Michigan Tradesman. Published Weekly. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. “$1 Por You VOL. 9. GRAND RAPIDS, APRIL 6, 1892. NO. 446 The MULLINS FLAT OPENING SPRING BAGK BOOK, G. S. BROWN & Co, ‘|Jobbers of Foreign ani Domestic Fruits. RO» .ff Ws Ws fb T Grand Bipide Book Bong Co ITA | Ahapicls aa BAU HL) LU - Oranges and Bananas a Specialty. Send for quotations. 24-26 No. Division St. Is the Best in the Market, Write for prices. 29-31 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ee amen TAR NEW YORK BISGUIT 60, Wall Papi, Window Shades and Pictore Monlings. 8. A. SEARS, Manager. (oS iinet Cracker Manufacturers, 75 & 77 Monroe St.-Warehovse, 81 & 83 Campav St, Grand Rapids) (37,39 and 41 Kent St., - Grand Rapids. Something New! [NM RAPP & CoO. 9 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. ues sea find something new and especially e by o paakig pone On ndy of A. E. BROOKS & CO,, WHOLESALE FRUITS AND PRODUGE. Wholesale Coadecttinars, 46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids, Mich Ger THs Best! MOSELEY .BROS.., - WHOLESALE - Jennings’ FRUITS, SEDS, BEANS AND PRODUGE Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. Flavori ng Extracts 26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA ST, ee eeeraress. Grand Rapids, Mich. "CG A. LAMB «& co, | lhe Green deal Cigar Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Produse,|**** Staple and will fit any Purchaser. eas Retails for 10 cents, 3 for 25 cents. 84 and 86 South Division St. Send Your Wholesaler an Order. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, Olney & Judson Grocer Co., MANUFACTURERS OF ° . s pL Ss ‘ ; « Ss r€ p @ Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of ole Agents for the Justly Celebrated Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. Sk Ww Cc 36 0 r 1 and 3 Pearl Street, GRAND — 3 = - = iga 5: MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED STATES BAKING CO., M USKEGON CRACKER Co., BLACK BASS CIGARS HARRY FOX, Manager. NEVER GO BEGGING. Made only by Crackers, Biscuits «Sweet Goods. Gc. F. FAUDE, IONIA, MICH MUSKEGON, MICH. THE NE PLUS ULTRA OF A NICKEL SMOKE! SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS, LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY, IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers GRAND RAPIDS. Manufacturers of + Shy bases Of Every Description. WRITE FOR PRICES. First-Class Work Only. GRAND RAPIDS. BICYCLES! We Control Territory on the Finest and Largest Line of Cheap, Medium and High Grade Machines in the State 63 and 65 Canal St.. - WRITE US FOR WERWANT TERMS AND DIS- —\ AGENTS IN EVERY COUNTS TO LIVE TOWN. AGENTS. PERKINS & RICHMOND, 13 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich. BALL-BARNHART-PUYMAN 60. Manufacturers’ Agents for the Wedding Bouquet Cigar. The Climax of Perfestion! L. KAHNER & C0. Made in thirteen Sizes by Wa POWDER) Stamp before a blast. | blast. | Fragments after a blast. YA STRONGEST and SAFEST EXPLOSI Known to the Arts. POWDER, FUSE, CAPS. Ge ia Electric Mining Goods Ex. sit RO o aT ta By a AND ALL re FOR STUM® B. BLASTING, THE GREAT STUMP AND ROCK RCULES * POWDER C ANNIHILATOR, - 40 Prospect Street, € er he J. W. WILLARD, Managere Agents for Western Michigan. NS eee Write for Prices BANANAS Season now Well Opened. Buy Them of THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. PLANTS, TOOLS, : ETC. NEW CROP. EVER YTHING ae Clover and Grass eae Seed Corn, Onion Sets, and FOR THE GARDEN. 24 amp 26 Noarrtn Division Street. Send for eS Reenter Tiustrated Catalogue MAILED F Potatoes. All the Standard Sorts and Novelties in Vegetable Seeds. BROWN’S SEED STORE, GRAND RAPIDS. MICH, Buy of the Largest Manufacturers in the COUPON BOOKS rwernsrmc estes sone ae a 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 bla ks for proceedings supplied without charge. All communications and enquiries will have prompt attention. This bank pays 4 per cent, on deposits, compounded semi-annually. 8. D. ELWOOD, Treasury. Fire & Burglar Proof All Sizes and Prices. Parties in need of the above gare invited to correspond with vitl I. Shultes, Agt. Diebold Safe Co. Fine Millinery! Wholesale and Retail. SPRING STOCK IN ALL THE LATEST STYLES NOW COMPLETE. MAIL ORDERS ATTENDED TO PROMTLY. ADAMS % CO., Opp. Morton House. 90 Monroe St., - THE < 7° FIRE INS. co. PROMPT, CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. S. F. ASPINWALL, Pres’t. W. FrRep McBain, Sec’y A. J. SHELLMAN, Scientific Optician, 65 Monroe Street, Eyes tested for spectacles free of cost with latest improved methods. Glasses in every style at moderate prices. Artificial human eyes of every Color. Sign of big spectacles. THOS. E. WYKES, WHOLESALE Lime, Cement, Stucce, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Lath, Wood, Hay, Grain, Oil Meal, Cloverfand Timothy Seed. Corner Wealthy Ave. and Ionia St. on N.C. i. B, Office, 45 S. Division. TER eee WITH tHe PHILA, PAT.FLAT OPENING BACK ieee TDN) oe ee For 50c (stamps) I mail you specifi GRAND RAPIDS, cations by which SO) that Leak! 2isces% work (your own) you transform your useless cheese safe into a handsome store fixture. Last pound of your cheese then remains fresh and salable as first one cut. None to throw away. Double your sales. T B. LATOUCHE, Reference any comm’l agency. (Merchant), ' Ashland, I]. Furnitare Men Attention! ' Beatrice, (the best city in Nebraska) wants a FURNITURE FACTORY, and a bonus of $10,000 awaits the right man. Parties accepting must have capital and experience. Address for particulars, A. L. GREEN, Beatrice, Neb. THOMAS STOKES, WHOLESALE DEALER IN SALT Fisn. New York City. Represented in Michigan by J. P, WISNER, Merchandise Broker, 304 North Ionia St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Who will quote prices by mail or call on dealers wishing a supply for Lenten trade. ESTABLISHED 184). 1 A SAE RRR NC THE MERCANTILE AGENCY A. G: Dun & Co. Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections attended to throughout United States and Canada The Bradstreet Mercantile Aveney. The Bradstreet Company, Props. Executive Offices, 279, 281, 283 Broadway, N.Y CHARLES F. CLARK, Pres, Offices in the principal cities of the United States, Canada, the European continent, Australia, and in London, England. HENRY IDEMA, Supt. KYUERGREENS And other ornamental trees. dred distinct species. Michigan. Catalogue one now. W. W. JOHNSON, SNOWFLAKE, MICH. One hun- Largest stock in free. Send for PARENTS—Give your children a knowledge of Book-keeping, Shorthand, Typewriting, etc. IT WILL BE VY i FOR THEM — \LMNt/ =“ MONEY. Educate them ut the Grand Rapids, Mich., Busi- ness College, Ledyard Block, corner Pearl and Ottawa-sts. Visit us. For catalogue address A. 8S. Parish, successor to C. G. Swensberg. Mention this paper. BEANS If you have any beans and want to sell, we want them, will give you full mar ket price. Send them to us in any quantity up to car loads, we want 1000 bushels daily. W. Y. LAMOREAUX & 60., 128, 130, 132 W. Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1892. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ELLIE. Ellie and I were wandering through the garden of a long-closed but hand- some country seat, called, in Millhaven, the Harding Place. Years before, the owner, Jasper Harding, had died, and his widow, having consumptive tenden- cies, had been sent to Italy, where she lived at the time I was saying farewell to Ellie Ditman in the neglected garden. For 1 was twenty-one, and going to seek my fortune. For many long years Ellie had been like my sister, her father being the clergyman of the church my mother attended, and keeping a school for boys during the week. That we all worshiped Ellie, whose brown curls and soft, fawn-like eyes were our standard of beauty, was but natural; but she was afraid of the rough country lads, and clung to me as her friend and protector. I left school when I was eighteen and went to college, but, during the holidays, 1 discovered that Ellie was more to me than a sister, and I wooed her with boy- ish but sincere devotion, until I arrived at manhood, and my uncle wrote me to “‘come to New York and learn business.” I had lost my mother, and stood alone in the world; soI sold the small cottage that she had owned, banked the money and went to say farewell to Ellen Dit- man. We had spent many pleasant hours in the old garden, and knew all the nooks and corners; so I went at once to our favorite resting place, a summerhouse on the bank of the river that winds through Millhaven. Here I told my love tale and asked Ellie simply and frankly: ‘‘When I have made a home for you, will you be my wife?’’ And I was satisfied when she put her little hand in mine and said, quietly: ‘**You know that I will, Horace.’? **You love me, Ellie?’ “‘T have always loved you.’’ But there was no shy blush, no droop- ing of the graceful head, no lowering of the soft brown eyes. I, knowing nothing of girlish tremors, was fully, blissfully content. Ellie loved me—Ellie would be my wife! How I would work for the home in which to make her happy! With such a spur to exertion, I must succeed! We talked as we had often done before, of the handsome house beside us, so long closed and deserted. Many a time, as little children, we had coaxed the old servant who took charge of it te let us roam from room to room, looking at the handsome furniture muffled in linen, at the pictures sent from Italy for the wide drawing-room, and whose beauty was a mystery in the half-light from the broad windows. Margaret, the servant, told us stories of the wealth and glory of ‘“‘the family,”’ of the gayeties that were every- day occurrences in the time of Mr. Hard- ing, of the young heir who was so long in ‘‘foreign parts,” but who was evident- ly old Margaret’s idol. There was a life- size picture of him, taken the year he went away, a tall, handsome lad, with large, dark eyes and strong features. ~ NO. 446 Ellie had given me my first pang of jealousy, when she said: ‘Is he not handsome, Horace? You will never be strong and tall as he will be!” For I was small, slender and never in very strong health. It was to give mea chance to gain health that my mother had moved from New York to Millhaven, when I wasachild; but, although I im- proved in that way, I was never strong or tall. “If only I could bring you here, now, to live,’’ I said to Ellie, as we stood upon the porch in the June moonlight. And she laughed the low, sweet laugh pecu- liar to her with whom all things were sweet and tender, as she said: ‘*You need not aim so high, Horace. I will be content with a far humbler home than this.”’’ It was late when we parted at the par- sonage gate, and Ellie gave me the first kiss of betrothal, for I would not see her again for a year. Yet 1 was happy in going. The city was my mine of wealth, to be worked by patience, industry and hope until I earned a home for Ellie. Every week she wrote to me tender, loving letters, full of interest in my bus- iness, little womanly suggestions about my health and accounts of the events of Millhaven. In one she wrote: ‘‘Margaret is in high glee. Harding is coming home. died in Florence, in March.” In another: ‘‘Mr. Harding called upon papa to-day. He is but little changed, although he is now twenty-three, and he is the hand- somest man I ever saw.” Charles His mother After this she mentioned meeting him several times, but said no more than she would of any of her numerous friends. So for two years I worked for Ellie and home, secure in love, in hope, think- ing ever of the sweet face that would brighten my fireside, the darling whose life I would make happy. Then fortune’s wheel made a sudden turn in my favor. I have mentioned the small sum of money I had placed in the bank forarainy day. It was still sun- shiny weather when my uncle advised me to invest it in a business enterprise he had in hand, which promised quick returns of immense profit. I took his advice, doubled my money, put itin again and again, and in less than a year was arich man. Then I stopped. I had no love for business. I had more than repaid my unele for his interest in me, and my ambition was only to marry Ellie, settle down quietly at Millhaven and bea benefactor, as far as my means permitted, of my fellow- men. Again my good star seemed in the ascendant. It was just before my de- parture from New York that a stranger called at my boarding house. In a few moments I recognized my old _ school- fellow, Charles Harding. He was, as Ellie had written, handsome, and with a graceful finish of manners, never foppish, but the perfection of easy courtesy. To my surprise, he came to offer me a lease of his house. ~ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. | ae IF SO told spicnacnogit COUPON BOOKS ; a promise ARE EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED! S e ser dane ‘was BETTER than any other Coupon System and FAR SUPERIOR to PUNCH, BRASS OR PAPER CHECKS. ~ ~ : ° | We can refer you to Hundreds of Merchants who are using Our System, who would not = ary ¢ run their stores without it. Write for particulars, prices and free samples to : cew Y THE TRADESMAN CONMPANY, ‘| eee : ‘i i - r Original and Largest Manufacturers of Coupon. Boeks in the United States, : : Zz r 100 Louis Street, Grand Rapids, Mich. ' ina m | Geo. H. Reeder & Co., _ * Don’ te uv i eameaansie BOOTS & SHOES aa = 7 ce YOUR SPRING LINES OF Felt vag and Alask: a Socks. sh : a : : € : oo Hammocks, a BS, “id : oe a . r sir eT — men are a on the w nw re ep ag - come in shame, into my eyes. EATON, LYON & CO., | 2 | & ve e er to ances GRAND RAPING. 1288 160 Fulton St., Grand oat = rosa a tacaevartom so | Ts RStrelitsicy, — Ray Pails and Syrup Cans ae eae ED sal eget gem Jabber of } dl ‘© = @ Paper Packed €. a Sorew. ’ / 2 i . a ne A aig a pay oe she 2 jin - th lowi ng cel lebrated brands man we : a ck a ak ufactured by the ee =) WRITE FOR PRICES Z ome ipa weeks. Vindex, long Havana filler......... $35 3 ‘ | 3 y . Anwa S ney Three Medals, long Havana filler ...... 35 | Se CE Elk’s Choice, Havana filler and binder 55 | } | “Tatewot nin Enperaieee,,. i WM, Brdmmeler & Sons she had fade The roses that had a grade — spices, ete., see J. r. ener, ee en 55 | Manufacturers and Jobbers of Wa z 04 No i m sixvect, Grand Rapids, | @.2. Piewemes.............,...........,. 65 |} ge zg ish Mi general representative for F. J. i no Gne lit = 2e a West goods -* rock bottom Pieced & Stamped Tinware, ning . always been Gillies & Co., New York City. — eee 260_S. IONIA,ST., slender, was emaciated; her hands were a eee : often hot, then cold as death. Use Tradesman Coupon Books. TELEPHONE 640, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, 10 So, lonia St, Grand Rapids, THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 8 Be Frank With Your House. Correspondence Inter-State Grocer. The upright traveling representative will be open and above board with the house, and will not conceal the slightest detail of his intercourse with the trade. The house should encourage his confi- dence, and to that end it should be chary of criticism of such items of expense which may not be specially previded for, but may be shown as to be expended for the house’s benefit. I ean imagine no valid excuse for the slightest prevarica- tion in the matter of itemizing expenses; with the proper mutual confidence be- tween the traveler and the house it ean never be necessary. When it occurs, the blame is not altogether on one side. To illustrate the how and why of this small piece of deception, I give a synopsis of a conversation to which I was recently a listener. One of the party was asked if his house was liberal in the matter of allowance for ‘‘miscellany.’? ‘No,’ was his reply, “they will not allow even for a cigar for a customer, and it’s bad policy. Why, only last evening I had worked a man my level best for an order, but without success. So, giving up hope for the present, I determined to make an impression for the future. As he was closing his store, I asked him over to have a game of billiards. We grew quite friendly, and, after finishing the game, I said: ‘See here; my samples are in the next room, and while I do not expect to sell you a dollar’s worth of goods, I would like you to look over what I’ve got. Perhaps you may see something you may want to order later on.’ The result was that I sold him a nice little bill on the spot. Now, if I should enter that game of billiards as an item of ex- pense, there would come back the big- gest kind of a howl.” ‘Well, how did you geteven? Didn’t go down in your own pocket to pay for the game, did you?” ‘‘Not much; charged it up to bus and baggage. But I don’t like to do that sort of thing.” The traveler will probably be frequent- ly advised by a fellow traveler how he should approach particular dealers. He will make a mistake, however, should he attempt to follow this advice. A special method which may be successfully worked by one man may prove a dismal failure when attempted by another. The traveler must have his own individuality, and the attempt to be somebody else will never succeed. And right here, I may say, it is not wise for travelers to dis- cuss in public or on the train the pecul- iarities of their customers. Aside from the questionable taste of the practice, one hever knows who may be listening. A 0 ge The Value of Courtesy---Friendship in Business. There is nothing more conducive to securing trade and more necessary to holding it than courtesy to customers. The merchant who is swollen with self- importance, who is unfortunately desti- tute of a gracious manner, who is power- less to extend a welcome greeting, or who is indifferent to such, should change his location. Those elements are essen- tial to successful selling. They are re- quisites as imperative as select stocks and fair prices. When the customer is held at a distance by the salesman, there is likelihood that the next purchase will be made at a distance. The purchaser who wishes to buy is usually in a pleas- ant mood, and a jar or repulse changes the mood and the wish. There are many dealers who do not understand, or, if they understand, do not appreciate the real value of friend- ship in business. They will see a stranger enter and modestly ask for some member of the firm or some sales- man. If the desired person is absent, there is a disappointed look and usually adeparture. These visits and inquiries are not always through curiosity. The visitor in all probability is a stranger in the city and heart hungry for home. He wants a familiar face, a hearty hand- shake, a friendly greeting, and they are much to him at that moment. The man who can supply, wins a customer, wins future sales, wins an advocate among other buyers, wins a supporter in trade. The man who lives ina small town and has left home and family behind is lost in a city, is out of his element, is lone- some, and like a fish thrown on the bank is gasping to return to his tribe. A little friendship will dispel his lonesomeness. Why Is It That-- Bees never store up honey where it is light? The moth has a fur jacket and the but- terfly none? Leaves will attract dew when boards, sticks and stones will not? A horse always gets up foreparts first and a cow directly the opposite? Corn on the ear is never found with an uneven number of rows? Fish, flies and caterpillars may be frozen solid and still retain life? A squirrel comes down a tree head first and a cat tail first? Electricity is never visible except when it comes in the form of zig-zag lightning? A horsefly will live for hours after the head has been pinched off? The dragon-fly can devour its own body and the head still live? Some flies thrust their eggs into the bodies of caterpillars, but always in such parts of the body that when the larve are feeding on the flesh of the foster parent they will not eat into any vital part? Can this be explained? Does the fly reason? _ -

> Some People Do. Do what? Know a good thing when they see it. For those who use Gringhuis, Itemized Ledger certainly a good thing, for they time and labor and many disputes. Would you like a short form of double entry? If so,we guarantee our Customers, od have save or Itemized Ledger, with a general | Ledger, and our columned Cash Book for retail business, not to take over 15 minutes’ work each day, up. Send for list. GRINGHUIS ITEMIZED LEDGER Co., 403 West Bridge St., Grand Rapids, Mich. _ —_> > = A young lady clerk of Fall River, Mass., was some time ago hit on the left side of her head by a falling sign as she was walk- ing home from the store where she was employed. The accident was followed by brain fever. After some weeks she was well in mind and body as ever, but from a right-handed person she had be- come so left-handed that she could neither | cut, sew nor write with her right hand, but found it easy to do all of these things with her left. Her righthand was just about as useful as her left had been be- fore she had been hurt. One strange fact is that, with so recent a change in the use of her hands, she is as graceful in the use of her left hand as if she had been born left-handed. to keep posted sample sheets and price Duty of the Jobber Toward the Cutter. From the American Grocer. We question the right of any jobber to sell the cutter, even for cash. By so do- ing he aids a demoralizer whose course weakens the entire trade within the range of his influence, and, therefore, weakens the standing of a large number of hard-working, honest, efficient, steady- going men. As the cutter saps the strength of the entire trade of small towns, villages and sections of cities, he is a trade evil that should be suppressed and not encouraged. To compromise with a cutter who has failed is com- pounding an evil. Hout pay freight From Boston and New York on Shoe Dressing when you can buy it of HIRTH & KRAUSE at ; . Manufacturers Prices. GILT EDGE, GLYCEROLE, RAVEN GLOSS, ALMA, [Large size]. A Rug with each gross, $22.80. Shoe Stool with two gross. An assorted gross of the above dressing, $22.80. HIRTH & KRAUSE, GRAND RAPIDS. Do You Desire to Sell Larpels aud Lace Catal By Sample? Send for ovr Spring catalogue}: SMITH & SANFORD, Grand Rapids, Mich. . USE GELS MILE-END OTT ETTES mee Best Six Cord — FOR — Machine or Hand Use. FOR % /, 4 SALE BY ALL Dealers in Dry Goods & Notions, Dry Goods Price Current. UNBLEACHED COTTONS. Bereee .... 55. = ‘« Arrow Brand 5% Anes .. «cs. 6 ' agg Wide.. 6% Aseeeta AA.......... 6 Oe ie ae 4% Atlantic i 6%/| Full veut Wide..... 6% a eee AL... i... .. 6% “ r.. i... 5%|Honest Width....... 6% - D. . G faeries ......... 5 a Se S jindian Head.......: x eS ee 6% Archery Bunting... 4 \RineEC............ 5 Beaver Dam AA.. 5%/Lawrence LL 54 Madras cheese cloth 6% Blackstone O, 32.... 5 Black Crow......... 6 Newmarket a Bisck Mock ........ 6 5 ect, Als........... 7 - a. 6% NOE as se 5% DD.... Bs Covenest 7.......... 5% . -_... 6% Chapman cheese cl. 3%|Noibe R............. 5 Cen < a....,.... 544|Our Level Best..... 6% Re oo, Gi Oxtord &........... 6 Dwight Star......... 6% a peg ed ee Caton Gcc........ Cee 6% Top o the Weap.... 7 BLEACHED COTTONS. REC. ........... 2. 84/Geo. Washington... 8 ee oleet Blt... ...... z Sraeeeee.... . .<...- Gold Medal oe cones 7% Ast Cambric........ 10 Green Ticket....... 814 Blackstone A A..... & (Great Pais.......... 6% CL 4% om. 7% EES ee vee On...... 4%@ 5 ee. 7 King Phillip a. 7% oe, ee. 6% OF... 7 Charter Oak........ 5% /|Lonsdale seen "10 eee WF ks oe ae 74|Lonsdale...... @ Cleveland ...... .... 7 |Middlesex.... .. @5 Dwight Anchor..... 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Colored. — — mo 6. 38 No. i4.. re So... 34 .... 3 - oP — i ......2 44 ens. ea) Soa 45 CAMBRICS. a < Weeweres....... .... 4 White Star......... 4 |Lockwood.... .. + = Bid Giove........... ot 4 Newmarket......... 4 eeunewice .... .... 4 RED FLANNEL, Pieeen...... ..... a z 2 Pe ae 22% Creeaiaore..... ...-..20sge a... ...-.- «ose os Talbot XXX........ ; R Py, 2ak. 35 Reece... .... 27% Buckeye ee ene - 32% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... 17% eee Bh oes cee 22%) Western W ......... 18% Windsor Less oe Pere Ps... cee 18% 6 oz Western........ 20 |Flushing XXX...... 3% Uae B........-... 224|Manitoba........... 23% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless ..... 8 @9% ke 9 @10% Se 8%@10 ae 12% CANVASS AND PADDIN Aree ............. 34 Naumkeag satteen.. 7 Androscoggin....... aeers....... » ..-. 6 eeeeree.......-.-. 6 iene oe 6% presse. .... .... Oe) welwortm .......... 6% PRINTS. 54%|Berwick fancies.... 5% peees.......- . 5M Clyde Robes........ . = & purple 64/C 6 harter Oak fancies 4% DelMarine cashm’s. 6 . pink checks. 5% mourn’g 6 ” staples ...... 5M Eddystone fancy... 5% - shirtings... 4 chocolat 5% American fancy.... 5% ° rober.... 5% Americanindigo.... 5% " sateens.. 5% American shirtings. : |Hamilton fancy. + Oe Argentine Grays.. Anchor a Arnold Arnold Merino..... op 4 | Manchester eas | new era, 5% Merrimack D fancy. 5% c long cloth i 104% | Merrim’ck shirtings. 414 ** century cloth : - oeee..... 10% . — - 8&&% Pacific fancy........ 5% robes 6 ‘green seal TR 10% eae robes... 5% ‘* “yellow seal..10% Simpson mourning. -- ll 11% “ Turkey red..10% Ballou solid black.. 5 ss colors. 5% Bengal blue, green, and orange... 5% — 5 Es solid black. 5 5 Washington indigo. Turkey —: ™* * Indie robes... 7 Berlin ee... 5% hie Gon eee...... 6%| “ Ottoman Tur- - | oo... oe sees... ....... “ Foulards .... 544)Martha Washington = oe ........ Turkey red &..... 1% “ a a 9%|Martha Washington “6 eee 10 Turkey red........ 3% - ‘* 3-4XXXX 12 |Riverpoint robes.. Cocheco ae : Windsor a Spain madders. . = ticket 0 XX twills.. * BI indigo blue....... 10% Se... SE INT oo oe oan ws 4% ee Amoskeag AC A ieee B..... ue 12% Eien &......... 7%|Pemberton AAA....16 - 2... ore... ..10% ' Awning. .11 Swift Rever........- 7% he S ireer liver......... 12 Wreest Freee.......... pi en ie 13 Lenox Wills ........ 18 COTTON DRILL. —. ces coun eee ven ese 8 eee ees cee CMiInNO Meme........ .. 7% Chfton, bic eee on © Tropor ieep........ 10 SATINES, IN is oid cae Be Pe ies i 10% eee cla, as ss 9@ 9% eee eeenuee ae 16 gc) ae ae @10 CID osc s nce oe 1 SEWIN Corticelli, doz....... 7 twist, doz. .37% 50 a doz. .37% No : BIk ¢ & White. - 5—4....22% 6—4...3 26 | Oe ps Sail Twine. = a. oe eT ME ch veue cual el 13 Cherry Valley...... 15 IXL 18% Seen... .. 00... 6% Bee... sk. 6% I og oes ccnse 7% Ar’ 88 05 eckbbecuse 6 MO pec neue 614 II ois sic bn cena ox Haw River es a We ec eeeaiys TABLE OIL CLOTH. 5—4.. Slate. Brown. Black.|Slate, pene, Black. 9% 944/13 1 13 10% 10% 104/15 15 15 11% 11% 11% 17 a7 12% 12% 1244|20 20 20 DUCKS. Severen, § on........ 9%|West Point, 8 0z....10% Mayland, oon....... 10% 10 oz -- 12% Greenwood, 7%; 0z.. 9% -aeeed 100z SS 13% Greenwood, 8 oz. . 11% es 6h Cs 13% Boston, 8 ed 1044|Boston, 10 0z........ 12% WADDINGS. Wott, Ge.........- 25 {Per bale, 40 doz....87 50 Colored, doz........ 20 SILESIAS. Slater, Tron Cross...8 ;Pawtucket.......... 10% Re : Croms.... D ieeeie.............. « . ee :.10% PN oe ae 10% Best AA..... "TIKK Veuey City......... ian {Corticelli we per 40z OK8 AND EYES—PER GROSS No 4BI'k & ‘White. = . ; o “3 “ ' ‘= PINS. No 2—20, M C....... 50 |No4—15 F 3%...... 40 ~ O- Oe, © C..4. ones 45 COTTON TAPE. No 2 White & BI’k..12 |No 8 White & BI’k..20 .s . mies " - 23 ~ & ' 21+ = - i SAFETY PINS. WOR ccs 28 _— ritgeeces ceuge. 36 NEEDLES—PER M A. aa. idee asees 1 40 ironmbont See cites 40 CI, ose ns ove 2 iGad Byoed.......... 1 50 mors... 1 00| --195 6—4...2 9 COTTON + a na Eo cee Rising “Star 4 -- me 3-ply....17 erties Gir... .... .. 20 Wool — 4 plyi%s Powhattan PLAID OSNABURG 8 Mount Pleasant.... 6% eee te ETS 5 POE os ct. Randelman......... _ Sibley A. ipstoains a ~~ GY wees oeus accor & See THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Business Prospects of Little Rock. Lirtce Rock, Ark., letter of recent date received, inquiring as to the present and future of Little Rock; and you say that, if I am not ashamed to let my Michigan friends know where I live, a letter descriptive of the place and this part of the Sunny South would be acceptable. In reply, 1 will say that it is a beauti- ful and thoroughly modern city, located on the south bank of the Arkansas river and commanding a tine view of the val- ley and surrounding country. It stands on high, rolling land, similar to Grand Rapids, and is growing very rapidly. It is known as the City of Roses, and it is, indeed, an appropriate name, as they bloom almost every month during the year, and many of the famous varieties are common here. They add much to the beauty of the homes, as all take de- light in growing different kinds and varieties. Many wholesale establishments are lo- cated here, and as this is the geograph- ical, as well as the railroad, center of the State, not only Arkansas, but much of the trade from Louisiana, Texas and In- dian Territory, are supplied from this point. Ithas no competing city near. New Orleans and Dallas are 500 miles south and southwest; Memphis, 150 miles east; St. Louis and Kansas City, 350 miles north and northwest, while west there is no city until the Pacific coast is reached. Little Rock is the center of this great seope of country and is the natural dis- tributing point. Within this vast area not only rich and fertile lands may be found, but pine, oak, cypress, gum, wal- nut and other valuable timber lands are attracting northern and eastern lumber- men. The valuable timber lands are be- ing rapidly gathered up by outside cap- italists, but choice farming lands can yet be had very cheaply. I am told that there are yet hundreds of thousands of fine farming lands that belong to the government and State and can be home- steaded. Thirty miles west of the city are inex- haustible coal fields, equaling in quality Pennsylvania anthracite. Not more re- mote we have iron, lead, zine and other minerals, while we have any amount of gray (granite of which our court house is built, one ef the finest buildings in the city) located within ten miles. The State is practically undeveloped so far as it pertains to coal and minerals, also the same may be said of limestone, bauxite, fire clay and soapstone, all of which may be found in large quantities within easy distance. Men of nerve and energy could lay the foundation for making immense fortunes here within the next few years. Little Rock is one of the healthiest of cities. Her public school system equals any in the Union, and many northern teachers areemployed. Our churches are counted by the score and are generously sup- ported. Some of the largest factories in the South are located here, notably the Southern Cotten Seed Oil Co., Southern Stave and Lumber Co. and the Cotton Compress Co. The electric street rail- way system, put in about two months ago, is one of the most perfect in the country, about twenty-five miles being operated at present. Real estate is in splendid shape for in- vestments, as values are low, and I look for a healthy rise in property and that the advance will be maintained. A mili- tary post will soon be established. New manufacturing establishments are being organized and new railroads are pointing this way. All goes to emphasize the fact that the city’s growth will be rapid and sure. We have over 30,000 people at present, having doubled our population during the past five years, and that sure- ly is a remarkable growth. ALBERT RETAN. i — elo — In a Drug Store. Fair Customer—I sent my maid here for some sticking plaster, and you gave her a porous plaster. New Boy—Yes’m. That’s the stick- ingest plaster I know of. —_____~-9-—<— Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. so. 60 oo Eo aes ee a a = eCMmaetiew SONG... ci. kl. Semninge , PAC ............ 222... 2... s0ui0 AXES. Firat Guality, & 5. Bromsc.................: 8750 c me © Pees ec... “= = S. & S oreer._..-. : DB Sea 3 30 BARROWS. dis. ene 8 14 00 oe net 30 00 BOLTS. dis. CE 50&10 Carriage OW EMG, oe 70&10 Se eee ee ee Sleigh WAGG 70 BUCKETS. Mom, ee 8 50 Wed, Bwiver....... BUTTS, CAST. Pv Cast Toose Pin figured........ .............. W& Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint.......... 66&10 Wrought Loose [aE 60&10 Wromiet Ferre... 60&10 Wrought Inside Blind. Wrought Brass..... Blind, Clark’ 5. Blind, Shepard’ Oe BLOCKS, Ordinary Tackle, list April 17, °85........... 60 CRADLES, ot ee dis. 50&02 CROW BARS. es perh 5 CAPS. Beer... 1... per m 65 ae oh oe 60 on. oe 35 aa... _ 60 CARTRIDGES, (a 50 Cemtea, Piro... sc... dis. 25 CHISELS. dis. mOGren PrtMee se cece cee eee 70&10 ee I 70&10 R@cmOLrCorier................ eee sete oon 70&10 Bee. 70&10 Butchers Tanecd Pirmer............ ...... COMBS. dis. Curry, Eawrences................. ee. 40 aes... P-s] CHALK. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 COPPER. Planished, 14 os cut to size... .. per pound 28 Pao, Pome, Oe... cc ., 26 Cold Rolled, 14x56 and eee. 5s 23 (elo Moen. ee... .......... 23 TO ee 2 DRILLS. dis. Moree es Ha, Stocks... — 50 Taper and straight Shenk................... 50 Momse + Tarver Geeee.......... 2.5... u 50 DRIPPING PANS. Eien) Sinee eer pet .............. 5... 07 Teeee aes, bee poend...... ............... 6% ELBOWS. Com. 4 ep CO ae dos. net = ace weap cece ig Pe cc dis. 40810 EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Clark’s, small, $18; -— ooo a eee a cree 30 Ives’, 1, $18; 2, $24; a 25 a List. dis. ml OE ee 60&10 ee Se i 60&10 iceoinears .......:.... ees eee direct ee eeeca 60410 ee ee oe 50 eco we eevee Hae. ..................-...- GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. 16 to 3: 22 and 2: 2% and 2%; 27 28 List = 13 14 15 16 br | Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... 50 HAMMERS. | ik silanes ROPES. | Sinal, 44 tach and larger |..............,.... EID enns coeresigecececcccceeicecece cece 28 | MDH... 13 Teed Pees... dis. 40410 | . 0) and I SQUARES. mas Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................. ee gr 8 renentrttis tees enesaanns a Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand....30c 40&10 | Mine and bevels. aseeahMeKBaKeiane: | neha | Mitre eee eee tec cce cee eeee tte: Gate, Clade ie soe gne lm ene "sii uccte. Ci. coon... oz. ne wan is..lldlUlhlhmU.,DhLUhUmUCUCUUCU 05 «=. 82-95 Screw fidoi ad Strap, to 12 in. i 14 and ian min a. ona > =. long a 40 365 screw ‘Hook and Eye, = - OA te 405 315 a 8% Nos. = a a 46 3s i 7% | No. 4 ee 1% ait sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches creas... din 50 | wide not less than 2-10 extra HANGERS. dis. | SAND PAPER. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track.. 50610 ERE 18 ee dis. 50 Champion, antl friction.................... 60&10 | SASH CORD. Mimeer Weed Gece... 40 | Silver Lake, Wiss list 50 HOLLOW WARE. en EE 55 i ee ee 6010 | “ Whe 8 “ 50 meee ee. 60.10 | ‘“ ae 55 Ce 60410 | ‘“ Wiese | ee “ 35 (ray cuammeree. 40&10} Discount, 10. | HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. Stamped Tin Ware.. Japanned Tin Ware.. a Granite Iron Ware ............... “new list 334 &10 WIRE GOODS. ee. oe. 70810610 Serom Moe. 70&10&10 Toone |... -70&10&10 Gate Hooks and 7, Mee eres cemee 70&10&10 VELS. dis. Stanley Rule and lad os. ....... Le 70 KNoBs—New List. dis. Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 Door, porcelain, Jap. trimmings. ..........- 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 Door, porcetein, trimmmings................. 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. 70 LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 5 Mallocy, Woocler & Con................... 55 eee 55 OE — EE besee ose 55 MATTOCKS. OE $16.00, dis. 60 oo oe. ......... 2... $15. 00, dis. 60 ae $18.50, dis. 20410. AULS. dis. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, ‘bandied eee oy MILLS. Coffee, Peres €Cog........ ........... P.S. & W. Mfg. Co.’s Malleables “ Tender, Werry & Cloik’s............ ‘s Enterprise MOLASSES GATES. piers Peters 60&10 pe 60&10 Enterprise, self-measuring. . boo 25 NAILS| eee ne bee. ee 1 & eee 2 00 Advance over base: Steel. Wire. — Base Base ee Base 10 Ee 05 20 30 10 20 ee ee 15 30 se. es. 15 35 2 15 35 ee 20 40 Se 2 50 ie een aa eas 40 65 ee 60 90 Oe a ee a cee 1 00 1 50 eo 150 2 00 Pie 2....... D 2 00 ee ee 90 - 2. 1 00 ° ee 13 Finish 10 1 00 sl 8. 1 3 iy é. 150 : 75 oe a “ 1 00 Barrell “ eee ete ee eae eeu. 1 2 50 PLANES. dis. ene Tock Ona, famey.... 8... @4) OEE ee @60 Sandusky Tool Co.’s, fancy................- @40 ence Get Gaery.......................... @60 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. . .... &10 PANS. OE dis.60—10 aeien, | caimad ae dis. 70 RIVETS. dis. OO eee 40 Copper Rivets and Burs..................+.. 50—10 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. “A”? Wood’s patent planished, Nos. 24 2s 10 20 ““B” Wood's _ at. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 920 Broken packs 4c per pound extra. .new list 70 | 25 SASH WEIGHTS, EE per = - SAWS. ’ eee cece ccc eae e el. * 99 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot, . 70 ‘* Special Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot.. 50 ‘* Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot.... 30 ‘Champion and Electric Tooth X Guts, per fO08...........2 0. el, 30 TRAPS. dis. Steel, Game. a Oneida C ommunity, Newhouse’s . i Oneida Community, ee & Norton’s.... 0 Mouse, choker. .18¢ per doz Mouse, delusion. "81.50 ale "WIRE. Pipes Meee. 65 Avmceied Mearece........ ....5 7010 Cepperce Markes......................., Tinned Market....... a ay Coppered Spring Ee Barped Venee, sarvanised.................. 3 9 . petneee 2 65 HORSE NAILS. Au See. dis. 40 laa dis. 05 Morte westers...................... dis. 10&10 WRENCHES. dis. Baxter’s Adjustable, niekeled.............. 30 ee Centre ...................... Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought Coe’s Patent, malleable............. MISCELLANEOUS. Bird Cages ...... : Pumps, Cistern. . Screws, New L ist. Casters, Beds @ Pits... 5010810 Dampers, American. . ea Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods. a 6 &i10 ETALS, PIG TIN. ~~ o................ 26¢ C—O 286 ZINC. Juty: Sheet, 2%c per pound. Con pound Ceaee. 6% Fer pa... 7 SOLDER. ee = Bee Wee... . The prices of the many other qualities a solder in the market indicated by nrivate brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY oa... per pound ee 13 TIN—MELYN GRADE. 10x14 IC, Charcoal eet eee veces ecce ces a $750 ee el ae 7 50 10x14 ix, ee Se a oe ic 9 2% 14x20 IX, oe eee 9 2 Each additional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE. — a Charcoal ee $6 %5 14x20 6 75 10x14 Ix, _ 8 25 14x20 I 1% 9 25 20 IX, Each additional X on this grade $1.50. ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, 7 Worcester a 20x28 IC, ‘“ Me ESR tet ee es ewes D202 GSO SSSSS OL wai, * “s ‘.— 2 20x28 IX, ' i - 15 50 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE. i. .......... .. $14 09 Mee Ee a ce 15 on ng for N No. : Boilers, | per pound.... 10 risk with 8iZe, heavy Wire Hanger, stock, SPOUT NO. I. Actual like Hangers cast on « that does not break spout. SAP SPOUTS We are agents for thissSpout andocarry a full We also have the ANCHOR SAP SPOUT. No. 2—Actual Size. THE CHAM PION. EAS fosira! ? 5 & E $ § 53 Fi + Fy H : $ i SS = Fj LC en a oe abe ae PRM ei RE MCE pM Saou Ree THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman Official Organ of Michigan Business Men’s Association. | Retail Trade of the Wolverine State, Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, —_ BY — THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, j | | perial Fair Commission at work and Aus- tria is also making appropriations. Den- mark has appropriated a sum of money for an exhibit, during the past few days, and all the other countries of Europe One Dollar a Year, - Postage Prepaid, ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Communications invited from practical busi- ness men. | Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of | their papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address, Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second class matter. | ¢@ When writing to any of our advertisers, | please say that you saw their advertisement in | TE MicHiGaN TRADESMAN. | i E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1892, INTEREST IN THE WORLD’S FAIR. As the time gradually approaches when the preparations for the World’s Fair must begin to give some indication | of what the enterprise will amount to when the doors are ready to be opened, interest in the matter increases. The work on the buildings and grounds is said to be progressing satisfactorily, and | as far as the sight of the great fair is concerned there is good reason to expect that every preparation will be in as complete a state as is usually the case with such exhibitions when the opening | day comes round. The important work of interesting ex- | hibitors in the fair has also been pushed | with great energy of late, and there is | now no doubt but that a greater and} more varied collection of exhibits and | curiosities will be gathered together at | Chicago than has ever been the case at | any previous exposition, not even ex- | cluding the one held at Paris some years ago. The foreign exhibits promise es- | pecially to be fine. At first very serious difficulty was encountered in inducing foreign countries, particularly those of Europe, to display any interest in the fair, but hard and persistent work has gradually overcome this trouble, and now there is no reason to complain of the support the fair is receiving at the hands of the foreign powers. There never has for a moment been the slightest doubt of the active participa- | tion in the fair of the Central and South American countries. All of them, from Mexico to Chili, have made arrange- ments for space at the fair. and nearly all have appropriated money to make suitable exhibits. Some have even set aside funds to erect buildings and em- bellish their surroundings. The only country in which difficulty was encoun- tered was Chili, but since amicable rela- tions have been restored between that country and the United States the live- | liest interest has sprung up there in the Chicago fair. As far as Europe is concerned, it is} now practically certain that all the coun- tries will be represented at the fair. Great Britain has appointed a commis- sion and has made an appropriation or | grant to assist it in its labors. France is taking a lively interest in the matter, | different trusts. | affairs to the Trust. | suit compelled the Sugar Trust to liqui- date and reorganize under the name of \the American Sugar Refining Company | as a regularly chartered institution, with | all the responsibilities to the law exacted | of other corporations. | and the Chamber of Deputies is shortly expected to vote a grant for an exhibit. | delay is caused solely by the discussiov | of details. Germany has for some time had an Im- |have already made preparations, more | or less, to be represented at the fair. | All the Oriental countries, also, will probably be represented at Chicago, and Japan has made large appropriations and will have a most extensive display. With respect to this country, interest has been lively enough in the enterprise, considering the time yet to elapse before the date for holding the exposition ar- rives. Many states have already made appropriations, while all of them have chosen commissions and have begun pre- liminary work towards gathering to- gether exhibits of their products and re- sources. There is, therefore, every reason to believe that the Chicago fair will not only equal the finest of past interna- tional expositions, but will actually sur- pass them all. THE TRUSTS AND THE LAW. The recent action of the certificate holders of the Standard Oil Trust, dis- solving that organization, was brought about by the recent decision of the Ohio Supreme Court, to the effect that the | transferring of the shares of the Stan- dard Oil Company to the keeping of the Trust was illegal. This decision makes it clear that the different companies which comprise the Trust had not the power to transfer their shares of stock to trustees, and virtually surrender their corporate existence. The New York courts, as well as other State courts, have held the same doctrine with respect to suits brought against In New York the status of the Sugar Trust was brought into question by a suit to annul the charter of the Brooklyn Sugar Refinery because it had surrendered the control of its The result of that It is probable that the Standard Oil Trust, which is the parent of all the trusts, and which has probably been the | most hated of them all, will reorganize |as a regularly incorporated company, and, to all intents and purposes, will ,exercise the same control over an im- portant industry as before, with the im- portant difference that the new form of | doing business will render the organiza- | tion liable to legal supervision in com- mon with other chartered institutions, the secrecy and irresponsibility of the trust system being entirely eliminated by | the law. The laws of the States have thus shown , their ability to compel the trusts to be- come amenable to the same regulations | which govern all other business enter- prises, whether conducted by private | capital or by corporations. The laws jhave not yet been able to prevent the It is stated that the committee of the | |Chamber having the matter in charge are | | unanimous in favor of a grant, and the) | existence of monopolies, howeyer. The | problem is, nevertheless, attracting the ‘attention of legislators, and it is said that even Congress is considering a measure which is aimed at preventing any sort of /combination having for its object the controlling of the price of any article entering into general consumption. The problem is a most serions one, and is not to be hastily passed upon. The great combinations which are gradually acquiring control of the leading industries of the country are slowly but surely cre- ating a state of things which the law- making powers of both State and Fed- eral Governments will eventually be compelled to regulate. Whether or not the law can be made to correct the effects of the existence of monopolies is a prob- lem, the solution of which we do not venture to even predict. THE COLORED PEOPLE’S PKOGRESS. In arecent sermon on missions Rev. Dr. Beard, of New York, gave some in- teresting facts concerning the progress of the colored people in the South. On the abolition of slavery the negroes were at the bottom of the moral, intellectual aud social scale, and their total taxable property amounted only to $12,000. At the end of a little more than one-quarter of a century we find them with $264,000,- 000 of property subject to taxation. There are 18,000 colored teachers and 1,240,000 pupils in the schools. There are also sixty-six academies and high schools and seven colleges with colored presidents. Their editorial talent is represented by 154 newspapers and two magazines. To rise from darkest ignorance to such a stage of enlightenment in less than one generation is an achievement worthy of any race. The fact that many negroes have made no _ progress argues nothing against this record of de- velopment. After more than a century of faverable government and favoring conditions of all kinds, there are still in the United States thousands of white people ignorant and vicious. To lift all of arace to the same plane is impossible. The progress of a people is to be judged by the advancing many, and not by the lagging few. Inspired by a resolute desire for ad- vancement and aided by a wise philan- thropy, the negroes in the South are working out their own moral, intellec- tual and financial salvation. The fact that in twenty-five years they have ac- complished so much in spite of the great obstacles presented by their environment and previous training is good guarantee for their future progress. ‘The negro problem,” both political and sociological, will solve itself through the agencies now at work. The longed-for time is bound to come, and it will come all the more quickly if the missionary spirit which is so strong in Americans shall labor as assiduously for the education of the ‘‘poor white trash’’ in the South as it does for the uplifting of the blacks. In the death of Sterne F. Aspinwall, Grand Rapids loses a citizen who was in every way a model man, socially, morally and in a business sense; the Grand Rap- ids Fire Insurance Co. loses a tower of strength and the Fourth National Bank is deprived of the counsel of a man whose opinions were more than ordinari- ly reliable. Grand Rapids can illy afford to lose a man so valuable to the com- munity, in more ways than one, and the positions left vacant by his demise will be hard to fill. Artemas Ward, who has managed the advertising department of ‘‘Sapolio’’ for several years, and acquired the rep- utation of being one of the most success- ful advertising experts in the country, has started a monthly publication, en- titled Fame, which no advertiser of any pretensions can afford to be without. The new publication is not to be scattered broadcast as a chromo to secure business in other lines—after the manner of Printers’ Ink—the hard-hearted publisher announcing that nothing short of a dollar bill can secure its visits for a year. They have a brand of whisky in Ken tucky known as the ‘‘Horn of Plenty,’’ because it will corn you copiously. If every man was as big as he feels, there wouldn’t be standing room in this country. Firm Merged into a Corporation. N. B. Clark & Co., who have conducted the hemlock bark and lumber business here for the past three years, have merged their business iuto a stock com- pany under the style of the Michigan Bark and Lumber Co. The capital stock of the corporation is $40,000, oue-half of which is subscribed and paid in. The directors of the corporation are N. B. Clark, W. A. Phelps and C. F. Young, the officers being as follows: President—N. B. Clark. Vice-President—W. A. Phelps. Secretary and Treasurer—C. A. Phelps. Messrs. Clark and Phelps are both men of wide experience in the bark business, the former having operated at Fremont and Cadillac six or seven years, before removing to Grand Rapids, a half dozen years ago, while the latter was a heavy handler of the staple for twelve years at Whitehall. i el Compressed Yeast Fight at Chicago. CuicaGco, April 4.—The fight between the rival compressed yeast companies waxes hot in all parts of the city, and the present price—5 cents per pound for bulk and 5 cents per dozen for tin foil— is likely to rule for some time to come. As this price is below the cost of produc- tion and distribution, its continuance for a considerable length of time is likely to drive some of the smaller companies to the wall. The dissolution of the Northwestern Manufacturers’ Assoeiation, referred to in THE TRADESMAN of last week, was caused by the withdrawal of the ‘‘Fer- mentum” people, who became weary over the underhanded competition of smaller rivals who failed to live up to the agreement. —_——~. 2 Potts Changed to McKinley. Mc KIntey, April 2—I write to inform you that the bad, busy and booming town of Potts is no more, having been changed in name to Mc Kinley, and entered upon a new career of prosperity. The H. M. Loud & Sons Lumber Co. will soon start their railroad in full blast, operating twenty-five mogul en- gines. Things will hum when they get to running. B. W. McCreedy has put in a line of millinery goods. A. KIMBALL. _—_ -O- - The Hardware Market. The iron and nail markets appear to be rather weak. Jobbers are now taking orders for axes for next season, at the same prices ruling a year ago—$6.50 to $7, according to quality. change in barbed wire. There is no Rope remains stationary. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. BUSINESS LAW. Last Resort. EVIDENCE—LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. According to the decision of the New York Court of Appeals, entries made in partnership books before the tormation of alimited partnership by the former partners and another entering as a special partner, of which the latter is not shown to have knowledge. are inad- missible in evidence against him to show that the special partner has not paid his contribution in cash. PARTNER—LOAN—NOTE. If a partner borrow money on his own credit and gives his own note for it, the partnership is not liable therefor, al- though the money may be used by the partnership; but where the money was borrowed for the use and benefit of the original firm, and the payment of the note assumed by it and succeeding mem- bers of the firm, the succeeding partner- ship is liable. So held by the Appellate Court of Indiana in the case of Case et ai. vs. Ellis. CHATTEL MORTGAGES—FRAUD — POSSES- SION. The Supreme Court of Illinois held, in the recent case of Deering et al. vs. Washburn, that a chattel mortgage, where the mortgagor retained possession ot the property with an agreement that he might sell the same in the usual course of business, he paying the pro- ceeds of such sale over to the mortgagee, wus fraudulent and void as to ereditors ot the mortgagor, and that the statute granting the mortgagor permission to re- tain pession of property mortgaged con- templated that such possession should remain with the grantor and not that he should have such possession for the pur- pose of sale. MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT — STATE LI- CENSE. The Supreme Court of Louisiana held, in the case of McClellan vs. Pettigrew, that the agent of the manufacturer of elocks in another state who solicits or- ders for them in Louisiana is not subject to the payment of a license tax. The court said that the agent would be liable to the tax imposed by section 23, act No. 150, of 1890, if the ecloeks had been shipped to Louisiana, and after they had been located in Louisiana the agent, by peddling them, disposed of them, and added: ‘‘Whether the tax can be im- posed, either directly on the goods intro- duced into this state or by license on the party who is intrusted with their sale, depends upon the fact whether the goods have been incorporated into the general mass Of property subject to taxation. If the manufacturer in another state sends an agent to Louisiana to find patronage tor his manufactured goods still at the factory, and he takes orders, and these xoods are shipped directly to the agent, to be delivered to the purchaser, he is not liable to said license tax imposed by said act. It is immaterial whether the sale is perfected by delivery. The clause of the constitution of the United States whieh declares that Congress shall have power to regulate commerce among the several states extends to negotiations for the sale of manufactured articles situated in another state. ‘Therefore, any license tax imposed upon an agent or solicitor tor soliciting orders for said goods by sample is in violation of said clause of Se constitution of the United States.’’ STENOGRAPHERS’ CHARGES — COMBINA- TION. in the case of More vs. Bennett the Supreme Court of Hiinois held that an association of stenographers formed to | establish and maintain uniform rates of charges, and to prevent competition among its members under certain penal- ties, was illegal, as being in restraint of trade and against publie policy, and that one member could not maintain an action against another for damages occasioned by the latter underbidding the former in violation of the rules of the association. The Court saic: ‘‘Contracts in partial restraint of trade which the law sustains Summarized Decisions from Courts of | are those which are entered into by a | vendor of a business and its good-will | with his vendee, by which the vendor agrees not to engage in the same busi- | ness within a limited territory, and the restraint, to be valid, must be no more extensive than is reasonably necessary | for the protection of the vendee in the | enjoyment of the business purchased. | But in the present case there is no pur- | chase or sale of any business, nor any |other analogous circumstance giving to ;one party a just right to be protected a‘rainst competition from the other. All | of the members of the association are en- | | } } | | OF COURSE YOU SOMETHING TO |}gaged in the same business within the | | Then Harken Not to same territory, and the object of the as- sociation is purely and simply to silence and stifle all competition as between its members. No equitable reason for such restraint exists, the only reason put for- competition as it existed prior to the or- stenographie work had been reduced too far, and the association was organized for the purpose of putting an end to all competition, at least as between those who could be ind: ced to become mem- bers.”’ RAILROAD LIABILITY—AGENT—DISEASE. A question of some novelty was de- cided by the Supreme Court of Kansas in the recent Company, in which it was where a railroad’s ticket agent at a sta- ease, and another person came in con- tact with him in purchasing a railroad ticket at the station and thereby con- was not liable in damages therefor. if neither the company nor any of its su- perior officers had any knowledge that the ticket agent had the disease. The court said: ‘‘It is the rule that where the owner of a house, office or other tene- ment, knowing that it is so infected by the smallpox or any other contagious disease as to be unfit for occupation and to endanger the health and lives of the occupants, and, concealing this knowl- edge from the person invited, induces him to hire, oceupy or visit it, and the person so hiring or invited takes a dis- ease by reason of the infection, the owner is guilty of actionable negligence. In such a ease, however, it must be shown that the owner knew that the house, “office or tenement was so infected as to endanger the health or life of any person who might visit or occupy it. Knowledge is an element in the intent essential to liability. * * * The neg- ligent or accidental act, if any, of the agent in imparting a contagious disease to Long, the purchaser of the railroad ticket, was not within the scope of his authority so as to charge the company, his master. The sickness of an agent with a contagious disease cannot be pre- sumed to be authorized or directed by the master, and is not an incident in any way to the employment of selling tickets or acting as agent at a station.” Se Lost the Bet. He was smart of course. He knew it. It was an old joke, but he had only just heard of it, so he thought it wore short pants and was twenty years this side of a hirsute appendage. They called him Sampson—probably because he had so much on his shoulders. “There ain’t a nail in that shoe,” said old Andy Briggs, who only knew Sampson by sight. *‘How so?’’? queried Sampson. “Cause it?s a sewed shoe, that’s why. I never wear one put together with nails an’ pegs.”’ “Pll bet you 50 cents [I can find nails in that shoe.” : “Pll take that bet, my boy,’’ said old Andy. Taking off his shoe he handed it to Sampson. Now, then, find your nails.” Sampson pointed to old Andy’s foot. “If you didn’t have five good nails in that shoe when we bet my name ain’t what it is.’’ He reached out for the stakes. “Hol up, old Sassafras,” eried Andy, pulling off his sock. ‘‘It’s cork an’ plas- ter; the original’s at Antietam. This makes $82.50 LU’ ve won off that chestnut.” ward being that, under the influence of | case of Long vs. Railroad | held that} tracted the disease, the railroad company | The Calamity at once ORDER ganization of the association, prices for | WANT Ku swA POINTER—°e--+ LIVem Ur TRADE! Wailer but a ease of LION COFFEE | Lion Coffee is sold in 1-Ib. packages, two are sold in bulk only. “ trade. ROASTERS OF High Grade Coffees, TOLEDO, - - OHIO. Lion Coffee, O. D. Java and Standard Maracaibo are our lead- ing brands, and all we ask of merchants is to give them a trial. never 1 The combination of all three is tidn was afficied with a contaipious ais. | Just what merchants need in the store, to suit all classes of n bulk: the other | Write Your Jobber for Quotations or Address WOOLSON SPICE GO, =k. WINTERNITZ, RESIDENT AGENT, 106 Kent Sr., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Facts Talk Louder Than 3,487,275 SOLD IN 1886. Words !? 3,609,575 SOLD IN 1887, 5,092,350 SOLD IN 1888, | 0,690,026 SUD Ou. MLD , § 6,983,207 Sold in 1891 This is not an ordinary monument, but a TAGLE of BEN-HUR Sold by leading dealers all over the United States. showing the monumental success of our ce! RECORD BREAKERS (10e or 3 for 25c) (The Great These Cigars are by far the most popular in the market to-day. EXACT FIGURES, 1 ebrater 5e Cigar. vy. MAD] Ask for i. HONOR. them. MOEBS & CO, Mantiacturers, DETROIT and CHICAGO. : d a bites ch seat Ae eSB a RE Silaied data ae Coke U aa Ni doES USL Re ibiseserhink Seip aneone todas 10 HOSPITALITY AN HEROIC VIRTUE. Hospitality has, in every age, been lauded as one of the most important of the virtues. It is enjoined and com- mended in the doctrines and precepts of the world’s chief religions and by the wisest rulers and teachers of every country. he stranger in a strange land is held to be a proper object of compassion and kind treatment, if not of charity itself, because he is, in a measure, helpless and at the mercy of the people among whom accident, the will of others or his own may have brought him, and, there- fore, to take any mean advantage of his dependent condition choice would be cruel, cowardly and wicked. How beautiful soever such a doctrine of hospitality may be, we discover that it obtains with most constancy and power among peoples and in states of society that are comparatively rude and settled. It savages and in countries that are sparsely is peculiarly the virtue of barbarians, and of the poor. It is the istom in the camp, the cabin and on tke cl frontier, instead of in the crowded city oe palace. Everybody remembers the brave and hearty hospitality ten- dered by Rhoderic Dhu to his foeman 2 two doughty warriors share the when same rude meal and address themselves to sleep by the same camp fire, to rise next morning to a duel to the death. ‘Stranger is a holy name, and shelter and rest and food and fire, in vain he never must require,’? was the declara- tion of the Highland chief, and it ex- presses a sentiment which many a vet- eran of the great American war, indeed of every war, has felt in giving or re- ceiving the shelter and cheer of the watchfire camp. No people have been more distin- guished for the cds of hospitality than have the American Indians. No stranger ever asked hospitality of them in vain, although while the inmates of one lodge were entertaining him with the best they had, the people in the next lodge would most likely be stealing his such @ ract horse or other effects. tection would not interfere with the per hospitality of those upon whom the duty of dispensil it had fallen his will be found the experience of ali who have been familiar with the wild tribes of the American aborigines, and like accounts have been given of the natives of most other uncivilized races, with exceptions against some few of the tribes of Africa and Asia and some of the South be born murderers and cannibals. A Sea Islanders, who appear to pleasing story is told of the people of Yoruba, in Western Africa, to the effect that water is stored in large jars near every hut or roadside shed and may be had for the asking or taken freely by the passing traveier. It is one of the un- written laws of the country that the traveler may stop at any farm or field and cook sufficient food from the stand- ing crops for one meal, but it would be considered a heinous offense to carry any away with him. The hospitality of the frontier and of the mining camp is quite as characteristic. The idea which strikes us in all this is that hospitality is a quality inherent in all brave, self-reliant and hardy peoples. It is the virtue of the soldier, the hunter, he frontiersman, the pioneer of the races that conquer, colonize and explore. 3ut it is cherished only under conditions . HE comparatively rude. It is a virtue of the country not of the city; it fades away before a high degree of civiltzation. Civilization in its simplest form is friendly to the stalwart virtues. So long as it confines itself to improving the minds and morals and ameliorating the greater hardships and discomforts of human life it does not seriously change habits of living and thinking. But the higher civilization is the em- ployment of all science, art and knowl- edge to multiply physical comforts and to minister to bodily ease. This higher civilization is luxury, and its effect, if not its mission, is to debauch and ener- vate. A luxurious people cannot pre- serve the qualities and the characteris- tics of the hunter and soldier tribes. Luxury is for him who can command it, while he who cannot must go without. The poverty of him who lacks is of small concern to him who enjoys, and so the very root of true hospitality is destroyed. True, charity survives in such a state, There is something contemptuous in the giving of but charity is not hospitality. alms, but hospitality is heroic. Heroic virtues have little scope in the midst of luxury. er ee How to Indorse a coe. J. H. Blacklock in Baltimore Journal « Commerce. There are several ways of adie a check for deposit. Some simply write their name across the back without speci- fying that the proceeds are to be paid to anybody in particular. dorsed passes from hand to hand _ bank note, and if it be lost in the mail, or stolen, it may be cashed by the | bank upon which it was drawn as if the check had been originally drawn to bearer. Moreover, when a check is once indorsed in blank, that is by the payee simply writing his name across the back, the payment cannot be restricted by any sub- sequent indorsement. For example: It would be useless for the bank where the check is deposited to indorse, ‘‘Pay to} the order of such and such a bank,” naming its out-of-town correspondent. Such an attempt to restrict the payment | of the check would not amount to any- thing after the first payee had indorsed | in blank. | A favorite way to indorse a check is, | **For deposit only to the credit of.” This | is good enough as faras it goes. The} trouble isthat such an indorsement trans- | fers the title to the check to the bank] where it is deposited, and if it be followed | up by similar indorsements as tt passes | from bank to bank on the way to its final | destination, the title is transferred at} every stage. Now, the check having| reached the bank on which it is drawn, it is paid and the money starts on the} return trip. If at any point on the way | back a bank should fail with the money } in its possession, that money would go into the general fund to be distributed pro rata among the creditors. But if the original holder of the check were to indorse in this w ay, ‘Collect for account of” or *‘Collect for my account,’’ then these words would operate as a notice to all concerned that the «riginal holder had not parted with his title to the check, and that all subsequent holders were agents for the purpose of collecting only. | If, after the check has been cashed and the proceeds are on the way back, any bank should fail with the proceeds in its possession, the original holder can fol- low the proceeds of his check and com- pel the receiver to pay over the amount to him in full. It is worth while noting that checks should be cashed promptly. This is*a/| case in which it may truly be said that | delays are dangerous and sometimes fatal. The bank may fail, or the drawer may fail, or his funds may be attached in some legal proceeding, or the drawer may die. Massachusetts is probably the only State in the Union which provides, by Act of Legislature, that a bank may pay checks for a certain time after the death | of the drawer. | MICHIG FAN This is the least | desirable of any way, for a check so in- | 5000 Sold. se ADESMAN. Patented 1887. Why Wanted, It’s the original of its class. it’s the favorite with Druggis‘s, Clothiers, Shoe S.ores, Hatters, Gro- cers, Hardware Dealers, General Merchants, Bak- ers, Butchers, Millers. Ho- tels, Duirymen, Laundries and investigate the Amer ican Cash Regis.er before purchasing. You will probably say as this party does: Dear Sirs: We will say that for our business we greatly prefer your ‘‘Desk Cashier” to the National, even at the same price, for every business selling bills of goods, or odd number sales your Desk Cashier is preferable to the National, not considering price. We are so well pleased with it that with our three Desks we consider our cash sys & tem almost complete. - tg CHAS. E General Merc he ants Mayville, Wis. and in fact every retail dealer who wants correct methods. Write us this day for de- scription and prices. iate and local agents wanted AMERICAN CASH REGISTER GO, 947 to! ts. tie. Ghicag. For Bakings of All Kinds Use leischmann & Go0.8 Unrivaled Compressed Yeast, SUPPLIED FRESH DAILY To Grocers Everywhere. Special attention is mvited to our YELLOW LABEL which is affixed to every cake of our Yeast, and which serves TO DISTINGUISH Qur Goods from worthless Imitations. B OYSTERS P&B We close this department of our business, for the present Season, Saturday, April 2d, We thank the trade in general for the et al patronage given us, and we hope our efforts to merit it will be the means of again securing your orders when the next season opens, September 1 THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. PERETI IS & BESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS. 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WE CARRY A STOCK GF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. e MERCANTILE AGENCIES.—(Continued. ) Written for THE TRADESMAN. In accordance with the promise in my last article, I shall undertake to say a/| few words in reference to the liability of of mercantile agencies doing a collection | business. In the first place, almost all agencies who doa reporting business also handle collections, it seeming to be almost a necessary part of their business, and as almost every one, at some time in his business career, is tempted to employ an ageney in the collection of his claims, a statement with reference to the liability of an agency handling such business, will be of genera! interest. In the first place, it may be stated as a general rule, that the liability of an ageney is governed by the contract made between the agency and the owner of the claim. tract is merely an implied contract, no In most cases, however, the con- express terms being agreed upon, unless it be as to the rate percent. to be charged by the agency for the work it does. Usually a bare receipt is given for the collection and the liability of the agency in some cases, and in all cases where the terms are not defined, is to be determined | from the general law of contracts. By undertaking to collect an agency | does not insure a collection; and early in the history of agencies, it was thought | that the taking of aclaim for collection was an implied agreement upon the part of the agency to forward it to its local correspondent, and to act merely as a forwarder of the claim and as the agent for the receipt of the money and the} turning of it over to the client. That its liability did not extend to the loss of | the money by failure of the correspondent | to pay it over, and that it was only bound to use ordinary and reasonable diligence in the selection of capable and honest correspondents and reasonable diligence | in following up the claim. There ean be no doubt that if the terms of the con- tract expressly state that such is the position of the agency, that is that it shall be the agent merely for the purpose of forwarding a claim, the agency can- not be held responsible after using ordi- nary and reasonable diligence in preform- ing its duties. The law in latter times, however, is much more severe upon the agencies, where there is no stated contraet absolv- ing it from liability. The position of the agency is now said to be the same as} that of the attorney doing like work, and the law with reference to it is the same. In the leading case, Bradstreet vs. Ever- | son, 72 Fa. St., undertook to collect certain claims be- longing to their customer, giving the following receipt: J. M. BRADSTREET & Son, Improved Mercantile Ageney. PITTSBURGH, June 2, 1865. Received of Messrs. Everson, Preston | & Co., 4 duplicate acceptances for collee- tion, vs. Watt C. Bradford, Memphis, Tenn., amounting to $1,726.37. J. M. BRADSTREET & SON. In delivering the opinion of the court, | the judge observed: ‘‘It is argued, not- | withstanding the express receipt for col- lection, that the defendants did not undertake for themselves to collect, but only to submit to a proper and respon- sible attorney, and made themselves liable only for diligence in correspond- | ence and giving the necessary infor- mation to the plaintiffs; or, in briefer 124, a mereantile agency | ' eaee | terms, that the attorney in Memphis was inot their agent for the collection, but | that of the plaintiff's only. The current | of decision, however, is otherwise as to | attorneys at law sending claims to cor- | respondents for collection, and the} reasons for applying the same rules to | collection agencies are even stronger. | They have their selected agents in every | | part of the country. From the nature of | | such ramified institutions, we must con- clude that the public impression will be | that the agency invites customers on the | | very ground of its facilities for making | | distant collections. It must be presumed | | from its business connection at remote | points and its knowledge of the agents | chosen, that the agency intends to under- | take the preformance of the service | | which the individual customer is unable | | | to preform for himself. There is good | | reason, therefore, to hold that such an | agency is liable for collections made by | | its own agents, when it undertakes the | | collection by the express terms of the | receipt.’’ There was another case arising and de- cided at Philadelphia in 1870, where the j receipt given by the agency read as fol- | lows: | For collection according to direction, j}and proceeds when received by us to be | paid over to King & Baird. Across the face of this was written: N. B.—The owner of the within men- | | tioned taking all the risks of the mail, the losses by failure of agents to remit and also the losses by reason of insurrec- | tion or war. By thus limiting their liability, the jageney was decided to have been re- lieved of sought to be responsibility | charged against it. Other eases deciding that the attorney undertaking the collection of claims, | who fails to limit his liability in the re- ceipt or agreement to make the collection, | is liabie for losses occurring through the negligence, ete., of his agents, may be | found in Pennsylvania, Alabama, Indi- ana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and else- | where. Won. C. SPRAGUE. ——— - 2 Abolish the Absurd Postal Note. We do not know to what befogged mind we are indebted for that colossal absurdity, the postal note. We do not know why fractional currency, which | could be had at par, was retired and the postal note, ata premium of three cents japieee, substituted. The postal note, being payable to bearer at any postoffice, lis no safér than fractional currency, and it is attended with the inconvenience of going to the postoffice and getting one of these little documents filled out and | punched. After all this is done the buyer has only given one kind of cur- rency at par to secure another kind ata premium. The retaining of this absurd | system in our otherwise excellent postal service shows a lack of business edu- ication somewhere. If anyone can show | any good reason why fractional currency was traded of for the postal note he will throw a flood of light upon a very dark place. If anyone can see any objection | to a paper dime that would not apply to |a paper dollar he has higher powers of | discernment than most mortals possess. | By the light in which we view it the ery |of the business public should be until further notice: Abolish the postal note! Give us fractional eurrency. MERCHANT. —_—_ << People hate the man who is a constant | drain on their sympathy. MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Clothing and General Store Merchants will do well to Inspect the Line of Michael Kolb & Son, Wi BC loting Mannfactarers ROCHESTER, N. Y. Most Reliable House, established 35 years. The senior member of this firm being a practical tailor, personally superintends the manufacturing department, and has the reputation of making the best fitting garments and most select choice in styles, of all. WILLIAM CONNOR, Box 346, Marshall, Mich, | patterns and designs, adapted for all classes of trade and sold at such low prices, fand upon such equitable terms as not to fear any competition, and within reach William Connor, representative of above tirm in Michigan, begs to announce that the trade can secure some Closing Out Bargains for Spring and Summer trade which will be sold at astonishingly low prices. Mr. Connor also takes pleasure in calling attention to his nice line of Boy’s and Children’s Clothing as well as to his great selection of Men’s Suitings, Spring Overcoats and Pants, all closing out to the trade at marvelous- y low prices. Largest line of Prince Alberts and Cork Screw Cutaways in faney and plain. Mail orders promptly attended to, or write William Connor, Box 346 Marshall, Mich., and he will soon be with you to show you our full line, and he will supply you with the leading merchants’ printed opinions as te the honesty of our goods and prices Mr. Connor’s Next Date. Wm. Connor, clothing salesman for Michael Kolb & Son, will be at Sweet’s Hotel on Friday, April 8. NNOUNCEMENT PID DIDI \ rere We have removed our Manufacturing Department to the new building which we have erected solely for our own use at 330 and 335 Lafayette Avenue, on the same street, but seven blocks distant from the new Post Office building, and easily reached from our store by the Con- gress and Baker, or Fort street cars. Our specialty in manufacturing will bea high grade of Ladies’ Fine Shoes in Hand-Turned, also Men’s and Women’s Goodyear Welt and Machine Sewed, and Misses’ and Children’s in Machine Sewed. In “Low Cuts,” both Hand-Turned and Machine Sewed, we are showing one of the most desirable medium priced lines now offered to the trade. Sample orders will have prompt and personal attention. H-S: ROBIN SON ANDC OMPANY- DETROIT, MICH General Agency of the CLANDEE HUBBER CO. A ioe Lia A No es THE VALUE OF VACATIONS. Twenty-five centuries ago Isaiah cried | unless work is dropped and a vacation |taken. He must leave home, else he will THE MICHIGAN ning gorge and river, and, reclining in our easy chair, brings a bird’s-eye view of to the Jewish people who were slow to/ see a thousand things which need doing | some of the most delightful scenes which walk in the way of rest and peace: ‘‘Pre- cept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little;’’ and the admon- ition is just as applicable to-day as then for the over-worked and over-burdened merchants who refuse to see that they need rest from toil te accomplish the best purposes of life. If this essay will help some brother storekeeper to make his work easier, the writer will be well paid. Possibly I have not had as much ex- | perience behind the counter as older merchants, but few of them have spent more hours in their stores for the last ten years, and none enjoy a vacation | more than myself. The question is asked: ‘“‘Are merchants benefited financially, physically and mentally by vacations and trips away from home, and why would atrip from Chicago to New York City, via Chautauqua Lake, be especially at- tractive?’’ Naturally, the physical point in this discussion comes first in order, because it has the mort important bearing upon the subject. Mental strength largely de- pends upon physical conditions, and bus- iness success certainly leans upen both, so that without the physique there can be little satisfactory progress in a voca- tion drawing upon every individual re- source, as modern storekeeping most cer- tainly dees. Judging from the experience of every merchant in the land, vacations are physically beneficial. It is as true to-day as when Solomon penned the statement that ‘‘Much study is a weari- ness of the flesh.” Who spends more hours in diligent study than the enter- prising merchant, and to whom is a change and rest more essential? To say nothing of the brain labor required to plan his business, to instruct his clerks, to watch his accounts, and to keep things level, he is often the victim of an atmos- phere tainted by the odors arising from highly colored goods, poisonous paints, inks and other articles confined in close rooms, and of that more treacherous poison arising from the impure breath of the many constantly passing in and out of the store. The only certain remedy is pure air and plenty of it. To get that, and free- dom from care with it, is the thing to be sought. The change which comes by making the hammock, oar, bicycle, gun and fishing rod play a part in his recon- struction may tire one member, but they rest another, and the whole system is again brought into the nermal condition, Work seems like play, former disagreeable so that he feels like another man. tasks are now light Jabors, and all things become new. The fact is, he must have vacations if he expects to have strength for a prolonged business life. As to mental benefit, can there be a question as to its positive necessity? The man who asks twenty times a day: ‘‘How ean I extend my business?” ‘‘How can 1 meet competition?” ‘‘How can I get the best returns for capital invested, risks “What shall >and what refuse?” ‘‘Who shall I and how shall 1 handle the sly taken, work performed?’’ j bu trus dead-beat?” of ease, and grappling these problems y ; t ] ‘ ry hedec sleeps on no flowery beds will wreck the mind of the strongest man if allowed to continue without intermis- sion. Here, too, rest and change is the but they cannot be obtained remedy ; |}and then no vacation. Sleep is of little | value when constantly disturbed, so rest |is valueless without change of work and | surroundings. Let his mind be drawn jinto other channels of thought, and in | contact with other minds, perhaps better |informed than his own and which have) advanced ideas of business, and his own mental faculties will be sharpened and broadened, will cover new territory and | will be raised to a higher plane of busi- | ness possibilities. A blacksmith might |as well try to rest hammering on his anvil as a merchant to undertake to find mental recreation at his office desk. Turning to the financial phase of the question, we think it can be proven that 'the merchant is benefited. Health — | which is more than wealth—has been renewed; thought has been quickened, the reasoning powers enlarged, so that on his return he carries into his work an increased activity ef both mind and body. The vacation has brought to his notice) improved store decorations, new forms |} of advertising, and fresh experiences of successful business men. He is now more alive to the needs of bis work, bet- ter prepared to use his strength to the best advantage, and all this knuwledge Work weil planned 2 lie colus into Cash. Saves time, and ‘‘Time is money.’’ Sys- tem economizes and ‘*Economy is wealth.” There are many reasons why the trip proposed would be beneficial, and to me especially so. Anyone whose boyhood |like my own has been spent on a farm and followed by years in a country store, could not fail to gather new inspiration j}and fresh impulses from a visit to the |leading cities of this continent — New | York and Chicago—with possibly a side |run to Philadelphia, Boston and Wash- |ington. The enterprise of Chicago of itself is enough to make a merchant’s |; heart beat quicker. While there we should get the best business information, and in every place which fortune should afford the opportunity of visiting we should try to quickly catch the best pos- sible on handling, arranging, displaying and buying goods to advantage, all im- portant information to the merchant. Not too much of this, however, lest we fail in the main object, that is, rest. Here comes to the mind’s eye of the weary storekeeper a steamer out of New York, a day on old ocean’s wave, and, if opportunity permits, a bath in the briny deep whose waters lave the shores To the West- ern country merchant whose eyes have never rested upon the sight of the statue of Liberty which guards the entrance into New York harbor, the shipping in of the ‘‘my ain countrie.’’ the bay, the Brooklyn bridge swinging in mid-air, and the thousand other scenes which will attract him, will be like a leaf from the book of life’s education. We come to Chautauqua, one of the intellectual centers of this great land, affording to the weary rest and to the overburdened quiet and pleasure. Here the soul can feast on the highest and purest expressions of human thought, the ear can be delighted with music, and amid the beautiful scenery of lake and hillside, cottage and lawn, there can be but one regret, and that the farewell to these grand associations. The Erie speeds us homeward through some of the most enchanting scenery of the land, past mountain and lake, span- | the human eye can rest upon. | If all this will not bring rest and re- icles if it will not quicken the | blood in one’s veins, the mental current |of life to flow more swiftly through the brain; if it will not benefit mind, body and pocket; if it will not cause the | thoughts to fly upward to Him who is | the Giver of all things good and beauti- | ful—what will? In conclusion, but a faint picture has been drawn of the physical, mental and | financial benefits to be derived by the worn-out merchant from a trip from Chi- cago to New York via Chautauqua Lake, | but let us hope that every one of them is |in store for some weary brother who may take this very vacation this very summer, jand be benefited thereby. Then may | he quote with Dryden: “Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than for the doctor for a nauseous draught; The wise for cure on exercise depend: God never made his work for man to mend.” D. W. SHEPHERD. — 2 ie Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons GOLD MEDAL, PARIS, 1878. W. Baxer & Cos & Breakfast ie §(0c0a Is Absolutely Pure and itis Soluble. Unlike the Dutch Process No alkalies o1 [other chemical: lor dyes are usec in its manufac: A description of the chocolate | lant, and of the various cocoa anc | hecolate preparations manufac- j}ured by Walter Baker & Co., wil lve sent free to any dealer or lupplication. V. BAKER & 8., Dorchester, Mass Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Nuts, Figs, Dates, A Full Line always Carried by THK PUYNAM GANDY 60. Important to Gro Gers ald Bakers | The Only Reliable We respect honest competiti methods in trade and meet a competitors. Special attention given to ou Sold in this market for Endorsed Telephone 566. FERMENTUM Compressed Yeast on, but deprecate unscrupulous ll prices made by illegitimate t-of-town-trade. the past Fifteen Years. Far Superior to any other. Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited. Wherever Used. L, WINTERNITZ, State Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich. 106 Kent St. wigs & THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Purely Personal. Edward L. Merritt, Mulliken, was in week. Herbert Montague, General Manager of the Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co., was in town over Sunday, the guest of S. A. Sears. general dealer at town one day last Wm. H. Van Leeuwen, the Cherry street druggist, is lying near the point of death at his residence on Fountain |! street. Chas. F. Irish, of Rochester, N. Y., has been spending a week with his brother-in-law, W. F. Blake. He was accompanied by his wife. Chas. 8. Brooks, who has been very ill with typho-malarial fever, was reported dead Monday morning, but the rumor was afterward contradicted. A. B. Schumaker, the Grand Ledge druggist and grocer, has been confined to his house for a fortnight with a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism. Heman G. is expected home from Mt. Clemens to-day, having suffi- ciently recovered from the rheumatism to enable him to resume his duties with the Olney & Judson Grocer Co. Byron Beerman, of the firm of Lam- oreaux & Beerman, general dealers at Fruitport, has engaged as first on the Atlanta, one of the Transportation Co.’s best boats. Geo. Vernier, who has conducted the hardware business at Crystal for the past fifteen years, is looking for a new tion. Barlow engineer Goodrich loca- Ile was in Grand Rapids a couple of days last week in furtherance of that aim. Fred L. Fallas, of the firm of E. Fallas & Son, has removed to Lowell and embarked in the butter and egg bus- iness. He has also leased ten land and will put up pickles kraut in the fall. C. J. Brook, formerly engaged in trade at Wolverine, has former acres of and sauer- taken the management of the Delta Lumber Co.’s store at Thomp- | son. The Cheboygan Tribwie to be congratulated. E. C. Wright, the Cereal Milling Co., has decided to embark in the tea, coffee and spice busi- ness at Kalamazoo, having rented the store at 114 North Burdick street. He expects to open for about April 10. Frank M. Daniels, the Traverse City grocer, has invented a computing attach- ment which can be applied to any grocers’ scale. The device is now in the hands of patent attorneys, who assure him that the invention is a valuable one and that they will, undoubtedly, be a generic patent. D. W. Shepherd, of the firm of T. H. Shepherd & Bro., general dealers at Martin, was in town last Wednesday. Mr. Shepherd acquired a national repu- tation last year as the writer of the best essay on ‘‘Summer Vacations”? for Mixed Stocks, the prize being a three weeks’ business able to secure trip through the Eastern cities as far as | Boston, which Mr. Shepherd thoroughly | enjoyed. in reproducing the article on another page of this week’s issue. ENGRAVING It pays to illustrate your business. Portraits, Cuts of Business Blocks, Hotels, Factories, Machinery, etc., made to order from photo- graphs, THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, Grand Rapids, Mich. 17 ae of Development HAVE RESULTED IN THE AUTOGRAPH REGISTER, basirany h makes, automatically, a fac-simile dupli | cate and triplicate, while mi king x Original bills | receipts, orders, ee ete. The original * given to the customer, the duplicate to the cash- ier, and the triplicate is rolled up inside as a record, and can be taken out at any time for ex amination. It is absolutely incorruptil le, al ways ready, and does not permit dishonesty or carelessness. It is alike a protection to the cus tomer, the salesman and the merchant. These Machines are rented, not sold, and the saving in cost of Each 20,000 bills Pays the Rental, SUITABLE FOR ANY BUSINESS. Send for a Full Descriptive Pamphlet Showing Different Styles. CHICAGO Antographic Register Co, 154 Monroe St., Chicago. W. VERNON Booru. Pres’t. Cuas. P. STEVENS, See’y and Gen. Mgr The Peck Cash Register .> _—____ The Production of Bay Rum. Bay rum is manufactured in Dominica from the dried leaves of pimenta acris. It is procured by distillation in a very simple manner. The leaves are picked from the trees and then dried; in this State they are placed in the retort, which is then filled with water and the process of distillation is carried on. The vapor is then condensed in the usual way and forms what is known as “‘bay oil,” a very small quantity of which is required for each puncheon of rum. The manufac- ture of bay rum is carried on at the north- ern end of Dominica, and proves a very lucrative business to those engaged in it, as the plants are plentiful in that district. Ammonia in Case of Fire. The great usefulness of carbonic acid water in extinguishing fire is well known. According to a reportin a French journal, the vapor of ammonia has been used with a similar result. A vessel of gasoline had become ignited, and the flames re- sisted all efforts tosubdue it until a bottle of ammonia water was thrown into the apartment and, broken by the act, lib- erated the vapor of ammonia. The flames, it is said, were immediately extinguished. This application of ammonia should be fully investigated. It is almost always at handin the store, is much easier to bring into use than carbonated water, and if as effective as reported, might pre- vent many a disastrous conflagration. i. << — on Another Postal Telegraph Bill. There was some talk some time ago to the effect that the illfeeling supposed to have existed between Jay Gould and Postmaster-General Wanamaker had given place to more friendly relations, and that the result of a better under- standing between them would appear during the present session of Congress in a new sort of Postal Telegraph Dill. Heretofore the Postal Telegraph bills have contemplated either the leasing of existing lines or the building of new lines to be operated in competition with existing systems. There was introduced in Congress last week a bill, understood to have the ap- proval of the Postmaster-General, which possibly represents an agreement between the Postoffice Department and Western Union, and at the same time looks as though it might yield practical results. it proposes that the Postoffice Depart- ment shall contract with existing tele- graph companies for the transmission of messages which are to be collected and delivered by letter carriers. The adop- tion of this plan would bring 500 cities having free delivery into direct electrical communication. The telegraph com- panies, it is claimed, can afford to trans- mit these message at a low rate because they have none of the expenses of col- lection or delivery. Practically, a person dropping a letter in a postal telegraph envelope in a box in Chicago would have it taken up at the next collection, tele- graphed to its destination and there de- -livered in the next carrier’s delivery. —o > <— A Clever Swindle. Retail merchants of all classes in cer- tain sections of the country have recent- ly been cleverly buncoed out of small sums of money by two young men work- ing as confederates. One starts out os- tensibly on the hunt among the stores for rare coins. He interests the mer- chants in his search and leaves with each a catalogue giving prices of the coins he wishes to secure. In a day or two his companion puts in an appear- ance, purchases some trifling article and lays down in payment a coin of old date. Almost immediately he snatches it up again, explaining that it is a pocket piece and one that he does not care to part with. The storekeeper, remember- ing his first caller, asks to see the coin, and a consultation of the catalogue shows that it is valued at $25. After some haggling the owner consents to part with the coin for $15. The merchant waits several days for the first caller to come again, becomes suspicious, makes inquiry of a numismatist, and finds that his coin is worth exactly its face value— no more. The men are said to have been making about $100 a day by this scheme. oe The Drug Market. Citric acid is advancing. Cocoaine has declined. Cloves are lower. Cinchonidia has advanced. Gum gamboge is lower. Ipecac root has declined. Salacine is lower. Canary seedisadvancing. Hemp seed is lower. California yellow mus- tard seed isadvancing. Opium is steady. Morphia is unchanged. Quinine is dull. Turpentine Linseed oil has advanced. is lower. Do You Want Dyes That satisfy your customers? That net you a good profit? That are in fact ‘‘Perfection?” Cushing's Perfection Dyes. Ali our goods will be delivered carriage paid either by mail or express. DEALERS’ WHOLESALE PRICE LIST. 1 doz packages, 8 80 6 doz packages, 4 20 3 a“ “oe 2 25 3 “ee ay 8 00 One gross in cabinet, with advertising matter, $9 All goods delivered free. Send cash with order, and address all orders to B. A. ALMY, Middleville, Mich, CINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address PECK BROS., “Gran Rarips™ POULTRY. We are very large receivers of the above ar- ticles and are prepared to sell your shipments promptly at the highest market price and vive you quick returns. We also receive andsell HAY, GRAIN, WOOL, HIDES, GRASS SEED, BEANS, POTATOES, GREEN AND DRIED FRUITS, Boe ee a ANE eit romicstod. Write us for prices or any information you may want. SUMMERS, MORRISON & CO.. Commission Merchants, 174 S. WATER ST., - CHICAGO, ILL Reference: Metrovolitan Natl Bank, Chicago. Be sure and Mention this Paper. SCHLOSS, ADLER & GO, MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF Pants, Shirts, Overalls Lessee NEBr Gents Furnishing Goods, 184, 186 & 188 JEFFERSON AVE., DETROIT, MICH. Playing Cards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Daniel Lynch, 19 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. ball YOu Spent If these are not good enough for ¥ can make better ones for $12, $15, $20 and upwards. We are not retailing these Which will be better appreciated by your customers, or which will.do you more good than to have 1,000 men each carry one of your Vest Pocket Memorandum Books with your advertisement on both outside cover pages? of) ou, we BOOKS We are Dot jobbing these Books’ We Make ‘Em! No quantity is too large, and the larger the quantity, the less the price per thousand, Send for samples! thing in the printing line. shipment with your memorandum books. We do not confine ourselves to making memorandum books, but execute any- Let your orders for stationery or circulars come in for PRINTING DEPARTMENT THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, THE MICHIGAN TR ADESMAN. Whoioasies Price Current. Advanced—Tonka beans, linseed oil, balm gilead buds. Declined—Po. gum gamboge, po. ipecac, cloves, cloves powd., hemp seed, salacine. ACIDUM. Boer ...... .....- 8@ 10 Benzoicum German... 60@ 65 ee 20 Cernoncnme ........... 22 30 Ci@icaum ...... . 55@ 60 Hydrochior . SS 5 Nitrocum 10@ 12 Oxalicum ...... 10@ 12 Phosphorium dil. . 20 Seiecyrcrme ........... 1 30@1 7 Sulphuricum.... . 1%@ Seeeeeeee............. ci 40@1 0 Tere ees... . 36@ AMMONIA. ay. 2 16 oe Seas cece es 34Y@ 5 la eds ue 54@ 7 eat Piaeme evens. 12@ 14 Coeere@ere ............ 122@ 14 ANILINE. SS 2 00@2 2 a al 80@1 00 See... ... ee ede eae 45@ 50 emo... 4... 2 50@3 00 BACCAE. Cubeae (po. 90)...... 80@ 90 coeeere ........-....- 8@ 10 Sentnoryram ......... 25@ 30 BALSAMUM. Coe ...... <... Peru on CORTEX. Abies, Canedian............ 18 ee... ec... pa Ciaéhoas Vieva ............ 18 Euonymus atropurp........ 30 Myrica —— ec... 20 Frome Vig... ..-........ 12 Gulliata, ord................ 14 —_ 14 Ulmus Po (Ground 12)...... 10 EXTRACTUM. Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 42@ 2% es 3@ 35 Haematox, itibhber.. 1G ne 13@ 14 ’ eo. cy. 14@ 15 ' 1... 16@ 17 FERRUM. Carbonate Precip. ..... @ 15 Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 Citrate Soluble........ @ 80 a as @ SO Solut Chloride...... @ 15 Sulphate, at. Luecuee 14 2 ' pure.. ‘ @ 7 FLORA. a es 2 ee 23@ 30 OE 2@ 30 FOLIA pees... .......... 0@ 7 Gan “acutifol, Tin- nivell ee ee BQ Ww _ Alx. 3@ 50 ni officinalis, 148 ae 8.......-....., 12@ 15 Ta Cee........---:--- 8@ 10 GUMMI. Acacia, ist picked.... @ 80 . 2d ro diese @ 55 _ eee @ 40 = sifted sorts... @ 8 © WO . cove eo 2. on = Aloe, Barb, é Cape a a @ 2 Sonie's 60). @ 50 Catechu, 1s, Cai 14 4s, Woe ieee esc ee oe 1 AUD 5... se 55@ «60 Assafootida, (po. 35)... 35@ 40 Deeeeenees...........- @ 55 Copeeeeee.............- @ 53 Euphorbium po ...... 35@ 10 Me, ccc @3 50 Gembers, po.......... W@ % Guaiacum, {po 30) .. @ ee @ Mastic . beees @ 80 Myrrh (po. 45). eee @ 40 Opii, (po 2 a uae aa 1 7%5@1 80 eee ss... 23 35 cas bleached...... 30@ 35 Tresecensm ........... 30@ 75 HERBA—In ounce packages. eee... a. ose. 25 20 25 28 23 25 30 22 I We eres ues vac 25 MAGNESIA. Cotes, Fas.......... 55@ 60 Carbonate, Pat........ W@ 2 Carbonate, K. & M.. W@ % Carbonate, Jenningd.. 35@ 36 OLEUM. y serene rg iene ee 3 50@4 00 Aimydale, ate 45Q 75 ae, Amarae.. a 00@8 25 S eeeee daeeeues se 1 75@1 80 Some Comtex....... 3 00@3 25 ‘amii Canenee............. @ 6 00 Exechthitos.......... 50@z On prlecron ..... 32 2 50 aprnere 2 00@2 10 Geranium, ounce. @ 7 Gossipli, Sem. gal.. hota 0@ F Hodpoma 000 1 40@1 50 aoeeee.... 50@2 00 Davenawe ............ 90@2 00 a 2 75@3 25 monthe Piner.......... 2 75@3 50 Mentha Verid..... . -2 20@2 30 Morrhuae, gal. 1 00@1 10 a ounce @ 50 edd e ice eeeica us 80@2 7 Picls _——— (gal..35) 10@ 12 oS 08@1 24 oe ‘ 75@1 00 Rosae, ounce.......... @6 50 Sacer... . 40Q 45 Sabina . eau oe 90@1 00 Pameee 4... 2... a 50Q@7 00 Sassafras. .... 50@ 55 Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ 65 oe. @ 9% Thyme tote ee seca. 40@ 50 ' a @ 60 Theobromas..........- 15@ 2 POTASSIUM. pCa... .......... 15@ 18 oe eeu eeeee 13@ 14 Bromide... ios, | he Carb.. _. oe Cc hlorate, (po. i6) .. eee es 18@ 20 voor... 50@ 55 ee 2 80@2 90 Potassa, Bitart, — 26 30 Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15 Petass Nitras, opt Lene 8@ 10 Potass Nitrag.......... 7G 9 Prussiate . Meseeee, 2 2 Sulphate pe -... 19 15 RADIX, es ............. 20@ 2 AMeee a AOCeIee .......:...,.. 12@ 15 nr 8... @ Calamus.. i. oo a Gentiana, (po. oh 10@ 12 Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. i6q@ is “— o Canaden, > oe @ 3 He oe, Ala, po.. 15@ 20 Eume pe........._.... 15@ 2% Ipecac, po. 2 50@2 60 Iris aioe (po. 35@38) .. 35@ 40 Jae, OF... 42 45 Maranta, igs... — @ 3 Podophyllum, Po. Lodeee 15@ 18 Rhei. «ae. GO OO " cut. Pee on @1 ” gee eae 75@1 35 spige ae il 48@ 53 Sanguinaria, (po 25). @ ® Serpentaria............ 35@ 40 a... ............. 45@ 50 Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40 se ’ @ 20 Boilies, (po, %)........ 10@ 12 Symplocarpus, Fosti- cue. 10.............. @ 3 Valeriana, Eng. (po.30) @ 2% German... 15@ 2 eee a 12@ 15 @ipeiner j.......-.. 18@ 22 SEMEN. Anisum, (po. 20). . @ 15 Apium (graveleons) . M@ 2 Ree, w.............. 4@ 6 Carul, ive, T2)......... 8@ 12 Cardamon............. 1 00@1 25 Copigncram..........- 10@ 12 Cannabis Sativa....... 34%4@4 Cy@ontais.... ........ tan @ Chenopodium ........ 10@ 12 Dipterix Odorate...... 2 25@2 35 Foeniculum..... eo. @ 15 a po.. . Ce s&s see eee 4@4% Lint, ra, (bbl. 3%)...4 @4% Lees. ......-....... 35@ 40 Phariats Canarian.. a 4% ee doe aaa . ‘ Sinapis, Albu.. 8@ 9 I Nigra.. _«. Io SPIRITUS, Frumenti, W., os Co..2 00@2 50 DF? @..... a T5Q@2 00 es ee 1 10@1 50 Juntperts Co. 1 ta -1 75@3 50 Saacharum N. -1 7T5@2 00 Spt. Vini Galli........1 75@6 50 Wind Goorte .........-. 1 25@2 00 Vini pe ee 1 25@2 00 SPONGES. Florida sheeps’ wool Cree... |... -... 2 25@2 50 Nassau sheeps’ wool ORETIONe .......,---- 2 00 Velvet extra sheeps’ wool carriage....... 10 Extra yellow sheeps’ eee... ... 85 Grass sheeps’ wool Car- eS ee 65 Hard for slate use.... 75 Yellow Reef, for slate SS 1 40 SYRUPS. Sree 2 i Me a es. 50 eit i eet tee eee Oe ee ee 50 oe er hee Seecectaae 50 50 60 50 50 50 50 50 50 TINCTURES. Aconitum Napellis R....... 60 | ° " :...... &@ oe. 60 Y one werk... 60 Co 50 Asafcetida. . oe Atrope Belladonna.......... 60 Benzoin Leela. 60 Ce ow 50 PGMAUMIAFER. 28.6... 50 poraees oe COnsneewrce................. 7 ees. Ce Game... ............... % . to - Castor .. 100 eee ee oe. 50 ceecnone ...........,....... 50 e a Comate 50 eee, 56 oes... oe a. AO. 50 | Gentian a ae 50 | a... 60 | Guaica . 50 | ane 60 | Zingtber eC oo 50 | ee 50 | Todine.. Seste ets eee OT : Colorless............. 7 Perri Chioridum............ 35 | —........ 50 | a 50 | Myrrh. 50 | Max Vouiee 50 | eRe e ees e tee esc eus 85 | ** Camphorated.. -_. OO * Teodor. . et AurantiCortex...... i ere 50 a ee eee cece 50 | Re ee cere 50 | Cassia “ee. . i Ce 50 | DERPOntArIa, ............ es — ee. 60 Tolutan . . 60 alee 50 | Veratrum Veride. 50 | MISCELLANEOUS. 4ither, Spts Nit, SF.. SB Bi 4F.. 0@ 32 | Alumen Bees eee: 24@ 3 ground, (po. ee Sen i ee 3m 4) ee 55@ 60} Antimoni, po... ‘ee 5! r et Potass T. 55@ 60 | ATI... @1 40 | TIPPCI tt. @ B| Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 63) os ............ a «6h Balm Gilead Bud.... 55@ €0} Bish & NW. 2 10@2 2} Calcium Chlor, is, (4s | 11; Mis, 2). 9 Cantharides Russian, ~~... @1 2} Capsici Fructus, af... 62 | “ss “e _.. @ 2' | se “ce po. @ 20 | Caryophylius, (po. 14) 10@ 12) Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75 | Cera, Alba, 8. 4&7... 50@ 55) Com Pave... ........ 38@ 40) COoceus..........-..... @ 4) Cassia Fructus........ @ 2 Ceperee ............. @ 10 Cenc... ......... @ 4 Chloroform . 600@ 63 squib nl @i1 25 Chioral Hyd = eee 1 25@1 50 Choise .. 5. 8... 4 25 Cinchonidine, P. & W 15@ 2 . erman 3 @ 12 —_ list, dis. per ec ee sess. 60 cuinn ee a @ 30 Creta, A meg 5) . Cee @ 2 ee 5@ 5 " 7 ......... 9@ il “ eere..........: @ 8 Crepes... 30@ 35 Cudbear. . @ xz Cupri Sulph.. 5@ 6 Monee .............. 10@ 12 Ether Sulph.. 68@ 70 Emery, hn numbers.. @ i @ & Ergota, ( 4 pe. Re 60@ 65 aa.” Pee... 2@ 15 ge ete ects sce @ B ees Li. 7 @es Gelatin, Cooper. pieces @ 7 renen........ 0@ Glassware flint, 75 and 244. by box 70 Glue, Pes ios 9@ 15 Wee lL 183@ 25 Cryoeees ............. 15%@ 2 Grana Paradisi...... @ 2 ee 25@Q 55 Hydraag Chlor Mite.. @ #; Cor @ & ” Ox ana @1 60} iss Ammoniati. @1 10 “ Unguentum. 4E@ 55) Hy@rareyrum......... @ 70 Tehthyobolla, Am.. ..1 25@1 50 ego... c......, 75@1 00 Iodine, Resubl........ 3% 85 Toggtome. |. @A 70 | Lupulin . rteccce. See Se! L copodium . Soa 55@ 60) OM oc 75@ 80 Liquor Arsen et Hy- ea @ 2 Liquor Potass Arsinitis 10@ 12 ———. Sulph (bbl eid bee baa boaee 2@ 8 sama. nF... 82@ 35 Morphia, S. P. & W...1 8@2 05} Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 24| Lindseed, boiled .... ew ee Sinapis...............55 @ 18|Neat’s Foot, winter oe ae ize 6S) © oe... @ Mi siaimed........... Moschus Canton...... @ 40! Snuff, rae De | Spirits Turpentine. . Myristica, No.1....... ie wr Vee. @ 35! | Nux Vomiea, (po 20).. @ 10] Snuff,Scotch,De. Voes @ 35) PAINTS. - 1D. | Os. Sepia... . 18@ 20} Soda Boras, (po.11). . 10@ 11| Red Venetian.......... 1% 2@3 | Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30) Ochre, yellow Mars... 1% 2@4 ee Ge @ | Soda Carh............ 6@ 2 | ce oe 2@3 Picis Liq, N.C., % gal Soda, Bi-Carb...... — 5 | Putty, commercial. =i 24@3 oe @2 00 | Soda, Ash. : - 348 4|__“ strictly pure. ....2% 2%@3 Picis Liq., quarts ....._ @1 00 /| Soda, Sainhags 2| Vermilion Prime Amer- pints... ... @ 8|Spts. EtherCo........ 50 55} _ lean .. -- 13@16 Pil Hydrarg, (po. 80). @ 50 Myrcia Dom..... @2 25| Vermilion, English../. 70@75 Piper Nigra, (po. “i ae i ‘© Myrcia Imp @3 00 | Green, Peninsular..... TO@T5S | Piper Alba, (po $5) .. @ 3 rea Rect. “bbl. |tead, red...) .... 1... 7 ae | Pix Burgun.. | a 7 2 14@2 24 i Witte ......__... 7 @i% Phampi Acet ........ .. 14@ 15| Less5e gal., cash ten days. Whiting, white Span. Qi Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal. @1 30 | Whiting, Gilders’. @% Pyrethrum, boxes Sulphur, Subl. 3 @ 4 | White, Paris American zo '&P. BD. Co., dos... @1 25 | Se 24%Q@ 3% | V —— Paris Eng. Pp a a | Penarinds ............ 8@ 10 -« i — oe 38 io Terebenth Venice.. 28@ 30/ Pioneer Prepared Painti 0@1 4 ae |Theobromae .... "98 @ 43/ Swiss Villa — Gumia, 8. PF. &W..... 31@ 36} +: P ‘ o ‘“ S. German....20 @ 30 Vanilla... eee unas ‘9 — 00 aints . : -a«--k COGT 20 Rubia Tinctorum..... 1: 14; Zinci Sulph.. ...... 7@ 8 VARNISHES, Saccharum Lactis stab @ 2 No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 2 Salacin.. ..-1 T5@1 86 mE) Extra a ee 10g 70 | Sanguis Draconis. ae 0@ 50 Bbl. Gal | Coach Body «++ -2 75@3 00 Sapo, W.. --- 12@ 14] Whale, winter 70 70} No.1 Turp "Furn. .-1 00@1 10 - 10@ 12] Lard, > -— oS 60 | Eutra Turk Damar...1 55@1 60 _ 2... @ 15) Lard, .... 50 | Japan aise Noa 1 ek Said raw.... 40 43 | ‘urp. oe es TO@iIS HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO. Importers and Jobbers of DRUGS CHEMICALS AND aints, Oils 28 Varnishes. S#i8$ VILLA PREPARZD PALYYS. wii Line of Stale Drogaisis Sundries. We are Sole Prepriécters of Weatherly's Michigan Catarrh Remedy. We Hawe ix Beck and Ofer 2 Pull Idee of WHISKIES, BRANDIES, GINS, WINES, ROMS. We sell Liquors for Medicinal Purposes only. We give our Personal Attention to Mail Orders and Guarantee Satisfaction. All orders are Shipped and Invoiced the same day we receive chem. Sead in a trial order, Haxelting & Perkins Drug Go, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. o Grocery Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. g 8 2 | oo $ 3, SL 4 00 re | $5 ee 5 00 APPLE BUTTER Salmon. CHEESE. $10, coe ee ee 6 = r, 1 ar , 20, ee 7 00 OO ee ULL ..lLlUmlLrll ee o>. MEE oe ae ce | lc olumbia Riv er, — . : 85 ines ee @. Above prices on coupon books ee 2 i 2 Pesce oo; Seer... @Qi3 fica na Fale Mason’s, 10,20 or 301bs.... 6 | Alaska, 1 Ib. ......-.e esse ee 1 0/ Biverside ......... @ are subject to the following a + | 2 quantity discounts: Bld. / _ TE ee a @ | Skim @10 200 or over......... 5 per cent, AXLE GREASE. Sardines. “ol a 13 “ a Graphite. | American 36.....-. 2... MO @i1 00 | 1000 * ET Tag 36 BT. CASES, Per Br. ..- $8 50 | oe 6%@ 7! Limburger ........... 0 . > ; 12% Ib. pails, per doz .. 7 50| Imported 4s............-.11@12 Fiacanets ae aon ee ee ee $0 Ib hoon, per Ib. . | Mustard _ Ns et — aia = Lome ayy mony 250 lb. % bbis., per Ib | Boneless ... oe 29 | Sap Sago.............. Q» 20 DOOKS............. +++ $10 400 Ib. bbis., per Ib... . "Prout Schweitzer, imported. @30 50 EGE 2 00 r ae . i : . domestic @i5 es 3 00 Badger. Broek, 3 tbo... ie CATSUP. 10 * 3 Of Br. cases, per gr... | i — 6 25 Ib. pi uils, ver doz FRUITS, Half pint, common. eee hl 10 00 Me p ab. Apples. Pint ae 1000 gl een TESS Ten cn 17 & . keg =8, per r Ib i3 lb. standard i i li 85 Quart C a -1 50 Ce ee tere tna aa era mage iy eR : % bbis., per Ib | York State, gallons.... 2 40 | Half pint, fancy............ 10S CONDENSED MILE. p-¢- Ib. bbls., 1 per Ib |Hambureh, “ 2 59 | Pint ao 2200 : sin ~* | Quart CS 3 00 4 doz. in case. BAKING POWDER. | Apricots. Resic........ 7 40 Acme | Live oak.. 2 2 CLOTHES PINS. ee 6 25 a oo c : bee. sec eee eo 1g Ib. cans, 3 doz....... -. 45 | a oN ~ = Db erens Dears... .... 40 | Genuine Swiss en caite 8 60 - ” SB Clk, ae 85 | oa d for 1 90 COCOA SHELLS, American Swiss. . oopene 1 OO “ce a cn » iii «20 ee no A 1 ie 1 10 Blackberries. 35 Ib bags............... @3 CRACKERS. = ie Bay... 90 | Less ——— oe @3%4 Butter ( : “ : Bacar . ' % » oe .....-..-..--. © | nea Cherries. sa Pound packages........ 64@7_| geymourXXX............... 6 120 3 oT ‘OFFEF. | Seymour XXX, cartoon..... j ae oo *: 3 ap | Pitted Hamburgh i. COFFEE. oe cs = ...... 9 60 | White ........ a 1 20 GREEN. Family X) x, cartoon...... 6% Cook's Favorite Erie .- 1 20 Rio. Salted XXX. 6 100 4 Ib cans.. .. wee es umsons, Egg Plums and Green i Salted XXX, ‘cartoon ...... 6% (181 p ieces colored gl a. Good........................17 | Kenosha . ... ee oe 100 14 Ib cans.. I eee @i | Prame............ i ete ae a 8 (151 pieces of erysta California. TT eg I E 6% 100 44 1b cans - Geumsendon. Peaberry ... ..---.- 2... -+ + 20 Soda. (106 hdl er Ups & and sau cers) Common .... C 1 10 Santos. Soda, XXX i 6 ‘atikard pitch 7 Peaches. Baltes cre | Soda, Clty 222 ILL —. |. 1 10 ec ' anne Soda, Duchess.............. 8% eee PO) Peahieery 0, 29 Crystal Wafer...............10 — 1 40 cig vee a Reception Flakes.. ........10 a : , 29 | California... ‘ 29 Mexican and Guatamals. Oyster. C ee i EE 29 |S. Oyster XXX..............6 SRPRICES| in ; | Oxford i 1 ee ee City Oyster. XXX............ 6 CREAM ae 3 Th i ae 23 Perine Oyiter.............. 6 BAKING 16-02 4 = Date |... 1 25 Maracaibo. Strictly oan cnt 30 214-lb 11 40 | Riverside. 21 Prime 19 : e eee « ‘ib 18 25 | — “ea a aa Telfer’s Absolute.......... 35 PowpeEer 5 1b 21 60 Pineapples. Milled ......................20) | Grocers’ ..........00s000) 10@15 a - 10-Ib 41 80 | Common.... oe 1 30 Java, eo : é " — vlna Johnson's sliced... 2 50 | Interior... .. Le : ro grated..... 2 75 | Private Growth. eS DRIED FRUITS. Red Star, ‘> cans... = Quinces. eee... — 2 : "7777" 450 | Common 1 10 a Mocha. PLES Telfer’s, 1% Ib. cans, doz 45 | Recnbeniion. — eas 23 | Sundried, siie “ed in ‘bbls. 5 ms % Ib. 85 | Rea i 130\- eee 26 a gy On 5 ) 5 8 . 3 : ‘ ny, lesa “.. 150) Black Hamburg.. 1 50 ices a 3 Victor. | Erie. black 1 40 To ascertain cost of rcasted . , APRICOTS. ee ‘ doz so | ca ce coffee, add %c. per Ib. for roast- | California in bags....... 8 9 ann Pp 120 i Straw berries. ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- | Evaporated in boxes. ... 8% 16 33 Ley 2 00 — a ! _ _ | age. BLACKBERRIES, i I © UGE..--oe-cenrs © amburg i. 2 : Q ce i BATH BRICK Erie - oe ‘ il PACKAGE, In boxes eats 4% iia hia ibang ! ‘Terrapin , 3x | Arbuckle’s Ariosa...... 19.30/79 1p. bags - 8. i ~ 9ze€n in Cas . r ia : | McLaughlin’ s KXXxX. ‘a1 2 eee a = . se Whortleberries. ae ere 19 £0 ie. | ° ann r toi. . a a i 1 20/ Lion, 60 or 100 Ib. case... 19.80 | peeled. i ceo emtsitg . Domestic 60 | F. “a 125 Pee ed, in boxes... ._. 12 BLUING. Gross | henson 1 20 = = i ree oe Arctic, 4 00 MEATS ne in bags...... @ 7% ‘ ” 0p : al , Cabinets | PEARS. 3 = gg toe _ | i 80 conta lining California in bags .... @i — * y 1 Go 1) 1) : 275 Potte i a um. % Ib jah 2 a eae PITTED CHERRIES. 4 00 ' ih 1 00 solid at case a cette et tetas eens 11 a ngue, % Ib 1 10} price, with 50 Ib, boxes So 11% f iaanias L fi oe aoe - additional ee ae a 2 BROOMS. HICKEN, . sail) charge of PRUNELLES. 2 00 VEGETABLES. | 90 cents 20 u ue. 2 Hurl.. nh a papran E cabinet for | a0 1b. boxes............. 12% No. 2 Carpet ee ue i 2 50} Hamburgh stringless. 1 25) RASPBERSIES, No. 1 ee 2% | French style.. 2 25 | meee... WwW Parlor Gem sei Limas.... 1 40} XTRACT. poem eee... ee, 17% Common Whisk.. 1 00 | Lima, — eee 1 30 | valley city... q {Po lb. “ .......00.--0-. 18 Fancy 121.” eee... 80 | Felix : 7 se 3 25 | Lewis Boston Baked........1 35 | Hummel’ 8, foil... : a en. Warehouse.... 3 00 | Bay State Baked........ i= “ ti cS CURRANTS. | World’s Fair 135 | con eee --+ 250] p a ene | 1 eke a ee atras, in arene... @4 Stave, No. 1--..-...- _ Corn HD iL - A ones @ 4% - 10 aepurem ......... a | n less quantity @ 4% s... Livingston Eden ....... in i: 4+ PEEL. Rice Root Scrub, 2 row Purity wsce oe | Bed. = ‘ | Citron, Leghorn, 2 “0 1b, boxes 21 Rice Root Scrub, 3 rov oe >; Honey Dew ee ee ae | CLOTHES LINES. | Lemon “ “ 10 Palmeto, goose.... 1 $0 | Morais Giory............. 1 © | Cotton, aa per doz 1 25 Orange m = . “ 11 BUCKWHEAT FLOUR. Peas cg ok "140 Spusentie i i ) | Hamburgh marrofat ...... is. | 60 ft... “ to mestic. rote, Teeny 7 oo early June : ie oa. 4 95 | London layers, 2 crown....1 40 Self Rising. c 5 CO Champion Eng...150|_ Pe Ly ° ---1 65 | Hamburgh petit pols....... 1 75 | Jute or....... . 90 fancy -185 i } fancy sifted.....1 90 “ ft. “ 1 09 | Loose Muscatels, boxes.....1 25 Hotel, 40 ib. boxes. 10 jens - agg 65 —— : eelnar bags @5\% Star. 40 g | Harris stant arc cient. oe Cc ne Paraffine 10% | V an ‘amp’s Marrofat _ | 10 neteateiteneca eviesieessioes ee boxes. “1x” Wicking | Early June...... 1 30 Sl 1a, * D -s 2 | Archer’s Early Blossom....1 35 Valencia, 20 “ - 64@ 6% CANNED GOODS. (ereeee 1 80 PRUNES. Pan Mushrooms. ee @ Clams. suena a. bs a 16218 California, » 90x100 2 25 Ib. bxs. 8 Neck. 1 It a umpkin. .8% Little ack : ig ANU 0 | Hrie.....,.... 0... ..0--2+0e. 95 wig 70x80 . 9 c | Squash. 60x70 _ 9% sheet ak, ee. 2 99 | Hubbard ..........--........ 120 ao terererenceeesee G Gtr . ' - Succotash. ‘ RRM oh cew av cdidne ces enaes 1 Cove Oysters. ie | 1 40 ‘Tradesman.’ apse tteeinceer Standard, 1 _ ----_ 90 | Soaked . stevesssee...-.- 80/81, per hundred........... 2 00 ENVELOPES. 21b.. seine sat EA Peis cce ous se2e.-1 60 | 8 2, : Biel atta 2 50 XX rag, white, Lobsters. | Tomatoes. 2 3, . “ - 33 Star, 1 Ib 50 | Excelsior .................. e.g 3 on eee Jal ee Sues 6 3° 40 Picnic, 1 Ib ‘(one | Meme, 1 30 ea chee tt 5 00 * ee | Gallon en 2 “Superior.” Mackerel. ae ceric ennai © i, por hundred........... Standard,ilb...... ........ 1 30) aneteeauaiauallene edhe 8 2, 2 3 00 “ ee 2 25 | German Sweet............ 22/83, wees en eee eos 8 50 Mustard, 3lb.......... cee ei 4 00 Tomato Sauce, 3 1b Oe Pee . fo Si al ati iit 5 00 Soused, 3 lb ..3 00 Breakfast Cocoa........ 4g | 820, as 6 00 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina, 100 Ib, kegs.......+. a 4 Hominy. BOFPOlS ..ccccscccescscescscs © TD ES ove cestctcstod oceeson 425 Lima ‘eone. Dried... see 4 Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 12 lb. box.... Imported... .......... ioy@tie Pearl Barley. BOR ee eae ws 3 @4 Peas. Pr, On, i ees ns 1 40 ee 5 00 Sago. I ecient, 4% ee ee 5% Wheat. ee ce 5 FISH --Salt. Bloaters. Weeoein:.....: 110 Cod. Pollock . . 4 Whole, Grand Bank.. -6 @6% Boneless, bricks ...... 7%@8 Boneless, eine........ Tes Halibut. meee 12 Herring. OU, osc cee een sss 18@W Holland, bbis eda ee 11 00 a 85 Round shore, % bbl... 3 25 _ : 1% bbl.. 1 35 Mackerel. Ho, 1, 4% Ddia. Wibe........ 11 60 No. 1, kits, oie... 12 Family, + “2 bbls., 100 Ibs.... 5 50 mis, OW I0S........ % Sardines. Rueien, beee.............. 45 Trout. No, 1, 56 Dbis., HDs. ....... 6 50 re. 3, Mats, Fe... <0. 90 Whitefish. No. 1, % bbls., 1001bs.. o-8 00 No. 1, kits, oh RRNA 110 Family, } 4 bbis., 100 lbs.... 3 50 _ kits 10° TO ke cens 50 FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Jennings’ D C. emon. Vanilla 20z folding box.. 5 12 3 02 i :.1 00 1 50 4 0z o 1 50 2 00 6 Oz C 2700 3 00 8 oz ' 3.00 4 00 GUN POWDER. more... el eee eae 5 50 meee BOER...,.........-..... 3 00 HERBS, a eas cae ese yt 15 RN a ok ta cn cots oe INDIGO, es 5 ib. boxes. ...... 55 o. 7.2 3 ona s lb. boxes. . 50 JELLY. Chitego soods......... @3 Mason’ 8, — 20 and 30lbs.. 6 - * . LICORICE. roe 30 Seen 25 ee 18 LYE. Condensed, 2 dos........... 1% . moe... 1... 2 25 MATCHES, 0, © mtpree............... 1% Anchor parlor...... erie cace 170 We Se. cw oc 10 Peeper’ parier............... 400 MINCE MEAT 3 or 6 doz. in case per doz..1 00 MEASURES. Tin, per dozen. ee $1 75 Reale eahoe............... 1 40 — ee eee 70 PO ve er cree 45 Bae ee 40 Wooc igelion .... en, for rs = doz. 7 00 Half gallon . a 4 7% NO se cee ey ee, 3% Pee s. 2 25 MOLASSES. Biackstrap. Sugar house......... woes OG Cuba Baking. Ordinary .....-....+. oe 16 Porto Rico. PO ete ee ee cess 16 PORE... ccm eee | pct eee ene 20 New Orleans. TE is bikin renee ue 14 008 ........6++6 oe ns 17 Extra good. . oral 22 CNS .. oes ee es 27 ee 35 One- half barrels. 3c extra OATMEAL. Merpele TOG: occas @4 40 Half barrels i100........... @2 30 ROLLED OATS. Bere 100... ........ @4 40 malt bbieS0.......... @2 30 PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count........ #4 00 Half barrels, 600 count.... 2 50 Small. Barrels, 2,400 count.. 4 50@5 00 Half bbls, 1,200 count 2 75@3 60 PIPES. Clay, me, Bee. ee 1% 7. 2, Tullcouns........ 5 Cob, No. 3.. ee cues ae POTASH. 48 cans in case. eee a 4 00 Penna Galt Covs........-. 3 2 ROOT BEER Ww illiams, per doe... ..... 1% 3 doz. ons... ... 5 RICE. Domestic. Carolina — bebe ek essa cua 7 a 6 . ae @5 eee Imported. eenen, WO tT... .-........... 6 . Pee....... .......... 5% SAVE... .rcrscsee ioe ee eee 5 Tera......................, 5 SAUERKRAUT, Silv er Thread, . eens $4 5 4 dbl. 12 5 SPICES. Whole Sifted. Rime... 10 Cassia, China in mats...... 8 e Batavia in bund....15 - Saigon in rolis...... 35 Cloves, aeee...... 8. 22 Panuinee ll ll. 13 meee Wele....... ....... 80 Nutmegs, fancy.. - 80 ee %5 . a a . Pepper, Singapore, black.. white... “3 ' shot... ie Pure Ground in Bulk. Sees... .............. 15 Cassia, Batavia eee ee eee ee 20 and Saigon.25 o St 35 Cloves, Amboyua. epee eee a 30 Zansiber...... . ae Ginger, gine wn Leelee enan 15 eee... oie . pce bece wee eee 20 Wace Tetayin............... 80 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. 25 Trie ste de ele ola 27 Poreees, Wo. 2 ............. = Pepper, Singapore, black. woes. .... "30 " ONG. ook. ee wens 25 cies... 20 “Absolute” in Packages, 4s es a ne 84 155 Oe scons nee 84 1 55 eee eee eae 84 155 Ginger, cc occ ce es. & 155 Sa a 1S Mustard..... osc eee 84 1 55 Pepper . ciuabceus.s GF 2S Pe wks ce 84 SEEDS. sie... @12% Canary, Smyrna....... 3% IN ois oo ce en 8 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Hemp, Russian...... 4% mie Sie........... . 4% 6@ 5% Mustard, white....... 6 OE oes tease es 9 a ee oa ol oe 6 Cute bone........... 30 STARCH, Corn. te 6% ee 6% Gloss. 1 > packages 6 ae 6% 40 and 50 Ib. boxes.......... 4% Tae ea ens 4% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, I eee Sb, Kees, "Bnglish Seed pel ee a 4% SAL SODA. a 1% Granulated, boxes.......... 1% SALT 100 3-lb. sacks ea. ---08 oor. hl 2 00 28 10-lb. sacks.. ) CORN Car ts 23 Less than ¢ oo Car lols ... 3i | Less than car lots. 36 | HAY. No. 1 Timothy, car lots....13 00 No. 1 ton lots 14 90 for barrel. MUSTARD. TEAST—-Comy Fermentum pe FISH and OYSTERS. J. Dette nthaler x x eee 1S | Ciscoes. ... 5 @6 | Flounders 8 @ie | Bluefish... 11 @i2 | Macke rn... 15 @25 | Cod. .... 10 @i2 C alifor nia salmon @l5 iN @ 9 j i @8 | oy oe 1 oO | | ' | | oysTErRS—Bulk. DE Thina Mediums, per gal. #1 00 nd g 10 Selects, . 1 60 st Long gray 20 Clams 12 | Gray ( 25 | Shrimps 251K ed s ene Diae.... ....... 5 Seal lop S — OYSTERS—Cans., OILs, an oe Counts |} The Standard Ol] Co. quotes J. D. Selects fas follows, in barrels, f. 0. b. aaniks _ | Grand Rapids: 2. p.... iw. W ad! 156 Anchor. » test @ 8 Standards Ww ater White @ i% Favorites. | Naptha i. @i SHELL g00Ds. | Coe @ 83, ' ur Cre, Chen ters, per 100 ......1 25@1 50 | my 13 o21 ms. ' i 75@1 00 } i yg" @ @7%™% HIDES, PELTS and FURs | | as follows Perkins & Hess pay as fo! | lows, prices n j s Green 2.0... So | ié Part Cured @+ |! 7 Pun * (..... @4%1* - Dee ae. . oS @e | 2 i" King green 10.0.0... 3 @4 2 G2 vate ee os @ 44 | PAPER & WOODENWAKE Calfskins, green 4 @5 cured 5 O64 lq, — Deacon skins... ...10 Gm afore ha . No. 2 hides 1% off. PELTS | Shearlings.. co oe |Lambs . . 50 @i 5 WOOL. | Washed ae. 20 @25 Unwasned ............0 @a MISCELLANEOUS. | Tae ...... a 3%@ 4 Grease butter ........1 @2 Suitelion 1... |. 1%@ 2 Ginseng 2 00@2 50 quotes as | Ce et Cr em CO 42 OFFEE, ABSOLUTELY THE BEST! German Coliee is Superior to all Package Colles A True Mixture of O:d Dutch Java and Moche, Carefully Selected Uniformly Koasted Handsomely Packed You cannot miss it if You try GERMAN COFFEE. Choice Books Free. See certificate in each package By Experts of Vast Experience. Beautiful Pictures and “eo al | ] I 4 It You can buy it of your jobber. e Manufactured by -aramaribo, Dutch Gi liana. | 6 oz, With the Powder; with as fine, THE BEST as good as other Ba Victor Baking Powd BAKING POWDER. poet Strictly Pure. rich resources of seventeen scientific ingre iients known to scienti king Powder, 9 oz., and 16 oz. Cans. years experience int! manufacture of Baking and by the VICTOR i and ample equipment as exist use of only sts or the world large « not only at but is Superior to All. Every Can Guaranteed to give Sat isfaction or Money Refunded THE TOLEDO SPICE CO, Toledo, Ohio, Roasters of HIGH GRADE COFFEES 18 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. FIRE INSURANCE. Its History and the Laws, Rules and Customs Which Govern It. FOURTH PAPER. There is such a thing as a moral obli- gation. even in the business world. which is duly recognized by business men every- where in their dealings with each other. The motives which prompt this recog- nition, however, are generally of a selfish nature. They do not spring from a phil- anthropic source, but, rather from a eraving desire to further and advance our OWn pecuniary interests. For in- stance the insurance company that waives the violation of some trivial, technical condition in the policy, and promptly pays over the insurance money, does not do so solely on account of the love enter- tained for the assured, ora desire to im- prove his condition in life; but it is paid for the purpose of advancing the business interests of the company. It is paid, in such case, beeause the company is legally liable, but because it express not is obligated to do so morally; and its patrons demand, and have aright to ex- pect, a compliance. To discard the moral obligation and take advantage of legal defences, means offence to its pat- rons and a withdrawal of their patronage, and, consequently, a pecuniary loss to the company. It is very unbusinesslike and extremely unwise, however. for any business man to rely upon the moral ob- Re- member that validity of a policy of insur- ligations of an insurance company. ance, like any other contract, depends upon a strict observance, and a complete preformance, of all stipulations. In continuation of my review of the conditions of the policy lying before me, its conditions and I take up my next topic. “Or if the assured shall have or shall hereafter make any other insurance on| the property hereby insured. or any part thereof, without the consent of the com- | pany written hereon,’’ this policy shall be | void. When business in any particular line! of manufacture or of traffic is depressed, | and stocks price, it is well known that all kinds of property in are receding in that line are much more likely to burn, | and, therefore, the object of the fore-| going provision is to prevent the accum- | ulation of insurance to such an amount as would not only take away all motive | to preserve the property from loss. but | also to furnish a strong motive for its destruction. Under the condition cited above, three questions naturally arise: First, What is the other insurance upon the same property, or any part thereof ?”’ meaning of ‘‘any Second, What kind of notice is a com- pliance with the condition? Third, Whether there may be a waiver of this condition, and if so, what amounts thereto? First. that In a former paper it was stated any person owning a interest may insure the different may own separate interests in the same property, it is per- feetly may insure his own interest, without giving notice that another and distinct interest insured by the owner thereof. property Same, and as persons clear that each has been It has been held in a number of eases, that a policy containing a condition like the one quoted, is not avoided because a second policy without notice has been taken inthe name of the mortgagee of | | clause, and the insured; for, if the second policy was effected by the mortgagee for his own exclusive benefit, it was not within the condition; and if it was taken for the benefit of the mortgagor, and this should be deemed within the condition, then the second policy itself was void, under a condition in it requiring notice of a prior policy. It was held in a New York ease that such a clause as the one quoted, refers to insurances effected by the himself, or his associates or his own interest. And where houseman held a policy on goods “his | price or demand. PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—In good demand and firm at present quotations. Russets, Baldwins and Greenings easily bring $2.50 per bbl, while Spys are firmly held at $2.75. Beans — Without material change, either in Jobbers pay about $1.20 for | country stock and hold city picked pea or me- dium at $1.60 per bu. Butter— No particular change from a week ago. Jobbers pay 18@20c for good to choice dairy and hold same at 21@28c. Factory creamery is in fair demand at 28e. Celery—25c per doz. Cabbages—50@60c per doz. Cranberries — Repacked Cape Cod are in fair | demand at $6 50 per bbl. assured | | evaporatec agents for | “YpPer: a ware- | own, in trust, or on commission,” with | condition substantially as above, and it | appeared that some of the goods deposit- | ed were covered by a floating policy to | the depositor, which was not endorsed on the policy of the warehouseman, and | which expired before the fire, it was | held that such floating policy was not Within the condition, and that the ware- houseman and depositor might jointly or cumulatively recover the single and full value of the goods. Where a third person, to whom the insured property had been transferred, and te whom the policy had been assigned with the assent of the insurers, fails to | notify the latter, at the time of the trans- | fer, of another policy previously taken | out by him on the same property, the | insurers will be discharged. A declara- tion of the first insurance, made after the loss, in compliance with the stipula- tion that the assured shall declare on oath whether any and wkat other in- surance has been made on the same prop- | erty, will be toolate. Levitt vs. Western Marine & Fire Insurance Co., 7 Rob.; La. | 351. A second policy taken out by the as- | | Sured, which is void on account of mis- | representation, has been held not avoid a policy, nor to be within above prohibition. The precedent laid down in the above to the last mentioned case bas not been uni- formly followed by the courts. The weight of judicial authority on this question, is clearly, that where a policy is effected in one office, containing the usual clause to protect against double insurance, and afterwards one is effected ir another office, containing the same no notice is given to either company, the second policy is void, and the first is unaffected thereby. But it is valid ‘‘wpon its face,” and the | assured most certainly supposes it to be good or he would pay the pre- mium. The spirit of the condition is therefore, violated whether the second policy is void or valid. On the other hand it is quite difficult to sustain the position, that the procurement of the mere issue of avoid policy is the pro- never ? curement of ‘‘other insurance.”’ This difficulty might be obviated if in- surers would add to the foregoing con- dition these words, ‘“‘whether such addi- otherwise.” In Woodbury Savings Bank vs. Charter Oak Ins. Co., 31 Conn. 518, it was held that where a mortgage interest intended tional insurance be valid or to be insured, but the policy was issued | Dried Apples—Sundried is held at 44@5e and ut 64%@7c. Eggs—Jobbers pay 10@1ic and hold at 12@13c. From present indications, the dealer who pays the producer over 9c adozen during the next week gets left. Honey—1l4c per Ib. Lettuce—Grand Rapids Forcing is in fair de mand at 15¢ per Ib. Maple Sugar—Dealers pay 7@S8e per lb. and hold at 8@9e. Onions—Green are in fair demand at 20c per dozen bunches. Dry stock is in small demand and supply, commanding 60@80e per bu. Pieplant—10c per Ib. Potatoes—No change in the market, producers having come to the conclusion that no higher prices may be looked for this season. - Radishes—35e per doz. bunches. Sweet Potatoes—The market is a little higher, choice stock now readily commanding ¥#3.50 per bbl. PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. quotes as follows: | PORK IN BARRELS. OO hee oe ee eee 10 75 Logue il 11 50 | ere Corer Wie eet cut... .. 14 00 one, we. io on oer... 13 * Pen tener SOUL OE... ee ain ee 13 5 Standard clear, short cut, best............ 13 75 i SAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. ee 7% eee 9 eNO 9 | Pemeneees Oe |... os. 7% cere 5 Penn ere 7 ee eer 5 rere 5 | LaRD—Kettle Rendered roe 8 Hi ET iN 84 te EE at 8\4 | GRANGER DO ee 7% ee TW, | 20 - es 7% ee 8 j 5 eee deee cco. 844 13 . hee 8% LARD. Com- | Family. pound. LN eke eeu ete cks iia. 5% 54 meee Cie, Feee............_. 6 5% Drm, Fels, 2s a ooe.......... 6% 6% Gilt. Pats, 12 in 6 Onee........... 658 65 » im, Pare, 6 in 6 Onee........... 6% 6% | 20 1b. Pails, 4in a case..........6y 6 Ce EE su 5% | BEEP IN BARRELS. | Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 6 50 Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 6 50 Poe eee 9 00 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. ares. 9% - 2 ee 93% ' . 12 to 14 Ibs...... See Save ieee 6% Ce gy cometh ie 6 Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................... 8% Peron ore, ee 8% een ee 634 ree, Me iy ae 7 FRESH MEATS. Swift & Company quote as follows: Beef, carcass...... o. res aecesses Oe Oe " eee... : 6%4@ 7% s+ foe * ed 4@4% ~ —, Se s........ @9 - ee... ee eee ees ag 8 @8% 7 ae LS oa; ” ice tee aca eee @ Pe @ 44 Pork loins..... eee eee eee. @s ee @ 6 Prete, Sree Or eee @ 4% - liver... eee @ 4% | Hs a @7 een 4.4... Se es ee @9 os ce 5 @6 | to the mortgagor, loss, if any, payable to the mortgagee; and the policy contained, substantially, the foregoing condition, and the mortgagor procured a later in- surance of the property, of which no) notice was given to the company, and of | which the mortgagee had no knowledge; that as the original insurance was in- | } | CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS, The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Full Weight. Bbis. Pails. Sines, wee 6 : - 2 es i: 6 7 ' OT es occa. 6 7 Boston Credin,.......... 20 1b. cases 8% OO ON cae a 2 8 Boe i cases 7 8 MIXED CANDY. Full Weight. Bbls. Pails, ON 6 7 i 6 . Ne ie gy ee 6% iM ee 7 © 8 Beer Moon... 7 8 eee 7 8 Pronee Taey............., baskets 8 Peanut Squares. ........... - eo 9 Sree eee. ok ,. 10 Valley Creams......... Secld.s 13 weeees. Oe me I cw, 8 nase, 6h 8 FANCY—In bulk, Full Weight. Pails. ea soe... 10 ee ee 11 ee ee 11% Chocolate Monumentais....................- 13 lies sbe vec cues sce ec. 5% tinge 8 eeee eee. ce 8% RO ce 10 rancy—In 5 lb. boxes. Per Box. Don eee ee eee 55 cee 55 Eee 60 ree — me me Sete PO ks i, 90 re ee 40@50 ree 1 00 A. B. Licorice Drops.. : ee Lozenges, plain......... ' printed.... ere i 70 Cu EE 55 ee 55 mee mee (eee. 85@95 eee 80@90 oer... 1 00 oor oe... 65 eres OO Sremeerereonm Merrie. 60 CARAMELS, mo. 2, weaned, 2 ib. bao. ...........-.... 34 No. 1, c 3 ” le. eas cee 51 No. 2, We 2 ee ee 28 No. 3, ’ 3 a dl a 2 mene ie Gi One 90 ORANGES. Floridas, fancy-150-176-200....,........ @3 75 . choice. 126... @3 00 ' russets —150-170-216............ @3 50 . renee osc us... 4... a Caltfocuiasg, Miversiae ................. 2 26@2 50 r Pere. Peersines, Choice Sp... @3 75 + ' Ne @3 50 LEMONS. momma, Choten, MG. ................... @3 50 cg ono see... |... @4 00 n Cee Os, @3 50 . Oe @4 00 OTHER FOREIGN FRUITS. Fics, fancy layers 6).................. 12 @14 isa ba a, ee 14 @15 “ extra > <> STATE OF Onto, City oF ToLepo, } a Lucas County . FKANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. CuENry & Co., doing business in the city or Toledo, county and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hai’s Cararru Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subseribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A D, 1886. temas, t A W GLEASON, _ @ Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucuous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F J CHENEY & CO, Toledo, 0 t= Sold by druggists, 75e MICHIGAN Firé & Marine Insurance Co, Organized 1881. Fair Contracts, Kquitable Rates, Prompt Settlements, returned in| Always be ready to al-| low al] reasonable claims, and. after one | or two efforts to make a city exchange or | The Directors of the *§ Michigan” are representative business men of our own State. D. WHITNEY, JR., Pres. EUGENE HARBECK, See’y. | i | | i and only have to carry the quantity your | ESTABLISHED 1868. H. M. REYNOLDS & SON, Wholesale Dealers in BUILDING & SHEATHING PAPERS, | PLAIN AND CORRUGATED CARPET | | | | i } | | | LININGS, ASPHALT AND COAL TAR PREPARED ROOFING, BEST GRADES ASPHALTUM & FIRE PROOF ROOF PAINTS, COAL TAR AND COAL TAR PITCH, ELASTIC ROOFING CEMENT, ROSIN & MINERAL WOOL, ASBESTOS FIRE-PROOF PRACTICAL ROOFERS In Felt, Composition and Gravel, Cor. LOUIS & CAMPAU STS., Grand Rapids, Mich GHAS. A. GOYE, MANUFACTURER OF AWIIDS & Tel Horse and Wagon Covers, SHEATHING, ETC. JOBBERS OF Hammocks and Cotton Ducks SEND FOR PRICE LIST. 11 Pearl St, Grand Rapids, Mich, MIGHIGAN CENTRAL “*The Niagara Falls Route.’ DEPART. ARRIVE Dero Eire 7:00am 10:00pm a 7:05am 4:30 pm Day Express........ ai a a olla 1:20pm 10:00am *Atlantic & Pacific Express......... 10:30pm 6:00am ee ee ae aeons 5:40pm 12:40pm *Daily. All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Elegant parlor cars leave Grand Rapids on Detroit Express at 7 a.m., returning leave Detroit 4:45 P. ™m. arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m. FRED M. Briaes, Gen’l Agent, 85 Monroe St. A. ALMQUIST, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. O. W. Rueeres G.P. & T. Agent., Chicago. TIME TABLE NOW IN EFFECT. DETROIT AOE Evi Miewaukee TE TNG EASTWARD. Trains Leave |+No. 14|tNo. 16|tNo. 18{*No. 82 Gd Rapids, Lv| 6 50am/19 20am} 3 25pm 10 55pm inte... Ar) 7 45am/}11 25am) 4 27pm/12 37am St. Johns ...Ar} 8 28amj12 17pm} 5 20pm) 1 55am Owoss)......Ar) 9 03am} 120pm| 6 65pm) 3 15am E. Saginaw..Ar/10 45am] 3 (5pm) 8: 0pm! 8.45am Bay City.....Arjil 30am) 3 45pm) 8 45pm! 7.20am cums 2 Ar}10 05am} 3 40pm) 7¢€5pm} 5 40am Pt. Huron...Arj1{ 55am} 6 00pm) 8 50pm! 7 30am Pontiac ......Ar}10 53am} 3.05pm! 8 25pm| 5 37am Deron... .. Ar|11 50am] 4 05pm} 9 25pm| { 00am WESTWARD, \|*No. 81 |tNo. 11 |tNo. 13 1 Trains Leave G’d Rapids, Ly........|| 7 Ojam] 1 00pm| 5 10pm Gd tiaven, Ar........ || 8 35am) 2 10pm} 6 15pm Milw’kee Str ‘. ce ea EL a eat gal akg ee eee Chicare mir, * ... ._.| Hee el *Daily. tDaily except Sunday. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a, m., 12:50 a. m., 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p. m. Trains arrive from the west, 10:10 a, m., 3:16 p.m. and 9:50 p. m. Eastward—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 Buffetear, Joun W. Loup, Traftic Manager. Ben FLETCHER, Tray. Pass. Agent, Jas, CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. CHICAGO AND WEST MICHIGAN R’Y, JAN’Y 3, 1892. Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect January 10, 1892. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave goin, South. North. For Saginaw and Cadillac...... 5:15am 7:05 am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:20am 11:30 am For Saginaw & Traverse City.. 2:00 pm 4:15 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw ..... 8:10pm 10:30 pm From Kalamazooand Chicago. 8:35 pm Train arriving at 9:20 daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going North. South. I NN cence 6:20am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago... 10:30 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:50am 2:00 pm ror (eee 5:30 p m 6:00 pm For Chicago. --- 10:40pm 11:05 pm eee 10:40 p m Trains leaving at 6:00 p. m. and 11:05 p. m. run daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive. 7:00 am 0:10am 11:25 am 4:40 pm 5:40 pm 9:05 p m SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE, NORTH 11:30 am train.—Parlor chair car G’d Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 10:30 p m train.—Sleeping car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. SOUTH--7:00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 10:30 am train.—Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. 6:00 m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. | | 1;05 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car | 2 c Grand Rapids to Chicago. ~ Chicago via G. R. & LB.R. Lv Grand Rapids 10:30 a m 2:00 pm Arr Chicago 3:55 pm 9:00 p m 10:30 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:05 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. 11:05 p m 6:50am Lv Chicago 7:05 a m 3:10pm 10:10 pm Arr Grand Rapids 2:00 pm 8:35 pm 6:15 am 3:10 p m through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:10 Pm 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. 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 n Grand Rapids and Toledo, VIA D., L. & N. Ly. Grand Rapids at..... 7:25 a.m. and 6:25 p. m. Ar. Toledo at ...... ----1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m, VIA D., @. H. & M, Ly. Grand Rapids at.....6:50 a, m. and 3:45 p. m. AY, Poca. ... |: 1:10 p. m. and 11:00 p. m. Return connections equally as good. W. 3H. BENNETT, General Pass, Agent, Toledo, Ohio. } GOING TO CHICAGO. _ Lv.GR’D RAPIDS......9:00am 12:05pm ¥*11:25pm At. CHICAGO... 45... 3:55pm 5:25pm *7:05am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Lv. CHICAGO ---. 9:00am 4:45pm *11:15pm Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....3:55pm 10:10pm = *6:10am TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, ST. JOSEPH AND INDIANAPOLIS. Ly. Grand Rapids. ... 9:00am 12:05pm *11 7:35pm Ar. Grand Rapids..... *6:10am 3:55pm 10:10pm For Indianapolis 12:05 p m only. TO AND FROM MUSKEGON. Ly. GK... 10:00am 12 05pm Jpm 8:30pm ar. Gk... 0:Sham 3 S5pm 5:25pm ....... TO AND FROM MANISTEE, TRAVERSE CITY AND ELK RAPIDS, iy. Grama Mapide..... |... 732 5:17pm Ar. Grand Rapids... 9:40pm THROUGH Cz Between Grand Rapids and Chicago—Wagner Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35 p m.; leave Chicago 11:15 pm. Parlor Buffet Cars—Leave Grand Rapids 12:05 pm; leave Chicago 4;45 p m. Free Chair Cars—Leave Grand Rapids 9:00 am; leave Chicago 9:00 am. Between Grand Rapids and Manistee—Free Chair Car—Leaves Grand Rapids5:17 pm; leaves Manistee 6:50 a m. DETROIT, 25 = LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. GRD RAPIDS..... 7:15am *1:00pm 5:40pm Ae, DET ROLE ce 12:00 m_ *5:16pm 10:40pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. DETROIT.......... 7:00am *1:15pm 5:40pm Ar. GED RAPIDS... .. 11:50am *5:i5pm 10:15pm To and from Lansing and Howell—Same as to and from Detroit. TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T, LOUIS, Ly. Grand Eagids............... 7:05am 4:15pm Ar, Grane Taps... 3... 8... 11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R. R, Ly. Grand Rapids........ 7:15am 1:00pm 5:40pm Ar. from Lowell.......... 11:50am 5:15pm THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Between Grand Rapids and Detroit — Parlor cars on all trains. Seats 25 cents, Between Grand Rapids and Saginaw—Parlor car leaves Grand Rapids 7:05 am; arrives in Grand Rapids 7:40 pm. Seats 25 cents. *Every day. Other trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen, Pass’r Ag’t. ; STUDY LAW AT HOME. Take a course in the Sprague Correspon- dence school of Law [incorporated]. Send ten cents [stamps] for particu- lars to J. COTNER, Jr., Sec’y, No. 375 Whitney Block, DETROIT, - MICH, reas ‘ SAGINAW MANUFACTURING CO,, ‘ SAGINAW, MICH.;' ‘ aye ns the Following List of Washboarés. : \ Crescent | Red Star = paeeaoe 3 B | Shamrock em | [vy Leal “Solid Zins, faa Wik | | Saginaw =‘ Double Zine | sn | Vefiauce =| Surface. > i 1) Wilson | | Saginaw om | Dellance fm hival | Single Zinc Surface, } f ; The above are all superior | a= Washboards, in the class to | : if = : =| which they belong. Send for | iD jm cuts and price-list before order- | ; a i id ing. T. S. FREEMAN, Agt, Grand Rapids, Mich. | STANDARD OIL 60., GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. ek. DEALERS IN Illuminating and Lubricating | Grana Rapids.” Grand Rapids. RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO. 12, 14, 16 PEARL ST. If you use River Shoes, see our line before placing orders. We make the correct styles. Also want to sell you your Boston Rubbers for next season: Terms and discount as good as offered by any agents for the Boston Rubber Shoe Co. Fi. LEONARD & SONS, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. This is a page from the TINWARE DEPARTMENT of our catalogue. Please note change in prices. Nearly everything in this line marked down. You may depend on getting our best prices. Send in your order, as we now haye the goods in stock. FLARED PAILS. . DINNER PAILS. COVERED PAILS. fi Mh ue I. C. Flaring Pail. per doz. Round Dinner Pail. per doz. I pint Covered Pail, IC Tin, per: doz... 5... 8 88 5 quart, Flared Pails, IC tin....... ttsssee SO 3S quart woond Gyiner Pele 2s ol ae iLquart * . rs a a gat : 48 “ oe en im a ? a [oe 6S 3 - BN ater eee eenes 70 10 6s ‘“ ss ‘ee oe 1 45 so ” ” eng ga, 90 ie? ee 6 6s ee 1 8&5 a i si ee TO lice wt wg ot easel ong 1 20 ‘+ és ee 8 00 5 © ” e - sd ppl eps nen 1 65 ae . Po Pema RRMb he oe ae Ot 1 44 2 ee . ee os Se aa. a ae ae ce 1 52 3 a8 - eS ee oie pike 1 98 4 i Oe ee be ee a ee ey 2 35 6 : . - ed ge a wh gee a Gas 3 60 - 2 quart Oval Covered Pails, 83c. Dairy Pail. per doz. — = 10 quart XX Dairy Pail raised bottom.......... $3 00 Embossed Dinuer Pail. cl et aN HE Me oe os ae ee 3 50 Embossed Round Dinner Pail.................. $2 75 a am hamber Pail. 10 quart Chamber Pails, assorted colors........ $3 00 12 ee ot “ ae a aie te 3s 60 Square Dinner Pails. 4 Quact Square Dinner’ Pate... oo... 2 ee $3 25 6 oe “e +e * 4 20 Galvanized Iron Pail. re 10 quart Galvanized Iron Pail..-............... 2 40 Galvanized Iron Chamber Pail. 12 Se ee a ek a a oe ee ce +e 12 quart Galvanized Iron Chamber Pails........$4 25 Nestable Dinner Pails. Nestable Dinner Pails with 3 trays............. $4 00 ee ‘ af ee eta a ee cial wig as als 4 50 N. B Slop Jar. Anti-Slop Jar. Strainer Pail. 6 quart plain dairy pans, $8 per gress or 67c per doz. = eee aataie sete see * - 12 quart XX tin Strainer Milk Pail>........... $3 75 6qt.retinned ® o 21 * 96¢ at a ae ST el a let ttle nN ii ira lc a el a SOM OR ag