Michigan Tradesman. Published ¥ Weekly. : THE TRADESMAN | COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. $1 Per Year. VOL. 9. GRAND RAPIDS,SSEPTEMBER 30, 1891. NO. 419 G. S. BROWN & CO., TELFER SPICE COMPANY. —— JOBBERS OF ——— : MANUFACTURERS OF Domestic Fruits and Vegetables spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of We carry the largest stock in the city and guarantee satisfaction. We always bill goods at the | Teas, Co ffees a nd Grocers’ Su nd ries. lowest market prices. SEND FOR QUUTATIONS. | 24 and 26 North Division St., GRAND RAPIDS. land 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS oF PEACHES AND BANANAS. — TENNIS SHOES. | MEN’S OXFORDS, . 40e YOUTHS OXFORDS .0.6.0.0..00.. 36¢c WE ARE HEADQUARTERS. | BOYS’ Et ee ec a Sc CHILDS’. “ scp vuecteu ie Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. | Alsoa line of Candee Tennis Shoes 50 per cent. off list. A nice line of Men’s, i Boys’, Youths’, Women’s, Misses’ and Child’s Shoes in C alf, Grain, Glove Grain, C; N. RAPP AL C7) — ete. Would be pleased to show you styles and prices 9 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. : GEO. 3 REEDER & Co., 158 &160 Fulton St, Grand Rapids, Mich. TRIMO mg Pipe Wrensh TH h N uM TORK BIOUUIT UU, \ al ~icisaa ee cies a ae aes. i Made of Forged Steel and Interchangeable inf{all its Parts. Sold by | Cra cker Man uta C turers 9 { HESTER & FOX, - - - Grand Rapids, Mich.|87, 39 and 41 Kent St., es Grand Rapids. MUSKEGON srsaieiiwicat hails STATES BAKING CO., VV H 1) €) WV N S MUSKEGON CRACKER Co., —— JOBBER OF — HARRY FOX, Manager. Crackers, Biscuits Sweet Goods, Notions & Fancy Goods. MUSKEGON, MICH. 8 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Michigan. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS. T have just received a fresh invoice of Ribbons, on which I am prepared to make unusually close prices, New Line of PENNY GOODS for September Trade,| == T= EST! Order Tycoon Gum and Chocolate Triplets. Jennin as” A. E. BROOKS & CO. Flavoring Extracts No. 46 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS SEE QUOTATIONS. vecaee, sees PEACHES! PEACHES! PEACHES! GeNTS—In connection with our order for ‘‘Albion Patent Flour” which you will find enclosed, permit us to say that we have used your Albion Patent for the Send your orders for PEACHES to past fifteen years and it has always given universal sati: sfaction. We consider it 4 - y the best brand of flour, for family use, that we handle. Yours very truly, 7 HW FE B f x ¢ yy ) Sang es BP yy WELLS STONE MERCANTILE CO. O. nas ~— aN, eens p NM1881 7 Pand Ranids We wish to place this brand in every city and town in Michigan, and give the | Wholesale Produce and Commission 33 Ottawa St., Gr and Rapids. exclusive control to responsible dealers. There is money in it for you. W. rite for | particulars. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed in every instance ALBION MILLING COMPANY, Albion, Mich, | ->aNanas, Jersey Sweet : Received in a Car Lots. —— s J We ne ves arket price for all fresh Eggs you can i=) B RR KK L INT fn, BZ EL B S S| — pila ps If any to effer write us. DEALERS IN iB zy xu have Be for — WHOLESALE: ean be sample an a pric Fruits, Seeds, Beans and Produce. Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, ere BROS.. NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, " ie nt WE CARRY A STOCK OF UAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. 26 , 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPIDS, ticipants samira LEMON & WHEELER COMPAM, IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers GRAND RAPIDS. Grand Rapids Storage & Transfer Co, ute | Telephone No. 945. Winter St, between Shawmut Ave. and W. Fulton St, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. General Warehousemen and Yransfer Agents, COLD STORAGE FOR BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE, FRUITS, AND ALL KINDS OF PERISHABLES. ae and Jobbers in Mowers, Binders Twine, Threshers, has nes, Straw Stackers, Drills, Rakes, Tedders, Cultivators, Plows, Pumps, Carts, Wagons. Buggies, Wind Mills and Machine and Plow repairs, Ete. J. Y. F. BLAKE, Sup't. Heyman & Company. Manufacturers of MOW Cases Of Every Description. WRITE FOR PRICES. AG 63 and 85 Canal St., - STANDARD Ulh GU, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Dealers in illuminating and Lubricating -OLlLS- NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave. BULK STATIONS AT Office, Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, Cadillac, Grand Haven, Ludington, Howard City, Mus- ] } 3 kegon, Reed City, Manistee, Petoskey, Allegan. Highest Price Paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels First-Class Work Only, GRAND RAPIDS. Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons Cloaks, We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. AL BARNHART PUTMAN CO. Wholesale “Grocers, BiNDGE: BERTSCH & CoO.,. Manufacturers and Jobbers of Boots and Shoes. Our fall lines are now complete in every department. Our line of Men’s and Boys’ boots are the best we ever made or handled. For durability try our own manufacture men’s, boys’, youths’, women’s, misses’ and children’s shoes. lines of slippers and warm goods we ever carried. We handle all the lead ing lines of felt boots and socks. i Wesolicit your inspec- ‘tion before purchasing. “Agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.” We have the finest : iP. DEPFTENTHALENR ——— JOBBER OF OYSTERS SALT FISH POULYRY & GAME Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. See Quotations in Another Column. CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF POULTRY AND GAME SOLICITED. —————— MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, VOL. 9. EEDS We carry the largest line in field and garden seeds of any house in the State west of Detroit, such as Clover, Timothy, Hungarian, Millet, Red Top; all of Seed Corn, sates Peas, in thing you need in seeds. kinds fact any- We pay the highest price for Eggs, at all times. We sell Egg Cases No. 1 at 35¢c, Egg case fillers, 10 sets in a ease at $1.25 a case. W. 'Y. LAMOREAUX & 60., 128, 130, 152 W. Bridge St., ’ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, ESTABLISHED 1841. CE mcm THE MERCANTILE AGENCY H.<. Dain & Co. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada WANTED !? I WANT TO BUY one or two thou- sand cords of good 16-inch beech and maple wood. I ALSO WANT TO SELL Lime, Imported and Domestic Cements, Fire Brick, Sewer Pipe, Drain Tile, Hay, Grain, Feed, Oil Meal, Clover and Tim- Etc. THOS. E. WYKES, WIHIOLESALE WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE: Cor. Wealthy Ave. and Tonia on M. C. R. R. BRANCH OFFICE: Builders’ Exchange. Correspondence Solicited. PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK. Cor. Monroe and Ionia Sts., Capital, $100,000. Liability, $100,000 Depositors’ Security, $200,000. OFFICERS, ‘eran, President. Hastings, Vice-President, Heald, 2d Vice-President. Kelsey, Cashier, DIRECTORS. othy Seed, Land Plaster, Thomas Heft Henry F. Charles M. Charles B. D. D. Cody H. C. Russell S. A. Morman John Murray Jas. G. McBride J. HW. Gibbs Wm. MeMullen Cc, B. Judd D. £. Waters H. F. Hastings Jno, Patton, Jr . M. Heald Wm. Alden Smith Don J. Leathers Thomas Hefferan. Four per cent. interest paid on time certificates and savings deposits. Collections promptly made at lowest rates. Exchange sold on New York, Chicago, Detroit and all foreign countries, Money transferred by mail or telegraph. Muni- cipal ‘and county bonds bought and sold, Ac counts of mercantile firms as well as banks and bankers solicited. We invite correspondence or personal inter view with a view to business relations, Lagi FIRE YUUIC, 0) “is; Yap co. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAF&. S. F. ASPINWALL, Pres’t. N, Sec’y W. Fasep McBar fp Leading Who cis ra GRAND R A PIDS. | i } | } ' ; | | i | | | | | | j | | | | | | | | | , WE L »N ES OYSTERS | We quote: Slid Brand Oysters. Selects. ....... a. oo e.. ee . 23 | Standards ..... = Daisy Brand Oysters, Setecta ..._,...... ~ Standards........... 18 | Pavories.......... 16 Our Favorite Brand. Mrs, Withey’s Home-made Mince-Meat. Large bDbis..... G4 Mali bbis........... 63; iD. pails ..... _@ 20TD, pails ........ Tg | LOUD, pets... 2. Tee | 21b. ¢ ans, (usut al weight). . 61,50 per doz. | 15 1b. ' «vncces.Gheo Per G0z Chotee Demy Mutter... ................... |... 18 Pure Sweet Cider, in bbls. a [Pore (iger Vinepar... .......... 1. ......... 10 Choice 300 and ¢ 760 Let mons es 50 Will pay 40 cents each for Molasses half b bls. | Above prices are made low to bid for trade. Let your orders come. KDWIN FALLAS & SON, ally Giy Gol Straus Drag Store for Sale at a Bargain On long time if desired, or will exchange for part productive real estate. Stock clean and well assorted, Location the best in the city. I wish to retire permanently from the drug bus- iness, Cc. L. BRUNDAGE, Opp. New Post Office. 117 W. Western Ave. Muskegon, Mich. STUDLEY & BARCLAY K [ddng j,wyedag aut4 ¥ II Spoon AOqQqQny JO s1oqqor Sal Agents for the CANDEE Rubber boots, tics, lumbermen’s, ete., shoes, arc- the best in the market. We carry the finest line of felt and knit boots, socks and rubber clothing inthe market. Send for price list and discounts. 4 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, Mich. PENBERTH YI NJECTORS. DA Y, |} sprang from a less |rich perfume, The Most l’erfect Autematic Sade. 42,000 in actual operation. injector Manufactured by PENBERTHY INJECTOR CO,, | | | | | DETROIT, MICH. |} almost thought | Man, SE PTEMBER 30, THE HARVEST OF FAITH. 1891. but he was utterly devoid as Under the shadow of a great fig tree a | young girl sat in a deep reverie. Sucha | tender light was in her eyes, such a sweet | smile of full satisfaction on her face, that | | as some late a stranger would certainly have said: ‘She is thinking of her lover.’’ lover had Mabel Rae, and her pleasure dangerous sourece— | from the handful of tuberoses in her lap. Their spiritual, dreamy beauty, and rare, always held her as in a spell of measureless content. To breathe - | their odor was to fill her soul with holy and tender thoughts, and the lovely wax- en flowers, pale, pure and white as moon- shine, haunted her heart and imagina- tion, and received from her a perpetual love and worship. There she sat until the heat and still- ness of the tropical her to noon drove the house, a grand old home hid among | - O. 419 yet of experiences but such as his college mountain home had any and brought him. Nev- | ertheless he has not destitute of the tra- But no | giant live-oaks gray with the solemn | waving southern moss. She went first | to the large, dim parlors, intending to| put her favorites among the damp moss of the hanging baskets, but the dreamy langor of the darkened room overcame every desire but that of sleep, and she | lay down on the nearest couch, holding her flowers in her hands. , Half an hour later Mr. Rae opened the door and ushered in a gentleman had accompanied him from New Orleans. ‘Sit down, Allan,’’? he said. “I soon the will arouse house. You see, it is who | | soft, the hour for siesta, and I believe all take | it at the same time when I am away.” For a few minutes the young man be- | lieved himself alone. The subtle, pow- erful perfume—quite unknown, but de- licious beyond expression—was his first | sensation. Then, as his eyes became ac- customed to the dim fully-closed jalousies, he saw a picture that he never more forgot—a most lovely girl, in the first maidenhood, fast asleep on the silken cushions piled on alow divan. Her a kind of glory in the bloom of white robes made darkened corner. One hand had fallen down, and the flow- | the | ers gemmed the carpet at her side; other lay across her breast as if embrac- ing the tuberoses which it had seattered | there. Never in all his native never in any dream of mountains, love or fancy, i could no longer delay. light of the care- | | make her acceptable in the | lan’s father. had Allan Monteith seen a woman half | so fair. ing on Mabel as if he Almost entraneed he stood gaz- | had ‘‘seen a vis- | ion.” There lay his destiny asleep; he | knew it, and opened his whole welcome when Mr. 7 But Rae, followed by a negro valet, and Mabel languidly opened pensive eyes and stretched out her arms for her father’s embrace, ‘“‘Love’s young dream. returned, her great, he should cess of emotion, and it was with culty he controlled himself to the introduction and sary. Allan Monteith the only son of a faint from ex- apologies neces- was a young Scotch- |} whom in early life Mr. Rae had formed a most ardent friendship. Allan was rich, and by nature and birth equally noble; soul to | j} unexpected changes. ; no will, | which time, ditional business eapacity of his house, transactions in cotton and sugar in New Orleans had proven to Mr. Rae. And partly beeause he liked the young man, and partly as a matter of interest, he had invited him to his home the and lagoons of the Evergreen bayou. Mabel, in this trans- action, had properly but to her True, among woods been considered: father was yet a child. he recognized her wonderful beau- ty, and was very proud of it; he too, that exquisite voice and great skill in music, and the passing idea of showing his pearl of price to the foreigner rather flattered his vanity than alarmed his He did not that he was introdneing a new claimant for its possession. she knew, she possessed an fears. dream Yet soit proved. Allan lingered as if in an enchanted castle till he had no life, no hopes but those which cen- tered in Mabel And she, innocent and impressible, soon returned his pas- with a and far! Rae. sion leve even more less selfish than her absorbing lover’s. Oh, the sweet, warm, love-laden days in those solemnly shaded woods! Oh, the blissful hours in the cool evenings, when the perfume of tuberoses and jasmine filled When the moonlight glorified lovely and every common thing. and oleanders the air! calm every It was like a dream of those days when the old rustie gods reigned, and to live was to love, and to love was to be happy. With the fal!, however, there came im- perative letters from Scotland, and Allan Love has its busi- ness as well as its romance, and this side Mr. Rae would gagement for two years, by was not so satisfactory. hear of no e1 he said, Mabel he hoped to be able fortune as would eves of Al- But for the present he to give such a ab- solutely declined to look upon the young people’s attachment as binding on either side. ‘‘In less than two years, when the first | tuberoses bloom, I will be here again, Mabel, darling,” were Allan’s last whis- pered words, as he held her tenderly in his arms and kissed again and again the all the world to him. And Mabel smiled through her tears, and held the of the summer to his lips for a parting pledge. brought many and That very winter face dearer than last tuberose 3ut the two years | the first war-cloud gathered, and long be- Allan | difti- receive | i ginning of |in money gentleman with | fore Allan could redeem his promise the little inland plantation was desolate and Mr. Rae had gone to the war, and Mabel boarded in a ladies’ deserted. sehool in but the be- Another year found her an orphan, and cruelly embarrassed affairs. Claimants without number appeared against the Rae estate, and creditors forced the plantation into the market at the most unfavorable time. She was driven from her home in strict New Orleans. These were SOrTTOWS. 2 accordance with the fully wronged. Poverty is a grand teacher, however, and has learned .disciples; and now, for the Mabel thought for herself, and dared to look the future in the She had promised her father never to write to Allan without his permission, but she eonsidered that death many first time in all her life, face. annuls all con- tracts, and surely now, if ever, it Allan’s duty to befriend and care for her. him shy, timid sentences of her sorrow and But it was doubtful if ever him; mails in was So she sent word in a few, loneliness. the letter those days were not certainties; and even if it did Allan, it uncertain whether he could reach Mabel. would reach reach And in the meantime she must work letter of the law, | but she felt and knew, though powerless | to prevent it, that she had been shame- | | advances. jin the hands of strangers, his lovers, and report said, more than one excellent offer of marriage, but she qui- | etly ignored or else decidedly refused al] tall, fair mountaineer who had won it amid the warmth and perfume of trop- ical noons and moonlit though twice two years had passed, she refused to believe him false. She was right. Allan deserved her fullest faith. Her letter had never reached him, and yet he had, with in- credible difficulty, made his way to New Orleans, only to find the Rae plantation friend dead, and Mabel knew gone, none | whither. After along and disappointing was still more | serrch, he left Mabel’s discovery in the hands of well-paid agents, and returned to Scotland almost broken-hearted at the | destruction of all his hopes. or starve—a blessed alternative in great | People who have to fight ‘‘a sea of troubles,’? do not go mad. Work, the oldest of all gels, is the consoler, and brings through. And though Mabel Rae could command no higher position than that of found ever the dreamy, sorrows, I say. preached evan- nursery governess, yet she higher life than rious selfishness of her had given her. luxu- Her employers were of the ordinary class. Ican weave no romance out of them. Mabel, neither did they ill-use her. was useful and neither for sympathy nor attention. No letter came from Allan Monteith, though she waited and hoped with failing heart and paling cheeks for more than a year. She had not the her anxiety and courage to write again, and distress began to tell very perceptibly on a naturally frail constitution. Then a physician advised her to try at once a more invigorating climate, and she not unwillingly agreed to accompany the invalid wife of an offi- cer returning to her home in New York. This was the dawn of a for Mabel. She she did not brighter day found friends even if find health, and her rare beauty and wonderful musical talents seon procured her the admiration of a large and influential circle. By the ad- vice of her friend, she established her- self ina fashionable locality, and com- 1 think have been more suc- menced the teaching of music. few women could eessful. Part of this was undoubtedly due to the social power of her friend; but neither this nor her own loveliness and winning manners would have been sufficient without the genuine knowledge of her art and that which charmed all who heard it. wonderful voice Mabel’s became ‘‘the So, in the second winter of residence in New York, it thing’? to invite Miss over select social and musical entertain- ments. met her during this season frequently, and who tact something extraordina'y and Her rare Rae to preside I have a friend who deseribes her and influence as beauty was undiminished, though more thoughtful and spirituel in character. same—a pale, pink, lustreless silk, with tuberoses in her hair and at her breast, for her passion for stronger than ever; and when they were to be procured, at any trouble or cost, her little room was always full of their peculiar fragrance. these flowers was They felt no special interest inj|,. : ; : : ' ' S) | tion of some delicate perfume in the air. pne i... : |Far away unobtrusive, and asked | | tossed But he still loved her passionately, and often in stormy nights, when the winds the tall pines like straws, and | mountain snows beat at barred doors and them | it a| father’s home | windows, he thought of the happy peace and the solemn siiences in which he and his love had walked, listening only to the beating of their own hearts, or the passionate undernotes of the mocking- birds. Often, both in sleeping and wak- |ing dreams, he saw again that dim par- lorand the beautiful girl sleeping on } the silken couch; and with these memo- | ries there always came the same sensa- amid the heather and the |} broom and the strong fresh breezes of the North Sea, he still was visited by the breath of the tropic woods, and the fra- grance of the tuberose and the memory of his lost Mabel were ene and indivisi- ble in his heart. Th: s two walked apart who should have walked handin hand, and it seemed as if the years only widened that breach over which two looked longingly But there are ills which happen for good; and I think any one who would have taken the trouble to analyze the gain in character which this separation and struggle produced, would souls and called vainly. have said so. For, after five years of battle with life, Mabel was no longer a lovely, impulsive, thoughtless child; she noble woman, beautiful in all the majesty of And Allan’s whole nature had swelled under the of amighty and swell under the influence of the sun and moon. If we the heart was a completed suffering. influence unselfish love, as seas harvest of One day early in Mabel got a from a announcing her from wait, however, the will the winter, come, note friend return abroad, and begging her to be present at a small, informal at her house that evening. She. went early in the day, and spent the afternoon in that pleasant gossip which young and happy women Her hostess rallied her a good reunion enjoy. | deal upon her growing years, and laugh- | ing advised her to secure a young Scotch- magnetic. | | quaintance in Her dress was uniformly the | | | man with whom they had a pleasant ac- their travels, and who was New Yorh, and going to spend the evening with them. Did Fate knock softly on Mabel’s soul then? For she blushed violently; and instantly, as if by magic, there sprang up in her heart a happy refrain which she could not control, and which kept on singing: ‘‘He comes! He comes! My lover comes!” now in Her heart was still with the | nights; and | -THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. During this winter Mabel had many | She dressed with more than ordinary | care, and was so impatient that her toilet | was completed before the others had be- gun. Soshe sat down in the unlighted parlors, saying to herself: ‘‘1 must be i still. I will be calm. For how should | | bear a disappointment, and what ground of hope have 1? Absolutely none but | that he comes from the same country. | No; there is no hope!” But still, above the doubt and fear, she could hear the same chiming under- tone: ‘‘He comes! He comes! My lover comes!” She became nervous and superstitious, and when silence was broken by a quick ring and a rapid footstep, she rose in- voluntarily from her chair, and stood trembling and flushing with excitement in the middle of the room. Ah! Mabel! Mabel! your heart has seen further than your eyes. Allan had come at last. “Ah, my darling! my darling! my fair, sweet flower whose perfume has _ fol- lowed me o’er land and sea, I have found you again at last!’ exclaimed Allan, as he clasped Mabel to his bosom. And so Mabel’s winter of discontent and sorrow was over. Never more did she have grief or pain unsoothed or un- comforted. Il only wish I could close as the old fairy tales do, and say: ‘‘So they lived happy ever afterward.’’ But, alas! Though a lovely Mabel Monteith, with her father’s hair and her mother’s eyes, makes light and gladnessin Allan’s home, the far dearer one has gone ‘‘to the abodes where the eternal are.”’ In a little country church-yard, not twenty mils from New York, the beau- tiful Mabel Rae ‘‘sleeps the sleep that knows no waking.” Half the year round you would know her grave by the deli- cate odor of tuberoses with which it is covered; and even when snows cover it, and wild winds and iains beat over its turf, one noble heart offers there still the incense of an undying affection. For, be sure that a true love ‘‘strikes but one hour,’’? and he or she has never loved at all who can say, ‘‘I loved once.” Was Mabel's short life a lost one? Oh, no! Life is perfect in small measures, and she left upon the mountain-tops of death a light that makes them lovely to those who shall follow her. AMELIA E. BARR. Voie, Herpolshelmer & Co. Importers and Jobbers of Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, CARPETS, CURTAINS. senseless Manufacturers of Shirts, Pants, Overalls, kts. Elegant Spring Line of Prints, Ging- hams, Toile Du Nord, Challies, White and Black Goods, Pereales, Satteens, Serges, Pants Cloth, Cottonades and Hosiery now ready for inspection. Chicago and Detroit Prices;Guaranteed. 48, 50 and 52 Ottawa St. GRAND RAPIDS, . = MICH. CUTS for BOOM EDITIONS —OR— PAMPHLETS For the best work, at reasonable prices, address THE TRADESMAN COMPANY. A. D. SPANGLER & CO., GENERAL Commission Merchants And Wholesale Dealers in Fruits and Produce. We solicit correspondence with both buy- ers and sellers of all kinds of fruits, ber- ries and produce. SAGINAW, E. Side, MICH. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. A. J. Bownnk, President. PD. A. ‘ peEeTT, Vice-President. H. W. Nasn, Cashier - $300,000. CAPITAL, - - Transacts a genera: banking business Makea Specialty of Collections, Accounts of Conntry Merchants Solletted SMITH & SANFORD. RO Floor th Of the best quality, At a price to close, In lots to suit Purchaser. SMITH & SANFORD. Send for Sample Leaf and Prices of our New SINGLE ENTRY LEDGER. Just the Thing for Retail Business. a SS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. S.A. Morman WHOLESALE Petoskey, Marblehead and Ohio LIME, Akron, Buffalo and Louisville CEMENTS, Stucco and Hair, Sewer Pipe, FIRE BRICK AND CLAY. - Write for Prices. 20 LYON ST., - GRAND RAPIDS. Good Advice to Young Men. In a letter to the Boston Herald, ad- | l€ast always be tending upward. THE MICHIGAN I did not realize the highest, I might at | A man | dressed particularly to young men, Mr. | should not only use all his faculties, but | George W. Childs says: It is thought that because I have been a young man, and have worked hard and achieved success, I am qualified to advise others who are starting in life. It is not for me to decide whether or not this idea is correct. Butlam sure that few bene- fits can be conferred upon humanity more important than to help the young to lead good and useful lives; and if anything I 2an say will promote that end Iam wil- ling and happy to say it. There is nothing miraculous in the suc- cess that I have met with. If aman has | be constantly developing them so that he ;can do more. If you jump at a thing | with your whole heart and mind, though | you may not be exceptionally able, it is ; wonderful how much you may accom-| | plish, butif you are half hearted you will | ail. | Se —— } The Microbe’s Lot. | Pasteur’s plan of growing disease | germs outside the body in broth, although | of the utmost value, did not allow a con- | | venient separation of the different germs; | | but this can now readily be done by | TRADESMAN. - | 3 PUILY FOR BU Do you want to do your customers justice? Do you want to increase your trade in a safe way? Do you want the confidence of all who trade with you? Would you like torid yourself of the bother of ‘‘posting’’ your books ‘‘patching up’’ pass-book accounts? Do you not want pay for all the small items that go out of your store, which and lo : : lw salt « - "I . arce? good principles and does his best to act| Koch’s plan of sowing them, not in a/| Yourself and clerks are so prone to forget to charge: up to them, he cannot fail of success, though it may not be suceess of precisely the same kind as mine. There are in- numerable ways of being useful in this world, and each man has his peculiar gifts and qualifications. Each man will walk in the path best adapted to him; but there is no reason why every path should not lead toward one and the same point— tuward the benefiting of men in general. Good principles are just as good for the artist as'for the artisan—for the poet as} for the ploughman—for the man of busi- ness as for the clergyman. It makes no difference what you do, as long as it is just and you are honest and diligent in the doing of it: ‘“‘Who sweeps a room, as for Thy laws, Makes that and the action fine.” It is well, in my opinion, to accustom one’s self early to work, and not be afraid of any kind of work that is honest and useful. I began to support myself when I was 12 years old, and I have never been dependent on others since then. I had some schooling, but not much; I never went to college, not because | did not think a college career might be a good thing for those who could make a good use of it, but because I did not feel that it was so important for me as to be earn- ing my own living. When I left home to come to Philadelphia, one of my relatives said that I would soon have enough of that and would be coming back again. But I made up my mind that I would never go back—I would sueceed. I had health, the power of applying myself, and, | suppose, a fair amount of brains. I came to Philadelphia with $3 in my pocket. I found board and lodging fer $2.50, and then got a place as office boy for $3. That gave me a surplus of 50 cents a week. I did not merely do the work that,l was absolutely required to do, but did all 1 could, and put my heart into it. I want- ed my employer to feel that 1 was more useful to him than he expected me to be. I was not afraid to clean and sweep and perform what might be considered by some young gentlemen nowadays as menial work, and, therefore, beneath them. I did not think it beneath me then, and I should not now. If it were neces- sary, I would sweep out my oflice to-day, and I often carry bundles. But the other day a youth came to me to ask if I could find some employment for him. His father had died and his mother could not support him, and he wished to support himself. I looked at him and saw that he had on very nice clothes and kid gloves. I asked him if he would like to wheel a wheel-barrow. He seemed surprised, and answered that he didn’t think he would like that. Then I asked him if he would object to carrying bundles. Well, he wasn’t anxious to carry bundles, either. He was like many young men who talk about wanting to work, but when it comes to the point they want to do only kid- glove sort of work. I must say I don’t have much sympathy with that sort of feeling. Men are all brothers, and what is worthy of one is not unworthy to any- | The Bible says it is what cometh | one. out of the mouth that defileth a man” It is not work, but character, that can be! disereditable. While I was working as errand and office boy I improved such opportunity as I had to read books, and to attend book sales, so as to learn the market value of books and anything else that might be useful to me hereafter. It was my aim always to be in a position where I could use my best talents to the best advantage. I fixed my ambition high, so that even if liquid medium, but on solid gelatine spread on glass plates, so that the growth | | of the germs can be daily watched under | ithe microscope, and inoculations made | from single colonies on other plates until pure cultures have been obtained. By |} | thus isolatmg the different microbes, we | | | 1 | | | { | | learn their life history, the mode in which | | their growth is influenced by differences | | of soil, of temperature, of moisture, by | | the addition of various substances which either favor or retard their growth, and, | | last but not least, the effect which one | | microbe has upon another when they are | grown together at the same time. | For even amongst these minute organ- | isms the struggle for existence and the | survival of the fittest exist, like that | which Darwin pointed out so clearly in | the case of higher plants and animals. | When two microbes are growing together one may choke or destroy the other, just as weeds in a garden may choke the | flowers; or, on the other hand, successive | generations of one microbe may render | the soil suitable for another, just as de- caying alge and mosses may furnish mold in which higher plants can grow. But it is not merely between different species of microbes or different cells in an organism that this struggle oceurs. It takes place also between the disease germs and the cells of the organism which they invade, and the result of the strug- gle may be determined, not by some powerful agency which weakens or de- stroys either the organism or the microbe, but by some little thing which simply in- clines the scale in favor of one or the other. Thus, in the potato disease, the victory of the invading microbe and the destruction of the potato, or the death of the microbe and the health of the tuber, may depend upon some condition of mois- ture or possibly of electrical change in the atmosphere which aids the growth of the microbe disproportionately to that of the potato. These atmospheric ‘condi- tions need not necessarily be antagonistic to the potato; they may even in them- selves be advantageous to it; but if they help the microbe more than the plant, the microbe will gain the victory and the plant be destroyed. a The Old, Old Scheme. From the Hastings Banner. Agents of the ‘‘Wholesale Dealers’ As- sociation,’? of Chicago, are working in various parts of the State and it is very remarkable how many suckers are biting at the old, old scheme, changed just a little bit. Forthe sum of $5 the agent gives his dupe a book, which contains all of the secret prices that the aforesaid dupe can take advantage of by buying in Chicago of this house. The subscriber is supposed to keep the book in some con- cealed spot about the household where no one except himself can become ac- quainted with the mysteries it contains. But it seems that some of the suckers are beginning to get their eyes open, for they made their book public property, |and by doing so disclosed the fact that goods could be bought 10 per cent. cheaper in any city in Michigan than | they were paying this Chicago concern. Besides paying 10 per cent. more for goods, they had to pay the freight and buy in larger quantities than they would by buying at home. As P. T. Barnum once said, ‘*The people like to be hum- bugged,’’? and as long as they do there | will always be sharpers traveling around to fully accommodate them. It is always cheaper and better to buy of the home merchant, but it often takes a little cost- | | |} of the pass book which you now hand | chant to avoid the friction | ] | | | the book, can be kept in the ly experience to discover this fact. Did you ever have a pass-book account foot up and balance with the corres- ponding ledger account without having to ‘‘doctor’’ it? Do not many of your customers complain that they have been charged for items they never had, and is not your memory a little clouded as to whether they | have or not? Then why not adopt a system of crediting that will abolish all these and a | hundred other objectionable features of the old method, and one that establishes a CASH BASIS of crediting? A new era dawns, and with it new commodities for its new demands; and all enterprising merchants should keep abreast with the times and adopt either the Tradesman or Superior Coupons. COUPON BOOK ys. PASS BOOK. This ren- ders unnecessary the keeping of acecunts with each customer and enables a mer- and ill feel- ing incident to the use of the pass book. As the notes bear interest after a certain date, they are much easier to collect than book accounts, being prima facie evidence of indebtedness in any court of law or equity. One of the strong points of the coupon system is the ease with which a mer- chant is enabled to hold his customers down to a certain limit of credit. Give some men a pass book and a line of $10, and they will overrun the limit before you discover it. Give thematen dollar coupon book, however, and they must necessarily stop when they have obtained goods to that amount. It then rests with the merchant to determine whether he will issue another book before the one al- ready used is paid for. In many localities merehants are sell- ing coupon books for cash in advance, giving a discount of from 2 to 5 per cent. for advance payment. This is especially pleasing to the cash customer, because it gives him an advantage over the patron who runs a book account or buys on credit. The cash man ought to have an advantage over the credit customer, and this is easily accomplished in this way without making any actual difference in the prices of goods—a thing which will always create dissatisfaction and loss. Briefly stated,the coupon system is pref- erable to the pass book method because it (1) saves the time consunied in recording the sales on the pass book and copying same in blotter, day book and ledger; (2) prevents the disputing of accounts; (3) puts the obligation in the form of a note, which is prima facte evidence of indebt- edness; (4) enables the merchant to col- lect interest on overdue notes, which he is unable to do with ledger accounts; (5) holds the customer down to the limit of credit established by the merchant, as it is almost impossible to do with the pass book. Are not the advantages above enu- merated sufficient to warrant a trial of the coupon system? If so, order from the largest manufacturers of coupons in the country and address your letters to We beg leave to call your attention to our coupon book and ask you to carefully eonsider its merits. It takes the place for the makers to pay them. your customer and ask him to bring each time he buys anything, that you may enter the article and price in it. You know from experience that many times the customer does not bring the book, | and, as a result, you have to charge} many items on your book that do not appear on the customer’s pass book. This | is sometimes the cause of much ill feel-| ing when bills are presented. Many| times the pass book is lost, thus causing eonsiderable trouble when settlement day comes. But probably the most se- rious objection to the pass book system is that many times while busy waiting on customers you neglect to make some charges, thus losing many a dollar; or, if you stop to make those entries, it is done when you can illy afford the time, as you keep customers waiting when it might be avoided. The aggregate amount of time consumed in a month in making these small entries is no inconsiderable thing, but, by the use of the coupon system, it is avoided. Now as to the use of the coupon book: Instead of giving your customer the pass book, you hand him a coupon book, say of the denomination of $10, taking his note for the amount. When he buys anything, he hands you or your clerk the book, from which you tear out coupons for the amount purchased, be it 1 cent, 12 cents, 75 cents or any other sum. As the book never passes out of your customer’s hands, except when you tear off the coupons,it is just like somuch money to him, and when the coupons are all gone, and he has had their worth in goods, there is no grumbling or suspi- cion of wrong dealing. In fact, by the use of the coupon book, you have all the advantages of both the cash and credit systems and none of the disadvantages of either. The coupons taken in, being put into the cash drawer, the aggregate amount of them, together with the cash, shows at once the day’s business. The notes, which are perforated at one end so that they can be readily detached from safe or money drawer until the time has arrived THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Belding — Demorest & Bigley have opened a fiour and feed store. Reed City—J. grocery stock to John Marvin. A. Scoley has sold his Osecoda—Louis Kaichen has removed his jewelry stock to Bay City. |} ; Baldwin—Thos. Heffernan has started a branch drug store at Stearns. Mt. Pleasant—M. Garvin has sold grocery stock to T. Albion—G. W. W. Swarts Sweeney has soid hi harness stock to Lohoke Bros. Ludington—s. D & Nichols in the grocery business. Mt. Pleasant—H. Andrew Frankfort—L. E. Moon succeed Bent has sold his grocery stock to Allenbaugh Grisier has purchased the general stock of A. S. Barber & Co. Cass City — Arthur W. Sharrard has ¢ sold his general stock to Wm. Elevier. Gaines Station—W. E. Alt his hardware stock to Frank Blodgett. Red Jacket— Werner Nikander suc- ceeds Geo. Ramsel! in the drug business. Kalamazoo—Means Bros. have sold their confectionery shop to A. C. Davis. —Hisey are putting in a new flour and feed store. Midland—A. E. Cody succeeds Cody & Shaw in the g Bellaire & Son, of Baldwin, rocery and notion business. Saginaw—The Hoyt Dry Goods Co. has eal a branch store in West Bay City. Leroy—John Glerum succeeds Voor- horst & Glerum in the hardware busi- ness. Detroit—cC. E. ceeded by J. M. Smith & Co. are sue- Knight in the meat busi- ness. Lake Linden—T. Belhe A. E. Deschamps & Co. in the drug bus- iness. Belleville—John W. Clark. manufactur- er of lumber and cit Delhi, La. Jackson—Michael J. Norris is succeed- ylif¢ ed by Morton E. Beebe in the grocery business. Big ee Ward sold his meat market to H. Hagenbai late of Mecosta. Kalamazoo—C. H. Brush has purchased the fruit and confectionery stock of S. S. Mittenthal. Traverse City—Wnm. Stiles has sold his fruit, tobacco and confectionery stock to M. J. Kettle. Dimondale—Mrs. A. C. Baker is sue- ceeded by Miss Minnie Bellin the mil- linery business. Detroit—The Frontier Brass & Iron Works will hereafter be 1iown as the Frontier lron Works. Jackson—Evans & Dettman are suc- eeeded by Carl Dettman in the wholesale meat and cold storage business. Lowell—Jos. B. Yeiter has retired from the drug and stationery firm of Yeiter & Look, Dexter G. Look succeed- ing. Manceiona—The Blosser & Co. grocery by J. L. Farn- ham, who has consolidated it with his stock has been pur own stock. Lake—Ira A. general stock to Poilard Bros. and has Woodard has sold his purchased Henry Avery’s store at Slo- cum’s Grove. Wayiand—D. T. grocery stock and his store build- ing to L. R. Lansing, who will continue the business. Ithaca—H. in the dry Alpern, formerly engaged goods, clothing and boot and THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. shoe business at Elk Rapids has engaged in trade here. Hilliards— early Rutkoski & Gwizdale have completed their new store build- ing, which they will occupy with their grocery stock Owosso—Wheeler Brothers have sold their stock of hardware to A. Lovell. of Mason, who wili continue the business at the same place. Owosso—Chas. R. Pomeroy, of Flint, is to occupy the Carpenter & Payne store with a grocery and feed store, opening for business October 5. Mecosta—Chas. Calkins has purchased an interest in the Burdick. The as Calkins & Burdick. -C, M. Stoddard ine A. MM. stock and will run it in furniture stock of E. new firm will be known & Co. have Kenyon bazaar Belding- purchased connection with their grocery business. Mancelona—W. in the grocery Davoll has engaged business at the former stand of :Blosser & Co., intention of doing a cash trade only. announcing his W ar- dealers in grain, Three Oaks—The Chamberlain, Hatfield Co., wool and exchange, will hereafter be ren & known as the Three Oaks Exchange Co. Cadillace—-Dunham & Black have sold their building and stock of Perry W. Nichols here from Copemish and takes immediate groceries to . who has just removed possession, Breedsville—F. E. chased the the bh Son. The new G. A. Hawley & Co. Detroit—The Home Gas Co., i it A Hawley has pur- interest of G. H. Hawley firmot G. A. firm will be rdware known as capital stock 350,000, has been incorporated by James P. Seranton, George Hargreaves and Edward W. Porter for the manufac- ras machines. Reed City—Henry Niergarth has pur- chased a half interest in the general stock of H. M. Patrick, at Leroy. The stock will be removed to this place, where business will be continued un- der the style of Patrick & Niergarth. Muskegon—E. R. meat market in one of the stores in the Ford will open a new brick block on the corner of Peck by N. P. Nelson, ns, of North Muskegon, will open a grocery in the other store. foorman, of Belding, con- fas prescription clerk in thout being a registered pharmacist, was sentenced by Judge Smith, of the Ionia Cireuit Court, to pay a fine of 310 or be confined 10 days in the county jail. He promptly paid the fine. Eik Rapids — Benj. Plamondon, of Provement, is putting up a building here and expects torun agrocery and shoe shop in the same when it is finished, while his two brothers, Joe and Van, are build- ing near his store and expect to use their building for a meat market. Jolin Hessel, Cook have d are putting-up a bowl Cobmoosa—H. R. Lattin, Harvey and Isaac formed a copartnership an factory in Elbridge township. Part of the materia! is en the ground, all the machinery purchased, and they expect tions inside of two months. t—E. F. Birdsall and David Wolf, who have conducted a hardware business to begin opera here for the past two years under the styleof E. F. Birdsall & Co., their have merged stock under the style of the E. F. Limited, the new partners business into a company Birdsall Co., being John irun the mill n | Hawley &} M. Morley of Saginaw. and Albert M. Marshall, both | range 15 west. The logs will be hauled The officers of the corpora-|on the Alger, Smith & Co. railroad to Chairman, David | Seney and hence by rail to Marquette. Wolf; Secretary, E. F. Birdsall; Grayling—George Fiege, of Saginaw, urer, John M. Morley. is building a combined sawmill and hoop Fairman announees his | mill here and will have it running within his drag, dry goods | two weeks. The mill will have a ca- and grocery business into a stock com-| pacity of 40,000 feet of lumber and 50,- under the style of the Big Four | 000 hoops daily. Mr. Fiege has a large quantity of available timber in this sec- tion are as follows: Treas- sig Rapids—F. intention of merging pany Mercantile Co., $100,600. with a capital stock of It is proposed to add lines of | tion. clothing, boots and shoes, crockery and Saginaw—Green, Ring & Co. will finish the institution a com-| lumbering the timber bought by L. D. with a cold storage | Sanborn of Sibley & Bearinger on the Au Gres river, about the middle of next eggs and produce. Mr. Fairman expects month. This timber has all been railed most of the stock among the} to the mill. The firm has also just finished sawing 2,000,000 feet of Canadian glassware, making plete general store, in connection for the handling of butter, to place farmers and consumers of the vicinity, to whom he guarantees annual dividends | logs rafted across the lake. of 10 per cent. Detroit—Relying on the annual state- ment of the Potts Salt and Lumber Co., MANUFACTURING MATTERS. showing a surplus of $600,000, the Russel Giadwin—Streeter Bros. have added machinery to their sawmill for the pur- | nished the company pose of manufacturing racked hoops. of logging cars, ete., West Bay City—The Wilson Hoop Co. | failure. After the failure the foundry has added a new piece of machinery | company replevined the cars. The case Wheel and Foundry Co., of Detroit, fur- about $12,000 worth previous to the which will plane eighteen hoops at once. | was tried before Judge Simpson, of Au Owosso—Fred Beebe, who recently sold | Sable, last week and a judgment was Walter foundry company on_ the has pare ne ised the grocery stock | ground that the annual statement of the his cigar factory Mumby, of | given the Corunna, of P. Stever, west side. Potts company for 1889 was false. This Saginaw—The A. W. Wright Lumber Co. is running its mill night and day. It} question has been tried, and its determi- has been the practice of the company to| nation is a great victory for unsecured creditors of the defunct company. is the first time that a case involving this nights during the fall months. FOR SALE, “WANTED, | ETC, PPP Saginaw—The Stevens & La Due saw- Advertisements will be inserted under this head for ing Lumber C is seg ¢ rj . | two cents a word the first insertion and one centa ing Lumber Co. this season, and will de | word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise- pend upon other sources of supply next | Steams ter nee eee eee ee eae eee BUSINESS CHANCES. wumber Co. | ykue STORE FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN IN THE 2 ~ growing village of C.ledouia, surrounded by has purehased what is known as the) rich farming country. " . the business on account of poor health. located on Backus creek, | J. W. Armstrong, Caledonia, Mich. Poe: SALE—FRESH STOCK GROCERIES. WILL IN- ventory about $700. Centrally located in this “© ing winter eity. Good business and good reasons for selling. Ce nes oneness Address No. 317, care Michigan Tradesman. a. Saginaw—lIt is e ete he » Titte.. ge SALE — HARDWOOD LUMBER "MILL, SIX Ae naw It is ¢ npecrs d that the Titta miles from railroad, with plenty of timber for wassee Boom Co. will finish the season’s | several years’ cut. Shingle machine in running order : “ | if desired. Saw mill ready to set up. Teams, trucks, Owing | sleighs, shop and building all in order to begin work ving to atonce. Address J. J. Robbins, Stanton, Mich, or O. the low stage of water during the season | H. Hunter, 122 Monroe street , Grand Rapids. 12 ‘ WOR SALE—C ‘LEAN AND CAREFULLY SELECTED the work has been more expensive than I grocery stock, located at a good couutry trading point. Business well established. Address A. C. Adams, A ne Morle, y, Mich. 312 have es-| 7" A FIRST-CLASS CHANCE capital. Tools, bench and tablished a hoop factory at Omer, Arenac | everything re mill will finish cutting logs for the Corn- season. Muskegon—The Thayer Will seil on easy terms. Must Address 319 Belknap timber, Roscommon county, and will log it the operations about Oetober 15. usual. St. Charles—Williams Bros. Shop doing good paying business. Owner is obliged to give it up on account of ill health. Lease of shop near business center and well established patronage. Also ageney of best line Standish. It is said there is | ef furnaces, samples on floor, which are paid for when sold. This isan Al chance for man with little mone}, as present owner must seek another climate. : : No. 210, care Michigan 2 radesman. 310 than 100 men could manufacture in ten | WAteDt HAVE SPOT GASH TO PAY FOR A eneral or grocery stock; mustbecheap. Ad- dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. 26 county. This firm also operates a_ fac- tory at more hoop timber tributary to Omer years, Zilwaukee—The old Mitchell & Me- Clure sawmill has been in operation all | SITUATIONS WANTED, W AN -POSITION BY REGISTERED PHARMA- 2g € he fir ay 2ete spAnrea cis st of four years’ experience. References fur- Pee und the firm ¢ kpe ts to secure a nished idress No. 307, Michigan Tradesman. 309 stock this winter for next season’s cut. Py ASTED_—sITUATION AS BOOK-KEEPER BY A married man who can give the best of refer- Address No. 305, care Michigan Tradesman, Grand Rapids. 305 W? ANTED—SITUATION BY REGISTERED PHARMA- cist. Nine years experience. Address No. 315, eare Michigan Tradesman. 315 Probably some logs will be purchased ! ences. and contracts will be taken to saw for other parties Saginaw—J. W. Howry & Sons, of this , MISCELLANEOUS, rity spati ; the Georgi: Par i i CL eA city, operating in the Georgian Bay dis F] OBSPS FOR SALE —ONE SEVEN-YEAR OLD FIL raft of ly, one three-year-old filly, and one six-year-old ; gelding—all sired by Louis Napoleon, dam by Wiscon -anips to | sin Banner (Morgan]. All fine, handsome, and speedy; : never been tracked. Address J. J. Robbins, Stanton, put in 25,000,000 fect the coming winter. | <=. 0 ge SALE—CHEAP ENOUGH FOR AN INVEST- ment. Corner lot and 5-room house on North Lafayette St., cellar, brick foundation, soft water in kitchen. $1,200. Terms to suit. Address No. i87, . Tradesman. 187 We ette—R. M. Bradlev’ oe igan Trac oe. Marquette—R. M. Bradley’s new shin or SALE OR RENT—CORNER LOT AND EROOM fairly house on North Lafayette st., cellar, brick found- Y | ationffand soft water in kitchen. $1,200. Terms to erew beg? 0 grumb suit. Cheap enough for an investment. Address No : : gan to grum le 187, care Michigan Tradesman, 187 over the amount of work required, and ST BERNARD DOGS— SOME VERY FINE PUPS; : aa) . “ also two brood bitches, one in whel R. J. Saw- finally struck. The superintendent im- yer, Menominee, Mich. i ai 318 mediately shut the mill down, and trict, have brought over the last the season, and have started These logs will come to Saginaw River to be manufactured. gle mill in this city was only started when the left W ANTED-— YOU NG SINGLE MAN WITH ONE OR two years’ experience in the dry goods business, for Bay City to secure a new crew. Wages moderate. Address 304, care Michigan Trades- . ' -man, 304 Marquette—Alger, Smith & Co., of De- \ TANTED—AN EXPERIENCED DRY GOODS AND elothing clerk. In writing give age and experi- troit, have sold to R. K. Hawley, for his | ence._M. 8. Keeler, Middleville, Mich. 314 “ANTED—A REGISTERED PHARMACIST TO TAKE |mill at the mouth of Dead River, 4, 500, - |W charge of < sant stock. Address all communi- | 000 feet of logs to be cut in town 48 north, | Sloat stating wages expected, to Van I. Witt, Lake GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Chas. W. Graves has opened a grocery | near Mulliken. Widdicomb furnished the stock. store The only feature of note in the Strope | failure, at Morley, is the replevining of the stock from the execution of Geo. H. Reeder & Co. at the instance of the City National Bank of Greenville. Jonathan Boyee, who started in to cut 50,000,000 feet of Roscommon tract of pine, has only cut 25,000,000 feet will suspend operations until next spring, in logs annually on his about thus far, and a few weeks, after cleaning up the sec- tion he is now on. N. B. Clark & Co. have purehased the Abbott, Thompson and Cummer tracts of timber, lying east and south of Kalkaska and comprising about 1,000 acres, mated to contain 6,000,000 feet of hem- esti- lock, pine and cedar. tracted with the Smith Lumber Co. to cutthe lumber, with Hills Bros., late of Holton, to cut the shingles, and will peel the hemlock bark Clarence U. Clark will remove to Kalkaska for the They have con- themselves. purpose of superintending the operations, which will require about two years. Gripsack Brigade A. C. Cowing, traveling representative for A. C. MeGraw & Co., Detroit, town Saturday. Ed. A. Withee writes THE that he has resigned his position the Jas. Biechele Soap Co., Ohio. Frank E. Chase says that the Hotel Chase is now open for the reception of guests, Mrs. Chase having returned from Cape Cod. was in TRADESMAN with of Canton, ‘Walter Everts, the traveling salesman who lost his pocket- book on the Wabash train, recovered both book and contents from Mr. Tudor, with whom it had been left. There was in the neighborhood of $750 in the book, and Adrian Times: he thought it was a goner when he missed it. Chris. Hiner, a Wabash section hand, living at Butler, discovered the book, and is entitled to credit for his honesty in turning it over to the conductor.” St. Louis Shoe and Leather Gazette: ‘‘A leading local representative of the trav- eling fraternity asserts that traveling men rarely make a success when they go into business for themselves, there are gives asa reason that the traveler has | become habituated to spending money many of the The habit be- him and he freely, as is expected by houses employing them. comes second knows nosuch word as economy, nature to so neces- sary in the successful conduct of busi- ness. While the merchant may want his travelers to be liberal, he is aceus- tomed to economize in every other de- partment of his businesss, a plan which | the traveling man who becomes a mer- chant seems to be unable to follow.”’ of the Michigan Association, has Secretary Matthews, Commercial Travelers’ recently compiled from the Detroit city directory a list of commercial travelers residing in that city, which makes of 1,400. with a cireular, setting forth the benefits of being identified with the Michigan Commercial Travelers’ Association, which pays a death beneficiary of a which for seventeen years has not ex- member, the cost of Musselman &! although | exceptions to this rule. He} a list | They have all been addressed | benefit of $2,500 to the| THE { | ceeded $25 per year, or an average of $10 | | per $1,000. This is certainly very cheap-| insurance and the man who is eligible to | |membership in this Association | not to hesitate very long before application. ought | making The most favorable plan of stock or mutual insurance companies at the age of 35 years is said to cost »20 per about 31,000, year for $2,500 insurance. which would be $50 per The commer- cial man who wants more insurance will eertainly consult his best interest by an investigation of the plans of this Associa- tion. _—_— San reset Purely eas, Chas. MeKinster, of the firm of C. Wil- kinson & Co., the Colon druggists, is spending a week in Chieago. for W. E. Buel, the Nashville druggist, is fortnight witt Heman G. Frank Heaeox, buyer spending a 1 friends at Lockport N. Y. been Barlow has eonfined to his home during the past week with | an acute attack of muscular rheumatism. Fred J. MeMurtie, junior the firm of MeMurtie & Son, druggists at friends at Huntsville, Ala. E. Brooks Martin, formerly eng Mont., where he will re-engage in the same business. ~~ eS > wt tereeee es a bes Nol 27)... i 445 335 Sate eel dow eee wa eo é = >» 18 anc 1 inche Strap and T........ veseeees Gis. 50 wa, isiteets tin’ 2 =—~ ior, vena Seeing ‘HANGERS. dis. SAND PAPER. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., W _— track....50&10 | List acct. 19, °86........ dis 50 Champion, anti-friction. : «-.-. GOGO i SASE c onan C \ Midder, wood track ................ a 40 | sily yer Lake, White A................ Mst 50 ‘ HOLLOW WARE. eo a A 55 ae. ase ) + White gcc ‘“ 50 OE ee 60 ‘“ Deab BR... Ce 55 ee ae 60) ot Whee ae 35 Cray enameled... ..40&10} Discount, 10, HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. SASH WEIGHTS, Stamped Tin Ware....... ' .-. -new list 70 | Solid Eyes...... . .. per ton 826 Japanned Tin Ware 25 SAWS. dis, Granite Iron Ware ..... __new list — - Hee ee. 20 WIRE GOODS. Silver Steel Dia, X Cuts, per foot, 70 ieee... fe... . 20810610 ‘* Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.... 50 Screw Eyes.. Se «an oo a a Steel Dia. X Cuts, perfoot.... Hook’s a FO&1IVOK10 “ Champion and Electric Tooth X Gate Hooks and Eyes... Seka 70&10&10 Cute per toa... ................. . 30 LEVELS. dis. TRAPS. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s ' "oi oeee, Oaee.................. . 6010 KNoBs—New List. dis. | Oneida C ommunity, Newhouse’s . Ve 35 Door, mineral, jap. trimmings ....... 55 | Oneida Community, Hawley « Norton’s.... 70 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings.... . 55 | Mouse, choker.. .18¢ per doz Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 | Mouse, delusion. oe _ 81.50 per doz, Door, porceluin, trimmings............ \ 55 WIRE, dis. Drawer and Shutter, porcelain........ 70 | Bright Market... a ~~... SS LOCKS—DOOR. | TT Re, i i ee eee ee eee Russell & Irwin Mfg. C . "es new He ....... S65 | Copperea Market..........%..._..+.......... 60 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s.......... . 55 | Tinned Market ; i. 62% Brantord’s ...... a 55 | Coppered Spring Steel... .. boo e ue 50 meee ©... ..................., 55 | Barbed Fence, galvanized. 2 MATTOCKS, | painted . / toon: ae Adee Mee ..................._....._ a OO aie GD HORSE NAILS. aa. $15.00, dis. 6¢ | Au Sable.. eee dis. ieametestor “we 5 Hunt's ae $18.50, dis. 20410. | Putnam.. _ dis. 05 dis. Northwestern. . Vi dis. 10410 Sperry & Co.’s, Post, pean ieee. 50 WRENCHES, dis, MILLS. dis. Baxter's Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 Coffee, a Co.'4... hoe 40 | Coe’s Genuine..... a. 50 S. & W. Mfg. Co.’ Malleables 40 | Coe’s Patent Agric ultural, wrought, a 75 . tg Perv GCwiks........... 40 | Coe’s Patent, malleable..... bese eta os “ Materneing 3 8 6¢...... eee 30 MISCELLANEOUS dis. MOLASSES GATES. ~~ eee... i. 5u Stebbin’s Pattern.. _.. O_O EE eee ~~ Stebbin’s Genuine... Wetlaa cees dees cree se OGGkIG | BOTOWE, NOW I ist .... ay eae 70&10 Enterprise, self- measuring... a. 95 | Casters, Bed a d Plate........... ....-. -S0& 1010 NAILS- Dampers, American.... Steel nails, base. . ee ee eee eee a 1 80 | Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel ‘goods... oa eo Wire mails, bane.......... ...... be eee oe ae METALS Advance over base: Steel Wire. PIG TIN. 5 Hose iio tae... ee a 28¢ 40.. 20 ZINC, io 1 20} Duty: Sheet, 2%c or pound. a... 15 30 | 680 pound casks . el a 15 35 | Per pound.. Looe a -.. .. 15 35 | SOLDER. Oe. 20 40 | %#@% “ A .16 Me 25 50 Extra Wiping . a eee ee 40 65; The prices of the ‘many ‘other " qualities of . 60 90 | solder in the market indicated by nrivate brands ie eee oe. Cowen eens cents 1 00 1 50 | vary according to composition. 2... 1 50 2 00 ANTIMONY (Ee 1 530 2 00 | Cookson.... i .. per pound = Case 10.... 60 90 | Hallett’s...... eee oleae ee 1 00 TIN—MELYN GRADE. ' Ce 1 reer Coarcoe.................... 87 50 Finish 10. eee ele. 85 1 00 | 14x20 IC, . Leelee. 7 5O es 1 00 1% i0xi4ix, ‘“ ee i eh tec wee ea a 1 50 | 14x20 IX, Y . oa ciineh!} 10 Oe as eee ae 85 75 | Each additional X on this grade, 81.7 : Be ery ee ace eee. 1 00 90 | TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. ~ @. e, i 15 1 00 | 10x14 IC, Charcoal io ee co $6 7 Barrell % Be eee ee eee ok oo 2 50 | 14x20 IC, eee etg cece le 6 75 FLANES. dis. | 10x14 IX, . bed de ded ect ees cee c uc. oan Toot Co es femcy..........-........... @4) | 14x20 IX, .. os meee Boones |... .............- @e&) | Each sJaditional X on this grade 21.50. Sandusky Tool Co.'s, fancy................. @40 | ROOFING PLATES CE eee 60|14x20IC, ‘‘ Worcester.. 6 0 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. &10 | 14x20 IX, . “ . 2 8 50 PANS. | 20x28 IC, _ . 13 50 a dis.60—10 | 14x20 IC, Aliaway Grade........... 6 00 face polished a e dig, | i4m00k, : Ml sg | 7 50 RIVETS. dis. | 20x28 IC, . ie . meade 2 50 Iron and Tinned.. aaa 40 | 20x28 IX, a“ " 2 —. . 15 50 Copper Rivets and TN 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATS. PATENT FLANISHED IRON. 14x28 IX ! a $14 00 “A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. ‘ 24 to 27 10 20 | 14x31 IX 15 ““B” Wood’s pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 | 14x56 IX, for No. 8 Bollers, t per pound 10 Broken packs %c per pound sae. Mxn0Tx. * ‘ PRICE LIST Du Pont Gunpowder. RIFLE, Kegs, 25 lbs. each, Fg, FFg and FFFg.... Ibs. each, Fg, FFg and FFFg... 3 00 Half kegs, as Quar. kegs, 6 4 66 : Ib. cans (25 i MECASOF ce iD. Cams (35 in @ Gase)................ CHOKE BORE. Kegs, 25 Ibs. each, Nos. Quar. kegs, 614 1 lb. cans ( EAGLE DUCK. Kegs, 25 lbs. each, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4..... 3 and 4. 2, 3 and 4. Half kegs, 121¢ Ibs. each, Nos. 1, 2, Quar. ee 61% ee oe “é 13 im. Gans (a in ease) oo. CRYSTAL GRAIN, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1 Ib. cans each. Quarter kegs, Mie eee ‘ en Half kegs, 1214 lbs. each, Nos. 5 and 7... Ibs. each, Nos. 5 and 7... Oy Wh GOGO) wee ~ T)UPONT beeen $5 50 1 65 POW) DER ae 30- | hee eee $6 50 S$ 50 Syew ee 1 90 | Agents for Western Michigan, gstERS “OST oo ee ee o oes 60 Insist on your Jobber furnishing this Brand. it send to us direct. is | TAKE NO OTHER! if he declines to do NS O- <] : 3 3 8 ‘THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman )Heial Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, The Tradesman Company, Proprietor. Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable strietiy in advance. : Acdivertising Rates made known on apy lication. Publication Office, 100 Louis St Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Oy.:2. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEWBER 30, 1891. The Wayland Globe of last week an- | clent. nounced that D. T. Hersey had sold his} grocery stock and would occupy the pul-| pit of the Congregational church, pend- ing the THe TRADESMAN has heard of preachers absence of the regular pastor. | | pensions was $118,548,959, or over $12,- | 000,000 more than during the preceding fiscal year. From this it will that the number of pensioners and the be seen | amount collected by them from the na- | tional Treasury continue to grow. It appears from the Commissioner’s report that about 30,000 pension certificates are issued every month. It is expected that as many as 350,000 claims will be adjudi- | cated during the current year, for which | the present appropriation of $133,473,085 will, the Commissioner thinks, be suffi- This amount it will be remarked, 315,000,000 in of the amount disbursed on account of pensions is about excess during the last fiscal year. The Present Standard All Right. So much has been said in the newspa- pers of late in regard to the new test for kerosene oil adopted by the last Legisla- | ture, on the ground that it invalidates ex- turning grocers, but it never before heard of a grocer graduating into a} preacher. The greatest trotting event of the de- cade will take place at the race track of the West Michigan fair ground on Oct. 8, being a contest between Nelson and Al- lerton for a purse of $10,000 the stallion championship of the world. 30th contestants have marvelous records and and the event will probably bring to Grand Rapids the largest gathering of people ever seen here. Dozens of THe TRADESMAN’S patrons will say amen to the complaint against the wretched the Grand set service rendered by tapids telephone exchange, forth in another column. Resentment at the apathy of the management and the superciliousness of the operators is heard on every side and, unless a wholesome reform is soon inaugurated, the exchange will find its enormous profits considera- bly curtailed. A dangerous counterfeit 50 cent piece is in circulation. The piece is a beauty, and skill in its It is one of the series of 1887, clear ring of the main difference, however, thickness, which is a trifle the article. The figure on one side is rather obscure. but and shows great care make-up. and has the The the more than in genuine article. lies in genuine is at the same time nearly perfect, al- though there is a slight depression in the shield. Twenty-eight scheming politicians and assumed labor leaders met behind lock aud key in this city one day last week, arrogated to themselves the title of ‘‘People’s Party” and went through the farce of nominating a candidate for Con- gress. The doubtful honor happened to fall on the shoulders of Geo. F. Richard- son, whose reputation rests solely ona very made as a P. of I. member of recent Legislature. Whether the candidate and his twenty- eight henchmen the dubious record the sell out to will te- publican or Democratic parties is as yet | undecided — depending, of which will pay the most in money and official promises. The names to the Commissioner Raum, which has just been made publie. This is more than 138,000 names than were on the rolls at the close of the last fiscal year. The amount dis- rolls contain of 676,160 persioners, according pension now annual report of more | the legal ' course, on| isting insurance policies, that a gentle- man interested in the subject recently to the State Commissioner of In- surance for an authorative statement in regard to the matter. follows: wrote His reply was as LANSING, Sept. 21, 1891. Dear Str—In reply to yours of the 18th, | have to say that upon examina- tion of the United States statutes I find United States test for illumi- nating oils made of petroleum to be 110 degrees, fire, while that required by re- cent act of the Legislature is 120 degrees, same test, or 10 degrees higher than that of the United States. The use of Michigan test oil can, there- fore, in no manner operate to invalidate insurance written in Michigan, as the standard policy requirement is for oil equal at least to that of the United States test, while it is, in fact, 10 degrees above. Respectfully, Wm. E. MAGILuz, Commissioner of Insurance. This statement ought to put an end, at once and forever, to all talk in regard to the effect of the present test for oil on insurance policies and such will probably be the result. —> 2 — Too Little Sleep. Doctor Cold, a German specialist, has recently pleaded for giving young people more sleep. _ o> | The Grocery Market. Sugar is without particular change, the refiners being closely sold on granu- lated, but otherwise in good shape, so far as stock on hand is concerned. | 'bursed during the year on account of| LIFE BEHIND THE COUNTER. Written for THE TRADESMAN Does a life behind the counter tend to develop the highest type of manhood? Is there any condition necessarily con- | nected with a life behind the counter which has a tendency to prevent the free faculty that man is endowed with? Man 'is naturally stupid, gross, selfish and im- patient: and, as the rough, ugly metal | imust pass through the fire of purifica-| tion and be moulded, tempered and pol-| manufacturers of package coffee have re- | duced the price of their product another | 4gc, but the attempt of the speculators | to manipulate the price of mild coffees the | may forestall further declines. Turkish prunes will rule higher this year, as the advanced duty of 2 cents per pound goes into effect this season. The low price of California prunes will probably compen- sate forthe shortage. ‘‘Spearhead’’ plug is back to the old price again, 40 cents. ished before it becomes the bright, keen, higher level in the scale of humanity, must be quickened, refined and polished by brisk and constant contact with his fellowmen, and surely no condition of things can be about this development than that found in a life behind the counter. The conventions held by the business men of Michigan in this city, at Cheboy- gan and in Muskegon, established the fact that the men who live behind the counter have fully developed perceptive faculties, and that in debate they are exceedingly vivacious, courteous and witty, and at the same time logical, sen- tentious and practical. Was it because these business delegates possessed natur- al talents that their brothers who mained on the farm were not endowed with, or was it because the business they were engaged in necessarily developed these very traits? A moment’s reflection will convince you that the latter theory is the correct one. his team from re The man who follows until the sun goes down, with nothing but the turning furrow to attract his eye, may exercise his reflective faculties, but he certainly does not develop his perceptive faculties; and, although he may be better educated and may become a deeper reasoner he will always appear slower, duller and more obtuse than his brother behind the counter whose business drives every fac- ulty into action, and keeps every latent energy on the qui vive. ‘The smith at the anvil has more muscle in his right arm than in his left, and more than his brother has, not because he inherited it, but because his daily avocation has de- veloped it. Grossness is an element in the human make up that dies, for the want of exer- cise, ina life behind the counter. Did you ever hear a young farmer address a few select complimentary remarks to a morning gay and festive pig in the cornfield, all | because his hogship had carelessly ne- glected to make a memorandum of the hole in the fence through which he first went astray? Did you ever see aman give up and leave a balky horse to die| in the back field hitched to a load of hay, and then try to milk eight cows when the flies are at their best? say I have, and my nerves shattered ever since. not think less kindly of the plowman, have his deportment is less charming and his manners less refined than the salesman behind the counter, for they are brothers and what differences there may be be- tween them are caused by their environ- ady to go into the mercantile business and continue therein until a permanent cure is effected, which will be the case or later. We are aware that there are many selfish men in business, but they will never succeed until they sooner | outlive their selfishness. There is nothing and full development to every God-given | to hinder a selfish farmer from making a success of it and a manufacturer or a speculator may indulge in selfishness to his heart’s satisfaction, but the general public will not tolerate an exhibition of selfishness on the part of the man who | operates behind the counter and weighs useful blade, so man, in order to reach a/| out and measures off its supplies. The merchant may weigh and measure to a | particle of dust and a hair’s breadth, but ihe must not allow the great publie to | 5 | catch him at it. more favorable to bring | | the village Consistency is, indeed, arare jewel. This same fickle and ty- rannical with a great trumpet blast, will accord to each man the ina- lienable right to secure and enjoy what belongs to him, but when the retail mer- chant attempts to strictly enforce this conceded right, this same publie will sit down on him and eall him an old hog. It will uncover its head before the bank- ers and humbly submit to the most un- reasonable and the most tyrannical petty exactions; public, it will cringe and play the sycophant before a corporation and be dictated to and lorded over by it; it pas- sively submits to being gulled, robbed, plundered, drawn and quartered by itin- erant and transient swindlers and fakirs of all kinds, and it really seems to like it. This same dear public will do all this, and more, too, with a grace which is surprising, but it will concentrate all its spite and focalize all its spleen upon the fellow who retails merchandise over the counter. Asa consideration for be- stowing its favors, it makes the most un- reasonable demands and the retailer must meet them or take the *‘cold shoulder’ of a whimsical public. Of course, he can- not satisfy every demand made on him, as the demands are always greatly in ex- cess of the merchant’s ability to concede. There are four churches in the village and each church has three missionary societies and the storekeeper is expected to divide a portion of his profits among all of them. The two destitute families in the outskirts of the village must be provided for and, of course,the merchant is ‘ttapped’’ for the larger portion of it. Every succeeding day brings some new demand for help. The band boys must have new instruments or new uniforms: one of the churches is without a bell and san endure the disgrace no longer; another church must have a new | organ or go out of business; the little I am sorry to} been | Gentle reader, do| church down at the end of the street is weak and poorin pocket, but common decency demands a coat of paint and the generous merchant must head the sub- scription list; the ladies of the L. L. A., having had a lot donated to them, now propose to erect a library building there- | on, and the merchant is expected to do | the factoryman or the mechanic, because | — The {number and endless in variety. something pretty nice this time; and so these public demands are limitless in These ; demands may be partially or wholly re- |fused with impunity by the capitalist, ments and the one is no more entitled to! praise than the other is to censure. Selfishness is the dead weight which keeps a man down to earth and prevents banker or manufacturer; but by the re- tailer, never. He cannot carry the whole | earth on his shoulders, but he must hold up a good sized portion of it, and he must do some sharp practice in selecting that him from rising to higher planes of true | manhood. We would advise all who are | suffering from this soul-destroying mal- portion of it. I do not pretend to say that all of the retail charitable deeds credited to the -_ RS ED -_ merchant are prompted by pure and no- ble impulses, but I do claim, without fear of contradiction—and it is all I claim under this head—that a man who takes up a life behind the counter to-day and makes a success of it, will have all his surplus stock of selfishness frizzled and fried out of him before he reaches the coveted goal. i -atience is a virtue and nowhere cana place be found where the conditions are so favorable for the cultivation and de- velopment of this virtue as they are in a life behind the counter. Indeed, if there is any one virtue, the practice of which pays the merchant a larger dividend than any other, it is this virtue of patience. Some care-tossed poet speaks of a time when patience ceases to be a virtue. It might be all right for poets to indulge in such terms as that, but no suecessful merchant could afford to experience more than one such time during his whole mercantile career. Wherever patience ceases to be a virtue behind the counter, the shoal of bankruptcy is not far off. He who would succeed must quell the rising storm and grapple with his angry passions in mute silence. ‘Be ye angry and sin not’’ was written especially for the retailer, and it means that he must never, under any circumstances, lose his head in the presence of his customers. I have thus attempted to show that a life behind the counter is a disciplanary one and tends tothe development of higher type of manhood. E. A. OWEN. <-> <> -__—- The Times Not Out of Joint. MIDLAND, Sept. 24—Wm. Vance is one of our most intelligent citizens, having resided here over forty years. During the past thirty years he has kept an ac- eurate memorandum of events which is now of considerable historical value, as it shows that while wages are about the same now as thirty years ago, the cost of living has measurable decreased. In 1864 Mr. Vance cut pine logs on his own land at $2.50 a thousand. rhe spring following he worked on the Tittabwas- see river at rafting at $2 a day, and in the winter skidded logs at $l aday. In 1865 and 1866 he worked at $1.25 and $2 a day in the woods, a portion of the time for Sam Sias. In December, 1864, he paid 88 cents for half a pound of tea, 75 cents for half a pound of tobacco, $12 for a barrel of flour, 75 cents for three pounds of sugar. In January, 1865, he paid 60 cents for two pounds of sugar, $2 a gallon for syrup, 50 cents a pound for butter, $2 a pound for tea, 60 cents a pound for butter, $14 a barrel for flour, 45 cents a pound for lard, 20 cents a box for matches, $6 for two shirts, 10 cents a pound for nails. In 1866, he paid $7 for a pair of ordinary working woolen shirts, 20 cents a pound for pork, 19 cents a pound for sugar, $1.75 a pound for tea and 50 cents a pound for smoking tob% Ac co. People who have the cheerful habit of living are better clothed, better fed, better paid, and better off in every respect than ever before in the history of the country. — o- Keep Good Company. Intereourse with persons of decided virtue and excellence is of great impor- tancein the formation of a good character. The foree of example is powerful; we are | creatures of imitation, and, by a neces- | sary influence, our habits and tempers are very much formed on the model of those with whom we ay associate. — - i i at ‘Country Callers. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentleman in trade: | J. N. Covert, Carleton Center. J. J. Bowen, Ovid. John Farrowe, So. Blendon. oO. P. De Witt, St. Johns. Geo. H. Walbrink, Allendale. T. H. Atkins, Carlisle. roe | MICH G AN _TRADESMA = e v Merch i Ci Will best eonsult their own interests and Mercantile Methods in Bohemia. oa “There is little similarity between the mercantile methods of this country and} | Bohemia,’’ said L. Winternitz, who has | lately returned from a visit to Bohemia, | to a reporter of THE TRADESMAN the | other day. ‘Such a thing as our general | store is totally unknown, each line of | goods having a separate and distinct | representative. For instance, a grocer sells simply tea, coffee, sugar and a few other plain staples. Flour, meal and compressed yeast are sold in stores by themselves. Fruits and vegetables are sold at the market hall, which is a feature in every town of importance in the empire. Cigars and tobacco are sold in separate stands, owned by the govern- that of their trade if they will post them- selves with the styles, mal ke up, perfect fit and remarkably reasonable prices of t 1 ided I ld ld | our entire line, adapted for all classes of ment and presided over by old soldiers NNO . ' a . y : r ' ene iia eeeiagi rade. QOur single and double breasted and soldiers’ widows, who receive a per- Box 246, Marshall, Mich, centage on the sales in lieu of a pension. | The handling of tobacco, both manu- | | TS factured and unmanufactured, is con- | ducted under the supervision of the gov- | / i i ernment, and the tobaceo ‘ has! while being worn cannot possibly be told from the best made to order garments. 2 nt, anc 3 yaceo stores are aiso)}, ib : A ! ene ee ees The demand has been so great that we are making up a large number more in all the selling agencies for postage stamps) colors and grades, Cheviots, Meltons, Kerseys, Homespuns, Covert Cloth in full or and revenue stamps, every invoice, re-| half roll box, top and regular cuts, Chinchillas and Ulsters. ceipt, check, draft and note being void E. A | I SUITS Large selections and newest novelties, double and unless bearing a government stamp. The single breasted sacks, nobby three button cutaway , Proeks ; reonlar frock ani . ar coats : ts j government also has a monopoly of the| ffocks and regular frock suits, also Prince Albert and other coats and vests in : a . | Clays’? worsted and other attractive materials. salt business, none but government offi- | cials being permitted to handle it. No| A select line of pants wel! worthy of attention, merchant is permitted to engage in bus-| wypysp 3AM CONNOR our Michigan representative during the past nine years iness without a permit from the city,| will be pleased to call upon you at any time, if you will favor him with a line which requires him to prove his ability | addressed to him, box 546, Marshall, Mich., where he resides. Having been established thirty-one years, during all of which time we have had a large and increasing trade in Michigan, we know pretty well the requirements of | the trade. MICHAEL KOLB & SON, at W holesale nil Rochester, N. Y. requirement prevents excessive compe- itic aking 1e holder of a license ; Williat ‘or nor is ple: — o state tha on ee Oe hele of 5 teres Tae and Children 3 Goeveetis whl O06 a2 oe been wichty conptinenned ty er open a drug store a fortunate individual. | chants « im that they are the nicest, qa weud made fi lowest fa] price seen this 1891, to conduct a store by showing past ex- perience. Drug stores are permitted only in certain localities and are also limited to a certain number of inhabitants. This season. Drug stores are compelled to keep open all night or have aclerk in readiness to | answer the night bell. Although the country is cursed with holidays, there} being a holiday every few days, all kinds red Statemel of mercantile business is carried on seven | days inthe week. Of late years, how- ever, a law has been enacted compelling all places of business to close between 2 | aud 5 o’clock Sunday afternoon, except theatres, cafes, hotels and street cars.” ‘**All things considered, which country | do you prefer—America or Bohemia?”’ ‘‘America is good enough for me.”’ We havea few thousand ©o-pound From “wae | colored statements, size oO} x83}, super- W. F. McLaughlin & Co., of Chicago, | oe , < r ? Io TQ] 7 hit the bull’s eye square in the center rine paper, we hich _—— il clos _ ee when they conceived the idea of packing XXXX coffee in a handsome bureau “ which would retail in any furniture es- DOO, Bl 65 tablishment for from six to seven dollars. : oF There is no occasion to dwell upon the | Printed and blocked il tabs oF 100 oo les merits of XXXX coffee when the im-| 2,000, @ 2 2d porters are unable to keep pace with | their orders, but for the benefit of the | retailer a word in regard to the XXXX . ~ e coffee bureau may be welcome. It is | We have the rollowing2 colors, Pink, made of selected kiln-dried wood in|} - r o , F cherry imitation with top and back board | Blue, Ca nary 9 Cherry a Faw Tl, Am ber, of hard wood and highly polished, mak- | Lilac. We cannot break packa Ses-- | Ca a aes : J So ing an article of furniture which ean be sold to good profit or used in the house-| (hat is, print less than 500 of one color hold of the most fastidious store keeper. |If the merchant chooses to sell it, it will! --OF Chese f2oods. | certainly increase his profit two or three m The Tradesman Company, cents a pound on XXXX, quite an item | on this favorite staple. | a | 1 i a The Hardware Market. | Grand Rapids. Wire nails still decline a little. Tin | is being marked up by the jobbers to} | correspond with the present cost of im-| Free Waterpower Privilege. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, portation. There is no change in rope, : " oo. ese iee of ‘sisal and manilia |» Dave ® Gne waterpower on Rapid River, near Far and Gravel Roofers, the present price of sisal and manilla! Jj ore the new extension of the Chicago & West said river, near enough to run j | oe — : | , : ats And dealers in Tarred Felt, Building Paper | being rer th; ver re k Michigan crosses ae : nn =) c : | being lower than ever before known in aside track, which, with the necessary ground| Pitch, Coal Tar, Asphaltum, Rosin, Mineral the history of the country. In fact, the! for building I am anxious to give away. Who Wool, Ete. | wants it? ALLAN F. LITTLE, Corner Louis and Campau Sts., salkaska Aarwoop, Kalka Co., Mich. GRAND RAPIDS. |price of sisal is about the same as the} {eost of the fiber from which it is made. | THE MES. L. W. COLE, —DEALER IN— Or "USS and Siationent U, oe ee i am : oo. ee MI Pap, ~O — Tack _ Per ang Fiswiné le a ; a : c : 4 Petoskey : Hick un or “e/ UV Then ng a hice ians ©, A cee SK fie OO, cade of a fle 4c 70 L727 Ve Dd Cex , ae —e gael & Pitees hs (Lad mr pr ay een nee tie i cs Burs Pletzo 4; ab ke ada Ad GGT. LVR oe LF. ad Oo? 2 ee 7 CO pee te Gas ee 9 lt1rEnratl e 3 Pouce al e ) a rl Fite. 0 et 7 EH Tbe 4, a ee oO aa tet F it, ace af / CY ofthe WM. H. or V ER ANCE. Druggist. Vy Pa C Ue an to lle settle, (Meck ; 189 ed A ; 2 oS Ze PERSE. Yo fe you vom. ii y KO 4 PY / re ¥ 2/2 PIL a I 2 CCae FOS .. ZAC Yi v At wWeefpo ville js wah facies o Dare! Latialy ue pa ie eae? ro a a Dot hy ay Y #2 ae w oo fae leretcl ) MICHI GAN TRADESMAN. “What Our Customers Say. et ae 7 a pret hte i nit Sie - — a “i gl wr ee 22D betel 2 a woky a a cs taut: ZV3 oat Fa4 Z2eu ae ogg Yay 3 yet 2a C2224 CZEL i uss LLP ey 7 S| 2tets | | | | | HESSsSL_LER BROS... Drugsists. io kfpotd . Flick , nn fp a. 4 Art tug tn dele wlan ey, ee —I , i WZ lat, Leal” terns te =e of we, CT Mabel 3 nat Cheer nly — co Whe Mag eLLo Clint ¢ Fortine A doe Ce hese Piatt mal oe 4 ‘a He anv , for fonrifice Si foe ie Ose Y —— 4 ie ( heen d/ Uau € Cf hae a y Yl19 / os - ny F dai AM42y Ado —_ TS dice ths, . be Mak C7 wea .. MWA wn feet. ella ry | / wt ae 2Gffice ofe . Odell DEALER IN _ DRUGS & MEDICINES, School Books, Stationery, Etc. zazames § Ce sees =lvemoni, Mich., —— 4589 / ere oe CF eis nad whe J c — He, ll i gon gh Be * sueeies <2 Aw he gee: pcre eed shih lds sill ll ima lh. wag GE ae pea f THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 11 7 |morpita, RP é&W.. _ 95@2 20} Seidlitz Mixture...... @ B Lindeced, botled .... 30 42 Wholesale Price Current. aces We @ 18|Neat's Foot, winter 4 Ce 1 85@2 10 @ S| steined eo... 4 Advanced—Oil cloves, po. jalap, tonka beans, German quinine, hemp seed. | Moschus Canton... . @ 40; Snuff, ake De | SpiritsTurpentine... 41% 46 4 Declined—Gum arabic, nitrate silver, linseed oil, turpentine, citric acid, gum camphor ) Myristica, No. 1.. . we eee ( PAINTS bbl. Ib gq | Nux Vomica, (po 20)... @ 10] Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 | . - 4D. ’ ‘ i. é | Os. Sepia.. 25@ 28| Soda Boras, (po. 12)... 11@ 2| Red Venetian. ...._.. 1x 2@3 ACIDUM. See oa ce aA = TINCTURES. | Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. s Soda et Potass Tart... 30@ 3 33 | | Ochre, yellow pars... Acoticoum ...... .....- 8@ Erigeron ......... 2 25@2 50 | Aconitum NapellisR....... 60 20 . @2 00 | Soda Carb............ 1%@ ee... 2@3 Benzoicum German.. 50@ 60 h ° weece eel i ee “ F 50 | — Liq, N N. C.,% gal Soda, Bi-Carb.. @ “5 | Putty, commercial. age 24@3 bona ay | Gaultheria ........ bie aed ial an ef) eee, ith @2 00 | Soda, Ash..... . 34@ 4/_“ ‘strictly pure... 2% 24@3 Carbolicam .....2....- 23@ 35| Geranium, ounce..... Cee aa =i Picis Liq., quarts @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas. @ 2)| Vermilion Pole Air Cente ..<..0--0.5- 49@ 53 | Gossipil, Sem. wae Acateet? ™ myrrh. Hin AeA ae pints....... @ 85] Spts, Ether Co oes 50@ 55|_ ican. .. 13@16 Hydrochior ......,.... 3G 5 Ju “seo rrseeceeeseeed 40@1 = Apateda (0. il) ig) Eel Biydrare, (po. =. @ | * Myrcia Dom. .... @2 25| Vermilion, English.... 70@7 Marocwm 2.0.62... TO Te es ee os oo. Gs © | Atrove Belladonna... gn | Piper Nigra, (po. 2). @® 1 “ Myreia Imp... .. @300|Green, Peninsular..... 70@75 : 9 | Lavendula 9Q2 00 F 60 | ; 7; ” oe Oxcnicum ........-...- N@ 13 foe eee = Gg IMM ccc, Piper Alba, (po g5) . . @ 3 ' . Vint Heet. bbl | Lead, red. ee ae 7 7% Phosphorium dil...... ve. Mentha Pi bese eeiestes : O03 = a en eos. we C0 ee 2 31@2 41 | whit 7 @i% Salicylicum --1 36@1 70 | 4 per.......... 5 ones OO | Sanguinaria 5 | Plumbi Acet . 4@ 15} Less5egal.,cashtendays. | Whiting, white Span.. @i Sulphuricum.... .. .. 1%@ 5 oo Verid......... nee meme tt ro | Pulvis Ipecac et opii.-1 toc 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... @1 30| Whiting, Gilders’...... @™% i ee TT | ~~ 60 | Mercia ac _~ ate 1 0@1 Pl Gunheaga nl Pyrethrum, boxes H Sulphur, Subl........ 3 @4 | White, Paris American 10 ba Tartaricum............ ad -aebabeuinna 2 ioe so | &P. D. Co., dos... @1 25 “"Roll...1//11) 24%@ 3% | Whiting, Paris Eng. : ies Plo Liquida, esi 35) om el Ge el Pyretirtmy, i... 2 35 | Tamarinds ........ _. on 20 oe = a, 1 4¢ é 2 “ ee ee 8@ 10| Terebenth Venice..... 28@ 30 | Pioneer Prepared Paint1 20@1 4 Aqua, 16 16 deg Ce 34@ 5 aa cin -+e+-1 0O@1 20) Ga ctor ie UTE 1 og | Quinia, 8. P. & W.... 31@ 36 | Theobromae ... 45@_ 56/ Swiss Villa —, dee 54@ 7 Htosmariat eee eee 75@1 00 Baan 50 | S German. 21 @ S0\ Vantia og 9 00@i6 Oo) Ea 1 00@1 20 ceulinia Cs iy 12@ 14 sea votes eee a = Cinchona, TT ag | Babia| Sinetorun| | 12@ 14/Zinci Sulph.. ..... 7@ 8| VARNISHES, Chloridum «..... 0.0... = 0 ee hs V7) gg | Saccharum Lactis py. @ 35 | No.1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 ANILINE, See 3 50@7 00 | Columba ......... a .-1 80@1 95 nema | Extra Turp.... 2... ...160@1 70 : F Contam ..........- wtuence OG) SARCCLIS Draconis... 40@ 50 Bbl. Gal | Coack ( 2 75 Black 2 cogs 25 | Sassafras. .... 50@ 55 | Cubeba 50 | Santonjne 4 50} Whale, winter Ce No ear ye ea Pp ope \ ee inapis, ess, ounce. @ Gis. tt rece et ee aa at ey : 8 4} No.1 Turp Furn... ..1 00@1 10 Bowe. ...... 80@1 00 - Digitalis 50 | Sapo, W 12@ 14/ Lard, extra 55 ¢ Eutra Turk Da 5 6 ll i « ’ see : see } oa ¢ MOTE ee ol ‘ mar 18 _gegeOnasee gona » 2, oo 4 Si 6 ld LLC CU ae” eee 45 aan aoe ea Yellow .......-..------ 2 50@3 te opt ae sees Se TT gare ee Gat --..+, @ 15| Linseed, pure raw ... 36 39 | eee ee BACCAE. een... I I 8 P= on ene -0 = =| SO TIDY i a i i | se ab sn a ae . Cubeae (po. ” - 9@1 10 POTASSIUM. ae | 60 | — Juniperus .......---.-- 8@ 10] Bicarp................ 15@ 18] Zingiber ........ OC 50 | Xanthoxylum......... 23@ 30) Bichromate........... 13@ 14] Hyoscyamus................ 50 | Get What y Ou Ask For 3 BALSAMUM — ese -.. 20a 30 |.lodine.. ae: cece aed o : 2c 12@ 15] “Colorless. ool K BY’ = edge eee —. = Cc sere (pe. 16)...... 14@ 16 — Chloridum.. aoe: ol ==wFHiN L S BON KE; I iAINIM BINT a2 PO cee ee ee trees (Cyeneae............ 10, 5 55 ee, oe Terabin, —— iy as 35@ 40 lone. Ee ae od 2 Boge Witenes... ee FOR THIRTY-FOUR YEAES THE FAVORITE Tolutan . -..+++-+- 85@ 50] Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 28@ 30|Myrrh................ a 50 ' ce oe any CORTEX Co een -_ om = a Vomica.........-...... = Enclosed in White Wrappers and made by D. F. FOSTER, Saginaw, Mich. 7 etass Nitras, o dl ee cede ee wee Gas e 8 _—_ Canadian... ....... _ oo —— . 1 9 = —— a Se | Caamae .......-------.-- - (i rrueeese.......... —- ae 21 ~ PBeodor eens -. oe Oe e ¢ : ‘ ae eg Cinchona Flava ............ 18] Sulphate po...." 1! 15@ 18] anranticortex............ 39| Wrugs # Medicines, | 4'"t, and sows his seed upon the sand; 4 _ Euonymus ee bie eas = a Qnassia 50 upon the former he makes no impression, y a 2 ‘ fi lal oh al tl a a il | = To . a. . ~. i : as +4 rainy a. ee ee Ehatany . a 50 | ‘Stale Beard of Pharmacy. and from the latter finds no production. Quillaia, grd..... a 0 25Q 30 Ca 3 ea 50 | One Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Flea Se 14] Anchusa .............. 12@ 15 ss i a 0 Go..22.1.22) 50 | Tre Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Remarkable Fecundity. es EN ce ced a D | aa 2 Jet t Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 7 oo gga aaa a oo - Stromontun a eT = | Seen Waaee” cetaar eheren Ann ‘Arbor The father of the Duchesse d’Etampes, ’ V7 mo | oerOeonm................. @| mw ¥ —George Gund . ia. » eelehrate See oe Mica. : ~~ 2, 2) Gentlans, (po. 15). ie = = Tolutan . ee ee 60 | Puiseae dae saan, eee. the cele br ated favorite . of F rancis I of Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 24%@ 2 | Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15) @ Ol valerian 50 | Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. France, Guillaume de Pisselieu Seigneur : - i = a Canaden, @ 35| Veratrum a alt oe oe eo d@Heilly, had thirty children by three Haematox, 15 Ib. 10x. IG 2 35 | a eetings for 1891—Lansing, Nov. 4. : ’ bi : J ‘ C ‘ 1 I 20 : fives. Penis Pike tan thn oe. 7 ¥ ~~ : oo Ala, Bo. . 4 = MISCELLANEOUS, | Seis Ske Seemed Auta. wive o Be nj amin Fr anklin was the fif 3 Me 4 5 , s ue ‘ 8 * om og | President—D. E. Prall, Saginaw. teenth of seventeen children. Dianora a = WB..-.----- 16@ 17 Ipecac, gly geet ley ° — 2 50 Aither, Spts = 3 F.. 26@ 28 Tirst Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. Freseobaldi, an Italian lady of the six- By FERRUM. Iris plox (po. 35@38) Jo 40 4¥ woe 3x | Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. : : oe ce aay ei CS |dalapa, pr... .. 60@ 65] Alumen.... -s 24@ 3 | Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. teenth century, was the mother of fifty- of Carbonate Precip.....-. @. 15 Maranta, igs... .. @ 3 _ ground, (po. | Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. two children The inscription on her Citrate and Quinie... @3 50 | Podophyllum, po...... 15@ 18 7) 3@ «4/ Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit. : ap : . oe E ‘ ‘ e Citrate anew .---- g . nea... oe perso tosses ssees++ 55@ 60 | Next Meeting—Aat Ann Arbor, Oct. 20, 21 and 22, 1891. ea portrait by Brougino in the San s Ferrocyanidum Sol... Cute... ........... | @1 % | Antimont, po... 4@ 5 may : Jonato collection, says she never had Solut Chloride, ... a me 7 a teen ettees 3 a inn et Potass T "i : commen W. He Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Beeott, less than three children ata birth and u ’ bea ect > ++ ‘ Ne | lar Meetings—First Wed evening of Marc is. Lol ates : wa qs Me pure....... - @ 7|Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ 2 Anti ate @ | een eotomber and December. er MFCR i there is a tradition in the Frescobaldi ¢ sae | Pe Shey a Ba ch se > a . FLORA. ee oa @ \j| Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Aqsociation. | [amily that she once had six. | Brand. in Armies .....,-4-. Ly = _ Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40 Balm Seek Bet. Li ... 50@ 55 ing young wife, a j G@UMMI. Bird, 4@ 6| Cera Flava........ -- 38@ 40) As she smiles on her husband, and he, Chinese Mattin u 8B ra, i8........- 4 Coce @ 40 ronal aay a i a gz. Acacia, Ist picked.... @ 8 ca yang 1. wD 12] vOCcUE .- -* @ With a, answers, “They're lovely, my : an | wed. | @ 60] Gardamon..... |. ....1 00@1 25 | Cassia Fructus.. @ Ww lif Samples of new Chinese mattings are : a e Corlandrum.... a 10a, 12 promo ga ae e z As light as the foam of the sea.’ being shown on the market. The ship- CO a ae 60@ 30 po sane oT 75s bo Chloroform ......... 60@ 63/ Is the steak cooked to suit you?’ she gently ments of this class of goods to the U nited Aloe, Barb, (po. 60) «. 50@ 60) Chenopodium ........ 10@ 12 [ 9 uibbs . @1 2% inquires, States is only about one-half of what it + Cape, Poe i 2 is | Dipterix Odorate. -....2 10@2 20 Chloral Hyd Cret.. --1 50@1 70) | And he says, as he smilingly noods, was a year ago at this time, and it is ‘* Socotr ~ ) el io 20@ “It might have been cooked at celestial fires ; Se aa Catechu, 1s, C48, 14 448, pee po..... Pe g | Cinchonidine, P. & W 15@ 2] ‘and is tender enough for the gods.’ probable that prices may advance later 16) . Ly yeas al aga 4@4% German 3 @ 12 in the season unless there should be a Ammon tae gaa “_ 49] Lint, grd, (bbl. 3%) 4 @ 4% ae list, dis. per e —_ the coffee, that pleases you, too, does it, | greater export from Chinato this country. Assafcetida, (po wg a He -, so 40) re raat dear! The sale attings i > West is Benzoinum......... W@ 55 Pec nr my a 4% | Creasotum ........ : @ 80| he asks, overjoyed with his praise, rhe sale of mattings in the West is on Camphorm...... Fee, tena, fo LC 6@ 7 | Creta, (bbI.75)....... @ 2) which rather than strains of sweet music she’d| the increase, as it is a material that can Euphorbium pe ...... 35@ 10 Sinapis, Albu. 8@ 9| {, Prep......--. 5@ 5 hear, be used profitably both in city and = a arse oe = Wiges.....--- N@ 2) « — 8 13] “I never drank better,” he says. country homes as an economical floor amboge, po.......-.. 9% § i ’ : Gama. oe 30) .. g 29 ros » 00@2 50 Crocus .... 28@ 30] So shesits down beside him and with him par-| covering. It is especially desirable as a é Kino, (po. 25)......--- @ 20] Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 ( 50] Cudbear.... . @ aA takes, summer covering for floors. st Mastic . acini ° 90 “ D. F. R.,...1 75@2 00} Cupri Sulph - 5@ 6; And the rigid, no doubt will confess ce —s (po 45). ieee - . ; : aaa ; cant = Dexirige a : = That # John tells her lies in the answers he ‘tik Henan ot Aaiaieia tds (pO. Oy... ++ - ‘ oud) iat nal nl ee ther Su 68@ 7 makes, f . a ee 25@ 35 « ee 1 75@3 50 Emery, = numbers.. @ He’s a gentleman, nevertheless. Tha a a a «pleached...... 28@ 33] Saacharum N. E...... 1 75@2 00 @ 3 ine eae The founder of rg acs dyc — Tragacanth ........... 30@ 7%] Spt. Vini Galli........ 1 75@6 50 | Ergota, t aes 60....... 5O@ 55 ‘eeaitis Dieged try, Prof. August ilhelm von Hof- nERBA—In ounce packages. | Vini Oporto ........... 7; 25@2 + Flake White.. 12@ 15 Ungrateful People. _. |mann, last month celebrated the fiftieth Ee i daa suas sine aie aac ofan tees aoe. , é You may rest upon this as an unfail- anniversary of his doctorate. It was on Seer «+ +~--o ~y on . > : » 5 8 f sl a — eae: |. oot Gene... 3... 50 vara 10d... ........ a generous strife in alternate acts oO i cA 7 ng a Semennat av eawens a 16d Oe See. 50 Magnesia, Suiph (hol 108 iz kindness. But he who does a kindness Au Sable—J. Solomon & Son have re Gonfum Mac rack ase és Tolutan eee gn tte a 50 =. tie 2@ 3/| to an ungrateful person sets his seal to a! moved their tailor shop to Saginaw. onium Mac.......... 83@ 65} Tolutan....... Oe a GCopaiba ............-.1-20@1 30/| Prunus virg........ 50 | Mannia, S. eo 12 THE MICHTGA. N TR. ADE SM AN. GROCERIES. The Time to Buy. The New York Shipping List, which is one of the most conservative commer- cial journals in the country, advises pi under the above caption: We do not mean that it is iime to buy speculative stocks, as advce is never giv- en on that very uncertain point; we refer to merchandise ouly. Ind F holders, as the Wall generally followed by met rons what to buy and what not to buy ‘ations street baromete the developments of the past few days have greatly strengthened all the mar- kets that ar stocks. low for some not burd © on mo smanth montis 1 < § of eonfidence which J to limit orders for immediate necessitie only. Holders of large stocks found hat important reductions in p failed to stimulate businesss, and were sometimes forced to realized at auction in order to obtain mnioney to meet p “essing obligations. We are now on th hold of presperi and sellers in a positi te terms, except in eases where over prod interferes with a higher range of prices, as in eot- ton and coffee. Many articles in tl : drug line are active and higher, but nine is not in a condition to Canned goods ciate in val large supply. Lay h more or less with the impro lition of genera! business: leat ) rite rm without outside assistance: copper wou probably advance on a better demand tin values being control! y sp ila- tors, the market is unce the iro: trade is feeling the effect of the improy ment in other chan nd increase orders are hardening es. The coffee market is in the m rnd some time may be required to put foundation: teas are xpe e slightly in value. althougi Ss have been opposed to d change. Sugar has proba the highest figure to be season. The large crop of feature in that eereals movem ready to rec shipped; this may principal bearish Heavy crops of a large export pean markets are that can be srain unti] next summer. The railroad and ocean traftic has seld er, and good dividends from the source. Pa favoring manufacturers, tion of linseed and probs as the heavy erops will pi comparatively cheap raw an important export outle that may be the case in flaxseed. After all, the law of supply a mand rules the markets, t but a better de- mand has been created by the restora- tion of confidence, by the very favorable money situation. increased } ness of the railroads and other fort circumstances, strange if this events failed to have an important ence on the merchandise markets. is the time to buy with - exercise discretion. We do not think that Wall stre failur ill be far-reaching in its results: itis purely a speculative failure, and may influence the money market for a few days. seed ee greatly yusi- thate very combination of unusut and it would be ee More Sugar Competition. From the New York Shipping List. The Beet Sugar Development Co. is the name of a New York corporation, which is represented to be backed by heavy eapital. The evident intention is to get on the ground floor of the beet sugar in- dustry, more importance than the cane sugar industry, if possible. The h the movement and to give it parties identified with are not acquainted with local sugar in- interests, but they see great possibilities in the extraction of sugar from beets, and confidently believe that they can take some of the laurels as well as most of the profits from the sugar trust. The person at the head of the new enter- prise claims to have secured control for the United States of all the latest and returns wit improved machinery, including the only successful German process of producing a palatable granulated white sugar with- out double refining, thus greatly econo- mizing in the cost of manufacture and proportionately increasing the pt ‘ofit S. The plan of operation is to form auxilia ry companies in the South and We a parent corporation will furnish rything wanted to construct the neces- sary plants and take a controlling inter- est. Agents are to circulate throug hout the country to encourage the planting beets, and make contracts with far for purchasing entire crops of the producing vegetable. The pr lieve that every local company should pay at least 20 per cent. as a omoters on the capital tive of the cory i ry tha 1 ’ during the sumt iting } i it can be in tl here is a eondueted on a cheaper basis United States. The bounty great encour ment its removal would not seriously interfere with the “xt Demo- bu siness, itis claimed. The ne i expected eature of it would hurt too the South and West. _— > —> Sranberry Crop. > Congress is not to revise or repeal the bounty f ent ! stituents i the pres- The C The cranberry erop of Michigan is al- | most a complete failure, owing to the during July, the sist of that month, the 2 and the tip drought frost on .the hail September ases singly and in others in combination. Dr. Walker, who has the largest Arbor, that his crop is almost a total in the State, at Glen The same is true of Mr. Barton’s marsh, at Leland, and Mr. Walton Junction. Leach’s marsh, at| Advices from other parts of the State are to the same effect, and reports from Wisconsin are by no | means encouraging. The tip which made igan marshes tl year, is viewed alarm by the eranberry growers, as it has caused a complete the crop in some It attacks the plant about veb and completel soms and small berries. _— & —>- For the finest coffees in the world, grade teas, spices, ete., see J. P. Visner, 304 North Ionia street, Grand Rapids general Gillies & Co., New York City. Crockery & Gla LAMP BURNERS. P Per box 1 up I 2 2 2 40 fe 3 40 ~ XXX Fiint, 0 Sun, crimp top -2 60 -s f -~ 3B .3 86 ER No. 1 1 Sun, wrapped and label ed 7 4 70 . ‘ oe OO ulb, per doz 12 1 50 Zz ee 1 60 FRUIT JARS Mason's or Lightning Pints i io . .13 00 Quarts 14 Of Half ga Hons . a oo Rubbers i " . ' .. - ee 4 50 STONEWARE—AKRON. Butter { TOCES, 1 and 2 gal 3 to 6 gal eee Jugs, ve gal. » per, doz bees eked ie enon st “ ° ‘ce “ Milk Pans, % gai., per | doz. (glazed Too}... . ™ . ( 900) . 72 many con- js storm on} vyorm—in some marsh | announces | failure. | worm, | its first appearance in Mich- | with | annihilation of | 2 sections of the country. |! blossoming | me, enveloping the top portion in a fine | y destroying the blos- | high | representative for E. J. | Ware | PRODUCE MARKET. CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. oo, ine y eating co mmand $1.50 per bbl. STICK CANDY. Full aoe come unpsicket holding at 3 for Standard, per i ea ae ES ou eee 6% dairy now commands 18@19¢, Twist ..... ee ' tor y creamery advanced to 24c. Boston Cream + per doz. b ‘ EE eee ee KDA r doz. Extra 4, G... ic ki g, 15@20e per 100, pay 16e and freight, holding | MIXED CANDY. Full Weight. rden’s command 3c; Niagaras Del- Catawbas, 4c. per ib. _—— at 16418 for clean comb, 6d5¢e per bu. for good stock. | ons- Sate for Gummon; ee et ee Leader Special.. Royal... > for Osage -The market is unsteady, ranging Nobby to $2 per bushel. Smocks and seed- Broke Nn... a > in | Jentiful supply, but choice fruit is | + English Rock... it Conserves .... rit auties | Broken Taffy ay r bu.; | Pe sanut Square ut out Xtra... ... bee per bushel French Creams. eae n40e per bu, | Valley Creams. ' : FaNcY—In bulk, Son r bbl. for choice Jer- Full Weight. bbls. a uu | Lozenges, plain. Te 10% fomatoes—The supply is almost unprecedent- | rN a ed, de alers pay 2¢ and sell at 25¢ | Chocolate ones a. Lo . | Chocolate Monumentals............. POULTRY, [chum Drons.....-..-... eee ces ul Local dealers pay as follows for dressed fowls: | Moss Drops -. a tivacewctes eee = OB 3] hickens ..... 2 @ig | Sour oss. .... ..... 8% ' ee es ee ar ' 10% | FANCY—In 51b. boxes. Per pid os ee ne 10 @ll | Sour Drops ..... a Peppermint Drops.. we | Chocolate Drops. . | H. M. Chocolate Drop ive 1m Drops..........--+- icorice Drops. -ROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, | a | 7 B. Licorice Drops. quotes as follows: Lozen ee g PORK IN BARRELS. printed oe 11 75 | ee / 12 9) | Mottoes.......-....---.+-- y short cu 15 gg | Cream Tee de eae ort cut ‘5 00 | Molasses Bar.............-. +4 50 Hand Made Creams. bb ca cine Se i ' oe. ' eee Dec orated aoe 4 se erewee ° oe itt ot I ox. t ent. bes 15 ge rere dl fie Sea 19 0} |) Burnt Almonds ee BOKOt | Wintergreen Be rries. oe yd CARAMELS. | Tom 2 . . ® | No. 1, wrapped, 2 ib. boxes...... eee cee... S {no}, o 3 eee atau pee ane | Fra nkfort 8 | No.2, sy 2 oT ee ne Ss ise.8, ' 3 . bade peeaas 5 | Stand up, 5 1b, boxes..... 2 | ORANGES. > [Sorreutes, Me i | Soaperieis, 000....... ©--....-........,-. 4 | LEMONS. cv | Messi ioe, Choice, ay... -.-........ a gy fancy, 360... ee ans a OI | . enetee O08........,... Family pound, | ' nara. coe 644 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. 6% Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers 7” - choice ol S. 736 “ ts ‘ i 4 “ Fard, 10 tb. box... aa . CO O% . Persian, 50-lb, box........ IN BARRELS. io) are a | NUTS. 2 0) 1D6 wes ‘90 | Almonds, Tarragona. ) packing..... , 7 BO ss We ce oneless ump butts.. 10 50 ‘“s ( ‘alifornia. . MO KED MEATS—C anvs assed or Plain. eee, Oe... ....-...... | Hams, a verage 20 ibs : 9% Filberts eae ous é 16 Ibs | bso. ae \ Walnuts, Grenoble. Marbot......... Y 12 to 14 Ibs bee : : : ae eee ace 1 Table N tote, Taney.......... . OO cece tee ¢ neleas +s Brees a bor eless | Poems: Pewee Fi, .....-. 4. 15 rie eef, ham prices ! ! on | Cocoanuts, full sacks eee ery... .....-....5.44.,...,.... 8 riskets, medium. ... J oe Fane i. P. nia PEANUTS. Sort} :f . sees oe a hea Licensee ys és ” Roasted ee " | Pency, H, F., FiIMes..--.... 4.5. ‘ : FRESH MEATS, 7 ™ [ "Suaed os : Swift ane id Company quote as follows: Cheiee, 1. F., Mais... Le. ' _ " Meseed........ HIDES, PELTS and FURS. Perkins &. Hess pay as follows: The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: Pails. RRR KF Pails, Box. 4 50 4 50 @6 50 @i 00 HIDES. ee 3 @4 oo. @b5 cm 0k i leh iN A A @ 5 Ir bee 6 @7 as i an green oo s ee . @db «Cured... resccta.. oe Ge Bee eitors......... @ TH | « alfskins, green 4@5 oe 6 @7 | Ne bea 6%4@ 7 Deacon skins... solo ee No. 2 hides % of . 7 a ' PELTS. ae er — edaniremns ee 10 @25 J, Dettenthaler quotes as follows: ee eee ene sce es 20 Qi whites FRESH FISH | wool Be a a 2 Lid ag te ee 20@30 ee nt | Unwashed 10@20 Ciseoe s a MISCELLANEOU @ ee. --. B® 4% Q Cerne eee ne cee ee ee ne @ 2 Gr Switches ee - 1%@ 2 : @1: MemeeOe. .. 8. ee cet. Pen eees as os er oe Cc al iifornia salmon D: we oysTeRs—Bulk OILs., en per gal. $1 30 | Selects, OYSTERS—Cans. | The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows, i »n Counts @35 | barrels, f. o. b. Grand Rapids: | OO ck cc @no | oes ea Gh @% | Water meee ee a ieee enue aoe Qe | Special White... .........s00ess sovsess Anchor oye @22 1] ichigan Test... ........sse0es. Standards ..... | I eect anew Favorites @16 Gasoline... PPE ooo wesc eees rhea 1% a 75 Black, Summer........... slers, per 100 c ams, . RRR eEgeses co Bao-2-20000 pegs — + ESR een APPLE BUTTER, Chicars g0eds............ T4@S AXLE GREASE. Frazer’s. Wood boxes, - mon... .. 80 3 doz, case... 2 40 . per gross .... 3 0 25 Ib. — a Ne bik “ . 151 75 “s Aurora. WwW ood Domes, per Gos..... 60 © 3 doz. case... 1 %5 per gross.... 6 00 Diamond, Wood boxes, perdoz..... ' ‘ 3 doz. Cé per gross . » és “ “e “ Peerless. Oo) wails |... % BAKING POW DER. Acme, 4 ib. cans, 3 doz 45 “ lb. * es bia ay ' bulk Telfer’s, mt 09 « 1 4 ib, cans “doz 45 a 1D, : 8 1 ao Arcuc, 4 Cans... ...... @& " Sp * Lovee. 2 “ 1 tb eae _ oo .. 86 Red Star, 44 Db cans.... = ‘6 % Ss © £0 e > Lee ese, 2 oo BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. English Bristol. ne Peete. .......... BLUING. Arctic, 40z ovals 8 02 eae _ pi ints, round “« No, %, etting Sox 2% " io, 3 - 4 1) ‘ “ 8 00 ‘ 4 50 | BROOMS, Wee 8. is css. 1s Nod v laden eeea es No. 2 ¢ Car pet. Ll ee No, 1 Lie eee ue 2 50 FalieeGiue. LS ec 2 Common Whisk. oa 90 ” oe ancy 1 20 ah ....... . 3 2 Waerenouss........ 2% BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. Rising Son... ... \ ..6 York State...... Self Rising CANDLE! Hotel, 40 lb. boxes. 4 Star, 40 " a Percemene.. .... a 12 Meigen. 6... <. oo CANNED GOODS. FISH. Clams. Little N cl: um Chowder. 3 lb _. ao Cove Oy sters. Standard, 1 .... _.4 10 a" 2 lb. Loe Lobsters. mended Star, 1 Ibd.. oo eS ba St... ol Picnic, ! ib....... OO " i... .... 1 oe Mackerel. Standard, ilb.. (oo “ ° Mustard, Tomato Sauce, 3 Soused, 3 Ib. Imon. Columbia River, — ...i1> fie... 1 75 ee a ™ oip.. / 2 10 Sar dines. American 4s 8s. Imported h as Mustard o 7 rout. Migek, $ 10.................. 3 FRUITS. Ap ples. York State, gallons... 3 2 Hamburgh, ‘* i. Apricots. Santa Cruz.....- : Lue @..... oe Ov erland. Se cee oe Blackberrie Cherries. ee. ' 1 2 Pitted Hamburgh 1% i ne 1 Erie . 1; pemeuns, ‘Bes P hanes Green Gages. op ES @1 60 Gooseberries. Common eens 1 10 Peaches. re .. Maxwell . Shepard’s a Calitornia......-. Pears. Domestic..... — 1 2 Riverside..........-... 22 Pineapples. So Common. Johnson’ s sliced f grated Quinces. CN a ws a 1 10 Raspberries. ete MN ec es cone Black “Hamburg mires Brie, DIAOR.......- «=> a? £2 teas MICERIIGAWN "TR Strawberries, Humme!l’s, foil 1 80 Ww} > , EE en i _ : 7 ag . Bo Cy ae wineart | suLtmMeg 2 ancy ¥ Hamburgh ...... aa as el ee eet . ye y Erie. CHICORY. . 6 Ss . 30 @35 oe lat he Ne Ie 414 FISH--Salt. Pepper, black 15 NG HYSON. Thortleberries, sha : ! a : Common ... (alc aa 7 laete white 25 on to fair 18 F & W : Sg CLOTHES LINES. ison shot 19 s r f 2 i Le ae 1 ©) | Cotton, 40 ft per doz. 12 Tarn _ 119 Pure Gro undin Bulk. ENGLISH BREAKPAS slueberries . ee 1 30 na aa ae a. . Le cles ED Ls / ou Tt, ny 0 Alispi 5 Fair 1 MEATS, A )ft.. { Fair 8 Corned beef, Libby’s.......2 10 : 60 f 60) ( atavia 2 ( ‘ “ Roast beef, Armour’s.......1 7 es | 1 79 iM ind Saigon .~ i3e 40 @B50 Potted han 1 * } A “6 és : Cl s yui ; RAC Ss + 1 v tongue, 4% lb 1 0% pg 1 " Ib —— S i chicken, 44 Ib. 2 a A) VEGETA ES, 11 } J paI 7 { Bean : 7 | ae 1 Ry 1Tr , Hamburgh string!ess 1 , a 75 _ oe 2 “rench style 2 4 t ) : 2 Limas : cod M sere i s, N¢ a Lima, green 1 No aon ) Ps . 2) . } VO 3 3 ) Ww ue S 1 d th “ , ; 1 S 27 i 3a ies : 24 Se og 15 2) , ( VeS $ I \ 4 cu : . { ¥¢ 1 Honey Dew . 1 &., s - LT 4 ’ 5 P¢ N t lbs x Os } 31 reas § 4 } ’ 4 r. ™ Zz rye WW i > : \ Hambt gh marrofat (Misa! | : Wh ; : 1 2 SO x ' hit " S4 Ie ‘ pri i vO 7 00 : s 1 . Vo. I ts ) | ABE. +--+. cee eens $ - ly s s ) a ( { : ; SUGAR s s ts LAVO ACTS sf “— . 38 > ye ‘ ‘ i < . 26 em , . 25 ‘ 00 roid box : ‘ 3088S a = 1K A YP { nfec ra’ A 4 4 po na ph “ I 2 - < ) 2 . A 8 1O1 13 6 Of ‘ ‘4 GUN ~ ) 1 1 tri & Less t i . 3 “ H > {i t s : "¥ £00) ( zo good 2 G " : aM 4 br s : 1 Van ¢ No 2) - | No. Ci 7 00} No.1 A b | Tea 2 Hambu A ] mee... ie 2138 | Haneock I els 4 . | Gallon — ++ -40 CHOCOL. ATE 4 teh, in ¢ ~ nan Sweet M ul i a h Rappee, in Jars 9 | Pure. . SL eeaee So! Breakfas t c COA Boxes , : | CHE! Kees, Englis t ’ pares : SAL 80 30 or Lenaw i Co 3 . Co essed an Grant j . i. i ‘ Lin } ut +4| PAPER & WOODENWARK) : de 4 a Ss s Rubber, 10 lam} 2 6 2 + 5 @ 4 Ne 14g 5 gross boxes ones 2 i a ci : cr ) COCOA SHELLS. vv +c Balk. ..... les 3 ' 5 i, assorted 35 Pound packages $ 8 ' ah A « ( t -id s y @ 5 q ) y NWAR ) ~+ : a i s 7 0 c } Fair. tec. € Good : " yh Prime : ct Golden : ‘ : ' Peaberry B Tay W) Sante >| hye a | Fai 8 > ix Good 2 TY 1 : . < mao Prin 3 180 ae 1 is 250 Pe TV ) i 8 ‘ i r 5 nd 19s 2 75 Mexican and Guatamala 3 \ ’ : b 5 rar... - Barre ' 245) ; shit ; Good Half ba a ya i hoop Faney . a oe 18 a ih : Maracaibo. Ora inge > 5 v s, No.1 5 % Prime ... ; : 224 Feo?) Avior... ..........- 3 26 6 Milled 23% | In drum AI aes In boxes ‘ i s “ Gi erS Zante, i 1 25 | Sy Cr Ss ’ Mocha. s ri : al . ce Imitation 25 Ral niz Caroli 7 Oatmeal Crackers g GRAUNS and FE Arak 23 London Laye 1 és 6 i ° ROASTED. : b5 — Y mt 0 To ascertain cost of roasted .PAN f t i 0) coffee, add %4¢. per lb. for reast- Musca tels, ' ing and 15 per ent. for shrink- ' 2 1 1c age. 72 : . « WW : PACKAGE Valencias......-. 6 Jay Cees eee : Choicest { i MecLaughlin’s XXXX 21% | Ond aras.. @ 6% | Patna : eeteaesene- OF Dust . Pain ‘ Sultanas. ‘ 3UN “Is. or as . > 00D xtract Fa ‘ KS sion, lb, cas m ‘ 7 : } 2 1 rood ‘Is 10 t 100.10, BOG... .565 55.5... { B B5 C0 } ‘ \ sack Hominy. Choit 2 Bveia......4.-.-..-...--... 3% a rust Grits Witcne 15 00 eT Hand / 15 ar to acco1 Dred oe i Fait . manying ill ene \ eel li rs to 5 , ; : ermit = i CE ee | mimil aie gustration) r i : " 7 lie sold at case “i SPICES ' ny Naa ini a 3 rice, with ¢ 41 CORN a rdditior vir : : 23 s S 5 Acharge of oe r oA, si 0 . ' ' ° a t -ents for ce ab reas, ‘ LZ inet : Green, bu ci cl elie hs aac 1 10 ( ts 32 ei Sole, OM... aie 6 Oi hn Less than ) 35 EXTRACT. Sago, Be Oe... 3c ... %5 | German...... He lla oly Lo _) 1 othy 12 5 7. ae : M st { | Felix.. as ba ues sts vou i 15 | Maat Indies...6-.....-4..... 5 No. 1 ' t 14 00 14 Budge--Reminiscences of a Drug Clerk. I do not know exactly why I have chosen such a title for this sketch except | it be that I am sitting in the old store} where ten years ago a lean, lanky, enthu-| siastic apprentice, 1 started to learn the mysteries of the drug business, and that the freshest memories of those by-gone days are connected with the name Budge. In case any of my readers should be uncharitable enough to ascribe to this peculiar word associations suggesting | frequent libations to Bacchus, I hasten to | explain that Budge was nothiug more or less than the name of a dog, buta dog who had the happy faculty of getting | himself and others (not dogs) into no end of trouble, It has become customary for drug stores to have a dog or cat as a sort of | **household god;” 1 do not know which is the more correct, but from my experience with Budge 1 would unhesitatingly say, | never have a dog. We got Budge when he was only a few days old—a present from a customer, who, no doubt, wished to get even for | some unconscious sin one of us had com- mitted—and to the fact that he had to be | tenderly nursed for a few weeks may no} doubt be ascribed his attachment to my- self, who, as junior apprentice, was given | the task of guiding his youthful footsteps | toward adult doghood. From the nature of his surroundings it | may easily be inferred Budge early de- | veloped the analytical part of his disposi- | tion, and his inquiring mind often led | him to investigate matters which could | in no way be considered part of his duties, the result of such investigations invari- ably proving not only a financial loss, but testing the patience of proprietor and | clerks in no small degree, and eventually | leading to his untimely demise. He seemed to consider himself pecul- iarly qualified for examining new addi- tions to our stock, and bent all his ener- gies toward testing the texture of sponges and the toughness of combs, tooth- brushes, ete., should carelessness on our part cause any of these to be left within reach of his sharp teeth. I have known him to tear up in one night a dozen fine bath-sponges; while at another time he completely ruined a lot of vulcanite and horn combs that chanced to be left on the counter. A hasty examination of a package of rasped soap-tree bark, and another of powdered blood-root, caused him to in- dulge in some doubts as to his fitness for analytical work, but a few days seemed | to settle the matter, and he came back with a determination to excel all past efforts, a proceeding in which, I am sorry to say, he was entirely successful. Matters reached such a pass at last that the proprietor decided to do one of three things: Close the store; give Budge away, or kill him. The first was deemed un- wise, the latter cruel, so it was ruled Budge should form a donation to some one who did not entertain friendiy feel- ings toward our establishment. While looking for the proper person, Budge settled all perplexities as to his disposal in his own peculiar fashion. A lot of goods had been opened and piled on the back counter just before! elosing one evening. In the morning we found a package containing tartaric acid had been opened and part of the contents gone. A parcel of bicarbonate of soda i fact of the matter is, it had been similarly treated; pieces of Budge were on the floor, some on the! ceiling, and some on each wall, but taken | as an entire dog he was utterly ruined. | His knowledge of chemical combination | was not proportionate with the bent of | his analytical desires, a fact which some | drug apprentices I have known would do | well to bear in mind. On the whole, I} would strongly advise against a dog| forming one of the complements of assist- | ants in a drug store. | + = & The fact that some discerning or un- charitably disposed persons traced in Budge some resemblance to his master, leads my reminiscent thoughts quite naturally to my preceptor. Whether this | likeness really existed or not, I am un-| prepared to state, but 1 can truly say that | to his tenacity, fixedness of purpose and | kindness, must I ascribe the basis of whatever success I may have attained in THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. my chosen profession. He had his pecul- iarities; but who has not? One of these was a love of debate, and the forcible arguments he used to employ in closing a discussion with any of bis assistants which seemed to be going against him. These varied in accordance with the gravity to too great an extent to prevent a rapid change of position. I remember particularly the way in which he replied to an assertion of mine, one one occasion, by throwing an iron pestle at my head, which | dodged and forgave him for on the spot, as it passed clean through a sixty-dollar plate-glass window and knocked a newsboy intothe middle of the street. Of course, the newsboy got heavy damages! Such strength of argument was but ill in keeping with a disposition as gentle as my own, and | decided to retire from the contest as gracefully as_ pos- | sible. + = = A newspaper advertisement induced me to apply fora position in a country drug store. My application was success- ful, so, bidding farewell to associations of Budge and his hot-headed master, ! repaired to my new place with a mind full of grand plans for the future, and a pocket not overloaded with curreney. My prospective employer was not in the store when I called, but his appren- tice was; and | decided to keep dark as to my identity and try to find out from this embryo-pharmie what kind of a man | was to serve, and be thus the better pre- pared to please him. Accosting the apprentice, 1 asked: “Well, how do you like the drug busi- ness?” “Oh, not very well,’’ he answered, ‘‘the is too great a strain on my system, and | should have given it up, if the boss had not decided to engage another apprentice. You see,”’’ he continued as he put up fourteen ounees of bird-seed for a ‘ full pound,’ ‘‘the old man’s a great experimentor and as I take an active part in all his experi- ments, it is fast wearing me out. There’s not a new drug placed on the market ora sample left in the store that his Jaggs does not try on me. When he first heard of apomorphine as an emetic, he at once tried a hypodermatic injection of the drug on me. 1 gave up everything for him and ‘experimental science’ on that occasion. He nearly killed me with a large dose of opium afew months ago, because he wished to try the effects of a new restorative on comatose persons. He made me sleep in the damp ceilar for three weeks, in the hope that it would induce tuberculosis and give him an opportunity of testing his cure for con- sumption. I have gone round with one pupil dilated as large as a nickle with atropine, and the other contracted to a mere speck with eserine. I have to take a bottle of every new patent medicine he buys, and once when a much vaunted ‘female regulator’ failed to have any effect on me, he sent the whole business back to the manufacturer. Every part of my body is freckled with marks of the hypodermatic needle, and I have been cured of more fatal diseases in my short life-time than are mentioned in an ordinary medical lexicon. See that pile of green fruit? I’ve got to eat all that to-night so as to give his | | Giblets an opportunity to test his new} ‘certain cure for cholera.’ No, sir, 1 don’t like the drug business, but thank heaven the new apprentice will have to assist in | | these ‘experiménts’ hereafter—not going, | | I assured him my business | was of no great moment and | would see | the proprietor at some time in the remote | are you?” future. So here I sit in the old store this morn- ing and let my thoughts ramble where they will through the evergreen fields of pleasant old memories. lam writing of to cause my readers to glance backward, of time, aud we are prone to think, that no matter what the future may have in | } } | store for us, the past was fullof pleasant- | ries and the future holds all our sorrows and troubles. us, for what would human existence be if all its troubles were magnified or even | these memories not so much to amuse as | also, and for afew moments forget the | perplexities and trials of the present by | dwelling on those days when we looked | at our future through the rosy spectacles of youthful ardor and enthusiastic pur- pose. Even the disappointments of the past are mellowed by the caressing hand nature of whatever chanced to be near | him at the time, and was not affected by | unchanged by the lapse of passing years. Let the present be to us as an opera-glass, through which we may view the future near and brilliant, but look on the past find the past always contains the best of life after all, and naturally conclude the present is doing the same, and thus with a brave heart and strong purpose we step upon the threshold of the unknown fu- ture, feeling the same law holds good through all three stages of time. ——_——— + A Nervy Shoplifter. A professional shoplifter once visited a shoe store in Pittsburg. She had asmall foot and was proud of it. It was noeasy matter to please her, the affable young ‘ed without buying anything. Perhaps this is well for. salesman found. The stock of fine la- dies’ shoes was ransacked to suit her taste. It was all in vain, for she depart- Under her dress were two more shoes than a woman can wear, however. . When she looked at the stolen shoes i after returning home she found that they through the reversed ends. We may thus ; shoe store again. were not mates. She was very much annoyed; in fact, the discovery took away her appetite for supper. The next afternoon found her in the ‘The shoes you sold me the other day,’’ she said to the sales- man, who was not the one who had tried to suit her fastidious taste the day be- | fore, ‘‘are not mates, and will you kindly change them?”’’ | The store was crowded—shoplifters ; seldom venture into an empty store—and ithe young man hurried off at once with- lout further inquiry. In another minute ‘he returned with a pair of shoes properly mated and gave them to the supposed customer. She did not stay to give thanks for the gift. ey Do You want a Cut OF YOUR STORE BUILDING For use on your Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Cards, Etc? TRADeE Maw CO THO We ean furnish you a double column cut, similar to above, for $10; or a single column cut, like. those below, for $6. In either case, we should have clear photograph to work from. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, ENGRAVERS AND PRINTERS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. i | | The Expulsion of the Jews from Russia. The most pathetic pictures of human extremity and destitution are presented in the experience of the Jews in Russia, as described by a party of fugitive He- brews who have recently arrived from that country. They relate ina graphic | way the terrible sufferings that they | endured under the Russian system of | extermination, which finally culminated | in the burning down of their entire vil- | lage. The stirring story is told by these hapless exiles in the following manner: “It was a little farming settlement, four Russian miles from Veile, contain- ing eighteen houses, with barns and out- buildings. July 18, about midnight, about a dozen Russians from the city | came trooping down upon them and set fire to the whole settlement. Fourteen of the Jews were burned to death, while | twenty were fearfully burned. Ihe Jews | armed themselves with stones and sticks and gave chase. The Russians were | thoroughly surprised at this, because they were accustomed to have their own way with these people. One young whose mother had been cruelly burned took a crowbar and attacked three of the Russians. He killed two of them, and struck the third one such a blow that he died in an hour. All the time the Rus- sians were rushing wildly about shout- ing, ‘Kill the Jews; kill the Jews.’ ”’ We believe that this demoniac system of persecution is tottering to its fall, under the pressure of the focalized forces of moral sentiment and public opinion, and that soon the Russian Bear will be glad to withdraw its cruel claws from the bleeding and mangled bodies of these suffering Jews, notwithstanding its bloody instinets and brutal habits. man | At present the darkness is dense, and hope hides its drooping head beneath a trembling wing, but we can just desery a tantalizing gleam of light playing along the edges of the distant horizon hills, heralding the dawn of a _ better brighter day. Prejudice is giving place to sympathy and and friendship. In the past Jewish habits have been burlesqued and the Jewish character maligned, But the world is beginning to realize that there is much to admire in their domestic love and fidelity, and in their freedom from debasing crimes and social outrages. Our prisons rarely open to receive a Jew. Often in days past have they been thrust into jail for their religion, but for crime. In the presence of this appalling spec- tacle of inexpressible suffering, involy- ing millions of human beings of a single race, with all their natural and_ social rights ruthlessly outraged, their homes and property confiscated, and branded with social and political ignominy, as disgraces no crimiual in our civilized country, driven forth as fugitives upon the face of the earth, we cannot do other than utter a prolonged protest against the system and laws that render such heathenish barbarity possible. seldom such True to the genius of her free institu- tions, America has espoused the cause of these victims of tyranny, and the en- lightened nations of Europe, under the stimulus of the American spirit, are con- templating the calling of a convention of nations to devise some means of check- ing the criminal conduct of Russia to- ward the unhappy Jews within her juris- diction. THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Taking our stand upon the great prin- | ciples of civil and religious liberty, as | universal and inalienable human rights, we appeal to the best thought and feel- ing of the world in behalf of tims of relentless persecution. Holding in grateful remembrance not only the ancient Hebrew worthies who inspired and directed the thought of all aftertime by the glow of their genius, the purity of their precepts and the weoing these vie- warmth of their sublime sentiments, but as well the Jews of modern times, who | have ornamented every profession, graced every walk in life, filled with distinction |and honor every position of public trust, }and contributed such inestimable intel- | lectual and moral treasures to the civi- lization of the age, we cannot refuse to raise our voice in this savage system of resentment of Russian that outrivals the horrors of ancient bar- | barism and medieval despotism. RADIX. i 2 —< -— The Law on Cancellation of Orders. From the Chicago Dry Goods Reporter. So much has been written and said on the cancellation of orders and the return of goods once purchased that the rights | of both seller and buyer more clearly defined under the law. parties have certain rights, and the suits that are occasionally growing out of the infringement of these rights are havinga good effect, at leastin the way of defining precisely what one can or under the law. Many retail merchants have an idea that they can refuse to accept goods at any time after ordered. Such would not seem to be the ease under the decision of the supreme court of Georgia, in the case | of MeCord v. Laidley (13 8S. E. Rep. 509), wherein a firm bought a carload of goods | to be shipped and paid for on delivery. The seller shipped the car and forwarded adraft, The draft was presented before the car arrived and payment was refused, and the buying firm notified the seller that he had violated the contract by de- manding payment before the delivery of the goods, and that they would not accept the goods when they arrived. When the ear arrived it was tendered to the buyers and they refused it. It was then sold for what it would bring, which was less than the contract price. The buyers were liable for the deficit. This decision is not only good law, but sound common sense, and would un- doubtedly be cited as a precedent in all similiar cases. On the other hand, the same court has rendered a decision upholding the rights of the retail merchant where goods were bought by sample, in the case of Erwin vy. Harris (13 S. E. Rep. 513), in which the court says: ‘‘Where a contract for the sale of sev- eral carloads of goods is made by sample, the buyer has a right to inspect them be- fore accepting them, and when the draft for the first two carloads shipped arrives before the cars do, the refusal of the buyer to accept the draft until the cars arrive and the consequent protest of this draft will not warrant the cancellation of | the contract; and upon the refusal ofjthe seller to ship the balance of the order, damages for breach of contract may be recovered.’? These two decisions define pretty clearly he law as it relates to the return of goods once purehased, and business men should govern themselves accordingly. Women as Inventors. In a return recently made to the United States government of the statistics of the | learn | patent office at Washington, we that, frum 1790 to July 1, 1888, there were 2,300 patents taken out by women. They embrace all subjects, from dress improv- ers to submarine telescopes. since has shown a rapid increase. Prob- ably in last year alone there were nearly 200. persecution | are becoming | 30th | eannot do} For ten} years before 1815 there were only two or | three female patentees, but every decade | Come oF gine deny 133 Draper Block. ~~ MORSE’S DEPARTMENT SYORK Blegel’s Cloak . Department, Manufacturers and Importers of Ladies, Misses and Childrens IA Send for our Catalogue to MVorse’s Department Store, Corner Spring and Monroe Sts. WHERE ALL ARE GREAT, WHICH IS GREATEST OPAL? MERCHANTS: YOUR TRADE DEMANDS a strong, finely tlavored, i Ne ala pote FaPitht ala ve perfectly roasted coffee, free from glazing and impurities of LION COFFEE therefore every kind. and Gus eye a) satisiies this demand isa winner. It is sold by whole- sale grocers everywhere. For quotations see or address the » WOQLSON SPICE CO, Toledo, 0. WE Say Lion Corre: Coupon Books lete Fall Line of price list column, Buy of the Largest Manufacturers in tbe Cou: try and Save Money. The Tradesman Compaliy, Grand Rapids Our Comp _ For THE BABY Holiday au | Taser “SOULIETTA | Owing to the fact that we were al jto meet the demand for Chamoise moc- last fall, we advise placing your | casins | orders now. | We It wlll pay | , > i‘ i oe He) | from $1.85 to $4.75 per dozen. were unable | | | | have them in all grades ranging Will be ready September 10th, every merchant handling this line of goods | | to examine our samples. EATON, LYON & CO,, } } | 20 & 22 Monroe St., HIRTH & KRAUSE, Grand Rapids, Mich. SAMPLE. GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICH On a ‘‘ Mixed” Train. The particular point of the following I have heard in different ways, incident I have in mind, coming under my own observation, was too good to pass, and we will consider it fresh and new, for I am very sure that the disgust- ed grandmother of my story had not the remotest idea that she was laying her- self liable to the accusation of plagiar- ism. Dear reader, did you ever ride for any considerable distance on a ‘‘mixed’’ rail- road train—that is, a train made up of passenger coaches and freight cars? If but the| you never have, then you know not how; steam-power can be insulted; not what weary, railroad really you know wretched waiting on a means. Years ago, when the Western Delaware | & Reading Railroad was first opened to publie travel, I purchased a ticket at Wilmington, Del., for distance of somewhere about sixty miles; and when I came to enter my car, I found myself on board one of those mixed trains. There was vastly more freight than there were passengers. For myself, however, I did not particu- larly suffer. The road ran for its whole distance through the beautiful valley of the historic Brandywine, and as I was not driven for time, enjoyment in the picturesque scenery that was continually opening to my view. Much of it was grandly magnificent, and all of it interesting; and, what was very | after maturity. Reading, Pa., a| 1 found plenty of | favorable to sight-seeing, I lost no pict- | ures of the panorama through rapidity of transit. But it was not so with others. were in a hurry, and the grumbling and growling was general. stopping place there was freight to be left, and freight to be taken on. The regular hands of the train were not paid they declared, to handle freight, and they worked charily; and, moreover, those stopping places were many and frequent. You can, perhaps, imagine the speed of that train. We left Wilmimgton at 7:30a. m. At} noon we had made not more than half Hae distance to the end of our route. At! 730 p. m. we arrived at the junction of | ea Philadelphia and Reading Railroad about five miles distant from the latter city, nine mortal hours on the road thus | far! As we approached this place, we were to strike on to the other our conductor came along to take up the} tickets of the passengers. Very near to me sat an elderly lady, accompanied by a boy, who, during the long and tedious trip, had called her grandma. When the conductor came to her, she gave to him where | road, two tickets, one of which had a corner | eut off, signifying only half a ticket. The official looked at the ticket, then at | the strapping boy, and then he looked back upon the elderly lady. “Say, my good woman, d’ye call that boy of yours the kind of a boy to ride on a half-ticket?” Never did a human face express more of disgust—more of bitter repugnance and dudgeon, than did the face of that woman—and the face had been so mild and so benignant at times in prattle with her grandson. She looked into the man’s fave; and she answered him, in tones which you may imagine: ‘‘When I bought that ticket it was all that was required for this boy. If he’s outgrown it since, it isn’t my fault.’ The conductor passed on without fur- ther remark; and, really, I thought he enjoyed it; for evidently he was not fond of running that mixed train. = to cut any of the timber on its disputed lands in Baraga county will likely delay ily?’’ Many | At nearly every | | tributing to support my own >| objects of charity. My suffer me to take any such risks as that. | — 4 Additions tothe List of Cash Mer- chants. The chants who bid good bye to the credit | system. Among those who have adopted | the cash plan this fall is T. H. Atkins, the Carlisle general dealer, nounces the change to his customers in the following manner: Commencing October 1. 1891, I sell goods for STRICTLY CASH who only. credit for a short time, I will, if satis- factory, issue Tradesman coupon books in sums of $2, $3, notes for thirty days, to bear I take this course, be- lieving it will enable me to SELL GOODS CLOSER and give better satisfaction to my pat- rons. Thanking you for your past liberal patronage, and soliciting a continuance of the same, I remain, ¥ours truly, TT. H. Avrains. SA He, Too, Had Pride. A delegation of charitably-disposed la- | ealled | on a merchant to solicit his aid in reliev- | dies, who have nothing else to do, ing the necessities of a poor family. ‘**What is the name of the reduced fam- | asked the merchant. ‘The lady has seen bet too proud to allow her name to be men- tioned in this ecnnection.’’ pride will not Otherwise, ladies, 1 would be only too | glad to assist you.”’ A Needed Reform. While engaged in reforming the styles of woman’s dress the Chautauqua world- | ~ ;improvers utterly forgot a very impor- | tant point. Beauty is all well enough, >| but the invention of a device whereby a | woman’s pocket eould be found without ; the aid ofa search-light and a sheriff's posse would have been of much more | practical value. REMOVAL SALE. Having leased other quarters, j}adapted for the Drug business, | my entire stock of Holiday and Fancy Goods, Novelties, | Toys, Dolls, Games, Albvms, Bas- kets, Books and Stationery, Sport- ing Goods, Notions, CREATLY REDUCED PRICES, i Fall and Holiday | - A rare chahce to buy Goods at Bargain Prices. ples now ready. Sam- Special prices on all surplus stock be- | fore moving. Lease expires November Ist. | Drug Store Shelving and Counters for sale. | Large Wall Cases for sale. Marquette—The refusal of the United | States Court to allow the Nester estate | the projected Baraga & Watersmeet Rail- | way, as that line had the contract to haul 30,000,000 feet the coming winter, and expected to have ten miles of rail ready | to do it with before snow fell. The road, however, will undoubtedly be sooner or later, and will be an important | factor in the handling of forest products. | built | Sample-Trunks for sale. Small stock Drugs and Fixtures for sale. Large corner store for rent until Janwary | ist. Correspondence Invited. Fred Brundage, 21 to 27 Terrace St., Muskegon, Michigan, CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. PECK BROS, Addrezs Wholesale Droggists GRAND RAPIDS. advent of every autumn marks | numerous additions to the list of mer-| an- | shall | Should responsible parties desire $5 and $10 on good | interest ter days and is | family as} better | L offer | M a N TRADESMAN. MicHiGaN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.’’ DEPART. ARRIVE DE I itt 6:30am 10:00pm ME isk ecesien .-. 6:40am 4:30 pm \oay Deere... ... . 120pm 10:00am *Atiantic & Pacific Expres 11:15pm 6:00am mow Terk Mapress...........4. + os00- 56:40pm 12:40pm | "Dail y- All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic | trains to and from Detroit. Parlor cars run on Day Express and Grand Rapid | Express to and from Detroit. Freep M. BRiegs, Gen’l Agent, 8 Monree St. G. 8. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. | O. W. Rueetks.G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago. YIME TABLE NOW and Pacific Express IN EFFECT. Trains Li eave | Gad Ry ipids, Lv a a ae 16jtNo. 18 3 45pm 4 52pm Johns ...Ar 5 40pm pate ae 6 4¢pm E. Saginaw..Ar ‘ oeo)........ i Bay City ....Ariil & am | 3: 3 450m Soe, . . | Flint .... ...Ar|11 10am/ 340pm) 8 0( pm) 5 40am Pt. Huron...Ar| 3 05pm) 6 00pm/10 20pm) 7 35am Pontiae 10 57am} 305pm) 8 5 50am | Detroit... .. 115 amj 405pm) 950pm) 7 0am | WESTWARD, *No. 81 |tNo. 11 G’d Rapids, Ly| 7 Osam!} 1 0pm | 5 19pm) 10 30pm Gd Haven, Ar) 8 50am! 2 Ji — 6 15pm/)11 30pm Milw’keeStr ‘“ i 6 45am! 6 45am c hic ago Str. 6 0Oam| «Daily. +Daily excey pt Sund: Ay. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12 3:00 p.m. and 10:25 p. m, Trains arrive from the west, 6:45 a, m tNo, 13|tNo. 15 Trains Leave 60 p. m., , 10:10 . 4 . * os a. m., 3:35 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. “That’s just the fix my family is in. | Eastwarc a -No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet |If 1 were to contribute 1 might be con- | car. No. 18 Chair Car. No, $2 Wagner Sleeper. Westward—No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar. Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager. Ben FLetcuer, Trav. Pass. Agent. JAS. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. 23 Monroe Street CHICAGO & WEST MICHIGAN RY. “DEPAR r FOR SEPT. 6, i891. | Chicago . i + 9:00) 11:05) *11: Indianapolis .. + 9:00) 41:05) §11: Benton Harbor........ + 9:00) +1:05.*11: . Joseph c 700) 71:05 “i: averse Ci 7 uskegon | Maniste e § Except Saturday. < OD A. M. has through chair car to Chica- eVU co. No extra charge for seats. tWeek Days. *Daily. i P.M. runs through to Chieago solid 9) ; - Wagner buffet car; sea s 50 cts, 17 . M. has through free —_ car to 5:17 SSeatanee, via M. & N. E. P, M. is solid train with = agner pal- ace sleeping car through to Chicago. and sleeper to Indianapolis via Ben- ton Harbor. | DETROIT, ge eda Lansing & Northern RR 11:35 | DEPART FOR A ae Te M. , Detroit | +1:00 | Lansing... |} +1:00) Howell | +1200) | Lowell.. ... | +16} * se. 8... $4230). ‘St. Louis ec. .... | Saginaw Cc ity. | 44:30] —— s through to Detroit with par- seats 235 cents. ‘i through Parlor car to De- Seats, 25 cents ‘6 JF P. M. runs through to Detroit with par | Ms 25 lor car, seats 25 cents. ] 7:05 A. M. has parlor car to Saginaw, seats ) 25 cents, For tickets and information apply at Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, or Union station. Geo. DeHaven, Gen. Pass’r Agt. 6:50 i: M5 1:06 re Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & | | No yrthern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk « fers a route making the best time betwe Grand Rapids and Toledo, VIA D., L. & N. Ly. Grand Rapids at 7:25 a. m. and 6:25 p. m. | Ar, Toledo at..... --1:10 p. m, and 11:00 p. m, | VIA D., G. H. & EM. | Lv. Grand Rapids at..... - 50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m. Ar. Toledo at 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m. teturn connec tions equally as good, W. Hi. Bennett, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio. Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect September 10, 1891. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going South. North. rr For Saginaw & Traverse City.. 5:15am 7:05 am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:20am 11:30 am For Saginaw and Cadillac...... 2: rn pm 4:30 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw ..... 10:30 p m pm Train arriving at 9:20 daily; eli ee trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going North. Ree Comer aa, 6:20am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago... 10:30 am For Fert Wayne and the East.. 11:50am 2:00 pm Oe TOO, oo cee ce sue 5:30 p m 6:00 pm NE oe sees ca ceese 10:49pm 11:05 pm PEOUE POG A eon oh ee conse 10:40 p m Trains leaving at 6:00 p. m. and 11:05 p. m. run daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana For Page From Muskegon—Arrive. 0 am 10:10am Li: 25 am 4:55 pm 5:40 pm 9:00 pm SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NO orn 7 4 :05 am train.—Parlor chair car G’d pids to Traverse Oity. t 1: 30 am train.—Parlor chair car G’d Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 10:30 p m train.—Sleeping car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw, tiniatiaiacal 7:00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand rae to Cincinnati. 0:30 am train.—Wagner Parlor Car te Rapids to Chicago. 6:00 pm train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati 11;05 pm train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand si to nee "Chicago via G. R. & I. R. ~~ Lv Grand Rapids 10:30 a m 2:00 pm Arr Chicago 3:55 p m 9:00 pm 10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:05 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. 11:05 p m 6:50 am Lv Chicazo 7:05am 3:10 pm 10:10 pm Arr Grand Rapids 2:15pm 8:50pm 6:15 am 3:10 p m through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:10 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Through tickets and full information can be had by ealling upon A, Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tion, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich. C. L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. Grand Rapids Electrotype Co., ~o» BLECTROTYPERS ——_ AND——— NTEREOTYPERS 6 and 8 Erie St., GRANP RAPIDS. AUMUND 8. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Maker AND 44 CANA! Sf, urand Rapids - fled WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. if you have any of the above goods to _— or anything in the Produce line, let aus hear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired, EARL BROS., COMMISSION MERCHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Ohicago. MICHIGAN Th ADESMAN, Grand Rapids, TE eta, wrahiiatesdis. <4 aes > net ANYTHING —_Yarng Blankets, Comfort: That will help a man in his business ought to be of vital ‘cselikcs to him. Many a succesatul a Oyershirt tS, Dress Goods, chant has found when a 6 ae Dress Ginghams, Prints, Batts That he has allowed his money to leak away. nee Sees : And a . Line of Floor Oil Gloth in 5-4, 6-4, 8-4, -Mopey Hort tate ca of teh. S gseKETEE & SONS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. And the quicker you tumble to the fact that the old way of keeping itis not good enough, the more of it you will have to count up. os & If you wish to stop all the leaks incident to the mercan- he, — BS ee tile business, adopt one of the x S . : FY 4 a : y =) at 1 b j Ng WZ, nena ee Coupon Gystems RY i) vi Z SYA. . . Gs ff Wy Y ’ Ny VOI Y G Manufactured in our establishment—* Tradesman,” ‘“ Super- ior’ or * Universal 7”—and put your business on a cash basis. See Meonday’s and Saturday’s Detroit Evening News Yj Dp tae further Particulars. Y a En For Samples and Price List, address YY $1 OO G iV E N f\ W r Y THE TRADESMAN COMPANY 7 i) YY Te the Smokers of me PRINCE RUDOLPH CIGARS. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Te the person guessing the nearest to the number of Imps that will appear in a series of cuts in the Eveni ng News, cuts not to exceed 100, ff Y ist Cash Prize, $50; 2d, $25; 3d, 15; 4th, $10. Guess alips to be had with Uf Y /A\ every 2c. worth of PRINCE RU DOLPH CIGARS. Sold Everywhere Yr Up to date there has been published 28 cuts, with a total of 303 imps. Cc. A. LAMB. F. J. LAME. CA. LAME: & GoO., WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Produce, 84 and 86 South Division St. MANUFACTURED BY ALEX. GORDON, Detroit, Mion. YY) DANIEL LYNCH, Grand Rapids, vo Wholesale Agt. Bolts Wanted! I want 500 to 1,000 cords of Poplar Excel- sior Bolts, 18, 36 and 54 inches long. I also want Basswood Bolts, same lenyths as above. For particulars address I J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich, ==—=—saemems The Oyster Season is how wel] and we are ‘‘in the swim,” as usual. We put up good woods and sell them right, and we want your trade. Having once secured it, we will endeavor by all honorable means and methods to retain it. Send us your orders. THE PUYNAM GANDY GO. STRAITON & STORM’S CIGARS, Having been appointed distributing agents in Grand apes for the OW] CIGAR COMPANY (formerly Straiton & Storm), of New York and Flot foe we are | prepared to supply the trade with the celebrated OWL BRANDS OF HIGH GRADE CIGARS, also their SUPERIOR NICKEL GOODS, and a complete oe of KEY WEST CIGARS, manufactured by the above well known firm at their fac- We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1891. tories in New York and Florida. The Owl Cigar Company do not manufacture |low grade cigars, and their products are guaranteed free from drugs or adultera- Correspondence solicited. | tions of any kind. We solicit a trial order. 81 SOUTH DIVISION ST.. GRAND RAPIDS. | - M. CLARK GROCERY CO., Grand Rapids. i More Lamps Received at Last Our stock of Decorated Parlor Lamps and Shades to match, which it has seemed impossible to get in sufficient quantities are now in, and all our back orders will be filled at once. Have you our new Lamp Catalogue, showing these beautiful lamps in colors? If not, send for it. Mailed on request. Prices never so low, H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids ——————sh “ = y — —=SS our Mammoth Store Lamps.