Published Weekly. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. . Michigan Tradesman. $1 Per Year. yes 9. GRAND RAPIDS, OCTOBER 14, 1891. NO. 421 _ PEACHES AND BANANAS, WE ARE HEADQUARTERS. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. © MN. RAPE & CO. 9 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. a TRIMO Made of Forged Steel and Interchangeable infall its Parts. Sold"by HESTER & FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich. MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED STATES BAKING CO, Successors to ANIUSKEGON CRACKER Co., HARRY FOX, Manager. Crackers, Biscuits «Sweet Goods. MUSKEGON, MICH. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID. TO MATL ORDERS, Bananas, Jersey Sweet Potatoes) Received in Car Lots. pg Wewill pay market price for all fresh Eggs you can Feggs! seud us, If any to offer write us. WHOLESALE: g if you have Beans for sale Beans! send sample and price. Fruits, Seeds, Beans and Produce. MOSELEY BROS., 26, 28, 30 and 32 Ottawa St., GRAND RAPIDS SET TEE Best! Jennings’ Flavoring Extracts New Line of — PANNY GQ0D8 tor September Trade. Order Tycoon Gum and Chocolate Triplets. A EE. BAROORS & Co., No. 46 OTTAWA ST., GRAND RAPIDS G. S. BROWN & CoO., —— JOBBERS OF —— Domestic Fruits and Vegetables We carry the largest stock in the city and guarantee satisfaction. We always bill goods at the lowest market prices. SEND FOR QUUTATIONS. 24 and 26 North Division St.. GRAND RAPIDS. New Line of g Pipe Wrensh. | GRAND RAPIDS PAPER CO, | CURTISS & WHITE, Managers, | Jobbers of de pe ath and Twines. | P. Sheathing. Tarred Boar. Tarred Felt. ! lain Board, Carpet Lining. Straw Paper. Carpet * weepers, Gem Writ ~s Wagons and Sleighs Baby Carriages, Wash Boards, Brooms, M« se tic as , Tablets and Box Paper, j Note Paper, Envelopes | ete. | No. 8 So. Ionia St., w. ‘rs Expr Grand Rapids, Agents Wanted !? SAGINAW, Mich., June 22, 1891. Albion Milling Co., Albion, Michigan: GENtTS—In connection with our gach for ‘‘Albion Patent bag ah which you will find enclosed. permit us to say that we have used your ‘Al nm Patent for the past fifteen years and it has always given universal casietlitlion. We consider it the best brand of flour, for family use, that we ae nd} Yo ry truly, WELLS STONE MERCANTILE CO. We wish to place this brand in every city ar 1d town in Michigan, and give the exclusive control to responsible dealers. The re is money in it for you. Write for particulars. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed in every instance. ALBION MILLING COMPANY, Albion, Mich. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. land 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS THE NEW YORK BISGUIY CO, S. A. SEARS, Manager. Cracker Manutacturers, 37,39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. wy. 4. DOVV NS, — JOBBER OF —— Notions & Fancy Goods. 8 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Michigan. I have just received a fresh invoice of Kibbong, on which I am prepared to make unusually close prices. mee NS & BESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WF CARRY A STOCK OF CAKFR TALLOW FOR MILT. OSE UCKER, COADE & CO., General Commission Merchants Headquarters for Jersey Sweet Potatoes, Cape Cod Cranberries, ceenacss h Onions, Potatoes and Onions in car lots or bushel; als 0 choice Butter and Eggs and all kindsof Foreign and Domestie Fruits in their season. Wecean fill orders for all kinds of wir cr none at lowest figures. Write or wire for quotation on Onions and Potatoes, TUCKER, COADE & CO., Will pay highest market price for EGGS at all times. STANDARD Ulh CU. BALL RAND RAPIDS, MICH. a in [llUminating and Lubricating | HART -OITs-_ BARN NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Office, Hawkins Block. Works, Butterworth Ave. | Wholesale BULK STATIONS AT ‘ Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, Cadillac, Grand Haven, Ludington, Howard City, Mus- | Grocers. e kegon, Reed City, Manistee, Petoskey, Allegan. Highest Price Paid for Empty Carbon and Gasoline Barrels. | | RINDGE, BERTSCH & Co.,, IF. I DETTBNTHALBR Manufacturers and Jobbers of Boots and Shoes. Our fall lines are| now complete in every | department. ee a. 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. We have the finest lines of slippers and warm goods we ever carried. We handle all the lead ing lines of felt boots and JOBBER OF OFGigrs —| SALT FISH POULTRY & GAME =— tion before purchasing. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. See Quotations in Another Column. “Agents for the Boston | ee nea ce ee i es si ‘i Rubber shoe Co.” CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF POULTRY AND GAME SOLICITED. a } LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY. {'#ud Hanis Storage & Prater Co, tnt ——— General Wareboisemen and Transtr Agents, COLD STORAGE FOR BUTTER, EGGS, CHEESE, FRUITS, AND ALL KINDS OF PERISHABLES. a and Jobbers in Mowers, Binders Twine, Threshers,' En- s, Straw Stackers, Drills, Rakes, Tedders, Cultivators, Hews Pumps, Carts, Wagons. Buggies, Wind Mills GRAND RAPIDS. Gps ode s eaeeeer, and Machine and Plow repairs, Ete. Telephone No. 945. J. Y. F. BLAKE, Sup’t. Heyman & Company, Spring & Company, Manufacturers of IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN | Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, "} | ¥ [ d$ f Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, | Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, oY Sens, Dee. Prints‘and Domestic Cottons. WRITE FOR PRICES. We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well a — assorted stock at lowest market prices. : ge First-Class. Work Only. , 683 and 68CanalSt., - GRAND RAPIDS. Spring & Company. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. VOL. ESTABLISHED 1841. THE MERCANTILE AGENCY rt. G. Foun & Coa. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada FEEDS We earry 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 kinds of Seed Corn, Barley, Peas, in fact any- thing you need in seeds. We pay the highest price for Eggs, at all times. We sell Egg Cases No. 1 at 35¢e, Egg case fillers, 1@ sets in a case at $1.25 a case. W. Y. LAMOREAUX & 60, 128, 130, 132 W. Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, 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- othy Seed, Land Plaster, Ete. THOS. E. WYKES, WHOLESALE WAREHOUSE AND OFFICE: Cor. Wealthy Ave. and Ionia on M. C. R. R. BRANCH OFFICE: Builders’ Exchange. Cosrespondence Solicited. PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK. Cor. Monroe and Ionia Sts., Capital, $100,000. Liability, $100,000 Depositors’ Seeurity, $200,000. OFFICERS, Thomas Hefferan, President. Henry F. Hastings, Vice-President. Charles M. Heald, 2d Vice-President. Charles B. Kelsey, Cashier. DIRECTORS, D. D. Cody H. C. Russell S. A. Morman John Murray Jas. G. McBride J. HU. Gibbs Wm. McMullen Cc. B. Judd D. E. Waters H. F. Hastings Jno. Patton, Jr C. 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. . A. “DGETT, Vice-President. H. W. Nasn, Cashier CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. Trangacts a general banking business. Makea Speciality of Collections. Accounts of Conntry Merchants Solicited. FoR THE BABY ae CWT WH ee coe rr Trave SOULIETTA ™"«- Owing lo Lite Lact ibat we were unable to meet the demand for Chamoise moc- easins last fall, we advise placing your orders now. We have them in all grades ranging from $1.85 to $4.75 per dozen. HIRTH & KRAUSE, Grand Rapids, Mich. Wayne County Savings Bank, Detroit, Mich, $500,000 TO INVEST IN BONDS Issued by cities, counties, towns and school districts of Michigan. Officers of these municipalities about to issue bonds will find it to their advantage to apply to this bank. Blank bonds and blanks for proceedings supplied without charge. All communications and enquiries will have prompt attention. This bank pays 4 per cent. on deposits, compounded semi-annually. ‘ay, 1891. 8. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer. nl boding of some mistake. I ran rapidly back to the office and peered into the window. My blood boiled with indigna- THE MICHIGAN All uncertainties of this condition were | removed when Eva Auburn consented to | be my wife, for I had requested from her | tion as I saw a masked man lift the val- | father her hand in marriage as a reward | uable package from the floor and make/ for my services, on condition that she | ; : an effort to reach the door. The whole | loved me. ruse flashed over my mind instantly. While one of the burglars called me out of the office by a telegram from the next station, his partner entered the office and secured the money. I was armed with my revolver, but in my anger I dropped this weapon and threw myself bodily on the burglar. He was no match for me in strength, and I soon overpowered him. I had just suc- ceeded in binding him when the mid- night express rumbled in at the depot and came to a standstill. ‘‘What’s up?” inquired the conductor, who hurried into the office to learn the meaning of the danger signal. As soon as I could get my breath again I explained everything as intelligi- ble as possible, leaving out the part re- ferring to my dream-message. ‘Well, you’ve got your man, and he’s a tough-looking one, too,’’ hesaid. ‘‘The bridge is all right, then?’’ ‘““Yes—that is, I suppose so,” I replied; ‘but it has been a fearful storm, and it might be injured. It’s a weak affair, anyway.’’ *“*Yes; 11 send a man ahead and let him examine it.” A couple of trainnren started off on this errand, and in half an hour they re- turned with the news that the bridge was too weak to hold a single car, and that before morning it would proba- bly be down. I had, bya conjunction of circumstances, saved the second train from plunging over the precipice. When Superintendent Auburn came down the next morning to get the money, he was astonished to see the midnight express waiting there; but when he lis- tened to the strange tale of my.adven- ture he could hardly believe his senses. He took my hands and pressed them si- lently. Eva looked at me with her large eyes as | modestly told my story, and when I finished, she added: “T was thinking of you all last night, and could not sleep. I was afraid some- thing would happen to you, and once I got up and looked toward the depot. I wondered if you were safe, and felt just like coming to you to tell you to lock the doors and not go out. ThenI went to bed again and fell into a troubled sleep.” Up tothis time 1 had told no one of my dream-message, but now I made a clean breast of everything to Eva and her father. “Strange, very strange,” ejaculated the superintendent. ‘It is almost comprehensible. If we had only caught the thief at the other station, everything would be fine.’’ ‘“*Yes,” I assented, ‘‘but we can’t have everything.” “No, no, we can’t,’”? he exclaimed. “Tm satisfied. You have done us a great favor, Mr. Joyson, and you must be re- warded for it. You remember the prom- ise I made to you some time ago? Well, I’m ready to redeem that now, and to add more to it. What shallit be? You shall have anything in my power to grant.’’ I was not so modest this time in my request, but asI put a conditional clause to it, he readily assented. in- | the second averted disaster at the bridge, ;}and my work in saving the train and | It may be of interest to add, that the} first night I met Eval had a vague idea | that some day she would be my wife, | and, possessed with this feeling, 1 had requested a year’s time in which to name | the full reward 1 expected for my ser-| vices. Circumstances helped me, and money, emboldened me to make my dar- ing request. Gro. A. WALSH. — > oe Bread From Sawdust. The Department of Agriculture is en-| gaged in a series of novel experiments | which are of interest to every person in| the country. These experiments are | nothing less than the attempt to produce bread from ordinary sawdust. Scientists are of the opinion that no| good reason exists why this thing should not be entirely practicable. Itis a well | known fact, familiar to all, that starch isa substance extremely nutritious; in | fact, it is nearly all nutriment. Well, starch and sawdust are the same thing. Sawdust, which is ‘‘eellulose,” is of pre- cisely the same chemical composition as starch. The two are expressed by the} same: chemical formula, C6, H10 O05— that is, six part of carbon, ten parts of hydogen and five parts of oxygen. These are the simple ingredients of either starch or sawdust. Scientific experi- menters have been trying for a long time to find a, way to transform the one into the other. If they should succeed, the discovery would be away ahead of the philosopher’s stone in point of value. An inexhaustible source of food supply would at once be rendered available in the forest, the grass and even in straw and chaff. Hitherto chemistry has occupied itself almost wholly in taking things apart, in order to find out what they are made of; but now science is directing its attention to putting elements together for the pro- duction of useful substances. Already it has succeeded in the artificial prepara- tion of indigo, alizarin, urie acid and many other compounds. The aniline colors, obtained from coal tar and yet rivaling the most brilliant tints of the rainbow, are sililarly produced. So com- plex are some of them that their names, which give full accounts of their com- position, have to be regular seven- league words, one beautiful dye being known as ‘‘Hexamethylmethoxytriamido- triphenylearbinol.’? From coal in like manner are derived many valuable anti- fever medicines and soperifics. The prospects of this new science of putting elements together seems infinite, and the era of bliss may yet dawn which has been prophesied by the illustrious | naturalist, Frederick Cohn, who says | that all struggles for existence among | men arising from want of food will be | done away with when chemistry: shall have learned to make starch from car- bonie acid and water. Plants grow by doing just that, and it may, therefore, be said that farmers have been engaged since time immemorial in this very chemi- cal industry. It would scarcely be so surprising, then, if the farms of the country should be replaced at some time in the future by chemical laboratories. TRADESMAN. FAUILY FOR BUSINESS! 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 and | “patching up’? pass-book accounts? Do you not want pay for all the small items that go out of your store, which | yourself and clerks are so prone to forget to charge? 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 have or not? | items they never had, and is not your memory a little clouded as to whether they Then why not adopt a system of crediting that will abolish all these anda a CASH BASIS of crediting? | hundred other objectionable features of the old method, and one that establishes A new era dawns, and with it new commodities for its new demands; and all enterprising merehants should keep abreast with the times and adopt either the Tradesman or Superior Govpons. COUPON BOOK We beg leave to call your attention to our coupon book and ask you to carefully eonsider its merits. of the pass book which you now hand 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 considerable 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 ean 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 the book, can be kept in the safe or money drawer until the time has arrived It takes the place | vs. PASS BOOK. for the makers to pay them. This ren- ders unnecessary the keeping of accounts with each customer and enables a mer- | chant to avoid the friction 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 ithan 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 them aten 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 merchants 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 consumed 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 trialof the coupon system? If so, order from the largest manufacturers of coupons in the country and address your letters to } THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. edihaebclacasilie a0. MAL aR saben te eenbe tin. ek Acadia dee —t Due ipreriee THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Elm Hall—E. W. David has opened a meat market. Nashville—R. J. Wade has opened a new boot and shoe store. Sterling—W. H. Tucker has sold his general stock to A. H. Curtis. Camden—D. G. Smith has moved his genera! stock to Montgomery. Vassar—J. M. Smith succeeds Smith & Sperry in the harness business. Perry—Henry Wallace has purchased the furniture stock of A. F. Bott. Rogers City—John Kaeding has re- moved his general stock to Detroit. Charlotte—Beard Bros. have sold their bakery and restaurant to J. W. Bower. Albion—J. C. Rousseau succeeds Rous- seau & Alddorf in the harnessand buggy business. Saginaw—Long & Johnson are suc- ceeded by Henry Weil in the grocery business. Dennis brought suit to recover in the Montcalm County Cireuit Court. case was to come on trial last week, but the action of the companies is an ac- knowledgement that they did not possess sufficient proof to substantiate their posi- tion. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Midland—John Larkin is putting in 5,000,000 feet at Holton and at Coleman. The logs will be manufactured here. Bay City—Green & Braman have or- dered the machinery, and will puta gang into their mill as soon as sawing for the season closes. Mt. Pleasant—The Mt. Pleasant Lum- ber Co. has let the contract to C. W. Bark to cut and skid 150,000 feet of oak logs near Sherman City. Sturgis—Wait & Wetmore’s new furni- | ture factory blew its whistle for the first {time last Thursday. model of its kind and an ornament to the | St. Johns—L. H. Saunders has moved | his dry goods and boot and shoe stock to Onondaga. Middleton—Daily & Smith have opened a meat market at the former location of G. W. Brown. Bay City—Bateman & Fox Braddock, Bateman & Co. in the whole- sale cigar business. Mancelona — Rodenbaugh shipped over 31,000 worth of 3ros. have ginseng root so far this season. Manton—J. C. Hill has bought the Curtis building and will occupy thesame with his grocery stock. Nashville—H. M. Lee announces his intention of closing out his clothing stock and retiring from business. Cedar Springs—H. B. Wagar has sold his hardware stock to H. M. Holmes, who has clerked in the store for years. Coopersville—Garlick & Sessions have several concluded to remove their furniture and undertaking stock to Alba inthe near future. Manton—Frank L. Roberts is erecting a warehouse, 30x60 feet in dimensions, with basement under ali, for the storage of produce. Marion—Frank MelIntyre’ has _ pur- chased the building formerly owned by N. A. Vandecar, and will the same with a grocery stock. The factory is a city. It will employ 100 hands. Saginaw—Rust Bros. & Co. will put 15,000,000 feet into the Rifle River, and | are also lumbering in Clare county. They estimate that about 25,000,000 feet | | of logs will be put into the Rifle the com- | succeed | ing winter. Harrison—Lyman Williams will re- move his shingle mill from Cranberry Lake, Clare county, to this place. He has taken the contract to cut all the | shingle timber on a 35,000,000 tract of | timber owned by Wilson, Stone & Wil- son. to which a logging road is now be- ing constructed by the Flint & Pere Mar- | quette Railroad. ee | old lumberman | what a Midland—William Patrick has erected a shingle mill here, to replace the one burned. The new mill has been in oper- ation about a week. Many people clear- The. Manistee—White & Friant have about cleaned up their timber at this point,and unless they can buy some stumpage on the river, at prices which they can afford to pay, they will be out of business at this poiut after next year. When they bought their sawmill here they only had a group of 50,000,000 feet to saw, but preferred to buy the plant, which they | got very cheap, so that they could have their stock manufactured by their own | men, and in such manner as best suited them. Gripsack Brigade Frank R. Miles won $165 on Allerton in the great stallion race. M. J. Rogan, traveling representative for Walter Buhl & Co., Detroit, was in town a couple of days last week. Cornelius J. VanHalteren, formerly city salesman for ‘A. S. Davis, has en- | gaged to cover the city trade for J. L. | Strelitsky. in this State for Hackett, Carhart & Co., New York, has purchased a half in- terest in D. A. Sanders’ patent hat case iand confidently expects to die a million- aire. J. A. Gonzales has resigned his posi- ition with the Monypenny-Hammond Ci- gar Co., of Columbus, Ohio, and accepted |a situation as traveling representative | | for the Owl Cigar Co., formerly Straiton |& Storm. He will cover the same terri- tory as formerly. Louis J. Koster, traveling representa- tive for Edson, Moore & Co., is laid up at | his home at Grand Haven with congestion of the liver. The Northern portion of his lroute will be covered during the next ltwo weeks by A. A. Stilson, one of the | house salesmen. | Wm. Connor, whose name and fame ing up land in Midland and other coun-4 are inseparable with that of Michael ties north, cut shingle bolts from pine trees that ere standing or fell into wet places, where the worms have not worked, and haul them to the mills. An says it is astonishing quantity of bolts is thus mar- keted. Ironwood—The Range Lumber Co., | which has been running retail yards at soon occupy | | where it will put in a small Mill Creek—H. D. Plumb is erecting a/ two-stery stcre building, 24x60 feet in dimensions, which he able to occupy with his general stock in expects to be about two weeks. Manton—A. Woodward, who was for- merly engaged in the grocery business here, has decided to re-engage in the same business, in connection with his furniture business. Elm Hall—H. B. gaged in trade plates removing to Gibson, who is en- general here, contem- Edgewood, having | The yartially arranged to purchase the stock p 5 i of P. H. Sisson at that place. Elk Rapids—J. W. Slater has pur- chased the furniture and undertaking stock of Dexter & Noble and will con- tinue the Slater hails from Ludington, where he was formerly engaged in the hardware business. Butternut—J. S. Dennis, whose general business. Mr. stock was destroyed by fire over a year ago, has received checks for the amount of the adjustment, $2,925. The insur- ance companies demurred making pay- Bessemer and at this place, has decided to go into the manufacturing of lumber, and now has men at work on a site here, sawmill, planing mill and sash and door factory. machinery has been ordered, and work will be pushed, it being the inten- tion to have the plant in running order as soon as possible. Alpena—Fletcher & Sons have estab- lished a camp on Hunt creek, where 4,000,000 feet will be putin. The Morse Manufacturing Co., it is expected, will bank logs on Kennedy creek with two camps, the company having 16,000,000 feet standing on that stream. It is esti- mated that there is 200,000,000 feet of hemlock tributary to Alpena mills, hence there is no immediate apprehen-ion of a hemlock famine. Saginaw—The West Side Lumber Co.’s sawmill has been sold to Henry Passolt, and will be converted intoa soap factory. It is a good mill and occupies one of the best sites on the river, but the principal owners, J. H. Pearson & Son, have no| standing timber tributary to the mill, and E. H. Pearson, who is the resident owner, has invested heavily in Minneso-| vided upon the festive occasion were | yer, Menominee, Mich. y J ANTED—YOUNG SINGLE MAN WITH ONE OR two years’ experience in the dry goods business, ta pine and does not care to bother with ment, alleging incendiarism, whereupon , the mill here. | Kolb & Son, putin a couple of days at} | Sweet's Hotel last week. Mr. Connor | does not say so,but currentreport credits him witha desire to make Grand Rapide | his permanent abiding place in the near future. | Chas. R. Remington, traveling repre- | sentative for the Putnam Candy Co., | has retired from the road, and purchased | the city wagon of the company, which lhe will manage hereafter. His territory |} has been divided among the other men on the road. Eaton, Lyon & Co. have engaged two men to represent their new paper de- partment—Frank D. Warren in the city and O. A. Perry on the outside. The latter will cover the firm of Curtiss & Co. O.A.Elliott has leased theElliott House, at Ludington, for a term of years and enable him to increase the previous good reputation of the house. Mr. EI- tel for eight years in the past ten years, and his motto will continue to be ‘Good attention, good service and good table,’’ eling salesmen, who have very generally accorded the Elliott House the lion’s | Share of their patronage. | j | i | Boston Courier: A traveling man was | bidden to that festivity known as a lawn | party, and among the refreshments pro- | some cherries. The traveler was con- scious that there were depths of social Ed. O. Wood, traveling representative | same territory he | did when in the employ of the former | will introduce such betterments as will | liott is no stranger in his present posi- | tion, having acted as landlord of the ho- special effort being given to satisfy trav- | etiquette which he had never been able to sound, and as he was a man of keen perceptions, with American adaptability, and did not wish to do that which was not according to the best usage, he be- thought him that it were well to watch those about him witha view of getting clews. In the matter of the cherries he was especially troubled, as he did not in ithe least know what was the proper method of disposing of the stones when once the fruit had passed his lips. He 'decided, therefore, that before he at- | tempted to eat any of the luscious look- |ing fruit he would wait and see what his young and beautiful hostess did in this |delicate matter. ‘‘l1 watched her,’’ he | goes on to say, ‘‘and soon had the pleas- | ure of seeing her slip a cherry between | her lips, redder than the fruit itself. I | took up one from my own plate, prepar- ing to eat it as soon asl saw how she | disposed of the stone; but when she took | the stone between her fingers and snapped it at her grandmother, I found | myself quite as much at loss as before, | for, you see, I had no grandmother | there. T. W. Burdick & Co., proprietors of | the Newberry Bank at Newberry, have | merged their business into a state bank | under the style of the Newberry Savings 3ank. | ” FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. OL DDD eee | Advertisements will be inserted under this head for | two cents a word the first insertion and one centa i word for each subsequent insertion. No advertise- | menttaken forlessthan 25cents. Advanve payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. ] RUG STORE FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN IN THE growing village of Caledonia, surrounded by rich farming country. Will sell oneasy terms. Must } quit the business on account of poor health. Address | J. W. Armstrong, Caledonia, Mich. 319 [‘OR SALE—FRESH STOCK GROCERIES. WILL IN- k ventory about $700. Centrally located in this | city. Good business and good reasons for selling. Address No. 317, care Michigan Tradesman. 317 mXOR SALE —HARDWOOD LUMBER MILL, SIX k miles from railroad, with plenty of timber for | several years’ cut. Shingle machine in running order | if desired. Saw mill ready to set up. Teams, trucks, | sleighs, shop and building all in order to begin work }at once. Address J. J. Robbins, Stanton, Mich, or Hunter, & Reid, 121 Ottawa street, Grand Rapids. 312 ‘OR SALE—AT A BARGAIN, FURNITURE FACTORY k with capacity for tifty men. Seven acres of land. Both water and steam power. Can load goods directly from store house on cars of two railroads. Address rell Furniture Co ll, Mich. 323 OR SALE—DRU( _ - ORYING, 31,800. I In good town of 1,500 inhabitants in best fruit growing county in Michigan. Easy terms to a hustler. Reasons for selling, sickness in the family. Address “Zinziber,”’ care Michigan Tradesman. 321 ‘OR SALE—STOCK OF GENERAL MERCHANDISE, | I which will invoice $4,000, store, residence, barn and one acre of land, located in the best wheat grow- ing section of Central Michigan. Will take half in good farming land. Address Lock Box 14, Wacousta, Mich. 324 ap SALE—A CLEAN STOCK OF DRUGS, GRO- ceries and crockery. Doing good business. For particulars, address J. M. Shaffer, Gladwin, Mich. 322 _ SALE—CLEAN AND CAREFULLY SELECTED grocery stock, located at a good couutry trading Address A. C 313 point. Business well established. Adams, Administrator, Morley, Mich. | V 7 ANTED—I HAVE SPOT CASH TO PAY FOR A general or grocery stock; must be cheap. Ad- dress No. 26, care Michigan Tradesman. : 26 SITUATIONS WANTED. \ YANTED—SITUATION AS CLERK OR BOOK-KEEP er in general retail or wholesale grocery house, by young manof three years’ experience in either capacity. Write me at once. Address Lock Box 357, Harrison. Mich. 320 \ YANTED—SITUATION AS BOOK-KEEPER BY A j married man who can give the best of refer- ences. Address No. 305, care Michigan Tradesman, Grand Rapids. 305 } jy J ANTED—SITUATION BY REGISTERED PHARMA- ' eist. Nine years experience. Address No. 315, eare Michigan Tradesman. 315 MISCELLANEOUS, i } “ORSES FOR SALE—ONE SEVEN-YEAR OLD FIL 4. ly, one three-year-old filly, and one six-year-old gelding—all sired by Louis Napoleon, dam by Wiscon sin Banner (Morgan]. All fine, handsome, and speedy; | never been tracked. Address J. J. Robbins, Stanton, 311 Mich. a. 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. 187, care Michigan Tradesman. 187 tr SALE OR RENT—CORNER LOT AND 5-ROOM _ house on North Lafayette st., cellar, brick found- ation and soft water in kitchen. $1,200. Terms to suit. Cheap enough for an investment. Address No 187, care Michigan Tradesman. og BERNARD DOGS— SOME VERY FINE PUPS; also two brood bitches, one in whelp. R. J. Saw- Wages moderate. Address 304, care Michigan Trades- man. 304 “F THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. C. L. Hall has opened a grocery store at Owosso. The Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the stock. W. F. Huyge, who has managed W. H. Allen’s notion wagon for the past two years, has purchased the outfit, and will conduct the business on his own account hereafter. Oliver M. Anstead, dealer in dry goods at 59 Monroe street, will open a dry goods store at Hastings about October 17, occupying the vacant store in the Bailey block. J. A. Ardiel will open a dispensary in Dr. Barth’s new hospital at the corner of East Fulton and Ransom The Hazeltine & Perkins Drug Co. has the order for the stock. streets. Benjamin Kievit has retired from the firm of Wm. & B. Kievit, 425 Grandville avenue. by the remaining style of Wm. Kievit. The business will be continued partner under the W. T. Lamoreaux & Co. have increased their bean picking machinery and the number of hands employed in that de- “partment, augmenting the capacity of the establishment to two of beans per day. carloads D. A. Blodgett expects to begin logging his immense tract of pine east and north- east of Cadillac next June. The tract is estimated to contain 250,000,000 feet and it will probably require eight years to complete the work of reducing the tim- ber to logs. Eaton, Lyon & Co. have leased the fourth floor and basement of the block north of their present quarters, and are making arrangements to embark in the jobbing of wrapping papers, paper bags, twines, and all other branches of store supplies belonging to the paper line. Purely Personal. c. N. Rapp has gone to Rochester, New York, and will spend a month among the apple growers of the Empire State. A. B. Sehumaker, the Grand druggist and grocer, was entertained by W. F. Blake during the Nelson-Allerton contest. Wm. H. Tuttle has returned from Marion, where he closed out the N. A. Vandeear stock for the Lemon & Wheeler Company. Dr. Chas. Hazeltine left Saturday night for New York, where he expects He is ac- Ledge Ss. to remain a week or ten days. companied by his wife. J. Howard Green, the Battle Creek druggist, was the guest of Cornelius Crawford during the horse race. He was accompanied by his wife. Fred H. Ball, Secretary of the Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co., has returned from Henderson, Ky., where he spent a fort- night with his wife’s parents. J. M. Flanagan, who has managed the store of the Brookings Lumber Co., at Brookings, for the past two years, bas returned to his home in this city. Frank D. Green, formerly city salesman for Jennings & Smith, but the Bennett town last Allerton race. S. F. Aspinwall, President of the Grand Rapids Fire Insurance Co., left last week for St. Paul and will spend the remainder now clerk at House, Galesburg, to the was in week attend Nelson- |of the month in the leading cities of | | Minnesota, lowa, Nebraska and Missouri, | inspecting the principal agencies of the | company in these states. oe Rodenbaugh, of the drug house | |of Rodenbaugh Bros., at Mancelona, is | in town for a few days. His firm has late- ly embarked in the cultivation and job- bing of oranges on the Manatee River, Florida, and anticipate handsome re- turns from the investment. A. P. Mitchell, Vice-President of the company which publishes Hardware, in | New York City, was in the city a couple | of days last week, it being his first visit | to the Valley City. He was favorably impressed with what he saw and heard— and the handsome contracts he cap- tured. * ———— io The Hardware Market. | The iron market is stiffening. Extreme | prices on wire and cut nails have been | withdrawn, owing to a general feeling | that prices have been too low and must | advance. has reduced prices, claiming consolidation of the various enables the combine to cheapen the cost of production. 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. Geo. H. Reeder & Co., JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for 158 & 160 Fulton !t., Grand Rapids. Vught to Send At Once For Sample Sheet and Prices Of Ledgers and Journals bound with the Philad, Iphia Pat, Flat opening back. The Strongest Blank Book Ever Made. toy 5 THER ts le) oan }yIDERS 7 ~~ \ GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. The barbed wire combination | that the} factories | Now is the time to lay in winter stocks of Cheese. j Hon take chances on inferior grades, but buy the old reliable -“ANIBOY- The best keepers and the best cheese made. ULNEY & JUDSON GnOCEn CU. Merola y Cloth Will best consult their own interests and that of their trade if they will post them- selves with the styles, make up, perfect } fit and remarkably reasonable prices of N ‘WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich, Overcoats and Ulsters while being worn cannot possibly be told from the best made to order garments. The demand has been so great that we are making up a large number more in all colors and grades, Cheviots, Meltons, Kerseys, Homespuns, Covert Cloth in full or half roll box, top and regular cuts, Chinchillas and Ulsters. Large selections and newest novelties, double and FALL SUITS single breasted sacks, nobby three button cutaway frocks and regular frock suits, also Prince Albert and other coats and vests in ‘Clays’? worsted and other attractive materials. A select line of pants well worthy of attention, WILLIAM CONNOR our Michigan representative during the past nine years will be pleased to call upon you at any time, if you will favor him with a line addressed to him, box 346, Marshall, Mich., where he resides. MICHAEL KOLB & SON, Wholesale Clothiers, Rochester, N. Y. Boys’ and Children’s Overcoats and SWits .ohas been nizmy complimented by mer chants assuring him that they are the nicest, cleanest, best made and lowest in price seen this season. September, 1891. our entire line, adapted for all classes of trade. Our single and double breasted rc’ 6 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. THE INVESTMENT MARKET. The suggestion which I made, two months ago, that there was a glut of new securities on the market which might possibly have to be relieved by a mark- | ing down of prices, similar to that which | the late A. T. Stewart used to make when | he wanted to get rid of unsalable dry | goods, has been shown by the revelations | of the past few days not to have been al- together unreasonable. Cc. H. Venner & Co., of New York, and of Turner & Brother, of Boston, are both ascribed by the members of those firms to their being overloaded with new water and corporation bonds, which, though good in themselves, could not be sold fast enough to meet the maturing loans for which they had been hypothe: ated. The officers of the Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railroad Company openly an- nounce that, owing to the want of a mar- ket for their General Mortgage 4s, they deem it more advantageous to pay a com- mission of 1 per cent. for a renewal for two years of their $7,000,000 Guarantee Fund notes than to attempt to forcea sale of enough of the mortgage 4s to pay them. The Rock Island Railroad Com- pany, too, is reported to be about to issue some millions of short debentures, instead of selling the long bonds it holds in reserve. Both these corporations only follow the lead, in this respect, of the Union Pacific, which, with $40,000,000 of securities in its treasury, has been obliged to go begging for a three years’ extension from its creditors on its $20,- 000,000 floating debt. These cases are only samples of hun- dreds of others of less importance which have not come prominently into notice, because the parties interested—creditors as well as debtors—wisely refrain from making them public. During the flush period which preceded the Baring col- lapse of last November, the same sort of enthusiasm which is now rushing up the prices of stocks led to the building, all over the country, of water works, gas works, electric street car lines and light plants, manufactories of various kinds, and not a few new railroads. The money for them was sought principally in New York and London, and about as much in one city as in the other. Financial institutions and bankers either bought outright the bonds issued by the com- panies engaged in these enterprises or made large advances upon them. A part they disposed of to investors at a profit, but a very large residue still remains upon their hands awaiting a change in the temper of capitalists, who at present resolutely refuse to buy them. refusal is not merely due to the want of | value of the securities offered is evident from the difficulty with which the city of Brooklyn recently placed her 3 per cent. loan, and from the very few sales of the! best class of bonds listed on the Stock Exchange. It is rather, according to my notion, owing to a difference of views between buyers and sellers in regard to | the rate of income. Thus. while Brook- lyn could not readily place her 3 per | cents at par, her 4s went at a trifle above | par, and whenever any good investment stocks and bonds are offered at auction without reserve, they find purchasers, though at prices much below those which ruled for the same class of securities two or three years ago. The fall in Govern- ment 4s from 130 in 1889 to 116 now is further evidence to the same effect. This condition of the investment mar- ' The failure of | That the ket must, before long, afford oppor- | tunities for the profitable employment of |; money far superior in every way, in my | opinion, to purchasing for a rise stocks | about the intrinsic value of which no | information can be obtained, and which, like Missouri Paciffe, can be knocked down out of sight in a day by events which can neither be foreseen nor con- trolled. All the solid fortunes in ex- ‘istence have been accumulated, not by | gambling on the Stock Exchange on the |turns of the market, but by judicious buying, at low prices, of properties which time and the growth of the country have rendered valuable. Even Jay |Gould has made ten dollars in this way where he has made one on the Stock Ex- change. In fact, his stock gambling schemes have more than once brought him to the verge of ruin, while he has been enriched by his purchases of low- priced railroad and telegraph stocks and their subsequent development into divi- dend payers. I will not say that the dividend paying of some of his enter- prises has not been fallacious and inter- mittent, like that of the Wabash, the Union Pacific, and the Missouri Pacific concerns, but his method illustrates the principle I have in mind. Whatever solid property he now possesses consists mainly of things which either pay divi- dends or which he hopes to make pay dividends in the future. The late Moses Taylor left over $50,000,000 which he amassed by buying the bonds and stocks of concerns which were in difficulties, and then bringing them out upon solid ground. The late Isaac Sherman did the same thing, though upon a smaller scale than Mr. Taylor. Among the living I know many, whose names, of course, I must not mention. who devote their en- ergies not to watching the tape. but to inguiring into facts, and who invest their money upon their own judgment, and not upon what they fancy is going to be the course of to-morrow’s or next week’s market. Some of them have been more succeseful than others, and have become richer than others, and some of them have at times made mistakes by which they have lost, but all of them have, on the whole, been large gainers. What has been done by these men can be done, in a measure, by any one who will take the same course that they did. Let a man, for example, who has money which he desires to employ to advantage inquire of his broker, his banker, or of any respectable financial institution with which he has relations likely to procure |for him favorable attention, what bar- gains in securities they have to offer, or what opportunities they know of for profitable investment. If they show a willingness to negotiate, let him inform himself of the nature of the euterprise proposed, of the character of the men who conduct it, and of the facts upon which it depends for success. It is often wise to make a personal inspection of the railroads, the waterworks, the mines, ‘the factory, or whatever it may be that the securities offered represent, or em- ploy an expert to doit. Having gathered the necessary data, the investor should |then sit down and consider them ecare- fully and make up his mind upon them | for himself, consulting others, not for) their opinions, but for such further in- formation and suggestions as he may | need for the formation of his own deci- | sion. | Indeed, I know of nothing more! unjust to one’s friends than to get their! Dry Goods Price Current. ee COTTONS. Aoriee .... .... 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"§ Merrimack D fancy. 6 . long cloth B. 10% Merrim’ ckshirtings. 4 ” C. 8%} Reppfurn . 8% “century aS 7 Pacific ‘fancy eo aw “gold seal.....10%)| , 6% ‘* green seal TR 10%) Portsmouth robes... 6 “yellow seal. .104)/ se mourning.. 6 * =....... 11%4| a dod 6 “ Turkey red..10%) ” a a biack. : Ballou solid black.. 5 | Washington indigo. 6 ** colors. 5%! “ Turkey robes.. 7% i blue, green, | “ India robes.. ™% - 5%) “ ‘ “ and orange.. plain Tk x 8% Berlin pees. ....... 5h . r% 8 ofl bine...... 6%| “ Ottoman a eo... 2 a - - 54 Tork Washington Ot SO cron ree e..... ss ~ =...... 94,| Martha oo ' = <4... 10 iss Soy ee 9% an “ 34XXXX 12 |Riverpoint robes.... 5 Cocheco tancr...... : | Windsor fancy...... 6 madders. . old ticket - XX twills.. 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Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's....... .... 88 Coste, ¢.aF......- (werenelrs.... .....- 88 Poayore......,...... 22% KNITTING COTTON, White. Colored. ... 38 White. Colored. 42 No. mo, i4.......27 e S.... oe = ih hU 38 43 ee 35 40 . 28.0 So 44 - +... 41 _ 40 45 CAMBRICS. Te 3%|Washington. . ..... 3% Woe Star......... Saiaee (Croes........... 3% Kia Giove........... Sac eckwood.......... aa Nowmarect......... Pirwooe a... . 0... 4. 3% Bowards........-... 8%, |Brunswick ......... 3% RED FLANNEL. Pircwiem...... ..... Pare W---.--.......-..0 R% Creedmore.......... Meee... ee Tere ee e......... - war, Sex......... 35 ameem........... S74 Buckeye............ 32% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% Coe @.........,., Gi worn BW ......... 18% Vaaee............ oe a 18% 6 oz Western........ 20 |Flushing XXX...... 23% tie 5... ....-..- 224|Manitoba........... 23% pare FLANNEL. Nameless oo a 9 on so. euot0 - oe CANVASS AND PADDING Slate. Brown. Black. "yaaa Brown. 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A. ——. ea tail 1 50|Steamboat.... ...... + aan 8 Leics coe. : 35|Gold pee... 5... i 0 Morghalis........... 00| ae OIL CLOTH. 5—A4....2 25 oe --195 6—4...2 % —— a 10 TTON TWINES. Cotton Sail Twine. ae «aeeoe.......... ..- 2 een 12 Rising Star 4-ply.. Domes ........... 18% 3-ply.. mo Ree - (orth Gtar.......... 20 Bristol . wien Cherry Valley... oe 15 IXL 13 Wool — 4 ~~ % Powhatta PLAID OSNABURGS. Se po Poenee Pleasant.... 6% Aree... 6... EN occ so ko 5 pueeee.......-.... Ter VPMOS oo oso cne ss 5% oe 6 Randeiman ......... 6 Georgia Nal ek ol oh) a 6% ea oe wee oa 5% eee. ox Toledo’: cde ce veo ox ieee eines ves ~y * 2 ryt THE MICH [IG A. ele a ADESMAN. 7 opinions of investments and act upon Hardware Price Current. _ ee i ee kee i them. If the investments turn out well, mee ee rere ‘Gia 3 | Manilla oe : Ce : ‘ ee ecm t ewe eet une tale So es ee esse “a the friends’ advice is forgotten; if they| These prices are for cash buyers, who | Yerkes & Plumb’s................ ---- Gil 510 |. nay — dis. ; ° nie : a i. ta Cee Steel an rom... see ed ee a ees 75 turn out ill, they alone are blamed. ‘Let | P®Y promptly and buy in full packages. cars sae Oo Steel. uaa yee nae = > SRR SS ERODERpRRD -* anaes wealth-producing agencies. For it should be tee et edie dele te cine | = 3 4c a a . | Northwestern. . ! a dis. 10&10 i : i Me a. meee... ..-- se; . perry ‘0.’8, Pos eee... | WRENCHES. dis. always be remembered that it is not CARTRIDGES. Coffee, P re ' ‘ MILLS. dis. | Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 : ane yaper money, but tk articles offee, ar orm Caa........ on 40 | Coe’s Genuine. ne 50 — i pap ae eae ee ee ee naa ote po PS Mfg. Co.'s Malleables... 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought. ae whieh they purchase, whieh £oco Creat a . Landers, Ferry & Cle .k’s...........- 40 | Coe’s Patent, malleable... Le . an ne. a CHISELS. 8. _icreenee 2O....... a. 30 MISCEL LANEOUS. dis. ing new wealth. The men who construct | gooketwirmer ..........0.ccccc cece ceeee cues S SON MOLASSES GATES. _ ae wind Coaee ee 50 sail : rater works . ines, | Socket Framing............. ebbin’s Pattern.......... ee Oe, Ce "5 railroads and Ww — works, open mines, ametuer ee Stebbin’s BN — | Screws, New | ist.. aS TO&10 and build factories do not consume, as Socket Slicks wna agerenncseret cesses cree eees 70&10 | Enterprise, self- maining we eete sere eeee es 7 ~e . d Plate... sence vs BOGIOEIO : a ae aaa - utchorm Tanged Firmer............ ...... s mpers, American . money, the money they receive for their . ea Pes —< nails, e.. ee 1 s¢ | Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel ‘goods. Los eo — nn /. « . " — " cmon ' re nails, base ee ee METALS, wages. They exchange the —e — Corey Cawrenee eu 40 Advance over base: Steel. Wire. PIG TIN. food, clothing and tools, and it is their OE eee es a a Base Fig —_ see oa eee cae ued oe waeeuen 26¢ / a a CHALK. ase 10 oe 28¢ labor, thus nourished and aided, which | white Crayons, per gross..........12@12% dis. i . = ot eee is i i > Tes ; sy Dr > 2 ee or pi is embodied in the results they produce. COPPER. 15 30 | 680 pound Casks...........00.c0..ceeeeeeeeee 6% Thus, too, rails, locomotives, cars, pipes, Planished, 14 oz cut to size... .. per pound 15 35 | Per pound.. ee beds eee eee ee | ae : 14x52, 14x56, 14x60 .......... 0.25. es 35 SOLDER. looms, buildings, and all other articles | Cold Rolled, 14x56 ae ee eee 20 40 | 4@% - ee ee cmpleyed in useful enterprises are mere | Gagwoeh Henne nwenc cw BUR cc BB) PRR WISE of te iy ator” gaalition of embodiments of the food consumed by - DRILLS. dis. wee ees so j = cide a by private brands Mor Te er eee ei re mit the workman whose labor creates them. ee am eneanane iia Le NN = Cl 1 50 2 00 | ANTIMONY i = An abundance of food in the first in- | Morse’s TaperShank...................... cee hore vine pete errenrer ty — ee ot = nig sic TERNS sae 6 D | 8 1 onve ee 75 1 00 " TIN—MELYN GRADE. stance, and of, men to . nvert * unto Sell ison, eer poune ...................... 07 « ¢€... .................. 90 12 es i Chae. $7 50 other forms of wealth is, therefore, an | Large sizes, per pound...... ......... -.... Ce Pinte ee 85 1 00 | 14x20 - a ul 7 50 : CE eu ce sae ( 25 | 10 2 ae abundance of real wealth, and under its oe ELBOWS. i : if : = ix’ A ca i: — ey ee esd satan gi BO | 14x20 TX, inne aee ea once ~. . 98 stimulus opportunities for productive in- | Gorrugeted Pe re eres —a 6a stk ies” SoRoaene cena i % Each additional X on this grade, 81.75. vestments become more desirable and | Adiustable.............---.------+--+++- eee 4 eae 1 00 | 10x14 Ic, charcoas 00 ay eel ag ee t v § a ee ges consequently more valuable. The pros-| (y,in5 small, oa. — Barrell % aa ee 1% a a oa aa ehrenrmes ret tens tenn ae pak, aay, HE ee ” eee ae 26 EES a ae additional oe this grade 81.50. hives iness prosperity in this country is, at FILEs—New List. dis. | Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy............. .- @40 ROOFING PLATES i en i s thos } Ce ee ee 60&10 | Bench, first quality..........-..----sseeee eee @60|14x20IC, ‘‘ Worcester......... 6 50 present, very good, and those whO are | New American...............-----..++++0+- 60&10 | Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. . .... &10 | 14x201X, . ee able by their means and their sagacity a oe sentecececianes 1s: am a hn PANS. ai ote | oe ha i tina " = to take advantage now of their oppor- | Heller’s Horse aa... lee ee dis. - 70 14x20 1X, ‘ “e ae ee a ‘ . : i | (eee, on cl 25 tunities for investing capital may rea-| — - . a. ee “ so Cen Ne = is imate | hee 6 to 20; 22 and 24; 2% and 26; 27 28 | Copper Rivets iid ea 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. sonably count upon a large ultimate | ri. 13 14 is 18 pp phan agtnngpeshaeanean esa 14x28 IX. T i 814 00 profit. MATTHEW MARSHALL. Discount, 60 A» Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 10 20 | 14x31 IX......-..... 15 GAUGES. dis. | «—» Wood’s a at. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 | 14x56 IX, for No. : Boilers, , | per a 10 er Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... ......-.- 50 Broken packs 4c per pound extra. 1ieecorz. * Appearance in Business. ——— eee ee From the Clothier and Furnisher. P R ICE i I ST ‘“‘Always keep up agood front. If you | | Pi | % are down in the world, never show it by 6 your appearance if you want to do busi- | i ont un owder ness. It is an axiom of human nature 5 that people prefer to do business with successful people, or those who have the RIFLE. q J appearance, rather than with those who | Kegs, 25 Ibs. each, Fz, FFg and FFFzg..........$5 50 | are behind hand.” Half kegs, 1214 Ibs. each, Fg, FFg and FFFg... 3 00 | : i The above remarks are from a Broad- | Quar. kegs, 644 ‘* * ce ec of ee | way manufacturer who has risen from |1 Ib. cans (25 es) 30 | poverty to affluence, and they are worth | 1¢ Ib. cans (25 im a case).......----- +++ on is | TAKE NO OTHER ! putting in one’s memory. Said he: ‘‘Not | CHOKE BORE. a oo. ago — . Ww ing a Kegs, 25 Ibs. each, Nos..5 and 7.............---$6 50 Insist on your Jobber a ee If he declines to do io oe eas Ge ae . : . Half kegs, 1214 lbs. each, Nos. 5 and 7......... 350 | : spe 3 ener- : ~ oe Quar. kegs, 614 Ibs. each, Nos. 5 and 7......... 190 | ally gave up the idea of my success. Had | +}, EP sitog omaue ao Agents for Western ae Inot done this, but appeared poor and a TT shabby, I would have lost my trade. |} _ i a a. | There is no knowing how far the appear- | Kegs, 25 lbs. each, Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4.......-- $11 00 | ance of prosperity goes. Magnificent of- | Half kegs, 12}¢ lbs. each, Nos. 1 ,2,3and4... 575 | fices, a busy place, the indication of |Quar. “* 64 “ 7 1,2,3and4... 3 00 | wealth, all impress a man, and he pre- 4 1b. Gans (25 ti) CASE) 1 1:--,-4- 0c ee ee ee oo |} fers to do business with you, if you have CRYSTAL GRAIN. © the semblance of success rather than | jogs, 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1 Ib. cans each..............$ 90 & oO ° with a seemingly poorer neighbor. Quarter kegs, 6% Ibs.............. ee ae nb MN ningg Think Rs hop tice. tk. vats dames ebedcnlln oil Rewete the Dh hey sdiba's thier: MADR alger. dish Sas WE CP sam eee ag sutaed sek te, api 268s 8 ATE A ge EEA slap n det ibm bes el b 4 ii & 8 Michigan Tradesman ficial Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. A WEEELY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, The Tradesman Company, Proprietor. Subscription Price, One Dollar per year, payable strictly in advance. Advertising Rates made known on aprlication. Publication Office, 100 Louis St Entered at the Grand Rapids Post Oy.c¢. E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1891, Reminiscences of My Early Mercantile Life. Written for THe TRADESMAN. A good many years ago I was the pro- prietor of a grocery store ina small in- the Province of Ontario: add mana- ger, head clerk and delivery boy of the land village in I might, also, that I was same concern. Railroads were not so plentiful in those days as they are now, anda haul of twenty-five miles over a heavy, sandy road, between three a. m. and ten p. m., and loading both ways at that, was an every day occurence. The place that knew me in those days as a dealer in codfish and soap was twen- ty-five distant from the railroad station, and that is equivalent miles | | market, and it was 2x2x14 inches in size, and was peddled about among the stores by the manufacturer. This soap scant- ling retailed at 20 cents per seantling and when a piece ofa scantling only was wanted, it was sawed off with a piece of wrapping twine by coming a sort of a half | hitch on it. These soap scantlings would | Warp as badly as elm scantling when ex- posed to dry air and would assume all manner of fantastic shapes, | double back-acting twist to the graceful curve of a crooked-neck squash. Twenty-five long miles,and what weary | miles they were! The first eleven miles passed through what had originally been a dense pinery and, although the timber | has long since disappeared and the land occupied by prosperous farmers, this section of country is still spoken of as ‘the eleven mile pine woods.’ At the time which 1 write it was a great, dark, heavy, sighing, moaning and gloomy region, and had to be traversed before daylight, with a wide-awake nerveus eye and a pocket full of money; and then, again, on the return after | dark, with a tired sleepy eye and a load of merchandise of some kind. [I could take you now to the very spot in the oak opening country, just beyond the eleven |mile woods, where, dozens of times, I nearest | to saying that every pound of merchan- | dise and pretty much all of our farmers’ produce had to be hauled by team over | this twenty-five mile stretch of sandy roads. that those times The codfish and soap store odoriferous in not be recognized by their neatly at- | glory. made my would | tired, refined descendants of these mod-| Old-fashioned codfish bonier, tougher, more sinewy, possessed ern times. greater powers of endurance, lived long- er and enjoyed life better than the pale, flabby, boneless, mutilated, ecribbed up and circumscribed representative of that family hanging around the grocery stores of to- good old ancient that we see day; in fact, the old stock was put up to endure forever. It could safely defy the frost, fire and water: infact, the codfish of my time might elements, for it was proof against with than that of which Ajax was possessed. As | think of those dear old relies tears fill my The a far less degree of presumption eyes. only was have defied the lightning | have seen Old Sol rise up out of the great tamarack swamp away to the East | and tear off his mask, when instantly ten | thousand dewdrops would dance for joy | and the cold leaden countenance of the pond beyond would suddenly beam with The dark frowning evergreen which I had just emerged from would cease to frown and change) its sombre robe of night for the golden robe of morn; and, just ahead, the vil- lage church spire would reflect the glory and sing the praises of the King of Day, reminding us that we were nearly half way to town. Besides the which portion of my grocery was paid for, and the re- maining portion which was not paid for, stock I owned, in fee simple, free from all en- | cumbrances, one brown horse (this horse happened to be a mare), and a light When I had occasion to go to the city, I hired a horse and borrowed a double set of harness, (thank fortune, I owned a pole, whiffletrees and neckyoke), wagon. | and in this way I did my own teaming. I forms 1 see} around me to remind me of the departed | are elephants’ ears and the coon nailed up to dry on the back side of the skin | always had more or less produce of some kind to take in, so I was always loaded both ways. One spring there had been a great scarcity of potatoes early in the season and prices had been ruling toler- smoke house. They came in quintals with the big broad side fellows on the! outside and the little skinny things | tucked in out of sight on the inside: but! when they reached their destination the bonds that held them together were burst asunder and they separated—some te lie on the wareroom floor and be trodden upon: some to perch upon the counter to} be picked at and nibbled at by everyone}! who came, until there would be nothing left’ but skin, bones, tail and a handful ' of salt; others to stand on their tails in a! nail keg, outside of the door by the side| of the wash tub and the broom, and hail every passer by with the startling intel- ligence that codfish was kept there for} sale—just as if there had ever been such a thing as a grocery store with fish for sale. The name no cod- of the soap which we | would mop the handled then was not ‘‘legion,” as it is | to-day. There was but one kind in the| er expedition without first learning how | never from that night to the present ably high. I had been receiving them in trade from the farmers until I had ac- cumulated about all I could haul at one load. I knew that the price was a little off, owing to the fact that the supply in the farmers’ hands, after the planting season was over, was. greater than had been anticipated. 1t was a hot, sultry morning and I got a late start, and con- sequently when Old Sol christened the new-born day, I was not there to drink in the glory. I was jolting along under- neath the overhanging evergreen boughs, on the top of a load of potatoes, drink- ing in the dust instead. My load was top-heavy and every mile or sol would have to stop and lift, and pull and shove, and sweat, and think of some dear friend who knew to swear; and then I sweat off my heated brow and climb upon my seat with a firm resolve never to start out on such anoth- how from a. border of | | to swear. It was after noon before I reached the city and I wasn’t in a proper | frame of mind to stand much more pota- |to nonsense. I drove on the market, ‘paid the market fee and then all three of us went to dinner—that is, my mare, the borrowed horse, and myself. After din- ner, I received the magnificent offer of 15 cents per bushel for eight bushels of my potatoes. I told the man who made me the offer to go plumb to the Prince of Darkness, and I think he went and took the potato market with him; for there certainly wasn’t any to be seen after he /went away. The market had been com- pletely glutted and they were absolutely not wanted at any price. In vain I tried | to induce some kind, sympathetic friend to take them in and save them for future | usefulness of some kind. In vainI en- quired for some convenient place where 'I could dump my produce and leave it to the tender mercies of a potato-stricken | community. It was no use. I was com- pelled to escort my vegetables without the gates of the city, and there, in a se- cluded spot, just as the sun was sinking out of sight in the West, I dumped them on the Queen’s highway. If my friend who knew how to swear had only been there, what a consolation it would have been to me! It was 8 o’clock before I had my load on and was ready to start for home. I had taken great pains in loading the goods, and had securely bound every- thing; for it had clouded over and my | load would have to pass through twenty- five miles of Egyptian blackness and I would not be able to watch it. Creeping Moses! Will 1 ever be able to efface the memory of that ‘thomeward bound”’ ride from my mind! How I felt the need of my friend heretofore referred to when I 1 What about it? Why, you see I was go- ing down a hill when the outside cockeye | on the borrowed horse’s side slipped off ;the end of the singletree. I did not |; know it until I reached bottom and | straightened out the traces, when the | tongue fell down. For one sold hour I | cockeye, stepping into and putting my hands into everything that was get-into- } | tied them to the fence and walked back | half a mile to borrow alight, and fright- alone) into a fit by innocently enquiring whether there was any hired man around ing more trouble than was commonly al- lotted to man and that 1 wanted to en- the hour. This excited her sympathy and she loaned mea lantern. She said when the desire to do so was so strong. I thanked her and squandered another lantern. It was an hour past midnight when 1 | while memory lasts [ shall never forget | the dismal moaning and painful sighing | were darkened with angry and turbulent /clouds which threatened rain and my | around about me with all the troubled I was a | young man then and to-day my scatter- ‘ing locks are tinged with gray and my | hunted on that hillside for the missing | able. I then unhitched the team and ‘ened the farmer’s wife (who was all the place. I explained that I was hay- gage some hired man to swear for me by it must be awful not to be able to swear hour before I was able to return the entered the eleven mile pine woods, and |of the pines that night. The heavens imagination peopled the inky blackness | Spirits of by-gone centuries. |brow shows the ravages of time; but had the experience with the cockeye! | | hour have I listened to the moaning of | the pines without recalling to my mind the experiences of that night in the early |morning of my manhood. I hear, once | more, the hooting of the owl. I see the angry sky and hear again the moans, the | Sighs and the occasional wails of dispair | and live over again the hours spent that night in a ride through the old piney woods. * | WhenIl emerged from the woods, the | rain began to fall, and although I was only one mile from home, it was far enough to drench me through to the skin. | A quintal of codfish was on top ef the load and several boxes of raisins imme- | diately under got the benefit of a bap- |tism of codfish brine. The mare and | the borrowed horse had to wait with pa- tience, in the rain, while I unloaded the | goods. tainwater squirted out of my shoes every time I took astep. My pa- | per collar had dissolved and floated away | down my back and I wallowed in the gall | of bitterness generally. By the time I ‘had everything attended to it was broad daylight. My wife asked me what kept me so late and I replied that it was the demnition potatoes. She asked what kind of potatoes that was, and I told her ;not to allude to the subject again, as it brought up unpleasant recollections. Just before noon Deacon Brown drove up in front of the store with a bag of po- tatoes and was in the act of taking them out when I stepped outside and remind- ed him that potatoes had taken a sudden drop (and then I thought of the sudden drop of that load in the road) and I said I didn’t want any more demnition pota- toes. The Deacon said he didn’t raise any of that kind. He said his were the Blue Pinkeyes and he carried them in | and emptied them on the wareroom floor. I was beaten, and I madea solemn vow that I would put myself under a private instructor and learn to swear in plain English and be understood, or shut up shop. RADIX. —_> > |The Way I Kept My Books in a Shoe Store. Written for THE TRADESMAN. One hundred young men may study the art of book-keeping by the same sys- tem, under the same teachers, and in the same college; and when they separate and go out in different directions and enter into the real business world, where there are no fictitious entries or paste- board merchandise and no tin money, no two of these graduates in commercial lore will be found to keep their books alike, and not one in the whole batch will keep his books according to the let- ter or in the form that was taught him. This is the natural result of the acquisi- tion of a thorough knowledge of the principles which underly the art of keep- ing an intelligible set of books of account. Many people—who, during the last two or three terms of their school days, wasted several quires of foolscap paper and squandered hours and hours of valu- able time which can never be recalled— foolishly imagine that a knowledge of book-keeping consists simply in familiar- izing one’s self with certain stereotyped and set forms. Patient reader, are you one of the vast multitude of victims who have been robbed of precious school hours under the delusion that you were evolving into a book-keeper? You de- serve no censure if you are; for it was a |clear case of ‘‘the blind leading the | blind.”” No teacher who has acquired a ae ee ammnnannely wuial THE knowledge of book-keeping would ever permit a pupil to thus waste his time in a district school. The man who is acquainted with the principles of keeping books stands not on forms and ceremonies. The form adopted in one business might not be practical in another. I have known book-keepers to change the form of their books two or three times while continu- ing in the same business; simplifying and abridging each time, thereby lessen- ing the labor and curtailing the expense, without sacrificing any necessary result or showing in the business. It is aston- ishing what a little thought. aided by a knowledge of. the principles of book- keeping, will accomplish by way of in- venting short and simple methods of recording the daily transactions of a business concern. While engaged in the shoe business I devised a very simple and concise style of book-keeping which I never had oc- casion to change and which I have never seen excelled anywhere for neatness, convenience, accurateness and cheapness. It was virtually one book, and a small one at that, and I called it ‘‘the record.” My record would tell me at any time— with a little computation—the amount of stock on my shelves. We always took an inventory once a year in the month of February, and we always consulted the record first, and for five consecutive years it never ‘failed to foretell the result of the inventory. The sixth year, however, there was a discrepancy of about $250. This was a little matter of surprise to us and we concluded that either an error had been committed in taking the in- ventory or else there had been some steal- ing going on somewhere during the year. A theft might be committed, first, by the removal of stock from the store by some unknown party; and, secondly, by the acts of a dishonest clerk in making sales and retaining the proceeds. 6k. Ary Alreg Bo. se J LE, far'ols pRevaecrsr. Secale = Q ' i Mee Adardsfor, Mbbrch. Se 7 vee f Meas Ling; : i : A we ie ot fplCraerere a av Prep Ly Ma y Wor 2272 of ne. Jy ze aif Fo72h ya —S Z : agllins y Vetere os aed ee | emt Pie gts “4g Gove of oo ort efor Te ~ Yh, boariford va vl freer Cue™ +t Wesco Laat fore GRAAL aod ent Bell ALraeoa | etd, We frorwifiien oxth wthiel nse Wo. tat ty ow wee Lee cok or ATTY Cv , oe fi —— ee dan ve a = Re ek usr Ris r ad ‘ ve elgg “ A cies) ii: a, af. 4 4 mA r Ww ak Bt sh 07 ariel Ak whi 6 to. hoses er — ure C eual 4A ad oS te a 7 /| ( ANARLEL Curty Yehonnr Xbb Comment is Unnecessary. eee acta ereaNneras else wartan tice sn THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Wholesale Price Current. ACIDUM. a 8@ 10 Benzoicum German.. 50@ 60 Cice -...:-........ 20 Carporenm ........... 23@ 35 es 48@ 53 Bee eer ..-........ @ & Nigocum =............- 10@ 12 Oxalteum ............. N@ 13 Phosphorium dil...... 20 Haley ooam ........... 1 30@1 70 Sulphuricum.. . ie S Tanicem............- a 40@1 60 Toraeeem.......... 40@ 42 AMMONIA. in 3 16 os Lele ues 7 5 OE cn ces os 7 cnn ae . re 14 Coles .......-.... 12@ 14 ANILINE. ea i 50 Saas ete 2 503 00 BACCAE. Cubeae (po. 90)...... 90@1 10 Juniperus .......-....- 8@ 10 Xanthoxylum ........- 30 BALSAMUM. Copaiba 55@ 60 Fern LY @1 50 Terabin, Canada ..... 35@ 40 Wergten .........-..-.- 35@ 50 CORTEX. Abies, Canadian.... .....-- 18 eee eee ll Cinchona Flava .......-..-- 18 Euonymus atropurp*....... 30 Myrica Cerifera, po........-. 20 Prunus Virgini....... . & Quillaia, grd........... 14 ee ee 14 Ulmus Po (Ground i ...... 10 EXTRACTUM. lye rrhiza Glabra... 4@ 6B ~ x. engl seep 33@ 35 Haematox, = Ib. box... He Ceeee eres 13@ 14 . 46 eee 14@ 15 - “ee 16@ 17 FERRUM. Carbonate Precip...... @ 15 Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 Citrate Soluble........ @ 80 Ferrocyanidum Sol.. @ 0 Solut Chioride........ @ 15 Sulphate, Gomer)... .... 1%@ 2 pare......-.. a FLORA. a 22@ 2% a 30@ 50 Matricaria—tiéi----- 25@ 30 FOuILA, Barosm 50 Game. “Acutifal, “in- nivelly Ce eee 25@ 28 “ce 35@ 50 Salvia officinalis, aaa one We... .....,.. 12@ 15 re Oem. .............. 8@ 10 @UMMI. Acacia, ist picked.... @ 8% . 2d - eo @ 6&0 a 2 @ 80 _ Ig sorts. . @ 30 ee. ea 60@ 30 Aloe, Barb, (po. ai 50@ 60 , (po. 20 @ 12 Pa Sonate tri, (po. 60) . @ 50 Catechu, fx, (4s, 14 js, .... @ 1 Asem ......-...:. 35@ 40 saan. (po. 30) .. @ 2 Bensoinnm............ W@ 55 Ceompmoers............- 50@ 53 Huphorbium po. 35@ 10 civ ae ees @3 00 Gamboge, po.........- 80Q@ 95 Guailacum, x 2) ... @ 8 et (io Bp... - @ Ww os Pa Se = eas g = yrr. po. 45 css Sakae Opil. (po. 3 20}........ 2 00@2 10 Seance .. s,s... 2@ 35 . bleached...... 23@ 33 Preeseanth .....-..... 30@ 75 HERBA—In ounce packages. Bees... 25 eee oe .............,.- 20 OE, ine ec ce ge 25 eee 28 Menta Fiperite............ 23 oe eo ee ce... 30 wenecoe, V.......-.--...- 22 meee Vc, 25 MAGNESIA. Calained, Pat.......... 55@ 60 Carbonate, Pat........ W@ 2 Carbonate, K.&M..:. OD BD Carbonate, Jenning5.. 35@ 36 OLEUM. a. de see eo 3 50@4 : — dalac, Dulc...... 45@ Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 = Ae nk, 1 75@1 85 Auranti Cortex....... 3 80@3 75 Berg: ee dee ee 3 75@4 00 SE ote ots tt 70@ Carvounsitt...,....... 95@1 00 ON eee cs ae ca 35@ 65 Cmenonody ........... @2 00 ene .......... 1 15@1 20 EE 6. @ 6 Contum Mac.......... 35@ 65 WO eo er a 1:20@1 30 Canemee._........... @7 ° Exechthitos.......... 2 50@2 Brperon .. 1... 2 25@2 50 Geiptagee .......-.... 2 00@2 10 Geranium, ounce..... som 7 Gossipil, Sem. | 75 Bedeaie 1 soot 50 wusepee... ........... 50@2 00 Davenaew ............ 90@2 00 Lees. 2 50@3 10 Mentha Piner.......... Q 2 9@3 00 mensne Voria........- 2 20@2 30 Morrhusc, gal... ..... 1 00@1 10 a ounce... ...-. 50 ee 85@2 75 Picks Liquida, (gal. 7”, 10@ a Oe . 1 00@1 aeoniaa Ro eeees 75@1 00 Rosae, ounce.......... @6 50 Seer. 8... 45 eee 90@1 00 meee... 5... 3 50@7 00 Sassafras. .... . eS Sinapis, ess, ounce.. @ 65 ia @1 00 Thyme Nee peWee ea el oe 50 ' - ........... @ 60 Theobromag........... 15@ 2 POTASSIUM. Cee... 15@ 18 Diencomess ......... 13@ 14 oe 28G 30 ——................. 12@ 15 Chlorate, (po. 16)...... 14@ = Cyeanaoe ..............- en 2 80@2 30 Potassa, Bitart, _ 28@ 30 Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15 Petass Nitras, ¢ om... 8@ 10 Potass Nitrag.......... 7 «(Cf Preees ............. 28@ 30 SUIpRAte PO... .... 15@ 18 RADIX. Acoma... 20@ 25 Althae..... . SQ @ Anechues ........ . Ie © ree, oe... @ B aes... ........... 20Q@ Gentiana, (po. 15)..... 10@ 12 Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18 Hydrastis Canaden, -; oe @ 3 Hellebore, Ala, po.... 15@ 20 ve ~~ eee ee 15Q@ W Wpecae pe... 2 40@2 50 Iris salar (po. 35@38).. 25@ 40 aaiape, pe............. 0@ 7 Maranta, “a... ...... @ 3 Podophylium, po a. 15@ 18 Mae. . 75Q1 00 ~ Cat... ........... @1 7 ' = et tate oe de ver ues 75@1 35 Reimers... 48@ 53 Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ Ww — eee er aeee ss 30@ 35 SS 40@ 45 Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40 M @ 2 Seiliae, (po. 3%) ........ 10@ 12 —— Feeti- aus, 0O......... @ 3 Valeriana, Eng. (po. 50) @ 8 German... 15@ 2 Inger a... . 10@ 15 Zameeer j.........- 22Q@ 2% SEMEN. Anisum, (po. 20). @ 15 oe (graveleons).. 20@ 2 ne i. 6 Carui, Ps ....... &@ 12 Cardamon Lode eee 1 00@1 25 Corlandram.........-- 10@ 12 Cannabis Sativa....... 4405 Cyaormam.... -....... 75@1 enonediim ........ 10@ . Dipterix Odorate...... 2 — 5 Foeniculum.. ne 15 Foenugreek, po. hele 6b |... 4 @4% Lint, gra, (bbl. 3%) ..4 @ 4% Lobe Me ey ee PharlarisCanarian.... 34@ 4% ae 8. 6@ 7 Sinapis, A Ala.......,. 8 9 Higra....... 11@ 12 SPIRITUS. Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50 D. F. R.....1 75@2 00 2... 1 10@1 50 Juniperis Co. 0. T....1 tal @ $ oe 1 75@3 50 Saacharum N. £...... 1 7%5@2 00 Sot. Ving Galll.......- 1 75@6 50 iat Gpereo ...........- 1 256@2 00 Vins Ae... :......... 1 25@2 00 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool Onrrreee.......--.-... 25@2 50 Nassau sheeps’ wool Gurere .... -...... 2 00 Velvet extra sheeps’ wool Carriage....... 1 10 Extra yellow sheeps’ eurreee .5.......... 85 Grass sheeps’ wool Car- Toe .......-....- 1. 65 Hard for slate use.... % Yellow Reef, for slate a... 1 40 SYRUPS. Ce ES 50 50 60 50 50 50 60 50 50 50 50 Totes |... Treeee #e...: 2 50 TINCTURES. Aconitum Napellis - ee 60 vese ces 50 Ae... 60 ~ and myrrh... 60 erica: 8... 50 Beaton... ............... 0 Atrope en: oo. 60 Benzoin.. . Le 60 Co. ede e eee 50 SOURUIAOEIA ........ 50 rorceen. __t........... 50 OE eee 7 oe .................. 50 (demon .. ............. 75 | ° a % Cee 100 Meeecee.............. ...... 50 Ctoemee 50 ’ a .............. . = Comes... 50 ecg... 50 eee... 50 Wee ee ll, 50 rgot Deeoete cee. Oe Co 50 a 60 Guesee |... ll. 50 . aneee.............. 60 a 50 oe 50 joGine.._. .. oe oe 8 ' Golorices 00] e Perr Chioridum............ 35 Ki -. oo 50 50 50 85 50 " —-.. ............ 2 00 Avram Cortex...... ....... & ean. 50 eee 50 Rhei 50 Cassia Acutifol Lie cende sae 50 ....... 50 Serpentaria ........ test eeu 50 a 60 Toate ............. 60 Vercecan ....... : —- oo ‘Veratrum Veride............ 50 MISCELLANEOUS, AXther, Spts Nit,S F.. 3@ 2 i . <4). we = Aros... .......... 24%@ 3 . a - 7 . i 4 Aneatia 55@ 60 Antimoni, MO... 4@ 5 et PotassT. 55@ 60 AMilpyrm ............ @1 40 Aten. ............ Argenti Nitras, ounce Arasenicum ............ Balm Gilead Bud..... Bismacn § W.... 2 Calcium Chior, 1s, (48 EBscoe! SS.58 7: ee, Pe... @ 9 Cantharides Russian, me ..... @1 2 Capsici Fructus, af... @ se “s a. @ 25 “cc cc po. @ 20 Caryophyllus, (po. 15) 12@ 13 Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75 Cera Alba,S. &F..... 50@ 55 Cor Pisva............ 38@ 40 os qm 4 Cassia Fructus........ @ Ww Cevtcera.............. @ 10 Cemseame ............ @ #2 Cuteroomia ........... 60@ 63 . squibbs .. @1 25 Chloral Hyd Crst...... 1 50@1 70 Chondrus . 20@ 25 Cinchonidine, P&W 15@ German 3 @ 12 Corks, list, dis. per ee es 69 Creesotne ........... @ SO Creta, a — a Se Ped de dog eu ees 5@ 5 ‘precip bee sey oe 9@ 11 Ce @ 8 Croce... ........... 30@ 35 Cuaponr......-- 1.5... @ Az Capri Suiph:......._.. 5@ 6 emote <. 8... 10@ 12 Maher Suiph........... 68@ 70 Emery, = a. : : 8 Ergota iy “60... 50@ 55 Flake te, a 12@ 15 Sooo : @ B Sonndas le oe _* @e Gelatin, —— eee uae @ 70 Wiehe 40@ 60 Glassware flint, 70 and 10. by box 60and 10 Glue, Brewe.......... 9@ 15 ieee... 13@ 2% Gieceria. ............ 177 @ SS Grana Paradisl........ @ 2 jo 25@ 55 Hydraag Chlor Mite... @ 9 Cor @ 80 . Ox aan @1 10 . Ammoniati. @1 10 ° Unguentum. 44@ 55 * Grareyrum ......... @ 70 ee Am. 1 25@1 50 Tadig ee 75@1 00 ieee Resabl........ HE. 7E@3 = WO et Tas... .- 5 Lyeopodiam .......... 40@ 45 a 85 Li eee a et Hy- Liquor Potaas Arsintia 10@ 12 — Sulph (bbl 2 3 Mannie, & FP... . oo... 50@ 60 ee, S. P. & W...1 95@2 20 | Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 2%/| Lindseed, boiled .... 38 41 SN. Y.¢9 & Stnapt Be. @ 18} Neat’s Foot, winter Cc... 1 85@2 = = oe. @ 30/_ strained . 5¢ 60 Moschus Canton...... @ Snuff, Maccaboy, De Spirits Turpentine. . 41% 46 Myristien, No. 1....... 70@ 2 foe... @ 35 Nux — (po 20)... @ 10] Snuff,Scotch,De. Voes @ 35 PAINTS. bbl. Ib. Os Sepia... 25@ 28] Soda Boras, (po. 12). . 11@ 12| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 Se ai, H&P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 30@ 33) Ochre, yellow Mars... 1% 2@4 Co. @e @ | Seda Card............. 1%@ 2 Der... 1% 2@3 Picis Liq, N. C., % gal Soda, HiCarb......... @ 5| Putty, commercial....2% 24%@3 a @2 00 | Soda, Ash.. /3%@ 4|_“ strictly pure.....2% 2%@3 Pieis Liq., quarts @1 00| Soda, Sulphas. . a @ 2} Vermilion Prime Amer- pints : @ 85} Spts. Ether Co . eo ee, 13@16 Pil Hediceee, (po. 80) . @ 50 ‘¢ Myreia Dom..... @2 25| Vermilion, English.... 70@75 Piper Nigra, (po.22).. @ 1 ‘* Myrcia Imp... .. @3 00| Green,*Peninsular..... 70@75 Piper Alba, (po ¢5) .. @ 3 © Vind Reet. bbi team ten... ...... 7 @i*% Pix Burgun........... a 22 4) White... 7 @i* Plambi Acct .......... 14@ 15| Less 5c gal., cash ten days. Whiting, white Span.. @i0 Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... @1 Whiting, Gilders’. Gu Pyrethrum, boxes Suiphur, Subl.........3 @4. | White, Paris American 1¢ | SPD Ce. dos... @1 25 a | 2%@ 3%| Whiting, Paris Eng. Pyrethrum, pv........ o 3) Tamerinds.......... 8S@ 10; cliff ee 8@ 10] Terebenth Venice..... 28@ 30 | Pioneer Prepared Painti 201 ‘4 Quinia, S. P. & W..... 31@ 36|Theobromae .......... 45@ 5¢| Swiss Villa Prepared = Gomman...2: @ 90) Vanilla |. ........... 9 = OO, Fae 1 00@1 20 Rubia Tinctorum.. 1m@ 14/| Zinei Salph.. -..... 8 VARNISHES. Saccharum Lactis pv. @ 3 N Te any i one No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 2 ene 1 80@1 35 . Bxtea Tate... 160@1 70 Sanguis Draconis..... 40@ 50 Bbl. Gal| Coach Body.. - .2 75@3 00 Bemeonine ....1-...... 400; Whale, winter........ 70 70 | No.1 Turp F urn. oe. ‘t 00@1 10 Sapo, we... Re Mi bere extra..........- 55 60} Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 i a 0 te) tare Nea t.......... 45 50 | Japan Dryer, No. 4g ‘ . . @ 15} Linseed, pureraw.... 35 38 “es... .. -.. a Get Wha t Wea Anak Por’ -—HINKLEYS BONE LINIMENT-- FOR THIRTY-FOUR YEARS THE FAVORITE. Enclosed in White Wrappers and made by D. F. FOSTER, Saginaw, Mich. Drugs $ Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Two Years—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Three Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Four Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor Five Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Meetings for 1891—Leansing, Nov. 4. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—D. E. Prall, Saginaw. Tirst Vice-President—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo. Second Vice-President—Prof. A. B. Prescott, Ann Arbor. Third Vice-President—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Secretary—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Treasurer—Wm Dupont, Detroit. Next Meeting—At Ann Arbor, Oct. 20, 21 and 22, 1891. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott, Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March June, September and December, Grand Ra ‘"r" Drug Clerks’ — resident, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smith Detroit Pharmaceutical Society. President, F. Rohnert; Secretary, J. P. Rheinfrank. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President N. Miller; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler. The Druggists’ Fire Insurance Co. At the semi-annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Druggists’ Mu- tual Fire Insurance Company, Secretary Hunt informed them that he had visited Insurance Commissioner Luper, at Har- risburg, and learned that the policy- holders of the company were liable to assessment, irrespective of the clause now in their policies waiving such claim. This information led the Board of Direc- tors to direct the Insurance Committee to cancel all outstanding policies and pay back the return premiums on same, and not to accept any business until after the meeting of the National Wholesale Drug- gists’ Association of the United States, which meets this month, at which time there will be a meeting of the members’ Executive Committee to decide what action shall be taken. In view of the laudable purposes of this company, it is unfortunate that those who were responsible for its organiza- tion did not more fully inform them- selves of the laws governing the issue of the policies put in circulation, and avoid the trouble incident to cancelling the risks taken. a The existing pharmacopoi: ias now in use, with their supplements, etc., num- ber a total of about forty volumes. The French Codex contains the greatest quantity of subjects, namely 2,039, and the Norwegian Pharmacopeeia the least, 519. In the French there are 106 syrups, while the German has but 20, and the Norwegian only 9. England and the United States are the only countries that still retain the old system of weights, all the others using the decimal system. One hundred and fifty drugs are common to all the pharmacopeeias. oe Use ‘amen or Superior Coupons. How to Sleep on the Road. From the New York Herald. The majority of travelers will tell you that they don’t sleep soundly in sleeping cars, that they never feel rested in the morning,and that night railroad trips are an abomination. This may all be true, but if they don’t sleep well it is often their own fault. Very few people know how to sleep in a sleeping car. The secret is this. Sleep with your head toward the engine. By so doing you will not wake up with a headache or spend a restless night. When the feet are toward the engine the motion of the train causes the blood to settle in the head, and rest is then out of the question. The porters know this, but only on a few lines will they bother to change ends when making up berths. Insist upon their doing it and you will pass a comfortable night—that is, if you have good health and a clear conscience. >> <> The Drug Market. Opium steady. Morphia is un- changed. .Quinine is firmer for German. Wood alcohol has advanced. A is Fred Woolsey, buyer for W. A. Engle, the Hartford druggist, was in town a couple of days last week. REMOVAL SALE. better I offer Having leased other quarters, 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, AND MANY DRUGGISTS’ SUNDRIES AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. A rare chance to buy Fall and Holiday Goods at Bargain Prices. Sam- ples now ready. 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. Sample-Trunks for sale. Small stock Drugs and Fixtures for sale. Large corner store for rent until January 1st. Correspondence Invited. Fred Brundage, 21 to 27 Terrace St., Muskegon, Michigan, THE MICHIGAN TRADES) LAN. GROCERIES. “| age brawn and breadth and dignity, “ | strength and wisdom and skill. We can- | ~ {not safely jump into success; we are} l eS Claims He Does Not Need a License. likely to get hurt, and soon fall back dis- | 5 | Derroir, Oct. 2—I have been for afew | heartened to where we belong. Some | | | week~ in correspondence with the State; try to succeed by jumping into their | i Treasurer's office in reference to a/|father’s shoes; but these shoes do not| ° . [ . aes a a : State license. The officials at Lansing | fit, and cause the young man to walk so Desirous of extending the sale of my c¢ lebrated brands « have decided that my selling by sample, | awkwardly he generally makes a fool of | | ple ‘kles, I have dee sided to make a special price on delivery of goods ta be made at some fu-|himself. Nearly everything of real) fs O lai alhcl t as follows: ture period for customer’s own use, re-| Worth has to be earned. To be appre- | Same for ctober shipment, as TX ‘ i quires me to take out a license for each | ciated and judiciously pt age eg Medium, bbls., 30 — 1200 4 25 of my agents, as said goods are not of my | possessions must have cost us their value. ° . i: 9 -”O ; own manufacture. I have looked up the | The very toil and struggle and plodding Medium, half bbls., 15 Qe als., 600 ~ o0 3 | matter and have satisfied myself I can do | that bring solid gain bring also the ma-) Small, bbls., 30 gals., 2400 4 75 so without paying any license fee; and I | ture experience, thorough discipline, and “ae a iy i 200 eae . have asked the office to make a test case, | hard knocks that make up stalwart man- Small, half bbls., 15 gals., L201 . (a but they do not take any action, as yet. | hood and permanent success. Grherkins, bbls.., 30) cals., S000 6 OO As this matter concerns not only all mer- | === : : ' ~ 700 ee } | bebe peic | ia : pals o oO chants who, technieally Ghe I kins h lf bbls 15 cals 17 ? ‘hants who, technically, ca t solicit | : . oy a a customer in their own fg ior Gute, 3 H, M. REYNOLDS & SON, Mixed, bhis. o0 cals. o OO 4 should be glad to have some others’ views | Tar and Gravel Roofers, ; wala 50 on the subject. Iloeok upon the statute | to apply only to peddlers proper, that is, | And dealers in Tarred Feit, Building Paper, Chow Chow, bbls., 30 gals. 10 00 : oi — os Pitch, Coal Tar, Asphaltum. Rosin, Mineral ’ : those who take their goods with them | woo)’ rte 7 -C} + half bhis. als ~ Fp and deliver at the time of sale, and I feel a Chow 10oW, Hair Db ) Sais. v9 ' : " Cc — i : Corner Louis and Campau Sts., ns / i oc ee 4 assured that this is the true meaning of : : - arge P wre oo a gies SOO, 3 iD co : oe Los. GRAND RAPIDS. o the law. The U.S. Supreme Court, in| I a Pi a1 ( 45 als.. 1200 5 5O the 120th Report, in the case of Rose a saree 1¢ es, ) oe ’ a Robbins ys. Shelby Taxing District, has Free Water ower Privile p Sweet split, half bbls., 15 gals., 700, 3 50 held that such statutes and ordinances ’ ’ ~ ) ee ; SIP vals 1200 Do OV are void | and that Congress alone has the | | havea fine waterpower on Rapid River, near shi eet sini all, he uf bbls. 15 © Aram ee pa : right to regulate the selling by sample | where the new extension of the Chicago & West ‘Sweet whe 4y" ‘kins, h: ilf bbls , lo as rals.. 1700 6 930 anywhere in the United States. Since a < was -; ith th aeoneee on and Ss i: ] | bl Is ls. 6 OO oS cee ee 1 cia a side track, which, wi e necessary gr ¢ wee . ms this decision, there have been many oth- o sentiditene I a ; ‘Who weet mixer 1a f ybis., 15 ga Ss » 0 questions as the sell- ing of farming utensils and other which have all been de- cided as not amenable to such laws. Kindly give this your attention in the interest of those who read your valuable paper. Yours truly, - x } ; r nel ers, involving such books, shirts ; Foods, am anxious to give ak LAN F. LITT , mich. wants it? AaRwoop, Kalkaska PRODUCE MARKET Apples— #2 per bbl. for choice winter fruit. Beans—Dry beans are beginning to come in | freely, dealers paying $1.25 for unpicked and country picked and holding at #1.75 for city Mixed, half bbls., Above goods are guar: anteed to be first quality and Furthermore, count in every instance. > full I warrant goods lof my manufacture not to scum, which is an ad- vantage every grocer will appreciate. If vou have never used my goods, one trial will convince C.N. AYREs. | di j j .\, AYRES. | picked pea or medium. i" i ee -_ « > Butter—Choice dairy finds ready sale at 20@ you of then supel 10] quality { " |21e. Factory creamery is held at 26ce ‘ Brought the Wrong Crock. |” Celery—20e per doz. bunches. From the Plainwell Enterp~ise. = ‘abbages—40@50c per doz. & : 1 AS. W / S EDD She was an oldist "OM: 7] . | Cranberreries—Fancy Cape Cod are held at ? She w we? an fi ah Ww “wooed Ww os i ssi | $7.25 per bbl., with second grade in fair demand 4 several miles to sell her butter. 1e hac | at 86.75. Fancy in crates bring $2.50. ) had tl rock weighed and_finally tackled | Cucumbers—Pickling, 15@20e per 100. if ti f Pickles and reser V es sag np ON : ul i si s ad T : . ed | Eggs—Dealers pay 16c forstrictly fresh, hold all aC rer 0 5 ne - . - centers = = 1; 16 STOCEY | ing ati8e. There is no call, as yet, for either | untied the paper and looked in. | limed or pickled. 0 F 33 V ll G a d id aie a a 5 eid ees ee ce ee & ffice and Factory, | alley Ave., Grand Rapids. ’ . : >]ess Prs b gy 9 g g sm this. It’s away off color, it has an odor | eke oo . ae Sey 6 One that any consumer of butter would re- Grapes—Higher on account of the recent | CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. LEMONS. ae gard with suspicion, it is positively slop- | frosts. Concords now command 3%c and Niaga- | Messina, — 300. ee @ ~ py with circular lumps through it and |™ cee eames 16@18 for clean comb. he ae oe eee eee choice or a oT don’t taste like good butter. Iam afraid Onions—Dealers pay 40@59e and hold at 50@ STICK CANDY. fate .... @7 50 your cows have been eating something | 60c, extra fancy commanding about 70e. Full W jens. _— Pails, OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. i leg if ‘ Peaches —The market is confined almost | gt ndard, per Ib....... ie 7% | Figs, Smyrna, new, fancy layers...... @18 they should not. holly to Smocks, which command $1.50@1.%5 pe an } % ” ' choice @l5 If here : i ee " Ww 1O1y LO SMockKs,V Men pmman DL GLa per ee a 6g 1% i. m és te ot f there is any one thing that will) pu. They are large in size, but poor in quality ae a ee ee @l2 4 make a woman mad it is criticism of her | From pining “pr onyi aaam Will Coa- | Boston Cream .......... ..,.-- Le 9%] 4 Fard, 4 Ib. box reas aed . z=: q butter. 2 i this one was ax cent tinue to come in ali the week. st ThLhLlLhlCC Lo 8% ae ceo eed ee ee ee ore Pears—The Michigan crop is all marketed, but | Extra H. Ho... 22... mi * Persian, 50:Ib, box 222.02000007 @ & The dealer finally crept out from be- | puchess from York State are in fair demand at [ NUTS. 3 hind a b arrel and suggested that she look | # per bbl. MIXED ——- Almonds, Tach... ee eo ce @i6% : at ; Peppers—Green #1 per bushel. Full Weight. ca ee @i6 = ner ct if, . mich she 4d. The crock Potatoes—Little dohee at about 20@25e per bu. 8 Pails. a California.. tite Q1i% was filled with preserved peaches. And} Qninces—#2.25 per bushel. ie ie a ee 7% | NE OM tee eee tee cee, | then—why, she blamed her husband for| Squash—Hubbard, 2c per lb. Leader alata at a i a ae &% ” Walsuts, 6 richie. Qil% putting the wrong jar in the buggy. | —— yes—$2.75 per bbl. for choice Jer- Epettel.....------ sere ore becae 7 : Marbot.. er + Fé et we | Tomatoes—The glut of a week ago has disap- Ee 1% 8% o Chil . ee ee ee @10 : # Once Was Enough. | peared and the late frosts have forcea the price o-. ears nea = Table Nuts, ntaey. seteseees =, : Eo | c nglis oc ae 4 ceudaeee bade eeee ca 2 4 ; A young gentleman who lately inn Oe Connerves . ee cS 8. Pocame, Texas, H. F., ....... (oopeecu ee @1l% : ‘ his home in England, having exhausted | PROVISIONS Broken Taffy. a %% Gis | Coconuts, Pall GeONs............. ...,, @A 2% i ‘ * . : | ‘ aS. + § i his credit, telegraphed to his parents: | pe Grand Rapids Packi stusstinmioe oe ; F H. P.,S Te z o— oo Schl his . a e Grant (ene Teenie OG Proven Oo, | Meirs.. i... - 1 ancy, as. @ 5% 4 i ¥ our son was kill d this morning by quotes as follows: French Creams. -.......- 10% * Meewee..........:... 9 ae 2 a falling chimney. What shall we do as Vc inners Valley Creams......... 13% | Fancy, H. P., Flag Benn teisseesee | @ OM i i i ie ete ' “ a oaste ay t with the remains? oe. ..... i .. Francy—In bulk. Choice, H. P., Ce r g te F In reply a check was sent for £20,with | Shortcut ..... wre teeters cesses 13 03 — Ww — Bbls. Pails. + Tea @ 6% E the request, *‘Bury them.’’? The young Senate. pig, short Oboes acces ce ee) sia! —e mo al i 2 1 i : " - Fr SI ec ete ek ERIM. cc eee tvesee sree ~? ad " : i gentleman pocketed the money and had | Clear, fat back...... oe ee ee 12% HIDES, PELTS and FURS. an elaborate spree. When in condition Boston clear, short cut. Mtwiteeecacenceearce SO O01 CROCGMIEG MORUNOGRERIS...,......... 14 Perkins & Hess pay as follows: i ‘riting he sent his father the follow- | C/©8", 08%; SHort cut........... Oe OO) Ga rae... ae ee ee. 6% | HIDES. i for writing he sent his father the follow- | gigndard clear. short cut. best. | OO es Se 3 @4 YS ing note: — SAUSAGE—Fresh and 1 Smoked eer i et 9% | Part Cured eee ee ee eee ome a. @5 “J have just learned that an infamous coat Sausage. . eee NT eat 10% 11% — Otte ttt ee teeter tees teen ees . B5% scoundrel named Barker sent you a ficti- | Hem Sensage.—-.-...-- tees rancy—In 5 Ib. boxes. Per Box a nu Githinn ea pial ces : =; e tious account of my death, and swindled | Frankfort Sausage ........ pees ee. a ee ets ie CTE eee ee you out of £20. He also borrowed £10} Blood Sausage....... ....... p oe a eae li Calfskins, green.. — . 4 @S5 a : . | Bologna, straight Peppermint Drops. ee 65 pared 5 @6 of me and left the country. I write to| eg Te 5 | Chocolate Drops............ ee eee = ican beeeeteecees “10 @30 inform you that I am still alive, and long | Head Cheese....... 20.202. ... 2. .ecsee becee le 5 a —e Preise ensinnis es nie abo ata to see the parental roof again. I am in LARD a icc es Kl Of PELTs, Family. ound, | eoetioe Deeme._. ..---------+----++--» ‘100 | Shearlings 10 @25 somewhat redu = circumstances, the ac- ro Be We MPI PII coe nd es ee eros covey cad ee peonRnee aah eam Rel a lll Cee tants ms : 7 Tierces ... ee . 644 6 7 lai 65 I 20 @i5 : cumulations of the past five years having | ¢ and 50 ib. Tubs............... 6% 6% ae printed ae a 70 WOOL : been lost—a ae stock operation— | 3 1b. Pails, 20in a case.......... 7% I ioe EE Ee ey 20@30 5 Ib. Pails, 12 ina case 7 7 mperiais . 65 N 20@ and if you would only spare me £20 I 10 Ib iced le 7 & | Mottoes.. OO 10@20 : ; 8, ee 7 j : would be very thankful for the favor. | 20 Ib. Pails, 4in a case..........9% 6% | Cream Bar. -.....-.-.2- cos cersseesee sees esses ro MISCELLANEOUS. Give my love to all.”’ a Kisee é 6% | Molasses Bar.. . 5 tae co pears .-. 84@ 4% x y 10 to all. : Ce Sy ak Gade Cree 8595 Grease butter ....... .1 22 A few days later the young man re-| pyira Mess. warranted 200 lbs... 7 po | Plain Creams...... 8090 Switches ee ceived the following dignified letter from | Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 7 50 Decorated Cait ela --100 | Ginseng. -. «++ eee eee - 2 53 00 his outraged parent: Domes, Ce Pee... wn 10 -sscune. fF yreeenend ae cee oe ae eer cra ‘‘My Dear Son — I have one you Ha yt mnaTs—Canvassed or Plain. 9;, | Wintergreen Berries... a oo OILS. mi that is the Ps li ms, average Bence eee ete eee eee ee ~ The Standard Oil Co. quotes as follows, i once, and that is the end of it. 1 decline ee 10 CARAMELS. barrels, f. o. b. Grand Rapids: to have any transactions with a ghost.’’ a : 12 to 14 Ibs... - - 10% | No. 1, wrapped, 2 1b. Nee ae oo NE a% No. 1, ' ene 51 oe ON ie eda dy a @s8 at Be aes 9% | No. 2, re 3 . r 28 OE i oe eee @ 7% : The Price of Success. LB ie ieee be nee poner eee Yo, 3. : es le POmIgOR TOR... «2.2... peseee. oi cen @ i% :. : i Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................... 11 | Stand up, Sib. ee ee re @™% Success presupposes conditions and ae —_ prices ee yee oelin 9 ORANGES. —— eee eee ue peas cence @ 8% g ions fc ane aro SNE ei iccedikc icc cuepriveesos 8 OE EEE EEE ROG a tee 27 @36 ee for 2 the energy, self- Brisk ets, medium. Shui asa ey I TR ies oie s, ‘sie... ke, 13 @2i sacrifice, and self -abnegation which | light letebicleascbeccupee ts Mag | REMPORRAMB, TOD. 2.5...) aoe eeene ss sone 40) Miaek, Gummer @8 — cen PRN APPLE BUTTER, Clifcase @o0ds.......:...- 7%,@8 AXLE GREASE. Frazer’s. yer doz 80 Wood boxes, doz. case... 2 40 _ . per gross 2 00 25 Ib. pails, Ss ote.” st 75 Aurora. Wi ood boxes, ver Gos...... o& 3 doz. case... 1 %5 " ia per groes.... 6 00 Diamond. Wood boxes, per Gow ..... 50 3 Gon, case... 1 50 “ per gross 5 50 Peerless. 1s oie ............ 90 BAKING POWDER. Acme, 1 Ib. cans, 3 doz 45 4 lb. _ 85 " im * tS Le _ Doik....... . = Telfer’ . & = cans, ‘doz. 45 4 a. 85 _ tip: . ~ .- 2 oo Arete, cans ..: ...... 60 oe ts _ 1 = Se . .. 2eo o 5 ae ee 9 60 Red Star, 4 lb cans. 40 ie eeeees 80 to aaa -. 2 oO BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. aoe... ........... 90 Bristol. .. a 70 OMMORIIG.......;...- 60 BLUING, Gross Arctic, Oe OVals.........- 4 00 | 80z ee i. oo ' pints, soued........ 10 50 « Ro, 2, sifting box.. 2 1a - = ae 4 00 | YY oo . eo “ to Pall _ BROOMS, No. 2 > Hurl ede e tees reece 1 % No. 1 . £0 No. 2 Carpet. ees eae oe No, ? eeu ee a Parlor Gem. 2% Common Whisk............ 90 Fancy ' 1 20 Mill . ee sees § 25 Ww arehouse. os \ 2 oe BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. Pe -5 00 ECO aa ee PE ce 4 50 CANDLES Hotel, 40-1b. boxes... Star, Paraffine .. Wicking.... CANNED GOODS. FISH. Clams. Little Nec x, i lb. 1 10 2 Ib : 1 90 Cian ¢ thowder. Standard, 3lb.... ! 2 30 Cove - sters. Standard, 1 ID... ee " mtb... 210 Lobsters. Star, 1 a 2 45 Sect se-secue ee oe Pienie,1 1b. ee eee i 3 00 Mackerel. Standard, 1 ie... isda, kd = it 2 00 Mustard, s+. OO Tomato Sauce, 3lb.........3 00 Soused, S 1. ....:.....-. 3 00 Salmon. ( ‘olumbia River, flat. 1 90 * tells. | % TO ei cces cas 4 ' De uk ais 2 10 Sardines, American \4Ss..... “6 tal imported 348....-........ 6 ize Mustard Xs Trout. meee Sie... i. 50 FRUITS. Apples. York State, gallons.... 25 Hamburgh, : Apricots. Santa Cruz. ; s 2 2 Lusk’s.. 3 Ceca 2 50 Gueran@ 2a 3 35 Blackberries. ek wa... 90 Cherries ae... 1 20 Pitted Hamburgh 1s Woe ............. 1 60 Erie . ae 1 30 Damsons, Egg P ine and Green | Gages. ae. @1 60 Gooseberries. Common . / 1 10 Peaches. Me 1 60@1 7 a 2 25 Seeeerrs ........... California a Pears. Domestic . : Riverside....... or Common. ews Johnson’ g sliced..... ied. .... Quinces. Comme .o..5........ Raspberries. iis cece acess Black Hamburg. Erie, black..... Strawberries. | Hummel’ 8, aay ee 1 50 Wheat. Nutmegs, fancy...... 80 Lawrence . a cis 1 oe QF Cracked..... 5 | re i i 75 Hamburgh . 2 Qk | ee | “a a i Erie 1 65 Sane CHICORY. —_—— P No. 2.. eae 6 settee ene ee es ceans 1 6 1 vu 7 epper, Sir or oso Whortleberries. Red pon - 2% FISH--Salt. ee e, blac! on Common . d Moot elec ' OTs po & W. a 40 CLOTHES LINES, Bloaters. ‘) anet, . 19 Blueberries ......... 1 39 | Cotton, 40 ft -per doz. 1 25; Yarmouth........... a Pure Ground in Bulk. . ier nodes |b a ‘ 50 — ‘6 1 40 Cod. po 15 re Corned be ws ‘Libby’ i 60 ft Le aa @o | Cassia, Batay oe Roast beef, Armour’ a u eae ! : 1 = eres 744@8% a be yo “Saicon 25 test Doite ; a . 86 ‘ 1 28) State 74@s : eieon 35 i se _ = 1 2 tb Jute 60 ft. C 99 Halibut. Ae Cloves, Am! 0yna : 30 i ee bina “ 1b 72 ft. L Ue| Sacked ............ : 10% | as : i i a Re ae a CONDENSED MILK. Herring Ginger, C 15 a ails unless otherwise noted, / ) ‘ond ae ' _ soaked... 90 No. 1, kits, 10 lbs. ; Senin op . eo ee oie a Lewis Boston Baked... ....1 35 Family, ; bbls, , 100 Ibs. ee On jo Vis NR es ston Bi 1 3 in a. 20 andy Jin Hs Bay State Ba 1 3 kits, 10 Ibs....... ch nl 7 . “i ay Ste ink = ; i in Packages Tornado 20 World’s Fair 135 Pollock. td : ' Corn. Pancy........ 35 oe .. a -.1 20 i Sardines, iger. : Le tussian, kegs....... Purity ' 110 ‘ Trout. . : ' y a eee oe . t } ) oe. | Ginger, Ja Honey Dew. ..,...... 1 40 “Tradesman.” No. 1, 4 bbls., 1001 20 6 5) OG 7 i Peas No. i, kite, Wihe........... 80 ~ >. |8 1, per hundred Whitefish Mustard Hi un bt irgh marrofat ........135/@ 9) Pe “a : a Pepper early June...... LWliae « No. 1, % bbls., 100Ibs........7 00 ane : «“ Champion Eng...1 50 3 No.1, kits, 10 Tbe... 4... i 00 i } : 5 7 on ‘ a oe Hamburgh | petit pois ......1 75 810. Family, “ bbis., af : Ibs 7 a SUGAR. oe aney sifted 1 90 kits. 10 Ibs 50! f ifte 1 90 | goo ‘ / ae ee Cut Loaf Soaked mic . | FLAVORING EXTE ‘ Hae ee “5 ‘Superior. Jennings’ D C Cubes .... vsti age ‘7121 per hundred....... 2 50 Tomon, Vanilla | Lowaered ... Van Camp’s Marrofat 1itiea « 6 ‘ zemon. Vania | oo, > ‘ Ei Jur ie, - 3 00/ 202 fol ling box (i 1 25 | Granulated. y June 30) F . : i) a ss 21 ied 400/302 1 00 1 50 Confectioners A = cher’s Early Blossom 1 35) ¢ 5 OO) Soft A French 1 80 | 220: ome -1 50 2 00 | White Ext bei o R20, " 6 00! 6 oz 6s 2 00 2 00 1ite ixt ra Cc French ... auld 1718 8 oz mh 3 00 4.9 | Extra C ee 72 \ Pumpkin. : GUN POWDER. Yellow Bre... 90 Kegs 5 50) Less than 100 lbs. we Squash. Half keg gs 3 00 sil rn ghana ij 4 : | Hubbard ..... 1 30 HERBS. roca ; sees Cis See 16 orn. Honey Dew o4 Succotas : Universal. oo iH on 20-1 boxes. ..... 6% | Gold Bloc Og Hamburg i 19 | $ 1, per hundred lac... 82 50) Hope ettere ~) 40.1} rr say _ : iamburg Louw a a 40-1b Loew 644 | Peerless Gowen | 85 | 8: L seeeee oT ro ar Gloss Rob Roy Hovey Dow............-.-.. ‘1 60/8 1 00 | Chicago goods : @ | 4-1b packages ...... 6 it van Tomatoes, 3 5. “ . 500] LAMP WICKS. a ah cee +--+ 6 | Unele ponent i : : ' » 00 | No gq | 3-1b | 6 n and Jerr Van Caompe......... 1 00 | $10, aed ogy : 19 | 6b |. i 6% pe No. Collins. bee ese e oe eek Oe oe “, a Lita! a 50) | 40 and 50 lb. boxes. 134 Hamburg ....--seeeeeee sence 110} Bulk orders for above coupon | Pa | Barrels a 13; Hancock ... books are subject to the follow-| pyre ceca 20) SNUFF. Gallon ... a ling discounts: | Calabria or, | Scotch, in bladders G CHOCOLATE 200 or over. 5 per cent. | grey 18 | Maccaboy, in jars a yerman Sweet on * oe Ss citi | french Rappee, in Jars 43 ' LYE | VINEGA ‘ hi shan 9 & i a ‘i oe i iui 0 | Condensed, 2 doz..... 125] poses satire ine . 8 ss COUPON PASS BOOKS MATCHES, ee Se ND Pema 4 names | |Can be made to ‘represent any | No. 9 sulphur 16h ere ae ish. : Hsing Amboy @1y, | 4 nomination from $10 down.| | Anchor parlor TO SAL SODA. sac | ea N Co og 20 books. Se . ....--8 1 U0} No. 2 home + 10 | Kegs ; Eo 1% | Bul a z < ’ ate ‘ 50 2 00| Export parlor 4 25 zranu ated, DOES a. DE 1 7 | Lenawee 100 3 MINCE MEAT } SEEDS. i Allegan 250) ; i a | Mined Dird......... i4e@, 6 Fern sg Skim ..... 500 | Caraway. 10 ner | 3 | Sap Sago 1000 i) | Canary 3% Moai ........ r ae 16) PAPER &WOODE De deed CRACKERS. art d rR ¢ Oo! Ot ee Kenosha Butter. 2 13 |The G.R. Paper Co. quotes as nsagBa Seymour a 5 A follows oe a. Butter. Mustard gaa 6 ee bri “ aa “ family j Se n : 1 | CATSUP. cn) aia : Diamond Crystal. - “a Half pint, common 80 cri : | 100 3-Ib. sacl I Is > i i me) Lit . « st ( o . SACE | Pint 6 119 | Boston “ “60 5-Ib . Rag suga 2 fC ve s un | ee oe , | a ea Hardware i ... ae | Quart ‘ -1 50] coda 6 ak _. | 28 10-lb, sacks Rabars 4 Half pint, fancy 1g | ert ; 3 or 6 doz, in case per doz..1 00} a 44-1) Saker 2% 12! | , LANC} . : pr | S$. Oyster 6 4 5 i aia t on | Oey Goods BUG ‘sb ‘ ( > ah } 8 1 a ‘ * —— | el 7< City Oyster. 3 6G MOLASSES, - aq ‘ ases.. . = | tute M 4 duart iL eaeass > Of CREAM TARTAR. | — Kstrap. H = » airy in linen i 54 CLOTHES PINS. Strictly pure....... 30 | Sugar house . .- 16 lb. : gross boxes .........- 40 Telfer’s Absolute. a Cuba Baking. oo i t's cocoa SHELLS. Grocers’. Ordinary ..........----.. 19 | 56 Ib. dairy i Male... ce... @4 ’ ane | Porto Rico. ro on) Pound packages...... @i DRIED FRUITS. oa 19} 1 2 suit . Qe 23 | 56 lb. dairy J COFFEE. : a Apples. @ New Orleans. P o ' ae GREEN. Sundried et @ uo tale... 17 | 56 lb, dairy : Rio. Evaporatec¢ saat Q % ee 20) [| ‘ | Fair. 2054 California Evaporated. | Extra good.. —« 26 | 56 Ib. sacks..... a | ahe Not i ms | Good.. . 21 Apricots. uae M | Choice... 30 | Saginaw and Manistes i Sta oO hl | Pree ..... 21% | Blackber ries .... Oo) Wales. ws we te 36 | Common Fine per bbl. eee PGOlden.........--+-- 22% | Nectarines ..........-. 3 |) «One half barrels, ; | SALER aa S Peaberry ... ...---- 23 | Peaches ..... a | OATMEAL. | ¢ hureh’ s, Arm & Hamme Santos. Pears, sliced.......... | Barrels 200 @1 75 | Dwight’sCow [War ... oe | ie an mo an | Pavior b... | Good 21 | Prunes, sweet | Hat ernie 200..---------G5 OF | sae, and’ s Cap Sheaf. | Prime .. 21% PRUNES | _ ROLLED OATS. va Ure ee Peaberry ... -22% | Turkey a @ 6% tg dh ees @t = | Golden Har Mexican and Guatamala. a @s | 1a HIS W....--.. @~ 60} SYRUPS Fair. Sr | ROMON dca ede an oe @9 | igo ba oe 2 Good... PEEI if Medium. | Barrels........ ee ae Fancy foment, 1g | Barrels, 1,200 count........34 50| Half bblis..... stse- Bes Maracaibo. | Orange..... ' . 1g | Half barrels, 600 count 2 75 | ute -ure Cane. | Prime . 22h | CITRON. | Small. air ...+.- se eeeee : i9 | Milled noetees 2346 i @24 | Barrels, 2,400 count ....... 5 50) ee 25 Jay oe ee oo, | Half t 21s - 200 count 25 | Choice 0 Java, a ee @24 | a yarrels, 1,4 > 25] CNOICE...... : as conn a Interior . ao CURRANTS. | IPES. ane SWEET GooDs. i Private Growth. 28 Zante, in barrels Clay, No. 216 eee ae 1 7% | Ginger Snaps...... i Mandehling ........-. 29 ‘ in s6-bbis.... @ ; “© ©. D. full count 7 | Sugar Creams 8% Mocha. in less quantity @ 5%| Cob, No. 3 1 25 | Frosted Creams -+ 8 ‘ “ No3 5 00 Imitation 25 RAISINS—California RICE. | Graham Crackers 8 | GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFS Arabian. 28% | London Layers, 2 er’n 1 75) Domestic. | Oatmeal Crackers 8 HEAT. ROASTED. “ = « 2 00 | Carolina head......... No. 1 White (58 lt 92 | To ascertain cost of roasted fancy. 2 25) a No. ae No. 1®ed (60 92 | coffee, add 44¢. per lb. for roast- | Muscatels,2 crown 1 50 | . No, 2..... : ) | ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- “ se ° 1 €0| Broken..............- Bolted | 12 Q, Foreign Imported. cre > Granulated 2 OO age - ‘ | Japan, No. 1. s | o hoic es 24 . ce . a9 en PACKAGE, | V aeeeae . No : niz | Choicest 32 : : | MeLaughlin’s XXXX....2144 | Ondaras............-.. @10 | ia a 10 Straight, 5 00 } § AVE... ...cceeccovccses ey ' ‘6 Arbackio’s......--.--++--. 2144 | Sultanas...... @ : . : SUN CURE 5 10 | Durham j - 2094 PARINACEOUS GOODS. | Patma........---.seresereees ede ' Patent 6 CO | Lion, 60 lb. case 21% Farina. ROOT BEER. Good _ barrels...... 6 10 2ii% | 100 Ib. keg Wil E ee Gaal aa | Lion, 100 lb. case--- ae 100 1b. kegs...... recess 4 Villiams’ Extract. Choice.... acks 2 4 een Cabinets con Hominy. 25 cent size...... eg ER = 4 3 : a : Choicest taining 120 | Barrels ....ccecccsesecenes «- 8 7| 3 Gosen ..85 00 Dust : MILLSTUFFS p kas ae ee "Tima Beans. ae | BASKET FIRED. 2 O y kages (s 4 3eans > > 2 00 Barts . > 59 | Fair .....-..--.------s- 18 Je swilar to accom- | Dried..... ee 6 | Kitchen, 3 doz. in box. 5 5 | Choice.. 20 Of Sepanying ill- Maccaroni and Vermicelli, | Hand 3 i eee i, . 23 00 Wustration) | Domestic, 12 lb. box. 5 i \ . 2e. wire leaf a)... 23 00 SPICE Extra choice, wi re leaf sold at case | Imported.....-.-.-..--. 10 si GUNPOWDER. CORN. price, with an Pearl Barley. Whole Sifted. Common to fair....... 25 Car lots Leeda Oo additional Wege..-.-.....././ 1... . sigan | Alienice, . ..----10 | Hextra fine to finest... .50 Less than car lote.......... 62 charge of 90 Peas. | Cassia, ¢ ‘hina in mats...... 7% | Choicest fancy mr OATS. : ‘ Plo. ve a nn cents for cab- | Green, ne... ‘« Batavia in bund....35 : Car lots _ i 32 inet. | Split, bbi * Saigon in rolis...... Lae oe a a ae Less than car lots 34 EXTRACT, Cloyes, Amboyna...... 22 —— to — 7 i HAY. Cee | Germ 0 less OE ck ate ke 13 | Super ae ne.......23 @ No. 1 Timothy, car lots....12 00 Dead bade i fo eeniedies cc. Mace Batavia....... :.g0 | Fine to choicest.......45 @55 | No « “ton lots .....13 00 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. LIFE BEHIND Written for THE TRADESMAN Blackmail was an involuntary impost submitted to in the first half of the eighteenth century, by the people of the Highlands and of parts of the Lowlands bordering on the Highlands, as a kind of compromise with robbers. in question, being then in an extremely barbarous state, enjoyed but an imper- fect protection from the law. Owing to these circumstances, the political and so- | cial condition of the people was crude and | theft and robbery was not then regarded in the Highlands as they are now. Cer- tain it is that men of good standing gave a certain degree of protection to notori- ous cattle-lifters. In this condition of things, a class of men appeared who pro- fessed to take upon themselves the duty of protecting the property of individuals, on the payment by them of a percentage on their rents, generally 4 percent. They were not low men who did so; nearly all of them had good Highland pedigrees and passed, externally, as honorable per- sons, though there was only too great reason to suspect that they encouraged and profited by robberies, in order to make the blackmaila necessity. After the middle of the eighteenth century, the laws vigorously enforced in the Highlands, and blackmail ceased to be heard of. A law dictionary lying on my desk, gives the definition of blackmail as ‘‘An illegal extortion of money by threats of exposure.” This definition is certainly stronger than is warranted by the facts pertaining to the origin of the term, which was brought about as follows: The celebrated Robert McGregor, alias itob Roy, was engaged quite extensively in the raising of black cattle for the En- glish market in the Highlands of Scot- land, at the time above referred to. Ow- ing to constantly increasing depredations made on his herds by the cattle-lifters, he was compelled to organize and maintain an armed force for their protection. This quite naturally led other cattle raisers, who were too weak to maintain guards of their own, to appeal to Rob Roy for protection, also. This was promptly granted and a reasonable fee was charged for the assured protection. This fee was ealled ‘‘blackmail” and McGregor was the first so-called ‘‘blackmailer.” True, the people paid this blackmailing tax in- voluntarily—not because the originator forcibly extorted it, but because the exe- gencies of the case made it absolutely necessary. The law being inoperative, the alternative would have meant cer- tain descruction. Such is the origin of blackmail; but there is no doubt that evil disposed persons took advantage of the situation and winked at the theft and robbery for the purpose of being bet- ter able to extort blackmail. were It is not in view of i¢s legal definition that I make use of the term blackmail in this connection, or under this head; but in view, rather, of the common and broader idea which prevails—that any attempt to get money, or money’s worth, by bringing any pressure to bear, direct- ly or indirectly, upon the mind of any person, whereby that person is led ex-| pressly or impliedly to believe that he or she will suffer loss or inconvenience, if the demand or request be not granted or | complied with, is an attempt at black- | It is} mail of the most dastardly kind. like that species of theft where the op- erator lacks the courage to meet his vic- The districts | in the eye and make known his wants, | but cowardly operates within the letter |of the law and guages every act, not by the standard of right and wrong, but by the handcuff limit. If 1 write plainly on | this subject, it is because I have lived many years behind the counter and have felt the baneful aud pernicious effect of this everlasting Give! give! give! or | take the consequences which an exacting |—yes, an extorting—public takes such fiendish delight in practicing upon all storekeepers who set up for a share of its patronage. I have not only felt its effect myself, but I have witnessed its effect upon others. I have known hon- orable, liberal and sensitive natures to be so ‘played upon” by a rapacious and conscienceless public that private re- sources could not stand the strain and bankruptcy and ruin was the inevitable result. With the foregoing explanation, the reader will readily understand just what I mean when I assert that ‘“‘life behind the counter is the favorite fishing ground of a blackmailing public.’’ When a man steps into the ranks as a merchant, he becomes a servant of the public, self-constituted, and he under- takes, voluntarily, to serve the public in the capacity of a supply distributing agent. The merchant, of course, under- stands that the public, not having ex- pressly employed him to perform this service, is under no obligation to support him. He knows right well, however, that the field is an inviting one; that he has a perfect right to enter in and com- pete for patronage; and that if he does so, and offers the public efficient service and good value for its money, he has a right to demand and expect a reasonable share of patronage. More than the fol- lowing, the public has: no right to de- mand of any man: (1) that he be a good moral citizen; (2) that he be honorable, courteous and gentlemanly in business intercourse; (3) that he give the public the best possible value for the money and be content with a reasonable margin of profit. But what are the facts in the case? We find this same publie arrogating to itself the right to barter away its favors for gain and sell its patronage to the highest bidder. We find it wickedly and cruelly exercising this arrogated right in bleeding its servants, the retailers, and when it can no longer draw blood from its devitalized victim, it turns the cold shoulder upon him and bestows its smiles upon some other fellow where the pick- ing is more promising. It assumes the functions of the Czar of all the Russias and sends many a hapless merchant to the dismal mines of bankruptcy for ex- pressing his political or religious opin- ions too freely. It lays a heavy tribute upon the retail fraternity, and a neglect or refusal to pay it means ostracism, or banishment, to the icy regions of cold neglect — and every retail merchant knows, feels and understands this to be a fact. The cattle raiser up in the Highlands knew that, in order to succeed in his business, he must secure Bob Roy’s pro- tection; and to secure the protection, he |must pay a reasonable tribute, which amounted to 4 per cent. of his rental. Now, this was said to be blackmail, pure and simple, and, if so, it is an insult to the memory of Rob Roy to use the term ‘“‘blackmail’’ as descriptive of the man- THE COUNTER. | tim face to face, and lock him steadily | To Dealers in | jl } al Papers: Our representative will call on you soon with a complete line of Wall Pa- pers at Manufacturers’ Prices. Wait until you see our lineas we can save you money. HARVEY & HEYSTEK Monroe, Ottawa and Fountain Sts., - Grand Rapids, Mich. Do. You want a Cut OF YOUR STORE BUILDING For use on your Letter Heads, Bill Heads, Cards, Etc? We can 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. é & eg & * popes tate: é & SRST SE EEA ee eee peg AOR BS IF ner in which the great public treats the} men who live behind the counter. The merchant knows that, in order to suc- ceed, he must have the patronage of the public. Unlike the cattle raiser as to Rob Roy’s protection, the merchant has a right to his share of public patronage, without paying tribute of any kind. The thing the public is guilty of is worse than the original blackmail; but for the sake of allowing it to pass current asa simple case of blackmail, I will that the public has a right to demand tribute of a merchant for granting him its patronage; but it must be a reasona- ble one. What Michigan would not be only too glad to compromise with the public on a4 per cent. Suppose the average country assume merchant in basis? merchant was paying an average rental of $200, the tribute would be only $8. Departed shade of the clan McGregor! Would that the great American public in this year of our Lord, 1891, blackmail every struggling retail merchant in the land, and be guided by the same spirit that animated the first blackmailer! Why, the 4 per cent. wouldn’t pay the first in- stallment of our subscription to the Wah THE MICHIGAN TRADESMA I™. In addition to the old thumb-screws, another has recently been brought into existence which is giving the tile fraternity any amount I refer to the rapidly increasing labor unions, whose blackmailing schemes do not always bear the stamp of strict le- gality, but they admirable, nevertheless, because are merean- | are more they courageous and open. - If a committee from a union wait upon a mer- more labor chant and buying the products of a certain factory on account of a boycott having been de- elared against it, and at the same stand that if he the request, refuse to comply with | will declare | a boycott against his business, it illegal act, the local unions is an and shows, moreover, the} wonderful load of pure gall that human beings are capable of around with them. mittee isa carrying Every member of such com- eriminal in the the law and deserves the contempt of every honest man; yet hundreds of men who eyes of i claim to be respectable and mean to live Daddy Yah-Kah-Hoots Mission Circle— | and there are three of them every year. The membership of the Wah Daddy Yah- Kah-Hoots Cirele is composed of prettiest girls in town and ‘their age is of the least value most of other merchant possesses. patron- and costs the any patronage The Wah Daddy Yah-Kah-Hoots eosts the merchant about $20 for every one he receives in return; and yet he cannot afford (dear as it is) to permit some other competitor to bask in the sunshine of the smiles of these pret- ty girls and enjoy the tone which their patronage gives. The modern Christian ehurech, of which this Wah Daddy Yah- Kah-Hoots Mission Circle is one of the innumerable breachy and unruly as its predecessor. It breaks out of its legitimate ‘‘turn the other cheek, also,’’ enclosure, and trespasses on worldly grounds by wringing the re- tail merchant’s nose for all there is in it. I verily believe it would reqiure a hun- dred articles, as long as this, to fully des- cribe the infinite variety of blackmailing schemes (I use the term according to its literal, and not its legal, meaning) that the Christian church has always made use of almost from its inception, and is now making use of, to extort money from the merchants an implied threat of inflicting punishment in case of refusal. It may be that the guilty par- ties are not conscious of the injury they are doing, the suffering they are causing, or the injustice they are committing; but there are thousands of who are struggling for a livelihood be- hind the counter all over our beautiful State who, when they read this article, will exclaim with me, ‘‘“Irue, too true. We have felt this injustice and suffered these injuries many times.”’ Political parties, through their acting committees, have also always made use of the merchant as a pump handle for pumping up ‘‘tips’’ to aid in the dissemi- nation of campaign lies and the hoisting of some ringster into office. To such an extent has this system of political black- mailing been carried en in this country, that in some of our cities it is impossible to get an appointive office, or get nomi- nated for an elective office, without side issues, is as under ecareworn men ‘coughing up” an advance of one-half of all that can be ground out of it. the | that the | | pressly honest lives put themselves on a level with criminals by countenancing such methods and maintaining their connec- tion with labor unions whose foundations strike and other infamous and illegal weapons. Little less deplorable are the legal acts which embrace implied threats to injure in case of a refusal to are laid on the boycott, comply with ex- made requests. For instance (and this isa leaf own there People’s, torn out of my election the field, The issue was made to hinge on the regulation of the of the license bonds; the prohibitionists wanting it fixed at $6,000, and the people at $4,000. It was thoroughly discussed and the people voted accordingly. The People’s ticket won by an overwhelming majority. After the election, the presi- dent of the W. C. T. U. drafted a peti- tion to the newly-elected village board, praying that they would fix the at $6,000, and circulated it among the business men. She called at my store,in company with another leading member of the society, and solicited my signature to the petition. I told them that the people had just decided the question at the polls according to their wishes, and that, as an honest man, 1 could not ask the newly-elected board to betray the that the people had reposed in hem and act contrary to their wishes, sc recently expressed. I saw on that paper the names of pretty much every business man on the street, some of whom after- wards told me that they considered it an outrage; but they were afraid of that species of blackmail. I refused to sign the paper, and what was the result? I was boycotted by this society, and the president, although a member of my own chureh, never spoke to me afterwards. This happened in our own State, not many years ago, and although perfectly legal and containing no express threat, and making no demand for money, I brand it. and all others of like nature, the meanest, most cowardly, and most injurious—because the most powerful— species of modern blackmail which ever darkened life behind the counter. E. A. OWEN. experience), at a village were two tickets in and Prohibition. amount bonds trust > OOo ” | The Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. Profit in Quick Payments. The question ‘‘Are quick payments | profitable?’ can only be answered in one way. They certainly are, both to the buyer and to the seller. For the buyer a saving of interest, at a high rate easy to be calculated, and for the seller a prompt settlement of the account. eancels the risk, besides giving ready money to use in his business. interesting part of the question is, how- ever, not whether such payments are profitable, but why we do not find more firms taking advantage of them. This opens up nearly the whole of the very large subject of general credits, if not of the conduct of business. At the present time, I will undertake to discuss only that part of the subject which con- cerns the reasons why discounts are not more often taken, rather than what is to be gained by so doing. This, as hinted above, carries with it the discussion of methods of business. Lack of capital is, perhaps, more often assigned as a reason for inability to dis- count one’s purchases than anything else, and this, to the man who sees no way of increasing his capital, appears an in- superable difficulty. Those persons, however, who have had the pleasure of seeing a large business grow under their hands from very small beginnings, have learned that there are other ways to practically increase capital without actu- ally having ready cash put in from out- side sources. This is, perhaps, the por- tion of the subject which will prove, if not the most interesting, certainly the mest valuable to the ordinary retail mer- chant. Good collecting—the calling in of funds which have for a long time been locked up in outstanding accounts, per- haps some of them being due from what the merchant is in the habit of consider- ing the best class of trade, and which he fears to make much of an effort to col- lect from, owing to the danger of incur- ring ill-will and perhaps losing patron- age—good collecting, I repeat, is essen- tial. He should remember that there is no money made on the sale until the account is paid, and that over it stands an interest charge which slowly but surely eats up the profit. Often in this best class of accounts are found those which for one reason or another drop into the lower class, and a fair propor- tion of them are never paid atall. The nearer the seller who has not an un- limited cash capital can arrange to doa strictly cash business himself, the more possible it will be for him to do his buy- ing for cash. Another method of increasing the ready capital at one’s command is by turning old stock into cash. There are few stores, if any, in which goods do not accumulate which are not easy to sell. Changes of styles, broken assortment, to say nothing of actual mistakes in buying, all contribute to this end. A certain amount of stock must necessarily be carried, but no matter how carefully this part of the business is looked after, there are accumulated goods which originally cost money, but which it is hard to again turn intoit. Every dollar of such stock that is sold furnishes the merchant with a dollar with which to buy goods which can be turned in a short time, thus giv- ing him the cash with which to discount new purchases. Another cell in which is locked up many a good dollar is that of too large a stock. In these days when most of the business is done by traveling salesmen, who are selected in the main simply for their ability to sell the most goods, it is not always easy to confine one’s purchases within the limit origin- ally dictated by the best judgment. Add- ed to this is the demand which every storekeeper has often had from people coming in every day and asking for an article which he has not on his shelves. It is easy the wished-for article were only in his | store, an easy sale and sure profit might | have been made. Everyone of our most | successful business men have, however, learned that there are some sales which | it is more profitable to lose than to make, very largely because the profit on an | occasiona! transaction is more than com- pensated for by the interest on the stock | of goods which he would be compelled at such times to think that if | THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. to carry, and from which he would sell only at rare intervals. These are only a fewof the many methods of increasing an active capital which will suggest themselves to the mind of a man who gives the matter care- ful thought. The reward which comes is | tO the merchant who conducts his busi- 1eSSs on a cash basis is so ample that it | should stimulate an intelligent effort on | the part of those who have heretofore thought it impossible to accomplish. >< Country Callers. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentleman in trade: Geo. M. D. Clement, Wexford. G. P. Stark, Caseade. G. L. Fenton, Kingsley. Arthur Mulholland, Ashton. L. C. Granger, Charlotte. I. J. Quick, Allendale. M. B. Pincomb, Big Rapids. J. C. Benbow, Springdale. G. A. Estes, Tustin. H. E. Parmelee, Hilliards. Cc. F. Walker, Glen Arbor. Ball & MeLean, Stanton. White & Fairchild, Boyne City. G. A. Blackman, Prairieville. F. Danelson, Muskegon. R. D. McNaughton, Coopersville. Hughston & Read, MeBain. Campbell Bros., Schooleraft. Geo. 8S. Curtis, Edgerton. J. McKelvey, Maple Grove. John Hoomrich, No. Dorr. Amberg & Murphy, Battle Creek. J. V. Crandall, Sand Lake. E. S. Houghtaling, Hart. A. Burton & Co., Hesperia. H. B. Gibson, Elm Hall. Miss C. Addis, Rockford. Geo. E. Marvin, Clarksville. _-_~e> .- — Recent Hotel Changes. O. A. Elliott has resumed the position of landlord at the Elliott House, Luding- ton. Capt. Read, late of the Forest City House, Frankfort, succeeds Landlord Snow at the Snow House, Ludington. C. W. Corning, who travels for a New York house, has leased the Bennett House, Galesburg. Frank D. Green will continue as clerk. 8 Use Tradesman Coupon Books. POULTRY. Local dealers pay as follows for dressed fowls: ore Cece. 10 @i1 Soe... 8 @9 Torkeys... .. io feeraeieine traivenpineeiam @il Spring ae 10 @12 aaa 9 @10 ee FRESH MEATS. Swift and Company quote as follows: Beef, eee 4@6% hind quarters. . - 5S 6% “ ee 3 @3% e loins, No. 3 -- 8%@ 2 a cath 7 @7% Pe 5 @5% C _ee........ Se @ ee @5 ror oe... @ 3 ee @ 6% Seuesee, bined orbead................ @5 . liver be ee @»5 . eee @%™% Pe “ — we ee ie a 64@ 7 FISH and OYSTERS. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. Whitefish ek @ 8 a. ......, @8 Halibut ee eae ae, @15 ee @5 eee @9 oe @10 eee... eee eee. y ee a @i2 California salmon............ O13 oYsTERS—Bulk. Standards, per ee $1 20 —hl(<‘( reté;é‘ésS«CiC;;é«éts. Loe. 1o oysTERS—Cans. | vores Coes... @35 Oy ON ee eee ee oe ya @*0 Sere ........-. lee eee ee es al bc. @23 OE @23 ol @20 i @ié brite, i @15 | ‘is son SHELL GO0ODs. I Pe 1 25 on a ee ae ae % MICHIGAN 1 CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.’ DEPART. ARRIVE — ioc caikcnddoieooesnce 6:30am 10:00pm BE rere cewnameus -. 6:40am 4:30 pm Dep I iad cdennesaine +--+. 1:20pm 10:00am *Atlantic & Pacific Express. ne TaL:15 pm 6:00am Be TOP ROGUE, coc ccs once 6:40pm 12:40pm *Dail All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Parlor carsrun on Day Express and Grand Rapid Express to andgfrom Detroit. FRED M. BrieGs, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe * G. 8. Hawkins, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. O. W. Rueeies,G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago. ae TIME TABLE aE GRAND HAVEN TRU NOW IN EFFECT. RAILWAY EASTWARD. Trains Leave |tNo. 14/tNo. 16|tNo. 18|*No. 28 | vd Rapids, Lv} 6 50am|1) 20am) 3 45pm/10 55pm has... Ar| 7 45am/}11 25am) 4 52pm/12 37am St. Johns ...Ar} 8 28am/j12 17am| 5 40pm! 1 55am Owosso ......Ar) 9 15am] 1 20pm! 6 46pm/| 3 15am E. a Ar/}11 05am/| 3(60pm! 8 45pm | . aan Bay City -Arj11 55am/ 345pm/ 935pm/. .. ... eae --Ax/1i 10am 3 40pm) 8 00pm} 5 40am Pt. Huron...Ar}| 3 05pm 6 0Opm)/10 30pm) 7 35am Pontiac ...... Ar| {105 5vam| 305pm) 8 55pm! ! 5 50am Detroit. ...... Arli15 am] 4 05pm) 9 50pm 7 0am WESTWARD. Trains Leave |*No. 81 |tNo. 11 |tNo. ss Wo 15 G’d Rapids, Lv| 7 O5am| 1 00pm) 5 10pm] 10 30pm Gd Haven, Ar/ 8 50am| 2 15pm) 6 15pm) 11 30pm Milw’keeStr “ 6 45am] 6 45am (acne rer Oo Ce OUR no nia *Daily. +Daily except Sunday. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 p. m., 5:00 p.m. and 10:25 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 6:45 a. m., a. m., 3:35 p.m. and 9:50 p. m. Saswesk No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet car. No. 18 Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward—No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11 Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffetcar. Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager. BEN FLETCHER, Trav. Pass, Agent, Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. 23 Monroe Street. CHIC AGO SEPT. 6, 1891. & WEST MICHIGAN RY. DEPART FOR 10:10 | A. M.| P.M. fevers P.m. iii i+ 9200, +1:05/#11:35]...... Indianapolis .... .... it 9:00) 11 05) $11 230) ...... Benton Harbor........ i+ 9:00] +1:05)*11:35 se SOer. 't 9:00] +1:05/*11 Traverse City.........| +7:25 $5247) a a . meee... +9:00) +1:05\¢ 5 eae | if $5217 ee oy Laces... 5.) epee Big Rapids...... (| #7325) 45217 +Week Days. *Daily. §Except Saturday. g (0) A. M. has through chair car to Chica- e go. No extra charge for seats. { F P.M. runs through to Chicago solid 3) with Wagner buffet car; sea s 50 cts, 5:17 P. M. has through free —_ car to e Manistee, via M. & N. E. R. R. 11 035 P. M. is solid train with . agner pal- ee) ace sleeping car through to ¢ ‘hicago. and sleeper to Indianapolis via Ben ton Harbor. JUNE 21, 1891. DETROIT, —— Lensiog & Northern RR DEPART FOR | A.M. | P.M. | P.M. 0 | ae 46:50) 1:00) *6:25 Lansing.. 6:50) +1:00) *6:25 eee. +1:00) *6:25 cea COE ER TE a aT +1:0} *6:25 Alma . oe ee 1 r..-.., ON aN A OO, woes Saginaw City. oo. ae. ..... 6: 5) A. M. runs through to Detroit “ane par- o lor car; seats 25 cents. 13 P.M. Has through Parlor car to De- . troit. Seats, 25 cents. 6:2, ©) P. M. runs through to Detroit with par- ae) lor car, seats 25 cents. 7:05 A. M. has parlor car to Saginaw, seats oe 25 cents. For tickets and information —_ y at Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, or Union station. Geo. DeHaven, Gen. Pass’r Agt. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk e offers a route making the best time betwe : Grand Rapids and Toledo, VIA D., L. & K. Ly. Grand ee eo... 7:25 a, m, and 6:25 p. m. Ar. Toledo at. --1:10 p.m. and 11:00 p. m. VIA D., @, H. & M, Ly. Grand Rapids at.....6:50 a. m. and 3: 45 p, m, Be. Toone at. .......,.. ‘4: 10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m. Return connections equally as good. W. (H. Bennett, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect September 10, 1891. TRAINS GOING NORTH Arrive from —— soins South. For Saginaw & Traverse City.. 5:15am 7:05 am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:20am 11:30 a m For Saginaw and Cadillac...... : = e - a = pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw..... 30 pm Train arriving at 9:20 daily; ali ralase ieanns daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going North. South. Wor Comes... ccwcsee 6:20am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago... 10:30 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:50am 2:00 pm For Cincinnati 5:30 pm 6:00 pm For Chicago.. 10:40 p m 11:05 pm From Saginaw 10:40 Trains leaving at and 11:05 p. m. run daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive. J 10:10am 11:25am 4:55 pm 5:40 pm 9:00 pm SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. ee os am train.—Parlor chair car G’d sto Traverse Oity : “a m train.— Parlor chair car Gd Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 10:30 p m train.—Sleeping car Grand Rapids KP Petoskey and Mackinaw. SOUTH--7:00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 10:30 am train.— spn Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicag 6: m train We eae Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 11;05 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to a ago. Chicago via G. R. & i. B. RB. Lv Grand Rapids 10:30am 2:09pm 11:05 pm Arr Chicago 3:55 pm 700 pm 6:50am 10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:05 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Lv Chicazo 7:05 a = 3:10pm 10:10 pm Arr Grand Rapids 2: 15 p 8:50 pm 5:15 am pm through W cama Pelee for: 10:10 p m 3:10 train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A, Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tion, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich O.L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. Graud Rapids Electrotype Co, ELECTROTY PERS itis AD tienes \TEREOTYPERS 6 and 8 Erie St.,. GRAND RAPIDS. KDMUND B. DIKEMAN THE GREAT Watch Maker Jeweler, 44 CANAL. 8Y., Grand Rapids - Mish. WANTED. POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED FRUIT, BEANS and all kinds of Produce. If you have any of the above goods to ship, or anything in the Produce line, let us hear from you. Liberal cash advances made when desired. EARL BROS., COMMISSION MEROHANTS 157 South Water St., CHICAGO. Reference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago. MICHIGAN Th 4DESMAN, Grand Rapids. oe — “nae ee Lr Phe ms —_——__ te YHA a Rot RE aC ANYTHING That will help a man in his business ought to be! of vital importance to him. Many a successful mer- | chant has found when OYSTERS! TOO LATE That he has allowed his money to Jeak away. -M Ope y-=Wont take care of Itsett. , and the quicker you tumble to the fact that the old way of| keeping it is not Good enough, the more of it you! will have to count up. If you wish to stop all the leaks incident to the mercan- | tile business, adopt one of the Coupon Gystems Manufactured in our establishment—* Tradesman,” ‘ Super- ior” or “ Universal”’—and put your business on a cash basis. For Samples ard Price List, address THE TRADESMAN COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Cc. A. LAMB. B.S: GC A. LAMB: & CO., WHOLESALE AND COMMISSION Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Produce, 84 and 86 South Division St. LAMB. : om Bolts Wanted? | : I want 500 to 1,000 cords of Poplar Excel- sior Bolts, 18, 36 and 54 inches lony. I also want Basswood Bolts, same lengths as above. For particulars address J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich. We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1891. Correspondence solicited. 81 SOUTH DIVISION ST... GRAND RAPIDS. The Oyster Season is now well opened and we are ‘‘in the swim,” as usual. We put up good goods 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 PUTNAM GANDY GO. Yarns, Blankets, Gomfor Uvershirts, Dress Goods, Dress Ginghams, Prints, Batts —--_4LE WERIGARTIW— And a New bine of Floor Oil Gloth in 5-4, 8-4, 8-4. P. SFEKEFEE & SONS GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. STRAITON & STORM’S CIGARS, Having been appointed distributing agents in Grand Rapids for the OWL CIGAR COMPANY (formerly Straiton & Storm), of New York and Florida, we are prepared to supply the trade with the celebrated OWL BRANDS OF HIGH GRADE CIGARS, also their SUPERIOR NICKEL GOODS, and a complete assortment of KEY WEST CIGARS, manufactured by the above well known firm at their fac- 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- tions of any kind. We solicit a trial order. I. M. CLARK GROCERY CoO., Grand Rapids. < SS SSE See Menday’s and Saturday’s Detroit Evening News A fer further Particulars. - $100 GIVEN AWAY To the Smokers of the PRINCE RUDOLPH CIGARS. Te the person guessing the nearest to the number of Imps that will appear in a series of cuts in the Evening News, cuts not to exceed 100, ist Cash Prize, 32d, $25; 3d, 15; 4th, $10. Guess slips to be had with every 25c. worth of PRINCE RUDOLPH CIGARS. Sold Everywhere. Up to date there has been published 28 cuts, with a total of 303 Imps. SSSS SSS SS SS MANUFACTURED sy ALEX. GORDON, Detroit, Mioh. DANIEL LYNCH, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wholesale Agt. SSK vy Ke GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Tear this sheet off and keep in sight. No. 12 Tubular side teflector Lamp. +: inth wick, 6 in. side reflector. Will not smoke or blow out in the wind Filled, lighted and trimmed without removing globe. $2.34 each. With top wring Lantern lift, locked plate and burner with guard. 1 doz. in box, $4.50 per doz. No. 1 Srde No. 6 New Tubular Square Lamp. With 6 in. silvered reflector and 1 in. wick. Inextineuishabie. Gives a light equal to trongest gas jet and will not smoke. #%3.50 ach. One lamp in box. No. 9 Globe Street Lamp. The most popular outside lamp made in the world. Used everywhere No. 5 Triangular Tubular Lamp. An elegant side lamp suitable for and never failsto give satisfaction. bridges, stables, mills, packing- Has automatic extinguisher in each houses, railroad stations, summer lamp. Celebrated wind break found resorts, large halls,etc. 1% in. wick, 10 in. reflector. Made of heaviest in no other, making it impossitle for the wind to extinguish the flame. 34 Special prices to cities wanting a uantity. No. 9 Globe hanging lamp or milis, etc., same price. Send for complete Lamp Catalogue! material and will not smoke or blow out. $5.50each. One lampin box. roads. tm tate Ne eR Eas Fra eek = Ham’s 10-in. Square Headlight. Genuine parabo'ic reflector for mills, railroads, motors or any purpose. $15 each, Special prices in lots for rail- One in box. Have you got our Catalogue No. 105 ? You will want to know where the most durable and most satisfactory Lanterns in the world can be obtained. No. i1 lubular side Reflector Lamp. No.1 burner, 5inch silver reflector. Thes© lamps have patent wind break used on out street lamps and will not blow out. $1.84. Q « No. Japanned Dash Lamp or Lantern, With top lift. locked plate and burner. Has the most powerful reflector ever placed on a lantern and po-itively will not tlow out in any wind. Being blue japanned is an attractive easy seller. With bulls-eye globe, per doz., $8 00 With plain globe, 7 50 One-half dozen in box. No. 7 New Tubular Square Lamp. 1% in. wick. Patent wind break so that it will not blow out in the strongest gales. Wicks regulated from outside, Gives the most powerful light Known in a square lan- tern. No chimney. $4.75 each. One lamp in a box. “Gem” Brass Lantern. For laidies or gentlemen. The only small neat lantern known that may be depended upon in the wind. A trial of this will insure satisfaction. $8.50 per doz. % doz. in box. No, 10 Improved Square Tubular street Lamp. Positively will not freeze in cold weather, smoke or blow out in the hardest winds. The automatic ex tinguisher allows the lamp to go out y of itself at any number of hours de- sired. $5.50 each. One in box. No charge for package by the box.