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Send them to ns in any quantity up to car loads, we want 1000 bushels daily. 128, 1380 and 132 W. Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, THE NEW YORK BISCUIT GO,, S. A. SEARS, Manager. Cracker Man i atesece. 37,39 and 41 Kent St., Grand Rapids. Our Fall Lines of Oil Cloths, Garpets and GUrtains sors, x0 Now ready. Write for prices. SMITH & SANFORD, 68 Monroe St. Peaches! CRAWFORDS and BARNARDS, if you want Peaches for canning purposes Now is the time to order. It is possible that prices will touch bottom this and next week. The first run of Crawfords are always the best quality while the price is usually as low as any time during the season. If you have not received our market report and quotations write us at once and let us know how many bushels you want shipped daily, QUALITY AND PRICES ARE RIGHT! ALFRED J. BROWN, Grand Rapids, Sept. 13, 92. J. L. Strelitsky, bigars 10 80. Ionia St, Grand Rapids, BLACK BASS CIGARS NEVER GO BEGGING. Made only by G. F. 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Manufacturers in lines allied to above, wish- ing to be represented in this market are request- ed to communicate with me. 125 COURT ST, GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 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. S. A. MORMAN, WHOLESALE Petoskey, Marble- LjiLM EB; ’ head and Ohio Akron, Buffalo and Louisville CHEMENTS Stucco and Hair, Sewer Pipe, FIRE BRICK AND CLAY. Write for Prices. 10 LYON ST., - GRAND RAPIDS. DO NOT FAIL TO VISIT BELKNAP, BAKER & GO. Exclusive Carriage Repository AND INSPECT THEIR LINE OF Carriages, Surreys, Phaetons, ® Buggies. 5 & 7 N. IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Meese -avacaies RAPIDS, Licance hat alsin 14, 1892. NO. 469 THE LOYALIST’S STRATAGEM. Early in the winter of 1779, Washing- ton’s army was encamped at Morristown; and about twenty miles west of that place was the residence of Squire John Kitchell, one of the most widely known and un- yielding patriots of northern New Jersey. His farm and dwelling bordered on the main road; and one evening, late in November, ‘the usual family worship had just closed, his wife and his daughters had retired upstairs, and the squire was quafiing his nightcap of sweet cider when his ear caught the hoof-beats of a horse outside. Presently a step sounded on the stoop; and when the squire unfastened the door, his flaring candle shown fitfully upon the long beard and blue-caped cloak of a stranger. The new-comer, somewhat bent by the weight of apparently sixty years, asked the favor of a night’s hay for his horse and, for himself, only per- mission to rest in the barn beside him; for his purpose was to depart before sun- rise. He was on his way to the Ameri- can army with supplies, he said, and his laden wagon was but half a day’s journey behind him. He supported his request by showing a pass which allowed Captain Job Spring, with his team, a safe passage to the army and a return to the Delaware River. To all this the squire replied that he was welcome to such quarters for him- self and horse as he could find in the barn. Taking a lantern, he led the way, adding that in one of the stalls he had, an hour before, given lodging to a young man about to join the patriot ranks, and that his farm hand, Black Tom, also sleptin the hay near by. After seeing the stranger and his roadster fairly ac- commodated, the squire bade him good- night and returned to his homestead. It was at least an hour after midnight when the repose of the sleeping house- hold was rudely disturbed by the tramp of horses and the voices of a body of men demanding admittance. The alarmed inmates hastily answered the summons. ‘Squire Kitchell, you are my prison- er!” cried the leader of the party. ‘*‘Who are you, sir, and where is your warrant?” ‘We are all true blue and belong to the Sussex militia, and here is the war- rant of the county committee to arrest you for communicating secretly with King George’s commander in New York.” **Pooh! Pooh!”’ lightly exclaimed the squire. ‘‘Everybody knows I am a good whig; and when you bring me _ before General Washington, he’ll just laugh at you and tell you to go about better busi- ness.’’ “Well, you won’t go before General Washington, and we have no time to waste any words. We’ll just search your house and then escort you safely to our county jail at Newton.” ‘“‘Here’s more of ’em, leftenant!’’ cried a couple of troopers, hastily enter- ing, in charge of Captain Job Spring, to- gether with the young man who had oc- Neto a stall near him, and Black Tom, the farm-hand. “Strap the nigger fast behind one of the men and see that he don’t escape. Squire, you and these other two will go into the parlor and keep quiet there along with your family, while we search upstairs for your treasonable papers. Sergeant, place sentinels around the house and one outside the parlor door, and see that no one leaves the room. The leader and his men rushed up- stairs to begin their search. The prisoners were left alone in the parlor, and the door was closed; but by his tramp and voice they knew that a sentry was stationed in the hall outside. A candle on the table feebly illumined the room, and the silence was broken only by the sobs of the squire’s wife and daughters. At length the old gentleman soothed them and then seized the oppor- tunity to explain the situation to his guest, Captain Spring, and solemnly to protest his entire innocence of the charge alleged against him. “Squire Kitchell, I believe you with all my heart,’’ replied the captain, ‘‘and this will yet prove to be some grand mis- take. I have heard of you before as one of our stanchest patriots. But what can you do at present? From what I have learned, there appears to be no charge against me nor against any- one but you. They cannot go behind my pass nor detain me.”’ ‘Nor detain me a moment, if my son at army headquarters could but get word of it. He is one of Washington’s most trusted officers,’’ said the squire. ‘‘And his name?” “Lieutenant Kitchell, of the commis- sary department.’’ ‘What! Lieutenant Kitchell!’’ cried the captain. ‘‘Why, my eldest son was once under his command, and his letters home often mentioned the lieutenant with gratitude. Heis onthe staff, then?” “*Yes,’? said the squire. ‘He is a young man of fine education, and so was put in general charge of the army records as well as those of the commissary—”’ ‘And that,” interrupted the sobbing wife, ‘‘isno small affair in an army of ten thousand men.” ‘So many as that!’’ exclaimed Captain Spring. ‘‘No, no, wife, not quite so many—” began the squire. ‘Well, no matter,’’ put in the captain. “Let us look at this matter cooly—and quickly, too. Now, have you paper, pen and ink in this room? ” In an instant the squire had opened a bureau and placed the required articles on the table. ‘“‘Now,” said the captain, ‘‘sit here, squire, and write only a few lines to your son. Tell him you send them in haste by me, Captain Job Spring, from the Delaware. Say you have been appre- hended unjustly by the Sussex militia, and state the charge. Now say they are about to burn the house, and you may add they will probably hang you before they leave. Make it strong enough to bring relief quickly.” FO ie. plaice when (as Aya ALS eR Mig abarmaet: ae eT on THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. ‘“‘What if these scoundrels should be Moody’s men, after all!” suddenly cried the squire. ‘‘Moody, the British spy? A good idea! Put that in, too. So, sign your name. Now I propose to take this letter and gallop off to headquarters as soon as these rascals leave. As for this young man—what is your name?’’ *‘Maxwell— Robert Maxwell,’’ was the reply of the young man. “Well, I shall tell these fellows you are one of my teamsters. That’s the only way to get you clearof them. And, as you are going to join the army, | want you to hasten after me and meet me at the Morristown camp just as quickly as you can.”’ *““Come, Squire Kitchell! To horse!’ exclaimed the sentry, suddenly throwing open the parlor door. Then, after a sorrowful scene of part- ing, the troopers rode away with their two captives, the squire and Black Tom. Very soon afterward the faint dawn was just appearing when Captain Spring mounted his nag in front of the house, and said to young Maxwell: ‘*Push after me, my lad, as fast as you can. I have saved you, and I want you at Morristown, to state what you have witnessed here this night.”’ The young man gratefully assented, But as soon as the eaptain was out of sight, he took good care to leave the road and get into the woods and fields, on a course that would bring him consider- ably to the northward of Morristown. The truth was, he had been a British prisoner, taken with Burgoyne’s army, had escaped from his confinement in Pennsylvania, and was making his way to the British lines at New York. He certainly had no desire to followin the track of Captain Spring. It was fullten o’clock that morning when the captain was passed through the lines of the American army and ushered into the commissary’s office on Bottle Hill above Morristown. Lieutenant Kitchell was alone in the office, busily writing at atable covered with record- books. First exhibiting his pass, Cap- tain Spring then handed him the squire’s letter. “Good Heavens!’ exclaimed the lieu- tenant, ‘‘this must have instant atten- tion!” and he rushed in an agony out of the office. The captain sat still for a few mo- ments. Then he rose and looked euri- ously over the record-books, made a few notes from them, and ended by putting one of them into the breast-pocket of his coat. A grand review of the army was going on in the plain below on the borders of the village, and, as the lieu- tenant seemed in no haste to return, the captain mounted his nag and rode down to see the parade. The commander-in- chief and his suite were there, and, like any other old rustic, the captain and his jade rode slowly up and down near the line, apparently enjoying the sight. Presently someone in the crowd seemed to recognize him and hailed him; but to this he gave no attention. He merely turned his horse and, in an absent sort of way, ambled through the streets of the village, westward. After getting beyond the town, his nag began to trot, then to gallop, and it seemed asif the rider had forgotten all about his busi- ness, his supplies, his laden wagon and everything, except getting back home to the Delaware as fast as possible. | The deep boom of a cannon sounded | from the heights above the town. It was the ‘Old Sow,’’? an eighteen-pounder, that was fired only in case of a general alarm. The report seemed to act like a spur on the captain’s steed. As he reached the summit of a hill he hastily looked back, and, in the distance, be- held a cloud of dust rising on the high- road. A squadron of dragoons was in full gallop, and the captain flew like a ‘lash. They were evidently the pursuers and he the pursued. He was pressing toward the distant defiles of the moun- tains. Three miles more brought him into a forest road. A single dragoon, outriding the others, dashed up; but the captain’s pistol-shot emptied his saddle. The chase grew furious, desperate. Two other troopers fell in succession. His pistols were empty, and his only resource was continued flight. There was still one remaining pursuer—and but one— at his heels, and he came near enough to grasp the fugitive’s eloak. Adroitly slipping it loose, and urging his horse to the utmost, once more he dashed ahead. The dragoon followed fast and, coming alongside, aimed a slashing cut, that would have finished the flight had not the captain’s horse stumbled, and, in his headlong fall, dashed his rider to the ground. He was at the mercy of his foe. The pursuing soldier leaped from his saddle, and, advancing with threaten- ing blade, cried: “At last, Moody, a‘ last!”’ Before the fallen man could make a sign of surrender, there was arustle in the neighboring bushes. A_ stranger sprang out of them in the rear of the ex- cited trooper. A heavy club was in his hand, and with one blow he laid the un- suspecting soldier low. The nextinstant Captain Spring—Moody, the British spy —flung himself on the dragoon horse and, with a wave of his hand, dashed westward to the mountains. In his un- looked-for deliverer he recognized young Maxwell. Moody’s object had been gained. He had obtained for Sir Henry Clinton the ration-book and all other information relative to Washington’s army, and when he rejoined his loyalist band that night, his first care was to set free Squire Kitech- ell, who had so unwittingly aided him. Moody’s well-known retreat in that re- gion was an inaccessible cavern on the borders of two ponds, known as the Big and Little Muckshaw, and about two miles south of Newton in Sussex County. Between this lurking-place and the city of New York was his line of operation and the region of his many famous ex- ploits. When Moody escaped, Maxwell, his deliverer, did not succeed in evading the remaining body of dragoons who immedi- ately came up. He was captured, and, being identified by Squire Kitchell, was charged with aiding in the attack and plunder of his house. Eventually he was taken to Newton jail and there con- fined under sentence of death. Moody, however, had not forgotten his good service. Often absent on perilous expe- ditions, it was not until the succeeding spring that the loyalist spy learned of the doom impending over his rescuer. Death threatened young Maxwell for an act of which he was innocent and of which Moody himself was the perpetra- tor. The spy, therefore, determined to attempt his release at any risk. The midnight rescue is one of the not- Established 1868. HM. REYNOLDS & SON, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Building and Sheathing Papers, Plain and Corrugated Carpet Linings, Asphalt and Coal Tar Prepared Roofing, Best Grades Asphaltum and Fire-proof Roof Paints, Coal Tar and Coal Tar Pitch, Elastic Roofing Cement, Resin and Mineral Wool, Asbes- tos Fire-proof Sheathing, Ete. Practical Roofers In Felt, Composition and Gravel, Cor.cLOUIS and CAMPAU Sts.. Grand Rapids, - Mich. PAMPHLETS CUTS for BOOM EDITIONS For the best work, at reasonable prices, address THE TRADESMAN COMPANY. Flags, Banners and Streamers Of all kinds and made to order. We Make a Specialty of Campaign Banners and Streamers, Portraits of Candidates on Cloth or Paper. CHAS. A. COYE, 11 PEARL ST, HESTER MACHINERY C0, AGENTS FOR Plain Slide Vaive Engines with Throttling Governors. Automatic Balanced Single Valve Engines. Horizontal, Tubular and Locomotive BOILERS. Upright Engines and Boilers for Light Power. Prices on application. 45 8. Division St., Grand Rapids, RINDGE, KALMBACH & CO,, 12,14, & 16 PEARL ST. Fall Season 1892. detente: dnl die iinet ai FACTORY. GOODS. Zora. tet vorne te JOBBING GOODS. occ om ies we know will be satisfactory. We carry a full line and can show you WwW RM GOODS We never had so nice « line of shoes, slippers A « and buskins, also feit boots and socks. RUBBER GOODS. We sell the best, the Boston Rubber Shoe Co.’s. Satisfaction guaranteed. Buy of the Largest Manufacturers in the COUPON BOOKS mnerarsser,..,. Country and Save Money. BANANAS]! If you want large bunches of the best quality, send your order to THE PUTNAM CANDY Co, able historical incidents of Sussex Coun- ty, and the details can also be found in Moody’s ‘‘Revolutionary Journal,” pub- lished by himself in London in 1782. Taking with him six picked men, the spy entered the village of Newton late at night. It was a perilous enterprise, and stratagem became necessary. The keep- er of the jail was hailed, and he appeared at an upper window. “I have atory prisoner to deliver to you,” said Moody, assuming the charac- ter of a continental officer. ‘‘You know him well. It is Jaquitte, one of Moody’s men. The jailer was overjoyed at the pros- pect of having so notorious a loyalist in his custody; but he was cautious. He refused to open the doors. ‘““Moody and his men are out—so it is said—and my orders are not to unbar the door after sunset. You will have to wait till morning.” The spy then abandoned stratagem, and sternly exclaimed; “The man who now speaks to you is Moody! I have a strong party here! In- stantly open the doors, or Ill pull the jail down and hang you on the nearest tree!’ The jailer vanished from the window and sounded the alarm-bell. The people of the town were aroused by it, and their approaching steps were heard in the darkness. The spy knew that in former years, not long past, the village had been the scene of Indian attack and mas- sacre, and he ordered his men to set up a terrific yell and a succession of war- whoops. The _ villagers were panic- stricken. “The savages are upon us!’’ they cried, as they hurried back to defend their homes. In the meantime an entrance had been forced, and Maxwell was found in his cell, peacefully slumbering. The sud- den vision of armed men startled him. Instant execution menaced him, as he thought, and he was thrown into an ag- ony of despair. The next moment, the words: ‘‘You are free!’’ raised him to such a frenzy of joy that he could scarce- ly be hurried away in time to escape the pursuit that followed. Young Maxwell was afterward recap- tured and suffered death. He was the brother of Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Maxwell, who in 1830, was the last survivor of the British officers who had served in the American Revolution. Moody himself, as he has recorded, went to London, bearing the sad news of his young friend’s fate; and the tale we have here told was once as well knownon ‘‘Max- wellton braes” as the story of Lucknow and Annie Lawrie. J. BARNITZ BACON. _—>-S>—_—— Will Be Here Fair Week. William Connor will be at Sweet’s Hotel Sept. 22 and 23 with his closing out bargains, and such merchants as call upon him will see such great bargains in ready made clothing as is seldom offered to the trade, as his employers, Michael Kolb & Son, of Rochester, New York, have decided to make a general clearance early this season and offer these great bargains to the trade generally, instead of their falling into the hands of one or two leading houses, who are always on the alert for such bargains. Don’t for- get the day, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 2 and 23. Wi~ii1AM Connor. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. The Field of Gettysburg is to the old soldier and the student the most interesting of all the earth’s battle grounds. Those who go to Washiugton to attend the encampment of the G. A. R. in September, wil! have the best oppor- tunity of visiting Gettysburg by taking the line of the Michigan Central, and the Northern Central, which includes a side trip to Gettysburg either going or return- ing. For those whe wish to return by way of Philadelphia, all return tickets will be honored either via the short line or via Philadelphia, allowing stop-over at Baltimore, Philadelphia and Harris- burg. Thestopat Philadelphia will per- mit of a side trip to New York and re- turn at the low rate of $4. During the summer season the Michi- gan Central gives the privilege of stop- ping over at Niagara Falis at any time within the life of the ticket returning, upon depositing it with the ticket agent there, affording a valuable opportunity to see the beauties of the great cataract and vicinity at leisure. Tickets are also sold to Washington via Toledo and the lines south and east therefrom. The Michigan Central is the shortest route, the best route, and offers induce- ments that no other line can give. For any additional information apply to near- est Michigan Central ticket agent or to J.S. Hall, Mich. Pass. Agent, Jackson, Mich. 470 ~~ oe <> Sauerkraut Will Be High. Sauerkraut appears to have followed the example set by pickles and deter- mined to roost high during the season now about begun. Manufacturers of kraut at Chicago claim that the cabbage crop this year is so short that the price of kraut is likely to touch $8 or $9 before the end of the season. August made kraut sold at $5.50 from first hands and it is claimed that September made will be at least $1 higher. SCHLOSS, ADLER & C0, MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF Pants, Shirts, Overalls AND—— Gants’ Frnishing Goods. REMOVED TO 23-285 Larned St., East DETROIT, MICH. Dealers wishing to look over our line are in- vited to address our Western Michigan repre- sentative, Ed. Pike, 272 Fourth avenue, Grand Rapids. THE DAILY PRESS Isa mighty power to right wrongs, to diffuse knowledge and to bring to justice offenders against our laws, but when power is needed on the head of an apple barrel it Is No Good. Realizing this fact, and knowing the time for packing and shipping apples has arrived, we have purchased a large stock of APPLE PRESSES Both lever and screw, and are now prepared to furnish you any quantity you want. Extended remarks concern- ing the utility and convenience of these machines is unnecessary, as all packers of fruit are acquainted with their merit. It will be sufficient to say that, as usual, we have the best of the kind in the market. We have something else also to talk about this morn- ing entirely different, but fully as useful, and which is many times employed in connection with the Presses. The article we refer to is The Little Giant Potato Scoop Made of malleable iron in one piece. They are much stronger than any wire scoop can be. If you have the strength you can lifta man with one of them without bending or breaking the scoop. Any tine in the scoop can be bent up in the shape of a watch spring without breaking. It is made deeper than any other scoop, therefore strength is added, as the center tines brace up the sides. There being no sharp corners or edges they never bruise or scratch potatoes or apples in handling. The front edge being smooth and reasonably sharp, farmers use them to pick up corn or potatoes in the field. The above are but afew of the many points of ex- eellence that make the Little Giant the best potato scoop on earth. ONRO > Tf. R prosren TEVENS &C:~ ” OUR NEW LINE OF Tablets, Fall Specialties School Supplies Rts., ARE NOW BEING SHOWN ON THE ROAD BY MR. J. L. KYMER, OF OUR FIRM. MR. GEO. H. RAYNOR, MR. WALTER B. DUDLEY, MR. CHAS. E. WATSON, MR. PETER LUBACH. EATON, LYON & CO. TRADE WINNERS All Goods Manufactured by Us. Quality the Best! Purity Guaranteed! PUTNAM CANDY CO. PHEREINS & HESS DEALERS IN Hides, Furs, Wool & Tallow, NOS, 122 and 124 LOUIS STREET, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, WE CARRY A STOCK OF CAKE TALLOW FOR MILL USE. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. AMONG THE TRADE. AROUND THE STATE. Clare—Wm. Giberson will remove his general stock to Clio. Joyfield—John Beeman is operating a general store at this place. Sand Beach—Essler & Cary succeed F. C. Davis in the drug business. Gregory—O. L. Smith has purchased the general stock of Kuhn Bros. Reed City—J. S. Pierce has purchased the bazaar stock of S. A. Amsden. Lakeview—Northrup Bros. succeed C. M. Northrup in the wool business. South Lake Linden—Stephen Lee has removed his grocery stock to Hancock. Gaylord—White & Townsend succeed W. J. White & Co. in the meat business. Mancelona—S. Goldman has removed his confectionery stock to Traverse City. Kalamazoo — Martin W. Morton has sold his grocery stock to Middaugh & Craver. Shelby—C. E. Abraham has purchased the furniture stock of the Shelby Furni- ture Co. Greenville—Merritt & Whitney succeed Merritt & Stevenson in the dry goods business. Escanaba—Wm. Duncan is succeeded by Duncan & Campbell in the grocery business. Corunna—E. M. Johnson has purchased the fruit and confectionery stock of Geo. W. Schklagel. Constantine—J. B. Randolph is suc- ceeded by Baker and Randolph in the fruit business. Burr Oak—Chas. M. Rockwell succeeds M. O. Rockwell & Co. in the drug and jewelry business. Milan—W. R. Needham is succeeded by L. J. Hitchcock in the bakery and res- taurant business. Eckford—J. N. Smith has purchased the agricultural implement stock of Hamilton & Rogers. Coleman—Geo. Mitchell, of the firm of Steers & Mitchell, dealers in agricultural implements, is dead. Gladwin—The grocery firm of H. Simp- son & Son has dissolved, Henry Simpson continuing the business. Cheboygan—O. W. Grover is consider- ing the project of building a planing mill and box factory at this place. Millburg—F. M, Witbeck has removed his implement stock to Benton Harbor, which he will make headquarters here- after. Baldwin—L. B. Chapel has traded his store building and hardware stock for property in Fenton. His successor here is D. Horton. Lacota—Frank L. Deal has sold his general stock to J. L. Goldbraith, but still continues the agricultural imple- ment business. Marquette—The grocery firm of Lat- trell Bros. has dissolved, the business being continued by Frank Lattrell under the same style. Big Rapids—The Crescent Furniture Co. has sold its retail stock to O. R. Bushe, of Au Sable, who will continue the business at the same location. Mancelona— Elmer E. White has bought an interest in his father’s grocery and provision stock and hereafter the firm name will be Geo. L. White & Son. Detroit—The Vulcan Transportation Co., composed of Edward T. Peck, John B. and Samuel A. Baugh and James Findlater, has filed articles of as sociation. The capital stock is $100,000. Muskegon—D. M. Stever & Co. have sold their dry goods stock to Glasgew Bros. & Dack, who conduct adry goods store at Jackson. The business here will be under the personal management of J. B. Glasgow. MANUFACTURING MATTERS. North Bradley—Button &Son are pros- pecting with the intention of building a sawmill about one mile south of Beaver- ton. Chippewa Lake—James Moor is about buying the shingle mill on the north side of Chippewa Lake and will put in a lum- ber mill. Chippewa Lake—Reed & Wilson have dissolved partnership and will discon- tinue the manufacturing of shingles at this place. Saginaw—The Asphalt Roofing Co. has been incorporated under the same style as heretofore, the capital stock be- ing $10,000. Dodge—The Lansing Lumber Co. is building a logging spur to connect with a large tract of hemlock recently pur- chased a few miles from the mills. Ludington—James Foley is building camps and will soon begin logging 12,- 000,000 feet over the Danaher railway for the Pere Marquette Lumber Co. West Bay City—The capital stock of the Crumps Manufacturing Co., manu- facturing boxes, sash and blinds, has been increased from $10,000 to $50,000. Coleman—Simons & Babcock are build- ing a switch connecting with the Beaver- ton branch of the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad, and will get over 10,000 pieces of cedar this fall. Chippewa Lake—The Chippewa Lum ber Co. has sold it planing mill to Merrill & Co., of Saginaw, and it is now being loaded on the cars to be taken to Toledo, where it will be rebuilt. Saginaw—Avery & Mumford will lum- ber a number of million feet of logs in Tittabawassee waters, Midland county, this fall and winter. They sell the logs to mill firms on the river. Saginaw—E. O. & S. L. Eastman & Co. will cut several million feet of hard and soft wood logs in Bentley township, Glad- win county, and the work of building camps will be started in a few days. Sault Ste. Marie—The Sault Lumber Co. has put on a night force, and will operate the mill continuously to the end of the season. The company is now en gaged in sawing a big raft of logs for Bradley & Hurst. Hammond’s Bay —It is not unlikely that the reported disastrous failure of the Presque Isle Lumber Co. may turn out not so bad as at first reported. The company owes Sibley & Bearinger $45,- 000, and an Alpena bank $13,000, which are secured, and the other indebtedness is said to be nominal. It has 6,000,000 feet of logs afloat in the Ocqueoe, valued at $45,000; 17,000 acres of lands, well timbered with hardwood, and fully one- half that is well adapted for farming pur- poses; about 10,000,000 feet of timber, worth $25,000, and other property. Bay City—The future of Bay City asa lumber manufacturing locality is as- sured for many years. The success of log-rafting from the upper lakes and from Canada to this point guarantees the receipt of more than 1,000,000,000 feet of logs to be delivered here already in sight, and lumbermen are scouring the Georgi- an bay region for new limits. Besides this, several hundred million feet in the Upper Peninsula and the northern por- tion of the Lower Peninsula are booked for the Bay City mills. The excellence of this market and the manner of manu- facturing lumber tosuit the trade have given the Saginaw river mills a reputa- tion which makes them a favorite with Eastern buyers. Alpena—Alger, Smith & Co. have been lumbering the timber purchased of the J. E. Potts estate, and also a quantity of their own on the Black river, and they have also a large body of timber in Presque Isle county and have had crews looking over other tracts in that county on which they have secured options. They will send down the lake in all about 90,000,000 feet of long logs this season, and the Sanborn mill at Osineke is cutting short logs for them. They have built twenty miles of logging road this season and it is calculated next sea- son that the Alger road will be pushed up into Presque Isle county. They were obliged to cut a number of million feet of logs on lands that had been burned over and put them into a lake where they will lie until the railroad is extended north as there is no other way in which they can be reached. —qom- 2a Captured by the House Organs. A conference of representatives of the independent trade papers of the country was called to meet at Chicago last Tues- day, but the house organ men took pos- session of the meeting and thus defeated the objects set forth in the eall. They proceeded to organize an association, in which movement two or three editors of independent journals joined, but the meeting was utterly devoid of incident, interest or result. The party was shown the World’s Fair grounds and buildings, through the courtesy of the editor of the New England Grocer, and handsomely entertained at a banquet by Chase & San- born. a — The West Michigan Fair. Secretary Whitney has done most ef- fective advertising for the West Michi- gan fair, to be held here next week, and all indications point to the largest and most comprehensive display ever made at a Michigan fair. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. Advertisements will be inserted under this head for two cents a word the first insertion and one cent a word for each subsequent insertion. No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents. Advance payment. BUSINESS CHANCES. GOOD CHANCE FOR AN A NO. 1 GRO.- cery business. Reason of selling, poor health. W. L. Mead, Ionia, Mich. 576 OR SALE—AT ONE-HALF ITS VALUE, the valuable woodenware factory plant for- merly owned by the a Clothespin Fac- tory Co, located at Shepherd, Isabella county, Mich., where all kinds of timber in any quantit ean be bought at lowest known prices. Build- ings and machinery new and well adapted for any wooden ware factory work. O. H. Stanton, Jackson, Mich. 580 OR SALE—#3,800 DRUG STOCK IN THE most central loeation in a thriving city in Michigan, ssn about 20,000. First-class business established. Reason for selling, pro- prietor not a druggist. Address 581, care Michi gan Tradesman. 581 OR SALE—A STOCK OF GENERAL MER- chandise in LeRoy, Michigan. Stock will invoice $10,000, but we will reduce to any de- sired amount. We courta thorough investiga- tion, as we offer an established trade and a profitable investment. Will rent or sell the building. M. V. Gundrum & Co. 582 XCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR A BUS. iness man with $5,000 to $10,000 ready money to embark in the wholesale business in Grand Rapids and take the management of same. House well established. Investigation solicited from persons who mean business. No others need apply. No. 556, care Michigan —, WANT TO QUIT WORK, BUT CAN'T DO IT because I have a first-class stock of drugs on my hands. If there is a man in Michigan who wants to buy Ican give himabargain Address “Quinine,” care Michigan Tradesman, Grand Rapids. 579 OR SALE—A FINE AND WELL-ASSORTED stock of dry goods, boots, shoes, hats, caps and gents’ furnishing goods, ia live railroad and manufacturing town of from 500 to 600 inhabi- tants. Only business of the kind in the locality. Other and more important business requires the attention of the proprietor. We court a thorongh investigation and will guarantee a profitable investment. Address No. 571, care ichigan Tradesman. 571 OR SALE OR EXCHANE—CLEAN STOCK of dry goods and gents’ furnishing goods. Good point for trade. Reason for selling, other business requires our attention. Address No. 568, care Michigan Tradesman. 56: OR SALE — GROCERY AND CROCKERY stock, located in a thriving village with 1.800 inhabitants and doing the largest trade in the town. Will invoice shout 83,000. Sales last year, #28,000. Good location and best reasons for selling, Address No. 575, care Michigan Tradesman. If you want a good thing, write. 675 OR SALE—NEW AND FINE CLOTHING and furnishing goods stock. Good cash trade. Rent moderate. In the fast growing city of Holland, Mich. A good investment for a man of some capital. Address Box 2167, Holland, Mich. 551 SITUATIONS WANTED, ANTED—SITUATION AS REGISTERED druggist. Twelve years’ experience, good references. Address caré Michigan Tradesman. No. 578. 578. MISCELLANEOUS. PRODUCE MARKET. LT Apples—Dutchess are in fair supply and ex- cellent oemand at 80c per bu. Pippins and Cul- verts are in moderate demand at 60¢ per bu. Beans—Dry stock is in small supply and active demand. Dealers pay $1.50@1.60 for unpicked and hold city handpicked at $1.85@1.95 per bu, Beets—50c per bu. Butter—Higher and firmer. Dealers pay 18¢ for choice dairy and hold at 20c, Cabbages—s0c and 60c per dozen, according to §:1ze, Celery—Choice home grown commands 20@25c per dozen bunches. Cranberries—A few consignments of unripe wild berries have come to market, but not enough to establish a price. Dried apples—Evaporated is firmly held at 8@9ec; sundried is strong at 5@6c. Eggs—Higher and hard to get. 15c and hold at 16e per doz. Grapes--Ives are in limited supply and de- mand, commanding 50@56e for 10 lb. basket, Green Corn—8@10c per doz. Honey—idc per lb. Very scarce. Musk Mellons—Osage, $1 per crate; nutmeg, 75e per dozen. Onions—Dry stock is scarce, small in size and fair in quality, commanding $1.10 per bu. Peaches—This is the big week, the market be- ing well supplied. Early Crawfords command $1.25@'.75 and Barnards bring $1@1.50 per bu. Pea s—Flemish Beauties and Clapp’s Favorite —aeuene $1.50 per bu. and Bartlett's about $1.75 per bu. Peppers—Green, 80c per bu. Plums—Green Gages bring $1.75@#2; Lombards oe Sree are in ample supply at $1.50@$2 per bu, Potatoes—Local dealers pay 55¢ per bu. and sell at 65c. Sweet Potatoes—Jerseys command $3.75 per bbl. and Baltimores $3°25, Tomatoes—The market is higher again, choice stock commanding 80c per bu. Watermelons—In fair su pply at #20 per 100. Dealers pay O YOU USE COUPON BOOKS? IF So, DO you buy of the largest manufacturers in the United States? If you do, you are customers of the Tradesman Company, Grand Rapids. Fee SALE — GOOD DIVIDEND - PAYING stocks in banking, manufacturing and mer cantile companies. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids. 370 OR SALE — BEST RESIDENCE LOT IN Grand Rapids, 70x175 feet, beautifully shad- ed with native oaks, situated in goo1 residence se only 200 feet from electric street car line. ill sell for $2,500 cash, or part cash, pay- ments tosuit. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St. 354 WO RESIDENCE LOTS IN VILLAGE OF Belding to exchange for grocery stock worth $1,000 to $1,500. Will ay difference in cash. Address No. 470, care Michigan Trades- man. 570 ANTED — DESIRABLE LOCATION FOR hardware store. Address, giving full par- ticulars as to population of town and surround- ing country and rent of building, No. 552, care Michigan Tradesman, 552 “The Kent.’ as new and handsomely furnished hotel, 4 located directly across the street from the Union Depot, is now open to the public. It is conducted oan 4 on the European plan. Rooms with steam heat and electric bells range from 50 cents to $1 per day. First-class restau- rant and dining room in connection. Free trans- fer of baggage from Union Depot. The patronage of traveling men and country merchants is earnestly solicited, as we are con- fident our hotel and its service will commend themselves to all seeking clean, quiet, and home. like accommodations, BEACH & BOOTH, Props, > 4 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 5 GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP. The style of the Princess Dressing Case Co. has been changed to the Michi- gan Cabinet Co. Folger & Rynbrandt, meat dealers and grocers at 305 Broadway, have dissolved, Folger & Jennison succeeding. Fisher, Mansfield & Harmon succeed C.S. Harmon in the drug business at the corner of West Fulton and Mt. Vernon streets. Herold, Bertsch & Co. have opened for business at 5 and 7 Pearl street, where they occupy the ground floor and _ base- ment of the new Morman & Wilmarth building. T. Kraai has sold his one-half interest in the firm of Lieffers, Kraai & Co., gro- cers at 788 Grandville avenue, to John L. Lieffers and Herman Lieffers, who will continue the business under the style of Lieffers & Son. a Purely Personal. W. J. Haughey, the New Era grocer, was in town one day last week. He was accompanied by his wife. Wm. T. Hessis happy over the receipt of a handsome gold watch, presented to him by Luce & Manning, the Boston wool merchants. Wm. H. Hoops, of Chicago, was in town acouple of days last week on his way to and from a visit to his business interests at Luther. Fred H. Ball, Secretary of the Ball- Barnhart-Putman Co.,; may be addressed at Henderson, Ky., until Sept. 20. Heis accompanied by his wife. Christian Bertsch has returned from Boston, where he spent a couple of weeks, buying goods for the new jobbing house of Herold, Bertsch & Co. Lester J. Rindge is spending a couple of weeks in Boston and environs and will accompany his family, on their return from the seashore, the latter part of the week. Dr. D. B. Kilpatrick, the veteran drug- gist and grocer at Woodland, was in town last Thursday on his way home from a ten days’ tour of the Northern resorts. It was his first visit to the resort regions for ten years. 2 Gripsack Brigade. P. H. Carroll, Michigan representative for Selz, Schwab & Co., has returned from a six weeks’ visit to the Pacific coast. John M. Shields (Daniel Lynch) and Horace Shields (Brown, Hall & Co.) leave Friday for a fortnight’s inspection of Baltimore, Washington and Gettysburg. Willis P. Townsend, formerly on the road for S. K. Bolles & Co., but for the past few months in the employ of the Hanselman Candy Co., has severed his connection with the latter house. Cornelius Crawford is hobbling around the State again and hopes soon to regain his former alacrity. One thing has not deserted him during his illness—his pen- chant for effective trading—and there is a well grounded rumor to the effect that he started out with a jackknife two weeks ago and is now the possessor of a second-hand trotting horse. ———————>_ + The Reason. She entered a department store One morning just at ten, And when the shades of evening fell She issued forth again, And when her husband asked her why She took so long to range Within that store, she told him that She did it for the change, The Hardware Market. Iron and Steel—Matters are shaping in the iron and steel trade in a manner which is not altogether satisfactory to those who had been hoping for a better condition of affairs. Here and there transactions are cropping up which seem to justify those who predicted a return to the prices prevailing before the labor troubles. Pig Iron—Is quiet in all markets. Quite a large number of contracts have been placed for Bessemer pig at the low prices lately ruling. Bar Iron—The resumption of nearly all the mills will soon result in full stock in the hands of the jobbers. The price remain at the $1.80 to $1.90 base. Cut Nails — Eastern manufacturers have advanced their price 10c a keg, but the Western makers have, as yet, made no change. Wire Nails—The market is quite ac- tive with a good demand. So many mills have lately resumed operations that little difficulty is encountered in keeping fully supplied. The price will still remain $1.85 to $1.90. Barbed Wire—Still in large demand, notwithstanding which prices seem to be tending downwards. Galvanized is held at $3 and painted at $2.55, but for good orders these figures can be shaded. Apple Presses—Beginning to move quite freely. The screw and lever press- es are quoted at $13.50 per dozen. Shot—Market active, but no change to note in price, $1.50 for drop and $1.75 for B B and layer being the market. Dynamite—This explosive, which is used so largely by farmers and others in stump blasting, has been reduced in price by the leading manufacturers. A poor article is dear at any price, and merchants should be careful in buying and insist upon a well-known and stand- ard brand. Sheet Iron—Still searce and jobbers find hard work to buy full assortments at any reasonable figure. It will be a month before the sheet mills get caught up in their orders. ——~-2- << The Grocery Market. Sugar—The market is firm and practi- cally unchanged from a week ago. C’s slumped off last week, but more than re- gained the lost ground on Saturday. Fruits—Prime currants command full prices. Dates are firmer. Foreign prunes are without change. New Cali- fornia are firmer. Domestic dried fruits retain their steadiness. Spices—The market is more active and the activity is likely to continue through- out the month. Fluctuations in values are not important, but the tendency is firm all along the line. Coffees—Rio grades are firm and high- er and manufacturers cf package have advanced their quotations 1c. Tobacco—Several manufacturers have issued circulars to the trade announcing advances in low grade plug, fine cut and smoking brands ranging from 1 to 3 cents per pound. The advances take effect the 16th, 18th, 20th and at later dates and are attributed to the recent advance in low grade leaf. Lemons—In better supply and prices from 50c to $1 per box lower. . Bananas—Without material change. Peanuts—Prices are higher in Virginia and a much firmer feeling is noticed. Confectionery—Firm at the advanced prices. a H. H COOPER & CO, rn, N. Y., Manufacturers of Men's, Youths’, Boys’ and Children’s CLOTHING! Snaps in every line. We are the people!? REPRESENTED BY Jf. VV BESTE, Owosso, Mich. The West Michigan Fa AT COMSTOCK PARK, Grand Rapids, Sept 19 to 23, 1899. Will Excel Any Held by the Society. Half Fare ov a Railroads The Famous Grounds, Fast Track, Fine Buildings, Ample Accommodations and Unusual Facilities, backed by Liberal Premiums, will bring Exhibits and Visitors and make a grand success. The Bench Show will bring Hondreds of Fine Dogs. Liberal Purses will Draw Fast Horses. Every Day Will Have Many Attractions. Every Stock Grower and Manufacturer Should Exhibit and Everybody Should Attend the Fair. For Premium Lists, Fold- ers, Entry Sheets, Etc, address C. L. WHITNEY, Sec’y, Grand Rapids. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Only An Errand-Boy. Only an errand-boy running all day, Plenty of work, with the smallest of pay, Glad to tring smiles to a mother’s wan cheek “Rent can be paid with four dollars a week.” Only an errand boy, nimble and smart— (That is, he ought to be, now at the start) Commonly clad, as a rule, but who cares? Time enough yet for the tailor’s fine w ares. Only an errand- boy, lunching at noon, With a boy’s appetite Nature's sweet boon; Simple the repast that rounds the fair cheek, Bread can be bought with four dollars a week. Only an errand-boy doing the chores, Coming and going through gateways and doors, Upstairs and downstairs, oh, hundreds of times! Whistling aud singing his rude boyish rhymes, Only an errand-boy climbing the hill, Good, honest manhood he'll reach w ith a will; Digging and sowing good seed as he climbs, Gaining the dollars by saving the dimes. Only an errand-boy, bless his dear heart, Riding up home on ‘the tail of ac art, Carrying smile *s for a mother’s pale cheek, Sunshine and smiles and— — dollars a week! Mrs. M A. Kipper. _ — 2 — ---- Business Careers for Women. “What would you do,’’ asked one woman of another who is wise in the ways of bread-winning, “if you werea young girl and had your living to earn?”’ “I don’t know,” was the answer ‘“‘but I can tell you some things I wouldn’t do.” “I wouldn’t teach unless the ‘call’ was almost deafening, because then I should be carrying my little napkinful of talents to a market already sadly overcrowded. “I wouldn’t study stenography or type- writing unless I knew or had opportuni- ty to learn two or three modern lan- guages besides English, and unless I was to start uncommonly well educated; be- cause, unless I could fit myself for one of the few extremely good places, I should find the other places had little money in them. **I wouldn’t go behind a counter unless I needed $4 or $5 or $6 a week so urgent- ly that I couldn’t do without it while I was learning a better business. If I did turn saleswoman I wouldn’t do my work languidly or negligently; for I hope I should know that the question of who should continue always to earn $6 and who should earn $40 would be condi- tioned by that other question, out of 800 or 1,000 who were the half dozen that had the most intelligence and capacity for application. ‘‘Whatever I did I wouldn’t do it with an eye to that and nothing more. I would remember a certain assistant book-keeper who does her work with perfect exacti- tude and punctuality, yet sees every lad who enters the office promoted above her head, because the lads open their eyes in many directions, and are ready and eager the moment there is chance for an ad- vance, while every afternoon the book- keeper rolis up all thoughts of her work with the methodical rolling of her soap and white apron. She isn’t really inter- ested in it, and once her sense of duty is satisfied she goes home to embroider things for charity fairs and absorb her- self otherwise. She is absolutely faith- ful, and like a majority of women work- ers, absolutely without intelligent ambi- tion. ‘“‘Whatever I did, I would remember the saying of a leading dry goods mer- chant: ‘Of all my employes the best women are the very best, but the average woman ranks far below the average man.’ “If I wanted to succeed with any suc- cess beyond a bare living, I would try hard not to be an average woman.” ~_>—o—<— Use The Tradesman Co.’s Coupon Books. G. R. MAYHEW, Grand Rapids, Mich., JOBBER OF Wales Goodyear Rubbers, Woonsocket Rubbers, Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. Nelilling Corset Cos CORSETS * THE MODEL (Trade Mark.) FORM. ie on Karth! NTT PRENGH SHAPE Send for Illustrated Catalogue. See price list in this journal. SCHILLING CORSET CO., Detroit. Mich. and Chicago, Ill. BUY THE PENINSULAR Pauls, Shirts, and Overalls Once and You are our Customer for life. STANTON, MOREY & CO., Mfrs. DETROIT, MICH. Gro. F. OwEN, Salesman for Western Michigan, Residence, 59 N. 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Peerless, memate.. . ... seth a colored. ..20 colored. ...19%| White Star.......... 18 Taare... 18%4| . ** colored. .20 DRESS GOODS. Hamilton.......... es Nameless becae du eee = ‘ - ce Oe eee 27 GG Cashmere...... 20 oe .30 Nameless 6 Cuetec 16 ' ce 18 ” CORSETS, Cree. ....- $9 50/Wonderful . Schliiines......... 9 Grrnemneoes,.......... 4 Davis Waists..... 9 00|/Bortree’s a Grand Rapids..... 4 50/Abdominal. eX JEANS. NG oe oe ae satteen.. 7 Androscoggin....... re a 6 Baaderera........... Conestoga...... - 6% Brunswick. ........ 6% Mewern .......... 6% re NTS. Allen a reds.. . eo checks. : . staples ...... . shirtings ... 4 American fancy.... 5% Americanindigo.. . B& American shirtings. 4% Argentine Grays.. 7 Anchor —.- Arnold i. .- Arnold Merino..... 6 ** long cloth B.10% “ ae oe Cc. 8 “century cloth 7 * eon vce... 10% ‘* green seal TR10% “yellow seal..10% 11% “ Turkey red. — Ballou solid “colors. 5% Bengal blue, green, and orange... 5% Berwick fancies.... 5% Clyde Robes........ Charter Oak fancies 4% DelMarine ee . ourn’g Eddystone fancy. wis chocolat " rober.. . sateens.. Hamilton — Manchester nee... new era. Merrimack D fancy. Merrim’ ck shirtings. Reppfurn . Pacific fancy. . robes..... ¥s ieee robes, . Simpson mourning.. ; SenAee 3 Sacananac SS . Slt 4 bisck. é Washington indigo. 6 Turkey robes. . * ‘* India robes.... 7% ** plain T’ky x X 8% “ “ o 10 Berlin solids........ 5% Z.. 6 r ee Tur- ss 6% ee. es. 6 os Marine Washington ” Turkey red &..... TH - Martha Washington - Turkey red........ 9 ss ; Riverpoint robes.... 5 Cocheco a... : Windsor a eee 6% madders. . gold ticket ' XX twills.. Oy indigo blue....... 10% 66 enes...... 53¢|Harmony......... - 44 ICKINGS, Amoskeag AC A....i2%)/A Hamilton N......... Tm a eT 8%| Yor oa Awning. .11 err... on cnn 8 eae Pee... ...... 1144) W: Lenox Milis ........ 18 COTTON DRILL, eee A Sere EIR : 1% - 64|Top of Heap........ 9 DEMINS. Amoskeag...... --124%[Columbian brown. .12 . Soe..... 13% Everett, enanes boc cne ee 12 - brown .13 bro once Seaover... 2. 11% Haymaker blue Doce. 7 Beaver Creek AA...10 brown... 7% Be... @ peer... * cc... Lancaster 2 SN 12% Boston. Mfg Co. br.. 7 Lawrence, Oox...... _ blue 8% 0. 220.. « d & twist 10% _ No. 250.. “HK Columbian are a = - No. 280.. ».10% GINGHAMS, Amoskeag.......... 7 Lancaster, staple... 7 ‘Persian dress 8% fancies .... 7 . Canton .. 8% “Normandie 8 ra APC... 10%/Lancashire.......... . Teazle...104|Manchester......... 5% ' Angola..10%|Monogram.......... 6% “ Persian.. 8%|Normandie......... i% Arlington staple.... 64%|Persian............. 8% —— fancy.... 43;)/Renfrew Dress...... 1% Bates Warwick dres 8%|Rosemont........... 6% ne staples. 6%|Slatersville ......... 6 Centennial......... a 5; ee SE: 7 Ceiseriom ........... See =. Cumberland staple. ‘os Toi ‘an Bee... .... 10% Cumberiand.... .... Wepe............. a 4 ** seersucker.. 7% ome ae ie Everett classics. wyinesadinn sd cies 6% Exposition...... ey 5 . heather dr. 8 coeeetio...........- 6% Hy indigo blue 9 Glenarvyen.... .....-. 6%|Wamsutta nies. 6% Cuenweed........... 7% Westb rook 8 Pe oss oso 6 10 Johnson Vhalonel % aliiieads Lae wees 5 st 6% “ sephyrm....i6 GRAIN BAGS, Amoskeeg........... 1644| Valley ~~ aces ane 15 cea Te Reena... .nys5- .- 15 American ..........- So Pee a 13 THREADS, Clark’s Mile End.,..45 |Barbour's....... ....88 Coe, 3. & FP... 3 45 |Marshall’s.......... 88 POPP ORS...... 0024+, 22% KNITTING COTTON. White. Colored. -- ace White. Colored. ables 42 38 |No. 14. 37 ot Be 38 -— i” 4 +0 BD 44 2a." oe 45 CAMBRICS. oer... es. 4%|Edwards.... White Star. Lockwood. Kid Glove.. Wood’s.. ee Newmarket......... | 4% Brunswick cin a aee RED FLANNEL, weeeen...... ..... ee, fee Ie Te R24 Creedamrs.......-.. ee ea eee coe 32% wees eee... _ wae, Ree........, 35 Siameenenn...... <1. 2744 pucmeye.... ........ 32% MIXED FLANNEL. Red & Blue, plaid..40 |GreySRW......... a Rigen 1h... .. .- 14. 22%4| Western W ......... Windsor Seuss ameese 18% ee ise Gos Western........ Flushing XXX...... a Usaan @............ a Le EET 23% DOMET FLANNEL, Nameless ..... 8 9 So 9 @10% oo cae 8%G@I10 a 12% CANVASS AND PADDING. Slate. Brown. Black./Slate. Brown. Black. 9% 9 934/13 13 13 10% 10% 104/15 15 15 11% 11% 114/17 17 bey 12% 12% 1244/20 20 20 DUCKS, Severen, 8 oz........ 9%|West Point, 8 0z....10% Mayland, 8oz....... 10% 00z ...12% Greenwood, Tr O%.. 9% ai ......... 13% Greenwood, 8oz.. 11% ee 13% Boston, § om... 2... 10%|Boston, 10 oz........ ae WADDINGS, ee 25 bale, 49 dos....87 50 Colored, dosz........ 20 SILESIAS, Slater, Tron Cross... 8 ;Pawtucket.......... 10% a O88... . poate Es 9 vin Boe... IG pontora.... .... .... 10% ' Best ee 2% — er ... 10% Phere eee sec eee Co 8 10% recede aa EWING SILK. Corticelli, doz....... 5 twist, doz. .37% = doz..37% Corticelli en, per %oz ball 30 KS AND EYES—PER @ No : BIk. & White. - No : BI ¢ & "White, = ss ; - ry "2p ' "3 No 2-20, B C....... 50, a 4—15 F 3%...... 40 S-16,5€....-... No 2 White & BPk.12. “No “8 White & BI'k..20 "= . at 2 . --0 “ 6 “ Ls “ 42 ‘“ . 26 SAFETY PINS. eee cea cee me Pees 36 NEEDLES—PER M A. a. -1 40 Steamboat eee ee 40 Crowely’s.. ::1 35|Gold yee... k, 150 Marsh Vs Pee eat 1 00 ABLE OIL CLOTH. 3-38 oa. 6—4...2 95 ee a N TWINES, —— Sail Twine & a <2 LO le io Rising Star sar: Domestic 18% 3-pl i a 16 [North Star.......... Bristol . ---..13 |Wool Standard 4 plyit% Cherry Valley. Cb os 1S (Powhattan ......... OE 18% PLAID OSNAB Renee 6%|Mount Pienant.. - 6% ee Riese ice ae 8% II i icccn cs 5 5s I kno eeeica a. Y% a 5 At ORR. oe 6 Rendon nga ose + By Georgia Se sce cia a, 2 Ba Sibiey A. d heuea Swaca'es 5g cowcnccoccosee DEMME Du ciec oes... 6 — ro ae i wetin cn abla ™ 4 * 3 , 3 @ > owed > 1 €y rc < a a > 4 +? Ny 4 &, ~ ‘ a Y 4 { 4. 4 we <4 ~ a —~ rm ~ rr. + t P ey 4 rs : 2 ' 3 @ > ened r «< hay et a \ > a ely, a i i ill ‘ a4 a « 4, 4 we <4 BS ~/ 1S - ~ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 7 Good and Bad Money. The methods employed by the govern- ment experts to detect counterfeit money are simple as they are infallible. Gent- ly poising a bright silver dollar on the tip of the forefinger and with another dollar in the other hand a government expert in the treasury department the other day gave the first coin a sharp click, which caused it to make a clear, silvery ringing sound as long drawn-out and true to the final tone as atuning fork Then exchanging the genuine dollar on his finger for a spurious one he repeated the experiment. This time the sound that was heard was given by the striking coin and died at once. It was not nec- essary for the detector of good money to explain that the first experiment was made with two good coins and the sec- oud with a good and abad one. The latter was a composition of Jead and type metal, and a very poor piece of counterfeiting it was, too. He said that another reliable way to tell was to hold the doubtful coin up to the light, and if the reeding, or milling on the edge was even and clean-cut the coin would be a good one; if rough andirregular, it is al- most sure to be bad. The reason for this is that the government money is stamped from the cold metal, while the counterfeit money is moulded while hot. Still another test, but one less used by experts, is to drop a little acid on the plated coin, and the eagle where the metal wears the most, will be quickly eaten away. The acid used for gold coin is a mixture of nitric acid 61¢ drachms, muriatic acid 15 drops, and 5 drachms of water; for silver plated coin, 24 grains of nitrate of silver and 30 drops of nitric acid, with an ounce of water, are used. One drop is enough to test either metal. Should the coin be heavily plated, it is well to scrape ita bit before using the acid. Silver is much more largely counter- feited than gold, for the reason that it is hard to obtain a cheaper metal that will compare at all in weight with gold. Platinum used to be used, but its cost has so greatly increased in the past few years that it is almost as expensive as gold. Speaking of the counterfeiting of pa- per money the expert said that the gov- ernment has abandoned the use of blue silk thread in the paper certificates, and is now using a plain clear paper, similar to that in use prior to 1869. It is much more difficult for an expert to detect counterfeit bills than it is to tell good coin from bad. There are many reasons for this, chief of which is the greater va- riety of paper certificates. In all there are 36 portraits, and 44 vignettes, each of which is so finely engraved and so ex- actly wrought that the smallest turn of an eyelash or curl of a mustache can be made in a counterfeit and none but an expert could tell the difference. He must know every line and curve and dot on the face and back of every bill, and know it readily. To do this they have to devote years of careful study with the microscope and pass examinations before the old experts in the treasury depart- ment. The safest test for popular use is to note the shade of the inks used in numbering the certificates. These inks have never been successfully counter- feited. For red a bright carmine is used, and for blue aclearindigo. In the coun- terfeited notes the shades are brick red and blue black, both of which turn dark when rubbed with the finger. A test that is very little known and yet is quite reliable was explained by the expert: “The check letter which the United States notes and certificates have in the corners diagonally opposite to the note numbers are made in this way: The notes are printed four on one sheet, lettered A, B, C, Dfrom the top. Of course, as the notes are numbered consecutively, notes 1, 5, 9, 13, ete., would be A, and 2, 6, 10, 14, etc., B, and so on. So to get the proper check letter for a note the rule is to divide by four; if 1 is left over the check letter should be A; if 2, it should be B; if 3, C; and if there is no remainder it will, of course, be D. The counterfeiters use but one plate, and print all their notes alike, so that three out of every four are sure to be wrong. Of course, this is not an infallible rule, but it is often a great help in picking out counterfeits.” A ruse that is frequently resorted to by crooks is to soak their bad money in muddy water and thus give it an old and time-worn appearance. Some have been known to carry them in their shoes to take the stiffness and polish out of them. But the ways and means of a clever counterfeiter are as multitudinous as the number of bills he turns out. —_ te > cence One Thing Which Must Be Extirpated. From the Industrial World. We mean that aggressive and insur- reetionary element of strikes which ar- bitrarily determines that nobody else shall accept the employment and wages rejected by the striker, and which does not hesitate to use violence and blood- shed to enforce this unwarranted decree against all competing laborers. This pernicious spirit of intolerance is alien and hostile to the principles of our free institutions; its origin and habitat are European and monarchical; it is the vile spawn of ages of injustice and privation; on American soil, it is an exotie evil sep- arated from the circumstances which nourished its roots, promoted its growth, and provided oceasions for its legitimate manifestations as asocietary force acting against unendurable oppression; and, in this land of liberty, it is a dangerous as- sault upon one of the most sacred rights intended to be secured by the constitu- tion of the United States to every one of the people under its egis—the right to equality of privileges and immunities— a right ruthlessly trodden under foot whenever man or woman is intimidated from seeking or obtaining work and pay prohibited by the spurious authority of some self-aggrandizing labor union. Punitive laws must be enacted to puta complete end to the delusion of work- men that, because they are organized, banded, and ramified, they have the right to force their services, at wages fixed by themselves, upon owners of es- tablishments, and to carry out that de- sign by beating, maiming, or killing all other workmen who, in their own behalf —in the independent and separate ex- ercise of their right to make a contract which suits themselves—venture to ac- cept the pay and the terms rejected by the strikers. There must be something radically wrong, either in the motives or the operations of a strike which cannot be made successful so long as it contin- ues to be peaceable, and which must re- sort to intimidation and violence in order to win. The ultimate safety of society requires that no labor-union or any other association shall be permitted with im- punity to reduce to practice its prepos- terous assumption that its members pos- sess, on set occasions, a monopoly of lib- erty to work; for precedent, often re- peated, may at length arrogantly seat it- self in the abiding place of right, to be thrust out thence only by the stronger arm of military power. It is far easier to meet the encroachment of the new doctrine of liberty at the threshold of its advance, and strangle it there. Wolverine—Roswell & Moore succeed Roswell & Co. in the grocery business. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash bwyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURS AND BITS. dis. Cl 60 ec 49 PON UIO RE COPRINE, oo, oi occ e teens 5 25 connie, Ween. 8... 50&10 AXES. First Quality, me Oe Sere. . 8... cs $750 eee 12 00 . oo @ oeeee...... sl 8 50 . me eee... 13 50 BARROWS. dis. Ce $ 14 00 ee ee ee net 30 00 BOLTS. dis. EE 50410 Gunes pow lat.......... lab eGeesae eae 75&10 ee 40&10 Sleigh i 70 BUCKETS. Rae wee se $350 Ce Se ve cease 400 — CAST. dis. Coat Locee ram Meare. oe. ce ce. 0& Wrought Narrow, bright Gent joint.......... 60&10 a oe Pia. .......... — HAMMERS. rought Table. ........ 60&10 | » Te ‘ Wrought Inside Blind oe ee oe roug Tass eo) Verkes & Pina dis. 40410 Blind, Clark's 70&10 | Mason’s Solid Cast Steel................- 0c list 60 Blind, Parker z 0£10 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. ...30¢ 4010 ee 7 Sa BLOCKS, Cate, Claris, 1.2.3 ..............- oo dis.60&10 Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892........... ee per doz. net, 2 50 CRADLES. Screw _— and Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and i ee 3% ene ee ee: dis. 50&02 screw ‘Hook and ye, a. net 10 : CROW BARS. a iL u . cde eee eae aes en me CG ON ic ceise eeu cegetsus pees oe perb 5 ie ‘a i . Neve 7% ‘ CAPS, ee dis. 50 El y Mee ee per: m 65 HANGERS. dis. = 8 C.F... wee eee eee i 60 | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track....50410 D oe eee eee eee cree terete eee i | Champion, att trietion.. 00000010000. l. 6010 oe ee 40 CARTRIDGES, ae HOLLOW WARE. is ieee... 50 ee ed ell eedubeee de cuawed dadedean aaae ul & 10 eee 0h UC peer - CHISELS. eT Gr ere 40&10 ROGRGS WITMOE 8 ese a 70&10 PF x aac ee rood ea eon cn ena Kernen Stam ped Tin Ware..... ness ae _new list 70 FO IEE oi 6d ee, oh a le a Wiehe wd Wl lO ws lee wie iw ‘ J et e. a Pe “ele. ae say4i0 mutehers Tangee Pirmer...-....... -_..... WIRE @00D3. COMBS. dis a... 70810810 Cusre, Leawrenco’a................. a 40 nna Eyes ~~ ae Gekee : nl ee 25 Gate Hooks and Eyes 70610810 i CHALK. eu LEVELS. dis.79 White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10| stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... COPPER, ROPES, Planished, 14 oz cut to size... .. per pound 28 a, ane and larger .........66. seen. o 14x52, dene tegen og | Manilla........ 0.2... eee eee eee eee eee ee : cola Rolled. 14x56 and 14x60.... ........-.- | SQUARES. dis. ne ee Se Oe recs erste tier ces = TE EE 25 “og ee eee ate a 60 Satie —_— ee-.----.--. saan ens nan seee este esas 20 Morsa’s Bit Stocwe sl. 50 r Com. Smooth. Com. Taper and straight Shank.. on Oe 10to 405 6&8 95 Morse’s Taper Shank........ i TT 405 3 05 DRIPPING PANS. ee ean eee 7 = 3 05 Rall wee Mee ON “12 bang ap sa ah al ha a 05 3 15 Terme sicee, per pound...... ............... GM oa gS a ey ea aha sy pe = ELBOWS. All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches om. 4 plese, EEG dos. a . wide not less than 2-10 extra MN ce oa SAND PAPER. Te eee din. 40&10 | List acct. 19, °86.......... 0... eee eee ee ee dis. 50 SASH CORD. EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. Silver Lake, White TN list 50 ore — ot 30 Co 55 Ivoa’, 1, $18; 2, 824; Oe 25 nb White Se ..... be 50 FILEs—New List. dis. ib wae ls ieee ee edie au cas r = Pe ce. Cel tnt 2 ' Now Ameriege 60410 ce SASH WEIGHTS, aa Bierecee eee e ee eee eee ee tenance eees ne Se ee da per ton $25 ed ae ee alee Geen an wee SAWS. Heller’s Horse Rasps.. Be ee oe cece es ue ce “ ee or GALVANIZED IRON. i Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70 Nos. 16 to 20; 2 and 2; % and %; a 98/4, Special anions miniieat, 60 nee mpion and Electric Tooth x GAUGES. dis. Cute: per { wae ee Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s............... OU | Stecl, Game... 8). ee 60810 KNOoBs—New List. dis, Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35 Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 | Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s. 70 Door, porcelain, Tap. eiemimge............ Go| Mouse, Chomer.... ...... 18¢ per doz Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... 55 Mouse, Gerien. $1.50 we - Door, porceluin, trimmings................. 55 WIRE. Drawer and Shutter, percoiim............. “ 70 Foci ie tte res LOCKS—DOOR. 8. nneale ie eet at ence 7010 Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... on) Ceperee Dees sae se Wheeler oe Coe... .......... = Fant yaar aay eee eee eee ce. cy —— CO ed Fence, a oe MATTOCES. peleeee 2 55 OT Ee $16.00, dis. 60 HORSE NAILS. aoe ee ‘ae a 5,00, panto on Cae, ol dis. Pog ante... .. eee 8 a 08 = & Co.'s, Post, = . dis Marntnwemtern....................... dis. — perry oe, Fost, Handied............... ' ILLS. dia, | Baxter's Adjustable, nickeled.............. * 30 wr pune Coe 40) Coes Gevmine oi 50 P. 8. & W. Mfg. Co.’s —e---- 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........ 75 “Landers, Ferry & Clerk’s............ 4) | Coea Patent, matieabic.............. ...... 75&10 . Bnberprlse eee Meee clea sce ia 30 eins MISCELLANEOUS. dis. a Stebbin’ 8 Pattern Fe eee “ato Pumps, Cistern. oo a a an E&10 opm e Gomme... Crewe, New Lee a. Enterprise, self-measuring............ ae 25 | Casters, ~ a s i sodi0e10 ~ Omenn AMOericum OO LE 1 85} Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 6& &10 Mu mee eee. eo . 1 90 TALS, Advance over base: Steel. Wire. PIé TIN. a... Base eee ee fee... 26¢ Se eS a ae Base etre ee 28c Me ee cud nc ues 05 25 ZINC, —... 10 25| Duty: Sheet, 2%c per pound. ee 15 ieee bene Come 6% a... 15 a5} Per powre...... 8. a a = aia SOLDER. Eee a ee ee, 16 Ee cee eset eeee ee cree ¢ ¥ 3 &’ - — » «@ 4 a a » — a i (= “ ~ + & » & »¢ , & ~ « » = K A & @& - 1s ws (= « # * & » & THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 9 any such causes could exert any con- siderable influence in modifying the celi- mate of any country. Taking for granted the truth of the re- marks of Cesar, who was a great man in many ways and a careful student of men and things, we may admit that there have been extensive changes in the historic period. Some 2,000 years ago that conti- nent may have been growing warmer un- til a culminating point was reached. Then it may have begun to grow colder, as M. Flammarion has asserted. The fact that within the past month or so European countries have experienced un- due and unusual heats does not militate against the theories of climatic change. In fact, itis not known just what does produce and establish the facts of cli- mate. Therelative situation of countries with regard to constant or periodic po- sitions of the sun are supposed to govern the conditions of climatology, the sun spots or other states of that luminary are supposed also to work changes in the weather. At any rate there may be cyclic varia- tions in the shape of the earth’s orbit, this orbit being more or less elliptical at given periods. Moreover, if there should be any change of position of the center of gravity of the earth countries which are now near the equator might be rela- tively found nearer the poles and so be- come colder, while corresponding north- ern regions would grow warmer by rea- son of the change of relation to the sun. There may have been no such changes as those noted by Cesar in the century be- fore the Christian Era,and by Flammarion in the closing years of the nineteenth century afterwards, but if their obser- vations were well founded, here is good material for the world-builders and physical philosophers to work on. At any rate, the hot wave in northern Europe followed immediately upon the hot waive in the north of our hemisphere. They are being already charged to sun spots, but who knows the reason. SEARCH LIGHTS AND FLASH LIGHTS One of the most interesting uses to which electricity has been put of late years has been its adaptation to the pur- poses of warships and the military service generally. All warships are now equipped with a complete electric light service, which not only furnishes light in the living quarters of the ships but serves for the regulation lights which the vessels are compelled by internation- al maritime laws to carry and for signal lights as well. The incandescent bulb has permitted the use of lights on ship- board where the old-time lamps and lanterns would have been impossible or dangerous. By far the most important use made of electric lighting on shipboard, however, has been its use in search lights. These lights are so constructed as to give great illuminating power, and can be made to search out objects for long distances at sea. Their power is such that a warship can lie off shore and carefully scrutinize by the aid of its search lights every de- tail of the fortifications of a hostile port. The approach of torpedo or other small eraft can be readily detected by the use of these lights, and the character of ap- proaching vessels can be ascertained while still at a considerable distance. Electricity has also been made to serve the purpose of signaling at night on board ship, and is put to many other purposes of less importance. The latest experiments with the electric search light have developed that it can be made to serve the purpose of signaling long distances both on land and sea, where all ordinary means of communication are unavailable. An interesting experiment of signaling with a powerful electric flash light is reported in recent exchang- es. The light was located on the sum- wit of Mount Washington and messages were sent to Portland, a distance of eighty-five miles. The messages were sent by flashing the intense electric beam into the sky in long and short flashes, to correspond with the dots and dashes respectively of the Morse alphabet, the signals be- ing easily read by a telegraphic opera- tor located at Portland. It is explained that the direct source of light was, of course, far below the horizon, the shaft of light at Mount Washington being projected into the sky at an angle of forty-five degrees. In this way the lower strata of clouds were avoided and the pencil of rays was given a path that took it toa point probably eighty miles in the air above Portland, its length being calculated to be fully 100 miles. The success of this experiment will not be permitted to go long unimproved, and we are likely to soon hear that the discovery will be put to some practical and important use. The Drug Market. The past week has been characterized by a renewed activity in the drug mar- ket. Owing to the probability of cholera reaching our country, all disinfectants are showingan upward tendency. Gum opium, quinine, chloride of lime, carbolic acid and permanganate of potassium have all felt the effect of the movement, but are not, as yet, quotably higher than last market prices. An advance in the price of morphine is spoken of as being probable in the near future. et From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade. B. W. Ellison, Alma. L. W. Davis, Rothbury. G. H. Walbrink, Allendale. L. M. Wolf, Hudsonville. O. A. Rowland, Hesperia. C. K. Hoyt, Hudsonville. W. J. Haughey, New Era. D. B. Kilpatrick, Woodland. Wetzell Turning Works, Wetzell. —— A Manly Protest. MANCELONA, Sept. 10—When travel- ing men come into a store, why not act manly? Some come in with a hammer and nails and drive up some advertise- ment, just as though they stood in front of a billboard. To such I would say, You had better stay at home. J. L. FARNHAM. i a Wm. Connor writes THe TRADESMAN that his announcement in last week’s paper, to the effect that he would be at Sweet’s Hotel on Thursday and Friday of this week, was erroneous. He will be here on Thursday and Friday of next week instead. a I reverence old-time faith and men, But God is near us now as then; His force of love is still unspent, His hate of sin is imminent; And still the measure of our needs Outgrows the cramping bounds of creeds. —WBHITTIER, — oo Use Tradesman Coupon Books. Abso Catalogue for the coming new year is now issued, going into immediate effect with spice season. The book contains 128 illustrated pages, putting forth combined values that renders pure spices, whole or ground, nearly free. Ask to see the purity guarantee and list of goods. Pure Spice, 1893--PREMIUM--1893. J. P. VISNER, 167 NORTH IONIA ST., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. AGENT FOR fF), J. GILLIES & CO., NEW YORK. The Standard Cash Register (Patented in United States and Canada.) Is a practical Machine, Appreciated by Practical Business Men, It is a handsomely furnished Combination Desk, Money Drawer and Cashier, with Com- bination Lock and Registering Attachment. It records both cash and credit sales. It records disbursements. It itemizes money paid in on account. It enables you to trace transactions in dispute. It will keep different lines of goods separate. It shows the transactions of each clerk. It makes a careless man careful. It keeps an honest man honest and a thief will not stay where it is. It will save in convenience, time and money, enough to pay for itself many times over. Each machine, boxed separately and warrant- ed for two years. |. a For full particulars address THE STANDARD AGENCY, Sole Agents for Michigan, AUGUSTA, WIS. LION COFFEE DRANK BY MILLIONS EVERY DAY. Best Possible Proof of Its Fine Drinking Qualities. MERCHANTS: If you wish to build up a lasting trade on pack- age coffees, it will pay you to try Lion Coffee. Superior quality is its strong point, but the pre- miums given to customers also render its sale an easy matter to the merchant. We roast all kinds of coffees, and invite a trial order. WRITE YOUR JOBBER FOR QUOTATIONS OR CALL ON WOOLSON SPICK CO, Roasters of High Grade Coffees, TOLEDO, 0. T. S. FREEMAN, Distributing Agent 101 Ottawa St. Tel. 414-1R, Grand Rapids, Mich. | 16 Y THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. Two Years—James Vernor, Detroit. Three Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor Four Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Five Years—C. A, Bugbee, Cheboygan. President—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. retary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Meetings for 1892— Marquette, Aug. 31; Lansing, November 1. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n, President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. Vice-Presidents—I. H. L. Dodd, Buchanan; F. W. R. Perry, Detroit; W. H. Hicks, Morley. Treasurer—Wm. H Dupont, Detroit. Secretary—C. W. Parsons, Detroit. Executive Committee—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo; Jacob Jesson, Muskegon: F. J. Wurzburg and John E. Peck, Grand Rapids; Arthur Bassett, Detroit. Local Secretary—James Vernor. : Next place of meeting—Some resort on St. Clair River; time to be designated by Executive Committee. Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society. President, W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott, gular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March June, September and December, Grand Rapids Drug Clerks’ Association. President, F. D. Kipp; Secretary, W. C. Smith. Muskegon Drug Clerks’ Association. President N. Miller; Secretary, A. T. Wheeler. WAYS OF CUSTOMERS. Written for THE TRADESMAN. A noted writer once said, ‘‘The proper study of mankind is man.’ It may be as well to add that a good place to pur- sue that study is in a country store. One can here observe types of customers in endless variety, that will afford a large experience of human nature. Some pro- voke a smile by their oddities or absurd- ities—others make one tired by their perverse and annoying peculiarities. An- other class deserve the worst opinion one is obliged to entertain, and there are a few who live so near the border land of crime that they make petit larceny hon- orable by comparison. Among those whose whims are not wholly disagreeable is the man who expects you to sell him goods at jobbing rates because he once was engaged in the commercial line himself, either as proprietor or clerk. It takes more than a hint sometimes to convince him that such a plea does not entitle him to be placed on the free list. Another who wants to be sure of get- ting the value of his money insists on having every article warranted, from a fine tooth comb to a sulky plow. This customer is hard to be persuaded that it is impracticable to have an iron-clad guarantee kept in force from the manu- facturers down to the consumer, subject to all the contingencies fraud may in- vent, and all to serve no useful purpose, There is another class who want only a little of something, but so little it is hardly worth while to seta price on it; and so you end by giving him what is of value to his present necessities, which he considers neither a favor nor a bar- gain. One instance of this kind occurs when a boy is sent witha half-pint bot- tle to get a cent’s worth of chloroform. A class whose trade amounts, on the whole, to a large sum buy their goods in small quantities and generally select a variety; but, lacking knowledge of men- tal arithmetic, they know no better way than to make the purchase of each arti- cle a separate transaction, which often compels the dealer to make change at each delivery. Whenone is in no hurry, traffic of this kind is more amusing than annoying. Another class whose souls are, I fear, warped by the same foible that affected Ananias of old, always pay cash, but have, in nearly every case, a few cents less than the proper amount, and this Sum proves to be just about discount enough to annihilate the entire profit. The man who calls for stamps or postal cards—though the postoffice may be next door—giving as a reason a personal diffi- culty with the postmaster, whom he is determined not to patronize in any event, may be considered as one of the freaks which nature sends into the world for some wise reason unknown to mankind. His passion hides from his judgment the fact that, by department rule, the official salary is based alone on the amount of stamps cancelled instead of those sold, and so his well meant revenge is ren- dered abortive. The customer who knows it all and kindly informs the dealer where and how goods are made and what they cost, there- by thinking to induce a concession in the price may make one weary for a time; but, if the salesman does not allow him- self to be rattled, his purpose will not be attained. Once in a while when goods are pro- duced and price named in answer to en- quiry, the interrogative relative pronoun is violently thrown out in a voice like a Chinese gong and the dealer is informed in the most positive manner that Sellers, of Frostville, never asked more than half as much for that identical article. To the commercial novice this information is a staggerer; but, in time, he will get to understand that here is but an inno- cent game of bluff that certain kinds of people are in the habit of playing on general principles and it succeeds now and then in saving them a little money, and lessening the dealer’s reasonable profit. There is one class of customers whose forte is in never paying the full price asked for an article. If the salesman does not relent, they will go elsewhere and pay more, perhaps, but there must be a concession to them in every case to make a sale. This desire to beat down in price has no connection with an in- telligent appreciation of quality or value. Itis an infirmity like kleptomania, and involves no moral responsibility. Says one of this class, who is a little deaf, to a clerk who has shown a piece of cloth and stated the price: ‘Seventeen shil- lings? I will give you eleven.” On be- ing corrected and told that the price was seven shillings, this exponent of econo- my at once replies, ‘“‘Oh! Seven shil- lings, I will give you five.” These are the ones who tempt a merchant from the safe rule of honest trading. For, in or- der to protect himself, he is compelled to make a special price to suit the style of customer, and in spite of the utmost shrewdness, gets himself into trouble thereby. At long intervals comes one who calls for some article, examines it very care- fully and enquires if you have others a little different. He inspects with delib- eration, evidently seeking to fill a special order that allows no discretion to the agent. But he does not buy. He does not even apologize for the trouble he has made. The episode passes, and is for the time forgotten, only to be renewed by another apparent customer of like habits who repeats the same round of en- quiries, and searches for an imaginary article, and who does not buy. This is one of the mysteries which hang around commercial life. Itis of no use to probe the phenomenon for light on the subject. No use to ask why; echo only answers, “Why?” It is a derelict of idiosyncrasy found in the mid-ocean of human experi- ence. Even Bradstreet keeps no statisti- cal record. Each dealer is alone the proprietor of his own individual mystery. He may conjecture and he may investi- gate, but the result is still obscurity. Nearly every dealer has a certain class of customers whose commercial standing is good up toa certain amount, but, be- yond that, is worth no more than any absconding cashier. If one is trusted past the line of safety the fact becomes apparent by his continued absence, and the account stands on the book waiting to be adjusted as accidental circum- stances shall determine. In occasional cases this is done, and in time a new credit established subject to the same contingencies. If one could be sure of the actual point that divides the plus from the minus quantity he could do business safely with any one of this class of customers. The reason this cannot be done is that each has already made up a private report of his own commercial standing, based on the amount for which he was trusted by the last dealer and be- yond which he was refused credit. Thus the actual amount he is good for becomes to the next dealer an unknown quantity to be marked X and collected if possible or buriedin the column of profit and loss. The sampling customer, thanks to the inventive genius of the age, is becoming less of a tax on commercial prosperity, wire screens, coupled with eternal vigi- lence, haveing cut short his ravages. Only the samplers who ask for specimen wares still prove a ‘‘thorn in the flesh’? and their demands affect mostly dry goods lines. There are many imposi- tions of an irritating nature one suffers from customers whose transient pur- chases do not entitle them to the favors they claim, But, when one deals with the public, he must remember that it is made up of unlike parts and some of those parts, though undesirable, must be endured with as good grace as possible. However long a dealer may have been in business, and however sharp his per- ceptive faculties may have become by contact with the dishonest side of human nature, he has some weak or unguarded point where important pretense or shrewd rascality may find entrance with- out knocking at the front door. Knowing that a certain amount of risk is insepar- able from trade, and that to take none at all would curtail two-thirds of all chance of profitable business; he decides to give credit where his judgment determines it can be done within a reasonable risk. So the opportunity is open to everyone who makes a prima-facia case to obtain goods without cash payment at time of delivery. Here the man who is dishon- est enough to lie, but afraid to steal, finds his opportunity and works it for all there is in it. Besides being safer than actual larceny, it is, on the whole, more profitable. The forced collection he thus levies on trade may be called a fool tax, since that is what the disgusted dealer honestly calls it in the solitude of his own reflections, each time vowing it shall not be repeated: but the logic of fate is against him in every struggle to unload the incubus. And so this class of customers will never die off the face of the earth until trade has passed en- tirely into the hands of flinty misers, or the universal cash systen shall prevail. In noticing a few specimens of human nature who help to make commercial life less of a dull monotony, I have pur- posely omitted the large majority of customers on whose fair and considerate | support the dealer depends, because words alone cannot do them justice. They are the salt of the earth, and as such preserve one’s faith in humanity. May their tribe ever increase. S. P. WHITMARSH. $100--Reward--$100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and thatis catarrh, Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity, Catarrh being a constitutional dis- ease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys tem. thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting na- ture in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith 1n its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure, Send for list of testimonials. Address FJ CHENEY & CO, Toledo, 0. "Sold by Druggists, 75c. Playing Cards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST. Daniel Lynch, .19 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. MICHIGAN Fird & Marine Insurance Co Organized 1881, Fair Contracts, Equitable Rates, Prompt Settlements, The Directors of the * Michigan” are representative business men of our own State. D. WHITNEY, JR., Pres. EUGENE HARBECK, See’y. FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Grand Rapids, Mich. D. A. BLopeert, President, Gero. W. Gay, Vice-President. Wm. H. ANDERSON, Cashier. CAPITAL, - - - $300,000. Transacts a general banking business. Make a specialty of collections. Accounts of country merchants solicited. GINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price for it. Address PECK BROS Wholesale Druggists a GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN MINING SCHOOL. A State School of Mining Engineering, giving prac- tical instruction in mining and allied subjects. Has summer schools in surveying, Shop practice and Field Gcology. Laboratories, shops and stamp mill well equipped. Tuition free. For catalogues apply to the Director, Houghton, Michigan. «< r= vii ra | 7+ 4% re 7 iw e 4 s = c é/ mas. Vy . - » 4 a . ow 1 : ~ 4 ~ _ - \ 4 «< a vii Y » di ~* 4% i e 7i~ * 4 se ? 49 o ‘y \ a oe + «= aA. , @ > i i. ~ - 4 ~ 5 + \ d THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 44 W Mor _ SF. aW.. e 60@1 85 | Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 2| Lindseed, boiled . 47 holesale Price ucewast. ® aN. ¥. @ & ve ce eee cae @ 18| Neat’s Foot, winter ce... 75 - Oe ee @ Wi meainad........... 50 60 Moschus Canton @ 40) Snuff, Maccaboy, De SpntisTurpentine.. = 66 NuxVomiea, (po%d).: “@ io got sich Ber ors @ 3] oe venoy ZANT BEL Ib. ‘ . oe. a Boras, Li. . | 11 enetian.......... ACIDUM, ewe a ee ‘ @ 450 TINCTURES. Pepsin Saac, H. & P. D. Soda et ieee het... ne 30 | Ochre, yellow Mars... oie 2@4 Aerio s@ 10} Exechthitos.......... 3 2 s0@2 75 =| Aconitum Napellis R 60 : 2 00 | Soda Carb............ 1%@ 2 Hee) Benzoicum German... 65@ 7 Mrigeron .............. 25@? 50 “ f F 50 Picis Liq, N ie, % gal Soda Hicum @ 5/| Putty, commercial.. a 24%@3 Bees 20 aoc teeeereeee ee 2 00@2 Ee a 60 28 be TE la @2 00| Soda, Ash............. 3%@ 4|_“ strictly pure..... 2% 2%@3 aoe: a 500 33 Gossip, Sem gal... oe = © and myrrh 60 Picis Ligq., — __... @1 00 | Soda, Sulphas......... @ 2 = eh e Amer- Hyarochior <....0..0.. “se 8] Hedeoma «00000000. 2 70@3 00 | Aeafotida... 50 | pu Hydrarg, (po. a [see Oxalieum 222000000 10@ 22) Tavenduia ..........._ Soqe a0 | Atrope Beliadonna gp | Piper Nigra, (po.22).. @ 1 | “ Myrcia imp...” @3 00| Green, Pehinsular..... _ 70@7 ea " e. 2 50@ co | Bengotn .- oo | Fiper Albe, (pow)... @ 3] ° Vint Rect bbl a 7 ote a 1 so@1 70 | Mentha Piper =.-.--.-.. 75@3 50 | oo nouinagia 0 | Plumbi Aeet.......... 14 15| ies 66 gall, cash toa day, Whiting, whiie Span... © “vo Sulphuricum.... .. .. 1%@ 5 ees ot veer cere 2 20@> 30 | Barcama 50 | Pulvis Ipecac et opii..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal..... @1 30| Whiting, Gilders’...... @% Tannicum..........-.. 1 40@1 60 Msreia, ot ia 1 Once iy | Cantharide 75| Pyrethrum, boxes H Sulphur, Subl......... 24@ 3% | White, ‘aris American 1 0 Tartaricum............ 30@ 32 . ee ae 50 P. D. Co., doz..... @1 25 . Ro ee 24@ 3 Whiting, Paris Eng. ae Pils fia, eee. [aa 90 35 | Terebentt Venice... 29 40| Pioneer Prepared Paints gigs — . an a TOOL 00 | CASE... -ssoe eee 00] Quinia, 8. BL & Woo gm@ BR Theobromae «..... ee nea ae ne met : “ ‘ eT P eeaiedie ee, 12@ 14 Rosae, ame. 6 50@8 50 a eee 2 ates = — 20 2 30 Zinci Sulph “3 e Chloridum ............ 12@ 14| Suceini................ 40@ 45 ee eae - tae a = ij eae bap oraogpe Se 901@1 00 Co................. 60} Saccharum Lactispv. 29@ 30 No. 1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 Lara, aie 3 5OB7 00 Comme Sot Sascha, 1 59@1 60 Ors. Buia Ture... .. 2... 160@1 70 Black 2 00@2 25 | Sassafras... 2.2.2.2... 55 Conium Ls ee 50} Sanguis Draconis..... 50 Bb Gal) Coach Body........... 2 75@3 00 oe 80@1 00 | Sinapis, ess, ounce. @ 6 ao Se ee wena yey cc 50 Sapo, wo. 12@ 14} Whale, winter........ 70 70 | No. 1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 a "gs 80 Teh "Te Rae mG + 90 a Se eee tees cou = a . Soca ee once cs a = —_ - Geet ue cas [ = a er Ne -1 556@1 60 : 2 “eo. ee eee eee ae COG... eee Ieee, Fw s 2 si Ja ryer 0. * Yellow .-2 50@3 00 er a @ 60 Gentian 50 Linseed, pureraw.... 41 44 —. ” cn 70@75 BACCAE, eens... 15@ 2 cian Ce 60 Cubere (po 6)....+. 50@ 60 POTASSIUM. a ——___— Juniperus ......... ot Te MOOR ce a ism 18) Zingter 50 Xanthoxylum ......... 30 | Bichromate ........... tage «14 | Eyoncyama 50 BALSAMUM Pee os Wie TOURING Vi) : . —-... ........ 12@ 15 . Oe % > a aa f SE 45@_ 50] Chlorate (po. 18)...... 16@ 18} Ferri Chioridum............ 35 5 a veeee Ql SO Pevantde 0 Sen Ba | a 50 Terabin, Canada ..... — 2s... 2 80@2 90| Lobelia..... 2222222222722. 50 i k abuben cu 35@ 50] Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 2 Ne 50 I mt Aine a ie Potassa, Bitart, com. @ 15) Nex Vomica........ |. 50 a i . Potass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10 Opil ee 85 . ' ee oe sees sseeeees - Potass Mia 1@ 2 ‘ Camphorated........... 50 qe a ae ASSIA ......-- ee eee eee eens AS 2 qi 2 1 Cinchona Flava ..........-- [aa ao 1B Auranit Cortex : Importers and Jobbers of Euonymus atropurp.......- 30 on ee Myrica Cerifera, po......... 20 BADIX. ih ta Pete teen see eeeeeees 50 Prunus Virgini.............. 12} Aconitum ............. 2 25 . DY -eee seen cess cree eee 50 Quillaia, on SS 22@ BW] MHEL.....-... 2... ee eee eee 50 See ee 12@ 15 Gansta Acutifol.. - = Ulmus Po (Ground i6)..2.. oe ee ie 50 EXTRACTUM, Gentiana (po. 12)..... 8@ 10 en ee 60 Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 24@ 2] Glychrrhiza, (pv.15).. 16@ 18 Tae Bee we 60 B@ “i Canaden, Ones 50 12 (po. 35 ae @ 30| Veratrum Veride............ 50 14] He aon: Ala, po.. 15@ 2 MISCELLANEOUS 15 ane ~ O...... , 15@ 20 ' ty 17 FOO Lo 2 00@2 10} ASther, Spts Nit,3 F.. 2@ 28 CHEMICALS AND Tah Ihe plox (po. 35658). 40) eNOS ee OG i USIGDA, ME......:...... Com Ss? Alumoen........,...... 24%@ 3 Carbonate Precip...... @_ 15| Maranta, \s.......... @ 35 “ground, (po. Citrate and Quinia..... @3 50} Podophyllum, po...... 15@ 18 ee ei 3@ 4 Citrate Soluble........ S Sieh ol, 73@1 00 | Annatto............... 55@ 60 Ferrocyanidum Sol.... @ 50) © ent... @1 %5 | Antimoni, po.......... 4@ 5 Solut Chloride........ @ 1] « By a 7@1 35 et PotassT. 55@ 60 Sulphate, — seetees 1%4%@ 21] spigelia ............... 35@ 38|Antipyrin............. @1 40 “ pure. ee Sanguinaria, (po 25)... @ 2] Antifebrin............. @ B ‘ Scones oe... .. 30@ 32] Argenti Nitras,ounce @ 58 eee 40@ 45] Arsenicum............ 5@ 7 DEALERS IN i a 1k@ 16 Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40| Balm Gilead Bud.... 38@ 40 ee HX@ 35 M @ 2% Biwi Ss No... 2 10@2 20 Maines 8 —l.---- 25@ 30] Scillae, (po. 35)........ 10@ 12] Calcium Chlor, 1s, (4s s . 2 FOLIA Symplocarpus, Feeti- ts ee, Po @ § WS Barons gi iis 821) valerian, Big G08) @ 3 eT ow aln S S _ alrnis ES. nivelly ....-+ --..--- BQ WB German... 15@ | Capsicl Fructus,af... @ 20 j _ Alx. 35@ 50 Are Os 12@ 15 a @ 2 salvia officinalis, 48 maeeipor f........... 18@ 2 “ “ po @ G YB.......-202ee- R@ 15 SEMEN. Gareeny line: 0 (po. 14) . * 12 Ura......-........ 8@ 10] Anisum, . 2 15 | Carmine, No. 40....... 75 wn r pees Apium a as 2g 25 —_ Alba, 8. SF once = = Sole Agents for the Celebratea Anoge, we pet... 2 1 core. iI AB a. aa gE | Seren. ol | ae ae E SWISS WILLA PREPARED PRINTS. ‘“ ~=s gifted sorts... @ 2 Cotaeeai ............. @ 4 Cannabis Sativa....... a. aca oes ae 60@ 80 donium.. aN = Chloroform ese 60@ 63 Aloe, Barb, (po. _ 50@ 60) Chenopodium |... ... te oy be.. @1 2% Cape, (po. 20 @ Dipterix Odorate 2 soa? 7 Chloral Hyd Crat...... 3 20@1 40 Socotri, (po. 60). @ 50 Foeniculum.. ones @ a Chandra... 2@ 25 Catechu, is, (i458, 14 448, F k, 8 Cinchonidine, P. &W 15@ v8 « e ce oe i Yaga Po... a , 4% German 3 @ 12 39 3 Ammoniae ............ 55@ 601 Tint, ee i ‘si 4@4% — Mist, dis. per Assateotida, (po. 35) .. _ = Tae 3@ 40 — ae o - ‘ \ Bensoinum...........- rm . ened MN ees Camphorse Ce SO 53 | ka glaaieascansoigt a ’ 7 | Creta, Sco ae 3 2 = Son eo ....... Be Bia in dllll”l”lClUlC ee OCG CO Re Galbanum.”. ee @3 50 Sinapis, _— ee ne a i pe cena 9@ ii foe oge, — bar = ge ee m a ee @ 8 Guaiacum, y(po ; Crt We:z le P i f Kino, (po 40) @ 35| Frumenti, W., D, Co..2 00@2 50] Cudbear 2000002 =O x iaaieiibatinaars Mastic 80 D. ¥. R....-1 %@2 00] Gupri Suiph 222222277, 5@ 6 Ont 7 as ne eal Dextrine ..........-... 10@ 12 W ’ toga 73@1 75 | Rther Sulph........... therl Mish Catarrh Remed ae... Ch sae, daa Barheriy § MICHigan vatarr bMeay. a 30@ 35|Saacharum N. E...... 1 75@2 00 ee @ 6 Tragacanth ........... 3@ 7H 7 Wiel Galll........ 1 75@6 50 Ergota 66. 60@ 65 HERBA—In ounce packages, ini Oporto ........... 1 00 | Flake ie 129@ 15 suede, qe a... 1 @ 2B Eupatorium ................. 20 SPONGES. Gelatin, Cooper —--* 7 $ * We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of pe sen edges. a Florida sheeps’ wool, " oo ---- aa ee 2 ameen..........21 1 Se 3 [Naan ice wool |i «| WAHISKIES, BRANDIES, ae wee ee wcseeseses = Walnel eau hae Glue, ae ceeeceeses 13@ S " a. Soa § a. 15%@ 2 GINS, WINES, RUMS. MAGNESIA, Gareee ll. 85 pease Paradisi........ oe @ , Calcined, Pat.......... . — ow wool car- e Hydraag Chior Mite. “Oe 85 caaneman aa 4 25 ees dais aan 5 c ee gaa 3 = i. Carbonate, Jennings.. 35@ 36 | Yellow Reef, for slate sas “ Ammoniati.. @100{ We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only. Oe ee i ‘“ _- Unguentum. 45@ 55/ We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarantee satisfaction. ee a - - = ieee Ce 50 Ishthyobolle, Aim ia 1 sit = All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. Send a trial order- Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 | Zingiber .................... etree... i 1 00 An fol ee eee ee 1 75@1 80 Ipecac ee ele 60 jaaige. Resubl 3 75Q@3 mn Auranti Cortex....... S Woe 0) Perr fod.................... Se} Jeaetorm.............. @4 70 eS ee 3 26@8 50} Auranti Cortes.............. et Tai ks. 6u@ 65 Cajfpat ee en ose cece Ce oe mer Avom .......... «2... 50 | Lycopodium .......... 50@ 55 NONE onan sees 65@ 75 Similax Officinalis.......... 60 WE as ee east 75@ 80 ® ieee eee tases 3@ 65 Gesses Oe — Arsen et Hy a Gace Ovid cecunc “4 oi = comme Oe ees ss eee eae nee = “l ara hen psa i : 10 = eT ee quor Potass Arsin : Citronella eo. coos... eo Bl montasc 50 | Magnesia, Sulph (ob! GRAND R APIDS, MICH. ba ...........--. 90@1 001 Prunus ¢irg........ 22.0002. 60 | Mannia, 8. Fo... 2... 30@33 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Grocery Price Current. The quotations given below are such as are ordinarily offered buyers who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AXLE —-. COFFEE, Oz gross EN. Sees... ..... 55 = «6:00 “<= oni qi Castor Oil. % 900 17 Diamond 50 5 50 Gooseberries. Frazer’s 80 ; = mien... 120 Mica 7 ae 55 66:00 Peaches. 1 30 ne POWDER. 2 00 Santos. cme. 4g Ib. cans, 3 doz....... i 45 = a Cit am er dese be ans one 2 a. 7. s : — a ae Leal PS ees ' = Oxford................ Pe 20 ny Arctic. Pears. Mexican and Guatamala. ee i oe. re 20 ee = eee... ee 21 ; . : i eth cee eae o Pineapples. ae 23 Dr. Price’ ao ae. 1 30 Maracaibo. Dr. Price's. Johnson's sliced...... ceo... 19 per doz “" grated ae... 20 ——ea«. ) «CC inc “* js Quinces. Java, -_ * i.e. LULL A 90) stereo... 8. 25 Gos 0O* U8 Raspberries. Private Growth............. 27 12-0z ‘“ ..375 | pea 1 30 oon 28 ath «it go] Bleck Hamburg: tg] Mocha. ad 4ib “48 2 et eee. S ae. 26 a ‘ ] g0|(Lawiencesec ie oe ae 1 36]: ‘To agvertain cost of roasted —=— oc eee re 1 30 | coffee, add Ye. per Ib. for roast- Red Star, 4 I cans........ a PPAR 66. og Se 1 25 ting and 15,per cent. for shrink- — 6 6 se Whiortieverries. <,« {°F se Telfer’s, 44 lb.cans,doz. 45/Common........._ 1 10 a i «“ ibe ee dd Bo eee gga ap “ T1b. “ _ “ -.150/ Blueberries -..°.../°") 1. 39 | MeLaughlin’s > ener eget MEATS ian ea as ee 2 dozen in case. Corned beef, Libby’s....... 190 j ‘ ae de ae a 90 | Roast beef, Armour’s... || 1 %5 eh 80 | Potted ham, % Ib....._.//7" 1 30 Cabinets ae. CC 7 r ae 80 containing BLUINE. onm tongue, _ oe oe 1 . 120 1 Ib ce 4 SS .. .. : a 700} “ chicken, % Ib. ..."7: 95 a ws os, eoeed........ 10 50 VEGETABLES. price with . Ko. a aa, =. >= Beans. additional ee -« —{8ineemeeeee 1 2% charge of “Los ball . 450 r French style..... : 25 eae for ae - Piece al inet, — Pee eee 125 _ : Hurl ean ri ines! eink nn win ; = " és : poaked : “i a 80 ec ewis Boston Baked |" 135 ‘No. 2 Carpet eee. : = Bay State Baked...” 135 EXTRACT. a 3 00 | World’s Fair Baked. /)”’ 1 35 | Valley City % gross... 75 one ag | oe ica “to a ae een 1 20 orn. &s ’ ie Techons ee S00) Hamburh - BRUSHES Livingston Eden ... 12% s ' . —toer CHICORY Stove, No. 1... 12 A . a 1 50 | Honey Dew..... -150/ Bur... 8 ._-. “2 1 5 | Morning Glory. oe Mies Rent Gecah. Srow... m1 COeeed.... 5 Rice Root Scrub, 3tow.... 1 25 Peas a. — =. Palmetto, goose............ 1 50 eae bie 1 35 j Cotton, a teense per dos. i % CANDLES “ Chay a lc ampion Eng...1 50 aa i. Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes.......... 10 aoe some ae i 1 = i a on . : : > ae... ie ln, oe Se —heitee a Harris standard............ %5 ft... " i. Van — ae : : = a - arly June...... CONDENSED MILE, CANNED GOODS Archer's Early Blossom...) oo _. Ne 80 Eagle 4 doz. in case, a. ams Cat, 0 Ce ttle Neck, 11b............ 1 15 ushrooms tect 6 25 Lit = ca: 1 90 ee 15@20 Genuine See 8 00 Clam Chowder. Erie Pumpkin o erican Swiss.. ........ 7.00 es eee eran en ene Cove Oysters Squash. — ee? we natal ree 1 90 | seymourk xe ‘ co 1 65 Succotash. Seymour Xxx, ‘cartoon, ce 6% ae we cccccbscesececces 1 : ay eee or oo cicanceg cs Famil Z 240| Honey Dew 2222227272222. 1 60 | Salted xa” ATtOON.-... 634 “"2 00 ccm ee 1 35 | Salted XXX, cartoon ....__ 6% 2 90 Bomoahe o.oo) ay 05 | Batter biscuit 22 17777"7" 8% st, cia ~aesaowema Soda, aa se. 2a pent ee 6 Tomato Sauce, 2Ib......... 2 ae. 7% Sees. - a Soda, Duchess 8% Salmon Crymeal Wafer. 10 Columbia River, flat.... ... 1 8 Long nc gpter Hc 11 ea e ee ‘ s ° Ae Me 1 40 S. Oyster XXX... 6 aske, City Oyster. XXX. _s oi tion cena iy Parina Oyster... 6 American \s............ 44%@ 5 CREAM TARTAR, a ie 6%@ 7 Seer — spogereeccecnes 30 elfer’s Absolute....... |_| _— ae ae cogs 7 a oe 7@8 {8 LLU oneless ne Trout. DRIED FRUITS. eee 250 Domestic, FRUITS. Os APPLEs, Apples. Sundried, sliced in bbis. 8 Ib. standard..... ~ 4 : euattened * ox York State, galJons.... 3 00 Sueereliens. imported. @30 | Evaporated, 50 lb. boxes @six —— - ‘ 27) « domestic .... @15 vain APRICOTS, a“ 2 00 CATSUP. peed ee ag 16 Santa Crus........ 1. 2 00 Blue Label Brand, BLackeanntes bse coca, 2 00 | Half pint, 25 bottles. ...| Sin bee 4% oes... 1 90 | Pin a 450 NECTARINES, Blackberries, Quart 1 doz bottles ../)" "7 Sow bee seeieeye eis bt 39 CLOTHES PINs. 25 lb. boxes ie i le alain ie wees 199] SSFOMBDORES...... 49 Peeled, in boxes 19 Pitted Hamburgh 1 75 COCOA SHELLS, “a - . = ee Liew hee... ss “6 in bags...... 13 a ey 12 Lees quantity cence ox PEARS. Damsons, Egg Plums and Green | Poun packages........ 6%@7 | California in bags..... PITTED CHERRIES. eC oer Sema 20 = * a 22 PRUNELLES. ib. bores 10% RASPBERRIES. eee 21% ad cna ep, ES 22 Se 23 Foreign, CUBRANTS, Patras, in barrels...... @4 _ m bbs... .. @ 44% _ in less quantity @ 4% PEEL. Citron, Leghorn, 25 1b. boxes 20 Lemon . = " 10 Orange - = - 11 RAISINS, Domestic. London layers, 2 crown....1 50 - a. a. . aes. 195 Loose Muscatels. boxes..... 1 49 Foreign. Ondura, 29 lb. boxes.. @8 Sultana, 20 e . @12 Valencia, 30 * 5 @5% PRUNES. ee @ California, 100-120.......... - 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. - 80x90 . < oe 70x80 “c . . 60x70 . ; ae @ ee ENVELOPES. XX rag, white. ee. once 75 meee 1 60 ee 1 65 ase. ..LULUL 1 50 XX wood, white. a 13 eo 13 Manilla, white, ae 100 ee ee 95 Coin. mol wet... 1 00 ee FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina, mo i. Reee. 2... 3% Hominy. NONE eee ccs 3 00 i 3 50 Lima Beans. Se 4 Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 12 lb. box... 55 eee... 10%@11% Pear! Barley. cee @2% Peas ee a) oe 3 00 Sago. German .......... oi... 4 Peete 5 Wheat, are... 5 ee FISH--Salt. Bloaters. Tah. Cod. ae. Whole, Grand Bank... @5 Boneless, bricks ...... 6%@8 Boneless, strips.. ..... 64@8 Halibut. aie... 12 Herring. coped ba. 3 25 mouend, bbl. 9 00 _ —s 65 Round Shore, % bbl...._. 2% - ' nage) Sella 1 55 eee 16 Mackerel, 1 ee. 4 25 Laois 1 3 Sect sarki 3 50 tt oe Family, % bbls., 100 Ibs.___ 5 00 - ek, 0 he... 65 Sardines, Russian, kegs............. 45 Trout. No. 1, % bbls., 100Ibs........ 6 50 SO. aoe. 90 Whitefish, No. 1, % bbls., 1001bs........ 7 50 BOLE Wis. 95 Family, % bbls., 100 lbs.... 3 00 ' oi 40 ee FLAVORING EXTRACTS, Jennings’ D C. Lemon. Vanilla 1 6 20zfoldingbox... 75 25 3 0z . work oo 1 50 40z ' ok 2 00 6 oz = --.2 00 3 00 8 oz e -.-8 00 400 Gunpowder, Austin’s Rifle, i 5 00 ' . oro... 2% . Crack Shot, kegs ..5 00 “ “ % kegs 2 vis} - Club Sporting “ 6 00 “ i} % “ 3 @B HERBS. s i EEG AS eur neste aed ma 15 INDIGO. Madras, 5 1b. boxes....... 55 S. F., 2, 3 and 5 lb. boxes.. 50 JELLY. oe 85 _ * eee eee eee. 1 20 LICORICE. Sm ee 30 eee oe ee . 12 densed, 2 doz 1 25 Condensed, Ro occ cecane a = Oon........... 2 25 MATCHES, 3 or 6 doz. in case per doz..1 00 MEASURES. Tin, per dozen. eee 81 75 coer Se i 40 ee 70 rae... oa 45 ae we, Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. Lee 7 00 iar Golem .......... 475 a a... —. MOLASSES. Blackstrap, Sugerhouse........... ssee 18% Cuba Baking, Cee 16 Porto Rico. ee 16 ee 20 New Orleans. ua. 14 emp ER 17 Rae eee. 22 RO 27 Fancy..... nee eee cies cone 35 One-half barrels, 3c extra OATMEAL. ertols 29... @5 50 Half barrels 100........... @2 88 ROLLED OATS. Derrek 100... ........ @5 50 ee @2 88 PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count........ &6 00 Half barrels, 600 count.... 3 50 Small, Barrels, 2,400 count. 7 00 Half bbls, 1,200 count 400 PIPES, ae re 2 1% 7 = ©. falGoant,. |. v3) eee 12% POTASH. 48 cans in case. ccictmamenct 4 00 Penna Salt Co.’s.......... 3 25 ROOT BEER Williams, co... 1% - OZ. Case... ... 5 00 RICE, Domestic. Caria ieas 6 . No, : Ged eee eau! 5 ' a 4 Sie ng EO eet I e 3% Imported. ampen, No.1.... ........... “ oO. SPICES, Whole Sifted, Se 10 Cassia, China in mats...._| 8 - Batavia in bund....15 _ Saigon in rolls...... 35 Cloves, Amboyna........__. 22 _ eer 13 Mace Batavia....... aca, Nutmegs, fancy.........1 77" 80 a. ae 75 se 65 -5...........) Pepper, Singapore, black... .15 . " white... 25 Bg 19 Pure Ground in Bulk, Pe ‘ Cassia, Batavia............. 20 ' - and Saigon .25 ” a... 35 Cloves, Am — ease e ss 30 - Pees... 20 Ginger, ee 15 : CO cu 18 ’ Jamaica ........ 2 Mace Batavia.............. 8 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .25 - TIM eccccccc 27 Nutmegs, No.2 ............. 65 eee ae ae ' Cayenne... 2... “Absolute” in Packages. 44s moees ........ .5.... 84 CARROL... ...0...... Be es Ogee cee = peer cei... weer At 84 gagagsas SAL SODA. 1% 1% ee Granulated, boxes.......... SEEDS. See... Canary, Smyrna. Carawa: eo cccce cece cces Cardamon, Malabar 90 Hemp, Russian 4 Mixed Bird..... 4 Mustard, white. 6 ee 5. 9 ei 6 Cattle bone........... 30 STARCH, Corn. ee Coe 6 ee 5% Gloss, ae peekuges. 5% 3-Ib ' eee. 5% 6-Ib ee, 6 40 and 50 Ib. boxes.......... 4% eee 436 SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, in jars........... 35 french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 soDa. ee Sky EO 4% SALT, ost eeeke.. $2 25 ee oe 2 00 20 10-2, SACKS... ...., 1 85 eee 2B eon Cee... 150 56 lb. dairy in linen bags.. 32 a, * — § | Warsaw. 56 Ib. dairy in drill bags... 32 oh OC bg " . 8 Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 75 Higgins. 56 lb. dairy in linen sacks. 75 Solar Rock. aoe. lll le Common Fine. ee 80 ee. 85 SALERATUS Packed 60 Ibs. in box. oan a $3 30 ene... 2 Dwients.... .. i so ae - Se SOAP, LAUNDRY. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 8) 1-Ib........ 20 Good Cheer, 601 Ib.......... 3 90 White Borax, 100 %-Ib...... 3 60 Proctor & Gamble. owe 2 80 Ivory, 10 oz - 6% Moe idee cscs. 400 Oe Mottled German........... 3 15 owe eee 3 00 SCOURING AND POLISHING, Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2.50 - hand, 3dos....... 2 50 SUGAR. Cnt Tee @6 AN @ 5% Powdered XXXX..... @6 om Standard @ 5% Granulated, medium. .5 31@ 53 Roe...:..; 5.31@ 53% Confectioners’ A..... 5.18@ 54 ee @A.94 White Extra C........ @ 4% Para ©... @ 4% a 44@ 4% aoe @4 OE @ 3% Less than bbls. \c advance SYRUPS. Corn. nae, 26 PO 28 Pure Cane. ee 19 e068 << b pcnaemmag eet eee memeRy 30 SWEET GOODs. Ginger Snaps.......... 8 Suger Creams......... 8 Frosted Creams....... 9 Graham Crackers..... 8% Oatmeal Crackers... . 8% VINEGAR. “ De eeeeleweces ic... : @s ee $1 for barrel. wal WET MUSTARD. Pe ere Beer mug, 2 doz in case.__ YEAST meee, por bie. ae Yeast Foam, per box......_. tt poe “€ r 4 ’ ¥ a | « * 40 D 44 4+ “Ay, gx Ok 7% Py iQ oe es “ a yi ~ ed i 72 pr « * ¥ A « s o » @ > 4 me COCA OH OT OT Oram coc Y "€ » 4 ’ ¥ ok | % 4@ | 4 “Ay, x Os, ie P i Mth y Ff * a y . hate » a pr « - ¥ rs « « - * @ a 4 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 18 TEAS. saPaNn—Regular. We ee: @17 Re i, @20 Wee, 24 @2%6 ee 32 @34 meee 10 @I12 SUN CURED. @17 @Q@2 --24 @26 — Bees ee wesc uu 32 @34 Soke oes Gla. 10 @12 BASKET FIRED, ee 18 @20 ee @2 Cees @35 Extrachoice,wireleaf @40 GUNPOWDER. Common to fair....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @é65 Choicest fancy........ 7% @85 OOLONe. @26 Common to fair... ... 23 @30 IMPERIAL, Common to fair....... 23 @26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON, Common to fair.......18 @26 Superior to fine....... 30 @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. nd 18 @2 eee 24 @28 Pe 40 or TOBACCOS. Fine Cut. Pails unless otherwise noted ee 60 Sweet Cuba......... : 34 Ce 2 ey mo. 22 Wamer Ciy........... 32 pens 26m... ........ 27 ae 20 ” in drums.... 19 70m tem... .....,. 26 Plug. Sorg’s Brands. ew eect 38 I hood voces os, 2 mores Twiet............ 39 My Sn il 29 Scotien’s Brands, ee. 22 Pewee... ..... ...- 38 Walley City ..........., 34 Finzer’s — Old Honcsty.......... 40 oony @ee oc. 32 on 8s Brands, FISH and OYSTERS. erete TG 48s Old Style. eae, 31 F. = ne quotes as Jas. G. Butler & Co.’s Brands, | follow Something Good.............. 38 FRESH FISH. eee So; WittOnee ............ 8 @2 Out of Right, ee eee 25 Me 8 @9 oe : CC @15 HIDES, PELTS and FURS aoe Herring....5 @6 Bicewee , 1 12 Perkins & Hess pay as fol | Fresh lobster, per Ib.. . 20 lows, prices nominal: Soft crabs, per doz...... 1 00 HIDES. Shrimp, per _... ee OOO 24@3% | C Seacccsk Giz Part Cured @ No. 1 Pickerel. 222/272 @8 rol “* . ee ee @7 me... - 5 @S {Smoked White........ @it ay, as . “= pe: oYsTERS—Cans, Calfskins, green. (4 @5 ts oe = cure : gz |#-d. D. Selects... ... Deacon skins...... 10 @a0 | Selects... @m No. 2 hides off. Anchor................ @2 PELTS. Sean@erds.... @2O0 Shearlings. 00.2.2... 10 @25 ah eoone. Femmes ........ 3. 2 @ 9 om per — ...... 1 25@1 50 wooL, --2 00@1 25 Washed... |... 20) as OlLs. Unwashed ..\°.. -10 @20 The Standard Oi! Co. quotes MISCELLANEOUS. as follows, in barrels, f. 0. b. ee 34 33% | Grand Rapids: yt eed aie... ..... @2 en gu —— tC im W¥@ 2 | MOCENE................. 2 9 Water White, old test. @ 8 Ginseng. ........-....2 00@2 6s | Water Headlight, 156° 7 sa GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFs | — UC oe WHEAT. a oe a @ 6% No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) ona “i oa No. 1 Red (60 Ib, test) 69 Black, 25 to 30 deg.. @™% ie 140| . FRESH MEATS. Crenainteg................ 17 oe & Company quote as fol- FLOUR. Beef, carcass.......... 5 6 Straight, in mene... 4 20 "hind quarters... 6 > 6% Derreis........ 440 “ fore ‘“ 3 @ Ss Paent © seke..... |... 5 20 te loins, No. . -9 @9% - * beeols....... 5 40 ‘r ribs.... 7 @8 Graham Sacks.... ... 200] «w oe ea 5 @B% Rye ee = | Bologna, @ 4hn MILLSTUFFS, ais — cease nN 3 Car lots quantity Sausage, —— orhead @ 4% ca, 814 00 815 00 «iver ...... @ 4% Screenings .... 15 00 15 50 Frankfort ~ @7 Middlings..... 16 00 14 to) SOM 7 © 8 Mixed Feed... 20 50 a 6 @7 Coarse meal .. 20 50 ee aie. POULTRY. Car lots... gprs Local ~~ as follows: 5 . ess than Car lote.......... 54 oe 8 @9 i al OATS. so | peers... -_.._...... @12 Less than car lots... an Ducks ...... ee | - New = 2c less, Cc en Saou e eee - @il1 AY. Fowls — @8 No. 1 Timothy. car lots....10 00 Taringa ae No.1 - ton lots .....12 00 Spring Duck ME NT; See that this Label appears etre Ap on every Opackage, as it is a Cres UIP Lee yer BY en guarantee of the genuine ar- Ye RiveRnaty BF ee ticle. CHICAGO CHICAGO ¥ v FERMENTUM THE ONLY RELIABLE OMPRESSED YEAST Sold in this market for the past Fifteen Years, Far Superior to any other. Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited. Endorsed Wherever Used. JOHN SMYTH, Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich, 106 Kent St. Telephone 566. See that this Label appears on every package, as it is a guarantee of the gennine article, a easy ay BER VERDALE BIST wen oe ao or i STIL Be CHICAGO F. J. DETTENTHALER JOBBER OF CONSIGNMENTS OF ALL KINDS OF POULTRY AND GAME SOLICITED. YSTERS SALT FISH POULTRY & GAME Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. See quotations in another column TELFER SPICE COMPANY, Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of MANUFACTURERS OF Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. 1 and 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS MOSELEY BROS., - WHOLESALE - FRUITS, SEKDS, BEANS AND PRODUGE, 26, 28, 30 & 32 OTTAWA ST., Grand Rapids, Mich. Badges For CLUBS CONVENTIONS DELEGATES COMMITTEES The Largest Assortment of Ribbons and Trimmings in the State. THE TRADESMAN CO. Wm. MéBain, Sec’y. Grand Rapids Brosh Co., Manufacturers of BRUSHES. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. S. S. Gay, Vice-Pres. Julius Berkey, Pres. J. D. M. Shirts, Treas. Our goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses. Printed on your Commercial Sta- HAVE AN ORIGINAL DESIGN P"ivxc? Fas.esrst Write to THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, They Do It. THE P & B BRAND OY STAaRS Will again this year, as in the past, be the very best procurable and packed daily from the sweetest and best stock. Regular season opens Sept. 15. Start in with us and do the Oyster business of your town. THE PUTNAM CANDY CO. 14 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. DR. SOETBEER’S MONETARY SCHEME Three weeks ago I commented briefly upon a synopsis transmitted by cable of a scheme proposed by the learned Dr. Adolph Soetbeer, of Vienna, for increas- ing the use of silver as money by substi- tuting coins of that metal in the place of the gold coins now in circulation below the value of two dollars each. I pointed out that no gold coins smaller than the French ten france piece, worth about two dollars, were in use anywhere in Europe, and expressed my inability to compre- hend what Dr. Soetbeer was aiming at. Since then I have learned from foreign newspapers and from a copy of Dr. Soet- beer’s own ‘‘Memorandum” that the cable synopsis of his plan was incorrect in putting the minimum he proposes for gold coins at 2.8 grammes, whereas it is 5.8 grammes, or nearly double the amount. The first effect of the measure, if adopt- ed, would, therefore, be to retire all the ten franc, ten mark, half sovereign and $2.50 gold pieces now outstanding, leav- ing only the pieces of twice their value and upward. Dr. Soetbeer would also have all the existing silver coins above the value of twenty or twenty-five cents called in and melted up, and their place supplied by new ones coined upon the ratio of 20 to 1. With commendable can- dor he acknowledges that the idea under- lying his scheme is not original with him, but was suggested in 1881 by Bank Di- rector Moritz Levy, the Danish delegate to the Paris Monetary Conference of that year, in a paper prepared by him for the Conference, and that it was again put forth the following year by Herr Dec- fica’, President of the Imperial Bank of Germany, in an article published anony- mously in a German newspaper. The new silver coins with which Dr. Soetbeer proposes to fill the vacuum created by the withdrawal of the present small gold and the old silver coins, he would have coined, as I have said, at the new ratio of 20 to 1 instead of the pres- ent ratios of 151¢ to 1 in Europe and 16 to lin this country. He would have them made a legal tender among individuals and private corporations up to three times the value of the smallest gold coin permitted under the new system, but re- ceivable to an unlimited amount by the Government. In order to avoid the ne- cessity of carrying them around in bulky and heavy quantities, he suggests the issue of certificates representing them in denominations of not less than the half of the value of the smallest permitted gold coin, and possessing the same legal tender quality as the actual silver coin. The current small change he would not disturb, Dr. Soetbeer frankly concedes at the outset that bimetallism is dead, and a part of his scheme is the establishment of a common unit of gold as the standard of money value. He even says that no European Government would join in a conference called for no other purpose than to consider bimetallism. Fortunate- ly President Harrison, in convening the Monetary Conference, shortly to be held, has suggested the new topic simply of increasing the use of silver as money, and this topic Dr. Soetbeer expects to be respectfully considered. The leaders of both political parties in Great Britain have pronounced against bimetallism. Germany is equally opposed to it. Aus- tria has just adopted the single gold standard, the Latin Union has long ago abandoned silver in practice, though not in theory, and the recent defeat of free sil- ver coinage in our Congress shows that this country, too, will adhere to gold. All that is possible is to prevent silver from being still more depreciated than it now is, and it is to aid in accomplishing this result that Dr. Soetbeer has prepared his ‘*‘Memorandum.”’ Should his scheme be adopted by the leading nations of Europe and by the United States, Dr. Soetbeer computes that it would result in adding to the bank reserves of the commercial world 600,- 000 kilogrammes of gold, worth about $400,000,000, and in the employment in its place as currency of a corresponding quantity of silver, which, at the pro- posed new ratio of 20 to 1, would be about 400,000,000 ounces. By thus in- creasing the gold reserves of the banks and simultaneously decreasing the sur- plus stock of silver pouring on the mar- ket, the relative value of silver to gold, he thinks, would be increased, or at least, that the evils resulting from its further depreciation would be pre- vented. That he has no hope of restor- ing it to its ancient position is plain from his suggestion that the new ratio he es- tablished at 20 of silver to 1 of gold, and even this he is willing to have reduced. An obvious objection to the plan, and one to which I find no answer in Dr. Soetbeer’s ‘‘Memorandum,”’ is that the effect it would produce would be only temporary. When once the existing stock of small gold coins had been gath- ered in and stored away in bank vaults no more would remain to be drawn upon, and when once the channels of circula- tion had been filled by the proposed new silver coinage and _ silver certificates, this means for the employment of the surplus silver mined would be exhausted, and the downward course of the value of the metal would recommence. This being so, I fail to see the inducement to take the immense trouble required; first, to win over the Governments whose co-operation is es- sential to the success of the scheme; and, then, to execute it in detail. As Samuel Weller’s boy said of learning the alpha- bet: It is hardly worth while to go through so much to get so little. Even if the decline in silver could be arrested permanently by Dr. Soetbeer’s plan, or by any other, and the value of the metal, as compared with gold, were fixed at somewhere near 20 to 1, or 24 to 1, or whatever might be decided on, the result would fail to content those whose interests demand the restoration of the old order of things. The outcry in be- half of silver money comes chiefly from the Western and Southwestern citizens of | No 1 this country who want a cheap dollar with which to pay their debts, and from the British residents in India, and own- ers of property there, whose incomes have been diminished by the decline in the rupee. If the gold standard is still to be maintained in Europe and in the United States and the ratio of silver re- duced to 20 to 1, as Dr. Soetbeer pro- poses, these people will still be dissatis- fied. It will be said, probably by Dr. Soetbeer and by the other advocates of the use of silver money, that gold alone does not furnish enough currency, and that it must therefore be supplemented by sil- ver in order to avoid the evils of a money stringency. The prices of commodities being regulated by the volume of cur- rency in circulation, they are low when PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co. quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS, MR IS ccc cece ecs cene cic ebocsss es 12 25 Oe ee as aay ce 14 50 eee Creer pie, Short cut................... a5 50 Me Oc se wen oe va Ke... C#CCiC## 25 50 Boston oe eee Oe, 15 50 oe eS 15 50 Standard clear, short cus, ben.... ....... 15 50 sAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. m oo Ee he ae. ee ee... .. ..... 5.2... occ. 3 Frankfort Sausage . % Blood Sausage....... ... Bologna, straight........ Bologna, Giiok.......... 5 Pee eee . 6 LARD. Kettle Com- Rendered. Granger. Family. pound. Tierces ...... 8% Blg 6% 6 50 Ib. Tins...9 8% 6% 63 20 lb. Pails.. 9% 834 7 656 oe ~ .. ws 9 7% 6% 5 lb. . . = o% 738 7 -_ * .. oe Dg 1% 1% BEEF IN BARRELS, Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs............... 6 50 Extra Mess, Chicago packing................ 6 50 Bane, cemip PO...................,.... 9 50 SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Hams, average meee... ..55. oe 12 ibe... ...- 12% ig _ 12 to 14 lbs.. . 12% ’ Oe ee. ao ae. Ce . Shy Pe 8% Breakfast Bacon, boneless.................... 10a Dried beef, ham prices eee cee Long Clears, ——— sr Briskets, Eee is sh Ll CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS, The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: STICK CANDY. Cases, Bbls. Pails. Standard, Ot 6% T% HH 5 1% ‘“ T% Boston Cream Cut Loaf. ee ee 8% Zoe S.C... MIXED CANDY. —. Pails, ae 7 Ee 6 7 ee 6% 7% eee 7 8 Munem Boek... 8 Conserves .... .. 8 Broken Taffy.... 8 Peanut Squares.. 9 French Creams.. 10 Valley Creams.. oo 13 Midget, 30 Ib. baskets ——— 8 eee 8 Fancy—In bulk Pails, Lozenges, — bee eee eee bee dee = re eee 11% Chocolate Monumentais....................- nee on Mee 8 oe eee. 8% ee 10 Fancy—In 5 1b. boxes, Per Box Lemon Drops.. See 55 i 55 PepOctIne SOO 60 Chocolate Drops............ er H. M. Chocolate Drops....... a en 40@50 reer 1 00 2. eee os... oc 80 Lozenges, — eee eobece cre ce eo 60 pees... oes pee ee 65 om, tina aa 60 elite eee be eed de voce ec, 70 Otten ttt Eee 55 eee 55 coo eee Coos... 85@95 Ten cree 90 er ee. 1 00 OP 65 Burnt Almonds... es eck 1 00 Wintergreen — Se ea 60 RAMELS. No. 1, wrapped, 2 Ib. “poxes a 34 i, ee 51 No. 2 e 2 eco. 28 a. ee 42 Stand me ST OO Ug 90 BANANAS. ae ee RN 1 50@1 75 ——-..... ............ le CO@2 25 ORANGES, Californias, .. ees ae @ Messinas, choice 4 bee cobk cs cbs news @ LEMONS. Messina, oom, nal @7 00 ee eee a vapeur sopogse! ra, hl mPa Ga @7 50 _ fancy 300 Maforis............ OTHER POREIGN FRUITS. Wigs, fancy layers, 6B ........,......... @13 “ im ey @14 Ce @ - ee oe, @ Dates, Ferd, 10-1, bem... .... 2.0... 0... $ 8% oe 6% rer wr. @5 NUTS. Almonds, |b omega ee 4 . California viebes sed peeiens 18% ee 10 Wy meets, Oe. ... ss i @14% - cee se eu _ Rs Lc @10 Table Nuts, ee @13% choice. ie ksenes coum @12' Pecans, Texas, H. P., dieses cicae code os 12 @l4 Cocoanuts, ee" ipa aaa @4 00 PEANUTS. Fancy, H. P., Sume.......... @5% o Saad @i%* Fancy, H. P, oes, ...... @ 5% m Roasted @™% Choice, H. P, es... .._... @ 4% ~ moesiod...... ; @ 6% California ‘Walnuts Ceuawes Gseeee cacecs 12% Crockery & Glassware FRUIT JARS. I se oe ce eee 8 6 75 7 00 Half Gallons. a. oo ee 27 ineas eee eee ee eee iad bho dude ean ano 40 LAMP BURNERS. = ’ ee ee 45 sl 50 No O. 3 es obi ee ee ee ee a oi -. = me ce 15 LAMP CHIMNEYS.—Per box. 6 doz. in box. Bo. Ofem............ 1% tC... 1 88 ee 270 First quality. No. 0 Sun, crimp —_—.. ...... 2 2 No.1 ge ee Se a 2 40 as “ qo ee 3 40 XXX Flint. iro, Oren, Cre top.......................... 2 60 Hoi * ni ee Ee 2 80 Bos * . eee eee 3 80 Pear! top. No. 2 Sun, wrapped and labeled eke eee ad ee. 3 70 as hlUmUC<“i ¢ > 4 HAW LT BRR BO ws Sassou San Aaees SAShU HOS SSS Son » y 4 | | jy \ “ih » @ ~ h = 6 ee a | y «© » a & a A rom = a | a » ay + v * a a > y ¢ » 4 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. that volume is scanty and high when it is full. Waiving the discussion of the question whether low prices are a curse and high prices a blessing, it is enough to say that the volume of a currency can be increased as well by the addition of paper money, the value of which is de- rived from its prompt redemption in gold on demand, as by silver coin which is maintained at par with gold only by be- ing redeemable, like paper, in gold at the will of the holder. For example, we have in this country at this moment about $800,000,000 of paper money in use in the shape of greenbacks, silver certifi- cates, and coin notes issued for the pur- chase of silver bullion under the act of July, 1890. This mass of currency is re- deemable either in silver or in gold at the pleasure of our Government. So far, the Government has redeemed it in gold on presentation, and, therefore, it is accepted as equal to gold. If the Gov- ernment were to refuse thus to redeem it, it would sink at once to the-level of its bullion value as silver, whatever that value might be. If, too, while the re- demption in gold continued the whole mass of silver in the Government vaults were to vanish into smoke and blow away, leaving only the gold there, the value of the paper would remain unim- paired. {t is the gold held by the Govy- ernment and the faith that the Govern- ment will maintain gold payments that makes our paper money as good as gold, and not the silver in the Treasury. What this country is doing any other civilized country can do likewise. Paper money redeemable on demand in gold is made no more valuable and adds no more to the volume of currency by being issued against silver than if it is issued on its own merits. The security appar- ently offered by the silver is illusory, since if an attempt were to be made to sell that silver in any large quantity for gold it would either produce a panie in the money market or else could not be sold at all. There is only so much gold in existence, and swapping 1,000,000 ounces of silver for, say 40,000 ounces of gold, would not increase the stock. For pocket money, silver coins may be more convenient than paper, but, then, nickel coins would answer the same purpose and cost much less. The more the subject is considered and all the facts connected with it are taken into account, the plainer it becomes that the career of silver as a precious metal is approaching its end. The forces of both nature and of civilization are tend- ing to this result. The world’s annual production of silver has increased by over 50 per cent. within the last eight years, or from 80,000,000 ounces in 1884 to 128,000,000 in 1890 and a little more in 1891, and it goes on increasing. Every day the cost of producing it is cheapened and new supplies of it discovered. On the other hand, its place in the arts has been largely filled by nickel and alum- inium and their alloys, and its manufac- turing consumption is therefore reduced. How paper money has supplanted it in the currency is evident from the fact that tons upon tons of coined silver dol- lars lie stored away in our Treasury vaults because they are not wanted for use, and are not available, like gold, for the redemption of paper and for the pay- ment of debts in foreign countries. Sil- ver is. going the way of sailing ships, canal boats, homespun cloth, hand-made nails and other old-fashioned contriv- ances. Possibly, too, gold will suffer the same fate after atime, for it is by no means a perfect standard of value, and only keeps its pre-eminence because nothing more nearly perfect has been found to displace it. But at present we shall have to stick to gold in spite of its imperfection, and certainly we shall not surrender it for silver. MATTHEW MARSHALL. - _ Si Value of the Registry System in Mail Matter. From Business. When business men remit money or have valuable documents to forward they frequently resort to the registration system offered by the Postoffice Depart- ment. Letters sent registered go in special pouches from one office to an- other and are duly recorded at different points, but the Government does not in- sure delivery, and the one who sends mail under these conditions simply has the advantage afforded by a little more system and a little more emphasis of the fact that the package is valuable and is being watched. Again, if a registered letter is lost there is a better chance of finding the person who is responsible for such loss, or perhaps the criminal who has abstracted its contents, simply be- cause it was a marked and special piece of mail matter. The fact that the prin- cipal protection afforded by the system of registration is that due to the letter being made more prominent has suggest- ed to certain writers the idea of securing the prominence for their letters without paying the fee. A postal thief seldom has a confederate. He works solitary and alone, suspicious of all around him. A partner in crime is not a safe partner to have. In case of stress the partner is very apt to turn State’s evidence. The only safe plan, then, if anything can be safe under the circumstances named, is to proceed independently and alone. The postal thief, knowing the danger of his position, is always on guard to pre- vent detection. Heis afraid of marked bills, of decoy letters, or in some other manner of being detected in his nefari- ous operations. A_ letter, therefore, reaching him plainly marked to the ef- fect that it contains money is not likely to be opened, it may be argued, simply because the marks which indicate to him that money is in the letter have also in- dicated the same fact to others, and some of these others know that the letter is in his possession and therefore he thinks they may be watching him. This is a rather long introdnetion to the state- ment of a fact we occasionally encounter of late. We get subscription letters in which money is enclosed having across the face in red ink a memorandum of the amount, or the statement that there is money enclosed, in some instances ac- companied by the signature and address of the sender. Such a letter going through the mails, it must be admitted, is very thoroughly marked, and would searcely be abstracted by an experienced mail thief, for bold indeed would be the man who could put such a thing out of the way without feeling that there was an excellent chance of the marked pack- age being inquired after in a way to make it uncomfortable for him. ——~ 4 Wants to Sell Peanuts. Some enterprising individual has offered the world’s fair authorities $120,000 for the exclusive privilege of selling peanuts on the grounds. It is said that this is the highest cash offer made for any priv- ilege, and the committee thought the bid so high that they refused to entertain it until they could satisfy themselves that it was a bona fide thing. At5 cents a bag for his goobers this speculator would have to sell 2,400,000 bags before he could get his bonus money back. Even at 50 per cent. profit, which includes his ex- penses for hiring peanut purveyors and the necessary outlay for roasting appli- ances, he would need to dispose of 5,000,- 000 bags to start even, and at least double that amount in order to get a fair return for the risk taken. Assuming that 30,000,000 persons visit the grounds, he must expect one-third of them to pat- ronize his industry. } MIGHIGAN CENTRAL “‘ The Niagara Falls Route.’ DEPART. ARRIVE Per OCe NOM oo 7:00am 10:00pm ee i, 7:05am 4:30 pm en ee -. 1:20pm 10:00am *Atlantic & Pacific Express.. -- 1:00pm 6:00am we a ee 5:40pm 10:45pm *Dally. 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 7a.m., returning leave Detroit 4:45 Pp. m. arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m. FRED M. Briaas, Gen’! Agent, 85 Monroe St. A. ALMQuIsT, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. O. W. RUGGLES G. T. Agent., Chicago. YIME YABLE NOW IN EFFECT. DETROIT NUNS Milwaukee ieee EASTWARD. Yea 14/tNo. ot sates 18|*No. 82 Ly. Chicago.... | 7 30pm} een osef eee Ly. Milwaukee.!| 8 30pm Trains Leave Gd Rapids, Lv} 6 50am/10 20am) 3 25pm/i2 05am rome Ar; 7 45amj|11 25am} 4 27pm} 1 1lsam St. Johns ...Ar} 8 30am/12 17pm! 5 20pm] 2 14am Cwosas...... Ar;/ 905am] 1 20pm} 6 05pin| 3 05am E. Saginaw..Ar|10 45am] 345pm/ 8. 0pm] 6 4am Bay City..... Ar /11 30am} 4 35pm) 8 45pm | 7 15am Fig .... --Ar/10 05am} 3 45pm} 7 05pm} 5 40am Pt. Huron...Ar/12 05pm] 6 00pm) 8 50pm| 7 30am Pontiac ...... Ar/10 58am] 3 05pm 8 25pm| 4 57am Detroit... ... Ar|11 50am] 4 05pm) 925pm|} 6 00am WESTWARD, *No. 81 [tNo. 11|tNo. 13/*No. 15 Trains Leave | | Lv. Detroit. ... |10 45pm} 6 50am/10 50am} 4 05pm G’d Rapids, Ly} 7 0jam/ 1 v0pm! 5 10pm} tv 20pm G’d Haven, Ar} 8 35am} 2 10pm] 6 15pm/11 20pm Milw’keeStr ‘“ 6 30am! 6 30am Chicago Str. ‘“ 6 00am| *Daily. +Daily 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, 6:45 a m, 10:10 a. m., 3:15 p.m, and 11:55 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 Buffetcar, Joun W. Loup, Traffic Manager. BEN FLETCHER, Trav. Pass. Agent. Jas, CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent. 23 Monroe Street. HIRTH, KRAUSE & CO, JOBBERS OF CHILDREN’S SHOES Leather and Shoe Store Supplies. 12-14 LYON ST. GRAND RAPIDS Geo. H. Reeder & Co., JOBBERS OF BOOTS & SHOES Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State_Agents for 158 & 160 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect July 3, 1892. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going South. vorth. For Traverse City & Mackinaw 6:50am 7:20 am Prom Rameesee |... 2.1... 9:20am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 1:50pm 2:00 pm Por Tisverce Oliv. ............. 4:15 pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw ..... 8:10pm 10:40 pm From Chicago and Kalamazoo. 8:35 pm Or 7:20am Per One 4:15pm Train arriving from south at 6:50am and departing north at 7:20 am daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going North. South. Oe ON ee ae 6:20am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago... 10:05 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:50am 2:00 pm Oe ee cia 5:20 pm 6:00 pm For Chicago.... - 10:40pm 11:20 pm From Saginaw.. 11:50 a m ean 10:40 p m Train arriving from the north at 5:20 pm and leay- ing south at 6:00 p. m, also train leaving south at 11:20 p.m. run daily; all other trains daily except Sunday. SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH 7:20 a m train.—Parlor chair car Grand Rapids to Traverse City and Grund Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. 2.00 p m train has parlor car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. m train.—Sleeping car Grand Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw. SOUTH--7:00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 10:05 am train.—Wagner Parlor Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. 6:00 m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 1;20 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to Chicago. Chicago via G. R. & I. BR. R. Lv Grand Rapids 10:05 a m 2:00 pm ll Arr Chicago 3:35 pm 9:00 p m 6 10:05 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. :20 pm .50 am Ly Chicago 7:65 am 3:10pm 10:10 p m Arr Grand Rapids 1:50 pm 8:35 pm 6:50 am 3 m through Wagner Parlor Car. 10:10p m :10 p train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive. 6:55 am am 11:25 am 4:40 pm 5:30 pm 9:05 p m Through tickets and full information can be had by calling upon A. Almquist, ticket agent at Union Sta- tion, or George W. Munson, Uniou Ticket Agent, 67 Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich. Cc. L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent. CHICAGO AND WES? MICHIGAN R’Y. GOING TO CHICAGO. JUNE 17, 1892, Ly.GR'D RAPIDS......9:05am 1:35pm *11:35pm Ar. CHICAGO. ........- 3:35pm 6:45pm *7:05am RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. Ev. CHICAGO... ...... 7:05am 5:25pm *11:15pm Ar. GED RAPEDS..... 3:55pm 10:35pm *7:05am GRAND RAPIDS AND CHICAGO. Via St. Joe and Steamer. Ly Grand Rapids. ........... 1:35pm + 6:30pm er Chicame 8:30pm 2:00am iy Ciicawe ..0. --. 9:00am 9:30am AY Grand Rapids ............ 5:20om 5:20pm TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, ST JOSEPH AND INDIANAPOLIS. Lyv.G R........ 9:05am 1:35pm+6:30pm *11:35pm ae Gk... *6:10am 1°45pm 5:20pm 10:35pm TO AND FROM MUSKEGON, a 6:40am S:40pm ........ ae. GC. B. 10:45am 1 45pm 5:20pm TRAVERSE CITY, CHARLEVOIX & PETOSKEY. Ev. @ &_... *7:30am 2:10pm 5:35pm 11:15pm Ar. < C 2:15pm 6:45pm 10:55pm 4:40am Ar. pep «6S:h0umm |... .. 7:0Vam AS. Pw oon. fpm O:3pm ...... 7:20am An BY w....*3°10pm 9:20pm ...... 7:40am Ar. from Bay View, Petoskey, etc., 6:30 am, 11:10 am, 1:15 pm, *9:45 pm. TO AND FROM OTTAWA BEACH, oe. Cee 8:40am 1:35pm 5:40pm . Ar GD........8:06am 1:45pm 5:20pm 10:35pm SUNDAY TRAIN, Lv G R....10:00 am Ly Ottawa Beach 6:30 pm THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Wagner Parlor Cars Leave Grand Rapids 1:35 pm, leave Chicago7:05 am, 5:25 pm; leave Grand Rapids }7:30am,'2:10 pm; leave Bay View 6:10 am, *1:45 pm. Wagner Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *1:35 pm; leave Chicago *11:15 pm; leave Bay View t10:15 pm; leave Grand Rapids t11:35 pm; leave Ineianapolis via Big Four 7:00 pm. *Every day. tExcept Saturday. {Except Mon day. Other trains week days only. DETROIT, LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. JUNE 26, 1892 GOING TO DETROIT. Lv. G R.... 7:20am *2:00pm 5:40pm Ar. DET....11:40am *5:50pm 10:35pm RETURNING FROM DETROIT. Ly. DETROIE.......... 7:50am *1:35pm 6:10pm Ar. GE'D KRAPIDS..... 12:45pm *5:25pm 10:30pm TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS. Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. G R.11:50am 10:40pm TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R, R. Lv. Grand Rapids........ 7:20am 2:00pm 5:40pm AQ. from Lowell.......... 12:45pm 5:25pm 7:00am THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Parlor Cars on all day trains between Grand Rapids and Detroit. Wagner Sleepers on night trains. Parlor cars to Saginaw on morning train, *Every day. Other trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. *11:00pm *7:00am 16 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. What to Do in Case of Loss by Fire. In all cases where a loss has been sus- tained by fire itis the duty of the as- sured to notify the company or its agent of the fact. There is no specified form required in giving such notice, and all that is necessary is to inform the com- pany or its agents, by letter or otherwise, that the property insured by it has been destroyed or damaged by fire upon a cer- tain date, and the more formal proof of loss should follow as soon thereafter as reasonable diligence will admit. Blank forms for this purpose, in all cases, are furnished by the agents or adjusters. It is customary, however, when a company is duly informed of a loss, to send an adjuster or special agent of the company to examine the property and confer with the assured, and to determine, if possi- ble, the amount of such damage, and if the assured and the adjuster can mutual- ly agree upon the amount of damage sus- tained. No further proceedings are necessary, except to make out a proof of loss in due form, and the amount agreed upon becomes a debt, due in sixty days from the date thereof, and no action at law can be commenced for its payment until the sixty days have expired. In estimating the damage in this manner it often happens that an honest difference of opinion may arise between the ad- juster and the assured as to the actual amount of damage sustained. Such cases more frequently arise where the loss is only partial, and the property may be repaired or otherwise restored to its original value for a sum less than the amount specified in the policy. For instance, in the case of machinery, the damage may arise almost entirely from water, and all that is required to restore it to its original value is to clean it up and repolish such parts as may be rusted. In some cases it may be necessary to re- move it to a machine shop for this pur- pose, and perhaps some parts may be broken by the falling of timbers or other bodies upon them, and the expense of not only cleaning, but also restoring those broken parts constitute the dam- age, and neither the avsured or the ad- juster are, as a rule, as competent to correctly estimate such damages as a practical machinist. In all such cases the law protects the assured as well as the insurer, and in all insurance policies the following clause will be found: ‘In case a difference shall arise touching any loss or damage, after proof thereof has been received in due form, the matter shall, at the written request of either party, be submitted to arbitrators, in- differently chosen, whose award, in writ- ing, shall be binding on the parties as to the amount of such loss or damage, but shall not decide the liability of the com- pany under this policy.”’ It will be seen that this clause limits the power of the arbitrators strictly to the amount of the loss or damage, without any reference to the merits of the case whatever. It has been held by some authorities that the foregoing clause does not take away the jurisdiction of the courts of law in hay- ing cognizance of the matter, and would not be a bar to an action on the policy to recover the loss, but where an agreement is mutually entered into by both parties to submit the same to arbitration, it is very doubtful whether it would not bea bar to such action, at least while the ar- bitration is pending, but where arbitra- tion has been had and the award agreed upon, there is no question but such award would be a bar toall farther action under the policy, and the amount of damages awarded by the appraisers would in all cases be final, unless it could be made to appear that there was fraud or collusion on the part of the appraisers, with an intent to defraud. In such cases appli- cation may be made by either party to the court by a bill in equity to set the appraisal aside. It is customary in all cases where arbitration is mutually agreed upon for each party to select aman to act for him, and the names of these parties are mentioned in the agreement, and that both parties mutually agree to submit the case to them and abide by their award. It is quite reasonable to expect that the parties so selected would be experts and well acquainted with the value of the property destroyed or damaged. The contract also provides that the men so chosen must be disinterested, so far as any pecuniary interest is concerned, either as partners, relatives or creditors, and the oath which each takes before entering upon his duties as appraiser not only includes the foregoing qualifications, but they also swear that they will make a fair and honest appraisal of the loss or damage by fire, and render a full sched- ule of such property, giving its sound value before the fire and the amount of damage to each article mentioned in said schedule. The contract also provides ( unless waived by the mutual consent of all parties for the present) that before the appraisers enter upon their duties that they shall agree npon a third man to act as umpire between them in cases of dis- agreement only, and should the ap- praisers fail to agree upon the amount of damage sustained by any article or its cash value before the fire, in case of total loss, it must be referred to him, and his decision between them is final and, ac- cording to the conditions of the agree- ment, the award, when signed by them or any two of them, is binding upon both parties. Notwithstanding all that has been said against insurance companies and their adjusters, there is certainly no more fair and equitable a manner in which such cases may be disposed of. The talk about insurance companies having in their employ a class of men who act as appraisers and whose business it is to beat the assured is all nonsense. There is no doubt but the companies select the most competent men they can find to act as appraisers—men who are experts in the line of goods to be appraised—but it by no means follows that because the man selected by them to act in their be- half is an expert that he is a raseal, and, besides, the assured has the same oppor- tunity of selecting an expert also, and no matter how well he may be posted as to the value of the property damaged or destroyed, the fact of his being an ex- pert does not constitute him a rascal in either case or by any means. The duties of the appraisers are to make a fair and just estimate of the loss and damage sustained, and in nine cases out of every ten the award is sufficient to cover the loss, provided it is within the amount specified in the policy, and if the appraisers do sometimes err in their judgment, it is just as liable to be in favor of the assured as the insurer. C. R. TomMpxKINs. SWARTOUT & DOWNS, SOBBERS OF NOTIONS AND FURNISHING GOODS. 41 So. Division St., fe —_ Grand Rapids, Mich. We are making special arrangements to show a complete assortment of everything in our line, for the benefit of those who will attend the fairs here next week, and to that end we solicit the inspection of the trade. a rr r VOIGT. HERPOLSHEIMER & tt, WHOLESALE Dry Goods, Carpets and Cloaks We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live Geese Feathers. Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks. ° OVERALLS OF OUR OWN MANUFACTURE. Voigt, Herpolshemer & Ca, 28 82,52 Qttawa st Grand Rapids. GOLD MEDAL FINECUT Is a Winner. Don’t forget the * price, --18SC. BALL-BARNHART-PUTMAN (lo. Spring & Company, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, Prints and Domestic Cottons, We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well assorted stock at lowest market prices. Spring & Company. MICHIGAN BARK & LUMBER CoO. Successors to N. B. Glark & Co, 18 and 19 ‘Widatcomp Building. We are now ready to make contracts for the season of 1892. Correspondence solicited. Uae Gtamp before a blast. | Fragments after a blast. UA STRONGEST and SAFEST EXPLOSIV HRmnown to the Arts. SNe POWDER, FUSE, CAPS Cp Electric Mining Goods. EEnouLus, AED S52; 200k FOR BENNY SL ATENG, ANNIE ‘TOR HERCULES POWDER ¢ COMPANY, ANN IHILATOR, 40 Prospect Street, Cleveland, Chie. Je. ie rRe Managers Agents for Ss Western Michigan. EVEN WRITE FOR PRICES Cracker Chests, Osea lass Covers for Biscuits ae chests will soon | UR new glass covers are by far the pay for themselves in the | eee — ever de to the rade. ley are made to fit any breakage they avoid. Price $4. ; : | kag y of our boxes and can be changed from one box to anotherinamoment They will save enough good* from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a s! for themselves. Try them and be convineed. Price, 50 cents each. iort time to pay NEW NOVELTIES We eal! the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: CINNAMON BAR. ORANGE BAR. CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. NEWTON, arich finger with fig filling. the best selling eakes we ever made. THE NEW .YORK BISCUIT CoO., S. A. Sears, Mer. GRAND RAPIDS. This is bound to be one of You can take your choice OF TWO OF THE Best Flat Opening Blank Books In the Market. Cost no more than the Old Style Books, Write for prices. GRAND RAPIDS BOOK BINDING CO., 29-31 Canal St., Grand Rapids, Mich. ? : This solid brass Lamp, nick- :kamp Retails for $1.25, el plated, which has always been out of reach of the ordinary buyer, retailing anywhere from 2.50 to $3.50 each is now controlled by us in such quan- tities that it is offered to the retail trade at above figures. Dealers can make a good profit. Ask for quotations on our No. 202 Nickel Plated Parlor Lamp. Umbrella shades and holders to fit, retail for 35¢ each. Vas k mM k Sh d To match are proving the win- @ ba ps aes ning card of the season. One Retail Dealer Reports the sale of 24 Barrels Of our assortments in August. Our lamps are positively the handsomest for the price ever shown. Prices are 50 per cent. below last season, with much more elaborate and tasty decora- tions. Send for our price list and lithographed sheets showing our lines in actual colors. No 20 Electric Oil Heating Stoves. Greatly improved . for this season, shown with full nickel trimmings. new and simple wick lift, and is the only stove on the market that can be operated with entire freedom from smoke or odor. We are the exe'u-ive agents for Western Mich- igan and can offer best factory discounts. Write for special quotations, R } i] Bp : 2 37 With decorated, 14inch Dome g a] rice, ' « Shade and Fount to match. One of our incomparable assortments as shown on our lithographed sheets. Weare positively showing the best value of any lamp manufacturer this season, and prices are lower than ever be- fore. Heavy and strong fixtures. Send for our sheets and prices. Send for catalogue No. 108. HH. LHONARD & Sons. SPECIAL NOTICE! and so direct that we pay no middle a.) = oy & eee eae so ooF ee see BS ag Of a 2.5 ra OT ad Lew am z, 23 rs 3.0 =... g =, ee ie — Positively gives the light of 400 candles by government test. te line of mammoth lamp cuts sent or Ovr Mammoth Rochester Store Lam edged to lead the world in durability and ligh Our prices guaranteed as low as the lowest. Comple prices, Our Holiday lines of Fancy Goods in China, New G1 Goods and complete assortment of foreign and domestic toys is now ready for exhibition. rofits Call early while assortment is full. Pena ee Jan. Ist, 1893. SSS SSS | he Aige a ste is the triumph of manu- TUbUlar Globe Post Lamp facictemape, of manu: door lighting. Our catalogue shows everything that is BEST in this line and our prices are guaranteed to be at the bottom. STREET LAMPS, HALL LAMPS, BARN LAMPS, LANTERNS, MILL LAMPS, HEADLIGHTS. \ ass, Silverware, Dolls, Plush Our purchases are in such quantity to any. See our wonderful selections, price them, and you will be convinced.