> ~ u ¥ 7 e - > 4 an < a. A op 7 Le 4 * » a \. 7 % | 4 & a\ > : i i 4 rae (9 t 4 < a —— Tradesman. Published Weekly. THE TRADESMAN COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. $1 Per Year. oe 10. So — ish a 23, 1892. NO. ie -e s. BROWN, JOBBER OF Foreign and Domestic Fruits and Vegetables,’ Oranges, Bananas and Karly Vegetables a Specialty. Send for quotations. 24-26 No. Division St. Don’t Forget when ordering NUTS FIGS ors, Fs Cy ANDY 2 2 To call on or address A. E. BROOKS & CO., Mfrs, 46 Ottawa St., Grand Rapids. Special pains taken with fruit orders. AMERICAN Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan make, IMPORTED WRITE FOR PRICES ON Limburger, Swiss, Fromage de Brie, D’Isigny, Camembert, Neufchatel and Caprera. Also our XX XX Orchard. 45 South Division St., VI N - G A Ld GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. No Brand of Ten Cent CIGARS G. F. FAUDE, Sole Manufacturer, IONIA, MICH. H. E. MOSELEY & CO. COMPARES WITH THE We now have a full line of Wales Goodyear Rubbers, Boots and Shoes, Alaskas, Green Bays, Esquimeaux and Portage Socks, Knit and Felt Boots. Dealers are cordially invited to send in mail orders, to which we promise our prompt and careful attention. HEROLD-BERTSCH SHOE CO. OUR HOLIDAY CATALOGUE NOW READY. Send for it? Rugs, Hassocks, Blacking Cases, Foot Rests Carpet Sweepers. SMITH & SANFORD, 68 Monroe St., Grand Rapids, MUSKEGON BRANCH UNITED STATES BAKING CO., Successors to MUSKEGON CRACKER Co., HARRY FOX, Manager. CRACKERS, BISCUITS s SWEET GOODS. MUSKEGON, MICH. SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO MAIL ORDERS. - BEANS W. T. LAMOREAUX CO., 128, 130 and 132 W. Bridge St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. If you have any beans and want tosell, we want them, will give you full mar ket price. Send them to us in any quantity up to car loads, we want 1000 bushels daily. Cis F" THK GREEN SKAL GIGAR Is the Most Desirable for Merchants to Handle because IT IS STAPLE AND WILL FIT ANY PURCHASER. Retails for 10 cents, 3 for 25 cents. Send Your Wholesaler an Order. . Mm RAFF & CO. 9 North Ionia St., Grand Rapids. WHOLRSALK FRUITS AND PRODUGE. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. TR LJ N K MARTIN MATER & CO, MANUFACTURERS 113-115-117 Twelfth St, DETROIT, MICH. BEST MADE, BEST SELLING GOODS. PIONEER HOUSE. BAC iS LOWEST PRICES. TELFER SPICE COMPANY, LARGEST ASSORTMENT. MANUFACTURERS OF Spices and Baking Powder, and Jobbers of Teas, Coffees and Grocers’ Sundries. Land 3 Pearl Street, GRAND RAPIDS See Quotations. Fei Ta STANDARD OIL CO. GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. DEALERS IN Illuminating and Lubricating ! -OILs- NAPTHA AND GASOLINES. Works, Butterworth Ave. Offic., Hawkins Block. BULK WORKS AT 84ND RAPIDS, MUSKEGON, MANISTEE, CADILLAC, and it LEMON & WHEELER COMPANY, IMPORTERS AND Wholesale Grocers 4 Grand Rapids. a i Y ‘ » A ~+~ ~ hi , 4“ a (g ? >» 44 4 VOL. 10. THE g a vr FIRE INS. co. CONSERVATIVE, SAFE. T. STEWART WHITE, Pres’t. W. Frep McBanry, Sec’y. 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We also have a choice assortment of second hand joband advertising type, proof sheets of which will be forwarded on application. THE TRADESMAN CoO, GRAN® RAPIDS, MICH, OYSTERS. Solid Brand Cans. ee 8 26 meeaarde ................. ................. Daisy Brand. POMeee $ 24 Favorites..... oS 14 Pee... ue... ‘ 26 Standards in bulk ... 1 Mince Meat---Best in. Use. Large bbls Dee eee eee crees cease ec ouce Gace 5X Dee. ...... 8. 6 40 1b pails.. ee dete teed este ye eeuee 64 rr OO . 6% Se oe 6% 21b cans, usual weight, per doz a. Fh ermrmrmrmUmrrmUmCO 3 50 Cuaice Waity Bitier........... .........4. bo ee ee 21 Pure Sweet Cider in bbls............ ...... 15 Vine gar. 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Eyes tested for spectacles free of cost with latestimproved methods. Glasses in every style at moderate prices. Artificial human eyes of every color. Sign of big spectacles BUY THE PENINSULAR Pauls, Shirts, aud Overalls Once and You are our Customer for life. STANTON, MOREY & CO., Mfrs. DETROIT, MICH. Geo. F. Owen, Salesman for Western Michigan, Residence, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids. GRAND RAPIDS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1892. OLD ANGELINE. Romantic Life of the Princess of Seattle. Old Angeline was sitting in her cabin, looking out upon the sea, in that portion of Seattle known as ‘‘Shantytown.’’ What blemish on this fair and growing city is that particular locality, where scores of shanties, lean-tos, sheds, holding a heter- ogeneous mass of humanity, are huddled together—little children with old faces, unkempt men dirty stray cats, the from unclean sewers pouring down contagion and filth, moral and physical ill-being—all down that hillside where the tumble-down dwellings are piled in many cases one over another. Angeline had seen it all, was familiar to and with it all, for many years. Ef- forts had been made to civilize her, to bring her into different ways and condi- tions, but the rugged lines of her tanned, weather-beaten Indian visage grew more set and scornful and stolid with each succeeding effort, until the task was giv- en up in despair; and for years past she has enjoyed unmolested freedom—going and coming when she chooses, affiliating with no one. She spends much of her time inthe tireless watching of the sea, which seems to soothe her, strengthen her, bring back with vividness past days and past scenes, when her father, Chief Seatle, was the great and powerful ruler, when the banks were green and wooded, when she was sought and honored, when she was loved and loving. ago! and women, dogs, sewage How long It required an effort to bring it all back. She dozed with a pipe between her lips and forgot; but occasionally, as now, ‘‘the sea,’’ she says, ‘‘brings it all back to her.” When it is white with lashing eaps, when it roars a thundrous sound into her ears. when light eraft are putting into harbor, and large ones are anchoring safely, when the wind howls with fury and shakes the cabin as though it would seatter it into a hundred pieces, she grunts with satisfaction—and then if you have access to her she will talk. Old Angeline is a familiar figure on the streets. Old residents have a kind word or nod for her in passing, and she is pointed out to newcomers as one of the curiosities of the city. Short of stature, barefooted, or nearly so, in all seasons, her garb made up of cast-off articles of apparel given her by kindly disposed whites, she looks like a veritable scare- crow. Her face i8 so immovable, that she reminds one of adilapidated, weath- er-beaten sphinx looking backward upon a fallen and decaying people. Her eyes, however, are shrewd and glinting, even kindly. She likes children, and will stand gaz- ing after a group of them some time, with a half pensive, half amused expres- sion, as though she wondered at and pitied the little feet that have such long roads to travel. Sometimes she stops a young woman and mutters to herself; then walks away with a patient resigna- tion that appeals to one, if one but un- derstands. She onee had a daughter, a CHIGAN TRADESMAN. NO. 479 half-breed, ungrateful. who was handsome, tall and More than half acentury ago the shores of Puget Sound pioneer were but a name to and the Indians of this the delightful sunshine, the equable atmosphere, enjoy- whites; region—basking in calm, ing the immunity from care that this re- gion offered, as fish and game were plen- tiful, the climate never rigorous, waters of and the the Sound calm and beautiful, affording unlimited scope for joyment—were a quiet, At this zenith of knowledged and fill varied en- peaceable set. time Chief Seattle He numerous in the the bands was his power. was ac- leader of ed his important position with dignity and honor; but his reign was in a changing time. White traders and set- tlers invading his domains, what was worse, they came to stay. sought him out and sure, but it was aggrandizement. were and, “hey honored him, to be always own They were superior to himself and his people, and the old chief bowed his head to the inevitable, for he felt that only through friendliness could any good come to his people. for their When mur- murings of discontent began to be bruit- ed about concerning the encroachments of the whites, he his harangued people to submission, to gentleness and peace. He foresaw the coming order of things, and distinetly but with that intuition the simple child of nature is so often heir to and with a sad viction, courage born of advocated the When besought by other tribes to make common cause against the whites, he firmly adhered to his friendly policy, thus giving oceasion for ties between his tribes and the and he through all the the econ- friendliness to newcomers. hostili- belliger- attitude times that fol- ents, maintained this troublous lowed, endearing himself to the early settlers, who named one of their pros perous settlements after him— It was about this Seattle. time that some inter- esting developments occurred in Seattle’s family circle, Angeline, eoneerning no other than a young and comely maiden, much sought for by the young braves of her tribe, and of a repute for industry and good nature that reached among oth- er tribes. Angeline gave her preference to one known among the whites as ‘‘Mar- tin,’’ a young brave of her own people. He was a coming man—so all listened to his harangues on topics of general interest. He was approved of by the chief, and his valor on more than one occasion had severely He was skillful the chase and in fish- ing—two by no means mean accomplish- ments. He was felt who smooth and well-chosen tested. and successful in been ambitious as well, and this alliance with Angeline would furth- er him both in favor and power—and An- geline with all the soul within her loved him. There was satisfaction in her mien when he near. She was always ready to accompany him in his canoe and was listen to his plans for their future. She it was who would inform him of secret councils, of plans not yet perfected con- cerning her father’s policy. Martin 2 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. would then appear asa very Sir Oracle to his less favored brethren. All that was needed was the old chief’s consent to their marriage, their attitude but he, though toward each other with approach. Que evening after a week’s during which time he had and confer with tribes in the interior, he returned to his wigwam been to visit some distant and called Angeline to him. She came, flushed with expectancy. Martin had | accompanied her father—then had | Undoubtedly this summons | he returned. meant joy to her and Martin. for | some time, but when he spoke there was Her father viewed her in silence no hesitaney— “You have been a good daughter, An- | geline Angeline caught her father’s hand and kissed it. “| have been among the Snoqualmies. you will make a good squaw.”’ Very brave, very good tribes they are. | Peace is between us, and that it long} may continue, | said to Chief Squanim | that you should be his squaw and take | eare of his wigwam.” The girl stood motionless and speech- less, stunned by this unexpected edict. | At last her father, troubled and irritated he had not | by the silence, asked her if done well for her—said that she would be the wife of a powerful chief. and the | means of promoting harmony and union | between the tribes. ‘But Martin,’’ the girl gasped out. “What of him? He is not for you. | An ordinary maiden will do for him. You are the daughter of a chief—you | must be mother of another.’’ | The girl made an imploring gesture. “I want Martin, I do squaw to a chief.’’ not want to be There was an ominous silence. **You shame me,’’ and chief ‘“‘but you will not do it again, nor shall | the voice of the | trembled with suppressed rage, anyone know. ‘To-morrow Squanim will be night alone with you in your wigwam. the had | here—to-morrow he will be oo.” out that but Martin. Angeline went into night, | dazed, uncertain she heard idea, one | Why did he not come to her? aright, conscious of desire—Martin, to see one The night was calm and beautiful, and | the waters of the Sound reflected the sub- | dued light of the full run down to moon. She would | where his canoe was tied— | surely he would be expecting her. She ran at full She speed along the wind- ing path. knew every step of it. | She stopped once to listen to a mournful | It was a breeze stirring the sigh- A over her dim intelligence. sound. ing firs. superstitious terror stole *“\ bad omen, | a bad omen,” she sobbed, and hastened | on. As she cametothe broad beach her fear changed to joy. There was the} canoe, and there was her lover waiting |} for her. She threw up her arms with a ery of joy, and ran to him. there was The next morning conster- nation in Seattle’s household. Angeline The her. was missing, and not to be found. day wore on without a trace of Squanim came, and Seattle in his wrath sent for Martin—but Martin could give information, no clue her where- The chief away anger, but half convinced of his appar- no to abouts. sent him in ent miserable sincerity. Squanim lin- gered another day, and yet another; then | viewing | abseuce, | | of another, not Martin. }eome, what's the matter? | Angeline’s childhood and girlhood knew | one | taken his unwilling companion, | unavailing. | flight proved to her her powerlessness, | than usually fell to the lot of the squaw | several children | with the exception of Therese, the eldest }and disposition, and content seemed to possess Angeline dur- ito the | them. open fire. { | returned to his tribe covered with morti- | | fication, chagrin and anger, and the} HOW’S THIS? peaceful relations of the tribe were dis- | turbed. Weeks wore into months, vain for his favorite daughter. Death visited his household and robbed | him of his two remaining together, and improving their condition, He was beloved and revered by his peo- ple, and Martin, by no one more than who rose in power and conceit with each | succeeding year. *& * & When Angeline ran to her lover’s arms, she realized too Jate that they were those **O, let me go! Let me go!”’- But she was held fast. ‘‘Angeline! By all that’s holy! Come, Get in here.’’ And halt by foree, half by cunning per- Henri, the Angeline had good her in the over the smooth water. For suasion, fur-trader, a man reason to fear, had canoe and was speeding out fifteen long years the seenes of nothing of her. that she had fur-trader, and had it gone with a white man, a that him in the far north, but no authentic reports Were obtainable. It To the far north, at stations, Henri had Remon threats, were alike Angeline was forced to stay Vague rumor she lived with Was even so. of the trading straneces, pleadings, with him. One or two ineffectual attempts at and finally she became as Henri expressed it, *‘a very good squaw.” He was coarse. brutal and cunning by nature, but treated Angeline with rather more consideration of the white man. In the course of time were born to her. but daughter, they died in early infancy. Therese was like her father in looks the two were very fond of each other. Something very like ing these days She dutiful and Heuri was kind, provided was industrious. and | months into years, but Seattle waited in complaisant indifference, would not bear | | daughters, | and he grew silent and sad, but bent all | his energies to the keeping of his tribes We offer one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure ' J CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O We the undersigned, have known F J Cheney for the last 15 yeurs, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and fin- ancially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm West & Truax, WaLpINne, Kinnan & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, Price 75e per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. i MICHIGAN ire & Marine fasurance Co, Organized 1881. DETROIT, MICHIGAN, Ur Fancy Goods Trade Has been larger than ever before in the history of our house Come in and see our samples of Albums, Comb and Brush Sets. Dalls, Books, Ets. EATON, LYON & C0. Use Silver Soap. The shades of night were falling fast, As up and down the country passed A ‘*Kid” who bore, all lettered nice, A banner bearing this device, USE SILVER SOAP! His brow was hid; his eye beneath Gazed on a cake between his teeth, And like a cut-glass goblet rung, The accents of that urchin’s tonzue, USE SILVER SOAP! well, and never overburdened her with werk; and [herese, though wayward, went with the other half-breed children school at the settlement, and her progress there was a source of gratifiea- | tion and wonder to her mother, who re garded with awe the books and wonder- | | : . . | | ful marks and figures the child delighted iin. | So time woreon. If Angeline’s thoughts ever reverted to the past, she neyer spoke Her duties occupied her time and attention, yet often during the long win- ter evenings when Henri was away and Therese wrapped in slumber, she would | sit for hours gazing stolidly into the | What were her thoughts, her | feelings? Something of injustice she| felt—something of a lack. The long, | cold winters chilled her. She longed for the balmy atmosphere, the sunny land of | her childhood. She longed for her The people of the north sharp, so quarrelsome, so cruel, always full of care for the morrow. ‘So differ- ent—so different’’—she would mutter to peo- ple. were so | herself, then relapse into stolid silence. Time brings many changes, and one | In billiard halls he saw the light; In drug stores all the bottles bright; He loafed around the Merchant’s door, While hundreds read the sign he bore, USE SILVER SOAP! Oh stay, the young clerk said, *‘and here Partake”’ He raised his arm and pointed high, And he looked up and made reply, USE SILVER SOAP! of bread and cheese to cheer! ‘“‘Beware, some certain brands, beware; They’re made for show, and fool there,’’ you He heard the merchant’s last ‘*good night,’’ But still he kept that sign in sight, USE SILVER SOAP! At break of day, with shoeless feet, The ‘*Kid” was found on Summit street; Beside him lay the well-known sign, sesmeared with mud—but not the line, USE SILVER SOAP! There in the morning, cold and gray, Enwrapped in sleep the urehin lay, And from the crowd that loitered near, | Escaped a voice that all could hear, USE SILVER SOAP! Playing Cards WE ARE HEADQUARTERS SEND FOR PRICE LIST, Daniel Lynch, 19 S. Ionia St., Grand Rapids. Geo. H. Reeder & Co., JOBBERS OF Boots and Shoes, Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. State Agents for ING) SOs fe 158 & 160 Fulton St.,Grand Rapids, Fstablished 1868, HM REYNOLDS & SON, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Building Papers, Carpet Lin- ings, Asphalt Ready Roofing, Tarred Roofing, Felt, Coal Tar, Roofing and Paving Pitch, Resin Asphalt Roof Paints, Mineral Wool for deadening purposes, Asbestos products, Pipe cover- ing, car, bridge and roof paints, Elastic roofing Cement, Ete. Practical ROLE In Felt, Compisition aud Gravel, Warehouse and Office Cor. LOUIS and CAMPAU Sts.. ‘Grand Rapids, - Mich “the Kent.’ AVING conducted the above named hotel two months on the European plan, and | come to the conclusion that we can better serve our patrons by conducting same on the Ameri can plan. we take pleasure in announcing that our rates will hereafter be $2 perday. As the ; hotel is new and handsomely furnished, with steam heat and electric bells, we are confident we are in a position to give the traveling publie satisfactory service. Remember the location, opposite Union Depot. | Free baggage transfer from union depot. | | BEACH & BOOTH, Props. | ‘ UN, Lin- ing, lar, sin eral Ses, ver- nts, Bl, ich 99 hotel , and serve meri ' that s the with ident ublie e pot. . 4 »7v ; ‘ THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 3 night when she had been keeping her | “You, Angeline!” vigils rather later than usual, waiting | Some long suppressed emotion leaped | for Henri, there came the sound of many within her. She came forward, all the feet at her cabin door—then a call: | fervor of her nature shining in her eyes. a ee . r et 117 ++ 6 > | Tae nf > . act. 5 2 : i : Angeline, O Angeline!” She hastened | It was come to her at last that subtle We have made the handling of Potatoes a ‘‘specialty” for many years and have out, half expecting that her lord and | something that had been wanting during | a Jarge trade. Can take care of all that can be shipped us. We give the best ser- master had been helped home after in- the long years. She knew now what it | vice—sixteen years experience—first-class salesmen. dulging too freely in drink, as was not| had been that had given her courage to Ship your stock to us and get full Chicago market value. “ . . : Reference—Bank of Commerce, Chicago. infrequent. Several men were carrying | court danger and repulse, that had im- | arude litter, and on it, covered with a) pelled her to return. It was the vivify- | WM. H. THOMPSON &Z CO., blanket, lay the dead form of Henri. ing hope of love. C “ ; 4 ommission Merchants *“Ugh!” Angeline shivered, but made The moment was a short one, but in i no moan, betrayed no further emotion, | it Angeline lived years—years of hope, | 166 So. Water St., Chicago asked no questions. comfort and joy. “Dalton stabbed him,” she heard one ‘‘Martin, have acare!’’ of the men remark. Such occurences| The words of the chief were too late. i ic ee kei aes WV ae i! Mien s 8s Label appears were common at the settlement. Already astinging blow had left its mark | eRe Ty, i ERMENTY, : co. na EMPRESSED ys AS 7 on every (package, as it is a Ft GMPRESSED Vea Vy Thus ended an epoch in Angeline’s | on Angeline’s cheek—another and another. | The py ree ox ticeiien alt the dante am ‘ Tye MFT'D mes life. She lived in the cabin until spring | Therese, terrified, drew her mother back. | WEROAL EST AIVERDAL EpSTW A nA ME a | CHICAGO a. —but no longer the stolid, indifferent So you have come back after all Y squaw. She was alert, interested in the | these years to mock me—bringing your | affairs of the hunters and trappers, and | white-faced child to shame you.” His | kept a lynx eye on Therese, who was fast | voice was hoarse, his eyes lurid with | approaching her fifteenth birthday. In| passion, and the muscles of his face | the spring a party was formed to go down | worked convulsively. ‘‘You promised to the Sound country for purposes of | me, yet you ran off i i i | in the night with a| traffic with the Indians, and to look up| paleface. I might have been chief with the resources of that section, as it was | your father—Squanim would never have | ‘The Only Reliable coming into prominence. This was what| taken you had he known. But you were | Angeline was waiting for. She deter-| false to me, you left your father lonely | CHICAGO ¥ mined to accompany the men and see |—you despised your people.’’ once more the home of her childhood. The old chief laid a forcible hand up- Arrangements were easily made for] on the infuriated man, and motioned An- providing the necessaries for the journey | geline to go. for herself and Therese, and early one She went out into the night followed | this market for the past Fifteen Years. and perilous journey, but Angeline|diance looked pityingly down. The | Cold Far Superior to any other. proved herself an invaluable aid. Her|smooth waters of the Sound reflected | knowledge of woodcraft, her willingness | many a shadow. - Angeline looked out to help, her good nature and buoyant} upen it all. Something seemed to have spirits made her a favorite, and she com- | died within her. No emotion stirred at manded the respect and liking of her|the familiar sight—yet the calmness and companions. the still, penetrating beauty had their | After a two months’ journey they came | quieting influence upon her. She bowed to Puget Sound. Angeline wasin atrans- | her head, and Therese heard her mutter: | i ‘ port of joy at seeing the familiar waters | ‘‘It is night. It “always comes in the} JOHN SMYTH I ent Grand Ra ifs Mich again. Therese viewed her mother with | night.” ' } ; 5 amazement. What a change had taken Angeline’s return after so long an ab- place! She herself sincerely mourned|sence created a_ profound © sensation the loss of her father. He had been kind | among her people. but she was indiffer- to her and shown her much affection, | ent alike to their curiosity or their sym- and she could not comprehend the very| pathy, their notice or their aversion. evident relief that his death caused her|She found many changes, but wees | | >. —_- Business Changes at Hudson. Hupson, Nov. 19—C. W. Crandall has opened a grocery store and meat market. N. A. Page has purchased Chas. B. Crandali’s meat market. J. K. Boies & Co. have sold their grain business to the Hudson Grain Co. _ + A new banking house has been organ- ized at Pontiac, to be known as the Oak- The officers are B. G. Stout, President: A. C. Bald- win, Vice-President: C. W. French, of | Muir, Cashier; D. H. Power, of Fowler, Assistant Cashier. $50,000. The capital stock is OW DRESSING ECORATING., _X MAS Everybody can dress his show windows and decorate his store for the Holidays with the aid of my Xmas Pamphlet, mailed on receipt of 75 cents. HARRY HARMAN, Window Dresser, Decorator and Window Supplies, Room 1204 The Temple, Chicago, Ill. FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC. | t j 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. ] WILL EXCHANGE %.000 WORTH OF real estate for general stock of merchandise of about that size. Will give good exchange. Box 327, Stanton, Mich. 613 VOR SALE —NICE CLEAN GENERAL STOCK and fixtures, invoicing about $5,000, located fifteen miles from Allegan and twenty-five from | Grand Rapids, in village of 200 inhabitants and | excellent surrounding farming country. Cream- | ery and cheese factory just located. The best | of reasons for selling. Address F. Goodman & Co., Burnips Corners, Mich. 614 I RUG STORE FOR SALE—THE UNDER- signed wishes to retire from the drug busi- ness and devote his entire time to the manufac- turing of his family remedies. I have a com- plete and clean stock of drugs and everything | belonging to first-class drug store, good location, a paying business, will give easy terms or a big discount for cash. Apply at my store, 142 Ells- worth avenue. Geo. G. Steketee, druggist. 615 re SALE—ONE-HALF INTEREST OF A 100 barrel steam roller flour mill in the best wheat sectionin Central Michigan; county seat; two railroads; custom trade sixty thousand bushels yearly; fuel cheap. Will take $1,000 stock o: furniture as part payment. Keasons For particulars address radesman. 616 i ARGAI)D A DEP*TMENT STORE in this city, stocked with tinware, crockery, woodenware, candy, tobacco, notions, hardware and almost everything except boots, shoes, dry goods and drugs. This is a new, doutvle store, glass front, never before occupied. Cheap rent. Long lease if desired. No near competition. Excellent location for a drug store in connec tion. Can reduce stock to $400 or v0. Cause for selling, “‘The failure of the other fellow to come to time.’’ Address Department store, care Tradesman. NT | gies SALE—LARGE PACKING B and meat market with tools and fixtures, including horse: and wagons, brick block 22 feet fronton main street, ice house and 20 acres of land, with slaughter house. This business and property isin Ovid, Mich Address L. C. Town- send, Allen Bennett Block, Jackson Mich 6u6 ‘NOR SALE OR WILL grocery stockK—New house, barn and store building in Kalamazoo; lot 4x8; buildings are worth price asked for entire place. Address A BC, Kalamazoo, Mich. 589 Wa NTED—TO EXCHANGE 8) ACRES hardwood timber land in Oceana county for stock of general merchandise. Address No. 610, care Michigan Tradesman. 610 for selling, bad health. No. 616 ichi Address No. 612. care Michigan Tradesman. 611 OR SALE—A GOOD CLEAN STOCK OF hardware in a booming city of 5,000,in the center of the finest farming country in the State. Stock will invoice about $9,000. Can reduce on short notice. Reason for selling, other business, Address No. 604, care Michigan Tradesman. 604 OR SALE—CLEAN NEW STOCK OF DRY goods, notions, clothing, furnishing goods, shoes, groceries, cigars, tobacecos and confee tionery, located in one of the best business towns in Michigan. Doing over $2,500 per month in Grand Rapids. spot cash business. Not a dollar of credit. Stock will invoice about $5,000. Address No. 594, care Michigan Tradesman. 594 K ELLENT OPPOKTUNITY FOR A BUS iness man with $5,000 to $10,000 ready money to embark in the wholesale business in Grand tapids and take the management of same. Zouse well established. Investigation solicited from per ons who mean business. No others need apply. No. 556, care Michigan Tradesman. i 556 r= SALE—A FINE AND WELL-ASSORTED stock of dry goods, boots, shoes, hats, caps and gents’ furnishing goods, ia live railroad and manufactu.ing town of from 500 to 600 inhabi- tants. Only business of the kind in the locality. Other and more important business re res the attention of the proprietor. We court a tuorongh investigation and will guarantee a profitable investment. Address No. 571, care Michigan Tradesman. 571 MISCELLANEOUS, CHOICE RESIDENCE PROPERTY ON the hill, worth $4,000 to exchange for clean stock of shoes, groceries or general merchandise. Address No. 62, care Telfer Spice Co. 609 0 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. rT SALE — GOOD DIVIDEND - PAYING stocks in banking, manufacturing and mer cantile es. KE. 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 gooi residence | eons, only 200 feet from electric street car ne, Will sell for #2 500 cash, or part cash, pay- ments to suit. E. A. Stowe, 100 Louis St, 354 WASTE —PRACTICAL PRINTER WHO IS | _ familiar with job work and capable of | editing a country weekly, to start a newspaper |}inalivetown Nocompetition A pplicant must | have at least $500 cash or its equivalent. If you mean business, address No, 605, care Michigan | Tradesman, 605- | FYWO RESIDENCE LOTS IN VILLAGE OF Belding to exchange for grocery stock | worth $1,00 to $1,500. Will pay difference in cash. Address No. 470, care Snichicen Trades- | man. 570 > ~« ~ “ eg. . aw a ¢ * r ~ i a L ¢é Sa~ » ¥ ~ GRAND RAPIDS ‘GOSSIP. The Frank Triel grocery stock at 152 North Division street has passed into the hands of James Corukin. Hutchinson & Bro. have opened a gro- cery store at Kalamazoo. The Olney & Judson Grocer Co. furnished the stock. Fred Pegler, meat dealer at 19 and 21 South Division street, has put ina line of groceries. Musselman & Widdicomb furnished the stock. S. A. Watt has sold his grocery stock at the corner of Wealthy avenue and Henry street to E. M. Stickney, who was engaged in general trade at for over twenty years. aris The Mecosta Lumber Co., which has purchased the general stock of Barry & Co., at Rodney, and removed it to a point on the Chippewa River, near this place, has added a line of hardware. Foster, Stevens & Co. furnished the stock. Hi. W. Reed has removed his grocery stock from 93 Fremont street to the cor- ner of Logan and Henry streets. The vacated store will be occupied by Mull Bros. as a meat market and grocery store, the Ball-Barnhart-Putman Co. furnished the latter stock. fe > Purely Personal. M. W. Tucker, Secretary and Treas- urer of the Tucker Mercantile Co., at Snmner, was in town acouple of days last week. He was looking for power and planing mill machinery for the lum- ber department of his company at Ithaca. Cc. C. Bunting leaves this evening for Hamburgh, New York., where he will spend Thanksgiving with his mother. His brother, who is Manager of the Ham- burgh Canning Co., was elected Congress- man at the recent election by 1,600 ma- jority. David Vinton, senior member of the firm of D. Vinton & Son, general dealers and sawmill operators at Williamsburg, was in town a couple of days last week. Mr. Vinton is anxious to secure some hardwood industry for Williamsburg and will offer excellent inducements in the way of mill site and water power to the right sort of an enterprise. Nelson Hower, the Mendon druggist, writes THE TRADESMAN as follows: “I wagered a horse with Cornelius Crawford on the result of the election and lost. I tendered him the horse on the occasion of his last visit to Mendon, but he de- clined to take him, on the ground that he would have to be double blanketed to keep the straw from blowing out of him. I insist on his taking the winnings of his wager, and I hereby give him due notice that unless the horse is removed from my barn by Dec. 1, I shall ship him to the Grand Rapids glue factory.”’ David Holmes, for several years past manager of the mercantile interests of the West Michigan Lumber Co., at Wood- ville, has remoyed to Elk Rapids and taken the management of the Elk Rapids Iron Co.’s store. The selection is a hap- py one for the Iron Co., as Mr. Holmes is one of the closest buyers in the country and possesses remarkable judgment in| the selection of goods and excellent taste | in arranging and displaying his stock. | Under Mr. Holmes’ management, Dexter & Noble store among the great mercantile establish- ments of the country. ———— > --+ > Use Tradesman Coupon Books. the will take rank | Gripsack Brigade. ‘“Windy’’? Williams, who covers the | trade of the Saginaw Valley for P. Loril- | lard & Co., met with a serious accident at Detroit on the 7th, which will lay him up forsome time. S. A. Goss succeeds traveling representative for. the 1. M. Clark Grocery Co. Mr. Stuart has re- moved to Schooleraftand taken the posi- tion of Assistant Cashier for the Kalama- zoo County Bank. Chas. E. Watson (Eaton, Lyon & Co.) met with a severe accident at Owosso last mercial travelers of Michigan, who several years has been connected Moran, Fitzimons & Co., wholesale gro- cers at Detroit, has taken the Eastern agency for the Globe Tobaoco Co. and for city, where he will make his headquarters. His former employers presented sum, while the employes of the house gave him a valuable gold-headed cane. — > © > ——-- The Grocery Market. Sugar—The market is unchanged, and there are no indications of a change, either upward or downward. Oranges—The fruit so far received has come in green, but the quality is improv- ing from day to day. Lemons—In fair supply. gradually lowering. Coffee—The market continues to ad- vance on nearly all grades, some of which have been cornered by large handlers. Manufacturers of package brands have advanced their quotations ‘se. Prices are Teacher—W hat is the best Cigar sold in this country to-day? Class (in chorus)— as ve Ben Nur! 10c or 3 for 25c. Made on Honor ! Sold on Merit ! ORDER FROM YOUR DEALER. GEO. MOEBS & G0, Manufacturers, ‘DETROIT. | | | | | GINSENG ROOT. We pay the highest price forit. Address |PECK BROS., “aaisss Basis" en eee Chas. E. Stuart as week, resulting from falling down an area stairway in front of his| hotel. No bones were broken | but he was so. badly shaken up| that it was necessary to send a well man | |on from the store to assist him in his | work. | John Roney, one of the pioneer com- | left Detroit last Sunday for New York | him | with a check representing a handsome | CHICAGO. HOGOLAYE COOLER CO, Manufacturers of with | ~ Gombination Store Yables and Shelving. The most complete knock down tables and shelving ever offered to the trade. The | salient features are uniformity of construction, combining strength and neatness, | economy of room, convenience in shipping and setting up. It will be to your best |interest to correspond with us. Prices reasonable. When in the city call at the office and see sample. Office 315 Michigan Trust Building. Factory 42 Mill St. THE RPALCON. FALCON No. 1—Gentlemen’s Road Wheel, FALCON ESS—Ladies’ Road Wheel, FALCON JR.—Boys’ and Girls’ Ro:d Wheel, All fitted with Pneumatic Tires. Finest Ste*] material. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. THE YOST MANUFACTURING CO,, YOST’S STATION, TOLEDO, OHIO. BARCUS BROS. MANUFACTURERS OF CIRCULAR $115.00 100.00 50.00 Zest workmanship, Equalled by few and excelled by none All our saws are made of the best steel by the mose skillful workmen and all saws warranted. Burnt saws made good as new for one-fourth the list price of new saws. All kinds of Saw Repairing Done as cheap as can be done consistent with good work. Lumber saws fitted up ready for use without extra charge. No charge for boxing or drayage. Write tor prices and discounts. MUSKEGON, ~ MICHIGAN. 6 THH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Some Negative Traits of the True Mer- | chant. From the Keystone. A little boy once defined ‘‘salt’’ stuff that makes potatoes taste bad when | you don’t put any of it on!”’ | | as “the | This de-| lightful definition suggests that what not | to do is as important a question in devel- oping a success as the question of what | todo; and suggests, also, that the nega- tive qualities in a merchant’s equipment | may be as necessary to consider as positive acquirements. Let us name, then, able negative methods of the proper merchant, confining ourselves to mental characteristics and ignoring, for the present, practical details: He does not pretend to know every- | thing; he conveys the impression to his customer that he absorbs wisdom from that customer on all subjects outside his vocation. He does not dispute with the customer: for he knows that ‘‘to win the argument | is to lose the sale?” He is not brusque tostrangers. He can- | his | some of these valu- | not fathom the stranger’s business in ad- | vance, and may possibly close the door | to a good buyer. He does not boast of his extravagan- cies. There are more men of economi-| eal habits in the | world than there are | spendthrift fools, and it is always well to | “tie to” the good opinion of the good housekeeper. He does not interrupt; does bored. He does not call people ‘‘eranks” who disagree with him; for he knows that ey- erybody, including himself, is a crank to some degree. He is not fussy and demonstrative in his forms of politensss; and therein shows that he is well bred. He is not ungenerous in his comments on competitors. He recognizes the wit of ‘damning with faint praise; possibly he even goes further, and praises to the point that carries a conviction to the mind of the listener that such generous mention ofa rival could only issue from assured prosperity. He is not insensible to the advantage **keeping in’’ with society leaders, pecially of the gentler sex. not look es- the value of this potent medium of ad- vertising. He is not—so many things, that it would be safe to state, comprehensively, in describing the true merchant: he is not unlike the true man. eee _ << -- * si Importance of Obeying Instructions. Several years agothe Rothschilds held alarge quantity of cotton in New Or- leans which they instructed their agent in that city to sell when cotton should reach a certain price. The agent, be- He knows | lieving that the price of cotton would go! beyond the figure named by his employers, held on till he was able to sell it at a price which netted $40,000 more than he would have got for it if he had obeyed his orders from London. formed his employers of his success, sup- posing they would share his satisfaction at the result. Imagine his surprise and chagrin when he received a reply saying in substance: ‘*The $40,000 you made by disobeying your instructions is not ours. It is vours. Take it. Mr. X., your suc- cessor, starts for New Orleans to-day.’’ At first thought it might seem like a! strange proceeding, and that very few employers would object to receiving all they could get. involved which justified the action of the | company. Supposing, instead of making | the $40,000 by that amount had been lost probably the view taken. “It was because of the gain or loss in this ticular instance, but because of the That was loss He joyfully in- | | } } | | | } | | | not | par- | of dependence in their employe, and the | possibility of results from obedience of instructions. It is always well to follow instructions, for, in that case, no blame for conse quences is possi- ble. The printer’s rule, to ‘‘Follow the copy if it takes you out of the window,”’ isa pretty good rule to adopt in any busi- | instruc- of any ness, and, if the agent follows tions, he safe in the event trouble which may be the result. _ ¢ <> Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons. is a future dis- | disobeying instructions, | Berlin solids But there is a principle | Ballou solid biack.. Dry Goods Price Current. | er. | Amoskeag.. 124%/Columbian brown. .12 UNBLEACHED COTTONS. 9oz.....13% Everett, blue........ 12% | Adriatic : -- 7 | “ Arrow Brand 5% | brown .13 brown. ....124 Ae 6 | ‘ World Wide. 6 | Andover..... ae Haymaker a oe 7 Ateuia AA... ake 4% | Beaver Creek AA.. brown... oa Atlantic A. 6%| Full Yard Wide. .... 6% | = 9 jJaffrey -..-.... ...... 11% | Ss. 644| Coen A 614 C . Lancaster wees 2 LQ oe el E Width = Boston Mfg Co. ‘br.. 7 |Lawrence, 9o0z...... 13% | P “ ; | Jonest Width... $4 | “ blue 8% e No. 220....13 en para A. ........ cL 7 “ detwist 10%| “ —No.250. 11% | bi... 5 Indian Head.... 7 ue No 230 0 ee 6%|King A A........... 6% | | Columbian oe br.10 No. 280... .104% | Archery Bunting... 4 |KingEC. .......... om Vice... .... - 7 aad BAGS. Edwards. . ——-. 6 Our Own -. Bi iio oae....... 6% oo 7. : = {No 4-15 F 3% --40 “ green seal TR 10%) Portsmouth robes... 6 , co corron TAPE oe 13 om nes ne 6 |No 2 White & BI'k..12 [No 8 White & BI’k..20 - Twn 10%) golf bisck.6 |. 4 : = | 39 .- 5 |Washington indigo. 6 . ' ** colors. 5%! ‘“ Turkey robes.. 7% SAFETY PINS, | Bengal blue, green, | ‘ India robes.... 7% | No2 ee a 36 and orange .. 5%) ‘ plain Tky x % 3” ef x _BEEDLES TER M. oi] blue.. 6% ** Ottoman a" A. =. ee --1 40|Steamboat.... ...... 40 “ =} ppeen 8%) howe ower s....... -... 1 85/Gold Eyed........2. 150 “ Foulards ... 5% Mart ha Washington Marsha I B..... “nna 1 00) ” red % + | Parker red X..... Ty — S sie CLOTH. “ % 9%/| Martha Vashington 5—4....2% 6-4... [5—4....195 6—4...2 95 10 | Turkey red........ oe ce 3 101 . 7 3 xxxx 12 aioumaalos an robes.... 5% | COTTON TWINES, Cocheco fancy...... Windsorfancy...... ir | Cotton Sail Twine..28 |Nashua......... _.. 18 ss madders... 6 | ‘“ gold ticket | Crown . : - Rising Star 4-ply....17 o XX twills.. 6%] indigo Tae 10% | oe 3-ply.. = ‘ solids...... 544/Harmony. 4% | Anchor . - North Star.. Xe TICKINGS | Bristol . ..13 [Wool Standard 4 ‘ piyit % Amoskeag AC A -+-12%4| A Ce 12% | Cherry Valley. -15 |Powhattan .. ..18 Hamilton N.... %|Pemberton AAA... .16 pix. i DD. nan Xork.... w+ + +00 + OM | PLAID OSNABURGS i sraghosiopeet 11 Sei River. 26) Alabema.......... 6%|Mount Picasant.. . 6% | Farmer. . : Pearl River 2 | Alamance.. ----. GIONEIGS...... ee First Prize.......... oer... .. 13 | Augusta oo ' aH! Prymont oo. . 5% Loeck Be ........ SS iConcstoss .......... 16 | Ar saple.......... 6 |Randelman. . a | COTTON DRILL, | Georgia. putonce.- OUEereeeS |... & Atk, B. aa A... ‘ae... of Sible ci Le en CXiNo Name........ . 7% | — River. ekd eeu 5 isle. ea, Cree, Bo 64|Top of Heap........ 9 ini | Best Six Gord Machine or Hand Use. FOR SALE BY ALL Dealers in Dry Goods & Notions, SCHLOSS, ADLER & CO, MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS OF Pants, Shirts, Overalls ——AND—— Gols Furnishing Goods, REMOVED TO 23-25 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. GRAND RAPIDS BRUSH CO, Manufacturers of BRUSHES. GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Our goods are sold by all Michigan Jobbing Houses, G. R. Mayhew, Grand Rapids, Mich., JOBBER OF Wales Pi: Rubbers, Woonsocket Rubbers, Felt Boots and Alaska Socks. . wi« —y < , = bi —i = —— -* ~ 2 o fm? ~+~ r + ra ° ~ - 4 , = ~ 4 “ _ v — + » . - a ¥ ~ fn THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. POOR COLLECTIONS. Some Ways in Which They May Be Remedied. Jeremiah Banks in Stoves and Hardware Reporter. It always seems to me when I hear about collections that are hard to make and goods that are refused or returned without cause, thing wrong with the sale either on the part of the seller or the purchaser. I can see how atraveling man may be overzealous to make asale to a retail dealer, and also how a retail dealer may be very anxious to sell to a customer, but there surely ought to be a mutual understanding as to what the obligations to meet consist of. When a traveling man comes to me and tries to sell a special article I al- ways consider whether it is what I want and whether it will be salable. Of course, the latter point cannot very readily be determined without a trial. However, there are ways to do this with- out entering intu an ironclad contract. Neither party should lose sight of the fact that the goods must sooner or later be paid for if the sale is consummated. While as a general thing salesmen make no out-of-the-way inducements for me to take an article, yet I’1l onee in a while strike one. His only ambition seems to be tomake a sale and he looks no further. He will make all kinds of offers and agreements to induce me to purchase what he hasfor sale. He makes promises which he has no authority from his house to make, and will do anything if I willbuy. But lve had all the experience of that kind I want and don’t bite. If 1 really want the article, I will take it on fair terms, but 1 will not enter into an agreement which IL know will cause trouble between the house and myself. There is one argument in favor of the salesman acting as collector and that is that he will be more careful about the kind of sales he makes, especially after the first collecting experience he gets. Still, many houses regard the plan of sending out a regular collector as the best means, and this is probably particu- larly so in the case of harvester sales. A company ought not to employ a salesman who is slack in making sales of goods, and there are few cases where one is kept after his first season of indiscretion. What is true of the salesman for the manufacturer or jobber is eminently true of the retail dealer. There is no retail dealer who does not want to sell goods, but he should not let his desire to make sales get away with his common sense. He should consider who his would-be victim is before he tries too hard to make asale. If the man is good forthe amount of the purchase it does not do to be slack in any particular of the transaction. In the implement business it is not easy to get cash customers on everything and for that reason if sales are to be made they must be made on time, but it should be the duty of the country mer- chant that sales are made only to re- sponsible parties. It is not always those who are well off who are responsible. If they were they might pay cash instead of asking for credit. Itis very often the case that some of my best customers are the poorer ones. If a man is honest ne is all right for be will not enter into ob- ligations which he cannot meet or is not reasonably certain of meeting. Several cases come to my mind of young men who were starting out on rented farms who wanted to get binders to do their own harvesting and that of their neighbors. They were young men whom | know perfectly well and I knew they were worth helping and would be among my best customers as soon as they got on their feet. I was probably more reasonable with them than some mer- chants would be on that account and had no cause to regret my action. They all paid up on time and sooner than some of my older customers. 1 believe a dealer needs to study his customers more than he is accustomed to. If one knows what kind of a farmer his man is he will be able to tell pretty nearly whether he is to be trusted or not. A thrifty farmer is always all right. He keeps his farm in shape and he keeps his business in shape. Such a man will set- tle up his obligations when he says he will, even if he is greatly inconvenienced that there must be some- | by so doing. He never asks for an ex-| tension of time without a very good rea- | son therefor, and when he does he should get it every time. | A great deal of trouble between the | dealer and wholesaler and between the! dealer and his customer may be saved by | observing some very simple rules. The retail dealer should always havea thor- | ough understanding of the matter when he enters into contraet with a wholesale | house. When he signs that contract he | should know what he is doing and be ready to abide by its terms. If this is} done there will not be so many poor col- | lection reports heard. When a dealer sells to his customer the same rules should be observed and little trouble will result. ‘Be sure you are right and then go ahead” is a good proverb to ob- serve. | FRANK H. WHITE, Manufacturer’s Agent and Jobber of Brooms, Washboards, Wooden Indurated Pails & Tubs, Wooden Bowls, Clothespins and Rolling Pins, Step ;Ladders, Washing Ma- chines, Market, Bushel and De- livery Bas’ ets, Building Paper, Wrapping Paper, Sacks, Twine and Stationery. 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. WALTER HOUSE Central Lake, Mich., E. Walter, Prop. Fourteen warm rooms, ail newly furnished Good table. Rates, $1.50 per day. The patron- age of traveling men especially solicited. DODGE Independence Wood Split Pulley. THE LIGHTEST! THE STRONGEST! THE BEST! HESTER MACHINERY CO., 45 So. Division St., GRAND RAPIDS. Hardware Price Current. These prices are for cash buyers, who pay promptly and buy in full packages. AUGURBS AND BITS. dis. OE eee 60 oe ee 40 ee 25 oenucieee, wate... ke 50&10 AXES. First ere Wecree.........-.......- $ 7 60 [me eeeeee.................. 12 00 . 8. B. 8. Steel.. ‘ Se TN 13 BARROWS. dis. ee es 8 14 00 Garden -. pet 30 00 BOLTS. dis. Stov eee eee eects ea Carriage Ce eee ae 40.210 Sleigh oc... .......... 70 BUCKETS. Wel. sisin. see oe C—O 4 00 eh CAST. dis. ee T0& Wrought Narrow, bright 5ast joint. pia seeycns 60&10 Wrought Loose Pin....... Wreugnt Tabic........... Wiroiet teree ana... _ Wrougnt Srage............ eee Dee, Creme... 70410 ee, Pereere......-..... ................- ~—. Blind, aren 8. BLOCKS. | Ovehaney Tackle, list April 19892. CRADLES, 50 GALVANIZED IRON. Nos. 16 to @:; 22 and MM: BG and 2; 27 28 List 12 13 i4 15 16 7 Discount, 60 GAUGES. dis. Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s..... 50 KNOBs— New List. dis, Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 55 Door, porcelain, plated trimmings. . “. 55 Door, poreeluin, trimmings. ................ 55 Drawer and Shutter, porcelain............. 7 LOCK8—DOOR,. dis. Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... 55 Mallory, Wheeler & Co.’s. rae 55 mars... 55 Neeweree..... 55 MATTOCKS. Aaue Eye ............. . $16.00, dis. 60 oes eee.............. $15.00, dis. 60 eee B13. 50, dis. —" AUL dis. Sperry & Co.’s, Post, ie. : 50 MILLS. dis. Coffee, ea ae —. ...... ............... 40 Ss. & W. Mfg. Co.'s Malleables.... 40 . eae Peers G Clo Ee............ 40 . Enterprise See ce “. 30 MOLASSES GATES. dis. I 60&10 Becumrs Gemmnie.......... 2... 60810 Enterprise, self-measuring............ a 23 NAILS oo _ o_o 1 85 (a 1 80@1 90 Advance over base: Steel Wire. eee Base Base 10 25 Q5 35 45 45 20 50 25 60 q 40 75 4 60 90 ee eee pete eee ee sont cece 1 00 1 20 Boe ek rete wee cree e aren 1 50 1 60 ck cette eee ee se ocean 1 50 1 60 Mee Oe 60 65 ee. 7 % - <..... ............. 90 90 aa... 85 % eS ee 1 00 90 6 115 1 10 Clinch; 10 eae ees epee tac cees 85 7 Boeais............ oy 1 %5 PLANES. dis. Gnuae ToelCe a fancy... Qn) mae oe. Sandusky Too! Co.'s, fancy................. @40 one fel Goes... @60 Stanley Rule and Level Co.’s, wood. . &10 PANS. tee Aes... .............. dis. ae Seana, iiaen Bee ace ee RIVETS. ee mon ane Tesee 40 Copper Rivets and Burs.................... 50— 10 PATENT FLANISHED IRON. ‘‘A’? Wood's patent planished, Nos. 24 to 27 i” 20 “B” Wood's pat. planished, Nos. 25 to 27... 9 20 Broken packs \¢c per pound extra. | HAMMERS. | Maydole ates... ds. & p’s ee es Vorkes & Phamie dis. 40&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. -80¢ list 60 | Blacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel. Hand . .800€ 40&10 0} HINGES. ate, Clave a, 1,2,3............... . dis. G0&10 State. . . per doz. net, 2 50 Screw Hook and ‘Strap, to 12 in. 4% 14 and OO 3% Serew Hoek and Wye, %4................ 266 10 . “ S _ ---net 8% “ “ ee Qe net 2G “ - ' =... net 7% ee oo 50 HANGERS. dis. Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., _— track... .50&10 Champion, anti-friction.. .. 60&10 | Kidd@or, wood track ................ j HOLLOW WARE. ee . 60&10 Le 60410 ee EE -. 60410 | Gray enameled.. ' 4010 HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. amped Tis Ware... ............... new list 70 Japanned Tin Ware.. eee Granite Iron Ware ............... “new list — | WIRE @00D8. dis. | Bright.. Ne anncmee «55 Qe Screw Eyes.. ee 70&10&10 Hoewe.. 70&10&10 Gate Hooks and en eee tee cue. 70&10&10 Ls. dis.79 | Stanley Rule and bere Co.78 Loe / ROPES. Sisal, % inch aud er: io, | aa... 13 SQUARES. dis. Steel and Iron..... % Try and Bevels..... 60 Mitre . a. 20 ‘SHEET IRON. | Com. Smooth. Com. [Non WtaiM... $405 §2% moe tot... 405 3 05 om Meo ar... 4 05 8 05 Oe 2080 ee 4 05 3 15 Nos. 2 a 25 3 2 No. 27 3 35 ae . dis. 50&02 | CROW BARS. Cast Steel.. ieee ace. pee | 6G CAPS, | Bly’s 1-10 a eas Derm G5} Hick’s C. F _ 60 D.... CO 35 | Musket ...... . ec. oy 60 CARTRIDGES mae we 50 Cert Piece... CtttCj§ ae ps) CHISELS dis. Coton lated 70&10 Bececeneemere ............................ 70&10 | ee EE ee OO 70&10 Butchers Tanged FPirmer............ ...... 40 COMBS. dis. | Corry, Dawroemees ......................... 40| > Beecewiee. 25 CHALK. White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 COPPER, | ———, Ba fy cut togize... .. per pound 28} mm, woo, 14me0 ................ 26 | Cold Roll a ST andiaeen UT 23 | Cold Rolled, 14x48. . eee 23 ae ee e. 5 DRILLS. “dis. oreo s Hie Stocks... 8... . 50 Taper aid straignt Shank. ............... .. 50 meee ea Teper oname 50 DRIPPING PANS. Peau eee, aoe pound ............. 1... .... 07 bere eiece, per pound. ..... ............... oy . ELBOWS. Com. 4 piece, Gin.................. dom. net : aoe dis Aes... .._.....,..._...... .- dis. 40810 EXPANSIVE BITS, dis. Clark’s, small, = ne oe. .......... 30 Ives’, 1, 318: [27 ................... 25 aa s—New List. dis ass... ...... iow AmiCvicgm 8. wo 6010 Nicholson’s 60&10 Heller's. .......... ee, 50 Heller’s Horse Rasps” eck 50 4 45 All sheets No. 18 and ‘lighter, over 30 inches wide not less than 2-10 extra SAND PAPER. Lecco aw dis. 50 ASH CORD. Silver Lake, White 7 eee eee list SU ug 55 White (800000107 Peele, _ 5U . ——.......... 55 . oC... 35 Discount, 10. SASH WEIGHTS, Sara ives... a, per = ~ SAWS. ' A ee... * 20 Silver Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot,.... 70 c oe Steel Dex X Cuts, per foot. . 50 ° cial Steel Dia. X Cuts, per foot. . 30 “ C ampion and Electric Tooth X Cute por foee 30 TRAPS. dis. meee! Game 60&10 Oneida C ommunity, Newhouse’s......... ' 35 Oneida Community, Hawley « Norton’s ... 70 Meuse, Chee 18¢ per doz Mouse, delusion.. . 81.50 per doz "WIRE. dis. Bruges Maree... «=. OS Bumeaiet ares... 70—10 Comparea Mareee. le Tinned Market.. bee tee eel a Oe Coppered Spring ONE ean 50 Barbed Fence, eee. Meee ee 2 85 painted . 2 40 HORSE NAILS. Au Sable Oe eee aa dis. _ Cue dis. Northwestern. . dis. 0810 WRE NCHES. Baxter’s Adjustable, nickeled.............. 30 Coe’s Genuine Powe, 50 Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought, el eee 7 Coe’s Patent, malleable. . 1 23... MISCELLANEOUS. dis. ise Cope... . 50 Pumps, Cistern.. Sette eccsee tesa, | Cee Screws, New L ee eT T0&16 Casters, eas @ Fiate.................. 50610810 Dampers, ( 40 Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 6F &10 METALS, PI@ TIN. Pig er retarted Se ceeetc eels |= Pig Bars. ... 28¢ ZINC, uty: Sheet, 2c - pound. 660 pound casks.. cece... Or rer wou... soe oO SOLDER. DT 16 Meee Veer oe ee 15 The prices of the many other qualities of solder in the market indicated by nrivate brands vary according to composition. ANTIMONY Cookson. . Coes ee eee IN—MELYN GRADE. 10x14 IC, Charcoal. 7 — 14x20 Ic, ' 10x14 Ix, ' 14x .. per pound 13 20 IX Tach Caditional X on this grade, $1.75. TIN—ALLAWAY GRADE, 10x14 IC, Charcoal . blac. 86 %5 to OE Oe 6 75 10x14 1x, Eee 8 2 14x20 Ix, o 9 25 Each additional X on this grade 91.50. ROOFING PLATES 14x20 IC, = Wereoaer.._............. 6 50 moar, * ec 50 Mx 1c, * ae 14x20 IC, ‘* Allaway Grade. 14x20 IX . . | 20x28 Ic, “és “ “ 20x28 rx, “se ae iT 3 BOILER SIZE TIN PLATE, 5 Oe eee ete cee $14 00 14x31 ee 15 a 1x, fi for No. 2 Boilers, | per pound.... 10 8 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Michigan Tradesman A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE Best Interests of Business Men. Published at 100 Louis St., Grand Rapids, — BY TRADESMAN COMPANY. One Dollara Year, - ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION, Seana a — ————— |} Communications invited from practical busi | ness men. | Correspondents must give their full name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as | a guarantee of good faith. Subscribers may have the mailing address of | their papers changed as often as desired. Sample copies sent free to any address. Entered at Grand Rapids post office as second class matter. tj" When writing to any of our advertisers, please say that you saw their advertisement in Twe MICHIGAN TRADESMAN, E. A. STOWE, Editor. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1892. CIVILIZATION AND NERVES. The present era is said by medical men to be especially the age of nervous dis- eases. Herr Bilsinger, the distinguished German physiologist. has prepared an ar- ticle on the subject for the Popular Sei- ence Monthly, opening with the follow- ing sentence: ‘*The signature of our age a thin-blooded, nervous generation, with an alarming increase in the number is of persons confined in lunatic asylums, while the numbers suffering from nervy- ous diseases is very large and constantly growing.”’ He lays the blame for all this on exciting influences, due to the sharp competitions in the struggles of daily life: in the fact that by means of the press and the brought into telegraph the people are all the world; closer contact with the railroads and sensational events of whole the driv- in the exacting demands | of the schools upon the immature mental | in the clatter of ing of factories: faculties of yonng persons and ehildren: in the pressure and exigencies of busi- ness and the exactions of social life. But, of are the remedies which are commonly adopted by the suf- ferers Instead of resting body and brain by abstention from exer- tion and of deleterious excite- ment, they brace up with stimulants and We are told of cigars made of tobacco steeped We are told of beer made bitter with strychnine and whisky dosed with nerve tonies. worst all, themselves. sourees poisonous drugs. and cigarettes in tinctures of opium. Even the soda water dispensers advertise nerve bracing drinks. Then the hypordermie syringe for injecting opiates into the cir- culation of the blood has ceased to be a It | is now a pocket companion to ali classes | resource of the medical practitioner. of nervous patients. Even the most ig- norant of the sufferers is acquainted with it as a common means of self-treat- ment. Without doubt the situation is serious, and the evils which have created it are magnitude. Not only do they work their ruinous effect up- | on the present generation, but the chil- dren born under such conditions mustin- herit the most complicated forms of | nervous weakness. constantly growing in THE — | j Postage Prepaid, | Nervous disorders are practically un- known among rude and primitive races. | They are the peculiar penalty which a Lo + - one . | high degree of civilization and luxury | and while there may be some new forms j among them, these disorders are practi- |cally the same as those which infested | | the Babylonians, Greeks, Romans and | other once dominating races and wrought | | their downfall. As for the exhausting and debilitating vices, the people of the | present age are, fortunately for their | | credit and reputation, far behind the an- | cients, who had sounded the depths of every luxurious infamy. Then, in the matter of drugs the Orientals from the | earliest times possessed a knowledge of the properties of opium, of hasheesh or Indian hemp, of betel and the kola nut. All these highly civilized people were overthrown by the rude and barbarous hordes that had formerly quailed before the power of organization and enligtten- ment, but who found in the luxurious and effeminate nations of the highest state of advancement, easy conquests and helpless victims. When nervous diseases become the chief morbid charac- teristic of any people, the power they wield and the place they occupy among the nations will soon be lost to them. They will suecumb to the attacks of any ruder and more vigorous race that seri- ously assaults them. NOW FOR ELECTRO-HEATING. The wonderful and manifold powers of electricity are not all utilized yet, if indeed they have been discovered. We use the electrical force for trans- mitting intelligence; for illumination; for propelling machinery; as a remedial agent in the cure of disease; for plating one metal upon another; for recording and reproducing at will articulate speech and other sounds, and for many other purposes less commonly known. But there is another field for the use of elec- tricity which has not yet been properly occupied. This is the employment of the force for heating purposes. The method of generating heat with the electric current is quite simple. All that is required is to retard the progres- sion of the current, and at the point of obstruction is produced a degree of heat always proportioned to the intensity of the electric force and the amount of the obstruction. The heating power is plain- ly observed in the case of the burning of an are light. Illumination, as well as heating, is ef- fected by obstructing the current. By forcing the electricity to pass through the carbon points, which it does with great difficulty, the electricity breaks out in- to flame the most brilliant and heat the most intense. Such a heat is, of course, necessary for the smelting of ores and the welding and other working of metals, and there is little practical difficulty in adapting it to such purposes. Only the question of cost is to be considered. Is it cheaper to produce the required heat with the combustion of coal, or is it bet- ter to reserve the coal for moving the ma- | chinery which generates the electricity and accomplish the smelting with elec- tric heat? These are questions which are to be answered and will be tested on their practical merits, and it is really surpris- ing that more attention has not already been given to the subject than has been reported. Since it has been demonstrat- imposes on the most advanced peoples, | igests a | house-warming and for cooking. ed that the highest degree of heat attain- able by physical means can be readily produced by electrical apparatus, it is plain that lesser temperatures can be ob- tained and regulated, and this fact sug- complete of electrical system The whole thing is entirely feasible, | and the day is not far distant when we will have, in addition to the electric | light and power companies, electro-heat- |ing establishments which will supply | caloric for the heating of houses and for kitchen purposes. That will be indeeda happy time. There will be no more winter morning strivings to kindle a fire which refuses to burn, no more worry- ing with ashes under the grate or dust on all the furniture. It will only be neces- Sary to touch a button and another fellow at the heat factory will do the rest. We here throw out these suggestions free of cost, willing that others may en- rich themselves if only they will put into operation an efficient and economical de- vice to abolish the coal scuttle and the dustpan. A NATIONAL LABOR EXCHANGE. A project has been suggested in Lon- don to establish a National Labor Ex- change, with branch offices in each man- ufacturing center, to keep registers of all unemployed men, with a memorandum of their trades and other information which may be valuable in the mainte- nance of the system. In this way it will be possible, in case of a demand for laborers in a particular trade, for any point in the United King- dom, that the men can be reached at once and gotten together to be sent to the place needed. If such a system were in use, cotton mill hands, iron workers, miners or work people of any sort could be secured at short notice and sent to fill orders without delay. This should be done without expense to the men, and in this respect would be unlike the ordinary labor agencies. In England it may be made a government institution, and there seems to be no reason why it should not. In a country where a hundred thousand men are out of employment at the same time,some such arrangement would be wise and beneficial. for itis a great boon to an unemployed man who wants to work, to know with the least delay possible that he ean se- cure employment. The labor question demands the highest statesmanship. ee The employes on the street railways of New Orleans were working twelve hours a day for $50 a month on a yearly con- tract. Before the contract was. six months old, they went out cna ‘“sympa- thy strike,’’? and when they were ordered back to work by the strike committee they were given the option of working sixteen hours a day for $40 a month or remaining idle. Tur TRADESMAN con- siders it criminal toask any man to labor sixteen hours a day,regularly, but the re- | sult of the strike in question is signifi- | eant as showing the tendency of all un- justifiable strikes conducted of late years. If men will subordinate their indepen- dence and barter away their manhood, by placing themselves under the tyranny of trade unions, they must eat the bitter bread of repentance and expect no merey from employers whom they have antago- nized and attempted to ruin. eee Use Tradesman or Superior Coupons. POSSIBLE TARIFF CHANGES. Whatever the Democrats may ulti- mately attempt in the way of reducing or abolishing the duties on sugar and on binding twine, or on imported goods gen- erally, there is little probability of such action on their part fora good while to come. Apart from the fact that any pro- posed interference by Congress with one vested interest benefited by a protective duty calls forth immediately the opposi- tion of the representatives of all other in- terests in a similar condition, the neces- sities of the Treasusy are such as to for- bid at present any reduction of the cus- toms revenue and, on the contrary, to demand an increase. It is pretty well understood,though not formally acknowl- edged, that the national income during the current year has fallen short of the de- mands uponit, although, by an ingenious system of postponing the payment of claims and of appropriations, a palpable deficit has thus far been avoided. Now that the Republicans are so soonto give place to their opponents, all motive for the further concealment of the true con- dition of affairs has ceased to exist, and, in fact,such a concealment would not long be possible. We may expect, there- fore, in the forthcoming report of the Secretary of the Treasury a statement to be made which will imperatively call for legislation to relieve his pressing needs. Under the tariff now in force raw sugar is admitted free of duty, while upon re- fined sugar a duty is imposed of half a cent per pound and upward. The aboli- tion of the old duty of fhree cents per pound upon raw sugar caused at one blow a loss of revenue to the country of from $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 a year, besides requiring the payment of bounties on home-grown sugar to the amount of 315,- 000,000 a year. A return to the old duty and the abolition of the bounty constitute the readiest means of raising the ad- ditional amount demanded by the neces- sities of the moment. A duty upon raw sugar would involve a readjustment of that upon the refined article, and in that readjustment the margin of profit which the American Sugar Refining Company now enjoys might be diminished, but only in this way could the value of its stock as an investment be seriously impaired. The duty on binding twine is unimpor- tant as an item of revenue, and its re- peal, being clamorously demanded by every farmer in the eountry who uses twine for binding his sheaves of grain, may be accomplished. How far the re- peal will diminish the profits of the National Cordage Company only those familiar with the Company’s affairs can compute, but the making of twine is not the Company’s whole business, and if it should be given up altogether it would not mean utter ruin. The duty upon tin plate, which is now yielding several millions of dollars a year to the Treasury, will also probably not long survive the accession of the Democrats to the control of the Senate, which is expected to take place next March. In spite of all that the Republi- can speakers and writers have said in its behalf, this duty has not yet demon- strated its usefulnessas a means of es- tablishing the manufacture of tin plate in this country,and its repeal would cause no great loss to the few enterpris- ing persons who have embarked their capital in the business. If the duty is to be repealed eventually, the sooner the the repeal takes place the better, both for » ~ a _ 2 > > . “ > ~ ham, + ” _ r 7. . al — — ~ —< —« 4 ~ -” _ *~ , i lp - + $ * -, “" by - a i a >» 7 < » ¥ ‘. ~*~ , 7 “ A « * g > 7 HE MICH! IGAN TRAD Es M. A ~~ 9 the sake of these few tin plate manufac- vide for an expenditure enormous in| turers and for that of the consumers of | the article. To compensate the revenue for the loss of these duties, new ones might be posed if necessary on coffee and tea, | which are now free, but which, as they | cannot be grown in this country, do not compete with any home product. This measure could not possibly be resisted as being in conflict with the Democratic dec- laration against protection, but it would be unpopular with the great multitude of consumers, and could, therefore, only be resorted to in thelastextremity. Per- haps wines and liquors would bear heavier duties than those now laid upon them, and if the internal revenue tax upon whisky were correspondingly aug- mented,the resulting addition to the pub- lic income would be considerable. The internal tax and the customs duties upon tobacco might also be increased. These are the changes in the tariff that suggest themselves as most likely to re- sult from the approaching need of an in- creased national income. That a Demo- cratic Congress will not revise the en- tire list of duties in accordance with its Chicago anti-protection declaration | maintained before the and | maintain it still. If the declaration were honestly carried into effect,it would involve the repeal of every at present incidentally protects a home| industry and the levying of duties exelu- sively upon articles which, like coffee, tea, and silk, are not capable of being pro- which, like and wines, the country does not produce enough to supply its consumption. A measure of this nature would lead to an industrial catastrophe all over the country, and the im- | election, duty which duced in this country, or of sugar and hides magnitude of the interests opposed its being ever considered. A great deal was said during the recent to it preclude political campaign, as it has often been said in other controversies between pro- tectionists and free traders, about ‘‘a tariff for revenue, with incidental protec- tion.’”?’ The Democratic declaration at Chicago had the merit of distinctly nouncing this fallacious form of and as distinctly enunciating the doctrine of a tariff for revenue only. There can be no such a thing as ‘“‘incidental protec- tion,’’ consistent with a tariff for revenue only, because the essential idea of pro- tection is exclusion and that of revenue isimportation. Sofar as a duty imposed re- words, for revenue hinders and diminishes im- ports it defeats its own purpose, and if itis protective at all it tends by that very quality to stimulate the home pro- duction of the article protected, and thus eventually to reduce to nothing the im- portation of the competing foreign pro- duct and the revenue derived from it. Hence I repeat that if the Democrats are going to carry out thoroughly the principle they enunciated at Chicago, they must remove the customs duty from every | mediately to diminish. listing duties, so as to stimulate importa- | | they unavoidably, to some extent, the duty a protection to home industry. | hard to find in any man, article of which this country can produce enough for its own consumption, levy duties exclusively upon articles of which the importation cannot be dimin- ished by domestic industry. The mere statement of this consequence with it its own condemnation, carries and its $3 practical embodiment in law is too remote | a contingency to be considered. It cannot be denied that the Democrats | have before them a difficult task and one | 'now being asked by the box and 10 per They have to pro- | cent advance by the light. j which will require the best talent in the country to perform. | | | | a keg. Horse shoes are the same price. ang): | the ruling prices. amount and im- | If they lower ex- beyond their power tions and thus increase at the reduced! rates the total amount collected, they will make enemies among the home pro- ducers of the articles which compete | | With those imported. If they increase | |the present duties and add new ones, make Furthermore, the various articles upon which duties may be collected have such | complicated relations to one another that a thoroughly scientific adjustment of the | tariff demands widespread and accurate | knowledge of all of business and especially so among the members of Congress. The difficulty of the adjustment is enhanced | by the separation which exists, under our system of national government, between the administrative and the legislative departments. In the —— | countries of Europe the head of the Ad- ministration is also the director of aie lation. The Minister of Finance makes | up his budget for a year to come, devises branches the means for obtaining the revenue he will require during that year, and has the the laws enacted. of the Secretary of necessary estimates With us} the | | Treasury submitted to Congress at the | beginning of its sessions are mere gestions, with which Congress deals at its own good pleasure, and usually with a sublime indifference to the preservation of an equality between receipts and ex- Thus it may the one side take off duties upon which the Secretary sug-i penses. on has counted, and on the other it may vote expenditures for which he has made no provision. This discord has not as yet resulted in any mischief, but it will doso some time or other, and then we Shall secure the needed reform. MATTHEW MARSHALL. —_— > <> serious The Hardware Market. General Trade—Is still of good volume and seasonable goods are moving to the satisfaction of all. Trade is poor in all sections, and pros- pects for a generally suecessful winter’s business are excellent. Wire Nails—No change. mains stationery. Bar Iron—The mills are not yet caught but, notwithstand- ing the great demand, no change has been made in price. It is doubtful now if any advance takes place. Sleigh Shoe Steel—With winter ahead, the building of new and the repairing of old sleighs have started a _ for steel. The price starts in at 244 @ 2ke. a pound, according to wane wanted. The price re- up with their orders, Snow and Horse Shoes—Cold weather, hard roads and snow in many localities have started the movement in these goods. Snow shoes are, especially, in good de- They are quoted $4.50 to $4.25 per mand. Building Paper—More being used than | ever and at this time of the year, espec- ially, the plain building paper used in lining cars has been in great demand. 1.25 for plain, $1.40 for tar paper and | 85e aroll for water proof sheeting are | Glass—Scarce and hard to get. The re- sult is, prices are up, 80 to 80 and 5 is i h (? : WE ARE IN THE VANGUARD. kverything Fresh and New, HEAVENRIGH bh DETROIT. MAKERS beri Wholesale Only. HENRY S. ROBINSON. CHAS. E. SMITH. RICHARD G. ELLIOTY. NaNpCOMPANY: Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in DOTS, SHOKS and RUBBERS, 99, 101, 103, 105 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, State Agents for the Candee Rubber Co. Mich. DO YOU HANDLE Buftalo [ fect BELL WCC] S Pin TAR . So oe ESPECIALLY MANUFACTURED | i." | 2S SKIN IS FOR CLEANSING AND HEALING | IF NOT, WHY NOT? It is the Best Laundry Soap on Earth. 1. Oe. Clark Grocery Coa., SOLE AGENTS. 10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Drugs # Medicines. | State Board of Pharmacy. One Year—James Vernor, Detroit. Two Years—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor Three Years—George Gundrum, Ionia. Four Years—C. A. Bugbee, Cheboygan. Expiring Jan 1—Jacob Jesson, Muskegon. President—Ottmar Eberbach, Ann Arbor. Secretary—Jas. Vernor, Detroit. Treasurer—Geo. Gundrum, Ionia. Next meeting—Saginaw, Jan. 11. Michigan State Pharmaceutical Ass’n. President—Stanley E. Parkill, Owosso. a _ 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. Locai 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, Regular 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. RHUBARB, WITH ANIMPROVED FOR- MULA FOR THE TINCTURE. From the earliest times man has re- sorted to drugs for the alleviation of physical ills; and, though it is impossible to trace the record of cines to a remote old Chinese work, called the Penking, mention is made of rhubarb, which shows that at this time, long antedating the Christian era (2,700 B. C.), the Chinese were cognizant of the virtues and prop- erties of the drug. At the present time, it is cultivated in England, France and Germany, but to the greatest extent in China, in which country the rhubarb- producing districts extend over an area embracing the country between the great Mongolian desert and the Thibet, the central provinees drained by the Hoang Ho, the mountain ranges of eastern Thi- bet and in the provinces of Shen-See, Ho- nan and Of the three dis- tinct varieties of Chinese rhubarb, the Shensi is considered the best. There are pronounced differences in the flavor, taste, etc., of these different kinds, which are said to be attributable to the dissimilarity of soil and climate in whieh they are cultivated rather than to the mode of production or preparation. A little practice soon enables one to dis- tinguish the varying characteristics. Rhubarb frequently becomes depreciat- ed in value, and consequently the na- tives pay less attention to the labor of gathering and curing the root. astringent surveillance is numerous medi- period, we find in an Sze-chuer. Unless exercised in the rejection of spurious pieces, the mar- ket is apt to be burdened with an inferior article. However, the supply of the drug in its different varieties is almost inexhaustible. About three years ago, China was visited by extreme droughts and floods, and it feared that an alarming searcity of rhubarb would en- sue; but the rhubarb area embraces such an extended tract of country that no nat- ural calamity has ever totally caused a failure in the supply of all the varieties. In Engiand, Rheum officinale and Rheum rhaponticum are cultivated. The chemical composition of the English root is similar to that of the Chinese, but it differs therapeutically. Our knowl- edge of the chemical properties of rhu- barb is still quite incomplete, and even of the true source of the species of the| commercial drug we cannot claim posi- tive information. One mode of distin- guishing the Chinese from the European specimen is in the unequal amounts of | lime in the ash, caused by the differences in the quantity of calcium oxalate in the | two roots. was A good quality of rhubarb presents a firm, compact interior, free from spongi- ness or traces of discoloration, and with viens of a reddish-brown hue, sometimes | intermingled with a tint of gray, The Chinese variety has generally in its trans- verse section, a ring of stellate spots, which is also a different characteristic from the European. The taste is gritty, astringent, somewhat bitter and nauseat- ing. The root, when six or seven years old, is generally collected in the autumn, de- prived of its cortical layer and cut into pieces for drying. These sections are conical, eylindrical, flat or irregular. They frequently are pierced by a hole and suspended by means of a cord to fa- cilitate the operation of drying in the sun. Fire heat is also used to produce desiccation. It is, when dried, packed in boxes or chests, which are rendered impervious to dampness by covering them with linen, then coating them with pitch and finally made absolutely water- proof by adding a covering of hides. A little insect, which is the caterpillar of a grayish white moth, often attacks and damages the rhubarb root when in bulk in the warehouse. The question of its extermination, without injury to the drug, has recently been claiming atten- tion. From a series of experiments made, it has been suggested that a combination process of heat and sulphur dioxide would undoubtedly prove effectual in de- stroying the insect. Subject the rhubarb to heat from 80 to 90 degrees C. for five or ten minutes, then immediately follow this treatment by fumigating with sul- phur dioxide gas. Experience alone will teach the proper manipulation as to the degree of heat and extent of time given to exposure of the root to heat and gas. In ancient times, rhubarb was one of the very costly drugs, and even now it commands a fair price. The land transportation of it across the vast tract of Asia was then attended by much ex- penditure of time, labor, risk and money. It ranked in early times higher in value than benzoin, myrrh, scammony, opium, saffron, cinnamon, ete. The adultera- tions in rhubarb extended more to the powdered drug, in specimens of which have been found tumeric, cornstarch, tera alba, gum arabic with dextrin, etc. The admixtures are so readily detected that the attempt to adulterate is rarely successful. It has been left to a shrewd and rather ingenious Yankee to come to the front with a patented plan for sup- plying artificial rhubarb to the pharma- ceutical world. He proposes to utilize the chips and parings of ‘‘real” rhubarb by grinding them into a powder, mixing them with some viscid, tenacious matter, and then moulding the resulting mass in- to the requisite forms for Shen-See,Shang- Hai, Canton, etc., and thus give to the drug market at a nominal cost the fa- mous Rheum officinale (minus the exqui- site veining, it is presupposed, for of this part of the operation he has said nothing). In experiments on the tincture of rhu- barb, I find, instead of following the for- mula directed by the U. S. P., the fol- lowing makes a better preparation: eee 25 grams Cardamom Se . ae 25 cem Alcohol, Water, each a sufficient quantity as... .250 Cem Mix the glycerine with one hundred and fifty (150) cubie centimeters of alco- hol and seventy-five(75)cubic centimeters of water. Mix the rhubarb and cardamon and reduce the mixture toa moderately coarse (No. 40) powder, moisten the powder with twenty-five (25) cubic cen- timeters of the menstruum and macerate for twenty-four hours; then pack it firm- ly in a cylindrical glass percolator and gradually pour on the remainder of the menstruum. When the liquid has disap- peared from the surface, gradually pour upon it enough of a mixture of alcohol and water, using the same proportions as before, and continue the percolation until two hundred and fifty (250) cubic centimeters are obtained. Glycerine seems to be prevents precipitation and tincture more permanent. W. WARRINGTON. el —-—-lRiemne Man’s Superiority. She goes down tothe dry goods store and spends our good old dollars For shirts just like her brother wears, with reg’lar standing collars; She even has her hair cut short, and tries the best she can To obliterate the difference between herself and man; But, when it comes to whiskers—by this idea we're cheered— That we've got the everlasting bulge when it comes to raising beard! FLURIDA needed, as it makes the The Grocer Was Puzzled. An Elgin groceryman was putting up an order of sweet potatoes at his place of business the other day and was in a good deal of a hurry. He has his sweet pota- toes in a barrel outside in front of the store at some distance from the scales. The first trip he made he lacked several potatoes to make the required weight and made a second trip to get the number required. While he was outside getting them afriend who sat near and who is rather inclined to practical jokes, slyly removed several potatoes from the seales. When the groceryman came in with his second invoice of potatoes he found he still lacked the required amount. So he started off for another handful, and while his back was turned the joker again re- moved a portion of the potatoes from the seales. After this had happened several times the perplexed grocer murmured: ‘“‘Whatin the deuce is the matter with those scales?” and made a diligent scru- tiny of the weights and mechanism of the machine. A shout of laughter from the bystander s aroused his suspicions and he finally discovered several sealefuls of potatoes ina pile behind the practical joker. _—~>> -o-<> Plainwell—A. J. Day and B. G. Fore- man have formed a copartnership under the style of Day & Foreman and opened a meat market. URANGES, We have made arrangements to receive regular shipments direct from the groves and shall be in a position to make close prices. We have the exclusive agency of the favorite ‘‘Sampson” brand and will handle the *‘Bell’’ brand largely, which will be packed in extra large boxes and every orange will be wrapped in printed tissue. PUTNAM CANDY CoO. THE STANDARD GASH REGISTER, (Patented in United States and Canada.) Is a practical Machine, Appreciated by Practical Business Men. It is 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 itseif many times over. Each machine, boxed separately and warrant- ed for two years. For full particulars address THE STANDARD AGENCY, Sole Agents for Michigan, AUGUST A, WIS. Michael Kolb & Sou, WHOLESALE =CLOTHIERS, Rochester, New York. Established 36 Years. Have still on hand a nice line of Ulsters, Overcuats and Winter Suitings. All mail orders receive prompt attention. Our Michigan representative William Connor will call upon you, if you write to his address, Box 346, Marshall, Mich. The mail orders for Prince Alberts is unprecedented and pronounced finest fit- ting in the world. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. a4 4 —, e P.&W.. ry 6(@1 85 | Seidlitz Mixture..... @ 2 | Lindseed, boiled . 50 53 ye Wholesale Price Current. tsi — S See bee nas Ce... 1 @!1 75 -. @ | sraimed........... - Toe Advanced—Balsam fir, short buchu leaves, gum opium, gum opium po., extra lard oil. Moschus Canton...... 2 40 os Maccaboy, De SpiritsTurpentine.... 37 40 Declined—Oil cloves, lycopodium. Myristica, No.1....... 65@ 7 Vo @ % Nux Vomica, pem.. a ie snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 was oo bbl. Ib. a Os @pia......... 22... 3 22 | Soda Boras, (po.11). . 1 12 nea Venetian.......... 1 2@3 a ACIDUM. Cubebae............. . @400 TINCTURES. Pe sin Sac, H. & P.D. Soda et Potass Tart. ue 30 | Ochre, yellow Mars... ig 2@4 eetiomm 0 8@ 10 Exechthitos. settee ches 2 50@2 1 Aconitum Napellis R 6] ee Cy @2 00| Soda Carb............ Me * | cee comma sik , Bensolcum German.. 6@ % Sane Se saints at 2 ques = NN 50 | Piels Liq, N.-C., % gal Soda, Bi-Carb........ 5 | Putty, commercial. 24@3 oe ee teat tees a - a me : GA 00; Seda, Ash |... 3%@ 4|__“ strict ure... . 3i oes Carbolicum. ......... 26@ 38 Geom cago wees son = — and myrrh............ Ha Picis Liq., quarts .... @100| Soda, Sulphas..... *o 2| Vermilion Prim me Amer- ~ ao @ Cltricum ............. 50@ 52 pt al siealpedaan g Ones an | Ae 50 | ete @ 85|Spts.EtherCo.%... 50@ 55/_Ican. - 13@16 ' Pvcectier ........... 3@ «24§) Ueccoma ............. 252 Asafcetida.. 0 | Pil Hydrarg, (po. -- % @ 50 “* Myrela Dom.... @2 Vermilion, English... 65@70 Nitrocum SE 109 12 eee teteteee moe 00 Atrope Belladonna... ....., 60 | Biper = (po. 2 @ 1 ‘‘ MyrciaImp..... @3 00 | ead, palo fede 1 "ge ee 2 | SAV ORCUS ....-- 2. ---. ee ee ee > | Piper Alba, ( 5) oe 3 ' Vini _— bbl cag, rea... a 7 * a’ | Biosphorum di... 20 eee eee 2 50@3 00 a Les TATA I Pix Burgun.. satel g 7 7 2 B@2 3 Wie 7 Sallevlicum ........... 1 30@1 7 a Sal vetcete ee 2 75@3 50 Siameamete eee eee eee 14@ 15| Less 5e gal., cash ten days. Whiting, white S an . Gi Hl Sniphuricum.... .. .. 1%@ 5 aoe metre 2 rhea ae ‘.. 5o| Pulvis Ipecac et opif..1 10@1 20 | Strychnia Crystal.... 1 40@1 45 | Whiting, Gilders’...... @% r i“ @annicum ee a 1 soa 60 Myre, ottee be 1¢ _ 10 | Cantharides....._ ie Fyrethram, — H Sulphur, Bab Le ie aie ‘oe “t, yi 10 metaricum........... : Sie ree log Pe c Ce., dom... @1 2 Hou.......... Sea st ne: aris — ae ye? 75 | Capeicum................... 50 4 yes / 9| Ca d i as eretwdn py. 35 | Tamarinds ... -- 8@ 10) cliff . 1 4¢ 4 anton. Bite Liga, ui), 19 Be] O Gamo oo | guamicum h SUB BFeatea ates ek | pincer Praga alge dh Agus, 16 dex......__ 84Y@_ 5] Ricini............... i oF 2 “adaeuee ....40 @ 45| Swiss Villa ——, qua, : smarini. : cer 100 ae P&w..... 27@ 32 i" 20 de 5 Rosmarini......... 75@1 00 Paints . 1 00@1 20 — ae ei eg : ; | Rosae, ounce......... 6 50@S 50 — ee 50 German... 22 @ 30 ony eee 9 = "a a. - - Set so 45|Cmechona ................... 50 | Rubia Gusenon ones 1 14 -- = 6 : VARNISHES, Caloridum ......-...-- fame OnE 90@1 oe é the . Co.........2....... © acchertm Lactispy. 23@ 25 en No.1 Turp Coach....1 10@1 20 -_ » " ee ” Cease... wt Ot er... 1 75@1 8) . Ria tes 1 70 t ANILINE snes a mi 3 a = Conium ... Ee 50 | Sanguis Drs Draconis. . a 0@ 50 eae Bbl. Gal| Coach Body........ me 0g 00 Sina is, one ounce. 65 | Cubeba eee | Sapo, ‘a . oo — o........ F | No. 1 Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10 ~ Tiglil.... ih n cc g 90 aeons -. eee ci ce = re 2 bee “— = — . i. @ =| | Eutra Turk Damar....1 55@1 60 ¥ ne ET ol. ora, Net .. 42 | Japan Dryer, No. 1 Yellow Se ae 2 50@3 00 y aaa D = ¢0 | Gentian ..................... 50 Linseed, pureraw.... 47 50 | UTD. in Li ty BACCAE. Theobromas........... 15@ 20! guatca 00... eee eee = Cubeae (po 60)...... 50@ 60 POTASSIUM. CS ee OC gee eee eee — — = = ————— + | ~ Juniperus ............. oe eee 15@ 18] Zingiber ........... se ! Xanthoxylum......... 2@ 30 Bichromaie A 13a 14 Hy oscyamus Ty . 50 eee ue 3 ——- ............., —. = ae rT Oe 19 15| “ Coloriem............. 5 Copaiba...........--.. 45@ 50) Chlorate (po 2%)...... 22@ 2%5| Ferri Chloridum............ 35 BOR eee ecececity cisicee) ON OO CR 1. Oe 60 50 ~ + Terabin, Canada ..... 45@ 50 Sie Ol teeeme. 50 Tolutan ............... 35@ 50) Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 27@ 30|Myrrh.............00 20). 50 ' couTRX Potasen, Bitert, —- ea . a Vemiea. 50 ' otass Nitras, opt..... TE 85 io ae, Canadian.... ....... - Potase 3 Nitras. 2 : Camphorated..... ! 50 tS russiate . Seeeee ..2 00 . a > oie Geis... ine os ER aes ps Importers and Jobbers of ’ Euonymus atropurp........ 30 saan oe eee 50 Myrica — pe...... 6. 20 ; a Sc _ Prunus Virgini...........-.. i Aconam 20@ 25) Phe (es 50 aa ge 10] Althae................. 2@ 25/® ia Acutifoi bette cess cee Sassafras i 12@ 15 | Cassia cutifo ao = - s Ulmus Po (Ground 15)...... 15 one es ap og = Serpentaria ........ eee 50 EXTRACTUM. Gentiana (po. 12)..... 8@ 10 — rete eee eee eran S ‘ o lye 5 i ee Oe ee ebb tue belW swale J Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 4@ 2% . es (PY. den = * Glee 50 po.. 38 35 | Hydrastis Canaden, ily Verid Haematox, a box... 11@ 12 (po. 35 @ 30| Veratrum Veride............ 50 oie. lc ee i a — lebore, A Ala, Po.. - oo 4 MISCELLANEOUS. = 22.....-... nula, po _ 2 RTS SS Sieee 2 Sie | Atther, Spis NIt,3 F. 25 &8 CREMICALS AND e RRUM Iris plox (po. '35@38) . 35@ 40 4... Xe & 7. ca un ’ ones, oe. a «Se Alomen... . 24@ 3 Carbonate Precip..... @ 15) Maranta, \s.. @ 35 ‘** ground, (po. Citrate and Quinia..... @3 50} Podophylium, po...... es a eA 3@ 4 Citrate Soluble........ aie Ts A el 0} Annette... 000...) . || 55@ 60 FerrocyanidumSol.... @ 50} eut lll. @1 7 | Antimont, po.......... 4@ 5 \ Solut Chloride........ 2 Ste BV «ene noes vee ee 75@1 35 et PotassT. 55@ 60 + Sulphate, corr... -9@ 21 Spigelia 353@ 38 a i . @1 40 pure oo ee Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ BW Anti —n — @ 25 se _ are... 30@ 32 rgent tras, ounce 58 . FLORA — 65@ 70] Arsenicum............ 5@ 7 DEALERS IN Ree 18@ 20 Simlax, Officinalis, | i @ 40| Balm Gilead Bud.. 38@ 40 , +), Anthemis............. ¥@ % @ 2] Bismuth 8. N......... 2 2@2 25 ” Matricaria coe 26 Selliae, (po. 35). 10@ 12| Calcium Chior, 18, (48 a 8 a a FOLIA. Symplocarpus, Fostt. i: 8, ).... @ ii QDs — 35@1 00 |, 2Us, po.. @ 35|Cantharides Russian, S Lp * 4+ Boeke hesiilias. ee : Valeriana, Eng. (po. 30) eo Bt pe @1 00 oe a nivelly eee 2@ 28] , German... 15@ is | Capsic! Fructus, af... @ 26 j / se Alx. 33@ 50 merpera............ Saee ie ‘es “ / @ W ft salvia officinalis, 8 Arneiver )......... 18@ 2 “ ws a @ : ee and \s... i 12@ 15 SEMEN, Caryophylius, Ye 14) 10@ 13 _- eT 8@ 10] Anisum, (po. 20). @ 15 ne, No. 40....... 7 [ ( : @UMMI. Apium (graveleons).. 12@ 15 Gera See a 50@ = Sole Agents for the Celebratea | Acacta, ist picked... @ Gin) m.in | a, Ceeemn 4. ............ @ 40 7 - = ¢ --, & Sigeeen "ya ion... @ 2 : coe Me SOI, 10@ 12| Centraria.............. @ 10 ‘ ‘sifted sorts... @ 2] co inabis Sativa 3%@4 | Cetaceum............. @ 40 r im eco bata aaa Chloroform ........... 60@ 63 re Cydonium.... ........ 75@1 00 Aloe, Barb, (P0. 60)... 50@ 80) Chenopodium |... .... 10@ 12 _- @1 25 ' Cape, (po. 20).. @ 12 3 25 Chioral Hyd Crat...... 1 20@1 40 72 > | Dipterix Odorate...... 00@3 2 S Socotri, (po. 60) . @ & Foeniculum..... ..... @ 15 Cree. 20@ 25 Cunt. 18, (4851 14 4 48, Foenngreek, po..... 6@ 8 Cinchonidine, Raw te ww 2 . 3 e ais 16) .. ae ni alia 4@% German 3 @ 12 Ammoniae ............ 55Q 60 Lini, grd, (bbl. 3%) 4 @4K% Corks, list, dis. per Assafostida, (po. 35).. 39@ 35 Lobelia. ’. .. SQ 0) Cont ............... 60 o * #2 Benzoinum............ 3@ S| pioriarisCanatian.... 6 @ 6% | Creasotum ........... @ 35 r 8 Pe nee bed oe eee see 4@ S71 pe a. 6«@ 7 Creta, — ee @ 2 : horbium "= _— 35@_ 10 Sinapis Albu....--... 10 @i2 | | Prep............. 5@ 5 a i Subs 2 cena Leaees.) | oe Nigra 11@ 12 a aeaan .... 9@ 11 - * aes we) PO...) ls. 1 as “ Rubra.. ee Guaiacum, ype oe 25 See Creews ........,... -.-. oo & We are Sole Preprietors ot , Ps Kino, {po 50) . @ 4 Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50| Gudbear.....2.22222272 @ % ji 7 Mastic gen @ 3 bee : ot 00 Cupri Sulph a 5@ 8 oo / ITN, (pO. 40)....--.. Dkr eeen ne eee... ee 1 2 ’ % Geese... 1 9@2 00] Juntperis Go. 0. T...11 75@1 75| miner Selph ao a Weather! g Michigan Gatarrh Remedy Beeueo .............-. 20 35 a 1 75@3 50 Emery, all numbers.. @ te s i bleached..... 4 = ote 7 7... — bo = CT @ 6 42. Tragacanth . ae | Spt. Vini Galli........ QE Ergota, (po.) 75....... 70@ 5 F HERBA—In ounce packages. Vini Oporto ...........1 25@2 00/ Flake oe 12@ 15 a ae er Absinthium ys | Vinl Alba.............1 25@2 00) Gana... @ 28 + + Bupatorium......000200...2. 20 SPONGES. Gelatin, 0 mate te 7 g = We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of ee EE SE EO 25] Florida sheeps’ wool _—,: 0 60 Menthe pari 00° | naman opt i gules ISKIES, BRANDIES \ 4 Mentha Piperita. ee ‘ ' sie “>| Nassau sheeps’ wool by box 70 WH. Vir i. ¢ y > 3s $ Bliss yo: Bi vei eee alae’ Sine gam BB G INES, RUMS ‘anacetum, eae eee doom a " ae. 1 10 ee Lowe i. mm Thymus, V... hee eee sallow seen Glycerina .....000 00... 15%@ 2 TINS, Vi ES, e . ie MAGNESIA, COPING ees us 85 = one ain one be Calcined, re. aan _ 60 So ‘weelenr- os | Hydrasg Chior Mite = 85 i 4+ Garbonate! 8M"... 20 25| Hard for siate use. 7. go Se = Carbonate, Jenning5.. 35@ 36 oo ee slate au “ Ammoniati.. @100| We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only. i csaosigengs RCT ite. | ROU eea RUT RHINE “ Unguentum. 45@ 55 We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarantee satisfaction. Absinthium. ......... 3 50@4 00 SYRUPS. Hydrargyrum .. --- @ @ os : ce a we : Amygdalae, Dulc... .. eb 15 | OCR 50|I2hthyobolla, Am. _.1 25@1 50 | All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them. Send a trial order e Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 | Zingiber .................... Ot Fdieo. 75@1 00 af ae 1 80@1 565 | Ipecac. a an Resa... .... 3 80@3 90 Auranti Cortex....... 2 75@3 00 | Ferri Tod. cl vacates ee @4 70 ee 4 Berea. ............. 3 25@3 50 a Cortes... cous +.. SO) Eee. 85@ % » Cale Gos 66) Bhet Aram 0 50 | Lycopodium .......... 60@ 65 1 Carvopnyil ..........- 70@ 7% Similax Ofticinalis Lele seen os 60 —s ... 75@ 80 Lit "5 LC! ee “= 65 Co... 50| Liquor Arsen et Hy- ae Chenopodi eee 1 10g iso earch 50 | Liquor Potass Arsinitia 10 12 namon ee quor Po Citronella ce 45 * Ce 50 = Sulph (bbl GR. AN D RAPIDS, MiCH, Conium Mac.... ae ot roluien ....... . -- = a6)..........-._..... os “ eemee ...:.......... Sl OO! Prunus vice : @imMenna, &F....... 6. THE M srs 7 RAD HSMAWN. GROC! greatest possible use to dealers. AXLE GREASE. doz Aurora... ee or On... 75 Dia umond. Oa 50 . Q} ic) 35 gross 6 9 5 } 8 6 “ AKI NG POWDE R. 00 Oo 50 9 00 a) 00 Acme 14 lb. can 18, 3 doz. a. = ee. * 2 ee 7 “ 1 ‘ M 1 6 -— 10 Arctic i ans i. 60 4 > a 1 -~ -« 2 00 Tb ee eee 9 60 Fosfon. 5 oz. Cans, 4 doz. in case 80 16 * re 2 : 2 00 Dr. Price's. per doz Dime cans. 90 1-02 Ass $ 6-0Z 1 8-0Z 2 4 12-0z Fa 16-0z 475 214-Ib 11 40 t-Ib 25 5-Ib 21 60 it t 2 TOLD omy im CANS aa a i Red Star, 4 Lg cans 40 ne oz £0 ° i = 1 50 Telfer’s, % Ib. cans, doz. 45 $6 % Ib. r t 85 im |= 13 BATH BRICK. 2 dozen in case. English ol 90 Bristol. . 80 ae... . = BLUING, Gross Arctic, 4o0z ovals.... - 400 — ..... . Te pints, roumd........ 10 50 « Fo. 2a ifting box... 2% - No. 3; 400 No. ¢ 8 00 cate .... . a RROOMS, _ * Hurl eter a =. i 200 No. 2¢ arpet. 2 25 No. 1 he 2 50 Parlor Gem.... 27 Common Whisk. 93 Fancy - : 1 i Warehouse........ a2 BRUSHES. Stove, No. 1 12 se 10 1 5 15.. 1 75 Rice Root Scrub, 85 Rice Rox ot Se ae 2 im Palmetto, goose 130 BUCK WHEAT. 6 1 _ cases, 22& & 5 1b. pkgs #4 50 CANDLES, Hotel, 40 lb. boxes 10 Star 40 9 Paraffir ne 11 Wicking 24 CANNED GOODS. Fish. Clams. Little Neck, 1 ib 77 ss ' 2 ib 1 & Clam Chowder. Standard, 3 ib... ; 2 00 a Jove Ovsters, = dar 1ib Oo 21b 1 70 Lobsters 4f 3 30 hoe cence see ee Mackerel, Standard, 11b. Lo 1 05 2 Ib -1 90 Mustard, 2b. oo -2 2 | Tomato Sauce, 2 1b 2 25 poumed, 2 ib........ 2 25 | Salmo Columbia River, a. i - —, 7 Alaska, 1 Ib i 1 4 ” a... "19 Sardines. merican Ree ne. 444@ 5 AS . importe “48 Lee ee - .--. BOG a ig’ ard a8 + 7@8 Boneless 20 frout Brook, 3 Ib 2 50 Fruits. Apples. 3 lb. standard | York State gallans 3 00 Hamburgh 2% Apricots. Eivecsak. .... . . 2 00 Santa Cruz.... 2 00 a e...... 2 00 ————............. 1 90 Blackberries. ee 95 Cherries, 1 20 Pitted Hamburgh | 1s woee ck. 1 30 =... 1 20 Damsons, Egg P lums and Green Gages are .... Co ids California, | 11). 1 70 Gooseberries. Common . 1 20 Peac sn re... 1 30 Maxwell Ll 2 00 ee... 1 85 Califormia......_. 2 10 Monitor : 1 85 Oxford : Pears Domestic. 1m Bavergigo.......... 2 10 Finengoten. Common oo 1 30 Johnson’ 8 sliced .... 2 50 ' erated..... 2% Quinces. Common : 1 10 Raapherries. oe ..... 1 30 Black Hamburg... 1 50 rie. black 1s Straw berries. Lawrence . 13 Hamburgh is ae... 130 Terrapin 12 Whortleberries C ‘omm 1on 1 10 F.& V 1 15 Blueberries ... 110 Meats. Corned beef, Libby’s.......1 90 Roast beef, Armour’s.......1 7 Potted ham, % lb.. oo C ' “oy 80 tongue, 4% Ib.........15 C D>... = chicken, 14 Ib....... 95 Vegetables. Beans, Hamburgh stringless.......1 25 French style..... 2 — Lime, green. Sa a 13 ——.... LC Lewis Boston Baked.. 135 Bay State Baked... «sd World’s Fair Baked....... 13 (recess... 12 | Corn. | Hamburgh en . Livingston Eden ..... se Puruy ._- ic i Honey Bee oo Morning Glory.. ‘ so... i Peas. Ham burgh marrorat........ 1 35 early June ...... Cc hampion Eng..1 50 Dems pols.......1 & fancy sifted 1 90 eee lee. 65 oo 75 amp” 8 govtnerny ‘110 ° early June. 1 30 Archer’s Early Blossom....1 35 | French... 1 & } Mushrooms. pc ween 15@20 ——— Erie -- © Squash, |} Hubbard | i 1 20 Succotash., ae... 1 40 Soaked . oe. Honey Be 1 60 ee 135 Tomatoes, ee. 1 05 A 1 10 5 | Belipes. e--e1 10 Hamburg . ieee ea ie. 130 oe 2 60 eee Pp The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. going to press and are an accurate index of the local market. below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of pure hase. those who have poor credit. CHOCOLATE, Baker's. German Sweet........ .. = ae 37 Breakfast Cocoa........ : 2 CHEESE, ae. 12 @iz% —e @12 —)............. @12'4 Gord Medel .......... @11% ——...... .. 6 @9 Brick . 11 ee ...... .. 1 00 i 23 ee ........... @10 @25 Roquefort . i. @35 Sap Sago @Q22 Schweitzer, imported. @2A4 domestic @i4 CATSUP. Blue Label Brand. Half pint, 25 bottles 2m Pint i 4 & Quart 1 doz bottles 3 50 CLOTEES PINS. Seromsbexes ........_.. -40 COCOA SHELLS, Soib bage..... @3 Less — @3% Pound packages. ¥%Q7 COFFEE. Green. Rio. aS... — Cl oer... ...... oe een Peaberry 0 Santos. > —. ..... Pome. 18 Peamerry _....... ae Mexican and Guat amala, 2 aoe... ae Fancy ee “Marscaibo. Prime . = Milled . a _ ao Java, intorioe. a Private Growth.............27 Mandehling . oo Mocha. Imitation . ee Arabian.. - 20 Roasted.’ To ascertain cost of roasted coffee, add c. per Ib. for roast- ing and 15 per cent. for shrink- age. Package. McLaughlin’s XXXX.. 23.30 Bunola -.. OO Lion. 60 or 100 lb. case... 23.30 Extract. Valley City % gross | = Felix ex 16 Hummel’s, foil, QTOSB...... 1 50 ‘ tin i so 2 oe CHICORY. a... eect ee 3 Red.. . 2 CLOTHES LINES a, Of....... per doz. 1 3 C _...... e 1 40 c —...... ' 1 60 . vot... _ 1% o e....... ' 1 90 Jute or..... ' 90 " eee ae CONDENSED MILK, 4 om in Case. Genuine § Wiss 8 00 AmorscanSwiss.. ........ 7 00 COUPON BOOKS. “Tradesman,” 2 1, per hundred........... zw ot a x $3, “ eek 3 WU $5, * a 3 00 i a 4 00 eg 5 00 It is impossible to give es. ad Cs “Superior.” $ 1, per hundred ee eee 2 50 $ 2, Leu cude es. 3 00 $ 3, se $ 5, “ o10, “ $a, “ “Universal.” $ 1, per hundred. $2 3 3, sé $ 5, “ $10, ss $20, “s Above prices on coupon books are subject to the following quantity discounts: 200 or over. . 5 per cent oe 10 r 1000 ‘* — 7 COUPON PASS BOOKS, {Can be made to represent any denomination from $10 down. | ~ eoeks... ............ 8. - eae 2 00 — ....... 3 00 SS 6S oO 10 00 ne 17 50 CREDIT CHECKS. 500, any one denom’ a... $3 00 — — - 5 00 — §- ae 8 00 mee punch... OS CRACKERS, Butter. Seymour XXX...... — Seymour XxX, cartoon..... 6% Pause See... CL... 5 Famity XXX, cartoon...... 6% See eee 6 Salted XXX, cartoon ...... 6% Kenosha . i Poe 8 Butter biscuit ... -.. OS Soda. Soda, XXX... os. eee eee... ™% Sods, Dacha 8% Crystal 7... 10 Long Island Wafers ....... 11 Oyster. = over AES... City Oyster, XXxX.. 8 Pern Oyeter.............. 6 CREAM TARTAR. Strictly pure.. So Telfer’s Absolute.......... 35 oc 6. - 20@25 DRIED FRUITS. Domestic. Apples Sundried, sliced in’ bbls uartered ‘ 5% Evaporated, 50 1b. boxes @9 Apricots. California in bags...... 16% Evaporated in boxes. .. 17 Blackberries. im Domes... _ 4% Nectarines. 7 o........... 15 ib bones. 8... 15% Peaches, Pecied, in boxes........ 13 Cal.evap. ‘“ 12% _ ' in Dees... .. 12 Pears. California in bags .... Pitted Cherries ae. = boxes ae Prunelles, 70, DOs... Raspberries, Pn Derree.... l oo ome... oi Foreign. Currants. Patras, in barrels... 4 . in %-bbls..... . = m in less quantity.... 5% Peel. Citron, Leghorn, > boxes 20 Lemon 10 Orange " = . ” 11 ee, Sees. London Jayers, 2 crown. a 3 “ook Oo . i 2 00 Loose Muscatels. boxes..... 1 60 Foreign. Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes.. @ 8% Sultana, 20 ' @10% Valencia, 30 “ @ % CURE Prunes. Pees... California, 100-120 90x100 25 Ib. bxs. “es SOx % 0 “ ay Ge x80 “ - 60x70 . : ees. 7% er... wae. 2. 9% ENVELOPES. XX rag, white. 3 Ye $1 %5 1 60 1 65 1 50 6% 1 35 6% ee 1% Manilla, white . ......-..... 1 00 S.. —e 95 Coin. oe 1 00 FARINACEOUS GOODS. Farina, 100 Hh. Bees............. 3% Hominy. Barrels.... eee >. ae 3 50 Lima Beans. red...... ee 4% Maccaroni and Vermicelli. Domestic, 12 Ib. box.... 55 ee 10%@. % Oatmeal. Barrels 200.. _. oe Half barrels 100........... 2 85 Pear! Barley. MO... 2% Peas. creem, Ou.... ..__........ 1% De porte ............ 2 Rolled Oats. Barrels 180.. 5 45 Half bbis 90.. 2 85 ae eee 4% eS a 5 Wheat, Cracred.......... eee ck 5 FISH--Salt, Bloaters. Tore... Cod. Pollock . Whole, Grand. Bank.. 6% Boneless, bricks.. . . % Boneless, ae... 7% Halibut. os ............... 12 erring. Gibbed, % bl bee ae 3 25 Holland, pol idee eeee sa. 9 00 ee. a, 65 Round shore, 4 bbl beans 2 60 a 1 35 meee... — 16 ne, ao. 1,0 e........... .... && no. 1, 40 Ibs. ee 400 mo. 1. eee... 5... soo Family, 90 Ibs. . hea Ce 65 Sardines. Rossen, kees............ 45 Trout. No, 1, % bbis., 100ibe........ 6 00 Mo. 1, Rie, 1... ec... 80 Whitefish, No. 1, 4% bbia., 100ibe........ 7 50 Mo. 1, ek, Oe. 90 Family, 6 es 100 Tbs.... $ 10 0 lbs ieee 45 FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Jennings’ DC. Lemon. Vanilla 202 folding box... %& 123 3 02 -.1 00 1 50 402 Y -. 2 00 6 0z v .-2 00 3 00 8 oz . "3 00 4 60 GUNPOWDER. Austin’ 8 Rifle, Mece........ 800 oe a 20 c Crack Shot, kegs . 3 50 r % kegs 2 00 . Club Sporting . ‘ ‘ 1 450 nm” HERBS. ee 15 ee 15 INDIGO, oe. Sid. Domes....... 55 S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes. . 50 JELLY, BF A, Poco ay. 85 a» * Pe ibaes dues 12% aad. They are prepared just before quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than Subseribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the LICORICE. ee 30 Ee 25 ee. 12 _ EK. Condensed, 2 doz........... 1 25 ‘ moe... 2 25 MATCHES. to. 9 ealobur.......,....... 1 3 Aovoner perior..............- 170 mo. 2 home....... Lee ee, 1 10 menor: Garlor..... .......... 4 00 MINCE MEAT. 3 or 6 doz. in case per doz.. 95 MEASURES. Tin, per dozen, [aoe .................. * : Half galion..... Le ceeeeee 2... 1” eee ee 45 eee ins ........... .. 40 Wooden, for vinegar, per doz. ae... 7 00 ar eaten ............. .. 2 Cet ..................... ae Pee... cw i -— oe MOLASSES, Blackstrap. Super Romeo. .............. 14 Cuba Baking. Ordinary 16 beac be eewe oes oa 20 30 18 20 2 30 Fancy 40 One- half barrels, 3e extra PICKLES. Medium. Barrels, 1,200 count. * 50@7 00 Half bbls, 600 count.. 3 75@4 00 Small, Barrels, 2,400 count. 7 50 Half bbls, 1,200 count 4 2 PIPES. Clay, No. Me tl, 7 tT. D. fall ae bee ss 5 Cob, No. 3.. .. eek rotanm. 48 cans in case. Papen... 4 00 Penna Galt Co.’s.......... 3 25 RICE, Domestic. Carolina ee... ........... 6 med... 5 Se aie eee 3 — Japan, No. 1.. 8 mee. 5 7... 5 Paes... 5 SPICES, Whole Sifted, mies... 4k... 8 Santa, China in mats...... q " Batavia in bund....15 " Saigon in rolls...... 35 Cloves, Amboyna...... faa ' POEIUME..... ..... Mace Batavia.. Loe Nutmegs, fancy.. ol mee he “oe No. 2 na Pepper, Singapore, black... white... .2 _ shot.. : Pure Ground in Bulk, UD ce @ Cassia, Batavia... ee and Saigon .22 . es 30 Cloves, ine _ ...... |.) 22 - Zanzibar... ‘eocaae Ginger, —- eee encke ees 14 pone. ...,.. iz ' Sen eek -18 menoe Dateris.............., 7 Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .16 Trieste 18 ° ° Natsors Meo? ..........__. 60 Pepper, Singapore, black....16 whlte..... 24 . —_— iseene see 18 Sage.. a “Absolute” in een 148 Yas ie “B41 55 Caen ereom........°.... Sf 1&5 Meee. 84 1 55 =~ hag ete ee wes &4 155 eee cece eee a 1S wea” a. 2 1 Fercece ............... 84 155) PM ee kl 84 SAL SODA. eee 1% Granulated, boxes.......... 1% SEEDS. Ae @12% Canary, Smyrna....... 6 Cornwey .............. 8 Cardamon, Malabar... 90 Hemp, Russian....... 4% Mixed Eee 4% Mustard, white....... 6 Soney 2... 9 mae... 6 Cate bone........... 30 STARCH. Corn fee... 6 oe FL. 5% Gloss, 1-lb packages . 5 3-lb EE oe 6-Ib ge 6 40 and 50 lb. boxes.......... 4% Eerree... ... 5% SNUFF. Scotch, in bladders......... 37 Maccaboy, oo 35 french Rappee, in Jars..... 43 SODA, Bee Sh Ree, Seg... 4% SALT. - 3b, sacks.......... . 82 oa. le 2 28 101. sacks.. coo 20 14- : 22 74 3- ib. lanes 150 56 lb. dairy in linen _: 32 =i, “ a “ . 18 Warsaw. 56 Ib. dairy in drill bags... 32 288 lb. oe se “ ua 18 Ashton. 56 lb. dairy in Hnmensacks.. %5 Higgins, 56 lb. dairy in linen sacks. 75 Solar Rock. 56 Ib. sacks.. 27 Common Fine. Reeeeew Manistee ......... SALERATUS, Packed 60 Ibs. in box. Cumrene.... 5... 30 Derseae........... wees... 3 30 Co 3 00 SOAP. Laundry. Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands. Old Country, 80 1b... .... 3 x Good Cheer,601T.......... 3,90 White Borax, 100 3-lb......3 60 Proctor & Gamble. Comes. ....-. 2 80 Iv ‘ory, 10 oz. es 6 7 oo. 4 00 Lenox aoe 3 65 Mottled German........... 3 15 Tove Pek... 3 00 Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands. Americ an Family, wrp d..$3 30 - plain... 3 24 . [ 5¢e size. 25 N. K. Fairbanks & Co.’s Brands, pene (seen... ... _« Brown, 60 bars.. es . 80 bars ..... tiacus OO THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. SWEET GOODS | Ginger Snaps.......... 8 Sugar Creams.. h 8 Frosted Creams....... 9 Graham Crackers..... 8% Oatmeal Crackers.... 8% | VINEGAR. a ee 7 @s | ee 3 @o | $1 for barrel. WET MUSTARD, (Baik peren 30 | Beer mug, 2 doz in case. 1 7%] YEAST. | meee... ..1 0 Varese. 1 60 Feast hoa ..... 1 00 Diane... = Royal oe TEAS. JaPAN—Regular. ae @i7 @» Cnetee 24 @26 Cpoteene....... 32 @34 CO 10 @I12 BASKET FIRED. Pee... 18 @w Choice. .... 125 Choicest. . @35 Extra choice, wire leaf @410 GUNPOWDER, Common to fair....... 25 @35 Extra fine to finest....50 @é65 Choicest fancy........ 75 @s5 OOLON@. @26 Common to fair... ... 23 @30 IMPERIAL. Common to fair....... 23 @26 Superior tofine........ 30 @35 YOUNG HYSON. Commor. to fair....... 18 @%6 Superior to fine....... 30 @40 ENGLISH BREAKFAST. Beet 18 @22 ee 24 @28 MOS... 40 @50 TOBACCOS., Fine Cut. Pails unless otherwise noted ewes. .... 25.1... 62 Sweet Cuba.. i. 36 McGinty i 27 y a 2 Dandy Jim. .......... 29 *), = 23 22 Plug. Sorg’s Brands, Spearhead... 39 . 29 Nobby Twist... ......- 40 Scotten’s Brands, Byio...... Sa 2 Biawatha......... es 38 Valley City ......... 34 Finzer’s Seana. Old Honesty.......... 40 womy Tear 32 Smoking. Catlin’s _— Kiln dried.. ie i Golden Shower ........ ooo Huntress eee Meecrscnaium ................ 29 American Eagle Co.’s Brands. meyrtie Navy... 41 ——............ «same RvOerIOM . 1... 5... .. Frog . eeucue Oe Banner Tobac co C 0. ’s Brands ee Banner Cay endish.... oe Co 28 Scotten’s Brands. Warpam.._........... 16 mosey Pow... 25 Gold Biock.............._. 36 F. F. Adams Tobacco Co,’s Brands, Peerless... .. Lee ae 24 Cla Tiee...........0 1... 18 Standard .20 Globe Tobacco C C 0. 5 Brands. HemGmade.......... 41 Leidersdorf’s Brands. Roe Mey... a 24 Unele Sam............ —_— RegtCuve........ 1.2... Spaulding & Merrick. Pom aud Jerry... 5... 25 Traveler Cavendish........; = Buck Horn. . Plow Boy.. \ '30@: = Corn Cake... —- OILs, The Standard Oil Co. — Lautz Bros. & Co.’s Brands, Oe i aa 3 65 Cotton Oil.... i. _o. oO oo Daisy the tees OO eo ....... .......... 4 00 Master one . 400 ' acini Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2 50 hand, $doz......- 2 50 SUGAR. Cut Eeet.............. @ 5% eee @ 5% Powdered Zxys.. @5 Standard... @ 5% Granulated, ee. 4.94@ 5 fae... 4.94@ 5 Confectioners’ fe ae 4% @4.94 ae @ 45 Whe Bxtra C........ @4.56 ears ©... @ 4% cc oe @ 43 Gulden — @ 4 Yellow @ 3 Less than. bbls. ‘ye. advance SYRUPS. Corn. ee ook css asiae ieee Oe 2 Pure Cane. ee 19 ee 25 oo , 30 as follows, in barrels, f.0 Grand Rapids: Hocene................. 8 Water White, old test. @ 7% Ww. W. Headlight, 156° 634 bee Wee ........ @ 6% beet ches cue @7 jve cuisine Lo @ 6% a des eis ees 27 @36 Reeere...... ....,.. @21 Black, oe cold test.. @ 8% HIDES PELTS and FURS | Perkins & Hess pay as fol-| lows: HIDES. Green . ol. See | Part Cured Cee d eee @ 4 oS @ 4% | Oy. 5 @5 ipa, green ........... 36g 2% " Cured... ae @4 | Calfskins, green. Lowa. 4@5 Gured...... @7 Deacon skins.......... 10 @30 No. 2 hides \% off. PELTS Shearlings,............ 10 25 OC hae 8... 2 ee 8 WOOL, Washed . ---20 @2s Unwashed . -.10 @20 MISCELLANEOUS, Tallow . au. - 4 Grease butter ...... @2 ewmenoe.... 8... > ins Ginseng.. : -2 00@2 75 | FURS Outside prices for No. 1 only. Badger eee. 50@1 00 Rea a 00@.25 00 Ce 3 Ov@7 00 Coe wie... 40@ 59 oe ........... 10@ 25) Fisher. ....... 06 @ Fox, red 1 00@1 50 Fox, Crees. ......... .3 0@5 00 Pox, gtey........... 50q@ 75 Lynx. ey ae 2 00@3 00 Martin, “dark... 1 00@3 00 “ —* & yellow. 50@1 00 Mink, dark.. --. M@ti 10 Muskrat. . . Ca Oppossum.. a a Citer, dark ...... --5 00@3 00 Beaecoon ......... - soa 7 a... 1 00@1 20 Wolf... .--- 1 003 © Beaver castors, ibs 00@5 00 DEERSKINS—per pound. Thi ane green......... 10 Long gray, dry 20 Cray, diy ........... 25 Red and Blue, dry oaeae 35 GRAINS and FEEDSTUFFs WHEAT, No. 1 White (58 Ib. test) 67 No. 1 Red (60 lb. test) 67 MEAL. Bolea... ................. 1 40 Granulated. ............... 16 FLOUR. Straight, in Geese... ..... 4 00 Barreis........ 4 20 Patent “ sacks......... 5 00 ' ~ Derrel........ 5 20 Graham “ Sacks.... ... 1 90 Rye ee 2 20 Buckwheat, Rising Sun....4 7% Walsh-DeRoo ie Cos Fore... 4 50 MILLSTUFFS. Less Car lots quantity Bran......... $13 50 $14 Ov Screenings .... 12 00 12 50 Middlings..... 14 £0 15 00 Mixed Feed... 19 00 19 00 Coarse meal .. 18 50 18 50 CORN. Co he... 46 hess than car jots.......... 48 OATS. — i. .............28 ees Gian cariocts........... 40 HAY. No. 1 Timothy, car lots....11 00 No, I . ton lots .....12 50 FRESH MEATS. Swift & Company quote as fol- lows: Beef, carcess...... @5 . hind quarters. . > @ Sb " fore vs a@ 4 . loins, No. a -8 @8% " rite... 7 @™% . Founds......... 44@ 5 Boreeas..........,.,.. @ 442 Pork oiig............ @ 93 ‘« shoulders .. @ 7% Sausage, — or head @5 a @5 ' aoa @8 —" oe 7 @8 Wee 7 @T% FISH and OYSTERS. F. J. Dettenthaler quotes as follows: FRESH FISH. Wemoeee ..........,- 8 @2 we 8 @9 Hare. ............... @15 Ciscoes or Herring....5 @6 Hinewse... 1 @12 Fresh lobster, per Ib.... 20 Soft crabs, per doz...... 1 00 Shrimp, per gal......... 1 2 ee 10 @i2 No. 1 Pickerel. : @ 8 re... ...... @7 Smoked White.... ... @7 OYSTERS—Cans. oe ee @35 F. J.D. Selects.. @30 Poleees sl, @2 ree sa @22 oo ............ @i9 SHELL @00Ds. Oysters, per 100 ......1 @i 50 ae 75@1 00 lers pay 80c and sold at 90¢ per bu Potatoes—The market is about the same asa week ago, Michigan shippers being badly ham- | ; pered by the scarcity of freight cars. The only | way local handlers manage to do business is to continually order two or three times as many cars as they need. The paying price is 60c in | Grand Rapids and about 55¢ at outside points. | Locally, the retail trade is paying 70¢ per bushel. | Quinces—$2.50 per bu. Sweet Potatoes—All varieties are scarce. Jer- | seys readily command .50 per bbl, while Bal timores bring 25c less. | Turnips—30c per bu | PROVISIONS. The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, quotes as follows: PORK IN BARRELS. aoe eee 15 00 | Reerscut .... ee. 16 50 | Mxtra Clear pig. short cut................... - a Mire Cloae, Deayy....... |. 7 Clear, fat MND oc on Boston clear, short cut... +. i ov) Cicar Pack, SHOELCUL..................... 17 50 Standard clear, short cut, best.... 17 50 sAUSAGE—Fresh and Smoked. Pork Sausage.......--...---. Oe ram Seusiee........... io Tongue Sausage........ 2 aeons SAMneee ........................... 8 Diego sweteoee....... .......-................. 5 eee eee ............................. Ss | oe i EE eee oT Meeeemcere ee 5 LARD. Kettle Com- Rendered. Granger. Family. pound. | Wierees ..... 1034 93 7 6% | GO ib. Tins..1! lv 7% 6% 20 lb. Pails. .1134 1014 (be 714 mi .1e 103, 7% i | Sik * -.1055 104e 7% i | oi | ee 15g 8 7% BEEF IN BARRELS. Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs....... ---. 6 50)” Extra Meas, Chicago packing................ 6 50 Boneless, ria Wie. 9 75 | SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. | Hams, average 20 Ibs.. CO eee aa 16 lbs.. ee ee 11% | “ “ TOT 11% _ aoc... ....... . a ‘best boneless. . Lote ee 934 OO aes Si Breakfast Bacon, boncless.................... 11% Dried beef, ham prices.....0..06.20...0.. +. 8 Long Clears, heavy .. . Briskets, medium. foe. _-. oe i. Pee... . 3% | CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: | STICK CANDY. | Cases Bbls. Pails. | Standard, per Ib......... 6% 7% “ We a. 6% 7 " wins .......... 6% 7% Boson Cream............ G6 Gut Poet... ' 8% | Bea 8 ........ " 84% MIXED CANDY. | — Pails. | Beuneeea....._.....__..._.......... 7 Leader......... cme eee cues 6 q Royal Oe ee 6% 7% | CS 7 8 English Moen... 7 8 Conmserves ......... tees ee ee 7 8 Brocen Pary.............. —. 8 | Peanut Squares............ 9 | Brench Créams.......... 10 | Valley Creams. ee. 13 | Midget, 30 Ib. baskets. eee eee | Modern, 70 lb. Oe eee ee otal ae 8 | FaNcy—In bulk Pails, | | Lozenges, — eee 10 | Wreee e 1 [CRGCOD CON 11% | Chocolate Monumentais...... ey eew ccs 13 ee 5% | ees | ........................ _.. 8 PRODUCE MARKET. Apples—Baldwins and Spitzenbergs command $2.75 per bbl., while Spys are held at $3. Local dealers are handling more New York and New England apples than Michigan fruit. Beans—Choice country picked command $1.60 @$1.75 per bu. Butter—Searce and next to impossible to se cure adequate supplies for home demand. Deal ers pay 20@22 for choice dairy and hold at 2¢ above paying prices. Creamery is in good de | mand at 26e. | packages. | stock, | happy | RO oe Cabbages—Dealers holding at $6. Cauliflower—81@#1.25 per doz. heads. Celery—Choice home grown commands 20 per dozen bunches. Cider—i2e per gal. Cranberries— pay % per 100, @25c mostly in crate $2.50. Cape Transactions are Jerseys command and Waltons $3. Dealers pay holding at 22e. over the prospect their holdings. Grapes—Concords command 22c per basket. Eggs — 20e for strictly fresh The cold storage men are of 2e¢ a doz. Sour Drops.... | String Rock. Cods for | Floridas, .. 3 25@3 Honey—Dealers pay 14@15c and hold at 15@leée. | Onions—Firmer and in better demand. Hand | Filberts .... | Walnuts, Grenoble 0 | Chotee, i. P., Extras. | ¢ ‘alifornia Walnuts ‘Crockery & Glas Pepertaie.............. / FANcY—In Lemon Drops. ..... os Sour Drops . Peppermint Drops. Chocolate Drops eens ee H. M. Chocolate Drops. aaa a Gum Drops.. a Licorice Drops.. : ' A. B. Licorice Drops. : Lozenges, } lain... : printed / 5 Ib. boxes. Pel imper! als. Mottoes...... Cream Bar Molasses Bar. Hand Made Creams. Piain Creamas,......... Decorated Creams. Burnt Almonds.. a Wintergreen Berries..... ( SAR AME L Ss. 2 lb. boxes. i __.. =a 3 La. No. 1, wrapped, : Oo 2 ye 5 Ib, boxe S... BANANAS. nd up, Small Medium Large . . ORANGES. LEMONS. Messina, choice 360... fa choice ae... fancy 300 Maioris.... OTHER FOREIGN PRUI Figs, fancy layers, Om...... ' @12% ‘ 10D ... 140. .... 20m box extra Dates, Fard, 10-1b. 50-ib. " Persian. 50-1b. box NUTS. Almonds, Tarragona. c Ivaca. " i ‘alifornia. Brazils, new...... [ Marbot. C Chili. Le, | Table Nuts, fanc Y oe choice . eenee: Texas, H. P., Cocoanuts, full sacks......... PEANUTS. Fancy, H. P., Suns. “ee te “ Fancy, H. P., Flags Roasted toasted Roasted ssware FRUIT JARS. Pinte... ke... eee uc ccaes 6 @ US Gaerts. 1... ew eeucace — 7 00 a eee es 9 00 Cee 2 %5 Rubbers........ eee os 40 LAMP BURNERS. | No.0Sun.. ee 45 | No.1 i Lee lol, ae Mee oo | Tubuiar.....-.. . 75 LAMP CHIMNEYS. —Per box. | 6doz. in box. i Oe... ck. se kw... -. 1 @o | No oe : i «com do viret quality. | No. 0 Sun, erimp top. 4 Soa cence oe No. i ae nee ones a oO | No. 2 h Sees 3 4 Nex Flint, |} No.0 Sun, crimp top.. 2 60 No. 1 ee 3 No. Foastaue No. 1 Sun, wrapped and labeled i ..3 70 ies betes oe a iiee ' u ' 2 = yf Bastie. No. 1 Sun, plain bulb, per doz. 1s | No, 2 " ‘ «2 OO No. 1 crimp, per, doz. ~«) oo No. 2 ; 1 @ LAMP WIC KS. No. 0, per eroes........... i. | No. 1, " : 28 No By 38 No. 3, TR iene, per doz.. 7D Butter Crocks, 064% Jugs, is gal., per doz.. a : - oS see Mlik Pans, % gal., per aon... 8&5 glazed . 75 a 1 He nie ee ae 78 .° . glazed es 90 ‘How to Keep a Store By Samuel H. written from the e an old merchant. Terry, A book of 400 pages experience and observation of It treats of Selection of Busi ness, Location, Buying, Selling, Credit, Adver | tising, Account Keeping, P artnerships, etc. Of great interest to every one in trade, $1.50, THE TRADESMAN CO., Ag’ts. Grand Rapids, Mich. THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. Grand Rapids Retail vrocers’ Ass'n. President, A. J. Elliott. Secretary, E. A. Stowe. Official Organ—Micuicgan TRADESMAN. Next Meeting—November «1. The Little Old Store. Oh, the little old store with the bell on the door, That rang as you went out or in, With a ting a-ling-ling, as it swung on the spring And deafened your ears with its din! Oh the little old store gave measure and more, And everything smelled sweet of spice; Though ‘twas dark to some and nothing was new Yet everything sold there was nice. For a quaint little maid, in muslin arrayed, Would answer each ring from the door, And smiles sweet and simple played tag with the dimple In the cheeks of the maid of the store. I used often to stop in the little old shop, And sometimes for nothing at all, But to just shake the spring and to hear the bell ring, For Neily to answer its call. Ah! those times are all o’er, the little old store Has vanished with old fashioned ways, Till sometimes it seems as but one of the dreams That we have of our boyhood days. Thoagh a faint, vague regret comes over me yet As I think of those days now no mere, In my heart I would fain be a glad lad again And with Nell in the little oid store. oO Bags Inst ad of Barrels for Sugar. The order for 5,000,000 bags, recently | given a Philadelphia manufacturer by the Sugar Trust, is by far the greatest bag contract ever made in the United States. ‘Ihe Trust’s reason for the change from barrel to bag is that the bag costs and weighs considerably less than its old-time competitor. The weight of the bag is unly 1!3 pounds, while that of the barre! is 23 pounds. Thus the difference in freight alone for carrying refined sugar to its destination would pay sev- eral times over for the bag. In this view of the innovation the bag really eosts the Trust nothing, but comes to its hand with a profit ready made. The barrel’s successor is a plain burlap bag with alight muslin bag inside. This is the worst blow the cooperage industry has ever experienced, and almost wipes out that business in Philadelphia. Fiour now goes to Europe in bags, and is re- tailed in the same way. Sugars brought to this country from the West Indies and Hamburg come exclusively in bags, which, after being cleaned, are used up for paper stock. The Spreckels were the first to introduce the bag business in the East. The Trust saw the advantage at once and took immediate steps to have its output shipped in the cheaper way as soon as it gained control of the refineries. Referring to this subject, the Mer- chants’ Review says: ‘‘One advantage from the use of bags in lieu of barrels is the possibility of packing the same quan- tity of sugarin each bag, and ignoring the tare. Foreign refined sugar re- eently received in this market was packed in this manner, each bag contain- ing 224 pounds. The saving of time to the shipping and billing departments of the jobbing houses which handled this sugar was no small item, while every retail purchaser knew beforehand how much sugar he was going to receive on his order. A barrel of sugar is a very indefinite quantity. If the market is ad- vancing, a barrel of 200 pounds capacity is generally delivered; if it is declining, 300 pounds and upwards come to hand on the dealer’s order and are considered a barrel. It is impossible to tell before hand how much sugar will be received when ordering by the barrel. ‘‘Going back to the question of the sav- ing of time in the jobbing branch of the business, itis not too much to say that the new sugar package will be regarded as a godsend by jobbers who handle | receiving and shipping sugar. | Grocers’ Hand Book, compiled by Arte- |mas Ward, says, with much truth: | close selling prices of sugar make the | |dealer doubly jealous with regard to the | | its sale is a losing one throughout. ;every subsequent exposure to the air or | dampness tends to swell the weight again | Substitution of bags for barrels will do ;regard to unjust tares, and enable the }out of each package. | of varying capacity, if the contents when | whether the | his ; the quantity marked on the barrel may | matter large quantities of sugar, provided the} foreign system of uniform weights adopted with the bag, and there is no reason why it should not be. At present, when an invoice of sugar is received in a | wholesale store, each barrel must be ex- | amined by the receiving clerk and the} gross weight and tare entered in his} book. These figures are-afterwards com- | pared with the refiner’s invoice by the | auditing clerk, and in billing the sugar to the retailer the same tiresome array of figures must be included. All this work | will be saved by the use of bags, one | entry of so many bags of so many pounds | is | | travel alone would save many times its | cost every year.’’ | | stand by him while he is cutting off the at so much a pound being sufficient in “On the subject of sugar tares the ‘The | | | | | | | } | tares on the barrels, and justly so since | The refiners use kiln-aried barrels which they weigh with the greatest accuracy, but as the retailer is the loser in the end.’ The away with all cause for complaints in retailer to get the same quantity of sugar With the barrels weighed out in small quantities appear to run short, he cannot feel certain fault is with the refiner or clerks. The latter may have been careless in weighing out the sugar, or not have been put into it. to make mistakes weights on barrels. *-The saving of expense by the use of the cheaper bag should not be lost sight of; it will no doubt enable the refiners to sell a fraction lower. The fraction will be small, but it will increase the dealer’s present insufficient profit. ‘We have urged the adoption of a sugar package of uniform capacity, and | accept the bag as an improvement on the | present style of barrel because it will | enable refiners to establish a system of uniform weights.”’ = 2 —- A Revolutionary Propogal. One S. Thompson, a wealthy Londoner, distinguished himself the other day by making what is charcterized in the Lon- | don papers as the most outrageous and revolutionary speech ever heard in Lon- don. He is a stockholder in the Aerated Bread Co., an institution that owns many restaurants in London, and is doing an immense business. At the annual meet- ing held last week a dividend of 3714 per cent. was declared. Thompson got up and proposed that the Company raise the wages of the waiter girls, who are the best of their class in the city and now get only from $2 to $3 a week. He said that if the Company would raise their wages it would save many of them from being driven into marriage with undesirable men. Three dollars a week was too little, Thompson said, especially as the Company could well afford to pay more. The resolution was unanimously howled down before Thompson had fairly taken his seat, the opposition being led by a clergyman,and the rash proposer is in dis- tinct disfavor as one likely to undermine the British constitution. It is an easy in marking > - -_ ~_ Where is the Locality? ‘‘A rural farming district in Michigan,” says the Engineering Magazine, has pro- vided itself with a telegraph line eight miles in length, connecting a large num- ber of scattered farms with the village store, the proprietor of which officiates as telegraph operator, express agent, post- master, and so on. The total cash ex- penditure for the outfit is said to have been only some $200, while the expense of maintenance. which is but a trifling sum, is assessed equally upon the owners. The small cost and enormous convenience of such a system as this in country dis- tricts ought to lead to a more general adoption of the plan. Especially after the expiration of the telephone patents in 1894, such a system of intercommuni- cation by wire would be possible in every township throughout the country. The individual expense would be almost in- significant, and in the item of useless See | Her Custom. Mrs. Prentice—‘‘How do you always | manage to have such delicious beef?” Mrs. Binthyre—'"‘l select agood, honest butcher and then stand by him.”’ Mrs. Prentice—‘‘You mean that you — give him all your trade! Mrs. Binthyre— ‘‘No, 1 mean that I! meat.’’ CUNFRGTIONBRY, THERE'S MONEY IN IT PROVIDING YOU BUY THE BEST AND AT THE LOWEST FIGURE. OUR TRADE IS BOOMING, WHICH IS PROOF THAT THE TRADE THROUGHOUT MICHIGAN AND ADJOINING STATES KNOW FROm WHOM TO BUY. WE MANUFACTURE A COMPLETE LINE OF FIRST-CLASS GOODS AND EXECUTE ORDERS PROMPTLY. THE PUTNAM GANDY GO. P. STEKETEK & SONS, HAVE A WELL ASSORTED LINE OF Windsor and Scotch Caps FROM $2.25 PER DOZ. UP, ALSO A FULL LINE OF LADIES’ AND GEN TLEMEN’S Gloves, Mitts, and Mutter HANDKERCHIEFS, WINDSOR TIES, GENT’S SCARFS, AND A FRESH STOCK OF Dolls, and Christmas Novelties for Holiday Trade. MOSELEY Ericis., - WHOLESALE - FRUITS, SEEDS, BEANS AND PRODUGE, 26, 28, 30, 32 Ottawa 8t., Grand Rapids, PEREINGS & 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 Usn. > iz . a | GROCERIES DRY GooDS % HARDWARE W-Ouirera E66 i —— i y Boy (cio |SAKEV TRADE ihe N) a. PS eet tH ay Wise] 3 Farming is a grand success. We have had a Co-operative Butter & Cheese Factory here for five years. It was built by Davis & Rankin Bldg. & Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ills. Ad- dress them for information if you wish a factory, and how to get it. « ~ a N Ta + A » 7 a a» "s F y ~ ~ y -« . ~—a . 4 ~< “ 7 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN. 15 OLD ANGELINE. [CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3,]| she felt that trouble only would come of it, and she earnestly besought the girl to avoid temptation; ful. She hated monotony. She disliked the stupidity and stolidity of her com- panions. She craved excitement; and, after all, possessed her might have been the un- conscious reaching out for clearer per- | ception—a movement of the dim soul within her for larger intelligence, a fuller scope. Howeverit was, Angeline’s fears were realized. One of the white men from Seattle per- suaded Therese to accompany him and keep his home, and she went—confident, hopeful, happy. To her mother’s en- treaty to stay, her prophesies that she would rue the day she left her people, she turned a deaf ear; but her parting kiss was full of affection, and her words to the chief were those of respect and love. A greater trial was in store for Ange- line than mere separation would have caused. The fact that in the ensuing time she never heard airectly from her daughter troubled her andshe grew more taciturn and reserved, now that the con- necting link with outside interests was gone. Two years went by—years of watching and yearning, before any summons came —then one calm, beautiful night Martin’s son, @ promising young brave, who had been one of Therese’s ardent admirers, came to Angeline’s wigwam with a mes- sage. He had just returned from Seattle, where he had She was sick and unhappy, and wished her moth- er to come to her. seen Therese. Without a word Angeline made _ prep- arations to go. She went to her father, acquainted him with the facts, then fol- lowing the winding path down to the beach, she untied her canoe, and soon with strong, swift strokes was lessening the distance between herself and daugh- ter. “It is night again. It is just such an- other night,’’ muttered to herself, as she strained her gaze over the still, reflecting waters, and her thoughts re- verted to the past. There was an omi- nous dread at her heart. Her past life stood out in bold relief—the one bright spot in it had been and now Therese was sick and unhappy—Therese, with her bright, gay manner, Her quick perceptions, and withal her glowing health. The two years must have been full of suffering indeed ‘to have brought her so low. Angeline caught her breath and shivered as a chill breeze struck her, but kept on with a steady stroke. she Therese, In two hours she reached Seattle, then earefully following the directions given her by Martin’s son, she made her way to a miserable hovel under the brow of the cliff that then skirted the water-front. The dread that possessed her deepened as she stepped to the partly closed door. The moon was darkened as she looked in, and the deep shadows revealed nothing. ‘“Therese! Therese!” she cried hoarsely. There was no answer. She flung wide open the door. The wailing cry of an infant greeted her. In the indistinct light she discerned an object swaying to and fro, suspended by a rope from a beamabove. The moon emerging from the cloud flooded the room with a sickly light. Angeline gave aloud ery as she but Therese was will- | the restless disquietude that | recognized the swaying object. still warm, but life was extinct. | | line’s life. | changes. The death of her father a few The succeeding years witnessed many | | | years later severed the only bond that | held her close to human sympathy. The | tribes, scattered and dismembered even before her father’s death, ;common with her. She left them | came to Seattle to live. She took care of able boy, for whom, however, she never evinced any tenderness or emotion. a degenerate half-breed. Angeline herself is a stoic. come and go. They have bring her, nothing to take away. Lifeis @ monotonous existence, in which is neither hope nor fear, pleasure nor sor- row. In her rude cabin overlooking the sea, Angeline, the princess of Seattle, looks out in wonder and contempt at the turmoil and strife of the new civilization. Child of a past age, she has outlived it— but who can judge her, who understands? 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Laboratories, shops and stamp mill well equipped. Tuition free. For catalogues apply to the Director, Houghton, Michigan. the child left by Therese, a puny, miser- | |\CAPITAL, - - - had nothing in | and | He is still living—a miserable specimen of | TL, ' Ss The days : nothing to} “* FOURTH NATIONAL BANK Thus ended another epoch in Ange-| Grand Rapids, Mich. D. A. BLop@EtTT, President. Gro. W. Gay, Vice-President. Wm. H. ANDERSON, Cashier. $300,GO00. Transacts a genera. banking business Make a specialty of collections. Accounts of country merchants solicited. SOAP Is Manufactured only by HENRY PASSOLT, Saginaw, Mich. For general laundry and family washing purposes. Only brand of first-class laundry soap manufactured in the Saginaw Valley. Having new and largely in- creased facilities for manu- facturing we are well prepar- ed to fill orders promptly and at most reasonable prices. MICHIGAN CENTRAL “* The Niagara Falls Route.’ DEPART. ARRIVE a EE : = am . = pm Re eee scares eg tees ine aes am pm Ld eeb ecccacenscsesceeic cis 1:20pm 10:00am vaRane = Pacific Rxpress......... 1:00pm 6:00am mew Worm Muprees...... 2... 5... 6:40pm 10:45pm *Daily. All other daily except Sunday. Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific Express trains to and from Detroit. Ekegant parlor cars leave Grand Rapids on Detroit Express at7 a. m., returning leave Detroit 4:45 p. m. arrive in Grand Rapids 10 p. m. FRED M. Brieas, Gen’l Agent, 85 Monroe St. A. ALMQUIST, Ticket Agent, Union Depot. Gro. W. Munson, Union Ticket Office, 67 Monroe St. O. W. Rue@LEs G.P. & T. Agent., Chicago. TIME TABLE DETROIT GRAND HAVEN MILWAUKEE NOW IN EFFECT. ie EASTWARD. Trains Leave |+No. 14/tNo. 16|tNo. Lv. Chicago Lv. Milwaukee. |.. G’d Rapids, Lv} 6 ‘50am|10_ 20am) 3 25pm) 11 00pm lonia ........Ar| 7 4jamitl 25am) 4 27pm |12 42am St. Johns ...Ar} 8 30am/12 17pm) 5 20pm) 2 00am Owoss>...... Ar} 905am| 1 20pm) 6 05pin} 3 10am E. Saginaw..Ar}1050am| 3 45pm) 8 Opm/ 6 4.am Bay City.....Arj11 30am} 4 35pm 8 37pm) 7 7 15am Flint ........Arj10 05am] 3 45pm) 7 05pm} Pt. Huron... ye |12 05pm) 5 50pm) 8 50pm} Eveisiee _.. __ Ar|i0: 53am] 3 05pm)! 8 25pm) Detroiu,...... 11 50am] 405pm)} 9 25pm) 7 00am WESTWARD. Bove 81 |tNo. sd bakin 13 Trains Leave ES G’d Rapids, Lv... sees Gd Haven, Ar....... || § Sam Milw’kee Str “||... |! Citcage Sir. “ . .. | *Daily. Trains arive from the east, 6:40 a. m., 12:50 a. m., 5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m Trains a :ive from ee west, p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Eastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet ear. No. 18 Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper. Westward—No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 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. 10 45pm] 6 50am| 10 50am 2 10pm) 6 15pm t+tDaily except Sunday. 10:10a. m., 3:15 7 O}am) 1 VOpm) 5 10pm | Grand Rapids & Indiana. Schedule in effect September 25, 1892. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Arrive from Leave going South. North. For Cadillac and Saginaw...... 6:5am 7 20am For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:00am 1:10pm For Cadillac and Saginaw...... 1:50 pm 4:15pm For Petoskey & Mackinaw..... 8:10pm 10:10 pm From Chicago and Kalamazoo. 8:35 pm Train arriving from south at 6:lsam and 9:00am daily. Others trains daily except Sunday. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Arrive from Leave going North. South. woe Cimctemats. 6:30 am 7:00 am For Kalamazoo and Chicago. 10:05 am For Fort Wayne and the East.. 11:50am 2:00 pm For Ciaonets ... £5... 6:15pm 6:00 pm For Kalamazoo & Chicago..... 11:00 pm 11:20 pm Pvems Sage... 8.5.8... 11:50 a m Prem Sree 11:00 p m Train leaving south at 11:20 p. other trains daily except Sunday. m.runs daily; all SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE. NORTH 1:10 m train has parlor car Grand aoe to Petoskey and Mackinaw. m train.—Sleeping car Grand oom o 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 pm train.—Wagner Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. 11;20 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car Grand Rapids to C sata Sleeping Car Chicago via G. R. & I. KR. R. Lv Grand Rapids 10:05 a m 2:00 p m Arr Chicago 3:35 p m 9:00 pm 10:05 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner Sle nyc he ar. 11:20 p m 6.50 am Ly Chicago 7:65 am 3:10 p - 10:10 pm Arr apie Rapids 1:50 pm 8 35pm 6:50 am m through Wagner Parlor Cas! 10:10 p m 3:10 train dane, through Wagner Sleeping Car. Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana, For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon— Arrive 6:55 am 10:00 a m 11:25 am 4:40 pm 5:30 pm 9:05 p m Dunday train leaves for Muskegon at 9:05 a m,ar riving at 10:20 am. Returning train leave< Muske gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Gsand Rapids at 5:45 pm. 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. Oo. L. LOCKWOOD, General Passenger and Ticket Agent CHICAGO oe AND WES? MICHIGAN R’Y, GOING TO CHICAGO. LY.GR'D RAPIDS...... 8:50am 1:25pm *11:° Ar. CHICAGO ...,.....3:39pm 6:45pm RETURNING FROM CHICAGO. CHICAGO..... ....9:00am 5:25pm *11:15pm 5pm *7 2:05am Ly. Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....3:55pm 10:45pm *7:05am TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, ST JOSEPH AND INDIANAPOLIS. Ey. G Ek... 8:50am 11:25pm *11:35pm ae Ge ....... *6:10am 3°55pm 10:45pm TO a FROM MUSKEGON. Ly. Gk... 50am 1:25pm 5:3¢ 6:30pm ay. G. H- ee 10:45am ‘ 5:20pm TRAVERSE CITY, MANISTEE & PETOSKEY iy. G Ew... ¢ Ar. Manistee Ar. Traverse City Ar. Charlevoix Ar. Petoskey .... Les Ar. from Petoskey. Traverse City 11:50 a m, THROUGH CAR SERVICE. Wagner Parlor Cars Leave Grand Rapids 1:28 pm, leave Chicago 5:25 p m. Wagner Sleepers—Le: on Grand pm; leave Chicago *11:15 pm. Free Chair Car for aes 5:35 pm. *Every day. tExcept Saturday. Other trains week days only. from 10: 00 Dp mm. 10:00 p m. etc., Rapids *11:35 DETROIT, SE P c 11, 1892 LANSING & NORTHERN R, R. GOING TO DETROIT. Ly. @ E.... 7:00am Ar. DET....11:S0em RETURNING FROM DETROIT. 30pm *1:25pm 5:40pm *11: *7 30am *5:25pm 10:35pm Lv. DETR 7:50am *1:35pm 5:15pm *11:00pm Ar.G@ R.......12:55pm *5:25pm 10:20pm *7:0vam TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND 8T. LOUIS, Lv. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar.GR TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & Ly. Grand Rapids... .... 7:00am Ar. from Lowell.... .. - 12:55pm 11:50am 10:40pm HASTINGS R. RK. 25pm 5:40pm opm 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 da,. Uther trains week days only. GEO. DEHAVEN, Gen. Pass’r Ag’t. Toledo, Ann Arbor & North Michigan Railway. In connection with the Detroit, Lansing & Northern or Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwauk e | offers a route making the best time betwe | Grand Rapids and Toledo. VIA D., Ly. Grand Rapids at.. | Ar. Toledo at ..... 4 VIA D., . & X. 5a.m and 1:00 p.m. init p. m. and 10:20 p. m. | @. H. & M, | Ly. Grand Rapids at ....6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p. mi. | Ar. Toledo at... . 12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m, Return connections ‘equally as good, . BENNETT, General Pass. Agent, Toledo, Ohio, 16 The East Jordan Lumber Co. Wins. In the spring of 1890 the East Jordan Lumber Co., of East Jordan, contracted with Bovee & Howden, lumber dealers at} Leroy,N. Y.,for the sale of about one and one-half million feet of lumber, at cer- | tain prices agreed during the season of navigation in that year, and to be delivered on rail or ves- East Jordan; Bovee & Howden to give their 90 day acceptances at the time cargo of the By that was upon, to be shipped sel at of each shipment. One lumber was delivered in July. East that certain statements given | by Bovee & Howden to the the financial the strength of which the contract of sale had been made by the East Jordan Lumber time the Jordan Lumber Co. informed mercantile | agency, as to standing of that firm, and on representations Co., and, being afraid were untrue of the responsibility of Bovee «& the Co. after the first shipment notified Bovee & How- | Howden, Lumber soon den that by reason of these unfavorable reports it should require cash at the time of making future shipments, offering, however, to reduce the contract price 50 reason of the| Howden | received no} eents per thousand, by demand for cash. Bovee & eash and Later Bovee & Howden commenced suit in the United States Court for this district, claiming damages to the | declined to pay more shipments. amount of several thousand dollars, which they estimated on the basis of the | difference between the contract price of East Jordan ket value of the lumber at its place of the lumber at and the mar-/} destination, less the cost of transporta- tion to that place. The tried last week in this city, Messrs. Bundy &| the plaintiffs and Stuart &;Knappen representing the de- At the plaintiffs’ proofs, held that, inasmuch as the refusal on the part of the East Jordan Lumber Co. to ship the lumber was coupled with an offer to case was Travis representing the conclusion of Judge Severens fendants. deliver the same at a less price than con- tracted, reduction amounted to several times the legal rate of interest on which the price of the lumber for the 90 days credit originally and as that the East Jordan Lumber Co. was not in po- such provided for, there was no attempt to show sition to make delivery and would not have carried out this offer, the plain- tiffs were not damaged, and therefore di- rected render a verdict for done. The therefore, the jury to defendants, which the taxed against the plaintiffs. the was costs of litigation are, —_ 2 ~. The Drug Market. Gum opium has advanced, on account of speculation in Turkey, based on the failure of the fall sowings. Morphia is, as yet, unchanged but like- ly to advance. Quinine is steady at unchanged prices. Short buchu leaves are very scarce and advancing. Much higher are looked for. Canada balsam fir is higher. Balsam copaiba is advancing and high- er prices are expected to rule. Chlorate potash has advanced and the tendency is higher. prices Oil cloves has declined. on lower prices for buds. Lycopodium has declined, as was ex- pected after election. The list of manufacturers of patent medicines who make it obligatory for the jobber to charge 10 per cent. advance on less than 'y dozen lots has been largely increased and dealers should be careful in ordering to save the penalty. _ >. rer Gives Notice of an Amendment. JACKSON, Nov. 18, 1892. To the Members of the Michigan Knights of the Grip: Il hereby give notice that I will intro- account of duce for your consideration at the annual meeting at Detroit on Dee. 27, an amend- ;}ment to the constitution, providing for j the payment of $15 weekly indemnity, exceed twenty-six consecutive weeks, in case of total disability, to all members of our Association who are in good standing at the time of accident. | This, I believe, will be the nucleus of an accident department in our association, which may be added to, as we grow older and stronger, and it will also give usa basis from which to estimate the expense of maintaining a full accident depart- ment. A. F. PRARE. aun ><. From Out of Town. Calls have been received at THE TRADESMAN Office during the past week from the following gentlemen in trade. Cameron Lumber Co., Torch Lake. L. E. Boughey, Traverse City. Mills & Mills, Grant Station. J. M. Perry. Tustin. D. Vinton & Son, Williamsburg. White & Fairchild, Boyne City. Tucker Mercantile Co., Sumner. Send in your orders for MASKS to the New York Baby Carriage Co., 47,49, 51, 53 Canal St. Best Assortment and Lowest Prices, ae Nothing like it for heating cars used ee in the shipment of potatoes. WRITE POR PRICE. NEW- YORK AROMA A delicious blend of whole roasted coffee, only 20 cents, warrant- ed to suit general trade. Our values are below the market. Purchase quick and avoid a further advance. Edwin J. Gillies & Co. J.P. VISNER, Agt., 167 N. Ionia St, Grand Rapids. ¥ s » ~y ~« Atri Saas = =" ge So PO tw tage y / 4 od ah a + 4 ~ ¥ 12, 14, 16 Pearl &t., Manufacturers of the Best Wearing Shoes in the mar- ket. Our specialties are Men’s, Boys’ and Youths’ HARD PAN, MECHANIC BALS, Stump before a blast. | blast. | Fragments after a blast. A STRONGEST and SAFEST EXPLOSIV nown to the Arts. = POWDER, FUSE, CAPS. 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D eae Vig, Thine sO, CL ke ——— Spring & Company, F[HESE chests will soon pay for themselves in the breakage they avoid. Price $4. UR new glass covers are by far the handsomest ever offered to the trade. They are made to fit any of our boxes and can be changed from “ : og a one box to anotherina moment They i will save enough goods from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pa . Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks, for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Tivos 50 cents each. re Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery, Gloves, Underwear, Woolens, NEW NOVELTIES. IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams, We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties: Prints and. Domestic Cottons, CINNAMON BAR. ORANGE BAR. , CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES. We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well eae ae « i a ca oe ° > &Tic " is i assorted stock at lowest market prices. 92 Fancy Goods. Half doz. Holland ptd teas ‘4; bl 44 bn....8 80$ 40 me - «Untie's Geed tee... 6... cL... 90 45 nao |“ open dec cups and saucers ae 1 40 70 oe ee es 200 tf @ ee ' ee el. Boo 4 ss ss “ gilt “6 ee 325 1 62 GQ. ss ts st gue 425 1 06 One ‘* A BC child’s plts-pictures ..... 50 Half doz asst 3 color plate sets........... 1 60 80 Qr. |) Jeo SOS Bee 2 50 62 eo eee ee 425 1 06 se - bread ee 450 114 . = - ee 1 a0 1 Be Half Cc. pice murs... ... 2... 50 25 . oer eS, ss. 85 42 — * mare ceevine were... . 200 1 00 femey gerd mars... . 2... i. 2 ee ae cs moustach decrd comees......... 220 1 12 se Ce 5s 00 1 50 Qtr. wie = ee Boe 400 1 00 ‘ * a cm +2 One doz. fruit plates, ant (oeee week 1 50 og ts oe 1 00 Le asst ae Ee 2 25 75 Sixth * ee eNO saat at 4 25 71 Half deerd vases... .. a 85 3 Sixth ** C tg ee 2 25 37 Three doz asst china toys and whistles 40 1 20 One ieothimmeck beleers:..-.. |. 80 ge a a boa 83 - Wee ee cee ecee ope eee cee ee 40 $1 34 33 Package and cartage... Ce 50 34 83 H. LEONARD & SON 140 Fulton St.,Grand Rapids. 134 to ASSORTED — Lin TOYS. 20 percent. disbount..... 2... Package and cartage free. Assortment No 25 One doz Trumpets ASE SRG a cs Ou ene ek +e es Ce eee a SE OO eo Ce 2 Cree Se oe Oe Be 2 One mechanical express wagon .......... 1 Or mance Cage Soveitte @oz tm trem... ll. 2 e ‘* mechanical engine..... 4 o _ ~ COb0e @8rs 2 eo... 2 O02 Sek Oi oa. | CERN ee 3 Sixth “* ge ee a ia dee 4 One tweltth der kitehens...........0._.. 4 . ‘ 9 * Balt - Oe aa " Swe ~* onOm~s.. 1 - me creas were... 1 half Se ee . ** mechanical clowns...... 1 * Coe Ce Gene. ac “10 ) ot or 00 00 25 16 42 85 85 we jo 50 D =-1 & OC wm -12 Ww OW OD He kt OO ee Or rOoOnrnoo wns wes vt ~ GAMES TO RETAIL FOR 25c. One dozen in a Package. Game of Tommy Towns visit to the Country. Fortune Telling. When My Ship Comes In. Army Tents and Solniers. Cuckoo. Base Ball. “ King and Queens. Kee Steeple Chase. o Luck. - Jack Straws. -* Tiddledy Winks. oa Fish Pond. Net per package of 1 doz....... 2 00 Assorted Package DECORATED CUPS and SAUCERS, One doz decrd teas, flowers and mottos. 75 . as nag ; 1 00 eé 6é aa se oe Coe ] 50 oe ff ‘* bands and gilt. See cee 2 00 Halt *‘ ‘OPO COMO ABBE. 6 ok. 3% 138 ~~ gs acs . Fe eee eeoea. 400 2 00 or. * na - git eg eG 6 00 3 30 Sixth doz. ** oa ee eas 200 1.50 aa moustach coffees mesg... 200 1 00 Qtr " oe ° ee ag 3 00 qT rs ~ ip - o ae 6 75 i 69 15 07 Ce as 25 15 32 Assorted Package Dolls, One doz white china babes 2. 30 a eg RM Re 65 33 One * dressed OO 88 mu lh ON 200 100 a hog washable dolls, 21 in long...... 200 100 le _ . See 6 00 2 00 One- twelfth doz dressed fancy jtd dolls. 4 25 35 -. 6:00 50 os ee oe ae oe : 8 50 71 Quarter - kid body bisque dolls. 1 2 OO). 1 60 pone twelfth * J. 2 oo 63 Half _ china limb Gos. oo. 1 80 90 One-third ‘se ee 425 1 42 11 02 ee 2 1 22 Assortment No. 10 GAMES TO RETAIL FOR 10s. One Dozen in a Package. Game of Matrimony. Authors. Peter Coddle’s trip to New York. “ Tiddledy Winks. ‘ Familiar Quotations. Hippity Hop. . Cricket on the Hearth. sh Round the World Joe. sc Kan Yu Du It. a Old Maid. . We Found McGinty. Dissected Picture Puzzle. Net per package of 1 dozen.....75e. se >» 7 + . ,; * Y ; a r { ” { anal > ¥ i.* : } 9 ; % } ad me » “ \ _ } y - \ — \ ~ 4 ! a | } ae - ~ i a ‘ 4 ~~ } + « oe 7 a 4 + - $ by x i 4 ms > - a 1. 4 \ é wt ‘ i = ef * « ; s. 4 . sa 4