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JULY 2

For
the

Lawyer Pryor’s office was closed.
the first time in the remembrance of
little town of F——, with the exception
of afew days two years back when the |
occupant of said office had gone away
and returned with the most charming
young bride the good townspeople had
ever seen, its rickety door refused to
yield to the visitor’s toueh, and a great
red placard bearing the words, ‘‘For
Rent,”’ in plain black letters, was tacked |
upon the lintel. Painfully close was}
the connection between this and the fact
that only the day before yesterday that
charming young wife had been quietly
aid to rest in the sunniest corner of the |
churehyard by the hill; and so it is not}
strange that the early-stirring citizens
this morning lost some of their wonted
placidity as they paused before this red
placard a moment and then moved on
with a significant nod of the head that |
said plainly enough, ‘‘Poor man! his |
loss was too much for him. No wonder }
he wants to get away.”’ These same |

|

people had never loved their lawyer |
overmuch, it may be, but they could still |
pity him in this sudden and great calam- |
ity by which he seemed so utterly over- |
whelmed. Yes, he wanted to get away.

He was already gone, in fact, and the}
worthy townspeople of F—— would}

|
|
never again solicit his services or fear |
his power. But they could only guess a |
part of the reason why he was gone.

Day after day for a score of years law-
yer Pryor had sat at his desk in that}
dingy office while the rhomboid of scant
sunlight on the floor from the solitary
grimy window grew to a square and}
shrank to a rhomboid again. It was}
never an inviting place. Cobwebs lurked |
in the corners where the sunshine never
penetrated. They depended in stream- |
ers from the ceiling, and hung in festoons |
from the broom that stood on its handle
behind the door. But no cobwebs were |
discernible upon the array of worn
leather-bound volumes above the desk,
and no spider ever ventured to spin his
gossamer across the mouth of the capa-
cious inkstand, or if he did he had his |
labor for his pains. For lawyer Prior
was a busy man with his books and his
| pen—quite too busy ever to find time to
sweep. During the eighteen years of
his bachelorhood he had loved this ecuri-
ous den of an office better than anything |
else in the world, and some of his less
friendly patrons had been heard to re-

 

|mark sarcastically that his soul had be- |

 

| for the lawyer was a
| narrowest sense of the term.
ino use I have no use for,’’ he was wont

come as eramped and gloomy as_ his |
| quarters in Pendleton Square. Be that |
as it may, he appeared well content with |
these quarters, and never exchanged them |
for pleasanter ones.

There were no decorations to speak of,
utilitarian in the}
‘What has

to say, tersely. Upon the mantel above |

| the fireplace lay several pipes of various |

 

| itself was ominous enough.
| bound in sheetiron which had grown rusty

| the most curious could conjecture.

material by means of which, in rare |

moods, and with a reckless waste of
time, he was wont to reward himself for |
a day’s hard work. A cheap but very

legible calendar hung by the window,
and some interest-tables and a township
map were pasted on the wall. To com- |

plete the inventory, upon the shelf in|
one corner lay a huge dark-looking

volume that had arrested inquiring gaze
of many aclient and started a thrill of |
wonder and indefinable awe. This may |
have been due only to the external ap-|
pearance of the tome, but surely that of |
For it was

with age, and the lids were fastened to-
gether by a massive hasp and a padlock
of steel. What lay between those lids |
Some,
who were of a superstitious nature and |
who had felt most keenly the owner’s |
strange power over themselves, even |

1890.

| tion of
| minded

| he had read,

| have

lof an
lany pereeptible personal magnetism he

|eome to

|over every human soul that

NO. 357 ss

went so far as to hint that
contained the secrets of the
And in truth they were
wrong after all.

Nobody had ever seen the book opened,
nor so much as disturbed from its place
in that quiet corner. Nevertheless the
dust did not settle on its back, nor the
cobwebs gather across its ragged edges,

the volume
black art.
not very far

| whence one might be led to suppose that
|} it did not

rest wholly undisturbed, un-
less, indeed, it should be that it was so
utterly unclean that even the sordid and
insensate dust shunned the contamina-
its contact. But the more sober-
were right in rejecting this ex-
planation as too fanciful, and in accept-

ing the simpler one. Oftentimes when
the lawyer had written far into the

night, and all the lights along the street
but his were extinguished, he would
draw a little key from an inner pocket of
his waistcoat, take down this ponderous

| book, open it and spread it out upon the
| desk before him.

And many a morning’s
gray light found him bending over the
closely-written pages with pen in hand,
adding something here, canceling some-
thing there, or simply re-reading what
perhaps, a hundred times,

'and knew too well already. It had
something of that fascination for him
which the evil and the horrible always

for this weak human nature of ours.
And little, in truth, that was not evil
found its way between the steel-bound

| eovers of his black book.

Lawyer Pryor had ever been somewhat
enigmatical character. Without

yet possessed a power over all who knew
him that was as inexplicable to them-
selves as it was disagreeable. Even asa

| schoolboy he was more feared than loved,

the
their
trivial

He had a knack of finding out all
secrets of his fellows, detecting
foibles and remembering the

unpleasant occurences of their daily
lives, which he knew well how to turn
to his own selfish advantage. While it
had the effect of isolating him from the
companionship of his mates, he enjoyed
the sense of supremacy which it gave
him. He felt that his loneliness was that
of the monarch and not that of a slave.
And so he made no effort to repress this
tendency; on the contrary he fostered it
until it beeame firmly grounded in his
nature. Thus it came about that when
he was grown to manhood and first
turned his attention to the quibbles and
quillets of the law, with that prevision
that sees clear to the end, but not
the wall of glass through which it sees,
he had made this big black volume
to be the fitting receptacle of all dark
secrets and unholy things that should
his heedful ears. In the re-
of his own inscrutable breast he
as it were, a court of inquisition
came under
Like the recording
he stood in spirit by every man’s
but unlike that

sees

cesses

held,

his observation.
angel,
bedside while he slept,

| angel he recorded the evil alone that fell

from the unconscious dreamer’s lips.
Every incautious admission of error,
every blush of tell-tale guilt, every

breath of scandal that was wafted on
the social breeze, every rumor that envy
could devise or calumny set afloat, went
to make up the unhallowed contents of
this book. Scarcely aman of the com-
munity escaped. The husbandman who
paid his honest debts and loved his wife
and children, the justice of irreproach-
able fame who walked the streets with

| his coat flung wide to the day as if there

were nothing beneath to be concealed,
ithe minister who preached from the
pulpit every Lord’s day till it almost

seemed that the Holy Ghost had clothed

i him with temporal divinity—all found in

this book one common _ alphabetical
brotherhood. And opposite their names,
in black indelible ink, were some one or

 

    

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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

more of the thousand sins which man
has learned, or rather never forgotten,
how to commit, from the pettiest pecca-
dillo to the foulest crime.

At the end of eighteen years of prac-
tice the outcome of lawyer Pryor’s
youthful fancy had exceeded his wildest
anticipations. The book became a thing
of power in his hands. With a look, a
word, asign, he could mould the most
obstinate of his fellow-townsmen to his
will. Their fortunes, their reputations,
nay their very lives, were in his grasp.
They did not understand what this subtle |
power was that he exercised over them.
They attributed it to genuis, perchance,

or the more superstitious among them, to |

magic. But whatever it might be they
were forced to recognize it,

bowed before it in utter impotence.

Though the lawyer had amassed wealth |

he made no parade of it,
lover of idle show.
his soul longed for most, and this he had
to his soul’s content in his dingy office,
in his narrow sphere.

It was a notable event in the history of |
F
tirely unexpected, when lawyer Pryor |
went away and came back with a most
bewitchingly beautiful young wife. No
one dared to inquire how or whence he
obtained her. It was another stroke of
genius, perhaps—or magic. Equally in-
explicable was the love, amounting, ap-
parently,
wife bestowed upon her husband.

 

Surely |

now, thought superficial observers as |
they congratulated him, he wasto be

accounted blessed above the common lot |

of men. He was still in the prime of
life; he had wealth, station, power, and

a happy home—what more could a man |

ask for on earth?

And yet, in spite of his material pros- |
lawyer Prior was not at peace |
with the world. He}

perity,
with himself or
loved his wife, surely, but unfortunately |
the precincts of his hearth did not cir- |
cumscribe his sphere. In his profes- |
sional capacity and his social relations
he must still have dealings with many
individuals whom he
not love. How
he who knew
and imperfections, he who was haunted
day and night by the spectres he

should he love them,

himself had raised and given a perpetual |
life in the pages of his great black book? |
The contents of that book had become as |
much apart of his mental life as the|

consciousness of his own existence.

As the waters of a poisonous spring feed |

with deadly life the rank grasses that
fringe its margin, so from this fountain
of corruption and disease the lawyer’s
mind was fed with morbid fancies and
baneful thoughts. Every man of his
acquaintance he apostrophized mentally:
‘“‘Thou, too, thou hast a skeleton in thy |
closet; I have heard the
fleshless bones.’? To every stranger he}
met he felt like pointing the finger of
shame and saying: ‘‘What is the secret |
of thy breast? For thou hast one,
surely, though thy speech be gracious |
and thy face fair to look upon.’’

No, Lawyer Pryor was not at peace |
Where |

with himself or with the world.
was the person whom he could look in
the face and say, ‘‘Thou art my friend ?”’
Was there a man among all his acquaint-
ances whom he
by the hand and salute as his brother ?
None—absolutely none. At the
thirty-nine he had become an irredeem-
able cynic, and his brow was clouded

 

with the dissatisfaction and utter world- |
weariness sprung from a misanthropic |
never been his, but |
now even the tranquility born of a per- |

soul. Gayety had

fect self-content began to forsake him.

He grew even more gloomy as the months |

rolled by. The change was not so per-
ceptible to others,

mood with tender and vigilant care, it |
came like a premonition of doom. With |
the generosity of a loving nature, she |
was fain to take all the blame to herself.
She knew she did not fail in love for
him—wherein, then, did she fail? Day

after day as the lawyer came and went!

she marked with many misgivings the
deepening furrows in his brow, and she |
sought earnestly the means whereby to|
bring him the happiness that he had!

and they |

for he was no |
It was power that |

, the more notable because so en- |

to adoration, which this young |

decidedly did |

so much of their vices |

rattling of its |

could be willing to take |

age of |

perhaps, but to the}
wife of his bosom who noted his every |

promised himself would spring from
their union. All of the thousand little
arts that only a woman knows how to
employ, the thousand little attentions
that only a woman can bestow, were
brought into play by her with untiring
zeal. But her efforts proved wholly vain,
till at length, from the very hopelessness
of her task, she, too, began to grow sad
and dispirited. The smile with which
she welcomed him home was forced and
evanescent. Her words that were once
so full of confidence and joy, and that
| were kind and loving still, had in them
| now an undertone of doubt and despair.

Her husband, abstracted though he
was, could not long remain insensible to

 

 

| the change that had come over her. He)!

began to miss the glad light in her eyes,

|the cheerful ring in her voice, and a
vague wonder sprang up within him as
to what the cause might be. It never
occurred to him that it might be found
/ within himself. He had been so long
| accustomed to turning his eyes outward
and looking into the bosoms of others
that it might well be doubted whether he
should ever again have the power of see-
ing into the opacity of hisown. He did
not know that this wonder was growing
}upon him, that his faith in the last sure
| thing that was left him on earth was fast
|slipping from him, until one evening as
he met his wife’s listless greeting at the
door he was startled to find himself im-
agining that he was pointing his finger
;at her breast and saying, “Thou, too,
|thou hast a secret in thy heart; I shall
|drag it forth.” And well he might have
been startled that such an idea should
| Spring up in his brain. But once it had
taken hold, like many another noxious
weed, it proved ineradicable. And when
|for weeks he had harbored the thought
until it grew familiar, and was no longer
startling, he came to accept it as true.
He was very near the wall of glass.

Out of fear, she hardly knew of what,
‘his wife long forebore to question him
upon a matter that lay so near to the
| whole life’s happiness or sorrow of them
both. But at length, one day, when she
could endure the strain of anxiety no
|longer, with tears in her eyes and a
tremor in her voice, she pleaded with
him to tell her why he was se sad and
dejected.

“Why? Is there not cause enough,’’
he rejoined, with bitterness, ‘‘when all
the world is one mass of corruption and
hypocrisy ? When all mankind are either
| false or—”

‘*You forget,’’ she interposed, gently;
‘though all others were false, as you
; say, yet I am still true to you.”’
| ‘**Nay, you are no better than the rest.
|I believe you are faithless to me.”’
| With a look in her eyes as of one
| stabbed to the death, she fell speechless
| to the floor.

‘“‘My God! what have I done ?”’ he ex-
|elaimed, horrified, as he sprang to her
| side. ‘*‘Forgive me, darling, darling! I
|did not mean it—God knows I did not
| mean it!’ and he chafed her hands, her

jlips, her forehead, between his broken
|moans. But he pleaded and chafed in
vain.

The shock to her nervous system was
| too great for the frail body to bear. For
| many a long hour the breath came and
| went hardly, and there was a light flutter
at the temples as the blood coursed wear-
|ily through the veins, but the soul never
returned to its tenement, the lips never
parted to utter the forgiveness that
|should lighten the heart of one who
bowed before them in waiting and watch-
ing and prayer. And one day, when the
last throb of life had left the bosom to
eternal peace, they bore the beautiful
| body tenderly away and laid it to rest in
the sunniest corner of the church-yard
| by the hill.

| That night, after all the good towns-
people were sound asleep in their beds,
a bent and tottering form crept stealth-
ily along the pavement of Pendleton
| Square and entered the rickety door of
| Lawyer Pryor’s office. Once more a sol-
itary light gleamed out on the otherwise
darkened street. Once more the lawyer
drew a little key from an inner pocket of
his waistcoat, took down the ponderous
|volume from its shelf in the corner,

| opened it and spread it before him. But
the next morning’s gray light found the

 

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room silent and deserted, and with little
evidence of change. The cobweb stream-
ers swung from the ceiling; the leather-
bound volumes stood up in dignified ar-
ray on the shelves above the desk; and,
as the day advanced, the scant patch of
sunlight on the floor grew and waned and
vanished again. But over on the hearth,
with its charred remnants of a late fire,
lay the great sheetiron lids of the black
book, wide open, with a paltry handful
of ashes between them.
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————_—_—_-..>____

The P. of I. Dealers.

The following are the P. of I. dealers who had
not cancelled their contracts at last accounts:

Ada—L. Burns. |

Adrian—Powers & Burnham, Anton Wehle, |
L. T. Lochner, Burleigh Bros. |

Allegan—Chas, Spear

Allendale—Henry Dolman.

Almira—J. J. Gray.

Almont—Colerick & Martin.

Altona—Eli Lyons.

Armada—C., J. Cudworth.

Assyria—J. W. Abbey.

Aurelius—John D. Swart.

Banfield—Andrew Brezee.

Bay City—Frank Rosman & Co.

Belding—Lightstone Bros.

Bellevue—John Evans.

Big Rapids—A. V. Young, E. P. Shankweiler
& Co., Mrs. Turk, J. K. Sharp, A. Markson.

Blissfield—Jas. Gauntlett, Jr.

Bowen’s Mills—Chas, W. Armstrong.

Brice—J. B. Gardner.

Burnside—John G. Bruce & Son.

Caldwell—c. L. Moses.

Capac—H. C. Sigel.

Carson City—A. B. Loomis, A. Y. Sessions,

Cedar Springs—John Beucus, B. A. Fish, B.

 

ripp.

Charlotte — John J. Richardson, Daron &
Smith, F. H. Goodby.

Chippewa Lake—G. A. Goodsell & Co.

Clio—John W. Hurd.

Coldwater—J. D. Benjamin.

Conklin—Wilson McWilliams.

Cook’s Corners—W. H. Hanks.

Coral—J. 8. Newell & Co.

Dansville—Levi Geer.

Deerfield—Henry W. Burghardt.

Dorr—Frank Sommer.

Dowling—Rice & Webster.

Eaton Rapids—H. Kositchek & Bro.

Evart—Mark Ardis, E. F. Shaw, John C, Devitt.

Fenwick—Thompson Bros., 8. H. Rinker.

Flint—John B. Wilson, Geo. Stuart & son, Bar-
ney Granite and Marble Works.

Flushing—Sweet Bros. & Clark.

Forester—E. Smith.

Freeport—C, V. Riegler.

Gladwin—John Graham, J. D. Sanford, Jas.
Croskery.

Gowan—Rasmus Neilson.

Grand Haven—N. J. Braudry & Co.

Grand Junction—Adam Crouse.

Grand Ledge—Geo. Coryell.

trand Rapids—Joseph Berles, A. Wilzinski,

Brown & Sehler, Houseman, Donnally & Jones,
Ed Struensee, Wasson & Lamb, Chas. Pettersch,
Morse & Co., Famous Shoe Store, Harvey & Hey-
stek, Mrs. E. J. Reynolds, E. Burkhardt.

Greenville—Jacobson & Netzorg.

Hart—Rhodes & Leonard, W. Weidman, Mrs.
E. Covel.

Howard City—O. J. Knapp, Herold Bros., C. x.
Pelton.

Hubbardston—M. H. Cahalan.

at C. Hall.

Imlay City—Cohn Bros., Wyckoff & Co., Cc. Z.
Buck, E. E. Palmer.

Tonia—H. Silver.

Jackson—Hall & Rowan.

Jenisonville—L. & L. Jenison (mill only).

Jones—R. C. Sloan.

Kalamo—L. R. Cessna.

Kent City—M. L. Whitney.

Kewadin—A. Anderson

Kingsley—J. E. Winchcomb.

Lacey—Wm. Thompson.

Laingsburg—D. Lebar.

Lake City—Sam. B. Ardis.

Lake Odessa—Christian Haller & Co., E. F.
Colwell & Son, Fred Miller.

Lakeview—H. C. Thompson, Andrew All &
Bro.
Langston—F D. Briggs.
Lansing—R. A. Bailey, Etta (Mrs. Israel) Glic-
man.

Lapeer—C. Tuttle & Son, W. H. Jennings.

Lowell—Patrick Kelly.

McBain—Sam. B. Ardis.

McBride’s—J. McCrae.

Mancelona—J. L. Farnham.

Manton—A. Curtis, Mrs. E. Liddle.

Maple City—A. & O. Brow.

Marshall—W. E. Bosley, S. V. R. Lepper & Son.

Mason—Marcus Gregory.

Mecosta—J. Netzorg.

Milan—C. C. (Mrs. H. S.) Knight, Chas. Gaunt- |

lett, James Gauntlett, Jr.
Millbrook—Bendelson.
Millington—Chas. H. Valentine.
Minden City—I. Springer & Co.
Monroe Center—Geo, H. Wightman,
Morley—Henry Strope.
Mt. Morris—F. H. Cowles.
Mt. Pleasant—Thos. McNamara.
Nashville—H. M. Lee.
North Dorr—John Homrich.
Nottawa—Dudley Cutler.
Ogden—A. J. Pence.
Olivet—F. H. Gage.
Onondaga—John Sillik.
Orange—Tew & Son.
Orono—C. A. Warren.
Oviatt—H. C. Pettingill.
Pearle—Geo. H. Smith.
Remus—C. V. Hane.

Richmond—Knight & Cudworth, A. W. eed. |

Riverdale—J. B. Adams.
Rockford—B. A. Fish.

Sand Lake—Frank E. Shattuck, Braman & |

Blanchard.
Sebewa—John Bradley.
Shelbyville—Samuel Wolcott.

Shepherd—H. 0O. Bigelow.

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Spencer Creek—M. M. Elder.
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Stanwood—F. M. Carpenter.

Traverse City—John Wilhelm, S. C. Darrow,
D. D. Paine.
Vassar—McHose & Gage.
Wheeler—Louise (Mrs. A.) Johnson, H. C. 9
Breckenridge.

White Cloud—J. C. Townsend, N. W. Wiley.
Whitehall—Geo. Nelson, John Haverkate. a I )
Williamsburg—Mrs. Dr. White.

Woodbury—Henry Van Houten, Chas. Lapo,

Witiecanton Thos. Horton. B 4 N A N a
Yoodland—Carpenter & Son. A
Yankee Springs—T. Thurston. ua Lh #

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Repentance Column. | ~ e
The following are some of the merchants who | Fruits and Produce Generally.

|
have been under contract with the P. of L., but |

 

| have found the level profit plan a delusion and
a snare: |
Belding--L. 8. Roell. | \ l } Ap l FRI |
Bellaire—Schoolcraft & Nash. "5

= on & Co.

anchard—L. D. Wait.

Bridgeton—Geo. H. Rainouard. Cc B. METZ GER, Proprietor.
Carlton Center—J. N. Covert.

Casnovia—John E. Parcell. 3.N v ~ +RAN AP 5

Cedar Springs—L. A. Gardiner. eS ee
pga / ——
Yharlotte—C, P. Lock.

Chester B.C. Smith. MOSELEY BROS.
Clam River—Andrew Anderson. | :
Clio—Nixon & Hubbell. —— WHOLESALE——
Cloverdale—Geo. Mosher. |
|

Cc ersville—W. D. R Ids & Co.

Sieteraate’ Bias Underille Fruits, Seeds, Oysters; Produc:
Dushville—G. O. Adams. ? , iv

Eaton Rapids—E. F. Knapp, G. W. Webster.

 

— nee a See ao. i ‘ All kinds of Field Seeds a Specialty.

remont—J. B. Kete ; “- \ iH +

& Sones. apes een If you are in market to buy or sell Clover Seed, Beans or Potatoes, will be
Grand Ledge—A. J. Halsted & Son, F. 0. Lord. pleased to hear from you.

haggle ag oat 4 ee, _ Driele &

<otvis, John Cordes, tley Russell. 2

CT 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., - ~ GRAND RAPIDS
Hastings—J G. Runyan.
Hersey—John Finkbeiner.

Hesperia—B. Cohen. ( : N R A Pp Pp & ( A)

Howard City—Henry Henkel. ° ° °9
oda _ Wm. Wing.
Irving—J. T. Pierson. y LJESALE DEALERS y
Kent City—R. McKinnon. aa ee
Lake Odessa—McCartney Bros., Fred. Miller.

s s +o
Lowell—Charles McCarty.
Maple Rapids—L. S. Aldrich. orel nN al } 0 ! I 1eS 1G Tul S
Marshall—John Fletcher, John Butler, Charles i

 

Fletcher.
Mecosta—Robert D. Parks. 9 No. IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Millbrook—T. O. (or J. W.) Pattison. E .
Millington—Forester & Clough. Mr. C. N. Rapp was for two years partner and general manager of Geo. E.

Minden City—W. A. Soules, F. O. Hetfield | Howes & Co. and for the past year has been the senior partner and general manager

: i J. BROWN

Mu Morris—H. E. Lamb, J. Vermett & Son. | °f the Grand Rapids Fruit and Produce Co.
Nashville—Powers & Stringham.

Wholesale dealer in Foreign, Tropical and

Domestic

Fruits and Seeds,

New Era—Peter Rankin.
Direct Receivers of

California Uranges==

 

Potterville—F. D. Lamb & Co.

Ravenna—R. D. Wheeler.

Reed City—J. M. Cadzow.

Rockford—H. Colby & Co.

St. Louis—Mary A. Brice.

Sand Lake—C. 0. Cain.

Sebewa—P. F. Knapp.

Sparta—Woodin & Van Wickle, Dole & Haynes.

Springport—Cortright & Griffin.

Stanton—Fairbanks & Co., Sterling & Co.

Sumner—J. B. Tucker.

Wayland—Pickett Bros.

Williamston—Michael Bowerman.

_o- <—-
A Matter of Fear.

She (affectionately)—I hear your heart
beat, darling. Is it beating for me?

He—Not exactly. I think I hear your
father putting on his heavy boots.

re ee eer re me HEADQUARTERS FOR

WANTED. | BANANAS. —— Messina hemons. :

POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED When in want of large lots of California Oranges, we are prepared to make you

FRUIT, BEANS low prices from fresh cars.
: 16 and 18 North Division St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. send for Price List, Issued Week]
and all kinds of Produce. —— ——ceuce™“™

 

 

Otiseco—G. V. Snyder & Co.
—AND—

 

 

 

If you have any of the above goods to
ship, or anything in the Produce line, let We Manufacture
us hear from you. Liberal cash advances Everything in the line of

made when desired. 6a ie > P Ee Me

EARL BROS.,

Bs. 9

Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago.
MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Grand Rapide

Correspondence solic-

 

COMMISSION MERCHANTS 2] [is “Beka Beye and
157 South Water St., CHICAGO. N a. ch } y ( 4b

 

ited and prices quot-

Magic Coffee Roaster, o : a
The Best in the World. WV M. SEARS & CO.,

Having on hand a large stock of No. 1
Roasters—capacity 35 Ibs.—I will sell

 

 

 

 

 

ore | Aracker Manutactirers,

ROBT. S. WEST, |
48-50 Long St. - CLEVELAND, OHIO 37, 39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

AROUND THE STATE.
Alpena—Rosalie Tumin, dealer in dry
goods and millinery, is dead.
Allen—Hill & Allen have
their general stock to Albion.
Mason — Coy & Heath succeed Jay
Hulse in the grocery business.
Seney—Morse & Mansfield have nearly
completed their new store building.
Cheboygan—Jas. E. Wirt succeedsgJas.
E. Wirt & Co. in the drug business.
Kalamazoo—D. D. Brown succeeds
Brown & Birge in the drug business.
Vicksburg—Geo. M. Clement has re-
moved his dry goods stock to Wexford.
Nashville—Fleming & Knight, jewel-
ers, have dissolved, Fleming succeeding.

removed

Sand Lake—Wm. Barker has removed |

his boot and shoe stock to Mishawaka,
Ind.
Sand Lake—A. Giddings has opened a

harness shop in connection with his
general store.
Alpena— C. A. MeGregor succeeds |

Creighton & McGregor in the boot and
shoe business.

Oakley —S. L. Henderson
Henderson & Convis in the dry goods and
grocery business.

Kalamazoo — Parkin & Gibb have
opened a drug and book store in the Bur-
dick House building.

Manistee—C. E. Ramsey, late of Kal-
kaska, has purchased the Douville book
and stationery stock.

Battle Creek—Wm. Farlin,
491g West Canal street.

Springport —S. Hammond and
West have formed a copartnership and
engaged in the grocery business.

Traverse City—S. W. Perkins has pur- |

chased the meat market business of W.
J. Parker, taking possession Aug. 1.
Battle Creek—Chas. Austin & Co. have
purchased the grocery stock of Hickman
Bros., who are going out of business.
Fenwick—J. L. Clock has removed his

general stock to his farm, east of this |

place, where he has erected a new store
building.

Detroit—Richard Macauley & Co. have |
merged their wholesale millinery bus-
: :
iness into a stock company under the |

style of Macauley & Co. e
Cheboygan—C. O. Gardner has pur-
chased M. B. Champion’s interest in the
flour and feed business formerly con-
ducted by Champion & Gardner.
Hoytville — West & Burroughs have

purchased the store building formerly

occupied by J. H. Wasson and now oc- |

cupy it with their general stock.
Muskegon—K. E.
purchased the interest of Hans Buiten-
dorp in the firm of K. Vander-Linde &
Co., grocers at 52 Apple street. The
business will be continued under the
style of K. E. Vander Linde.
Detroit—The members
of H. S. Robinson
begun an

of the old firm
& Burtenshaw have
action in the Cireuit Court
against the Colchester Rubber Co.. Col-
chester, Conn.

to guarantee them. Customers returned

$2,710.87 worth of goods and in many |
other cases rebates had to be made by |

reason of the inferior quality of the
goods. Complainants ask, besides reim-
bursement for money paid out, $1,000 for
extra work and loss of commissions

caused by the poor goods.

succeeds |

late of |
Bellevue, has opened a meat market at
the Manistique Lumber Co., lying along |
Mr. |

; authorized by Judge

Vander Linde has!

They sold the rubber |
goods on commission and were authorized |

MANUFACTURING MATTERS.

Sullivan—The Sullivan Lumber Co.
has started its three new coal kilns.

Bedford — Stratton Bros. have
their grist mill to Whitney & Weeks.

Hobart—S. L. Rouse has purchased
the sawmill and fiouring mill of John
Dalton.

Detroit—The Detroit Umbrella Co. has
| inereased its capital stock from $5,000 to
| $10,000.

Vicksburg—L. J. Morse is succeeded
in the flour milling business by the
Vicksburg Milling Co.

Bay City—The Artificial Comb and
Bristle Co. has been organized to man-
ufacture combs and brushes.

Pentwater — Geo. Flood has _ been
placed in charge of the Middlesex Brick
& Tile Co. and will push the yard to its
| full capacity.

sold

 

in dimensions, which it will use as a
| paint shop and store room.

Kalamazoo — C. H. Bird & Co.
| offers of a bonus from Charlotte
Warren, Ohio, and have concluded to

had

| place.

Jackson—The Grand Oil Stove Co. has
sold out to the Boston Central Stove Co.
| trust for $100,000. The business will be
increased and remain under the same
management. The same company owns
| plants at Boston, Cleveland, New York,
Chicago, Troy and other places.

Seney—C. E. Morse has purchased sey-
eral thousand acres of stump land from

the line of the Manistique Railway, and
will soon have two shingle mills in opera-
tion. One mill, located five miles north
of this place, is cutting about fifty thou-
' sand shingles per day.

Ann Arbor—The Ann Arbor Savings
Bank has begun a foreclosure suit against
J. M. Swift & Co. on anote of $33,000
held by the bank against them. Injunc-
tions have also been secured preventing
the Corwell Manufacturing Co. from
paying any partof the recent judgment of
| $25,000 obtained against them by the
Swift company.

Detroit—Isaac Marston and George
| Nester, administrators of the estate of

the late Thomas Nester, been
Durfee to apply
about $20,000 in the bank and such cash
as may accrue from the deceased’s lum-
'ber business towards paying off mort-

have

| gages on tracts of timber on the Sturgeon

river and in and

counties.

Ontonagon Baraga

Detroit—Herman H. Baatz has filed a
bill for an accounting against John H.
| Walsh in the Circuit Court. He says
| that on June 9 last he entered intoa
| partnership with Walsh to operate the
plant of the old American Stove Co.,
| Baatz claiming to have aclear title to
| the plant, which was valued at $5,000.
He was to put in $5,000 in cash, and had
| paid in $3,800 when he learned that Jos.
|B. Moore, trustee, had a $3,000 mortgage
on the plant, and John S. Schmittdiel,
trustee, had one for $3,000. Also, that
| two suits were pending against the prop-
erty and Walsh. Baatz, therefore, asks
for a receiver, and an injunction re-
| straining Walsh from doing anything in
| connection with the partnership or in-
terfering with the receiver to be ap-
| pointed. Judge Brevoort granted the
| injunction,

Marshall—The Folding and Chair Bath |

Co. is erecting a new building, 30x66 feet | sojjows -

 

Programme of the Soap Makers’ Asso-
ciation.

The President of the National Soap
Makers’ Association has sent to the mem-
bers two blanks for their signatures,
which, if signed, means ridding the trade
of many evils, the result of excessive
competition and a craze for novelty. One
of the two blanks is as follows:

 

, 1890.
We concur in the action taken June 12,
1890, by the National Soap Makers’

Association, adopting the following:

We will abandon the following prac-
tices, on December 31, 1890, or sooner, if
possible, provided that the trade gener-
ally concur in this action:

1. Giving away pictures, prizes, gifts
or premiums for a certain number of
wrappers.

2. Giving away premiums, prizes or

| extra boxes to retailers.

and |

remove their machine shop to the latter |

 

The second blank deals with certain
obnoxious trade customs and reads as

, 1890.

We concur in the action taken June 12,
1890, by the National Soap Makers’
Association, adopting the following :

We will, on September 1, 1890, abandon
the following practices:

1. Buying back a certain quantity of
goods (that were originally sold) to be
distributed among consumers.

2. Giving tickets or coupons to retail-
ers or consumers, to be redeemed by
manufacturers,

3. Feeing of jobbers’ salesmen.
ject to existing contracts).

4. Giving of special rebates or dis-
counts, such as premiums or percentages
er increasing sales. (Subject to existing
contracts).

5. We will strictly enforce what are
known as soap-makers’ terms, viz., sixty
days’ time or 2 per cent. discount for

(Sub-

| cash in ten days.

_— OS
An Old-Fashioned Basket Picnic.

Granp Rapips, July 20.—I wish you
would state in Tur TRADESMAN this
week that our picnie next Saturday will
be a strictly basket picnic. If there is
anyone who cannot bake or cook some-
thing for the tables, they can buy some
fruit, pressed meat, pickles, cheese, but-
ter, or something that will help fill the
tables. Let us all join in and have an
old-fashioned time; and by our all con-
tributing something for the tables we
will have enough to feed the multitude—
and probably several baskets of frag-
ments left over.

Yours for a good time,
GEO. F. OWEN.
a I
Good Words Unsolicited.

C.G Stone & Son, dry goods, Lowell:
paper is all wool and a yard wide.”

John M. Moore, dry goods and carpets, Rapid
City, South Dakota: “Please send us THE
TRADESMAN. We want to hear what people are
doing in Michigan, how the P. of I. are prosper-
ing, ete. We have none of that organization
here yet, and really think the people too intelli-
gent to go into such a thin scheme.”

“The

 

KDMUND B. DIKEMAN

THE GREAT

Watch Maker

= Jeweler,
44 CANAL 8Y,,
Grand Rapids - Mich.

 

FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.

 

Advertisements will be inserted under this head for
two cents a word the first insertion and one centa
word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise-
ment taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment.

 

BUSINESS CHANCES.

OR SALE—LOCATION FOR HARDWARE AND FUR
niture; take the Michigan “State Gazetteer” and
look up the description of North Muskegon; then take
the first train and come down and see me, as there
will not be a hardware or furniture store here after
Aug. 10 unless you come; an established trade of eight
years given tothe one who will rent my store at $20
per month; location next to postoffice and best in
town; do not let this chunce go by. Address 8. A.

Howey, North Muskegon, Mich. 68
\ROCERY FOR SALE—A GOOD PAYING BUSINESS,
in city of Eaton Rapids; stock and fixtures, about
2,500; a good 3-story brick building, in center of busi-
ness, will be sold to purchaser, or rented at $350 per
year for first floor and wareroom in the rear; if de-
sired, building willbe sold with the business; price
for store and wareroom, $4.500; reasons for selling,
have accepted a positionin a bank. Inquire of E. 8.

Harris, Eaton Rapids, Mich. 69
PLANING MILL,

 

 

 

OR SALE—AT A BARGAIN,
(brick) dry kilns, machinery and tools, complete;
on railway with side tracks; everything in first-class
order. Address Mt. Pleasant M’f’g. Works, Mt. Pleas-
ant, Mich. 67
\ ANTED—I WANT TO BUY A GENERAL STOCK
of merchandise from $7,000 to $14,000 cheap for
all spot cash. Address 132 South Division street, Grand
Rapids, Mich. 70
A JOB OF CONTRACT SAWING FOR SOME RE-
t\. sponsible party; Michigan preferred. Address
Holley & Bullen, North Aurelius, Mich. 65

A K)/ FOR $1,506; ONE OF THE BEST PER-
$4,500 kins shingle mills in the State; ample
power for two machines; nearly new, complete in
every respect. no old trap; also complete wood outfit
if desired. John N. Ehle, Colby, Montcalm Co., Mich,
66

 

{MALL STOCK OF DRUGS FOR SALE CHEAP.
WO dress No. 63, care Michigan Tradesman.

OR SALE — OLD-ESTABLISHED GROCERY BUSI-
ness at Kalamazoo; clean stock; good location
and low rent; reason for selling, owner engaged in
other business; a rare chance and nota large invest
ment. Address No. 60, care Michigan Tradesman. 60
OR SALE—STOCK OF GROCERIES AND FIXTURES,
splendid location; good reasons for selling. For
particulars, address No. 58, care Tradesman. 5:
N EAT MARKET FOR SALE—DOING GOOD BUSI-
pt ness; to a practical man a good chance. W. H.
Davis, Elk Rapids, Mich. 32
ANTED—I HAVE SPOT CASH TO PAY FOR A
general or grocery stock; must be cheap. Ad-
dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 26
OR SALE—STORE, DRUG STOCK AND FIXTURES,
including postoftice fixtures, for sale on easy
terms, owing to ill health; only drug store in town,
situated in center of fine fruit section, Address Dr.
8. J. Koon, Lisbon, Mich. 4

SITUATIONS WANTED.
GQITUATION WANTED—BY A YOUNG MAN AS BOOK-
hw

keeper or clerk in general store; best of refer-
Address S. H. W., Box 354, Fre
62

AD-
63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ences; state wages.
mont, Mich.

 

MISCELLANEOUS,

ANTED—EXPERIENCED SUCCESSFUL LIFE IN-
surance agents in Michigan as managing and
special agents; can obtain profitable and permanent
positions with the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Associa-
tion, Potter Building, 38 Park Row, New York; it is the
largest and most successful! natural premium Associa-
tion in the world; it has paid eight million five hun-
dred thousand dollars in death claims; it has over two
million dollars cash surplus; it furnishes life insur-

 

ance at about one-half of the usual rates.

Address
H. W. Hatch, Superintendent. 71

A—— THE PASS BOOK AND SUBSTITUTE THE
i Tradesman Coupon, which is now in use by over
5,000 Michigan merchants—all of whom are warm in
praise of its effectiveness. Send for sample order,
which will be sent prepaid on receipt of $1. The
Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids.

WIAMPLES OF TWO KINDS OF COUPONS FOR RE
WW tailers will be sent free to any dealer who will
write for them to the Sutliff Coupon Pass Book Co.,
Albany, N. Y. 564

furniture

iia nie

Nelson,
Matter
& Co's

STYLES: _
New,
Cheap,
Medium

AND

Expensive.

 

Large Variety and
Prices;Low.

 

 

 

 

GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.

Geo. M. Epp has opened a bakery at
23 West Fulton street.

Uriah E. Baker succeeds Geo. W.
Wynkoop in the grocery business at 490
‘Turner street.

J. W. Bradley has opened a grocery |
store at 699 South Division street. The |
Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the
stock.

Rogers Bros.

 

 

have opened a grocery |
store at Thompsonville. The stock was
furnished by the & Judson
Grocer Co.

 

Olney
i |
Chas. G. MeIntyre has abandoned the |
idea of engaging in the grocery business |
at the corner of East Bridge and Brain-
ard streets.

Ed. Pike, who represented Voigt, Her-
polsheimer & Co. on the road for three
years, has engaged in the manufacture
of pants, overalls and jackets at 272
Fourth avenue.

d, EF. Quigley, Ww holes ale and retail
lumber dealer, assigned Monday to Ed.
Wright. The assets are estimated at
$25,691 and the liabilities at $24,221.
The West Michigan Lumber Co. and
John Torrent are creditors to the tune of
about $7,500.

~~ -¢ >
Gripsack Brigade.

The Dunham House, at Manistee, has
signed the hotel agreement of the K. of G.

C. W. Jeudevine has gone on the road
for I. M. Clark & Son, representing the
cigar department.

I. W. Feighner will hereafter cover the
trade for the Muskegon Cracker Co. here-
tofore seen by E. L. Smith.

J. H. Cole, formerly a member of the
firm of T. B. Escott & Co., tea jobbers at
London, Ont., has engaged to travel for
the Telfer Spice Co.

The next meeting of the Knights of the
Grip will probably be held at Flint, the
hotels of that city having offered excep-
tional inducements for the gathering.

The base ball nines headed by Jas. N.
Bradford and H. S. Robertson will play
another game on the occasion of the
traveling men’s picnic, next Saturday.

A. L. Braisted is building a $2,500
residence at the corner of Henry and
Buckeye streets. From present appear-
ances, he will be able to occupy it by
Sept. 1.

Kryn Dykema has returned from
Traverse Point, where he spent a week
in search of rest, recreation and fish—
securing all three, if he tells the truth
about it.

John
Brown,
cessors,

 

has clerked for
Stowell & Co. and their prede-
at Hudson, for several years,
has gone on the road for J. W. Tufts &
Co., of Pittsburg. He will continue to
reside at Hudson.

The family of the late John H. McIntyre
has received $8,000 insurance indemnity
—$3,000 from the Royal Arcanum, $2,500
from the Michigan Commercial Travelers’
Association and $2,500 from the Mutual
Benefit Insurance Co.

THE TRADESMAN in receipt of a
chromo from Hartford, representing Cor-
nelius Crawford and aC. & W. M. Rail-
way train—with the train in the distance.
Sealed proposals will be received at this
office for the purchase of the picture.

The Picnic Committee of the Grand
Rapids Traveling Men’s Association ask
Tur TRADESMAN to emphasize the fact
that the picnic on Saturday is to be an

Briggs, who

is

THE

old-fashioned basket spread and _ that
those who are not prepared to bring a
basket can take along fruit, pickles,
cheese, ete.
a
Purely Personal.

M. J. Clark and family are resorting
at Bay View.

W. G. Layle, the Kalamazoo grocer,
was in town over Sunday.

Eli Runnels, the Corning general

| dealer, was in town Monday.

A. J. White, the Bass River general
dealer, was in town Monday.

John Homrich, the North Dorr general |
| dealer, was in town one day last week.

M. D. Bunker, buyer for the Sullivan |
Lumber Co., at Sullivan, is taking a trip |
| around the Lakes.

W. J. Roach, the Lake City druggist,
passed through the city last week on his
way home from Allegan.

Wm. Logie, wife and son have gone to
Petoskey for a week’s outing. They will
visit Mackinae before returning.

A. Giddings, the Sand Lake general
dealer, was in town last Friday. It was

his first visit to this market for a year.

John W
Wm. McDonald, the Kalamazoo druggist,
took unto himself a wife on Wednesday
of last week.

Fred. H. Hosford,
New York Biscuit Co.,
$4,000 residence at the
and Dwight avenues.

is building a

families—the former in his own cottage
and the latter in the cottage
Thomas Hill.

book-keeper and house’ salesman
F, J. Lamb & Co. for the past four years,

the Grand Rapids Fruit and Produce Co.

John M. Moore, formerly
Springs, and Geo. P. Bennett, formerly
of Howard City, are now engaged in the
dry goods and carpet business at Rapid

John M. Moore & Co.

> >
No Cost to Her.

A servant girl living with a lady on
Sheldon street came to her
day and said:

“Pm sorry, ma’am,
leave you next month.
man are going to get married then.’’

‘*“Very well, Mary,’’ replied the lady.
‘“*T hope, however, that you have given the
matter careful consideration, and counted
the cost in case one makes a mistake in
marrying.’’

“La, ma’am, it ain’t going to cost me
anything,’? was the immediate reply.
‘“‘He has to buy the license his own self,
you know.”’

 

mistress one

but Vl

 

oO
Lively Fight in Prospect.

The cracker factories of the country
are rapidly taking shelter under the
three large combinations now in the
field, viz:

New York Biscuit Co.

American Biscuit Co.

United States Baking Co.

Unless Tuk TRADESMAN is very much
mistaken, the strife for business will
line which cannot fail to affect the price
of goods very materially. It is possible,
of course, that the managers of these
gigantic combinations may ‘‘get their
heads together,’’ but such a thing is by
no means probable.

 

allace, prescription clerk for |

book-keeper for the

corner of Lake |

owned by |

Isaac Van Spyker, who has served as |
for |

hos taken the position of book-keeper for

of Cedar

City, South Dakota, under the style of

have to
Me and my young

soon bring about a fight all along the|

MICHIGAN TRADESM. ao.

HIRYH & KRAUSE,

HEADQUARTERS

Russet Sho

|Porpoise Shoe Laces in light, medium

|

FOR

Polish,
Buttons,
Laces,

and heavy. Parisian Leather Reviver,

| Glycerine Leather Reviver, ‘‘Rubberine’’
} y

ja waterproof dressing.

' dis stinct shoe dressings and a complete

We carry 13

|line of Shoe Store Supplies. Send us

| your orders.

FIT FOR

\ trentlenans
Table:

All goods bearing the

 

 

name of
THURBER, WHYLAND & CO.,

OR

ALEXIS GODILLOT, JR.

 

 

 

Grocers visiting New York are cordially invited

Paul and Peter Steketee are now lo-/ to calland see us, and if they wish, have their
._ | correspondence addressed in our care. We shall
cated at Macatawa Park with their} begiad to beof use to themin any way. Write

us about anything you wish to know.
THURBER, WHYLAND & 00.,

| West Broadway, Reade & Hudson Streets,

New York City.

ONION SKTS,

In fact,

in

5

We respectfully call your attentino
to the fact that we carry the most
complete stock of

seeds in

Western Michigan. Send
for our wholesale price
list

and catalogue

before buying

Clover,
Timothii,
Red Top,
Ete.,
Ete,

everything

our line at lowest

market values.

 

Brown's Seed S11 S

 

 

  

r Bicycles,
GAD | Trisyeles,
ssa | Velocipedes

AND

General Sporting Goods

Agents for A. G. Spalding & Bro.’s
Sporting and Athletic Goods and
American Powder Co.’s Powder.

 

 

 

 

We have on hand a complete line of Columbia,
Victor and other cheaper bicycles, also a splen-
did assortment of Misses’ Tricycles, Children’s
Velocipedes and small Safety Bicycles.

E. G. Studley,

4 Monroe St.,

 

Call and see them
or send for large,
illustrated cata

GRAND RAPIDS

logue.

 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

 

DO YOU NEED AN

Kngraving of Your Store

In advertising your business ? If The
Tradesman Company is glad tosend samples and
quote prices.

[ Established 1780. |

so,

 

 

“LA BELLE CHOCOLATIPRE.”

W. BAKER & CO.’S ReGisTERED TRADE-MARK.

No Chemicals are used in
any of Walter Baker & Co.'s
Chocolate and Cocoa Prep-
arattons.

These preparations have
stood the test of public ap-
proval for more than
hundred years, and are
acknowledged standard
purity and excellence.

 

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We are now ready to make vontracts for the season of 1890.

81 SOUTH DIVISION ST.,

Correspondence solicited.
GRAND RAPIDS.

 

 

  

 

THE MICHIGAN TRADESM AN.

 

 

Dry Goods.

 

 

 

Dating Ahead Run Mad.
From the Dry Goods Economist.

In the light of recent utterances by |
the Economist, it is scarcely credible |
that such practices as are noted below |
actually exist, but they are vouched for
by high authority. It has come to our
knowledge within a few days that mat-
ters are going from bad to worse instead
of improving. Said an importer: ‘‘The
practice is gaining.
little while ago to see an invoice of sales

by a competing house, in which the terms |
per |

of credit were plainly stated at 7
eent. off four months from December 31
next. This was bad enough, I thought,

but it was surpassed by another house |
in the endeavor to outdo the pre- |

that,
vious seller, had sold his goods 7 per
cent. off four months from March 1, 1891.
In each instance the goods were delivered |
immediately.”’

It is not possible for anybody doing a
legitimate business to compete with such |
terms of sale, and the only conclusion is |
that some houses have burdensome |
stocks,
portations, based upon the presumption

that the tariff bill would have passed be- |

fore this.
Does it ever occur to purchasers that |

these large discounts, plus the interest |
for the time anticipated, have been pre- |

9

viously included in the prices of goods ? |

This must be done, as no

credit less 7 per cent. on open account.

Those who buy on such terms must real- |
ize sooner or later that they have paid |

dearly for a few months extra dating. It

is the life insurance plan of adding 40 |
per cent. to the cash premium in order |

to pay a dividend of 25 per cent. at the
end of the year. The purchaser at such
rates is paying dearly for credit and cap-
ital and in an unexpectedly short time
will find that assets accumulated on such
terms will scarcely liquidate his indebt-
edness at 50 cents on the dollar.

Sellers who grant these terms must ex-
pect the
those to whom such
granted in the past.
of failures for the last ten to twenty
years, and where ‘‘rust out’’ has
about what is called an ‘‘honest failure,”’

rates have been

dating ahead and its accompanying |
abuses have precipitated forty-nine |
eatastrophies. And of the accompany-

ing abuses the worst is the practice of |
spending commissions on such sales be- |

fore they are earned, if, indeed,
ever materialize.
i ip
Silk in Scotland.
Our cousins across the sea do not seem
to be particularly alarmed at the pros-

they

 

pects of an early dissolution of the silk |
to the alleged discoveries |

industry, owing
in artificial silk. They seem to be mov-
ing forward in the matter of
facture with marvelous energy.
evidence of this, the Textile Mercury of
Manchester says:

While complaints are continually being
made as tothe depressed condition of the

silk trade on this side of the border, in}

Scotland new mills are being erected and
the manufacture appears to be prosper-
ing. At Coatbridge, for instance, we
hear of anew silk-throwing factory which
has been erected by Messrs. Anderson
and Robertson, with all the newest ma-
chinery, the structure being the third in
importance of its kind in the country.

At Lockwinnock, the looms of a new silk |

Ury Goods and Notions.

‘mill which will furnish employment for |

mill were for the first time set in motion
about six weeks ago. In this new ven-
ture, 100 power looms are at work. This
week again we chronicle another develop-
ment in the silk industry of Scotland, a

I was surprised a/|

as the result of speculative im- |

house can af- |
ford to sell goods on thirteen months |}

same ruin that has befallen |
Search the records |

been |

silk manu- |
AS an |

UNBLEACHED COTTONS.

| Prices Current.
|

          

 

 

 

| | Atlantic é eee os |Clifton CC.....-.. 6%
. - 2. 6%! Arrow Brand 5%
a. P ce S| “ World Wide.. 6%
C D.......-. — be a 5
a 5%|Full Yard Wide. .... 6%
Amory. . - Honest Width....... 6%
Archery Bunting. iipereera A .........
| Beaver Dam A A. oa \Madras cheese cloth 634
| Blackstone O, 32.... 5 {Noibe R.... Lo a

Dee Boek ........ _ Our Level Best.. — 6%

ao. oh... aiceroce & .........- 6%

c hapman cheese cl. 4 Pequot eee eee eae oo

Comet. . nae

Dwight See | Top of the Heap.. “a8
BLEACHED COTTONS.
Amsburg.. 2 eee eeee.........- .
Blackstone A A.. & Gold Modal......... 7%
‘ee 5e............ 4%/Green Ticket....... 84
iaeveied ...... ... ae 6%
oe TH) |Hope..... eee eee 74
aa 2... 6% oust Out. ..... 4%@ 5
Dwight Anchor en 9 |King Phillip en Ts 7%
| shor . 8% | oF... 7%
| ewes ......-....- 6 |Lonsdale Cambric..10%
(ee... 7 |Lonsdale...... - @8%
Peer. 7% |Middlesex.... .. @5
| Fruit of the Loom.. ce Mame............ 7
‘eevee ..... __.. 7%/\Oak View.. ... 2
[Po Pree............ Boer Oen............ 5%
| Fruitofthe Loom %. 8 /|Pride of the West...12

ror... .-..- _eee...........- 7%

OE 6x iSunlight............- 4%

| Geo. Washington... 6%|Vinyard............. 8%

| HALF BLEACHED COTTONS.

oo... .......... 74] Dwight Anchor..... 8%

| Perwedl....... ..... 7%

UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL.

| remo H... 5% Middlesex No. 1...
Bonin M......... 6% Basu ke

| Bee : e - 2.

| Miedicosx AT...... & C a

| _ (_ C “ .-

| oe No. 7... 2

BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL.

| Bemilion N......... 7% Middlesex A . one 11

| Middlesex : . oes ag 12

_ = AY... 9 ° A 6 aon 13%

| ' g A eee 9 . mc 17%

a a 10%| “ Bu 16

| DRESS GOODS.

Hamilton .......... 8 {Nameless........... 20
a “
:

1G G Cashmere...... 21 '

| Nameless ee 16 e

teetcee aes 18 o

| CORSET JEANS.

| Biddeford..........- 6 |\Naumkeag satteen.. 7%

| Brunswick. ”.... .... 6%|Rockport........... 6

| PRINTS.

| Allen, staple........ 5% Merrim’ ck shirtings. 4%

. ° aay....._.. 54 epp furn . 8%

_ ° eee. S (Pactic fancy........
American fancy.... 6 ~ Me. ey
Americanindigo.... 63;)/Portsmouth robes... 6

| American shirtings. Simpson mourning.. S

Arnold 6% e a...

i na long cloth B. 1044 ra solid black. rs

8% Washington indigo. 6
“socentury cloth 7 7 “ Turkey robes.. 7%
: gold seal..... 10%| ‘‘ India robes.... 7%
+ Peey ret.. we ™ plain Tky x %, es

 

 

Berlin solids........ oe
| * ooee..... = “ Ottoman ar
| - * oe. 6% key red..
Cocheco ioe...... Martha Washington
madders.. 7 Turkey red %..... v
| Eddystone fancy... 6 {Martha Washington
| Hamilton ——- _ Oe Tee ee...
| ' — 5%/|Riverpoint rebes.... 5
| Manchester ancy.. 6 |Windsorfancy...... 6
new era. 6% “gold ticket
| Merrimack D fancy. 6%) indigo blue....... 10%
j TICKINGS.
Amoskeez ACA....13 JAC A............... 12%
Hamilton ca 7%) — AAA....
~ Ste 10%
Aw me. 11 Swift ere. eo 7%
Farmer.. ie = eee Beree......... 124
| First Prize.......... ‘11% ere...
COTTON DRILL.
sti, D-...-.-... Co 7%
CN wee 7
| Clifton, K.. EE Ee eee 10
| SATINES.
Simpson Sen uae eed ~~ eee... 10%
ep eebde cee 18 Black...... ..... @ 9%
i Se 10%
SN ee eee 10%

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

 

 

 

DEMINS.
Amoskeag oe ogi sanrey........ ..-.-- 11%
om... 1444|Lancaster........... 12%
brown .13 |Lawrence, 90z. ——
soere............. 11 ’ No. 220..
Everett, blue........12 . No . 250. “HK
_ brown. ....12 - No. 280....10%
GINGHAMS.
Glenarven...... ‘ . 6%| Lancaster, staple... 6%
Lancashire. . un 6% | “fancies 7
Normandie......... 6; ‘“ Normandie 8
Renfrew Dress...... 1% Ww estbrook eee 8
Toil du Nord... .10@10% eee 10
Amoskeag ce ee Cx ork..... ..... . 6%
ae... 104%4| Hampton. - 6%
ees 8% Win ermeer. —
ne 63% Cumberland... oo 5
wWerwee.... -..-.. 814| Essex eee 4%
CARPET WARP.
Peerless, white...... 18%|Peerless colored. .
|
GRAIN B
Amoskeag........- ATKRIV alley Ciy.......... 7
eee... -.-... 17 eae ga eo 17
ee 21 |Pacific. . -14%
—— 17%
THREADS.
Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's....... ..-- 8&
(oan, 2.0 F.......  iMarehairs.... ....-- 88
Melyexe............. 221

KNITTING COTTON.
White. Colored.
ee 38

. 34 a NG 16.088

  
 

   

 

 

 

 

—_ ——-

- =... “a i> .......o0 44
- 2... -— 1 Oo 40 45
CAMBRICS.
i 4%|Washington......... 4%
White Star......... <a; ed Crees... ........- 4%
Kid Giove........... 4% \Lockwood.... ...... 4%
—— Loonueues 424 |Wood’ 8. Lot oe
Edwards.. 434 |Brunswick Co 434
RED FLANNEL.
ee 3244/T W 22%
Creedmore......-.-- er. 32%

oe ee 30 |JR F, ieee 35
Remobenms .......... 27% Buckeye ein Re
MIXED FLANNEL.

Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW.......-. 17%
Tae &...... --.-... 224| Western W ......... 18%
Wiates....-.. ...... eo Bw F..-......-..... 18%
6 oz Western........ 21 |Flushing XXX...... 23%
ae 22\4| Mamitoba.... ....... 23%
DOMET FLANNEL.
Nameless ..... : es 9 @10%
ae 8Ko10 | a 12%
CANVASS AND PADDING.
Slate. Brown. Black./Slate. Brown. Black.
9% 9} 914 ~ é
10% w% 104411 15 15
11% 11% 113 Zaz 17 17
12% 12% ih a. 20 20
Severen, 8 0Z........ 934 (West, Point, 8 0z....10%
Mayland, eS 10% 10 0z....12%
Greenwood, 7% oz.. 9%|Raven, 100z......... 13%
Greenwood, 8 oz....11%|Stark ‘ ......... 15
WADDINGS.
White. Gox......... 25 |Per bale, 40 doz....87 00
Colored, Goz........ 22 |
SILESIAS.
Slater, — Cross... 8 (Pawtucket......... 10%
Beltran... 9 [Deadio 9
- ae 1044) eos. ... .... ..10%
oo Best AA..... 12%/Valley City......... 10%
CORSETS.
aS 89 50|Wonderful .... ....84 75
Senliumes......... 8 @iatignem.. ........ 475
SEWING SILK.
Corticelli, doz....... 75 {Corticelli ns.
twist, doz..37%| per %oz ball......
50 ova. doz. .37%

 

OOKS AND EYES—PER GROSS.

 

No 1 BI'k & White, .10 No 4 BI’k & White..
“ ; é : 7 “ 10 “
Reos--, BE C....... 50, jNo 4—15, F 3%......
* 3-i16,5C......-. —.

e White & Br’ ‘K. 12 ny 8 White & BI’k.
15 | “ 10
a3 ; o .18 | “ 12 “
SAFETY PINS.
je ee Mm eee. 2. ee

NEEDLES—PER M.
A. Samat. eee etc 1 S0\Steamboat.... ......

Cee we... 8, a @icomd Zyed..........
Marsha iY Wisse ste euss 1 00

TABLE OIL CLOTH.
5—4....22% 64...3 26/5-4....195 6-4...

‘se * ..3 10

15
20

25

40

.20
23

1.26
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IP.

500 hands having been opened at Mother- |

well. All these enterprises, be it noted,
have been launched within a space of
two months. We dare say that manu-
facturers on this side of the Tweed could
produce any

many additional mills in Seotland. It
would probably be found,
these fail to include any reference to
greater energy on the part of the Scotch,
although some such cause may have a
good deal to do with it.

number of arguments to |
account for the possibility of running so |

however, that |

STEKETEE.

WHOLESALE

 

& SONS,

New Line of Simpsons Prints in Satine and Delaine Fnish, and Zephyrs in
Blacks, Silver Gray and Fancies—All New Designs.

GRAIN
Zalley City.

WADDINGS, BURLAP, TWINE, BATTS and COMFORTS.

 

BAGS—Stark, American, Amoskeag, Harmony, Park, Georgia and

88 Monroe and 10, 12, 14,16 & 18 Fountain Sts, GRAND RAPIDS,

AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.

Chas. A. Coye,

11 PEARL STREET.

* [@pcoats

 

 

BEST

SIX=-CORD

Spool Cotton

WHITE, BLACK AND COLORS,

FOR

Hand and Machine Use.
FOR SALE BY

P. STEKETEE & SONS

 

Voigt, Herpolsheimer & Co,

Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy

Dry Goods

Manufacturers of

Shirts, Pants, Overalls, Ets.

Complete Spring Stock now ready for

inspection.
guaranteed.

48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St.,
GRAND RAPIDS, - -

Chicago and Detroit prices

MICH.

 

AVOID THE

Corse of Cred

BY USING

Coupon Books

Manufactured by

“TRADESMAN”
OR
“SUPERIOR”

THE TRADESMAN COMPANY,
Grand Rapids.

See quotations in Grocery Price Current.

 

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THE MICHIGAN TRADES

 

HARDWARE.

 

Women and the Hardware Trade.
From Stoves and Hardware.

A New York woman has entered the
hardware business and it will not be
surprising if many of her sex should
follow her example. It is rather a cause
for surprise that this business was not
long ago invaded by the fair sex in its
search for new fields of employment,
since women find so many uses for hard-
ware. Every housewife must be a reg-
ular customer of the hardware dealer in
order to keep up her supply of utensils
and house furnishing conveniences.
However independent women may be of
pockets, every one of them must have
from half a dozen to half a hundred
locks, any one of which may at any time
involve recourse to the locksmith. A
trade which enters parlor, boudoir and
kitchen, which has to deal with goods of
light weight, and often of delicate finish
and ornamental design, would seem as
well fitted by nature for the attention of
women as many others in which their
sex have engaged with success. The
New York woman to whom reference is
made here is the wife of an Eighth
avenue hardware retailer, and, besides
assisting her husband in his store, she
has applied herself to the work of a
locksmith with such care that she has
become an expert. The business of the
locksmith alone affords scope for skill
and business ability of a high order, and
is worthy of consideration by one about
to adopt a life vocation. We know of no
reason why it does not merit the atten-
tion of any young woman who is forced
to become Self-sustaining.

—-—o—<—- ———

A Hardware Clerk’s Complaint.

“IT envy the lot of the salesman in an
exclusively wholesale house at this
season,’’ observed one of the fraternity
attached to the retail department of a
hardware establishment. ‘‘You see he
ean keep himself reasonably comfort-
able in this sweltering weather by work-
ing in his shirt sleeves; but we cannot;
Imust keep my coat on as long as the
store is open and dare not even doff my
eollar. A lady who comes to buy a gar-
den rake or a little flour spade must not
see me in my shirt sleeves, and on her
account I must shave three times a week
and look as cool and pretty and sweet as
the best of them, while all the time my
temper is tried by the weather and I am
tempted to rip off my collar and stiffly
starched cuffs. And the ladies come in
with light and airy apparel, as cool as if
they were in decolette dress. Why
should it shock their modesty if waited
upon by a salesman in his shirt sleeves,
provided, if he leaves off his vest also,
he wears a pair of suspenders esthet-
ically decorated, or a belt with an an-
tique buckle. If the lady could sit down
and the salesman wear cooler raiment, I
believe that both would be better suited.
A perspiring salesmsn, in coat, collar
and cuffs, with the thermometer at 100
degrees, cannot long retain the good tem-

. per that should be a part of his stock in

trade. That’s why I envy the wholesale
man. He can wear a flannel shirt and no
vest, while we swelter in starched dick-
eys, buttoned vests and coat.”’

i 9-

The Average Servant Girl.

A Canal street merchant thus unbos-
oms himself:

“My wife engaged a new servant from
an agency. I did not pay much attention
to her, except to remark that she seemed
slow and stupid. About that time I or-
dered from Vermont a ten-gallon can of
prime maple syrup. It was splendid,
the best I had ever tasted, and it made
my mouth water to think how good it
was. The syrup and the new girl entered
the house about the same time. The
next morning my wife noticed that my
study lamp was nearly empty and told
the girl to fill it. 1 thought the oil looked
queer, and upon asking the new girl
found she had filled the lamp from the
maple syrup can.

“But wait. Instead of throwing that
quart of mingled kerosene and maple
syrup into the sewer, what did that girl
do but pour the nauseous mess back into
the syrup can. I went to the agent and
on bended knees begged him to take that
girl off our hands.”’

 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

50

Tiger a mee ROEUE...... 2... ec ee 50
GALVANIZED IRON

Nos. _o lee” diate =o -0hUe

List 15 18
Pinsent 60

GAUGES. dis.
Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 50
HAMMERS,
— eee, a wx

Tome & Plumb’s. .
Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. . 30c
Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. ...30¢c 40&10

 
 

   

  

HINGES.
Gate Claris, 1,2,5 ...........:......... dis.60&10
ae doz. net, 2 50
Screw Hook and Strap, to 12 in. rim 14 and
ee 3%
Screw Hook and Eye, —...............- net 10
ee net 8%
. “ “ Me eee net 7%
” bi ’ . ............. net 7%
Bite end 7,........................ 15.4 7
HANGER dis.
Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10
Champion, anti-friction................ &10
Beis, Wood Gace... .. ...... ............. 40
HOLLOW WARE
EE 60
ae... =
CE ce
Gray GuemucneG..........-...._.............. 40810
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS
Mowaged Tun Were................. new list 70410
Japanned Tin Ware.. eee ee eude cies 25
Granite Iron Ware ..............- new list 33% &10
WIRE GOODS. dis
ee 70&10&10
Serew MyOk...........--....-. iecuecceese 70&10&10
as ee see .70&10&10
Gate Hooks and Eyes..... bates 70&10&10

 

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SASH CORD.
Silver Lake, Waite 4 list 50
os e................ 55
. Mane - 50
. eee... 55
_ wee ©, . 35
Discount, 10.
SASH WEIGHTS.
Soe eee per = o
SAWS.
- PR oo * 20
Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... Zu
“ — Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot... 50
- — Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.. 30
c C ion and Electric Tooth x
Cuts, a: iets 28
TRAPS. dis.
Steel, Game....... . 6010
Oneida C ommunity, Newhouse’s . _ 35
Oneida Community, Hawley « Norton’s ... 70
mouse, Choker 18c per doz.
Mouse, delwion................ .. $1.50 per doz.
WIRE. =
Bright Market ee ee
Svvieeicd Mirece.. "70-10
Copperas Marmec... 60
Tinned Market.. tte teccees ces ie
| Barbed F Spring ‘Steel. oe. 50
Barbed Fence, galvanized. 3 60
painted ....... 3 00
HORSE NAILS.
-—— Senile. dis. —
ae... ..
Neuen a ee dis. “iodto
ENCHES. dis
Baxter's atten. Sianaled i 30
Seen Gomme 50
Coe’s Patent Agricultural, ———. eee. 75
Coe’s Patent, malleable.. i
MISCELLANEOUS. dis.
BuaCigee 50
Pumps, Cistern.. ete uae eel aee. 75
Screws, New List... aod oe ee as 50
Casters, Bed and Plate........... ..... *50&10&10
Dampers, American. ' 40
Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel. goods... “ 65
METALS,
PIG TIN.

Fae t00ee.. i. 26¢
ee teete 8. le | 28¢
ZINC.

Duty: Sheet, 24%c per pound.

vend came 6%

Per PO. 7
SOLDER.

NN 16

Extra Wi iping . 13%

The prices of the ‘many ‘other qualities of
solder in the market indicated by private brands
vary according to composition.

ANTIMONY.
Cookson.. eee .
Perea e. we . sn,

TIN—MELYN GRADE.

.. per pound 16
13

  

 

10x14 IC, Charcoal ieee coe es -- 86@
14x20 IC be . €e
10x14 IX, c eee toa ocean. 8 35
14x20 IX, -.. ooo
Each a 7 on this grade, 81. .
TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE.
10x14IC, C harcoal 1 . 86 00
14x20 IC, Met eees 6 00
10x14 IX, . ee el ag 730
14x20 IX, my 7
Each additional X on this grade 81.50,
ROOFING PLATES
14x20 IC, = WerGcter ........... . ¢€e
14x20 IX, . ee. 730
20x28 IC, . ro .. 12 50
14x201IC, ‘ Allaway Grade 5 25
14x20 IX, . 6 75
20x28 IC, “ ' _ - 1
20x28 IX, - ' . . 14 00
BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE,
OO EE $13
14x31 i eet eeee cueea eee cece. en -14 50
x or N B I Ts,
a + os § Baile 8 | per pound.... 9%

 

; LEVELS. dis.
Prices Current. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s _. 70
Gi KNOBs—New List. dis.
These prices are for cash buyers, who | Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .......... ... 55
: Door, porcelain, Jap. Gimeniaes ..........- 55
pay promptly and buy in full packages. | Door’ porcelain, plated trimmings... 3
AUGURS AND BITS. dis. | Door, porcelvin, een... 55
SN 60 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain. . NC
ee. 40 LOCKS—DOOR, dis.
Jenuiige comune 25 | Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55
Jénniipe’, iiiation .... 1... 2.2... 50&10 a — aCe. =
sane. CCG
First _ Se owe ....... 2. $8 50) MATTOCKS.
ee, 1 56 | Adse Hye.......... . 916.00, dis. 60
. . 9 50| Hunt Eye. i io $15.00, dis. 60
. DB Ses (0 818. 50, dis. —
BARROWS dis sa
s “a, Fi i > a...
OO 8 14 00) ee senate dis.
i ee ee net 30 00) | Coffee, +0" Co.’s co. 40
BOLTS. dis. Fr. 8.& W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables.... 40
ESS Te ASSES nnn 50&10| |, Landers, Ferry & Clr.k’s............ 40
Carriage eee 720 | ON ie ue ai 2
NE 40610 | Stebbin’s Pattern eA SES oA GATES, 60810
Sleigh GROG. ..--- non -eenereererncereee eee "| se Geied................-...-.-- ss
BUCKETS. | Enterprise, self-measuring..................
Wek Vie $350) VAILS
CE EE Ee 4 00 | Steel nails, ome oe a 2 00
: Were BOUe bee... 2 60
tad dis. Advance over base: Steel. Wire.
Cunt feces a fee tt Citit##Ctj LC. Ca Oe Base Base
Wrought Narrow, _— 5ast joint.......... 60810 | SN Base 10
Weert a s.hlLl,LlLhlL.LULULhmUULULULULULL 05 20
| Womens Cee. ol 10 20
Wrogent foaige Bling. ...................... nie 15 30
ede Pree... .. On 15 35
feet Cee... Ce 15 35
Blind, Pereere................ 4... eee = | 10 ee 20 40
Blind, Becperas........-__.._...... 6, : ‘ 50
BLOCKS. =
Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, ’85........... 40 | ca
CRADLES. 2 00
ae. dis. 50&02 2 00
CROW BARS. 1 =
Costsioe ....... ........ perb 5 - «= hh 90 12
CAPS. Finish me 85 1 00
ete perm 65 : ween eee ete eeeeer en cee e ees 1 00 12
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Oe a. _ 35 Clinch 19. ee eee 85 7
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' ‘A’? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20
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10 and 12 MONROE ST.,

33, 35, 37, 39 and 41 LOUIS ST.,

GRAND FAPIDS, - MICH.

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Uhe Michigan Tradesman

Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association.

 

Retail Trade of the Wolverine State,

The Tradesman Company, Proprietor.

 

Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable
strictly in advance.
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w EDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1890.

 

 

BACK TO THE OLD BASIS.

Anitem is going the rounds of the
papers which details how a Michigan
farmer sold his farm in 1864 for $10,000,
investing the money in U. 8. bonds which
are now worth $12,500. while the farm
has decreased in value to $4,000, while
the owner is now old and must continue
to work the farm for his living.
statement may be entirely correct, but
there are several items not considered.

Every species of property is
than it was in 1864 and the $4,000 that

the farm is worth now will buy as much |

as the $10,000 would then. It is true
that the relative value of money has in-
creased, but it is the only thing that has
not decreased. Every man who invested
in any property in 1864 has found that
property gradually decreasing in value
his hands, except in some special
cases of speculative property. The man
who sold at that time was fortunate, the
man who bought was unfortunate. it is
one of the misfortunes that the war,
with its intlated prices, brought on us,
and to make any such comparison as the

on

one named with any other object than to
show the effect of an inflated currency is
pure demagogism.

It happened to the writer to be em-
that time in the internal
revenue department, and it was a part
of his work to assess the income tax in a
farming district. In that district in 1862
there were not twenty per cent. of the

ployed at

farmers out of debt.
there was scarcely one debt
1866, and they were rejoicing over
Inflated values of farm products

given them the opportunity to pay
their debts
ing power was not
what it

ers in
it.
had
otf
whose

in money

much more than
1861,
it.

creditors ?

one-third was in
they were rejoicing But
how was it the The
man who in 1860 had ten thousand dol-
lars at interest, from which he had an
income of seven hundred dollars on
which to live found himself suddenly face
to face with prices which practically re-
duced his income to less than three hun-
dred and from a comfortable living he
came down toa very close one. At the
same store where he had paid twenty
eents for butter he was charged from
fifty to cheese went from eight
cents to twenty-five; beef was so high he
did not enquireits price, and while the

over
with

sixty;

farmer was rejoicing in prosperity, the
man of fixed income was growing poorer
every day.

We are simply back with the changed
conditions wrought by invention and im-
provement to the status of 1860. In the
changes which have occured in the mean-
time some men have made and some have
lost. but these gains and losses are some-
thing that no legislation could have pre-
human wisdom have

vented, even could

foreseen them.

j}into the money

The |
|are paying more interest than 2 per cent.
| would want a law that would mature |

lower |

Of the same farm- | |
in |
| thing remarkable, not before.
‘ning strikes before the thunder gets in |

|

purchas- |

and |

| by Wm.

THE SUB-TREASURY SCHEME.
The more it is considered, the wilder

| volved the Texas
|appear. Even the men who originated it |
| are finding hard work to secure any sup-
port for it, and the enthusiasm with |
which it was greeted, as the solution of |

|the farmers’ troubles, is rapidly vanish- |

ing. It begins to be seen that no article |
| ean be used as a basis for money circula- |
' tion which cannot be used for money it- |
| self, and that the government cannot go |
loaning business with
any safety to itself. It is also seen that |
the United States would not have money
enough on hand to supply the calls from

| one-twentieth of the States at the rate |

named. The wildest scheme of inflation
which has ever been conceived would not |
supply the money that would be de- |
manded within a year. Of course, bor- |
rowers that have money for which they |

their claims and allow them to borrow |

money at the low government rate. |
Could this be done and this immense |

amount of money thrown onthe country,
as it cannot be, giving the creditor class |
their money with no use for it, such an |
era of speculation would be begun as |
this or any other country has never seen.
From this there would result in a few |
years the greatest financial panic the
world has ever known. And this would |
result whether the loans were made on |
lands or farm products. The principle |
involved is the same and the same results
would follow.

Wecannot believe that any number of |

| Senators can be found who will vote for

any scheme that involves such serious
consequences as this. The good sense of
the country has already given its verdict |
on the scheme and it is not favorable. |
The country wants financial relief, but it |
wants something that will be permanent. |
It does not care to have the panic of 1873 |
and the succeeding years of hard times |
repeated.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Make your noise after you do some-
The light- |

its proclamation.

 

TRADESMAN has always main-|
record

|
|

quack |
about |
$1,200 |

THE
tained that the worst failure on
was thatof Dr. N. J. Aiken, a
doctor of this city, who assigned
fifteen years ago, having assets of
and liabilities of $19,000. This record |
has been completely eclipsed, however, |
Reardon, a Boston trader, who |
turned over to his assignee liabilities of
$35,000 and a desk and three chairs as}
assets. Mr. Reardon

—$$$ nnn

The asking of the numerous questions |

necessary for the collection of farm sta-
tistics by the census enumerator doubt-
less caused many farmers to realize how
little they know about their own bus-
iness. The system of memory book-
keeping, which so many of them depend
upon entirely, would be disastrous to
any other business. It is really remark-
able that some of them get along as well
as they do. Much good has been done if
they have been aroused by the enumer-
ator’s questions about their crops, ete.,

to the importance of keeping some kind
of books that will bea plain record of |
the expenses, products, receipts, profits |

| or losses, etc., of their farm work.

does the sub-treasury scheme of Senator |
| Stanford, originated by the man who in- |
Alliance so heavily, |

{Tam

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per cent. We are manufacturers and can and will save you money and
at the same time furnish a better article, both as to durability, work-
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Now Is the Time to Buy,

As this sale will continue for a short time only. Trunks and Sample
Cases made to order. Repairing neatly done. Give usa eall and con-
vince yourself that we are selling the best and cheapest trunks and
bags in the city.

HANISH & EIFERT,

74 Waterloo St.. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

|

|

Telephone 13.

 

WM. R. KEELER,
WV holesale Confectioner

FRUITS.
TELEPHONE

AND JOBBER IN DOMESTIC

412 SOUTH DIVISION ST.

FOREIGN AND

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Sole Rueckheim Bros.’ Penny Goods, which are Absolutely the

Best Goods of the kind on the market.

ELoldfasts.

An appliance to prevent Ladies’
and Misses’ Rubbers from slipping
off from the shoe. The neatest and
best device ever invented for the
purpose. Do not fail to try the

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men’s Lycoming, Pa., Stocking
Rubber. It is the King of all
Stocking Rubbers made. Both

 

only manufactured by the Lycom-
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G. H. REEDER, Grand Rapids.

Putnam Gandy 60.

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NUTS, ETC. LEMONS, 8
re BANANAS,
Figs, Dates, Nuts, etc.
CURTISS & CO.,
WHOLESALE
Paper Warehouse. !
EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR THE KEYSTONE BINDERS’

TWINE.

Houseman Block, - Grand Rapids, Mich.

RINDGE, BERTSCH & CoO.,

is entitled to wear |
the belt.

TO THE TRADE:

Ask our salesman to show
you our factory line of Wom-
en’s Shoes, at the reduced
price,in Milwaukee Oil Grain
and Satin Calf—the best shoe
on earth for wear—to sell
for $2. We also make the
same lines in Misses’ and
Children’s, at prices in pro-
portion. And see our new
lines of Boys’ and Youths’
shoes; they are corkers for
the money.

We also solicit your fall
order for Boston and Bay
State rubber goods, and guar-
antee prices and terms as
low as any house selling the
same brand.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

My

 

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112, 14 AND 16 PEARL ST.,

 

 

2 2

 

Unhandy Hands.

They were beautiful hands, soft, white,
shapely, but they had not been trained.
They couldn’t keep accounts, or use the
needle, or the broom, or the dish-cloth,
or the mop, or the cooking utensils. They
had at one time glided skillfully over the
piano keys and wielded the pencil to

some purpose; they were graceful hands |

and made pretty gestures, or folded
themselves harmoniously over the soft
draperies beneath them.

By and by the ample provision that |

had been left to keep these hands in idle-
ness was wasted because the hands
couldn’t keep accounts; wicked men took
advantage of these helpless hands and
stole their treasures from them, and then
days of darkness and trouble came.

The owner of the hands had to board,
because she didn’t know how to cook,
and, of course, she had to eat what was
set before her, and so her digestive ap-
paratus got all out of order. She had to
hire her dresses made, and was subject
to the dishonesty practiced by

for poor work and appropriate a portion
to themselves of the ample pattern they
require for a dress.
age her business affairs, and so had to

trust them to a lawyer, who, in her case, |
exorbitant |
charges for work which was poorly done. |

proved untrusty and made
At every point where she came in contact

with the world she lost and lost, until at

last she was glad to find a refuge in the |
church home which in the days of her |
prosperity she had helped to found. If |

she had only known how to take care of
just her simple self, she might have lived
on the wreck of her fortune in modest
comfort and independence.

This is a sketch from life. Just such
histories are transpiring every day, and
yet girls are permitted to grow to woman-

hood without knowing how to do what is |

indispensable for their own
comfort and existence even.
ean’t learn to cook in her mother’s
kitchen, there are cooking schools where
she can learn.

personal

schools where the children of the wealthy
are taught the use of the needle in em-
broidery and plain sewing. She can use
the broom in her own room.
to have trained hands.
eo
The Lesson in Competition from Toledo.
The truth of the saying that ‘‘compe-
tition is the life of trade’’ is well exem-
plified by the experience of a dealer in
Toledo. For nearly fifteen years his was
the only shoe store in a certain section of
the city. He carried a good stock, and,
on account of low rent and economy in
expenses, he was able to sell at prices
somewhat lower than his more centrally
located competitors. But people living
within a block of his store would pass
by every day, and when in need of shoes
would go down town and purchase, fre-
quently paying more for the goods, and
spending two additional nickels for car
far. Within the last three years four
other shoe stores have been opened in
the neighborhood, and where one good
store could hardly be made to pay the
living expenses of proprietor and one
clerk, five neat, attractive and well
stocked stores are each enjoying a fair
amount of trade. The pioneer dealer
feared the result of competition, but it
has worked to his advantage. People
who would not stop to see what they

could find in the only store, now con-|

clude that in one of the five can be found
something to suit them, and his trade has
increased, so that instead of one clerk he
now employs three. The same result is
noticeable in other and larger cities.
Competition is the life of trade, and ben-
efits both the buyer and the seller.
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More than One Way to Spell.

 

Minister—So you go to scbool, do you, |

Bobby ?
Bobby—Yes, sir.
Minister — Let

‘*bread.”’
Bobby—B-r-e-d.
Minister—Webster

‘ta.?? Bobby.
Bobby—Yes, sir. But you didn’t ask

me how Webster spells it. You asked

me how | spelt it.

me hear you spell

spells it with an

some |
dressmakers, who charge a good price |

She couldn’t man- |

If a girl |

If she cannot sew with |
her mother’s seamstress, there are sewing |

She ought |

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMA

Bank Notes.

C. D. Beebe, Cashier of the City Bank |
of Hastings, has sold his stock in that |
|institution to Messer Bros. & Reynolds |
|for $35,000, the sale also including the
holding of Newman Fuller. D. W. Rey-
| nolds will sueceed Mr. Beebe as Cashier.

Banking Commissioner Sherwood was

way home |
where he had been

| spending a couple of weeks, straighten-
ing out the affairs of the Charlevoix
| Savings Rank. The $14,000 loan made}
by Cashier Smith to the Charlevoix Cigar
| Manufacturing Co. was secured—86,000 |
| by mortgage on the plant and the bal- |
‘ance by turning his stock over to the
Bank. Other doubtful also |
secured and enough funds obtained to |
warrant the Bank in resuming business
on the 19th. Mr. Sherwood informs THE
TRADESMAN that the people of Charle- |
| voix are cordial supporters of the State |
banking law, since they have had an op- |
portunity to see the workings of the act.

jin town last Friday on his
from Charlevoix,

loans were

——~> -o <> a
Merged Into a Corporation.
|makers, have incorporated their man-
/ufacturing interests under the style of
ithe Proctor & Gamble Co. The capital |
stock is $4,500,000, divided into 8 per |
|eent. preferred stock and common stock.
It also issues $2,000,000 first mortgage 6 |
;per cent. bonds. A portion of these se-
leurities are offered to the public; the
| preference will be given to subseriptions
'from the wholesale grocery trade when
the allotment is made, thus giving the
seller of the goods of the company an}
interest in the profits of their manu-
| facture.

— > o> —— |
An Important Factor in Business. |
From the Baltimore American. |
It was stated several years ago that the |
commercial traveler in this country was |
becoming too numerous, and, as trade |
|

1

| could not stand the burden of his cost, he
| would have to go. The prediction, al-
\though much discussed, has not proved
leorrect. In 1880 there were about 200,- |
| 000 commercial travelers in the United |
| States. To-day the number is estimated |
| at 400,000—an enormous army of intelli-
| gent, enterprising, quick-witted men, |
| traveling in all parts of the country, sup- |
porting railroads and _ hotels, carrying |
| new ideas and new styles, strengthening
| the commercial relations and doing much
|to aid and advance the general progress. |
| To -2
Why the Festival Was Postponed.
From the Marion Dispatch.
| The incident is not, strictly speaking, |
|a news item in Marion, but as some are |
jignorant of the cause of the unexpected |
| postponement of a recently announced |
lice cream festival, it is well to state that |
|Tom Alexander’s young ealf swam the |
| mill pond, which protects its enclosure |
| upon one side, and coaxed the milk all |
away from the cow that was to supply |
| the ice cream makers. And that is the|
| reason the ladies’ ice cream festival was
postponed.
| —__—> >

 

After a Bonus.
The Jonesville Buggy Co. will remove
to some other place for a cash considera- |
| tion. |
|
|
|

| ——_—__—~>-.<—__—_——
| A Rochester man has invented anj|
jalarm clock which, besides ringing the
| hour, has an attachment which lights the |
| fire in the stove.
$$
VISITING BUYERS.

| J T Pierson, Irving c’Conner & Thompson,
John Crispe, Plainwell Kent City

| @S Putnam, Fruitport Myers & Dudley, Lilly

| @Ten Hoor, Forest Grove N Bouma, Fisher

| Neal MeMillan, Rockford Eli Runnels, Corning

| Sullivan Lum Co., Sullivan DO Watson, Coopersville

| A Giddings, Sand Lake Geo A Sage, Rockford

16% Colson, Alaska E E Hewitt, Rockford

| R @ Beckwith, Bradiey John Gunstra, Lamont

Gilbert Bros., Trent

AJ White, Bass River '
| L Cook, Bauer Gooding & Son, Gooding

W D Struik, Byron Center Cole & Chapel, Ada iz

}
| W J Roach, Lake City

DeVoist Bros., Alba
| WG Layle, Kalamazoo

|
Watrous& Bassford,WTroy |

 

HESTER & FOX,

Manufacturers’ Agents for

SAW AND GRIST MILL MACHINERY,

Send for
Catalogue
and

  
   
 
 
 
       

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Planers, Matchers,

ATLAS

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ENGINE
WORKS

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ANUFACTURERS OF

STEAM ENGINES & BOILERS.

Cez-y Engines and Boilers In Stock
for immediate delivery.

 

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And Dodge’s Patent Wood Split Pulley. Large stock kept on hand. Send for Sample

Pulley and become convinced of their superiority.

Write for Prices.

hinery,

 
    
     

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S. K. BOLLES.

E. B. DIKEMAN.

Ss. K. Bolles & CoO,,

77 CANAL ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

W holesale Cigar Dealers.

 

Proctor & Gamble, the Cincinnati soap- | €) . ) : | | 4

 

market.

 

 

The “TOSS UP” Cigar is not a competitor
against any other 5c brands, but all 10c brands,
because it is equal to any 10c cigar on the

 

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10

THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

Dru gs 2 M edicin es.

State Board of Pharmacy.

Une Year—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.
Two Years—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso.
Three Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Four Years—James Vernor, Detroit.
Five Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor
President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon.
Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.
Treasurer—Geo. McDonald, Kalamazoo.

Meetings during 1890—Marquette, Aug. 18 and 14;
Lansing, Nov. 5 and 6.

Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n.

President—Frank Inglis, Detroit.

First Vice-President—F. M. Alsdorf, Lansing.

See’d Vice-President—Henry Kephart, Eerrien Springs

Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit.

Secretary—H. J. Brown, Ann Arbor.

Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit.

Executive Committee—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan; E. T.
Webb, Jackson; D. E. Prall, East Saginaw; Geo. Mc-
Donald, Kalamazoo; J. J. Crowley. Detroit.

Next Meeting—At Saginaw, beginning third Tuesday

of September, 1890.

Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
President, J. W. Hayward, Secretary, Frank H. Escott.
Grand Ra pids Drug Clerks’ Association.

President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smith.

Detroit Pharmaceutical society
President, J. W. Allen; Secretary, W. F. Jackman.
Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Assoc iation. |
President. C.S. Koon; Secretary, J. W.

 

 

 

Michigan Board of. Pharmacy.
Derkoir, July 15, 1890.

A meeting of the Michigan Board of
Pharmacy, for the purpose of examining

indidates for registration, will be held
at Hotel Marquette, Marquette, August
13 and 14, 1890.

The examination of candidates for both
registered pharmacists and_ assistant
pharmacists will commence Wednesday,
August 13, at 9 a. m., at which hour all
eandidates must be present.

This meeting is ordered by the Board |

for the convenience of persons residing
in the Upper Peninsula, to whom atten-
dance at the regular meetings held at
De‘roit, Grand Rapids or Lansing is both
inconvenient and expensive, and the
Board trust that advantage will be taken
of this meeting by all who may be desir-
ous of passing the examination within a
year and to whom Marquette is more
accessible than the usual places of meet-
ing.

Parties who receive this notice are re-
quested to give the meeting as much
publicity as possible by calling the atten-
tion of all interested parties to the time
and place of this meeting.

Persons who intend to be
requested to notify the Secretary imme-
diately, that proper arrangements can be
made in advance.

Special railroad rates for this meeting
could not be secured, owing to the action
of the last Legislature, which caused the
Railway Association of Michigan to
change its rules relative to reduced rates
for assemblies.

The next examination will be
Lansing, on November 5.

Yours respectfully,
JAMES VERNOR, Sec’y.
>_>

Blunders in Drugs.
From the New York Tribune. -

The exoneration of the
clerk who put up a wrong prescription is
complete so far as itexempts him from
responsibility for criminal carelessness.
The expert testimony at the coroner’s
inquest indicated that fatal results had
never been recorded from the use of the
particular drug substituted for the one
which had been prescribed, and, conse-
quently, that the death of the patient
could not be attributed to the blunder at
the drug store. The clerk is roundly
censured however, for professional care
lessness, and may consider himself
treated with exceptional indulgence by
the coroner’s jury. The responsibility
of altering a prescription is one that
must naturally be shared with the phy-
sician, and any druggist who fails to con-
sult the medical authority in the case
before departing from the formula before
him is to be condemned for unprofes-
sional conduct. If the truth were known,
it would probably appear that physicians
make a great many blunders in writing
prescriptions, and ordinarily they are
consulted by druggists before the med-
icine is sent to the patient. These med-
ical errors are sometimes very serious,
but the druggist being dependent upon
the patronage of the physician is always
careful never to speak of them. While
mistakes like the one recently made in
Brooklyn in the compounding of a med-
icine invariably attract public notice,
the more numerous blunders which are

present are

held at

Brooklyn drug

confidentially corrected at the prescrip- |

| tion desk after consultation with the
physician are never known. This fact
;does not affect the responsibility of the
| drug clerk in adhering rigidly to the pre-
| seription which he is called upon to fill.
| The physician is the only authority com-
| petent to alter it.
| The liability to error both on the part
|of druggists and physicians is increased
by the antiquated nomenclature em-
| ployed, which renders hasty and often
|illegible abbreviation necessary. This
is the time-honored custom of the medi-
sal profession, and it is useless to argue
against it and in favor of prescriptions
written in
telligible symbols. What is more prac-
tical is to enforce the necessity of seclu-
sion and privacy in the prescription
department. <A drug store is apt to be

more or less of a lounging place, especi- |

ally in the evenings.
long hours, working late in the evening,
and they have, as a rule, neither Sunday
nor holidays. They have no social life
apart from the opportunities for chatting
with acquaintances in the shop. Too
many of them form the habit of filling
prescriptions while talking with loung-

ers; and with attention distracted and |

mind preoccupied they incur the risk of |
making mistakes either in the quantities
or elements of the drugs called for. The}
only safe plan for a careful druggist is
to turn the loungers out of the prescrip-
tion corner, and to insist upon being |
protected against interruption. A _ pru-

a drug store where there are no precau- |

tions of this nature. Physicians will do
well to make a special point of recom-

mending drug stores where the clerks at |

the prescription counters are screened
from observation and exempt from in-
terruption.

 

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Bogus Castile Soap.
From the New York Shipping List.
One of our friends has shown us a bar |

of white Castile soap which is offered in |

market in lots as *‘Conti’s White Castile |
Soap.’’ It has been sold to some of their |
customers, and returned with the re-
mark that it was not genuine. The!
stamps are almost identical, so that they |
would deceive any one but an expert, |
but the color and smell are such that |

those accustomed to using the pure ar: |

ticle would detect the difference. We/|

have seen the two kinds together and |

have no hesitancy in saying our friends |

are correct in their surmise.

— >>
The Drug Market.

Opium has again advanced and tends

higher. Morphia is as yet unchanged,

 

 

but will, no doubt, be advanced soon. |

Quinine is unchanged for foreign brands

P. & W. have reduced their price 2 cents.
Carbonate of ammonia tends higher.
Aqua ammonia has advanced. Nitrate |

of silver has advanced.
lower.

Spermacetti is |
Oil bergammot is higher. Gum
mastic has declined.
>< celina

Uphill Business in Russia.

The publication of patent medicine
advertisements is combined with great
difficulties in Russia, and tooth powder,
cosmetics, medicated soap and similar
preparations are comprised within the
category of patent medicines.

 

authorities, the medical censor and the
general censorship bureau. The man-
ufacturer has to give bonds, also. On
the whole, the government does not in-
tend to help the newspapers to much
business of that sort if it can help it.

~ >>

There is scarcely a druggist in this
country who does not get out in the fields
occasionally during the summer months.
The city druggists visit the parks when
they cannot reach farther out in the fields
of nature. The country druggists are
more fortunate and see a greater amount
of out-door life. But how many of either
class of pharmacists take an interest in
the medicinal plants which they find ‘or
could find growing in their vicinity? Not
as many as should, at any rate. There
are several books in the market which
describe our indigenous drugs and phar-
macists will find it a pleasant pastime to
study them up.

English and without unin- |

The clerks have}

 

dent man will not take a prescription to |

  

The ar-
ticle must be submitted to the medical |

For Medicine Only.

In my little snug back shop,

My customers often take a drop;

Whisky with, or gin without,

Bass’ ale or ‘‘old brown stout,”
For—medicinal purposes only.

My fountain has a special draught,

That to wink of eye is never daft.

“Oh, I don’t care,” or ‘“‘the same’s before,”

Brings the real stuff, you may be sure,
For—medicinal purposes only.

A mortar hangs above my door,
But my graduate pays a great deal more.
Tc pharmacy ethics I bid adieu,
I'm hére only for revenue,
For—a man can’t live on medicines only

Drugs and patents I sell at cost,

But on such sales there’s little lost,

The profits on these are very small,

As we do business scarce none at all;
For—they’re medicines only.

 

True pharmacy may be all right;

On it ['m often called a blight.

| A genuine pharmacist I own I’m not;

Education and science I call but rot;
For—they mean medicine only.

I'm a Ph. D. “a la saloon.”

No license sent me up in a baloon.

I hired a man called a registered clerk,

Who didn’t, it seems, like regular work,
For—he couldn't touch ‘medicines only.”

}

| The boys all call me a jolly fellow,

At least, they do when a little mellow.

| Their pocketbooks are doubly bled,

For they come next morn with an aching head,
And—then they want medicines only.

| May success attend such work as mine,
Dispenser of gin and “‘Medford wine.”
And when at last with life I’m through,
| The devil will doubtless get his due
Where—sulphur’s a medicine only.
_ 2 << _—-
Arrest of a Blackmailer.
| The New York City Board of Pharm-
|acy has been quite active the past year
in prosecuting violators of the pharm-
acy law, and has achieved a fair measure
of success. Success always stimulates
imitation, and the Board last month
found an imitator who endeavored to
| trade upon its reputation. One Dunbar
O’Neil entered a drug store where he
|found a clerk who is not a registered
| pharmacist. After asking the clerk to
|; put up a prescription and receiving the
medicine, O’Neil declared that he was
| an agent of the Board of Pharmacy, and
| threatened to make trouble for the clerk
|and his employer. He offered, however,
to let the matter drop for $10. The clerk
| paid the money and told his employer,
who communicated with the
| O’ Neil was arrested on acharge of black-
| mail, and a book containing the names of
| fifty drug clerks was found in his pocket.

|
| EERAAEAAMeanenEeY Sun Wee) WCUnEnnnnGennnoued
'

| The Morphine Habit.
| .A victim of the reekless use of mor-
| phine in the practice of medicine died at
Baltimore the other day. He was a per-
|son of good character, a preacher of the
| gospel. He became addicted to the use
|of morphine while under treatment for
|malarial fever. Because of his slavery
|to the habit he resigned from the min-
|istry; and his death was caused by an
| overdose of the drug. According to the
statements of reliable persons, cases of
| this character are rapidly multiplying;
and if physicians cannot be induced to
be more discreet in prescribing the dan-
|gerous remedy, patients should be wise
| and refuse such treatment.

Katon, kyon & Go,

Fishing Tackle,
Base Ballisand
Supplies,
Croquet,
Hammocks,
Lawn Tennis, Ete.

 

 

 

State Agents for A. J. Reoch & Co.’s
Sporting Goods.
Send for Calalogue.

EATON, LYON & CO,,

 

 

20 & 22 Monroe 8t., Grand Rapids

 

 

police. |

 

IF YOU Boxes LABELS —

———WRITE TO——

C. W. Johnson & Co,
DRUGGISTS’ PRINTERS,

44 West Larned St., DETROIT, MICH

FOR CATALOGUE——

THEY CAN SAVE YOU MONEY

 

 

Do You Observe the Law ?

If not, send $1 to
THE T™ADESMAN COMPANY,
For their combined

LIQUOR & POISON RECORD.

|THE WEAR IS THE TRUE TEST

 

OF VALUE.”’

We still have in mock Ge well-known brand
Pioneer
Prepared
Paint.

MIXED READY FOR USE.
Having sold same to our trade for over ten
years, we can say it has fulfilled the manufac-
turer’s guarantee. Write for sample card and
prices before making your spring purchases.

Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co.,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

SOLE AGENTS

POLISHINA " FURNITURE

FOURTH NATIONAL BANK

Grand Rapids, Mich.

 

A. J. Bowne, President.
GEO. C. PIERCE, Vice President.
H. W. Nasu, Cashier

CAPITAL, - - $300,000.

 

Transacts a general banking business.

 

Makea oe of Collections. Accounts
of Country Merchants Solicited.

CINSENG ROOT.

We pay the highest price for it. Address

PECK BROS., “Guin Rave”

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Used everywhere, with unqualifi
success. Not a medicine, but asteam-|
cooked food, suited to’ the weakest]
stomach. Take no other. Sold b
druggists. In cans, 35¢. and upw:
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7 onia, Gum Opium, Oil Bergamont. fe SN. Y. Q. & ae | aie ices 5 | Li
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tum Mastic, Spermace | Moschus Canton... .. 2 85@3 10 | a, ec @ 18| Neat’ , woe: 6
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lh ae ‘ a "y steers ( GE 2S » + ee eresecces ;
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ic “ a a . | Os. Sepia.....--. 300 32 otch, ee cg 2 oe
Carbolicum Perera 3 | Gaultheria —— oa 2 — Napellis R... 60 —_— Saac, H. & P. D. _ Sonn — ies as 2 = Red Ver oo _
Citricum A = = Geceipii 3 ounce..... Oo = ee 7 eT? a Liq, N. 6, i gal @2 00 so Tart... 30@ 33 | Ochre, yellow Mars... = 2@3
i ydrochlor ..........- i s em. gal..... m5 he oe cee ticeta nett ats . 1 o g | Sod ; ie ra eo i 2@4
i 7 Re resents 3G 5 | Hede 50m «TE te . 60} doz ........... i soda, Bi-¢ ‘art 72 = |p ie a. OS
Nitrocum ....--.+--+7 10@ 12 ae 1 @1 80 Arnica . —— oo Picis Liq., si bs Sa ae — ‘sietly. pu ial... aig anos
an a 11i@ 13 Naveen 50@2 OO | AS& cetida.. i ee . ‘ints . Ta | Soda, Sulphas — a@ strictly pure... I, INE
Salleylieum an... 20 ae a — 00 Atrope Belladonna.... ..... 2 c Hydrarg, (po. 80) .. S = Spts. Ether | 500 _ ? — Prime Amer a
¢ Sulphuricum. .. CA ies Mentha Piper..........2 s0o3 a} a easels 2 Piper cae (po, 22). @ 18 | ah a ong gg ' @ 00 | ¥ rermilio 13@16
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Lae... 1 40@1 60 | Morrhuae, = alae 2001 60 sanguinaa oe ae ast. aes — ini Rect. bbl oY | Lead, ‘Selmar . QD
ieee men ey oe 40@ 42 — rita 5 = 2 ao A 50 Pulvis oa we 6 14M 15 Leas 5 i aa @2 29 cia . @i%4
ee , ‘ : i -. oo i a1 0418 — dC gal., cas > - i" 2 a i Or
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3 i a 5@ 7| Ricini... (gal. 7”, 10@ 12 Cardamom 50 | , & P. D. Co., doz. @1 25 Sulphur, Subl.... | White P Gilders @%
sai eg. oan 8 Rosmarint a 2 Ca i Me «ne Oe hase pv. a 300 35 Ta c ee 2 ie ‘ | White I nels American Poo
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RD ---+ eee 12@ 14 —— ae. 100 Quinia, 8. P. & W cc so 10 | Terebenth Venice..... 8@ 10) pone. ag 1 40
ANILINE. ee = s — Dead = Rubia ri German... Be 35 a ee 50 a Swis = - i Paint! 20@1 4
a 90@ K settee eee cere: 50 ms : wi 35 | ani : 50 = | ss illa
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; Theobro _@ 69 | Gentian ........ oe x... a Lard, extra ‘ 70 | No.1 Turp Fur 2 T5@3 00
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amines ......--- POTASSIUM Cte Be, a Linseed, sha . 2 50 | Japa .-1 55@1 60
_. 2 a CO ol yu ned - pan Dry
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BALSAMUM. Bromide.... 13@ 14 1
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Peru.. el Chlorate, (po. 18) ...... 2@ 1) « ee
Terabin, ‘Canada ..... oa = Cyanide sree ie a 18 | Perri Seiden 75 E
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CORTEX, Potassa, samara ri as... i 50
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Abies, Canadian......-+--- 13 | Potass Nitras, opt. .... =f ag pete 50
Cee 11 | Potass Nitras 8@ 10] Opi i 50
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Glycyrrhiza Glabra... UG B Giycherhl (po. i. ue 50 Sexpestaria a He weet ereees 50 obbers of
ce 25 | Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15) .. 2 | Stromonium.... Te
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gacanth .......--.- 30@ 75 | Spt. a ll 1 T3@2 00 | Emery, all Came 68@ 70} We S
nenpa—In ouncepackages. | Vini Oporto........... 1 75@6 50], Po a. @ ,| are Sole Agent
Absinthium ‘geeya gg apaambeEE 1 25@2 00 | Ergota, (po.) 60....... @ 3) g s in Michi
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cil meme =| Neat: coi? PO | ctasgwars in i percent, Se
Thymus, V. vesectenererees BB xtra sheeps’ | Glue, te = il
ES 35 | , Wool carriage. Ve ue 1 W
MAGNESIA. — aw sheeps’ 110 Gly > a ie 2 Rye hisky.
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Carbonate, oe ae 55@ 60 | Grass sheeps’ wool car- ™ — aaa O > |
Carbonate, K. & M.... a | ieee : 25@ 40 |
Carbonate, Rss... 300 36 a for slate use.... eae ‘hlor Mite.. @I1 00| We sell Li
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sa ia UM. : ee 1 40 te ,Ox Rubrum @1 10 | os We give our Personal Attenti Pur poses only.
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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

 

 

GROCERIES.

The Grocery Market.

With the exception of sugar, nearly
everything in the grocery line is excited
and advancing. Sugar has declined 4c
during the past week, granulated being
now held at 6%gc. Rice is nearly 2c
above low water mark, and there will
probably be no change in the market un-
til the new crop makes its appearance,
about Sept.1. Prunes, raisins and all
kinds of dried fruits are firmer.
fruits have advanced fully 10e per dozen

 

 

during the past week. The California |

shippers, packers and dryers are wild
and paying unheard-of prices.

the green state, and the quick railroad

facilities, the green fruit men are able to!

pay the highest prices. Until the season

prices, but all packers have participated

in the feeling and advanced quota-
tions. Oatmeal has advanced 25e¢ per
barrel. Cheese is higher, on account of

the dry weather, which
the a of the factories.

— > + > —

Wool Weaker---Hides Firm---Tallow
Dull.

Wools remain in the same lifeless con-

dition, awaiting the movement of goods | : :
: 6 |medium of selling goods that he has at |

or something that will place the man-
ufacturer where he can get his money
back by spinning and weaving it.
purchases West are at a loss on the pres-
ent market, or the future outlook.
ers in the country have only themselves

to blame for this state of affairs, as there |
was nothing in the Eastern market or |
advised by commission men, or compe- |

tition from the East, to make the prices
paid necessary. It was strictly home
and local strife, which they all pay for.
Wools are lower East, with small sales,
which cannot be made only on conces-
sions.

Hides are firm and advancing from |

scarcity in light stock. The demand is
good and tanners are forced to pay the

but few and are indifferent sellers, with |
numerous inquiries.

Tallow is dull and slow of Sale, with
fair offerings.

—_ .
P. of I. Gossip.

Two more dealers have quit the P. of I.
—J. G. Runyan, of Hastings, and J. N. |
Covert, of Carlton Center.

Lowell Journal: ‘Did anybody say

M. B. Devine, of belding, was a chump ?
I guess not. He contracted to
the P. of I. wool for
commission. One day last week he made
$800 and before the
profits will be $5,000.
vested, no risks to run, nothing

profits. He gathers them in.’’
>_> >. >

A Reliable House.
The advertisement of the Grand Rap-
ids Fruit and Produce Co. was uninten-
tionally omitted in last week’s paper.

handle

but

The house is still doing business at the |

old stand and Manager
nounces that he is better
ever before to

patrons.

prepared than
serve his

1: —_>—> >

For the finest coffees in the world, high |

grade teas, spices, etc., see J. P. Visner,
17 Hermitage block, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Agent for E. J. Gillies & Co., New York
City. 352tf

Canned |

Owing |
to the ability to dispose of the fruit in|

is cutting short |

All|

Buy- |

one cent a pound |

season is over his |
No money in-|

Metzger an-/|

numerous |

The Counter Display.
From the National Grocer.

Most grocers display rather too much
than too little on their counters, and thus
lose for themselves the practical returns
which a proper display always gives.
Goods properly shown in this way have
the merit of attracting at once the eye of
the permanent as well as the transient
customers. It is a case in which ‘‘infinite
variety does stale,’’ and in which too
many articles piled together cause the
| eye to lose the distinct individualities of
| goods which at once arise the purchasing
| instinct of the customer.
| Goods which you exhibit on the coun-
| ter should be always of that kind which
| are not thoroughly familiar to every one,
| and should be seasonable. For instance,
| to elaborately exhibit canned tomatoes

 

waste of very good space, since every
one is thoroughly familiar with these
articles, and knows all about them.
Suppose, however, you make an ex-
hibit of jams and marmalades, we will

thoroughly familiar. You then place
within the reach of timid persons, the
opportunity of thoroughly examining
articles, with which they, perhaps, have
no speaking acquaintance. There are
many people who do not like to ask to be
;shown goods, who, however, are often
good customers in possibility. It is so
with many other articles which the gro-
| cer carries in stock, but away up on the
| shelves where his customers cannot get
| at them very well.

Of course, this display does not reach
the outside public, but as far as it goes,
it is, outside of his windows, the best

| his command. It ought to be used for all
| that it is worth, and its value improved
by attention.

| The next important point to be ob-

| be frequently made.
customers have thoroughly absorbed one
display, give-them another. A grocer
said to the writer: ‘I have sold more
| goods through my counter display than I
ever did through
church fair advertisements, and it never
cost a cent extra, while the advertising |
cost a great deal. I havea head clerk |

counter so that it strikes the eye of every
one who comes in, and sells the goods.’’

This is practical sense and we give it
to show just how and why the counter
display is important. Those of our read- |
ers who have been a little careless in|

new look on the counter.
a = <a
Mackerel on the Pacific Coast.
The decline in the mackerel catch on
;our Atlantic coast is met by the an-|
/nouncement of the establishment of a
mackerel industry on the California |
coast. An enterprising jobber of Los
Angeles, according to the Times of tha
city, saw the opening which existed and |
| began catching mackerel

| East. The twenty barrels put up were |
utilized as samples, and made such an
impression that it was determined to put
| up a supply for the trade this year. The |
season’s pack already has commenced at |
| Catalina, and it promises to be very suc-
cessful. The only trouble with the!
fishes is an embarrassment of riches.
|The schools of fish encountered are so
| vast thatitis impossible to draw a net

| around one, and, as only a portion is in- |

cluded in the sweep, they get started on
a run like a flock of sheep, and the major
| portion escape. When a small school is
encountered the seining is more success-
ful. This season’s pack will be from 500
| to 1,000 barrels of fish, and it is expected
to supply orders as far east as Denver,
|and possibly Kansas City. The fish are
said to be very fine, ranking with the
| imported brand.
ee
A Drummer Cuts His Eye Teeth.

| From the Chicago Tribune.
*Gene Smith, traveling salesman for a
| wholesale hat store, tells this story: I
;am older now than I was when I started
| out on the road about five years ago. I
| arrived, one night, on my first trip, at a
small town in Wisconsin. To be honest

my programme or | manding 10¢ per at.

and corn starch, we should consider a |

advances a little, it will be impossible to | Say, goods with which the public is not

say what the outcome will be as regards |

 

| medium, $3.50.

| served is that change in the display shall |
As soon as your |

| extremely

|

who needs only a hint to arrange the |

|
i

| this respect should brush up and put a| Extra clear pig, short cut.
advance to obtain stock, as dealers have |

  

off Catalina |
Island and salting them, as is done at the |

about it, I was homesick. After I had
partaken of a measly supper at the tav-
ern, I went across the street to one of
the stores. It was dimly lighted with
candles. The merchant was clever
enough in his way, and much to my sur-
prise gave me an order. Still L was dis-
gusted with the town. It was in me to
say something and it had to come ont.
As I was about to leave him, I said:

‘How in the world do you manage to
live in such a God-forsaken hole as this
is?’

He said he managed to live there most
of his life. The subject dropped and I
went back to the tavern. Please take
notice that I do not use the word hotel.
On the following morning, the merchant
came over to the tavern, and, calling me
to one side, said: ‘‘How in the world is
it that you can get your consent to ask
anybody in such a God-forsaken hole as
this to buy your goods, and you will
please cancel my order.”’

I went out of that town with something
a good deal bigger than a flea in my ear,
and ever since that time I have always
bragged on every town | went into.

 

 

 

PRODUCE MARKET.
Apples—Dried, 6@6'4¢ for sun-dried and 10@1ic¢
for evaporated. The market is fairly active.
Apples—Green, 75¢ per box.
Beans—Dry stock is steady
@82 for city hand-picked.
Beets—New, 30¢ per doz.
Butter—Not in shape to make any quotations.
Cabbages—Home grown stock, $3.50 per two
bbl crate.
Cheese—Full cream stock commands 6%@7e.
Cooperage—Pork barrels, $1.25; produce barrels
c

commanding $1.85

Cucumbers—35c per doz.

Eggs—The market is steady.
and hold at ld4e.

Field Seeds—Clover, mammoth, $3.50 per bu.;
Timothy, $1.60 per bu.

Green Beans—Wax or string, @5e per bu.

Green Corn—1l5e per doz.

Maple Sugar — 8$@i0c per
quality.

Magle Syrup—75@83e per gal.

Onions—Green, 12@15e per doz.
per bbl.

Pop Corn—4c per Ib.

Potatoes—New stock is still higher, owing to
dry weather in the South, which is
Dealers now hold at 83.50

Dealers pay 12c

lb., according to

Southern, $3

shortening the crop.
per bbl.
Raspberries—Black are still in market, com-

Radishes—15c per doz bunches.
Tomatoes—#1.5u for four basket case, or 75¢
for 14 bu. box :
Watermelons—16@20¢ apiece.
Whortleberries—$2.75@43 per bu.
PROVISIONS.
The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co.
quotes as follows:
PORK IN BARRELS.

 

 
 

| Mess, new. ee 11 23
CO ee 11 50
| Extra clear, heavy. ee ee ees tee aa
| Cioer, fat beck...... SS
Boston clear, short cut..............-....--. 12 50
Ce ee 12 50
| Standard clear, short cut, best.............. 12 50
| sAUsSAGE—Fresh and Smoked.
eee 7
ee 9
Pete IR, ee eee 9
_ ee 8
OO 5
Boteres Mrelee.............- 005. . =
oe ee 5
ee ee 5
| LaRD—Kettle Rendered.
eee a, 7
ett et eee 73%
[oe SB. 7%
LARD—Family.
[eee uk Lotet sees 6
ho lusiicetdt bjt 64
[oe eee eee Oe 7
[i Pee, eA 6%
ib Pale Cine 6%
[oer Pee COAG 6%
O_o 614
| BEEF IN BARRELS.
| Extra Moss, warranted 900 Ibe............... 7 0
xtra Moss, Chicago packing................ 7 00)
| Omerees, Fee Pee... 9 50)
SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain.
Hams, average ° ce SEES i ee 10
a. oa 10%
eo . 12 2 oer...
° I eee ae 7% |
. vest boneless. .

Breaktest Beoon, bomelems.................... 7
Ried Deer Gees rerees............... 2.5.5...
Lon, Clears, Deney .....-..... 5... ee eee ee 5
Briskets, a et $

. bk cere eee Gets 6

OYSTERS and FISH.
F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows:
FRESH FISH.

Whitefish i gues @%™%
eee @s
ee ae a @7%
Se @15
POS ck ee @ 4

 oysTERS—Cans.

Fairnaven Counts................ ene sae @35
FRESH MEATS.
Swift and Company quote as follows:
Beef, carcass. a eh ‘oes
hind quarters eee ee ee @7%
' ee : @ 3%
. ee @ 9
. ee @ 7%
. foeges.... @ 6
. eee... @10
ee eee ee 5 @5%
Doseees @5

Cee
eee ge
Sausage, blood or head. .

DHOHSOPO
AD WMNIKAHK

Oe oa

' Preanetorc...:........ et odes ot
Mutton i oe
Veal. 5u@ 6

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

 

 

Stand: a ee i S4@ 9
Ce. 84@, 9
ME eee tae tes 8%@ 9
— i... kk 10
Assorted Cream eee cee ee melee sees. be
meee ee oe...
MIXED CANDY

Standard, er .. ee 8%

eee 8%
Te 9
ei 10
Sete Bee...
MEO 8 oe ee ck oe ete ae, 10
ee eee
».10
French Creams......... i 12
Vales Coes... 13

FaNncy—In 5 Ib. boxes.

I 12
RE ee chee eee eee 13
Pomeras 14
econ reese... oc, 14
om, Cooreeruerore....... 5. 18
en oe 10
CMO AP see ee aL a
ao. ceoce Coo... 14
Lozenges, EE 14
EO ee 15
ae os
nog, 15
foeee Ber... 13
oreeeee See ls 13
eee —<
Meat ee (eee .... 18
Plain Creams... eee ka eee ee ae. oe
Decorated C reams. be ieee ke deus Sag ec 20
oe eee 15
Porat oeeones.. ..............,........
Wintergreen Berries. ee ee 14

FANCY—In bulk.
Lozenges, plain, in pails
printed, in pails
Chocolate Drops, in pails..

 

Ae te, 6
ere res, ee... 10
ome SO BO. . , 12
Peers Gi eee............... 12
ORANGES.
Rodi, — ee eee ye as a @ 7 50
ee @
LEMONS.
Messina, =“ SS ee el @
i @ 7 00
° fancy, 300 ele eee ak @ 7 50
Oe ee @ 8 00
OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS.
Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers...... 15 @I16
choice “* |...) 13 @ 14

"Cee ei @
Dates, frails, ee @
wi ie com... @

@
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' Fard, 10-Ib. i, 10
“ ee 8
_ roman. i>. box.............. . 54G
NUTS,
Almonds, Tareeens. @16
ee @15
. ree @14
te, a @l14
Walnuts, Grenoble. ee @16
' eros. @15
recam, Tease OF... 12 @i5
oConmeie @4 50
PEANUTS, i
Fancy, aq. P., eee @ 9%
** Roasted @11%
| Fancy, H. P. » meee Coens... ....... @ 9%
12a Roasted . @l1%
| Fancy, H. P, —_-...... ..... a @ 94
° meaner lie woe @i11
| Choice, H, P., Star Pol . @9
. "Roasted dedieees ee @10%
Fancy, Hi. P. , Steamboats. one ee @ 9

toasted....... @10%

 

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For Sale by Leading Wholesale Grocers.

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Wholesale Pvtne Cisse

pay _— and —" in full —

APPLE BUTTER.
E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 6

 

 

 

 

AXLE GREASE.
Precers.......... $2 40
ae... Ct .. if
Diamond. .... +. .oo
BAKING POWDER.
Thepure, Sy packages. -+-OL 20
ec ene 1 56
. tm - <_<. oe
: % lb. eo. 2%
' 1202.  . 4 20
“c 1b. “ 5 40
ue 5 1b. : 126 CO
Less 20 per cent. to retailers.
Absolute, ¥% lb. cans, 10s. .11 %
4 lb. 50s..10 00
: i] - 50s..18 75
Acme, 4% - cans, 3 doz.... 75
i Ib 2 1
° Lib. Y 7° 3a.
. Mie 20
Our Leader, 4b. cans. 45
Mlb. ea 90
Ce 1 60
Telfer’s, “> cans, doz.. 45
' &
“ 4 ibs neg a 1 50
BATH BRICK.
English, 2 doz. in case os 80
nie ft 6h. 5
American. 2doz.inecase... 7
BLUING. Dozen
Mexican, aoe............. 30
= Oe... ....... 60
: oe ........... 90
BROOMS.
_ ; Hurl De 1%
eee ea eae oe ee 2 00
No. 2 Carpet. _........ 2
ee a 2 50
Peru Gen... ...... 2%
anon Wee... ....... 90
Fancy . ee 12
a... ee
Worehouse........ 4...
ANDLES
Hotel, 40 Ib. “boxes ec 41.
Star, _..... eo
Param .. .......-. _o
Wee... i. 2
CANNED Goops—Fish.
Clams, 1 Ib. Little Neck..... 1 20]
Clam Chowder, 3 Ib.........2 10)
Cove Oysters, i Ib. stand... -1 i
21b 1 96)
Lobsters, aig 4 “picnic oe 1% |
ccreee as 2 65}
. 1 Ib. Star.. a st
- 2 Ib. Step 3 65
Mackerel, in Tomato Sauce.2 00
IIb, stand.. a
- a... lU
’ 3 Ib. in Mustard..
, 3 1b. soused.
Salmon, 1 1b. Columbia 1 "656
1lb. Alaska..1 25@1 &
Sardines, domestic oe. 5
“c “cc 4s a : .@ 9
- Mustard _- @ 9

' imported 4s ‘10%@ 16

. epieed, %48....... 10
Trout, 3 lb. brook.. 2 60
CANNED Goops—Fruits.
Apples, gallons,stand. ....3 50
Blackberries, stand......... 110
Cherries,red standard 1 10@1 20

. miaea .....- : 40
Damsons . 15
Egg Plums, ‘stand. 4 itt 35
Gooseberries . 1 00
Groves ......................
Green Gages.......... 1 15@1 35
Peaches, yellow, stand @2 10

. seconds ...... @2 06

e Pe 1 6C
oa 1

Pineapples, common. 1 10@1 50
Johnson’s.2 50@2 75

Cuecen ..................... 1 00

Raspberries, i ee ;

 

 

  

 

   

 

SODA

ee 54

eg in beeen cine lanes 4%
ToBaccos—Fine Cut.
D. Scotten & Co.’s Brands.

Pewee ............
Sweet Cuba........... 36
Our Leader........ 35

TOBACCcOs—Plug.

Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands.
Something Good............. 38
Double Pedro ... in cous 35
oe 36
Wedding Cake, bE. --OD
eee. 7
TroBpacco—Shorts,
Our Leader. ee ee ce ce oe
TOBACC ac Seine:
Ome teager. 3... 16
Eeeeee. 17
Plow Boy, = on.... .......- é
ee 31
' aa...
VINEGAR,
ee 6%
Bae. %,

PAPER & WOODENWARE
PAPER.
Curtiss & Co. quote as fol
lows:

 

 

BU a 150
“< Light — ee ae 200
SUPAr ... ee
oo ..................,. 2%
Bakers . ee.
Dry Goods lg
wuss Mania. ............... 8
Hed litpress No.1........-. 5
ci No. 2 .e
TWINES.
a6 Cotion............... oo
Cotton, No. 1 Lou oee a. 22
Sea Island, a ene ce
Te Gee gc, on
woG*..........
Wool............
Tubs, No. De
an
“ce No. 6
Pails, No. 1, two-hoop.. 1 50
No. 1, three-hoop.... 1 7
Clothespins, 5gr.boxes.... 55
Bowls, 11 inch.. a
13 13
_ m 2 00
- 27
‘* assorted, 17s and 19s 2 50
. . 158, 17s and 19s 2 7
Baskets, aaa 40
acoe:............ 1 50
. ‘¢ with covers 1 90
‘ willow er ths, a 5%
val No.2 6 25
e . “ Nosits
f splint « Not = 60
' . « Noz4a
“ ce te No. 3 5 00

GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS

WHEAT. New. Old.
Se aaa 82 84
a. 82 84
All wheat bought on 60 Ib. test.
MEAL.
Domee,. .... .. 115
Granwiated................ 1 3)

 

FLOUR,
Straight, in Onene. ........ 4 60
herrele........ 4 80
Patent “ sacks......... 5 60
- * besvem ...... §o9
RYE,
NOT, 40
MILLSTUFFS,
ee 3.00
ee 13 00
acca. .............4..8e
Bidets... 14 90
mined Pees... ls. a
Coa meat... 16 50
CORN.
Small lots... eeecce eee, Se
—_— 42
OATS.
Small lots.. ee
oe 42
/ BARLEY.
et... 1 10
mG... ...4............ 1 06
i HAY
_......ttidiéaizéé... 11 00
ee 10 00

HIDES, PELTS and FURS
Perkins & Hess pay as fol
lows:

HIDES.
Green . eo -..0 @6
Part C ured ee 5 @6%
a 6 @?7
oey...... 6 @8
Mine, green ..... ..... @ 6
" one........... 6 @7
Calfskins, green......4 @6
' cured......6 @7
Deacon skins...... --.10 @%
No. 2 hides \ off.
PELTS,
Soo. .......... 10 @%5
Estimated wool, per bh 20 @2s
WOOL,
Washed . eee
Unwashed .... ..... 10@20
MISCELLANEOUS
Tallow ...... coon 8 @4
Grease butter ........ @ 2
ss... ........ Awe 2
Ginseng | 2 0@? 75
LUBRICATING OILS,
The Hogle Oil Co. quote as
follows:
Extra ws — Oi1...53 @5s8
Nat. ..... -45 @50
- Mo . .35 @40
Pure te 2 oo
Marnces Of]........... 40 @50
W Va Summer. . T%4@12
““ Medium Winter. 8 @12
15 C - f Teast. . . 9 @13
Zer @i4
old "Reliabie™ Cylinder @65
600 Mecca @50
Anti-monopoly ‘‘ 35 @40
Corliss Engine Oil.... @40
Golden Machine Oil. 18 @25
Mower and Reaper Oi125 @30
Castor Machine Oil...25 @30
Boiled Linseed Oil ..63 @65
Michigan W W. @10
Turpentine...........46 @odi
yars...............- 8 @12
Gasoline.... . 9%@14

Castor Oil, Pure.....$1 26@1 30
. Mineral....30 @35
_ Distilled ..81 10@1 25

 

SEEDS.
Mrsed bird... ........ 4%@ :
The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered cash buyers who | eer oe Cs 3
MOC tee eat. 3%
| Be cl,
Ce 4
CHOCOLATE—BAKER’S, Trout, “a bels......... @4 50 | OE 7%
— ig 22 10 Ib. kits. —-. Oe SA :
Oeeime - .... Lil. 35 %
rurs...... CS 38 ™ me * I, 12 s Bhs + 09 | Common Fine per r bbl ct 90@95
Breakfast Cocoa.......... 40)“ * 4616 kite... 80 pea — 56 Ib. sacks..... 27
Brame 7 ' Family, % bbls.... .2 75/| ¢9 ss Preece hatte ow nts 1 =
COCOA SHELLS, ' ' kits. ... oi a | ee eee a (
Balk... Ug ane i we 2 25
Pound packages. Coe. Or ¢ HERBS. | Ashton bu. bags nase cee ce 75
COFFEE EXTRACT. —........ 9 | Higgins T Botte estes ees 5
Valley Cie aK Poe Warsaw ete uee lane. 35
ee, 1 10 JELLIES. % bu “ oi... ..... 20
COFFEE—Green. E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods.. 6 Diamond Cry: stal, cases....1 50
oe @21 Citeaso soods ._......... 4 ie iL bs. Ib sacks 25
— 21 @22 LAMP WICKS. “ le 56-Ib  * 50
pre a iNo. ... ae i ‘S60 pocket.2 25
‘* fancy, washed... ae EO ae mn we 7a
+ poldeny 0 8 eC 50 | barrels .. .1 75
Santos. 22 Ge LICORICE. | SALERATUS.
Mexican & Guatemala 23 @24 Pure. . etevecccece------. OO | CHRRCR A, Arm & Hammer . 54¢
eave, Interior......... 24 @26 Calabria. . Detect cS) ee 5%
- Mandheling ...27 @30 oo its... Cg... 54
Peeperty 22 @A LYE. DeLand’s 8 Cap Sheaf.. ca “Bis
Mocha, genuine..... 26 @2g8 | Condensed, 2 doz........... 1 %5 — oo 5%
To ascertain cost of roasted | _ MATCHES. Car tease... ............. 5
coffee, add %c. per lb. for roast- | No. 9 sulphur............... 200 SYRUPS
ing and 15 per cent. for shrink-| Anchor parlor...............170| Gorn, barrels i @27
age, No. Shome........... 110| << ” one-half barrels... a2
cunrene-Packag Export parlor...............400| pore Sugar, oe
Benera. . .. - 24% MOLASSES, half barrel... .3
« “in cabinets... oi, | Hikek Pitap.. |... |. 20 ial
MeLaughlin’s XXXX....251; | Cuba Baking........ . a SWEET GOODS. :
Eion |||. Ce : 119514 | Porto Rico.. | ... 30| Ginger Snaps.......... 8
an eahinete 000 1000. 26 | New Orleans, good i 1| 24 | Sugar Creams......... 8%
Durham.. nce Bhoice |... 30 | Frosted Creams....... 8
CLOTHES LINES. - fancy. 2 | Graham Crackers eaaae 8
Cotton, 40 a -- per doz. 1 35 One-half barrels, 3c extra Oatmeal Crackers.... 8
. Soft... 1 50 Mu “ — , SHOE POLISH.
es 60 m..., - 65) usca me, DAErcis ........ 450} -< ; ”
. ae ; A Gk se oo doz. in box oo ats
ee Sf ea . Come. 2 15@2 25 i
Jute or... .... $s 90 ROLLED OATS TEAS.
“ ae “ 1 10 Muscatine, Halt bois. @4 50 JAPAN—Regular.
CONDENSED MILK, 1s @2 50 | wa; oe
Eagle... i i— 0 Oe. Soe os oe
Anglo-Sw ST et 00@ 7 60 orL. | Choice eae @29
COUPONS. mrcnreen veet.............. Oe | Choicest al 2 @38
‘“‘Superior.” Woeter White ........... .-.10% r ipa pine a
& i. per hundred........... 2 PICKLES, - | N CURED.
3 2, ra CO 3 00 Medium. . CT . @9 50 | meee 14 @15
R5. tt “ 1400 “ 4 bbl ie : Bae eee 16 @20
$10, “ “ Be Small, bhi. an ..11 00 | Choice Set ec ee wewe se wees 2A @28
$20, * “ ean fe BN 6 00 | Choicest. . nsee-----00 @3S
“Tradesman.” PIPES. | BASKET FIRED.
8 1, per hundred.. .-.+. 200} Clay, No. 216. SE ee @20
eS 250 T. D. full count --. 75] choice @25
85, ln 3 00 | Cob, No. 3.... L HOS eee @35
$10, La tattle tala a ain 4 00 eres | Extra choice, wire leaf G 40)
a “ - 5 00 | E. J. Mason & Co.’s goods. 2 i @
Subject to the following = RICE. : vialgore \i
counts: Cc arolina head. | Common to fair....... 25 @35
200 or over. . 5 per cent. No. Extra fine to finest....50 @65
nae 10 “ ‘ No.2... | Choleest fancy...... .. 7 @s85
ToD oe * i Rae e........ IMPERIAL,
CRACKERS. Japan, i a Lo ---- ne | COMMON tO fair....... 20 @35
Kenosha Butter......... 7% No.2... c--.4+---.00@ | SaIpOEIGr GO SING... ...... 40 @50
Sovmour ©  ....... 1... Ga SNUFF. | nn
Baten 5i% | Scotch, in bladders.........37 |, Inia al
| family..... 514 | Maccaboy, in jars...........35 | Common to fair....... 18 @2%
biscuit .... 1. G6 | Brenen Rappee, in Jars.....43 | Superior to fine.......30 @40
Pore SOAP, C
a a Detroit Soap Co.’s Brands. | ENGLISH BREAKFAST.
Soda. 6 | Superior.....................4 aoe Poe... 25 @30
8. Oy Ea 5% | Queen Anne............ ee 30 @35
City “Oyster, ae. .... 596 | German Family.. ........_. bea ee eee
eee 6 Mottled German.......... > OF Vea Deuast.............. 8 @10
CREAM TARTAR, Old German. Te gan one
Strictly pure............ 38] U.S. Big Bargain. 208) | aaa on ;
Grocers’. 25 | Frost, Floater wus... ...3 %| Common to fair... ...25 @30
DRIED FRUITS—Domestic. Cocoa Castile ..............3 00 | Superior to fine....... 30 @0
Apples, sun-dried..... @ 6 Cocoa Castile, Fancy.. .....3 36 | Fine to choicest.......55 @65
evaporated. . @10 Allen B. Wrisley’s B rands. |
Apricots, r @19 Happy Faratly, ........... 2 95 |
Blackberries ‘‘ .59 @6 Old Country, ee
Nectarines ‘ as Una, 100, ... oo. oe Ot
Peaches a 8@14 | Bouncer, 0 3 15
Plums eee 7 SAL SODA. |
Raspberries ‘ oo | eee... ag
DRIED FRU irs—-Prunes. Granulated, boxes.......... 2
Ce 64@ 6% SAPOLIO, |
Bosnia.. ess @ 7% | Kitchen, 3 doz. mm box..... 3 50
~ LA haf Aa ‘10 @i1 Hand - 1. Bog]
oe 0 DRIED FRUITS—Peel. SOUPS. i
ei ee i i601 35 —- <-- 18 | Snider’s ee aa oe sta
Whortieperries.............. mee esr tees s cs 18 eS
DRIED FRUITS—Citron. Ries |
CANNED VEGETABLES. in Gam. ...... ee @23 Cassia, China in mats......
Asparagus, Oyster Bay...... ee @25
Beans, Lima, stand......... 80
«Green Limas. @1 35
- Buraiee.........- @ 80
_ Siringions, ee. sass 80
“ Lewis’ Boston Baked..1 40
Corn, Archer’ ST rOpny...... 90

Morn’g ies. 90

" & Early Golden. 90
Peas Preseh...............: 1 68
‘© extra marrofat... @1 25
~ seened 1... 80
Some en.....-..... 1 40
- "= ere... 1 65@1 85
“« French, extra fine... .1 50
Mushrooms, extra fine...... 2 15

Pumpkin, 3 lb. Golden @1 50
Succotash, standard....90@1 40
Ce.
Teasatena, Red Coat.. @1 00

Good Enough @1 00

~
_

. Ben Har.... @1 10
' stand br.... @ %
CATSUP.
Snider's, 4 pint........... 1s
= int. oe ae
. quart.... -.3 50
CHEESE,
Fancy Full Cream .-. 74@ 8
Gag * i. @7
Part eee a 5 @6
Sap Sago.. i 19 @e
Cee @1 00
CHEWING GUM
Rubber, 100 lumps Cae 30
a 40
Spruce, 200 pleces........... 40
CHICORY.

eee ee
ee 7%

 

 

 

DRIED FRUITS—Currants.

Zante, in barrels...... @ 5%

- in less quantity 6 @ 6%4

DRIED FRUITS—Raisins,

Salone. ............ @ 9
a... @il%
ee ee @10
London Layers, Cali-

fornia.. «««.8 too 00
London Lay ers, for’n. @

Muscatels, California.1 90@2 25
GUN POWDER.

eee eas be
Halt kegs. . .2 88
FARINACEOUS GOODS.
Parina, 1) th. kees......... 04
Hominy, por Whl............ 3 00
Macaroni, dom 12 1b box.... 60
° — lay '@ 9%
Pearl Barley.. : @ 2%
Peas, ereen........ @1 00
(BPG) @ 3
Sago, German. @ 6
Tapioca, fi’k or. p rl. 6@ 7
Wheat, cracked.. \ @ 5
V ermicelli, import.. @10
“ domestic... @60
FISH—SALT.
od, wige............ 5 @ 6%
 mOneeee.......... 64@ 8
nee... G@ 9%
Herring, ae % bbl.. 2 ¢
' gibbed.. 2%
2 00

c Holland, Dale 4
" , kegs, new @ 1
d 20

. enled ...... 3
Mack, sh’ 8, No. 2, % bbl o oO
- wip xit. .1 30
“ “ee es . 12

 

HMBER

TH A T

" Batavia in bund....

. Saigon in rolis...... 35
Cloves, Amboyna...... S

c — Loo u oe ‘6

Mace Batavia..
Nutmegs, fancy
No. 1

iz No
Pepper, Singapore, black.. 16
white.. 26

. i...
siete tau: -In Bulk
liepece |... .....-...... 2... 15
Casata, Hatavia............- 20
" . and Saigon.25
° Reem 42
Cloves, Amboyna.......... 2 |
te Zansiper......
Ginger, Aeeeem, ws. 12%
ee, ee eae. » }
Sas. ae 18
ane Batavia.. eects =
Mustard, English.. bec eee ases

. and Trie..

. Trieste aa
Notices, Naf...
Pepper, Singapore, black.

whites 9

. Cayenne.

SUGARS. |
Cut leet. ............. @ 7%
ee esse @ 6%
Powered ........... ez |
Standard Granulated. @ 6%
7ioe........ @ 6% |
Conleatienes Te @ 63 |
White Extra C....... @6 |}
I aaa @ 5% |
ee @ 5%
OW occ cess eh aaenee @ 5%

Is better and costs less

100-POUND CASES, 2

than most

package coffees.

4 3-4;

100-CABINETS, 25 1-4.

FOR SALE BY ALL GR

Already and

 

 

 

secured at 46 Ottawa St.,

| Net weights and fine goods tell the tale.

A. we BROOKS &€ GO.

within a year’s time,

to demand larger

AND RAPIDS JOBBERS

our

business has grown to such proportions as

quarters, which we have

where we shall be pleased to see our friends in the future.

Be sure to give them a trial.

 

 

 

14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

 

We shall receive by S. V. “Henry Failing,” via Tacoma, due in
Detroit about August Ist,

300 Hf. chests W 1.-2
270 cs 3--4
— |. Ek 3-4
275 . 7--8
240 ss 9--10
250 o 11--12
SUN-DRIED.
130 Hf. chests WwW 1
120 2
a THEN :
100 5 4
120 " 5
130 6

These teas are the same as received by us on Early Mail
Steamers. We also have a shipmentsame as above

en route by Suez Steamer “Monmouthshire.”

 

DD I PD PPL PLL PP PAA

W.1.GOUL@ &@ 45

IMPORTERS,

ETROi1, - - MICHIGAN.

 

 

 

- -_ h--— ~ — OR ee seer ae

‘more appreciative a

MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.

 

Interesting Items from Clio.

The Clio brick clay deposit—one of the
best in the State—is about to be utilized.
A short time ago a large quantity of clay
was taken to a neighboring town and
converted into brick, with the most satis-
factory results. Itis understood that a
well-equipped yard will soon be in oper-
ation.

The Bortle’s brick block, a fine build-
ing with a frontage of 90 feet, is rapidly
nearing completion. It will be a much
needed addition to the business facilities
of the place.

N. W. Mann, general dealer, and Wm.
H. Davis, furniture dealer, narrowly es-
caped serious loss by fire on the night of
the 16th. Late at night dense volumes
of smoke were seen issuing from Mann’s
store, while the odor of burning
filled the air. Although the hour was
late, 11 o’clock, only a few minutes
elapsed after the alarm was given before
the engine was pouring a stream of
water into the buildings. This prompti-
tude of action on the part of the fire
company prevented a most disastrous
conflagration, and has largely increased
the satisfaction with which the average
citizen contemplates our facilities for
protection against fire.

The Business Men’s
joying a quiet rest. Itis not dead, but
sleeping. It will wake up in time to
attend en masse the State convention at
East Saginaw, where, it is hoped, our
old time enthusiasm will be revived.

Business is improving under the ex-
cellent prospects for an abundant har-

Association is en-

 

wood |

 

vest. With the possible exception of |
wheat, crops are at present in most ex- |

cellent condition.
Putnam & Mauk and F. L. Mark & Co.,
the general produce and hay dealers,
Mauk & Hanmer, and the proprietors of |
the roller mills, W. Harris &Co., are
making great preparations for the fall
trade which they are anticipating. The
presence here of such active concerns
makes competition brisk and a market as

chock full of enterprise as any in the}

State.

THe MicHiGAN TRADESMAN has no
constituency in
Michigan than it has in Clio. It is taken
by nearly every business firm in the
place and grows in popularity with each
issue.

The Clio cheese factory—I. M. Beeman
& Son and May Bros., proprietors—is
doing a large business. About 800
pounds of a first-class full cream cheese
are made daily and find a ready sale
The proprietors advance 40 cents a
hundred the middle of each month for
milk delivered the preceding month—an
arrangement highly satisfactory to the
patron. About $750 was paid out July
15, in accordance with this plan.

a a

Hastings—The Michigan Whip Co. has
increased its capital stock from $10,000
to $15,000.

Crockery & Glassware

LAMP BURNERS,

 

 

 

a ee.......... 40
ee ee 45
ee | oss, . &
eee 75

‘ LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box.
6 doz. in box.

Bee. 8 Lk 1%
meat 1 os
DF oe 2 70
First quality.
No. on crimp top Die bet ec eee ce 2%
a) ee ccd bike dau. 2 40
oe eee 3 40
NOx Flint.
=~ : Sun, crimp top ie peies oan (eu cee ce 2 60
SS a ee iy 2 80
No 3 ’ ” OF eee eet e wedeae aa ae 3 80
Pear! top.
= : Sun, wrapped and labeled od , 3 =
se eee ee. 4
No. 2 Hin . “ Ce 4 70
La Bastic
No. ; Sun, plain bulb, per doz. Reece 12
sll ler FC 1 50
No. i crimp, per’ ee 1 35
ae 1 60
STONEWARE—AKRON,
BresGOr CHOGES, DOF BAL... 6... 55 cc eescesss 06%
Jugs, i gal. sper doz Bids etna as a cacend oeaae 75
ee 6 Ue
Milk Pans, % gal., per doz. (glazed Po i
" 2 c c- 2... &
FRUIT JARS.
hore 8, Boyd’s or Rowley’s caps.
= ee 8 00
Ce A dade eens accu done boon aceeew uses 8 50
I nies nia cid cedeu ded cege 11 50

Above quotations are f, o. b.

 

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SCIENTIFIC TEST.

THEPURE ahead ofall,

 

The New England Grocer recently decided to test
the statement of the Royal Baking Powder Co., that
their powder would “retain its full leavening power
used,” “other brands lose

until while

quickly after the can is once opened.’

their strength

 

The publisher of the Grocer employed Dr. Bennett F. Davenport, a
prominent analytical chemist of Boston and analyst for the State of

Massachusetts, to make an examination of the three leading cream of
tartar baking powders—Royal, Cleveland’s and THEPURE.
The result is as follows:

OFFICE OF Dr. BENNETT F. DAVENPORT, ANALYTICAL CHEMIST, )
161 TREMONT STREET, Boston, MAss., June 12, 1890. \

This is to certify that at the request of the New England Grocer I purchased |
|in open market, May 22, 1890, fresh, original, unopened cans of the Royal, Cleve-

land’s and Thepure Baking Powder, and have carefully tested them as to the claims
of the Royal that theirs ‘‘will retain its full leavening power until used,”’
some other brands ‘‘lose their strength quickly after the can is once opened.’’

When first opened THEPURE was found to be the strongest, yielding 8.53 per
cent. more leavening gas than the Royal, and 3.62 per cent. more than Cleveland’s.
The open cans were then under one bell glass exposed to light and air in my oftice
window, and at intervals of one, two and three weeks retested, and found to still
rank in the same order. At the last test, however, THEPURE was 13.39 per cent.
stronger than the Royal, and 2.92 per cent. stronger than Cleveland’s.

Respectfully submitted, BENNETT F. DAVENPORT

I have made a careful examination of THEPURE Baking Powder and Guin it |
to be composed only of a very pure grape cream tartar and soda bicarbonate, com- |
mixed with |

pounded in the right proportions to yield the greatest volume of gas,
sufficient fine wheat flour to prevent caking. It yields 14.1 per cent. by weight of
leavening gas, and an ounce of it, if tested at the temperature of the interior of a
baking loaf (212 deg. F.), would yield 170.61 cubic inches of gas.

Respectfully submitted, BENNETT F. DAVENPORT.

The amount of leavening gas (the most important indication of the |
efficiency of Baking Powder as an aerating agent) as shown by the Gov- |

ernment test of Royal, which they make so much fuss about, is 12.74,
while Cleveland’s is 12.58, and Dr. Price’s 11.13 only, as
THEPURE 14.1 above. Comment is unnecessary.
Respectfully, ete.,
THEPURE Baking Powder Company,
AusBany, N. Y.

Manufacturers of the purest and best baking powder in the
and the only baking powder company that tries to pursue a “live and let
live”
compensation for their services.

| *Detroit Express
| ¢*Through Mail...

| tickets and
| D.,G. H. & M.R’y offices, 23 Monroe St., and at the depot.

while

against

world |

policy and insure both wholesale and retail distributors a fair!

 

 

TIME | TABLES.

Grand Rapids & & Indiana.
In effect June 22, 1890.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.

| Arrive. Leave.
Big Rapids & Saginaw............... 6:55 am
Traverse City & Mackinaw...... .. 6:50am 7:25am
| Traverse City & Mackinaw........ 9:15am 11:30am
Traverse City & Saginaw............8:16 pm 4:10pm
Mackinaw C MY ieee thaimen as ues 8:50pm 10:30pm
Train leaving at 10:30pm, runs daily, Sunday in-
eluded. Other trains daily except Sunday.

GOING SOUTH.

  
  

Cinetnmats Mxprces................. 6:00 a m 6 30am

Fort Wayne & Chicago............ 10:15am 10:25am
| Cimetnmeadt Boreas. ..........<..0. 5:40 pm 6:00 p m

Sturge & Citcago................0 10:50 pm 11:30pm
| From Big Rapids & Saginaw...... 11:50 am

rain leaving for Cincinnati at 6p. m. runs daily,
Sundays included. Other trains daily except Sunday.
Sleeping and Parlor Car Servic North—7:25 a. m.
and 10:30 p. m. trains have Wagner slee ping and pa arlor
ears to Petoskey and Mackinaw City. 11:30 a m tr
parlor chair cars to Mackinaw City. South—6::
train has parlor chair ear and 6p. m. train sl
ear for Cincinnati; 11

 

 

 

  

eping
30 p m train, Wagner sleeping
ear for Chicago via. Kz als amazoo.

Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.

 

ore Arrive.

edie cute cs 10:10 am
il ro 3:45pm
en acen sepia uuicerdconsceescauce ees 8:45 pm

Leaving time at Bridge street depot 7 minutes later.
Through tickets and full information can be had by
ealling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at depot, or
Geo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe St.,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
. L. LocKwoop, Gen’l Pass. Agent.

Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee.

GOING WEST.

  
  
 
 

Arrives. Leaves.
POTMI NDTOOS, . oo. oo. c csc coe 12:50 p m 1:00 p m
Vrnrogom Mam... oe... soos 4:10 Dm 6:15 pm
tGrand Rapids Express -- 10:25 pm 10:30 p m
Sees Weereee. ws... +. --. 6:40am 8:45am
Peete cua cess eeu 7:30 am

 

. 6:45 am 6:50am
..10:10 a m 10:20 am
3:35 pm 3:45 p m
9:50 p m 10:55 pm

 

tEvening Expr
*Night Express. .
tDaily, Sundays excepted. *Daily.

Detroit Express leaving 6:50 a m has Wagner parlor
and buffet car attached, and Evening Express le aving
3:45 pm has parlor car attached. These trains make
direct connection in Detroit for all points E

Express leaving at 10:55 p m has Wagne
ear to Detroit, arriving in De a ae at 7:20 a m.

Steamboat Express make lirect connection a
Grand Haven with steambos ut tor Milwaukee.
sleeping car berths secured at

  

leeping

AS. CAMPBELL, City Passenger Agent.
Jno. W. Loup, Traffic Manager, Detroit.

 

Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern.

For Toledo and all points South and East, take
the Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Rail
way from Owosso Junction. Sure connections
at above point with trains of D., G. H. & M., and
connections at Toledo with evening trains for
Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Cincin-
nati, Pittsburg, Creston, Orville and all promi-
nent points on connecting lines.

A. J. PaisLey, Gen’l Pass. Agent

MICHIGAN CENTRAL

“* The Niagara Falls Route.’’

  
 
  

DEPART. ARRIVE
PCG 7:20am 10:00pm
Mixed ... ie - 6:30am 5:00pm
Day Expre ss 11:55am 10:00am
*Atlantic & Pz 1:15pm 6:0am
New York Express.. 5:40pm 1:23pm

*Daily.

All other daily except Sun¢

Sleeping cars run on Atle om and Pacific Express
trains to and from Detroit.

Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Rapid
Express to and from Detroit.

FRED M. Brieas, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe St.

G. 8S. HAWKINS, Ticket Agent, Union Depot.

GKo. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St.

O. W. RueeLEs,G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago.

cE DS LEER. RI NS INES 5 GRR RMI sy
BEFORE BUYING GRATES§

vet Circular and Testimonials. ent nibeaiy -
Economical, Sanitary, Cleanly aad Art

ALDINE FIRE PLACE, GRAND RAPIDS. MiG

 

    
  
     

A True Combination of MOCHA,
JAVA and RIO.
Picture Card Given

With every pound package. For
Sale everywhere. Woolson Spice Co., Toledo, 0

 

  
  

   

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Don’t Be Too Particular.

We hear of a young man who recently
secured a position as book-keeper with a
Western firm, and lost his place by in- |
forming the proprietor one day that he | BW York (offee Rooms
came to keep books and not to collect 5
their bills. |

Education and experience contribute |
much to the bread-earning power and |
the chances for promotion. But business
managers and proprietors do not pay
their office help simply for possessing
these qualities, but for their ability to
bring them into the service of the bus-
iness. Any young man, no matter what
his knowledge and abilities may be, who
has not learned this, has failed to lay one
of the corner stones in the foundation of
success.

Young men starting in life, with a
laudable ambition to become wealthy and
to win distinction, should remember that |
position rather than salary should be the |
object: and, when the position is se-|
eured, it ought not to be necessary to re-
mind them that they are to work for
someone else, not themselves. Their aim |
should be to win the confidence of their
employers by being obedient, steady and
systematic; by seeking to perform extra
work instead of making excuses for duty
shirked; and by

their trust that | on ca i sonia Galvanized Iron Cornice,
did they own the business. If they fill)
' '
Plumbing & Heating Work.

61 Pearl Street.
Five Cents Each for all”dishes served
from bill of fare.

| Steaks, Chops and All Kinds of Order
Cooking a Specialty.

FRANK M. BEACH, Prop.

Ques
y a Pale

(Formerly Shriver, Weatherly & Co.)

 

CONTRACTORS FOR

 

the bill, other things equal, they need |
not worry about not being appreciated,
for if their employers don’t, there are |
others who will.

 

Dealers in
It is a nice thing to be a good collector, 5
and any beginner who refuses to try i, Pumps, Pipes, Etc., Mantels
under the guidance and by and with the| and Grates.
advice and encouragement of his em-

ployer is, to say the least. very foolish, | Weatherly & Pulte,

‘ >is > ¢ jrable ¢ ¢ |
and = is hardly a desirable man about |GRAND RAPIDS, il MICH.
an office.

F [ F [ sS

ine Frosting Sugar.
For Fine Frosting and Pastry this Sugar has no equal, and only has to be used

to be appreciated. With it there is no trouble in making Nice, Soft, Smooth frost-

ing. No eggs, beating or cooking required; simply mix the sugar with 4 little

water or milk to the proper consistency, flavor to taste and spread upon the cake

with a thin knife. You can also use. in place of milk or water, Orange, Lemon or

Pineapple juice, or the Syrup from any kind of Canned Fruit or Berries with most
excellent results. Sold by all Grocers. Warranted Pure, and manufactured by

PUTNAM CANDY CO., Grand Rapids.
BOGLE OT Co,

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Oils
and Makers of Fine Lubricants.

OFFICE—19 and 21 Waterloo St. WORKS—On C & W. M. and G. R. & I. R.R.,one

relephone No. 319. | mile north of Junction. Telephone No. 611-3R

The largest and most complete oil line in Michigan. Jobbers of all kinds of

Cylinder Oils, Engine Oils, W. Va. Oils, Lard Oils, Neatsfoot Oils, Harness Oil,

Signal Oil, Axle Grease, Boiler Purger, Kerosene Oils, Naptha, Turpentine, Lin-

seed Oils. Castor Oil, Cooking Oils, Axle Oils, Machinery Grease, Cotton Waste,
Etc. See Quotations.

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

 

THE MICHIGAN | TRADESM AN.

BEACH’S |

 

 

 

 

 

ABSOLUTE TEAS.

We are receiving large direct importations of our justly
celebrated

Absolute Japan Teas,

Which are universally conceded to be the best teas on the

market. Wherever these goods have been placed, they have

WON THE TRADE.

We place these goods in the hands of first-class dealers

only and will guarantee an increase in your tea trade, if you

(cn,

handle them. Try us on.

Telfer Spice

GRAND RAPIDS.

El. Puritano Cigar.
The Finest 10 Gent Gigar

ON EARTH

 

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\ MANUFACTURED BY
+ DILWORTH BROTHERS,

 

> TRADE SUPPLIED BY
. I. M. CLARK & SON,
S| Grand Rapids.
+ |;BRADDOCK, BATEMAN & CO.,
i Bay City.

> T. E. BREVOORT, - Detroit.

DETROIT SOAP CO’S

FAMOUS

Queen Anne Soap

The Best Known, Most Popular and Fastest Selling Laundry and General Family
Soap in the Market. No Grocery Stock Complete Without This Brand Handsome
Oleograph, Size 15x20 inches, given for 25 os ANNE SOAP WRAPPERS. Our
Laundry and Toilet Soaps are sold by all W nolesale Grocers.

 

 

Ww. G. HAWKIN S, oce aon tts. Went eRAND ‘RAPIDS

 

FERMENT UM,

THE ONLY RELIABLE COMPRESSED YEAST.
L. WINTERNITZ, Agent, 106 Kent St., Grand Rapids.

 

FERMENTUM is the only compressed yeast which has maintained its strength during the

hot weather.

Grocers and bakers having trouble with inferior yeasts,
can be assured of good results with FERMENTUM.

I HAVE EXCEPTIONAL FACILITIES FOR HANDLING THE TRADE OUTSIDE THE CITY, a Special Wagon Delivering Orders to the Early Morning Trains.
Send for samples and you will be convinced of the superiority of “FERMENTUM” over all other brands of yeast.