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tive neighbor was furtively withdrawn.
As he opened the front door with his
lateh key the husband felt a pang of
shame that he should do it so softly.
Through the open door of the parlor
he saw his wife bending over the figure
of aman lying on the lounge. As he
advanced a step nearer he saw that his
wife’s late visitor and the writer of the
letter—a wealthy and prominent man—
were the same. At the sight of her hus-
band’s face, Mrs. Barstow appeared
strangely disconeerted, but she did not
cease her occupation of bathing the head
of the unconscious man. When he be-
gan to show signs of returning conscious-
ness she motioned her husband back.
“Don’t let him see you,” she said hasti-
ly.
Her gesture was so imperative that al-
most involuntarily Barstow moved out
of sight. An instant later the man
opened hiseyes. Fora moment he gazed
stupidly at the woman standing over him,
then a look of hatred passed over his
countenance.
‘“*You feel better now, do you not?’’
she asked.
‘Yes, I am better, I suppose.
fact is, ’m so used to doing asId
please that I can’t stand it to be crossed.”
He raised up on one elbow and glared at
her. ‘Are you a woman or a devil that
you defy me so? You must have a price
—name it!”
‘*Hush!”’? she cried, warningly.
Her husband came forward, and at
sight of him the man fell back on the
pillows.
“Ah! So you have told him.”
‘Tt have told him nothing,” she replied
with emphasis.
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ee COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO. a 3 > BOOK. PAID THE PENALTY. She drew her husband out of the room.
f Successor to = te Agency and ENTS a It was after 11 o’clock at night. The ‘‘He may have a stroke of apoplexy if he
& a Commercial reports and current collections —— 100 i" Wa rows of dark dwellings which lined either | is excited; he came near one as it was.”
receive prompt and careful attention. Your side of stree > ; x :
patronage respectfully solicited. Side of the street made one house look ‘“‘T must know what this means.”’
-&] =. Office, 65 Monroe St. “ Telephones 166 and 1030. FOR Pat. Manifold brilliantly illuminated by contrast. Al-| “You insist?”
L. J. STEV = Sar A. CUMINGS, TRACER vin Barstow walked quickly toward it, “Certainly.”
¢ @ « (For tracing delayed Freight Shipments considerably surprised as he drew near “Then you mistrust me!” she broke
7 Pat Manifold to find that it was his own and not one out sharply.
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/ ORBARI OWS TELEGRAMS of the other five in the row. What could They regarded each other silently for
«© ‘ be the meaning of this lavish use of gas? | a moment. Reproach and appeal were
al Vasnaent UNIONOR'’POSTAL” LINES For the second time in his life a Suspi-| written in her eyes. He dropped his
a1. Sent are for above Price, cion of his wife flashed through his mind. own.
; or will Send Samples. Once, when they were first married, there} ‘*Yes,” he said shortly.
a 7 - ARO tO MmCL eV IDE eV @am | had been a letter, but, ‘‘Pshaw! All that ‘Very well, I will tell you after he is
“A. d. SHELUMAN, Scientific Optician, 65 Monroe Street. died out years ago,’’ he said to himself. | gone.”
5 genta oT Tea Still, it was queer that she should have He grasped her wrist. ‘You swear
. ‘ received a letter in his presence and de- | jt?”
e stroyed it without telling him its con- She recoiled as if he had struck her.
col : = tents. She had named the writer at his|*I said I would tell you.” Her voice
Eyes tested for spectacles free of cost with | request, but more than this she had not| waseold. ‘You must ring for a carriage
; latestimproved methods. Glasses in every style : i ‘ . :
a@) } a at moderate prices. Artificial human eyes of | told him, and he had been too proud to| now and get him home as quickly as
every color. Sign of big spectacles. urge her confidence. He was annoyed | possible.”
— ESTABLISHED 1841. that the recollection should return so They returned to the parlor, but their
: f THE MERCANTILE AGENCY vividly. His wife did not expect him| visitor maintained a sullen silence until
~ 4 before 1 o’clock, as that was the time] the arrival of the carriage. At the door
R ) G 3 D un & ( 0) . | When he usually got home from the news-| he turned to the wife. ‘Remember the
ie Reference Books issued quarterly. Collections | Paper office where he was employed; but | power of money,” he said, and without a
> . attended to oo nited States owing to a sudden illness of a member of | glance at her husband he was gone.
. o_ moe ee the staff, he had been ordered to start in| When they heard the carriage door
2. Vamp Best Veal Calf. ‘ the morning on a ‘‘detail’’? to a distant] s sbe ife faced eac )
+ 2 Vamp Best Vos Calf. The Bradstreet Mercantile Agency g dis shut, husb and and wife faced each other.
4 Grain Tap, Grain Counter and Grain Inner *‘|town. As he approached the house he ‘It will be wrong for me to tell you
Sole. (Sizes 9 to 134%) The Bradstreet Company, Props. saw that the parlor windows were wide! the meaning of all this, for it is another’s
; $1 Per Pair Net. ———$__________ open, and the curtains swayed to and fro | secret,”’ she began.
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adjoining house the head of an inquisi-| replied brutally: ‘ é x
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truth and the whole truth.”
‘TIT once witnessed a murder. This
man, William Sage, was the principal,
and one who was very dear to me was
accessory to the crime.”’
Instantly the expression of the man’s
face changed. The jealousy which had
predominated vanished and a new look—
keen, shrewd, calculating, the look of a
sleuth hound—took its place.
‘“‘And who was the one
to you?”’
For a moment she hesitated.
*‘My father,” she whispered.
‘And the victim?”’
‘‘Was George Stern, a former partner
of theirs. It happened in our cabin near
Altaville, in Colorado. The three had
been playing cards when a dispute arose
and my father charged Stern with cheat-
ing. Stern gave him the lie, and my
father knocked him down. For some
time previous to this there had been bad
blood between them about a mine, and it
was only because Stern had expressed a
desire for a reconciliation that they con-
sented to the game of cards.’’ She
paused.
‘Well, did it kill him?”
*‘No; that is the worst part of it, for
then it would have been partly excusa-
ble. Mr. Sage was furiously angry. He
threatened to kill us if we rendered the
man any assistance. The fall had pro-
duced unconsciousness. As soon as he
opened his eyes, William Sage shot him
twice and then flung the heavy gun at
his head.”
She drew her hand across her eyes with
a shudder. ‘It was an awful sight. I
don’t think I have ever been quite the
same since. His skull was fractured,
who was dear
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but whether by the fall or the gun we,
did not know.
result of the fall and threatened to prove
it if we told what we knew about the |
affair. They dug a grave in the thick
brush and the body has never been found. |
It was along time before I would con-
sent not to tell, and during that time;
they never left me alone. No enquiry |
was ever made, for the man was sup- |
posed to have left the country.
suffered by his death, and at last 1 made
up my mind to keep the secret for father’s
sake. After his death I was glad I had.
But Mr. Sage has never trusted me. He|
eame here to-night in a frenzy and ac-
cused me with having told you. He
imagined that ue saw a reference to
the crime in an attack upon him in to-
day’s Enterprise and he wanted to buy
me off—to buy my silence.”’
Her eyes flashed. ‘‘He seems to feel,
somehow, that if he can once get me to
accept money he will be more sure of
me. His rage because I refused brought
on the spell you saw. Now I have told
you everything. Promise me that you
will never breathe a word of this to a
human being?”
He did not reply at once. ‘‘It is a hor-
rible thing,’’ he said at length, ‘‘but it is
nothing in which you are specially con-
cerned.”’
“Nothing in which Iam specially con-
eerned?’’ she repeated, in amazement.
‘“‘When IL witnessed it and my own father
was possibly the murderer!’’
‘‘Nonsense! How could he be? If the
man’s skuli had been fractured by the
fall he wouldn’t have regained conscious-
ness.”
“You haven’t promised me yet,’’ she
exclaimed in sudden alarm. *‘Oa, Alvin, |
don’t put it in the paper. Don’t! It
would kill me!”
He had never seen her soexcited. She!
was usually so calm.
‘“‘You are nervous and overwrought,”
he replied evasively. “You must lie
down and get some rest!”
She read the truth in his face.
‘Is nothing sacred?” she asked bitter-
ly. ‘*Must this monster you work for be
fed with my heart’s blood?”’
“You are growing hysterical and giv-
ing yourself a great deal cf unnecessary
alarm. For your own good I must ask
you to go to bed at once. I must return
to the office immediately, -I came home
to get some notes I had forgotten, and
I’ve barely time to get through before
the paper goes to press.”’
Once in the street he fairly ran along
them in his haste to get his work done
before the paper went to press.
It was a tremendous ‘‘scoop.’’ Sage
was a candidate for re-election to the
United States senate, and was an owner
of arival paper. The election would
take place in two weeks, and the Enter-
prise had been making a very bitter fight
against him. This black page in his
history would be a powerful weapon in
their hands; but there was no time to be
lost. A slight compunction for what, he
was about to do Barstow promptly
crushed by a ready sophistry of justifica-
tion. The coup d'etat just at this time
would be of incaleulable benefit to him.
He would be advanced, perhaps, to the
dazzling position of special writer. Sure-
ly this prosperity would console his wife |
for the grief she would feel at the publi-
eation. Besides, was it not the duty of a
newspaper to expose crime?
He glanced at his watch as he dashed
Mr. Sage said it was the |
|local room a group of belated reporters |
looked up in surprise as he hastily |
No one
into the building.
|in which to get his copy ready.
In the |
entered the night editor’s room.
remarked, with a look of envy.
The fortunate man did not reappear.
|He sent forthe artist and gave hima
| rough outline of the tragedy, with in-
structions to make what he could out of
| it it. Then he set to work furiously. With-
| press. This done he dropped wearily on
a lounge and fell asleep.
It was 6 o’clock when he awoke. His
first thought was for a copy of the paper.
Yes, it was ali there; a sensation with a
vengeance. There was even a drawing
of the tragedy, with Senator Sage repre-
sented in the act of firing at the prostrate
form of his victim, and the figure of a
girl and a man in the background. The
well-known features of the murderer were
unmistakable.
Barstow’s next thought was his wife.
| The paper must have been delivered two
or three hours earlier. He hurried out
and went directly home. An aunt of his
wife met him in the hall.
‘‘Be prepared for the worst,’’ she said
sternly. ‘‘The expose in the paper has
been too much for her. If you wrote it,
then you brought this misfortune upon
yourself.’’
“What misfortune? What are you
talking about? Where is my wife?” he
asked in rapid succession.
‘She has lost her reason.
know it was in her father’s family,’’ she
| added, as he staggered back. ‘‘They all
{have terrible tempers, or else they are
quiet and deep like her, and these some-
times go mad.”’
A horrible laugh rang through the
house. He pushed the woman to one
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I have been greatly interested in the
many letters which I have received dur-
ing the week from supporters of the sin-
gle tax and anti-poverty doctrines, to
which I referred in my article of last
week. Most of the writers complain that
I either misunderstand or have wilfully
misrepresented the views they entertain,
and one or two of them have, I confess,
pointed out some immaterial errors of
historical fact which I made, and which
they regard as proofs of my entire igno-
rance of the subject. All that I can say
in reply is that 1 have honestly done the
best I could, and that I have endeavored,
as Othello requested of his friends, to
‘nothing extenuate nor set down aught
in malice.” Warm partisans of any doc-
trines must remember that these doc-
trines necessarily look different to differ-
ent minds, and the aspect they present to
their advocates cannot be expected to be
the same that they do to their opponents.
Besides, what I was aiming at chiefly
was to show that the underlying ground
of the movement to abolish poverty by
confiscating private property in land,
was the widely diffused sentiment that
the poor have a right to share in the pos-
session of the rich, and that the Pope
and his trusted advisers have come to
the conclusion that Dr. McGlynn, in his
advocacy of the anti-poverty doctrine, has
behind him a popular support which it is
not safe for the Roman Catholic Church
to seem to oppose. 1 further desired to
call the attention of the rich to the ex-
istence and the strength of the hostility
to them, and to warn them of the neces-
sity of taking measures to counteract it.
The accuracy of the details of the
anti-poverty teachings is, therefore,
a secondary matter, though I still
maintain thatI have
sential points correctly.
Among other things, Isaid that under
our existing laws the property of the
private owners of land in large cities
is already largely taken from them
by taxation and expended for the
benefit of the poor. Of the assessed val-
uations of real and personal estate in New
York last year, $1,500,000,000 was real
estate, and only a little over $300,000,000
personal estate. The owners of real
estate pay, therefore, five-sixths of all the
taxes collected in Gotham, and owners of
personal estate only one-sixth. Of these
taxes, amounting last year to $36,000,000,
there was expended upon asylums, re-
formatories, almshouses, and _ public
schools, $8,000,000, besides which real
property of churches, free libraries, hos-
pitals, and other benevolent institutions
was exempted from taxation to the
amount of $80,000,000, thereby increasing
the sum collected from taxpayers $1,480,-
000. Thus, the private owners of land
in New York, in addition to what they
paid for municipal purposes, contributed
five-sixths of $9,480,000, or $7,900,000, to
furnish the poor with free food and fuel,
free schools, free medical aid, free read-
ing, and free religious ministrations,
besides giving them water at a nominal
price. If, now, a majority of the voters
choose to extend this bounty so as to in-
clude in it free house rent, free railroad
riding, free theaters, concert rooms and
other ampsements, there is no legal im-
pediment in the way. It is not necessary
to justify the proceeding upon the theory
that private ownership in land is unjust,
or to put forward any other excuse. It
is enough for the majority to declare that
stated their es-
|
such is their will, and the minority must |
submit toit. Excellent reasons can be!
given for confining taxation to the land |
alone, but the raising by such taxation of
more than is needed for strictly govern-
ment purposes, cannot be defended by |
denying the rights of private land |
owners.
A great deal is said, I know, not only
by Mr. George and his disciples, but by
others, about the ‘‘unearned” increment
of land values, and the right of the com-
munity to appropriate it for its own pur-
poses. Instances are adduced of pur-
chases by individuals of parcels of land
at a trifling price which have subse-
quently, in the course of time, become
enormously valuable; and it asked
triumphantly, as if there were no sufti-
cient answer to the query, why this en-
hanced value should not go to those by
whose exertions, it is said, it was created,
instead of being retained by those who
apparently merely sat still and waited
for fortune to come to them. It
enough to reply, it seems to me, that
unless vested rights are recognized in
land, as wellas in other property, no
civilization is possible. If, after an
individual, under the _— sanction of
laws made by his fellow. citizens,
invests his money in land, he
is to be deprived of it merely because he
has made a good bargain, a precedent is
set which strikes at the ownership of
property of any kind. Moreover, those
who talk about the injustice of permit-
ting private owners to retain the in-
crease of land values, either forget or
never have known that the casesin which
land decreases in value are quite as
numerous as those in which it increases.
Many pieces of real property in New
York are worth barely one-half now what
they were thirty years ago, and in the
neighboring cities of Brooklyn and
Jersey City similar cases abound. If,
therefore, justice allows the community
to appropriate the increase of land values,
it likewise demands that owners whose
land has decreased in value by the with-
drawal of popular favor shall be compen-
sated for the loss.
is
is
Another point which the would-be con-
fiscators of the increment of land values
fail to consider is that, in most cases,
this increment, instead of being un-
earned, as they suppose, by the owner
of land, hasin reality been more than
earned by him. To illustrate by actual
experience: A friend of mine bought
just before the war some lots in the sub-
urbs of New York, paying for them
$2,500. He held them for thirty years,
paying taxes and assessments upon them
all the time, and then sold them for $i0,-
000. Here was, apparently, a profit of
300 per cent. which he had not earned.
But in reality he had paid out in taxes
and assessments, and in loss of interest
during the thirty years, allowing noth-
ing for his own trouble in taking care of
the property, not only the $10,000 which
he finally received, but $10,000 more.
He thus actually lost $10,000 on his invest-
ment, instead of gaining $7,500. Anoth-
er friend, about the same time, paid
$5,000 for some other lots which he sold
last year for $50,000, showing an appar-
ent profit of $45,000, or 900 percent. On
making up his accounts he found he was
really out of pocket $5,000 by the opera-
tion. It cannot be denied that some
speculators in land are more fortunate
than my friends were, but they are like
teries. It will not do to conclude from
their success that buyers of land always
make profits, any more than it will do to
ets win prizes. In fact, we know that as
a whole they lose money.
A practical difficulty, too, in the way
ing the unearned increment of land values
as such, is that of determining who, in
the proceeds. The increased value of
‘land in New York, for example, is due to
and of its
world.
trade with the rest of the
Landin Wall street is immense-
ly valuable, because the financial mag-
gregate there todo business. Broadway
eause the citizens of the rest of the Union
come there to buy goods. Fifth avenue
lots sell at great prices because they are
wanted for residences, not only by our
local millionaires, but by men who have
made fortunes in other places. Land
further up town is also dear, because of
its desirability for families the heads of
whom have come here to seek their for-
tunes, and to this desirability the elevat
ed railroads have contributed immensely.
But for their help, indeed, my unfortu-
nate real estate speculating friends
would have lost much more than they
did by their ventures. It is impossible,
among the claims of all these diverse
agencies, and of the many others which
Ihave not enumerated, to decide how
much is the share of each one in aug-
menting land values, and this fact alone,
irrespective of the injustice of the pro-
ceeding, is an effectual bar to putting in-
to practice the theory that the supposed
unearned increment belongs to others
than those who have bought the land in
accordance with existing laws.
That, in spite of all these considera-
tions, the conelusiveness of which I
think will commend itself to every dis-
passionate judgment,the doctrines taught
by Henry George and Dr. MeGlynn have
found so many adherents as they have,
is, L repeat, asign of the times which
should not pass unheeded. Declaiming
against them is a waste of breath, and I
am not sure that my efforts to expose
their true character are worth the trouble
of making them. Still, 1 felt irresitibly
moved to write what I have written, and
now that [ have unburdened my soul, I
will let the subject drop for the present.
MATTHEW MARSHALL.
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it is a fault to repeat it.
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Portage Socks, Knit and Felt Boots.
Dealers are cordially invited to send ir
mail orders.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
FIRE-PROOF ROOFING
This Roofing is guaranteed to stand in alt
places where Tin and Iron has failed; is super
ior to Shingles and much cheaper.
The best Roofing for covering over Shfngles
on old roofs of houses, barns, sheds, ete.; will
not rot or pull loose, and when painted with
our
FIRE-PROOF ROOF PAINT,
Will last fonger than shingles. Write the un
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Roofing and for samples of Building Papers,
etc.
Hi. M. REYNOLDS & SON,
Practical Roofers,
Ger. Louis and Campau Sts, Grand Rapids, Mich.
THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
AMONG THE TRADE.
AROUND THE STATE.
Detroit—John B. Boyle succeeds 8S. J.
Ransier in the drug business.
Coleman—S. Bowdish succeeds Bow-
dish & Boyce in general trade.
Hough‘on—Ruhl & Barry succeed Shel-
don Bros. in the drug business.
Hudson—Martin & Blood succeed A.
Opdyke in the lumber business.
Newaygo—Seth S. Watrous succeeds
Lever & Lever in the drug business.
Owosso—John Hoyt has purchased the
crockery stock of Glynn & Monroe.
Marquette—Hager Bros. succeed Chas.
A. Hager in the furniture business.
Brown City—John Shearsmith succeeds
Rice & Mapes in the hardware business.
Bachelor—R. R. Rogers is succeeded by
S. J. Brightman in the grocery business.
Dowagiac—Mandaval Eaton has sold
his stock of groceries to Charles Amsden.
Morenci—H. D. Pegg succeeds Pegg &
Wilson in the drug and grocery business.
Cass City—H. B. Fairweather succeeds
Fairweather Bros. in the grocery busi-
ness.
Benton Harbor—Nichols & Hall suc-
ceed Guy Lockwood in the drug busi-
ness.
lonia—The Ionia Produce Co. has
closed out its stock and will retire from
business.
Litchfield—J. W. Hartman succeeds
John E. Lewis in the cigar and tobacco
business.
Ionia—Canfield & MHanigan succeed
Welch & Long in the grocery and meat
business.
Kalamazoo—F. M. Harwood is succeed-
ed by Harwood & Oakes in the hardware
business.
Detroit — Jno. N. Graham succeeds
Caroline C. (Mrs. E.) Rolls in the drug
business.
Blissfield—A. C. Bartholomew is suc-
ceeded by John Houghtby in the furni-
ture business.
Pewamo—J. H. Whittaker succeeds
the Pewamo Elevator Co. in the hand-
ling of grain.
Detroit—Hasse & Dings, tailors, have
dissolved, J. C. Hasse & Son continuing
the business.
Negaunee—Wm. Johnston is succeeded
by A. Boulson in the saw and planing
mill business.
Adrian—Gibford & Walker succeed
Gibford, Kennedy & Aldrich in the hard-
ware business.
Saline—Chas. F. Underkirchen suc-
ceeds G. B. Mason in the drug and sta-
tionery business.
Fremont — Gross & Mosier succeed
Chas. Rose in the restaurant and confec-
tionery business.
Weston—Vail & Holden are succeeded
by Holden & Morris in the agricultural
implement business.
Bay City—Thatcher & Olmstead, gro-
cers, have dissolved, Geo. Thatcher con-
tinuing the business.
Detroit—D. O. Wiley & Co., produce
dealers, have dissolved, D. O. Wiley con-
tinuing the business.
Lansing—Dunham & Price, hardware
dealers, have dissolved, Price & Smith
continuing the business.
Davison Station—The Davison Road
Cart Co. is succeded by the Wolverine
Carriage Co., incorporated.
Clayton—Kessler & Bales are succeed-
ed by John B. Kessler & Son in the hard-
ware and lumber business.
Petoskey — Pettingill Bros., grocers
and bakers, have dissolved partnership,
Samuel Pettingill succeeding.
Monroe Center—Willis Wrightman has
| Craine and will continue the business.
Grand Ledge—The A. L. Worden drug
stock has been purchased by Joslin &
Anderson, who will continue the busi-
ness.
North Branech—Schell Bros. & Castle,
dealers in general merchandise, have dis-
solved, Schell Bros. continuing the busi-
ness.
Applegate—Munn & Mattison are suc-
ceeded by Munn & Sherman in the dry
goods, grocery and boot and shoe busi-
ness.
Cadillac—Newark & Drury have mer-
ged their hardware business into a
stock company under the style of Newark
& Druary Co.
Lowell—Hunter & Son have refur-
nished and decorated their drug store,
enabling them to display their stock to
better advantage.
Bendon—Albert Kent’s store and gen-
eral stock were recently destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at $3,000,
with no insurance.
Reed City—P. M. Lonsbury has sold
his stock of drugs and stationery to E. H.
Pierce and Frank Lonsbury, who will
continue the business.
Whitnaeyville—F. T. Croinger has sold
his dry goods and grocery stock to Geo. E.
Hutchinson and will re-engage in busi-
ness in some other location.
Bellaire—Ira A. Adams has purchased
the interest of Mr. Swift in the hardware
firm of Adams & Swift and will continue
the business in his own name.
Mancelona—W. E. Watson, the pion-
eer merchant of this place, has sold his
stock of shoes, dry goods and men’s
furnishing goods to P. Medalie.
Detroit — Alexander Goetz has pur-
chased the interest of Geo. Taylor in the
dry goods stock of W. N. Winans & Co.
The firm name remains the same.
Watervliet—The general firm of S. D.
Walden & Co.—composed of S. D. Wal-
den and F. H. Merrifield—will hereafter
be known as Walden & Merrifield.
Wayland—E. W. Pickett has purchased
the interest of Frank E. Pickett in the
general stock of Pickett Bros. and will
continue the business in his own name.
Kalamazoo—Charles Lawrence, for the
past nine years shipping clerk for the
Phelps & Biglow Windmill Co., has re-
signed and purchased the grocery stock
of W. A. Purdy.
Cheboygan—Samuel Rindskoff has re-
tired from the clothing firm of Rindskoff
Bros. The business will be continued by
Wm. and Henry Rindskoff under the
same firm name.
Coldwater—J. W. Shively has uttered
two chattel mortgages on his dry goods
| stock, one to A. J. Shively for $10.600
and the other to the Coldwater National
Bank for $4,350.
Ishpeming—Leffler & Hildebrant, meat
dealers at this place and also at Beacon,
have dissolved, John Hildebrant continu-
ing the business at Beacon and J. J.
Leffler at this place.
Muskegon—Glasgow Bros. & Dack will
move the unsold portion of the D. M.
Stever dry goods stock to their stores in
Jackson, where they have been in busi-
ness for the past eight years.
Fremont —James Atchison has pur-
chased the interest of Mr. Wilcox in the
grocery and boot and shoe business of
Vallier & Wilcox. Thenew firm will be
| known as Vallier & Atchison.
|purchased the grocery stock of Byron |
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Prairieville—J. E. Cairns has sold his
‘interest in the general merchandise busi-
ness of Cairns, Temple & Co. to his part-
ners, who will continue the business
under the style of Temple & Nelson.
Kalamazoo—Conger & Baumann, who
recently uttered mortgages on their
crockery stock to the City Bank for $14,-
500, offer to compromise with their gen-
eral creditors at 50 cents on the dollar.
Sand Lake—The firm of Blanchard &
Tringle has been dissolved. T. J.
Blanchard will continue the furniture
and undertaking business and Tringle &
Laclear will continue the hardware busi-
ness.
Middieton—A. P. Albaugh has sold
his grocery stock to Naldrett Bros., who
will continue the business at the same lo-
cation. Mr. Albaugh has leased the new
hotel here and will try his hand as a
landlord.
Manton—F. T. Roberts and A. H.
Meeker have formed a copartnership and
will embark in the produce and cold stor-
age business, erecting for that purposea
stone and brick building, 25x60 feet in
dimensions.
White Pigeon—The “‘oldest established
business in St. Joseph county,’’ recently
referred to in Tue TRADESMAN, should
have been located at this place, instead
of Constantine. It correctly referred to
the harness business of John Hotchin,
who has sold out to Geo. W. Pike.
MANUFACTURING MATTERS.
Marquette—Bice & Sons have started
their sawmill and will cut out their stock
by May 1. '
Daggett—The G. H. Westman Lumber
Co. will build a planing mill as an adjunct
to its sawmill here.
Evart—Nixon & Morgan have put up a
shingle mill on Norway creek, near this
place, and started it last week.
Trout Creek—The Trout Creek Lumber
Co. has started its sawmill and will saw
during the balance of the season.
‘Saginaw—The firm name of the Feige-
Silsbee Furniture Manufacturing Co. has
been changed to the Feige Desk Co.
West Bay City—The Wilson Hoop Co.,
not incorporated, have dissolved, F. L.
Wilson and I. Pierce continuing the busi-
ness under the same style.
Ithaca—W. &. Keefer has purchased
the timber on seven forties, near Farwell,
estimated to cut 2,000,000 feet, mostly
hemlock and it will be cut at once.
Luther—Crandall & Goul have erected
anew shingle mill seven miles east of
this place and are already running on
their plentiful stock of choice cedar.
Three Rivers—L. J. Knause has
ceased manufacturing harness goods at
Mendon, and sold his interest in the Jack-
son harness factory, accepting a cash
bonus to establish a harness factory at
this place.
Cold water—The stock and business of
the B. S. Tibbits’ Cigar Manufacturing
Co. has been purchased by the American
Cigar Co. Mr. Tibbits will give his en-
tire attention to the business of the Cold-
water Oil Stove Co., of which he is Man-
ager.
Negaunee—William Johnston, who has
been operating a planing mill here, has
sold out to A. Boulsom, who will run it
under the name of the Negaunee Sash &
Door Co. As soon as necessary repairs
can be completed, it will be started up
for the season’s business.
Gladwin—Seely & Hood, hoop manu-
facturers at Beaverton, have dissolved.
Mr. Seely retains the Beaverton mill and
business, and Mr. Hood the Gladwin
mill, which has been run under the firm
name of Saylor Hoop Co., although the
property of the copartnership of Seely &
Hood.
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The Grocery Market.
Sugar—Without change in price. The
demand is light and the market on both
raw and refined is weak.
Canned goods—Tomatoes and corn con-
tinue to strengthen in price and all varie-
ties of vegetables are bound to go higher
before the advent of another season.
The same is true of peaches and some
other varieties of fruit. Domestic sar-
dines are higher and will probably double
in price, owing to the passage of a law
by the Massachusetts Legislature, forbid-
ding salmon packing in that State until
next fall.
Oysters—The mild weather is begin-
ning to be felt in the oyster business
and prices declined 10e per gallon Mon-
day. a ee
Energetic solicitor wanted to fill gen-
eral agency position, representing the
Mutual .Benefit Life Insurance Co., of
Newark, N. J. Good territory. Com-
mission and renewal contract. Excel-
lent opening for business man or trav-
eler. Address, confidentially, H. R.
Whitman, Supt. Michigan Agencies,
Grand Rapids.
FOR SALE, WANTED, ETC.
Advertisements will be inserted under this
head for two cents a word the first insertion and
one cent a word for each subsequent insertion.
No advertisements taken for less than 25 cents.
Advance payment.
BUSINESS CHANCES.
OR SALE— FURNITURE STOVE AND
crockery business. Store well adapted to
the business. Undertaking might be added.
Bargain on the stock; low rent; great oppor-
tunity; fine prosperous farming country. Ad-
dress Lock Box 98, Greenville, Mich.- 651
OR SALE—GOOD, CLEAN, SALABLE stock
of drugs, groceries and hardware, or will
exchange for desirable chattel property or real
estate. Arthur Mulholland, Jr., Ashton, Mich.
645
OR SALE—STOCK OF GROCERIES AND
fixtures in a;ive town in Northern Indiana.
Will invoice about $1,800. Address Lock Box 61.
La Grange, Ind. 649
SITUATIONS WANTED.
OSITION WANTED—FOR A YOUNG LADY
who is experienced in commercial and bank
book-keeping, accustomed to cash and general
office work, an exceilent stenographer and Rem-
ington operator, five years’ experience with late
employers Valuable, competent help, a lady of
refinement and ability. Owing to change in
business, parties are assisting to secure a posi-
tion. Address Late Employers, care Michigan
Tradesman 638
MISCELLANEOUS.
OR SALE—OR EXCHANGE FOR LARGE
stock of merchandise. Will pay cash dif-
ference. Six hundred acres hardwood timber
land in Emmet county. Good soil. One half
mile from railway station, by road or waterway.
For particulars address E. F. B., Grand Blanc,
Mich. 652
OR SALE OR TRADE FOR MERCHAN-
dise, 3 billiard and 3 pool tables with outfit
complete. Brunswick, Balke, Collender Co.’s
make. Used only six months. Address No. 653,
care Michigan Tradesman. 653
oe eee AND SHOE STOCK IN-
voicing $3, 000 or less in exchange for resi-
dence property in Jackson. Chas. F. Sanborn,
207 Orange St., Jackson, Mich. 647
ryXO EXCHANGE—SEVERAL FINE FARMS
and Lansing city property for merchandise.
For particulars address George M. Dayton, Lan-
sing, Mich. 648
ANTED—TO PURCHASE STOCK GRO-
ceries. Address Box 1015, Des Moines,
346
Iowa.
OR SALE—TWO-STORY FRAME STORE
building and dwelling in thriving Northern
Michigan town. Property well rented. Will
sell cheap or exchange for city property. A. M.
LeBaron, 65 Monroe St. 636
OR SALE—CLEAN sTOCK OF GENERAL
merchandise, located at Sumner, six miles
south of Riverdale. Building is 22x88, with
storehouse 20x90, all in good shape. Trade
amounts to $15,000 per year. Excellent opportu
nity. Address No. 632, care Michigan Trades-
man. » 632
ANTED — REGISTERED PHARMACIST
Dr. L. E. Benson. Woodland, Mich. 650
OR SALE—SYLVAN LAKE HOTEL, ROME
- City,Ind, Or will sell furniture and rent
building, or would exchange for other good
property. Address Lock Box 61, La ange
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GRAND RAPIDS GOSSIP.
W. H. Cone has opened a grocery store
at 75 Clancy street. The Olney & Judson
Grocer Co. furnised the stock.
W. J. Barnum has opened a grocery
store at Velzy. Thestock was furnished
by the Lemon & Wheeler Company.
A. L. Jenison has sold his grocery stock
at 144 West Fulton street to N. H. Wal-
bridge, the East street general dealer.
Frank Collins has purchased an inter-
est in the tobacco business of A. J. Quist
and the new firm will be known as A. J.
Quist & Co.
C. Quint has sold his grocery stock on
Center street to M. J. Vanderveen & Co.,
who will continue the business at the
same location.
J. DePotter has purchased the grocery
stock of Seth Ellis, at South Grand Rap-
ids, and added considerably thereto, pur-
chasing his goods from the Lemon &
Wheeler Company.
W. J. and F. C. Henwood have formed
a copartnership under the style of Hen-
wood Bros. and embarked in the grocery
business at Hart. The Ball-Barnhart-
Putman Co. furnished the stock.
H. P. Streng, of this city, has formed
a copartnership with C. L. Streng, of
Montague, under the firm name of C. L.
Streng & Son, and will embark in the
dry goods business at Holland about
March 1.
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Gripsack Brigade.
‘‘Hub” Baker’s mare and sleigh, which
were raffled off last Saturday evening,
were drawn by Hull Freeman, of Mance-
lona, and Manley Jones, the versatile
grocery salesman.
Valda Johnston is able to be about
again, but hardly strong enough to stand
the rigors of the road. His route is,
therefore, being covered this week by
C. W. Payne, whose place he takes in the
house in the meantime.
A. S. Doak was taken sick at Smyrna
last Wednesday and is quite ill at his
home here, being threatened with pneu-
monia. His route will be covered during
his illness by Jas. B. MeInnes, whose
city trade will be covered in the meantime
by L. Randall Hawkins.
Wm. Boughton has severed his connec-
tion with H.S. Robinson & Co. to accept
a position with the new house of C. E.
Smith Shoe Co. He will not start out for
the new house until about March 1, and
in the meantime is spending a fortnight
with a brother in Massachusetts.
C. M. Woodard who has been on the
road for the past year for Barlow Bros.,
has engaged to travel for the Globe Com-
pany, manufacturers of file cases and of-
fice appliances at Clncinnati. His terri-
tory will comprise Michigan and North-
ern Ohio and Indiana.
Texas Commercial Traveler: No trav-
eling salesman need make himself a
walking encyclopedia, but the more in-
formation he gains on matters pertinent
to his business the better he will be able
to cope with business difficulties and ad-
vance the condition of his calling.
Wm. C. Wells, who has traveled for W.
J. Gould & Co. for the past seven years,
will be married Feb. 9 to Miss Maude
Onnolee McGregor, of Flint, which city
has long been Mr. Wells’ home. The
bride is said to be one of Flint’s fairest
daughters and a worthy cempanion to
THEH MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
the intrepid traveler whose name she |
assumes and whose fortune she proposes
to share.
H. S. Robinson & Co. have re-organ-
ized and re-arranged their traveling force
in Michigan, in consequence of the re-
tirement of Wm. Boughton and Wm.
Paxton. The former will be succeeded
by H. W. Mason, who is already in the
field. Mr. Paxton is succeeded by Carle-
ton Row, who will cover the Michigan
Central and D., L. & N. H. Irving visits
the trade of the Thumb country, Eastern
Michigan and Northern Ohio. A. W.
Kelly covers Northeastern Michigan and
H. F. P. Schneider Southwestern Michi-
gan. The Upper Peninsula is cared for
by J. Joe Carroll, who resides at Mar-
quette and visits all the available towns
in the Lake Superior country and North-
ern Wisconsin.
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The Hardware Market.
Steel Nails—Demand light. No change
to note in price. $1.80 rates are now
asked. There is a move on foot to
change the list of advances, but nothing
as yet has been decided upon.
Wire Nails—Not strong in price, al-
though the impression seems to be that
bottom has nearly been reached. It is
certain if there is not a change fur the
better some mills will have toshut down.
The present price is $1.70 to $1.80, ac-
cording to quantity.
Barbed Wire—Many dealers are plac-
ing their orders for spring shipment, be-
lieving that it cannot be lower. $2.50
for painted and $2.70 for galvanized is
now quoted.
Glass—Something is going on in the
glass market that will have a tendency
to steady prices. At the figures at which
glass has been selling manufacturers
cannot continue and pay their debts.
We quote 80 and 10 by the box.
Rope—Both sisal and manilla are weak,
notwithstanding the National Cordage
Co. pretends to control the market. °*
Lumberman’s Supplies—Everything in
this line is very scarce, owing to the
great demand caused by the splendid
winter we are haying. Cross cut saws,
saw handles, chain files and cant hook
handles have all been short.
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Musselman Grocer Co.
Wm. Widdicomb has retired from the
wholesale grocery firm of Musselman &
Widdicomb and the business has been
merged into a stock company under the
style of the Musselman Grocer Co. The
capital stock of the new corporation is
$100,000, of which $70,000 is subscribed
and paid in, being held as follows:
Asoos S Musselman. ................--... $35,000
NT 12,000
Neary lems. ......-....2.0 2.4... 10,000
OEE eee 8,000
Jarmsce Me Gaeruew......-............-..... 5,000
The officers of the corporation are as
follows:
President—Amos S. Musselman.
Vice-President—Henry Idema.
Secretary and Treasurer — John E.
Peck.
Mr. Musselman, who will serve the
new corporation in the capacity of Man-
ager, has been continuously connected
with the wholesale grocery business of
this market for the past eleven years,
having begun his career as a wholesale
grocer with the former firm of Fox, Mus-
selman & Loverage in 1882. He is ahard
worker and a man of excellent business
judgment, and, under his direction and
oversight, the Musselman Grocer Co.
will undoubtedly meet the same measure
of success which attended the former
firm of Musselman & Widdicomb.
Pocket Microbes.
Representative Outhwaite, of Ohio, is
none too soon in his investigation of old
greenbacks and bank notes as the medi-
um for spreading disease, and the whole
nation should thank Dr. C. F. Clark, of
Columbus, for first calling his attention
to this subject. Itis not pleasant to be
told by Dr. J. C. Graham, bacteriologist,
of Starling Medical College, that old pa-
per money is as full of bacteria as eggs
are of meat. It is not comforting to
think that we may have shut up in our
pocket-books colonies of bacteria quietly
biding their time to walk down our
throats and do their evil work. How
pestiferous are these germs Dr. Graham
does not know, but considering that the
London Lancet reports the finding of
19,000 germs on two Bank of England
notes, and considering that cultures
made in broth, gelatine and sugar killed
rats and guinea-pigs twenty-four hours
after infection, it is safe for Congress to
infer the worst and prepare for it by
passing Mr. Outhwaite’s bill directing
the Secretary of the Treasury to frequent-
ly redeem paper currency, and appropri-
ating the necessary money, $50,000, for
carrying it into effect. This is a small
sum compared with the great danger it
may avert. I hope Mr. Holman will not
object. Fifty thousand dollars of pre-
vention is worth millions of cure.
KATE FIELD.
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Purely Personal.
D. L. Wigent, the Watervliet grocer,
has been laid up two months with inflam-
matory rheumatism, but is recovering
so rapidly that he will soon be himself
again.
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The man who unscrupulously tries to
get the earth catches another place.
CINSENG ROOT.
We pay the highest price for it. Address
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PECK BRO i Wholesale Dru;
GRAND RAP
FRANK H. WHITE,
Manufacturer’s Agent and Jobber of
Brooms, Washboards, Wooden
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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.
More Made
More Sold
More Smoked
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Michigan
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Best Assortment and Lowest Prices,
EDWIN J. GILLIES & CO.,
NEW YORK CITY,
Direct Importers and Distribntors of Cottees
Roasters and Packers of
STANDARD BRANDS OF THE WORLD.
Prices consistent with reliable quality from first hands.
J. P. VISNER, Agent, 167 North Ionia St.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
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rhere’s nothing from heaven to bar me out. | Ciifton OCC........ RN 6 i sapien. os aan Te
I've been to meeting three times a week, (Top of the Heap.... 7- | oentennial......... 10%|Somerset...........- 7 Chicago salesroom with Silverman & Opper,
And almost always I'd rise and speak. BLEACHED COTTONS. aaa ites ............ ™% ee eee or oe See i
*ve told the sinners about the day j; ABC. ............. 34 |Geo. a. - 8 | Gumberland staple. 5% Toil du Nord.......10% ’
apcegen tes hymansecte iia e “age A [eee eel 8 iGlen Mills.......... , (on aa, Tel tein Vinten inet wists.
When they'd repent of their evil way; | Ameoere.... . ..-- + 7 {Gold Medal......... ee 44 « seersucker.. 7%| warranted not to rip. Shirts from $2.50 to 815 7“
I ve told my —— tol a Pall: | Art Cambric........ 10 |Green Ticket....... oh 7%4|Warwick.... ...... 8% | per doz. Spring line now ready. Samples sent
ree wn them wear : s rt “fe a | Blackstone A A.. a oon — ee hee os @RAIN a. 7 wis ai vera
Hasn’t walked exactly the narrow way; 4 #$ | Bdwards............ e Ee gta ‘ mn .16%|Valley ty ne 6 ®
He — and he swears and grave faults he’s —— eee ‘++ BO Seon: yg oe = putin 20% |Georgia... .....-.. 15% 5 5
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A in ‘fo mn’t know whether he’ll pass or not. Fruit of the Loom. 84 Suntight........ .. 4% | American........... 16 |Pacific ..... ;
oC ~ | Fitchville ......... 7 |Utica Mills......... 8% THREADS. Once and You are our Customer yi
He never would pray w ith an earnest vim First ras... ...... _ Nonpareil ..10 Clark’s Mile End....45 |Barbour's........... 88 for life.
Or go to revival Se es Fruit of the Loom %. eee a Liou o% Coats’, J. P| 45 |Marshall’s.......... 88 on ha
So I had to leave him in sorrow there, Fairmount..... . 434) ee ES 22%
While I, with — eee united it p ra ag Full Value...... : 6%| “Rock. . 8% oly scecaiiceinae einai STANTON, MOREY & CO., Mfrs.
He ate what the pantry chanced to afford, HALF BLEACHED COTTONS. i
While I, in my purity, sang to the Lord, ee 7 |Dwight Anchor..... 8% White. Colored. — — DETROIT, MICH. “
And. if cucumbers were all he got, Warwell....... a. 8 I — ¢£.. 2 38 No. Mone e v
epee iia agiagiaamams leacl * gna ‘teen | hed, a = io ‘ 44 | Geo. F. Owen, Salesman for Western Michigan, . °
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And. O St. Peter, I love him so— ; ' Housewife Biviisied 54) Housewife % Lk bes OM . Bue 41 ' 45 Residence, 59 N. Union St., Grand Rapids.
To the pleasures of heaven pee let him go! B —_— Se iii
Ain’t one enough —a saint I’ve been? _ Ce 3 | “ . am . ne
Won't that atone? Can't you let him in? ‘“ 66s 6% ts. - 8% ee 5 Pe. thes sace :
By my grim gospel I know ‘tis so | “ ee “ i"... .9ig | White Star......... ; oene sie ee ee
That the unrepentant must fry below; “ -. 7 “ Oe 10 Kid Glove.........+. : > ae “1. aoe : nM a
But isn’t there some way you Can see as ao: . 7% | “ _ 10% | Newmarket......... f WUOWIGE .... .... ‘
That he may enter who’s dear to me? “ | +6 eae 11% RED FLANNEL. SNEDICOR k HATHAWAY
“a | ‘ r 2 4
It’s a narrow gospel by which I pray, i : . Y......- I 4 PITGHRAR...... seves EE ber chan susan eens BMY : ¢
cpect to fi ray c ¢ 8 Z. -13% | Greedmore ec R%
But the chosen expect to find a way “ K 94 Creedmore........-+ TRE XXX 35
Of coaxing or fooling or bribing you, . __ 10 | Teleot EA2......... e > ‘ By
So that their relation can amble through i L. .. ae | Raeeee........... 274% |Buckeye.... ........
ee nee te oo ee ees “ x smut aye MIXED FLANNEL. Manufacturers and Wholesale
Sana ean forl cy tana acd eo laid..40 |Grey SRW......... Dealers in , oF
You ought to stand right by the opening there a i a eS oe ee WoeernW :
And never sit down in that easy chair. s+. og ae 1
CARPET WARP. ' i es 1 % sons acate = aia
And say. St. Peter, my sight is dimmed, | Peerless, white.. -- 18% Integrity colored...20 6 oz Western......-. 20 nsetns x bees ot be A
But I don’t like the way your whiskers are “ e olored.. + ROG) White § Star de a 18 Uniom BB... ++ se. BEV MOMIIODA..... . 20.50.
trimmed: Peters .......-.5 « 118%| colored. .20 : ee FLANNEL. 9 @10% AN) . 5
They're cut too wide and outward toss— DRESS GooDs. Nameless en @ 9 saa int
They" d look better narrow, Cut straig! ht OCreeek. | Wasiieee. owas sss 8 {Nameless oT i So cau ‘ cones ;
sige we zaust be Sad we'll aan int abet “ eu ‘10461 . aE Slate Brown. Black.|Slate Brown. Black. ww
ia ea eg OO Gee. Molec eks % 9% 94|10% 10% 10% 124-126 Jefferson Ave.,
St. Peter sat quiet Stroking his staff, Nameless cn as “ 10% 10% 1044/11 11% 11% “
But, spite of his office »heh ad to laugh; cc im i ‘ 11% 11% 11%|12 12 12 _
“Who's tending this gateway. you or L"" eet eniectal . = = Se » | DETROIT, MICH
“Who's tendi ig thi cateway. you or 1: Coraline .......--. 89 50! Wonderfu DUCES. .
And then herose in his stature tall, Schilling’s......... 9 saber DS siniiees 47 | severen, 8 o2........ 04 |Weat Point, 8 o5....10% “s
And pressed a button upon the wall, Davis Waists..... 9 00/Bortree’s .......... 9 00 | Mayland, 8oz....... 10% 100 00: 8
And said to To who — “d the bell, Grand Rapids..... 4 50|Abdominal........ 15 00 Greenwood, 7H om OE. 4 Raven, nea 13% . *
“Escort this lady around to—Hades! CORSET JEANS. treen woo . ee Se
Th : an stood still as a piece of ston Ary ......-5-+--. ee. 4 Boston, 6 on one e ene 10% |Boston, 10 0z........ 12%
1e man stood sti Ss rece stone— yee ' aa !
goon Sng yon gag Biddeford en. o \Oenetcaga.. —— a Men’s and Women’s Fine Shoes a e
A life long. settled idea he had awk... 6%|Walworth ....-. .... 6% | White, dos.......... % fier belo, @ des.....08 Special
That his wife was good and he was bad; runsw | PRINT, ' Colored, dos........ 20 |Colored 7 BO Pp ty. :
He thought, if the woman went down below, Allen turkey iit | (Berwick fancies... 5% SILESIAS. Ci 3
That he would certainly have to go; robes. ' é \Clyde Robes........ Slater, Tron Cross... 8 ;Pawtucket.....
pectic ad senfieoateafhe >. ape eutiene “ ink & purple 6 |Charter Oak fancies 4% ed Cross.... 9 |/Dundie...... Seas
There wasn’t the ghost of a show for him. bi Puffs 6 'DelMarine cashim’s. 6 “t i
Slowly he turned, by bat pit bent, “ pak checks. 6 mourn’g 6
Te follow wherever the woman went. . staples ...... 6 |Eddystone es : a
St. Peter, standin n duty there, ! . : ae woe 44) rc — at ; we aes
a a} 7 a the e ee eae aaa. rd ’ sateens.. 6 Corticelli, doz....... 85 Corticelli eee,
Fri 11 he 7 , ia hay you be en wed?” American shirtings. 5 | Hamilton a a twist, doz..4C per 4%oz ball...... 30 dat
“Thirty years,” with a weary — Argentine Grays... 6 | staple .... : = doz..40
And then thoughtfully added, “Why!” — —: 8% Manchester fancy. : "ewig Tho gb “area , a ed
i rol BH "k & White 0 i a
St. Peter was silent. With head bent down, Arnold Merino. ... 6 |Merrimack D fancy. 6 No : Bl a : .
He =~ i his hand and s¢ —_ — his ¢ — ni; “long cloth B. 10% Merrim’ ek shirtings. 4% : A “2 “ 49 ss "95 CZ
ming a different thought to take ss epp furn ots ca
ars with that woman there?’ - cman’ é Pacific fancy ........ 6 —o-.. mots W OK.....: 40
No wonder the man hasn't any hair! “gold seal... 2 0 eobek 6% | No a g 3 o ene 3s | oe ie
Swearing is wicked, smoke’s not good ; | green seal TR 10%|Portamouth robes... 6 ® roe ore, »
He smoked and swore—I should think he would! “ “yellow seal. .10}/Simpson mourning. ¢ No 2 White & BI'k 12 No 8 White & BI’k..20 EN
; ‘ - Dc ck kee li “ ‘“ “ _ 3
Thirty years with that tongue so sharp? i Toke sii” tae . ora bisck. 6 : : “= i = i = SO i
Ho? Angel Gabriel! Giv e him a harp Ballou solid black.. 5 |Washington indigo. 6 a fy ae
A jeweled harp with a golden string! o = lors. 53 “ Turkey robes.. 7% A PINs.
4004 si in where the angels sing! 2 ” r No8 36 4
Good sir, puss in where the angels sing! Bengal blue, green, “ India robes 4% [ae 28 | Pc icedaees seen c r |
Gabriel, give him a seat alone— — ae grange.. 5%] plain Tky x « 8%
One witha cushion—up ne ar the throne? Berlin solids.. : 5%) NEEDLES—PER &. | *
Call up some angels to play their best, ofl blue. ‘ageing 6%) ottoman - a. James ea he 1 40/Steamboat......... 40 . A
Let him enjoy the music and rest! « = green .... 6% Crowel, > es : = Gold Byed.......... 221 50
See that on finest ambrosia he feeds— “ Foulards .... 5%/? Marshall’s...........
He's had about all the Hades he needs; - wees oan po CLOTH. : — Fe
It isn’t hardly the thing to do a ee ee sa 6 4...3 25/5 1 ie 64. 5
To roast him on earth and in the future too.”’ 6s ce. ""2 10 ss 3 10
: ’ E ; . — 6 Windsor fanc Cotton Sail Twine. "38 g Nashua ee sng
They gave him a harp with golden strings, Cocheco ee" — * i cket ee a 12 Rising Star soy: oH — FOR —
2 Sonaraas tebe ant # pete ot wines “ XX twills.. 6%| indigo blue....... 10% | Domestic ........... 18% AT
And he said, as he entered the Realm of Day, + See 5i¢|Harmony......... Oe RE oi eiv ten un cus 16 {North St a” ee shay 20
sel, this beats cucumbers anyway *” : TICKINGS. BI cose, cts 18 |Wool Standard 4 ply17% aching or nad RB,
And so the Scriptures had come to pass | ' Aieeiee A A ee TR Ack. eee ecne 13 Chenty Valley.. - Powhatan ......... :
That ‘‘The last shall be _ an , the first shall Hamilto: 4 7%| |Pemberton AAA .. ee 1846)
be last.” aoe | + 06hlUm ee 10 PLAID OSNABURG i
oe CS " Awning. .11 |seirt River. ae tac gmae 6%|Mount ‘Pleasant... - 6% FOR SALE BY ALL > 34
j i ; i PE ie doe wenn 8 |Pearl River......... 12% | Alamance........... I cin cece oo ey 5
It is not a good idea to jump into deep Porat Frise.......... 10%) Warren....... orroves dey —- Se on Randelmai.. pa cenh be =e .
i PORROREORR 20. cccccek® «| AE GRBRB.. ccceccece G [eemmOORIMOR, ccescces . i
water unless you know how toswim. It| Lenox Mills .... ~ ontox — seeecoeee Georel a. 6 (Riverside * By Dealers il Dry Croods & Notions ’
is not a good idea to embark in a busi- Atlante, >. oe Stark A A. ek . Grant a 5% Sibley A Lee eiave dsl 6% 2
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ness that you don’t understand. Cuifton, Se Top of men baal 9 aw J 8
THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
7
A Successful Suburban Grocery.
Written for THz TRADESMAN.
Didn’t think there was such a thing,
did you? Well, there is, and more than
that, there are several of them in all of
our large towns. Weeven have some of
them here in Grand Rapids.
But these successful suburban grocery
stores are not run by labor-shirking
Yankees who are looking around for a
nice soft spot where they can sit down
and whistle, whittle and whine. Such
fellows are found on every corner. When
they entered the grocery business, they
took off their overalls and stuffed them
into the ragbag, and took a fond adieu
of work, worry and want. Fatal mistake!
Those overalls should have been hung
up by the side of the dinner pail and
carefully preserved, for the time is
speedily coming when they will be need-
ed again, and, when that time comes,
the necessary means will be lacking with
which to purchase a new pair. The suc-
cessful suburban stores are run by a
different class of fellows, men who are
on good speaking terms with grimy toil,
and who have never taken off their over-
alls or thrown away their dinner pails.
These men did not invest their hard-
earned dollars in a little grocery store as
a means of getting rid of work, but asa
means of increasing their productive
power and adding to their accumulations.
In order to describe one of these estab-
lishments, we will suppose that the
owner landed in the city, direct from
Holland, ten years ago, with less than
$10 in his pocket, and a wife and two
children to support—or, rather, a wife
to help him support the two children.
Before the sun went down on the day
succeeding their arrival, they had found
a dwelling place and the head of the
house had secured a ‘tyob.’’ A Holland-
er is never idle. He is always at work,
early and late, and for whatever wages
he may be able to command; and, be his
wages high or low, he keeps digging
away, and he never allows his expenses
to entirely consume his income. After
afew months he has secured permanent
work in a factory somewhere. He’s not
the man to miss a day on account of hav-
ing caught cold sitting in a draft at the
theatre, or any other account, and, conse-
quently, in a marvelously short time he
is the owner of a small lot, with all the
appurtenances thereunto belonging, or,
in other words, a small house and a
chicken coop. Two or three years more
find him with an accumulation of $300
or $400, in addition to his house and lot,
which are paid for. By this time, the
neighborhood is thickly built up with
other little houses, which are occupied
by his own countrymen, who have fol-
lowed him to ‘‘the land of the free and
the home of the brave,’’ as he followed
others who came before him.
We have reached the point now where
the successful suburban grocery makes
its appearance. His home is paid for
and he has a small accumulated capital
laying idle. The larger number of his
immediate neighbors are factory hands,
and are passing through the various stages
of self-supporting development which he
passed through. The single ones must
pay for board and the families must buy
groceries. Why not put his spare capi-
tal to work helping to make more capital?
No reason why he should not; and so he
either puts a partition across one end of
the living room, or builds on a small ad-
dition in front between the living room
and the sidewalk, and puts in his little
stock.
He is now a grocer and entitled to all
the privileges and benefits of a grocer.
This means groceries and provisions at
eost, which reduces his family expenses
and enables him to lay aside more of his
wages than formerly, for the title of
‘grocer’? does pot spoil the Hollander’s
zeal for labor. His wife and children
attend to the grocery, and the sales,
large or small, represent so much clear |
gain.
The Hollander a utilitarian. He
never allows anything to go to waste,
and, not only so, but everything in his
control must be turned to some practical
account.
is
His own labor must count, his |
|
wife’s labor must count, every accumu- |
lated dollar must help earn another dol- | Curr
lar, and, if his house is a little too inne
for his family, the spare room will be
utilized for a boarder or two.
A Yankee knows how to whittle, but,
when it comes to running a successful
suburban grocery store, he
“not in it.’” E.
The Best Oranges.
The expert orange buyer does not
select the smooth, clean-skinned fruit
invariably, nor does he object to a heavy
percentage of rough, dirty skins. The
latter are not always easy to sell, but
they invariably give the greatest satis-
faction. This is because in the case of
oranges, as with almost any other fruit,
beauty is only skin deep, and the insects
which infest orange groves and extract
sweetness from the fruit much as bees
draw honey from the finest flowers, only
attack the sweetest and choicest to be
found. The effect of their efforts is to
roughen the skin by perforating it, and
hence dust is retained, instead of falling
or being brushed off the untouched skins.
The fruit within the latter having been
rejected by the insects on account of a
lack of sweetness, is not so palatable as
that in the rougher looking skins; and it
is decidedly a good plan to follow in the
footsteps of the busy little creatures who
ean tap an orange and ascertain how
sweet itis in @ manner no man could
attempt.
iy simply
- OWEN.
rt 9
Business men are expected to be cured
when handling anything that is a drug
on the market.
HATCH CHICKENS BY STEAM
zona. EXCESIOF Incubator.
Pia, Simple, Perfect, Self- Regu-
[lating.’ Thousands in suc-
less cost than any other
Circulars free. ¢ Hatcher Lowest priced
Send 6c. for first-class Hatcher made.
, Illus. Catalbgue % GEO. H.
STAHL, Quincy,Ill.
When You Get Tired
Buying rubbish, send for our catalogue of win-
dow Screens, Screen Doors, Etc. Goods well
made from best materials,
Prices seldom higher.
A. J. PHILLIPS & CO.,
Fenton, Mich.
Hardware Price Current.
These prices are for cash bwyers, who
pay promptly and buy in full packages.
AUGURS AND BITS. dis.
We ee a. 60
ee ee
Jennings’, genuine...
o_O eee 50&10
AXES.
First Quality, = © eee. 87 00
‘ Brome. .............-... 12 00
r m Oe oem... wl 8 60
. ee 13 50
BARROWS, dis,
ir beh ees eee, 8 14 00
ese kl eli iepheus beeen das net 30 00
BOLTS, dis.
ieee coe ee 50&10
oe eS ee ee 75&10
a cee ek ee 40&10
Sleigh Oeee...... 70
BUCKETS.
eee ieee ici cc ual cus an cos $3 50
ie ae Suse rs anepeecnees 4 00
BUTTS, CAST. dis.
Cast Liens Pin, Suree.....,.. oo... «5 ce
Wrought Narrow, bright Sast joint.......... 664.0
TENT FLANISHE
woe —- eee eg pom ne | HAMMERS,
eres Tere... | Maydole & Co.’s. . dis. %
Weems tee Pig... 60&10 | KY tes ' ET: dis.
Vo ao) Varken & Plies dis. eau
EE OE 70&10 Mason’s Solid Cast Steel. _.BOc list 60
Blind, aes... 70&10 | Biacksmith’s Solid Cast Steel, Hand. ...30¢ 40&10
I 70 | ela
BLOCKS, Gate, Clark’s,1,2,3..... “ . dis. 6010
Ordinary Tackle, list April 1892..... ..... SO} State... 21. ene w ee oe eo ee ees er doz. net, 2 50
CRADLES | Serew Hook and Strap, to 12 In. vi 14 and ‘
i Meee %
ee dis. 50&02 Screw Hook and Eye: 1 net 10
CROW BARS. a i Hi Me 8%
tee peri 5 nn be _ uae bs
CAPS. Stra and T. oo) oO
Ely’s 1-10... ne serccecccecescceceeoe DOE MM 65 | P “HANGERS dis,
Oe i 60 | Barn Door Kidder Mfg. Co., Wood track... .50&10
GD oo. eee ee eee eect e eee tee eee 35 | Champion, anti-friction.................... 60410
(a 60 | Kidder, wood track ................ iC 40
CARTRIDGES. j Pes HOLLOW WARE. 60&10
ee z
a Ee aD dis. - ee 60410
" eta e eee as cue 60&10
OHIBELS. Gis, || Gray onaimeled sl 40410
OE 70&10 | HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS.
O_O eee 70&10 | Stamped Tin Ware..... new list 73
Socket Corner ee fue’ | Janavined Tin Ware......00 1... s
eee “ral | Granite Tron Ware ..... ew list 33% &10
Butceers Terecd Pirmer............ ...... WIRE 40 dis.
COMBS. a | —_-,. Lee eee ees ae
[hevee Evoe .................... ae
titre Oe aeestE 7010610
es ees ~ | Gate Hooks and Eyes. 7010610
CHALKE. | EVELS. dis.7%
White Crayons, per gross.......... 12@12% dis. 10 | gtanley Rule and meee Co.'s. i
COPPER, | al ROPES. i
Planished 14 oz cut to alze... .. per pound ao J inch and larger . (0 13
eae, 14066, 14000 ................ 9G) MEDMNS.------------ aoa heaters cai Pe
Cold Rolled, 14x56 and 14x60... -..0....0.. CE Eee "t
Cold Rolled, 14X48. .....---+++- ee ga eves... 12... 66
ae Mitre . i NG 20
Saree. “SHEET IRON.
Mosse Wet Beocrs...._................44.. 50 Com. Smooth. Com.
Taper and straight Shank................... itos Mie... a 05 82 95
Mcgee Vener Geewe...................... 50 “on Hind. a . 46 3 05
DRIPPING PANS, = 18 ae eee 7 = 2 05
Sraall sizes, ser pounG ...................... 07 Nos. 25 roe 25 3 =
Large sizes, per pound...... .........-----. 64) No a7. 44 335
ELBOWS. All sheets No. 18 and lighter, over 30 inches
Com. 4 oat, om... dos. a 2 wide not less waanga to ohyrorerael
Mc cs eds ue ND \
Adjustabie. .. dis, 40&10 | List acct. 19,86 ... sfc ate ree dis. 50
RD.
EXPANSIVE BITS. dis. k Wi 1
Ciagk’s, amall, $16; large, GG............... 30 ee, - ®, Drab - 9 beam Oe a
Ieee. 1 Sic: 3, Gea: Ae ................... 25 “6 White fl . a 50
FiLes—New List. dis. “ Drab B... 55
Te ea eae ce eee 60&10 ‘sc Wintec. |... 25
PE ee nice eee ew eee. 4. Discount, 10.
ee eee we SASH WEIGHTS.
ences a cae eames | Solid Eyes...... a) . . r ton 825
Hetlars Home Reape .. ......-.-.--......,. 50 | y gawa. ” dis.
@ALVANIZED IRON. ™ sand it aes pee 20
oe. ¢ Silver Stee a. buts, perfoot,....
_— “¥ —" = “ 4; — 26; = 7 ‘* Special Steel Dex X on foot....
“Ties 60 ‘s Special Steel Dia. X Cuts, perfoot.... 30
AUGES. dis. ‘© Champion and Electric Tooth X
Stanley Rule and Level Ce so} Cuts, per wuamee ae ae cae ais. 30
KNoBs—New List. Se Ce 60410
Door, mineral, jap. trimmings .............. 55 | Oneida Community, Newhouse’s........... 35
Door, porcelain, jap. trimmings............ 55} Oneida Community, Hawley & Norton’s.... _ 70
Door, porcelain, plated trimmings.......... O06 MOE, COON 18¢ per doz
Door, porcelvin, trimmings................. Oe) Matine, Golusion. 8)... 8... $1.50 per doz.
Drawer and Shutter, poeeenn............. 70 WIRE. dis.
a LOCKS—DOOR. dis. Pte A 65
Russell & Irwin Mfg. Co.’s new list ....... OG) Aneaalod MMe 70—10
Malioes, Wheeler & Co.m................... Sf
as... Sl itined Mmaece 62%
ee wae 55 Comsesed Spetam Steel...................... 50
MATTOCKS. Bar ed Peneo, galvanised. ................. 2
Ao eee... $16.00, dis. 60 er 2
pe ee B15. 00, dis. 60 HORSE NAILS.
ee $18.50, dis. — En dis. 40&10
AUL 8. Pasa dis. 05
Sperry & Co.’s, Post, ‘handled seeeeseeeeeeees OU Wat WONREEM dis. 10410
MILLS. dis. RENCHES. dis,
Coffee, Poachers On e........ .....-......... 40 | Baxter’s Adjustable, weno’ 30
r. 8. @& W. ee. Coe Malicaniog.... 40) Coen Genuine. ..... 2 ll. 50
‘© Landers, Ferry & Clerk’s............ 40 | Coe’s Patent Agricultural, wrought,........ 75
© Bnterprise ......... se eeeeee eens ees 30| Coe’s Patent, malleable.............. ...... 75&:10
MOLASSES GATES. dis. MISCELLANEOUS. dis.
Stebbin’s Patterm...........cccceceesesee voce ecu. 50
Stebbin’s Genuine........ = OO | PI CUMUCEN 7E&10
Enterprise, self-measuring......... | Sivcwe, WOW EU 70&10
/ Casters, Hed a ¢ Piate.................. 50&10&10
NAILS Dampers, ere sl,
Steel oy a eee eeeue cases ce ens val . Forks, hoes, rakes and all steel goods...... 6& &10
OO ———————— METALS,
Advance over base: Steel Wire Pie —
Oe ee ee ee ee oe Base ~— Pig lange: _ ........... 26¢
Os rae ee cea es avedees 25 —: ee -
30. Ledee sede eH OdOHUHORN CdHO bd deae Meee 10 2 wuty: Sheet, 2%C per sed
20 ee ebes SA CORE ROCO ESCH Oe CMHC Oe Cee 15 35 6@0 pound casks ae 6X
1G... -eeee es ene vee sorcecsreerree 15 Fe ee eee ET 7
EE 15 45 Solan.
10... eee ee cece cette cette eter ees 2 50 EE 16
Mo ioc Lite k cau adiedetaetoceayes 25 60 TE eee
7 &6 ELS OS NAOH VEOH OO Sede be seen soba 40 75 The p ces of the many other qualities a
estes eee ee eee 60 90 solder fn the market indicated by nrivate brands
ee 1 00 1 20 vary according to composition.
ET 1 50 1 60 eony
(OE 1 50 1 60 Cee per pound
I ise eee a ered cee eae es 60 65 ieee... .............. 13
6 Biceeceeeesee cess eneeeeen ee eres 75 75 TIN--NELYN GRADE.
90 90 10x14 IC, Charooal............--.---.2+2- +00 87
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1893.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
One of the great obstacles in the way
of securing the administration of prompt
and satisfactory justice upon murderous
criminals is the difficulty of obtaining
juries that are willing to serve. A large
number of the persons who are examined
as to their fitness for jury duty will pro-
fess an unwillingness to convict on cir-
eumstantial evidence. Another large
proportion will profess an equal unwill-
ingness to inflict the death punishment
for any crime. Leaving out of the ques-
tion the large amount of sympathy that
exists in favor of the shedders of blood—
a sympathy that countenances any sort
oikilling except that by judicial decree
—a few words on the sufficiency of cir-
cumstantial evidence, as brought out in
the recent decision of a case by the New
York Supreme Court of Appeals, may be
interesting.
The case was that of Carlyle W. Har-
ris, convicted in the lower court of the
murder of his wife by poison. Harris
was a medical student, well acquainted
with the operation of medicines. He
had been married secretly to a young
woman who was not known to be his
wife until after her death, and it was
shown that he wished to get rid of her
in order to marry another woman to
whom he was engaged. His character
was proved to be bad. While there was
considerable direct evidence to connect
him with the crime, much of the testi-
mony, especially in the way of complet-
ing links in the chain, was circumstan-
tial and was based on the judgment of
medical and chemical experts. Harris
was convicted by a jury in the lower
court, and his conviction was affirmed in
the higher. In delivering the declara-
tion of the court, Justice Gray remarked
upon the force and value of circumstan-
tial evidence.
are important: ‘‘The mind may be re-
luctant to conclude upon the issue of
guilt in criminal cases upon evidence
which is not direct, and yet, if the facts
brought out, when taken together, all
point in the one direction of guilt, and to
the exclusion of any other hypothesis,
there is no substantial reason for that
reluctance.
Some of his observations
dence may be often more satisfactory
and a safer form of evidence; for it must
rest upon facts, which, to prove the truth
of the charge made, must collectively
tend to establish the guilt of the accused.
If any of the material facts of a case
were at variance with the probabilities of
guilt, it would be the duty of the jury to
give the defendant the benefit of the doubt
raised. All that he should require of
circumstantial evidence is that there
shall be positive proof of the facts from
which the inference of guilt is to be
drawn, and that that inference is the
only one which can reasonably be drawn
from those facts.”
The Judge, after citing the details of
the evidence, concluded: ‘The ev-
idence seems to overwhelm the ac-
eused with his guilt, and leaves the
mind unfitted to accept any other belief
than that he intended to make away
with his wife in order to free the fie!d of
his own life and to escape from the im-
minent danger of disgrace or punish-
ment, and that, with cold deliberation,
he planned her death by methods which
should conceal him as its author. I think
that justice does not demand that this
defendant should have anew trial, unless
there were errors committed upon the
trial in the admission or exclusion of evy-
idence, or in the charge of the Recorder,
which affected any substantial rights of
the accused.” -
Circumstantial evidence can be so com-
plete as to amount toa certainty, and it
is unreasonable to decline to give weight
to all or any evidence that is not direct.
It should be heard before its sufficiency
is passed upon.
Business men who are compelled to
rely on the mercantile agencies for spe-
cific information of a commercial charac-
ter denounce the bill introduced by Rep-
resentative White, of this city, requiring
commercial agencies to pay an annual
license fee to the State. The law pro-
viding for the taxation of mortgages
threw additional burdens on the borrow-
er, without securing commensurate re-
turns to the people as a whole. The
measure above referred to is equally
foolish and illy advised, as its enactment
as a law would necessarily result in the
commercial agencies raising their present
schedule of prices sufficient to cover the
amount of the proposed tax. It isa com-
mon remark that the fool killer would be
sadly overworked if compelled to attend
a session of the Legislature} and the in-
troduction of such bills as above tend to
confirm the correctness of the remark.
In retiring from the wholesale grocery
business, Wm. Widdicomb leaves as a
legacy to his former associates an envi-
able financial record and the memory of
a career which commands the admiration
of all for its method and thoroughness.
Bank Notes.
The old and well-known private bank-
ing house of Lilley, Bidwell & Co., which
has done a prosperous banking basiness
at Tecumseh for the past thirty-eight
years, has been merged into a State
bank, with a capital stock of $40,000.
The gentlemen interested are Lucius
Lilley, J. S. Strong, Lavern I. Bidwell,
Albert L. Brewer and L. P. Tribou, with
Mr. Lilley as President, Mr. Brewer Vice-
President and Mr. Tribou Cashier. The
object of the change is to perpetuate the
business, Mr. Lilley, the only surviving
member of the old firm, being well along
in years. It will be called the Lilley
Purely circumstantial eyi-| State Bank.
1898
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THE USES OF GREAT MEN.
During the last twelve months death
has visited many of the most famous
men of our time. Men whom the world
had delighted to honor, to whom it had
intrusted its most difficult tasks, and to
whom it looked for light and leading in
the midst of its perplexities, have passed
away, leaving us only ‘‘the legacy of
their example, the memory of their
deeds.’”? A few old men, distinguished
in statesmanship, in war, in literature,
in art, in science, or in philosophy, lin-
ger still upon the field of active endeavor
to remind us of the glory of the days
when they stood among that goodly com-
pany of their peers to join the majority.
In a little while they, too, will, in due
course of nature, be summoned hence,
and itis inevitable that we should in-
quire how far the progress and prosper-
ity of mankind will be affected - by
the loss of somuch strength and wisdom.
It has become an established maxim
that no man is indispensable in any busi-
ness upon which the welfare of society
depends. ‘‘The workmen die, the work
goes on.’? There are, however, conflict-
ing theories in regard to the philosophy
of progress. It is maintained by some
students of history that every forward
step in civilization, in practical industry
and in thought, is due to some individu-
al initiative. It is contended by others
that the advancement of the race towards
improved conditions of life is the result
of a law of historical evolution as invari-
able and inevitable as the law which de-
termines the growth of a plant. This
second theory seems, at the first glance
at least, the part which genius plays as
an agent of progress. In the first place,
genius does not appear to be developed
by the operation of an inevitable law.
We never know where or when to ex-
pect it; but in the most unlikely times
and under the most unpropitious circum-
stances it makes itself heard and felt,
and, whenever and wherever it comes, it
is always a surprise. It cannot be shown
to be the result of heredity or of special
training. Great men are seldom suc-
ceeded by sons as able as_ themselves;
but sometimes, at the end of a long lin-
eage of unbroken mediocrity, a child is
born with the magic gift. While the
colleges are training scholarsin a routine
of learning, some youth who has been but
hastily taught the barest rudiments of
knowledge astonishes and enriches the
world with an epoch-making discovery
or invention. There are, in short, no
statistics of genius, no data to enable us
to predict its advent.
In the second place, genius is original
and creative, while talent is only produc-
tive, or, more strictly perhaps, reproduc-
tive. The man of genius does something
that has never been done before. The
man of talent is merely able to do excel-
lent work. From these facts, then, it
might be argued that progress, in certain
directions at least, is dependent upon
the leadership of genius. A poet like
Tennyson, an inventor like Edison, can-
not be made to order; but what a differ-
ence their labors in the world have made
in its inner and its outward life! When
we look over the annalsof the centuries,
we find that great men have founded the
great kingdoms, established the great
schools, and won the great battles of his-
tory. They found the world one thing
and left it another. Now all this goes
to show not only the necessity for an in-
dividual initiative, but for an initiative
by some exceptionally endowed individu-
alof whose special power science can
give no satisfactory explanation.
On the other hand, there can be no
doubt that progress tends to beget prog-
ress. It wasafarcry from Pythagoras
to Newton, but what would modern as-
tronomy do without that golden bridge
which was. built by the old Greek
geometer? We use the learning of the
past to arrive at knowledge of which our
forefathers never dreamed. Progress in
this age has acquired an irresistible mo-
mentum. Men expect and demand some-
thing new and something better from
day to day, and there is yet stimulus in
the atmosphere of our intellectual en-
vironment. Progressis gradual, because
one discovery or an invention is neces-
sary to another. The world may move
by leaps but it can make in any given
direction only one leap atatime. But
the lines of thought converge and the
same suggestions bring different minds
simultaneously to a common conclusion.
Consider, for example, the invention of
the modern calculus, or the discovery of
Neptune. And when an invention or a
discovery is made, how easy it usually is
to push it a little further. The inventor
has hardly got his machine before the
public when some competitor appears
with a useful improvement. The origi-
nal inventor was the greater genius, per-
haps, but his competitor is none the less
serviceable. We have now so great
a start that we have no difficulty in go-
ing ahead, such a fund of suggestions
that we can hardly escape the appeal of
new ideas. We are inclined sometimes
to believe that less and less genius is
necessary to the march of progress as it
continues.
But how constantly that word recurs—
progress! After all, does the happiness
of life consist so much upon the increase
of knowledge and power? Deep within
our hearts there dwell some things the
same through all the changing years.
We know how soon the wise and the pow-
erful pass away; how soon the ruler lays
aside his scepter, the warrior his sword,
the millionaire his gold. Isit not best of
all to abide in that permanent part of
our nature where the poet, the philoso-
pher and all the great consolers of liter-
ature and art, speak to usin a language
which is understood through all the rev-
olutions of time? How muchof progress
is superficial merely! But, no; that
thought is vain. So much suffering, ig-
norance and vice abound in the world
that we should welcome any ‘true leader.
It is said sometimes that our age has
attained a high level of medriocrity, that
distinction has become more difficult;
while the present stands as a whole far
above any former generation, and great
men are not so essential as they were in
times gone by. But somehow we can
take ‘ittle pleasure in the thought that
the great men of this country are to have
no successors of equal eminence. We
try not to believe it. Genius, as we
have said, is always a surprise, and as it
has often come when there was least
reason to expect, we not altogether de-
spair of it, even in an age which has at-
tained a high order of mediocrity.
FRANK STOWELL.
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10 THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
ru M. ines ber one. Here the demand was greater
D gs® edic : than the supply, and the sales were
State Board of Pharmacy. quick. This farmer doesn’t need to lin-
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, Oworso.
Vice-Presidents—I. H. L. Dodd, Buchanan; F. W. R.
Perry, Detroit; W. H. Hicks, Morley.
Treasurer—Wm. H. Dupont, Detroit.
Secretary—C. W. Parsons, Detroit.
Executive Committee—H. G. Coleman, Kalamazoo;
Jacob Jesson, Muskegon: F. J. Wurzburg and John
E. Peck, Grand Rapids; Arthur Bassett, Detroit.
Local Secretary—James Vernor.
Next place of meeting—Some resort on St. Clair
River; time to be designated by Executive Committee.
Grand Rapids Pharmaceutical Society.
President, W. R. Jewett, Secretary, Frank H. Escott,
Regular Meetings—First Wednesday evening of March
June, September and December,
What Have You for Sale?
Have you something that will go off
like hot cakes? Look about you for
quick articles that will be snapped up
the moment they are offered. That’s the
stuff you want—something which you
can get in early and which will have a
splendid run. Booksellers madea great
deal of money out of General Grant’s
book. So many families were hungry
for it, and the salesman who got up
with the sun and started out early for
orders came home handsomely repaid
for his venture. Some books are slow,
others are fast. The same thing is true
of men. He hasa gift who can figure
out now what is going to bein demand
months hence. The smart journalist is
ready with a big check for early informa-
tion which will astound when made pub-
lic. It is understood that the office is al-
ways ready to pay well for all such ear-
ly information; so the thing comes to
them, and in the merning they have its
exclusive use. That pays. They have
something for sale which none of their
competitors have. They control the
market. Gould, they say, used to pay
liberally for secrets which enabled him
to ‘‘get there’’ before the other fellow.
The first and most important question
with all trades should be: Will these
goods sell if I take them? Can I turn
them over quickly at a profit? Styles
and fashions are very short lived and the
short seasons whimsical. The motto is,
Quick, or you’ll miss it. Unfortunately,
everything one buys doesn’t go off like
hot cakes or go up in price. Many
things stay, stick and torment—easy to
buy and hard to sell. The traders who
are here are numerous. This nation and
others spend a good deal of money in the
secret service business. To be well
posted they pay largely. With the in-
dividual it isn’t very much different. We
have to be off the watch or our ene-
mies will tumble us and trample us un-
der foot. Trade and competition are so
cruel. No one is figuring specially for
your prosperity. There is a wise way of
looking out for number one. There is
no sin in thinking and planning for to-
morrow. Wise and prudent yesterday
and more so to-day are good preparations
for to-morrow. If you buy a pig in a
poke, you’!ll rue it. Be careful. Beon
the lookout for bargains that have the go
in them. An author writes twenty
books. Only one of them had the hot
cake stir in it. The demand was uni-
versal. You gethold,if you can, of the
universal articles. Trade in them.
‘*Never pass my door,”’ said a city man
once to a farmer, ‘‘when you have more
of those good turnips for sale.’’ They
were the best we ever had on our table,
and his butter and eggs were also num-
gerin the market the most of the day of-
fering his produce. Once bought and
tasted his goods were wanted evermore.
He has the trick. You can cash his bill.
Just imitate him, that’s all.
Geo. R. Scorrt.
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A Worthy Measure.
One of the most meritorious measures
introduced in the Legislature is a bill
providing that telegraph companies shall
be liable for the actual loss sustained by
customers as the result of negligence on
the part of the company’s employes.
The bill is a proposed amendment to Act
No. 59 of the laws of 1851, relative to
the incorporated telegraph companies do-
ing business in the State, as follows:
Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of the
owner or association owning any tele-
graph line doing business within this
State, to receive dispatches from and for
other telegraph lines and associations,
and from and for any individual, and on
payment of their usual charges for indi-
viduals for transmitting dispatches as es-
tablished by the rules and regulations of
such telegraph line to transmit the same
with impartiality and good faith. And
such owner or association shall be liable
for any mistakes, errors or delays in the
transmission or delivery, or for the non-
delivery of any repeated or non-repeated
message in damages to the amount which
such person or persons may sustain by
reason of mistakes, errors or delays in
the transmission er delivery; or for the
non-delivery of any such dispatch due to
negligence of such owner or association, to
be recovered with costs of suit, by the
person or persons sustaining such dam-
ages.
Sec. 15. It shall likewise be the duty
of every such owner or association to
transmit all such dispatches in the order
in which they are received, and in case
such owner or association shall refuse or
neglect to so transmit such dispatches,
such owner or association shall be liable
for all damages sustained by the person
or persons whose dispatch is postponed
out of its order as herein prescribed, to
be recovered as provided in the foregoing
section.
The amendment is evidently aimed at
the rotton old hulk which goes by the
name of the Western Union Telegraph
Co., whose policy has been to curtail ex-
penses in every department by the em-
ployment of incompetent help, relying
on the laxness of the present State laws
relative to errors in transmitting mes-
sages. There are few business men in
the State who have not suffered consid-
erable pecuniary losses by reason of the
parsimonious management and conse-
quent inferior service afforded by the
Western Union, and the present oppor-
tunity is an excellent time to remedy the
difficulty by compelling the company to
assume the same responsibility which all
common carriers are compelled to assume
under the law. Business men who favor
the enactment of such a measure would
do well to communicate with their Rep-
resentative and Senator.
The Drug Market.
Quinine is weak and foreign is lower.
Gum opium is steady.
Morphia is unchanged.
Carbolic acid has started upwards and
high prices will probably rule the coming
year.
Gum kino is very scarce and higher.
Alcohol declined 36c the day we went
to press. Present prices are as follows:
“pene ed ee ele $2 29
Ol 2 34
Pea... 2 37
oS ee cea 2
All less 5 cents per gallon, if paid for
in ten days.
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egistered mail 60 cents from
H. D. CUSHMAN, Patentee and Mfr.,
Three Rivers, Mich., U. S.A.
Empress Josephine Face Bleach
Is the only reliable cure for
freckles and pimples.
HAZELTINE & PERKINS DRUG CO.,
GRAND Rapips, MIcH.,
Jobbers for Western, Michigan.
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Organized 1881.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Sr. Jouns, Mich., Dec. 8, 92.
A. Schenck & Son:
Gentlemen — Replying to yours
of the 7th inst., would say you are
welcome to use the letter as you
wish, as [ can only affirm what I
said as to the superior quality of
your flour, which I believe the best
and most uniform of any made in
the county. Yours truly,
D. S. FRENCH.
INDUCEMENT TO THE RETAIL
DRUGGISTS and GENERAL
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and we offer the following induce-
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To every dealer who will send
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DIAMOND TEA CO., a
Diamond Tea is sold by all whole-
sale druggists. “ye
Send for Samplés and Prices,
A. SCHENCK & SON,
ELSIE, MICH.
-
THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
11
Wholesale Price Current.
Advanced—Carbolic acid, gum kino, lard oil.
Declined—Alcohol.
ACIDUM, ee cscs ee
ee s@ 10} Exec 5. 2 5O@2 75
Benzoicum German.. 65@ 75 Fore os setae e renee es 2 aoe =
OD | SAGULLDIOCLTIG . 22 e ee cence ~
a ae ei one @ i
Ciieienre 50@ 52 | Gossipli, Sem. gal..... 60@ 7
Hudeochioe ........... 3@ 5| Hedeoma ............. 2 10@2 2
Nigoedia 10@ 12 fen we ee cee eeees sone .
peeeneuts .........,.- WO!
Phorphortama dti.-... 0° 3p| Kimonis 2 BOGS (0
Salicylicum .. ....1 36@1 70 | Mentha Piper. 2 75@3 50
Mentha Verid 2 20@2 30
Sulphuricum.... cc... 1a
Tannicum..... a 1 40@1 60 Mirela, ot — 1 - 10
aaa 30@ 33 , ,
ee 85@e 75
AMMONIA. Picis ———— (gal ™ at 12
ee 22@1 28
age. = = a. ie 7 Samaniid Doce ee eee 75@1 00
Gabe Le ou 12@ 14 ae _— Ls aie i 6 = .
Citoridum ............ 12@ 14] 9UCCIM...... ........
meeeee .......-........ 90@1 00
ANILINE. oe Peues cesedee a. 3 50@7 00
2 9 of, | Sassafras. 55
Brows c22000.000000022"" Sogpt 00 | Sinapts, ess, culice:..° @ 6
Ser ee ae 45@ 50) Tighil..............-.-. (
Yellow buewas-seecees ss 2 50g3 00 Thyme : pt ee reccrosese or
BACCAE. Theobromas......-.... 15@ 20
Cubeae (po 50)...... oS = POTASSIUM.
Juniperus .......--..-- | Bia ee ae
Xanthoxylum . 2Q 30 bichromate ET 183@ 14
Deemeee.............. 35@ 39
— ae 12@ 15
Copaiba .............-- 45@ 59] chlorate (po 21@23) .. 20@ 22
a @1 30 Cranide T 50@ 55
Terabin, Canada ..... ee Olradide 2 9@Z 00
Tolutan .......--.----- 35@ Potassa, Bitart, pure.. 27@ 30
CORTEX Potassa, Bitart,com... @ 15
Petass Nitras, opt..... 8@ 10
Sa trees = Potass Nitvas.......... ™7@ 9
Cinchona Flava .......-.... ‘oe oe
Euonymus atropurp.......-. 30
Myrica Cerifera, po......... 20 RADIX.
Prous Virgimi.......-..--.- 12) Aconitum ............. Sa
Quillaia, grd..............-. i Areeeo...............- 22Q@ 2%
Gaeeereee .... 5... 0s 1 Aenes ..............- 12@ 15
Ulmus Po (Ground 15)...... 5) Are, oO. ............. @
Came. ...........-.- 200@ 40
EXTRACTUM. Gentiana (po. 12)..... 8@ 10
Glycyrrhiza Glabra... 24@ 25] Glychrrhiza, (pv. 15).. 16@ 18
co oe 35 | Hydrastis Canaden,
Haematox, 15Ib. box.. 1@ _ oe... 21... @ 30
i ......... ro 4 = He _— Ala, po.... = =
. et ecuee 1 nula, . eee Se ote b 4
“ _ a) ee ay Ipecac, po ae ;- an 40
ris plox (po. 35@38
FERRU
Ce 1@ 55
Carbonate Precip...... @ 15 a aga a “— 35
Citrate and Quinia.... @3 50 Podophyllum, po. ae 15@ 18
Citrate Soluble........ S Simhat 75@1 00
Ferrocyanidum Sol.. eed ee @1 75
Solut Chioride........ @ 15 . 75@1 35
Sulphate, —*- weeeees 9@ 2 spigelia ee a 35@
pure. @ i Sanguinaria, (po 25).. @ 2
FLORA — Pia piece es = ;
i eee 4
— pecsereier’s boas 72 2 Similax, Officinalis, H @ 40
MtNEMIBS .....----2--- é 3 sc 2
Matricaria tis 40@ 50] Scillae, (po. 85)........ 10@ 12
FOWA —— Fati- es
Baros 40@1 00 ee :
Cassia “Acuiltol, ‘Tin- ae Valeriane, Ras. (pe (po. 50) ’ 2 25
nivelly ...;-----....+ =e =! wethes............ 15@ 16
Ax. 3@ Ol cingiber j......--.. 18@ 2
sane officinalis, 4s = poesia
an ee imase 25
Ure Ore... .....-....-. 8@ 10 Anisum, (po. 2... @ 15
@UMMI, 7 -_ (graveleons).. 12@ .
Acacia, ist ploked.-- @ 751 Garni, (p0.i8)..00°0... a
« ga o¢ (... @ Ol Cinder... te i
“sifted sorta.. en 25 | Cannabis Sativa....... 3%O4
Aloe Bap. (po. 60)... 50@ 60 G donium.. en - i
Cane, 20). @ 12 enopodium ........
Sovaiel, (po, 86). @ 80 —— "Sis
i is, (4801 ” 48: 01 LP ae po.. ‘ ig 4 :
ees eee eas
= = Lint, grd, (bbl. 8%)... 4. @ 4%
peota La }
Camphorss....-.-.-.--- ae S — _ ef *%
a ae Sinapis Albi... I @13
Gamboge, po ah A 7 mw) © Nigra.....--. 11@ 12
Guaiacum, y(po 30) .. @ SPIRITUS.
Kino, (po 55)......... @ 60 Frumenti, W., D. Co..2 00@2 50
acces scous @ 80 D. F.R.....1 75@2 00
Myrrh, (po. 45)......-- ee EG 1 25@1 50
Opii, (po 2 90).....-.- 2 00@2 10 Juniperts Co. O. T....1 65@2 00
BROING ... on noes ese 30@ 38 aeons 1 75@3 50
ss bleached..... 33@ 35] Saacharum N. E...... 1 75@2 00
Tragacanth ......-...- 40@1 00 a. Vini Gatlt........1 TBE 50
HERBA—In ounce packages. viel — sees eeeeeee : 2D? =
Abatnthiam ...........60.++- a OQ?
EBupatorium .........-..0.0.+ 20 SPONGES.
sce eee ee nee eee 4 Florida ont wool, -
ede ewes psa aed
Mentha ene a oes pow = Nassau enene mae i
nee eee ee ue
on as ee eee 30 Velvet extra sheeps’
Tanacetum, V......-..-.+.+- 22 1 age. 1 10
wool Carriag
Thymus, ess 25 Extra, yellow sheeps’ .
MAGNESIA. COE 6 issue es
GCaleined, Pat.........- 55@ 60 = ow wool car- os
Carbonate, Pat........ 20@ 22| Tage ............--+- 6
Carbonate, K.& M.... 20@ 2% uard tor re Use 75
Carbonate, Jennings... 35@ 36 = oo" eef, for slate 140
ed ee meme merermetenet tae
Abwiathinum. ......... 3 50@4 00 SYRUPS.
Amygdalae, Dulc... .. a | Aoeeee ..................... 50
Amydalae, Amarae....8 00@8 25 | Zingiber ..........-.-...--++ 50
a ee Ween Bet ns nig cee we ee 60
Auranti Cortex....... 2 ge 50 | Ferd toc. ....-.............. 50
Bergan .........4+- 3 25@3 - Auranti — Pei cusses 50
Ce... >... 60@ ee : 50
Sa igs pale eee 75@ 8 Similax “Ofticinalis s e
ON oie cei cet ues 35@ o
coemenens it decease ‘ ol S ono oe -
ee 00@ ic: i
Cipromeiie. ............. @ “ Co.. 50
Conium Mac.........- 35@ 65) Tolutan........ : oo
ON ives tiene 001 00' Prunus ¢irg........-.-..--.-. 50
TINCTURES.
Aconitum NapellisR....... 60
“ce “ z. : 50
Aloe bees 60
- and ee leet a cuee 60
Arnica . 50
eee 0
Atrope Belladonna.......... 60
Benzoin.. ‘ Lote.
: SNE 50
a GE Ue 50
—. Ct 50
OE eee
lie rie. Ew
eee
ae ee. 5
Cw, eee 100
oe ae 50
Co ea 50
v Oe ae
Cee. ........ ll, ae
——........... .........
So
oe. 8... kl,
ee 50
eee 50
big pe... : 60
eee 50
ie ee. 8 cs... 60
meer 50
Hyoscyamus .. ii
Iodineé....... Le sees oe
- Coloviong. 000000001 %
Werrt Ciloridum............ 35
eee i t, 50
oo oo...
a... 50
wa eau ees cele s uae 50
RE ee eee eects 85
* Gamphorated........... 50
Seen... we 2 00
BvrepCorex...... ....... 50
—_ 50
- Mad a 50
as .............-_..-..-.. 50
Cassia Acutifol.. _..
a 50
Deroomemrem ..........5...... 50
Sicmoniam................. @&
Momeem ............ 60
Valerian .... Cece aoe 50
Veratrum Veride............ 50
MISCELLANEOUS.
Aather, Spts Nit, 3F.. R@® W
i 4F.. 2@Q H
Alien ..:............ 24@ 3
™ ground, (po.
Ree ce, eee 3@ 4
oe 55@ 60
Antimont, Ss 4 5
et PotassT. 55@ 60
a teh ee eet cones @i 40
Sytirerete. .......-.... @
Argenti Nitras, ounce @ 60
Pe ss 7
Balm Gilead Bud.. 38@ 40
Bee &. ......... 2 W@2 25
Calcium Chior, 1s, (45
os tee tay @ il
Cantharides Russian,
De... ...... @1 00
Capsici Fructus, a... @ %
0. @ 28
“ “ @ 20
po.
Caryophyllus, ( i 15) 12@ 14
Carmine, No. 40....... @3 75
Cera Alba, S. av..... son 55
Cor Piava............ 38@ 40
(rece ..............; @ 40
Cassia Fructus........ @
Cereen.............. @ 10
Cetaceum . ee seeee @ 4
Chloroform - Gg eee 60D 63
ibba @1 25
Chloral Hya‘ ra cakes “11 3591 60
Cheers .,........... 25
Cinchouidine, PR &W 15Q W
German 3 @ 12
— list, dis. per
ganas ee @ 35
Creta, — (ee a 3
ee 5@ 5S
“ vresip a 9@ 11
° OR ies coc ane @ 8
COO go. cs. ens a ees 75@ 85
ST @ A
Canal Stiipm........... 5@ 6
Ci 10@ 12
iter Sulph........... @ 7
Emery, al numbers. . $
Ergota, ( po.) ed 0@ 7
Flake Me. se. 5s 12@ 15
alli @
60
Glaarware flint, by box 70 & 10.
Less than box 6634
Glue, Brown.....-.... 9@ 15
MR, oc cus cee 183@ 2%
GIVOBFEIM ............. 15%@ W#
Grana Paradisi........ @ 2
ee ae 23@ 55
Hydraag Chlor Mite.. @ 8
Cor @ 80
sh Ox bea @ 9
be Ammoniati.. @1 00
" Unguentum. 45@ 55
Hydrargyrum ......... @ 64
Tehthyobolla, Am.. ..1 25@1 50
mae ............ 75@1 00
Iodine, Resubl.. 3 80@3 90
Todoform...... @4 70
Lapulin ..... 1 75@1 85
Lycopodium 60@
Sea 75@ 80
shen Sen Aube 10@ 12
—— Sulph (bbl
1%) 5
Meee. & Vc... 60g: 363
Morphia, SS FLaw..
: aN. ¥. ©
Moschus Canton......
Myriatica, No. 1.......
Nux Vomica, (po 20)..
Cm seme...
Pe o Saac, H. & P. D.
So Siete, (po. 80) .
Piper Nigra, (po. 22).
Piper Alba, (po g5)..
Pix Burgun eel eee cee
Frais ACGE ..........
-1 70@1 95
Lm ¥. @&
Cc... .......... 1
69@1 85
@ 40
65@ 70
= =
s
ol
@
@
@
@
508
00
85
50
1
3
5
1 15
Pulvis Ipecac et opfii..1 10@1 20
a boxes H
@&P. Dd. Ca., dom..... @1 25
Pyrethrum, py........ 30@ 35
MOMEAe 4.2... ---..- 8@ 10
an SF aw..... 2@ 32
8. German 19%@ 33
Rubia Tinctorum..... 12@ 14
Saccharum Lactispv. 2@ 2%
eee. ek. 1 76@1 89
Sanguis Draconis..... 50
Sapo, w.....:........ 12@ 14
" a ee 10@ 12
= ¢G.... ..2.... @ 15
Seidlitz Mixture...... @ 2| Lindseed, boiled . 52 55
Sinapi “a @ 18] Neat’s Foot, winter
Be eee e cess @ 30|_ strained...........
— lo De Spirits Turpentine. . 87 42
TO ee eee @ 3
Snuff, Scotch, De. Voes @ 35 PAINTS. oa Ib.
Soda Boras, (po. 11). 10@ 11| Red Venetian.......... 2@3
Soda et Potass Tart... 27@ 30 Ochre, yellow Mars.. oH 2@A
Soda Care............ 1%@ 2 Ben. ..... 3
Soda, Bi-Carb......... @ 5; Putty, commercial. “oe 24@3
Sie, A 3%4@ 4] _‘“ strictly pure..... 2% 2%O@S
Soda, Sulphas.......... @ 2} Vermilion Prime Amer-
Spis, Bther Co ........ 50@ 55 em 13@16
‘ Myreta Dom..... @2 2% | Vermilion, English.... 65@70
‘ 4 rela lap... .. @3 00| Green, Peninsular..... 0@™mS
* Vini Rect. bbl. Team, wee.............. 6X%@7
ET 229@2 39; _“ white........... . 6XGT
Less 5¢ gal., cash ten days, Whiting, white S @70
Strychnia Crystal..... 1 40@1 45 wating: Gilders’...... @u%
Sulphur, Gabe. 2%@ 3% | White, Paris American 10
ee 24@ 3 Whiting, Paris Eng. ca
Tamarinds . ee 201 Gime .................-
Terebenth Venice..... os 30 Pioneer Prepared Paintl 20@124
Theobromae . _ 48 | Swiss o a
Va ‘8 Dogs 00| Paints. ves 1 00@1 20
Simei Salph.. ........ 7@ 8 VARNISHES.
No. 1 Turp - -1 10@1 20
hanes Extra Tur 10@1 70
Bbl. Gal| Coach Bo y. i 2 75@3 00
Whale, winter........ 70 i No. i Turp Furn...... 1 00@1 10
Dard, Gxira..........- 100 110) Eutra Turk Damar 1 55@1 60
Dard. we. t........... 65 70 | Ja Dryer, No. 1
Linseed, pureraw.... 49 52 Mtn. .-. es... 70@75
HALE
HAAEL TINE & Pi
Importers and
Jobbers
KINS DRUG CU.
of
DRUGS
CHEMICALS AND
Fall Line of Staple Dra
DEALERS IN
PATENT MEDICINES
Paints, Oils 2° Varnishes.
Sole Agents for the Celebrated
SWISS WILkA PREPARED PAINTS.
vo)
sis Sundries
We are Sole Preprietors of
Weatherly’s Michigan Gatarrh Remedy,
We Have in Stock and Offer a Full Line of
WHISKIES, BRANDIES,
GINS, WINES, RUMS.
We sell Liquors for medicinal purposes only.
We give our personal attention to mail orders and guarante> satisfaction.
All orders shipped and invoiced the same day we receive them.
NE & PERKINS
Send a trial order:
DaUG GO,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
going to press and are an accurate index of the local market.
below are given as representing average prices for average conditions of purchase.
those who have poor credit.
GROCERY PHICE, CURE.
The prices quoted in this list are for the trade only, in such quantities as are usually purchased by retail dealers. . They are prepared just before
greatest possible use to dealers.
AXLE GREASE.
doz gross
Aurore... . 55 6 00
Castor Oil. —. 9 CO
ae 5 64268550
eer s.............. 89 9 00
Pe 75 8 00
ae .. ........ 55 6 00
BAKING POWDER.
Acme.
26 cans, _— a =
i ie i - 1 60
10
Arctic
eo... 60
CS 1 20
ae 200
» * i cicheses cece
Fosfon,
5 oz. Cans, 4 doz. in case oo
_” ' i rae
Red Star, > cans. : =
en ' 1 50
Telfer’ 8, % Ib. cans, doz. 45
% lb. 85
* tb: ” os oe
BATH BRICK.
2 dozen in case.
English . ‘ 90
Bristol. . 80
Domestic... .. Me 70
BLUING. Gross
Arctic, . > ovin.......... £0
a 7 00
' a ———....... 10 50
C - 2, sifting box... 2%
ss mei
. No. :. - —
. ina ............ 4
BROOMS,
No. 2 Harl.. i=
o. 1 ieee
No. 2 carpet ee ee 2a
No. 2
tae oo
Common Whisk. oe 90
Fancy eee es
aliniew. os 3 2
BRUSHES.
ere ee 2... 1 25
r os 1 50
“ “ 15 1 75
Rice Root Scrub, 2 row... 85
Rice Root Scrub, 3 tow .... 125
Palmetto, goose............ 150
CANDLES
Hotel, 40 Ib. boxes oe . =
— eS 9
Se
een ...... =
CANNED GOODS.
Fish,
Cl
Little Neck, 1 ib... 1 2
2 lb ook oe
Clam Chowder.
Standard, 31b.. 2 25
Cove Oysters.
Standard, - fo : 95
i. ook oo
Saale
tS. 2 50
a 2 ...8 50
Picnic, 1 1b.. ..2 00
21b 2 90
Mackerel.
Standard, . aoc 1 25
2 Ib. 2
Mustard, 2lb.. bee... @3
Less ov oe @3
Pound packages....... 6%@7
COFFEE,
Green.
0.
Fair. on 19
ee
ae 22
eee 22
roars
Santos,
Cop el
ee le
ee 22
Pare 23
Mexican and Guatamala.
a 20
eee 21
ee 2%
Maracaibo
a 19
eee 20
Java
aor 25
Evivass Growin... ....... |. 27
menoentne 28
Mocha,
ae. 23
Ca 26
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.. 24 30
Penn... 23.80
Lion, 60 or 100 lb. case.... 24.30
Extract.
_—~ City % STOSS........ ; =
— 5
Hummer’, foil, gross. ncueee 150
— oF 2 50
CONDENSED MILK,
4 doz. in case.
ee ey es 7 40
beta. ba I —oanoe 6 25
Gennine Gwis............. 7 7
American Swiss. .
secceeee 6 7
COUPON BOOKS,
$1 20
82 2 50
sa, * Se, 8 00
. * a 3 oC
— ee 40
$20, ‘ . a 5 00
“Superior.”
St, per bees... ..... 2 50
ss « “ss 200
$3 3 50
$5 400
$10. - 500
6 00
per hundred: ......... $3 00
— 3 50
ieee see 400
eects a 5 00
pened cece 6 00
7 00
Above prices on cou
are subject to the
quantity discounts:
staat
500
n books
ollowing
5 per cent,
a “
1000“ ose
COUPON PASS BOOKS.
— be made to represent any
ene from $10 down.|
CREDIT CHECKS.
500, any one denom’ en $3 00
1¢ 00; 5
ck 00
2000, “ce “ og ana nen 8 00
Steel punch.. esac, | oe
CRACKERS.
Butter.
Seymour Xxx.. ae
Seymour XXX, cartoon. ioe 6%
on A 8
Family a" cartoon...... 6%
pemen cae. 6
Salted x3, Cartoon ...... 6%
ee 7%
Pee 8
Butter, biscuit ... 6%
Soda.
cat CT
orn coe. TH
poas, Dee... 8%
Crystal Wafer. . soe
Long Island Wafers ae 11
Oyster.
gk Sh 6
Ciyonee Sak... 6
Peseae Oolier.,............ 6
CREAM TARTAR,
Strictly pore... ....... ~ -—
Telfer’s ee ee ee es 35
Grocers’ ete ee 20@25
DRIED FRUITS.
Domestic,
Apples
Sundried, sliced = bbls. 7%
quartered ‘ 7%
Evaporated, 20 ib. — @10%
Pp:
California in bags...... 16%
Evaporated in boxes. .. 17
Blackberries,
In boxes. - 8 @9
Nectarines.
ete, OO, cs... 15
more. PEON... .55....... 15
Peaches.
Peeled, in boxes........ 16
Cal. ren, a. 13
° in baee...... 12%
Pears.
California in bags.....
Pitted Cherries,
ares... 2.
Syne, Genes .............
=” ga
Prunelles,
oben...
Raspberries.
7 eee 22
50 Ib. boxes oe 23
25 Ib. 24
Rais ins.
Loose Muscatels in Boxes,
2 crown ee ee 1 50
3 1 65
Loose Muscatels| in 1 Bags.
2 crow oe ho - 5%
3 ee ie
sine,
Currants,
—, ~ ree... 434
. n %-bbls.. 4%
_ = less quantity... 4%
Citron, Leghorn, ae boxes =
Lemon
Orange ‘“ 25 * . it
Raisins.
Ondura, 29 Ib. boxes. . @s
Sultana, 20 we . @10
Valencia, 30 ‘“ ne @7
Prunes,
California, Deer a aes 10%
90100 25 Ib. bxs. a
oe 90 12%
r 70x80 . "134
. 60x70 . 14
EN ee ay T™%
ee,
eee... 9%
ENVELOPES,
XX rag, white.
eee 81 75
i 1 60
cat ee EAT a 1 65
ea ‘<< .. 1 oo
XX wood, white.
Bai vec a nce ict Le
Bogen: teteace 1
Manilla, white. sas
: eee cdc ee
P: bee ee cet awe 95
‘oin
Mill No. 4.. 1 00
FARINACEOUS GOODS.
Farina.
000 th ee 3%
Hominy.
meen, ss cu Sicckses
NE sede em ascnies wees ss 3 50
Lima nee.
a... 4%
Maccaroni pa Vermicelli.
Domestic, 12 lb. box....
eee... sc, --10%@i-%
Oatmeal.
Dereon... 4 85
ieee Derroia 100........... 2 55
Pearl Barley.
Re
Peas.
Cee, t.... ...... ae 1 85
pore Der th. l.. 2%
Rolled —_
Barrels 180... . . oo
Balt See, 2%
Sago.
Coreen 2... cece... 4%
mais... ol. oo. oO
Wheat.
cyeckoe.........; eek ce ctee 5
FISH--Salt.
Bloaters.
Pert 1 40
Cod.
Pawer 3%
Whole, Grand Bank..... 5%
Boneless, bricks.. ...... 7%
Boneless, strips... ....... z
Halibut.
Pee <3... 10 @ll1
Herring.
Holland, os ieee. 9 50@12 =
a CT 12 wo
Round Shore, % bbl...... 2 50
. “ Po 12
POON 16
Mackerel.
ote ee 9 00
re ee 4 65
Pen, 0 ee... 115
Family, 90lbs............. 5 5
2 ee... 65
Sardines,
mumen, keen... 50
Trout.
No. 1, % bbls., 100]bs........6 00
mo, T, Kite, 10 lhe........ .
Whitefish.
No. 1, % bbls., 100]bs....
_ 1 kits, 10 iba ‘
amily, %, bbls., 100 Ibs...
0 Ibs..... a.
FLAVORING EXTRACTS.
Souders’,
Oval Bottle, with corkscrew.
Bestin = world for the money.
Regular
Grade
Lemon.
Vanilla.
XX Grade
Lemen.
2O8..... $1 50
-On..... 3 00
XX Grade
Vanilla,
Jennings’ D C.
ames. —
vis)
: - folding _- 1
1 50
‘ me is ..1 50 2 00
6 oz ” 0 OD 3 00
8 oz . . .8000 4 00
GUNPOWDER.
Austin’ s Rifle, —_ —
OG8....-. 4
° Crack Shot, kegs ..
es Y% keg
te
: Club ~~ :
It is impossible to give quotations suitable for all conditions of purchase, and those
Cash buyers or those of strong credit usually buy closer than
Subscribers are earnestly requested to point out any errors or omissions, as it is our aim to make this feature of the
HERBS,
aT 15
a. ......... Piao cide see 15
INDIGO.
Madras, 5 lb. boxes....... 55
S. F., 2,3 and 5 lb. boxes. . 50
JELLY.
= . Oe... 90
_ * cy cee aes 1 £0
LICORICE.
meee. ole. 30
Calabria. . - ae
ieee eee ae te 12
LYE.
Condensed, : os 4 see cents 1 2%
om......-.,.. 2B
MATCHES,
Tio. o eereeee................ 12
Bee Wee... 5... 170
Wo Seeee.......;.-........ 1 10
MEROONE WTIRE.... 6 450 545.0 400
MINCE MEAT.
3 or 6 doz. in case perdoz.. 95
MEASURES.
Tin, per dozen.
. oe... $1 75
mee Geren... 1 40
eee sean 70
MO eee eas es eee 45
Bee pint......,..........
Wooden, for vinegar, per doz.
PO one te. q
coer Glen... 4%
ee ieee ee ik 3%
Ms eee eee cw 2
MOLASSES,
Blackstrap.
Hogar heuee............ ase 14
Cuba ee
ary 16
20
30
New Orleans.
OE oss 18
ae a Ee eh ap eo eey 20
Extra good... 25
Choice . 30
Fancy. 40
One. haif barrels. 8c extra
PICKLES,
Medium.
Barrels, 1,200 count... @7 00
Half bbls, 600 count.. @4 00
Small.
Barrels, 2,400 count. 8 00
Half bbls, 1,200 count 4 50
PIPES,
Clay, Te. We ese 1%
T. D. full count. . o
Roe, Oe i 1 25
POTASH,
48 cans in case.
Reeeeen ... se, 4 00
reuma Sale Coe.......... 8 2
RICE,
Domestic.
Coren bead... ............ 6
o 1... Se
ee Mee 4%
eee... 3
Imported.
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SPICES,
Whole Sifted.
Ames... <..... cae oO
Cassia, China in mats...... q
' Batavia in bund....15
we Saigon in —_- awe 35
Cloves, Ambcoyna.. ose
ereeeeer cy, 10
Mae Weeee....... ....... 80
Nutmegs ae... ......,. 75
No Aa 70
ee ee 60
Pepper, Singapore, —-- 9
white . 20
ee... 15
Pure Ground in Bulk.
ae... 12
Cass la, Batavia.............28
a Saigon .22
. eee... 30
Cloves, Amboyna. one
ig aee doer sg 18
ue eee. ce... 14
Ceenre............. 17
wemnen ...,....... 18
‘ia Petevm..............- 70
Mustard, Eng. and Trieste. .16
iteate 18
Pons at No. 2 obi oo . 60
epper, Singa age _ -16
Ret . waa... 24
" Cee. Cl ineceese 18
ae. 14
Absolute” in Packages.
148 gs
eee ok... 84 155
aeeee............. S& tm
frees .......-........ 8 155
conor, cem..........- & 155
- 84 155
Ce a ee 84 155
Peeeer oo. 40.0.5... 84 155
Baee...... 84
SAL ‘SODA.
cde ewe 1%
eat Homee. ......... 1%
SAUERKRAUT.
Gold Modal........... @8 25
SEEDS.
Anise .......-..6+-+++- @12%
Canary, Smyrna....... 6
—————— 8
Cardamon, Malabar.. 90
Hemp. Russian....... 4%
Mixed Bird .......... 4%
sued, Whne......- 6
foeee ...... ........ 9
ee es ose 6
Came bone........... 20
STARCH.
Corn.
20-lb boxes Te OTS 6
40-1b
Gloss.
1-lb packages Piece tee tect ae 5%
CO OC a 5%
6-lb ey ee eee
40 and 50 lb. boxes.......... 4%
ee SS a 5%
SNUFF.
Scotch, in bladders......... 37
Maccabo oF ie dare. .........- 35
french Rappee, in Jars eae 43
SODA,
Liked adieon uae wee sees onl Sh
ng * english Coe ete eceancuue 4%
SALT.
100 3-Ib. sacks dee etaes eee $2 2
aon UU... 2 00
25 10-16. SRCKS........-.... 1 85
I eee 2
Sto. Gouel......-........ 1 50
56 lb. dairy in linen bags.. 3
sib, * a .
Warsaw.
56 lb. dairy in drill bags... 32
2 * . _ .
Ashton.
56 lb. dairy in linensacks.. 1%
Higgins.
56)», dairy in linen sacks. 75
Solar Rock.
G6 Tk. SOGCNR....... .. +020. 27
Common Fine.
ee 90
Manes ......-.. ....... 95
SALERATUS,
Packed 60 Ibs. in box.
Coe a ee 3 30
Deere ........-:..-.--+- 3 15
Es cs os aces ao 3 30
Coy 3 00
SOAP.
Laundry.
Allen B. Wrisley’s Brands.
Old Country, 90 1-Ib........ 400
Good Cheer, 601 1b.......... 3 90
White Borax, 100 &-ib...... 3 60
Proctor & Gamble.
Concord
Ivory, 10 Of... ........--+- 6
oe 6 oO
Lenox. ..
Mottled German..
Ly 1325
Jas. S. Kirk & Co.’s Brands.
American Family, wrp d. .84 05
plain... 3 98
N. K. Fairbanks & Co.’s Brands.
Santa Claus..............-. 4 00
Brown, Oy Bare... 3:2... 2 25
pees ..... s 25
— Bros. & Co.’s ‘Brands.
AG cic. i: puetaees 3 65
Cotton Oil.. 5%
Daisy Te eta aa 3 10
oie. Visser escs OO
Pee on een eee anor er
Scouring.
Sapolio, kitchen, 3 doz... 2
han , 3 doz Pea euee 2
SUGAR.
To ascertain the cost of sugar
laid down at any town in the
Lower Peninsula, add freight
rate from New York to the fol
lowing quotations, which repre
sent the refiners’ prices:
50
50
Ce” a ee $5 31
Pomaeree |... os. 494
Grangimied ................ 4 69
Fine Granulated. 69
Extra Fine Granulated. 4 81
Cones ...... a 04
XXXX Pow dered..
Confec. Standard A
No.1 Columbia A.... 4 56
No. GO Empire A ..... . 4 50
ee 444
WOT 4 37
PO es ace. 4 25
No. v.. 4 18
me wo 4:2
a ee 4 00
TO hk eee ee 3 87
WG Fee... ee 3 31
SYRUPS.
Corn.
orca... ................. 2s
ade is... 24
19
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Creare... 6... 30
SWEET GOODS
Ginger Snaps.......... 8
Suger Creams......... 8
Frosted Creams....... 9
Graham Crackers..... 8%
Oatmeal Crackers..... 8%
VINEGAR.
oe... 7 @8
ee @9
$1 for barrel.
WET MUSTARD.
Bulk, per wal ....... ..... 30
Beer mug, 2 dozincase... 1 %5
YEAST.
Mage, 6 8.
Wermers .... one
Yeast Foam ...
Digsene wo
ee
TEAS.
jaPAN—Regular
Petes... ....-.... @i7
Goad ................. @20
Choled ....:..........28 Gas
Cholesst. 32 @34
Dee es 10 @12
SUN CURED.
Mame... 8... @1i7
Geog. ............... @20
Choiee..............--- 2 @x
CRGICOME..........--+.- 32
use... .-.. .--... «.- 10 @i2
BASKET FIRED.
Wee. 18 @W
es oe ceca ue ee @2
Choice @35
Extra ae wire leaf @40
GUNPOWDER.
Common to fair....... 25 @35
Extra fine to finest....50 @65
Choicest fancy........75 @85
OOLONG. @26
Common to fair... ...23 @30
* IMPERIAL.
Common to fair......- 23 @26
Superior tofine........ 30 @35
YOUNG HYSON.
Commor. to fair....... 18 @26
Superior to fine.......30 @40
ENGLISH BREAKFAST.
Pair ....... —_ eS
Choice. . :
emt. ce = on
TOBACCOS.
Fine Cut.
Pails unless otherwise noted
Hilawaethe ............- 62
Sweet Cuba......... : 36
McGinty a 27
% bbls.. 25
Dandy dim..........-- 29
Torpedo oo es 24
in drums.. 23
ium VOM ....- 2 hes 28
oo... ..: se a 23
{EOC ae 22
Plug.
Sorg’s Brands.
Spearhead ........... 41
—————O -
Nobby Twist..........-. 40
Scotten’s Brands.
BVO cesses ass cannes 26
Hiawatha eee oe 38
Valley City ....... aes 34
Finzer’s Brands.
Old Honesty.......... 40
Jolly Tar........+-++++ 32
Smoking.
Catlin’s Brands.
Ribs Geec..........._...... 16
Golden Shower...........-. 19
Huntress cic eces eae ae
Moeorachaum ..........--0«-- 29
American Eagle Co.’s Brands,
Myrtle Navy...............- 40
NO sie cca e wes
German cons ao
WrOe .. 4.55 . oe
Ciscoes or Herring... Bee | Wk I one nse. 1 i « NORE at
luefish. . ts Ee 24 ee vin
Fresh lobster, per 1b_ ES 4 | Pails Tec cuele esas
Shrimp, per gal......... 1 00} 7 i. 5 @6 | Tubs. t ace, nee
lee... ae Gis | date Maniie......-....- @5% ei
— + Piewerel......... @8 Red Express a 1... 5% POULTRY.
se eee dee ien os t NOL 2. .........40e
Sake white 00. } 8 Winks. | Local dealers pay as follows:
Stocks 00006... : 11 | 48 Cotton.. See eee DEESSED.
Finnan Haddies........ 10 | Cotton, No. 1. ug 17 ~slael * seen ee
Soa. 5. ee 16 = en laa > @16
oysTERSs—Cans, Sea Island, assorted ee 20 can ct tect seee ee nee 14 @15
Fairhaven Counts..... @40 | No.5 Hemp. TU llap [| Chieken...... ........12 @13
Wd. B. Selecta... | a | NOG... 15 ae
Cee le. @28 WOODENWARE. Chickems,.............10 @ii
Auenee 05...) B25 Tubs, No. 1 Cee 7 00 | Fowls...... 8 ae
Slanmaras ........._.. @23 No 3... 6 | cokes... a ae
Payortes .... _.... 19 “ No. 3. . 5 00] Duck............ 22... 11 @13
PROVISIONS. on —-. oe eT
ecorat
The Grand Rapids Packing and Provision Co, | String Roc SE hatin tne ovanesinannenay 1 00
quotes as follows: | Burnt Almond. fut 88
PORK IN BARRELS. Wintergreen Berries... oe ao ..60
Mom... ss 20 |.. CARAMELS,
Shoet ene oe 22 50 — 1 wrapped, 2 1b. boxes................. 34
Extra clear pig, short cut............-.-+--- af 3 51
Extra clear, heavy.. i No.3 2, 2 i 2s
Clear, fat back.. 24 00 | gy 3; ve 3 4
Boston clear, short cut. . “) UTTTTTIET! 24 00 | Stand up, 5 lb. boxes.......
Clear back, FE 24 00} gall BANANAS.
Standard clear, short cut, best..........-. 26 00 Seaeeas EE
sausagE—Fresh and Smoked. fae ee
ih SOE tl 1) a
Fe ee eae aaa 9 | Floridas, fancy net ) 33
NRG SUT 9 | Messinas. 200s.. TTT eae ai cis tte a
een Bae ee 9 “ RT TTT : oa a0
Ae ee det 7 "LEMONS, oT
Bologna, straight.............----- ee seeeee eee 6 Messina, choice, 360.. @3 25
Bologna, thick.............------.e00 eee eee 6 fancy, 360.. @3 7%
en aus 7 my =— 300. . eeecae @3 25
LARD. . CCT 4 00
Bottle Rendered... .......--..---...-..«...... 13 OTHER FOREIGN F
2 RUIT
—— ee By Figs, fancy layers, 6b...... sonannadel @
Se eee dale aoe ae 4 10D Ha os
Compound ......-.....-.-.-- +. d+ 2+ +--+ ---- 19 xtra Ca @i2
50 Ib. Tins, 4¢ advance. . «6 = aa ois
oo pails, ie Dates, Fard, 10-1b. box......... @ 7%
“Ke CC ce eae ee eete eee a a aia ale ani aik
a pa ae ] ee 6
ri i %e i . Persian, 50Ib. Be ous 5
BEEF IN BARRELS. Almonds, oe an ll, @19
Extra Mess, warranted 200 Ibs...........-.-- 8 50 _ NA a @18
Extra Mess, Chicago packing............---- 8 50 G iereia.. @18%
Boneless, rump butts.............-----+-0++> 13 00 | Brazils, new. : @10%
SMOKED MEATS—Canvassed or Plain. Walnuts, Gr sion tert e eee eee @i1%
Hams, average 20 Ibe Se SH 1% aa ="
oe 15 See
hs [ ito 4 ihe........-....-.-..-.. 15% Table Nuts, fancy.. Le -#
‘“ PICMG on i ee we wa te we 12% Ghoice .__. @12
wea Homnelegs......-.........-......... i : ecans, —— *. A 12 Oi4 &
i i a-ha A me ocoanu 8, U. a ks Av
eae tenet ee 3 " cm cn @4 7%
ried beef, ham prices........-..----+---+ ++: -
Long Clears, heavy... .........-...-.-----+--- Fancy, H. P. re saa resets @ 5%
Briskets, medium. Loe : oaste @i™%*
Fancy, H. P., Flags.................... 5
- —_— “Roasted. . ¢ oa
Choice, H. P., Extras......... ver tsies oan
si _—--
CANDIES, FRUITS and NUTS. California Walnuts oz
The Putnam Candy Co. quotes as follows: : a
ici cca CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE.
Cases Bbls. Pails. FRUIT JARS.
wt feed = vs an ee ee
ue ..........- 6 My A ce ee 7 00
“ ata... 6% ie (eee Galena 9 00
Bogton Cream ...... ..-.. 8% Oe a 2%
Se EE 40
Extra H. H........ is 8% LAMP BURNERS.
MIXED CANDY. _ ae ick lin ek ala au hc gcc lan unl 45
Bbls. Pails.| No.2 “ |... et =
Sat oe. — De ae Co 5
ERE bcc e cscs once nese es a0 ‘ <
> ” LAMP CHIMNEYS. 2er box.
> Se a aaa ARETE i §* | 6 dos. in box.
Se Oe 7 o es | a eee 1%
aston a ee eee iets. 3 = Beas eee ennicn sansa mann wae 1 $8
Poken Tuiy........-..--- askets ia a a aps os oa oO el ec mh ll a
Peanut Squares..........-. 8 9 First quality.
ese Creee 10 | No.0 Sun, Crimp top....-..----.-2+++eseeeeeee 2 2
Valley Cueeiad.. ....-----..------ 13 ae a i Hocitsese ress sees eces cone ea 40
Midget, 30 Ib. baskets......-...-----++--00000+ ee et ee ease eae ae sce 3 40
Cee ee cee ate ta Si See aes ie ‘om
Fancy—In bulk Nad * nn ee eee eee ee
— Naz _ ’ em e eas 0 oe
Lozenges, — es, No.1 top. a cdeaniad ‘
Fe eae ee enews eee ° un, wrappe an abele Macceds cane eae
Chocolate Drops......-. ++. -seseeeree cree eres 11% No. 2 FT aids a athe 4 70
Chocolate Monumentals.......-......-++ +++ 13 No. 2 ikon, _ ‘ Y ..4 88
Gina Tope... se eee ae ee $% La Bastie.
oo a ee eee leu caes neces ween dee os 7 Al 1 Sun, ‘plain bulb, per _ 1 oe
Sete DEOIG. on nse csc c nes cnc cen ce een ence anon No. icon teceuacce Oe
imperial. a 10 No. 1 crimp, per Ee 1 35
tee ha | |— ROR 7 tettetitescsreeeten sn tanens 1 60
LAMP WICKS.
Lemon Drope.....-++0- v-s2--s-r-780001 77°18 | No. O, DOr RTOS... see cee cess cose eeeteeerees 28
Poppecmnnat ted eee al in 28
Chocotate NOME. 2.6... .. 5.222 ne woe oe +. 60 a : i atone se senate Nee a 38
H. M. Chocolate Drops.......-------++-+++s05+ 90 Ma; th, Wt See sess ce ae eae eS
Chern TH. oan cece cc concer ccecccsseoas cee 40@50 ammo per oz. a H—seseeceas ¢
Licorice Drops... .......2-.. ee seee ee cee eee ee 1 00 : STONEWARE—AKRON.
A. B. Licorice Drope.... .... .---- 06. cee eeee ee 80 Butter Crocks, 1 and 6 gal............ 06%
Lozenges, — ieee ep aen ee news ne 60 | Jugs, % gal., per doz...........-..+- vis)
: eee 65 ' 1 iL nn Ped deueceuaucues oe : =
Imper og cece cu msl cdgeyens deeneveeues - © a
ee 70 Mik Pans, = gal., per dos per ela .
rae Fh as oo ones oss sere sown se were ones oe 55 giased ...... ae
Wolssees Bar... 5... oe. <2 eee eee roe sone see 55 “ ‘ ? ae ohne 78
Hand Made Croams...............--..--+- 85@95 . - : - greed. o... 90
is
THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
Legislation no Solution for the Silver |
Problem.
Written for THE TRADESMAN.
face of experience, will insist that a coin-
age law restoring the old ratio of sixteen
to one will be the cure for the ey
It is evident toeven a casual observer | |in value and prove the ‘‘open sesame’’ to
that the silver question is getting to be| | general prosperity.
one of the most important, as well as the
most difficult, of all the questions now
pressing the American people for a set-
tlement. We are confronted with a con-
dition that is rapidly growing dangerous,
and beset with theories no less alarming,
which threatens the stability of our once
safe financial system. This condition
will have to be dealt with either by ex-
perts or by amateurs. The latter, at
present, seems to take the leading partin
the general discussion. It is to be
feared that they will coerce legislative
action before sober second thought can
be called in for counsel.
This is the era of wild and fanciful
theories. Inventive genius, so long em-
ployed in practically improving the con-
ditions of mankind, has at last over-
stepped the bounds of mechanical, chem-
ical and philosophical experiment and
soared into an atmosphere of exaggera-
tion in the treatment of social and finan-
cial problems, until novelty ceases to
startle the public mind, and the babies of
to-day are accustomed to use impossibil-
ities as common playthings.
The American people have been so
often delivered in perplexing emergen-
cies by the genius of some leader wise in
statecraft that we have become inflated
with the idea that legislation is the sure
and only relief for all the ills that af-
flict the state and prevent the prosperity
of those who compose such state. At
the present, we are like the ring per-
former who essays the feat of riding two
horses at once that are getting farther
apart in their centrifugal movements,
until the rider finds his straddling pow-
ers exercised to the fullest extent and
himself at the mercy of imminent neces-
sity. If he fail to get the steeds nearer
each other, he must choose which of
them he will ride, or, discarding both,
make the race on foot. In either case,
the celebrated two-horse act will have
proved a failure, to the great disgust of
patrons of the ring. Amateur jockeys
looking on say that they could avert this
catastrophe by tying each end of a rope,
just the length of the performer’s strad-
dle, to the bit of each horse. They for-
get that equine movements cannot be
controlled by such a slight restraint, as
this arrangement does not prevent the
widening of the distance between the
points where the rider’s feet should rest.
As a practical expedient, therefore, it
would be of no better service than to
read aloud in the ring a treatise on horse
etiquette.
Silver and gold have, for centuries,
born the burdens of commerce, in all civ-
ilized lands, in the transfer of property,
and that to the general! satisfaction of all
concerned, except when ill-advised
legislation has stepped in to regulate the
comparative value of either metal. In
nearly every case, instead of regulating,
it has disturbed the equilibrium it was
designed to secure and maintain, and the
repeal of each statute has become more
popular than its original enactment.
Centuries ago, gold was valued as to sil-
ver in the proportion of eight to one. In
the natural changes brought about by
the relative supply of metal, the ratio
has increased, until, at present, it stands
about twenty to one; and yet there are
thousands of intelligent men who, in the
We have every rea-
son to believe that the present ratio is
the direct result of the unusually large
production of silver in this country,
which in the absence of free coinage,
passes into the channels of trade and is
disposed of for what people are willing
to give, the increased production contin-
ually lowering the price received.
It is easy to see why those who own
and operate silver mines should desire a
law that will at once put an immense
profit into their hands, without regard to
its effect on the value of other property.
The gain to them would be immediate
and the actual loss remote. They could
transfer their immense hoards of coin in-
to other property before the general rise
in value which would be the inevitable
result. But why the millions who labor
and have no chance to hedge against
fluctuating values should ask such a fa-
vor for those whom they are taught to
consider capitalists and oppressors of la-
bor, is difficult to understand.
The experience gained during the late
Civil War ought to convince anyone that
gold and silver cannot be kept at any giv-
en ratio by act of Congress alone. The
law creating greenbacks and making
them legal tender for all debts had the
immediate effect of fixing paper as the
unit of value; and gold soon became, in
the eastern portion of the republic, only
a commodity. Greenbacks, by degrees
lessening in purchasing power, were
soon the only medium of exchange, and
by them was determined the value of all
species of property. Silver of equal
value with gold was also forced out of
circulation, and property was assessed at
a figure corresponding to the difference
between coin and greenbacks. The price
of everything was rated y the latter,
and, as greenbacks fell in value, proper-
ty appreciated in equal ratio.
On the Western Coast the condition of
things was different, notwithstanding
the action of Congress making paper a
legal tender. The people quietly ig-
nored the fact that paper was lawful
money, and continued to do business
with the old medium all through the war,
buying and selling entirely on a coin
basis. While on the Atlantic Coast gold
was a product useful only to pay customs
dues, and in the arts, and was handled
by brokers for the profit to be made, the
people of the Pacific States made gold
and silver the unit of value, and green-
backs were only seen in brokers’ offices
and speculated in as were stocks and
bonds, subject to like fluctuations in
market. If any business man took ad-
vantage of the Legal Tender Act to pay
debts in such currency at its face value,
it was received under protest, and his
name thereafter stood not high in the
business world. The prices of products,
therefore, did not rise as a general thing
on the Pacific Coast, but were kept stable
except as to certain goods affected by the
international revenue law. No one but
those in the employ of the government
received paper money at its face value,
and then, to use the same, were obliged
to sell it at the brokers’, as they would
railroad securities, for coin with which
to purchase the necessities of life.
Thus the following conditions existed
for four years in the East and West un-
der a law that was imperative over every
When it comes to spices, the;best is
none too good.
Gold Medal
Spices
are the best goods money will buy
and they are all packed in fiber pails.
One trial will make you a friend of
them.
all
arnhart
PatmanCo.
See that this Label appears
on every (package, as it is a
guarantee of the genuine ar-
ticle.
Ee:
FERNY np
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CHI ‘3 ao
FERMENTUM
The Only Reliable
COMPRESSED YEAST
Sold in this market for the past Fifteen Years,
Far Superior to any other.
Correspondence or Sample Order Solicited.
Endorsed Wherever Used.
JOHN SMYTH, Agent, Grand Rapids, Mich,
Telephone 566.
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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
state in the Union: A man coming from
San Francisco to New York could not
buy a suit of clothes with the contents of
his purse, until he had changed it into
paper money. He received a premium
on his gold, ’tis true, but, even in buy-
ing solid coin silver spoons or a gold
watch, eagles were not accepted, for the
same reason that bank stocks were re-
fused—because they were not money in
common use. At the same time, a citi-
zen of New York could not purchase a
dish of clam chowder from the common-
est lunch counter in San Francisco with
money that wascurrent in Wall street, but
must exchange it for coin of the realm
before he could hope to appease his ap-
petite. (I should except burglars and
eonfidence men in these statements, as
they made no captious distinction be-
tween metal and paper money in their
business transactions, nor likewise did
the boodle receiver). The merchant of
San Francisco, in war time, went to New
York with his gold and sold it in Wall
street as a foreign merchant would ex-
change a cargo of merchandise for cash.
With the proceeds in greenbacks, he laid
in his stock, to be shipped home and sold
for gold and silver, atan apparent loss,
sometimes, reckoned by the value of the
currency used in its purchase. No one
knew, by the price of goods there, that a
war was going on.
From the foregoing, it is a fair con-
clusion to believe, that, if Congress at-
tempts, by a free coinage law, to force
silver into circulation at the ratio of six-
teen to one, the same results will follow
as in the case of greenbacks—gold will
be a commodity, silver the unit of value,
and property will rise in value as the dis-
tance between gold and silver fluctuates.
Congress had no power to keep green-
backs and coin together. Though the
sacred rite of wedlock was sanctified by
the patriotism and sufferings of the en-
tire loyal millions united ina holy pur-
pose, the gap between coin and paper
widened, until the glad news of peace
brought a reconciliation; but it was not
until 1879, the year of resumption, that
the divorced conple were again united.
What the inexorable law of cause and ef-
fect divides, no government has power
to bind together. The moment it at-
tempts to do so, we are all at the mercy
of the sharpest witted financiers. The
poor man ought not, and the business
men of this country will not, ask govern-
ment to pass a law that leaves them at
the mercy of capitalistic Shylocks. Just
so sure as this is done, the latter will
say to the former, ‘‘You can have the
crow, and I will take the turkey; or,
I will take the turkey and you may have
the crow.’ Fluctuations in value of
currency always feather the nest of him
who has millions;but they eat into the poor
man’s hoard until his cupboard is bare.
A stable currency is the poor man’s
friend. This truth has been dinged in-
to his ears for generations; and yet men
of commanding intellect try to convince
him that, because we are a progressive
people, the wise lessons of experience are
to be put away asrubbish. They assert
in effect, that because God once said,
“Tet there be light,” and light was,
therefore, a sovereign people have the
power to say, by law, ‘‘Let seventy cents
in silver be adollar of golden value,”
and, presto, the dollar appears.
Assaid at the beginning of this article,
we must settle this question either by
experts or by amateurs.
game has been tried too often by such
men as Benjamin Butler, who claimed to
believe in the magic power of law to fiat
ATLAS
something out of nothing—see his speech |
in Congress February 26, 187S—and Sen- |
ator Stewart, of Nevada, who voices the
schemes of men whose profits from free
coinage would greatly enlarge his bank |
account,
improve the prospects of the
but never raise the wages nor |
hard- |
a ° |
worked miner who risks his life and |
health to dig the shining metal from the
bowels of the earth, where gnomes, with
dangerous weapons of defense, guard the
glittering treasure.
motions are regulated by a centrifugal
force moving in an irregular elleptical
orbit beyond our control: rather let us
harness both steeds and drive them with
chariot, secured by the centripetal chain
of common sense to the center pole of
true value; and not all the centrifugal
forces of false theorists shall swerve us
from the path marked out by the compass
of safeexperience. S. P. WHITMARSII.
: —_ -o- <> _
Use Tradesman Cowpon Books.
EATON, LYON & CO.’S
Full force of travelers will soon
be out with complete lines of
‘new goods in
Stationery
—AND—
Sporting Goods
20 & 22 MONROE ST.,
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
T. H. NEVIN CO.’S
Swiss Villa Mixed Paints
Have been used for over ten years.
Have in all cases given satisfaction.
Are unequalled for durability, elasticity
and beauty of finish.
We carry a full stock of this well known
brand mixed paints.
Send for sample card and prices.
Hazeltine & Perkins Drag Co.,
STATE AGENTS
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.
FOURTH NATIONAL BANK
Grand Rapids, Mich.
D. A. BLopeEtT, President.
Gro. W. Gay, Vice-President.
Wma. H. AnpERSON, Cashier.
Jno. A. SEymour, Ass’t Cashier.
Capital, $300,000.
DIRECTORS.
D. A. Blodgett. Geo. W. Gay. Ss. M. Lemon.
C. Bertsch. A.J. Bowne. G. K. Johnson.
The bunco! Wm. H. Anderson. Wm, Sears. A. D. Rathbone
SOAP
Is Manufactured
only by
HENRY PASSOLT,
Saginaw, Mich.
‘For general laundry and family
Let us not try to ride two horses whose |
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.
“the Kent.’’
Directly Opposite Union Depot.
AMERICAN PLAN
. RATES, 32 PER DAY
STEAM HEAT AND ELECTRIC BELLS
FREE BAGGAGE TRANSFER FROM UNION
DEPOT.
BEACH & BOOTH, Props.
Use Tradesman Cowpons.
MICHIGAN CENTRAL
“ The Niagara Falls Route.”
(Taking effect Sunday, Nov. 20, 1892.)
Arrive. Depart
10 00 pm........Detroit Express .......- 6 55pm
4200 1......_._..._ Mixea wt 1 am
10 OO am.......... Day Express ....... 1 20pm
6 O0Oam.....*Atlantic and Pacific.....10 45pm
1 OOp mi.....- New York Express...... 5 40pm
*Daily. All others daily, except Sunday.
Sleeping cars run on Atlantic and Pacific ex-
press trains to and from Detroit.
Parlor cars leave for’.Detroit at 6:55 a m; re-
turning, leave Detroit 4:40 pm, arriving at Grand
Rapids 10:00 p m.
Direct communication made at Detroit with
all through trains east over the Michigan Cen
tral Railroad (Canada Southern Division.)
Tickets on sale at Union Ticket Office, 67 Mon-
roe street and Union Depot.
Tree GRAND HAVEN & MIL-
WAUKEE Railway.
Depot corner Leonard St. and Plainfield Ave.
EASTWARD.
Trains Leave |tNo. 14\tNo. 16)tNo. 18\*No. 82
@’d Rapids, Lv| 6 50am/10 20am) 3 25pm /}11 00pm
foe... Ar| 745am/11 25am) 4 27pm|12 42am
St. Johns....Ar| 8 30am/12 17pm) 5 20pm) 2 00am
Owoeso ...-.. Ar| 905am} 1 20pm) | 3 10am
E. Saginaw..Ar|10 50amj 3 45pm) 8 00pm) 6 4am
Bay City ..... Ar}|11 30am] 4 35pm) 8 37pm| 7 15am
Vint .....-. Ar|10 05am| 345pm| 7 05pm) 5 40am
Pt. Huron...Ar|1205pmj 550pm) 8 50pm| 7 30am
Pontiac ...... Ar|10 53am) 305pm) 8 25pm) 5 37am
Detroit....... Ar|t1 50am] 4 05pm) 925pm) 7 00am
WESTWARD.
Trains Leave |\*No. 81 |tNo. 11 |tNo. 13
||
Ly. Detroit..... ...----- |\10 45pm
Q@’d Rapids, Lv... .--- i\| 7 06am
Q@’d Haven, Ar.....-- || 8 25am
Milw’kee Str ‘‘......-- eee) ke
Chicago Str. “ .....---I|---.----L-..)---1---- +:
*Daily.
6 50am|10 50am
1 00pm) 5 10pm
2 10pm) 6 15pm
+Daily except Sunday.
Trains arrive from the east, 6:40 a.m., 12:50 a.m.,
5:00 p. m. and 10:00 p. m.
Trains arri e from the west,
p.m. and 9:45V p. m.
Bastward—No. 14 has Wagner Parlcr Buffet
car. No.18Chair Car. No. 82 Wagner Sleeper.
Westward—No. 81 Wagner Sleeper. No. 11
Chair Car. No. 15 Wagner Parlor Buffet car.
Jas. CAMPBELL, City Ticket Agent.
23 Monroe Street.
j0:10 a. m., 3:15
Grand Rapids & Indiana.
Schedule in effect January 29, 1893.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Arrivefrom Leave going
th.
South. orth
For Traverse City and Saginaw 6:45am 7:20am
For Traverse City & Mackinaw 9:00am 1:10pm
For Cadillac and Saginaw...... 2:20pm 4;15 pm
For Petoskey & Mackinaw ..... 8:10pm 10:10 pm
From Chicago and Kalamazoo. 8:35 p m
Train arriving from south at 6:45am and 9:00am
daily. Others trains daily except Sunday.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Arrive from Leavegoing
North. uth
Vor Cinciumati.................. 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 Cincinnatl. ........-.0..ee- 5:15pm 6:00 pm
For Kalamazoo & Chicago..... 10:40 pm 11:20 pm
From Saginaw......... .-. 11:50am
From Saginaw...........+ss++-- 10:40 p m
Trains leaving south at 6:00 p m and 11:20 p. m. runs
daily; all other trains daily except Sunday.
SLEEPING & PARLOR CAR SERVICE.
NORTH
7:200amtrain has Parlor Car to Traverse
City.
. m train has parlor car Grand
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
10:10 P m train.—Sleeping car Grand
Rapids to Petoskey and Mackinaw.
SOUTH--7:00 am train.—Parlor chair car Grand
Rapids to Cincinnati.
10:05 am train.—Wagner Parlor Car
Grand Rapids to Chicago.
6:00 m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car
Grand pids to Cincinnati.
11;20 p m train.—Wagner Sleeping Car
Grand Rapids to Chicago.
Chicago via G. R. & 1. R. R.
Lv Grand Rapids 10:05 am 2:00 pm
Arr Chicago 3:55 pm 9:00 pm
10:05 a m train through Wagner Parlor Car.
11:20 p m train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.
Ly Chicago 7:05 am 3:10pm 11:45 p m
Arr Grand Rapids 2:20 pm 8:35 pm 6:45 am
3:10 p m through Wagner Parlor Car. 11:45 p m
train daily, through Wagner Sleeping Car.
11:20 p m
6:50am
Muskegon, Grand Rapids & Indiana.
For Muskegon—Leave. From Muskegon—Arrive
6:55 am 10:00 a
m
11:25 am 440 pm
5:30 pm 9:05 p m
Sunday train leaves for Muskegon at 9:05 a m, ar-
riving at 10:20 am. Returning, train leaves Muske
gon at 4:30 p m, arriving at Grand 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, Union Ticket Agent, 67
Monroe street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
©. L. LOCKWOOD,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
AND WESI MICHIGAN R’Y.
GOING TO CHICAGO.
Lv.GR’D RAPIDS...... 8:50am 1:25pm *11:35pm
Av. CHICAGO.......... 3:55pm 6:45pm *7:05am
RETURNING FROM CHICAGO.
Ly. CHICAGO.........-. 9:00am 5:25pm *11:15pm
Ar. GR’D RAPIDS.....3:55pm 10:45pm *7:05am
TO AND FROM BENTON HARBOR, AND ST JOSEPH
in. G x... S:50am 1:25pm ...... *11:35pm
Gk... *6:10am 3°55pm 10:45pm
TO AND FROM MUSKEGON.
Ly. G. ......,, 8:50am 1:25pm 5:35pm 8:45pm
Ar G. E....... |... 10:45am 3:55pm 5:25pm
TRAVERSE CITY MANISTEE & PETOSKEY.
NOV. 20, 1892,
AE.
in GC... 8 7:30am 5:35pm
‘Aw Migotetee ...-....-.... ..1-. 2:15pm 10:29pm
Ar. Traverse City ............-.. 12:35pm 10:59pm
‘Ay. Chierlovoln.........-........ 2 ee
Ar. Petoskey .................... S:30pm: .......-
Ar. from Petoskey, etc., 10:00 p m.;
Traverse City 11:50 a m, 10:00 p m.
THROUGH CAR SERVICE.
Wagner Parlor Cars Leave Grand Rapids 1:25
pm, leave Chicago 5:25 pm.
Wagner Sleepers—Leave Grand Rapids *11:35
pm; leave Chicago *11:15 pm.
Free Chair Car for Manistee 5:35 P m.
*Every day. Other trains week days only.
DETROIT,
LANSING & NORTHERN R, R.
NOV. 20, 1892
GOING TO DETROIT.
Ly. G I .......-....... 7:10am *1:25pm 5:40pm
Ar, DET..,.........----11:30am *6:20pm 10:pm
RETURNING FROM DETROIT.
Ly. DETR........-..... 7:50am *1:35pm 6:10pm
Ar G H..-..-......... 2:55pm *5:25pm 10:30pm
TO AND FROM SAGINAW, ALMA AND ST. LOUIS.
Ly. GR 7:20am 4:15pm Ar. G R.11:50am 11:00pm
TO LOWELL VIA LOWELL & HASTINGS R, R.
Lv. Grand Rapids.......-. 7:10am 1:25pm 5:40p
Ar. from Lowell.......--- 2:55pm 5:25pm .......
THROUGH CAR SERVICE.
Parlor Cars on all trains between Grand Rap
ids and Detroit. Parlor cars to Saginaw on morn-
ing train. '
*Every day. Other 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., L. & N.
Ly. Grand Rapids at..... 7:15 a. m. and 1:00 p. m.
Ar. Toledo at ......... 12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.
VIA D., @. H. & M.
Ly. Grand Rapids at.....6:50 a. m. and 3:25 p, m.
Ar Toledo a6.......... 12:55 p. m. and 10:20 p. m.
Return connections equally as good.
W. “‘H. BenneTT,, General Pass. Agent,
Toledo, Ohio.
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THE MICHIGAN TRADESMAN.
Grand Rapids Retail Grocers’ Association.
President, A. J. Elliott; Secretary, E. A, Stowe.
Official Organ—MicHigaN TRADESMAN.
Jackson Grocers’ Union
President, D. S. Fleming; Sec’y, N. H. Branch.
‘The Squash She Didn’t Ate.”
While waiting in a South Division
street grocery the other day for a chance
to confer with the proprietor on a little
matter of business, I was more than ever
impressed with the thought that there
are times when even a grocer’s patience
is in danger of losing its well-earned
virtue.
It was past 11 o’clock, and the fore-
noon orders had not yet gone out; in-
deed, the goods were not yet all put up.
At that very moment twenty-five or thirty
ing in different parts of the city for the
well-known delivery sleigh to arrive with
the wherewithall to prepare dinners for
and children. The grocer realized the
responsibility that rested upon his
shoulders, as evidenced by the worried,
tired look on his face and the sprightly
efforts he was putting forth in helping
his two or three clerks in getting the
stuff put up. The floor was so nearly
covered with baskets, jugs, cans, sacks
of flour, etc., that one could hardly make
his way through the store; and, as if for
no other purpose than to harass the gro-
cer’s nerves, there appeared to be a de-
mand on the partof the public to be
waited on just at that particular time.
Add to this the fact that two drummers
were waiting behind the stove for an
opportunity to undo themselves—and do
up the grocer—and you will not wonder
that he looked tired.
One old fellow was in such a hurry to
preserve his life by purchasing a nickel’s
worth of Hiawatha, that he stumbled
over a jug of molasses and a kerosene
ean. After the said o.f. had reached
the street in safety, a tall, angular speci-
men of a female Irishman, with a shawl
thrown over her head, entered the store.
As she approached the counter, she aimed
a vigorous kick at a lop-eared dog that
had followed a farmer into the store, and
accompanied it with:
“Git out wid ye, ye mazely brute!
Faith, an’ it’s not the loikes av me that’d
permit ye to poke yer dirthy nose intil
everything ef 1 was kapin’ a grocery
sthore!”’
With a defiant sniff in the direction of
the drummers, as though they were the
joint owners of the dog, she threw a
greasy pass-book on the counter and in-
formed the grocer that she wanted to pay
her little bill. The ‘“‘little bill’? was
made out and, after glancing over it, she
gave a sort of locomotive snort and vo-
ciferated:
‘Luk at that now! An’ would ye be
afther chargin’ a poor widde loike me
wid a mazely weg-e-table that she didn’t
ate?’’
“Why, what’s the matter this time,
Mrs. McTwang?’’
‘** Matther,’’ yelled Mrs. McTwang,
‘‘whin it’s yerself that knows roight
well that that silfsame squash was
mattherated long afoor it lift the sthore?
Shure, an’ l’ll not pay yea divil a cint
for the squash I didn’t ate.”
“Oh, that’s nothing,” said the grocer,
after she had gone. ‘‘Every grocer has
his McTwangs, and, if it’s not a squash,
it’s sure to be something else that they
‘didn’t ate,’ and we have to humor them.”
j}has a considerable rise,
How the Name “Tram” Originated.
Webster’s dictionary tells us that the
origin of the word tram is probably Scan-
dinavian. This is an instance in which
the dictionary is mistaken, says Electric
Power. Before the days of the railroad
the canal was, in England as elsewhere,
the most convenient means of transit for
heavy loads, and the owners of these many
waterways stood much in the position of
the railroad kings of to-day.
Among the most successful canals in
England was the one stretching from
Derby to Birmingham and Staffordshire.
One end of it extended to the north of
Derby about four miles, to a place called
Little Eaton, and its terminus there
formed a convenient connection with the
extensive house-coal, iron and pottery
fields of the Alfreton and Ripley districts.
The land from Little Eaton to Alfreton
and it was
thought unremunerative to build so many
wives and mothers were fretting and fum- |
locks as would be required if the canal
|; were extended to the latter town. A
| road was laid, therefore, through a tract
| of land purchased for the occasion by
|
| the canal company, and this road is in
more than a hundred hungry husbands |
| canal to the present day.
active operation in connection with the
The designer
of the road was James Outram, of Little
Eaton. It consisted of flat cast-iron
flanged plates, each three feet long, with
a gauge about equal to an ordinary cart.
The rails were laid at each end on stone
blocks, and fastened to them by spikes
driven into a lead plugrunina holein the
stone. The road was called, after its in-
ventor, an Outram road, afterward con-
tracted into ’tram road.
The cars run on the road are made
with removable bodies that can be hoisted
bodily, with their loads of two tons each,
into the canal boats. When these boats
arrive at their ultimate destination the
ear bodies are then hoisted out and laid
with their loads on cart frames, and the
soft high-class coal of the Kilburn valley
is thus transported direct from the coal
pit to the very cellars of the consumers
without being once transhipped. This
explanation of the origin of the word tram
is givenin Dr. Smiles’ life of George
Stephenson.
> +>
Use Tradesman or Supertor Coupons.
PRODUCE MARKET.
Apples— About the same as a week ago,
Baldwins and Spys arein fair supply and good
demand, commanding % per bbl. for No. 1 eat
ing and # for No. 2 or cooking grades.
Beans—The price has sustained a sharp ad-
vance, handlers now paying #1.50@$1.75 for
country picked and holding city picked at $1.90
@#2.10 per bu.
Butter—Scarce and almost impossible to se
cure in any quantity.
dairy and find ready takers at 26c.
Cabbage—80@90c per doz., and scarce at that.
Celery—18@20c per doz. bunches.
Cider—124,@13c per gal.
Cranberries—The market is without change,
crates now being held as follows: Cape Cods
and Jerseys, $2.75; Waltons, $3.25.
Eggs—Handlers pay 35¢ for fresh and hold at
38c. A few warm days would probably send the
price down very considerably.
Grapes—Malagas have advanced 50c a keg, be-
ing now held at 8.
Green Stuff—Grand Rapids forcing lettuce is
in adequate supply at 18c per lb. Pieplant comes
into market this week at 5c per lb. and radishes
at 40c per doz.
Honey—Plenty in quantity and excellent in
quality at 12@13c per Ib.
Onions—Higher Dealers pay $1 and hold
at $1.25 per bu.
Parsnips—40c per bu.
Potatoes—The market is about the same as a
week ago, although evidences of still higher
prices are by no means absent.
Southern Vegetables—Have been ‘seriously
damaged by the recent cold weather, which
extended below freezing point into Florida.
Unprotected early vegetables, tomatoes, beans
and squash have been killed in some sections,
but there are places where the killed plants can
be replaced. In Louisiana garden truck has
been killed. If the extent of the damage done
be considerable, there is likely to be a firmer
market for truck well into the spring.
Squash—So scarce that it is practically out of
market.
Sweet Potatoes—Scarce and nearly out of mar-
ket. Illinois readily command %4.50@5 per bbl.
Turnips—35c per bu
Jobbers pay 24c for choice |
We hawe not the Eloquence of Daniel Webster, the Poeti-
cal Powers of Ghavcer or the Speed of Nancy Hanks,
NJ
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But we can furnish you with
pratts og Yo0d.
Every owner of a dog realizes the importance of proper food. The Spratt’s Dog
Food is put up in dry, hard cakes composed of the most nutritious substances, and
their use will be most beneficial to your dog.
They will keep him free from disease; will give him a nice, long coat of hair
and clean, sound teeth. No hunter who cares anything about the welfare of his
dog will be without it.
prasren TEVENS
& GC: M ‘ST. ™
P. OTRKETRE & SONS
HAVE RECEIVED
A full line of Hamilton, Pacific, Simpson’s
Garner, Manchester and Allens Prints, also
A F C Toile du Nord, Dresden, Bates and
Amoskeag wash dress ginghams and satines,
A fresh new line of white goods, Nainsooks in
checks and stripes and Victoria lawns.
Embroidery from 1}e per yd. to 50c
Mail orders receive prompt attention.
Spring & Company,
Dress Goods, Shawls, Cloaks,
Notions, Ribbons, Hosiery,
Gloves, Underwear, Woolens,
Flannels, Blankets, Ginghams,
Prints and Domestic Cottons,
We invite the attention of the trade to our complete and well
assorted stock at lowest market prices.
Spring & Company.
Manufacturers of
Sow Cases
Of Every Description.
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GRAND RAPIDS
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63 and 68 Canal St., -
VOIGT, HERPOLSHEIMER & CO,
WHOLESALE
Dry Goods, Carpets and Cloaks
We Make a Specialty of Blankets, Quilts and Live
Geese Feathers.
Mackinaw Shirts and Lumbermen’s Socks.
OVERALLS OF OUK OWN MANUFACTURE.
Voigt, Herpolsheimer & C0, *® 8°.,2 Qtawe St
Grand Rapids.
BARCUS BROS.,
MANUFACTURERS OF CIRCULAR
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. Writ2 tor prices and discounts.
MUSKEGON, - MICHIGAN.
Cracker Chests,
ss Covers fr Bis,
r I ‘HESE chests will soon |
pay for themselves in the |
breakage they avoid.
UR new glass covers are by far the
handsomest ever offered to the
Price $4. trade. They are made to fit any
i of our boxes and can be changed from
one box to anotherina moment They
will save enough goods from flies, dirt and prying fingers in a short time to pay
for themselves. Try them and be convinced. Price, 50 cents each.
NEW NOVELTIES.
We call the attention of the trade to the following new novelties:
CINNAMON BAR. ORANGE BAR.
CREAM CRISP. MOSS HONEY JUMBLES.
NEWTON, arich finger with fig filling. This is bound to be one of
the best selling cakes we ever made.
THE NEW YORK BISCUIT CO.,
S. A. Sears, Mer. GRAND RAPIDS.
CHOCOLATE GOOLER GU,
Manutacturers of
Combination Store Tables and Shelving.
Ihe 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.
DODGE
Independence Wood Split Pulley.
THE LIGHTEST!
THE STRONGEST!
THE BEST!
WESTER MACHINERY CO.,
45 So. Drviston St.. GRAND RAPIDS.
Important Reductions i Indurated Wood Fibre Ware.
Lowest Prices Kuer Offered.
Taking Effect
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Nyse
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sata
4 rt Arias
dan. 25, 1893. Subject to Change withovt Notice.
p 10> WASH TUBS. Per doz
be T0 pe cs No. 0, diame. 23%3¢ in. 134¢ in. deep..........-. $15 75
SOL Sia a ee ee . 13 50
pana ly 13 ee ee 12 00 | SLOP JARS. Per doz
= No. 3, a 18 oo. ee 10 50 MOS, C2 Oe $7 65
PAILS. iis ie "NESTED TUBS. Per nest a er a ee ab
Cite be ee No.4 Mest Nes 1.2 S00.00 ee 3 00 ay CG OO 3 60
Star eeengeee cine... 3 15 KEELERS. Per doz oe WASH BASIN. Lea
: Fire ** round bottom........--...--.--. 4 05 Mo. 1 Diame. 17% m. 7 im. deep ...-..:.... 1 26 foe Mere rer ee a "
t BUTTER BOWLS. MILK PANS. ~—s re nee eeeee ee ees - 6 30 | No. 2. 12 inch. setbiunaed 4 50
15 mm. bowl... 2... $3 60 | Standard size...... $2.25 | No.3 * Fe aa 3 40 Ry OO pe h renee ren etree kann nanan '
a 4 50 | Your stock is not complete Compare these prices with what you have been Send in your orders early and secure the first sale
ee 5 40 | paying, then order. | on these goods at the reduced prices.
if you haven't these goods.
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| Michigan State Agents for the Grand Rapids Giant Jumor Vapor Stove.
with a patent multiple generator,
kind ever put on the market.
This is an entirely new Gasoline Stove,
STYLE OF NO. 31—TWO BURNER AND STEP WITH ILLUMINATING FEATURE & GLOBE.
This stove is a gem, it occupies but little space, has powerful burners, and in our
judgment is destined to become the most popular stove of any on the market.
Its practical illuminating device, the means for conveniently having at hand at
all times a tea kettle of boiling water will be fully appreciated by every house-
keeper.
which is the simplest and most powerful generator made and far surpasses anything of the
Write for catalogue.
STYLE OF NO. 46—2-BURNER JUNIOR WITH ILLUMINATING FEATURE AND GLOBE.
; ; is thoroughly practical in every way. It is
The Illuminating Peature conveniently located back of the cooking
burners, thus affording a brilliant gaslight whenever desired, at a minimum cost.
This improvement will be appreciated at a glance and hailed with delight by all
buyers. This feature alone gives this stove the preference.
Our high stoves are one inch, and our low stoves are three inches higher than
any other make of Junior stoves.
H. LEONARD & SONS, Grand Rapids,
134 to 140 E. Fulton St.
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