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YUUune, ng PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. S. F. ASPINWALL, Pres’t W Prep McBarn, Sec’y 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. lay, 1891. 8. D. ELWOOD, Treasurer. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, BELL BELT. | | 1 | BELL BELT. | | | That was the name pinned to the little | skirt of the baby found in the basket at the baker’s Fiftieth street— pinned by an old-fashioned eameo brooch, with ‘‘ B. B.” cut on its back. ‘“‘T want the baby ealled Bell Belt,”? | was written in pencil on the paper. am too poor to keep it. God bless those that will. I shall know who they are.’’ The baker’s old wife had no children, and the baker let her doas she chose. She kept the child, and it grew to be a girl of fifteen befcre the old people died. door, in They had petted her, had taught her something, dressed her well—but there was no will. Relations from Germany trooped down on the property, nothing was thought of Bell, and she found her- self with a trunk and a little purse of money—very, very litthe—thrown upon her own exertions for a livelihood. She was not clever, nor educated, pretty and mild and timid. The work she found paid ill, and stopped at last altogether. A hard old landlady threatened to turn her out of her half of the bed, in a lit- tle hall bed-room, and her clothes went bit by bit to pay her way. At last wearing shoes that clung to her feet only by a miracle; her marvelous, dark-eyed beauty clothed in faded gar- ments, patched and frayed and time- worn, she went about asking for work and receiving only denials. She was so handsome, so shabby that they had doubts of her—these smug people sitting in their trim warehouses. They chose to employ plainer girls in better clothes. One hungry Saturday came the threat of dismissal from her poor home hanging like the storied sword we all know of over her head by a single thread,and she found herself at the entrance of a great factory. She crept in shyly, seeking in vain the persons who could give or refuse her work; and‘ turning first to one door and then to another, finding only an old man who swept up some seattered rubbish with a great besom, until, suddenly from a dark passage-way, rushed a crowd of girls, of women, small, old and young, who, in their hurry, took no no- tice of her. She was pushed against the wall, and watched them as they ranged themselves in groups and turned their eyes on a tall, thin, who carried a leather and a red account-book in the other, til she mounted a high-stool desk; and opening the book, commenced a sort of roll-eall. Bell was too well used to factories not to know that it was pay-day; and the hungry eyes watehed what went on with the envy sight of money, in a world where money isso much. The sum paid to each was small, and as the signatures were made certain deductions were spoken of. One or two girls cried over theirs, and were only large, well-dressed woman bag in one hand un- before a the penniless must feel at the comforted by their friends; but the roll- | name,” | | | | | | | | et | life we are in death; | went on | senee, NO. 423° sall, the signatures and the payments very regularly on the whole, until the lady at eet desk ‘Lizzie Williams.’ ealled out: Then a girl’s shrill voice answered: ““She’s dead, Miss Albert aay.’” *‘Dear s; died yester- me!” with the air of s ofher. ‘How Miss Alberts, saying what was expected In the midst of let us all remember responded sudden! that. Will some one notify her relatives that the money will be paid to them?” One after another the slim lady called the girls’ the amount she gave each aloud, as a signa- ture was made in the A few de- ductions were made for having been late One of the and was led names, and mentioned book. or having spoiled something. girls burst into tears sobbing by a frined, ‘it was a away who whispered that shame,’”? as they passed the wall against which Bell had been crowd- ed. But usually the coming’ and going went on without delay, until the end was nearly reached, then— *‘Lizzie Petrel,’”? called the paymis- tress. ‘‘Lizzie is dead,’”’ cried a shrill voice. “Good gracious, how sudden!’ sereamed another. ‘She was drowned at a picnic last night,” said the informant. ‘‘In the midst of life we arein death,’ ” said the paymistress, in a for man- who feels something is mal ner, as one ex- pected of her. ‘‘I trust you will all re- member this. Ifthe poor girl has par- ents, the money will be Some one let them paid to them. know, please. Bigo- nia James!” “Pm to fetch it to her. I’m her sister. She’s got married,”’ said a small, bright- looking girl. ‘““Very well, sign for her,’’ ‘*‘Rengenuna Jones, said she. step up.’’ ‘“’m to take her’s home. ter. She’s got small girl, near the desk.” *““Very well, sign for said the lady at the desk. ‘ Bell gave a great start. I’m her sis- married,’’ replied a very take it,’’ ella Belt!’ her and ‘Bella Belt,” repeated the paymis- tress. ‘‘I sha’n’t wait here all night for the last girl on thelist. Is Bella Belt dead or married. Some one answer. She must bea new hand. I’ve never paid her before. Bella Belt, come and get your money.” The girls looked about them. Some of them stared at Bell. “What is your name?” asked one. ‘Bell Belt — Isabella Belt,” replied Bell. “Well, go and get your money; you must be stupid,” said a girl. ‘I don’t think she meant me,” said Bell. ‘“*Here she is, Miss Alberts,’’ ihe the iri. ‘She pe t quite understand.’ ‘You are to come here, Bell Belt, and fourteen cents. deducted for ab- 1 want you to sign your four dollars and of the Hurry! eried Miss Alberts. get your The rest five is Sins 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Poor Bell! girl in the factory who bore her name, but it occurred to her that she might be dead, or married, as the two others had been, and she was hungry, tired almost with- out power to fight against fate. One pushed her, another pushed her. She stumbled against the desk. “Your Belt??? asked Miss Al- berts, in a flurry of impatience. “Yes, ma’am, but— “J can’t help the Miss Alberts. 1 don’t do what lought. It’s business. take the name began Bell. Don’t talk to me about it: here, . pen. Sign your name there.’ Bell took the long, red handle in her fingers and wrote ‘Isabella Belt” on the line indicated, and instantly four dol- lars and fourteen cents were put into her hand. The book was closed with a slam, and Miss Alberts stool and stalked out of sight. dropped from her high- ‘Little Greeny, youll never get on if you don’t look out sharper for yourse}f,” said a good-natured young giantess at her elbow. ‘‘We have to jump pay-day, 1 tell you.”’ Others giggled at her: but with a horri- ble eonsciousness that she was a thief, making her heart throb like some strange engine within her, shaking her whole frame, making her limb, crept out and away, and sat down on the closed factory to come to herself. tremble in every steps of the Trying to comfort her conscience, she | repeated these arguments over and over again to herself. *“‘] never said a word, I’m starving. I should sleep in the streets if 1 didn’t ¢ pay Mrs. Trewjer to-night. The other girl did net come. Perhaps she’s dead. Perhaps married. It is not likely she needs it as [ do.” But sti!l she sat where she had thrown down, going to herself aang of spend the money that it seemed to her fate had made ‘ual steal. The shadows grew longer. The side of the factory. with its many closed win- dows, looked down ona street that was no thoroughfare. No one came that way out of hours. Opposite was only the storing-ground of a lumber-house. boards, piled one above another, con- down into Solitude as deep as can be found in a city reigned stantly threatened to topple the road below, but never did. there after work-time. So Bell, without inte staring up the street, watched rruption a wotman’s figure that came hurrying down at its best speed, now and then putting a hand to her heart and pausing, but running on again the faster afterward. pause opposite the great door, and glared at it: then sunk down, with its face in its hands. “Closed! Closed! Closed!’ it moaned. ‘“‘And I tried so hard to get here! so ard—so hard!” “It was a middle-aged woman, pretty. still not plain, with gray in her Great | She knew that there was a | | Starve! ,me your name, deductions,” said | “Pm deducted myself if | lerept past him, | In a room over It came toa} fainted. I shall starve unless I beg— Do you work here?’’ “No,’”’ replied Bell. please? ‘“‘Isabelia Belt,” said the woman. ‘What was Bell. ‘Not five dollars; but it was life to me,’’ said the woman. sell put her hand in her pocket. “That's your money,” she said. ‘‘ ‘Bella elt,’ they called. YH tell you the trath.” She told her all, and the woman lis- A strange look was on her face; a strange light in her eyes. 9” tened. ‘‘T used to read novels when I was a} girl,’’ she said. ‘This is stranger thana You’re a good girl—good! We'll , Bella—Bella Belt. You novel. share the money | look like me, sie, don’t you, only you are young and—pretty.” She took Bella’s hand. They sat so awhile, the money on the stone between them. ‘‘Let us go and get something to eat,’’ said the woman at last, and they were rising to go when something arose from behind a great rusty boiler that lay near the steps, that petrified both women with horror, a tramp, red-faced, with long, touseled hair and beard, with fithy rags upon a figure that resembled that of a gorilla, and the soft, heavy footfall of his kind. Silently the two Bellas, young and old, clung together as he leaned over them, his hot breath on their faces. “Give us the money,” he said. ‘‘Give us the money. You have the money? You had money; give it.” Then he saw it, seized it, counted it, dropped the change, picked it up, struck a blow toward them, hitting nothing, and stumbled away. “Thank God!’ cried the women to- Then they looked at each other hungrily, and began to cry. here,” said the elder gether. piteously, “Its not safe woman. “If we could only get into the factory. We might doit; old Peter, the watch- doesn’t always lock the gate at amongst the machinery we man, onee. Up might have all Sunday, and even find a serap or two to eat of lunches left over. We'll go to the gate.” fiand in hand they made their way to the little wooden passage that was left open for Peter. The old man sat with his back to them eating his supper. They and up and out of sight. read they sat down near a window, and the elder Bella, leaving her companion there, searched everywhere land found a few crackers, a fragment of cheese, a half-eaten apple. “Better than begging,’’ They munched the seraps, and night she said. fell and the moon arose, and they kept | peside I tried once | hair, that had been of a splendid glossy | black—a woman shabby as Bell herself, and with the same sort of delicate, sway- ing figure. looked up and spoke: **Have they all gone home?’’ “Yes,” said Bell. “Then there is no chance of getting my wages,’’ sighed the woman. ‘‘I tried to get here, but I’ve been sick, and I As the girl looked at her, she | the window and close to each other. “Will you tell) coming to you?” asked | After awhile the elder woman asked a question of the younger: ‘‘Have you a mother?’’ she said. “There is a wicked woman somewhere, if she is not dead, who left me on a door step in a basket once,” Bella answered. *““A good old woman took mein. She is dead.” “Had you anything your real mother could know you by?’ asked the older Bella. ‘‘My name and a cameo brooch marked ‘B. B.,’?” the girl answered; ‘‘but she never wanted to know me; not she.” Then silence fell, and after awhile the two women gathered together some cot- ton waste and canvas and lay down to sleep together. “Do you pray?” asked the elder Bella of the younger, as she drew the canvas over her. “Yes,” sighed Bella. “Then pray for me,’’ said the other; ‘pray for me, a sinner.” Later, two tramps, sodden and hideous, staggered back to the factory-side and lay there, smoking. Later yet a policeman heard a shrill old voice crying ‘‘Fire! Fire!’ and rushed in to meet a feeble old man, with a lan- tern in his hand—Peter the watehman. “It’s Breeze’s factory!’ he cried. ‘‘It’s blazing. I just got out with my life—no more!” “Any one there?” asked the policeman. “Thank God, not a soul!” said Peter. But up in the room into which the moon no longer where the air was dense and thick with black, smoth- ering smoke, two women felt their way toward a window. “Do you hear me?” asked the elder Sella. “Yes,” said the younger. shone, *“‘] don’t think we can be saved. I} must tell you, Bella, I am your mother, | the wicked woman who left you at the baker’s door. But, Bella, I loved you. J was starving; that woman hada good home and loved babies. I meant to come back for you, but it’s been poverty, suf- fering, misery ever since—ever since— ever since, Bella, that’s why I did not I thought you richand happy. I never knew—Bella—” ‘Mother!’ sobbed a faint voice in re- come. ply; ‘‘oh, mother, I believe you and | love you.” And they lay each other’s arms. They found them so next day, ¢ clasped in lasped in each other’s arms. The fire had not touched them, and their faces were al- most happy when they laid them side by Mary KYLE DALLAS. H. M. 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Don’t place an oily vessel into the sink where it will soil others: more easily cleaned. Don’t permit dirt, dust, flies or unclean boys to collect around your soda fountain. Don’t forget that saltpetre and sulphur may explode, if pounded in an iron mortar. Don’t forget that glob- ular show bottles have focused the sun’s rays and @aused fires. Don’t forget that granulaied | tions out of the back door; they may | cause harm. }acid coagulates | forms a clear solution. gum arabie dissolves more readily than the powdered. Don’t for- | get that the exercise of eternal vigilance | }is the best safeguard against accidents. | Don’t throw spoiled drugs or prepara- | Don’t forget that carbolic | collodion, and creosote Don’t keep such explosive chemicals as pierates, gun cot- ton, ete., where they can do damage. Don’t forget that lampblack, in large | quantities, has been known to take fire | spontaneously. Don’t make a pill mass| too soft at first; it is far easier to soften | than to harden a pill mass. Don’t tell a customer that he is a fool, for nine times | Don’t forget that chlorate of potassium | iodine is liberated. Don’t absent your- | self from the store more than is necessary; | items they never had, and is not your memory a little clouded as people like to meet the proprietor. Don’t forget that the best friends of the metric system are those who make the most use| of it. Don’t forget that anilin colors | fade with age; records should not be) written with anilin ink. Don’t forget | that the evaporation of a solution of hy- drochlorate of cocaine decomposes the salt. Don’t forget that bisulphide of | carbon, ether, benzin, rhigolin, benzol, | gasolin, ete., are explosive. Don’t forget | that dilute sulphurous acid will remove | bichromate of potassium stains from the | skin. Don’t forget that chlorine water | and many other preparations spoil if | kept in stock any length of time. Don’t forget to cover the funnel when fil- tering, or the pereolator when percolat- ing aleoholic liquors. Don’t permit graduates, mortars, ete., to stand around dirty: it is much easier to clean them immediately. Don’t forget that some | of the powders left after exhaus-| tion by percolation make fine microscop- ic objects. Don’t divulge information | about customers; you are in common with the doctor and lawyer in this re- spect. Don’t forget that physicians sometimes intentionally preseribe phar- maceutically incompatible mixtures. Don’t forget that the apothecaries’ ounce | contains 480 grains, while the avoirdu- | pois’ weighs only 43714 grains. Don’t | forget that a physician’s patronage may cost you more than it is worth if you| are over-anxious to hold it. Don’t for- | get that cherry-laurel water and mor- phine salts are liable to form the poison- ous cyanidide of morphine. Don’t forget that cocaine and borax form an in- soluble borate of cocaine, while boric acid and cocaine do not. Don’t imagine | that it requires less work to clean the show eases once a month than to rub/| them off every morning. Don’t dispense | poisons in old patent or proprietary medicine bottles; serious accidents fre- quently occur in such eases. Don’t for- get to eat at regular hours and take the usual amount of time for meals that oth- er business men enjoy. Don’t use saw- dust to catch the drippings of oil tanks or barrels; it may cause spontaneous combustion; sand is safer. Don’t forget that in dispensing a solution all the in- | | | | | | | | gredients should be dissolved before the | preparation leaves the store. Don’t for- get that there are a thousand and one deodorizers for iodoform, and that ecou- marin is probably as good as any. Don’t forget that when alcohol and water are mixed the combined volume is less than the sum of the two separate liquors. Don’t forget that the druggist who makes a failure of his own business knows how to run every other store in the neighbor- hood. Don’t forget that sulphuretted hydrogen water is best preserved in| glass stoppered bottles, with the stopper | protected by vaselin. Don’t forget that chloral and cyanide of potassium mutu- | ally decompose each other, and that hy- drocyanic acid is one of the produets. Don’t forget that many celluloid articles can be mended by covering the edge with glacial acetic acid and pressing them firmly together. Don’t make fun of customers who call for ‘‘campfire,’’ “rosum,”’ ‘‘glycerin oil,” ete.; they know what they want and are ready to pay for it. H. M. WHELPLEY. <> ©. ... California has 2,675 of the giant trees still left, and one of these the largest is thirty-three feet in diameter. SECEIGAN TRADES |i cent, 12 cents, 75 | shows at once the day’s business. ee eaten FULLY POR 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 ‘“‘natching up” pass-book accounts? the bother of ‘‘posting’’ your books and Do you not want pay for all the small items that go out of your store, which | out of ten he will think the same of you. | 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- and iodide of iron are incompatible, as | ponding ledger account without having to ‘‘doector’’ it? Do not many of your customers complain that they have been charged for have or not? to whether they Then why not adopt asystem 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 Covpons, COUPON BOOK We beg leave to call your attention to our coupon book and ask you to carefully consider its merits. It takes the place 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 cha ge 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. rious objection to the pass book system is | that many times while busy waiting on| some | charges, thus losing many a dollar; or, | customers you neglect to make 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 %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 facet, by the use of the eoupon 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, 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 But probably the most se-} vs. PASS BOOK. 1 | 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 ineident to the use of the pass book. | As the notes bear interest after a certain | date, they are much easier to collect | than book accounts, being prima facie | evidence of indebtedness in any court of | law or equity. One of the strong points of the coupon | system is the ease with which a mer- |chant is enabled to hold his customers down to a certain limit of credit. Give some men a pass book and a line of $10, |and they will overrun the limit before | you discover it. Give 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 advanee, 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 |eredit. The cash man onght to have an j}advantage over the credit custemer, 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. Brietly stated, the coupon system is pref- erable to the pass book method because it (1) saves the time consumed in reeording 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 facie evidence of indebt- edness; (4) enables the merchant to eol- lect interest on overdue notes, which he is unable to do with ledger accounts: (5) holds the customer down to the limit of eredit established by the merehant, as it is almost impossible to do with the pass book. Are not the advantages above enu- merated sufficient to warrant a trial of the coupon system? If so, order from the largest manufacturers of coupons in the country and address your letters to THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS. Ska see sktom ns Ear i ay EON THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Palmyra—E. Nichols general stock to ¢ Elkt has removed his slayton. 1 & Weber succeeds m— V ove Vo- } : i o gel Bros. in general trade. =e ee. Parker sueceeds Parkir amt uc Filmer j ri} ha mimer—Joseph y has Soia gpenerai Stock to Cr. Lakeview—J. has sold his hardware sto« Gladstone—} their jewelry stock to M. H. Howell! Stowe & John Wheeler—H. C. his hardware stock J. Breckenrid . ccna * i ee } Monroe Center—Geo. H. Wightman has SOit s general stock to ¢ ane & Clark a ‘ y Yes Ly ‘ Ma e—Wm. J. Van Kleek has & Co. Niles—Edgar Ws and crockery firm of J. & E. Woodruff, is odrufi, of the grocery dead. Tecumseh—J. M. J« & Hazlett in the merchant tailoring bus- iness. East dealer, Tawas—J. L. Robinson, general been closed on chattel mort- has gaged. Milford—Johns & Lawrence the suc- are ceeded by Orvis & Goin in grocery business. sold Palm Station—Wagner Bros. have their general stock to Leande1 ' > ‘ thompson. Marquette—A. H. Holland has bought the tobacco and cigar s k of Greenwald. Belding—W. F. Br er has opened a clothing stock in one of the stores in his new block. Mullin has removed White Charlevoix—J. H his stock of ‘loud to this ae | Onekama—Geo. A. Barstow has pur- chased the general siock of the Onekama Lumber Co. Watson—A. Fassett improved his store ! irged and in a put line of ——- Battle —A. N. ehased William Fa Cree uckner ms meat 491¢ West Canal street. Grand Ledge—S. 8S. Fowler & Co. are succeeded by Geo. L. Coryell in the erockery, bazaar and confectionery busi- ness. Byron Center — Dann & Uyder have sold their meat market to Levett Bros., who will continue the business at the old stand. Cedar Springs— the furnished by kegon. Harbor Springs—L. A. (Mrs. W. S.) Henry A Robin- >. A. Fish has resumed The stock Andrew Wierengo grocery business. was Canfield is succeeded b son in the confectionery and tobacco business. Reed City—Patrick & Niergarth have removed their general stock from Leroy to this iaving been open for busi- ness several! days. place, Burmeister and R. F. ildings Onekama—B. Wendell are erecting new store bu on of their were recently destroyed by fire. the sites old ones, which sreedsville—It is reported that S. C. Sibole has sold her genera! stock to A. B. | the Chaffee sawmill, in Greenwood town- | the stock to that place and consolidate it with their own stock. Leroy—M. V. Gundrum & opened a bran store at T Co. raverse have City younger under the the Mr. Ma management of The new store will carry lines of clothing, hats and caps, furnish- ing goods and boots and shoes. Co S. Burnett retired firm of S. S. Burnett & Co., general October , on remove 24, ar to Lake Ann and engage in genera! trade. The business will be continue ce by the remaining partner, J. H. . Whee will take Concord, N. H., in 1elby—C. ,_ of the Wh. eler residence Bros.. shortly near hi iis benefit wife's firm Up- in the Mains iS imMterest and his land in the Ainger—( F. Meads and Wood- bury have sold their grocery stocks to Henry E. Green, general dealer at Olivet, who ks in the Meads Woodbury. Meads contemplates locating at Scott- has lidated the conse stoc building formerly occupied by Mr. inder the management of Mr. i ville and engaging in the drug business. Saginaw—A chattel mortgage has been t. B. Martini, general dealer , to J. M. Mor- The amount hr executed by at Akron, Tus ley, of this me as trustee. ‘ola county named in the mortgage js $4,767.06. in faver of eight creditors, among whom are two firms in this ci $1,200. The liabilities are about $8,000. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. Roscommon — P. H. Matheson & have beg Co, 1g cedar shingles. illips & J J. C. Jensen as proprietors of the Pent- Iron Works. & Co. have pur- Champagne & Co. run manufacturit Pentwater—Ph ensen succeed water Novelty ron—Hudson the Beaudry, Muskeg chased mill site and will occupy the same witha shingle mill which they purchased from C. A. Crosby, of Greenville. Har ing his shingle mill from Cranberry Lake to this point, where he rison—Lyman has a large con- the shingle timber on a ned by tract for cutting 35,000,000 foot tract ow Wilson, Stene & Wilson. Port Huron—Robert M. Campbell is erecting a planing mil! here. It will be three stories high, constructed of brick ty to the extent of | Williams is removy- | It is also reported been removed to the haif a mile The miil has being railroad. ship. timber, located only rom the John liam C. and James L. ; Thite & Co. have i the Wm. Mears hardwood saw- d water pow a Boy 2 F alls, erate the same ul - agement of Chas. Thompson. Messrs White & Co. will continue to operate the hardwood n here a con- tracted to handle the product Or tne hardwood mill at Deer Lake. The com- bined capacity of the three mills is i2,- G00,000 Teet per annum. Trout Creek—The Tre ing in yut Creek Lumber a fine plant h One of Co., which is putti ere, is about ready to begin cutting. the band saws has been started to cut ut mat ta] for tr le and th ther out material for trestles, and the other band and gang will be started as soon as possible. The mill will have a capacity of 160,000 feet will compete for the eastern making all rail shipments from east via Sault Ste. Marie apd the Canadian Pacific Rail- way. Black River—The rumor that Alger Smith & Co. contemplate winding up their business here is denied, as they have still a large quantity of timber in Alcona, Oscoda, Montmorency and pewene Isle counties. lextend the where lumbering contrac They wil Is] ts have been let. they 4ir railroad into Presque e county, that will build a branch road from town 33-4 Isle to ner of Montmorency Marquette— We amount of in Presque Twin Lakes in the southwest cor- county. been having a which bids have rain lately A Prominent Personage. Jawkins—‘‘Who is that man yonder who goes along with his nose in the air?” "Sh! Hogg—* He’s a mighty impor- tant perso . His picture sud bt- raphy are in all the papers.”’ Jawkins—‘*What has he done?” Hogg—‘‘He’s the man who was cured of catarrh.’’ FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. RR ne ne eee Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent 4s word for each subsequ insertion. No advertise- ment taken for less than 25 Advance payment, ‘ESS CHANCES. centa. BUSIN | yt G STORE FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN IN THE growing village of Caledonia, surrounded by t country. Will sell on easy terms. Must ness on account of poor health. Address g, Caledonia, Mich. onl SALE—FRESH STOCK GROCERIES. WILL il por SA ci : * sry about $700. Centrally located in thi 9d busines: i good reasons for sell ie, 217, care Michigan Tradesman. 317 : —HARDWOOD LUMBER MILL, six ailroad, with plenty of timber for ngie machine in running order Saw mill re ady toset up. Teams, trucks, and building all in order to begin work ess J. J. Robbins, Stanton, Mich, or Reid, 121 Ottawa street,Grand Rapids. 312 —AT A BARGAIN, FURNITURE FACTORY for fifty men. Seven acres of land yower. Can load goods : of two railroads. 1 r JOR SALE —DRUG STOC = k In good town of 1,500 inhabits nts in best fruit growing county in Michigan Easy terms to agi oe Re azons for selling, sickne in the family. Address “Zinziber,” care lichigan 7 J,OR SALE “STOCK OF Gt which will invoice $4,000. perma resid and one acre of land, located in the best whe as grow- ing section of Central Michigan. Will take half in Address Lock Box 14, Wacousta, t good farming jand h. tI “STOCK OF GROC : inquire invoice $800. OR SALE OR EXCHANGE- well located in city; will at No. 78 Stocking street. age SALE—A CLEAN sries and crockery. STOCK OF DRUGS Doing good busine particulars, address J. M. Shaffer, Gladwin, Miel JOR SALE—CLEAN AND CAREFULLY SELECTEi loc ated at a good couutry tre saga 11 establis oe Address A. C. y 313 grocery stock point. Busin Adams, Adr [7 ANTE 1 ‘SPOT. Gaal TO PAY FoR A W general or groce ry stock; must becheap. Ad dress No. 26, care 3 Tradesman. : a 26 SITU ATIONS WANTED. W gg Sn ATION AS TRAVELING gia: are or specialty house preferre phn nev who has bert of references atreet, Grand Rapi is, Mich. SALESMAN, ed, by man Address 115 arles & YANTED—SITUATION AS CLERK OR Be )0K- -KEEP- \ er in general retail or wholes ery by young man of ars’ exper sith capacity. Write me at once. Address Lock Box 357 Harrison, Mich. 29) \ YANTED—SITU: married man Vv ~BOOK-KEEPER BY A » can give the best of refer- 5, care Michigan Tradesman, ‘ ences, Address No. 30 fair to help out some of the sawmills ; Grand Rapids. 305 with logs, which otherwise would have MISCELLANEOUS. to shut down. J.C. Brown has a large H° RSES FOR SALE AR OLD € : ly, one three-year-c lly id one six-ye foree of men on the Dead River, trying | geidinz—all sired by Louis Napoleon, dam by W * sin Banner (Morgan]. l handsome, and sp¢ to get down the McGraw logs, which | never been tracked a 3. 3. Bobbins, Stanton, | ; Mich. sil j "A * nine . h<« ha ali | 2 jhave been hung up on that stream all PoE SALEXCHEAP ENOUGH FOR AN INVEST. 8 r r 1e 2g } sueree e | ment. Corner lot and 5-room house on North summer. if he does not succeed the Lafayette St., cellar, brick foundation, soft water | Cleveland Saw Mill Co.’s mill in this city | will have to suspend operations for the} and stone, covering a ground area of | 50x100 feet, with a boiler and engine 30x40 feet. Sault Ste. Marie—Frank Ferry has pur- chased 50,000,000 feet of pine on the Two Hearted River of the Calumet & Hecla Co. The consideration is ported at $176,000, and house Mining 20,000,000 feet of timber will be lumbered this winter led season. —_— << Another Conyert to the Cash System Chas. B. Johnson, the Palo grocer and druggist, is the latest convert to the closer-to-cash-system, foll having promulzgat- the »wing circular among his | trade: re- | A NEW DEPARTURE. with November 10, and sell for Commencing close my books I shal] eash and icash only. Manistee—Filer & Sons’ sawmill was | shut down last week to make some re-| pairs to the salt well. It shows how the salt, when mill men think it will not pay torun the mill without the block too. Flint—Geo. T. eluded to much lumber is subordinate to their ing leased a_ th brick building. remove hay and basement Saginaw, 50x90 feet going | : BONE | any of these products. | to do the Warren & Co. have con- | ree-story | Any responsible person desiring credit ! by | |} purchasing a Tradesman coupon book, can obtain the same on 30 days’ time | the workings of which I will explain to j}any one who may desire to use same. the | cigar factory to} : reduce the price on all goods which wil! | I know I ean sell | | cheaper for cash than on the old system. | in dimensions. The present force of | sixty hands will be considerably in- creased. Clare—David Lockwood has purchased ship, Clare county, and a large tract of Lee & Co., of Bangor, who will remove! hard and soft timber in the same town- ae See ter eaaeaenaeaere | share of your | main, For several y butter, eggs, etc., and my customers all know they can obtain cash any time for I shall continue same in the future. lf my customers stand by mein this new departure, I shall from time to time admit of a reduction. Thanking you for your kindness in the past, and wishing | may merit a liberal patronage in future, I re- Yours respectfully, Cus. B. JOHNSON. <9 <> We never injure our own character so much as when we attack those of others. |p 2ars I have paid cash for | in kitchen. $1, 200. Terms to suit. Address No. 187, eare Michigan Tradesman. 187 Fes ALE OR RENT—COR LOT AND 5-ROOM house on North Lafayett eellar, brick found- ion and soft water in kite nc gt Terms to Cheap enough for an in tment. care Michigan Trades lan. i IR RENT—A GOOD STORE ON SOUTH PIVISION street—one of the best locations on the street. Desirabie forthe dry goods business, as it has been used for the dry go xds business for three years. Size, 22x80 feet, with basement. Geo. K. Nelson, 68 Monroe stree t 326 a W ‘ANTED—YOUNG SINGLE MAN WITH ONE OR two years’ experience in the dry goods business. Wages moderate. Address 304, care Michigan Trades man. 304 Address No 18 | G.R. MAYHEW, Grand Rapids. Mich., Hales Goodyear Rubbers Woonsocket Rubbers, Felt Boots & Avaska sacks Whitcomb & Paine’s Calf Boots. Write for Prices, GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. Olson Bros., grocers, have moved from 327 44 3% Kast Bridge street to Stocking street. L. O. Dahlem has opened a grocery and notion store at the corner of Broad- | way and Butterworth avenue. J. Sanford, late of the Central market, the of Hall street and Madison avenue. has opened a market at eorner Jas. L. Felton at Burnip’s Corners. Barnhart-Putman Co. stock. store The furnished the The local peach crop began coming in July 23 and stray lots of Smocks are still coming to market, meeting with lively demand at the hands of dealers who have late The crop has never before lasted so long in standing orders for arrivals. this vicinity, two months being the usual outside limit. Purely Personal. L. R. Lansing, the Wayland grocer, was in town Monday. H. M. Patrick, the Reed City general dealer, was in town Monday. H. F. Hastings leaves Nov. 3 for Col- will orado Springs, where he spend a few weeks—possibly the entire winter. Carl L. Maurer, of the firm of M. V. Gundrum & Co., general dealers at Leroy and Traverse City, was in town Monday. Arthur K. Wheeler, Treasurer of the Lemon & Wheeler Company, is spending a week or ten days with friends at To- ledo. C. H. Felt, the Constantine druggist, is seriously ill with a complication of liver and He is treatment at Jackson. Dr. W. S. Terrill, formerly manager of the Mill’s drug store at Sand Lake, has lung troubles. undergoing returned to Muir and taken the manage- ment of his father’s drug store. Wm. H. White, of the lumbering firm of Wm. H. White & Co. and the mercan- tile firm of White & City, was in town Monday on his way to Buffalo. C. F. Meads, formerly engaged in the Fairchild, Boyne grocery business at Ainger, was in town one day last week on his way to Scott ville, where he contemplates embarking in the drug business. The drug trade of the State will sym- pathize with H. J. Brown, the Ann Ar- bor pharmacist, in the loss of his daughter, a beautiful girl of 14 years, whose death occurred about two weeks ago. Chas. E. Olney and family have re- turned from Thompson, Conn., where they spent the summer. Mr. Olney and son, Geo. E., leave about November 20 for Santa Barbara via New York and the Isthmus of Panama, the voyage by ocean and rail occupying about thirty days. Ball- | | associates John Smyth, formerly engaged in the grocery business on West Leonard street, but for the past six years connected with the compressed yeast department of L. Wiuternitz, has gone to Toledo to take charge of the ‘‘Fermentum”’ agency in that city. His employer and presented him with a hand- some masonic emblem previous departure. Many of the druggists who attended | | | } | | the pharmacy meeting at Ann Arbor last | has opened a grocery | | | active interest Martin & Co., druggists at Elk Rapids, | was in town all last orders for holiday and was accompanied by winter goods. He his wife, both week, placing his} | the of | whom hugely enjoyed their brief respite from business eares. Fred J. MceMurtrie, of MceMurtrie & Son, brought an with him from Huntsville, Ala. At several hotels en route he was compelled to take the little animal to his room to prevent his | confiscation at the hands of the colored | servants. of the drug firm at Three Rivers, opossum home 'to see something good. man thinks of leaving Satan’s service, | 'the Price Current. | White. whie ill hereafte > Ches, R. Mehen. of the firm of C. L.| White, which will hereafter be known to week feel as though the Association did | an uncharitable act in failing to re-elect C. A. Bugbee as Secretary, in view of his in the work and tom which has heretofore THE members TRADESMAN of the Association that the action should not be considered in the light of a slight by Mr. sSugbee, as it was due solely to the super- re-election. is assured by several taries a ior wire pulling tactics of his competitor. eee Keep Your Eye on the Jew. He always was prominent, but he is When business drops off two-thirds with every financial exchange in the world. In his activity and dis- tinectness all through the indeed a miracle. looming up more than ever now. he takes a holiday, centuries he is The toughness of the fellow is marvelous—he never gives out. In all our cities he crowds out all others. It is not only in old clothes but in new In other de- partments of trade, too.he is found at the front. ones that he is supreme. Read the signs as you pass along § ) I the business streets—old familiar names have passed away for new ones diffi- cult to pronounce. Judge Hilton, of New York, excluded the Hebrew from his hotel at Saratoga; and that decree turned the Jews from the Judge’s store on Broadway. Losing the Jewish trade, had to sell out. That’s the story. The theologians tell us that wonderful things will be seen in the world the close of the century. he before Maybe they know; maybe they don’t. Anyway, it is all their eyes on wise for business people He has dollars to keep the and dia- the When he comes along as a rival the Jew. monds, the ducats, the push. in trade, the average man must be wide awake or he will be distanced. — oa 2 Curb Your Temper. Don’t get angry at trifles. Look at vex- ations now as you will view them thirty days from date. The angry man who gets the wrong key and pushes and rat- tles the door until he breaks the lock, loses more time than if he had quietly gone forthe right key, and pays for a new lock besides. —_—
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lig] further fact f a simils i ent and her nist heated Cabot, % . . 6%) or... 7c | Glenwood...../..... 7%4|Westbrook.......... 8
to light further facts of a similar char- ment and other punishments, besides | Charter Oak. . 5% Lait Cambric..10% eee ne 4 ter ste e ee ceee ”
acter, and greatly swell the s tote fixing the st sre Conway W . 734|Lonsdale...... . @ 8% | Johnson Vhalon c ndermeer........ “le
acter, and Bre atly swell the sum total of the stigma of its reprobation UPON | Cleveland ie Middlesex ae @5 “indigo blue 914|Yor “cee ON 6%
the peculations. those who indulge in it. But the pro- Dwight Anch = | oe eee. 256 | . zephyrs....16 |
‘ i a a . e 5 orts. Caren Viow........... | GRAIN BAGS,
The painful impression produced by pensity to it is latent in every one, as the ever... - Our Own ae eee 53% | Amoskeag...........1654| Valley City.......... 15%
these disclosures was deepened by their germs of small-pox and searlet fever lurk | Empire.............. 7 |Pride of the West...12 | Stark............... si Georgia...... ..
cn ae ag : ., | Farwell... - 7% Rosalind............ 7% | Amexiean.........., Sel Pactee 00000 eae
eoming soon after the detection of the! in infected clothing, and, like them, it} Fruit of the Loom. S4iSunlight............. 4% |
| White. Colored. a ——. ———.
In both these instances men in whom, | they have, as we see, succeeded only in | Farwell....... i 2 — = ao 43
: ' i ' i : UNBLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL, ae > aa F
like the President of the Adams Express | So far repressing it as to make property | Haoniiton N cet ee eens eee tO ee Fe fe ?
u i ee / i" | Hamilte N..... 644 2... i Weseeces '
Company, the most implicit confidence | and life nearly, but not altogether Rare oe alte 2 CAMBRICS,
. . . ' z + j PP | sé sé °
was placed, and who were invested with | against depredation and attack. | Middlesex A AT...... : | a on = eee 3%|Washington. . ..... 3%
i a | a S..-. Thi : 34 | ee wlan 3%
the greatest official authority, were found| What we most need to do to prevent | " No. 25 9 oe . = a =
: : | BLEACHED CANTON FLANNEL, - seal ae “ ee 237
wanting in integrity and faithless to|the recurrence of breaches of trust like} Hamilton N. . : 7% Midi dlesex yl 11 ado cs ps ca ae I
; Te 3s . : " i i . > | _ meee %| I Me teen wa ce 3%
their trust. Unlike him, however, they | those which I have mentioned is not to | ne T.... Hane - 8 is A oon sau adeno
had the grace to conceal their misdeeds: waste our energies in denouncing and} C xF Stal : Pe he | Pireman...... ..... ~~ tee ee ee eees _
oT . _ i. A " oo i | re 2 Yel a ae... mene
as Jong and as skillfully as possible, | lamenting them, but seriously to consider | i CARPET WARP. Talbot XX. ae ‘i R iJ RF, Wee tt
whereas he seems not tohave had any | how, by strengthening the forces that | Peetie=s: on na a at oe ae Nameless. . 274 |Buckeye.... 2.22... 324%
i : i j “2 ~ | rf > ii + > Pu i t q 2 ma
sense of his guilt. Indeed, it might | repress them, we may make their com-| Integrity.......... 18%] colored. .2i Se |
/ . ore _ ll | DRESS GOODS. Red & Biue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17%
never have been exposed, but for his| mission more difficult. Obviously, the} Hamilton .......... § Nameless...... .....20 | a... am —— ol 18%
A 1. . 7 . 3 | “ . u | ' -— | Wie... 2. ear...
eyni al avowal of it —_ the witness | punishment dealt out by the criminal law, a a a ue 2 « en aes mi ta ean. 20 Flushing XXX oe oe
stand, in asuit brought against him by | insufficient as it is, cannot be rendered | GG Cashmere... i tenets | — -.22%| Manitoba... .....1 23%
| : a : | Nameless .......... a eas 32% DOMET FLANNEL.
one of his confederates toward whom he | more effectual by additional legislation. | i ---. 35 | Nameless.....8 @ 94] ee 9 =
7 a —— oe — ale ahi ca. hs | ae ae 84%G10 | ke. 2
had proved himself as devoid of honesty |Nothing but a habit of thinking which | Coraline... ..89 50]Wonderful. ...... #4 50 | CANVASS AND PADDING. ‘
as he had been toward the corporation of | shall make the crimes to be instinctively, | a: - 9 00/Brighton.. .... . 4% | Slate. = ee _ =. —
as ba i... . | Davis Waists 9 00/Bortree’s “oc. OORT a 7, | 1s €
which he was the head. } as it were, abhorred will prove really} : Grand Rapids..... 4 50|Abdominal........ 15 00 | 10% aa = - 7
ee ot eet | ie H / a CORSET JEANS 11% 7 7 7
Be “se this affair the month has wit | efficacious in restraining men from them, | Armory cieee 6 Naumkeag satteen.. 7% | 12% 12%4|20 20 20
nessed the discovery of the peculations | and to the strengthenin and confirming | Androscoggin....... 724|Rockport........... 6% | DUCK
: ol oe 4 | 6 Be e} Diddetora.......... 6 iCopesioga. |. ; r4 | Severen, 6 of........ 944 West Point, 8 oz....10%
committed by the confidential clerk of |of this habit we may usefully address | Brunswick. ........ Si Walworth ...... .... 6% | pagum, Se Leeee 1054 - ' a 10 oz - -
cenne tins & C hic tore | onr efforts ann ee a PRINTS, | Greenwood, 7% os. ¥|Raven, 100z. a
Ke nnett, Hopkins & Co., which were on eifurts. And as morality, like char- Allen turkey reds.. oY Berwick fancies.... 144 | Greenwood, 8 ike 13%
effected by merely common-place for-|ity, begins at home, so each one of us} ege wnee ss ic 514 oe —. veeeeee BO | WADDINGS.
: ; : : | _ : He INK & purple 654/Charter Oak far icies 4% | ~~ -
geries of endorsements of checks, and by | can do his little toward the desired result c buffs “9 sroaeeet 6 DelMarine cashm’s. 6 ' | ao ue = = bale, 40 dos. ...87_50
2fts of certificates stock » whole | by settins > eX: »j , Pink checks. 544 mourn’g 6 i
theft of certificates of stock, the whole | by setting the example in our own con- | as ee nea bi Eddystone fancy. 8 : SILESIAS,
amounting to a comparatively small sum. | duct, and in our treatment of the conduct! ," , Shirtings ... 3% chocolat 6 | Slater, Iron Cross... 8 \Pawtucket... yee 10%
. . a P | American fancy 5% ss rober ... 6 “ Red Cross.... 9 |Dundie...... ee 9
From the other side of the Atlantic, too, | of those nearest to us. | American ndigo.... 5ly sateens.. 6 - 2... ++ 10%| eee. ; ae
vs ag ‘ .eEMme ‘ falnati i ; .. a | American shirtings. 334 Hamilton —— i " Best AA..... 12 2H a ae Cc ity. Meee cose 10%
came an announceme nt of a defaleation | I do not in the least extenuate the | Argentine Grays... 6 oe Pe a, a i 10%
in the River of Plate Bank of London | enormity of the offence of which the} —— Shirtings... 4% Manchester ee ee Sees eee 84
: Die a: - | . a : : |; Arnol« . + on new era. 6 7ING SILK,
and Buenos Ayres, which is now asserted | President and Y ice-President of the| Arnold Merino |"! 6 Merrimack D fancy. 6 aewihe SEK
a ly S32: | & : ' cM long cloth B.10% Merrim’ck shirtings. 4 Corticelli, doz....... 75 {Corticelli knitting,
to involve only $35,000, instead of the | Adams Express Company, and the Officers | “ 8% “ Reppfurn . ™ 8% | twist, doz.:37%| per oz ball......30
$1,000,000 reported some days ago. The | of the other dependent corporations haye| “ Centurycloth 7 |Pacific fancy........ 6” | 50 yd, doz. .37%4)
i 1 een eeek.. 10%; ‘* robes ue Oe HOOKS AND EYES—PER GROss.
most important circumstance connected been guilty, but 1 cannot help thinking | . green seal = 210% | Portsmouth robes... 6 | No 1BI k & White.. 10 {No 4 BI’k & White..15
: on oa ie s u a os : ce yellow seal. .10%/Si 1 . ee 12 | - ae
with - robbery of Kennett, Hopkins & | that if it had not been for the precedents} « Serge...... 11% mayne menening...¢ tia a 0“ "9 | « 40 & =
Co. is the apparent reluctance of the firm | established by other men in simile si-| p.5) purkey red..10% solid black. 6 PINS.
a 4 ue ine 7 i ee geet | mation Satie Fans . 5 |Washington indigo. 6 | No2—20,MC.......50 |No4—15 F 3%......40
to face the music, and their delay in | tions of trust, and who have not yet lost} > . - colors. 54% Turkey robes.. 7%‘ 3-18,SC ---45 |
— ee i . acs pth tae “a : ‘ i i : . engal blue, green, ‘* India robes... ¢ OTTON TAPE
: knowl dging hes : responsibility to their reputations for honesty, they might Berit ane sounge i plain T° ky X % = No 2W hite & Br x. .12 Pa 8 White & BI’k..20
their customer for the acts of their sub-| have less easily fallen. The Pre erlin solids ao = x “ 4 — i" 2 . 23
aces a . i y -- 6}
forg od ndorsement efit the difference. For doing this he; =“ madders...6 | “ gold ticket +i “TABLE OIL CLOTH.
It is very easy but entirely useless to| has been deposed and expelled, and is| ¢: oe -- 6%) Indigo blue.......10% | 5—4....2 = — 2a +” ts. 2m
i i" re Hl i i oa a a golids...... Sig | #8 .
indulge in denunciation of crimes like not only sued for the restitution of his} , k ACA TICKING. COTTON TWINES.
oe : ie : " . i -,, | Amoskeag ACA....i2%/AC A. -12% | | Cotton Sail Twine. -28 |Nashua. 18
1ese, ( ve > a ne » ‘ g ae tan ac, | +
th and Foxags age : er the de- | ill-gotten gains, but is threatened with —— ’ 7% ote mberton Ah | Crows... 6... 12 Rising Star 4-ply.. 17
generacy o 1e€ age which has made criminal prosecution Tet, al re tes os ae Liesl wallow L 10% | | Domestic settee teens —— 3-ply.. S
ta a wl i i r I tion. Ye t, all over the | ” Awning.. ‘11. |Swift River...._” 7% | Anchor...... 16 |North Star.
them possible. For, while they may be country hundreds of railroad presidents, -s» ons noe i River. .......112" | Bristol ..... ..13 |Wool Standard 4 ‘pip
_ a. — aed - : : : i Freee... awenren.... 4... Cherry Valley...... 15 |Powhattan ....
new in form, and may be the immediate vice-presidents, directors, and even su- | Lenox Mills ........18 ™ oe”, oe iy. oe 13
product of compara ively modern cir- perintendents ret ‘ ices COTTON DRILL, / PLAID OSNABURGS
a — < alee He ee I ' ts and freight agents have | Atlanta, Be ain £2... 8 |Alabama............ 6%|Mount Pleasant... 6%
cumstances, they are as old in principle notoriously grown rich by _ building ok sottee tee Hed we a tee eees 7% | Alamance........... 6%/Oneida..............
as allt 3 newteti . ‘ . il i ee nl oe ies |Top o WO se cunt 10 | Augusta ee da eee we TL vEMOnE 2... 4... .. Si
all the thefts and peculations which branches and extensions and selling | SATINES. ie 6 |Randelman........ is
have been committed since the beginning | them at an advance to their own com- errs te “a Big oly a i 84 ‘Geonel Rei aie oe en : oi
sie ed ae etait oo *e see ¢v04 e500
of the world. In the midst of the luxury | panies, or leasing them to their com- sr a one t een = settee ew River.........5 |Toledo....... ....,. 6
Coech: eewces soecbe aw i
What Next?
A gentleman overtook a well-dressed
yong man and invited him to a seat in
his carriage.
“What,” said
young stranger,
future?”
“T am a clerk,’’ replied the young man,
‘and my hope is to succeed and get into
business for myself.”
‘“‘And what next?”’ said the gentleman.
“Why, lL intend to marry and set up an
establishment of my own,’’ said the
youth.
“And what next?’
‘““Why, to continue in business and ac-
eumulate wealth.”
‘“‘And what next?’’
‘it is the lot of all to die, and I, of
course, cannot escape,” replied the young
man.
**And what next?’’ once more asked the
gentleman.
But the young man had no answer to
make; he had no purpose that reached
beyond the present life. How many
young men are in asian the same con- |
dition? |
the
the
the gentleman to
‘‘are your plans for
——___<>--9@-<>—
‘“‘Dot boy of mine isn’t going to make a
goot business man,’’ said Mr. Beckstein.
‘Yesterday I told him I was going to}
leave all my broberty tohim ven 1 died,
und vat you s’pose he say to dot?’ ‘‘I
don’t know, Mr. Beckstein.” ‘Vell, he
say he vill throw off five per cent. for sbot |
cash.”’
_MICHTG a TRADESMAN
diegel’s Cloak Department
a i a th SM ee a mT
‘The Lerewct Shock of
Ladies’, Misses’, Children’s and {n
-~CLOAKS-
‘ever seen under one roof is at
MORSE’S
Cor. Monroe & Spring Sts.
Send for our Price List.
If you would be A LEADER, handle only goods of
VALUE.
If you are satisfied to remain at TAIL END buy
cheap, unreliable goods.
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wz"Yellow Label
‘= BES!
CITY OFFICE;
26 Fountain St,
FACTORY
118 Bates St.,
DEPOT;
Detroit, Msch.
SEND FOR SAMPLE
—— OF OUR
ion Linen Knvelopes
One Size only, 3} x6.
= 50
2 50
Price printed, 500,
1,000,
2,000, 2 25 per M.
0,000, 2 OO -
The Tradesman Company,
Grand Rapids.
rae
rane eeenees
eavigubcbebin
ern on ote
The Book-Ke«per’s Dream.
The day had wearily worn to its close,
And night had come down with its needed
repose
Asa book-kee
Glad that his
er wended his way from the store,
}
esome hours were o'er,
The night was cheerless, dismal and dar
And the flickering me of the dim stre
Went outin the wild, rough g it beat
With furious speed t! ymy street.
ists ui
irough the ¢
ig head,
s loneiy bed;
the book-keeper sley
tor crept.
Tired and cold, with pain-throbbir
He sank to repose i l
Still through his brs
Visions of Debtor and ¢
The great Balance
And Prot
Showed
made
Or lost in
the preceding twelve-months’ trade.
And he drean
With the Le
ne
Were charge to
spare
And nott whatever s Credited there
There were life and its blessings, as telleet
health
There w
wealth ;
Of talents for good, of
Of nourish
charges of
Ireds of others, ar
1 interest accrued
He'd cheerfully ren
And his note on dei
quire
paper and wrote
le note:
‘Whose blessings cutnumber the drops of the
ocean
ile liv
in witness wl
I affix the greut
he sum of my he
eof, to be seen
al of the soul’
The book-keeper added his name ta
While the a
wrote
In letters as «
“Settled in full,
1 ne }
2 across the
as S€en no more,
—The Book keeper.
— —_— 2
Ginseng in Commerce.
J. Jones Bell, M. A., in Popular Science M¢ nthiy.
It is curious that, after the lapse of
Over acentury and a half, the old Can-
adian industry of gathering, drying and
exporting ginseng should be revived.
This root was one of the first articles
exported from Canada after the Treaty
of Utrecht, and for a time was considered
hardly less important than fur. The re-
vival of the industry is due to the de-
mand for ginseng among C
have become no inconsiderable element
in the population of the United States.
whither the most, if not all, of what is
how exported finds its way.
_— . i |
The ginseng of commeree is the fleshy |
orinerly callec
root of a perennial herb, f I
ut now placed
Panaz quinquefolium, b
among the dicotyledonous Araliacee.
The Chinese ginseng is probably derived
from another species of the same genus.
It is a native of the middle and northern
states and of Canada, but it is found far
south on the mountains. It grows in
rich soil, in shaded situations, and has
a fleshy root from four to nine inches
long, which throws up a single stem
about a foot high, bearing at the top
three long, petioled leaves, each of which
has five divisions. The stem terminates
in a smal! umbel of inconspicuous green-
ish-white flowers, which are succeeded
by a small berry-like red fruit. It has
a peculiar and rather pleasant smell, and
a sweet, somewhat pungent, aromatic
taste. According to the Chinese, the
root strengthens the body, checks vomit-
ing, removes hypochondriasis and other
nervous affections, gives a vigorous tone
to the system, even in old age, and is. in
short, a panacea for all the ills to which
flesh is heir. European and American
doctors consider it almost worthless as a
remedy, though it is sometimes used as a
domestic medicine in the states west of
the Alleghanies. Panax fructicosus and
Panax cochleatus, plants somewhat akin
to ginseng, are fragrant aromatics which
grow in the Moluceas, and are used by
the native practitioners of India. With
it
it
from the close of |
hin i.
hinese, who|
:
THE MICHIGAN TR ADESMAN.
nded i in its benefeial
| effect both on body and mind, what won-
| der that the discovery that stores of gin-
; Seng are yet to be found in Canada should
have created a demand among the celes-
tial population on this continent, and
that the industry of digging and prepar-
ing it for market should have assumed
very considerable proportions.
tat
es fit}
Such HRVO balls
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Day Mapees..........- - £20pm 10:00am
*Atlantic & Pacific Express ll: pm 6:00am
| ow Tork Baereis............ 12:52. 5:40pm 12:40pm
As already stated, the trade in ginseng |
is a revival of one that formerly existed. |
In the autumn of 1716, Pere Joseph
Francois Lafitan, a Jesuit father who had |
arrived in the country in 1712, and was |
Stationed at the Sault, above Montreal,
+
discovered the plant. He had been in|
Quebec in 1715, and there saw a letter of
Pere Jartoux, who had seen ginseng in |
Tartary in 1709, and who gave a deserip-
tion of it.
|from the Indians, and
Lafitan enquired about it!
examined the|
country to find it. At this time it was |
worth its weight in gold at
|ecompany was formed to export
China, Japan and Tartary. The price at
Quebee was from thirty to forty sous or
cents per pound. At first anyone was
Pekin. A|
it to
allowed to sell it, but as its value in-|
creased the
company exercised its mon-
opoly rights, and in 1751
exclude
| the demand increased, the
care with
undertook to}
all others from the trade. As |
which it was obtained and prepared re- |
laxed. It was gathered out of season,
and imperfecily dried in stove ovens.
Even in this State it brought twenty-five |
jlivres per pound. In 1752 ginseng of
this character to the value of five hun-
|dred thousand livres was exported. In
| 1754 the value of the export had fallen
| to thirty-three thousand livres. A quan-
| but finally found its way to China, where
| Milw’kee Str ‘“
tity sent to La Rochelle remained unsold, |
its inferior quality gave the Canadian |
(article a bad reputation: the demand fell |
|off, and the export ceased.
| trade was at its height it was considered
| more. profitable to gather ginseng than
} to cultivate the farm, and agriculture
| was almost entirely neglected.
| disappeared.
among
it came to be a proverb
the people,
When the}
The |
result was that the plant almost entirely |
when speaking of |
| some matter that had failed, ‘C'est tombe |
|comme le ginseng.”’
| The revival of the trade has caused
| great activity in the search for the plant
| throughout the country back ef Kingston,
| where it is said to abound. The profits
jon it are stated to be 400 per cent., and
| one druggist cleared three thousand dol-
| lars in one deal.
Creare + 9:00) +1:05)*11:35) .
| Indianapolis .... .... i+ 9:00! 1:05; §11:35) ...
Benton Harbor......_. ¥ 9200) $1:05)*11-35) . . .
hs. SOGCDR....... ---.-|t 9200) +1:05}*11 35} .
mreverce City......... a |.
The average wholesale |
| price is one dollar per pound, the retail }
| price five dolla
If the trade is to be|
| preserved, care will have to be taken to |
| prepare the root properly and not dig it
| indiscriminately, as the root does not
reach any great size in one season. but
| takes years to develop. In the desire to
| participate in the profits of the trade,
}some curious mistakes have been made.
| One man, who thought he had a rich find
in Manitoba, discovered, after buying
| several tons, that he had not the right
jarticle. Many have confused gentian
| with ginseng. and, on testing the root of
;the former, have wondered why the
Chinese were so fond of the latter.
The Chinese word gen-seng, and the
froguois word garentoquen, the Indian
j name of the plant, both mean ‘‘a man’s
thigh,’’ and have doubtless been applied
because of a supposed
| the root to that part of the human body.
| This coincidence Pere Lafitan could not
consider fortuitous, and upon it he based
/an argument that America had once been
joined to Asia, and that the Indian pop- |
ulation of the former had originally come
from the latter before the continents
were severed at Behring Strait.
> eo — ——
The Tyranny of Trades Unions.
Miss Nordhoff, daughter of
Nordhoff, the well - known
resemblance of |
DETROIT,
ON | 6:50) +1:
FeO -tnceees | VOoOG: fe >
a nerecwcue | T0000) T1200) 96:95
Seiad tt Tee $6:50) +1:.0) *6:25
noe... naan 1776) -4-
~~ oe... Ton) tAee)....
Sacioaw City. ........ i ...) 1c 730
|
MiGHIGAN CENTRAL |
** The Niagara Falls Route.’’
DEPART. ARRIVE
ee NO oie cece cee ene snes 6:30am 10:00pm
ede cie wt semrgemeeeisonss 6:40am 4:30 pm
*Daily.
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 te and from Detroit.
FRED M. Brieas, Gen’l Agent, 85 Monroe St.
G. 8. Hawkins, Ti t Agent, Union Depot.
Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Otfice, 67 Monroe St.
O. W. Rueetes,G. P. & T. Agent., Chicago.
TIMK TABI
NOW IN EFFECT.
eae
pours,
Davee
Mets Salat
EASTWARD.
Trains Leave |+No. 14itNo. 16/tNo. 18/*No. 28
, Lv, 659am/1 29am) 3 45pm/10 55pm
G’d Rapic
one... Ar) 7 ao 1 um} 4 52pm /12 37am
St. Johns ...Ar/ § 2am/i2 17am) 5 40pm 5 |
Owvsso . Ar| 915am] 1 20pm) 6 40pm
E, Saginaw Arj1105am! 3(0pm) 8 45pm
Bay City ....Arj/11 55am] 345pm/ 935pm/|. .. ...
Flint .. -.Ar/11 10am) 340pm) 8 06pm! 5 40am
Pt. Huren...Ar} 305pm} 6 00pm 10 20pm) 7 35am
Pontiac ......Ar/10 57am} 305pm) 8 55pm} 5
Detroit.......Arj)i15 am| 405pm! 950pm| 7 0am
WESTWARD,
“Trains Leave |*No. 81 |tNo. 11 |tNo, 13|tNo. 15
G’d Rap Ly| 7 0ham/ 1 00pm] 5 10pm} 10 30pm
Gd Haven, Ar! 8 50am) 2 15pm| 6 15pm/11 30pm
a -| 6 45am) 6 45am
--| 6 00am} i
oo ll
*Daily. +Daily except Sunday.
Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 p. m.,
9:00 p.m. and 10:25 p, m.
Trains arrive from the west, 6:45 a. m., 10:10
a, m., 3:35 p.m. and 9:50 p.m.
Eastward—No. i4 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, Tratlic Manager.
BEN FLETCHER, Tray. Pass. Agent.
Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent.
23 Monroe Street.
CHIGAGO Se eae
& WEST MICHIGAN RY.
SEPT. 6, 1891.
DEPART FOR
A.M.| P.M. { P.M. | P.M.
Muskecon.........
Manistee
Lud
Big Rapids.
tWeek Days. *Daily. §Except Saturday.
A. M, has through chair ear to Chica-
9:00 &.
~
#1205/+ 5:30 48:30
.
So extra charge for seats.
|! P.M. runs through to Chie go solid
3) with Wagner buffet car; sea s 50 cts.
r | py P.M. has through free chair car to
sid Manistee, via M. & N. E.R. R.
1 1 235 P. M. is solid train with Wagner pal
ote» ace sleeping car through to Chicago.
and sleeper to Indianapolis via Ben-
ton Harbor.
JUNE 21, 1891.
Lansing & Northern R R
DEPART FORK
[4.M.| P.M. | P.M.
ont) A. MM, runs through to Detroit with ar
6:50
Grand Rapids & Ind@iana
Schedule in effect September 10, 1891.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Arrive from Leave going
South. North.
For Saginaw & Traverse City.. 5:15am 7:05 am
For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:20am 11:30 am
For Saginaw and Cadillac...... 2:15pm 4:30 pm
For Petoskey & Mackinaw..... 8:50 pm 10:30 pm
Train arriving at 9:20 daily; all other trains daily
except Sunday.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Arrive from Leave going
v South.
North.
ee CO occu, 6:20am 7:00 am
For Kalamazoo and Chicago... 10:30 am
For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:50am 2:00 pm
cllylf te ogemstciecn nn 5:30pm 6:00 pm
For Chicago.... ++. 10:40pm 11:05 p m
Pr POCOONE cee cus 10:40 pm
Trains leaving at 6:00 p. m. and 11:05 p. m. run daily;
all other trains daily except Sunday.
Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegoa— Arrive.
7:00 am 10:10am
11:25 am 4:55 pm
5:40 pm 9:00 pm
SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE.
NORTH--7:05 am train.—Parlor chair car @’d
Rapids fo Traverse Oity.
11:30 am train.—Parlor chair car Gd
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
0:30 p m train.—Sleeping car Grand
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
SOUTH--7:00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand
Rapids to Cincinnati. .
10:30 am train.—Wagner Parlor Car
Grand Rapids to Chicago.
700 pm train.—Wagner Sleeping Car
Grand Rapids to Cincinnati.
11;05 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car
Grand Kapids to Chicago.
Chicago via G. BR. & I. R. R.
Lv Grand Rapids 10:30 a m 2:09pm
Arr Chicago 3:55 p m 9:00 pm
10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Gar.
11:05 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.
11:05 p m
6:50 am
Ly Chicazo 7:05 a m 3:10pm 10:10 p m
Arr Grand Rapids 2:15pm 8 50pm 5:15 am
3:10 p m through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:10 p m
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.
Through tickets and full information can be had by
calling upon A, Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta-
tion, or George W. Munson, Union Ticket Agent, 67
Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
C.L. LOCKWOOD,
Genera] Passenger and Ticket Agent.
Grand Rapids Electrotype Co.,
BLECTROTYPERS
——- AN D————_
— STEREOTYPERS
6 and 8 Erie St., GRAND RAPIDS.
AUMUND B. DIKEMAN
THE GREAT
Watch Maker
Jeweler.
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lor Car; seats 25 cents.
| 1 “Of P.M. Has through Parlor car to De-
° troit. Seats, 25 cents.
Charles |
writer of |
Washington, has succeeded in learning | __ r :
| Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk
the book-binder’s trade in spite of many
obstacles. She first attempted to learn
in England, but, as she did not belong to |
a trades union, could not be admitted to |
the fellowship; and in America the same |
difficulty was in the way of her success. |
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Old farmer tending threshing machine,
to aplicant for a job—‘‘Ever done any
thrashing?” Applicant, modestly—“I am |
the father of seventeen children, sir.”
| Ly. Grand Rapids at.... . 6:50 a. m. and 3:45 p. m
(Ar. Toledo a. ...... |... 1
6 e6)F P. M. runs through to Detroit with par
Diucied lor car, seats 25 cents.
7:05 A. M. has parlor car to Saginaw, seats
(Ud
25 cents,
For tickets and information apply at Union
Ticket Office, 67 Monroe street, or Union station.
Gro. DeHaven, Gen, Pass’r Agt.
Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan
Railway.
In connection with the Detroit, Lansing &
offers a route making the best time betwe :
Grand Rapids and Toledo,
VIA D., &. 6B.
Ly. Grand Rapids at.....7:25 a. m. and 6:25 p.m,
Ar. Toledo at . --1:10 p. m, and 11:00 p.m,
VIA D., @. H. & M.
10 p.m. and 11:00 p. m,
Return connections equally as good,
W. H. Bennett, General Pass. Agent,
Toledo, Ohio.
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WANTED.
POTATOES, APPLES, DRIED
FRUIT, BEANS
and all kinds of Produce.
If you have any of the above goods to
ship, ov anything in the Produce line, let
as hear from you. Liberal cash advances
made when desired.
EARL BROS.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
157 South Water St., CHICAGO.
Keference: First NATIONAL BANK, Chicago.
MICHIGAN Th 4DESMAN, Grand Rapids,
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See Menday’s and Saturday’s Detroit Evening News Uf
fer further Particulars.
$100 GIVEN AWAY |7
To the Smokers of the
PRINCE RUDOLPH CIGARS.
Te the persom 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, $50; 2d, $25; 3d, 15; 4th. $10. Guess slips to be had with
every 2c. worth of PRINCE RUDOLPH CIGARS. Sold Everywhere.
Up to date there has been published 23 cuts, with a total of 303 Imps.
MANUFACTURED BY
ALEX. GORDON, Detroit, Mich. yy
| DANIEL LYNCH, Grand Rapids, Mich., Wholesale Agr.
WS GAA
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
TOO LATE
That he has allowed his money to leak away.
-M One|y-=Hor' take care of ltsel
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 Gysteins
Manufactured in our establishment—“ Tradesman ,”’ ‘¢Super-
ior’ or “ Universal ’’—and put your business on a cash basis.
For Samples and Price List, address
THE TRADESMAN COMPANY
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
Bolts Wanted !?
I want 500 to 1,000 cords of Poplar Excel-
sior Bolts, 18, 36 and 54 inches long.
I also want Basswood Bolts, same lengths
as above. For particulars address
J. W. FOX, Grand Rapids, Mich.
THE BEST ON THE MARKET.
HESTER & FOX, Sole Agents, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mire Y BHOS.
- WHOLESALE -
Fruits Seeds, Beans and Prodyes.
26, 28, 30 & 32: TTAWA ST,
Grand Rapids, Mich
We LIV V NS.
— JOBBER OF —
Notions & Fancy Goods.
8 So. Ionia St., Grand Rapids, Mich:gan.
of Ribbons, on which I am prepared to make unusually close prices
I have just received a fresh invoice
To Dealers in Wa J I
Papers:
Our representative will call on you
‘soon with a complete line of Wall Pa-
_pers at Manufacturers’ Prices. Wait
‘until you see our line as we can save
you money.
HARVEY & HEYSTEK
Monroe, Ottawa and Fountain Sts., - Grand Rapids, Mich.
Delectable:
We have made arrangements whereby we have secured the exclu-
sive sale in Michigan of the famous
Cherrystone Oysters
which have never before been sold in the State. On account of their
superior quality and delicious flayor they were, heretofore,
invariably eaten by epicures in the East, but we, ever on the alert
to place the best before our patrons, beg to assure them that when
they buy the P. & B. brand they will get genuine Cherrystone
Oysters, everywhere in the East considered to be “par excellence.”
Positively the fattest, plumpest, sweetest, most tempting article of
its kind to be obtained anywhere. Order P. & B.s through any
Grand Rapids jobber or of us direct.
THE PUTNAM CANDY CoO.
Wall Paper and Window Shades.
House and Store Shades Made to Order.
NELSON BROS. &. CO.,
68 MONROE STREET.
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H. LEONAR
B31-GnISTMAS ANNOUNGEMENTY-
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You can save freight, time and money by
buying at home.
All commands
esteemed.
Order Early.
We call your especial attention to the
benefits to be secured by ordering your}
Holiday Goods early in the season. Our
stock was never so full of fancy and
staple Christmas goods as it now is, and
by ordering now you will the
finest selection in every line.
secure
Our terms |
to dealers of approved credit are 2 per!
cent. discount if paid December
goods sold previous to October 31) or net
(on |
Toys.
Are shown in unending varieties of rat-
tles, whips, guns, soldier sets, swords,
trumpets, chairs, pistols, watches, sur-
prise boxes, Santa Claus figures, musical
toys, cows, rabbits, dogs, horses, jump-
ing jacks, children’s furniture and china
Sets, paints, skin toys, villages, Noah’s
arks, bellows toys, Christmas tree ean-
dles and novelties, rubber balls, squakers,
watches, churches, magic lanterns and
January 1, 1892. | mechanical toys of every description.
Our Catalogue No. 105, of general
staple, and No. 107 of strietly Christmas |
goods will be sent to dealers on request. |
haven’t both of these, drop usa
ecard. The best from all manu-
facturers in England, France, Germany
and the United States are there placed
before you and an order from either will
have as prompt and careful! attention as
if placed in person.
If you
goods
Do underestimate the advantages
to be obtained by coming to this market
and selecting from our magnificent line
of We have one-third more
articles on exhibition this year than ever
not
y }
sampies
before. Our line is increased in every
department and we ean truthfully say
that we have never seen brighter and
ri her Holiday Goods than those now
shown. You can make money on our
line, and the goods will sel! themselves.
® 1
Nellie Bly.
One of the best gaives shown this year
is ‘‘Round the Weric with Nellie Bly,’
founded on the trip of the pop
who made the famous trip for the
New York
time of
World in the unprecedented
73 days. Itis perhaps the most
interesting game ever shown at the price.
Retails 75 cents each.
Playing Cards.
In playing cards we handle only the
*‘Russell & Morgan”’ line and our prices
are actually below those of many jobbers.
We carry the following well-known cards
constantly in stock: Cadet, Steamboat,
Tourists, Bieyele. Capital, American,
Skat, Sportsmen, Army & Navy and Con- |
gress. Don’t buy a card till you examine
our line.
In this magnificent selling line our
display is by far the grandest ever shown.
You will find all
babies, China limbs, washable dolls,
dressed babies, dressed boy and girl dolls
and novelties in bisque and kid combina-
tions never before shown in this country.
This enormous variety is our own per-
sonal selection in the markets of France
and Germany.
{much faster than with pen and ink.
wild to run it, and at the retail price of
ular young |
| packed one in a box.
| without a full line of this favorite game.
the favorites in China |
|meht for an entire evening.
enormous sale, and the new prices now
Christmas Books.
We earnestly advise every dealer in
this line to examine our extraordinary |
bargains in this class of Holiday Goods |
before they make their purchases, the |
assortment is so varied that we can but |
eall your attention to it: sufficient to say
that it is a larger variety and a hand-
somer, brighter line than we have ever |
Our special line (that is selling
fast to suit us) at 18 cents alone
worth atrip to the city to select. We}
are also agents for ‘*MeLoughlin Bros’.”’
shown.
too
is
incomparable line.
Dollar Typewriter.
This is a practical typewriter that is
used even more by adults than as a toy.
You letters with it and
It
a wizard that makes the boys and girls
can write real
is
51 each will be wanted in every family
this fall.
Simplest!
Nothing to get out of order.
Cheapest! Best! Packed one
in a box.
Flying Artillery.
Is the latest iron toy for children and
is a perfect imitation of U. S. Artillery
and entirely indestructible. This feature
makes the entire line of malleable iron
toys from a 25 cent railroad train to a
five dollar ‘*Vally Ho’’ coach the favorite
with every buyer. Be sure your assort-
ment includes some of the popular 50
cent 1 pieces in this All
and $1 line.
Tiddledy Winks,
Ne stock will be complete this year
It is popular with adults as well as with
children and gives a complete entertain-
No game
ever put on the market has had such an
bring it within the reach of all. Retail
from 10 cents to $1.25 each with a good |
profit for the dealer,
“Lotto” Games.
This well known evening amusement
holds its place with chess, backgammon
and parcheesi in the public favor. We
j have sold it for the past years in ever
increasing quantities. The box and im-
plements now shown are large and dur-
able. Retail prices 25 and 50 cents.
Fish Ponds
In this game we did not begin to sup-
ply the demand last year, being entirely
sold out by December 1. Nothing can
replace this sporting game and nothing
is so finely gotten up for so little money.
Retails 25 cents to $1 each.
Ten Cent Games.
Here we will only mention the names
of the best children games ever shown.
Many are former 25 cent games,
made over into this popular priced line.
We Authors, Old Meid, Fox and
Geese, Cards of Fate, Dr. Busby, Jump-
ing Frog, Simple Simon, Letters, Rail-
now
show
/road, Peter Coddle, Hippety Hop, Tid-
dledy Winks, Matrimony and many more.
Steam Toys.
Weedens’ celebrated steam mechanical
toys have now forced the foreign goods
entirely off the market. On pages 20 and
21 of our Holiday Catalogue we show his
complete line. Every one is warranted
to run by steam or no sale. The pieces
shown are wonders and at once an amuse-
megt to the
boys- Every part of a real engine is ex-
and aconstant instruction
actly duplicated, and any part can be
replaced at pleasure.
Oulia.
(Pronounced Wee-ja.)
The Ouija is without doubt the most
interesting, remarkable mysterious
production of the 19th century. Its
operations are always interesting and
frequently invaluable, answering as it
and
does questions concerning the past,
present and future with marvelous ac-
curacy. It furnishes never failing
amusement and recreation for all classes,
while for the scientific or thoughtful its
mysterious movements invite the most
careful research and investigation—ap-
parently forming the link between the
known and the unknown, the material
with the immaterial. It forces upon us
| the conviction that great truth was con-
jtained in the statement of the Danish
Prince: . ‘‘There are more things in
heaven and earth, Horatio, than were
|ever dreamed of in thy philosophy.’?
Harmonicas.
| One of those little things that are a ne-
| cessity in every stock. We have them
| from the five cent toy up to the celebrat-
| ed fifty cent ‘‘Hohner” and at all prices.
’
Silverware.
Our new supplement to Catalogue of
Silver Plated Ware shows the great in-
crease in this household line. The de-
signs have never been so rich and chaste
as those now shown and the line is now
so large, including knives, forks, spoons,
children’s fruit knives, casters,
cake baskets, berry dishes, pickles; tea
sets, tooth picks, napkin rings, syrups,
butters, berry spoons, pie knives, sugar
shells, nut picks and cracks, peppers and
Salts, call bells, ice pitchers and sets and
sets,
numerous novelties, that it is a favorite
one with all careful buyers.
; .
Window Pieces.
Don’t forget the importance of proper-
ly advertising your holiday stock, and
look at our numerous articles that will
make a big display in your show windows
and at the same time are none too fine
for the petted son or daughter. Rocking
and swing horses, extra large dolls, fur-
niture pieces, nests of drums, Santa Claus
figures, plush skin
horses and the ever pleasing, crowd
drawing mechanical engines, horses, bi-
fighters,
fine cases, ships,
eycles, fire engines, jugglers,
steam pump, ete.
Puzzles.
shown
of
This feature is in
and pleasing
iocomotives,
many new
smashed up
engines, steamships,
steamboats, Old Woman and Pig, United
States, The World, the White House, the
varieties
fire
“Brownies,” the pretty village. All be-
ing bright colors on wood so that it is
one of the most durable as well as the
most interesting amusements.
zles’’ on your list.
Put ‘‘puz-
Fancy Glass and China.
We have rich handled flower and bon-
bon baskets, showing brilliant combina-
tions in ruby, erystal, yellow, blue, rose,
etc. New colors in vases and water sets.
New decorations in china cups and sau-
cers, bone plates, fruit plates, salads,
comports, cracker jars, rose jars, child’s
plates and all items necessary to a com-
plete assortment. Our china and glass
goods represent our own direct purchases
abroad from the best of German, French
and Bohemian makers and is one of the
; most profitable stocks that can be pu
‘into any stock.