLA dis. Stebbin’s Pattern.. Sec ele 60&10 Steppin s Genuine. 60& 10 Enterprise, self-measuring.. oe 25 NAILS~ Advance above 12d nails, FENCE AND BRADS. bid toGeG-. ee. 25 Oe 10 So and Od ec 2 Scand fd... 40 40 ANG SG 60 sa. 1 00 a el aa i 50 FINE BLUED. SS ee 1 00 a... _ Ce 2 00 CASTING AND BOX. Pete sod DO 0G ee 60 Batted . 2 vis, SQtOie ee 90 toe 3) ee. 1 Ll. 1530 COMMON BARREL. Me PCR 25 ee 2 CLINCH. 1% and — CH ee eee 1 35 2 and 2 Se . ii 2% and 2 2 oe 1 06 Se 85 3144 and 4% Ce eee 7 Each half keg 10 cents extra. OILERS. dis. mine Or tin, Chase's Patent.........0.....).. HOkI0 @ane. with DEAsS DOOR... 5). 50 BrassGeCopper. 50 CHO per gross, #12 net OUMSICRIS oe se 50&10 PLANES. dis. Ohio Too! Co.'s, faney 0.0; 40@10 Se oe eee @60 Sandusky Feo! Cos, faney.... 2.0.0.0... 0.5. 40,10 Bench, feshquatiey @60 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood.. . 2010 PANS, May, AGE cS cs ok dis. 50&10 Common, polished. 0... e.. et dis. 60&10 RIVETS. dis. SeOu AME TINO os 55 Copper Rivets and Burs...2......../05...: ; PATENT FLANISHED IRON. ‘A’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 ‘*B’? Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken packs 4c per pound extra, ROPES, Sisal, 14 iIneh and larger 2.0.0 2..0.......... 10% Manilla pees Soe Sue cele ogee Cece ke ees coe ay 12% - SQUARE dis. meeel anil Pret . .70&10 mre ONG BEVllg. oe 60 Re 20 SHEET IRON, Com. Smooth. Com. DOS TO 10 tee #4 20 $8 00 Mee fae te 4 20 3 00 IOS, SUA 20) oe 4 3 10 Mon tO oe 4 Ww 3 15 POOR, Stee 4 40 3 35 Ie Se, 4 60 3 35 All sheets No. 18 and lighter, wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. over 30 inches Bist acct 19. 86.0 dis. 20 SASH CORD. Silver Lake, White A. list 50 PA A oe. 55 Milise: Be - 50 rape ’ 55 WiRitete oo ‘ 2 iinet: 10. SASH WEIGHTS, SOHC Eyes per ton #25 SAUSAGE SUUFFERS OR FILLERS, Miles’ ‘‘Challenge’’....per doz. $20, = 5O@50&05 Perry... 0.10... per doz. No. 1, $15; No. 0, eee ce eee cee ee ceo. R21; ‘dis, 5HO@W&S Draw Cut Ne4 each, $30, dis 30 Mnterprise Mie Co... ce dis, 20&10@30 Cd dis. 40&10 SAWS. dis. Disston’ S Ciréular os oc 45(@A5&5 ttt 45@45&5 : Ee 25@25K5 *Extras sometimes given by jobbers. Atkins’ CRPCOISE ee dis, 9 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70 oom Steel Dex X C uts, per foot.. 50 ecial Steel Dia, X Cuts, per foot.. 3D “ oben ion and Electric Tooth X Cuts, per feet... ‘ TACKS, dis. mmmercan all iinds.- ........0025. 13... RCCL Gil Rite Sweccs ail Mines Gimpan@igee Cigar er Nabe ini NG Common'and Patent Brads................. Hungarian Fails and Miners’ Tacks........ gagsgaseses Truwk ane Clout Nai. os. Tinned Trunk and Clout Nails.............. Leathered Carpey Packs...;.... 20.2.5... TRAPS, dis. SeceL Gate 6010 Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton's. ...60&10 IORI ee 60410 Ew. @ W. Wife Cos oo 60&10 Mouse, Choker 18e per doz. Mouse, delusion. eee $1.50 per doz. WIRE. dis. ripnt Maree 67% Avinealed Merce re Copperce Market. 8, 621 Besa BAN 55 manned Markeg. 62% ‘finned Broom. oo per pound 09 ‘Binmmed Mattress... per pound 8% Coppercd Sprme Steel... el. 50 Ginned Sprime Sicer 40&10 Plain Bene oe per pound 03 Barbed Hence. calvanized...... 0 = ‘painted ee 32 Copper. new list net Brass |... WIRE GOODS. dis, Beene 70&10&10 metow Eyes 70&10&10 Oe ...-70&10&10 Gate Hooks and Byes --............._... 7O@10&10 WRENCHES. dis, Baxter's Adjustable, miekeled.............. 30 Cocs Gedume 50 Coe’s Patent ee er eee eee ris) Coe’s Patent, malleable. Loe F5&10 MISCELLANEOUS, dis. Bird Cages oo ee, 50 Pumps Cistere “> Nerews, New Bist. FO&05 Casters, Bed and Flate. 0... wt 50£10&10 Dampers, American... 40 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 6624 Copper Bottoms: =): 8 oo se METALS, PIG TIN. Pic larece....... ee Se ee 30¢ COPPER. Duty: Pig, Bar and Ingot, 4c; Old Copper, 3c Manufactured (ine luding all articles of which Copper is a component of chief value), 45 per cent ad valorem. For large lots the following quotations are shaded: INGOT. a . 18% “Anmehor’ Brand. -........._... ee 18 ZINC. Duty: Sheet, 2'4¢ per pound. Go POUNG CHSES) 6% er pOGnG 1@i“% LEAD. Duty: Pig, ® per 100 pounds. Old Lead, 2¢e per pound, Pipe and Sheets 3c per pound. AACTICOM es @5% Neware- @515 Smeee es ... Se, ais 2 SOLDER. oe... Os Extra ee ee ee 1334 The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by private brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY. COORROR per pound se Halletes 14 TIN—-MELYN GRADE. heme 16). Charcoal. 3. ..8 6 00 14x20 IC, ee 6 00 1Xxt2 IC, ee. 6 25 14x14 IC, Y tee. 10x28 IC, ee imei ll a a 1@ Pare Ct... 8 00 14x14 IX, _ 12 oO 20x28 IX Each ad iftional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE, tat tC) Charcoal... $5 40 14x20 IC, EI 5 40 TxiZICc, a 5 65 9 25 ae 11 80 Ee 6 90 14x20 IX, e llc 2x2 IX, hig ry ——=ilUmrCmrCSCSCC 11 6 20x28 IX, Eavh adc itiosiail X on this grade, £1.50, ROOFING PLATES, F 14x20 IC, Terne M. Se eee ee $7 60 20x28 IC, eo 15 14x20 IC, Wercesper, =... 5 SO 14x20 IX, . eee oe 7 00 29 iC, [ CS fi 50 14x20 IC, Allaway Grade............ 490 14x20 IX, ee 6 40 2a, lrlrti“(“‘i‘“ CL CU 19 5O eee 13 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. ae Ie. ee oe fo Se : 13 50 oon > for No. 8 - teegas, i per pound..... 09 HARDWOOD I LUMBER. The furniture factories here pay as follows for dry stock, measured merchantable, mill culls out: Basswood top rum ..........._. -.+-- eke OO@15 00 nan ers... 15 00@16 00 Biren Nos tand2? Bieee Ach, loervan........:.,. @22 00 Se es 14 00@16 00 Chery 102 TUR 25 00@35 00 Cherry, Nos. 1 dud 2. ....1._..>...... 58 GGgiae OO Chery Ca @12 00 Manic loeran _.. 2.2 Gogo? Of Mapic. soft, log tum...............:...1) Gi@is 06 Mapic, Nes Eads... .:.. @2 00 Maple, clear, fooring................. ae white, selected.) 01.0. 2)... Red Oak jog-ran.......... Red Oak, oe 1 and * 24 00@25 00 Red Oak, 14 sawed, 8 inch and upw’d. 40 O00@A5 00 ted Oak, if sawed resular.... 0.0... 30 0035 00 Red Oak, No. i, a pa NE ee. @25 00 Walnut, log run. oe @5d 00 Walnut, Nos. 1 and 2 @i5 00 (625 00 @25 00 18 00@20 00 MWalnuEs, Gia 005... ee @25 00 Grey Hip Jeeta ee 12 00@13 05 White Aso, log- a“. 14 00@16 00 Whitewood, log- at... 20 00@22 00 White Oak, log-run.... ..17 00818 60 sh NS &(O; a “Pointers. GHURGH AND FARM BELLS. Steel Alloy Church and School Bells, Gold Bronzed. These bells are cast from an alloy of east steel and crystal metal, and can be relied on under all circumstances and in all seasons. We sell sizes as follows: O No. Diam. Bell Weight Com. ee SE ek ee 150 Ibs. Gi ei aatae ca ae 225 Ibs Ge oe 329 Ibs. ee 600 Ibs. ee SGT, ee 850 Ibs. The style of mounting these bells in- cludes Wood Frame, Iron Wheel, and for Nos. 7 and 8 Tolling Hammers without extra charge. These bells are offered to the trade as the best of their class. They are uni- form in shape and finished in a first class manner. The mountings are graceful in appearance and perfectly adapted to the duty they are toperform. The quality of the material used is the best. Wecan al- so furnish Solid Bell Metal Bells if de- sired. FOSTBD, MBVELS & GO, 10 and 12 Monroe St., 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis Street. fee Week y “Pe “Pointers... Reliable Goods. On every hand in each and all goods we see constant and unceasing ef- fort to improve on former ideas and to produce what nearest approaches perfec- fection. The tendency of the present day has been to a large degree toward produc- tion of the greatest quantity for the least money, but it has been found that it is a lines of false and mistaken idea, and one _ that bears poor fruit. Hence the success of the few who have had the foresight to see a slow but sure profit in making nothing but the best: It is but a few years ago that THE DETROIT STOVE WORKS started in to make stoves. Their endeavor was to build up a trade for the future, and that they have succeeded is shown by their immense trade, which is constantly increasing, and the high esti- mation in which their goods are held in this community. Their assortment is tne largest of any one stove house in the country and their sales are enormous. We have been their agents from the start and have never had cause to regret it. Foster, Stevens & C0., 10 and 12 Monroe 8t., 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis Street. fgg Weekl ly “Pr “Pointers, No article of household use contributes so much to the comfort (or discomfort) of the inmates as the Cooking and Heating Apparatns. Starting with this proposition, then, and no one will dispute its truth, how necessary that the stove, range or furnace employed should be the best that can be produced. Health, happiness and econo- my demand it. THE JOHN VAN RANGE CO. many years ago attained the reputation of making some of the best goods in this line, and they are among those who have been successful in maintaining the posi- tion then achieved. Not to aim at how cheaply a stove could be made, but how well and how improved, has been their desire, and a careful attention to detail in every department of construction, strict integrity and liberal treatment in dealing with patrons has borne its legiti- mate fruit, namely, a colossal business. It is conceded by those who have trav- eled that we carry the largest line of John Van Steel Ranges of any house north of Cincinnati, the place they are made. Foster, SIBVENS & 60, 10 and 12 Monroe St., 33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 Louis Street. ws The Michigan Tradesman BUSINESS LAW. Brief Digests of Recent Decisions in Courts of Last Resort. EMPLOYER'S LIABILITY — FELLOW-SERV- ANT. The Supreme Judicial Court of Massa- chusetts held, in the case of Moynihan vs. Hills Company, that an injury to an employe by reason of a defect in a ma- chine. which was owing to the negligence of a person employed to reconstruct and look after the machines, was not an in- jury arising from the negligence OL a fellow servant, and that the employer was liable for the injury. rRADE MARK—UNION LABELS. Judge Patterson, of Pennsylvania, re- cently rendered a decision at Lancaster in the ease of Cigar Maker’s Union No. 126 of Ephrata vs. Brendel, dissolving a preliminary injunction restraining the defendant, a cigar manufacturer of the same place, from using labels of the same kind as those used by the union. Judge Patterson held that the mere adop- tion of amark and public declarations that such mark will be used to label goods in the future do not create a trade- mark. MWANUFACTURER’S LIABILITY — HARM- FUL DYE. An interesting point was decided by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massa- chusetts in the case of Gould ys. Slater Woolen Company. It appeared that the purchaser of certain cloth from a manufacturer was poisoned by handling it, owing to the use by the manufacturer of a common mordant in dyeing the same, which was not known at the time to be poisonous to handle. The court held that under the circumstances the manufacturer was not liable for the in- jury: POWER TO REGULATE MARKETS: The Alabama Supreme Court, in the late case of Ex-Parte Byrd, held consti- tutional a provision ina city ordinance of the city of Mobile prohibiting the sale of fresh meats at retail outside of certain mavkets established by the ordinance. The court said: While the power ‘‘to regulate’? does not authorize prohibition in a general sense, ‘‘for the very essence of regulation is the existence of some- thing to be regulated,’’ yet the weight of authority is to the effect that this power confers the authority to confine the bus- iness referred to to certain hours of the day, to certain localities or buildings ina city, and to the manner of its prosecution within those hours, localities and build- The ordinance here brought in question is not a prohibition of petition- er’s business. It does not deny his right to prosecute it. Its only effect upon that business is to confine it to the public markets, to limit its prosecution to cer- tain hours of the day, and to prescribe rules for its conduct in conservation of ings. public health. COVENANT IN RESTRAINT OF eee An interesting decision has just been rendered by Mr. Justice Butt. of the High Court of Justice (England), in the ease of the National Provincial Bank of England, Limited, vs. Marshall. It ap- peared that the defendant, upon entering the service of the plaintiff bank as its eashier, entered into a bond by which he pound himself to pay the bank £1,000 as liquidated damages if after leaving their service at any time he should within two years accept employment with any other bank within a radius of twenty miles. The defendant resigned his posi- tion and entered the service of another ‘bank within the prohibited district. The defendant contended that there could be ne injunction, since the bank had in the contract fixed a sum of damages as a penalty for the breach. The judge, how- ever, granted an injunction, taking the ground that the condition of the bond really amounted to a covenant by the de- fendant not to serve another bank within the prescribed limit of place and time. > ?=>___——- About Collecting Bills. A correspondent of the London Boot and Shoe Trades Journal gives an exper- ience in collecting an account that is identical with one that came under the writers’ in Boston a few years ago, as follows: One of your correspondents recently referred to the difficulties attendant upon the collection of accounts. It may inter- est him and others of your readers to learn how a neighbor of mine managed to get settlement of an outstanding ac- count from a debtor whom he had trusted much too long. For afew months after supplying the goods he made no effort to get the money, and when he put it down for collection he was surprised to find he had to be content with a series of excuses in the place of cash. This went on for some time, and being tired of sending his collector he determined to go after the money himself. After afew visits with no result, he made up his mind he would see hisjcustomer and get a settlement of some kind. So one afternoon he went to the house, and on receiving the usual reply of ‘not at home,”’ he said he would wait. He pushed his way in and sat down, and to the astonished mistress of the house he said he was going to wait until he got his money. Hour after hour he waited, and at length he heard the steps of his much wished for debtor. Noticing a suspicious movement of the wife, he hurried outside to meet his man, and suddenly demanded payment of his debt. A small riot ensued, and the row brought a policeman on the scene, who was im- portuned to lock up the creditor on sun- dry vague and doubtful charges of annoyance and assault. The cause of the bother was explained, and the police- man tried to pacify the partieS, but an adjournment to the nearest police station was insisted on, where the charges were again refused a hearing, and the debtor was pressed to make some arrangement for the payment of the account. As the matter was thus made public property, there was nothing to do but comply; and hitherto the conditions have been com- plied with, the slightest hint of a repeti- observation AND BUYTER : kbs We are receiving daily andoffertothe trade a choice lotof BUTTER and PRESH EGGs. Gall at our store. We guarantee stock and prices to sult. [amoreanx & JOnNStOn 71 Canal Street. Alfred J.Brown FOREIGN, TROPICAL AND CALIFORNIA Bananas, Our Specialty. 16 and 18 No. Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS§, MICH. ESTABLISHED 1866. Barnery Ros. 159 So. Water Street, Chisago. We do a General Commission Business and offer as inducements twenty years’ ex- perience and clear record. The best equip- ped and largest salesroom in the business in this city. Ample storage facilities—full 20,000 feet of floor space in the center of the best market in the West. Ample capi- tal and first-class references on file with Write us if you wish Tt THE TRADESMAN. information, whether to buy or sell. will cost you nothing. BARNETT BROS. If you have any b to offer send E samples amount and & willtry to buy them W. T. LAMOREAUX, 71 Canal Street. WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above goods to and ship, or anything in the Produce line, let |: us hear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: FIRST NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, Grand Rapids. POTATOES, We give prompt personal attention to thesale of POTATOES,APPLES,BEANS and ONIONS in car lots. We offer best facilities and watchful attention. Consign- ments respectfully solicited. Liberal cash advances on Car Lots when desired. Wu. H. Thompson & 60, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 166 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference FELSENTHAL, Gross & MILLER, Bankers, Chicago. RDWIN FALLAS, Proprietor of Valley Gity Gold Storage. Packer and Jobber of THE POPULAR Daisy Brand OF OYSTERS. SOLID My facilities for handling Oysters are un- surpassed, Oysters guaranteed fresh every time. Send in your orders, which will be filled at lowest market price. Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Butter, Eggs and Egg Crates. No. 1 egg crates, 37c. 30c. No. 1 fillers, 13c. No. 2 egg crates, No. 2 fillers, 10c, I have facilities for handling each line above named that are unsurpassed. I aim to handle the best that can be obtained. Mail orders filled promptly at lowest market price. A liberal discount on Egg Crates and fillers in large lots. Salesroom, No. 9 N. lonia Street, GRAND RAPIDS. 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., MOSELEY BROS., —_—WHOLESALE-—— Fruits, Seeds, Oysters All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty. If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will be pleased to hear from you. Produce. 4. < GRAND RAPIDS. Shingles Orders for Potatoes, Cabbage 33 OTTAWA STEET, Telephone 269. Stovewood Big Rapids, GEO. E. HOWES. tion of the domiciliary visit being suffici- ent to keep the payment up to time. 8 Ionia Street, THEO. B. GOOSSEN; WHOLESALE Produce Commission Merchant, BROKER IN LUMBER. and Apples, iu Car Lots, solicited. Butter and Eggs, Oranges Lemons and Bananas a specialty. Ss. A. HOWES. : OuITOW GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. | & aso0yoO EP. CLARE & SON, WHOLESALE Commission Merchants, AND DEALERS IN Seeds, Produce, Vegetables, Fruit, Butter, Eggs, Cheese, Kts., Ets., CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED. Michigan. Cc. N. RAPP. Geo. E. Howes & Co., JOBBERS IN Apples, Potatoes & Onions, SPECIALTIES: Oranges, Lemons, Bananas. Grand Rapids, Mich. Re-paint your old bug; Prepared ready for use. the ORIGINAL, all others are IMITATIONS. More of our brand sold than all the other brands on the market. GRANITE FLOOR PAINTS The Great Invention. durabie. Give them atrial, and you wiil be convinced that it does not pay to mix the paint yourself. ACME WHITE LEAD & COLOR WORKS DETROIT, Dry Color Makers, Paint and Varnish Manufacturers. CUT THIS ADVERTISEMENT OUT AND TAKE IT TO YOUR DEALER, IT WILL SECURE YOU A PRIZv. NEAL’S CARRIAGE PAINTS gy and make it look like new for LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR. Eight beautiful shades. They dry hard in a few hours, a Six Handsome Shades. Ready for use. nd have abeautiful and durable gloss. They are J Te beck yy at HOCOLATSK L BRO! Cxecoi at ———— \ : & ( ea pose’ DRY HARD OVER NIGHT, and are very od WOONSOCKET and RHODE ISLAND RUBBERS GRAND RAPIDS Paper Box Factory, W. W. HUELSTER, Prop. Paper Boxes of Every Description Made to Order on Short Notice. Write for Fall Prices and Discounts GR. MAYHEW, Grand Rapids, Mich. Boston and hawrence OFFICE AND FACTORY, We iateicancadies of Confectionery, Millinery and Shelf Boxes, All work guaranteed first class and at low prices. Write or call for estimates on ary- thing you may want inmy line. Telephone $54 LI MERCHANTS! C ; VA MocHAy JrRIo COFFEE WooLson SPICE CO Co TOLEDI-OMNin. Incre MOCHAr WOODLSON SPICE CO: Felt and Knit Boots. 1 Pearl $t, Grand Rapids, Mick JAVA wwoRIO FFEE COFFEE WOOLSON SPICE SESse! TCLEDO-OHIO. ase Your SALES AND PROFITS BY HANDLING LION COP PT Se. TT GIVES ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION To Consumers, and is, Consequently. a Quick and Hasy Seclicr. Lion Coffee has more actual Merit than any Roasted Coffee sold at the price either in Packages or in Bulk and storekeepers all over the State of Michigan and elsewhere who are not already handling Lion are urged to give it a trial. answer all communications regarding prices, quick delivery. For sale by all the wholesale trade everywhere. L. WINTERNITZ, Resident Agent, We cheerfu' 7 etc. Convenient shipping depots established at all prominent cities, securiu.g anufactured by the Woolson Spice Co., Toledo, Ohio. ue 4 5 Agents, HESTER & FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich. THE PENBERTHY IMPROVED Automatic Injector -—AS A— BE cak.; BOILER FEEDER operat 16,000 in 18 Months Tells the Story. [WHY THEY EXCEL_& They cost less than other Injectors. You don’t have to watch them. will RE-START automatically. 3 By sending the number to factory on the Injector you can have parts renewed at any time. They are lifting and non-lifting. Hot pipes don’t bother them and the parts drop out by removing one plug nut. | 6 Every man is made satisfied, or he don’t have to keep the Injector and we don’t want him to. PENBERTHY INJECTOR CO., Manufacturers, DETROIT, Mich. If they break they Grand Rapids, Mich. PEREINS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, | NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. ! WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE- RETAIL GROCERS Who wish to serve their Customers with GOOD COFFEE would do well to avoid Brands that require the support of Gift Schemes, Prize Prom- ises or Lottery Inducements. —SELL——_- DON'T BE A SLAVE To prejudice, but save money, time, labor, strength and clothes by using | JAXON ANTI-WASHBOARD SOAP. It loosens and separates the dirt without injur- ing the fabric, instead of eating up the dirt and thereby rotting the cloth. Don’t be put off with something claimed to be “just as good,” but insist on having the genuine and prove for yourself the advantages of this soap. DILWORTH’S COFFEE, Which Holds Trade on Account of Superior Merit Alone. Quality. Improved Roasting Process. atent Preservative Packages. AMOS 8S. MUSSELMAN & CO., Sole Agents for Grand Rapids. PITTSBURGH, Penn. BS Ee EX Unecualed FE MOS §, MUSSELMAN & G0. Wholesale Grocers, 21 & 23 SOUTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Square and Upright Pianos, The Weber Piano is recognized beyond controversy as the Standard for excellence in every particular. Itis renowned for its sympathetic, pure and rich tone combined with greatest power. The most eminent artists and musicians, as well as the musi- cal public and the press, unite in the ver- dict that The Weber Stands Unrivaled. Sheet music and musical merchandise. Everything in the musical line. REEDER, PALMER & CO, Wholesale Boots and Shoes. STATE AGENTS FOR LYCOMING RUBBER C0,, 24 Pearl St., Grand Rapids, Mich., NO. 998. TELEPHONE Weber Pianos, Smith Pianos, Estey Organs, JULIUS A. J. FRIEDRICH, (Successor to Friedrich Bros.) 830 and 82 Canal St.. Grand Rapids, Mich. Fischer Pianos, A. B. Chase Organs, Hillstrom Organs, meee aaniclanilns ote: gt tippy ¥ re wn The Michigan Tradesman OWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1838. LEISURE HOUR JOTTINGS. Written for THE TRADESMAN. BY A COUNTRY MERCHANT. < Has any individual—and more es- pecially any individual of the smaller communities of the State—who makes it a matter of business to keep his prop- erty reasonably well insured, received, as far as he can discover, any benefit what- ever from the law which was passed by the present Legislature prohibiting trusts or combines among insurance companies that write risks on Michigan property ? If such a party exists, among the readers of Tur TRADESMAN, will he kindly make the fact known, in some manner, that the writer. and numerous other of tribute to the stock companies may learn his modus operandi of dealing with the extortionists? When the bill became a law, a interested people— forgetting that the most elaborate legis- lation ever devised never had the effect of suppressing crime and fraud—imag- ined that the solved, and that the active competition of the State agents would speedily put pre- minums on, at least. a reasonable basis. But the fact is that the old-time ‘‘pool’’ of the various underwriters has not been disturbed moment. The _ local agents will assure you, almost effusively, that no known combination garding rates, but interview successively adozen representatives of the leading companies regarding a policy, and the premium won't vary a mill among the lot. payers great many insurance problem was for a exists re- x % “ * * x H It is self-evident to any man of ordi- nary intelligence that the Michigan in- surance ‘‘combine’’ has lost none of its iron-clad features. When an agent. by a eut of—say—a dollar, could put five dol- lars into his pocket, by way of commis- to concede a cent, it doesn’nt need any very profound reilec- that he dare not—as he values his agency—de- He may honestly and unreservedly concede the injustice and extortion of his principals, and he unlikely, regretfully acknowl- feeling but refuses sions. tion to arrive at the conclusion viate from fixed rates. will. not edge that there is a wnanimous among his patrons that they are being swin- systematically and dled. but any suggestion of a return to outrageously reasonable rates is negatived by an inti- mation, or an inference, that the remotest ‘eut.’ under any circumstances, would occasion extremely strained relations be- himself and the corporations he And could tween represents. this alone, if no other evidence be secured, is proof enough that the status of the Michigan insurance ‘pool? has not been disturbed by legislation. The stock insurance people, having de- liberately determined to follow the ex- the didn’t produce golden eggs fast enough but alterna- tive—the mutual plan of protection. Many of us who have had our “‘fingers ample of gentleman whose goose to suit him, leave us one burned’? by—now happily defunet—mu- tual companies instinctively shrink from a repetition of our costly experience, but the stock syndicate have practically noti- fied robbery us thatif we object to systematic way to Very few of us can we must devise the reasonably afford to carry our own risks, some evade robbers. and to the majority of us insurance is almost an absolute business necessity. Our State laws are so framed that only the companies—all of them mem- bers of the great Secret pool—ean_ profitably comply with their provisions, and, while they reasonably insure our safety, they of profiting by the competition of more mod- virtually deprive us of all chances est. but, perhaps, just as—proportion- ally — responsible organizations, and, looking at the subject in any light we may. we have, under our present system pay our tribute stock robbers, or take the chances of legislation, to either to the of involving ourselves in an unknown and indefinite indebtedness through the dishonesty or imbecility of the officials of mutual associations. The question then arises, can mutual insurance be made safe, as well as eco- nomical? I safe for the stock- holder as regards the limit of his liabil- mean ities, in case the dishonesty or imbecility spoken of brings about disaster to the company? It is very satisfactory in one sense to know that as long as the organ- ization holds together you are getting perfectly safe insurance at low rates, but it is very unsatisfactory to reflect that if the company goes into the hands of a re- ceiver that the number and amount of your assessments, to wind up. the concern, is a perfectly unknown quan- tity; that you, are responsible, must make periodical payments for peo- that the proceedings attending the ‘‘winding up’’ are usually almost interminable, and that the matters of who ple who are not responsible; receiver's fees, clerk’s hire, attorney’s councils, court fees, ete., ete., are entirely beyond your control, and almost entirely optional the court’s agent or representative. with I have in mind an individual who paid something like $300 for an insurance on $4,000 worth of property, for ten days, in a mutual company. Shortly after re- ceiving his policy he learned that the organization was getting ‘‘shaky,’’ and going into the secretary’s office he handed back the document, requested its cancel- lation, and announced himself ready to adjust his share of any losses that had occurred during his membership. The official stated that nothing was due, and promised to cancel the policy. A few months later the company went into the hands of a receiver, and shortly there- after the party in question received an assessment. He refused to pay and was sued. and, as no record was found show- ing his withdrawal, the court held that the books of araseally secretary—then in Canada—were better evidence than his testimony. As the defalcation of the official occurred during his pronounced membership, it was also held that losses that occurred before his policy was is- sued, and which should have been ad- justed with the money that the secretary ‘*hypothecated,’’ were debts against him, rata with other victims. The case was appealed; sent back for a new trial on atechnicality. and a new judgment recorded. New followed, and if it hadn’t been for a compromise, I believe that the litigant would even- tually have had to petition for a receiver himself. As it ended, however, his in- surance on $4.000 cost him over $30 per Guaranteed the Best! Leather Belting Rubber Belting Mill Hose Raw Hide Lace Packings of all kinds Saw Setts and Files Emery Wheels Emery Wheel Dressers Babbitt Metals Shingle Bands Lath Yarn Hide Rope Hay Rope Tube Cord Fodder Twine Asbestos Goods, Pipe Covering Grease and Oil Cups, Greases of all kinds. Lard, Machin- ery, Cylinder and Rub- bing Oils, Oil Tanks. pro assessments Belts made Endless and Repair- ing done in the best manner. SAMUEL LYON Cor, Waterloo and Lovis Sts., GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. day. Something over a year ago a reader of Tue TRADESMAN attacked me violently for a criticism of our mutual insurance system, and almost alleged that I was a paid attorney of the stock syndicate. I don’t remember whether I replied to him at the time or not. but I do remember of thinking that if my assailant had had my experience in settling with two de- funct companies, and the settlement had cost him from four to five times what the most expensive stock insurance would have cost him, he would have supported | my position rather than have impugned my motives in assuming it. practical and conservative | system | With a safe, system of mutual that would adjust the losses and expenses | that | 2 ae a UM eis ae The Finest 5-ct. Cigar Manufactured, | LONG HAVANA FILLER. positive and absolute | THEY HAVE NO EQUAL. membership without! A. &. DA VIS " would | 70 Canal St,, Grand Rapids, Mich. insurance: a equitably: would enable. every stockholder to know his status with his company whenever he desired to know it; that would permit withdrawal fear of future oblige officials to transact their business | from the trouble; that in a business-like manner, and that would | prohibit the blecdsucker feature in the “winding up’? of unprofitable or sirable organizations. would transfer the bulk stock to the mutual companies: and let aa ais {aware WARRANTED TOBE THE | FINEST and LARGEST SMOKE | For the money in the U. 8S. ("Put up 50in a box. Ask | your dealer for them. Manufactured only by JOHN E. KENNING & CO., Grand Rapids. end for prices. PLACE to secure a thorough great of risks from the eountry us hope that before the next Legislature ~ adjourns the combined wisdom of the iH and useful education is at the assembled solons, aided by the business Aj, GRAND Rapips (Mich.) BusI- i i : Lt i i L / weESS COLLEGE. write for Col- brains of the State, will enable us to] lege Journal. Address, C. G. SWENSBERG. TIME TABLES. Grand Rapids & Indiana. GOING NORTH. Safely and sensibly sever our——at pres-j 7 ent—enforced connection with the stock insurance robbers. [ if ia e a a a 2 Arrives. Leaves. $ is ch: rjino the snubiect s awhs Traverse City & Mackinaw.......... 7:00am It is changing the subject somewhat] prtverse city & Mackinaw. ols aan || 91.30 8 Bi abrubtly. b , to ice. brieflv, a| From CinciunaG | -........ 7:30pm _ ibtly ut tw —— notice. briefly, a For Petoskey & M fam Cieem violent and almost vicious assault made | Saginaw Express. 30am = 7:20am - on eee 10:30 p m. 4:10pm Saginaw express ru through solid. upon the writer of these papers by a lit- I i Pee eS lit 7:00 a. m. train has chair car to Traverse City. tle boreal hebdomadal in Antrim county. The editor, after a labored and painful interview with Webster, brings against inaw City. 5:00 p. m, train has sleeping car for Petoskey and Mackinaw City. GOING SOUTH. Cincinnati Hxpress....-.... 7:15am me two grave charges, viz: that I have, | Fort Wayne Express... ...10:30am 11:45am i a e Cincinnati Express.... . $:40 pm 5:00 pm in the columns of Pun FRADESMAN, | Brom Sraverme City. ore 10:46 p m “ a e . 7:15amtrain has parlor chair car for Cincinnati. showed a gross and culpable ignorance of 5:00 p m train has Woodruff sleeper for Cincinnati the noble science of poker, and have, plagiarising. As my knowledge of the game is theoretic, and zoo for Battle Creek, Jackson, Detroit and Canadian points, arriving in Detroit at 10:45 p. m. moreover, been guiity of _| City; $2 to Cincinnati. only All Trains daily except Sunday. my accuser is evidently Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana. deeply versed in its mysteries, Iam wil- 705 a ling to admit that 1 may have shocked his sensibilities by alluding to the artina somewhat bungling and unscientific man- ner. Butitis to be regretted that the profound editor has dge street depot 7 minutes later. L. Lockweop., Gen’! Pass. Agent. Michigan Central. Grand Rapids Division. DEPART. Detroit Fxprees..... 2... 5... ee 6:45am study which the given to the subject should have demor-| 20% Yer expres So ee m alized his brain to that extent that it ap- | AvgpteBsPress.------ccce cre Bm pears to render him incapable of writing | «pacite Bxpress.....0 eee eesseccesnsees icin a consistent article. For instance, in ac- | Hose! Passenzer..-.--- fn 7 eee cusing me of ignorance and the pilfering | $722 Rapids Express.---------se-cevvrrvser 130 Bm of other people’s ideas, in proving my | 2% see Se en to patron run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Rapids Express to and from Detroit. Direct connec- tions made at Detroit with all through trains East over M.C. R. R., (Canada Southern Div.) O. W. RUGGLES. Gen’! Pass. and Ticket Agt., Chicago. FRED M. Brices, Gen’! Agent. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. Kalamazoo Division. want of knowledge, he entirely disproves his charge of plagiarism, and makes the curious jumble the occasion for a gross and ill-bred attack on a stranger. As it may be possible that some of my : . : : Arrive. readers are also subscribers to the au-| 19 3 1 2s 4 .> Hides, Pelts and Furs. The hide market is weaker and is off East and West ',@le per pound on light. Prices quoted to-day are but temporary and for immediate shipments. They are is apparently on the decline and, unless some radical change of the markets takes place, dealers need not prices this fall. oO The Grocery Market. Sugar has remained the past week. Pa another !ye. look for higher stationary during ckage coffees are up Table and Patna rices are eompletely out of market and all kinds of domestic higher, the antici- pated having been real- ized. rices are large crop not a 2 ee - The ‘‘Anchor’ Brand. No brand of oysters is more widely or favorably known in this territory than Dettenthaler’s celebrated ‘* brand. Do you handle them, chant? Anchor’’ Mr. Mer- —-- >.> ----— Cheboygan Tribune: THE TRADESMAN, the business of Michigan, comes to our in a spick span new dress, looking as handsome as it is good. Tur TrApEs- MAN Stands at the head of the list of in- fluential trade journals of the country and we congratulate Brother Stowe an its deserved success. MICHIGAN men’s organ table arrayed PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Fall fruit commands 41, 50@H.75 per bbl. Winter fruitisin fair demand at %1.75@%2 per bbl. Beans—The new crop is coming in freely, com- manding #1@$1.25 per bu. for unpicked and $1.50 for hand-picked. Butter—Good quality is scarce and high. Deal- ers pay 16@20¢ and hold at 18@22c. c abbages—Home grown command $8 per 100. Celery—20@22c per doz. Cider—8@10e per gal. Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25 zoc. Cranberries—#7.50 for Bell and Cherry and 38.50 for Bell and Bugle. Dried Apples—Commission men hold sun-dried at 5%e and evaporated at 7c. Eggs—Strictly fresh are scarce, jobbers willing- ly paying 18¢ and selling at 20c, Grapes—Concords, 31%4¢ per Ib. Honey—Scarce and hard to get, manding 20¢ per Ib. Onions—Home grown dry stock command 35@, 40¢c. per bu. Pop Corn—2%c¢ per lb. Potatoes—In small demand, both at home and abroad, local dealers being unable to find any outlet for the crop. Those thrown on the mar- ket are dull and slow sale at 2x@30e. Quinces—#2 per bu. Squash—Hubbard, 1c per Ib. Sweet Potatoes—Baltimores, £2.50 seys, £2.75@83 per bbl. Tur nips—25e per bu. : produce barrels readily com- per bbl. Jer- PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing sion Co. quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. and Provi- Mes #16 00 BMOTUCCHE. cee Shor cut Moresan. --...-....-.---_--..---. .- Extra clear pig, short cut...........-------- 19 00 Hixtra Clear, heavy.....__.---._---__-..-.... 19 00 Clear quill, short cut. sl eo ee Boston clear, short Se 19 00 Clear back, cort Gut..._.._..........-----...- 19 00 Standard clear, short cut, best.. -.. See SMOKED MEATS—Cany assed ¢ or Plain. Hams, average 20 Ibs.........-------0+---- +e 12 ui $6 eR ee 1214 12 to 14 lbs.. Jt re pieme 10 Hest boneless... --- 12% Chowigers 9). 9 Breakfast Bacon, boneless. . . 14 Dried Beef, extra... ee 7 ham prices. ee 914 DRY SALT MEATS, Long C lears, ReAyy ee modmy 0 te : Heit... eee Larp—Kettle R ack oe aE ne ene Sie Gans ee ee LARD—Compound. aeeeeR we 94 30 and 501%. Tups........-......-..-----..-. -- 955 3 1b. Pails, 20in a case.......-.--.------------ 1044 5 1b. Pails: 12 i 8 ease... .----._--.---.. = 1014 10 Ib. Pails, 6 in a ease... ee 20 Ib. Pails, 4 in a case.. Looe L Oo BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs...........--.- 7 00 Extra Mess, Chicago packing........-------- < 30 Piste... - a a 25 xara Piste... 1@ Boneless, rump butts.............---..-..---- 10 00 i : eae pbl 2 oe SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. Pork Sausece 6... 8 Ham Sausage 2 Tongue Saus: 9 Frankfort Sausage. eee 8 Blood Sausage)... 6 Bologna, Ree 6 Boloeua thack _. s Mead Cheese el PIGS’ FEET. in helt parreis. - |. 5 30 Im quarter barrels....__-_-.-_---.-.. 2 TRIPE. in aalt barrels Ss oe in quarter barreis_..-.......-..------.-.-.--.- 1 infisc ...............-.... 85 FRESH MEATS Beer carcass... ..4 @o5 hindquarters; 06000 aie fore : oS as ees @ 7% OO eee @10 snomgiaers.....- @ 8 Bolorua | @ 5d Frankfort sausaee (000.0002. 2.22.2. @ 8% Blood, liver and head sausage |... @ 5% Maicon 6 @i OYSTERS and FISH. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: i ae rea POSS REE OYSTERS IN CANS.4 | eae Stamgaeas ee : @18 OO eee @20 elects... es aes Fairhaven ¢ ‘ounts. ee . @38 SES Eas OYSTERS IN BULK. Stamdsinds - oe 1 10 Selects 6 oe ee 150 Clams. 3: ee is FRESH FISH. tas o...trti“‘i‘C ;(;S;N(;3NW.N. UC @12% rant ee @ T% Whitefish ee @, 7% smoked @10 Perch. . 224@ 4 CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. Putnam & Brooks quote as follc ws: STICK, Standard, 25 1b. boxes... 944 Twist, =. | le "10 Cutteat fo 4... 11 MIXED, Royal cote palig 3. 40 Be Win pels es 9 Extra, 25 lb. pails. 5 os os. 914 Hrenen Creanr 25 tb. patis..o... 2. 24% Cut Post 25th cases 11 Broken 2 1b. Pails - 2 11 oh Wo 1p Bbis. 10 FAaNcy—In 5 Ib. boxes. Lemon Props <0 0. 13 SOUr DEORS ee 14 Peppermint reps... 2-25. 14 Chocoiste Props... -- se 15 HM Chocelate Drops... - ts 18 Gili DORs 10 ixcormee MrOpe. a A. B. Licorice Drops. ee 12 Lozenges, pa 14 miBted 15 imperais. oo 14 OO eee iD (Cream Bar ce 13 Momeses Bar... 13 Caramels 19 Hand Made Creams = 19 Pini Creams. .-0 116 Decorated Creams... ... 20 Sirmie Meee ee 14 Borne Amends ook. ee Wiurterercen Bereies.. 2... 14 Fancy—In bulk. Loze nges, pista, in pats. 12% i See ae printed, in aa So. 1 " a 12 Chocolate Drops, in pails........ 2 Gum Drops, mpes nie... Moss Drops, in pais... oe ' ice... Sour Drops, mi pats: inperiais; am pais; ' WO PUIS 2 ee ay FRUITS. Bananas.... oe Oranges, Jamaica Bole Lemons, choice. Se eae i fancy =. Maes teaver We oe 15 Bass oO 1b ; frails, Bot ._ ip Fard, = i Pex. nt * 50-Ib. .1 23@2 50 @i 09 @4 50 @5 30 @1i7T @, 6 @ 4% @ 3} @ 9 @7 @ Dates 9 Sua bee ts. 644 NUTS. "arragona.. De ee riginn Ce (eltiormigs oo oo PACS ee ee, Bitperts, Sieg. 62 Wands, Creare... ies TONER ooo oe Pecans, Texas, HP... o>: 8 Ne Almonds, @17%4 @16 @14 @ 8 @ii @13% @ @12 @4 50 PEANUTS. ee Wancy, or ee Choice White, Virpinia. .o0..005 2.27... Wancy H. P:, ee eee eee Exe @ 5% O @ 5 @% @ 5% f 7 Wholesale Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. BAKING POWDER, sk bas fl WOH we 3 ow a Arctic, is = cans, 6 doz. 45 a es Ye iC | 12 a ib. ee i ae e > Ib. . 1 as OF Absolute, ie cans, 1003.11 vie 1% lb. f 50s..10 00 re 1 Ib. 50s..18 % Telfer's, 14 Ib. cans, 6 doz. 2 70 My 3 2 oo i Ib. ee “1 3 Act me, 14 ib, cans, 3 doz. > 1% Ib. a oe 1 ip: ; cee nus... 20 ted Star. 14 1b. cans,12doz 45 ‘ % im * . 85 ab ¢ _*- io BATH BRICK. Hnglish, 2doz.incase..... 30 Bristol, 2 | CL ve) American, 2 doz. in ease... 65 BROOMS. No, 2 Hur! Se Noo) oe 225 No. 2 Carpet ee 2 50 Net Feo es 2 PariorGem... 3-2 3 00 Cominon Whisk...) .--. 90 Heaney 1 00 Mt 8 oe W. arehouse. le 3 00 BUCKWHEAT. Kings 100 Ib. cases ..........5 50 ‘(7 3) ED: Canes... -....... 4 Go BUTTERINE. Dairy, solid packed.... 13 os ...... 14 Cc reamery, solid packed.... 15 el 16 CANDLES. Hotel, 40 lb. boxes.. 10 Star, 49 ee 9 parnemme..... 2. 12 Wackane. 0). 2. 2 CANNED GOOpDS—Fish. Clams, 1 ib, tattle Neck. -. .- 12 Clam Chowder, 3 Ib.........: 3 00 Cov e Oy sters, l lb, oe 90 -_ ‘1 60 Lobsters, 1 Ib. “picnic. , 1 oO le ee 2 65 1 ‘Tb. See iD 21) ar... 2 90 Mac kerel, in Tomato Sauce. 1 Ib. stand Coosa 1 2 Pip Ss 2 00 3 ib. in Mustard...3 00 : 31D. soused..... 7 .< 3 00 Salmon, 1 lb. Columbia ee 2 00 -..)hlhlrlUmrt:tsisiCSC 3 25 1 lb. Sacramento...1 90 2 Ib. oa oo Sar lines, domestic eS 15... t. @ 8 Mustard = {1 ae 7 Bee 10@11 : spiced, 468: -2. 5. . 10@12 ene 3 Ib. oak” CANNED Goops—F ‘Tuits. Apples, gallons, stand...... 2 00 Blackberriés, stand......... 1 00 Cherries, red standard......2 50 prted 0 2 60 Daicons ... ................ 1 00 Hep Plums, stand... .°- 1 GOesebermes 6.5.00. 1 40 Grapes)... 90 Green Gages. 2 1 40 Peaches, all yellow, stand..1 45 7 SECORGS (2050. .0..-. 12 i Me 1 00 Pear.............:...... 1 30 Prmeapres 225 02220: 1 10@1 2 jammecs 6 1 5 Ri uspberries, xt 2 te i 25 rea. 2 2 Strawierries 2.0. 5. 1 1001 25 Whortleberries............ i 1 2 CANNED VEGETABLES. Asparagus, Oyster Bay...... 180 Beans, Lima, sand -- |... 1 00 Green Limas.... @1 10 rine. ......... @ Stringlesg, Hrie| (i). 90 Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 45 iC orn, Are her's Trophy... _- i Morn’g Glory. : 10 Early Gold...1 10 ee Hrench.. 2 ee 125 extra marrofat.. @1 lu Soaked (2500) 7) 0 2 ke 75 dune, stand. ... _- 1 40@1 50 Mage! 12 French, extra fine....20 00 Mushrooms, extra fine..... 20 00 Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden. .....- 85 Succotesh, standard.... @1 30 Squasn 12 Tomatoes, Red Coat.. @1 10 - Good Enough....1 10 ben tar...._..... 1 stand br....1 05@1 10 CHEESE. New York Full Cream @12 Michigan ~* i @u% See 9 @ 9% CHOCOLATE. Runkel Bros.’ Vienna sweet 22 i — Premium. : Hom-Cocoa... 37 Breakfast.... 48 CHEWING GUM. Rubber, en lumps Ss. 25 OG ee 35 Spruce fe ee 30 CHICORY. Ba ee 6 nea 7% COFFEE—Green. BO, fair: 225). 16 @1% good. ..2s: . s 17 @18 prene..... 0 18 @19 fancy, washed...19 @20 soiden. 0 os 20 @21 SansOS.. 0 eo. 15 @18 Mexican & Guatemala 17 @I19 Peabery .-.....-.. 2. 17 @I19 Java, Interior... . 2.0" 20 @2 : faney-:..--.. = 23 @25 Mandheling....26 @228 Mocha, genuine....... 2% @2%s To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add %e. per 1b. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. COFFEES—Package. 100 lbs Lion. Cel ee ‘ in cabinets .............22 Dilwortys...... 2144 Moapnolia...§ -.):. 2114 30 ig 60 lbs Aes... 2073 20% German ES Relies ae 21144 bin l Loca Arbuckle’ s p testes ee ; Avorica. McLaughlin’s MK COFFEES—00 Ib. bags. Arpuckie’s Kyvormes..:.. 2... 18% i Quaker City....19%% Best Bio... > - 2044 Prime Maricabo 23 COFFEE EXTRACT. Valley Cy: ...0. 00 78 Hew ee 1 6 CLOTHES LINES. Cotton, 40 £oe = doz. iS ia 50 ft. co 1 50 60 oS 1 60 qf... . 2 00 c S0ft... >=: . 2 2% Jute Soft...) : 1 00 . eit. 1 CONDENSED MILK Marie oe ee 7 60 Anglo SWis82/....2--< 6 00 CRACKERS. Kenosha Biutier” -*..--- --- 8% Seymour * Sto ee Butter... < famig =) 7 foney 2 er es 6% Biseiit 2 7% Boston 844 City SOGH. 202s 8% BOGR le es sce “Cl FANCY oo 614 SR ONAIEr 2 eee ee 7 City Oyster, XXX. .7..._---- 7 Picnic. ie é Meney Oyster. 3.20.25. a: 6% CREAM TARTAR. Sirietly: pures= 2:2. 388 GreGgeray cs ee 24 DRIED FRU a Apples, sun-dried. 514G@ 6 evaporated.. -% @is Apricots, So ee 16 Biag@kveries: 5... q MCetATINGS 86) Los. oss 14 Pooceee 93. ee 14 Plums ae Sele Raspberries ‘ 24 DRIED FRU iTs—F ‘oreign. Citron, in drum. @22 is in boxes....... @23 Currests ss 6 @ Dri Lemon Peel. Me Orange Peel. id Prunes, Turkey. aos 414 imperial... .- @ 6 Raisins, Debesia.... .- Layers’ Do- i. ti. Raisins Layers’ Im- permed. 2 2. taisins Loose Musca- ree ES Raisins Loose _ Cali- foreia 5.00 5 1 60 Raisins, Imperials.... io Valencis.... 8 Ondaras ....- 9 FARINACEOUS GOODS, Farina, 100 Ib: kegs. ........ 04 Hominy, per bbl! 0s... 4 00 Macaronj, dom 12 1b box.. 60 et imported.. @10 Peart Barney. -...-.- @3 Peas, green. 4.2... @1 45 pre ee @ 3% Sapo, Gcreimie. 20:2 5 @ 6% Tapioca, fi’k or p'rl. @, 6%4 Wheat, cracked.. @ 6% Vermicelli, import.. @A10 : domestic... @60 FISH—SALT. Cod, whole: .--..... +. @5%4 boeneless --°..-. T4@ITH PAM bWe 0 12% Herring, round, % bbl.. 2 87 e ‘+ a Dp. 1 50 Holland, bbls... 10 00 Holland, kegs.. 85@90 ns Scaled. ....-..'. 30 Mack. sh’s, No. 4 id bbl... 8 aE < “742 Ib kit..1 60 : i 10 2 oe ee No. 2 1% bbis...:.-.... 7 50 Trout, % ie. 25@5 40 5 0 beats: 85 White, No. 1, % bbis_...-:.. 6 00 oo - 12 2 Ib, Kits..__- 115 nag 2 10 Ib. its.) 1 00 Family, % bbls...... 3 00 eT ats. ce 5XGbD GUN POWDER. ere ae Half megs 2002 es LAMP BURNERS. De a 60 Me fo 70 No: 2. 85 LAMP CHIMNEYS. Ne G0... 37 Wo.f 2). 40 No. 2 oe 50 AMP WICKS Noo... 30 at... 40 Nos ee 50 LICORICE. Pures 1... So Calapan... 608) 25 Srcriy. | te. 18 MATCHES. MINCE MEAT. Buckets 2. 6....:.--.2: Gh iat: pis. 2 ee 6 MOLASSES. Black Strap.. eo Cuba Baking.. ee ae 2G2 Porto Rico-- ie 35 New Orleans, “good. nS "354730 choice......38@40 FANCY. | os 4@48 One- half barrels, 3c extra. OATMEAL. Muscatine, Barrels .......... 6 00 a Half barreis.....3 15 gee ....-2 250 t2 35 ROLLED OATS Muse ‘atine, Bagels... 6 00 Half barrels.....< > i ’ Cases. .....2 2a@2 35 OIL. Michivan Test. .-.....2.... 1014 Water White............,... 12% PICKLES, Medium DS ee 46 PaO ie. 20.33 2 88 Small, bbl ee 5 7 - 2 bee... 3 38 PIPES. Clay, No: 2ib.... 2... 1 60 *) fall coung.... .... vs Gop. No. Ss... 40 RICE. No. 1 Table... ' 2 Head Caroling... _._- SUGARS. Cm Low... . st @, 83% oe... @ 8% Powdered. :...0: 00.27: @ 8% Granulated, Stand.... at 81 vr Off eh 7 Confectionery A..:... @7 56 Singer A.......... @ 7% No. 1, White Extra C.. @ 4 No. 2 exe C.. @ i No. 3C, golden... .._. @, 63% No. 4 GC dark... @ 644 No.5 SCC 54@ 6 SYRUPS. Corn: parrels.. 202s. 26@28 *«¢ " one-half barrels... .28@39 kegs. ne ee 30 Pu ire Sugar, Dbl 0) seas half barrel. ...31@35 SWEET GOODS. x Rex Ginger Snaps: .........9 914 Sueer CrCAms......_.. 9 9% Mrosted Creams....... 91% Graham Crackers. .... 9 Oatmeal Crackers.... 9 TOBACC os—Plug. Chipper 39 Climax . isco... Oneoae Corner Stone La ese de 39 Wounle Pedre.c.. 3... 40 Ww ee Beene ee 40 Pease Pie 2 40 Wedding Cake, bik.....-.._.- 40 TEAS. JaAPAN—Regular. Hee 12 @15 Goee ooo @16 Ghomec. 2... 0... 1). 28 Ges Choices, - 30 @33 SUN CURED. Mee 12 @15 aoe... 16 @20 Gree... 2... AA @28 @hoieest...... | 80) aes BASKET FIRED. eee oe @20 @hatee- @25 ee (@35 Extrachoice, wireleaf @40 GUNPOWDER. Common to fair....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @6s Choicest faney........ 7 @8S IMPERIAL, Common to fair... ..- 20 @35 Superior tofine........ 40 @50 YOUNG HYSON. Common to fair.. Superior to fine.. OOLONG. Common to fair: .....- 235 @2 Superior to fine..... 30 @50 Fine to choicest....... 55 @b65 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. DS 2 @30 holee - 05.0. 30 @35 Beet. 55 @65 Tea Past. .....-...... 8 @10 ToBaccos—Fine Cut. Sweet Pippim.....-.... 50 Bive and Seven..:.... 50 Btawatne 68 Sweet Cuba... 5... 45 Petoskey Chief... .... 55 sweet Husset.........- 40 image: 2: 42 Hieres. 23... 65 Rose Heat... ..-.. 66 Rea Domino... ..:...._. 38 Swamp Ampei..--...-. 40 Se oo Capper. 5... 01.2. 42 TOBAccOs—Smoking. ROO HOY cl 26 Peerless 9... 2s. 26 Unele Sam... 2... 30 dace Pine............. 36 Memeation.............. x Yellow Jacket... -__ - 20 Sweet Conqueror. 20 @25 ain ADESMAN CRE DIT cou pinnae > 2, er hundred.. 59 So ee 3 00 ee. 4 00 el ee 5 00 Subject to the following dis- counts: 200 OF Over. -...--- 5 per cent. Oe le 10 ‘ 1 - 20 VINEGAR. S0or 914 sr 11 BO 8 eee 12 Above are the prices fixed by the pool. Manufacturers out- side the pool usually sell 5 gr. stronger goods at same prices. #1 for barrel. MISCELLANEOUS, Cocos Shetis, buik.....--_. 334 Jelly, 30-lb. patis........-. 4% Pe 15 PAPER, WOODENWARE. “2 Fancy Carolina. ..5%3@ PAPER. ug — 54| Curtiss & Co. quote as eee oS D a . SALERATUS. oT uy ei oie. paket 1% Church’s, Cap Sheaf......... 5 “Light Weight.... ..... : Dwente Ss SUSE .------.-. ee r Tae as Rag oer - See ee . SALT. Hardware . ae 3 Common Fine per bbl. ...... i ate <2 ‘ earlots.. 80} DIY Coe... Solar Rock, 56 Ib. sacks....._ 23 | Jute Manilla. . oP Be geeiaE le -.2 00 | Red Express, Xe. 2 tt cs cs eres oes 3 = ao eaten Ba pase ee ee pissing ee 75 | Cotton, ee y 7 bt be erm ee GT a A A a A kN c — Gan sepa 0! = Sea Island, assorted....... 40 ee 11 { No. 5 Hemp «....---+--+----- 16 Granulated, boxes.......... 1x {| No. 8B...-......-..---.---.- gl SAPOLIO, ‘f Kitchen, 3 doz. in box..... 2 35 Pecos aes ao Hand, “ic 2 35 Tubs, TO es i tO OO 6% SAUERKRAUT. ee Nee out ... 5 2 Silver Thread, 30 gal ae 3 50 Pails, No. 4) two- hoop. oo 1 60 407] 5 4 50 No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 75 SEEDS. Clothespins, 5 gr. boxes.... 60 Maged bird 200 414 | Bowls, 15s, its and 19s..... 2.50 Caraway 8. 2. _ Baskets, paaeee 40 Camargo 200 es ee bushel: -...-.. 5... 1 60 Hempel 444 ne ‘¢ with covers 1 90 Ansse 8% Ww illow en ths, ne 15 50 ee 4% 2 6 00 Lone) a ria o 5 No37 7 00 SNUFF. splint No.1 3 50 Scotch, in bladders......... 37 , A a ¢2 Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 ate No.3 5 00 French Rappee, in Jars.....43 | @y 4 yNs and FEEDSTUFFS SGAP. WHEAT. Dingman, 160 bars. ... ...-..- 400} white 6 00 1 00 Don’t Anti-Washboard..... 4% pea 1 00 OOROI 300220 ss eo FLOUR. Queen Anneé..........------ 3 85! Straight, in sacks......... 6 20 German family.........- 5 -.- 2 40 “ ee Warrelg 0. 6 40 ie Garewe 1 87} Patent Sieke 1. 7 20 SODA. ' Darrels.:....-. < 40 Boxes 2s 514 MEAL, megs, Hnelish -. 02-2. . 2) Su Bowe. 2 80 sPIcEs—Whole. Gromulated:..-.. 3 20 Allspice.......-2.-+.-.++0+-- MILLSTUFFS. C assia, Chink in mats... __- ee 15 00 Batavia in bund....11 SO 16 50 Saicon in rolis....:.42 Seréeniggs .-....... |) ie Oe Cloves, Aniboyna.*.>.-.--. -"30 Middtings...-- 17 0 ‘ VigA7Aar. oss 24 Mixed Weed. :.0 7: 1. . 1 Maco. Batavia... 0060.08. 70 CORN. Nutaners, famcy 2. 8k: 70 Small lots: 2:22. 221....0 2 50 ne NO Tce 65 Car ee $8 : ING: 2.021 60 OATS Pepper, Singapore, black....18% | Small lots. . oe white. ....28 Car oF ee ee 30 a Mee 21 RYE. spicEs—Ground—In Bulk. No. 4; per 100 Tbs... |. 2 00 Allspice...--------..------.. 1214 BARLEY. Cassia, Batavi Ses 20 Ce ee: 1 30 “ and Saigon.25 NG ee 1 10 meieee . 3. 6s 42 HAY Cloves, Amboyna. .--...... - 3D Nea £20020 12 00 oF tenia 28 Nef. 13 00 Ginger, AeIGw ts 12% — Coen. ool 15 HIDES, PELTS and FURS. «Jamaica ........... 18 Perkins & Hess pay as Mace Batavia... ° 80 | follows: : Mustard, English ee 22 ay welling Gn “ — THleste. igh gc 2 Gale 5 @5% Nutmegs, No.'2 -............ 70 oa Cured... : @ 6% Pepper, Singapore, black. ...22 Full sess ee eeee es i @% white..... 30 Dry..-.--.------. —-.-- 6 @, 8 Cayenne...........95. | Dry, Bips -.-.-------:- 6 @8 Absolute Pepper, doz....... a4 | Calfskins, green...... _@i- ‘| Cinnamon doz... =. 84 _cured...... 6 @ 6% Alispice ‘ ae Deacon skins........-. 10 @25 Cloves 14 off for No. 2. Ginger PELTS. Mustard | Shearlinges. 0000.2. 10 @30 STARCH. | Estimated wool, per B 20 @25 gsford’s FURS. Silver Gloss, dt ipenkes. Lg The full list will appear later. i 6 Ib. boxes ec... TH | MISCELLANEOUS, . . Bure oa Gin} Dallew ..6500. 2 soo 444@ 5 Pure, i Ib. pkes......:..... Si | Grease butter... ---: 8 @8% Gorn, 1 1b, PRES 62625506625... 7 Swieenes 0005s: 2 @ 214 MEVSHG ee a 448 Ginseng... 2... @2 00 WM.L, ELLIS & 60, BRAND h InoreDyster Broker in CANNED GOODS. Salt and Sea Fish. B, F. EMERY, - Manager, 20 Lyon St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH,